[god bless america] kayleigh: hello, everybody. in honor of memorial day and fleet week quantico marine corps band performs the star-spangled banner on fox square with service members in attendance. we want to thank tunnel 2 towers on fox square. they are beautiful. we thank them for this. joey jones, what an honor to be here with you today on this memorial day. todd piro. we have had some amazing guests earlier. gold star families. incredible. todd: whenever you hear god bless america gives you chills. i don t care if it s on car radio or out there listening to the band. especially on a day like today. kayleigh: joey and i spoke about the president s own and i had the honor of seeing the marine corps band play at the white house. they are incredible quantico corps band. joey: marine corps is the smallest service, least funded. often looked at as little brother of the navy. that is not true. marine corps and navy are equal branches in the department of the
day weekend. something we have not seen since before the pandemic. i am talking away before. try 2005. what is it say about you the consumer in 2023? the rush is on in washington. that negotiator scrimmages strike a deal this weekend. to avoid a default it s now expected to hit around june 5 that is four days later than they originally told us. no matter can we forge a deal right here we will ask houston freedom caucus scott perry. blue dog democrat both are here and only here. the rush is on for the 2024 campaign cash a lot of cash at that. soft on senator tim scott is more than 21 million bucks worth. he tells us i plan to leap ahead of the gorgon gop packed with all vapid former donald trump maga donor who now says ron desantis is his man and points out eight-point to million dollars that florida governor has raised over his first 24 hours since making that announcement proves he is a hit. even the twitter launch maybe not so much of a hit print welcome everyone i am neil
and new columnist at the times, and for the first half of our programme, professor peter hotez is with us, expert in molecular virology and microbiology at the baylor college of medicine. what we ve known for some time about the uk s response to the covid pandemic is that the protective ring the government claimed to have thrown around care homes wasn t very protective at all. between march 2020 and april 2021, some 39,000 people died in care homes from covid. the public inquiry, which is still to begin, will examine whether more could have been done. in the interim, some of the evidence the panel will consider is now being tested in the court of public opinion. the reporter isabelle 0akshott, who co authored a book with matt hancock, has now shared with the telegraph 100,000 whatsapp messages which the former health secretary had shared with government officials. the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. in one message, from april 14th 2020, mr hancock te
draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit