news at night. breaking news america a illegal immigrants crisis forcing a texas sized standoff between the federal government and the lone star state. pushing the leaders of democratic lead sanctuary cities to call out the biden administration. kevin cork is live in washington. but we begin with bill live with sanctuary cities at a breaking point. this stretches across the country. illegal immigrants are swarming in boston. 100 camped out in boston logan airport. shelters are at full capacity. dozens of families were sleeping on the cold floors. the massachusetts governor is calling on biden to act right now. she asked for $250-million dollars to help the overwhelmed shelters. this is not the state s making. in chicago massive of migrants are camping in train stations, police stations and airports after texas sent more than 30,000 migrants to the sanctuary cities. locals are future that resources are used for illegal immigrants rather than needy chicago residents. a democ
hello. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m michael holmes. a terrifying incident leaves many boeing 737 max 9s temporarily grounded and 177 passengers and crew feeling lucky to be alive. we re actually now waiting for a news briefing from the u.s. national transportation safety board. that s set to begin at any minute, and we will bring it to you live. they ll be discussing what happened on alaska airlines flight 1282 on friday. officials and witnesses say a part of the fuselage called a plug blew off during the plane s ascent leaving a gaping doorway sized hole in the side of the jet while it was an altitude of 16,000 feet. that s around 4,900 meters. incredibly the plane made a successful emergency landing and there were injuries but none of them serious. now, after the alaska airlines emergency, the u.s. federal aviation administration temporarily grounded certain boeing 737 max 9 aircraft operated by u.s. airlines or in u.s. terri
alexey navalny found, the jailed russian opposition leader who had been missing for two weeks suddenly turns up. we ll show you where he is, and what his legal team is saying without the siberian penal colony where he sing with kept. and migrants are making their way to the uv index and antony blinken with his comments. and many are skipping their drugs to indulge in their holiday favorites. we ll talk to an expert if that s a good idea. and we re following these developing stories all coming in here to cnn news central. vladimir putin s most favorite critic is found alive in a siberian critic after the questions of his whereabouts. he missed two court appearances but nalvany s lawyers saw him in a remote penal colony and he s doing quote, quite well. known as the polar wolf, the prison is some 2,000 miles from where nalvany had been held before. his year long s protest of putin was a film and hbo documentary that won an oscar. and we have the latest now from london.
school classmate and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. this nbc news nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight vo involving former president trump somewhat in that the growing expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that we be that he would be arrested on tuesday. the office has not commented on the timing of a decision on whether to prosecute. in the absence of news, key republicans have been rushing to mr. trump s defense and vilifying democrat prosecutor alvin bragg. but tonight even many of his loyalists are discouraging trump supporters from taking up the former president s call to protest. it s where we start tonight, with garrett hake reporter: the manhattan d.a. s office tonight on the verge of a fateful decision, whether to indict a former president for the first time in history, a case c
proportions as law enforcement braces for a possible indictment of donald trump, jurors are sorting through conflicting testimony from key witnesses. so, who is the grand jury going to believe? plus, gut wrenching video showing the death of irvo otieno pinned down by law enforcement and hospital staff for 11 minutes before he stopped moving. what the county attorney is doing today to try to bring those responsible to justice. and more dangerous and destructive weather is hitting california, including another massive dose of snow and several more inches of rain. evacuation orders issued for neighborhoods like this that used to be along the san joaquin river, now essentially in the san joaquin river. a lot to get to. we start in new york, where the next grand jury date in the hush money case against donald trump is tomorrow. allowing the already massive sense of anticipation to build for at least another 24 hours or so. but jurors have a lot to digest between now and then