draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit
the damage of documents recovered from former president trump the property, sharing new details what its filter teams found in the materials. begin this hour with a major new development in russia s war on ukraine. senior u.s. officials tell cnn that ukrainian forces are now launching a significant counteroffensive. go right to cnn jim sciutto who broke the story. what s the latest from the plan from ukraine and how do we expect it to play out? reporter: the latest, the much anticipated counteroffensive, ukrainian officials hinted at some time. saying they have confidence they can carry it out, has now begun. u.s. officials began to see signs of shaping, as you mentioned, shaping means basically preparing the battlefield for a wider offensive. in this case, it means artillery, rocket, air strikes on things like weapons depots, air defense systems, ammunition dumps, et cetera. to then allow a combination of ground and air forces to move in and attempt, at least, to regain
magnitsky. the former homeland security is. now warning about wait for it, in america, facing more volatile threat within in the months ahead. it has issued a really alarming new bulletins. warning that violence in this country could get even worse in the summer months and run up to the midterm elections. the reason why are frankly it s stomach turning as they are eye-opening. they are saying that people on online forums are encouraging uvalde copycat attacks. how cruel. but wait, there is more. there is america s old foe, disinformation. disinformation is popping up to an extent that it too could fuel further violence. but wait, there s more. as campaigns are gearing up for the midterms, the dhs expects calls for violence by domestic extremists to not only continue, but actually to increase. but way, because there are still more. it s not all about elections. and no, the dhs also does warrant to look out for the fallout from potential supreme court decisions. that must shock
An incident of air rage occurred on an IndiGo flight when a male passenger hit the pilot during a flight delay caused by dense fog in North India. Read more about this incident and its impact on the airline.