her attorney says school officials ignored. our nbc news reporting. the concerned texts the teacher sent to a loved one just before the shooting. the major winter storm moving into the northeast after a tornado outbreak left a trail of destruction farther south. al roker is here. president biden reversing course, now pledging the u.s. will send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine. so, what changed? just in, two years after he was suspended, facebook lifting its ban on donald trump. the dramatic video, a man with a long gun shooting up at a police helicopter. and the team of 25 performing a medical miracle for two infant twins. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and one of the country s most closely watched criminal cases today south carolina prosecutors began laying out their double murder case against alex murdaugh, prominent attorney and patriarch of a powerful charleston area family accused of murdering his wife and 22-year-old son.
good evening the u.s. supreme court tonight ending a term that reshaped the court itself and the country in dramatic fashion. the first black woman to be confirmed as a supreme court justice sworn in today justice ketanji brown jackson replacing retiring justice stephen breyer she joins a court that days ago rocked the country with its ruling overturning the long-established constitutional right to abortions the term ending today with split decisions for the biden administration on immigration and the environment. in a win for its border policy, the court saying the administration acted properly in trying to end the trump-era policy that requires asylum seekers wait in mexico while their cases are decided. but the court also undercut the administration s climate change efforts, saying the epa overreached in its efforts to move the country from coal production to cleaner alternatives justice correspondent pete williams has details. reporter: in one of the most important envi
these are live pictures from atlanta s jackson airport where you can see long security lines already forming this morning. we re tracking hundreds of delays and cancellations at airports across the country. where we re seeing those slowdowns and where the weather could impact your travel plans right now on new day. we re so grateful that you re starting your holiday weekend with us. it is saturday, july 2nd, just two sleeps away from fireworks and hot dogs and all the good stuff. thanks so much for waking up with us. good morning, kristen. good morning, boris. yeah, just two days away if you can get there as you look at all of these major travel disruptions that we re seeing this morning at airports across the united states. they re threatening to spoil the holiday for millions of americans. airports being put to the test as the number of people traveling by plane this fourth of july weekend climbs to near pre-pandemic levels. but staffing issues, cancellations and su
Strike in the west bank earlier today hitting a mosque. The idf said it thwarted an eminent terror attack. The Palestinian Authority calls it a dangerous escalation. Erin . Jim, the Israeli Military confirms that its troop had a class with hamas fighters. Its significant because this happened inside gauza. Theyre saying that there was fighting. Its just the second time that Israeli Forces have confirmed that they were operating inside gaza since the hamas terrorist attacks two weeks ago. Cnn journalist has witnessed at least 14 trucks crossing from egypt into gaza. Thats desperately needed humanitarian aid. Its a drop in the bucket, though, but it is something. And for almost two weeks, there had been nothing. An official at the main hospital says the deteriorating conditions there are catastrophic and other hospitals say they are simply overwhelmed by the number of dead and wounded from the intensifying bombardment. Israel saying they conducted dozens of strikes just today, jim. Erin,
according to a group that tracks gun violence, tuesday s mass shooting was one of at least 279 that have happened in the u.s. so far this year. we ll continue to bring you the latest developments as we get them. new york city s mayor is urging people to limit their time outdoors as smoke from canadian wildfires drifts over large parts of the northern u.s. this was the scene at yankee stadium tuesday night. new york s air quality was among the world s worst on tuesday due to the smoke. it is just one of several states warning of hazardous unhealthy air quality. alerts remain in place for more than 30 million americans. this orange haze was hanging over ottawa. officials say they are tracking hundreds of fires, dry conditions and searing temperatures have ignited an extreme and early start to the summer wildfire season. nasa captured this image from space. you can see on the left side smoke blanketing much of ontario