rachel: god bless america. that is the navy band northeast ceremonial band, welcome to fox & friends and good morning to all of you across america. i m here with will and with joey. joey: in for pete hegseth. celebrating memorial day in his own way. you recognize the song god bless america. rac.rachel: yeah. joey: i don t have any acumen. it didn t register. rachel: we need that now. great song, great choice. will: beautiful. they ve been with us all weekend long as we spender time with you throughout the memorial day weekend and we try to remind ourselves, it s not just about the barbecue, the beer, the family and friends, it s remembering those who gave the ultimate s sacrificed. this weekend is about those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defending what we love about this nation, what we are privileged and greatful to enjoy. rachel: absolutely. today and a tomorrow, take a little time to think about it, maybe pick a soldier who maybe passed away and you can learn a lit
everyone. poppy is off today. i m erica hill. thanks for being with me this morning. let s get started with five things to know for this memorial day, may 29th, 2023. joe biden and kevin mccarthy made a debt ceiling deal. now they have to sell it. can they get the votes before default on june 5 th? russia shot down a record number of missiles ahead of the long awaited counter offensive. search and rescue operations under way right now after an apartment collapse in iowa. seven people have been pulled out. the mayor, though, says a number of others are still missing. and happening today, president biden will honor america s fallen service members during a memorial day address from arlington national cemetery. he ll also participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the time of the unknown soldier. tonight, boston celtics looking to make more history by becoming the first team to win game seven after being down 3-0 to the miami heat. cnn this morning starts right now.
holiday wishes come true. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. with a lot of americans getting a jump start on the holidays and traveling this week, we have a potentially dangerous storm on the move. water so high that cars and even a fedex uck g stuck. florida is drying out today after the same system dumped as much as seven inches of rain there. some roads there were completely flooded. all total today 56 million americans are under flood alerts. by the end of this weekend washout, the storm will have soaked every state from florida all the way to maine. we will get to the forecast in just a moment. but we begin tonight with george solis. reporter: tonight a storm is already packing quite a punch. charleston, south carolina, in the bull s eye today. fierce winds and torrential rain with high tide flooding neighborhoods. some cars were able to make it through the high water. and the fire department was patrolling streets helping to rescue people fro
those were officials say they are taking quote enhance measures to protect swimmers. the parks appointment is reporting lack of lifeguards will submit be protected? arthel: box news coverage. charles watson at men s airport meteorologist adam klotz for the fox weather forecast for you. but first, cb cotton his life would ve near city areas most popular beaches, rockaway beach in queens. cb, 75 and sunny kind of looks. yes it kind of worked as a great assignment more moral that we up to be awesome. we ve been talking a lot to the beachgoers out here they re excited about the summer season. a great thing about the weekend is lifeguards are officially back on duty. i guess reassurance of extra level of protection have another set of eyes looking out for them when they re out here on the beach or out here in the water. speaking of being in the water we been talking shark sightings all throughout the day. we know there were at least six shark attacks last summer. obviously tha
the wayside and jimmy carter was that year s nominee. that was then and this could be different. let s go to alexandra hoff and look at this. you have to look at fund raising and the campaign season over, caucuses, new hampshire primaries eight months away. that s where the candidates are circling. governor ron desantis will kick off des moines, iowa on the 30th. and president trump arrives the day after. and he thinks that the top g.o.p. contender is moving to the left. i don t know what happened to donald trump. this is a different guy today than when he was running in 2015 and 2016 and i think the direction that he s going with his campaign is the wrong direction. desantis long awaited candidacy announcement was hit with glitches, but record breaking 8.2 million dollars in donations in the hours after. former president donald trump has since offered this. the question, is rob just young experienced and naive or more troubling, is he a fool who has no idea what the