agreement in a late night vote avoiding a disastrous default that would have crippled the economy. that bill now on its way to the president s desk, and we ll hear from him in a prime time speech planned for tonight. and later, donald trump reacting to the news that the special counsel has a recording of him talking about classified documents. two attorneys join us to talk about the legal peril that evidence could pose. and the gloves are off, trump and desantis going round for round trading blows. governor, how come you re not taking questions from voters? coming up to me talking to me, what are you talking about? are you blind? what? are you blind? he got very angry at the press. you re not allowed to get angry at the press. we re live in south carolina where the florida governor is campaigning this morning. let s get straight to those breaking economic numbers right now, the jobs report revealing a huge number for the month of may, 339,000 jobs added, the u
deliberate and what they found in the truck. and then a deal to avoid economic disaster has not been reached yet. moments ago we heard from house speaker, kevin mccarthy. we will talk to jim clyburn about what needs to happen next. and then e. jean carroll, what the president said that has her asking for more money. and then a new wave of afghan migrants going on a dangerous journey to reach the u.s. southern border. we begin this very busy hour with our breaking news on the security scare in washington. a driver now in custody after crashing a u-haul truck into a barrier just one block from the white house last night. police say they believe the suspect crashed the truck intentionally. the law enforcement official telling nbc news the driver was making threats to the white house. investigators also seized a nazi flag from the scene. joining us with more is nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. ryan, what exactly happened? reporter: josé, first let me give
the day is now in police custody. authorities say the 24-year-old, dion patterson, a coast guard vet, was arrested in a condominium complex. patterson is accused of killing one and injuring four others just afternoon local time inside a waiting room in a hospital facility in midtown atlanta. gary tuchman is there. you ve been at the scene of the capture. what do you make of what police revealed and what are you learning from sources how it transpired? reporter: all right. we can give you additional information you haven t heard from the news conference. this man was captured in this waterford place condo community, gated, upscale community. because people had heard already it was likely this man was in cobb county, georgia, this is 11 miles northwest where the shooting happened, everyone was on alert. we talked to a woman inside here. we walked inside the complex and she heard two dogs barking inside loudly. they weren t stopping. she s heard them before but they kept barki
apprehended by local authorities. and so we breathe a sigh of relief for now. but sadly, these kinds of mass shootings happen every day in america so far this year. and you mentioned today in a really powerful and impassioned speech on the senate floor, you are two children, who were actually in a lockdown today, as this unfolded. how are they doing? and really, what did you tell them as a father? but also as a lawmaker who is in a body that potentially has the power to do something about all this? that s right. they are physically safe. but you asked me how are my children doing how or any of our children doing? do we really know the answer? what are the long term traumatic effects of, basically telling our children, we can t protect you? and the best we can do is to tell you to hide. we are a nation living in fear. and some seem to think that this is the price that we have to pay for freedom. i reject that. it s a strange kind of freedom that causes our children to ha
trying to do harm to others, make people feel the pain he was feeling. that s the man that law enforcement is calling a hero for disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more of that interview in the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time a gunman appears to have targeted his co-workers. the string of gun violence has president biden once again calling on law makers to pass bills banning assault style weapons. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 24th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with another mass shooting this one in northern california. a man opened fire at two landscaping nurseries killing seven people in half moon bay south of san francisco. an eighth victim is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. the suspect is 67-year-old chun lee t