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a community in texas united in mourning. a surprise move for gun legislation sends emotions flying in the texas state capital. a reality check for a tiktoker who posted dangerous misinformation about a series of unrelated murders. and maybe wehe was blinded the lights it's tuesday, may 9, "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. there's no other place to begin than this allen t, texas we lean more about the eight people killed there a 3-year-old boy, james cho, was killed along with his parents seen here. the only surviving member of his family is his 6-year-old brother william, now an orphan also killed, sisters sophia and daniella mendoza, they're

described as rays of sunshine. their mother remains in critical condition. >> the suspected gunman was killed by police and has been named as plaur mauricio garcia. he also posted about his struggles with mental health authorities say he opened fire with a ar-style rifle at an outlet mall. two senior law enforcement officials confirm to nbc news they'r they're investigating the massacre as racist extremism >> after the vote, many family members ofs of the yuvalde the r victims cheered and cried. many of these families had been advocating for distributor gun laws ever since the massacre at

robb elementary nearly a year ago. they rallied and held a press conference >> at the end of every day, i'm just a mom who wants my daughter back and a mom who doesn't want another mom to know my pain. >> the bill still faces an uphill battle to becoming law in texas. and the governor has said it would not be constitutional. a man accused of killing eight people and injuring at least ten others in texas has been arrested. george alvarez was charged with eight counts of manslaughter, ten counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving after police say he ran a red light and plowed into a large group of people outside a migrant center. they have not ruled out the possibility that the incident was intentional. police say mr. alvarez has not been cooperating with verts. po

with investigators the justice department charged a woman who stormed the capitol on january 6 with four misdemeanor counts she was identified and reported to the fbi last week by a former romantic partner the ex-, who asked not to be named was able to identify her after be shown a tweet from the fbi by a friend. the tweet, which featured pictures of her sporting a pink beret had gone viral she could not be reached for comment. as of monday she was not in custody but a warrant was issued for her arrest of president biden prepares for a face-off with congressional leaders over the looming debt limit deadline janet yellen says lawmakers have until early june to stop america from defaulting. but a critical bill is stalled in congress. brian chung has more on what a default could mean for americans. >> the debt ceiling concerns the amount we owe as a nation. and here's how much the u.s.

treasury has issued in debts and congress sets limits, aka ceilings on the accumulations of this debt. the current ceiling is $31 trillion, which we've already blown through. it's important to note that the debt creel doesn't address how much we spend or where we spend. it's a cap on how much we're able to cover on bills we've already racked up. the treasury says we can probably only keep the lights on through june 1st after that we might be unable to pay the bills, at which point we might have to start choosing where we can keep the money flowing, that means social security, mid care, food stamps might be at risk the u.s. takes pride in credit worthiness because we have historically paid our bills on time our credit rating could fall if we don't as a benchmark for borrowing costs this could make it more expensive for all of us to get

credit for things like houses or cars and the ultimate concern kwob def wou would be default where the government misses payments. so higher interest rates, more ratings downgrades, more government program cuts. and none of this has happened before because congress has moved to raise or suspend the debt ceiling in the last 7time 78 tis we've faced that today a jury will decide the fate of former president trump in a civil rape case against him. the case came to an end without trump testifying here's laura jarret with more on the story. >> reporter: a final chance to seal their case. lawyers for e. jean carroll and donald trump facing off in closing arguments. armed with the former president's deposition, carroll's attorney told the jury mr. trump has a playbook for

sexual assault, spelled out in the "access hollywood" tape where he talks about stars grabbing women as something that happens. >> unfortunately or fortunately many. >> reporter: who would say fortunately, her attorney argued he thinks stars like him can get away with it the former columnist has accused him of raping her in the 1990s, which he denies. but carroll's attorney argued this was not a he said-she said, pointing to two friends who testified carroll told them about the alleged assault at the time the attorney suggested carroll was his type, because he mistook this feet over carroll for his ex-wife marla maples the former president's lawyer told the jury they want you to hate him enough to ignore the facts. t tacopina argued she has not acted traumatized, posing with a

trump look alike while the jury has heard a lot about donald trump, he never came this person, leaving an opening 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, back 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 former housekeeper to suffer a fall he was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife and one of his sons russia is spendings spendiny mashing the marking the anniversary of one war while it continues to

escalate another russia is threatened with economic retaliation by the rest of europe. for more on this, we go to chapman bell, and explain the significance of russia's latest moves in this conflict >> good morning, frances today marks the annual victory day in russia, commemorating the soviets' contribution to defeating nazi germany in world war ii and normally a day that vladimir putin sees as very significant on his calendar, one that he uses to highlight modern moscow's military might and a day to build up national pride but today we're expected to see muted celebrations across the country. some significantly scale scaledk others even canceled there's been intense fighting around bakhmut, but they've been unable to capture the strategic town, and the u.s. assessment

that in the last five months alone russia's lost around 20,000 s 20,000 soldiers with around 80,000 injured very significant, this as we're expected to see a counter offensive by ukraine in the coming weeks, and that be led by new western military hardware and weaponry one that could see them try to regain some of this land russia has takenfrom them and where we're expected to see, you know, russia's continued bombardment of certain areas they've upped their air attacks around the country around two-thirds of the country was under an air raid siren this morning, including the capital kyiv we'll have to see how president putin plays his cards today in what is expected to be muted celebrations with not much to celebrate about. >> watching his narrative come out of russia's victory day as

they call it thank you. turning now to india where at least 22 people, including children, are dead after a double-decker tourist boat capsized officials say the boat was carrying over 30 passengers. crews were expecting to recover more bodies from inside the boat india's prime minister norendra modi offered condolences to the families affected. the coast guard is leading efforts to find those still missing. rain dumping several inches across different parts of the country. angie is tracking it for us. >> we have another day of potential severe weather 5 million people included with this as well as out east towards north carolina and virginia where we'll have that potential for some of this hail to develop into the afternoon and evening hours. notice baseball-sized hail is possible, that's two inch. we also have extending a little south and east to places like tulsa. watch that into the afternoon

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take off for the travel season, the biden administration is rolling out a plan for pass passengers >> reporter: the white house plan calls for compensating passengers with cash, meal and hotel vouchers when de-halays o cancellations are the airlines' fault, not weather righted >> american travelers deserve matter >> reporter: the proposed rule comes after last summer's travel chaos, when 20% of flights were delayed. >> it's stressful. it's a lot of money that you don't get refunded >> reporter: then southwest airlines' mega meltdown over the winter break >> there's no rental cars, no hotels >> reporter: each airlines'

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donald stirs is president of the westminster kennel club. >> it's definitely on the list this could be our new home >> i kept an open mind and i am so happy. it's actually very beautiful, spacious, easy to get into and out of >> real ily missile, open air, lot of breeze, a lot of place for people to walk around and get to know the dogs >> reporter: audiences enjoyed an agility competition that featured mixed breeds, acknowledging it needs to evolve from a showcase just for pure breeds >> everyone can access that's how we're moving forward. >> reporter: judging featured hounds, toys, non-sporting and turd herding groups herding groups >> it's important to stay calm >> a lot of the fascinating and cuteness that happens is behind the scenes, what we just saw,

versus what's actually on the show in the competition. >> i'm fascinated not only by the dogs but the owners. can't help but think of the movie "best in show. >> jennifer coolidge, yeah massachusetts on monday morning almost a dozen baby ducklings were reunited with their mother after nearly washing away in a storm drain. luckily, the mother's duck's frantic quacking caught the attention of a nearby commuter and firefighters were able to fish out all 11 from the drain the rescue was all caught on camera, and the family was able to waddle away through a nearby field. >> that's the way to do it right there. in action. they're heros even

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