the courtroom is standing by. a rare tornado emergency issued in kentucky as powerful storms sweep through the south. the death toll rising after relentless tornadoes flattened entire communities, uprooted trees and families all across the central u.s. plus an nbc news exclusive report from taiwan. our correspondent is with the congressional delegation in taipei as china carries out military drills just miles offshore. helping the families who have lost their children in rotc. they were too young for basic training but old enough to know they wanted to serve their country. will congress step in to extend military benefits? i m chris jansing in new york. thank you for joining us on this very busy memorial day. 420 days after donald trump was indicted on 34 felly charges in manhattan, tomorrow the judge will hear closing arguments in his hush money trial along with the jury. the defense delivering its summations first, followed by the state. that s expected to take most
Delivers high ratings. Personally, i wish you could have delivered a few more points to the united kingdom. Steve rosenberg, bbc news. Some shocking scenes there at eurovision. A line of Breaking News to bring to you coming in from the Royal College of nursing, saying that nurses will stage a summer of protests across the uk after polls showed strong support for strikes over pay. Thats according to the Royal College of nursing. We had some water for the garden at long last last night and that rain is clearing out into the north sea and we have got some beautiful sunshine around. That rain did dampen the ground in many areas, but today we have also got some fine and dry weather. Some cotton wool clouds in eastbourne. And this isjersey, a stunning scene this morning. We have had a few showers in scotland and Northern Ireland and a few developing in Northern Ireland as well. But a lot of places will escape the showers. The best of the sunshine is around the coasts. Showers tend to fade qu
Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions would raise billions of pounds for public services. Now, this is an election like none other. An election called in the aftermath of the biggest decision this country has taken for many decades the decision to leave the european union. The question no one yet knows is how peoples choices in that referendum how their feelings now about the result will affect which party they support. Over the next few weeks, the Bbcs Nick Robinson will be talking to voters to find some answers. This week, he visited a pub in halifax for a chat over a takeaway. Between now and june the 8th, im going to be travelling the country trying to see how different groups of voters are making up their minds who to support in the general election. First stop, this pub in halifax, where were talking to people who voted leave in the eu referendum. Working class voters here. Many of them would have had a traditional link to the labour party, some, maybe have defected to ukip, o
Delivers high ratings. Personally, i wish you could have delivered a few more points to the united kingdom. Steve rosenberg, bbc news. Some shocking scenes there at eurovision. A line of Breaking News to bring to you coming in from the Royal College of nursing, saying that nurses will stage a summer of protests across the uk after polls showed strong support for strikes over pay. Thats according to the Royal College of nursing. We had some water for the garden at long last last night and that rain is clearing out into the north sea and we have got some beautiful sunshine around. That rain did dampen the ground in many areas, but today we have also got some fine and dry weather. Some cotton wool clouds in eastbourne. And this isjersey, a stunning scene this morning. We have had a few showers in scotland and Northern Ireland and a few developing in Northern Ireland as well. But a lot of places will escape the showers. The best of the sunshine is around the coasts. Showers tend to fade qu
Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions would raise billions of pounds for public services. Now, this is an election like none other. An election called in the aftermath of the biggest decision this country has taken for many decades the decision to leave the european union. The question no one yet knows is how peoples choices in that referendum how their feelings now about the result will affect which party they support. Over the next few weeks, the Bbcs Nick Robinson will be talking to voters to find some answers. This week, he visited a pub in halifax for a chat over a takeaway. Between now and june the 8th, im going to be travelling the country trying to see how different groups of voters are making up their minds who to support in the general election. First stop, this pub in halifax, where were talking to people who voted leave in the eu referendum. Working class voters here. Many of them would have had a traditional link to the labour party, some, maybe have defected to ukip, o