right. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, professor at princeton university, eddy jr., former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmary, co-host of showtime s the circus and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. joe will join us in just a bit. willie, we have a lot to get to. i know we re not starting with this, but rudy giuliani was sued. did you hear about that? i did. there s some explosive and wild details that are coming out of that lawsuit that i think we re going to be talking about in just a few minute. do want to ask you first, though, jonathan lemire about this latest debt ceiling meeting at the white house the big four getting together, some glimmers of optimism. i guess we re grading on a curve here, though, based on there being no optimism out of the meeting a week ago. that june 1st date that secretary janet yellen has been warning about for several weeks is inching closer. what came o
house. both sides pointed to negotiating teams to focus on the issue and two sources familiar with the discussions say they held a late night meeting at the capitol. we have a shot at exactly the roosevelt room right where the president is expected to come out and speak in just a few seconds, but i want to go with nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. good morning. there is only 15 days left until the june 1st deadline. where do things stand now and where do they go from here? reporter: well, look, they re looking a little bit better today than they were over the weekend and yesterday. certainly now all parties seem to agree that default is not an option and they said it pretty clearly at this point. that should mean a little bit of a sigh of relief as we watch this new negotiating group move us eventually hopefully toward the finish line. this negotiation now is starting to look a little bit more like 2011 than at any other point during these negotiations. that s beca
the nation s special, pride to be seen. time magazine for their article on pediatricians who serve trans youth facing increasing harassment. in the daily beast article, alabama trying to raise the legal driving age for trans people to 19. president and ceo glad sarah kate ellis took some time to address the increase in laws against the community. watch this. there is one thing that extremist politicians and activists can never ban, and that is our joy. we are not going to let them anyone tell our stories or villainize who we are. when the truth is, everyone deserves to live a life happily ever after. yes, so raise your voices [applause] so raise your voices, take action with glaad, get loud, and stay proud. and we are loud and proud to have the glaad awards take us off the air tonight. on that note, i wish a very good night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, state thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on al
another act of violence targeting a member of congress. two people in virginia, in democrat jerry connolly s district office, are attacked by a man with a metal baseball bat. this is a gentleman with a long history of mental illness. he has been engaged in bizarre behavior in the past, including violent. he decided today for whatever reason to come to us and inflict more of the same. a trump justice department special prosecutor investigating the fbi over the russia investigation for bias issues. his report after four years. not recommending any indictments. i will speak to andrew weismann about the results. mike pence and florida governor ron desantis making big moves ahead of expected announcements to take on donald trump. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. this afternoon, the second big showdown between president biden and house speaker mccarthy over the debt ceiling. a critical moment says the treasury secretary, as the president is about to leave for a
shooting rampage at a mall in texas. witnesses describing the horror a big drop in the number of migrants crossing into the u.s. but the number in custody beyond capacity america s cities increasingly feeling the impact nbc news first to report details of florida governor ron desantis s latest step toward launching his presidential bid what we re finding out. americans are keeping their cars longer than ever but it may cost you more to keep them running. what it all means for the price you pay. and the dramatic scene as a shark attacks a kayak. i talk with the survivor, who came dangerously close. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight at a time of high tensions in this country a brutal attack on the office of a u.s. congressman. the suspect allegedly entering the virginia field office of democratic representative gerry connolly, going on a rampage with a metal baseball bat, demanding to see the