a very good evening to you. i m abby phillip. tonight the entire planet is paying tribute to the queen of rock n roll, the one and only tina turner gone at the age of 83. a superstar for the ages, and we reflect in a moment on one of the biggest voices and losses in music history. but first, we begin with the developments in the 2024 presidential race, the man viewed as the biggest tlept to donald trump for the republican nomination. he just made it official on trump s old turf, twitter. righting this ship requires restoring sanity to our society. truth must be our foundation. and common sense can no longer be an uncommon virtue. we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. but, ron desantis s big announcement night went a little south from there. a very rocky start to his formal bid with major glitches plaguing his planned conversation with twitter space s ceo elon musk. an audi
at this hour, you might remember this image of the man behind me, kicking his feet up on then house speaker nancy pelosi s desk during the capitol riots so how many years will he be spending behind bars for his actions on january 6th. that s next. and the horrific words the suspect said at the scene after deliberately crashing into the white house barrier monday night allegedly telling authorities he admired nazis and wanted to quote kill the president. plus, speed bump, with just eight days left before a potential default, one official tells nbc news that house speaker kevin mccarthy and his team refuse to negotiate with the white house, and then another meeting gets scheduled there. so where do things stand right now? we ve got a live report. also, the potential real world fallout if a deal is not reached by june 1st. what one veteran s group says is their primary concern. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right the
firefighters that are fighting this blaze and then, of course, battling this heat. we re talking about a country that is not prepared for heat like this. the infrastructure is breaking down in certain locations, we re seeing that, where there s damage to runways at airports, seeing train tracks buckling. remember a lot of people in this country live without air conditioning which is why there s been such a concern for the public s health and safety. you can see people here doing everything they can to try and escape the heat, going to lakes, going to ponds, buying fans. but we know that not everybody is able to afford that and to do that which is why we saw top government officials meeting over the weekend for an emergency meeting to make sure ducks were in a row to care for schools, for example, that are still in session and without air conditioning. the elderly, nursing homes. but this is an issue that we re seeing all across southern europe, this heat wave that is just gri
but fresh talks tomorrow between the rmt union and rail bosses. and later in the programme we ll find out more about this live feed of a owl s nest in yorkshire has gone viral around the world. tonight with the context, scotland editor at the spectator alex massie, and democratic stragist mary anne marsh. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, dc. the us committee investigating the january 6 capitol riot has just wrapped up its fourth public hearing. it was focused on the presidential pressure donald trump put states under to overturn the election results. central to this are two battleground states arizona and georgia. joe biden won both by a razorthin margin, and president trump pushed and pushed for those in charge of the counts to overturn the results, claiming the election was fraudulent. much of today s hearing was lead by democrat congressman adam schiff. here is part of his opening statement. anyone who got in the way of donald trump s continued hold on
tanks and aircraft. all kidding aside, he s come off the sidelines. he retired. he helped us get ahead of the challenges that arise at our ports, our railroads and on the road. this is about reducing costs for families. you know, i have to admit to you a lot of us elected officials have been in office for a while. every once in a while something you learn makes you viscerally angry, like if you had the person in front of you, you d want to pop him. i really mean it. there are nine major ocean line shipping companies that ship from asia to the united states. nine. they formed three consortiums. these companies have raised their prices by as much as 1,000%. so everything coming from asia, they get 90 something percent of stuff coming from asia. they ve raised it by 1,000%. that s why i called on congress and they re foreign owned shipping companies that raised their prices while raking in just last year $190 billion in profit. a seven-fold increase in one year. seven-fold inc