and religious freedom, calling the court not equitable and impartial, and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union s president last week. extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. hey, happy 4th. gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? you know, i have to say, gillian, i m not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden s student loan plan an
of a hearing in d. v. that will decide whether a judge s gag order against donald trump should stand. it was a fiery morning in court torques say the least. with raised voices and hours of heated debate. that may give us some clues about their decision, one that could change trump s court cases and his campaign. plus, a second hospital now in the line of fire in gaza, even as israeli forces rescue some of the most vulnerable patients from al shifa, heavy fighting erupts at another medical facility. the israeli military is justifying its actions by claiming terrorists fired first from inside that hospital. the political gut punch from a new nbc news poll, president biden s approval rating falling to the lowest level of his presidency, his numbers crushed by democrats, especially young democrats who are at odds with his stance on the israel-hamas war. pollsters calling it a political stunner. so what can the president do about it? we begin with the hugely consequential ca
the showdown in the courtroom. the coldest blast of the season so far from texas to the northeast. we re tracking it. the delta pilot charged with pulling a gun in the cockpit why authorities say he threatened to shoot the captain midflight. and the marathon man running on the road to redemption announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. a diplomatic breakthrough has cracked open the door that has left foreigners, including americans, trapped inside war-torn gaza tonight, americans are among a handful of people who were able to leave gaza after egypt partially opened a key border crossing. gaza has become an increasingly dangerous place for foreigners and residents since israel launched its assault on hamas tonight with israeli troops on the ground there taking their own casualties, a new communications outage is making life even more difficult israel is facing condemnation for yesterday s deadly strike on a refugee camp where
hundreds of foreign nationals crowding at the rafah border crossing to flee gaza for egypt including a handful of americans, but for palestinians, only some of the injured allowed through in northern gaza. israel confirming its second deadly strike in as many days on a refugee camp accusing hamas of hiding a terrorist command center among the homes. our teams inside israel and gaza. also tonight, the cornell student in court accused of making online threats to kill jewish students. the chilling rise of hate across the u.s. donald trump jr. taking the stand. the first of the former president s children to testify at the fraud trial threatening the family s business empire. the showdown in the courtroom. the coldest blast of the season so far from texas to the northeast. we re tracking it. the delta pilot charged with pulling a gun in the cockpit. why authorities say he threatened to shoot the captain midflight. and the marathon man running on the road to redemption
janine anymore, no control over the terrorist groups and so unfortunately, israel, their military has to go in with an extensive operation and finding things iran has given the terrorist groups like ieds. it s a sophisticated terrorist command center attacked last night, sophisticated hub for terrorists and israel has to do what is best to protect themselves. make no mistake the islamic republic of iran is behind these terrorist groups and the biden administration policies to give iran sanctions relief will only embolden these terrorist groups that threaten the state of israel. gillian: morgan, could chat with you all afternoon, have to leave it there. as always, thanks for joining us. happy 4th and thanks for wearing such a beautiful scarf. i love it. thank you. god bless america. bryan: it is a beautiful scarf. heroic actions of this georgia sheriff s deputy potentially