all sides reporting progress as washington clears out for the holiday weekend. can they prevent a default as soon as one week from today? the founder of the oath keepers extremist group given 18 years in prison, the longest sentence yet for his role in planning the january 6th attack. why the judge says he still poses a threat to the fabric of democracy. the turbulent twitter launch. florida governor ron desantis trying to move beyond his rocky presidential campaign roll-out. his plans to hit the trail as he takes fire from top rivals. up in the air. will flying this memorial day be as bad as the last in the nation s airports? our look inside one airline s new high-tech solution. an 11-year-old boy shot in his own home by police in mississippi. his family demanding accountability. our exclusive town hall with pope francis. what he told us about his health, the war in ukraine and much more. and beyond her music, tina turner helped save so many women who saw themsel
up in the air. will flying this memorial day be as bad as the last in the nation s airports? our look inside one airline s new high-tech solution an 11-year-old boy shot in his own home by police in mississippi. his family demanding accountability our exclusive town hall with pope francis what he told us about his health, the war in ukraine and much more. and beyond her music, tina turner helped save so many women who saw themselves in her struggle better than all the rest announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. wrapped in the language of politics in a process that in most years has gone by without fanfare, the warning signs of economic peril are growing louder tonight the financial well-being for individual americans and the prestige of the entire nation at stake as negotiators seek a compromise solution to raise the debt ceiling it s required for washington to pay its bills and avoid defaulting on loans. tonight the fir
attorney general ken paxton. what is behind it and what it would take to officially remove him from office is next. also, deal or no deal. key negotiators say progress is being made, but with no deal on the table yet, and lawmakers leaving washington, what is being done right now to prevent a massive default in as littles as six days. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. that extraordinary move out of texas where just yesterday a republican led house investigative committee voted to bring articles of impeachment against attorney general ken paxton. and guad venegas is joining me. tell us about the allegations and what comes next. the investigative committee decided to move forward with the 20 articles impeachment and it will go to the full chamber of the house where 149 members will vote. if they decide to move forward, paxton will be suspended, he will have to wait for the process to then go to the is that the. governor abbott would have to appoint
two weeks before the coronation, a new bbc poll suggesting less than a third of young adults want the monarchy to continue. hello and welcome. we start in sudan, where more than two dozen countries have been evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. this was french nationals leaving earlier. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people, the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti, which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week, and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians rem