flooding, power outages across the east coast. we ll have an update from our reporter on the ground and a look at where this intense weather is heading next. next. good morning. thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we want to take you right to tel aviv where any moment defense secretary lloyd austin will speak at this press conference. today s meeting follows the tragic news announced friday that israeli defense forces accidentally killed three israeli hostages. the idf releasing these photos showing a sign they say was written in leftover food reading help. three hostages, it was found inside a building near the killings. now israeli public is pushing the government to get back to negotiating to get the remains hostages out. as nbc news has learned, cia director william burns is meeting with israeli and qatari officials in poland in an effort to restart the talk. let s bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard eng
bravery to nine public safety officers including two who died in the line of duty. the ceremony is underway, let s listen in. we re incredibly proud of all of you, skpi mean that, incredibly proud of all of you, and we re going to have your back as long as we need to, as long as you re engaged. in just the past two weeks, our nation has observed a national fallen firefighters memorial weekend, national police weekend, national peace memorial officers day. and i ve also hosted this event several times as president and vice president and cosponsored a bill that created the medal of freedom when i was a u.s. senator, the medal of valor when i was a u.s. senator. these are the same these are some of the most meaningful things that i do as president because knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country. this is not hyperbole, you represent the very best of us, you represent the best of who we are as american
this tuesday i m ana cabrera. it is 10:00 eastern. we re here in new york and right now we re tracking calls for justice in kansas city after a 16-year-old was shot in the head after ringing the wrong doorbell 84-year-old andrew lester is the white homeowner now facing two felony charges for shooting ralph yarl police say there was a racial component to the shooting, but haven t provided details and an arrest warrant has been issued but lester is still not in custody. this morning, the 16-year-old s mother described his injuries. he had the bullet in the up here for about, let s say, up to 12 hours before it was taken out. also this morning, a rejected appeal a moscow court has ruled against evan gerstovitz. he will be detained in prison until he goes on trial next month on espionage charges the u.s. government calling the entire process a sham. the charges against evan are baseless and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. and one of the mos
slow start, putting it bluntly, quote, welcome to the seinfeld congress. it is a show about nothing. the vote on congresswoman omar is one of the political squabbles unfolding while the nation ticks a day closer to defaulting on its debts. house speaker kevin mccarthy met with president biden yesterday, but there doesn t appear to have been any progress on the debt limit. the president did strike this optimistic tone while speaking this morning. start treating each other with respect. that s what kevin and i are going to do. not a joke. but a good meeting yesterday. we ll get latest ahead. also this morning, day four of that deadly ice storm across the south. cars are spinning out of control on highways. thousands of flights delayed and canceled. and in texas, nearly half a million people are facing the bone chilling cold without power. it is scary. definitely scary. i can say that. it is very slippery out here. probably one of the worst. we ll get an update from
making republicans show that they have no plan in response. plus, alarming suggestions tha the administration might b taking a right turn on immigration. and why are republicans so afraid to blame trump for th events of january 6th? i am julián castro, let s ge started. spring is right around the corner and joe biden i breaking out his gordon shares the president formally unveile his new budget proposal this week, aiming to cut the federa deficit by projected three trillion dollars over the next decade in part through a new 25% ta on billionaires. other provisions of the plan the corporate tax rate would increase from 21% to 28% there is an increase in capita gains taxes along with it, and to the interest loophole tax hikes and gas companies an acre tailing of covid relate spending now, to be clear, no one in th white house is saying that republican controlled houses will actually adopt presiden biden s budget and its current form, there will be plenty o wrangling and negoti