leader, the first time biden will take questions from reporters since launching his reelection campaign. he took questions last month alongside justin trudea, hasn t held a news conference in six months. questions mount about the president s age and ability to perform the duties of the job and whether vice president harris is the best choice to succeed him, should biden not be able to complete his term. just yesterday karine jean-pierre refused to say if biden planned to serve all eight years. does the president plan to serve all eight years? i m just not going to get ahead of the president, that is something for him to decide. i will not get ahead of it. there is a 2024 campaign and anything related to that, i refr you to that. kayleigh: didn t take long for the clean-up on aisle five, tweeting less than an hour later, we take the law seriously, i wanted to be sure i didn t go into 2024 more than appropriate under the law. if re-elected, president biden would serve all
ac 360 meantime starts now. and good evening. it is another night of drama and uncertainty in washington tonight. in a little less than two hours the house will reconvene and test congressman s kevin mccarthy confidence he can win the remaining hold outs he need to become speaker elect and avoid this fate for a 14th straight time. a majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. after that losing effort which saw him flip 15 no votes over to his side, the house adjourned to allow time to deal with the rest. what exactly got him this far is unclear. we know some of the proposed concessions or at least one he made has many democrats concerned it could lead to a government default. we re in territory unchartered since the 1850s. this is also taking place on the second anniversary of the attack on congress. president biden honoring defenders of democracy in both parties and law enforcement heroes of that day, and remembering those whose lives were lost. at th
waiving extradition. his family in the courtroom and the new body cam. the suspect s brush with police as he and his father drove across country two weeks before his arrest. severe weather on the move. reports of more tornadoes in the south. in the midwest heavy snowfall creating danger on the roads. we re tracking it. the former crypto mogul pleading not guilty to fraud charges. when he is set to stand trial. and reports of children eating marijuana edibles soaring more than 1,000%. the warning tonight for parents. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. in a sport known for its danger and high risk, there is hardly anything that can compare to the horror and crushing sadness of the moment that played out on the field of cincinnati s paycor stadium last night. with millions of viewers watching, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin collapsing on the field at the end of a play after suffering cardiac arrest. medical teams rushed t
control called a scrub for the launch attempt today. this is a huge disappointment for nasa. this is part of the space business. we ll g wheo when it s ready nothing coming out now. another day in jackson, mississippi, another day of a water crisis for residents here. scary, it really is not knowing whether you going to have enough water for one day to another. we re in for another hot day across california. 40 million under some sort of heat alert. 155 plus potential high records expected. it s pretty cycling, even our a.c. at home can only do so much in the triple digits. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. pamela brown has the night off. you re in the cnn newsroom. a pilot threatens a miss mim mississippi community for hours and lands. before dawn the pilot of the stolen plane called 911 and threatened to crash into a local walmart. cnn pete followed the five-hour drama to the peaceful ending. jessica, this is the best possible outcome
oh, he s back. o donnell: out of covid isolation. in just five days, president biden is testing negative. gunmakers in the hot seat. new information tonight, as we learn manufacturers made more than $1 billion selling ar-15s to civilians. the war in ukraine. cbs holly williams is with american military veterans as they train ukrainians. reporter: this is a five-day course. they re also learning battlefield first aid, and how to maneuver. o donnell: $1 billion jackpot. when s the next drawing, so you can go out and get your lottery ticket? and, 50 years later. celebrating the f.b.i. s first female special agents. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday night. tonight, we begin with the state of the american economy, and the battle against inflation. the federal reserve todaying prb making a move to try and tamp down