biden's desk with just days to spare before the default deadline. and breaking this morning, the latest monthly jobs report is out and the news is beating expectations. we'll break this down with senior biden adviser jean sperling. new video of the moment an apartment building partially collapsed in iowa. engineers warned the building could crumble days before it actually fell. and the death of an 8-year-old girl in border patrol custody now being called unacceptable by the acting cvp commissioner, an internal review showing multiple failures leading up to the child's death. and we begin with breaking news. the justice department has closed its investigation into classified documents found at the home of former vice president mike pence, according to a letter obtained by nbc news. this comes days before the former vice president is expected to announce his run for president. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin. laura, why did the justice decide to close its investigation into pence? >> it is a good question, jose. the department isn't saying today, but you have to imagine it has to do with a number of different factors. number one being it was always a small batch of materials as we understood it, this all goes back to january when after the news of the classified documents found at president biden's think tank and home first surfaced, pence directed his attorney to affirmatively go search to make sure he too didn't have any classified documents and it turns out that he did. now, according to pence's attorney, those were collected inadvertently in a sweep of the white house as the term was coming to an end. it wasn't as if pence took them himself. according to pence's attorney. and he actually invited the fbi over, they had a voluntary search over the course of five hours, there was no subpoena or search warrant type of situation, which stands in contrast to his former boss. and so now the department has officially closed the investigation with no charges. and has no further comment about it, jose. >> laura, president biden is facing a somewhat similar probe over his handling of classified information as vice president. where do things stand there? >> the situation with the president is a little bit different, right? that situation you have a special counsel appointed by the current attorney general merrick garland and the way he decided to do that is he said, look, i want to make sure that obviously it at least shows this is an extraordinary situation, and i'm treating these evenly, given that i appointed a special counsel with the former president donald trump, so he appointed one with biden, but never did with pence and it was always interesting that he never did. and possibly now that we see that the department has closed the investigation without any charges, it appears it was just a different one in scope always. the documents as it relates to biden as we understand it, there are more documents at issue. and the special counsel continues his investigation, jose. >> and also they were in different places, right, in his home and his -- one of the offices that he had after vice president. lisa, what do you make of this news? >> i think, jose, on one level it is entirely expected for all of the reasons that laura just laid out. if you are mike pence and his chief legal adviser greg jacob, you're breathing a great sigh of relief right now. laura was talking a few minutes ago also about the fact that the pence investigation, unlike those of president biden and former president trump, never involved the special counsel. and one of the distinguishing characteristics might be a rather formal one, that pence is not yet a declared candidate for the presidency of the united states, nor is he the incumbent vice president or president. and i think that's not coincidental. we know that vice president pence has been waiting to formally declare his candidacy and i have often wondered if one reason he did that is to avoid a longer special counsel investigation like those facing the current president and the former president, jose. >> and why, lisa, would it make a difference? >> it would make a difference under the department of justice guidelines as to the status of the person that you're investigating. merrick garland was very clear when he appointed jack smith, for example, that former president trump's status as a declared candidate for the presidency was a factor in his decision. the fact that president biden is expected to run for re-election was a factor in his appointment of the special counsel and that context. that might have been what motivated mike pence to hold back on a formal announcement. but overall, jose, this is expected news, this was as laura noted the least number of documents found in the least number of places with the least indicia of any intent to keep them. and we all know that mistakes are made, every presidential administration has some sort of hiccup with classified documents. but unlike former president trump there was never any indication of obstructive conduct by former vice president pence, nor dissemination willfully of those documents. those are the two things that make the trump situation really stand out right now, and the reason why we are hearing from all of the reporting indicia that jack smith is moving toward an indictment, rather than further away from one. >> yeah, as a matter of fact, lisa, trump did speak about that handling of classified documents after he left office. here is what he had to say last night when asked about reports of a recording of him talking about a classified document that he knew was classified. take a listen. >> i don't know anything about it. all i know is this, everything i did was right. we have the presidential records act, which i abided by 100%. >> so the former president used the decision on pence or could he use that decision on pence to his own case? >> no, jose, i haven't seen the letter yet that laura obtained that was sent from the department of justice to pence's lawyers. but my strong suspicion is no. and the reason why is the following, donald trump has played a cat and mouse game first with the national archives and then later with the department of justice over a period of 18 months with respect to those documents that he took. and he has vacillated in his explanation. sometimes he said i took them because they were mine, i fully complained with the presidential records act. and other instances he said he declassified them. at one point he's even said he didn't have to follow through with his lawyers, didn't are to follow any bureaucratic processes. in fact, he could declassify documents with his mind. the fact that he has obstructed the department of justice investigation has been as important, if not more important than the fact that the documents were found in his possession at his home at other locations in the first instance, jose. >> laura jarrett and lisa rubin, thank you for being with us this morning. and now to capitol hill, where with just days to spare lawmakers averted what could have been a catastrophic debt default following weeks of tense negotiations. the senate passed the deal to raise the debt ceiling just 24 hours after it was passed in the house. president biden is set to sign the bill into law, he will also deliver remarks on this bipartisan effort in his first oval office address tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern, 4:00 p.m. pacific. joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and peter baker, chief white house correspondent at "the new york times." he is also an msnbc political analyst. so, ali, this was a major win for the president, also for the speaker. how did this come together after both sides were miles apart i guess just days ago. >> reporter: it all happened so quickly after going so slowly for many months. there were no conversations, and then, of course, weeks of negotiations between first the core four congressional leaders in the white house, then, of course, that negotiating group you remember got whittled down to speaker mccarthy and his top allies on the hill, huddling with top white house officials. all trying to cobble together a deal here. mccarthy was leading the charge on the republican side. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell really farming out the negotiating power for republicans writ large here in congress to the house speaker in large part because mccarthy had the tougher road to hoe here within his own conference. ultimately he was able to get just around 150 votes to get this thing through. democrats, though, voting for the rest of it, and the same thing was true on the senate side of this building. that's something that democrats are trumpeting here that republicans are the ones that wanted to make hay of a debt ceiling hike negotiation, trying to make this a conversation about spending. that means we won't have to have a debt conversation until 2025. that's the good news. we do have a spending debate that is going to be happening here in the fall still. so we'll still get to talk about budgets and spending caps then. but that was really one of the hang-ups last night in the senate as they went round for round on 11 amendment votes. it was slow, it took several hours for the senate to pass this. by senate standards, having 11 votes that were around 10 or 11 minutes each is quite fast. nevertheless they came in ahead of the deadline and they didn't have to work the weekend. jose? >> peter, you write in your new piece about this deal, biden's approach was decidedly old school in a new school era. what do you mean by that? >> well, look, biden's been around for half a century in washington. he's seen deals and crises like this come and go. he's been a part of many of them. and he was very patient in how he approached this. he wasn't going to get rushed into anything by the republicans, he into that nobody would get serious until the deadline came closer. he obviously abandoned his stance, he wouldn't negotiate over the debt ceiling and in the end, of course, he did, while maintaining the fiction that there was somehow a separate discussion about spending. but he was willing to give up some things in order to get a deal and once he got the deal was willing to let the other side crow about it while he didn't in fact spike the ball because he was afraid of alienating republicans that kevin mccarthy would need to vote on the bill. he -- this is the way washington used to work, not always pretty, you can argue certainly not the -- not necessarily the best way to run a country. both sides in the end sitting down, making compromises, eating something they don't want to eat in order to get some sense of progress. now, both sides, a lot of people are unhappy with the deal who say it is flawed in this way and that way. but instead of having a crash, you know, live to fight another day. >> could this be the beginning of something that could be worthwhile for the american people? in other words, in a world of divided government that the sides can work together to get things done? is this a possible, i don't know, good thing that could start something in the future? >> that's a real question, right, is this in fact a harbinger or one off? it shows that speaker mccarthy is probably more pragmatic than people might have expected given the concessions he had to make to the hard right when he won his speakership with the 15 ballots earlier in the year. it shows he wants to get things done, that he does have, you know, a desire for governing, not just for positioning on issues. and that's something the white house is, you know, feeling good about. there is possibility there. but, look, the reason this happened was because the republicans did in effect take the debt ceiling issue as a hostage, create a crisis atmosphere in which there was a deadline that would force some sort of a collaboration. it is not clear that there will be other opportunities for that kind of imperative that would force a coming together in the future. and it is also not clear whether or not mccarthy has burned some bridges on his right and not continue to want to do that or whether he is worried now about, you know, a future revolt down the road. he, of course, a narrow majority and at any time they call for a vote to vacate the chair, he's very aware of that. at the moment he's riding high. there is some hope this is a good harbinger for the future. >> and meanwhile, the president yesterday fell at the air force graduation ceremony. how is he doing? >> he seems to be doing fine. he tripped over apparently a sandbag being used to -- for the teleprompter there. it is obviously a bad optic for the president, 80-year-old president, anybody could trip over a sandbag no matter how old you are. but when you're 80, they're going to attribute that to age in some ways. he's facing great doubt among a lot of voters, even democrats who worry about re-electing him next year at this advanced stage. but, look, yesterday's win is his counterargument. i may be 80, but i'm getting stepped on. >> ali vitali and peter baker, i thank you both very much for being with us. let's look at how the markets are reacting to the new jobs report and the debt ceiling deal. the dow is doing particularly well at this hour, right? 550 plus points. we're going to talk about both of these issues with senior white house adviser gene sperling. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. with the money we saved, we tried electric unicycles. i think i've got it! doggy-paddle! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ the subway series is taking your favorite to the next level! like the #20. the elite chicken and bacon ranch. built with rotisserie-style chicken and double cheese. i love what i'm seeing here. that's some well-coached chicken. you done, peyton? the subway series just keeps gettin' better. 15 past the hour. america's job market continues to defy expectations. the government says employers added 339,000 new jobs last month. that's well above economists' expectations. about 190,000. the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%. and when you break it down by race, black unemployment actually rose .9%, while hispanic unemployment fell .4%. president biden issued a statement saying in part, we have now created over 13 million jobs since i took office. that's more jobs in 28 months than any other president has created in an entire four-year term. with us now to talk more about this is cnbc's seema mody. great seeing you. what are some of the other takeaways from this report? >> well, jose, it is a jobs market that refuses to slow down despite attempts by the federal reserve to cool inflation and the broader economy. if you look through this report, the job gains were also diversified in the month of may across a variety of industries, including healthcare, engineering, construction adding 25,000. and, look, the average hourly earnings number also significant, climbing 4.3%, but it is lower than what economists were expecting. so that, of course, brings us to the big question as to what the federal reserve will do next in its upcoming meeting in two weeks, jose, if the central bank looks at this data and decides to hike again, it would be the tenth consecutive rate hike and the market today, so suggesting we could potentially be headed in that direction, although other economists wager that the fed will pause in june and then raise rates again in july. maybe break, if you will, to allow the central bank to assess the jobs and inflation picture. >> seema mody, thank you so very much. appreciate it. and with us now from the white house to talk about this and more is gene sperling, senior adviser to president biden. always great seeing you. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> what do these numbers, this job report tell you about the state of the economy? >> you know, it shows the continuing resilience of this economy, you know. the president made very clear that his agenda was to build the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, have a strong focus, not on just workforce, but having equitable pro work economy. couple of things i would mention here, one is, you know, unemployment ticked up a little. we're still averaging 3.5%. that's about the lowest average for a year. one of the lowest for the first five months in the economy in a year. even on african american employment ticked up a little, so the average for this year is still the lowest on record. and as you just said, the hispanic unemployment stays very, very low. but one of the things that should be striking and encouraging to people is the pro work element to this economy. just a year or two ago we would be on this show and talking about is there a great resignation, are americans leaving the work force, what does this number say today? it says there is a higher rate of prime age workers working today than there has been in 16 years and the highest prime age rate for women since we kept -- started keeping records in 1948. so not only are we seeing low unemployment not only are we seeing strong jobs continuing to be created that the economy and the job market stays resilient, despite many of the projections that have been out there, but more americans are choosing to enter the workforce, that it is best for their families to get jobs. i think that is good news and that is a real quite different than what the conversation was just a year or two ago. >> and no doubt. and, gene, the issue of wages, are they going up as much as the rate of inflation goes up and continues to be very high. that's an issue that, of course, continues to plague the economy. >> well, you know, i think you have to look at the numbers. when people look at what they call nonproduction and nonsupervi nonsupervisory, that's a boring term, but basically nonexecutive workers, you do see real wages up over a real hourly wages up over the last year. when you look particularly at the bottom half of the workforce, and overall if you look from ten months ago, you are seeing, you know, a moderate real wage gain. so, you know, so, again, i think there has been a decent amount of resilience. we have seen inflation continue to come down the last six months. inflation averages 3.3%, so, you know, to have an economy where jobs are still growing, where unemployment is still at historically low levels, and yet we have seen inflation now at 3.3% average over the last six months at least headline numbers and i think as you said, it is really remarkable. i was honored to be on president clinton's team when our first term we had the record number of jobs created in a single presidential term. president biden broke that record in just two years by the two-year mark, he had more jobs than any president ever had in four years, now he's a million above the record for four years, even though he's only 2 1/2 years into his first term. so, you know, there is a lot to feel good about, but we don't take anything for granted. we're always looking at what is coming next, always trying to do what we can to keep this economy stable and strong and i think being able to resolve the debt limit with the leadership the president showed and having a bipartisan budget agreement, not having the type of absolute fright scare that i got to see up close in 2011 has helped stabilize this economy. so i do feel in so many ways the president's policy and leadership has been a very steadying force for what is continuing to be a very resilient jobs recovery. >> and gene sperling, very eloquent spokesman, from the white house, i thank you very much for being with us this morning. >> thank you for having us. up next, new video of the partial apartment collapse in davenport, iowa. what city officials are saying about the search for survivors. plus, despite multiple pleas for help, and a fever of almost 105 degrees, medical personnel refused to call an ambulance for a seriously ill 8-year-old migrant in federal custody. we'll bring you the latest on the investigation into her death next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. 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>> reporter: good morning, jose. officials are telling us essentially the search has resumed in full. i want you to take a look at what that looks like right now because you see the large machinery moving around, the claw moving around debris from the site, you see members from the iowa search and rescue, urban search and rescue team, the hard hats, see them going through, we have been seeing the claw pick up debris, move it and then you have seen search and rescue crews go in and move -- sift through the debris. officials confirm that this is essentially what we have been seeing, that the search has resumed, that they are going through, they're still looking, using dogs. teams went into the building yesterday to go through the apartments one by one, using fema markings. the apartments they could go through at this point. dogs have been on this scene. so this is the most activity that we have been seeing since sunday night just after the collapse. i asked officials why was there that gap. they insisted they have been doing some limited searches in safe areas, but they say since then they have been able to get control of an electrical transformer on the scene and make sure that all the power was removed from there. they say they have been able to secure the building in ways they haven't since the beginning. remember that early on they said this building can come down at any point. it seems as if they got a handle on that at this point, jose. >> shaquille brewster in davenport, thank you very much. new details are emerging about what happened to 8-year-old anadith reyes who died in border patrol custody last month. customs and border protection says an internal investigation found that anadith reyes went to a nurse practitioner nine times before she died and that the nurse denied several requests to take her to the hospital. and at one point her fever, listen to this, spiked to 104.9 degrees. her parents told telemundo that they asked officials repeatedly for their daughter to be taken to a hospital. >> just said they didn't treat her. joining us now is nbc's julia ainsley. from el paso, laura dia grande for the el paso times. what are they saying what happened to anadith reyes? >> it is a story as frustrating as it is heart breaking and border patrol just last night put out a statement that really does take more blame than i've seen them take in the past. unfortunately we have heard of other conditions, other children who were in the custody of cbp or health and human services, they weren't able to get the medical care they need. that is a story we have heard repeat. at this point, they are blaming these contracted medical personnel. they say that they did not respond to the numerous times that the family asked to be taken to the hospital. and the documented numerous medical encounters in the interventions in the administrations of medicine that they did not think they adequately gave that to her. they do say that the personnel on site did not know that she had a congenital heart condition or sickle cell anemia. those would be two underlying conditions that could escalate to death much more rapidly. but they do say they should have taken her to the hospital and had the on site physician review her, that basically the care that should have been administered here was delayed too long and resulted in her death and they're continuing to investigate this. >> she had 105 fever and they still wouldn't at least take her into the hospital there? a lot of questions there. laura, meanwhile, you're outside sacred heart church in el paso, it has been a hub of migrant activity. what is the situation like there now? >> i'm here near the steps of the sacred heart cathedral in el paso, texas. two weeks ago there was as many as 3,000 people, migrants living in homeless conditions on the street. they're almost all gone now. there are a few dozen people sheltered here. and the number of people crossing the border seeking asylum or crossing unlawfully dropped dramatically since the end of title 42. >> lauren, it is almost as though title 8 is going back to how things were before title 42. people aren't asking to hand themselves in to authorities. you prekfrequently travel back forth. what are you seeing there? >> yeah, so, you know, i spke to border patrol this morning. we know border patrol is using its authority under title 8 to remove people very quickly. we had i.c.e. flights returning people by air. we know border patrol is quickly returning people if not under 42 under expedited removal to mexico. in juarez, on the other side of the border wall, on the other side of the rio grande, the city of juarez has set up a sort of tent facility where there are a couple of hundred venezuelan migrants living in not great conditions there. but it does seem like migrants are hesitating before turning themselves in at the border now, knowing they could be removed with a five-year ban. we know people are trying to still access the cbp one app and that appears to be working better than it was before. as we heard earlier in your earlier segment, with a historically strong labor market in the united states, and the fact that the conditions in the countries that people are fleeing have not changed, you know, we don't expect it to remain as quiet as it is right now for long. >> yeah, julia, you've gotten reporting today on why there hasn't been an increase in the number of migrants that cross the border and request to hand themselves in so they can request asylum since they ended title 42. >> that's right, jose. some cbp officials say some of the things that are keeping the numbers down might be temporary. one is weather. it is a rainy season right now, keeping migrants, particularly those from venezuela and colombia from crossing through that dangerous derrian gap we talked about so much. that could change. they could see the numbers rise later on into the summer or the fall. and they also say that the cbp one app is working, but there could be some glitches that could lead to more frustration like what we saw before title 42 lifted when there was a rush of migrants in el paso at the port of entry because they couldn't get those appointments. so, they're watching the weather conditions or watching frustration. they're watching the numbers in northern mexico where the numbers are lower than they were before title 42. we understand still as many as 20 to 25,000 are waiting in shelters and cities like juarez, cities like tijuana, waiting to come in. and they're in no better conditions now than they were before title 42 lifted. it is still an issue. you still have 20 million people displaced in the western hemisphere. even if we change our policies, those problems for those people don't go away. it is a question of how long these numbers stay low, but i'm told now they're still a little over 3,000 a day, that's the lowest point we have seen in this administration. >> and still 3,000 a day. and we have to see what the cartels and the smugglers are going to decide where, how, and in what way are they going to bring people into the united states. julia, nbc news also has new reporting on how the justice department is defending the trump era policy of family separations? >> yeah, that might make your head spin there for a second. what this case is about is a series of cases or tort claims from the families that were separated by the trump administration under the zero tolerance policy in 2018. they say they're owed compensation for the stress, the emotional duress they went through during the separation. the biden justice department is fighting it saying they shouldn't owe these claims because it wasn't an unlawful policy. they even pointed to the fact that it was adopted, they said, for perceived humanitarian considerations, meaning that the trump administration put in the policy of family separations in order to try to alleviate humanitarian strife. that's a completely different take than we would have heard for president biden on the campaign trail when he called that policy criminal. but this is the justice department trying to make an argument here that the policy was not unlawful, perhaps they're not set up in a poorer position if there is a new claim at another time. >> thank you, both, very much for being with us this morning. coming up, a busy day ahead on the campaign trail. reporters are on the ground following the candidates in two key states. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ss you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. i'm barbara and i'm from st. joseph, michigan. i'm a retired school librarian. i'm also a library board trustee, a mother of two, and a grandmother of two. basically, i thought that my memory wasn't as good as it had been. i needed all the help i could get. i saw the commercials for prevagen. i started taking it. and it helped! i noticed my memory was better. there was definite improvement. i've been taking prevagen for a little over five years. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. - this is our premium platinum coverage map and this is consumer cellular's map. - i don't see the difference, do you? 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>> this might be the biggest change we have seen from governor desantis as a candidate. he's really stepped up and gone much more directly after former president trump than he has in the past. and yesterday the big battle was over the amount of time that each can serve in office. one of the talking points from the desantis campaign is he can serve eight years, two terms. trump can only serve one. well, trump picked up on that and said he doesn't need eight years, he only needs six months. desantis clapped right back, take a listen to what he said. >> so i said to tame the deep state you need two terms. he's not going to be able to nix the deep state in six months. he had four years and didn't make a dent in it. give me a break. >> so, over this last week of him on the trail as reporters have asked about some of the criticisms that trump has leveled, he has not been afraid to really go on the attack and go directly head to head with the former president. which is something you haven't seen from him in the past. the other big change that we have seen here, jose, is his wife has been much more front and center in this campaign. right now behind me, two chairs set up on the stage, a fireside chat between the governor and his wife casey here today. >> vaughn, this weekend marks a major fund-raiser where we'll see many of the top 2024 republican hopefuls. what can we expect? >> reporter: right, jose, where there is a bunch of trees behind dasha now, for ron desantis it is a little harder for him to see where these next eight months go. tomorrow he'll be in iowa where there is fewer trees and he'll have a clearer view of the republican field around him. because he will be joined here in iowa by the likes of mike pence, nikki haley, asa hutchinson, all the candidates will be at senator joni ernst's event, all the candidates will be here and have the opportunity to speak. the one person who will not be here, it is former president donald trump, who is the clear front-runner at this point. when we watch the machinations of this field play out, there is a lot of targeting among the likes of nikki haley taking on ron desantis, asa hutchinson questioning ron desantis as the number two figure here. in order to have that chance to go against donald trump mano a mano, it is the florida governor that is in the way and all of them will be here in iowa with the chance to hear the other's stump speeches and their ability to connect with iowans in real time eight months out from the caucus. >> the threading, the poetic threading between backdrops and so much more, it is fantastic. vaughn hillyard and dasha burns, thank you both very much for being with us this morning. coming up, how one state plans to make it easier for high school grads to go to college. we'll explain next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. nt you're watching "jose diaz-balart porerts" on msnbc. ♪ tourists tourists that turn into scientists. tourists photographing thousands of miles of remote coral reefs. that can be analyzed by ai in real time. ♪ so researchers can identify which areas are at risk. and help life underwater flourish. - representative! - sorry, i didn't get that. - oh buddy! you need a hug. you also need consumer cellular. get the exact same coverage as the nation's leading carriers and 100% us based customer support. starting at $20. consumer cellular. ♪ music (“i swear”) plays ♪ jaycee tried gain flings for the first time the other day... and forgot where she was. 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>> that's exactly right. we want to make sure everyone knows there is opportunities for them at suny. whether they're first generation, whether they're an immigrant student, whether they're -- whatever their immigration status, we want all new yorkers to know they can pursue higher education at suny, whether that's an associates degree, a four-year bachelor's degree or workforce crew den shall. we will admit every student to every community colleges. >> what resources does suny offer to families with financial difficulty? >> new york state has a longstanding commitment to investing in public higher education. we have a tuition assistance program that meets needs for low income students. they will go essentially tuition free. there's the federal pell grant which will help with additional costs like food and housing. it's not just saying that students aren't going to have to work to make it through school, but we try to make sure in new york that suny is affordable for all of our students. >> john king, thank you so very much for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> thanks so much. overnight, the ukrainian military says it shot down dozens of russian missiles and drones. this comes while there's word of more attacks inside russia. a live report from kyiv next. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. a. wants, and save on every perk. sadie's getting her plan ready for a big trip. travel pass, on. nice iphone 14 pro! cute couple. trips don't last forever. neither does summer love. so, sadie's moving on. apple music? 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>> reporter: jose, that's heart-stopping video. it was from a couple days ago. a rare daytime attack that was here on monday. i do want to bring you up to speed. there was another attack overnight. it was not as deadly. this has been the deadliest week in kyiv. i will talk to you on the back end. take a look at this. russia fired 36 missiles and drones. in kyiv, thousands of people sheltering in the subway stations. it has been the deadliest week in the capital in months. yesterday, outside a kyiv health clinic, a downed missile fragment killed three people. this man says his wife was trying to get into the shelter, but it was locked. the person tasked with opening the shelter allegedly didn't do it, and city officials say a criminal investigation is underway. the mayor of kyiv says the fragments fell just four minutes after the sirens sounded. a mother and daughter were also killed. here, the child's grandfather watching over the 9-year-old's body. ukraine's air defense has been keeping up with the russian bombardments. but the top item in an aid package this week, munitions. the u.s. investment is widely felt. they are preparing for a counteroffensive. most of these guys did not have professional military experience before the war. they had basic training. they were sent to the front days. it makes these days more critical. these three all trained on anti-tank weaponry in germany. when did you join? on the first day, they all say. what was it like being with skilled american troops? they were striving to train us specifically to be more ready for this type of warfare, this man says. do you have american friends? yes, he says. what weighs on their minds is those back at home. civilians are paying the price. the other big story line we were following earlier today is there were reports of an explosion in the russian-held city of berdiansk. there were reports of an explosion. no casualties, no victims reported by the russian authorities -- or the current russian authorities there. it's another sign ukraine is striking russian assets deep behind enemy lines. one of the things we have seen ahead of the countcounteroffense hear about. >> is that common, to have shelters closed? >> reporter: that's a heart-wrenching story. we did speak with residents outside -- in that apartment complex. they told us how there was a group of people banging on the shelter overnight trying to get inside. when those people died, there was the husband of one of them who went to try to get help. there have been responses. police say they will be patrolling shelters in the city. there's an app that's been going on for a while that will map open shelters. what changed today is that on that app, you can report that a shelter is closed. >> molly hunter in kyiv, thank you so very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. watch highlights from today's show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," donald trump defiantly responds to multiple reports that special counsel jack smith has an audio recording showing he was aware he did not have the legal right to declassify or disclose secret documents after he left office. >> do you know who this may be with? >> i don't know anything about it. all i know is this. everything i did was