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NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

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

4.32K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s Oval Office clash with South African president; Multiple tornadoes slam Midwest and South; Two women arrested for allegedly assisting escaped New Orleans inmates; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

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0:00.0

Tonight, the Tenth Oval Office confrontation, President Trump, in an extraordinary scene accusing the president of South Africa of allowing genocide of white people in a series of unsubstantiated claims.

0:12.0

Elon Musk and South African golfers on hand for the confrontation.

0:16.0

It comes after the administration granted dozens of white citizens of South Africa, refugee status,

0:22.6

allowing them to travel to the U.S. The funnel clouds menacing the landscape of the deep south

0:27.8

and the mess left behind of one of the most active spring tornado seasons on record. Now the new

0:33.9

nor'easter in the forecast. The Pentagon accepts a controversial luxury megajet from Qatar that President Trump could

0:41.2

one day use as Air Force One, as security and ethics questions loom.

0:47.0

First the jail break, now the manhunt, five inmates captured, five on the run in New Orleans,

0:52.1

plus two women arrested how they're accused of aiding the fugitives.

0:56.1

The new photos of Federal Asians raid of Sean Diddy Combs' home, as the trial continues,

1:02.1

the chaotic scene aboard a flight after a false bomb threat.

1:05.8

Plus, from Northern Lights to the City of Light, one astronaut shares his stunning views with me that will leave

1:11.8

you breathless.

1:15.6

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

1:19.8

Good evening and welcome.

1:21.3

We begin with that uncomfortable and maybe even cringe-worthy moment at the White House today

1:25.8

where President Trump publicly clashed with

1:28.0

his foreign guest, South Africa's president's Tiro Ramaphosup. In a moment similar to his

1:33.8

recent Oval Office takedown of Ukraine's President Zelensky, President Trump seizing the moment

1:39.3

to confront the South African leader over his government's race policies and the plight of white farmers,

1:45.1

he says, have been persecuted and have been targets of violence.

1:48.8

And Mr. Trump breathing new life into unsubstantiated claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa.

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