Sunday, May 4, 2025

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

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🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Exclusive: Trump defends second term agenda in new interview; Warren Buffett sounds alarm on trade war; Air traffic controller shortage leads to delays at major travel hub; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

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0:00.0	Tonight, President Trump defending his second term agenda in an exclusive interview with NBC News.
0:06.0	The president downplaying concerns about a possible recession and pressed on his immigration crack down.
0:12.3	Your Secretary of State says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens deserve due process.
0:17.1	Do you agree?
0:18.0	His stance on the constitutional rights of the people his administration's
0:21.8	trying to deport. Plus, responding to those Trump 2028 hats and the new controversy over this
0:28.5	AI-generated Pope picture. New warnings from famed investor Warren Buffett about U.S. trade
0:34.7	policies as his surprise announcement he's stepping down from his company marks the end of an era.
0:40.9	Frustration and delays at one of the nation's busiest airports.
0:44.6	How the air traffic controller shortage means a weekend of travel headaches across the country.
0:50.1	A show of support in court after a sheriff's deputy is run down and killed.
0:54.9	The suspected driver?
0:56.3	The father of a man killed by police just the day before.
1:00.0	Was it revenge?
1:04.0	Whoa!
1:06.0	A close call in the heart of Israel.
1:08.4	A Houthi missile strike coming dangerously close to the Tel Aviv airport.
1:12.5	Israel's response tonight.
1:14.3	This is NBC Nightly News with Hallie Jackson.
1:18.3	We are coming on the air tonight with President Trump defending his punishing tariff policies
1:23.1	and waving off concerns about rising prices.
1:26.4	Even his new polling shows a majority of Americans disapprove of how he's handling those economic issues.
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