Gottlieb weighs in live of the situation. Arming ukraine with choppers and artillery. The new and massive military deal Just Announced by the u. S. As Russian Forces shift the focus of their ruthless aggression to Eastern Ukraine. Plus, the two countries now eyeing membership in nato. Bitcoin noo crazed el salvador but is the countrys experi on the grouned in crypto crazed el salvador but is the countrys experiment working Severe Weather outbreak. Video released in a controversial Deadly Police shooting of a black man. And the real life gone girl admits it was all fiction. Live from cnbc, the facts. The truth. The news with Shepard Smith. Good evening on a warm and sunny spring afternoon in manhattans east village neighborhood, the most wanted man in all of new york apparently decided he had had enough he was a few blocks from the local Police Precinct and just five miles from that subway line where Police Allege he fired 33 bullets from a glock shooting ten people and terrorizing the city police say he himself called them and said, i think youre looking for me said hed be hanging out around a mcdonalds he took a short stroll and minutes later, a block and a half away, cops arrested him without incident the most wanted man who had eluded a drag net for 30 hours had given himself up. Frank, why did you shoot all those People Police escorting frank james out of the Police Department after his arrest today didnt answer any questions from reporters. Investigators say they have lots of evidence that links james directly to the shooting, including the 9 millimeter glock he allegedly used. They say he bought it legally more than ten years ago. And according to a federal complaint against him, somebody tried to scratch the serial number off that gun. Were also learning new details about how he carried out this attack witnesses told investigators the suspect was sitting in the back corner of the train car as it pulled into the station in brooklyn they say the suspect popped a smoke grenade. We have one witness who says, what did he do he goes, oops. He pops the two and bran dishes the firearm. Frank james set to make his first appearance in Court Tomorrow cnbcs Valerie Castro live outside the Federal Court House in brooklyn. Valerie. Reporter shep, frank james is charged with violating a federal law that deals with intent to harm passengers on a Mass Transportation system he could face 20 years behind bars investigators say they uncovered a man with an extensive criminal background and a concerning cache of items stored away in pennsylvania on any other day, the sight of someone struggling to get through a subway turnstile wouldnt seem that out of place. This shows frank james the morning of the attack. Eventually he gets through with a backpack and suitcase presumably carrying the weapons used to commit the crime this jacket, the distinctive orange jacket was also recovered as well as his construction helmet he was wearing and we recovered that in a garbage bin in transit. At the station where the shooting happened keys to this uhaul van were found. The van discovered in another brooklyn neighborhood was rented in pennsylvania under jamess name photos from the federal complaint show the van being driven over a bridge into brooklyn at 4 00 a. M. Tuesday morning. In pennsylvania investigators issued search warrants for a storage unit in his name finding ammunition, a threaded 9 millimeter pistol barrel, that allows for a silencer, targets and ammunition for an ar15 rifle. Once they identified their suspect they realized he has an extensive criminal past in new york and new jersey. His arrest history in new york is nine prior arrests dating from 1992 to 1998 those include possession of burglary tools four times. Criminal sex act theft of service two times reporter also discovered, a semblance of social media videos apparently posted by james, spouting bigoted views, violence and criticism of new york city mayor eric adams kicked me out of every place i went to basically. The message to me is i just should have gotten a gun and started shooting [ bleep ]. Reporter given everything we now know, what still remains unclear is a motive. Another thing that still remains a mystery is where frank james was throughout the night last night as police were searching for him. Those details could come out in the coming days. Shep. Valerie castro live in brooklyn. The storm clouds of war are gathering over Eastern Ukraine as russia prepares to launch an allout assault. The United States is rushing a new batch of weapons to the front line for the first time, america is sending artillery to the ukrainians the 800 million military aid package includes howitzers and helicopters. Ukraines foreign minister has warned the battle of donbas could look like world war ii with thousands of tanks swarming the battlefield. The pentagon says this shipment of weapons is designed for whats to come that part of ukraine is a bit like kansas so its a little bit flatter, its a little bit more open we can anticipate the russians will want to use tanks and long range fires and artillery and rocket fire to achieve some of their objectives before committing Ground Troops so these capabilities, again, all done in concert with what the ukrainians say they need for that particular kind of fighting. John kirby at the pentagon. This, this is the latest satellite image of a massive eight mile long Russian Military convoy its snaking its way into the donbas region. The whole convoy doesnt even fit on this screen these satellite images of russian troops, Armored Vehicles and support equipment gathering near ukraines eastern border with russia. Meantime, there are signs the besieged city of mariupol could soon fall to the russians. Moscow claims it captured more than 1,000 ukrainian troops who have been holding out in that encircled city but even as Putin Presses his attack and tries to turn around his disastrous invasion, its already backfired in a big way listen to this he wanted to stop the expansion of the Nato Alliance but today sweden and finland suggested they might both apply for nato membership soon. Retired air force lieutenant David Deptula now. He served as chief of air force reconnaissance and planned Successful Air campaigns in iraq and afghanistan. General, thank you the u. S. Giving more weapons to ukraine, some that they wanted including helicopters. How big of a difference might these new weapon systems make . The administration ought to be commended for what its done so far its not enough. The new package is a step in the right direction as it may indicate an overdue shift in u. S. Policy that kind of cracks the selfimposed embargo on higher end military capabilities for ukraine, but theyre still not the kinds of weapons necessary to repel the russian invasion. Like what well, let me explain why. You kind of mentioned some of this, but now that its evident that the war is likely to be a protracted conflict and russias regrouped based on its performance, we simply cant expect just more of the same stumbling by putins forces and that means the kinds of arms that ukraine needs are changing. Its commanders need better air defense systems, longer range weapons than they currently have, such as Fighter Aircraft to supplement their air force losses multiple launch rocket systems, antishift missiles, larger drones and so on and so forth. These are the kinds of systems necessary to achieve air superiority, destroy russian fuel depots, air fields, power, transportation, military Assembly Areas ive got to tell you, you showed those satellite images and miles of russian tanks and apcs and artillery and i was reminded of the highway of death in the closing days of desert storm when we routed the iraqi army. With the right equipment the ukrainians can do the same thing and thats what the United States ought to be supplying them to do. Do you buy the reasons for the resistance to doing such a thing . Do you buy that if we did that it would escalate and wed be seen as a party to this or do you not buy it no. No, i dont buy it because the fact of the matter is then why wont we do it im sorry i wonder what what is the real reason that we wont do it then why do we give them enough to hang on for a protracted entanglement but not enough to potentially win . Well, its a wonderful question and frankly what i would suggest to you is putins rhetoric has done more to deter action for the u. S. To assist ukraine than the u. S. Has done to deter putins aggression and egregious acts of crimes against humanity so thats why i say hopefully there may be a crack in the current u. S. Policy that has restricted giving the ukrainians the kinds of weapons that they need to win. Ive got to tell you, shep, if there was ever an example since world war ii of a nation fighting against all odds for the freedoms that our own nation regards inalienable are the people of ukraine. We need to support them to the greatest degree possible, not the least that we can get by with according to bureaucrats and lawyers. Lieutenant general David Deptula, thank you. Weather alert. Weve had plenty of those lately, but meteorologists are warning now that tonight will bring the biggest threat 31 Million People at risk for severe storms. They live along a 1,000 mile stretch from the great lakes to the gulf coast this after widespread damage reported last night. In bell county, texas, look, about an hour north of austin Authorities Say 23 people are hurt after tornadoes touched down the bell county judge says the twisters were on the ground for seven miles. In salido, texas, the hail battered cars and roofs. One woman posted a picture of the hail 5 1 2 inches across she found it last night. It was close to a record they tell us the largest hail stone ever reported in texas was only about 1 2 inch bigger and that was just last year with more on the way. Adam del rosso, accuweather meteorologist. Whos going to see the worst of it now we have a powerful cold front making its way in and everyone along and ahead of this boundary is at risk for more of that Severe Weather were talking damaging Straight Line wind gusts of more than 80 miles an hour. We already saw that in haggeler, arkansas we also have to watch out for tornadoes. We have numerous tornado watches in lake charles, louisiana, to louisville, kentucky, to nashville as we head through a couple of hours here another very dangerous night weve been tracking the same system all week long we cannot catch a break. The area that we are most concerned about here as we head through this evening is across northern louisiana including shreveport and monroe. Monroe. Into memphis, southern through the Mississippi River valley and into memphis, Southern Illinois and southern indiana. Even as far north as chicago and toledo, we have the threat for isolated thunderstorms well have to be on alert as we head through the rest of our wednesday evening. This storm is going past its peak strength. That is some good news there we head into our day tomorrow. Notice a lot of the storms along the boundary starting to break up lingering a little bit longer as you go along the gulf coast and you have instability with the mild and muggy air across parts of the northeast from new york to philly as well as parts of western massachusetts, gusty thunderstorms could do damage here. Adam del rosso, thank you. Four videos released four showing a Police Officer killing a black man during a traffic stop, this time in michigan was it justified or was it as the victims family put it, an execution . Kidnapped, beaten and branded by her alleged captors then suddenly released it was the story that became known as gone girl it captivated the country and now . Now the woman behind it tells the real story and why the Texas Governor, greg abbott, is backtracking a bit on his new policy. What hes changing about border inspections after the exports warn they could become a problem for the whole country. Cops in michigan bracing for protests tonight after they lease new videos videos of a Police Officer shooting and killing a black man after a traffic stop his family calls it an execution. Police in grand rapids say an officer pulled over 26yearold patrick lyoya. This is last monday. He is a refugee from congo he moved to the u. S. In 2014 cops say the officer pulled him over because the license plate on the car didnt match the one he was driving today Police Released four separate videos. They show the moments after the cop pulled lyoya over, the struggle that followed and the moment the officer shot and killed the man with a bullet to the back of the head the videos are from the officers dash camera, the officers body camera, a surveillance camera across the street and the witnesss cell phone. The police chief says hes not naming the officer whos currently on paid leave. The chief says at this point that officer is not facing any criminal charges cnbcs perry russom now with the newly released videos. And a warning first, they may be difficult to watch. Stay in the car stay in the car. Reporter its 11 00 in the morning on april 4th a grand rapids Police Officer working alone pulls over patrick lyoya. Do you have a license Reporter Police say they have blurred parts of the video to protect those involved. Do you have a drivers license . Do you speak english yes. Can i see your license . What did i do wrong the plate doesnt belong on this car reporter after talking for all of one minute lyoya starts to walk away. No. No no no, stop put your hands up. Stop. Reporter lyoya pushes the officer away he starts to run the officer chases him and tackles him in a driveway. Stop. Stop reporter the struggle on the ground continues lyoya tries to get up. Okay. Reporter the officer holds him down lyoya tries to get up again. He stands and the officer pulls a taser. The officer fires his taser twice according to police. A man who was in the car with lyoya starts recording on his phone. Why you got to do that, bro he good, bro reporter the officer yells to let go of the taser at least five times let go of the taser reporter investigators say they were fighting over the taser for about 90 seconds the officer is on top of lyoya when he pulls his gun and shoots him in the head. Drop the taser. [ gunshot Eric Winstrom is the police chief. Its an absolute tragedy, its heartbreaking. Reporter in that news conference, police did not say whether or not the shooting was justified. State police are working on that side of the investigation. Ben crump is working with the family he says this is unjust there was debate whether this would be shown to the public the county prosecutor did not want the public to see the video. He says this will affect the investigation. Russom, live i perry russom, live in chicago. Gone girl, that was a hoax the real live gone girl is sherry papini. Today she admitted she faked her own kidnapping just last month authorities accused the california mother of just that, staging her own abduction, and now she admits it according to Court Documents she is pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud and one of lying to police. In a statement she said, im deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so very sorry for the pain ive caused papini appearing in court today for her arraignment in sacramento on the latest twist in this bizarre case, heres cnbcs scott cohn. Cohn. Reporter 3 reporter 39yearold Sherri Papini set off a national frenzy with her disappearance in 2016 and her mysterious return three weeks later. Chp is advising she is heavily battered. She would claim to police that two Hispanic Women beat her and branded her setting off a search for her supposed kidnappers her distraught husband describing her injuries to abc news. The bruises were just intense. The bumps from, you know, being hit and kicked and whatever else. Not only did she put him and the whole community through hell, she raised money off of it more than 30,000 from a california victims fund according to the criminal complaint. Nearly 50,000 from a go fund me campaign under her plea agreement in which she admits cooking up the entire hoax with her exboyfriend, committing mail fraud and making false statements to police, shell have to pay all that money back plus the cost to law enforcement. All told, more than 300,000 in restitution. Detectives say its about time the purpose is done the case is done essentially at the end of the day i think its a good resolution for everybody in our community, across the nation. In her statement Sherri Papini says i will work for the rest of my life to make amends for what i have done. But she likely wont have to spend too much of that time in prison in exchange for a guilty plea, prosecutors recommend she spends 8 to 14 months the maximum is 20 years for mail fraud and 5 years for the false statements tonight she remains free on bond after her brief Court Appearance she will formally enter her guilty plea on monday. No sentencing date set just yet. Scott cohn. Thank you. Boris johnson broke the law. Now ordered by police to pay up after his covid lockdown parties. The action a member of his own party now plans to take. Inside the new world of bionic limbs the incredible Science Behind making the impossible real and the new device that helped an iraq veteran who lost his arm during a war actually feel something all over again at xfinity, we live and work in the same neighborhood as you. Were always working to keep you connected to what you love. And now, were working to bring you the next generation of wifi. Its ultrafast. Faster than a gig. Supersonic wifi. Only from xfinity. It can power hundreds of devices with three times the bandwidth. So your growing wifi needs will be met. Supersonic wifi only from us. Xfinity. In development now, robotic prosthetic limbs controlled by your mind. Scientists tell us its closer to reality than most people might think. Theres a new technology called artificial touch it uses electronic sensors to help people who have lost limbs actually feel things again lets say you lose an arm in a car crash. With this new technology, when you go to pick up your phone with your prosthetic, youll actually feel that youre holding something. Essentially the sensors use vibrations to restore sensations and Scientists Say this technology is just the beginning. On miracles in the works heres cnbcs meg tirrell. Reporter most of us take a handshake like this for granted but not former Army Sargeant Gary Anderson from champaign, illinois, who lost his right hand back in 2005 while serving in iraq and out on patrol, he was hit by a roadside bomb. Shrapnel came up through the vehicle, severed my jaw and i have a mild traumatic brain injury today he uses this, fully robotic prosthetic bionic limbs like these work by receiving signals from the users own muscles. Super light, super strong. This is the creator of the ability hand and ceo of sionic, a small startup in chicago. Its detecting all the different positions im making with my finger. Its armed with human Like Movement quick reflexes and engineered Strong Enough to withstand even an arm wrestling match. It takes a lot of strength to with stand the forces of arm wrestling we designed the ability hand to be that strong reporter but what makes the ability hand different is it provides touch feedback to the wearer. We have Touch Sensors that relay that information back to your brain through a vibration motor. When you touch an object, you can feel it. Reporter they can feel the difference between holding something gently and crushing it, a distinction Sergeant Anderson feels deeply. Now he can safely hold his daughters hand. It was kind of surreal. Her touching my hand and feeling the vibration through the prosthetic it was kind of neat because obviously i could never feel that reporter today bionic hands are in their infancy limited to just simple vibrations more complex feelings are on the horizon researched by scientists across the country. What we need to do next is convey the information that the sensors record back to the user in a natural and intuitive way. Reporter dr. Levi hargrove from downtown, chicago, says implanted devices in the future can stimulate the nerves directly harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence to more fully merge man and machine. The field of ai is emerging so quickly quickly self driving cars, industrial controlled robots, they all use these algorithms. The importance of ai is going to be absolutely critical to unlock the potential of these limbs reporter dr. Hargrove says advances like these implants are still in the experimental stages now. Being used in just a handful of people across the world. As they get a better sense of how to stimulate the nerves to restore feeling making them more widely available could be three to five years away shep. Futures bright meg tirrell, thank you so much. Are you cutting back on travel plans as the prices go up wait till you hear whats happening in las vegas the parents picking the bright lights in the desert over the beach for family vacation. How much longer for masks on Public Transportation . Well, now we have an idea, and not everybodys happy. Will this extension really make a big difference ill ask the former fda commissioner dr. Scott gottlieb just after the bottom of the hour and the top of the news on cnbc do you a Life Insurance policy you no longer need . Now you can sell your policy even a term policy for an immediate cash payment. We thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. But we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. If you have 100,000 or more of Life Insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. Dont cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what its worth. Visit coventrydirect. Com to find out if your policy qualifies. Or call the number on your screen. Coventry direct, redefining insurance. Starbucks with what looks like a big move in their fight with the unions. Thats whats topping cnbc on the money. Starbucks could extend new and Better Benefits only to nonunion workers. Thats new today from the Ceo Howard Schultz hes been back on the job for a week and a half. The move an apparent counter to the wave of Unionization Efforts in Company Owned rotation. Today, 18 stores voted to voted unionize and 200 others have voted to move the effort forward. Amazon kicking some of their increased costs down the line. Third Party Sellers who use the Amazon Fulfillment Centers can expect a 5 increase the fuel and inflation surcharge set to go into effect in about two weeks. Amazon informed sellers today. And krispy kreme fighting inflation with donuts. The chain offering a dozen original glazed donuts, the very best donuts, for the price of a gallon of gas. Right now the nationwide average, about 4. 08 now the cost normally for a dozen glazed is more than 11 bucks. Krispy kreme reports this deal is available wednesdays only through early may. On wall street, earnings season starts and the markets snap a threeday skid. The dow up 344 s p up 49. Nasdaq up 272. Im Shepard Smith on cnbc. Its the bottom of the hour. Time for the top of the news a group of undocumented migrants arrives in d. C. The strategy from a republican governor who says the Administration Needs to do more to solve the border crisis whats the top concern right now for americans . A new cnbc poll has the answer and its bad news for president biden. But, first, keep those masks on while you travel. Thats the message from the Biden Administration today the cdc Just Announced its once again extending the mask requirement for all Public Transportation this time for two more weeks the mandate was set to expire early next week, now its in effect through may 3rd the cdc reports its extending the mandate because of concerns about the omicron subvariant, the one theyre calling ba. 2 the data shows it now accounts for nearly 86 of all new covid cases in the country in a statement the cdc officials wrote in order to assess the potential impact the rise of cases has on severe disease, including hospitalizations and deaths, the Health Care System capacity, the cdc order will remain in place at this time the mandate applies to commercial planes, public buses, trains, subways and everywhere you get on and off all of them the cdcs extended the requirement several times now and thats led to a lot of backlash ten Airline Executives sent a letter to the president just last month calling on them to end the mandate. They wrote, its no longer aligned with the realities of this pandemic. Deltas ceo ed bastain signed the letter he spoke with cnbcs phil lebeau on squawk box this morning. I feel very strongly the mask mandate should be lifted and individuals including our own employees make their own decisions and take personal accountability for their health on board our planes. Candidly, its time to let the masks go. Its worth noting ed bastian, whose name i mispronounced, made those comments hours before they extended the mandate the former fda commissioner mae Scott Gottleib i dr. Scott gottlieb is with us of thht decision on masks . Ime story. Doctor, good to see you. What do you think, right decision on masks . Im not surprised they extended it two weeks. Theres a surge right now in the midatlantic and northeast right now. I think were further into that surge than we think. Were probably not picking up most of the cases that are occurring and were probably going to see those cases decline as we head into the next two to three weeks. Im not surprised they extended it i think they can reasonably lift it the scuttlebutt is when they lift it, i think they will when the may 1 deadline is up, they will impose a mask requirement when you get on and off a plane. Those are the points of highest risk because you dont have the high quality air filtration when you get on and off the plane thats going to be a more contentious debate it will be hard to enforce that if in fact thats where they land. Weve heard the airlines use the administrations own talking points about the pandemic as a reason why this should be lifted we have the vaccine, we have treatments shouldnt that count for something in making a decision like this . I think this could be reasonably lifted. Prevalence is low. Theres a surge going on its regionalized right now. People know how to protect themselves a lot of people have had this infection. Most people have been vaccinated and people who are at risk know they can wear high quality masks and protect themselves in those settingsks and protect themselves if you have an so i think we are at the point where we can reasonably lift this im not surprised theyve extended it. The big question is what do they do on the back end of this if they maintain some requirement for wearing a mask when you get on and off a plane, thats going to be something difficult for the airlines to enforce. I think it will be contentious. Before we go, the Pfizer Vaccine for kids under 5 any way you could make maybe a little news on when they may be authorized yeah. I dont have insight into the process. This is really going to be up to the fda. The data should be out this month, maybe later this month. Well have some data out moderna has released data from their vaccine. Fdas ultimately going to have to be the judge here i dont know what the agencys timeline is at this point. All right dr. Scott gottlieb, great to see you. Thank you. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under even new pressure tonight over the covid lockdown parties he had. Today a member of his own conservative party said he will submit a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson 54 letters are required to trigger a noconfidence vote in parliament this move comes as johnson was punished for violating his own covid lockdown rules yesterday british officials fined Prime Minister johnson plus his wife carrie and the finance minister johnson will become the first sitting Prime Minister punished for breaking the law so far the police have levied at least 50 fines for breaking covid lockdown rules no word yet on how hefty those are or how many the Prime Minister is receiving. The fines are part of an investigation into a dozen alleged parties held at number 10 downing street in 2020 and 21. At the time the u. K. Government urged people to avoid gathering with others. Boris johnson admitted earlier this year that he did, indeed, attend his Birthday Party back in 2020. He apologized for the scandal but refused to resign. Sticker shock in america a key Inflation Report out today with its biggest increase ever according to the labor department, wholesale prices jumped by 11. 2 in march from a year earlier that is data out a day after Consumer Price index in march had its biggest jump in 41 years. Americans are noticing for many inflation is a bigger concern than the war in ukraine. According to the new cnbc allamerican economics survey, nearly half of americans say the cost of living is at the top of their list of issues facing the country. Thats up 9 points from october. 31 say the war in ukraine the immigration and border security, jobs and employment plus crime, Climate Change and covid do not even crack the top 5. Cnbcs senior economics correspondent Steve Liesman is here how are people adapting to everything being more expensive, steve . Shep, americans say theyre doing what they always do when faced with higher prices or economic downturn, theyre economizing in all sorts of ways in fact, 84 tell us theyre doing Something Different to make ends meet amid the surge in inflation. 45 dipping into savings 56 planning to travel less. 59 are driving less the top way, cutting back on discretionary items like going to the movies, restaurants or concerts to be sure, weve seen higher percentages like this in the past of americans cutting back these numbers show the growing level of concern the key is whether theres a meaningful downturn in spending is whether these attitudes last. When it comes to inflation, there is plenty of blame to go around 69 accepted a big part of the problem is the supply chain bottlenecks and almost equal 66 say corporations taking advantage of the situation 55 are pegging the war in ukraine but about half the public puts the blame on president biden. Steve, the president s Approval Rating is taking a beating over this. Undoubtedly nothing seems to be going right with the Biden Administration from the publics point of view. Take a look, his overall Approval Rating sank to 38 with 53 disapproving pollsters call that being 15 points under water you can see on the left side of the screen in the first poll the biden presidency, he was six points above water that is a big swing. His economic approval is falling for the fourth straight survey now just 35 approval. Bidens handling of the economy and the war in ukraine doesnt fare much better at 39 with 49 disapproving39 the president has lost ground on the economy with key constituents that helped put him in office. Compared to last year women 18 to 49, people of color and young people have all fallen in double digits pollsters, we have democratic and republican pollster, they say the president has to focus on these groups. T has to with a message of tackling inflation if hes going to turn those around, shep Steve Liesman, thanks so much. The record inflation also having a big impact on vacations. As we reported, air fares are way up hotel rates are skyrocketing and businesses that rely on tourism are watching to see how much families are cutting back on spending right now resorts in las vegas report theyre not seeing much of an impact at all, at least not yet. Visitors with children are fueling much of the spending in vegas. A recent survey found more than 20 of people who traveled to las vegas last year say they brought along their kids thats up from just 5 in the prepandemic 2019. Cnbcs Contessa Brewer live on the vegas strip. Whats up with all the kids there . Reporter oh, shep, im so glad you asked tourism officials think this might be a pandemic blip families with limited travel options and las vegas had strict covid rules in place those have lifted now. Foreign travel is back on the table. And here in town, Pop Super Group bts and the lazy river at mandalay bay is packed with kids for generations sin city has been a playground for grownups gambling, drinking, now they come pushing strollers or prodding along their teenagers i knew the kids would be blown away by the lights and the city and the people. These new york parents considered orlando for next weeks vacation. But the cost for flights and Amusement Park tickets were sky high. Vegas is a lot more low key and theres so much more for kids to do there. Thats not a sentence youve ever heard. It will be different when we go, the two of us. When were both in the casino. There are loads of Family Friendly activities. Marvel avengers or the hunger games. The tournament of kings or the shark aquarium immersive art at area 15 or cirque du soleil. Its amazing. I like it. Its pretty cool. And the sports, raiders football, basketball with the vegas aces, Golden Knights hockey games. I think its just the diversity and variety of things to do that you cant find in any other destination. Las vegas is not trying to become the next orlando to the relief of the man who tweets as vital vegas. He is not a fan of children here its awful. It ruins everything. Look, theres kids now they know were talking about them, too. Oh, no. They are everywhere im an advocate for las vegas being for grownups and children can be everywhere else. Not all Properties Welcome children some outright ban them at circle all patrons must be 21 a business decision to make bar service more efficient parents say they know sin city has a seamier side they just shrug it off thats not different than daytoday life in manhattan. Except the weather is better usually. Tourism officials are watching to see if a return of international tourism, that Convention Attendee crowd just push out the kids. But right now as you can see, they are everywhere, shep. Everywhere. Its beautiful. 72 and sunny in the big apple today. Come on home thank you. The Texas Governor, greg abbott, is taking aim at the Biden Administration the action hes taking and the impact being felt both at the border and in d. C. And we reported on this newscast on the plan for el salvador to make bitcoin its official currency. 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Bound trucks he says its in response to the white houses decision to end the Public Health order known as title 42 title 42 went into effect in early 2020 its purpose was to prevent the spread of covid by barring migrants from crossing the border to seek asylum when we didnt have vaccines the Biden Administration plans to lift it in may. Actually, may 23rd the security procedures causing delays as long as 12 hours government Officials Say the order is causing serious damage to trade and that cross border traffic has dropped to just 1 3 normal levels. Now the partial about face today the governor said the extra security will end or extra scrutiny, i should say, will end in nueva leone thats one of four mexican states that borders texas. Inspections will continue in other places until mexico secures its side of the border the governor made good on a promise to send newly arrived me migrants from texas to the Nations Capital by bus load the migrants arrived in d. C. Today on a charter bus they reportedly came from cuba, venezuela, nicaragua and colombia many are young children. This move by Governor Abbott as he says in direct response to president bidens plan to end title 42 the department of Homeland Security has warned the plan could cause an influx of more than 170,000 migrants. Catholic Charities Help the migrants with food, transportation and other immediate needs in the capitol today. Its not clear how many more migrants Governor Abbott might be sending to d. C. Crypto watch the price of bitcoin up around about 5 so far today. Its now worth somewhere north of 41,000 so far its been an up and down year for bitcoin its value has dropped by about 10 since january. At one point bitcoin fell below 33,000 for the First Time Since last july. One country keeping a very close eye on all of this is el salvador last september it became the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, meaning people can buy just about anything with it, coffee, groceries, even pay their taxes with bitcoin el salvadors president says the goal here is to monetize or modernize the countrys economy but has it worked . Heres nbcs Gadi Schwartz reporter bitcoin no all right. Just cash. Bitcoin . No okay bitcoin . No. No. Okay bitcoin . No in surf city this is one of the major draws for tourists in this area. So far every single store weve asked, no ones accepting bitcoin. Its been seven months since the president of el salvador declared bitcoin as legal tender. The evolution of human kind so were going there reporter so far the first country to adopt bitcoin as currency has seen confusion, glitchy transactions, fluctuating prices that have left most salvadorians slow to adopt. As Foreign Investors watch the president declare a state of emergency over gangs all facing questions over human rights here the president continues to use bitcoin as a rallying cry against dependence on the dollar just put in cash put in 200 bucks across the country bitcoin atms convert into Digital Currency. We got our money, 2 1 2 hours later, 199. 01. Not sure where the 99 cents went but money is on our phone. Reporter survey shows 14 of businesses made sales with bitcoin. El salvador says any new system is bound to have bumps but the goal is to give options to the 70 of salvadorians without Bank Accounts its been the vision of the president that opens the door for those that dont have access to banks the president also encouraging the use of bitcoin to send remittances. The amount of money sent back here to family members in el salvador from the United States to canada is about 6 billion every year using bitcoin avoids the fees of Money Transfer companies the International Monetary fund has urged el salvador to reverse course on bitcoin and u. S. Lawmakers have raised concerns, as well. In response, he tweeted, okay, boomers, you have zero jurisdiction we are not your colony stay out of our affairs. In the capitol, the support is overwhelming but using bitcoin remains a challenge. At this Grocery Store we held up a line for ten minutes as the cashier waited for a payment to clear. They said the transaction was declined but on my Bitcoin Wallet it showed it went through. Reporter then finally there we go this is the best transaction weve had so far. Reporter an exchange of Digital Currency for a plate of el salvador cuisine. So much of this comes down to an issue of trust most people seemed to trust their president , they seemed reluctant to trust the technology around bitcoin enough to use it every day. Gadi, thanks. One of the first private citizens ever to make it to the International Space station. Tonight his First National tv interview. Larry connor, the pilot of the all civilian mission aboard the International Space station. What he says surprises him most about the place and what he says hes doing to help all of mankind. Lets do it. We already hit the bank, the museum, the jewelry store. Where to next . Next, we save hundreds with Xfinity Mobile. Huh . Mmm. You know, unlimited data. Oh. Nationwide 5g at no extra cost. [ chuckles ] thats a steal. Wait, wait, wait. Are we stealing the safe . Were saving so much, its like stealing. Well, youre the tech expert webs. Is it reliable . You tell me. Wah ping. Its reliable and fast. Wireless savings so good, even the bad guys love it. Switch to Xfinity Mobile today. And see dreamworks the bad guys. When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon he told Apollo Mission control moon dust was like powder. Today, some of that dust sold for almost 500,000. Here are the five dust samples they auctioned off off armstrong collected them in 1969 nasa fought the seller in court and nasa lost. They also auctioned off apollo moon map 15 astronauts and president nixon signed it. It sold for close to 40 grand. The first all private crew to dock at the International Space station is exploring its new home on friday the ax1 falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space center in florida. The fourperson team is one of the first Space Missions fully funded by a private company instead of nasa or the government the Mission Pilot is larry connor hes a Real Estate Investor from ohio who moonlights as worldwide explorer with this trip to space connor is the first person ever to reach the deepest ocean depths and outer space in the same year connor and a team dove nearly 7 miles in the Pacific Oceans Mariana Trench last may. Its one of the deepest spots in all the earth. Earlier i spoke with connor from the International Space station. Larry, this mission makes you the first person in history to reach space and the deepest part of the ocean within one year why was that a goal . And what does it feel like to accomplish that . I dont really know that that was a goal it really started out with this endeavor to try to go to the International Space station and not be a tourist but do some Serious Research and Educational Outreach and then after that was announced a Research Vessel contacted me and the research they were doing in the Mariana Trench it was a tremendous opportunity and challenge, but i would also emphasize that at the end its really not about me, its about education, research and trying to make not only the u. S. But worldwide a better place to live in you told us a year ago that the future of space travel is in the private sector this is the fully private mission to the International Space station. After heading to space yourself, are you still thinking tourism is viable for the masses or no well, i think you have to differentiate. I believe there is a place for Space Tourism, but heres the difference with what were doing versus Space Tourism space tourists have to train 10 or 15 hours and be in space 5 or 10 minutes in our case were going to train for 8 plus months, over 1,000 hours and were going to be in space for ten days i dont think thats probably for most people. Our hope is is that it makes it far more accessible and affordable for future generations. Youve been doing a lot of preparing but i wonder what surprised you . Whats amazed you . I dont think i really appreciated the view of earth. Theres an observation area called the cupola, seven windows, it is absolutely spectacular. Let me if i can frame this for you. Were 250 miles above earth. Were circumnavigating the globe every 90 minutes. Im watching people float around behind you in the middle of this interview and i do a lot of interviews, rarely from the iss but occasionally just seeing someone float around behind you is sort of other worldly as you are at the moment what else strikes you as just completely out of the ordinary from what would happen here at home the iss is a technical marvel, and it is complex and busy you can see some of it from behind me, and some of the modules are even more complicated than that. And the amount of groundbreaking research theyre doing is really breathtaking and, again, i would emphasize, mankin shephard, this isnt just for the United States, its for all mankind worldwide. 40 seconds left on a race to the finish the suspected new york city subway shooter under arrest. Police sources say frank james called a tip line to turn himself in today. Russia prepares to launch an attack on Eastern Ukraine. 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