what was supposed to be a day out shopping turns into the second deadliest shooting in the

country. another community is left mourning as the cries for action against gun violence grow louder economic calamity. the dire warning from the treasury secretary as the country heads towards default. what's your super power? for this 4-year-old, it's reading, and he is sharing his secrets of how other kids can be super readers too. plus, decision day what lucky university will get the 16-year-old high school grad who racked up $10 million in scholarships we'll tell you it's monday, may 8th "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. we begin in allen, texas, where vigils are being held after saturday's horrific mass shooting impromptu memorials are appearing outside the mall where nine people, including the alleged gunman died. and hundreds of attended a vigil in cottonwood church

as the community tries to come to terms with tragedy, police are searching for a motive, focusing on the suspect's neo-nazi sympathies. priscilla thompson starts us off this morning >> reporter: gunshots shattering the peace of a saturday afternoon shopping trip. >> we need an ambulance. we can't get these people to the ambulance. >> reporter: eight people were killed and seven more injured, including children, police say, after a gunman opened fire at this sprawling outlet mall in allen, texas, just north of dallas the victims' identities not yet revealed. >> a male subject wearing black tactical garb armed with an ar. he's got some white lettering on the vest that says police or security >> reporter: dash cam video shows the moment the alleged shooter got out of his car and began firing the suspect was killed by an officer who police say was already on scene for an unrelated call >> he heard gunshots, went to

the gunshots, engaged the suspect, and neutralized the suspect. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say the shooter was 33-year-old mauricio garcia, who had interacted with neo-nazi and white supremacist content online officials searching the home of the alleged shooter as neighbors watched in disbelief >> kind of quiet, you know, wearing a little hoodie. just walked up and down the block. stayed to himself. always alone. >> he went to high school with some of the neighbors. they just said he was always very quiet >> reporter: this scene one that is all too familiar. americans in fear, forced to run, hide, and pray. >> we ran for the back, barricaded it with some concrete brisk. and then right then on the security camera, thank god we went in the back at that time, we saw him walk by masked up, fake police outfit on >> reporter: survivors returned to the scene today to collect their vehicles many still in shock. >> we heard all these shots

started -- and she had just been out there and if she hadn't come in the store, she'd have probably -- >> i was on the edge. >> reporter: as another grief-stricken community gathers to mourn and to heal >> our thanks to priscilla for that report. eight people are dead in texas after a driver plowed into a bus stop this happened early sunday morning outside of a shelter for migrants in brownsville, texas at least a dozen other people were injured nbc's guad venegas has the latest >> reporter: the horrific aftermath on the streets of brownsville, texas just miles from the southern border after police say a man plowed his car into a group of pedestrians waiting at a bus stop, killing migrants are among the dead. >> a gray land rover disregarded the red light and ran over several individuals standing at a bus stop across the street from our local homeless shelter. >> reporter: the shelter is a partner ofof catholic charities.

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none of that is stopping the migrants in hope of a better life >> our thanks to guad for that report police in mississippi are looking for the person responsible for a deadly shooting that happened at a cinco de mayo celebration. police say seven people were shot at the scratch kitchen in ocean springs. one person, 19-year-old chase harmon died. the six other victims were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. the owner of the restaurant says the shooter ran past security before opening fire on the crowd. according to the gun violence archive, there have been at least 199 mass shootings in the u.s. this year in one week, white house senior adviser julie chavez rodriguez will officially step into the role of campaign manager of president biden's bid for reelection new reporting from nbc news reveals that many democrats are hoping that chavez rodriguez can successfully guide the campaign on several fronts, including renewing support from latino viewers. chavez rodriguez will be the

second latina to head a major presidential campaign. janet yellen doubles down on her debt ceiling warnings. yellen said the u.s. will be unable to pay its bills as soon as early june. she reiterated that the treasury has been using extraordinary measures to give the country as much runway as possible. without movement from washington lawmakers, yellen says the u.s. is headed toward what she calls an economic calamity president biden has invited party leaders from the house and the senate to the table this week to try and break the impasse. that meeting is set for tomorrow, may 9th. south carolina senator tim scott may be preparing to jump into the republican race for president, but he might face an uphill battle for support from his colleagues speaking to nbc news, several gop senators lavished praise on scott, calling him a strong candidate if he were to run, while stopping short of giving him their endorsement. scott, who launched a presidential exploratory committee last month is expected to make major announcement on may 22nd in his home state

it looks like former president trump will not be taking the stand in the battery and definition indication involves e. jean carroll carroll is accusing trump of raping here in a department store in the 1990s president trump has denied all wrongdoing lawyers for carroll and the former president rested their cases last week. today closing arguments could begin and the jury could begin deliberations by tomorrow. in the ukrainian capital of kyiv, officials say five people were injured sunday after a series of attacks including from the wreckage of a fallen drone this comes as russia is upping its strikes against ukraine while moscow gears up to celebrate an important anniversary. for more on this we go to josh lederman in london good morning what's the latest from the capital city >> hey, phillip, good morning. the military of ukraine says the five injuries came during a wave of some 35 drone attacks on the capital of kyiv by rusussian forces the ukrainians saying that they

were iranian made shaheed drones that attempted to hit the capital, but saying that ukraine's air defenses were able to successfully shoot all of them down, but also warning the fact that they may have a 100% success rate in hitting these drones does not mean there is no risk to the public, pointing out that drones that are in the sky, even if they are shot down, that i have to come back to earth an that can be where some of the collateral damage is cased ukrainian forces believe there may have been loss of life in the drone attacks, but they don't exactly know how many people yet but it comes as the city of odesa along the coast was also hit overnight by airstrikes as russia prepares tomorrow to celebrate that victory day, a major military holiday in russia that usually involves huge parades in multiple cities across russia, tanks going through red square, marking the remembrance of russia's victory, the soviet union's victory over nazis back in world war ii

this is expected to be a moment for president putin to once again trying to rally the russian public behind the war. he has attempted in the past to justify this invasion by describing it almost as unfinished business in the fight against nazis, saying incorrectly they are fighting nazis in ukraine's government. today president zelenskyy of ukraine trying to take back that day, clairing that tomorrow instead will be the day of europe phillip? >> all right, josh lederman reporting on the latest in the war in ukraine thank you. hundreds have been killed by floods in eastern congo. official says the confirmed number of dead stands at 394, but that will still likely increase because the search is still ongoing. the torrential rains began thursday and flash floods swept away almost all the buildings in two villages in south kivu province the congolese covet has declared today a national day of mourning michelle grossman is tracking storms, even hail in

some parts hey, michelle, good morning. >> hey, guys, great to see you yeah, it's going to be large hail too in some spots it's a stormy start for many and a stormy end to monday in portions of the ohio valley, the lower mississippi valley, into the southern plains. so taking a look at radar, you can see heavy rain fall right now through parts of the ohio, the midwest where you see the brighter colors. that's where we're seeing the heaviest rain falling. that's causing the chance for flash flooding that will be a threat throughout this monday. it's all due to the frontal system that is draped from the midatlantic to the plains. and we're going to see numerous rounds of showers and storms tomorrow we'll see the threat movingnt i valley, storms too in the southern plains, and really hot temperatures in the 90s. 92 in phoenix. 94 in lubbock.

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other children love reading as much as he does. riley neagle from our chattanooga affiliate has more >> reporter: at 4 years old, king chambers is already a super hero with super strength, super speed, and most importantly, the ability to read. >> my student who loved to read and run and dance. >> reporter: king recently wrote his first book, titled king the dream, who is about a super hero who teaches others to read. >> he love reading he love math he is just very, very smart. >> reporter: king's mother, jennifer ellis says he learned how to read at the age of 2. >> and i read books to him all the time even when he was in the womb, i read books and he love it. >> how many books would you say you've read so far >> i've read 90 books. >> reporter: ellis says once king started masters more and more books, he told his mom he

wanted to write a book about himself as a super hero. >> and he came along with he could teach kids how to read so we helped him put it all together, but his dream in a book >> reporter: king is very proud of his book, and he even wanted to teach everyone at local 3 how to read. >> he love to teach kids how the read any time he see a kid, he let them know about his book and they are so excited because there is nothing like having your own peer tell you how to read >> reporter: ellis says she has no secrets to teaching a child how to read, but she says reading to them at night may help >> there is no rule book for parenting, but give them 100% the best of you, and all the love, because they're our future >> ellis says she isn't sure what's in store for king's future, but she knows it's bright king will be starting school next year, and we're all very excited to see his accomplishments and his next book >> the end

>> not the end not for him. our thanks to riley neagle for sharing that story a leader, a teacher, an author and a super hero, all at 4 years old. >> can you imagine what he is going to do when he gets older could have a master class. 90 books 90 books he'll probably write as well it is official another extraordinary student here, dennis barnes, set a u.s. record for collecting over $10 million in scholarships is ivy league bound after receiving scholarship offers from 149 colleges and universities. barnes announced that he plans to cornell university to study computer science the 16-year-old will graduate from the international high school of new orleans on may 24th he should get together with little king and just be them. >> the

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