president biden signalled he might be open to them, democrats in congress revolted. they aren t fair, and they don t work, dems argued. republicans say they are fair and that it is only responsible to have a baseline standard for who can receive government benefits like medicaid, that a requirement to work would motivate people to work. a hand up, not a hand out, says speaker kevin mccarthy. so how does a work requirement function in actuality? we ve got one of my favorite policy wonks with us to explain because it is a tricky issue. one that could sink a deal, and in light of that, a number of democrats are coming up with a plan b. there s one in the house to force a floor vote on the debt, over the objections of gop leadership if need be, and another being floated in the senate to negate a vote entirely. president biden, you have the authority all on your own, they say. one of those senators joins us to explain why. but first, let s get to the reporting and the policy. join
sg your elected leaders have taken a pause to try to prevent economic catastrophe. a major snag with debt negotiations up against the clock and government set to run out of money to pay its bills putting puttingesq everything at risk. and wobiden is meeting with leaders in japan and president zelenskyy has a big ask. and a new name making the case why donald trump should not be the gop nominee. we ll start with the money lead. talks to avoid. an economic catastrophe in the united states. they have hit a snag. gosh they pressed pause because talks were not productive. and kevin mccarthy seemed radically less optimistic on a potential deal than he did yesterday. yesterday i felt that we were at the location where i could see the path, the white house is just look, we can t be spending more money next year. we have to spend less than the year before. pretty easy. the white house is today attempting to project optimism nonetheless saying a deal remains possible despit
records show a profound breach of a defendant s word that he would protect information and the security of the united states. the judge in this case david hennessey also went on to talk about who this defendant had hurt by releasing those troves of classified documents online saying who did he put at risk? he could make a list as long as a phone book. soldiers, medical personnel, ukrainian personnel, ukrainian soldiers. we don t know how many people he put at risk. he went on to say that the government has said if you disclose this information, you put the united states at serious risk and the defendant s response was, i don t give a expletive. you could fill in the blank there. and the defense argued that the defendant in this case did not try to flee when he was arrested. he also brought up the defendant s attorney also brought up that his parents had put up their homes as collateral. but the judge, he acknowledged that saying i m aware of all of that, but at the end of
who they were monitoring and why. pierre thomas standing by. a major turn in a leak of highly classified pentagon documents. the wall street journal reporting a former navy technician appearing to be a putin supporter working to spread top secret materials online. martha raddatz on what she learned. breaking news in a deadly police shooting of jalen walker. authorities say eight police officers shot walker more than 45 times after running from a traffic stop. a grand jury now deciding not to charge the officers. the 11th hour delay in the case against fox news. dominion s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news pointing to famous hosts among other things and what they said in private versus what they said on the air. aaron katersky on the sudden delay and what it could mean tonight. deadly chaos in sudan. heavy fighting in t capital. hospitals bombed and evacuated. more than 180 people dead, including three u.n. aid workers with the world food program. we were wi
the new calls for tougher regulations. > the mysterery at sea. what happened to three experienced american sailors who disappeared without a trace off the coast of mexico almost two weeks ago? a new treatment for melanoma brings promising results. rates of recurrence and death down dramatically and ten years after the boston marathon bombing, how their injuries forged a bond that has withstood the test of time, inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. an akron, ohio grand jury charging decision in the police shooting death of jayland walker has that city on nervous edge tonight. the grand jury declining to indict eight police officers who fired some 46 bullets into walker, killing him. it happened at the end of a chaotic chase last summer, much of it caught on police dash and body cams walker was black seven of the officers are white. ohio attorney general dave yost today noting the sheer number of shots is