president biden lands in japan carrying the load of the debt crisis with him, as negotiations back home remain up

in the air tragedy at the southern border, an 8-year-old girl dies while in custody of border patrol, making it the first fatality in several years. looking on the sunny side, egg prices take a dip, and prices are hard to beat. plus, sending out an sos a group of hikers saved thanks to an iphone feature it's thursday, may 18. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera just two weeks remain before the earliest-projected deadline for the u.s. to default on its debt obligations. with the white house and congress no closer to a deal, some members of congress are urging the president to take actions into his own hands we go to brie jackson. june 1st will be here before you know it, what's the latest now >> reporter: the clock is certainly ticking. before leaving for japan president biden continued to push the tone from tuesday's

meeting about the debt ceiling, that all parties involved understood the urgency of this issue. take a listen. >> i'm confident that we'll get the agreement on the budget that america will not default we're going to come together because there's no alternative to do the right thing for the country. >> reporter: as the country inches closer to the precipice of a catastrophic default, it remains to be seen when the white house and democrats may reach a deal with speaker, house speaker kevin mccarthy and the house gop. now one major sticking point in the negotiations is a proponent of the republican debt ceiling plan passed through the house last month the proposal would impose stronger work requirements for people on welfare programs, including snap and medicaid. president biden signaled that he's open to implement ago few work requirements, he's not willing to accept any that would impact medical health needs of people >> i want to ask you, there are

many democrats who would like biden to circumvent these negotiations all together, so what actions are they pushing for him to take? >> reporter: that's right. in a work in progress letter several senate democrats interest requesting that the president invoke the 14th amendment which would allow hi to lift the debt ceiling on his own without congressional authorization. in the letter the senators say they recognize the importance of preventing a default but add that they cannot allow the destructive republican budget to be implemented despite this push from lawmakers, biden has been hesitant to put the use of the 14th amendment on the table. treasury secretary janet yellen even said invoking it could spark a constitutional crisis. frances? >> just waiting for the president when he comes back early from his trip abroad on sunday brie, thank you. today, vice president kamala harris will take part in a virtual briefing to provide updates on the biden administration's ongoing efforts to prevent a default

the increased role for harris in this process comes as president biden travels to japan for the g-7 summit the vice president was also in attendance tuesday during president biden's meeting with congressional leaders on the issue. we have some breaking news on the humanitarian crisis at the southern border. officials confirmed overnight that an 8-year-old girl has died while in border patrol custody they say she was being held with her family in texas where she experienced a medical emergency. the girl was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. the office of professional responsibility is investigating what happened. according to the l.a. times, this is the first time a child has died in border custody since 2019 abortion rights are on the line in south carolina it's one of the last-remaining states in the south where the procedure is legal currently, abortions can be performed there up until 22 weeks of pregnancy this new bill that must pass in the senate would ban abortions after around six weeks, before most women even know they're

pregnant many the state's governor has indicated he would sign it. this would leave virginia as the last state in the region where women would have unrestricted access to abortions. on tuesday, north carolina's legislature voted to override the governor's veto after 12-week abortion ban allowing it to become law. a new assault weapons ban if illinois will stay in place for now. the supreme court has declined to block the law which bans firearms like the ar-15 rifle with large capacity magazines. gun rights advocates sued. but the law will stay in effect while the legal battle plays out. this comes after people were killed at a parade in high land park more than 70 rounds were fired from a rooftop using a rifle sim

floor a. >> re lar to an a ar-15 here to break the g-7 summit down for us is josh letterman. what can we expect over the next few days >> reporter: well, phillip, as we speak, president biden is on marine one, making his way to the summit site. but before heading to the summit, he had a chance this morning to spend some time with u.s. military troops stationed at a marine corps air base in japan. and that really speaks to a large part of why president biden is making this trip and what these g-7 countries are focussed on, these industrialized democracies like the u.s., the uk, germany, japan and italy, really working to coordinate their efforts to be a bulwark against aggression from two countries who will not be at this summit, russia and china. they will be trying to get on the same page when it comes to

pushing back on president putin's war in ukraine, discussing the possibility of additional sanctions on russia for its invasion of ukraine. but they will also be discussing the broader indo-pacific region and how these countries can really become a better economic, technological and military counter weight to what they say is the threat of growing influence and domination by china in the broader region. president biden will also take a few minutes during his stop in japan to meet on the sidelines of the summit with the leader of australia, who he was supposed to visit in his home country of australia, but president biden had to cancel that meeting and that trip to instead return to washington to deal with the debt ceiling crisis, so he will instead meet with the australians for a few minutes while he's in japan. >> as we had mentioned, this meeting is held in hiroshima how this infamous setting going to shape these discussions? >> reporter: it's a hugely-symbolic setting to be

holding this g-7 summit in the site where the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb during world war ii as it tried to end that war in 1945, but it will also be full of symbolism as the united kingdom and japan will be signing something they call the hiroshima accord aiming to bring japan and the uk closer together on technological cooperation and also in terms of their armed forces as they work to push back against china as well, phillip >> josh letterman with the update for us u t up update for us. the ecuadorian president invoked a measure ending his presidency in six months he was facing accusations of embezzlement before he took office he has denied the charges. this is the second time the opposition tried to remove him from office. the future of the country will

now be left up to the voters the calendar says we are on the verge of summer, but the temperatures in the northeast right now say otherwise. nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann is tracking that for us good morning, michelle >> good morning to you both. it's a cold start. you need the winter coat as you head out today starting out with temperatures at or below freezing in so many spots. 37 million americans waking up to freeze warnings or frost advisory where you sigh theee the hot pia freeze advisory. 36 in albany and temperatures in the mid-40s in philadelphia. as we go throughout this afternoon, temperatures well below normal for this time in new york city. 8 degrees below average. just in the low 6 0s washington d.c. we're looking at 70 degrees, six degrees below

average. 72 in philadelphia, but we're goe 80s and 90s in some spots. also tracking the chance for storms all right, cool in the northeast, tracking heat out west we'll do that in just a few minutes. >> okay, thank you, michelle after the break, we'll tell you if the pain at the pump has eased in thehe past t year >> andnd why e egg-nation n is ststarting to crack. egg-nations starting to o crack. as part ofof your famimily's laundry roroutine. it t tackles impmpurities withouout leavingg irritatating resididue for r a clean that's s gentle on n skin. alall™ free e clear. the e number onene doctor recommended brand for sensitive skin. when it t comes to y your hai, ingrededients matttter. ththat's whyhy herbal esesses is packedd

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>> reporter: after an eye-popping rise in egg prices earlier in the year, humpty-dumpty is now having a great fall the average retail price for a dozen eggs now at now at 3$3.2. supply and demand now tilting in favor of the consumers the deadly bird bflu now startig to get under control sick birds lid to low supply in december, the time when the demand is highest. in the u.s., there were about 308-m 308-million laying hens. the profits grew more than 700% in the last quarter. profits ruffled feathers on capitol hill with democrats like senator elizabeth warren and katie porter accusing them of

price gouging. cal main's response, we don't set prices but the hen population is growing again, moving back up to 314 million in march so supply's back in order. all while demand wanes >> we're post a week after mother's day, moving into memorial day which comes into your grilling season >> reporter: with the holidays over and school about to break, the peak time for baking and eating breakfast at home is fading which could all lead to deals at the grocery store >> my guess is another several percentage points down, closer to $2.99 or a 2.75 situation >> thanks to brian for that report >> and not just eggs getting cheaper, filling up the gas tank should be cheaper. prices are down nearly a dollar. the average price is about $3.53. down from when it was $4.47 a

gallon and less than last june's record of 5$5.02 a gallon our atlanta affiliate explains our next story. >> people won't be able to buy bushels. but they'll be able to buy a peck of peaches. >> reporter: pickings are slim the up and down weather left their trees bare >> this has been an unusual year we had a pretty hard freeze at christmas. we had about a month early bloom here, because it got so warm in february >> reporter: and then another freeze in march, eccles could only find one peach on this tree that means prices are going up >> the last freeze really hammered just about everything we had we're in pretty good shape on a few varieties but not really good overall probably somewhere around the 90% keel like most of georgia

is >> reporter: this is this isechw a high kill. >> it's worst crop i've ever seen >> reporter: the economic impact will hurt the industry tremendously, especially the farmers and h2a visa workers >> it's about a $45 million impact if you expect a $100,000 salary for a year and you get two freezes and that salary's knocked down to, you know, 50, it has a big impact. >> reporter: they lean on the carolinas, but the carolinas are also struggling. if grocery stores want peaches they have to rely on california. >> we're cutting corners in our orchards where we can. >> thanks to theresa bowles for that report. still ahead here on "early today," we know the bears, what kind of happiness is the actor

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