president biden s focus today on the fight to raise the debt limit and the dress of consequences that could be in store for the country have no actions taken. not a single solitary has this data is not that i accumulated. but that is not that occurred of the last several years. it is 200 years of debt. 200 years. the idea that we wouldn t pay our debt is bizarre. it s estimated that we didn t pay the debt, we lose 750,000 jobs, we have a recession, would be a disaster. the idea is for the first time saying, unless you can approve this ridiculous budget what the republican mega budget is, if you pass this budget, we re not going to increase the debt limit. then we re going to go bankrupt. the white house has also warning that if the white house default, it would result in severe damage. a default according to the white house would result in hud to thousands of job losses, which could increase to millions the longer it goes on. joining me now is nbc s correspondent, a
systems underway in a delaware courtroom. with dominion seeking damages for repeated false claims about the 2020 election promoted by fox news guests and anchors on some of the network s highest rated shows. this hour, jailed american wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich losing his appeal of russia s baseless espionage charge, appearing in a glass box in a court for the first time since he was arrest nearly three weeks ago the u.s. ambassador at his side. president biden speaks to the unarmed black missouri teenager who was shot in the head by a homeowner after the boy mistakenly went to the wrong house to pick up his younger twin brothers with the alleged 84-year-old homeowner, the shooter, now facing a potential life sentence. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington opening statements begin this afternoon in that $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems against fox news and fox corporation after jury instructions, do
blockbursts reporting that solves the mystery of the missing link in a story that has rocked american politics and media. for weeks now, a question has loomed over the ouster of top fox host tucker carlson. why did the murdochs fire one of their biggest stars? the architect of a platform that unself-consciously peddles conspiracy theories. why did they fire him based on something that didn t happen on air? what was that missing link? and what if anything did tucker carlson do or say off camera that contributed to the nearly unprecedented 11th hour settlement of $787.5 million in the defamation case brought against fox by dominion voting systems. the new york times answers both those questions and reports on the missing text message that it found in some groundbreaking new reporting. the message was reportedly unearthed during the discovery process with dominion. here s how the times reports that out. quote, in the message sent to one of his producers in the hours after vi
president biden is taking the fight to desantis s turf. we have kneel decrass tyson joining me for some wild tech breakthroughs. i m excited to see what he s going to explain about them. our top story right now is president biden s victory lap. joe biden finding his message from the state of the union is landing and he s turning the tables on that safety net fight. basically going to the trump/desantis home turf of florida to double down. now we all know taylor swift ironically suggested once she was a nightmare dressed like a day dream. well, today biden told republicans why he s going to be their nightmare, period. i know that a lot of republicans, your dream is to cut social security/medicare. let me say this, if that s your dream, i m your nightmare because there it is. call it some bad blood between the parties there. biden drawing a little bit of applause and some laughter for what has become, if you re monitoring this,s almost a celebratory mood among some demo
right now, i m in washington d.c., about to attend the annual white house correspondents dinner. tonight, much of washington will come together. but an epic political battle lies ahead. president joe biden officially launched his reelection campaign this week. asking americans for more time to finish the job he was elected to do in 2020. black voters were pivotal in sending biden to the white house. tonight, i ll ask georgia congresswoman, nikema williams, whether enthusiasm for the biden harris ticket remains high. in the meantime, donald trump is building his case to be the republican nominee, again. the former president is racking up endorsements, as his poll numbers rise. that s despite the escalating state, federal and local investigations into trump s conduct before and in the white house. his former vice president, mike pence, testified before federal grand jury, two days ago. about trump s conduct leading up to january 6th. also tonight, celebrating harry belafonte. t