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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

NBC News

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

3.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Trump arrives in China for high-stakes summit; Alex Murdaugh’s convictions for murder of wife and son overturned; New video shows incredible rescue of plane crash survivors; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tonight, we're live from Beijing. We're just beyond those walls. Moments from now, President Trump will meet face to face with China's leader in a critical meeting for both countries and the world.

0:16.2

President Trump landing in Beijing to an elaborate welcome ceremony.

0:21.4

Air Force One met by cheering crowds.

0:24.2

But that's just the beginning.

0:26.2

The final preparations at the Great Hall of the People, just minutes from here,

0:30.9

where President Trump and President Xi will swear off.

0:34.1

But he's a very tough negotiator.

0:36.0

Our new reporting on the issues the president will

0:38.7

raise. The American CEOs tamed with him and the 11th hour addition to the trip. How the White

0:45.6

House got this key AI leader to meet the president's plane in Alaska and get on board. Can the

0:51.7

president open China up to more big business from America?

0:55.5

And what does China want from these talks? Is China looking for a fight? Plus, the new fallout

1:01.6

from these comments from President Trump. I don't think about American financial situation.

1:07.7

The reaction today. Whose side is the president not? I don't get it.

1:13.3

Also tonight, the stunning reversal, South Carolina Supreme Court, overturning Alec Murdoch's

1:19.6

convictions for the murders of his wife and son, why the justices say a court clerk

1:25.1

placed her fingers on the scales of justice and what happens next.

1:30.0

New video of a dramatic rescue at sea, a plane carrying nearly a dozen people crashing into the Atlantic,

1:36.8

how those survivors clung onto a raft for hours.

1:40.6

This just in what the CDC is now saying about those American cruise passengers in quarantine,

1:46.6

how long will they stay?

1:48.3

The mother who wrote a children's book about grief in the wake of her husband's death,

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