i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with new intensity in the 2024 race. florida s governor starting to peel off the gloves against donald trump. this weekend was supposed to feature a split screen battle in iowa with both men set to hold dueling events. only one, the one not officially in the race ended up appearing. we must reject the culture of losing that has affected our party in reason years. the time for excuses is over. the gop contenders battle it out. we have the current president set to meet tomorrow with congressional leaders at the white house with the president preparing to travel overseas this week, is there enough time to avoid a catastrophic default. later, extreme weather, massive destruction across the midwest after tornadoes touched down. at least one person is dead in texas amid widespread devastation. we re live on the ground as the community works to pick up the pieces. first, the 2024 race and the rivalry between trump and desantis
the battles in northern cities as hotels are turned into shelters and why the secretary of homeland security says this weekend was a success. the major escalation between governor ron desantis and former president trump. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. our reporting on the big step desantis will take tomorrow toward a potential run for president. the federal government demanding what could be one of the biggest safety recalls ever it could affect the air bag technology in your car but the company in question is pushing back an nba superstar appears to be caught waving a gun live on social media again how his team is now responding survivor story a 13-year-old fights off a shark at a florida beach. she tells us how she survived i just remember seeing its head come up and bite me in the stomach. driverless car chaos. in one major city cars blocking buses, driving into construction zones is this the future of grid
at this hour, fighting words with just days left to strike a deal. senate democrats are taking fierce new swings on capitol hill against the house republicans debt ceiling plan. plus, despite rival coasts and sports teams, the attorneys general of both california and new york are standing united in a new investigation into allegations of workplace discrimination and pay inequities at the nfl. how the league is responding next, and that explosive proud boys partial verdict. four members of the far right organization including their former leader were just found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy. this verdict is a major milestone for the doj and offers a significant blow to the far right group. we ll dig into where this case goes from here with a former federal prosecutor. our nbc news reporters and experts are following all of the latest developments for us. we re going to go ahead and start with ryan reilly in the ongoing deliberations of the proud boys trial. ryan, w
so what is dhs secretary mayorkas doing during his visit there? happening as we speak. to convince folks the government has things under control. and the gunman accused of shooting five people in atlanta is expected in court later today less than 24 hours after he was captured, why the police chief says technology was key to making the arrest. we are going to start, though, with the breaking news, four members of the right wing militia group the proud boys have been found guilty of rare seditious conspiracy charges, all of them now facing the possibility of spending up to 50 years behind bars. this is just a partial verdict. the jury was considering more than 40 counts against the five defendants, and is yet to decide several of them including a seditious conspiracy charge against the fifth man, dominick pizzola. i want to go ahead and bring in nbc s ryan reilly outside the courthouse in washington, carol lamb is a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, and ma
the epa chief in ohio again today as officials battle over where to send the waste from that toxic train derailment. why the epa s plan to transport contaminated water to texas is back on after local leaders objected. the new drone strike deep inside russia, and our rare look inside crimea. will it become the new flash point in the conflict? the white house giving a deadline to remove tiktok from all government devices. could the popular app be banned altogether in the u.s.? and the american skier who just made history on the world stage. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone, in a pair of cases that will impact tens of millions of student loan borrowers, the supreme court heard arguments today on whether the biden administration had the authority to forgive some of those loans. the president s loan debt relief plan calls for erasing up to $20,000 in student loans for certain borrowers at an estimated cost of $400