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
leaders of the white house. with a historic default looming and the president scheduled to leave the country tomorrow. can they strike a deal with the clock ticking? plus, just one vote. that s what a major battle over abortion access could come down to today in north carolina. the intense efforts by democrats to convince just one republican to flip. and we have some breaking news. the man accused of attacking a virginia congressman staffers with a metal baseball bat is due in court any moment. the suspect was apparently caught on camera just minutes before the attack chasing another woman. we ll have the latest on the investigation now involving the capitol police and how the two staffers are doing this morning. the people inside were scared. they were hiding. someone swinging a bat around i would be scared as well. and yet another mass shooting in america. this time in new mexico where three people are dead. what we have learned about the teenage suspect who police
congress fails to act and the u.s. defaults on its debt will be bad. it s something that looks more possible by the day. the clock is ticking. speaker kevin mccarthy says he wants a deal by this weekend. that it s the only way to give both houses of congress enough time to actually mark up and pass anything on the debt ceiling. but president biden is leaving town tomorrow heading for the g-7 in japan. what punch bowl called a damned if he does, if he doesn t situation for biden with the stakes incredibly high. so with both of those things in mind, the clock and the travel, what is being said inside the white house right now? speaker mccarthy is there meeting with president biden for the third time to avoid a default. look at the background in a second. don t worry. what s on the table and what s even possible. does an acceptable compromise exist? one that actually passes not just the split congress, but this split congress. joining me now, nbc news white house correspondent,
norah: special counsel john durham has created a report on what led into the investigation of the trump campaign s relationship with russia during the 2016 election. projecting that memorial day weekend will be among the busiest. more flights than the faa can handle. norah: why has red tape stopping some military spouses from getting jobs as teachers, nurses, and therapists? we go to capitol hill to get answers. so many say they are still why is that? and taylor swift has bad blood with anyone messing with her fans. the fact that you did that for me last night meant so, so, so much. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week t together. brought devastation to another community. at least three people were killed, and nine others wounded, including trickle police officers in farmington, new mexico. that is a city about 180 miles northwest of albuquerque. vehicles which appear to have been run off the road after being targete
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