six people killed as dozens of cars pile up in a crash caused in part by dust and strong winds. and no script for this, hollywood writers now on strike bringing production to many shows to a sudden halt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m countrhristine romans. president biden calling top leaders to the white house a week from today to talk about raising the debt ceiling. janet yellen said that the federal government face as catastrophic default as soon as june 1 if congress doesn t act. the money runs out june 1. in a letter, yellen writes after reviewing recent federal tax receipts, our best estimate is that we will be unable to continue to satisfy the obligations potentially as early as june 1. and jasmine wright is live for us. this gives a date when all the bills can t be paid and the white house said it won t negotiate. so what does biden want to talk about next week? reporter: the process is president is looking to shake up th
sending troops to the border days before title 42 is lifted. we ll bring you the latest reporting. it s day four in the manhunt for the suspect of the killing of five people in texas. this morning, many questions and few answers. writers on strike, what they are demanding and how it affects the shows you watch. and then avoiding economic catastrophe if the debt krael ceiling is not raised. in illinois, the highway where a blinding dust storm caused a deadly highway pileup is back open this morning. we have the latest. he lost his beloved daughter, jamie, in the parkland school shooting. today he joins us to talk about the gun violence crisis in america. we begin this hour with some breaking news from washington. three senior administration officials tell nbc news the biden administration is considering sending 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border for 90 days. this comes just days before the u.s. government is set to lift title 42 which has been used for mor
of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting
jansing in new york city. warning signs in the economy as worries about a recession, interest rates and the debt limit shave hundreds of punts points off the dow. now with a standoff over how to pay the nation s debts, will things get worse before they get better? and why wait until next week to find out? plus, no chief justice, no problem. senate democrats slam the supreme court as they push ahead with a hearing on ethics, even after john roberts declines to show up. chairman dick durbin arguing the justices ethical standards shouldn t be acceptable at a local city council, let alone the highest court in the land. and as the texas manhunt stretches into a fourth day, haunting new questions from family members about whether the police could have caught the suspect at the scene or stopped him before he started the massacre. i ll talk to a former police chief about what should have happened once those 911 calls started coming in. but we begin with congress and the white
More than 70 vehicles, including dozens of commercial vehicles and passenger cars, were involved in crashes May 1 along a 2-mile stretch of Interstate 55 in Montgomery County, 75 miles north of St. Louis.