airport. covid causing a travel nightmare across the country. airlines struggle to find crews to staff flights. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, happy new year to you. happy new year to you, too, john. the travel challenges are what everyone is talking about today. omicron variant pushing to levels not seen in this pandemic, nearly 500,000 cases reported in a single day shattering the previous daily high set two days beforehand. throw in a winter storm with exploding case counts, all the ingredients for a massive travel headache. nearly 4,000 flights have been canceled so far today, according to flight aware. the omicron surge is leaving many airlines without crews to operate those busy schedules. fox team coverage starts now. standing by from the white house, but first senior national correspondent at reagan national airport outside washington, d.c., snow finally tapering off a bit. good afternoon, john. that s right, the snow is just slowing down a few minutes
erin incredible details talking about firing rifles and, worse, the harsh reality in stark contrast to what we saw from putin today. breaking news. a top trump ally appearing before the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago classified documents as we learn tonight that trump s former white house counsel testifies. another major investigation involving the former president. a couple trying to vote in arizona allegedly filmed and photographed by a group accusing them off being a, quote, mule. this is beginning of a terrible and ugly election? let s go outfront. tonight, i wouldn t let any of us out there. those are the brutally honest words from a russian soldier sent to the front lines in ukraine. in a phone call with his sister, the soldier revealing the pathetic state of vladimir putin s army. it s important to hear his voice. translator: whatever we wear here, we bought ourselves. they re forcing us to go on camera to encourage the mobilized not to be afraid t
stage a comeback? the war in ukraine. putin firing a sniper rifle on a visit to a training camp for newly drafted troops. is russia getting help on the ground from iranian soldiers, what the u.s. found. the verdict in the kevin space yn y civil trial after another actor accused spacey of making a sexual advance on him when he was 14. the discovery in a search for a princeton university student missing a week. what police are saying. nbc news investigates can americas aging nuclear plant with stand climate change. what about all that radio active waste. and a kitchen helping chefs cook up their own businesses and inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we are going to begin with a story of particular concern to families with very young children. an alarming and unprecedented rise in cases of a potentially serious respiratory virus. cases of a virus known as rsv now quickly rising in at least 32 states. rsv frequently infects chil
Stage a comeback? the war in ukraine. putin firing a sniper rifle on a visit to a training camp for newly drafted troops. is russia getting help on the ground from iranian soldiers, what the u.s. found. the verdict in the kevin space yn y civil trial after another actor accused spacey of making a sexual advance on him when he was 14. the discovery in a search for a princeton university student missing a week. what police are saying. nbc news investigates can americas aging nuclear plant with stand climate change. what about all that radio active waste. and a kitchen helping chefs cook up their own businesses and inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we are going to begin with a story of particular concern to families with very young children. an alarming and unprecedented rise in
Call. but he says half his group didn t even understand with training they received. i mean, it s incredible. i wouldn t put i wouldn t let any of us out there. and i want to note something else the soldier said because it s important in this context because we have the whole conversation. he says he s not declining to fight. in fact, at one point he said, quote, i m happy to fight. this is not some anti-war dissenter who tried to flee mobilization. this makes his words damning because the harsh reality he details is the polar opposite of the propaganda image and lies that putin puts out. today putin making a rare visit to a military training center in western russia with his defense minister by his side. putin met with soldiers and visited a shooting range to do this. putin firing a sniper rifle for