It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a foregone conclusion. Even though you may see images like th
The new test for one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Nbc news investigates a town in oklahoma divided you are a leader in an Oklahoma Chapter of the White Nationalist organization, and i want to know if you have any explanation to that. The city official at the center of a firestorm. And ringing in spring, the Phone Hotline that will lead you to the most beautiful sights of the Season Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. The end of tiktok, as we know it in the United States, may be closer tonight after the House Of Representatives passed a bill that could impose a ban on the hugely popular videosharing app in the u. S. Concerns over tiktoks Chinese Parent Company and a potential National Security risk carried the day in the house. The bill approved on a 35265 vote with one democrat voting present. In all, 50 democrats and 15 republicans voted against the bill, which now heads to the senate. Tiktok, which denies its service as a spy tool, clai
November. He saluted January 6th Insurrectionist and said some undocumented immigrants are not people. The biden Campaigns Communications director, michael taylor, is standing by with his reaction to all of it. Plus, fani willis gets to stay on the case in georgia but the drama heats up and trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon continues to slow things down in georgia. Plus, it is election day in russia, which means it is the perfect time to talk about brandnew reporting on the former president s affinity for dictators. Jim shooter thanks man what he discovered on trumps private comments about some of the worst actors in the world. We were planning to start the show on all of the delays on the legal cases and there are a lot. We will spend time on that with legal experts in a little bit but then late yesterday afternoon, donald trump spoke at a rally in ohio and we decided we have to start here. We are going to put a 100 tariff on every single car that comes across the line and youre not
Results of what amounts to a side show. A legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. But first we should make clear that todays ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. In matter of the d. A. s relationship where naman wade, the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. It turns out to be a easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to over turn georgias pr
Handful of swing states, its potentially those specific voters who will decide who wince. But maybe a better question to ask, who is the voter who voted for donald trump in 2020 but does not want to vote for him again in 2024. The New York Times and nbc have identified a batch of these very voters as have election pac Republican Voters against trump. Heres what some of them have to say. For the first time in over 50 year of voting in president ial elections, i will not vote republican. Im a twotime trump voter. Donald trump has shown that he has no regard for the laws of this country. Biden may not have policy that i agree with, but i know that democracy will be saved under biden. I voted for trump in the past elections. I cannot do it now. Trump is a gutless coward. Who would last five minutes in a combat zone. His character does not suit the presidency. I will no longer be voting for President Trump. Because trump wants to act like a dictator. At first listen, it sounds like great ne