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hollywood came to a screeching halt why some of your favorite shows may not be on air. and the class that's taking learning to new heights. gear up, it's tuesday, may 2nd "early today" starts right now glad you're with us. i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. a highway in rural illinois turned to deadly chaos after a massive dust storm swept over the region on monday it happened on interstate 55 north of farmersville, blinding drivers and causing more than 70 cars to crash. at least six people have died and at least three dozen transported to hospitals injuries ranged from minor to life threatening and the ages spanned from 2 to 80 years old the winds blew over topsoil causing zero visibility. once it is cleared of all vehicles the illinois department of transportation will have to

inspect the roadway before it can be reopened. months after the downing after chinese spy balloon that entered u.s. airspace, the pentagon announced it is tracking a new unidentified object soaring over u.s. territory. how does this balloon compare to the ones the u.s. encountered early in the year? >> repororter: the u u.s. has bn tracking thehe n new spypy b ban flflying over americanan terriry it's been n on the radar o of t ararmed services since friday, april 28 but little more is known about it, including type and country of origin. officials told nbc that this balloon flew across parts of hawaii and is slowly moving towards mexico in a statement, the pentagon says that the balloon did not pass over any sensitive areas and posed no threat to air traffic or people on the ground. now here's what the white house had to say about this new balloon on monday afternoon.

>> is the white house aware of this tracking it as well? is that aere anyreresponse from podium >> i literally heard about it as i was heading out to the podium so i would refer t i would refet you to the department of defense. t rr . >> reporter: the earlier balloon was shot down but not before it was able to gather intelligence from several military sites. now the u.s. shot down similar flying objects later this month but they were determined to have no connection to china so we'll see where the path of this particular balloon is traveling on in the coming days, and it's yet to be determined whether or not it's a spy balloon or some other type of

object >> we'll be watching whether it's up in the air or brought down thank you. the aclu of montana has file add lawsuit and they're challenging the censure of zooey zephyr, the first transgender legislator they say that the efforts take bintaken by the republican-led house have deprived her of her rights the state of montana, montana's house speaker and sergeant of arms are listed as defendants. the spokesperson for montana's attorney general called the case political activisml activism mas

a lawsuit. a new bill could allow 14 year olds to serve serve booz if the bill becomes law, wisconsin would be the only state to allow kids under 16 to serve alcohol. only two other states, maine and west virginia, allow minors to serve. well, thwelle firseof its i investigation was revealed in documents. a missouri woman was experiencing premature labor when her water broke and doctors said her fetus would not survive. her amniotic fluid had emptied and she was at risk for serious infection or losing her uterus however, the hospital refused

the procedure because the heartbeat was still detected ultimately, she had to travel to an abortion clinic in illinois a federal mandate states that a hospital must provide abortion whether a woman's life is at risk seven people were found dead on rural property in oklahoma. the oklahoma highway patrol put out this alert for ivy webster and brittany brewer. they may have opinion been travg with a man named jessie mcfadden, a registered sex offender one of the bodies appeared to be mcfadden and authorities believe they found those reported missing. but the medical examiner still needs to identify the bodies hours after families said this final good-byes to the children killed in a brutal attack on friday, russia

pummeled ukraine again president zelenskyy said three people are dead and dozens injured. it's all happening ahead of a ukrainian counter offensive that hoec hopes to reverse russian gains in the east. >> reporter: this video shows air defenses hard at work early monday morning the attack began around 2:30 one they couldn't stop slammed into this city 34 people were injured in the strike the youngest just 8 year s old. it was second major d major airk thairstrike in three days they carried out an attack on an oil depot in russian-occupied crimea this deputy brigade commander saying the training is ongoing people are ready to act.

they want this i think they will be ready to execute any order in thee a shortest time. ukrainian forces have spent months preparing for the counter offensive, but the official start date is a closely-guarded secret in uman, 11-year-old sophia and her brother were sleeping when a missile tore through their apartment. their 6-year-old brother stood next their caskets his cheeks damp from the tears ellison barber, nbc news, kharkiv, ukraine let's turn now to the ongoing crisis in sudan. the state department says nearly a thousand u.s. citizens have been evacuated from the war-torn country. a third government-organized

convoy successfully completed more evacuations at fighting stretches into a third week, the united nations estimates more than 800,000 people may try to flee the country in addition to the 73,000 who have already left despite the extension after cease-fire between the sudanese military and the paramilitary group, there were many reports of airstrikes and artillery fire on monday. the nation is being book ended by storms. angie lassman has the forecast for us >> it's been an unsettled weekend, and even into yesterday we were still seeing bumpy weather across parts of the midwest and northeast. today that continues the rain draped across the midwest to the great lakes and we really have been dreary for days, and there's a reason we have a couple winter storm warnings in place, parts of the u.p. of michigan snow is falling and we're

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