Those . Maturation areas youre going to die a dire warning, evacuations underway as the extremely dangerous Hurricane Milton nears landfall in florida, plus North Carolina is a disaster. They dont have the people and theyre complaining theres no people around to help disaster politics. Donald trump doubles down on his false claims about the Helene Response while Kamala Harris calls him out and continuing to fight israels Prime Minister vows to not let up amid fresh airstrikes that has hezbollah targets ive look at Capitol Hill on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im Kasie Hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us Breaking News this morning, we have a brand new update just moments ago on Hurricane Milton, the Storm Weakening slightly overnight. Now, a major category four storm. It is expected to regain strength this morning could hit land Tomorrow Evening. It has been less than two weeks since the southeast was pummeled by Hurricane Helene and florida residents are battening d
the first major heatwave of 2024. triple-digit temperatures in the west. we re tracking it. attorney general merrick garland defiant on capitol hill, telling republicans, i will not be intimidated, as they demand tapes of president biden s interview with special counsel robert hur. our nbc news exclusive. the new electric vehicles rolling off gm s assembly line. the ceo on why gm is still betting big on evs, despite a sales slowdown. and after he stole the show from his congressman dad, the 6-year-old telling us about his viral moment of fame. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. president biden tonight sidestepping congress and taking his own action to sharply tighten controls at the southern border. with his signature alone, the president using his executive authority to shut down asylum requests when the average daily number of illegal crossings between ports of entry exceeds 2,500. tonight, that average number tops
doing, quote, what republicans in congress refuse to do. the power the new order gives him just weeks before his first debate with donald trump. also tonight, opening statements in hunter biden s federal gun trial. the text messages the prosecution showed to the jury taken from his purported laptop, and what the defense is saying about his past drug use and purchase of a firearm. the nationwide disruptions impacting at&t and verizon customers. what s causing it. the first major heatwave of 2024. triple-digit temperatures in the west. we re tracking it. attorney general merrick garland defiant on capitol hill, telling republicans i will not be intimidated, as they demand tapes of president biden s interview with special counsel robert hur. our nbc news exclusive. the new electric vehicles rolling off gm s assembly line. the ceo on why gm is still betting big on evs, despite a sales slowdown. and after he stole the show from his congressman dad, the 6-year-old telling
was so desperately needed, urgently needed. this plan is going to make it possible to cut child poverty in half. i m going to succeed. we re going to succeed moving forward. look, the american people strongly support this. that s the key here. as someone who spent the entire primary campaign criticizing joe biden, this weekend, the president did what i thought he couldn t, or just wouldn t, by getting results on what undeniably is the most pro-worker, anti-poverty accomplishment by an american president since lyndon johnson. don t take my word for it. listen to the senate budget committee chair, a certain bernie sanders, who called it, quote, the most significant piece of legislation to benefit working families in the modern history of this country. and he s right. i mean, how else to describe a bill that halves child poverty. halves it, thanks to $1400 direct payments, survival checks, a typical family of four gets $5600 in new payments or $7600 in new payments if you th
In frankfurt we also have the International Auto show carmakers has been investing billions in developing Electric Vehicles to meet tighter emissions restrictions in europe and in asia and of course to remain competitive as the International Auto show in frankfurt gets underway later this week we take a look at the industrys oncet it today stability demands move over a tesla the competition is about to heat up several european carmakers are rolling out new Electric Vehicle models. Is the year where we are probably saying so the Big Orange Red Necks mark electric cars you know volkswagen the idea 3 porsche with the take in sports car and then youve also got kind of Runaway Persia and all these are the 1st showing sold for electric products and concepts mass market means cheaper models like volkswagens id 3 so more europeans will be able to afford the new Electric Vehicles until now the continent has lagged behind other regions last year just under 1000000 Electric Vehicles were sold in