sitcom star convicted of rape in a case that put his religion, scientology, on trial, as well. nasa weighing in on videos of suspected ufos we ll show you what they said about these giant orbs flying across the sky. the wild video from a georgia highway. this car launching off a tow truck s ramp going airborne what we know about the driver. and the hero on mount everest. the incredible rare rescue, a sherpa literally carrying a sick climber down on his back announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester we begin tonight with breaking news as two major stories are are playing out right now which coul shape the political landscape for years to come tonight, that critical vote in the house of representatives finally passing. it is the up an unusual bipartisan push from president biden and speaker mccarthy, wrangling enough members from both parties to pass it we have major developments in the 2024 race for president
from politicians, and actors, and entertainer and foreign leaders and sports stars, you will not believe the letters he got and the people said, during the course of this interview we talk about the ideas and we apply it to current events and history. the president does a fantastic interview if you let him speak. that is what i did. it is last interview before that, i want to check it out. you can get the book at 45 books.com. amazon.com. this is the exclusive first interview. and ladies and gentlemen the book comes out on tuesday. enjoy. we ll have a good time here. i m not andrea michelle, i m not here to play games and tricks. you have a book that is coming out, a fantastic book, letters to trump, throughout your life, and career, you are a business man, tv, is amazing, sports these people writing you the letters. they all love you. i want to talk about some of these people, this is really a book of letters but a fantastic history. i think you can help us talk about it a
i thought it would be almost impossible. we won this public narrative with the support of the american people. between president biden and speaker mccarthy, house republicans won from start to finish. lawrence lawrence president biden also praising it saying this in a tweet. i have been clear that the only path forward is a bipartisan compromise that can earn the support of both parties. this agreement meets that test. other lawmakers on the hill arguing it doesn t go far enough to curb spending. some republicans suggesting there might be an effort to oust mccarthy from his role as speaker do you think there will be discussion on the motion to vacate? stay tuned. it will be in a week or two. brian: before the default deadline set by treasury secretary yellen who obviously moves that deadline because everybody want add three day vacation for memorial day not clear when a vote will take place. ainsley: we were going to collapse. hold on, take a vacation. we will collaps
aisle coming out against it. the nation could default within days. also tonight, the battle heating up for the republican presidential nomination. two big names, former vice president mike pence and chris christie, now set to jump it as florida governor ron desantis takes his toughest shots yet at donald trump. the search for survivors in that partially collapsed apartment building in iowa. tonight, you ll hear from the families holding out hope amid the rubble as the woman who was rescued after being trapped for 27 hours speaks out. plus, the pets just rescued. out-of-control wildfires in canada. why they re triggering air quality warnings in the u.s. this just in, the sitcom star convicted of rape in a case that put his religion, scientology, on trial, as well. nasa weighing in on videos of suspected ufos. we ll show you what they said about these giant orbs flying across the sky. the wild video from a georgia highway. this car launching off a tow truck s ramp g
outbreak on a coronavirus variant. cnn has previously reported that the lab was studying coronaviruses in bats but it is unclear how closely related the variants were to the strain which started the pandemic. as for the energy department s new assessment, it is described as low confidence and a minority view apparently within the intelligence community. that said, it sparked new calls today from transparency from china. we would wish to see from the prc a greater degree of responsibility, a greater acknowledgment that it is in the interests of the chinese people, yes, we better understand the origins of covid-19, but it is in the or to understand the origins of covid-19. today s development also prompted to leading house republicans to send letters demanding the state department of energy and the fbi to provide testimony and documents related to the ongoing probe of the ten pandemics origin. china s foreign minister also weighed in, calling on relevant parties to quote,