the cbs news polling finds 48% of likely gop voters in iowa consider themselves maga voters which is why donald trump so easily dominated last night s contest. but only 33% of gop likely voters here in new hampshire say the same, giving haley a real shot at an upset in this state. but it is only a shot. new hampshire voters are notoriously last minute deciders, making polling something of a crap shoot here. last night, i went to yankee lanes in manchester for monday league play to ask some granite staters who they re going to pick next tuesday. as you ll see, it s not exactly easy to pin them down. so you ve already decided. does the name begin with t? it very well could. and it night not. does it start with h and end with y? i m not good with letters. does it start with none of your business, stop asking me questions? there it is. that is it. what are you going to do on tuesday? i m not even sure, to be honest. really? do you like nikki haley? she s all r
hour. what an inspire story. sandra: i love a good story with a happy ending. this very special conversation coming up as the student athlete, the sixth grader and his mother, all join us live coming up. we ll start things off with this fox news alert. john: secretary of state antony blinken wrapping up his historic trip to beijing and attempt to clear the air between the world s top two superpowers. sandra: they say the conversations were constructive but admitting they failed to reach notable breakthroughs on taiwan, slamming the talks as fruitless. the risk here of this renewed engagement strategy is we will abandon important defensive actions to engage in a series of endless fruitless talks with the ccp. john: a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling on president biden to take a page out of his predecessor s playbook. he want to expand israel s diplomatic ties with countries in africa to keep china from establishing a bigger footprint there. sandra: we will
look at the red, white, and blue on the bridge. brian, you spend a lot of time there. is it always like that or is it just for memorial day? brian: no. i didn t even notice. i drove over there. there was a big memorial day sara outside of jaguar stadium they got the second biggest wall in the whole country commemorating all those who fought in northern florida lost their lives dating back to world war i. there is a huge thing there. i drove over the bridge. i didn t look at the side of the bridge. a bit of a surprise to me to see that. appropriate for this military oriented area. steve: sure. if you were approaching because brian is appearing live at a diner today live in the jacksonville area. had you arrived at work on a boat you would have seen it. ainsley: that s right. we are not suggesting that you pull over on the bridge and look over the edge to see if it s red, white, and blue, never a good idea, brian. brian: no, i probably wouldn t do that be in traffic i
to four announcement. coincidence? i don t think so. naacp it says this in response to laws and declares the state s openly hostile to african american rodents and of color. the chairman of the naacp, leon russell appears to live in florida, tampa to be exact. that s my hometown. lord is so dangerous that a democrat strategist who claims florida is about to be a terrorist state just took her family there on spring break. i really appreciate the naacp s guidance on this issue. i just took my family to spring break in florida recently. i think about all the folks who traveled there for the sun and joy and peace and restoration. to be reminded that actually this is getting to the point where florida is about to be a terrorist state to many of us here in america. certainly as a certainly has a lesbian and a black woman, on behalf of the naacp i thank them for issuing this broad guidance. kayleigh: there are places i don t want to take my family, tulsa, afghanistan, siberia a
draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit