stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. here in new york city, and it is independence day. happy independence day to all of you who are tuned in right now. what a great national anthem and all your great photos coming in. happy independence day to my friends will and of course joey who is in for pete this morning. i am, i had a chance to get up early, i was on with the girls with fox & friends first, and i could not imagine a better opportunity to get up and work all day long than on the 4th of july, to spread the message of patriotism and freedom and how much we love this country. so you ll see me again late tonight, eight to 10 p.m., here all day, happy all day,
[national anthem] if. will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, the wagner chief who threatened a march toes moscow, an open rebellion, has how now backed down. pete: belarus reportedly brokered the deal that will allow jeff again withny prigozhin to go into exile and end that internal conflict for now. rachel: alexandria hoff is live in washington, d.c. with the latest. good morning. reporter: well, good morning. prigozhin has been paired of the criminal mutiny charges that were against him, and russia avoided a rebellion that was on rack to spark a possible civil war. the wagner group had made it within 125 miles of moscow before prigozhin announced the group would pull back to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin later announced the warlord could leave for belarus without penalty for his mercenaries, and speaking out against russian military leadership. prigozhin formalized the withdrawal. translator: they regarded to dismantle pmc wagner. this a day we wa
retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militant groups. the latest on the rising tensions in the region, plus, trump s christmas message lashing out at special counsel jack smith as the former president tries to get his election interference case thrown out. so, is the former commander in chief immune from criminal prosecution? we ll see. we ll talk about that coming up. and later on, the presents opened and the cookies devoured, millions of americans set to travel today in the post christmas rush. i m going to speak to a travel expert about some travel tips to help you survive the misery. hey, everybody. good morning to you. merry post christmas. we begin this hour with the breaking news out of the middle east. president biden ordering retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militia groups in iraq after three u.s. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern iraq on monday. since october 17th, there have now been at least 103 separate attacks on u.s.
comcast business. powering possibilities. hello, everyone. it is the top of the hour. thanks so much for being with us. i m kate bolduan. it is the storm impacting pretty much everyone in one way or another across the country today. more than 200 million americans under windchill alerts and holiday travel plans are getting much more complicated by the hour for so many people. life-threatening cold has pushed all the way to the gulf coast and the mexico border and with more than 70 million americans facing temperatures below zero today, blizzard warnings remain in effect for more than 11 million people, mostly near the great lakes. areas near buffalo could see up to three feet of snow. they ve been getting walloped already this season and making matters worse, the damaging winds that knocked out power for more than a million customers from texas to new england, all of this is wreaking havoc on typically one of the busiest travel days of the year. more than 3,900 flights have
Along with a powerful and heartwarming stadium tradition. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening im tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with that Breaking News on this labor day. The Surprise Holiday Ruling a judge handing former President Trump a legal victory, appointing whats called a Special Master to oversee the documents seized from his home that ruling essentially removing the files from the Justice Departments possession the move could slow down any further investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents. The doj now has to decide whether it wants to fight that decision and it comes as mr. Trump blasts the fbi in his first rally since the search for his part President Biden was on the Campaign Trail today as both ramp up their roles in the final sprint to the midterm elections. Kelly odonnell starts us off tonight reporter tonight the criminal investigation into those classified documents found at maralago is tempo