right now in texas, the manhunt is intensifying for the suspect police say fatally shot five of his neighbors execution style. what we know about the victims including one who was just 9 years old. flood waters are still rising in parts of iowa as residents are using boats to salvage what they can from their underwater homes. we ll take you live to davenport. and on this international workers day, as many as 1 million demonstrators are taking to the streets of france amid president macron s decision to raise the nation s retirement age. we ll take you live to paris. and we begin with breaking news on the state of the u.s. banking system. overnight, federal regulators moved to close down first republic bank and sell its assets to jpmorgan chase. this morning first republic s 84 branches in eight states reopened as branches of jpmorgan chase. this is the third and actually the biggest u.s. bank to fail this year. it s also the second largest bank by assets to fail in u.s.
it is for me to be able to work with you on a daily basis. thank you and then we have an update on the felony charge against the suspect that is not in custody at this hour we will talk live to one of the teen s attorneys, benjamin crump. and we are getting the first image in weeks when a udetained u.s. reporter surfaced u.s. officials were repeatedly warned of child migrants being put to work in grueling jobs, but those warnings were largely ignored. we begin this very busy hour with charges filed against a kansas city man accused of shooting 16-year-old ralph yarl who mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell, and the 84-year-old homeowner is charged with assault in the first degree and on criminal action the county prosecutor said an arrest warrant was issued for lester, who is not in custody. meanwhile, yarl s family said the teen spoke with president biden on monday and said he is relieved by the outpouring of support. joining us with more is nbc s antonia hilton what m
a.m. out we i m lipid see riser at msnbc headquarters in new york heightened anticipation as we watch for a potentially unprecedented decision from a new york grand jury about whether to indict trump. his former fixer, michael cohen, could head back to the grand jury today as a rebuttal witness. that s because they re about to hear from a different unexpected witness today, robert costello, michael cohen s former legal adviser. looming over the decision, the former president s statement over the weekend that he expects to be arrested tomorrow. with uncertainly swirling, prominent republicans including the speaker of the house are coming to his defense. it doesn t matter what side of the issue you re on it doesn t matter if this was president trump or if this was a democrat there should be equal justice in america, and stop going after people because you have political differences. also this hour, a high-stakes meeting in moscow between chinese leader xi jinping and russia
donald trump. and jurors are expected to hear from a new witness today. we ll tell you who that is and why his testimony could be important to the case. plus, another emergency rescue effort in an attempt to curb panic in the markets. details on the deal involving sw switzerland s largest bank. xi jinping is in moscow right now and just met with vladimir putin. xi s new comments this morning about why he s there. 20 years ago today the u.s. invaded iraq. we are live in baghdad with the scars from that war still felt today. we ll also talk to congressman jason crow who served in iraq and now says there should be no more blank checks for the military. and back at home, deadly violence erupts during spring break in miami beach. we re live with how the city is cracking down. and we begin with the very latest on the investigations surrounding former president donald trump. a new york city grand jury could hear from what could be the final witnesses in its investigatio
historic, timely, brave. that s how ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy describes the surprise visit from president biden this morning. [ sirens ]. with air raid sirens blaring, on presidents day no less. a major morale boost days before the country marks a year since russia s invasion. president biden announcing another major military aid package, making it clear that despite domestic pressure to down size assistance, the u.s. support for ukraine is unwavering. freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes, and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. as the president now embarks on another leg of the trip, we re learning crucial new details about how this historic moment came together. more on that ahead, and how the kremlin is responding with the trip coming just days after the u.s. formally accused russia of creigh committing crimes of against humanity. prayers for former president jimmy carter