passengers have to wait to fly? russia s deadly new attacks in ukraine the city liberated just weeks ago and now back in putin s crosshairs ukrainian families defiant and determined to keep christmas alive. holiday messages of hope. the services around the world. the faithful now back in person, the pope s message of peace and the royal family s first christmas without the queen. and the nfl players making music with a mission this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening at a time of year so many of us want to be with loved ones, intense winter conditions and sub-zero chills are making it dangerous or altogether impossible to travel safely 100 million people are under winter weather alerts coast to coast. lake-effect snow have hamstrung parts of the midwest and blizzard-like conditions have stranded drivers and all bu shut down buffalo. at least 23 people have died across the country and at a time of year filled with twinkling lights, hundreds of
delivering heavy rain, and it could be dangerous ice and snow and it continues to be throughout the great lakes. we ve seen this in the leadup to the weekend and it will continue through the weekend, heavy, lake-effect snow around buffalo and watertown. that could leave three to five feet by the time this storm wraps up on tuesday and then the cold continues into the day tomorrow, windchill advisories from montana to new york and down to florida, and hard freeze warnings over the south and southeast. christmas morning and you re waking up to single-digit windchill in nashville and atlanta and 20 below in chicago and by monday we are slowly making our way out of the deep freeze jose matt brickman, thank you. turning now to the war in ukraine. no christmas cease-fire there as russia renews its deadly attacks. our matt bradley reports, but first, a warning that some of the images are disturbing tonight s ukraine s christmas in russia s crosshairs after air strikes hit