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.
that they don t want to default. they want to avoid that, but they don t agree on how to do it. mccarthy wants to hold it at hostage in return for massive cuts on discretionary programs meaning basically everything but social security and medicare which along with defense, make up the clear bulk of the budget while president biden has been adamant that no cuts are on the table. none. so what are these guys going to talk about? and how will mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer and hakeem jefferies factor in? they will also be at that may 9th meeting. does it end an agreement to disagree until this fall? in other words, a short-term deal to avoid collapse? because that is what economists are worried about, a default that will send the markets into a freefall, add rocket fuel to inflation, slash millions of jobs, cut off social security payments and veterans benefits and drag the u.s. economy into an ugly and potentially prolonged recession. no one wants that. joining me now is nbc n
on friday evenings. they just shoot. it s possible that the sheriff s department in this case received those calls and didn t realize the seriousness of the situation so they didn t respond with the alacrity needed, we don t know that. in talking to these folks they are devastated right now and they want some answers? they didn t shoot back and they didn t have a gun, but the majority of the residents here shoot back and they have their own ars. i couldn t imagine someone kicking in my door, shooting me or my family. it has to be deeper than what they re saying. it could have been us, you know? it s scary. it s scary, and i think it s starting to sink in. katy, in the words of one woman who lost her sister in this, how many more people have to die? how many more children have to grow up without mothers and according to one of the go fund me pages, there are six minors
smiling. he believes daniel was trying to save his mother, and that s why he was shot as well. authorities also say there were two other women inside the house that were shielding three children inside and that they probably saved their lives in the process, those kids were covered in blood but are uninjured at this point, and it s also notable that according to one of the go fund me pages, there are six minors right now without mothers plural, and they re asking for any help that can be contributed. jose. sam brock in cleveland, texas, i thank you so much. turning to yet another wave of severe weather stretching from the midwest to the east coast. a state of emergency has been declared in virginia beach after a tornado tore through the area on sunday ripping down trees and power lines. in palm beach, florida, residents are picking up the pieces after twisters slammed into the area on saturday with winds gusting up to 130 miles an hour. meanwhile, right now in the midwest, the sw
as i stated earlier, i mean, i feel strongly about this. i really think these technology companies cannot pick and choose what people raise funds for through the go fund me pages. if someone thinks or if the executive companies don t agree you can just decide to take it down. they were not taken down during the crisis during black live matter marches. there was extreme violence and now they were taken down over potential violence and it s not been proven. mike: sarah, what about the thoughts on the truckers trying to say? let s remember what these truckers are protesting. personally i think it s