obviously losing patience. right now you re sitting up here playing cards because they are short staffed and we can check-in and get in there in time so we are waiting for more people to come in. i was supposed to leave at 1:30 and they delayed it to 3:00 p.m. already today. i don t know if i m going to get out on time or not. i brought my laptop charger and i may be hanging out here for a while. we are hoping the plane is there when we are ready to get on and a pilot to fly it, so we have to get back and get back to life. mike: charles watson s life from hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta. good morning, charles. good morning, mike and julie. things are pretty busy here in atlanta so far this morning but so far operations appeared to be moving smoothly here at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international. that said, passengers should prepare for another busy day at airports. the delays and cancellations are already racking up this morning. we are seeing about 140 u.s
with lester holt good evening americans feeling the heat tonight in ways and places they maybe never have where they live as high temperature records are expected to fall across much of the country. it is where we begin tonight. 38 million people across 20 states from california to the mississippi river right now living under heat alerts. record highs in the forecast today from cheyenne, wyoming where the forecast high is 99 to dallas/ft. worth airport which could reach 109. between now and wednesday nearly three dozen new record highs could be set the heat wave working its way to the east tonight, leaving the most vulnerable in its path at considerable risk experts are warning it is not summer as usual but rather another global gut check moment from a changing climate just as we face new obstacles in dealing with it. we ll get to that and the forecast from our team standing by in just a moment. let s start with miguel almaguer. reporter: shattering records and threatenin
subpoenaed a number of close allies of former president donald trump as it investigates possible 2020 election interference. we ll take a look at what questions the grand jury has. also today a critical hearing that could shape the future of daca. we will break down what this means for the hundreds of thousands of dreamers across the united states and this afternoon, president biden is set to deliver remarks on the economy in cleveland, as new polling shows nearly nine in ten americans say the country is on the wrong track. and we begin in illinois where one hour from now, the man accused of opening fire on a crowd watching a fourth of july parade in a chicago suburb will make his first court appearance. it comes one day after the suspect was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. prosecutors say he will face more charges and that they will seek the maximum punishment. investigators say the suspected gunman planned the attack several weeks in advance and dres
we re there as families and communities grapple with the worst news possible extraordinary, in depth look at how gun violence is destroying communities and plaguing our country this is one night in one city, in the richest country in the world. how can this make any sense? this is a special edition of nbc nightly news with kate snow. one night in america. good evening. we have new information tonight about the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, that a total of 400 officers were on the scene that day a new report detailing failure after failure. but we re going to begin by focusing on the overwhelming amount of gun violence happening every single day in america more than 40,000 people are killed each year by guns and while we tend to focus on mass shootings, far more americans are killed in smaller incidents so tonight, we re going to chronicle gun violence across one night in america specifically, last night in america we had teams embedded in communities across the c
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