be, and could they make or break some campaigns? let s ask gop fundraiser noel thanks for being here, appreciate it. you know, some people are paying their own bills, or at least a lot of them, like vivek ramaswamy. of course, he s got a couple hundred million of his own spend to on that, not everybody has that personal cash, but with could we see the race diminishing as a result of these figures? absolutely, david. hanks for having me on. thanks for having me on. you cannot get your message out if you don t have money. so it s very is, very important to the watch these fund raising polls. and the other thing i will tell you is i am more interested in how much these candidates are raising, even more so than the general polls on how they re doing because if you raise more money than min, you have power to advertise, get messages out and saturate with your message so that you can attract new voters and new people that want to join your campaign. so i really, really pay at
the july 4 rushford senior correspondent steve harrigan is alive at jackson airport in the lancet with the length of the holiday travel surge. how is it looking, steve? and griff, from this vantage point record numbers were there during a very good job of dealing with so far as you can see behind me the alliance about a 10 minute wait from 20 minutes earlier this morning. 17.7 million americans we find this week on the fourth of july here in atlanta the busiest estate date has been friday pre-tsa screen more than 100,000 people that topped a record since 2019 day after the super bowl, numbers are up across the country 11%. and really, higher since pre-pandemic levels. right here in atlanta about one had a 70 flight delays across the nation as many as 2000 delayed. officials continue to warn passengers, try to get to the airport at least three hours early. airports are going to be a challenge. parking from the moment you arrive to getting bag checks through security s goin
from actual voters and caucusgoers instead of faceless polling percentages. what will they say and how much say will they have? there s so much swirling around the republican primary this year. so much that could change everything and yet so much that could change nothing. let me explain. the accepted wisdom right now is that donald trump will be the nominee. but what happens if he can t get on the ballot? there are two states, maine and colorado, saying someone who incited an insurrection can t run for federal office. will other states follow? and if they do, will the supreme court be forced to get involved? there s also the issue of the other legal cases against donald trump. the federal criminal cases. the election interference case is still technically scheduled for march 4th. will it still happen? briefs are due today at the d.c. appeals court where a three-judge panel is going to decide whether donald trump immune from prosecution. if they say no and the case does go to
new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who interviewed him face-t-to-face jusust yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs patients being turned away from their chemo treatments what s behind all of this and celine dion s major announcement why she s canceling her global tour. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight if you re sitting in front of the tv right now, you re one of the lucky ones, either because you already reached your destination, or you decided to stay home if the long lines at airports today are any sign, it seems that americans have collectively decided that this is the summer to get out and travel, and there s no better time to start
this incredibly important work and for sharing with us. thank you, yasmin. thank you. we have got a lot more coming up, everybody. you re watching msnbc, our second hour starts right now. hey everybody. i i m yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with, us we are thankful for that. so, we are continuing to keep our eye on capitol hill. a deal on the debt ceiling could come at any moment. those on both sides waiting to find out what is in the bill that is becoming increasingly clear, either side will be completely happy with. i m not sure what s in this bill. from what we ve been able to achieve, we need to spend money to put us on the right track. listen, everything that i went literally has to pass the senate. it s a short list i m with now, but there are still issues around that shortlist. and people are looking for solutions and how to get past it. you got a lot of folks from both sides talking to each other which