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NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

Monday, May 5, 2025

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

NBC News

Policy, War, Government, Politics, President, News, Information, Political, World, Campaign, Congress

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Trump launches incentives for migrants in the U.S. illegally to ‘self deport’; Search underway after suspected smuggling boat capsizes near San Diego; Dave Portnoy speaks out after antisemitic incident at Barstool bar; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight, the fallout from President Trump's exclusive sit down on NBC, the aftermath after

0:05.4

the president said on Meet the Press, I don't know when asked whether he had an obligation

0:10.4

to uphold the Constitution when it comes to deporting citizens and non-citizens.

0:15.8

Plus, the president's new tactic, he says, is aimed at getting undocumented migrants to

0:20.3

self-deport.

0:22.0

And his controversial plan to reopen Alcatraz, one of America's most notorious prisons.

0:27.7

The desperate search, at least three people are dead, and more are missing after a boat

0:32.1

of migrants overturned near San Diego.

0:35.2

The controversial new military strategy Israel is taking in Gaza. We're on the

0:39.6

ground in the Middle East. Jury selection underway in the Sean Diddy Combs trial, what the music

0:45.1

mogul told the judge about how he was feeling, and the list of celebrity names from Michael B. Jordan

0:50.9

to Mike Myers, jurors were told, could come up.

0:59.9

Philadelphia police investigating the anti-Semitic sign in a night spot that has outraged the world of Barstool Sports. And as the conclave to choose a new Pope nears, Francis's lasting

1:06.5

impact on a pasta factory with an amazing story to tell.

1:13.1

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

1:17.4

Good evening and welcome. NBC News is exclusive interview with President Trump from over the

1:22.5

weekend, presenting new insight tonight into the president's reading of the Constitution

1:27.1

and the right to due process.

1:29.5

Seeming to suggest at one point in the interview with Kristen Welker that applying due process

1:34.1

to citizens and non-citizens alike might prove impractical in terms of sheer numbers when it comes

1:40.4

to deportation.

1:41.8

Saying he'll rely on brilliant lawyers that work for him to clarify

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