wave. but that isn t stopping donald trump from making his play for latino voters in two swing states in the sunbelt, as the 2024 race heats up and a day after extreme temperatures at an arizona rally, gave his supporters literal sunstroke trump was just on stage in las vegas, using hot, overheated rhetoric to paint himself as a victim, as he preps for his first video meeting from new york probation officer tomorrow, following his felony convictions. but the critical issues in arizona on topics like immigration and abortion and its on actual policy that trumps campaign rhetoric has been lacking this weekend. on the other hand, president biden is flying back from france after using his pulpit to take action on our southern border, and the biden campaign starts the week hoping to cease on shifts in his favor on polls conducted after trumps 34 felony convictions. he now is minute berrigan. democrat from california, and chair of the congressional hispanic caucus. congresswoman, t
about his efforts to get sober before buying the gun at the center of the case. the outrage in israel. the u.n. adding it and hamas to a blacklist of those who harm children in war zones. new body cam video from the arrest of the world s number one golfer, scottie scheffler. what it reveals. and team usa stunning the world with a historic win. is america catching cricket fever? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. in this season of extremes and heightened weather danger we ve witnessed these last several weeks, it s now the crippling heat we re watching tonight taking hold across a wide stretch of the southern tier putting 21 million people under heat alerts today. in the past 24 hours, triple-digit temperatures being recorded in places that include phoenix and las vegas. near record high temperatures could occur as far east as miami. tonight, first responders are adopting some of the lessons from last year s deadly summ
not just me who has to be concerned about what he intends to do, what he knows that he is capable of doing because the first run whether it will was the insurrection, the unconstitutional, what this is for him, this is a practice run, the second time around. he will make a more sophisticated game plan to achieve what he wants and that is total control. not just me, what do you mean by that? you, too, anyone who is critical. just a few weeks after, trump gave the keynote speech at seatac and proclaimed for the first time, quote, i am your retribution. that has become the guiding mantra of his bid to return to the white house. in june of last year, shortly after he was indicted for the second time, he took to social and vowed that he would, quote, appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the united states, joe biden, the entire biden crime family and all others involved with the destruction of our elections, borders and co
never ever been more stark than it is today. that s because of thousands of miles away from our shores, president biden today marking the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion that pivotal turning point in the fight against the nazis in world war ii. he did so with more than two dozen heads of state and government leaders. president biden making the case that we must honor the legacy of those who laid down their lives in the fight against fascism by today supporting ukraine in its war against an aud democrat. he argued for everyone to resist the tide of authoritarianism. watch. we re living in a time when democracy is more at risk across the world than any point since the end of warld were ii since the beaches were stormed in 1944. now we have to ask ourselves. will we stand against tyranny, against evil, against crushing brutality of the iron fist? will we stand for freedom? will we defend democracy? will we stand together? my answer is yes. the specter looming over pre
them, the answer is maybe yes, and maybe no. according to a new reuters ipsos poll taken after the verdict. 26% of registered independent voters said they are less likely to vote for donald trump. will they still feel that way in november? there are five months left before election day, which is, i don t know, like five life times in modern day presidential politics, maybe more. anything can still happen. just remember that all of donald trump has probably survived. john mccain isn t a war hero, the muslim ban, the access hollywood tape, et cetera, et cetera, maybe this time will be different. in the words of our dear friend charlie sykes. there s something about a felony conviction that clarifies the mind or better put by an old adage, coopted from the grandmother of a former republican congressional lawyer writing for politico, quote, there s a running day and a catching day, and thursday donald trump got caught. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, dasha burns. we r