Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb. 25

Tonight, a historic storm hits the state of California. Millions of people remain under life-threatening flash flood warnings after a rare system dumped heavy, torrential snow showers and caused damaging wind gusts. The daring rescues and dangerous conditions as the storm moves east while the CDC is in the east. Palestine, three weeks after that toxic train derailed, as residents come forward with new health concerns, poison me, they shouldn't get away with this, and any day now, a Texas judge could issue one of the most important rulings on abortion access since Roe v Wade was overturned. A popular FDA-approved abortion pill will be pulled from shelves nationwide, this is NBC Nightly News with José Díaz Bullard.

Good evening we start tonight with a rare storm that hasn't been seen in California in decades as we go on air millions are under life-threatening flash flood watches after a historic system hit the state just listen to this , a blizzard warning was issued for the first time in San Bernardino County where they saw more than five feet of snow, other parts of the state saw gale-force winds and torrential rain, rescue workers raced against the clock to save drivers stranded and now that the storm system is moving east, our Dana Griffin is in Los Angeles with the latest life-threatening flooding in the Golden State in Ventura County, Southern California, multiple RVs They were dragged into the river. watch this dramatic rescue one of several in the region a driver trapped in raging flood clings to a rescuer both are hoisted swinging in the wind before landing safely at Solid Ground this morning near Los Angeles a dangerous light show a live wire fell water set a car on fire historic winter weather covered California with heavy snow now we are having a bit of a problem because the snow is getting slippery torrential rain in some areas equivalent to almost an entire month in 48 hours and strong gusts of wind creating blizzard-like conditions in the mountains of San Bernardino County, first city to see snow in a long time, San Francisco experiences its lowest temperatures in more than a century, Los Angeles experiences its first blizzard warning in over 30 years, San Diego, several water rescues today I just had a vehicle that was in deep water unable to get out and two occupants of the vehicle that needed to be rescued and brought back to dry land, so we anticipate doing this a few how many more times, the impressive system is now heading east towards Oklahoma City Wichita. and Kansas City where 9 million are at risk of hail and even tornadoes in Michigan more than 400 thousand remain without power due to an ice storm earlier this week back in Southern California tonight the disaster left by the storm and the dangers this system could still bring to the area Danny Griffin joins us from Los Angeles, hard hit Dana, what a threat remains even as the storm moves away while Jose those lingering impacts could include mudslides and additional flooding just take a look look at the Los Angeles River, it is moving so quickly at such a dangerous pace and the water level is generally not that high Jose Dana Griffin in Los Angeles thank you, we are just learning about another possible Norfolk Southern train derailment, this time in North Carolina, comes as fears grow among residents in East Palestine Ohio about their health.

Jesse Kirsch, more than three weeks after that toxic train derailed, the CDC in East Palestine today encourages residents to participate in a survey. I think it's important for residents to understand that so we can have a better idea of ​​what their potential exposures may have been. What could be causing possible health effects? The latest disclosure comes as President Biden defended the administration's response to him Friday night by saying that for now he has no plans to visit him. I'm following it very closely. We'll be doing it all weekend. The government has to do it. Be responsible and make sure everything gets done.

More than a dozen lawsuits have already been filed against the Norfolk Southern railroad company and it's all happening so fast. Famed environmental activist Aaron Brockovich is among those mounting legal challenges. He will ask questions and demand answers that he spoke with. Hundreds of residents on Friday are confused, they don't know who to believe or who to trust, and I have learned that in every community I have been in they need to trust themselves. Melissa Blake lives less than a mile from the derailment two days later. She says she evacuated and went to the emergency room they quarantined you in the emergency room yes they didn't know what was happening to me with the fumes and all the chemists told me it was a nice bronchitis due to the chemical fumes she says that now using an inhaler to help breathe and says he spoke to a lawyer they poisoned me they shouldn't get away with that Norfolk Southern says it can't comment on litigation and promises to do the right thing by the community the cleanup continues and the NTSB says it's still investigating in the meantime here in East Palestine the trains are still moving through the city Joseph Kirsch in East Palestine Ohio thank you tonight abortion rights activists are awaiting what could be the most important ruling on abortion access since Roe v Wade was overturned a judge in Texas could decide to remove a popular abortion pill from the market At the national level, Ali Vitale has another new dividing line in the battle for access to abortion, this one centered on the so-called abortion pill.

Both sides are bracing for a Texas judge's decision that could restrict access to one of two drugs. Used to induce medical abortion, my Prestone is part of a two-step regimen long approved by the Food and Drug Administration and is currently the most widely used form of abortion care in the United States, with overwhelming evidence of that is safe and effective, most Americans might consider it. In your medicine cabinet where you will find medications prescribed by a doctor that you first use daily, one is no exception to that process. The federal judge in Texas appointed by former President Donald Trump could hand down his ruling any day, unleashing a national chain reaction long awaited by the abortion rights advocates and the White House in some states, particularly rural ones, with limited clinics that present a travel barrier to care.

The limitations of the pill could be keenly felt in states like South Dakota, where we met Nurse Misty last year. the pill was already the next battle because there is no access to it, to claim that those drugs are not safe, it is just so false here on the steps of the Federal Court in Austin, the national division encapsulated this, although it is a small scene, it is very revealing. It's the national debate, but at the same time the majority of Americans, the vast majority of them, are pro-choice and pro-abortion. I think chemical abortion pills are the next battle for anti-abortionists.

The people have to fight against Joseph if the judge rules. against the pill I hope the Biden administration challenges it, a move that could ultimately bring this decision before the Supreme Court Raleigh Vitale in Austin Texas thanks and now to a brutal attack at a Florida high school where a student allegedly beat a staff member after she took away her video game console or Emily Ikeja has the details I want to warn you that some of the video may be disturbing tonight at this Palm Coast Florida high school Under the microscope after a brutal attack on the help of a teacher that happened on Tuesday, it was all caught on camera first I see her appear, then she is attacked from behind by a six foot six 270 pound student, the paraprofessional falls to the ground unconscious, the students stomp on his back and throw punches and punches repeatedly lasting about 25 seconds even as students and staff try to help her, this could have been a homicide when you push people like that, they hit their heads, you never know the outcome.

The 17-year-old who was not identified because he is a minor has been charged with felony aggravated assault causing bodily injury, am I going to do it? jail yes you are the arrest report, the suspect told investigators that he was upset because the employee took away his Nintendo Switch game and made comments that when he returns he will kill her if I am the prosecutor. listen to that evidence I'm going to wonder what that says about this student's state of mind when this was happening Florida Education Association president calls Tuesday's attack a consequence in part of understaffing Florida has been dealing with a massive teacher and staff shortage problems when you don't have enough staff. uh, it's harder to manage students in our schools.

The district's superintendent says creating a safe learning and working environment on our campuses is critical. Violence is never an appropriate reaction. The violence. Landing at that school. hospital staff member now facing long road to recovery Emily Ikeda NBC News and we're back at a time with noncompliance over why some hospitals still don't publish prices for patients despite a law that says they must do it more the fatal accident that killed two cyclists in Arizona we are back at the scene of a fatal accident in Arizona where a pickup truck collided with a large group of cyclists crossing a bridge, this time there are two confirmed deaths and another 11 injured, Officials say the driver remained at the scene and police are investigating the incident.

Laws were implemented two years ago in hospitals across the country to publish prices for medical procedures so patients would know how much they would have to pay for treatment in advance, but patient advocates say many hospitals still do not do so. posting prices and customers are shocked by large medical bills has more pressure to pay for medical procedures has dogged Jeff King in Kansas for years. I went back for my follow-up appointment and they told me how are you? I said your medical bill right. about putting me in atrial fibrillation again, but you have the right to know how much a procedure costs in advance since January 2021, when federal price transparency became federal law.

It's so incredibly important Chiquita Brooks La Shore, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also oversees hospital transparency In a report released last week, CMS says that of the 600 hospitals they sampled, 70 percent was in

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compliance with the previous year's 27 percent, but patient advocacy groups are dissatisfied that it is not happening fast enough and Questioning the cms survey results, Patientbridesadvocate.org published its own report weeks ago analyzing the websites of 2,000 hospitals within the country's largest hospital systems and its findings only 25 percent were

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y compliant. Patient advocate Cynthia Fisher shows us what patients should see in a compliant hospital. website shows all the codes and she showed us what she found in many instead of prices, they put n a in the field so we took it to CMS.

Would this hospital be considered compliant? Yes, because not according to our rules means not Do not perform the procedure, which would mean that if they provide these procedures, they would have to tell us how much it costs in the two years since the law came into effect. CMS has only issued two fines because NBC was pressuring the HHS secretary last summer, the responsibility is in their hands. you're the secretary Brooks Lesure says they've given 500 warning letters to hospitals and now the maximum fines have been increased from a hundred thousand to two million dollars, so we asked what the biggest delay is.

CMS blames the pandemic, so they haven't always had all the staff to really focus on some of the IT system changes that need to be made. The American Hospital Association, which represents health care networks and hospitals, says health systems remain deeply compromised despite considerable strains on the hospital workforce in the past. three years who hurts the most oh it's the American people it's the heart in Washington we're ready for NBC News that's NBC Nightly News for this Saturday Kate Snow will be here tomorrow night I'm José Diazbollah thank you for the privilege of your time and Good evening, Thank you for watching our YouTube channel.

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