hackers out number cyber personnel, at least 50 to one. and inching toward disaster, growing concerns across the midwest as people watch flood waters inch closer and closer to their homes and businesses. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments for you. we re going to begin with major flooding tormenting the midwest now as the national weather service says we are still days away from the mississippi river cresting. let s go to maggie vespa, joining us from davenport, iowa. we can see evidence of the mess behind you, maggie. the usda is reporting that barge traffic, that has been halted across the upper mississippi river for likely weeks, and this flooding is only expected to get worse, so how are folks there preparing? reporter: first and foremost, what you highlighted, that is a rare move. it s unclear at this point how and or if that might trickle down to consumers but definitely something to watch and something officials say to be worried about. a
first, in nebraska, on the floor was a bill to ban abortions at six weeks. but the republicans who have a 32-17 seat majority over the democrats could not pass it because one of the cosigners of that bill ended up abstaining. we re going to tell you why he did that in a moment. then in south carolina, a near total ban also failed. it s the third time the gop has tried to pass this bill down there since roe was overturned. this time, all five of the chambers female lawmakers struck down the quote human life protection act, including three republicans. here s two of them. maybe i m confused about this legislation. or maybe the men who wrote it know more about pregnancy than the women in this chamber or across this state or the country who can actually get pregnant and give birth. women don t have sex just so they can go have an abortion. just like men, i don t think, have sex to get pregnant every time. abortion laws have always been each and every one of them about control
left the edenboro castle in more than 25 years. here s a note for all of you. tune into our special coverage of the coronation next saturday, may 6th. it begins at 5:00 a.m. it will run until 10:00 a.m. eastern, and i m going to see you there. yep, i m going to get up very early for it. meantime, that does it for us this hour. tune into chris jansing reports every weekday, 1 to 3:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc, and you can always catch me on alex witt reports at noon on saturdays and 1:00 p.m. eastern on sundays. meantime, our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. two more losses in two more red states. in south carolina and in nebraska last night, two bills which would ban or severely restrict abortion failed, and they both failed in two gop-controlled legislatures. let me explain.