it s time for us to be this sunday, taking on trump. the republican primary field will be expanding this week as florida governor ron desantis and tim scott both jump into the 2024 race. think the party has developed a party of losing. it s time for us to be proud to be americans and proud of our president. can either candidate make the case he s the better alternative than donald trump and unite the party process in the primary battle ahead? i ll talk to republican congressman byron donald of florida who is currently backing donald trump. plus, flirting with disaster. debt ceiling negotiations break down, restart and then stop again. default is not an option. this white house will not acknowledge that they re spending too much. what s really going on inside the talks. is either side negotiating in good faith? and how serious is the june 1st deadline for a catastrophic default? i ll talk to treasury secretary janet yellen. and abortion follow ticks. republic
violence. no surprise there, really. many republican senators, susan collins, told the new york times this week that she wouldn t be surprised if a senator or house member were killed, strong words. meanwhile, mentions of civil war on twitter and other social media are spiking, and things may soon even get worse. so, it turns out elon musk may actually by twitter. we re here again. he s already pledged to let trump back on, and as of january 6th committee remind us, twitter is how trump actually talks to his base. trump s followers took to social media to declare that they were ready to answer trump s call. one user asked, is the sixth the day, is that why trump wants everyone there? another asserted, trump just told us all to come on armed. this is happening. the third took even further. it will be wild means we need volunteers for the firing squad. yeah, that was a reference to actual firing squad. maya wylie joins us now she s presidency of the leadership conference on c
fired back calling it racist. dana: president biden staying silent on the fentanyl. 300 people a day die. that is expected to get worse. fentanyl seizures at the border continue to double year-over-year. peter doocy brought it up in yesterday s briefing but according to the white house everything is just fine. 300 overdoses a day now. we know fentanyl is coming in the sfwoo the country across the southern border. we are securing the border. we have record levels of funding from dhs to stop drugs from entering into the country. 300 overdoses designed to target children. drug cartels in mexico want to kill american kids. what is this president doing about it? to say we re not doing enough is categorically wrong. dana: we have reaction from former d.e.a. special agent. matt finn standing by at the border but let s go to grady trimble in chicago with new arrivals. we were there last night as the first two buses arrived. several migrants waved at our cameras and g
how a mega-drought is transforming the grand canyon and the groom stranded on his wedding day and the police boat that saved the day. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a disturbing warning tonight apparently tied to the fbi s search of former president donald trump s home last week fbi and homeland security advising agents in a joint intelligence bulletin of an increase in threats to federal law enforcement, identifying threats coming online, some reportedly with personal information of possible targets attached, addresses, family members at least one suspect now charged tonight after threatening posts were allegedly linked to him. mr. trump himself warning today about what could happen if the temperature of the country is not cooled down the ex-president also accusing the fbi of seizing his passports during its execution of the search warrant. kelly o donnell starts us off tonight with late details reporter: tonight federal agents