we re clocking in the surface here over 150 degrees. relief is coming, but so are storms, causing more than 1400 flights to be canceled this weekend president biden s covid symptoms are improving significantly according to his doctor, and new information about the race to create a vaccine targeted at the omicron subvariants by this fall pope francis has landed in north america, why he s apologizing to the people of canada today. gas prices are falling. now 65 cents less than the peak one last fight, the veterans who never gave up the effort to honor their fallen brothers a new memorial open opening this week. and the stunning northern lights over the continental u.s. where you can see this amazing light show this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening from coast to coast, almost all of us are dealing with it. the brutal heatwave that s lasted for days today, some 90 million americans were under severe heat alerts, with multiple states hitting rec
news tonight for anybody about to take a summer road trip gas prices across the country are still falling. today, the national average hitting $4.36 a gallon according to aaa. that is a 65 cent decrease since prices peaked in june the baseball hall of fame in cooperstown, new york inducted seven players today, including three-time world series champion david big papi ortiz he is a legend, of course, for boston red sox fans and he was inducted in his first year on the ballot now to an amazing sight that lit up the skies over the northern u.s. last night. look at this video from a remote area of montana. those are the northern lights, putting on an incredible show, glowing right above a mountain ridge that you can kind of spot in the distance there. it is rare to see the northern lights in the continental u.s., but this weekend, they were spotted from washington state all the way to michigan. there will be a new addition to the