president biden back in washington, and he's got eight days left to hammer out a deal

with house speaker kevin mccarthy florida policies under fire. why organizations are issuing travel advisories for the sunshine state blasting off into the final frontier inside the new crew paying their way to space on a private mission. it's that dreaded feeling when the weekend is over how to fight off those sunday scaries. it's monday, may 22nd. "early today" starts right now good monday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin this morning with another act of gun violence devastating in an american community. three people were killed after shots rang out at a kansas city nightclub in the early morning hours sunday the club is located in the middle of a residential area one witness told our kansas city affiliate that one of the victims was working at the lounge as a security guard police have not said whether anyone has been arrested detectives are asking anyone with information toe come forward. president biden returned to

washington late sunday night and will jump right back into negotiations with republicans as the june 1 deadline to avoid default rapidly approaches this comes amid renewed warnings from the treasury secretary on the consequences the u.s. faces if the debt ceiling is not raised nbc's peter alexander has the full story >> reporter: with the nation staring down a potentially catastrophic default just a week and a half away, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy agreeing to meet one-on-one at the white house. the president en route back from japan, calling mccarthy from aboard air force one the top republican describing the call as productive. >> he walked through some of the things he is still looking at, he is hearing from his members i walked through things i'm looking at. >> reporter: that tone markedly different from hours earlier when thehe two leaders were trading accusations. the president slamming house republicans for what he called extreme positions, and for ratcheteding up demands that he dismissed as unacceptable. >> it's time for republicans to

accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely, solely on their partisan terms. >> reporter: mccarthy arguing president biden isg on any progress to satisfy progressive democrats. >> it seems as though he want default more than he wants a deal. >> reporter: still, time is running out for a bipartisan agreement with treasury secretary janet yellen on "meet the press" reasserting that the june 1st deadline is unlikely to shift. >> i certainly haven't changed my assessment. so i think that that's a hard deadline >> reporter: the key sticking points remain the extent of spending cuts demanded by republicans, with the president saying he was open to some, but not severe cuts. and stricter work requirements for federal assistance programs like food stamps and medicaid. the president arguing should the u.s. default, both sides would share political blame. but he insists some maga republicans would try to capitalize on the crisis

>> and because i am president, and the president is responsible for everything, biden would take the blame. that's the one way to make sure biden is not reelected >> our thanks to peter for that report the naacp has issued a travel aisory for the state of florida. in the advisory released saturday, the civil rights group said that the state is hostile towards black americans. this warning for people of color comes as a response to what the organization described as, quote, aggressive attempts to erase black history from governor ron desantis. in january, desantis' administration blocked an ap african american studies course being offered in high schools, saying that its content is contrary to florida law. desantis also signed a bill last week that funds diversity, equity and inclusion programs at florida colleges other civil rights groups including the league of united latin american citizens and lgbtq group equality florida have also issued travel advisories for the state in response to recently signed

laws ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy made an unexpected and dangerous trip from ukraine to japan for the g7 summit this weekend. president biden and other world leaders rallied around the war-torn nation sunday, vowing to continue supporting ukraine in its fight against russia. >> towing with the entire g7, we have ukraine's back. and i promise we're not going anywhere >> president biden announced another $375 million in artillery, ammunition and armored vehicles this comes after the president announced at the summit friday that the united states would help in a joint international effort to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter aircrafts. . while president zelenskyy was shoring up that international support, it appears that ukraine's long stronghold along the eastern front, the city of bakhmut may have fallen to russian control nbc's claudio lavanga joins us

now. the city is symbolic from both sides. what do we know about where the fighting stands now? >> good morning, frances the leader of the wagner group on saturday said his troops completely conquered he announced that on telegram, a claim that seems to have been backed by russia's defense ministry as well as vladimir putin in a statement congratulated the troops for liberating the city. a claim that was denied by president zelenskyy in hiroshima in japan where as you mentioned he was attending the g7 summit, saying there are still ukrainian troops in the city but he also admitted a city so destroyed and devastated that it reminded him of what the city of hiroshima looked like in the aftermath of the atomic bomb attack by the u.s. in 1945 frances? >> ukraine is expected to launch a big counter-offensive. did zelenskyy give any clues than at the g7 >> well, while he was in japan,

he said he could not share any tactical views of ukraine's military but there is no doubt that as you mentioned, a decision by the u.s. to allow its weapon to provide f-16 is a major boost to ukraine and kyiv, a president hailed by president zelenskyy in japan as a historic decision ukraine has long since the start of the war asked for fighter jets to counteract the operations by the russia to protect its skies. so far the u.s. allies have not given to them because they were afraid that ukraine will attack russia in its own territory. but president biden during a press conference over the weekend said he received flat assurance by president zelenskyy that they will only use them to fight russians inside ukraine's territory. it would take months to train ukrainian pilots to fly f-16s. but once they receive them, that will be a major boost to its counter-offensive. >> claudio lavanga, thank you.

turning now to greece, where the prime minister's conservative party scored a major election victory on sunday prime minister tyre kyriakos called it a political earthquake but the new democracy party fell short of the majority needed to lead one-party government which sets the stage for a second election in the coming week. his party captured just over 40% of the votes the center left party led by the former prime minister alexis ciprios garnered 20% and the third part with less than 12%. in el salvador at least 12 people killed in a stampede at a soccer stadium in the nation's capital. now officials are trying to investigate if a wifi malfunction may have been part of the problem nbc's george solis has the latest >> reporter: joy devolving into despair in el salvador as a

soccer match turned deadly last night as a torrent of fans stormed an access gate today government officials denouncing the violence, including reports some spectators impeded rescue efforts. "the sporting celebration turned into a disgrace," said one official tonight authorities are still investigating what sparked the stampede that claimed at least 12 lives and injured close to 90 there was an avalanche and the gate was pushed down "many fans say they were sold fake tickets others saying there was an overselling of tickets on the black market," said another official the stadium, one of the largest in central america, transforming into a makeshift triage center among the injured hector rivas, rivas telling reporters he attended the quarterfinal matchup with his 14-year-old son. "my son was crushed by 20. i thought he was leaving me," rivas said some fans carrying the wounded to safety as loved ones were left to face the horrors el salvador's president promising an exhaustive investigation.

the country's soccer federation declaring a nationwide suspension of games. a country left lamenting a loss of sport and lives george solis, nbc news some of us are waking up to a wet monday morning nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is here tracking some storms that are developing in some parts of the country. good morning, michelle. >> good morning. it's great to see you. and yeah, we are tracking some stormy weather on monday this is going to stay in place on tuesday as well two spots. the southern plains, parts of oklahoma into texas, especially the panhandle. and the southeast we're looking at rain falling as well. we have a coastal low that is spinning off the coast there and that's bringing the chance of showers and also some storms. but first we are tracking persistent rain in the southeast. we saw that in spots over the weekend. then we're looking at strong storms possible across west texas, where you can see the darker colors. that's where we're expecting the heaviest rain. could be some flooding conditions as well this will stay in place on

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chamber to prep future crews for gravity on the moon. a meteorite that struck arkansas in 1930 has had quite the journey on earth maddie sexton with our affiliate in jonesboro, arkansas has that story for us >> if you've ever seen a shooting star, that's a meteor if it actually survives and hits the earth, that's a meteorite. >> reporter: let's rewind. 93 years ago, a meteorite was seen as it was falling right here in northeast arkansas >> and this particular meteorite, which fell in 1930 near the finch community is the second largest observed meteorite fall in north america. >> reporter: but the story doesn't stop there >> that had hit back in the 1930s and had a really strange trail of events that followed it and was no longer in green county >> it was sold to a local school teacher, i believe, who then sold it to a collector who in

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go out there and get better every single day i don't want somebody who just wants to do the bare minimum >> the idea an employer expects you to come in 100% on a monday morning, what do you make of that >> it is not about doing absolutely nothing i think it is about doing enough so that you and your team still are happy with your performance but you can also keep your mental health in check >> i think it's really beneficial not only for yourself, but you're going to be a better worker. >> reporter: the expert advice try to make sure your sunday includes something physical and fun. try to avoid planning big meetings or tests for first thing monday morning aaron gilcrest, nbc news, washington >> think for u i

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