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2023. inside thehe terror.. policece body cam video sheddin new light on the race to subdue a louisville gunman. what we know and what the shooter's family is saying about the massacre. cooling costs. new data shows that inflation appears to be slowing. so just how much is that changing the price you pay for some key everyday items? toxic smoke. an indiana recycling plant turns into an inferno. thousands of nearby residents told to evacuate. details on what sparked that shocking scene. and all in the family. prince harry will attend his father's coronation after all, but his wife meghan will not. what it says about the royal family's rift. we begin this hour in louisville, kentucky. >> for the first time we are hearing from the family of the gunman who killed five people in a bank on monday morning. three survivors are still in the hospital, including a rookie police officer. doctors say he is in critical but stable condition still. later today the community will hold a prayer vigil to remember the lives lost.

>> nbc news' morgan chesky is in louisville for us. so we have this update from the gunman's family, a statement. what are they saying about the attack at this point? >> reporter: yeah. good afternoon. for the first time since the shooting took place here at old national bank monday morning, the family of connor sturgeon spoke to nbc news with a statement. several sentences and somef which actually shares some of thehock that's being felt in this louisville community. the family saying they could never have imagined their son could have been capable of an act such as ts one where he took multiple innocent lives. theyls did acknowledge in this statement that they were aware of their 25-year-old son battling some ongoing mental health issues, and that they were currently working with him to try to bring some sort of solution there. but at the time there was no way they could conceive of what would have -- what was to take place on monday morning. the family's not speaking on

camera at this time. but they did share that. i do have to say that we're just now getting word of some 911 calls. in one of those calls, the mother -- a woman identifies herself as the mother of the shooter, and she's calling police warning them that her son might be capable of doing some harm to those here at old national bank, saying that she had heard about this secondhand but wanted to let authorities know. that call coming in almost exactly at the same time that police were in the middle of a gunfight with that 25-year-old shooter inside the lobby of the bank behind me. >> morgan, i want to pick on that because that's news. we had not known this before, that the mother of the shooter, herself, reached out to police. that's what you're saying? >> reporter: correct. it was a short exchange. in fact, i have the verbatim in front of me. she says, this is his mother, i'm so sorry i'm getting details

secondhand, i'm running to him now. oh, my lord. going on to say, i don't know what to do, i need your help, talking to dispatch, adding, he'd never hurt anyone. he's a really good kid. please don't punish him. and going on to say, we don't even own guns, i don't know where he would have gotten a gun. we've now learned that the 25-year-old gunman purchased that ar-15 legally from a louisville gun store as recent ly as april 4th. and when you hear each new detail it paints an even more frightening picture of what took place monday morning. >> certainly. that, of course, raises more questions about, you know, who knew what was happening when, which we know that you will stay on for us. >> right. th fact that she's saying i don't know where he got this gun from, that would point to the family not having knowledge that he had bought that weapon just days before. morgan chesky, thank you for following all that. >> thanks. brand-new numbers show inflation is steadily cooling off. let's walk you through them. the bureau of labor statistics

says consumer prices climbed 0.1% in march compared to february and 5% compared to the same time last year. now that might not sound very good. of course inflation is still high. let's look at this. this graph shows the change in inflation. this is every month versus a year before. that bar in red all the way on the right, the smallest one, that shows where inflation was this past march. you can see it's dropped a lot since the peak of 9% last june. nbc's tom costello breaks it down for us. hey, tom. break down this report. tell us specifically where we are seeing prices improve. what is not inflating quite as much anymore? >> reporter: yeah, the good news is when you talk about month over month we are starting to see this decline as you suggested. take a look at the change in prices that we put up here on a quick graphic. electricity, yeah, that is up 10%. food and home and groceries, year-over-year numbers now. from a year ago up 8.5%.

but food and at home and groceries declined month over month. they declined from february to march. shelter, this is a big one here. this is rent and mortgage. up 8.2%. good news, gasoline, we all know we're not paying nearly what we paid last june when we hit $5 a gallon. now at $3.61 or so a gallon, and used car prices have started to slide. down 11.2% there. we are starting to see definitely some improvement. and guess what, even in egg prices, this has been a big problem. anybody shopping for dairy prices knows we've seen egg prices starting to decline ever so slight she. today, $3.45 or so, sunny side up as the graphic says. last month, $4.21 for a dozen eggs. last year, $2.05. higher than a year ago. but again, it's the month-over-month number that is encouraging, suggesting that maybe inflation is starting to tame as the fed looks for that goldilocks economy, not too hot, not too cool. >> like the sunny side up, tom.

we know the federal reserve is going to meet again in early may to talk interest rates. i was just talking to somebody about this this morning. do we expect this consumer price report to have any impact on interest rates? >> reporter: well, listen, they will certainly take into consideration. they also have to continue to weigh out those failing banks and what impact that has on the economy. and we still have unemployment rates that are very, very low in this country. most economists now expect the fed if it hikes rates again in may, it will be by another quarter point. listen, the president of the federal reserve bank in chicago is calling for kind of a wait-and-pause approach. look at all the data, see what comes in over the rest of april, and then make a decision. and maybe not rush toward another rate hike since inflation is starting to cool. certainly not as fast as they would like, but starting to cool down. >> all right. tom costello, thank you. big changes are coming to a popular streaming service, and how much would you pay for a

grilled cheese sandwich? i'd pay more than the average because i love them. >> morgan brennan with today's "money minute." that's a good tease. aleppo, new streaming service from warner bros. discovery is launching in late may. the new service dubbed max will combine hbo max and discovery plus to compete with netflix and disney's suite of streaming services. warner brothers discovery had more than 96 million global streaming subscribers across all of its platforms as of the fourth quarter. juul is paying out after facing numerous lawsuits in recent years. claiming it marketed its addict-cigarettes to underage teens. the money will be paid out over eight years, and it will go toward combating underage use and developing cessation programs. and a restaurant in new york is bringing back a record-breaking sandwich just in time for national grilled cheese

day. serendipity three's take on the classic sandwich costs -- braise yourself -- $214. >> come on. >> reporter: it needs to be ordered almost two days in advance. rare cheeses. champagne, truffle butter, gold flakes, some of the ingredients that apparently justify that lofty priceing to. >> i don't need gold -- price tag. >> i don't need gold in my grilled cheese. finish i'm eating. >> yeah. does it add flavor? i don't know. again, i'd pay a lot. i wouldn't pay all that. >> that's vying for attention i think. >> thank you. >> thank you. we are following some breaking news out of memphis right now. a county board has just voted to reinstate one of the expelled democratic lawmakers, justin pearson will go back to the tennessee legislature. republicans ousted pearson and his colleague, justin jones, last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. ahead of all this today, pearson led hundreds of supporters on a march from the civil rights museum in memphis to the shelby county board of commissioners meeting. pearson spoke out about his

reinstatement a short time ago. >> justin j. pearson was only standing with the moral courage of people who he comes from. built in memphis, tennessee. shelby county. the courage of people who know what it means to be in a vice. >> catie beck has been following in and joins us from memphis. what went down there? >> reporter: well, a lot of excitement, kate, after this vote came down. hundreds of supporters that as you said marched from the civil rights museum to the plaza. we're awaiting the decision of the commission. it was a swift decision. it was the first thing they did when they gavelled in, seven commissioners voting unanimously to reinstate pearson. keep in mind this is a 13-member commission. there are four republicans who simply did not show up today and another two democrats who were out of the country. so they had seven, that was a simple majority. just enough to get that

reinstatement over the line. after the celebratory moments inside after they it take then vote, they heard from the republican, pieceon, himself who is -- pearson, himself, who is outside speaking to the crowd about the victory. it is expected that tomorrow he will return to the tennessee state capitol and be sworn in on the steps as jones was before heading back into the house chamber which does have an open session tomorrow. he will face all of those colleagues, the ones as well who expelled him tomorrow on the house floor. it will be pretty interesting to see what that reaction looks like. >> i wondered if you've been hearing from republicans at all because they removed these two lawmakers on friday for a reason, how are they feeling about the reversal? was this whole thing worth it for republicans? >> reporter: i, think -- i think the speaker of the house put out a statement saying that he believed to follow the constitution, to follow the rules, that if these

municipalities reinstated them that they would honor the rules in place. i think there has been some acknowledgment, but in terms of sort of weighing in on whether or not that was a worthy endeavor, i think they're sticking to their guns that this was an issue of breaking rules, breaking decorum, and they needed to be taking action on that. >> all right. catie beck in the middle of it all for us. thank you. appreciate it. coming up, the charges facing two elder care workers accused of live streaming themselves abusing a patient. (wheezing)g) asthmama isn't t pretty. it's the momement when you realizize that a g good day. is about t to become a a bad o. but thenen, i remembmbered ththat the wororld is so muchch bigger ththan th, with trerelegy. becaususe one dosese a day helps s keep my asasthma sympts ununder controrol. and with 3 3 medicineses in 1 i inhaler, trtrelegy helplps improvee lung f function so i c can breathehe easier for a fufull 24 hoururs. trelegegy won't t replace a rescscue inhalerer

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welcome back. a pennsylvania mother is facing murder charges after her son was found dead. a search for her took place to another state. our nbc station in philadelphia has more on how this tragedy unfolded. >> reporter: police spent hours investigating the suspicious death of an 11-year-old boy. >> my husband was walking the dog, and he heard two police cars going so fast which doesn't usually happen around here. >> reporter: police posted this message on a community facebook page informing there was no threat to the community. >> we saw this our local police had posted that something really bad had happened, but to be respectful, that the road was opened back up. >> reporter: here's what investigators tell us. a father noticed the door to the main bedroom in the home was locked and his wife's toyota high lander was missed.

he told police once he opened the door, he found his son dead and called 911. the 11-year-old had spent the night in the bedroom with his mother, but she wasn't in the home. as police focused on the home, officials tell us cape may police found the wife's suv partially submerged in the ocean. cape may officials shared images of the car with us. they tell us police found and arrested the mom a bit later. they've been holding her ever since. neighbors here saddened by news of the young boy's death. >> i got seven grandchildren, just had them all over to the house on sunday. the heartbreak. troubling allegations, as well, against two florida elder care workers accused of abusing a dementia patient and live streaming it for others to watch. steven romo has been following this disturbing story and joins us now. >> reporter: disturbing is the right word for it. we've heard a lot of outrage

about this story in part because of the video we're about to show, but we want to warn you, you may find it disturbing, as well. >> yo -- >> reporter: alarming charges against two senior care workers in florida. >> hurry up -- >> ah! >> no, no, no. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> you're peeing on yourself. >> reporter: you're watching what the sheriff's office says is two women live streaming their abuse of a dementia patient on snapchat and laughing about it. >> embarrassing. i'm sorry, she embarrassing. let's go. this is -- >> reporter: investigators providing an edited portion of the video blurring the victim. >> put your pants on. >> reporter: law enforcement says they got a tip from an employee at market street memory care residences outside orlando about the live stream from april 3rd. deputies arrested two nursing assistants, 20-year-old shaytania bishop and 18-year-old

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incidents like this are rare, but the board president of the aging life care association says she believes what we find out about is just the tip of the iceberg. >> it's probably more common than we know because so many elders are ashamed of elder abuse, they feel humiliated. they want to hide it. >> reporter: and there are warning signs to look out for to make sure your loved one is getting quality care. >> is the clothing clean? are they looking under fed? are they poorly groomed? is there an odor in the home? you know, where it might be that they're not getting changed often enough. these are kind of telltale signs that the care is subpar. >> it's just disgusting. i wonder what -- a lot of people have family members in these places, if they're worried that someone might be mistreated, what can you do? >> reporter: yeah. if you have someone in your family who's at one of these

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the body of the children's mother, and police say she died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. the woman's two daughters, ages 9 and 12, as well as her 14-year-old son, had also been fatally shot. mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges in connection with that fire that killed 40 migrants inside a government-run detention center last month. federal prosecutors say the official failed to prevent the disaster despite earlier indications of problems. the announcement follows repeated calls from within mexico and some central american nations to investigate the case beyond the arrests of lower level officials. there may be a new candidate in the 2024 race for president. south carolina senator tim scott announced he has started an exploratory committee. scott is the only black republican in the u.s. senate. he's also the senate gop candidate from south carolina who might be in the running because former governor nikki haley announced her candidacy back in february.

evacuations are under way in east central indiana as flames rip through a plastic recycling plant there. the town has been filled with toxic smoke. officials on the ground say it's likely to burn for days. at one point the flames were so large, they could be seen from space. nbc news correspondent ron allen joins us following this. what do we know about how the fire started? what's being done to get it under control? >> reporter: the theory is there was a truck parked on the grounds of the factory, and somehow it ignited in forward-looking statements. it was carry -- flames. it was carrying a lot of plastic, and the fire spread to the building. this is a man scene. it's 14 acres, 140,000 square feet. there are six buildings that are the plastic recycling and storage facility. it's packed from plastic from ceiling to floor, from wall to wall. and it also had been already identified as a potential fire hazard. there's apparently been some

discussions with the city and the plant owner about trying to make changes to prevent a fire like this from happening. not clear what the extent of that is. you see this awful cloud that's billowing out over the city of some 35,000 people. here's the state fire marshal talking about his concerns about the smoke and flames. >> there's a host of different chemicals plastics give off when they're on fire. so it's concerning, and we want to make sure we give the people a heads-up. >> reporter: the fire department has had a lot of trouble trying to get to the fire. they said there was only one road in, one way to get to it. and -- they've contained it. they've contained it to the factory. you can see there's a nearby community just adjacent to it. and they were able to stop the fire from going into that residential area. so again, they're trying to battle it. they've said they've had problems with the wind. there are water pressure problems. you name it. today they're in there with bull doersz and big, heavy equipment

trying to get to the heart of the fire and put it out. >> i guess the big question is when will people be able to go home who live nearby. do we know? >> reporter: the fire chief said the soonest he could see that is saturday morning. he thought that the fire would be under control or distinguished. and -- extinguished. and residents with worried about health effects, long ter short term. >> you're sitting there and watching this fire just boom -- inch by inch. and hearing those buildings fall. it's scary. i don't want to lose my house. >> reporter: about 2,000 residents have been evacuated. and beyond the evacuation zone officials are warning people to shelter in place, to keep their doors and windows closed if they can. bring pets inside. because there is -- they say the air is toxic. the smoke is toxic. and they say if you can smell it, if you can see it get out of that area. this may be the case for some time to come. >> ron allen, thank you.

now let's go to new jersey where there's some breaking news. firefighters are scrambling to contain a massive wildfire. it is burning in the town about 50 miles north of atlantic city. take a look at those images. nbc is following the fire-fight from manchester township, new jersey. walk us through the details we have here. how fast is this fire growing, and has any progress been made in terms of containing it? >> reporter: okay, so the good news is firefighters say they're making significant progress in containing the fire. we just wrapped a news conference with fire officials. they say the fire is 60% contained. it has not expanded beyond the 3,900 acreage in size. when we hear about the types of conditions they were up against especially overnight, they say they were facing extreme fire behavior. so picture flames stretching 200 feet, 200 feet into the sky. it was moving at a rapid clip of about 4.5 miles an hour. and that's what's prompted those urgent emergency evacuations overnight. about 170 families in the nearby

area were evacuated. i spoke with one woman who stepped outside of her home in shock to see the sky all aglow. she said the smoke was very thick, it was pungent. here's more from fire officials, though, on the progress they're making. take a listen. >> we're very pleased with in terms of containment and control, our containment lines are holding well. we have confidence now that the fire's going on hold within that containment area. >> reporter: so we did just learn from fire officials they are bringing in two more black hawk helicopters to help douse those flames, especially in the more interior sections of the wooded area. we asked, you know, what caused this massive blaze. they say that is still under investigation. but they pointed out most, the large majority of fires in new jersey are human caused. guys? >> we've been getting unfortunately used to talking about wild weather conditions creating all types of different natural disasters of concern. how is the weather playing a factor here? is it complicating efforts to put out the flames?

>> reporter: yeah, absolutely. it is windy. you can see my hair kind of going in the breeze. it is dry, and it is hot. 81 degrees here today on this april day, unseasonably warm weather. and so one of the main concerns is that with these dry conditions the winds could come through, pick up embers and toss them beyond the containment lines. more than 60 million people from the southwestern united states to the northeast are under fire alerts today. >> all right. thanks for following this for us. stay safe. the guest list for the upcoming coronation of king charles is out. after months of speculation, prince harry will be attending, his wife meghan will not. nbc's ali arouzi from london. there was any explanation given as to why meghan won't be going with her husband? >> reporter: we've had a statement both from buckingham palace and the spokeswoman for harry and meghan, a very similar

statement. they said that the duke of sussex will be attending, but meghan, the duchess of sussex, will not be attending, she'll be staying in california with her two children, prince archie and princess lilibet. i think one of the main reasons that meghan won't be attending is that it's her son's 4th birthday on the same day as king charles' coronation. you know, meghan has made no secret of the fact that the united states is her home. that's probably where she wants to be with her child and her child's friends. obviously we all know there is a huge rift amongst the family, between meghan and remember and kate and all of -- and william and kate and all of these people. part of the speculation also is that they don't want meghan's presence there to overshadow what is essentially prince -- king charles' biggest day. that hasn't been said officially, but that is some of the speculation around why she won't be attending. so harry will be flying solo to

his father's coronation without his children or hiswife. it's not clear whether his children were invited, as well, which could be another factor. kate? >> quickly, the fact that he's going at all, prince harry, might be a good sign, no? >> reporter: it certainly is a good sign. i mean, up until a few weeks ago we didn't even know whether ince hry will be attending his father's big day. and if he didn't go, it certainly would have been a huge and very public snub of his father. so it only shows that there is some communication going on. he will be there. but he's not a working royal, so he probably isn't going to be playing much of a role in the coronation in itself, whereas william who is the heir to the throne will be playing quite a prominent role in his father's coronation. kate? >> well, the world will be watching all of it i'm sure. thank you so much. >> and unpacking every motion,

right, afterwards. president biden is wrapping up his first full day of his tour of ireland by tackling the most diplomatically challenging work on his agenda. taking that straight on first. the president met with the british prime minister in northern ireland. he also delivered remarks in belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. that pact helped end decades of violent conflict between northern ireland and great britain. now the president is in dundak trace his irish roots. peter alexander is joining us from dublin on all this. let's start with the official business this morning. tell us about the president's remarks in belfast and the rest of the agenda for his trip tracing his roots. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. certainly a blustery evening here now in dublin, but not just to dissuade the president from heading to the countryside a short time ago. more in a moment. earlier today in northern ireland, as you note, the president did commemorate 25 years of the good friday agreement that ended just

decades of sectarian violence, what was known as the troubles here. the president promising more american investment if nay can maintain peace and stability in that region. and also offering a message of inspiration. here's part of president biden's message earlier today. take a listen. >> this place is transformed by peace. made technicolor by peace. made whole by peace. so today i come to belfast to pledge to all the people of northern ireland the united states of america will continue to be your partner in building the future that the young people of our world deserve. >> reporter: president biden's trip part sentimental, certainly a little political, little personal, as well, retracing his roots earlier today in us what called county louth. meeting some of his fifth cousins i guess, the home of his great, great grandfather who

emigrated to the united states in 1850. the president with a couple more days here as he heads elsewhere in the country to learn about his genealogy and to celebrate the irish catholic shrine. back to you. >> that sounds fun. peter alexander, thank you very much. the final day to file your taxes, it's less than a week away. coming up, the tax tricks that parents need tonow which could k

in today's modern parenting, we're talking about your money -- specifically your taxes. do you still have to do them? the deadline is tuesday. >> yeah. fyi. the enhanced child tax credit many families received during the pandemic has expired, but that doesn't mean that there aren't deductions or other credits available for families that you should know about and take advantage of. here with us is jackson hewitt chief tax information officer mark seaver. thank you for joining us on this importance topic and timely, as kate said. how much is this year's child tax credit? walk us through this and who should be claiming it. >> the important thing is if you have dependent family members, primarily children, 16 or younger, but even old for you've got college children in education institutions, there's money on the tax return. there's money in the way of the child tax credit, the credit you asked about, $2,000, down from about $3,600 last year. that was an anomaly put in place

for the pandemic. it was about two for decks, then it went -- decades, then it went and now it's down. there's a dependent care credit. if you're working and put your child or children in day care to work, there's a dependent care credit. it's smaller, as well. still a big number there. there are credits for earned income credit, if you've got children the credit goes up to over $6,000, if you have three or more children. there's filing status, head of household filing status. the list goes on and on. if you have children in your life, dependents, whether shared or con tested custody, make sure you and you and your tax pro understand the rules because there's thousands of dollars at stake. the months information in the tax ecosystem is enormous. >> you can't just look on line and get -- >> the tax pro says this is how it works, might or might not be correct. >> what else do you want to look at from the previous year if you're a parent and you're just getting down to this? >> one of the things that catches people offguard are life changes.

i find it rare today that your tax return's just like last year. if it is, great. you're the unicorn riding the elf down the rainbow. for most people, children's age change, they go to school, the education credits for which there are over a dozen of them. some while they're in school you and you can take a credit. some you save money while they're getting ready for school, there's a benefit. whether you've got young children, middle aged or older children, up to 21, there are a host of things you need to be aware of, the least of which is your filing status, especially if you're unmarried and have a dependent. there's a tax break for head of household status versus single. a lot of single parents claim single, i'm single. if you've got a dependent, you're head of household. lower tax rates and other benefits overlooked. and the irs doesn't say you're head of household, here's more money. >> right. >> you leave it off, it stays off. they accept what you have on the tax return unless you're missing income. >> you know, the what riding the what down the what? >> exactly. >> say it, unicorn -- >> the unicorn riding the elf

down the rainbow. >> the unicorn riding the elf down the rainbow. what other taxes -- some that aren't as widely known, that kind of thing, that they can be taking advantage of? >> the dependent care credit is often overlooked and shrouded in myth. if you're working and have a child or two parents and working, summer camp can count as a dependent care credit qualified expense. >> wow. >> there's things like that that people tend to overlook. he was in summer camp. well, if you're working and you're paying, that can be a qualified expense. >> it's like day care. >> it's like day care, absolutely. and day care is like day care. there's a lot of different things. i'll finish by saying we're talking about dependent children. and that's a big topic and captures a lot. dependents is a topic. if you're taking care of aged parents now, which many of us, that can be a qualified dependent. you don't get the child credit, but you might get medical expenses or other dependent care credit. childcare credit, dependent care credit, those are the two big ones.

filing status, earned income is based on children, and those can add up and aron overlooked. >> if you're thinking ahead to next year, what can you do right now to prepare for the 2023 tax -- >> great one. one of the best practices of the financially affluent, not rich, but people who pay attention to their 30, 40, 50 years of tax returns. mid year checkup, you do it in july. you have a half year, you estimate the other half, multiply by two, see where you come out. if you get a refund, consider having more of that money. if you're going to owe $3,000 next tax day, maybe put more aside with each paycheck. more importantly consider what you're doing on crypto or side gig or self-employment income. keep better record. you don't have to be a financial savant, but you should pay attention to your biggest financial system transaction. >> wow. i have so many questions. we could keep going. >> it was eye opening. >> we might need to talk after. can you sang? >> i will stay as long as you

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