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Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im darya folsom and breaking news, the wall street journal reports over. Is closing one of its downtown San Francisco offices and laying off about 500 people who work there. The journal reports uber ceo made the announcement in an email. This morning, 2 employees uber says its in response to the coronavirus pandemic in all 3,000 people are being laid off in this latest round in the company is going to shut down 45 offices, worldwide. Experts say that uber is cutting about a quarter of its workforce. This month. So now we know how the bay area will be aff...

economists say this one should not hurt the economy. joining me now is cnbc senior analyst, congressional continue, julie tsirkin, and nbc news white house correspondent, al -- allie raffa. i want to read a few notable things. jason fuhrman, the former deputy director of obama's national council says the fed will be happy. the economy needs cooling off and this takes pressure off interest rates in accomplishing cooling off. a jpmorgan chase analyst says the agreement could function as the equivalent of a quarter point increase in interest rates in terms of helping to restrain inflati...

iowa. perhaps equally stunning, no deaths have been reported, although one woman is missing. the latest from the scene coming up. it was a missed chance for change in turkey where erdogan has been elected for an unprecedented third term. what that means for the people there and for authoritarian rule worldwide. but we start with two days left before the house is expected to vote on a deal to raise the debt limit. brand new details emerging about the political hill still left to climb, not just republicans, but democrats as well. ro khanna, a member of the house progressive caucus...

>> reporter: an impossibly high price for any family to have to pay. this weekend, for a grateful nation, a time to remember. there was a lot of discussion after michelle was killed in action about whether her sisters would continue to serve overseas. the family wanted them to be home so they could grieve. they had a family overseas to be there as well. ultimately, they were advised against returning to service because essentially they had become targets so they finished serving stateside eight years. >> such a tough story, lindsay, thank you for bringing it to us on this memorial day. that is...

Her. >> i wonder what she would look like if she had kids of her own. >> reporter: michelle's sister after serving in the military has three girls of her own, including oldest madison michelle. >> it's just like you lose somebody that you love so much, and all of the soldiers who have lost their lives. you just look at it in such a new way. >> i just try to live as the best person i can be. and jut remember she's probably looking down on me. so, i'm going to try to make her proud. >> reporter: the witmer family says while time has sanded the sharp edges of grief, there's not a day that goes by...