the first major heatwave of 2024. triple-digit temperatures in the west. we re tracking it. attorney general merrick garland defiant on capitol hill, telling republicans, i will not be intimidated, as they demand tapes of president biden s interview with special counsel robert hur. our nbc news exclusive. the new electric vehicles rolling off gm s assembly line. the ceo on why gm is still betting big on evs, despite a sales slowdown. and after he stole the show from his congressman dad, the 6-year-old telling us about his viral moment of fame. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. president biden tonight sidestepping congress and taking his own action to sharply tighten controls at the southern border. with his signature alone, the president using his executive authority to shut down asylum requests when the average daily number of illegal crossings between ports of entry exceeds 2,500. tonight, that average number tops
doing, quote, what republicans in congress refuse to do. the power the new order gives him just weeks before his first debate with donald trump. also tonight, opening statements in hunter biden s federal gun trial. the text messages the prosecution showed to the jury taken from his purported laptop, and what the defense is saying about his past drug use and purchase of a firearm. the nationwide disruptions impacting at&t and verizon customers. what s causing it. the first major heatwave of 2024. triple-digit temperatures in the west. we re tracking it. attorney general merrick garland defiant on capitol hill, telling republicans i will not be intimidated, as they demand tapes of president biden s interview with special counsel robert hur. our nbc news exclusive. the new electric vehicles rolling off gm s assembly line. the ceo on why gm is still betting big on evs, despite a sales slowdown. and after he stole the show from his congressman dad, the 6-year-old telling
tennessee congressman john rose spoke on the house floor monday, denouncing former president trump s recent guilty verdict, his young son guy stealing the show, making one silly face after another and another. even signing out his little brother sam s name. the viral moment propelling this recent kindergarten grad into newfound internet fame. i like that kid. i like that kid. ten minutes before that, his dad was i think mountain dew is fine for kids. reporter: today hello, hello, anyone on? reporter: guy telling us he was simply bored. what made you start thinking i m going to make these funny faces. i was trying to make my brother laugh. reporter: did you suspect you would make the entire country laugh? a little. reporter: the congressman unaware of his son s antics behind him. i had no idea. i told him smile at your brother. and so i was just hoping that he would be behaving and smiling at his brother. reporter: even as our cameras rolled, guy yet again upstagin