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
airlines meltdown that s leaving passengers stranded in terms analysis. we re going to talk to the president of the company s pilot association about what went and what is still going wrong. meanwhile, other airlines are struggling to get back to track after a monstrous winter storm pummelled the northern part of the country leaving more than 60 people dead. we re going to take you live to western new york. and this morning, another legal roadblock for migrants seeking asylum in the u.s. after the supreme court decided that title 42 will remain in place for now. we re going to be live in el paso. and as we speak, we re closely following news that s coming out of the vatican that s saying the 95-year-old former pontiff, pope benedict, has fallen very sick. pope francis now calling for prayers for from around the world. and later this hour, fresh fallout over that congressman-elect, george santos, facing new criticism after admitting to fabricating parts of his resume a
congressman george santos as his apology tour fails to alleviate concern over his false statements to voters putting pressure on the incoming house majority to act. we re following new concerning development from vatican city. pope francis met with retired pope benedict after his health took a turn for the worse. begin with ongoing anger and frustration at airports across this countries as today there are already thousands more flight cancellations by southwest airlines adding to the public relations nightmare for an airline struggling to explain why they can t keep overcoming the same holiday obstacles as their competitors are managing to, and nbc shamar stone is at the baltimore airport for us. what a mess. i can t believe all the luggage behind you. what about the extended lines of frustrated customers? just give us a sense what it s like there at dwi. reporter: all right. first of all, we ve been here since 6:00 this morning. seems as though things are getting progres
we are coming on the air with a hot mess yet again at airports all across the country with southwest canceling thousands more flights even today after all the winter weather that smoked the u.s. over the weekend. we ll talk about what these grounded flights means for those travelers who want to get home and getter that luggage home. officials are trying to get buffalo back up and running after it was hit with more than three feet of snow. overseas the vatican announcing a turn for the worse for former pope benedict. we re live from home with the latest on the liter s condition. uncertainty at the southern border after the supreme court decision leaving title 42 in place. what it means for the thousands of migrants hoping to cross into the u.s. to seek asylum. we have a lot to get to. i m hallie jackson in washington. i want to bring in nya charles at los angeles international airport, marissa para in buffalo, new york, and meteorologist michelle grossman joining us, too.
among school-age children have dropped 4.5% over the last three years. we worry about things like measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases that have largely been controlled and now we re seeing increased hesitancy there. reporter: thanks to misinformation? thanks to misinformation. reporter: at a local clinic, dr. dale brasser says flu shots are down too. even as the nation deals with one of the worst flu seasons in years. we re only about half of the typical number of flu injections that we would typically see by this time of the year. it worries me to a great extent. reporter: used to battling disease, the oklahoma city health department now finds itself also fighting lies about vaccine safety. how dangerous is misinformation? it s cost lives. i mean, i don t know how else to say it. it s about as dangerous as it gets. reporter: the department has had to move resources to monitor public sentiment, using new technology to comb through social media. when vaccine messa