pay taxes in the tune of $1 hundred thousand in 2017 and 2018. gary shapely claims the true number is almost 600,000 for 2017 and even more than that for 2018. he says the plea deal essentially lets hunter off the hook. there is still outstanding tax due owing above that 620,000 because of this deal they ll never recoup. the most substantive felony charges were left off the table, which would have been evasion, for 14, false return for 18 and 19. julie: he says his team was prevented from looking into things that could have led them to president biden. the president on the topic deny, deny and deny again. president biden: i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. i don t know what he was doing. i did not know he was on the board of that company. i have oaf never discussed my business or their business, my sons or daughters. i ve never discussed with my son or brother or anything else having to do with their businesses. julie: it shows hunte
hello. i m abby phillip in washington. right now, a desperate search for life, a race against time and an escalating death toll in turkey and syria. 41 hours have now passed since a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the region. and experts say the critical rebuild to find people alive in this rubble is now closing. more than 6,300 people have died in this tragedy. and the scope of the destruction is must terrifying. take a look at these buildings. they among thousands that have collapsed but amid grave discoveries there is still hope that keeps crews growing. this little girl was rescued earlier today after being trapped for more than a day. cnn s nick paton walsh just filed this report from the region. reporter: in the town closest to the epicenter, two simultaneous rescue separations going on. in there, a 64-year-old woman, her son heard her voice, he says, this morning. and he thinks she s in fact still lying in the bed where she was when the earthquake st
her attorney says school officials ignored. our nbc news reporting. the concerned texts the teacher sent to a loved one just before the shooting. the major winter storm moving into the northeast after a tornado outbreak left a trail of destruction farther south. al roker is here. president biden reversing course, now pledging the u.s. will send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine. so, what changed? just in, two years after he was suspended, facebook lifting its ban on donald trump. the dramatic video, a man with a long gun shooting up at a police helicopter. and the team of 25 performing a medical miracle for two infant twins. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and one of the country s most closely watched criminal cases today south carolina prosecutors began laying out their double murder case against alex murdaugh, prominent attorney and patriarch of a powerful charleston area family accused of murdering his wife and 22-year-old son.
states. reporter: the number of flight delays are still climbing along with major outrage over how air travel came to a near unprecedented halt. the faa did just post that no u.s. departures will happen today until 9:00 a.m. reporter: wednesday morning, airports across the country stood still as the federal aviation administration implemented a nationwide ground stop, something not seen since the n9/11 terrorist attacks. interesting day. everybody except medivac and military stopped. reporter: the faa fail injury st failure started overnight in notices to air missions the bulletins provide the latest information about airports and air space. it s absolutely essential and the system can be very fragile. reporter: the effect cascading cancellations and delays in the thousands. first it was a 20-minute delay and then an hour. reporter: anger is stretching from concourses to capitol hill. ted cruz the top senate republican overseeing transportation is calling
transportation secretary pete buttigieg and breaking down tr ch transcripts from the january 6th investigation. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. > let s get to the breaking news. significant developments involving the united states supreme court decision and impact on the migrant surge at the border. cnn priscilla alvarez is following the story here the situation room. tell me more about this important ruling. the supreme court shar sayin title 42 in effect since march 2020 will e remain in effect including the court hearing arg mtds in the next session in february of 2023. now, this is a order that summit mittly a victory for republican led states to stop the termination of the authority. what it means on the ground, border officials will be able to continue to expel migrants back to mexico or their native countries for the next several months. the administration has been preparing for this