>> reporter: some experts say the methods and data collected by air new zealand could offer wide ranging benefits around the world. >> i think you may see some other airlines utilize this at some point in the future. >> reporter: as far as whether or not this policy or model could ever be adopted in the united states, the faa gives broad discretion to domestic airlines to decide how they want to comply with weight and balance requirements. now, generally speaking, aviation experts say they go to the medical industry here to get data on the average weight of passengers. could that change? could you seeing some like the new zealand model being applied to the united states? yes, it is possible, but right now there is no indication of that happening. in miami, sam brock, nbc news. back to you. >> thank you so much, sam brock. that does it for us today. until tomorrow, reporting from new york, i'm ana cabrera. thank you for joining us. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm jose diaz-balart.

the debt ceiling deal heads to the house floor tonight. but not everyone is sold on it. we'll talk to democratic congresswoman teresa ledger fernandez about why she voted against advancing the bill out of the committee. in iowa, the search for survivors. families say there are still people trapped inside a partially collapsed apartment building in davenport. we'll talk to a member of one of those families desperate to find his cousin before the city tears the building down. breaking news in the republican race for the white house. we'll tell you who plans to launch a bid for a second time. tense moments over the south china sea as a chinese fighter jet aggressively cuts in front of a u.s. air force plane. it is just another sign of the strain in the relationship between the u.s. and china. and a convenience store owner in south carolina charged with murdering a 14-year-old boy he wrongly accused of shoplifting bottled water. we have the latest on the investigation. and we begin with breaking

news from capitol hill. the biggest test yet for a bill that would raise the nation's debt limit and prevent an economic catastrophe in exchange for cuts in federal spending. the full house is set to vote tonight on the deal brokered by president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy, and a significant group of democrats could vote against it. congressional progressive caucus chair pernilla jayapal said she will vote no and insinuated many in her caucus will do the same. we're expected to hear more from this from house democratic leadership. you see our camera set up at the area there on capitol hill. we're keeping a close eye on the event. we'll bring any major developments when they occur. despite all of this, house speaker kevin mccarthy is optimistic the bill will pass. >> today, the american people are going to win. we're going to pass the largest cut in american history. it is just a small step putting

us on the right track. >> to start off the coverage this hour, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli. where do things stand right now? the congressional progressive caucus chair says no. potentially meaning that others in that caucus could go no. what is it looking like on the house right now? >> reporter: certainly the fact that chairwoman jayapal would come out and say she's a no, that her group is whipping their votes right now and that she thinks many of her fellow progressive nive members will e at no is notable. it is important for us as we watch this process shake out, we have watched people on the far right in the freedom caucus, for example, be very loud in their opposition to this bill, we're now watching house progressives on the democratic side come out and say that they don't like what's in this bill. but there is a lot of room still there in the middle of those two polls for this bill to get

passed. that's the place where leadership is relying on to actually get this through several hours from now when they're set to vote later tonight. but as far as the progressive mindset right now, this is what chairwoman jayapal told me in explaining her no vote. watch. >> people need to still continue to have faith in us to fight for them. this is not our deal. even the white house would say, this is a negotiated deal. this is not our deal. this is a right wing center right deal. and if we want to have credibility with the progressive wing of the party, then we need to be able to show that we're fighting for them. >> reporter: so you see the argument that chairwoman jayapal is making there. she needs to go back to prose progressives, not just those in the building but outside the building as well, especially during election season. i talked to several other democrats as they were leaving the meeting this morning, even if they're not happy that they ended up in this place where the

white house had to actually negotiate to raise the debt ceiling, they are still willing to go along with it because they think that's more important. i asked one member as he was leaving what the general mood in there was and all he said to me was this is a group of people who really wants to be back in the majority because they do not see a seriousness from republicans in this deal, so that's where they're turning their eye, even as they're frustrated here in the short-term. >> and, i mean, mike, speaker mccarthy is confident the bill will get across the finish line. still remains to be seen. does the white house share any kind of confidence in this? >> well, jose, president biden served in the senate for 36 years, as vice president for eight years, he was often at the center of efforts to broker and then sell these kinds of deals and ali and i logged a lot of hours covering the many legislative battles during the first two years of the biden administration. this is a team this is a president who understands that a tough vote like this is going to come down to the moment for a

lot of these individual members looking across the aisle, looking up at the vote board, to see whether they can vote against it or have to vote for it. that being said, i think the white house is fairly confident that for as much time as we're talking about the criticisms from the left and from the right, that the center will hold. we see that again this morning with the problem solvers caucus in the house, representing more than 60 democrats and republicans together is endorsing this deal. now, the white house also, though, is keeping the pressure on. they are making dozens of one on one group calls, meetings, including the president himself, what is going to be interesting is that later today we'll see the president leave washington, he's scheduled to deliver the commencement address at the air force academy in colorado tomorrow morning. but i suspect a lot of members who are still on the fence may be getting a phone call from air force one, from colorado this evening, as the president monitors that vote to try to make sure it does get over the finish line. >> and, ali, one the big parts

of the agreement is work requirements for food stamp recipients, some food stamp recipients. we heard from the congressional budget office on this part of the bill. what did the cbo have to say? >> the cbo said that's actually not a cost reducing measure. in fact, the way that it ended up being written was that, yes, there are greater work requirements for some people to be eligible for things like snap, but at the same time, it also adds to the deficit. that's something that the number two house republican steve scalise was asked about last night. in his view, even if it is adding to the deficit, it is still doing something that republicans feel is necessary, which is putting more able-bodied americans back into the american workforce. but certainly this is something where democrats are able to seize on it as a moment where they see republicans saying one thing, that they wanted to cut the amount of spending, and then actually pushing a plan that does another. i will also say, i was just talking to congresswoman cori bush on the democratic side

here, someone who had at one point in her life been a recipient of snap, and she said that the way that she sees the reworking in this bill is basically just moving who is the most vulnerable and who is being targeted. she is someone who we're looking at as someone who is likely to vote against this bill, though she hasn't decided yet. certainly work requirements for certain antipoverty programs like this one were one of the key concerns from democrats and from progressives that now they're seeing what it actually looks like in this bill. and republicans are now even trying to play defense on it. >> mike, is there a plan b if this bill should not get through congress? >> there is always that question around the 14th amendment. it is that potential avenue for the president to unilaterally sort of address this debt ceiling challenge by saying the full, faith and credit of the u.s. cannot be challenged. that's the wording of the 14th amendment. the white house president himself has largely ruled out taking that step in this case.

so, as we look at the calendar, we are five days away from that moment when the federal government will run out of money, we'll be unable to borrow anymore to pay the nation's obligations. this is the moment, the vehicle, given all the legislative efforts that have taken to get to this point, it is hard to see what more can be done in the five days that remain to get a new deal brokered and get it passed in time. >> ali vitali and mike memoli, thank you very much for being with us this morning. and with us now to continue our conference, new mexico congresswoman teresa leger fernandez, a member of the house rules committee. always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time. so, you're a member of the congressional progressive caucus, chair jayapal announced she will vote no on this agreement. where do you stand on it? >> good morning. and thank you very much for having me here today. we need to remember why we're in this situation in the first place. and it is because republicans, when they passed their default on america act, they put --

alternatives, massive cuts, 22% to 50% on programs that americans rely on, medicaid, social security, veterans, rural economic development, all of that was on the line for major cuts. and we raised that. we raised that with the american people. and the american people had their voices heard. they were heard by the president, they were heard by the democrats, and what we have before us now is a bill that doesn't do those incredibly extreme drastic matters. what it does do is make sure we don't go over the economic cliff and we have improved the bill substantially so now we have level 23 funding levels, and we're making some cuts i don't really like, but what's the alternative? one is going off of that economic cliff, or i would also point out that a plan b is we still have a discharge petition, we only need five more votes,

five more signatures from republicans. there is a plan b on the democrat side because we are always thinking what is best for the american people. >> so are you a yes or a no on this? >> i will be a no on the rule today. i voted no in rules last night. and if the bill comes to the floor, i voted no on -- if the vote comes to the floor tonight, i will be a yes. >> and so, have you spoken with the president or someone from the white house directly about this? >> yes, i have had several conversations with the white house directly, one on one conversations, we had incredible detailed briefings by members of the white house, the team, looking at various aspects and i pushed back on many of the areas. for example, i wanted to make sure that the funding for indian house service, the funding for tribal programs was protected. indeed, we have now made sure we protected $1.4 billion for the indian house service. that's an example of a most very

vulnerable population that we need to protect and it is protected in this deal. i wanted to make sure we look closely at what were the impacts from some of the decisions. we know the funds that already went to states and to local governments, to the tribal communities, that those are not going to be rescinded because those are no longer on the federal side, they're already on the state side. so, i have discussed many of these programs. i am disappointed and the environmental provisions i believe that we need to make sure that we have stringent enforcement of nepa, the provisions where we pull together and have a single lead agency for environmental review, i'm okay with that, because we were asking for that, a lot of the work i did before was looking at these environmental reviews and having too many agencies with too many rules, that doesn't make sense, so it is good government to have a single lead agency. i am a bit worry the about the

timelines and we raised that with the president, and we raised that with the president's staff. >> congresswoman, it is important that we always underline and recognize our tribal communities. the original americans. and yet so many times they are forgotten when they are really key part of our country. >> they are the foundation. think about everything that we have learned from our native american, from our indigenous community. and as you know, i was chair of the subcommittee on indigenous people and now i'm ranking subcommittee on indian and insular affairs, and we need always to keep that in mind because we made promises to our native american and indigenous communities saying we will provide healthcare, we will provide education, we will provide law enforcement. this deal does protect that. it is something i have always raised and have had lengthy conversations with our leadership, they're behind us on that and that's why you'll see that was protected in this deal.

it is very important for new mexico, 20% of my district is native american. i represent 16 different tribes. >> congresswoman teresa leger fernandez, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you so very much. up next, the search for survivors in davenport, iowa, days after an apartment building partially collapsed. our next guest believes their family member is still alive under the rubble. we'll talk with them in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

15 past the hour. this morning officiales say five residents remain unaccounted for after an apartment building partially collapsed in davenport, iowa, on sunday. two of those people are believed to still be trapped inside. officials announced that demolition plans originally scheduled for tuesday morning have been put on hold as they

re-evaluate the situation and bring in more search teams. nbc's shaquille brewster joins us from davenport, iowa. what is the latest there? >> reporter: hi, jose. well, we haven't gotten an updated timeline from officials. no new updates from officials since yesterday's press conference. i'll tell you, here at the site we have been seeing a lot of activity, vehicles going into the site behind me, we see a drone there, we see the top officials from the city from the fire chief to the structural engineer here on site. there is a lot of activity. officials said yesterday they did conduct a limited search of the area. they say they detected no human activity. but they said they were able to recover some animals and turn the animals over to the humane society. but i'll tell you, jose, here on the ground, there is a lot of frustration. there is growing questions about how we got to this point in the first place. i asked officials yesterday about a possible investigation. they said they're putting together a state team of

investigators. they did not rule out the possibility of a criminal investigation looking into what occurred here. and the big thing that you continue to hear from folks, including protesters out here each and every day, a smaller group today than yesterday, is they want another search. they want to see more resources come in and active search because so many people believe that there are still individuals in the rubble behind me. they say that they know of five people who are unaccounted for. they believe two are connected to and still on site behind me and so many people just calling for a thorough search as investigators and officials worry about the structural integrity of the building that they say right now is being held up by the rubble and warn could come down at any point, jose. >> shaquille brewster, thank you so very much. as you mentioned, protesters have been showing up at the collapsed site trying to stop the demolition and continue the search for the missing.

this video was taken by mike collier, whose cousin is one of the missing residents still thought to be inside. mike is among those urging city officials to go in and get his cousin from under the rubble. mike joins us this morning, along with brandon's son, brandon colvin jr. i know you're graduating from high school this weekend. how are you and your family holding up today? >> just trying to stay strong right now. hope for the best. >> yeah. tell me a little bit, if you would, mike, about what it is that you are seeing there, and what are your biggest frustrations? >> yes, my biggest frustration is that they're trying to collapse this building before they find my cousin branden. he's over there in the rubble.

we just need to find him before they tear down the building. they're saying that they can't go through the rubble of finding him because they say that's what's holding the building up. but i believe that they need to get some engineers from different states to come here to kind of, like, specialize in things like this so we can secure the building, so that we can go under the rubble and find my cousin. he's not too far. he was on the fifth floor. you can see his clothes hanging in his closet, and that's where his bed was. so he's on the fifth floor, so there wasn't a whole bunch on top of him when he fell. that should let you know he's not too far up under the rubble. they would probably just have to dig out maybe the middle of the top part to probably find him. at least try to find him under the top part of the rubble. >> yeah, and i'm just, you know, we see these pictures of the

rubble there, you can still see your cousin's apartment, you're saying you can still see some of his clothes. the davenport fire department met with your family last night. how did that conversation go? >> it went all right. but not too good. i think they're still -- i believe they're trying to just cover up stuff and, yeah, they're trying to cover up because they're associated with building owner. and i think it is a lot bigger than what we see. and they're just trying to just sweep things under the rug and hurry up and demolish this building. and the building is evidence. they're destroying evidence, you know. and it didn't go really well with the fire inspector because they're still talking about demolishing this building, and there are still people missing, unaccounted for and we really need to find them. >> brian, what is the support

from the community been like for you and your family? >> it's good. i needed this. i needed everyone out here. i feel the love and support from everybody. i just need it right now. >> yes. >> mike, i thank you for being with us this morning. certainly we hope that they do find him and that he's alive and that he's there and i just witness you all the best and we'll be keeping a very close eye on what is going on there. i appreciate both of your time. >> thank you. >> appreciate you. >> thanks. still ahead, the race for the republican presidential nomination is about to get bigger. we'll tell you who is jumping in next. plus, an nbc news exclusive, an inside look at the alarming ways russia's private army is financing its war at ukraine. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose

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25 past the hour. breaking news in the republican primary field. a source confirms to nbc news that former new jersey governor chris christie is set to become a candidate for the white house, again. he's expected to announce his 2024 run tuesday at a town hall in manchester, new hampshire. joining us is vaughn hillyard. good morning. this won't be christie's first attempt at the oval office. >> reporter: no, i think that's

actually maybe what's notable about this. you go back to the huge 2016 field that took on donald trump eight years ago, and none of those other individuals from ted cruz to marco rubio wanted to throw their hat into the ring and take trump on again. that's where chris christie who finished in sixth place with just 15%, below the likes of john kasich and jeb bush, but he's giving this a second go. a source tells me he's going to launch this bid formally in manchester, new hampshire, at a town hall this upcoming tuesday. i want to let you hear from chris christie, though, two months ago, when he was answering a voter's question about essentially what would make this go around any different for him compared to 2016 when he and other republicans notably didn't take donald trump head on in the early primary months. take a listen. >> part of what happened in 2016, i'll be honest with you, we all made a strategic error. we did. look, i'm happy to own my

mistakes. i made plenty of them. i was one of them. we all kind of thought, all right, don't go after him now. because once i get past jeb and marco and john and carly and ted and, you know, then i'll have trump one on one and then i'll take him on. never of us ever got there. it was over quick. so that was a strategic error. >> reporter: and while chris christie is pulling at 0%, 1%, 2% in polls nationally, jose, what his other remark at that event is notable. to make up for 2016, he said he wants to enter the debates here against donald trump and do what he did in his own words what he did to marco rubio in 2016. and that while other candidates are hitting donald trump with, you know, poking him more so with a stick over some little policy discrepancies or suggestions that it is time for

a new generation of republican leadership, chris christie indicated he wants to take a shovel to donald trump this go around. he's been forceful in calling out donald trump after the 2020 election and his election denialism and said the country could not afford to have donald trump back in the office again. and to many republican surprises this field is growing, and chris christie is the latest who is going to be trying to get on to the debate stage a couple of months from now. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. joining us now, strategist and political analyst matthew dowd. great seeing you. let's start with the new person heading into the ring. new monmouth poll, christie is the only contender out of ten who got a negative net favorability rating among republican voters. what is he facing? >> i mean, it is even more than an uphill climb, it is a mount

everest climb. i know chris and having been with him a lot on previous days on television, he's got to know the chances of winning are tiny. so my guess is a big part of what he's doing is he wants to go in and do a full frontal assault on donald trump regardless of his chances in the course of this. and as i was listening to you and vaughn, the more it shapes up to be a large field like 2016, the more donald trump has to be cheering this. the only way i think you beat donald trump in 2024 is if it is a very, very small field where the anti-trump republican vote coalesces around one candidate, but as of today, we have ron desantis, donald trump, we have chris christie, we have asa hutchinson, we have nikki haley and we're probably going to have mike pence in the course of this. so that field makes this race very, very good for donald trump. >> and so what is the cost benefit analysis that chris

christie has to make in order to get in when you're saying probably odds aren't great. what is the cost benefit after analysis for him, personally and politically? >> well, my guess is that if he's the only one that takes on donald trump in a full throated way, that he gets himself up there and he's known and he becomes that guy and for chris christie, maybe that benefit is what he wants in the course of this. and as i say, he's got to know intellectually that the task of beating donald trump with where chris christie stands is very, very difficult. but he probably wants the brand that i was the only one that really took on donald trump and i lost, but i did. >> matthew dowd, thank you very much, good to see you. appreciate it. >> you too, man. up next, rare sirens rattle seoul residents overnight. s ove. how north korea triggered these

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korea and japan, air raid sirens went off for residents to take cover. this morning, south korean officials have begun the process of recovering parts of the wreckage which crashed off its western coast and over the south china sea a chinese fighter jet intercepted a u.s. reconnaissance plane, flying directly in front of its nose. this is given by the u.s. armed forces, put that plane goes really close. the u.s. is calling it an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver. this morning, secretary of state antony blinken addressed the incident. >> our planes were flying in international air space on a routine mission. chinese pilot took dangerous action in approaching the plane very, very closely. there had been a series of these actions directed not just at us, but at other countries in recent

months. >> joining us is courtney kube. great seeing you. what is the latest on the close call between the u.s. and china, and the secretary saying there were a series of actions on this? >> there is called an intercept. when one aircraft flies up close to another aircraft, oftentimes they'll communicate with one another, check out with the other is doing, fly near one another for a while. what is different about this one what you're seeing on the screen right now, it came too close to the u.s. rc 135, a spy plane, it came too close to it and you see the u.s. aircraft shaking. it is flying through the wake of that chinese fighter jet. that's considered a dangerous and in many cases a more aggressive move. also the fact that that chinese aircraft flew right in front of the u.s. aircraft. that's considered extremely dangerous way to fly. intercepts overall are not that uncommon. the ones like this where they're

considered aggressive, unsafe, unprofessional, when they're deemed as such, they do happen, just not all that often. it is not just between the chinese and the u.s. military. there are many u.s. allies that have had encountered similar to this with chinese aircraft in that same area, jose. >> and on monday, chinese officials declined a request from the u.s. to have defense secretary lloyd austin speak with his chinese counterpart. >> that's right. it is just another step in what has been a series of movements toward even more tense and worsening relations between the u.s. and china. in this case, earlier in may, the pentagon asked for a meeting between the defense secretary lloyd austin and his chinese counterpart lee in singapore. there is an annual event there called the shangri-la dialogues. they asked to meet on the sidelines of that. we just learned over the weekend that chinese government

officially declined that offer. now, one of the reasons that the chinese does not -- the chinese government does not want this meeting to occur is because they are still angry over the fact that the u.s. government sanctioned minister lee. those sanctions came under president donald trump, about five years ago, because of his alleged involvement in providing some weapons to russia. but the u.s. declined to release those sanctions or to release them to get rid of them. the in the meantime, the pentagon continues to have interacts between the two gentlemen saying any kind of engagement would work toward the benefit of both sides and saying that despite the sanctions there is no restriction to secretary austin meeting with the minister. >> courtney kube, thank you very much, now to an nbc news exclusive. we're getting a rare look into how russian mercenaries friendly to putin, known as the wagner group, are funding their ongoing military operations in the front lines of the war in ukraine and possibly in other places.

richard engel went to the central african republic where the wagner group is extracting valuable resources like blood diamonds and gold to fund their military operations. joining us now is nbc's richard engel. great to see you. this is so important. how significant are the wagner group's operations in africa? >> reporter: this is where they make their money. they operate in ukraine openly to provide some sort of patriotic services to the government. but the leader of wagner made it clear that the operations in ukraine are extremely costly. he's lost tens of thousands of fighters in ukraine to destroy the city of bakhmut and had to recruit convicts, freeing them from jail and giving them contracts to go and fight on the frontline. africa is much more lucrative. it is much more profitable. and we went to the central african republic, which is wagner's home base, and saw that

they are more or less in control of the country, they can take what they want, with the government's approval, the government is now dependent on them and they're taking things from some of the poorest people in the world. the central african republic is a failed state. torn apart by civil war. in the capital, i saw children starving to death at the only pediatric hospital. what is it like for you as the director here to see all these cases? it upsets me, she says, mothers don't have money to buy food and the children fall into this state. they are young victims of after africa's resource curse, desperately poor people living on land with vast untapped wealth. here it is gold and diamonds. they're not lifting people out of poverty. much of the riches are now flowing to russian mercenaries

from the wagner group. russia's private army, known for its brutality in ukraine. wagner is led by yevgeny prigozhin. it makes its money here. according to two western diplomats, wagner extracts a half a billion dollars a year from this country in gold, rare timber and blood diamonds. this woman, who asked us to conceal her identity for her protection, lived near the village where her husband was a gold minor. she told me how russian mercenaries drove the villagers away. >> translator: there were beating people, whipping people and chasing them away. >> reporter: when her husband and seven others refused to leave, they were executed. what do you think the russians wanted? gold? you think it is as simple as that? >> translator: yes, they came for our wealth and for our gold.

today my children don't have a father, had they don't have anything at all. >> reporter: working with the research group the century, nbc news reviewed more than a dozen allegations of wagner violence including here. this was the village in 2019, before the russian takeover. an image take this month shows the mine has expanded dramatically, now capable of generating untraceable profits. wagner was invited in to the central african republic by the government to help crush a rebellion. the government quickly became dependent on russian support. wagner even provides the personal security for the president. mr. president, a real pleasure. richard engel, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: what do you say about reports that allege that the russian forces who you brought in to help secure this country have committed abuses? >> translator: listen, we are a responsible government and there are laws in this country.

we have set up a commission of inquiry to see if the facts reported in these reports are true. >> reporter: the government relies on wagner to survive. wagner pays itself in gold. the people are left starving. we reached out to prigozhin and he responded with a voice note calling our questions provocative and saying in part, quote, you received enough information. if by asking these questions you intended just to spit at me, then i suggest you come closer and after that try to figure out if it is your throat in my hands or someone else's. jose? >> okay, richard. this is really intense. richard, thank you very much. appreciate it. be careful. up next, how a 14-year-old boy ended up dead after leaving a convenience store in south carolina. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ca you're watching "jose

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joining us now is sam brock. it's great to see you. what's the latest on this? >> you have a 14-year-old child or a teenager on sunday night holding four bottles of water and putting them down. he just graduated from the eighth grade. was confronted by the store owner and ended up being chased out of the store. they say, this is in south carolina, right near columbia, south carolina, there was no evidence of him actually trying to steal the water bottles. yet, this confrontation ensues. local authorities there have tried to get out in front of this and have charged the owner, as you said, with murder. we heard from the coroner as well who spoke about the fact that the 14-year-old was shot in the back. it caused issues with his heart hemorrhaging. they are trying to sue the community that legal justice will be pursued in this case. there are so many questions about why it could have happened in the first place. the picture you are looking at, that comes courtesy of a state

representative who received it from the victim's mother. here is what an hour ago the sheriff said about from the own words of the shop owner how this transpired. take a listen. >> he just said, we chased him. my son said he had a gun. i took aim and i shot him. it was simple by him explanation. he never said the gun was pointed at him or his son. he never said he was in danger. never felt like his son's life was in danger. that's the standard you have to have to use deadly force. >> in the aftermath of the murder charges, that man's store, his gas station was vandalized. authorities were trying to explain that there will be justice. you have to consider the fact that this is an area, 41% african american. this had nothing to do with race. the reality is, you had an asian shop owner and a 14-year-old black teenager who is now shot and dead.

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56 after the hour. a quick look on the markets right now. the dow is down 244 points right now. traders await the house vote tonight on a bill to raise the nation's debt limit. investors are taking stock of new data on the housing and job markets. frank holland joins us. we have new data on these mortgage applications. what does it all mean? >> always great to see you. here is what it means. we see declining home biders with interest rates weighing on

the market. applications fell by nearly 4% week over week with the average 30-year mortgage at or above 7% in most of the country. as you would imagine, this is putting pressure on first time home buyers because of a lack of inventory on the market and logically with 82% of homeowners with a mortgage under 5%, there's little or no incentive to buy new houses with their spending power reduced by higher rates. estimates vary, but there's a shortfall around 2 million units in the u.s. the rates make it less profitable to build and harder for buyers to buy. >> frank, we got a look at the number of job openings right now. what does it look like? >> there was a report. job openings jumped over 10 million. the report we got, over 10 million. they forecasted just under 9.4

million. the job market is strong and tight. this may be counterintuitive. the fed would like to see a looser labor market with less upward pressure on wages. this report ahead of the job reports on friday, it's raising concerns that the fed may hike rates again as part of its overall objective. we have had ten consecutive rate hikes. according to data from the cme group, there's a 70% of another hike on june 13th. >> frank holland, thank you so much. the crew of space x back on earth tonight. the dragon capsule splashed down in the gulf of mexico off the coast of panama city, florida. look at these pictures. the crew spent ten days at the international space station. it is the second private mission. it was the first private space flight commanded by a woman.

to a moment of persistence and dedication in colorado. this is a high school senior and a cross-country runner walking in his high school graduation. two years ago it seemed impossible after a car accident left him paralyzed. he says his next goal is to run again. i'm sure he will do that. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. reach me on twitter and instagram. you can watch highlights from today's show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. peter alexander picks up with more news right now. "andrea mitchell reports," kevin mccarthy bringing the debt ceiling deal to the house floor this evening with democrats weighing whether to back the deal, despite key policy reservations. >> if i am a member of congress, i would want history to