tonight that swimmer sharing her story in an nbc news exclusive. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening an unsent letter described as a murder-suicide pact by a former trump white house lawyer stood at the core of testimony in today s january 6 committee hearing. three former top justice department officials describing former president trump s efforts to enlist help from the department to perpetuate his unsupported claims of election fraud, including pressure on the doj to send an official letter to georgia election officials. that letter falsely stating the justice department had identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election. when doj leaders refused to sign it, the president reportedly telling them just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me today s hearing focusing on the actions of former assistant attorney general jeffrey clark who witnesses say stood ready to do mr. trump s bidding. let
Beloved performers of all time she is now working on her 50th solo studio album. Sandra Country Music superstar dolly parton is joining America Reports today. She will talk about her iconics career or give us a preview of the oneofakind immersive student storytelling experience, opening at dollywood today, just in time for the Memorial Day Weekend. We will hear about that and much more from the music legend herself. She is joining us live coming up. John when you look at how long her career is, the very first time i interviewed her it was in toronto, canada, in 1992. Here in 2024 still going strong. Sandra an amazing businesswoman and so thoughtful and optimistic. People love to hear what she has to say, cant wait for it, john. John she is one of those people you just inherently like. Its really interesting. Some of that secret sauce. We begin with the hunter biden that back in court for what could be the final hearing before the start of His Gun Trial In Delaware and with that i am jo
Here is what flyers at Reagan Airport tell us about their concerns getting on a boeing jet. Is that something you would think about may be more then you used to . Yes. I specifically booked these flights. Why . To avoid boeing. Obviously it is something that is a problem to some degree but there still trust in the system. This week the head of the faa says boeing has a long road ahead to get where it needs to be from a safety standpoint but as you saw there, john, and you see in the numbers, its not deterring people from getting on planes, they are flying this Memorial Day Weekend. John . John they sure are and driving too. Thank you, grady. Have a good memorial day. Center . Two stores down they are having a ball two doors down sandra now im truly feeling we are just hours away from the unofficial kickoff to summer Memorial Day Weekend 2024. I do not know how we got to this weekend so fast, john, but its here. Hello and welcome everyone i am sandra smith in new york. John this year ha
is at or near pre-pandemic levels just about every day. thanksgiving will be one of the busiest for travel in more than two decades. there are questions about whether the airlines can handle the holiday rush this year especially after the mass delays and cancellations in the spring and summer. even though almost as many people are flying as in 2019 the airlines have cut routes because of staffing shortages. pilots and other key staff. that smaller supply combined with strong demand and high jet fuel prices means you are paying more to travel this turkey day. the travel booking app hopper says domestic airfare is up 8% from last year. average cost of a round-trip in the u.s. around $380. hotels are more expensive, too. up some 15% from a year ago. the travelers we ve talked to say they don t mind shelling out big bucks. saving some miles, pre-planning, trying to find the
reports, the frustrations are growing ahead of the july 4th rush. reporter: for thousands of americans this week, their summer getaways land them in an airport armageddon we ve had multiple delays and chaos reporter: more than 2,000 flights axed just since yesterday travel app hopper reports more than a quarter of recent flights have been delayed, fueled by industry staffing shortages, soaring demand, and severe weather. i was in the airport for over five hours, maybe six. reporter: the chaos comes just as airports brace for another flood of travelers july 4th weekend an anticipated 11 million to pass through airports over the holiday despite soaring cost of travel. the price to fly spiking 45% since 2019 are we going to see the chaos in the airports continue? we are expecting to continue to see significant delays, demand, people booking travel and wanting to travel has well outpaced airlines rebuilding capacity. reporter: to