good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
emergency in the northeast. rescuers pulling families from flooded homes. no power, and the water still rising. as the west now gets slammed tonight, just as millions travel for the holiday. ginger zee times this out. and tonight here, the christmas forecast, as well. will there be a white christmas anywhere? also tonight, the high stakes prisoner swap between the utz and venezuela. ten americans freed, including six people wrongfully detained. and one person released tonight the u.s. was after. mary bruce at the white house. the horrific mages just in tonight. the newly released police video showing police responding to the deadly shooting at unlv. the professor who was turned down for a job opening fire, and now the images tonight of what authorities and those students were up against. 24 hours after colorado s supreme court determined donald trump should not be on the ballot in colorado, what donald trump is now doing. president biden weighing in tonight. and the rep
new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who interviewed him face-t-to-face jusust yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs patients being turned away from their chemo treatments what s behind all of this and celine dion s major announcement why she s canceling her global tour. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight if you re sitting in front of the tv right now, you re one of the lucky ones, either because you already reached your destination, or you decided to stay home if the long lines at airports today are any sign, it seems that americans have collectively decided that this is the summer to get out and travel, and there s no better time to start
2.5 million passengers today alone, amid questions of whether the system can handle it after last year s summer travel meltdown, and the roads are just as packed. plus, imagine if this was your pilot locked out of the cockpit climbing in through the window. also tonight, we ll show you the terrifying new video. a passenger apparently opens an airplane door midair. the wind whipping through the cabin. how it was able to happen. the new deadline just announced when the u.s. will default on its bills if there is no debt ceiling agreement. are we any closer to a deal? new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who intervieiewed him face-to-face just yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs. patients being turned away from their
hello. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. in a change of language, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in the fighting between hamas and israel and the sooner a truce comes the better. france has called for an immediate ceasefire. we will get more reaction to that in a moment. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has indicated that new negotiations are under way to recover israeli hostages held in gaza, after israel revealed that three hostages were mistakenly killed by israeli soldiers in gaza, despite being shirtless and waving a white flag. an israel defence forces official said they re investigating what happened at the highest level. families of israeli hostages held a rally in tel aviv on saturday night. they said the current policy of using military force wasn t working and demanded more action from the government to bring th