hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. president biden is leeing for japan, but he will return early because of the debt limit deadline. both the white house and republicans are more upbeat after the president tapped three trusted aids to negotiate directly with the house speaker s taem. but giant policy divides remain, despite big progress with the process. i m confident we ll get the agreement on the budget and america will not default. plus the carolinas now taking center stage in the abortion debate. north carolina republicans override the governor s veto to enact a 12-week ban inspect in south carolina, a 6-week ban is the subject of a marathon debate abortion also a flash point between 2024 rivals donald trump and ron desantis. and big primaries shaped the 2023 election. daniel cameron is now the republican choice to challenge kentucky s governor. pennsylvania and florida voters deliver some
officially subpoenaed by the january 6th committee. order to turn over documents related to the capital riot by november 4th. and appear before the panel on november 14th, after the midterm elections. congressional investigators arguing that you were at the center of the first and only effort by any u.s. president to overturn an election and obstruct the peaceful transition of power. which included, according to the committee, purposefully and maliciously disseminating false allegations of fraud. attempting to corrupt the department of justice, illegally pressuring state officials to change election results, and filing false information under oath in federal court. mr. trump has not indicated whether he would reply comply with the request. a lawyer represented him both brought, we will review and analyze it, and respond appropriately to the unprecedented action. the subpoena coming on the same day his former top advisor steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison fo
New dash cam video from a semi truck as a crash sends it dangling off a bridge. The recordbreaking filibuster in missouri as democrats wage a battle over Abortion Rights. And the athletes dominating the world of womens golf and swinging for a shot at gold in the paris olympics. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Not one, but two president ial debates are on the books tonight after an exchange of verbal taunts more akin to a prize fight promotion. President biden and former President Trump have agreed to televised oneonone debates, the first happening june 27th and, notably, without a live audience. The second one, september 10th. The arrangement first proposed by President Biden was quickly accepted by mr. Trump, who refused to take part in this years republican primary debates. The first of the showdowns timed by the Biden Campaign to take place before early voting begins. In the time being, the debate among pundits will likely be over whic
President biden should have pardoned mr. Trump. Also tonight, the attempted assassination, a man walking up to slovakias Prime Minister shooting him multiple times. Aides pushing the wounded politician into a car and a man tackled on the ground. The Prime Ministers condition tonight. The barge slamming into a bridge in galveston, texas, causing a partial collapse and unleashing an oil spill. One Community Island cut off. Opening statements in the Bribery Trial of senator bob menendez. The defense suggesting those gold bars didnt belong to menendez but to his wife. A heartstopping new dash cam video from a semi truck as a crash sends it dangling off a bridge. The recordbreaking filibuster in missouri as democrats wage a battle over Abortion Rights. And the athletes dominating the world of womens golf and swinging for a shot at gold in the paris olympics. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Not one but two president ial debates are on the books
legislation nationally. it s become this state-based issue. in a state like south carolina, when you re looking at the republican presidential primary, you have candidates and potential candidates who see this as something that could benefit them. the voters they are going after in their primary are not the same general election voters. so if you re like mike pence saying you want to support a national abortion ban, that s a way of boosting your base at a time you need it to, even if in a general election this may not play well. we have seen the last 24 hours this playing out. democrats think this benefits them. when you look at a battleground state, it doesn t mean it benefits them in south carolina or in nebraska. but they think it benefits them when it come ss to battleground states if republicans keep having this debate. governor ron desantis signed a six-week ban. he signed the six-week ban. he criticized donald trump saying trump wouldn t say whether he s for or against it. tru