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brera reporting. good morning, it's 11:00 a.m. i'm jose diaz-balart breaking this morning, thousands of people are under evacuation orders in indiana as firefighters battle a massive industrial blaze at a warehouse that's spewing out thick plumes of smoke. plus, we've got the intense body camera footage of the moment police moved in on the louisville mass shooter and now we're hearing from family members of some of the victims new data out today showing inflation is cooling and president biden now in ireland after marking the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement in northern ireland. we'll talk to the former irish ambassador about the skaebs of the trip. we begin in indiana where crews are still on the scene of a massive fire at a recycling plant the fire chief said it

started yesterday in a tractor-trailer on the site and it quickly spread to the facility full of plastic thousands are evacuating the cloud is so big the national weather service in indiana is picki ing it up on radar joining us now is nbc's ron allen. ron rng good morning >> reporter: we know from a recent briefing officials there said theytold the own other of this facility it's a potential fire hazard. not a question of if but when there would be a fire there. wall to wall plastic 14-acre site the fire officials are glad they're able to contain it a neighbor was threatened by this schools are closed in the area about 2,000 evacuees we understand and it's expected to burn for several days they have

said it started around 2:00 yesterday afternoon, unclear exactly what caused it but that truck that was on this site has been mentioned by a potential cause what was going on in that truck is unknown again, it's the cloud of smoke that residents are concerned about and officials there have said, quote, it's definitely toxic. health official speaking at a press conference and he said her throat was getting sore as she was standing there talking so, there's a lot of fear about that some residents have also reported debris flying into their yards. they were warned that some of that debris could contain asbestos because of the age of the building and buildings on fire again, fire officials expect to be out there for some time they've had difficulty getting to the fire because they said there was only one way in, very congested area with at will of

trucks, lot of plastic, just unbelievable the size of this cloud floating over this town. >> ron allen, thank you so very much. joining us is the chief of the richmond fire department thank you so much for being with us talk to us about the situation right now. >> reporter: right now, we have contained the fire to the complex where the fire has started. yesterday our initial efforts were contain that fire to establishment and not let that spread to the north, northwest into the neighborhood area today, we are making efforts to get in further complex as it's mentioned one way in, now we're using excavators and bulldozers and such to gain access into the

rear of the building >> chief, plastics on fire, how difficult is it to extinguish that >> it's very difficult we have to have enough water to overcome the ptus that the fire is producing and we're on a small water main in this area, so we really didn't have enough water to overcome the btus, but the wind hampered our operations quite a bit. >> chief, how long do you expect residents nearby to be evacuated and what are the concerns about toxic air, et cetera, going forward? >> well, we have the federal epa personnel here on scene, they're taking air samples all day long, there was a sample of the smoke that was obtained yesterday, they said it will take a couple days for them to get the results of that, once we know exactly

what we're dealing with and then we can help the citizens further with that. but right now, we're just -- >> chief -- >> taking air samples and trying to make the area safe. >> you know, when we see these pictures from up above just the size of this fire, the intensity of this fire, i'm just wondering, chief, this is something you've said this is the largest fire you've seen in your career, but when you see these pictures, i'm just wondering, this is just massive. look at the size of the flames the fact that's plastics that are on fire, how long do you think something like this is going to go on >> well, we're looking -- we're estimating into saturday morning at this point. it depends on whether we can get back to where we need to get to the scene of the fire, to the

hot spots, et cetera, several areas still building, there are six buildings on this grounds, all of those buildings are involved with fire we're trying to gain access to them, to be able to get water on them last night and early this morning, we were able to shoot water from the front of the complex to as far as we could reach. we are now with the tractors, bulldozers we are gain access to the areas we need to extinguish the fires. it depends on how well we can get in there we're looking to be here until least saturday morning. >> is there anything else, anybody else, group or organization, could do to help out? i mean, we're talking about days of fighting this, is there any kind of help you need that you should be getting now?

>> we're rotating crews in and out. our firefighters are very diligently -- diligent when it comes to this kind of operation. we have to rotate crews in and out. we have local fire departments that have come in and help us. the emergency management agency is here getting us resources the community has been phenomenal with bringing food and drinks to the fire house and to the scene our wives have done an excellent job in making sure that we have the nutrition and the hydration that we need, the community has really come together to help us out here we did have volunteer companies manning our fire houses last night, however we have enough personnel today to where we can rotate in and out and we called

in extra crews to help us with this >> fire chief tim brown, i can't thank you enough for being with us this morning. i really appreciate you being on with us. >> all right, thank you. meanwhile, we're getting a new look at how the mass shooting in louisville on monday played out five people were killed in the massacre and new police body cam footage shows how lmpd officers confronted the suspect authorities have blurred and edited portions of it. the video, shows the moment officers nicolas wilt approached the bank that's one of them gets hit. the suspect strikes wilt in the head

even though he suffered a minor bullet injury he continues to confront the shooter galloway was the one who shot the gunman it's still way too early in this to be able to say whether what his long-term outcome will be i think our neurosurgeons and physician ds a fantastic job working to save his life after the shooting >> joining us now are morgan chesky live from louisville. morgan, what's the latest on the ground there this morning? >> reporter: jose, this investigation still remains incredibly active as you mentioned that video is giving us real insight how this attack played out early monday morning,

when that gunman entered the old national bank around 8:30. i should add, images from inside the bank, this gunman has created an ambush for responding officers, they explained how he fired on bystanders and waited from an elevated position in lobby behind a reflective glass for police to arrive and in that body camera video, he unleashes that heavy barrage of gunfire from that ar-15 rifle that he purchased legally from a gun dealership with the crosses going up here on the bank's steps for these five victims whose lives were taken from by this armed gunman this is no sense of emotion at this site throughout this community. what the mother of one of those

victims had to say >> i know there are different signs of grief, my grief is i can't hear her voice anymore i can't touch her. i can't tell her how much i love her. and how i'm just thankful she's in my life >> reporter: there will be a vigil held community-wide here in louisville this evening in the meantime we know that they're still asking the public about leads that could help them in this ongoing investigation. we anticipate hearing some of the 911 calls that went out after the moment the shooter entered the building jose. >> and morgan, i mean, this m

monster, what have we learned about him? he was able to purchase this weapon without a problem, is there nothing that could have helped that to not happen? >> reporter: right, fantastic question we did hear from the family of this shooter overnight, jose in a statement they released to nbc news, they acknowledged that this 25-year-old was battling mental health issues they were hoping to help him work through and they couldn't imagine he would be capable of such a horrific act as to what took place monday here in kentucky, outside of a federal law that prohibits a convicted fellon from buying a firearm, no law on the book to keep someone a mental health disorder from going out and purchasing a firearm legally

this has been highlighted here the mayor is outraged because this very rifle used in this shooting that took these five lives here in kentucky, laws say it's to be auctioned off not destroyed as the mayor would wish and that's why he's calling on state lawmakers to let louisville chart their own course to battle what he calls an ongoing gun epidemic. >> carmen, back now to this body cam footage, what is that you saw in that footage and the response of these two officers, one of them was just -- had just graduated from the academy a week and a half before, carmen, what are you seeing here >> yeah, jose, once again we're talking about another horrible shooting the officers are takts call sound. you can't imagine what it's like to run into gun fire

they went in, they headed toward the gunfire. they evaluated the situation you can hear multiple verbal commands assessing the location of the suspect, where they might be able to move in closer, ultimately take the suspect out, clearly there's a lot of distress as the officers sees that his partner has been done but the level of focus and attention was really commandable. obviously, very clear and good tactics used and while they're doing that, distracting the suspect from doing any further harm from inside the bank. a heroic effort under a tragic, sad and very difficult situation. >> indeed, thank you

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representatives were expelled from the legislature for participating in a protest they'll meet to return justin pearson to the state joining us now is blayne alexander. what can we expect today. >> reporter: we do expect that vote to likely go in pearson's favor. i spoke with one of the commission members earlier today he expects him to be reinstated. remember, this is a special called meeting, taken up to fill that recently vacated seat pearson needs 7 of their votes in order to be sent back to memphis. what we're watching not only to see the support that he gets inside of that commission meeting but also we'll see a

tremendous show of support outside that meeting a number of supporters are gathering here in memphis, nearby at the civil rights museum, they're going to rally around pearson, hold a rally and literal ly march the mile or so to this meeting the show their support. what's interesting here, jose, is that yes, we saw now representative jones be reinstated earlier this week pearson has spoken out this morning. he spoke out today in a newly published op-ed in "the new york times. he fully hopes to get his seat back but he said he ended the op ed by saying this, i will continue to work for the people in or out of office. now, as for that procedure looks like, it's important to point out the republican speaker, his spokesperson said whomever is

selected by the board of commissioners today will be seated in accordance with the state's constitution they don't plan to stand in the way of whoever is sent back to nashville. jose. >> thank you so much. turning now to breaking news on the economy and what appears to be good news in the fight against inflation the government says the consumer price index which measures what consumers pay for goods and services rose o 0.1% frank, good morning. what exactly did these numbers tell us. >> jose, good morning to you as well what we learned from this report is that the areas of the economy that have the biggest impact on working class americans, those areas are actually seeing prices slowly start to decline, you mentioned the headline number of 5%, cpi, a tick lower than expected when you look into this report,

grocery prices ticked down to a third of a percent rent prices, the only increase by .6% the lowest increase since 2016 that rent number has a bigger impact for this group of people and also that rent number is about a third of the entire index so we're seeing some relief when it comes to people in cities and working class families >> so, frank, and it's so important that you're able to explain to me just in easy to understand ways, so the numbers have ticked up on inflation but less than they have in the past and so we are seeing that the cost of some food is actually dropping >> yeah, i mean, that's key. in the report food at home that's groceries food outside the home, obviously

that's eating out. the number for food outside the home, takeouts and restaurants that increased the continued recovery after the pandemic grocery prices, again, down a third of a percent for a lot of families that's a big amount one of the big factor is the decline in the price of eggs >> that's 11% drop in the price of eggs. more expensive than platinum you'd think, but things are looking at least this month good frank, thank you so much up next, president biden addresses peace and political tensions in northern ireland we're live overseas with his message. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msmbc. there's my little marzipan! [ laughs ]

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26 past the hour president biden is now heading to the first big stop on his trip to republic of ireland. the president will be visiting northeastern ireland he'll vision county, he'll be in northern ireland since the signing of the good friday agreement. >> supporting the people of northern ireland protecting the peace, preserving the belfast good friday agreement is a priority for democrats and republicans alike in the united states and that's unusual today. because we've been very divided in our parties this tis somethig that brings us together. >> peter alexander in dublin thank you for being with us. peter, what does the president

hope to accomplish while he's in ireland? >> reporter: for one thing it's anything but delightful in ireland as the president arrived here in a matter of minutes. he's up to county louth. sentimental visit, a castle, cemetery visit to retrace his family history it was his great-great grandfather who came to the united states back in 1850 we were there yesterday visiting a pub and restaurant, fitzpatrick's it's called, then vice president biden was at back in 2016 in the waning months in his time serving alongside barack obama and here's part of the excitement we saw. take a listen. >> how's business? >> flying. >> more so this week. >> why this week >> i think you know why. there's a special visitor.

>> what does it mean for ireland for president biden to visit >> i think it will bring everybody together everybody. it's such a big -- for him to come here. just visit us. >> what would it be like for a president to walk into your pub. >> memories forever. not too often someone of that stature come into a place like this >> president biden hoping to emphasize that longstanding relationship between ireland and the united states. one in ten americans, 30 million in all have some irish ancestry, that connection the president will emphasize alongside the effort earlier today that you put a lot of the emphasis on which is the president stopping first in northern ireland commemorating the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement that bring to

end the sectarian violence that marred that region for decades there had been recent tensions the government isn't functioning in northern ireland right now. if they can maintain the peace and stability there are many more american companies looking to invest in that part of the world. jose. >> peter alexander in dublin, thank you very much. appreciate your time. ambassador, focus in on some of peter was talking about, what's the main significance of the president's trip to ireland and northern ireland >> i think today in belfast he gave a very well-crafted speech and essentially he had a couple of messages, one was a gentle encouragement to the political parties to get back to business again, get the institutions of the good friday agreement operating again properly the second was, very interesting appeal to younger people the

audience was made up from a university campus, primarily young people, he spoke about the potential of northern ireland for the future and i think that's what the american president can do they're good at drawing attention to the big picture politicians can get bogged down by their differences president biden can highlight the great progress that has been made over the last 25 years. >> the president's visit to northern ireland comes as the region essentially lacks a functioning government over trade deals after the uk left the european union, could this debate spur old tensions that could have been settled by the good friday agreement? >> things have become more fraught in northern ireland over the last year or so.

how to manage the implications for northern ireland of britain's departure from the european i don't think anyone suggests there will be a return to full-scale violence but there certainly has been. >> i never expected there would suddenly be a change of heart on the part of democratic union party. but i do think the president's visit was a useful contribution to remind people in northern ireland of the stakes of how important peace is and what peace can do for the people of northern ireland both in the last 25 years but also in the years ahead. >> ambassador, a pleasure to see you. thank you for your time this morning. >> you're welcome. up next, another republican could soon enter the race for

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36 past the hour this morning republican senator tim scott is one step closer to announcing a 2024 presidential run. scott said in a new video that he's launched an exploratory run. he's not alone there, fellow south carolinian and former government nikki haley is there as part of her latest campaign push joining us is ali vitali ali, what are you hearing from folks there in the hawkeye state as this race is starting to take shape? >> jose, it took a little bit

longer than we think we thought it would to get this field out here to iowa we're watching it get a little bit bigger in the hawkeye state. you're right, senator tim scott has launched an exploratory committee. we're watching him take at least one step closer to making it official, he's here now making his first stop in marion, iowa, last night nikki haley, former governor of south carolina and former u.n. ambassador, also back if hawkeye. if you listen to what voters have said to me here, i know so much of the conversation that we talk about is around former president donald trump when i talked to voters they seem open to hearing from anyone else in the field. >> her passion what she thinks

he cashe can do once she gets i the white house, talk to them about being more efficient with what they're spending. i thought that was a great plan. >> it's early, would you support her? >> yeah. >> it's early. >> it's early. >> reporter: i think that's the most important thing here, jose, it's early and something that governor haley said last night is that the polls look today how the polls look today is not how they'll look from a year from now when folks go to caucus. we have a long way to go to iowa and the early states in the primaries. what is that versus i'm just running for president. >> tim scott wants to test the waters

he wants to get out there and see what kind of response he gets from donors, also obviously from grassroots supporters, he's putting his name out there not a full-fledged announcement like nikki haley did some weeks ago, certainly he's making a greater statement than before he wants to run for president and he wants to gauge what kind of interest there is, it's an interesting time to do this because donald trump has consolidated a lot of support in the republican party in recent weeks, however it seems that some of these candidates at least are betting that in the long run trump's scandals and controversies are going to catch up with him and that's going to open the door for a different kind of candidate for republicans. >> so, we're looking at this graphic of the declared and the potential 2024 candidates for president. another potential contender, governor ron desantis, in florida, is backing a sweeping bill that would make it a felony

to shelter, hire or transport undocumented immigrants, require hospitals to ask patients their immigration status and report it to the state and invalidate out of state driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants separate bill would also get rid of in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. is this legislation for? >> well, jose, it's for republican primary voters all around the country for a while now, ron desantis' strategy has been to kind of get to the right of trump ron desantis still refusing to whether or not he got a booster and indirectly criticizing some months back trump for getting boosted. desantis' strategy, everything seems to indicate that his team

is pressing forward with a presidential run desantis' strategy is to prove he's tougher than donald trump, more conservative than donald trump. that strategy hasn't worked in the recent weeks and trump has strengthened his attacks against ron desantis he'll be the greatest threat to donald trump >> carlos and ali thank you. ali, doing such great fill-in work on "way too early." always great to see you early or late >> thank you, my friend. thank you, the coffee, i'm keeping coffee owners in business with that schedule. >> thank you, ali.

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department documents earlier today, defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinkened made their first comments >> i'll tell you that we take this very seriously and we'll continue to investigate and turn over rock until we find the source of this and the extent of it. >> we have engaged with allies and partners at high levels over the past days including to reassure them about our own commitment to safeguarding intelligence and of course our commitment to our security partnerships >> joining us now nbc news justice correspondent den delani >> good morning, jose. intelligence officials, their biggest concern right now is they don't know they have plugged the leak the motive or the willingness to

disclose it. that's what alarms them the most future disclosures cold be worse. the second thing they're most concerned about is the exposure of sources and motions they're worried that the russians and others could start plugging those leaks lot of optimism they'll eventually catch this leaker they're looking at everybody who had access to this information they're methodically going through who had access looking for clues in these documents themselves which appear to be photographs of printouts and the people i talked to believe they eventually will catch the leaker this gaming social media platform discord, which is really throwing the defense department for a loop, because that's not a place they were looking for this kind of information and now they're trying to figure out how they can legally monitor these places, chatrooms where

americans engage in free speech. a difficult challenge for the u.s. government. >> ken, thank you so very much. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg is suing congressman jim jordan, asking courts to block a congressional inquiry, of intimidation, retaliation and obstruction. jordan a staunch ally of former president trump issued subpoena to a former assistant to the d.a. in light of the indictment. ryan, good morning what's going on with this lawsuit? >> reporter: well, the real effort here by the manhattan district attorney's office, jose, is to prevent mark assist attorney, who was in charge of the investigation into donald trump, to answering this subpoena this is something that jim jordan and his committee is very interested in as they, to a certain degree, try to provide cover for donald trump in the

wake of this indictment and try to cast dispersion on the conduct of their office. bragg is asking that the courts stop any presumptive subpoena of himself in this effort jordan is hitting back on this in a tweet said he said, first they indict a president for no crime. then they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it it's the federal funds that jordan is talking about that is at the crux of the argument that he is making about their oversight responsibility here. he believes because the manhattan district attorney's office does receive federal funds, that gives congress the ability to look into something like this. that's questionable as to whether or not they have jurisdiction over specific cases that the district attorney's office is working on of course, it's important to point out that jim jordan

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56 past the hour the biden administration drug czar is warning of an emerging threat facing the nation fentanyl laced with an animal tranquilizer has been tied to a rise in overdose deaths across the country. joining us is julia ainsley. what does this new designation mean and what is this new drug mix? >> it's meant to be used on large animals as a sedative. it's been fining its way into the elicit drug supply they have seen it laced with other opioids and fentanyl what it can do is basically make parts of your body into wounds where the skin starts to die and people lose feeling in those limbs. it's really a horrific thing to

watch and see pictures of it it's something the drug czar is calling an emerging threat what that means is that the biden administration will put forward a plan in 90 days and in 120 days they will need to implement that plan to combat this threat. they are trying to learn lessons from previous drug crises with opioids and fentanyl where sometimes they have gotten out of control before they react the biden administration will try to put forward a plan to keep it from getting worse >> it's really a dangerous crisis throughout our country. julia, on monday, president biden signed a bill ending the covid national emergency what does this mean for other policies like the trump-era policy known as title 42, which is used as an immigration policy >> there was confusion about that i did check in with biden administration officials who are still looking at the date of may 11th as the day title 42 will

lift there's planning they need to get done before may 11th, when title 42 lifts off the border. we know it went into place at the beginning of the pandemic, that over 2 million migrants have been blocked from crossing the u.s. border. they are expecting a surge when that does lift we know that there's a lot that they have put in place, including the ability to fast track asylum claims, to try to deport people faster if they are not eligible, and to make people ineligible for asylum if they didn't first claim asylum in a country they passed through on their way to the united states it's something a lot of immigration advocates are pushing back against say, saying t they are taking a page from the trump administration to make it harder to claim asylum in the u.s. either way, it takes a lot of planning they are pinning may 11th as the date

>> it seems as though the biden administration is throwing out trial balloons for dealing with the border they have instituted an app. how is that going? >> not so great. according to migrants who tried it, it went into place last october, and it allows migrants to take their phone and make an appointment to come to the border, make their asylum claim. it seems like an ordinarily way to do things a lot of migrants have had trouble using it we have seen frustrated migrants rush the border when they haven't been able to get appointments >> julia ainsley, thank you very much a pleasure seeing you. that wraps up the hour for me i'm jose diaz balart you can reach me on twitter and instagram. reach highlights from today's show online. i thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. president biden visiting northern irelandnd