Ready. An update this morning from acting fema administrator peter gaynor and republican senator rick scott of florida. Plus renewed questions about whether joe bidens gaffes. I mean what is it i said wrong . Raise legitimate concerns about his age. If youre concerned, dont vote for me. Does any of this matter if biden is facing a president who lies and confuses facts. May god bless the memory of those who perished in toledo. And generation gap. Why are all three leading democrats 70 or older . I will ask julian castro. Joining me, former Homeland Security security chief, jeh johnson, and former nbc news senior producer, shawna thomas. Its sunday, september 1st, meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning on this difficult labor day weekend. We are going to begin with two big stories. The mass shooting in midland, odessa, texas, and hurricane dorian. Lets start with the shooting, when a man fled in midland and hijacked a male truck and started shooting p
Going to be good. Its friday, august 30th, 2019. Here is todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. The storm looks like it could be a very big one indeed. Make preparations. Do not wait until its too late. The mainland braces for Hurricane Dorian. The storm is a category 2 and is set to strengthen to a catastrophic category 4. It is not looking too good. Everything is tense. You know, the praying has already begun. The wall street journal reporting juul is being looked at to see whether they targeted minors with deceptive marketing. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden on the defense after a report he has been inaccurately telling a war story on the campaign trail. The Justice Departments Inspector General says former fbi director james comey violated policies in his handli of memos about private conversations with President Trump. Police in alabama issued an arrest warrant for Lakers Center Demarcus Cousins over Threats Police say he made to his exgirlfriend. Alex trebek ba
The stakes are very high. Amy as the Trump Administration again tries to push through a rule that would effectively ban all Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the u. S. , we look at the latest deadly Government Policies targeting immigrants, from trumps plan to end a program that allows severely sick immigrants to stay in the u. S. For treatment to ongoing family separation. Well speak with lee gelernt, Deputy Director of the aclu immigrants rights project. Then as the second Border Patrol agent this month pleads guilty to assaulting an undocumented immigrant, we look at the devastating death of Jose Antonio Elena rodriguez. Killed on mexican soil in 2012 more than six years after the killing, but the family is stilill waiting for justice. It is so frustrating and it makes me so angry knowing that a person can stick his hand in there and kill mexican children with impunity. Lonnie happened to swartz. He is still free. He still has a job. He left my family completely destr
The stakes are very high. Amy as the Trump Administration again tries to push through a rule that would effectively ban all Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the u. S. , we look at the latest deadly Government Policies targeting immigrants, from trumps plan to end a program that allows severely sick immigrants to stay in the u. S. For treatment to ongoing family separation. Well speak with lee gelernt, Deputy Director of the aclu immigrants rights project. Then as the second Border Patrol agent this month pleads guilty to assaulting an undocumented immigrant, we look at the devastating death of Jose Antonio Elena rodriguez. Killed on mexican soil in 2012 more than six years after the killing, but the family is ststill waiting for justice. It is so frustrating and it makes me so angry knowing that a person can stick his hand in there and kill mexican children with impunity. Lonnie happened to swartz. He is still free. He still has a job. He left my family completely destr
The tense moments on capitol hill. Former Rudy Giuliani Associate Lev Parnas Testifying in the gops biden Impeachment Inquiry, and our nbc news exclusive, the allegation parnas made that republicans are acting as russias accomplices. The new drama for the royals were princess kates medical records breached at the clinic where she underwent surgery . And the l. A. Dodgers 700 million man making his debut as the new mlb season gets off to a historic start in south korea announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. Things are back to square one at the texas Mexico Border Tonight at least for the moment with the federal Government Back to being the sole enforcer of Immigration Laws yesterday the u. S. Supreme court gave texas the okay to proceed with its controversial new Border Enforcement Law that grants local authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants they suspect of entering the country illegally, but just hours after the Supreme Cou