the third major bank to fail in two months. a u.s. navy ship has taken more than 100 u.s. citizens away from the violence in sudan but many more are still waiting to be rescued. thousands of american airlines pilots threaten a strike, could it impact your summer travel. schedules that are on flyable. the so-called forever chemicals contaminating drinking water and fish. we are finding them here throughout the most of the united states. now retired air force colonel kim campbell faced that decision 20 years ago in the cockpit of her 810 over baghdad. hearing the guys over the radio welcome home i knew that i made it, i knew that i survived. norah: thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. we want to begin tonight with breaking news, at least six people are dead and thousands others injured after a massive pileup in south-central illinois. dozens of passenger vehicles and 30 commercial vehicles including semitrucks involved in a deadly crash.
city hall. jamming with none other than rocker john fogerty. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite shows. think streaming and the impact of emergiging technonology thinink virtual l reality. tonighght the writiters and d productionon cocompanies, i including our parentnt company nbcuniveversal appeaear to be farar apart, virtually y guaranteeieing rereruns will l be coming g to screens as productions grind to a halt for some shows, the impact will be felt immediately. miguel almaguer has the latest what do we want a fair contract re
and fiery crashes caused by a massive dust storm. at least six people reported killed and dozens more hospitalized. plus, hundreds of law enforcement officers searching by land and air for the suspect who killed five people at a home in texas. the heartbroken father. a 9-year-old among the dead. authorities say the suspect had been deported multiple times. an nbc news exclusive. after the u.s. shot down a spy balloon from china, the military tracking another mysterious balloon over the u.s. what we know. an nfl star s 2-year-old daughter drowns in the family swimming pool. what parents of young children should know. just hours to go before a threatened hollywood writers strike. will your favorite tv shows be halted? and our interview with rock legend john fogerty, finally singing the songs again that made him famous. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we start with breaking news. in a year defined by ext
f the debt limit isn t raised or suspended. that s a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. it s the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illinois. more than 70 vehicles crashed due to low visibility from a dust storm. also new this morning, the surgeon general has a plan to tackle america s epidemic of loneliness and isolation. his six-pillar approach to build our social connections. that s ahead. and serena williams, great news, pregnant with baby number two. the tennis superstar made the reveal during last night s met gala. cnn this morning starts right now. so i m so excited about the serena williams news. i know.
Whiteout conditions are already here. Ice, wind, snow, power outages. Millions tonight feeling the impact of the onceinageneration storm. Plus, we have Breaking News. More transcripts just released from the January 6th Committees investigation. Everyone from the president s daughter to his Attorney General in a Top White House lawyer, what they all had to say, and how the committees final report puts the blame squarely on donald trump. And shocking government numbers out of china about covid cases. New infections reportedly in the hundreds of millions this month alone and growing. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Millions are trying for the holidays as snowy conditions caused a massive pileup of roughly 50 cars. We are told at least one person died in this crash. And its not just in ohio, its across the country. Cars sliding, being abandoned on the streets of memphis, tennessee. Today more than 5,000 flights have been canceled due to severe