shocking attack. ukraine repelling intense russian attacks on the capital. plus, the new cia video urging russians to share war secrets the future of ai the ceo behind chatgpt describing his worst fears, calling for regulation of the tech he helped create plus, our exclusive with the ceo of microsoft. and the play at the plate. when a dust devil starts suddenly, a teenaged umpire has the save of the day. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. with the clock ticking down to america defaulting on its debt, some potentially positive signs tonight following a white house sit-down between president biden and congressional leaders. republicans and democrats are at loggerheads over raising the debt ceiling and allowing the country to continue paying its bills. underscoring the urgency of the moment, the white house says president biden is cutting short his planned trip to the asia-pacific region in order to deal with the
ceiling from 7,000 miles away, despite almost no tangible signs of significant progress and the president heading to japan, no one in washington or on wall street seems to be panicking, at least not yet. and significant concerns that the man in charge of protecting the country was apparently left without protection of his own. what we just learned about the late night intrusion at the home of national security adviser jake sullivan, one that his own secret service detail didn t know about until after the sullivan himself found the man wandering around inside. we start with abortion access for millions of women being decided in realtime today. the fate of the so-called abortion pill heads back to court just one hour from now. in north carolina the republicans voted unanimously to override the governor s veto and shrink the window for abortions from 20 weeks to 12. same story in nebraska where the new ban was folded into a bill on transgender care for minors. it s expected
line in n the sand, , demandnding a work requirement for people on government assistance, saying a deal could be possible by week s end. what the two sides are saying tonight. the deadly mass shooting in new mexico. police saying the 18-year-old suspect was set to graduate high school with at least three guns and firing at random, three elderly women killed before he was stopped. just in, the secret service investigating an intrusion at the national security adviser s home. what happened. the sheriff s suspect in a baseball bat rampage in a congressman s office arraigned as he speaks out about the shocking attack. ukraine repelling intense russian attacks on the capital. plus, the new cia video urging russians to share war secrets. the future of ai. the secret behind chatgpt describing his worst fears, calling for regulation of the tech he helped create. plus, our exclusive with the ceo of microsoft. and the play at the plate. when a dust devil starts suddenly, a
forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former president s denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron desantis in their feud about free speech and the future of disney world. just breaking, republicans in the montana legislature punish a transgender lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. the pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help. it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail. the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking. and a song that echoes through the
bars for killing those five. the man accused of killing his neighbors in texas is captured after a days long manhunt. we ll have the latest on his arrest in just a moment. meanwhile on capitol hill democrats might have a plan b to raise the debt ceiling, but they re going to need some help from the other side of the aisle. and also ahead new testimony in the civil trial against donald trump. it comes as the former president decides not to take the stand in his own defense. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 3rd. i m jonathan lemire and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with the arrest of the man accused of killing five of his neighbors in texas last week. francisco was captured last night in the city of cut & shoot which is about 13 miles from the scene of the murders. it ends a four-day man hunt that involved more than 200 local, state, and federal officers. this is video recorded shortly after he was arrest