six people killed as dozens of cars pile up in a crash caused in part by dust and strong winds. and no script for this, hollywood writers now on strike bringing production to many shows to a sudden halt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m countrhristine romans. president biden calling top leaders to the white house a week from today to talk about raising the debt ceiling. janet yellen said that the federal government face as catastrophic default as soon as june 1 if congress doesn t act. the money runs out june 1. in a letter, yellen writes after reviewing recent federal tax receipts, our best estimate is that we will be unable to continue to satisfy the obligations potentially as early as june 1. and jasmine wright is live for us. this gives a date when all the bills can t be paid and the white house said it won t negotiate. so what does biden want to talk about next week? reporter: the process is president is looking to shake up th
sending troops to the border days before title 42 is lifted. we ll bring you the latest reporting. it s day four in the manhunt for the suspect of the killing of five people in texas. this morning, many questions and few answers. writers on strike, what they are demanding and how it affects the shows you watch. and then avoiding economic catastrophe if the debt krael ceiling is not raised. in illinois, the highway where a blinding dust storm caused a deadly highway pileup is back open this morning. we have the latest. he lost his beloved daughter, jamie, in the parkland school shooting. today he joins us to talk about the gun violence crisis in america. we begin this hour with some breaking news from washington. three senior administration officials tell nbc news the biden administration is considering sending 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border for 90 days. this comes just days before the u.s. government is set to lift title 42 which has been used for mor
guest. former federal direct nancy gardner. judge gardner told politico the conservative victories from this term have been quote, only because they can, and that has been an exercise of pure power, not legal reasoning. judge gardner said that she was initially resisting to major court reforms but after hearing testimony of legal experts, she believes that not only should the justices be subjected to term limits, but also that the number of states on the court should now be expanded. and this month, we learned damning new information that further emphasizes the need for these major reforms of the high court. the former leader of a religious right organization told politico that he recruited a coach wealthy volunteers to wine dine and entertain conservatives supreme court justices while pushing conservative positions on abortion, homosexuality, gun restrictions, and a lot of other issues. for 1995 to 2018, he says he arranged over the years, for about 20 couples, to fly to was
Between 40 to 60 cars and several tractor-trailers were involved in the pileup, police said, after dangerous clouds of dust and dirt blew over the highway from nearby farm fields.