windchills of 32 below in minneapolis, just 10 degrees at houston, texas. this denver it went from 42 to 5 in an hour. the latest on the massive storm, the cold and how it s making a mess of people s holiday plans. it was really chaos. it was back is and forth and one minute there s a flight at 6:45 and then a minute it s gone. and finally ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is back in kyiv following his trip to washington. he left with a promise of billions more in aid, but with republicans taking control of the house in just a couple weeks, that maybe a lot tougher to get going forward. i want to begin with this treacherous winter storm causing disruption across the country. this is in iowa. wow. it s not just there. in erie county, new york, it s so dangerous they just issued a driving ban. i want to bring in shaq brewster. katie beck from reagan national. and also with us is meteorologist bill karins. shaq, let me just get started with you. it feels like you re in
just in, the major move from the supreme court on immigration. the high court keeping title 42 in effect for now. what that means for the surge at the border. shelters full. migrant families forced to sleep in the cold. thousands more in tents, waiting to cross, desperate for food and warmth. coming clean. incoming congressman george santos who lied on his resume. will he face consequences when he gets to washington? inside the fight against medical misinformation and children. what you need to know. and riding it out. the stories of strangers surviving a historic snowstorm and finding time to help while trying to stay warm. it s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight. after that holiday deep freeze and deadly historic snowstorm that s still affecting so many americans, it s an airline meltdown that leads our news this evening. southwest airlines again canceling thousands of f
plan to go on the offensive when it comes to voting rights. tim walsh, minnesota s governor, will join us to tell us how he s asked his fellow democrats to, quote, think big and the lateston the war i ukraine as daring new drone strikes are attempting to hit deep inside russia and a captivating look at photos from a year of war in ukraine. we begin with the holiday travel chaos that continues to plague countless travelers as more than 17,000 flights have been canceled in nearly a week, and thousands more have been delayed. southwest airlines unsurprisingly by far the most disrupted carrier. in the last five days it s canceled about 8,000 flights according to flightaware southwest operating one-third of its schedule in the next two days in an effort to recover but warned that the reduced schedule could be extended further. it also stems from that major winter storm that impacted much of the nation over the holiday parts of the united states are still under multiple feet
commonwealth of pennsylvania. where the republican senate race is a true nail biter. we re now learning one candidate in these races is about to get a pacemaker implanted. good afternoon. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and president biden this afternoon in buffalo trying to comfort those who suffered the most from saturday s attack at a supermarket targeted because it s in a predominantly black neighborhood. the work of a racist domestic terrorist, killing ten innocent people, police say. the president spending time today with grief-stricken families. emergency first responders and community leaders. it was an emotional day and also one that included a call to action, with the president urging americans to reject racist ideologies. jill and i bring you this message from deep in our nation s soul. in america, evil will not win. i promise you. hate will not prevail. and white supremacy will not have the last word. white supremacy is
Anthem protest. But first, time to build the wall. Thats the focus of tonights angle. Its one of the president s cornerstone issues, and one he continues to invoke at rally after rally. And we are building a wall on the southern border which is necessary. And we will build the wall, that i can tell you. [crowd chanting] President Trump do not worry, we are going to build the wall. Dont even think about it. Laura well, congress intends to put nine Spending Bills on the president s desk. Of but there is no funding for the wall. We still are in favor of the wall, we want to get funding for the wall. The best time to have that discussion is after the election. Laura they have made a
political calculation that funding or talk of the wall wilw spook voters before the midterms. They have convinced the president of this. Here he is last week. President trump we are getting the wall done, but i have had so many people, good people, great people, they rather not do it before, they rather do it a