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NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

Nightly News Full Broadcast (April 30th)

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

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

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Trump blames Biden for 0.3% decline in GDP;U.S. ports bracing for big drop in shipping; Judge orders release of Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight, the flashing economic warning signs 100 days into the Trump presidency, the GDP shrinking,

0:06.9

hiring down, and the roller coaster day for markets after stocks closed in the red for the month.

0:12.8

The president asking the nation to be patient.

0:16.0

Maybe the children will have two dollars instead of thirty dollars you know and maybe the two

0:21.0

dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally. President Trump

0:24.7

saying the US has been ripped off by other countries and seeking to blame President

0:29.0

Biden for the economy 100 days into his term while Democrats blast his policies.

0:34.6

The Columbia University student arrested after leading pro-Palestinian

0:38.7

protests out on bail after a judge ordered his release inside the growing legal battle. The

0:45.4

case a district attorney called hazing on steroids, 11 high school lacrosse players

0:50.9

turn themselves in what they're accused of doing.

0:54.6

The week of deadly storms with no end in sight, four people killed in Pennsylvania, rescues

1:00.4

in Oklahoma City from floodwaters, and where threats of hail, tornadoes, and floods

1:05.8

are on the radar next.

1:08.0

Church and State, a landmark Supreme Court case over whether a public religious charter school

1:13.3

should be allowed and why a Republican AG is fighting it. Laura Jarrett has the case.

1:20.0

Legendary singer Michael Bolton shares his cancer diagnosis. This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

1:28.1

Good evening and welcome.

1:29.8

So whose economy is it?

1:31.6

Amid fresh data pointing to a contracting economy, President Trump is taking no responsibility

1:37.0

for recent stock market declines or today's new data, showing a 0.3% drop in the GDP in the first three months of the year, which analysts say

1:46.9

is largely tied to his tariff policies. With consumer confidence plummeting, President Trump,

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