public safety and national security. what the judge decided. aaron katersky at the courthouse. the case making national headlines. the wife who wrote a book with her children about grief after her husband died, now charged with murdering her husband. tonight here, the new court filings. among the allegations of her alleged attempts at getting new insurance policies worth 2 million. tonight the severe storms in the east and in the south and then two systems combining as they then head into the northeast this weekend. rob marciano standing by to time all of it out. there is news tonight coming in after a horrific crash on a major interstate. multiple people killed. and now the dui and manslaughter charges. remembering an nfl legend. jim brown, the football hall of famer, in his own words tonight on football, acting, and his fight for civil rights. and our john quinones is right here tonight. where he spent the last year and why. what he witnessed. the strength of the children.
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
from the war zone including reports of explosions in russian occupied territory. also tonight, a serious setback for talks on raising the federal debt limit and avoiding a catastrophic default. with negotiations now on hold, i ll ask the former treasury secretary larry summers what the president and the congress add leadership should do next as time for reaching a deal is running out. and new insight tonight into senator dianne feinstein s health and mindset after new confirmation of medical complications she faced. i ll speak with her former senate colleague barbara boxer amid growing questions about senator feinstein s ability to serve. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with two of the most pressing matters for president biden as he meets with key allies in japan. the war in ukraine, and the threat of the united states defaulting on its debt. cnn s chief whit
sg your elected leaders have taken a pause to try to prevent economic catastrophe. a major snag with debt negotiations up against the clock and government set to run out of money to pay its bills putting puttingesq everything at risk. and wobiden is meeting with leaders in japan and president zelenskyy has a big ask. and a new name making the case why donald trump should not be the gop nominee. we ll start with the money lead. talks to avoid. an economic catastrophe in the united states. they have hit a snag. gosh they pressed pause because talks were not productive. and kevin mccarthy seemed radically less optimistic on a potential deal than he did yesterday. yesterday i felt that we were at the location where i could see the path, the white house is just look, we can t be spending more money next year. we have to spend less than the year before. pretty easy. the white house is today attempting to project optimism nonetheless saying a deal remains possible despit
that. bret baier joins us as governor ron desantis lands on the cover of time magazine and reportedly tells his donors that he believes trump cannot win. first, general jack keane is standing by on breaking news that is developing at this hour that the united states will participate in the training of ukrainian pilots on f-16s. so where is all of this headed? there s been a longstanding request for f-16s from the united states. so there are reports that there s been significant advances in this. president zelensky is coming to the g-7 in japan to talk one-on-one with the allies and president biden about all of this. that s where we find our correspondent from the white house, peter doocy. he s live in heiroshima. that was january. now in man, a senior administration official tells us as the training takes place, zelensky on his way to japan for in-person meeting. he says this will greatly enhance our army in the sky. i count on discussing the practical implementation of t