a major showdown at the white house, as the president meets with top democrats and

republicans to try to hammer out the nation's budget. a community united in grief as we learn chilling new details about the man behind the mall massacre banks are tightening the purse strings. and california could be on the cusp of their biggest gold rush in years. it's tuesday, may 9. "early today" starts right thousand ithn >> janet yellen says lawmakers have until early june to stop america from defaulting. but the critical bill is stalled in congress. we're joined by nbc's drew petramoix in washington, d.c what's going down at the white house this afternoon >> reporter: good morning frances and phillip. this meeting will put president biden in a meeting room with top leaders from both political parties, and this is the first

major showdown between president biden and the republican- led house of representatives democrats want what's called a clean bill, raising the ceiling without any conditions the president says h he'sl wil t negotiate spending only after the ceiling is lifted. the biden administration has been focussing on how cuts would impact policing and veterans >> look, there shouldn't be negotiations on the debt, on the debt limit this is something that they should get to regular order. and get to work on

the president has been very clear. this is congress' constitutional duty to take action, to not default. he's going to continue to reiterate that as he should. he's not going to mince words and he has not in the past several months >> treasury secretary janet yellen has repeatedly said the government could run out of the ability to pay for its bills starting in june it would be a huge hit to the economy. she described republican demands over the debt ceiling as similar to quote, a gun to the head of the american people. we'll have to see where things stand after this high-establhigh-stakes meeting today. we are learning more about the eight people murdered in a shooting rampage in allen, texas on saturday. we know a 3-year-old boy james cho, was killed with his parents seen here. the only surviving member of his family is a 6-year-old brother william, now an orphan also killed. sisters daniella and sophia

mendoza. the girls' elementary school describing them as rays of sunshine their mother remains in critical condition. >> the suspected gunman was killed by police and has been named as mauricio garcia authorities think he was a neo-nazi sympathizer he also posted about his struggles with mental health authorities say he opened fire with an ar-style rifle at an outlet mall while wearing a tactic tactical vest and a patch with initials rwds standing for right wing death squad they are investigating the massacre as an act of racist extremism. a woman was charged with four federal misdemeanor counts for storming the capitol she was reported to the fbi last week by a former romantic partner. the ex-, who asked not to be

named, was able to identify vargas geller after being shown a tweet from the fbi by a friend the tweet had gone viral vargas geller could not be reached for comment by nbc news. as of monday she was not in custody, but a warrant was issued for her arrest. today a jury will decide the fate of former president donald trump in the civil rape trial against him. yesterday both sides presented closing arguments. >> reporter: a final chance to seal their case. lawyers for e. jean carroll and donald trump facing off in closing arguments. >> historically, that's true with stars >> reporter: carroll's attorney told the jury mr. trump has a playbook for sexual assault, spilled out in the "access hollywood" tape where he talks about stars grab women as something that happens >> unfortunately or fortunately. >> reporter: who would say

fortunately, her attorney argued he thinks stars like him can get away with it the former column ist accuses hi of raping her in the 1990s >> it's made up. >> reporter: but carroll's attorney argues this is not a he said-she said, pointing to two friends who say carroll told them about the assault at the time and playing off his words, saying that she was his type because he mistook this photo for his wife marla maples >> i was just there today. >> reporter: and posing with a trump look alike while the jury has heard a lot about donald trump, he never came in person, leaving an open for carroll's attorney who said he didn't even bother to show

up >> laura, thank you. from behind bars, convicted double murderer, alex murdaugh admitted he lied about the circumstances surrounding the death of his housekeeper, gloria satterfield in 2018. responding from prison to a $4 million lawsuit brought by satterfield's insurance company, murdaugh says he fabricated a story about the family dogs causing the housekeeper to suffer a fatal fall. he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his wife and one of his adult sons. m his lawyers have not comment on why he changed his story a popular tiktok creator is facing backlash. he launched an investigation into a true crime theory known as the smiley face killers it alleges that one or more killers murdered and dumped men around the country he was questioned after he started mentioning his tech

startup in the videos. now he says he's ending the investigation. >> i haven't been sleep as much as i should. i've burnt myself out and frankly got a little lost in the sauce over the story i acknowledge that it was insensitive to reference my startup on those two occasions pertaining to this case. >> he told nbc news that he started his series because he was approached on two occasions by someone trying to lure him into a car in chicago. he was the chief marketing officer for a company called foresight, but a spokesperson says they are decided to part ways russia is spending today marking the anniversary of one war while it continues to escalate another the ukrainian cities of kyiv and bakhmut faced renewed attacks on monday even as russia is faced with economic retaliation by the rhy rhy rest of europe

for more we go to chapman bell >> as you mentioned, today's victory day in russia, commemorating the soviet union's contribution to defeating nazi germany in world war ii. it's also a day very important to vladimir putin, a day he uses to whip up national pride and a day he often uses to talk about moscow's modern military might but today is seen as very different. this is the second victory day parade they've had since this latest invasion of ukraine and many of the parades are scaled back. some even canceled and this is because there's, russia's not having any clear victories currently in ukraine around bakhmut, that strategic city, russia has lost a significant number of soldiers in the last five months. the u.s. estimates about 20,000 dead, 80,000 injured in this area, and they're expected to see ukrainian counter offensive

soon where they try to retake some of these lands, particularly around the east, and this is going to be led by western weaponry and hardware, including u.s. and european tanks. we've seen upped air attacks around ukraine by russia, we've also seen a nervous russia that's how many are describe being the sphere cuatmosphere cy in moscow. that fears that somehow russia could be struck from outside we're waiting it see how putin plays his cards today, how he tries to make any national pride in his speech today, phillip. >> we appreciate the update, thank you. turning now to least least d including children after a boat capsized

india's prime minister norendra modi offered col condolences to the families affected. turning now to our weather, rain is on the way for parts of the country. meteorologist angie lassman is here tracking potential flooding as the storms stick around good morning, angie. >> widespread areas across the country are expecting a whole lot of rain over the coming days let's take a look at some of the highest amounts we could see, those are mainly focussed down toward the gulf coast as texas in and louisiana. one to two inches is possible going into shreveport and little rock this is going to be a couple of rounds of rain really through thursday but we have the potential to see severe weather, some focussed toward the carolinas and into virginia as well as parts of the plains where we'll see the better potential for large hail. we we'

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gnew gold rush in california. a rush of rain is leaving behind a trail of treasure. >> reporter: it was the perfect storm, a winter of pounding rain and mountain snow. move earth and uncovering new riches long buried today in california it's a new gold rush. >> this year is a great year, because the water has moved so much material. easy gold i call it. >> reporter: we met this collection of hard core h hobbyists at placerville hardware the guys geared up >> let's go find some gold >> reporter: to hit a few hotspots but as we quickly learned, there's no easy money. how long will you spend m ine there? >> all day if you can.

>> reporter: lifting boulders in ice-cold streams just for a shot at the golden ticket, but these guys are pros. >> this is gold! >> reporter: after a little more digging and a few more finds it was time to move on. how much do you think we got >> i don't know. probably enough for dinner, maybe, gas >> reporter: i tried my hand on dry land huh in huh? this is the spot turns out i miscalculated, but the pros struck again. experts say you'd be hard-pressed trying to get rich from striking gold what's the one piece of advice that you tell people when searching for gold in >> don't give up until you find a piece of gold. >> reporter: and even if you don't strike it rich sometimes the real treasure is in the hunt >> you've got the gold fever >> so cool >> i don't know about doing it

for a living, but it does look like a fun hobby this national teacher appreciation week we are checking back in with a kansas teacher whose expression of gratitude was loved by many. this is ms. powell or ms. powell powell she went viral for her students gifting her a custom steelers jersey be sure to tune in later today where sheinelle jones will sit down with ms. powell powell about the sweet exchange and how much she loves it. that face and that reaction on this tiktok says it all. >> thanks to all the teachers out there who've made such a difference in our lives an wardn

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