Despite urgent warnings, people are traveling this holiday week at the highest levels since march, more than 1 million flying in just 1 day tonight the parts of the country most at risk as hospitals see more Record Numbers. The search for solutions. How to keep schools open safely. Why some are succeeding even as the pandemic grows. The Big New Recall by gm, almost 6 million vehicles could be on the road with dangerous airbags. Which models are affected and holiday displays for our times, my report honoring the heroes on the front lines. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone there is Breaking News as we come on the air tonight. The governments General Services administration is for the first time acknowledging joe bidens win for president. Notifying the President Elect that the formal and official transfer of power can begin. The decision comes more than two weeks after biden was projected as the winner and after a series of legal an procedural defeats in Pr
and remembering the actor who brought a beloved harry potter character to life announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, we are going to begin with the tragic and frightening story that was breaking in north carolina as we came on the air here last night. we now know five people died, allegedly at the hands of a teenage shooter who held a raleigh neighborhood in fear, forcing residents to barricade themselves inside their homes north carolina s governor calling it the nightmare of every community. authorities say the alleged shooter left a two-mile trail of victims and crime scenes behind him. tonight, the 15-year-old suspect is being held and is in critical condition after a long standoff with police. the dead include an off-duty police officer and range in age from 16 to 52. two other people were injured. and eye-witnesses are now describing to us their own harrowing encounters with the accused shooter. blayne alexander is in raleigh and has
diana. the tribute 25 years after her tragic death announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening an otherwise tight-lipped department of justice is speaking loudly through its court filings. overnight shedding glaring new light on its search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and revealing why it believes that trump team has intentionally misled the government about the whereabouts of the items recovered during its search government lawyers releasing a redacted photo showing documents and classified cover sheets they said were recovered in mr. trump s mar-a-lago office. investigators tonight leaning into the possibility there was obstruction of justice the court filing, a response to mr. trump s request for a court ordered independent review of the items, riling up the former president who mocked the fbi and the photo online posting, thought they wanted them kept secret lucky i declassified, a claim that has not been established. k
the first covid vaccination given to children under five, what parents need to know the iconic art museum giving its own employees a chance to shine announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. americans determined to stay on the move this holiday weekend despite inflation headwinds finding frustration at every turn to yet another holiday marred by airlin schedule meltdowns and stubbornly high prices at the pump. but tonigh relief may be on the horizon for drivers. president biden enjoying his own getaway in delawar revealed he may call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax perhaps before july 4th. a gas tax holiday if you will would knock 18 cents off the price of a gallon of gas which remains just under $5 but such a move has its risks americans paying high airfares and finding no relief from airport chaos and ruined vacations we ll get to that in a moment first, kelly o donnell on lowering the cost of driving reporter: the great getaw
As the disaster unfolds in a city and state under siege. Nightly news from houston begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from houston. Good evening. The nations fourth biggest city is a city of islands tonight. Neighborhoods straited by rising flood waters in the face of an unprecedented amount of rain. Stalled Tropical Storm hor have i still tormenting the region two days after coming ashore as a hurricane. At least two people have died because of the storm, including one here in houston where rainfall amounts could reach 50 inches, 50, before its over. Tonight, 3,000 National Guard members are deployed across the disaster zone from houston to corpus christi. As crews move mounds of debris in the areas that took direct hits from harvey, tonight it is water that has this city on its heels. Too much of it too quickly and no place for it all to go. And not since katrina have we seen so many dramatic rescues. Urban water rescues. People desperate to