welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer, losing battle against drug cartel and human smugglers and surge of fentanyl killing americans by tens of thousands. dana: house republicans held a hearing yesterday. they asked if the border is secure. about 10 years ago we used operational control as a measuring stick of our effectiveness along the southwest border. the secretary said we have operational control. based upon the definition you have, no, no sir. bill: reaction from a moment and geraldo rivera is on deck. start doing mission, texas, bill melugin is standing by to begin a new hour. bill, hello. bill: bill, we are learning of a horrible tragedy, an innocent texas grandma and her young daughter were killed after their car was crashed into by a human smuggler. this is 71-year-old maria tambunga and her granddaughter. they are from ozona, in texas. they are both deceased after they were crashed into by a human smuggl
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian fighter jet that had been flying close and aggressively the act raising alarms in the pentagon. secretary of defense lloyd austin confirming he spoke by telephone today with the russian defense minister, though not revealing the nature of their conversation. the u.s., however, accuses the russians of reckless and unprofessional behavior, and we have new reporting tonight on just how high up the orders came from in russia. peter alexander is at the white house with more reporter: tonight, for t
an accident doesn t mean the presence of safety. the future of abortion pills in america could be hanging in the balance. this case could have profound implications throughout the entire united states. my god! norah: the cleanup from feet of snow across new york and new england, to the mudslides and heavy rain in california that destroyed homes. you get the knock at the door, and you get told safety, get in your car and go. norah: and the dramatic rescue, a toddler saved from a sinking car. it was the best cry i ve ever heard in my life. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, an important consumer alert about the recall of millions of sleep apnea machines and the potential health risks to users. plus, the inspiring story of one of the world s best polar explorers, whose toughest journey was a battle with cancer. but first, the rising tensions tonight after that confrontatio
that number is only expected to grow and so it should soon surpass last year s record. matt finn has that story for us, matt. john, the got a ways are they migrant to intentionally invade authorities for there often times involved in those high speed pursuit we see on it daily or weekly basis. we work to his most recent example human smuggler from dallas, texas led dps troopers on a high bead chase u.s. route 77 in rural kinney county. that smuggler lost control and crashed into a ranch. the driver and passenger belt, five illegal cuban immigrants including a 4-year-old child were turned over too u.s. border patrol the driver and passenger were charged with human smuggling. in the rio grande valley texas dps and u.s. border patrol agents pursued human smuggler they are for the driver in illegal migrants bailed out of the car, run and hide underneath the house. agents had to chase them through thick and dangerous brush in the dark than it ultimately rest of the driver and fo
bret: breaking tonight the effort to avoid a disaster involving commercial airlines. there have been several very close calls lately we told you about them yesterday. today the held a safety summit to come up with solutions. mark meredith leads us off from reagan national airport. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. the top aviation the skies are safe. after a number of near misses and close calls, including one at this airport just last week, the government is also examining if more can be to avoid potential disasters. we have seen an uptick in serious close calls that we must address. transportation secretary pete buttigieg kicked off today s aviation safety summit with a warning. more mistakes than usual are happening across the system, on runways, at gates when planes are pushing back, in control towers and on flight decks. the government says it s investigating six runway incursions this year alone, including one at washington s reagan airport 8