hello, i am sara sidner in for mr. blackwell. we begin with the travel nightmare that won t seem to end. nearly 3,000 flights across the united states grounded again today, almost all of them, however, more than 90% of them are one airline, southwest airlines. you can see the lines for southwest passengers at ticket counters today in raleigh, denver, you name it. passengers, some of whom have spent hours or even days waiting in airports are fuming. i am beyond frustrated and hurt. i can t see my dad. my mom is in the hospital and i wanted to be there for her once she got discharged, and unfortunately because of the situation, they are saying the closest flight is the 29th. are you going to make it home today? no, likely not. i heard somebody say over the intercom not to expect to get a flight within the next four days, and that s not what i wanted to hear. within the next four days? goodness. with new year s eve days away, nearly 2,500 flights have already been canc
has dropped, this time focusing on how the social media company rigged the covid debate, but elon musk teasing more files to come, aisha hosni joins us tonight, good evening. speak a good evening to you, in a brief thread, they say both a trump by the white house directly press twitter to moderate covid content however they saw fit. and that the platform often times complied. today s newly released twitter files focused on the pandemic. and how the government tried to control the narrative. writer david says the trump white house came looking for help from the tech company is to combat misinformation about runs on grocery stores, but there were runs on grocery stores. also reveals that twitter monitored the trump white house sharing an email exchange where twitter s former deputy general counsel jim baker asked why a tweet from then president trump telling people not to be afraid of covid was not violating their covid misinformation policy. twitter s form of trust and safet
any dancing at all. rachel: you are not exempt. griff: would your friends in the gym make fun of you if they knew you were jamming to wham? joe: no. number one i don t have friends in the gym. if you have friend in the gym, you are not getting the work done and number two, there is nothing too serious about it. you go to the gym have fun cut up. i would dance if i knew how. i envy people that can. go on tv and talk to 3 million people about my opinions i wouldn t sing or dance in front of five people without being super embarrassed. rachel: telling some of our friends in the commercial break is he a sol cycle ler. griff: you said you would come with me. rachel: i will some time this week peloton at home. sent me an email that said we haven t seen you lately. [laughter] rachel: that will tell you how my workouts are going. joe: clothes hanging on it? rachel: no, actually in a room just for it. it misses me and i told my peloton i will come back after the new
southwest airlines canceling the majority of its flights for today. we have team reporting. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, elwyn lopez in atlanta and meteorologist rob marciano timing it all out. the nationwide virus threat. covid-19 on the rise. with the holidays under way, the new warning tonight that all those gatherings and travel could send cases soaring, while flu activity remains high. the new strike inside russia. for the second time this month an air base 300 miles from the border hit. putin s forces claiming they shot down a ukrainian drone. ukraine signaling hope for negotiations. are peace talks possible? britt clennett from kyiv tonight. the urgent investigation in washington state. four power substations disabled on christmas day, knocking out power to thousands on the holiday. what officials are saying tonight. the crisis at the border reaches washington, d.c. hundreds of migrants bussed to the nation s capital from texas left in the cold. families with ch
more than 60% of flights canceled. also tonight the water crisis. more than 100,000 without water. new reporting from jackson, mississippi where the system has failed again. border emergency. the bitter chill colliding with the crush at the border. many forced to sleep on the streets. plus the bus of migrants dropped off at vice president kamala harris s home on one of the coldest nights of the year. plane down. the crash landing into an icy creek. the kayaker who jumped into action to pull the pilot to safety. holiday spending up. way up. but tonight the new rules. shorter windows and added fees. what you need to know so you don t get burned on your returns. and inspiring america. when ten strangers knocked at the door, a buffalo family turned a winter disaster into shelter from the storm. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas, in for lester. tonight the images are coming in and the reports on this deadly blizz