Now as the fda begins approval of the first Covid Vaccine, and we take you inside the giant worldwide operation to distribute it. How one carrier plans to move billions of vaccines at temperatures well below zero. Swedens surge and the new restrictions now in place did their Herd Immunity Experiment fail the scare in the air. The windshield of this American Airlines plane cracked all over with passengers on board. And music with heart. Gloria estefans new mission and the heroic nurses who are stealing the show. Stand by me this is Nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart good evening. As we hit more than 12 million covid cases today, the country finds itself in a perfect storm, a surging virus mixed with Colder Weather plus the strong pull of family and tradition. Were all making hard decisions about the upcoming Holiday Airports are crowded as many choose to travel to see family but hospitals are crowded, too, many at a breaking point it took nearly 100 days for the u. S. To reach its fi
To ask questions. Without objective, thats so ordered. Can would like to welcome everybody to the hearing today. Its going to focus obviously on how we can build the 21st century infrastructure. And the committee is holding a host of hearings to gather ideas on what congress can do to achieve this goal. And today, were going to hear ideas from our highways and transit stakeholders. Gathering input from our stakeholders is essential to the process. That we use to again surface transportation policy. Its valuable in our efforts to pass the act, which was the first longterm highway bill in a decade, and were going to continue to need your assistance with future legislation. Even with the Additional Resources we provided, the nations surface Transportation System still needs additional investments. Enacting a long Term Solution for the Highway Trust Fund is a critical component to insuring we can address those needs long into the future. Since passage of the f. A. S. T. Act, building a con
The Pentagon Program revealed. Look at that thing, dude. Tonight, what the military is admitting for the first time. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We want to get right to the breaking news as we come on the air. Right now, a crippling blackout in atlanta at americas Busiest Airport. Just moments ago, theyve announced theyre trying to get everyone out of the airport. The airport appears to be in neartotal darkness. Thousands of passengers confused and frustrated, crowding the terminals. Not sure when, or if, theyll get into the air. Hundreds of flights cancelled. And the blackout causing a Ripple Effect at other airports just as the Holiday Travel week gets started. Marcus moore leads us off. Reporter tonight, the nations Busiest Airport in the dark. Thousands stranded when the power went out without warning at atlantas Hartsfield International airport. Atlanta airport. No power, no light. I dont know how long its been out. But weve been standing
Nights cowboys raiders game used a folded piece of paper to measure for a dallas first down. The raiders coach seen saying no way afterwards. Dallas went on to quick what was the winning field goal in a 2017 victory. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. Couple of weird calls in the sunday games yesterday, but uh, it is how it is. A lot on the line right now, too. Exactly. We begin this half hour with the Third Largest wildfire in california history. Some multimillion dollar homes in the Santa Barbara community of montecito have been leveled. One firefighter recorded flames and smoke surrounding his truck. We get more from abcs marci gonzalez. Reporter fire crews waging an allout war against this massive, unrelenting wildfire. Crews climbing the california hills with chain saws, axes and shovels, desperately trying to get the upper hand. The inferno now burning for two weeks. The wall ott smoke at one point so thick it n
This tuesday, including the weather. Im going to pull out the short sleeves just one more time. [laughter] veronica feels like holidays down in florida, somewhere down to the south today, but its not going to stay that way. We will move back very quickly to temperatures with highs in the 30s. This morning, my goodness, fairly mild in most neighborhoods. Big range, depends on where you are, just west of d. C. , starting out in that cooler range, low of 95. 0 degrees east playing it cool across the area. By lunchtime later today, sunshine, partly sunny, upper 50s by 2 00 in your evening rush, not bad. Lower 50s under a partly cloudy sky. A look at the change we are tracking into today and tomorrow, a front comes through and we will start to come through with wind chill readings. On the roads right now you will find that the lanes are open towards the wilson bridge, maryland and virginia. However, the crashes on the wilson bridge with all traffic stopped and they are in the process of mov