abortions after just six weeks. cnn s diane gallagher has been following the story. this, of course, does not strike down this law for good, but it does temporarily block it. how long? and what happens from here? reporter: so, jim, we don t know for how long at this point. the judge today granting that injunction, which temporarily blocks that new abortion law banning most abortions after six weeks from going into effect. i m told the state supreme court can review it or some other legal action by that state court is taken. now, this is something that to people in south carolina sounds familiar because the state supreme court actually did strike down a very similar six-week abortion ban earlier this year. in fact, that was something that was discussed many times, both the house and the senate while they were arguing and debating this particular legislation. with opponents of the legislation saying it was not different enough from that original bill, that original law to sus
air national guardsman accused of that major intelligence leak to stay locked up the repeated warnings he was given before he was arrested are some cars easier to steal than others kia and hyundai agree to pay $200 million to owners who say they are, and what you can do now to keep your car safe hertz apologizing tonight for refusing to rent a car to a man with a puerto rican driver s s license suggesting he s not an american. remembering jim brown. he pulverized defensive lines and made major strides for racial justice and words of wisdom from lester to the class of 2023. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight with president biden in high-stakes meetings on the world stage, signs of movement to resolve the growing debt limit crisis at home there s less than two weeks to go for negotiators in washington to keep america from going into default and late word tonight, negotiations are set to restar
re-election bid. the republicans who jeered and booed his speech. the threat of severe storms and tornadoes across the south. al roker tracking it all for us. the deadly crash. a city bus slamming into a day care. the charges the driver is facing. the alex murdaugh murder trial halted for hours. why the courthouse was suddenly evacuated. the family terrorized with racist threats caught on doorbell cam. the charges announced today,but why did it take police more than a year to make an arrest? our nbc news exclusive. on the ground with the u.s. troops training somalians to take on one of the world s biggest terror threats. and all hail the king, lebron james earning his place in nba history. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. the clock and the calendar say time has nearly run out to find survivors in the earthquakes that rumbled across turkey and syria. heart and raw determination tell another story as res
inside politics i am john king in washington. high stakes at the high court, 40 million americans have 40 million dollars on the line. whether biden plans to erase student debt is constitutional. how fox put profit ahead of politics and fairness and tipping off trump campaign about joe biden s advertising buys. nine-way brawl where crime concerns could see locked out of an april runoff. supreme court hearing arguments in a case that impacts millions of americans. case involves present biden s student debt relief program. it is massive and wipe out 430 billion dollars in federal loans, estimated 40 million people qualify, forgives 10,000 for borrows that make less than 125,000 and up to 20,000 who get pel grants. today nine justices hearing two cases, one is a challenge from six republican-led state who is want to block biden s executive actions they say administration exceeded constitutional authority here. second case two individual borrowers suing because they are not eli
an isis inspired attacker killed eight people in new york city. russia launching deadly missile strikes hours after the u.s. pledged to send tanks. our team on the ground. my conversation with the ceo of southwest airlines as the transportation department launches an investigation into the airline s meltdown over the holidays. i ask him, did southwest deceive passengers? the asteroid the size of a delivery truck having a close encounter with earth tonight. grin and bear it. the selfie snapper and one wild photo shoot. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. memphis, tennessee, awaits tomorrow s release of video that officials say will underscore why they have moved to charge five former memphis police officers with murder. they are accused of being part of a violent confrontation earlier this month that led to 29-year-old tyre nichols being severely injured. it happened after a traffic stop. he died from his injuries a few days later. the d.a. saying the acti