winds and rain. we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises. i will not stop now. it s clear to me that the majority of majority republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see democrats using la
spy on private citizens. house lawmakers say the feds asked banks to using terms like maga and trump. if you think that is bad, wait until you hear the rest. we have financial surveillance, big government working with big banks and corporations to surveill, spy on americans, surveillance of the american people. todd: democrats are launching a full-court press to keep trump out of the white house and attack his supporters. i am scared as heck. yeah. which is why i m traveling our country. we don t run away from something when we re scared, we fight back toward it. it is a vengeance tour this time around. we talk about trump, we need to talk about his voters. it is not economic anxiety, it is racial anxiety. todd: you are watching fox and friends first s, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. we ll unpack all of it throughout the hour. todd: u.s. forces striking dozen houthi sites overnight after a second carrier ship was hit in the red sea. carley: tr
we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. let s take a listen to what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises. i will not stop now. it s clear to me that the majority of majority republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see democrats using law
more sunshine around today, especially for eastern areas. before full weekend forecast is coming up here and breakfast. it s friday 2nd june. our main story. the former this morning presenter phillip schofield says he has lost everything , after admitting to lying about an affair with a young colleague. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed the man. he s been speaking to our media editor amol rajan. come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition, and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? you re feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll that recent days have taken on him. and it is
on camera. a chinese fighter jet comes within 400 feet of a u.s. air force plane. our richard engel s dangerous assignment inside an african nation pracactically rurun by a russian mercenary group. how it s fueling the war in ukraine mystery solved why the famed venice canal suddenly turned green. and a major comeback for the pitcher diagnosed with cancer just five months ago announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester there is fear and outrage in iowa tonight as desperate families cling to hope that their loved ones may still be alive inside a partially collapsed apartment building in the city of davenport look at these images part of the building is totally gone, but then there was this amazing scene last night. a resident waving for help some 27 hours after the collapse not only that, it came after authorities said that first responders had checked the entire building and no one was left inside. in fact, th