Tonight, major airport delays in Nashville and Chicago, and now the FAA is warning more cities could be next.

The agency blaming a staffing crunch as the government shutdown impacts airports nationwide.

The new delays right now, air traffic controllers working without pay, now some are calling out.

One airport's tower unmanned for hours,

pilots told to call a 1-800 number for instructions. Also breaking tonight, dangerous flash

flooding, drenching parts of the south. Louisville streets underwater, cars and trucks submerged,

some areas recording a month's worth of rain in one day. Plus, we're tracking

the potentially dangerous storm that could slam the East Coast. The fiery hearing, Attorney

General Pam Bondi, grilled by Senate Democrats, what she said when asked about Jeffrey Epstein's

potential client list, a medical chopper spiraling out of control, slamming down onto a busy freeway,

hero drivers jumping into action, lifting the heavy wreckage to save the person trapped below.

Plus, this just in the dramatic rescue after a small plane went down in the Everglades.

We'll show you how they were rescued. The urgent negotiations to save the hostages still held by Hamas,

Richard Engel on the ground as Israel marks two years since the brutal Hamas terror attacks.

Using AI in court, one woman losing her case with a lawyer,

but getting a victory on appeal using chat GPT.

Can artificial intelligence replace lawyers?

And oh, what a night.

The heartwarming moment, one beloved cheerleader was asked to the big dance.

Nightly News starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas. And good evening. The shutdown in Washington is now

having very real consequences for Americans nationwide. Right now we're tracking delays at

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