a lonely, self-consumed, self-serving, mirror hog is not a leader. steve kornacki will join me from the big board on whether these two can find a lane. we are waiting for updates from the vatican. the sudden news that pope francis is undergoing abdominal surgery and we remain in the hospital for several days. good day. i m andra mitchell in washington. we are on indictment watch after a number of developments in separate grand jury investigations into former president trump. joining me now is ken dilanian, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, washington post deputy national editor phil rucker and jackie alemany. take us through the latest. including new details about key testimony from secret service agents, mark meadows and that top trump insider. that s right. a lot going on. it started this morning when our cameras caught taylor budowich, this political aid to former president donald trump, walking into a courthouse in miami. he later i
done before the end of the day. what multiple sources are telling our team on the hill. and i ll get the administration s perspective from nec deputy director in just a couple of minutes. plus, the comments from former president trump caught on tape and now in the hands of the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents. and it s a horrific case involving unspeakable crimes. an ex-cia officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women, the evidence seemingly overwhelming including photos and videotapes, but today a judge is being asked to throw it all out. but we start in the senate where the scramble is on to push the debt limit bill through the senate as soon as tonight, cramming what would typically be maybe a week s worth of debate and drama into hours, with lawmakers now under the threat of a catastrophic default if they don t get this done by monday. here s majority leader schumer just a few hours ago. june 5th is less than four d
sitcom star convicted of rape in a case that put his religion, scientology, on trial, as well. nasa weighing in on videos of suspected ufos we ll show you what they said about these giant orbs flying across the sky. the wild video from a georgia highway. this car launching off a tow truck s ramp going airborne what we know about the driver. and the hero on mount everest. the incredible rare rescue, a sherpa literally carrying a sick climber down on his back announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester we begin tonight with breaking news as two major stories are are playing out right now which coul shape the political landscape for years to come tonight, that critical vote in the house of representatives finally passing. it is the up an unusual bipartisan push from president biden and speaker mccarthy, wrangling enough members from both parties to pass it we have major developments in the 2024 race for president
conversations from the past month. we begin this morning with a discussion about the potential dangers of a second trump presidency. editor in chief of the atlantic, jeffrey goldberg, recently joined us to discuss the publication s special issue, which features 24 writers each outlining the threats they say a second trump term would pose to the united states and the world. we have a lot of writer at the atlantic who spent many years covering different aspects of trump and trumpism, and i wanted just to pull them all together in one, easy to read package. one copy of the print magazine, obviously it s online right now at theatlantic.com. mm-hmm. i wanted our writers to describe, as best as they could, what would happen in their areas of expertise if trump became president again. the next trump presidency will be worse. the restraints will be off. there won t be any quote, unquote, adults in the world. mckay coppins has a piece, who will get jobs in the next trump adm
andrea mitchell picks up with news right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, the debt ceiling legislation clears the house with a bipartisan vote. a showdown in the senate starting today. a handful of senators in both parties demanding amendments that could delay final passage past monday s default did the line unless leaders can win agreement to overcome their objections. time is a luxury the senate does not have. if we want to prevent default. any needless delay or last-minute holdups could be an unnecessary and even dangerous risk. i will be joined by a senator who will vote against the bill. former treasury secretary larry summers with his take on the economic fallout. the special prosecutor has an audio recording where former president trump says he kept a classified defense plan related to iran after leaving office, according to a source familiar with the matter. this as mr. trump hits the campaign trail this hour in iowa to continue his unrelenting polit