chief of the faa i asked him why do these near misses seem to be happening so often. and the bakery helping young chefs rise to their full potential and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us we ll get to that major weather news in a few moments. but first, we want to bring you the latest in what we know about a dangerous aerial encounter in the sky today between the united states and russia the pentagon saying a russian fighter jet poured fuel on an unmanned american drone, then collided with it over the black sea. it sent the american aircraft into the water the confrontation escalating already high tensions between the countries which are telling different versions of today s event. courtney kube has the latest for us from the pentagon. reporter: the stunning showdown happening over the black sea near ukraine and russia when an unmanned american drone like this one called a reaper was c
collisions on runways, the most recent just last week as the agency convenes an air safety summit tomorrow. reporter: at airports across the country, alarms are being raised over dangerous near misses, from the runway at austin bergstrom airport, where a controller cleared a fed ex 767 cargo jet to land on the same runway that a southwest 737 full of passengers was taking off from, just 75 feet from disaster. southwest abort fed ex is on the go. reporter: to an unsettling close call at boston s logan airport. jetblue 206, go around. reporter: where a learjet pilot took off without clearance as a jetblue flight was landing on a crossing runway and now nbc news has learned of another near disaster last week at reagan national where a regional jet pilot rolled in front of a departing united airbus jet