we have lots of news to cover and questions to answer. and so let s get started. supreme disappointment, the conservative-leaning highest court in the land dishing out serious setbacks to affirmative action, lgbtq+ rights, and millions of americans crushed under student loan duct. we are going in-depth on the real world impacts of these rulings in the future of the supreme court. plus, there is a take. the smoking gun that could be the most damaging evidence yet against the twice impeached, twice in the one term ex president and this is not the only legal trouble for trump this week. we are breaking it all down ahead. and later, let s take a joyride. i talked to the api team behind the movie critics already calling the funniest comedy of the year. all of this and much more coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. the supreme court wrapped up its turn by rolling out a series of blockbuster decisions. the super conservative 63 majority getting camp for
parts of the country deal with severe weather including a new tornado threat, unhealthy air, and oppressive heat. after the deadly implosion of the sub exploring the titanic, we talk to leading researchers about the safety of searching the ocean s depths. in hollywood now it s the actors who might ststrike at midnightht poised toto shut down film and tv production as we remember a giant of the stage and screen, alan arkin, a character actor for the ages announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. tonight the u.s. supreme court closing out its term with a stinging rebuke of president biden s $400 billion plan to cancel federal student loan debt for tens of millions of borrowers. the conservative majority ruling the president overreached when he stepped in to forgive up to $20,000 in debt for qualified borrowers, an authority the court said he didn t have. the president tonight calling the decision a mistake tonight and vowing to
down president biden s plan to cancel or reduce up to $20,000 in student loan debt for tens of millions of americans. republicans hailing the decision, but the president firing back. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. and the new ways the white house says they will help borrowers. the court ruling in favor of a web designer who argued her free speech rights shield her from having to create websites for same-sex couples. the fallout tonight. the great holiday escape. this week s travel nightmare easing for some as one airline still struggles. travel getting levels it hasn t seen in years. as parts of the country deal with severe weather including a new tornado threat, unhealthy air and oppressive heat. after the deadly implosion of the sub exploring the titanic, we talk to leading researchers about t the safetyty of sesearching the ocean s depths. in hollywood now it s the actors who might strike at midnight poised toto shutut down filmlm and tv p
hello again, thanks for being with us. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york with this special second hour on this federal holiday, and we are following breaking news this morning. america s secretary of state holding a high pressure meeting with china s president xi. did that one-on-one do anything to settle the simmering tensions between our two countries. extreme weather, millions remain under threat, even as communities reel from the aftermath of devastating tornados also ahead, a terrifying close call at one of the busiest airports in the country, a passenger capturing the video of this plane s wing almost hitting another plane on the runway. and later, celebrating juneteenth, we ll take you to galveston, texas, known as the birthplace of this federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery here in america. but first the breaking news out of china where u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met just a couple of hours ago with pres
law enforcement response an abject failure. the sending you details, as we get the first chilling images from inside the school that day. the surveillance photo you re looking at shows cops with rifles and ballistic shields in the hallway, but they waited another hour to storm the classroom. this photo was taken at the same time, but now you see it is a different angle and it also highlights that officers were ready to go in, but didn t. at the end of those 77 minutes, 19 students, including the daughter of one of the officers stationed there in the hallway, and two teachers, where dead or dying. others sustained serious physical injuries. the emotional and psychological harm will be lifelong for survivors and their families. it was the deadliest school shooting in texas history. jimmy, in stark contrast to those officers that waited over 90 minutes until he was actually shot, when s.w.a.t. came, there was 4 minutes between him arriving and being shot dead. jimmy: there a