chief of the faa i asked him why do these near misses seem to be happening so often. and the bakery helping young chefs rise to their full potential and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us we ll get to that major weather news in a few moments. but first, we want to bring you the latest in what we know about a dangerous aerial encounter in the sky today between the united states and russia the pentagon saying a russian fighter jet poured fuel on an unmanned american drone, then collided with it over the black sea. it sent the american aircraft into the water the confrontation escalating already high tensions between the countries which are telling different versions of today s event. courtney kube has the latest for us from the pentagon. reporter: the stunning showdown happening over the black sea near ukraine and russia when an unmanned american drone like this one called a reaper was c
will be restored it is quite cold. there are more than 250,000 households in the northeast without power tonight. while we expect this snowfall to taper off overnight, the strong powerful wind gusts will linger through tomorrow afternoon that makes it even more difficult for utility workers to restore power and could even more downed power lines. lester emilie ikeda, thank you bill karins is tracking the storms on both coasts. bill, when will the effects of the nor easter pass? not until tomorrow afternoon, lester good evening we are watching this storm still producing areas of heavy snow. a lot has already fallen the winds are still going the crank as we go throughout the overnight hours. this snow was like cement on the trees. it was hard and wet. and with the winds blowing, it s going to bring down more trees we still have 28 million people under wind alerts and wind warning up the coast to portland, where tonight the winds will howl in the 50-mile-per-hour range in the area