Tonight the urgent search and rescue mission in the southeast has the toll from Hurricane

Helene surpasses 120 deaths. The new images revealing the scope of devastation,

entire towns underwater, days after Helene's blast North Carolina hit hard

communities including Asheville cut off millions without power the race against time

hundreds unaccounted for our team in the storm zone.

And the storm impacting the 20-24 race, Donald Trump touring the damage in Georgia.

Kamala Harris cutting a campaign trip short to return to DC for a FEMA briefing.

It comes as their running mates gear up for tomorrow night's debate.

Just in tonight, U.S. officials saying Israel appears to have begun a limited ground incursion inside Lebanon

After a series of small raids our Richard Engel in Beirut tonight the dangerous midair encounter a Russian plane

nearly colliding with the US fighter jet. The massive outage for Verizon tens of

thousands of reports of service disruptions. The man who served more than 20 years for a murder he didn't commit.

Our camera's in court for the moment he is exonerated and our conversation.

We asked how does it feel to get his good name back.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

These are desperate hours in the storm zone tonight. Now four days

after making landfall in Florida, the aftermath of Hurricane Helene still inflicting maximum pain

on communities in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Many still caught off from power, running water, and communications.

The death toll still rising by an NBC news count, 121 people are now confirmed dead, as a grim search is carried out

for the many still unaccounted for.

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