scorching hot housing market announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone with the country on track to soon reach 1 million covid deaths in the next few weeks, this, a face mask, has remained the flashpoint of our anxieties and frustrations, and no tonight objects of mixed messages today there were celebrations in the sky as federal mask requirements for flyers and other means of transport were abruptly ended a federal judge setting the rule s demise in motion yesterday, vacating the cdc mandate, calling it unlawful tonight many health experts point out it may not square with science. an upward tick in covid cases around the country the new freedom to doff face masks on planes, they warn, may also put small children and those with compromised immune systems at risk and now late word the justice department may appeal the judge s ruling tom costello sorts it out for us reporter: on delta flight 528 this morning you are no longer require
these attacks come after the mosque va which was russia s flagship in the black sea. it s the largest boat to sink in decades and pentagon officials confirmed yesterday that it was hit by two ukrainian neptune missiles earlier in the week that caused fires and damaged the boat. it s another remarkable loss for russia s military as it continues to deal with low morale while preparing on renewed offensive focused on taking control of eastern ukraine. two senior u.s. defense officials are set to begin that offensive in the next few days. they say russia can start moving back troops into ukraine as soon as this weekend before all of its troops are fully engaged and ready to fight. russian forces have suffered significant losses in ukraine after 52 days of war. according to president zelenskyy, up to 20,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine compared to 2,000 ukrainian soldier losses. nbc news has not independently verified those losses. they ve recovered the bodies of 9
currency is it working? and the female coach who just made mlb history. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone from the mayor of new york city tonight, we got him. and with that, millions of anxious transit riders breathing a sigh of relief after word of an arrest in yesterday s terrifying rush hour subway shooting spree in brooklyn that left ten people shot. a massive and roughly 30-hour manhunt ending this afternoon in this moment, frank robert james led away after being taken into custody on the streets of manhattan s east village neighborhood nypd detectives releasing video of james yesterday morning as he entered the subway in construction attire before the shooting. a video trail part of what they call significant evidence gathered that includes a gun left at the scene that authorities say they were able to quickly trace back to james. police say james fired over 30 rounds on a subway car after setting off two smoke canister
what do you make of cluster bombs and kharkiv? reporter: that video that you were rolling there seems to strongly indicate those were cluster munitions that were used there just from the way the impacts were going, the smaller explosions that were happening. the ukrainians say a lot of time the cluster bombs are dropped from planes or shot by artillery. and this one rocket system used for that, and in the early stages of this war, i was on the russian side in the city right across from kharkiv. and the main artillery rocket system the russians were using was the rocket launching system. the ukrainians are saying that s one of the ways they are being delivered. the outskirts of the city, civilian areas are being shelled. we ve also been on the ground here around the kyiv area. we spoke to some explosive ordnance experts and they say they are finding a lot of cluster sub munitions, as they re called, which haven t exploded yet. and the ukrainians saying, in some of the cases,
construction vest and a hard hat just before the shooting. and in a chilling moment, police believe he hopped onto another train as it was racing out of that station, trying to get the passengers to safety. they say he hopped on that train with them. janai norman and aaron katersky reporting tonight. and pierre thomas on what has federal authorities so concerned about this case going forward. also tonight, the dangerous tornado threat as we come on the air tonight. the ef-3 confirmed, winds 165 miles per hour. tornado watches across several states. louisiana to indiana. severe storms from new orleans to indianapolis, then moving east. heavy rain, hail, damaging winds, gusts up to 75 miles per hour. and then philadelphia and new york city facing storms tomorrow. ginger zee tracking it all. the disturbing new video from ukraine tonight appearing to show cluster bombs being used to attack civilians in kharkiv. and tonight, what the u.s. is now sending to ukraine. james longm