Streets, shutting down a busy interstate and setting on fire the wendys where the incident began, a day after 27yearold Rayshard Brooks was shot to death after taking a taser from one of the officers. One officer has been fired. The police chief has resigned. We will have a live report from atlanta in a moment. Later in our sunday spotlight, a look at the movement generations in the making to change policing in america, after the death of george floyd. In our sunday closer, the time to look through your sunday mail as you tell us about collective scramble by hospitals the good you are seeing around to prepare for a new wave of you these days. Lets start with christine in coronavirus and the to virginia beach. Until people start traveling help. Again, the few people left later, we will revisit a s working are going above and beyond. Sales managers baking fresh samuel l. Jackson on growing up pastries, chefs working as to become one of the biggest box servers, Front Desk Associates offic
Of his reelecon bid whi takes place on tuesday with a rally in florida. This weekend the president warning the economy will collapse if anyone but he is elected. Well go liveo the wust and talk with chuck todd about the field of 2 0 challengers in just a moment. Then areview of todays world cup match between the u. S. Womens National Soccer team and chile. They beat thailand in the opener 130. Some fans accusing the defending champs of running up the score. E l hear from the star players. And later a sunday sitdown with aol hwood legend. Samuel l. Jackson on his prolific career from classics like pulp fiction to blockbusters Like Star Wars and about dreaming of growing up to be a star. I will go hang out with airline flynn. I mean, staggering in my mouth. You came pretty clos i have a lightsaber. Im good. A sunday sitdown with samuel l. Jackson plus a fathers day conversation with my dad, bill geist, later in the show. Lets begin in washington where President Trump is gearing up to lau
come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without is till monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil. he said, you
Breaking news from israel tonight regarding this potential Ground Invasion and the hostages. First tonight, a new speaker of the house, after 22 days without one. The work of the house grinding to a halt for three weeks. Tonight, whos the new speaker, congressman mike johnson, and where does speaker johnson stand on key issues including abortion, funding for ukraine and does he accept Donald Trumps Election Loss . Rachel scott live on the hill. Tonight, amid pressure from the u. S. To hold off on any potential Ground Invasion, it appears israel is holding off for now. Tonight, what were learning about the delay and what this could mean for the hostages. Also, our team inside gaza, the Healthcare System collapsing. And what about the hundreds of u. S. Citizens inside gaza. Matt gutman in tel aviv. Here in new york city, that dramatic scene in court. Former President Trump suddenly called to the Witness Stand admonished by the judge and fined 10,000, 45 minutes later trump suddenly leavi
Hurricane otis making landfall near acapulco after exploding from a Tropical Storm to a category 5 in just 24 hours. Forecasters calling it a Nightmare Scenario why it took so many by surprise new video, the pilot accused of trying to crash a plane, led away in cuffs. And were talking about shaft. Remembering iconic actor, Richard Roundtree. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. Congress has a new House Speaker Tonight Ending three weeks of uncertainty and chaos that along the way crushed the hopes of a string of highprofile republicans, all seeking the job after Kevin Mccarthy was booted from the post instead, late today the republican Majority Mustering the 217 votes needed and then some to lift a relative unknown, louisianas mike johnson, to the speakers podium johnson, a hardright conservative, who in just hours was propelled from minor Party Leadership role to second in the constitutional line to the presidency the new speaker sworn in this