accountability tonight. the critical new report about air-traffic control staffing shortages. the risks it cites just as the busiest summer travel season in years gets under way. the remarkable reopening of a collapsed stretch of one of the nation s busiest highways less than two weeks after that tanker disaster. after a week of severe storms and brutal heat, the threat far from over into the weekend. our forecasts. a major win for the biden administration on immigration in the supreme court, a huge class action settlement over tainted drinking water. why why 3rksm has agreed to pay over $10 pillion. the hottest senication in the nba, the expectations on him now a tall order. and the cellphone earns its place in history. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. was it an elite travel adventure or reckless experiment that challenged the laws of engineering? difficult questions being asked tonight as officials and deep se
developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge
they were said to have been erased. then, new reporting got efforts to get testimony from donald trump and mike pence. one committee member says that it may not even be worth the effort. later, the case of a ten year old girl from ohio that has become a flash point in the debate about abortion. this is how some figures lined up to sell doubt that this child even existed. this is what they are saying now. all that is coming up. so let s get started. good saturday morning to you all. welcome to the katie phang show. first, we have some breaking news to get to. president biden is wrapping up his four-day middle east trip. saudi arabia, the president is expected to give his remarks any moment. for the latest on his trip, we are joined by nbc news white house correspondent carroll of the. she is live. carol, good morning. what are we expecting to hear? what did he achieve with this particular trip? the big thing that has happened in the last 24 hours is this meeting that the p
into the depths of dozen migrants in san antonio. the singer r kelly is suspected to be sued on federal 6 trafficking charges. i am joined by nbc news capitol hill respondent allie. also along with us is the political correspondent michael bender. the author of the book frankly, we did win this election. the inside story of how trump lost. we have a lot to get to. let s start with the new reporting. the first report on that pushback from the secret service and the testimony from cassidy. we have new pushback from mark meadows. this has developed into a he said she said on multiple fronts. they are all reporting on the secret service anonymously pushing back for hutchinson. what the former president did to reach for the steer wheel. all because he allegedly wanted to go to capitol hill. that pushback notably not aligning with why he wanted to go to the capitol hill but pushing back on the idea that he lunged for the steering wheel for his top security official. now with ma
i ll see you in the chair next saturday on sunday at two pm. starts right now. kilometers avoid a government shutdown in the next three days? house speaker mike johnson unveiled the funding plan that has no spending cuts. and some of his colleagues wasted no time rejecting it. we ll get into it is in this two tier approach and what happens next. and donald trump is giving us a glimpse of the alarming anti-democratic tactics that he is planning. things like using the department of justice to punish his critics and rounding up and detaining masses of immigrants in camps and so much more. this isn t just trump being trump and we cannot be plus today s simone spotlight. oscar award winning costume designer ruth carter is here. the queen of afrofuturism. and we create a full of costumes for some of the biggest films and marvels black panther movies. and i have something to say. reasonable solution are dead on arrival? members of congress have just five days to decide i