Tonight the flooding disaster unfolding in Texas as we come on the air with even more

rain on the way.

The catastrophic floods after nearly a foot of rain in the Houston area.

At least 700 homes in the county flooded.

Roads underwater, drivers stranded mandatory evacuations.

First responders making dozens of rescues,

plus the massive tornado ripping through a town and the threat now stretching through the weekend.

Also tonight dramatic testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial,

Hope Hicks, one of his former top advisors telling the jury about that now infamous

access Hollywood tape in 2016 and the Trump campaign's damage control after it came

out and the moment she broke down in tears on the witness stand.

New campus crackdowns, more than 50 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested in New York and what the

NYPD says about an officer accidentally firing his gun during

the raid at Columbia.

The Democratic congressman and his wife indicted on federal charges.

They say they're innocent, what they're accused of doing

for bribes. The grim discovery in the search for two Australians and an American missing

on a surfing trip, three bodies found in Mexico.

The future of air combat unmanned fighter jets piloted by AI

and Michelle Yo, Katie Ladecky and other big names

at the White House to receive the nation's top civilian honor.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

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