Breaking news tonight, government shutdown breakthrough 41 days into the record-breaking stalemate.

A handful of Democrats break from their party to make a deal in what could be the beginning of the end of the shutdown.

The key vote tonight in the Senate as House members rush back to Washington to push through the bill.

New details on how the deal came together and when the government could re-over as House members rush back to Washington to push through the bill.

New details on how the deal came together and when the government could reopen.

Plus the outrage inside the Democratic Party, many believing they gave up too much.

And breaking news just in, ambulance is on the scene after an accident at Dulles Airport near D.C. That as the air travel crisis is

only getting worse, nearly 10,000 flights canceled or delayed today. The president's new threat

to air traffic controllers if they skip work. The dangerous wintery weather blasting the Midwest

and even parts of the South dumping more than

a foot of snow. Dangerous whiteout conditions causing nearly 200 crashes, cars sliding

off the road and this one engulfed in flames where the snow is headed next. A small plane

plunging into a backyard lake packed with hurricane relief supplies for Jamaica,

divers on the scene searching for those on board.

Cruise ship death mystery, a teen, found dead on board a carnival crew ship, the FBI now investigating.

NBC News exclusive, a military gynecologist accused of recording patients during exams, how he allegedly used a phone in his pocket to do it.

And more than a game, the college football fans who rallied together to help a rival in need.

Nightly News starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas.

And good evening.

The longest government shutdown in American history

could finally be coming to an end.

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