stage a comeback? the war in ukraine. putin firing a sniper rifle on a visit to a training camp for newly drafted troops. is russia getting help on the ground from iranian soldiers, what the u.s. found. the verdict in the kevin space yn y civil trial after another actor accused spacey of making a sexual advance on him when he was 14. the discovery in a search for a princeton university student missing a week. what police are saying. nbc news investigates can americas aging nuclear plant with stand climate change. what about all that radio active waste. and a kitchen helping chefs cook up their own businesses and inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we are going to begin with a story of particular concern to families with very young children. an alarming and unprecedented rise in cases of a potentially serious respiratory virus. cases of a virus known as rsv now quickly rising in at least 32 states. rsv frequently infects chil
russian soldiers calling putin s invasion a, quote, absolute hell. a six-month exclusive investigation by the reporter who exposed the russians behind alexei navalny s poisoning. wait until you see what he is going to show you tonight. he is one of the republican s biggest targets, a top democrat in charge of getting democrats elected. and now he could be taken down by someone who is not a household name, yet. and american teacher mark vogel was sentenced to 14 years in russia for marijuana possession. he s now believed to be on his way to a secret russian penal colony where he will be subjected to hard labor. his sister anne is my guest. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a new and bigger threat to the united states from putin. top official with russia s foreign ministry tonight warning that american commercial satellites could be a target because of america s aid for ukraine. it is a direct threat from russia to the united s
carley: more than 4 million mail-in ballots have been requested so far. three big races, they hit the debate stage tonight. jackie bunyan s is for the preview jackie ibanez is here for the preview. two candidates three pivotal races square off on this debate stage tonight. john fetterman and dr. mehmet oz in their first and only debate. the real clear politics average of polls show fetterman with a two-point advantage over the republican nominee but the democrats team is already tempering expectations ahead of tonight s debate saying he is going to be talking about his real ideas to help real people. but if we are all being honest, oz comes in with a huge built-in advantage. as is done in recent press interviews after suffering a stroke, determine will use closed captioning. dr. oz will see that his opponents values do not match with those in pennsylvania. vehicle if he had a magic wand to do anything he wanted to see his goal would be to release metaverse from life i
and this is cnn newsroom. the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraine s response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the country s overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is monday, december 26. if you are in the commonwealth country, it is boxing day. a very happy boxing day to you. don t worry if you don t understand boxing day. most of us don t. it is 9:00 in the morning in london, 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states. by the end of the brutal temperatures is in sight. there is relief finally for millions of americans after this historic winter storm which left at least 37 people dead. now, conditions did begin to improve on sunday, and that
soldiers are deploying to help and officials in erie county are sharing this sad update moments ago. i have the very sad news to report that in addition to the 13 confirmed deaths yesterday, the erie county department of health medical examiner has confirmed an additional 12 deaths. bringing the total for the blizzard to 25 deaths countywide. heartbreaking new news out of buffalo. nationwide, more than 1600 flights have been cancelled this morning. more than 2,000 delayed. that is only adding to the backlog from the holiday weekend. but there is progress in terms of power. about 60,000 homes remain in the dark this morning. that is down from more than a million on friday. more than 12,000 of those power outages are in erie county, new york, where officials say the historic storm is responsible as you just heard for at least 25 deaths. most of those killed were in the buffalo area and were found outside or in their cars. and with another 14 inches in snow, a driving ban re