A new covid test may have the answer. The crisis within the pandemic with so many struggling financially, heartbreaking scenes at food banks facing almost unprecedented demand. Holiday Shopping Reimagined what stores are doing to make shoppers feel safe trying to preserve a little holiday magic. Meghan markles deeply personal revelation about her Pregnancy Loss her message to so many families who have been through the same experience and remembering a soccer legend, Diego Maradona one of the greatest players of all time. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening. Im kate snow in for lester tonight President Trump announced today he will grant what he called a full president ial pardon to his former National Security adviser michael flynn. Flynn was the only white house official to be convicted as part of the russia Investigation Led by Robert Mueller he was also an early supporter of mr. Trumps president ial campaign the move ending a long, drawn out legal battle and comi
2023 ending with a record monthly number of migrant encounters at our southern border. more than 286,000 with one more day to go. and as migrants continue rushing in more democrats from sanctuary cities like new york and chicago, are speaking out. they re going to have to fork out more money for those here illegally. kelly. illinois governor pritzker s office says the money for those hotel rooms will come from additional $160 million set aside in the 2024 budget. this, as more migrants are arriving to the city daily. via train, plane and bus. chicago s mayor saying they can t do this without extra funding from the federal government, take a listen. as buses continue to arrive in the city of chicago and all over the country, the type of chaos that s been administered has left many of our local economies under tremendous amount of duress. we cannot do this alone. we need more support from the federal government. the windy city has received over 30,000 migrants from texa
review of the question of presidential immunity, whether a president can be prosecuted for crimes allegedly committed while in office. how this could affect the trial scheduled for march. and it comes after that new report in the detroit news of previously unknown recording of a phone call between trump, the rnc chair, and republican canvassers in michigan in the wake of the 2020 election. trump allegedly pressuring officials not to certify the results after joe biden won. aaron katersky with late reporting. the holiday travel crush is on. millions take to the skies and the roads, the busiest air travel christmas season ever as a major cross country storm sweeps east, ross marciano with the forecast, and gio benitez with the best and worst times to travel. a terrifying moment at sea, a cruise ship slammed by a rogue wave, sending hundreds of passengers scrambling. the war between israel and hamas, an american hostage confirmed dead, a 73-year-old father and grandfather,
presidential immunity, whether a president can be prosecuted for crimes allegedly committed while in office. how this could affect the trial scheduled for march. and it comes after that new report in the detroit news of previously unknown recording of a phone call between trump, the rnc chair, and republican canvassers in michigan in the wake of the 2020 election. trump allegedly pressuring officials not to certify the results after joe biden won. aaron katersky with late reporting. the record holiday travel crush is on. millions of americans take to the skies and the roads, in what is expected to be the busiest air travel christmas season ever, as a major cross-country storm sweeps east. rob marciano with the forecast, and gio benitez with the best and worst times to travel. the new images just coming in, a terrifying moment at sea. a cruise ship slammed by a rogue wave, sending hundreds of passengers scrambling. the war between israel and hamas, an american hostage co
life-threatening cold. we re tracking it all. also tonight, the january 6th committee s final report recommending donald trump be barred from holding office ever again. how the former president is responding. the new numbers from the cdc. will the holidays lead to another spike? the crash caught on camera. a plane slamming into the beach in santa monica. the warning from fedex and u.p.s. for last-minute shoppers. will your holiday packages arrive on time? and celebrating christmas in wartime. st. nick bringing holiday cheer to children in ukraine. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and a good friday evening to you. i m craig melvin in for lester. for many tonight, mother nature has decided to be quite the grinch. this is going to be the coldest, wettest, snowiest holiday in recent memory thanks to a once in a generation massive winter storm that s disrupting plans for millions. for some it s the really strong wind gusts already knocking out