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announcement on twitter. ebony alert. black women and girls make up 35% of missing women reports what some lawmakers are doing to curb this tragic trend she was simply the best. the world mourning the loss of music icon tina turner >> and if you're one of the millions of americans hitting the road this weekend, we've got the toys to keep those tantrums at bay in the back seat. it's thursday, may 25th. "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. as negotiations on raising the debt ceiling contie, fitch ratings placed the u.s.' aaa rating on rating watch negative on wednesday not an official downgrade but a warning that the agency could take that action fitch cited the partisan fighting in washington as a major reason for issuing that warning. during the 2011 debt crisis,

poors did downgrade the u.s. even after negotiations reached an agreement the race for the white house heats up as ron desantis officially threw his hat in the ring for the gop nomination. the florida governor releasing his first campaign ad, after a glitch-plagued twitter live stream with ceo elon musk. gabe gutierrez has more on the unconventional launch. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis announcing his run for president in this new ad >> we need the courage to lead and the strength to win. i'm ron desantis, and i'm running for president to lead our great american comeback. >> reporter: but his new campaign also hitting a major technical snag, with so many listeners tuning in for an audio announcement on twitter spaces with elon musk that it appeared to crash the site. >> sorry about that. we've got so many people here that i think we are, we are kind of melting the servers >> reporter: desantis now seen as republican frontrunner former

president trump's toughest opponent five years ago, trump's endorsement critical to desantis' victory in his run for governor, he even touted it in this campaign ad with his kids >> make america great again. >> reporter: but the relationship souring afterer his landslide e reelectionon win >> we mumust rejeject the cultlf losing that has infected our party in recent years. >> reporter: new details about how a pro-desantis super pac plans to do it, a staggering $200 million operating budget that includes hiring more than 2600 field organizers by labor day. but desantis still trails trump by more than 25 points in many polls. now in the state both men call home, a scramble for gop primary voters we met trump supporter monique pope, an attorney and mother of two. >> i believe president trump is the man that can bring us across the finish line. >> reporter: while desantis backer, robert salvador told us

he moved his construction software business from illinois to florida because the governor released covid restrictions early. >> everyone was yelling at him across the world to shut down. >> reporter: the trump campaign is seizing on the technical glitches of this announcement. one adviser telling me that governor desantis is just not ready to be president and that quote, this is embarrassing. meanwhile, a desantis campaign official says that the strength of his candidacy broke the internet back to you. >> gabe, thank you today president biden is set to potentially make history with his pick for the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff biden is expected to nominate air force general cq brown jr. for the position of the top military officer he is a fighter pilot and chive

chive chief of staff for the air force one of the most recognizable january 6 rioters has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. a photo of richard barnett with his feet propped on then-speaker pelosi's desk became one of the most well-known images that day. he was convicted on charges including theft of government profit and they say he was armed with a stun gun and ten-pound steel pole he says he is the victim of political persecution. his lawyers say they will appeal a white house memo is accusing republicans of using a probe into hunter biden to tarnish president biden's reelection chances they say that they intended to hurt the president's political standing in response to remarks made by a gop congressman on fox

news james comer of kentucky says the investigation absolutely has put mr. biden's poll numbers on a downward trajectory. louisiana has decided to keep the death penalty lawmakers in the pelican state blocked attempts to abolish the ultimate punishment. the committee voted 11-4 against a bill pushed by the state's democratic governor. 28 people have been put to death in louisiana since the supreme court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. 60 people are currently on death row in the state convicted murderer alex murdaugh is facing new federal charges. he is serving life in prison for killing his wife and son and has been indicted on 22 fraud-related charges. he's accused of cheating the estate of his former housekeeper. he's also accused of redirecting other settlement funds for httls

ohis own personal gain. american officials say it was likely ukrainian agents behind a drone attack on the kremlin in moscow earlier this month. that's according to the "new york times." nbc news has not independently confirmed the report nobody was injured in the explosion on may 3rd, and president putin was not in the building when it happened. for the latest, let's bring in claudio lavanga. how did the government reach this assessment? >> reporter: well, according to the "new york times," u.s. officials now believe the drone attack on the kremlin was orchestrated or coordinated from ukraine after they intercepted communications in which russian officials blamed ukraine for the attack and ukrainian officials also believe that this country was behind it. now at the time of the attack on may 3rd, the ukrainian government strongly denied they were involved in any possible way, but its latest findings suggest that this drone attack was part of a series of covert

operations by ukrainian secret services and even though the same officials told the "new york times" they do not believe, or they have low confidence that the top officials at the ukrainian government, including president zelenskyy knew anything about it or gave a direct order this will be a cause for concern for both president biden and his western allies, because they've been providing weapons to ukraine since the start of the war, and they even pledged, recently, f-16s and long-range missiles but on condition that ukraine does flottnot attack ru in its own territory >> thank you it might be the unofficial start of summer, but parts of the country are looking at a stormy start to the holiday weekend. michelle is here with the thursday forecast. good morning, michelle >> good morning, guys, great to see yo see you.

not great beach days we're still stuck in this pattern, and we have strong storms moving through portions of the southern plains so the fourth day of seeing these storms, rain in the inner mountain west, locally heavy rain once again in portions of the southeast, a coastal low that's sort of going to meander over the next few days creating rough surf over the next few days here's that weekend coastal low, the slow-moving low bringing showers to the southeast, a little flash flooding as well. localized flooding is possible we could see up to two to four inches of rain on top of what we already saw. where you see the brighter colors is where we're lookg at the inhel plains, southern plai and into the southeast so feeling very summer like, and that warmth is going to help aid some of those storms

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country when it comes to race. >> reporter: he hopes it will mirror amber alerts. >> 7-year-old dallas boy is missing. >> reporter: they broadcast alerts on radio, television, highways and wireless devices. the ebony alert includes alerts for black 12 to 25-year-olds to are missing, abducted or endangered kaia would have been eligible for an ebony alert her mother believes it should go further. >> i always refer to amber alert as crime control theater >> reporter: he studied amber alerts, finding the most significant variable was the abductor's relationship to the victim, not the amber alert itself his recommendation is a standard normal law enforcement investigation. the

doj declined to comment. but he believes his effort remains worthwhile as for kaia taylor, her case is still open how are you and your family coping >> well, we've all had to move on in sense. but we've stayed strong. >> reporter: she's hoping all women and people of color get the attention they need to come home >> our thanks for that report. to me, there's nothing more frightening than a loved one who you do not know where they are, and you want everybody to know, keep your eye out for them >> heartbreaking to see that family waiting and hopefully that will help her family and others as well thanks so much for t

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