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was, as predicted by some, overshadowed by technical glitches. also new overnight, america s credit rating is at risk. a key rating agency now put the u.s. on watch. the one week to go until a possible default. and house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to send house members home for the weekend with no deal. meanwhile, u.s. intelligence is indicating that a ukrainian group may have been behind that recent drone attack on the kremlin. officials picking up chatter of ukrainians blaming one another. and anti-lgbtq campaign takes on corporate america again. target remove sometimes pride merchandise after some employees were threatened. and fans around the world are san. she was the queen of rock n roll, tina turner died at age 83. we re going to remember her life and her legacy on cnn this morning which starts right now. she was the queen. the queen. simply the best. we re going to honor her this morning. you re going hear a lot of tina turner this morning. ....
that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let s talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y all. the florida republican officially announced he s running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it s almost the exact opposite of what you want to do to launch a presidential campaign. plus, three years ago, since george floyd was killed by police, police brutality is still a deadly reality in america today. we are talking to activist tamika mallory about confronting this ongoing crisis. i am symone sanders townsend. and i have something to say. a breakthrough or a breakdown? that is what is at stake in the next nine days. that ....
new concerns about the health of pope francis. a fever forcing him to cancel events. new insight from the reporter who interviewed him face-t-to-face jusust yesterday. the u.s. coast guard joining an urgent search in the bahamas for an american teen, who went overboard while celebrating his high school graduation. the critical shortage of more than a dozen cancer drugs patients being turned away from their chemo treatments what s behind all of this and celine dion s major announcement why she s canceling her global tour. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight if you re sitting in front of the tv right now, you re one of the lucky ones, either because you already reached your destination, or you decided to stay home if the long lines at airports today are any sign, it seems that americans have collectively decided that this is the summer to get out and travel, and there s no better time to ....
this is cnn breaking news. two prominent members of the oath keepers are being sentenced for their actions on the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th of 2021. the judge saying the actions of stewart rhodes, the founder and leader of the far right group oath keepers amounted to domestic terrorism, that he is going to be sentenced to 18 years in prison. kelly meggs also being sentenced. we have cnn crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz joining us. this just broke. tell us the very latest. reporter: right, so the judge has just delivered the sentence to stewart rhodes. he will be spending 18 years in federal prison for the crimes he committed up and until january 6th as he gathered oath keepers to washington, d.c. and they went inside the capitol, when he was leading the organization and wanting to essentially foment violence in the united states because of the transfer of power from donald trump to joe biden. the judge is just finishing his speech to rhodes ....