everyone. poppy is off today. i m erica hill. thanks for being with me this morning. let s get started with five things to know for this memorial day, may 29th, 2023. joe biden and kevin mccarthy made a debt ceiling deal. now they have to sell it. can they get the votes before default on june 5 th? russia shot down a record number of missiles ahead of the long awaited counter offensive. search and rescue operations under way right now after an apartment collapse in iowa. seven people have been pulled out. the mayor, though, says a number of others are still missing. and happening today, president biden will honor america s fallen service members during a memorial day address from arlington national cemetery. he ll also participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the time of the unknown soldier. tonight, boston celtics looking to make more history by becoming the first team to win game seven after being down 3-0 to the miami heat. cnn this morning starts right now.
for holiday candies and i m missing being with you guys on the couch. pete: i thought you missed us anyway, rachel. we mis-you and wish you were here. there s a big hole in the middle here. i can reach out and touch will. which is a little odd. we just showed it there, there s a some wine c conisour outside d that wine pairing will be a little chilly. will: enjoy the warm weather till you get up here tomorrow. i don t know, what are we going to be for halloween? we are something. pete: i d been part of the initial discussions, ideation and i never got confirmation on what our costu costumes r. theyl make a fool of us i m sure. rachel: i have a beef and i made at suggestion that i ll tell you guys after the break. i have the best idea. will: i can only guess what your idea is. pete: i can only imagine how it s totally and utterly unacceptable. will: we re goon get to that. rachel: will is going to like my idea. will: i am? rachel: yeah, you will like it. i ll text you. will: t
take lifeguarding serious. we re requiring young adults high school, college kids for the summer to come out and watch your children. and we need to take a better look at that. they re part of the ems system just like police, fire, and hospital rescue. so, we have to take it more serious, the fact that we need to train individuals, get them excited at early age and offer them a career path forward. they come out for a season. they like louvreifeguard and ge training and they love what they d they go into the fire service and the police or military. we need to bring them back to the lifeguarding. you are seeing that start to change at all? is there enough incentive to get people excited at a younger age and stick with it? i ve seen a lot of creative incentive, up to $3,000 if you qualify. i don t think that is enough. i think that we lost a lot of interest with the young ones going to the influencers, pandemic hit, they got other jobs, retail and restaurants. i think something needs
coach, thank you for joining us this morning. i know this has been devastated for your team that many members of the team are have quit and their parents pulled them out. tell us exactly what happened. good morning. thank you for having me. normal practice and young gentleman tripped and when he landed he landed on a need and will his teammates came over running and screaming that he was hurt and when i walked over to him, he was in panic. at first he thought he was in trouble and i had to reassure him that he s not. his health and safety is more important than anything else. we kind of calmed him down, called his mom and made a call to the ems system so we can get an emt on site so we can transport him to the nearest medical facility. will: coach, tell me about this park. is this where you hold regular
was able to assess what the needs truly were. and we re still on alert. and there s talk aut puerto rico, there s talk about the s. virgin islands. ther are multiple teams including through my university hospital in newark, new jersey, they re sending the new jersey task force down to the virgin island to help them restart their ems system. but look how long it s taken to get that. communications have been down, logistics are difficult in those situations. jeremy, i wonder what people were telling you there. obviously it s a horrible situation for everyone. the devastation is so extensive. but if you re in a rural area and people are dying around you and you have no communication, you don t have any idea if help is coming, when help might be coming. i just wonder as somebody who has a personal connection to this place what you heard and what you think can happen now. one of the most alarming and