Ted koppel will remind us in our cover story. I talk about the chinese virus. You might think that the Chinese Government chinas coverup. Has had enough of President Trump. Think again. There is actually some people who are saying mr. Trump is a godsend to china because he is helping to destroy the image of the United States. The actions and rhetoric from the american president have been distressing. What is undeniable is that President Trump has changed th what is undeniable is that the President Trump has changed the image of the United States, for better, for worse . Well hear from friends and adversaries around the world, coming up on sunday morning. Pauley day after day, despite the coronavirus shutdown, broadway theaters are keeping their lights on, this sunday in particular. As mo rocca will show us. On what would have been ton on what would have been tony sunday, broadway is quiet. The seats empty, but every stage on the great white way is still illuminated by something called
to russia. the kremlin says it does not consider the arrest warrant to be legal. all of this comes against the back drop of chinese president xi jinping s scheduled visit to rue tonight, gillian turner at the white house with how the administration is reacting to the putin war crime story and next steps in ukraine. we begin with senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot. good evening, greg. hi, bret. president biden recently called russian president putin a war criminal for his conduct of the war in ukraine. now, someone else has with a bit more international legal punch. wanted for war crimes in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin. the international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant charging him and another official in the abduction of ukrainian children since russia s invasion last year. kids allegedly taken out of ukraine and sent to russia. children special protection under the geneva. russians say humanitarian reason and don t recognize the cour
Nightly news. Reporting tonight from washington, peter alexander. Good evening. Its already been an epic summer of fierce wildfires and punishing heat. The temperatures again soaring into the triple digits out west. At least 17 fires are burning across droughtstricken california, well ahead of last years pace. And dangerous months there is still to come. The situation in california is so dire that the u. S. Forest service pulled firefighters from all 50 states and puerto rico to help. A move veteran fire Officials Say they have never seen before. We begin with Gadi Schwartz on the front lines. It means even more wildfires. It means two separate fires near los angeles overnight. One threatening 500 homes. The other torching cabins and scatters wildlife. Its brutal. When you get the temperature and the wildlife involved. It makes for very challenging physically. More triple digit temperatures as 13,000 firefighters now battle 17 wildfires. These crews are working in extreme heat. Its 103
May be threatened and 50 to 100 of those already may have been destroyed. Peter. Gadi schwartz, thank you. Te whns of thousands of travelers faced long delays or cancellations by major problems at an air Traffic Control system in virginia. It started on the east coast and spread well beyond. Kristen dahlgren is at Laguardia Airport tonight. Kristen, good evening. Good evening to you, peter. The faa says the system is back in service. Things slowly getting back to normal. I just checked the board inside laguardia. Only three departure delays. Still a dozen on arrival. Tonight up and down the east coast there are many passengers still stranded. At d. C. Reagan nationalhihis afternoon, the only thing going up was frustration. It shouldnt be like this. Planes werent going anywhere. According to the faa, the glitch was in a tracking Computer System based in leesburg, virginia. Supposed to help route High Altitude traffic near the nations capital. So this is what the airspace looked like for
Nightly news. Reporting tonight from washington, peter alexander. Good evening. Its already been an epic summer of fierce wildfires and punishing heat. The temperatures again soaring into the triple digits out west. At least 17 fires are burning across droughtstricken california, well ahead of last years pace. And dangerous months there is still to come. The situation in california is so dire that the u. S. Forest service pulled firefighters from all 50 states and puerto rico to help. A move veteran fire Officials Say they have never seen before. We begin with Gadi Schwartz on the front lines. It means even more wildfires. It means two separate fires near los angeles overnight. One threatening 500 homes. The other torching cabins and scatters wildlife. Its brutal. When you get the temperature and the wildlife involved. It makes for very challenging physically. More triple digit temperatures as 13,000 firefighters now battle 17 wildfires. These crews are working in extreme heat. Its 103