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now. today, friday, may 19th, 2023, breaking news, on hold. negotiations put on pause. why republicans stormed out of today's meeting on capitol hill. desperate search. rescue crews shifting through the rubble of a construction site that burned to the ground in north carolina. the dramatic new video and what we're learning about the people that are missing. going bust. police nationwide racing to try and stamp out illegal casinos. how the mexican cartel is raking in millions from behind bars on illegal gambling. airing grievances. how you can reduce stress and anxiety one deep breath at a time. excited to get that one on a friday. >> really need that deep breath. we'll start with that breaking news out of washington, d.c. where talks to avoid a potentially disastrous default appear to have hit a roadblock. >> they left a closed door

meeting saying talks have been paused and unsure when they will resume. >> some people are willing to have reasonable conversations about how you can actually move forward and do the right thing, then we're not going to sit here and talk first. >> time is rapidly running out. the treasury secretary says a deal needs to be reached by june 1st in order to prevent a default. >> right now president biden is in japan staying on top of these negotiations happening here at home. the president is meeting with top u.s. allies during the first day of the g7 summit. nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli traveling with the president in hiroshima, japan. mike, great to have you. this morning the white house said it was optimistic about debt negotiations, but just a few hours later republicans said, nope, talks have stalled. they don't want to talk to themselves. where do things stand right now. >> reporter: you know, vicky, sometimes you do see these kind of abrupt swings in complex negotiations, but it's nonetheless very concerning given the stakes involved and how little time you have until that potential default, so what

seems to have happened, the white house team of negotiators went up to capitol hill today after some promising rounds of talks thursday and they left rather quickly. you heard congressman garrett graves, the steve negotiator in the talks accusing the white house of being unreasonable. a white house spokesman responding saying we still think a deal can be reached if both sides negotiate in good faith and also realize that neither side is going to get everything that they want. another white house official speaking to the fact that this speaks to potential issues with republicans' whip count. how the factions within the party are problematic for speaker mccarthy. there will have to be a lot of democrats support this and that reinforces some of the issues democrats have been raising about negotiations of late so now the chief question is how long is this pause, and this is where the intercontinental negotiations issue really emerges. it's very early in the morning saturday. it will be sometime before president biden can get an update on where talks stand and whether he can reach out to the republican leadership and try to

get them back on track. >> while we have you we have to talk about the g7 summit and highly anticipated visit by ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy expected to pete with g7 leaders. right now are all the allies on the same page when it comes to condemning russia? what's it look like? >> yes, zinhle, it certainly seems so in yet another strong statement of unity from the g7 leaders after one of their working sessions friday, they pledged to continue their military, their financial, their humanitarian support for ukraine and its ongoing efforts to repel russia's invasion and saw a significant round of new sanctions coming from the g7 leaders trying to tighten the screws on the efforts by russia to evade already existing sanctions but also starve them of the technology of the materials they need to reconstitute their military arsenal. a more significant announcement somewhat unexpected president biden telling the other g7 leaders he'll willing to participate in training ukrainian pilots on these more advanced f-16 fighter jets. now, the question here is, just

how soon do those jets get supplied to ukraine? which countries supply them and how many do they provide? those are still questions to be resolved down the road. >> much needed support for ukraine. mike, thank you. well, this afternoon we are expecting a federal judge to issue a new ruling on the case involving the air national guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents. 21-year-old jack teixeira is facing charges under the espionage act. he's not yet entered a plea and the judge said he will decide today whether teixeira has to stay behind bars before his trial or if he can go home and be released in the meantime. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian has been following it from the beginning. ken, there are also new court filings, right, that show -- confirming a disturbing video published by "the washington post" involving teixeira. walk us through what it shows and how could that play into today's hearing? >> reporter: yeah, vicky, the video is horrific and it shows

teixeira uttering racial slurs and then turning and firing an assault rifle in what he calls a mag dump. emptying it of ammunition and the prosecution is pointing to this as evidence that this is not some naive young man who well intended, who didn't mean for these documents to get out to the broader public. what they're says here is this guy was hiding his true character. that he's a bad guy, that he's a racist and extremist and fascinated with weapons and mass shootings. his lawyers on the other hand argue that he's an understanding member of the community and they want him to be released to his father's house with no access to the internet or weapons, but prosecutors say he's a flight risk and they worry that foreign governments, foreign adversaries will try to help him flee because he knows things about classified information and has been willing to share them so we'll have to wait to see what the judge does. >> you told us yesterday about the multiple red flags

concerning teixeira's actions leading up to his arrest including those three memos that were written about his suspicious behavior while he was actually on the job. are there talks about reforms within the pentagon on how to prevent something like this from happening ever again? >> reporter: oh, yes, absolutely. people are shocked by this, and the question is whether this is just reflective of some bad management at this one particular base or whether this is a systemic problem, because, you know, what we talked about yesterday is that there were three occasions where he was observed acting suspiciously with classified information such that it was written up in memos but yet nothing was done about it. his access was not withdrawn and he was able to continue leaking, so big problem and, you know, two commanders have been suspended and this intelligence unit has been taken offline but there is kind of a feeling that some reforms need to happen inside the military, vicky. >> and ken, thank you as always. today in new york loved ones are saying good-bye to the man whose death on a new york city

subway train ignited calls for justice. it's been nearly three weeks since 30-year-old jordan neely was put in a deadly chokehold and protests have erupted ever since. today hundreds packed funeral service, among those attending congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and reverend al sharpton. rehema ellis was at the funeral in manhattan. rehema, i know you've been there all day. what was the scene like and how is neely being remembered? >> reporter: it was really a solemn moment for people who came out here to remember jordan neely, the 30-year-old man who was homeless, often known to people on the suckway as a michael jackson impersonator and tragic irony here. this particular church on adam clayton powell boulevard, this pastor, pastor johnny green was the same pastor who led the funeral today and he also presided over the funeral of jordan neely's mother, who was murdered back in 2007 when he

was just a teenager. those close to neely said that after his mother's death, his mental health really declined. and many people here were talking a lot about the fact that he died too young, too soon, unnecessarily, that he had promise and was just a question of whether someone was able to get to him to help him realize how much he could have done. zinhle. >> rehema, it strikes me, the city said they were aware about his challenges with mental health. they were aware that he was unhoused and yet this still happened. i know we heard from reverend al sharpton. what did he say? >> reporter: one of the things he said was he wanted people to think about how significant and pervasive mental illness is in this country. he said he suspects that every american family probably has a member or knows someone who is also suffering from mental illness and as a result of that he wondered why with it being so pervasive there's not more compassion to help people. take a listen.

>> people keep criminalizing people that need help, they don't need abuse. they need help. in your name, we're going to change services in this city. jordan, you didn't die for nothing. what they meant for bad we'll make good. we're about to have a new city, and new city services. >> reporter: so one of the things when they say no justice, no peace, they're not simply talking about the criminal justice procedure playing out. folks are talking about justice in terms of providing services for people who are mentally ill. >> yeah, really important services too, rehema ellis, thank you for that. well, turning now to our cnbc "money minute" teens can take uber rides by themselves. how about a scoop of dr. pepper ice cream? >> morgan brennan joins us with cnbc's "money minute." >> well, i have the scoop, guys.

okay, for the first time uber is lifting age restrictions to allow some minors to take unaccompanied rides. teens aged 13 to 17 can sign up for their own uber accounts but it must be linked to a parent or guardian's account. uber drivers will be able to opt out of the program if they wish. jeff bezos' blue origin won a key nasa contract worth billions of dollars. the billionaire's space company will have a goal of delivering astronauts to the surface of the moon and his company expected to foot more than half the bill. two companies are teaming up to bring consumers a brand-new frozen treat. dr. pepper is teaming up with blue bell creameries to create a dr. pepper float ice cream, the flavor with vanilla ice cream and dr. pepper flavored sherbet will be available at stores

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they have the painstaking task of looking through this massive debris field looking for more answers. right now we have not received any update as of yet. we know at least one person injured. two people still unaccounted for but according to our local affiliate here in charlotte, wcnc they spoke with the family of demonte sherrill and they say that he was inside the construction zone at the time when the fire broke out, and sadly he called his fiancee pleading for help. he actually was on facebook live and streaming the events live as well. so it's just heartbreaking to know that he was trapped when the smoke and the flames engulfed him. behind me as i mentioned this is just a massive debris field. a lot of cleanup ahead. we're told that the fire at the peak of the fire got to 2,000 degrees, and, vicky, this started around 9:00 a.m. yesterday morning and then by 10:00 a.m. in roughly an hour this became a five-alarm fire, which is extremely rare.

that doesn't happen very often. that is a highest basic classic for a fire so that required roughly 90 firefighters on site to knock down those flames. 15 workers were rescued. they were leaning on other departments. other jurisdictions. for help. also, witnesses on the ground here, they talked about just how hot the flame is. in fact, there is a garage nearby. we saw some cars, just the bumper of these cars warped. they flames got so intense, people were driving near the area and they say they saw the smoke and the flames, several miles away from where we are right now but still so many questions as to what exactly happened here yesterday that may have sparked this massive blaze. vicky. >> all right, kathy park in north carolina for us, kathy, thank you. the husband of a bride killed in an alleged drunk driving crash just hours after their wedding is now suing the

driver. you may remember this tragic story out of south carolina. both the husband and wife were struck while riding in a golf cart not long after saying "i do," the surviving husband is suing the bars that served the driver before she got behind the wheel. jamie komoroski has not yet entered a plea. we're joined by danny cevallos to discuss the case. danny, notably the driver says she only had two drinks that night and yet law enforcement is saying her blood alcohol content and level was more than three times the legal limit. so how do you prove this? what does liability look like? >> i practiced dui defense law and almost every client will tell you i had two drinks that nights. that seems to be the standard. a blood alcohol reading can be faulty, it can be subject to attack. you might get some high readings as a result of an accident but if the testing was done perform, then that's probably going to be admissible and even if it wasn't in some states you could just

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it started this morning outside of the courthouse and supporters of keita o'neil showing their support. all of that happening this morning. cameras were not allowed in the courtroom for that conference park but was there to give a statement expressing her disappointment and hurt in this decision. you looking at video ahead of the court proceedings. a judge just made a ruling which is followed by an emotional outburst in the courtroom from one of the supporters. district of -- and martha district attorney dropped the charges against the officer who shot and killed keita o'neil in 2017. they had to decide whether or not he would press charges. but in a response the office said they are declining to

pursue a case because the charges could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. it reports how he reached for his waistband. there is reports that the officers believed it was necessary to shoot him in self- defense. this is something his aunt does not believe. >> at the highest level that manipulated us. he doesn't care. i want to see what evidence that he used to justify dismissing this case. >> this decision puts an end to a long legal back-and-forth. the case and the investigation in the future could be reopened.

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smoke and unhealthy air is moving into the united states. air quality alerts have been issued across several states including nebraska, washington, montana, wisconsin and wyoming. people are advised to be extra cautious when outside and avoid prolonged exposure to smoke. the canadian fires have burned over 1800 square miles. seven people killed and throw others hurt in western oregon yesterday. the crash involved two semi trucks and a van that appears to have been crushed between them. the accident happened on i-5 about 70 miles south of portland. the cause is now under investigation. and take a look at this scene at the san diego airport. david is about to meet his older sister janice, a sister he didn't know he had for 50 years. jiang nis was adopted before he was born and spent 30 years looking for her birth family and found a match on a genealogist website. now the two are connecting meeting in person earlier this week. >> aww. we want to turn to the

growing concerns about the health of california senator dianne feinstein. the 89-year-old returned to capitol hill last week following a three-month absence after she came down with shingles. but now her office says she has suffered complications and her illness was far worse than previously known. congressional correspondent julie tsirkin joins us now. what kind of health complications are we talking about and what's the reaction on capitol hill to feinstein's return? >> reporter: yeah, remember, she's been out for over three months before she came back a few weeks ago battling shingles and complications from that. we just learned from her office that she did experience some other complications that includes encephalitis which is swelling of the brain that could happen after shingles, and also includes ramsay hunt syndrome which is why you see in the photos on your screen half of her face is drooping a little bit more than the other. that's an effect of ramsay hunt. her office says now both of those things she is getting over but i got to tell you the

support in the senate particularly both on the republican side of the aisle and with her democratic colleagues has been fierce. they've been standing in support of senator feinstein, senator kennedy, a republican, on the judiciary committee that serves with her, for example, defending her yesterday saying it makes him sad to see folks saying she should resign, for example, something we heard from congressman ro khanna when he raised eyebrows and said obviously there are political reasons behind all of this too. she said she's retiring. there's already multiple democratic candidates ready to primary and take her seat, they hope so gavin newsom would have to replace her according to california rules if she was to resign early and that's not something we're told he wants to wade into and get in the middle of. she did speak at the judiciary business meeting yesterday where she really did sound much like her old self. she was talking and giving examples of all the work she's done in her 30 years in the senate so all of this really coming together as she continues to suffer those complications

and, by the way, missing four votes since she's been back. >> julie, thank you so much. well, disney world is getting smaller after all. the entertainment giant announced it is putting the plug on a $1 billion expansion in florida. it comes amid a bitter feud with the state's republican governor ron desantis who is expected to announce a presidential bid next week. gabe gutierrez is following this for us. so, gabe, first off, is this decision about business, or is really about this ongoing feud with desantis? >> reporter: well, zinhle, could be a little of both. now, it is true that there have been some tough economic conditions, that certainly disney has had to consider and leadership changes. ceo bob iger again once again taking the reins of the company not long ago, and this office

complex is a billion dollar office development that had been announced years ago pushed back. in eight letter to its employees a disney executive says that, quote, we have decided not to move forward with construction of the campus. it was not an easy decision to make, but i believe it was the right one. and so, zinhle, this comes, if you look at the context here, just a week after ceo bob iger in a call with shareholders said that future investment could be in jeopardy, of course, as this ongoing battle between governor desantis and disney all coming after the company opposed what critics dubbed the don't say gay law this year and appears to be continuing even after or into when governor desantis makes his presidential announcement. that's expected to come next week, and, zinhle, this is all the more ironic as governor desantis said a few days ago because he and his wife were actually married at walt disney world back in 2009, and now here we are. >> wow, would have never guessed that one. gabe gutierrez, thank you. now to an organized crime

racket police say is becoming more prevalent and lucrative across the country. illegal gambling dens are showing up in residential neighborhoods and commercial areas and they have authorities scrambling to shut them down. nbc news correspondent and stay tuned anchor gadi schwartz has this story for us. >> reporter: when you think gambling dens you might think underground blackjack, but, no, this all seems to be centered around an arcade game known at fish game that a bunch of people just sit around and basically shoot virtual fish swimming around for a chance to win money. like an electronic game you might see in vegas except people are doing meth and fentanyl at the table and preys on people who are basically addicted to drugs and gambling and it's bringing massive profits to a california prison gang. an early morning show of force as police set out to take down a

growing problem, illegal gambling dens that they say are hiding in plain sight. they're actually six different s.w.a.t. teams like this, and they're going to be hitting different locations simultaneously. how prevalent are these illegal casino dens? >> casino dens are very prevalent. they're hubs for narcotic sales, narcotic users. >> come out with your hands up. >> reporter: they're talking to a woman right here that they've already pulled out from the locate, and she's telling them there are two people inside. waiting to see what happens. actually he's coming out right now with his hands up. they make several arrests and say they find an illegal gambling den running behind the main house. at the same time officers are raiding five other locations close by. police say these underground dens are big business, pulling in tens of thousands of dollars a week. in los angeles the ultimate beneficiary is the mexican mafia, a syndicate that oversees latino gangs, run entirely behind prison walls, the organization is notorious for dealing in drug trafficking, gambling, prostitution, even murder. the money they generate through

the illegal gambling dens fund these criminal endeavors. >> the mexican mafia has realized, wow, these are very lucrative. you can make a lot of money doing this. the mafia will take that money and turn it into other lucrative criminal activities. >> reporter: after a short drive we get to a strip mall. all right. this location looks like it's next to a convenience store, a laundry mat, and they've got six people against the wall here. this is really interesting, this would be the front checkout when you look inside. those are the different gambling tables. is that a schedule right there of who's working the door? >> yeah, looks like either who's working the door or security. >> are they putting their gang affiliation on the wall on the schedule? >> exactly. >> reporter: street gangs are allowed to operate these illegal gambling dens because of an agreement brokered by the gangs and only because they kick a percentage of their earnings up to the mexican mafia. >> think about mcdonald's.

the franchisee can open up a store anywhere, and those people pay a fee to the mexican mafia. >> reporter: now, the dens are usually centered around an odd-looking arcade table with controls known as fish game. the players pay for bullets which they use to shoot at things like fish and dragons, and the more they hit, the more money they win. >> so right now you can hear that sound. that is the officers cracking open the different machines. you've got all the different cash receptors there. officers say illegal gambling dens like this one have no shortage of customers and are very rarely closed down for food. >> how soon do you think it be before this is up and running again? >> a matter of weeks, if not months. >> hard question, is there any stopping it? >> with harsher penalties, and keeping the pressure on, we can definitely stop it. >> reporter: do you think that's happening? >> this is a start, this is a start. >> yeah, gadi, you pressed him there so what actually happens after those raids? he said weeks or months about of they pop up again. >> reporter: yeah, pretty quickly after those tables are

seized they are destroyed under illegal gambling laws that date back to the days of al capone but because those tables are so easy to make and because they can bring in anywhere between $10,000 and $30,000 a week, it seems to very much have become like a game of cat and mouse or a game of whac-a-mole here between these new locations and police. so this is not just happening in pomona but all across southern california, vicky. >> thank you for bringing that to us. be sure to watch him tonight on "stay tuned now" airing at 8:00 p.m. eastern on nbc news now. amazon employees will begin to move into their new virginia headquarters, hq2 and it will feature state-of-the-art climate friendly features too. diana olick joins us from met park in virginia with an exclusive preview. hey, diana. >> reporter: hey, zinhle. yeah, these buildings will run with zero operational carbon

emissions and will be powered by 100% renewal energy from a nearby solar farm. that's just the beginning. i sat down with amazon sustainability chief for an exclusive interview on both the building and return to office. >> i think it's incredibly important to talk about where we're testing and trialing things to send demand signals to the market that these are products and services that we want. >> reporter: and the message resonate as cross 2 million square feet of sustainable space at hq2. >> this is mass timber. >> reporter: from the ceiling to the floor which was provided by carbon cure, a clean cement company backed by amazon's climate pledge fund. there are 3,000 tinted glass windows for cooling and a light that tells workers when is a good time to open those windows. the building is also using special cooling technology that helps save about 7.5 million

gallons of water per year. >> more than needed to fill the lincoln reflecting pool. >> reporter: there is a rooftop vegetable garden to serve the surrounding community and plenty of amenities for the 8,000 workers who she says will be here three days a week by the end of the summer. >> we're still committed to the hiring goals we set out so we'll continue on that path really over the next decade and i think, you know, our policy at amazon is three days a week in the office so it's flexible. >> reporter: as for the second phase of hq2 offices that was recently delayed, she wouldn't give a time frame but said they are in the preconstruction phase, still going ahead with it and still committed to it. she added that as for the 8,000 workers coming here this summer, that's actually ahead of the plan. originally they thought they'd have just 5,000. >> fascinating reporting. what are amenities that will make workers feel better? i know you said that 8,000

number there. >> reporter: amazing amount of things, not only dog parks outside which you could see are behind me but have dog parks in the building on higher up terraces so employees can bring their pets to work. there's a child care facility right nearby. they also have all kinds of different workspaces so you have your traditional desks and communal work spaces and couches everywhere. i passed a big room with a bunch of pool tables. it does look like it will be a very worker-friendly place to be. >> yeah, the future of work is definitely changing, diana, thank you so much. coming up, how you can calm yourself down instantly even if you're in theiddle of m

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health, 20% of adults, one in four americans have a diagnosed mental health disorder and breath work is the most accessible, safe powerful mental health medicine we have. we all breathe. right? so it's just a matter of learning to use the breath to help ourselves in our healing, both our individual healing and our collective healing. >> of course, we don't want to just talk about it but be about it. do us the honor of leading us through. >> yes, we'll do a really simple one-minute breath. this can be done, you know, any age, kids can do it. adults can do it. >> people at home can do it along with us. >> it's nice to put a hand on the heart maybe both hands on your heart. this is just already soothing, it's to just feel that connection to your own body. so it's called a box breath because we're making the shape of a box, breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth, breathing in, one, two, three,

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