more than 60% of flights canceled. also tonight the water crisis. more than 100,000 without water. new reporting from jackson, mississippi where the system has failed again. border emergency. the bitter chill colliding with the crush at the border. many forced to sleep on the streets. plus the bus of migrants dropped off at vice president kamala harris s home on one of the coldest nights of the year. plane down. the crash landing into an icy creek. the kayaker who jumped into action to pull the pilot to safety. holiday spending up. way up. but tonight the new rules. shorter windows and added fees. what you need to know so you don t get burned on your returns. and inspiring america. when ten strangers knocked at the door, a buffalo family turned a winter disaster into shelter from the storm. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas, in for lester. tonight the images are coming in and the reports on this deadly blizz
Congress. Not only will i be exonerated, but it will also be new jerseys senior senator. Norah terrifying moments on a flight to Fort Lauderdale as severe turbulence sends eight people to the hospital. The new details. Emotional return to lahaina, to see what is left of their homes for the First Time Since the maui wildfires. At least a dozen people return home today, many discovering scenes like this. They are upside down. Norah nightmare in wonderland as riders at an Amusement Park are stuck upside down for nearly 30 minutes. If you have driven the nations interstates who have probably seen Something Like this, a big rig parked along in offramp. There are big safety questions being raised about where those big rigs should park. Loving him was red norah and taylor swift is seeing red. The swift reaction after she attends a Kansas City Chiefs game. If we play like this every time taylor is in the building, then she needs to be here every week. Norah good evening to our viewers in the w
abortion, about which party gets your vote on policy. but there are also some new polls that at the same time hammer home the deep, deep alienation with the current president of the united states. you re watching cnn s special live coverage, election night in america. i m abby phillip in washington. and i m laura coates. here in new york. i m abby. if you re a democratic consultant, this should be a good night. cnn projects that kentucky s democratic governor is going to win against a rising republican star in a state donald trump carried by 26 points. now voters in red ohio approve abortion is still a very powerful motivator. tonight, cnn projects they said yes to enshrining abortion access in their constitution. and yet new cnn poll numbers confirm just how high a hurdle president biden faces with voters heading into 2024. talking about young voters, independents, black voters, latino voters. that s really the core of the biden coalition. and one year out from the president
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