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today is friday, may 26th, 2023. ready, set, delay? millions of americans headed out for the holiday weekend. what you can expect in the air on the roads and on the rails. under fire, texas attorney general ken paxton teetering on the brink of impeachment. two lululemon employees ousted after calling the police when the store was robbed. why retailers have told their employees not to call the cops. making contact. how the pandemic changed our sense of touch and the ways we can reconnect with others. key begin in the air and on the roads and rail lines. >> no matter if you choose a plane or train or automobile to get to your destination, aa says they will all be busier than last year, the biggest increase at the bottom of your screen,

bus, cruises and trains up 20%. >> more than anything this weekend is a test for america's airports after those flight delays and cancellations last su. pete buttigieg says this year will be different. >> so, look, this is a big stress test of the system. we're seeing huge, huge demand but so far this holiday weekend appears to be headed in a good direction and see weather coming in and keeping a close eye on that. >> the roles of steve martin and john candy, angie lassman has the forecast but first george solis is at the philadelphia international airport. george, you've been tracking conditions at the airport all day long. what are you seeing and what are people trying to catch their flights telling you? >> reporter: hey, happy memorial day weekend to you. true to what the secretary said it seems things are moving along fairly smoothly especially at phl, about 2.5 million expected to go through security checkpoint, the second busiest travel day.

we can see efficiency with two tsa agents at every gate here and could be in part because they don't want a repeat of what we saw last year when the delays, airlines did not have the staffing there, all the airlines saying if they had the adequate staffing, we're trying to get people from point a to point b weather withstanding and more byways in the airways to make sure people get to their destinations safely. the travel here, certain sense of giddiness, many are eager to get out there and trying to get to reunions, barbecues, a lot cooped up and a lot have not done real travel. >> last year there was a lot of delays and cancellations, was that a factor in your decision-making? >> well, yes, because i chose a direct flight to avoid any kind of issues with transferring between planes, busy airports but other than that, no.

>> last year i was kind of stuck in an airport for almost two days. >> yeah, we were stuck in texas. >> it's a new experience. >> yes. but we've done a few travels this year already and think they have it together. >> reporter: people trying to put bad experiences into the rearview mirror pun intended but as you mentioned, the real test outside of the rails and cars, the airlines and so far things looking pretty good. guys. >> we like things looking good, well, angie, hopefully you have good news too. >> should i start with the good or bad news? >> always start with -- get the bad out of the way. >> let's do it. hey, we've got a low pressure system sitting just off the shore of the carolinas and it's eventually going to bring with it more range. a couple days' worth. focused throughout memorial day weekend and stronger storms developing in parts of the plains and chance to see some of those storms develop some large hail, baseball size even and those gusty winds over 60 miles

per hour. can't rule out tornadoes too. that's through the afternoon and evening hours tonight. the good news, warm throughout the midwest, the northeast will look great the rest of the day today. we'll see heavy rain and wind stick around for the carolinas, even into tomorrow. the strong storms will be there as well but still the chance we could see some developing and impacting us through the afternoon hours tomorrow. how about sunday, looks great across the great lakes, perfect for the lake, out west we'll see desert heat into the triple digits. as we get to memorial day sunny and warm for the middle of the country, showers are stubborn across the carolinas and may be some indoor plans. >> angie and george, thank you so much. congress is in recess and most lawmakers have now left washington for the holiday weekend without an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. key negotiators are still working to strike a deal but time is running out. we are now just six days away from june 1st. that's when the treasury secretary says the u.s. will no

longer be able to guarantee payments on all its loans. nbc news white house correspondent ali raf is here. here's what kevin mccarthy said. >> i thought we made progress last night. we have to make more progress now. >> what is it looking like now and what would a final agreement possibly look like? >> reporter: we're hearing optimism from both sides. permitting reform and know of things still gumming up this process that's still under way. these are things like cutting some irs funding from the inflation reduction act, adding more work requirements to some federal relief programs both on the republicans' wish lists and debate over how much spending should be cut for next year, as well as exactly how long the debt ceiling should be extended.

so obviously the caveat with all of those things, though, should be to take all of them with a grain of salt because as these negotiations are still ongoing, any of that could change really by the minute, joe, so any of those things could potentially be included in this eventual deal, some could not be. >> so,allie, striking a deal is the first step then it has to go through control, the house, the democratic controlled senate and then to the president's desk. can that happen on this tight time line? >> reporter: yeah, so when you back time this from that earliest default deadline estimate of june 1st, remember that is six days away. it looks more and more bleak when you think of how much has to be done. as you said, this then goes to -- this then gets written up, then reviewed by members of congress and voted on in the house and the senate. that could take days, remember, it only takes one senator to block this from getting across

the finish line in that narrow majority in the senate. so as far as we've heard right now, that june 1st deadline still sticks and how they are able to get it done before that still remains to be seen, joe. >> allie raffa, thank you. ron desantis is rebounding after the technical difficulties. in the 24 hours since announces his rung his team says they've raked in more than $8 million. now desantis is using that cash to hit the trail himself and to find himself within the race. dasha burns is following the campaign for us and joins us from miami. dasha, what is governor desantis' next move now that his launch is behind him? i saw there was tension within his campaign, right? >> reporter: well, zinhle, that $8.2 million you mentioned there, that is going to be a big factor. they will be underscoring that as they try to make the case that there is interest and enthusiasm for an alternative to

former president trump and that the best alternative is ron desantis. they are going to be underscoring that that number is evidence for that case. they're also making the case to donors here in miami that those legal woes that trump is dealing with will drag him down while desantis is able to make the case to voters that he has executed here in florida and that he can do that nationally. he will particularly emphasize what he has done on covid here in florida and you've already seen him start to do that a little bit just today. take a listen to what he said here in orlando. >> you had health bureaucrats say you shouldn't have kids in school, shouldn't have the economy open but you absolutely should be out protesting regardless of covid. that's when you knew this was all a total fraud. they were using political ideology, and they were trying to control your behavior. >> reporter: meanwhile, zinhle,

you're right when it comes to that initial launch of his campaign, there was a little bit of division within team desantis. some were concerned that it was a little bit too risky, thought he should have gone with something more traditional, more controlled, but the moment happened, team desantis still saying that he broke the internet and, again, emphasizing that fund-raising number, and now they will be hitting the trail early next week in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, of course, those critical swing states where he needs to win over voters, zinhle. >> so the race to decision 2024 begins, and, dasha, desantis is no stranger to the national stage. he's, of course, championed policies restricting race and sex education and more. how do you think that will translate as a national presidential candidate? >> reporter: well, look, a lot of those right wing policies are policies that he is going to emphasize because he wants to chip away at that trump base. he wants to win over some of those voters, and so that move to the right, whether it's on

education or abortion, or limiting trans rights, he is focusing in on those culture war issues so that he can rally the base around him, again, show that trump has a lot of baggage to deal with that, that he can still champion some of those culture war issues, those fight against the woke mob as he likes to say on the campaign trail and not be dealing with some of the distractions that the trump campaign has to deal with, zinhle. >> yeah. a lot to follow, dasha, thanks so much. another round of layoffs is coming to the banking world and ford and tesla are teaming up. >> morgan brennan joins us with today's cnbc's "money minute." >> well, jpmorgan is laying off a thousand employees of defunct lender first republic bank. they took over the failed regional bank a few months ago and offered new roles to nearly all of the 7,000 first republic employees. now the employees who are not part of the transition have been notified that they will be let

go. "the wall street journal" meantime, is revealing that a record-breaking $279 million whistle-blower reward stemmed from a bribery case against telecommunications company ericsson. the s.e.c. didn't identify the tipster or how the information may have been used in enforcement prosecution. ford and tesla have agreed to a partnership giving ford owners access to tesla's nationwide charging infrastructure. under the agreement announced by ford ceo's jim farley and tesla's ceo elon musk on thursday on twitter, current ford owners will be granted access to more than 12,000 tesla superchargers across the u.s. and canada starting early next year and, guys, that news supercharging the stocks, as well. both of those trading higher on those headlines. >> all right, and in the week it's ended on a high. thank you. why texas' republican attorney general could be impeached by his own party. how a nurse i is

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and 83 were under her care during the overnight shift. she's accused of injecting all three of them with lethal doses of insulin between august and december of '22. two died and one was rushed to the hospital and survived. pressdee felt bad for her patients' quality of life and hope they would slip into a comb practice and pass away. she also said one of her victims asked for her to kill them. her charges include two counts of criminal homicide, one count of attempted murder, three counts of neglect of a care-dependent person, three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of aggravated assault and this wasn't an isolated situation. in fact, it appears far from it. the pennsylvania ag's house says she has been employed at 11 different facilities and they say she was disciplined for abusive behavior towards patients or staff resulting in her either resigning or being

terminated from every single one of them. here's how pennsylvania attorney general michelle henry described the case. >> this defendant was a medical professional charged with caring for these individuals. instead of caring for them, she intentionally and maliciously injected them with insulin to kill them. my office will prosecute her and seek to hold her accountable for her actions. >> reporter: you might be wondering how pressdee was able to get job after job after being disciplined by previous employers. an investigation into all of this, i'm told, is active and ongoing at the attorney general's office. there are laws in the books in pennsylvania that ire the reporting of abuse in health care facilities to state agencies. as for heather pressdee, court documents indicate she has not yet retained ang attorney currently sitting in a pittsburgh area jail with her bail denied had until her mrim hearing on june 6th. >> gary, thank you. well, today, we have new

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let's look at video outside the airport where it has been quite a gray morning so far. the faa putting an advisory out hours ago warning passengers of arrival delays because of the weather and low ceilings. passengers we spoke to coming into sfo this morning say their experience was smooth. we saw a couple of canceled flights. a frontier flight to las vegas and a jetblue flight to los angeles. other than that, no big hhiccup. top destinations this weekend are orlando, new york and las vegas. other popular cities include denver, boston, anaheim and canton, ohio. that's for the pro football hall of fame. flights are 40% more expensive to top destinations this year. that's according to aaa. they say the bookings are up 250% this memorial day weekend. passengers we spoke with say their trips are off to a great start.

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lawyer. attorney general ken paxton is facing impeachment. the state's house of representatives could vote as early as today on 20 articles of impeachment. a republican-led committee voted unanimously thursday to impeach paxton, the focus of criminal investigations for years. nbc's priscilla thompson joins us now from austin, texas, so, priscilla, first up, what is paxton actually accused of doing here? >> reporter: yeah, we just learned that vote is going to take place tomorrow afternoon in the full house and we also now have a copy of those 20 articles of impeachment that lawmakers are now reviewing and so how did we get here? attorney general ken paxton went to the texas legislature asking for $3.3 million to settle a whistle-blower complaint related to an illegal firing of four senior staffers after they had come forward to authorities alleging that the a.g. was

abusing his power. they allege that he was helping a political donor who was under investigation and also facing a lawsuit and so for months now the house has been investigating whether or not the relevance of that and whether or not they should pay out that $3.3 million and what they have found according to these articles of impeachment is that they believe that the attorney general may have committed bribery, that he obstructed justice and also that he retaliated against whistle-blowers, all things that are not allowed in his office and so that is how we got here with that vote expected to take place on the house floor tomorrow, zinhle. >> okay, so, priscilla, how is paxton defending himself against all these allegations, and then if the house does, in fact, vote to impeach him, what are the next steps? >> reporter: yeah, so paxton has said that this -- the investigators that looked into this, he accused them being for

liberal lawyers and said their report was full of hearsay and gossip and also said in a statement, it's a sad day for texas as we witness the corrupt, political establishment unite in this illegitimate attempt to overthrow the will of the people and disenfranchise the voters of our state and that is essentially his defense, that because he was re-elected in november, any allegations against him prior to that re-election are not -- null and void effectively, but the house says that the constitution gives them the power to bring this impeachment, so we expect that vote to take place in the house tomorrow. if they do vote to impeach, it will head to the senate where a hearing will be held and as that hearing is taking place, paxton will be removed from office pending the outcome. zinhle. >> all right, we'll be watching that closely, priscilla thompson, thank you. an army veteran who stormed the capitol on january 6th has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. jessica watkins joined members of oath keepers to storm the

capitol stairs in a military formation. she was found guilty of a number of charges including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian joins us now. there have been three other oath keepers or three total oath keepers sentenced so far. another one we're expecting before the end of the day. talk about how serious these punishments are. >> reporter: yeah even for jessica who tearfully apologized to the court and who the judge referred to as one of the more sympathetic defendant, 8 1/2 years in federal prison where you serve the majority of your time. tth's a stiff sentence for somebody who if you remember led that stack style military formation through the capitol. you see her there dressed in military style gear. she was an army veteran and she said she got caught up in the ideology of the oath keepers, which she now renounces and she was captured on the walkie-talkie app communicating with fellow oath keepers exuberantly celebrating their

incursion into the capitol. the leader stewart rhodes sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison, completely unrepentant. told the judge he was a political prisoner. the judge rejected that said he was a continuing danger to u.s. democracy and his deputy got 12 years, so these are some of the stiffest sentences in the case of rhodes, the most severe sentence of all the thousand prosecutions so far in the january 6th investigation, joe. >> ken, thank you so much. >> you bet. right now authorities are the bahamas are frantically searching for an american teen lost in the water. they say he went overboard while on a sunset cruise. maggie vespa is following the story for us. what's the latest? >> reporter: authorities from two countries including the bahamian defense force and the u.s. coast guard searching for 18-year-old cameron robbins. you see him there. these are from his instagram. he graduated days ago from his

school in baton rouge, louisiana. obviously a star athlete and graduated a few days ago. he was celebrating his high school graduation along with several other graduates from his school and surrounding high schools, this big group of teenagers, we don't know how many went on this trip or who all was on the trip. the school maintaining this was not a school sanctioned trip that these kids were on, but they definitely obviously know about it now and knew a lot of the kids who were there. at this point what we know is that robbins went into the water on wednesday evening. the coast guard confirming that. nbc news also confirming with a local tour boat company called blackbeard's revenge that he was on board wednesday evening, one of their pirate-themed party ships they have in the area. it's unclear as to why he went into the water or exactly how he became missing, but images from a video posted on snapchat do show robbins in the water seemingly next to that boat. there's a life preserver floating nearby. again, it's unclear what exactly

happened after that. we should note we reached out to his family and haven't heard back during this difficult time but have a statement from his school, university lab school, a prep school, the director said he's in touch with cameron's family adding that the community is praying for the best possible outcome of this situation. authorities still searching for him in the bahamas and then he also added, words fall short of expressing the worry our entire school community is feeling because, again, zinhle, this happened wednesday evening. authorities have been searching ever since but as we get to tonight this will mark 48 hours since cameron robbins went missing, again, his family, as we're told, is trying to get down to this area to help with the search and everybody hoping for the best possible outcome at this point. >> hoping they find him soon, maggie, thank you. imagine being robbed at work, calling police to report the robbery and then being fired for calling the cops. well, two lululemon employees say that's what happened to them

in the atlanta area. now they're speaking out. steven romo is here with that. hey, steven. >> reporter: yeah, so many businesses have these policies that tell employees that they should not intervene if someone comes in the store to steal. what's unusual about this situation is the women involved say they faced backlash when they called authorities. >> no. >> seriously. >> get out. >> reporter: two georgia women say they were fired from their jobs at lululemon after calling police to report this robbery which one of them caught on camera. >> no. >> reporter: jennifer and rachel describing to nbc affiliate 11 alive atlanta the horrifying moments the merchandise at the peachtree corner store was stolen. >> they swiped until they couldn't hold any more product and ran out the door. >> we didn't really feel very protected or, like, know what else to do. >> reporter: they were fired after they decided to call the

police about the shoplifting. something they say they were told is against company policy. so what are they supposed to do instead? >> you kind of clear a path for whatever they're going to do and then after it's over, you scan a qr code. >> reporter: rogers, who says she's worked at the company for five years, claims that the store has been dealing with thefts for months recalling another incident. >> someone like sent me a picture of the front entrance table and i was like, oh, my gosh, we just sold all the product. good job, they were like, no, someone came in and stole everything. >> reporter: but this was the first time she knows of someone at the store calling police, which local authorities confirm. the fayette county sheriff's office says three men have been charged with theft by shoplifting and theft by receiving stolen property from that incident and they're currently in the fayette county jail. videos of brazen shoplifting have gone viral from stores across the country. and it's common practice for retailers to tell their employees not to intervene.

>> retailers are experiencing violent incidents and, one, tell folks you should not interfere or apprehend folks if you do not have the training. >> reporter: while punishment for calling police might be head scratching to some retail trade organizations say it might be more common than you think because some stores have relationships with law enforcement and don't want to waste resources on petty crime. >> they don't want to, you know, waste their time on what may be an entry-level shoplifting issue when they could be doing something else because then they're not necessarily going to be as quick to respond the next time when they do need someone. >> reporter: ferguson and rogers say their actions led to their termination for vague reasoning. >> they have a no tolerance policy. >> they said because they have a zero tolerance policy. >> reporter: we tried calling the store and reaching out to lululemon's corporate offices and did not hear back. both women now adjusting to their new lives after the april

incident. >> that was my sole income so i did have to like file for unemployment and use all of my savings to pay for, like, my car payment. >> it put us in a bit of a bind. my husband is self-employed so we're trying to figure out insurance. >> reporter: steven romo, nbc news. so a lot of people are confused by that policy. that a retail trade association we spoke to the general counsel of told us that it's not completely out of the ordinary for a company to have this type of policy for shoplifting, saying that some places want their employees to be completely passive for shoplifting and not do anything to intervene. of course, that changes if those employees are in danger. >> steven, thank you. coming up how a lack of physical affection could be affecting your mental health. first time for today's daily snapshot. members of the 3rd u.s. infantry regiment are placing flagstaffs in arlington national cemetery. more than 1,000 service members

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welcome back. in today's mental health check we're talking about connection. we all need it and when we experience it is through physical touch.

>> many missed out on consensual physical touch like handshakes and hugs, leading some to deal with a condition that's referred to as touch hunger. joining us now is board sirt tied psychiatrist dr. jessica clemens. we are talking about consensual touch so what is touch hunger and why is physical touch so important in our daily lives? >> well, thank you so much for having me to begin with. it's exactly what it sounds like, touch hunger reflects this sense of longing for physical contact. or having more physical contact than you already are, touch is essential to human functioning, right? it is at the core of what makes humans humans. it's important for touch for many reasons. when we think about newborns and bonding they have between a baby and parent, we know that touch is important for developing neurochanges that happen that allow the brain to begin to foster things like mood and emotional regulation as that

baby grow, right. we're seeing release of dope men, serotonin and neuroepinephrine responsible for that. touch regulates heart rate and blood pressure. we know that when people are in close proximity with someone while experiencing touch it can help to co-regulate between the two of them. there is a whole host of benefits question is important not only for daily functioning but overall well-being and physical symptoms as well. >> so many benefits. we saw some on our screen including increased immunity but how do you know if you are touch starved? what are some of the symptoms to look out for? >> you know, i just remind people it really boils down to a sense of loneliness, right? the experience of touch hunger can vary from person to person and it's, again, a colloquial term. i don't want you running to the office to find out if this is what you're experiencing but if you are experiencing loneliness, sadness, depression, you long for contact with other people,

it may indicate that a part of that is also needing more physical contact and touch and especially if you live alone and know you are not engaging with a lot of people coming out of the pandemic, this also could be a sign that it's time. it's time to get close to people. >> you're touching on this here, but what is the impact this can have on our mental health? >> you know, it really comes down to depression, anxiety, stress, stress is a big one. when we do not engage in this physical contact when we're not experiencing like you shared before consensual touch, it leads to a rise in the stress hormone, right? i think everyone knows about cortisol and with cortisol comes challenges that lead with stress so decrease in immune function, increase in blood pressure, heart rate, difficulty sleeping, it can begin to snowball and it's really just that simple engagement with touching others, again, in a consensual way that can lead to reducing those

cortisol levels and boost those neurotransmitters i talked about before. >> yeah, so what should people do if they feel like, hey, i'm dealing with this too right now? >> you know, be open to really put yourself out there. if you live alone, think about ways that you can engage with the community you do have, right? family, friends, take that trip, initiate contact, shaking hands, hugs, things that you are longing for, be open to putting yourself out there a bit to get. if that feels a little too scary for you, think about doing something like volunteering or adopting a pet or pet sitting, right? if you do have the same type of embrace with animals that can be a way to get that touch that all of us humans need. >> of course, we all know folks who aren't huge fans of hugs. i've hugged someone and i thought, this is not being reciprocated. >> absolutely. i think what you're speaking

to -- there are about 27% of people in a recent very, very large study that looked at 44,000 people and found that a small group of people, you know, are on the fence about touch. but i think it goes back to what i said. be open to it. it can be something as simple as going to get a manicure or pedicure, the touch from the technician could be just enough to kind of get you, you know, on the other side and absolutely keep those healthy boundaries. if something doesn't feel right or appropriate, no need to continue. but it's important we do take this into consideration and keep touch in the forefront of our mind. >> so key to a healthy life, doctor, thank you so much for this. >> there's more news ahead. >> you're watching "nbc news daily." (c(cheering) imaginine you'rere doing something g you love.. rsv coululd cut it s short. rsrsv is a conontagious vivis thatat usually c causes mimild symptomoms, but can n cause morere severere infectionons

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