victory. how the justices appointed by former president trump sided. and the legal questions still unanswered. the u.s. investing billions to develop anti-viral pills that could one day treat covid. and the concerns over the delta variant. why the early symptoms can cause confusion. plus, companies turning up the pressure to return to the office. president biden signing a law to make juneteenth a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery. tonight we re in the city where it all began. and ahead of father s day, our nbc news dads with some fatherly advice. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m jose diaz-balart in for lester. we begin tonight with severe weather affecting much of the country and a double threat. a tropical storm warning has been issued for part of the gulf coast including metropolitan new orleans as a tropical system gains strength in the gulf of mexico. and in the west a brutal and dangerous heat wave affe
since it was enacted. president biden praising it as a major victory. how the justices appointed by former president trump sided. and the legal questions still unanswered. the u.s. investing billions to develop anti-viral pills that could one day treat covid. and the concerns over the delta variant. why the early symptoms can cause confusion. plus, companies turning up the pressure to return to the office. president biden signing a law to make juneteenth a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery. tonight we re in the city where it all began. and ahead of father s day, our nbc news dads with some fatherly advice. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m jose diaz-balart in for lester. we begin tonight with severe weather affecting much of the country and a double threat. a tropical storm warning has been issued for part of the gulf coast including metropolitan new orleans as a tropical system gains strength in the gulf of
celebrations. when republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin showed up to a juneteenth celebration in milwaukee, he was not greeted by a welcoming committee. ron johnson is the guy who went on record saying that he wasn t afraid of insurrectionists on january 6th because they were white, but he would have been afraid if they had been black. johnson happens to be the guy who blocked the juneteenth legislation last year before finally and reluctantly relenting last week in allowing the bill to move forward. so when that guy had the gull to show up at a juneteenth celebration yesterday, his constituents were not shy about letting him know how they felt. [ crowd booing ] here s some free advice for next time, maybe if you re on record diminishing, belittling and blocking recognition of a culturally significant holiday, don t show up at the party. just do something else that day. in a moment i m going to be joined by the head of the congressional black caucus, one of the law
craft shareholders will receive 49% here is the incoming chairman. bloomberg west this combination will generate substantial synergies $1.5 billion and many revenue expansion opportunities domestically and abroad. matt: they will invest $10 billion in the new business. a french official says the audio has been recovered from the black box found at the site of the germanwings crash in the french alps. the case to the second black box was found today, but not its content. press will on says the casing francois hollande says the casing was found with nothing in it. they have arrived at the site today. the european central bank has increased the cap on emergency funds available for greek banks. it has been raised to just over 71 billion euros. the decision comes after policy makers shares of apollo education group plunging today, down the most in four years. the number of students registering for its online courses fell 13% to 28,300 in the second quarter. it cut its reve