following this hour. extreme heat and storms threatening holiday celebrations from california to the east coast as more than 1,000 flight delays frustrate travelers trying to reach friends and family by the fourth of july. also this hour, vladimir putin looking to strengthen ties with china after the public embarrassment of last week s armed rebellion as president zelenskyy argues the pace of ukraine s counteroffensive is not meeting its hopes. more troops occupying the west bank as president netanyahu faces criticism from the united nations. we begin this hour with what s become a record setting run-up to independence day. from busy skies to hectic highways, nearly 51 million americans are expected to travel for july 4th. friday broke records as the single busiest day in tsa history. extreme weather could slow everything down with millions under severe weather alerts an concerns over strong thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic states and portions of the northern great pla
hosted by billionaire ceo elon musk on twitter. but is this state big enough for two candidates? plus, how florida is about to become center stage for presidential politics. also tonight, the security scare in the shadow of the white house. new details out tonight on the man accused of ramming a rented u-haul truck into security barriers over and over. the 19-year-old suspect making threatening statements. police say before his arrest, a nazi flag seized. the latest in a growing number of threats aimed at governmentnt officialsls. the e clock tickcking away on a possible government default just nine days away from now. insiders indicating there is still a long way to go. we pressed the house speaker. the airlines facing their biggest travel test in years. plus, the fight over what carriers have to pay you if there are problems after the summer chaos one year ago. the fake image seeming to show an explosion near the pentagon, racing around the world and on twitter and
government default just nine days away from now insiders indicating there is still a long way to go. we pressed the house speaker. the airlines facing their biggest travel test in years plus, the fight over what carriers have to pay you if there are problems, after the summer chaos one year ago. the fake image seeming to show an explosion near the pentagon racing around the world and may have briefly spooked the markets. how did it happen, and are we prepared? netflix cracking down on sharing passwords. what you need to know. and a record-breaking pilot teaching kids here in miami to soar. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight live from miami good evening and welcome from florida, where the center of gravity in the race for president is about to undergo a dramatic shift. governor ron desantis expected to declare his candidacy for the republican nomination tomorrow evening but nbc news has learned the long-anticipated announcemen
ceiling from 7,000 miles away, despite almost no tangible signs of significant progress and the president heading to japan, no one in washington or on wall street seems to be panicking, at least not yet. and significant concerns that the man in charge of protecting the country was apparently left without protection of his own. what we just learned about the late night intrusion at the home of national security adviser jake sullivan, one that his own secret service detail didn t know about until after the sullivan himself found the man wandering around inside. we start with abortion access for millions of women being decided in realtime today. the fate of the so-called abortion pill heads back to court just one hour from now. in north carolina the republicans voted unanimously to override the governor s veto and shrink the window for abortions from 20 weeks to 12. same story in nebraska where the new ban was folded into a bill on transgender care for minors. it s expected
Viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. Im max foster in london. Biancas off for the day. Just ahead on cnn newsroom. There has been another set of documents that have been discovered. Some of those documents have been classified. This is an ongoing process. He takes it seriously when it comes to classified documents. Theres no indication that santos is going to resign because he clearly has no shame. We dont need George Santos but if he wants to do the right thing, i think he should resign. His fathers friends calling him a sociopath and be Court Documents dated in 2019. Hes leaving tools, clues, signs everywhere. Announcer live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. Well, it is thursday, january 112th, silence speaks louder than words. In the case of the misplaced classified documents the white house is very quiet. Thats after President Bidens legal team found a second set of classified documents. Its not clear where they were f