life-threatening cold. we re tracking it all. also tonight, the january 6th committee s final report recommending donald trump be barred from holding office ever again. how the former president is responding. the new numbers from the cdc. will the holidays lead to another spike? the crash caught on camera. a plane slamming into the beach in santa monica. the warning from fedex and u.p.s. for last-minute shoppers. will your holiday packages arrive on time? and celebrating christmas in wartime. st. nick bringing holiday cheer to children in ukraine. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and a good friday evening to you. i m craig melvin in for lester. for many tonight, mother nature has decided to be quite the grinch. this is going to be the coldest, wettest, snowiest holiday in recent memory thanks to a once in a generation massive winter storm that s disrupting plans for millions. for some it s the really strong wind gusts already knocking out
(vo) call the n number on y your scn to learnrn more abouout medice plans inin your neigighborhod that include caremore. breaking news tonight, that historic winter storm crippling holiday travel and knocking out power across the country. that monster of a storm is on the move. states of emergency declared because tens of millions are grappling with what s happening and what s to come. the bomb cyclone swirling a dangerous mix of snow, ice and strong winds, blizzard warnings in 11 states. whiteouts on the roads. in ohio a deadly 50-car pileup. chaos at the airports. more than 5,000 flights canceled. more than a million people don t have power from texas to maine. in the northeast, major flooding along the coast and the record