move closer to shore what you can do to avoid what lies beneath. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight we begin with breaking news massive ground stops and delays across some of the country s biggest airports, making the holiday travel chaos even more complicated. a difficult summer travel season is now going from challenging to worse before the severe weather even moved in, americans facing a rare combination of high gas prices, high airfare, and mass cancellations across the country. the july fourth getaway is under way it is unclear how far people will get. nearly 50 million navigating clogged airports and roads gas prices down slightly, still painfully high for so many americans tracking it all for us tonight, tom costello who starts us off. reporter: friday night and america s july 4th getaway looks dicey. critical airports up and down the east coast in ground stops with severe thunderstorms from or
determination to help others. and we revisit the young blind boy in war ravaged yemen and his inspirational determination to help others. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. stories and checking out let s start with a man hunt in the uk after a dramatic prison break yesterday. the government has ordered an independent review after a terror suspect, daniel khalife, escaped from wandsworth prison by clinging to the underside of a food delivery van leaving the jail. the 21 year old was awaiting trial, accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base while serving in the army. ports and airports, are now on high alert. graham satchell reports. it looked like business as usual at wandsworth today prison vans coming and going, but the jail is now at the centre of a growing storm, with serious questions about how a terror suspect managed to escape. daniel khalife was working in the kitch
young blind boy in yemen and his inspirational determination to help others. the genius of ken dodd, preserved in his notebooks, forming the centrepiece of a new exhibition. and coming up on the bbc news, we look ahead to the us open women s semifinals with america s madison keys set to take on belarus s aryna sabalenka on thursday in new york. the government has ordered urgent reviews into the circumstances surrounding the escape from custody of a terror suspect in south london. daniel khalife is still on the run after clinging to the underside of a food delivery van leaving wandsworth prison yesterday. the 21 year old was awaiting trial accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base while serving in the army. the border force, port and airport is on high alert. graham satchell has our top story. it looked like business as usual at once with today, prison vans coming and going, but the child is at the centre of a growing storm with serious questions about how a terror susp
Country in 37 local authorities have been tested and failed the combustibility test. If you dont give me a permanent accommodation and not going to accept it. Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire challenge the Housing Minister about their living conditions. And, the end of flu jabs may be in sight researchers in america develop a vaccine patch. And coming up in the sport on bbc news defending champion andy murray is named number one seed for wimbledon. Its the first time in 12 grand slams that the big four make up the top seeds. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Senior Police officer at the hillsborough disaster, Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield, is to be charged with the manslaughter, by Gross Negligence, of 95 men, women and children. The Crown Prosecution Service says it has enough evidence to charge a further five people in connection with the crush at the fa cup final in 1989. The former Chief Constable sir Norman Bettison will face four charges relating
Of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme the budget addresses the crisis in social care in england. The chancellor has help for stretched local councils. I am committing additional Grant Funding of £2 billion to social care in england over the next three years. But the Labour Leader accuses Philip Hammond of producing a complacent budget. Who is reaping the rewards of this economy . For millions, it is simply not working. Away from the budget and back to brexit, and predictions of long delays in the processing of Residency Applications by the home office. It would take the home office more than 50 years. 50 years to deal with 3. 2 million european nationals in the uk. It was phlip hammonds first budget and, curiously, it was actually his last. Or at least, his last to be presented in march. From now on, the annual budget will take place in the autumn. The chancellor called it a fair package of measures. There was £2 billion for social care, relief for those hit by c