and then getting back up to reengage. officers being hailed as heroes for stopping him from killing more people. were there warning signs? and what his neighbors are saying. damage control. new revelations from the leaked classified intelligence documents, putting u.s. alliances in question. the manhattan district attorney sues a top house republican, claiming interference in the investigation of donald trump. the battle over an abortion pill. big pharma pushing back against a ruling, as some states start stockpiling drugs. tough new auto emission standards about to be announced, but will they push more americans to go electric? a big upside of artificial intelligence, detecting cancer much earlier, and predicting when it might strike. and the young bold athletes sharing their culture and moves with skateboarding superstar tony hawk. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. once again, in the tragic aftermath of a tragic sh
let s start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid 19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we re looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the strength is all about the consumer centre, we saw the vigors beads on the retail sales numbers are more generally in qrs or the household savings rates, so households are feeling more comfortable, households are feeling more comfortable, spinning again, they have comfortable, spinning again, they have the comfortable, spinning again, they have the possibility - comfortable, spinning again, they ha
states. reporter: the number of flight delays are still climbing along with major outrage over how air travel came to a near unprecedented halt. the faa did just post that no u.s. departures will happen today until 9:00 a.m. reporter: wednesday morning, airports across the country stood still as the federal aviation administration implemented a nationwide ground stop, something not seen since the n9/11 terrorist attacks. interesting day. everybody except medivac and military stopped. reporter: the faa fail injury st failure started overnight in notices to air missions the bulletins provide the latest information about airports and air space. it s absolutely essential and the system can be very fragile. reporter: the effect cascading cancellations and delays in the thousands. first it was a 20-minute delay and then an hour. reporter: anger is stretching from concourses to capitol hill. ted cruz the top senate republican overseeing transportation is calling
Phase of this war on ukraine. Just today, President Putin has made overt Nuclear Threats against europe. I talk with the president of finland, who knows putin well. I also sat down with the president of south korea to ask about the threat from his neighbor to the north, who just declared itself a nuclear state. Also, hijabs burned, protests rage and chants of death to the dictator ring out in iran after a woman dies in Police Custody there. What will come of the demonstrations . I will ask an expert. But first, heres my take. Lets not play down what has happened this week. The leader of the Worlds Largest Nuclear Power publicly threatened to use Nuclear Weapons. In an address in moscow on wednesday, vladamir putin declared that russia would use all Weapons Systems available to us to defend the country. He emphasized it. This is not a bluff. It might be. Putins threat is an addon of traditional soviet doctrine. Now they contemplate scenarios which it could use Nuclear Weapons. But putin