rescuing again. i ll ask one of the people who was at the center of the storm the last time around, the former ceo of goldman sachs lloyd blankfein about whether the system is stable, and is your bank account safe? also, how did it come to this? did we learn the wrong lessons the last time? i ll talk to julian tet of the financial times. then don t mess with the french people s retirement plans. that s the lesson from weeks of strikes and protests and then chaos in parliament as the government pushed through their policy anyway. [ speaking non-english ] which brought the outrage right back to the streets. we ll tell you what you need to know. but first, here s my take. on his trip to saudi arabia last year president biden made an emphatic declaration about u.s. policy in the middle east. he said we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia or iran. last week s reproachment between saudi arabia and iran brokered by china suggests that th
united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, panic in the markets as the banks need rescuing again. i ll ask one of the people who was at the center of the storm the last time around, the former ceo of goldman sachs lloyd blankfein about whether the system is stable. and is your bank account safe? also, how did it come to this? did we learn the wrong lessons the last time? i ll talk to gillian tett of the financial times. then, don t mess with the french people s retirement plans. that is the lesson from weeks of strikes and protests that sent chaos in parliament as government pushed through their policy anyway. which brought the outrage right back to the streets. we ll tell you what you need to know. but first, here is my take. on his trip to saudi arabia last year, president biden made an emphatic declaration about u.s. policy in the middle east. he said, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled
some simple questions. biden racking up the lowestt poll numbers of his presidency. only thirty seven percent ofing. americans approve of the job that he s doing. and that assumes biden biden is actually doing his job. turns out he only works part time as president. most of bif biden s public evenn happen between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 pm, which amounts to ah 30 hour work week. meanwhile, his screw up son , hunter, can t seem to get out of the headlines. this week, the first son sto attorneys met with doj prosecutors to discuss resolving their criminal investigation. hunters also got some child support problems. cl s being forced to appear in person in court next week after claiming poverty relating to his four year old daughter. itse is the case involving the grandchild that president biden refused dise to acknowledge. x gran i have six grandchildredcn and i m crazy about them.y si and i speanglek to them every h single day. nots ou a joke, but hunters i of wedlock daughter
taking partial responsibility saying it didn t act with enough urgency, but are there more bank failures ahead the incredible scene on a school bus as a brave seventh grader takes control after the driver passes out. politics embracing artificial intelligence a potentially useful tool, but will distortions of reality get even worse and giving kids with autism a powerful voice that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome on this friday as large parts of the country head into a potentially volatile weekend of weather in the midwest, eyes are locked on the slow but steady rise of the mississippi river. a spring snow melt producing flooding across portions of minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, iowa, and missouri scenes like this in davenport, iowa, expected to grow worse between now and monday, but right now it is the south, once again, facing the immediate threat of violent and dangerous storms an estimated 2
welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. i am coming to you live from washington, d.c., today. in just a couple of hours, the president will travel from the white house to the white house correspondents dinner. and annual tradition in full swing tonight. just days after announcing his reelection bid, the president will take good-natured aim at those who cover him every single day. more on that ahead. also coming up this hour, a big political fight between the white house and republicans on capitol hill over the debt limit. we re going to look at the potential impact on your family if the gop gets its way, but we are also following breaking news out of texas. where an eight year old and four other people are dead after yet again another mass shooting in this country. and the gunman, remaining at large. everybody that was shot was shot from the neck, execution style. the my understanding is that the victims came over to the friend