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hitting the ceiling. a major week ahead for the president as he tries to hash out a deal with republicans to keep the economy from collapsing the grizzly star player benched after a video from social media lands him in trouble with his team. >> emotions were high at this game how a serviceman told off the ultimate surprise on his own kids it's monday, may 15th. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera. >> and hi, everyone. i'm jessica layton it is a critical week for the white house. title 42 has ended a potential debt default is inching closer all of as the 2024 election begins to take shape while that's happening in washington, d.c., president biden heads overseas to japan on wednesday for the g7 summit. a lot to get to. nbc's chris pollone is in washington, d.c. with more chris, germany so let's start with the debt ceiling negotiations, and how might the president's travel impact these negotiations? >> yeah, frances and jessica,

good morning to you. the president insists they won't. he caught up briefly with reporters yesterday in delaware, and the president insisted that he still plans to go to asia on wednesday. there is a meeting with congressional leaders scheduled to hammer out more details of this negotiation that meeting is probably going to take place on tuesday, but aides have been negotiating throughout the weekend for both republicans and the white house, and those negotiations are expected to continue, even while the president is in asia he's expected to get daily updates from them as to how the progress goes. now again, speaking with reporters yesterday in delaware during a brief bike ride in the afternoon, the president projected confidence >> well, i've learned a long time ago, and you know as well as i do, it never is good to characterize a negotiation in the middle of the negotiation. i remain optimistic, but i reallily the is a desire on their part as well as ours to

reach an immigrant i think we can do it. >> reporter: there are about two weeks left to go before this deadline the treasury says that as early as june 1, the nation could restaurant of money to pay off its past debts that it incurred so these negotiations are getting more and more important as time guess on >> and chris, on that front, this is all of course unfolding with the backdrop of the 2024 presidential election going on so how does that impact the negotiations >> reporter: well, obviously both the white house and congressional republicans want the get some sort of win that they can take to their voter, and neither side wants to take responsibility if the unthinkable happens and the nation does default on its debts. that would plunge the economy into a tailspin, potential job loss, and all kinds of financial problems for the american people so obviously neither side wants to get to that point and own it. as for declared and undeclared candidates, the president would prefer that the next ceiling

fight not happen until after the 2024 election, but former president donald trump said that he thinks republicans should hold out until the last minute to get the best deal they can and let the nation default, if necessary. >> all right, chris, thank you the city of buffalo marked the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at tops supermarket. the racially motivated massacre left ten people dead and wounded three others new york governor kathy hochul spoke at sunday's event. >> the white supremacists did not win on that day. racism did not win on the day. that the people of buffalo said that love will come out and be the winner on this day >> in february, the shooter was sentenced to life if prison without parole after pleading guilty to murder and other charges. the families of many of the victims have spent the last year pushing for the u.s. to enact stricter gun laws. in an op-ed on sunday, president biden honored the victims and called on both the federal and local governments to pass an assault weapons ban. and last year's buff le

shooting is one of the many incidents of gun violence in america that involved an ar-15 now according to an nbc news analysis of data, 12 of the deadliest mass shootings in the u.s. since 2006 featured the use of an ar-15 style weapon, while ten states in the u.s. as well as d.c. have enacted bans on semiautomatic rifle, gun rights advocates call them ineffective as well azn infringement on the constitutional right to bear arms despite the recent spate of mass shootings in the u.s., public opinion on weapons bans remains evenly split in february support for such bans slightly dropped. > e southern border, where crossings have plummeted since the end of title 42. the end of homeland security says the number has fallen by about 50% since the covid era restrictions were lifted some migrants in el paso told

nbc news that rumors spread quickly that the best time to arrive was before title 42 expired. now asylum seekers must make appointments on an app before entering and those who cross illegally could face criminal charges and be banned for five years president biden on sunday called for more help from congress. >> how you think things are going at the border, sir >> much better than you all expected >> are you confident that the numbers have peaked, that they'll continue to go down? >> they have gone down my hope is they'll continue to go down, but we have a lot more work to do, and we need some more help from the congress as well >> the rush of people who arrived last week is straining cities like new york, where the famous roosevelt hotel in midtown manhattan is being reopened as an emergency shelter. >> and it is important to remember why so many of these might grant families come to the u.s. many are running from extreme violence, poverty, hunger, and they are willing to make extremely dangerous journeys to

find a better future our jose diaz-balart spoke with the family about what they've been through at nearly 2 years old, medillani has experienced so much death, so much fear why leave? whatever he says goes. you can't survive with the money one make, even to have food. >> reporter: her mother travelled with her parents making the treacherous month-long journey from venezuela through jungles and mexico to the u.s. border. that journey, how would you describe it? tough. very difficult she said they lived in terror for most of it a lot of kidnappings fear of being kidnapped or worse. when they made it to the u.s. border, they turned themselves

in but the family was separated her husband will be deported she says she will join him porque why? because i came with my american dream with my husband. and if he is going to be deported, i'm going to hand myself in so i can go be with him. she will be leaving behind her daughter and granddaughter how are you going to say goodbye? god will give me the strength. at least i know that my granddaughter will have a better future here. and one day, one day we'll be able to see each other again >> jose, thank you for sharing that story the people of turkey on sunday went to the polls to cast their vote for president, but with the winner still yet to be declared, the country might find itself going back to the ballot

box sooner rather than later for more on this, we go to claudio lavanga. good morning where do things stand in turkey the morning after election day >> good morning, frances well, 99% of the votes now have been counted and it looks like none of the candidates have reached the 50% threshold needed to win outright the first round of elections so the two main rivals will have to face a runoff on may 28 they are the first of all is the current president erdogan, who has basically ruled over turkey for the past 20 years, first as a prime minister, and then as a president, becoming more and more authoritarian, especially after the 2016 failed coup attempt after which led to a crackdown of the opposition, of free speech and citizen rights and the other rifle, the leader of the opposition kemal kilicdaroglu who pledges to bring the democracy back to turkey and repair the economy which has been so battered by

inflation and devaluation, frances. >> i want to ask you, president erdogan has maintained his power for over two decades why is he seen as vulnerable in this race now? >> there are three main factors affecting the chances of erdogan being reelected. one is the voting from the young people who may want change after 20 years of saying the same leader the other is high inflation, which led to rising cost of living and the third one is the way that president erdogan managed the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that killed 50,000 people, at least in february at the border with syria and rendered so many others homeless he was very much criticized for his delayed response in the aftermath of that earthquake, frances. >> closely watching as you are well claudio, thank you we have a stormy monday ahead in some parts of the country. nbc's meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the latest for us michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you both. we're looking at some showers this morning some moderate to heavy rainfall

in some spots. it's all due to this area of low pressure this nearly stationary frontal boundary that is draped across the south. along the front we're going see some showers, storms the good news is we're not expecting severe weather like what we saw the past few days, but still could see a few gusty thunderstorms, especially in texas. and then tomorrow we're goiny we south. it will be warm too. temperatures climbing into the mid 80s with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. 84 in houston. all right, guys. we'll take a look at the week forecast in just a bit >> okay, see you then, thank you. powerful tropical storm mocha slammed into the coast of myanmar and bangladesh on monday at least five deaths have been reported in myanmar and hundreds have been hurt

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>> reporter: for years the city by the bay has served as the testing ground for a fleet of robotaxies from google's waymo and gm's cruise. driverless cars you hail with a touch of a button. but when things go wrong, they are a traffic nightmare and posing real roadblocks for first responders >> the autonomous vehicle came and blocked them >> reporter: fire chief jeanine nicholson says without a driver they often make the wrong choice around fire trucks. >> they stop in the middle of the street and turn emergency blinkers on any time they see flashing lights on an emergency vehicle. >> reporter: when the fire department is on a roll-out like this, if they can't get to a fire in time, every minute that goes by, the fire can double in size firefighters describe driverless cars rolling into fire scenes, running over hoses, even having to break wind shields to stop a vehicle. >> the technology is not ready for primetime. >> reporter: the director of transportation says 911 calls about robot cars have tripled in the last year. here's the thing >> we have no regulatory authority over them whatsoever. >> reporter: even though it is your city being affected.

>> that's right. it's our city and our streets, but the state of california has preempted municipal authority over autonomous vehicles unlike taxies or scooters. >> reporter: he has filed protests with state officials and says unlike other industries robot car companies share only limited data cruise did not respond to interview requests but waymo says robot drivers are on their way to being safer than humans after all, more than 42,000 americans died in vehicle accidents last year. >> we have very infrequent events that occur, but they do get a lot of attention >> reporter: they say three 911 calls a day about autonomous vehicles that doesn't sound infrequent i have to say. >> what i mean is relative to the number of miles that we drive and relative to the number of emergency vehicle contacts that we face on a day-to-day basis. >> reporter: waymo's chief safety officer says every mile of the millions driven in california and arizona teaches the whole fleet new skills and the company is expanding service here l.a. is next >> we hope to increase the

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nbc's jose diaz-balart has the roundup. >> this is a moment robert and sophia hernandez will never forget we're going put a blurry photograph of an ace's player on the board and you guys are going to help them out here they are at a reno ace's minor league game, thinking they're just guessing different players on the billboard >> that's my dad >> what's that >> that's my dad >> that's their dad, captain brian hernandez of the nevada national guard standing in the dugout >> where is he wow! [ applause ] >> the family reunited after brian's 11-month deployment in romania. there were other special moments honoring our nation's heroes >> how are you doing, buddy? >> family, friends, and total strangers packed the bismarck

airport in north dakota, cheering for veterans returning home from an honor flight to washington, d.c. >> i never expected anything like this. this is too much >> in ohio, an emotional farewell for retiring deer park police chief michael schlee. >> is retiring from his position as chief of police. >> after 32 years of service, michael received a surprise last call while on duty from his kids jean and ben. >> thank you for being a role model, a leader, and most importantly mix, daddy i love you so much. >> michael overwhelmed with emotion. but this is the moment that really inspired us that's hannah hutsly walking a mile for the first time in almost six years after an accident that left her paralyzed and being told she would never walk again

hannah made it her goal to complete the last leg of this race in austin, texas. hannah calling this one of the best days of her life. >> the moment of crossing the finish line, i had to earn it. even right now i'm brought right back to it, and i'm so full of joy. i can just feel it overflowing it was incredible, incredible. i'll be living that moment for the rest of my life. >> our thanks to jose diaz-balart for that report. as if we're not already full, right? >> i was jus

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