to ask him about that, and other things. so he will be with us in a minute. thank you, symone i. love that white on you tonight, by the way. i fabulous, i symone. let me go into, it good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead political swirl. president biden is in florida right now, touring the damage caused by hurricane idalia. the his potential rival for the presidency, florida governor, ron desantis, decided he had no need to meet with the president today. all that, while a brand-new poll conducted among gop primary voters, after the latest gop debate, and mostly after the news of donald trump s mugshot, shows desantis is a whopping 46 points behind the league. the leader, who has, you guessed it, former president donald trump. in a moment, i will talk to one of the candidates on that list, who is running against trump. yet, has only nice things to say about the twice impeached four times indicted former president, who basically tried to illegally stay in po
tonight, my heart is heavy as i reflect upon what was meant to be a weekend of hope. now unhinged with a tragedy. thousands of us marched on washington yesterday for racial justice. the right to vote, the right to choose, the right to live free from gun violence. just hours later, the country s suffered yet another hate motivated shooting. this time, jacksonville, florida. police say the white gunman who shot and killed three black people before turning the gun on himself had swastikas drawn on his rifle. the to hack is a grim reminder of why we called the march a continuation, not a commemoration. no dream dr. martin luther king spoke of the 60 years ago on the national mall cannot co exist along the nightmare that unfolded yesterday afternoon in florida. joining me now, congresswoman ayanna pressley, democrat of massachusetts. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. i must begin tonight with your reaction to the races smashing in jacksonville. as we mentioned, it left t
this weekend. president biden this afternoon signing a last-minute spending deal, after the senate went into overtime late last night to pass the bill. speaker mike johnson, who guided the bill through the house, is facing sudden elimination as georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor green has introduced a motion to vacate his leadership. meantime, the clock is running out for former president trump, who has less than 48 hours to come up with nearly a half billion dollar bond in new york civil fraud judgment. a violation could cost trump some of his most valuable properties, as new york attorney general letitia james prepares to seize trump assets. we are going to be talking about all of it ahead. plus, we will update you about the worsening situation, where gang violence has forced thousands to flee, a building humanitarian crisis. congressional lawmakers are calling on the white house to do more. joining many me now is congressman from texas. earlier, the government signe
they have been watching these campaigns. we watch them work in the corners of the states like iowa, like new hampshire, south carolina, nevada. this week on a big stage be good to see who they truly are but what they have learned about how they compete with each other, against each other and react without scripts. they all want the same job so who is ready for? looking back at past debates without is really cool this week candidates on the stage with the same views and sampl samples goo head. it s how they were able to interact with those peers at that time in real-time that defined the candidates, watch for. quickset factors market you should not compare yourself to joe biden you should not so that s what we re doing here is exactly what we are doing you have not been involved in a consequence of decision where you had to be held accountable. you just simply haven t. the country already has a debt problem but we do not need to add to it by electing someone who has experien
the tense moments on capitol hill. former rudy giuliani associate lev parnas testifying in the gop s biden impeachment inquiry, and our nbc news exclusive, the allegation parnas made that republicans are acting as russia s accomplices. the new drama for the royals were princess kate s medical records breached at the clinic where she underwent surgery? and the l.a. dodgers $700 million man making his debut as the new mlb season gets off to a historic start in south korea announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. things are back to square one at the texas/mexico border tonight at least for the moment with the federal government back to being the sole enforcer of immigration laws yesterday the u.s. supreme court gave texas the okay to proceed with its controversial new border enforcement law that grants local authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants they suspect of entering the country illegally, but just hour