right now, the nation s crucial debt ceiling talks or on hold. and wall street appears to be on edge. as we barrel towards a possible economic catastrophe. house republicans in the biden white house have stalemate this weekend. with no future meetings slated to hammer out a debt ceiling deal with a projected deadline just 12 days out. meanwhile, the 2024 electoral picture is sharpening in focus. and growing in size. south carolina s senator, tim scott, making it official yesterday. that he is running for the presidency next year. and so far, the lone rank republican in an already crowded gop field that is about to get even more crowded. with florida governor, ron desantis, expected to make his announcement next week, that he will seek the republican nomination for the white house. as a high-profile democratic victory, in desantis backyard, snatches yet another big city office of the mayor from the gop. i ll talk to a florida democratic party chair, nikki freed, in just a mome
christian school in nashville. police say the shooter was a 28-year-old transgender woman armed with two assault-style firearms and a handgun. how officers took the ok shooter down. the disturbing evidence police have found and the suspect s link to the school. also tonight the deadly path of destruction in the south. at least 22 people killed. entire towns destroyed. the powerful ef4 3r tornad1 for nearly 60 miles. the harrowing stories e1 of survival and the new threats on the move right now. al roker is here. new testimony in e1e1 the donald trump hush money investigation in new york.xd the tabloid king the grand jury heard from today. israel in crisis. tens of thousands protesting in the fá streets over a controversial plan from prime minister benjamin netanyahu. what he has now agreed to do. and the real-life ahe riveters.e1ç■ @&h(lc& the special honor today for the women who played a critical role during world war ii. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with
The dangers of catchers and things of that nature that could potentially have been resulted of using these highly dangerous chemical products. and i ve use them, but as you can see, i m proudly going naturally as days. because i want to be also a demonstration of reflection to my younger people, my peers, my nieces, my nephews. we don t have to conform to the europeans idea, and style of beauty. we should be able to embrace our own looks, as well as maintain our health while doing. it and we ought to be safe, no matter what we choose to use. the fda ought to make sure that. thank you, congresswoman, chantal brown, always happy to have you on. joining me now, florida dnc project chair, nikki freed. thank you for joining me, madam chair. thanks for having me on, reverent. let s start with a big story out of florida, as we mentioned, democrat donna deegan was
Life, my brother s life. he lost everything.e1 my sister. she lost everything.e1 my nephews. they t tom, you ve been reporting on the ground for a couple of days now. the storm was so e1e1 powerful it seems like nothing in its track could withstand it.ok reporter: that is e1 right, lester. mobile homes but also homes made of brick. as you look behind me here, this was a neighborhood that was dotted with different types of structures. all of them completely gone. the mayor tells us he thinks 85% of his town is gone. i can tell you, lester, it s probably ó1gñ even more than that. and when residents here say they re lucky to be alive, they re priscilla thompson tonight on the experience of one woman in mississippi. i could have been dead.
Islands will disappear. i m used to sleeping with my children and my nieces, my nephews. that s how we get close to one another. it s impressive just how much of the island culture survives in a landlocked place like arkansas. this is a child s first birthday party. it s maybe one of the most important celebrations in the marshallese culture. it s a rite of passage and celebration of survival. i was lucky enough to be invited-to-two of them. one in the marshall islands and in arkansas. there s no red fish. we re beginning to lose our culture with where we are. reporter: back in the marshall islands, i met the rest