good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, may 16th. ahead this hour, the latest developments from ukraine following new russian missile attacks overnight. the strikes come as the ukrainian president is touring europe, looking to restock his army s arsenal. plus, the durham report was supposed to vindicate donald trump of his alleged ties to russia, but now that it s finally out after four years, there s not much in it that we didn t already know. we re going to go through the findings just ahead. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling talks ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the white house. also today, just ahead now, arnold schwarzenegger joins us live from austria, where some of the world s top climate activists and leaders are meeting right now. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us. and columnist and asso
oscars the movie making history on hollywood s biggest night. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone president biden was up early in front of the cameras before the markets opened this morning in a move to calm jitters following a pair of bank collapses. mr. biden declaring the banking system is safe and telling customers your deposits will be there when you need them new york s signature bank following silicon valley bank down the road to collapse over the weekend. those banks are tonight in the hands of regulators. in addition to telling folks their money is safe, the president today called on congress and banking regulators to strengthen banking rules to prevent such failures in the future the government reassurance appeared to go a long way toward easing nerves on wall street however, concerns remain over whether it s all over. nbc s jake ward has much more. reporter: with two u.s. banks being forced into closure in recent days
not testify about hush money payments to an adult film star. it comes as his former fixer, michael cohen, does appear before the grand jury. our nbc news exclusive. uk prime minister rishi sunak. his first u.s. broadcast interview since taking office as he joins president biden and australia s leader to announce a nuclear submarine deal. his tough words for china, calling it a systemic challenge to the world order. what he thinks about the origins of covid and what s his relationship like with king charles? and winning everything at the oscars. the movie making history on hollywood s biggest night. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. president biden was up early in front of the cameras before the markets opened this morning in a move to calm jitters following a pair of bank collapses. mr. biden declaring the banking system is safe and telling customers your deposits will be there when you need them. new york s signature bank
Career. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I dont know how many more people are left in there. We have no idea. We have no idea how many people were in that building. Were expecting the worst and hoping for the best. The search continues for victims of a fire that killed doeses in california. The entire wall was on fire. My brother a victory for protesters, the u. S. Army corps of engineers is refusing to let the dakota pipeline cross the missouri river. In italy the countrys Prime Minister is resigning after voters rejected reforms. President elect donald trump is making no apologies for his telephone conversation with the leader of taiwan. Does this signal a change in policy . Or was it just a phone call . It was just a phone call at this point. Trump tweeted that he had actually won the popular vote if you deduct the millions who voted illegally. It doesnt matter. He won the election. The midwest saw the first measurable snow of the
George w. Bush library in texas to talk about former president with his admiring son. I want to relive the moment i came wandering in here by myself. George w. Bush has been reminiscing about the past. But its another former president thats been on his mind. Number 41. I dont think people understand george h. W. Bush and what an amazing person he is. Schieffer ahead on sunday morning, two president s, one family. Osgood jon stewart best known for daily show on Comedy Central took a break from television to try a hand at film. Talks about that with mo rocco. Jon stewart takes aim at politics at their hijinks, hubris and hypocrisy. Where would you be . Working a stand up ip chicago. Working the zany circuit. Not how you describe the first movie hes produced. Ahead, his reviewerrer gets interviewed. You make me look stupid. Ive seen you do this before. I know how this goes. Osgood on to a different sort of talk show host, what happens to make andy cohen so perfect as thats what happens li