warning from the american cancer society. colorectal cancer is fast rising among younger adults, under 55, and doctors can t seem to figure out why. nbc s tom costello has more. at 45 justin kelly thought he was probably too young to get colon cancer but when his doctor said the recommended screening age it dropped from 55 to 45, he ordered a mail-in colo guard test, a colonoscopy confirmed stage 3 cancer, and justin began. you wouldn t have made it to 50 without coming in to see me. that s how far along it was. justin is part of a younger generation of americans who colo rectal cancer rates have doubled over 25 years. in 1995, 11% of those 55 and younger were diagnosed with colon cancer, by 2019, it was 20%. unfortunately there has been a r3 democrats. what do they think of his message for a likely reelection campaign. the jury about to get instructions and begin deliberations in the alec murdaugh double murder trial. how prosecutors just rebutted the defense s clo
jury deliberate until 10:00 p.m. tonight and tomorrow if necessary. chris. which may be why i m told there are a lot of snacks on that table to keep them going until 10:00 at night. a dinner break as well. ellison, thank you for that. meantime, president biden is on capitol hill, lunching with senate democrats after delivering marching orders focused squarely on the 2024 campaign last night to house democrats. nbc s ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. i m familiar with the hallway, the big question is what s happening behind closed doors? yeah, that s right, chris. the president has been with senate democrats now for a little under an hour. we expect him to emerge. we re told he s taking questions from senators inside that room. there s been no specificagenda. there has been news the president has delivered to senate democrats, and that according to julia and other members on the team, he will not
peace talks and diplomatic talks on behalf of russia, and lastly, he also stressed the need for russia to release former marine, paul whelan who the u.s. maintains was wrongfully detained and is serving a prison sentence in russia right now. he s set to be released as of right now in 2036. the u.s., remember, it was very notable when he one involved in that prisoner exchange between brittney griner and viktor bout, so it s notable that the u.s. still has this top of mind. it s unclear what will come to fruition out of these talks. simply the fact that lavrov was willing to meet in person with blinken is notable. it shows that there is still a method, a line of communication open between the u.s. and russia as the war enters this new phase, chris. let s go to ellison barber in walterboro, where alec
when there s not some overriding political issue that might push us towards a shutdown. that seems to be where we are right now. they need more time to finish it and they might have to give themselves more time, perhaps into next week to finish drafting a massive, you know, multi, multibillion dollar bill. so far, alex, no sign we re turning the lights off friday night. that s a relief. thank you very much for that. let s turn to a new segment that we re rolling out, cnbc on msnbc reports. we got you covered with markets, the economy and how it impacts you and it is going to be a big week for the economy with the fed expected to meet tuesday and wednesday leading to another potential rate hike announcement. but first, tomorrow we are expecting a new report that could shed new light on the big issue dominating so much of our lives, inflation. the consumer price index will show whether the hot economy is cooling at all. so far, the markets appear to be optimistic right here.
late thursday into friday, a little bit of wintery weather in areas of the mid-atlantic. here s the areas that have the best chance of heavy snow. not i-95, it could be an epic ski weekend. if you re going to be traveling, watch out. thank you very much, bill karins. this morning ukrainians are facing a new barrage of air strikes. russia launched a new round of attacks knocking out power to over a million ukrainians and hitting infrastructure in the east and the south. ukraine s president zelenskyy spent part of the weekend speaking with world leaders including president biden in hopes of shoring up more aid. let s go to ellison barber joining us from kyiv ukraine. talk about what you re seeing, what you can see, given the power outages, and also what you ve learned about zelenskyy s calls with world leaders. reporter: alex, we re a little more east from kyiv area. but, yeah, i mean, you mentioned