hour. the system then heads to the east. rob marciano timing it out. tonight, the remarkable images from texas, the faa now investigating the explosion of the spacex starship. minutes after takeoff, the world s largest rocket blasting off from texas, no crew on board. but what went wrong with the test flight and what they were hoping this rocket would soon do. gio benitez tonight. police say this happened again, a shooting over someone s mistake. this time, a basketball rolling into a neighbor s yard. a girl and her parents shot and wounded, the urgent manhunt now underway tonight. what police are saying. news just in tonight on president biden and when he s expected to announce he s running again. what our team has learned. rachel scott live at the white house. an irs whistle-blower claiming the federal investigation into hunter biden is being mishandled. the white house responding tonight. pierre thomas on this. news coming in, an american citizen confirmed dead tonight and
powerful new spacex rocket what caused it, and why nasa is still call calling it in a success. car repossessions on the rise as more americans struggle to make ends meet how to navigate the high cost of owning a car. cutting down on food waste to combat climate change the amazing school that s making sure less ends up in the landfill in our series climate challenge. and finding a signature moment with the coach who helps people tune up how they write their names. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. violent weather has exacted a heartbreaking toll this spring. the rate of tornado deaths in the u.s. rapidly outpacing last year and tonight, another community and state are reeling in the aftermath of a deadly strike people in mcclain county, oklahoma, found themselves in the literal path of disaster as a massive funnel cloud bore down last evening at least three lives were lost in what the weather service has now classified
steps? we ll break it down. the severe storm even a waterspout in florida. millions at risk heading into the weekend. charges against alec baldwin officially dropped and new details about the sgng that killed the rust cinematographer as production resumes. the new images from inside the film s montana set. an american killed in sudan as fighting rages on. plus, the latest from u.s. officials on other americans trapped. alarming new findings about climate change and a new report says the melting of glaciers is off the charts. can anything be done? the future of food grown in a lab? it s better for the climate, but what does it taste like? back in the groove with record sales rising, why so many are turning to turntables this weekend. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. facing an 11:59 eastern time deadline, the supreme court weighed in on another pivotal and consequential decision in the nation s divide. deciding
a lot of people are afraid of him. i ve been doing it for 22 years. i m not the least bit afraid of him. chris christie sure seems to be dropping more hits about a possible presidential campaign as he continues to criticize donald trump we ll have more of those comments straight ahead. and weeks after the first lady said he s running again, president joe biden finally appears ready to make it official, we think plus, the fight for endorsements in florida is not going well for ron desantis, his cool touch to republicans hadn t paid any dividends yet we re going have to have new reporting on trump s personal efforts to connect with lawmakers. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 21st i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with this news. president joe biden is preparing to formally announce he is running for re-election next week the president s team is plning to launch his 2024 campaign soon potentially as early a
department is considering four separate charges against the president s son, two sn misdemeanors for failing to file taxes, one count of lying on a gun application. we re also reporting that the fbi and irs have been finished with their investigation for more than a year and there s growing frustration within the fbi, for example, as to why nothing is moving on this case, and now there s a whistleblower who has come forward, raising questions as to whether there s been political interference at levels of the biden administration ken dilanian, thank you for that i want to go to capitol hill where kevin mccarthy is scrambling to get skeptical republicans behind his plan to raise the debt limit garrett haake is on capitol hill at this point, how confident or not is mccarthy that he can get to 218 mccarthy and his team have been projecting confidence all week they just rolled out this debt limit plan the other day they re hoping to get it on the floor early next week. that wi