good morning, everyone. it is friday! friday! i m so happy to have my long time erica hill with me today. and next week. thank you for getting up super early. great to be with you. a lot going on this friday. let s get started with five things to know for friday, may 26th. the house negotiators are moving closer to avoid a default. it would lift the debt ceiling and cap spending for two years. memorial day weekend kicking off to be a very busy travel summer. aaa expects air travel to be higher than pre-covid levels. airlines face staffing shortages and air traffic control problems. two workers in mar-a-lago moved boxes of papers one day before the fbi visited the former president s home to pick up classified documents last year. the post also reporting that he had classified documents in his office at times and showed them to others. also in texas, lawmakers recommending articles of impeachment against the state s attorney general. they re accusing ken paxon o
as trump ally push to release surveillance of the search. and mike pence today doubling down on defending the fbi. the emotional day in court. vanessa bryant, the wife of kobe bryant, breaking down on stand, describing her pain after first responders leaked photos of the helicopter crash that killed the nba legend and their daughter. reporter: after a summer of travel chaos, the department of transportation cracking down. our exclusive with secretary pete buttigieg, the ultimatum he s giving the airlines ahead of labor day. danger in the water. two shark attacks at the same beach on the same day. and uniting for ukraine. the music with a message inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we are reminded again tonight just how high the stakes are in the war in ukraine as focus turns to the state of the ukrainian nuclear power plant now in the hands of russian forces. ukraine official making some pretty disturbing claims
political conference wrapped up over the weekend with former donald trump continuing his grip on the gop even as the january 6 investigation looms over any potential comeback. and, travel headaches continue for many across the country, as more than 1500 flights are cancelled this weekend and at least 13,000 delayed. we ll have the latest on the perfect storm of issues creating travel nightmares for thousands of american travelers. joe. well, you know, mika, you talk to pete buttigieg, transportation secretary last week, and he said things were getting better. things aren t getting better. you look at those numbers and everybody that we ve talked to that is trying to move around over the past several weeks, every different story is a nightmare. we ll get to that. but first, jonathan lemire wait, wait, wait, wait. but first, happy birthday kathy scarborough. now, please. i was going to jonathan lemire to wish happy birthday. but thank you for doing it. and i would think
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kills at least 49 people. russian missiles strike the ukrainian capital of kyiv for the first time in more than a month. and wales have done it qualifying for the 2022 world cup with a 1 0 victory against ukraine in cardiff there ll be lots more coming up in sportsday at 7.30. good evening from buckingham palace, where a huge pageant along the mall has ended with an appearance by the queen. the event concludes four days of celebrations to mark her majesty s platinum jubilee. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted key moments from each decade of her seventy year reign. sir cliff richard, ed sheeran and gary lineker were among the celebrities taking part. i m joined now by royal commentator and former press secretary to the queen, dickie arbiter. you ve no doubt been watching every single detail of the last four days. i think it s been absolutely tremendous. absolutely flawless. the icing of the c