I will do it. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, two big stories. First, challenge accepted. Former President Donald Trump says he will meet President Biden june 27th and september 10th, to debate. The insurgent president Taunting Predecessor and opponent on a video released this morning telling him to make my day, pal. The former president responding on truth social ending with lets get ready to rumble both accurate quotes by the way. President biden has agreed to two debates. President trump would like more. He has accepted three formal invitations and both men will debate on tv networks outside the nonpartisan president ial Debate Commission that had a long tradition of running three president ial debates and one Vice President ial debate every cycle. Also, we here at fox are releasing right now new fox polling indicating the race is tightening slightly among registered voters nationally while the president s support among core constituencies seems
Government building . Yeah, we are going to bring you all the details in moments. But, first, bidens sos to the press, thats the focus of tonights angle. All right, for months, they tried to sell you a new comeback kid story. Biden seems to have some momentum. I mean, the race is very close. Brand new nbc poll appears to show the race tightening and biden momentum gaining. The trend was all of the other National Polls is that the race is tightening. Laura well, Media Reports insisted that enthusiasm was building. The Biden Campaign hit record fundraising numbers. In the 24 hours after bidens remarks his Reelection Campaign raked in 10 million. A recordbreaking campaign fundraiser. The event pulled in a staggering 25 million. Even before thursdays historic haul, biden had more than twice the cash on hand as trump. Laura of course the librescus and influencers were gearing up to take down trump. Imagine if he actually did win the election, its over. We will have such civil strife. All th
The Looting Rampage in philadelphia a massive crowd swarming stores, stealing merchandise at least 50 arrests. The growing Retail Theft Crisis the urgent manhunt for an Armed And Dangerous suspect in the murder of a young tech ceo what police have now revealed about the other recent Violent Crimes hes wanted for and his mothers plea. With the Government Shutdown fast approaching, growing pressure on speaker Kevin Mccarthy to cut a deal. And Bruce Springsteen postponing the rest of his 2023 tour the update on his health battle. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. What began last summer with an american soldiers daring sprint across the heavily armed north korean border ended relatively quietly today with his release and return to american custody. Private first class travis king returning to the United States after being expelled by north korea his freedom the result of delicate diplomacy involving several nations including china. I was at the
What officials are saying about his condition, and will he now face disciplinary action . Plus, my conversation with outgoing joint chiefs chair mark milley. What he told me about the secret negotiations. Also tonight, senator bob menendez and his wife pleading not guilty to Bribery Charges as Pressure Mounts from his own party. The powerful democrat joining calls for him to resign. Seven gop president ial hopefuls facing off in tonights second debate without frontrunner donald trump. Can they score any hits while hes off in michigan speaking to autoworkers . The Looting Rampage in philadelphia. A massive crowd swarming stores, stealing merchandise. At least 50 arrests. The growing retail theft crisis. The urgent manhunt for an Armed And Dangerous suspect in the murder of a young tech ceo. What police have now revealed about the other recent Violent Crimes hes wanted for and his mothers plea. With the Government Shutdown fast approaching, growing pressure on speaker Kevin Mccarthy to c
Its 7am in singapore and midnight in london. There is new hope today for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. For the first time, scientists in the us, along with experts from china and south korea, have successfully repaired a faulty gene in Human Embryos. But critics are warning that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. The goal could not be more ambitious to eradicate inherited diseases. These scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in Human Embryos. So how is it done . Inside the nucleus of each of ourselves is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. Its the Instruction Manual for life. The scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious Heart Condition. They fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. They then injected the Gene Editing System known a