the driver in custody. what we re learning. the spring storms and tornado threat across the country. and is april snow headed for new england? al roker is here. the significant progress in the race to reopen the port of baltimore after that massive bridge collapse. the temporary fix to get ships in and out. the major escalation in the middle east. iran accusing israel of striking its consulate in syria and killing two top generals. convicted double murderer alex murdaugh back in court, sentenced to 40 more years for stealing from his clients. why some of his victims say they forgive him. a lawyer for nfl star rashee rice says he s cooperating with police after reports his car was involved in a major crash. authorities asking for help i.d.-ing the man in this video. and he s young and driven. the gamer turned nascar star who just claimed his first major checkered flag. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. breaking to
starting next on cnn the first of all, can we agree that we should teach black history without ever asking students to play runaway slaves. i ll tell you about that story and admitted this week there were more classroom reenactment that ask students to experience slavery and jim crow in a way that we do not see with other atrocities of history today from the organization that created black history. three month teaching between the extremes and reenactments, notwithstanding, you might be surprised to learn which students say they are most uncomfortable trouble with conversations about racism in the classroom. plus election day in south carolina, donald trump tells black conservatives his mug shot and his indictments are white black voters like him and we ll get into nikki haley s struggle to reach black voters in her home state also, a judge rules that a school in texas can keep a teen out of class because his locs or too long the co-sponsor of the law that the teenager though
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. president biden is leeing for japan, but he will return early because of the debt limit deadline. both the white house and republicans are more upbeat after the president tapped three trusted aids to negotiate directly with the house speaker s taem. but giant policy divides remain, despite big progress with the process. i m confident we ll get the agreement on the budget and america will not default. plus the carolinas now taking center stage in the abortion debate. north carolina republicans override the governor s veto to enact a 12-week ban inspect in south carolina, a 6-week ban is the subject of a marathon debate abortion also a flash point between 2024 rivals donald trump and ron desantis. and big primaries shaped the 2023 election. daniel cameron is now the republican choice to challenge kentucky s governor. pennsylvania and florida voters deliver some
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out of texas to halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. in a statement, he said:. the justice department strongly disagrees with the decision of the district court and will be appealing the court s decision and seeking a stay pending appeal. adding separately, the justice department is reviewing the decision of the district court for the eastern district of washington. well that ruling out of washington state is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down at the same time. and in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washingtonjudge has prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the district court in the abortion medication decision came down today. i have not read it yet, so i m going to do an analysis of it, but as a general matter, i will say that there is no question that the president and i will stand with the women of america and do everything we can to ensure tha