video campaign offering russians a secure way to safely share secrets about the war in ukraine. inside that strategy, next. and the critical meeting in the next 60 minutes between president biden and kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. what we just learned from an influential member of congress. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. let s start at the white house where against backdrop of a slightly nervous wall street, that high level, high stakes meeting is about to get underway with the full faith and credit of the u.s. at stake. monica alba joins us with more. so, monica, what is the white house saying ahead of this meeting? well, much like last week when we were in this exact position, chris, when the president had invited the top congressional leaders to come to the oval office for this meeting, remember that white house officials lowered expectations, saying there wouldn t be a major breakthrough as a result of this meeting. we ar
are investors starting to act on their doubts about a deal? and campaign endorsements and super pacs, they re great. but do they matter if you can t throw a punch? that s the question hanging over ron desantis and mike pence as they try to figure out how to take on donald trump. but we start with new developments surrounding a pair of mass shootings in texas and new mexico, carried out nine days and nearly a thousand miles apart, but sharing a critical heart breaking detail. both targeting people doing absolutely nothing out of the ordinary turning what should have been a normal day into a nightmare. in new mexico, three people are dead, along with a teenage suspect, after police say he opened fire on a residential street yesterday. apparently just shooting at random. it was the 225th mass shooting of the year in this country. roughly one every 15 hours. and in just about one hour in texas, we re expecting an update on surviving victims of the shooting at an outlet mall.
many hoping to ride out this tidal wave of demands like nick. i wish i could afford a mini van with a lot less mileage. when the road to ownership is a little smoother. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, a critical update out of allen, texas, where for the first time, we ll hear from one of the survivors and the hospital staff who responded to the mass shooting at an outlet mall this month. a press conference is set to start any minute now. and shaking walls and ar raid sirens. ukrainian air defense shot down missiles aimed at kyiv. creating another nightmare scenario there overnight. we ll have a live report on the ukraine from the capital. plus, from the u.s. with love. the cia just rolled out a new