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deal now the challenge is to get both parties on board explosions rock kyiv putin unleashes his biggest air strike yet against the ukrainian capital. under the sea of ticket sales. "the little mermaid" makes a splash at the box office and the journey to happiness one step at a time one couple's cross-country trip promoting kindness it's monday, may 29th. >> good morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. after nonstop negotiating between kevin mccarthy and president biden, the president on sunday announced the details of a bipartisan deal that would extend the debt ceiling for the next two years in exchange for a number of spending cuts. if approved by congress, this would prevent the u.s. from defaulting on its debt obligations and potentially triggering an economic catastrophe. the deadline was originally believed to be as early as june 1. but at the end of last week, treasury secretary janet yellen

said that deadline was extended until friday, june 5th both speaker mccarthy and the president have been confident the plan will make it through congress the bill is expected to head to the house on monday. as president biden ramps up his campaign for reelection while carrying out the dudes of his day job, he is expected to enlist the help of a wide variety of allies and surrogates nbc news reports that the biden campaign has already begun a, quote, unusually robust operation for recruiting prominent democrats to campaign for the president. this vast support network is anticipated to include administration officials, long-time biden allies, and up and coming stars in the party, who will appear at events and interviews in order to out to the president's success. the texas house of representatives this weekend voted by an overwhelming margin to impeach the state's attorney general. ken paxton is now automatically suspended pending the outcome of a state senate trial the republican is under fbi investigation over alleged corruption

earlier this year, he settled a lawsuit where former aides accused him of taking bribes on twitter, paxton slammed saturday's bipartisan vote call it a politically motivated sham. and his office also pointed to internal reports that found no wrongdoing the justice department is trying to stop january 6th reuters from profiting from the attack on the capitol. the associated press reviewed court records and found so far this year prosecutors have sought nearly 400,000 in fines against 21 people. dozens of riot defendants have set up online fundraisers asking for help with legal fees some raising as much as $120,000 but prosecutor says many of the defendants had government-funded legal help, and some cooperated with the government, pleading guilty police say an escaped prisoner has likely been found dead in kentucky's ohio river. convicted murderer bradley gillespie escaped along with another inmate who was later appr apprehended. a boater reported finding a body in the river

local police say they're confident it's gillespie but an autopsy scheduled for tomorrow will provide the final word on the identity investigators say gillespie and a fellow inmate escaped from a ohio prison by hiding in a dumpster, and later stealing a car. four prison employees have been placed on paid administrative leave over the breakout. an atlanta teenager's promising life was cut short early sunday morning police say kids from multiple schools had gathered at the end thank you so much driveway and shots were fired two teenagers were taken to the hospital, a boy and a girl the girl did not survive. >> this young lady was full of life and was expected to be working for the city of atlanta starting on tuesday in our summer youth employment program. >> no suspects have been taken into custody atlanta police are offering a $10,000 reward for information and more gun violence in new mexico, where a motorcycle rally turned deadly. gunfire exchange between rival

biker gangs killed at least three people and injured fife others police believe the shooting escalated from an ongoing dispute between the outlaw groups officials confirm all of the victims were members of the rival gangs. the annual memorial day weekend event typically draws thousands of the town of red river new mexico police identified one suspect, jacob castillo, who is charged with murder. others were also booked on illegal firm and drug charges. focusing overseas where officials confirm president erdogan will keep his seat he maintains a decades' long political stronghold after the highly contested election. we go to matt bradley for the latest. >> reporter: after two decades in power, turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has won yet again. >> translator: today the only winner is turkey, erdogan said in his victory speech.

defeating his challenger kemal kilicdaroglu by a margin of about 4% president biden acknowledging erdogan's victory, congratulating him over twitter. >> so this is a runoff presidential election. so the voters here just get one choice, erdogan versus kemal kilicdaroglu he will continue challenging american foreign policy in the middle east and europe where he has long played east against west. >> quite a significant person to the citizens of turkey believe, that the west doesn't like turkey >> reporter: but for nearly half of turkish voter, erdogan's win is a victory for autocracy he has expanded his control over the government and the media after he survived a violent coup attempt in 2016 and faced strong criticism over his response to an earthquake earlier this year. but for the young people i spoke to in ankara, the capital, there is only one issue on the ballot, the economy.

>> my friends think they are not going to do well in turkey and they are looking forward to go abroad to europe. >> reporter: still, for many, particularly conservative muslims, erdogan is tried and tested >> he is already over 20 years he is a proven candidate >> reporter: matt bradley, nbc news, ankara. ukraine suffered a barrage of attacks on sunday as russia launched dozens of explosive drones at the capital, kyiv. residents were preparing to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of kyiv when russia struck ukraine, however, claims to have shot down nearly all the drones during the onslaught let's bring in our claudio le v la vang ga >> good morning. one person died and another was seriously injured after the

warehouse in the shopping mall in city of kyiv were set on fire by falling debris by some of the tens of drones were shot down over the sky of the capital of ukraine on sunday. the air force in ukrainian said a record number of 54 drones were launched at the city on sunday they shot down 52, and they call this the largest scale barrage over the city since the start of the war. this was the 14th or 15th attack of this kind in the city since the beginning of may this hasn't stopped yet, because in the early hours of this morning, monday morning, ukraine said they shot down another 40, this time a combination of drones and cruise missiles phillip? that is quite a bit of drones. how has ukraine been so successful in shut shooting down the drones as they lame? there is a series of advanced air systems that including the u.s., france, italy, and germany that allowed ukraine to build a

network advanced and multiair defense systems that are proving to be very successful in shooting down all of the drones and cruise missiles that are at least launched at the city of kyiv but this is not just a test of this new swarm of drones and this wave of attacks it's not just a test to the air defense system, phillip, this is also a test on the nerves of ukrainians who think about it, on sunday, they had to stay awake for five hours that is how long the air sirens lasted and they want just being kept awake by the air sign, but also by the loud blasts of the tens of drones that were shot down over their heads >> i'm sure it's unsettling, terrifying claudio lavanga, thank you the pope celebrated pen cost sunday following a health scare. the vatican said the 86-year-old pontiff would have to cancel due to a fever this after the pope fought a

respiratory infection that sent him to the hospital for three days in march. the vatican did not provide additional details on the severity of this illness north korea says it will launch a satellite some time in the next two weeks, and japan is threatening to shoot it down, putting its ballistic missile defenses on high alert japanese prime kishi fumio another big day of memorial day travel as many head home from the holiday michelle grossman has the forecast on those travels. good morning, michelle >> good morning, guys. great to see you and some spots looking a little rainy. we have that low off the carolina coast we've been watching it since last week. and we're still seeing it spin off the carolina coast and why we're see aguet day into virginia, even portions of the delmarva, and d.c., you could see some showers as well

really picture-perfect into the ohio valley, the tennessee valley the midwest looking good there could see some showers from the northern plains, central plains. heavy rain in parts of the southern plains, especially in southern texas and then spotty showers throughout the intermountain west really warm in portions of the southwest. 93 in las vegas. 101 in phoenix today so if you are traveling, we're looking at slowdowns not major, but mode rat from philadelphia to d.c. charlotte, also dallas and houston, you could see some slowdowns. a lot of the airport is looking really good in terms of the weather, boston, new york city, orlando, los angeles you are in the green weather look good today. there is that midatlantic soaker looking at the low-pressure system still spinning off the coast. we're going to see some showers still today in that persistent rain, gusty winds. really cool temperature, well below normal for this time of year it finally moves off the coast tomorrow those showers are going to move out. we're going so see improving conditions luckily by tomorrow we're looking at the heavy rai chance

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reporter nick van nile met with the rouses, who are relying on strangers' kindness, and their own two feet, to get them from town to town >> reporter: torn and page rose are making their way, step by step across the u.s. their journey started in may of 2020 as a search for personal happiness. >> i was leaving my corporate job, and i wanted to figure what i could be happy living without. so i kind of god rid of all my things, and i started backpacking through the mountains. >> reporter: now they're traveling through wisconsin, and just went through eagle river on their way south. >> we're going kind of zigzag around between like arkansas, kentucky, over to louisiana. and then during the winter, we'll cross the lower states like louisiana, georgia, alabama, florida >> reporter: they have two carts with minimal gear and supplies, and of course their adventure dog jack >> it seems like what people often chase after, they want to feel safe and comfortable. but it doesn't really produce

the happiness that i think we're all looking for. and i would say even more than that, contentment. >> reporter: the rouses rely on the kindness of strangers to help provide what they don't have, like a place to stay or a place to fill water. >> we need obstacles to overcome to create satisfaction within ourselves. and more than that, we need relationships with people to create that satisfaction within ourselves. >> reporter: as for their favorite part of wisconsin -- >> the dairy farm. they had all this equipment to take care of their cattle. i'd never had an inside view on that >> yeah. really cool to see how comfortable and happy the cows seemed. >> reporter: all the sights and attracts are great, but the rouses fill their cup from something else >> the work put in to walking the country is not worth it for the sight. it's worth it for the people, the friendships. >> our thanks to nick van zile or the sharing that story. what a way to start an adventure, literally one step at

a time more power to them and the people reaching out to them. >> what they said it was all about. what a zen couple to make that decision to go out there now to an actor who played someone who trekked across the u.s., tom hanks. he gave a striking speech at harvard university's commencement the oscar-winning actor received an honorary doctorate of arts from the ivy league school, joke about his role as a professor there in the da vinci code bealso talked about the importance of truth. >> the truth is sacred, unalterable, chiseled into the stone of the foundation of our republic. >> powerful words for the class of 2023 we hope will always remember finding truth

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