announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening terrifying images coming out of cuba tonight. a five-star hotel in downtown havana ripped by a massive and deadly explosion the death toll rising as rescuers search for the missing. dozens of injured were rushed to hospitals. cellphone video capturing the moment of the explosion as the saratoga hotel was quickly engulfed in smoke and dust its facade crumbled by the blast. cuban authorities tonight blaming the blast on a gas leak. the hotel once frequented by well heeled tourists and celebrities including some americans was closed for renovation. kerry sanders now with late developments. reporter: moments after the explosion, a witness began recording as the cloud of dust from the blast enveloped the streets of old havana. a witness points and yells, there s people alive, there s people alive! in the rubble another says, there s one, there s one! bystanders, police, firefighters began climbing over con
of the travel mask mandate. viral video outraging. why syracuse police put an eight-year-old boy in a cop car over an allegedly stolen bag of chips. abortion battle heats up: we meet the doctor who commutes hundreds of miles as nearly two dozen states ban or restrict access to abortions. today s other top headlines: why you re paying more for your netflix subscription. a wildfire in arizona explodes. and learning to fly. how these california pilots are teaching kids the sky s the limit when it comes to their dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, the war in ukraine nears a turning point, as russian forces surround the battered southeastern city of mariupol. russian soldiers and military hardware are pouring into eastern ukraine and ramping up its ground assault along the 300-mile-long front
of the travel mask mandate. viral video outraging. why syracuse police put an we meet the doctor who commutesf hundreds of miles as nearly two dozen states ban or restrict access to abortions. today s other top headlines: why you re paying more for your netflix subscription. a wildfire in arizona explodes. and learning to fly. how these california pilots are teaching kids the sky s the limit when it comes to their dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital.th norah o donnell o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, wart in ukraine nears a turning . as russian forces surround the battered southeastern city of mariupol. russian soldiers and military hardware are pouring into eastern ukraine and ramping up its ground assault along the 300-mile-long front line. now, despite this ground assault thr front, russis not anyni vances a fierce ukrainian resistance. a senior u.s. defen
tornado on the ground! norah: tonight come across country whether threats. tens of millions in the path of a dangerous storm, from the midwest of the south, with so-called guerrilla hail and tornadoes. plus, heavy snow in colorado leaves people stranded. i was crying all day yesterday because i wanted to be home. and i can t. norah: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. we begin tonight with more than 40 million americans under threat from two major storm system spirit heavy snow is falling across the rockies with 3 feet already on the ground and parts of colorado, causing travel night nightmares in the e roads. hundreds of flight to denver international airport canceled today and more severe and dangerous weather is sweeping across the middle of the country today, with several tornadoes touching down in kentucky and indiana. this funnel cloud was spotted over a small town in kentucky. communitie
cross-country weather threats. tens of millions in the path of a dangerous storm, from the midwest of the south, with so-called gorilla hail and tornadoes. plus, heavy snow in colorado leaves people stranded. i was crying all day yesterday because i wanted to be home. and i can t. norah: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. we begin tonight with more than 40 million americans under threat from two major storm systems. heavy snow is falling across the rockies, with 3 feet already on the ground in parts of colorado, causing travel nightmares at the airports and on the roads. hundreds of flights at denver international airport were canceled today and more severe and dangerous weather is sweeping across the middle of the country today, with several tornadoes touching down in kentucky and indiana. this funnel cloud was spotted over a small town in kentucky. communities are surveying the aftermath with downed