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rocket attacks in 24 hours as the military steps up its assault in ukraine. our reporters are here to cover all of the latest developments and we start there. nbcs richard engel is in dnipro, ukraine, this latest barrage of missiles, give us the latest we know about whats happening on the ground there. >> reporter: so ukrainians are shrugging it off. they so far say that the russian offensive, which was launched about two weeks ago, is not shaping up to be as devastating as province, t...

the biden administrations repeatedly denied that theres a crisis at the border despite the commander in chief requesting backup. >> john: texas governor greg abbott will join us live for an exclusive interview later in the show to talk about what he is seeing in his state. >> sandra: in just a moment we will be speaking about joe bidens policies pushing the district he represents to the breaking point. >> john: greg, whats the latest from where you are? >> reporter: were here at the po...

Travel to the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis meant crossing the not so free state of Illinois. Some preparations were useful. No stops were required in 230 miles of travel across Illinois.

Mississippi river here shortly. other areas of concern. freezing rain. no one ever likes to be in a freezing rainstorm. this one has the bulls eye over southern michigan and southern portions of wisconsin and northern illinois. thats where the temperatures are right around freezing, 30 degrees. sleet and freezing rain reported in those areas. its not going to change and budge much for the next 12 hours. extreme travel issues in those areas. chicago, youre fine, warm enough. to the north, the big...

Flooding in the midwest prompting mass evacuations and costing farmers billions of dollars in lost crops and livestock. a new system moving east and south could affect the mississippi and missouri rivers as vice president pence was in hard-hit nebraska yesterday with a message for flood victims. >> to all the families that have seen their homes flooded, seen livestock lost, who had their lives and communities upset by these extraordinary floods and severe weather, our message is this. we are wit...

Going on with the levee. >> reporter: well theyre -- which is just extraordinary. were at pretty much the missouri/illinois border where the mississippi and ohio rivers meet. and theyre both swollen beyond compare. so were seeing an extraordinary event, for sure. the president has declared this area a major disaster to open up some funds for these folks. yesterday as you mentioned, i went out with the usgs team of scientists to measure the flow, get an up-close look at the levee that was broken....

I should know that atlanta has that cone-shaped -- >> right. but up close its hard to tell. now that theyre broadening it out. >> clearly its atlanta. happy cinco de mayo, by the way. >> happy cinco de mayo back. >> its going to be a beautiful day in atlanta if youre celebrating it. sunny and 71 for the high. >> the parade will have great weather in atlanta. the top stories now. president obama visiting ground zero in new york city today to mark the death of osama bin laden. there are no plans...

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Two people meeting and theyve always said that we speak -- they dont speak for the 14 of us, that they have to go back to us. and at no point was there any agreement that they would vote or vote for this or was there a time line set up for us to go back. so i think what walker is trying to do is just explain, shift blame away from himself in that. >> lets listen in for a minute to what he said. listen to this. >> it would be nice today if we could announce that we had an agreement for these 14 s...

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