Nightly News Full Broadcast – May 1

tonight is the government about to runout of money to pay its debts the direnew Warning by treasury secretary JanetYellen now telling Congress the defaultcould happen in just weeks if it doesn'traise or suspend the debt limit what itall could mean for Americans plus the11th hour meeting proposed by PresidentBiden but is there room for negotiationthe huge pileup and fiery crashes causedby a massive dust storm at least sixpeople reported killed in dozens morehospitalized plus hundreds of LawEnforcement Officers searching by landand air for the suspect who killed fivepeople at a home in Texas theheartbroken father a nine-year-old amongthe dead authorities say the suspect hadbeen deported multiple times but NBCNews exclusive after the U.S shot down aspy balloon from China the militarytracking another mysterious balloon overthe U.S what we know just hours to gobefore threatened Hollywood Ridersstrike will your favorite TV shows behaltedthis is NBC Nightly News with LesterHoltgood evening and welcome everyone westart with breaking news and a yeardefined by extreme and deadly weatherthe latest a dust storm along a stretchof I-55 in Illinois dozens of cars piledup in poor visibility conditions tonightsix people are dead more than 30hospitalized much more on the story injust a moment but first the window forthe U.S government to figure out a wayto pay its bills just got a lot narrowerthat news coming today and a letter toCongress from treasury secretary JanetYellen who after crunching the numbersagain announced the U.S will be unableto satisfy its obligations by early Junepotentially as early as June 1st the newestimate of when the money runs out fivedays earlier than initially thoughtpiling on more pressure on Congress tomake a deal to raise the debt ceilingthe republican-controlled house isdemanding spending cuts before green toraise the debt limit putting it at sharpodds with Democrats and the Biden WhiteHouse Ryan Nobles as the capital tonightRyan what are the options herewell unless we should find that out nextweek and that's because President Bidenmade phone calls today to house SpeakerKevin McCarthy and other Congressionalleaders asking them to come to the WhiteHouse for a meeting on May 9th tonegotiate the debt ceiling Showdown nowthe president has been under pressureespecially after House Republicans andMcCarthy passed an increase to the debtceiling but only if Democrats wouldagree to steep spending cuts it wasthought of as a way to bring Biden backto the negotiating table and Biden hassaid that he would only agree to a debtceiling increase with no other stringsattached and earlier today both thepresident and the speaker appeared nocloser to making a dealwe pay our bills and we should do sowithout Reckless hostage taking fromsome of the mega republicans in Congresswe will not pass the debt signal thatjust raises it without doing somethingabout our debtand this new letter from the treasurysecretary brings with it a new level ofurgency there are only eight days whereboth the House and Senate are both insession before they hit that deadlinethe U.S has never defaulted on its debtand if it were to financialists say thatit could lead to an economic catastropheLesterall right Ryan Nobles thank you inIllinois authorities say multiple peopleare dead and dozens injured on a highwayin the aftermath of a huge dust cloudJesse Kirsch has late details for ustonight this highway dust storm turningdeadly in Illinois State Police saydozens of vehicles crashed along a majorHighway south of the state capitol thismorning the cause of the crash is due toexcessive winds blowing dirt from FarmFields across the highway leading tozero visibility at least six peoplekilled with over 30 taken to thehospital and two semi-trailers CatchingFire according to officials at this timeour numbers that we have areapproximately 20 commercial motorvehicles and 40 to 60 passenger carsinvolved in the crash that brutalweather roughly a three-hour Drive southof Davenport Iowa in a region where somestreets are better suited for boats thancarsin Buffalo Iowa Janine Buckley saysthanks to those sandbags inside herhouse is dry you still have power heatevery everything it said I mean if youwere inside you'd have no idea yeah noif I had the curtains closed I'd neverknow others around the city of Davenportare not so lucky as the Midwest waits todry out parts of the southeast arecleaning up from tornadoes the nationalweather service has a twister withroughly a 145 mile per hour winds rippedthrough Virginia Beach Sunday after aweek or tornado hit near Palm BeachFlorida Saturday tossing around cars isit loud and scary and lightningeverywhere meanwhile Davenport waitingfor word the Mississippi is done Risingfor now A Familiar problem that somefeel is a fair price for life on theriverJesse joining us now from Davenport whendo we expect the flood waters to recedeyou can see there's still plenty ofwater downtown tonight we are expectingthat water level to start droppingslowly tomorrow but parts of the citywill still be flooded into next weekLeicesterJesse curse thank you an urgent Manhuntis underway in Texas right now to pickup the trail of a man who authoritiessay turned his assault style weapon onneighbors killing five people includinga nine-year-old boy Priscilla Thompsonhas late detailshundreds of law enforcement Personnelscouring the Greater Houston areachasing down tips looking for the manwanted for five murders we're askingeveryone for your help so we can bringthis suspect or this monster I will callhim to Justice an eighty thousand dollarreward has been issued for informationleading to an arrest the sheriff says38-year-old Francisco oropesa bargedinto a neighbor's home late Friday nightand opened fire execution Style with anAR-15 rifle after he was asked to stopshooting the gun on his front lawn fivepeople were killed all HonduranNationals authorities say the youngestjust nine years oldWilson Garcia escaped the Carnage buthours later returned to his home wherehis wife and young son were murderedtelling NBC News his son was killedtrying to protect his mom that when hesaw her lying on the floor he ran to herand was shot deadthree other children were also found atthe scene covered in blood but uninjuredshielded authorities Say by two of thewomen who diedGarcia says he had called police thatnight to report his neighbor was beingthreatening but says it took 20 minutesfor help to arrive we got a call about11 31 pm and then within a few secondsthereafter we received other 911shooting going on there's uh bodies andso we picked our priority up new detailsare emerging about the suspect includingaccording to Federal officials that theMexican national had been deported fourtimes anyone who has the courageto kill someone especially kids we'llkill again I think that's a fear it'sreal fear tonight a community on edgewith a killer on the loose PriscillaThompson NBC News Cleveland Texasthree months after that you the U.S shotdown that Chinese surveillance balloonthe military is tracking another balloonthis time over Hawaii Courtney and cubeyis at the Pentagon with exclusivedetails Courtney where is that balloonheaded now well Lester the mysteryballoon is now heading towards Mexicoafter flying over Hawaii according tothree U.S officials it's not clear whoowns it or what it's doing but theofficials say it is not a Chinesesurveillance balloon now this comesafter that Chinese spy balloon incidentearlier this year the BidenAdministration faced criticism forallowing that balloon to fly across theU.S before shooting it down U.Sofficials told NBC News the balloongathered intelligence over sensitivemilitary sites but we're told this newobject is not communicating any signalsand did not cross over any sensitivesites in Hawaii the Pentagon at leastfor now tonight says no action is neededLesterCourtney cubey with that update thankyou and another concerning economicheadline today the latest bank failureFirst Republic now the Third Bank tofail in just two months seized byfederal Regulators early today and soldto J.P Morgan Chase cnbc's Andrew RossSorkin joining me Andrew help usunderstand what happened herethis is the second largest bank failuresince 2008.billion dollars of deposits left thisbank over the past two months it was aclassic run on the bank the governmentstepped in saved that bank andeffectively sold its assets to JP Morganthe good newsdepositors all of them didn't lose anymoney at all and the branches openedtoday what it means even more broadly isthat the U.S government implicitly isprepared to guarantee all depositors atBanks across the countryAndrew Ross Sorkin thank you in New Yorktough questioning today by DonaldTrump's lawyer for the writer who'saccusing him of rape and defamationsenior legal correspondent Laura Jarrettreportsback on the stand Gene Carroll facingfacing a second day of intensecross-examine Nation Joe takapina anattorney for the former presidentdoubling down on the defense theory thatCarroll made up her sexual assaultaccusation against Mr Trump to gainnotoriety playing this old interview onCNN for the jury where she describesbumping into Mr Trump and BergdorfGoodman and helping him pick out a gifthe was going to get some laundry and Iam just like oh well I can dine outforever on this story today Carol toldthe jury it was such a New York storyand such a happy story and then ofcourse it turned tragic she says theformer president raped her in thedressing room an allegation the defenseagain tried to undermine Monday bysaying she never called the policedespite having told others in her advicecolumn to do so Carol explaining incourt I'm a member of the silentgeneration women like me were taught andtrained to keep our chins up and to notcomplain takapina also confronting Carolwith old posts on Facebook years aftershe says she was assaulted where shecalls herself a quote massive fan of MrTrump's TV show The Apprentice but Caroltold the jury she also made severaljokes about himtoday Mr Trump visited Scotland itappears unlikely he'll show up at trialearly this morning defense attorneysfiled a motion for a mistrial citing anumber of rulings against them clearlylaying the groundwork for a potentialappeal the judge denied that motionLesterLaura Jarrett thank you it's been aviolent Day in France some demonstratorsclashing with police in protests overthe nation's new plan to raise theretirement age and now threatening todisrupt world famous events like theFrench Open Richard Engel is therehundreds of thousands today took to thestreets across France to protest againstworking morethey're trying to force presidentEmmanuel macron to reverse a new deeplyunpopular law raising the retirement agefrom 62 to 64. a change made without avote in Parliament and approved by thehighest court here more than a hundredpolicemen were injured 20 hospitalizedin Paris alone so the police have beencharging through here and the protestershave been pushing them back kicking themthrowingmost of the protesters were far fromretirement age some critics say thatpeople in France are being unrealisticthat you you need to work more and thatthey're lazy frankly yeah yeah what doyou say to themlike the American people like 18 yearsold I have to work and this is not alife it's not a life the governmentargues demographics are killing earlyretirement people are living longer andhave fewer children to keep the systemgoing the demonstrators don't buy it andsay they'll keep fighting for awork-life balance that's slipping awaylabor unions say they will cut theelectricity to the upcoming Khan filmfestival and the French Open if the lawisn't repealed Lester still head down tothe wire in Hollywood with a potentialRiders strike just hours from now whatit means for your favorite showsthank youmy biggest drama in years is playing outin Hollywood the industry bracing for awriter's strike just hours from now thatcould shut down your favorite showsMiguel almaguer explains what's at stakewow tonight's suspenseful Hollywooddrama unfolding behind the scenes hascome down to the wire with just hoursleft for The Writers Guild of America toreach a deal with the alliance of motionpicture and television producers whichrepresents Studios at odds overstreaming residuals higher pay andConsolidated jobs the men and women whowrite for your favorite television showsand movies are set to walk off the jobat midnight nobody wants a strike butthey have to meet us they have to meetand meet we're not asking for much we'reasking for just a livable wage and andfor our jobs to be protected and for usto make residuals on uh the the contentwe're creating if we don't stand up tothese bullies we're going to just keepgetting bullied our whole lives andnothing's going to change it's pencilsgo down and picket signs go up we couldsee a sequel to the2007-2008 strike that lasted a hundreddays costs an estimated three billiondollars and abruptly cut into showproductionif a strike begins this week the firstthing that viewers at home will noticethat their favorite late night showswill go into reruns if there is a strikethe longer it goes the more significantthe impact because nothing happenswithout a script A shutdown tricklesdown well beyond Riders production propseven craft service teams would be lockedout that's tens of thousands of jobswith negotiations still underway thestudio wraps say its priority is thelong-term health and stability of theindustry tonight the clock is ticking onthis real-life Hollywood cliffhangerand Miguel joining me here in our LosAngeles Studios you've been talking toinsiders are they surprised that thetalks have gone on so late not surprisedLester these negotiations typically gointo the 11th hour but people that wereoptimistic are now pessimistic that adeal will be reached and they worry thatif there is a strike it could lastmonths all right Miguel Al mcgear thankyou thanks for watching I'm Lester Holtplease take care of yourself and eachother good night everyonethanks for watching our YouTube channelfollow today's top stories and breakingnews by downloading the NBC News app