we are standing by for a big moment in space. a privately crewed spacecraft will dock with the international space station this hour, it s only the second time that has happened. and for the first time a woman is leading the mission. this is cnn news central. just a few hours from now high stakes talks on the debt crisis between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. they are set to resume in-person one-on-one. this morning it s not clear how close or how far they are from a deal. what is clear, they re almost out of time. in ten days the u.s. could default on its $31 trillion debt. if that takes place it s not exactly clear what happens, but it s definitely very bad. government bills could go unpaid, millions of americans would feel it. social security checks, medicare, veterans benefits and the salaries of thousands of federal and military employees, they are at all risk. republicans are demanding steep budget cuts with no increase in revenue. the president h
it s happening tonight. florida governor ron desantis will make it official. he s set to launch his presidential bid. ahead, new details on how he plans to beat former president trump. so we just got word that house speaker kevin mccarthy will hold a press conference any minute. so what news will he bring from the debt ceiling negotiations? do they have a deal? have talks collapsed? stand by for news. are you still using your sister s ex-boyfriend s parents netflix password? it s about to cost you. ahead, what the company says about the coming crackdown. this is cnn news central. seven hours from now, we are going to hear a presidential announcement that has been months in the making, but there is no stage, no huge rally being prepared as florida governor ron desantis is going to officially announce he s running for president tonight. desantis, instead, is opting for an intimate twitter conversation with billionaire owner elon musk. the event will be audi
now that the shelby county commission done their job. i m so glad we get to get back to doing our job and what is our job? to elevate the voices of the six kids the six people in nashville. three children who were just 9 years old. now both lawmakers expelled by republicans in the tennessee legislature have been reinstated, proving just how pointless that exercise was. state representative justin j. pearson joins me in just a moment and the two pillars of the republican party, trump and fox, are all friendly again and there are big new developments in both of their perilous legal situations. and late today, a new threatening letter is received by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s office containing a suspicious white powder but we begin tonight with the triumphant return of the tennessee three. earlier today, the shelby county commission voted to reappoint justin j. pearson to his duly elected position, to represent the good citizens of district 86 not a single republic
delay in the new york grand jury probe into donald trump. also, mr. trump s feud with potential 2024 rival ron desantis is heating up. the colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife, formally charged with murder in court. midair scare. the captain on a southwest flight suffering a medical emergency, and the off-duty pilot who stepped in to help land the plane. our nbc news exclusive. on patrol with nato, guarding against the rising threat of russia at sea. and kids helping kids. the heartwarming idea inspired by our edition of nightly news just for children. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome on this thursday. is the clock ticking down for tiktok in america? the head of the wildly popular but also heavily criticized social media platform came to capitol hill today and walked right into a bipartisan storm of suspicion and distrust about the app. its chinese owners and its potential national security risks
speech grounds sided with a christian web designer in colorado who refuses to create websites for same-sex weddings because of religious objections. we re joined now by sara kate ellis, president of g.l.a.d., the lgbtq advocacy group. thank you so much for being with us. i m wondering what you re hearing from your members today and what you re sharing with them about your concerns. well, hi, thanks for having me. i m hearing from my members today what i ve been hearing since for months now honestly, that there feels like there s a coordinated attack against the lgbtq community. there s a lot of disappointment, a lot of sadness about this ruling and decision. and that the supreme court is now being used as a weapon against the lgbtq community. and that this is a pattern for this court in terms of taking rights away from marginalized