new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who interviewed him face-t-to-face jusust yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs patients being turned away from their chemo treatments what s behind all of this and celine dion s major announcement why she s canceling her global tour. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight if you re sitting in front of the tv right now, you re one of the lucky ones, either because you already reached your destination, or you decided to stay home if the long lines at airports today are any sign, it seems that americans have collectively decided that this is the summer to get out and travel, and there s no better time to start
2.5 million passengers today alone, amid questions of whether the system can handle it after last year s summer travel meltdown, and the roads are just as packed. plus, imagine if this was your pilot locked out of the cockpit climbing in through the window. also tonight, we ll show you the terrifying new video. a passenger apparently opens an airplane door midair. the wind whipping through the cabin. how it was able to happen. the new deadline just announced when the u.s. will default on its bills if there is no debt ceiling agreement. are we any closer to a deal? new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who intervieiewed him face-to-face just yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs. patients being turned away from their
2.5 million passengers today alone, amid questions of whether the system can handle it after last year s summer travel meltdown, and the roads are just as packed. plus, imagine if this was your pilot locked out of the cockpit climbing in through the window. also tonight, we ll show you the terrifying new video. a passenger apparently opens an airplane door midair. the wind whipping through the cabin. how it was able to happen. the new deadline just announced when the u.s. will default on its bills if there is no debt ceiling agreement. are we any closer to a deal? new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who intervieiewed him face-to-face just yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs. patients being turned away from their chemo trea