more than 60% of flights canceled. also tonight the water crisis. more than 100,000 without water. new reporting from jackson, mississippi where the system has failed again. border emergency. the bitter chill colliding with the crush at the border. many forced to sleep on the streets. plus the bus of migrants dropped off at vice president kamala harris s home on one of the coldest nights of the year. plane down. the crash landing into an icy creek. the kayaker who jumped into action to pull the pilot to safety. holiday spending up. way up. but tonight the new rules. shorter windows and added fees. what you need to know so you don t get burned on your returns. and inspiring america. when ten strangers knocked at the door, a buffalo family turned a winter disaster into shelter from the storm. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas, in for lester. tonight the images are coming in and the reports on this deadly blizz
finally tonight, a group of tourists far from home got stranded in the middle of a buffalo snowstorm but ended up riding it out with strangers, and tonight they re all inspiring america. here s jesse kirsch. reporter: with a historic blizzard bearing down alex and andrea campagna heard a knock at their door. discovering this bus stuck in the snow carrying nine south korean tourists and their driver hoping to reach niagara falls on friday. i could not see this bus but i did see the stream of people approaching our house. reporter: so when you see ten strangers coming your way, there s no time to really debate that. you know you want to get them inside? yes. that s right. socks, blankets. anything that we could do to warm them up. reporter: the campagnas taking on temporary roommates for two nights, offering accommodations from a guest bedroom to sleeping bags for guests including yoseb choi on his honeymoon. we never experienced the height of snow. we didn t know we were