meanwhile, president biden cuts a foreign trip short as time runs out to strike a deal on the debt limit. one of the senators urging biden to consider going around his republican house speaker s joins me live. later, a jog in the park with senator cory booker, we talk about his message of positivity amid so much cynicism and washington and his friendship with one of those republicans running for president. well, florida governor ron desantis is said to officially enter the race for president this week. let s be honest, he is a work in progress when it comes to retail politics. i saw, that you have, like, a 1955 portion there. that once nice. how much is that worth? oh, we won t even talk about that. so, it s safe to say there is some unknowns when it comes to the type of candidate he ll be the what there is very little doubt about is where he stands on policy issues right now. look no further than the last chapter of his book, he wrote it all there, make america flori
hopes for a deal or fuel new fears that the u.s. could actually default for the first time in its history. ak kwused murderer bryan kohberger face-to-face with the parents of the students he s accused of stabbing to death. shocking new details in the case coming up. we start with the supercharged republican race. south carolina senator tim scott becoming the latest candidate to test the party s appetite for someone who isn t donald trump, officially launching his presidential campaign just a couple hours ago. that puts the official number of major candidates at six, but there s the potential for many more, with ron desantis set to announce in the coming days and others like mike pence and chris christie reportedly ready to jump in, the field could hit double digits within weeks. today belonged to senator scott, the only black republican in the u.s. senate. speaking in his hometown of north charleston and spreading a message he plans to spread early and often, already buyi
mean every american will pay a set of sporting wealth based on need, many would be allocated to individuals purely based on the issue of race. the premise according to the left would be to compensate for the evils of slavery. first the country simply cannot afford the billions, billions of dollars and shrines of dollars that would likely used to allocate ultimately is a punitive measure went out even further divided country that s already deeply divided those who support reparations believe that america is a good country filled to the brim with generations about people. while no intelligent may be clear. it be a great injustice to ignore all the progress this country is made on racial issues and other issues which is the beauty of our great const constitution. it is provided all of us a road map and we can write wrongs and correct injustices with made a lot of progress was a long way to go. no doubt reparations asymmetry and policy based on divisive racial politics. if you th
school classmate and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. this nbc news nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight vo involving former president trump somewhat in that the growing expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that we be that he would be arrested on tuesday. the office has not commented on the timing of a decision on whether to prosecute. in the absence of news, key republicans have been rushing to mr. trump s defense and vilifying democrat prosecutor alvin bragg. but tonight even many of his loyalists are discouraging trump supporters from taking up the former president s call to protest. it s where we start tonight, with garrett hake reporter: the manhattan d.a. s office tonight on the verge of a fateful decision, whether to indict a former president for the first time in history, a case c
the deadly shooting at a texas high school. one student in custody. what police are saying tonight. our nbc news exclusive. the teacher shot by a 6-year-old student speaking out for the first time. her difficult road to recovery. the rally on wall street after two troubled banks found new owners. what it means for your money. the u.n. warning humanity is on thin ice. what a new report says must be done now to avoid the worst of climate change. buster murdaugh breaking his silence. what he now says about the death of a high school classmate. and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us. we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight involving former president donald trump. somewhat in that the growing sense of expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that he would be arrested on t