surprise appearance in court. and joe biden s emotional message of support for his son. plus, the potential witnesses. could his brother, beau s widow be called to the stand? all this four days after his father s 2024 rival donald trump was convicted on all 34 counts in his hush money trial. the new comments from mr. trump slamming his sentencing date. also tonight, nbc news learning president biden plans to sign a sweeping executive action on the border. what it would give him the power to do. wildfires burning, thousands of acres in california with a dangerous heat wave on the way. dr. anthony fauci grilled on capitol hill by republicans on the origin of covid. the moment he choked up describing death threats against his family and tensions erupting. marjorie taylor greene refusing to call him a doctor. four more israeli hostages confirmed dead as president biden turns up the pressure on israel for a cease-fire deal saying, quote, the deal must get done. and aft
least 10 people are dead across three states some children after tornadoes ripped through the southern plains this memorial day weekend. the flattened homes, flipped arby s left hundreds of thousands of people without power. hello welcome to fox news livei am rich edson. molly: i am molly line eric and arthel are off today. there are reports of a least 20 tornadoes in the region overnight. recovery efforts are now underway one te in texas the sheriff says it is not easy. corwe have a lot of assets backn the western part over here trying to gain access. power lines were down, and trees treeswere down it has taken a he effort to get where most of the damage is. we pray for those lost but also we can still find uninjured and get help too. heartbreaking losses there. those tornadoes are part of this weakens while the weather. tennis ball sized hail reigned it down in kansas. the intense lightning leading up the arkansas night sky. one resident captured a massive web of bolts i
authorities say they are not ruling out that this was possibly a hate crime. president biden has ordered all federal flags to be flown at half staff in honor of the victims, and he will head to georgia tomorrow. and as the president said, as vice president harris said, as atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms said, whatever the motivation here, the fact is attacks on asian americans are on the rise. people are rightfully scared and we need to do more to combat that bigotry and violence and stand together. to that point, today in congress a house committee held its first hearing on the rise of anti-asian discrimination in more than 30 years. but things quickly took a turn when republican congressman chip roy of texas first said that all americans deserve protection and to live in a free and secure society. then he said some more things, and i want to warn you, some of this language is offensive. we re only going to play it once, and we re going to play it once because it not
california with a dangerous heat wave on the way. dr. anthony fauci grilled on capitol hill by republicans on the origin of covid. the moment he choked up describing death threats against his family. and tensions erupting. marjorie taylor greene refusing to call him a doctor. four more israeli hostages confirmed dead as president biden turns up the pressure on israel for a cease-fire deal saying, quote, the deal must get done. and after decades of decline, what s driving the motor city s big comeback? this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. days after the first criminal conviction of a former president, another first is unfolding tonight in delaware where hunter biden has become the first offspring of a sitting president to face criminal charges. the trial began today for the president s son who stands accused of three federal counts related to gun possession. hunter biden has pleaded not guilty. today was jury selection with lawyers q
Risks even though they have little chance of getting into the gutter. If it be anywhere must people get on that train but not quite the train. At about fifty Miles Per Hour one step that can mean the difference many in me and dying. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us Temperature Records are being smashed across the globe while fires are raging in portugal spain and the United States and theres a drought right now a severe one in australia and other countries as well so whats behind this unusually hot weather in a moment ill be talking to a climatologist but first we have this report on the high temperatures that some experts fear could irreversibly disrupt earths ecosystems. Central europe from
space too hot and too dry this is commander of the International Space station alexander guest just had a chance to take my first photos of dried out Central Europe in germany since a few weeks and was shocked what should have been green is now brown never seen it like this before far