Close and right now several counties are under mandatory evacuations. Other parts of the south are under Storm Warnings as residents brace for days of heavy rain, dangerous winds and Life Threatening Storm Surge. Joining us now nbcs Marissa Parra from pinellas county, Florida And Nbc Meteorologist Bill karins. How are people there preparing for this . Reporter well, you can see some of the preparations happening behind me, and im going to go ahead and give you a little bit of a walk and talk, a show and tell if you will. These are Sandbag Preparations w we always see this when there is a hurricane or tropical storm approaching. It was within the hour, jose, that our phones were lighting up and going off, warning us of mandatory evacuations happening in this county. So were in the Tampa Bay region, pinellas county. This is one of the areas that is under mandatory evacuation for Mobile Home residents and ill tell you, talking to people on the ground here there are several people who are
the u.s. treasury pushes back the possible default deadline from june 1st to june 5th, giving debt limit negotiators to reach an agreement. the house minority leader, hakeem jeffries, joins me in just a moment r for an exclusive interview. in ukraine, at least two people are dead and 30 injured after a russian attack on a medical clinic, ukraine claims was deliberate. we ll have a live report from the war zone. and as americans prepare to set out for the memorial day weekend, cnn is at the airport and on the highways with everything you need to know about one of the busiest travel days of the year. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story this evening, the u.s. treasury says debt limit negotiators have slightly, slightly more time to try to strike a deal. but it s still not clear if the two sides can reach an agreement before the nation defaults. from congress to the white
reports this monday. president biden arriving back in the united states to a whirlwind of economic troubles. hello, i m john roberts. guess who else came back from saudi arabia. jacqui: hundreds of families lining up at food pantries, many look for help in a time of historically high prices. gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, there are many seeking free food for the first time and more are arriving on foot. john: as now polling shows 31% of voters approve on biden s job on the economy and only 25% approve of his handling of inflation. and just 17% rate the economy positively. that s the lowest in nearly ten years. all of this offering a grim outlook for democrats in november. jacqui: texas senator john cornyn is here with the fallout over the trip to saudi arabia, and the economic crisis. peter doocy, and what good news is the white house pointing to, peter? peter: great question, jacqui. to the point that you just made about increased traffic at food pantr
a shooting at a mall. let us listen in. before the chief gets up, i have a few comments i d like to make. i ll not be able to say anything of what s already been said by so many sites at mass shootings in america. i don t want to be among the mayors that has to share these statements but i am. i grieve for these senseless killings and i ache for the stars left behind on the victims and on our community. and as we stand here in shock, i m proud of my first responders who instantaneously responded to the scene. the men and women of the greenwood police department, the greenwood fire department, the johnson county sheriff s office, the indianapolis metropolitan police department, the fbi, the atf and other departments as well, we want to thank them for their assistance in this operation last night. also, we have the faith community to show its support to the mental health experts, the red cross and government leaders at all levels. we ve been contacted by our state, our federa
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will straight to a fox news alert, israel preparing for a full scale Ground Invasion of gaza as the idf confirmed troops and tank it is are already involved inside the hamascontrolled area. Rachel overnight an israeli airstrike reportedly killed a top hamas official believed responsible for last weeks deadly attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issuing a stark warning to the terror group. [speaking in native tongue] translator we are pounding our enemieses with unprecedented force, and i stress this is only the beginning. Our enemies have only just begun to pay the price. I will not detail our plans, but i will tell you this is only the beginning. Pete the Israeli Military extending the window for people to evacuate Northern Gaza to 9 a. M. Eastern time, is so just three hours from now. Two routes are currently open to allow Palestinians Safe Passage Out of gaza city to the south. This as the u. S. Off