a new exclusive telemundo interview. does he regret not shooting it down sooner? high wind warnings for tens of millions. gusts up to 60 miles per hour. we re tracking it. a top executive from southwest airlines on the hotseat on capitol hill, telling lawmakers the company messed up when it canceled nearly 17,000 flights over the holidays. the warnings that pilots say southwest ignored. alec baldwin facing new legal troubles from the family of the cinematographer fatally shot on the zest of rust. and remembering the composer behind dozens of hit songs, the legendary burt bacharach. what the world needs now this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. welcome. against a backdrop of lives lost, now in the tens of thousands, each single survivor pulled from the earthquake rubble in turkey and syria is a story of defying the odds. cause for celebration. an injection of hope for those still digging in search of life. one of those moments p
right. and a defense official told the senate today, lester, that china s military, in refusing to talk to the pentagon, is a really dangerous thing, because it increases the possibility of an accident or miscalculation between the two world superpowers. lester? andrea mitchell, thank you. new signs president biden may be getting close to run for re-election. he was in battleground florida where he was also pressed by telemundo about skepticism he s facing. 37% of democrats believe that you shouldn t run again. not true. that s what the polls say. that is what the polls say. how do you win democrats again? many of them are concerned about your age. that s not what i hear. look, do you know any polling that s accurate these days? the president says he hasn t made a final decision on running again. we re keeping a close eye on the weather tonight, especially wind alerts for about 42 million people in the midwest, ohio valley, and great lakes. damage already done in evansv
from u2 spy planes that circled the balloon as it crossed the u.s. reveal multiple antennas capable of collecting signal intelligence, say u.s. official s that could let china get information from phone calls, emails and text messages. fbi counterintelligence experts on electronic spying are studying the debris. a senior u.s. official says the amount recovered so far adds up to a small car. but searchers have not yet found the payload. likely by now on the ocean floor, which could provide critical information on what sensitive intelligence the chinese may have gotten. the balloon, which flew over montana, today outraging the senators. quite frankly, i will just tell you, i don t want a damn balloon going across the united states. i guarantee you they could have taken that balloon down, that spy balloon, and the greatest risk would have been hitting a cow, a prairie dog or an antelope. reporter: the president tonight on telemundo. do you regret not
a new exclusive telemundo interview. does he regret not shooting it down sooner? high wind warnings for tens of millions. gusts up to 60 miles per hour. we re tracking it. a top executive from southwest airlines on the hotseat on capitol hill, telling lawmakers the company messed up when it canceled nearly 17,000 flights over the holidays. the warnings that pilots say southwest ignored. alec baldwin facing new legal troubles from the family of the cinematographer fatally shot on the zest of rust. and remembering the composer behind dozens of hit songs, the legendary burt bacharach. what the world needs now this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. welcome. against a backdrop of lives lost, now in the tens of thousands, each single survivor pulled from the earthquake rubble in turkey and syria is a story of defying the odds. cause for celebration. an injection of hope
they should be okay but they re going to take a lot of heat this august. we ll see if those cross overs are happening during the hearing. nbc s luke russert reporting on capitol hill. thank you. thank you. turning to the race for the white house. colleague sat down for an exclusive telemundo interview with former florida governor jeb bush entirely in spanish and they covered several topics including his thoughts on donald trump s comments on mexican immigrants crossing the border illegally. fernando is a political