ii hero who showed us the meaning of courage. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone she captured the nation s attention with her recounting of what she said she saw and heard from within president trump s inner circle on january 6th. tonight some of the accounts of former white house staffer cassidy hutchinson are being disputed including what happened inside the presidential suv when then-president trump angrily demanded to be taken to the capitol where crowds were gathering. tonight her attorneys writing on her behalf, ms. hutchinson stands by all the testimony she provided yesterday. and this evening hutchinson s testimony about senior trump staffers expressing fears that they might end in violence has the january 6th committee looking to speak to a new potential key witness. the then white house counsel who according to hutchinson warned, we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen pete
that have pulmonary issues. you have to stay inside is what they re saying today. keep your windows and doors closed. you can run your ac. keep the outdoor air intake valves closed so that smokey air from the outside does not get inside. also, make sure the filters are clean. those are warnings from d.c. and maryland and virginia to all local residents this morning. what we also can tell you is that johns hopkins medical senter in baltimore, they told cnn yesterday that they had double the number of patient that s they usually have coming in with pulmonary issues. it is worse today. it s going to get worse later on. phil? poppy? brian, thank you very much. let s bring in now our cnn aviation correspondent. there is a ground stop at laguardia airport. what can you tell us about the schedules right now? things changing by the moment, phil. the ground stop was put in place by the faa. it lasts until 7:45. the faa says it could be extended and the agency is warning of ground stops fr
york today. bwi, dulles, dca, all the way to philadelphia, newark, jfk, all under the possibility of ground stops as the day goes on. yesterday was really a banner day for delays and cancellations in the u.s. and we know that when these happen, there is really a cascading effect. more than 5,000 delays nationwide yesterday. today, so far, just checked flight aware. we ve seen 470 nationwide. about 50 cancellations so far. but the day is still pretty young. think back to yesterday. i want you to look at this incredible video that a passenger took as this plane that he was on was descending in to newark. he said you could smell that thick red smoke from the seat he was sitting in. we ll see as today develops, there could be even more delays, more cancellations on par or higher than yesterday. phil? poppy? so you re a pilot. i m not. i m blissful in my ignorance
announcing a major new military commitment in europe in response to russia s war in ukraine. kristen welker was at the nato summit in spain and has the latest reporter: tonight new video shows the horror when a russian missile hit that crowded shopping mall in ukraine many still missing from monday s deadly attack ukraine s president zelenskyy says russia is now a terrorist state. all of it intensifying the pressure on world leaders as the critical nato summit gets under way in spain. nato today declaring russia its most significant and direct threat we re stepping up we re proving that nato is more needed now than it ever has been reporter: in an attempt to counter russia, today presiden biden announcing plans to bolster u.s. forces in eastern europe including a permanent u.s. base in poland and increased rotations in the baltics. that in addition to billions in military aid already delivered to ukraine, but president zelenskyy addressing nato today
travel mess. today again hundreds of flights canceled ahead of the busy july fourth weekend if you have upcoming travel plans experts recommend padding your schedule as much as possible here s tom costello with airlines warnings tonight reporter: the e-mail warning from delta, prepare for operational challenges this weekend passengers can rebook their flights with no fare difference or change fees. so far roughly 3,000 flights canceled this week alone even on blue sky days. for now we are a little bit stranded. we don t have a way to get to raleigh reporter: the faa warning today summer storms are creating problems obviously there ll be delays throughout the southeast no matter what airport you re at from charlotte all the way down southbound reporter: american and delta have canceled the most flights this week. the biggest problem still not enough pilots to fly their schedules after thousands took early retirement during the pandemic tomorrow off-duty delta pilots plan to p