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
to object to the russian pilot s actions. the u.s. is working on options to recover the drone, but the reality is the russians can reach the wreckage before the u.s. can courtney, we know the pentagon has some video of this incident lester, yeah. they re not releasing it publicly at this point while this incident is now over, what u.s. officials here tell me they re concerned about is future confrontation. even with an unmanned drone, that could lead to a military response and then even possibly an actual conflict lester courtney kube leading us off tonight, thank you a late season blast is pummelling parts of the northeast while another atmospheric river drenches california the nor easter bringing with it heavy snow and dangerous winds here in the east, knocking out power to thousands travel conditions have been treacherous for drivers skidding off the road and making for some rough rides in the air while in the west, fast-moving floodwaters making for harrowing rescues. emili
game three was exciting. and the world series is now in the record books and officially the longest world series game ever. the l.a. dodgers won game three over the boston red sox. their 3-2 victory took, get this, 18 innings. the game lasted seven hours and 20 minutes. and that is twice as many innings as a regular baseball game of course. boston still leads the seven game series two games to one, but the dodgers are the team of the day. they get a few hours rest and th then they have to do it all over again. the season s first nor easter is taking shape with the help of a former hurricane. i couldn t believe how many people were still in the stands. and they were yawning. they were not leaving. that is dedication. all right. yeah, we are talking about the season s first nor easter. everybody in new york waking up
first nor easter of 2014. we re standing right here where the crews in the city are busy trying to clear the snow off the sidewalks. we re told there s about 5 or 6 inches of snow in central park this morning. as you can see, more is falling. get this, in parts of massachusetts it has been hit hard. they ve got more than 20 inches of snow already. check out the map. you can see where the storm is right now. we ll follow it all morning long. every major city in the northeast is covered. that has forced cancellation of classes at schools across the region. kids are screaming in joy this morning. not everyone, though. this is the long island expressway which is normally one of the busiest highways in the country, packed any time of day or night. right now it is completely empty. the state of new york shut this road down and other major arteries as well. i have to tell you, the roads are not the only problem. today alone, about 1,500 flights