as trump ally push to release surveillance of the search. and mike pence today doubling down on defending the fbi. the emotional day in court. vanessa bryant, the wife of kobe bryant, breaking down on stand, describing her pain after first responders leaked photos of the helicopter crash that killed the nba legend and their daughter. reporter: after a summer of travel chaos, the department of transportation cracking down. our exclusive with secretary pete buttigieg, the ultimatum he s giving the airlines ahead of labor day. danger in the water. two shark attacks at the same beach on the same day. and uniting for ukraine. the music with a message inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we are reminded again tonight just how high the stakes are in the war in ukraine as focus turns to the state of the ukrainian nuclear power plant now in the hands of russian forces. ukraine official making some pretty disturbing claims
obviously losing patience. right now you re sitting up here playing cards because they are short staffed and we can check-in and get in there in time so we are waiting for more people to come in. i was supposed to leave at 1:30 and they delayed it to 3:00 p.m. already today. i don t know if i m going to get out on time or not. i brought my laptop charger and i may be hanging out here for a while. we are hoping the plane is there when we are ready to get on and a pilot to fly it, so we have to get back and get back to life. mike: charles watson s life from hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta. good morning, charles. good morning, mike and julie. things are pretty busy here in atlanta so far this morning but so far operations appeared to be moving smoothly here at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international. that said, passengers should prepare for another busy day at airports. the delays and cancellations are already racking up this morning. we are seeing about 140 u.s
states tomorrow, we ll have a preview of the races to watch. we begin with the aftermath of what was a violent weekend in a number of places. we start with buffalo, new york that is still realing after a white teenager carried out what they re calling a racist attack in a super market in a predominantly black neighborhood. nearly all of the victims were black. the gunman is in custody and being held on a first degree murder charge. he intended to take as many black lives as possible. president biden and first lady jill biden will visit the community to grieve with them. we are learning more about the victims, aaron salter a police officer turned security guard that tried to stop the gunman. katherine massey who tried to make her community a better place to live. pearl young who ran a food pantry for a quarter century. heyward patterson who was loading bags into a car. celestine chaney and roberto roberto drury who was just buying groceries. jesse, what have we learned about t
Accused killing 18 people and injuring 13 others. In maine has stretched into a second day. The father of one of the victims becoming emotional talking about his late child who was the manager at the bar, which was one of the two shooting locations. I go to church i believe in the law and i believe in. But why do we have to go through these kind of miserable, miserable times . This has never happened in our two cities, never is the worst thing thats ever happened. These two cities where it just really hit you hard watching the victims and the families, those who are suffering tonight as the manhunt continues. Welcome back, everybody. Im kevin corke in denver. Jenkins kevin, great to be with you on this busy friday morning of Breaking News. Its 3 a. M. On the east coast, 10 a. M. In israel. And thats where we turn now to the middle east. U. S. Fighter jets striking iran linked sites. Syria a short while ago in retaliation for attacks on american troops in the middle east. The strikes fo
Coast, and 6 00 a. M. In gaza where daybreak is they are in the assault is well underway. Welcome to a breaking addition of americas late news, fox new at ninth. Americas longtime ally is now at work, israel is battling hamas after they conducted a Surprise Attack in Southern Israel over the weekend Slaughtering Hundreds and drago were across the border includin women, children, and the elderl who are now either dead or bein held hostage. Some 900 israelis have been killed in the conflict so far into night the white house is confirming at least 11 american were also killed in the attacks. Our middle east correspondents life or as on ground in souther it israel is with the latest on what israel is calling a complete siege. What relearning . Good evening, tonight is really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation in the world tane blinken asked for were another going to get a warbird that is really continue to strike the gaza strip from the air, thousands of airstrike condu