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the first covid vaccination given to children under five, what parents need to know the iconic art museum giving its own employees a chance to shine >> announcer: this is “nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. americans determined to stay on the move this holiday weekend despite inflation headwinds finding frustration at every turn to yet another holiday marred by airlin schedule meltdowns and stubbornly high prices at the pump. but tonigh relief may be on the horizon...

committee, three top officials who led the justice department in the final days of the trump administration including the former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen will make clear the doj saw no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to overturn the election and will detail how he and others resisted trumps pressure to back the baseless claims. >> a preview of newly obtained footage from the documentary film crew that followed former president trump and his team for six months befo...

It is an expensive summer of travel stress at airports worldwide with airlines struggling with staffing shortages and schedule meltdowns. gianas flight was canceled only to rebook on a different flight that was also canceled. from thursday to monday, airlines in the u.s. canceled more than 5400 flights. >> makes me not want to travel at all. no airplanes, nothing. >> reporter: new analysis says that flight cancellations have jumped 34% in the last month. domestic ticket prices are up too by 18% ...

Travel still expected to roar back to life this season. meanwhile airlines are on the hot seat in capitol hill testifying about how they spent the covid relief money they received from the government. cnns pete muntean reports. >> reporter: the central question here was whether or not the federal government got its moneys worth for the $50 billion it gave airlines in pandemic aid to prevent major layoffs, but there were still staffing shortages that caused massive flight cancellations and schedu...

Bit of wavering in ticket bookings because of the omicron variant. the tsa says well come just shy of a new pandemic-era air travel record, pretty hard to beat the last one, the sunday after thanksgiving, 2.45 million people passed through security at americas airports. but never say never. we just saw 2 million pass through security at americas airports this past sunday, not even a holiday. tsa says the busiest days, december 23rd and january 3rd. so if you havent bought a ticket yet, may want ...