an isis inspired attacker killed eight people in new york city. russia launching deadly missile strikes hours after the u.s. pledged to send tanks. our team on the ground. my conversation with the ceo of southwest airlines as the transportation department launches an investigation into the airline s meltdown over the holidays. i ask him, did southwest deceive passengers? the asteroid the size of a delivery truck having a close encounter with earth tonight. grin and bear it. the selfie snapper and one wild photo shoot. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. memphis, tennessee, awaits tomorrow s release of video that officials say will underscore why they have moved to charge five former memphis police officers with murder. they are accused of being part of a violent confrontation earlier this month that led to 29-year-old tyre nichols being severely injured. it happened after a traffic stop. he died from his injuries a few days later. the d.a. saying the acti
to know. more than 30 dead in buffalo. anger and frustration and now questions mounting about the response. were residents adequately warned about this monster storm? the national guard going door-to-door and more than 400 pieces of snow equipment on the ground to reopen streets. calls for prayer around the world for the former pontiff. pope francis saying his predecessor s health has taken a turn for the worse. one nation overdosed. the break glass tool that high schools are turning to do stop fentanyl overdoses in their hallways. and the incredible come back. a varsity athlete attacked by a shark. how she recovered to swim her way to a state title. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester on a very busy night. we are tracking two developing stories right now. one of the worst airline meltdowns in recent memory and for southwest it is far from over. the airline canceling more than 2,500 or 62% of it
wonderful. like you i m dax in the hallways and he was one of the people that we met him i would say to him that he was in network news and he would hire me. a wonderful wonderful man and i miss him terribly. and he would love that made it on air so thank you for that if he s at the justice department is going to indict him. or distract from the scene tonight. witness testimonies containing damning evidence of donald trump s conduct. as soon as the january six committee. could be released in the coming days. and witnessing the testimony. we continue to learn new details the blanket pardon for everyone involved in january six. trump asked for a white house staff. why does anybody need a pardon and he referred to just so they can go after them for little things. i think the former chief of staff the several white house staffers. as prior to leaving and he was one of them. if they re going to be staff pardons they will be included in that group. and interesting nugget and dece
january 6th insurrection, the full extent of donald trump s misdeeds including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, are coming to light. in remarkable detail that is thanks to that long awaited report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on the show, they highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of trump s particular misconduct. his, work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman, to corruptly pushed the bogus and illegal theory that then vice president mike pence could unilaterally throughout the results of the election and install trump as the winner, even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now the committee referred to that a coup in search of a legal theory. that alone, frankly, should be enough to pardon trump from american politics permanently, if not charge him criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focus on last night, we just one of a chapters dealing all aspects of the attempted coup. the 845-
holiday meltdown cost the airline hundreds of millions of dollars. the transportation department announced an investigation. with that in mind, i spoke with the ceo of southwest. it was a december debacle for southwest airlines. the cancellation of nearly 17,000 flights causing millions of missed vacations and celebrations. the airline today announcing an $800 million price tag for the ten days of canceled flights. at the same time, southwest finds itself in the government s crosshairs with an investigation into whether the number of flights scheduled was realistic. let me begin by asking, do you think the department of transportation investigation into december s debacle is warranted? number one, we want to cooperate and collaborate with our oversight committees, the department of transportation and their goals if you think the dot is to make sure our customers are taken care of, we share those goals.