good morning. a good one. good weekend. how was yours? it was. happy mother s day? i slept, my kids made me breakfast. it was a beautiful day. i hope you had a great weekend. let s get started with five things to know this monday, may 15th. president zelenskyy is in the uk this morning meeting with the british prime minister. the visit is the latest a series of high stakes meet agz cross europe. russia experience az string of battleground setbacks. also, illegal border crossings dropping by 50% in the days after that immigration policy known as title 42 was lifted. that is according to the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. he warns it s too early to know if the surge peaked. president biden is supposed to hold another round of debt ceiling talks tomorrow with kevin mccarthy and the other congressional leaders. yesterday, the president sounded opt m optimistic. ron desantis headlining big political events in iowa this weekend. the florida governor making
tonight the beginning of what is set to be the biggest battle over abortion rights since the overturning of roe v. wade protests over a judge s ruling that would halt the use of the abortion pill. some healthcare providers are now stockpiling the drug the biden administration is vowing today to fight the decision as some democrats call on the president to simply not enforce any ban. everything is on the table. political firestorm in tennessee. why at least one of the democratic lawmakers expelled by republicans there may be back in his seat tomorrow stand-off at sea navy ships from china and taiwan face off as china launches massive war games, including this simulation showing how they could strike the island. growing violence in the middle east israel attacked by rockets from inside syria. the retaliation should this convicted killer walk free the governor of texas vows to pardon a u.s. army sergeant who shot a black lives matter protester. tiger woods drops out
after another judge rules in favor of the pill will the supreme court decide the issue? is there a mole in the pentagon the race to find out who may be leaking top-secret intelligence the department of justice and pentagon now investigating. it puts ourselves at risk. it puts our allies at risk. china s major escalation, launching massive military drills off taiwan s coast just as u.s. lawmakers visit the island our correspondent is there. gunfire at the beach. six people shot, most of them teenagers enjoying a senior skip day. video shows the chaotic moments shots were fired. terrifying new footage of trees falling at the masters. are these the luckiest people on earth? watch as three trees just barely miss them. bam, trees are falling on the ground. why play was halted again today. and the need for speed. the new push across the country to raise the speed limits how fast is too fast announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good even
washington. we begin this hour with the tempers flaring in nashville. where emotions are raw politics, much like the rest of the us bitterly divided republicans in the state house there voted to expel lawmakers were breaking decorum during a raucous but peaceful protest demanding gun reform that protest ignited by the nashville school shooting that left three adults and three young students dead. how the expulsion vote ended, has only added to the anger representatives justin pearson and justin jones. who are black, were expelled their fellow protester and colleague gloria johnson, who was white kept her seat by one vote. cnn correspondent isabelle rose salas joins us now with the latest isabelle what happens now? i guess there is some hope that these two lawmakers who were expelled might get their seats back. and that is certainly a very real possibility. here, jim. right now the spotlight is on filling those two vacant statehouse seats, and what we re seeing is local lawmak
new revelations from those leaked intel documents. reports of up to four more chinese spy balloons, and new questions about why it took authorities so long to notice the leaked documents terrifying moments as a bomb is thrown at japan s prime minister he is rushed to safety before it explodes what we know about the suspect. a violent coup d etat playing out in africa. the ambassador and his staff forced to take shelter. the deadly police mistake caught on video. officers at the wrong address. when the homeowner opens the door with a gun, they open fire. how could this have happened nbc news with rare access as law enforcement busts a giant retail crime ring. nearly $200,000 in merchandise recovered. and there s good news tonight. the daughter who reveals to her father after his life-saving kidney transplant, she was his donor. i m really proud of her. i can t believe she did it announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening the nation