give some of these republican officeholders truth serum. and get out why they were doing this. like, why get into the whole election came? what would they say? because well i think power is one thing. but to really have no principles that you can particularly articulate other than winning. i mean, and texas it s particularly interesting, and it s interesting in a lot of the states. cnn missouri, ohio s not like you guys are on the run. you re doing fine! you don t have to rig the rules. the paranoia is so the paranoia, yeah. but to holders point, if there wasn t so much no, there weren t. it s a confession. it s a snake eating its own tale. exactly. thank, you my friend, as always. today, the florida state house of representatives cast a bill that prevents colleges and universities in florida from spending any money on anything that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. the state senate already gave this bill the greenlight, so not heads to f
man hunt. another incident of a mass shooting over a neighborhood dispute. the search is on in texas for a suspect who allegedly murdered five of his neighbors friday including a 9-year-old boy using an ar 15 style rifle after a neighbor asked the suspect to stop shooting his gun outside because of it was keeping their baby awake. texas governor greg abbott facing criticism for calling the mass shooting victims illegal immigrants and president biden confronting the age issue head on at the white house correspondents dinner. they say i m over the hill. don lemon would say that s a mine in his prime. good day. federal regulators have stepped in to rescue first republic bank. it has been sold to jpmorgan chase after losing nearly $100 billion of its deposit this is year. the takeover insuring customers have access to their uninsured deposits. the third major bank to go under this year. this comes after the federal reserve in a scathing report on friday took much of the bla
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
kremlin. now, russia did not provide any evidence of these claims, which were reported on russian state media. ukraine claims they have nothing to do with the alleged overnight drone attack. we ll have a live report with what we know and don t know at this hour. and more breaking news this morning, the massive manhunt in texas is over. social media video appearing to capture the moment an accused mass murderer was taken into custody just 20 miles from where the horror unfolded. police say francisco oropesa was found hiding in a closet underneath laundry. he s charged with five counts of murder and being held on a $5 million bond. and his arrest just one of several. there has been several arrests, but i can t go into the details on that. we will have the very latest from a police update this morning about how that days long search came to an end. let s begin with those claims out of russia that ukrainian forces tried to strike russian president vladimir putin s reside
yesterday. that is according to the sheriff s office at a news conference. as we know, the suspect was on the run for four days after he alleged by stormed into his neighbor s home with an ar-15 and killed five people, including a child, after they complained about him shooting his gun outside. the fbi says it was a tip that led them to a house miles away from the murder scene where he was hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry. anybody that helps anybody that helped this maniac has definitely got some kind of issues as far as i am concerned. as the chief deputy there speaking, ed lavandera was asking questions. they said there have been several arrests. do we know how many or who could have been arrested here? reporter: yeah, those are the details we are still trying to unravel. i think it s going to take some time as investigators, as you just heard from the cheap deputy of the san jacinto county sheriff s department say that they could only really say and confi