a possible serial killer on the loose in the southwest four muslim men have been killed, and police are now asking for the public 's help as they work to connect the dots. >> 755 pages cost $430 billion and claims to combat climate change and extended health care coverage, but does it actually fulfill its title, inflation reduction act. after multiple negative covid tests, today president

biden will travel to kentucky to survey the devastation in the wake of last week's flooding. new york city's mayor firing back after migrants were bussed to the big apple at the direction of governor greg apple. former president donald trump one step closer to announcing he's running for election good morning it's monday, i'm phillip mena. since november four men have been shot and killed they were all muslims of south asian descent. the cases may be related our erin mclachlin has the story. >> reporter: albuquerque, new mexico, fears a serial killer is on the loose police are hunting down this car after what police are calling

targeted killings across the city. >> translator: we cannot urge strong enough what appears to be killing because of race and religion. >> reporter: authorities are identifying the latest, his brother-in-law telling nbc news they found his body around midnight in a parking lot in east albuquerque. >> when they approached the vehicle and saw him, they opened the door as soon as they touched him, he slouched over and fell over. his head and face were all injured. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the community tells nbc news that hours before his murder he had attended the funeral sufs of two other murder victims, both shot and killed days before in separate attacks. >> i remember seeing him at the funeral, and all i told him was look out, be careful. >> reporter: all three were from pakistan, all with the last name husain authorities are now circling

back to see if those murders are in anyway linked to the killing of someone last year, gunned down outside his family's store. his family says they're now living in fear. >> some people want to leave the city. >> reporter: a tight-knit community in mourning now also feeling under attack. >> i just don't believe it i'm waiting for a phone call it's the most un-american thing to do to anybody. >> reporter: erin mclaughlin, nbc news president biden has left his second covid isolation at the white house after testing negative for two consecutive days he suffered a rebound case after taking packxlovid when he teste positive for the first time two weeks ago. he's traveling with first lady jill biden they have increased federal

funding to the state to make sure they fully cover debris removal and other emergency measures. >> they will visit governor beshear and his wife governor beshear has been to the region multiple times. at least 37 people have died due to the disaster and two people are still missing. now to capitol hill where president biden's domestic agenda just got a huge boost vice president kamala harris breaking a tie in the senate, allowing the inflation reduction act to pass. the sweeping package includes provisions on climate change, health care, and tax increases on corporations. chris pollone joins us good morning what does this bill promise do >> reporter: good morning to you. democrats are celebrating this bill as the biggest bill

the bulk of it goes toward tackling climate change and boosting clean energy, but the bill allows medicare to directly negotiate with drug companies, which can lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors and raise the corporate tax to 15% on companies worth over $1 million. republicans blocked a provision that would extend that cap to private insurers democrats are elated, but republicans call this reckless spending >> we've changed the world i'm really confident that the inflation reduction act will endure as one of the defining feats of the 21st centuries. >> yet another reckless taxing and spending free. immigrants have already robbed

americans through inflation and now their solution is to rob american families yet a second time. >> reporter: in a statement president biden celebrated the passage and said, quote, i ran for president, promising to make government work for working families again, and that is what this bill does, period now, members of the house of representatives are set to return from their recess on friday to pass the bill before sending it to president biden's desk phillip? >> big news for us this morning. chris, thank you. we're learning more about the victims in a shocking los angeles car crash. a pregnant woman and her child are among the five people killed when a mercedes plowed through the busy intersection. the suspect suspect is in custody and charges could come today. our los angeles station spoke to the victims' restives. >> reporter: it would be hard to find a mom who was more deeply

in love with her children. she was so excited because she was expecting another baby boy. >> we were so close. >> reporter: her older sister was driving with her family to a doctor's appointment to check on the health of her unborn baby when a mercedes flew through, hitting and killing the family. >> when i got there, i felt destruction. i felt just evil and i knew it was my sister. >> the first thought that came to my head, it can't be. it can't be. my daughter's appointment is at 2:30, but it was really at 2:00 and they left at 1:30. and when my daughter cody sent me a picture, i identified my daughter's body right then and there. i saw her before she left. i knew what she was wearing and i know my daughter's birth marks

on her back and right side nobody had to tell me it was her. >> reporter: the driver who caused the wreck survived. >> she needs to pay for her actions, and the justice system needs to see that everything is done to make sure she upholds everything and be accountable for everything. >> reporter: she lived with everyone who died in this crash. she can't return home. >> i don't know what to do. >> reporter: they must move shower with a broken heart. >> to lose her, to lose her for guidance, someone i looked up to, it's dev fr lives from me ti n never get back. >> poor family our thanks to alex for that report. we turn to cincinnati where a mass shooting has left nine injured. eight men and one woman was shot early sunday morning

the university of cincinnati medical center says the nine victim have been released from the hospital police say one officer fired a shot, although, it's unknown if it hit the shooter there were two shooters at the scene. pete rose dismissed allegations of sexual misconduct in his return to philadelphia. when asked about testimony that he had a sexual relationship with a girl under the age of con sechblt pete rose satold a reporter, it was 55 years ago, babe in 2017 court filings he admitted to having sex with the accuser but believed her to be 16 that's the age of consent in ohio the now 81-year-old was with members of the phillies' world series team for the first time since betting onnen baseballin

games in lost in 2020, but he's still the top pick for 2024 among the conservatives. he handily beat the competition at the straw poll, at the political conference you see ron desantis in a distant second during his speech on saturday he hinted at a 2024 run saying, quote, we may have to do it again. >> the story seems to be on repeat it was another weekend of waiting and frustration at airports across the country. more than 1,300 domestic flights were canceled with delays numbering in the thousands that's according to the aviation tracking sight flightaway. the airport with the most cancellations and delays were chicago midway and chicago o' o'hare

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another hot wave in northeast as well 82 in new york city, 93 in dc. all right. we're tracking those storms and dangerous heat as well 567894 million americans under a heat alert. we'll talk than coming up. >> sounds good we'll talk than. "golden girls" is giving people a new taste with the kitchen in beverly hills, california it's sponsored by the iconic shady side apartments. the pop-up which opened its dues through the end of july will stay open until october before moving to chicago and then moving to its flagship city, miami. coming up, the major power tools recall spurred after nine people were injured. and bringing the border battle across state lines. new york city'mas yor taking on

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thousand of undocumented migrants have arrived in new york city this year sent by bus from texas as part of a standoff over immigration new york mayor eric adams is now firing back at the texas governor nbc's maggie vespa has the details. >> reporter: driven by bus and fueled by politics, another wave of migrants arrive in new york city more than 4,000 have come since may, metaphorical message from texas governor greg abbott new york's mayor is furious saying shelters are already overrun. >> they sit on the bus with no direction to come here. >> reporter: but abbott is adamant. border states are done shouldering immigration prices after may saw a record 239,000 illegal crossings. the governor slammed president

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la la la la la. . now to our series "inside the metaverse," the new virtual reality technology usually used in video games is now being used to revolutionalize health care pretty incredible stuff. here's jake ward. >> reporter: mark griswold may appear to be by himself, but this professor is not alone. >> this is the brain simulation of a patient. >> reporter: this is the virtual room griswold is in. and those three blue heads around him, they're avatars for world-class surgeons.

>> i'm in durham, north carolina. >> i'm in western mass on vacation. >> and i'm in dub dublin, i ire at a meeting. >> reporter: they're gathering to map out a brain for a complex surgery. this used to take days of video calls. now using hollow lens technology from microsoft, it takes an hour they even let me join in. >> here's our surgical planning team what you see behind me is a brain. >> my unwashed untrained hand can go into this brain that's unbelievable. >> reporter: it's not just a whole new virtual world for surgery. >> to see the nerves and how they bundle together inside the spine -- >> here's what i'm sieeing through mine. >> reporter: at case western

reserve school of medicine, researchers have found these virtual models help students learn much quick sneer one of the things about studying anatomy is seeing how it lays in space. i don't know that i would have ever gotten that without a virtual reality experience. >> reporter: as this technology becomes more widely available, so will this knowledge beyond medical school. >> you'll have high school students arriving with the command of a medical student. >> exactly they can do this at any high school in america as long as they have a wi-fi signal. >> reporter: for developing neighs, community colleges, even nursing programs where this training may have been off limits, new virtual learning is democratizing what has been an elite understanding of the human body jake ward, nbc news, cleveland. it's going to be interesting

to see how differently our children learn and how much more prepared they'll be for college. >> there's negative stuff, but this is the positive stuff. >> thanks for waking up with us today. i'

right now at 4:30, return school today, many districts are dealing with staffing shortages. the critical need in the classroom and how this could impact your child. april fighting the spread of monkeypox. we look inside one bay area clinic that is battling the outbreak firsthand. the reason they say it is crucial we get a hold of this virus about ever it gets too late. plus it's the start of a new week. meteorologist kari hall is breaking down our work week weather so we know what's where.