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today, monday, may 22nd, day in court. the man accused of murdering four idaho university students faces a judge. this as new details emerge about the case, including a suspicious amazon purchase. the sitdown. president biden meeting with speaker mccarthy, trying to hammer out a debt limit deal. the signs of progress coming out of the high-stakes negotiations. jumping in. south carolina senator tim scott becomes the latest republican to run for president. how the current front-runner, former president trump, is reacting. and minor traffic. the new feature uber is testing that would allow teens to catch a ride alone. a lot of stories to get to. thank you for being with us on this monday. we begin this hour in idaho where the man accused of murdering four university students was just arraigned. >> he stayed silent and the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. it has been six months since

four friends had their lives cut short. >> ethan chapin, xana kernodle, kaylee goncalves, and madison mogen. >> walk us through what happened today in court. >> reporter: well, kate, the hearing today lasted for some 15 minutes, and an nbc producer who was inside the courtroom said bryan kohberger is suspected of murdering four university of idaho college students. he was stoic when he walked into the courtroom. he answered a series of basic questions. he was asked if he had received a copy of the grand jury indictment. he said, yes. he was asked if he understood the charges against him. he said yes, answering those questions according to this producer forcefully, but when he was asked to answer a plea, he stood silent. his lawyer explaining to the judge that he would be standing silent.

the judge then entering that not guilty plea on all counts for bryan kohberger, effectively triggering a series of events. there's a trial date now, october 2nd. legal experts that i have been talking to say that that is not a lot of time for both sides to get ready for trial. it also triggers -- gives the prosecution 60 days to declare whether or not the prosecution intends to pursue the death penalty in this case, which legal experts tell me they see as likely. >> and erin, i understand we're also getting new information about exactly what kohberger was allegedly doing in the weeks and months before the murders, including a suspicious amazon purchase. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. our colleagues at "dateline" nbc reporting that according to a source with knowledge of the investigation, bryan kohberger purchased a k-bar knife and sheathe on amazon.com in the

months leading up to the murders which is significant because that is the kind of knife that the prosecution has identified as being the murder weapon. now the murder weapon, it must be said, has yet to be found. we've also according to a source with knowledge of the investigation per "dateline" nbc is speaking to some of the kohberger family members. a source saying that they had expressed concern over christmas about some of the odd behavior that bryan kohberger had displayed prior to his arrest, even at one point searching that now-infamous white hyundai elantra. nbc "dateline" reached out to a lawyer for the family, and they declined to comment. >> erin, thanks. turning now to washington, negotiations are under way to avoid a potentially disastrous default on america's debts. president biden will meet with

house speaker kevin mccarthy at the white house this meeting. they're trying to hash out last-minute agreement. the two talked sunday in what the president called a productive conversation. the treasury secretary said monday on "meet the press," if congress does not act, the u.s. will be unable to pay all of its bills by early june and possibly june 1st. capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles is in washington for us, and ryan, are negotiators hopeful a deal can be reached by that important deadline, june 1st, and that it can actually pass through congress in the next ten days? >> reporter: that's a good question, and we see signs of progress here. officials meeting with the speaker mccarthy's office, and we heard from speaker mccarthy multiple times and he did make it clear he's concerned about spending. he is very insistent that any debt ceiling legislation that passes must be accompanied with steep spending cuts and that seems to be where there is an

impasse between the white house and the speaker's office, and it's coming to that number that both sides feel comfortable. perhaps that happens as soon as this evening. the president and the speaker set to meet one-on-one for the first time in several weeks. speaker mccarthy saying it is possible he walks out of that meeting with deal, and they can then begin the process of the legislative text that will serve as the exit ramp to get this crisis over with, but at this point, still no deal. both sides are talking, but we're not there yet. >> still no deal, ryan, and i would be remiss not to mention that some progressives in congress are actually proposing that biden actually bypass them and raise the debt limit by himself using the 14th amendment, but for our viewers who may not be as familiar, can you just walk us through exactly what the 14th amendment allows for, and sit something the white house actually would do? >> reporter: well, they're certainly not taking it off the table, and they want to have at their disposal every single piece of leverage they can possibly have, and putting the 14th amendment in their back

pocket which depending on which legal analyst you talk to gives the administration the executive branch, at least some level of unilateral ability to raise or take out debt on behalf of the country to pay off its bills. this is something that would be hashed out in the courts. it's not the option that anyone involved in these conversations prefer, and that includes the treasury secretary janet yellen, but it is something that the white house is warning house republicans that if they're not willing to come to the table and negotiate, they may be willing to implement, and that would essentially make these negotiations that much more difficult. could have a very negative impact on the market. so it is a kind of break glass in case of emergency option that the white house truly does not want to use, but they're certainly keeping it open as an option because every piece of leverage is important during these negotiations. >> absolutely. the clock is ticking. ryan nobles, thanks. let's move to decision 2024. senator tim scott, the republican from south carolina

making his presidential ambitions public today. >> i'm announcing today that i am running for president of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] >> senator scott is the latest republican to formally launch a 2024 campaign with more looking to join the race in the coming days. recent polls though are still dominated by former president donald trump. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is in north charleston, south carolina for us. ali, what's behind senator scott's decision to get in the race now? who else are we expecting to formally announce in the coming days? >> reporter: well, look, kate. this is according to plan for the scott campaign. he's spent the last few weeks frankly since the winter touring the country, going to all the states that presidential could-be candidates tend to go to. every event he does here teases the idea he could be a

presidential candidate. now of course, he's made it official saying that he's entering this race, and you're right. he does so in a week that's going to be pretty consequential for the rest of this field. our sources tell us that florida governor ron desantis is expected to enter the race at some point this week. that adds at least two new names officially to the list, though i've talked to several sources with a few other could-be campaigns and they're thinking about jumping in. if not this week, then at least in the coming weeks. in large part because there is a view that you have to be in before june, before the start of the summer. if you look at senator tim scott's message though, kate, he is someone who was offering an optimistic conservative message while also taking on the biden administration, trying to contrast himself not from his fellow field of republicans, but from the administration and from the man he hopes to ultimately go one-on-one with. it's partly why we saw john thune, the number two republican on the senate side come down here to charleston and actually endorse his fellow senator, but it could end up that this hopeful message is not the one

the electorate's looking at. here's thune's reaction when i asked him about that. watch. >> i thought that was a powerful message both in terms of delivery and substance, but articulated a real vision for the future of the country, which is different in tone and temperament than a lot of the other candidates who are running. >> than trump specifically. >> i think he's a positive voice. he's optimistic. he's hopeful, and i think people are ready for that. >> reporter: so you're seeing there thune saying what he thinks the selling point of a scott candidacy is. i will tell you, kate, just anecdotally, i talked to people who were attending this event today. many of them have known tim scott for awhile, and they like him because they know him. now is his chance to introduce himself to the first time to the american voting public. he's doing that on the ground with events. he's going to iowa and new hampshire later this week, but he's also got a lot of air cover. the campaign is already up with a big $6 million tv and radio ad buy. that's going to help scott keep reintroducing himself even when

he's not campaigning on the ground. >> a lee, thank you so much. in financial news, meta slapped with a data privacy hit, and uber is put on leave. meta over the transfer of eu user day to the us, and the data protection commission that overseas the operations told the company to suspend, quote, any future personal transfer of personal data to the u.s. meta said it would appeal the decision and the fine. uber has suspended its head of diversity after complaints following an employee event titled "don't call me karen." the company's dei head was placed on leave after employees complained the event was insensitive to people of color. and a guitar used by curt cobain has sold for nearly

$600,000. the guitar was smashed on stage, and signed by members of the band. nirvana is some of the most collectible of any rock band. they fetched, like, sech times more than the action house had anticipated. >> oh, wow. at $600,000? >> $600,000. >> i thought it was -- >> $680,000. >> i thought it would be more. >> talking to a musician right here. >> it's curt cobain's right? i thought it would be millions. >> it's true. i mean, he was the face of an era, the '90s grunge era. it's kind of incredible to thinks the been almost 30 years since he passed away. >> i can't believe that. i remember where i was that day. >> morgan brennan, thank you. >> thanks. coming up, how three western states are working together to keep the colorado river from running dry. plus, how the suspect accused of killing a man on a new york city subway is publicly defending his a (vo) when youou live withth moderato sevevere crohn''s diseasase or u ulcerative e colitis, y yoy can be fulull of

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welcome back. the young marine veteran charged with killing a black man on a new york city subway is speaking out. some may find the video in this report disturbing. daniel penny who is white is charged with the chokehold death of jordan neely who is black. it sparked protests across the city, and penny is now speaking in an exclusive interview with the "new york post" denying it

had anything to do with race. emilie ikeda is with us. >> reporter: ranging from his time in the military, his upbringing, travels, he mentioned the college course he's taking online. on that day of the incident, he was traveling by subway train into manhattan from school to the gym, and he didn't provide many details when it comes to the moments leading up to the confrontation itself, but he did say if he were presented with similar circumstances, a similar situation, he would take action again. some other notable quotes we have for you, this had nothing to do with race. he told the "new york post," i judge a person based on their character. i'm not a white supremacist, describing himself as a normal guy. jordan neely as we covered was laid to rest on friday, and penny was presented with the question of, what would you like to say to neely's family? he said, i'm deeply saddened by the loss of life. it's tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us. neely's killing as we mentioned,

prompting protests over crime over so-called vigilanteism, and homelessness and the response to it. >> and this is notable because we've only heard from his lawyers at this point. i wonder though how is jordan neely's family reacting to this interview, and what's next for his case, penny? >> the neely family attorney described the interview as an advertisement to soften the public's view of penny. they were demanding -- they want to know why he didn't let go of the chokehold sooner. in term of what's next in this case, the d.a. has about six months to secure a grand jury indictment of penny who will be given the option -- the opportunity to testify if the defense chooses so, but legal experts say that might be a room if this reaches trial. >> thanks so much for that. a family in albany, new york is filing a lawsuit after their 6-year-old son was allegedly abused by his teacher. the teacher's accused of grabbing the boy by the throat and putting him in a closet.

our albany affiliate has more. >> reporter: these two photos show one of the cuts a 6-year-old boy suffered after alleged abuse by a teacher at school. the child's family is now suing kip albany charter schools, and the teacher, francine ruffin. the student is frightened by the incident. >> my kid is now in counseling and scared to go back to school. >> reporter: in the lawsuit, the 6-year-old is listed as p.s. it claims p.s. was standing in line for the bathroom while other students were bullying p.s., and he asked them to stop. that's when ruffin allegedly grabbed p.s. by his wrist and neck, and her nails penetrated his skin. ruffin then allegedly picked up p.s. by his neck and arms until his feet were off the floor, and then put him in a closet. the lawsuit claims ruffin has

put other students in closets. attorneys say p.s. told the principal what happened. >> the principal didn't believe itit. that samee teacher was still let with the child, and then essentially just gave him a band-aid to cover up the laceration that he had. >> reporter: smalls also says the child's mom did not get any sort of notice from the school. she found out what happened when her son came home and told her. >> at first, the mom didn't really believe him not to say that he was fabricafabricating, because of how egregious it was. >> reporter: smalls says mom went to the school the next day with police. ruffin was arrested by albany police just days after the alleged incident. the arrest report details a very similar narrative to the lawsuit. it states ruffin placed her hands around p.s.'s throat, applied pressure, causing him not to be able to breathe. >> tessa reporting for us.

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daily." an 8-year-old girl is dead and her 4-year-old brother is missing after they were swept away sunday in the california river. the siblings were with their mother and her friend when the current carried them away. neither child was wearing a life jacket. activists protesting climate change climbed into rome's iconic trevi fountain. as the water turned black, the group held up banners protesting italy's investment in fossil fuels. after about 20 minutes, police waded into the water and carried the demonstrators away. chemical use as both a fertilizer and chemical was missing. according to federal records, the shipment of ammonia nitrate disappeared from wyoming to california last month. the company transporting the chemical said they believe the chemical leaked out through the bottom gate on the rail car. ukraine says the battle over the eastern city of bakhmut is not over although russian forces

say they have captured the city. ukrainian officials say they're still fighting on the outskirts of town. volodymyr zelenskyy appeared at the g7 summit in japan and secured an additional $375 million in u.s. military aid. nbc foreign correspondent molly hunter joins us now from kharkiv. let's start with the battle for bakhmut. it's one of the bloodiest battles of this war, right? what's the latest on the ground. why are there so many differences in terms of what's happening? >> reporter: yeah, kate. one of the bloodiest, really the deadliest battle that's been going on for nine months. the real military casualty count on both sides, kate, we really don't know. both governments that keep that as a closely guarded secret, but the numbers are in the tens of thousands. just to bring you up to speed, it's a lot of fog of war, and on saturday, the russian oligarch who heads up the russian mercenary group, the wagner group, his fighters have been on the front line for russia.

they claimed total control of the city. sunday, putin congratulated russian troops according to russian state tv, and what's happening is ukrainian state officials are not saying they control the city center. they're saying there's fighting on the outskirts. they're saying the battle for the suburbs that encircle this city the still going. bakhmut has not been strategic. it was not strategic nine months ago, but ukrainian officials have long said really the reason, one of the key strategic reasons they are fighting is to tie russian troops up so they can plan that counteroffensive potentially elsewhere. >> not only did ukraine get more money, we mentioned from the united states, but president biden also said he supports joint training of ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter jets. do we know when that could begin and what is russia saying about that? >> reporter: we don't. it's interesting. we were speaking with the former minister of defense in kyiv the other day, kate, and he suggested that they were going to come a lot sooner than we might actually think.

he suggested they could come kind of within months maybe, not a full year, but we do not have the details about who is exactly going to supply those. they are in short supply, american-made f-16s, but we heard an immediate comment from the deputy foreign minister in moscow who called it a colossal risk, and it's one of the reasons the u.s. has not jumped on board earlier, and the president has been asking for these f-16s for more than a year. >> yeah. i know you've talked about it before. i want to quickly ask, molly, about the situation at ukraine's largest power plant which is currently occupied by russia. we've talked about it earlier. power was restored early today after a massive outage there. what happened? >> reporter: yeah. the headline according to the ukrainian nuclear -- state nuclear company is that it is back on. they were able to repair it. now russia really blames the state nuclear company for shutting off the power. they say it was caused by russian shelling. we certainly should know kind of

more in the next 24 hours the headline though for ukrainians is that it is back on, and it is safe according to the iaea. >> molly hunter for us. thank you so much. in mexico at least ten people are dead and nine others wounded after gunmen ambushed a group of drivers at a road race event. the bloodshed happening in baja california. cartel violence has plagued this mexican state in recent years. nbc news correspondent valerie castro has been joining us, and joins us now. valerie? >> reporter: this happened at an all-terrain car-racing show. the gunfire erupting in the early afternoon leaving participants stunned. the search is on for a group of gunmen suspected of killing at least ten people in baja california saturday afternoon. the sound of continuous gunfire filling the air at what was supposed to be a peaceful car event. [ speaking non-english ]

>> translator: what happened here yesterday, it surprised us all. i thought this was a peaceful place, but now i realize it's not. >> reporter: according to mexican state police, a group of men with guns hopped out of a gray van on saturday afternoon and opened fire at the people at the car show. the suspects fled the scene and now the mayor of the mexican city has commissioned a special task force to investigate the massacre. the citizens left petrified. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: this shooting really impacted us. when i heard the gunfire, i felt paralyzed. >> reporter: the city has recorded 26 cases of homicide through april this year, far fewer than the nearby city of tijuana which has 598 homicides according to the mexican government. urging americans to not travel to baja, and warning of violence between rival cartel factions.

the organizer apologizing with condolences to the families of the victims and writing on their instagram, quote, we're as baffled as all of you and we have nothing to do with what happened. the investigation into who is responsible continues. the identities of the victims haven't been released. >> valerie castro, thanks so much. a historic deal in the southwest where states have been battling it out over water supply from the colorado river. three key states, arizona, california, and nevada have now agreed to conserve at least 3 million acres feet of water by 2026. what does that mean? that's roughly the amount it would take to fill 6 million olympic-sized swimming pools. dana griffin joins us now. before we get into the agreement, can we go for a little context here? can you explain why these negotiations over water were so important? >> reporter: absolutely, kate, and i know it sounds like a lot of math, but those numbers are

important because essentially together the seven states not only california, nevada, and california, but the upper basin states that include utah, wyoming,hewere at a point of reaching a critically low level for the colorado river because back in the '20s, you know, this agreement was developed so all of these states could take enough water in order to live off of, to power things, but because of the severe drought, climate change, and also an increasing population here out west, the colorado river as you can see there reached some of the lowest levels we have ever seen which prompted this water crisis, and even the federal government had talks about stepping in to make a decision, and possibly restrict some of that water flow. they said, we've got to come up with a deal. they have been going back and forth for months to no avail, but they have a deal that will help them save about 3 million acre feet of water through 2026, and so it kind of temporarily puts them at a good point for

now, kate. >> so how do you save that much water? what do we know about how the agreement will work? >> reporter: well, that's the big question, you know, here in california we know the governor has done water restrictions where you can't water your lawn. we know that some of the agricultural industry has decided they're going to try to cut back. it sounds like there are still talks as to how this is going to work and exactly how much each state is going to help save, but this is a deal and also, kate, there's a little bit of -- of -- what's the word here? they have been incentivized so to speak because the federal government has agreed to pay up to $1.2 billion if these three states conserve water. so they're going to figure out a way hopefully soon so that we can save as much water as possible, and this isn't the end, you know, this only saves us through 2026, but we know that some of these states are going to have to start

discussions on how they're going to conserve beyond 2026, and kate, those discussions start next month. >> i feel like 2026 is right around the corner. dana griffin on that for us. dana, thank you. los angeles is struggling with a growing number of offices no one is using. the amount of empty office space is now more than 60% above pre-pandemic levels and continuing to rise. cnbc's senior real estate correspondent joins us with a closer look. this is so fascinating the way we work obviously that has dra matically changed since covid. what about the number of office spaces right now? >> reporter: it's so interesting. we talk so much about manhattan, but l.a. has bigger problems. the office vacancy rate in l.a. soared to 22.5% in the first quarter of this year compared to 17% of manhattan. this represents 50 million square feet of empty offices as you said. about 60% more than pre-pandemic levels and the office leasing is also really low, and what is

being leased is not being used. average occupancy in l.a. and their offices is 49%, and that's slightly lower than the national average. of course, we did see big defaults in buildings in l.a., and you saw that distress in the market. it's also that you see west l.a. because it has media and tech as opposed to downtown which has finance and law. the ones with the biggest exposure here are realty and hudson pacific, and they're all down. the first two about 30%. 25% to 30%, and the third down about 50%. so those are rough if you are upholding those stocks. >> yeah. i mean, diana, what's being done to get renters for these vacant office spaces, and also how long could it take to get the market turned around here? >> well, it's really difficult especially in l.a. because you have a commuter problem and you have a bigger crime problem

whereas in other cities where you have better mass transit, you don't really have that as much for downtown l.a. for people coming in from so much faraway places and the traffic issue is tough. the modern buildings are getting leased up and the older buildings are really struggling. >> all right. cnbc's diana olick, thank you so much. uber plans to allow kids as young as 13 to ride in cars

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guardian's account. the kid can request the ride, but it would be on the guardian's account with the credit card and the adult would be able to track the ride in realtime, and communicate with the driver, and a big part of the reason for this is, you know, parents are taxed with driving their kids to school, and meet their friends. a lot of trips parents are making these days and uber is launching this in metropolitan areas in new york and atlanta, and also rural areas like kansas city, missouri, and tucson, as. they're testing it out in areas of all kinds where there are no public transit options and kids need to get to the activities. >> parents have been talking about this for years, right? because of what you said. we have to get our kids places. >> carpools. >> there's the safety issue. what is uber doing to make sure you put your 13-year-old in a car and there's going to be a background check on that drive? >> criminal background checks on the drivers. only the most seasoned drivers

who have hundreds of rides and consistently positive reviews. there will be a pin that the kid has to give the driver to get into the car, and this is important. an encrypted audio recording of the ride that no one has access to unless the parents and/or police make a request to uber later. they can see what happened in that ride, and then use that to answer any questions that might come up, guys. this is a new feature. uber says they've done a lot of work to make it safe. >> fascinating. thank you. >> thank you. well, we're going to turn now to a warning about hackers and the one thing they want from you most. it's not your social security number, birth date, but your social media account. >> social media credentials have grown very valuable apparently to thieves, especially those used for small businesses. reporter lexi sutter with our -- lexi suitor with our chicago station explains. >> i didn't even like gnomes. i made one and i thought it was so cute. >> reporter: it's not just liv who thought these were cute.

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>> unfortunately this year we can say this is not a blip. this is happening like wildfire. >> reporter: the identity theft resource center says last year it heard from more than 1,800 consumers who had their social media accounts hacked, and from their research, thieves are getting smarter about their approaches. thieves are not exploiting, like, technical vulnerabilivuln. they're not hacking into the system so to speak. they're hacking our brains. manipulating you, the user into giing them the info they need like the password or two-factor authentication code, and once they lose their account, getting it back is rare. >> the social media companies are not allocating enough resources to help their users. >> reporter: case in point, liv tried to contact facebookk for months to try to get crafty girl creations back. since she's paid facebook for ads over the years, she thought she was a customer and there would be customer service

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