tonight wherever you get your podcast. now it s time for the last word. with it and i would like to consider myself somewhat a person that can follow logic but i was listening to that sound bite from donald trump about the shock and the electrocution and i just literally tried to follow and could not make sense. you can t follow it because it makes no sense. none of it makes any sense, but that is the point, isn t it? the more you speak in senseless nonsense, the more people come to expect senseless nonsense from you and that then lowers the bar to the ground. then everyone just ignores it and moves on and i think that is the scary thing that this guy could one day be president again, making no sense. great to see you. enjoy the rest of your evening off. have a good show. thank you so t bmuch. today s decision will have deadly consequences. that is what supreme court justice sonia sotomayor said about the ruling by her conservative colleagues rejecting a trumpeter a
children. they are on the balcony for this iconic photo and this is all a part of the trooping of the color celebration for king charles s birthday. this takes on extra special meaning and we want to bring in our legal analyst melissa murray . melissa, this is an iconic photo given the cancer diagnosis. just one week ago fulks did not think this moment would be possible. what is going through your mind? this is a really diminished royal family but it s great to see her out and about. you used to see that balcony overflowing with extended family members from cousins and children and right now all you see are the duke and dashes of gloucester, prince george, prince louis, the prince and princess of wales, the king and queen, the duke and duchess of edinburg and louise. this looks different from balconies of past. maybe in line with king charles slimmed-down monarchy but there is a question of whether that e is fit for purpose when two of its most senior members have been side
injuring three, before he was shot by police. what we re learning. the horrifying attack in china. several american teachers stabbed in a public park. the suspect in custody. and our exclusive with legendary singer celine dion, speaking out about her rare health battle and her vow to return to the stage. wherever you are announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. tonight, justice is once more taking presidential history into new waters. the first child of a sitting u.s. president has been convicted of a crime. a jury in delaware finding presidential son hunter biden guilty of three federal counts related to his purchase of a gun during a period he was using drugs. hunter biden s addiction struggles are well-known, but addiction, saying the case was really about the special prosecutor david weiss rejecting the idea that the case was just about addiction, saying the case was really about the illegal choices hunter biden made, a
the crisis at the border. the warning from law enforcement. the dangerous gang crossing illegally and committing crimes. and apple s big entry into the ai race. the new iphone features. siri s getting more chatty. and the emojis you will now be able to create. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester. for the first time the child of a sitting president facing a potential criminal conviction. right now a jury deliberating the fate of hunter biden, the sole surviving son of the president. today hunter declined to take the stand in his own defense. many of his family members, including first lady jill biden, in the courtroom nearly every day of the trial. prosecutors calling the evidence against hunter personal, ugly and overwhelming. hunter biden is charged with three felonies stemming from the purchase of a handgun in 2018 when he was allegedly using drugs including crack cocaine. hunter s defense team maintai
are you just doing it in a bigger platform with the entire house of representatives? no. there is a very clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done in weaponnizing the judicial system. they are undermining the people s faith in our institutions. our system of justice system. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying that the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. now, a few hours were that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the case. as speaker of the house, one of the most important things johnson does is decide who from his party sits on house committees. among the most important committees for the rule of law in this country is the house intelligence committee. today speaker johnson appointed scott perry and ronnie jackson to the two open seat on that committee. when