was holding we had the conversations, as well. around diversity. looking at a male barbie. a lot of those conversations. we are taking a lot of the feedback that the community is giving us. we have a lot of outreach asking when s the next barbie that looks a little bit more like them? we want to provide that feedback back to mattel. hopefully we will have an opportunity to do this again with another barbie with down syndrome. was your advocacy, kandi, people in your communities advocacy a part of the design processed with mattel? did they tap into your knowledge? they did, they did. we were really inclusive. at nds me include people townsend him first and foremost with everything we do. kayla and our colleague charlotte were part of the whole process from strategy calls, the design. we had a medical doctor that served on a committee that gave feedback when we were designing the dots of. yes, we absolutely put people
a delicate cease-fire between sudan s military and the paramilitary rapid support forces has now been extended to another three days. that cease-fire was set to expire on midnight, tonight. both sides now saying after efforts in the u.s. in saudi arabia to mediate they will extend that deal to lay down arms for another three days. all of the previously fires that they have announced have been incomplete. mark by gun fights in additional violence. the big question is, will the cease-fire hold any better. will it create an opportunity for people who are in harm s way. sudanese and others, trying to get somewhere safe. yasmin. we thank you for that. coming up, everybody. the work that went into crafting the first barbie dewitt down syndrome and the effect that could have on kids across the country. next saturday, be sure to tune into msnbc for coverage of the coronation of king charles iii. our royal coverage hosted by alex swift. beginning 5 am eastern right here on msnbc. we will be r
flooding we have a launching in the midwest from the overflowing mississippi river it is peaking near record highs in iowa. giant snow met up north is continuing to cause dangerous floods. george solis sitting by for us on the eastern us there. what are you seeing? a good example of what we have been seeing in these communities is exactly what is going on behind me. people who now have to use a boat to get in and out of the neighborhood. this gentleman coming out with another bone. they have been parking them here, again, because that is the only way they can get in a row. another thing residents have been telling me that s really frustrating is the fact that they have no heat. if they want to stay there and try to repair things, get things going as far as clean up they can t because they have no hot water. they can t cook, shower, it s that era. the other thing, of, courses they are a few hours away from this river cresting.
it seems that this is still a very active and fluid situation as they try to get all of the facts in order and all the answers. trying to disseminate this information to the public in the hope that someone will be able to locate the suspect. of course the key warning from law enforcement is that if someone believes they see the suspect do, not approach him. they believe that he is armed and dangerous. urging folks to call police immediately. yasmin? priscilla thompson for us. we think. you we will stay on this story. we are awaiting an announcement, everybody, any moment now, about a possible deal to say first republic bank. it will be the first republican bank to fail in the past three months. they re working to finalize the sales of 91 of several bidders who finalize their offers today, including citizen financial in jpmorgan chase. a deal is expected to be announced before the asian markets open tonight hollywood could be just a day away from another rider strike. negotiations for
as we heard there, topper hub liquids are continuing to defend their planned for his massive spending cuts in order to pay the country s bills despite democrats warning that the gamble could tackling economy. i want to bring in congresswoman barbara lee, a democratic californian. congresswoman, it is great to talk to you this afternoon. thank you for joining us. happy to be here. if you would respond, give me your reaction to some of what you just heard there. sure, first we have to remember this, it was republican tax cuts for the mega rich and for corporations which added trillions of dollars to our debt. now they are saying they don t want to pay the bills that they created. rather inflict harm on the american people. that is wrong. secondly, we need to understand let me give you an example of what i m talking about. when we talked about inflicting harm on the american people. in speaker mccarthy s district,