the battle for reproductive rights heats up in north carolina as republican lawmakers defy the governor's veto on abortion a big win for lgbtq rights in missouri. officials lift an emergency ban limiting health care for trans minors why money matters even to millionaires an online debate about splitting

everything 50/50 and the results are in did your state make the list of best places to live? it's wednesday may 17 "early today" starts right now glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. we are now just 15 days away from the country defaulting on its debt white house and congressional leaders projected a rare optimistic tone during this second meeting to avoid an economic crisis. we go to brie jackson in washington good morning was there any progress made yesterday? >> reporter: there was some. the window is narrowing for the u.s. to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a default and economic catastrophe. treasury secretary janet yellen reiterated the june 1st deadline on monday. with that in mind, president joe biden sat down with congressional leaders for their second meeting in two weeks

while house speaker mccarthy didn't voice much hope in the leadup to the meeting, the parties did emerge from the white house all stressing the importance of making a deal and aver averting a default >> it is possible to get a deal by the end week it's not that difficult to get to an agreement. >> there were honest and real discussions about differences that we have oon n a whole vari of issues but it was respectful. >> they know we're not going to default. they know it, we know it and we're running out of time. >> and they praised the appointment of senior administration officials to directly negotiate on the issue. steve ricchetti and shirlanda young will take the lead in the process. the two side reese s remain far.

>> i have noir qanother questior you. the concerns over the june 1st deadline have been amplified because of president biden planning on going overseas how do you think that's going to affect his involvement in these talks? >> reporter: president biden is set to leave today for japan to attend the g-7 summit, but the president announced yesterday that he's cutting part of his trip short, postponing his planned travel to australia and papua, new guinea and instead will return to the u.s. on sunday in order to continue negotiations over the debt ceiling. phillip? >> brie jackson for us, thank you, brie. we have learned much more about that deadly shootingy sho sl sho shocked farmington, new mexico the shooter has been identified as 18-year-old bo wilson

he fired into cars and homes seemingly at random. a survivor tells nbc news, the bullet pierced the wall of her 1-year-old daughter's bedroom as she and her baby ran for cover >> it went from pop, pop, pop. to pop pop pop pop pop pop and i freaked out, because i knew then that it was gunshots, and i just grabbed my daughter we just barricaded in between the washer and the drier >> three people were killed in the rampage, including 97-year-old gwendolyn scofield and her daughter melody, who was a preschool teacher, also a mother of five and a retired school nurse she'd been married for 57 years. police say the gunman was shot and killed within five minutes arriving on scene. two officers were injured but are in stable condition. investigators are working to find a possible motive a republican super majority in north carolina has defied the governor, overriding roy

cooper's veto of a 12 week abortion ban the new law includes exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother but listen to the doctor who protested the vote, describing telling a mother that her pregnancy was life threatening >> either they can drive to virginia, or they can sit in our hospital until they are so sick they're about to die and we can take care of them. and that is a horrible experience for that woman, her family, the physicians and the nurses taking care of her. >> north carolina's house speaker, tim moore, said this bill puts north carolina's abortion law in line with most of the rest of the free world. in a rare moment of relief for the trans community, the attorney general of missouri has abruptly withdrawn an emergency rule that banned transgender health care for minors and some adults republican andrew bailey has not said why he revoked the order. the missouri independent reports that the aclu missouri did sue to block bailey's emergency rule it would have restricted gender-affirming surgery for

adults, not just those under 18. advocates speaking to the independent said they'd been preparing to move out of state because of the measure former president trump's use of a classic disco hit has resulted in a cease and sist letter karen willis, the manager for the village people sent the letter to trump's attorney joe tacopina willis argued that the use of the song caused confusion because people mistook the cover band for the actual artists. the music of the village people has been a staple at trump events over the years. the band has previously said they had no problem with the former president using their song ukraine is claiming a victory in the skies after their air force says they've stopped an attack on kyiv, shooting down all 18 russian missiles fired at the capital, including six hypersonic and supposedly indestructible kinzhal missiles. let's go to chapman bell

what are the russians saying about ukraine's boasts >> reporter: good morning, frances. russia of course saying that this is incorrect, saying that they never launche launched sid missiles so they could not have shot six of them down. they say the launch of air and sea missiles were a success and all targets were hit and even that a patriot antiaircraft missile system was hit by a missile in kyiv. they're saying that russia does not even need an army to conquer the whole world. so they're saying this is a war of words however, the reuters news agency citing two u.s. officials that the patriot missile system in question likely suffered some damage, but it does not appear to be destroyed. and this is in line with ukrainians saying that there has

been some damage from missiles shot out of the air landing on the ground one thing we can confirm, is yesterday the head of the wagner group saying that an american had been killed in the intense fighting around that town of bakhmut in the eastern part of the country. now we now can confirm that nick maimer, a former green beret, was killed in that area this coming from his aunt confirming his death. and local newspaper had quoted him recently saying that he was there training ukrainians to repel this russian attack and using his skill. he dmot he could not sit back and watch human beings killed in thi this u way. the ukrainians say they have been able to reclaim seven square miles in this region. of course balk mutskhmut has be

a focal point for both sides, not so much a strategic victory but a boost to morale for either side, because it's been such a scene of both sides' intense fighting as well as pr machine, frances. >> closely watching if that momentum will continue or if there will be a step back with retaliation. chapman, thank you days after making landfall, tropical cyclone mocha has left a trail of destruction in myanmar. reuters is reporting that hundreds are feared dead after the storm struck the country, including a number of rohingya muslims, a persecuted minority group. reuters was not able to independently verify the death toll mocha was the most severe storm to hit myanmar since 2008 when a sigh cyclone killed nearly 140,000 people >> let's check in with bill karins who's here with our forecast >> we did see severe weather yesterday but no tornados. that was fantastic news. we did have a lot of wind damage

reports, there will be cleanup today. all the little blue dots from north georgia, numerous ones in areas of kentucky, tennessee, virginia, north carolina that's all over with no more severe weather out there. we do have a little line of storms exiting the outer banks, but those are even gone now. now we get a little break. later on this afternoon we'll pop additional storms. we have one little area from amarillo northwards, right where that stationary front is going to sit, that's where it will pop up additional pop up storms, isolated severe weather, maybe small hail, not the possibility of too many tornados today and then as we head into like the afternoon and evening hours we'll also be watching areas in the middle of the country, especially northern portions of texas, arkansas and also oklahoma that's the ae 50s, that's

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this, there's always this, like gorilla on your back that is like, you [ bleep ], you better work, [ bleep ]. >> reporter: union opening up on a bloomberg original series. >> i get nervous, like oh, my god, that movie didn't open, what does that mean? am i going to have enough to hold everybody up? and everyone's like, it's coming like calm down >> reporter: all of it clearly hitting a nerve online union's comments going viral, as a lot of people talk about how they handle their money and how couples handle cash. >> nouhou >> now, how can you live paycheck to paycheck when you split 50/50. >> people don't like to talk about money, couples especially. and having that money talk with your partner is one of the most important things can you do if your financial life and financial security for both of

you. >> reporter: these days about 29% of marriages are something described as egalitarian, according to a new study which means both partners contribute about half of what they make back in 1972, it was just 11%. the generation most likely to have separate accounts millennials. 69% of them report having at least some cash in separate places >> there may be couples that decide to split 50/50. but there's also couples who say hey, we're going to look at our household income, how much we each contributed to that number as it's combined, and then we're going to split our finances based on that. >> reporter: money can be one of the biggest flash points in a relationship, with 64% of couples saying they're financially incompatible with their partners that's not the case for alexandra hayes robinson and her husband. >> money has never been a touchy subject for s. >> reporter: so how do they do it she said they decided long ago to split the bills based on how much each of them made, the one

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well at entire department. >> they leave their life every day to help us when people in law enforcement, fire, ems, people don't get it there is not enough thank yous in the world to show how grateful i am to this man. >> our thanks for sharing that story. there's nothing more frightening than that, seeing your little kid not being able to breathe, and on top of that, being a nurse and normally qualified. >> that's who you would turn to to save a life but couldn't otherwise do it. >> that helpless, helpless feeling to watch, right there at the right time if you are looking for a change of scenery, we have the 150 best places to live in the entire country this year, green bay, wisconsin was named the best city to live. the home of the packers scored high in both quality of life and affordability. huntsville, alabama came in at number two top ten had north carolina's two biggest metro areas, plus two

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