all sides reporting progress as washington clears out for the holiday weekend. can they prevent a default as soon as one week from today? the founder of the oath keepers extremist group given 18 years in prison, the longest sentence yet for his role in planning the january 6th attack. why the judge says he still poses a threat to the fabric of democracy. the turbulent twitter launch. florida governor ron desantis trying to move beyond his rocky presidential campaign roll-out. his plans to hit the trail as he takes fire from top rivals. up in the air. will flying this memorial day be as bad as the last in the nation s airports? our look inside one airline s new high-tech solution. an 11-year-old boy shot in his own home by police in mississippi. his family demanding accountability. our exclusive town hall with pope francis. what he told us about his health, the war in ukraine and much more. and beyond her music, tina turner helped save so many women who saw themsel
up in the air. will flying this memorial day be as bad as the last in the nation s airports? our look inside one airline s new high-tech solution an 11-year-old boy shot in his own home by police in mississippi. his family demanding accountability our exclusive town hall with pope francis what he told us about his health, the war in ukraine and much more. and beyond her music, tina turner helped save so many women who saw themselves in her struggle better than all the rest announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. wrapped in the language of politics in a process that in most years has gone by without fanfare, the warning signs of economic peril are growing louder tonight the financial well-being for individual americans and the prestige of the entire nation at stake as negotiators seek a compromise solution to raise the debt ceiling it s required for washington to pay its bills and avoid defaulting on loans. tonight the fir
attorney general ken paxton. what is behind it and what it would take to officially remove him from office is next. also, deal or no deal. key negotiators say progress is being made, but with no deal on the table yet, and lawmakers leaving washington, what is being done right now to prevent a massive default in as littles as six days. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. that extraordinary move out of texas where just yesterday a republican led house investigative committee voted to bring articles of impeachment against attorney general ken paxton. and guad venegas is joining me. tell us about the allegations and what comes next. the investigative committee decided to move forward with the 20 articles impeachment and it will go to the full chamber of the house where 149 members will vote. if they decide to move forward, paxton will be suspended, he will have to wait for the process to then go to the is that the. governor abbott would have to appoint
You will, for the markets. Tenyear note yield, as we often do at this time, below 2. 6. I like to compare, france 1. 71. Italy 2. 749. Oil prices of course have become a key. Wti and brent, you can see it, down on wti. Brent is higher. By a nice 48 cents. Lets get to our road map this morning. Starts with m a. Shares of covidien up around 30 , irish drugmaker agreed to be acquired by what was or will no longer be u. S. Based medtronic. Price tag 43 billion. Markets under pressure and as you saw oil is remaining volatile as violence and tensions in iraq continue to escalate. Were going to go live on the ground and get the latest from the region. Target confirming it experienced problems with computerized checkout systems but breathe easy, the issues not security related. Lets start off with m a. Weve got plenty of. The biggest of the deals is involve two medical devicemakers, medtronic agreeing to acquire irelandbased covidien for 43 billion. Values covidien 93. 20 a share. There was no
Presumably lots of it. President obama attended to highpriced fundraisers this evening, spending last night in colorado. We are turning to the president now. President obama i would like to address the humanitarian situation on the border. I want to thank everyone who has been involved in taking the time to talk to me. And its important to recognize two things. First, the surge of unaccompanied children and adults with children arriving at once after, the real Rio Grande Valley. We are apprehending people at large numbers. We are working to make sure that we have sufficient facilities to detain, house, and process them appropriately. While attending to unaccompanied children with the care and compassion that they deserve while they are in our custody. We intend to do the right thing by these children. Their parents need to know that this is an incredibly dangerous situation, and it is unlikely that their children will be able to stay. I rest parents not to put their children in harms w