traffic jams, flight delays, and severe weather. the memorial day travel rush is off to anything but a smooth start tonight. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m maurice dubois in for norah. nearly 44 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air, and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. first, there is a near record-breaking number of travelers. the tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. and then, there are the widespread storms: thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. all complicating the holiday getaway. we have team coverage of the weather and travel, and cbs s kris van cleave will start us off. reporter: major gridlock on an l.a. freeway, halting the memorial day getaway, shut down for three hours during a police standoff. and those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam. brake lights outside. look at this line.
12-year prison sentence for bringing ammunition to turks and caicos. his release following 100 days trapped in paradise as the judge sets him free, but what about the other americans still detained there? we speak to two of them. just in tonight, the judge denying alec baldwin s bid to dismiss his charge over the deadly rust shooting. when the actor is headed to trial. new pressure on israel. the u.n. s top court ordering it to halt the rafah operation. plus, his oscar nominated documentary shined a light on fast food health concerns. remembering morgan spurlock. and the college baseball team fighting to bring a world series win back to a school whose days are numbered. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester. we begin with two things on the minds of so many americans this friday night, holiday travel and severe weather. a potentially volatile combination as the unofficial start of summer gets under
boston. thousands of flights delayed. the tsa bracing for what could be the busiest travel day ever. 45 million americans expected to drive or fly over the holiday. trevor ault standing by. the chilling headline in haiti. two american missionaries, a husband and wife, shot and killed by gang members in port-au-prince. their murders coming after president biden and the president of kenya pledged support for a new u.n.-backed police force in haiti. selina wang with the president of kenya. breaking news concerning defense secretary lloyd austin. the pentagon revealing he s undergoing a medical procedure today, transferring his duties to a deputy. it comes months after he was secretly hospitalized for complications from prostate cancer. not even president biden had been told. the american father sentenced for bringing ammunition into turks and caicos. he was facing a possible 12-year prison sentence. what a judge decided instead, and what this signals to four other americans fa
busiest day ever in the air, but severe weather threatening 45 million from texas to michigan after five straight days of tornado outbreaks in the central u.s. in oklahoma, this monster tornado on the ground for nearly an hour. our team at the airport and in the storm zone. also breaking tonight, the horror in haiti. a young american couple working as missionaries killed by gangs. the mother of one of them telling us, her son called her as it happened. his final words to her. the american tourist avoiding a 12-year prison sentence for bringing ammunition to turks and caicos. his release following 100 days trapped in paradise as the judge sets him free, but what about the other americans still detained there? we speak to two of them. just in tonight, the judge denying alec baldwin s bid to dismiss his charge over the deadly rust shooting. when the actor is headed to trial. new pressure on israel. the u.n. s top court ordering it to halt the rafah operation. plus, h
philadelphia, new york to boston. thousands of flights delayed. the tsa bracing for what could be the busiest travel day ever. 45 million americans expected to drive or fly over the holiday. trevor ault standing by. the chilling headline in haiti. two american missionaries, a husband and wife, shot and killed by gang members in port-au-prince. their murders coming after president biden and the president of kenya pledged support for a new u.n.-backed police force in haiti. selina wang with the president of kenya. breaking news concerning defense secretary lloyd austin. the pentagon revealing he s undergoing a medical procedure today, transferring his duties to a deputy. it comes months after he was secretly hospitalized for complications from prostate cancer. not even president biden had been told. the american father sentenced for bringing ammunition into turks and caicos. he was facing a possible 12-year prison sentence. what a judge decided instead, and what this sign