katy tur. good to be with you, i m katy tur. vanishing trial dates and an admitted affair, lots of news on the array of criminal and civil cases against donald trump, developments that tell us what the next nine months are going to be like. in d.c., jack smith s election interference trial has disappeared from the federal court calendar. what does that mean? in new york, allen weisselberg is back in talks with prosecutors, according to the new york times. this time over a perjury plea deal. and georgia d.a. fani willis admitted to a quote personal relationship, what does her private life mean for the rico case against donald trump and his codefendants, joining us with the answers is justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, new york times investigative reporter, suzanne craig, her 2016 reporting focused on donald trump s taxes and earned her a pulitzer prize. also with us, nbc news investigations correspondent, tom winter, and msnbc legal analyst, lisa rub
the epa chief in ohio again today as officials battle over where to send the waste from that toxic train derailment. why the epa s plan to transport contaminated water to texas is back on after local leaders objected. the new drone strike deep inside russia, and our rare look inside crimea. will it become the new flash point in the conflict? the white house giving a deadline to remove tiktok from all government devices. could the popular app be banned altogether in the u.s.? and the american skier who just made history on the world stage. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone, in a pair of cases that will impact tens of millions of student loan borrowers, the supreme court heard arguments today on whether the biden administration had the authority to forgive some of those loans. the president s loan debt relief plan calls for erasing up to $20,000 in student loans for certain borrowers at an estimated cost of $400
tonight on the read out . the best advice i would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. just get the [ bleep ] away. wherever you have to go, just get away. the right wing panic over race and culture. nowhere is that in sharper focus than in florida, where ron desantis has had more success pushing authoritarianism than donald trump ever dreamed possible. plus, breaking news in the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news, including our first look at some of the sworn testimony from rupert murdoch on why he allowed his network to spread election lies. also tonight, senator elizabeth warren is here on how we are still living with the consequences of trump s judicial choices. from an imminent decision on reproductive rights to student loan debt relief and beyond. and the water crisis in mississippi has echoes of 1890 post reconstruction with jackson s overwhelmingly black population being told by white state lawmakers we know what s b
good to be with you. we are about to see the president out on the road today working to convince americans he is making their lives better. better jobs. more childcare. affordable healthcare. he is in virginia beach trying to remind voters in that swing congressional district that the districts have their back, but broadly speaking is that he s a blue collar president for blue collar americans. the one the democratic party hemorrhaged in 2016 to donald trump. while president biden has made some of those gains back, a new report by the non-profit american family voices is warning the party and president they are on wobbly ground. we re going to explain what this group of democratic strategists are worried about for 2024 and that right there is not the only tough news. the supreme court is hearing arguments right this moment on president biden s executive order to relieve more than 400 billion in student debts. they have a reporter inside the court with what the justices are as
shocking video showing a migrant squeezing himself through a border fence into the u.s. and you can ask yourself whether or not this is just a preview of things to come real soon 13 days and counting. new hour starts now. dana has the day off. i m bill hemmer. shannon, you are back with us. shannon: always my pleasure to be with hemmer time. thank you so much. for dana today. officials expect upwards of 10,000 migrants to cross into our country daily, every day when title 42 ends. it is coming up on may 11. chaos is already beginning to unfold in el paso where migrants packed the city streets in high speed car chases take place on a nearly daily basis. this situation is no better on the mexican side of the border where thousands of migrants have set up camps waiting to cross as biden administration officials finally lay out a new asylum plan. bill: making migration more safe, orderly, humane. the whole model is to reach the people where they are to cut the smugglers out