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eastern time here on msnbc katy tur reports right now good to be with us i'm katy tur on monday, kevin mccarthy was in new york city trying to get wall street on his side as he plays a game of chicken with the white house on the debt limit. today it's president biden who is making his case this time he is speaking to union workers in maryland. the president is arguing a clean raise of the debt limit is the only good option at the same time he's pitching his own plans on the economy some that have already created jobs in the past few months we've seen the president or the vice presi...

good wednesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim sciutto. tornado warnings in effect for parts of the southwest. this after severe storms yesterday. more than a dozen tornados reported tearing across the south. look at these pictures here. homes, buildings disappearing. we'll speak with the mayor of deerpark, texas. new this morning, germany will send those leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and it comes as the u.s. is sending abram tanks to ukraine. bottom line, is it enough? we begin with those destructive tornados slamming parts of texas and louisiana. rosa flores is in pasadena, te...

>> reporter: just so they can kill the sons of other mothers. >> cnn international editor nick paton walsh is live for us in ukraine. nick, start with this referendum vote. officials say that some ukrainians are being forced to vote. how is that being done? >> reporter: yeah. some of this is clearly because of the implied pressure of being occupied by a military force of russia or in terms at time the direct pressure that appears. at the moment, ballot boxes are being brought to people's homes, suggestions they walk to polling stations. there is a great confusion on how this would pl...

killed. phoenix, a 14-year-old girl was gunned down and 8 others shot at a strip mall in south carolina, where bullets tore through a graduation party, leaving one dead and others injured, six children. in texas, georgia, new york, and michigan. add those numbers up with the other mass shootings over the first months of 2022, and you get 240 mass shootings. let me say that again. 240 mass shootings already this year, in a year that's not even half over. what will republican governors, legislators, and members of congress do to stop the continued killing of our children in schools, ou...

hostage in gaza. >> you cannot explain the emotions. it's pure joy. >> the four-day pause extended by another two days. >> we would like to see the release go on. we're very happy for the other families but it's really hard. >> there's relief that they've been set free but they still have to deal with that trauma. >> psychological, medical, nutritional, many deficiencies. >> the moment this pause is over the war itself is back on and all of its intensity. >> gaza is a total humanitarian disaster. there's going to be a huge amount of aid coming in to gaza. and that is going to save li...