NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt Season 2025 Episode 214 Aug 10 Sun

Two wildfires caused by lightning strikes were burning out of control in northwest Colorado on Sunday, forcing evacuations that included nearly 200 inmates at a nearby prison. NBC News' Dana Griffin has more. Multiple rounds of heavy rains caused severe flash flooding across the Midwest over the weekend, forcing the Wisconsin State Fair to cancel many of its events. NBC News' Maggie Vespa has the latest. CDC staffers participated in a meeting on Saturday, when several workers expressed anger and fear over a deadly shooting that killed a police officer and the suspect in Atlanta on Friday. Staffers who were inside the meeting say many of them blamed anti-CDC rhetoric from the Trump administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. NBC News' Priya Sridhar reports. The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, according to a senior U.S. official and three people briefed on the internal discussions. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was defiant on Sunday, defending his plan to take over Gaza. It comes as international backlash grows over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. NBC News' Molly Hunter has more. A high school in Buford, Georgia, unveiled a massive $62 million football stadium that can seat 10,000 people, and even includes executive suites. NBC News' George Solis has a closer look.