news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, bulls eye, the direct hit to retail giant target. it stopped on a downward slide following the pride merchandise controversy. and rescue plan, the demolition is now on pause as the search continues for two people possibly left inside that iowa apartment building after the horrific partial collapse. we ve got a live report on the ground in davenport. also, quote, i expected to die. the powerful words from a rabbi during the pittsburgh tree of life synagogue shooting trial. we ll bring you the latest from that second day of testimony. plus, in just the last few minutes, the house officially took up the fiscal responsibility act, also known as the debt ceiling bill with the first round of votes expected in the next 90 minutes. where things stand on the hill right now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and i want to begin ri
his information. there s not the votes for it. what we dough know is in seven of the last ten negotiations on the debt limit, there s been budget dairy reforms. so 70% of the time, the debt limit gets lifted. there s been a discussion, conversation around and a negotiation about budgetary and policy reforms. that s what needs to happen this time. that s supported by the american people. 65% of the american people believe that you shouldn t raise the debt limit without doing something about the debt. that s what the american people are. cleary that s where we are. i hope that in the next few days hopefully by the time when this meeting happens on may 9 we can see serious and real progress or else the administration will be the first administration ever to have to deal with a default on the debt. a clean debt limit is not going to happen. i think they need to understand that. get serious about sitting down at the table. if the x day is june 1, that brings an additional sense of
mel wax. he was peering through the sanctuary doors when the gunman ultimately killed him. she diabetes seeing him fall to the ground, and she said the toughest part for her was actually when she was escorted by police officers when they finally arrived at the sanctuary, and escorted her out of the building. and she had to walk over mel s body in a pool of blood, and she quietly said good-bye to him. and, chris, this comes after a powerful and chilling day of testimony yesterday as we got the opening statements from both sides. we also heard dispatch 911 audio from some of the initial calls that came in. one of them from bernie symon who was pleading for help as she was describing her husband bleeding out next to her. there was one moment when the phone goes silent, and then you just hear gunfire and screaming and ultimately we found out from dispatcher, she was among the victims as well. and we also heard just emotional testimony from a rabbi who survived the attack, but was
state. we re a sanctuary city. we re not cooperating with ice and we don t appreciate the ice raids. i m going to push back. martha: and now they sound very different on this issue. now that those open sanctuary doors have led to thousands of people in some cases coming to their city, which they said they were completely open to and wanted to provide an open door for. now here s how they sound today. we re completely tapped out. we have no more space, no more resources and frankly we re already in a surge. it s irresponsibility of those that allow them to come to a country and not build the infrastructure to allow them to pursue that dream. martha: you can see how this is happening. when it was the border governors and mayors that were pleading for help from other places in the country, they were roundly ignored as the wide open border saw 2.75 million migrant encounters coming across the border last fiscal year.
not long at all. you would normally see parishioners coming and going from the first baptist church of sutherland springs back here. but on this day, flags remain at half staff. as you can see, and the black tar fence is still up around the property with law enforcement posted outside. this morning, talk about the powerful moment. less than one mile from the spot in a wet baseball field is where members of this church and big strangers, a crowd of almost 500 people held their sunday worship services. it can is the time that the gunman flew through the sanctuary doors changing this community forever. but the pastor here who happened to be out of town with his wife last sunday, frank, maury, stresses that it is faith getting them through