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Rivera President Biden is preparing to address the nation he will deliver remarks from the Oval Office tonight explaining his historic decision to drop out of the presidential race NBC’s Bri Jackson joins us now from DC good morning Bri this is the first public speech from the president since he issued that letter announcing he was stepping aside that’s right good morning Francis President Biden has been isolating in Delaware after Contracting covid but he is testing negative now and returned to the White house a source familiar with the remarks tell NBC news that the president will provide a detailed explanation for uh withdrawing from the race and that he wants to talk about his plans for his remaining months in office as the president returned here to the you uh the the capital his vice president hit the campaign Trail kamla Harris holding her first campaign rally in Milwaukee after becoming the new front runner for the Democratic nomination Harris is continuing to prosecute her case against former president Donald Trump he and his extreme project 2025 agenda will weaken the middle class like we know we got to take this seriously can you believe they put that thing in writing when you read it you will see Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security and Medicare he intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations and make working families put the bill and last night Donald Trump had a call with reporters and he said he would be willing to debate vice president Harris multiple times if she is nominated I would be willing to do more than one debate actually as far as her as a candidate I think it’s probably similar I noticed the polls are virtually identical she’s the same as Biden but much more radical she’s a radical left person and this country doesn’t want a radical left person to destroy it she’s far more radical than he is and Donald Trump had already agreed to debate in September against President Biden now he says he does not like the idea of ABC hosting any debate Francis Jackson for us Brie thank you NBC will have special coverage of President Biden’s Oval Office address tonight at 8 Eastern anticipation is growing over who kamla Harris will choose as her running mate multiple sources tell NBC news that vetting materials have been requested from these five Democrats Governor Roy Cooper from North Carolina Josh Shapiro the governor of Pennsylvania who won in a landslide there Tim Waltz of Minnesota who is head of the Democratic governor Association Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan who says she’s only interested in her current job for now and also Mark Kelly Arizona’s astronaut turn Senator a source familiar with the short list also tells NBC News the Harris camp cign is considering Kentucky Governor Andy Basher and there are speculations surrounding Transportation secretary Pete budit the campaign is under pressure to make a pick before August 7th to avoid any legal challenges that may arise because of State ballot deadlines later this afternoon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress his speech is controversial among Democrats with at least 30 lawmakers including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders boycotting it netanyahu’s trip to the US in the middle of a war is also being harshly criticized in Israel for the latest let’s go to Josh lman who’s following this for us good morning Josh what are netanyahu’s critics saying well good morning Francis a group of 17 former Israeli National Security officials have written a letter including a former Chief of the mosad the elite Israeli spy agency saying that Netanyahu represents an existential threat to Israel’s security and they are criticizing this speech as what they see as an effort by Netanyahu to shore up his own political support as opposed to do anything to end this war or even more specifically to bring home the hostages because that is really a big Focus as Netanyahu is on this us visit while in the US he has already met with the families of some of the American hostages still in the Gaza Strip they are insisting that he needs to take further action to bring those hostages home sooner than later and in fact one of the guests expected to attend his speech to Congress is Noah aramani who herself was freed from Hamas captivity uh about a month ago uh in and now released into Israel she has talked about how one of the most difficult things about being a hostage was knowing how long she could potentially have to stay there she is also demanding a quick return for those hostages but the speech also divisive within US Congress where dozens of democratic lawmakers are playing to boycott the speech vice president kamla Harris who normally would preside over this session because of her dual role as president of the Senate will not be there because of a previously scam campaign uh scheduled campaign event and in the meantime we’re also hearing that prime minister Netanyahu will meet with former president Trump at Mara Lago while he’s in the United States Francis a lot of headlines coming from that meeting okay Josh thank you breaking news after the attempt on his life former president Trump will stop holding rallies Outdoors for the foreseeable future that’s according to two people familiar with the campaign’s operations it comes as secret service director Kimberly cheel announced she is stepping down after the security Fiasco our Julia asley has that story my name is Kimberly cheel and I’m the director of Kimberly cheel the 29-year veteran of the Secret Service is out in a letter to President Biden saying the secret service’s solid mission is to protect our nation’s leaders on July 13th we fell short on that mission I take full respons responsibility for the security lapse her resignation first reported by NBC News comes 9 days after a gunman tried to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally putting cheel in the hot seat as she struggled to answer basic questions why was the rooftop left naked to begin with can you tell us that considering it was within the line of sight and so very close again I I can’t speak to the specifics of this particular event site the deputy director has now stepped in temporarily questions and harsh criticism of the agency persist house Homeland Security committee chairman Mark green has subpoena the Secret Service the fact that there was nobody covering the top of that building is ridiculous he is calling for even more changes especially during this tth and high-profile election season we’re going to continue to lay out all the things that we think need to be addressed and hope and watch and make sure that secret service implements those for years the agency has had a staffing shortage one of the reasons Secret Service sources tell NBC News it denied some request for more security at earlier Trump events the Secret Service currently has about 3,500 agents assigned to protective details including new more enhanced security for vice president Kamala Harris that’s 500 fewer agents than they had 10 years ago Paul eoff served in the secret service for 23 years director cheel needed to go she had lost the faith of the men and women of the Secret Service we’re in the middle of a campaign season how much time does a secret service have to Lear learn the lessons and fix what went wrong the simple answer is they have no time they have to integrate those changes now before another tragedy occurs Homeland Security secretary Alejandra mayorcas has asked deputy director of The Secret Service Ronald row to step in as acting director in che’s absence where they continue to look for a permanent position law enforcement experts say the agency should be looking at how they can reassess how they depend on local law enforcement how they might use aerial surveillance and how they could revamp their recruiting process but nothing has been set in stone yet Julia thank you well the heat isn’t letting up out west while the east coast is bracing for some rain NBC meteorologist Angie lman is tracking it all for us hi Angie good morning hi there Francis good morning to you we’ve got rain as you mentioned across parts of the East and yes that heat out west let’s start with the rain that’s going to be mainly focused from the Mid-Atlantic down to the Southern Plains you can see already active this morning with some of those thunderstorms working through and some rain across that region this is what we’re going to see through the day basically because the stationary front that we’re tracking is going to stay kind of hanging out in that General region now one thing to note some of these storms are going to be slow moving that means the flooding concern will be there the good thing is we’re not looking at a whole lot in the way of severe storms through the day today that risk is going to remain low but you may run into some of these spots where we have localized flooding on already saturated grounds Atlanta Raleigh Lake Charles Houston all included in that ele in that slight risk rather here as we get through the day for flooding 28 million people also under heat alerts out west as we mentioned it’s going to remain warm we’ve got triple digits on to some spots likely flirting with records we’ll see Lake havu City 116 today that record for this state 119 the heat stays with us here as we get into tomorrow too Rapid City expected to hit 104 we’ve got Roswell into the high 90s Las Vegas expected to hit 112° this will stay with us through the midsection of the country as we get into the weekend that’s a look at the weather across the country let’s see what’s happening in your neighborhood 86° today in Philadelphia with rain in the forest for Washington DC Cleveland Heads to the upper 80s with thunderstorms in the forecast to Atlanta to Charlotte into those high 80s to low 990s Charleston heads to 93 degrees with thunderstorms this afternoon and that’s look at your forecast Francis back to you okay thanks we’ll make our plans accordingly now to an alarming moment caught on camera at Yellowstone National Park In the Heat of the popular tourist season a massive hydrothermal explosion sent visitors running at the Park’s popular biscuit Basin on Tuesday the eruption causing extensive damage but no injuries that section of the park is now temporarily closed coming up Snoop Dog is about to light up just not the way you think but first in 60 seconds the pharmacy middlemen who determine your access to prescription drugs are grilled by Congress you got to see this I’m goty Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a b or not the craziest ride I have ever hit that is totality do you see yourselves in space I go to space how you feeling I feel great 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doses of prescribed medicines due to high costs you’re setting dramatically different prices for some medications across the country if you’re not delivering an outcome to the people who use it how long do you all think you’re going to have a job during the heated and complicated bipartisan hearing I feel like the more I hear the less I understand Democratic Congressman Ro cona pointed to the case of a 10-year-old girl who he says needed Humira to treat her juvenile arthritis but was denied for 6 months while her arthritis got worse they were saying that the doctor needed to prescribe something cheaper can you make a commitment today that you’ll privilege the doctor’s recommendation over the bureaucracy’s recommendation as a physician I hope you understand this we value our partnership with Physicians Executives from the three largest pbms responsible for managing access to nearly 80% of all prescription drugs in the US pushed back on allegations they drive up prices last year loan we saved our clients $64 billion they blame brand manufacturers who they say raised drug costs up to 60% it’s hard work to keep those costs down for patients and clients a group of bipartisan lawmakers has introduced legisl they say is aimed at cracking down on patient exploitation one of dozens of efforts to reform pbms at the state and federal level back to you Aon thank you still to come he’s a torch Bearer but y’all knew that Snoop Dog has a new job ahead of the Olympics and hopefully he won’t Drop it like it’s hot that’s coming up right after this NBC News Daily is number one for Afternoon News across all of Television I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky win I’m Kate snow and I’m zing play wat what’s happening around the world Israel’s military is building up there along the border and what matters here at home new numbers are out today showing more encouraging signs for our economy let’s zero in on exercise we know we’re supposed to be doing it what does it do for our health what needs to 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points in the blowout victory the team’s quest for their eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal begins Monday versus Japan just so much excitement from this um I mean I can’t wait is it here yet yeah well we got a couple more days but that actually will build the anticipation leading up to the big big day all right Team USA might have lost this weekend’s WNBA All-Star game but it was the entire sport who really won Saturday’s class between the top names in women’s basketball scored an average of 3.4 million viewers not only did that smash 20 2003’s record for WNBA allstar game by 2 million it was also the most watched League event since its opening week in 1997 the WNBA Allstar defeated Team USA in that friendly match 117 to 108 are we so surprised right we know that this has been just catapulted when it comes to women’s basketball professional WNBA so love to see it and we’re going to see more of it too all right when we come back a surprising news study on how AI is impacting workers 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towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC here’s what’s making headlines this morning a new survey shows roughly three out of five Americans incorrectly believe the US is currently in a recession respondents cited higher costs and more difficulty making ends meet despite the economy doing well by most measures June home sales Dro 5.4% compared to may this is inventory Rose to more than 1 . 3 million that’s the highest Supply since May of 2020 but prices keep climbing the median home sale price went up to nearly $427,000 an all-time high for the second straight month according to a new study 77% of workers say AI has added to their workload despite 96% of Executives expecting a productivity boost and Mattel has partnered with the American foundation for the blind to create its first blind Barbie it’s designed to make it easier to change the doll’s clothes and the packaging also includes Braille the company also released a second doll in collaboration with the national Down syndrome Society to create the first black Barbie with Down Syndrome early today we’ll be right back news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now it’s NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC news for the generation of now is NBC news now we report live from Tel Aviv from poz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the keybridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place where Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now people really don’t know what’s going to happen near a dozen hours after the eye roared asore there’s more good people than bad people you know right there is some late breaking news the Iowa cauc all right too are you comfortable with the role the Supreme Court is playing in the 2024 election is there not more that Israel can do to help the humanitarian crisis should abortion be the number one issue in 2024 if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization finally this morning returning history AR guad Vegas traveled to a museum in Nashville that’s sending a collection back to its original home and hoping to set a new standard a special celebration in Nashville to Mark the return of pre-colombian artifacts once taken from Mexico these ancient tools instruments ceramic pots over 500 years old and a museum favorite the Mexican hairless dog a small part of Mexico’s history that has been on display at the Nashville Parthenon Museum Now set to be repatriated I think it’s important because Mexico’s had a lot of their history removed assistant curator Bonnie seamer working effortlessly to do what she says is the right thing we can’t fix the holes that are lost because a lot of context is lost but we can give it back to where it belongs this Museum hoping to set an example and teach others around the world how they can repatriate artifacts too an exhibit bit that celebrates this and then starts a conversation on what repatriation is and how it impacts people that the artifacts go back to would be the best way to do it it’s no small task for two years Bonnie worked with Mexican and local authorities to forge A New Path for repatriation between the museum and Mexico almost every museum has something from somewhere else and it’s not that they want to keep them it’s that nobody knows what to do once the 255 artifacts are package that will be sent to the Mexican consulate in Georgia where the consul General played a key role to their repatriation there are some gorgeous pieces beautiful pieces that are being recovered and again this are this is part of the past this is part of the history of our people the collection will ultimately be sent to the National Institute of anthropology and history in Mexico City it’s going back to the people that it really connects with for some visiting the exhibit mixed emotions it’s a good idea but also I feel like the United States also needs something like this and for some museums it can also mean losing a valuable part of their collection I understand someone has ownership of it right now it’s very difficult for them to give that ownership up particularly when they’re sharing it with the rest of the world yet the pressure to return artifacts to their original lands of origin persists standing behind the widely held belief that it’s wrong to keep what isn’t yours guad Vega NBC News history let going in Full Circle thanks for waking up with early today I’m Francis Rivera have a great Wednesday hope to see you back here early tomorrow morning but for now your news continues right here on NBC in our NBC stations all eyes on the Oval Office President Biden set to add address the nation for the first time since exiting the 2024 race as vice president Harris takes on Donald Trump in the battleground of state of Wisconsin we’re live with her message at her first presidential rally and former president Trump’s major venue change after the assassination attempt on him how he’s shifting plans for his rallies while the director of The Secret Service steps down over the security laps Sparks Fly ahead of a high stakes address Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to face Congress deeply divided over his handling of the war against tamas we’re live as dozens of us lawmakers plan to boycott the speech shining a light on surveillance pricing the FTC looks into whether how you shop online changes how much you spent and will her heart go on in Paris how Seline Deion could make a major Splash at the Summer Olympics amid her health battle it’s Wednesday July 24th early today starts right now welcome and thanks for being up early with me I’m Francis Rivera President Biden is preparing to address the nation he will deliver remarks from the Oval Office tonight explaining his historic decision to drop out of the presidential race NBC’s Bri Jackson joins us now from DC hi Bri good morning this is the first public speech from the president since he issued that letter announcing he was stepping aside that’s right good morning Francis President Biden has been Isola in in Delaware after Contracting covid but he tested negative now in return to the White House a source familiar with remarks tells NBC news that the president will provide a detailed explanation for withdrawing from the presidential race and that he wants to talk about his plans for his remaining months in office as the president returned here to the nation’s capital his vice president hit the campaign Trail kamla Harris holding her first campaign rally in Milwaukee after becoming the new front runner for the Democratic nomination Harris is continuing to prosecute her case against former president Donald Trump he and his extreme project 2025 agenda will weaken the middle class like we know we got to take this seriously can you believe they put that thing in writing when you read it you will see Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security and Medicare he intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations and make Working Families foot the bill and last night Donald Trump had a call with reporters and he said he would be willing to debate vice president Harris multiple times if she is nominated I would be willing to do more than one debate actually as far as her as a candidate I think it’s probably similar I notice the polls are virtually identical she’s the same as Biden but much more radical she’s a radical left person and this country doesn’t want a radical left person to destroy it she’s far more radical than he is and Donald Trump had already agreed to a debate in September against President Biden now he says he does not like the idea of ABC hosting any debate Francis okay Bri Jackson foris Brie thank you NBC will have special coverage of President Biden’s Oval Office address tonight at 8 Eastern now one big question for the Harris campaign is who will be her running mate multiple sources tell NBC news that vetting materials have been requested from these five Democrats Governor Roy Cooper from North Carolina Josh Shapiro the governor of Pennsylvania who won in a landslide there Tim Waltz of Minnesota who was head of the democratic Governor’s Association Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan who says she’s only interested in our current job for now and also Mark Kelly Arizona’s astronaut turn Senator a source familiar with a short list also tells the NBC News the Harris campaign is considering Kentucky Governor Andy Basher and there are speculations surrounding Transportation secretary Pete budic the campaign is under pressure to make a pick before August 7th to avoid any legal challenges that may arise because of State ballot deadlines now a breaking news after the attempt on his life former president Trump will stop holding rallies Outdoors for the foreseeable future that’s according to two people familiar with the campaign’s operations they added that Trump might still participate in smaller outdoor events or larger rallies in facilities like stadiums where the entrances are easier to control the change comes nearly 2 weeks after a 20-year-old man shot directly at Trump from a clear Vantage Point 150 yards from the podium and secret service director Kimberly cheel is now resigned one day after both Democrats and Republicans demanded she step down at a contentious house oversight Hearing in her resignation letter cheel said she takes full responsibility for the security lapses ahead of the assassination attempt in Butler Pennsylvania cheel has led the Secret Service since September of 2022 later this afternoon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress his speech is controversial among Democrats with at least 30 lawmakers including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders boycotting it netanyahu’s trip to the US in the middle of a war is also being harshly criticized in Israel for the latest let’s go to Josh Letterman who’s following this for us good morning Josh what are netanyahu’s critics saying well good morning Francis his critics say that prime minister Netanyahu is putting his own political needs ahead of his country they include a group of 17 former Israeli National Security officials including the head of the mosad previously the elite Israeli spy agency who say that Netanyahu is an existen threat to Israel’s security and a big focus of the criticism is on the failure to reach a deal to release the remaining hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip prime minister Netanyahu met while in the US with the families of some of the American hostages still held in Gaza and one of the guests who will be at his speech to Congress is expected to be Noah aramani who herself was released from Hamas captivity after many months as a hostage there and she talked about how and knowing that this war could go on for much longer that she might not see Freedom anytime soon was really what broke her down in captivity and so a lot of criticism for why prime minister Netanyahu has not sufficiently prioritized a deal to get those hostages home and some of that criticism also coming from members of Congress including dozens of Democrats who plan to boycott the speech vice president kamla Harris despite serving in a dual role as president of the Senate will not be at the speech today she has previously scheduled campaign travel and in the meantime prime minister nanahu also carving out a little bit of time during his trip to the us to meet with former president Donald Trump later this week in maral Lago Francis all right Josh thank you so much the doj will investigate the deadly shooting of Sonia Massie in Illinois that’s according to the family’s lawyer Ben Crump Massie was shot and killed in her home by a sheriff’s deputy after she called 911 because of a suspected Intruder the now former Deputy has already been indicted by Grand Jury on three counts of first-degree murder the incident was captured on body camera sparking outrage New Jersey Senator Bob Mendez will officially resign in less than a month in a letter to Governor Phil Murphy obtained by NBC News the longtime Senator said his resignation will be effective on the close of business on August 20th it comes after Mendez was found guilty of all 16 counts of a federal bribery and Corruption trial he said in his letter he intends to appeal that verdict Governor Murphy said he will make a temporary appointment to the Senator’s seat turning now to the dangerous wildfires burning up and down the West Coast the fight especially tough in Oregon where crews are battling more than a 100 fires including the Lone Rock fire which has already torched more than 131,000 acres in California officials say illegal fireworks sparked a wildfire east of Los Angeles which destroyed at least three homes and damaged several others let’s turn out NBC meteorologist Angie lman who is tracking a heat wve and rain out west Angie good morning so we took a pause with some severe weather and now I guess we’re back on our way to it we sure are Francis you’ve got that right good morning to you we’re unsettled across the East this is going to be the main story here not just today but for tomorrow too and you can see why some of that rain stretched across parts of the Southern Plains across the Gulf Coast and then up towards the Mid-Atlantic and that’s the general area will’ll be closely watching through the day today for some flooding concerns and for it to just remain kind of scattered with those storms here’s the stationary front that we’re going to be watching today and tomorrow we’ll see some of these locally heavy downpours and it could be impressive at times the severe risk is going to be on the low end as far as those stronger thunderstorms but the flood risk is going to remain and you can see why anywhere from an inch to 3 in upwards of 4 in and some localized spots could receive up to 9 Ines of Rain by the time we get to the end of the week and we’re especially concerned about those really saturated grounds that we see across the Gulf Coast Texas and Louisiana for some flooding concerns there 28 million people are under these heat alerts temperatures expected to once again head to the triple digits will’ll flirt with some records in places like Salt Lake City and Lake Habu city as a look at the weather across the country let’s see what’s happening in your neighborhood 85 degrees today in Pittsburgh with rain in the forecast from Cleveland to Columbus 83 in Detroit we head to the low 90s for Charleston and Jacksonville 95 in Orlando today with thunderstorms this afternoon 90° and mostly sunny skies in Oklahoma City and Dallas and let’s look at your forecast us back to you okay we’ll make our plans accordingly thanks Angie an alarming moment caught on camera at Yello National Park In the Heat of the popular tourist season a massive hydrothermal explosion sending visitors running at the Park’s popular biscuit Basin on Tuesday the eruption causing extensive damage but no injuries that section of the park is now temporarily closed a close call off the coast of New Hampshire where a whale crashed into a small boat yesterday watch this causing it to capsized sending two fishermen plung ing into the ocean the shocking site was captured by people on a nearby boat the men in the water were quickly rescued and everybody is okay with those whale stories to tell up next news signs that the housing market might be cooling off plus Delta now facing a federal probe as it struggles to recover from last week’s Global Tech outage closer to the Gaza border the story of res ions and hope please take care of yourself and each other good to have you with us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers developing right now on Morning News Now growing frustrations over the migrant crisis reports of new drone attacks by truy militants the storm is creating dangerous conditions all across the region now let’s get to some Financial headlines new rules are coming to cap credit card late fees talking tuition as a new class of freshman gets ready need to go to college this is a big decision for families do you think this could impact how people vote 100% Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something big more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization now is raw how hard is it to see it like this our house is no longer here but we are here now is real let’s break down what we know and then the big question is still outstanding news for the generation of now is NBC news now the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now closer to the Gaz of border the story of resilience and hope please take care of yourself and each other news for the generation of now is NBC news now the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now yet might be summer but the housing market is is cooling off but first the FTC wants to know whether companies are using AI tools to manipulate prices based on how you shop online cnbc’s arabel G is here with those details good morning Arab yeah good morning Francis look you’re quite right the story is that the Federal Trade Commission is now looking at investigating around eight companies who are using artificial intelligence ultimately to track consumer uh Behavior as well as the way consumer spending Etc and what it is that they actually spend on the FTC is wondering whether those companies are now using that data and all of that information to actually manipulate or vary or even change prices in order to fit in with that consumer demand ultimately increasing prices is the uh supposition on that front then to try and ensure that consumers of course gain or they get the most out of that pricing so key question marks around where this case goes of course it is still early days and this investigation will definitely be one to look out for on the other front you had spoken about a Slowdown then that we are seeing in the US consumers well yeah house prices is one of those to kind of look look at house uh home sales then particularly in the second hand uh pre-owned homes shall we say 5.4% down then that’s also the slowest that you have seen particularly since 2021 so there is still a slow down those higher interest rates the cost of living is beginning to impact consumers significantly F okay Arab thank you for that breakdown now to the travel turbulence for Delta the airlines now facing a federal investigation into its handling of last week’s Global computer melt down with hundreds more flights expected to be canceled today that’s according to Flight Aware NBC’s Tom Costello has the latest day five of Delta’s summer meltdown we’ve all been wearing the same clothes for two days now passengers still standing in hours long lines sleeping on Airport floors on phone hold for 9 hours and more and Luggage piled high 5400 flights canel since Friday morning most at critical Delta hubs and airports we estimate that this has impacted hundreds of thousands of passengers likely more than half a million now the do is investigating why Delta didn’t recover from Friday’s computer crash as quickly as other Airlines and whether it’s providing refunds rebooking passengers at no additional cost and offering food and hotel vouchers that computer crash crippled Delta’s Crew Scheduling system Delta clearly has not been able to recover and they need to take care of their customers I made this clear directly to their CEO in a statement Delta said its teams are working tirelessly to care for and make it right for customers impacted by delays and cancellations the airline though canel another 473 flights 133% of its schedule every time we got booked or rebooked you know that flight got canceled the Meltdown not as serious as 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Pacific on NBC news now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something big we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something big Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor good to have you with us I’m Joe Fri and I’m Savannah sers developing right now on Morning News Now growing frustrations over the migrant crisis reports of new drone attacks by truthy militants the storm is creating dangerous conditions all across the region now let’s get to some Financial headlines new rules are coming to cap credit card late bees talking tuition as a new class of freshman gets ready to go to college this is a big decision for 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opening ceremonies at the Paris games Friday officials of course are keeping tight lipped with a Canadian music legend who has stayed out of the spotlight since her stiff person syndrome diagnosis back in 2022 was already spotted in the city of light ahead of Friday’s festivities we are so rooting for her because we saw her struggle with that documentary right just the all the behind the scenes and the tears and the anguish and all she said she said I want to see the Eiffel Tower once again and she’s there so she’s on her way we are so thrilled to see that performance can’t wait for that you know who else was spotted at the same hotel as Lady Gaga will we see her perform potentially there’s rumors of it but whether or not you see her performing in Paris this fall you’ll surely be able to see Lady Gaga in Gotham I got the sneaking suspicion that we’re not giving the people what they want it’s okay baby let’s give the people what they want Harley Quinn looks to bring more than just the 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Disorders substance abuse and more according to a study published by the science of Total Environmental Journal sharks in the waters of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine experts believe the substance is entering the ocean as drainage from illegal drug Labs or traffic polluting the sea visitors at the Paris Olympics can mail home an authentic French fragrance France is rolling out a new stamp that smells like a baguette with hints of vanilla early today we’ll be right back hey there I’m hiy and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new developments let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this long law actually will and won’t you Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I can keep talking till the Eiffel Tower starts sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle it’s sparkling it’s happening we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something big more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC news now you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a b or not the craziest ride I have ever hitch that is totality do you see yourselves in space I can go to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week nights at 8 Eastern 5 Pacific on NBC News Now news lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything anymore let’s break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC News Now the summer games kick off in just two days it’s been a century since Paris last hosted the Olympics and as our K Simmons tells us a lot has changed since then when Paris last made Olympic history in 1924 the games were broadcast live on radio for the first time from the Eiffel Tower the athletes Village made its debut red wine included and 3,000 Olympians attended descending on a small stadium in the Parisian suburb of colom being reused this time for field hockey you can see it uh with the Earth behind the athletes like it’s a really Global event amid Rising anti-Semitism depicted in the movie Chariots of Fire and in the shadow of two Wars they came to compete William Dart hubard in the long jump became the first African-American to win an individual gold Kim Blackwell is his nephew he wrote his mother brother a letter and the letter simply said that he was going across the ocean to show that there are boundaries that can be broken back then just 44 countries competed compared to more than 200 now and only 135 women took part today there are equal numbers of male and female athletes that’s the first game that we call the first game parer equal men and women the Olympics has changed the break dance uh the hip-hop dance uh that doesn’t didn’t exist in 1924 so that didn’t exist in 1924 no I’m sure of this but the ideals of a century ago remain you can advance on Merit you win the race because you run the fastest you win the long jump because you jump the furthest that’s the Olympic Spirit that’s right here Simmons NBC News Paris and adding to the Olympic history team USA’s dogfather is about to play a pivotal role in the leadup to the Olympics as I take the stand to win my gold medal there he is on Tuesday Snoop Dog was announced as one of the torch bearers in the final leg of the Olympic Flames journey to Paris Snoop will carry the torch through the Paris suburb of s on Friday he he then assumes his duties as a special NBC Olympics correspondent telling it the only only the way he can coming up on today our Olympic countdown continues we’re live in Paris with a special announcement about Team USA and Olympic Legend Lindsey vaugh will be live with a surprise of her own you won’t want to miss it thanks for starting your morning with early today I’m Francis Rivera have a great Wednesday right now on Morning News Now kamla Harris hits the campaign Trail embracing her likely show down with former president Trump as a prosecutor I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse well Trump was found liable for committing sexual abuse as the vice president lays out her case against Donald Trump the former president is ramping up his own attacks we have the latest on the race for the White House plus a look ahead as President Biden prepares to speak to the nation for the first time since dropping out of the race also this morning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to address Congress today but the controversial leader is already facing push back from protesters and some Democrats what we know about his speech and we will speak with the family of an American hostage being held by Hamas plus stepping down the head of the Secret Service says she’s resigning after being grilled by lawmakers for failing to prevent the assassination attempt on Donald Trump where the agency goes from here amid growing calls for change and returning history why an American Museum is giving back hundreds of artifacts and why they hope it is the start of a growing Trend good to have you with us on another busy news day on this Wednesday I’m Joe frier I’m Vicky win in for Savannah sellers this morning and we’re going to begin in Washington as President Biden is set to deliver a prime time address tonight from the White House explaining his decision to drop his reelection bid for president he’s also expected to lay out his priorities for the 6 months left in his term that’s according to a Source familiar with his remarks Mr Biden returned to Washington yesterday after spending the past week in Delaware recovering from covid the president dropped out of the race on Sunday after weeks of pressure from fellow Democrats to step aside his poll numbers dropped and fundraising plummeted following his debate performance last month against former president Trump meanwhile vice president Harris held her first campaign rally yesterday in Suburban Milwaukee since she became the deao Democratic nominee after enough delegates have endorsed Miss Harris to win the party’s nomination now she discussed the importance of the campaign with her supporters let’s also make no mistake this campaign is not just about us versus Donald Trump this campaign is about who we fight for leaving us off this morning NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba Monica good morning so let’s begin with vice president Harris her first campaign rally as a candidate for president this year what was her message to voters did the mood feel different at yesterday’s event it was the largest event of the former Biden campaign now Harris campaign to date meaning there were more people there than had ever gathered in an event or rally like that for President Biden so I think that was significant in terms of trying to capture the enthusiasm that Democrats hope will provide a little bit of momentum here and then you saw vice president Harris there talking about how she plans to prosecute the case against Donald Trump but also trying to frame it in a larger context about the contrast listen to a little bit of that we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will make sure every American has the ability to cast their ballot and have it counted building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency Donald Trump wants to take our country backward he and his extreme project 2025 agenda will weaken the middle class and basically she will now have given a speech almost every day since launching her campaign it was Monday at Campaign Headquarters yesterday in Milwaukee today she goes to Indianapolis and tomorrow she’ll be in Houston Texas speaking at the American teachers Federation convention guys busy schedule Monica the Trump campaign has filed a new complaint with the federal elections commission against the Harris campaign this because of campaign Finance laws and funds that were originally part of the Biden campaign what do we need to know about that yeah so essentially that apparatus was just transferred when Joe Biden decided to leave the race they said okay we’re going to hand it all over to now the Harris for president operation and Democrats feel confident that this suit won’t have much standing because her name was already on the ticket that’s what they’ve argued they’re going to say they think it will hold up in court but we’ll just have to see exactly how the DNC process plays out in case there are any wrinkles there Monica let’s talk about President Biden’s speech from the Oval Office tonight it’s different from lbj’s speech in 1968 when he stunned the nation and announced he would not seek another term still this is going to be history so what can we expect to hear from the president absolutely it was just a little over a week and a half ago that he was giving an oval office address about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life and look at everything that has shifted in the race since then so he’s going to be talking about how he got to this decision to bow out why it was a difficult one why he decided to endorse his vice president to be the Democratic nominee they hope but then also he’s going to try to lay out a road map for the future we understand and these last six months in office he’s going to try to say I want to tackle a couple of things I want to introduce a couple of key reforms and maybe he’s going to argue that there are one or two things left that he can still do while in office that we all know that once you’re a lame duct president that’s a lot more difficult especially with the Congress that we have at this time and especially with the election so close all right Monica thank you so much and we will bring you live coverage of President Biden’s address from the Oval Office it gets underway tonight at 8:00 pm Eastern 5 Pacific here on NBC news now as well as on NBC well with many Democrats now standing behind vice president Harris in the race for the White House the announcement of her campaign has given gen Z voters a much needed energy boost that’s important because Young could be one of the most influential voting blocks in this year’s election NBC News correspondent Antonia Hilton spoke with some of those voters she’s here in studio with more on what they had to say Antonia good morning good morning guys in Michigan specifically the youth vote is extremely important that state has the highest youth voter turnout of any state in the nation and so the Democrats if they want to get their polling up there they really have to talk to these voters they’re now taking a bit of a closer look at kamla Harris take a look in Battleground Michigan young voters are processing President Joe Biden’s historic decision to exit the race already momentum is Shifting to his vice president kamla Harris I think she really has an opportunity now to Rebrand herself and introduce herself to the country in a new way these genzer are all Democrats and have never had the opportunity to vote for a president who wasn’t in their 70s or 80s what do you think it is about her we know that she’s a Powerhouse speaker she has a level of authenticity that you know you don’t always see from politicians for weeks young people have been sharing memes across social media highlighting Harris’s speeches and affectations one Jen Z favorite you think you just fell out of a coconut tree a May 2023 speech in which haris shared something her mother used to say you think you just fell out of a coconut tree you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you growing up I didn’t think that an Indian woman like me could even be involved in politics they’re worried about Reproductive Rights gun control and climate change she has been uh the Biden campaign’s most effective Messenger on the issue of abortion access and reproductive freedom but young people have been unsure about Biden in Michigan a state with a large Muslim population many communities are outraged by the Israel Hamas war and grateful to Harris who has long pushed for a ceasefire that’s the bare minimum that we’ve been asking for and I think the main issue is that we’re not seeing any change I think we will stay uncommitted until we can build trust a tough’s University study found Michigan had the highest youth turnout in the nation in 2022 I feel like this country has a long history of not really listening to the younger uh population and I think jinia just at a point where we’re just tired of feeling unheard do you think she’s still going to have to fight to earn the youth vote oh yeah but for now they say she’s been able to bre bre new life into an election they thought had gone stale yeah these voters they tell me they’re going to be watching her very closely in the coming days they want to see what does she say about abortion while she’s out on the campaign Trail how does she talk about the climate does she talk about housing and all our fears about being able to afford the high cost of living in this country right now the other thing I think we should all keep an eye on is what happens as all these students go back to school in the fall are there renewed protests over the war and they looking to this nominee potential nominee to say something different than what we’ve seen from the administration in recent months I think the that’s really where we’re going to see the biggest test of her relationship with young people really fascinating when you pointed out this is the first election that they’re voting for someone who’s not in their 70s or 80s I mean think about that right they kept bringing that up okay all right Antonia Hilton thank you so much appreciate it all right later today on Capitol Hill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to shore up us support for is is’s war in Gaza he’s going to deliver a highly controversial address to a joint session of Congress at the same time the prime minister is facing mounting pressure to make some kind of deal for Israel hostages who have now been held by Hamas for 9 and a half months Netanyahu is expected to meet separately with President Biden and vice president Harris tomorrow while a meeting with former president Trump has been scheduled for Friday netanyahu’s visit is sparking protests in DC from both anti-war demonstrators and hostage families that are urging him to secure a deal for the hostages release now inside the capitol Hills Cannon Building yesterday hundreds of Jewish protesters from the group Jewish voice for peace staged a sit in they were calling for an immediate ceasefire and for the us to stop providing arms to Israel police say about 200 protesters were arrested netanyahu’s speech is also dividing congress with dozens of democratic lawmakers planning to boycott the address including Maryland Senator Chris Van Holland all of us who care about our partnership both in America and in Israel should understand the enormous damage that prime minister Netanyahu and his current extremist government Coalition are doing to our relationship and to Israel standing in the world so Mr President it sends a terrible message to bring here him here now to address a joint session of Congress we’re joined Now by NBC News cap Hill correspondent Ali Vitali and NBC News International correspondent Raph Sanchez who’s in Tel Aviv good morning to both of you Ally tensions clearly running high in Washington over this visit what are we hearing from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ahead of the speech and how many Democrats are actually expected to skip it well what you heard there from Senator van Holland is actually indicative of what most Democrats say who are skipping the speech or at least thinking about skipping the speech right now we have dozens on our tracker in terms of people who say they’re not going to be be in attendance today some people though say they’re still deciding feeling like maybe they should sit there even though they disagree others of course saying that they will be there because they want to show their support with Israel and we do see a partisan breakdown when it comes to that Republicans yesterday were emphatic about the fact that they were lashing out at democrats for saying they didn’t want to be there speaker Mike Johnson actually told me that he took particular umbrage with the fact that vice president Harris and the highest ranking Senate Democrat p Murray both said they would not be at the speech Johnson will be seated next to the head of the Foreign Relations Committee Senator Ben Cen and as Johnson pointed out correctly cin is a retiring Senator so he doesn’t have any of the necessary political baggage that could come with being in the same frame as Netanyahu or as attending this speech today some other politicians on the hill say that’s part of their calculation because as Antonio was pointing out this is an active election issue as well as a big foreign policy speech Ali thank you let’s bring Raph in Raph talk about nyah’s message to Congress today and what do you know about these meetings that he is expected to have with Biden Harris and Trump so Vicki what the families of American hostages would like the prime minister to say today in front of the world’s media with that massive platform of joint session of Congress is that he is agreeing to a deal with Hamas to end the war and to finally bring their loved ones home near nearly 300 days after the October 7th terror attack it is very unlikely we are going to hear that from the Prime Minister today instead expect to hear him thank both Republicans and democrats for American support for Israel during the war expect him to talk about the threat from Iran and its proxies in Lebanon in Yemen and across the Middle East and potentially also to hear from the Prime Minister about his hopes of one day making a peace deal with Saudi Arab that is something that President Biden had hoped to get done before the end of his term it is now looking pretty unlikely as you mentioned the president is going to meet with Netanyahu tomorrow at the White House and we are also expecting the Israeli leader to meet with vice president Harris now that will be really interesting because President Biden prime minister Netanyahu as they both like to say have known each other for 40 years but the relationship with vice president Harris is a lot newer these are two people who don’t know each other as well the vice president is not as overtly pro-israel as President Biden and then on Friday prime minister Netanyahu heading down to Florida to Mara Lago to meet president former president Trump a man he knows extremely well and while President Trump was extremely supportive of Israel in office the two men actually had a relationship that soured pretty dramatically towards the end of the former president’s term so Raph we know you’re watching the developments in Gaza where more Palestinians are being forced to flee Han Yunis amid that massive Israeli assault what is the latest there yeah Joe so Israeli forces once again in gaza’s second largest city on the ground they’ve been pummeling the city with intense air strikes more than 40,000 people had been ordered to evacuate and some of those are people who had been Sheltering in the so-called humanitarian Zone near the coast so these are people who had already left their homes going in search of safety to area that Israel designated as at least safer and now they have been told to leave once again the Israeli military says that they are pursuing Hamas fighters who have regrouped in the city of Han yunes I can tell you guys I’ve been to Han yunas several times since the start of the war There is almost nothing left there the scale of Destruction is hard to comprehend but it is worthwhile noting that for many this is the fear that Israel is basically mounting an endless war in Gaza and it is going to return to these cities again and again and again guys R thank you Ellie while we have you we understand Democratic senator Bob Menendez is resigning next month after he was convicted in his corruption trial uh can you tell us more about the timeline and what what we can expect that’s exactly right NBC News had reported this almost a week ago but Bob Menendez now sending a letter to the New Jersey governor Phil Murphy saying that his resignation will be effective August 20th that’s just under a month from now and we have a little bit of an understanding of what might be in play for that date he could resign anytime but the fact that there are two pay periods in there could allow his staff to at least have a little bit of breathing room and space before their office gets turned over to whoever Murphy ends up appointing to finish out the rest of mendez’s term all right allly Raph lots to cover thank you so much we want to bring in now Ronin and Ora Nutra for more on this they are the parents of American hostage Omare Neutra who has now been held hostage for 291 days Ronan and Ora thank you so much for being with us this morning we appreciate you uh we understand that you were among a group of families that met with prime minister Netanyahu on Monday what did he tell you about his efforts to bring your son home and what are you hoping to hear today good morning um yeah we met with prime minister netan just as he landed in United States we welcomed him and uh we wanted to hear as uh parents of American Israeli hostage uh what’s his plan to release the hostages um we hear that the um authorities in Israel the Army the Minister of Defense are all saying that they’re about to wrap up the activities in Gaza uh Hamas uh has been uh for the most part defeated and they’re ready for the deal and we want to hear prime minister Nan announcing the deal as he’s uh speaking in front of Congress today you both just gave a prime time speech during the Republican National Convention last week I know you told the Washington Post you don’t like to talk about your personal political affiliations but you say you weren’t there to chant Trump’s name you weren’t going to say only one candidate can bring your son home why was it so important for you to speak at the RNC and what’s the message you were trying to convey you know uh when we were invited to the RNC we just uh we said we had to speak there because um it’s such a wide audience and it was very important for us to be able to um raise the story of the hostages and their plight to this huge audience um we wanted the audience to know that uh on October 7th this was not only an attack against Israel this was an attack against Americans that 45 Americans were murdered that day and that eight American hostages are still held in captivity um amongst them our son and you know it was a very powerful um event you know uh uh we we received such unequivocal support support and it’s very important for us to keep that support like you said you know on both sides uh it’s been like that since October 7th and that’s the only way to get them back everyone working together and putting pressure on all parties to reach this agreement and to put it in motion and get them out it’s urgent I’m sure so many other families appreciate your efforts it cannot be easy to do this we know your son Omare is one of a handful of Americans that are still being held hostage by Hamas can you tell us a little bit more about him and do you know any anything more about his condition uh you have five pictures here but in effect um these are five Americans that are considered to be alive but there are three additional Americans that were murdered and their bodies taken to Gaza and are still being held in Gaza so we’re a total of eight right now um specifically our son om grew up in New York where New Yorkers from Long Island and uh he grew up here until age 18 he’s you know an all- American kid he loves sports he’s an NBA NFL fan and he also um is always on a team uh he loves playing basketball volleyball and soccer and uh at some point in high school he was uh the captain of all three teams he’s this you know kind of uh fun guy um tall big smile on his face you know a kid kind of gravitate towards him so he he tended to take leadership roles and um he’s he’s been a mentor to many kids he was very involved in his youth group and um people have been reaching out to us kids everywhere you know just yesterday here in Washington I think maybe six people approached me that I’ve never met in my life young people around his age group you know we we know Omar from here we know him from there we miss him we’ve been praying for him he needs to come back yeah and that speaks volumes about how many people he has impacted Ronan you talked about Hope of hearing the Prime Minister Netanyahu will talk about a deal soon to release the hostages how hopeful are you that we’re close to that well as I said uh we hear from the authorities in Israel that um there are ready uh for the multiple phase that you’re showing uh a ceasefire but but uh I want to mention that the key for that ceasefire and deescalation in in in the whole region both in the Gaza and give release to the people in Gaza and also in Lebanon is the start of release of hostages and without seeing the hostages coming out nothing is GNA stop as far as uh Israel activity uh in the region and also uh as we can see theah and and other forces acting against Israel so we really need that deal the people in the region need that deal we want our son back we believe the time is now we believe it’s urgent and we are urging prime minister and all the uh players in the area to reach that deal and bring some kind of deescalation for for their people in the region Ronan and Ora Neutra from long Island New York thank you so much for sharing some of your son Omar with us we hope that he is brought home ASAP thank you again so much for your time this morning thank you good morning we’re thinking to both of you East Coasters grab your umbrellas because some scattered storms are headed this way while out west those heat alerts they’re not going away meteorologist Angie lman is here with the latest and all that and more hey good morning Angie hey good morning guys we sure are unsettled across much of the East it really ranges from parts of the the Gulf Coast stretching all the way to the midatlantic we’ve got some of these showers across parts of Northern New England as well but this General vicinity of of the southeast is where we’re going to be watching for the most impactful weather through the day today as far as rain is concerned you’ll notice places like Houston to Jackson already waking up to some wet weather we’ve seen some of these showers rolling through the Carolinas this morning as well and that’s something we’re going to continue to watch through the day today but specifically we’re concerned about the flooding happening uh likely as the day goes on across parts of Texas and Louisiana and parts of Georgia as well here’s why we’ve got this stationary front that’s kind of just hanging around the the same general area it was around yesterday it’s going to be there tomorrow and it’s leaving us with the potential to see some of these kind of slow moving storms in that region the localized downpours could be impressive too so rainfall rates will be up there and that means that a slow moving storm a whole lot of moisture to tap into and the flooding will be something that we’ll be concerned about specifically again across parts of Texas and Louisiana notice Lake Charles Houston New Orleans stretching up into Atlanta and up into the Carolinas that’s where we have a slight risk but there is a moderate risk right centered around uh the state line between Louisiana and Houston now or Louisiana and Texas rather now that area has seen ample amounts of rain in the past couple of weeks we know it’s been a pretty saturated kind of uh region we’ve got saturated soils right now and with those High rainfall rates it’s not going to take much for us to see the flooding occur and this is going to be something we’ll see kind of even through Friday so here’s those rainfall totals we can expect between now and then notice the numbers anywhere from 2 to 3 in is going to be the more um widespread amount we’ll have maybe inch or so for a bigger area across this region but anywhere from 5 to N9 inches of rain will be possible across this region with some localized spots so this is why we’re concerned not just today but through at least the next couple of days guys um for flooding it’s been already a really soggy season for them there so we’re going to be watching that closely here as that stationary front kind of just hangs around doesn’t seem to be stopping and now the ground is so saturated for those folks already Angie thank you course thanks Angie well coming up it is one of the most common complaints impacting millions of Americans middlemen accused of inflating the price you pay for prescription drugs how Congress is now finally demanding some accountability but first the secret service director says she is stepping down following the assassination attempt on former president Trump we’re going to add the latest on that next he democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shap Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys what did this debate change for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC news now we’re back with the latest on the resignation of us secret service director Kimberly cheel her announcement came just one day after that contentious Congressional hearing cheel declined to answer some basic questions about the security in place during the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump NBC News Homeland Security correspondent Julia anley has the details cheo’s resignation sent shock waves through Washington because it was not expected she would step down at this point in the process after she hung on through last week and of course that contentious house oversight hearing where both Republicans and Democrats asked her to step down but on Tuesday morning NBC News was first to break the news that cheel had sent in her resignation letter and the president had accepted it here’s the story my name is Kimberly cheel and I’m the director of Kimberly the 29-year veteran of the Secret Service is out in a letter to President Biden saying the secret service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders on July 13th we fell short on that mission I take full responsibility for the security Labs her resignation first reported by BC News comes N9 days after a gunman tried to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally putting cheel in the hot seat as she struggled to answer basic questions why was the rooftop left naked to begin with can you tell us that considering it was within the line of sight and so very close again I I can’t speak to the specifics of this particular event site the deputy director has now stepped in temporarily but questions and harsh criticism of the agency persist house Homeland security committee chairman Mark green has subpoena the Secret Service the fact that there was nobody covering the top of that building is ridiculous he is calling for even more changes especially during this tense and high-profile election season we’re going to continue to lay out all the things that we think need to be addressed and hope and watch and make sure that secret service implements those for years the agency has had a staffing shortage one of the reasons Secret Service sources tell NBC News it denied some request for more security at earlier Trump events the Secret Service currently has about 3,500 agents assigned to protective details including new more enhanced security for vice president comma Harris that’s 500 fewer agents than they had 10 years ago Paul eoff served in the secret service for 23 years director cheel needed to go she had lost the faith of the men and women of the Secret Service we’re in the middle of a campaign season how much time does a secret service have to learn the lessons and fix what went wrong the simple answer is they have no time they have to integrate those changes now before another tragedy occurs Homeland Security secretary Alejandra mayorcas has asked deputy director of The Secret Service Ronald row to step in as acting director in cheo’s absence where they continue to look for a permanent position law enforcement experts say the agency should be looking at how they can reassess how they depend on local law enforcement how they might use aerial surveillance and how they could revamp their recruiting process but nothing has been set in stone yet all right Julia thank you for some perspective let’s bring in Charles Marino he’s a former special secret service special agent and served as a senior adviser for the Department of Homeland Security he’s also the author of the book terrorists on the border and in our country good to have you with us as we just heard deputy director Ronald R Jr is now the acting director of The Secret Service what should be his top priority as he steps into this new role during what can only be described as a tough time for the agency yeah continuity is going to be important and look as we just heard operations do not stop for the Secret Service as a matter of fact they’re only going to increase uh in the next several months of this campaign so in addition to consistency it’s making sure all of these protection details are buttoned up that they have the resources that match the particular Threat Level of the protecte it’s very important this is their number one Mission it’s not a time to talk about the resources that’s something that’s going to need to be addressed here in the near future but right now it’s throwing everything they’ve got at these protection details that’s the zero fail Mission you know Charles this is a political appointment do you think we will see a new director a permanent director installed before November and what do you think that person would need to prioritize on day one when it comes to morale and culture at the Secret Service yeah I doubt it I think the deputy director ronro who I know uh will be uh a good person to stabilize operations right now do everything that I just mentioned in the interim but you know the interesting thing is in this upcoming election we’re looking at a new Administration either way on the Republican and Democratic side so uh they’re going to have their say whoever wins uh on who comes in as the permanent director of the Secret Service sources within the Secret Service say it’s been under staff for years as Julia just reported obviously it’s going to take time to hire and train more agents as you say the resources conversation might have to come later but in the meantime how do you think the Secret Service can do its job in the middle of this incredibly busy and contentious campaign season well let’s talk about the resources at the macro level there’s going to be some tough decisions that need to be made you can’t always say from the agency’s perspective that you’re being asked to do more with less when you’re raising your hand to do more so I think the hard decision needs to be made do they want to remain the best Protection Agency in the world and the answer to that is yes so decisions need to be made I think it’s time to give away some of the investigative Mission the Legacy investigative mission that came with them to DHS from treasury um and put those resources towards protection all right Charles Marino thank you so much for your time and your expertise this morning we appreciate it and you can check out his book terrorists on the border and in our country out wherever books are sold all right is time now for international headlines starting with the catastrophic landslides in southern Ethiopia NBC’s Josh Letterman has that otherw world news Josh good morning hey good morning Joe at least 229 people are dead in a remote region of Ethiopia IA after deadly mudslides that also left a number of people unaccounted for local officials say the dead include pregnant women young kids even some of The Rescuers who tried to pull out survivors This Disaster is coming during Ethiopia’s rainy summer season that often triggers fatal mudslides not just in Ethiopia but across East Africa let’s head over now to Colombia where president Gustavo Petro has just signed a law Banning bull fighting fighting following a long campaign by animal rights activists the legislation would phase out bull fighting over the next 3 years and see more than a dozen bull fighting Arenas converted into concert halls and exhibition venues but Colombia’s professional matadors are Furious and they say they will keep bull fighting no matter what the government says and finally heading to Brazil where scientists found something you might not expect in the body of sharks off the coast cocaine researchers tested 13 of brazilian’s sharp-nosed sharks off of the Rio denisia Jano coast and all of them had cocaine detectable in both their liver and their muscle tissue scientists say it comes from discharge from illegal drug labs and sewage waste from humans who have ingested the drug in a region where cocaine use is on the rise Vicki and Joe the expression on my face I’m sorry cocaine bear but this is cocaine shark there you go not something you expect to hear at all all right all right Josh Letterman thank you so much coming up Iowa on the verge of enacting one of the strictest abortion laws in the country but opponents say their fight easing over yet we’re going to break down the new law and what they mean for the women of Iowa that’s next oh oh the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne tap magnifier we can zoom in oh look at that the steam from the ice takes out all the wrinkles the way to get it out is to use the shell that is left over it works every single time this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant personal finan is personal you don’t want to do what somebody else is doing oh that’s genius you just save me 40 bucks that’s a good idea we are back now with a new law in Iowa that will ban abortion after just six weeks the law set to take effect on Monday was signed a year ago by the governor but it was held up by legal challenges last month the state supreme court cleared the way for the restrictive law to be enforced joining us in studio with more on this is NBC News Now legal analyst Angela cadella Angela it’s great to see you so with the passage of this law that would make Iowa one of 22 States right now that have some kind of abortion ban or restriction on the books tell us what this means does it have any exceptions yes so there are some limited exceptions to this first if there is a fetal abnormality that is incompatible with life second and third are for incest and rape but those have restrictions so the rape has to have been reported within 45 days of the incident and then inest within 140 days and then last is if there’s physical endangerment of the pregnant woman’s life now we know there there is so much subjectivity around that so in this case doctors would have to make that judgment but then also could potentially be prosecuted but what that means for the women of Iowa is that outside of those restrictions they would have to go out of state to a state where it is legal currently there is no ban no travel ban that would prevent a woman from going out of state to receive an abortion uh so there were two clinics in Iowa that offer inperson care for abortions abortions they’re the ons who tried to challenge this law obviously they were unsuccessful what was it the state Supreme Court ruled what was it they said and are there any other ways to challenge this so at this point I really think legally we’re at the end of the road in terms of challenges so in some ways this ban was always inevitable but these legal challenges just delayed the inevitable so the Iowa state supreme court said that any abortion law that the Iowa legislators pass is now constit tional so long as there’s a rational basis for it that’s a really low bar it just means whether there any legitimate State interest that’s attached to that law if so we’re not going to be able to review it so almost immediately Planned Parenthood did challenge this they tried to ask the Supreme Court of Iowa to rehear this request and apply a higher standard the undue burden test which would mean that no law could be considered okay if it placed an undue burden on our fundamental right but as expected the Iowa state supreme court denied to hear that request so it’s kicked back down to the lower court which then dismissed the lawsuit Angela quickly before you go we know vice president kamla Harris has been campaigning across the country talking about abortion if she is in fact elected president what can a president do about these 22 States so the president can’t do that much by her or himself but they can do a lot in conjunction with Congress or in opposition to so the president could veto a bill that Congress would pass or they can sign one into law which is why you are hearing on the campaign Trail if you guys give me this type of Congress I can then sign this type of law into act so that is what the president can do executive agency executive power there are very limited things they can try to do but we have really seen this Supreme Court try to limit that executive power so that’s really unlikely okay Angela cadella as always thank you so much Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are finding some common ground over drug prices in the US in a heated hearing lawmakers grilled top Executives accusing them of driving up drug costs NBC News correspondent Aon McLaughlin reports you solemnly swear or affirm that the test the powerful middleman managing prescription drug access for millions of Americans grilled on Capitol Hill people are dying because they can’t afford their medication and you all are part of the problem Pharmacy benefit managers or pbms are responsible for negotiating Pharmacy prices with drug manufacturers they’re being accused of profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing mainstream pharmacies impacting patients one survey shows nearly three in 10 Americans have rationed or skipped doses of prescribed medicines due to high costs you’re setting dramatically different prices for some medications across the country if you’re not delivering an outcome to the people who use it how long do you all think you’re going to have a job during the heated and complicated bipartisan hearing I feel like the more I hear the less I understand Democratic Congressman roana pointed to the case a 10-year-old girl who he says needed Huma to treat her juvenile arthritis but was denied for 6 months while her arthritis got worse they were saying that the doctor needed to prescribe something cheaper can you make a commitment today that you’ll privilege the doctor’s recommendation over the bureaucracy’s recommendation as a physician I hope you understand this we value our partnership with Physicians Executives from the three largest pbms responsible for managing access to nearly 80% of all prescription drugs in the US pushed back on allegations they drive up prices last year alone we saved our clients $64 billion they blame brand manufacturers who they say raised drug costs up to 60% it’s hard work to keep those costs down for patients and clients Aon mclin thank you it is time now for your weekly checkup this morning we’re taking a look at an annual Fitness index ranking that shows where you live can influence how healthy and how active you are plus we’re going to take a look at the daily health benefits of avocados and how just one a day could maybe help keep the doctor away we have with us NBC News medical contributor doct Natalie AAR good morning Dr Asar to see you both it’s great to see you all right let’s get started with the that news about the nation’s a fittest City so the American College of sports medicine released their annual rankings once again Arlington Virginia Washington DC and Seattle Washington they have secured the top spots so tell us why are the folks there so fit yes so this is really if you’re interested in where you rank you can go look this up for yourself and you hope that you’re not in the 90s or the 80s right but this American Fitness index it basically ranks a 100 of America’s largest city on 13 or 33 I should say personal as well as community health indicators and this is the list that they have generated that they say leads to the healthiest environment for you to live in you need to have a community where more people are walking or biking to work there needs to be public exercise space public drinking fountains farmers markets Farm stands Community Gardens public transportation but they take a lot of things into account certain things like access to Mental Health Services how much food security or insecurity is present in your community so my doctor’s orders are this make the most of your city and advocate for better resources and I think that this is really important because this is as much for City officials as it is for those Community dwellers to say look this is what makes a community healthy how can I analyze where I live where can I contribute to improvements and if you’re looking to move somewhere I think this is a very useful index for you to sort of keep in mind where do I want to raise a family where do I want to set down roots myself I lived in Seattle it seemed very healthy so now we know it was you every time you go to DC you’re like everyone’s out all theing biking all running all they do exactly running for office and running around the town all right so researchers at Penn State recently conducted one of the largest studies on the potential health benefits of avocad what did they find they divided two groups of people for six months someone someone participants ate an avocado a day and the other participants ate them once or twice throughout the entire time period and this is what they found they found that the people who ate an avocado a day had improved blood lipids it was Associated overall with a better diet and the individuals had better sleep habits now you’ll notice on the on the very top line it says did not increase overall health I’m sure we’ve all heard cardiac health heart health exactly I’m sure we’ve all heard of this life’s essential eight this is from the American um Heart Association they look at sleep diet blood pressure blood sugar BMI nicotine physical activity and lipids so the the avocado eaters didn’t necessarily score high on all those eight but they did on those three for my doctor’s orders focus on diet quality remember if you’re eating avocados you’re very likely also eating other healthy foods so there is that Association there and don’t obsess over one thing right like an avocado a day may not save your life but it’s part of a very healthy Mediterranean diet and that’s what we want people to focus on and they’re delicious just be careful they’re so healthy all right lastly tomorrow is World drowning Prevention Day to is it today today Wednesday might have been yes should every day and it’s very important because according to the CDC drowning deaths in the US are actually on the give us some safety tips okay for caregivers and for ourselves always super supervise children children should never be more than an arms length away from us do you know that 15% of this country 40 million people do not know how to swim this is a this is a life skill that everyone should have be aware of your surroundings no alcohol near water and use safety equipment especially if you’re boating you must have a life jacket or if you’re near open water when my doctor’s orders set boundaries and rules for children stay vigilant and one of the most important things I think is to have what’s called a water Watcher that you and I have done a lot of these things for the Today’s Show it is someone who every 15 minutes is responsible for watching people in a pool they shouldn’t be talking to other people they shouldn’t be on social media and they should not be drinking alcohol period full stop okay we love these doctor’s orders thank you so much Dr Natalie AAR good to see you on a Wednesday morning well it has been 100 years since Paris has hosted did the Olympics I remember it well all right coming up we’re going back in time to take a look at how the games have changed from 1924 to 2024 he news for the generation of now is NBC News Now nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared aore there is some latebreaking news Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC back now with some money news starting with a new survey on why some homeowners might not feel motivated to put their houses on the market this year SBC syvan hanau joins us this morning with that and all the other headlines good morning syvan good morning Vicki Good Morning Joe oh yeah so nearly half of current homeowners say mortgage rates need to be below 5% for them to feel comfortable buying a new home this year a new bank rate survey also finds nearly 40% say there’s no level where they’d feel okay buying a home the last time rates were below 6% was in August of 2022 and Below 5% in April of 2022 sales of existing homes fell in June to the slowest Pace since 2010 as sellers wait for rates to fall further and buyers are drawing the line at stubbornly high prices more than 13,000 unionized hotel workers plan to vote next month on whether to authorize a strike as contract talks with Marriott Hilton and Hyatt stall the workers at25 hotels in Boston San Francisco Honolulu and Providence have been seeking a significant pay raise Better Health Care and pension plans they’re also asking the hotel chains to reverse pandemic era staff and service cuts and Mattel has high hopes for the holiday shopping season the company reporting better than expected results in the second quarter and it believes higher sales this fall will carry over into next year those will be driven partly by toy licenses for Moana 2 and wicked which will hit theaters in November Mattel CEO says parents with less discretionary income will likely PRI prioritize spending on their kids which votes well for the toy industry guys can’t believe we’re already talking about the holidays I always love to make my toy list I was so excited which toy nowadays they’re doing it on a PowerPoint they’re like so Advan tell there’s a whole presentation involved yeah I love that my niece has done it yeah all right savan see you got to just put it out there use the technology I know it’s like a campaign all right thank you is you got it well we are now less than two days away from the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics and this morning we are heading back in time and taking a look at the first time Paris hosted the games back in 1924 when you could only tune in Via radio broadcast NBC News Chief International correspondent Kier Simmons takes us on the road to Paris from then to now when Paris last made Olympic history in 1924 the games were broadcast live on radio for the first time from the Eiffel Tower the athletes Village made its debut red wine included and 3,000 Olympians attended descending on a small stadium in the Parisian suburb of colom being re used this time for field hockey you can see it uh with the Earth behind the athletes like it’s a really Global events amid Rising anti-Semitism depicted in the movie Chariots of Fire and in the shadow of two Wars they came to compete William Dart hubard in the long jump became the first African-American to win an individual gold Kim Blackwell is his nephew he wrote his mother a letter and the letter simply said that that he was going across the ocean to show that there are boundaries that can be broken back then just 44 countries competed compared to more than 200 now and only 135 women took part today there are equal numbers of male and female athletes that’s the first game that we call the first game parer equal men and women the Olympics has changed the breakdance uh the hipop Dan uh that doesn’t didn’t exist in 1924 so that didn’t exist in 1924 no I’m sure of this but the ideals of a century ago remain you can advance on Merit you win the race because you run the fastest you win the long jump because you jump the furthest that’s the Olympic Spirit that’s right our thanks to Kier Simmons for that report you can tune in to the opening ceremony this Friday on NBC and streaming on peacock coming up returning history why a Nashville Museum is sending nearly 250 artifacts back to where they came from that’s next the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne tap magnifier we can zoom in oh look at that the steam from the ice takes out all the wrinkles the way to get it out is to use the shell that is left over it works every single time this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant personal finan is personal you don’t want to do what somebody else is doing oh let’s Jesus you just Sav me 40 bucks that’s a good idea finally this hour a Nashville Museum is hoping to set a new standard by sending hundreds of artifacts back to their original home NBC News correspondent guad Venegas has that story a special celebration in Nashville to Mark the return of pre-colombian artifacts once taken from Mexico these ancient tools instruments ceramic pots over over 500 years old and a museum favorite the Mexican hairless dog a small part of Mexico’s history that has been on display at the Nashville Parthenon Museum Now set to be repatriated I think it’s important because Mexico’s had a lot of their history removed assistant curator Bonnie seamer working effortlessly to do what she says is the right thing we can’t fix the holes that are lost because a lot of context is lost but we can give it back to where it belongs this Museum hoping to set an example and teach others around the world how they can repatriate artifacts too an exhibit that celebrates this and then starts a conversation on what repatriation is and how it impacts people that the artifacts go back to would be the best way to do it it’s no small task for two years Bonnie worked with Mexican and local authorities to forge A New Path for repatriation between the museum and Mexico almost every museum has something from somewhere else and it’s not that they want to keep them it’s that nobody knows what to do once the 255 artifacts are package it will be sent to the Mexican consulate in Georgia where the conso general played a key role to the repatriation there are some gorgeous pieces beautiful pieces that are being recovered and again this are this is part of the past this is part of the history of our people the collection will ultimately be sent to the National Institute of anthropology and history and Mexico City it’s going back to the people that it really connects with but before departing the artifacts inspired local artist Jose Gonzalez to create a special collection Jose says it was an opportunity of a lifetime for an artist who came from Mexico as a migrant and is now part of the repatriation for some visiting the exhibit mixed emotions it’s a good idea but also I feel like the United States also need something like this and for some museums it can also mean losing a valuable part of their collection I understand someone has ownership of it right now it’s very difficult for them to give that ownership up particularly when they’re sharing it with the rest of the world yet the pressure to return artifacts to their original lands of origin persists standing behind the widely held belief that it’s wrong to keep what isn’t yours guad Vegas NBC News and that does it for this hour of Morning News now stick with us the news continues right now good Wednesday morning good to have you with us I’m Joe frier Savannah On Assignment Vicky win will join us a bit later in the hour right now on morning news now we’re awaiting history from the White House President Biden back in Washington ahead of his Landmark Oval Office addressed later tonight on the heels of that election bombshell well his presumptive replacement vice president Kamala Harris wastes no time getting out on the campaign Trail her sight set on former president Trump in Battleground Wisconsin I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week we’ve got team coverage of this historic moment in American politics we’re also looking ahead to another high stakes event in Washington this afternoon Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to address a joint session of Congress it comes amid mounting Global pressure to Halt the violence in Gaza and bring those remaining hostages home but not all lawmakers are on board with Mr netanyahu’s speech we’re going to bring you the latest plus growing frustration on Capitol Hill over the secret Services response to the attempted assassination of Mr Trump the agency’s director now stepping down after heated clashes with lawmakers just a day earlier we’re going to bring you some new video showing the harrowing moments after the shooting it’s now firing up Congress and the opening ceremony still a couple days away but you can catch some early Olympic action today we’ve got a preview of the events you definitely cannot miss later in the hour good to have you with us we’re going to begin this hour with the race for the White House President Biden said to deliver a prime time address tonight from the Oval Office explaining his decision to step aside from the race an announcement that came amid mounting pressure from Democrats he returned to Washington yesterday after recovering from covid vice president Kamala Harris is now on the campaign Trail holding her first rally since becoming a candidate for president she has received enough support from delegates to become the clear front runner for the party’s nomination NBC News chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest good morning to you President Biden said to address the country tonight in prime time having just announced the end of his campaign this evening he will in effect launch another a new effort to help shape his legacy a White House official telling me the president will make the case that all Americans should put the country first and this morning Democrats I’ve spoken to were also touting KLA Harris’s entrance into this race as a burst of energy but also acknowledge there are challenges ahead President Biden set to address the nation tonight from the Oval Office for the first time since abruptly dropping out of the presidential race what will your message be tomorrow night the president returning to the White House Tuesday after recovering from covid the first public sighting since his weekend bombshell a White House official telling NBC News the president will explain his decision to exit the race marking her presidential campaign debut in Wisconsin vice president kamla Harris walking out to Beyonce’s hit Freedom Harris now the deao Democratic nominee accusing former president Trump of looking to take the country backwards while comparing herself a former prosecutor to Mr Trump a convicted criminal I took on perpetrators of all kinds so hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type the two top Democrats in Congress Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeff the latest to Endor her candidacy and overnight Hillary Clinton who lost to Mr Trump in 2016 praising Harris in a New York Times oped writing I know she can defeat Donald Trump but warning Mrs Harris’s record and character will be distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and the kind of ugly Prejudice were already hearing from Maga mouthpieces and on the Republican side there is new backlash to some attacking her race one Republican Congressman referring to Harris as a Dei or diversity equity and inclusion vice president 100% she was a Dei hire some other conservative members echoing that language I think it’s just a failure from top to bottom uh I think she was a Dei hire Republican leaders warning against those attacks this election is going to be about policies not personalities um this is not personal with regard to kamla Harris and her her ethnicity her gender have nothing to do with this whatsoever meanwhile old video of Mr Trump’s running mate JD Vance is resurfacing referring to Harris and other prominent Democrats as quote the childless left we’re effectively run in this country via the Democrats be via our corporate oligarchs by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made for his part Mr Trump is zeroing in on Harris’s record she was the worst at everything she was the worst vice president and he was the worst president overnight the Trump campaign filed a complaint with a Federal Election Commission over the transfer of tens of millions of dollars in campaign cash from Biden to Harris calling it a quote braz in money grab but campaign Finance experts that NBC has consulted with say because Harris’s name was on the original paperwork she would be able to take over the funds no problem back to you all right Peter thank you so much let’s bring in NBC News presidential historian Michael BOS for more perspective on the president’s speech tonight Michael always good to have you with us thank you President Biden says he’s going to discuss what lies ahead and how he will quote finish the job for the American people what are you going to be watching for as he delivers this important address from the Oval Office well this is something we have never seen before in American history a president of the United States who was running for reelection suddenly a month less than a month before a democratic convention stepping aside he’s going to for the first time we’re going to hear from him why he did that and what he expects to happen and the other thing you made a great Point Joe which is that he’s going to be president for six more months so this is not a farewell address from the Oval Office at the White House that’s something we’ll see in January of course as many are pointing out lame duck president in a highly tense election year could be hard to get things done but we’ll see what he lays out he now joins this rare group of presidents who ultimately chose not to seek reelection of course we think most recently of lynen B Johnson during the Vietnam war how does Mr Biden’s decision differ from past one-term presidents help us put this decision into perspective well Truman pulled out in 1952 in March after losing the New Hampshire primary 1968 LBJ pulled out at almost exactly the same day in March the end of March 1968 after he was about to certainly lose the Wisconsin Primary two days later so that is different because that was so early in the cycle here we are seeing what we thought would might have been impossible which is not only a president stepping aside just weeks before he was likely to be nominated at the democratic convention uh but at the same time doing that and being able to name his successor and have that decision go forward flawlessly because as you know Joe in the last 24 hours kamla Harris now apparently has enough delegates to be nominated Michael some folks have been pointing out something that I find absolutely mindblowing this is going to be the first election in nearly half a century that does not include a bush a Clinton or Biden on the ticket does this feel like an the end of an era in some ways it does and what you’re talking about Joe suggests how much we have dynasties in this country two bushes two bushes who were president two clintons a president and ultimately only a secretary of state because she didn’t win and the poignant thing Joe is there could have been two bidens because Joe Biden had his heart set on seeing his son son Bo run for president himself that could have even happened this year or so two one Biden but there could have been too an important point there all right Michael BOS always good to have you with us thanks for your time this morning thank you thank you so much we’re going to bring you live coverage of President Biden’s address from the Oval Office it gets underway tonight 8:00 P.M Eastern 5 Pacific time here on NBC news now as well as on NBC staying on the race for the White House this morning we’re taking a closer look at five candidates who the Paris campaign is reportedly vetting as potential running mates and with all roads leading to a matchup with former president Trump that short list centers on the key Battleground States NBC News Washington correspondent yamel synor takes a closer look you vice president kamla Harris ramping up her search for a running mate her campaign requesting vetting materials from five elected officials according to two sources familiar with the process and when we fight we win the candidates on the short list include four Governors Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro North Carolina’s Roy Cooper Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Tim Waltz of Minnesota Arizona Senator Mark Kelly also joining the list together they represent more than half of this year’s Battleground states which will likely decide the election in November certainly they have to be uh a unifier uh unify and continue bringing our party together they have to have expansion capability abilities meaning expanding the electorate they certainly have to be able to draw a true contrast not just between Donald Trump uh trumpism and Trump’s project 2025 but also be able to draw the contrast between Trump’s pick to be his running mate uh JD Vance Shapiro a young Democratic party star rose to prominence as Pennsylvania’s attorney general then he earned a blowout win in the 2022 governor’s race outperforming Biden and pulling well with Republicans President Biden yesterday endorsed vice president Harris as did I as did many across this country not only because of how honorably she has served in the past but how absolutely ready she is to be president and to be the standard bear for our party Shapiro denying he submitted any vetting materials question did you say that no paperwork has been submitted to vet you as a vice presidential candidate the other bruss belt Governor under consideration Michigan Whitmer she’s a political Powerhouse known for taking on former president Trump but despite throwing her support behind Harris today I am fired up to endorse kamla Harris for president of the United States she has said she would not accept an offer to be her running mate another midwesterner Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz would offer Harris a progressive voice from the area but he doesn’t have the name recognition of the others on the short list that we’ve got a great candidate we’ve got one that folks lined up behind kamla Harris that they’re making the case that this had been Administration is moving us forward Roy Cooper of North Carolina offers Harris an ally with strong bipartisan support and a strong track record on abortion I’ve known him for almost two decades and he is an extraordinary leader so far Arizona Senator Mark Kelly is the only candidate on the list from the southwest and the only one who’s been to space Kelly and his wife former congresswoman Gabby gford have become leading gun control Advocates after her attempted assassination in 2011 we can have a president and a vice president who wants to fix our broken immigration system and keep families together vice president Harris is working against the clock as she makes her choice sources tell NBC news that Democrats would like to have a VP nominee by August 7th to make sure their candidates get on the ballot in all 50 states our thanks to Y Michel synor for bringing us that report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver a controversial address to Congress later today it to speak that sparking protests in Washington from those upset with Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza and those pushing for a deal to secure the release of hostages NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell has the latest this will be prime minister netanyahu’s fourth address to Congress over three decades and arguably the most critical one with a ceasefire and a hostage release deal now hanging in the balance today Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu set to address a joint meeting of congress with pressure mounting to deliver a ceasefire and bring the surviving hostages home after 9 months of brutal war in Gaza Netanyahu is likely to face a barrage of protests today with heightened Security on Capitol Hill hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the capital Tuesday protesting Us weapons used in Gaza Capital police making arrests with Democrats deeply divided over the war more than a dozen lawmakers are expected to boycott today’s spe blaming the Prime Minister for prolonging the conflict why aren’t you going I would like to see uh BB Netanyahu be a more constructive forward leaning solution seeking partner in all of this others say they feel compelled to attend I feel when world leaders come to the people’s chamber uh it’s important that we uh hear their perspective Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Biden at the White House tomorrow followed by an unprecedented meeting with the two leaders and the families of American hostages in a meeting with those families Monday Netanyahu pointed to new progress telling them the conditions are ripening to bring their loved ones home the parents of American hostage HH Goldberg Poland told Netanyahu they want him to announce a deal today we’re not going to stop pushing we need to get this done meanwhile Israel’s military pummeling Southern Gaza Monday in a safe Zone it’s says targeting militants but killing at least 70 injuring 200 according to the Hamas run Health Ministry netanyahu’s visit is also looming over the presidential race vice president Harris will not be presiding over today’s address instead attending a previously scheduled event in Indianapolis but she’s expected to meet with Netanyahu at the White House separately from President Biden former president Trump a strong netanyahu’s supporter has announced that the Prime Minister will be meeting with with him at maral Lago before he flies home on Friday all right Andrea thank you so much let’s bring in Obby mayor for more on this he is the former editor-in Chief of the Jerusalem Post Obby thank you for joining us you know we know Congress is split over netanyahu’s address the relationship between the Biden Administration and the Prime Minister has become combative to say the least as of late he’s accused the US of betrayal leaving some to wonder if this trip is about mending fences or if the speech is really for an Israeli audience what do you think well I think it’s a little bit of both you know before boarding his plane the Prime Minister said that this would be his opportunity to thank President Biden and the American people for their support throughout this war we know the president was extremely supportive particularly at the very beginning and has continued to be so throughout the uh the war campaign but of course there is a domestic audience in mind as well um any trip by a prime minister abroad has domestic ramifications and of course there were voices in Israel that called on him to actually cancel this trip and focus on sealing the deal and bringing the remaining hostages home so he has to show that he is actually coming back from this trip with some kind of an accomplishment that will have made this trip worthwhile we just saw how this visit is being viewed in America in Washington how is it being seen in Israel what is it people are watching for and listening for well look anytime an Israeli Prime Minister visits Washington it’s viewed as a tremendous honor for the Jewish State many people will be glued to their television sets watching his address to the Joint session of Congress um and so there is of course a domestic audience that is important to bear in mind but as I said um this trip is not without controversy there are quite a few activists in Israel who called on him not to leave until a hostage deal had been signed there were actual protests at the airport trying to prevent him from reaching his plane of course he he did manage to get off um and I think there were many other voices that said look this is important of course the United States is an ally but it is much more urgent for us to seal the deal and bring those remaining hostes home they cannot afford to spend even another minute in Hamas captivity and those voices are quite prominent in Israel at this time with that criticism in mind if he does not reach an agreement within the coming days or the coming weeks what do you think happens well look he has indicated that a a deal of some kind is likely to happen in the near future told the hostage families that just the other day he’s been sending messages in a variety of different ways through various different channels that this seems to be in the offing he will be dispatching a delegation of negotiators to Kar tomorrow in order to continue those negotiations indirect negotiations of course with Kamas um so it looks like this will happen What happens if it doesn’t I mean look we’ve been seeing that reality for the past few months these negotiations have been starting and stopping we have seen time and again Hamas has posed an obstacle one obstacle after another in order to prevent these hostages from reaching fruition we hope that doesn’t happen and that at some point in the near future we’ll be able to see those hostages brought home AI mayor you have been speaking with us since literally the morning of October 7th we always appreciate your time and your expertise thanks for joining us this morning thank you the director of The Secret Service resigned yesterday after a chorus of bipartisan calls for her removal following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump also this morning new video has surfaced that shows the moments immediately after the shooting NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles joins us with the latest on all this Ryan good morning Hey Joe good morning and Kimberly che’s decision to step down comes as the investigation into the assassination attempt is ramping up with Congress in many ways taking the lead revealing information that the Secret Service and other federal agencies have been reluctant to release among them new video from the rooftop where the gunman was positioned it was released by Senator Chuck Grassley who is demanding answers and we do want to warn you you may find this disturbing right there obviously new video this morning shows the immediate aftermath following the attempt on Donald Trump’s life treating that as suspicious device the body cam video shows local law enforcement and Secret Service agents on top of the roof where the shooter was perched the gunman’s body partially blurred in the video his long gun nearby an agent asking a local officer about what sniper saw for the shooting and our sniper seeing him walking away from that I believe okay the Secret Service referring NBC News to Senator Chuck grassley’s office but saying the agency is committed to better understanding what happened Senator Grassley said he shared the video publicly to demonstrate how local police are sharing more evidence with Congress than Federal investigators it’s part of a broader frustration by Congress that the federal response has been slow and evasive and also what led members of Congress to push for the resignation of secret service director Kimberly cheel cheel was plagued by The Fallout from the assassination attempt on former president Trump and found herself unable to answer direct questions from lawmakers were you guessing or lying when you said you didn’t turn down requests from president Trump’s detail neither sir former president Trump weighing in on che’s resignation overnight I don’t think had much of a choice that was a pretty bad day for by any circumstance now the Trump campaign plans to stop holding outdoor rallies two sources familiar with his campaign operations tell NBC News Savannah asking top Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller about that possibility two days after the rally is the campaign considering making any security adjustments as the the campaign goes forward these open air rallies I mean the candidates love them and the Secret Service does not well of course there’ll be security adjustments that are made by the Secret Service and conjunction with the campaign the Secret Service detail that’s with President Trump all the time do an excellent job for president Trump and we’re in full confidence that they’ll make sure that President Trump is safe going forward and the homeland security secretary Alejandro maoris who oversees the Secret Service immediately elevated the agency’s deputy director Ronald Ro Jr a 24-year agency veteran as the acting director and additionally the Beaver County sheriff and Beaver County Emergency Management office did not respond to an NBC News request for comment about the body cam video that was posted by Senator Grassley Joe all right Ryan thank you so much time now for your midweek forecast with meteorologist Angie lman Angie what can you tell us we are halfway there Joe midweek indeed and we’ve still no surprise got some of these heat alerts up out west that’s not going to change anytime soon but this morning 28 million people across parts of of the West are dealing with this we’ve got Las Vegas Sacramento you can see up and parts of the Northern Plains included in that as well as Salt Lake City those are just some of the spots that we’re going to be watching today to once again reach 100 degrees or higher Salt Lake City expected to hit 103 that’s going to be flirting with or at least near record temperature uh for this date 105 is the current record for this date in Salt Lake City so we’ll see if we can we can break that potentially we’ll be near it at least Grand Junction headed to 100 we’ve got Lake Havasu City expected to head to 116 degrees so the heat in place yet again across this region for the day today and tomorrow too notice we’ve got some 90s in there high 90s at that a little better than in Salt Lake City as we get into tomorrow but still above normal in places like Las Vegas 112 you can expect for your day tomorrow and more of the same here as we get into the weekend even Denver ending up into the mid90s Friday and Saturday even warmer by the time Sunday rolls around we’ve got Witchita into the 90s as we get through the day uh the day Friday Saturday and Sunday in Las Vegas we’ll stay above 100 for the long haul that goes well through the weekend similar story for our friends in Phoenix too now the good news is of the weather forecast of course yes it’s hot out west but we’ve got really quiet conditions across parts of the tropics that is what we like to see right and there’s a reason why we’ve got some of that Saharan dust working off the the off of Africa and into the trade winds and that kind of leaves everything a whole lot quieter we see the sinking air we see uh really difficulty with Development Across that main region that we normally watch during this time of year now one note is that this kind of lull in activity that’s allowed our water temperatures to heat up even more and no surprise we still have record warm water across this region it’s the warmest on date for this or it’s the warmest on record for this date uh and we likely will see that continue to warm here as we get through the next couple of weeks now one thing that we’re noticing is that we likely will see some more favorable conditions as we get into early August so we’re far from done from this SE with this season yet we’ve still got plenty of months to go and with these really warm Waters that’s going to be concerning here uh as we get through at least July and into August uh over the next month or so one note though we’ll still be dealing with the rain across parts of the southeast Joe this is going to last up into the Mid-Atlantic too through the day today but we will be most concerned about some flooding across parts of Texas and Louisiana this front that we’ve been watching yesterday and today and will be around tomorrow it sticks around and leaves us just kind of um unsettled and in with this annoying rain but some of it could really pack a punch when it comes to rainfall totos upwards of 7 to 9 in possible across already saturated grounds in that area I forgot my umbrella today oh I’m sure somebody around here has one you can borrow maybe a meteorologist May perhaps you have like a Supply right an endless supply of UMAS all right Angie thank you so much much more to come on this hour of morning news now including the new federal investigation being launched into Delta passengers across the country continue to reel from heavy delays caused by last week’s massive Global Tech outage first so after the break an update on the case of Brian cerg the man accused of murdering those four University of Idaho students my his lawyers are looking to switch up the venue of his upcoming trial next year got those stories and more up next oh oh oh democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys what did this debate change for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC News Now democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys what did this debate change for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC news now we are back now with the latest developments in the case against the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students the lawyers for Brian coburger are now urging a judge to move his trial out of lat County and switch it to Boise his team argues the media coverage and public interest make it impossible for him to get a fair trial NBC News senior legal correspondent Laura jerett has the details hey guys months ago we learned Brian cober’s defense team was surveying local residents to gauge their feelings about the man accused of this crime and now we see why his attorneys say he simply cannot get a fair trial unless it’s moved out of town blaming media attention for tainting potential jurors State versus Brian cerer the trial date is now finally set but the battle to move his trial out of town If you deny a change of venue Mr cober’s constitutional right to a fair trial is denied still wages on now in a new court filing Brian cober’s attorneys argue that Leah county has been utterly corrupted by press coverage making it one of those rare cases that requires a change in venue coburger is charged with the murders of Madison Mogan Kayla gonalves Zanna corod and Ethan chapen four University of Idaho students found fatally stabbed in their off-campus home in November of 2022 prosecutors say the trial currently set for summer 2025 should stay in Leon County where the killings took place we at least owe the people Lop County the attempt to see a jury here first and not just rely on there’s been a lot of publicity there’s been a lot of publicity everywhere but cober’s attorneys argue that the Lea County jury pool is prejudiced by extensive publicity that’s ongoing and inflammatory right now he’s being held to have a trial in a county that believes that he is guilty the defense citing a survey they conducted finding 70% of locals have already formed a guilty opinion of coburger arguing the trial should be held in Idaho’s largest county in Boise but the state is pushing back it’s not Moscow it’s not Leah County it’s everywhere so I don’t think that a change of venue is going to solve any of these problems overnight an attorney for kayy gonzales’s family saying they believe it’s a no-brainer to keep the case in lah County it would be an incredible hardship on all of the family and friends that are going to be attending this as well as the the witnesses the prosecution the defense everyone has to move the entire case 6 hours away the judge is set to take up this issue on August 29th back to you all right Laura thank you so much time for some International headlines starting with rival Palestinian factions signing an agreement to form a temporary Unity government NBC’s Josh Letterman has that in other world stories Josh good morning hey good morning Joe these two rival Palestinian factions struck this deal to try to form a new government together after mediation by China so Hamas which has been in power in the Gaza Strip and fat which is the largest faction in the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank are agreeing to try to come together uh in the future uh as they are looking for solutions for who could actually govern the Gaza Strip after the war is over uh in Gaza but the big question is who is going to actually accept this because both the US and Israel insist Hamas cannot be part of the equation in the future going forward in Gaza now over to France where president am manell macron is delaying the formation of a new government until after the Olympic Games which of course start on Friday macron has to appoint a new prime minister after his Centrist Coalition failed to win a majority in France’s elections and a leftist coalition came out on top instead but macron now says the current government will stay put in a caretaker role until mid August to allow those Olympics to go off smoothly and finally if the weekend felt a little hotter than normal to you it wasn’t just you the European Union’s cernus climate change service says Sunday was the hottest day on Earth ever recorded the average global temperature got close to 63° F beating the record set last July and raising further fears about the fast pace of global warming the head of the EU climate Authority says we are now in Uncharted Territory and expect new heat records to be set regularly going forward Joe and Vicki back to you every day every week every month we seem to be breaking new records all right Josh thank you appreciate it coming up we have the latest on the Delta delay chaos that has been plaguing airline passengers for nearly a week now the federal government wants answers more on the transportation Department’s new investigation into the airline and how the skies are doing today stay away us he we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7:00 on NBC News Now news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this CL who actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC News Now welcome back in a bit of good news Delta Airlines says it is seeing signs of improvement this morning as the company scrambles to get back on schedule thousands of Delta flights have been canceled since Friday’s Global it outage NBC News senior correspondent Tom Costello has been on the story ever since then Tom give us the update how are things looking today yeah Delta just moments ago sorry as I speak over the PA Delta moments ago said they now expect minimal delays today and they expect normal operations tomorrow I just checked right now 1% of Delta flights canceled today yesterday at this time we were talking 133% so for a lot of people who are showing up at airports why today they’re going to be holding their Collective breath the question Delta passengers are asking this morning is this the day Delta’s meltdown melts away it’s like 4 days in trouble really because of all the delays today marks day six since Friday’s massive computer crash that crippled Delta’s operations worldwide leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded for days and struggling to find or talk to Delta agents Delta is going to have to come off some money for this uh because this has been quite expensive now the transportation department is demanding answers we’ve launched an investigation into the situation with Delta the big question why has it taken Delta so long to recover from Friday’s Global computer crash while other airlines mostly recovered over the weekend are you getting any explanation from Delta why it’s taking so long to answer phone calls why people are standing in four five 6 hour long line only to find out that their next flight is canceled any explanation from Delta management not any good ones in a statement Delta says its teams are working tirelessly to care for and make it right for customers impacted by delays and cancellations on Tuesday Delta canceled nearly 500 flights more than 5,400 since Friday morning the most affected airports Atlanta Delta’s home airport and key hubs including Detroit Minneapolis LaGuardia Washington Boston Salt Lake and JFK we haven’t gotten any information and we’ve all been wearing the same cloth for two days now with misplaced luggage piling high at many airports the challenge now is finding the right bag I would want my luggage now I want things to go back to normal cuz I plan on doing some traveling it’s sort of like being on Gilligan’s Island going for a short little tour and not being sure when you’re going to get off the island yeah one more problem here Delta has had a an awful lot of on of ACC compan miners getting stranded in airports Nationwide that has got a lot of parents very angry some of them unable to get their kid from one point to another Point giving up and driving hundreds of miles to get to their child Delta says it’s working on that it’s suspended unaccompanied minor tra travel uh on Tuesday but they’ve had several days of unaccompanied children stuck in airports Nationwide back to you that’s another major nightmare I didn’t even think about that all right Tom Costello thank you so much we have with us now travel expert Mark Elwood uh for more on this new investigation into Delta Mark good morning morning so as we heard Tom saying this is now the sixth day of flight cancellations thankfully things do appear to be improving but what was it about Delta that made things so complicated with this computer outage and what do you think the investigation needs to focus on so what Delta said the problem was was that was its busiest weekend of the year and essentially it had a problem that the planes and the staff weren’t in the right place that the system that coordinated that melted down but I think the biggest problem is an image issue we think of Delta charges us more and says we’re the best airline we’re the straight A student and it got an F for performance and the big shortfall there means that’s why if if other airlines have a few problems we’re less surprised we were very disappointed in Delta it’s sort of like we’re we’re like a parent looking at Delta saying I you could do better I think that’s good and a lot of people are saying that right now I mean secretary budha Jed says they’ve received at least 3,000 complaints specific to the situation honestly that number sounds low based on everything we’ve had does it look like today or tomorrow things will be back on track and bigger picture long term what does this mean for Delta since it’s always had this sort of feeling that this is the the best airline and they can’t do anything wrong look I think the CEO has said it’s going to take a couple of days I wouldn’t assume that everything will be a Ticky boot till at least the weekend there are going to still be some knock on there I think long term the way Delta can claw back a little bit of our love is to be a little less expensive and I suspect we’ll see Delta softening its prices to lure us back on and essentially to say look remind yourself of how great we are treat yourself take a Delta flight so I’d watch those prices I like that Mark I sure hope that comes true all right what should folks do if they’re still caught in this kind of Tailwind with the delays ation what are some good tips to keep in mind all the time about what we can do when we’re stuck so look when your flight is delayed or canel there there are different reasons for it and a lot more k a lot more compensation kicks in if it’s a controlled problem and on Friday the dot said this was a controllable problem so that means your rights are much greater and you can go to the dot has a website and you can look for a little pull down menu there and see each Airline what each airline has committed to do in this circumstance cuz it does vary Air Airline by Airline and check your credit cards because often if you’ve bought your flight with a credit card there will be built-in travel insurance which can support you if you’ve incurred extra costs like a hotel excellent all right Mark Elwood as always thank you so much learned a lot coming up we are taking art to a whole new level after the break I’m going to introduce you to the Brooklyn artist who’s morphing The Humble Emoji into iconic masterpieces but first if you are looking to save some green at the grocery restore Extreme Couponing might just be the answer and I’m not talking about the Snipping and clipping of the past it’s all about saving those dollars digitally I will explain and show you next stick around people really don’t know what’s going to happen near a dozen hours after the eye roared asore there’s more good people than bad people you know right 5S there is some late breaking news the Iowa all right welcome back with inflation keeping grocery prices higher than most of us would like more Americans are looking for ways to save at the store and that desire to save is making discounts like coupons more valuable than ever now securing the best deals it’s actually easier than you might think there’s a method to the madness and I spoke with some experts who gave me some tips to help you arm yourself with the coupons that will make a big difference in your wallet we’re at $439 79 it’s that satisfying sound that made Millions eager to clip and Shop what is our total 0 0 0 but today toss those scissors there’s a more efficient way to get in on the couponing craze I just got $110 in groceries for $48 herbs side pickup all on my phone I didn’t even have to get out of my champion jamp this extreme coupon what during the pandemic four years ago kiry too and her husband lost their jobs the mom of two turned to Extreme Couponing to help the family save how much would you estimate that couponing saves your family each month5 6 $700 a month what would surprise people the most about couponing it is not like TLC Extreme Couponing now it’s on your phone you download an app you scan a barcode or enter your phone number at the register your coupons automatically come off no one has any idea that your couponing but you’re saving your money immediately at the register the average American household spends more than $1,000 a month on groceries and prices have risen 25% since 2020 last year more than 90% of Shoppers used a coupon in order to save money you’ve got to change your mindset and break out of your routine a little bit Joanie Demmer is the co-founder of the crazy coupon lady what is your top strategy when it comes to couponing I think shopping around and just learning the price points so if you’re buying seral every week make sure you know what it is you’re paying drugstores are my personal favorite for a starting line because the Loyalty program there and all of the coupons available in those apps make it really really easy to save at least 50% she says this is what you need to keep in mind when starting first pick one store and join the Loyalty program to get the member discounts and reward boards look for store and manufacturer coupons most can be found in the store’s app or online and think outside the box determine what you buy based on sale prices I put these tips to the test at CVS first St cereal I’m going to show you how much you can save you see the Cheerios here they’re on sale extra big deal $1.99 you think that’s a good price well open up the CVS app search for the manufacturer coupon boom you save a dollar on two cereals so I’m going to get the Cheerios and some Lucky Charms next up an expensive item laundry detergent I did my research ahead of time so I know it’s on sale at the store and there’s a coupon in the app plus get this if you spend $25 or more in laundry items CVS is giving an extra $8 in extra bucks rewards towards your future purchase CVS cash you can use on future purchases similar to other reward programs like Target which offers store gift cards based on your purchases up my cart this item is on sale I found another coupon for $2 off in the app let’s get some coffee time to check out and see how much I saved okay so before I apply my app with all the coupons it’s $264 Moment of Truth scan it for me Ricardo look at these deductions oh we’re under 100 bucks is that the total it is absolutely $969 that is awesome feel like a heavyweight coupon Champion right now boom yes those CVS coupons are so legendary for being long that was actually 50% savings just using the coupons in our app I also received $29 in extra Buck rewards so I can use those towards my next purchase it is legit it works and it really isn’t that hard Joe we all are you know used to shopping with absy days that is a lot of savings right there very cool thank you so much all right now to some more money news Google’s parent company alphabet suffering on Wall Street this morning uh cnbc’s syvan now join Jo us with that and other news hey good morning sylan hey Vicki Hey Joe good morning to yeah well shares of alphabet are under pressure as growth in Google’s ad sales slowed in the latest quarter now that’s putting a dent an alphabet’s primary source of Revenue as it spends more money on AI Investments such as its Gemini search engine revenue from YouTube also missing analyst estimates Al now shares of Tesla are set to slide today as earnings Miss forecast for the fourth straight quarter profits are being squeezed by Price cuts for Tesla’s electric vehicles and higher spending on AI technology to convert those EVS into self-driving cars and build humanoid robots for factory work and other tasks the company says it’s on track to produce new vehicles including a more affordable model in the first half of next year and has scheduled the event to unveil its Robo taxi on October 10th speaking of Tesla Elon Musk is pushing back on reports saying he’s donating $45 million a month to a super pack supporting former president Trump leading up to the November election in an interview with conservative commentator Jordan Peterson musk says the report is not true Trump referenced the report from The Wall Street Journal at a recent rally musk says he did help create the super pack and is making donations at a quote lower level guys all right sylvana thank you so much now we’re going to introduce you to an artist who recreates icons out of icons she is a Fashion Stylist from Brooklyn who has taken the word Emoji which is a noun and made it a verb as in I want to Emoji you take a look like a modernized Monae Lauren Edelstein makes art that from a distance clearly looks like Dolly Parton Britney Spears Snoop Dog okay let’s take a closer look but when your eyes are inches away you see something else house his beard is made out of ants yep his goatee is made out of crickets yes how do you even do this I see an emoji I know that ants have a really great texture that can look like hair you know I’m an emoji scientist except her lab is Tiny and mobile you see her canvas is her phone I use Instagram stories and I Dr B emoji on top of emoji on top of emoji to create the picture she discovered the Emoji Keyboard could be her painting palette 8 years ago when she created this picture of a vintage Jacket using purple umbrellas yellow ducks and pink purses before long she was doing celebrities making icons out of icons she says are those peacocks for the irises they are peacocks that’s a pool ball that is a disco ball because I feel like Dolly Pon is someone that would have a disco ball in her eye moments like this bring her Emoji joy and I think that’s sort of my favorite part is watching people discover the picture and say oh my God his beard is hedgehogs when people have those reactions what goes through your mind it’s the best it’s so satisfying I love the Emoji art and emojis as a medium because I think there’s a relatability to it and I think they have such an inherent sense of humor a sense of wonder helps too I think the world appears an emoji form in my head walking through Brooklyn Lauren is constantly thinking about how she’d Emoji things or if I’m seeing a bush that might be made of Christmas trees and the green speedo on the edges the green Speedo the green speed is right there but her favorite emoji is the jelly fish it honestly looks glow-in-the-dark the color I think in my professional opinion is the best color at Emoji if apple is listening right now what are the Emojis you need I would love a Croc I think that would be very funny she’s willing to be patient a virtue that comes in handy when some of your pieces take months even years to finish which does prompt reactions like this you have a lot of time on your hands what is your screen time how did you do this let’s address the screen time question yeah what what is your screen time my screen time is just a message that pops up and says are you okay send help yet all that screen time led to some good oldfashioned FaceTime Lauren recently hosted her first art show it was titled her nails are Chili Peppers inspired by her dolly portrait it was amazing it was honestly I was blown away it was so fun when you find a joy in it and something feels creatively fulfilling it feels very easy to just Propel It Forward after all the possibilities are endless truly iconic Lauren’s currently working on her next art show she does have one more request for Apple by the way she says she would love a ravioli Emoji love to see what she could do with it incredible she says it’s like it have little texture I go doesn’t that seem kind of ordinary no she could use that she could use that that beige color all it I want to check out the jellyfish I didn’t know it was so multi-dimensional all right coming up if you can’t wait until Friday’s opening ceremony to get your fill of Olympic magic well a few events are actually starting early like today after the break what we’ll be watching for when Team USA and Team France hit the pitch in just a few hours stick with us this is Morning News Now oh we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place where Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now all right welcome back uh we have some breaking news this morning Salt Lake City has been picked to host the 2034 Winter Olympics it’s a return to the same site that hosted the 2002 Winter game yeah USA is going to be big we’ve got La next Summer Games as well but before all that we are looking ahead to the Summer Olympics in Paris which is now just days from the opening ceremony some sporting events are actually kicking off today NBC News Chief International correspondent Kier Simmons is in Paris for us once again Kier how are preps coming along for the opening ceremony on Friday well it seems pretty calm honestly Joe we we’re actually down here above the sand on the river if you like you want a little preview a little look around let me show you that’s the pet Royale behind me there and the Pont Royale along there now you can see the bleachers on that famous uh Bridge there are bleachers on almost every bridge along the river here and and you can see just across to look at that the where people are going to be seated as they watch this Multi Mile long uh parade on the river history making now let’s just get Carlos our camera around to to bring us across so I can show you uh the other side and the grand pet in the distance that’s the the building with the glass more bleachers along the river here further along the Alexander III uh Bridge just imagine Team USA and all the other teams along this River with the fireworks and the celebrations happening on Friday it’s going to be spectacular and yet you just wouldn’t know right now it’s just it’s quiet you you hear that that there’s a lot of security but you know the French really know how to do this oh here I can just imagine it with that tour that you just gave us all around the bridge there talk to us about the sporting events that people can start watching today that’s right well there’s the soccer coming up of course we in Europe call it football um it’s France versus the us later today that inevitably is going to be a challenge that the French are pretty good at playing football and it’s their Olympics but that that that’s an event that’s getting started listen you know it’s interesting isn’t it that some of the sports begin before the actual opening ceremony uh but there’s so much sport in the next few weeks they you just got to pack it all in K we only have like 30 second REM seconds left remind us the star us athletes we’re going to be keeping an eye on over the next few weeks well obviously you know uh Simone BS kayy Lei I’d look out for Noah LS got the bronze in the 200 back in Tokyo if he can get gold in the 100 and the 200 at this Olympics that will be the first time since 1984 watch out for that all right noes has quickly become a big face of these games Kier thank you so much we appreciate your reporting as always have a great day out there it’s going to do it for this hour of morning news now but the news continues right now right now on Morning News Now kamla Harris hits the campaign Trail embracing her likely Showdown with former president Trump as a prosecutor I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse well Trump was found liable for committing sexual abuse as the vice president lays out her case against Donald Trump the former president is ramping up his own attacks we have the latest on the race for the White House plus a look ahead as President Biden prepares to speak to the nation for the first time since dropping out of the race also this morning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to address Congress today but the controversial leader is already facing push back from protesters and some Democrats but we know about his speech and we will speak with the family of an American hostage being held by Hamas Plus stepping down the head of the Secret Service says she’s resigning after being grilled by lawmakers for failing to prevent the assassination attempt on Donald Trump where the agency goes from here amid growing calls for Change and returning history why an American Museum is giving back hundreds of artifacts and why they hope it is the start of a growing Trend good to have you with us on another busy news day on this Wednesday I’m Joe frier I’m Vicky win in for Savannah sellers this morning and we’re going to begin in Washington as President Biden is set to deliver a prime time address tonight from the White House explaining his decision to drop his reelection bid for president he’s also expected to lay out his priorities for the six months left in his term that’s according to a source familiar with his remarks Mr Biden returned to Washington yesterday after spending the past week in Delaware recovering from covid the president dropped out of the race on Sunday after weeks of pressure from fellow Democrats to step aside his poll numbers dropped and fundraising plummeted following his debate performance last month against former president Trump meanwhile vice president Harris held her first campaign rally yesterday in Suburban Milwaukee since she became the deao Democratic nominee after enough delegates have endorsed Miss Harris to win the party’s nomination now she discussed the importance of the campaign with her supporters let’s also make no mistake this campaign is not just about us versus Donald Trump this campaign is about who we fight for leaving us off this morning NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba Monica good morning so let’s begin with vice president Harris her first campaign rally as a candidate for president this year what was her message to voters did the mood feel different at yesterday’s event it was the largest event of the former Biden campaign now Harris campaign to date meaning there were more people there than had ever gathered in an event or rally like that for President Biden so I think that was significant in terms of trying to capture the enthusiasm that Democrats hope will provide a little bit of momentum here and then you saw vice president Harris there talking about how she plans to prosecute the case against Donald Trump but also trying to frame it in a larger context about the contrast listen to a little bit of that we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will make sure every American has the ability to cast their ballot and have it counted building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency Donald Trump wants to take our country backward he and his extreme project 2025 agenda will weaken the middle class and basically she will now have given a speech almost every day since launching her campaign it was Monday at Campaign Headquarters yesterday in Milwaukee today she goes to Indianapolis and tomorrow she’ll be in Houston Texas speaking at the American teachers Federation convention guys busy schedule Monica the Trump campaign has filed a new complaint with the federal elections commission against the Harris campaign this because of campaign Finance laws and funds that were originally part of the Biden campaign what do we need to know about that yeah so essentially that apparatus was just transferred when Joe Biden decided to leave the race they said okay we’re going to hand it all over to now the Harris for president operation and Democrats feel confident that this suit won’t have much standing because her name was already on the ticket that’s what they’ve argued they’re going to say they think it will hold up in court but we’ll just have to see exactly how the DNC process plays out in case there are any wrinkles there Monica let’s talk about President Biden’s speech from the Oval Office tonight it’s different from LBJ speech in 1968 when he stunned the nation and announced he would not seek another term still this is going to be history so what can we expect to hear from the president absolutely and it was just a little over a week and a half ago that he was giving an oval office address about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life and look at everything that has shifted in the race since then so he’s going to be talking about how he got to this decision to bow out why it was a difficult one why he decided to endorse his vice president to be the Democratic nominee they hope but then also he’s going to try to lay out a road map for the future we understand and these last 6 months office he’s going to try to say I want to tackle a couple of things I want to introduce a couple of key reforms and maybe he’s going to argue that there are one or two things left that he can still do while in office that we all know that once you’re a lame duck president that’s a lot more difficult especially with the Congress that we have at this time and especially with the election so close all right Monica thank you so much and we will bring you live coverage of President Biden’s address from the Oval Office it gets underway tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern 5 Pacific here on NBC news now as well is on NBC well with many Democrats now standing behind vice president Harris in the race for the White House the announcement of her campaign has given gen Z voters a much needed energy boost that’s important because young adults could be one of the most influential voting blocks in this year’s election NBC News correspondent Antonia Hilton spoke with some of those voters she’s here in studio with more on what they had to say Antonia good morning good morning guys in Michigan specifically the youth vote is extremely important that state has the highest youth youth voter turnout of any state in the nation and so the Democrats if they want to get their polling up there they really have to talk to these voters they’re now taking a bit of a closer look at kamla Harris take a look in Battleground Michigan young voters are processing President Joe Biden’s historic decision to exit the race already momentum is Shifting to his vice president kamla Harris I think she really has an opportunity now to Rebrand herself and introduce herself to country in a new way these genzer are all Democrats and have never had the opportunity to vote for a president who wasn’t in their 70s or 8s what do you think it is about her we know that she’s a Powerhouse speaker she has a level of authenticity that you know you don’t always see from politicians for weeks young people have been sharing memes across social media highlighting Harris’s speeches and affectations one jenz favorite you think you just fell out of a coconut tree a May 2023 speech in which Harris shared something her mother used to say you think you just fell out of a coconut tree you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you growing up I didn’t think that an Indian woman like me could even be involved in politics they’re worried about Reproductive Rights gun control and climate change she has been uh the Biden campaign’s most effective Messenger on the issue of abortion access and reproductive freedom but young people have been unsure about Biden in Michigan a state with a large Muslim population many communities are outraged by the Israel Hamas war and grateful to Harris who has long pushed for a ceasefire that’s the bare minimum that we’ve been asking for and I think the main issue is that we’re not seeing any change I think we will stay uncommitted until we can build trust a tough’s University study found Michigan had the highest youth turnout in the nation in 2022 I feel like this country has a long history of really listening to the younger uh population and I think Jin just at a point where we’re just tired of feeling unheard do you think she’s still going to have to fight to earn the youth vote oh yeah but for now they say she’s been able to breathe new life into an election they thought had gone stale yeah these voters they tell me they’re going to be watching her very closely in the coming days they want to see what does she say about abortion while she’s out on the campaign Trail how does she talk about the climate does she talk about housing and all our years about being able to afford the high cost of living in this country right now the other thing I think we should all keep an eye on is what happens as all these students go back to school in the fall are there renewed protests over the war and are they looking to this nominee potential nominee to say something different than what we’ve seen from the administration in recent months I think the that’s really where we’re going to see the biggest test of her relationship with young people really fascinating when you pointed out this is the first election that they’re voting for someone who’s not in their 70s or 0s I mean think about that right they kept bringing that up okay all right Anton Hilton thank you so much appreciate it all right later today on Capitol Hill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to shore up us support for Israel’s war in Gaza he’s going to deliver a highly controversial address to a joint session of Congress at the same time the prime minister is facing mounting pressure to make some kind of deal for Israel hostages who have now been held by Hamas for 9 and a half months Netanyahu is expected to meet separately with President Biden and vice president Harris tomorrow while a meeting with former president Trump has been scheduled for Friday netanyahu’s visit is sparking protests in DC from both anti-war demonstrators and hostage families that are urging him to secure a deal for the host’s release now inside the capitol Hills Cannon Building yesterday hundreds of Jewish protesters from the group Jewish voice for peace staged a sit in they were calling for an immediate ceasefire and for the us to stop providing arms to Israel police say about 200 protesters were arrested Netanyahu speech is also dividing congress with dozens of democratic lawmakers planning to boycott the address including Maryland Senator Chris Van Holland all of us who care about our partnership both in America and in Israel should understand the enormous damage that prime minister Netanyahu and his current extremist government Coalition are doing to our relationship and to Israel stand standing in the world so Mr President it sends a terrible message to bring here him here now to address a joint session of Congress we’re joined Now by NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali and NBC News International correspondent Raph Sanchez who’s in Tel Aviv good morning to both of you Ally tensions clearly running high in Washington over this visit what are we hearing from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ahead of the speech and how many Democrats are actually expected to skip it well what you heard there from Senator van Holland is actually indicative of what most Democrats say who are skipping the speech or at least thinking about skipping the speech right now we have dozens on our tracker in terms of people who say they’re not going to be in attendance today some people though say they’re still deciding feeling like maybe they should sit there even though they disagree others of course saying that they will be there because they want to show their support with Israel and we do see a partisan breakdown when it comes to that Republicans yesterday were emphatic about the fact that they were lashing out at democrats for saying they didn’t want to be there speaker Mike Johnson actually told me that he took particular Umbridge with the fact that vice president Harris and the highest ranking Senate Democrat Patty Murray both said they would not be at the speech Johnson will be seated next to the head of the Foreign Relations Committee Senator Ben Carden and as Johnson pointed out correctly Cen is a retiring Senator so he doesn’t have any of the necessary political baggage that could come with being in the same frame as Netanyahu or as attending this speech today some other politicians on the hill say that’s part of their calculation because as Antonio was pointing out this is an active election issue as well as a big foreign policy speech Ali thank you let’s bring Raph in Raph talk about nyah’s message to Congress today and what do you know about these meetings that he is expected to have with Biden Harris and Trump so Vicki what the families of American hostages would like the prime minister to say today in front of the world’s media with that massive platform of joint session of Congress is that he is agreeing to a deal with Hamas to end the war and to finally bring their loved ones home nearly 300 days after the October 7th terror attack it is very unlikely we are going to hear that from the Prime Minister today instead expect to hear him thank both Republicans and democrats for American support for Israel during the war expect him to talk about the thre from Iran and its proxies in Lebanon in Yemen and across the Middle East and potentially also to hear from the Prime Minister about his hopes of one day making a peace deal with Saudi Arabia that is something that President Biden had hoped to get done before the end of his term it is now looking pretty unlikely as you mentioned the president is going to meet with Netanyahu tomorrow at the White House and we are also expecting the Israeli leader to meet with vice president Harris now that will be really interesting because President Biden prime minister Netanyahu as they both like to say have known each other for 40 years but the relationship with vice president Harris is a lot newer these are two people who don’t know each other as well the vice president is not as overtly pro-israel as President Biden and then on Friday prime minister Netanyahu heading down to Florida to Mara Lago to meet president former president Trump a man he knows extremely well and while President Trump was extremely supportive of Israel in office the two men actually had a relationship that soured pretty dramatically towards the end of the former president’s term so Raph we know you’re watching the developments in Gaza where more Palestinians are being forced to flee Han Yunis amid that massive Israeli assault what is the latest there yeah Joe so Israeli forces once again in gaza’s second largest city on the ground they’ve been pummeling the city with intense air strikes more than 40 ,000 people had been ordered to evacuate and some of those are people who had been Sheltering in the so-called humanitarian Zone near the coast so these are people who had already left their homes going in search of safety to an area that Israel designated as at least safer and now they have been told to leave once again the Israeli military says that they are pursuing Hamas fighters who have regrouped in the city of hanun I can tell you guys I’ve been to hanun several times since the start of the war there is almost nothing left there the scale of Destruction is hard to comprehend but it is worthwhile noting that for many this is the fear that Israel is basically mounting an endless war in Gaza and it is going to return to these cities again and again and again guys R thank you Alie while we have you we understand Democratic senator Bob Menendez is resigning next month after he was convicted in his corruption trial uh can you tell us more about the timeline and what what we can expect that’s exactly right NBC News had reported this almost a week ago but Bob Menendez now sending a letter to the New Jersey governor Phil Murphy saying that his resignation will be effective August 20th that’s just under a month from now and we have a little bit of an understanding of what might be in play for that date he could resign anytime but the fact that there are two pay periods in there could allow his staff to at least have a little bit of breathing room and space before their office gets turned over to whoever Murphy ends up appointing to finish out the rest to mandez’s term right guys Ally Raph lots to cover thank you so much we want to bring in now Ronan and Ora Nutra for more on this they are the parents of American hostage Omare Nutra who has now been held hostage for 291 days Ronan and Ora thank you so much for being with us this morning we appreciate you uh we understand that you were among a group of families that met with prime minister Netanyahu on Monday what did he tell you about his efforts to bring your son home and what are you hoping hoping to hear today good morning um yeah we met with prime minister netan just as he landed in United States we welcomed him and uh we wanted to hear as uh parents of American Israeli hostage uh what’s his plan to release the hostages um we hear that the um authorities in Israel Army the Minister of Defense are all saying that they’re about to wrap up the activities in Gaza uh Hamas uh has been uh for the most part defeated and they’re ready for the deal and we want to hear prime minister netan announcing the deal as he uh speaking in front of Congress today you both just gave a prime time speech during the Republican National Convention last week I know you told the Washington Post you don’t like to talk about your personal political affiliations but you say you weren’t there to chant Trump’s name you weren’t going to say only one candidate can bring your son home why was it so important for you to speak at the RNC and what’s the message you were trying to convey you know uh when we were invited to the RNC we just uh we said we had to speak there because um it’s such a wide audience and it was very important for us to be able to um raise the story of the hostages and their plight to this huge audience um we wanted the audience to know that uh on October 7th this was not only an attack against Israel this was an attack against Americans that 45 Americans were murdered that day and that eight American hostages are still held in captivity um amongst them our son and you know it was a very powerful um event you know uh uh we we received such unequivocal support and it’s very important for us to keep that support like you said you know on both sides uh it’s been like that since October 7th and that’s the only way to get them back everyone working together and putting pressure on all parties to reach this agreement and to to put it in motion and get them out it’s urgent I’m sure so many other families appreciate your efforts it cannot be easy to do this we know your son Omare is one of a handful of Americans that are still being held hostage by Hamas can you tell us a little bit more about him and do you know any anything more about his condition uh you have five pictures here but in effect um these are five Americans that are considered to be alive but there are three additional Americans that were murdered and their bodies taken to Gaza and are still being helded in Gaza so we’re a total of eight right now um specifically our son om grew up in New York we New Yorkers were from Long Island and uh he grew up here until age 18 he’s you know an All-American kid he loves sports he’s an NBA NFL fan and he also um is always on a team uh he loves playing basketball volleyball and soccer and and uh at some point in high school he was uh the captain of all three teams he’s this you know kind of uh fun guy um tall big smile on his face you know kids kind of gravitate towards him so he he tended to take leadership roles and um he’s he’s been a mentor to many kids he was very involved in his youth group and um people have been reaching out to us kids everywhere you know just yesterday here in Washington I think maybe six people approach me that I’ve never met in my life young people around his age group you know we we know Omar from here we know him from there we miss him we’ve been praying for him he needs to come back yeah and that speaks volumes about how many people he has impacted Ronan you talked about Hope of hearing the Prime Minister netan who will talk about a deal soon to release the hostages how hopeful are you that we’re close to that well as I said uh we hear from the authorities in Israel that um they are ready uh for the multiple phase that you’re showing uh a ceasefire but uh I want to mention that the key for that ceasefire and deescalation in in in the whole region both in the Gaza and give release to the people in Gaza and also in Lebanon is the start of release of hostages and without seeing the hostages coming out nothing is going to stop as far as Israel activity uh in the region and also uh as we can see theah and and other forces acting against Israel so we really need that deal the people in the region need that deal we want our son back we believe the time is now we believe it’s urgent and we are urging Prime Minister and all the uh players in the area to reach that deal and bring some kind of deescalation for for their people in the region Ronan and Ora Neutra from Long Island New York thank you so much for sharing some of your son Omare with us we hope that he is brought home ASAP thank you again so much for your time this morning thank you good morning we thinking of both of you East Coasters grab your umbrellas because some scattered storms are headed this way well out west those heat alerts they’re not not going away meteorologist Angie lman is here with the latest on all that and more hey good morning Angie hey good morning guys we sure are unsettled across much of the East it really ranges from parts of the the Gulf Coast stretching all the way to the midatlantic we’ve got some of these showers across parts of Northern New England as well but this General vicinity of of the southeast is where we’re going to be watching for the most impactful weather through the day today as far as rain is concerned you’ll notice places like Houston to Jackson already waking up to some wet weather we’ve seen some of these showers rolling through the Carolinas this morning as well and that’s something we’re going to continue to watch through the day today but specifically we’re concerned about the flooding happening uh likely as the day goes on across parts of Texas and Louisiana and parts of uh Georgia as well here’s why we’ve got this stationary front that’s kind of just hanging around the same general area it was around yesterday it’s going to be there tomorrow and it’s leaving us with the potential to see some of these kind of slow moving storms in that region the localized downpours could be impressive too so rainfall rates will be up there and that means that a slow moving storm a whole lot of moisture to tap into the flooding will be something that we’ll be concerned about specifically again across parts of Texas and Louisiana notice Lake Charles Houston New Orleans stretching up into Atlanta and up into the Carolinas that’s where we have a slight risk but there is a moderate risk right centered around uh the state line between Louisiana and Houston now or Louisiana and Texas rather now that area has seen ample amounts of rain in the past couple of weeks we know it’s been a pretty saturated kind of uh region we’ve got saturated soils right now and with those High rainfall rates it’s not going to take much for us to see the flooding occur and this is going to be something we’ll see kind of even through Friday so here’s those rainfall totals we can expect between now and then notice the numbers anywhere from 2 to three inches is going to be the more um widespread amount we’ll have maybe an inch or so for a bigger area across this region but anywhere from 5 to 9 inches of rain will be possible across this region with some localized spots so this is why we’re concerned not just today but through at least the next couple of days guys um for flooding it’s been already a really soggy season for them there so we’re going to be watching that closely here as that stationary front kind of just hangs around it doesn’t seem to be stopping now the ground is so saturated for those folks already Angie thank you course thanks Angie well coming up it is one of the most common complaints impacting millions of Americans middlemen accused of inflating the price you pay for prescription drugs how Congress is now finally demanding some accountability but first the secret service director says she is stepping down following the assassination attempt on former president Trump we’re going to have the latest on that next we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now bless your hold America’s most trusted TV news anchor democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is 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contentious Congressional hearing cheel declined to answer some basic questions about the security in place during the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump NBC News Homeland Security correspondent Julia anley has the details Cheetos res resignation sent shock waves through Washington because it was not expected she would step down at this point in the process after she hung on through last week and of course that contentious house oversight hearing where both Republicans and Democrats asked her to step down but on Tuesday morning NBC News was first to break the news that chel had sent in her resignation letter and the president had accepted it here’s the story my name is Kimber and I’m the director ofly the 29-year veteran of the Secret Service is out in a letter to President Biden saying the secret Services solid mission is to protect our nation’s leaders on July 13th we fell short on that mission I take full responsibility for the security lapse her resignation first reported by NBC News comes N9 days after a gunman tried to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally putting cheel in the hot seat as she struggled to answer basic questions why was the rooftop left naked to begin with can you tell us that considering it was within the line of sight and so very close again I I can’t speak to the specifics of this particular event site the deputy director has now stepped in temporarily but questions and harsh criticism of the agency persist house Homeland Security committee chairman Mark green has subpoena the Secret Service the fact that there was nobody covering the top of that building is ridiculous he is calling for even more changes especially during this tth and high-profile election season we’re going to continue to lay out all the things that we think need to be addressed and hope and watch and make sure that secret service implements those for years the agency has had a staffing shortage one of the reasons Secret Service sources tell NBC News it denied some request for more security at earlier Trump events the Secret Service currently has about 3,500 agents assigned to protective details including new more enhanced security for vice president kamla Harris that’s 500 fewer agents than they had 10 years ago Paul eoff served in the secret service for 23 years director chief needed to go she had lost the faith of the men and women of the Secret Service we’re in the middle of a campaign season how much time does a secret service have to learn the lessons and fix what went wrong the simple answer is they have no time they have to integrate those changes now before another tragedy occurs Homeland Security secretary Alejandra mayorcas has asked deputy director of The Secret Service Ronald row to step in as acting director in che’s absence where they continue to look for a permanent position law enforcement experts say the agency should be looking at how they can reassess how they depend on local law enforcement how they might use aerial surveillance and how they could revamp their recruiting process but nothing has been set in stone yet all right Julia thank you for some perspective let’s bring in Charles Marino he’s a former special secret service special agent and served as a senior adviser for the Department of Homeland Security he’s also the author of the book terrorists on the border and in our country good to have you with us as we just heard deputy director ctor Ronald row Jr is now the acting director of The Secret Service what should be his top priority as he steps into this new role during what can only be described as a tough time for the agency yeah continuity is going to be important and look as we just heard operations do not stop for the Secret Service as a matter of fact they’re only going to increase uh in the next several months of this campaign so in addition to consistency it’s making sure all of these protection details are buttoned up that they have the resources that match the particular Threat Level of the protecte it’s very important this is their number one Mission it’s not a time to talk about the resources that’s something that’s going to need to be addressed here in the near future but right now it’s throwing everything they’ve got at these protection details that’s the zero fail mission you know Charles this is a political appointment do you think we will see a new director a permanent director installed before November and what do you think that person would need to prioritize on day one when it comes to morale and culture at the Secret Service yeah I doubt it I think the deputy director ronro who I know uh will be uh a good person to stabilize operations right now do everything that I just mentioned in the interim but you know the interesting thing is in this upcoming election we’re looking at a new Administration either way on the Republican and Democratic side so uh they’re going to have their say whoever wins uh on who comes in as the permanent director of The Secret Service sources within the Secret Service say it’s been under staff for years as Julia just reported obviously it’s going to take time to hire and train more agents as you say the resources conversation might have to come later but in the meantime how do you think the Secret Service can do its job in the middle of this incredibly busy and contentious campaign season well let’s talk about the resources at the macro level there’s going to be some tough decisions that need to be made you can’t always say from the agency’s perspective that you’re being asked to do more with less when you raising your hand to do more so I think the hard decision needs to be made do they want to remain the best Protection Agency in the world and the answer to that is yes so decisions need to be made I think it’s time to give away some of the investigative Mission the Legacy investigative mission that came with them to DHS from treasury um and put those resources towards protection all right Charles Marino thank you so much for your time and your expertise this morning we appreciate it and you can check out his book terrorists on the border and in our country out wherever books are sold all right it’s time now for international headlines starting with the catastrophic lands slides in southern Ethiopia NBC’s Josh Letterman has that in otherw world news Josh good morning hey good morning Joe at least 229 people are dead in a remote region of Ethiopia after deadly mudslides that also left a number of people unaccounted for local officials say the dead include pregnant women young kids even some of The Rescuers who tried to pull out survivors This Disaster is coming during Ethiopia’s rainy summer season that often triggers fatal mudslides not just in Ethiopia but across East Africa let’s head over now to Colombia where president Gustavo Petro has just signed a laot Banning bull fighting fighting following a long campaign by animal rights activists the legislation would phase out bull fighting over the next 3 years and see more than a dozen bull fighting Arenas converted into concert halls and exhibition venues but Colombia’s professional matadors are Furious and they say they will keep bull fighting no matter what the government says and finally heading to Brazil where scientists found something you might not expect in the body of sharks off the coast cocaine researchers tested 13 of brazilian’s sharp-nosed sharks off of the Rio Janeiro coast and all of them had cocaine detectable in both their liver and their muscle tissue scientists say it comes from discharge from illegal drug labs and sewage Wass from humans who have ingested the drug in a region where cocaine use is on the rise Vicki and Joe the expression on my face I’m sorry cocaine bear but this is cocaine shark there you go not something you expect to hear at all all right all right Josh Letterman thank you so much coming up Iowa on the verge of enacting one of the strictest abortion laws in the country but opponents say their fight isn’t over yet we’re going to break down the new law and what they mean for the women of Iowa that’s next who report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News Now democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys what did this debate change for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC News Now what is going to happen now going back and forth all right nice to see you now is raw how hard is it to see it like this our house is no longer here but we are here now is real let’s break down what we know and then the big question is still outstanding new news for the generation of now is NBC news now good to have you with us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers developing right now on Morning News Now growing frustrations over the migrant crisis reports of new drone attacks by truthy militants the storm is creating dangerous conditions all across the region now let’s get to some Financial headlines new rules are coming to cap credit card late fees talking tuition as a new class of freshman gets ready to go to college this is a big decision for families do you think this could impact how people vote 100% Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks we are back now with a new law in Iowa that will ban abortion after just six weeks the law set to take effect on Monday was signed a year ago by the governor but it was held up by legal challenges last month the state supreme court cleared the way for the restrictive law to be enforced joining us in studio with more on this is NBC News Now legal analyst Angela sadella Angela it’s great to see you so with the passage of this law that would make Iowa one of 22 States right now that have some kind of abortion ban or restriction on the books tell us what this means does it have any exceptions yes so there are some limited exceptions to this first if there is a fetal abnormality that is incompatible with life second and third are for incest and rape but those have restrictions so the rape has to have been reported within 45 days of the incident and then incest within 140 days and then last is if there’s physical endangerment of the pregnant woman’s life now we know there there is so much subjectivity around that so in this case doctors would have to make that judgment but then also could potentially be prosecuted but what that means for the women of Iowa is that out outside of those restrictions they would have to go out of state to a state where it is legal currently there is no ban no travel ban that would prevent a woman from going out of state to receive an abortion uh so there were two clinics in Iowa that offer in-person care for abortions abortions they’re the Buns who tried to challenge this law obviously they were unsuccessful what was it the state Supreme Court ruled what was it they said and are there any other ways to challenge this so at this point I really think legally we’re at the end of the road in terms of challenges so in some ways this ban was always inevitable but these legal challenges just delayed the inevitable so the Iowa state supreme court said that any abortion law that the Iowa legislators pass is now constitutional so long as there’s a rational basis for it that’s a really low bar it just means was there any legitimate State interest that’s attached to that law if so we’re not going to be able to review it so almost immediately pled Parenthood did challenge this they tried to ask the Supreme Court of Iowa to rehear this request request and apply a higher standard the undue burden test which would mean that no law could be considered okay if it placed an undo burden on our fundamental right but as expected the Iowa state supreme court denied to hear that request so it’s kicked back down to the lower court which then dismissed the lawsuit Angela quickly before you go we know vice president kamla Harris has been campaigning across the country talking about abortion if she is in fact elected president what can a president do about these 22 States and right so the president can’t do that that much by her or himself but they can do a lot in conjunction with Congress or in opposition to so the president could veto a bill that Congress would pass or they can sign one into law which is why you are hearing on the campaign Trail if you guys give me this type of Congress I can then sign this type of law into act so that is what the president can do executive agency executive power there are very limited things they can try to do but we have really seen this Supreme Court try to limit that executive power so that’s really likely okay Angela cadella as always thank you so much Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are finding some common ground over drug prices in the US in a heated hearing lawmakers grilled top Executives accusing them of driving up drug costs NBC News correspondent Aon mclin reports you solemnly swear or affirm that the test the powerful middlemen managing prescription drug access for millions of Americans grilled on Capital Hill people are dying because they can’t afford their medication and you all are part of the problem Pharmacy benefit managers or pbms are responsible for negotiating Pharmacy prices with drug manufactures they’re being accused of profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing Main Street pharmacies impacting patients one survey shows nearly three in 10 Americans have rationed or skipped doses of prescribed medicines due to high costs you’re setting dramatically different prices for some medications across the country if you’re not delivering an outcome to the people who use it how long do you all think you’re going to have a job during the heated and complicated bipartisan hearing I feel like the more I hear the less I understand Democratic Congressman Ro cona pointed to the case of a 10-year-old girl who he says needed Huma to treat her juvenile arthritis but was denied for 6 months while her arthritis got worse they were saying that the doctor needed to prescribe something cheaper can you make a commitment today that you’ll privilege the doctor’s recommendation over the bureaucracy’s recommendation as a physician I hope you understand this we value our partnership with Physicians Executives from the three largest pbms responsible for managing access to nearly 80% of all prescription drugs in the US pushed back on allegations they drive up prices last year alone we saved our clients $64 billion they blame brand manufacturers who they say raised drug costs up to 60% it’s hard work to keep those costs down for patients and clients Aon mclin thank you it is time now for your weekly checkup this morning we’re taking a look at an annual Fitness index ranking that shows where you live can influence how healthy and how active you are plus we’re going to take a look at the daily health benefits of avocados and how just one a day could maybe help keep the doctor away we have with us NBC News medical contributor Dr Natalie AAR good morning Dr AAR to see you both it’s great to see you all right let’s get started with the that news about the nation’s of fittest cities American College of sports medicine released their annual rankings once again Arlington Virginia Washington DC and Seattle Washington they have secured the top spots so tell us why are the folks there so fit yes so this is a really if you’re interested in where you rank you can go look this up for yourself and you hope that you’re not in the 90s or the 80s right but this American Fitness index it basically ranks a 100 of America’s largest city on 13 or 33 I should say personal as well as community health indicators and this is the list that they have generated that they say leads to the healthiest environment for you to live in you need to have a community where more people are walking or biking to work there needs to be public exercise spaces public drinking fountains farmers markets Farm stands Community Gardens public transportation but they take a lot of things into account certain things like access to Mental Health Services how much food security or insecurity is present in your community so my doctor’s orders are this make the most of your city and advocate for better resources and I think that that this is really important because this is as much for City officials as it is for those Community dwellers to say look this is what makes a community healthy how can I analyze where I live where can I contribute to improvements and if you’re looking to move somewhere I think this is a very useful index for you to sort of keep in mind where do I want to raise a family where do I want to set down roots myself I lived in Seattle it it seemed very healthy so now we know it was healthy go DC like everyone’s out all the timeing Bing they’re all running that’s all they do exactly running for office and running around the town all right so researchers at Penn State recently conducted one of the largest studies on the potential health benefits of avocados what did they find they divided two groups of people for six months someone someone participants ate an avocado a day and the other participants ate them once or twice throughout the entire time period and this is what they found they found that the people who ate an avocado a day had improved blood lipids it was Associated overall with a better diet and the individuals had better sleep habits now you’ll notice on the on the very top line it says did not increase overall health I’m sure we’ve all heard cardiac health heart health exactly I’m sure we’ve all heard of this life’s essential eight this is from the American um Heart Association they look at sleep diet blood pressure blood sugar BMI nicotine physical activity and lipids so the the avocado eaters didn’t necessarily score high on all those eight but they did on those three for my doctor’s orders focus on diet quality remember if you’re eating avocados you’re very likely also eating other healthy foods so there is that Association there and don’t obsess over one thing right like an avocado a day may not save your life but it’s part of a very healthy Mediterranean diet and that’s what we want people to focus on and they’re delicious just be careful they so healthy all right lastly tomorrow is World drowning prevention day is it today today Wednesday might have been yes should be every day and it’s very important because according to the CDC drowning deaths in the US are actually on the rise so give us some safety tips okay for caregivers and for ourselves always super supervise children children should never be more than an arms length away from us do you know that 15% of this country 40 million people do not know how to swim this is a this is a life skill that everyone should have be aware of your surroundings no alcohol near water and use safety equipment especially if you’re boating you must have a life jacket or if you’re near open water when my doctor’s orders set boundaries and rules for children stay vigilant and one of the most important things I think is to have what’s called a water Watcher that you and I have done a lot of these things for the Today’s Show it is someone who every 15 minutes is responsible for watching people in a pool they shouldn’t be talking to other people they shouldn’t be on social media and they should not be drinking alcohol period full stop we love these doctor orders thank you so much Dr Natalie AAR good to see you on a Wednesday morning well it has been 100 years since Paris has hosted the Olympics I remember it well all right coming up we’re going back in time to take a look at how the games have changed from 1924 to 2024 closer to the Gaza border the story of resilience and hope please take care of yourself and each other democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys but debate changed for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC News Now democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys what did this debate change for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC news now good to have you with us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers developing right now on Morning News Now growing frustrations over the migrant crisis reports of new drone attacks by Tru militants the storm is creating dangerous conditions all across the region now let’s get to some Financial headlines new rules are coming to cap credit card late fees talking tuition as a new class of freshman gets ready to go to college this is a big decision for families do you think this could impact how people vote 100% Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 we report live from Tel Aviv from poz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared asore there is some latebreaking news right news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quick sand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC news now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization news for the generation of now is NBC news now back now is some money news starting with a new survey on why some homeowners might not feel motivated to put their houses on the market this year CNBC syvan hanau joins us this morning with that and all the other headlines good morning sylvana good morning Vicki Good morning Joe yeah so nearly half of current homeowners say mortgage rates need to be below 5% for them to feel comfortable buying a new home this year a new bank rate survey also finds nearly 40% say there’s no level where they feel okay buying a home the last time rates will below 6% was in August of 2022 and Below 5% in April of 2022 sales of existing homes fell in June to the slowest Pace since 2010 as sellers wait for rates to fall further and buyers are drawing the line at stubbornly high prices more than 13,000 unionized hotel workers plan to vote next month on whether to authorize a strike as contract talks with Marriott Hilton and Hyatt stall the workers at 125 hotels in Boston San Francisco Honolulu and Providence have been seeking a significant pay raise Better Health Care and pension plans they’re also asking the hotel chains to reverse pandemic era staff and service cuts and Mattel has high hopes for the holiday shopping season the company reporting better than expected results in the second quarter and it believes higher sales this fall will carry over into next year those will be driven partly by toy licenses for Moana 2 and wicked which will hip theaters in November Mattel CEO says parents with less discretionary income will likely PRI prioritize spending on their kids which votes well for the toy industry guys can’t believe we’re already talking about the holidays I always loved making my toy list I was so excited which toy now they’re doing it on a PowerPoint they’re like so Advan tell there’s a whole presentation involved yeah I love that my niece has done it yeah all right savan see we got to just put it out there use the technology it’s like a campaign all right thank you so is you got it well we are now less than two days away from the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics and this morning we are heading back in time and taking a look at the first time Paris hosted the games back in 1924 when you could only tune in Via radio broadcast NBC News Chief International correspondent Kier Simmons takes us on the road to Paris from then to now when Paris last made Olympic history in 1924 the games were broadcast live on radio for the first time from the Eiffel Tower the athletes Village made its debut red wine included and 3,000 Olympians attended descending on a small stadium in the Parisian suburb of colom being reused this time for field hockey you can see uh with the Earth behind the athletes like it’s a really Global event amid Rising anti-Semitism depicted in the movie Chariots of Fire and in the shadow of two Wars they came to compete William deart hubard in the long jump became the first African-American to win an individual gold Kim Blackwell is his neew he wrote his mother a letter and the letter simply said that he was going across the ocean to show that there are boundaries that can be broken back then just 44 countries competed compared to more than 200 now and only 135 women took part today there are equal numbers of male and female athletes that’s the first game that we call the first game parer equal men and women the Olympics has changed the break dance uh the hip-hop dance uh that doesn’t didn’t existed in 1924 so that didn’t exist in 1924 no I’m sure of this but the ideals of a century ago remain you can advance on Merit you win the race because you run the fastest you win the long jump because you jump the furthest that’s the Olympic Spirit that’s right our thanks to Kier Simmons for that report you can tune in to the opening ceremony this Friday on NBC and streaming on peacock coming up returning history why a Nashville Museum is sending nearly 250 artifacts back to where they came from that’s next what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news now we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News Now news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like Quicks sand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC news now we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of 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old and a museum favorite the Mexican hairless dog a small part of Mexico’s history that has been on display at the Nashville parthona treated I think it’s important because Mexico’s had a lot of their history removed assistant curator Bonnie seamer working effortlessly to do what she says is the right thing we can’t fix the holes that are lost because a lot of context is lost but we can give it back to where it belongs this Museum hoping to set an example and teach others around the world how they can repatriate artifacts too an exhibit that celebrates this and then starts a conversation on what repatriation is and how it impacts people that the artifacts go back to would be the best way to do it it’s no small task for two years Bonnie worked with Mexican and local authorities to forge A New Path for repatriation between the museum and Mexico almost every museum has something from somewhere else and it’s not that they want to keep them it’s that nobody knows what to do once the 255 artifacts are packaged it will be sent to the Mexican consulate in Georgia where the consul General played a key role to their repatriation there are some gorgeous pieces beautiful pieces that are being recovered and again this are this is part of the past this is part of the history of our people the collection will ultimately be sent to the National Institute of anthropology and history in Mexico City going back to the people that it really connects with but before departing the artifacts inspired local artist Jose Gonzalez to create a special collection Jose says it was an opportunity of a lifetime for an artist who came from Mexico as a migrant and is now part of the repatriation for some visiting the exhibit mixed emotions it’s a good idea but also I feel like the United States also needs something like this and for some museums it can also mean losing a valuable part of their collection I understand someone has ownership of it right now it’s very difficult for them to give that ownership up particularly when they’re sharing it with the rest of the world yet the pressure to return artifacts to their original lands of origin persists standing behind the widely held belief that it’s wrong to keep what isn’t yours guad vas NBC News and that does it for this hour of morning news now stick with us the news continues right now good Wednesday morning good to have you with us I’m Joe frier Savannah’s On Assignment Vicki wi will join us a bit later in the hour right now on morning news now we’re awaiting history from the White House President Biden back in Washington ahead of his Landmark Oval Office addressed later tonight on the heels of that reelection bombshell well his presumptive replacement vice president kamla Harris wastes no time getting out on the campaign Trail her sight set on former president Trump in Battleground Wisconsin I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week we’ve got team coverage of this historic moment in American politics we’re also looking ahead to another high stakes event in Washington this afternoon Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to address a joint session of Congress comes amid mounting Global pressure to Halt the violence in Gaza and bring those remaining hostages home but not all lawmakers are on board with Mr netanyahu’s speech we’re going to bring you the latest plus growing frustration on Capitol Hill over the secret Services response to the attempted assassination of Mr Trump the agency’s director now stepping down after heated clashes with lawmakers just a day earlier we’re going to bring you some new videos showing the harrowing moments after the shooting it’s now firing up Congress and the opening ceremony is still a couple days away but you can catch some early Olympic action today we’ve got a preview of the events you definitely cannot miss later in the hour good to have you with us we’re going to begin this hour with the race for the White House President Biden set to deliver a Primetime address tonight from the Oval Office explaining his decision to step aside from the race an announcement that came amid mounting pressure from Democrats he returned to Washington yesterday after recovering from covid vice president kamla Harris is now on the campaign Trail holding her first rally since becoming a candidate for president she has received enough support from delegates to become the clear front Run for the party’s nomination NBC News chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest good morning to you President Biden said to address the country tonight in prime time having just announced the end of his campaign this evening he will in effect launch another a new effort to help shape his legacy a White House official telling me the president will make the case that all Americans should put the country first and this morning Democrats I’ve spoken to were also touting KLA Harris’s entrance into this race as a burst of energy but also acknowledge there are challenges ahead President Biden set to address the nation tonight from the Oval Office for the first time since abruptly dropping out of the presidential race what will your message be tomorrow night the president returning to the White House Tuesday after recovering from covid the first public sighting since his weekend bombshell a White House official telling NBC News the president will explain his decision to exit the race marking her presidential campaign debut in Wisconsin vice president kamla Harris walking out to Beyonce’s hit Freedom Harris now the deao Democratic nominee accusing former president Trump of looking to take the country backwards while comparing herself a former prosecutor to Mr Trump a convicted criminal I took on perpetrators of all kinds so hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type the two top Democrats in Congress Chuck umer and Hakeem Jeff the latest to endorse her candidacy and overnight Hillary Clinton who lost to Mr Trump in 2016 praising Harris in a New York Times oped writing I know she can defeat Donald Trump but warning Mrs Harris’s record and character will be distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and the kind of ugly Prejudice we’re already hearing from Maga mouthpieces and on the Republican side there is new backlash to some attacking her race one Republican Congressman referring to Harris as a Dei or diversity equity and inclusion vice president 100% she was a Dei hire some other conservative members echoing that language I think it’s just a failure from top to bottom uh I think she was a Dei hire Republican leaders warning against those attacks this election is going to be about policies not personalities um this is not personal with regard to kamla Harris and her her ethnicity or her gender have nothing to do with this whatsoever meanwhile old video of Mr Trump’s running mate JD Vance is resurfacing referring to Harris and other prominent Democrats as quote the childless left we’re effectively run in this country via the Democrats be via our corporate oligarchs by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made for his part Mr Trump is zeroing in on Harris’s record she was the worst at everything she was the worst vice president and he was the worst president overnight the Trump campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over the transfer of tens of millions of dollars in campaign cash from Biden to Harris calling it a quote Brazen money grab but campaign Finance experts that NBC has consulted with say because Harris’s name was on the original paperwork she would be able to take over the funds no problem back to you all right Peter thank you so much let’s bring in NBC News presidential historian Michael BOS for more perspective on the president’s speech tonight Michael always good to have you with us thank you President Biden says he’s going to discuss what lies ahead and how he will quote finish the job for the American people what are you going to be watching for as he delivers this important address from the Oval Office well this is something we have never seen before in American history a president of the United States who is running for reelection suddenly a month less than a month before a democratic convention stepping aside he’s going to for the first time we’re going to hear from him why he did that and what he expects to happen and the other thing you made a great Point Joe which is that he’s going to be president for six more months so this is not a farewell address from the Oval Office at the White House that’s something we’ll see in January of course as many are pointing out lame duck president in a highly tense election year could be hard to get things done but we’ll see what he lays out he now joins this rare group of presidents who ultimately chose not to seek re-election of course we think most recently of Lyndon B Johnson during the Vietnam war how does Mr Biden’s decision differ from past one-term presidents help us put this decision into perspective well Truman pulled out in 1952 in March after losing the New Hampshire primary 1968 LBJ pulled out at almost exactly the same day in March the end of March 1968 after he was about to certainly lose the Wisconsin Primary 2 Days Later later so that is different because that was so early in the cycle here we are seeing what we thought would might have been impossible which is not only a president stepping aside just weeks before he was likely to be nominated at the democratic convention uh but at the same time doing that and being able to name his successor and have that decision go forward flawlessly because as you know Joe in the last 24 hours kamla Harris now apparently has enough delegates to be nominated Michael some folks have been pointing out something that I find absolutely mindblowing this is going to be the first election in nearly half a century that does not include a bush a Clinton or Biden on the ticket does this feel like an the end of an era in some ways it does and what you’re talking about Joe suggests how much we have dynasties in this country two bushes two bushes who were president two clintons a president and ultimately only a secretary of state because she didn’t win and the poignant thing Joe is there could have been two bidens because Joe Biden had his heart set on seeing his son Bo run for president himself that could have even happened this year so two one Biden but there could have been two an important point there all right Michael bash is always good to have you with us thanks for your time this morning thank you thank you so much we’re going to bring you live coverage of President Biden’s address from the office it gets underway tonight 8:00 p.m. Eastern 5 Pacific time here on NBC news now as well as on NBC staying on the race for the White House this morning we’re taking a closer look at five candidates who the Harris campaign is reportedly vetting as potential running mates and with all roads leading to a matchup with former president Trump that short list centers on the key Battleground States NBC News Washington correspondent yel synor takes a closer look thank you vice president kamla Harris ramping up her search for a running mate her campaign requesting vetting materials from five elected officials according to two sources familiar with the process and when we fight we win the candidates on the short list include four Governors Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro North Carolina’s Roy Cooper Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Tim Waltz of Minnesota Arizona Senator Mark Kelly also joining the list together they represent more than half of this year’s Battleground states which will likely decide the election in November certainly they have to be uh a unifier uh unifier and continue bringing our party together they have to have expansion capabilities meaning expanding the electorate they certainly have to be able to draw a true contrast not just between Donald Trump uh trumpism and Trump’s project 2025 but also be able to draw the contrast between Trump’s pick to be his running mate uh JD Vance Shapiro a young Democratic party star rose to prominence as Pennsylvania’s attorney general then he earned a blowout win in the 2022 governor’s race outperforming Biden and pulling well with Republicans President Biden yesterday endorsed vice president Harris as did I as did many across this country not only because of how honorably she has served in the past but how absolutely ready she is to be president and to be the standard Bearer for our party Shapiro denying he submitted any vetting materials question did you say that no paperwork has been submitted to vet you as a vice presidential candidate the other bruss Bel Governor under consideration Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer she’s a political Powerhouse known for taking on former president Trump but despite throwing her support behind Harris today I am fired up to endorse kamla Harris for president of the United States she has said she would not accept an offer to be her running mate another midwesterner Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz would offer Harris a progressive voice from the area but he doesn’t have the name recognition of the others on the short list we’ve got a great candidate we’ve got one that folks lined up behind kamla Harris that they’re making the case that this Administration is moving us forward Roy Cooper of North Carolina offers Harris an ally with strong bipartisan support and a strong track record on abortion I’ve known him for almost two decades and he is an extraordinary leader so far Arizona Senator Mark Kelly is the only candidate on the list from the southwest and the only one who’s been to space Kelly and his wife former congresswoman Gabby gford have become leading gun control Advocates after her attempted assassination in 2011 we can have a president and a vice president who wants to fix our broken immigration system and keep families together vice president Harris is working against the clock as she makes her choice sources tell NBC news that Democrats would like to have a VP nominee by August 7th to make sure their candid Cates get on the ballot in all 50 states our thanks to yel synor for bringing us that report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver a controversial address to Congress later today it’s a speech that sparking protests in Washington from those upset with Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza and those pushing for a deal to secure the release of hostages NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell has the latest this will be prime minister netanyahu’s fourth address to Congress over three decades and arguably the most critical one with a ceasefire and a hostage release deal now hanging in the balance today Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu set to address a joint meeting of congress with pressure mounting to deliver a ceasefire and bring the surviving hostages home after 9 months of brutal war in Gaza Netanyahu is likely to face a barrage of protest today with heightened Security on Capitol Hill hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the capital Tuesday protesting Us weapons used in Gaza the capital police making arrests with Democrats deeply divided over the war more than a dozen lawmakers are expected to boycott today’s speech blaming the Prime Minister for prolonging the conflict why aren’t you going I would like to see U BB Netanyahu be a more constructive forward leaning solution seeking partner in all of this others say they feel compelled to attend uh I feel when world leaders come to the people’s chamber uh it’s important that we uh hear their perspective Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Biden at the White House tomorrow followed by an unprecedented meeting with the two leaders and the families of American hostages in a meeting with those families Monday Netanyahu pointed to new progress telling them the conditions are ripening to bring their loved ones home the parents of American hostage HH Goldberg Poland told Netanyahu they want him to announce a deal today we’re not going to stop pushing we need to get this done meanwhile Israel’s military pummeling Southern Gaza Monday in a safe Zone it says targeting militants but killing at least 70 injuring 200 according to the Hamas run Health Ministry netanyahu’s visit is also looming over the presidential race vice president Harris will not be presiding over today’s address instead attending a previously scheduled event in Indianapolis but she’s expected to meet with Netanyahu at the White House separately from President Biden former president Trump a strong Netanyahu supporter has announced that the Prime Minister will be meeting with him at maral Lago before he flies home on Friday all right Andrea thank you so much let’s bring in Obby mayor for more on this he is the former editor-in Chief of the Jerusalem Post Obby thank you for joining us you know we know Congress is split over netanyahu’s address the relationship between the Biden Administration ation and the Prime Minister has become combative to say the least as of late he’s accused the US of betrayal leaving some to wonder if this trip is about mending fences or if the speech is really for an Israeli audience what do you think well I think it’s a little bit of both you know before boarding his plane the Prime Minister said that this would be his opportunity to thank President Biden and the American people for their support throughout this war we know the president was extremely supportive particularly at the very beginning and has continued to be so through out the uh the war campaign but of course there is a domestic audience in mind as well um any trip by a prime minister abroad has domestic ramifications and of course there were voices in Israel that called on him to actually cancel this trip and focus on sealing the deal and bringing the remaining hostages home so he has to show that he is actually coming back from this trip with some kind of an accomplishment that will have made this trip worthwhile we just saw how this visit is being viewed in a America in Washington how is it being seen in Israel what is it people are watching for and listening for well look anytime an Israeli Prime Minister visits Washington it’s viewed as a tremendous honor for the Jewish State many people will be glued to their television sets watching his address to the Joint session of Congress um and so there is of course a domestic audience that is important to bear in mind but as I said um this trip is not without controversy there are quite a few activists in Israel who call called on him not to leave until a hostage deal had been signed there were actual protests at the airport trying to prevent him from reaching his plane of course he he did manage to get off um and I think there were many other voices that said look this is important of course the United States as an ally but it is much more urgent for us to seal the deal and bring those remaining hostages home they cannot afford to spend even another minute in Hamas captivity and those voices are quite prominent in Israel at this time with that criticism in mind if he does does not reach an agreement within the coming days or the coming weeks what do you think happens well look he has indicated that a a deal of some kind is likely to happen in the near future he told the hostage families that just the other day he’s been sending messages in a variety of different ways through various different channels that this seems to be in the offing he will be dispatching um a delegation of negotiators to cutar tomorrow in order to continue those negotiations indirect negotiations of course with Hamas um so looks like this will happen What happens if it doesn’t I mean look we’ve been seeing that reality for the past few months these negotiations have been starting and stopping we have seen time and again Kamas has posed an obstacle one obstacle after another in order to prevent these hostages from reaching fruition we hope that doesn’t happen and that at some point in the near future we’ll be able to see those hostages brought home AI mayor you have been speaking with us since literally the morning of October 7th we always appreciate your time and your expertise thanks for joining us this morning thank you the director of The Secret Service resigned yesterday after a chorus of bipartisan calls for her removal following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump also this morning new video has surfaced that shows the tense moments immediately after the shooting NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles joins us with the latest on all this Ryan good morning Hey Joe good morning and Kimberly che’s decision to step down comes as the investigation into the assassination attempt is ramping up with Congress in many ways taking the lead revealing information that the Secret Service and other federal agencies have been reluctant to release among them new video from the rooftop where the gunman was positioned it was released by Senator Chuck Grassley who is demanding answers and we do want to warn you you may find this disturbing we there obviously new video this morning shows the immediate aftermath following the attempt on Donald Trump’s life just treating that as suspicious device the body cam video shows local law enforcement and Secret AG on top of the roof where the shooter was perched the gunman’s body partially blurred in the video his long gun nearby an agent asking a local officer about what sniper saw before the shooting and our sniper seeing him walking away from that I believe okay the Secret Service referring NBC News to Senator Chuck grassley’s office but saying the agency is committed to better understanding what happened Senator Grassley said he shared the video publicly to demonstrate how local police are sharing more evidence with Congress than Federal investigators it’s part of a broader frustration by Congress that the federal response has been slow and evasive and also what led members of Congress to push for the resignation of secret service director Kimberly cheel cheel was plagued by The Fallout from the assassination attempt on former president Trump and found herself unable to answer direct questions from lawmakers were you guessing or lying when you said you didn’t turn down requests from president Trump’s detail neither sir former president Trump weighing in on che’s resignation overnight I don’t think had much of a choice that was a pretty bad day for by any circumstance now the Trump campaign plans to stop holding outdoor rallies two sources familiar with his campaign operations tell NBC News Savannah asking top Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller about that possibility two days after the rally is the campaign cons considering making any security adjustments as the the campaign goes forward these open air rallies I mean the candidates love them and the Secret Service does not well of course there’ll be security adjustments that are made by the Secret Service in conjunction with the campaign the Secret Service detailed is with President Trump all the time do an excellent job for president Trump and we’re in full confidence that they’ll make sure that President Trump is safe going forward and the homeland security secretary Alejandro maoris who oversees the Secret Service immediately elevated the agency’s deputy director Ronald Ro Jr a 24-year agency veteran as the acting director and additionally the Beaver County sheriff and Beaver County Emergency Management office did not respond to an NBC News request for comment about the body cam video that was posted by Senator Grassley Joe all right Ryan thank you so much time now for your midweek forecast with meteorologist Angie lassman Angie what can you tell us we are halfway there Joe midweek indeed and we’ve still no surprise got some of these heat alerts up out west that’s not going to change anytime soon but this morning 28 million people across parts of of the West are dealing with this we’ve got Las Vegas Sacramento you can see up into parts of the Northern Plains included in that as well as Salt Lake City those are just some of the spots that we’re going to be watching today to once again reach 100 degrees or higher Salt Lake City expected to hit 103 that’s going to be flirting with or at least near record temperature uh for this date 105 is the current record for this date in Salt Lake City so we’ll see if we can we can break that potentially we’ll be near it at least Grand Junction headed to 100 we’ve got Lake havu City expected to head to 116° so the heat in place yet again across this region for the day today and tomorrow too notice we’ve got some 90s in there high 90s at that a little better though in Salt Lake City as we get into tomorrow but still above normal and places like Las Vegas 112 you can expect for your day tomorrow and more of the same here as we get into the weekend even Denver ending up into the mid 90s Friday and Saturday even warmer by the time Sunday rolls around we’ve got Witchita into the 90s as we get through the day uh the day Friday Saturday and Sunday in Las Vegas we’ll stay above hundred for the long haul that goes well through the weekend similar story for our friends in Phoenix too now the good news is of the weather forecast of course yes it’s hot out west but we’ve got really quiet conditions across parts of the tropics that is what we like to see right and there’s a reason why we’ve got some of that Saharan dust working off the the off of Africa and into the trade winds and that kind of leaves everything a whole lot quieter we see the sinking air we see uh really difficulty with Development Across that main region that we normally watch during this time of year now one note is that this kind of lull in activity that’s allowed our water temperatures to heat up even more and no surprise we still have record warm water across this region it’s the warmest on date for this it’s the warmest on record for this date uh and we likely will see that continue to warm here as we get through the next couple of weeks now one thing that we’re noticing is that we likely will see some more favorable conditions as we get into early August so we’re far from done from this season with this season yet we’ve still got plenty of months to go and with these really warm Waters that’s going to be concerning here uh as we get through at least July and into August uh over the next uh month or so one note though we’ll still be dealing with the rain across parts of the southeast Joe this is going to last up into the Mid-Atlantic too through the day today but we will be most concerned about some flooding across parts of Texas and Louisiana this front that we’ve been watching yesterday and today and will be around tomorrow it sticks around and leaves us just kind of um unsettled in in with this annoying rain but some of it could really pack A- punch when it comes to rainfall totals upwards of 7 to 9 in possible across already saturated grounds in that area I forgot my umbrella today oh right I’m sure somebody around here has one you can borrow maybe a meteorologist May perhaps you have like a Supply right an endless supply of umbrellas all right Angie thank you so much much more to come on this hour of morning news now including the new federal investigation being launched into Delta it’s pass passengers across the country continue to reel from heavy delays caused by last week’s massive Global Tech outage first though after the break and update on the case of Brian koberger the man accused of murdering those four University of Idaho students while his lawyers are looking to switch up the venue of his upcoming trial next year got those stories and more up next hey there I’m hie and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new developments let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this law actually will and won’t do Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I can keep talking till the Eiffel Tower starts sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle it’s sparkling it’s happening still to come on the Channel 2 News well the waters are certainly receding now still too close to call reporting from round zero as it’s being referred to is in fact the T the Haitian people know a little something about resiliency what’s the biggest risk right now some of the troops who have been I want to welcome you to the first presidential debate in fact we’ve been told we can’t go any farther you with some rilian folks let me give a hint the to will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s gen you just saved me 40 bucks more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization NBC News Daily is number one for Afternoon News across all of Television I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky win and I’m Kate snow and I’m Zin play some wat what’s happening around the world Israel’s military is building up there along the border and what matters here at home new numbers are out today showing more encouraging signs for our economy let’s zero in on exercise we know we’re supposed to be doing it what does it do for our health what needs to change for social media to be a safer Place NBC News Daily weekdays from 12 to4 on NBC news now we report live from Tel Aviv from buz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place where Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now we are back now with the latest developments in the case against the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students the lawyers for Brian coburger are now urging a judge to move his trial out of leat County and switch it to Boise his team argues the media coverage and public interest make it impossible for him to get a fair trial NBC News senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett has the details hey guys months ago we learned Brian cober’s defense team was surveying local residents to gauge their feelings about the man accused of this crime and now we see why his attorneys say he simply cannot get a fair trial unless it’s moved out of town blaming media attention for tainting potential jurors saus Brian cerg the trial date is now finally set but the battle to move his trial out of town If you deny a change of venue Mr cober’s constitutional right to a fair trial is denied still wages on now in a new court filing Brian cober’s attorneys argue that Leah county has been utterly corrupted by press coverage making it one of those rare cases that requires a change in venue cobber is charged with the murders of Madison Mogan C galz zaner coroto and Ethan chapen four University of Idaho students found fatally stabbed in their off-campus home in November of 2022 prosecutors say the trial currently set for summer 2025 should stay in Leah County where the killings took place we at least owe the people Lop County the attempt to see a jury here first and not just rely on there’s been a lot of publicity there’s been a lot of publicity everywhere but cober’s attorneys argue that the Lea County jury pool is prejudiced by extensive publicity that’s ongoing and inflammatory right now he’s being held to have a trial in a county that believes that he is guilty the defense citing a survey they conducted finding 70% of locals have already formed a guilty opinion of coburger arguing the trial should be held in Idaho’s largest county in Boise but the state is pushing back it’s not Moscow it’s not l County it’s everywhere so I don’t think that a change of venue is going to solve any of these problems overnight an attorney for KY gonzales’s family saying they believe it’s a no-brainer to keep the case in Leah County it would be an incredible hardship on all of the family and friends that are going to be attending this as well as the the witnesses the prosecution the defense everyone has to move the entire case 6 hours away the judge is set to take up this issue on on August 29th back to you all right Laura thank you so much time for some International headlines starting with rival Palestinian factions signing an agreement to form a temporary Unity government NBC’s Josh Letterman has that in other world stories Josh good morning hey good morning Joe these two rival Palestinian factions struck this deal to try to form a new government together after mediation by China so Hamas which has been in power in the Gaza Strip and fat which is the largest faction in the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank are agreeing to try to come together in the future as they are looking for solutions for who could actually govern the Gaza Strip after the war is over uh in Gaza but the big question is who is going to actually accept this because both the US and Israel insist Hamas cannot be part of the equation in the future going forward in Gaza now over to France where president Emanuel macron is delaying the formation of a new government until after the Olympic Games which of course start on Friday macron has to appoint a new prime minister after his Centrist Coalition failed to win a majority in France’s elections and a leftist coalition came out on top instead but macron now says the current government will stay put in a caretaker role until mid August to allow those Olympics to go off smoothly and finally if the weekend felt a little hotter than normal to you it wasn’t just you the European Union’s cernus climate change service says Sunday was the hottest day on Earth ever recorded the average global temperature got close to 63° F beating the record set last July and raising further fears about the fast pace of global warming the head of the EU climate Authority says we are now in Uncharted Territory and expect new heat records to be set regularly going forward Joe and Vicki back to you every day every week every month we seem to be breaking new records all right Josh thank you appreciate it coming up we have the latest on the Delta delay chaos that has been played airline passengers for nearly a week now now the federal government wants answers more on the transportation Department’s new investigation into the airline and how the skies are doing today stay with us hey there I’m hie and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new development let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this law actually will and won’t you Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I could keep talking till the Eiffel Tower start sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle sparkling is happening are you comfortable with the role the Supreme Court is playing in the 2024 election is there not more that Israel can do to help the humanitarian crisis should abortion be the number one issue in 2024 if if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press News lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything anymore let’s break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC news now hey there I’m hiy and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new development let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this law actually will and won’t do Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I could keep talking till the Eiffel tow start sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle it’s sparkling it’s happening we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something big Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor welcome back in a bit of good news Delta Airlines says it is seeing signs of improvement this morning as the company scrambles to get back on schedule thousands of Delta flights have been canceled since Friday’s Global it outage NBC News senior correspondent Tom Costello has been on the story ever since then Tom give us the update how are things looking today yeah Delta just moments ago sorry as I speak over the PA Delta moments ago said they now expect minimal delays today and they expect normal operations tomorrow I just checked right now 1% of Delta flights canel today yesterday at this time we were talking 133% so for a lot of people who are showing up at airports Nationwide today they’re going to be holding their Collective breath the question Delta passengers are asking this morning is this the day Delta’s meltdown melts away it’s like 4 days in travel really because of all the delays today marks day six since Friday’s massive computer crash that crippled Delta’s operations worldwide leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded for days and strug to find or talk to Delta agents Delta’s going to have to come off some money for this uh because this has been quite expensive now the transportation department is demanding answers we’ve launched an investigation into the situation with Delta the big question why has it taken Delta so long to recover from Friday’s Global computer crash while other airlines mostly recovered over the weekend are you getting any explanation from Delta why it’s taking so long to answer phone calls why people are standing in four five 6 hour long lines only to find out that their next flight is canceled any explanation from Delta management not any good ones in a statement Delta says its teams are working tirelessly to care for and make it right for customers impacted by delays and cancellations on Tuesday Delta canceled nearly 500 flights more than 5,400 since Friday morning the most affected airports Atlanta Delta’s home airport and key hubs including Detroit Minneapolis LaGuardia Washington Reagan Boston Salt Lake and JFK we haven’t gotten any information and we’ve all been wearing the same clothes for two days now with misplaced luggage piling high at many airports the challenge now is finding the right bag I would want my luggage now I want things to go back to normal cuz I plan on doing some traveling it’s sort of like being on Gilligan Island going for a short little tour and not being sure when you’re going to get off the island yeah one more problem here Delta has had a an awful lot of on accompanied miners getting stranded in airports Nationwide that has got a lot of parents very angry some of them unable to get their kid from one point to another Point giving up and driving hundreds of miles to get to their child Delta says it’s working on that it’s suspended unaccompanied minor tra TR travel on Tuesday but they’ve had several days of unaccompanied children stuck in airports Nationwide back to you that’s another major nightmare didn’t even think about that all right Tom costell thank you so much we have with us now travel expert Mark Elwood uh for more on this new investigation into Delta Mark good morning morning so as we heard Tom saying this is now the sixth day of flight cancellations thankfully things do appear to be improving but what was it about Delta that made things so complicated with this computer outage and what do you think the investigation needs to focus on so what Delta said the problem was was that it was its busiest weekend of the year and essentially it had a problem that the planes and the staff weren’t in the right place that the system that coordinated that melted down but I think the biggest problem is an image issue we think of Delta charges us more and says we’re the best airline we’re the straight A student and it got an F for performance and the big shortfall there means that’s why if if other airlines have a few problems we’re less surprised we were very disappointed in Delta it’s sort of like we’re like a parent looking at Delta saying I you could do better right I think that’s good and a lot of people are saying that right now I mean secretary Budaj Jed says they’ve received at least 3,000 complaints specific to the situation honestly that number sounds low based on everything we’ve had does it look like today or tomorrow things will be back on track and bigger picture long term what does this mean for Delta since it’s always had this sort of feeling that this is the the best airline and they can’t do anything wrong look I think the CEO has said it’s going to take a couple of days I wouldn’t assume that everything will be a Ticky boo till at least the weekend there are going to still be some knock on there I think long term the way Delta can claw back a little bit of our love is to be a little less expensive and I suspect we’ll see Delta softening its prices to lure us back on and essentially to say look remind yourself of how great we are treat yourself take a Delta flight so I’d watch those prices I like that Mark I sure hope that comes true all right what should folks do if they’re still caught in this kind of Tailwind with the delays and cancellations what are some good tips to keep in mind all the time about what we can do when we’re stock so look when your flight is delayed or canceled there there are different reasons for it and a lot more k a lot more compensation kicks in if it’s a controlled problem and on Friday the dot said this was a controllable problem so that means your rights are much greater and you can go to the do has a website and you can look for a little pull down menu there and see each Airline what each airline has committed to do in this circumstance because it does vary Air Airline by Airline and check your credit cards because often if you’ve bought your flight with a credit card there will be built-in travel insurance which can support you if you’ve incurred extra costs like a hotel excellent all right Mark Elwood as always thank you so much learned a lot coming up we are taking art to a whole new level after the break I’m going to introduce you to the Brooklyn artist who’s morphing The Humble Emoji into iconic master uses but first if you are looking to save some green at the grocery store Extreme Couponing might just be the answer and I’m not talking about the Snipping and clipping of the past it’s all about saving those dollars digitally I will explain and show you next stick around what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news now the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now still to come in the Channel 2 News well the waters are certainly receding now still too close to call reporting from round zero as it’s being referred to fact tast the Haitian people know a little something about resiliency what’s the biggest risk right now some of the troops who have been proud I want to welcome you to the first presidential debate in fact we’ve been told we can’t go any farther VI were some rilion folks let me give a h you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news sever storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a ban or not the craziest ride I have ever hitch that his totality do you see yourselves in space I feel go to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week nights at 8 Eastern 5 Pacific on NBC News Now democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of 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laundry items CVS is giving an extra $8 in extra bucks rewards towards your future purchase CVS cash you can use on future purchases similar to other reward programs like Target which offers store gift cards based on your purchases up my cart this item is on sale I found another coupon for $2 off in the app let’s get some coffee time to check out and see how much I saved okay so before I apply my app with all the coupons it’s $264 Moment of Truth scan it for me Ricardo look at these deductions oh we’re under 100 bucks is that the total it is absolutely $96.99 that is awesome feel like a heavyweight C Champion right now boom yes those CVS coupons are so legendary for being long that was actually 50% savings just using the coupons in our app I also received $29 in extra bucks rewards so I can use those towards my next purchase it is legit it works and it really isn’t that hard Joe we all are you know used to shopping with apps days that is a lot of savings right there very cool thank you so much all right now to some more money news Google’s parent company alphabet suffering on Wall Street this morning morning uh cnbc’s syvan Han now joins us with that and other news hey good morning syvan hey Vicky Hey Joe good morning too yeah well shares of alphabet are under pressure as growth in Google’s ad sales slowed in the latest quarter now that’s putting a dent an alphabet’s primary source of Revenue as it spends more money on AI Investments such as its Gemini search engine revenue from YouTube also missing analyst estimates Al now shares of Tesla are set to slide today as earnings Miss forecast for the fourth straight quarter profits are being squeezed by Price cuts for Tesla’s electric vehicles and higher spending on AI technology to convert those EVS into self-driving cars and build humanoid robots for factory work and other tasks the company says it’s on track to produce new vehicles including a more affordable model in the first half of next year and has scheduled the event to unveil its Robo taxi on October 10th speaking of Tesla musk is pushing back on reports saying he’s donating $45 million a month to a super pack supporting former president Trump leading up to the November election in an interview with conservative commentator Jordan Peterson musk says the report is not true Trump referenced the report from The Wall Street Journal at a recent rally musk says he did help create the super pack and is making donations at a quote lower level guys all right sylvana thank you so much now we’re going to introduce you to an artist who recreates icons out of icons she is a Fashion Stylist from Brooklyn who has taken the word Emoji which is a noun and made it a verb as in I want to Emoji you take a look like a modernized Monae Lauren Edelstein makes art that from a distance clearly looks like Dolly Parton Britney Spears Snoop Dog okay let’s take a closer look but when you’re eyes are inches away you see something else his beard is made out of ants yep his goatee is made out of crickets yes how do you even do this I see an emoji I know that ants have a really great texture that can look like hair you know I’m an emoji scientist except her lab is Tiny and mobile you see her canvas is her phone I use Instagram stories and I drag emoji on top of emoji on top of emoji to create the picture she discovered the Emoji Keyboard could be her painting palette 8 years ago when she created this picture of a vintage Jacket using purple umbrellas yellow ducks and pink purses before long she was doing celebrities making icons out of Icon she says are those peacocks for the irises they are peacocks and that’s a pool ball that is a disco ball which I really loved because I feel like Dolly Pon is someone that would have a disco ball in her eye moments like this bring her Emoji joy and I think that’s sort of my favorite part is watching people discover the picture and say oh my God his beard is hedgehogs when people have those reactions what goes through your mind it’s the best it’s so satisfying I love the Emoji art and emojis as a medium because I think there’s a relatability to it and I think they have such an inherent sense of humor a sense of wonder helps too I think the world appears in emoji form in my head walking through Brooklyn Lauren is constantly thinking about how she’d Emoji things or if I’m seeing a bush that might be made of Christmas trees and the green speedo on the edges the green Speedo the green Speedo is right there but her favorite emoji is the jellyfish it honestly looks glow-in-the-dark the color I think in my professional opinion is the best color an emoji if apple is listening right now what are the Emojis you need I would love a Croc I think that would be very funny she’s willing to be patient a virtue that comes in handy when some of your pieces take months even years to finish which does prompt reactions like this you have a lot of time on your hands what is your screen time how did you do this let’s address the screen time question yeah what what is your screen time my screen time is just a message that pops up and says are you okay send help yet all that screen time led to some good oldfashioned FaceTime Lauren recently hosted her first art show it was titled her nails are Chili Peppers inspired by her dolly portrait it was amazing it was honestly I was blown away it was so fun when you find a joy in it and something feels creatively fulfilling it feels very easy to just Propel It Forward after all the possibilities are endless truly iconic Lauren’s currently working on her next art show she does have one more request for Apple by the way she says she would love a ravioli Emoji love to see what she could do with it incredible she says it’s like it little texture I go doesn’t that seem kind of ordinary no she could use that she could use that the beige color all it I want to check out the jellyfish I didn’t know it was so multi-dimensional all right coming up if you can’t wait until Friday’s opening ceremony to get your fill of Olympic magic well a few events are actually starting early like today after the break what we’ll be watching for when Team USA and Team France hit the pitch in just a few hours stick with us this is Morning News Now news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC News Now nearly a dozen hours after the eye Roar as Shore there is some late breaking news all right this good to have you with us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers developing right now on Morning News Now growing frustrations over the migrant crisis reports of new drone attacks by try militants the storm is creating dangerous conditions all across the region now let’s get to some Financial headlines new rules are coming to cap credit card late fees talking tuition as a new class of freshman gets ready to go to college this is a big decision for families do you think this could impact how people vote 100% Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second from all over the world we have a full te news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters they’re asking that the hostages demanding that the hostages be released now is raw this tunnel just goes on and on and on now is real this is it we get to see democracy in action for the very first time in the 2024 race now is constant morning news now or Breaking News NBC News special report you got to see this the future is now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now all right welcome back uh we have some breaking news this morning Salt Lake City has been picked to host the 2034 Winter Olympics it’s a return to the same site that hosted the 2002 Winter Games yeah USA is going to be big we’ve got La next Summer Games as well but before all that we are looking ahead to the Summer Olympics in Paris which is now just days from the opening ceremony some sporting events are actually kicking off today NBC News Chief International correspondent Kier Simmons is in Paris for us once again Kier how are preps coming along for the opening ceremony on Friday well it seems pretty calm honestly Joe we we’re actually down here above the sand on the river if you like you want a little preview a little look around let me show you that’s the pet Royale behind me there and the Pont Royale along there now you can see the bleachers on that famous uh Bridge there are bleachers on almost every bridge along the river here and and you can see just across to look at that the where people are going to be seated as they watch this multi-mile long parade on the river history making now let’s just get Carlos our camera man to to bring us across so I can show you uh the other side and the grand pet in the distance that’s the the building with the glass more bleachers along the river here further along the Alexander III uh Bridge just imagine Team USA and all the other teams along this River with the fireworks and the celebrations happening on Friday it’s going to be spectacular and yet you just wouldn’t know right now it’s just it’s quiet you hear that there’s a lot of security but you know the French really know how to do this oh K I can just imagine it with that tour that you just gave us all around the bridge there talk to us about the sporting events that people can start watching today that’s right well there’s the soccer coming up of course we in Europe call it football um it’s France versus the us later today that is going to be a challenge the French are pretty good at playing football and it’s their Olympics but that that that’s an event that’s getting started listen you know it’s interesting isn’t it that some of the sports begin before the actual opening ceremony uh but there’s so much sport in the next few weeks they just got to pack it all in K we only have like 30 second seconds left remind us the star us athletes we’re going to be keeping an eye on over the next few weeks well obviously you know uh Simone BS k Dei I’d look out for Noah LS he got the bronze in the 200 back in Tokyo if he can get gold in the 100 and the 200 at this Olympics that will be the first time since 1984 watch out for that all right no has quickly become a big face of these games Kier thank you so much we appreciate your reporting as always have a great day out there it’s going to do it for this hour of morning news now but the news continues right now good Wednesday morning good to have you with us I’m Joe frier Savannah’s On Assignment Vicky win will join us a bit later in the hour right now on morning news now we’re awaiting history from the White House president back in Washington ahead of his Landmark Oval Office addressed later tonight on the heels of that reelection bombshell well his presumptive replacement vice president kamla Harris wastes no time getting out on the campaign Trail her sight set on former president Trump in Battleground Wisconsin I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week we’ve got team coverage of this historic moment in American politics we’re also looking ahead to another high stakes event in Washington this afternoon Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to address a joint session of Congress comes amid mounting Global pressure to Halt the violence in Gaza and bring those remaining hostages home but not all lawmakers are on board with Mr netanyahu’s speech we’re going to bring you the latest plus growing frustration on Capitol Hill over the secret Services response to the attempted assassination of Mr Trump the agency’s director now stepping down after heated clashes with lawmakers just a day earlier we’re going to bring you some new videos showing the harrowing moments after the shooting it’s now firing up Congress and the opening ceremony is still a couple days away but you can catch some early Olympic action today we’ve got a preview of the events you definitely cannot miss later in the hour good to have you with us we’re going to begin this hour with the race for the White House President Biden said to deliver a prime time address tonight from the Oval Office explaining his decision to step aside from the race an announcement that came amid mounting pressure from Democrats he returned to Washington yesterday after recovering from covid vice president kamla Harris is now on the campaign Trail holding her first rally since becoming a candidate for president she has received enough support from delegates to become the clear front runner for the party’s nomination NBC News chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest good morning to you president President Biden said to address the country tonight in prime time having just announced the end of his campaign this evening he will in effect launch another a new effort to help shape his legacy a White House official telling me the president will make the case that all Americans should put the country first and this morning Democrats I’ve spoken to were also touting KLA Harris’s entrance into this race as a burst of energy but also acknowledge there are challenges ahead President Biden set to address the nation tonight from the Oval Office for the first time since abruptly dropping out of the presidential race what will your message be tomorrow night the president returning to the White House Tuesday after recovering from Co the first public sighting since his weekend bombshell a White House official telling NBC News the president will explain his decision to exit the race marking her presidential campaign debut in Wisconsin vice president kamla Harris walking out to Beyonce’s hit Freedom Harris now the def facto Democratic nominee accusing former president Trump of looking to take the country backwards while comparing herself a former prosecutor to Mr Trump a convicted criminal I took on perpetrators of all kinds so hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type the two top Democrats in Congress Chuck Schumer and Hakeem jeffre is the latest to endorser candidacy and overnight Hillary Clinton who lost to Mr Trump in 2016 praising Harris in a New York Times oped writing I know she can defeat Donald Trump but warning Mrs Harris’s record in character will be distorted and disparaged by a flood of disinformation and the kind of ugly Prejudice we’re already hearing from Maga mouthpieces and on the Republican side there is new backlash to some attacking her race one Republican Congressman referring to Harris as a Dei or diversity equity and inclusion vice president 100% she was a Dei some other conservative members echoing that language I think it’s just a failure from top to bottom uh I think she was a Dei hire Republican leaders warning against those attacks this election is going to be about policies not personalities um this is not personal with regard to kamla Harris and her her ethnicity her gender have nothing to do with this whatsoever meanwhile old video of Mr Trump’s running mate JD Vance is surfacing referring to Harris and other prominent Democrats as quote the childless left we’re effectively run in this country via the Democrats Bea via our corporate oligarchs by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made for his part Mr Trump is zeroing in on Harris’s record she was the worst at everything she was the worst vice president and he was the worst president overnight the Trump campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over the transfer of tens of of millions of dollars in campaign cash from Biden to Harris calling it a quote Brazen money grab but campaign Finance experts that NBC has consulted with say because Harris’s name was on the original paperwork she would be able to take over the funds no problem back to you all right Peter thank you so much let’s bring in NBC News presidential historian Michael BOS for more perspective on the president’s speech tonight Michael always good to have you with us thank you President Biden says he’s going to discuss what lies ahead and how he will quote finish the job for the American people what are you going to be watching for as he delivers this important address from the Oval Office well this is something we have never seen before in American history a president of the United States who is running for reelection suddenly a month less than a month before a democratic convention stepping aside he’s going to for the first time we’re going to hear from him why he did that and what he expects to happen and the other thing you made a great Point Joe which is that he’s going to be president for six more months so this is not a farewell address from the Oval Office at the White House that’s something we’ll see in January of course as many are pointing out lame duck president in a highly tense election year could be hard to get things done but we’ll see what he lays out he now joins this rare group of presidents who ultimately chose not to seek re-election of course we think most recently of Lyndon B Johnson during the Vietnam war how does Mr Biden’s decision differ from past one-term presidents help us put this decision into perspective well Truman pulled out in 1952 in March after losing the New Hampshire primary 1968 LBJ pulled out at almost exactly the same day in March the end of March 1968 after he was about to certainly lose the Wisconsin Primary two days later so that is different because that was so early in the cycle here we are seeing what we thought would might have been impossible which is not only a president stepping aside just weeks before he was likely to be nominated at the democratic convention uh but at the same time doing that and being able to name his successor and have that decision go forward flawlessly because as you know Joe in the last 24 hours kamla Harris now apparently has enough delegates to be nominated Michael some folks have been pointing out something that I find absolutely mindblowing this is going to be the first election in nearly half a century that does not include a bush a Clinton or Biden on the ticket does this feel like an the end of an era in some ways it does and what you’re talking about Joe suggests how much we have dynasties in this country two bushes two bushes who were president two clintons a president and ultimately only a secretary of state because she didn’t win and the point thing Joe is there could have been two bidens because Joe Biden had his heart set on seeing his son Bo run for president himself that could have even happened this year so two one Biden but there could have been two an important point there I’ll right Michael B always good to have you with us thanks for your time this morning thank you thank you so much we’re going to bring you live coverage of President Biden’s address from the Oval Office it gets underway tonight 8:00 p.m. Eastern 5 Pacific time here on NBC news now as well as on NBC staying on the race for the White House this morning we’re taking a closer look at five candidates who the Harris campaign is reportedly vetting as potential running mates and with all roads leading to a matchup with former president Trump that short list centers on the key Battleground States NBC News Washington correspondent yamel synor takes a closer look thank you vice president kamla Harris ramping up her search for a running mate her campaign requesting vetting materials from five elected officials according to two sources familiar with the process and when we fight we win the candidates on the short list include four Governors Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro North Carolina’s Roy Cooper Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Tim Waltz of Minnesota Arizona Senator Mark Kelly also joining the list together they represent more than half of this year’s Battleground state which will likely decide the election in November certainly they have to be uh a unifier uh unify and continue bringing our party together they have to have expansion capabilities meaning expanding the elector they certainly have to be able to draw a true contrast not just between Donald Trump uh trumpism and Trump’s project 2025 but also be able to draw the contrast between Trump’s pick to be his running mate uh JD Vance Shapiro a young Democratic party star rose to prominence as Pennsylvania’s attorney general then earned a blowout win in the 2022 governor’s race outperforming Biden and pulling well with Republicans President Biden yesterday endorsed vice president Harris as did I as did many across this country not only because of how honorably she has served in the past but how absolutely ready she is to be president and to be the standard Bearer for our party Shapiro denying he submitted any vetting materials question did you say that no paperwork has been submitted to V you as a vice presidential candidate the other brast belt Governor under consideration Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer she’s a political Powerhouse known for taking on former president Trump but despite throwing her support behind Harris today I am fired up to endorse KLA Harris for president of the United States she has said she would not accept an offer to be her running mate another midwesterner Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz would offer Harris a progressive voice from the area but he doesn’t have the name recognition of the others on the short list that we’ve got a great candidate we’ve got one that folks lined up behind kamla Harris that they’re making the case that this Administration is moving us forward Roy Cooper of North Carolina offers Harris an ally with strong bipartisan support and a strong track record on abortion I’ve known him for almost two decades and he is an extraordinary leader so far Arizona Senator Mark Kelly is the only candidate on the list from the southwest and the only one who’s been to space Kelly and his wife former congresswoman Gabby gford have become leading gun control advocates after her attempted assassination in 2011 we can have a president and a vice president who wants to fix our broken immigration system and keep families together vice president Harris is working against the clock as she makes her choice sources tell NBC news that Democrats would like to have a VP nominee by August 7th to make sure their candidates get on the ballot in all 50 states our thanks to Y Michelle synor for bringing us that report is prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver a controversial address to Congress later today it’s a speech that sparking protests in Washington from those upset with Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza and those pushing for a deal to secure the release of hostages NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell has the latest this will be prime minister netanyahu’s fourth address to Congress over three decades and arguably the most critical one with a ceasefire and a hostage release deal now hang hanging in the balance today Israel’s primee Minister Netanyahu set to address a joint meeting of congress with pressure mounting to deliver a ceasefire and bring the surviving hostages home after 9 months of brutal war in Gaza Netanyahu is likely to face a barrage of protests today with heightened Security on Capitol Hill hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Capal Tuesday protesting Us weapons used in Gaza the capital police making arrests with Democrats deeply divided over the war more than a dozen lawmakers are expected to boycott today’s speech blaming the Prime Minister for prolonging the conflict why aren’t you going I would like to see uh BB Netanyahu be a more constructive forward leaning solution seeking partner in all of this others say they feel compelled to attend I feel when world leaders come to the people’s chamber um it’s important that we hear their perspective Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Biden at the White House tomorrow followed by an unprecedented meeting with the two leaders and the families of American hostages in a meeting with those families Monday Netanyahu pointed to new progress telling them the conditions are ripening to bring their loved ones home the parents of American hostage hsh Goldberg Poland told Netanyahu they want him to announce a deal today we’re not going to stop pushing we need to get this done meanwhile Israel’s military pummeling Southern Gaza Monday in a safe Zone it says targeting militants but killing at least 70 injuring 200 according to the Hamas run Health Ministry netanyahu’s visit is also looming over the presidential race vice president Harris will not be presiding over today’s address instead attending a previously scheduled event in Indianapolis but she’s expected to meet with Netanyahu at the White House separately from president Biden former president Trump a strong netanyahu’s supporter has announced that the Prime Minister will be meeting with him at maral Lago before he flies home on Friday all right Andrea thank you so much let’s bring in Obby mayor for more on this he is the former editorinchief of the Jerusalem Post Obby thank you for joining us you know we know Congress is split over netanyahu’s address the relationship between the B Administration and the Prime Minister has become combative to say the least as of late he’s accused the US of betrayal leaving some to if this trip is about mending fences or if the speech is really for an Israeli audience what do you think well I think it’s a little bit of both you know before boarding his plane the Prime Minister said that this would be his opportunity to thank President Biden and the American people for their support throughout this war we know the president was extremely supportive particularly at the very beginning and has continued to be so throughout the uh the war campaign but of course there is a domestic audience in mind as well um any trip by a prime minister abroad has domestic ramifications and of course there were voices in Israel that called on him to actually cancel this trip and focus on sealing the deal and bringing the remaining hostages home so he has to show that he is actually coming back from this trip with some kind of an accomplishment that will have made this trip worthwhile we just saw how this visit is being viewed in America in Washington how is it being seen in Israel what is it people are watching for and listening for well look anytime an Israeli Prime Minister visits Washington it’s viewed as a tremendous honor for the Jewish State many people will be glued to their television sets watching his address to the Joint session of Congress um and so there is of course a domestic audience that is important to bear in mind but as I said um this trip is not without controversy there are quite a few activists in Israel who called on him not to leave until a hostage deal had been signed there were actual protests at the airport trying to prevent him from reaching his plane of course he he did manage to get off um and I think there were many other voices that said look this is important of course the United States is an ally but it is much more urgent for us to seal the deal and bring those remaining hostages home they cannot afford to spend even another minute in Hamas captivity and those voices are quite prominent in Israel at this time with that criticism in mind if he does not reach an agreement within the coming days or the coming weeks what do you think happens well it’s he has indicated that a a deal of some kind is likely to happen in the near future he told the hostage families that just the other day he’s been sending messages in a variety of different ways through various different channels that this seems to be in the offing he will be dispatching um a delegation of negotiators to katar tomorrow in order to continue those negotiations indirect negotiations of course with Hamas um so it looks like this will happen What happens if it doesn’t I mean look we’ve been seeing that reality for the past few months these negotiations have been starting and stopping we have seen time and again Kamas has posed an obstacle one obstacle after another in order to prevent these hostages from reaching fruition we hope that doesn’t happen and that at some point in the near future we’ll be able to see those hostages brought home a mayor You’ have been speaking with us since literally the morning of October 7th we always appreciate your time and your expertise thanks for joining us this morning thank you the director of The Secret Service resigned yesterday after a chorus of bipartisan calls for her removal following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump also this morning new video has surfaced that shows the tense moments immediately after the shooting NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles joins us with the latest on all this Ryan good morning Hey Joe good morning and Kimberly che’s decision to step down comes as the investigation into the assassination attempt is ramping up with Congress in many ways taking the lead revealing information that the Secret Service and other federal agencies have been reluctant to release among them new video from the rooftop where the gunman was positioned it was released by Senator Chuck Grassley who is demanding answers and we do want to warn you you may find this disturbing right there obviously new video this morning shows the immediate aftermath following the attempt on Donald Trump’s life don’t know treating that as suspicious device the body cam video shows local law enforcement and Secret Service agents on top of the roof where the shooter was perched the gunman’s body partially blurred in the video his long gun nearby an agent asking a local officer about what sniper saw before the shooting and our sniper seeing him walking away from that I believe okay the Secret Service referring NBC News to Senator Chuck grassley’s office but saying the agency is committed to better understanding what happened Senator Grassley said he shared the video publicly to demonstrate how local police are sharing more evidence with Congress than Federal investigators it’s part of a broader frustration by Congress that the Federal response has been slow and evasive and also what led members of Congress to push for the resignation of secret service director Kimberly cheel cheel was plagued by The Fallout from the assassination attempt on former president Trump and found herself unable to answer direct questions from lawmakers were you guessing or lying when you said you didn’t turn down requests from president Trump’s detail neither sir former president Trump weighing in on che’s resignation overnight I don’t think had much of a choice that was a pretty bad day for by any circumstance now the Trump campaign plans to stop holding outdoor rallies two sources familiar with his campaign operations tell NBC News Savannah asking top Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller about that possibility two days after the rally is the campaign considering making any security adjustments as the the campaign goes forward these open air rallies I mean the candidates love and the Secret Service does not well of course there’ll be security adjustments that are made by the Secret Service in conjunction with the campaign the Secret Service detail that’s with President Trump all the time do an excellent job for president Trump and we’re in full confidence that they’ll make sure that President Trump is safe going forward and the homeland security secretary Alejandro maoris who oversees the Secret Service immediately elevated the agency’s deputy director Ronald Ro Jr a 24-year agency veteran as the acting director and additionally the Beaver County sheriff and Beaver County Emergency Management office did not respond to an NBC News request for comment about the body cam video that was posted by Senator Grassley Joe all right Ryan thank you so much time now for your midweek forecast with meteorologist Angie lman Angie what can you tell us we are halfway there Joe midweek indeed and we’ve still no surprise got some of these heat alerts up out west that’s not going to change anytime soon but this morning 28 million people across parts of of the West are dealing with this we’ve got Las Vegas Sacramento you can see up in parts of the Northern Plains included in that as well as Salt Lake City those are just some of the spots that we’re going to be watching today to once again reach 100° or higher Salt Lake City expected to hit 103 that’s going to be flirting with or at least near record temperature uh for this date 105 is the current record for this date in Salt Lake City so we’ll see if we can we can break that potentially we’ll be near it at least Grand Junction headed to 100 we’ve got Lake Havasu City expected to head to 116° so the heat in place yet again across this region for the day today and tomorrow too notice we’ve got some 90s in there high 90s at that a little better though in Salt Lake City as we get into tomorrow but still above normal in places like Las Vegas 112 you can expect for your day tomorrow and more of the same here as we get into the weekend even Denver ending up into the mid90s Friday and Saturday even warmer by the time Sunday rolls around we’ve got Witchita into the 90s as we get through the day uh the day Friday Saturday and Sunday in Las Vegas we’ll stay above 100 for the long haul that goes well through the weekend similar story for our friends in Phoenix too now the good news is of the weather forecast of course yes it’s hot out west but we’ve got really quiet conditions across parts of the tropics that is what we like to see right and there’s a reason why we’ve got some of that Saharan dust working off the the off of Africa and into the trade winds and that kind of leaves everything a whole lot quieter we see the sinking air we see uh really a difficulty with Development Across that main region that we normally watch during this time of year now one note is that this kind of lull in activity that’s allowed our water temperatures to heat up even more and no surprise we still have record warm water across this region it’s the warmest on date for this or it’s the warmest on record for this date uh and we likely will see that continue to warm here as we get through the next couple of weeks now one thing that we’re noticing is that we likely will see some more favorable conditions as we get into early August so we’re far from done from this season with this season yet we’ve still got plenty of months to go and with these really warm Waters that’s going to be concerning here uh as we get through at least July and into August over the next month or so one note though we’ll still be dealing with the rain across parts of the southeast Joe this is going to last up into the Mid-Atlantic too through the day today but we will be most concerned about some flooding across parts of Texas in Louisiana this front that we’ve been watching yesterday and today and will be around tomorrow it sticks around and leaves us just kind of um unsettled and in with this annoying rain but some of it could really pack a punch when it comes to rainfall totos up Wards of 7 to 9 in possible across already saturated grounds in that area I forgot my umbrella today oh all right I’m sure somebody around here has one you can borrow maybe a meteorologist May perhaps you have like a Supply right an endless supply of umbrellas all right Angie thank you so much much more to come on this hour of morning news now including the new federal investigation being launched into Delta as passengers across the country continue to reel from heavy delays caused by last week’s massive Global Tech outage first so after after the break an update on the case of Brian cerg the man accused of murdering those four University of Idaho students while his lawyers are looking to switch up the venue of his upcoming trial next year got those stories and more up next the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks good to have you with us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers developing right now on Morning News Now growing frustrations over the migrant crisis reports of new drone attacks by Ru militants the storm is creating dangerous conditions all across the region now let’s get to some Financial headlines new rules are coming to cap credit card late feed talking tuition as a new class of freshman gets ready to go to college this is a big decision for families do you think this could impact how people vote 100% Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 News lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on on NBC the fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing um pretty pretty bad hey there I’m hiy and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new developments let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this law actually will and won’t do Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I can keep talking till the Eiffel Tower starts sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle it’s sparkling it’s happening nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore there is some late breaking news all right news for the generation of now is NB news now you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwartz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a b or not the craziest ride I have ever hitch that is totality do you see yourselves in space I feel good to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week Night’s at 8 Eastern 5 PA pafic on NBC news now the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC we are back now with the latest developments in the case against the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students the lawyers for Brian koberger are now urging a judge to move his trial out of leat County and switch it to Boise his team argues the media coverage and public interest make it impossible for him to get a fair trial NBC News senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett has the details hey guys months ago we learned Brian cober’s defense team was surveying local residents to gauge their feelings about the man accused of this crime and now we see why his attorneys say he simply cannot get a fair trial unless it’s moved out of town blaming media attention for tainting potential jurors s Brian cobber the trial date is now finally set with the battle to move his trial out of town If you deny a change of venue Mr cober’s constitutional right to a fair trial is denied still wages on now in a new court filing Brian cober’s attorneys argue that lah county has been utterly corrupted by press coverage making it one of those rare cases that requires a change in venue koberger is charged with the murders of Madison Mogan Kayla galz Zan corod and Ethan chapen four University of Idaho students found fatally stabbed in their off-campus home in November of 2022 prosecutors say the trial currently set for summer 2025 should stay in Leah County where the killings took place we at least owe the people of lah County the attempt to see a jury here first and not just rely on there’s been a lot of publicity there’s been a lot of publicity everywhere but cob Berger’s attorneys argue that the Leon County jury pool is prejudiced by extensive publicity that’s ongoing and inflammatory right now he’s being held to have a trial in a county that believes that he is guilty the defense citing a survey they conducted finding 70% of locals have already formed a guilty opinion of cobber arguing the trial should be held in Idaho’s largest county in Boise but the state is pushing back it’s not Moscow it’s not Leah County it’s everywhere so I don’t think that a change of venue is going to solve any of these problems overnight an attorney for kayy gonz’s family saying they believe it’s a no-brainer to keep the case in lah County it would be an incredible hardship on all of the family and friends that are going to be attending this as well as the the witnesses the prosecution the defense everyone has to move the entire case 6 hours away the judge is set to take up this issue on August 29th back to you all right Laura thank you so much time for some International headlines starting with rival Palestinian factions signing an agreement to form a temporary Unity government NBC’s Josh Letterman has that in other world stories Josh good morning hey good morning Joe these two rival Palestinian factions struck this deal to try to form a new government together after mediation by China so Hamas which has been in power in the Gaza Strip and fat which is the largest faction in the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank are agreeing to try to come together in the future uh as they are looking for solutions for who could actually govern the Gaza Strip after the war is over uh in Gaza but the big question is who is going to actually accept this because both the US and Israel insist Hamas cannot be part of the equation in the future going forward in Gaza now over to France where president am macron is delaying the formation of a new government until after the Olympic Games which of course start on Friday macron has to appoint a new prime minister after his Centrist Coalition failed to win a majority in France’s elections and a leftist coalition came out on top instead but macron now says the current government will stay put in a caretaker role until mid August to allow those Olympics to go off smoothly and finally if the weekend felt a little hotter than normal to you it wasn’t just you the European Union’s Cernic’s climate change service says Sunday was the hottest day on Earth ever recorded the average global temperature got close to 63° F beating the record set last July and raising further fears about the fast pace of global warming the head of the EU climate Authority says we are now in Uncharted Territory and expect new heat records to 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so for a lot of people who are showing up at airports Nationwide today they’re going to be holding their Collective breath the question Delta passengers are asking this morning is this the day Delta’s meltdown melts away it’s like 4 days in trouble really because of all the delays today marks day six since Friday’s massive computer crash that crippled Delta’s operations worldwide leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded for days and struggling to find or talk to Delta agents Delta’s going to have to come off some money for this because this has been quite expensive now the transportation department is demanding answers we’ve launched an investigation into the situation with Delta the big question why has it taken Delta so long to recover from Friday’s Global computer crash while other airlines mostly recovered over the weekend are you getting any explanation from Delta why it’s it’s taking so long to answer phone calls why people are standing in four five 6 hour long lines only to find out that their next flight is canceled any explanation from Delta management not any good ones in a statement Delta says its teams are working tirelessly to care for and make it right for customers impacted by delays and cancellations on Tuesday Delta canceled nearly 500 flights more than 5400 since Friday morning the most affected airports Atlanta Delta home airport and key hubs including Detroit Minneapolis LaGuardia Washington Reagan Boston Salt Lake and JFK we haven’t gotten any information and we’ve all been wearing the same clothes for two days now with misplaced luggage piling high at many airports the challenge now is finding the right bag I always want my luggage now I want things to go back to normal cuz I plan on doing some traveling it’s sort of like being on Gilligan Island going for a short little tour and not being sure when you’re going to get off the island yeah one more problem here Delta has had a an awful lot of un accompanied miners getting stranded in airports Nationwide that has got a lot of parents very angry some of them unable to get their kid from one point to another Point giving up and driving hundreds of miles to get to their child Delta says it’s worth working on that is suspended unaccompanied minor tra travel uh on Tuesday but they’ve had several days of unaccompanied children stuck in airports Nationwide back to you that’s another major nightmare didn’t even think about that all right Tom Costello thank you so much we have with us now travel expert Mark Elwood uh for more on this new investigation into Delta Mark good morning morning so as we heard Tom saying this is now the sixth day of flight cancellations thankfully things do appear to be improving but what was it about Delta that made things so complicated with this computer outage and what do you think the investigation needs to focus on so what Delta said the problem was was that it was its busiest weekend of the year and essentially it had a problem that the planes and the staff weren’t in the right place that the system that coordinated that melted down but I think the biggest problem is an image issue we think of Delta charges as more and says we’re the best airline we’re the straight A student and it got an F for performance and the big shortfall there means that’s why if if other airlines have a few problems we’re less surprised we were very disappointed in Delta it’s sort of like we’re like a parent looking at Delta saying I you could do better right I think that’s good and a lot of people are saying that right now I mean secretary Bud Jed says they’ve received at least 3,000 complaints specific to the situation honestly that number sounds low based on everything we’ve had does it look like today or tomorrow things will be back on track and bigger picture long term what does this mean for Delta since it’s always had this sort of feeling that this is the the best airline and they can’t do anything wrong look I think the CEO has said it’s going to take a couple of days I wouldn’t assume that everything will be a Ticky boo till at least the weekend there are going to still be some knock on there I think long term the way Delta can claw back a little bit of our love is to be a little less expensive and I suspect we’ll see Delta softening its prices to lure us back on and essentially to say look remind yourself of how great we are treat yourself take a Delta flight so I’d watch those prices I like that Mark I sure hope that comes true all right what should folks do if they’re still caught in this kind of Tailwind with the delays and cancellations what are some good tips to keep in mind all the time about what we can do when we’re stock so look when your flight is delayed or canceled there there are different reasons for it and a lot more k a lot more compensation kicks in if it’s a controlled problem and on Friday the dot said this was a controllable problem so that means your rights are much greater and you can go to the dot has a website and you can look for a little pul down menu there and see each Airline what each airline has committed to do in this circumstance because it does vary Air Airline by Airline and check your credit cards because often if you’ve bought your flight with a credit card there will be built-in travel insurance which can support you if you’ve incurred extra costs like a hotel excellent all right Mark Elwood as always thank you so much learned a lot coming up we are taking art to a whole new level after the break I’m going to introduce you to the Brooklyn artist who’s morphing the humble Emoji into iconic masterpieces but first if you are looking to save some green at the grocery store Extreme Couponing might just be the answer and I’m not talking about the Snipping and clipping of the past it’s all about saving those dollars digitally I will explain and show you next stick around you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwartz We are following some breaking news severe storms 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a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something big what is going to happen now going back and forth oh right nice to see you welcome back with inflation keeping grocery prices higher than most of us would like more Americans are looking for ways to save at the store and that desire to save is making discounts like coupons more valuable than ever now securing the best deals it’s actually easier than you might think there’s a method to the madness and I spoke with some experts who gave me some tips to help you arm yourself with the coupons that will make a big difference in your wallet we’re at $439 79 it’s that satisfying sound that made Millions eager to clip and Shop what is our total 0 0 0 y but today toss those scissors there’s a more efficient way to get in on the couponing craze I just got $110 in groceries for $48 herside pickup all on my phone I didn’t even have to get out of my champion jamp this extreme coupon what during the pandemic four years ago kiry too and her husband lost their jobs the mom of two turned to Extreme Couponing to help the family save how much would you estimate that couponing saves your family each month5 6 $700 a month what would surprise people the most about couponing it is not like TLC Extreme Couponing now it’s all on your phone you download an app you scan a barcode or enter your phone number at the register your coupons automatically come off no one has any idea that you’re couponing but you’re saving your money immediately at the register the average American household spends more than $1,000 a month on groceries and prices have risen 25% since 2020 last year more than 90% of Shoppers used a coupon in order to save money you’ve got to change your mindset and break out of your routine a little bit Joanie Demmer is the co-founder of the crazy coupon lady what is your top strategy when it comes to couponing I think shopping around and just learning the price points so if you’re buying cereal every week make sure you know what it is you’re paying drugstores are my personal favorite for a starting line because the Loyalty program there and all of the coupons available in those apps make it really really easy to save at least 50% she says this is what you need to keep mind when starting first pick one store and join the Loyalty program to get the member discounts and rewards look for store and manufacturer coupons most can be found in the store’s app or online and think outside the box determine what you buy based on sale prices I put these tips to the test at CVS first up cereal I’m going to show you how much you can save you see the Cheerios here they’re on sale extra big deal $1.99 you think that’s a good price well open up the CVS app search for the manufacturer coupon boom you save a dollar on two cereals so I’m going to get the Cheerios and some Lucky Charms next up an expensive item laundry detergent I did my research ahead of time so I know it’s on sale at the store and there’s a coupon in the app plus get this if you spend $25 or more in laundry items CVS is giving in extra $8 in extra bucks rewards towards your future purchase CVS cash you can use on future purchases similar to other reward program programs like Target which offers store gift cards based on your purchases my cart this item is on sale I found another coupon for $2 off in the app let’s get some coffee time to check out and see how much I saved okay so before I apply my app with all the coupons it’s $264 Moment of Truth scan it for me Ricardo look at these deductions oh we’re under 100 bucks is that the total it is absolutely $969 6 that is awesome feel like a heavyweight coupon Champion right now boom yes let CVS coupons are so legendary for being long that was actually 50% savings just using the coupons in our app I also received $29 in extra bucks rewards so I can use those towards my next purchase it is legit it works and it really isn’t that hard Joe we all are you know used to shopping with apps days that is a lot of savings right there very cool thank you so much all right now to some more money news Google Go’s parent company alphabet suffering on Wall Street this morning uh cnbc’s syvan hanell joins us with that and other news hey good morning syvan hey Vicki Hey Joe good morning too yeah well shares of alphabet are under pressure as growth in Google’s ad sales slowed in the latest quarter now that’s putting a dent an alphabet’s primary source of Revenue as it spends more money on AI Investments such as its Gemini search engine revenue from YouTube also missing analyst estimates Al now shares of Tesla are set to slide today as earnings Miss forecast for the fourth straight quarter profits are being squeezed by Price cuts for Tesla’s electric vehicles and higher spending on AI technology to convert those EVS into self-driving cars and build humanoid robots for factory work and other tasks the company says it’s on track to produce new vehicles including a more affordable model in the first half of next year and has scheduled the event to unveil its Robo tax on October 10th speaking of Tesla Elon Musk is pushing back on reports saying he’s donating $45 million a month to a super pack supporting former president Trump leading up to the November election in an interview with conservative commentator Jordan Peterson musk says the report is not true Trump referenced the report from The Wall Street Journal at a recent rally musk says he did help create the super pack and is making donations at a quote lower level guys all right syvan thank you so much now we’re going to introduce you to an artist who recreates icons out of icons she is a Fashion Stylist from Brooklyn who has taken the word Emoji which is a noun and made it a verb as in I want to Emoji you take a look like a modernized Monae Lauren edelin makes art that from a distance clearly looks like Dolly Parton Britney Spears poop dog okay let’s take a closer look but when your eyes are inches away you see something else his beard is made out of ants yep his goatee is made out of crickets yes how do you even do this I see an emoji I know that ants have a really great texture that can look like hair you know I’m an emoji scientist except her lab is Tiny and mobile you see her canvas is her phone I use Instagram stories and I drag emoji on top of emoji on top of emoji to create the picture she discovered the Emoji Keyboard could be her painting palette 8 years ago when she created this picture of a vintage Jacket using purple umbrellas yellow ducks and pink purses before long she was doing celebrities making icons out of icons she says are are those peacocks for the irises they are peacocks and that’s a pool ball that is a disco ball which I really loved because I feel like Dolly Parton is someone that would have a disco ball in her eye moments like this bring her Emoji joy and I think that’s sort of my favorite part is watching people discover the picture and say oh my God his beard is hedgehogs when people have those reactions what goes through your mind it’s the best it’s so satisfying I love the Emoji art and emojis as a medium because I think there’s a relatability to it and I think they have such an inherent sense of humor a sense of wonder helps too I think the world appears in emoji form in my head walking through Brooklyn Lauren is constantly thinking about how she’d Emoji things or if I’m seeing a bush that might be made of Christmas trees and the green speedo on the edges the green Speedo the green Speedo is right there but her favorite emoji is the jellyfish it honestly looks glow-in-the dark the color I think in my professional opinion is the best color at Emoji if apple is listening right now what are the Emojis you need I would love a Croc I think that would be very funny she’s willing to be patient a virtue that comes in handy when some of your pieces take months even years to finish which does prompt reactions like this do you have a lot of time on your hands what is your screen time how did you do this let’s address the screen time question yeah what what is your screen time my screen time is just a message that pops up and says are you okay send help yet all that screen time led to some good oldfashioned FaceTime Lauren recently hosted her first art show it was titled her nails are Chili Peppers inspired by her dolly portrait it was amazing it was honestly I was blown away it was so fun when you find the joy in it and something feels creatively fulfilling it feels very easy to just Propel It Forward after all the possibilities are endless truly iconic Lauren’s currently working on her next art show she does have one more request for Apple by the way she says she would love a ravioli emoji love to see what she could do with it incredible she says it’s like it have little texture I go doesn’t that seem kind of ordinary no she could use that she could use that that beige color all it I want to check out the jellyfish I didn’t know it was so multi-dimensional all right coming up if you can’t wait until Friday’s opening ceremony to get your fill of Olympic magic well a few events are actually starting early like today after the break what we’ll be watching for when Team USA and Team France hit the pitch in just a few hours stick with us this is Morning News Now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news now the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne tap magnif fire we can zoom in oh look at that the steam from the ice takes out all the wrinkles the way to get it out is to use the shell that is left over it works every single time this is my 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still outstanding news for the generation of now is NBC News Now all right welcome back uh we have some breaking news this morning Salt Lake City has been picked to host the 2034 Winter Olympics it’s a return to the same site that hosted the 2002 Winter Games yeah USA is going to be big we’ve got La next Summer Games as well but before all that we are looking ahead to the Summer Olympics in Paris which is now just days from the opening ceremony some sporting events are actually kicking off today NBC News Chief International correspondent Kier Simmons is it Paris Forest once again Kier how are preps coming along for the opening ceremony on Friday well it seems pretty calm honestly Joe we we’re actually down here above the sand on the river if you like you want a little preview a little look around let me show you that’s the palet Royale behind me there and the Pont Royale along there now you can see the bleachers on that famous uh Bridge there are bleachers on almost every bridge along the river here and and you can see just across to look at that the where people are going to be seated as they watch this multi-mile long parade on the river history making now let’s just get Carlos our cameraman to to bring us across so I can show you uh the other side and the grand pet in the distance that’s the the building with the glass more bleaches along the river here further along the Alexander III uh Bridge just imagine Team USA and all the other teams along this River with the fireworks and the celebrations happening on Friday it’s going to be spectacular and yet you just wouldn’t know right now it’s just it’s quiet you you hear that there’s a lot of security but you know the French really know how to do this oh K I can just imagine it with that tour that you just gave us all around the bridge there talk to us about the sporting events that people can start watching today that’s right well there’s the soccer coming up of course we in Europe call it football um it’s France versus uh the us later today that inevitably is going to be a challenge the French are pretty good at playing football and it’s their Olympics but that that that’s an event that’s getting started listen you know it’s interesting isn’t it that some of the sports begin before the actual opening ceremony uh but there’s so much sport in the next few weeks they just got to pack it all in K we only have like 30 second seconds left remind us the star us athletes we’re going to be keeping an eye on over the next few weeks well obviously you know uh Simone B kayy Lei I’d look out for Noah ly he got the bronze in the 200 back in Tokyo if he can get gold in the 100 and the 200 at this Olympics that will be the first time since 1984 watch out for that all right no l has quickly become a big face of these games Kier thank you so much we appreciate your reporting as always have a great day out there it’s going to do it for this hour of morning news now but the news continues right now hey everybody good Wednesday we’re so glad you’re with us I’m Vicky win thanks for joining I’m Morgan Radford and BC News Daily starts right now today is Wednesday July 24th addressing the nation President Biden will speak from the Oval Office tonight about his decision to exit the 2024 race plus the new attacks against kamla Harris focusing on her race and gender from Donald Trump and his allies heated hearing lawmakers grilled Pharmacy benefit managers about the unaffordable drug prices that have led a lot of Americans to ration or even skip their doses the federal legislation that’s being introduced to crack down onpatient exploitation deep discount the average American household spends more than ,000 a month on groceries we are unpacking the couponing craze and sharing tips that will make a big difference in your wallet countdown to Paris the Olympics opening ceremony just two days away so we are going to tell you which Elite athletes will be the flag bearers representing Team USA welcome to NBC News Daily this Wednesday we start with President Biden’s Oval Office address tonight about his decision to exit the presidential race preparations for his speech have been underway since Sunday according to a source familiar with the matter Biden is expected to lay out what he hopes to do in his final six months in office now tonight’s remarks will kick off a new phase of the Biden Administration the effort to cement the president’s Legacy a White House official said the biggest factor in shaping how President Biden will be viewed in history will ultimately be whether vice president kamla Harris is successful in her bid to succeed him and news White House correspondent Monica ala joins us now from Washington DC uh Monica you have been doing excellent reporting on this sort of attempt at transition here in this White House and the president has not addressed the American people yet directly since that announcement uh what can we expect to hear from him in his remarks tonight well it was such a remarkable set of circumstances on Sunday because when the president did announce that he was going to exit the 2024 race he couldn’t come out and speak immediately because he still was suffering from covid and isolating at his Delaware Beach home so that is why instead we’re going to hear from him tonight in this Prime Time Oval Office address because he is now tested negative he’s back at the White House but it also gives them the advantage of a couple of days to really craft this speech that they want the president to have two purposes on they want him to be able to detail why he made that really consequential decision but also to lay out a road map for what they think is still possible in these next couple of months even though any lame duck president certainly has difficulties in accomplishing some things so close to an election and with Congress the way that it is so divided right now but he’s still going to talk about his aspirations and also sort of pass the torch to vice president Harris in terms of what she might be able to accomplish should she win the White House you know Monica within a day of announcing her candidacy vice president Harris is already facing attack centered on her race and gender how is that messaging playing into the campaign’s running mate pick and this is really something that people will tell you who worked with then Senator Harris when she was running in 2019 and ultimately then left that race ahead of 2020 that she is familiar with this this is something sadly that they’re all too used to in terms of these kinds of attacks and so it’s something where they feel like they’ve seen this Playbook before and they know how to respond to it by trying to point to her record but in terms of that running mate question that you just posed that is a larger discussion of making sure that whoever they pick to be this Vice Presidential nominee complements her in areas that could be perceived as more weaknesses or on issues that perhaps she will have more difficulty speaking to and so that is why when they’re looking at the range of some governors of at least one Senator and others they’re trying to assess based on what that person could bring to the table and what their kind of appeal could be with certain slivers of the electorate that they believe the Harris campaign at least insists they feel they’re on very strong footing with when it comes to Black and Latino voters when it comes to Women Voters but there are other areas and other certain geographical locations and issues that that is where they’re going to be evaluating this and we should point out that’s going to happen really quick on a compressed timeline in the coming weeks yeah we will be watching NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba thank you so much and tune in tonight to watch President Biden’s Oval Office address at 8 p.m. Eastern on NBC and NBC news now in less than two hours Israeli prime minister Benjamin and yahu is set to deliver a high stakes address to Congress it’s the first time he’s speaking to both Chambers since the October 7th attack all of this comes at a crucial moment for Netanyahu he’s facing growing pressure to reach a deal with Hamas to release the remaining hostages that are being held there in Gaza his trip to Washington has already sparked a wave of protest police arrested hundreds of pro Palestinian demonstrators just yesterday who staged a sittin on Capitol Hill dozens of Democratic lawmakers say they plan to boycott today’s speech NBC News Congressional correspondent Julie cirin is following this off from Capital Hill Julie I want to get into the cause and effect of all of this push back all of this pressure I mean the bottom line is Netanyahu is here because he’s looking to shore up support from the United States but he’s already getting that push back from lawmakers from families of American Israeli hostages so now that he’s here on us soil does all of this pressure make a difference well certainly we can expect that it will and it could Morgan look we expect to hear from Netanyahu the prime minister of Israel in less than 2 hours I can tell you the security around the capital is extremely tight I’ve never I haven’t seen this posture uh since the aftermath of the January 6th attack when you had barricades just all over this complex showing you the opposition to netanyahu’s visit here as you expect not only protests outside the building but as you alluded inside the building as Netanyahu looks to bring all sides together to bring them onto the cause of Israel it wages this war against Gaza and more importantly of course as we expect potentially a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel looking for Netanyahu to allude to some of that as he talks to lawmakers a lot of lawmakers especially on the Democratic side of the aisle are looking to skip this address one Republican for example uh Thomas Massie said he doesn’t want to be a prop in this JD Vance another Republican who is also the Vice Presidential nominee uh Republican nominee of course on that side of the aisle also skipping but you also have high profile Democrats that are skipping skipping out including speaker amitt Pelosi dick Durban as well the number two Democrat in the Senate here so we can look forward to see a lot more of that as the as the timing gets closer to netanyahu’s address here and Julie I know we are also given that timing told that Netanyahu is expected to meet with both vice president Harris and President Biden tomorrow he’s also supposed to head toor lagogo on Friday to speak with former president Donald Trump is all of this normal is it typical to speak to competing presidential candidates on a trip like this well this is almost like a repeat of 2015 where of course we saw that time a political divisive time in the country much like we are seeing now what awaits Netanyahu here on Capitol Hill and in Washington we do expect the vice president kamla Harris not to attend the address today this is something that then Vice President Biden did when Netanyahu came during the Obama Administration amid a time of divide among Democrats there for the Iran nuclear deer at that time so we do expect uh Netanyahu as you laid out to meet with Harris to also meet with President Biden tomorrow he’s also expected to meet as you said with former president Trump who is the Republican nominee it is obvious why he doesn’t want to leave the US without making that kind of Outreach to both sides of the aisle given that we are just months away from an election and this comes as Netanyahu is trying to rebuild his relationship with Trump in the aftermath of the 2020 election and his negative comments then against the uh the former president and also at a time where he doesn’t want to further alienate Democrats and that being the president and the vice president oh all right NBC News Congressional correspondent Julie cin for us Julie thanks Morgan Executives from the pharmaceutical industry were grilled on Capitol Hill yesterday over High drug prices NBC News correspondent Aaron mclaughin brings us those tense moments when bipartisan lawmakers directly accuse these Executives of inflating the cost of medicines for their own profit do you solemnly swear or affirm that the test the powerful middlemen managing prescription drug access for millions of Americans grilled on Capitol Hill people are dying because they can’t afford their medication and you all are part of the problem Pharmacy benefit managers or pbms are responsible for negotiating Pharmacy prices with drug manufacturers they’re being accused of profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing Main Street pharmacies impacting patients one survey shows nearly three in 10 Americans have rationed or skipped doses of prescribed medicines due to high costs you’re setting dramatically different prices for some medications across the country if you’re not delivering an outcome to the people who use it how long do you all think you’re going to have a job during the heated and complicated bipartisan hearing I feel like the more I hear the less I understand Democratic Congressman Ro cona pointed to the case of a 10-year-old girl who he says needed Huma to treat her juvenile arthritis but was denied for 6 months while her arthritis got worse they were saying that the doctor needed to prescribe something cheaper can you make a commitment today that you’ll privilege the doctor’s recommendation over the bureaucracies recommendation as a physician I hope you understand this we value our partnership with Physicians Executives from the three largest pbms responsible for managing access to nearly 80% of all prescription drugs in the US pushed back on allegations they drive up prices last year loan we saved our clients $64 billion they blame brand manufacturers who they say raised drug costs up to 60% it’s hard work to keep those costs down for patients and clients bipartisan lawmakers has introduced legislation they say is aimed at cracking down on patient exploitation one of dozens of efforts to reform pbms at the federal and state level Aaron mcglocklin NBC News wait is time now for our CNBC money minute Southwest Airlines is facing Federal scrutiny now after a string of near accidents in the recent months all of this according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal CNBC Global markets reporter SEMA Modi joins us now so SEMA some of these incidents seem pretty serious what are federal Regulators doing now to prevent these close calls well Vicki the FAA is looking into southwest’s operations more broadly according to the Wall Street Journal the audit should be done in three months and will focus on pilot training Landing approaches and maintenance procedures the team will also look into Southwest safety practices over a longer period of time Southwest Southwest West says it’s working with the FAA and has a team of experts to take a closer look into its safety system in other news BMW is recalling over 290,000 Vehicles over safety fears in a crash the national highway traffic safety administration said the interior cargo rails could detach during a crash which could increase injury risks the recall affects some X3 SUV models from 2018 to 2023 and 2 months after filing for a chapter 11 bankruptcy Red Lobster could soon have a new owner Court filing show an entity consisting of the restaurant chains lenders is said to be the Chain’s new owner after it bid $376 million to acquire the restaurant’s remaining assets if the sale goes through Red Lobster should have more flexibility to reorganize and run more efficiently back to you listen if that means the cheddar biscuits stick around we take it CNBC Global markets repor is SEMA Modi thanks SEMA well speak a food with grocery prices still high coupons are more important than ever we’re going to show you how to hunt for discounts and save big no scissors required that’s coming up after the break you are watching NBC News Daily he we report live from Tel Aviv from puz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place where Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now with the rising cost of food Americans are looking for just simple ways to save money and while coupons have been around for decades they now are more valuable than ever they really are deep discounts are also easier to come by thanks to our smartphones there is a method to the madness I went on an expedition with the experts to show you how to make the biggest difference for your wallet we’re at $439 79 it’s that satisfying sound that made Millions eager to clip and Shop what is our total z0 but today toss those scissors there’s a more efficient way to get in on the couponing craze I just got $110 in groceries for $48 herside pickup all on my phone I didn’t even have to get out of my Champion Jam this extreme coupon or what during the pandemic four years ago kiry too and her husband lost their jobs the mom of two turned to Extreme Couponing to help the family save how much would you estimate that couponing saves your family each month 56 $700 a month what would surprise people the most about couponing it is not like TLC EX coupon now it’s all on your phone you download an app you scan a barcode or enter your phone number at the register your coupons automatically come off no one has any idea that you’re couponing but you’re saving your money immediately at the register the average American household spends more than $1,000 a month on groceries and prices have risen 25% since 2020 last year more than 90% of Shoppers used a coupon in order to save money you’ve got to change your mindset and break out of your routine a little bit Jo Demmer is the co-founder of the crazy coupon lady what is your top strategy when it comes to couponing I think shopping around and just learning the price points so if you’re buying cereal every week make sure you know what it is you’re paying if drugstores are my personal favorite for a starting line because the Loyalty program there and all of the coupons available in those apps make it really really easy to save at least 50% she says this is what you need to keep in mind when starting first pick one store and join the Loyalty program to get the member number discounts and rewards look for store and manufacturer coupons most can be found in the store’s app or online and think outside the box determine what you buy based on sale prices I put these tips to the test at CVS first St cereal I’m going to show you how much you can save you see the Cheerios here they’re on sale extra big deal $1.99 you think that’s a good price well open up the CVS app search for the manufacturer coupon boom you save a dollar on two cereals so I’m get the Cheerios and some Lucky Charms next up an expensive item laundry detergent I did my research ahead of time so I know it’s on sale at the store and there’s a coupon in the app plus get this if you spend $25 or more in laundry items CVS is giving an extra $8 in extra bucks rewards towards your future purchase CVS cash you can use on future purchases similar to other reward programs like Target which offers store gift cards based on your purchases out my car this item is on sale I found another coupon for $2 off in the app let’s get some coffee time to check out and see how much I saved okay so before I apply my app with all the coupons it’s $264 Moment of Truth scan it for me Ricardo look at these deductions oh we’re under 100 bucks is that the total it is absolutely $96.99 that is awesome feel like a heavyweight coupon Champion right now boom yes who doesn’t love a good Saving right legendary coupon length to at CVS that was a 50% savings just using the coupons in the app and also I got another $29 in extra bucks rewards so I can use those towards my next purchase so listen it doesn’t take a lot of effort and the return is it’s worth it exactly all right thanks Vicki listen the demand for mortgages is dropping as home buyers hold out for lower interest rates and applications for mortgages fell another 4% last week compared to the previous week and all of that is according to the mortgage Banker Association economists say the decline is just part of the ongoing affordability challenges for home buyers despite interest rates being at the lowest level since February analysts say many in the market are holding out for another rate cut by the FED which could happen in September listen do not go anywhere lawyers for the man accused of killing four University of Idaho college students are now fighting for a change of venue we’re going to talk about the evidence that they say proves he cannot receive a fair trial all that and more Straight Ahead you’re watching NBC newss daily report live from telev from puz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC news now we are now getting new video from a criminal investigation in Texas into three school librarians yeah a County officer there wants them to face felony charges for allegedly giving students books that he says he felt were inappropriate Scott fredman from NBC Dallas Ford worth breaks down the videos and the accusations against Librarians you’ve seen police body camera videos but maybe never like this essentially The Librarians are the are my suspects if they’re the ones that are choosing the books and putting them in there you know they’re the ones that are carrying the the criminal liability you’re watching a Texas County Constable informing a school superintendent that the school librarians are suspected of crime the const visits Granbury Texas schools in May of 2022 searching for library books he suspects are obscene and attempting to question the Librarians who are now targets of a criminal investigation if you want to hear what I have to say you’re welcome to stay and if if you don’t you can go back to the library I mean but I wanted to afford you the opportunity to sit down and hear what I have to say and and see if you wanted to say anything or not NBC News obtained the videos through an open records request along with more than 800 page case File it reveals the Constable drafted criminal complaints and submitted them to a district attorney seeking felony charges against three Librarians for Distributing harmful materials to miners these women that are amazing Educators and Librarians have been terrified for over two years now that they’re going to get arrested hauled off to jail on a felony charge local attorney Paul Hyde has spoken with two of The Librarians since the early days of the investigation Hyde served on a parent committee that voted to keep some of the controversial books in the libraries and says book debates should be resolved by school boards not with handcuffs law enforcement had no business be involved in this debate whatsoever we’ve seen some investigations into libraries but this went a lot further uh you had here uh police putting together uh indictments and preparing for an arrest of librarians and Free Speech attorney Adam steinbaugh tracks the nation’s culture wars over books and says the Granbury case appears to be one of the most extensive attempts to prosecute Librarians in Granbury the district attorney ultimately declined to file charges in April telling the constable in an email the evidence was insufficient to prove a felony NBC News is not identifying the Librarians because they were not charged with any crimes and they’ve declined to speak with us about the investigation case records show the books targeted by the Constable include The Bluest Eye by Nobel prizewinning author Tony Morrison often taught in high school literature classes but for decades it’s generated controversy over its depiction of sexual abuse under Texas law a book cannot be deemed harmful to children just because it has explicit content The book must also be found to have no redeeming social value for minors I’m doing a criminal investigation into some of your staff so the Constable Scott London launched his investigation after two women who wanted a list of books removed from schools say London approached them and asked if they would file a complaint London has acknowledged contacting the women after hearing them speak at a republican meeting he told us in 2022 that he reviewed the pornography statute with them and they filed a report because they believed there was a case London declined an interview request for this report and did not respond to detailed questions we sent London is a former New Mexico sheriff and supporter of the far-right Constitution Sheriff’s movement even appearing at constitutional Sheriff training events captured in social media photos the movement promotes the idea that local Law Enforcement Officers can disregard laws they personally deem unconstitutional in an interview for a report that aired months after the library investigation began London denied that his political or personal views influenced his decision to investigate uh it has it has nothing to do with the Constitution the nation’s oldest library Association says the investigation is chilling no Library professional no educational professional should face these threats we simply doing the job and attempting to serve the needs of their students or serve the needs of their Community a case that stirred a community and astonished Librarians Across America Scott fredman NBC News Dallas our thanks to Scott for that report stay with us you are watching NBC News Daily and you can watch us free 24/7 on our stream Network NBC news now look at all these places where you can stream us you can take us with you on the Go YouTube Hulu Roku of course peacock your news continues right after this oh oh m news lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything anymore let’s break down what we you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC News Now welcome back we’re it is 12:30 in Jacksonville Florida and right here in New York City I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky win here’s what’s making news right now run run run run run can you imagine seeing that in person a hydrothermal explosion sent visitors running at Yellowstone National Park yesterday the huge blast spewed rocks and steam into the air not far from the Old Faithful Geyser it made a mess of the boardwalk which is now temporarily closed but the Park Service says thankfully no one was hurt a fake video that’s spreading online which claims to show Hamas Fighters threatening the Paris Olympics apparently came from Russia that’s according to researchers at Microsoft they tell NBC news that it looks like the work of a known Russian disinformation group and is part of a campaign that’s meant to disrupt the event the US Army has disciplined three Army Reserve officers over last year’s mass shooting rampage in Maine that left 18 people dead the gunman was a reservist and a newly released report by the military found he displayed repeated warning signs before that shootings spre but there was a series of failures by unit leadership the defense team for the man accused of killing four college students in Idaho is now fighting to move his trial out of town yeah Brian cob Berger’s lawyers claim that it is impossible for him to get a fair trial in the county where the murders happened NBC News senior legal correspondent Laura jera explains why prosecutors are pushing back hey guys months ago we learned Brian cober’s defense team was surveying local residents to G their feelings about the man accused of this crime and now we see why his attorneys say he simply cannot get a fair trial unless it’s moved out of town blaming media attention for tainting potential jurors St since Brian cber the trial date is now finally set but the battle to move his trial out of town If you deny a change of venue Mr cober’s constitutional right to a fair trial is denied still wages on now in a new court filing Brian cober’s attorneys argue that lah county has been utterly corrupted by press coverage making it one of those rare cases that requires a change in venue coburger is charged with the murders of Madison Mogan Kayla galz Zan corod and Ethan chapen four University of Idaho students found fatally stabbed in their off-campus home in November of 2022 prosecutors say the trial currently set for summer 2025 should stay in Leah County where the killings took place we at least owe the people of Lop County the attempt to see a jury here first and not just rely on there’s been a lot of publicity there’s been a lot of publicity everywhere but cober’s attorneys argue that the Leon County jury pool is prejudiced by extensive publicity that’s ongoing and inflammatory right now he’s being held to have a trial in a county that believes that he is guilty the defense citing a survey they conducted finding seven % of locals have already formed a guilty opinion of coburger arguing the trial should be held in Idaho’s largest county in Boise but the state is pushing back it’s not Moscow it’s not Leah County it’s everywhere so I don’t think that a change of venue is going to solve any of these problems overnight an attorney for kayy gonzales’s family saying they believe it’s a no-brainer to keep the case in lah County it would be an incredible hardship on all of the family and friends that are going to be attending this as well as the the witnesses the prosecution the defense everyone has to move the entire case 6 hours away the judge is set to take up this issue on August 29th back to you all right Laura thank you hurricane Ida devastated Louisiana back in 2021 and in the days before the storm a nursing home owner there allegedly evacuated hundreds of residents to a Barren Warehouse yeah Authority say several people died and prosecutors called for the owner to face prison time but just this week a judge sentenced him to probation and fines NBC News correspondent Valerie Castro has more on how the victim’s families are now reacting the Louisiana man who sent 800 nursing home residents to ride out a deadly hurricane in an IL equipped Warehouse escaping jail time prosecutors say Bob Dean evacuated patients from Seven facilities he operated to this Warehouse outside of New Orleans before hurricane Ida made landfall as a category 4 storm in 2021 a State Health Department investigation revealing overcrowding extreme heat and lack of food and sanitation created squalid living conditions in the warehouse and in the aftermath of the storm seven of those evacuees died five directly related to the storm no power not even emergency generator no lights no elevators Dean will serve three years probation in exchange for pleading no contest to 15 criminal counts including including cruelty to persons with infirmities Medicaid fraud and obstruction of justice victim’s family members reacting to the sentencing that was a complete slap in the face not only to my father not only to those who lost their lives but to every single person that was in that warehouse Dean declining to answer questions from our NBC affiliate in New Orleans why did you treat the people like that the people who were in your facility families say they were left in the dark about their loved ones conditions they found my dad in a T-shirt and a diaper no pants no shoes nothing he was he was cold he was he had eaten in 48 hours Dean was facing 20 years in prison and the State Attorney General had asked quote specifically that he be sentenced to a minimum of 5 years in prison and not be given only probation adding I remain of the opinion that Dean should be serving prison time but Dean’s attorney insisting it’s time to move beyond the tragedy natural disasters have consequen es for both communities and people those consequences play out in different ways and I’m glad that we can get this particular incident in consequence resolved the way we did today and we can all the families and everybody and Mr Dean and the community can now move forward but for some that’s an uphill battle there is no closure there never will be closure um but you hope to get a sense of peace to be where we are today and this is the outcome that we get it’s uh it’s really hard to take Valerie Castro NBC News the presidential election is less than four months away and financial experts have a major warning yeah they are advising against letting election Jitters Cloud your investing decisions and there are several steps you can take to keep your emotions in check and protect your portfolio CNBC senior personal finance correspondent Sharon erson joins us now Sharon I love this Topic start with the misconceptions that investors have during an election year I think everyone is hanging on each candidate’s word to find out what can we expect is going to happen to our money what is Promised is not necessarily going to be the policy change that happens or regulatory change that happens and so planning what you’re going to do with your money based on these promises doesn’t make a lot of sense but there’s so much uncertainty and that uncertainty causes a great deal of turmoil in the stock market and yes we’re going to definitely see dips so we might see big ones but that doesn’t mean that the markets are going to go lower because of the outcome in fact historically once the candidate becomes president the stock market rallies once we know who that candidate’s going to be so it’s the rash decision to take your money out of the market because you’re so uncertain that’s not what you want to do but it is human nature right to want to like protect what’s yours to protect what you work so hard to earn so how do we sort of protect ourselves from our own knee-jerk reactions well I think you protect yourself by planning what you want and seeing what you want literally picturing what your goal is put a picture of that new home that you want like a vision board exactly exactly where you want to be and what you want to do for that money goal and figure out what is fact that is being said and what is fiction or what hasn’t happened yet and make sure you’re only relying on the facts when you’re making your decisions about your finances the best part is now you actually are going to uncover review rebalance reimagine what your Investments are take this opportunity to look at what you have where your money is and where you want it to go and what you want it to do for you and then don’t spiral and that’s the hardest thing to not do right because we’re like What if this happens and then that could happen and then I won’t be able I do this like a lot that’s why I can do this exercise so well but I love this advice from a financial therapist which is to spread out the stressors what are all the write them all down what are all the things that are stressing you out what can you steps can you take right now to deal with the first one okay and and that just the exercise of doing that help to ease your Stress and Anxiety feels like you’re a little bit more in control a little bit more in control exactly trying to figure out what you can tackle I like the idea of a financial vision board yeah Sharon these are always great tips thank you so much Sharon everon CNBC senior personal finance correspondent remember for more advice from Sharon you can check out her money11 newsletter through the QR code right there on your screen and remember this is a free eight week series to help improve your financial Wellness so definitely go check it out it’s good I get it thank you Sharon well many Americans usually go through summer looking for that perfect Golden Tan but now there’s a growing trend of so-called Sun anxiety yeah it’s when someone is fearful or has anxiety about the damage from the Sun Lauren Petty from NBC Chicago spoke with one dermatologist about how to manage that type of stress while staying safe while some relish the Summer sun others are taking sunblock a step further by staying out of the sun completely they’re so fearful of the Sun that they’re actually either covering up completely when they do go out or they’re staying indoors essentially throughout all of the all of the day the Dermatology chair at rush Dr David Reed says Sun anxiety is real it’s a fear of the Sun or of damage from the Sun and this is increasingly common amongst our patients in a survey from behavioral research firm Veil linkx while 71% of people cherish moments in the sun 38% of people report never feeling fully relaxed in the Sun and 41% ex exess concerns about sun damage there’s evidence that sun exposure especially excessive sun exposure does cause skin cancer or is associated with it also it is associated with accelerated aging of the skin while there are very good reasons to be concerned about Too much exposure to the sun there are also benefits that can’t be overlooked as well many positive benefits to the Sun including vitamin D production increased mood regulation of the sleep wake cycle even as a dermatologist Dr Reed believes Sun in moderation is best for our physical and mental health withdrawing exclusively and not getting any sun exposure not exercising Outdoors not meeting friends and family for outdoor activities that’s not beneficial either sun safety includes paying attention to time of day sunscreen is a must we recommend for most people a minimum of SPF 30 somewhere between 30 and 50 is sufficient the veiling survey found more consumers are looking for multi asking products that offer sun protection and anti-aging benefits like vitamin C but do they work we’re seeing more of those on the market and overall they’re very effective at preventing sun damage and preventing skin cancer and the Aging of skin experts say the best sunscreen is the one you’re going to use we know that most people don’t apply enough as well as the importance of reapplying every two hours a rule to follow to enjoy the Summer sun without feeling anxious for NBC News Daily I’m Lauren Petty the final preparations are being made for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies this Friday can you imagine just a couple days away we’re going to take you to Paris with a live inside look in just a moment stay right here you’re watching NBC News Daily he the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC hi we are just two days away from the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where more than 10,000 top tier athletes will be making their way down the city sen River can you imagine so close and just this morning American tennis star Coco goof found out she will be accompanying basketball legend LeBron James as team USA’s youngest ever flag bearer take a listen to her reaction earlier on today and I was completely shocked like I never would have crossed my mind you know it wasn’t in yeah I have no words honestly well even now I get emotional thinking about it but so many incredible people um just think that I’m worthy of this and it it means a lot truly she is worthy of this and there’s even more international news the international Olympic Committee is now confirming that Salt Lake City Utah will host the 2034 Winter Games just 10 years away uh already there on the map listen for a closer look at the anticipation ahead of Fridays the festivities let’s go ahead to NBC News Chief International correspondent k Simmons there Kier it is great to see you today first off let’s just talk preparations let’s talk security what is the scene right now in Paris just two days away well there’s yeah look there’s a lot of security there are police forces from around the world including from the US you see French uh military walking around the streets that is reassuring of course uh and I think it is a sign that the French are determined not to take any chances we had the chance today to walk along the sen ride bik actually right the way along uh the route of uh the opening ceremony on uh Friday and everything is in place you know there are bleachers on almost every bridge along the banks of the river where of course 300,000 Spectators uh will gather there’s a since there kind of a calm before the the storm there are still people kind of ambling around enjoying the enjoying the sights I think it’s going to get lock down uh pretty soon and then that spectacular opening ceremony on Friday when you stand there and you see it and you and you see all those Parisian icons like nraam and the Eiffel Tower you just get this feeling of just how incredible as well as history making is going to be in just two days time it really yeah it’s Majestic it really looks like they’ve got everything under control K I thought you might hear some sawing and buzzing and activity in the background but as you mentioned it seems like the Calm before the storm like they’re they’re like we we’re ready we got this we know first lady Joe Biden is set to lead the American delegation at the opening ceremonies what can you tell us about that yeah and you know there there is there are some sounds down there you know of um them try testing out the sound systems things like that uh but aside from that you’re right everything’s in place you’re right about Joe Biden of course leaving behind uh the political challenges and turmoil frankly uh there to come here to a celebration I suspect she’s looking forward to that and yes she will take her place leading the US delegation so that’s a it’s a of course a tradition role it’s an important role because the Olympics are all about sports but they are also about diplomacy and about politics and about an opportunity for the country to kind of put its best foot forward and Joe Biden will have the chance to do that speaking of best foot forward here I mean what about the actual games right what are some of the most highly anticipated competitions that everyone’s talking about who are the athletes on the tips of everyone’s tongues yeah it’s great question I mean look you know you have people like Simone bars and of course the gymnastics team uh who are amazing and are already getting so much attention Noah LS I think is interesting to watch he of course won bronze in the 200 back in Tokyo now there’s a possibility that he could even win gold in the 100 and the 200 and that would be the first time that had happened since 1984 there are lots of other examples that I could give I will say though just a quick shout out for the breaking which I always thought was called break dancing but it’s breaking down at the plasta Concord it is such an amazing venue that you just see the the bleaches there in that historic place for those modern sports that is going to be so much fun I can’t wait to see Sun Kier Simmons thank you as always you’re watching NBC News Daily feels like we’re in Paris I know fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty bad news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC news for the generation of now is NBC News Now democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to come now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys what did this debate change for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC News Now firsttime parents are flooded with countless baby products to buy but one popular parenting brand is rising to the top of times’s 100 most influential companies that’s Freda Today l sty and commerce contributor Jill Martin Brook spoke to the company’s CEO who is using her own experiences navigating motherhood to help guide new parents through their toughest moments what are the tools that you need to navigate the grossest most vulnerable side of Parenthood so that you can get back to the fun stuff quickly Chelsea heror is the founder and CEO of Freda the multi-million dollar company that’s equipping moms and dads with everything they need to take on Parenthood I am a new aunt congrats and Freda is all I hear in the household if Freda says it’s okay then it’s okay that’s a hard trust to earn the hardest as a mom of four Chelsea never set out to be in the baby business how did this come about I mean you were in a totally different industry I went from being a bankruptcy lawyer to a baseball lawyer and now to babies it was 10 years ago when Chelsea’s experience as a firsttime mom changed her life in more ways than one my neighbor left something in my mailbox when I had the baby called the nas fra and it was a Swedish medical device I had no idea what it was the first 3 months I had the baby it was great and then he got sick for the first time Chelsea found the device her neighbor gifted her a nasal aspirator used to clear mucus and I use it it was first of all it was the most grossly satisfying thing I’ve ever done right I really realized no one was lifting the veil on Parenthood in that way at that time Chelsea couldn’t stop thinking about the product and met with her neighbor and she said you know I’ve been selling this product out of my garage and my kids are older you know anyone who’s interested in taking over and so on a paper napkin in her living room one weekend bought her inventory Chelsea hit the mother load and made it her mission to provide solutions for other parents just like her we were sort of left to our own devices with this really stale and archaic category of products and that’s when I really sort of had this light bul moment that this entire category could be reimagined so in 2014 Chelsea bootstrapped her business and launched free to baby in major retail stores like Target and Walmart helping parents handle issues from gas to grooming what was the reaction to not only strangers but to even friends of yours that are saying thank you so much for being a problem solver the reaction was this light bulb aha moment it was almost like why didn’t I think of that and we coupled that with really building the business and the brand on the backs of what we call or who we call the OG influencers which are the Pediatric community and we relied heavily on their ambassadorship and their guidance five years after launching freed to Baby Chelsea continued to focus on other areas of parenting like postpartum care so tell me about Freedom mom my love letter to women I had had my second son and I was totally illusioned with the fact that nothing had changed I was still stealing the hospital underwear the experience for me as a woman didn’t match the experience that I created for for these babies we thought that the fra brand would be well positioned to introduce some really thoughtfully designed products for women by women for a change that would sort of guide them through this very vulnerable physical transformation into motherhood Freedom mom is doing more than providing recovery help for women the brand is empowering them to document the reality of postpartum recovery even celebrities like Katie Perry and Hy have posted their Journeys too can you believe you’ve been doing this for 10 years I really can’t today the nose freeder snot sucker that’s started it all sells 4 million units every year and with over a 100 products Chelsea’s fre to Empire keeps on growing what would you say to other people who want to start a business and they’re looking at you and saying I can do that too my advice for perspective entrepreneurs especially parents is that if you’re willing to think of your life more in chapters I think it’s a much healthier way to think about building a business or taking on a challenge like that our deep thanks to today lifestyle and commerce contributor Jill Martin Brooks for that report I feel like everyone I know has a nose Freda I definitely have a nose Freda I have sucked some of that SN with that nose FR yeah you get in there when you when you Le that first time moming all right I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky wi you are watching NBC News Daily stay with us there so much more news ahead and you can watch us free 24/7 on our streaming Network NBC News Now wherever you stream including YouTube Hulu Roku and peacock your news continues after this short break oh oh the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something big hi everyone thank you so much for joining us I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky win NBC News Daily starts right now today is Wednesday July 24th Prime Time address President Biden preparing to explain to the nation why he decided to exit the race for the White House but we’re learning about his message to Americans and his plans for the rest of his term high stakes speech next hour Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver remarks to Congress for the first time since the October 7th attack what we can expect as he faces growing pressure both here in the us and abroad Health alert medical experts are warning about a troubling rise in skin cancer among young adults what do you need to know to reduce the risk Man Overboard dramatic video capturing the moment a whale crashed into that small boat you will hear from the fishermen who were launched into the water and the two teenagers who helped pull them to safety welcome to NBC News Daily we are so glad you could join us this Wednesday we start right now at the White House where president Biden is gearing up to give a history making Oval Office address at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Biden will speak directly to the American people for the first time since announcing that he would no longer be re seeking reelection the president is expected to kick off a new chapter of his administration focused on shaping his legacy a White House official said at this point everything is being viewed through the lens of getting vice president kamla Harris elected as Biden’s successor NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba joins us now from Washington DC good to see you Monica so vice president Harris we know is in Indianapolis for a campaign stop she just spoke about uh President Biden so what are we expecting to hear from him tonight and what did she say yeah she definitely is framing this the way that a lot of people in the White House are framing this which is this is the president’s own opportunity to detail why he made this decision but not just look backwards in terms of some of that thinking but also try to talk about the future and what he wants to still accomplish if possible in office office here’s vice president Harris talking about that moments ago tonight our president will address the nation about his decision to step down as a candidate and he will talk about not only the work the extraordinary work that he has accomplished but about his work in the next 6 months so there’s a real clear and symbolic passing of the torch there I think and that’s the way to think about it that President Biden we’ll talk about what he’s done he’ll talk about what he thinks maybe could still be accomplished in The Limited window he has left and then he’ll have a broader view of what if vice president Harris wins in November she could do potentially with a term in the White House you know it’s interesting Monica give me sort of the inside outside perspective though because I mean we have new reporting the Democrats are are cautiously optimistic that they finally have the first female president in vice president Harris but in their view how are things different both internally and externally in terms of reaction to her compared to when they put up Hillary Clinton back in 2016 and that’s why when Hillary Clinton penned this oped that ran in the New York Times yesterday it was so notable to hear from one of the only other people who has been through this process and she said in that oped that she had to really deal with the sting of not being able to be president and so she knows how hard that must be for President Biden in terms of the difficult decision he made but but then she also talked in detail about what this moment must be like for vice president Harris and for the people who support her and for the young girls who are looking up to her in this moment that was unexpected about all the possibilities of breaking that highest hardest glass ceiling as Hillary Clinton talks about all right NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba excellent reporting from her post thanks so much Monica and tune in tonight to watch President Biden’s Oval Office address at 8:00 p.m. Eastern right here on NBC and NBC News Now Vicki Morgan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak before Congress in the next hour as he looks to Rally support for Israel’s war against Hamas he has been facing intense push back though this was the scene about just an hour ago outside the capital crowds of protesters Gathering to oppose netanyahu’s visit to Washington and to call for a ceasefire between both sides NBC News Congressional correspondent Julie cirin is following at all for us from Capitol Hill so Julie dozens of Democratic lawmakers say they’re actually planning to boycott this speech Netanyahu also facing immense pressure from the families of American Israeli hostages who are still being held in Gaza it’s been almost 300 days do we think he is going to say yes I accept the framework that’s been put forth by the Biden Administration for some sort of ceasefire and returning these hostages home well certainly that is what American hostage fames some of whom will be in attendance during this speech less than an hour from now are hoping to hear from Benjamin Netanyahu he also met with the families privately a couple of days ago when he arrived in Washington DC and they urged him on that point exactly when you talk about those protesters though again we are expecting to see some sort of protest not only outside of the building where protesters are kept blocks and blocks away from where I’m standing in the Capitol complex because of fears of violence and escalation here uh but also protest inside the Chamber from democratic lawmakers who are boycotting netan who address this isn’t really new for BB Netanyahu when he came here the last time in 2015 under the invitation of Republicans uh several Democrats also boycotted him then because of some internal divisions with the IR on nuclear deal for example including then vice president uh uh Vice President Biden who was of course vice president under Obama and today of course kamla Harris the Vice President also said to skip this address though they are going to meet tomorrow all right NBC News Congressional correspondent Julie cirin Julie thank you the defense team for the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students is now fighting to move his trial out of town Ryan cober’s lawyers are claiming that he can’t get a fair trial in the same county where the murders happened NBC News senior legal correspondent Lord Jared explains why prosecutors are now pushing back hey guys months ago we learned Brian cober’s defense team was surveying local residents to gauge their feelings about the man accused of this crime and now we see why his attorneys say he simply cannot get a fair fa trial unless it’s moved out of town blaming media attention for tainting potential jurors is Brian cerg the trial date is now finally set but the battle to move his trial out of town If you deny a change of venue Mr cober’s constitutional right to a fair trial is denied still wages on now in a new court filing Brian cober’s attorneys argue that lah county has been utterly corrupted by press coverage making it one of those rare cases that requires a change in venue koberger is charged with the murders of Madison Mogan Kayla galz Zan kodal and Ethan chapen four University of Idaho students found fatally stabbed in their off-campus home in November of 20122 prosecutors say the trial currently set for summer 2025 should stay in Leah County where the killings took place we at least owe the people of Lop County the attempt to see a jury here first and not just rely on there’s been a lot of publicity there’s been a lot of publicity everywhere but C Berger’s attorneys argue that the Leon County jury pool is prejudiced by extensive publicity that’s ongoing and inflammatory right now he’s being held to have a trial in a county that believes that he is guilty the defense citing a survey they conducted finding 70% of locals have already formed a guilty opinion of cobber arguing the trial should be held in Idaho’s largest county in Boise but the state is pushing back it’s not Moscow it’s not lah County it’s everywhere so I don’t think that a change of venue is going to solve any of these problems overnight an attorney for kayy Gonzalez’s family saying they believe it’s a no-brainer to keep the case in Leah County it would be an incredible hardship on all of the family and friends that are going to be attending this as well as the the witnesses the prosecution the defense everyone has to move the entire case six hours away the judge is set to take up this issue on August 29th back to you all right Laura thank you turning now to our CNBC money minute the Federal Trade Commission launching an investigation into so-called surveillance pricing officials say it allows businesses to charge customers different prices based off of behavior data and personal information collected from Shoppers this is worse than surge pricing I feel like I’ve seen this yeah especially on airlines all right NBC reporter Savannah hanell joins us now Savannah this is really interesting specifically which companies are federal Regulators looking into hey Morgan hey Vicky well there are eight companies in all so these include MasterCard JP Morgan Chase and McKenzie along with several internet service vendors that work with companies such as McDonald’s Starbucks Fresh Direct and Home Depot the FTC is demanding information about the types of products and services the company’s offer how they collect data and what impact it has on pricing meanwhile it appears slightly lower mortgage rates were not enough to get potential home buyers to take the leap according to the Mortgage Bankers Association applications for mortgages dropped another 4% last week even though rates eased slightly to around 6.8% but rates are likely to come down if the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September as expected and and another great resignation could be on the way a survey of 1,000 workers by resume builder.com found nearly three in 10 workers plan to quit their jobs this year the survey showed gen Z and younger Millennials are more likely to resign mostly in pursuit of higher salaries makes sense yeah I was going to say sense makes sense CNBC reporter syvan and now syvan thanks well doctors are sounding the alarm about a trend of younger skin cancer patients the red flags you should really look out for and when is an important time to see a specialist all that and more coming up right here on NBC News Daily he Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 700 on NBC News Now news for the generation of now is NBC news now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization well doctors say they’re seeing a concerning trend of skin cancer in younger adults yeah according to the Skin Cancer Foundation melanoma is the second most common type of cancer diagnosed in 15 to 19 year olds Susan Hogan from NBC Washington sat down with two grieving parents who have a message for other families after losing their daughter to skin cancer her name was Marie to Sarah her short life now captured in candid moments happy dancing a devoted friend daddy’s little girl she do whatever she want with me Marie’s parents tell me she was a surprise baby who became the princess among her three older brothers were they very protective no yeah sure they had admit cancer never crossed their mind especially at mari’s age but it all started with a tiny birth mark on her toe and then it wasn’t until she was a freshman in college that she notice it changed yes she started growing started growing small a biopsy would later confirm that tiny birth mark was melanoma unfortunately the cancer on her toe was deep and her toe had to be amputated they thought the worst was over it wasn’t over the next two years while Marie lived her best life at George Mason University the melanoma spread to her brain neck and spine doctors tried to surgically remove what they could but it was too late at just 20 years old Mari died surrounded by an army of friends and family I’m thinking about that what we did wrong um but I you cannot believe how organized we were we have calendars with all head appointment we never miss any appointment doctor appointment or vivana said the one appointment she never thought of making was to a dermatologist for a skin check were you shocked when they called and said this was melanoma I was total shocked shocked because there was no family history of skin cancer her parents also believed melanoma targeted older adults adult and lighter skinned Sun worshippers which Marie was not but according to the Skin Cancer Foundation melanoma is the second most common type of cancer diagnosed in 15 to 19y olds and the most common form of cancer affecting young adults between 25 and 29 while sun exposure is the main risk factor people who have certain types of birth marks can also be at risk larger birth marks there is a higher risk of developing melanoma Dr Jeffrey Gibney is an oncologist at MedStar Georgetown University hospital and says melanoma can develop within that birth mark or elsewhere on the body in the form of a mole even in places that aren’t exposed to the Sun a mole that’s changing really does warrant more urgent evaluation and the earlier the better when we do see an abnormal skin lesion seeing a dermatologist is is key and you should not delay it we want to catch skin cancer earlier in the development not later where there’s a higher risk for the patient and time is what Marie’s parents wish they could have back they’re hoping sharing her story will give you more time than they had coming every weekend and open the door I’m here the princess is here that who I miss the most that was Susan Hogan of NBC Washington reporting NBC News medical contributor Dr Natalie AAR joins us now Dr AAR I mean that was a hard story we just heard mty’s parents say that they thought skin cancer only affected older adults and her melanoma appeared as a small mark on her foot so what are sort of the the red flags that all of us should be aware of I know it’s it’s hard to watch that especially as um a mom of teenagers knowing that it can happen to kids this young um you know so certainly new moles and if you’re over the age of 30 or 40 you really shouldn’t be getting new moles anymore um so that’s something to look to look for a mole that’s changing in size uh you know a melanoma um really is something that would be larger than uh an eraser on on the head of a pencil that’s kind of the diameter that you’re that you’re thinking about a change in the size and the color we always talk about and certainly a mole that is starting to itch or bleed the dermatologist described it once you guys I think it’s really um a good way to remember a normal mole you can draw a line right in the middle of it and it’s like looking in a mirror the halves should be complet equal if you notice any asymmetries or irregular border or changes in color down that middle that’s something that is of concern and and should be brought to a dermatologist’s attention that’s an easy way to remember it you know Dr AER why are we seeing this increase in melanoma in younger adults and what should they be doing to protect themselves yeah you know I mean I I don’t think that the experts have like one phenomenal answer for this Vicki other than you know increased uh sun exposure certainly and increased detection there is also some discussion about maybe how climate change could be affecting um the increases you know a change in Behavior leading to increased exposure and also that pollution potentially could promote some cellular changes that increases the risk of cancer but what we know what we can do to protect ourselves don’t go out in Peak suntime between 10 and two wear Sun protective clothing SPF is so essential broads Spectrum uh water resistant 30 or higher and you need to reapply every two hours and more frequently if you’re sweating or swimming but it’s so important I mean I tell my patients this all the time for different reasons but wearing hats sunglasses being under umbrella just really try to avoid that excess exposure is just not worth it in the end not even just for skin cancer think about vanity and wrinkles that’s what I’m constantly telling my kids too yeah and that’s a good fact I didn’t know about not having new moles appear post a certain age that’s a really good detail NBC News medical contributor Dr Natalie AAR we thank you so much you coming up Wild video capturing the moment a whale suddenly emerges from the water and lands on that fishing boat how the fishermen on board say they survived coming up you’re watching NBC News Daily people really don’t know what’s going to happen nearly a dozen hours after the eye Roar to shore there’s more good people than bad people right there is some late breaking news in the Iowa all right we are now getting new video from a criminal investigation in Texas into three school librarians yeah a County officer there wants them to face felony charges for allegedly giving students books that he says he felt were inappropriate Scott fredman from NBC Dallas Ford worth breaks down the videos and the accusations against the Librarians you’ve seen police body camera videos but maybe never like this essentially The Librarians are the are my suspects if they’re the ones that are choosing books and putting them in there you know they’re the ones that are carrying the the criminal liability you’re watching a Texas County Constable inform ing a school superintendent that the school librarians are suspected of crimes the Constable visits Granbury Texas schools in May of 2022 searching for library books he suspects are obscene and attempting to question the Librarians who are now targets of a criminal investigation if you want to hear what I have to say you’re welcome to stay and if if you don’t you can go back to the library I mean but I wanted to afford you the opportunity to sit down and hear what I have to say and and see if you wanted to say anything or WR NBC News obtained the videos through an open records request along with a more than 800 page case File it reveals the Constable drafted criminal complaints and submitted them to a district attorney seeking felony charges against three Librarians for Distributing harmful materials to miners these women that are amazing Educators and Librarians have been terrified for over two years now that they’re going to get arrested hauled off to jail on a felony charge local attorney Paul Hyde has spoken with two of The Librarians since the early days of the investigation Hyde served on a parent committee that voted to keep some of the controversial books in the libraries and says book debates should be resolved by school boards not with handcuffs law enforcement had no business being involved in this debate whatsoever we’ve seen some investigations into libraries but this went a lot further uh you had here uh police putting together uh indictments and preparing for an arrest of librarians and Free Speech attorney Adam steinbaugh tracks the nation’s culture wars over books and says the Granbury case appears to be one of the most extensive attempts to prosecute Librarians in Granbury the district attorney ultimately declined to file charges in April telling the constable in an email the evidence was insufficient to prove a felony NBC News is not identifying the Librarians because they were not charged with any crime and they’ve declined to speak with us about the investigation case records show the books targeted by the Constable include The Bluest Eye by Nobel prizewinning author Tony Morrison often taught in high school literature classes but for decades it’s generated controversy over its depiction of sexual abuse under Texas law a book cannot be deemed harmful to children just because it has explicit content The book must also be found to have no redeeming social value for minors I’m doing a criminal investigation in some of your staff so the Constable Scott London launched his investigation after two women who wanted a list of books removed from schools say London approached them and asked if they would file a complaint London has acknowledged contacting the women after hearing them speak at a republican meeting he told us in 2022 that he reviewed the pornography statute with them and they filed a report because they believed there was a case London declined an interview request for this report and did not respond to detailed questions we sent London is a former New Mexico sheriff and supporter of the far-right Constitutional Sheriff’s movement even appearing at constitutional Sheriff training events captured in social media photos the movement promotes the idea that local Law Enforcement Officers can disregard laws they personally deem unconstitutional in an interview for a report that aired months after the library investigation began London denied that his political or personal views influenced his decision to investigate uh it has it has nothing to do with the Constitution the nation’s oldest Library Association says the investigation is chilling no Library professional no educational professional should face these threats for simply doing the job and attempting to serve the needs of their students or serve the needs of their Community a case that stirred a community and astonished Librarians Across America Scott fredman NBC News Dallas our thanks to Scott for that report stay with you are watching NBC News Daily and you can watch us free 24/7 on our streaming Network NBC news now look at all these places where you can stream us you can take us with you on the Go YouTube Hulu Roku of course peacock your news continues right after this oh what is going to happen now going back and forth oh yeah nice to see you night more American turn to NBC news than any other news organization the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor welcome back it8 is 12:30 in Tulsa Oklahoma 1:30 in Durham North Carolina I’m Vicky win I’m Morgan Radford here’s what’s making news as we speak FBI director Christopher Ray is revealing new details about the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump in testimony today on Capitol Hill Ray told Congress that the Shooter’s Gun had collapsible stock making it easier to conceal Ray also said that the shooter had researched John F Kennedy’s assassination just a week before that shooting uh analysis of a laptop that the investigation ties to the shooter uh reveals that on July 6th he did a Google search for quote how far away was Oswald from Kennedy the FBI is still determining the shooter’s motive New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez says he will resign next month after he was found guilty on bribery and Corruption charges menendez’s sentencing date is set for October 29th the senator has vowed to appeal his conviction Delta Airlines getting back on track back after canceling thousands of flights the airline was hit pretty hard by that massive computer outage last Friday and right now Delta says it is only canceling 1% of its scheduled flights in a statement the CEO of Delta said he expects that the airline will be completely back to normal by tomorrow well a new internal report from the Army explains how a quote series of failures by unit leadership played a role in a mass shooting in Maine it happened in October in Lewiston where an army reservist killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar and grill he was found dead by suicide after a 2-day Manhunt after an investigation the report found that the gunman was suffering from a severe mental health crisis and multiple army officers failed to act on clear warning signs of his concerning behavior and that happened before the shooting NBC News Pentagon correspondent Courtney QB joins us with more details Courtney it’s great to see you look this report says that three different Army Reserve officers have been disciplined as a result of this mass shooting what do we know about the specific types of failure that this report outlines and the report specifically said that they were respon they were derelict in their duties uh in their roles and because of this punishment that they that each of them is receiving it basically ends their careers in the military they have no real chance for promotion beyond their current ranks so there were a number of of missteps and mistakes that were found in this monthlong investigation by the Army but Chief among them really focused in on Communication Breakdown now there were there were multiple times prior to last October shooting where Robert card was found by civilian or military doctors to have had problems with his mental health various different episodes that occurred but what the report found was there was a breakdown in communication in in providing that information to his chain of command and the key here is if that information had been had been sent to his chain of command in the National Guard it’s possible that he could have been processed to leave the military or he could have gotten further um further help and mental health um assistance but even more critically than that there is there’s also some blame that’s placed on the local law enforcement there for not following up with additional welfare checks and there’s a law a state law in Maine that if they had found the local law enforcement or local authorities had found that in fact he could have been a danger to himself or to others they could have um they could have used something called the yellow flag law which would have allowed them to take away his weapons because of their concerns Morgan and Vicki you know Courtney hindsight East 2020 and in this case in the worst way but what type of policy or procedural changes does this report recommend to better assist soldiers or veterans with their mental health struggles so one of the things is it really addresses that communication breakdown it found that that the information didn’t get from his medical providers to his chain of command that’s one of the issues that the the military the Army really hopes to address going forward because again if that information about this this state of problem that he was he found himself this mental health issue that he found himself in had gone to his chain of command it’s possible that they could have done things beyond the the all the mental health concerns that he was already being that were already being addressed through the US military his chain of command could have recommended for additional welfare checks they could have even started processing him to leave the military I mean the reality is it’s just like you said hindsight is 2020 but there were steps here there were situations that could have potentially prevented this this um this terrible event in Maine yeah no question there were red flags that were missed NBC News Pentagon correspondent Courtney QB Courtney thank you thanks jenzy voters are emerging as a crucial demographic to win over this election cycle and all eyes are on vice president kamla Harris to see if she can capture their votes NBC News correspondent Anton Hilton spoke to a group of young swing state voters about why they’re still holding out on deciding whether Harris is the right choice for them in Battleground Michigan young voters are processing President Joe Biden’s historic decision to exit the race already momentum is Shifting to his vice president kamla Harris I think she really has an opportunity now to Rebrand herself and introduce herself to the country in a new way these JZ are all Democrats and have never had the opportunity to vote for a president who wasn’t in their 70s or 80s what do you think it is about her we know that she’s a Powerhouse speaker she has a level of authenticity that you know you don’t always see from politicians for weeks young people have been sharing memes across social media highlighting Harris’s speeches and affectations one genen Z favorite you think you just fell out of a coconut tree a May 2023 speech in which haris shared something her mother used to say you think you just fell out of a coconut tree you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you growing up I didn’t think that an Indian woman like me could even be involved in politics they’re worried about Reproductive Rights gun control and climate change she has been uh the Biden campaign’s most effective Messenger on the issue of abortion access and reproductive freedom but young people have been unsure about Biden in Michigan a state with a large Muslim population many communities are outraged by the Israel Hamas war and grateful to Harris who has long pushed for a ceasefire that’s the bare minimum that we’ve been asking for and I think the main issue is that we’re not seeing any change I think we will stay uncommitted until we can build trust a tough’s University study found Michigan had the highest youth turnout in the nation in 2022 I feel like this country has a long history of not really listening to the younger uh population and I think Jin just had a point where we’re just tired of feeling unheard do you think she’s still going to have to fight to earn the youth vote oh yeah but for now they say she’s been able to breathe new life into an election they thought had gone stale Antonia Hilton NBC News Ann Arbor Michigan NBC News correspondent Antonia Hilton we thank you for that report well imagine fishing with your friend and then this happens a large whale breaches the surface of the water and capsizes your boat that’s exactly what happened to two fishermen off the coast of New Hampshire on Tuesday NBC News correspondent Emily aeta explains what happened to those boers and how all of this was caught on camera hey there the fishermen we heard from say they actually saw the whale breaching in the same area over the last few days and while they tried their best to be extra safe they say they were in the wrong place at the wrong time fortunately A Few Good Samaritans came to their rescue and now all of them have one whale of a fishing story for experienced Fisher Greg pad and Ryland Kenny this was the shocking moment that suddenly flipped their typical Tuesday fishing trip upside down the pair taken by surprise after a whale came crashing onto their small boat off of Portsmouth New Hampshire completely capsizing it and catapulting the two friends into the water the whale breaches the head comes out and I see the mouth go go open I was like whoa wasn’t really fearful I it was I was in fight or flight I’m thinking to myself I’m like okay we’re right now we’re not getting out of this like what something dad is happening the front end of the boat soaring into the air before toppling over teenage brothers Colin and Wyatt yger telling NBC affiliate wbts they were fishing on a nearby boat when they accidentally captured the stunning moment we were just completely in shock um it was It was kind of instinct to just kind of drop everything and go make sure the guys are okay Greg and Ryland thankfully were only in the water for a few minutes the brothers immediately racing to help pulling the men onto their I think it was definitely critical obviously for both of us to get out of the water as quickly as possible because I just was feeling more of the just the the temperature of the water right so it was really hard to kind of breathe I was just like oh my gosh there’s no way that actually just happened like you just You’ never think of something like that to happen remarkably no one was hurt including the whale according to the Coast Guard but as for most of their belongings at the bottom of the sea yeah I lost a ton of fishing gear which is unfortunate but you know I’m living so that’s fortunate the fishermen say while what happened to them is uncommon it’s not unheard of adding it’s important to always take precautions on the water you have the water moving you have the fish are moving the whales moving the boats are moving and you do your best to be safe but there are a lot of variables out there Greg and Ryland suggests always wearing a life jacket when you’re on the water they’re also very grateful to those teenage brothers for jumping into action so quickly and called out the important of watching out for others while you’re on the Open Sea back to you a small Museum in Nashville is returning hundreds of precious artifacts to their home country in Mexico NBC News correspondent guad vegz explains why the museum decided it was time to send back these Priceless pieces of history after decades on display in the US a special celebration in Nashville to Mark the return of pre-colombian artifacts once taken from Mexico these ancient tools instruments ceramic pots over 500 years old and a museum favorite the Mexican hairless dog a small part of Mexico’s history that has been on display at the Nashville parthona treated I think it’s important because Mexico’s had a lot of their history removed assistant curator Bonnie seamer working effortlessly to do what she says is the right thing we can’t fix the holes that are lost because a lot of context is lost but we can give it back to where it belongs this Museum hoping to set an example and teach others around the world how they can repatriate artifacts too an exhibit that celebrates this and then starts a conversation on what repatriation is and how it impacts people that the artifacts go back to would be the best way to do it it’s no small task for 2 years Bonnie worked with Mexican and local authorities to forge A New Path for repatriation between the museum and Mexico almost every museum has something from somewhere else and it’s not that they want to keep them it’s that nobody knows what to do once the 255 artifacts are package it will be sent to the Mexican consulate in Georgia where the consul General played a key role to their repatriation there are some gorgeous pieces beautiful pieces that are being recovered and again this are this is part of the past this is part of the history of our people the collection will ultimately be sent to the National Institute of anthropology and history in Mexico City it’s going back to the people that it really connects with but before departing the artifacts inspired local artist Jose Gonzalez to create a special collection Jose says it was an opportunity of a lifetime for an artist who came from Mexico as a migrant and is now part of the repatriation for some visiting the exhibit mixed emotions it’s a good idea but also I feel like the United States also needs something like this and for some museums it can also mean losing a valuable part of their collection I understand someone has ownership of it right now it’s very very difficult for them to give that ownership up particularly when they’re sharing it with the rest of the world yet the pressure to return artifacts to their original lands of origin persists standing behind the widely held belief that it’s wrong to keep what isn’t yours guad vanus NBC News all right incoming college students are getting ready to head off to school this fall how parents can deal with the emotional transition and what to do if your kids get homesick that’s coming up next more NBC News Daily right after this oh Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor Christen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC what is going to happen now going back and forth this is it who report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now in just a few weeks parents across the country will take part in a right of passage they will drop their kids off at College yes it is an American tradition that involves many mixed emotions moms and dads suddenly adjusting to an empty house while their teenagers are off on their own for the first time facing new pressures responsibilities and routines Psych IST and author nuro Feliciano joins us now with tips on how to handle all these changes noo it’s always good to see you so let’s talk about parents what are some of the feelings that are normal what can we expect to feel during this important time in our child’s life but also the changes for the rest of us okay I’m one year away so you remind me of this in a year but all the feelings a lot of big emotions for parents you’re going to be excited but also expect for waves of sadness and even grief and feelings of loss fear and anxiety are really common with parents as well this is a new transition for us too and we just need to make room for all the feelings knowing that they will pass as we get used to this transition it’s interesting I mean I think a lot of parents have the hand ringing right about the anticipation of their kids going to college but what are the things to actually do once your child starts college or what do you don’t do yeah so there are a lot of does one Embrace Your Role shift I mean parenting does go on but we we become more of a guide and a sounding board and we want to be the people to empower them to make their own decisions ask open-ended questions you know what’s been challenging for you what do you love what are things that are unexpected do send care packages do schedule times to connect based on your child schedule what’s a good time for us to talk or FaceTime and those family group chats are great to help them stay connected to you during the day sending cute pictures and siblings who are left at home and also do embrace your own self-care this is your time now you have a little bit more time time to explore the things you didn’t have time for when you were driving kids to practices every afternoon it’s time for you as well and I think it’s okay to embrace some tears because I feel like that would happen for me and I’m three years away um n a recent article from the child MIND Institute says a lot of first year college students increase experience an increase in mental health struggles from the academic pressure the social media and also sometimes overprotective parenting so what can we do to help them emotionally prepare you know I think when we have to normalize that fact that kids may have mental health issues it’s very common transitions take time 3 to six months and we want to encourage them to reach out to us as their parents through counseling centers when you go to that school visit the counseling center and show them where it is but you know what I’ve told my kids um even now early on is look when you are scared when you’re upset when you’re stressed they’re going to be solutions to the problems that you face that you can’t think about right in that moment but we will reach out to us name some of those big issues that college students face you know if someone gets in trouble for substance abuse is someone pregnant you know is someone failing out we are here to talk you through and help you through all of those things there’s nothing too big that we can’t help you with I think that is the most important thing that they know we are always here walking alongside them uh psychotherapist no matter no matter what fana we always appreciate your time and your advice thank you love her we always learned so much from n thank you noo all right stay with us much more news ahead you are watching NBC News Daily Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks first time parents are flooded with countless baby products to buy but one popular parenting brand is rising to the top of times 100’s most influential companies that’s Freda today lifestyle and commerce contributor Jill Martin Brook spoke to the company’s CEO who is using her own experiences navigating motherhood to help guide new parents through their toughest moments what are the tools that you need to navigate the grossest most vulnerable side of Parenthood so that you can get back to the fun stuff quickly Chelsea heror is the founder and CEO of Freda the multi-million dollar company that’s it’s equipping moms and dads with everything they need to take on Parenthood I am a new aunt congrats and Freda is all I hear in the household if Freda says it’s okay then it’s okay that’s a hard trust to earn the hardest as a mom of four Chelsea never set out to be in the baby business how did this come about I mean you were in a totally different industry I went from being a bankruptcy lawyer to a baseball lawyer and now to baby it was 10 years ago and Chelsea’s experience as a firsttime mom changed her life in more ways than one my neighbor left something in my mailbox when I had the baby called the nas fra and it was this Swedish medical device I had no idea what it was the first 3 months I had the baby it was great and then he got sick for the first time Chelsea found the device her neighbor gifted her a nasal aspirator used to clear mucus and I used it and first of all it was the most grossly sad fing thing I’ve ever done I really realized no one was lifting the veil on Parenthood in that way at that time gelsea couldn’t stop thinking about the product and met with her neighbor and she said you know I’ve been selling this product out of my garage and my kids are older you know anyone who’s interested in taking over and so on a paper napkin in her living room one weekend bought her inventory Chelsea hit the motherload and made it her mission to provide solutions for other parents just like her we were sort of left to our own devices with this really stale and archaic category of products and that’s when I really sort of had this lifeold moment that this entire category could be reimagined so in 2014 Chelsea bootstrapped her business and launched fre to Bey in major retail stores like Target and Walmart helping parents handle issues from gas to grooming what was the reaction to not only strangers but to even friends of yours that are saying thank you so much for being a problem solver the reaction was this light bulb aha moment it was almost like why didn’t I think of that and we coupled that with really building the business and the brand on the backs of what we call or who we call the OG influencers which are the Pediatric community and we relied heavily on their ambassadorship and their guidance 5 years after launching Freeda baby Chelsea continued to focus on other areas of parenting like postpartum care so tell me about Freedom mom my love letter to women I had had my second son and I was totally disillusioned with the fact that nothing had changed I was still stealing the hospital underwear the experience for me as a woman didn’t match the experience that I created for for these babies we thought that the Freeda brand would be well positioned to introduce some really thoughtfully designed products for women by women for a change that would sort of guide them through this very vulnerable physical transformation into motherhood Freedom mom is doing more than providing recovery help for women the brand is empowering them to document the reality of postpartum recovery even celebrities like Katy Perry and Hy have posted their Journeys too can you believe you’ve been doing this for 10 years I really can today the nose freeder snot sucker that’s started it all sells 4 million units every year and with over 100 products Chelsea’s free to Empire keeps on growing what would you say to other people who want to start a business and they’re looking at you and saying I can do that too my advice for prospective entrepreneurs especially parents is that if you’re willing to think of your life more in chapters I think it’s a much healthier way to think about building a business or taking on a challenge like that our deep thanks to today lifestyle and commerce contributor Jill Martin Brooks for that report I feel like everyone I know has a nose fra I definitely have nose Freda I have sucked some of that snot with that nose yeah you get in there when you when you learn that first time moming all right I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky wi you are watching NBC News Daily stay with us there’s so much more news ahead and you can watch us free 24/7 on our streaming Network NBC News Now wherever you stream including YouTube Hulu Roku and 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barricades inside the capital more than 30 Democrats have said they will not attend today’s speech by prime minister Netanyahu and his goal to drum up bipartisan support for Israel as it keeps up its war with Hamas a battle Netanyahu is pledged to keep fighting until Hamas is destroyed here in the US of course growing backlash from those Furious about Israel’s deadly attacks in Gaza that have killed nearly 40,000 people there according to the Palestinian Health Ministry ever since the Hamas terror attack against Israel on October 7th tomorrow the prime minister is set to meet with President Biden and then at some point with vice president president Harris who is missing today’s proceedings to attend a campaign event the Republican Vice Presidential nominee Ohio Senator JD Vance also absent for a similar reason later in the week Netanyahu is also expected to visit former president Trump at his home in Mara Lago as you’re taking a live look now folks are in their seats lawmakers are preparing to hear from the Prime Minister who will enter through those doors that you see there we will bring it to you live right here but first I want to bring in NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles who is joining us now in Ryan we see the house speaker Mike Johnson presiding over this joint session today along with Senator Ben Carden talk us through the expectations and what you’ve seen in just the last couple of minutes here well one thing that is going to be worth looking for hiy uh during this speech is how empty the room may be normally when there is a joint session to Congress be it the president of the United States or a foreign leader it is usually a packed house it’s one of the most difficult tickets to get but this speech is a much different situation here you have a number of particularly democratic members of Congress who are openly boycotting this speech you mentioned at least 30 that have publicly stated their intentions that number could swell as we get closer to the speech and it is very likely that the Democratic side of the house chamber uh will have many empty seats as a result of that now there are different ways that people are using their platform as a member of Congress to voice their either approval of netanyahu’s speech or their disapproval of netanyahu’s speech we’re seeing many members of Congress invite for for instance family members of the hostages that are still being held in Gaza as their guests I saw many of them getting ready to sit in the house Gallery just a few minutes ago of being escorted by those members of Congress but in some cases in the case of for instance Rashida Talib of Michigan who is the only Palestinian member of the House of Representatives she intends to uh attend the speech and she is bringing with her a Palestinian who has had a number of family members who were killed as a result of the conflict between Hamas and Israel so there’s going to be a lot of different ways for people to symbolically their opinions about the polarizing state of this conflict in the Middle East uh but by and large there is a sense then the reason that house Speaker Mike Johnson push forward with this invitation to BB Netanyahu was to show that even during a time of conflict the United States still has Israel’s back as the only democracy in the Middle East and he felt it necessary to publicly show that support by inviting Netanyahu here to give this speech now that being said hie that means that Netanyahu has a significant responsibility here he has to speak not only to those hardliners who are already supportive of his agenda in Israel but he also has to reach out to those skeptical members of Congress who are part of the group that will continue to financially support Israel’s war effort through the American budget he needs to convince him that them that he has a path forward to winning this conflict and bringing those hostages home because there will no doubt be a lot of skeptical people in this audience here in the next few minutes and you are looking live here now at some Applause as the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu you see him there in the center is being escorted into the chamber shaking hands uh with some who have assembled along the aisle Raph Sanchez covers all things Middle East and beyond for us he is joining us now live from Tel Aviv and Raph while this is Benjamin netanyahu’s fourth address to Congress it is his first in nearly a here what are you hearing on your end about expectations for what he might say and the case he’s going to make on behalf of this country yeah hi prime minister Benjamin netanyahu’s fourth address to a joint session of Congress that is more than any other world leader in history including Winston Churchill as you mentioned last time he was in that chamber 10 years ago he was speaking very forcefully against President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran that was a move move that the Obama Administration saw as an absolute diplomatic slap in the face now the prime minister’s arrival today is less of an open confrontation with the Biden Administration but as you and Ryan have been talking about there are a great number of very unhappy Democrats to see this controversial wartime leader speaking in Congress without a hostage deal without a ceas fire in terms of what the families of the hostages including the American hostages want to hear they are hoping the prime minister is going to get up and announce concrete steps towards the deal but every indication we have had so far is that Netanyahu does not appear to be in a hurry he says conditions are ripening for a hostage deal but they are not yet there and he says with every passing day Israel’s military is putting more pressure on Hamas inside of Gaza lowering the cost of a deal forcing concessions out of Hamas but from the families of the hostages who remember hie have been held for nearly 300 days at this point they say there is no time to waste that the Israeli government needs to move ahead with a deal right now along the lines of that outline laid out by President Biden back in May a three-stage deal which would see the release of all the hostages and an end to this long war in Gaza and we should say hie as the Prime Minister prepares to speak there in the well of the House of Representatives Israeli forces are fighting right now in the city of Han yunas it was gaza’s second largest city before the war there is really very little left of it now I’ve been there with the Israeli military it is dust and Destruction for the most part around 150,000 Palestinians displaced by the fighting and the great fear among many critics in Israel in the United States and around the world is that Netanyahu is effectively committ his country to an endless war in Gaza with no achievable War aims at this point the Israeli military has been in hanun before they left they say Hamas regrouped and now they are there once again members of Congress I now have the high there for the Prime Minister R Sanchez thank you let’s listen in as the house Speaker introduces minister of Israel Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Senator Ben Cardon minority leader hakeim Jeff Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell Senators members of Congress distinguished guests Mr Speaker I want to thank you for giving me the profound honor of addressing this great Citadel of democracy for the fourth time we meet today at a Crossroads of History our world is in upheaval in the Middle East Iran’s access of Terror confront America Israel and our Arab friends this is not a clash of civilizations it’s a clash between barbarism and civilization it’s a clash between those who glorify death and those who sanctify life for the forces of civilization to Triumph America and Israel must stand together because because because when we stand together something very simple happens we win they lose and my friends I came to assure you today of one thing we will win ladies and gentlemen like December 7th 1941 and September 11th 2001 October 7th is a day that will forever live in infamy it was the Jewish holiday of simat it began as a perfect day not a cloud in the sky thousands of young Israelis were celebrating at an outdoor music festival and suddenly at 6:29 a.m. as children were still sleeping soundly in their beds in the towns in kibuts next to Gaza suddenly Heaven turned into hell 3,000 Kamas terrorists stormed into to Israel they butchered 1,00 people from 41 countries including 39 Americans proportionately compared to our population size that’s like 2 91s in one day and these monsters they rape women they beheaded men they burned babies alive they killed parents in front of their children and children in front of their parents they dragged 255 people both living and dead into the dark dungeons of Gaza Israel has already brought home 135 of these hostages including seven who were freed and during rescue operations one of those freed hostages nor gamman is here in the gallery sitting near my wife Sarah on the morning on the morning of October 7th the entire world saw Noah’s look of desperation as she was violently abducted to Gaza on the back of a motorcycle I met Noah mother Leora a few months ago she was dying of cancer she said to me prime minister I have one final wish I wish to hug my daughter Noah one last time before I die two months ago I authorized a breathtaking Commander rescue operation our special force forces including a heroic officer named Arnon Mora who fell in this battle rescued Noah and three other hostages no I think it’s one of the most moving things when Noah was reunited with her mother Leora and her mother’s last wish came true Noah we’re so thrilled to have you with us today thank you many hostage families are also here with us today including el bibas el bibas is the grandfather of those two beautiful redheaded Boys the bbus boys toddlers And they were taken hostage with their mother and no sorry and ilo’s son the entire family was taken hostage two beautiful red-haired children taken hostage what monsters and with us also is Iris Kim whose son yam bravely escaped Hamas captivity with two other Israelis and tragically they were killed making their way back to our lines we have with us also the families of American hostages they’re here the pain these families have endured is beyond words I met with him again yesterday and I promised them this I will not rest until all their loved ones are home all of them as we speak we’re actively engaged in intensive efforts to secure their release and I’m confident this that these efforts can succeed some of them are taking place right now I want to thank President Biden for his stess efforts on behalf of the hostages and for his efforts to the hostage families as well I thank President Biden for his heartfelt support for Israel after the Savage attack on October 7th he rightly called Hamas sheer evil he dispatched two aircraft carriers to the Middle East to deter a wider war and he came to Israel to stand with us during our darkest hour a visit that will never be forgotten President Biden and I have known each other for over 40 years I want to thank him for half a century of friendship to Israel and for being as he says a proud Zionist actually he says a proud Irish American Zionist my friends for more more than nine months Israel’s soldiers have shown boundless courage with us today with us today is Lieutenant AI ruen AB is an officer in the Israeli paratroopers his family immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia in the early hours of October 7th abik heard the news of hamas’s bloody Rampage he put on his uniform grabbed his rifle but he didn’t have a car so he ran 8 miles to the front line of Gaza to defend his people you hear that right he ran eight miles came to the front lines killed many terrorists and saved many many lives we all honor your remarkable heroism another Israeli is with us here today and he standing stand up right next to right next to a this is Master Sergeant Ash Al bakiri ashra is a better and soldier from the Israeli Muslim Community of rat on October 7th asov 2 killed many terrorists first he defended his comrades in the military base and he then rushed to defend the neighboring communities including the devastated community of kibuts berry like ashof like Ashraf the Muslim soldiers of the IDF fought alongside their Jewish Drews Christian and other comrades in arms with tremendous bravery a third hero Lieutenant Assa sopur is also here with us Assa fought as an officer in the tankor and he was wounded in battle he was wounded in battle while protecting his fellow soldiers from a grenade he lost his right arm and the vision in his left eye he’s recovering and Incredibly within a short time Assa will soon return to active duty as a commander of a tank company I just learned there is a fourth hero here Lieutenant Jonathan Jonathan bamo who lost the leg in Gaza and continue to fight my friends these are the soldiers of Israel unbowed undaunted afraid as the Bible says they shall rise like lions they have risen like lions the Lions of Judah the Lions of Israel ladies and gentlemen the men and women of the IDF come from every corner of Israeli Society every ethnicity every color every Creed left and right religious and secular all are imbued with the indomitable Spirit of the macbes the legendary Jewish Warriors of antiquity with us today is y ligher the father of one of those mbes y’s father escaped the Holocaust and found refuge in America as a Young Man yil moved to Israel and raised a family of eight children he named his eldest son Moshe after his late father Moshe became an exemplary officer in one of our Elite Commando units he served with distinction for two decades while raising six beautiful children of his own on October 7th Moser volunteered to return to combat four weeks later he was killed when a booby trap mine exploded in a tunnel shaft right next to a mosque at his son’s funeral yil said this if the state of Israel had not been established after the Holocaust the image engraved in our Collective memory would have been the photograph of that helpless Jewish boy in the waro ghetto holding his hands up in the air with Nazi rifles pointed at him but because of the birth of Israel yil continued because of the courage of soldiers like my son Moshe the Jewish people are no longer helpless in the face of our enemies yil please rise so we can honor your son’s sacrifice and I pledge to you and to all the bre families of Israel some of whom are in this Hall today the sacrif ice of your loved ones will not be in vain it will not be a vain because for Israel never again must never be an empty promise it was all always remain a sacred vow and after October 7th never again is now my friends defeating our brutal enemies requires both courage and Clarity clarity Begins by knowing the difference between good and evil yet incredibly many many anti-israel protesters many choose to stand with evil they stand with Hamas they stand with rapists and murderers they stand with people who came into the kibuts into a home the parents hid the children the two babies in the Attic in a secret attic they murder the families the parents they find the secret latch to the hidden attic and then they murder the babies these protesters stand with them they should be ashamed of themselves they refuse to make the simple distinction between those who Target terrorists and those who Target civilians between the Democratic state of Israel and the terrorist thugs of Hamas we recently learned from the National Security director director of us Director of National Intelligence that Iran is funding and promoting anti-israel protests in America they want to disrupt America so these protesters burn American flags even on the 4th of July and I wish to salute the fraternity Brothers at the University of North Carolina who protected the American flag protected the American flag against these anti-israel protesters USA us us from all we know Iran is funding the anti-israel protests that are going on right now outside this building not that many but they’re there and throughout the city well I have a message for these protesters when the tyrants of Teran who hang gays from cranes and murder women for not covering their hair are praising promoting and funding you you have officially become Iran’s useful idiots some of these protesters it’s amazing absolutely amazing some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming gays for Gaza they might as well hold up signs saying chickens for KFC these protesters chant from the river to the sea but many don’t have a clue what river and what sea they’re talking about they not only get an F geography they get an F in history they call Israel they call Israel a colonialist state don’t they know that the land of Israel is where Abraham Isaac and Jacob prayed where Isaiah and Jeremiah preached and where David and Solomon ruled for nearly 4,000 years the land of Israel has been the homeland of the Jewish people it’s always been our home it will always be our home it’s not only the campus protesters who get it wrong it’s also the people who run those campuses 80 years after the Holocaust 80 years after the Holocaust the presidents of Harvard Penn and I’m ashamed to say my alma moer MIT couldn’t bring themselves to condemn the cuse for the genocide of Jews you remember what they said they said it depends on the context well let me give these befuddled academics a little context anti-Semitism is the world’s oldest hatred for centuries the massacre of Jews was always preceded by wild accusations we were accused of everything from poisoning Wills to spreading plagues to using the blood of slaughtered children to bake Passover matzos these Preposterous anti-semitic lies led to persecution mass murder and ultimately to history’s worst genocide the Holocaust now just as malicious lies were leveled for centuries at the Jewish people malicious lies are now being leveled at the Jewish State no no don’t applaud listen the outrageous Slanders that paint Israel as racist and genocidal are meant to delegitimize Israel to demonize the Jewish State and to demonize Jews everywhere and no wonder no wonder we’ve witnessed an appalling rise of anti-Semitism in America and around the world my friends whenever and wherever we see the scourge of anti-Semitism we must unequivocally condemn it and resolutely fight it without exception and don’t be fooled when the blood lials against the Jewish State come from people who wear fancy silk robes and speak in lofty tones About Law And Justice here’s a case in point the prosecutor of the international criminal court has shamefully accused Israel of deliberately starving the people of Gaza this is utter complete nonsense it’s a complete fabrication Israel has enabled more than 40,000 a trucks to enter Gaza that’s half a million tons of food and that’s more than 3,000 calories for every man wom and child in Gaza if there are Palestinians in Gaza who aren’t getting enough food it’s not because Israel is blocking it it’s because Hamas is stealing it so much for that lie but here’s another the ICC prosecutor accuses Israel of deliberately targeting civilians what in God’s green earth is he talking about the IDF just dropped millions of Flyers sent millions of text messages made hundreds of thousands of phone calls to get Palestinian civilians out of Harm’s Way but at the same time Hamas Hamas does everything in its power to put Palestinian civilians In Harm’s Way they fire Rockets from schools from hospitals from mosque they even shoot their own people when they try to leave the war zone a senior Hamas official Fatam boasted listen to this he boasted that Palestinian women and children excel at Being Human Shields his words excel at Being Human Shields what monstrous evil for Israel every civilian death is a tragedy for Hamas it’s a strategy they actually want Palestinian civilians to die so that Israel will be smeared in the international media and be pressured to end the war before it’s won this would enable Hamas to survive another day and as they vowed to carry out October 7th again and again and again well I want to assure you no matter what pressure is brought to bear I will never allow that to happen the vast majority of Americans have not Fallen uh for this Hamas propaganda they continue to support Israel and I want to say thank you America and thank you senators and house members who continue to support us continue to support Israel continue to support the truth and see through the lies but as for the minority that may have fallen for hamas’s Khan’s job I suggest you listen to Colonel John Spencer John Spencer is head of urban Warfare studies at West Point he studied every major urban conflict I was going to say in his in modern history he corrected me no in history Israel he said has implemented more precautions to prevent civilian harm than any military in history and Beyond what international law requires that’s why despite all the lies you’ve heard the war in Gaza has one of the lowest ratios of combatants to non-combatants casualties in the history of urban Warfare and you want to know where it’s lowest in Gaza it’s lowest in Rafa in Rafa remember what so many people said if Israel goes into Rafa there’ll be thousands maybe even tens of thousands of civilians killed well last week I went into Rafa I visited our troops as they finished fighting hamas’s remaining terrorist battalions I asked the commander there how many terrorists did you take out in Rafa he gave me an exact number 123 I asked him how many civilians were killed he said prime minister practically none with the exception of a single incident where shrapnel from a bomb hit a Hamas weapons Depot and unintentionally killed two dozen people the answer is practically none you want to know why because Israel got the civilians out of Harm’s Way something people said we could never do but we did it these Heroes here today the heroic soldiers of Israel should not be condemned for how they’re conducting the war in Gaza they should be commended for it I want to thank all of you here today who forcefully opposed the false accusations of the ICC and stood up for the truth these lies are not only lialis they’re downright dangerous the ICC is trying to Shackle Israel’s hand and prevent us from defending ourselves and if Israel’s hands are tied America is next and I’ll tell you what else is next the ability of all democracies to fight terrorism will be imperiled that’s what’s on the line so let me assure you the hands of the Jewish state will never be Shackled Israel will always defend itself my friends in the Middle East Iran is virtually beyond Behind all the terrorism all the turmoil all the chaos all the killing and that should come as no surprise when he founded the Islamic Republic I pledged we will export our Revolution to the entire world we will export the Islamic revolution to the entire world now ask yourself which country ultimately stands in the way of Iran’s maniacal plans to impose radical Islam on the world and the answer is clear it’s America the guardian of Western civilization and the world’s greatest power that’s why Iran sees America as its greatest enemy last month we heard a a revealing comment sensibly about the war in Gaza but about something else it came from the foreign minister of Iran’s proxy kisala and he said this this is not a war with Israel Israel he said is merely a tool the main War the real war is with America Iran’s regime has been fighting America from the moment it came to power in 1979 it stormed the American Embassy it held scores of Americans hostage for 444 days since then Iran’s terrorist proxy have targeted America in the Middle East and Beyond in Beirut they killed 241 US servicemen in Africa they bombed American embassies in Iraq they supplied explosives to maim and kill thousands of American soldiers in America in America they actually sent death quads they sent death squads here to murder a former Secretary of State and a former National Security adviser and as we recently learned they even brazenly threatened to assassinate president Trump but Iran understands that to truly challenge America it must first conquer the Middle East and for this it uses its many proxies including the htis balah and Hamas yet in the heart of the Middle East standing in Iran’s way is one proud Pro American democracy my country the state of isra that’s why that’s why the mobs in tan chant death to Israel before they chant death to America for Iran Israel is First America is next so when Israel fights Hamas we’re fighting Iran when we fight hisbah we’re fighting Iran when we fight the huis we’re fighting Iran and when we fight Iran we’re fighting the most radical and murderous enemy of the United States of America and one more thing when Israel acts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons nuclear weapons that could destroy Israel and threaten every American city every city that you come from We’re Not only protecting ourselves we’re protecting you my friends if you remember one thing one thing from the speech remember this our enemies are your enemies our fight is your fight and our Victory will be your victory ladies and gentlemen that Victory is in sight Israel’s defeat of Hamas will be a powerful blow to Iran’s access of Terror another part of that AIS hasbalah attacked Israel on October 8th a day after the Hamas attack it has launched thousands of missiles and drones against us 880,000 of our citizens in Northern Israel evacuated their homes becoming effective ly refugees in their own land we are committed to returning them home we prefer to achieve this diplomatically but let me be clear Israel will do whatever it must do to restore security to our northern border and return our people safely to their homes last Friday a third Iranian P proxy the houis attacked Tel Aviv with a deadly drone it exploded a few hundred feet from the American Consulate killing one person and injuring nine on Saturday I authorized a swift response to that attack all our enemies should know this Those Who attack Israel will pay a very very heavy price and as we defend ourselves and as we defend ourselves on all fronts I know that America has our back and I thank you for it all sides of the aisle thank you my friends for decades America has provided Israel with generous military assistance and a grateful Israel has provided America with critical intelligence that saved many lives we’ve jointly developed some of the most sophisticated weapons on Earth I choose my words carefully we’ve jointly developed some of the most sophisticated weapons on Earth that help protect both our countries and we also help we also help keep American boots we help keep Americans boots off the ground while protecting our shared interests in the Middle East I deeply appreciate America’s support including in this current War but this is an exceptional moment fast-tracking US military aid can dramatically expedite an end to the war in Gaza and help prevent a broader war in the Middle East in World War II as Britain fought on the front lines of civilization Winston Churchill appealed to Americans with these famous words give us the the tools and will finish the job today as Israel fights on the front line of civilization I too appeal to America give us the tools faster and we’ll finish the job faster my dear friends the war in Gaza could end tomorrow if Hamas surrenders disarms and returns all the hostages but if they don’t Israel will fight until we destroy hamas’s military capabilities end its rule in Gaza and bring all our hostages home that’s what total victory means and we will settle for nothing less the day the day after we defeat Hamas a new Gaza can emerge my vision for that day is of a demilitarized and deradicalized Gaza Israel does not seek to resettle Gaza but for the foreseeable future we must retain overriding security control there to prevent the Resurgence of Terror to ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel Gaza should have a civilian Administration run by Palestinians who do not seek to destroy Israel that’s not too much to ask it’s it’s a fundamental thing that we have a right to demand and to receive and new generation of Palestinians must no longer be taught to hate Jews but rather to live in peace with us those twin words demilitarization and deradicalization those two concepts were applied to Germany and Japan after World War II and that led to Decades of peace prosperity and security following our Victory following our Victory with the help of regional partners the demilitarization and deradicalization of Gaza can also lead to a future of security prosperity and peace that’s my vision for Gaza now here’s my vision for the broader Middle East it’s also shaped in part by what we saw in the aftermath of World War II after that war America forged a security Alliance in Europe to counter the growing Soviet threat likewise America and Israel today can forge a security Alliance in the Middle East to counter the growing Iranian Threat all countries that are at peace with Israel and all those countries who will make peace with Israel should be invited to join this Alliance we saw a glimpse we saw a glimpse of that that potential Alliance on April 14th led by the United States more than half a dozen Nations worked alongside Israel to help neutralize hundreds of missiles and drones launched by Iran against us thank you President Biden for bringing that Coalition together the new alliance I envisioned would be a natural extension of the groundbreaking Abraham Accords those Accords saw peace forged between Israel and four Arab countries and they were supported by Republicans and Democrats alike we could call I have a name for this new alliance I think we should call it the Abraham Alliance I want to thank president Trump for his leadership in brokering the historic Abraham Accords like Americans Israelis were relieved that President Trump emerged safe and sound from from that dastardly attack on him dastardly attack on American democracy there is no room for political violence and democracies I also want to thank president Trump for all the things he did for Israel from recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights to confronting Iran’s aggression to recognizing Jerusalem as our capital and moving the American Embassy there that’s Jerusalem our Eternal Capital never to be divided again my dear friends Democrats and Republicans despite these times of aaval I’m hopeful about the future I’m hopeful about Israel because my people the Jewish people emerg from the depths of Hell from dispossession and genocide and Against All Odds we restored our sovereignty in our ancient Homeland we built a powerful and vibrant democracy a democracy that pushes the boundaries of innovation for the betterment of all Humanity I’m hopeful about America because I’m hopeful about Americans I know how much the people of this country have sacrificed to defend Freedom America will be continued to be a force for and good in a dark and dangerous World for free peoples everywhere America Remains The Beacon of Liberty its extraordinary Founders en Vision back in 1776 working together I’m confident that our two Nations will Vanquish the tyrants and terrorists who threaten us both as Israel’s prime minister I promise you this no matter how long it takes no how no matter how difficult the road ahead Israel will not relent Israel will not Bend we will defend our land we will defend our people we will fight until we achieve victory victory over Liberty rather victory of Liberty over tyr victory Of Life over death victory of good over evil that’s our solemn commitment and we will continue to work with the United States and our Arab Partners to transform a troubled region from a Backwater of repression poverty and War into into a thriving Oasis of dignity prosperity and peace in this Noble Mission as in many others Israel will always remain America’s indispensable Ally through thick and thin through thick and thin in good times and in bad Israel will always be your loyal friend and your steadfast partner on behalf of the people of Israel I came here today to say thank you America thank you for your support and solidarity thank you for standing in Israel with Israel in our hour of need together together we shall defend our common civilization together we shall secure a brilliant future for both our nations may God bless Israel may God bless America and may God bless the great alliance between Israel and America forever h thank you you have been listening to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivering remarks nearly an hour long we’re going to listen in for just a second as there seems to be some shouting in the chamber The Joint session of Congress coming together to listen to the Israeli Prime Minister as he is now going down the line shaking hands and you’re getting a shot at the gallery above a gallery where Capitol Police made several arrests they have reported during those remarks some of people who wore t-shirts saying seal the deal now you heard the Prime Minister forcefully defending his country’s fight in Gaza after the Hamas terror attack on October 7th making the case for more Aid more quickly from the US and telling lawmakers his administration is actively engaging in extensive efforts to secure the release of Israeli hostages still being held you are seeing one of them a now former hostage Noah aramani she is there in the gallery she’s in the capital now during that speech remember she was rescued in an Israeli military r last month that you also saw in the chamber congresswoman Rashida Talib she’s the only palestinian-american in Congress holding a sign at points that read war criminal during netanyahu’s remarks outside you’re seeing a shot of that here outside we saw demonstrators protesting against Netanyahu is something that he briefly referenced in those remarks with this live look now as he is making his way out of the chamber our Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles has been watching it all and Ryan of course some empty seats in that room with more than 30 Democrats RS not attending talk us through it yeah hel and I think it is important uh that the picture that you may have got watching this uh at home on your television screen or maybe on your phone while you’re at work is perhaps not exactly the same perception that you might get while sitting inside the chamber unfortunately we have a number of producers that were in the room while this uh Speech was taking place what you couldn’t see was how yes uh the Republican side of the room was very forceful in their support of Benjamin Yahoo often standing uh and giving him uh Ovations at numerous points within the speech but there was also a good maybe a quarter of the chamber uh that did not clap at all that maybe stood during the standing ovations but did not applaud and then there were some that were outright protesting what they heard from Benjamin Netanyahu today the most obvious example being the one that you showed in Rashida Talib so this is a speech that is certainly going to get mixed reviews from the folks that were in that room uh at times uh he talked about the important relationship between the United States uh and Israel how it is important to maintain that relationship going forward but he also delve into some very tough rhetoric about the situation uh in Gaza and the Israeli prosecution of the war and as we talked about before hie I know that Democrats in that room in particular were looking to hear from Benjamin Netanyahu what his end game is how does he hope to get out of this situation and I want to point you to what I thought was perhaps the most Stark uh aspect of the speech and he said my dear friends the war in Gaza could end tomorrow if Hamas surrenders disarms and returns all of the hostages if they don’t Israel will fight until we destroy hamas’s military capabilities and its rule in Gaza and bring all of our hostages home now now that sounds good in theory but this has been the problem for Israel throughout this period of time this idea that the only way to end this war is the complete annihilation of Hamas that has proven to be difficult military experts say that every time they’re able to eradicate Hamas from a certain point in part of Gaza they’re able to spring up in another area in a in a form of Guerilla style Warfare which is why some have suggested a ceasefire needs to be negotiated to at least bring to an end the humanitarian death toll uh that has just been overwhelming at this point and that also open up an opportunity for the hostages to get home immediately and then you can begin the process of rebuilding Gaza trying to find some sort of two-state solution or something along those lines this is not necessarily the type of rhetoric that you’re hearing from the prime minister right now he is sticking to this line of the eradication of Hamas which has proven to be difficult since this war started back on October 7th hiy Ryan Nobles thank you very much our chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is joining us as well and Richard to the point that Ryan is making there you heard the Prime Minister lay out his vision for what Gaza would look like the day after in so many words in other words once this war does end well I think he laid out his vision uh of what Gaza might look like if this war ever were to end uh he didn’t talk about a ceasefire he didn’t talk about any steps to deescalate he talked about total Victory and that his future of Gaza would be one in which there is a Administration in Gaza that is disarmed uh that is not against Israel but that which at this stage doesn’t exist in Gaza so that would need to be created and in which there is a active military presence and Israeli military presence in Gaza he said that Israel needs to maintain the security control there and that is something that uh is very different from the the the positions of of the Biden Administration uh what I thought hi was he also talked a great deal about Iran and I’ll get to that in a second it was very full-throated on Iran he talked about Iran at the start of the speech he talked about Iran at the end of the speech open and closed with it uh he talked about forging this new US Israeli PCT against Iran but what was noticeable is that he spoke about President Biden in terms of the past uh he is clearly looking to the Future he’s looking to the Republicans in that room looking to find more American supporters and it seems that he’s looking to the man he’s going to meet in Mara Lago today or to tomorrow the next day um you you noticed you mentioned that vice president Harris not at the uh event because she’s at a campaign event Donald Trump made Israel supporting Israel a full-throated support of Israel part of the RNC so he’s looking forward uh he’s clearly talking about making this new alliance it’s not coincidental I think that he that he announced it to the to the American government today to the American people calling it The Abraham Alliance a reference to the Abraham Accords which president Trump considers one of his signature policy accomplishments something that he’s very proud of something the family is very proud of Jared Kushner still involved in pursuing the Abraham Accords so it seemed to me listening to this very little talk about Gaza no talk of an off-ramp or ceasefire uh no talk of a two two State solution he thanked Biden but he’s really looking to the Future and it seemed like he’s looking to form this Abraham alliance against Iran with with potentially uh Trump and he did not mention uh anything about uh vice president Harris at all or any of the detractors only suggesting that maybe they were uh taken in by Hamas propaganda Richard Engle uh thank you very much on that note I want to go to Peter Alexander our chief White House correspondent as Peter R are showing some live images now these are the demonstrators and I want to explain to folks they’re outside Union Station which is a few blocks away from the capital there have been obviously security apparatus that has been put up around the Capitol building itself and you are seeing now some of these Pro Palestinian demonstrators Peter as you know from covering President Biden as he is set to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow at the White House a meeting that the Prime Minister has long sought over the course of the president’s term here uh the president himself has been interrupted repeatedly at his events by Pro Palestinian demonstrators this has become it is obviously a humanitarian issue but also a political one for him as well I think that’s EX L right and as you look at these protesters outside Union Station right now I’m struck by a couple of things from Benjamin netanyahu’s speech before that joint meeting of Congress moments ago for one it wasn’t until more than a half an hour into the speech that he addressed the civilian casualties there right now referring to them as low civilian casualties and pointing specifically to the southern city of Rafa noting how few casualties he says there have been there which clearly was a defiant sort of uh posture to take as it relates to President Biden the White House that delivered multiple warnings in advance of the incursion that took place there in advance of Benjamin n netanyahu’s uh meeting here tomorrow we are hearing from him today tomorrow he will be at the White House it’s going to be followed after he meets with President Biden by what is an unprecedented meeting to take place between the two leaders and the families of American hostages this meeting um will happen here at the White House we are told and in a meeting that happened SE separately with those families in the Prime Minister on Monday the Prime Minister we were told pointed to new progress he told them that the conditions are ripening to bring their loved ones home but notably according to someone who was in the room I’m told he was speaking in Hebrew then their eyes the family said he was aiming his remarks at an Israeli audience the parents of at least one American hostage in that room and several others with whom I’ve spoken uh told Netanyahu there that they wanted him to announce a deal today and my reporting tells me according to multiple Administration officials at the present during his meeting with Netanyahu tomorrow will exert new pressure on Netanyahu to try to reach uh or to agree to an elusive deal that he’s expected to take a tougher tone right now in many ways ahead of the president’s address tonight in prime time hie this is a legacy issue for President Biden with only six months left in his term now having announced that he will not seek another four years this is an issue that has certainly uh put a stain in the eyes of some certainly Progressive Democrats on his time in office that he wasn’t more tough toward Israel in terms of how it is handled civilian casualties uh in Gaza over the course of these last several months the only other point I’ll make is keep a very close eye on kamla Harris’s um public appearances over the course of the next 48 hours she will meet with Netanyahu separately tomorrow after the meeting between the two leaders and those hostage families she has been more critical of Israel over the course of this war you’ll remember at a civil rights event that she held in Selma Alabama several months ago she called for an immediate ceasefire she was particularly critical uh in blaming Israel in effect for creating a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza the question here will be does she try try to create any due distance between her view as it relates to Israel he closer to the Gaza border the story of resilience and hope please take care of yourself and each other more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump are both on the road today vice president spoke at an event for a historically black sorority in Indianapolis this afternoon the former president will hold a campaign rally later today in Charlotte North Carolina NBC News Washington correspondent yamel cindor is in Indianapolis and NBC News correspondent Von Hillard is in Charlotte yamish I’ll start with you uh give us some background about the sorority holding the event there today and what did we hear from the vice president well just in the last few hours vice president kamla Harris was here in India Anapolis she spoke to a gathering of sorority sisters um for the sorority Zeta Beta sorority Incorporated it’s a group that’s part of the Divine n which is a group of black fraternities and sororities historically African-American sororities and and and fraternities um she’s a member of alpha Capa Alpha sority Incorporated so the group here was so energized there was so much cheering it was really in some ways a crowd that felt electrifying and and there were a lot of AIDs that were very excited about that but the vice president leaned in on the messaging of the fact that she feels like she can win this election she also pointedly attacked former president Trump and talked about Reproductive Rights which is an issue that she’s really been focused on so take a listener talking about that well let me tell you something when I am president of the United States and when Congress passes a law to restore those freedoms I will sign it into law we are not playing around and she and she also talked about the fact that she wants to see this base of African-American voters um which of course are the most loyal voters in the Democratic part she wants to see them mobilized and she said when we mobilize and when we organize we can move mountains we can change the nation and we can win this election so of course this is a group of of people that are the most loyal base for the Democratic party so definitely speaking to people who are going to be fundamental to winning if she is to win the the the presidency here here and of course we know the former president Trump is also organizing V let’s bring you in Trump is holding his first event since VP Harris became essentially the deao nominee what kind of message are we expecting from his campaign today right we’re about three hours from when he is going to address this crowd of what we expect to be several thousand in Charlotte North Carolina a Battleground State here and of course that’ll be just about two hours before Joe Biden the current President addresses the nation from the Oval Office for Donald Trump in his campaign I think the words of RNC chairman Michael Watley I think sums it up well I just talked with white Watley just a few moments ago and I asked him about how this changes the dynamic of the race and he told me this was always the Biden Harris campaign that now it’s just Harris and that their platform and their policies are the same and they as a Republican party in a trump campaign will continue to tell the American public that there is no difference between Joe Biden and kamla Harris it’s a matter of who is at the top of the ticket but they have no no change in approach now with the different person at the actual top van I want to ask about the FBI director today revealing that the gunman who tried to assassinate former president Trump researched the JFK shooting before that attack what else did we learn today about the investigation right FBI director Chris Ray testifying before the house Judiciary Committee providing some details about the investigation so what happened number one there was apparently not a ladder that the shooter took in order to get on top of that structure but used other equipment as a means to get into that position where he was able to fire those shots at Donald Trump in the crowd and I want to let you hear a little bit from director Ray himself because he also describes a Google search a specific Google search that they found on his laptop ticket analysis of a laptop that the investigation ties to the shooter uh reveals that on July 6th he did a Google search for quote how far away was Oswald from Kennedy so of course there are still these outstanding questions this is the second rally after the shooting for Donald Trump of course in Michigan Saturday it was indoors and as you see here in Charlotte this event indoors as well guys Bon Hillard y Michelle cindor thanks we’ll be right back oh he we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top store reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now what is going to happen going back and forth oh yeah nice to see you and now to joint investigation by our NBC station in Dallas and NBC News it’s an inside look at a criminal investigation that threatened to put school librarians in jail in Texas the alleged crime books that a local law enforcement official deemed obscene here’s senior investigative reporter Scott fredman with NBC 5 in Dallas you’ve seen police body camera videos but maybe never like this essentially the Librarians are the are my suspects if they’re the ones that are choosing the books and putting them in there you you know they’re the ones that are carrying the the criminal liability you’re watching a Texas County Constable informing a school superintendent that the school librarians are suspected of crimes the Constable visits Granbury Texas schools in May of 2022 searching for library books he suspects are obscene and attempting to question the Librarians who are now targets of a criminal investigation if you want to hear what I have to say you’re welcome to stay and if if you don’t you can go back to the library I mean but I wanted to afford you the opportunity to sit down and hear what I have to say and and see if you wanted to say anything or not NBC News obtained the videos through an open records request along with a more than 800 page case File it reveals the Constable drafted criminal complaints and submitted them to a district attorney seeking felony charges against three Librarians for Distributing harmful materials to minors these women that are amazing Educators and librarians have been terrified for over two years now that they’re going to get arrested hauled off to jail on a felony charge local attorney Paul Hyde has spoken with two of The Librarians since the early days of the investigation Hyde served on a parent committee that voted to keep some of the controversial books in the libraries and says book debates should be resolved by school boards not with handcuffs law enforcement had no business being involved in this debate whatsoever we’ve seen some investigations into libraries but this went a lot further uh you had here uh police putting together uh indictments and preparing for an arrest of librarians and Free Speech attorney Adam steinbaugh tracks the nation’s culture wars over books and says the Granbury case appears to be one of the most extensive attempts to prosecute Librarians in Grandbury the district attorney ultimately declined to file charges in April telling the constable in an email the evidence was insufficient to prove a felony NBC News is not identifying the Librarians because they were not charged with any crimes and they’ve declined to speak with us about the investigation case records show the books targeted by the Constable include The Bluest Eye by Nobel prizewinning author Tony Morrison often taught in high school literature classes but for decades it’s generated controversy over its depiction of sexual abuse under Texas law a book cannot be deemed harmful to children just because it has explicit content The book must also to be found to have no redeeming social value for minors I’m doing a criminal investigation into some of your staff so the Constable Scott London launched his investigation after two women who wanted a list of books removed from schools say London approached them and asked if they would file a complaint London has acknowledged contacting the women after hearing them speak at a republican meeting he told us in 2022 that he reviewed the pornography statute with them and they filed a report because they believed there was a case London declined an interview request for this report and did not respond to detailed questions we sent London is a former New Mexico sheriff and supporter of the far-right Constitutional Sheriff’s movement even appearing at constitutional Sheriff training events captured in social media photos the movement promotes the idea that local Law Enforcement Officers can disregard laws they personally deem unconstitutional in an interview for a report that aired months after the library investigation began London Den that his political or personal views influenced his decision to investigate uh it has has nothing to do with the Constitution the nation’s oldest Library Association says the investigation is chilling no Library professional no educational professional should face these threats for simply doing the job and attempting to serve the needs of their students or serve the needs of their Community a case that stirred a community and astonished Librarians across America Scott fredman NBC News Dallas coming up go ahead and throw out those coupon Flyers the new way to save big on your grocery bill ahead on NBC News Daily and you can keep watching us streaming free 24/7 right here on NBC news now watch us where eie is stream live that includes YouTube Roku a whole lot of places the news continues after this oh w hey there I’m hie and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new develop let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this law actually will and won’t do Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I can keep talking till the Eiffel Tower starts sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle it’s sparkling it’s happening bottom of the hour now and we are following this breaking news in Washington DC major protests surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech to Congress so let’s go back to NBC news reporter Gary grumbacher he’s been tracking these protests all day I do want to start by saying we got some clarity about tools being used by law enforcement today they say they used pepper spray not tear gas last time we SP spoke with you Gary we also heard some loud bangs I understand you have clarity about what those sounds were talk us through that and just generally what the environment is like right now yeah things have C down significantly since we last spoke guys what those bangs were that we last spoke were flashbangs set up by protesters we saw a number of things happened in the immediate aftermath once we got off the air with you cops came into the area and they pulled out a number of people it seems as if they were those folks were arrested those protesters were arrested and then they also confiscated a number of wagons filled with a ton of different materials in in black bags so the cops were in possession of those wagons it seems like whatever they were using to create the flashbangs were in those wagons the cops are now in possession of those and I just want to give you a sense of what this looks like right now we are in front of Washington DC’s Union Station the big train station one of the biggest on the east coast and the front of it has been entirely taken over by thousands of pro Palestinian anti- Netanyahu protesters out here you see folks standing on on the uh the podium here near the statues and we see the flags Tony if you can pan up to the flags have been the American flags have been replaced by Palestinian Flags so that is certainly notable as well guys yeah Gary I want to note that uh prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has wrapped up his speech to members of Congress he did reference the protesters calling them quote Iran’s useful idiots being very critical of these protesters I wonder what you’re hearing from protesters there about the message that they they’re trying to send well they’re trying to send a message that they would like this completely to end ceasefire now is something they keep repeating and they want to bring all of the hostages home now something else is that these folks aren’t listening to Benjamin Netanyahu they have no interest in what Benjamin Netanyahu has to say at the capital they frankly didn’t want him to be here in the first place so when I S spoke to several protesters asked if they were tuning in to listen they laughed in my face and and acted as if why would I be asking such a silly question of them uh so that is is particular interesting here’s what a couple of protesters we talked to earlier today had to say and Gary we don’t have that sound at the moment but since you’re out there talking with protesters seeing the law enforcement presence talk to us about what the police presence looks like right now I know earlier it was pretty strong yeah actually let me turn the camera around and show you what the police presence looks like we have folks from the Metropolitan Police Department the US Park police in in serious tactical gear here they have bikes they have what appear to be pepper spray guns ready to be deployed if they need to be deployed uh so there are hundreds and hundreds of folks just like these surrounding Massachusetts Avenue right in the heart of Washington DC just two blocks from the US capital all right Gary grun back for us at Union Station the main train station in Washington Gary thank you there are some other things making news today let’s check the headlines yeah starting with this scary moment at Yellowstone National Park visitors scrambling for safety after a hydrotherm explosion spewed rocks and steam into the air around biscuit Basin the surrounding Boardwalk was damaged but the National Park Service says no one was injured according to the US Geological Survey this type of explosion is relatively common and is not a sign of impending volcanic eruptions it’s simply when the hot water beneath the ground rapidly turns into steam because of a drop in pressure take a look at this incredible video that is a boat and a humpback whale leaping out of the water landing on the boat turn it over it happened off the coast of Portsmouth New Hampshire both men on board were thrown into the water but escaped unharmed two teens fishing on a nearby boat caught this entire thing on camera before racing to rescue the two men from the water quite the sight and this morning it was announced that the 2034 Winter Olympics will be returning to Salt Lake City the city won its bid to host the games by a vote of 83 to6 the international Olympic Committee also voted to have the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the fren Alps it will be the fourth time France has hosted the Winter Olympics well we are just two days away from the historic opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games and we found out exclusively on today who will carry the US flag with basketball Superstar LeBron James and I think because you are so special you have the honor of wearing this jacket during the opening ceremony and a flag barrel with LeBron James the shock that’s 20-year-old tennis Phenom Co goo Goff she will make history on Friday when she becomes both the youngest American and first US tennis player to ever carry the flag NBC News Chief International correspondent Kier Simmons joins us now from Paris Kier I understand the man who we saw delivering that news to goof in that video earlier is actually a teammate and friend of goffs what did she say about that whole interaction in moment well it’s going to be amazing isn’t it LeBron James James and Coco go are both on the S for that that opening ceremony at the holding uh the US uh flags that just makes the whole thing even more exciting and you’re right for Coco golf it was an incredible moment take a listen I’m going to be honest we were all just taking our pictures in our opening ceremony outfit and he went on this speech and I was like a little bit upset at him because I was like this is not the time we’re to do that like I was like why are you doing this right now and then he ended with that and I was completely shocked like I never would have crossed my mind you know it wasn’t in yeah I have no words honestly completely shocked and the Team USA boat just to let you know will be the second from last boat on that parade on the river that’s because of course the US will host the next Olympics that’s a tradition but it’s just going to make it so much better on Friday you know sit back relax get chips get soda and watch the whole thing with Team USA almost a finale at the end yeah it’s almost hard to imagine boats on the river it’s so different Kier I know there’s some sporting news today too right we’ve got the first round of men’s soccer officially kicking off and and Team USA taking the field I know there’s a lot of Hope here in the US for them why does some of these games start so soon by the way yeah that they’re playing right now as we speak it’s nil nil as we say z00 in the game between the Team USA and France obviously France is a Soccer Nation so it’s going to be a challenging game but it looks so far like Team USA are holding their own yeah listen the reason I think one of the reasons why we have sports before the opening ceremonies because there are so many sports these days in the Olympics just when you take soccer for example you know it it’s 90 minutes or maybe more if it if there’s extra time that’s a lot of running around and you need some gaps between games they also are in different cities around the country which which makes for an Olympics that you know unites France not just Paris but it is doesn’t mean that teams need to find their way to the next Stadium for the next game and here while we have you I understand Snoop Dog also has a big role on Friday never thought i’ say that yeah right snoop snoop is going to be uh holding the Olympic flame on Friday one of the last to to to run with the Olympic flame I I don’t know what to say about that I mean let’s hope he doesn’t Drop it like it’s hot here if he doesn’t you know you can you’re there that was a mic drop right there that was right there here I’m so jealous have a great time thank you uh remember everybody you can only see the Olympics on the networks of NBC you can only see Snoop here coverage with the with the opening ceremony is this Friday as in two days from now July 26 well there’s another big event going on we are less than four months away from the presidential election yes and one of the top issues on voters Minds is the economy but with all the uncertainty in the news lately it also has a lot of people worried especially when it comes to their Investments according to a survey from betterment more than half of investors are feeling anxious about what the upcoming election could mean for their portfolio and 40% of them expect to move or pull some of their Investments based on who is elected so let’s dig into some calm with cnbc’s senior personal finance correspondent Sharon erson first Sharon what is it about the election that gets people so stressed I think they’re worried about the what ifs what what if this person’s policy goes through and what will that mean in terms of um what is going to be regulated in terms of my investments or what policies may be in place but what is Promised on the campaign Trail and what those political promises may be may never be the reality there’s a lot that has to happen in between and so the other thing that in terms of people’s Investments that they’re worried about is all the uncertainty the turbulence that see we we see in the markets the when we see a down market like today people are worried this is because of whatever the outcome they think is going to be but there’s just volatility when there’s uncertainty after an election historically we’ve seen the markets improve you always say the markets like certainty they like to know what’s coming so what do people want to avoid doing right now well one of the things that you want to avoid is having a rash making a rash decision doing something with your finances that is out of because of your gut not because of what you have already set out is your plan are your goals and the things that you want to do so making those snap decisions and and trusting your gut not the facts of what’s really happening and what will need to happen for you to reach your financial goals that’s a mistake what can people do to keep their emotions in check especially given I mean the last few weeks have been so unpredictable it can just be a stressful time right well I’m not a therapist or a psychologist but I talked to financial therapists and financial psychologist for this segment and one of the things that someone told me I think is very helpful and that is to picture your money goal literally take a picture of that city that you want to retire in or the boat that you want to buy or the home that you want to have or the college you want your kids to go to and that you’re going to have to pay for whatever that your money goal is picture that so you stick to that goal and separate fact from fiction what needs to happen what is going to happen in terms of getting you to that point and what’s the fiction about well this could happen with taxes or that could happen you know you need to do that and then also kind of separate the stressors you might start spiraling I I know this could happen and I’m worried about that could happen no what are they write them down and then figure out what you can tackle and that process alone can help you reduce your stress and your anxiety you know and we’re looking at potentially maybe a rate cut right interest rates in maybe September the FED is kind of indicated that could change everything too that could change everything too so what does that mean in terms of where your money is I’ve talked about this for the short term you have it in a high yield savings account that could go down a little bit but the reason why it’s there is to protect you from yourself so that you don’t go into credit card debt that you have this money for emergencies so you want to continue to do that remember what your goals are that you’ve set out and and continue to focus on that feels like the theme is keep the big picture in mind keep the big picture in mind another another quick exercise put a t and an F next to the things that are stressing you out is this really true or is this false is this fact or is this fiction I love that one we like to stick with the tea around here I like to exactly thank you so much and grab your phone because you can read about how to emotionproof your portfolio just scan that QR code you see on the right side of your screen or head to cnbc.com your money still ahead College freshmen around the nation moving into their dorms in just a few weeks speaking of stress how parents can make that transition easier for everybody but first time for today’s daily snapshot speaking of parents it’s an adorable game of peekaboo that is a baby a tree dwelling kangaroo peeking outside of its mother’s pouch for the first time the Joey was born in December but the zoo said it actually takes about 7 months before the animal begins to poke its head outside of that little pouch you see the animals are native to Papa New Guinea and as their name suggests they live most of their lives in the trees but they are considered to be a threatened species with only around 2500 left in the world more NBC News Daily right after this he we report live from Tel Aviv from puz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what are the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization in today’s modern parenting it is almost moving day and soon young people across the country will be heading off to college some for the very first time and even if you’ve always known this day will come it can still be emotional for kids and especially for parents just take a look at this video of actress Brook Shields breaking down in tears last year after her daughter returned to college for her sophomore year oh it’s so hard I miss her already babies I know the feeling joining me now Nero Feliciano she is a psychotherapist and an author Nero you know we all think maybe we’re going to be fine and then the emotions hit when your child leaves home H how do you get ready in advance for those feelings I think Kate it’s like many things when it comes to Parenting you don’t know how you’re going to feel until you’re in that moment but I would say normalize all the feelings yes it’s hard yes you might feel lost grief sadness anxiety fear you’re also going to be excited and as they make the transition successfully so will you with some time and noo I have to say I remember my first time going away to college it’s hard to know what to expect and you know I’m the oldest I’m not much of a crier at least in my family context that that was me the day I I was dropped off and yet I cried which was a little embarrassing but what’s your advice to young people if they’re worried or they think they might get homesick yeah I think it’s important that we tell young people look it is normal to miss home it’s normal to feel homesick transitions take longer than you think 3 to six months on average and when we’re listening to them we don’t want to talk them out of it we want to empathize with what they’re feeling and validate it and also Empower them to say you know you can do hard things also nothing is set in stone we’re going to try this we’re going to give it the semester the year and then re-evaluate if it’s the right place for you but stay with them in the emotion and give them a lot of empathy yeah a lot of students college students in that first year struggle with their mental health neuro there’s academic stress there’s social pressure there’s trying to make new friends all of it how can we help prepare them for what’s ahead without being overbearing yeah we want to just make sure we keep those lines of communication open sending texts encouraging them also letting them know what anxiety and depression look like and if they’re noticing these things to reach out to you let them know where the health center is where they can get support and something that we’ve always told our kids even from a young age is there’s no situation too big that we are not going to walk you through it and when you’re fearful or sad you might not be able to think of solutions that we can think of so come to us nothing is off the table and we want to really normalize that for them I love that and for a lot of young people this might be their first time really being on their own independent even if they think they are independent they might be budgeting for the first time feeding themselves for the first time so how can caregivers make this transition a bit easier you know we just want to be there for them and let them know reach out when you need help ask them open-ended question hey what do you love there what’s going well what’s been unexpected and what’s what’s challenging today or this week we also want to be able to connect with them on their schedule so ask them when is a good time to touch base when do you want me to visit and give them a little bit of space to figure it out care packages always a good thing as well one last quick question I know parents who check in every single day with their college kid personally I don’t want to look too clingy so I don’t do that how do you find that balance Kate in one year I’m going to be asking you that same question but what I would say is don’t expect them to be you know responsive every time you call give them some Grace remember what it’s like when you have a crazy day at work this is what they’re trying to figure out in their own environment and don’t overwhelm them with advice be a sounding board give them encouragement and tell them you’re here when they need you give them a little a Long Leash to come back to you when they need you I love that noo Feliciano thank you so much so helpful there’s much more news ahead you’re watching NBC News Daily now now is raw how hard is it to see it like this our house is no longer here but we are here now is real let’s break down what we know and then the big questions still outstanding news for the generation of now is NBC News Now fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty bad Christ Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC with the cost of groceries On The Rise a lot of Americans are looking for ways to save as much as they can and coupons can be a useful tool yeah and some customers are taking it one step further with a strategy known as Extreme Couponing NBC News Daily anchor Vicky win heads to the checkout lane to show us how hey there as Americans look to save at the grocery store coupons are more valuable than ever and these deep discounts they’re a lot easier to come by than you might think there is a method to the madness we spoke with the expert to help you arm yourself with coupons that will make a big difference in your wallet we’re at $439 .79 it’s that satisfying sound that made Millions eager to clip and Shop what is our total 0 0 0 but today toss those scissors there’s a more efficient way to get in on the couponing craze I just got $110 in groceries for 40 $8 herside pickup all on my phone I didn’t even have to get out of my jamm jam this extreme coupon or what during the pandemic four years ago kiry too and her husband lost their jobs the mom of two turned to Extreme Couponing to help the family save how much would you estimate that couponing saves your family each month5 six $700 a month what would surprise people the most about couponing it is not like TLC extreme coupon now it’s all on your phone you download an app you scan a barcode or enter your phone number at the register your coupon automatically come off no one has any idea that you’re couponing but you’re saving your money immediately at the register the average American household spends more than $1,000 a month on groceries and prices have risen 25% since 2020 last year more than 90% of Shoppers used a coupon in order to save money you’ve got to change your mindset and break out of your routine a little bit Joanie deer is the co-founder of the crazy coupon lady what is your top strategy when it comes to couponing I think shoing around and just learning the price points so if you’re buying cereal every week make sure you know what it is you’re paying drugstores are my personal favorite for a starting line because the Loyalty program there and all of the coupons available in those apps make it really really easy to save at least 50% she says this is what you need to keep in mind when starting first pick one store and join the Loyalty program to get the member discounts and rewards look for store and manufacturer coupons most can be found in the storees app or online and think outside the box determine what you buy based on sale prices I put these tips to the test at CVS first up cereal I’m going to show you how much you can save you see the Cheerios here they’re on sale extra big deal $1.99 you think that’s a good price well open up the CVS app search for the manufacturer coupon boom you save a dollar on two cereals so I’m going to get the Cheerios and some Lucky Charms next up an expensive item laundry detergent I did my research ahead of time so I know it’s on sale at the store and there’s a coupon in the app plus get this if you spend $25 or more in laundry items CVS is giving an extra $8 in extra bucks rewards towards your future purchase CVS cash you can use on future purchases similar to other reward programs like Target which offers store gift cards based on your purchases out my cart this item is on sale I found another coupon for $2 off in the app let’s get some some coffee time to check out and see how much I saved okay so before I apply my app with all the coupons it’s $264 Moment of Truth scan it for me Ricardo look at these deductions oh we’re under 100 bucks is that the total it is absolutely $96.99 that is awesome feel like a heavyweight coupon Champion right now boom yes by the way that was a 50% savings just using the CP coupons in our app and I also got $29 in extra bucks rewards to use towards my next purchase guys back to you what what I need to go shopping with Miss Vicky w i mean I’ve never thought about buying groceries unless I’m like in a hurry I’ll buy but not planning ahead to go to a pharmacy to buy groceries it’s a good reminder to like look at the coupon look at the receipt save it maybe plan your F around it planning the key word it seems that’s where I fall down is that I don’t think about what I’m G to get before I get to the St know I know but that’s where Vicki’s reports are super helpful so Vicki thank you for that one yeah very useful I’m Kate Snow I’m Z Glon while you are watching NBC News Daily and of course you can keep watching us streaming free 247 right here on NBC news now watch us wherever you stream live that includes YouTube Roku peacock nbcnews.com the news continues after this oh the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared as Shore there is some late breaking news all right more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization if it’s Wednesday President Biden is set to address the nation and his historic decision to drop out of the race as vice president Kamala Harris hits the trail and sharpens her attacks against former president Trump plus Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress vowing to win the war against Hamas and bring the remaining hostages home as Pro Palestinian and anti- Netanyahu protesters rally all around around the capital and FBI director Christopher Ray testifies before Congress revealing chilling new details about the Trump assassination attempt including how the shooters studied the rally site and searched online quote how far away was Oswald from Kennedy welcome to read the Press now I’m Kristen Welker with just days until the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Paris a different kind of torch passing is underway here in Washington in just a few hours from now in Prime Time President Biden will address the nation for the first time about his decision to withdraw from the race and endorse vice president kamla Harris ahead of his remarks the white house this afternoon previewing what Americans can expect to hear tonight the president will discuss his historic decision to put the country above all else and about the inflection point we face as a country in this moment this is one of those rare moments in history when the decisions we make will now will determine the future of our nation meanwhile the Democratic party’s de facto nominee was back on the road after her first campaign rally yesterday for a keynote speech to an historically black sority focused on social justice it comes as the Harris campaign has for the very first time outlined what it sees as its path to victory in a new memo focused on a coalition of black voters Women Voters and young voters at the event this afternoon Harris outlining her vision for the future in this moment I believe we Face a choice between two different Visions for our nation one focused on the future the other focused on the past and with your support I am fighting for our nation’s Future these extremists want to take us back but we are not going back we are not going back it comes as today the DNC rules committee met to formalize the nomination process with less than a month until its convention kicking off in Just 2 weeks until a virtual roll call of delegates the compressed timeline means Harris might have mere days to vet and pick a running mate as NBC News is tracking at least nine potential contenders in the mix meanwhile former president Trump is set to hold his first rally since President Biden’s withdrawal from the race as Republicans look to sharpen their attacks against Harris in part by tying her to President Biden as the former president did in an interview last night she was the worst vice president and he was the worst president by the way he was the worst president we’ve ever had and her ratings are lower than his rating so I don’t know how she can do well but maybe she can it’s a crazy world out there it comes as Republican leadership is reportedly warning against attacking Harris’s race and gender after a few House Republicans called her a quote Dei hire and Dei vice president house Speaker Mike Johnson’s message to his conference this should not be about personalities it should be about policy and we have a record to compare this has nothing to do with race pretty Stern words there from the house Speaker I want to bring in our team of NBC news reporters Mike memoy is covering President Biden as he has been for years yish Alor is in Indianapolis covering vice president Harris Alex sewald is following the latest rules deliberations inside the DNC and Von Hillyard is in Charlotte North carolinae of former president Trump’s rally tonight Mike mem I have to go to you to kick things off set the scene inside the White House what are sources close to the president saying about tonight of course the last time a sitting president announced he was dropping out of the race it was Lyndon Johnson with a 40-minute address yeah that’s right Kristen this was a deeply personal decision that the president made and this is going to be a very personal address the president has not been seen only in brief glimpses we only heard a little bit of him during uh the that visit by the vice president to her campaign headquarters but the president really did want the first time he would speak extensively uh in public to be this personal address to the American people where he will explain that decision that he made he’ll also talk about what he wants to be the work of his administration for the remaining six uh months of of his time in office building on what he’s been able to do over the last three and half years we heard and I just came out of the press briefing with Karine jeanpier heard talk about this idea of an inflection Point moment that does speak to the fact that this will be in some ways a political speech he will lay out the choice that that voters will be facing in this election in a more highlevel way but ultimately as I’m talking to people in the West Wing people close to the president at this moment they do see this as the beginning of a new campaign of sorts as the beginning of a campaign to shape his legacy understanding that in so many ways his legacy will be determined in large part based on whether the vice president is successful in succeeding him or if Donald Trump is the one returning to the White House it’s such an important Point Mike and and obviously that is key to why he made this decision it’ll be interesting to see how much detail he gives us about how he came to this final what must have been incredibly difficult decision it’s a fascinating moment because it’s a moment for vice president Harris to Rebrand herself and in some ways it’s a moment for President Biden to Rebrand and in a way write the first draft of how how he wants to be remembered right yeah absolutely I mean this is a president who has been through a moment similar to this before in 2015 of course he announced that he would not run for president in 2016 and when he did so he said just because he’s not a candidate does not mean he will be silent that he intended to remain engaged in the public debate one of the big questions is just how much will he be involved in the campaign going forward uh he certainly wants to be out there to help the Vice President in her election but in some ways these are decision that are now up to the vice president and to her team of advisers to determine but the president clearly does uh view one of the most important decisions he made was selecting vice president Kam Harris to serve with him in the administration and so as we were just speaking with Karine John Pierre one of the questions is does she have now an enhanced role in within the administration does she have a bigger seat at the table does she has more of a say over what the administration does going forward Karine John Pier saying they’ve always been close partners and speaking extensively with one another and that will continue at this point yeah undoubtedly it will and just set the scene there Mike we know that staffers were invited to watch this speech this has to be a time of incredible emotions there for all of the people who are close to President Biden given that he has made what was a really difficult decision yeah that’s right so many of the White House officials I’ve been speaking to have been talking about feeling the range of emotions over these the course of the these last few days some of them shock of course at only hearing about the decision the same way all of us did by seeing that post on social media some of them feeling anger anger including at those who they feel in the Democratic party forced the president to have to make this decision but also very deep sadness about the end of this 54-year career in elected office uh and at this point though as one put it to me there’s no real time for sentimentality they have to keep getting work done they want us run through the tape as k John Pier said in the briefing they have so much work to do to support the vice president and so at this point they do feel in some ways a sense of renewal and and new energy to to see through that task as well Mike memoy as the Biden whisper there is no better person to start off our coverage today Mike thank you so much really appreciate it yamish let me turn to you you at vice president Harris’s event today she spoke to Zeta beta of course she’s a member of another sorority Alpac Kappa Alpha um talk a little bit about the significance what did you hear from the vice president today yamish well it was very significant that vice president kamla Harris on day three of her campaign came to saify beta’s um Boule here a gathering of of black women who are going to really be really critical to her winning in November because these are the people that she’s going to want to BU and knock on doors and make calls and as you said this is a group that’s part of the Divine n it’s a group of historically black fraternities and sorties she is a member of course of Alpac Kappa Alpha sori Incorporated and these groups um were founded more than a hundred years ago and they really are focused on civil rights a lot of their leaders including people like Martin Luther King was from alpha alpha as well as Rosa Parks who was an honorary member of alpha cppa alpha s already Incorporated that they were focused on civil rights in this way so in Her speech she was talking a lot about this being sort of a people centered campaign in her mind telling them that that at one point um if we mobilize we can change the nation if mobilized we can move mountains and there was really rockus rockus cheers here Applause it felt in some ways like a homecoming because we should say throughout her time in public office she has embraced members of the Divine KN she’s brought them multiple times to the White House she’s held calls she’s really been in touch with with these sororities and fraternities so really a lot of people here felt like this was someone that they knew and that they now are really energized to fight for her and it’s really a a clear sign that she is trying to energize this part of her constituent and as that memo laid out today she will be targeting not only uh voters of color but obviously young voters as well and as a range of different other parts of the Biden Coalition let me ask you moving forward about what you are anticipating the strategy where do you anticipate she’s going to be focused in the coming days well that’s really important because now she has to really make up for lost time and I’ve been hearing for weeks as they were sort of quietly getting ready for the fact that she might be the top of the ticket and of course that moment is here now um she’s going to really be focused on mobilizing African-American voters in the South I’m told Georgia North Carolina being key Pennsylvania being another place think about Philadelphia being another place um that that’s really important in her mind but without also giving out um and without also forgetting about the sort of West and thinking about Nevada and Arizona um my sense is that she’s going to be hitting the road even more than she already was she was a vice president that was on the road a lot but now that she’s a candidate um she’s really going to be trying to introduce herself to some voters who maybe know of her as vice president but don’t know her background just yesterday when we were in Wisconsin I learned that she lived in Wisconsin when she was a little girl when her mother was a cancer researcher and I’ve I’ve I’ve covered her for a while um but the idea that you know she’s bred herself and people know her as someone from California that they’re really going to be trying to really roll out more of her bio I also was told that they want to like highlight very um sort of easygoing things including the fact that she loves to cook so talking about sort of food scenes so she’s really going to trying to be making herself relatable I know we’ll probably talk about beef staks so I’ll leave sort of that conversation but but the idea is that for her as the top of the ticket she’s really going to be focused on sort of crisscrossing and barnstorming the country here yeah we are going to talk vep Stak in just a minute you’re absolutely right yish but that rebranding effort that is underway as you say is going to be clearly a critical part of her strategy moving forward yam thanks so much Alex sitwell let me turn to you now Democrats rallying around Paris and it happened very swiftly uh in a very robust way she’s not officially the nominee yet you’ve been tracking the DNC rules committee meeting today what does the process look like do we know anything more about the timeline for this yeah Kristen the process to make her the official nominee is going to look very different from the roll call votes that we have seen and know and possibly love from past conventions where you go around all the states it’s kind of rockus uh instead Democrats are going to do something very unusual they’re going to do a virtual roll call vote ahead of the convention and that’s actually been the plan for months to get around a potential legal issue in Ohio uh the deadline to get on the ballot there is August 7th the legislature changed it but they’re not sure if it goes into effect so that had been the plan all along it was kind of a you know inconsequential detail when it was Joe Biden running but then now with Harris running and the potential for other candidates they Revisited that uh they deed to stick with it and just moments ago the uh rules committee passed it so they’re trying to get her nomination officially wrapped up by August 7th ahead of that and then at the convention uh it will be a kind of ceremonial U crowning for her so Alex let me ask you and this is significant what you’re saying you’re saying they’ve now agreed that that August 7th date is a go so they’re going to move forward with that is there any room for a potential Challenger at this point Alex yeah good question there is but not much if you want to run against kamla Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination uh you have just days to act you have until Saturday to announce your candidacy and you only have until Tuesday to get what they call threshold support that’s where you to get 300 uh signatures from delegates to the convention so you better move very fast and and the vote on the nomination is going to happen as soon as August 1st uh so this is compressing every in this timeline you know critics might say to try to squeeze out anyone who might run against her but it’s also clear that she has really Consolidated Party Support according to R tally she has something like 3ars of all delegates to the convention already supporting her so I think the biggest impact will be on her vice presidential search compressing all of that potentially to just two weeks to try to get of that August 7th deadline so she’ll have to have it in by August 7th a little bit yeah a little bit unclear as far as the Democratic party is concerned they are delivering the Presidential nominee they say it’s up to the campaign and up to the candidate herself whether she wants to get her Vice Presidential nominee ahead of that August 7th deadline it’s clear they think that that would be uh safer to avoid potential litigation but they have written the rules in a way that give her uh up until the convention which is only August 19th so you know it’s not an enormous amount of time uh but it’s clear that the from from what we’ve heard from sources and the haris campaign and the DNC they really want to get both nominations by August 7th so this is going to move very very quickly all right well uh appreciate you’re keeping us updated on all of these fascinating and fast-moving developments today Alex thank you so much Von let me head over to you you’re in Charlotte where we’re going to hear from Donald Trump uh for the first time since he got a new opponent I mean it’s just stunning to think about how much has changed in the course of a few days here what are you going to be watching for V go to that right I was actually at a Donald Trump’s last rally on Saturday night in Grand Rapids Michigan I was talking to RNC chairman Michael wattley at that event and there was foreshadowing what if they do swap out Joe Biden at the top of the ticket how does that change the game for you well I just saw him here again and of course Saturday night a few hours later we came Sunday afternoon and there is a new candidate who is going to be going mono Mano with Donald Trump at the top of the ticket when I asked him about how Harris changes dynamics of the race he says he doesn’t believe it does he made the case that they are expecting that there is going to be what he described a sugar high bump in the polls for kamla Harrison the Democratic ticket here in the days and weeks ahead but their effort is going to be to directly tie her to everything that the Biden Administration stood for and ultimately the consequences of its border policies and make it clear that it was always the Biden Harris campaign there’s just one name that’s no longer a part of the campaign but that is still kamla Harrison she takes full responsibility for everything that they were already planning to run against Joe Biden on for the last three and a half years of the democratic Administration let me ask you a little bit about vep Stakes V from this perspective when you and I were covering the RNC part of what we were reporting on is Trump’s pick of JD Vance and the big takeaway is boy he made that decision from a position of strength it was not NE necessarily someone who will help him with the electoral map he could in certain places but he’s not going to necessarily change or overhaul the map now we have AA Harris her Vice Presidential nominee yet to be named but there’s some real opportunity there she’s T looking at the potential governor of Pennsylvania obviously Senator Mark Kelly I mean she’s looking at a number of these key Battleground State Governors or senators and that could change the shape of this race V is there concern inside the Trump Administration about that right now the way that again Michael Watley the RNC chairman referenced to me he goes there’s 79 Battleground States and just take North Carolina where actually he was the chair of the Republican party here in North Carolina and if you were to pick Roy Cooper the North Carolina governor to be Mell Harris’s running mate he goes it could be a b a point or two but they still feel confident about their ability to not only hold the state but believe that it would have minimum impact around the country yet when you’re looking at somebody like a mark Kelly out of Arizona I would make the case that suddenly that is part of the extended uh uh parameters of what it would take to clinch the nomination for kamla Harris of course if you’re Democrats you believe the likes at Pennsylvania is perhaps your best pickup opportunity but if you can add Arizona to the mix suddenly you’re getting closer to 270 and one other thing I’ll throw out there he in 2022 he actually beat Blake Masters in a senate race by 4 and a half percentage points and you could say JD Vance was the political brother of Blake Masters back in Arizona in those 2022 Senate Races they were both the ones that reive big dollar donations from Peter teal sort of that techy sort of new right form and he effectively was able to beat him pretty decisively so that could make marelly rather appealing for this Democratic ticket well we await this decision with great anticipation everything just got shaken up and very interesting and Von Hillyard thank you so much for kicking us off today we really appreciate it coming up we are going to have more of the Harris campaign’s search for a running mate just ahead who will it be when will we know and what will it mean for the trajectory of this race the panel’s next but first an important programming note we’ll have live special coverage of President Biden’s Oval Office address tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern right here on NBC news now do not miss it and stay with us you’re watching Meet the Press now now he he news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now news for the generation of now is and NBC News Now Lester Holt America’s most trusted TV news anchor welcome back turning now to the very latest in vice president Harris’s urgent search for a running mate as the clock ticks down to the Democratic Convention next month and a virtual roll call of delegates before that joining me now on set is our panel Washington Post Congressional reporter Mariana suto mayor former Maryland democratic congresswoman Donna Edwards she is also an NBC News political analyst and Republican strategist Brad Todd who we should note is advising the David mccormic campaign in Pennsylvania which we will talk about a little bit later on in this conversation but we have to start with vep Stakes Mariana let me read to you what uh Chuck Todd wrote In His Latest column about her search for a Vice Presidential nominee this is an opportunity for Americans to get a glimpse at the type of Democrats she wants to run the country this isn’t just about pi a running mate this is about setting a tone for the type of politics she intends to practice Harris can tease out all of these things through a strategic use of the vup stakes process Chuck goes on to talk about the fact that she should hold meetings with people like Liz Cheney with people in the business sector what is your sense of how she’s going to conduct this search yeah I mean she absolutely should be going out there I think it’s so important Chuck makes this point very well that in 2019 when she was running in her own primary it was kind of hard to understand who she was right you would ask her about any issue and she would be very dodgy she was weighing do I appeal to the liberal base do I tried to appeal to more centrists right so this is not just a moment for her to try and find a VP who could potentially set the tone for 2028 future Democratic or the Democratic party and future elections but I also think it’s a moment for her to Define herself and it’s something that we’re all really going to be finding out because there’s been many points in her career where she has tried to shy away for example when she was AG and a prosecutor now she’s fully embracing that so that’s something I’m watching for her is is she going to be her authentic self and does that appeal to voters and who’s going to balance that a little bit in her VP pick it is going to be fascinating Donna this is the most consequential decision she will make to date what are you watching for and who do who do you think she’s going to pick if you had to venture a guess well look first of all I think it is a consequential decision but it’s also one that um she participated in and she knows that and so and she did that with President Biden and she saw from him how consequential in fact it is um and okay here’s where my money is my money is on Tim Waltz governor two-term governor successful governor of Minnesota um former member of Congress decorated Afghanistan uh veteran brings a lot to the table Roy Cooper North Carolina two-term governor again so you’re not going to run the risk of having a Governor’s seat um um open and she served with Roy Cooper as an AG so so she really knows him and he knows her and they like each other and having that personal relationship can be so critical Brad who do you think Republicans are most concerned about who would be the biggest threat do you think to the Trump campaign well you know I think one way to look at that is to look at how she got picked as Vice President Joe Biden needed someone who was far to the left of him because he was perceived as far to the right so that tells you that her challenge is the rever ver she’s so far left she’s going to have to pick someone to her right uh but she’s a pretty conventional and cautious Democratic politician so I don’t think she’s going to do anything outside the box I think Chuck’s pieace was very smart I don’t think she’ll do any of it uh you know I think she’s going to uh pick people who are uh conventional Democrats who are to her to right of her but it’s not hard to be right of her well that could be Mark Kelly I mean you’re describing a mark Kelly uh I think it could be he’s a senator she knows him he’s been preved he’ll be deemed acceptable quickly by the political class and she is very much a political Insider who will want approval from the political class yeah um let’s take a look at how Republicans are starting to go after the Vice President this is an ad uh by the David McCormack campaign let’s take a look camea Harris is inspiring and very capable the more people get to know her they’re going to be particularly impressed by her ability I am prepared to get rid of the filibuster to pass a green New Deal there’s no question I’m in favor of banning fora would you ban offshore drling yes abolish ice is that a position you agree with we need to probably think about starting from scratch outdated it is wrong headed thinking to think that the only way you’re going to get communities to be safe is to put more police officers on the street Brad talk a little bit about the strategy well I think you know this whole race comes down to Michigan Wisconsin and Pennsylvania arguably Pennsylvania is the most important state I’ve heard many both people in both side states of one state strategy she’s uniquely poorly situated to win Pennsylvania she’s already said she’d come out and ban fra that’s 330,000 jobs in Pennsylvania direct and indirect that’s a big deal she said she wants to do mandatory buybacks on on guns that’s a big deal in a state where one of the highest rates of Concealed Carry Permits you know the other thing I think is a sleeper and a way for Republicans to get some democrat votes is a lot of unions really negotiated hard for healthcare benefits she said she’d eliminate private healthcare insurance that’s a big deal to people who are in unions people whose parents were in unions so anyway I think we’ll see Bob Casey and other Democrats have to wear her record Donna how how should she counter those inevitable attacks that have already started coming her way and and how concerned her Democrats about that well I think one of the great things that she has going for and she knows that is that she actually has an agenda with u President Biden that she can run on where they didn’t ban fracking but got a major uh piece of climate legislation through where they tried to get something first kind of gun safety that they’ve had in um in decades under her and and Joe Biden’s Administration so I think she actually has the ability right now for a lot of Americans who really don’t know her to defi for her to Define herself and she started that in the first couple of speeches that we heard and I think that you’re going to hear more of her defining her bio so it doesn’t get defined for her yeah she’s running as the prosecutor against the Felon let me play a little bit of what Democrats have been saying about Harris I as a courtroom prosecutor in those roles I took on perpetrators of all kinds Predators who Abused women frauders who ripped off consumers cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain so hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type Mariana clearly that is going to be her line of attack it’s clear it’s crisp and it’s very direct it’s absolutely welcomed by democrats I mean I’ve talked to so many on Capitol Hill including those frontliner types are always a little skittish about the top of the ticket and they’re like yes talk about how you were a prosecutor because democrats for some time for several years now have been trying to push back against the Republican attacks on Public Safety crime obviously this year they think that having her talk about that will help them on the campaign Trail we’ll see because of course she’s going to get attacked all the time by Republicans on her public safety record and and you know things that she did in the past when she was an attorney general but it’s something that Democrats are very much welcoming tell she’s trying to talk about something 20 years ago though instead of the last four years when she was in the vice president’s office or when she ran for president that’s that’s going to be a big disconnect Republicans are going to drive it home except that she connects it to her opponent Donald Trump and so she uses her history to connect it um to what she views as a lawless uh former president of the United States and speaking of the president of the United United States a big moment for President Biden tonight Donna what are you going to be looking for when he addresses the nation well I I I think it’s going to allow him him an opportunity to continue to celebrate um his agenda over the last three and a half years it’s going to allow him to um offer a bridge to the Future that um Democrats have wanted and that they now have with with kamla Harris and I think the um American people are actually looking forward to it because allows him to make a graceful almost exit from the stage Brad what do you think I I’m going to find it really ironic that a lot of Democrats are going to praise him and cheer him tonight the same people who are trying to run him out of the job last week uh and politics is a pretty brutal business uh and so I I don’t think it’s going to be a very eventful night for him uh I think the big moment for Joe Biden was Sunday well and it was I mean he sort of even though we were anticipating it I think a lot of people were stunned when they saw it in black and white that here he had decided to actually drop out of the race I think Mariana it will be fascinating to see how much he gives us a window into how he came to this decision that’s exactly what I’m watching for I mean in during the campaign Trail in 2020 when I covered him he would talk about being that bridge now he’s in that moment where he is giving that moment up and you know just talking to Democrats who literally have gotten emotional thinking about these last couple of days supporters of him they are very fearful that he could really internalize us take it negatively and like have resentments in in the future and moving forward with the party and and this will be a window to your point Kristen of you know is he going to be that empathetic character not just to people like we have known him to be with voters but is he going to have some empathy for himself and I think that’ll be very telling tonight I think for people who’ve known Joe Biden though I think the expectation is that in fact he is going to be that empathetically well we’ll be watching thank you all really appreciate it great conversation Mariana and Brad coming up next wartime divisions and in historic address Israel’s prime minister rallies Congress as he faces protests from both inside and outside the capital do stay with us you’re watching me the Press now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now what is going to happen going back and forth C oh right nice to see you we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now welcome back Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered remarks before a joint session of Congress today as he continues to forge ahead with Israel’s military campaign in Gaza this was the scene as Netanyahu arrived at the Capitol building with thousands of protesters chanting for the us to stop arming Israel and others carrying signs calling the Prime Minister a war criminal and accusing him of genocide more than three dozen lawmakers mostly Democrats but including at least one Republican boycotted netanyahu’s speech over his handling of the war and one Democrat inside the chamber held up a sign calling Netanyahu a war criminal in his remarks the Prime Minister was defiant saying that protesters who are standing with Hamas should be ashamed of themselves and Blasting the international criminal court for trying to quote shackle Israel’s hands he also acknowledged the hostage families in attendance the pain these families have endured is beyond words I met with him again yesterday and I promised them this I will not rest until all their loved ones are home all of them as we speak we’re actively engaged in intensive efforts to secure their release and I’m confident the that these efforts can succeed some of them are taking place right now and joining me now is Gary grumach who has been monitoring the protests here in DC so Gary I know things are getting a little intense set the scene for us what’s happening as you as we are speaking right now we have spent the afternoon at several different protests some were pro-israel some were Pro Palestine all of them were looking to bring the hostages home many of them all of them really were anti Benjamin Netanyahu this is what’s left here outside of Union Station after a pro Palestinian protest took place here there were thousands and thousands of people on the grounds and this is some of what the graffiti looks like free Gaza uh some some expletives here written on the statues in front of Union Station and as we speak there is still a skirmish happening on the other side I’m going ask Tony to step up on the ledge here so he can take a look at what’s going on a skirmish between us Capital police MPD and several Pro Palestinian protesters as you can see some of those officers are on the move right now we are certainly a safe distance away from them but the security around the capital has been very intense today you cannot get into the US capital building without specific passes there is bike bike racks surrounding the entire US capital building and agencies from across the region and federal agencies are here as well making sure the folks outside and inside the building are staying safe here Kristen it certainly is a dynamic situation there Gary are you expecting protests tomorrow when the Prime Minister meets with President Biden so certainly that is expected outside of the White House this is sort of a much bigger uh I think group and Gathering that we’re seeing here today some of these folks traveled from across the country I spoke to one person who was on a bus from Florida came up overnight for this protest specifically I’m sure if they stick around they’ll be there tomorrow outside the White House as well all right Gary grumach please continue to stay safe thank you for that report we really appreciate it I now want bring in Ambassador Dennis Ross former special Envoy to the mid East and an NBC News Foreign Affairs analyst thank you so much for joining us Ambassador really appreciate it sure good to be with you I just want to start off by getting your reaction to what we heard from prime minister Netanyahu what were the big takeaways for you look I think the essence of his speech was about trying to reframe The Narrative to remind everybody that uh October 7th is is very much on the minds of Israelis I I actually up and say for Israelis it’s still October 7th partly because the hostages are a daily reminder of it partly because there’s been no real explanation for why the IDF was as slow as it was on October 7th to be able to respond to what Hamas did and partly because there’s been no real accountability for what was the worst day in Israel’s history no accountability among the military no accountability at the political level and what he was doing was reminding the world and certainly the americ public that Hamas did these grotesque things and he was reminding them of what Israel was dealing with and that in effect no one would accept having a neighbor like Kamas next to them and do nothing about it so I think it was important for him to tell that story I think he wanted to do one other thing he wanted to show uh who the Israeli military is you saw several soldiers two of which are soldiers of color as a way of taking on this notion of of Israel being a kind of white colonial state this is not who Israel is and he wanted to show that picture very vividly so I think what you’re really what you were really seeing was more than anything else this was an effort to sort of reshape The Narrative on the one hand and to thank the United States on the other for everything it’s done while reminding us that Israel in effect by taking on Hamas is also taking on Iran is taking on those uh who are enemies not just of Israel but of the United States as well and of course we heard his impassioned promise to continue to fight to get the hostages home and of course the families of the hostages are pushing for a ceasefire deal to do exactly that they are saying we want a ceasefire deal we want it now we want it next week can you give us the reality check there Ambassador because there have been so many stops and starts as it relates to these talks is it even conceivable that there could be a deal in the near term in the near future it is conceivable uh there are two reasons one reason is that Hamas has made a concession on the what has been a condition that they imposed it was a condition that they wouldn’t start this three-phase process unless there was a commitment in advance uh to a complete ceasefire now they have walked back to where they were in February in February they made a a ready they expressed the willingness to launch this three-wave process and not nail down the idea of a commitment to a permanent ceas fire until the second phase each phase is to be 42 days they walked that back and then a couple weeks ago they now went back to the position they had in February the other part of this was that Israel made a concession which allowed uh to them to say okay there’s a linkage between phase one and phase two think starting on day 16 of phase one we will begin to negotiate for a permanent ceasefire even if we don’t reach it we’ll go to the second phase so that means you’d have almost a guarantee that you’d have at least 84 days of a pause so I do think we’re seeing something that is different than we’ve seen before but you’re right to be somewhat skeptical as to whether or not we’re going to see this I’d add one last point I think the key for for prime minister Netanyahu is there are those within his own Coalition who are prepared to bolt if he accepts the deal but there he’s under enormous pressure from the hostage families and also the majority within Israel itself who understand Israel failed those families on October 7th when hostages were taken they can’t fail them a second time by not allowing not being able to recover all the hostages alive the idea that they would get them back but only did that would be a second failure that is such a important and Powerful point you know this is there’s a lot of questions and and you and I have talked about this what happens once this phase of the war ends what happens the day after prime minister Netanyahu says okay we now feel as though we have defeated at least the leadership structure of Hamas uh let me play you a little bit of what he had to say about that and get your reaction on the other side the day the day after we defeat Hamas a new Gaza can emerge my vision for that day is of a demilitarized and deradicalized Gaza Israel does not seek to resettle Gaza but for the foreseeable future we must retain overriding security control there to prevent the resurgent of Terror to ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel do you think that that’s realistic would the US would Arab Nations agree to having Israel maintain a security presence there I think the answer is no he used a language though that was a little bit more Artful than that he talked about Israel retaining overall security control they don’t necessarily have to be in Gaza to maintain overall security control they can also have an understanding with what maybe Air Forces that come in in which there would be a set of circumstances in which Israel would only act if there was a threat that was emerging so there are different ways to get at what he was suggesting uh without necessarily implying that Israel stays within Gaza you are not going to get Arab forces whether it’s the UA Egypt Morocco ORS you’re not going to get any kind of international or Regional presence in Gaza that would be a security presence so long as Israel remains within Gaza uh itself but you can create some Artful approaches where there’s an understanding if there are threats that these forces can’t handle themselves or if it becomes clear there’s emerging threat it’s understood Israel is not going to wait is not going to wait to be hit all right Ambassador Dennis Ross thank you so much for your time and your perspective today really appreciate it happy to be with you thank you still to come the FBI director reveals new details about the timeline of the Trump assassination attempt and the shooters chilling actions leading up to that day that new reporting is next you’re watching Meet the Press now oh oh news for the generation of now is NBC News Now nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore there is some late breaking news all right news lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything anymore let’s break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC News Now welcome back New Revelations today about the attempted assassination of former president Trump as right now FBI director Christopher Ray continues his testimony before the house Judiciary Committee after telling lawmakers about how the gunman Thomas Crooks studied the rally site prepared for his attack and accessed a nearby roof so in addition it appears that around uh 3:50 p.m. 4:00 in that window uh on the day of the shooting uh that the shooter was flying the Drone around uh the area I would say these are relatively again keyword relatively crude devices themselves but they did have um the ability to be detonated REM Ely and so to that point uh in addition to the two uh devices that we recovered out of his vehicle um there were uh receivers for those two explosive devices with the devices on July 6th he did a Google search for quote how far away was Oswald from Kennedy we’ve now believe that the subject climbed onto the roof using some mechanical equipment on the ground and vertical piping on the side of the AGR building uh in other words we do not believe he used a ladder to get up there just stunning Revelations there NBC News law enforcement and intelligence correspondent Tom winter joins me now Tom thanks so much for being here so in addition to everything that that we heard what were your key takeaways what’s the significance of of what we heard from Ray Kristen I think it was a couple of things so one of the things we been trying to understand is how he was able to walk around for as long as he did without being detected that he had a weapon it’s one thing to be suspicious at a rally and as you well know from covering Ries and it’s regardless regardless of the candidate there are individuals that are there because they want to act out politically they have something to say or they might not uh be entirely with the program and so those individuals around and that happens and so law enforcement has to understand if they’re a threat or not or they’re just acting up a little bit and it’s ultimately no big deal what we didn’t understand is for somebody uh that eventually shot at Trump using an AR style rifle according to the FBI how they were able to move around without somebody detecting he had an AR style rifle which is obviously quite long in length and the key detail uh today I think is that the stock of that was collapsable what do I mean is that the the longer end of that rifle was collapsable or even detachable um that’s kind of consistent with newer models of that it’s not kind of uh uh something that uh that requires a lot of assembly to put together and so that may have certainly assisted him in walking around without detection or at least detection on a level of how serious of a threat he might have been but it’s clear he put a lot of thought into this it’s clear he did some reconnaissance as you heard the director talk about the use of a drone and with respect to the bombs the details on that continue to get uh worse he did miss a couple of ingredients and not to conduct a a uh a bomb school class here on Meet the Press daily will withhold some of those um he was also probably a little bit too far away for the commercial uh firework device that he’d hoped to use but certainly somehow this could have even been worse I think is the bottom line from the director today Kristen um and Tom we have about 30 seconds left it’s remarkable how much detail we got from Christopher Ray as compared to Kimberly cheel who of course resigned uh her post as secret service director why the disconnect well I think first off the FBI is more of an investigative organization uh they’re doing the thing that they always do which has developed a complete timeline from start to finish what happened and when it’s the critical thing of understanding not only what happened here what this individual’s motivations may have been but perhaps the extreme uh uh frustration with Congress that we saw is that the Secret Service didn’t have concrete answers to be able to help them in the future what actually happened what was missed and a timeline Kristen helps solve all that well Tom you’ve been all over this from the very beginning that this story broke we really appreciate you’re bringing us your reporting today thanks so much coming up after the break we are previewing President Biden’s historic Oval Office address and what it means for this moment his legacy and the history books you’re watching me the Press now closer to the Gaza border the story of resilience and hope please take care of yourself and each other we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something big welcome back President Biden is about to deliver remarks for the history books as he speaks from the White House as the first sitting president to withdraw from the presidential race since 1968 that year in late March Lyndon Baines Johnson delivered this address to the nation with the Vietnam War raging and tensions high at home I have concluded that I should not permit the presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year with our hopes and the world’s hopes for peace and the balance every day I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office the presidency of your country accordingly I shall not seat and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president joining me now to discuss the moment is NBC News presidential historian Michael Bashas thank you so much for joining us Michael I really pleasure always Christ let’s talk about this extraordinary parallel here we have President Biden about to deliver an address that we can only imagine will be replayed over and over again in the history books what are you thinking about as we prepare to hear from the president tonight well I’m so glad you used that LBJ sound bite from 1968 because it shows how unique tonight is LBJ pulled out but two differences from tonight he did it in March not in July right before the Democratic Convention we’ve never seen anything like what we’re going to see tonight and the other thing is uh if I could put a footnote on History LBJ said he wouldn’t run and wouldn’t accept the nomination but I talked to his wife ladybird who died about nearly 20 years ago and she told me that LBJ hoped that after pulling out he could make peace in Vietnam and secretly he hoped that despite what he had said about pulling out the Democratic Convention would draft him in thanks and he might run for another term nothing like that tonight what what a just remarkable Revelation that is in and of itself I was really surprised it’s just extraordinary to hear that what will you be watching for tonight Michael what do you think President Biden needs to do and needs to say In This Moment well you know we know that he’s withdrawn you know you and I and everyone all of our friends watching have heard all sorts of explanations of why he stepped aside but we really don’t know yet so for the first time we’re going to hear what he says he’s going to frame a huge National and international event for all of us in a way that we haven’t yet heard and of course 1968 was a time that was so tumultuous are there parallels that you see between 1968 I mean the fact that the convention was in Chicago the Democratic National Convention is going to be in Chicago it it’s extraordinary really to think about some of the parallels I I think that’s right uh and I was alive in 1968 as a child but I can tell you at least having lived through it as a child that was a year that doesn’t even compare to 2024 because yes there were horrible assassinations yes there was tumult 550,000 Americans in Vietnam deep anger riots in the streets in Chicago and elsewhere but never during that year was the fate of our democracy in any way in question Joe Biden for the last four years has said I ran for president to save democracy and to try to protect it and he might well say tonight that he stepped out to give a chance to protect democracy to someone better equipped to do it than he is at this moment and in some ways this is really the first draft of his legacy as he wants to see it written absolutely and I think it’s not too much to say I mean you know enough about political history and you’ve seen politics so much close up Kristen polit you know news alert politicians do not like to give up power if they do not have to there are a lot of people who could have been president of the United States this month who would have said I’ve got the nomination I’ve got it locked up and you can’t take it away from me Joe Biden gave up power and did it for his country Michael bash loss we always appreciate your perspective especially on the big days like this one thank you you so much great to see thank you Kristen be well you too we are back tomorrow with more Meet the Press now the news continues with Hale Jackson right now we are coming on the Air Tonight with an avalanche of developing news from the capital to the campaign trail from Wall Street to Washington and Beyond new reporting on what President Biden may say just hours from now in a prime time speech to the nation his first since dropping out of the 2024 race as his vice president considers who her vice president could be if she wins the Democratic nomination and the white house we’ll take you to her latest campaign event live in a minute we’re also on the campaign tra with former president Trump as our team learns he’ll be staying indoors for events for now with startling New Revelations today from the head of the FBI about the gunman who tried to assassinate Mr Trump why JFK appears to be part of it and the dramatic split screen here in DC the fiery speech from the Israeli Prime Minister inside the capital the fired up protesters outside it what’s next as Benjamin Netanyahu gets ready to meet with power players from both parties and breaking in just the last hour why the markets are having their worst day in years we’re going to get into it and the new anger building over a man ruled to be wrongfully convicted still behind bars tonight the political and legal fight that’s keeping him there then the deadly and dramatic explosion at a tequila factory and the desperate scramble to find survivors tonight that’s coming up later in the show hey I’m Hy and we are starting tonight just ahead of a moment that will help Define President Biden’s Legacy as he explains in his own words on camera to Americans why he’s deciding to withdraw from the 2024 ticket and pass the Baton to vice president Harris it’s a speech you’re going to watch here live the second it begins and the White House is sprinkling a few tea leaves as to how he might frame the months ahead ahead for him this term listen he didn’t step down from uh from campaigning or from running because he didn’t believe he can serve in a second term that is not why and what I would say as I just finish my opening I would say tune in tune in to what he has to say tonight and he will lay that out all right tune in we sure will but on the campaign Trail now you’ve got former president Trump he set to speak shortly at his first rally since President Biden dropped out and you’ve also got vice president kamla Harris now front and center for the Democrats with the election just over about a 100 days away framing this race as a choice between compassion and Chaos in remarks to a historically black sorority in just the last couple hours listen in this moment I believe we Face a choice between two different Visions for our nation one focused on the future the other focused on the past and with your support I am fighting for our nation’s future a big question now who could appear on stage next to her at some point as her running mate if she does clinch the Democratic nomination NBC News is reporting out the ever less short short list with Pete Buddha judge and Andy Basher added to the mix here it’s all part of a vetting and selection process that could typically take months but for Democrats it’s going to be compressed into a matter of days we’ve got team coverage from every angle Von hilard traveling with the former president yamish Al cindor with the Vice President in Indiana but I want to start with Kelly O’Donnell with the view from the White House as we look ahead now Kelly to this critical moment for President Biden in so many ways it is a legacy moment it is already going to be a history making moment as well talk us through the expectations and what you’re learning well hel it’s about writing this next chapter and what will be a final chapter of public life for president B we have heard today from officials who say he will give us the rationale for his decision not to run when he believed he could actually run and govern in a second term they say it is not MediCal related We Believe based on our reporting that he was counseled by those closest to him and certainly listening to the words of the party about what they felt and he made a decision based on the Dynamics of the race we’ll hear more about that but the president has about 6 months left in office and with that time and obviously being president the sitting president is always a consequential role even advisers today sort of brushed off the notion of being a lame duck that the president is always an active player in the National conversation now a lot of us will be focused on the campaign Trail which now includes kamla Harris along with Donald Trump but for President Biden tonight it’s about looking the American people in the eye uh through the lens of the camera telling the story of what made this decision come about and then giving a sense of what he wants to get done between now and January 20th 2025 some of that is a shared Vision with kamla Harris some of it is about his own agenda and things that he believes he can get done legislation is challenging in an election year to be sure but also using the weight of the office and when it comes to things like foreign policy which we’ll see more of tomorrow with Benjamin Netanyahu often the president is a singular figure in American life and can have a lot of sway so uh also emotional I’ve been talking to those who’ve been serving with the president who expected that he would compete in the election and they of course on his side thought there would be a second term there’s been a lot of sadness even one using the term mourning about the fact that this decision changes his life the life of the country and for all of those on his team official and campaign it changes things too hie can you give us a bit of a vibe check Kelly I imagine that staffers might be together watching the president’s speech tonight there is a plan for a reception and for people to be in their offices and watching this together it is one of those Collective moments much like a state of the union addressed uh this one of course is infused with a lot of emotion for them and for him and also a sense of Pride many of them say because they believe that the president made a choice which goes against what the impulses of politicians are typically as CRI to be about their own agenda their own ambition and they believe that this is the president reaching a hard decision one that took him a while to get to but one that they say uh puts the country in front of his own personal agenda and his own Ambitions so choosing to be a one-term president at a consequential time Kelly odonnell lots to watch as it’s going to be a late night for you thank you so much we’ll have special coverage of course of that address from the Oval Office at 8:00 Eastern however you’re watching right now on NBC news now or over on our NBC Network Yi Al sendor is traveling with the Vice President in Indiana because while the attention is on President Biden tonight obviously for all the reasons that Kelly laid out it has been and and starting at about what 9:01 p.m. tonight right will return to vice president Kamala Harris who is the FrontRunner to replace the president at the top of the ticket we have now seen her yet again delivering this kind of campaign message yamish uh walk us through the Dynamics there and what we don’t see behind the scenes what’s happening on the Staffing front what’s happening on the strategy front if you will yeah well I want to start H with the fact that the vice president came to Indianapolis to speak to a gathering of zifi Beta sorority Incorporated it’s part of the divine nine it’s they are a group of historically black fraternities and sororities she’s a member of Alpac Cappa Alpha Sor Incorporated which is part of the divine nine and if I’m looking out it’s a sea of blue and white it’s a sea of also black women who are really the most loyal base of the democratic party so they are really leaning in to make sure that their base is energized they want to also be leaning into the energy talking about fundraising talking about the idea that they want people to be knocking on doors and to that end she was leaning into what the history of these organizations are as a divine nine these are organizations that were that were that were founded by people who really really focused on service focused on civil rights so take a listen to what you told this crowd we know when we organize mountains move when we mobilize Nations change and when we vote We Make History so let us continue to fight with optimism with faith and with hope because when we fight we win so some big themes of the Harris campaign are going to be that it’s people focused that you’re going to really expect people um and she’s really going to hope that that sort of the people that are excited about her candidacy that they help her out to win but also she was talking about of course the other thesis of this campaign which is that she’s the prosecutor and she sees herself as running against a convict the idea that she’s going to continue to talk about former president Trump’s flaws talking about the fact that she sees him someone who sexually abuses women see sees him as someone who’s who’s con the American people and is a frauder so that’s really what’s taking shape in terms of the campaign messaging we’re going to hear that over and over again and then when it comes to Staffing um she’s beefing up she’s they’re thinking about sort of where to put people and what the path of Victory looks like I’ve been reporting reporting now for weeks as they were quietly getting ready that the South um especially when you look at Georgia and North Carolina and mobilizing voters yeah that’s going to be really important to them hie so let’s talk about what is now in this campaign cycle a surprising round two of so-called vep Stakes right we went through this on the Republican side who is Donald Trump going to pick now we’re going through it unexpectedly on the Democratic side who is kamla Harris going to pick all signs suggest that the Democrats would like to get this done by August 7th for some weedy reasons relating to the Ohio balloting process but bottom line it sounds like that’s when everyone’s coalescing around having a full ticket in place here we’re looking at who they’re vetting but there are some people who are higher on the list than others right it seems like for my conversations it’s the discussion is around Roy Cooper it’s around um Arizona Senator Mark Kelly it’s around uh Andy basher of Kentucky it’s around Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania tell us uh how you’re seeing this this shake out and what your expectations are yeah I’ve been really digging on be Stakes here and I want to look at the names that I got just yesterday talking to a sorts familiar with the campaign they were they laid out Arizona Senator Mark Kelly Governors Josh Shapiro and Roy Cooper as the top top of that list but still in play of course Randy mher and a number of other people that being said um what they’re really looking for I’m told by sources familiar with the campaign’s thinking is that they want someone who’s going to be able to speak to moderate Republicans but they also want someone based on their intern polling who’s going to speak to voters that they believed President Biden would have brought to the table and those are older white voters and also Suburban women I also been talking about sort of the demographics here and that the feeling is that she’s likely going to want to pick someone who’s a middle-aged or older white man who could also talk to the I I’ve been told people who might be uncomfortable with voting for a black or South Asian woman who would be of course the first woman in history to have the role if she won the presidency but people who might be uncomfortable with that who need what I was told is a quote a little validation they’re also leaning on someone who could be a sort of Bulldog is what I was told by One Source the idea being that this is the honeymoon phades but they’re bracing for things to get tough they’re bracing for Republicans to go after what I I was told quote deep fakes and GOP memes they’re bracing for all of that so they want a a a running mate that’s going to really push back on that forcefully but also someone who’s going to maybe share some of the demographics with the people who might be inclined to take that into consideration might be inclined to judge her on those things so they’re really looking for someone to also speak to those voters as well hiy you melendor it’s good to see you thank you y great reporting as always more to watch on that front more to watch too uh tonight in North Carolina because that is where Von Hillard is because that is where former president Donald Trump will be uh is about to take the stage Von as this race on the Republican side is getting a bit recalibrated given that the opponent is now no longer President Biden it is going to be vice president Harris talk us through what you’re seeing and hearing behind the scenes right it’s kind of preparing for a ball game and the starting piture just changed and so suddenly for the Trump campaign there’s a reworking of what pitches are going to be coming their way because I was just talking with RNC chairman Michael Watley who is from here I should say North Carolina the way that he framed it is that there are 7 to9 Battleground States and suddenly you’re working with a lot of different Dynamics who in which part of the electric can kamla Harris more effectively appeal to than perhaps Joe Biden was effectively appealing to and where could that VP pick whether it’s Mark Kelly in Arizona or Roy Cooper in North Carolina or Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania could that change strategically the map that is at play Michael Watley told me Aly that it doesn’t matter who was going to be at the top of the ticket right it was the Biden Harris campaign the whole time there’s just now minus one name on that campaign apparatus I want to let you listen to the few of the folks that we talked to here to come here Donald Trump tonight in Charlotte take a Trump’s going to Trumper we knew that they had a plan and and Biden wouldn’t be on the ticket they see that Donald Trump is a strong leader and he’s going to do us good by the country we are just over 100 days away uh hi and this for the Trump campaign is a little bit of a Switcheroo and now coming up with the game plan and going into kamla Harris’s background not only in the administration but also from her time in the Senate as a presidential candidate herself to kind of extract and begin to plan their own Playbook on how to best and effectively undercut her own candidacy you are conspicuously tonight Von indoors I mean I’m looking at the arena behind you here this is not the typical like rally site that we’ve seen from the former president because obviously things changed after that assassination against assassination attempt against him in Butler Pennsylvania not even two weeks ago here what’s our new reporting here on the decision now to apparently for now end outdoor rallies right we were at a rally with him in Grand Rapids Michigan on saturday night that was in an arena more than 12,000 folks were inside here in Charlotte it’s an occupancy of about 8,000 folks it is filled already and he’s supposed to be taking the stage about 45 minutes from now and of course these are clear decisions that are being made and from our team’s reporting that there is a calc with secret service to try to have indoor events when they allowed Donald Trump historically you know we’ve chased this story down in the past wondering whether they would focus on indoor events but the question every step of the answer every step of the way was no we still want to do outdoor events and so while in the immediate we expect them to continue to do events inside of Arenas like this we are also told that that doesn’t mean that they over the next 3 months are not going to hold any outdoor events of course we know what the secret Services preference is in that is to have him in a much more controlled environment but Donald Trump he likes to pack in as many people as he can and he has resisted having only indoor events for years now and so I would expect that to perhaps be the case here as we approach election they have Von Hillyard live for us at North Carolina thank you friend as we talk about that assassination attempt we’ve got to get into some of these very startling new details revealed by the FBI director today about the gunman and about what happened Chris Ray saying that the the attacker researched the Assassin ination of JFK before going to that rally in Pennsylvania listen to this analysis of a laptop that the investigation ties to the shooter uh reveals that on July 6th he did a Google search for quote how far away was Oswald from Kennedy he also says they don’t think that the gunman used a ladder to get onto the roof it’s not clear how we got up there we still don’t know the motive I want to bring in Tom winter for more on this Tom what else do we know because uh in contrast I think with what we heard from the now former head of the Secret Service Monday uh the FBI director Chris Ray came to this hearing and and did share some news about the investigation we got some headlines out of this yeah he shared some news he shared a timeline hlee which I think will be helpful in people understanding what actually went down that day he also had to explain to members of Congress and I’ll leave it to our friends watching us tonight whether or not members they believe members of Congress should actually know what the Secret Service does versus the FBI but he tried to make it clear today they were not responsible for protecting the president but they are responsible for determining motive and what this individual was up to and to that point certainly the search of his laptop and devices have yielded some Clues certainly the the sound there that you just played from the director very clear one of the more startling details from today something that in the course of our reporting we try to do is is try to understand why something could happen and kind of put ourselves in the shoes of investigators what we were trying to determine how is he able to move around with a weapon or store weapon and not have people see it because an ar-115 is is pretty decent length it’s longer than I can show you it fits the camera at least and so uh that was explained today by the director talking about how it’s a collapsible uh stock so basically the longer end of the gun if I’m back here where the trigger is and where the ammo is the longer end of the gun that collapses uh eight bullet cartridges found on the roof with the gunman’s body so that indicates eight shots found by him found this drone which apparently he used several hours uh almost 3 hours before the rally was to begin uh over the site they believed that it was streaming back to him so from about 200 yards from the rally stage he was able uh to take a view of what was going on there and they’re continuing to look through that um the the idea that we’ve been reporting on also about the explosives he missed a couple of ingredients hie not to go into bomb School 101 uh here today uh but he did miss a couple of uh key ingredients so he did say it was unlikely that they would have exploded Tom Winter thank you very much appreciate that also in Washington and some new developments tonight new Fallout after the Israeli Prime Minister made that rare address to a joint session of Congress and to a country the US here deeply divided over that war in Gaza with Benjamin Netanyahu saying Israel’s Battlefield wins are americaas as well listen remember this our enemies are are your enemies our fight is your fight and our Victory will be your Victory dozens of lawmakers almost all of them Democrats ended up skipping netanyahu’s speech with the former house Speaker minutes ago saying it was the worst remarks from any foreign dignitary she’s ever seen somebody who was there Elon Musk he’s been inserting himself into the political Spotlight recently with speculation growing that he could donate a lot to the former president’s campaign to Mr Trump’s campaign was all happening is outside the capl you had demonstrators protesting you see some of them here police at times clashing with them we know the capital police uh say that at least six people are arrested in the chamber outside you see it here pepper spray going into the crowd at one point as for what’s next Netanyahu has set to meet with virtually all the top political power players over the course of the next 48 hours the four top Congressional leaders President Biden VP Harris former president Trump to downam Mar Lago on Friday NBC’s kendel Lian is outside the capital where we saw those protests I want to start with Julie cirin though um and what’s interesting here is this statement from the former house Speaker it is very tough she is not missing any words she was not present for the speech today no she was not and neither were about 27 house members as you mentioned most of them Democrats and at least 10 Democratic senators in the upper chamber there not attending the address Pelosi uh going ahead in her statement saying that many of us who love Israel spent time today listening to Israeli citizens instead of attending the address uh who families have suffered in the wake of the October 7th Hamas terror attack and kidnappings she says these families are asking for a ceasefire deal that will bring the hostages home hie and she goes on to say we hope the Prime Minister would spend his time achieving that goal I did have a chance to speak to somebody you saw sitting over the prime minister’s shoulder there that is Ben Carden he is a top Democrat in the Senate he’s the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee he sat there because vice president Harris uh had said that she’s not attending the address take a listen to what he told me afterwards and how he thought Netanyahu did the prime minister’s speech was not partisan which to me is one of the key concerns we’ve had the last time he was here I couldn’t have said that but this time I think I can clearly say his speech appealed to both Democrats and Republicans so I understand some of my colleagues had different views uh but I think it’s an important moment so again he he said of his Democratic colleagues didn’t attend look they can have different views but he thought this was an important moment for everybody to attend he very differing than most Democrats you heard from including Pelosi praised netanyahu’s speech aside from some portions he told me the roric for example on protests uh he thought he did a unifying job and that it was not partisan so that was interesting from him there’s also it was notable to see um now former hostage Noah aramani in the house Gallery there Julie somebody who was freed in an Israeli military raid uh from obviously Gaza and Hamas control there she is you see her in the white Blazer we are also hearing a lot from other other hostage families some of them very frustrated about the pace of negotiations to try to get their loved ones home yeah very frustrated I spoke to one of the American family members of a hostage that was held in Gaza and they told me look we really want Netanyahu to use this moment to talk about how he plans to get the rest of our hostage families out they’ve all become so close obviously and United in the aftermath of October 7th how he plans to get the Israeli hostages out and how he plans to conclude this War I talked to some of them leaving the chamber they felt like he didn’t really hit that Mark like he wasn’t able to illustrate clearly why he came here at a time of war in his country what he thought this would achieve in the middle of where so many Democrats and so many in general uh believe that he isn’t doing everything he can to bring all those hostages home so certainly that is a big focal point of his week they met with Netanyahu a couple of days ago as well in DC uh but overall there you know Democrats hostage families others believing that maybe Netanyahu used this as a political tool in instead of really trying to free the hostages and bring them home Julie cirin live for us there on the hill Julie thank you outside the hill is kend Delan and I want to bring him in now with those protests I think it looks like you’re what that’s Union Station right Ken I see graffiti behind you it looks like the plaza there is mostly cleared out talk us through it that’s right H so I’m at Union Station the main trade station of Washington DC about a f minute walk from where you are in our DC Bureau it’s pretty calm here now there’s a little altercation happening off to my side but 90 minutes ago this place was filled with thousands of protesters now today’s protest was a mostly peaceful one uh as you said there were a handful of arrests but it was distasteful and what some people would say is Extreme at time we we saw protesters burning the American and Israeli flags as you see they defac the replica of the Liberty Bell behind me in this Monument here in the front of Union Station uh there was a lot of chance of from The River To The Sea which a lot of people in the United States find objectionable um but again large peaceful Rowdy rockus um there was there were moments where the crowd clashed with police and at one point our crew witnessed uh Capitol Police spraying pepper spray at a large segment of the crowd there was a massive police presence here uh Capitol Police Washington DC police Park police also backed by hundreds of NYPD officers who came down here to support the effort and Union Station behind me was cordoned off with bike racks the only people who would go in are those who had an Amtrak ticket there are restaurants inside you weren’t allowed inside and again there was a large presence here for about an hour after nyaho stopped speaking and then the crowd began to disperse how Ken Delan in live for us there just on the street at Union Station Ken thank you let’s take you to Wall Street now because in just the last hour at the close of the market day uh turned out they had one of their worst day in years look at this the S&P the NASDAQ seeing the biggest dips since 2022 the Dow also falling some 500 points more than 1% Caleb silver editor in Chief of Investopedia joins us now Caleb what happened yeah we’ve been waiting for this for a long time the market hasn’t fallen more than 2% hie in over 356 days we were due for a selloff and we finally got one we’re in the middle of corporate earning season right now we heard from some of the biggest companies in the market like Tesla like alphabet in the last couple of days the results have been underwhelming investors have kind of been looking for a reason to sell they found it with these earnings results but also we’re in a very soft period of the year for the stock market and the economy is showing signs of so if you’re looking for reasons to sell you found plenty of them today and we finally got a big sell off not crazy to have it during the middle of the summer especially not crazy during an election season so what’s the prospect what’s the prognosis if you will for the markets moving forward I know you don’t have a crystal ball but what’s the sense on on Wall Street yeah there was a sense that we were overbought stocks have been really doing nothing but going up all year up 18 19% so a sell off in the middle of it not crazy they’ll level off but there will be volatility in the stock market going all the way through the elections November that’s just the way it is the trend however has been higher up and to the right we expect it to continue but you got to watch these big stocks because they move the market and some of the big ones alphabet Tesla meta uh Microsoft all falling 3 four five 7% today as they go so goes the market Caleb silver thank you very much good to see you coming up a lot more to get to here on the show including what we’re learning tonight about another death being linked to mushroom Edibles what the FDA wants you to do with them now if you’ve got them in your cabin it plus what North Korea sent over its border that hit the presidential compound in South Korea it’s yeah we’re going to explain what you’re seeing in just a sec now is raw how hard is it to see it like this our house is no longer here but we are here now is real let’s break down what we know and then the big question is still outstanding news for the generation up now is NBC News Now closer to the Gaza border the story of resilience and hope please take care of yourself and each other in just the last few hours as we reported moments ago in the show the Israeli Prime Minister addressed both chambers of Congress telling them to continue to back the Israeli War in Gaza after the terror attack against it on October 7th but you know what a lot of seats in that chamber you couldn’t really tell from TV but a lot of them were empty dozens of lawmakers almost all of them Democrats opting to skip the speech boycott the speech you’re seeing some of them here including one of the highest ranking on that list Democratic senator from Washington Patty Murray she’s joining us now Senator Murray it’s good to see you again thanks for being on the show yeah great to see you so I know you were not in the chamber for that speech um my assumption is that you’re watching former speaker Pelosi called it the worst representation of any foreign dignitary um I wonder how you see the speech well I I was in my office I did watch the entire speech and I am a strong supporter of Israel and the I know the importance of us being a strong Ally for them but I just personally did not want to be a prop in a political speech for Netanyahu I’ve been very clear that I don’t agree with his approach to this war and uh felt it was more important that I watch but not be there you would have presided over the speech as the president and protm of course and with the vice president VP Harris on the campaign Trail we instead saw Senator cin in that position there on the day next to speaker Johnson I I wonder why not take the opportunity or did you consider taking the opportunity to show your opposition you know right to Benjamin Netanyahu himself right to his face there not as easy to do as you think when you’re sitting right behind somebody who’s delivering a speech uh I felt it was more important that I hear what he had to say but again not be a prop you chair of course the Appropriations Committee viously important not to get in the weeds here but that National Security Supplemental gave tens of billions of dollars to help support the war push um from Israel here the Prime Minister was very clear today they need more he said essentially I’m paraphrasing here more tools means this war ends more quickly in his view will you call for any conditions on additional Aid like a ceasefire or other protections for Palestinians uh contingent on that money you’re right I am chair of the Appropriations worked really hard to get the supplemental across the line that included support for Israel Ukraine and for humanitarian relief in Gaza and around the world that was an important component of that that’s how I look at that holistically we are now writing our Appropriations bills for next year and I will look at them in the same light okay let me ask you politically Switching gears a bit here because obviously we’re looking ahead to President Biden’s speech in just a couple of hours from now uh a a very I think fair to say dramatic uh and news making week for Democrats over the course of the last several days here let me start with the president president speech what is the message you want to hear from him tonight what do you think Americans need to hear from him tonight I I I think the president tonight will set the tone for what he needs to accomplish the rest of this year we’ve got a lot a lot of work to do but also the sort of passing of the torch and what he sees as the opportunities are I I’ll share with you a story that is just really coming to my mind right now uh many years ago I was in a very tough reelection campaign in my state and Joe Biden came out to campaign for me I think he’s virtually campaigned for almost every Democratic member at some point but he came out and he came to a rally and he said to me you’re going to win and I said how’ you know and he said because you guys are shoulders up and what Joe Biden did by passing this to kamla was give us a shoulders up we’re in this fight we can win moment he himself looked at this not as what it meant to him but what it means to the country and I think we are seeing that play out it’s very impressive of him to do this he is likely to make the case for what he’s going to do for the remainder of this current term right from now until inauguration day even as as I’m sure you’re aware some Republicans are criticizing him suggesting if he is not going to run for reelection if he’s not able to do that then he’s not able to run the country do you have any hesitation about President Biden’s ability to conduct the business of the office from now through January yeah I I have none he is very um intent on making sure we finish all of our Appropriations bills which means our spending bills how we’re going to shape the budget of the future how we’re going to make sure we deal with the disasters in this country um and how we make sure that we are doing the right kinds of things that our country needs right now setting it up for next year when we will be looking at what a new president will bring to us and I will tell you I just have to share this with you as a strong supporter of comma I am so excited about what I’m seeing in this country right now I mean the $127 million raised in just a few days U I think it’s almost all of those small donors new donors that are involved in that um over a 100,000 volunteers you know this is not about politics this is a movement we are seeing and I know exactly why because comma brings to our country a vision for the future that really helps General average Americans think hey this is about me will I have child care will I be able to go to work and enjoy this economy and be able to take care of my family critically will I as a woman and someone who supports women be able to make my own health care choices she is just really bringing a dynamac see to this uh campaign right now that I think this really Pro propels us into next year where we can really take on some of these fundamental issues that are so important in our country today for the generations to come and for all of us who care deeply about them I want to get back to that energy question but just very quickly Senator did do you believe it was the right move for President Biden to step off the ticket were you happy to see that you know I will tell you this what Joe Biden did was really contrary to what he heartfelt cares about and that’s um being a contributing member as president formerly a senator uh to our political process but he put that aside for the good of the country and I contrast that with the Republicans and I watched them and I saw the convention and it was all about Trump and his own personal issues that he wanted retribution for and going back and uh and all of that and he was Trump talked about himself his supporters talked about himself Joe uh or Donald Trump Joe Biden did this for the country for the future for our families not for himself that to me is just a huge contrast and one that I believe is really welcomed in this country at this time you’re not the only Democrat I’ve talked to in the course of the last few days who’s mentioned what they see as energy and enthusiasm around vice president Harris here vote.org said that nearly 40,000 people registered to vote most of them young people registered to vote on their platform in the 48 hours after President Biden dropped out and endorsed kamla Harris that’s actually the most they’ve had this cycle more than when Taylor Swift asked people to get on there and and registered to vote essentially the question is does that enthusiasm now translate to votes come November part of that will be who her running mate is you you know her she campaigned for you in the midterms I know in 2022 what do you think she is looking for and of the names that are out there is there anybody who you think might be a particularly good fit I know you’ve served alongside Senator Kelly I know you know some of these other Governors talk to us about that well here’s what I can tell you kamla really understands what the future looks like and what she has to do in order to move our country to a better place economically like I said Child Care Family Leave the issue of choice giving families the ability to really move ahead she understands about bringing people together and I am confident that she will do her homework as she always does and make a competent clear decision about who her vice president is and I trust her on that she doesn’t have a ton of time to do that homework do you want to see that pick come before August 7th at the convention what’s your sense I I trust her on her timeline because I know one thing she will vet that person she will make sure that they’re competent she will make sure that they can appeal to the American people and really keep that message going of this is about the future so I have a lot of confidence in her I’m not worried about the timing Senator Patty Murray senator thank you so much for being on on a newsy day and a newsy week I know for you appreciate it thank you you bet thanks let’s get you over to the five things our team thinks you should know about tonight number one the FDA now investigating a second death that may be associated with mushroom Edibles the number of people getting sick is spiking as well 74 people in nearly 30 States remember we’re talking about Diamond shrooms and the company behind it says the products which have been recalled contain a higher than normal amount of a certain chemical if you have any of the stuff you’re seeing on screen toss it or return it for a refund number two look at South Korea security officials there say a trash balloon from North Korea hit the presidential compound today with officials telling NBC news they tracked this thing in real time they figured out it wasn’t dangerous but it’s been filled with Just Junk basically we’ve been telling about this since May North Korea has been sending thousands of these balloons over the DMZ to the South number three Monday is now the new hottest day ever recorded the average temperature going up slightly from the record that had previously been set on Sunday there we go nearly 63° may not sound that hot to you but remember we’re talking all around the world that’s the average here it comes as there are wildfires burning along the west coast forcing thousands to evacuate number four Delta CEO says the airline should be operating back to normal tomorrow after thousands of cancellations and delays from Friday’s massive it outage remember it was the transportation secretary Pete Buddha judge telling us right here on this show 24 hours ago that his Department’s investigating why Delta had more problems than other airlines we’re watching to see if that means maybe a fine or some other enforcement action against Delta number five police in Tennessee arresting a store clerk for allegedly stealing a Million dooll Lotto ticket from a customer he got caught when he tried to collect the hall himself according to police the man who bought the ticket didn’t know he won the lottery until detectives called him and said his winning ticket had been stolen there you go million dollars is a lot of money worth that phone when we come back how a pilot survived a plane crash in Nepal that killed everybody else on board we’ve got the latest on the investigation plus new video of a huge explosion at a tequila plant in Mexico we’ll tell you how they managed to put up the fire and the scramble to find any survivors still to come on the Channel 2 News well the waters are certainly receding now still too close to call Master H reporting from round zero as it’s being referred to is in fact tast the Haitian people know a little something about resiliency what’s the biggest risk right now some of the troops you have been proud I want to welcome you to the first presidential debate in fact we’ve been told we can’t go any farther you are some rilian folks let tonight investigators in Nepal are trying to figure out why a plane crashed there right after took off from the airport killing everybody but the pilot fair warning these images obviously are disturbing this is the pilot being pulled from the wreckage alive his co-pilot and the 17 passengers on board did not survive you can see the moment the plane dives into the ground and explodes into a ball of flames and smoke Cru are trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong here NBC International correspondent Danielle Hamin joins us now with more what else do we know well the pilot is doing remark ably well when you consider what could have been he sustained injuries to his eye to his forehead but he is alive um and uh when you look at that picture that you just mentioned his face covered in blood a remarkable picture when you think that everybody else on board perished this was a 50-seater plane two crew members 17 technicians most of them from uh Nepal one of them um from Yemen now they were headed uh towards another airport this was a regular m M check and the aircraft was meant to be grounded for several weeks according to local authorities the plane took off around 11:00 a.m. local time it veered to the right and then crashed on the east side of that Runway just moments later hi there’s not the first time there’s been a deadly crash at this airport right it’s not but the bigger picture here is the country itself um Nepal has been heavily criticized over the years for having a poor air safety record more than 350 people have died since 2000 either in a plane crash or a helicopter crash and there are two factors here one the rules are simply not sufficiently strict there lacks regulations the other issue is the weather it’s unpredictable remember that Nepal has some of the highest mountains in the world and Katmandu the capital and the airport are surrounded by mountains and so that affects the direction of the wind and the intensity of the wind which makes Landings and takeoff very challenging for the the pilots Danielle thank you very much appreciate your reporting to Mexico now where six people are dead after an explosion and fire at a tequila factory in Mexico a José quvo Factory you can see the explosion caught on a surveillance camera here incredibly scary you can see the flames shooting up into the sky from behind that building there Rescuers finding the body of that sixth person today after battling flames and after a desperate search overnight for any survivors here’s yasman vukin in Mexico First Responders still identifying bodies today in the charred remains of a Jose quvo tequila Distillery explosion surveillance footage capturing that massive blast showing what appears to be a large tank flying through the air that explosion fueling raging fires local authorities rushing to the scene posting these photos of their efforts to subdue the Flames as the fire spread through the distilleries hulking 50 th000 gallon tanks efforts extending through the night as First Responders assess the damage those massive collapsed containers the size of nearby buildings at least six people are confirmed dead the destruction rocking the small town of tequila Mexico where the quille brand in modern tequila were born in a statement the company confirmed the deaths from the accident at its plant adding that several other workers were in fact injured the tragedy occurring on the eve of national tequila day back here in the US the cause of the explosion still being investigated Yasmin vugi NBC News coming up here on the show why nearly 1,000 passengers had to evacuate part of a big airport today look at that that’s a hint we’ll show you more coming up he he more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news now some breaking news tonight a man who spent the last 33 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit is set to be released in just a couple of hours even after a judge overturned his conviction he spent about two days behind bars we’re talking about Christopher Dunn sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for a murder that happened in 1990 on Monday a Circuit Judge overturned his conviction an order done to be freed after finding problems with the case saying in light of new evidence no juror acting reasonably would have voted to find him guilty Beyond A Reasonable Doubt sha Brewster is joining us now what’s so interesting sha just to be transparent with our viewers here until about an hour ago right that this story had had been about why Christopher Dunn was still being held Behind Bars even after a judge said he could go free we are now learning that that he is set to in fact be released tonight talk us through the Dynamics here and why this isn’t even the first time in the state that this issue has come up yeah H I’ll tell you there was a lot of confusion around this case I spoke to Christopher Dunn’s attorney just earlier today and he was confused as to why his client was still behind bars especially when you look at the language in that ruling which is abundantly clear that Monday ruling you have the judge saying that Missouri shall immediately discharge that’s a quote done from custody but when we reached out to the Department of Corrections they told NBC news that the state was planning to appeal that Court’s ruling and that uh it’s their normal procedure to keep their inmate in custody until that process is resolved well that clearly has changed just in the past couple of minutes the Department of Corrections telling us that they will be releasing Mr Dunn by 6:00 p.m. tonight and let’s step back a little bit because this all goes back to a 1990 shooting when Christopher Dunn was uh convicted of first-degree murder for killing 15-year-old Rico Rogers the problem was he had an alibi his parents and family said that he was inside the home watching TV on the phone when that shooting took place there was never any physical evidence connecting him to the crime and his conviction was largely based on the testimony of two young boys who years after the trial uh came out and said that their statement what their testimony was not real they recanted their testimony and saying that they were coerced by members of law enforcement well there was a new law in Missouri back in it’s relatively uh new it’s back in 20121 that allows the prosecutor to go back and essentially request a judge look at that case when there’s evidence of a wrongful conviction that took place back in February there was a hearing that took place in late May and the judge just on Monday overturned Mr Dunn’s conviction and now we know that he will be released uh any in the next uh hour or so hie sha Brewster lots to follow tonight on that front thank you very much for being the tip of the spear in our reporting on that NBC News covers hundreds of other stories every day and because it can be tough to read or watch or listen to them all our Bureau teams have done it for you this is what they tell us is going down in their regions in a segment we call the local out of our Southern Bureau some pretty dramatic video out today showing Texas police saving somebody from a burning car it crashed it got trapped between a couple barriers officers tried to put out the fire but the electric car would not stop burning they say then you see you’re seeing this here this this officer takes like a metal bar or whatever to the window saving the driver he was taken to the hospital we’re waiting to hear how he’s doing out of our Northeast Bureau pretty scary moment for folks at JFK airport in New York today when an escalator caught fire that’s the smoke filling up the terminal a thousand people almost had to evacuate fortunately everyone’s expected to be okay and the airport says its operations are back on track also out of our Northeast Bureau it may not be raining cats and dogs in New Jersey but fish instead uh a couple found their car windshield shattered they looked at some dash cam footage it was a falling fish they think a bird maybe dropped it onto their car we still don’t know for sure we 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I95 shut down an island cut off from the mainland and our reporter on the ground with the forecast showing no sign of a Slowdown we’ll take you there live in Cuba a show of force from Moscow with Russian ships docking less than a 100 miles from the Florida coast our teams on the ground in Havana breaking down that message from Vladimir Putin plus what the fed’s newest move late today means for your money as their keeping rates at the highest they’ve been since bootylicious was the number one song in America and in New York police investigat with some call anti-semitic vandalism at the homes of Jewish leaders by police in that City say it might be part of a pattern then the major move from one of the biggest church groups in America voting to oppose IVF in a real signal of where the conservative movement may be headed next the domino effect in Washington and Beyond later in the show hey I’m H and we are watching tonight an unbelievable amount of rain drowning Southern Florida shutting down part of I95 with storms and tornadoes sweeping the state take a look at this this is a live look at our reporter shot right now that’s a car up to its tires in the water totally stuck the rain still coming down further north you’ve got a reported twister near Jupiter Island meaning it’s totally cut off now from the mainland because of trees like this one down at the entrance to the island on Florida’s West Coast there’s some streets in Sarasota looking more like Rivers fire trucks trying to get through acting more like a boat that City setting a record for the most rain it’s ever gotten in a single hour more than 8 in dropping flash floods coming with it you see some of it here now some drivers we’ve seen trapped hundreds of flights delayed dozens cancelled in Florida with right now millions of people under a flood emergency across the southern half of the state we’re talking about cities like you see here Miami West Palm Marco Island too no relief expected until at least Friday for most of those spots I want to bring in now Sam Brock who is live for us on the ground in South Florida Bill Kens has our forecast in just a sec Sam I see you there still so wet and I’m sure that you have seen dozens of cars like the one you’re standing in front of everywhere every road that you turn on hlee and I got to tell you you’re talking about a pretty wide swath of land for those who don’t live in South Florida and they hear you know Sarasota over here West Palm over there it’s a three-hour drive from Sarasota along sort of the Panhandle aspect or sort of that Peninsula area of Florida over to Miami and then another 2 hours North out to Palm Beach County so we’re talking about a huge huge chunk of land yes the cars are everywhere so I met a shopping mall aventur for those who like to frequ with Miami they definitely know this mall hundreds of people if not thousands on a daily basis I’m looking at cars all over the place that are just like this I actually saw a man Hy about 10 minutes ago climbing out of the window of his car to get behind it so he could start pushing it along with his girlfriend inside and that’s like one little snippet of the things that we’ve seen so far people bailing water out of their cars I saw a mom clutching her daughter trying to carrier through a parking garage to get to their vehicle she was obviously in distress that is kind of standard for what we’re seeing right now given the rate of rain that has come down some parts of this area here in Miami have seen a foot plus of rain so far today Hollywood I believe is the high water mark but it’s all over it’s not just there in Broward all the way down to Dade West out to Sarasota Naples these all these areas have seen just an inundation another interesting point here when you’re talking about cars and how much it takes to flood them I mean it only takes inches to be able to actually destabilize the car and have it start to stall I’m 65 as we’ve talked before I’m on the taller side this water is almost up to my knee so you’re looking at probably a foot and a half to 2 ft of water where I’m standing this is a parking lot that has been turned into a swimming pool thankfully we have not heard any reports to date of any injuries but this is widespread severe weather that has frightened quite a lot of people here and the weird thing I leave you with this hi is there were obviously warnings in conversations about saturating this entire area and seeing that carry over into the week and how of course there’s going to be flooding and yet I talk to people and they tell me well I didn’t think it was going to be that bad I went to work today and they were shocked to find out that their cars are in the middle now of a pool of water there’s so much water I just stood up on a median you can’t even see from your vantage point because there’s so much water here I’m standing on top of it right now it’s just everywhere and you hope you don’t see ton of more who is it did they just try to drive through and got stuck like who oh no yeah I assume you’re talking about this car right here this gentleman um and I got to be careful here because it gets deeper I want you don’t have to go talk to him but I just like what there’s another car stuck right there you know It’s Tricky obviously just just a just a quick snapshot one two 3 4 5 6 7 8 n about 10 cars within just the radius of 50 ft from where I’m standing is what I’m looking at right now including unfortunately this guy too uh at least he looks to be okay uh Sam Brock thank you for being there for us you got to Than People sure you don’t you don’t want to make those moves right if you see a million cars stuck in the flooded water maybe don’t try to you know to try to drive on through so we’ll let Sam talk to him he seems to be uh at least physically okay so we’ll see if Sam is able to to chat with him about being able to get out uh and get through to where he’s going what language do you speak I’m going to leave Sam uh to do that for a second Bill Ken let me bring you in as we keep an eye on that live shot here wow I it breaks your heart to see to see that happened you know and that was the second car in just that live shot that we saw blast through behind Sam there and Florida is so flat and these vehicles are trapped in water and you people are so used to just driving their cars through puddles and they just it just and they just they think they can get out of it somehow and and I just want to let everyone to know I’ve seen a thousand pictures it’s not just where Sam was I mean this is widespread in the Fort Lauderdale area Hollywood Beach to North Miami that area all looks just like the live shots we have we’re talking hundreds you I I would say thousands of cars that are you know similar to that with waterers probably towards the bottom of them water was splashing up into the engines I mean you just think about you know we’ve reported a lot on the home insurance crisis in Florida you what’s this going to do for the car insurance rates down there too when you had a huge event like this uh and you see like just Vehicles just they think they can drive through it and until they can’t oh look at the oh no bill what are we watching this is stressing me out and you can see the bump right there so there’s a curb right there so this little car the little s it’s going over the curb it’s like trying to follow the wake of the other car unbelievable and Samy Sam’s trying to help get this guy and push him oh boy now Sam gets the medal for this one well it looks like it’s working yeah I mean hopefully Sam can see that it’s a little lower you know hopefully hopefully he’s heading towards shallower water Sam’s been there a long time now so yeah he knows but I that vehicle must be stalled because there’s no you know there’s no lights on in the back there’s no brake lights there’s no signs that so Sam’s just doing that all on his own and Bill as you say and I mean I I am just totally Blown Away by and this is now I think the fifth car in the foreground here that pickup truck and you know they sit a little higher but trying to make their way and another one there behind him trying to make their way through all this can you imagine can you imagine driving by someone that’s pushing a car like that and then hitting the gas and giving a big wave and awake and not even stopping the help as you say Bill you’ve seen this I mean this kind of rain it’s not just here in Aventura where Sam is and it looks like he got this driver here to some Higher Ground it yeah it is a little more shallow and the rain rates are lighting up a little bit so that water level will start to drop so that you know hopefully the vehicle you know the Sam the guy that that vehicle won’t get ruined any further I don’t think the water is going to go up much more than what it is right now uh all through this area wow what a story uh and no relief in sight right I mean this rain is going to come and come and come for the next 48 hours or so yeah let me uh now that uh Sam’s got that out we’ll try to get back with a little bit we’ll keep that live shot closer yeah yeah when we get them back so all right so let me just familiarize what we’re looking at here this is Fort Lauderdale this is Miami this is Florida City this is down towards kargo all of the heavy rain for the last 4 hours had been from Naples across Alligator Alley 75 heading into this region so this is the area that has just gotten crushed with a ton of rain and now as we go throughout the rest of today it’s sinking to the South that’s why I was mentioning that the water levels are actually going to be dropping and going down as we go to it you can see the S just finished there so that’s why I was saying the water levels going to be dropping I’ve seen High three different rain gauges that are now over a foot of rain since noon today and you know you hear those stories you hear like this is a one in 1,000 year flood or one in you know 500 the occurrence rate for this what we’ve just witnessed and are witnessing is about once in every 200 to Once in every 300 years that’s the rainfall rates that we’ve been getting so we’ll keep honor to this hopefully we can get you know get sand back up and we can find out the story of that gentleman and uh unbelievable I think that I would just pull back the curtain cuz that’s we doing the show we don’t have comms with Sam or his team right now um because obviously they’re in the situation you saw the fluidity so to speak of Sam jumping into action there uh helping out that guy I I’m a little bit stunned by what we just witnessed over the course of the last eight minutes here with Sam watching that truck just try to blast on through getting stuck managed to push him to at least some higher water which is good that gentleman I see the tail the tail lights actually just came on there’s some there’s some hope that the car is not completely dead yeah as watching people kind of walk back from that parking garage this is again an outdoor mall or at least a mall in Aventura where people would typically be coming in parking there’s that parking garage over in the corner there uh but again I don’t think we have comms with his team at this point uh we will obviously bring that back as soon as we can just to hear from Sam what what went down there I mean I got to tell you Bill I don’t want to over index on this like but but the point of this this is the kind of scene that is playing out all over the place in Southern Florida I mean this is just a micro look at a story that’s happening again and again places all around Miami yeah and you could see when we showed that shot to the left that you could see dry ground so this is obviously a low area here by this intersection so the cars are approaching it and you can see the street just to the north there looks like it’s a little higher elevated so people are driving and they have no clue how deep this water is but you would think that they’d see the stalled vehicles and that may be a big heads up yeah all right people got to get their packages I guess hopefully that FedEx truck made it through uh we’re going to keep an eye on this live shot we’re going to see what kind of coms we get we’re going to come back to it if we can Bill I’m going to ask you to stay close to a camera to thank you very much with obviously a lot unfolding in Southern Florida we’re also going to keep an eye on those flight delays as well we’ve got to get though to some breaking news out of Capitol Hill in just the last hour or so because you have House Republicans now voting to hold the Attorney General in contempt of congress here’s what that means it means they’re basically asking the justice department to pursue a criminal case against the head of the justice department this is after this guy Merrick Garland the Attorney General refused to hand over audio of president Biden being interviewed by the special counsel who was investigating his handling of classified documents remember it was back in February that this special counsel Robert her declined to indict the president for his handling of those documents after he was vice president because he was afraid a jury would hesitate to convict in in words from the report an elderly man a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory NBC’s sahok kapor is following this one for us from Capitol Hill what’s the doj going to have to do now right cuz the balls in some ways in their Court where does this go yeah the doj gets to decide what happens next H this vote was 216 to 207 almost entirely along party lines just one member of the House broke ranks and voted uh with the other party that was uh Dave Joy a center right republican from Ohio voted with unanimous Democrats against this resolution uh Merck Garland the attorney general has already issued a statement criticizing it and let’s show what he said says quote it is deeply disappointing that this House of Representatives has turned a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon today’s vote he says disregards the Constitutional separation of powers the Justice departments need to protect its investigations and the substantial amount of information that we have provided the committee unquote now Garland recently testified before Congress that they will not release the audio of President Biden’s interview with the special Council Robert her he said they’ve released the full transcript already there’s no value uh from an investigative standpoint to be releasing to audio and he said it would in fact have a chilling impact on future cooperation with the justice department if they were to publicize these sorts of things going forward there’s also an an office of legal counsel memo uh written last month or not last month I should say or wait may excuse me last month uh May 2024 um you know that says this would not be an appropriate thing to do when executive privilege uh has been has been executed finally hie uh speaker Mike Johnson did make his case for this let’s play what he said look we we did our job on the content and um it says an important message we’re defending article on it we’ll see what happens next but I mean the house has to do its work and I’m pleased with the outcome and the Republican Dave Joyce essentially agreed with Democrats when he said this was about scoring political points and not a serious effort hie soap poor live for us on the hill with that thank you right as we were coming on the air we also saw President Biden arriving in Italy with one of the goals trying to figure out a way to get more money to Ukraine want to show you the president in just the last hour there he is getting off the plane he’s going to be at the G7 7 Summit with his National Security adviser on the plane over telling reporters that these talks and the agreements they hope come from them are meant to send a message to Russia if Vladimir Putin thinks that he can Outlast the Coalition supporting Ukraine he’s wrong he just cannot wait us out and this agreement will show our resolve and continued commitment Monica Alba is live for us now from Italy and Monica while the president has a number of these international issues to work out it’s also striking that I think the last time we saw him stepping off of a plane was about 24 hours ago almost exactly in Wilmington Delaware hugging his son who had just been convicted of that gun felony charge uh it’s that it’s that moment here um there is an emotional toll on the president even as he has now this other set of issues on his plate as he lands in Italy exactly hiy and that was a shift in schedule the president wasn’t supposed to be going to Wilmington Delaware but he rerouted there to spend some time with Hunter his son of course before they parted ways and Hunter left and the president actually then spent the night with other family members with the first lady there in Wilmington before returning to Washington very early this morning to then board that flight to come here to Southern Italy to participate in this G7 conference with world leaders and on the flight over here the White House Press Secretary was asked about the possibility that even though President Biden and in an interview has ruled out pardoning his son for this conviction there was a question raised about whether he would for instance go through with a commutation of his sentence and at the time Karine jeanpierre said she hadn’t spoken to the president since Hunter Biden’s verdict came down yesterday about that so she didn’t want to get into any of the specifics but it did raise this possibility but a White House official tells us that that kind of discussion is really quite premature because we don’t even have a sentencing date yet for these three felony gun charges and there’s a larger question here because the president did say in that statement yesterday after the verdict came down that he does respect this judicial process and the outcome but there are of course these lingering questions about the emotional toll that all of this is taking on the president we know that leading up to this point this is certainly something that he does constantly worry about as a father as a concerned parent and not as president of the United States while he is juggling these very weighty issues here on the world stage in Italy Callie Monica Alba live for us there in Italy thanks M for that a show of force from Moscow tonight with four Russian ships arriving down in Cuba look at this here they are these warships pulling into the harbor after some missile drills apparently in the Atlantic as they made their way to Havana more military exercises according to officials are planned in the Caribbean in the next couple days a spokesperson for the US military says they’ve been actively monitoring these ships that this is routine that there is no direct threat or concern Ed Augustin is in Havana he’s joining us now so this may not be a direct threat or a concern but it is certainly interesting given the location of a few hundred miles off the US Coastline and the timing here talk us through the message Russia’s trying to send I think the message is crystal clear as one military analyst uh put it the other day the me the the the message that Russia is trying to send to the United States is from their point of view you can cause us all sorts of problem all sorts of problems in our spheres of influence you can do huge um military drills like the drill that NATO performed last month with 990,000 soldiers and over and over 100 tanks but we can also project power in your backyard I’m speaking to you from Havana Cuba Cuba is only 90 nautical miles from the United States and um you know if if we’re going to think in classic big Power terms solidly historically at least um in the United States sphere of influence at least before the Cuban Revolution so this is tit fortat uh Russia to put it mildly very very unhappy about us actions in Ukraine and given the Biden administration’s decision two weeks ago to allow some U us uh weapons to hit some Russian Targets in Russian territory this I think and most military analysts are interpret it it this way is response we can be a nuisance to you as well and Ed real quick on the drills that Russia’s doing what do we know more about them what what can we say there have been military drills uh so as this flotilla was crossing the Atlantic there were um there was artillery fire there had been simulations there have been military drills uh leading up to to to to uh the flotilla docking in Havana today Ed Augustin live for us there in Havana Cuba Edward glad to have you thank you very much for being with us to a sensational murder trial now over the death of a Boston police officer that could be in the hands of a jury relatively soon but first tonight the lead investigator admitting under oath he called the defendant a whack job Massachusetts state trooper Michael Proctor acknowledging now that his comments were in his words Juvenile and unprofessional but he insists they had no influence on the investigation into the death of Officer Jon O’Keefe still what he said about the defendant Karen Reed raising some questions on whether Proctor was biased in his investigation Reed has pleaded not guilty to Second deegree murder in the 2022 death of her then boyfriend O’Keefe prosecutors say she hit him with her car and left him for dead after a night of drinking her defense team argues that she’s been framed in a pretty far-reaching conspiracy involving other law enforcement officers for Ellis is joining us now lot to unpack here right and partly it’s because it involves the death of an officer outside the home of of another police officer and now these comments from the lead investigator yeah it’s all very messy and it should set the scene that this was two years ago 2022 and it happened on a cold snowy night in January up in the Boston area now investigators say that the couple’s relationship had been kind of Rocky before this tragedy but they had gone out for drinking the night of the tragedy she drops him off at a friend’s house as you point out this was the home of a retired Boston police sergeant and later they said that the officer John um John O’Keefe that he died as a result of blunt force trauma and hypothermia they say they also found that her tail light on her car was broken and pieces of that tail light were found in the yard where the officer’s body was found she insists that she did nothing wrong her prosecute her defense says she’s a victim of a coverup including from that um in investigator the lead investigator the state trooper and his name is Michael Proctor she says they we’re exchanging text message including one that said officers are involved this involves cops we should wrap this up quickly hie rahima Ellis following all of it for us on that just a really interesting case it’s getting a lot of attention rahima thank you very much coming up here on the show a lot more to get to here tonight including of course did we just see that did that just happen the messy scene in South Florida we’re working on getting coms from Sam Brock back so he can tell us about his end of this pretty remarkable video coming up in just a sec [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne tap magnifier we can zoom in oh look at that the steam from the ice takes out all the wrinkles the way to get it out is to use the shell that is left over it works every single time this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant personal finan is personal you don’t want to do what somebody else is doing oh that’s genius you just Sav me 40 bucks that’s a good idea police in New York tonight investigating what local leaders are calling an abhorent act of anti-Semitism after the homes of the Brooklyn museums Jewish leaders were vandalized look at this this door covered in run pain one Banner calling the Museum’s director a white supremacist Zionist police say they’re looking for more than a dozen people who could be involved Antonia Hilton is following this story for us the NYPD says these incidents may be part of a bigger pattern that they’re seeing that’s right hiy they’re investigating this what happened last night but also a series of incidents that they say have happened all over the city not just relegated to one burrow or one Community here they are looking at and tracking this activity that often involves the use of red paint red spray paint the kind of banners that you saw in those images there and they’ve happened in properties all around New York and they’re looking for the suspect that they believe could be connected to what happened not just to the director the leader of the Brooklyn Museum named Ann Pasto but also several Jewish members of the leadership team of the board there the mayor Eric Adams released a statement this morning not mincing words saying this is not peaceful protest or Free Speech this is a crime and it’s overt unacceptable and anti-Semitism other leaders including the governor and local Brooklyn level leaders have released similar statements as well today you know this is really reflective of the fact that these cultural institutions have become sites of conflict as the war rages on the just days ago the Brooklyn Museum was the site of another protest and at one point the protesters demonstrators actually entered the Brooklyn Museum they occupied it for a period of time they unfurled banners they marched and chanted until the NYPD came and responded and while we don’t know that that group is necessarily connected to what happened here last night what we do know is this has really become a center of this kind of activity here and the tensions abroad very much hitting here at home and with Jewish community members and leaders here in New York saying that they’re quite shaken up and fearful about all of this as the ADL says they’re seeing these incidents incidents really a balloon across the country and New York is no exception hie Antonia Hilton Thank you very much for that let’s get you over to the five things our team thinks you should know about tonight number one Illinois police say three sheriff’s deputies are in good condition at the hospital after a shooting officials say they were making an emergency visit to a home after getting a call about somebody who had threatened both suicide and homicide the suspect was also shot and taken to the hospital number two a lot of tributes coming in tonight from all over for NBA legend Jerry West who died at the age of 86 to give you an idea how big of a deal he was look at the logo on your left that’s him he’s the iconic NBA logo guy he was an all-time great made nine appearances in the NBA finals for the Lakers he also built eight Championship Laker teams as an executive LeBron James today saying he will truly miss his conversations with West and the NBA commissioner calling him a basketball genius before tonight’s NBA Finals game there’s going to be a tribute to West number three a plane missing for more than half a century now reportedly found in Vermont’s Lake Champlain the small corporate jet carrying five people disappeared not long after after taking off from the Burlington Airport back in 1971 after more than a dozen failed searches a team somehow has now found the plane not far from where it went missing number four North Dakota voters passing a measure that would put in place age limits on congressional candidates this bans people from running for a house or senate seat there if they could end up being 81 years old by December 31st of the Year immediately preceding the end of the term bottom line they’re capping it basically it’s believed to be the first of its kind in the country but it is also certainly expected to be challenged in court number five the FED today keeping interest rates where they are for now forecasting only one rate cut this year at one point there were hopes there could be three rate Cuts it’s coming after new numbers out today showed inflation slowing down a bit the markets seem to like it with the S&P and NASDAQ hitting new records the Dow closing down but just a little bit also tonight the country’s biggest Protestant group voting today against the use of IVF we’re talking about the southern Baptist Church saying that Frozen embos embryos rather like those used in invitro fertilization are children it is a significant sign of where conservative evangelicals may take the fight over Reproductive Rights next a fight that may come to a head in Washington too with Democrats getting ready to vote to protect IVF to put Republicans in a tough political spot considering polls show IVF is broadly popular across party lines Julie cirin is joining us now so Julie talk us through this vote on IVF by the southern B this convention it seems like more than anything it is a major signal of where this fight’s going yeah not only a signal hie but also yet another example and exactly why Democratic lawmakers behind this push to codify protections for ibf into law tell me they need to act that Congress needs to act look at this Julie ashelman and her husband who’s in the Army Reserves had their 2-year-old daughter through inv vitro fertilization when we moved from Washington to Arizona and from Arizona to Illinois you know we didn’t have to worry about whether we’d be able to access IVF they kept their Frozen embryos in storage during deployment but after the Supreme Court overturned roie Wade everything changed are we going to be able to access IVF in our new state are we going to have to pay to travel out of state Alabama was their next potential destination and the state supreme court at the time effectively banned the procedure deeming Frozen embryos are babies our military families don’t have have a don’t have control over where they live IVF restarted in the state but not before causing a political Firestorm making access to the procedure a key issue that’s why a trio of Democratic senators pushed for a vote to protect the procedure nationally and broaden eligibility for service members for Tammy Duckworth it’s personal I struggled for 10 years post my deployment to Iraq um uh trying to start a family and uh it was only through the miracle of I that I have my two little girls their bill would prevent States from imposing IVF restrictions expand access for service members and Veterans and require insurance plans to cover fertility treatments it’s not about the petty politics it’s about the people in our communities that are really struggling but just like Democrats efforts to protect access to contraception this bill will likely fail some people are looking at these attempts by democrats and are calling messaging bills what’s your response to that they’re a message to the American people that you have a right to IVF they’re a message to the American people that we believe Rose should be um the law of the land their message to women in this country that they have the right to make their own health care decisions the majority of Republicans say they too support IVF but will probably oppose the Democrats Bill saying it goes too far I I clearly support IVF I have an ad supporting IVF I have a daughter going through IVF Alabama Senator Katie Brit outspoken after her State’s actions earlier this year we strongly support continued Nationwide access to invitro fertilization trying to pass her bill with Senator Ted Cruz tonight it would withhold key funding for states that ban IVF but it says nothing about potential legal consequences of discarding nonviable embryos essential to the procedure but Democrats blocking it that’s why I object their baill is very dangerous and is a step backwards if Congress can’t find a solution Julie’s family has a lot to think about and that could mean that my husband would have to leave the service which sounds like a really tough decision yeah I mean he’s been in 14 years you know I am so proud of the work that he does for our country Julie uh you you hear and in those conversations that you had especially with her the stakes of this the stakes of what’s Happening where you are on Capitol Hill so what is next then is this just a function of waiting until the election in November to see who ends up in the white house where this fight goes well unfortunately for women like Julie unfortunately yes that is exactly what is happening here I asked the Democratic senators this very question yesterday I said with the Democratic president in the white house with Democrats in control of the Senate is this really your last best shot and they said yes it is and that is only embolden by this text I got literally a couple of seconds ago from Katie Brit’s office they circul ated a statement that we received first signed by all Republican Senators nearly all if not one lacking it says in part quote that this attempt by democrats this ibf bill ibf bill is nothing more than quote a partisan campaign of false fearmongering intended to mislead and confuse the American people they go on to say that IVF is legal across the country although we have seen attacks to it including what happened today that vote from the south southern baptist church leaders that you’ve mentioned there at the top H so certainly this is very issue and the two sides could not be more far apart yeah lot of developments on IVF today Julie cirin we’re glad to have you covering all of it there from Washington appreciate it when we come back you’re taking a look now some live pictures from out of Iraq what we know about a fire burning out of control there right now then Sam Brock back up and running we’re going to be talking to our chief car pushing correspondent right after the break [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh still to come in the Channel 2 News well the waters are certainly receding now still too close to call reporting from round zero as it’s being referred to is in fact that tast the Haitian people know a little something about resiliency what’s the biggest risk right now some of the troops you have been I want to welcome you to the first presidential debate in fact we’ve been told we can’t go any farther you were some rilian folks let me give a hint [Music] so if you’ve been watching our show for the last half an hour you probably saw this moment here we’re talking about this unbelievable flooding and rain in south Florida this is Sam Brock during his live shot this car This SUV drives through stalls out uh and here’s Sam trying to push this guy to safety essentially we have seen now not just in Aventura but all over South Florida a ton of rain falling in Sarasota on the west coast something like 8 in in just about about an hour and in the foreground of this video you can actually see some other cars trying to push through the issue here of course is that this area of South Florida is extremely flat so once the water saturates the ground it’s Limestone it’s really tough for that water to drain away and this is creating impacts having a domino effect all across the state you have hundreds of flights delayed you have dozens of them cancelled and we brought back Sam Brock cuz Sam we lost your CS there in this moment that we’re watching watching what in the world happened what just what so I think you’re referring to what happened during our last conversation Al you know obviously there is uh a lot of turmoil going on a lot of people not exactly sure whether or not to drive through this I can tell you several feet of water even if you’re in an SUV not a good idea one gentleman live on our Airways discovered that um and this is a an area that is very diverse you have people that are from South America Central America Haiti this gentleman was was from Haiti uh does not speak much English I was trying to communicate with him and when it was very clear he was not going to be able to get his car out figured why not roll up the sleeves and see if we can push it along I had him put the car neutral and I was able to at least Glide it out of the center area which I suspect is the video that you’re looking at right now his situation is a predicament that many people are finding themselves in tonight I mean just in this one area where I’m standing in front of a mall you got to be careful by the way that car made it right but he didn’t go through the middle but again the bottom line here is if you see standing water don’t try to drive through it right how many times do we hear people with backgrounds in meteorology or just common sense say that’s not a good idea and yet people continue to do it but you’re looking just right now within this Horizon where I’m standing at one 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nine 10 or so cars that are stranded I’m seeing people allei that are just bailing water out of their cars one guy that climbed out of his window to then go out and try to push it along there’s people here that are walking barefoot and they obviously don’t know what’s back there but they just are soaked and drenched it’s a general level of discomfort we’re just trying to help one person at a time if we can how maybe I did a little bit of that tonight I think you did Sam that driver was okay did he his car turn back on or where is he now that’s the problem so the next chapter in this is his car has not turned back on at least he’s not in the middle of this but yeah he’s got a he’s going to need a toe for sure I mean I95 may be closed down not far from R are but it looks like a highway behind you Sam Brock listen good luck to all those people I guess that’s all you got to say uh Sam thank you so much we’re glad that you came back for us glad that you are okay too hero award for Sam Brock ladies and gentlemen our senior National Car saving correspondent here for us in South Florida thank you for appreciate it uh that’s right you you can own that for a minute Sam thanks to Georgia now and the longest criminal trial in that state’s history that could be heading totally off the rails after the judge sentenced a famous rappers loyal to jail time after a viral moment rocketed this long running case back into the headlines here’s the deal it all stems from a beef between Young Thug’s attorney and the judge in the case after the judge held a closed door meeting with one of the prosecution’s star Witnesses now the lawyer the defense attorney had a big problem with that Brian steel he says in court well wait a second the defense team should have been there or at least should have been aware of that meeting and that’s when things really blew up with the judge slamming steel demanding to know how he even found out about the meeting in the first place listen how did you how did you get that information supposedly from my Chambers did somebody tell you I’m not you should have told me sir I’m going to hold you in contempt if you don’t tell me who this tell me tell me who this information want to be held in contempt I’m not answering that question Young Thug’s lawyer did not give in did not share his source so the judge in the case found him in contempt to court had him arrested look at him he’s taken off his jacket taken off his tie before getting walked out by an officer that moment that visual went viral as did this one when steel said if he has to report to jail he wants to end up in the same cell as his client so they can keep working on the case young thug real Nam Jeffrey Williams is facing charges he led an atlanta-based criminal gang and oversaw a conspiracy to commit murder armed robbery and deal drugs NBC legal analyst Danny savalos is joining us now I’m going to ask you to put on your defense attorney hat here who is out of line is it the judge is it the attorney unfortunately hie my defense attorney had is on way too tight all the time I’m probably biased here but this seems to be such a clear case of right and wrong in that the attorney is right the judge is wrong and here’s why even if this ex parte meeting was uh appropriate which I can’t see how it was and X parte means it’s out of the hearing of other people other people were excluded namely the defense it was apparently between the judge and the witness and the uh and the state the prosecutors that’s what I’m understanding if that’s the case if I’m a defense attorney in that case I’ve got a real problem with that and so did this defense counsel and instead of saying hey explaining the judge why he had this meeting or explaining what happened he instead says who told you about that and then jailed him for not revealing his sources so I I mean even if the underlying exp parte meeting was acceptable and proper uh the whole where did you hear that I’m going to jail you unless you tell me who told you this uh that just seems inappropriate as well well to me this has really blown up I mean the moment where he takes off his jacket and TI is everywhere the moment where he says well then put me in a cell with my client while I’m serving my time on the weekends for this contempt charge is it possible that there could be a mistrial because of this moment because of what the judge did because of all this yes and the judge isn’t likely to grant that mistrial after all it would be an implication that he did something wrong but on appeal this is probably going to be a major issue you know there’s a lot of crazy stuff that’s been going on in this trial this may be the craziest but again even if the underlying exp parte meeting was somehow acceptable uh this whole Fiasco of jailing the attorney because how can the defendant proceed if his attorney is in jail yes he’s in on the weekends but he was taken out of court that day there’s a lot of really really problematic issues cropping up as a result of the judge’s insistence on jailing one of the defendants chosen councel what’s interesting here and part of why this this case initially caught My ATT mention as you know a political reporter here in Washington is that the charges Young Thug faces are based on the same criminal racketeering law that former president Trump is facing in his own Georgia election interference case and if you look at Young Thug’s trial so far we’ve seen a 10-month jury selection for this a list of 400 potential Witnesses a schedule that one of the attorneys said could push this whole trial into 2027 is it your sense that this perhaps may be a blueprint for the former president’s case if and when that finally gets going yes and remember the decision to bring this this charge these charges against YSL and the charges against Donald Trump were made by the same district attorney who has made the choice in each of these cases to bring sweeping charges against a large number of defendants probably hoping that some of them would plead out and that’s happened in both cases it’s happened in the YSL case quite a few defendants have pleaded out but this is a really complex case and it’s going to last years so Donald Trump’s case is probably going to take uh just as long or at least close to as long it’s chaos down there in Fon County Danny saalo super interesting thank you so much for being there for us for that analysis appreciate it NBC News covers hundreds of international stories every day and because it can be tough to read or watch or listen to them all our teams around the world have done it for you here’s a look at what they’re watching in a segment we call the global out of Iraq you’re looking at live pictures of what is apparently a fire at an oil refinery burning out of control in herbal we’re seeing some early reports of some injuries there we’re going to keep watching it we’re going to keep an eye on it we’ll keep it posted with any updates out of Canada the wreck of a ship that an iconic Explorer died on more than a century ago has just been found off the coast of New Finland that’s according to the Royal Canadian geographical Society this is the sonar image you’re about to see showing the ship Quest Ernest Shackleton the legendary Antarctic Explorer died on that ship back in 1922 The Vessel stayed in use until the 60s when it was damaged and sank an international team of shipwreck hunters and his hisorical experts discovered the wreckage with one of them calling it profoundly moving and out of South Korea K-pop Star JY from BTS discharged from the Army today after 18 months of service there he is he’s being serenad by another member of BTS playing the saxophone jyn is the first member of BTS to wrap up his mandatory service the rest of them have all put their music careers on hold too the band is expected to reunite next year much to the uh Delight of K-pop fans everywhere coming up tensions in a Georgia town over quite literally Monkey Business what our team found when they went there in the original [Music] [Music] he [Music] tonight the state of emergency here in Baltimore should people be concerned about the safety of flying today closer to the G and [Music] we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now to tonight’s original now with in-depth reporting on a topic we’ve been watching and tomorrow a Georgia Court’s considering a case that could topple a huge monkey breeding project that has folks in a small City there up in arms basically there’s a plan to breed 30,000 monkeys for medical research researchers say they need it to make scientific breakthroughs but folks in town say no way and they won’t let the monkeys on their Turf without a fight here’s Yasmin vukin soon a small Georgia city could have twice as many monkeys as people if a massive breeding facility housing 30,000 longtailed Max comes to town and some residents of Banbridge Georgia are not happy about it well at a jungle noise stink the reynolds’s home borders the land where the facility will be built this is my home here and it’s approximately 400 ft from the monkey house that would be over here City officials think the $400 million project run by a company called safer human medicine will be an economic boom Rick mccal helped broker the deal it’s a tremendous investment and it’s a tremendous amount of good paying jobs when lifelong resident June Faircloth found out about the plan she was stunned to me it feels like somebody’s going to drop a bomb right in the middle of everything that we’ve worked and built we can’t sit back and let it happen she get some others coordinated with Peeta there’s a monkey facility that’s trying to be established and we’re going to make sure that it doesn’t happen armed with signs and pins and flyers June and others set out to stop the monkey Farm organizing online and and in person now a future monkey Farm could be my neighbor they’ve got a long list of fears like monkeys escaping which has occasionally happened at other breeding facilities here in the United States as well as River contamination and disease sa for human medicine declined interview requests responding over email that all waste will be contained in its facilities and sent to the city wastewater treatment plant It also says most noise will stay within the facility and there will not be a noticeable smell coming from it is it possible to miss diseases they might be carrying absolutely Ed newcomer a former special agent for the US fish and wildlife service tells us inspections are mostly paperwork uh fish and wildlife service law enforcement inspector will try to do a physical inspection of the primates just to make sure the numbers are correct that the U ages look appropriate and if there’s any evidence that they’re you know Wild when they’re declared as captive captive monkeys are preferred for research wild monkeys can carry viruses like herpes be safer human medicine says it will not be using wild caught animals it says the monkeys will come from breeding facilities in Asia but did not specify where longtailed maacs are native to Southeast Asia but for a while the US got many longtailed maacs from China which imported them from other countries then exported them but in 2020 it cut off its longtail macak exports something researchers say contributed to a monkey shortage here in the US and said the cost of monkeys soaring this is a business effort to try to capitalize on that shortage while non-human primates make up less than 1% of animals in biomedical research monkey Studies have helped develop covid vaccines and a drug now used for kidney transplants in research studies they are sometimes put to death it’s a real tragic life for these primates they may live their entire life moving from one research project to the other being exposed to pathogens having experiments done on them being poked and prodded it makes you wonder whether it’s better for them to be euthanized after their first experiment or go through a life of you torture safer human medicine’s not the only one trying to build a giant monkey breeding facility another company called Charles River Laboratories is planning a facility in boria County Texas that effort’s on hold after local opposition everybody far as I know in boria county is against it Charles River telling our local affiliate in part it’ll listen cooperate and work with the community as we assess next steps in Bainbridge tensions boiling over we felt like the divisiveness and the unrest in the community was outweighing the benefit of the project in February the Banbridge Development Authority voted to take back its support Chris hobby bainbridge’s longtime city manager resigned last month hobby declined an interview request but told NBC News over email he was wary of being the face of every controversy he says if he had the same opportunity again he suggest passing on the project the plan now tied up in the courts the Reynolds unsure if their new neighbors will be monkeys safe for human medicine needs to realize that they’re not wanted here they’ll never be wanted here and it would pay them to find them somewhere else to go if they can if it comes it will turn our lives upside down gas man is joining us now chos what’s the next step in the fight we know this court day tomorrow right yeah you got to think about this right because obviously covid vaccine development of covid vaccine wildly important on so many Global implications right so so important there but do you want that in in your backyard and then of course you’re hearing about how they’re being treated um when monkeys are actually part of uh part of kind of these test cases um let’s talk through the legal cases quickly Hal if we can for a moment all is really up in the air right you talked about what’s happening um tomorrow the Georgia appeals court overturning or weighing to overturn uh the bond that was granted by Banbridge there uh towards safer human medicine safe for human medicine appealing that um then there is this idea of sa Meson putting out there saying listen it’s not even going to be until 2025 that we’re actually even going to be getting monkeys um into this area into this property so there’s that as well but then you think about the treatment right the paa concerns for instance that we covered there briefly and what actually happens to these monkeys researchers are saying okay there’s a shortage um the the prices are Sky High and monkeys it seems are not being treated well and a lot of folks out there advocating for monkeys so maybe we need to find a different way for medical re search that does not include primates they’re looking to do that how the problem is it’s going to take quite some time so answer overall 30,000 foot above you it’s all up in the air right now yeah has been vugi and super interesting thank you very much when we come back Elon musk’s future with Tesla coming down to a vote about how many billions billions with a be he’s going to get paid we’ll explain in our breakdown [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something big the fire has grown leaps and bounces you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty [Music] bad news for the generation of now is NBC news [Music] now so eight former employees from SpaceX we’re learning tonight are now suing Elon Musk and his company alleging musk personally ordered their firing after they accused SpaceX of tolerating sex harassment in the workplace the lawsuit says musk runs his company in the Dark Ages this is a quote here treating women as sexual objects SpaceX did not immediately respond to NBC’s request for comment but in the past they’ve denied wrongdoing related to these firing all of it coming just one day before the Moment of Truth for musk at his other company Tesla where he makes a record 50 billion dollars in his comp package some big shareholders say he doesn’t deserve it with a vote on that set for just hours from now here’s Tom Castello a high stakes vote worth billions pitting the headline grabbing Elon Musk and Tesla’s board against some shareholders this could be a big slight if it doesn’t go through appalled by this the amount of money is outrageous it’s all about a massive pay package worth a record $ 56 billion for a man who is already one of the richest in the world and the vote could signal chinks in the Billionaire’s controversial armor the package was actually approved back in 2018 but a judge Struck it down in January of this year calling it an unfathomable sum that was unfair to shareholders adding it was negotiated by a board of directors beholden to musk the sum growing to such a huge number because the package was negotiated in stock options rather than cash at the time Tesla’s stock was worth much less and the package amounted to about $2.6 billion but after years of supercharged growth now worth about 20 times that more than any other in Corporate America musk and the company say he deserves the huge payout his success is shared by all stockholders you saw the value of your Investments increase nearly 1,100% the vote is a task for musk and whether shareholders can keep the famous CEO engaged with the company he helped build he’s already threatened to take his ideas like developing his AI platforms elsewhere if he isn’t able to up a stake in Tesla AI is is sort of like at least 80% likely to be beneficial the vote pits many institutional investors against one another Florida’s pension board supports the package but the pension fund for California teachers disagrees other critics note Tesla stock pric has sputtered more recently and point to musk’s divided attention with stakes in SpaceX X and neurolink and his constant provocative social media presence Tom Costello NBC News Washington our thanks to Tom Castello for that reporting that’s a wrap for this hour we’ve got more coverage picking up right now tonight life-threatening flooding slamming parts of Florida as Relentless rainfall plagues the region this video showing a possible tornado ripping across Southern Florida a rare flash flood emergency issued as streets turn into rivers and drivers are left stranded record rainfall upending travel not just on the roads but at airports the danger far from over as storms linger for the next few days and we’re tracking the first tropical disturbance of the 24 Atlantic hurricane season Bill Ken standing by with that track also tonight the deadly bus hijacking a gunman taking more than a dozen passengers hostage holding a bus driver at gunpoint and forcing him to speed away the tense Rush Hour Chase and frantic 911 calls to loved ones the alleged hijacker actually speaking on camera to our local reporter just before his oneman Crim spree hate on display disturbing videos of anti-Semitic incidents in New York City we’ll show you the Hostile protest outside an exhibit paying tribute to those killed at an Israeli Music Festival on October 7th and you’ll hear what another group did on a subway car threatening Israeli supporters and telling them to get off the train plus the vandalism targeting the homes of a Museum’s Jewish leaders defined Biden’s executive order new reporting showing the president’s Southern border policy isn’t being implemented the evidence that migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the us as the ACLU officially files a lawsuit against the Biden Administration missing jet found in 1971 a private plane carrying five people on board vanished more than five decades later that mystery is solved thanks to an underwater Explorer tonight you’ll hear from that man and see where he made the shocking Discovery wild Collision a deer bursting through the windshield of a city bus the animal flying right into passengers and the new discoveries is in the ancient city of Pompei our camera is inside a hidden Rune giving us a glimpse into the past top story starts right [Music] now and good evening tonight millions in Florida facing the threat of dangerous flash flooding as torrential rains inundate the region storms causing chaos at airports and parts of I95 are completely shut down right now new video just in as a possible tornado moved through you can see the force of that system right there that intense video taken just north of Palm Beach and you can see the debris being lifted into the air nearby Jupiter Island cut off from the mainland due to the number of trees down destruction reported in several cities and towns across the state take a live look at daa beach where a rare flash flood emergency is in effect the National Weather Service there even warning of the potential of catastrophic damage in Miami a water spout forming just off the coast of the beach and big bolts of lightning and striking as storms Rumble through from Miami to Fort Meers to Sarasota rainfall quickly turning streets into rivers car stalling out and in some cases even floating by Sarasota setting a record for the most rain it’s ever seen in just an hour with 8 in quickly falling to make matters worse some of the strongest storms hitting during the rush hour commute officials continuing to urge people to stay off the roads the severe weather causing hundreds of flight cancell ations and delays at Fort Lauderdale and Miami international airports and we’re also tracking the first tropical disturbance of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Bill Karens is standing by with the areas it could impact but first we start with NBC’s Sam Brock in the storm Zone tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now on this iconic highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles cancelling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection flight with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we had to we had to stop and walk because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water’s coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain so you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place are we want to move a car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come all right Sam Brock joins us tonight from Aventura Florida Sam it looks like you’re completely underwater there I know during your reporting earlier today you had a jump into action helping people push a car out of those flood waters walk me through what happened there and how much of this are you seeing Tom I know that one of the things you appreciate about me is I’m a man of the people much like yourself so yes I saw someone stranded and figured you know why not help him out obviously Miami is a very diverse area this gentleman happened to be Haitian I don’t speak Haitian Creole but he was out here in the middle of this water of this pool basically deao and I asked him if he could please put the car in neutral got behind and guessing you’re playing this video right now pushed from behind I will say it makes me look like I’m a lot stronger than I actually actually am it kind of glided right along which makes you wonder how it could be right now you have so many cars that are stalled out here but clearly Tom this is sort of treacherous uh situation in terms of trying to get through Pathways that are deeper than people anticipate have obstacles that you can’t see in my vicinity right now really within let’s say 50 to 100 feet in each Direction you’re looking at about 10 cars that are stalled out I still have people behind me right now that were like grinding up against the tree branches here trying to get through one guy almost got stuck right here 45 seconds ago so you’ll never learn apparently uh I guess they say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and a lot of people here are doing that right now luckily for those people you spent years building those quad muscles on the tennis courts where you grew up so those people are lucky for that and then Sam I do have to ask you you like many of the people that are living in South Florida are new to the area I know you’ve been there for for quite a while now but a lot of people move there during the pandemic are you seing a lot of people that this maybe is new to this flash flooding because it kind it really does take you by surprise without a doubt I spoke with a couple from Argentina earlier today they took out a bike they said well hey the last three days were beautiful in Florida why would this day not be beautiful and of course it changes in a heartbeat they weren’t listening to some of the warnings that were coming along so that’s from an outsider’s perspective but also Tom I talked to one woman whose car it’s her her car that she just bought a week ago is now stuck in the middle of this median because she said she heard the warnings and figured how bad could it be so the answer is it can be bad especially when you’re getting four to 6 Ines of rain in some places per hour just at that speed it only takes a little bit to stall these cars out a lot of folks right now and more dangerous outcomes as well a lot of folks are discovering that right now and you got rain in the forecast nowhere for that water to go because Florida especially South Florida surrounded by water on all sides this is the most important Point obviously we are at sea level or below sea level in many parts of the Miami area and you have this line Stone underneath the ground Tom that is porous so you have the water table coming up at the same time that rain is coming down there is nowhere for it to escape it’s a problem in Miami Beach it’s a problem in Aventura it’s a problem in haia Brickle downtown Miami you name the neighborhood this is an issue for the area and we’re not going to solve that anytime soon all right Sam Brock again a reporter for the people Sam we appreciate all that for more on that dangerous rainfall in Florida NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens joins me now and Bill I can always catch that radar out of the corner of my eye you can’t even see South Florida right now yeah all the bright Reds the dark dark Reds were the intense thunderstorms that were right over the Miami area as we went through all afternoon now they shifted down towards kargo but as you saw with say it’s still raining and it rained hard yesterday now it is poured today and you know if it rains tomorrow it takes even less to get that significant flash flooding so here’s the area that was hit the hardest here’s Miami pem Pines to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Florida I’ve seen at least three personal weather stations that collect the rain over a foot of rain today one location had 4 and a half inches of rain in one hour that’s the results you get when you see something like that for that reason for at least the next hour we were under flash flood emergencies for this area telling everyone to stay off the road stay home of course everyone’s at work and they want to get home so that’s the problem and as far as rainfall goes just even in the last 3 hours as we head towards north Miami beach about 6 and a half inches of rain Tom that’s going to cause a lot of problems right through the evening and and Bill it is June I know you’re tracking something in the tropics this is in the Gulf tonight yeah actually we have two areas one is the one we’re just talking about which is right over the top of Florida and then the other one is going to be down in the southern Gulf so here’s our areas of Interest these are not in formed storms yet the first one’s heading off of Florida not really a good chance of forming but this one down in the Bay of camp this has about a 30% chance of development if anything it looks like it would head up there towards the Mexico Coastline not for the lower 48 here into the northern Gulf but we’ll watch it and this is just a reminder we’re just in the beginning of what we expect to be a very active hurricane season all right Bill Karen for us Bill we thank you for that we want to move now to Atlanta strange story tonight one person is dead after a gunman hijacked a commuter bus 17 people on board fearing for their lives as this bus was heading into nowhere knows where and was and the bus driver was held at gunpoint leading police on a high-speed chase for nearly an hour the alleged car hijacker actually spoke with reporters just before the Mayhem NBC’s priia Sher was with that video and this story what is happening a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday sh hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking the bus H police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme mode earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s w xia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon who’s previously been arrested 19 times he’s now facing 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Tom okay Priya on that developing Story down there in Atlanta we want to head overseas now in The Barrage of rockets fired into Northern Israel from Lebanon the escalation comes as us back ceasefire plan for Gaza isn’t Peril rap Sanchez is in Northern Israel with the latest it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead theas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to ease the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed Hezbollah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bom bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of hisbah rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah commander and it is funeral today calls for revenge and with that rap Sanchez joins us tonight from Nazareth Raph understandably most of the attention the focus has been on Gaza and Southern Israel but there have been some civilians displaced and facing tragedy where you are as well tonight yeah that’s exactly right Tom Hezbollah started firing into Northern Israel on October 8th just one day after the Hamas terror attack and there has been intense fighting here ever since on this side of the Border Northern Israel around 70,000 civilians have been displaced from their homes just over the Border not far from here in Lebanon around 990,000 displaced over there the death tolls at this point don’t compare to Gaza it’s eight Israeli civilians killed over here around 80 Lebanese civilians killed that’s according to the United Nations but the fear is that that is just a small fraction of what could happen if an allout War breaks out remember Hezbollah is far more powerful than Hamas so the US very focused right now on trying to get to that Seas fire in Gaza as a way of De escalating across the region Tom rap Sanchez from Nazareth tonight and the war overseas in Gaza of course stoking tensions right here in the US a series of recent anti-semitic incidents in New York City has leaders sounding the alarm red paint splashed on the home of a Jewish Museum director and pro Palestinian groups slammed for protesting outside an Art Exhibit honoring the lives lost on October 7th NBC’s Valerie Castro reports on it all pro Palestinian protesters making their Mark in red paint oh my goodness on the home of the Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish director the latest incident in escalating tensions over the Israel Hamas War playing out in New York City think it’s terrible I don’t think it’s an effective way to deal with a problem the vandalism condemned by New York Governor Kathy hokel calling it an abhorent act of anti-Semitism in recent weeks protesters taking to the Subways defacing train cars and seemingly trying to intimidate Riders exited in Manhattan a pro Palestinian crowd gathered outside the Nova Music Festival exhibition a display recalling the deadly terror attack on Israel and those who were killed or taken hostage on October 7th organizers of the protest had called for a day of Rage in response to Israel’s raid on the narat refugee camp during which four Israeli hostages were freed and 274 Palestinians were killed protesters waved Hezbollah and M flags at other protests they carry banners reading Long Live October 7th and one person even yelled he wishes a quote Hitler was still here these are reprehensible and vile comments New York representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez describing the protest as atrocious anti-Semitism but the group claiming responsibility for the demonstration within our lifetime saying it reiterates the call for sustained action against any institution facilitating or justifying the genocide of the Palestinian people including the Nova exhibition the city continuing to make arrests while trying to quell any violence since October 8th the NYPD has made more than 2,850 arrest at Israeli Gaza protest alone okay with that Valerie CER joins us now live in studio so Valerie you know we asked these questions during the college protest what is the city of New York doing to keep Jewish residents safe here now so the NYPD has and will continue to step up patrols at various events around the city like the Israel Day parade that was just a few weeks ago uh they station outside synagogues when there are Jewish holidays and they continue to closely Monitor and watch these protests these demonstrations as they pop up last month 34 protesters were arrested for storming the Brooklyn Museum the NYPD now turning their attention to finding the suspects in those incidents involving that red paint Valerie Castro for us tonight Valerie we thank you for that we’re also following some breaking news tonight from Capitol Hill the Republican controlled house voting to hold us attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress this stems from the investigation into President Biden over his handling of classified documents the vote was 216 to 207 with just one Republican representative David Joyce of Ohio siding with Democrats I want to get right over to Ali valal who’s been tracking all of this for us tonight so Ali this has to deal with the interview he did with the special counsel and those tapes what do we learn on what’s going to happen moving forward that’s exactly right this is the latest escalation in congress’s attempts to get those tapes from the attorney general he has said in the past and in just the last few weeks in fact that he won’t be intimidated by this attempt at contempt now of course we’ve seen the house make good on the threat referring this to the Department of Justice though we don’t expect the doj to actually act on Prosecuting its top lawyer still the house Speaker telling me tonight that the house did its job on this and that they sent the message that they needed that they want this audio even though they already have the transcript of the interview that her did with President Biden Tom so I’m confused now you’re you’re saying that the doj will not go after their boss I know I I don’t mean to laugh but it’s all so strange so what is going to happen next it is all strange especially because in many ways it’s all in the family right but what we expect to happen next is likely nothing the doj releasing a statement tonight that read in part that Congress has turned in their words a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon that’s the same kind of tone and tenor that we heard from the attorney general himself when he spoke before one of these very committees that’s holding him in contempt saying again that he won’t be intimidated and that while he respects contempt and cooperating with Congress in this case exerting executive privilege over this audio is The Stance of both the doj and the White House they fear it could have a CH effect in the words of the Attorney General on future people cooperating with Federal prosecutors Ali Vali from Capitol Hill tonight Ali thank you we now want to head to the southern border and just in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive action on the border and as that order faces challenges in court we’re also learning more about the challenges actually on the ground some migrants Crossing illegally and still being released into the US NBC’s Julia anley has this report tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again all right Julia Angy joins us tonight from Washington so Julia we were just talking to you last week when the executive order came out and it seemed like nothing was happening on the border now here we are almost a week later and it’s the same thing do we understand why it’s taking so long to put this executive order into effect well in short they don’t have the resources to detain all migrants before deporting them so they have to release some migrants into the United States now we do understand that those releases have dropped by more than half but even still that’s contradictory to what the president said when he announced this order um and what the White House said in their fact sheet that it would suspend the entry of migrants who cross the border illegally but it’s not clear that they’re ever going to get quite the amount of resources that they need short of Congress actually taking action and that does doesn’t seem like it’s on the table anytime soon Tom yeah last week the ACLU came on top story they said they were going to file suit against the bid Administration they said this broke the law this executive order because it goes against the laws of the country where people can file for Asylum when they cross the border whether it be illegally or not so now they filed suit do we know what’s going to happen with the executive order and has the bid Administration responded yet we haven’t seen a response yet and something that’s a little different about this lawsuit is that they’re not calling or they’re not asking for an immediate temporary restri trining order in other words the judge doesn’t have to decide right away if this action should be put on hold in fact I think if you read this it looks like there could be another move when they actually find migrants who’ve been affected by this they could come back and sue as part of a class action lawsuit showing those people have been harmed that might be one of the reasons why we saw a delay from the ACLU in these groups but even still it’s they think they have a winning case here because they sued the Trump Administration over a very similar action and they won in that case Tom all right Julia Angley for us Julia thank you now to a devastating blow for the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissing a lawsuit from the Massacre’s last two survivors who were seeking reparations and are both now over 100 years old this now dising the hopes of racial Justice Advocates that the state would make amends for that horrific attack that left more than 300 black people dead in the thriving Greenwood district for more on today’s dismissal I’m joined Now by Demario Solomon Simmons he’s the lead counsel for the Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and founder of justice for Greenwood DE Mario first were you able to relay this to your clients so that they could understand and have they been able to tell you how they took this news hey Tom well thank you for having me on it’s been a very difficult day for all of us who seek racial Justice and Justice for what happened in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre our entire team including survivers are thoroughly disappointed that once again the Oklahoma judicial system has failed us it’s 103 years since we’ve been trying to get Justice for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and my two clients Viola Ford Fletcher who’s 110 and lesie Benfield Randle who’s 109 both of them was hanging on for justice and hoping that they would see the right thing done and unfortunately the gold poost was moved again today by Oklahoma judicial system and we’re hoping that the Department of Justice will now come in and do a federal investigation because we’ve done as far as we can go with the okah court so de Mario explain to our viewers exactly why why you were seeking those reparations and and the horrific events that happened there in Oklahoma well doing a 1921 TS race Massacre it was the largest and the worst case of domestic terrorism in the history of this country where a community my community where I live of over 11,000 residents uh were bombed from the sky and from everywhere else by a a a group of up to uh 10 to 15,000 whites who were deputized by the City of Tulsa Tulsa County and it destroyed the entire 40 block are of the city and this is this is a complete almost its own town and it was completely raised to the ground Harvard University back in 2020 estimated that the property damage alone was over $200 million uh you stated that there were up to three 300 people killed but we know that there over 3,000 people they were never heard from again disappeared lost killed we don’t really know what happened to them and we simply was seeking underneath the public nuisance theory that we brought this case forward which has been enforced in Oklahoma since 1910 that a public nuisance was created by the massacre and that nuisance continues to this day and we just wanted to have an opportunity to go to court to have a discovery and have a trial on this issue and Oklahoma Supreme Court has denied us that and uh we are incredibly disappointed Tom we are going to file for a petition a re-hearing we have 20 days to do that we’re certainly going to do that but again we’re calling upon the Biden Administration and the Department of Justice and the Civil Rights division headed by AG Christian Clark assistant AG Christian Clark to come in and open an federal investigation which we’ve been asking for for many many years de Mario so the Oklahoma Supreme Court said they didn’t think this was a court issue right they think they should have this should be handled uh as a legislative issue right with your representatives your state senators is there any legislation that could help out these survivors well first of all we think again they they are completely wrong on their analysis of this this is a public nuisance case we met the pleadings that Oklahoma is a notice pleading standard we met all the all the requirements and they moved the goalpost and they simply said now we have to go and talk about some type of legislation but the fact of the matter is these are the type of cases that Oklahoma courts have dealt with for over a hundred years this lucens law has been on the books since 1910 and obviously in Oklahoma which is a very very conservative magga leaning State we know that we don’t have any uh anything in the house or the the governor’s house is Dead on Arrival so at this point although we will file for a petition a re-hearing with Oklahoma Supreme Court know telling them why they got this wrong how they analyzed this incorrectly they pointed to facts with not even within our briefs they pointed to facts that was not even a part of our or argument we don’t understand how they created the decision that they did but at the same time we’re calling upon President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice to open a federal investigation they need to come in and do what Oklahoma has refused to do for 103 years which is give Justice to Greenwood and Justice to these two living survivors de Mario Solomon Simmons we thank you for coming on we know it’s it’s been a very difficult day for you and your clients still ahead tonight the fireworks in an Atlanta courtroom the trial of rapper Young Thug taking an unexpected turn a judging the case holding his lawyer in contempt we’re going to show you the video of why that happened SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accused of retaliating against his own employees the lawsuit accusing musk of wrongfully firing workers after they raised concerns about sexual harassment and a private jet vanished back in the 70s five decades later the mystery has been solved we hear from the underwater explorer who made that stunning Discovery you’ll hear from him it’s coming up [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] o [Music] [Music] we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now are you comfortable with the role the Supreme Court is playing in the 2024 election is there not more that Israel can do to help the humanitarian crisis should abortion be the number one issue in 2024 if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press okay we’re back now with wild moments during the trial of rapper Young Thug one of his defense attorneys held in contempt of court and ordered to jail in the middle of the courtroom the trial already the state’s longest running with no end in sight Adrien brus has the latest take Mr steel and the custody police attorney Brian steel came to defend his client Atlanta rapper Young Thug but he left under arrest after this tense moment with the Fulton County chief judge Euro Glenville I’m asking you how did you get this information I’m not telling the court what I’m saying is based upon information okay well listen if you don’t tell me how you got this information then you and I are going to have some problems the judge found steal and contempt for refusing to disclose how he learned about an alleged meeting between the judge prosecutors and a prosecution Witness who told you what I want to know is why wasn’t I there why sir I’m going to hold you in contempt if you don’t tell me who this tell me tell me who this information when still didn’t give up the source He was ordered to spend 20 days behind bars that’s 10 weekends in jail you were removing me against um his will my will you’re taking away his right to counsel it’s the latest twist in the high-profile trial for Atlanta rapper Young Thug also known as Jeffrey Williams Williams was arrested in May of 2022 on racketeering and gang charges connected to his music label YSL records prosecutors allege that label is a street gang it’s a drug conspiracy case it is a RICO type case it is a gang conspiracy case it includes guns drugs homicide the trial started November 20123 and is the longest criminal State Trial in Georgia’s history it’s gone viral on social media big news in the criminal defense world today attorneys Jack Turnbull and Adele brockmire have followed the trial since the beginning they say if the alleged meeting took place the judge never should have let it happen without the defense present it’s outrageous what we see happening in the courtroom we both have been practicing law a long time I’m a third generation attorney Jack’s a Seventh Generation attorney and I’ve never seen anything with the judge the allegations that are being being placed regarding what occurred behind the with the judge in Chambers what does this mean for the case moving forward what it means for the case moving forward is that the defense is going to be impaired when we’re in Long trials we work on the weekends we work at night if he’s in jail on the weekends he’s not going to be able to give Young Thug an adequate defense the rise to fame started in 2010 for the Atlanta rapper collaborating over the years with artist like Drake Chris Brown and gunana gunana also faced Rico charges in connection to YSL but was released from prison after pleading guilty in 2022 meanwhile Young Thug has pleaded not guilty in this case and now his legal representation finding themselves on the other side of the law any lawyer we’ve spoken to has no idea or has no recollection of ever seeing conduct like this Adrien broad has shown this now so Adrian what happens to steal the attorney does does he now have to find his own attorney to handle his arrest he now needs legal representation and has it Tom and many of our viewers May recognize the name Ashley Merchant she represents one of the codefendants in the Trump recal trial which is happening in the same Courthouse Tom yeah the one who brought up all those allegations okay uh Adrian we appreciate that a Twist in that case we didn’t see coming next tonight to the major development in a mystery that has gone unsolved for more than half a century an underwater investigator finding wreckage at the bottom of Lake champ plne capturing video that he tells us tonight shows a private plane that vanished in the 70s ER mcglaughlin has this one on the bottom of Lake Champlain the answer to a 50-year-old mystery likely solved this wreckage believed to be the remnants of a private jet that vanished in January of 1971 discovered by underwater investigator Gary kak who says he succeeded where 17 searches had failed the NTSB has yet to confirm the findings and we brought in a remote operated vehicle and we captured the underwater images confirming that it’s 99% the right plane the 10- seat private plane carrying passengers Frank Wilder George Nikita Donald Meers Randy Williams and Kirby Windsor vanished on a snowy Vermont night shortly after takeoff with no distress signal sent I started getting more interested in the problem and the challenge of why has nobody found this plane kak a seasoned underwater rescuer joined the effort in 2014 his first attempt to find the jet in 2022 turned out to be a false alarm and we got all excited we found it closer inspection it had uh stenciling that looked more military in nature not something you would see on a commercial private jet last month kak and his Partners say they finally cracked the case with Dees old sonar data it was in the location that the radar lost tracking of it when it crashed it is painted the same custom paint Scheme black red black that was on the side of this jet so there’s very little doubt in my mind this is the right plane finally appearing to put one of Lake Champlain’s Biggest Mysteries to rest and giving five families a sense of Bittersweet closure Frank Wilder’s father was on the plane that night I’m feeling a lot of sense of relief because spending 53 years not knowing if you know the plane was in the lake or maybe on a mountain side around there somewhere was distressing unfortunately it’s open up other questions and we have to uh work on those now Tom why the plane went down remains a mystery tonight we heard from the national Transportation safety board the NTSB put out a statement saying they’re going to evaluate the condition of the Ag and based on that as well as a number of other factors they’ll figure out next steps Tom all right a appreciate that when we come back deer versus bus a deer smashing through the windshield of a commuter bus in Rhode Island several passengers taken to the hospital a traumatic moment next [Music] he [Music] you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protest ERS have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a ban or not the craziest ride I have ever hit that is totality do you see yourselves in space I feel good to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week nights at 8 Eastern 5 Pacific on NBC news now okay we’re back now with top stories news feed and we’re starting with the tragic death of a college football player police say Marcus MJ Daniels who was a cornerback at the University of Southern Mississippi was shot to death at an apartment complex in Hattisburg no word on what led to the shooting and so far no one is in custody eight former SpaceX employees suing the company and its founder Elon Musk alleging sexual harassment and retaliation according to a lob suit obtained by NBC News the employees alleged musk personally ordered their firing in 2022 after they circulated a letter that claimed the company tolerated open sexual harassment in the workplace SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit and shocking video of a deer jumping through a bus windshield in Rhode Island look at this the surveillance video showing the deer runs straight into the public transit bus through the window and into shock passengers three of the six passengers aboard were hospitalized but are expected to be okay Rhode Island Public Transit Authority commending the bus driver for his exemplary response to that situation okay now of money talks and the better than expected inflation numbers out today a hopeful sign that the prices of everyday items could be stabilizing look at this the Consumer Price Index up 3.3% year-over-year this may but the number is down when compared to April’s number and Below expectations the market quick to react to the news the S&P and NASDAQ closing at near record highs but Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve taking a more cautious approach in their Outlook here’s what they said the most recent inflation readings have been more favorable than earlier in the year however and there has been modest further progress toward our inflation objective we’ll need to see more good data to bolster our confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2% and here to break it all down for us tonight is NBC’s Brian chunk so Brian take a look at the chart we haven’t seen the FED move rates in September what kind of data are they looking for before they make a move yeah as you mentioned they haven’t moved in quite a while but they’ve been holding interest rates high and it’s because of inflation inflation inflation again the figure that we got this morning show that prices are up 3.3% between May of this year and May of last year that’s a bit of a slower Pace than the 3.4% figure we had seen in the April to April period but again we have to remember the Federal Reserve wants to see this number somewhere closer to 2% so not yet mission accomplished and a reason why they’re not going to take their foot off the gas pedal when it comes to trying to deliberately slow this economy but one important thing that the fed’s also watching for is wage growth versus inflation yes inflation is high but we just crossed the one-year Mark of wage growth which is about 4% outpacing inflation which again as I just mentioned is 3.3% if your wages are growing faster than the price tags are at the store that’s a welcome development and that only happened as of about a year ago but stay right there Brian because because I do have a question here right I know Realtors and Traders will hate this question but why doesn’t the FED raise rates if they really want to tackle inflation yeah and one big story here is that the Federal Reserve already aggressively raise interest rates for the time being and again just because they haven’t cut interest rates doesn’t mean that interest rates are low they’re still just holding them at a high level again here’s a recap of the chart that shows all the interest rate moves just over the last 2 years by the way there was a period in time post pandemic we weren’t even thinking about a half percentage Point move at one time and then to get more aggressive the Federal Reserve did three qus of a percentage Point increases in the June July September and November meetings unprecedented we had not seen rate rate moves that big from the Federal Reserve in decades so you could argue that they have already front-loaded a lot of the aggressive interest rate hikes there players trying to keep it basically at this level for right now while it tries to biteen the economy also knowing that economists say it can take time for these interest rates to bite into inflation time and you were just telling me Jerome Powell actually said nothing is off the table which we should remind our viewers yeah and he was saying in the press conference that look he doesn’t want to take any policy moves off of the table but that interest rate uh decisions from the Federal Reserve are likely Guided by the forecast that they baked in we saw forecasts from the Federal Reserve today no officials saw the case for an interest rate hike by the end of this year there’s 19 of those officials but he said look we can’t predict what’s going to happen in the future we’re not going to take anything off let’s dig a little deeper into the data right cuz we have you here we have that beautiful screen so where are consumers where are Americans feeling the pinch the most what is still very expensive what’s coming down yeah and I’ve got a wonderful graphic with this big board here and when we when we talk about some of these categories uh when we talk about travel right we’re in the summertime and a lot of people trying to go out uh to maybe hit vacation uh Air Airline fairs are down almost 6% we’ve also seen uh cars down over 3% but unfortunately there are some categories that are increasing cost electricity we’re talking about utilities here up 6% and then housing again this is a big one for Americans knowing that most of our paychecks are going into just putting a roof over our heads up 5.4% on a yearly basis again these are things that we’re going to have to watch for so great that if your summer vacations is going to cost you a little less housing is the big story with that inflation above Target if they want to get that down housing is going to be a big part of let’s talk about the housing market right people looking to buy people looking to sell what does that look like as far as mortgage rates are concerned yeah well look when we talk about mortgage rates they’re about 7% and when you compare that to just a few years ago where people were locking in mortgages at 2 and a half% well yes certainly that’s frozen a lot of potential buyers on the sidelines it doesn’t mean that there’s no activity happening right now it basically just means that people are continuing to wa on the sidelines to see maybe if mortgage rates right now at 7% can get a little bit lower but again based off of what the Federal Reserve has done so far we’re not expecting them to cut interest rates back to zero which led to those 25% 30-year fixed mortgage rates anytime soon until this 7% mortgage rate can go down to maybe six maybe 5 and a half% which we don’t know when that might be it’s going to continue to freeze out the housing market and make it very difficult for sellers to move inventory Tom all right Brian Chun first nighton Brian we appreciate that coming up next a stunning verdict involving chaita Brands the banana distributor found guilty of bankrolling a terrorist group during Colombia’s Civil War but they’ve been ordered to pay the families of eight victims who were killed during the conflict stay with us [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] are you comfortable with the role the Supreme Court is playing in the 2024 election is there not more that Israel can do to help the humanitarian crisis should abortion be the number one issue in 2024 if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press [Music] [Music] more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization we are back now with the Americas in a Monumental ruling against a corporate giant chaita banana ordered to pay almost $40 million to family members of those killed by a paramilitary group during Colombia Civil War a South Florida jury ruling the company funded those militants even after they were deemed a terror organization our Ellison Barber reports a stunning verdict in a South Florida federal court Chita banana Chita the banana giant found liable by a us jury for funding a so-called Colombian death squad and ordered to pay more than a dozen relatives of victims a total of $ 38.3 million it’s a case that was decades in the making from 1997 to 2004 chaita then known as the United Fruit Company paid a right-wing paramilitary group at least $1.7 million the group The United self-defense forces of Columbia or Au formed as a reaction to left-wing Guerilla groups during Colombia’s Civil War experts say the Au often promised people and businesses protection from other armed threats but as their power grew so did the violence the US designated the Au as a terrorist organization in 2001 how common was it for corporations companies particularly those based in the United States to be paying and or working in some form or fashion with these paramilitary groups at least 187 companies provided with financial support to these groups most of them 90% of them were domestic companies uh but there have been some American companies chaita a company headquarters in the US plad guilty to making payments to a designated terrorist group in 2007 and agreed to pay a $25 million fine the latest lawsuit began around the same time the plan in this case risked their lives to come forward his son worked at a banana banana plantation and um was killed a commander confessed and so we had a ton of evidence about who killed him and why and fell right within the period that Chita was paying the Au agesa frisman one of the lead lawyers for the plaintiffs has worked on this case for close to 20 years and says the jury got it right how rare is it for a corporation to actually be held responsible for their involvement in human rights violations Andor just nefarious activities it is actually very very rare this is I think the first corporate case I know of that has gone to trial I think it’s that’s a very important precedent and and it’s really important important for making sure that corporations that operate in places where the rule of law is not effective and strong see that they can be held to account in their home courts but the fight is far from over chaita is a defendant in a suit filed in medine Colombia and the company tells NBC news they intend to appeal the US jury’s verdict writing in part quote the situation in Colombia was tragic for so many including those directly affected by the violence there and our thoughts remain with them and their families however that does not change our belief that there is no legal basis for these claims while we are disappointed by the decision we remain confident that our legal Position will ultimately Prevail Ellison Barber NBC News all right when we come back a look into the past NBC’s Kelly Koba getting exclusive access into new findings into the ancient city of Pompei the newly discovered rooms and artifacts giving us a glimpse into how Romans lived more than 2,000 years ago stay with us [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw this tunnel just goes on and on now is real we get to see democracy in action for the very first time in the 2024 race now is constant future is now news for the generation of now is NBC news [Music] now following tonight uncovering history in the ancient city of Pompei researchers discovering preserved rooms and artifacts never before seen in one of the biggest digs of this generation Our Kelly cooba got exclusive access to some of these new findings in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius the old Roman city of Pompeii preserved in volcanic a for centuries are we on a Roman Road yet we’re making a journey of about 2,000 years and now we’re almost down at the Roman level now the biggest dig in a generation has Unearthed a breathtaking scene from the past oh wow this is the Blue Room this is the blue room I you can see why which is a very unusual thing for Pompei to have this blue wall it’s so vibrant oh it’s stunning NBC News getting an exclusive look at this ornately decorated Shrine as it was nearly 2,000 years ago female figures representing the Four Seasons it has this very Heavenly uh atmosphere and rare Egyptian blue paint on the walls why is blue so important in here blue was the most expensive col color it came from far away from Egypt and even from the Midland and Far East on the floor a row of clay jugs and oyster shells used for plaster sitting exactly as Builders left them that fateful day in 79 ad something strange started happening at Mount vus and you could hear a big bang and it starts raining these pommer Stones the entire city was buried in volcanic rock and Ash from the devastating ition and Frozen in Time what did you think when you first saw this room the blue room I was stunned these MIT students already on site using specially adapted night vision goggles and handheld scanners to study the new finds nobody’s really looked at these materials before you can see these really fine details and evidence that’s just incredible so it gives you a look into how the Romans were building things Bakers and artists Builders and Merchants more than 20,000 people lived here this was a big wealthy thriving City entire rooms like this newly discovered Banquet Hall decorated with mythical figures like the beautiful Helen of Troy showing the sophistication and elegance of the pomp what would this room have been like well you would have the owner in this corner here and then sofas on all three sides of the the wall cushion and and small tables in front of them musicians coming in or some kind of entertainment today teams are finding new clues about how those people lived carefully putting the pieces back together seeing something for the first time in almost 2,000 years 2,000 years ago somebody looked at it for the last time and now we who excavated are the first ones to look at it again some of these new finds open to the public this month we were given an up close look this is the little a little bedroom when this room was first uncovered and we thought that was amazing we had no idea obviously of what we were going to come down on to Fresco from the ceiling to the floor and this intriguing image of a boy and his dog this is unique around the corner another surprise charcoal drawings made by children a hunting scene a boxing match little that can kind of hear the little Giggles of the children it’s like a hand reaching out from the past Pompei showing its flare in its fractured new form we have to imagine that this is all buried under volcanic materials a third of it is still buried and finding the artifacts is only the first step archaeologists now trying to put the puzzle back together these fragments part of a magnificent ceiling crushed under the weight of volcanic rock we don’t know who was the the owner but we can say that he has um money because it was very very expensive the past slowly reemerging Peace by piece Kelly Koba NBC News Pompei and that does it for us tonight we thank you for watching I’m Tom yamas in New York stay right there more news on the way oh my God this is tornado a tornado ripping across Florida and rain and flooding that just won’t stop more than a foot falling in a matter of hours in some places overwhelming streets neighborhoods with Rising Waters and that storm system isn’t done yet I’m Gotti Schwarz this is stay tuned [Music] now and tonight some of the images coming out of Florida look like something you’d expect after a hurricane but this is just a monster storm system dumping so much rain that some are calling this a 1,000-year event it’s already rained more than 2 feet in some places with another half a foot of rain expected through Friday night and a lot of that is coming down so fast Sarasota saw 8 Ines of rain in just three hours yesterday leading to scenes like this all that non-stop rain is causing a mess of problems in the southeast today stranded cars everywhere through Florida travel delays at airports en closures along the very busy I95 our team is tracking the severe weather tonight NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens is standing by with the forecast but first let’s go to NBC News correspondent Sam Brock in Aventura Florida now Sam before we get started here I just got to shout you out man for some Hulk level reporting out there for those that that missed his reporting early on with our friend H Jack let me show you this video the guy that you’re seeing out there using his massive like 6 foot I don’t know six or 6 for8 frame to beast mode that stuck SUV to dry land yes that is our fearless Sam Brock uh Sam that guy is both super unlucky for all that water but also lucked out that you were just standing right there uh what happened next there bro first of all 68 and beast mode I don’t think I’ve ever heard either one of those associated with me but I appreciate that Gotti 65 yeah so the reality was I was standing out here right right over my shoulder where we’re still watching people right now navigate this swamp and not having a lot of success with it I did my report with hiy and you know I thought we were done so like that poor guy got stuck in the middle of this pool and he did and I went to go talk to him thinking that they were done he actually is from Haiti speaks Haitian Creole but not English so I had no idea what I was doing communicating with him but I did manage to get him to put basically his car neutral so I could push it and unbeknownst to me and I want to State unbeknownst to me I was pushing this car all the way through the lot here to try to get him out unfortunately the car itself the engine will not start so he is still stranded just not here he’s away from the water and now closer to the exit to the mall so that’s the story there wow and and you still got people just going by in that intersection and it’s one of those circumstances where you know if it gets beyond the exhaust pipe if if you got something to show us go ahead and show us but just seems like so many cars are stuck in the water people here are so Brazen that the water has receded a little bit Gotti and I just saw someone drive through like 15 miles hour I am not kidding you in his BMW and he made it this poor guy right here unfortunately is not as lucky I don’t know what happened he tried to do it you tried to make it across and then and then what happened there goes the tow truck he took a risk he took he took a risk yeah he took a risk there was a tow truck over oh there it goes that same tow truck was just arguing with another woman guy because she did not want to try to get over a median that you can’t see because it’s underwater right now and he was peer pressuring her to move and I guess he succeeded cuz now he’s he’s through there but the bottom line is don’t try to drive through standing water I know we all think we understand that and then you see it and the urge is so strong but a lot of people in South Florida tonight are dealing with the ramifications of not making good decisions on that front yeah that that dude with this taking a smoke break right there proof positive I I guess what’s what’s the deal have people been caught off guard by this normally this is the type of flooding that you you see from like a hurricane that comes with a ton of warning but it seems like there’s a lot of people that might not be taking the amount of water that we’re saying very seriously at all what is that behind you what is that massive thing right some some did not I mean I talked to people who are from South Florida and they were like yeah I heard the warnings but like how bad could it be if you have lived in this state for any period of time you know it goes from being beautiful to absolutely torrential downpour and that can last a while then it clears up and comes back typically but you have this tropical system that’s coming through right now and you have in some cases I believe Gotti two to three four plus inches of rain per hour there’s too much water coming down too quickly and what ends up happening is because there’s nowhere for it to go we’re basically at sea level here in many parts of Miami the ground underneath it is limestone which is porous so there’s a water table that’s coming up it’s already wet underneath and then you have all this rainfall coming down from above the water has nowhere to escape and so this does play out a lot in South Florida but I do think in this case you were looking at a foot plus of rain in some places Hollywood for example which is not very far from where I am North date I’m in aventor this is a popular Mall here obviously a lot of people were trying to go shop before they realized that was not going to be a possibility but it’s just it’s normal for this area but just so much in such a quick amount of time that it it led to disastrous results although thankfully we are not aware at least at this point of any injuries and again thankfully you’re out there with with your your 65 Frame pushing cars out of the way I I know you probably have some more work to do there’s a bunch of cars that just went by Sam Brock thanks so much brother thanks Scotty appreciate you and NBC News meteorologist Bill Kens joins us now bill this is wild stuff this is looking I don’t know it kind of looks like an omen on what kind of hurricane season we could have or is it still too soon to tell I tell you what it is Gotti this is kind of like you know a wake up like how vulnerable FL is you know if you look at the State of Florida it sticks you know sticks straight down in between the Atlantic and the gulf extremely warm water you the most vulnerable you know highly populated area maybe in the world that’s susceptible to like hurricanes and floods like this and you know there’s a reason why home insurance is like hard to come by in Florida you know and you how about all these Autos probably thousands today got caught and Stranded and you know a lot of those cars will probably end up back on the market so be careful uh buying any used cars in Florida anytime soon especially South Florida so we still have 7 million people under flood watches the warnings were just dropped so for about 4 hours we had a flash flood emergency for Miami and the fort lauderale area I saw at least four separate locations that picked up over a foot of rain today this is on top of the rain they had yesterday and so every day you know you know when you get the ground saturated even the sandy soil tomorrow it’ll be even easier to get significant flooding if we get more heavy rain which is possible so the heavy rain has shifted you notice that Fort Lauderdale northward just showers still steady rains from Fort Lauderdale to Miami all the really heavy stuff is down here in the keys around Key Largo and down here in Alligator Alley so this area is very swampy we’re not going to see significant flooding out of this uh we’ll have to wait and see if some of this tra is to rebuild northwards later tonight it does look like tomorrow some of that could because additional rainfall over the next three days we still could get another 3 to four inches of rain this is on top of the foot plus that we’ve already received in this area and I will include Fort Meyers Sarasota and areas the Naples you also could have additional flooding so we’re not completely done with this yet Gotti but it does make you wonder and worry you know we’re not we haven’t even had a a tropical stor or hurricane yet but uh let’s hope none head to Florida’s way yeah and I know while this is going on there is a pretty scorching Heat Wave happening out here in the west any relation to what we’re seeing happen in the East yeah that was really just more like a tropical wave down in areas of the you know South Florida what’s happening in the west is it’s summer now so you get these big ridges that build usually you’re going to have somewhere in the country that’s exceptionally hot and that’s the case right now look at Phoenix again 111° Vegas at this hour is 101 Fresno’s at 101 even Reno at 97 is pretty incredibly warm so what’s going to shift and change in the next couple days is that the West is going to begin to slowly cool off and all of the heat spreading across the country whichat tomor 100 St Louis at 96 degrees and by the time we get to Friday it gets a little toasty in areas of the South Too Atlanta 95 Raleigh 97 a little warm DC to New York but we’ll talk more about that them next week that’s who’s going to get it really bad uh so as we head through uh this weekend the developing story will be watch what happens in the Ohio Valley Gotti that’s going to be the next region that we’re going to break record highs yikes and Bill we also saw some tornado reports in Florida we saw that video at the top of the show I I know there’s talk of Tornado Alley possibly shifting East but Florida like it doesn’t get more East than that right is is this a part of that this is not this was more like when you get tropical waves and you know especially hurricanes and tropical storms we can get tornadoes with those so what we saw today was just this tropical disturbance that’s this area that we’ve been tracking and the Hurricane Center is actually tracking it they said there’s a 20% chance that develops off the Southeast coast and that’s why we had the heavy rain and also that you know tornado there is another area that could develop 30% chance this one would more or less head towards Mexico in the next couple days then what you were talking about got was the study that’s been done is typically you when I was growing up as a kid we referred to Tornado Alley as Kansas Oklahoma into Texas but what we’ve been tracking over the last you know three decades is that we’re seeing an increase in tornadoes in areas of like Tennessee Mississippi and a little lower tornadoes in what we used to call Tornado Alley Bill Karens thank you so much now turning now to this story uh one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States has just voted to oppose inv vitro fertilization today at their annual meeting in Indiana more than 10,000 Southern Baptists decided that IVF should be condemned asking members to quote reaffirm the uncondition unconditional value and right to life of every human being including those in an embryonic stage they argue that IVF produces more embryos and can be implanted so the ones that are destroyed in their eyes are losses of human life but that did not pass unanimously the audience heard emotional testimonies from people within the faith who support the fertility treatment Southern Baptists have over 14 million members and are often looked at as a barometer on how evangelicals fall on Hot Topics meanwhile in Washington lawmakers are going to be voting on a democratic Le IVF bill tomorrow if it passes the bill would protect access to IVF Nationwide today Senate Dems blocked a competing bill from Republicans saying it did not go far enough to protect IVF access man over on Capitol Hill today the Republican L house voted to hold Attorney General meric Garland in contempt of congress and this is all because Garland refused to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert her now that was the interview when Biden’s age and memory really came under Fire when the special counsel was investigating how he handled classified documents and her basically said that a jury would sympathize with Biden as quote an elderly man with poor memory eventually her did not prosecute Biden let’s bring in NBC’s Julie cirin to break all this down for us Julie can you can you just really quickly remind us why they can’t have those recordings well it’s plain and simple here Gotti it’s because the White House had asserted executive privilege over those tapes that means the Department of Justice can’t just go turning those tapes over to anyone who requests them even if it’s Congress now the Attorney General Mara Garland certainly backs that move by the Biden Administration to assert executive privilege over those tapes remember why they’re doing so in the first place it’s because they feel like Republicans could maybe distort the audio could Stitch it in a way that doesn’t represent reality that’s at least what Garland is saying he also said when he testified before the house Judiciary Committee a couple of weeks ago that look maybe Witnesses in the future won’t agree to sit down with us in our investigations like the president has with the special counsel if they know we’re just going to turn over these tapes willy-nilly no matter what interesting in today’s contempt vote is this kind of like the whole bill bar and Eric Holder contempt political sagas of the past and and what’s Garland saying yeah look it’s pretty simple uh it’s pretty similar to those uh prosecutions that the house tried to take with Bill bar under President Trump with Eric Holder under President Obama and look Republicans that I spoke to acknowledged that it’s very unlikely that this results this contempt resolution passing results in the prosecution and any kind of criminal liability for the Attorney General in large part because look the people that would be prose in this is the doj that mer Garland overseas and certainly it’s unprecedented for them to go that far but it’s not unprecedented as you mentioned for Republicans for Democrats as well to use their political power up here to try and hold people that they subpoena that they want to hear from that they want something from in contempt of congress if they fail to do so and that is why you saw that vote uh on the floor today I also want to read you a statement from attorney general Maro Garland responding to this he put it out very quickly he said in part quote it is deeply disappointing ing that this House of Representatives have have turned a series Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon today’s vote Garland says disregards the Constitutional separation of powers the Justice Department’s need to protect its investigations and the substantial amount of information that we have provided to the Committees of course Garland is talking about there the transcript they have provided the Committees and put out in public in full guy and speaking of partisanship I mean this is all coming as Donald Trump is expected to visit uh Capitol Hill tomorrow right any idea what that’s going to be like yeah oh boy it’s the former President’s first visit to this General Capital Area pretty much since he was in the white house it’s been quite a long time since we’ve seen Trump anywhere near the capital now he’s not going to be in this building itself but he will be nearby he’ll be meeting with House Republicans first in the morning his allies a lot of uh the people who have his back who support him and then later in the day he’ll be meeting with Senate Republicans over at another location there that they use for campaign purposes now the interesting thing is going to be who doesn’t show up to these meetings right of course we know in the Senate at least that Mitch McConnell the Republican leader who has had a very tense relationship with Trump over the years he is planning to attend this is going to be the first time the two are seeing each other face to face even talking in many years certainly since Trump was in the white house we also know for example that Senator Lisa marowski had said she’s not planning to attend so that’ll be interesting to see to be a fly on the wall Julie thank you very much and tonight eight men with suspected ties to Isis are now in US custody a high-profile sting operation led to their arrest in New York Los Angeles and Philly three sources are telling NBC News and all of the men were from Tajikistan and they came into the United States by crossing the southern border meanwhile it’s been just over a week since President Biden signed an executive order limiting Asylum requests NBC News Homeland Security correspondent Julia anley has the latest tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed a legally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again Gotti a senior DHS official says it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s Effectiveness and they argue it’s because they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights but Gotti I have to say they may never get that help it doesn’t seem like Congress has anything on the horizon that’s going to give them that funding of course they didn’t get the bipartisan Senate bill that they wanted earlier this year and so it looks like it might only be a matter of time till those border numbers start to come back up and border patrol will again have to release migrants that they can’t Deport fast enough it’s simply a matter of space and also of countries that are reluctant to take migrants back countries like China places in the Eastern hemisphere Africa places that are really hard to deport migrants too um and that in those cases and we’re already seeing exceptions being made now particularly in San Diego those are the migrants who are being released so it’s something to watch particularly as the Biden Administration will really look to this action hang their hats on it and say when it comes to the election this is the major step they did which did take a large step away from what a lot of people might have expected the president to do when it came to immigration particularly when he was running for the presidency earlier we should also point out that ACLU thinks that they could win this lawsuit they think that they have a winning case here because they sued the Trump Administration and over a similar policy and they won there so if this gets enjoined it could be that really this is all a moot point they won’t need more resources and they’ll just have to return to exactly what they were doing before the order certainly something to watch particularly as immigration continues to be a flas point this election year Gotti absolutely such a reminder that what they say in Washington doesn’t always match up with what we’re seeing On the Border Julet thank you and don’t go anywhere we are just getting started up next The Man Who s actually became the logo for the NBA has passed away tonight we are remembering Jerry West and how 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non-conforming people today becoming one of the first major cities in the country to do so San Francisco follows Sacramento in West Hollywood in hopes of providing a place of safety for the gender affirming community so if you’ve ever watched or been to an NBA game you’ve probably seen his silhouette more times than you can count that’s because the shape in the NBA’s logo is actually modeled after basketball legend Jerry West now west a Los Angeles Laker Legend and nine-time NBA champion has just passed away at age 86 let’s bring in NBC News correspondent Morgan chesky with more on the loss of this Legend Morgan he was a Phenom on the court but off Court he’s being remembered as a genius can you tell us a little bit more about that yeah Gotti the longevity that we see in Jerry West we may never see again with anyone in the NBA and that is because you have a guy who was drafted number one overall back in 1960s right as the Lakers move from Minneapolis here to Los Angeles he has a Hall of Fame career albeit with a bit of frustration from multiple losses to the Celtics but then he was able to do what so few other players have been able to do and that was he stayed with the Lego organization and began to share some of that basketball Insight uh with the team first in a coaching role then in a general manager role and we saw the benefits of that not just immediately in the decades that followed but here’s a guy who was still relevant more than 50 years after he joined the league here uh we have just one player former player sharing just kind of how much of a basketball genius Jerry West was take a listen he had such a brilliant brilliant basketball mind he was always two and three steps ahead um so being a shooting guard and growing up in Los aneles or growing up in California Riverside but watching the Lakers and knowing the history of Jerry West um I was like a kid in the candy store I hung on every word he said to me yeah and Reggie Miller far from the only NBA player who gained some sort of insight some wisdom from Jerry West want to show you what LeBron’s sharing as well today he had a few kind words to say calling Jerry West a mentor and a friend saying he would truly miss our convos my thoughts and prayer goes out to your wonderful family forever love Jerry Rest in paradise my guy and how about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver saying this online as well writing kind words to a gentleman he helped build eight championship teams during his tenure in the NBA a legacy of achievement that mirrors his onc court Excellence eight championship teams got who does that I mean half a century that is incredible uh now I know that after the the death of of Kobe there was this push to possibly replace the logo with with his likeness now that West has passed away do you think that that could ever happen or do you think that we’re going to see West forever well I think just his body of work immortalizes him already whether he’s on the logo or not you mentioned that petition more than three million people have already signed that hoping to see Kobe’s likeness become the logo of the NBA I find that interesting because Kobe may not have been in the position that he was without the help of Jerry West we forget seeing all these young superstars come to the league now that back in the mid 90s whenever Jerry West was fighting to get this 17-year-old basketball star to come join the Lakers it was not a popular thought and Kobe credits Jerry for standing by him every step of the way uh the two were very close especially in Kobe’s early years as a Laker so I you know we don’t have any way to ask Jerry today here Gotti but I have to think that if that petition ever did go through and Jerry’s likeness became Kobes for the NBA logo I mean what better tribute from one generation onto the next uh two incredible players uh whose impact really stretch far beyond the court here yeah when we talk about standing on the shoulders of giants he is one of them 100% Morgan thank you thanks Gotti and coming up Russian warships and a submarine as close to us Coastline as they may ever be why so-called routine military exercises around Cuba have the world on high alert but first you got to see this Colorado First Responders they had a complicated rescue yesterday after a three-month old puppy fell into an open floor vent oh apparently little Archie there jumped down from a bed only to disappear into the home’s piping system and then remained stuck there for 3 hours as Archie’s family held its breath Rescuers slid some cameras through those ducks to figure out where the puppy was and thankfully found Archie safe and sound as you can see W the good well what a bad little good boy we’ll be right back [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw this tunnel just goes on and on now is real we get to see democracy in action for the very first time in the 2024 race now is constant future is now news for the generation of now is NBC news [Music] now and welcome back Russian warships are showing up in Cuba we’re going to check in with NBC’s ated Augustine for more on that in just a second but first let’s take a quick look around the world Ukraine says it managed to shoot down a bunch of Russian missiles and a barrage of drones overnight in Kev air defense systems from the US and other allies were key in that defense and Ukraine just got a refreshed inventory of anti-aircraft supplies after struggling for months and the European commission just announce tariffs on imported Chinese electric cars that could start next month it comes at a pretty bad time as there’s a slow demand for EVS in China with prices falling Chinese automakers there might not H might have to cough up on a couple of billions in Euros in extra costs and Pope Francis is in hot water again he’s being accused of using a homophobic slur according to the Italian news agency vianza he reportedly said the same anti-gay slur he used last month in a closed door meeting with priests in Rome the Vatican did not directly address the allegation but instead pointed to a statement on the Tuesday meeting with priests and dozens of firefighters battled a blaze at a cookware Factory in Athens Greece you can see see some massive plumes of black smoke here fill the air now it’s unclear what caused that fire but apparently it might have been some sort of explosion according to a state broadcaster there were no immediate reports of people trapped inside and ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas are still at a standstill with the US saying today that some of the demands Hamas is making are unacceptable Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead the Moss waited nearly two weeks and then proposed more changes a number of which go beyond positions that had previously taken and accepted and that’s Secretary of State Anthony blinkin still in the Middle East where he is trying to advance a ceasefire deal between the two parties with the help of cutter meanwhile violence is escalating between Israel and iran-backed Hezbollah the militia group fired over 100 rockets at Israel today after Israel said it killed a Hezbollah Commander yesterday NBC’s Matt Bradley has more well we heard from Secretary of State Anthony blinkin today in Doha after he consulted and held a press conference uh with the prime minister of Qatar who has been crucial as an intermediary in these ongoing negotiations this is Anthony blinken’s eighth trip to the region in as many months and you could almost hear how exasperated he was he put the whole burden on finishing this deal on Hamas saying that Hamas could have said yes to the deal but instead they waited for two weeks and now they have kind of notes they have uh different demands that they want and demands that Anthony blinkin said exceed or that us officials have said have exceeded even the ones they had before well Hamas has responded tahar Nono who’s one of the senior of Hamas officials said that Hamas has always been consistent in their demands and in fact NBC News got word of that as well that their demands are changing the timeline by which Israel would be withdrawing completely from the Gaza Strip and ending its assault on the Gaza Strip once for all to be fair that always has been hamas’s position they have always said that they will not ink a deal that has no stipulation for the final end to the conflict and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces interestingly we also heard from The Forum of families who represent represents the families of the hostages who are still in the Gaza Strip there’s thought to be some 80 of them who are still alive they looked upon hamas’s response with optimism they said that it was heading in the right direction but Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are going to be huddling tonight trying to come up with the response again the fact that they’re still discussing it kind of undermines what blinkin was saying that Israel has been totally on board from the beginning so the two sides are quite close closer than they’ve been ever since the last deal in November but it looks like there’s still a ways to go before an agreement and in Cuba today a very unusual scene kind of an eerie scene take a look at this this right here is is a nuclear-powered Russian submarine surfacing in a Cuban Port along with four Russian warships that have pulled in as part of some planned military exercises nearby the US state department says it’s routine for Russian ships to temporarily stop in Cuban ports but that sub known as Kazan is out of the ordinary for a few reasons Russian Reports say the submarine carries new Hypersonic missiles that could reach the US from Havana in seconds Cuba says the ships have no nuclear weapons and US officials seem to be saying the same thing now a little earlier according to the Miami Herald open-source satellite data placed the Russian warships just 26 nautical miles from kargo Florida before they pulled into Havana this morning NBC’s Ed Augustine joins us now from Havana Ed thanks so much for being with us I know that they say that this is routine but given the timing the war in Ukraine the G7 Summit should people in the US be concerned at all well I think you hit the nail on the head Gaddy by saying that in a sense it’s routine of course Cuban Russia very longtime allies going back to Soviet times um on the other hand the war in Ukraine’s raging and within that tensions have ratcheted up these last couple of weeks since the Biden Administration said that Ukraine could use some of the US weapons to hit Russian targets and Vladimir Putin has responded uh saying that the that Russia might respond in kind with with their allies so I think the timing is key and also this is the first um this is the first time since the war in Ukraine that you’ve seen that that we’ve seen a Russian naval deployment in Cuba um interestingly while the Russians are playing it up while the Russians were doing Naval exercises on their way here um along the Atlantic firing huge artillery guns both the Cubans and the Biden Administration have been playing it down the Cuban uh government has been emphasizing that there’s no n no nuclear weapons on board Cuba is a signatory to a nonproliferation treaty dating back to the 60s so that would be impossible they say and also interestingly the Pentagon uh today again saying that this is not a threat to US National Security um it’s not a danger um but that it is noteworthy yeah maybe not a threat or a danger as they say but definitely a very powerful image I got to ask what kind of message does this seem to send to Russia’s allies is this a propaganda play uh yeah I think it’s definitely uh a propaganda play the military analyst that I was speaking to earlier today said that the core of the Russian message is the following to the Americans look you can make our lives misery and what we see as our sphere of influence look our you you you can pull off huge um war games and drills in the Ukraine with over 100 tanks and 90,000 soldiers that took place last month but we can still be a nuisance to you we can still get into your backyard and and and and be in a country that’s been a thorn in your side haven’t been able to get rid of this government for many many decades and we can project power internationally I think that’s what Russia’s trying to to to to tell the Americans you know tit fortat um you were saying Eerie I’d say poignant and I think many Cubans are saying that saying that in the same place you know the place where the nuclear sub is docked in that exact same dock 5 years ago there were us cruise ships American tourists coming off those those those cruise ships most of them or many of them I should say for the first time in Havana pumping money into the islands economy how much things have changed that the water sloshing up and down now isn’t against um American Cru ships bringing tourists but is against a nuclear powered sub what a strange world we live in yeah what a historical J position there uh speaking of our backyard I mean you’re in Havana we just seeing video it seemed like there was somebody that was watching wearing somewhat of a an American flag I got to ask what are US Cuba relations like right now out there on the street well for me it’s hard to meet a Cuban that that isn’t Pro Us in terms of uh loving the American people that they’ve met loving American culture American films baseball here is the national sport I can’t stand it but Cubans love it and so there’s a whole load of um cultural affinity and sporting Affinity um but that’s not mirrored at the political level um political relations were good uh icy but good almost 10 years ago now under the Obama Administration when that Administration took the historic move to as they’d say it bring Cuba in from the cold and to start normalizing the relations with Cuba and softening that that um decade long embargo um over the last five years we’ve seen first the Trump Administration and now the Biden Administration ratchet up us sanctions on Cuba to unprecedented levels that’s making the Cubans feel that the the uh the Cuban government feel that the US is an enemy and it’s pushing them closely most most analysts say to Russia you’ve got such a finger on the pulse there in Cuba Ed thank you so much for being with us tonight and coming up a Twist in an already Strange Case the lawyer for rapper Young Thug senten to jail time himself details on a tense courtroom back and forth that ended up with him being held in contempt and now there is another twist in that case that we’re going to tell you about that is all straight ahead so stay tuned [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift bar arade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a van or not the craziest ride I have ever hitched that is totality do you see yourselves in space I feel go to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week nights at 8 Eastern 5 Pacific on NBC news now hey welcome back and here are some of the other headlines we’re watching tonight two men have been arrested for allegedly shooting five people in Memphis yesterday the victims which include four kids are still in critical condition now now the shooting took place at an interstate there and both suspects are now facing attempted murder charges and Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Tula race Massacre they upheld a lower Court ruling and the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Massacre were seeking reparations arguing the actions of that mob still affect the city today we’ve got some new inflation numbers and it looks like things are starting to cool down but not enough to convince the Federal Reserve to cut High interest rates this year with Fed chair Jerome Powell saying that it’s probably going to take a little longer for that to happen an eight SpaceX workers are suing the company and Elon Musk saying that they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual harassment the complaint alleges musk personally ordered their terminations SpaceX has denied any wrongdoing and former pharmaceutical executive Martinelli is being sued by the owner of the one of-a-kind wuang album for making a copy of the album and playing it online without permission now schelli used he used to own that album he bought it back in 2015 for $2 million but when he was convicted of committing Securities fraud in 2017 and sent to prison he had to Forfeit his assets which included that wuang album which he that album was later bought by a bunch of crypto Bros who are now suing him and rapper Young Thug is on trial but his lawyer tried to call out the judge in the case for a convers ation he had with the prosecution outside the court and he ended up being found in contempt in order to spend the next 10 weekends in jail the trial against Jeffrey Williams the Grammy winning rapper real name has been dragging on with no end in sight so let’s bring in NBC News correspondent Adrian brus Adrian okay so back up here quick second I’m seeing some breaking news coming out of this case but first set the table here what are the charges that young thug is facing yeah we’ll get to that breaking news in just a moment Gotti in regards to his attorney but let’s rewind and bring our viewers up to speak speed we’re talking about Young Thug whose real name is Jeffrey Williams he’s a Grammy awardwinning rapper based in Atlanta his rise to fame dates back to 2010 he’s worked with artists like Drake Chris Brown and Gunna he’s facing some serious charges here though under Georgia’s RICO Act so we’re talking about racketeering and this stems from and we’ll look big picture here at an indictment that names Williams as well as some others who he says are a part of his record label YSL but prosecutors allege that record label is a street gang Gotti okay so why was his lawyer found in contempt and and what are we seeing that just happened at the Supreme Court so just moments ago we learned that his lawyer will not have to report to jail on this Friday it’s unclear if his attorney Brian Ste will still be required to spend 20 days in jail over the course of 10 weekends in Fulton County so why is his attorney facing jail time it’s all because he challenged the chief judge in court on Monday about an alleged meeting between the judge prosecutors and a key witness now I’ve been speaking with legal experts who have been following this case since the beginning and they’ve watched the trial which started by the way back in November of 2023 they say if this alleged meeting happened the judge never should have allowed it without the presence of the defense so the big question now what happens moving forward listen in what it means for the case moving forward is that the defense is going to be impaired when we’re in Long trials we work on the weekends we work at night if he’s in jail on the weekends he’s not going to be able to give Young Thug an adequate defense in fact he requested from the judge that if he was going to incarcerate him over the weekends that he be incarcerated in the same cell with young thug so that they could discuss the trial but that doesn’t mean he’s going to have access to evidence exhibits his the law books so once again again another twist in this case that took nearly 10 months to seat jurors Scotty 10 months to seat jurors I know we said that this case seems to be dragging on but seriously like this is this is like the longest criminal case in the state’s history right how is this contempt charge going to add to that timeline yeah it is as of right now on a record the longest criminal case in Georgia’s history we will see what this charge does uh the court the trial continued this week keep in mind it’s not just Young Thug or Williams who is facing trial there are other codefendants and representing his defense attorney Brian steel is a name many of you have likely heard we’re talking about Ashley Merchant and you may recognize that name because she represents one of the codefendants in the Trump RICO case happening in the same Courthouse got him yeah what a collision of Worlds there Adrien brus thank you so much before we go it is time for the future of everything and we’re going to take a leap into the world of quantum Computing we’re getting up close and personal with Google Labs as they explore the depths of the power technology stay with us [Music] he hey hey heyy [Music] news for the generation of now is NBC news now we report live from Tel Aviv from hes Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now what is going to happen now going back and forth oh yeah nice to see [Music] you and for the future of everything tonight we are diving into the abstract realm of quantum Computing and you’ve probably seen images of a Quantum Compu computer it’s this this thing that looks kind of like a golden chandelier instead of an everyday desktop but that is really just the refrigerator and the freezer part of the whole Contraption the real magic comes down to what a quantum computer can actually do and full disclosure I have been trying to wrap my head around that question for months now reading books even after a look inside of Google’s Quantum AI lab in Santa Barbara and that’s where we found that what what seems like the science fiction world of quantum mechanics is just another day at the office we live in a day and age where humans are building machines to do things we still can’t even dream of we like to think about this as the place where we’re going to build the future of computing and here at Google’s quantum computer lab in Santa Barbara California that future is right around the corner okay wow I’m just blown away but before we try to tackle the mindboggling question of what a quantum computer even is here’s a quick crash course on how it works in classic Computing behind everything on our screens our phones our CPUs is a code behind a code that basically boils down to either a one or a zero on or off and that’s a bit but quantum computers run on Quantum bits or cubits which aren’t so binary think more like nature or a waveform or a coin that spins so fast it’s both heads and tails all at the same time and that is the magic behind a cubit that allows us in our lowest energy state to operate not only one or zero but a superposition of multiple States so almost everything in between one zero both at the same time neither everything in between and then comes a process of shrinking and etching cubits in aluminum onto tiny silicon Wafers I can’t even see them with my naked eye these little plus signs that’s a those are cubits and stacking cubits leads to exponential power the 100 cubit quantum computer could perform over 1,000 billion billion billion calculations almost instantly the sound that we’re hearing is that yes the sound that we’re hearing this that is the sound of the refrigerator cooling their quantum computers to temperatures of just thousands of a degree above absolute zero it’s called it in space it’s colder than outer space only at Beyond Frozen temperatures can these cubits start to Magic vibrate in frigid entangled Harmony and then comes the really complicated question what can a quantum computer actually do how does this type of computing power compare to I don’t know I mean a phone it’s different it’s a different application got it I can’t FaceTime with that but I could do some crazy math imagine that you’ve got a a super tall closet has a million drawers in it and a sock is hidden in one of the drawers on average you’re going to have to open 500,000 drawers to find the sock with a quantum computer you’d only need to open a thousand drawers on average to find the sock now that’s a hard concept of follow because it almost defies logic but the dream is to someday use that kind of quantum magic for things like modeling Fusion to create unlimited energy designing proteins to cure disease or unlocking new physics the possibilities of quantum computer are seemingly endless and that’s why Google is teaming up with the x prise foundation offering $5 million to whoever can come up with the best real world application but for now one of its most Supreme Feats is something that sounds so easy at first I thought my three-year-old could do it think of a number any number in the whole world uh five five yeah is that your final answer but as the top physicists in the world and coming up with a truly random number has been pretty much impossible for humans until now we as human beings subconsciously put in a method to the madness computers need an algorithm that is a way a method but the method itself defies the random number generation as for the future of computing just like trying to imagine how these massive machines that filled rooms with tubes and couldn’t even play Pong still helped us with the math to get us to the Moon trying to Envision where quantum computers could lead is an exercise in science fiction some problems are are calculated to take 10,000 years 100,00 a billion years so what we’re trying to do is create a computer that works in a totally different wayve access you guys are building a war drive for some types of problems corre now that same warp drive is maybe going to be terrible at some of the other problems that we use class computer for the work drive is not great at parallel parking but getting across the Galaxy much more effici exactly oh man and wait till we start talking about time crystals because those came up during that interview too but that is a whole other story so stay tuned for that meanwhile out here on the West Coast earthquakes are a fact of life and the big one is always looming and and we think about it from time to time thinking when is it going to happen most importantly how strong is it going to be the southernmost section of the San Andre’s F has built up enough tectonic strain to produce a major earthquake oh my gosh an earthquake oh my goodness the Bay Area preparing for the next big one the entire upper deck of the Cy structure has collapsed these types of quakes are a double whammy because they also generate huge tsunami waves a mega tsunami in the Pacific Northwest it could be worse than predicted all right so the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire has produced dozens of magnitude 8 earthquakes are stronger in the last century but the West Coast remains eerily quiet in terms of anything that strong and maybe the closest we’ve come in 1989 the Loma pra earthquake that killed dozens of people caused widespread destruction in the Bay Area that Quake registered at a 6.9 on the RoR scale researchers say the Pacific Northwest could experience something a hundred times stronger now there’s a new study mapping out the Cascadia subduction zone that’s giving the clearest picture yet into this potential Mega Quake joining us now is a co-author of that report Harold Tobin he’s a director of the Pacific Northwest seismic network uh Harold thanks so much for being with us based on what you’ve learned are you more or less concerned about the big one and and how strong are we talking here yeah we were concerned about the big one and what we’ve done is just sort of um really brought into focus and sharpened up our image of that fault tremendously with this new study um I’m not more or less concerned so much but recognize now that there’s parts of the uh Pacific Northwest that might be um where more strain is building up in Parts where there’s less and it’s answering some questions for us about how this fault might be broken up into segments so yes it’s the really big one in fact bigger than any San Andreas fault earthquake could be but U but we we have new new insight into that the the 2011 earthquake that struck Japan that saw that huge tsunami that was a magnitude 9 I know that here down in Los Angeles we’ve been told that the San Andreas can’t rip uh at a magnitude nine if something that strong struck the Pacific Northwest is that a possibility and what could happen to cities like Seattle yeah if the Cascadia subduction zone has the earthquake that we anticipate is possible and has happened before it’s at the magnitude 9 kind of scale just as big as Japan in 2011 um and the other of the largest earthquakes we’ve ever seen on this planet um it hasn’t happened apparently since the year 1700 um but we are certain that something like that can happen again in the future future well since the 1700s and then you just think of all the pressure that may be continuing to build there I know that there’s no such thing as predicting an earthquake um specifically but but how does this new mapping data improve Warning Systems yeah what it does for us is it really helps us forecast what the scenarios are that are most likely in the next earthquake that might happen and that’s really important because it determines the level of ground shaking we might experience in the population centers like Seattle and Portland um it also really helps us determine where the tsunami impacts are the largest and that’s really some ways the most dangerous part of an offshore earthquake like the Cascadia subduction zone it’s the tsunami more than the ground shaking that we have to worry about unlike perhaps a San Andreas falter now I mean we worry so much down here about the San Andreas fault and and I want to ask you how far away do you think we are from having really good data a really good mapping system uh and an early warning system that gives us ample time and we’re talking matter of years decades here cuz the big one is still looming yeah I’m sorry to say that the short-term prediction like saying okay it’s going to happen in the next week or two or hour or two even is just not there we do have Shake alert you’ve probably heard about it the earthquake early warning system can notify your phone when an earthquake has just begun and maybe you have 20 seconds 30 seconds and so on same is true in the Northwest um but that longer term forecasting comes into more and more Focus all the time um so we know at least where they’re likely to occur hopefully sooner than later Professor thank you for for joining us tonight and that does it for us tonight I’m Gotti Schwarz we’re going to see you here tomorrow but until then stay tuned now tonight life-threatening flooding slamming parts of Florida as Relentless rainfall plagues the region this video is showing a possible tornado ripping across Southern Florida a rare flash flood emergency issued as streets turn into rivers and drivers are left stranded record rainfall upending travel not just on the roads but at airports the danger far from over as storms linger for the next few days and we’re tracking the first tropical disturbance of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Bill Ken standing by with that track also tonight the deadly bus hijacking a gunman taking more than a dozen passengers hostage holding a bus driver at gunpoint and forcing him to speed away the tense Rush Hour Chase and frantic 911 calls to loved ones the alleged hijacker actually speaking on camera to our local reporter just before his oneman crime spree hate on display disturbing videos of anti-Semitic incidents in New York City we’ll show you the Hostile protest outside an exhibit paying tribute to those killed at an Israeli Music Festival on October 7th and you’ll hear what another group did on a subway car threatening Israeli supporters and telling them them to get off the train plus the vandalism targeting the homes of a Museum’s Jewish leaders Define Biden’s executive order new reporting showing the president’s Southern border policy isn’t being implemented the evidence that migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the us as the ACLU officially files a lawsuit against the Biden Administration missing jet found in 1971 a private plane carrying five people on board vanished more than 5 decades later that mystery is solved thanks to an underwater Explorer tonight you’ll hear from that man and see where he made the shocking Discovery wild Collision a deer bursting through the windshield of a city bus the animal flying right into passengers and the new discoveries in the ancient city of Pompei our cameras inside a hidden Rune giving us a glimpse into the past top story starts right now [Music] and good evening tonight millions in Florida facing the threat of dangerous flash flooding as torrential rains inundate the region storms causing chaos at airports and parts of I95 are completely shut down right now new video just in has a possible tornado moved through you can see the force of that system right there that intense video taken just north of Palm Beach and you can see the debris being lifted into the air nearby Jupiter Island cut off from the mainland due to the number of trees down destruction reported in several cities and towns across the state take a live look at daa beach where a rare flash flood emergency is in effect the National Weather Service there even warning of the potential of catastrophic damage in Miami a water spout forming just off the coast of the beach and big bolts of lightning and striking as storms Rumble through from Miami to Fort Meers to Sarasota rainfall quickly turning streets into rivers car stalling out in some cases even floating by Sarasota is setting a record for the most rain it’s ever seen in just an hour with 8 in quickly falling to make matters worse some of the strongest storms hitting during the rush hour commute officials continuing to urge people to stay off the roads the severe weather causing hundreds of flight cancellations and delays at Fort Lauderdale and Miami international airports and we’re also tracking the first tropical disturbance of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Bill Karen is standing by with the areas it could impact but first we start with NBC’s saman Brock in the storm Zone tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about a 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now on this iconic Highway Vehicles SW wed by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles canceling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection flight with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we had to we had to stop and work because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water’s coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain as you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place we want to move the car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come all right Sam Brock joins us tonight from Aventura Florida Sam it looks like you’re completely underwater there I know during your reporting earlier today you had to jump into action helping people push a car out of those flood waters walk me through what happened there and how much of this are you seeing Tom I know that one of the things you appreciate about me is I’m a man of the people much like yourself so yes I saw someone stranded and figured you know why not help him out obviously Miami is a very diverse area this gentleman happened to be Haitian I don’t speak Haitian Creole but he was out here in the middle of this water of this pool basically deao and I asked him if he could please put the car in neutral got behind and I’m guessing you’re playing this video right now push from behind I will say it makes me look like I’m a lot stronger than I actually am it kind of glided right along which makes you wonder how it could be right now you have so many cars that are stalled out here but clearly Tom this is sort of treacherous situation in terms of trying to get through Pathways that are deeper than people anticipate have obstacles that you can’t see in my vicinity right now really within let’s say 50 to 100t in each Direction you’re looking at about 10 cars that are stalled out I still have people behind me right now that were like grinding up against the tree branches here trying to get through one guy almost got stuck right here 45 seconds ago so you’ll never learn apparently uh I guess they say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and a lot of people here are doing that right now luckily for those people you spent years building those quad muscles on the tennis courts where you grew up so those people are lucky for that and then Sam I do have to ask you you like many of the people that are living in South Florida are new to the area I know you’ve been there for for quite a while now but a lot of people moved there during the pandemic are you seeing a lot of people that this maybe is new to this flash flooding because it kind it really does take you by surprise without a doubt I spoke with a couple from Argentina earlier today they took out a bike they said well hey the last three days were beautiful in Florida why would this day not be beautiful and of course it changes in a heartbeat they weren’t listening to some of the warnings that were coming along so that’s from an outsider perspective but also Tom I talked to one woman whose car it’s her her car that she just bought a week ago is now stuck in the middle of this median because she said she heard the warnings and figured how bad could it be so the answer is it can be bad especially when you’re getting four to six inches of rain in some places per hour just at that speed it only takes a little bit to stall these cars out a lot of folks right now and more dangerous outcomes as well a lot of folks are discovering that right now and you got rain in the forecast nowhere for that water to go because Florida especially South Florida surrounded by water on all sides this is the most important Point obviously we are at sea level or below sea level in many parts of the Miami area and you have this Limestone underneath the ground Tom that is porous so you have the water table coming up at the same time that rain is coming down there is nowhere for it to escape it’s a problem in Miami Beach it’s a problem in Aventura it’s a problem in haia Brickle downtown Miami you name the neighborhood this is an issue for the area and we’re not going to solve that anytime soon all right Sam Brock again a quter for the people Sam we appreciate all that for more on that dangerous rainfall in Florida NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens joins me now and Bill I can always catch that radar at the corner of my eye you can’t even see South Florida right now yeah all the bright Reds the dark dark Reds were the intense thunderstorms that were right over the Miami area as we went through all afternoon now they shifted down towards kargo but as you saw with say it’s still raining and it rained hard yesterday now it has poured today and you know if it rains tomorrow it takes even less to get that significant Flash flooding here’s the area that was hit the hardest here’s Miami pem Pines to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Florida I’ve seen at least three personal weather stations that collect the rain over a foot of rain today one location had 4 and2 Ines of rain in one hour that’s the results you get when you see something like that for that reason for at least the next hour we are under flash flood emergencies for this area telling everyone to stay off the road stay home of course everyone’s at work and they want to get home so that’s the problem and as far as rainfall goes just even in the last 3 hours as we head towards North Miami Beach about 6 and2 Ines of rain to that’s going to cause a lot of problems right through the evening and and Bill it is June I know you’re tracking something in the tropics this is in the Gulf tonight yeah actually we have two areas one is the one we’re just talking about which is right over the top of Florida and then the other one is going to be down in the southern Gulf so here’s our areas of Interest these are not inform storms yet the first one’s heading off of Florida not really a good chance of forming but this one down in the Bay of campiche this has about a 30% chance of development if anything it looks like it would head up there towards the Mexico Coastline not for the lower 48 here into the northern Gulf but we’ll watch it and this is just a reminder we’re just in the beginning of what we expect to be a very active hurricane season all right Bill Karen for us Bill we thank you for that okay we want to move now to Atlanta where tonight one person is dead after a gunman hijacked a commuter bus 17 people on board fearing for their lives as the bus driver was held at gunpoint leading police on a high-speed chase for nearly an hour and the alleged hijacker actually spoke with reporters just before the Mayhem NBC’s priia Sher with that video and this [Music] story a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking the bus host police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme mode earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all folded she called me and told me that a guy one guy had shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon who’s previously been arrested 19 times he’s now facing 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Tom okay priia on that developing Story down there in Atlanta we want to head overseas now in The Barrage of rockets fired into Northern Israel from Lebanon the escalation comes as us back ceasefire plan for Gaza is in Peril rap Sanchez is in Northern Israel with the latest it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead Hamas waited nearly 2 weeks and then propose more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to ease the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed Hezbollah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of hisbah rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah Commander and it is funeral today calls for revenge and with that Raph Sanchez joins us tonight from Nazareth Raph understandably most of the attention the focus has been on Gaza and Southern Israel but there have been civilians displaced and facing tragedy where you are as well tonight yeah that’s exactly right Tom Hezbollah started firing into Northern Israel on October 8th just one day after the Hamas terror attack and there has been intense fighting here ever since on this side of the Border Northern Israel around 70,000 civilians have been displaced from their homes just over the Border not far from here in Lebanon around 990,000 displaced over there the death tolls at this point don’t compare to Gaza it’s eight Israeli civilians killed over here around 80 Lebanese civilians killed that’s according to the United Nations but the fear is that that is just a small fraction of what could happen if an allout War breaks out remember Hezbollah is far more powerful than Hamas so the US very focused right now on trying to get to that ceasefire in Gaza as a way of deescalation across the region Tom rap Sanchez from Nazareth tonight and the war overseas and Gaza of course stoking tensions right here in the US a series of recent anti-semitic incidents in New York City has leaders sounding the alarm red paint splashed on the home of a Jewish Museum director and pro Palestinian groups slammed for protesting outside an Art Exhibit honoring the lives lost on October 7th NBC’s Valerie Castro reports on it all pro Palestinian protesters making their Mark in red paint oh my goodness on the home of the Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish director the latest incident in escalating tensions over the Israel Hamas War playing out in New York City I think it’s terrible I don’t think it’s an effective way to deal with a problem the vandalism condemned by New York Governor Kathy hokel calling it an abhorent act of anti-semitism ISM in recent weeks protesters taking to the Subways defacing train cars and seemingly trying to intimidate riders in Manhattan a pro Palestinian crowd gathered outside the Nova Music Festival exhibition a display recalling the deadly terror attack on Israel and those who were killed or taken hostage on October 7th organizers of the protest had called for a day day of Rage in response to Israel’s raid on the narat refugee camp during which four Israeli hostages were freed and 274 Palestinians were killed protesters waved Hezbollah and Hamas flags at other protests they carry banners reading Long Live October 7th and one person even yelled he wishes a quote Hitler was still here these are reprehensible and vou comments New York representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez describing the protest as atrocious anti-Semitism but the group claiming responsibility for the demonstration within our lifetime saying it reiterates the call for sustained action against any institution facilitating or justifying the genocide of the Palestinian people including the Nova exhibition the city continuing to make arrests while trying to quell any violence since October 8th the NYPD has made more than 2,850 arrests at Israeli Gaza protest alone okay with that Valerie CER joins us now live in studio so Valerie you know we asked these questions during the college protest what is the city of New York doing to keep Jewish residents safe here now so the NYPD has and will continue to step up patrols at various events around the city like the Israel Day parade that was just a few weeks ago uh they station outside synagogues when there are Jewish holidays and they continue to closely Monitor and watch these protests these demonstrations as they pop up last month 34 protesters were arrested for storming the Brooklyn Museum the NYPD now turning their attention to finding the suspects in those incidents involving that red paint Valerie Castro for us tonight Valerie we thank you for that we’re also following some breaking news tonight from Capitol Hill the Republican controlled house voting to hold us attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress this stems from the investigation into President Biden over his handling of classified documents the vote was 216 to 207 with just one Republican representative David Joyce of Ohio siding with Democrats I want to get right over to Ali Bal who’s been tracking all of this for us tonight so Ali this has to deal with the interview he did with the special counsel and those tapes what do we learn on what’s going to happen moving forward that’s exactly right this is the latest escalation in congress’s attempts to get those tapes from the attorney general he has said in the past and in just the last few weeks in fact that he won’t be intimidated by this attempt at contempt now of course we’ve seen the house make good on the threat referring this to the Department of Justice though we don’t expect the doj to actually act on Prosecuting its top lawyer still the house Speaker telling me tonight that the house did its job on this and that they sent the message that they needed that they want this audio even though they already have the transcript of the interview that her did with President Biden Tom so I’m confused now you’re saying that the doj will not go after their boss I know I I don’t mean to laugh but it’s all so strange so what is going to happen next it is all strange especially because in many ways it’s all in the family right but what we expect to happen next is likely nothing the doj releasing a statement tonight that read in part that Congress has turned in their words a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon that’s the same kind of tone and tenor that we heard from the attorney general himself when he spoke before one of these very committees that’s holding him in contempt saying that he won’t be intimidated and that while he respects contempt and cooperating with Congress in this case exerting executive privilege over this audio is The Stance of both the doj and the White House they fear it could have a chilling effect in the words of the Attorney General on future people cooperating with Federal prosecutors Ali Vali from Capitol Hill tonight Ally thank you we now want to head to the southern border and just in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive action on the border and as that order faces challenges in court we’re also learning more about the challenges actually on the ground so migrants Crossing illegally and still being released into the US NBC’s Julia Angley has this report tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it Rel to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again all right Julia Angy joins us tonight from Washington so Julia we were just talking to you last week when the executive order came out and it seemed like nothing was happening on the border now here we are almost a week later and it’s the same thing do we understand why it’s taking so long to put this executive order into effect well in short they don’t have the resources to detain all migrants before deporting them so they have to release some migrants into the United States now we do understand that those releases have dropped by more than half but even still that’s contradictory to what the president said when he announced this order um and what the White House said in their fact sheet that it would suspend the entry of migrants who cross the border illegally but it’s not clear that they’re ever going to get quite the amount of resources that they need short of Congress actually taking action and that doesn’t seem like it’s on the table anytime soon Tom yeah last week the ACLU came on top story they said they were going to file suit against the body Administration they said this broke the law this executive order because it goes against the laws of the country where people can file for Asylum when they cross the border whether it be illegally or not so now they filed Su do we know what’s going to happen with the executive order and has the B Administration responded yet we haven’t seen a response yet and something that’s a little different about this lawsuit is that they’re not calling or they’re not asking for an immediate temporary restraining order in other words the judge doesn’t have to decide right away if this action should be put on hold in fact I think if you read this it looks like there could be another move when they actually find migrants who’ve been affected by this they could come back and sue as part of a class action lawsuit showing those people have been harmed that might be one of the reasons why we saw a delay from the ACLU in these groups but even still it’s they think they have a winning case here because they sued the Trump Administration over a very similar action and they won in that case Tom all right Julia Angley for us Julia thank you now to a devastating blow for the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissing a lawsuit from the massacr last two survivors who were seeking reparations and are both now over 100 years old this now diminishing the hopes of racial Justice Advocates that the state would make amends for that horrific attack that left more than 300 black people dead in the thriving Greenwood district for more on today’s dismissal I’m joined Now by Demario Solomon Simmons he’s the lead counsel for the Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and founder of justice for Greenwood DE Mario first were you able to relay this to your clients so that they could understand and have they been able to tell you how they took this news hey Tom well thank you for having me on it’s been a very difficult day for all of us who see racial Justice and Justice for what happened in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre our entire team including survivors are thoroughly disappointed that once again the Oklahoma judicial system has failed us it’s been 103 years since we’ve been trying to get Justice for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and my two clients Viola Ford Fletcher who’s 110 and lesie Benfield Randle who’s 109 both of them was hanging on for justice and hoping that they would see the right thing done and unfortunately the gold post was moved again today by Oklahoma judicial system and we’re hoping that the Department of Justice will now come in and do a federal investigation because we’ve done as far as we can go with the okahoma courts so de Mario explain to our viewers exactly why you were seeking those reparations and and the horrific events that happened there in Oklahoma well doing a 1921 toal race Massacre it was the largest and the worst case of domestic terrorism in the history of this country where a community my community where I live of over 11,000 residents were bombed from the sky and from everywhere else by a a a group of up to 10 to 15,000 whites who were deputized by the City of Tulsa Tulsa County and they destroyed the entire 40 block area of the city and this is this is a complete almost it’s own town and it was completely raised to the Grand Harvard University back in 2020 estimated that the property damage alone was over $200 million uh you stated that there were up to three 300 people killed but we know that there over 3,000 people they were never heard from again disappeared lost killed we don’t really know what happened to them and we simply was seeking underneath the public nuisance theory that we brought this case forward which has been enforced in Oklahoma since 1910 that a public nuisance was created by the massacre and that nuisance continues to this day and we just wanted to have an opportunity to go to court to have a a discovery and have a trial on this issue and Oklahoma Supreme Court has denied us that and uh we are incredibly disappointed Tom we are going to file for a petition of hearing we have 20 days to do that we’re certainly going to do that but again we’re calling upon the Biden Administration and the Department of Justice and the Civil Rights division headed by AG Christian Clark assistant AG Christian Clark to come in and open a federal investigation which we’ve been asking for for many many years de Mario so the Oklahoma Supreme Court said they didn’t think this was a court issue right they think they should this should be handled uh as a legislative issue right with your representatives your state senators is there any legislation that could help out these survivors first of all we think again they they are completely wrong on their their analysis of this this is a public nuisance case we met the pleadings that Oklahoma is a notice pleading standard we met all the all the requirements and they moved the goalpost and they simply said now we have to go and talk about some type of legislation but the fact of the matter is these are the type of cases that Oklahoma courts have dealt with for over a hundred years this lucens law has been on the books since 1910 and obviously in Oklahoma which is a very very conser magga leaning State we know that we don’t have any uh anything in the house or the the governor’s house is Dead on Arrival so at this point although we will file for a petition a re-hearing with Oklahoma Supreme Court telling them why they got this wrong how they Analyze This in correctly they pointed to facts with not even within our briefs they pointed to facts that was not even a part of our oil argument we don’t understand how they created the decision that they did but at the same time we’re calling upon President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice to open a federal investigation they need to come in and do what Oklahoma has refused to do for 103 years which is give Justice to Greenwood and Justice to the two live in survivors de Mario Solomon Simmons we thank you for coming on we know it’s been a very difficult day for you and your clients still ahead tonight the fireworks in an Atlanta courtroom the trial of rapper Young Thug taking an unexpected turn a judg in the case holding his lawyer in contempt we’re going to show you the video of why that happened SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accused of retaliating against his own employees the lawsuit accusing musk of wrongfully firing workers after they raised concerns about sexual harassment and a private jet vanished back in the 70s five decades later the mystery has been solved we hear from the underwater explorer who made that stunning Discovery you’ll hear from him it’s coming [Music] up democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape Republican politics for years to C now never stops it comes down to turnout who shows up is it going to be that big block of Independence now is where it counts what are the issues that matter most to you guys what did this debate change for you their number one issue is the economy 2024 who’s your candidate the race is on now the countdown has begun news for the generation of now is NBC news now the fire has grown a Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty bad we report live from Tel Aviv from buz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it’s still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have 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you get this information I’m telling the court what I’m saying is based upon information okay well listen if you don’t tell me how you got this information then you and I are going to have some problems the judge found steal and contempt for refusing to disclose how he learned about an alleged meeting between the judge prosecutors and a prosecution witness who told you what I want to know is why wasn’t I there why sir I’m going to hold you in contempt if you don’t tell me who this tell me tell me who this information was when still didn’t give up the source He was ordered to spend 20 days behind bars that’s 10 weekends in jail you were removing me against um his will my will you taking away right to counsel it’s the latest twist in the high-profile trial for Atlanta rapper Young Thug also known as Jeffrey Williams Williams was arrested in May of 2022 on racketeering and gang charges connected to his music label YSL records prosecutors allege that label is a street gang it’s a drug conspiracy case it is a RICO type case it is a gang conspiracy case it includes guns drugs homicide the trial started November 2023 and is the longest criminal State Trial in Georgia’s history it’s gone viral on social media big news in the criminal defense world today attorneys Jack Turnbull and Adele brockmeier have followed the trial since the beginning they say if the alleged meeting took place the judge never should have let it happen without the defense president it’s outrageous what we see happening in the courtroom we both have been practicing law long time I’m a third generation attorney Jack’s a Seventh Generation attorney and I’ve never seen anything with the judge the allegations that are being placed regarding what occurred behind the with the judge in Chambers what does this mean for the case moving forward what it means for the case moving forward is that the defense is going to be impaired when we’re in Long trials we work on the weekends we work at night if he’s in jail on the weekends he’s not going to be able to give Young Thug an adequate defense the rise to fame started in 2010 for the Atlanta rapper collaborating over the years with artists like Drake Chris Brown and gunana gunana also faced Rico charges in connection to YSL but was released from prison after pleading guilty in 2022 meanwhile Young Thug has pleaded not guilty in this case and now his legal representation finding themselves on the other side of the law we’ve spoken to has no idea or has no recollection of ever seeing conduct like this Adrien broad has showns us now so Adrian what happens to steal the attorney does does he now have to find his own attorney to handle his arrest he now needs legal representation and has it Tom and many of our viewers May recognize the name Ashley Merchant she represents one of the codefendants in the Trump Reco trial which is happening in the same Courthouse Tom yeah the one who brought up all those allegations okay uh Adrian we appreciate that a Twist in that case we didn’t see coming next tonight to the major development in a Myster that has gone unsolved for more than half a century an underwater investigator finding wreckage at the bottom of Lake champ plain capturing video that he tells us tonight shows a private plane that vanished in the 70s ER mclaughin has this one on the bottom of Lake Champlain the answer to a 50-year-old mystery likely solved this wreckage believed to be the remnants of a private jet that vanished in January of 1971 discovered by underwater investigator Gary kak who says he succeeded where 17 searches had failed the NTSB has yet to confirm the findings and we brought in a remote operated vehicle and we captured the underwater images confirming that it’s 99% the right plane the 10 seat private plane carrying passengers Frank Wilder George Nikita Donald Meyers Randy Williams and Kirby Windsor vanished on a snowy Vermont night shortly after takeoff with no distress signal sent I started getting more interested in the problem and the challenge of why has nobody found this plane kak a seasoned underwater rescuer joined the effort in 2014 his first attempt to find the jet in 2022 turned out to be a false alarm and we got all excited we found it closer inspection it had uh stenciling that looked more military very in nature not something you would see on a commercial private jet last month kak and his Partners say they finally cracked the case with decades old sonar data it was in the location that the radar lost tracking of it when it crashed it is painted the same custom paint Scheme black red black that was on the side of this jet so there’s very little doubt in my mind this is the right plane finally appearing to put one of Lake Champlain’s Biggest Mysteries to rest and giving five families a sense of Bittersweet closure Frank Wilder’s father was on the plane that night I’m feeling a lot of sense of a relief because spending 53 years not knowing if you know the plane was in the lake or maybe on a mountain side around there somewhere was distressing unfortunately it’s open up other questions and we have to uh work on those now Tom why the plane went down remains a mystery tonight we heard from the national Transportation safety board the NTSB put out a statement saying they’re going to evaluate the condition of the wreckage and based on that as well as a number of other factors they’ll figure out next steps Tom all right here we appreciate that when we come back deer versus bus a deer smashing through the windshield of a commuter bus in Rhode Island several passengers taken to the hospital that dramatic moment next [Music] news for the generation of now is NBC News Now people really don’t know what’s going to happen near a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore more good people than bad people you know right there is some late breaking news [Applause] theow right just too you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms 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immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit and shocking video of a deer jumping through a bus windshield in Rhode Island look at this the surveillance video showing the deer runs straight into the public transit bus through the window and into shock passengers three of the six passengers aboard were hospitalized Li but are expected to be okay Rhode Island Public Transit Authority commending the bus driver for his exemplary response to that situation okay now a money talks and the better than expected inflation numbers out today a hopeful sign that the prices of everyday items could be stabilizing look at this the Consumer Price Index up 3.3% year-over-year this may but the number is down when compared to April’s number and Below expectations the market quick to react to the news the S&P and NASDAQ closing at near record highs but R pal and the Federal Reserve taking a more cautious approach in their Outlook here’s what they said the most recent inflation readings have been more favorable than earlier in the year however and there has been modest further progress toward our inflation objective we’ll need to see more good data to bolster our confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2% and here to break it all down for us tonight is NBC’s Brian chunk so Brian take a look at the chart we haven’t seen the FED move rates in September what kind of data are they looking for before they make a move yeah as you mentioned they haven’t moved in quite a while but they’ve been holding interest rates high and it’s because of inflation inflation inflation again the figure that we got this morning showed that prices are up 3.3% between May of this year and May of last year that’s a bit of a slower Pace than the 3.4% figure we had seen in the April to April period but again we have to remember the Federal Reserve wants to see this number somewhere closer to 2% so not yet mission accomplished and a reason why they’re not going to take their foot off the gas pedal when it comes to trying to deliberately slow this economy but one important thing that the fed’s also watching for is wage growth versus inflation yes inflation is high but we just crossed the one-year Mark of wage growth which is about 4% outpacing inflation which again as I just mentioned is 3.3% if your wages are growing faster than the price tags are at the store that’s a welcome development and that only happened as of about a year ago but stay right there Brian because because I do have a question here right I know realter and Traders will hate this question but why doesn’t the FED raise rates if they really want to tackle inflation yeah and one big story here is that the Federal Reserve already aggressively raised interest rates for the time being and again just because they haven’t cut interest rates doesn’t mean that interest rates are low they’re still just holding them at a high level again here’s a recap of the chart that shows all the interest rate moves just over the last two years by the way there was a period in time post pandemic we weren’t even thinking about a half percentage Point move at one time and then to get more aggressive the Federal Reserve did three qus of a percentage Point increases in the June July September and November meetings unprecedented we had not seen rate rate moves that big from the Federal Reserve in decades so you could argue that they have already front-loaded a lot of the aggressive interest rate hikes they trying to keep it basically at this level for right now while it tries to biten the economy also knowing that economists say it can take time for these interest rates to bite into inflation time and you were just telling me Jerome Powell actually said nothing is off the table which we should remind our viewers yeah and he was saying in the press conference that look he doesn’t want to take any policy moves off of the table but that interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve are likely Guided by the forecast that they baked in we saw forecasts from the Federal Reserve today no officials saw the case for an interest rate hike by the end of this year there’s 19 of those officials but he said look we can’t predict what’s going to happen in the future we’re not going to take anything off let’s dig a little deeper into the data right cuz we have you here we have that beautiful screen so where are consumers where are Americans feeling the pinch the most what is still very expensive what’s coming down yeah and I’ve got a wonderful graphic with this big board here and when we when we talk about some of these categories uh when we talk about travel right we’re in the summertime and a lot of people trying to go out uh to maybe hit vacation uh Air Airline fairs are down almost 6% we’ve also seen uh cars down over 3% but unfortunately there are some categories that are increasing cost electricity we’re talking about utilities here up 6% and then housing again this is a big one for Americans knowing that most of our paychecks are going into just putting a roof over our heads up 5.4% on a yearly basis again these are things that we’re going to have to watch for so great that if your summer vacations is going to C you a little less housing is the big story with that inflation above Target if they want to get that down housing is going to be a big part of let’s talk about the housing market right people looking to buy people looking to sell what does that look like as far as mortgage rates are concerned yeah well look when we talk about mortgage rates they’re about 7% and when you compare that to just a few years ago where people were locking in mortgages at 2 and a half% well yes certainly that’s frozen a lot of potential buyers on the sidelines it doesn’t mean that there’s no activity happening right now it basically just means that people are continuing to wa on the Sidelines to see maybe if mortgage rates right now at 7% can get a little bit lower but again based off of what the Federal Reserve has done so far we’re not expecting them to cut interest rates back to zero which led to those 2 and half% 30-year fixed mortgage rates anytime soon until this 7% mortgage rate can go down to maybe six maybe 5 and a half% which we don’t know when that might be it’s going to continue to freeze out the housing market and make it very difficult for sellers to move inventory Tom all right Brian chunk for tonight Brian we appreciate that coming up next a stunning verdict involving Brands the banana distributor found guilty of bankrolling a terrorist group during Colombia’s Civil War what they’ve been ordered to pay the families of eight victims who were killed during the conflict stay with [Applause] [Music] us are you comfortable with the role the Supreme Court is playing in the 20124 election is there not more that Israel can do to help the humanitary crisis should abortion be the number one issue in 2024 if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press nearly a dozen hours 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the Americas in a Monumental ruling against a corporate giant chaita banana ordered to pay almost $40 million to family members of those killed by a paramilitary group during colia Civil War a South Florida jury ruling the company funded those militants even after they were deemed a terror organization our Ellison Barber reports a stunning verdict in a South Florida federal court Chita the banana giant found liable by a us jury for funding a so-called Colombian death squad and ordered to pay more than a dozen relatives of victims a total of 38.3 million dollar it’s a case that was decades in the making from 1997 to 2004 chaita then known as the United Fruit Company paid a right-wing paramilitary group at least $1.7 million the group The United self-defense forces of Colombia or Au formed as a reaction to left-wing Guerilla groups during Colombia’s Civil War experts say the Au often promised people and businesses protection from other armed threats but as their power grew so did the violence the US designated the Au as a terrorist organization in 2001 how common was it for corporations companies particularly those based in the United States to be paying and or working in some form or fashion with these paramilitary groups at least 187 companies provided with financial support to this group most of them 90% of them were domestic companies uh but there have been some American companies chaita a company headquartered in the US plad guilty to making payments to a designated terrorist group in 2007 and agreed to pay a $25 million fine the latest lawsuit began around the same time the plan in this case risked their lives to come forward and his son worked at a banana banana plantation and um but was killed that AOC Commander confessed and so we had a ton of evidence about who killed him and why and fell right within the period that Chita was paying the Au agesa frisman one of the lead lawyers for the plaintiffs has worked on this case for close to 20 years and says the jury got it right how rare is it for a corporation to actually be held responsible for their involvement in human rights violations Andor just nefarious activities it is actually very very rare this is I think the first corporate case I know of that has gone to trial I think it’s that’s a very important president and and it’s really important for making sure that corporations that operate in places where the rule of law is not effective and strong see that they can’t be held to account in their home courts but the fight is far from over chaita is a defendant in a suit filed in medine Colombia and the company tells NBC news they intend to appeal the US jury’s verdict writing in part quote the situation in Colombia was tragic for so many including those directly affected by the violence there and our thoughts remain with them and their families however that does not change our belief that there is no legal basis for these claims while we are disappointed by the decision we remain 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[Music] following tonight uncovering history in the ancient city of Pompei researchers discovering preserved rooms and artifacts never before seen in one of the biggest digs of this generation Our Kelly cooba got exclusive access to some of these new findings in the shadow of Mount vvus the old Roman city of Pompei preserved in volcanic ash for centuries are we on a Roman Road yet we’re making a journey of about 2,000 years and now we are almost down at the Roman level now the biggest dig in a generation has Unearthed a breathtaking scene from the past oh wow this is the Blue Room this is the blue room I you can see why which is a very unusual thing for Pompei to have this blue wall it’s so vibrant oh it’s stunning NBC News getting an exclus exclusive look at this ornately decorated Shrine as it was nearly 2,000 years ago female figures representing the Four Seasons it has this very Heavenly uh atmosphere and rare Egyptian blue paint on the walls why is blue so important in here blue was the most expensive color it came from far away from Egypt and even from the Midland and Far East on the floor a row of clay jugs and oyster shells used for plaster sitting exactly as Builders left them that fateful day in 79 ad something strange started happening at Mount vuia and you could hear a big bang and it starts raining these pommer Stones the entire city was buried in volcanic rock and Ash from the devastating eruption and Frozen in Time what did you think when you first saw this room the blue room I was stunned these MIT students already on site using specially adapted night vision goggles and handheld scanners to study the new finds nobody’s really looked at these materials before you can see these really fine details and evidence that’s just incredible so it gives you a look into how the Romans were building things Bakers and artists Builders and Merchants were than 20,000 people lived here this was a big wealthy thriving City entire rooms like this newly discovered Banquet Hall decorated with mythical figures like the beautiful Helen of Troy showing the sophistication and elegance of the pompe what would this room have been like well you would have the owner in this corner here and then sofas on all three sides of the the wall cushions and and small tables in front of them musicians coming in or some kind of entertainment mment today teams are finding new clues about how those people lived carefully putting the pieces back together seeing something for the first time in almost 2,000 years 2,000 years ago somebody looked at it for the last time and now we who excavated are the first ones to look at it again some of these new finds open to the public this month we were given an up close look this is the little a little bedroom when this room was first uncover and we thought that was amazing we had no idea obviously of what we were going to come down on to Fresco from the ceiling to the floor and this intriguing image of a boy and his dog this is unique around the corner another surprise charcoal drawings made by children a hunting scene a boxing match little hands that can kind of hear the little Giggles of the children it’s like a hand reaching out from the past Pompei showing its flare in its fractured new form we have to imagine that this is all buried under volcanic materials a third of it is still buried and finding the artifacts is only the first step archaeologists now trying to put the puzzle back together these fragments part of a magnificent ceiling crushed under the weight of volcanic rock we don’t know who was the the owner but we can say that he has um money because it was very very expensive the past slowly reemerging Peace by piece Kelly Koba NBC News Pompei and that does it for us tonight we thank you for watching I’m Tom yamas in New York stay right there more news on the way breaking news tonight the life-threatening flood emergency in South Florida as we come on the air the tropical rain drenching the region triggering dangerous flash floods parts of I95 shut down roads are submerged vehicle stranded dozens of rescues reported some areas getting a month’s worth of rain in a matter of hours a possible tornado touching down cutting off a community we’re in the storm Zone also tonight the new twist in the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta the suspect by chance speaking to TV cameras hours before the chaos what he said about his struggles with metal health the mass casualty incident in Illinois three sheriff’s deputies shot as they entered home with a barricade suspect President Biden in Italy for the G7 Summit the new security agreement he’s expected to sign with Ukraine as Russian warships reach Cuban Waters 90 miles off the US Coast House Republicans voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress but will it go any further than that and remembering the NBA legend who silhouette became the League’s logo LeBron and Jordan paying tribute tonight to the Great Jerry West this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in South Florida tonight the rain just not stopping for a second day a slow motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding tonight flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening many streets are impassible cars have been left stranded adding insult to Dury the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts rain totals in the last two days across Southern Florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before Saturday downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of four to 6 in per hour flights in and out of the Miami area have faced hundreds of delays and cancellations Fort Lauderdale Airport recording 7 and2 Ines of rain in the last 6 hours Sam Brock is in the middle live it all tonight and starts us off with the latest tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now on this iconic highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe cribe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles canceling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection flight with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we had to we had to stop and work because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water is coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain as you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place we want to move a car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come and Sam as I mentioned at the top of the broadcast this will be around for a while look Lester parts of South Florida have already seen more than a foot of rain from North day where I am all the way out to Fort Lauderdale and as you suggest we have at least 4 to 8 Ines more expected by the end of the week and Lester it only takes 6 Ines to stall out a car something many people right now are discovering tonight all right Sam Brock thank you we’re going to turn now to the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in at Atlanta and the stunning new detail we have learned about the situation here’s PRI aurther what is a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking the bus hit police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme mode and earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Bert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon he now faces 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Lester all right Pria thank you there’s breaking news out of Northern Illinois three sheriff’s deputies and a suspect shot in an exchange of gunfire at home where police had responded to a report that someone was threatening to harm themselves and others the deputies are said to be in good condition no word on the suspect’s condition overseas President Biden traveling to Italy for a high stakes meeting with allies as the war in Ukraine intensifies Gabe Gutierrez is there tonight President Biden Landing in Italy for a high stake Summit a critical Focus that warn Ukraine a Russian missile strike today in Ukrainian president zelinsky’s Hometown killed at least nine people and injured another 21 in including two children the White House announcing President Biden will sign a bilateral security agreement pledging long-term defense cooperation this as Russian warships arrived in a show of force off the coast of Cuba just 90 mi from the US the Pentagon has sent ships and aircraft to track them but says they don’t pose a threat the G7 Summit will bring together leading democracies President Biden is looking to shore up alliances though every leader at the Summit is facing low approval ratings just days a ago in European parliamentary elections hard-right and populist parties scored a clear Victory hun but also Weighing on the president the felony conviction of Hunter Biden while he’s ruled out pardoning his son today the White House Press Secretary did not rule out the president commuting Hunter Biden’s sentence which could erase or reduce any potential prison time but would not expunge the conviction a White House official later telling NBC news any talk of a commutation was premature Biden AIDS meanwhile are looking ahead to Hunter Biden’s September tax evasion trial in California which could expose new information about its foreign business dealings here in Italy President Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian president zalinski tomorrow and Pope Francis on Friday Lester all right Gabe gutieres thank you a barrage of rockets fired into Israel today from Over the Border in Lebanon as a us back Seas fire plan for Gaza is in Peril Raph Sanchez is in Northern Israel it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead Hamas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw draw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to ease the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed Hezbollah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of his bua Rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah commander and it is funeral today calls for Revenge here in Northern Israel tens of thousands have been displaced by the fighting since October 7th a similar number just over the Border in Lebanon Lester all right WRA thank you now to Capitol Hill the house voting to hold attorney general Merrick gardland in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over recordings of President Biden’s interview with the special Council Ali Vitali is there Ally this was a very close vote along party lines very close Lester the speaker telling us the house did its job tonight all but one Republican voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt for defying a subpoena to turn over audio of an interview President Biden did with special counsel Robert her that regarding his handling of classified documents her did not charge the president saying jury would view him as a quote elderly man with a poor memory the White House invoked executive privilege regarding the audio but lawmakers already have the transcript of it the doj not expected to act on the referral saying the House of Representative has turned a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon ler Ali valali thank you Justus in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive order executive action on the border and we have new reports that migrants Crossing illegally are still being released into the US here’s Julia anley tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the Border Patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this guadan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again a senior DHS official tells us it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s Effectiveness they say they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights Lester all right Julia thank you in just 60 seconds the costs after you buy a home why insurance rates are going through the roof and some homeowners policies are suddenly being dropped next some welcome news today as May inflation came in cooler than expected up 3.3% year-over-year the FED today leaving interest rates unchanged and signaling just one cut is likely this year price relief coming in areas like Airline fairs down almost 6% used cars and trucks down more than 9% and smartphone prices down 11.5% but in our series The Cost of Living Brian Chung reports now even after buying a home the cost of maintaining it is hitting Americans hard put my phone teron Joiner is a single mom of three living in Atlanta when she bought her home in 2020 she thought her low mortgage rate would keep her monthly payments down but water damage from severe winter storms led to two insurance claims and the event planner wasn’t prepared for what came next I did expect for my rates to go up but I did not expect to be dropped she scrambled for a new policy only to find rates skyrocketing her premium going up from 00 to more than $5,700 a year with her new provider to get penalized for just being a customer who needed help it just felt I don’t know like a little bit of a betrayal she’s had to cut back her spending and pick up more freelance work on the side as a graphic designer when I started reaching out to people like hey I’m back in the business like this is what I’m doing you know if you need something just cover this home insurance yeah just just trying to like brace myself the cost of owning and maintaining a home have soared up 26% since 2020 according to one analysis and home insurance is a major piece that’s up 20% one of the reasons climate change last year the United States had a record 28 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion with insurance companies losing money in 16 States and now many insurers are dropping customers from their policies sometimes leaving entire States and not just ones on the coast we’ve never seen anything close to this even in Iowa a place that doesn’t get hard hit by hurricanes or wildfires these Last 5 Years have been more difficult because of hail tornado wind and other factors that are uh not weather related in Atlanta Joiner says she and the kids are happy in their home but it hurts when she looks at the bills do you regret purchasing this home or um there are times where I feel that way yes the cost of living at risk of becoming too much to Bear Brian Chung NBC News Atlanta Georgia and up next for us tonight the massive settlement from Johnson and Johnson over allegations they misled consumers about the safety of baby powder after years of concerns about the safety of its tal based baby powder tonight Johnson and Johnson has reached a $700 million settlement with 42 States over allegations the company misled consumers about the product’s dangers Kate snow has more the makers of that iconic white bottle Johnson’s Baby Potter a feeling you’d never outgrow now paying out $700 million to 42 States in Washington DC Johnson and Johnson agreeing to a settlement after the Attorneys General accused the company of deceiving customers about the safety of baby powder containing talc we began our investigation 5 years ago uh but we worked together as a team arm inarm on a bipartisan basis and and we did a good job making sure that Johnson and Johnson stepped up the company faces tens of thousands of other lawsuits from individuals who say J&J baby powder caused cancer and mesothelioma research released last month did find a link between use of talc and ovarian cancer something the company has always disputed baby powder is absolutely safe back in 2017 I sat down with Bart Williams a lawyer representing the company at the time the notion that Johnson and Johnson would sell that product knowing that it causes cancer in women is just outrageous in the settlement with States Johnson and Johnson admits no wrongdoing but just last year it stopped selling all talc-based baby powder worldwide and the agreement with the states says J&J will never sell talc-based products again in the US in a statement Johnson and Johnson said in part the company continues to pursue several paths to achieve a comprehensive and final resolution of the T litigation does today’s news feel like some form of vindication yes definitely I think it definitely is a step in the right direction Dean Berg used baby powder since she was a teen she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 49 I thought I was going to die so my husband and I we began to think about casket versus cremation she was the first person to file a lawsuit against Johnson and Johnson she refused a settlement then one in court but received no payout do you think if you hadn’t gone forward with your case none of this might have happened definitely yes I do feel that way Berg has been cancer-free for 17 years and hopes no other women will go through what she did Kate Snow NBC News still had to look back at the incredible life of NBA legend Jerry West and how he became the original logo [Music] shot finally the sports world is remembering basketball legend Jerry West who died at age 86 Morgan chesky has a look at his remarkable career and how he came to define the NBA down to the logo in a game filled with players Larger than Life Jerry West stands alone his loss at age 86 follows a career spanning six decades four teams and countless moments never too big for a player Relentless as he was clut two seconds one second W throws it up he makes it after drafting West number one in 1960 he led the Lakers to nine NBA Finals capturing one title after six heartbreaking losses to the Boston Celtics the Lakers Jerry West shooting here is The Game’s High scorer but it’s all in vain following a Hall of Fame playing career he found new life in the Lakers front office assembling the championship Showtime teams of the 80s then another Dynasty alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal greatest baskball mine ever the West Virginia native immortalized when his silhouette was made the NBA logo in 2019 West honored again with the presidential medal of freedom I was a dreamer I’d sett alone on our front porch and wonder if I ever make it to the top of that mountain what will I see on the other side well I did make it to the other side and my dreams have come true NBA stars honoring an icon LeBron James writing my mentor my friend hopefully I continue to make you proud you’re already missed Michael Jordan sharing I wish I’d been his teammate rest in peace logo I’ve often thought what would I like for people to think about me he was a good guy and he cared a gritty Champion proving an endless pursuit of Excellence is the only way to play Morgan chesky NBC News and that’s Nightly News for this Wednesday thank you for watching I’m Lester Holt please take care of yourself and each other good night news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close you actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC news now good to have you with us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers developing right now on Morning News Now growing frustrations over the migrant crisis reports of new drone attacks by the militants the storm is creating dangerous conditions all across the region now let’s get to some Financial headlines new rules are coming to cap credit card late fees talking tuition as a new class of freshman gets ready to go to college this is a big decision for families do you think this could impact how people vote 100% Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 tonight the state of emergency here in Baltimore should people be concerned 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news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw this tunnel just goes on and on now is real we get to see democracy in action for the very first time in the 2024 race now is constant to see this future is now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now NBC News Daily is number one for Afternoon News across all of Television I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky win I’m Kate snow and I’m zing play what’s happening around the world Israel’s military is building up there along the border and what matters here at home new numbers are out today showing more encouraging signs for our economy let’s zero in on exercise we know we’re supposed to be doing it what does it do for our health what needs to change for social media to be a safer Place NBC News Daily weekdays from 12:00 to 4: on NBC News Now what is going to happen now going back and forth cuz oh right nice to see you [Music] more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization breaking news tonight the life-threatening flood emergency in South Florida as we come on the air the tropical rain drenching the region triggering dangerous flash floods parts of I95 shut down roads are submerged Vehicles stranded dozens of rescues reported some areas getting a month’s worth of rain in a matter of hours a possible tornado touching down cutting off a community we’re in the storm Zone also tonight the new twist in the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta the suspect by chance speaking to TV cameras hours before the chaos what he said about his struggles with mental health the mass casualty incident in Illinois three sheriff’s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect President Biden in Italy for the G7 Summit the new security agreement he’s expected to sign with Ukraine as Russian warships reach Cuban Waters 90 Mi off the US Coast House Republicans voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress but will it go any further than that and remembering the NBA legend who silouette became the League’s logo LeBron and Jordan paying tribute tonight to the great Jerry West this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in South Florida tonight the rain just not stopping for a second day a slow motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding tonight flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening many streets are impassible cars have been left stranded adding insult to injury the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts rain totals in the last two days across Southern Florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before Saturday downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of 4 to 6 Ines per hour flights in and out of the Miami area have faced hundreds of delays and cancellations Fort Lauderdale Airport recording 7 and a 12 inches of rain in the last 6 hours Sam Brock is in the middle of it all tonight and starts us off with the latest tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now on this iconic highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles canc in flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection flight with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we had to we had to stop and walk because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water is coming from underne you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain so you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place we want to move a car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come and Sam as I mentioned at the top of the broadcast this will be around for a while look Lester parts of South Florida have already seen more than a foot of rain from North day where I am all the way out to Fort Lauderdale and as you suggest we have at least 4 to 8 Ines more expected by the end of the week and Lester it only takes 6 Ines to stall out a car something many people right now are discovering tonight all right Sam Brock thank you we’re going to turn now to the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta and the studying new detail we have learned about the situation here’s Prius shur what is night a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking a bus H police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus drive to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in extreme mode earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget t authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon he now faces 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Lester all right priia thank you there’s breaking news out of Northern Illinois three sheriff’s deputies and a suspect shot in an exchange of gunfire at home where police had responded to a report that someone was threatening to harm themselves and others the deputies are said to be in good condition no word on the suspect’s condition overseas President Biden traveling to Italy for a high stakes meeting with allies as the war in Ukraine intensifies Gabe Gutierrez is there tonight President Biden Landing in Italy for a high stake Summit a critical Focus that warn Ukraine a Russian missile strike today in Ukrainian president zelinsky’s Hometown killed at least nine people and injured another 21 including two children the White House announcing President Biden will sign a bilateral security agreement pledging long-term defense cooperation this as Russian warships arrived in a show of force off the coast of Cuba just 90 miles from the US the Pentagon has sent ships and aircraft to track them but says they don’t pose a threat the G7 Summit will bring together leading democracies President Biden is looking to shore up alliances though every leader at the Summit is facing low approval ratings just days ago in European parliamentary elections hard right and populous parties scored a clear Victory but also Weighing on the president the felony conviction of Hunter Biden while he’s ruled out pardoning his son today the White House Press Secretary did not rule out the president commuting Hunter Biden’s sentence which could erase or reduce any potential prison time but would not expunge the conviction a White House official later telling NBC news any talk of a commutation was premature Biden AIDS meanwhile are looking ahead to Hunter Biden’s September tax evasion trial in California which could expose new information about its foreign business dealings here in Italy President Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian president zalinski tomorrow and Pope Francis on Friday Lester all right Gabe gutieres thank you a barrage of rockets fired into Israel today from Over the Border in Lebanon as a us back ceasefire plan for Gaza is in Peril Raph Sanchez is in Northern Israel it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceas fire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unaccept acceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead theas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to ease the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed Hezbollah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of his bu of rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah commander and it is funeral today calls for Revenge here in Northern Israel tens of thousands have been displaced by the fighting since October 7th a similar number just over the Border in Lebanon Le all right WRA thank you now to Capitol Hill the house voting to hold attorney general Merrick gardland in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over recordings of President Biden’s interview with the special Council Ali Vitali is there Ally this was a very close vote along party lines very close Lester the speaker telling us the house did its job tonight all but one Republican voting to hold attorney general Merck Garland in contempt for defying a subpoena to turn over audio of an interview president Biden did with special counsel Robert her that regarding his handling of classified documents her did not charge the president saying a jury would view him as a quote elderly man with a poor memory the White House invoked executive privilege regarding the audio but lawmakers already have the transcript of it the doj not expected to act on the referral saying the House of Representatives has turned a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon blesser Alie Itali thank you Justus in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive order executive action on the border and we have new reports that migrants Crossing illegally are still being released into the US here’s Julia Ansley tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border of Patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again a senior DHS official tells us it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s Effectiveness they they say they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights Lester all right Julia thank you in just 60 seconds the costs after you buy a home why insurance rates are going through the roof and some homeowners policies are suddenly being dropped next some welcome news today as May inflation came in cooler than expected up 3.3% year-over-year the FED today leaving interest rates unchanged and signaling just one cut is likely this year price relief coming in areas like Airline fairs down almost 6% used cars and trucks down more than 9% and smartphone prices down 115% but in our series The Cost of Living Brian Chung reports how even after buying a home the cost of maintaining it is hitting Americans hard put my phone teron Joiner is a single mom of three living in Atlanta when she bought her home in 2020 she thought her low mortgage rate would keep her monthly payments down but water damage from severe winter storms led to two insurance claims and the event planner wasn’t prepared for what came next I did expect for my rates to go up but I did not expect to be dropped she scrambled for a new policy only to find rates skyrocketing her premium going up from 1,200 to more than $ 5700 a year with a new provider to get penalized for just being being a customer who needed help it just felt I don’t know like a little bit of a betrayal she’s had to cut back her spending and pick up more freelance work on the side as a graphic designer when I started reaching out to people like hey I’m back in the business like this is what I’m doing you know if you need something just tring Insurance yeah just just trying to like brace myself the costs of owning and maintaining a home have soared up 26% since 2020 according to one analysis and home insurance is a major piece that’s up 20% one of the reasons climate change last year the United States had a record 28 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion with insurance companies losing money in 16 States and now many insurers are dropping customers from their policies sometimes leaving entire States and not just ones on the coast we’ve never seen anything close to this even in Iowa a place that doesn’t get hard hit by hurricanes or wildfires this last five years have been more diff diffult because of hail tornado wind and other factors that are uh not weather related in Atlanta Joiner says she and the kids are happy in their home but it hurts when she looks at the bills do you regret purchasing this home or um there are times where I feel that way yes the cost of living at risk of becoming too much to bear Brian Chung NBC News Atlanta Georgia and up next for us tonight the massive settlement from Johnson and Johnson over Al ation they misled consumers about the safety of baby powder the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne tap magnifier we can zoom in oh look at that the steam from the ice takes out all the wrinkles the way to get it out is to use the shell that is left over it works every single time this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant personal finan is personal you don’t want to do what somebody else is doing oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks that’s a good idea news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw this tunnel just goes on and on now is real we get to see democracy in action for the very first time in the 2024 race now is constant got see future is now news for the generation of now is NBC news now still to come in the Channel 2 News well the waters are certainly receding now still too close to call reporting from round zero as it’s being referred to is in fact that tast the Haitian people know a little something about 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the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta the suspect by chance speaking to TV cameras hours before the chaos what he said about his struggles with metal health the mass casualty incident in Illinois three sheriff’s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect President Biden in Italy for the G7 Summit the new security agreement he’s expected to sign signed with Ukraine as Russian warships reach Cuban Waters 90 Mi off the US Coast House Republicans voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress but will it go any further than that and remembering the NBA legend who silhouette became the League’s logo LeBron and Jordan paying tribute tonight to the great Jerry West this is NBC Nightly News with Lester H good evening and welcome we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in South Florida tonight the rain just not stopping for a second day a slow motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding tonight flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening many streets are impassible cars have been left stranded adding insult to injury the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts rain totals in the last two days across Southern Florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before Saturday downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of 4 to6 Ines per hour flights in and out of the Miami area have faced hundreds of delays and cancellations Fort Lauderdale Airport recording 7 and a 12 inches of rain in the last 6 hours Sam Brock is in the middle of it all tonight and starts us off with the latest tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather oh this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now on this iconic highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles canceling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection flight with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we had to we had to stop and work because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water is coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain so you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place are we want to move a car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come and Sam as I mentioned at the top of the broadcast this will be around for a while look Lester parts of South Florida have already seen more than a foot of rain from North day where I am all the way out to Fort Lauderdale and as you suggest we have at least 4 to 8 Ines more expected by the end of the week and Lester it only takes 6 Ines to stall out a car something many people right now are discovering tonight all right Sam Brock thank you we’re going to turn now to the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta and the stunning new detail we have learned about the situation here’s Prius shur [Music] a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday shot hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking the bus H police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme mode and it’s earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon he now faces 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Lester all right Priya thank you there’s breaking news out of Northern Illinois three sheriff’s deputies and a suspect shot in an exchange of gunfire at home where police had responded to a report that someone was threatening to harm themselves and others the deputies are said to be in good condition no word on the suspect’s condition overseas President Biden traveling to it for a high stakes meeting with allies as the war in Ukraine intensifies Gabe Gutierrez is there tonight President Biden Landing in Italy for a high-stake summit a critical Focus that warn Ukraine a Russian missile strike today in Ukrainian president zelinsky’s Hometown killed at least nine people and injured another 21 including two children the White House announcing President Biden will sign a bilateral security agreement pledging long-term defense cooperation op ation this as Russian warships arrived in a show of force off the coast of Cuba just 90 mi from the US the Pentagon is send ships and aircraft to track them but says they don’t pose a threat the G7 Summit will bring together leading democracies President Biden is looking to shore up alliances though every leader at the Summit is facing low approval ratings just days ago in European parliamentary elections hard-right and populist parties scored a clear Victory but also when on the president the felony conviction of Hunter Biden while he’s ruled out pardoning his son today the White House Press Secretary did not rule out the president commuting Hunter Biden’s sentence which could erase or reduce any potential prison time but would not expunge the conviction a White House official later telling NBC news any talk of a commutation was premature Biden AIDS meanwhile are looking ahead to Hunter Biden September tax evasion trial in California which could expose new information about his foreign business dealing here in Italy President Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian president zalinsky tomorrow and Pope Francis on Friday Lester all right Gabe gutieres thank you a barrage of rockets fired into Israel today from Over the Border in Lebanon as a us back Seas fire plan for Gaza is in Peril Raph Sanchez is in Northern Israel it’s time for the haggling to stop and a ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead theas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to ease the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed Hezbollah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of hisbah rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah commander and it is funeral today calls for Revenge here in Northern Israel tens of thousands have been displaced by the fighting since October 7th a similar number just over the Border in Lebanon Lester all right wrath thank you now to Capitol Hill the house voting to hold attorney general Merrick gardland in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over recordings of President Biden’s interview with the special Council Ali Vitali is there Ally this was a very close vote along party lines very close Lester the speaker telling us the house did its job tonight all but one Republican voting to hold attorney general Merck Garland in contempt for defying a subpoena to turn over audio of an interview President Biden did with special counsel Robert her that regarding his handling of classified documents her did not charge the president saying a jury would view him as a quote elderly man with a poor memory the White House invoked executive privilege regarding the audio but lawmakers already have the transcript of it the doj not expected to act on the referral saying the House of Representatives has turned a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon ler Ali Vali thank you just in the AC clu filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive order executive action on the border and we have new reports that migrants Crossing illegally are still being released into the US here’s Julia anley tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again a senior DHS official tells us it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s effectiveness they say they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights Lester all right Julia thank you in just 60 seconds the costs after you buy a home why insurance rates are going through the roof and some homeowners policies are 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Florida look like something you’d expect after a hurricane but this is just a monster storm system dumping so much rain that some are calling this a 1,000-year event it’s already rained more than 2 feet in some places with another half a foot of rain expected through Friday night and a lot of that is coming down so fast Sarasota saw 8 Ines of rain in just 3 hours yesterday leading to scenes like this all that nonstop rain is causing a mess of problems in the Southeast today stranded cars everywhere through Florida travel delays at airports and closures along the very busy I95 our team is tracking the severe weather tonight NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens is standing by with the forecast but first let’s go to NBC News correspondent Sam Brock in Aventura Florida now Sam before we get started here I I just got to shout you out man for some Hulk level reporting out there for those that that missed his reporting early on with our friend hie Jackson let me show you this video the guy that you’re seeing out there using his massive like 6 foot I don’t know six or 6’8 frame to beast mode that stuck SUV to dry land yes that is our fearless Sam Brock uh Sam that guy is both super unlucky for all that water but also lucked out that you were just standing right there uh what happened next there bro first of all 68 and beast mode I don’t think I’ve ever H either one of those associated with me but I appreciate that Gotti 65 yeah so the reality was I was standing out here right right over my shoulder where we’re still watching people right now navigate this swamp and not having a lot of success with it I did my report with hiy and you know I thought we were done it’s like that poor guy got stuck in the middle of this pool and he did and I went to go talk to him thinking that they were done he actually is from Haiti he speaks Haitian Creole but not English so I had no idea what I was doing communicating with him but I did manage to get him to put basically his car neutral so I could push it and unbeknownst to me and I want to state unposed to me I was pushing this car all the way through the lot here to try to get him out unfortunately the car itself the engine will not start so he is still stranded just not here he’s away from the water and now closer to the exit to the mall so that’s the story there wow and and you still got people just going by in that intersection and it’s one of those circumstances where you know if it gets beyond the exhaust pipe if if you got something to show us go ahead and show us but just seems like so many cars are stuck in the water people here are so Brazen that the water has receded a little bit Gotti and I just saw someone drive through like 15 M hour I am not kidding you in his BMW and he made it this poor guy right here unfortunately is not as lucky I don’t know what happened he tried to do it you tried to make it across and then and then what happened there goes a tow truck he took a risk he took he took a risk yeah he took a risk there was a tow truck over oh there it goes that same tow truck was just arguing with another woman Gotti because she did not want to try to get over a median that you can’t can’t see because it’s underwater right now and he was peer pressuring her to move and I guess he succeeded cuz now he’s he’s through there but the bottom line is don’t try to drive through standing water I know we all think we understand that and then you see it and the urge is so strong but a lot of people in South Florida tonight are dealing with the ramifications of not making good decisions on that front yeah that that dude with this taking a smoke break right there proof positive I I guess what’s what’s the deal have people been caught off guard by this normally this is the type of flooding that you you see from like a hurricane that come with a ton of warning but it seems like there’s a lot of people that might not be taking the amount of water that we’re saying very seriously at all what is that behind you what is that massive thing right some some did not I mean I talked to people who are from South Florida and they were like yeah I heard the warnings but like how bad could it be if you have lived in this state for any period of time you know it goes from being beautiful to absolutely torrential downpour and that can last a while then it clears up and comes back typically but you have this tropical system that’s coming through right now and you have in some cases I believe Gotti two to three four plus inches of rain per hour there’s too much water coming down too quickly and what ends up happening is because there’s nowhere for it to go we’re basically at sea level here in many parts of Miami the ground underneath it is limestone which is porous so there’s a water table that’s coming up it’s already wet underneath and then you have all this rainfall coming down from above the water has nowhere to escape and so this does play out a lot in South Florida but I do think in this case you were looking at a foot plus of rain in some places Hollywood for example which is not very far from where I am North date I’m in aventur this is a popular Mall here obviously a lot of people were trying to go shop before they realized that was not going to be a possibility but it’s just it’s normal for this area but just so much in such a quick amount of time that it it led to disastrous results although thankfully we are not aware at least at this point of any injures and again thankfully you’re out there with your your 65 Frame pushing cars out of the way I I know you probably have some more work to do there’s a bunch of cars that just went by Sam Brock thanks so much brother thanks Scotty appreciate you and NBC News meteorologist Bill Kens joins us now bill this is wild stuff this is looking I don’t know it kind of looks like an omen on what kind of hurricane season we could have or or is it still too soon to tell I tell you what it is Gotti this is kind of like you know a wake up like how vulnerable Florida is you know if you look at the State of Florida it’s you know sticks straight down in between the Atlantic and the gulf extremely warm water you the most vulnerable you know highly populated area maybe in the world that’s susceptible to like hurricanes and floods like this and you know there’s a reason why home insurance is like hard to come by in Florida you know and you how about all these Autos probably thousands today got caught and Stranded and you know a lot of those cars will probably end up back on the market so be careful uh buying any used cars in Florida anytime soon especially South Florida so we still have 7 million people under flood watches the warning were just dropped so for about 4 hours we had a flash flood emergency for Miami in the Fort Lauderdale area I saw at least four separate locations that picked up over a foot of rain today this is on top of the rain they had yesterday and so every day you know you know when you get the ground saturated even the sandy soil tomorrow it’ll be even easier to get significant flooding if we get more heavy rain which is possible so the heavy rain is shifted you notice that Fort Lauderdale northward just showers still steady rains from Fort Lauderdale to Miami all the really heavy stuff is down here in the keys around Key Largo and down here in Alligator Alley so this area is very swampy we’re not going to see significant flooding out of this uh we’ll have to wait and see if some of this tries to rebuild northwards later tonight it does look like tomorrow some of that could because additional rainfall over the next 3 days we still can get another 3 to four inches of rain this is on top of the foot plus that we’ve already received in this area and I will include Fort Meers Sarasota and areas the Naples you also could have additional flooding so we’re not completely done with this yet guys but it does make you wonder and worry you know we’re not we haven’t even had a a tropical storm or hurricane yet but uh let’s hope none head to Florida’s way yeah and I know while this is going on there is a pretty scorching Heat Wave happening out here in the west any relation to what we’re seeing happen in the East yeah that was really just more like a tropical wave down in areas of the you know South Florida what’s happening in the west is in it’s summer now so you get these big ridges that build usually you’re going to have somewhere in the country is exceptionally hot and that’s the case right now you look at Phoenix again 111° Vegas at this hour is 101 Fresno’s at 101 even reeno at 97 is pretty incredibly warm so what’s going to shift and change in the next couple days is that the West is going to begin to slowly cool off and all of the heat spreading across the country which tomor 100 St Louis at 96 degrees and by the time we get to Friday it gets a little toasty in areas of the South Too Atlanta 95 Raleigh 97 a little warm DC to New York but we’ll talk more about that them next week that’s who is going to get it really bad uh so as we head through uh this weekend the developing story will be watch what happens in the Ohio Valley Gotti that’s going to be the next region that we’re going to break record highs yikes and Bill we also saw some tornado reports in Florida we saw that video at the top of the show I I know there’s talk of Tornado Alley possibly shifting East but Florida like it doesn’t get more East than that right is is this a part of that this is not this was more like when you get tropical waves and you know especially hurricanes and tropical storms we can get tornadoes with those so what we saw today was just this tropical disturbance that’s this area that we’ve been tracking and the Hurricane Center is actually tracking it they said there’s a 20% chance it develops off the Southeast coast and that’s why we had the heavy rain and also that you know tornado there is another area that could develop 30% chance this one would more or less head towards Mexico in the next couple days then what you were talking about God the study that’s been done is typically you when I was growing up as a kid we refer to Tornado Alley as can Oklahoma into Texas but what we’ve been tracking over the last you know three decades is that we’re seeing an increase in tornadoes in areas of like Tennessee Mississippi and a little lower tornadoes in what we used to call Tornado Alley Bill Karens thank you so much now turning now to this story uh one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States has just voted to oppose invitro fertilization today at their annual meeting in Indiana more than 10,000 Southern Baptists decided that IVF should be condemned asking members to quote reaffirm the uncondition unconditional value and right to life of every human being including those in an embryonic stage they argue that IVF produces more embryos and can be implanted so the ones that are destroyed in their eyes are losses of human life but that did not pass unanimously the audience heard emotional testimonies from people within the faith who support the fertility treatment Southern Baptists have over 14 million members and are often looked at as a barometer on how evangelicals fall on Hot Topics meanwhile in Washington lawmakers are going to be voting on a democratic Le IVF bill tomorrow if it passes the bill would protect access to IVF Nationwide today Senate Dems blocked a competing bill from Republicans saying it did not go far enough to protect IVF access man over on Capitol Hill today the Republican Le house voted to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress and this is all because Garland refused to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert her now that was the interview when Biden’s age and memory really came under Fire when the special counsel was investigating how he handled classified documents and her basically said that a jury would sympathize with Biden as quote an elderly man with poor memory eventually her did not prosecute Biden let’s bring in NBC’s Julie cirin to break all this down for us Julie can you can you just really quickly remind us why they can’t have those recordings well it’s plain and simple here Gotti it’s because the White House had asserted executive privilege over those tapes that means the Department of Justice can’t just go turning those tapes over to anyone who requests them even if it’s Congress now the Attorney General Mara Garland certainly backs that move by the Biden Administration to assert executive privilege over those tapes remember why they’re doing so in the first place it’s because they feel like Republicans could maybe distort the audio could Stitch it in a way that doesn’t represent reality that’s at least what Garland is saying he also said when he testified before the house Judiciary Committee uh a couple of weeks ago that look maybe Witnesses in the future won’t agree to sit down with us in our investigations like the president has with the special counsel if they know we’re just going to turn over these tapes willy-nilly no matter what interesting in today’s contempts vote is this kind of like the whole bill bar and Eric Holder contempt political Saga of the past and and what’s Garland saying yeah look it’s pretty simple uh it’s pretty similar to those uh prosecutions that the house tried to take with Bill bar under President Trump with Eric Holder under President Obama and look Republicans that I spoke to acknowledge that it’s very unlikely that this results this contempt uh resolution passing results in the prosecution and any kind of criminal liability for the Attorney General in large part because look the people that would be prosecuting this is the doj that mer Garland overseas and certainly it’s unprecedented for them to go that far but it’s not unprecedented as you mentioned for Republicans for Democrats as well to use their political power up here to try and hold people that they subpoena that they want to hear from that they want something from in contempt of congress if they fail to do so and that is why you saw that vote uh on the floor today I also want to read you a statement from attorney general Maro Garland responding to this he put it out very quickly he said in part quote it is deeply disappointing that this House of Representatives have have turned a series Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon today’s vote Garland says disregards the Constitutional separation of powers the Justice Department’s need to protect its investigations and the substantial amount of information we have provided to the Committees of course Garland is talking about there the transcript they have provided the Committees and put out in public in full guti and speaking of partisanship I mean this is all coming as Donald Trump is expected to visit Capitol Hill tomorrow right any idea what that’s going to be like yeah oh boy it’s the former President’s first visit to this General Capital Area pretty much since he was in the white house it’s been quite a long time since we’ve seen Trump anywhere near the capital now he’s not going to be in this building itself but he will be nearby he’ll be meeting with House Republicans first in the morning his allies a lot of uh the people who have his back who support him and then later in the day he’ll be meeting with Senate Republicans over at another location there that they use for campaign purposes now the interesting thing is going to be who does doesn’t show up to these meetings right of course we know in the Senate at least that Mitch McConnell the Republican leader who has had a very tense relationship with Trump over the years he is planning to attend this is going to be the first time the two are seeing each other face to face even talking in many years certainly since Trump was in the white house we also know for example that Senator Lisa marowski had said she’s not planning to attend so that’ll be interesting to see to be a fly on the wall Julie thank you very much and tonight eight men with suspected ties to Isis are now in US custody a high-profile sting operation led to their arrest in New York Los Angeles and Philly three sources are telling NBC News and all of the men were from Tajikistan and they came into the United States by crossing the southern border meanwhile it’s been just over a week since President Biden signed an executive order limiting Asylum requests NBC News Homeland Security correspondent Julia anley has the latest tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but inbc news has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings so we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump admin ation enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again Gotti a senior DHS official says it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s Effectiveness and they argue it’s because they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights but Gotti I have to say they may never get that help it doesn’t seem like Congress has anything on the horizon that’s going to give them that funding of course they didn’t get the bipartisan Senate bill that they wanted earlier this here and so it looks like it might only be a matter of time till those border numbers start to come back up and border patrol will again have to release migrants that they can’t Deport fast enough it’s simply a matter of space and also of countries that are reluctant to take migrants back countries like China places in the Eastern hemisphere Africa places that are really hard to deport migrants to um and that in those cases and we’re already seeing exceptions being made now particularly in San Diego those are the migrants who are being released so it’s to watch particularly as the Biden Administration will really look to this action hang their hats on it and say when it comes to the election this is the major step they did which did take a large step away from what a lot of people might have expected the president to do when it came to immigration particularly when he was running for the presidency earlier we should also point out that ACLU thinks that they could win this lawsuit they think that they have a winning case here because they sued the Trump Administration and over similar policy and they won there so if this gets enjoyed it could be that really this is all a moot point they won’t need more resources and they’ll just have to return to exactly what they were doing before the order certainly something to watch particularly as immigration continues to be a flas point this election year Gotti absolutely such a reminder that what they say in Washington doesn’t always match up with what we’re seeing On the Border Julia thank you and don’t go anywhere we are just getting started up next the man who silhouette actually became the logo for the NBA has passed away tonight we are remembering Jerry West and how his legendary career influenced basketball plus you know the chaita banana company yep we all know them when we go to the grocery store but did you know that they were just found liable of funding Deb squads in Colombia for years NBC’s Ellison Barber will bring us the details on that story and later this hour we are taking you inside Google’s quantum computer laboratory what they’re doing is going to blow you away and we’re going to explain it all tonight and the future of everything some problems are are calculated to take 10,000 years 100,00 a 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war ahead of the 2024 election the indictment says the man shared his plan with two undercover FBI agents thinking they shared his extreme beliefs and a construction company was awarded a $43,000 emergency bid to build a detour around Teton Pass this comes just days after that Road collapsed the Wyoming Department of Transportation says says that they are hoping to have that detour ready within the next 2 weeks and San Francisco declared itself a sanctuary City for transgender and gender non-conforming people today becoming one of the first major cities in the country to do so San Francisco follows Sacramento in West Hollywood in hopes of providing a place of safety for the gender affirming community so if you’ve ever watched or been to an NBA game you’ve probably seen his silhouette more times and you can count that’s because the shape in the NBA’s logo is actually modeled after basketball legend Jerry West now west a Los Angeles Laker Legend and nine-time NBA champion has just passed away at age 86 let’s bring in NBC News correspondent Morgan chesky with more on the loss of this Legend Morgan he was a Phenom on the court but off Court he’s being remembered as a genius can you tell us a little bit more about that yeah got the longevity that we see in Jerry West we may never see again with anyone in the NBA and that is because you have a guy who was drafted number one overall back in 1960s right as the Lakers moved from Minneapolis here to Los Angeles he has a Hall of Fame career albeit with a bit of frustration from multiple losses to the Celtics but then he was able to do what so few other players have been able to do and that was he stayed with the Lego organization and began to share some of that basketball Insight uh with the team first in a coaching role then in a general manager role and we saw the benefits of that not just immediately in the decades that followed but here’s a guy who was still relevant more than 50 years after he joined the league here uh we have just one player former player sharing just kind of how much of a basketball genius Jerry West was take a listen he had such a brilliant brilliant basketball mind he was always two and three steps ahead um so being a shooting guard and growing up in Los Angeles growing up in California Riverside but watching the Lakers and knowing the history of Jerry West um I was like a kid in the candy store I hung on every word he said to me yeah and Reggie Miller far from the only NBA player who gained some sort of insight some wisdom from Jerry West I want to show you what LeBron’s sharing as well today he had a few kind words to say calling Jerry West a mentor and a friend saying he would truly miss our convos my thoughts and prayer goes out to your wonderful family forever love Jerry Rest in paradise my guy and how about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver saying this online as well writing kind words to a gentleman he helped build eight championship teams during his tenure in the NBA a legacy of achievement that mirrors his onc court Excellence eight championship teams got who does that I mean half a century that is incredible uh now I know that after the the death of of Kobe there was this push to possibly replace the logo with with his likess now that West has passed away do you think that that could ever happen or do you think that we’re going to see West forever well I think just his body of work immortalizes him already whether he’s on the logo or not you mentioned that petition more than 3 million people have already signed that hoping to see Kobe’s likeness become the logo of the NBA I find that interesting because Kobe may not have been in the position that he was without the help of Jerry West we forget seeing all these young superstars come into the league now that back in the mid 90s whenever Jerry West was fighting to get this 17-year-old basketball star to come join the Lakers it was not a popular thought and Kobe credits Jerry for standing by him every step of the way uh the two were very close especially in Kobe’s early years as a Laker so I you know we don’t have any way to ask Jerry today here Gotti but I have to think that if that petition ever did go through and Jerry’s likeness became Kobes for the NBA logo I mean what better tribute from one generation onto the next uh two incredible players uh whose impact really stretched far beyond the court here yeah when we talk about standing on the shoulders of giants he is one of them 100% Morgan thank you thanks Gotti and coming up Russian warships and a submarine as close to the US Coastline as they may ever be why my so-called routine military exercises around Cuba have the world on high alert but first you got to see this Colorado First Responders they had a complicated rescue yesterday after a 3-month-old puppy fell into an open floor vent oh apparently little Archie there jumped down from a bed only to disappear into the home’s piping system and then remained stuck there for three hours 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US and other allies were key in that defense and Ukraine just got a refreshed inventory of anti-aircraft supplies after struggling for months and the European commission just announced tariffs on imported Chinese electric cars that could start next month it comes at a pretty bad time as there’s a slow demand for EVS in China with prices falling Chinese automakers there might not H might have to cough up on a couple of billions in euros extra costs and Pope Francis is in hot water again he’s being accused of using a homophobic slur according to the Italian news agency theza he reportedly said the same anti-gay slur he used last month in a closed door meeting with priests in Rome the Vatican did not directly address the allegation but instead pointed to a statement on the Tuesday meeting with priests and dozens of firefighters battled a blaze at a cookware Factory in Athens Greece you can see some massive plumes of black smoke here fill the the air now it’s unclear what caused that fire but apparently it might have been some sort of explosion according to a state broadcaster there were no immediate reports of people trapped inside and ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas are still at a standstill with the US saying today that some of the demands Hamas is making are unacceptable Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead theas waited nearly two weeks and then propose more changes a number of which go beyond positions that had previously taken and accepted and that’s Secretary of State Anthony blinkin still in the Middle East where he is trying to advance a ceasefire deal between the two parties with the help of cutter meanwhile violence is escalating between Israel and iran-backed Hezbollah the militia group fired over 100 rockets at Israel today after Israel said it killed a Hezbollah Commander yesterday NBC’s Matt Bradley has more well we heard from Secretary of State Anthony blinkin today in Doha after he consulted and held a press conference uh with the prime minister of Qatar who has been crucial as an intermediary in these ongoing negotiations this is Anthony blinken’s eighth trip to the region in as many months and you could almost hear how exasperated he was he put the whole burden on finishing this deal on Hamas saying that Hamas could have said yes to the deal but instead they waited for two weeks and now they have kind of notes they have uh a different demands that they want and demands that Anthony blinkin said exceed or that us officials have said have exceeded even the ones they had before well hamas’s responded tahar Nono who’s one of the senior of Hamas officials said that Hamas has always been consistent in their demands and in fact NBC News got word of that as well that their demands are changing the timeline by which Israel would be withdrawing completely from the Gaza Strip and ending its assault on the Gaza Strip once and for all to be fair that always has been hamas’s position they have always said that they will not ank a deal that has no stipulation for the final end to the conflict and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces interestingly we also heard from The Forum of families who represent represents the families of the hostages who are still in the Gaza Strip there’s thought to be some 80 of them who are still alive they looked upon hamas’s response with optimism they said that it was heading in the right direction but Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are going to be huddling tonight trying to come up with the response again the fact that they’re still discussing it kind of undermines what blinkin was saying that Israel has been totally on board from the beginning so the two sides are quite close closer than they’ve been ever since the last deal in November but it looks like there’s still a ways to go before an agreement and in Cuba today a very unusual scene kind of an eerie scene take a look at this this right here is a nuclear-powered Russian submarine surfacing in a Cuban Port along with four Russian warships that have pulled in as part of some planned military exercises nearby the US state department says it’s routine for Russian ships to temporarily stop in Cuban ports but that sub known as Kazan is out of the ordinary for a few reasons Russian Reports say the submarine carries new Hypersonic missiles that could reach the US from Havana in seconds Cuba says the ships have no nuclear weapons and US officials seem to be saying the same thing now a little earlier according to the Miami Herald open-source satellite data placed the Russian warships just 26 nautical miles from kargo Florida before they pulled into Havana this morning NBC’s Ed Augustine joins us now from Havana Ed thanks so much for being with us I know that they say that this is routine but given the timing the war in Ukraine the G7 Summit should people in the US be concerned at all well I think you hit the nail on the head Gaddy by saying that in a sense it’s routine of course Cuban Russia very longtime allies going back to Soviet times um on the other hand the war in Ukraine is Raging and within that tensions have ratcheted up these last couple of weeks since the Biden Administration said that Ukraine could use some of the US weapons to hit Russian targets and Vladimir Putin has responded uh saying that the that Russia might respond in kind with their allies so I think the timing is key and also this is the first um this is the first time since the war in Ukraine that you’ve seen that that we’ve seen a Russian naval deployment in Cuba um interestingly while the Russians are playing it up while the Russians were doing Naval exercises on their way here um along the Atlantic firing huge artillery guns both the Cubans and the Biden Administration have been playing it down the Cuban uh government has been emphasizing that there’s no nukes no nuclear weapons on board Cuba’s a signat a non-proliferation treaty dating back to the 60s so that would be impossible they say and also interestingly the Pentagon uh today again saying that this is not a threat to US National Security um it’s not a danger um but that it is noteworthy yeah maybe not a threat or a danger as they say but definitely a very powerful image I got to ask what kind of message does this seem to send to Russia’s allies is this a propaganda play uh yeah I think it’s definitely uh a propaganda play the military analyst that I was speaking to earlier today said that the core of the Russian message is the following to the Americans look you can make our lives misery and what we see as our sphere of influence look our you you you can pull off huge um war games and drills in the Ukraine with over 100 tanks and 990,000 soldiers that took place last month but we can still be a Nuance to you we can still get into your backyard and and and and be in a country that’s been a thorn in your side haven’t been able to get rid of this government for many many decades and we can project power internationally I think that’s what Russia’s trying to to to to tell the Americans you know tit fortat um you were saying Eerie I’d say poignant and I think many Cubans are saying that saying that in the same place you know the place where the nuclear sub is docked in that exact same dock 5 years ago there were us cruise ships American tourists coming off those those those cruise ships most of them or many of them I should say for the first time in Havana pumping money into the Island’s economy how much things have changed that the water slushing up and down now isn’t against um American Cru ships bringing tourists but is against a nuclear powered sub what a strange world we live in yeah what a historical Jer position there uh speaking of our backyard I mean you’re in Havana we just seeing video it seemed like there was somebody that was watching wearing some what of a an American flag I got to ask what are US Cuba relations like right now out there on the street well for me it’s hard to meet a Cuban that that isn’t Pro Us in terms of uh loving the American people that they’ve met loving American culture American films baseball here is the national sport I can’t stand it but Cubans love it and so there’s a whole whole load of um cultural affinity and sporting Affinity um but that’s not mirrored at the political level um political relations were good uh icy but good almost 10 years ago now under the Obama Administration when that Administration took the historic move to as they’d say it bring Cuba in from the cold and to start normalizing the relations with Cuba and softening that that um decade long embargo um over the last 5 years we’ve seen first the Trump Administration announc the B Biden Administration ratchet up us sanctions on Cuba to unprecedented levels that’s making the Cubans feel that the the uh the Cuban government feel that the US is an enemy and it’s pushing them closely most most analysts say to Russia you’ve got such a finger on the pulse there in Cuba Ed thank you so much for being with us tonight and coming up a Twist in an already Strange Case the lawyer for rapper Young Thug sentenced to jail time himself detailed on a tense courtroom back and forth that ended up with him being held in contempt and now there is another twist in that case we’re going to tell you about that is all straight ahead so stay tuned hey there I’m hie and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new developments let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this law actually will and won’t you Cru officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I can keep talking till the Eiffel Tower starts sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle sparkling it’s [Music] happening we report live from Tel Aviv from bues Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the Key Bridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have to demonstrate what are the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News [Music] Now news lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything anymore let’s break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC news now we report live from Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every weeknight it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now hey welcome back and here are some of the other headlines we’re watching tonight two men have been arrested for allegedly shooting five people in Memphis yesterday the victims which include four kids are still in critical condition now the shooting took place at an interstate there and both suspects are now facing ing attempted murder charges and Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre they upheld a lower Court ruling and the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Massacre were seeking reparations arguing the actions of that mob still affect the city today we’ve got some new inflation numbers and it looks like things are starting to cool down but not enough to convince the Federal Reserve to cut High interest rates this year with Fed chair Jerome Powell say saying that it’s probably going to take a little longer for that to happen and eight SpaceX workers are suing the company and Elon Musk saying that they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual harassment the complaint alleges musk personally ordered their terminations SpaceX has denied any wrongdoing and former pharmaceutical executive Martin schelli is being sued by the owner of the one of-a-kind wuang album for making a copy of the album and playing it online without permission now SC used he used to own that album he bought it back in 2015 for $2 million but when he was convicted of committing Securities fraud in 2017 and sent to prison they had to Forfeit his assets which included that wuang album which he that album was later bought by a bunch of crypto Bros who are now suing him and rapper Young Thug is on trial but his lawyer tried to call out the judge in the case for a conversation he had with the prosecution outside the court and he ended up being found in contempt in order to spend the next 10 weekends in jail the trial against Jeffrey Williams the Grammy winning rapper’s real name has been dragging on with no end in sight so let’s bring in NBC News correspondent Adrian brus Adrian okay so back up here quick second I’m seeing some breaking news coming out of this case but first set the table here what are the charges that young thug is facing yeah we’ll get to that breaking news in just a moment got in regards to his attorney but let’s rewind and bring our viewers up to speak speed we’re talking about Young Thug whose real name is Jeffrey Williams he’s a Grammy award winning rapper based in Atlanta his rise to fame dates back to 2010 he’s worked with artists like Drake Chris Brown and gunana he’s facing some serious charges here though under Georgia’s RICO Act so we’re talking about racket Heering and this stems from and we’ll we’ll look big picture here at an indictment that names Williams as well as some others who he says are a part of his record label YSL but prosecutors alleg that record label is a street gang Gotti okay so why was his lawyer found in contempt and and what are we seeing that just happened at the Supreme Court so just moments ago we learned that his lawyer will not have to report to jail on this Friday it’s unclear if his attorney Brian Steele will still be required to spend 20 days in jail over the course of 10 weekends in Fulton County so why is his attorney facing jail time it’s all because he challenged the chief judge in court on Monday about an alleged meeting between the judge prosecutors and a key witness now I’ve been speaking with legal experts who have been following this case since the beginning and they’ve watched the trial which started by the way back in November of 2023 they say if this alleged meeting happened the judge never should have allowed it without the presence of the defense so the big question now what happens moving forward listen in what it means for the case moving forward is that the defense is going to be impaired when we’re in Long trials we work on the weekends we work at night if he’s in jail on the weekends not going to be able to give Young Thug an adequate defense in fact he requested from the judge that if he was going to incarcerate him over the weekends that he’ be incarcerated in the same cell with young thug so that they could discuss the trial but that doesn’t mean he’s going to have access to evidence exhibits his the law books so once again another twist in this case that took nearly 10 months to seat jurors Scotty 10 months to seat jurors I know we said that this case seems to be dragging on but seriously like this is this is like the longest criminal case in the state’s history right how is this contempt charge going to add to that timeline yeah it is as of right now on record the longest criminal case in Georgia’s history we will see what this charge does uh the court the trial continued this week keep in mind it’s not just Young Thug or Williams who is facing trial there are other codefendants and representing his defense attorney Brian steel is a name many of you have likely heard we’re talking about Ashley Merchant and you may recognize that name because she represents one of the C- defendants in the Trump RICO case happening in the same Courthouse Gotti yeah what a collision of Worlds there Adrian brus thank you so much before we go it is time for the future of everything and we’re going to take a leap into the world of quantum Computing we’re getting up close and personal with Google Labs as they explore the depths of the power technology stay with [Music] [Music] us what is going to happen now going back and forth cuz I oh right nice to see you [Music] you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wak Havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a ban or not the craziest ride I have ever hitched that is totality do you see yourselves in space I feel go to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week nights at 8 Eastern 5 Pacific on NBC News [Music] Now what is going to happen now back and forth cuz they oh right yeah nice to see [Music] you what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news [Music] now you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this saan or not the craziest ride I have ever hitch that is totality do you see yourselves in space I can go to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week nights at 8 Eastern 5 Pacific on NBC news now the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something [Music] [Applause] [Music] big and for the future of everything tonight we are diving into the abstract realm of quantum Computing and you’ve probably seen images of a quantum computer it’s this this thing that looks kind of like a golden chandelier instead of a everyday desktop but that is really just the refrigerator and the freezer part of the whole Contraption the real magic comes down to what a quantum computer can actually do and full disclosure I have been trying to wrap my head around that question for months now reading books even after a look inside of Google’s Quantum AI lab in Santa Barbara and that’s where we found that what seems like the science fiction world of quantum mechanics is just another day at the office we live in a day and age where humans are building machines to do things we still can’t even dream of we like to think about this is the place where we’re going to build the future of computing and here at Google’s quantum computer lab in Santa Barbara California that future is right around the corner okay wow I’m just blown away but before we try to tackle the mindboggling question of what a quantum computer even is here’s a quick crash course on how it works in classic Computing behind everything on our screens our phones our CPUs is a code behind a code that basically boils down to either a one or a zero on or off and that’s a bit but quantum computers run on Quantum bits or cubits which aren’t so binary think more like nature or a waveform or a coin that spins so fast it’s both heads and tails all at the same time and that is is the magic behind a cubid that allows us in our low energy state to operate not only one or zero but a super position of multiple States so almost everything in between one zero both at the same time neither everything in between and then comes a process of shrinking and etching cubits in aluminum onto tiny silicon Wafers I can’t even see them with my naked eye these little plus signs that’s those are cubits and stacking cubits leads to ex exponential power the 100 Cubit quantum computer could perform over 1,000 billion billion billion calculations almost instantly the sound that we’re hearing is that yes the sound that we’re hearing this that is the sound of the refrigerators cooling their quantum computers to temperatures of just thousands of a degree above absolute zero it’s colder than space it’s colder than outer space only at Beyond Frozen temperatures can these cubits start to magically vibrate in frigid entangled Harmony and then comes the really complicated question what can a quantum computer actually do how does this type of computing power compare to I don’t know I mean a phone it’s different it’s a different application got it I can’t FaceTime with that but I could do some crazy math imagine that you’ve got a a super tall closet has has a million drawers in it and a sock is hidden in one of the drawers on average you’re going to have to open 500,000 drawers to find the sock with a quantum computer you’d only need to open a thousand drawers on average to find the sock now that’s a hard concept to follow because it almost defies logic but the dream is to someday use that kind of quantum magic for things like modeling Fusion to create unlimited energy designing proteins to cure disease or unlocking new physics the possibilities of quantum computers are seemingly endless and that’s why Google is teaming up with the x prise foundation offering $5 million to whoever can come up with the best real world application but for now one of its most Supreme Feats is something that sounds so easy at first I thought my three-year-old could do it think of a number any number in the whole world uh five five yeah is that your final answer but as the top physicists in the world and coming up with a truly random number has been pretty much impossible for humans until now we as human beings subconsciously put in a method to the madness computers need an algorithm that is a way a method but the method itself defies the random number generation as for the future of computing just like trying to imagine how these massive machines that filled rooms with tubes and couldn’t even play Pong still helped us with the math to get us to the Moon trying to Envision where quantum computers could lead is an exercise in science fiction some problems are are calculated to take 10,000 years 100,000 a billion years so what we’re trying to do is create a computer that works in a totally different way access you guys are building a warp drive for some types of problems now that same warp drive is maybe going to be terrible at some of the other problems that we use classic Compu for the warp drive is not great at parallel parking but getting across the Galaxy much more efficient exactly oh man and wait till we start talking about time crystals because those came up during that interview too but that is a whole other story so stay tuned for that meanwhile out here on the West Coast earthquakes are a fact of life and the big one is always looming and and we think about it from time to time thinking when is it going to happen most importantly how strong is it going to be the southernmost section of the San Andre’s F has built up enough tectonic strength to produce a major earthquake oh my gosh we’re having an earthquake oh my goodness the Bay Area preparing for the next big one the entire upper deck of the CPUs structure has collapsed these types of quakes are a double whammy because they also generate huge tsunami waves a mega tsunami in the Pacific Northwest it could be worse than predicted all right so the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire has produced dozens of magnitude 8 earthquakes are stronger in the last century but the West Coast remains eerily quiet in terms of anything that strong and maybe the closest we’ve come in 1989 the L pra earthquake that killed dozens of people caused widespread destruction in the Bay Area that Quake registered at a 6.9 on the RoR scale researchers say the Pacific Northwest could experience something a hundred times stronger now there’s a new study mapping out the cascad at subduction zone that’s giving the clearest picture yet into this potential Mega quake joining us now is a co-author of that report Harold Tobin he’s a director of the Pacific Northwest seismic network uh Harold thanks so much for being with us based on what you’ve learned are you more or less concerned about the big one and how strong are we talking here yeah we were concerned about the big one and what we’ve done is just sort of um really brought into focus and sharpened up our image of that fault tremendously with this new study um I’m not more or less concerned so much but recognize now that there’s parts of the uh Pacific Northwest that might be um where more strain is building up in Parts where there’s less and it’s answering some questions for us about how this fault might be broken up into segments so yes it’s the really big one in fact bigger than any San Andreas fault earthquake could be but um but we we have new new insight into that the the 2011 earthquake that struck Japan that saw that huge tsunami that was a magnitude 9 I know that here down in Los Angeles we’ve been told that the San Andreas can’t rip uh at a magnitude 9 if something that strong struck the Pacific Northwest is that a possibility and and what could happen to cities like Seattle yeah if the Cascadia subduction zone has the earthquake that we anticipate is possible and has happened before it’s at the magnitude 9 kind of scale just as big as Japan in 2011 um and the other of the largest earthquakes we’ve ever seen on this planet um it hasn’t happened apparently since the year 1700 um but we are C certain that something like that can happen again in the future well since the 1700s and then you just think of all the pressure that maybe continuing to build there I know that there’s no such thing as predicting an earthquake um specifically but but how does this new mapping data improve Warning Systems yeah what it does for us is it really helps us forecast what the scenarios are that are most likely in the next earthquake that might happen and that’s really important because it determines the level of ground shaking we might experience in the population centers like Seattle and Portland um it also really helps us determine where the tsunami impacts are the largest and that’s really some ways the most dangerous part of an offshore earthquake like the Cascadia subduction zone it’s the tsunami more than the ground shaking that we have to worry about unlike perhaps as San Andreas falter now I mean we worry so much down here about the San Andreas faults and and I want to ask you how far away do you think we are from having really good data a really good mapping system uh and an early warning system that gives us ample time and we’re talking matter of years decades here because the big one is still looming yeah I’m sorry to say that the short-term prediction like saying okay it’s going to happen in the next week or two or hour or two even is just not there we do have Shake alert you’ve probably heard about it the earthquake early warning system can notify your phone when an earthquake has just begun and maybe you have 20 seconds 30 seconds and so on same is true in the Northwest um but that longer term forecasting comes into more and more Focus all the time um so we know at least where they’re likely to occur hopefully sooner than later Professor thank you for for joining us tonight and that does it for us tonight I’m Gotti Schwarz we’re going to see you here tomorrow but until then stay tuned now tonight life-threatening flooding slamming parts of Florida as Relentless rainfall plagues the region this video is showing a possible tornado ripping across Southern Florida a rare flash flood emergency issued as streets turn into rivers and drivers are left stranded record rainfall upending travel not just on the roads but at airports the danger far from over as storms linger for the next few days and we’re tracking the first tropical disturbance of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Bill Ken standing by with that track also tonight the deadly bus hijacking a gunman taking more than a dozen passengers hosit hostage holding a bus driver at gunpoint and forcing him to speed away the tense Rush Hour Chase and frantic 911 calls to LED ones the alleged hijacker actually speaking on camera to our local reporter just before his one-man crime spree hate on display disturbing videos of anti-Semitic incidents in New York City we’ll show you the Hostile protest outside an exhibit paying tribute to those killed at an Israeli Music Festival on October 7th and you’ll hear what another group did on a subway car threatening Israeli supporters and telling them to get off the train plus the vandalism targeting the homes of a Museum’s Jewish leaders defined Biden’s executive order new reporting showing the president’s Southern border policy isn’t being implemented the evidence that migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the us as the ACLU officially files a lawsuit against the Biden Administration missing jet found in 1971 a private plane carrying five people on board vanished more than five decades later that mystery is solved thanks to an underwater Explorer tonight you’ll hear from that man and see where he made the shocking Discovery wild Collision a deer bursting through the windshield of a city bus the animal flying right into passengers and the new discoveries in the ancient city of Pompei our camera is inside a hidden Rune giving us a glimpse into the past top story starts right now [Music] and good evening tonight millions in Florida facing the threat of dangerous flash flooding as torrential rains inundate the region storms causing chaos at airports and parts of I95 are completely shut down right now new video just in as a possible tornado move through you can see the force of that system right there that intense video taken just north of Palm Beach and you can see the debris being lifted into the air nearby Jupiter Island cut off from the mainland due to the number of trees down destruction reported in several cities and towns across the state take a live look at daa beach where a rare flash flood emergency is in effect the National Weather Service there even warning of the potential of catastrophic damage in Miami a water spout forming just off the coast of the beach and big bolts of lightning and striking as storms Rumble through from Miami to Fort Meers to Sarasota rainfall quickly turning streets into rivers car stalling out and in some cases even floating by Sarasota is setting a record for the most rain it’s ever seen in just an hour with 8 in quickly falling to make matters worse some of the strongest storms hitting during the rush hour commute officials continuing to urge people to stay off the roads the severe weather causing hundreds of flight cancellations and delays at Fort Lauderdale and Miami international airports and we’re also tracking the first tropical disturbance of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season Bill Ken is standing by with the areas it could impact but first we start with NBC’s San Brock in the storm Zone tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about a 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now now on this iconic highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad har another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles cancelling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection f with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we we had to stop and work because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water is coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain so you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place we want to move the car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come all right Sam Brock joins us tonight from Aventura Florida Sam it looks like you’re completely underwater there I know during your reporting earlier today you had to jump into action helping people push a car out of those flood waters walk me through what happened there and how much of this are you seeing Tom I know that one of the things you appreciate about me is I’m a man of the people much like yourself so yes I saw someone stranded and figured you know why not help him out obviously Miami is a very diverse area this gentleman happened to be Haitian I don’t speak Haitian Creole but he was out here in the middle of this water of this pool basically deao and I asked him if he could please put the car in neutral got behind and I’m guessing you’re playing this video right now pushed from behind I will say it makes me look like I’m a lot stronger than I actually am it kind of glided right along which makes you wonder how it could be right now they have so many cars that are stalled out here but clearly Tom this is sort of treacherous situation in terms of trying to get through Pathways that are deeper than people anticipate have obstacles that you can’t see in my vicinity right now really within let’s say 50 to 100 fet in each Direction you’re looking at about 10 cars that are stalled out I still have people behind me right now that were like grinding up against the tree branches here trying to get through one guy almost got stuck right here 45 seconds ago so you’ll never learn apparently uh I guess they say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and a lot of people here are doing that right now luckily for those people you spent years building quad muscles on the tennis courts where you grew up so those people are lucky for that and then Sam I do have to ask you you like many of the people that are living in South Florida are new to the area I know you’ve been there for for quite a while now but a lot of people mve there during the pandemic are you seeing a lot of people that this maybe is new to this flash flooding because it kind it really does take you by surprise without a doubt I spoke with a couple from Argentina earlier today they took out a bike they said well hey the last three days were beautiful in Florida why would this day not be beautiful and of course it changes in a heartbeat they weren’t listening to some of the warnings that were coming along so that’s from an outsider’s perspective but also Tom I talked to one woman whose car it’s her her car that she just bought a week ago is now stuck in the middle of this median because she said she heard the warnings and figured how bad could it be so the answer is it can be bad especially when you’re getting four to six inches of rain in some places per hour just at that speed it only takes a little bit to stall these cars out a lot of folks right now and more dangerous outcomes as well a lot of folks are discovering that right now and you got rain in the forecast nowhere for that water to go because Florida especially South Florida surrounded by water on all sides this is the most important Point obviously we are at sea level or below sea level in many parts of the Miami area and you have this Limestone underneath the ground Tom that is porous so you have the water table coming up at the same time that rain is coming down there is nowhere for it to escape it’s a problem in Miami Beach it’s a problem in Aventura it’s a problem in hiia Brickle downtown Miami you name the neighborhood this is an issue for the area and we’re not going to solve that anytime soon all right Sam Brock again a reporter for the people Sam we appreciate all that for more on that dangerous rainfall in Florida NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens joins me now and Bill I can always catch that radar out of the corner of my eye you can’t even see South Florida right now yeah all the bright Reds the dark dark Reds were the intense thunderstorms that were right over the Miami area as we went through all afternoon now they shifted down towards kargo but as you saw with say it’s still raining and it rained hard yesterday now it is poured today and you know if it rains tomorrow it takes even less to get that significant flash flooding so here’s the area that was hit the hardest here’s Miami pemr Pines to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Florida I’ve seen at least three personal weather stations that collect the rain over a foot of rain today one location had 4 and2 inches of rain in 1 hour that’s the results you get when you see something like that for that reason for at least the next hour we are under flash flood emergencies for this area telling everyone to stay off the road stay home of course everyone’s at work and they want to get home so that’s the problem and as far as rainfall goes just even the last 3 hours as we head towards north Miami beach about 6 and2 Ines of rain Tom that’s going to cause a lot of problems right through the evening and and Bill it is June I know you’re tracking something in the tropics this is in the Gulf tonight yeah actually we have two areas one is the one we’re just talking about which is right over the top of Florida and then the other one is going to be down in the southern Gulf so here’s our areas of Interest these are not informed storms yet the first one’s heading off of Florida not really a good chance of forming but this one down in the Bay of campiche this has about % chance of development if anything it looks like it would head up there towards the Mexico Coastline not for the lower 48 here into the northern Gulf but we’ll watch it and this is just a reminder we’re just in the beginning of what we expect to be a very active hurricane season all right Bill Karen for us Bill we thank you for that okay we want to moveed now to Atlanta where tonight one person is dead after a gunman hijacked a commuter bus 17 people on board fearing for their lives as the bus driver was held at gunpoint leading police on a high-speed chase for nearly an hour and the alleged hijacker actually spoke with reporters just before the Mayhem NBC’s priia shrier with that video and this story what a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday shots hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking the bus host police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme mode and earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus scen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon who’s previously been arrested 19 times he’s now facing 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Tom okay PRI on that developing Story down there in Atlanta we want to head overseas now in the barage of rockets far into Northern Israel from Lebanon the escalation comes as us back Seas fire plan for Gaza is in Peril rap Sanchez is in Northern Israel with the latest it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead theas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more Chang a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza SE ceas fire is also the best way to ease the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed Hezbollah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of his bullet Rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah commander and it is funeral today calls for revenge and with that rap Sanchez joins us tonight from Nazareth Raph understandably most of the attention the focus has been on Gaza and Southern Israel but there have been civilians displaced and facing tragedy where you are as well tonight yeah that’s exactly right Tom has baola started firing into Northern Israel on October 8th just one day after the Hamas terror attack and there has been intense fighting here ever since on this side of the Border Northern Israel around 70,000 civilians have been displaced from their homes just over the Border not far from here in Lebanon around 990,000 displaced over there the death tolls at this point don’t compare to Gaza it’s eight Israeli civilians killed over here around 80 Lebanese civilians killed that’s according to the United Nations but the fear is that that is just a small fraction of what could happen if an all out War breaks out remember Hezbollah is far more powerful than Hamas so the US very focused right now on trying to get to that ceasefire in Gaza as a way of de-escalating across the region Tom rap Sanchez from Nazareth tonight and the war overseas and Gaza of course stoking tensions right here in the US a series of recent anti-semitic incidents in New York City has leaders sounding the alarm red paint splashed on the home of a Jewish Museum director and pro Palestinian groups slam for protesting outside an Art Exhibit honoring the lives lost on October 7th NBC’s Valerie Castro reports on it all pro Palestinian protesters making their Mark in red paint oh my goodness on the home of the Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish director the latest incident in escalating tensions over the Israel Hamas War playing out in New York City think it’s terrible I don’t think it’s an effective way to deal with a problem the vandalism condemned by New York governor Kathy hok calling it an abhorent act of anti-Semitism in recent weeks protesters taking to the Subways def facing train cars and seemingly trying to intimidate riders in Manhattan a pro Palestinian crowd gathered outside the Nova Music Festival exhibition a display recalling the deadly terror attack on Israel and those who were killed or taken hostage on October 7th [Music] organizers of the protest had called for a day of Rage in response to Israel’s raid on the narat refugee camp during which four Israeli hostages were freed and 274 Palestinians were killed protesters waved Hezbollah and Hamas flags at other protests they Carri banners reading Long Live October 7th and one person even yell he wishes a quote Hitler was still here these are within our lifetime saying it reiterates the call for sustained action against any institution facilitating or justifying the genocide of the Palestinian people including the Nova exhibition the city continuing to make arrest while trying to quell any violence since October 8th NYPD has made more than 2,850 arrests at Israeli Gaza protest alone okay with that Valerie CER joins us now live in studio so Valerie you know we asked these questions during the college protest what is the city of New York doing to keep Jewish residents safe here now so the NYPD has and will continue to step up patrols at various events around the city like the Israel day parade that was just a few weeks ago uh they station outside synagogues when there are Jewish holidays and they continue to closely Monitor and watch these protests these demonstrations as they pop up last month 34 protesters were arrested for storming the Brooklyn Museum the NYPD now turning their attention to finding the suspects in those incidents involving that red paint Valerie Castro for us tonight Valerie we thank you for that we’re also following some breaking news tonight from Capitol Hill the Republican controlled house voting to hold us attorney general Merrick gar in contempt of congress this stems from the investigation into President Biden over his handling of classified documents the vote was 216 to 207 with just one Republican representative David Joyce of Ohio siding with Democrats I want to get right over to Ali valal who’s been tracking all of this for us tonight so Ally this has to deal with the interview he did with the special counsel and those tapes what do we learn on what’s going to happen moving forward that’s exactly right this is the latest escalation in congress’s attempts to get those tapes from the attorney general he said in the past and in just the last few weeks in fact that he won’t be intimidated by this attempt at contempt now of course we’ve seen the house make good on the threat referring this to the Department of Justice though we don’t expect the doj to actually act on Prosecuting its top lawyer still the house Speaker telling me tonight that the house did its job on this and that they sent the message that they needed that they want this audio even though they already have the transcript of the interview that her did with President Biden Tom so I’m confused confus now you’re saying that the doj will not go after their boss I know I don’t mean to laugh but it’s also strange so what is going to happen next it is all strange especially because in many ways it’s all in the family right but what we expect to happen next is likely nothing the doj releasing a statement tonight that read in part that Congress has turned in their words a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon that’s the same kind of tone and tenor that we heard from the attorney general himself when he spoke before one of these very committees that’s holding him in contempt saying again that he won’t be intimidated and that while he respects contempt and cooperating with Congress in this case exerting executive privilege over this audio is The Stance of both the doj and the White House they fear it could have a chilling effect in the words of the Attorney General on future people cooperating with Federal prosecutors Ali Vali from Capitol Hill tonight Ally thank you we now want to head to the southern border and just in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive action on the border and as that order faces challenges in court we’re also learning more about the challenges actually on the ground so migrants Crossing illegally and still being released into the US NBC’s Julia anley has this report tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again all right Julia Angeli joins us tonight from Washington so Julia we were just talking to you last week when the executive order came out and it seemed like nothing was happening on the border now here we are almost a week later and it’s the same thing do we understand why it’s taking so long to put this executive order into effect well in short they don’t have the resources to detain all migrants before deporting them so they have to release some migrants into the United States now we do understand that those releases have dropped by more than half but even still that’s contradictory to what the president said when he announced this order um and what the White House said in their fact sheet that it would suspend the entry of migrants who cross the border illegally but it’s not clear that they’re ever going to get quite the amount of resources that they need short of Congress actually taking action and that doesn’t seem like it’s on the table anytime soon Tom yeah last week the ACLU came on top story they said they were going to file suit against the Biden Administration they said this broke the law this executive order because it goes against the laws of the country where people can file for Asylum when they cross the order whether it be illegally or not so now they filed suit do we know what’s going to happen with the executive order and has the bid Administration responded yet we haven’t seen a response yet and something that’s a little different about this lawsuit is that they’re not calling or they’re not asking for an immediate temporary restraining order in other words the judge doesn’t have to decide right away if this action should be put on hold in fact I think if you read this it looks like there could be another move when they actually find migrants who’ve been affected by this they could come back and sue as part of a class action lawsuit showing those people have been harmed that might be one of the reasons why we saw a delay from the ACLU in these groups but even still it’s they think they have a winning case here because they sued the Trump Administration over a very similar action and they won in that case Tom all right Julia Angley for us Julia thank you now to a devastating blow for the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissing a lawsuit from the Massacre’s last two survivors who were seeking reparations and are both now went over 100 years old this now diminishing the hopes of racial Justice Advocates that the state would make amends for that horrific attack that left more than 300 black people dead in the thriving Greenwood district for more on today’s dismissal I’m joined Now by Demario Solomon Simmons he’s the lead counsel for the Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and founder of justice for Greenwood Demario first were you able to relay this to your clients so that they could understand and have they’ve been able to tell you how they took this news hey T thank you for having on it’s been a very difficult day for all of us who seek racial Justice and Justice for what happened in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre our entire team including survivors are thoroughly disappointed that once again the Oklahoma judicial system has failed us it’s been3 years since we’ve been trying to get Justice for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and my two clients Viola Ford Fletcher who’s 110 and lesie Benfield Randle who’s 109 both of them was hanging on for justice and hoping that they will see the right thing done and unfortunately the gold poost was moved again today by Oklahoma judicial system and we’re hoping that the Department of Justice will now come in and do a federal investigation because we’ve done as far as we can go with the okoma courts so de Mario explain to our viewers exactly why you were seeking those reparations and and the horrific events that happened there in Oklahoma well doing the 1921 T race Mas it was the largest and the worst case of domestic terrorism in the history of this country where a community my community where I live of over 11,000 residents uh were bombed from the sky and from everywhere else by a a a group of up to uh 10 to 15,000 whites who were deputized by the City of Tulsa Tulsa County and it destroyed the entire 40 block area of the city and this is this is a complete almost its own town and it was completely raised to the Grand Harvard University back in 2020 estimated that the property damage alone was over $200 million uh you stated that there were up to three people killed but we know that there over 3,000 people that were never heard from again disappeared lost killed we don’t really know what happened to them and we simply was seeking underneath the public nuisance theory that we brought this case forward which has been en forced in Oklahoma since 1910 that a public nuisance was created by the massacre and that nuisance continues to this day and we just wanted to have an opportunity to go to court to have a a discovery and have a trial on this issue and Oklahoma Supreme Court has denied us that and uh we are incredibly disappoint appointed time we are going to file for a petition a rehearing we have 20 days to do that we’re certainly going to do that but again we’re calling upon the Biden Administration and Department of Justice and the Civil Rights division headed by AG Christian Clark or assistant AG Christian Clark to come in and open a federal investigation which we’ve been asking for for many many years de Mario so the Oklahoma Supreme Court said they didn’t think this was a court issue right they think they should this should be handled uh as a legislative issue right with your representatives your state senators is there any legisl that could help out these survivors well first of all we think again they they are completely wrong on their their analysis of this this is a public nuisance case we met the pleading this Oklahoma is a notice pleading standard we met all the all the requirements and they moved the goalpost and they simply said now we have to go and talk about some type of legislation but the fact of the matter is these are the type of cases that Oklahoma courts have dealt with for over a hundred years this lucens law has been on the books since 1910 and obviously in Oklahoma which is a very very conservative magga leaning State we know that we don’t have any uh anything in the house or the the governor’s house is Dead on Arrival so at this point although we will file for a petition of re-hearing with Oklahoma Supreme Court no telling them why they got this wrong how they analyzed this incorrectly they pointed to facts with not even within our briefs they pointed to facts that was not even a part of our o argument we don’t understand how they created the decision that they did but at the same time were calling upon President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice to open a federal investigation they need to come in and do what Oklahoma has refused to do for 103 years which is give Justice to Greenwood and Justice to the two living survivors de Mario Solomon Simmons we thank you for coming on we know it’s been a very difficult day for you and your clients still ahead tonight the fireworks in an Atlanta courtroom the trial of rapper Young Thug taking an unexpected turn a judge in the case holding his lawyer in contempt we’re going to show you the video of why that happened SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accused of retaliating against his own employees the lawsuit accusing musk of wrongfully firing workers after they raised concerns about sexual harassment and a private jet vanished back in the 70s five decades later the mystery has been solved we hear from the underwater explorer who made that stunning Discovery you’ll hear from him it’s coming [Music] up nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore [Music] there is some late breaking news all [Music] right are you comfortable with the role the 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court what I’m saying is based upon information okay well listen if you don’t tell me how you got this information and you and I are going to have some problems the judge found steal and contempt for refusing to disclose how he learned about an alleged meeting between the judge prosecutors and a prosecution witness who told you what I want to know is why wasn’t I there sir I’m going to hold you in contempt if you don’t tell me who this tell me tell me who this information was come from when Steele didn’t give up the source He was ordered to spend 20 days behind bars that’s 10 weekends in jail you were removing me against um his will my will you’re taking away his right to counsel it’s the latest twist in the high-profile trial for Atlanta rapper Young Thug also known as Jeffrey Williams Williams was arrested in May of 2022 on racketeering and gang charges connected to his music label YSL records prosecutors allege that label is a street gang it’s a drug conspiracy case it is a RICO type case it is a gang conspiracy case that includes guns drugs homicide the trial started November 2023 and is the longest criminal State Trial in Georgia’s history it’s gone viral on social media big news in the criminal defense world today attorneys Jack Turnbull and Adele brockmire have followed the trial since the beginning they say if the alleged meeting took place the judge never should have let it happen without the defense present it’s outrageous what we see happen in the courtroom we both have been practicing law a long time I’m a third generation attorney Jack’s a Seventh Generation attorney and I’ve never seen anything with the judge the allegations that are being placed regarding the what occurred behind the with the judge in Chambers what does this mean for the case moving forward what it means for the case moving forward is that the defense is going to be impaired when we’re in Long trials we work on the weekends we work at night if he’s in jail on the weekends he’s not going to be able to give Young Thug an adequate defense the rise to fame started in 2010 for the Atlanta rapper collaborating over the years with artists like Drake Chris Brown and Gunna Gunna also fa Rico charges in connection to YSL but was released from prison after pleading guilty in 2022 meanwhile Young Thug has pleaded not guilty in this case and now his legal representation themselves on the other side of the law any lawyer we’ve spoken to has no idea or has no recollection of ever seeing conduct like this Adrian broad has shown us now so Adrian what happens to steal the attorney does does he not have to find his own attorney to handle his arrest he now needs legal representation and has it Tom and many of our viewers May recognize the name Ashley Merchant she represents one of the codefendants in the Trump Rico trial which is happening in the same Courthouse Tom yeah the one who brought up all those allegations okay uh Adrian we appreciate that a Twist in that case we didn’t see coming next tonight to the major development in a mystery that has gone unsolved for more than half a century an underwater investigator finding wreckage at the bottom of Lake champ plne capturing video that he tells us tonight shows a private plane that vanished in the 70s eron mclaughin has this one on the bottom of Lake Champlain the answer to a 50-year-old mystery likely s soled this wreckage believed to be the remnants of a private jet that vanished in January of 1971 discovered by underwater investigator Gary kak who says he succeeded where 17 searches had failed the NTSB has yet to confirm the findings we brought in a remote operated vehicle and we captured the underwater images confirming that it’s 99% the right plane the 10- seat private plane carrying passengers Frank Wilder George Nikita Myers Randy Williams and Kirby Windsor vanished on a snowy Vermont night shortly after takeoff with no distress signal sent I started getting more interested in the problem and the challenge of why has nobody found this plane kak a seasoned underwater rescuer joined the effort in 2014 his first attempt to find the jet in 2022 turned out to be a false alarm and we got all excited we found it closer inspection it had uh stenciling that looked more military in nature not something you would see on a commercial private jet last month kak and his Partners say they finally cracked the case with decades old sonar data it was in the location that the radar lost tracking of it when it crashed it is painted the same custom paint Scheme black red black that was on the side of this jet so there there’s very little doubt in my mind this is the right plane finally appearing to put one of Lake Champlain’s Biggest Mysteries to rest and giving five families a sense of Bittersweet closure Frank Wilder’s father was on the plane that night I’m feeling a lot of sense of a relief because spending 53 years not knowing if you know the plane was in the lake or maybe on a mountain side around there somewhere was distressing unfortunately it’s open up other questions and we have to uh work on those now Tom why the plane went down remains a mystery tonight we heard from the national Transportation safety board the NTSB put out a statement saying they’re going to evaluate the condition of the wreckage and based on that as well as a number of other factors they’ll figure out next steps Tom all right a we appreciate that when we come back deer versus bus a deer smashing through the windshield of a commuter bus in Rhode Island several passengers taken to the hospital that tramatic moment next [Music] tonight the state of emergency here in Baltimore how is it that traffic was stopped in time state law enforcement officers they undoubtedly saved lives should people be concerned about the safety of flying today closer to the Gaza [Music] are you comfortable with the role the Supreme Court is playing in the 2024 election is there not more that Israel can do to help the 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a request for comment on the lawsuit and shocking video of a deer jumping through a bus windshield in Rhode Island look at this the surveillance video showing the deer runs straight into the public transit bus through the window and into sh passengers three of the six passengers aboard were hospitalized but are expected to be okay Rhode Island Public Transit Authority commending the bus driver for his exemplary response to that situation okay now the money talks and the better than expected inflation numbers out today a hopeful sign that the prices of everyday items could be stabilizing look at this the Consumer Price Index up 3.3% year-over-year this may but the number is down when compared to April’s number and Below expectations the market quick to react to the news the NP and NASDAQ closing at near record highs but Jerome pow and the Federal Reserve taking a more cautious approach in their Outlook here’s what they said the most recent inflation readings have been more favorable than earlier in the year however and there has been modest further progress toward our inflation objective we’ll need to see more good data to bolster our confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2% and here to break it all down for us tonight is NBC’s Brian chunk so Brian take a look at the chart we haven’t seen the FED move rates in September what kind of data are they looking for before they make a move yeah as you mentioned they haven’t moved in quite a while but they’ve been holding interest rates high and it’s because of inflation inflation inflation again the figure that we got this morning showed that prices are up 3.3% between May of this year and May of last year that’s a bit of a slower Pace than the 3.4% figure we had seen in the April to April period but again we have to remember the Federal Reserve wants to see this number somewhere closer to 2% so not yet mission accomplished and a reason why they’re not going to take their foot off the the gas pedal when it comes to trying to deliberately slow this economy but one important thing that the fed’s also watching for is wage growth versus inflation yes inflation is high but we just crossed the one-year Mark of wage growth which is about 4% outpacing inflation which again as I just mentioned is 3.33% if your wages are growing faster than the price tags are at the store that’s a welcome development and that only happened as of about a year ago but stay right there Brian because because I do have a question here right I know Realtors and Traders will hate this question but why doesn’t the raise rates if they really want to tackle inflation yeah and one big story here is that the Federal Reserve already aggressively raised interest rates for the time being and again just because they haven’t cut interest rates doesn’t mean that interest rates are low they’re still just holding them at a high level again here’s a recap of the chart that shows all the interest rate moves uh just over the last two years by the way there was a period in time post pandemic we weren’t even thinking about a half percentage Point move at one time and then to get more aggressive the Federal Reserve did 34 of a percentage Point increases in the June July September and November meetings unprecedented we had not seen rate rate moves that big from the Federal Reserve in decades so you could argue that they have already front-loaded a lot of the aggressive interest rate hikes they they trying to keep it basically at this level for right now while it tries to bite in the economy also knowing that economists say it can take time for these interest rates to bite into inflation time and you were just telling me Jerome Powell actually said nothing is off the table which we should remind our viewers yeah and he was saying in the press conference that look he doesn’t want to take any policy moves off of the table but that interest rate uh decisions from the Federal Reserve are likely Guided by the forecast that they baked in we saw forecasts from the Federal Reserve today no officials saw the case for an interest rate hike by the end of this year there’s 19 of those officials but he said look we can’t predict what’s going to happen in the future we’re not going to take anything off let’s dig a little deeper into the data right cuz we have you here we have that beautiful screen so where are consumers where are Americans feeling the pinch the most what is still very expensive what’s coming down yeah and I’ve got a wonderful graphic with this big board here and when you talk about some of these categories uh we can talk about travel right we’re in the summertime and a lot of people trying to go out uh to maybe hit vacation uh Air Airline fairs are down almost 6% we’ve also seen uh cars down over 3% but unfortunately there are some categories that are increasing cost electricity we’re talking about utilities here up 6% and then housing again this is a big one for Americans knowing that most of our paychecks are going into just putting a roof over our heads up 5.4% on a yearly basis again these are things we’re going to have to watch for so great that if your summer vacations is going to cost you a little less housing is the big story with that inflation above Target if they want to get that down housing is going to be a big part of let’s talk about the housing market right people looking to buy people looking to sell what does that look like as far as mortgage rates are concerned yeah well look when we talk about mortgage rates they’re about 7% and when you compare that to just a few years ago where people were locking in mortgages at 25% well yes certainly that’s frozen a lot of potential buyers on the sidelines it doesn’t mean that there’s no activity happening right right now it basically just means that people are continuing to wait on the sidelines to see maybe if mortgage rates right now at 7% can get a little bit lower but again based off of what the Federal Reserve has done so far we’re not expecting them to cut interest rates back to zero which led to those 2 and a half% 30-year fixed mortgage rates anytime soon until this 7% mortgage rate can go down to maybe six maybe 5 a half% which we don’t know when that might be it’s going to continue to freeze out the housing market and make it very difficult for sellers to move inventory Tom all right Brian Chun for us tonight Brian we appreciate that coming up next a stunning verdict involving chaita Brands the banana distributor found guilty of bankrolling a terrorist group during Colombia’s Civil War but they’ve been ordered to pay the families of eight victims who were killed during the conflict stay with us news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close you actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC news now hey there I’m hie and we are coming on the Air 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million it’s a case that was decades in the making from 1997 to 2004 chaita then known as the United Fruit Company paid a right-wing paramilitary group at least $ 1.7 million the group The United self-defense forces of Colombia or Au formed as a reaction to left-wing Guerilla groups during Colombia’s Civil War experts say the Au often promised people and businesses protection from other armed threats but as their power grew so did the violence the US designated the Au as a terrorist organization in 2001 how common was it for corporations companies particularly those based in the United States to be paying and or working in some form or fashion with these paramilitary groups at least 187 companies provided with financial support to these groups most of them 90% of them were domestic companies uh but there have been some American companies chaita a company headquartered in the US plad guilty to making payments to a designated terrorist group in 2007 and agreed to pay a $25 million fine the latest lawsuit began around the same time the planet in this case risked their lives to come forward his son worked at a banana banana plation and um was killed that a commander confessed and so we had a ton of evidence about who killed him and why and fell right within the period that Chita was paying the Au agesa frisman one of the lead lawyers for the plaintiffs has worked on this case for close to 20 years and says the jury got it right how rare is it for a corporation to actually be held responsible for their involvement in human rights violations Andor just nefarious activities it is actually very very rare this is I think the first corporate case I know of that has gone to trial I think it’s such a very important precedent and and it’s really important for making sure that corporations that operate in places where the rule of law is not effective and strong see that they can be held to account in their home courts but the fight is far from over chaita is a defendant in a suit filed in medine Colombia and the company tells NBC news they intend to appeal the US jury’s verdict writing in part quote the situation in Colombia was tragic for so many including those directly affected by the violence there and our thoughts remain with them and their families however that does not change our belief that there is no legal basis for these claims while we are disappointed by the decision we remain confident that our legal Position will ultimately Prevail Ellison Barber NBC News all right when we come back a look into the past and NBC’s Kelly Koba getting exclusive access into new findings into the ancient city of Pompei the newly discovered rooms and artifacts giving us a glimpse into how Romans lived more than 2,000 years ago stay with us the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now democracy is happening now welcome to a big night that could help shape 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it’s stunning NBC News getting an exclusive look at this ornately decorated Shrine as it was nearly 2,000 years ago female figures representing the Four Seasons it has this very Heavenly uh atmosphere and rare Egyptian blue paint on the walls why is blue blue so important in here blue was the most expensive color it came from far away from Egypt and even from the Midland and Far East on the floor a row of clay jugs and oyster shells used for plaster sitting exactly as Builders left them that fateful day in 79 ad something strange started happening at Mount vuvs and you could hear a big bang and it starts raining these pommer stones the entire city was buried in volcanic rock and Ash from the devastating eruption and Frozen in Time what did you think when you first saw this room the blue room I was stunned these MIT students already on site using specially adapted night vision goggles and handheld scanners to study the new finds nobody’s really looked at these materials before you can see these really fine details and evidence that’s just incredible so it gives you a look into how the Romans were building things Bakers and artists Builders and Merchants more than 20,000 people lived here this was a big wealthy thriving City entire rooms like this newly discovered Banquet Hall decorated with mythical figures like the beautiful Helen of Troy showing the sophistication and elegance of the pompe what would this room have been like well you would have the owner in this corner here and then sofas on all three sides of the the wall cushions and and small tables in front of them musicians coming in or some kind of entertainment today teams are finding new clues about how those people lived carefully putting the pieces back together seeing something for the first time in almost 2,000 years 2,000 years ago somebody looked at it for the last time and now we who excavated are the first ones to look at it again some of these new finds open to the public this month we were given an up close look this is the little a little bed when this room was first uncovered and we thought that was amazing we had no idea obviously of what we were going to come down on to Fresco from the ceiling to the floor and this intriguing image of a boy and his dog this is unique around the corner another surprise charcoal drawings made by children a hunting scene a boxing match little hands that can of hear the little Giggles of the children it’s like a hand reaching out from the past pompe showing its flare in its fractured new form we have to imagine that this is all buried under volcanic materials a third of it is still buried and finding the artifacts is only the first step archaeologists now trying to put the puzzle back together these fragments part of a magnificent ceiling crushed under the weight of volcanic rock we don’t know who was the the owner but we can say that he has um money because it was very very expensive the past slowly reemerging Peace by piece Kelly Koba and BC News Pompei and that does it for us tonight we thank you for watching I’m Tom yamas in New York stay right there more news on the way breaking news tonight the life-threatening flood emergency in South Florida as we come on the air the tropical rain drenching the region triggering dangerous flash floods parts of I95 shut down roads are submerged Vehicles stranded dozens of rescues reported some areas getting a month’s worth of rain in a matter of hours a possible tornado touching down cutting off a community we’re in the storm Zone also tonight the new twist in the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta the suspect by chance speaking to TV cameras hours before the chaos what he said about his struggles with mental health the mass casualty incident in Illinois three sheriff’s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect President Biden in Italy for the G7 Summit the new security agreement he’s expected to sign with Ukraine as Russian warships reach Cuban Waters 90 miles off the US Coast House Republicans voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in attempt of Congress but will it go any further than that and remembering the NBA legend whose silhouette became the League’s logo LeBron and Jordan paying tribute tonight to the great Jerry West this is NBC Nightly News with Lester H good evening and welcome we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in South Florida tonight the rain just not stopping for a second day a slow motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding tonight flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening many streets are imp passible cars have been left stranded adding insult to injury the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts rain totals in the last two days across Southern Florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before Saturday downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of 4 to 6 in per hour flights in and out of the Miami area have faced hundreds of delays and cancellations Fort Lauderdale Airport recording 72 Ines of rain in the last 6 hours Sam Brock is in the middle of it all tonight and starts us off with the latest tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now on this iconic highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles canceling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection fly with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we have to we had to stop and walk because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue well it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water’s coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of AEK PE of rain as you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place we want to move the car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come and Sam as I mentioned at the top of the broadcast this will be around for a while look Lester parts of South Florida have already seen more than a foot of rain from North day where I am all the way out to Fort Lauderdale and as you suggest we have at least 4 to 8 in more EXP expected by the end of the week in Lester it only takes 6 Ines to stall out a car something many people right now are discovering tonight all right Sam Brock thank you we’re going to turn now to the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta and the stunning new detail we have learned about the situation here’s PRI aurther what is happening a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph GRE hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking a bus hostage police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest B junor my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon he now faces 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Lester all right priia thank you is breaking news out of Northern Illinois three sheriff’s deputies and a suspect shot in an exchange of gunfire at home where police had responded to a report that someone was threatening to harm themselves and others the deputies are said to be in good condition no word on the suspect’s condition overseas President Biden traveling to Italy for a high stakes meeting with allies as the war in Ukraine intensifies Gabe Gutierrez is there tonight President Biden Landing in Italy for a high-stake summit a critical Focus that warn Ukraine a Russian missile strike today in Ukrainian president zelinsky’s Hometown killed at least nine people and injured another 21 including two children the White House announcing President Biden will sign a bilateral security agreement pledging long-term defense cooperation this as Russian warships arrived in a show of force off the coast of Cuba just 90 mi from the US the Pentagon has sent ships and aircraft to track them but says as they don’t pose a threat the G7 Summit will bring together leading democracies President Biden is looking to shore up alliances though every leader at the Summit is facing low approval ratings just days ago in European parliamentary elections hard-right and populist parties scored a clear Victory Hunter but also Weighing on the president the felony conviction of Hunter Biden while he’s ruled out pardoning his son today the White House Press Secretary did not rule out the president commuting Hunter Biden’s sentence which could erase or reduce any potential prison time but would not expunge the conviction a White House official later telling NBC news any talk of a commutation was premature Biden AIDS meanwhile are looking ahead to Hunter Biden’s September tax evasion trial in California which could expose new information about its foreign business dealings here in Italy President Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian president zalinski tomorrow and Pope Francis on Friday Lester all right Gabe Gutierrez thank you a barrage of rockets fired into Israel today from Over the Border in Lebanon as a us back ceasefire plan for Gaza is in Peril Raph Sanchez is in Northern Israel it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead Hamas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough dest ction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to ease the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed tbah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of hisbah rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah commander and it is funeral today calls for Revenge here in Northern Israel tens of thousands have been displaced by the fighting since October 7th a similar number just over the Border in Lebanon Lester all right wrath thank you now to Capitol Hill the house voting to hold attorney general Merrick gardland in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over recordings of president Biden’s interview with the special Council Ali Vitali is there Ally this was a very close vote along party lines very close Lester the speaker telling us the house did its job tonight all but one Republican voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt for defying a subpoena to turn over audio of an interview President Biden did with special counsel Robert Herr that regarding his handling of classified documents herd did not charge the president saying a jury would view him as a quote Elder man with a poor memory the White House invoked executive privilege regarding the audio but lawmakers already have the transcript of it the doj not expected to act on the referral saying the House of Representatives has turned a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon ler Ali Vali thank you just in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive order executive action on the border and we have new reports that migrants Crossing IL legally are still being released into the US here’s Julia anley tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day HS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again a senior DHS official tells us it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s Effectiveness they say they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights Lester all right Julia thank you in just 60 seconds the costs after after you buy a home why insurance rates are going through the roof and some homeowners policies are suddenly being dropped next some welcome news today as May inflation came in cooler than expected up 3.3% year-over-year the FED today leaving interest rates unchanged and signaling just one cut is likely this year price relief coming in areas like Airline fairs down almost 6% Ed cars and trucks down more than 9% and smartphone prices down 11.5% but in our series The Cost of Living Brian Chung reports and how even after buying a home the cost of maintaining it is hitting Americans hard put my phone teron Joiner is a single mom of three living in Atlanta when she bought her home in 2020 she thought her low mortgage rate would keep her monthly payments down but water damage from severe winter storms led to two insurance claims and the event planner wasn’t prepared for what came next I did expect for my rates to go up but I did not expect to be dropped she scrambled for a new policy only to find rates skyrocketing her premium going up from 1,200 to more than $5,700 a year with her new provider to get penalized for just being a customer who needed help it just felt I don’t know like a little bit of a betrayal she’s had to cut back her spending and pick up more freelance work on the side as a graphic designer when I started reaching out to people like hey I’m back in the business like this is what I’m doing you know if you need something just cover Insurance just just trying to like brace myself the costs of owning and maintaining a home have soared up 26% since 2020 according to one analysis and home insurance is a major piece that’s up 20% one of the reasons climate change last year the United States had a record 28 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion with insurance companies losing money in 16 States and now many insurers are dropping customers from their policies sometimes leaving entire States and not just ones on the coast we’ve never seen anything close to this even in Iowa a place that doesn’t get hard hit by hurricanes or wildfires these last five years have been more difficult because of hail tornado wind and other factors that are uh not weather related in Atlanta Joiner says she and the kids are happy in their home but it hurts when she looks at the bills do you regret purchasing this own um there are times where I feel that way yes the cost of living at risk of becoming too much to bear Brian Chung NBC News Atlanta Georgia and up next for us tonight the massive settlement from Johnson and Johnson over allegations they misled consumers about the safety of baby powder after years of concerns about the safety of its tal base baby powder tonight Johnson and Johnson has reached a $700 million settlement with 42 States over allegations the company misled consumers about the product’s dangers Kate snow has more the makers of that iconic white bottle Johnson’s baby powder a feeling you’d never outgrow now paying out $700 million to 42 States in Washington DC Johnson and Johnson agreeing to a settlement after the attorney’s General accused the company of deceiving customer about the safety of baby powder containing talc we began our investigation 5 years ago uh but we worked together as a team arm and- arm on a bipartisan basis and and we did a good job making sure that Johnson and Johnson stepped up the company faces tens of thousands of other lawsuits from individuals who say J&J baby powder caused cancer and mesothelioma research released last month did find a link between use of talc and ovarian cancer something the company has always disputed baby powder is absolutely safe back in 2017 I sat down with Bart Williams a lawyer representing the company at the time the notion that Johnson and Johnson would sell that product knowing that it causes cancer in women is just outrageous in the settlement with States Johnson and Johnson admits no wrongdoing but just last year it stopped selling all talc-based baby powder worldwide and the agreement with the states says J&J will never sell talc-based products again in the US in a statement Johnson and Johnson said in part the company continues to pursue several paths to achieve a comprehensive and final resolution of the tal litigation does today’s news feel like some form of vindication yes definitely I think it definitely is a step in the right direction Dean Berg used baby powder since she was a teen she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 49 I thought I was going to die so my husband and I we began to think about casket versus cremation she was the first person to file a lawsuit against Johnson and Johnson she refused a settlement then one in court but received no payout do you think if you hadn’t gone forward with your case none of this might have happened definitely yes I do feel that way Berg has been cancer-free for 17 years and hopes no other women will go through what she did Kate Snow NBC News still had to look back at the incredible life of NBA legend Jerry West and how he became the original logo [Music] shot finally the sports world is remembering basketball legend Jerry West who died at age 86 Morgan chesky has a look at his remarkable career and how he came to define the NBA down to the logo in a game filled with players Larger than Life Jerry West stands alone his loss at age 86 follows a career spanning six decades four teams and countless moments never too big for a player Relentless as he was clutch two seconds 1 second West throws it up it after drafting West number one in 1960 he led the Lakers to nine NBA Finals capturing one title after six heartbreaking losses to the Boston Celtics the Lakers Jerry West shooting here is The Game’s high score but it’s all in vain following a Hall of Fame playing career he found new life in the Lakers front office assembling the championship Showtime teams of the 8S then another Dynasty alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal greatest basketball mine ever the West Virginia native immortalized when his silhouette was made the NBA logo in 2019 West honored again with the presidential medal of freedom I was a dreamer I’d sett alone in our front porch and wonder if I ever make it to the top of that mountain what will I see on the other side well I did make it to the other side and my dreams have come true NBA stars honoring an icon LeBron James writing my mentor my friend hopefully I continue to make you proud you’re already missed Michael Jordan sharing I wish I’d been his teammate rest in peace logo I’ve often thought what would I like for people to think about me he was a good guy and he cared a gritty Champion proving an endless pursuit of Excellence is the only way to play Morgan chesky NBC News and that’s Nightly News for this Wednesday thank you for watching I’m Lester Holt please take care of yourself and each other good night we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 700 on NBC news now you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwarz We are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this a ban or not the craziest ride I have ever hitched that is totality do you see yourselves in space I feel go to space how you feeling I 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before the chaos what he said about his struggles with mental health the mass casualty incident in Illinois three sheriff’s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect President Biden in Italy for the G7 Summit the new security agreement he’s expected to sign with Ukraine as Russian warships reach Cuban Waters 90 miles off the US Coast House Republicans voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress but will it go any further than that and remembering the NBA legend whose silhouette became the League’s logo LeBron and Jordan paying tribute tonight to the great Jerry West this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in South Florida tonight the rain just not stopping for a second day a slow motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding tonight flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening many streets are impassible cars have been left stranded adding insult to injury the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts rain totals in the last two days across Southern Florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before Saturday downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of 4 to 6 Ines per hour flights in and out of the Miami area have faced hundreds of delays and cancellations Fort Lauderdale Airport recording 7 and2 Ines of rain in the last 6 hours Sam Brock is in the middle of it all tonight and starts us off with the latest tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reported tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now I’m this like IC highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles canceling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection flight with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we had to we had to stop and work because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it create something we call compound flooding um whereas the water is coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain as you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place we want to move the car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know it’s not fair safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come and Sam as I mentioned at the top of the broadcast this will be around for a while look Lester parts of South Florida have already seen more than a foot of rain from North day where I am all the way out to Fort Lauderdale and as you suggest we have at least 4 to 8 inches more expected by the end of the week and Lester it only takes six Ines to stall out a car something many people right now are discovering tonight all right Sam Brock thank you we’re going to turn now to the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta and the stunning new detail we have learned about the situation here’s pre aurther what a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking a bus h police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme mode earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the wrong direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon he now faces 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Lester all right priia thank you there’s breaking news out of Northern Illinois three sheriff’s deputies and a suspect shot in an exchange of gunfire at home where police had responded to report that someone was threatening to harm themselves and others the deputies are said to be in good condition no word on the suspect’s condition overseas President Biden traveling to Italy for a high stakes meeting with allies as the war in Ukraine intensifies Gabe Gutierrez is there tonight President Biden Landing in Italy for a high stake Summit a critical Focus that warn Ukraine a Russian missile strike today in Ukrainian president zelinsky’s hometown Town killed at least nine people and injured another 21 including two children the White House announcing President Biden will sign a bilateral security agreement pledging long-term defense cooperation this as Russian warships arrived in a show of force off the coast of Cuba just 90 mi from the US the Pentagon has sent ships and aircraft to track them but says they don’t pose a threat the G7 Summit will bring together leading democracies President Biden is looking to shore up alliances though every leader at the Summit is facing low approval ratings just days ago in European parliamentary elections hard-right and populist parties scored a clear Victory Hunter but also Weighing on the president the felony conviction of Hunter Biden while he’s ruled out pardoning his son today the White House Press Secretary did not rule out the president commuting Hunter Biden’s sentence which could erase or reduce any potential prison time but would not expunge the conviction a White House official later telling NBC news any talk of a commutation was premature Biden AIDS meanwhile are looking ahead to Hunter Biden’s September tax evasion trial in California which could expose new information about its foreign business dealings here in Italy President Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian president zinsky tomorrow and Pope Francis on Friday Lester all right Gabe gutieres thank you a barrage of rockets fired into Israel today from Over the Border in Lebanon as a us back ceasefire plan for Gaza is in peril Raph Sanchez is in Northern Israel it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead Hamas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displaced man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to ease the GR growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed Hezbollah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of hisbah rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior hisbah Commander and it is funeral today calls for Revenge here in Northern Israel tens of thousands have been displaced by the fighting since October 7th a similar number just over the Border in Lebanon Lester all right rra thank you now to Capitol Hill the house voting to hold attorney general Merrick gardland in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over recordings of President Biden’s interview with the special Council Ali Vitali is there Ally this was a very close vote along party lines very close Lester the speaker telling us the house did its job tonight all but one Republican voting to hold attorney general Merck Garland in contempt for defying a subpoena to turn over audio of an interview President Biden did with special counsel Robert Herr that regarding his handling of classified documents herd did not charge the president saying a jury would view him as a quote elderly man with a poor memory the White House invoked executive privilege regarding the audio but lawmakers already have the transcript of it the do J not expected to act on the referral saying the House of Representatives has turned a serious Congressional Authority into a partisan weapon blesser Ali Vali thank you Jus in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive order executive action on the border and we have new reports that migrants Crossing illegally are still being released into the US here’s Julia Ansley tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 Mill ion migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quot things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocate suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again a senior DHS official tells us it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s Effectiveness they say they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights Lester all right Julia thank you in just 60 seconds the costs after you buy a home why insurance rates are going through the roof and some homeowners policies are suddenly being dropped next some welcome news today as May inflation came in cooler than expected up 3.3% year-over-year the FED today leaving interest rates unchanged and signaling just one cut is likely this year price relief coming in areas like Airline fairs down almost 6% used cars and trucks down more than 9% and smartphone prices down 115% but in our series The Cost of Living Brian Chung report reports and how even after buying a home the cost of maintaining it is hitting Americans hard put my phone teron Joiner is a single mom of three living in Atlanta when she bought her home in 2020 she thought her low mortgage rate would keep her monthly payments down but water damage from severe winter storms led to two insurance claims and the event planner wasn’t prepared for what came next I did expect for my rates to go up but I did not expect to be dropped she scrambled for a new policy only to to find rates skyrocketing her premium going up from 12200 to more than $5,700 a year with her new provider to get penalized for just being a customer who needed help it just felt I don’t know like a little bit of a betrayal she’s had to cut back her spending and pick up more freelance work on the side as a graphic designer when I started reaching out to people like hey I’m back in the business like this is what I’m doing you know if you need something just try Insurance just TR to like brace myself the costs of owning and maintaining a home have soared up 26% since 2020 according to one analysis and home insurance is a major piece that’s up 20% one of the reasons climate change last year the United States had a record 28 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion with insurance companies losing money in 16 States and now many insurers are dropping customers from their policies sometimes leaving entire States and not just ones on the coast we’ve never seen anything close to this even in Iowa a place that doesn’t get hard hit by hurricanes or wildfires these last five years have been more difficult because of hail tornado wind and other factors that are uh not weather related in Atlanta Joiner says she and the kids are happy in their home but it hurts when she looks at the bills do you regret purchasing this home or um there are times where I feel that way yes the cost of living at risk of becoming too much to bear Brian Chung NBC News Atlanta Georgia at up next for us tonight the massive settlement from Johnson and Johnson over allegations they misled consumers about the safety of baby powder we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom us streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News Now news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw this tunnel just goes on and on now is real we get to see democracy in action for the very first time in the 2024 race now is constant future is now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now what is going to happen now 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4: on NBC News Now people really don’t know what’s going to happen near a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore there’s more good people than bad people I know right there is some late breaking 4 hours the Iowa [Applause] cauc all [Music] right what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news now we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news [Music] now hey there I’m hie and we are coming on the Air Tonight with new development let’s talk about the implications on women’s health and then the political Fallout start with what this law actually will and won’t you Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will it be open I can keep talking till the EI Tower starts sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle it’s sparkling it’s [Music] happening breaking news tonight the life-threatening flood emergency in South Florida as we come on the air the tropical rain drenching the region triggering dangerous flash floods parts of I95 shut down roads are submerged Vehicles stranded dozens of rescues reported some areas getting a month’s worth of rain in a matter of hours a possible tornado touching down cutting off a community we’re in the storm Zone also tonight the new twist in the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta the suspect by chance speaking to TV cameras hours before the chaos what he said about his struggles with mental health the mass casualty the incident in Illinois three sheriff’s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect President Biden in Italy for the G7 Summit the new security agreement he’s expected to sign with Ukraine as Russian warships reach Cuban Waters 90 miles off the US Coast House Republicans voting to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in contempt of congress but will it go any further than that and remembering the NBA legend who silhouette became the League’s low go LeBron and Jordan paying tribute tonight to the great Jerry West this is NBC Nightly News with Lester H good evening and welcome we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in South Florida tonight the rain just not stopping for a second day a slow motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding tonight flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening many streets are in passable cars have been left stranded adding insult to injury the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts rain totals in the last two days across Southern Florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before Saturday downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of 4 to 6 Ines per hour flights in and out of the Miami area have faced hundreds of delays and cancellations Fort Lauderdale Airport recording 7 and a half in inches of rain in the last 6 hours Sam Brock is in the middle of it all tonight and starts us off with the latest tonight Florida Under Siege from severe weather this reporting tornado slamming down in Martin County Florida while about 100 miles south Chaos on the roads near Miami Beach the cars are floating and the the water is so high right now on this iconic highway vehicle swamped by flooding how would you describe the conditions right now very bad horrible another round of vicious rain battering the state for hundreds of miles canceling flights and delaying Travelers I’m going to miss all my connection flly with life-threatening flash flood warnings popping up from Miami day to Broward there was a lot of rain a lot of rain we we have to we had to stop and work because we couldn’t see for the from the rain Florida’s notorious flood problems reemerging even as Miami Beach has recently raised some of its roads for drainage but the poorest Limestone underground is an issue it creates something we call compound flooding um whereas the water is coming from underneath you may see it uh percolate up through storm drains when you add rainfall on top of that there’s really there’s nowhere for the water to go and this is only the middle stretch of a week of rain so you can see cars are being towed behind me all over the place we want to move a car up on the garage so then we can stay here cuz I know you know it’s not safe to go out the streets either the challenge now what still lies ahead in the days to come and Sam as I mentioned at the top of the broadcast this will be around for a while look Lester parts of South Florida have already seen more than a foot of rain from North D where I am all the way out to Fort Lauderdale and as you suggest we have at least 4 to 8 Ines more expected by the end of the week and Lester it only takes 6 Ines to stall out a car something many people right now are discovering tonight all right Sam Brock thank you we’re going to turn now to the deadly hijacking of a Transit bus in Atlanta and the stunning new detail we have learned about the situation here’s PRI aurther what a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in Atlanta Tuesday sh hard person shooting on the bus as 39-year-old Joseph Greer hijacked a Gwynette County Transit bus with 17 passengers on board I think there’s someone taking a bus host police say it all started with a fight between Greer and a fellow passenger that passenger pulled out a gun then Greer grabbed it and shot the passenger before ordering the bus driver to flee the scene authorities say right now I’m in a extreme earlier that day Greer spoke to NBC’s wxia at the scene of an unrelated shooting in downtown Atlanta telling our affiliate he was bipolar and manic my thing is I’m in a manic episode hours later is when police say Greer hijacked the bus Johnny Gilbert says his wife was a passenger as it all unfolded she called me and told me that a guy one guy shot another guy on the bus police say Greer fatally shot that passenger with the passenger’s own gun tonight the victim identified as 58-year-old Ernest bird Jr my heart goes out to the family the entire hijacking lasted nearly 40 minutes the bus seen driving in the long direction of traffic and hitting multiple cars before a Georgia State Trooper was finally able to stop the bus by shooting his gun into the engine it was something that we’ll never forget tonight authorities confirming the suspect is a convicted felon he now faces 31 charges including kidnapping and murder Lester all right Priya thank you there’s breaking news out of Northern Illinois three sheriff’s deputies and a suspect shot in an exchange of gunfire at home where police had responded to a report that someone was threatening to harm themselves and others the deputies are said to be in good condition no word on the suspect’s condition overseas President Biden traveling to Italy for a high stakes meeting with allies as the war in Ukraine intensifies Gabe Gutierrez is there tonight President Biden Landing in Italy for a high stake Summit a critical Focus that warn Ukraine a Russian missile strike today in Ukrainian president zalinski Hometown killed at least nine people and injured another 21 including two children the White House announcing President Biden will sign a bilateral security agreement pledging long-term defense cooperation this as Russian warships arrived in a show of force off the coast of Cuba just 90 mi from the US the Pentagon has sent ships and aircraft to track them but says they don’t pose a threat the G7 Summit will bring together leading democracies President Biden is looking to shore up alliances though every leader at the Summit is facing low approval ratings just days ago in European parliamentary elections hard-right and populous parties scored a clear Victory Hunter but also Weighing on the president the felony conviction of Hunter Biden while he’s ruled out pardoning his son today the White House Press Secretary did not rule out the president commuting Hunter Biden’s sentence which could erase or reduce any potential prison time but would not expunge the conviction a White House official later telling NBC News any talk of a commutation was premature Biden AIDS meanwhile are looking ahead to Hunter Biden’s September tax evasion trial in California which could expose new information about its foreign business dealings here in Italy President Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian president zalinski tomorrow and Pope Francis on Friday Lester all right Gabe Gutierrez thank you a barrage of rockets fired into Israel today from Over the Border in Lebanon as a us back ceasefire plan for Gaza is in Peril rfh Sanchez is in Northern Israel it’s time for the haggling to stop and the ceasefire to start tonight A visibly frustrated secretary blinkin in Qatar accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands as it tries to change the terms of the ceasefire deal laid out by President Biden Hamas could have answered with a single word yes instead Hamas waited nearly 2 weeks and then proposed more changes a source familiar with the talks tells us Hamas is Seeking a timeline for when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza it’s not clear if Israel will commit to that accusing Hamas of giving a negative response but the mediators say they’ll keep trying to bridge the gaps and in Gaza exhausted families tell our team they’re praying for a deal enough killing enough destruction and enough suffering this displac man says the US says a Gaza ceasefire is also the best way to EAS is the growing crisis on the Israel Lebanon border these Israeli families running from Rockets fired by Iranian backed hisbah militants the IDF says more than 200 were fired today one of the largest bombardments of the entire War we’re seeing more interceptions now over the Skies of Northern Israel as a fresh barrage of hisbah rockets comes in the attack in response to this Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah Commander and it is funeral today calls for Revenge here in Northern Israel tens of thousands have been displaced by the fighting since October 7th a similar number just over the Border in Lebanon Lester all right wrath thank you now to Capitol Hill the house voting to hold attorney general Merrick gardland in contempt of congress for refusing to hand over recordings of President Biden’s interview with the special Council Ali Vitali is there Ally this was a very close vote along party lines very close Lester the speaker telling us the house did its job tonight all but one Republican voting to hold attorney general Merck Garland in contempt for defying a subpoena to turn over audio of an interview President Biden did with special counsel Robert her that regarding his handling of classified documents herd did not charge the president saying a jury would view him as a quote elderly man with a poor memory the White House invoked executive privilege regarding the audio but lawmakers already have the transcript of it the doj not expected to act on the referral saying the House of Representatives has turned a serious Congressional Authority into a partis weapon leser Ali Vali thank you Justus in the ACLU filing the first major legal challenge to President Biden’s recent executive order executive action on the border and we have new reports that migrants Crossing illegally are still being released into the US here’s Julia anley tonight new evidence migrants who cross the border illegally are still being released into the US by border agents one week after President Biden signed an executive action suspending their entry if they choose to come without permission and against the law they’ll be restricted from receiving Asylum and staying in the United States but NBC News has learned border patrol is still releasing many migrants into the US who crossed illegally to pursue Asylum claims a senior DHS official tells NBC News those releases have dropped by more than half but are still happening because agents don’t have enough space to detain the large numbers of arriving migrants an internal memo to border patrol agents in San Diego directs agents there to release migrants into the United States unless they are from these eight countries overall illegal border crossings under the new policy are still high but have dropped from 4,000 to 3,000 per day DHS sources tell us President Biden signed the executive action after Fierce criticism of his handling of the border with a record nearly 10 million migrants entering the us since he took office but the border patrol union says the president’s new action is not Tough Enough it’s status quo things have not changed the executive order has not made any significant impact as it relates to the legal border crossings we suffer a lot just to get here says this Guatemalan woman waiting in Mexico to cross and late today immigration Advocates suing saying the Asylum restrictions go too far this ban is patently illegal the Trump Administration enacted a near identical Asylum ban we sued over that we won we hope to win again a senior DHS official tells us it’s too soon to judge the new policy’s Effectiveness they say they need more help from Congress to increase immigrant detention and do more deportation flights Lester all right Julia thank you in just 60 seconds the costs after you buy a home why insurance rates are going through the roof and some homeowners policies are suddenly being dropped next news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second from all over the world we have a full team news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters they’re asking that the hostages demanding that the hostages be released now is raw this tunnel just goes on and on and on now is real 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you got to see this the future is now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC news for the generation of now is NBC news now this was a gruesome murder a high-profile executive and his wife shot to death in Beverly Hills we don’t really think that children can murder their parents you have to have a lot of evil in you to shoot your mom and dad Young Rich handsome in a case made for Hollywood they were ready for the cameras it was the first televised courtroom drama that captivated the United States it was a huge deal Eric and Lyle Menendez convicted of murdering their own parents I ran around and shot my mom it wasn’t real it just wasn’t real they’re sociopaths and there are pretty big ones chilling details a letter hinting at secrets too dark to imagine this is so out of the norm something’s going on in that house did they kill In Cold Blood or in crippling fear oh man and it was cutw wrenching I want to bust the door down they spoke the truth about what had happened here from the brothers themselves people were afraid of it let’s go through this bit by bit there was no way he was going to let this secret get out silence destroyed our whole family I’m Lester Holt and this is dat line here’s Keith Morrison with Unthinkable the Menendez murders here it was The Shining symbol of their success here finally an address worthy of their long struggle their amazing rise Beverly Hills California emergency careful what you wish for try to kill my all these years later it’s still the case that has the power to shock it’s Beverly Hills it’s the movie business it’s kids killing their parents what possessed those two handsome young men who had been given everything a Porsche or a Rolex they got pretty much what they wanted why did they give back murder how do you not a sensal murder there was the case to usher in wall toall TV coverage even before OJ I was just firing as I went into the room I just started firing the kind of horror you couldn’t stop watching what was in front of you my parents you’ll hear the real story told by the investigators his face was disfigured from the shotgun blast that he took to the back of the head by the young men themselves they weren’t real wax they look like Wax I definitely would give my life for my deaths the real life details of the defense that shocked America we would be in the bathroom and uh he would put me on my knees CU I’m looking to see is he telling the truth or not will ask the brother at the center of it all about truth to this day I’m still dealing with with the controversy of it obviously my own guilt in what in what happened sure what really happened and why so to understand where to begin how about here Illinois the 1940s everybody who knows this story knows her as Kitty but that wasn’t really her name wasn’t it no it was Mary Louise she was the baby of the family said her older sister Joan vandermolen it was one of their brothers who came up with a nickname that’s stuck for Life how did she get to be known as Kitty I think it was when Brian went out to get her for dinner one night or something and he said here kitty kitty kitty and she came and then when Kitty was three her dad left the family for another woman and as that little girl watched her mother’s struggle she imagined a way she could do better Kitty grew up believing that she was going to marry well and have household help how would she know such a thing I think this is probably what my mother had maybe wanted for herself and never got Kitty was pretty in 1962 she was crowned Miss Oak Lawn you should be in Show Business her mother told her so Kitty studied radio and television at Southern Illinois University was that wrapped up in the whole idea of if you’re in that field you’re more likely to meet a successful man yes absolutely in college she met a bundle of ambition named Jose Menendez he had fled communist Cuba at 16 with bold dreams of striking it big in business just the kind of man Kitty was searching for and so they married in 1963 they were stars in in our family Kitty and Jose Diane Hernandez was Kitty’s niece and lived with Kitty and Jose for a few years how bet you idolize Kitty oh I did from the very beginning and I was known as a daughter Kitty never of course as the world would come to know Kitty and Jose had Sons Lyle and Eric did they seem to get along do they like each other absolutely very close yeah I think Eric depended on LY a lot Eric was quite introverted Alan Anderson was Kitty’s nephew he spent a couple of Summers with the mandez family and bonded with Lyle he was a um mischievous boy to say the least he liked to smile and laugh and giggle oh he loved to laugh laugh and giggle but what the manand brothers did most said Alan was practice and practice and practice Jose wanted his kids to be the best in especially in sports I noticed immediately swimming soccer tennis Jose pushed his sons to excel at everything as his own career skyrocketed in the 70s Jose was the general manager at Herz and impressed his sons by bringing the company’s famous spokesman OJ Simpson home to dinner Jose was of course living the American dream and he wanted his boys to continue that American dream that he had set forth for not only himself or his family in 1986 Jose took a job with Carol coop pictures in Los Angeles the company that produced Mega hits like Basic Instinct and the Rambo series Carol Co had just bought a video Distribution Company from a man named Noel Bloom and they gave Jose the job of running so we think 1989 will be a tremendous year I think we will be very happy with the growth of the company that was the year 1989 when Robert Rand then a reporter for the Miami Herald went to Las Vegas to cover a trade show for the home video business and happened to meet Jose Menendez what was your impression of the guy talked to him for maybe two or three minutes seemed professional Dynamic a high-powered career a beautiful family and finally the one one missing piece of Jose’s American Dream the perfect home Jose moved his family from Calabasas then pre- Kardashian in a relatively unknown Enclave outside of Los Angeles to a more tony address Joan was with her sister the day the realtor called Kitty they had accepted Jose’s offer and kitty you got your zip code and that made her so happy 90210 mhm absolutely 722 North drive a six-bedroom Mediterranean style home swimming pool Guest House tennis court Elton John once lived in this very house so did a Saudi Prince and even Prince himself by August 1989 Jose had truly made it now to ensure his sons did too by then Lyall was a student at Princeton younger brother Eric was going to UCLA in the fall so perfect so why did Diane feel this way I said well I know this sounds crazy but unless I am crazy somebody who’s really close to me is going to die and it’s going to be horrible horrible that it certainly was to kill my parents shop when we come back 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operator picked up a call from an apparently hysterical young man his name was Lyall Menendez I kill my parents were they shot yes they were shot yes what happened who is the person that was shot my mom and my dad your mom and dad my mom and my dad okay hold on a second detective Z Les solar was a detective back then one of a grand total of two detectives in the Beverly Hills Police Department who worked homicides how many murders occurred in Beverly Hills in those days and in those days approximately two a year detective Zer was asleep that August Night when his boss called and he said come on in we’ve had a murder and I asked him for some information he said uh he gave me the address of 722 North Elm Zer drove to the mansion walked inside it was eily quiet and when I went into the den Library first thing I noticed was Jose Menendez Seated on the couch he was uh slumped to one side his head was to the one side it was bad very bad but I can immediately tell that his face was disfigured from the shotgun blast that he took to the back of the head he was wearing shorts and he had shotgun blast to his thigh blood soaked all the way down to the white couch and then I noticed his wife Kitty at his feet on the floor she was curled into a fetal position and like her husband had been shot many times several times near her knee and most horribly Kitty was shot point blank in the face shotgun killings are very messy and there were brains and blood everywhere back then Pamela banic was an LA County prosecutor in the organized crime unit but nothing prepared her for this Jose and kitty had been riddled with 15 shots one image in particular lives with her still there was a contact wound on Kitty mendez’s face it blew out her eye I mean it was grotesque what happened to her to investigators it appeared Jose and kitty had been relaxing in the den an empty bowl of cream and berries and Eric’s UCLA paperwork were on the coffee table the television set was on there was no indication of a Breakin but something did stand out to detective zoler we didn’t see any shotgun shells what did that say to you somebody collected the shotgun shells but who does a thing like that if they’ve got a messy crime scene of that sort somebody that didn’t want fingerprints on the shotgun shells the only thing I could think of while investigators examined the crime scene L Menendez then 20 1 and Eric 18 went to the station to speak to police the brothers said they were in and out throughout the day and then as evening approached they decided that they wanted to go to the movies they wanted to see a James Bond movie but it was sold out so they saw the Batman movie which they had both seen before so they decided to see that again curious after the movie they told the detectives they planed to meet a friend for a drink at the cheese Skate Factory but they had to go back to the house to pick up Eric’s fake ID and when they walked in they said they saw a haze in the air smelled gunpowder smoke went into the den and then dialed 911 I kill my parents the news spread quickly I got a phone call from my brother and I remember putting the phone down on the table and walking around the house screaming reporter Robert rand’s phone also rang if it was a friend who had attended the Las Vegas trade show with him 10 days earlier the friend said Hey do you remember that guy Jose Menendez uh you know that you met briefly last week and I said sure and he said well he and his wife were blown away last night in Beverly Hills now that thought Rand was a story Taylor Made for the Miami Community he was writing for a rags to richest story capped by murder he worked to phones and soon met up with Jose’s sister who told him you know the family was so close they were loving they did everything together she said you have to interview Eric and Lyall and I said of course I want to interview Eric and ly as you would find getting to the brothers was not so easy but then they just lost their parents Lyle and Eric Mendez were The Grieving Sons Alan abrahamson is a journalism professor at USC back in 1989 he was a reporter for the LA Times no nobody quite knew who had killed the parents was it because of Jose’s position in business or had he been taken out by the mob after all both Jose and kitty had been shot at the knees a mafia signature perhaps and then there was the company Jose was running live entertainment distributed all kinds of movies including children’s movies but it got its start in porn a lot of pornography is organized crime back CU it’s a great way to make a lot of money in an industry that’s not you know very well regarded and there was actually a a homicide in the valley a few weeks before they were murdered and Jose mentioned to his sons you know this is what happens this guy was into the pornography business and he was murdered plus Jose was known to be aggressive when he came to business and investigators found two rifles in his bedroom was Jose worried someone might come after him could Lyle and Eric be next the brothers hir bodyguards and in an interview Eric Menendez voiced his suspicion uh no Bloom sounds like morphological possibility if he did kill him I know they hated each other Noel Bloom the founder of the company Jose was running and an Unapologetic distributor of adult entertainment the Menendez boys were not alone in their suspicion about no Bloom coming up Rivals at the office was that a motive for murder you didn’t kill Jose mandz absolutely not no Bloom speaks then and now were you sort of day by day waiting for somebody to call you think You’ be taken in and put in handcuffs when Date Line continues [Music] the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 [Music] bucks NBC News Daily is number one for Afternoon News across all of Television I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky win I’m Kate snow and I’m zing 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brilliant brilliant brilliant personal finance is personal you don’t want to do what somebody else is doing oh let’s Che you just Sav me 40 bucks that’s a good idea [Music] Kitty Mendez shot this Home Video in August 1989 capturing images of what looked like a happy family okay wa goodbye everybody 12 Days Later Kitty and her husband’s murders were Front Page News it was a big story from the get-go because it happened in Beverly Hills California the big story became a big problem for Carol IAL pictures the company was getting beaten up in the media because all the media stories were this was a mafia hit somehow related to Shady dealings that this company was doing Carol Co hired a prominent publicist to help calm the media storm Sylvester Stallone spoke warmly of Jose he was a true Cornerstone of the uh of the company which I love and Jose’s memorial service was held at the Director’s Guild of America headquarters on Sunset Boulevard all of which might have led people to believe he was a beloved Hollywood Insider but the reality was Jose bendeez was really not known in the Hollywood Community at all and most of the people at this Memorial probably had never heard of him ly and Eric arrived late to the service in a chafford limousine they had spent the night before in the ultra Chic Hotel belir how’d they behave when they were there Lyall Menendez was a very cool calm and collected Kitty’s sister Joan was at the memorial too and heard something disturbing about Jose several men that worked with Jose talked to me at that memorial service and told me how he loved to humiliate other men pretty shocking thing to hear at somebody’s memorial service isn’t it mhm yeah not very Memorial so Jose had made enemies the brothers confirmed it and knew where to point the finger they indicated that their father was involved in some shady business contacts and one in particular was a gentleman by the name of nol Bloom that name again no bloom had founded the company that became known as live entertainment and then wound up working uncomfortably with Jose they bickered about a lot of things well mostly it was because of the pornography Jose didn’t like that at all did it seem to you that there was a motive there possible we found this tape of Bloom deep in the NBC archives you didn’t kill Jose Menendez absolutely not and wondered what he had to say all these years later what are you doing with yourself now well I’m uh retired kind of like forced retirement oh but your resume yeah your resume my resume could scare people Noel Bloom known for years to law enforcement authorities as a Kingpin in the porn trade with alleged ties to East Coast Mobsters why would they say you were involved with organized crime because people had a perception that people in the adult business were organized crime which is totally not true at least I I wasn’t were some of the people you associated with members there was a couple of companies back in New York that I believe was in the 1970s Bloom was one of the biggest porn producers and distributors in the country then he made an unlikely turn to Distributing children’s programming Care Bears for example along the way you encountered this guy Jose Menendez unfortunately what was he like in the office Jose could be very sweet smile at you even Charming mhm but he was very ruthless he would scream at people uh if he fired sport somebody in his office and fired him even though he had no business doing so he would hear him laughing like it was a big joke Jose fought with his own family too said Noah Bloom I met Kitty several times she was sometimes going into his office and yelling and screaming and hollering I mean really loud oh so they’d argue a lot oh yeah right and I think a lot of it was about the kids what was your impression of them yeah they were kind of quiet they weren’t that friendly but seemed like they were a bit troubled you I know they were afraid of him afraid of their father Jose I I saw him just stare them down a couple of times but after Jose was murdered Lyall and Eric seemed to be afraid of no Bloom they told police they thought Bloom may have killed their parents and might want to kill them too bloom had been arrested before on obscenity charges but never convicted still with the brother’s public accusations he was nervous will you sort of day by day waiting for somebody to call you thinking it’ be taken in and put in handcuffs and oh the cops would calling and the investigation would take a turn one that no one expected coming up new questions about the case it wasn’t an organized crime head and about the grieving son I was like wow the way he was spending money was very strange you begin to see a pattern here and you begin to think of [Music] greed we’re talking possibly a trillion Galaxy that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something big good to have you with us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah 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keybridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC news now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization [Music] in the weeks after the Menendez murders one name one whispered suspicion no old blue I got a call from Beverly Hills Police Department they wanted to meet with me and ask me a few questions and I said I’ve been waiting that meeting it turned out was about all it took he was very cooperative and we couldn’t determine that he had a motive at all so Noah Bloom was no longer a suspect and the rumored Mafia connection to the crime not a chance said prosecutor Pam banic the number of shots would tell you that it wasn’t an organized crime head why do you say that because they were torn apart if you think about what the media portrays or or Hollywood portrays as a mob hit it would a little hole in the back of a little like a 22 or a 38 to the back of the head but the KNE cappings the missing shell casings to investigators those were signs it was staged to look like a mob hit hours after the murders detective Zer looked at the scene puzzled and right around that time Lyle showed up at the house so he said we want to get our tennis equipment and I said well where is that he said it’s in the library where my parents were murdered what was their demeanor he was matter of fact and and uh didn’t seem very upset to me then Zer learned something very odd ly and Eric went to the bank days after the murders looking for Jose’s safety deposit box trying to find the family will did that surprise you that they would do it so soon oh definitely so why would the brothers worry about the will Zer learned that Jose had threatened to disinherit them Lyle had been caught cheating at Princeton Eric had fought with his father over tennis but there was a bigger issue too well in the first house they took the whole safe the second house they got into the safe ly and Eric had burglarized the homes of their friends wealthy parents one of the burglaries was in the exclusive community of Hidden Hills Have you ever heard of such a thing before no it was just because we can do it look what we can do at the time Jose hired a prominent Criminal attorney who arranged for the younger brother Eric to take the fall because he was a minor knowing that Eric probably wouldn’t get any jail time and part of the disposition was that he contact a therapist in comes Jerry oil Dr Jerome oil you’ll want to remember that name a Beverly Hill psychologist who specialized in phobias and sex therapy so therapy and no jail time for the burglaries but were they written out of the will they finally did get hold of it and discovered Jose hadn’t disinherited them after all so now they stood to inherit the family’s $4 million estate and what the brothers did after the murders shocked the whole country they were just spending spending spending three Rolex Watchers a private tennis coach for Eric a Porsche Lyle even bought a chicken wings restaurant I love to shop but I think that I might even wait a day or two Lyle went to visit his cousin Allan in Chicago after the murders he ordered some of the most expensive shirts I’ve ever seen in my life he ordered some jewelry order these shoes these expensive shoes um and I was like Wow and the way he was spending money for me was very strange but to other relatives the spending was just Lyall and Eric doing what they always did Lyle was grieving said cousin Diane people would ask you know people were like what’s he doing and I would defend him and say well everybody reacts differently when somebody dies this is just his way of coping I guess their casual Behavior after the murders the hunt for the will the spending spree none of it was criminal but it certainly caught the attention of the prosecutor you begin to see a pattern here and you begin to think of greed but to police Lyall and Eric kept repeating the same story that told the cops the night of the murders they had no idea what happened were they believable in those conversations that you recall yes so they didn’t seem to be lying or offis skating or no they answered our questions willingly so maybe they were spoiled and self-centered but it was a long way from that to killing their parents except another interview was coming one that would reveal so much more come coming up I’ve never seen my dad helpless an emotional Eric Menendez speaks out about his father his family and a killer script that story was about a young man who murders his parents and inherits $157 million they thought about the Perfect Crime it’s looking like a perfect crime to 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biography of Jose Menendez but he couldn’t complete it without talking to two people people Jose’s Sons Lyall and Eric the brothers had blown him off for several weeks but finally on October 20th 1989 exactly 2 months after the murders Rand got his shot I showed up at the Menendez Mansion at 3 in the afternoon and uh a young woman in her 20s answered the door and she said oh Eric and Lyall are out playing tennis uh they’ll be back at some point the woman invited randin to tour the house and immediately in front of me is the room room the room where Jose and kitty Mendez were killed and um I I had a chill of my spine I felt creeped out he waited they arrived eventually Eric and Lyall came bouncing in the house wearing tennis whites looking tan they were laughing and joking as if nothing had happened as if nothing had happened and I’m kind of torn up inside I’m I’m just thinking to myself I wouldn’t be anywhere near this house if my parents had been killed here Rand pulled out his tape recorder and note had but Lyle stopped him Lyall Menendez said hang on he said we don’t want to do the interview today we’d just like to meet you and get to know you the brothers had flaked on R before he was annoyed but obliged they chatted informally and made plans to meet later that weekend for an official interview but when Rand arrived Lyle had left for New York on a Redeye the night before he had a problem with his chicken wing restaurant in Princeton Eric however was home and this time he was willing to talk Eric was emotionally appropriate he would call he cry at times um and he was telling really lovely stories about how wonderful his parents were just incredible man and and people were afraid of him people were afraid of him because she would walk in the room and know that this man was more powerful this man more intelligent Eric said his father wanted to get into politics he was going to become senator of Florida and then he was going to spend his life making Cuba a territory of the United States and now with his father’s death Eric said he and his brother wanted to fulfill his father’s dream I want him become C FL and my brother wants to become president of the United States then the mood shifted and Eric described what he saw when he walked into the Family Den on August 20th they weren’t real they didn’t yeah a a wax they look like Wax it was it’s something that I’ve never seen my dad helpless you know I think that possibly if LA and I would have been home if we would have been able to do something about it maybe uh maybe my dad would be alive um I definitely would give my life for the days and this was curious Eric also told Rand about a screenplay he had written called friends that story was about a young man who murders his parents and inherits $157 million fancy that Eric wrote the screenplay with a close friend of his named Craig sarelli when detective Zer interviewed Craig he learned that Craig and Eric often fantasized about committing The Perfect Crime which in their screenplay became the story of a man killing his parents and evading police they thought about the perfect crime and here their parents are murdered we don’t have a suspect yet it’s looking like a perfect crime to me at that point Zer began to wonder if Eric’s fantasy could be playing out in reality and then Craig told Zer about his visit to the Menendez house after the murders Eric said do you want to know what happen and he described shooting the parents and then he summed it all up by saying it could happen huh and Craig thought about it he says well is he saying that’s what he thinks happened here at the house or did they actually commit the crime strange as was the story The Brothers told about discovering their parents’ bodies the brothers said that they saw this Haze in the air and some smoke that they smelled like gunpowder smoke gunpowder smoke but I mean that dissipates pretty darn quick well the officers got there right after they did and they didn’t smell anything the gunpowder smoke and fantasizing about the perfect crime and the screenplay and even what might be called a confession it all LED detective Zer to start thinking the unthinkable that the brothers had murdered their mom and dad and he wondered would Eric tell the story of the shooting to Craig again this time on tape they decided to W wire up Craig and go to this restaurant but this time Eric wasn’t at all talkative Eric didn’t admit anything but I think his conscience said you better not talk too much about this not that day anyway and not to Craig signorelli But Eric did talk eventually and what he said would change everything coming up Lyall burst into the room she heard him say why did you tell him the explosive secret hidden till now could you believe it no no it was absolutely devastating shocking beyond words news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw 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doctor and how he was her therapist and he was having an affair with her not relevant information to a homicide detective but this was what was his first name Dr Dr Jerry oil Dr oil the psychologist Eric was sent to after those burglaries two months after the murders judalon Smith said she was with Dr Ozil when Eric Menendez called to schedule an emergency session Smith wouldn’t talk to us for this report but she did back then and here’s what she told us Dr oil said after getting that call all of a sudden he’s saying you know I hope I not going to hear what I think I’m going to hear Smith told Zer that Dr ail was worried about what might happen at the session and so he asked her to stay in the waiting room of his office while he met with Eric on October 31st 1989 she also told Zer that from the waiting room she overheard Eric tell Dr oil the very thing investigators had suspected for months but couldn’t prove Eric said that they shot their parents and Dr rosil immediately says uh we need to call your brother and have him come over here right away Lyall Menendez had been at the Elm Drive home passing out candy to trick-or-treaters rushed over to Dr ail’s office and Lyall burst into the room Jon Smith told Zer she heard Lyle confront his brother and she heard him say why did you tell him we’re going to have to kill him now seriously yes and ER said I can’t kill anymore and he burst in tears and left Lyall and Dr oil more or less followed him and Lyall got to the elevator and Dr oil said am I in danger and Lyall said that’s all I can tell you is have a good life Dr oil and it freaked him out what followed was a strange and nervous dance oil told Lyall and Eric to come back for follow-up therapy sessions the brothers afraid oil might go to the police agreed during one of those sessions they both confessed to killing their parents and oil recorded the conversation judalon Smith learned about the recording and told detectives who promptly seized the tape just one problem they weren’t allowed to listen to it because of Dr patient privilege how frustrating was that very frustrating yeah a good piece of evidence I couldn’t even listen to it even though investigators didn’t know whether they’d ever get to play that tape in court they thought they had enough evidence to arrest the brothers today at approximately 1 it was March 8th 1990 detes arrested Joseph Lyle Menendez for the August murders of his mother and father Eric was playing a tennis tournament in Israel at the time Eric Menendez is being sought by detectives of this department he surrendered to police 3 Days Later could you believe it no no it was absolutely devastating shocking just beyond words former LA Times Reporter Alan abrahamson Who Would Imagine That these two young men of privilege position and power to be could could kill their parents that’s that’s the kind of stuff that Shakespeare wrote about and yet it seemed that’s exactly what happened a few weeks after the arrests detective Zer confirmed another tip judalon Smith gave them judalon said that the guns were purchased at a gun store in San Diego I was looking through gun records and I said this is it the name on the sale was an old friend of lyes from Princeton but the friend was not even in California when the guns were purchased and he was missing his ID we learned later that Lyall had taken the wallet it seemed like overwhelming evidence that Lyall and Eric killed their parents but their story of why they did it that would leave the family and the rest of America speechless coming up watching her in court was like watching great theater the battle begins with a powerful new Aly Li standing by the brothers how does he walk into a room with a shotgun this kid it doesn’t add up I mean I’m totally totally puzzled when dat line continues news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second from all over the world we have a full team news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military 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sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle sparkling is [Music] happening more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization continuing our story Lyall and Eric Menendez are under arrest for the murders of their parents in the family mansion in Beverly Hills it was grotesque what happened blood soak I had a chill up my spine could you believe it no it was absolutely devastating just beyond words the question now what drove them to kill how does he walk into a room with a shotgun this kid I mean I’m totally totally puzzled a dark secret was about to come to light I just told him that I didn’t want to do this something horrible is going on in the family oh man it was cut- wrenching I want to bust the door down and say what’s going on here here again Keith Morrison the news rocketed around the country much of the world the sons themselves shotgun their own parents in their own home two rich kids from Beverly Hills coddled spoiled greedy had murdered their own parents in Cold Blood actually planned it tried to make it look like a mob hit used stolen ID to buy the guns tried to get away with it and after went on lavish Nationwide spending spree public judgment came harsh and fast how do you play Not Guilty they were smirking they were smugged former LA Times Reporter Alan abrahamson people were not predisposed to think kindly of Eric and Lyall Menendez media feasted on the story of the Rich Brothers who killed their parents for the $14 million estate hard to overstate the Public’s disgust with those young men but on the other side of the country in an upscale New Jersey town just a few miles from Princeton people began comparing memories their home at the time was a tutor style home it was on a lake this is the home where Lyall and Eric grew up where Bill curtain was a young tennis coach when he met Jose Menendez and was certainly impressed there were two clear sides of him one was the very friendly outgoing joking person the flip side was how driven and controlling he was Jose engaged Bill to teach his son Lyle and then watch the lessons but didn’t just watch he would physically come on to the tennis court and start giving instruction to Lyall while I was still there that was very very strange very uncomfortable only much later did Bill learn Jose had hired several coaches for Lyle that the 10-year-old was working hours every day to learn tennis he was incredibly quiet especially when Jose was present neighborhood memories about a successful but slightly imposing family everyone uh seemed to look up to them but not draw closer to them Alicia Herz was a friend and neighbor of the menendez’s family the minute they would come into to a room they took the air out wow wow and we were all you know very very careful and that Menendez house it was like it was covered with a shield like um that was impenetrable thing was Alicia wasn’t just a neighbor she was lyall’s ninth grade Spanish teacher of the exclusive Princeton Day School was he a good student he tried to be but he was not particularly talented at the language once she caught Lyall cheating and she said Eric cheated too I think teachers understood deep down inside what they were going through that they were being pressured yes strenuously from their parents to do well right and to Alicia it seemed to be taking a toll and Lyle Alicia remembers more than once seeing Lyle outside her office staring blankly I wish to this day that I had gotten out and said please come in please come in did you talk to Kitty or Jose about this oh no I didn’t reveal anything to them no not anything that could get them in trouble like many others said Alicia she was careful around Kitty and Jose but there was one episode she found too disturbing to ignore a dinner party at the Menendez home Jose told his guests he brought back a VHS tape from a trip to Brazil and I have to show you guys this because it’s so unique and so he puts it in and I don’t remember the name she said the film showed adults engaging in sex acts in front of children and we saw a few seconds of it a few minutes and we made excuses a lot of us stood up and said we have to leave we couldn’t stand to see it to watch it but Jose found this engaging hysterically funny these stories of the Menendez family have been buried for years until the sons were charged with murder and she signed on to defend them veteran criminal defense attorney lesie Abramson known for her Brash style in the courtroom and with the Press you want that that’s what you get today reporter Robert Rand who wrote a book on the mende this case recalled the attorney’s passionate Devotion to her clients I’ve never seen anybody with the power of lesli Abramson watching her in court was like watching great theater in this old interview from our archives lesie Abramson described how her defense strategy began to take shape Family I’m hearing a lot of very negative and and at least heavily psychologically abusive things but it’s not answering what’s wrong with this kid cuz he’s incredibly sweet how does he walk into to a room with a shotgun this kid and it doesn’t add up I mean I’m totally totally puzzled and that’s when I bring in vicory Dr William vicory then a forensic psychiatrist and a graduate of Harvard Law School agreed to meet with the brothers in jail he knew going in police believed Lyall and Eric killed their parents for money but based upon the uh dozens of paraside cases that I had worked on in the past that’s the exception that’s not the rule the rule is that something horrible is going on in the family and something was going on in the mandez family something very secret but what was it coming up new evidence seen on television for the first time a letter from Lyall to Eric hinting at the horrors in that house the screams oh man it was got ranching the fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty 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Justice ground slow the main issue was the Jerome oil confession tape admissible or should Dr patient privilege keep it out the arguing went all the way to California’s highest court we sat around for a couple years waiting for the Supreme Court to rule during which the Menendez brothers resided at the Men’s Central Jail where soon after their arrest Lyall slipped his brother a letter dat line obtained a copy it had never been broadcast before in it Lyall wrote about their father and the murders he bore two brilliant children only two they carry his name and his pride we did not do anything for the money he went on on we alone know the truth we alone know the secrets of our family’s past I do not look forward to broadcasting them around the country I pray that it never has to happen Secrets at this point even attorney lesie Abramson knew none of them Lyall and Eric revealed nothing not to Abramson and not to the forensic psychiatrist she hired William vicory what struck me in that initial interview was how together the older brother Lyall was I mean he was articulate he made good eye contact he had very thoughtful organized answers Eric on the other hand seemed broken he very rarely made eye contact he was biting his fingernails so I was thinking in my head boy I sure hope I get to work with the older brother and not the younger brother because this is going to be a piece of cake with the older brother how wrong he was after a few sessions with Lyle Dr vicory hit a wall and moved on to Eric who month after month seemed to stick to a kind of script about his wonderful father his loving family and the minute something would leak out about maybe things weren’t so wonderful in the family he would start crying and he would kind of dissolve and and and whimper and he just wouldn’t go any further vicory put Eric on anti-depressants and slowly a trust began to form as the months rolled by I got more and more pieces of information and it got worse and worse and worse as to what was going on in his family until finally the dam broke Eric and ly’s cousin Ellen Anderson had lived with the manda’s family and knew the public didn’t understand they just knew that okay we got these rich kids boom shot their parents now they’re think they’re multi-millionaires well that’s not the case Allan had begun thinking back to some very disturbing things he had witnessed at the manda’s house as had cousin Diane Hernandez he would take their heads and push them underwater until they started panicking and kneed up he would let them up again Jose’s way of teaching his then quite young boys to swim what what did Kitty seem to think about it I mean if Jose did it or said it there was no questioning it absolutely none not by the boys not by Kitty she became like his right-hand man in enforcing things including what Diane and Allan came to know as the single most important rule in the Menendez house you cannot go down the hall when Jose’s with his kids through Kitty didn’t go down the hall either no no uh-uh but they did hear things I’ve heard them being whipped oh man it was cut- wrenching just the screams and the daddy don’t hit me Daddy don’t you know that kind of stuff a disturbing series of stories that to the defense began to explain what those young men did to their parents but how do you get from disturbing stories to a double murder the brother’s lawyers began to connect the dots their defense would be unique and daring coming up the prosecution versus the defense these are smart strong women definitely engaged against each other yes the fireworks were about to begin I felt that the brothers were evil but not as bad as she was when dat line continues nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared as Shore there is some breaking news all [Music] right the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 [Music] bucks hey there I’m 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actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now it’s NBC news now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization tonight the state of emergency here in Baltimore should people be concerned about the safety of flying today closer to the G [Music] and even before the menend Brothers went on trial the defense scored a big victory the California Supreme Court ruled that the confession tape made by doctor oil could not be presented as evidence of course the defense had already conceded that Lyall and Eric killed their parents a sensational murder trial open today in California the defendants two brothers the victims their parents nearly four years after the murders July 1993 if convicted here Lyall and Eric could face the death penalty their judge was Stanley Weisberg who had already presided over high-profile cases notably the Rodney King beating case whose results sparked the LA riots judge Weisberg ruled that each brother would have his own jury and the electronic media that uh wants access to this court he allowed cameras in the courtroom the idea that there was a camera in a courtroom in California was so new so novel reporter Alan abrahamson once an attorney himself covered the trial for the LA Times you weren’t just playing to the jury you were playing to all of America the judge’s decision turned a local LA Story into an international sensation reporter Robert Rand was there too of course I’ve written articles for Paris match the guardian in London grazi in Italy and sold articles in Japan and Australia how big was it the Mendez trial was the case that put an entire network Court TV on the broadcast landscape prosecutor Pam banic knew all of America was watching her every move how did you feel as you prepared to make your opening statement I as I walked on the hallway all the cameras were there and you know I just threw up because I I thought oh God you know this is really stressful so what’s more prosecutor banich was going up against two fear opponents lesie Abramson defending Eric and Jill Lansing defending ly these were three very smart strong women definitely engaged against each other over these boys yes I say boys but they weren’t really boys no they weren’t boys at all in fact that’s what the defense wanted everybody to hear was boys these poor boys these orphans orphans an impression the defense tried to play up let’s Abramson wrapped her arms around their shoulders had them trade their Dapper suits for preppy sweaters everything that Jill Lansing and ly Abramson did was deliberate and calculated prosecutor banich stealed herself determined not to let the Optics distract the juries based upon this evidence it will become apparent that this murder was unlawful unjustified and wholly premeditated in basic English the prosecution’s case was this just the the facts ma’am fact number one Lyall and Eric driving down to San Diego 2 days before the murders to buy shotguns and with a stolen ID why are you using the fake ID cuz you know you’re going to be using the gun to do something you shouldn’t be doing that is evidence of intent after the murders the prosecution showed the brothers lied to the police for months starting from the very moment Lyall called 911 I try to kill my parents and they did it all for the family fortune the state said remember Lyall and Eric had searched for the will just days after their parents’ murders and went on a lavish multi-state spending spree they were very aggressive about spending money as soon as possible yeah which I thought was very strange it was pretty obvious said the prosecutor first-degree murder and they did it for the money at the end of the prosecution case I was like okay these these two brothers are so guilty it’s not even fun but then there was her Miss abson for the defense thank you we had a joke um that investigator myself and my co- uh co-counsel Lester the joke was you have a gun you have two bullets you go in the courtroom who do you shoot okay so both the guys say they would shoot Lyall and Eric and I my thing was I’m going to shoot lesli twice I felt that the brothers were evil but not as bad as she was Abramson had a reputation for doing whatever it took you guys haven’t been fair to these boys and you’re not fair to them now and she had an unusual strategy for defending the brothers a law known as imperfect self-defense that is to say under all the circumstances it was reasonable to the person to think that they were acting in self-defense but the reality is that that wasn’t the case at all without aru in other words an honest but unreasonable belief that one’s life is in danger that defense argued that the brothers weren’t spoiled they were damaged subject to years of abuse that made the decision to kill their parents seemed to them like an act of self-defense against imminent danger if the jury agreed the Menendez brothers would get manslaughter instead of murder our witnesses will paint a portrait of Jose and Mary Louise Menendez as parents that will make understandable to you how they could have died at the hand of their children what they did to their children to bring this about the parents were as much on trial as Lyall and Eric Mendez were on trial and and while the prosecution tried to to stick to a just the facts ma narrative the defense strategy was emotion emotion emotion emotion the defense called teachers and coaches family members to testify about emotional and physical abuse one of them was cousin Allan and would you see bruises on the boys after that yes and their above their above their thigh area for where Bel would be hit and then cousin Diane took the stand and here came the most explosive issue of the trial Diane testified that the abuse Jose inflicted on his sons was not just physical but sexual he and his dad have been touching each other and he indicated that it was in his Gent Taria and Diane told us she observed even more three of them would take showers together Li was 15 and Eric was 12 prosecutor banic was to say the least skeptical if my daughter needed me to lie for her I’d lie for her if it was a life and death thing of course you would if it’s your cousin that you grew up with of course you would you pretty sure that they were doing that I’m positive one reason why a relative came to me and said that she felt that the um defense was made up that she confronted Lyle about it and he said to her that’s the way it’s going to be so we had to ask did the brothers ask you to lie for them no did they ask you to sort of like shade things or tell certain stories not other stories or anything like that the defense contended the abuse was real went on for years and finally they came to believe that something terrible was about to break loose specifically that their parents were going to kill them if they didn’t kill their parents first mental health experts testified and said that was understandable Eric and ly Menendez purchased the shotguns for their own protection it was a high stakes defense and by far the most important Witnesses would be the brothers themselves would the jury believe them would America coming up my dad had been molesting me I just told him that I didn’t want to do this and that it hurt me shocking then chilling even now was it the truth what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news now more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization news lives in the now the front lines are still very active this is like quicksand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now is NBC News Now people really don’t know what’s going to happen near a dozen hours after the eye 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acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks news lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything anymore let’s break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC News [Music] Now who report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News now the paper towel will absorb the acid that’s crazy green tea to calm acne this is my favorite tip of the day brilliant brilliant brilliant oh that’s genius you just saved me 40 bucks [Applause] [Music] so what was it then according to lesie Abramson there was only one relevant question to consider in the Menendez murders why did these killings occur a question the brothers believed they could answer best no one had ever seen televised testimony like this before your full name spell your last name Joseph ly Menendez the brothers testified in graphic emotional terms about what they said were the darkest secrets of their family between the ages of six and 8 did your father have sexual contact with you yes we would be in the bathroom and uh um it would he would put me on my knees and uh have oral sex with him did you want to do this at some point did he do some other things to you you break me did you ask him not to yes I just told him that I didn’t want to do this and that it hurt me and he said that he didn’t mean to hurt me and he loved me what did he tell you about telling people he just said that was our secret that bad things would happen to me if I told anybody Lyall testified his father stopped abusing him when he turned eight he said for years he had no idea his brother was a victim too then Eric took the stand he would have me give him me oral sex and he would stick the needles or the tax into my thighs uh as he was doing this Eric testif that when he refused to cooperate with his father’s demands he came back with the knife he put it on my neck he said I should kill you and next time I will reaction to the brother’s testimony was to say the least polarized you either totally believe that the brothers had been abused or know you thought the whole thing was a complete Croc of you know what but the defense said the brother’s explosive claims were just the leadup the backstory to what really prompted the murders what do you believe was the originating cause of you and your brother ultimately winding up shooting your parents me telling Lyall that uh you telling L what was it you telling Lyall about something that was happening my dad my dad had been molesting me and had been right up until the murders Eric said and he testified that his mother was aware of it all she says I know I’ve always known what you think I’m stupid Lyall said he confronted his father several days before the murders I told him I would tell everybody everything about him I would tell the police and that I would tell the family then according to Lyle his father said something that sounded like a threat he said we all make choices in life son Eric made his you’ve made yours I thought we were in danger and so the brothers drove down to San Diego to buy the shotguns for protection they said two days later said Lyall he and his father had another argument about the abuse after which ly said his parents went into the den and shut the door and I thought there were going ahead with their plan to kill us remember Jose and kitty kept two rifles in the house so what did you do I ran upstairs to tell my brother that it was happening now they ran out to the car loaded their guns and burst through the den door I was just firing as I went into the room I just started firing in what direction in front of me what was in front of you my parents at some point point was your gun empty yes I could see somebody uh moving seemed like moving in the direction of where my brother should be Lyle said he returned to the car reloaded and ran back into the house and what did you do after you Reloaded I ran around and shot my mom so did they act well in the mistaken belief they were defending their own lives yes said the defense a classic case of imperfect self-defense perfect nonsense said the prosecutor she grilled ly on cross-examination when you put the shotgun up against her left cheek and you pulled the trigger did you love your mother yes and was that an act of Love Mr Man is was confusion and fear you were afraid of her at that point they slaughtered their mother in a way that was so cruel she got up to run and they went out and they reloaded and they put the gun up to her cheek and blew her brains out I’m sorry that is the height of Cruelty what’s more observed reporter Alan abrahamson let’s count how many seconds it might take to go out to the car walk walk walk walk walk grab the shotgun shell put the shotgun shell in run back in remember time is ticking time is ticking you put the barrel of that shotgun against her cheek and you pull that is Intent no doubt about it the prosecution believed the brothers were flat out lying about the abuse and the events leading up to the murder and as it turned out their testimony gave the state a big opening they offered their mental state as a defense and when you offer your mental state as a defense you have waved your psychiatric patient privilege the oal tape remember that by testifying the brothers had put their mental state on Center Stage meaning the tape was Now Fair Game the defense played the tape to take the sting out of it what Eric and I did took courage beyond belief detective zuller remember had never heard the tape before and he was dumbfounded this was supposedly a candid confession tape but on it the brothers never once mentioned the issue that was now the very core of their defense why did you ever murder your parents oh because they were sexually molesting us that never came out why wouldn’t he tell us therapist big deal the prosecution thought so but by then the jury had already heard many hours of tearful testimony about abuse and that is when in December 1993 they retired to consider a verdict well we made a mistake right off the bat Hazel Thornton was on Eric’s jury we took a show of hands as to what level of guilt we thought they were and it became immediate that it was men against women murder versus Man manslaughter the main issue said Hazel was a Brother’s story of of the abuse the women believed them the men did not did discussions get heated oh yes the public thinks that the women were emotional in the trial it was the men who were emotional they pounded their fist on the table they called us names they yelled at us those tumultuous deliberations carried on into the new year and then Southern California’s San Fernando Valley shattered early this morning by a a major earthquake a massive 6.7 earthquake shook Southern California the backdrop against which the jurries would 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upon after 6 months of trial two juries one result therefore I find that the jury is hopelessly deadlocked and uh the court declares a mistrial the juries couldn’t make up their minds nearly half of them on each panel voted for manslaughter da Gil garetti vowed to retry the case we have an ethical professional and moral responsibility to go forward with this case as a first deegree murder case but before that second trial could begin OJ happened and suddenly the stakes were even bigger Mr Garcetti was very upset about the fact that we couldn’t win the big one yeah and when OJ Simpson went home at the end of his trial it was very hard in the DA’s office we were you know nationally considered to be kind of losers the second Menendez trial began just 8 days after OJ’s AC quid with judge Weisberg presiding again the same judge the same case but this time the trial was fundamentally different the first major ruling judge weisser made was no TV Camera in the courtroom this time one jury for both brothers judge Weisberg also scaled back testimony about the brother’s alleged phys physical and sexual abuse cousin Diane for example was able to testify just not about ly telling her that his father was molesting him one reason that couldn’t come in was because this time around Lyall didn’t take the stand to lay the foundation about abuse in the first place in between the two trials there were allegations that he was asking people to fabricate testimony letters surfaced after the first trial in which Lyall was alleged to have encouraged people to lie for the defense so the defense decided they couldn’t put him on the witness stand so Eric Mendez had to carry the ball for both brothers and he was a good witness but he was not as strong as ly Menendez had been at the first trial and that expert testimony about the impact of the alleged abuse on the brother’s State of Mind judge Weisberg severely limited the number of experts because he felt their testimony was repeative one not allowed to testify was Dr vicory I was shocked I said well they’ve gutted the defense I mean the there there is no defense without that that specific ruling was in large part due to the objections raised by the new prosecutor leading the people’s case Deputy da David KH one thing that we have asked the judge to do is to limit the so-called abuse excuse the uh approach that the prosecutor David Khan took was to attack at every at every turn and not give any free uh passes there Andrew wolfberg is a lawyer today back then he was the youngest member of the Menendez retrial jury at the time the defense attorney was saying this was a family that was win at all costs the ends justify the means to say that their parents had abused them was almost like the ends Justified the means let’s make up the story about abuse but one thing jurors figured was not made up was that confession tape this time the prosecution got to use that wild card the way they wanted to as their Smoking Gun and they highlighted a section where the brothers seemed to have no remorse about what they had done you miss just having these people around I miss not having my dog around I can make such a gross that really just was a a punch in the gut and then just before the jury went out judge Weisberg last ruling and quite possibly the most important one of all the jurors would not be allowed to consider an imperfect self-defense judge Weisberg basing his ruling on a California Supreme Court decision that came down after the first Menendez trial said imperfect self-defense didn’t apply because the brothers initiated the confrontation with their parents do you think in retrospect had you been offered imperfect self-defense that you might have Maybe started in a different place or come to a different conclusion I’m pretty confident that we would not have because we literally started from first degree murder and when every element was satisfied we were done this time around the deliberations were quicker more congenial and certain the verdicts was guilty on all counts with special circumstances guilty of first-degree murder but the fates of Lyall and Eric Menendez were not the only headlines more came in the penalty phase Dr vicory finally got to testify and under oath he had to admit something the drama involves this man defense psychiatrist William vicory who has disclosed that he deleted dozens of portions of his notes because quote Leslie Abramson told me this has to come out what did it feel like to be you in that particular circumstance of your life well it was very traumatic traumatic indeed the doctor said lesie Abramson asked him to delete notes she felt could be viewed as evidence of premeditation and reluctantly he said he agreed the California medical board punished vicory 34 months probation Abramson disputed vicary’s version of events and after an investigation the State Bar years later cited insufficient evidence of violations and closed her case in the end all her efforts did not spare the menendez’s brothers from a life sentence I think it’s fairness has been drained out of the system decades later that question whether the second trial was fair is still being debated it’s a tale of two trials the trials couldn’t have been more different Cliff Gardner was the attorney appointed to handle ly’s appeal so it was sort of a one two three punch no Source evidence no l no expert testimony and then your defense doesn’t go to the jury but the was the same judge in both trials it was the same judge so what’s the explanation for the difference it’s a it’s a very good question I don’t have an answer to it in this audio of ly’s federal appeal hearing at judge also questioned why so many key rulings changed in trial number two a little distasteful than when the state doesn’t succeed in convicting somebody in one set of rules it so changes the rules dramatically grounds to vacate their convictions and what do the brothers have to say all these years later 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father’s raped I said nothing and I just feel like part of that pack I have with my dad and I I keeping this secret and for you to have done this to my brother it’s like I kept my part of that sort of Devil’s pack and you didn’t you know and and my mother just you know you let your children wake up in the home of a child molester every day Lyall testified in the trial that not only did his mother cover for her husband’s actions she also sexually abused him more than a quarter Century after the murders those feelings of anger and hurt were still close to the surface my mother was very cruel uh I believe she just very much resented uh my brother and I from early early on as if you and Eric had come between her and your father yes exactly we reminded him of what his prosecutors still say about him that Lyle is still trying to avoid some level of responsibility by blaming abuse when the abuse doesn’t appear to have been so bad as to is to cause a person to do that I would trade my entire defense for a 30- second video of my father uh raping me I I would trade my whole case for it because I think it’s so sanitized and so easy to use the word abuse oh abuse the abuse wasn’t so bad let’s get down to the incident itself when did you and Eric decide to kill your parents uh we didn’t decide to do it uh it was uh we finally uh just kind of overwhelmed with this panic and emotion and made the decision to to run in that room the outside world saw what they thought was evidence of a lot of premeditation um using a friend’s driver’s license to you know hide the fact that you went to San Diego and got weapons I’d have to say keep it there’s you know it’s not really entirely accurate I didn’t have a California ID so there was no way to purchase a weapon uh other than my brother using this other kid’s ID but no disputing it they did buy the guns in advance with a stolen ID and there was this irrefutable fact the prosecutor pointed out l reloaded and fired that final shot at his mother’s face while she was still alive and crawling desperately to get away they saw that as the evidence of premeditation and cruelty I certainly in the room wasn’t making kind of decisions in a chaotic situation like that but you know reflecting afterwards you know uh it haunts me it it does haunt me the other uh comment that would come up was well they you know they could have just gone out and got in the car and driven away you know they they didn’t have to do this a person like my father is not going to allow you to just take something that will ruin his life that he has so carefully crafted he’s not going to he’s not going to no but but but but but you could have left that’s the point I’m trying to make but leave and do what leave and just wait for yourself to be killed in a parking lot I mean you really thought that would happen tell who they didn’t believe anyone would help them said not even the police speaking of which that 911 call Lyle Made Who is the person that was shot my mom and my dad you were so uh you know um grief stricken on that call and lying at the same time yeah uh what H uh I don’t think I was grief stricken I think I was just absolutely broken down with stress both of us were just in such a state of trauma that I just it just poured through on that call and made it very easy to make that call really you know but you could have told them inste you misled them why why that well I I mean I don’t think uh I was going to tell the B Hill Police Department you know I killed my parents and here’s a lie and they were going to go okay go back home so this self-preservation at that point Lyle strongly denied the prosecution’s claim that he and Eric killed their parents from money furthermore he said he didn’t think their case should have even gone to trial this case should have been settled uh there are like two two to 300 parasite cases a year where a parent is killed by a child and they are almost all related to abuse and they are almost all settled this case they picked out as different yeah but while it was different guys like you in places like you lived and acts like you committed I mean this it’s this is a spy deal exactly and I think that it was very easy because it was Beverly Hills my father had a lot of money to sort of sell this headline that these brothers killed for money you haven’t seen Eric in how long wow 1996 getting to be a long time yeah I miss brother every day Eric Mendez declined our interview request at the time he’d been married for 18 years Lyall for 14 and remember Eric had said both he and his brother wanted to pursue careers in politics in a highly unusual way they’ve done it sort of Eric started a life care and hospice program for inmates at the Richard Donovan correctional facility near San Diego and 500 mil North Lyle was president of the the inmate government at Mule Creek State Prison I know it’s going to be uh a suffering for me but I feel like uh I can find some purpose here then in February 2018 a reunion of sorts Lyle was moved to the same facility where Eric was serving his sentence they were even housed in the same unit ly’s former appellant attorney told us if the brothers can produce new evidence of the abuse it would be the first step toward perhaps getting a third trial even he admits it’s a long shot but if it did happen two people surely wouldn’t be there defense attorney lesie Abramson is retired from law and did not respond to our interview request as for prosecutor Pam banic you really think that this kind of wrecked your career oh I did of course it did but it’s okay because if I’d won the case I probably never would have been a mother I probably would have gone on some to or something and I wouldn’t be Natalie’s mom and so it does have a happy ending before she left the DA’s office bam banic took something with her a picture of kitty not this one no she took one from the crime scene she had blue eyes and one little blue eye is open and the other one’s gone you might think I’m a little crazy to keep that picture but it’s a reminder of what those horrible children did to her can you imagine giving birth and then giving everything you have to these two kids and they kill you the Manda Brothers have supporters who hope they get out of prison one day when we last checked lyall’s Facebook followers numbered in the thousands fair to say Pam banic is not one of them life in prison for those two is just fine I hope they live a long long life that’s all for now I’m Lester Holt thanks for joining us there was a party there was a UK football player that been shot he’s killed on his birthday I was like it’s who that can’t happen why him no one saw a thing it’s at night it’s dark nobody knows where the bullet comes from nothing is making it any easier if you don’t have a motive it’s hard to know which direction to go we were just never going to know but someone knew she called me and said I think I know something about a murder we never could find out why Trent was killed because it was something this weird she became the key would she also become the next victim she was scared to death to confront him question do not me she knew what he he was capable of and thus she was terrified and thus she was terrified a woman solves a mystery and then vanishes I’m Lester Holt and this is dat line here’s Keith Morrison with the motive her heart was on fire lost to her the c music the hum of other voices in the bar there was only him they were in the deep end now and as Lovers In the Flesh of new commitment sometimes do they confessed their sins of the abandoned past the worst things they’d ever done words just words best forgotten until they could no longer be [Music] ignored like Kentucky one year before that night in the bar a house where students live and the music and laughter and chatter of a birthday party swelled and ebbed and drifted in and out of the evening air it wasn’t a huge party it was a just a low-key party with some good friends they were about to be seniors the young men who’ rented the place who’ hosted the party and we had a a group of guys four guys that got along extremely well they were big men on campus they played football the University of kuy’s beloved wild cats Antonio oero was a quarterback and lik in Kentucky if if you play for the cats you’re pretty much a wellknown entity the birthday boy 21 years old was a true Rarity a Wild Cat’s walk-on he had no scholarship no invitation he just showed up tried out for the team go and over three years of hard work he had earned a starting position here we go let go Trent deir gentle giant you know everybody called him a big teddy bear he was the great protector of all of our friends the party was sweet informal friends snap pictures and evening doled into night it was after midnight when the party W down I think we turned in somewhere between 12:3 1:00 Antonio and his girlfriend went to bed outside Trent and some of the others settled under the light on the front porch out there beyond the street lights was impenetrable dark inside we’re already in a faint sleep and we heard a loud bang one of them must have slammed the screen door but no well within 10 seconds you started to hear the chaos outside the screaming the yelling the crying and there was Trent slumped to one side in his chair under the light Trent was bleeding out of his ears and his eyes and his nose and his mouth and it was it was a horrific scene horrific and confusing that loud bang had been a gunshot but from where somewhere out there in the dark had someone intentionally fired a gun at their gentle giant their teddy bear in their panic and distress they did not understand how could they the nature of the mystery launched here or who in a haze of love may have learned the answer he was just so senseless once you found out why it was even worse just who was Trent deiro the target we all started hanging out from first grade six years old it’s pretty neat yeah Payton Turner and chery Lee Ballinger were his lifelong friends if you were his friend you were his friend and that’s all the matter he it wasn’t a group for him yeah there was no group everybody got treated just the same Trent was in fourth grade when he started playing football in his hometown of Goan Kentucky just outside Louisville by high school he was captain of the team had lots of friends so popular Trent was homecoming King with chery Lee his Queen it was pretty special I mean just to be part of that and and to be voted as that and then was especially with Trent when it came time for college Trent set his sights high he turned down football scholarships to smaller schools at one point he says you know what I just got to know if I can play in the big time and a division one school Mike deero is Trent’s dad so he walked on at the University of Kentucky which is in the Southeast Conference which is sure about as big as a comp and he worked real hard to get to where he was and Trent’s teammates saw that hard work Trent had the to perform so while he might have been a walk-on his performance allowed him to endear himself to others very quickly that July as Trent practiced football and prepared for his senior year his parents went to Lexington to see him and to talk about his future he was trying to decide what he wanted to do with his life he was uh talking about maybe going to law school or business school did he talk about his birthday celebration we knew he was going to have some kind of a thing and that he was supposed to come home that next day to celebrate birthday with us and uh never made it no and a creeping fear washed over the University of Kentucky football team was a killer targeting them and if so who would be next when we return the investigation begins I couldn’t even believe it we didn’t understand it who would murder somebody so wonderful everyone talks uh but they didn’t see anything and was there more terror to come we were so nervous 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friend stood over the body and stared out into the dark with a kind of anticipating horror you’re concerned that there’s more to come you know there was that was one shot is if someone who’s going to shoot again Trant was officially pronounced dead at 3:00 a.m. just about the time Dawn Evans arrived Evans has retired now but was a rookie detective back then this was his first homicide case what’d you find when you got here there were three young men in this very yard and they just looked distraught and they were consoling each other on the porch Trent’s chair was turned over and Evans could see blood and debris left by the ambulance crew what was your first idea of what appeared to have happened you know when I first walked up it I went with what appeared to be the obvious that someone had simply walked from the side of the house fired the shot and then exited back toward the rear of the house this is almost like an alley here so it’s like well it would provide concealment take advantage of surprise yeah if someone was going to take a shot that made the most sense believing the shot came from a handgun police looked for shell casings and yet for all they looked there were none nor any other evidence still detective Evans figured there was a party that night so there were bound to be people who saw something my thought was as soon as I get them to headquarters and get them separated someone’s going to tell me what happened did they talk everyone talked but with each and every person that I talked to they didn’t see anything 80 Mi away at 5:00 a.m. the deo’s phone rang it’s numbing it’s hard to imagine the feeling and suddenly your life doesn’t make sense anymore it absolutely stops and pivots in an instant and uh then it was kind of you know now what and soon everybody knew I couldn’t even believe it who didn’t understand it who would murder somebody so wonderful it was about not then that the first really useful evidence came back from the medical examiner bullet fragments were recovered in the autopsy and the ballistic showed it wasn’t a handgun at all that killed Trent it was a rifle which turned detective evans’s first Theory upside down well the theory about walking up the side of the house and firing the shot that goes out the window that’s probably out the window rifle’s not designed for a close range shot officers canvased the neighborhood a woman who lived across the street said she awoke to a loud noise and it sounded like it was right outside her house so based on that we actually took one of our marksmen from the police department and asked him could the shot be made from here from this angle and we literally reenacted that possibility did it make sense the the location you found it did make sense we didn’t eliminate the possibility that something else could occur but this this looked pretty strong to us so a working theory that Trent was shot from across the street ballistic suggested it was a rifle with a particular and uncommon type of barrel but who owned it why did he or she shoot Trent no idea the football team Ed a world of dread was some hater targeting the team was one of them next we were so nervous we were so uncertain of what happened that night that it affected our daily lives driving down the street at practice thinking that there might be someone in the woods who want to take you out but days and weeks and months went by nothing happened and over time the fear eroded but the investigation went nowhere did you ever get to the place where you thought we’ll just have to live with this uncertainty for the rest of our lives I would say four years into it it’s like do make any difference yeah not going to bring it back it it’s not going to bring Trent back but still it’s why did this happen you’re four years in five years in and really no closer to solving it than from first case day one that will make you doubt yourself and then one day a particular woman happened to see an anniversary story 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still outstanding news for the generation of now is NBC News Now tonight the state of emergency here in Baltimore should people be concerned about the safety of flying today closer to the [Music] G Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC [Music] it wasn’t as if a successful investigation could somehow undo what happened to Trent deiro and yet the lack of any answer year after year seemed somehow to be an insult to all that was good and they just had to accept it I think we’d all kind of resigned ourselves as every year passed um we were just never going to know then it was about 5 years after the shooting a local attorney named Tom bulock heard from an old friend a woman she was nervous tentative asked him on the phone could she reveal what she knew about a crime without saying who she was she was extremely evasive she didn’t really want to tell me really anything but she kept calling finally she revealed it she was calling about a murder did she tell you what murder she eventually came around to say it was a very high-profile murder where’d you mind go when you heard that I knew which one it was and then she told him a very strange story happened in a bar she said almost a year after Trent deiro was killed she was falling hard for a guy they talked about how much they loved each other towards the end of the evening they decided to say okay what is the worst thing that you’ve done like let’s get this out of the way let’s just get to it you know that that sort of point in the relationship where you say Let me hear the worst and her boyfriend said I killed Trent deiro and at first she sort of slued it off you know uh sure you did didn’t believe him no of course not but then he started describing it you know exactly how he did it but she still didn’t want to believe it after all she’d fallen in love with the guy so she said she kind of buried it stayed with him for another year but now years later and Single Again she had seen a story in the newspaper about the fifth anniversary of Trent’s murder in which Trent’s dad was quoted somebody knows what happened she started really thinking about it and and it touched her but she was so frightened of him she said she was determined to remain anonymous they know each other intimately she knows how he would react to certain situations yep and she was terrified he certainly would have remembered his conversations with her if you told someone that you committed a murder mhm you would certainly remember having told them that so Tom bulock went to detective Evans we agreed that whatever information I would give him would be anonymous because for all we know the whole thing could have been hogwash well that’s sort of tricky isn’t it I mean when you got somebody making an accusation you you have to be able to talk to that person well yeah but at that point Beggars can’t be choosers so he gave you a name so he gave me a name he gave me the name of Shane Ragland Shane Ragland the woman’s ex-boyfriend but who was he didn’t take long to find out Shane was the son of a wealthy businessman just so happened Shane attended the University of Kentucky at the very same time as Trent deiro but after college he didn’t do so well he ran up at least a dozen convictions drug charges multiple DUIs and so on so detective Evans went back to attorney bullet is there any more um can you get me anymore and and ultimately he started talking about a motive and that’s when the whole story took a turn into the Twilight Zone he told me that it was concerning Shang Raglin being blackballed from a fraternity what’ you think when you heard that that’s a stupid reason to kill somebody the fraternity in question was Sigma Alpha Epsilon SAE detective Evans looked through sae’s records and there it was a pledge list with Shane’s name crossed off and then it it hit this could be the reason that we never could find out why Trent was killed is because it was something something this weird Evans went to one of Trent’s closest friends and asked had he heard of this guy Shane Raglin and he said Shane Raglin and then I could just sort of see it at that point on his face you know and I let him tell the story a story about an unpleasant little incident Shane was among the freshmen pledging the SAE fraternity and one day as they were getting to know the campus they went into Trent’s dorm and Trent was there and on the wall was a calendar of some sorority girls when Shane saw that calendar right away he pointed to one of the girls pictures and he bragged that he’d had sex with her what Shane didn’t know is that girl was the girlfriend of the president of the fraternity Trent did not like that one bit got word to the SAE president and and that’s when Shane was blackballed so at that point Shane’s opportunity to be in that fraternity is pretty much over the motives for murder are many and varied but this seemed absurd it was 3 years after that slight when Trent was murdered in Cold Blood could it really have festered so long and if it had if that was true they had another problem and the more that we dug specifically into Shane Raglin the more the likelihood that he would get word that he was becoming a suspect in this case and if that happened this Anonymous witness was in real danger Evans had no doubt that Shane would remember he told an ex-girlfriend about the murder and what’s going to keep him from then going up and eliminating her like he did trenis arel so now Evans understood his mystery witness was trying to be brave but was quite reasonably frightened how would he ever convince her to take the ultimate risk she was very hesitant to do it and she was scared to death to confront him coming up setting a trap isn’t bothering me something that you told me a long time ago that would you never have but who’s going to get caught question you’re not when dat line continues news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second from all over the world we have a full team news 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sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle sparkling is [Music] happening what is going to happen now going back and forth all right nice to see you [Music] detective Evans knew he had to meet this Mystery Woman the woman who was claiming she knew what happened to Trent deiro but was too frightened to talk about it then finally with attorney Tom bulock playing gatekeeper they made a deal to at least meet face to face but any more than that maybe not he was like listen don’t get me involved in this yeah this guy’s dangerous so until you get handcuffs on him you can’t involve me but Evans knew even if he did arrest the guy a mystery woman testifying about something an ex-boyfriend told her wouldn’t be enough and I can imagine a prosecutor saying well I can’t just put her on the stand some his attorney will come along and say she’s full of it you know yeah and in this particular case it’s yeah you know what that in itself is not going to do it nor should it we’re still in a situation where this has to come from him him meaning Shane Ragland Evans told her they had to find a way to get Shane to admit on tape what he did otherwise what jury would buy such a ludicrous motive for murder there was only one way he told her she’d have to wear a wire she wasn’t very happy with that obviously I should think not she asked me if I could spell anonymous but he said she came around she won wanted to do what’s right all along she just would like to do that without getting herself killed doing it but she would only proceed on one condition I had to prove why she was going to be safe I had to prove how we were going to do this it wasn’t enough for me to say oh don’t worry he won’t have a gun we’ll look for bulges so they came up with a plan gave her a cover story to protect her a fictitious job a phony address and then casually she resumed contact with Shane a few emails little flirty at times on both stands people sometimes hear from their exes right I mean that that happens and finally The Sting She told Shane she’d be passing through the Lexington airport on business and he agreed to meet her it was in this airport lounge surrounded by undercover cops and FBI and behind security to be sure Shane wasn’t armed what’s been happening about two years they reminisced for an hour or so tell me the good thing that you remember about our relationship to love just goic and then she went for it something has been bothering me something that you told me a long time ago I wish you never had I didn’t know how you feel about it now so I can understand what kind of person you are now at that point he paused and it’s like he knew exactly what she was talking about I regreted you do know did it before and you know what it is not knowing the name was it Trent not knowing him I just kind of ignored it all the time saying Trent’s name was deliberate we talk to her about that and let’s make sure we know what you’re talking about when we play this for a jury later and she brought up what appeared to be the motive that fraternity blackballing how could you be mad that mad for somebody to do that that over that’s stupid do you ever think about it uncomfort talking about I’m sorry but this something I have to get off my chest because I have to live with it too you know I mean do you plan on ever telling anybody about what you did was he sensing something the cops knowing they didn’t quite have what they needed not yet held their breath and listened let me you question you’re not s me I’ve never told anybody I’m just I’m getting this we I’ve never told anybody swear to me set me up I’m scared to death he said are you setting me up and that’s when things got really scary but she kept her cool and they did and then about 10 minutes later Shane came back with just what the detectives needed to hear very very very I can’t so stupid I know I was angry at him I made theong decision’s do she made him so confident and comfortable that he came back to the subject and left us with what we really needed uh at that point it came out of his own mouth they picked him up the next day took him downtown asked him was it true what an old girlfriend was telling them so she tells us you sit there and you talk about the murder she’s a liar basically CU it never happened she’s just making that up to 100% absolutely there was absolutely nothing Shane denied it all denied knowing Trent didn’t even know where he lived t i talking about Trent with her I never mentioned his name once she never nothing about that nothing about M nothing about the murder or anything so then his inquisitors fetched the air airport recording I’m going to play something here for and I want you to listen to it okay something has been bothering me something that you told me a long time ago that wish she never had you telling me that you didn’t talk about Trent that’s not the truth is it she may have said Trent we were talking about stuff but I didn’t hear her say Trent I didn’t talk about Trent I swear to you guys I did not do this but his denials were to no avail Shane Ragin was charged with murder bail was set and and Shane’s wealthy father paid it a million dollars cash so Shane was free pending trial which was a very big problem for the ex-girlfriend who turned him in police moved her to a secure location kept an eye on her and then strange things started happening we got information from our state police intelligence section that there was a hit out on this girl there were phone calls to her friends that would ask have you seen her do you know where she is these these days obviously trying to locate her and with all that going on she had to do precisely what she didn’t want to do go public show herself and testify and the world would know that her name was Amy Lloyd and that she was truly terrified coming up told me that he shotting the defense hits back hard if in fact someone had actually told you they had 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speak until it starts to Sparkle sparkling is [Music] happening if there was any doubt how seriously police took perceived threats to Amy Lloyd’s security this put it to rest Amy rushed into court by a SWAT team but Trent deo’s dad Mike knew that if she braved the danger and told her story I don’t know how a jury could sort of not convict him but when it came time for trial then prosecutor Luanna redcorn was all too aware she was alleging a very hardto believe motive I think I was like everybody else a little incredulous that somebody would let the fact that they’d been blackballed from a fraternity fester for years and culminate in killing the person they blamed on blackballing them I knew they had a bit more than just Amy they’ found what they believed was the murder weapon a 243 weatherbe rifle a Chain’s mother’s house and at his father’s place they found 2 43 caliber bullets like these an FBI expert said testing had linked those bullets to the fragments from the Fatal bullet the defense argued that tests were not reliable science call your next witness Amy Lloyd and now nearly 8 years after Trent was killed here was the one person who could tell the story Amy Lloyd Finally Revealed herself publicly though because she remains frightened even now we’ve obscured Her Image in this video recorded by the court the prosecution star witness talked about that night in a bar and Shane according to her straight out confessing to murder he said something about he know he had um if I remember the football player who had been killed and told me his name Trent and told me that he shot him but prosecutor redcorn knew Amy’s story had a weakness and so no choice but to confront it you did not break off the relationship after he said this to you no you didn’t go to the police or anything no I I just I ignored it just ignored what he had said to you right I forgot about it I didn’t want to listen to it I didn’t want to hear it I didn’t want to believe it why because she was in love with him she said during Amy’s testimony the prosecutor played the tape the sting meeting at the airport so stupid I was angry at made the wrong decision that said the prosecutor clear as day was an admission that he did indeed commit the murder how to defend against that Shane’s father hired a formidable defense team gri TR was one of Shane’s lawyers if in fact someone had actually told you they had engaged in uh killing of another person and you continue a romantic relationship with them that seems a bit a bit odd when the defense cross-examined Amy she knew it was coming had had to an attack on her credibility but could she have suspected how personal it would be this from tru’s co-counsel when Amy said she went home with Shane that night after he talked about killing someone weren’t you concerned about spending the night with somebody who had admitted to you that he had killed someone else I blocked it from my mind I didn’t want to I didn’t want to hear that and then a kind of nervous embarrassment filled the courtroom the defense had gotten access to Amy’s very personal very explicit diary and confronted her with her entries one by x-rated one we are trying to challenge The credibility of the prosecution’s uh case and sometimes that gets uncomfortable this is what Amy wrote the day after she she said Shane confessed to her to murder April the 30th the very next day you you make a notation made love in afternoon great day we have for the sake of decency left out the most explicit entries made public by the defense that day and then may the 3D was the date that you recorded you took a bath together and made love right yes then it was on May the 7th you know ated you you noted great love decided I would move in with him in July perfect yes so this man who told you that he had killed someone you made the decision that you were going to move in with him come you life yes so was her credibility harmed there was still after all that incriminating airport recording or was it incriminating you never did ask him though if he had shot and killed Trent did you why would I want he already told me and if I said to him did you kill Trent when he already knew he told me five years ago he would have he would have known that I was that I was there in fact to to set him up get him to get him to admit it hadn’t you rehearsed that rehearsed what with the detective Evans and others don’t give him an opportunity to deny that he had shocked Trent no had the defense planted a seed of reasonable doubt maybe the jury adjourned to think about it and Trent’s friends waited I’ve never been so terrified and so scared of my life heart’s going 100 miles an hour and 100 miles an hour and 5 hours later we the jury find the defendant guilty of intentional murder guilty of intentional murder the sentence 30 years to know that he was guilty know that this guy who’s sitting there smug and non remorseful is is guilty and found guilty and boom you feel good about that Mike deiro thought it was done okay this is it he’s going to jail it’s over and Amy she had vanished Amy was afraid of Shane racklin and we told her that if she testified we would do what we could to let her have a new identity and law enforcement helped her get a new identity and that new identity would be a problem you talk about something that that just blows you away I mean I can’t even couldn’t even grasp that because this case wasn’t over not even close coming up a stunning reversal they know I’m innocent will there ever be Justice for Trent it’s oh wow here we go all over again when dat line continues we report live from Tel Aviv from harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas stre streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News [Music] Now people really don’t know what’s going to happen a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore there’s more good people than bad people you know 5 there is some late breaking news for in the Iowa 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will and won’t you Crews officials will do almost anything they can to get it back open ASAP so how s is the p in other words how soon will will it be open I can keep talking till the Eiffel Tower starts sparkling now you’ve laid down the gauntlet so we have to continue to speak until it starts to Sparkle it sparkling is [Music] happening tonight the state of emergency here in Baltimore should people be concerned about the safety of flying today closer to the [Music] Gaza the NBC News Mobile app get connected Ed to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app [Music] now it was early spring in Kentucky when Justice was done for the murder of Trent deiro thanks his friends new to a woman who faced up to fear and told her story we’ve never met Amy and I am eternally grateful to Amy for everything that she’s done for not only um Trent and his family but for us except there was an appeal of course there was standard procedure but what happened was not standard at all a court reversed the jury’s decision any comments Shane and Shane Ragin went home on a million dollar bail paid by his dad to wait for a whole new trial it’s been a long time sh be outside be going home with your father right now I don’t really look at it like that I look at the longterm goal of fighting a case against me that’s fake it’s false and they know I’m innocent and so I don’t worry about my feelings Creature Comforts why was the verdict thrown out it had nothing to do with Amy Lloyd or her explosive testimony or the sting tape recorded at the airport all that was fine so what was the issue the bullet that killed Trent an FBI expert had linked the fragments of that bullet found during the autopsy to bullets like that were found in Shane’s father’s house but after Shane’s conviction the FBI realized the test it used was in fact bad science and stopped using it these are things that we’ve been arguing for years frankly uh shouldn’t have been admitted and the court agreed with the defense when this reversal happened what was that like well it was a blow I mean it was a real blow kind of an irony isn’t it it was one of the smaller pieces of evidence in my mind yes when what you thought was done gets undone what does it do to you it’s oh wow here we go all over again we got to go through this yet another time and the yet another time we realize pretty quickly was going to be without some key evidence yeah Amy Lloyd wasn’t coming back no Amy Lloyd was not going to testify a second time that was the deal she made testify once then disappeared there was no way to bring her back because once someone has that level of cover you can’t undo it bring him back and then do it again and then do it again remain seated order no option but to make a deal Shane got to plead guilty to second degree manslaughter and did you in fact commit the crime that you are pleading guilty to yes I did which meant that at least he now admitted to firing that fatal shot and I thought well we bargains you know spends another 10 years in jail I’m not too bad with that oh but it wasn’t 10 more years wasn’t any more years he got the time he’d already served 5 years plus just three days of house arrest three more days three more days he walked out of the courtroom went home and that really chapped my ass it did help a little said Mike deiro when he successfully sued Shane in civil court for wrongful death the jury awarded him 6 $3 million later reduced to 33 million no matter said Mike he hasn’t received a penny doesn’t expect to but money was never the point he’s never really accepted responsibility for what he did Shane went on with his life and then a few years later he was involved in a serious car accident he’s in a wheelchair now and was back in court on an unrelated case and what about Amy if that’s even her name now how’s she doing now she’s living a new life what’ she do you want to tell me anything anything at all I’m sorry but I’m not going to be able to tell you anything about her current life at all at all as for Mike he had a choice he knew he could sink into bitterness or so where do you put your frustrations over this well what has come from all this is a we consider very positive thing the Trent deiro Foundation has awarded nearly a 100 scholarships to walk on football players and others at the University of Kentucky and at local high schools young people with determination and personal courage just like Trent you’ll never make any sense of his death but you can make sense of his life we can make sense of what we’ve done to commemorate Trent to remember for Trent and giving these young folks an opportunity that Trent won’t have that’s a whole another story but and remarkably Trent’s friends remain exceedingly close even 25 years after that shot in the dark you feel like family now well they they are family I think it says so much about what Trent meant to these kids young adults now and what they mean to us it’s been a blessing to us they all get together and laugh and tell stories and imagine who would he have become as an adult and gosh I’m sure it would been magnificent just as he was as a teenager I’m kind of pissed that I don’t get to meet his wife or meet his kids or oh gosh share all the all the adult things that we’ve had the opportunity to share with each other but I think you know when I get rid of those like base feelings you know the underlying feeling is just of gratitude that he was in my life even for a brief moment of time [Music] that’s all for now I’m Lester Holt thanks for joining [Music] us good morning it is 10:00 this is Sky News Today your headlines labor to unveil its election Manifesto with a promise to be Pro business and pro worker last night in Grimsby sakir starm was pressed and pressed on whether a labor government would raise taxes the Tories say you will go further they’re right aren’t they you will well the first thing I’d say is the T is in no position to lecture anyone about tax Rises well the audience were unimpressed by the prime minister’s answer about NHS waiting lists I think there was a junior doctor here and I think everyone knows the impact the Industrial action has had that’s why we haven’t made as much fault the the Rish sunak is now in Italy for the G7 Summit as world leaders discuss a $50 billion loan for Ukraine also this morning P cry pledged to fight for economic fairness in Wales we’ll bring you the party’s Manifesto launch live later this hour Sky News has spoken to the family of an Israeli hostage rescued from G it’s a of and did the earth move for you seismologist say Taylor Swift fans set off earthquake monitors at their concerts in [Music] Edinburgh hello and thank you for being with us a busy morning ahead another big day in the election campaign as we reach the high halfway stage in the next hour it’s the labor party’s turn to unveil their Manifesto now it comes after both sist Arma and the Prime Minister rishy sunak faced tough questioning from our political editor Beth Rigby at our leader event last night in Grimsby let’s take a look at what we know so far this morning about what labor will be announcing what is expected to say it’s a Manifesto for wealth creation some of Labour’s policies include a plan to set up a new Industrial strategy and put a 25% cap on corporation tax they’ll also introduce a national wealth fund aimed at investing in green Industries and Great British energy they’re going to set up in a bids to give better energy Independence they’ll develop a 10-year infrastructure strategy for Road and Rail and homes and will introduce plans to shift power away from Westminster by giving new responsibility to Regional Mayors the manifesto will feature a new deal for working people aimed at increasing wages including a ban on zero hour contracts and on the Health Service labor says it will cut waiting times by creating 40,000 more evening and weekend appointments each week the party will pledge not to raise rates of income tax National Insurance or vat but as widely publicized they will introduce VAT on private school fees well the reassurance we’ve given to parents who are running around this morning or getting ready for work or other people who are running around this morning getting ready for work is we’re not going to put up their income tax their National Insurance or their vat there are plenty of practical changes positive changes in Labor’s Manifesto today all of them fully costed all of them fully funded without having to increase the burden of Taxation on working people well let’s bring in our correspondent Serena Baka Singh who was in Manchester for is where that Manifesto is going to be unveiled morning to you Serena so look we laid out some of the key points that we expect in this Manifesto when we hear it’s just after 11:00 so perhaps no big surprises but that question about tax and what may happen if a labor government comes in will continue to follow the party around yes I think there was some unanswered questions on tax but k d yesterday said there were no new surprises so we may get slightly more detail but I think they feel like they’ve had that conversation in fact this whole Manifesto unveiling seems to seek to reassure rather than to really unveil any new big promises um and the messages and the themes might sound familiar but they know that this is their moment when people are tuning in are really listening and they want to make those messages super clear they also think there might be un some undecided voters who might be hearing these messages for the first time so that’s really the central message they say they want to put wealth creation at the heart of it Center this all around the economy I’m actually inside uh the launch where it is people are just starting to arrive I’ve seen MPS Lords there’s a feeling of excitement here and I think labor are starting to believe their poll lead they’re starting to feel a little bit more comfortable and I think that will be the the feeling of the day um looking quite strong going into this uh speaking about messages that they’ve spoken to before but yes of course we will get that crucial document with costings in about an hour’s time okay at Serena Bing For Us in Manchester for now we’ll be back with you Serena of course later on in the morning but let’s uh go across to Italy now because uh the Prime Minister R sunak has arrived at the G7 Summit we saw him in the headline sequence giving the Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney a bit of a kiss here he is arriving at this Summit of G7 leaders the uh Focus is expected to be on Ukraine of course and Gaza let’s bring in our political correspondent Tamara Cohen who is in Italy for us now tomorrow morning to you great to have you with us so look we’ve seen G7 seen RI sunak there with Georgia Maloney we know that those two are had become quite close friends what are we expecting to hear from the Prime Minister today at this Summit and I guess it will be a bit of a distraction away from the campaign yes not just for richy cak that’s the interesting thing about this G7 you’ve got Joe Biden and Emanuel macron facing elections Richi sunak and macron obviously quite imminently you’ve got other G7 leaders uh either talking openly about leaving the job or embroiled in domestic Scandal or difficulty after the European elections so it really feels like uh Georgia Malone is in a very strong position here hosting this Summit in Italy look top of the agenda is how to intens ify pressure on Russia and to help Ukraine president zalinski is here at the summit he’ll be meeting Joe Biden later to sign a security pact with the US and the plan which they’re hoping to get over the line here is that about 300 billion pounds of Russian assets which have been frozen all over the world could be leveraged on the international markets to provide a $50 billion loan to the ukrainians to buy the Weaponry that they need uh to pursue the war now this has taken some time to get to get to this stage there’s been a lot of toing and throwing not least because some European countries feel that as Europe has most of these Frozen Russian assets they will be on the hook for all the risk so exactly how it will work is yet to be agreed and it will it’s obviously all the leaders have feel this urgency to get it done today but there is a question about whether it gets over the line Richi sunak has said that’s a priority for him he’ll also be announcing just for the UK a 240 million pound Aid package to Ukraine for humanitarian assistance and rebuilding some of the energy networks that have been bombed by the Russians and he’ll try to say that this Summit shows the UK is at the Forefront of the international response to Ukraine clearly there’s an element here that whatever happens at the election he wants this to be part of his legacy the UK’s commitment uh to Ukraine and he may have a moment with president zalinsky at some point during the summit and clearly he’ll be hoping that it erases some of those headlines following his early exit from D-Day but I’m sure there will be questions for him here about domestic politics too yeah and he won’t be leaving this event early I guess tomorrow after what happened with the D-Day one and just on the domestic politics then of course we saw uh his performance at the uh leaders event last night being grilled by our Beth Rigby I mean the the reviews are in and it was as if he seemed quite deflated quite down and we’ve seen him looking a bit bouncy and tigerish greeting Georgia Maloney right now what can we expect uh will be the Fallout from last night in terms of the way Rich carries himself today that’s right I mean this could well be his last sort of moment on the international stage as prime minister he’s at this Summit for three days then he goes to Switzerland on Saturday for a Ukraine peace Summit attended by some world leaders but he will know that this could be nearly the end in terms of him doing this kind of thing as prime minister and will want to take full advantage of it and hope they make some progress look the mood among the Tories I’ve spoken to is pretty downbeat I certainly spoke or heard from Tories last night who felt that the fight had gone out of him a bit on many of those questions that Beth was putting to him about the his failure to deliver on many of his five priorities the things that he said judge me on my record I want to stop the boat I want to get NHS waiting lists down and he was clear last night that he had not achieved many of those things and people would be disappointed he said and they would be frustrated yes our snap poll showed that K starma did better with the audience certainly there was a lot more sort of heckling and and even laughing from the audience when richy cak was there perhaps it’s easier to do that to the person who’s been in power rather the person who wants to be but certainly things are are difficult for the Tory campaign they’ve still been knocked sideways by this whole D-Day issue and I I think he showed saying he was incredibly sad about it How stung he was at these accusations that he didn’t want to be on the international stage David Cameron who was speaking this morning the foreign secretary wouldn’t go into what discussions they’d had in advance of it but was uh Keen to say that you know it was this family photo at Normandy was organized quite last minute it wasn’t something that was in the schedule but you know I think the The Narrative on that has been set and it it will be very difficult many Tories acknowledge for rishy cak to to break out of that especially when you have cabinet ministers like Grant shaps speaking openly about the desire to stop labor winning a super majority I think quite a few Tories will have had their heads in their hands hearing him say that they certainly will all right tomorrow for now at the G7 thank you for that look we’ve been talking about it uh quite extensively this morning so let’s take a look back at some of the key moments of last night leaders event with our Deputy political editor Sam coats 200 miles from Downing Street the battle for number 10 now playing out in Grimsby this place voted Tori last time but now labor wants it back kiss dama first up to be interviewed by Sky’s political editor Beth rby he wants to convince this audience and the country he can be trusted but it’s a long journey since his last election campaign you said I do think Jeremy Corbin would make a great prime minister Jeremy Corbin did you mean that I was so certain that we would lose the 2019 election did you not mean it when you said it I was certain that we would lose tax a constant issue in this campaign Del Labor’s plans add up but the Tories say you will go further they’re right aren’t they you will well the first thing I’d say is the T in no position to lecture anyone about tax Rises we got the highest tax burden no no tax rises in the next Parliament no tax Rises needed in the plans in our Manifesto the no no tax r is for working people that’s income tax National Insurance so you’re ring up um I just to code just to code that uh for you guys uh because when a PL a politician says uh no plans it does mean I might well I’ve done this a bit it does a hint of domestic life and personal troubles was Vick your wife not keen for you to do this no she wasn’t at all she thought it be far better to continue being a lawyer on a reasonable salary the audience asking questions too and some not holding back you seem more like a political robot how are you how are you going to convince others like me to vote for you well um the most look look all I can say I I went to run the crown prosecution service you referenced that I was the chief prosecutor for five years apologies kman did he convince you yes or no I I hope you don’t answer the questions how you answer the questions I hope you never answered them the way that you did when you’re a solicitor because you don’t seem to answer the question okay I’m going to I’m going to some frustration at the lack of detail but this man not giving much away next up to face his grilling the Prime Minister richy sunet needs a big win in this room and Beyond the PM tested like rarely before on his promises one to get waiting lists down it’s gone up yes it has yes I was I’m very we’ve not made as much progress on cutting waiting lists as I would have liked you had a question earlier from I think there was a junior doctor here and I think everyone knows the impact the Industrial action has had that’s why we haven’t made as much the’s fault the Richi sunak facing booze losing some in the crowd and at times looking crestfallen legal immigration another example of failure and again the audience hostile it 70% of people in Grimsby voted for brexit how do you think they feel about that when they hear that net migration into this country has more than doubled uh in the last three years from before we left the European Union yeah I’m sure it’s it’s too high I’ve been very clear that it’s too high and I’m sure people have feel frustrated and angry about it trying to show he gets it but after 14 years in power the audience seemed low on patience you say that you’re coming from an NHS background and have this instilled value of caring for the NHS how are we going to do that if you try and undermine it at every level but I with greatest respect that’s not what we’re doing we’re investing record sums into it we’re training more doctors and nurses than we ever have and there are more doctors and nurses in the NHS today than it’s also had this a major moment in the campaign and rishy sunak running out of time to turn it around today the focus shifts to labor launching their plans for Britain has he convinced the nation he’s ready to lead Sam coat Sky News Grimsby now this morning the foreign secretary Lord Cameron refused to admit that the tax burden would increase under the conservatives if they were to win the election taxes will go up under a future conservative government no what’s going to happen is that what is going to happen is we’re going to cut those key tax rates and that will make a difference to the tax burden will be higher well the point about you you can always you can always get the tax burden down by simply borrowing more but the key question is are you going to control public spending in a way that’s going to enable you to reduce tax rates we are labor aren’t yeah but the tax burden will increase under the next under a conservative government should you win the next election what what is going to happen is tax rates are going to come down as I say the the thing to look at is the overall burden of Taxation and borrowing you can always change the tax burden by increasing B let’s bring in our political correspondent Darren mcaffrey is following the conservative campaign for us now Darren morning to you I think still up and Grimsby I enjoyed your picture of your with your fish and chips last night I hope they were delicious now Lord Cameron there still maintaining this line that tax rates are coming down but as Kay was putting it to him the burden will continue this is going to be a central issue isn’t it until it’s cleared up yeah it really is and actually when you watch back last night T’s debate or the interrogation to a degree by Beth at R you could see a prime minister that was struggling with many of those big issues and his record on it whether it was on at the national debt whether it was on taxation whether it was on migration it did feel like the Prime Minister was very much on the back foot and you talked to the audience kamale IM emerging afterwards and the words that were coming out of their mths were defeatist or defensive about this and the other key issue that clearly he struggled with the Prime Minister last night was on this idea about NHS waiting lists as Beth pointed out you know when he made that pledge that they would come down they were 7.2 million they’re much higher than that today and in fact his argument last night was well at least they’re starting to go in the right direction since November they’ve started to fall again but that in the last hour by the way has just started to change again because we’ve got new figures from NHS England out this morning and they’ve started to rise for the first time again in seven months not a massive rise they’re up 1.4% between March and April but they are now starting to inch towards 7.6 million that’s 400,000 higher than when the Prime Minister made that pledge in January of last year and that’s just a reminder of how difficult this all is for the Prime Minister that when it comes to his records yes there are bright spots around things like the economy but on the whole he is struggling to defend his records and in the end that makes these TV events very difficult indeed and you know you look at that U go poll where people suggest Kia starm W by 2/3 at to oneir for at the Prime Minister but the Prime Minister doesn’t just need to be slightly behind in all of this he needs to be smashing these TV events out of the park given where he is in the polls and simply he’s just not doing that Cale and that’s a big problem given the fact that the party is clearly 20 points still behind in the polls three weeks out from polling day yeah absolutely right Darren and sort of tangentially connected but extraordinary nonetheless his closest political Aid Craig Williams is being investigated by the gambling commission just an incredible development tell us about this yeah really odd story or peculiar story in many ways this as you say one of lak’s senior AIDS effectively went to a betting shop at days out from when the election was announced placing a bet that he thought there was going to be an election in July and made some money of it on surpris because the Prime Minister did a couple of days after repl that bit call the election for July uh 4th Now Greg Williams is denyed he’s done anything wrong here he says he’s cooperating with that investigation by the gambling commission though he did Issue a statement last night saying that in retrospect he should have realized that it would not have been a good look what he did as to say he denies these anything wrong there’s clearly investigation underway but as he pointed out it really doesn’t look very good why he would do this is all rather odd and it’s just one of these things where it never reings but it PS I think for the conservative party that it seems that everything’s going wrong all at the wrong time and you know this is a sight side issue but it reinforces that that the conservative party can seem to be or or seem unable to get anything right at the moment indeed all right Darren now thank you for that and that bet was 100 100 bet at 5 to1 as reported all right now as well as the labor party today P cryy are going to launch their Manifesto this morning let’s bring in our correspondent Dan Whitehead who was in Cardiff for us Dan morning to you what can we expect to hear from the party when they launched their Manifesto yeah that Manifesto launch for ped cumy coming in the next 10 minutes or so we’ve just got hold of the manifesto here for fairness for ambition for Wales expect really to hear about fairness and to hear about the economy I’ve only had a couple of minutes just to uh flick through here but on the front page here they talk about funding essentially pla Cy really wants more money uh from the UK government for uh Wales and and the big headline which we’ve been hearing about over the last 48 hours or so is this4 billion pounds which uh pled wants which they say is owed uh to Wales from hs2 they want to invest that money into public transport here in Wales also on funding enabling us to invest in their NHS of of course Welles got the longest waiting lists uh in the United Kingdom they talk about the mismanagement of Labor here uh in the Welsh uh government they also want to increase child benefit by 20 per week they want that uh Power devolved they say that that will lift 60,000 children out of poverty in Wales look I’ve not had a whole chance to read quite a thick Manifesto I think one thing will be key to look for when reap yth the leader of ply cumy uh starts his Manifesto launch in the next couple couple of minutes is Independence he’s been quieter on that point since he took over uh the party refused to uh outline a timetable for any possible referendum in Wales on Independence what is what are his thoughts on Independence here in Wales look pled have a challenge here they won four seats back in 2019 there’s boundary reforms to contest with at this time around and some polling last week put pled on just two seats less than 1% of MPS in Westminster so they do have a challenge they are Fielding candidates across the 32 seats and those boundary reforms in Wales put the number of MPS in Westminster in Wales down from 40 to 32 the party has been critical about that you’re looking at a 20% or so drop in the number of Welsh MPS in Westminster uh but fairness and economy going to be Central to ped’s uh pledge to the Welsh people when they launch their Manifesto well indeed all right it’s Dan for now uh outside that Manifesto launch and as you can see from on your screen or you could we’ll be live in Cardiff when ped do launch their Manifesto at around halfast 10 runup yth the leader of ped cery we’ll be delivering a speech and we’ll be there all right you’re watching sky today still to come we’ spoken to the parents of an Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza after 8 months in captivity as we’ve said preparing to launch the labor party Manifesto and we as I promised will be live in Cardiff as pled cry will announce their Manifesto promising economic fairness for Wales you got to see this I’m Gotti Schwartz We are following 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Gaza when I heard are you sitting down I thought it was bad news I dropped the phone to one side it fell under the table and suddenly I heard from under the table it’s good news it’s good news and crawled under the table did you see good news yes they’re bringing Andre over by helicopter he’s almost in Israel it was very emotional it’s difficult to describe Evia and Mikel flew straight from St Petersburg in Russia for an emotional reunion with Andre at a hospital in Israel it appeared to be the moment his ordeal finally caught up with him during the eight months we’ve been waiting for him we feared he would be changed a lot that he would be a different man and suddenly there was this emotional shock mama mama I knew I’d return mama I knew on October 7th that I would go home when he calmed down and was able to speak calmly I knew he was the same man Andre was rescued with two Israeli men al- Jan and schom ziv in an Israeli military operation in central Gaza on Saturday morning what has he told you about the last eight months one of the phrases that really scared or hurt us was when when he said there are some things I will never tell you about as for everything else yes he tells us but it’s as if he’s playing Storyteller as if to entertain us even the fact that his hands and feet were tied for two months he tells it as if it were a joke Hamas claims that at least 270 Garin were killed and hundreds wounded in the rescue operation video from the scene shows many dead in the densely populated narat Market Hamas now says it wants written guarantees from the US before agreeing a ceasefire deal but the US Secretary of State said some of hamas’s Demands aren’t possible Hamas has proposed numerous changes to the proposal that was on the table some of the changes are workable some are not here in a nutshell is where we stand for all the hostages who have returned home home like Andre 120 still remain in Gaza many of them dead negotiations for their release continue but hopes for a ceas fire are again fading alist bunkle Sky News in Tel Aviv all right let’s take you back live to Fano in Italy where as you can see the leaders of the G7 as well as the president of the European commission and European Council are assembled for this this latest Summit they just had uh what’s described as the family photograph you’ve got of course their President Joe Biden Justin Trudeau of Canada Emanuel macron the French President Georgia Maloney prime minister of Italy Olaf Schulz chancellor of Germany and fumio kashida uh the Prime Minister of Japan the main topic of discussion will be uh securing this 50 billion euro worth of funding for Ukraine and the war effort against the Russian invasion as well as discussing of course the ongoing situation in Gaza now just a few moments ago President Joe Biden final arrival at the summit being welcomed by the Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney now fascinatingly is uh Tamara C and our political correspondent was telling us earlier this Summit comes at a time of of not only great difficulty and challenge for Europe but for these individuals as well the Prime Minister Rishi sunak of course going through an election here president president Emanuel macron of France just dissolved Parliament and called an election there just last week and of course we know November the 5th the US election where President Biden is behind in the polls to former president Trump so as well as their own individual domestic issues they’ve got to be contending with they’re getting together at this G7 to try and agree to that huge funding package for Ukraine the funding is coming from seized Russian assets that are held in Europe a long time discussed this really since the the invasion of uh Ukraine by Russia that European nations could take the assets that had been seized from the Russians and use that money to help with reconstruction and War efforts in Ukraine it’s now suggested that that agreement has been reached and they’re going to try and make that a reality of course remains to be seen when any of that 50 billion euros will actually reach Ukraine and reach the front line and reach those who need it to fend off the Russian attacks we’ll have more of course from the uh G7 Summit in Italy throughout the day but coming up next we’re going to take you to Cardiff where PL cry the Welsh independence party are about to launch their election Manifesto promising fairness for Wales and a and a better deal we’ll have the very latest once R yth the leader of play takes to the stage and delivers his comments that’s coming up next we report live from Tel Aviv from poz Mexico tonight top story reporting from Baltimore at the keybridge disaster when you look over your shoulder and you see the Key Bridge what goes through your head that bridge has been here longer than I’ve been alive it still doesn’t feel real hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place 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Gotti Schwarz we are following some breaking news severe storms continue to wreak havoc the Supreme Court put a pause on a controversial immigration law protesters have redoubled their numbers right here at this makeshift barricade the future of Tik Tok as we know it is at risk is this aan or not the craziest ride I have ever hitch that is totality do you see yourselves in space I feel go to space how you feeling I feel great stay tuned now week nights at 8 Eastern 5 Pacific on NBC news now we report live from Tel Aviv for harez Mexico top story reporting from Baltimore every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news now the fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty [Music] bad more Americans turn to NBC news than any other news organization [Applause] [Music] Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC welcome back now throughout the campaign period Sky’s been bringing you voter reaction to everything that voters have heard from the party’s campaigns Following last night’s Sky News leaders event Laura bunder caught up with our panel to see what they made of what they heard they pitched their plans but did the leaders persuade the Sky News yugov panel watching every word their verdicts are in I feel that K stma performed the best and because of his energy he was more relatable I didn’t really agree with everything RI sunak said but he did seem to answer more questions rishy sunak performed better than cure Storer but I preferred cure stormers answers right step away from that now take you to Cardiff ped Cy launching their Manifesto this is an Davis candidate for and apologies to those who don’t speak Welsh like me of course the beginning of the sum of these speeches We Believe will be in well Shan Davis as I say is the candidate for uh kamaran we’re expecting to hear in the manifesto launch uh once the leader of P run takes to the stage that Wales is calling for a fairer deal from the UK government claiming that their owned billions of pounds uh from government spending on the uh now cancelled full hs2 Railway they also want to try and gain control over the crown estate so that profits from the crown estate properties that are found in Wales go directly to the Welsh government in Cardiff not to the UK treasury they say that’s the same deal that people have in Scotland for the crown estate that it goes to Hollywood so they want that to happen in Wales as well H and they also say that there are other issues that they are fighting for but let’s go back to and Davis because I’m reli told you speaking in English I to be standing in this old constituency Kamara has given everything to me and this is why and this is what has actually brought me into politics my Roots Run Deep and it’s my life’s experiences which drive my passion to see its people get a fair deal I know that farmers face an uncertain future with Hasty trade deals Opening Our markets to unfair competition and I know it’s a tough environment to build a small business with increasing costs and the challenges of training staff and retaining staff and I know how vital it is in rural areas to have a Health Service that is close to your home and your community I know too how our communities feel left out of decisions seemingly taken far away Wales and Karena has an abundant of Natural Resources but they must be harnessed in a way that respects our natural environment and brings benefit to us the local people a passion to see our communities get a fair deal and our ambition that isn’t that this isn’t as good enough as it gets for Wales runs through our Manifesto from cover to cover and it’s a platform on which I’m proud to stand on places like aara need change but this election is about what kind of change that will be the best chance we have for our voice to be heard is with a strong team of plight C MPS in Westminster and I will do all that I can between now and July the 4th to join in what I confidently predict will be a formidable team once again led by the Fantastic Liz savil Roberts [Applause] [Applause] Le this here westmin leader of ped c as we can expect the beginnings of these speeches are going to be in Wales unfortunately I uh didn’t have enough cash in my pocket to hire the wellsh translator this morning so I’ll just talk you through what we are expecting to hear we heard from and Davis this morning that they are demanding a fairer deal for Wales in this Manifesto our correspondent Dan Whitehead was saying that there were four pled MPS returned the last election due to boundary changes reducing the number of constituencies in Wales we are expecting polling is expecting that there will be a a lower number returned this time and Davis Westminster leader of play is now speaking in English let’s show him once and for all that there’s no such thing as a safe seat [Applause] let’s stop him of course from taking whes for granted of course tro said and we Ina so they say it’s Manifesto week the Tories kicked things off on Tuesday and they offered a a mix of recycled attacks on wales’s democracy and and threats once again of a disastrous mini budget sequel but many people have just stopped listening and the rest of us are a gust of what they think is still worth saying coincidentally and yes I’m sure it was just a coincidence labor are also announcing their Manifesto today you might hope for a radical Manifesto for change but no they’re sticking to Tory fiscal rules which means that £18 billion will yet have to be cut more a austerity but with a red face this time but surely you think that at least following through with the demand of welles’s Labor government the one that they’re so proud to use as a blueprint no we already know there won’t be a mention of the Devolution of justice and not a whisper of the 4 billion pounds owed to Wales in transport funds Welsh labor has been in power here for 25 years a quarter of a century keeping the labor machine well oiled while their Westminister colleagues were in opposition and this is the thanks they get so today I am proud that reene will be publishing a Manifesto which stands in brilliant contrast to Labor’s Bland offer and their like it or lump it attitude towards Wales A Manifesto based on values fairness ambition equality hope and an honest recognition that we must find money to fund Public Services not by making workers pay more taxes but by ensuring those with the broader shoulders pay their fair share and our Manifesto is grounded in the fundamental belief that Wales as supposedly an equal part partner deserves our fair share of funding and ambition to invest in our communities using the natural wealth that is currently siphoned off to London our Sovereign wealth fund would be transformational for poor communities that have too long seen their natural wealth extracted I introduced the crown estate Devolution bill in the last Parliament labor refused to support it we need to elect more plry MPS to force labor to take notice of our demands and on policing and Justice only plyy has an evidence-based policy to create safer communities through well- reserved Resource Services with police forces that truly understand those communities and yesterday AET Cooper through cold water on her own party’s Welsh government’s work on the Devolution of policing a hard no then to evidence that’s been built by years for experts but for years by experts ply C’s Manifesto is a Manifesto for Real Change [Music] Manifesto for [Music] robs uh the pl’s Westminster or previously until Parliament was dissolved of course laying out the reasoning why people should vote for play as she announces now the leader of P comy Lun yth will just uh stick with these pictures unfortunately you have to stick with my voice for a moment while we uh listen to up your other I believe it’s going to begin his speech in in welshy might surprise me good morning friends it’s wonderful to see so many of you here today A Day to spell out our vision a key to any election it’s why we are here you know having spent uh every day since Rishi shak’s rain soaked announcements outside Downing Street three weeks ago speaking to people in all parts of Wales I have a genuine sense that this election feels different it feels as if more people than ever are left utterly uninspired by what either labor or the conservatives have to offer yes there’s a longing for change abs absolutely but it feels as if more people than ever are longing for a more hopeful more ambitious Vision too and in that Spirit I’m excited to be unveiling ped cry’s Vision through our Manifesto today the Common Thread which runs through this Manifesto is fairness firstly Fair funding for Wales PL KY is the only party advocating for the abolition of the Barnet formula which is seen Wales lose out to the tune of billions of pounds now over the years it’s not a begging Bowl it’s just doing what’s right enabling investments in public services and in the economy even Lord Barnett himself the architect of that formula back in 1978 when I was that size said that it had passed its cell by date many years ago and scrapping it in favor of a needs based model is essential if we to be able to adequately fund our public services and should be the bare minimum of what the next government offers Wales likewise on hs2 the troubled highspeed Rail Project because it’s classed as an England and Wales project Scotland and Northern Ireland are compensated but of course there’s not a single mile not a single inch of hs2 track in Wales and we get nothing it’s worse than that we actually get less rail investment as a results and in line with usual compensation rules Wales is owed some 4 billion pound just imagine what that could do in terms of Transforming Our public transport Network Nationwide buses roads Railways connecting our communities physically digitally and giving our economy that desperately needed boost and let me be clear this appeal for fair funding isn’t driven by ideology it’s driven by principle it’s driven by what is Right remember that there is nothing whatsoever that is inevitable about our poverty as a nation nothing intrinsic to our people which means we cannot create a thriving economy and world-class Public Services given the tools that we need so to the next UK government we say this show you are serious about Wales and resolve the long understanding Fair funding issues and [Applause] show and show that you’re serious about backing our economy as an internationalist party un like labor and the conservatives we in ped Cy aren’t afraid to call out the disastrous consequences of severing ties with the world’s largest trading block we’ve been clear consistent and unequivocal in recent is that rejoining the single market and Customs Union are vital in order to mitigate the impact of brexit on weal business and reduce overheads and administrative costs it’s just common sense and for and the statistics are really sobering aren’t they the need to build a sustainable NHS in resource and Workforce is greater than ever the link between poverty and poor housing and ill health is crippling and arguably felt more acutely in Wales because of our aging population and post-industrial Legacy it was Gordon Brown wasn’t it who said that child poverty is a scar on the soul of Britain labors Gordon Brown if only Kia was making that a priority [Applause] today and it must be a priority not only is PED Cy committed to scrapping the cruel and unfair two Child Benefits cap to which labor and the Tories are shamefully wedded we would also increase child benefit by 20 per week this would help three 330,000 Welsh families to deal with the cost of living crisis taking 60,000 children out of poverty ped cry on the side of a fairer future for all especially our children and these are the foundations of our vision for Wales fairness and ambition and there is so much more that we need to do a fairer tax system including use of windfall taxes devolving the crown Estates to create green jobs and build Prosperity a just transition commission to give the future of Welsh steel a Fighting Chance as we strive for a Net Zero World reversing Labor’s cuts to business rate support here in Wales A Wales specific covid inquiry to give victims and their loved ones the answers they deserve building on our work to deliver a national care service for Wales Fair funding for our police forces and the Devolution of Justice rejected Again by labor keeping the pension triple lock a veto on future trades deals that undermine Welsh agricultural communities and a cast iron commitment to the pursuit of Global Peace from Ukraine to Gaza I’m proud of our offer but more importantly I know our offer is in wales’s interests in 3 weeks time we can almost be certain that suia stama will be moving into number 10 Downing Street the Tories are finished thank goodness but we can influence the change ahead of us keeping the incoming labor government in check not giving them a free pass to take Welsh votes but then cast wales’s interests aside I’m proud to stand on a platform which offers a positive vision for our country a genuinely positive vision for our country which offers a real alternative to the increasingly joined up thinking of the two main UK parties and a platform which gives people the opportunity to vote for fairness for ambition and for Wales [Applause] there you have the leader of p c run joined on stage by uh and Davies and this savil Roberts launching their party Manifesto calling for a fair deal for Wales uh R there really laying out the reasoning behind the Fair Deal he’s saying it’s not begging Bolter to do what’s right he said he wants to scrap the Barnet formula that is of course the uh the equation that uh provides funding for the devolved administrations and he wants it to be changed in in favor of a needs based model he said the change in funding is not driven

>>> TONIGHT, PEAK TORNADO SEASON COMING OUT WITH A BANG, PARTS OF THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW UNDER TORNADO WATCHES. THE MILLIONS WHO COULD EAT IN THE PATH OF POWERFUL TWISTERS TONIGHT. >>> IN FLORIDA, BREAKING NEWS AS THE STATE SUPREME COURT ALLOWS AN ABORTION RIGHTS AMENDMENT ON THE NOVEMBER

BALLOT, THE IMPACT THAT COULD HAVE IN ONE OF THE FEW SOUTHERN STATES WHERE THE PROCEDURE IS STILL LEGAL. >>> AND MORE HARD TIME FOR ALEC MURDOCH, THE MAN ALREADY CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON GETTING SENTENCE TODAY BEHIND BARS IN A MULTI-MILLION

DOLLAR FINE, WHY THE JUDGE GAVE A HARSHER SENTENCE THAN EVEN THE PROSECUTION ASKED FOR. >>> IN DALLAS, POLICE REPORTEDLY SEARCHING FOR KANSAS CITY CHIEFS RECEIVER RECEIVED RICE, AS THEY INVESTIGATE A MASSIVE CAR CRASH THAT WE HEARD FROM THE TEAM PRESIDENT, JUST

BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR. >>> IN INDIANAPOLIS, CALLS FOR BETTER PARENTING FROM POLICE AFTER SEVEN CHILDREN WERE HURT IN A MASS SHOOTING. WHY OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT HOME AND NOT IN HARM’S WAY. >>> RIGHT NOW, TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT AS TENS OF

MILLIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS IN THE MIDWEST ARE AT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT TORNADOES. BUT THE FIRST DAY OF PEAK TORNADO SEASON QUICKLY KICKED INTO HIGH GET. THE WEATHER COULD ALSO BRING WITH IT TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HEAVY WIND, AND LARGE HAIL, YOU SEE IT HERE.

STRETCHING ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS TO WEST VIRGINIA. THE SYSTEM RECENTLY BATTERED THE WEST COAST, FLOODING MAJOR HIGHWAYS, CARS PRACTICALLY FLOATING IN THE WATER, DUMPING HAIL ALL OVER SAN DIEGO AND HITTING THE MOUNTAINS WITH MORE THAN TWO FEET OF SNOW IN SOME PLACES.

JESSE IS STANDING BY IN COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CINCINNATI BUT FIRST LET’S GO TO MICHELLE GROSSMAN, ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH JUST POPPED UP FOR PARTS OF ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI, THE RISK NOW STRETCHES PRETTY FAR, TO THE PEOPLE THERE, SHOULD THEY BE CONCERNED? >> IT’S A LARGE AREA THAT WE

ARE LOOKING AT. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THE STORMS PICK UP AT THIS HOUR AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDER THIS RISK TONIGHT. THE BIGGEST THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE HAIL, LARGE HAIL, 2 TO 3 INCHES, ABOUT TENNIS BALL SIZE,

THEN WE ARE GOING TO SEE WINDS GUSTING UP TO 80, THAT WILL CAUSE DAMAGE AS WELL BUT LOOK HOW FAR THE STRETCHES, ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY INCLUDING DALLAS, SPRINGFIELD, ST. LOUIS, CINCINNATI. WHERE YOU SEE THE RED AND

ORANGE, THAT’S A LIKELY SPOT OF SEEING VERY STRONG STORMS, AND AGAIN, WE COULD SEE THEM OVERNIGHT. THEN BY TOMORROW, 21 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK, TOP THREAT WILL BE TORNADOES. DAMAGING HAIL, AND INCH OR LARGER, NOT QUITE AS BIG AS TODAY AND IF YOU TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

THIS IS WHAT’S HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY, WE WILL SEE THE SYSTEM MOVE OFF TO THE EAST, THE SEVERE OTHER THREAT COMES DOWN ON WEDNESDAY, BUT STILL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SORT STRONG STORMS FROM ATLANTIC CITY, NORFOLK, WILMINGTON, IT’S COULD GUST UP TO 60. THIS IS WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW,

NOTICE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE MORE LIGHTNING STRIKES INTO THE LAST STRAND AND THAT’S WHEN WE SEE THE ATMOSPHERE GET JUICED UP AND WE WILL SEE STRONG STORMS STARTING TO POP FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ALL THE WAY TO THE OHIO VALLEY, THIS IS WHERE THE LIGHTNING STRIKE IS.

AS WE LOOK AT THE TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS, WE ARE LOOKING AT A TORNADO WATCH, THAT’S IN THE RED, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN THE YELLOW. THESE ARE UNTIL 9:00 LOCAL TIME. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS UNTIL 11:00. SO THIS WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL

HOURS AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF MOISTURE WITH THE SYSTEM AND THAT WILL CAUSE FLOODING. WHERE YOU SEE THE DARKER COLORS, THAT’S WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING RIGHT NOW. >>> LET’S GO TO JESSE, JUST OUTSIDE OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. HOW ARE PEOPLE PREPARING FOR

THE STORM, I UNDERSTAND YOU’VE ALREADY HAVE THUNDERSTORMS THERE? WE’VE HEARD THUNDER OFF IN THE DISTANCE, WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY LIGHTNING AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT’S DRY RIGHT NOW AND THE SUN IS POPPING BACK THROUGH. HAD BEEN SUNNY EARLIER THAN IT BECAME OVERCAST, HE STARTED TO SEE MORE OMINOUS CLOUDS.

WE DON’T HAVE THE DARK CLOUDS OVERHEAD RIGHT NOW. BUT THE SUN HAS COME BACK BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY THAT MOISTURE IN THE AIR, IF YOU WILL, THE SENSE THAT THE STORMS ARE COMING. IT’S HARD TO PUT WORDS TO IT BUT I KNOW WE ALL KNOW THE

FEELING THAT WE GET RIGHT BEFORE A THUNDERSTORM. WE’VE HAD A DRIZZLE ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN, AND THE SUN WAS POKING THROUGH BUT WE SPOKE WITH OFFICIALS EARLIER WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE DOING, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD US THEY WERE CONVENING A MEETING TO MEET

WITH VARIOUS GROUPS OF OFFICIALS TO FIGURE OUT THIS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING, THERE’S A RISK OF FLOODING, ISOLATED AREAS, AND RIGHT BEHIND ME, IS THE OHIO RIVER, AND THAT’S CINCINNATI, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD US THEY WILL BE

WATCHING FOR WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE RIVER, NOT JUST AS IT’S RAINING BUT BEYOND THAT. HERE’S PART OF MY CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE FIRE CHIEFS. >> EVEN WHEN THE RAIN STOPS, THE RISK DOESN’T NECESSARILY GO AWAY. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. YOU HAVE THE DOWNPOUR AND AS IT

DRAINS INTO THE OHIO RIVER, IT CONTINUES TO BUILD UP. >> Reporter: AGAIN, EVEN AFTER THE RAIN SUBSIDES HERE, ERIN, THERE IS STILL CONCERN. OFFICIALS WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON BOTH IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND RISK TO INFRASTRUCTURE FROM POTENTIAL

FLOODING BUT AT THIS POINT, WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THIS BREAKOUT, THE POTENTIAL BREAKOUT OF STORMS IN THE AREA. >> JESSE, THANK YOU. >>> TWO MAJOR ABORTION RULINGS IN FLORIDA TONIGHT, WITH THE STATE SUPREME COURT DECIDING TO ALLOW A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ENSHRINE ABORTION

PROTECTIONS IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER. WHILE ALSO UPHOLDING A 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN. THAT DECISION CLEARS THE WAY FOR A SIX WEEK BEEN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS LAST YEAR TO TAKE EFFECT. VOTERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO UNDO THOSE RESTRICTIONS THIS NOVEMBER.

MARISSA PARR A IS JOINING US NOW . WHEN DOES THE SIX-MONTH ABORTION BAN TAKE EFFECT AND WHAT WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT DO IF IT PASSES IN NOVEMBER? >> Reporter: WE WILL START FIRST WITH WHEN THE SIX WEEK ABORTION BAN TAKES EFFECT AND THAT IS IN 60 DAYS — 30 DAYS,

THAT WAS TRIGGERED BY THE RULING THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT. AS YOU MENTIONED, WE GOT TO WHEN IT CAME TO THE SUPREME COURT IN FLORIDA. THIS WAS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT, THERE WAS OVER 1 MILLION SIGNATURES WHICH WAS WELL BEYOND WHAT THE LIMIT WAS

NECESSARY TO EVEN MAKE THIS AN ACTUAL PROPOSED MEASURE FOR THE BALLOT. THE SUPREME COURT IN FLORIDA HAVE THE RIGHT BY LAW, TO REVIEW THE LANGUAGE IN THE PROPOSED BALLOT INITIATIVE. WHAT WE HAD WAS THE REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL ARGUING THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS VAGUE AND

CONFUSING BECAUSE IN THIS, YOU SEE VIABILITY” ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE TOO CONFUSING, THAT’S ROUGHLY 24 WEEKS. THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DECIDED TODAY IT WAS OT TOO CONFUSING AND FLORIDA VOTERS CAN IN FACT, DECIDE ON THIS AND

VOTE ON THIS. SO SIMULTANEOUSLY AS WE JUST MENTIONED, THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DECIDED TO UPHOLD THE CURRENT 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT TRIGGERS THE SIX WEEK ABORTION BAN AND AS WE MENTIONED THAT GOES INTO EFFECT 30 DAYS FROM

NOW, BUT BECAUSE OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVE, THAT MEANS VOTERS CAN OVERTURN THAT IN NOVEMBER IF 60% OF VOTERS CHOOSE TO DO SO. SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE REACTION, WHAT ARE FOLKS IN FLORIDA TELLING YOU?

>> Reporter: SO WE’VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF FOLKS HERE ON THE GROUND. WE SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF FLORIDA VOTERS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS ASKING HOW THEY WOULD FEEL, GIVEN ANY POSSIBILITY HERE, RIGHT? AND SO, WHAT I’VE HEARD

OVERWHELMINGLY IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT ABORTION IS HIGH ON THE LIST OF CONCERNS. WANT TO TAKE YOU TO ONE PERSON WE JUST SPOKE TO. SHE SAID SHE IDENTIFIES TYPICALLY AS A REPUBLICAN BUT HERE’S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY

ABOUT HOW ABORTION FACTORS INTO HER DECISION-MAKING THIS NOVEMBER? >> I FEEL LIKE WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO DO, TO BE HONEST, SO, I THINK THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF IT. IT IS ONE ISSUE THAT I DO FEEL

STRONGLY ABOUT AS FAR AS WOMEN HAVING THE CHOICE BUT AT THE SAME TIME ON THE BIG PICTURE, I’M A BIG PICTURE TYPE OF GIRL, TOO. >> Reporter: SO, ERIN, I WILL MENTION, THAT WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE HOUSE STATES, EVEN CONSERVATIVE STATES LIKE KANSAS, WHEN THEY HAVE

ABORTION ON THE BALLOT, WE HAVE SEEN VOTERS COME OUT AND EVEN IF THEY ARE CONSERVATIVE OR REPUBLICAN, THEY HAVE STRUCK ON THE POSSIBILITY OF STRICTER ABORTION LAWS IN THE STATE. WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IN NOVEMBER IN FLORIDA, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT

DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING THIS AS A WIN, PROGRESSIVES ARE TAKING THIS AS A WIN, MY INBOX IS FLOODED HER THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON VOTER TURNOUT IN NOVEMBER. WE KNOW DEMOCRATS ARE REALLY TRYING HARD TO KEEP FLORIDA PURPLE AND AWAY FROM CONSERVATIVES WHO MADE A LOT OF

INROADS IN FLORIDA. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THIS WILL IN FACT HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW FLORIDA VOTERS TURNED OUT IN NOVEMBER, ERIN? >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> NOW, TO BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GEORGIA, A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER RAMMING HIS SUV INTO A

GATE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA. YOU SEE THE CRASH RIGHT THERE, THE RED TRUCK CRUMPLED UP AGAINST THIS GATE. THE GUY APPARENTLY TRIED TO RUN INSIDE BUT SECURITY TACKLED HIM WITHIN SECONDS. BLAINE ALEXANDER IS JUST OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA, BLAINE, THE

MAN APPARENTLY DIDN’T GET TOO CLOSE TO GETTING INSIDE THE OFFICE BUT WE ARE NOW JUST HEARING FROM AND FBI SPOKESPERSON AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? >> I SPOKE WITH A SPOKESPERSON WHO’S THE SPOKESPERSON AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE. HAPPENED AT THE SECURITY GATE. TYPICALLY IF SOMEONE IS TRYING

TO ENTER, ONE CAR GOES THROUGH BEFORE A BARRIER IS RAISED, WELL WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THE SUSPECT WE ARE TOLD, TRIED TO TAILGATE AFTER ANOTHER VEHICLE. OBVIOUSLY OF COURSE THE BARRIER ENGAGED AND HE RAMMED HIS CAR INTO THE BARRIER. THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HIS CAR.

SO THEN ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESPERSON, HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS CAR AND TRIED TO ACTUALLY RUN IN HIMSELF, BUT I’M TOLD HE ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET AWAY FROM HIS CAR BEFORE HE WAS TACKLED BY AGENTS AND ULTIMATELY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. OF COURSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,

SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS TAKEN SERIOUSLY. WE UNDERSTAND THE BOMB SQUAD CAME OUT AND CHECKED THE CAR AS A PRECAUTION. NO WEAPONS WERE ACTUALLY FOUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE. BUT IT IS A VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES ARE BEING CONSIDERED

AND WE ARE STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT, INCLUDING THE SUSPECTS NAME, WHICH THE FBI SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME THEY WILL NOT RELEASE JUST YET. >> OF THE SPOKESPERSON SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A POTENTIAL MOTIVE? >> THEY DON’T HAVE A MOTIVE, GREAT QUESTION.

THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY MOTIVE. SOMEONE WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS DURING A BRIEF PRESS CONFERENCE THAT OFFICIALS GAVE EARLIER, AND THEY SAID BASICALLY IT WAS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY POTENTIAL TIE TO TERRORISM. >>> NOW TO THE MAN AT THE HEART

OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S TRIAL OF THE CENTURY, LEARNING TONIGHT, HE WILL HAVE TO PAY BACK MILLIONS TO THE PEOPLE HE DUPED FOR YEARS, WITH A NEW 40 YEAR SENTENCE TACKED ONTO THE LIFE HE ALREADY FACES IN PRISON, TALKING ABOUT ALEC MURDOCH, YOU SEE THE SKETCHES OF HIM IN

COURT TODAY, THIS TIME ON FINANCIAL FRAUD CHARGES NEARLY 2 DOZEN CRIMES THAT HE PLEADED GUILTY TO BACK IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING A DEMAND TO PAY BACK ALMOST $9 MILLION, THAT SENTENCE, FROM A JUDGE, EVEN HARSHER THAN WHAT PROSECUTORS RECOMMENDED, IN PART BECAUSE THEY FOUND ANOTHER 11 VICTIMS

WHO LOST ABOUT $1 MILLION. LAWYERS FOR THE VICTIMS TODAY SAYING THEY HOPE THIS IS A STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE. >> THERE IS A STAGGERING HUMAN TOLL ATTACHED TO EVERY SINGLE SENT. THIS BLOOD MONEY, PEOPLE BLED, PEOPLE DIED, PEOPLE HAD FUNERALS TO GET COMPENSATED AND

HE TOOK IT AND PRAYED ON THEM. >> WE SHOULD NOTE, THOUGH, THIS IS NOT MORE TIME IN PRISON FOR MURDAUGH, HE’S ALREADY IN THERE FOR LIFE, FOR THE DOUBLE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, MAGGIE, AND SON, PAUL, NOT TO MENTION, DOZENS OF YEARS FOR STATE FINANCIAL

CRIMES, ALL OF IT, PART OF THAT TRIAL, WE ALL REMEMBER, THE DISGRACED FORMER LAWYER STORY CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF THE NATION INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARIES. >> THESE ACCUSATIONS HERE ARE DAMNING INCLUDING ONE WHERE HE DEFRAUDED EIGHT QUADRIPLEGIC MAN AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM SOME

OF THE VICTIMS INCLUDING THE SON OF THE FORMER MURDAUGH HOUSEKEEPER? >> THAT’S RIGHT, SO TWO OF THE VICTIMS WERE INSIDE THE COURTROOM TODAY. THEY ADDRESSED THE JUDGE PRIOR TO HIS SENTENCING, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ACTUALLY FORGIVE MURDAUGH AND THEY ARE PRAYING FOR HIM.

ONE OF THE VICTIMS, PAMELA HIT ME, HER SON, HAKEEM, WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHERE HE BECAME A QUADRIPLEGIC AND ENDED UP DYING IN A NURSING HOME, AND MURDAUGH ENDED UP STEALING THE INSURANCE SETTLEMENT MONEY FROM THEM. WE GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH

HER OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE. >> IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. IT’S ABOUT WHAT WE LOST. I LOST MY SON. THAT WILL NEVER BE REPLACED. >> SO THERE, YOU SEE HER AGAIN, BEING VERY FORGIVING ON SAYING THAT THIS WAS MORE ABOUT JUSTICE THAN ANYTHING ELSE FOR HER.

>> AND YOU ASKED THE LEAD PROSECUTOR ABOUT THAT NEARLY $9 MILLION. I WANT TO PLAY THAT EXCHANGE. >> THE $8 MILLION IN RESTITUTION, DO YOU EXPECT THE VICTIMS WILL ACTUALLY SEE THAT MONEY? >> THAT’S YET TO BE DETERMINED HOW MUCH WE CAN COVER IN TERMS OF RESTITUTION.

>> SO WALK US THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS HERE? >> SO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS NOT MADE IT VERY CLEAR EXACTLY HOW THESE VICTIMS ARE GOING TO GET THE MONEY, SOME OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN MONEY THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED IN THIS

CASE BUT SO FAR, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT SIX OF THE $12 MILLION THAT MURDAUGH ALLEGEDLY STOLE FROM THE CLIENTS IS UNACCOUNTED FOR. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT HE USED THEM FOR DRUGS AND HIS EXTRAVAGANT LIFESTYLE BECAUSE HE HADN’T OPIOID ADDICTION BUT

PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING THEY ARE NOT BUYING IT. THEY DON’T THINK THAT THE NUMBERS ADD UP, SO THE VICTIMS AND ALL THIS HAVE YET TO BE REPAID AND IT’S UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN AND ON WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE? >> TODAY WE ALSO HEARD FROM

MURDAUGH IN COURT AND FROM HIS ATTORNEYS. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? IS THE — THIS THE END OF THE LEGAL ROAD FOR MURDAUGH? >> SO I DID GET A CHANCE TO ASK THE DEFENSE WHETHER OR NOT MURDAUGH PLANS TO APPEAL THE SENTENCE. HE OBVIOUSLY DID PLEAD GUILTY

TO THE 22 FEDERAL CHARGES BACK IN SEPTEMBER BUT LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY HAD TO SAY? >> WILL HE APPEAL? I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT BUT HE’S READY TO MOVE ON AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON, FRANKLY.

>> SO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MURDER CONVICTIONS, HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WERE TRYING TO THROW OUT THE ENTIRE MURDER TRIAL AND GET A NEW TRIAL BECAUSE THEY SAID THE COUNTY CLERK IN THAT CASE WAS TAMPERING WITH JURORS HOWEVER, A JUDGE RULED THAT NO,

THEY AREN’T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A NEW TRIAL SO NOW THE DEFENSE TEAM IS GOING TO PURSUE APPEALS THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA COURT SYSTEM. THEY VEHEMENTLY DENIED THAT MURDAUGH HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE KILLINGS OF HIS WIFE AND HIS SON.

>> THANK YOU. >>> CREWS AND ALSO ARE NOW MAKING PROGRESS CLEARING OUT TWISTED METAL AND CONCRETE FROM THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. DIVERS, USING TORCHES TO CUT UP MASSIVE CHUNKS OF THE BRIDGE. IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE DEADLY CRASH, WHICH KILLED AT LEAST SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

THE BODIES OF FOUR OF THE MEN ARE STILL MISSING. THE GOVERNOR, LATE TODAY SAYING THAT COMPLICATED CLEANUP IS GOING TO TAKE TIME AS THE PRESIDENT GETS READY TO MAKE HIS TRIP THERE ON FRIDAY. >>> WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK CLEARING THE CHANNEL IN ORDER

TO MOVE FORWARD. I KNOW THERE IS AN URGENCY TO MOVE FASTER. AND NOBODY FEELS THAT URGENCY MORE THAN THE PEOPLE STANDING UP HERE TODAY. BUT WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON THE RISKS. >> THIS, AS WE ARE ALSO JUST LEARNING THEY HAVE OPENED A

TEMPORARY CHANNEL TO GET SOME ESSENTIAL SHIPS IN AND OUT OF ONE OF THE NATION’S BUSIEST PORTS, WITH THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS ACCIDENT SHAPING UP TO BE HUGE FOR BALTIMORE, WITH THE RIPPLE EFFECTS, SPREADING ACROSS THE GLOBE. ERIN GROW KISSED JOINS ME NOW.

>> WHAT’S THE LATEST IN TERMS OF THE CLEANUP OPERATION? HOW LONG IS IT EXPECTED TO LAST? >> Reporter: THE HOW LONG PART IS SOMETHING WE JUST DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER TO. THE OFFICIALS ARE NOT OFFERING ANY PROJECTION ABOUT HOW LONG IT’LL TAKE TO CLEAR TONS AND

TONS, OF THIS BRIDGE THAT HAS FALLEN AND THE SHIP AS WELL, THAT IT’S SITTING ON TOP OF. WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT TODAY WITH THE COAST GUARD, INTO THE RIVER HERE, RIGHT UP TO THE WRECKAGE SITE. WE WERE ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY FROM THE KEY BRIDGE THAT IS

SITTING THERE. IT IS SURREAL TO SEE THE SO CLOSE. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE PIECES OF THE BRIDGE THAT WERE REALLY CAN TANGLE — TANGLED WITH THIS. AND AT THIS POINT WE KNOW THE CREWS THAT HAVE BEEN AT WORK 24/7 SINCE LATE LAST WEEK WERE

ABLE TO GET OUT THERE ON THE WATER THIS WEEKEND WITH SOME CRANES, AND WITH SOME CUTTING TORCHES AND START CUTTING THE BRIDGE INTO CHUNKS. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE AS WE WERE OUT THERE TODAY ON THE WATER, A BIG HE’S OF THE BRIDGE THAT WAS

CUT AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND. WE THINK ABOUT 200 TONS, IT’S REALLY JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR WHAT IS NECESSARY TO REMOVE FROM THIS WRECKAGE SITE. SO THAT’S THE WORK THAT WILL CONTINUE. YOU MENTIONED THE TEMPORARY SHIPPING CHANNEL THAT’S BEEN OPENED.

WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE FIRST SHIP GO THROUGH THAT CHANNEL RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT THROUGH IT TODAY. THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO SHIPS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS SALVAGE OPERATION AND THE HOPE IS THAT AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO

LESSEN COMMERCIAL VESSELS THROUGH THE SPACE AS WELL ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE BIG, BIG CARGO SHIPS, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST AND REALLY, IN GETTING THIS WATERWAY BACK OPEN. AND OF COURSE, BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THE WATER TO RECOVER THE BODIES OF THE FOUR MEN WHO

ARE STILL MISSING AT THIS POINT. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT ASSESSMENT? >> WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 8000 WORKERS THAT WORK AT THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A WAGE LOSS

OF ABOUT $2 MILLION A DAY, AS SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT NORMALLY HAPPENS THERE IS NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HAS FRUSTRATED A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN ANY ANSWERS ABOUT WHEN THINGS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL.

AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE IMPACTS ON BUSINESSES OUTSIDE THE COURT AS WELL, SOME 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME SORT OF LINK WITH THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, AND THERE ARE ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE RELATED AS WELL. WE KNOW THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED A

RESOURCE CENTER IN THE BALTIMORE AREA SO BUSINESS OWNERS CAN GO IN AND START THE PROCESS OF GETTING THESE LOW INTEREST LOANS THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE OVER THE WEEKEND OF UP TO $2 MILLION. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PLANNING TO COME HERE TO BALTIMORE ON

FRIDAY TO TOUR THE SITE HIMSELF AND ALSO TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET THE SITUATION CLEARED. >> THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, A LAWYER FOR SUPER BOWL CHAMPION SHEETS PLAYER RECEIVED RICE IS TELLING ESPN

THAT RICE IS WORKING WITH LOCAL POLICE AND TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS — YOU CAN SEE HOW IT GOES DOWN HERE IN THIS DASHCAM VIDEO, THERE’S TWO CARS, OF PREVENT AND A LAMBORGHINI OF THAT SPEED BY, EVENTUALLY LOSING CONTROL AND CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION.

YOU SEE IF THERE . AT ONE POINT, THE PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY IS CLOSED OFF AS POLICE INVESTIGATE. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS IS REPORTING THAT ONE OF THE CARS INVOLVED IS LEASED OR REGISTER TO RICE AND RICE MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE

CORVETTE ACCORDING TO A POLICE CALL SHEET, REPORTEDLY SEEN BY THE NEWSPAPER. NBC NEWS HAS REACHED OUT TO RICE AND THE CITY CHEATS BUT WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK. THE NFL HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. PRISCILLA THOMPSON JOINS ME NOW. >> LOTS OF THINGS STILL UP IN

THE AIR TONIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, DO WE KNOW WHERE RICE IS AND WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN? >> Reporter: YEAH, IT’S UNCLEAR WHERE HE IS AT THIS MOMENT, AND EARLIER TODAY, WE WERE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND I ASKED

POLICE IF THEY HAD SPOKEN TO HIM, IF HE WAS COOPERATING AND THEY DECLINED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS, ONLY SAYING THAT THEY WERE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF DRIVING THE VEHICLES THAT CAUSED THE CRASH AND YOU SEE IF THERE, THE TERRIFYING DASHCAM

VIDEO, POLICE SAY THERE WAS A LAMBORGHINI AND A COURSE THAT DRIVING AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH RATE OF SPEED, BOTH OF THE DRIVERS LOST CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLES ONE OF THE CAR SLAMMING INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN, THE OTHER ONE APPEARING TO SPIN OUT.

THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE AND TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THANKFULLY, ALL WITH MINOR INJURIES BUT THE OTHER KEY PIECE OF THIS IS THAT POLICE SAY THAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED, THE OCCUPANTS IN THE TWO CARS BELIEVED TO HAVE

CAUSED THE ACCIDENT LEFT THE SCENE. POLICE SAY THAT THEY DID NOT CHECK TO SEE IF ANYONE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION OR TO PROVIDE THEIR INFORMATION, SO THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR AND THEY ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZES THE MAN

THAT YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO, TO COME FORWARD, SO THAT THEY CAN TRY TO IDENTIFY THEM AND SEE WHAT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IS HERE AS WELL. >> ON THAT, WE ARE ALSO HEARING FROM BYSTANDERS, PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT IT WAS

TERRIFYING, THERE WAS A WOMAN, WHO POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT SHE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A DAY AT THE ZOO WITH HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WHEN SHE WAS HIT IN PART OF THIS CRASH AND THERE WERE SIX CARS THAT WERE PART OF THIS CRASH, AND SHE SAID IT COULD

HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE AND SHE IS SO GRATEFUL THAT DESPITE BEING HIT BY BOTH CARS, SHE AND HER SON WERE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS ACCIDENT, AND WE ARE ALSO GETTING A RESPONSE FROM THE CAMP CITY CHEATS, THE PRESIDENT, SPEAKING WITH TALK RADIO.

I WANT TO PLAY WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS. >> AND ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL THE FACTS, AND FRANKLY, WE DON’T HAVE ALL THE FACTS AT THIS POINT. WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

WE WILL GATHER THE FACT AND WE WILL REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE NFL SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE COMMENTING ON THIS MATTER FOR NOW. >>> WE ARE JUST LEARNING AIRSTRIKES DESTROYED AND IRANIAN CONSULATE BUILDING THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SAID ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY’RE LOOKING INTO IT. WE ARE GETTING IN THIS STUNNING VIDEO OF THE AFTERMATH IN DAMASCUS, IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS SAID TO TOP MILITARY COMMANDERS AND FIVE OTHERS WERE KILLED IN THE STRIKES. THE IDF TELLS NBC NEWS IT IS NOT SPAWNED TWO FOREIGN MEDIA REPORTS.

AS ISRAEL’S PARLIAMENT HAS PASSED A LAW THAT COULD BAN AL JAZEERA FROM OPERATING INSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. SOMETHING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS PUSHING HARD FOR. ALL OF IT, AS ISRAEL’S MILITARY IS NOW WITHDRAWING FROM GAZA’S MAIN HOSPITAL AFTER TWO WEEKS OF FIERCE FIGHTING IN AND

AROUND THE AREA. THE ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER SAID THE, QUOTE, TERRA SPACE THERE IS NOW ELIMINATED. REMEMBER, THE BODIES OF AT LEAST TWO ISRAELI HOSTAGES WERE FOUND THERE BACK IN NOVEMBER. OFFICIALS IN GAZA SAY THEY ARE NOW FINDING THE BODIES OF HUNDREDS OF DEAD CIVILIANS THERE, TOO.

AS WE ARE GETTING DISTURBING NEW VIDEO, WHAT’S LEFT OF THE HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL BEDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESTRUCTION. IT’S NOW UNRECOGNIZABLE. JOSH, LET’S START WITH THE LATEST IN SYRIA, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE DEADLY STRIKE? >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA,

THEY KILLED UP TO SEVEN PEOPLE, ESSENTIALLY LEVELED TO THE GROUND, THE PART OF THE EMBASSY THAT DEALS WITH CONSULAR ISSUES AND AMONG THOSE KILLED ACCORDING TO THE IRANIAN STATE OFFICIAL MEDIA WERE NOT ONE, BUT TWO SENIOR COMMANDERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD WHICH IS THE ELITE PARAMILITARY FORCE

OF NEURON THAT IS SO ACTIVE IN WORKING WITH THE IRAN BACKED MILITIAS, AND IN A WAY THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THIS SHADOW WAR THAT WE’VE SEEN PLAY OUT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN BUT EVERY TIME THERE’S ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS, AND ASSASSINATION ACROSS THE AREA, IT RAISES THE

FEAR THAT POTENTIALLY THIS COULD BE THE INCIDENT THAT SETS OFF A DOMINO EFFECT, AND LEADS TO SOMETHING MUCH BROADER THAN THIS -FOR-TAT KIND OF SITUATION AND COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO A DIRECT MILITARY CONFRONTATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN. >> WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE

UNITED STATES HAS BEEN TRYING TO PREVENT FROM HAPPENING. THERE’S ALSO THE POTENTIAL BAN OF AL JAZEERA IN ISRAEL, WHAT MORE DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE CALCULATIONS OF ISRAEL’S LEADERS ? >> Reporter: IT MAY SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT ISRAEL KNOWS THAT THE PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL

COVERAGE AND REACTION TO THE DEVASTATION IN GAZA HAS TO — TAKEN — THEY SAY THE CHANNEL IS GUILTY OF INCITEMENT, IS WORKING WITH HAMAS, BUT WE KNOW THERE’S BEEN A LONG HISTORY BETWEEN THE ISRAEL AREA AND THIS CHANNEL, AL JAZEERA, THERE

WAS THE KILLING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OF A FEMALE AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST IN THE WEST BANK AND EARLIER IN THIS CONFLICT WE SOUGHT AL JAZEERA, THEIR BUREAU CHIEF, HIS WIFE, TWO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILD WERE ALL KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE. CERTAINLY AL JAZEERA IS CONDEMNING THIS DECISION

TONIGHT, AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS GROUPS ARE SAYING THIS IS NO WAY FOR A DEMOCRACY WHICH ISRAEL PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING, THIS IS NO WAY THAT THEY SHOULD BEHAVE TOWARDS THE PRESS. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT AL-SHIFA, ONCE REGARDED AS THE BACKBONE OF CAUSES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM,

NOW THE FOOTAGE, JUST SHOCKING, IT SHOWS A HOSPITAL COMPLETELY DESTROYED. ISRAEL, SEEMED TO BE IN FIRM CONTROL OF AL-SHIFA BACK IN NOVEMBER, NOW THIS INTENSE FIGHTING, WHAT HAPPENED THERE? >> WELL, AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR REMARKABLE REPORTING BOTH IN ISRAEL AND IN EGYPT, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALREADY

FRAGILE HEALTH SYSTEM IN GAZA HAS EXACERBATED THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS HERE. ISRAEL SAYS THAT AFTER IT ELIMINATED HAMAS FROM THE HOSPITAL BACK IN NOVEMBER, HAMAS ESSENTIALLY WENT BACK AND REGROUPED AND WERE USING IT TO PLAN ADDITIONAL ATTACKS ON ISRAEL, SO THEY WENT IN AND

RATED FOR TWO WEEKS. ISRAEL CALLED IT A SUCCESS SAYING THEY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS WITHOUT CIVILIAN DEATHS BUT OFFICIALS IN THE GAZA STRIP SAY THAT’S TOTALLY FALSE. THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF DEATHS, CHILDREN OF THE ELDERLY AND OTHERS, NOW THE GAZA STRIP IS WITHOUT ITS LARGEST

HOSPITAL, REALLY, THE CORNERSTONE OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM. THIS WILL LEAD TO EVEN WORSE HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS THERE. >> I KNOW THE W.H.O. SAID THEY PLAN TO VISIT AL SHIFA TOMORROW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> STILL AHEAD, A CONFIRMED HUMAN CASE OF BIRD FLU IN TEXAS.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED. >>> UNITED TELLING ITS PILOTS THEY CAN HAVE A TON OF TIME OFF THIS SUMMER IF THEY WANT, BUT THERE’S A BIG CATCH. >>> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY. AND HOW YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY AHEAD MATTERS.

TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP AND REALLY, IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. AND THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING. BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >>> POLICE IN INDIANAPOLIS ARE ASKING PARENTS TO BE MORE AWARE OF THEIR KIDS WHEREABOUTS AFTER

A MASS SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND THAT INJURED AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE. THE VICTIMS WERE ALL UNDER 17 YEARS OLD. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS. THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEKEND WITH A MASS SHOOTING IN INDIANAPOLIS. PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY

EXPRESSING SHOCK OVER THE VIOLENCE. >> WHERE DO SEVEN PEOPLE GET SHOT AT ONE TIME OTHER THAN A WAR ZONE. THIS IS A CRISIS. >> WE MENTIONED, THIS IS THE THIRD STRAIGHT WEEKEND WITH A MASS SHOOTING IN INDIANAPOLIS. WHAT IS THE CITY LOOKING AT TO

TRY AND STOP THE VIOLENCE? >> ERIN, THESE THREE PAST MASS SHOOTINGS HAVEN’T BEEN INVOLVING MINORS, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT THE CITY ISN’T ISSUED — WORRIED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE. THE MAYOR HAS ALSO SAID THEY ARE LOOKING INTO A CRIME PREVENTION INVESTMENT AND HIRING A NEW STAFF POSITION TO

TACKLE GUN VIOLENCE AND YOUTH VIOLENCE SPECIFICALLY BUT THERE’S BEEN QUESTIONS SWIRLING ALL DAY ABOUT PARENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND IF THERE’S ANY WAY, BY LAW, THAT THEY CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE CONSIDERING THAT THESE TEENAGERS WERE UNSUPERVISED SO LATE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> PROSECUTOR RAMIREZ AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS TODAY, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL AVENUES OF THE LAW TO SEE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN’T DO TO HOLD ADULTS ACCOUNTABLE. >> NOW IT’S INTERESTING IN THAT THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS DOES

HAVE A LOT OF A LAW THAT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 TO BE OUT LATE UNSUPERVISED, SO THAT SOMETHING THAT POLICE ARE EMPHASIZING HERE AND THEY ARE ALSO EMPHASIZING IT’S STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECTS. WE DO KNOW, LUCKILY THAT THE

VICTIMS INVOLVED ALL OUR ARE STABLE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. >>> LET’S GET YOU OVER TO THE FIVE THINGS OUR TEAM THINKS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT. NUMBER 1, AT&T SAYS PERSONAL DATA FROM TENS OF MILLIONS OF CURRENT AND FORMER CUSTOMERS WAS FOUND ON THE DARK WEB.

SOME OF THE INFORMATION LEAKED INCLUDES SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, AND PASSWORDS. THE COMPANY IS REACHING OUT TO CUSTOMERS IMPACTED BY THE BREACH AND HAS RESET THE PASSWORDS OF CURRENT USERS. AT&T SAID IT WILL PAY FOR CREDIT MONITORING SERVICES IN CERTAIN CASES. AND AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.

>>> NUMBER 2, UNITED AIRLINES ASKING ITS PILOTS TO TAKE UNPAID TIME OFF NEXT MONTH DUE TO BOEINGS PRODUCTION DELAYS. UNITED SAID IT DOESN’T EXPECT TO GET ALL OF THE AIRCRAFT ORDERED FOR BOTH THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, SO THIS MOVE AIMS TO REDUCE EXCESS STAFFING.

MOST ALL OF THE ISSUES HAVE TO DO WITH THE BOEING 737 MAX PLANES WHICH HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. >>> NUMBER 3, GOLD PRICES HITTING ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TODAY. MORE THAN $2200 AN OUNCE. IT COMES AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS EXPECTED TO CUT INTEREST

RATES IN JUNE AND GENERALLY, AS INTEREST RATES DROP, BUYING GOLD BECOMES MORE APPEALING TO CONSUMERS. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN WILL WELCOMING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL EASTER EGG ROLL. MR. BIDEN SAID IT’S A TIME TO

CHERISH THE BLESSINGS, THE POSSIBILITIES, THAT WE HAVE AS AMERICANS. >>> NUMBER 5, THE NEW POWERBALL JACKPOT, $1 BILLION, AS OF TODAY. IT’S BEEN THREE MONTHS WITHOUT A BIG WINNER AND IT’S ONLY THE FIFTH ADVERTISED JACKPOT TO EVER HIT $1 BILLION. THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY. >>> TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING A

PERSON IN TEXAS IS NOW BEING TREATED FOR BIRD FLU. A VIRUS THAT WE RARELY SEE IN HUMANS ACCORDING TO THE CDC AND STATE OFFICIALS. THEY SAY THE PATIENT HAD DIRECT CONTACT WITH AN INFECTED DAIRY COW. THE VIRUS MOSTLY IMPACTS BIRDS HENCE THE NAME BUT CAN’T SPEND

DESK — SPREAD TO ANIMALS LIKE COWS. MOST HUMAN INFECTIONS COME FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD UNPROTECTED EXPOSURES TO THE SICK OR DEAD ANIMALS, AND THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS LOW. DR. JOHN TAURUS JOINS ME NOW. >> DR. TORRES, HOW DOES THIS IN

FACT A HUMAN AND WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? >> ERIN, WHEN IT’S CHANGING WHEN IT’S FROM AN ANIMAL TO HUMANS, IF YOU THINK BACK IN 2009, THE SWINE FLU AND A MIX CORONAVIRUS, 2019, MOVED FROM ANIMALS TO HUMAN AND THEN HUMAN TO HUMAN.

WHAT WE DON’T HAVE IS MOVING HUMAN TO HUMAN AND THAT’S WHEN WE START GETTING CONCERNED. THE SYMPTOMS YOU SEE HERE, ARE A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE FLU BUT THERE ARE SOME ATYPICAL PARTS AS WELL, LIKE THE FLU, YOU CAN GET FLULIKE SYMPTOMS WHICH ARE BASICALLY THE COUGH, SORE

THROAT, FEVER, FEELING ACHY, FATIGUED, BUT THIS PERSON HERE, JUST HAD CONJUNCTIVITIS, THE PINK I TYPE SYMPTOMS, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND THE G.I. SYMPTOMS AS WELL, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA BUT WITH THIS FLU, IT SEEMS TO BE A TYPICAL, THE EYE REDNESS WHICH

INCLUDE THE DOCTORS TO TEST FOR THIS AND SUBSEQUENTLY TREE. >> HOW WORRIED SHOULD PEOPLE BE? >> OF THIS STAGE, YOU SHOULD NOT PANIC ABOUT IT. YOU SHOULDN’T EVEN BE THAT CONCERNED. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK

AT BIRD FLU, IT IS AFFECTING 48 STATES, THE COW FLEW GOING FROM BIRD TO COW HAS LIVED IN FIVE STATES AND THE STATES THEY ARE IN RIGHT NOW ARE ISOLATED. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THEY ARE THE STATES, TEXAS, KANSAS, MICHIGAN, IDAHO AND NEW MEXICO,

BECAUSE WITH UNPASTEURIZED MILK BECAUSE IT CAN BE TRANSMITTED IN MILK OTHERWISE IF YOU ARE IN THE OTHER STATES, BE CAREFUL WITH THE BIRDS THEMSELVES, IF YOU SEE A SICK OR DEAD BIRD, LEAVE IT ALONE. IF YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF CHICKENS AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE

SICK, BE CAREFUL WITH THEM. A LOT OF HANDWASHING AND LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU COVER UP WHEN YOU COUGH AND SNEEZE, STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK. >>> AHEAD, ONE EUROPEAN COUNTRY BECOMING THE LATEST TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY LEGALIZE WEED.

WHAT THE NEW LAW MEANS FOR THEM. >>> AND A RACE AGAINST TIME IN SWITZERLAND AS RESCUERS FRANTICALLY LOOK FOR AVALANCHE SURVIVORS. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT’S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> NOW ISRAEL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN

ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE RACE. >> NOW IS CONSTANT, THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THE TRIAL OF A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE AND THEN HIS GIRLFRIENDS CHILDREN STARTED IN IDAHO TODAY. CHAD DAYBELL SEEMED EARLIER IN

COURT FACES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES OVER ALLEGATIONS HE KILLED HIS WIFE, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP. AND THEN CONSPIRED WITH HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND, TO KILL TWO OF HER KIDS. APPARENTLY, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THE CHILDREN WERE ZOMBIES WHO WERE POSSESSED BY DARK SPIRITS.

LORI VALLOW DAYBELL WHO CHAD MARRIED JUST WEEKS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS WIFE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN HER OWN TRIAL LAST JULY. HERE ARE THE THREE PEOPLE THAT DAYBELL IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING, HIS WIFE TAMMY AND LORI’S TO CHILDREN, DANA

GRIFFIN IS FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS FOR US, SO CHAD DAYBELL IS LORI VALLOW’S, THEIR CASES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TRIED TOGETHER BUT DAYBELL SUCCESSFULLY HAVE THEM SEPARATED BECAUSE THEIR DEFENSES WILL SUPPOSEDLY CONTRADICT EACH OTHER. HOW SHOULD WE EXPECT THEIR STORIES TO DIFFER EXACTLY?

>> WE WILL BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT LORI’S CASE CENTERED AROUND MONEY, POWER AND SEX ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS. SHE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED VACATIONING IN HAWAII WITH THE DEFENDANT WHILE THIS MASSIVE SEARCH WAS UNDERWAY FOR HER KIDS.

HER DEFENSE WAS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT START TO DIE UNTIL AFTER SHE MET AND STARTED HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH CHAD DAYBELL. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS BLAMED HIM FOR THE DOOMSDAY THEORIES AND HER ATTORNEY ALSO SAID THAT ANY LIES SHE TOLD THE PROCESS WERE ONLY TO PROTECT CHAD.

SINCE LORI HAS ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED AS YOU MENTIONED OF MURDERING HER KIDS AND CONSPIRE THING TO KILL CHAD’S WIFE, TAMMY, IT’S LIKELY THAT DAYBELL’S DEFENSE WILL FOCUS THE BLAME ON HER. NOW DAYBELL’S ATTORNEY DID A RECENT TV INTERVIEW AND SAID HIS CLIENT IS LOOKING FORWARD

TO TELLING HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. HE DID NOT SAY WHETHER CHAD WOULD TAKE THE STAND OR IF HIS WIFE LORI, WILL TESTIFY. THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE ISSUED A GAG ORDER AFTER THE INTERVIEW TO PREVENT ATTORNEYS AND PROSECUTORS FROM TALKING ABOUT THIS CASE PRIOR TO JURY

SELECTION WHICH IS UNDERWAY AS WE SPEAK AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE POTENTIAL JURORS HAD TO FILL OUT QUESTIONNAIRES LAST WEEK AND THE JUDGE DID NOT WANT MEDIA ATTENTION TO TAINT THE POTENTIAL JURY POOL. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET AN UNBIASED JURY SEATED THIS WEEK.

ATTORNEYS CAN SPEAK PUBLICLY THEN. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST 8 TO 10 WEEKS. >>> NBC COVERS HUNDREDS OF INTERNATIONAL STORIES EACH DAY AND BECAUSE IT’S TOUGH TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO THEM ALL. OUR TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE DONE IT FOR YOU.

HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT HEY ARE WATCHING AND A SEGMENT WE CALL, THE GLOBAL. IN SWITZERLAND, WE ARE JUST LEARNING THAT THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND ONE OTHER IS HURT, AFTER AN AVALANCHE IN THE ALPS TODAY. OFFICIALS WERE SEARCHING FOR ANY SURVIVORS EARLIER BUT HEAVY

SNOW IMPACT TO THEIR EFFORTS. NO WORD ON THE IDENTITIES OF THE VICTIMS. >>> IN GERMANY, THE GOVERNMENT PARTIALLY LEGALIZING CANNABIS. PEOPLE HELD SMOKE AND AT ICONIC SPOTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY LIT UP JOINTS AND DANCED TO MUSIC. THE NEW LAW LEGALIZES OWNING UP

TO 25 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND GROWING UP TO THREE CANNABIS PLANTS FOR PERSONAL USE. >>> IN JAPAN, A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WILL HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME AND APPROXIMATELY 500 YEARS THAT NAME RESEARCHERS SAY, IS SOTO, WHY? IT’S THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE

WORLD THAT REQUIRES MARRIED COUPLES TO HAVE THE SAME SURNAME. THE STUDY IS PART OF A CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT SAYS THAT HE HOPES LEADERS WILL CONSIDER THE FACT THAT FAMILY NAMES COULD DISAPPEAR. >>> COMING UP, CALIFORNIA’S

FAST FOOD WORKFORCE IS GETTING A RAISE. WHY THAT IS GENERATING A WHOLE LOT OF CONTROVERSY. >>> WHAT’S THE STATE OF CRYPTO TODAY? IS IT SAFE FOR INVESTORS? YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS, STAY TUNED NOW, WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW.

>>> STARTING TODAY, MOST FAST FOOD WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA STARTED GETTING PAID AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR, THANKS TO A NEW LAW THAT JUST KICKED IN. LAWMAKERS HOPE IT WILL GIVE MORE FINANCIAL SECURITY TO WORKERS AND AN HISTORICALLY LOW- PAYING FEEL. LISTEN TO THIS LONG TIME McDONALD’S WORKER.

>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] NOW I’LL BE ABLE TO SAVE A LITTLE MORE MONEY, HAVE A LITTLE MORE EXTRA AND BE ABLE TO BUY THINGS THAT SOMETIMES I WASN’T ABLE TO BUY. >> THE NEW RULE APPLYING TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHAINS,

McDONALD’S, STARBUCKS AND OTHER PLACES WITH MORE THAN 60 NATIONAL LOCATIONS. BUT THE BIG CONCERN NOW IS THE RIPPLE EFFECT IT MIGHT HAVE LIKE HIGHER PRICES FOR CUSTOMERS, LAYOFFS, AND THE PRESSURE IT PUTS ON SMALLER BUSINESSES WHO ARE COMPETING FOR THE SAME WORKERS.

DAVID NORIEGA JOINS ME NOW. DAVID, YOU TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO OWNS FRANCHISES OF THE BIG CHAIN, WHAT IS SHE TELLING YOU ABOUT HER CONCERN? >> Reporter: ERIN, YEAH, SO KAYLEE HARPER, SHE AND HER FAMILY OWNED 21 McDONALD’S ALL IN THE ELLIE AREA. I INTERVIEWED HER ABOUT WHAT

SHE THINKS ABOUT THE INIMUM WAGE INCREASE. LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID. >> WELL IS AN EXPERIENCED LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF SAVINGS, AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE WILL OF COURSE AS EVERYONE ELSE IS, HAVE TO INCREASE PRICES IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR

FORM BUT ULTIMATELY, WE CAN’T PRICE RAISE OUR WAY OUT OF HE SITUATION. >> Reporter: SO THESE INDIVIDUAL FRANCHISE OWNERS ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO FEEL THE PRESSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS WAGE INCREASE. REMEMBER IT’S GOING UP 25% OVERNIGHT, BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THAT’LL BE HARD ON

PEOPLE’S BALANCE SHEETS. INTERESTINGLY THAT SAME FRANCHISE OWNER SAID THAT SHE INTENDS TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE UP FOR IT WITHOUT LAYING PEOPLE OFF OR CUTTING THEIR HOURS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I THINK A LOT OF FRANCHISE OWNERS WILL TRY AND DO BECAUSE IN SPITE OF

THIS, THEY STILL NEED TO BE ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS TO THE PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. >> AND HOW IS SHE ACHIEVING THAT AND WHAT ARE EXPERTS SAYING? >> Reporter: SO, SHE IS STILL FIGURING THAT OUT, THAT’S THE SHORT ANSWER BUT INEFFICIENCIES, FINDING OTHER

WAYS TO CUT COSTS. AS FAR AS EXPERTS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHAINS INCLUDING McDONALD’S, STARBUCKS, CHIPOTLE HAVE SAID THAT THEY INTEND TO RAISE PRICES AS A RESULT OF THIS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE BUT THEY HAVEN’T SAID BY HOW MUCH, AND ECONOMISTS ESTIMATE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2% TO 5%.

I INTERVIEWED A LABOR ECONOMIST AND HERE’S WHAT HE ANTICIPATES BASED ON PRIOR WAGE INCREASES, TAKE A LOOK. >> THE FIVE DOLLAR MATH, THAT WOULD BE A DIME IN A SENSE, FOR A TACO THAT WAS THREE DOLLARS, IT WOULD BE SIX CENTS, THAT’S AN INCREASE, PEOPLE NOTICE IT

BUT I DON’T THINK THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. >> Reporter: YOU KNOW, THAT SAID, ERIN, THIS IS CALIFORNIA, IT’S A VERY EXPENSIVE PLACE TO LIVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ALREADY ARE HAVING TROUBLE AFFORDING BASICS LIKE HOUSING AND FOOD SO WE WILL SEE HOW THESE RIPPLE

EFFECTS ACTUALLY PLAY OUT AMONGST REGULAR CONSUMERS. >> THANK YOU. >>> STILL AHEAD, OUR PREVIEW OF A MARCH MADNESS REMATCH BETWEEN TWO OF WOMEN BASKETBALLS GUEST STARS, CLARK VERSUS REESE SHOWDOWN, THAT’S NEXT. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? DO YOU BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS

HAPPENING AT THE BORDER? IS IT CLEAR WHO WILL GOVERN GAZA ? >> IF IT’S SUNDAY, IT’S MEET THE PRESS. >>> YOU KNOW THE LEGENDARY STAR MATCHUPS IN SPORTS? NOW WE HAVE CLARK AND REESE. A POTENTIALLY LANDMARK MOMENT FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WITH A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR’S NCAA

TOURNAMENT FINAL, THIS TIME IN THE ELITE EIGHT. IN ONE CORNER THE DEFENDING CHAMPS, LSU, LED BY ANGEL REESE, GOING UP AGAINST IOWA AND THE ALL-TIME SCORING CHAMP, CAITLIN CLARK. THE OTHER MATCHUP MIGHT BE JUST AS GOOD WITH TWO PRICING STORES, PAGE BECKER’S AND JUJU WATKINS.

ALL OF IT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A WILD CONTROVERSY. NOTICE ANYTHING ABOUT THE THREE- POINT LINE FOR THE WOMEN’S REGIONAL IN PORTLAND? THAT’S RIGHT. ONE SIDE IS SIX INCHES CLOSER TO THE BASKET THAN THE OTHER. IT WAS LIKE THAT FOR FIVE GAMES. SAM BROCK JOINS ME NOW.

WE KNOW THERE’S AN INVESTIGATION THAT WILL BE FIXED AHEAD OF THE GAME TONIGHT, BUT IT IS ANOTHER BLACK MARK FOR THE NCAA AND ACTUALLY GIVING MALE AND FEMALE STARS EQUAL TREATMENT. >> Reporter: LOOK, IT’S EMBARRASSING. THE NCAA HIRES A COMPANY TO INSTALL ITS CORD FOR ALL THE

TOURNAMENT GAMES. THE QUESTION BECOMES HOW THIS HAPPENS. THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT TALKING ABOUT THE CENTER OF THE BASKET BEING PUNCHED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT, AND THEN THEY EXAMINED THE DIMENSIONS. IN THIS CASE, THEY WERE OFF BY SIX INCHES.

HERE IS THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT. WHILE THE VENDOR APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR, THEY ARE WILL INVESTIGATE HOW THIS HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE NCAA SAYS IT IS ENSURING ACCURACY FOR FUTURE GAMES. HERE ARE THE RESULTS IN TERMS OF HOW PLAYERS ARE SHOOTING RIGHT NOW.

ON THE CORRECT BASKET IN TERMS OF DIMENSIONS, ABOUT 33% GOING DOWN, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE SHOOTING 25%, EVEN THOUGH IT IS CLOSER. GO FIGURE. THIS IS GOING ON AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF LARGER ISSUES WITHIN THE SPORT. WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF BLACK

EYES IN TERMS OF CONDUCT, HOW WOMEN ARE TREATED, AND THE RACIALLY CHARGED ALLEGATIONS MADE. HERE IS A SAMPLE OF THEM. THE UTAH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH SAYING SHE AND HER TEAM WERE HARASSED AND SLURS WERE HURLED TOWARDS THEM AS THEY WERE GOING OUT TO DINNER.

HAD A HIDALGO IS AN ALL- AMERICAN POINT GUARD FOR NOTRE DAME. SHE WAS ASKED TO REMOVE HER NOSE RING MIDWAY THROUGH THE CONTEST AND HAD TO LEAVE THE GAME. AND KIM MULKEY FROM LSU AMID A BIG TO DO OVER A WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE, BUT IT TURNS OUT AND L.A.

TIMES ARTICLE DESCRIBED HER TEAM AS DIRTY DEBUTANTES. A LOT OF PLAYERS, WHITE AND BLACK, TOOK ISSUE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION. THE L.A. TIMES HAD TO ULTIMATELY AMEND THE LANGUAGE. A LOT GOING ON. >> ALL OF THAT TAKING AWAY FROM A RECORD NIGHT FROM THE SPORT.

>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE MAJOR REASON CAITLIN CLARK IN A REMATCH OF THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME LAST YEAR THAT LSU WON. THE NUMBERS ON THE GAME LAST THERE WERE ALMOST 10 MILLION. THAT WAS RECORD-BREAKING.

IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE MORE OF THE SAME. FOR THE ROUND OF 32, CAITLIN CLARK DREW ALMOST 5 MILLION VIEWERS FOR A SECOND ROUND GAME. IMAGINE WHAT THE REMATCH WILL DO TONIGHT. EXPECT A LOT OF EYEBALLS. THE TRENDS UP. WE ARE MOVING IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF AN EXPLOSION OF INTEREST IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL. >> ONE OF THE STARS, CAITLIN CLARK AND ANGEL REESE, SAYING ABOUT THE GAME TONIGHT? >> Reporter: THEIR BEEF WAS WELL DOCUMENTED LAST YEAR. A JEWELRY SAID YESTERDAY, I DON’T HAVE HATRED TOWARDS

CAITLIN CLARK, NOR SHE TO ME. >> ME AND CAITLIN CLARK DON’T HATE EACH OTHER. I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT. IT IS JUST A SUPER COMPETITIVE GAME. WERE NOT FRIENDS BETWEEN THE LINES. I WILL TALK TRASH INTO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET IN YOUR HEAD THE

ENTIRE GAME, BUT AFTER THE GAME, WE CAN KICK IT. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT SHE SAW CAITLIN CLARK IN THE STREET, SHE WOULD BE LIKE, WHAT’S UP? BUT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT THE COMPETITIVE JUICES ARE FLOWING. YOU CAN EXPECT THIS TO BE A TIGHTLY CONTESTED GAME TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE BEST TALENT IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ON THAT FOR. >> SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO.>>> THAT IS A WRAP FOR THIS HOUR. COVERAGE PICKS UP RIGHT NOW. >>> TONIGHT A DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM STRETCHING FROM TEXAS TO OHIO. MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS

AFFECTED BY SEVERE WEATHER. INTENSE STORMS PACKING THREAT FOR NIGHTTIME TORNADOES. IN OKLAHOMA TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS. THE SAME SYSTEM WITH FEET OF SNOW IN THE SCENARIO NEVADA MOUNTAINS. AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A MULTI-DAY THREAT BRINGING FLASH FLOODING AND THE CHANCE

FOR A MIDWEEK NOR’EASTER. IT IS TARGETING THE 95 CORRIDOR. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, AN SUV RAMMING INTO AN FBI OFFICE. THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY AFTER SLAMMING INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE F.B.I.’S ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS. >>> EXPANDING BATTLEFIELD. ISRAEL STRIKE SYRIA. A MASSIVE EXPLOSION KILLING A

TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER AND LEVELING THE IRANIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS. THE ATTACK FURTHER FUELING CONCERNS OF OPENING A SECOND FRONT, THIS AS ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM THE MAIN HOSPITAL IN GASSETT, — GAZA, LEAVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION. THIS AS PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU FACES LARGE PROTESTS.

>>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RAMPING UP HIS ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC WITH NEW ADS CASTING MIGRANTS AS DANGEROUS CRIMINALS. BUT HIS MESSAGE IS A JUST RESONATING WITH HIS SUPPORTERS. SOME DEMOCRATS ARE NOW SIDING WITH HIM ON THE ISSUE. THE CONCERNS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN. >>> PRESIDENTIAL BLEEDING?

POLICE BUSTING DOWN THE PRESIDENT OF PERU’S DOOR AND RAIDING HER HOME, SEARCHING FOR LUXURY WATCHES. THE SCANDAL OVER HER ROLEX AT THE CENTER OF A CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. >>> PLUS, A $20 MINIMUM WAGE. A NEW CALIFORNIA FAST FOOD LAW RAISING THE FAST FOOD WAGE TO

ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. THE CHANGE BRINGING SOME WORKERS TO TEARS, SAYING IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS ON BOARD. >>> AND A NEW GENERATION OF FEMALE WRESTLERS PINNING DOWN TRADITIONAL NORMS OF THIS FOR. FEMALE WRESTLING BECOMING THE FASTEST GROWING HIGH SCHOOL

SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. HOW THEY ARE SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING ONE TAKEDOWN AT A TIME.>>> TOP STORY STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING. AS INCOME ON THE AIR, DANGEROUS STORMS FIRING UP IN THE CENTRAL HE WAS. 40 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON

ALERT FOR SEVERE STORMS THAT INCLUDE THE THREAT FOR NIGHTTIME TORNADOES. NEW VIDEO JUST IN FROM OKLAHOMA SHOWS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. LARGE HAIL PELTING THE REGION. THE MASSIVE STORM THREAT STRETCHING FROM SAN ANTONIO TONIGHT UP TO CINCINNATI. IT BRINGS THE RISK THE STRONG NOCTURNAL TORNADOES,

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN CALIFORNIA, THE SAME SYSTEM DUMPED FEET OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN INUNDATED SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, FLOODING MAJOR ROADWAYS. THE SYSTEM IS NOT OVER. TOMORROW 55 MILLION AMERICANS FOR THE GULF COAST TO THE GREAT

LAKES ALSO FACE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. BY WEDNESDAY WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A NOR’EASTER DUMPING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN THE WINGLET. MICHELLE GROSSMAN IS STANDING BY TO TIME THIS OUT. BUT I WANT TO GO TO MORGAN CHESKY ON THE GROUND IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. WHAT ARE RESIDENTS BRACING FOR?

>> Reporter: A SERIOUS THREAT OF TORNADOES. IN FACT, FORECASTERS HERE SAY THE HIGHEST RISK OF TORNADOES IS HAPPENING IN OKLAHOMA THAT IS WHY ALL EYES ARE ON THE SKY. AT LAST CHECK, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS 35 OKLAHOMA COUNTIES ARE UNDER A TORNADO

WATCH UNTIL 9:00 P.M. THE SAME WATCH EXTENDS INTO NORTHERN TEXAS. FIVE COUNTIES IN TEXAS BRACING FOR POTENTIAL TORNADOES. YOU ARE SEEING WITH THE STORES ALREADY BROUGHT TO A FAST SWATH OF THE STATE. THIS IS IN FAIRFAX, OKLAHOMA, ABOUT 90 MINUTES NORTHWEST OF US HERE.

THE THREAT FOR HAIL AND TORNADOES COULD GO UP TO SOFTBALL -SIZED HAIL. THAT IS INCREDIBLY DAMAGING SHOULD IT COME ACROSS PROPERTY OR ANYONE CAUGHT IN THE PAST. THAT IS WHY FORECASTERS URGE EVERYONE TO KEEP AN INCREDIBLY CLOSE EYE ON CONDITIONS THAT COULD CHANGE SO QUICKLY.

WE KNOW THE LAST SIGNIFICANT TORNADO OUTBREAK IN OKLAHOMA WASN’T APRIL 2023. MULTIPLE PEOPLE DIED IN AN OUTBREAK THAT SPAWNED MORE THAN A DOZEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS A WAY OF LIFE HERE IN OKLAHOMA, BUT THAT DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY EASIER. THE THREAT WILL GO AFTER THE

SUN GOES DOWN AND THE TORNADO RISK WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN CAN MAKES THEM EVEN DEFINITELY ARE. — DEADLIER. WE KNOW THE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST. PEOPLE DON’T FEEL AS IF THEY ARE IN THE CLEAR RIGHT NOW, DESPITE TATTING IN — STANDING IN TULSA WITH CALM SKIES.

>> WE ALL KNOW A NIGHTTIME TORNADO CAN CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR MORE I WANT TO GET TO NBC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE GROSSMAN. HOW DANGEROUS ARE THE STORM SHAPING UP TO BE? >> THIS IS A MULTI-DAY EVENT.

AS YOU MENTIONED, NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE DOUBLE AS DEADLY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. WE ARE SEEING THE STORMS AND I. OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS, NOTICE A LIGHTNING FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.

THIS IS A WIDE AREA WITH THE THREAT TO SEE SEVERE STORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THAT INCLUDES OVERNIGHT. 8 MILLION UNDER TORNADO WATCHES STRETCHING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY. THAT IS WHERE YOU SEE THE RED BOXES. THIS IS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THAT WILL PROBABLY BE EXTENDED. IT IS NOT JUST SEVERE STORMS. WE COULD SEE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR. WE COULD SEE STRONG TORNADOES AS WELL. THERE IS A TON OF MOISTURE WITH THIS.

WE ARE SO SATURATED IN THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC. NOTICE THE BRIGHT COLORS. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING HEAVY RAINFALL. WE HAVE FLOOD WATCH FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH TOMORROW. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT TUESDAY, WE WILL SEE THE RISK FOR 40 MILLION PEOPLE.

THE LARGEST RISK TOMORROW WILL BE TORNADOES AS OPPOSED TO THE HAIL TODAY. TONIGHT THE HAIL CAN BE UP TO 10 INCHES — TWO INCHES. TOMORROW STRONG TOMATOES, DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR. WHERE YOU SEE THE DARKER COLOR , A BROAD SWATH.

WE WILL INCREASE THAT NUMBER TOMORROW TO 55 MILLION. NOW WE’RE TALKING CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM, NASHVILLE, CHARLESTON INTO COLUMBUS. COLUMBUS WILL BE THE BULL’S-EYE FOR STRONG STORMS. WE’RE LOOKING AT HEAVY RAIN FALLING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL MOVE TO THE MID- ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY. >>> WE TURN TO BREAKING NEWS

OUT OF ATLANTA TONIGHT. THE F.B.I. SAYING A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER RAMMING HIS CAR INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THEIR ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS. THE SCENE UNFOLDING EARLIER TODAY AS AUTHORITIES ARE NOW INVESTIGATING A MOTIVE. HERE IS BLAYNE ALEXANDER WITH MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A MAJOR

SECURITY SCARE AT THE F.B.I. FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA. AGENCY A MAN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE USED IT TO TRY TO FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM A PERSON RAMMED INTO THE F.B.I. FRONT GATE SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. THE F.B.I.

SAYS THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET PAST THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE’S VEHICLE INSIDE, BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED IN THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT. HE THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN TOWARD THE BUILDING, BUT ONLY MADE IT A

FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED. >> SPECIAL AGENTS WHO WERE PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE THE BUILDING, OFFICIALS

SAY, AND THEY NOTE IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THIS WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT F.B.I. OFFICIALS NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE SUSPECT IS SAYING NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. >> BLADE ALEX EWING. — ALEXANDER CHOICES NOW.

DO WE KNOW WHAT HE WILL BE CHARGED WITH? >> Reporter: I AM TOLD OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND POTENTIALLY FEDERAL CHARGES FOR THE SUSPECT. BUT AS YOU SAID, THERE’S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THEY DON’T HAVE A MOTIVE. THEY SAY THIS SUSPECT DOESN’T

HAVE ANY PREVIOUS TIES TO THIS PARTICULAR FIELD OFFICE. OF COURSE, THEY WILL LOOK INTO SEEING WHAT, IF ANYTHING, MOTIVATED HIM TO DO THIS. AGAIN, NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE. THAT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY THE POSSIBILITY OF SERIOUS CHARGES >>> MOVING ON TO THE MASSIVE CLEANUP OPERATION UNDERWAY IN

BALTIMORE TONIGHT. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE JUST ONE WEEK FOLLOWING THAT FRIGHTENING BRIDGE COLLAPSE THE KILLED SIX PEOPLE. THE U.S. COAST GUARD OPENING UP A MAKESHIFT CHANNEL FOR SHIPS. AARON GILCHRIST HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE URGENT MISSION

TO GET A PORTION OF THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN. TODAY THEY ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY CHANNEL IS NOW COMPLETE. >> WILL HELP US GET MORE VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: WE WERE ON THE WATER WITH THE COAST GUARD TODAY.

WITH THIS TEMPORARY SHIPPING CHANNEL NOW OPEN, WE ARE SEEING ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS COMING THROUGH IN THE DISTANCE, A BARGE. THE OPERATION IN FULL SWING SIX DAYS AFTER THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE WHEN A CONTAINER SHIP HIT ONE OF ITS PILLARS. >> CREWS ARE SLICING PIECES OF

METAL. >> Reporter: YOU’RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FIRST PIECES CUT. THE NEW 11 FOOT DEEP TEMPORARY SHIPPING LANE EXPECTED TO ALLOW ONLY ESSENTIAL VESSELS FOR SALVAGE OPERATIONS. THEY ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CLEAR THE BRIDGE WRECKAGE FROM THE CHANNEL, STABILIZE, REMOVE THE STAND

FROM THE BALCONY AND EVENTUALLY REMOVE SOME CARGO CONTAINERS OF THE MASSIVE SHIP CAN BE RE FLOATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PORT. ALL OF THIS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST WEEKS. >> WE WILL MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE WILL DO IT SAFELY.

>> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT REMAINS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOTH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND 8000 JOBS THAT DIRECTLY DEPEND ON THIS BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPEN. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THIS SHIPPING HUB. >> IT STUNG. FOR CHRIS ELLIOT IS A LONGSHORE

MAN, THE FOLKS WHO HANDLE THE PRODUCTS MOVING FROM SHIP TO SHORE AS A POOR. SINCE THE COLLAPSE, HE HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. >> IT IS EVERY DAY THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. YOU LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. I HAVE BILLS TO PAY.

>> Reporter: SO MANY ACROSS BALTIMORE AFFECTED BY THIS ACCIDENT. AARON GILCHRIST JOINS US TONIGHT FROM THE SCENE. YOU SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO SAYS HE IS NOW OUT OF A JOB AS WE WAIT FOR THIS REPAIR OPERATION. ARE THERE ANY GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THIS?

>> Reporter: CHRIS TOLD ME HE IS NOW LOOKING FOR OTHER PART- TIME WORK. HE SAID HE RECENTLY APPLIED FOR SOMETHING AND WAS ONE OF 400 PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THAT JOB. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OPENED UP AN OFFICE HERE, A RESOURCE

CENTER, FOR BUSINESSES IN THE REGION TO APPLY FOR LOW INTEREST GOVERNMENT LOANS OF UP TO $2 MILLION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE CAN GET THIS MONEY SO THEY CAN KEEP BUSINESSES OPERATING IN KEEP EMPLOYEES WORKING. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER REPORTING.

THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED TODAY THE PRESENT BIDEN WILL TRAVEL TO BALTIMORE LATER THIS WEEK. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> Reporter: WE LEARNED THE PRESIDENT WILL COME TO BALTIMORE ON FRIDAY. I SUSPECT IT WILL PROBABLY BE BY HELICOPTER SO HE WILL GET A

CHANCE TO SEE THE WRECKAGE SITE HIMSELF AND SEE THE WORK GOING ON. WE KNOW HE WILL ALSO MEET WITH THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER LEADERS HERE AT THIS NEW COMMAND THAT THE COAST GUARD HAS STOOD UP TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. >> AARON GILCHRIST ON THE

ACCIDENT AND OLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GAZA TONIGHT. WE’RE HEARING SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS WERE KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE. THE IDF SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THIS ASKED IRAN CLAIMS THAT IS

REALLY AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED SOME OF ITS SENIOR COMMANDERS AT AN IRANIAN EMBASSY BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TARGETED STRIKE IN SYRIA. SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE

STREETS. I RAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM ITS REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, AND IT IS BLAMING IS REAL — ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF BOTH HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH. FEARS GROW OF A WIDENING CONFLICT OUTSIDE GAZA WERE TODAY ISRAEL

ANNOUNCED THE END OF WHAT IT CALLS A TO B COUNTERTERROR RATE ON AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL, LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE AND THAT ISRAELI COMMANDOS KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND CAPTURED SENIOR HAMAS OPERATIVES. THE U.S. INCOME OZ IS HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS.

>> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS, BUT AS WE’VE ALSO SAID, WE DO NOT WANT FIREFIGHTS IN A HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS AT LEAST 21 PATIENTS DIED DURING THE ISRAELI SIEGE AND THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THEY FOUND

BODIES OF CIVILIANS. AMONG THEM, A DOCTOR, ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY. HE WAS A DEDICATED SURGEON. HIS COLLEAGUES SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE PATIENTS BEHIND. >> HE OPTED TO STAY IN NORTHERN GAZA AT AL SCHIEFFER TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS. >> WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT

THE FOREIGN AID WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE BOMBING IN GAZA? I WANT TO LET VIEWERS KNOW THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING LOTS OF REPORTS OUT THERE. WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE CAN CONFIRM TONIGHT. >> Reporter: THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. THIS IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SITUATION.

WE ARE REPORTING IN REAL TIME. A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR AGO, A HAMAS SPOKESMAN SAID FOUR INTERNATIONAL WORKERS WERE KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE IN CENTRAL GAZA. OUR NBC CREW INSIDE GAZA RAISED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE BODIES OF THESE APPARENT FOREIGN WORKERS HAD BEEN BROUGHT

THEY SAW AN UNBELIEVABLY DISTURBING SCENE. THESE BODIES VERY BADLY DAMAGED BY AN APPARENT EXPLOSION. TWO APPEAR TO BE WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM INTERNATIONAL WORKERS. THEY FOUND ON THE BODY SEVERAL FOREIGN PASSPORTS, ONE BRITISH, ONE POLISH, AND ONE AUSTRALIAN.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY ABOUT THIS. THEY TOLD US IN A STATEMENT THAT THEY ARE CONDUCTING A THOROUGH REVIEW AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. >> BEFORE YOU GO, I AM CURIOUS WHAT TYPE OF REPERCUSSIONS MAY

COME FROM THIS ONCE THE STORY IS REPORTED OUT AND MORE PEOPLE LEARN OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED. AID WORKERS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN’T SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE TARGETED, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN KILLED. THEY WERE POSSIBLY TRYING TO DELIVER FOOD OR AID TO THE

PEOPLE OF GAZA. >> Reporter: THE CONSISTENT STORY THAT THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS BEEN TELLING THE WORLD SINCE OCTOBER 7 IS THAT THE STRIKES IT CARRIES OUT INSIDE OF GAZA ARE PRECISE, TARGETED, AND BASED ON INTELLIGENCE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD, IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE THAT A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS, PEOPLE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET FOOD AND MEDICINE TO PEOPLE IN GAZA, HAD BEEN KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE, THICK A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE

QUESTIONING HOW PRECISE THESE ISRAELI STRIKES ARE THAT, OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, HAVE KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE, BOTH HAMAS AND PALESTINIAN MILITANTS, BUT ALSO A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN. I THINK IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE ISRAELI MILITARY TO

KEEP TELLING THE WORLD HOW PRECISE ITS STRIKES ARE IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE THAT CIVILIANS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN KILLED HERE TONIGHT. >> WANT TO LET VIEWERS KNOW WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF THE STORE THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST.

>>> NOW TO THE INTENSIFYING BATTLE OVER IMMIGRATION. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASING A DRAMATIC NEW AD USING HORROR MUSIC TO PORTRAY MIGRANTS AS A THREAT TO THE NATION. TRUMP SET TO VISIT MICHIGAN TOMORROW AFTER A GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN WAS KILLED THERE, ALLEGEDLY BY AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT.

GABE GUITERREZ HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLING DOWN ON A 2024 CAMPAIGN FLASHPOINT, IMMIGRATION. >> MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS HAVE ENTERED THE COUNTRY UNLAWFULLY. >> Reporter: TRUMP SHARING A NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO SET TO HORROR MUSIC SHOWING THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS SAID TO BE

TRAVELING TO THE U.S. FOR MANY COUNTRIES. TRUMP PROMISING IN THE AD TO CRACK DOWN. >> WE WILL SECURE OUR BORDERS AND RESTORE SOVEREIGNTY. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS HE PREPARES TO VISIT MICHIGAN TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEATH OF A GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN, RUBY GARCIA, ALLEGEDLY AT THE

HANDS OF AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WHO WAS IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED DURING THE TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION. >> THIS IS A HORRIBLE INCIDENT. WE HAD A TOUGH POLICY OF GETTING THE BAD ONES OUT, AND WE WERE GETTING THE BAD ONES OUT.

NOW THE BAD ONES ARE COMING IN AT A LEVEL THAT NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. TRUMP HAS MADE HIS HARD-LINE STANCE ON IMMIGRATION OF MIGRANTS A HALLMARK OF HIS POLITICAL IMAGE. >> WHEN MEXICO SENDS ITS PEOPLE, THEIR BRINGING DRUGS, THEIR BRINGING CRIME, >> Reporter: BUT IN RECENT

MONTHS HE HAS ESCALATED RHETORIC ON IMMIGRATION. >> THERE POISONING THE BLOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS TRIED TO TURN THE TABLES ON FROM, BLASTING HIM FOR ORDERING CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO KILL A BIPARTISAN BORDER BELT. >> I TOLD MY PREDECESSOR CALLED

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DEMAND THEY BLOCK THE BILL. >> Reporter: BUT NEW POLLING SHOWS AMERICANS, EVEN DEMOCRATS, ARE SIDING WITH TRUMP ON THE ISSUE. A NEW SURVEY SHOWS 68% OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S HANDLING OF THE BORDER, INCLUDING 4 IN 10 DEMOCRATS.

WHILE NEARLY HALF OF US ADULTS TOLD PRESIDENT BIDEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BORDER PROBLEMS, ONLY 35% SAY THE SAME ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN NOW FORCED TO RECKON WITH A DECADES-OLD WEDGE ISSUE AS THE 2024 RACE RESTS ON A RAZORS EDGE. >> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS NO THE

BORDERS — KNOWN THE BORDER IS A POLITICAL LIABILITY FOR WHAT — YEARS NOW. >> Reporter: THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSING ON MONEY. SO FAR THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN OUTPACING REPUBLICANS WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDRAISING. NOW THEY SAY THEY’RE OPENING UP DOZENS, ABOUT 30 FIELD OFFICES,

JUST IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. THEY HOPE TO COUNTERACT THE MESSAGE THAT WAY. ANOTHER WAY THEY’RE DOING IT, WE ARE SEEING THIS MORE AND MORE, NOT JUST ON THE TRAIL, BUT ALSO IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION, THEY’RE

TRYING TO THROW IT BACK ON REPUBLICANS BY ARGUING THAT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS KILLED THAT BIPARTISAN BORDER BELT, THEY NEED TO OWN THIS IMMIGRATION ISSUE. THE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY AGREE THAT THE BORDER IS A PROBLEM. THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE REPUBLICANS OWN IT.>>> WE HAD NOW TO PERU WHERE THE GOVERNMENT

AGENTS THEY ARE BUSTED OUT THE DOOR AND RAIDED THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT. SHE IS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY. SHE IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A LUXURY WATCH INVESTIGATION SOME CALL ROLEX GATE. >> Reporter: A PREDAWN RAID AT THE HOUSE OF PERU’S FIRST

FEMALE PRESIDENT. ARMED OFFICERS BUSTING DOWN HER DOOR AT HER LIMA HOME. OFFICIALS SAY THE RAID AS PART OF A CORRUPTION PROBE. LAST MONTH A LOCAL TV PROGRAM SHOWED THE 61-YEAR-OLD WEARING WHAT APPEARED TO BE LUXURY WATCHES, ONE OF THEM A ROLEX THAT THEY CLAIM IS WORTH ABOUT $14,000.

JUST DAYS LATER, PROSECUTORS LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION. >>IT RAISES THE QUESTION OF HOW SHE COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF ALL THESE ASSETS IF SHE IS IN ACCEPTING ANY MONEY UNDER THE TABLE. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE OWNED THE WATCHES BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, BUT ACCORDING TO A

STATEMENT BY PROSECUTORS, SHE DID NOT LIST THEM IN A MANDATORY DECLARATION DOCUMENT. IN PERU, ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO DECLARE ASSETS WORTH MORE THAN $3000. THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN HER IS IN THE — INNOCENCE, SLAMMING THE RAID. >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ]

>> Reporter: OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER APPOINTED BY HER, SWIFTLY COMING TO HER DEFENSE. >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: THE LATEST INCIDENT ADDING TO THE BACK TO BACK SCANDALS PLAGUING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL CRISIS. IN 2022 SHE WAS SWORN IN, GOING

FROM VICE PRESIDENT TO PRESIDENT AFTER HER PREDECESSOR WAS ARRESTED AND IMPEACHED FOR TRYING TO DISSOLVE CONGRESS. HER INAUGURATION MARKED THE SIXTH TIME PERU SAW A NEW PRESIDENT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. >> WHAT I AM HOPING FOR IN MANY PEOPLE ARE HOPING FOR IS A FREE

AND FAIR CONTEST WHERE PERUVIANS GET THE CHANCE TO POTENTIALLY CHOOSE DIFFERENT, MAYBE BETTER, LEADERSHIP FOR THE COUNTRY. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME NEW REPORTING ABOUT ONE OF HER CABINET MEMBERS. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT. THE CABINET MEMBER HAS STEPPED DOWN. WE KNOW FROM THE PRESIDENT’S

ATTORNEY THAT SOME ITEMS WERE SEIZED FROM HER HOME. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THOSE ITEMS WERE. SHE IS SET TO TESTIFY ON FRIDAY.>>> STILL AHEAD TONIGHT, THE TERRIFYING CRASH ON A FLORIDA HIGHWAY. VIDEO SHOWING A DRIVER LOSING CONTROL, LEADING TO A CRASH INVOLVING SEVERAL CARS.

REPORTS ARE THAT A FORMER NFL STAR WAS INVOLVED. >>> PLUS, THE RULING FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT THAT COULD IMPLEMENT ONE OF THE STRICTEST ABORTION BANS OF THE COUNTRY.>>> AND A DEER CRASHED INTO A BANK WINDOW. HAVE POLICE HELPED GET THE ANIMAL OUT. STAY WITH US. >> ♪

♪>> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH NEW DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A SIX VEHICLE CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED A CAR BELONGING TO A KANSAS CITY CHIEFS PLAYER. LAWYER FOR THE FOOTBALL STAR SAYING THE WIDE RECEIVER IS COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES. PRISCILLA THOMPSON HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEE RICE IS RESPONDING AMID REPORTS HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING IN A STATEMENT THAT RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL

NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING THAT HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX CAR CRASH CAUSE, POLICE SAY, BY THIS CORVETTE AND LAMBORGHINI SPEEDING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. DRAMATIC DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT POLICE SAY THE

DRIVERS LOST CONTROL, ONE CARS SLAMMING INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN, AS THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPINOUT. KAYLA QUINN SAYS SHE AND HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADING HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED IT WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BOTH CARS HITTING ME, GET ME AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO. TONIGHT THE NFL NOT COMMENTING, BUT THE CHIEFS PRESIDENT TELLING TALK RADIO THIS.

>> WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WE WILL GATHER THE FACTS AND REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH AND ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THAT VIDEO.

>> A LOT OF STRANGE VIDEOS. START A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE AFFECTING BLACK AMERICANS. A GROUP 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY FAILURE THAN WHITE PEOPLE. A NEW MANDATE NOW PRIORITIZES BLACK KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES AFTER RESEARCHERS AND DOCTORS REALIZED A RACE- BASED TEST HAD BEEN MIS-

EVALUATING BLACK PATIENTS FOR DECADES. ANTONIA HILTON SPOKE WITH THE RECENT KIDNEY RECIPIENT. >> I AM GETTING READY FOR MY TRANSPLANT. >> Reporter: WHEN PHD STUDENT JASMINE EVANS FINALLY GOT THE CALL SHE WOULD RECEIVE A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN JULY, SHE WAS OVERJOYED. SHE WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE WHEN SHE WAS JUST 17 YEARS OLD AND WAS PUT ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST IN 2019. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS STILL YEARS AWAY FROM BEING MATCHED WITH THE DONOR UNTIL A LETTER FROM HER HOSPITAL CAME IN THE MAIL LAST YEAR EXPLAINING SHE

SHOULD’VE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST IN 2015, FOUR YEARS EARLIER, AND THAT A RACIALLY BIASED TEST WAS TO BLAME. >> WHEN YOU GOT THAT LETTER, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> AT FIRST I WAS OUTRAGED. THE FACT THAT NO ONE REALLY KNEW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING

THAT WAS GOING ON. IT WAS REALLY JARRING AND SHOCKING. >> Reporter: EVANS IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF BLACK PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TRY OUR — PRIORITIZE FOR TRANSLATES AS A RESULT OF A NATIONAL MANDATE. THE NEW RULE THAT WAS INSTITUTED IN 2022 INSTRUCTS

HOSPITALS TO STOP USING A TEST THAT OVERESTIMATES HOW WELL BLACK PEOPLES KIDNEYS ARE FUNCTIONING. >> IN THE 1990s THERE WAS A BIG STUDY WITH THE BLACK PARTICIPANTS IN THESE STUDIES, WHETHER KIDNEY FUNCTION WAS LOOKED AT, FOR SOME REASON THEY HAD SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF KIDNEY FUNCTION.

INSTEAD OF INVESTIGATING WHY THAT MIGHT BE, THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT IT WAS BASED ON RACE. >> Reporter: THE FLAWED TEST MEANING THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WERE PUT ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST YEARS LATER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN,A POTENTIALLY DEADLY WEIGHT. >> FOR SOME PEOPLE, THOSE EXTRA YEARS WAITING ACTUALLY

CONTRIBUTED TO EITHER THEY BEING TOO SICK TO GET A TRANSPLANT OR PREMATURE DEATH. >> Reporter: PATIENTS LIKE EVANS WHO WERE MIS-EVALUATED HAVE BEEN BUMPED UP ON THE LIST WITH THE AVERAGE PATIENT GETTING TRANSPLANTS 1 TO 2 YEARS SOONER THAN EXPECTED. BUT FOR EVANS, WHO CALLS HERSELF A RELUCTANT KIDNEY

ADVOCATE, THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THIS REPRESENTS FOR THOUSANDS OF BLACK PATIENTS LIKE YOU? >> I THINK IT REPRESENTS HOPE. IT REPRESENTS RECONCILING IN A LOT OF WAYS. I ALSO SEE THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BLACK AMERICANS THAT ARE STILL

WAITING FOR ORGAN DONATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE DOCTOR, CHANGE TAKES TIME. SOME LAUGHTER STILL OCCASIONALLY USING THE OLD RACE- BASED FORMULA. DOCTORS NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR NEW PATIENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE GETTING THE CARE THEY DESERVE.>>> WHEN WE COME BACK,

A CONSUMER ALERT. KIA RECALLING NEARLY 400,000 TELLURIDE SUVs. STAY WITH US. >> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. NOW NEVER STOPS. NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS THE RACE IS ON NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE

NEWSFEED STARTING WITH THE DEATH OF FORMER NFL STAR VONTAE DAVIS. HE WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE A HOME IN FLORIDA. PLEASE DO NOT BELIEVE FOUL PLAY WAS OF ALL. HE PLAY FOR MULTIPLE TEAMS, INCLUDING THE DOLPHINS, CALLS AND BILLS. HE WAS ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES

LAST YEAR FROM A CRASH ON A FLORIDA HIGHWAY. >>> THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT ALLOWING A SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN TO TAKE EFFECT, BUT VOTERS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY. WHILE RULING ON A 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN, THE JUSTICES INCLUDING A SIX-WEEK BAN THAT GOVERNOR DeSANTIS SIGNED INTO

LAW LAST YEAR CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS, HOWEVER, THEY ALSO WILL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ENSHRINE ABORTION PROTECTIONS IN THE STATE CAN APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. >>> KIA RECALLING WERE THE 400,000 SUVs BECAUSE THEY MIGHT ROLLAWAY BALLPARKS. — WHILE PARKED. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAYSTWO PARTS ON THE CAR THAT IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE CAR PARKED MAY NOT FULLY ENGAGE. SO FAR NO INJURIES OR CRASHES REPORTED. DEALERS WERE CONTACT OWNERS TO UPDATE PARTS AND SOFTWARE. >>> AND IDRC CRASHING THROUGH A BANK WINDOW IN TEXAS.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE DEER BURSTING THROUGH A WINDOW BEFORE RUNNING LOOSE THROUGH THE BANK. THIS HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. YOU CAN SEE IT SCAMPERED OUT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. >>> MORE THAN 500,000 FAST FOOD WORKERS GOT A RAISE TODAY TO $20 PER HOUR AS A NEW LAW TOOK

EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS MEANT TO OFFSET THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, BUT IT WILL ALSO MEAN YOU WILL PAY MORE FOR YOUR BURGERS, LIKELY. >> Reporter: FOR THREE YEARS ANISHA HAS WORKED AT JACK-IN THE-BOX, STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS A SINGLE MOM AND

HIGH-PRICED LOS ANGELES.. THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING. SOME ARE HOMELESS. >> Reporter: THAT IS WHY TODAY MARKS A MOMENT SHE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR, SHE IS AMONG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST FOOD WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETTING A RAISE.

>> WE NEED THIS SO BAD. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTS, RESTAURANT CHAINS WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE MUST NOW PAY THEIR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES AT LEAST $20 PER HOUR. IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGES IN THE COUNTRY AND THE FIRST TIME STATE

LAWMAKERS HAVE MANDATED A MINIMUM WAGE FOR JUST ONE INDUSTRY. SUPPORTED SAY IT IS TIME FOR THE BILLION-DOLLAR CORPORATIONS TO PAY A LIVING WAGE. BUT MANY FRANCHISE OWNERS, LIKE JESSICA, WHO RUNS 11 McDONALD AROUND L.A., SAYS THIS PUTS AN UNFAIR STRAIN ON BUSINESSES

ALREADY OPERATING ON SLIM MARGINS. DO YOU FEEL TARGETED >> YES. PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT. THEY SEE THIS BIG McDONALD’S BRANDED THEY, THEY HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. THAT IS NOT AT ALL HOW IT IS. >> Reporter: McDONALD, CHIPOTLE AND STARBUCKS ALREADY SAYING

THEY PLAN TO RAISE PRICES TO OFFSET THE LABOR COST. PIZZA HUT PREEMPTIVELY LAID OFF 1200 DELIVERY DRIVERS, LIKE MICHAEL. >> I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED. A LOT OF US GOT HER JOBS TAKEN FROM US. >> Reporter: HE WAS LET GO AFTER EIGHT YEARS.

WHAT IS THE POINT OF A RAISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE? >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THIS ALSO MIGHT LEAD TO SHORTER HOURS AND EXPEDITE THE PUSH TO AUTOMATION. ECONOMISTS OFTEN SAY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. DOES THAT APPLY HERE?

>> IT REALLY APPLIES HERE. BUT WE FORGET SOMEBODY IS PAYING FOR IT SOMEWHERE. >> Reporter: BUT FOR ANISHA, SHE SAYS A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS GOES A LONG WAY. >> I AM PRAYING THIS $20 WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. >> FOR MORE ON THE NEW FAST

FOOD MINIMUM WAGE LAW AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT TO BUSINESSES, I WANT TO BRING IN ALEX JOHNSON, WHO OWNS 10 CINNABON RESTAURANTS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW CALIFORNIA, THE LAW INCREASING

THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $20 PER HOUR, HAS ALREADY IMPACTED YOUR BUSINESS? >> LISTEN, MY FAMILY AND I STARTED THIS BUSINESS 30 YEARS AGO. I AM A SECOND-GENERATION FRANCHISEE. OUR SMALL BUSINESS, PRETZEL POWER, EMPLOYS OVER 100 PEOPLE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. WE HAVE 10 LOCATIONS.

THIS BILL HAS FAR-REACHING EFFECTS. MY FAMILY AND I WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE EMPLOYEES ARE PAID REALLY WELL. BUT THERE WILL BE REAL CONSEQUENCES DUE TO THE BILL. FOR ONE, WE WILL RAISE PRICES, WHICH I DON’T WANT TO DO. WE ALREADY HAD TO RAISE PRICES

SEVERAL TIMES THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE COVID INDUCED INFLATION. RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT SEEING THE BEST IN TERMS OF SALES. WE HAVE DECLINING TRAFFIC COUNTS. IT IS REALLY NOT A GOOD TIME TO HAVE TO RAISE PRICES.

WE ARE NOT HIRING ANYMORE. WE ARE NOT EXPANDING IN THE STATE ANYMORE. IN FACT, I HAD TO TURN DOWN A LOCATION FOR A NEW STORE, WHICH I WAS SAD TO HAVE TO DO. ULTIMATELY, I AM CONSIDERING SELLING ARE CLOSING OUR RESTAURANTS. >> WHAT WAS THE PRICE DIFFERENCE?

WHAT WERE YOU PLAYING — PAYING EMPLOYEES? >> IN THE BAY AREA, THERE ARE MINIMUM WAGES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE STATE. I DO HAVE SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL GO FROM $16-$20. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING THAT. >> IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, DO

YOU THINK YOU WILL INCREASE PRICES AT THOSE STORES? WILL YOU LAY PEOPLE OFF? >> PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF BOTH. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN WORK SMARTER, HOW WE CAN WORK HARDER WITH LESS FOLKS, NOT JUST CUTTING HOURS, BUT REMOVING PEOPLE, REMOVING THE

HEADCOUNT. >> IT IS SO EXPENSIVE IN CALIFORNIA. YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THE POLITICIANS WERE IN INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL AFFECT INFLATION? IF THINGS ARE ALREADY EXPENSIVE AND NOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING MORE MONEY FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE

PRICES, DO YOU THINK IT HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON INFLATION? >> THE CONVERSATIONS I’VE HAD WITH MY EMPLOYEES IS THAT THEY ARE PRETTY FEARFUL OF WHAT THIS WILL DO TO INFLATION, MAKING ALREADY DASHING YOU KNOW, IT IS ALREADY SO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN THE STATE.

PRICES HAVE GONE UP. THEY ARE REALLY WORRIED. THEY ARE CONCERNED. THEY’VE SEEN THEIR PURCHASING POWER GET LESS AND LESS OVER THE YEARS. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP THEM ALL THAT MUCH. >> HOW DOES SOMEONE WORK AT YOUR RESTAURANT AND SUPPORT

THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILY IF YOU DON’T RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE? >> WE TAKE PRIDE IN BEING PEOPLE’S FIRST STOP. WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOLKS WITH NO JOB EXPERIENCE, IMMIGRANTS. WE ENJOY EMPLOYING THOSE PEOPLE, TEACHING THEM SOFT SKILLS, NOT JUST HOW TO MAKE A

CINNAMON ROLL, BUT THINGS LIKE CUSTOMER SERVICE, MAKING EYE CONTACT, SOFT SKILLS FOR THE REST OF THEIR CAREER. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PATH TO MAKING A CAREER OUT OF LOCATIONS. THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM A JANITOR TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

THERE IS A CREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR BUSINESS AND THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY FOR THESE FOLKS. IF YOU DON’T SELL YOUR BUSINESS, DO YOU THINK THIS LAW WILL ENCOURAGE YOU INTO USING DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY TO REPLACE THE JOBS TYPICALLY DONE BY PEOPLE? I’M TALKING ABOUT A.I.

WILL BE EVENTUALLY GET TO A PLACE WHERE A CINNABON COMES FROM A BOT? >> I DON’T THINK THAT IS FAR OFF. I DON’T HAVE PLANS IMMEDIATELY FOR AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT, BUT I DON’T THINK WE’RE FAR OFF. I THINK THIS LAW WILL ACCELERATE SOME OF THE COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE

TRYING TO DO JUST THAT. >> ALEX JOHNSON, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHERE THE MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING UP TO $20. WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS THE ECONOMY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HONESTY. >>> COMING UP, THE BODIES OF SEVERAL CHINESE MIGRANTS

DISCOVERED IN MEXICO AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED ON THE WAY TO THE U.S.>>> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH THE GLOBAL WATCH. A CHECK OF WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. WE START WITH A TRAGIC DISCOVERY IN MEXICO. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BODIES OF EIGHT CHINESE MIGRANTS WERE

FOUND ON A BEACH. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY WERE ON A BOAT THAT DEPARTED FOR MEXICO — THE BORDER WITH GUATEMALA HEADING TO THE U.S. ONE PERSON DID SURVIVE. ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA, THE NUMBER OF CHINESE MIGRANTS ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE U.S. FOR MEXICO HAS SKYROCKETED SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

>> POTENTIAL TURNING POINT IN TURKEY’S POLITICS. THE OPPOSITION PARTY SWEEPING LOCAL ELECTIONS, DEALING A MAJOR BLOW TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS RULING PARTY. THE OPPOSITION WEDDING AND IS DOUBLE BY MORE THAN 1 MILLION VOTES, ALONG WITH VICTORIES AND OTHER BIG CITIES.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PRESIDENT CAME TO POWER MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO THAT HIS PARTY WAS DEFEATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >>> GERMANY HAS BEGUN RELAXING SOME OF ITS MARIJUANA LAWS. CROWDS GATHERING AT THE GATE IN BERLIN FOR A SMOKE IN AS THE

NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT THAT ALLOWS ADULTS OVER 20 — OVER 18, I SHOULD SAY, TO POSSESS UP TO ONE OUNCE OF CANNABIS. CITIZENS CAN GROPE THREE PLANTS AT HOME. GERMANY IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE.>>> NOW TO THE NEW ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING THE

INVESTIGATION INTO THE MYSTERIOUS HAVANA SYNDROME. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH 60 MINUTES, A LEAD U.S. MILITARY INVESTIGATOR SAID HE BELIEVES THE SYNDROME WAS AN ATTACK ON U.S. OFFICIALS BY RUSSIA. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PREVIOUSLY DEEMING IT VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE SYNDROME CAME FROM A FOREIGN ADVERSARY.

BUT HE ALLEGES THE BAR FOR EVIDENCE WAS TOO HIGH. >> I THINK IT WAS SET SO HIGH BECAUSE WE DID NOT, AS A COUNTRY, AND A GOVERNMENT, WANT TO FACE SOME VERY HARD TRUTHS. >> WHAT ARE THOSE? >> CAN WE SECURE AMERICA? ARE THESE MASSIVE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FAILURES?

CAN WE PROTECT AMERICAN SOIL AND ARE PEOPLE ON AMERICAN SOIL? ARE WE BEING ATTACKED? IF WE ARE BEING ATTACKED, IS THAT AN ACT OF WAR? >> SO WHY WAS THIS INVESTIGATOR SO SURE IT WAS RUSSIA? HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I STARTED

TO NOTICE WAS THE CALIBER OF OUR OFFICER THAT WAS BEING IMPACTED. THIS WASN’T HAPPENING TO OUR WORST OR MIDDLE RANGE OFFICERS. THIS IS HAPPENING TO OUR TOP FIVE OR 10% PERFORMING OFFICERS ACROSS THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. CONSISTENTLY THERE WAS A RUSSIAN NEXUS.

THERE WAS SOME ANGLE WHERE THEY WORKED AGAINST RUSSIA, FOCUSED ON RUSSIA, AND HAD DONE EXTREMELY WELL. >> FOR MORE ON THIS INTERVIEW AND THE GOVERNMENT BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, I WANT TO BRING IN KEN DELANEY FROM WASHINGTON. YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS FOR YEARS.

HELP US PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, AND WHAT IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYING? >> Reporter: 60 MINUTES HAS UNEARTHED SOME INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT MEMBERS OF AN ELITE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND IN PLACES WHERE HE WAS PERSONNEL SUFFERED

SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVANA SYNDROME. THEY ALSO FOUND DOCUMENTS SUGGESTING THOSE SAME OPERATIVES MAY HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ACOUSTIC WEAPONS, AND THEY ARGUE THIS EVIDENCE SUGGESTS A LINK BETWEEN THESE RUSSIAN SPIES AND HAVANA SYNDROME SYMPTOMS. 60 MINUTES ALSO INTERVIEW THE FORMER DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE

OFFICIAL WHO HELPED INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE, WHO SAYS HE BELIEVES THIS IS A RESULT OF RUSSIAN ATTACK. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HE SAID HE COULD NOT DISCUSS CLASSIFIED DETAILS. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO SAY NONE OF THE REPORT HE FOUND

EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL WEAPON. TWO U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TOLD ME THE C.I.A. THE FIVE OTHER AGENCIES STAND BY THEIR ASSESSMENT FROM LAST YEAR THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SECRET WEAPON WIELDED BY RUSSIA OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARY. >> HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

STRADDLE THE LINE NEXT HOW TO SO MANY TOP LEVEL U.S. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SAY THEY SUFFERED SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL EPISODE, AND YET, THERE WAS NO ATTACK? >> THERE IS A LOT OF THEORIES ON THIS, TOM, INCLUDING SOME KIND OF BRAIN DISORDER.

ONE THING THEY TELL US IS THAT AFTER THIS ASSESSMENT WAS PUBLISHED LAST MARCH, REPORTS OF SYMPTOMS ABSOLUTELY PLUMMETED. THAT SUGGESTS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PSYCHOGENIC ASPECT TO THIS. THAT DOESN’T MEAN PEOPLE WERE MAKING IT UP. THESE SYMPTOMS WERE VERY REAL, HEARTBREAKING IN SOME CASES.

PEOPLE OF STOPPED BEING ABLE TO WORK. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, ONE EXPERT POSTULATED THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED A FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER, A COMMON BRAIN MALFUNCTION NOT CAUSED BY MEDICAL FACTORS. WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT WITH THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS SAYING IS THAT

THEY SEE NO EVIDENCE THIS IS AN ATTACK BY RUSSIA OR FOREIGN ADVERSARY. >> YOU THINK WE WILL EVER GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THIS WAS? >> Reporter: I THINK THE DEBATE WILL GO ON AND ON. LIKE MANY OF THESE VICTIMS HAVE LONG BELIEVED THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT IS NOT ASKING HARD ENOUGH QUESTIONS. THERE ARE NOW HEARTENED BY THIS NEW REPORTING IN PLACE LITTLE STOCK IN THE INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT. IN TERMS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE TURNED THE PAGE. AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS OVER AND DONE.

THE IMPORTANT THING NOW IS TO TREAT THE PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMS. BUT THE DEBATE WILL NOT GO AWAY. >> I HAVE A FEELING WE WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS TO COME. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, NOT JUST FOR THE BOYS, GIRLS WRESTLING

NOW THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY WITH ALL-FEMALE WRESTLING PROGRAMS FOUND IN NEARLY EVERY STATE. WE SPEAK TO TO ATHLETES PART OF THE HISTORIC TREND. THEIR FIGHT FOR EQUALITY ON AND OFF THE MAT IS NEXT. >> ♪ ♪WE REPORT LIVE.

>> EVERY WEEKNIGHT, YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00. >>> WHERE BACK NOW WITH AN ERROR IN THE PAINT, THROWING OFF PLAYERS AND FANS AT THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. OFFICIALS REVEALING JUST MINUTES BEFORE AN ELITE EIGHT- GAME THAT ONE OF THE THREE

POINT LINES HAD BEEN DRAWN INCORRECTLY AND WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BASKET. MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE PLAY-BY- PLAY OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >> Reporter: AS TEXAS AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE PREPARED TO FACE OFF IN A MATCHUP, AN ISSUE WITH THE COURT LEAVING FANS BAFFLED.

>> I WALK IN AND THERE WAS MEASURING HAPPENING. I WAS SITTING NEXT TO A FRIEND WHO WAS LIKE, ARE THEY MEASURING THE THREE-POINT LINE? >> Reporter: THE THREE POINT LINE IS OFFICIALLY 22 FEET ONE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. BUT THIS THREE-POINT LINE IN

PORTLAND OREGON IN FRONT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BENCH WAS NINE INCHES SHORT. THAT IS ACCORDING TO A POST A MEASUREMENT BY THE NCAA AND COURT SUPPLIER CARTER SPORTS. >> LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN SEE IT. >> Reporter: THE COACHES MEASURED THE DIFFERENCE THEMSELVES, WEIGHING THE

OPTIONS OF DELAYING THE GAME. >> THEY GAVE US THE OPTION OF BRINGING SOMEBODY IN AND REMARKING IT CORRECTLY. THAT WOULD’VE TAKEN IN OUR. WE MIGHT’VE LOST OUR WINDOW WITH ABC. >> Reporter: BOTH TEAMS AGREED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE SCHEDULE. NORTH CAROLINA STATE WINNING BY

DOUBLE DIGITS. >> I DON’T KNOW IT WAS AN ADVANTAGE OR DISADVANTAGE EITHER WAY. WE BOTH PLAYED THE HALF. >> Reporter: FOUR SWEET 16 GAMES ARE PLAYED ON THAT COURT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BUT NOBODY RAISED CONCERNS. THE NCAA HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THE NCAA ADDING THIS WAS THE RESULT

OF HUMAN ERROR AND THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT SOONER. THE ASSOCIATION REVIEWING ALL OTHER THREE-POINT LINE THAT BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS AND CONFIRMING THAT THEY ARE ACCURATE. >> WE HAVE THIS MOMENT WHERE THE ATHLETICISM IS IN A PLACE WHERE IT IS BETTER THAN EVER.

WE HAVE MORE FOCUS AND MEDIA COVERAGE THAT THESE PLAYERS DESERVE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE LITTLE MOMENTS THAT REMIND US OF THIS WORK THAT IS STILL NEEDED. TO THE LATEST DISTRACTION FROM A RECORD-BREAKING TOURNAMENT. IN THE FIRST ROUND GAME BETWEEN CHATTANOOGA, A REFEREE WAS

PULLED OUT OF HALFTIME OVER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. A NOTRE DAME STAR SIDELINED FOR PART OF A SWEET 16 MATCHER BECAUSE OF A NOSE RING SHE WORE ALL SEASON LONG. THE THREE-POINT LINE FIXED WITH PAINT OVERNIGHT FOR THE REMAINING ELITE EIGHT MATCHUP,

BUT THE DAMAGE MAY ALREADY BE DONE. >> I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD SAY, ONLY IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL. IT IS A SHAME. REALLY. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS >>> WE THANK MORGAN CHESKY FOR THAT.

FINALLY TONIGHT, FORGET THE STEREOTYPES, A NEW GENERATION OF GIRLS ARE PROVING THE MATS ARE NOT JUST THE BOYS CLUB ANYMORE. THEIR PASSIONATE HARD WORK OPENING DOORS FOR THEM AND GENERATIONS TO COME WITH DREAMS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND EVEN OLYMPIC GLORY. >> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WRESTLING MOVE?

>> YOU WOULD SHOOT TO THIS LEG. >> YOU ARE TIED UP AND BRING THEIR ARM OVER. >> Reporter: HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HALEY AND FRESHMAN ARE ON A MISSION TO SLAM STEREOTYPES AND PIN DOWN NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD OF WRESTLING. FOR YEARS, WITHOUT A LEAGUE OF

THEIR OWN, MANY OF THE OPPONENTS THESE GIRLS FACED WERE BOYS. SHE SAYS THE TRAINING STARTED AT HOME. DID YOU WRESTLE WITH HER BROTHER A LOT GROWING UP? >> WE WOULD WORK ON MOVES WE LEARNED ON YOUTUBE IN THE BASEMENT. I REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE WAS A HEADLOCK.

I WOULD DO IT ON HIM, AND IT WORKS. >> Reporter: HOW DID YOUR BROTHER LIKE THAT? >> I THINK HE WAS JUST HAPPY TO HELP. TOOK MY LITTLE SISTER NEVER PUT ME IN A HEADLOCK. THE TIME IS NOW TURNING WITH GIRLS WRESTLING BECOMING THE

FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. >> IT LITERALLY TOOK OFF. THE NUMBERS STARTED EXPLODING. >> Reporter: AS RECENTLY AS 2018, THERE WERE ONLY SIX STATES WITH OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED GIRLS WRESTLING PROGRAMS. NOW THERE ARE 45 STATES WITH CAMPAIGNS TO GROW EVEN FURTHER. >> YOUTH LEVEL, JUNIOR HIGH

HOW, HIGH SCHOOL, THE GROWTH IS AMAZING. EVEN ON THE COLLEGE LEVEL RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS. >> Reporter: THANKS IN PART TO NONPROFITS LIKE SANCTION PA, WHICH ARE FIGHTING TO HAVE THE GIRLS LEAKS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED. >> EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN A

GIRL WAS IN HER SCHOOL BUILDING AND WALKING PAST THOSE WRESTLING ROOM DOORS, THOSE DOORS WERE CLOSED. NOW IT IS LIKE, THE DOORS ARE OPEN, AND SOMEONE IS COMING OUT IN THE HALLWAY SAYING, HEY, COME ON IN AND TRY WRESTLING. >> Reporter: THAT GROUP SUCCEEDING IN GETTING

SIGNATURES FOR MORE THAN 100 SCHOOLS TO GET THE SPORT SANCTIONED IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH HELD ITS FIRST EVER OFFICIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MONTH >> Reporter: WHILE WOMEN’S FREE STYLE WRESTLING HAS BEEN AN OLYMPIC SPORT FOR 20 YEARS, ONLY TWO AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN HOME THE GOLD. BUT WITH THIS WIDENING

PIPELINE, NEW HOPE THAT THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR WOMEN IN THE SPORT. IF SOMEONE DOES SAY TO YOU WRESTLING IS NOT A GIRL’S SPORT, WRESTLING IS FOR BOYS, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> WELL, I MEAN, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. GIRLS CAN DEFINITELY WRESTLE.

IT’S NOT JUST BOYS. >> GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE WRESTLERS, AND THANKS TO STEPHEN ROMO FOR THAT STORY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TOP STORY TONIGHT. I’M TOM LLAMAS IN NEW YORK. STAY RIGHT THERE, MORE NEWS IS ON THE WAY. >> EVERY TIME SOMEONE GOES IN

THE WATER, THEY ARE TAKING A RISK. EVERY TIME WE MOVE A PIECE OF THE STRUCTURE, THE SITUATION COULD BECOME EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. WE HAVE TO MOVE FAST, BUT WE CANNOT BE CARELESS. >>> IN BALTIMORE AS CREWS START CLEARING AWAY TONS AND TONS OF MANGLED STEEL AND

CONCRETE, THE BATTLE OVER WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THAT BRIDGE COLLAPSE IS JUST GETTING STARTED TOO. I’M GADI SCHWARTZ, AND THIS IS STAY TUNED NOW. >>> IT IS QUICK WORK, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SIGNS OF PROGRESS WE’VE SEEN. TONIGHT A TEMPORARY CHANNEL IS

NOW UP AND RUNNING TO GIVE SALVAGE BOATS ACCESS TO THE WRECKAGE SITE TO HELP WITH CLEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS, AND A 200-TON SPAN OF THE BRIDGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REMOVED, WHICH IS JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF THE UP TO 4,000 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT CAME CRASHING DOWN.

THAT’S SOMETHING LIKE 8 MILLION-POUNDS. CREWS ARE USING CUTTING TORCHES TO SLICE STEEL BEAMS INTO PIECES TO BE CARRIED AWAY, AND THIS IS BEFORE THEY TAKE ON THE TASK OF MOVING THAT MASSIVE DALI CARGO SHIP THAT BROUGHT THE BRIDGE DOWN NEARLY A WEEK AGO KILLING SIX

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, FOUR WHOSE BODIES ARE STILL MISSING. THIS COMES AS WE’RE LEARNING THE OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE CARGO SHIP FILED A PETITION IN FEDERAL COURT EARLIER TODAY LOOKING TO AVOID LIABILITY FOR THE COLLAPSE. AND AARON GILCRIST IS JOINING US NOW. THE FOUR BODIES STILL HAVEN’T

BEEN RECOVERED, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OUT THERE? >> Reporter: THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT, GADI. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THEY’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT DIVERS, RECOVERY DIVERS IN THE WATER SINCE THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATER MAKE THIS REALLY TOO

DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO SEE MUCH FARTHER THAN A FOOT OR TWO IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES. LARGELY THAT IS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DEBRIS FROM THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE THAT’S STILL IN THE WATER. OF COURSE, AS THEY WORK TO BREAK UP THE BRIDGE INTO SMALLER PIECES THAT THEY CAN

THEN USE CRANES TO LIFT AND BARGES TO GET OUT OF THIS AREA, THEY’LL BE ABLE TO CLEAR MORE OF THE WATER AND EVENTUALLY PUT DIVERS IN TO RECOVER THE BODIES. THESE FAMILIES ARE WAITING FOR SOME CLOSURE IN THIS INCIDENT, AND SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT

PART OF THE MISSION HERE IN BALTIMORE. >> AND AARON, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE PETITION FILED TODAY BY THE OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE CARGO SHIP. IS THIS A PROCEDURAL FORMALITY? DOES THIS THING NORMALLY HAPPEN WHEN YOU SEE A DISASTER LIKE THIS? ARE THEY SAYING WHY THEY THINK

THEY SHOULDN’T BE HELD LIABLE? >> Reporter: WELL, I DON’T THINK IT’S WILDLY UNUSUAL THAT THE OWNER OF THIS SHIP WOULD MAKE A MOVE LIKE THIS. WHAT THEY’VE DONE IS GONE TO A COURT AND SAID THAT THEY WANT TO LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY FROM THE ACCIDENT HERE. THEY’RE SAYING IN THEIR FILING

THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE, OR THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ANY ISSUES WITH THE SHIP THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN SO. THEY’RE WANTING TO LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY TO THE VALUE AND CONTENTS OF THE SHIP. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE IED HERE, SO THE

FAMILIES MIGHT BE INCLINED TO SUE. THIS IS THEIR EFFORT TO SAY THEY DON’T BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE TO THE POINT THEY COULD BE SUED OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE VALUE OF THE SHIP AND THE ITEMS ON THE SHIP TO BE AT THIS POINT,

GADI. >> WE’LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON HOW THAT PROGRESSES. MEANWHILE, PORT WORKERS ARE GETTING HIT REALLY HARD BY ALL OF THIS. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON WORK OVER AT THE PORT? >> Reporter: YEAH, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 8,000 DOCK WORKERS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK NOW BECAUSE THE PORT OF BALTIMORE IS CLOSED. THIS IS HAVING A REALLY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THESE WORKERS BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY RELY ON THIS WORK TO PAY THEM AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM ONE DOCK WORKER WE SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HIS CONCERN AS HE’S PLAYING THIS WAITING GAME. TAKE A LISTEN. >> EVERY DAY YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY.

BUT DEEP DOWN, I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THE PORT, AND I BELIEVE WE’RE GOING TO BE OKAY. >> Reporter: SO CHRIS HAS SOME DEGREE OF HOPE AND FAITH THAT THIS WILL BE A PROCESS THAT WILL WORK ITSELF OUT IN TERMS

OF THEM BEING ABLE TO GET BACK TO WORK AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT INCOME WILL LOOK LIKE. HE BELIEVES IT WILL HAPPEN FAIRLY SOON IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OPENED A RESOURCE CENTER HERE IN BALTIMORE TODAY, ACTUALLY,

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A WAY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO GO AND FIGURE OUT WHAT INFORMATION THEY NEED TO GATHER TOGETHER TO APPLY FOR THESE LOW INTEREST LOANS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE UP TO $2 MILLION. THE BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY THE

CLOSURE OF THE PORT HERE AND BY THE INABILITY TO ACCESS THE AREA, AND THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES RUNNING, KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES PAID UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME RESOLUTION ON CLEARING THIS WATERWAY. >> SO MANY PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THIS DISASTER.

AARON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> CONVICTED KILLER ALEX MURDAUGH WAS SENTENCED TO 40 MORE YEARS IN PRISON TODAY, THIS TIME FOR STEALING FROM HIS LEGAL CLIENTS. HE’S ALREADY SERVING TWO CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND ONE OF HIS SONS, AND HERE’S WHAT A

LAWYER FOR ONE OF MURDAUGH’S VICTIMS HAD TO SAY. >> THERE’S A STAGGERING HUMAN TOLL ATTACHED TO EVERY SINGLE CENT. THIS IS BLOOD MONEY. PEOPLE BLED, PEOPLE DIED, PEOPLE HAD FUNERALS TO GET COMPENSATED. AND ALEX TOOK IT AND PREYED ON THEM. >> HERE’S THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: TODAY ALEX MURDAUGH APPEARED IN THIS FEDERAL COURTHOUSE WHERE A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO 40 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES INCLUDING MONEY LAUNDERING, WIRE FRAUD, AND BANK FRAUD. PROSECUTORSSAY HE STOLE $12 MILLION FROM HIS FAMILY LAW FIRM’S PERSONAL INJURY CLIENTS.

THEY ALSO SAY 6 MILLION OF THE $12 MILLION IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. MURDAUGH ADDRESSED THE JUDGE IN A 13 MINUTE TESTIMONY. HE GOT EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL AND SAID HE’S REMORSEFUL, HE’S EMBARRASSED, AND THAT HE THINKS ABOUT HIS VICTIMS EVERY DAY. TWO OF THE VICTIMS ALSO SPOKE

TO THE JUDGE AND SAID THEY’RE PRAYING FOR MURDAUGH AND THEY FORGIVE HIM. THIS COMES AS HE’S SERVING TWO CONCURRENT LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE FOR KILLING HIS WIFE MAGGIE AND HIS SON. NBC, SOUTH CAROLINA. >>> AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA HIT PART OF THE IRANIAN CONSULATE TODAY KILLING AT

LEAST TWO SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. THE MILITARY DOESN’T USUALLY CONFIRM STRIKES IN SYRIA, AND USUALLY DECLINES TO COMMENT. MEANWHILE, TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS IN ISRAEL TO PROTEST AGAINST PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CALLING FOR NEW ELECTIONS.

THIS COMES AS THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS FINALLY WITHDRAWN FROM GAZA’S LARGEST HOSPITAL AFTER A TWO-WEEK RAID. THEY’RE SAYING THEY KILLED HUNDREDS OF HAMAS FIGHTERS ALL WHILE THE DEATH TOLL IN GAZA HAS CROSSED 30,000 PALESTINIANS ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY THERE. NBC’S JOSH LEDERMAN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: STARTING MONDAY,

PAY BOOSTS FOR HALF A MILLION IN CALIFORNIA. GOOD NEWS FOR THIS MAN, WHO AFTER 17 YEARS WORKING FOR MCDONALD’S — >> LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE WRONG STORY THERE. WE’LL COME BACK TO THAT IN A BIT. DON’T GO ANYWHERE, WE HAVE MORE NEWS AHEAD COMING UP.

UP NEXT IS A HUGE RULING FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT ON ABORTION. WE’VE GOT THOSE DETAILS. PLUS A WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS IS CONNECTED TO A CRASH INVOLVING A LAMBEAU AND CORVETTE. >>> AND THERE’S A BIG CHANGE COMING TO HOSPITALS DEALING

WITH CONSENT WHEN YOU GO UNDER. THAT’S ALL JUST AHEAD, SO STAY TUNED. >>> HEY THERE, WELCOME BACK. HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER HEADLINES WE’RE WATCHING TO WANT. TODAY THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULED TO UPHOLD A 15-WEEK BAN ON ABORTION IN THE

STATE WHICH OPENS THE DOOR FOR A SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS SIGNED LAST YEAR. THE SIX-WEEK BAN TAKES EFFECT IN 30 DAYS, BUT VOTERS WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN NOVEMBER. >>> AND AT&T SAYS PERSONAL DATA FROM MILLIONS OF CURRENT AND FORMER CUSTOMERS WERE

FOUND ON THE DARK WEB. THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, PASS CODES, AND PHONE NUMBERS WERE LEAKED. AT&T HAS ALREADY STARTED REACHING OUT TO IMPACTED CUSTOMERS OFFERING CREDIT MONITORING SERVICES. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. >>> AND IN AN INTERVIEW ON MEET THE PRESS OVER THE WEEKEND, CONGRESSMAN DON BACON

WARNED HIS COLLEAGUE MIKE JOHNSON COULD LOSE HIS SPEAKERSHIP. >> DO YOU THINK HE COULD LOSE HIS SPEAKERSHIP OVER THIS, CONGRESSMAN? >> IT’S, IT’S POSSIBLE. I’M NOT GOING TO DENY IT. WE HAVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT TEAM PLAYERS. THEY, THEY’D RATHER ENJOY THE

LIMELIGHT, THE SOCIAL MEDIA. IT’S A VERY NARROW MAJORITY, AND ONE OR TWO PEOPLE COULD MAKE IT A MINORITY. >> BACON SAID JOHNSON COULD LOSE THE SPEAKERSHIP IF HE MOVED TO PASS UKRAINE AID IN THE HOUSE. >>> AND A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER RAMMING A CAR INTO A

GATE AT AN ATLANTA FBI OFFICE. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT TRIED TO FOLLOW AN EMPLOYEE CAR INTO THE GATE, THEN RAMMED INTO THE BARRIER ONCE IT CLOSED. NO ONE WAS HURT, AND OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. >>> AND FORMER NFL CORNER BACK VONTAE DAVIS WAS FOUND DEAD IN

HIS GRANDMOTHER’S FLORIDA MANSION TODAY. DETAILS ABOUT HIS DEATH WAS NOT RELEASED, BUT POLICE SAY NO FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED. >>> TONIGHT A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHID RICE SAY HE’S COOPERATING AS POLICE INVESTIGATE A WILD WRECK CAUGHT ON DASH CAM VIDEO OVER THE WEEKEND. PRISCILLA THOMPSON HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHID RICE RESPONDING AFTER IT WAS REPORTED HIS CAR MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HE SAID HE’S COOPERATING FULLY WITH AUTHORITIES AND WILL DO EVERYTHING TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS

AFTER THIS SIX-CAR CRASH, CAUSED, POLICE SAY, BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE SPEEDING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. >> A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE EXPRESSWAY NORTHBOUND. >> Reporter: DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT THE DRIVERS LOST CONTROL, ONE SLAMMING INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN WHILE THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT.

KAYLA QUINN SAYS SHE AND HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME FROM A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THE HIT. SHE SAID THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ENDED MUCH WORSE. BOTH CARS HIT ME, BUT WE WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. POLICE SAY THE INJURIES WERE

MINOR, AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE RAN FROM THE CRASH. A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO AFTER THE CRASH. >> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? WHERE YOU GUYS HEADED? YOU GUYS JUST GONNA LEAVE IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE NFL NOT COMMENTING, BUT THE CHIEFS’ PRESIDENT SAYING THIS.

>> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WE’LL GATHER THE FACTS AND REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH, AND THEY’RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THE VIDEO. >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GETTING NEW GUIDELINES ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN’T DO WHILE A PATIENT IS PUT TO SLEEP FOR A MEDICAL PROCEDURE LIKE A PROSTATE OR PELVIC EXAM YOU NEVER ASKED FOR. AND IF YOU’RE LIKE WAIT, WHAT? WHY WOULD SOMEONE GET AN

UNEXPECTED EXAM LIKE THAT UNDER ANESTHESIA? WELL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, A 2022 STUDY FOUND THAT AS MANY AS 3.5 MILLION AMERICANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXAMINED WITHOUT CONSENT WITH THE STUDY CALLING THE FINDINGS A QUOTE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. NOW FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE SENDING OUT LETTERS TO

TEACHING HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS WITH STRICT GUIDELINES SAYING WHEN THE CONSENT IS NEEDED FOR PATIENTS TO PERFORM THOSE KINDS OF PROCEDURES. OUR MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. GUPTA IS HERE TO BREAK THIS DOWN. THE WHOLE THING SEEMS TO BE EYEBROW RAISING AND ALSO OBVIOUS. YOU WOULD THINK A DOCTOR WOULD

NEED CONSENT TO DO A PROSTATE EXAM. WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? >> YES, GADI, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS DISTURBING AND FRANKLY SHOULDN’T BE HAPPENING. THE FACT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING GOES TO SHOW HOW NON-STANDARDIZED PATIENT CARE AND PATIENT RIGHTS ARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THINGS YOU WOULD THINK OTHER PROVIDERS WOULDN’T HAVE TO BE TOLD NOT TO DO, EVEN IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL, WE’RE HAVING TO NAVIGATE THIS AND PROVIDE STANDARDIZATION, AND A WRIST SLAP WITH STRONG PENALTIES IF THIS HAPPENS. THIS NEVER SHOULD HAPPEN. EVERYTHING I DO WHEN I’M TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE

CRITICALLY ILL MUST BE CONSENTED FOR EITHER BY THE PATIENT OR A LOVED ONE. >> BACK IN 2020, IT WAS FOUND DOCTORS WERE CONDUCTING PELVIC EXAMINES ON WOMEN WHILE THEY WERE UNDER. IS THIS A RESPONSE TO THAT? AND HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? IS THIS SOMETHING ALONG THE

LINES OF HEY, YOU’RE A STUDENT, YOU HAVEN’T DONE ONE OF THESE BEFORE, GO AHEAD? OR IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON? I’M TRYING TO IMAGINE WHY THIS WOULD ALL COME ABOUT. >> I SHARE YOUR CONFUSION BECAUSE THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN IN ANY OF THE TRAINING SETTINGS

THAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF OR SEEN OR BEEN EDUCATED DIRECTLY. IT’S NOT NORMAL, IT’S CONFUSING TO ME AS WELL. BUT THE WAY IT PROBABLY HAPPENED IS PATIENTS HAVE TO NAVIGATE A COMPLEX CONSENT FORM BEFORE THEY GO INTO SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA.

THEY MAY NOT READ EVERYTHING. A LOT OF PAPERWORK IS REALLY CONFUSING. SO WHEN THEY SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE, THEY’RE SIGNING TO BASICALLY A BLANK CHECK TO DO RELEVANT PROCEDURES. THAT’S THE OPERATIVE WORD THERE, RELEVANT. BUT SOMETIMES IRRELEVANT THINGS ARE BEING DONE WITH NO

BUSINESS BEING DONE AND NEED TO HAVE CONSENT PRIOR TO BEING DONE. THE FACT THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE POLICED IS THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. MOST PLACES I’VE BEEN A PART OF HAVE ETHICS, UNDERSTAND INFORMED CONSENT, AND DON’T EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

>> DR. GUPTA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BREAKING THAT DOWN FOR US. >>> AND IN INDIANAPOLIS, POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS AFTER A MASS SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF A MALL THAT LEFT AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HURT ON SATURDAY NIGHT. ALL OF THE VICTIMS WERE UNDER 17 YEARS OLD.

MAURA BARRETT HAS THE LATEST FROM CHICAGO. >> Reporter: THIS IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, AND POLICE SAY THE WHOLE SHOOTING WAS NOT RANDOM. THEY SAY THE GROUPS, THE CHILDREN, FRANKLY BECAUSE THESE ARE VICTIMS RANGING FROM 12 TO 17 YEARS OLD, CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS HAD PLANS TO

QUOTE TAKE THEIR BEEF DOWNTOWN. SO THERE WAS SOME SORT OF ALTERCATION AS POLICE UNDERSTAND IT THAT RESULTED IN GUNFIRE, THOUGH POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND SUSPECTS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY TOOK IN TWO JUVENILES FOR RESISTING POLICE, THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM TO ME WHETHER OR

NOT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DIRECTLY. POLICE SAY THEY’RE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND VIDEO, THEY’RE FOLLOWING MANY DIFFERENT LEADS. IT’S STILL VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. THERE’S ALSO QUESTIONS SWIRLING ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY, IF ANY, OF THE PARENTS. BECAUSE THERE’S A CITY LAW THAT SAYS PEOPLE UNDER 15

YEARS OLD CANNOT BE OUT UNSUPERVISED AT A LATE HOUR LIKE THAT. SO THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FROM POLICE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR WHEREWITHAL OF THE PARENTS IN ALL OF THIS. HERE’S MORE FROM POLICE. >> ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE A

SITUATION IN WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE ARE RESOLVING CONFLICT WITH FIREARMS. THIS WAS 11:30 AT NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE EASTER. IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOUR 12-YEAR-OLD IS, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR YOU. >> Reporter: AND THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE PARENTS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS

INTERESTING TO ME AND SOMETHING I HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE IN COVERING MASS SHOOTINGS. OBVIOUSLY THESE WERE MINORS AND IT WAS VERY LATE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER 11:00 P.M. THERE IS A QUESTION OF WHERE THESE CHILDREN ARE GETTING ACCESS TO FIREARMS OR BEING AROUND FIREARMS.

JUST THE BROADER ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN GENERAL. IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE FOCUS ON THE PARENTAL SUPERVISION ASPECT. THE MAYOR PUTTING OUT A SIMILAR STATEMENT AS WE HEARD FROM POLICE. IT DID TALK ABOUT NEW INITIATIVES FROM THE CITY TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE IN

GENERAL INVOLVING YOUTH. THEY’D BE INVESTING $150 MILLION INTO A CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGY, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO SUGGESTED ENACTING A CURFEW TO CURB THE VIOLENCE THEY’VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS. >> MAURA BARRETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> REMEMBER THAT SICKNESS MAKING DIPLOMATS SICK? WELL, NOW HAVANA SYNDROME

MIGHT BE RELATED TO RUSSIA. >>> I SEEM TO BE LOSING MY VOICE HERE, AND I’M VERY HOARSE, BUT THESE AREN’T HORSING AROUND. OFFICERS TRIED TO CHASE DOWN A MAN ON A HORSE. HE WAS EVENTUALLY SURROUNDED, AND CHARGED WITH STEALING OVER 200 BUCKS OF MERCHANDISE FROM A WALGREENS.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE’D BE CAUGHT BY AN ANIMAL? WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> WELCOME BACK. THE MYSTERIOUS HAVANA SYNDROME CONTINUES TO BAFFLE INVESTIGATORS, BUT NOW A NEW REPORT POINTS TO RUSSIAN SPIES. THAT STORY IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST LET’S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE WORLD.

>>> GERMANY SOCCER FANS ARE BANNED FROM PUTTING THE NUMBER 44 ON THEIR JERSEYS DUE TO THE SIMILARITIES TO THE NAZI SYMBOL IN WORLD WAR II. A GERMAN HISTORIAN POINTED OUT THE SIMILARITIES, AND THEY’RE WORKING ON AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN FOR THE NUMBER 4. ALSO, GERMANY BEGAN THE

BIGGEST EU COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE SMALL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA. >>> A 500-YEAR-OLD CHURCH IN ENGLAND HAS OVER 400 SOLAR PANELS. KING’S COLLEGE CHAPEL IN CAMBRIDGE. SOME SAY IT’S VIRTUE SIGNALING. >>> AND POPE FRANCIS PREACHED PEACE FOR GAZA AND UKRAINE IN HIS EASTER SPEECH YESTERDAY.

HE SAID HIS THOUGHTS WENT OUT TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINE AND ASKED ONCE MORE FOR A CEASEFIRE. HE ALSO CALLED FOR A PRISONER EXCHANGE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND ALL OUT END TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. >>> AND AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA HIT THE IRANIAN

CONSULATE TODAY KILLING TWO MEMBERS OF THE IRANIAN MILITARY GUARD. MEANWHILE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS IN ISRAEL TO PROTEST AGAINST PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CALLING FOR NEW ELECTIONS. THIS COMES AS THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS FINALLY WITHDRAWN FROM GAZA’S LARGEST HOSPITAL AFTER A TWO-WEEK RAID.

THEY’RE SAYING THEY KILLED HUNDREDS OF HAMAS FIGHTERS ALL WHILE THE DEATH TOLL IN GAZA HAS CROSSED 30,000 PALESTINIANS ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY THERE. NBC’S JOSH LEDERMAN REPORTS. >> Reporter: NEW FEARS TONIGHT ABOUT AN ESCALATING REGIONAL WAR INVOLVING IRAN AFTER SYRIA AND IRAN ACCUSED ISRAEL OF STRIKING INSIDE THE SYRIAN

CAPITAL OF DAMASCUS AND HITTING AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING AT THE EMBASSY THERE. IRANIAN STATE MEDIA SAYING NOT ONE BUT TWO SENIOR COMMANDERS OF IRAN’S ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD WERE KILLED IN WHAT IT SAYS WAS A STRIKE BY ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS AND SIX MISSILES. THEY DON’T TYPICALLY COMMENT

ON STRIKES INSIDE ISRAEL, BUT IT’S THE LATEST IN THIS SHADOW WAR WITH ISRAEL AND IRAN PLAYING OUT FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, AND RAISING FEARS ABOUT THE POSSIBLY OF BRINGING IRAN AND ISRAEL INTO DIRECT MILITARY CONFLICT. THAT DEVELOPMENT COMING AS THE U.S. AND ISRAEL HAVE BEEN

HOLDING A VIRTUAL MEETING TODAY ABOUT ISRAEL’S LOOMING INVASION OF THE CITY OF RAFAH IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP FOR MORE THAN A MILLION PALESTINIANS SHELTERING. THE U.S. IS TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO A FULL SCALE INVASION OF RAFAH. AFTER THE VIRTUAL MEETING THE

U.S. GOVERNMENT SAID IT WAS PRODUCTIVE AND THEY’D FOLLOW UP POTENTIALLY WITH AN IN PERSON MEETING AS SOON AS THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. THE CONCERNS ABOUT RAFAH HAVE REALLY GROWN DEEPER AS A RESULT OF ISRAEL’S LATEST SIEGE OF THE AL SHIFA HOSPITAL.

A TWO-WEEK RAID OF THE LARGEST HOSPITAL IN THE GAZA STRIP. ISRAEL SAYS IT WAS ABLE TO KILL HUNDREDS OF HAMAS COMMANDERS WITHOUT CIVILIAN DEATHS, BUT OFFICIALS IN THE GAZA STRIP SAY THAT ISRAEL LEFT BEHIND A SEA OF CORPSES, MANY OF THEM BADLY DECOMPOSING. THEY SAY CHILDREN AND

CIVILIANS AND ELDERLY WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED THERE. IT’S A HOSPITAL THAT ISRAEL HAD CLEARED OF HAMAS LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER, BUT APPARENTLY HAMAS WAS ABLE TO REGROUP THERE. ISRAEL NOW FACING MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT’S ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY KEEP HAMAS FROM RETURNING TO PARTS

OF THE GAZA STRIP WHERE IT’S ALREADY GOTTEN RID OF HAMAS. >> JOSH LEDERMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> AND WE’RE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS POSTED A $175 MILLION BOND IN HIS NEW YORK CIVIL FRAUD CASE. NOW, TRUMP SEEMS TO HAVE

SECURED THE BOND THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA-BASED COMPANY KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE. THIS COMES ONE WEEK AFTER A PANEL OF JUDGES REDUCED TRUMP’S BOND AND GRANTED HIM A TEN-DAY STAY IN THE INITIAL $464 MILLION BOND JUDGMENT. >>> RUSSIA IS ONCE AGAIN DENYING HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MYSTERIOUS

NEUROLOGICAL ILLNESS KNOWN AS HAVANA SYNDROME IMPACTING U.S. DIPLOMATS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS AFTER A JOINT FIVE-YEAR INVESTIGATION FROM 60 MINUTES AND THE INSIDER THAT DIRECTLY LINKED THE ILLNESS TO A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT. AT LENGTH, THE REPORT CONTRADICTS U.S. REPORTS THAT DIDN’T BLAME ANY FOREIGN ADVERSARY.

KEN DILANIAN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: YES, 60 MINUTES AND THE INSIDER UNCOVERED SOME INTERESTING EVIDENCE. THAT MEMBERS OF AN ELITE INTELLIGENCE UNIT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND WHERE DIPLOMATS SUFFERED SYMPTOMS OF HAVANA SYNDROMES. THEY ALSO FOUND DOCUMENTS THAT SAID THE RUSSIAN SPIES MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING AN ACOUSTIC WEAPON.

60 MINUTES ALSO INTERVIEWED A FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL WHO INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE, AND HE BELIEVES HAVANA SYNDROME IS THE RESULT OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS, BUT HE COULDN’T DISCUSS THE CLASSIFIED DETAILS. IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT NONE OF THE REPORTING FOUND ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF A WEAPON OR

RUSSIANS ATTACKING AMERICANS. TWO U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TOLD ME THE CIA AND FIVE OTHER AGENCIES STAND BY THEIR ASSESSMENT FROM LAST YEAR THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SECRET WEAPON WIELDED BY RUSSIA OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARY. THEY SAY THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL OF WAS REPORTED LAST NIGHT,

HAD ALREADY BEEN EXAMINED AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY. AN INVESTIGATION THAT ALL BUT RULED OUT THE ATTACK THEORY. OFFICIALS SAY IF RUSSIA HAD A SECRET MICROWAVE OR ACOUSTIC WEAPONS TO ATTACK AMERICANS, THEY BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF THAT THROUGH YEARS OF INTELLIGENCE

COLLECTION FROM HUMAN SOURCES, HACKED DOCUMENTS, AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION, BUT THEY FOUND NONE. THEY SAY THIS IS NOT MADE UP, THE SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE ARE HEARTBREAKING AND VERY REAL. BUT THEY FOUND THEY WERE LIKELY CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH FACTORS. IN A STUDY BY THE NATIONAL

INSTITUTES OF HEALTH PUBLISHED LAST MONTH, IT SHOWED THE VICTIMS SHOWED NO SIGNS OF BRAIN INJURY. IT’S WORTH MENTIONING THAT SINCE THIS INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT WAS PUBLISHED LAST YEAR, OFFICIALS SAY REPORTS OF SYMPTOMS HAVE PLUMMETED. >> FASCINATING. KEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> NOW, IT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A ROYAL EASTER OVER IN THE UK WITH KING CHARLES FINALLY MAKING A PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT THIS YEAR’S EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE. THIS WAS HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BACK IN FEBRUARY. MISSING FROM ACTION THOUGH

WERE WILLIAM, KATE, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN. THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE PRINCESS OF WALES ANNOUNCED HER OWN CANCER DIAGNOSIS. NBC’S KELLY COBIELLA HAS MORE. >> Reporter: MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FOR KING CHARLES AND PRINCESS KATE FROM HOLIDAY CROWDS IN WINDSOR. A SMILING KING CHARLES SURPRISED WELL WISHERS,

SHAKING HANDS AFTER SUNDAY’S EASTER CHURCH SERVICE. IT’S THE 75-YEAR-OLD MONARCH’S FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE THE PALACE ANNOUNCED HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR CANCER IN FEBRUARY. HEADLINES DECLARING IT A SHOW OF STRENGTH AND A SIGN HE’S GETTING BETTER. >> THE PALACE SAID IT’S A

REALLY POSITIVE SIGN THAT WE SAW THE KING ON EASTER SUNDAY, VERY ENCOURAGING. BUT WE SHOULDN’T READ TOO MUCH INTO IT ABOUT THE PRINCESS OF WALES. SHE SAID IN HER OWN PUBLIC STATEMENT SHE NEEDED TO CONCENTRATE ON HER REST AND RECOVERY WITH ONGOING CANCER TREATMENTS. >> Reporter: THE TRADITIONAL

EASTER WALK TO CHURCH SCALED BACK THIS YEAR. THE KING AND QUEEN, AND THE KING’S SIBLINGS AND THEIR PARTNERS SMILING FOR THE CROWDS. INCLUDING PRINCE ANDREW’S EX-WIFE SARAH FERGUSON, DIAGNOSED WITH SKIN CANCER EARLIER THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE’S YOUNGEST SON MADE HIS

FIRST APPEARANCE AT EASTER SERVICES. BUT THIS YEAR, THE YOUNG FAMILY STAYED AWAY, SPENDING THE WEEKEND TOGETHER PRIVATELY AFTER KATE’S CANCER ANNOUNCEMENT. >> THIS OF COURSE CAME AS A HUGE SHOCK, AND WILLIAM AND I HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROCESS AND MANAGE THIS

PRIVATELY FOR THE SAKE OF OUR YOUNG FAMILY. >> Reporter: HER LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF CHRISTMAS OF LAST YEAR. THE THE PRINCESS OF WALES SAID THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HER ENTIRE FAMILY. >> WE HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND AS A FAMILY WE NEED TIME, SPACE,

AND PRIVACY WHILE I COMPLETE MY TREATMENT. >> Reporter: THE PRINCESS IS SPENDING TIME PRIVATELY WITH HER FAMILY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS THEIR KIDS ARE ON SCHOOL BREAK. THE PALACE HAS SAID IN TERMS OF KING THAT YESTERDAY’S APPEARANCE WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING SIGN ON HOW HIS

TREATMENT IS PROGRESSING AS WE MOVE TOWARDS SUMMER. >> KELLY COBIELLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> AND STILL TO COME, CHAD DAYBELL’S TRIAL IS FINALLY UNDER WAY. HE’S CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. MORE DETAILS AFTER THE BREAK, SO STAY TUNED.

>>> WELCOME BACK. HERE ARE SOME STORIES HAPPENING OUT WEST WE’RE FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW. A 40-MILE STRETCH OF CALIFORNIA’S HIGHWAY 1 IS STILL SHUT DOWN AFTER PART OF IT COLLAPSED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN DURING THAT MAJOR STORM IN BIG SUR THIS PAST WEEKEND.

CLOSE TO 2,000 DRIVERS WERE STRANDED OVERNIGHT. A LOT OF THEM FORCED TO SLEEP IN THEIR CARS OR TEMPORARY HOTELS TURNED INTO SHELTERS. YESTERDAY EMERGENCY CREWS ESCORTED DRIVERS OUT AFTER MAKING SURE THE NORTHBOUND LANES WERE STABLE. THAT HIGHWAY IS STILL BEING REPAIRED.

>>> THE VIDEO HERE SHOWS A MAN HANGING ONTO THE SIDE OF A CLIFF LAST NIGHT BEFORE BEING RESCUED. HE FELL 50 TO 60 FEET DOWN FROM THE TRAIL IN THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO. HELICOPTER RESCUE WORKERS THANKFULLY WERE ABLE TO PULL

THAT MAN TO SAFETY WITH THE HELP OF THAT THERMAL CAMERA IMAGING SYSTEM. >>> AND TO ALL YOU IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TUNED IN TONIGHT. BE SURE TO LOOK UP AROUND 7:30 PACIFIC TIME, FINGERS CROSSED. SPACEX IS GOING TO TRY AND LAUNCH ANOTHER ROCKET AFTER

POSTPONING LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF WEATHER. SOUTH COLORADO, PARTS OF UTAH, NEW MEXICO, AND WESTERN MEXICO MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ROCKET AS IT HEADS TO SPACE. >>> OVER IN BOISE, IDAHO, THE TRIAL OF CHAD DAYBELL STARTED TODAY. THIS IS ACT TWO OF THE HORRIBLE CASE WHERE THIS

COUPLE, DAYBELL AND HIS WIFE ALLEGEDLY KILLED HER TWO CHILDREN, JOSHUA AND TYLEE. THE COUPLE CLAIMED THEY COULD TELL IF SOMEONE WAS POSSESSED BY DARK SPIRITS THAT WOULD TURN THEM INTO ZOMBIES, AND ONLY THE WAY TO GET RID OF THE SPIRITS WAS BY KILLING THE PERSON.

LORI VALLOW’S CASE IS ALREADY CLOSED. SHE WAS SENTENCED LAST YEAR TO LIFE IN PRISON. BUT DAYBELL’S CASE HAS JUST STARTED. HE’S CHARGED WITH NOT ONLY KILLING THE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO HIS FIRST WIFE. IF CONVICTED, HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. DANA GRIFFITH IS HERE TO BREAK

THIS DOWN. NOW, DAYBELL AND VALLOW WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TRIED TOGETHER, SO WHAT HAPPENED? >> ESSENTIALLY THE DEFENSE FOR CHAD DAYBELL SAID WE WANT TO DO IT SEPARATELY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT GIVES THEM A BETTER CHANCE OF TRYING TO WIN THE CASE. LORI’S CASE CENTERED AROUND

MONEY AND POWER AND SEX, AND EVEN HER DEFENSE SAID PEOPLE DIDN’T START DYING UNTIL SHE MET AND HAD AN AFFAIR WITH CHAD DAYBELL. SO NOW THEY’RE GOING TO TRY AND PIN THIS ON HER NOW THAT SHE’S BEEN CONVICTED FOR KILLING HER OWN KIDS. HE COULD SAY I WAS JUST

FOLLOWING HER LEAD. NOT TO SAY THAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT IT IS LIKELY. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, BUT THEY WANT TO BE TRIED SEPARATELY BECAUSE IT GIVES HIM A CHANCE TO NOT BE CONVICTED, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW LORI WAS.

>> BUT NO DEATH PENALTY THERE. BUT IN THIS CASE, CHAD IS LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY, RIGHT? WHY? >> ESSENTIALLY IT’S BASED ON A TECHNICALITY CALLED LATE DISCLOSURE OF DISCOVERY. BEFORE LORI’S TRIAL STARTED, THE DEFENSE SAID HEY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN’T GET ALL OF OUR

DOCUMENTS, ALL OF THE EVIDENCE UNTIL PAST THE DEADLINE, AND IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH. THAT COULD POTENTIALLY NOT ALLOW THEM TO GO THROUGH AND PREPARE A CASE, AND THE JUDGE AGREED. HE SAID HEY, I’VE GOT TO ADDRESS THIS LATE DISCLOSURE ISSUE OR THE CASE IS IN

JEOPARDY OF BEING REVERSED IF THEY TRY TO APPEAL LATER. SO THEY CAME TO THE AGREEMENT OF OKAY, WE’LL TAKE THE DEATH PENALTY OFF THE CASE BECAUSE THE PROSECUTION GAVE YOU ALL OF THIS DISCOVERY TOO LATE. THAT WAS HOW THEY DECIDED. SO TECHNICALITY, SHE’S NOT

FACING THE DEATH PENALTY, BUT DAYBELL IS. >> A TECHNICALITY THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POSSIBLY LIFE AND DEATH IS WILD. >> EXACTLY. >> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE GAG ORDER THE JUDGE ISSUED IN THE CASE. WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? >> SO THE JUDGE ISSUED THAT

BECAUSE LAST WEEK, DAYBELL’S ATTORNEY GAVE A LOCAL MEDIA STATION AN INTERVIEW, AND THIS IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH JURY SELECTION. THIS IS A CASE THAT REACHED INTERNATIONAL OR GOT INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE, SO IN THIS TOWN OF BOISE, IDAHO, THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND

IMPARTIAL JURORS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY SAY LOOK, NO MORE TALKING UNTIL AFTER OPENING STATEMENTS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THROUGH THE JURORS. THE JURORS WERE GIVEN QUESTIONNAIRES LAST WEEK. SO THE JUDGE DOESN’T WANT ANYMORE MEDIA ATTENTION TO POSSIBLY TAINT THE POTENTIAL

JURY POOL. AND IT’S BEEN A VERY SLOW PROCESS. JURY SELECTION STARTED TODAY. THEY NEED AT LEAST 50 POTENTIAL JURORS IN THE POOL TO START STRIKING PEOPLE AWAY. THEY’VE ONLY GOTTEN TO 16 AFTER HOURS OF QUESTIONING. SO THEY’LL START AGAIN TOMORROW, AND HOPEFULLY GET

THE JURY TOGETHER BY TOMORROW TO GET TO OPENING STATEMENTS. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST EIGHT TO TEN WEEKS. >> AND MEANWHILE THE PUBLICITY CONTINUES. THANKS FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU. >>> AND A NEW LAW IS KICKING IN IN CALIFORNIA THAT BOOSTS

THE SALARY OF SOME FAST FOOD WORKERS UP TO $20 AN HOUR. BIG CHAINS ARE INCLUDED LIKE MCDONALD’S, PIZZA HUT, AND STARBUCKS. BUT CRITICS WARN THIS HAS DOWN SIDES TOO. DAVID NORIEGA HAS MORE. >> Reporter: STARTING MONDAY, A PAY BOOST FOR MORE THAN HALF A MILLION IN CALIFORNIA.

GOOD NEWS FOR THIS MAN WHO AFTER 17 YEARS WORKING FOR MCDONALD’S STILL HAS TROUBLE MAKING ENDS MEET. WE ASKED HER HOW SHE FEELS. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: EAGER, SHE SAYS, FOR THE FIRST BIGGER PAY CHECK. MOST WORKERS IMPACTED ARE

WOMEN OF COLOR. >> THIS IS A BIG DEAL. $20 AN HOUR. >> Reporter: ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS IS HOW WILL THIS IMPACT CONSUMERS, ESPECIALLY IN A STATE WHERE EVERYTHING IS ALREADY VERY EXPENSIVE, AND PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE AFFORDING HOUSING AND FOOD. SEVERAL MAJOR CHAINS SAY THEY

INTEND TO RAISE PRICES. BUT BY HOW MUCH? SOME ECONOMISTS ANTICIPATE ABOUT 5%. OTHERS AS LITTLE AS 2%. >> PEOPLE NOTICE IT, BUT I DON’T THINK THEY’LL CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. >> Reporter: CRITICS SAY THE WAGE INCREASE WILL ACCELERATE TRENDS THAT HURT WORKERS LIKE REPLACING CASHIERS WITH

ELECTRONIC KIOSKS. SOME PIZZA FRANCHISES HAVE ALREADY LAYED OFF DELIVERY DRIVERS AND SWITCHED TO THIRD PARTY DELIVERY SERVICES. CARRIE’S FAMILY OWNS 21 MCDONALD’S IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. >> WE’LL HAVE TO INCREASE PRICES IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. AND PEOPLE SAY IT DOESN’T

MATTER, MCDONALD’S AND TACO BELL, THEY’RE JUST BIG CORPORATIONS. WE ARE FAMILY BUSINESSES. >> Reporter: SOME FAST FOOD CUSTOMERS SAY EVEN IF THEY DO PAY MORE, IT’S A PRICE WORTH PAYING. >> I’M OKAY WITH IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING UP,

SO IT’S ABOUT TIME WAGES ARE GOING UP. >> WE BRING IN DAVID NORIEGA TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE MORE. THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN OVER THE CHANGE, AND I’M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE AUTOMATED STUFF. WHEN I GO TO A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, A LOT OF TIME

THINGS ARE AUTOMATED ALREADY. WILL WE SEE MORE OF THAT BECAUSE OF THIS? >> I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THIS PART OF THAT QUESTION IS THE KEY PART OF THAT QUESTION. RIGHT? I THINK WHENEVER THERE ARE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES WE TALK AT CHANGES IN THE LABOR MARKET ALREADY HAPPENING AS MAYBE

BEING ATTRIBUTABLE TO THOSE INCLINES IN THE MINIMUM WAGE, AND MAYBE THEY ARE. BUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA I THINK WILL BE STUDIED BY ECONOMISTS FOR A LONG TIME TO COME BECAUSE IT’S A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE FOR A SPECIFIC, NOT EVEN A SPECIFIC

INDUSTRY, BUT A SUBSET OF A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY. IT’S GOING TO LEAD TO A LOT OF INTERESTING COMPARATIVE WAYS OF STUDYING WHAT THIS DOES. PEOPLE HAVE POINTED TO AUTOMATION AS A CONCERN. LAY OFFS, RIGHT? THE PIZZA CHAINS THAT LAID OFF IN HOUSE DELIVERY DRIVERS DID

SO TO GO TO THIRD PARTY DELIVERY APPS. THAT’S A PROCESS THAT’S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR AWHILE BEFORE THIS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. THE MOST CONVINCING CASE I’VE HEARD IS THAT THIS MIGHT ACCELERATE THOSE PROCESSES. IT’S CERTAINLY NOT CAUNG THEM, BECAUSE THEY’RE ALREADY UNDERWAY, BUT IT MIGHT ACCELERATE THEM.

HOW MUCH IS REALLY THE QUESTION THAT I LEAVE TO THE ECONOMISTS, AND WE IDEALLY SHOULD BE GETTING ANSWERS IN THE COMING DAYS. >> CAUSATION VERSUS CORRELATION WITH A SIDE OF FRIES. DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU GOT IT. >>> AND COMING UP A LITTLE

LATER THIS HOUR, WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE BEST OF US. BEFORE WE GO, IT’S TIME FOR THAT SEGMENT. WE’LL BE KICKING OFF AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH WITH A STAR FROM THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS

ONE, SO STAY TUNED. >>> WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW FOR THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING AND A HIGH-TECH COMPANY CROSSOVER THAT COULD STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS. OKAY, SO YOU KNOW THE COMPANY BOSTON DYNAMICS. THESE ONES, THE ONES BEHIND THE HUMANOID ROBOTS THAT WALK AROUND AND LIFT HEAVY THINGS

AND ALSO DO PARKOUR? SO WHILE THAT’S FRESH IN YOUR MIND, YOU KNOW THE COMPANY GRAVITY INDUSTRIES? THEY’RE THE GUYS BEHIND THE CRAZY JET PACK SUITS THAT SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS AND EVEN SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN TESTING OUT THAT MAKE YOU FLY

KIND OF LIKE IRON MAN? OKAY, WELL GUESS WHO JUST ANNOUNCED A TOTALLY NORMAL, NOTHING TO FREAK OUT ABOUT, NOTHING COULD GO WRONG COLLABORATION THIS MORNING. BOTH COMPANIES POSTING THIS PIC ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A PRESS RELEASE TALKING AT HOW THEY’RE TEAMING UP TO OPEN THE

SKIES IN A NEW ERA OF HUMANOID REBOTS. YEAH, NOW WHILE READING THIS ON MY WAY TO MY DOOM’S DAY BUNKER ONE LINE IN THE PRESS RELEASE CAUGHT MY EYE. IT’S WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS BEING ABLE TO BE USED FOR SKY SCRAPING WINDOW WASHING. THEN LIKE A RESPONSIBLE

JOURNALIST, WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANIES, AND YEAH, WE GOT PLAYED! PERFECT APRIL FOOL’S JOKE FOR 2024! VERY FUNNY GUYS. VERY, VERY FUNNY. AND WHILE WE WON’T BE SEEING FLYING ROBOTS ANY TIME SOON, YOU KNOW WHAT WE WILL BE SEEING IN JUST A WEEK?

A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. NASA WILL BE SENDING UP TWO SPECIALLY OUTFITTED PLANES INTO THE STRATOSPHERE TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS. WE GOT AN EARLY LOOK AT HOW IT WILL GO DOWN. >> Reporter: NASA MECHANICS MAKE THEIR FINAL CHECKS ON ONE OF THE TWO PLANES WHICH WILL CHASE THE ECLIPSE TO STUDY OUR

SUN. PILOTING THIS WV57, TOM WILL NEVER FORGET HIS FIRST TIME FLYING THROUGH AN ECLIPSE. >> WE HAVE THE EYE PROTECTION JUST LIKE EVERYONE ON THE GROUND. AND ONCE IT WENT TO TOTALITY, AS I LOOK UP I’M LIKE OH, I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING.

OF COURSE, IT WAS TOTALITY, SO I HAD TO TAKE MY VISOR OFF. THEN IT WAS PRETTY FANTASTIC TO LOOK AT THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. >> Reporter: NASA USING THIS PLANE FOR EXPERIMENTS IN PART BECAUSE IT’S TRIED AND TRUE. IT’S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE

50s, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT CAN FLY AT 60,000 FEET, WELL ABOVE ANY CLOUDS AND ALSO ABOVE ABOUT 90% OF THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, SO THAT’S NOT GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE EXPERIMENTS. >> IT’S REALLY HARD TO MEASURE THE SUN IN INFRARED FROM THE GROUND.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A SOLAR ASTROPHYSICIST WHOSE INSTRUMENTS WILL BE TUCKED INTO THE PLANE. SAMMY WILL FOCUS ON THE CORONA. >> BACK WHEN I DID THIS IN 2017, IT WAS A CRAZY IDEA. WE DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WOULD WORK AND WHAT WE’D GET. IT WAS NAIL BITING FOR QUITE

SOME TIME, BUT THEN WE GOT AMAZING DATA. AND WE’RE USING A NEW INSTRUMENT MORE CAPABLE AND ABLE TO GET US A RICHER SET OF DATA AND OR SEC VISIONS. >> Reporter: ONE GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO LEARN WHY THE CORONA IS MILLIONS OF DEGREES

HOTTER THAN THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGIN OF SOLAR WINDS THAT IMPACT US HERE ON EARTH. AND THAT’S JUST ONE OF FIVE EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD THE TWO PLANES THAT ONLY HAVE ABOUT SIX MINUTES TO SEIZE THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY. >> YEAH, WE HAVE PRESSURE ON

EVERY MISSION WE FLY. WE NEVER TAKE THINGS LIGHTLY. PEOPLE PUT THEIR LIFE’S WORK INTO THIS, SO WE DON’T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. >> Reporter: THE MOON COMES BETWEEN US AND THE SUN DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND IT’S EXACTLY THE RIGHT SIZE IN THE

SKY TO BLOCK OUT THE DISC OF THE SUN, BUT NOT MUCH MORE. I’M NATIONAL CLIMATE REPORTER CHASE CANE. >>> AND APRIL IS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH, AND TONIGHT WE’RE TALKING LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM. ONE OF OUR NEXT GUESTS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A DATING PRO

AFTER APPEARING ON NETFLIX’S LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM. PEOPLE FOUND OUT WHAT A FORCE DANNY WAS. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GOING ON ANOTHER DATE? >> IT’S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING ONE. I CAN’T WAIT. WHO WILL IT BE? >> I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU.

I THINK YOU ARE SO HOT. >> DESPITE THE POTENTIAL BACKLASH, I’M DETERMINED TO NORMALIZE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INTIMACY. WE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM HAVE WANTS AND NEEDS. USUALLY I START WITH THE LIPS AND START DOING THE TONGUE AFTERWARDS. >> READY WHEN YOU ARE, TEACH. HOW IS THIS?

>> IT’S NICE, BUT USUALLY WE START WITH THE LIPS FIRST. >> OH, OF COURSE. >> JOINING ME NOW IS DANI BOWMAN AND KRISTIN ROTH FROM THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. WELCOME. I REALIZED AFTER WATCH THAT I THINK I’VE BEEN KISSING THE WRONG WAY MY ENTIRE LIFE.

SORRY TO MY WIFE. BUT THANKS FOR THE LESSON, TEACH! I WANT TO ASK, HOW IS YOUR LOVE LIFE THESE DAYS? >> WELL, WE ARE TOGETHER. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE, UM, WE ARE, UM, APART WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, UM, WORK, WHEN IT COMES TO WORK AND WHEN IT

COMES THE LIKE, UM, WORK ADAN HAS UNIVERSITY THAT HE HAS WHILE MEANTIME I HAVE ANIMATION BECAUSE I HAVE AN ANIMATION COMPANY WHICH I RUN FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. >> WOW. >> SO WE’RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST WE CAN TO FIND ACCOMMODATIONS TO HAVE DATES.

>> AND AT WHAT POINT DID HE WIN YOU OVER? >> HOW DOES HE WIN ME OVER? WELL, I WOULD SAY, UM, I WOULD SAY HE’S VERY TRUSTING AND VERY, I WOULD SAY IT’S HIS HONESTY THAT DEFINITELY REALLY WON ME OVER AND HIS DEDICATION TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD IS A

GREAT THING. >> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT PROJECTS YOU ALL HAVE IN THE WORKING RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO ASK KRISTIN, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS SHOW? >> IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO SHOWCASE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES AND STORIES FROM THE AUTISM COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY TO NOT ONLY COMBAT STIGMA AND BREAK BARRIERS, BUT

TO SHOWCASE THAT EVERYONE HAS UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES BECAUSE IT IS A SPECTRUM. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT BEFORE JOINING YOU TODAY. >> LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM, AND YET THERE’S SOMETHING SO UNIVERSAL ABOUT LOVE. WHENEVER YOU’RE SPEAKING OR LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, YOU CAN

FEEL THE LOVE, RIGHT? >> THAT IS DEFINITELY TRUE. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHAT I’VE LEARNED FROM THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE IS THE HEART AND SOUL IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT’S NOT JUST A LOOK THAT ATTRACTS YOU. IT’S ALSO ABOUT THE TRUTH WITHIN THE PERSON. >> AND WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED

BEING ON THE SHOW? >> WHAT I’VE REALLY LEARNED ABOUT BEING ON THE SHOW IS THAT IT’S ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PERSON ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM TO TAKE THINGS SLOW. IT’S NOT JUST FOR US, IT’S FOR ANYONE. TAKE THINGS KNOW AND GET TO

KNOW THE PERSON FOR ABOUT THREE TO FIVE DATES BEFORE YOU INITIATE IN EXPRESSING YOUR LOVE OR KISS. >> I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED THAT BEFORE. I THINK I TOLD MY WIFE I LOVED HER VERY EARLY ON. PROBABLY WAY TOO EARLY ON. THIS IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

>> IT’S NOT JUST AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, IT’S ACCEPTANCE MONTH. AND WHAT ACCEPTANCE MONTH MEANS IS SUPPORT AND INCLUSION OF PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT ABILITIES, ALL PARTS OF THE SPECTRUM UP ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. THAT AS LONG AS WE HAVE, WE

ENSURE OUR SAFETY, ENSURE OUR WELL BEING, OUR BELONGING, AND INCLUSION. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE REST OF US, EVERYBODY ON PLANET EARTH, IN AUTISM AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE MONTH, WHAT CAN WE DO TO TURN THIS INTO ACTION? >> WHAT CAN WE DO TO TURN THIS INTO ACTION?

I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST TO PROVIDE, IF WE HAVE LITTLE ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE WE ON THE SPECTRUM HAVE COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS BARRIERS. SO IN ORDER TO BREAK THIS BARRIER IS THAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE LOOK AT US.

MOST OF US HAVE DIFFERENT SENSORY NEEDS. AND IF THEY PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SENSORY NEEDS, WE CAN EXCEL INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD. WE ARE HARD WORKERS. WE ARE THE UNTAPPED RESOURCE. >> ABSOLUTELY. UNTAPPED RESOURCE AND INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN LOVE ON

THE SPECTRUM, IT’S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. ONE MORE QUESTION, THE NEW PROJECT YOU HAVE ROAD TO ACCEPTANCE, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. AS PART OF THE AUTISM SOCIETY’S GREATER EFFORTS FOR CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES THIS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH, WE’VE COME UP WITH THE ROAD TO

ACCEPTANCE PROJECT. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS, WE’RE ABLE TO HIT THE ROAD AND CAPTURE COMMUNITY STORIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO BY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, SAFETY, AND INCLUSION, THAT’S HOW WE’RE WORKING TO SHOWCASE AND AMPLIFY THE VOICES SO THE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES ARE TOLD

AND WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE ADDED SERVICES AND SUPPORT. DO NEXT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> LIKEWISE. THANK YOU. >> THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT. I’M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE’LL SEE YOU HERE TOMORROW. >>> TONIGHT, A DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM STRETCHING FROM TEXAS TO

OHIO. MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS EFFECTED BY SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. INTENSE STORMS PACKING THE THREAT FOR NIGHTTIME TORNADOES, DAMAGING WINDS, AND LARGE HAIL. IN OKLAHOMA, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS. THE SAME SYSTEM DUMPED FEET OF SNOW IN CALIFORNIA’S SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, A MULTI-DAY THREAT BRINGING FLASH FLOODING AND THE CHANCE FOR A MIDWEEK NOR’EASTER TARGETING THE I-95 CORRIDOR. ALSO TONIGHT, AN SUV RAMMING INTO AN FBI OFFICE. A DRIVER IN CUSTODY AFTER SLAMMING INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI’S ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS.

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE CHAOTIC MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH. EXPANDING BATTLEFIELD, ISRAEL STRIKES SYRIA, A MASSIVE FIERY EXPLOSION KILLING A TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER AND LEVELING IRAN’S EMBASSY IN DEMASCUS. FUELING CONCERNS OF OPENING A SECOND FRONT AS ISRAEL WITHDREW FROM GAZA’S MAIN HOSPITAL.

NETANYAHU FACES THE LARGEST PROTEST IN ISRAEL SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. BATTLE OVER THE BORDER. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RAMPING UP HIS ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC WITH NEW ADS CASTING MIGRANTS AS DANGEROUS CRIMINALS. BUT HIS MESSAGE ISN’T JUST RESONATING WITH HIS SUPPORTERS. SOME DEMOCRATS ARE NOW SIDING

WITH HIM ON THE ISSUE. THE CONCERNS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. PRESIDENTIAL BLING? POLICE BUSTING DOWN THE PRESIDENT OF PERU’S DOOR AND RAIDING HER HOME SEARCHING FOR LUXURY WATCHES. THE SCANDAL OVER HER ROLEX AT THE CENTER OF A CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION.

PLUS, A $20 MINIMUM WAGE, A NEW CALIFORNIA FAST FOOD LAW RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. THE CHANGE BRINGING SOME WORKERS TO TEARS SAYING IT’S DESPERATELY NEEDED. BUT NOT EVERYONE IS ON BOARD. WE’LL EXPLAIN. AND GIRLS WRESTLING TAKE OVER.

A NEW GENERATION OF FEMALE WRESTLERS PINNING DOWN TRADITIONAL NORMS OF THE SPORT. FEMALE WRESTLING BECOMING THE FASTEST GROWING HIGH SCHOOL SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. HOW THEY’RE SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING ONE TAKE DOWN AT A TIME. TOP STORY STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> AND GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT AS WE COME ON THE AIR, DANGEROUS STORMS ARE FIRING UP IN THE CENTRAL U.S. 40 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT FOR SEVERE STORMS THAT INCLUDE THE THREAT FOR NIGHTTIME TORNADOES. NEW VIDEO JUST IN FROM OKLAHOMA, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS YOU SEE THEM HERE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

LARGE HAIL PELTING THE REGION SENDING HORSES RUNNING FOR COVER. THE MASSIVE STORM THREAT STRETCHING FROM SAN ANTONIO TONIGHT UP TO CINCINNATI. IT BRINGS THE RISK FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL. IN CALIFORNIA, THE SAME SYSTEM DUMPED FEET OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS.

SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN INUNDATED SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. TOMORROW, 55 MILLION AMERICANS, LOOK AT IT HERE FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES ALSO FACE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. BY WEDNESDAY, WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A NOR’EASTER DUMPING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN NEW ENGLAND.

I WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO MORGAN CHESKY ON THE GROUND IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. MORGAN, WHAT ARE RESIDENTS BRACING FOR THERE? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, A SERIOUS THREAT OF TORNADOES. FORECASTERS HERE SAY THE HIGHEST RISK OF TORNADOES IS HAPPENING IN OKLAHOMA OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND THAT IS WHY ALL

EYES ARE ON THE SKY. AT LAST CHECK, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS 35 OKLAHOMA COUNTIES ARE UNDER TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9:00 P.M. THAT SAME WATCH EXTENDS DOWN INTO NORTHERN TEXAS. FIVE COUNTIES THERE BRACING FOR POTENTIAL TORNADOES. AND YOU ARE SEEING WHAT THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT TO

A VAST SWATH OF THIS STATE, A PEA-SIZED HAIL IN FAIRFAX, OKLAHOMA ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF NORTHWEST OF US HERE. BUT THE THREAT FOR HAIL IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES COULD GO UP TO SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL. THAT IS INCREDIBLY DAMAGING SHOULD IT COME ACROSS ANY PROPERTY OR ANYONE CAUGHT IN

ITS PATH. FORECASTERS ARE URGING EVERYONE TO KEEP AN INCREDIBLY CLOSE EYE ON CONDITIONS THAT COULD CHANGE SO VERY QUICKLY. WE KNOW THAT THE LAST SIGNIFICANT TORNADO OUTBREAK IN OKLAHOMA WAS IN APRIL 19, 2023. MULTIPLE PEOPLE DIED IN AN OUTBREAK THAT SPAWNED MORE THAN

A DOZEN TORNADOES. AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS A WAY OF LIFE HERE IN OKLAHOMA. THAT CERTAINLY DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY EASIER. THE THREAT WILL GO, AS YOU MENTIONED, AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN. AND THE TORNADO RISK WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN CAN MAKE THEM

EVEN DEADLIER. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST, PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL AS IF THEY’RE IN THE CLEAR RIGHT NOW DESPITE STANDING IN TULSA WITH AN OVERCAST BUT CALM SKIES. PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THEY CAN

KNOW THAT THEY’RE OFFICIALLY IN THE CLEAR HERE. >> WE ALL KNOW A NIGHTTIME TORNADO CAN CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE. MORGAN, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR MORE, I WANT TO GET TO MICHELLE GROSSMAN. HOW DANGEROUS ARE THESE STORMS SHAPING UP TO BE, AND HOW LONG

ARE WE GOING TO BE WATCHING THEM? >> THIS IS A MULTI-DAY EVENT. THE NIGHTTIME TORNADOES DOUBLE AS DEADLY, SO THIS IS A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU HAVE YOUR TORNADO PLAN IN PLACE, PROTECT YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THESE STORMS IGNITE.

EVEN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS, NOTICE THE LIGHTNING FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS THROUGHOUT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS IS A WIDE AREA THAT HAS THE THREAT TO SEE SEVERE STORMS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THAT INCLUDES OVERNIGHT. LOOK AT THIS, EIGHT MILLION

UNDER TORNADO WATCHES STRETCHING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY. THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE SEEING THOSE RED BOXES. THIS IS THROUGH 12:00 A.M. THAT WILL BE THE LATEST AND NO DOUBT WE’LL SEE THAT EXTENDED AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. WE COULD SEE HAIL, DAMAGING

WINDS, WINDS GUSTING UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR, COULD SEE STRONG TORNADOES AS WELL. IT HAS A TON OF MOISTURE WITH IT. THE OHIO VALUE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC, NOTICE ALL THOSE BRIGHT COLORS, THE REDS, THE YELLOWS, THE ORANGES, THAT’S WHERE WE’RE SEEING HEAVY, HEAVY

RAINFALL. WE’RE SEEING A FLOOD WATCH FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT TUESDAY, THE RISK FOR 40 MILLION PEOPLE AND THE LARGEST RISK TOMORROW WILL BE TORNADOES AS OPPOSED TO HAIL TODAY. AGAIN TONIGHT, WE COULD SEE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES.

TOMORROW WINDS GUSTING UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR. DARKER COLORS TONIGHT, WE’RE LOOKING AT THE ROAD, THAT’S OKLAHOMA CITY AND DALLAS, ST. LOUIS, INTO CINCINNATI, A BROAD SWATH. AS WE GO THROUGH TOMORROW, WE’LL INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO 55 MILLION. NOW WE’RE TALKING CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM, CHARLESTON INTO

COLUMBUS. LOOKS LIKE COLUMBUS WILL BE THE BULLSEYE FOR STRONG STORMS. THIS WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY. TOM? >> WE APPRECIATE THAT. >>> WE TURN TO BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ATLANTA TONIGHT. THE FBI SAYING A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER RAMMING HIS CAR

INTO THE FRONT GATES OF THEIR ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS. THE SCENE UNFOLDING JUST EARLIER TODAY AS AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A MOTIVE. HERE’S BLAINE ALEXANDER WITH MORE. >> Reporter: A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA WHEN AGENTS SAY A MAN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE USED

IT TO TRY AND FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM A PERSON RAMMED INTO THE FBI ATLANTA’S FRONT GATE IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET PAST THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT BY

FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE VEHICLE INSIDE. BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED AND THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT. OFFICIALS SAY HE THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN TOWARD THE BUILDING BUT ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED. >> SEVERAL OF OUR SPECIAL

AGENTS WHO WERE PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES AT THIS POINT ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE’S BEING EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, OFFICIALS SAY. AND NOTE IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL

WHETHER THIS WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT, FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE SUSPECT AND SAY NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. >> ALL RIGHT, BLAINE ALEXANDER JOINS TOP STORY LIVE FROM THE SCENE. BLAINE, WE DON’T HAVE A MOTIVE YET.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THIS MAN IS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH TONIGHT? >> Reporter: TOM, I’M TOLD THAT OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND POTENTIALLY FEDERAL CHARGES FOR THE SUSPECT. BUT AS YOU SAID, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THEY DON’T HAVE A MOTIVE.

THIS CAR HAS NO PREVIOUS TIES OR THE SUSPECT HAS ANY PREVIOUS TIES TO THIS PARTICULAR FIELD OFFICE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO SEEING WHAT IF ANYTHING MOTIVATED HIM TO DO THIS. AGAIN, NO WEAPONS WERE ACTUALLY

FOUND IN THAT VEHICLE, BUT THAT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME VERY SERIOUS CHARGES HERE, TOM. >> FROM ATLANTA, WE THANK YOU. >>> WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE MASSIVE CLEAN UP OPERATION UNDERWAY IN BALTIMORE TONIGHT. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE JUST ONE WEEK FOLLOWING THAT FRIGHTENING

BRIDGE COLLAPSE THAT KILLED SIX PEOPLE. THE U.S. COAST GUARD OPENING A MAKESHIFT CHANNEL FOR SHIPS. AARON GILCHRIST HAS THE VERY LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE URGENT MISSION TO A GET A PORTION OF THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN.

ANNOUNCING A TEMPORARY CHANNEL NOW COMPLETE. >> MORE VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: WE WERE OUT ON THE WATER WITH THE COAST GUARD LATE TODAY. WITH THIS TEMPORARY SHIPPING CHANNEL NOW OPEN, WE’RE SEEING ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO GO

THROUGH OFF IN THE DISTANCE HERE. A BARGE BEING PUSHED BY A TUGBOAT. THE OPERATION IN FULL SWING SIX DAYS AFTER THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED WHEN A CONTAINER SHIP STRUCK ONE OF ITS PILLARS. CREWS WERE OUT WITH CUTTING TORCHES SLICING THESE PIECES OF METAL.

YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST PIECES THAT WERE CUT, AND THEY’RE WAITING TO BE REMOVED. THE NEW 11-FOOT DEEP TEMPORARY SHIPPING LANE EXPECTED TO ALLOW ONLY VESSELS ESSENTIAL TO SALVAGE OPERATIONS. MORE THAN 370 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, LOGISTICS EXPERTS AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.

REMOVE THE BRIDGE SPAN FROM ITS BOW AND EVENTUALLY REMOVE SOME CARGO CONTAINERS SO THE MASSIVE SHIP CAN BE REFLOATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PORT. ALL OF THIS EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS, AT LEAST. >> WE’RE GOING TO MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE’RE

GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY: >> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT REMAINS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOTH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 8,000 JOBS THAT DIRECTLY DEPEND ON THIS BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPEN. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THIS SHIPPING HUB.

>> IT STUNG SEEING IT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: CHRIS ELLIOTT IS A LONGSHOREMAN, THE FOLKS WHO HANDLE ALL THE PRODUCTS MOVING FROM SHIP TO SHORE AT THE PORT. SINCE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, CHRIS HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. >> THE UNCERTAINTY HAS TO BE HARD. >> IT IS.

EVERY DAY YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY. >> Reporter: SO MANY ALL ACROSS BALTIMORE AFFECTED BY THIS ACCIDENT. AARON GILCHRIST JOINS US FROM THE SCENE. YOU JUST SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO

SAID HE’S NOW OUT OF A JOB AS WE WAIT FOR THIS MASSIVE REPAIR OPERATION. ARE THERE ANY EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST BUSINESSES NOW IN THE STATE OF LIMBO? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM. I’LL TELL YOU THAT CHRIS TOLD ME HE IS NOW LOOKING FOR OTHER

PART-TIME WORK. HE SAID HE RECENTLY APPLIED FOR SOMETHING. HE WAS ONE OF 400 PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THAT JOB. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY OPENED UP AN OFFICE HERE, A RESOURCE CENTER FOR BUSINESSES IN THIS REGION TO

START APPLYING FOR LOW-INTEREST GOVERNMENT LOANS OF UP TO $2 MILLION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE CAN GET THIS MONEY SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES OPERATING AND KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES WORKING. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME OTHER REPORTING, THE WHITE HOUSE

ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL TRAVEL TO BALTIMORE LATER THIS WEEK. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, WE LEARNED THE PRESIDENT WILL COME TO BALTIMORE ON FRIDAY. I SUSPECT IT WILL BE BY HELICOPTER. HE’LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE WRECKAGE SITE HIMSELF.

WE KNOW HE’LL ALSO MEET WITH THE GOVERNOR AND WITH OTHER LEADERS HERE AT THIS COMMAND THAT THE COAST GUARD HAS STOOD UP TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT, TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY’VE DONE SO FAR, AND WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE, TOM.

>> AARON GILCHRIST ON THAT ACCIDENT AND COLLAPSE THERE IN BALTIMORE. AARON, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GAZA TONIGHT WE’VE BEEN TRACKING. SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS WERE KILLED IN AN AIR STRIKE. THE IDF SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.

THIS AS IRAN CLAIMS AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED SOME OF ITS SENIOR COMMANDERS AT AN IRANIAN EMBASSY BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. >> Reporter: THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TARGETED STRIKE IN SYRIA. SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS.

DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE STREET. IRAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM ITS REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. AND IT’S BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF BOTH HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS. AS FEARS GROW OF A WIDENING

CONFLICT OUTSIDE OF GAZA WHERE TODAY ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE END OF WHAT IT CALLS A TWO-WEEK COUNTER TERROR RAID ON AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL. LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE AND THAT ISRAELI COMMANDOS KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND CAPTURED SENIOR

HAMAS OPERATIVES. THE U.S. SAYING HAMAS IS HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS. >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS. BUT AS WE’VE ALSO SAID, WE DO NOT WANT FIRE FIGHTS IN A HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS AT LEAST 21 PATIENTS DIED DURING THE

ISRAELI SIEGE. AND GAZA’S HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAID THEY FOUND BODIES OF CIVILIANS DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM, DR. MAKATMA ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY IN PALESTINIAN MEDIA. A DEDICATED SURGEON, HIS COLLEAGUES SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND. >> HE OPTED TO STAY IN NORTHERN

GAZA IN AL-SHIFA TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS. >> RAF JOINS US LIVE FROM TEL AVIV TO FIGHT. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE FOREIGN AID WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED IN A BOMBING IN GAZA? I WANT TO LET OUR VIEWERS KNOW TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT,

WE ARE FOLLOWING LOTS OF REPORTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT WE CAN CONFIRM TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TOM, THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION THAT WE ARE REPORTING OUT LIVE. BUT HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW. EARLIER TONIGHT, A HAMAS SPOKESMAN SAYS FOUR INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS WERE

KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE IN CENTRAL GAZA. NOW, AN NBC CREW RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE BODIES OF THE VICTIMS WERE BEING HELD. THEY FOUND SEVERAL OF THOSE VICTIMS WEARING CLOTHING WITH MARKERS FROM THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN, THE AMERICAN CHARITY RUN BY CHEF JOSE ANDRES WHICH

HAS BEEN DELIVERING AID BY SEA INTO GAZA. NOW WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN SAYING IN A STATEMENT WE ARE AWARE OF REPORTS THAT MEMBERS OF THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN TEAM HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN IDF ATTACK WHILE WORKING TO SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN FOOD DELIVERY EFFORTS IN THE GAZA. THIS IS A TRAGEDY.

HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS AND CIVILIANS SHOULD NEVER BE A TARGET, EVER. WE WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION WHEN WE HAVE GATHERED ALL THE FACTS. NOW, WE REACHED OUT ALSO TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY. THEY SAY THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AND ARE CONDUCTING A THOROUGH REVIEW AT

THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. OUR TEAM AT THE HOSPITAL AMONG THE BODIES FINDING SEVERAL BLOODY PASSPORTS. ONE BRITISH. ONE POLISH. AND ONE AUSTRALIAN. TOM? >> BEFORE YOU GO, I AM CURIOUS, WHAT TYPE OF REPERCUSSIONS MAY

COME FROM THIS ONCE THIS STORY IS REPORTED OUT AND MORE PEOPLE LEARN OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED? BUT AID WORKERS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN’T SAY WHETHER THEY WERE TARGETED OR NOT, BUT THEY’VE BEEN KILLED. AND THEY WERE JUST PEOPLE THERE

POSSIBLY TRYING TO DELIVER AID OR FOOD TO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. >> Reporter: TOM, THE CONSISTENT STORY THAT THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS BEEN TELLING THE WORLD SINCE OCTOBER 7th IS THAT THE STRIKES IT CARRIES OUT INSIDE OF GAZA ARE PRECISE, THEY ARE TARGETED,

THEY ARE BASED ON INTELLIGENCE, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE THAT A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS, PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE TRYING TO GET FOOD, TRYING TO GET MEDICINE TO PEOPLE IN GAZA

HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE QUESTIONING HOW PRECISE ARE THESE ISRAELI STRIKES THAT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS HAVE KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE, BOTH HAMAS AND PALESTINIAN, ISLAMIC JIHAD MILITANTS. A LARGE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS

INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN. AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR THE ISRAELI MILITARY TO KEEP TELLING THE WORLD HOW PRECISE ITS STRIKES ARE IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE THAT CIVILIANS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN KILLED HERE TONIGHT.

>> RAF SANCHEZ ON THAT BREAKING NEWS. WE WANT TO LET OUR VIEWER KNOW WE’RE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS STORY THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST. >>> NOW TO POWER AND POLITICS AND THE INTENSIFYING BATTLE OVER IMMIGRATION IN THE 2024 RACE BACK HERE AT HOME.

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASING A DRAMATIC NEW AD USING HORROR MUSIC TO PORTRAY MIGRANTS AS A THREAT TO THE NATION. TRUMP SET TO VISIT MICHIGAN TOMORROW AFTER A GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN WAS KILLED THERE ALLEGED BY AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS ALL OF THIS TONIGHT.

>> VENEZUELA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLING DOWN ON A 2024 CAMPAIGN FLASH POINT, IMMIGRATION. >> MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS HAVE ENTERED THE COUNTRY UNLAWFULLY. >> Reporter: IN A RECENT POST, TRUMP SHARING A NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO SET TO HORROR MUSIC

SHOWING THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS SAID TO BE TRAVELING TO THE U.S. FROM MANY COUNTRIES. >> CAMEROON. >> Reporter: TRUMP PROMISING IN THE AD TO CRACK DOWN. >> WE WILL SECURE OUR BORDERS, AND WE WILL RESTORE OUR SOVEREIGNTY. >> Reporter: TRUMP PREPARES TO VISIT MICHIGAN TUESDAY IN THE

WAKE OF A DEATH OF A GRAND RABIDS WOMAN ALLEGELY AT THE HANDS OF AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WHO POLICE SAY WAS IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. >> THIS IS A HORRIBLE INCIDENT WITH RUBY, WHAT A HORRIBLE THING.

WE HAD A TOUGH POLICY OF GETTING THE BAD ONES OUT AND WE WERE GETTING THE BAD ONES OUT, AND NOW THE BAD ONES ARE COMING IN AT A LEVEL THAT NOBODY’S EVER SEEN BEFORE. >> Reporter: TRUMP HAS MADE HIS HARD-LINE STANCE ON IMMIGRATION

AND MIGRANTS A HALLMARK OF HIS POLITICAL IMAGE. >> WHEN MEXICO SENDS ITS PEOPLE, THEY’RE BRINGING DRUGS, THEY’RE BRINGING CRIME, THEY’RE RAPISTS. THEY’RE POISONING THE BLOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. THAT’S WHAT THEY’VE DONE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS TRIED TO TURN THE TABLES ON TRUMP, BLASTING HIM FOR ORDERING CONGRESSIONAL

REPUBLICANS TO KILL A BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL. >> I’M TOLD MY PREDECESSOR CALLED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE SENATE TO DEMAND THEY BLOCK THE BILL. >> Reporter: NEW POLLING SHOWS AMERICANS AND EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS ARE SIDING WITH TRUMP ON THE ISSUE.

A NEW SURVEY SHOWS 68% OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S HANDLING OF THE BORDER, INCLUDING FOUR IN 10 DEMOCRATS. THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN HALF OF BLACK ADULTS AND NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF HISPANICS. WHILE NEARLY HALF OF U.S. ADULTS HOLD PRESIDENT BIDEN

RESPONSIBLE FOR AMERICA’S BORDER PROBLEMS, ONLY 35% SAY THE SAME ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN NOW FORCED TO RECKON WITH A DECADES-OLD ISSUE AS THE 2024 ISSUE RESTS ON A RAZOR’S EDGE. >> GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US TONIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS KNOWN

THE BORDER IS A POLITICAL LIABILITY FOR YEARS NOW. WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO COUNTERACT THIS MESSAGING FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> Reporter: THEY’RE FOCUSING ON MONEY HERE. SO FAR, THE BIDEN TEAM OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAS REALLY BEEN OUTPACING REPUBLICANS WHEN IT COMES TO

FUNDRAISING, AND NOW THEY SAY THEY’RE OPENING UP DOZENS, ABOUT 30 FIELD OFFICES JUST IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. THEY HOPE TO COUNTERACT THAT MESSAGE THAT WAY. BUT ANOTHER WAY THEY’RE DOING IT, TOM, AND WE’RE SEEING THIS INCREASINGLY MORE AND MORE NOT JUST ON THE TRAIL BUT ALSO HERE

IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION, THEY’RE TRYING TO THROW IT BACK ON REPUBLICANS. ESSENTIALLY BY ARGUING THAT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS KILLED THAT BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL THAT WE MENTIONED, THAT THEY NEED TO OWN THIS IMMIGRATION ISSUE THAT DEMOCRATS NOW SAY THEY AGREE.

THAT THE BORDER IS A PROBLEM, AND THAT’S SOMETHING AS YOU KNOW, TOM, THEY DIDN’T AGREE WITH FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE REPUBLICANS OWN IT. TOM? >> GABE GUTIERREZ AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >>> WE HEAD TO PERU WHERE THE GOVERNMENT AND AGENTS THERE

BUSTED DOWN THE DOOR AND RAIDED THE HOME OF PRESIDENT DINA ALAWARTY, THE COUNTRY’S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT. A LUXURY WATCH INVESTIGATION SOME ARE CALLING ROLEX-GATE. >> Reporter: A RAID AT THE HOUSE OF PERU’S FIRST FEMALE ARMED OFFICERS SEEN BUSTING DOWN THE PRESIDENT’S DOOR AT HER LIMA HOME.

OFFICIALS SAY THE RAID IS PART OF A CORRUPTION PROBE. >> [SPEAKING GLOBAL LANGUAGE] >> Reporter: LAST MONTH, A LOCAL TV PROGRAM SHOWED THE 61 YEAR-OLD WEARING WHAT APPEARED TO BE LUXURY WATCHES. ONE OF THEM, A ROLEX THAT THEY CLAIM IS WORTH ABOUT $14,000. JUST DAYS LATER, PROSECUTORS LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION.

>> MAKE $4,000 A MONTH, SO IT REALLY RAISES THE QUESTION HOW SHE COULD POSSIBLY IN THE OWNERSHIP OF ALL THESE ASSETS IF SHE ISN’T ACCEPTING ANY MONEY UNDER THE TABLE. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE OWNED THE WATCHES BEFORE SHE TOOK OFFICE. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT, SHE

DID NOT LIST THEM IN A MANDATORY DECLARATION DOCUMENT. IN PERU, ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO DECLARE ASSETS WORTH MORE THAN ABOUT $3,000. >> [SPEAKING GLOBAL LANGUAGE] >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN HER INNOCENCE, SLAMMING THE RAID AS SHE ADDRESSED THE NATION. >> [SPEAKING GLOBAL LANGUAGE]

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER APPOINTED BY HER, SWIFTLY COMING TO HER DEFENSE. >> [SPEAKING GLOBAL LANGUAGE] >> Reporter: THE LATEST INCIDENT ADDING TO THE BACK-TO BACK SCANDALS PLAGUING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL CRISIS. IN 2022, SHE WAS SWORN IN, GOING FROM VICE PRESIDENT TO

PRESIDENT AFTER HER PREDECESSOR WAS ARRESTED AND IMPEACHED FOR TRYING TO DISSOLVE CONGRESS. HER INAUGURATION MARKED THE SIXTH TIME PERU SAW A NEW PRESIDENT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. >> PERU’S NEXT ELECTIONS ARE IN 2026. WHAT I’M HOPING FOR, WHAT I THINK MANY PEOPLE ARE HOPING

FOR IS A CONTEST WHERE PERUVIANS GET THE CHANCE TO POTENTIALLY CHOOSE DIFFERENT, MAYBE BETTER LEADERSHIP FOR THE COUNTRY. >> WE ARE JOINED TONIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME NEW REPORTING ABOUT ONE OF THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET MEMBERS? >> Reporter: YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT.

THAT CABINET MEMBER HAS STEPPED DOWN, AND WE DO KNOW FROM THE PRESIDENT’S ATTORNEY THAT SOME ITEMS WERE SEIZED FROM HER HOME. WHAT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT IS WHAT THOSE ITEMS WERE. SHE IS SET TO TESTIFY ON FRIDAY. TOM? >> ELWYN LOPEZ FOR US, THANK YOU.

>>> STILL AHEAD, THE TERRIFYING CRASH ON A FLORIDA HIGHWAY POSSIBLY INVOLVING AN NFL PLAYER. LOSING CONTROL, LEADING TO A CRASH INVOLVING SEVERAL CARS, REPORTS AN NFL STAR’S VEHICLE WAS ONE OF THOSE CARS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HOW HE’S RESPONDING TONIGHT. PLUS THE RULING FROM FLORIDA

SUPREME COURT THAT COULD IMPLEMENT ONE OF THE STRICTEST ABORTION BANS IN THE COUNTRY. WHY THE DECISION MAY ULTIMATELY END UP IN THE HANDS OF VOTERS. AND THE DEER CRASHING THROUGH A BANK WINDOW. YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE, GETTING TRAPPED INSIDE. HOW POLICE EVENTUALLY HELPED GET THAT ANIMAL OUT.

STAY WITH US. >>> THANKS FOR TUNING IN. I’M GADI SCHWARTZ. STORMS KEEP COMING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT JUST DECLASSIFIED THIS VIDEO. A LOT MORE STORIES TRENDING LIKE CRAZY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT’S THE STATE OF CRYPTO TODAY? IS IT SAFE FOR INVESTORS?

WE’VE GOT ANOTHER MIND-BENDING STORY ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS IS WHAT MY VOICE SOUNDS LIKE WHEN I CLONE IT. THAT WASN’T ME. YOU GOTTA SEE THIS. STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW. >> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF

POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY. AND HOW YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY AHEAD MATTERS. TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP AND REALLY, IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. AND THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF

NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. >> I’M JOE FRYER. >> AND I’VE SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> THE RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANT CROSSINGS. >> THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. >> IF YOU HAVE POINTS OR IF YOU

HAVE MILES, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO USE THEM? >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY 20 MINUTES OF EXERCISE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT. >> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE AN OUT COLLEGE ATHLETE? >> FREEING. >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >> MORNING NEWS NOW, STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT PLAYING IN THE 2024 ELECTION? DO YOU BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER? IS IT CLEAR WHO’S GOING TO

GOVERN GAZA ONCE THIS WAR IS OVER? IF IT’S SUNDAY, IT’S MEET THE PRESS. >> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP, GET CONNECTED TO YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SHOWS, FOR THE TOP STORIES, BREAKING NEWS, AND LIVE VIDEO, DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP NOW. >> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE

ROLE THE SUPREME COURT IS PLAYING IN THE 2024 ELECTION? DO YOU BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER? IS IT CLEAR WHO’S GOING TO GOVERN GAZA ONCE THIS WAR IS OVER? IF IT’S SUNDAY, IT’S MEET THE PRESS. >>> WE’RE BACK WITH NEW DETAILS

IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A SIX- VEHICLE CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED A CAR BELONGING TO A KANSAS CITY CHIEFS PLAYER. THE WIDE RECEIVER IS NOW COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES. PRISCILLA THOMPSON HAS MORE ON THE LATE DETAILS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH,

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEE RICE IS RESPONDING. AMID REPORTS THAT HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING THAT RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING, HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED.

THIS COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX-CAR CRASH CAUSED, POLICE SAY, BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE SPEEDING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. >> A MAJOR ACCIDENT NORTHBOUND. >> Reporter: DRAMATIC DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT POLICE SAY THE DRIVERS LOST CONTROL, ONE CAR SLAMMING INTO THE

CENTER MEDIAN, AS THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT. KALA QUINN SAYS SHE AND HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOTH CARS HITTING ME, YET ME

AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND THE CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO. >> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> WHERE YOU GUYS HEADING? YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT?

>> YEAH. MY CHEST. >> YOU GUYS JUST GONNA LEAVE IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE NFL NOT COMMENTING, BUT THE CHIEFS PRESIDENT TELLING KCMO TALK RADIO THIS. >> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WE’LL GATHER THE FACTS, AND WE’LL REACT ACCORDINGLY.

>> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH AND ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THAT VIDEO. TOM? >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON THERE WITH A LOT OF STRANGE VIDEOS. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, TO A MAJOR

HEALTH ISSUE EFFECTING BLACK AMERICANS. A GROUP FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY FAILURE THAN WHITE PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, A NEW MANDATE PRIORITIZING BLACK KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES AFTER RESEARCHERS AND DOCTORS REALIZED THEY HAD BEEN MISEVALUATING TESTS FOR DECADES.

WE SPOKE WITH A RECENT KIDNEY RECIPIENT ABOUT THE LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. >> IT’S TIME. I’M IN THE HOSPITAL GETTING READY FOR MY TRANSPLANT. >> Reporter: WHEN JASMINE FINALLY GOT THE CALL SHE WOULD RECEIVE A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN JULY, SHE WAS OVERJOYED. >> I’M GETTING A NEW KIDNEY, SO.

>> Reporter: EVANS WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE WHEN SHE WAS JUST 17 YEARS OLD AND WAS PUT ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST IN 2019. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS YEARS AWAY FROM BEING MATCHED WITH A DONOR UNTIL A MAIL CAME IN THE LETTER LAST YEAR EXPLAINING SHE SHOULD

HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE TRANSPLANT LIST IN 2015, FOUR YEARS EARLIER. AND THAT A RACIALLY BIASED TEST WAS TO BLAME. >> WHEN YOU GOT THAT LETTER, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> AT FIRST, I WAS OUTRAGED AND JUST THE FACT THAT NO ONE

REALLY KNEW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON, IT WAS REALLY JARRING AND SHOCKING. >> Reporter: EVANS IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF BLACK PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED FOR TRANSPLANTS AS A RESULT OF A NATIONAL MANDATE BY THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK OR OPTN.

THE NEW RULE INSTITUTED IN 2022 INSTRUCTS HOSPITALS TO STOP USING A TEST THAT OVERESTIMATED HOW WELL BLACK PEOPLE’S KIDNEYS WERE FUNCTIONING. >> IN THE 1990s, THERE WAS A BIG STUDY WHEN THE BLACK PARTICIPANTS IN THIS RESEARCH STUDY WERE LOOKED AT, FOR SOME

REASON THEY HAD SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF KIDNEY FUNCTION FOR THE SAME LEVEL OF BLOOD TEST. AND INSTEAD OF INVESTIGATING SORT OF WHY THAT MIGHT BE, THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT IT WAS BASED ON RACE. >> Reporter: THAT FLAWED TEST, MEANING THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WERE PUT ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST

YEARS LATER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. A POTENTIALLY DEADLY WAIT. >> FOR SOME PEOPLE, THOSE EXTRA YEARS WAITING ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO IT BEING TOO THICK TO BE A TRANSPLANT OR THEIR PREMATURE DEATH. >> Reporter: PATIENTS LIKE EVANS HAVE BEEN BUMPED UP ON THE LIST WITH THE AVERAGE

PATIENT GETTING TRANSPLANTS ONE TO TWO YEARS SOONER THAN EXPECTED. BUT FOR EVANS WHO CALLS HERSELF A RELUCTANT KIDNEY ADVOCATE, THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER. >> WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THIS REPRESENTS FOR THOUSANDS OF BLACK PATIENTS LIKE YOU? >> I THINK IT REPRESENTS HOPE. IT REPRESENTS RECONCILING IN A

LOT OF WAYS. BUT I ALSO SEE THAT THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER YET. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BLACK AMERICANS THAT ARE STILL WAITING FOR ORGAN DONATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO DR. PAVLAKIS, CHANGE TAKES TIME. SOME LABS ARE STILL OCCASIONALLY USING THE OLD RACE-

BASED FORMULA, SO DOCTORS NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEIR NEW PATIENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE GETTING THE CARE THEY DESERVE, TOM. >> WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A CONSUMER ALERT. KIA RECALLING NEARLY 4,000 TELLURIDE SUVS. WHY FEDERAL REGULATORS SAY THE

CARS COULD ROLL AWAY WHILE THEY’RE PARKED. >>> PEOPLE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. NEARLY A DOZEN HOURS AFTER THE EYE ROARED ASHORE. MORE GOOD PEOPLE THAN BAD PEOPLE I KNOW, RIGHT? THERE IS SOME LATE-BREAKING NEWS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> I LOVE IT.

>> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> I’M MORGAN RADFORD. >> I’M VICKY NGUYEN. >> I’M KATE SNOW. >> AND I’M ZINHLE ESSAMUAH. >> ISRAEL’S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP THERE ALONG THE BORDER. >> AND WHAT MATTERS HERE AT

HOME? >> NEW NUMBERS OUT TODAY SHOWING MORE ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> LET’S ZERO IN ON EXERCISE. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR HEALTH? WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> NBC NEWS DAILY WEEKDAYS FROM 12-4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW.

>> WHAT’S THE MESSAGE THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR DRUG SUPPLY. >> IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> MENTAL HEALTH, BIG PICTURE, WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW? >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF

NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT PLAYING IN THE 2024 ELECTION? DO YOU BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER? IS IT CLEAR WHO’S GOING TO GOVERN GAZA ONCE THIS WAR IS OVER?

IF IT’S SUNDAY, IT’S MEET THE PRESS. >> PEOPLE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. NEARLY A DOZEN HOURS AFTER THE EYE ROARED ASHORE. MORE GOOD PEOPLE THAN BAD PEOPLE I KNOW, RIGHT? THERE IS SOME LATE-BREAKING NEWS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> I LOVE THAT.

>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE ANYTHING ANYMORE. >> YOU GOTTA SEE THIS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE’RE BACK NOW WITH TOP STORY’S NEWS FEED STARTING WITH THE DEATH OF

FORMER NFL STAR DAVIS. 35-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE OF A HOME NEAR MIAMI, FLORIDA. POLICE SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED. DAVIS PLAYED FOR MULTIPLE TEAMS, INCLUDING THE DOLPHINS, COLTS, AND THE BILLS. HE WAS ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES LAST YEAR FOLLOWING A CRASH ON A FLORIDA HIGHWAY.

THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT ALLOWING A SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN TO TAKE EFFECT, BUT VOTERS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY. WHILE RULING ON A 15-WEEK ABORTION BAN, THE FLORIDA JUSTICES CONCLUDING A SIX-WEEK BAN THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS SIGNED INTO LAW LAST YEAR CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS.

THEY RULED A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ENSHRINE ABORTION PROTECTIONS IN THE STATE CAN APPEAR IN THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. KIA RECALLING MORE THAN 400,000 SUVS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT ROLL AWAY WHILE PARKED. THE RECALL IMPACTING ALL TELLURIDES FROM 2020 TO 2023 AND SOME 2024 MODELS. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAYS TWO PARTS ON THE CAR THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE CAR PARKED MAY NOT FULLY ENGAGE. NO INJURIES OR CRASHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. DEALERS WILL CONTACT OWNERS TO UPDATE PARTS AND SOFTWARES. >>> A DEER CRASHING THROUGH A BANK WINDOW IN TEXAS.

THE DEER BURSTING THROUGH A WINDOW BEFORE RUNNING LOOSE THROUGH THE BANK. THIS HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. POLICE ATTEMPTING TO CORRAL THE ANIMAL BACK OUT THE FRONT ENTRANCE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. >>> OKAY, NEXT MORE THAN 500,000 FAST FOOD WORKERS GOT A

RAISE TODAY TO $20 AN HOUR AS A NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S MEANT TO OFFSET THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, BUT IT WILL ALSO MEAN YOU’LL PAY MORE FOR YOUR BURGERS LIKELY. HERE’S LIZ KREUTZ. >> Reporter: FOR THREE YEARS, ANISHA WILLIAMS HAS WORKED AT

JACK IN THE BOX STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS A SINGLE MOM IN HIGH-PRICED LOS ANGELES. >> THEIR WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING. SOME WORKERS ARE HOMELESS. >> Reporter: THAT’S WHY TODAY MARKS A MOMENT SHE’S BEEN WAITING FOR. ANISHA IS AMONG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST FOOD WORKERS

ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETTING A RAISE. >> WE NEED THIS. WE NEED THIS SO BAD. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTS, RESTAURANT CHAINS WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE MUST NOW PAY THEIR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR. IT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST MINIMUM

WAGES IN THE COUNTRY AND THE FIRST TIME STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE MANDATED A MINIMUM WAGE FOR JUST ONE INDUSTRY. SUPPORTERS SAY IT’S TIME FOR CORPORATIONS TO PAY A LIVING WAGE. MANY FRANCHISE OWNER LIKE JESSICA DEUMBRA WHO OWNS 11 MCDONALDS SAYS THE LAW PUTS AN UNFAIR STRAIN ON THEIR

BUSINESSES. >> DO YOU FEEL TARGETED THAT IT’S SPECIFICALLY FOR FAST FOOD? >> YES. AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST DON’T REALIZE THAT. THEY SEE THIS BIG MCDONALD’S BRAND AND THINK THEY’VE GOT ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, AND IT’S JUST THAT’S NOT AT ALL HOW

IT IS. >> Reporter: MCDONALD’S, CHIPOTLE AND STARBUCKS PLAN TO RAISE PRICES TO OFFSET THE RISING LABOR COSTS. PIZZA HUT LAID OFF 12,000 DELIVERY DRIVERS LIKE MICHAEL OHEDA. >> A LOT OF US GOT OUR JOBS TAKEN FROM US. >> Reporter: HE WAS LET GO AFTER EIGHT YEARS.

>> WHAT’S THE POINT OF THE RAISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE? >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THE LAW MAY ALSO LEAD TO SHORTER HOURS AND EXPEDITE THE PUSH TO AUTOMATION REPLACING PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY. ECONOMISTS SAY THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. DOES THAT APPLY HERE?

>> IT REALLY APPLIES HERE. WE FORGET THAT SOMEBODY’S PAYING FOR IT SOMEWHERE. >> Reporter: BUT FOR ANISHA, AS THE COST OF LIVING RISES, SHE SAYS A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS GOES A LONG WAY. >> I’M PRAYING THAT THIS $20 WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS LOS ANGELES. >> FOR MORE ON CALIFORNIA’S NEW FAST FOOD MINIMUM WAGE LAW AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT FOOD BUSINESSES, I WANT TO BRING IN ALEX JOHNSON. HE OWNS 10 AUNTIE ANNE’S PRETZEL AND CINNABON RESTAURANTS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA. THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE US. CAN YOU TELL US HOW CALIFORNIA’S LAW INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $20 AN HOUR HAS ALREADY IMPACTED YOUR BUSINESS? >> YEAH. LISTEN, MY FAMILY AND I STARTED THIS BUSINESS 30 YEARS AGO. I’M A SECOND-GENERATION FRANCHISEE. OUR SMALL BUSINESS PRETZEL

POWER, WE EMPLOY OVER 100 PEOPLE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE 10 LOCATIONS, AND THIS BILL, THIS NEW WAGE HAS REALLY FAR- REACHING EFFECTS. YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY AND I WORK REALLY HARD TO TREAT OUR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY AND PAY THEM REALLY WELL.

BUT THERE’S GOING TO BE REAL CONSEQUENCES DUE TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ONE WE’RE GOING TO BE RAISING PRICES, WHICH I REALLY DON’T WANT TO DO. WE ALREADY HAD TO RAISE PRICES SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE COVID-INDUCED INFLATION.

AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT SEEING THE BEST IN TERMS OF SALES. IT’S REALLY NOT A GOOD TIME TO HAVE TO RAISE PRICES. WE’RE NOT HIRING ANYMORE. WE’RE NOT EXPANDING IN THE STATE ANYMORE. IN FACT, I HAD TO TURN DOWN A LOCATION FOR A NEW STORE, WHICH

I WAS REALLY SAD TO HAVE TO DO. AND ULTIMATELY, I’M CONSIDERING SELLING OR CLOSING OUR RESTAURANTS. >> AND WHAT WAS THE PRICE DIFFERENCE IF I CAN ASK, WHAT WERE YOU PAYING YOUR EMPLOYEES TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM NOW?

WAS IT CLOSE OR TOO FAR OF A STRETCH? >> IN THE BAY AREA, THE CITIES THERE HAVE WAGES OR HAVE MINIMUM WAGES THAT ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE STATE. BUT I DO HAVE SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL GO FROM THE $16 TO $20. THAT JUMP, THAT 25% JUMP THAT

HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS HERE EXPERIENCE THAT. >> AND SO IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO INCREASE PRICES AT THOSE STORES OR LAY PEOPLE OFF OR BOTH? >> I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

WE’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN WORK SMARTER, HOW WE CAN WORK SMARTER WITH LESS FOLKS. NOT JUST CUTTING HOURS BUT LITERALLY REMOVING HEAD COUNT FROM OUR LOCATIONS. >> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, IT’S SO EXPENSIVE, AND CALIFORNIA IS A VERY EXPENSIVE STATE.

PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND THE BAY AREA, THEY’RE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE TO LIVE THERE. YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THE POLITICIANS MINDS WERE IN INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO EFFECT INFLATION THERE? THINGS ARE ALREADY EXPENSIVE AND NOW THINGS WILL BE MAKING MORE MONEY.

STORE OWNER LIKE YOU WILL HAVE TO INCREASE PRICES. DO YOU THINK IT HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON INFLATION? >> I MEAN, SO THE CONVERSATION I’VE HAD WITH MY EMPLOYEES, THEY’RE FEARFUL WHAT THIS WILL DO TO INFLATION AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED IT’S ALREADY SO EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN THE STATE.

AND PRICES HAVE GONE UP, YOU KNOW, I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE RAISING PRICES. PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE IS ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY’RE REALLY WORRIED. THEY’RE CONCERNED. THEY’VE SEEN THEIR PURCHASING POWER GET LESS AND LESS AND LESS OVER THE YEARS, AND I DON’T BELIEVE IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THAT

THEY FEEL THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP THEM ALL THAT MUCH. >> HOW DOES SOMEONE, HOW CAN SOMEONE WORK AT YOUR RESTAURANT AND SUPPORT THEMSELVES OR SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY IF YOU DON’T RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE? >> WELL, LOOK, WE TAKE PRIDE IN GIVING, YOU KNOW, BEING

PEOPLE’S FIRST JOB. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOLKS WITH NO JOB EXPERIENCE, IMMIGRANTS. WE ENJOY EMPLOYING THOSE PEOPLE, TEACHING THEM THE SOFT SKILLS, NOT JUST HOW TO ROLL A PRETZEL OR HOW TO MAKE A CINNAMON ROLL BUT THINGS LIKE CUSTOMER SERVICE, MAKING EYE

CONTACT, LIKE SOFT SKILLS THAT THEY USE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THEIR CAREER. AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PATH TO MAKING A CAREER AT OUR LOCATIONS. WE HAVE, IN FACT, MY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, HE WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM A MALL JANITOR TO

NOW OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. SO THERE’S INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR BUSINESS IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY FOR THESE FOLKS. >> ALEX, IF YOU DON’T END UP SELLING YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS, DO YOU THINK THIS LAW WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO USING DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY TO

REPLACE THE JOBS TYPICALLY DONE BY PEOPLE? I AM TALKING ABOUT AI. WILL A CINNABON COME FROM A CINNABOT? >> I DON’T THINK THAT’S FAR OFF. I DON’T HAVE PLANS IMMEDIATELY FOR A ROBOTIC OR AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT, BUT I DON’T THINK WE’RE FAR OFF.

I THINK THIS LAW WILL ACCELERATE SOME OF THE COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE TRYING TO DO JUST THAT. >> A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THERE IN THE BAY AREA IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHERE THE MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING UP TO $20. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE WAIT AND

SEE HOW THAT EFFECTS THE ECONOMY THERE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HONESTY. >>> THE TRAGEDY ON A BEACH IN MEXICO. THE BODIES OF SEVERAL CHINESE MIGRANTS DISCOVERED AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED ON THEIR WAY TO THE U.S. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHERE THAT BOAT WAS COMING

FROM, NEXT. >>> NOW IS RAW. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THIS? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. >> LET’S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW AND THE BIG QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING.

>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> A GOOD MORNING BEGINS WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM, A CHANCE TO START FRESH. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU IN TO

SHARE A MOMENT THAT BRIGHTENS YOUR DAY BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> HEY, I’M HALLIE. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. WHAT DO WE KNOW VOTERS CARE ABOUT? THE ECONOMY, RIGHT?

YOU ARE SEEING THAT FIRSTHAND YOURSELF ON THE GROUND THERE TODAY. THIS IS TWO THINGS, IT IS PRETTY BIG MEDICAL NEWS, IT IS ALSO A PRETTY BIG MYSTERY. AND OH, BY THE WAY, IT’S DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. WHAT’S HAPPENING?

THEY HAVE TWEAKED MY MONITOR AND I CAN SEE NOW YOU ARE, IN FACT, SOAKING WET. I AM DEEPLY SORRY. >> MY COMMITMENT TO HALLIE JACKSON WILL NEVER BE QUESTIONED. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE’RE BACK WITH

TOP STORY’S GLOBAL WATCH. A CHECK OF WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. WE START WITH THE TRAGIC DISCOVERY IN MEXICO. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BODIES OF EIGHT CHINESE MIGRANTS WERE FOUND ON A BEACH. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY WERE ON A BOAT THAT DEPARTED FROM MEXICO’S BORDER WITH GUATEMALA

WHILE IT WAS HEADING TOWARD THE U.S. IT SUDDENLY CAPSIZED. ONE PERSON DID SURVIVE. ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA, THE NUMBER OF CHINESE MIGRANTS ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE U.S. FROM MEXICO HAS SKYROCKETED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. A POTENTIAL TURNING POINT IN TURKEY’S POLITICS. THE OPPOSITION PARTY DEALING A

MAJOR BLOW TO THE RULING PARTY. THE OPPOSITION WINNING IN ISTANBUL BY MORE THAN ONE MILLION VOTES ALONG WITH VICTORIES IN THE CAPITAL OF KATARA. THE PARTY WAS DEFEATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GERMANY HAS BEGUN RELAXING SOME OF ITS MARIJUANA LAWS. CROWDS GATHERING AT THE

BRANDONBURG GAIT IN BERLIN FOR A SMOKE IN. ADULTS OVER 18 CAN POSSESS UP TO AN OUNCE OF CANNABIS. CITIZENS CAN ALSO GROW ABOUT THREE PLANTS AT HOME. GERMANY THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE. IT REMAINS BANNED FOR ANYONE 18 AND UNDER.

>>> NEW ALLEGATIONS INTO THE MYSTERY HAVANA SYNDROME. GREG ED GREEN, A LEAD U.S. MILITARY INVESTIGATOR SAYING HE BELIEVES THE SYNDROME WAS AN ATTACK ON U.S. OFFICIALS BY RUSSIA. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THOUGH, PREVIOUSLY DEEMING IT VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE SYNDROME CAME FROM A FOREIGN ADVERSARY.

>> IT WAS SET TO HIGH BECAUSE WE DID NOT, AS A COUNTRY AND A GOVERNMENT, WANT TO FACE SOME VERY HARD TRUTHS. >> AND WHAT ARE THOSE? >> CAN WE SECURE AMERICA? ARE THESE MASSIVE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FAILURES, CAN WE PROTECT AMERICAN SOIL AND OUR PEOPLE ON AMERICAN

SOIL? ARE WE BEING ATTACKED? AND IF WE’RE BEING ATTACKED, IS THAT AN ACT OF WAR? >> SO WHY WAS THIS INVESTIGATOR SO SURE IT WAS RUSSIA? HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I STARTED TO NOTICE WAS THE CALIBER OF

OUR OFFICER THAT WAS BEING IMPACTED. THIS WASN’T HAPPENING TO OUR WORST OR OUR MIDDLE-RANGE OFFICERS. THIS WAS HAPPENING TO OUR TOP 5- 10% PERFORMING OFFICERS ACROSS THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. AND CONSISTENTLY, THERE WAS A RUSSIA NEXUS. THERE WAS SOME ANGLE WHERE THEY HAD WORKED AGAINST RUSSIA,

FOCUSED ON RUSSIA, AND DONE EXTREMELY WELL. >> ALL RIGHT, FOR MORE ON THIS INTERVIEW AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE, I WANT TO BRING IN KEN DILANIAN WHO JOINS US TONIGHT FROM WASHINGTON. KEN, YOU’VE BEEN COVERING THIS FOR YEARS. HELP US PUT THESE NEW

ALLEGATIONS INTO CONTEXT, AND WHAT IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYING ABOUT ALL THIS? >> Reporter: TOM, 60 MINUTES AND A PUBLICATION CALLED THE INSIDER HAVE UNEARTHED INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND IN PLACES WHERE U.S. PERSONNEL SUFFERED SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVANA SYNDROME.

THEY FOUND DOCUMENTS SUGGESTING THOSE SAME RUSSIAN OPERATIVES MAY HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ACOUSTIC WEAPONS AND THEY ARGUE THIS EVIDENCE SUGGESTS A LINK BETWEEN RUSSIAN SPIES AND HAVANA SYNDROME SYMPTOMS. THEY INTERVIEWED THE FORMER DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL WHO HELPED INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE.

IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HE COULDN’T DISCUSS THE CLASSIFIED DETAILS. IT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY NONE OF THIS REPORTING FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL WEAPON OR RUSSIANS ATTACKING AMERICANS. AND TWO U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TOLD ME THE CIA AND FIVE OTHER AGENCIES STANDBY THEIR ASSESSMENT FROM LAST

YEAR, THAT THERE’S NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SECRET WEAPON WIELDED BY RUSSIA OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARY. >> HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SORT OF STRADDLE THIS LINE, RIGHT? HOW DO SO MANY TOP-LEVEL U.S. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SAY THEY SUFFERED SOME TYPE OF, YOU

KNOW, MEDICAL EPISODE, AND YET THERE WAS NO ATTACK? >> Reporter: YEAH, WELL, THERE’S A LOT OF THEORIES ON THIS, TOM. INCLUDING SOME KIND OF BRAIN DISORDER. ONE THING THEY TELL US IS THAT AFTER THIS ASSESSMENT WAS PUBLISHED LAST MARCH, REPORTS OF SYMPTOMS ABSOLUTELY PLUMMETED. LIKE MANY, MANY FEWER THAN

BEFORE. AND THAT SUGGESTS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PSYCHO GENIC ASPECT TO THIS. THAT DOESN’T MEAN PEOPLE WERE MAKING IT UP. THESE SYMPTOMS WERE VERY REAL. THEY’RE SHORT BREAKING IN SOME CASES. PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED BEING ABLE TO WORK BECAUSE OF THESE SYMPTOMS.

ONE EXPERT POSTULATED THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED A FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER, A COMMON BRAIN MALFUNCTION NOT CAUSED BY MEDICAL FACTORS. WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE ANSWER. WHAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS SAYING IS THEY SEE NO EVIDENCE AS AN ATTACK BY RUSSIA OR FOREIGN ADVERSARY.

>> DO YOU THINK WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THIS IS OR WHAT THIS WAS? >> Reporter: NO. I THINK THIS DEBATE IS GOING TO GO ON AND ON. MANY OF THESE VICTIMS HAVE LONG BELIEVED THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS NOT ASKING HARD ENOUGH QUESTIONS AND THEY’RE

NOW HARDENED BY THIS NEW REPORTING, AND THEY PLACE VERY LITTLE STOCK IN THE INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THEY’VE TURNED THE PAGE. AS FAR AS MANY OF THEM ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS OVER AND DONE, AND THE IMPORTANT THING

NOW IS TO TREAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS. BUT THIS IS NOT A DEBATE THAT’S GOING TO GO AWAY, TOM. >> KEN DILANIAN FOR US. I HAVE A FEELING WE’LL KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS TO COME. WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

>>> NOT JUST FOR THE BOYS. GIRLS WRESTLING NOW THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY WITH ALL-FEMALE WRESTLING PROGRAMS FOUND IN NEARLY EVERY STATE. THEIR FIGHT FOR EQUALITY ON AND OFF THE MAT. THAT’S NEXT. >>> FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL.

HOW YOU DOING? >> UM, PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. >> THANKS FOR TUNING IN. I’M GADI SCHWARTZ. HERE ARE THE STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING TONIGHT. STORMS KEEP COMING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT JUST DECLASSIFIED THIS VIDEO. A LOT MORE STORIES TRENDING LIKE CRAZY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT’S THE STATE OF CRYPTO

TODAY? IS IT SAFE FOR INVESTORS? WE’VE GOT ANOTHER MIND-BENDING STORY ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS IS WHAT MY VOICE SOUNDS LIKE WHEN I CLONE IT. THAT WASN’T ME. YOU GOTTA SEE THIS. STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW.

>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. HOW YOU DOING? >> UM, PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. >> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY. AND HOW YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY

AHEAD MATTERS. TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP AND REALLY, IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. AND THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING. BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START >>> ALL RIGHT. WE’RE BACK NOW WITH AN ERROR IN THE PAINT. THROWING OFF PLAYERS AND FANS

AT THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. OFFICIALS REVEALING JUST MINUTES BEFORE AN ELITE EIGHT GAME THAT ONE OF THE THREE POINT LINES HAD BEEN DRAWN INCORRECTLY AND IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BASKET. MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE PLAY BY PLAY OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >> Reporter: AS TEXAS AND NORTH

CAROLINA STATE PREPARED TO FACE OFF IN AN ELITE EIGHT MATCH UP, AN ISSUE WITH THE COURT LEAVING FANS BAFFLED. >> I WALKED IN AND THERE WAS MEASURING HAPPENING. I WAS SITTING NEXT TO A FRIEND WHO WAS LIKE ARE THEY MEASURING THE THREE-POINT LINE?

>> Reporter: THE NCAA THREE- POINT LINE IS OFFICIALLY 22 FEET AND ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. BUT THIS THREE-POINT LINE IN PORTLAND, OREGON IN FRONT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BENCH WAS NINE INCHES SHORT. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A POST-GAME

MEASUREMENT BY THE NCAA AND COURT SUPPLIER CONNOR SPORTS. >> GO OUT THERE AND GET UP IN THE STANDS AND LOOK AT IT, AND YOU CAN SEE IT. >> Reporter: THE TEXAS AND NC STATE COACHES MEASURED THE DIFFERENCE THEMSELVES WEIGHING THE OPTIONS OF DELAYING THE GAME.

>> THEY GAVE US THE OPTION OF BRINGING SOMEBODY IN AND REMARKING IT CORRECTLY, WHICH WOULD HAVE TAKEN AN HOUR AND WE MIGHT HAVE LOST OUR WINDOW WITH ABC. >> Reporter: MOST TEAMS AGREEING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE GAME AS SCHEDULED. NORTH CAROLINA STATE WINNING BY

DOUBLE DIGITS. >> I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS AN ADVANTAGE OF DISADVANTAGE EITHER WAY. >> Reporter: FOUR FULL SWEET 16 GAMES WERE PLAYED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BUT NOBODY RAISED CONCERNS. THE NCAA AND CONNOR SPORTS HAVE APOLOGIZED. THE NCAA ADDING THE MISTAKE WAS

A RESULT OF HUMAN ERROR AND THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE ERROR SOONER. THE ASSOCIATION REVIEWING ALL OTHER THREE-POINT LINES IN BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS AND CONFIRMING THEY’RE ACCURATE. >> WE HAVE THIS MOMENT WHERE THE ATHLETICISM IS IN A PLACE

WHERE IT’S BETTER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN. WE HAVE, LIKE, MORE FOCUS, MORE MEDIA COVERAGE THAT THESE PLAYERS DESERVE, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE LITTLE MOMENTS THAT REMIND US OF THE WORK THAT’S STILL THERE FOR US. >> Reporter: THIS JUST THE LATEST DISTRACTION FROM A RECORD-BREAKING WOMEN’S

TOURNAMENT. NC STATE’S FIRST ROUND GAME AGAINST CHATTANOOGA, A REFEREE WAS PULLED OUT AT HALFTIME OVER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. AND NOTRE DAME STAR HIDALGO SIDELINED BECAUSE OF A NOSE RING SHE HAD WORN ALL SEASON LONG. THE THREE-POINT LINE FIXED WITH PAINT OVERNIGHT FOR THE

REMAINING ELITE EIGHT MATCH UP, BUT THE DAMAGE MAY ALREADY BE DONE. >> I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD SAY ONLY IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL. I MEAN, IT’S A SHAME. REALLY THAT IT EVEN HAPPENED,

BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. >> Reporter: MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS. >> WE THANK MORGAN CHESKY FOR THAT ONE. >>> FINALLY, TONIGHT FORGET THE STEREOTYPES. A NEW GENERATION OF GIRL WRESTLERS ARE PROVING THE MATS AREN’T JUST A BOYS CLUB ANYMORE.

THEIR PASSION AND HARD WORK ARE OPENING DOORS NOT ONLY FOR THEM BUT FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME WITH DREAMS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND EVEN OLYMPIC GLORY. STEVEN ROMO HAS MORE. >> WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WRESTLING MOVE? >> I’M A RIGHT LEG LEAN, SO YOU

WOULD SHOOT TO THIS LEG. YOU’RE LIKE TIED UP AND THEN YOU BRING THEIR ARM OVER. >> Reporter: HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HALEY JAFFE AND JAMESON STRUCKLAND ARE ON A MISSION TO SLAM STEREOTYPES AND PIN DOWN NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD OF WRESTLING. FOR YEARS, WITHOUT A LEAGUE OF

THEIR OWN, MANY OF THE OPPONENTS THESE GIRLS FACED WERE BOYS. STRICKLAND SAYS THE TRAINING STARTED AT HOME. >> DID YOU WRESTLE WITH YOUR BROTHER A LOT AND HONE YOUR SKILLS ON HIM? >> WE WOULD WORK ON MOVES WE LEARNED ON YouTube IN THE BASEMENT.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE WAS A HEADLOCK. I WOULD JUST DO IT ON HIM AND IT WORKED. >> HOW DID YOUR BROTHER LIKE BEING IN A HEADLOCK? >> I THINK HE WAS JUST HAPPY TO HELP. >> MY LITTLE SISTER NEVER PUT ME IN A HEADLOCK.

I’D BE PROUD IF SHE DID THAT. >> Reporter: GIRLS WRESTLING BECOMING THE FASTEST-GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. >> IT LITERALLY TOOK OFF. THE NUMBERS JUST STARTED EXPLODING. >> Reporter: AS RECENTLY AS 2018, THERE WERE ONLY SIX STATES THAT HAD OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED GIRLS WRESTLING PROGRAMS.

NOW, THERE ARE 45 STATESITH CAMPAIGNS TO GROW EVEN FURTHER. >> AT THE YOUTH LEVEL, JUNIOR HIGH, HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THE GROWTH IS AMAZING. AND EVEN ON THE COLLEGE LEVEL RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS. >> Reporter: THE BOOM THANKS IN PART TO NON-PROFITS LIKE

SANCTION PA WHICH ARE FIGHTING TO HAVE THE GIRLS LEAGUES FORMALLY RECOGNIZED. >> EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN A GIRL WAS IN HER SCHOOL BUILDING AND SHE’S WALKING PAST THOSE WRESTLING ROOM DOORS, THOSE DOORS WERE CLOSED. NOW IT’S LIKE THE DOORS ARE OPEN AND SOMEONE’S COMING OUT

IN THE HALLWAY AND SAYING HEY, COME ON IN AND TRY WRESTLING. >> Reporter: THAT GROUP SUCCEEDING IN GETTING SIGNATURES FROM MORE THAN 100 SCHOOLS TO GET THE SPORT SANCTIONED IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH HELD ITS FIRST-EVER OFFICIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MONTH. JAFFE TOOK HOME THE SILVER

MEDAL, A LEGACY SHE’S HOPING WILL CONTINUE AFTER SHE GRADUATES. >> ALL THESE GIRLS HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE BEFORE, SO IT’S REALLY EXCITING. AND YOU KNOW, NOW THEY CAN ALL WIN STATE MEDALS EVERY YEAR. AND THAT’S, LIKE, HISTORY. >> Reporter: FOR NOW THERE’S NO FORMAL COLLEGIATE LEAGUE,

BUT THEY’VE RECOMMENDED ADDING A WOMEN’S WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP AS EARLY AS 2026. AND WHILE WOMEN’S FREE STYLE WRESTLING HAS BEEN AN OLYMPIC SPORT FOR 20 YEARS, ONLY TWO AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN HOME THE GOLD. BUT WITH THIS WIDENING PIPELINE, NEW HOPE THAT THE

SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR WOMEN IN THE SPORT. IF SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU, WRESTLING IS NOT A GIRL’S SPORT, WRESTLING IS FOR BOYS, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> WELL, I MEAN, THE ACCOLADES KIND OF SPEAK FOR ITSELF. GIRLS CAN DEFINITELY WRESTLE.

IT’S NOT JUST BOYS. >> GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE WRESTLERS, AND WE THANK STEPHEN ROMO FOR THAT STORY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I’M TOM LLAMAS IN NEW YORK. STAY RIGHT THERE, MORE NEWS IS ON THE WAY. >>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, THE MAJOR RULING IN FLORIDA ON

ABORTION RIGHTS. THE COURTS THERE SAYING THE STATE’S 15-WEEK ABORTION BAN CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS, BUT SAYING VOTERS HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. THE GROWING NATIONAL BATTLE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE SUV RAMMING A SECURITY GATE AT THE FBI’S ATLANTA FIELD OFFICE.

THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. >>> THE SPRING STORMS AND TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IS APRIL SNOW HEADED FOR NEW ENGLAND? AL ROKER IS HERE. >>> THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE RACE TO REOPEN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE AFTER THAT MASSIVE BRIDGE COLLAPSE.

THE TEMPORARY FIX TO GET SHIPS IN AND OUT. >>> THE MAJOR ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IRAN ACCUSING ISRAEL OF STRIKING ITS CONSULATE IN SYRIA AND KILLING TWO TOP GENERALS. >>> CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER ALEX MURDAUGH BACK IN COURT, CONVICTED TO 40 YEARS FOR

STEALING FROM HIS CLIENTS. >>> A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHEE RICE SAY HE’S COOPERATING WITH POLICE AFTER REPORTS HIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR CRASH. AUTHORITIES ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THIS VIDEO. >>> AND HE’S YOUNG AND DRIVEN, THE GAMER TURNED NASCAR STAR

WHO JUST CLAIMED HIS FIRST MAJOR CHECKERED FLAG. NBC “NIGHTLY NEWS” WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. BREAKING TONIGHT, A PAIR OF CLOSELY WATCHED ABORTION RULINGS LATE TODAY BY FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT.

THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY PANEL OPENING THE DOOR FOR A BAN ON ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. A POINT AT WHICH SOME WOMEN DON’T KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. BUT IN A SEPARATE RULING, THE COURT WILL LEAVE IT TO FLORIDA VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RESTORE ABORTION RIGHTS WHEN

THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER. SENIOR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT LAURA JARRETT STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FLORIDA’S HIGHEST COURT PAVING THE WAY FOR A STRICT ABORTION BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT WHILE ALSO SENDING THE ISSUE BACK TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER.

THE CONSERVATIVE COURT FINDING THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS, WHICH WILL NOW ALLOW FLORIDA TO BAN THE PROCEDURE AS EARLY AS SIX WEEKS INTO PREGNANCY BEFORE MANY WOMEN KNOW THAT THEY’RE PREGNANT. THAT LAW SIGNED LAST YEAR BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON

DESANTIS, NOW SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. >> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEFEND THOSE WHO CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: IT’S ALL LIKELY TO USHER IN A CHANGE, NOT ONLY IN FLORIDA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AS THE STATE HAS SEEN A

SURGE IN PATIENTS FROM SURROUNDING STATES THAT HAVE PASSED STRICTER BANS SINCE ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE COURT TODAY ALSO PROVING LANGUAGE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS AFTER ADVOCATES GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE THE ISSUE THIS NOVEMBER.

>> I FEEL LIKE WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO DO. >> I DON’T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE ABORTIONS AT ALL. >> Reporter: IF PASSED, IT WOULD GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BEFORE VIABILITY, WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND 24 WEEKS OR WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PATIENT’S HEALTH.

>> AND LAURA, IT’S NOT JUST FLORIDA THAT COULD HAVE ABORTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER? >> THAT’S RIGHT, SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATES ARE CONSIDERING BALLOT MEASURES LIKE THESE. SOME ADVOCATES HAVE ALREADY SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THEM ON THE BALLOT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE

SHORT TERM, THIS SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN WILL START IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS IN FLORIDA. >> ALL RIGHT, LAURA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> JUST DEVELOPING TONIGHT, A DRIVER NEAR ATLANTA RAMMING HIS CAR INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI OFFICE THERE. BLAYNE ALEXANDER REPORTS HE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA WHEN AGENTS SAY A MAN, DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, USED IT TO TRY AND FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM A CAR WAS RAMMED INTO THE FBI ATLANTA’S FRONT GATE SHORTLY AFTER NOON

TODAY. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET PAST THE SECURITY CHECK POINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE VEHICLE INSIDE. BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED, AND THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT. OFFICIALSSAY HE THEN JUMPED

OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN TOWARD THE BUILDING, BUT ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED. >> SOME OF OUR SPECIAL AGENTS WERE PASSING BY AND APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES AT THIS POINT ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A

LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE’S BEEN EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, OFFICIALS SAY, AND NOTE IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THIS WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT, FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE

SUSPECT AND SAY NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. AND TONIGHT, OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. LESTER? >> BLAYNE LOS ANGELES — ALEXANDER, THANK YOU. >>> TENS OF MILLIONS ARE UNDER THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS FROM THE SAME STORM THAT CAUSED HEAVY FLOODING AND SNOW

IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND. AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT FOR US. AL, A DANGEROUS SITUATION BREWING. >> YES, IT’S DEVELOPING NOW. A VOLATILE SITUATION. WE HAVE 8 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER TORNADO WATCHES UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. AND THEN WE’VE ALSO GOT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LINE OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST. FLOOD WATCHES FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE. TONIGHT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AREA RIGHT IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE WE’VE GOT DAMAGING HAIL, WIND GUSTS, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NOCTURNAL TORNADOES. THEY’RE TWICE AS DEADLY AS DAYTIME TORNADOES.

THEN WE MOVE INTO TOMORROW. THE THREAT RAMPS UP TO 55 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY FROM COLUMBUS, CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. AND ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WE HAVE A MAJOR SNOW SYSTEM IN PARTS OF NORTHERN

NEW ENGLAND, POSSIBLY UP TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> SIX DAYS SINCE BALTIMORE’S KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CARGO SHIP THERE IS PROGRESS IN THE URGENT EFFORT TO REOPEN THE PORT. OFFICIALS SAYING CREWS HAVE ALREADY OPENED A NARROW

CHANNEL TO ALLOW RECOVERY VESSELS TO ACCESS THE DISASTER SITE. AARON GILCHRIST IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE URGENT MISSION TO GET A PORTION OF THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN. TODAY THEY ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY CHANNEL NOW COMPLETE.

>> IT WILL HELP US TO GET MORE VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: WE WERE OUT ON THE WATER WITH THE COAST GUARD LATE TODAY. WITH THIS TEMPORARY SHIPPING CHANNEL NOW OPEN, WE’RE SEEING ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO GO

THROUGH OFF IN THE DISTANCE HERE, A BARGE BEING PUSHED BY A TUG BOAT. THE OPERATION IN FULL SWING SIX DAYS AFTER THE KEY BRING COLLAPSED WHEN A CONTAINER SHIP STRUCK ONE OF ITS PILLARS. WE KNEW CREWS WERE OUT HERE THIS WEEKEND WITH TORCHES CUTTING PIECES OF STEEL.

THE TEMPORARY SHIPPING LANE IS EXPECTED THE ALLOW ONLY VESSELS ESSENTIAL TO SALVAGE OPERATIONS. MORE THAN 370 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIAN, LOGISTICS EXPERTS, AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. THE PLAN IS TO CLEAR THE WRECKAGE FROM THE CHANNEL, STABILIZE THE DALI, REMOVE THE BRIDGE SPAN FROM ITS BOW, AND

EVENTUALLY REMOVE SOME CARGO CONTAINERS SO THE SHIP CAN BE REFLOATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PORT. ALL THIS EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS AT LEAST. >> WE’RE GOING TO MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY.

>> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT REMAINS CLOSED COULD IMPACT BOTH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND 8,000 JOBS THAT DIRECTLY DEPEND ON THIS BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPENED. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THIS SHIPPING HUB. >> IT’S TOUGH SEEING IT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: CHRIS ELLIOTT IS

A LONG SHOREMAN AT THE PORT. SINCE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, CHRIS HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. THE UNCERTAINTY HAS TO BE HARD, THOUGH. >> YEAH, IT IS. EVERY DAY YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT WE’RE ALSO LEARNING THE OWNER OF THE CONTAINER SHIP PETITIONED THE COURT TO LIMIT HIS LIABILITY IN THE ACCIDENT, AND PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS TO VISIT THE WRECKAGE ON FRIDAY. >> AARON, THANK YOU. >>> IN SOUTH CAROLINA, A NEW SENTENCE FOR ALEX MURDAUGH TODAY FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL CRIMES.

PRIYA IS JOINING US, AND THIS COMES ON TOP OF MULTIPLE STATE SENTENCES INCLUDING FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND SON. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, LESTER. TODAY MURDAUGH WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON AND $8 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR STEALING MILLIONS FROM HIS

FAMILY LAW FIRM’S PERSONAL INJURY CLIENTS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE HE’S ALREADY SERVING FOR KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON AND 27 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR SIMILAR FINANCIAL CRIMES. MURDAUGH APPEARED IN COURT TODAY IN AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT AND SHACKLES AND ADDRESSED THE

JUDGE FOR 13 MINUTES. HE SAID HE’S REMORSEFUL AND EMBARRASSED ABOUT WHAT HE DID, AND THAT HE THINKS ABOUT HIS VICTIMS EVERY DAY. TWO OF HIS VICTIMS ALSO APPEARED IN COURT TODAY AND SAID THAT THEY FORGIVE HIM. >> THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT A LAWYER FOR NFL

STAR RASHEE RICE SAYS HE’S COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITYING AS THEY INVESTIGATE A SIX-VEHICLE CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED ONE OF HIS CARS. PRISCILLA THOMPSON NOW HAS THE LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE

RECEIVER RASHEE RICE IS RESPONDING AMID REPORTS HIS CAR MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING IN A STATEMENT THAT RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS

AFTER THIS SIX-CAR CRASH CAUSED BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE SPEEDING DOWN THE FREEWAY. DRAMATIC DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT POLICE SAY THE DRIVERS LOST CONTROL. ONE CAR SLAMMING INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN AND THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT. KAYLA QUINN SAYS SHE AND HER

FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOTH CARS HITTING ME, YET ME AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR, AND THE OCCUPANTS OF

THE LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO. >> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> WHERE YOU GUYS HEADING? YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> YOU GUYS JUST GONNA LEAVE IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE NFL

NOT COMMENTING, BUT THE CHIEF’S PRESIDENT TELLING TALK RADIO THIS. >> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT, WE’LL GATHER THE FACT, AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH, AND THEY’RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING

THE MEN IN THE VIDEO. LESTER? >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON, THANK YOU. >>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IRAN IS CLAIMING TONIGHT THAT AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED SOME OF ITS SENIOR COMMANDERS AT AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. RAF SANCHEZ HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TARGETED STRIKE IN SYRIA. SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE STREETS. IRAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM ITS REVOLUTIONARY GUARD,

AND IT’S BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF BOTH HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS AS FEARS GROW OF A WIDENING CONFLICT OUTSIDE GAZA. TODAY ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE END OF WHAT IT CALLS A TWO-WEEK COUNTERTERROR RAID ON AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, LEAVING BEHIND A

TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE, AND THAT ISRAELI COMMANDOS KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND CAPTURED SENIOR HAMAS OPERATIVES. THE U.S. SAYING HAMAS IS HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS. >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS. BUT AS WE ALSO SAID, WE DO NOT

WANT FIRE FIGHTS IN A HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS AT LEAST 21 PATIENTS DIED DURING THE ISRAELI SIEGE, AND GAZA’S HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAID THEY FOUND BODIES OF CIVILIANS DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM, A DOCTOR ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY AND PALESTINIAN MEDIA.

A DEDICATED SURGEON, HIS COLLEAGUES SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND. >> HE OPTED TO STAY IN NORTHERN GAZA TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS. >> Reporter: AND ISRAEL’S MILITARY SAYING TONIGHT AN IRANIAN MADE DRONE HIT AN ISRAELI NAVAL BASE. THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES, BUT

ISRAEL SAYING IT WAS A SERIOUS INCIDENT. >>> COMING UP, $20 PAY HIKE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA. BUT WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON MEAL PRICES NEXT. >>> MORE THAN 500,000 FAST FOOD WORKERS GOT A RAISE TODAY TO $20 AN HOUR AS A NEW LAW

TOOK EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S MEANT TO OFFSET THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, BUT IT MAY ALSO MEAN YOU’LL AY MORE FOR YOUR BURGER. HERE’S LIZ KREUTZ. >> SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. >> Reporter: FOR THREE YEARS, ANISHA WILLIAMS HAS WORKED AT JACK IN THE BOX, STRUGGLING TO

MAKE ENDS MEET AS A SINGLE MOM IN HIGH PRICED LOS ANGELES. >> THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING. SOME WORKERS ARE HOMELESS. >> Reporter: THAT’S WHY TODAY MARKS A MOMENT SHE’S BEEN WAITING FOR. SHE’S AMONG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST FOOD WORKERS

ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETTING A RISE. >> WE NEED THIS. WE NEED THIS SO BAD. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTS, RESTAURANT CHAINS WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE MUST NOW PAY THEIR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR. IT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST

MINIMUM WAGES IN THE COUNTRY, AND IF FIRST TIME STATE LAWMAKER MANDATED A MINIMUM WAGE FOR JUST ONE INDUSTRY. SUPPORTERS SAY IT’S TIME FOR THE BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS TO PAY A LIVING WAGE. BUT MANY FRANCHISE OWNERS, LIKE JESSICA DEAMBRA, WHO RUNS 11 MCDONALD’S AROUND LA, SAYS

THE LAW PUTS AN UNFAIR STRAIN ON BUSINESSES ALREADY OPERATING ON SIMILAR MARGINS. DO YOU FEEL TARGETED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT’S FAST FOOD? >> YES. AND PEOPLE JUST SEE THIS BIG MCDONALD BRAND, AND THINK WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, AND THAT’S NOT AT ALL

HOW IT IS. >> Reporter: MCDONALD’S AND STARBUCKS ALREADY PLANNING TO RAISE PRICES. >> A LOT OF US GOT OUR JOBS TAKEN FROM US. >> Reporter: MICHAEL WAS LET GO AFTER EIGHT YEARS. >> WHAT’S THE POINT OF A RAISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE.

>> Reporter: THE LAW COULD ALSO LEAD TO SHORTER HOURS AND EXPEDITE THE PUSH TO AUTOMATION REPLACING PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY. ECONOMISTS OFTEN SAY THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. DOES THAT APPLY HERE? >> IT REALLY APPLIES HERE. BUT WE FORGET SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR IT SOMEWHERE.

>> Reporter: BUT FOR ANISHA, SHE SAYS THE FEW EXTRA DOLLARS GOES A LONG WAY. >> I’M PRAYING THAT THOSE $20 WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. >>> UP NEXT FOR US TONIGHT, COLLEGE WARNINGS OVER FINANCIAL AID CHAOS. COULD IT IMPACT THOUSANDS OF

STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO GO TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL? >>> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES “KIDS UNDER PRESSURE.” >>> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES KIDS UNDER PRESSURE. WE FIRST TOLD YOU LAST MONTH ABOUT GLITCHES CAUSING CHAOS IN COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID APPROVALS. NOW UNIVERSITIES ARE SOUNDING

THE ALARM THAT THEY CAN’T PROCESS IT ALL IN TIME. HERE’S STEPHANIE GOSK. >> Reporter: CHOOSING A COLLEGE IS HARD ENOUGH, BUT AS THE ENROLLMENT DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR, SOME STUDENTS STILL DON’T KNOW IF THEY’LL GET THE FINANCIAL AID THEY NEED TO PAY FOR SCHOOL.

FRUSTRATING VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLER KATE TUNSTALL. HOW MANY SCHOOLS ACCEPTED YOU? >> UM, FIVE OR SIX. >> Reporter: HOW MANY HAVE TOLD YOU WHETHER OR NOT THEY’LL OFFER FINANCIAL AID? >> NONE OF THEM. >> Reporter: ISSUES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S NEW FINANCIAL AID FORM, FAFSA, KEEP MOUNTING.

>> STUDENTS WITHOUT OFFERS WILL LIKELY CHOOSE TO NOT GO TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL, AND THAT WILL BE A TRAGEDY FOR THEM AND A TRAGEDY FOR THE NATION. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY OF COLLEGE OFFICIALS, 67% DON’T THINK THEIR SCHOOL CAN PROCESS

FINANCIAL AID IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. >> LOW INCOME STUDENTS ALREADY FACE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGE TO GET A HIGHER EDUCATION. >> Reporter: AND AREN’T THEY THE ONES HURT THE MOST BY THIS? >> THEY’RE DEFINITELY THE ONES HURT THE MOST. THE IRONY IS THIS WAS A SYSTEM

AIMED AT MAKING IT EASIER. >> Reporter: THE NEW FORM EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY AND STREAMLINED QUESTIONS FROM 103 TO ABOUT 20. BUT THERE WAS A LATE ROLL OUT AND LOTS OF GLITCHES. >> THERE’S NO QUESTION THAT THE TRANSITION HERE HAS BEEN ROCKY AND CHALLENGING NOT JUST

FOR US, BUT FOR STUDENTS AND FOR COLLEGES. >> Reporter: FACING DELAYS, DOZENS OF COLLEGES HAVE PUSHED BACK THE MAY 1st ENROLLMENT DEADLINE. THE DOE HAS ALSO ADDED DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES AND LOOSENING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS. >> PEOPLE ARE WORKING SEVEN

DAYS A WEEK HERE, LONG NIGHTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT’S GOING TO BE POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR AID OFFERS. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE THE TUNSTALLS WAIT. >> IF WE’RE UNABLE TO KNOW IF WE CAN PAY FOR COLLEGE, THEN IT’S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. >> Reporter: LIKE MANY

STUDENTS, WHAT SHE DOESN’T WANT ALONG WITH A COLLEGE DIPLOMA IS A MOUNTAIN OF DEBT. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS. >>> AND NEXT TONIGHT, HOW PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AS A KID PROPELLED HIM RIGHT INTO THE FAST LANE OF NASCAR AND HIS FIRST BIG WIN.

ABOUT A WORLD WAR II >>> SAD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT A WORLD WAR II HERO. LOU CONTER, THE LAST LIVING SURVIVOR FROM THE USS ARIZONA HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 102. THE ARIZONA WAS BOMBED, IT SANK DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR IN 1941.

MORE THAN 1,000 AMERICAN SAILORS AND MARINES WERE ON BOARD AND WERE KILLED. >>> AND FINALLY, HE WENT FROM PLAYING VIDEO GAMES TO DRIVING IN NASCAR. AND AT THE AGE OF 21, HE’S JUST GETTING STARTED. SAM BROCK NOW WITH HIS STORY. >> Reporter: FOR FANS OF 21-YEAR-OLD RAJA CARRUTH.

>> HE WINNING IT AT LAS VEGAS! FIRST CAREER WIN! >> Reporter: HIS EMPLOYMENTS MIGHT SEEM TO BE FLYING IN AT BREAKNECK SPEEDS. ARE YOU TELLING ME, BECAUSE YOU’RE 21 NOW, ONLY FOUR YEARS AGO WAS YOUR FIRST RACE? >> YEAH, COMING UP ON FIVE. FIVE IN JUNE.

SO TO BE AT THIS LEVEL, I FEEL PRETTY PROUD SO FAR. >> Reporter: THE NUMBER 71 TRUCK. HE JUST BECAME THE THIRD BLACK DRIVER IN NASCAR’S HISTORY TO WIN A NATIONAL SERIES RACE AFTER SCOTT AND WALLACE. DID YOU SEE THAT AS PART OF THE MISSION?

>> THE PASSION WAS THE MAIN THING, AND IT STILL IS, RIGHT? MY BACKGROUND IS WHO I AM AND MY FAMILY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I’M HERE TO BE A RACER. >> Reporter: VIDEO GAMES AS A KID AND SIMULATOR MACHINES AS A TEEN SERVING AS A SPRING

BOARD STRAIGHT TO NASCAR’S DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY PROGRAM HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DRIVERS LIKE WALLACE AND SUAREZ. >> FOR ME IT WAS THE SOLE REASON I COULD JUMP FROM RACING ONLINE TO IN REAL LIFE. >> Reporter: AND SUPPORT FROM HIS FAMILY.

>> ANY PARENT THAT WANTS TO SUPPORT A CHILD DOING SOMETHING, THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE OPENING THE DOOR FOR OTHERS TO COME THROUGH? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: NOW WITH A FULL GARAGE, CARRUTH AN INSPIRATION.

>> LAST YEAR WAS THE DREAM, AND NOW THE DREAM IS A REALITY. >> Reporter: A SUCCESS STORY THAT’S ONLY BEGINNING TO REV UP. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, NORTH CAROLINA. >> THAT’S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I’M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

AND EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. >>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE MAJOR RULING IN FLORIDA ON ABORTION >>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE MAJOR RULING IN FLORIDA ON ABORTION RIGHTS. FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT SAYING THE STATE’S SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS.

BUT ALSO RULING THAT VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY BY PUTTING THE ABORTION ISSUE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. THE GROWING NATIONAL BATTLE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE SUV RAMMING A SECURITY GATE AT THE FBI’S ATLANTA FIELD OFFICE. THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING.

>>> THE SPRING STORMS AND TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IS APRIL SNOW HEADED FOR NEW ENGLAND? AL ROKER IS HERE. >>> THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE RACE TO REOPEN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE AFTER THAT MASSIVE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THE TEMPORARY FIX TO GET SHIPS IN AND OUT.

>>> THE MAJOR ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IRAN ACCUSING ISRAEL OF STRIKING ITS CONSULATE IN SYRIA AND KILLING TWO TOP GENERALS. >>> CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER ALEX MURDAUGH BACK IN COURT, SENTENCED TO 40 MORE YEARS FOR STEALING FROM HIS CLIENTS. WHY SOME OF HIS VICTIMS SAY

THEY FORGIVE HIM. >>> A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHEE RICE SAY HE’S COOPERATING WITH POLICE AFTER REPORTS HIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR CRASH. AUTHORITIES ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THIS VIDEO. >>> AND HE’S YOUNG AND DRIVEN. THE GAMER TURNED NASCAR STAR

WHO JUST CLAIMED HIS FIRST MAJOR CHECKERED FLAG. >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME. BREAKING TONIGHT, A PAIR OF CLOSELY WATCHED ABORTION RULINGS LATE TODAY BY FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT. THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY PANEL OPENING THE DOOR FOR A

BAN ON ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. A POINT AT WHICH SOME WOMEN DON’T KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. BUT IN A SEPARATE RULING, THE COURT WILL LEAVE IT TO FLORIDA VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RESTORE ABORTION RIGHTS WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER.

SENIOR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT LAURA JARRETT STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FLORIDA’S HIGHEST COURT PAVING THE WAY FOR A STRICT ABORTION BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT WHILE ALSO SENDING THE ISSUE BACK TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER. THE CONSERVATIVE COURT FINDING THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION DOES

NOT PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS, WHICH WILL NOW ALLOW FLORIDA TO BAN THE PROCEDURE AS EARLY AS SIX WEEKS INTO PREGNANCY, BEFORE MANY WOMEN KNOW THAT THEY’RE PREGNANT. THAT LAW, SIGNED LAST YEAR BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, NOW SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

>> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEFEND THOSE WHO CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: IT’S ALL LIKELY TO USHER IN A CHANGE NOT ONLY IN FLORIDA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH, AS THE STATE HAS SEEN A SURGE IN PATIENTS FROM SURROUNDING STATES THAT HAVE PASSED STRICTER BANS SINCE ROE

V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE COURT TODAY ALSO APPROVING KEY LANGUAGE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS AFTER ADVOCATES GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE THE ISSUE THIS NOVEMBER. >> I FEEL LIKE WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO DO.

>> I DON’T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE ABORTION AT ALL. >> Reporter: IF PASSED, IT WOULD GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BEFORE VIABILITY, WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND 24 WEEKS OR WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PATIENT’S HEALTH. >> AND LAURA, IT’S NOT JUST FLORIDA THAT COULD HAVE

ABORTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER? >> THAT’S RIGHT, LESTER. SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATES HAVE CONSIDERING BALLOT MEASURES LIKE THESE. SOME THEY’VE ALREADY SUCCEEDED, THE ADVOCATES HAVE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THEM ON THE BALLOT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT TERM, THIS ABORTION BAN,

THIS SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN WILL START IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS IN FLORIDA. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> DEVELOPING TONIGHT, A DRIVER NEAR ATLANTA RAMMING HIS CAR INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI OFFICE THERE. BLAYNE ALEXANDER REPORTS HE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA WHEN AGENTS SAY A MAN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE USED IT TO TRY AND FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM A PERSON RAMMED INTO THE FBI ATLANTA’S FRONT GATE SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY.

HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET PAST THE SECURITY CHECK POINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE VEHICLE INSIDE. BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED, AND THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT. OFFICIALS SAY HE THEN JUMPED

OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN TOWARD THE BUILDING, BUT ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED. >> SOME OF OUR SPECIAL AGENTS WERE PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES AT THIS POINT ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE’S

BEEN EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, OFFICIALS SAY, AND NOTE IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THIS WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT, FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE SUSPECT AND SAY NO WEAPONS

WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. AND TONIGHT, OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. LESTER? >> BLAYNE ALEXANDER, THANK YOU. >>> TENS OF MILLIONS ARE IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE MIDWEST AND SOUTH FROM THE SAME STORM THAT CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING AND

SURPRISINGLY HEAVY SNOW IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND. AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT FOR US. AL, A DANGEROUS SITUATION BREWING. >> IN FACT, IT’S DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. A VOLATILE SITUATION. WE HAVE 8 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER TORNADO WATCHES FROM ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY DOWN TO

OKLAHOMA CITY, AND JUST NORTH OF DALLAS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. AND THEN WE’VE ALSO GOT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST. FLOOD WATCHES FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE. TONIGHT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AREA

RIGHT IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE WE HAVE DAMAGING HAIL, WIND GUSTS, AND NOCTURNAL TORNADOES. THESE ARE TWICE AS DEADLY AS DAYTIME TORNADOES. TOMORROW THE THREAT RAMPS UP TO 55 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY FROM COLUMBUS, NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM. WE’RE LOOKING AT RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES. AND ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE A MAJOR SNOWSTORM. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR UP TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. >> THANK YOU. >>> SIX DAYS SINCE BALTIMORE’S KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED AFTER

BEING STRUCK BY A CARGO SHIP, THERE IS PROGRESS IN THE URGENT EFFORT TO REOPEN THE PORT. OFFICIALS SAYING CREWS HAVE ALREADY OPENED A NARROW CHANNEL TO ALLOW RECOVERY VESSELS TO ACCESS THE DISASTER SITE. AARON GILCHRIST IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE URGENT MISSION TO GET A PORTION OF THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN. TODAY THEY ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY CHANNEL NOW COMPLETE. >> IT WILL HELP US GET MORE VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE.

>> Reporter: WE WERE OUT ON THE WATER WITH THE COAST GUARD LATE TODAY. WITH THIS TEMPORARY SHIPPING CHANNEL NOW OPEN, WE’RE SEEING ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO GO THROUGH OFF IN THE DISTANCE HERE, A BARGE BEING PUSHED BY A TUG BOAT. THE OPERATION IN FULL SWING

SIX DAYS AFTER THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED WHEN THE CONTAINER SHIP STRUCK ONE OF ITS PILLARS. YOU’RE LOOKING AT NOW SOME OF THE FIRST PIECES CUT THIS WEEKEND WAITING TO BE REMOVED. THE NEW 11-FOOT DEEP TEMPORARY SHIPPING LANE EXPECTED TO ALLOW ONLY VESSELS ESSENTIAL TO SALVAGE OPERATIONS.

MORE THAN 370 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, LOGISTICS EXPERTS, AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. THE PLAN, CLEAR THE BRIDGE WRECKAGE FROM THE CHANNEL, STABILIZE THE DALI, REMOVE THE BRIDGE SPAN FROM THE BOW, AND EVENTUALLY REMOVE SOME CARGO CONTAINERS SO THE MASSIVE SHIP CAN BE REFLOATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PORT.

ALL THIS EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS AT LEAST. >> WE’RE GOING TO MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY. >> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT REMAINS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOTH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 8,000

JOBS THAT DIRECTLY DEPEND ON THIS BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPEN. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THIS SHIPPING HUB. >> IT’S TOUGH SEEING IT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: CHRIS ELLIOTT IS A LONG SHOREMAN, THE FOLKS WHO HANDLE ALL THE PRODUCTS MOVING FROM SHIP TO SHORE AT THE PORT.

SINCE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE, CHRIS HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. THE UNCERTAINTY HAS TO BE HARD. >> IT IS. EVERY DAY YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT WE’RE

ALSO LEARNING THE OWNER OF THE CONTAINER SHIP PETITIONED THE COURT TO LIMIT HIS LIABILITY FOR THIS ACCIDENT. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS TO VISIT THE WRECKAGE ON FRIDAY. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON, THANK YOU. >>> IN SOUTH CAROLINA, A NEW SENTENCE FOR ALEX MURDAUGH TODAY FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL CRIMES.

PRIYA, THIS COMES ON TOP OF MULTIPLE STATE SENTENCES, INCLUDING THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND SON? >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, LESTER. TODAY MURDAUGH WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON AND $8 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR STEALING MILLIONS FROM HIS FAMILY LAW FIRM’S PERSONAL INJURY CLIENTS.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE HE’S ALREADY SERVING FOR KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON AND 27 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR SIMILAR FINANCIAL CRIMES. MURDAUGH APPEARED IN COURT TODAY IN AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT AND SHACKLES AND ADDRESSED THE JUDGE FOR 13 MINUTES.

HE SAID HE’S REMORSEFUL AND EMBARRASSED ABOUT WHAT HE DID AND THAT HE THINKS ABOUT HIS VICTIMS EVERY DAY. TWO OF THE VICTIMS APPEARED IN COURT TODAY AND SAID THEY FORGIVE HIM. >> THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHEE RICE SAYS HE IS COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES

AS THEY INVESTIGATE A SIX-VEHICLE CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED ONE OF HIS CARS. PRISCILLA THOMPSON NOW WITH THE LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEE RICE IS RESPONDING AMID REPORTS THAT

HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING IN A STATEMENT THAT RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THE THE SITUATION RESPONSIBLY, ADDING HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX-CAR CRASH

CAUSED, POLICE SAY, BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE SPEEDING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. >> A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY AT THE 700 BLOCK OF THE EXPRESSWAY NORTHBOUND. >> Reporter: DRAMATIC DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT THE DRIVERS LOST CONTROL, ONE CAR SLAMMING INTO THE CENTRAL

MEDIAN AS THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT. KAYLA QUINN SAYS SHE AND HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT. THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOTH CARS HITTING ME, YET ME

AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR, AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND THE CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO. >> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> WHERE YOU GUYS HEADING? YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT?

>> YEAH. >> YOU GUYS JUST GONNA LEAVE IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE NFL NOT COMMENTING, BUT THE CHIEF’S PRESIDENT SAYING THIS. >> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, WE’LL GATHER THE FACTS, WE WILL REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS

INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH, AND THEY’RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THE VIDEO. LESTER? >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON, THANK YOU. >>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IRAN IS CLAIMING TONIGHT THAT AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED SOME OF ITS SENIOR

COMMANDERS AT AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. RAF SANCHEZ HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TARGETED STRIKE IN SYRIA. SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE STREET.

IRAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM ITS REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, AND IT’S BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF BOTH HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS AS FEARS GROW OF A WIDENING CONFLICT OUTSIDE GAZA WHERE TODAY ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE END

OF WHAT IT CALLED A TWO-WEEK COUNTERTERROR RAID ON AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE, AND THAT ISRAELI COMMANDOS KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND SENIOR HAMAS OPERATIVES. >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS.

BUT AS WE’VE ALSO SAID, WE DON’T WANT FIRE FIGHTS IN A HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: AT LEAST 21 PATIENTS DIED DURING THE ISRAELI SIEGE ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY, AND THEY SAID FOUND BODIES DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM, A DEDICATED SURGEON ACCORDING TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

HIS COLLEAGUES SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND. >> HE DECIDED TO STAY IN NORTHERN GAZA TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS. >> Reporter: AND ISRAEL’S MILITARY TONIGHT SAYING AN IRANIAN MADE DRONE HIT AN ISRAELI NAVAL BASE. THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES, BUT

ISRAEL CALLING IT A SERIOUS INCIDENT. >> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK YOU. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE $20 AN HOUR PAY HIKE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA. BUT WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON MEAL PRICES NEXT. >>> MORE THAN 500,000 FAST FOOD WORKERS GOT A RAISE TODAY

TO $20 AN HOUR AS A NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S MEANT TO OFFSET THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, BUT MAY ALSO MEAN YOU PAY MORE FOR YOUR BURGER. HERE’S LIZ KRUETZ GOOD SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. >> Reporter: FOR THREE YEARS ANISHA HAS WORKED AT JACK IN

THE BOX, STRUGGLING AS A SINGLE MOM TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN HIGH PRICED LOS ANGELES. >> THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING. >> Reporter: SHE’S AMONG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST FOOD WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETTING A RAISE. >> WE NEED THIS. WE NEED THIS SO BAD.

>> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTS, RESTAURANT CHAINS WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE MUST NOW PAY CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR. IT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGES IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE FIRST TIME STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE MANDATED A

MINIMUM WAGE FOR JUST ONE INDUSTRY. SUPPORTERS SAY IT’S TIME FOR THE BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS TO PAY A LIVING WAGE. BUT MANY FRANCHISE OWNERS LIKE JESSICA DEAMBRA, WHO RUNS 11 MCDONALD’S AROUND LA SAY THE LAW PUTS AN UNFAIR STRAIN ON BUSINESSES ALREADY OPERATING ON SLIM MARGINS. DO YOU FEEL TARGETED BECAUSE

IT’S SPECIFICALLY FOR FAST FOOD? >> YES, AND I DON’T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT. THEY SEE THIS BIG MCDONALD’S BRAND AND THINK WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, AND THAT’S NOT AT ALL HOW IT IS. >> Reporter: MCDONALD’S, STARBUCKS, AND OTHERS ALREADY PLANNING TO RAISE PRICES.

PIZZA HUT LAID OFF DELIVERY DRIVERS LIKE MICHAEL. >> I WAS FRUSTRATED. WE HAD OUR JOBS TAKEN FROM US. >> Reporter: HE WAS LET GO AFTER EIGHT YEARS. >> WHAT’S THE POINT OF THE RAISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE? >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THE

LAW MAY ALSO LEAD TO SHORTER HOURS AND EXPEDITE THE PUSH TO AUTOMATION, REPLACING PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY. ECONOMISTS OFTEN SAY THERE’S NO SO MUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. DOES THAT APPLY HERE? >> THAT REALLY APPLIES HERE. BUT WE FORGET SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR IT SOMEWHERE. >> Reporter: BUT FOR ANISHA,

SHE SAYS THE FEW EXTRA DOLLARS GO A LONG WAY. >> I’M PRAYING THOSE $20 WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. >> Reporter: LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS LOS ANGELES. >>> UP NEXT, COLLEGE WARNINGS OVER FINANCIAL AID CHAOS. COULD IT IMPACT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO GO TO

COLLEGE IN THE FALL? >>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE MAJOR RULING IN FLORIDA ON ABORTION RIGHTS >>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE MAJOR RULING IN FLORIDA ON ABORTION RIGHTS. FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT SAYING THE STATE’S SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS, BUT ALSO RULING VOTERS

CAN HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY BY PUTTING THE ABORTION ISSUE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. THE GROWING NATIONAL BATTLE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE SUV RAMMING A SECURITY GATE AT THE FBI’S ATLANTA FIELD OFFICE. THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. >>> THE SPRING STORMS AND

TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IS APRIL SNOW HEADED FOR NEW ENGLAND? AL ROKER IS HERE. >>> THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE RACE TO REOPEN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE AFTER THAT MASSIVE BRIDGE COLLAPSE. THE TEMPORARY FIX TO GET SHIPS IN AND OUT. >>> THE MAJOR ESCALATION IN

THE MIDDLE EAST. IRAN ACCUSING ISRAEL OF STRIKING ITS CONSULATE IN SYRIA AND KILLING TWO TOP GENERALS. >>> CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER ALEX MURDAUGH BACK IN COURT, SENTENCED TO 40 MORE YEARS FOR STEALING FROM HIS CLIENTS. WHY SOME OF HIS VICTIMS SAY THEY FORGIVE HIM.

>>> A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHEE RICE SAYS HE’S COOPERATING WITH POLICE AFTER REPORTS HIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR CRASH. AUTHORITIES ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THIS VIDEO. >>> AND HE’S YOUNG AND DRIVEN. THE GAMER TURNED NASCAR STAR WHO JUST CLAIMED HIS FIRST

MAJOR CHECKERED FLAG. NBC “NIGHTLY NEWS” WITH LESTER HOLT >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. BREAKING TONIGHT, A PAIR OF ABORTION RULINGS LATE TONIGHT BY FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT. THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY PANEL OPENING THE DOOR FOR A

BAN ON ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY, A POINT AT WHICH SOME WOMEN DON’T KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. BUT IN A SEPARATE RULING, THE COURT WILL LEAVE IT TO FLORIDA VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RESTORE ABORTION RIGHTS WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER. SENIOR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT

LAURA JARRETT STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FLORIDA’S HIGHEST COURT PAVING THE WAY FOR A STRICT ABORTION BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT WHILE ALSO SENDING THE ISSUE BACK TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER. THE CONSERVATIVE COURT FINDING THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS,

WHICH WILL NOW ALLOW FLORIDA TO BAN THE PROCEDURE AS EARLY AS SIX WEEKS INTO PREGNANCY, BEFORE MANY WOMEN KNOW THAT THEY’RE PREGNANT. THAT LAW SIGNED LAST YEAR BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, NOW SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

>> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEFEND THOSE WHO CAN’T DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: IT’S ALL LIKELY TO USHER IN A CHANGE NOT ONLY IN FLORIDA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AS THE STATE HAS SEEN A SURGE IN PATIENTS FROM SURROUNDING STATES THAT HAVE PASSED STRICTER BANS SINCE ROE

V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE COURT TODAY ALSO APPROVING KEY LANGUAGE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS AFTER ADVOCATES GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE THE ISSUE THIS NOVEMBER. >> I FEEL LIKE WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO DO.

>> I DON’T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE ABORTION AT ALL. >> Reporter: IF PASSED, IT WOULD GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BEFORE VIABILITY, WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND 24 WEEKS, OR WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PATIENT’S HEALTH. >> AND LAURA, IT’S NOT JUST FLORIDA THAT COULD HAVE

ABORTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER? >> THAT’S RIGHT, LESTER. SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATES ARE CONSIDERING BALLOT MEASURES LIKE THESE. SOME THEY’VE ALREADY SUCCEEDED, THE ADVOCATES HAVE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THEM ON THE BALLOT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT TERM LESTER, THIS

ABORTION BAN, THIS SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN WILL START IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS IN FLORIDA. >> ALL RIGHT, LAURA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> DEVELOPING TONIGHT, A DRIVER NEAR ATLANTA RAMMING HIS CAR INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI OFFICE THERE. BLAYNE ALEXANDER REPORTS HE’S IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA, WHEN AGENTS SAY A MAN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, USED IT TO TRY AND FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM A PERSON RAMMED INTO THE FBI ATLANTA’S FRONT GATE SHORTLY AFTER NOON

TODAY. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET PAST THE SECURITY CHECK POINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE VEHICLE INSIDE. BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED, AND THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT. OFFICIALS SAY HE THEN JUMPED

OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN TOWARD THE BUILDLING, BUT ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED. >> SOME OF OUR SPECIAL AGENTS WHO WERE PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES, AT THIS POINT, ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A

LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE’S BEEN EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, OFFICIALS SAY, AND NOTE IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THIS WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT, FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE

SUSPECT AND SAY NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. AND TONIGHT, OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. >> BLAYNE ALEXANDER, THANK YOU. >>> TENSOF MILLIONS IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FROM THE SAME STORM THAT CAUSED FLOODING AND HEAVY SNOW IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND.

AL IS TRACKING IT FOR US. A DANGEROUS SITUATION BREWING. >> YES, A VOLATILE SITUATION. WE HAVE 8 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER TORNADO WATCHES FROM ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY DOWN TO OKLAHOMA CITY AND JUST NORTH OF DALLAS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. AND THEN WE’VE ALSO GOT, AS

YOU CAN SEE, THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST. FLOOD WATCHES FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE. TONIGHT WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AREA RIGHT IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE WE HAVE DAMAGING HAIL, WIND GUSTS, NOCTURNAL TORNADOES. THESE ARE DEVICE AS DEADLY AS

DAYTIME TORNADOES. FORT SMITH, JOPLIN, ST. LOUIS, POPLAR BLUFF. THEN TOMORROW THE THREAT RAMPS UP TO 55 MILLION PEOPLE FROM COLUMBUS, NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. THEN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM, LESTER, WE HAVE A MAJOR SNOWSTORM, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN PARTS

OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR UP TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. >> ALL RIGHT, AL ROKER, THANK YOU. >>> SIX DAYS SINCE BALTIMORE’S KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CARGO SHIP THERE IS PROGRESS IN THE URGENT EFFORT TO REOPEN THE PORT. OFFICIALS SAYING CREWS HAVE

ALREADY OPENED A NARROW CHANNEL TO ALLOW RECOVERLY VESSELS TO ACCESS THE DISASTER SITE. AARON GILCHRIST IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN A MISSION TO GET THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN. TODAY THEY ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY CHANNEL IS NOW COMPLETE.

>> IT WILL HELP US GET MORE SUCCESS VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: OFF IF THE DISTANCE HERE, ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO GO THROUGH, A BARGE PUSHED BY A TUG BOAT. THE OPERATION IN FULL SWING

SIX DAYS AFTER THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED WHEN A CONTAINER SHIP STRUCK A PILLAR. WE KNOW CREWS WERE OUT THIS WEEKEND WITH CUTTING TORCHES SLIGHTING THE PIECES OF METAL. YOU’RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FIRST PIECES CUT AND WAITING TO BE REMOVED. THE NEW 11-FOOT DEEP TEMPORARY

SHIPPING LANE CAN WANTED TO ALLOW ONLY VESSELS ESSENTIAL TO SALVAGE OPERATIONS. MORE THAN 370 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, LOGISTICS EXPERTS, AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. THE PLAN IS TO CLEAR THE BRIDGE WRECKAGE FROM THE CHANNEL, STABILIZE THE DALI, AND THEN REFLOAT THE MASSIVE SHIP AND BRING IT BACK TO

PORT. ALL THIS EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS AT LEAST. >> WE’LL MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE’LL CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY. >> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT REMAINS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOTH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 8,000 JOBS THAT DIRECTLY DEPEND ON

THIS BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPEN. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THE SHIPPING HUB. >> IT’S TOUGH SEEING IT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: CHRIS ELLIOTT IS A LONG SHOREMAN. THE FOLKS THAT HANDLE ALL THE PRODUCTS MOVING FROM SHIP TO SHORE AT THE PORT. SINCE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE,

CHRIS HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. THE UNCERTAINTY HAS TO BE HARD THOUGH? >> YEAH, EVERY DAY YOU THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT WE’RE ALSO LEARNING THE OWNER OF THE CONTAINER SHIP PETITIONED THE COURT TO LIMIT ITS LIABILITY

FOR THIS ACCIDENT. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS TO VISIT THE WRECKAGE ON FRIDAY. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, AARON, THANK YOU. >>> IN SOUTH CAROLINA, A NEW SENTENCE FOR ALEX MURDAUGH TODAY FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL CRIMES. PRIYA, THIS COMES ON TOP OF MULTIPLE STATE SENTENCES,

INCLUDING THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND SON. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, LESTER. TODAY MURDAUGH WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON AND $8 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR STEALING MILLIONS FROM HIS FAMILY LAW FIRM’S PERSONAL INJURY CLIENTS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO

LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE HE’S ALREADY SERVING FOR KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON AND 27 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR SIMILAR FINANCIAL CRIMES. MURDAUGH APPEARED IN COURT TODAY IN AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT AND SHACKLES AND ADDRESSED THE JUDGE FOR 13 MINUTES. HE SAID HE’S REMORSEFUL AND

EMBARRASSED ABOUT WHAT HE DID, AND THAT HE THINKS THINKS ABOUT HIS VICTIMS EVERY DAY. TWO OF THE VICTIMS APPEARED IN COURT TODAY AND SAID THEY FORGIVE HIM. >> THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHEE RICE SAYS HE’S COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES AS THEY INVESTIGATE A

SIX-VEHICLE CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED ONE OF HIS CARS. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEE RICE IS RESPONDING AMID REPORTS THAT HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING IN A

STATEMENT THAT RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX-CAR CRASH CAUSED BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE SPEEDING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. DRAMATIC DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS

THE MOMENT POLICE SAY THE DRIVERS LOST CONTROL. ONE CAR SLAMMING INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN AS THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT. KAYLA QUINN SAYS SHE AND HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT.

THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOTH CARS HITTING ME, YET ME AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR, AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BYSTANDER TOOK THIS VIDEO.

>> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> WHERE YOU GUYS HEADING? YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> YOU GUYS JUST GONNA LEAVE IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE NFL NOT COMMENTING, BUT THE CHIEF’S PRESIDENT TELLING TALK RADIO THIS. >> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF

IT, WE’LL GATHER THE FACTS, WE WILL REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH, AND THEY’RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THE VIDEO. >>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IRAN IS CLAIMING THAT AN AIR STRIKE

IN SYRIA KILLED SOME OF IT SENIOR COMMANDERS AT AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. RAF SANCHEZ HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TARGETED STRIKE IN SYRIA. SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE

STREET. IRAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM ITS REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, AND IT’S BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF BOTH HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS AS FEARS GROW OF A WIDENING CONFLICT OUTSIDE GAZA WHERE

TODAY ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE END OF WHAT IT CALLED A TWO-WEEK COUNTERTERROR RAID ON AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE, AND THAT ISRAELI COMMANDOS KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND CAPTURED SENIOR HAMAS OPERATIVES. THE U.S. SAYING HAMAS IS

HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS. >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS. BUT, AS WE’VE ALSO SAID, WE DO NOT WANT FIRE FIGHTS IN A HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS AT LEAST 21 PATIENTS DIED DURING THE ISRAELI SIEGE, AND GAZA’S HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAID

THEY FOUND BODIES OF CIVILIANS DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM, A DOCTOR ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY AND PALESTINIAN MEDIA. A DEDICATED SURGEON, HIS COLLEAGUES SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND. >> HE OPTED TO STAY IN NORTHERN GAZA TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS. >> Reporter: AND ISRAEL’S

MILITARY SAYING TONIGHT AN IRANIAN MADE DRONE HIT AN ISRAELI NAVAL BASE. THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES, BUT ISRAEL CALLING IT A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT. >> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK YOU. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE $20 AN HOUR PAY HIKE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA.

BUT WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON MEAL PRICES? THAT’S NEXT. >> EVERY TIME SOMEONE GOES IN THE WATER, THEY ARE TAKING A RISK. EVERY TIME WE MOVE A PIECE OF THE STRUCTURE, THE SITUATION COULD BECOME EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. WE HAVE TO MOVE FAST, BUT WE

CANNOT BE CARELESS. >>> IN BALTIMORE, AS CREWS START CLEARING AWAY TONS AND TONS OF MANGLED STEEL AND CONCRETE, THE BATTLE OVER WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THAT BRIDGE COLLAPSE IS JUST GETTING STARTED TOO. I’M GADI SCHWARTZ, AND THIS IS STAY TUNED NOW.

>>> IT IS QUICK WORK, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SIGNS OF PROGRESS WE’VE SEEN. TONIGHT A TEMPORARY CHANNEL IS NOW UP AND RUNNING TO GIVE SALVAGE BOATS ACCESS TO THE WRECKAGE SITE TO HELP WITH CLEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS, AND A 200-TON SPAN OF THE BRIDGE

HAS ALREADY BEEN REMOVED. THAT’S JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF THE UP TO 4,000 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT CAME CRASHING DOWN. THAT’S SOMETHING LIKE 8 MILLION-POUNDS. CREWS ARE USING CUTTING TORCHES TO SLICE STEEL BEAMS INTO PIECES TO BE CARRIED AWAY, AND THIS IS BEFORE THEY

TAKE ON THE TASK OF MOVING THAT MASSIVE DALI CARGO SHIP THAT BROUGHT THE BRIDGE DOWN NEARLY A WEEK AGO KILLING SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, FOUR WHOSE BODIES ARE STILL MISSING. AND THIS COMES AS WE ARE LEARNING THE OWNER AND THE MANAGER OF THE CARGO SHIP FILED A PETITION IN FEDERAL

COURT EARLIER TODAY LOOKING TO AVOID LIABILITY FOR THE COLLAPSE. NBC NEWS’ AARON GILCHRIST IS JOINING US NOW. THE FOUR BODIES STILL HAVEN’T BEEN RECOVERED, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OUT THERE? >> Reporter: THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT, GADI. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THEY’VE

NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT RECOVERY DIVERS IN THE WATER SINCE THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATER MAKE THIS REALLY TOO DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO SEE MUCH FARTHER THAN A FOOT OR TWO IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES. LARGELY THAT IS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DEBRIS FROM THE BRIDGE

COLLAPSE THAT IS STILL IN THE WATER. OF COURSE, AS THEY WORK TO BREAK UP THE BRIDGE INTO SMALLER PIECES THAT THEY CAN THEN USE CRANES TO LIFT AND THEN BARGES TO GET OUT OF THE AREA, THEY’LL BE ABLE TO CLEAR MORE OF THAT WATER AND

EVENTUALLY PUT DIVERS IN TO RECOVER THE BODIES. THESE FAMILIES ARE WAITING FOR SOME CLOSURE IN THIS INCIDENT, AND SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MISSION HERE, GADI. >> AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS PETITION FILED TODAY BY THE OWNER AND MANAGER

OF THE CARGO SHIP. IS THIS A PROCEDURAL FORMALITY? DOES THIS THING NORMALLY HAPPEN WHEN YOU SEE A DISASTER LIKE THIS? ARE THEY SAYING WHY THEY THINK THEY SHOULDN’T BE HELD LIABLE? >> Reporter: I DON’T THINK IT’S WILDLY UNUSUAL THE OWNER OF THE SHIP WOULD MAKE A MOVE LIKE THIS.

WHAT THEY’VE DONE IS GONE TO THE COURT AND SAID THEY WANT TO LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY FROM THE ACCIDENT HERE. THEY’RE SAYING IN THEIR FILING THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE, OR THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUES WITH THE SHIP THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN.

SO IN DOING THAT THEY’RE SAYING THEY WANT TO LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY TO PRETTY MUCH THE VALUE OF THE SHIP AND THE CONTENTS OF THE SHIP, WHICH WOULD KEEP PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE DIED HERE. SO THEIR FAMILIES MIGHT BE

INCLINED TO SUE. THIS IS THEIR EFFORT TO SAY THAT THEY DON’T BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULD BE SUED OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE VALUE OF THE SHIP AND THE ITEMS ON THE SHIP TO BE AT THIS POINT.

>> WE’LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON HOW THAT PROGRESSES. MEANWHILE, PORT WORKERS ARE GETTING HIT REALLY HARD BY ALL THIS. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON WORK OVER AT THE PORT? >> Reporter: YEAH, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AROUND 8,000 DOCK WORKERS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK. THE MAJORITY ARE NOT ABLE TO

WORK NOW BECAUSE THE PART OF BALTIMORE IS CLOSED. THIS IS HAVING A REALLY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THESE WORKERS BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY RELY ON THIS WORK TO PAY THEM AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM ONE

DOCK WORKER WE SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HIS CONCERNS AS HE’S PLAYING THIS WAITING GAME. LISTEN. >> EVERY DAY YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY. BUT DEEP DOWN, UM, I BELIEVE

IN THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THE PORT, AND I BELIEVE WE’RE GOING TO BE OKAY. >> Reporter: SO CHRIS HAS SOME DEGREE OF HOPE AND FAITH THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS THAT WILL WORK ITSELF OUT IN TERMS OF THEM BEING ABLE TO

GET BACK TO SOME SORT OF WORK AND HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT INCOME WILL LOOK LIKE. HE BELIEVES THAT WILL HAPPEN FAIRLY SOON, IN MAYBE THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OPENED A RESOURCE CENTER HERE IN BALTIMORE TODAY, ACTUALLY,

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A WAY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO GO, FIGURE OUT WHAT INFORMATION THEY NEED TO GATHER TOGETHER TO APPLY FOR LOW INTEREST LOANS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE UP TO $2 MILLION FOR THESE BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE OF THE PORT AND BY

THE INABILITY TO ACCESS THAT AREA. SO THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES RUNNING, KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES PAID UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME RESOLUTION ON CLEARING THIS WATERWAY. GADI? >> SO MANY PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THIS DISASTER. AARON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> AND CONVICTED KILLER ALEX MURDAUGH, WHO’S ALREADY IN PRISON FOR LIFE, WAS SENTENCED TO 40 MORE YEARS IN PRISON TODAY. THIS TIME FOR STEALING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM HIS LEGAL CLIENTS. MURDAUGH IS SERVING TWO CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES FOR THE MURDERS OF HIS WIFE AND

ONE OF HIS SONS, AND HERE’S WHAT A LAWYER FOR ONE OF HIS VICTIMS HAD TO SAY. >> THERE’S A STAGGERING HUMAN TOLL ATTACHED TO EVERY SINGLE CENT. THIS IS BLOOD MONEY. PEOPLE BLED, PEOPLE DIED, PEOPLE HAD FUNERALS TO GET COMPENSATED, AND ALEX TOOK IT

AND PREYED ON THEM. >> Reporter: TODAY ALEX MURDAUGH APPEARED IN THIS FEDERAL COURTHOUSE WHERE A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO 40 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES INCLUDING MONEY LAUNDERING, WIRE FRAUD, AND BANK FRAUD. PROSECUTORS SAY HE STOLE $12 MILLION FROM HIS FAMILY

LAW FIRM’S PERSONAL INJURY CLIENTS. THEY ALSO SAY THAT 6 MILLION OF THE $12 MILLION IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. MURDAUGH APPEARED IN THE COURTROOM TODAY IN AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT AND SHACKLES. HE ADDRESSED THE JUDGE IN A 13 MINUTE TESTIMONY. HE GOT EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL AND SAID THAT HE’S REMORSEFUL,

HE’S EMBARRASSED, AND THAT HE THINKS ABOUT HIS VICTIMS EVERY DAY. TWO OF THE VICTIMS ALSO SPOKE TO THE JUDGE AND SAID THAT THEY’RE PRAYING FOR MURDAUGH AND THAT THEY FORGIVE HIM. NOW, THIS ALL COMES AS MURDAUGH IS SERVING TWO CONCURRENT LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE FOR KILLING HIS

WIFE MAGGIE AND HIS SON. IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, NBC NEWS. >>> DON’T GO ANYWHERE, WE’VE GOT MORE NEWS AHEAD JUST COMING UP. UP NEXT IS A HUGE RULING FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT ON ABORTION. WE’VE GOT THOSE DETAILS. PLUS, A WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS IS

CONNECTED TO A CRASH INVOLVING A LAMBO AND A CORVETTE. WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW TONIGHT. >>> AND THERE’S A BIG CHANGE COMING TO HOSPITALS, AND IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH CONSENT ON WHAT EXACTLY CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU GO UNDER. WE’LL EXPLAIN.

THAT’S ALL JUST AHEAD, SO STAY TUNED. >>> WELCOME BACK, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER HEADLINES WE’RE WATCHING TONIGHT. TODAY THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULED TO UPHOLD A 15-WEEK BAN ON ABORTION IN THE STATE WHICH OPENS THE DOOR FOR A SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN THAT

GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNED LAST YEAR. THE SIX-WEEK BAN TAKES EFFECT IN 30 DAYS, BUT VOTERS WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE THE FINAL SAY AS AN AMENDMENT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. >>> AND AT&T SAYS PERSONAL DATA FROM MILLIONS OF CURRENT AND FORMER CUSTOMERS WERE

FOUND ON THE DARK WEB. THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, PASS CODES, AND PHONE NUMBERS WERE LEAKED. AT&T HAS ALREADY STARTED REACHING OUT TO IMPACTED CUSTOMERS OFFERING CREDIT MONITORING SERVICES. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. >>> AND IN AN INTERVIEW ON MEET THE PRESS OVER THE WEEKEND, REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR

DON BACON WARNED THAT HIS COLLEAGUE MIKE JOHNSON COULD LOSE HIS SPEAKERSHIP. >> DO YOU THINK HE COULD LOSE HIS SPEAKERSHIP OVER THIS, CONGRESSMAN? >> IT’S, IT’S POSSIBLE. I’M NOT GOING TO DENY IT. WE HAVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT TEAM, THEY’RE NOT TEAM PLAYERS.

THEY’D RATHER ENJOY THE LIMELIGHT, THE SOCIAL MEDIA. IT’S A VERY NARROW MAJORITY, AND ONE OR TWO PEOPLE COULD MAKE IT THE MINORITY. >> BACON SAID JOHNSON COULD FACE A VOTE TO OUST HIM AS SPEAKER AS HE MOVES THE PASS UKRAINE AID IN THE HOUSE,

SOMETHING JOHNSON PROMISED TO TURN HIS ATTENTION TO WHEN THE HOUSE RETURNS FROM RECESS NEXT WEEK. >>> AND A MAN IS ACCUSED OF RAMMING HIS CAR INTO A GATE AT THATLANTA FBI OFFICE. HE TRIED TO FOLLOW AN EMPLOYEE CAR INTO THE GATE, THEN RAMMED INTO THE BARRIER ONCE IT

CLOSED. NO ONE IS HURT, AND OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. >>> AND FORMER NFL CORNER BACK VONTAE DAVIS WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS GRANDMOTHER’S FLORIDA MANSION TODAY. DETAILS WERE NOT RELEASED, BUT POLICE SUGGEST FOUL PLAY WAS NOT INVOLVED. HE WAS 35 YEARS OLD.

>>> AND TONIGHT A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHEE RICE SAYS HE’S COOPERATING WITH POLICE AS THEY INVESTIGATE A SIX-CAR CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY HAVE INVOLVED ONE OF HIS CARS. THE WILD WRECK WAS CAUGHT ON DASH CAM VIDEO OVER THE WEEKEND, AND PRISCILLA THOMPSON HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEE RICE IS RESPONDING AMID REPORTS THAT HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING IN A STATEMENT THAT RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THE

SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX-CAR CRASH CAUSED, POLICE SAY, BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE SPEEDING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY. >> MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY AT THE 700 BLOCK OF THE EXPRESS WAY NORTHBOUND. >> Reporter: DRAMATIC DASH CAM

VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT THE DRIVERS LOST CAR. ONE CAR SLAMS INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN AS THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT. KAYLA QUINN SAYS SHE AND HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT.

THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOTH CARS HITTING ME, YET ME AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR, AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO.

>> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> EAH. >> WHERE YOU GUYS HEADING? YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> YOU GUYS JUST GONNA LEAVE IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE NFL NOT COMMENTING, BUT THE CHIEF’S PRESIDENT SAYING THIS. >> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF

IT, WE’LL GATHER THE FACTS, AND WE’LL REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: THE DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH, AND THEY’RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THAT VIDEO. GADI? >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> NOW MEDICAL SCHOOL

STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GETTING NEW GUIDELINES FOR EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO WHILE A PATIENT IS PUT TO SLEEP FOR A MEDICAL PROCEDURE LIKE A PROSTATE OR PELVIC EXAM YOU NEVER ASKED FOR. AND IF YOU’RE LIKE WAIT, WHAT, WHY WOULD SOMEONE GET AN

UNEXPECTED EXAM LIKE THAT WHILE UNDER ANESTHESIA, WELL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. A 2022 STUDY FOUND THAT AS MANY AS 3.5 MILLION AMERICANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXAMINED WITHOUT CONSENT WITH THE STUDY CALLING THE FINDINGS A QUOTE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. NOW FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE SENDING OUT LETTERS TO TEACHING HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL

SCHOOLS WITH STRICT GUIDELINES SAYING WHEN CONSENT IS NEEDED FROM PATIENTS TO PERFORM THOSE KINDS OF PROCEDURES. NBC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. GUPTA IS HERE TO BREAK THIS DOWN. THIS WHOLE THING SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE EYEBROW RAISING, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU’D THINK A DOCTOR WOULD NEED CONSENT TO

DO A PROSTATE EXAM. WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? >> YEAH, GADI, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS DISTURBING, AND FRANKLY THIS SHOULDN’T BE HAPPENING. THE FACT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING GOES TO SHOW HOW NON-STANDARDIZED BASIC PATIENT CARE AND PATIENT RIGHTS IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THINGS YOU WOULD THINK OTHER

PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS WOULDN’T NEED TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO, EVEN IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL, WE ARE NOW HAVING TO NAVIGATE THIS AND PROVIDE STANDARDIZATION AND FRANKLY A PRETTY STRONG WRIST SLAP WITH SERIOUS PENALTIES IF THIS IS NOT FOLLOWED. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE

HAPPENED, POINT BLANK, THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. I’M AN ICU DOCTOR, GADI. EVERYTHING I DO WHEN TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE THAT’S CRITICALLY ILL MUST BE CONTENTED FOR EITHER BY THE PATIENT OR BY A LOVED ONE. >> AND DOCTOR, BACK IN 2020, THE NEW YORK TIMES FOUND HOSPITALS, DOCTORS, AND EVEN

DOCTORS IN TRAINING WERE CONDUCTING PELVIC EXAMS ON WOMEN WHILE THEY WERE UNDER. IS THIS IN RESPONSE TO THAT, AND LIKE, HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? IS THIS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF HEY, YOU’RE A STUDENT, YOU HAVEN’T DONE ONE OF THOSE BEFORE, GO AHEAD, OR

IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON? I’M TRYING TO IMAGINE WHAT, WHY THIS WOULD ALL COME ABOUT. >> NO, YOU KNOW, I SHARE YOUR CONFUSION BECAUSE THIS DIDN’T HAPPEN IN ANY OF MY TRAININGS SETTINGS THAT I’VE BEEN A PART OF. SO THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

IT’S CONFUSING TO ME AS WELL. BUT THE WAY THIS PROBABLY HAPPENED IS PATIENTS, GADI, HAVE TO NAVIGATE A COMPLEX CONSENT FORM BEFORE THEY GO INTO SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA. THEY MAY NOT READ EVERYTHING. A LOT OF THIS PAPERWORK IS REALLY CONFUSING.

SO WHEN THEY SIGN ON THE DOTTING LINE, THEY’RE SIGNING TO BASICALLY A BLANK CHECK TO DO RELEVANT PROCEDURES. THAT’S THE OPERATIVE WORLD HERE, RELEVANT. WHY ARE WE, IN THESE SELECT CASES IN 2020 THAT’S SHOWN LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES IRRELEVANT THINGS

ARE BEING DONE THAT HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING DONE AND NEED TO HAVE CONSENT PRIOR TO THEM BEING DONE, EITHER FROM THE PATIENT OR LOVED ONE. THE FACT THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE POLICED IS THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. MOST PLACES I’VE BEEN A PART

OF HAVE ETHICS, UNDERSTAND INFORMED CONSENT, YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. >> DR. GUPTA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BREAKING THAT DOWN FOR US. >>> AND IN INDIANAPOLIS, POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS AFTER A MASS SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF A MALL THAT LEFT AT

LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HURT SATURDAY NIGHT. ALL THE VICTIMS WERE UNDER 17 YEARS OLD. MAURA BARRETT HAS THE LATEST FROM CHICAGO. >> Reporter: GADI, POLICE SAY THIS STILL IS VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. WE’RE LEARNING WITHIN THE LAST FEW HOURS THAT THEY SAY THIS

WHOLE SHOOTING WAS NOT RANDOM. THEY SAID THAT THE GROUP, THE CHILDREN, FRANKLY BECAUSE THESE ARE VICTIMS RANGING FROM 12 TO 17 YEARS OLD, CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS HAD PLANNED TO TAKE THEIR BEEF DOWNTOWN. SO THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION THAT RESULTED IN GUNFIRE, THOUGH POLICE ARE STILL

LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND SUSPECTS. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY TOOK IN TWO JUVENILES, THEY DETAINED TWO JUVENILE INDIVIDUALS FOR RESISTING POLICE, THEY WOULDN’T CONFIRM TO ME WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DIRECTLY. POLICE SAY THEY’RE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND VIDEO, THEY’RE FOLLOWING MANY

DIFFERENT LEADS, BUT STILL VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. THERE’S ALSO BEEN QUESTIONS SWIRLING ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY, IF ANY, OF THE PARENTS. BECAUSE THERE’S A CITY LAW THAT SAYS PEOPLE UNDER 15 YEARS OLD CANNOT BE OUT UNSUPERVISED AT A LATE HOUR LIKE THAT. SO THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF

FRUSTRATION FROM POLICE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR WHEREWITHAL OF THE PARENTS IN ALL THIS. LET’S HEAR A LITTLE MORE FROM POLICE. >> ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE A SITUATION IN WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE ARE RESOLVING CONFLICT WITH FIREARMS. THIS HAS AT THAT STOP.

THIS WAS 11:35 AT NIGHT, THE EVENING RIGHT BEFORE EASTER. SO IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOUR 12-YEAR-OLD IS, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR YOU. >> Reporter: AND THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE PARENTS WAS INTERESTING FOR ME TO SEE, AND SOMETHING I HAVEN’T SEEN IN COVERING MASS SHOOTINGS

BEFORE QUITE FRANKLY. OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE MINORS, AND IT WAS VERY LATE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER 11:00 P.M. OR SO. BUT THERE IS A QUESTION OF WHERE THESE CHILDREN ARE GETTING ACCESS TO FIREARMS OR BEING AROUND FIREARMS, AND JUST BROADER ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN GENERAL.

SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE FOCUS ON THE PARENTAL SUPERVISION ASPECT. THE MAYOR PUT OUT A SIMILAR STATEMENT, BUT HE DID TALK ABOUT NEW INITIATIVES FROM THE CITY TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE IN GENERAL INVOLVING YOUTH. THEY’LL BE INVESTING $150 MILLION INTO THE THE CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGY.

COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO SUGGESTED ENACTING A CURFEW TO CURB THE STRING OF VIOLENCE IN RECENT YEARS. >> MAURA BARRETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> COMING UP, REMEMBER THAT MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS MAKING U.S. DIPLOMATS SICK? WELL NOW HAVANA SYNDROME MIGHT BE LINKED TO RUSSIA. WE’LL EXPLAIN.

>>> BUT YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS. I SEEM TO BE LOSING MY VOICE HERE, AND I’M VERY HOARSE, AND THESE COPS RIGHT HERE, THEY’RE NOT HORSING AROUND. OFFICERS CHASED A SHOPLIFTER ON HORSEBACK IN NEW MEXICO. THAT MAN TRIED TO OUTRUN THOSE TRUSTY STEEDS, BUT SORRY, HORSES ARE TOO FAST.

HE EVENTUALLY FOUND HIMSELF SURROUNDED, HE HAD TO PONY UP WHAT HE STOLE, AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH STEALING OVER 200 BUCKS OF MERCHANDISE FROM A WALGREENS. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE’D BE CAUGHT BY AN ANIMAL. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> WELCOME BACK. THE MYSTERIOUS HAVANA SYNDROME

CONTINUES THE BAFFLE INVESTIGATORS, BUT NOW A NEW REPORT POINTS TO RUSSIAN SPIES. THAT STORY IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST LET’S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE WORLD. >>> GERMANY SOCCER FANS ARE BANNED FROM PUTTING THE NUMBER HAD 44 ON ITS NATIONAL JERSEY DUE TO ITS APPARENT

RESEMBLANCE TO THE NAZI SS SYMBOL USED DURING WORLD WAR II. ADIDAS PUT THE BAN IN PLACE AFTER A GERMAN HISTORIAN POINTED OUT THE SIMILARITIES. THE COMPANY IS ALSO WORKING ON AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN FOR THE NUMBER 4. >>> ALSO AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT GERMANY BECAME THE

BIGGEST EU COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE SMALL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA. ADULTS CAN NOW CARRY UP TO AN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA AND KEEP TWICE THAT AMOUNT AT HOME AND ALSO GROW UP TO THREE PLANTS FOR PERSONAL USE. >>> A 500-YEAR-OLD CHURCH IN ENGLAND GETS OVER 400 SOLAR PANELS.

WE’RE TALKING ABOUT KING’S COLLEGE CHAPEL IN CAMBRIDGE. WHILE ENVIRONMENTALISTS LOVE THE IDEA OF RETROFITTING THE BUILDING, SOME CRITICS SAY IT’S VIRTUE SIGNALING. >>> AND POPE FRANCIS PREACHED PEACE FOR ISRAEL AND GAZA AND HE ASKED ONCE FOR MORE A CEASEFIRE. HE ALSO CALLED FOR AN ALL OUT

END TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. >>> AND AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA HIT PART OF THE IRANIAN CONSULATE KILLING AT LEAST TWO SENIOR MEMBERS OF IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. ISRAEL’S MILITARY DOESN’T USUALLY CONFIRM STRIKES IN SYRIA, AND DECLINED TO COMMENT, BUT HAVE DONE SO

THROUGHOUT THE NEARLY SEVEN MONTH WAR WITH HAMAS. MEANWHILE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS OF ISRAEL TO PROTEST AGAINST NETANYAHU, AND IT COMES AFTER A TWO-WEEK RAID ON AL SHIFA HOSPITAL. ISRAEL SAYS THEY KILLED HUNDREDS OF HAMAS FIGHTERS

WHILE THE DEATH TOLL IS OVER 35,000 PALESTINIANS. >> Reporter: NEW FEARS TONIGHT ABOUT AN ESCALATING REGIONAL WAR INVOLVING IRAN AFTER SYRIA AND IRAN ACCUSED ISRAEL OF STRIKING INSIDE THE THE SERIAL CAPITAL OF DAMASCUS AND HITTING AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING AT THE EMBASSY THERE. THEY SAY TWO SENIOR COMMANDERS

OF IRAN’S ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS WERE KILLED IN WHAT IT SAYS WAS A STRIKE BY ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS AND SIX MISSILES. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING ON THAT, BUT THAT’S TYPICAL. THEY DON’T TEND TO COMMENT ON STRIKES INSIDE SYRIA. BUT IT’S THE LATEST EPISODE IN THE SHADOW WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL

AND IRAN PLAYING OUT FOR MONTHS IF NOT YEARS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BRING IRAN AND ISRAEL ULTIMATELY INTO A DIRECT MILITARY CONFLICT. THAT DEVELOPMENT COMING AS THE U.S. AND ISRAEL HAVE BEEN HOLDING A VIRTUAL MEETING TODAY ABOUT ISRAEL’S LOOMING INVASION OF THE CITY OF RAFAH

IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP WHERE MORE THAN A MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE SHELTERING. THE U.S. TRYING TO CONVINCE ISRAEL TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO A FULL SCALE INVASION OF RAFAH BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. AFTER THAT VIRTUAL MEETING, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAID THAT

IT WAS PRODUCTIVE AND THEY’D FOLLOW UP POTENTIALLY WITH AN IN PERSON MEETING AS SOON AS WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT RAFAH HAVE REALLY GROWN DEEPER AS A RESULT OF ISRAEL’S LATEST SIEGE OF THE AL SHIFA HOSPITAL. A TWO-WEEK RAID OF THAT

HOSPITAL IN GAZA, THE LARGEST HOSPITAL IN THE STRIP WHERE ISRAEL SAYS IT WAS ABLE TO KILL HUNDREDS OF HAMAS COMMANDERS WITHOUT CIVILIAN DEATHS. BUT OFFICIALS IN THE GAZA STRIP SAY THAT ISRAEL LEFT BEHIND A SEA OF CORPSES. MANY OF THEM BADLY DECOMPOSING. THEY SAY CHILDREN AND

CIVILIANS AND ELDERLY WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED THERE. IT IS A HOSPITAL THAT ISRAEL HAD CLEARED OF HAMAS LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER, BUT APPARENTLY HAMAS WAS ABLE TO REGROUP THERE. ISRAEL NOW FACING MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT IS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY KEEP HAMAS FROM RETURNING TO THE

PARTS OF THE GAZA STRIP WHERE IT’S ALREADY GOTTEN RID OF HAMAS. >> JOSH LEDERMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> AND WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS POSTED A $175 MILLION BOND IN HIS NEW YORK CIVIL FRAUD CASE. NOW, TRUMP SEEMS TO HAVE

SECURED THE BOND THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA-BASED COMPANY KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE. NOW, A COURT FILING SAYS TRUMP POSTED THIS BOND TO AVOID ASSET SEIZURE WHILE APPEALING CIVIL FRAUD PENALTIES. THIS COMES ONE WEEK AFTER A PANEL REDUCED TRUMP’S BOND AND GRANTED HIM A TEN-DAY STAY IN

THE INITIAL $464 MILLION BOND AND JUDGMENT. NOW, RUSSIA IS ONCE AGAIN DENYING HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT MYSTERIOUS NEUROLOGICAL ILLNESS KNOWN AS HAVANA SYNDROME IMPACTING U.S. OFFICIALS AND DIPLOMATS AROUND THE WOULD RECALL. THIS COMES AFTER A JOINT FIVE-YEAR INVESTIGATION BY CBS’S 60 MINUTES, A GERMAN

NEWSPAPER, AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA OUTSIDE THE INSIDER THAT DIRECTLY LINKED THE ILLNESS TO A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT. THAT LENGTHY INVESTIGATION CONTRADICTS U.S. REPORTS, WHICH DOES NOT BLAME ANY FOREIGN ADVERSARY. NBC NEWS JUSTICE AND INTELLIGENCE CORRESPONDENT KEN DILANIAN HAS NEW REPORTING TONIGHT. >> Reporter: THEY’VE UNEARTHED INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT MEMBERS OF AN

ELITE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND WHERE U.S. PERSONNEL SUFFERED SYMPTOMS OF HAVANA SYNDROME. THEY ALSO FOUND DOCUMENTS SUGGESTING THE SAME OPERATIVES MAY HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING ACOUSTIC WEAPONS. THEY SUGGEST A LINK BETWEEN THE SPIES AND HAVANA SYNDROME SYMPTOMS.

A FORMER U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL BELIEVES HAVANA SYNDROME IS THE RESULT OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS BUT HE COULDN’T DISCUSS THE DETAILS. IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT NONE OF THE REPORTING FOUND ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF A WEAPON OR OF RUSSIANS ATTACKING AMERICANS. TWO U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TOLD ME THE CIA AND

FIVE OTHER AGENCIES STAND BY THEIR ASSESSMENT FROM LAST YEAR THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SECRET WEAPON WIELDED BY RUSSIA OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARY IN THESE MATTERS. THEY SAY THAT MAST, IF NOT ALL OF WHAT WAS REPORTED LAST NIGHT HAD ALREADY BEEN EXAMINED AS PART OF ONE OF THE

BIGGEST INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY. AN INVESTIGATION THAT ALL BUT RULED OUT THE ATTACK THEORY. OFFICIALS SAY IF RUSSIA HAD A SECRET MICROWAVE OR ACOUSTIC WEAPON USED TO ATTACK AMERICANS, THEY BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF THAT FROM YEARS OF INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION, HACKED DOCUMENTS, AND COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTS.

BUT THEY FOUND NONE. U.S. OFFICIALS ARE NOT SAYING THIS IS MADE UP. THE SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY THE PEOPLE ARE HEARTBREAKING AND VERY REAL. BUT THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THEY WERE LIKELY CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH FACTORS. IN A STUDY BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH PUBLISHED LAST MONTH FOUND THAT HAVANA

SYNDROME VICTIMS SHOWED NO SIGNS OF BRAIN INJURY, CONTRADICTING PREVIOUS STUDIES. IT’S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING, GADI, THAT SINCE THE INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT WAS PUBLISHED LAST YEAR, OFFICIALS SAY REPORTS OF SYMPTOMS HAVE PLUMMETED. >> FASCINATING. KEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> NOW IT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A

ROYAL EASTER OVER IN THE UK WITH KING CHARLES FINALLY MAKING A PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT THIS YEAR’S EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE. THIS WAS HIS FIRST PUBLIC AEXPERIENCE SINCE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BACK IN FEBRUARY. MISSING FROM ACTION THOUGH WERE WILLIAM, KATE, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN.

THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE PRINCESS OF WALES ANNOUNCED HER OWN CANCER DIAGNOSIS. KELLY COBIELLA HAS MORE. >> Reporter: MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FOR KING CHARLES AND PRINCESS KATE FROM HOLIDAY CROWDS IN WINDSOR. A SMILING KING CHARLES SURPRISED WELL WISHERS, SHAKING HANDS AFTER SUNDAY’S EASTER CHURCH SERVICE. IT’S THE 75-YEAR-OLD MONARCH’S

FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE THE PALACE ANNOUNCED HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR CANCER IN FEBRUARY. HEADLINES DECLARING IT A SHOW OF STRENGTH AND A SIGN HE’S GETTING BETTER. >> THE PALACE SAYING IT’S A POSITIVE SIGN WE SAW HIM, ENCOURAGING THAT HE WAS MIXING WITH THE CROWDS.

HOWEVER, WE HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE PRINCESS OF WALES. WE SHOULDN’T READ TOO MUCH INTO THAT. SHE SAID IN HER PUBLIC STATEMENT SHE NEEDS TO CONCENTRATE ON REST RECOVERY WITH HER ONGOING CANCER TREATMENTS. >> Reporter: THE TRADITIONAL EASTER WALK TO CHURCH SCALED BACK THIS YEAR.

THE KING AND QUEEN AND THE KING’S SIBLINGS AND THEIR PARTNERS SMILING FOR THE CROWDS. INCLUDING SARAH FERGUSON, DIAGNOSED WITH SKIN CANCER EARLIER THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE’S YOUNGEST SON MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT EASTER SERVICES. BUT THIS YEAR, THE YOUNG FAMILY STAYED AWAY, SPENDING

THE WEEKEND TOGETHER PRIVATELY AFTER KATE’S CANCER ANNOUNCEMENT. >> THIS OF COURSE CAME AS A HUGE SHOCK, AND WILLIAM AND I HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROCESS AND MANAGE THIS PRIVATELY FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR YOUNG FAMILY. >> Reporter: HER LAST PUBLIC

APPEARANCE WAS CHRISTMAS OF LAST YEAR. THE PRINCESS OF WALES SAID THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY TOUGH FOR HER ENTIRE FAMILY. >> WE HOPE THAT YOU’LL UNDERSTAND THAT AS A FAMILY, WE NOW NEED TIME, SPACE, AND PRIVACY WHILE I COMPLETE MY TREATMENT. >> Reporter: THE PRINCESS IS

SPENDING TIME PRIVATELY WITH HER FAMILY AS THEIR KIDS ARE ON SCHOOL BREAK. THE PALACE SAID IN TERMS OF THE KING THAT YESTERDAY’S APPEARANCE WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING SIGN ON HOW HIS TREATMENT WAS PROGRESSING MOVING TOWARDS SUMMER. >> KELLY COBIELLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> STILL TO COME, CHAD DAYBELL’S TRIAL IS FINALLY UNDERWAY. HE’S CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK, SO STAY TUNED. >>> WELCOME BACK. HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES

HAPPENING OUT WEST WE’RE FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW. A 40-MILE STRETCH OF CALIFORNIA’S HIGHWAY 1 IS STILL SHUT DOWN AFTER PART OF IT COLLAPSED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN DURING THAT MAJOR STORM IN BIG SUR THIS PAST WEEKEND. CLOSE TO 2,000 DRIVERS WERE STRANDED OVERNIGHT.

A LOT OF THEM FORCED TO SLEEP IN THEIR CARS OR TEMPORARY HOTELS TURNED INTO SHELTERS. YESTERDAY EMERGENCY CREWS ESCORTED DRIVERS OUT AFTER MAKING SURE THE LANES WERE STABLE. >>> A VIDEO HERE SHOWS A MAN HANGING ONTO THE SIDE OF A CLIFF LAST NIGHT WHILE BEING RESCUED.

HE ELL 50 TO 60 FEET DOWN FROM A TRAIL IN THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO. RESCUE WORKERS WERE ABLE TO PULL HIM TO SAFETY WITH HELP OF THE THERMAL CAMERA IMAGING SYSTEM. >>> AND TO ALL YOU IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TUNED IN TONIGHT,

BE SURE TO LOOK UP AROUND 7:30 PACIFIC TIME, FINGERS CROSSED SPACEX IS GOING TO TRY AND LAUNCH ANOTHER FALCON 9 ROCKET AFTER POSTPONING LAST WEEK DUE TO WEATHER. SKY WATCHERS AS FAR AS SONOMA, RENO, SOUTH CALIFORNIA, UTAH, AND MEXICO MAY BE ABLE TO SEE

THAT ROCKET AS IT HEADS TO SPACE. >>> OVER IN BOISE, IDAHO, THE TRIAL OF CHAD DAYBELL STARTED TODAY, AND THIS IS ACT TWO OF THE HORRIBLE CASE WHERE THIS COUPLE, DAYBELL AND HIS WIFE LORI VALLOW ALLEGEDLY KILLED VALLOW’S TWO CHILDREN, JOSH AND TYLEE. THE COUPLE CLAIMED THEY COULD

TELL IF SOMEONE WAS POSSESSED BY DARK SPIRITS THAT WOULD TURN THEM INTO ZOMBIES, AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THE SPIRITS WAS TO KILL A PERSON. VALLOW WAS ALREADY FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE LAST YEAR, BUT DAYBELL’S CASE IS

JUST IS THAT RIGHTING. HE’S BEING CHARGED WITH NOT JUST KILLING THE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO HIS FIRST WIFE. IF CONVICTED, HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. DANA GRIFFIN IS HERE TO BREAK THIS DOWN. DAYBELL AND VALLOW WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TRIED TOGETHER, RIGHT? WHAT HAPPENED?

>> SO ESSENTIALLY THE DEFENSE FOR CHAD DAYBELL SAID HE WANT TO DO IT SEPARATELY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT GIVES HIM A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING THE CASE. IN LORI’S CASE, IT CENTERED AROUND MONEY, POWER, SEX, ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTORS. EVEN HER DEFENSE SAID THAT

PEOPLE DIDN’T START DYING UNTIL SHE STARTED, OR MET AND STARTED HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH DAYBELL. SO IT’S LIKELY THAT FOR THIS CASE, THEY CAN NOW PIN THIS ON HER NOW THAT SHE’S BEEN CONVICTED OF KILLING HER OWN TWO KIDS. HE CAN SAY IT WAS HER, NOT ME.

NOT TO SAY THAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT IT’S LIKELY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, BUT THEY WANT TO BE TRIED SEPARATELY TO GIVE A CHANCE OF NOT BEING CONVICTED IN THE CASE, BUT LO ARE, I WAS. >> SHE WAS CONVICTED IN THE CASE, BUT NO DEATH PENALTY

THERE, BUT IN THIS CASE, CHAD IS LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A DEATH PENALTY, RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> WHY? >> ESSENTIALLY IT’S BASED ON A TECHNICALITY. IT’S CALLED LATE DISCLOSURE OF DISCOVERY. BEFORE LORI’S TRIAL STARTED, THE DEFENSE SAID HEY, WE DIDN’T GET ALL OF THE

DOCUMENTS, ALL OF THE EVIDENCE UNTIL PAST THE DEADLINE, AND IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH. AND THAT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY NOT ALLOWED THEM TO GO THROUGH AND PREPARE A CASE. AND THE JUDGE AGREED. HE SAID HEY, I’VE GOT TO ADDRESS THE LATE DISCLOSURE

ISSUE OR THE CASE IS IN JEOPARDY OF BEING REVERSED IF THEY TRY TO APPEAL LATER. SO THEY KIND OF CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WE’LL TAKE THE DEATH PENALTY OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE THE PROSECUTION GAVE YOU ALL OF THIS DISCOVERY TOO

LATE, AND THAT WAS KIND OF HOW THEY DECIDED. SO TECHNICALITY, SHE’S NOT FACING THE DEATH PENALTY, BUT CHAD DAYBELL IS. >> A TECHNICALITY THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POSSIBLY LIFE AND DEATH IS WILD. >> EXACTLY. >> NOW, I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT

THIS GAG ORDER THAT THE JUDGE HAS ISSUED IN THIS CASE. WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? >> SO THE JUDGE ISSUED THAT BECAUSE LAST WEEK DAYBELL’S ATTORNEY GAVE A LOCAL MEDIA STATION AN INTERVIEW. AND THIS IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH JURY SELECTION.

THIS IS A CASE THAT REACHED INTERNATIONAL OR GOT INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE, SO IN THIS TOWN OF, YOU KNOW, BOISE, IDAHO, THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND IMPARTIAL JURORS. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY SAY LOOK, NO MORE TALKING UNTIL AFTER OPENING STATEMENTS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE

WE CAN GET THROUGH JURORS. THE JURORS WERE GIVEN QUESTIONNAIRES LAST WEEK. SO THE JUDGE DOESN’T WANT ANYMORE MEDIA ATTENTION THAT COULD POSSIBLY TAINT A POTENTIAL JURY POOL. AND IT’S BEEN A VERY SLOW PROCESS. JURY SELECTION STARTED TODAY. THEY NEED AT LEAST 50 POTENTIAL JURORS IN THE POOL

TO START STRIKING PEOPLE AWAY, AND THEY’VE ONLY GOTTEN TO 16 AFTER HOURS OF QUESTIONING. SO THEY’LL START AGAIN TOMORROW, AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THE JURY TOGETHER BY TOMORROW SO THEY CAN GET TO OPENING STATEMENTS. THIS TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST EIGHT TO TEN WEEKS.

>> AND MEANWHILE THE PUBLICITY CONTINUES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU. >>> AND TODAY A NEW LAW KICKED IN HERE IN CALIFORNIA THAT BOOSTS THE SALARY OF SOME FAST FOOD WORKERS UP TO 20 DOLLARS AN HOUR. EMPLOYEES AT A FEW OF THE

BIGGEST CHAINS ARE INCLUDED LIKE MCDONALD’S, PIZZA HUT, AND STARBUCKS. BUT CRITICS WARN THERE’S DOWN SIDES TOO. DAVID NORIEGA HAS MORE. >> Reporter: STARTING MONDAY, A PAY BOOST FOR MORE THAN HALF A MILLION IN CALIFORNIA. GOOD NEWS FOR LISETTE, WHO AFTER 17 YEARS WORKING FOR MCDONALD’S STILL HAS TROUBLE

MAKING ENDS MEET. WE ASKED HER HOW SHE FEELS. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: EAGER, SHE SAYS FOR THE FIRST BIGGER PAYCHECK. IT WILL HELP WITH BILLS, AND MAYBE SHE’LL GET SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HER NINE-YEAR-OLD SON MARCO. CALIFORNIA’S LAW SETS A $20

MINIMUM WAGE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS. MOST WORKERS IMPACTED ARE WOMEN OF COLLAR. — OF COLOR. >> THIS IS A BIG DEAL. >> Reporter: BUT HOW WILL IT IMPACT THE CONSUMER? ESPECIALLY IN A STATE ARE EVERYTHING IS ALREADY E PENSIVE? MCDONALD’S, STARBUCKS, CHIPOTLE, AND OTHER MAJOR

CHAINS ALREADY SAY THEY PLAN TO RAISE PRICES. BUT HOW MUCH? SOME ECONOMISTS ANTICIPATE 5%, OTHERS AS LOW AS 2%. >> PEOPLE WILL NOTICE IT, BUT I DON’T THINK THEY’LL CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. >> Reporter: CRITICS SAY THE WAGE INCREASE WILL ACCELERATE TRENDS THIS HURT WORKERS, LIKE REPLACING CASHIERS WITH

ELECTRONIC KIOSKS. SOME PIZZA HUT FRANCHISES HAVE ALREADY FIRED DELIVERY DRIVERS, SWITCHING TO THIRD PART DELIVERY SERVICES INSTEAD. THIS WOMAN’S FAMILY OWNS 21 MCDONALD’S IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. >> WE WILL OF COURSE, AS EVERYONE ELSE IS, HAVE TO INCREASE PRICES IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.

WHAT PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND IS THEY SAY OH, IT DOESN’T MATTER. MCDONALD’S AND TACO BELL, THEY’RE JUST BIG CORPORATIONS. WE ARE FAMILY BUSINESSES. >> Reporter: SOME FAST FOOD CUSTOMERS SAY EVEN IF THEY DO PAY MORE, IT’S A PRICE WORTH PAYING. >> I’M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE IT

FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING UP, AND IT’S ABOUT TIME WAGES GO UP. >> WE BRING IN DAVID NORIEGA TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE MORE. DAVID, THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN OVER THE CHANGE. I’M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE AUTOMATED STUFF. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATED ALREADY.

WILL WE START SEEING MORE OF THAT BECAUSE OF THIS? >> I THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THIS PART OF THAT QUESTION IS THE KEY PART OF THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? I THINK WHENEVER THERE ARE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES, OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME CHANGES IN THE LABOR MARKET THERE ARE

ALREADY HAPPENING AS MAYBE BEING ATTRIBUTABLE TO THOSE INCREASES IN THE MINIMUM WAGE, BUT MAYBE THEY ARE. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA WITH THIS WAGE INCREASE I THINK WILL BE STUDIED BY ECONOMISTS FOR A LONG TIME TO COME BECAUSE IT’S A WAGE INCREASE NOT EVEN FOR A

SPECIFIC INDUSTRY, BUT A SUBSET OF A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY, SO IT WILL LEAD TO INTERESTING COMPARATIVE WAYS OF STUDYING WHAT THIS DOES. PEOPLE HAVE POINTED TO AUTOMATION AS A CONCERN. LAY OFFS. THE PIZZA CHAINS AT THAT LAID OFF DRIVERS DID SO TO GO TO THIRD PARTY APPS.

THAT’S A PROCESS THAT’S BEEN UNDER WAY FOR AWHILE BEFORE THIS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. THE MOST CONVINCING CASE I’VE HEARD IS THIS MIGHT ACCELERATE THOSE THINGS. IT’S NOT CAUSING THEM, BUT MIGHT ACCELERATE THEM. HOW MUCH IS REALLY THE QUESTION I LEAVE TO THE ECONOMISTS, AND WE IDEALLY

SHOULD BE GETTING SOME ANSWERS IN THE COMING DAYS. >> IT’S A CAUSATION VERSUS CORRELATION WITH A SIDE OF FRIES. >> EXACTLY. >> DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> AND COMING UP A LITTLE LATER THIS HOUR, WE’RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE BEST OF US. BEFORE WE GO, IT’S TIME FOR

THAT SEGMENT. WE’LL BE KICKING OFF AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH WITH THE STAR OF THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE, SO STAY TUNED. >>> WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW FOR THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING AND A HIGH-TECH COMPANY CROSSOVER THAT COULD

STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS. OKAY, SO YOU KNOW THE COMPANY BOSTON DYNAMICS? THESE ONES, THE ONES BEHIND THE SUPER ADVANCED HUMANOID ROBOTS THAT CAN WALK AROUND AND LIFT HEAVY THINGS AND ALSO DO PARKOUR? SO WHILE THAT’S FRESH IN YOUR MIND, YOU KNOW THE COMPANY GRAVITY INDUSTRIES?

THEY’RE THE GUYS BEHIND THOSE CRAZY JET PACK SUITS THAT SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS, EVEN SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN TESTING OUT THAT MAKE YOU FLY KIND OF LIKE IRON MAN? OKAY! WELL GUESS WHO JUST ANNOUNCED A TOTALLY NORMAL, NOTHING TO FREAK OUT ABOUT, NOTHING COULD

GO WRONG COLLABORATION THIS MORNING? BOTH COMPANIES POSTING THIS PICTURE ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE PRESS RELEASE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY’RE TEAMING UP TO OPEN THE SKIES IN A NEW ERA OF HUMANOID ROBOTS. YEAH, NOW WHILE READING THIS ON MY WAY TO MY DOOM’S DAY

BUNKER THERE WAS A LINE IN THE PRESS RELEASE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE. IT’S WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS BEING ABLE TO BE USED FOR SKY SCRAPING WINDOW WASHING. THEN LIKE A RESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST, WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMPANIES, AND YEAH, WE GOT PLAYED!

PERFECT APRIL FOOL’S JOKE FOR 2024! STILL HOPING THEY LET US TRY OUT THE JET SUITS THERE. VERY FUNNY GUYS. VERY, VERY FUNNY. >>> AND WHILE WE WANT WON’T BE SEEING FLYING ROBOTS ANY TIME SOON, YOU KNOW WHAT WE WILL BE SEEING IN THE NEXT WEEK?

A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND NASA IS USING THIS EVENT TO CONDUCT FIVE EXPERIMENTS IN THE STRATOSPHERE. CHASE CANE GOT AN EARLY LOOK AT HOW IT’S GOING TO GO DOWN. >> Reporter: NASA MECHANICS MAKE THEIR FINAL CHECKS ON ONE OF THE TWO PLANES WHICH WILL

CHASE THE ECLIPSE TO STUDY OUR SUN. PILOTING THIS WB57, TOM PARENT WILL NEVER FORGET HIS FIRST TIME FLYING THROUGH AN ECLIPSE. >> WE GOT THE EYE PROTECTION ON JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND. THEY GOT THE LITTLE PAPER GLASSES AND STUFF. ONCE IT WENT TO TOTALITY, I

LOOK UP AND GO I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING. I REALIZED I HAVE TO TAKE THE VISOR OFF, AND THEN IT WAS PRETTY FANTASTIC TO SEE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. >> Reporter: NASA USES THIS PLANE FOR EXPERIMENTS IN PART BECAUSE IT’S TRIED AND TRUE.

THE WB57 HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 50s, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT CAN FLY AT 60,000 FEET, WELL ABOVE ANY CLOUDS AND ALSO ABOVE ABOUT 90% OF THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, SO THAT’S NOT GETTING IN THE WAY OF THESE EXPERIMENTS. >> IT’S REALLY HARD TO MEASURE THE SUN IN INFRARED INTO THE

GROUND. >> Reporter: THIS IS A SOLAR ASTROPHYSICIST WHOSE INSTRUMENT SAMMY WILL BE TUCKED INTO THE NOSE OF THE PLANE. SAMMY WILL FOCUS ON THE SUN’S ATMOSPHERE, A CORONA, AN APPROACH HE PIONEERED IN THE LAST SOLAR ECLIPSE. >> BACK IN 2017 WE DIDN’T KNOW

IF IT WAS GOING TO WORK OR WHAT WE WOULD GET. IT WAS NAIL BITING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEN WE GOT AMAZING DATA. I COULD SEE IT COMING DOWN OFF THE LIVE SATELLITE FEED. AND OF COURSE WE’RE USING A NEW INSTRUMENT THAT’S MORE CAPABLE AND ABLE TO GET US A

RICHER SET OF DATA, RICHER SET OF OBSERVATIONS. >> Reporter: ONE GOAL THIS YEAR, TO LEARN WHY THE CORONA IS MILLIONS OF DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGIN OF SOLAR WINDS AND HOW IT IMPACTS EARTH. THAT’S JUST ONE OF FIVE

EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD THE TWO PLANES THAT WILL ONLY HAVE ABOUT SIX MINUTES TO SEIZE THE RARE OPPORTUNITY. >> YEAH, THAT PRESSURE IS UNFORTUNATELY FOR EVERY MISSION WE FLY. WE DON’T EVER TAKE THINGS LIGHTLY. PEOPLE PUT THEIR LIFE’S WORK INTO THESE THINGS, SO WE DON’T

WANT TO MESS IT UP. >> Reporter: THE MOON IS COMING BETWEEN US AND THE SUN, AND IT’S EXACTLY THE RIGHT SIZE IN THE SKY TO BLOCK OUT THE DISC OF THE SUN, BUT NOT MUCH MORE. WE’VE BEEN STUDYING THE SUN FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND

STILL HAVE A LOT OF OPEN QUESTIONS. I’M NATIONAL CLIMATE REPORTER CHASE CAIN. >>> AND APRIL IS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH, AND TONIGHT WE’RE TALKING LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM. ONE OF OUR NEXT GUESTS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A DATING PRO AFTER SHE APPEARED IN BOTH

SEASONS OF THE AWARD WINNING NETFLIX SERIES. VIEWERS, DATES, ADORING FANS QUICKLY FOUND OUT JUST HOW MUCH OF A FORCE DANI BOWMAN TRULY IS. TAKE A LOOK. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GOING ON ANOTHER BLIND DATE? >> OH MY GOODNESS, IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER EXCITING ONE.

I CAN’T WAIT. WHO WILL WE SEE? >> I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU. >> HUH? >> I THINK YOU ARE SO HAT. >> I’M DETERMINED TO NORMALIZE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INTIMACY. WE ON THE SPECTRUM HAVE OUR WANTS AND NEEDS. >> USUALLY I START WITH THE

LIPS AND THEN START DOING THE TONGUE AFTERWARDS. OKAY, LET’S APPLY WHAT WE LEARNED. >> READY WHEN YOU ARE TEACH. HOW IS THIS? >> NICE, BUT USUALLY WE START WITH THE LIPS FIRST. >> OH, OF COURSE. >> AND JOINING ME NOW IS DANI BOWMAN AND KRISTEN ROTH FROM

THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA. WELCOME, DANI. I REALIZED I THINK I’VE BEEN KISSING THE WRONG WAY FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. SORRY TO MY WIFE. BUT THANKS FOR THE LESSON, TEACH. I WANT TO ASK, HOW IS YOUR LOVE LIFE THESE DAYS? >> WELL, ADAN AND I ARE

TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE APART WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, UM, WORK, WHEN IT COMES TO WORK AND WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO WORK ADAN HAS UNIVERSITY THAT HE HAS TO FINISH WHILE I HAVE ANIMATION BECAUSE I HAVE AN

ANIMATION COMPANY WHICH I RUN FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. >> WOW. >> SO WE’RE TRYING TO DO OUR WEST WE CAN TO FIND ACCOMMODATIONS TO HAVE DATES. >> AND DID HE, AT WHAT POINT DID HE WIN YOU OVER? >> HOW DOES HE WIN ME OVER?

WELL, I WOULD SAY, UM, I WOULD SAY HE’S VERY TRUSTING. I WOULD SAY IT’S HIS HONESTY THAT DEFINITELY WIN ME OVER AND HIS DEDICATION TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD IS A GREAT THING. >> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOME PROJECTS YOU ALL HAVE IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW.

KRISTIN, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS SHOW? >> IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO SHOWCASE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES AND STORIES FROM THE AUTISM COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY TO NOT ONLY COMBAT STIGMA AND BREAK BARRIERS, BUT SHOWCASE EVERYONE HAS UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES. BECAUSE IT IS A SPECTRUM. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT

A LOT BEFORE WE JOINED YOU TODAY. >> LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM, AND YET THERE’S SOMETHING SO UNIVERSAL ABOUT LOVE. WHENEVER YOU WERE SPEAKING OR YOU’RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, YOU CAN FEEL THE LOVE, RIGHT? >> THAT IS DEFINITELY TRUE. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU GET TO

SEE WHAT I SEE ABOUT LOVE AND WHAT I’VE LEARNED FROM THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE HEART AND SOUL IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT’S NOT JUST THE LOOKS THAT ATTRACT YOU. IT’S ALSO ABOUT THE TRUTH WITHIN THE PERSON. >> AND WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED BEING ON THE SHOW?

>> WHAT I’VE REALLY LEARNED ABOUT BEING ON THE SHOW IS THAT IT’S ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PERSON ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM TO TAKE THINGS SLOW. IT’S FOR ANYONE. TAKE THINGS SLOW AND GET TO KNOW THE PERSON FOR ABOUT THREE TO FIVE DATES BEFORE YOU

INITIATE IN EXPRESSING YOUR LOVE OR KISS. >> I SHOULD HAVE WATCHED THAT BEFORE. I THINK I TOLD MY WIFE I LOVED HER VERY EARLY ON. PROBABLY WAY TOO EARLY ON. THIS IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. >> IT’S NOT JUST AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, IT’S ACCEPTANCE MONTH.

AND WHAT ACCEPTANCE MONTH MEANS IS SUPPORT AND INCLUSION OF PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT ABILITIES, ALL PARTS OF THE SPECTRUM. US ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, THAT AS LONG AS WE ENSURE OUR SAFETY, ENSURE OUR WELL BEING, OUR BELONGING, AND INCLUSION. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE REST

OF US, EVERYBODY ON PLANET EARTH DURING AUTISM AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE MONTH, WHAT CAN WE DO TO TURN THIS INTO ACTION? >> WHAT CAN WE DO TO TURN THIS INTO ACTION? SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST PROVIDE LITTLE ACCOMMODATIONS LIKE, BECAUSE

WE ON THE SPECTRUM HAVE, UM, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS BARRIERS. SO IN ORDER TO BREAK THIS BARRIER IS THAT BUSINESSES WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS FOR EVERYONE. BUT LOOK AT US. MOST OF US HAVE DIFFERENT SENSORY NEEDS. AND IF THEY PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SENSORY

NEEDS, WE CAN EXCEL INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD. WE ARE HARD WORKERS. BESIDES, WE ARE AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN LOVE ON THE SPECTRUM, IT’S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. ONE MORE QUESTION, THIS NEW

PROJECT YOU HAVE, ROAD TO ACCEPTANCE. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO, UM, AS PART OF THE AUTISM SOCIETY’S GREATER EFFORT FOR CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES THIS AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH, WE HAVE COME UP TO WITH THE ROAD TO ACCEPTANCE MONTH.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS WE’RE ABLE TO HIT THE ROAD AND CAPTURE COMMUNITY STORIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO BY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, SAFETY, AND INCLUSION, THAT’S HOW WE’RE WORKING TO SHOWCASE AND AMPLIFY THE VOICES SO THOSE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES ARE TOLD,

AND WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE ADDED SERVICES AND SUPPORT. YOU DO NEXT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> LIKEWISE, THANK YOU. >> THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT. I’M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE’LL SEE YOU HERE TOMORROW, BUT UNTIL THEN “STAY TUNED NOW.” ♪

>>> TONIGHT A DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM STRETCHING FROM TEXAS TO OHIO, MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS AFFECTED BY SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. INTENSE STORMS PACKING THE THREAT FOR NIGHTTIME TORNADOES, DAMAGING WINDS, AND LARGE HAIL. IN OKLAHOMA TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAKING DRIVING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS. THE SAME SYSTEM DUMPED FEET OF

SNOW IN CALIFORNIA’S SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. A MULTIDAY THREAT BRINGING FLASH FLOODING AND THE CHANCE FOR A MIDWEEK NOR’EASTER TARGETING THE I-95 CORRIDOR. WE’LL TIME IT ALL OUT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, AN SUV RAMMING INTO AN FBI OFFICE, A DRIVER IN CUSTODY AFTER

SLAMMING INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI’S ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS, WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE CHAOTIC MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH. >>> EXPANDING BATTLEFIELDS, ISRAEL STRIKES SYRIA, A MASSIVE FIERY EXPLOSION KILLING A TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER AND LEVELING IRAN’S EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS, THE ATTACK FURTHER FUELING CONCERNS

OF OPENING A SECOND FRONT, THIS AS ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM GAZA’S MAIN HOSPITAL LEAVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION. THE PRESSURE BUILDING AS PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU FACES THE LARGEST PROTEST IN ISRAEL SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. >>> BATTLE OVER THE BORDER, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RAMPING UP HIS ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC

WITH NEW ADS CASTING MIGRANTS AS DANGEROUS CRIMINALS, BUT HIS MESSAGE ISN’T JUST RESONATING WITH HIS SUPPORTERS. SOME DEMOCRATS ARE NOW SIDING WITH HIM ON THE ISSUE, THE CONCERNS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. >>> PRESIDENTIAL BLING? POLICE BUSTING DOWN THE

PRESIDENT OF PERU’S DOOR INVADING HER HOME LOOKING FOR LUXURY WATCHES, THE CENTER OF THE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. >>> PLUS A $20 MINIMUM WAGE, A NEW CALIFORNIA FAST FOOD LAW RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, THE CHANGE BRINGING SOME WORKERS TO TEARS SAYING IT’S

DESPERATELY NEEDED, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS ON BOARD. WE’LL EXPLAIN. >>> GIRLS WRESTLING TAKEOVER, A NEW GENERATION OF FEMALE WRESTLERS PINNING DOWN TRADITIONAL NORMS OF THE SPORT, NOW THE FASTEST GROWING HIGH SCHOOL SPORT IN THE COUNTRY, HOW THEY’RE SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING ONE TAKEDOWN AT A TIME.

“TOP STORY” STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> GOOD EVENING TONIGHT AS WE COME ON THE AIR. >>> RIGHT NOW 40 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT FOR SEVERE STORMS THAT INCLUDE THE THREAT FOR NIGHTTIME TORNADOES. NEW VIDEO JUST IN FROM OKLAHOMA, TORRENTIAL DOWN POURS LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS, LARGE HAIL PELTING

THE REGION SENDING HORSES RUNNING FOR COVER. THE MASSIVE STORM THREAT STRETCHES FROM SAN ANTONIO TONIGHT UP INTO CINCINNATI BRINGING THE RISK FOR STRONG NOCTURNAL TORNADO, DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND LARGE SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL. IN CALIFORNIA THE SAME SYSTEM DUMPED FEET OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN

INUNDATED SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FLOODING MAJOR ROADWAYS. THE SYSTEM ISN’T NEAR OVER. TOMORROW 55 MILLION AMERICANS FROM THE GULF COAST TO THE GREAT LAKES ALSO FACING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AND BY WEDNESDAY WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A NOR’EASTER DUMPING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN NEW ENGLAND.

METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE GROSSMAN STANDING BY FOR TO US TIME THIS ALL OUT, BUT I WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO NBC’S MORGAN CHESKY ON THE GROUND IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. WHAT WERE RESIDENTS BRACING FOR THERE? >> Reporter: A SERIOUS THREAT OF TORNADOES. IN FACT, FORECASTERS HERE SAY

THE HIGHEST RISK OF TORNADOES IS HAPPENING IN OKLAHOMA OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THAT IS WHY ALL EYES ARE ON THE SKY. LAST CHECK THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS 35 OKLAHOMA COUNTIES ARE UNDER TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9:00 P.M. THAT SAME WATCH EXTEND DOWN

INTO NORTHERN TEXAS, FIVE COUNTIES THERE BRACING FOR POTENTIAL TORNADOES. YOU ARE SEEING WHAT THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT TO A VAST SWATH OF THIS STATE, PEA- SIZED HAIL. THIS IS IN FAIRFAX, OKLAHOMA, ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF NORTHWEST OF US HERE, BUT THE

THREAT FOR HAIL IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES COULD GO UP TO SOFTBALL-SIZED HAIL. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DAMAGING SHOULD IT COME ACROSS ANY PROPERTY OR ANYONE CAUGHT IN ITS PATH AND THAT IS WHY FORECASTERS ARE URGING EVERYONE TO KEEP AN INCREDIBLY CLOSE EYE ON CONDITIONS THAT COULD CHANGE

SO VERY QUICKLY. WE KNOW THAT THE LAST SIGNIFICANT TORNADO OUTBREAK IN OKLAHOMA WAS APRIL 19th, 2023. MULTIPLE PEOPLE DIED IN AN OUTBREAK THAT SPAWNED MORE THAN A DOZEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE KNOW THAT IS A WAY OF LIFE IN TORNADO, BUT THAT DOESN’T MAKE IT ANY EASIER.

THE THREAT WILL GO AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THE TORNADO RISK WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN CAN MAKE THEM EVEN DEADLIER. AS IT STANDS NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST, PEOPLE DEFINITELY DO NOT FEEL AS IF THEY’RE IN THE CLEAR NOW

DESPITE STANDING IN TULSA WITH AN OVERCAST BUT CALM SKY. PEOPLE KNOW WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THEY CAN KNOW THEY’RE OFFICIALLY IN THE CLEAR HERE. >> WE ALL KNOW A NIGHTTIME TORNADO CAN CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE. THANK YOU. FOR MORE ON THE SEVERE WEATHER

I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO NBC NEWS METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE GROSSMAN. HOW DANGEROUS ARE THESE STORMS SHAPING UP TO BE? >> THIS IS A MULTIDAY EVENT. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES DOUBLE AS DEADLY. THIS IS A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR TORNADO PLAN IN PLACE AND PROTECT YOUR

FAMILY BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THESE STORMS AT NIGHT. NOTICE THE LIGHTNING THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN TEXAS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS IS A WIDE AREA THAT HAS THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND OVERNIGHT. 8MILLION UNDER TORNADO WATCHES

FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY WHERE YOU’RE SEEING THE RED BOXES THROUGH 12:00 A.M. NO DOUBT WE’LL PROBABLY SEE THAT EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. IT’S NOT JUST SEVERE STORMS. WE COULD SEE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, WINDS GUSTING UP TO 80

MILES PER HOUR, COULD SEE STRONG TORNADOES AS WELL, BUT IT HAS A TON OF MOISTURE WITH IT. WE ARE SO SATURATED, THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC. NOTICE ALL THE BRIGHT COLORS, REDS, YELLOWS, ORANGES WHERE WE’RE SEEING HEAVY RAINFALL. WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH FOR 60

MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH TOMORROW. THEN THROUGHOUT TUESDAY WE’LL SEE THE RISK FOR 40 MILLION PEOPLE AND THE LARGEST RISK TOMORROW WILL BE TORNADOES AS OPPOSED TO HAIL TODAY. TONIGHT WE COULD SEE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES, TENNIS BALL SIZE. TOMORROW WE’LL WORRY ABOUT STRONG TORNADOES, DAMAGING

HAIL, AND WINDS GUSTING UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR. THE DARKER COLORS, THE RED OKLAHOMA CITY, DALLAS, SPRINGFIELD, KANSAS CITY, ST. LOUIS INTO CINCINNATI, A BROAD SWATH. THROUGHOUT TOMORROW WE’LL INCREASE THE NUMBER TO 55 MILLION. NOW WE’RE TALKING CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM, LEXINGTON, CHARLESTON INTO COLUMBUS.

LOOKS LIKE COLUMBUS WILL BE THE BULL’S EYE FOR REALLY STRONG STORM AND WE’RE LOOKING AT HEAVY RAIN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY. >> WE APPRECIATE THAT. >>> WE TURN TO BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ATLANTA, THE FBI SAYING A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER

RAMMING HIS CAR INTO THE FRONT GATES OF THEIR ATLANTA HEADQUARTERS, THE SCENE UNFOLDING EARLIER TODAY AS AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A MOTIVE. HERE’S BLAYNE ALEXANDER WITH MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA, WHEN AGENTS

SAY A MAN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE USED IT TO TRY AND FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM A PERSON RAMMED INTO THE FBI ATLANTA’S FRONT GATE SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS THE

DRIVER TRIED TO GET PAST THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE’S VEHICLE INSIDE, BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED AND THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT. OFFICIALS SAY HE THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN TOWARD THE BUILDING, BUT ONLY

MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED. >> SPECIAL AGENTS PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS POINT. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE’S BEING EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING

OFFICIALS SAY AND NOTE IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THIS WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE SUSPECT AND SAY NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. >> BLAYNE ALEXANDER JOINS “TOP STORY” LIVE FROM THE SCENE.

WE DON’T HAVE A MOTIVE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHAT THIS MAN WILL BE CHARGED WITH TONIGHT? >> Reporter: I’M TOLD OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND POTENTIALLY FEDERAL CHARGES FOR THIS SUSPECT, BUT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THEY DON’T HAVE A MOTIVE.

THEY SAY THIS CAR HAS NO PREVIOUS TIES OR THE SUSPECT HAS ANY PREVIOUS TIES TO THIS PARTICULAR FIELD OFFICE AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY’LL LOOK INTO SEEING WHAT, IF ANYTHING, MOTIVATED HIM TO DO THIS. AGAIN, NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND IN THAT VEHICLE, BUT THAT DOESN’T

TAKE AWAY THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME VERY SERIOUS CHARGES HERE. >> THANK YOU. >>> WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE MASSIVE CLEANUP OPERATION UNDERWAY IN BALTIMORE TONIGHT. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ONE WEEK FOLLOWING THAT FRIGHTENING BRIDGE COLLAPSE THAT KILLED SIX PEOPLE.

THE U.S. COAST GUARD IS NOW OPENING A MAKESHIFT CHANNEL FOR SHIPS INVOLVED IN THE LONG RECOVERY. NBC’S AARON GILCHREST HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE URGENT MISSION TO GET A PORTION OF THE

BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN, TODAY ANNOUNCING A TEMPORARY CHANNEL NOW COMPLETE. >> IT WILL HELP US GET MORE VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: WE WERE ON THE WATER WITH THE COAST GUARD LATE TODAY. WITH THIS TEMPORARY SHIPPING

CHANNEL NOW OPEN, WE’RE SEEING ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO GO THROUGH OFF IN THE DISTANCE, A BARGE PUSHED BY A TUGBOAT. THE OPERATION IN FULL SWING SIX DAYS AFTER THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED WHEN A CONTAINER SHIP STRUCK ONE OF ITS PILLARS. CREWS WERE OUT THIS WEEKEND

WITH CUTTING TORCHES SLICING THESE PIECES OF METAL. YOU’RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FIRST PIECES CUT WAITING TO BE REMOVED. THE NEW 11-FOOT DEEP TEMPORARY SHIPPING LANE IS EXPECTED TO ALLOW ONLY ESSENTIAL VESSELS TO SALVAGE OPERATIONS. MORE THAN 370 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, LOGISTICS EXPERTS, AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND THE

CLOCK. THE PLAN? CLEAR THE BRIDGE WRECKAGE FROM THE CHANNEL, STABILIZE THE DALI, REMOVE THE BRIDGE SPAN FROM ITS BOW AND EVENTUALLY REMOVE SOME CARGO CONTAINERS SO THE MASSIVE SHIP CAN BE REFLOATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PORT, EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS AT LEAST.

>> WE’LL MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE BUT CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY. >> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT REMAINS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOTH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 8,000 JOBS THAT DIRECTLY DEPEND N THIS BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPEN.

140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THIS SHIPPING HUB. >> IT’S TOUGH SEEING IT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: CHRIS ELLIOTT IS A LONGSHOREMAN, THE FOLKS WHO HANDLE ALL THE PRODUCTS MOVING SHIP TO SHORE AT THE PORT. SINCE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE CHRIS HAS BEEN IN LIMBO.

THE UNCERTAINTY HAS BEEN TO BE HARD. >> YEAH, IT IS. EVERY DAY YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. YOU LOSE SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY. >> SO MANY ACROSS BALTIMORE AFFECTED BY THIS ACCIDENT. AARON GILCHREST JOINS US FROM THE SCENE.

YOU JUST SPOKE WITH SOMEONE WHO SAID HE’S OUT OF A JOB AS WE WAIT FOR THIS MASSIVE REPAIR OPERATION. ARE THERE ANY EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST BUSINESSES NOW IN THE STATE OF LIMBO? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM. CHRIS TOLD ME HE IS NOW LOOKING

FOR OTHER PART-TIME WORK. HE SAID HE RECENTLY APPLIED FOR SOMETHING. HE WAS ONE OF 400 PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR THAT JOB. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY OPENED UP AN OFFICE HERE, A RESOURCE CENTER, FOR BUSINESSES IN THIS REGION TO

START APPLYING FOR LOW INTEREST GOVERNMENT LOANS UP TO $2 MILLION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE CAN GET THIS MONEY SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES OPERATING AND KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES WORKING. >> AARON, I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER REPORTING.

THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED TODAY PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL TRAVEL TO BALTIMORE LATER THIS WEEK. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM. WE LEARNED THE PRESIDENT WILL COME HERE TO BALTIMORE FRIDAY. I SUSPECT IT WILL PROBABLY BE BY HELICOPTER. HE’LL GET TO SEE THE WRECKAGE

SITE AND SEE A LOT OF THE WORK GOING ON THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS THERE. WE KNOW HE’LL ALSO MEET WITH THE GOVERNOR AND WITH OTHER LEADERS HERE AT THIS UNIFIED COMMAND THAT THE COAST GUARD HAS STOOD UP TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT TO GET AN IDEA WHAT

THEY’VE DONE SO FAR AND NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE. >> AARON GILCHREST FOR US ON THAT ACCIDENT AND COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. THANK YOU. >>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GAZA TONIGHT. WE’RE HEARING SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS WERE KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE.

THE IDF SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THIS AS IRAN CLAIMS AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED SOME SENIOR COMMANDERS AT AN IRANIAN EMBASSY BUILDING IN DAMASCUS. NBC’S RAF SANCHEZ HAS ALL OF THIS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE

A TARGETED STRIKE IN SYRIA, SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM AN IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING IN DAMASCUS, DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE STREET. IRAN SAID THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM ITS REVOLUTIONARY GUARD AND BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE, ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING.

IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF BOTH HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS AS FEARS GROW OF A WIDENING CONFLICT OUTSIDE GAZA WHERE TODAY ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE END OF WHAT IT CALLED A TWO-WEEK COUNTER TERROR RAID ON AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. ISRAEL SAID HAMAS USED THE

HOSPITAL AS A BASE AND THAT ISRAELI COMMANDOS KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND CAPTURED SENIOR HAMAS OPERATIVES. THE U.S. SAYING HAMAS IS HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS. >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS, BUT AS WE’VE ALSO SAID, WE DO NOT WANT FIREFIGHTS IN THE HOSPITAL.

>> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS AT LEAST 201 PATIENTS DIED DURING THE ISRAELI SIEGE AND GAZA’S HAMAS RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAID THEY FOUND BODIES OF CIVILIANS DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM, DR. AHMED MC COSMA, A DEDICATED SURGEON HIS COLLEAGUES SAID REFUSING TO

LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND. >> RAF JOINS US LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FOREIGN AID WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED IN A BOMBING IN GAZA? WE ARE FOLLOWING LOT OF REPORTS OUT THERE, BUT WE’LL ONLY TELL YOU WHAT WE CAN CONFIRM TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TOM, THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION THAT WE’RE REPORTING OUT LIVE. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW. EARLIER TONIGHT A HAMAS SPOKESMAN SAYS FOUR INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS WERE KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE IN CENTRAL GAZA. AN NBC CREW RUSHED TO THE AL AQSA HOSPITAL WHERE THE BODIES

OF THE VICTIMS WERE BEING HELD. THEY FOUND SEVERAL OF THOSE VICTIMS WEARING CLOTHING WITH MARKERS FROM THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN, THE AMERICAN CHARITY OF CHEF ANDRES WHO WAS DELIVERING AID BY SEA INTO GAZA, WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN SAYING IN A STATEMENT, “WE ARE AWARE OF REPORTS THAT MEMBERS

OF THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN TEAM HAD BEEN KILLED IN AN IDF ATTACK WHILE WORKING TO SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN FOOD DELIVERY EFFORTS IN GAZA. THIS IS A TRAGEDY. HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS AND CIVILIANS SHOULD NEVER BE A TARGET EVER. WE WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION WHEN WE HAVE GATHERED ALL THE FACTS.”

WE REACHED OUT ALSO TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY. THEY SAY THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AND ARE CONDUCTING A THOROUGH REVIEW AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS TRAGEDY. OUR TEAM AT THE HOSPITAL AMONG THE BODIES FINDING SEVERAL BLOODY PASSPORTS, ONE BRITISH, ONE POLISH AUSTRALIAN.

>> WHAT TYPE OF REPERCUSSIONS MAY COME ONCE MORE PEOPLE LEARN WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED? AID WORKERS, WE CAN’T SAY WHETHER THEY WERE TARGETED, BUT THEY’VE BEEN KILLED AND WERE JUST PEOPLE THERE POSSIBLY TRYING TO DELIVER AID OR FOOD TO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA.

>> Reporter: TOM, THE CONSISTENT STORY THAT THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS BEEN TELLING THE WORLD SINCE OCTOBER 7th IS THAT THE STRIKES IT CARRIES OUT INSIDE GAZA ARE PRECISE, TARGETED, BASED ON INTELLIGENCE AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, IF

IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE, THAT A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL AID WORKERS, PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE TRYING TO GET FOOD, TRYING TO GET MEDICINE TO PEOPLE IN GAZA HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE

QUESTIONING HOW PRECISE ARE THESE ISRAELI STRIKES THAT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS HAVE KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE, BOTH HAMAS AND PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD MILITANTS, BUT ALSO A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS, INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR THE ISRAELI

MILITARY TO KEEP TELLING THE WORLD HOW PRECISE ITS STRIKES ARE IF IT DOES TURN OUT TO BE THE CASE THAT CIVILIANS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN KILLED HERE TONIGHT. >> RAF SANCHEZ ON THAT BREAKING NEWS. WE’RE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF

THIS STORY THROUGHOUT THE BROADCAST. >>> NOW TO POWER IN POLITICS IN THE INTENSIFYING BATTLE OVER IMMIGRATION, THE 2024 RACE AT HOME, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASING A DRAMATIC NEW AD USING HORROR MUSIC TO PORTRAY MIGRANTS AS A THREAT TO THE NATION, TRUMP SET TO VISIT

MICHIGAN TOMORROW AFTER A GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN WAS KILLED THERE ALLEGEDLY BY AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THIS TONIGHT. >> VENEZUELA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLING DOWN ON A 2024 CAMPAIGN FLASH POINT, IMMIGRATION. >> MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS HAVE ENTERED THE

COUNTRY UNLAWFULLY. >> Reporter: IN A RECENT POST TRUMP SHARING A NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO SET TO HORROR MUSIC SHOWING THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS SAID TO BE TRAVELING TO THE U.S. FROM MANY COUNTRIES. TRUMP PROMISING IN THE AD TO CRACK DOWN. >> WE WILL SECURE OUR BORDERS

AND WE WILL RESTORE OUR SOVEREIGNTY. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS TRUMP PREPARES TO VISIT MICHIGAN TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEATH OF A GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN, RUBY GARCIA, ALLEGEDLY AT THE HANDS OF AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WHO POLICE SAY WAS IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.

AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAD BEEN DEPORTED UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. >> WE WERE GETTING THE BAD ONES OUT AND NOW THEY’RE COMING IN AT A LEVEL NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. >> Reporter: TRUMP MADE HIS HARD LINE STANCE ON IMMIGRATION A HALLMARK OF HIS POLITICAL

IMAGE. >> WHEN MEXICO SENDS ITS PEOPLE, THEY’RE BRINGING DRUGS, CRIME. THEY’RE RAPISTS. >> Reporter: IN RECENT MONTHS TRUMP HAS ESCALATED HIS RHETORIC ON IMMIGRATION. >> THEY’RE POISONING THE BLOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS TRIED TO TURN THE TABLES ON

TRUMP, BLASTING HIM FOR ORDERING REPUBLICANS TO KILL A BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL. >> I’M TOLD MY PREDECESSOR CALLED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE SENATE, DEMAND THEY BLOCK THE BILL. HE FEELS IT WOULD BE A POLITICAL WIN FOR ME AND LOSER FOR HIM. >> Reporter: NEW POLLING SHOW

SOME AMERICANS AND EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS ARE SIDING WITH TRUMP ON THE ISSUE. A NEW SURVEY SHOWS 68% OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S HANDLING OF THE BORDER, INCLUDING FOUR IN TEN DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING MORE THAN HALF OF BLACK ADULTS AND NEARLY 3/4 OF HISPANICS.

THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN NOW FORCED TO RECKON WITH A DECADES OLD WEDGE ISSUE AS THE 2024 RACE RESTS ON A RAZOR’S EDGE. >> GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS KNOWN THE BORDER IS A POLITICAL LIABILITY FOR YEARS. WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO

COUNTERACT THIS MESSAGING FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> Reporter: HEY THERE, TOM. ONE THING THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS DOING IS FOCUSING ON MONEY HERE. SO FAR THE BIDEN TEAM IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS HAS BEEN OUTPACING REPUBLICANS WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDRAISING AND SAY

THEY’RE OPENING UP DOZENS, ABOUT 30 FIELD OFFICES JUST IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. THEY HOPE TO COUNTERACT THAT MESSAGE THAT WAY. ANOTHER WAY THEY’RE DOING IT AND WE’RE SEEING THIS INCREASINGLY MORE AND MORE NOT JUST ON THE TRAIL, BUT HERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY’RE TRYING

TO MAKE THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION, TRYING TO THROW IT BACK ON REPUBLICANS ESSENTIALLY ARGUING BECAUSE REPUBLICANS KILLED THAT BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL THAT WE MENTIONED, THAT THEY NEED TO OWN THIS IMMIGRATION ISSUE. THE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY AGREE THE BORDER IS A PROBLEM. THAT’S SOMETHING THEY DIDN’T

AGREE WITH FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, BUT NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE REPUBLICANS OWN IT. >> GABE GUTIERREZ AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >>> WE HEAD TO PERU WHERE THE GOVERNMENT AND AGENTS THERE BUSTED DOWN THE DOOR AND RAIDED THE HOME OF THE COUNTRY’S FIRST PRESIDENT.

NOW THE SUBJECT OF A LUXURY WATCH INVESTIGATION SOME ARE CALLING ROLEX GATE. NBC’S ELWYN LOPEZ HAS THE DETAILS. >> Reporter: A PREDAWN RAID AT THE HOUSE OF PERU’S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT, OFFICERS BUSTING DOWN THE DOOR OF HER HOME. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S PART OF A

CORRUPTION PROBE. LAST MONTH A LOCAL TV PROGRAM SHOWED THE 61-YEAR-OLD WEARING WHAT APPEARED TO BE LUXURY WATCHES, ONE OF THEM A ROLEX THEY CLAIM IS WORTH ABOUT $14,000. JUST DAYS LATER PROSECUTORS LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION. >> I LIVED IN PERU AND MADE $4,000 A MONTH.

SO IT RAISES THE QUESTION HOW SHE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ALL THESE ASSETS IF SHE’S NOT ACCEPTING MONEY UNDER THE TABLE. >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE OWNED THE WATCHES BEFORE TAKING OFFICE, BUT ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY PROSECUTORS SHE DID NOT LIST THEM IN A MANDATORY DECLARATION DOCUMENT

IN. PERU ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO DECLARE ASSETS WORTH MORE THAN ABOUT $3,000. THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN HER INNOCENCE, SLAMMING THE RAID AS SHE ADDRESSED THE NATION. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: ALTHOUGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING

THE PRIME MINISTER APPOINTED BY HER, SWIFTLY COMING TO HER DEFENSE. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> Reporter: THE LATEST INCIDENT ADDING TO THE BACK-TO BACK SCANDALS PLAGUING THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL CRISIS. IN 2022, SHE WAS SWORN IN GOING FROM VICE PRESIDENT TO

PRESIDENT AFTER HER PREDECESSOR WAS ARRESTED AND IMPEACHED FOR TRYING TO DISSOLVE CONGRESS. HER INAUGURATION MARKED THE SIXTH TIME PERU SAW A NEW PRESIDENT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. >> PERU’S NEXT ELECTIONS ARE IN 2026. WHAT I THINK MANY PEOPLE HOPE

FOR IS A FREE AND FAIR PROCESS WHERE PERUVIANS AT LEAST GET THE CHANCE TO POTENTIALLY CHOOSE DIFFERENT, MAYBE BETTER LEADERSHIP FOR THE COUNTRY. >> ELWYN LOPEZ JOINS US FROM LOS ANGELES. I KNOW YOU HAVNEW REPORTING ABOUT ONE OF THE PRESIDENT’S CABINET MEMBERS. >> Reporter: WE DO KNOW SOME

ITEMS WERE SEIZED FROM THE PRESIDENT’S HOME. IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT THE ITEMS WERE. SHE IS SET TO TESTIFY FRIDAY. >> THANK YOU. >>> STILL AHEAD, THE TERRIFYING CRASH ON A FLORIDA HIGHWAY POSSIBLY INVOLVING AN NFL PLAYER, VIDEO SHOWING A DRIVER LOSING CONTROL LEADING TO A

CRASH INVOLVING SEVERAL CARS REPORTS AN NFL STAR’S VEHICLE WAS ONE OF THE CARS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, HOW HE’S RESPONDING TONIGHT. >>> PLUS THE RULING FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT THAT COULD IMPLEMENT ONE OF THE STRICTEST ABORTION BANS IN THE COUNTRY, WHY THE DECISION MAY

END UP IN VOTERS’ HANDS. >>> AND THE DEER CRASHING THROUGH A BANK WINDOW GETTING TRAPPED INSIDE, HOW POLICE EVENTUALLY HELPED GET THAT ANIMAL OUT. >>> STAY WITH US. >>> A LOT MORE STORIES TRENDING LIKE CRAZY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CONTROVERSY PITTING LAWMAKERS AGAINST YOUNG VOTERS.

WHAT’S THE STATE OF CRYPTO TODAY? IS IT SAFE FOR INVESTORS? THIS IS WHAT MY VOICE SOUNDS LIKE WHEN I CLONE IT. THAT WASN’T ME. YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. “STAY TUNED NOW” WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC ON “NBC NEWS NOW.” >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW.

NOW NEVER STOPS. NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >>> WHAT’S THE MESSAGE THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE. >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR DRUG SUPPLY. >> WE’VE GOT IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> BIG PICTURE, WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW?

>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS “NBC NEWS NOW.” >>> WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> IN FACT, WE’VE BEEN TOLD WE CAN’T GO ANY FARTHER. >>> I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS “NBC NEWS NOW.”

>>> WE SPOKE WITH A RECENT KIDNEY RECIPIENT ABOUT THE LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. >> IT’S TIME. I’M IN THE HOSPITAL GETTING READY FOR MY TRANSPLANT. >> Reporter: WHEN PhD STUDENT JASMINE EVANS FINALLY GOT THE CALL SHE WOULD RECEIVE A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN JULY, SHE WAS OVERJOYED.

EVANS WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE WHEN SHE WAS JUST 17 YEARS OLD AND WAS PUT ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST IN 2019. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS YEARS AWAY FROM BEING MATCHED WITH A DONOR UNTIL A LETTER FROM HER HOSPITAL CAME IN THE MAIL LAST

YEAR EXPLAINING SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE TRANSPLANT LIST IN 2015, FOUR YEARS EARLIER, AND THAT A RACIALLY BIASED TEST WAS TO BLAME. WHEN YOU GOT THAT LETTER, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> AT FIRST I WAS OUTRAGED AND THE FACT NO ONE REALLY KNEW

THIS WAS GOING ON, IT WAS REALLY JARRING AND SHOCKING. >> Reporter: EVANS IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF BLACK PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED FOR TRANSPLANTS AS A RESULT OF A NATIONAL MANDATE BY THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK, THE OPTN. THE NEW RULES INSTRUCT

HOSPITALS TO STOP USING A TEST TO SEE HOW WELL BLACK PATIENTS’ KIDNEYS WERE FUNCTIONING. >> IN THE 1990s THERE WAS A STUDY WHERE THE BLACK PARTICIPANTS CREATININE AND KIDNEY FUNCTION WERE LOOKED AT, THEY HAD HIGHER RESULTS. >> Reporter: THAT FLAWED TEST MEANING THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS

WERE PUT ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST YEARS LATER THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, FOR SOME A DEADLY WAIT. >> IT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR PREMATURE DEATH. >> Reporter: PATIENTS LIKE EVANS WHO WERE MISEVALUATED HAVE BEEN BUMPED UP ON THE LIST WITH THE AVERAGE PATIENT

GETTING TRANSPLANTS ONE TO TWO YEARS SOONER THAN EXPECTED, BUT FOR EVANS WHO CALLS HERSELF A RELUCTANT KIDNEY ADVOCATE, THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THIS REPRESENTS FOR THOUSANDS OF BLACK PATIENTS LIKE YOU? >> I THINK IT REPRESENTS HOPE. IT REPRESENTS PROFILING IN A

LOT OF WAYS, BUT I SEE THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER YET. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BLACK AMERICANS STILL WAITING FOR ORGAN DONATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE DOCTOR, CHANGE TAKES TIME. SO BE LABS ARE STILL OCCASIONALLY USING THE OLD RACE- BASED FORMULA.

SO DOCTORS NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEIR NEW PATIENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY’RE GETTING THE CARE THEY DESERVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A CONSUMER ALERT, KIA RECALLING NEARLY 400,000 TELLURIDE SUVs, WHY FEDERAL REGULATORS SAY THE CARS COULD POSSIBLY ROLL AWAY

WHILE THEY’RE PARKED. >>> THIS IS PRETTY BIG MEDICAL NEWS AND A PRETTY BIG MYSTERY AND IT’S DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. WHAT’S HAPPENING? >>> NEARLY A DOZEN HOURS AFTER THE EYE ROARED ASHORE. >> NOW TO SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS. LOVE THAT.

>>> WHAT’S THE MESSAGE THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR DRUG SUPPLY. >> WE’VE GOT IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS “NBC NEWS NOW.”

>>> TO REPORT LIVE FROM TEL AVIV, FROM JUAREZ, MEXICO. >> EVERY NIGHT IT’S YOUR NEWS PLAY LIST. “TOP STORY” WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON “NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW TO SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS. ♪ >>> GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION. >> MORNING NEWS NOW STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS “NBC NEWS NOW.” >>> INSIDE IRAN. >> FROM ISRAEL.

>> PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING. >> EVERYBODY GOOD? >>> WE’RE BACK WITH “TOP STORY’S” NEWS FEED STARTING WITH THE DEATH OF A FORMER NFL STAR VONTAE DAVIS, THE 35-YEAR OLD FOUND INSIDE HIS HOME IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED.

DAVIS WAS A TWO TIME CORNERBACK PLAYING FOR THE DOLPHINS, COLTS AND BILLS. HE WAS ARRESTED ON DUI CHARGES LAST YEAR FOLLOWING A CRASH ON A FLORIDA HIGHWAY. >>> THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT ALLOWING A SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN TO TAKE EFFECT, BUT VOTERS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY.

WHILE RULING ON THE 15-WEEK ABORTION BAN, THE FLORIDA JUSTICES CONCLUDING THE SIX- WEEK BAN GOVERNOR DeSANTIS SIGNED INTO LAW LAST YEAR CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO RULED A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ENSHRINE ABORTION PROTECTIONS IN THE STATE TO APPEAR ON THE

NOVEMBER BALLOT. >>> KIA RECALLING MORE THAN 400,000 SUVs BECAUSE THEY MIGHT ROLL AWAY WHILE PARKED, THE RECALL IMPACTING ALL TELLURIDES FROM 2020 THROUGH 2023 AND SOME 2024 MODELS. TWO PARTS ON THE CAR THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE CAR PARKED MAY NOT FULLY ENGAGE.

SO FAR NO INJURIES OR CRASHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. DEALERS WILL CONTACT OWNERS TO UPDATE PARTS AND SOFTWARE. >>> AND A DEER CRASHING THROUGH A TEXAS BANK WINDOW, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE DEER BUSTING THROUGH A WINDOW BEFORE RUNNING LOOSE THROUGH THE BANK OUTSIDE AUSTIN, POLICE

ATTEMPTING TO CORRAL THE ANIMAL BACK OUT THE FRONT ENTRANCE WHERE IT SCAMPERED OUT, NO INJURIES REPORTED. >>> NEXT MORE THAN 500,000 FAST FOOD WORKERS GOT A RAISE TODAY TO $20 AN HOUR AS A NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA. IT’S MEANT TO OFFSET THE HIGH

COST OF LIVING, BUT IT WILL ALSO MEAN YOU’LL PAY MORE FOR YOUR BURGERS LIKELY. >> Reporter: FOR THREE YEARS ANISHA WILLIAMS HAS WORKED AT JACK IN THE BOX STRUGGLING AS A SINGLE MOM. >> SOME WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING. SOME ARE HOMELESS.

>> Reporter: THAT’S WHY TODAY MARKS A MOMENT SHE’S WAITED FOR. SHE’S AMONG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST FOOD WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETTING A RAISE. >> WE NEED THIS SO BAD. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTS RESTAURANT CHAINS WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCATIONS

NATIONWIDE MUST NOW PLAY THEIR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES $20 AN HOUR, ONE OF THE HIGHEST WAGES IN THE COUNTRY AND FIRST TIME STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE MANDATED A WAGE FOR JUST ONE INDUSTRY. SUPPORTERS SAY IT’S TIME FOR THE BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS TO PAY A LIVING WAGE, BUT MANY

FRANCHISE OWNERS LIKE JESSICA WHO RUNS 11 McDONALDS AROUND L.A. SAY THE LAW PUTS AN UNFAIR STRAIN ON THEIR BUSINESSES ALREADY OPERATING ON SLIM MARGINS. DO YOU FEEL TARGETED IT’S SPECIFICALLY FOR FAST FOOD? >> YES. I THINK PEOPLE JUST DON’T REALIZE THAT. THEY SEE THIS BIG McDONALD’S

BRAND AND OH, THEY’VE GOT ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD AND THAT’S NOT AT ALL HOW IT IS. >> Reporter: McDONALD’S, CHIPOTLE, STARBUCKS SAYING THEY PLAN TO RAISE PRICES TO OFFSET RISING LABOR COSTS. PIZZA HUT PREEMPTIVELY LAID OFF 1,200 DELIVERY DRIVERS LIKE MICHAEL OJEDA.

>> I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED. A LOT OF US GOT OUR JOBS TAKEN FROM US. >> Reporter: HE WAS LET GO AFTER EIGHT YEARS. >> WHAT’S THE POINT OF THE RAISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE? >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THE

LAW MAY LEAD TO SHORTER HOURS AND EXPEDITE THE PUSH TO AUTOMATION REPLACING PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY. ECONOMISTS OFTEN SAY THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. DOES THAT APPLY HERE? >> IT REALLY APPLIES HERE, BUT WE FORGET SOMEBODY IS PAYING FOR IT SOMEWHERE.

>> Reporter: BUT FOR ANISHA AS THE COST OF LIVING RISES, SHE SAYS A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS GOES A LONG WAY. >> I’M PRAYING THAT THIS $20 WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. >> Reporter: LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.

>> FOR MORE ON CALIFORNIA’S NEW FAST FOOD MINIMUM WAGE LAW AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT FOOD BUSINESSES, I WANT TO BRING IN ALEX JOHNSON WHO OWNS TEN AUNTIE ANNE’S PRETZELS AND CINNABONS RESTAURANTS. CAN YOU TELL US HOW INCREASING THE WAGE TO $20 AN HOUR HAS ALREADY IMPACTED YOUR BUSINESS?

>> YEAH. LISTEN, MY FAMILY AND I STARTED THIS BUSINESS 30 YEARS AGO. I’M A SECOND GENERATION FRANCHISEE. OUR SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYS OVER 100 PEOPLE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. WE HAVE TEN LOCATIONS. THIS BILL, THIS NEW WAGE, HAS REALLY FAR REACHING EFFECTS.

MY FAMILY AND I WORK REALLY HARD TO TREAT OUR EMPLOYEES FAIRLY AND PAY THEM REALLY WELL, BUT THERE’S GOING TO BE REAL CONSEQUENCES DUE TO THE FACT THAT FOR ONE, WE’RE GOING TO BE RAISING PRICES WHICH I REALLY DON’T WANT TO DO. WE ALREADY HAD TO RAISE PRICES

SEVERAL TIMES THE PAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE COVID INDUCED INFLATION AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE NOT SEEING THE BEST IN TERMS OF SALES AND WE’VE GOT DECLINING TRAFFIC COUNTS. IT’S REALLY NOT A GOOD TIME TO HAVE TO RAISE PRICES. WE’RE NOT HIRING ANYMORE. WE’RE NOT EXPANDING IN THE

STATE ANYMORE. IN FACT, I HAD TO TURN DOWN A LOCATION FOR A NEW STORE WHICH I WAS REALLY SAD TO HAVE TO DO. ULTIMATELY I’M CONSIDERING SELLING OR CLOSING OUR RESTAURANTS. >> WHAT WAS THE PRICE DIFFERENCE, IF I CAN ASK YOU? WHAT WERE YOU PAYING YOUR

EMPLOYEES TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM NOW? WERE YOU CLOSE OR WAS IT TOO FAR OF A STRETCH? >> IN THE BAY AREA THE CITIES THERE HAVE MINIMUM WAGES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE STATE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME

LOCATIONS THAT WILL GO FROM THE 16 TO $20, THAT JUMP, THAT 25% JUMP, THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE LOCATIONS WHO EXPERIENCED THAT. >> IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE DO YOU THINK YOU’LL INCREASE PRICES AT THOSE STORES OR YOU THINK YOU’LL LAY PEOPLE OFF OR

BOTH? >> IT WILL PROBABLY BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH. WE’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN WORK SMARTER, WORK HARDER WITH LESS FOLKS, NOT JUST CUTTING HOURS, BUT LITERALLY REMOVING PEOPLE, REMOVING HEAD COULDN’T FROM OUR LOCATIONS. >> IT’S SO EXPENSIVE AND

CALIFORNIA IS A VERY EXPENSIVE STATE, PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND THE BAY AREA, INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE TO LIVE THERE. SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THE POLITICIANS’ MINDS WERE INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL AFFECT INFLATION THERE? THINGS ARE ALREADY EXPENSIVE AND NOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE

MAKING A BIT MORE MONEY AND STORE OWNERS LIKE YOU WILL HAVE TO INCREASE PRICES. DO YOU THINK IT HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON INFLATION? >> THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MY EMPLOYEES IS THEY’RE PRETTY FEARFUL WHAT THIS WILL DO TO INFLATION AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT’S ALREADY SO

EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN THE STATE AND PRICES HAVE GONE UP, YOU KNOW. I’M NOT THE ON ONE RAISING PRICES. PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE IS ACROSS THE BOARD. THEY’RE REALLY WORRIED. THEY’RE CONCERNED. THEY’VE SEEN THEIR PURCHASING POWER GET LESS AND LESS AND LESS OVER THE YEARS.

I DON’T BELIEVE IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP THEM ALL THAT MUCH. >> HOW CAN SOMEONE WORK AT YOUR RESTAURANT AND SUPPORT THEMSELVES OR SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY IF YOU DON’T RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE?

>> LOOK, WE TAKE PRIDE IN BEING PEOPLE’S FIRST JOB. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOLKS WITH NO JOB EXPERIENCE, IMMIGRANTS. WE ENJOY EMPLOYING THOSE PEOPLE, TEACHING THEM THE SOFT SKILLS, NOT JUST HOW TO ROLL THE PRETZELS, BUT THINGS LIKE CUSTOMER SERVICE, MAKING EYE

CONTACT, SOFT SKILLS THAT THEY USE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THEIR CAREER AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PATH TO MAKING A CAREER OUT OF — AT OUR LOCATION. WE HAVE, IN FACT, MY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WORKED UP FROM A MALL JANITOR TO NOW OUR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.

SO THERE’S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR BUSINESS IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY FOR THESE FOLKS. >> ALEX, IF YOU DON’T END UP SELLING YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS , DO YOU THINK THIS LAW WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY TO REPLACE THE JOBS TYPICALLY DONE BY PEOPLE? I’M TALKING ABOUT A.I.

WILL WE EVENTUALLY GET TO THE PLACE WHERE A CINNABON COMES FROM A CINNABOT? >> I DON’T THINK THAT’S FAR OFF. I DON’T HAVE PLANS IMMEDIATELY FOR THAT KIND OF ROBOTIC OR AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT, BUT I DON’T THINK WE’RE FAR OFF AND I THINK THAT THIS LAW WILL

ACCELERATE SOME OF THE COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE TRYING TO DO JUST THAT. >> ALEX JOHNSON, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE BAY AREA IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHERE THE MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING UP TO $20. WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT AFFECT THE ECONOMY THERE. ALEX.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HONESTY. >>> COMING UP, THE TRAGEDY ON A BEACH IN MEXICO, THE BODIES OF SEVERAL IMMIGRANTS DISCOVERED, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHERE THAT BOAT WAS COMING FROM NEXT. ♪ >>> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP, GET CONNECTED TO YOUR FAVORITE

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>> THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH “TOP STORY’S” GLOBAL WATCH. WE START WITH THE TRAGIC DISCOVERY IN MEXICO. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BODIES OF EIGHT CHINESE MIGRANTS WERE

FOUND ON A BEACH. IT’S BELIEVED THEY WERE ON A BOAT THAT DEPARTED FROM MEXICO’S BORDER WITH GUATEMALA HEADING TOWARDS THE U.S. SUDDENLY CAPSIZED. ONE PERSON DID SURVIVE. ACCORDING TO RECENT DATA, THE NUMBER OF CHINESE MIGRANTS ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE U.S. FROM MEXICO HAS SKYROCKETED SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

>>> A POTENTIAL TURNING POINT IN TURKEY’S POLITICS, THE OPPOSITION PARTY SWEEPING LOCAL ELECTIONS DEALING A MAJOR BLOW TO PRESIDENT ERDOGAN’S RULING PARTY, THE OPPOSITION PARTY WINNING IN ISTANBUL BY MORE THAN 1 MILLION VOTES AND OTHER VICTORIES INCLUDING THE CAPITAL CITY OF ANKARA.

IT’S THE FIRST TIME SINCE TWO DECADES AGO ERDOGAN’S PARTY WAS DEFEATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >>> GERMANY RELAXING SOME OF ITS MARIJUANA LAWS. THE NEW LAW ALLOWS ADULTS OVER 18 TO POSSESS UP TO AN OUNCE OF CANNABIS. CITIZENS CAN GROW ABOUT THREE PLANTS AT HOME.

IT REMAINS BANNED FOR ANYONE 18 AND UNDER. >>> NOW TO THE NEW ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING INVESTIGATION INTO THE MYSTERIOUS HAVANA SYNDROME. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CBS’ 60 MINUTES, A LEAD U.S. MILITARY INVESTIGATOR SAYING HE BELIEVES THE SYNDROME WAS AN ATTACK ON U.S. OFFICIALS BY RUSSIA.

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PREVIOUSLY DEEMED IT VERY UNLIKELY THE SYNDROME CAME FROM A FOREIGN ADVERSARY, BUT ED GREEN ALLEGING THAT THE BAR FOR EVIDENCE WAS SET TOO HIGH. >> I THINK IT WAS SET TOO HIGH BECAUSE WE DID NOT AS A COUNTRY AND GOVERNMENT WANT TO FACE

SOME VERY HARD TRUTH. >> Reporter: WHAT ARE THOSE? TO THAT CAN WE SECURE AMERICA? ARE THESE MASSIVE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE FAILURES? CAN WE FREQUENT AMERICAN SOIL AND OUR PEOPLE ON AMERICAN SOIL? ARE WE BEING ATTACKED AND IF WE’RE BEING ATTACKED, IS THAT AN ACT OF WAR?

>> SO WHY WAS THIS INVESTIGATOR SO SURE IT WAS RUSSIA? HERE’S WHAT HE SAID. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I STARTED TO NOTICE WAS THE CALIBER OF OUR OFFICER THAT WAS BEING IMPACTED. THIS WASN’T HAPPENING TO OUR WORST OR OUR MIDDLE RANGE OFFICERS.

THIS WAS HAPPENING TO OUR TOP 5, 10% PERFORMING OFFICERS ACROSS THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND CONSISTENTLY THERE WAS A RUSSIA NEXUS. THERE WAS SOME ANGLE WHERE THEY HAD WORKED AGAINST RUSSIA, FOCUSED ON RUSSIA AND DONE EXTREMELY WELL. FOR MORE ON THIS I WANT TO

BRING IN KEN DELANEY FROM WASHINGTON. YOU’VE COVERED THIS FOR YEARS. HELP US PUT THE NEW ALLEGATIONS INTO CONTEXT. WHAT IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYING ABOUT ALL THIS? >> Reporter: TOM, 60 MINUTES AND A PUBLICATION CALLED “THE INSIDER” HAVE INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE MEMBERS

OF AN ELITE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND IN PLACES WHERE U.S. PERSONNEL SUFFERED SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVANA SYNDROME. THEY ALSO FOUND DOCUMENTS SUGGESTING THOSE SAME RUSSIA OPERATIVES MAY HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ACOUSTIC WEAPONS AND ARGUE THIS EVIDENCE

SUGGESTS A LINK BETWEEN THESE RUSSIAN SPIES AND HAVANA SYNDROME SYMPTOMS. 60 MINUTES ALSO INTERVIEWED THE FORMER DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL YOU JUST SHOWED WHO HELPED INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE AND SAID HE BELIEVES HAVANA SYNDROME IS IT THE RESULT OF RUSSIAN ATTACK. HE COULDN’T DISCUSS THE CLASSIFIED DETAILS.

NONE OF THIS REPORTING FOUND EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL WEAPON OR RUSSIANS ATTACKING AMERICANS. SOME STAND BY THE EVIDENCE OF LAST YEAR THERE’S NO EVIDENCE AGAINST RUSSIA OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARY. >> HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SORT OF STRADDLE THIS LINE?

HUE DO SO MANY TOP LEVEL U.S. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SAY THEY SUFFERED SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL EPISODE AND YET THERE WAS NO ATTACK? >> Reporter: WELL, THERE’S A LOT OF THEORIES ON THIS, TOM, INCLUDING SOME KIND OF BRAIN DISORDER.

ONE THING THEY TELL US IS AFTER THIS ASSESSMENT WAS PUBLISHED LAST MARCH REPORTS OF SYMPTOMS ABSOLUTELY PLUMMETED LIKE MANY, MANY FEWER THAN BEFORE. THAT SUGGESTS THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A PSYCHOGENIC ASPECT TO THIS. THAT DOESN’T MEAN PEOPLE MADE IT UP. THESE SYMPTOMS WERE VERY REAL.

THEY’RE HEARTBREAKING IN SOME CASES. PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED BEING ABLE TO WORK WHO SUFFERED FROM THESE SYMPTOMS, BUT ONE EXPERT POSTULATED THERE WAS SOMETHING CALLED A FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER, A COMMON BRAIN DYSFUNCTION. WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS SAYING THEY SEE NO EVIDENCE

THIS WAS AN ATTACK BY RUSSIA OR ANOTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARY. >> DO YOU THINK THEY’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THIS WAS? >> NO. I THINK THIS DEBATE WILL GO ON AND ON. MANY OF THESE VICTIMS LONG BELIEVED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS NOT ASKING HARD ENOUGH

QUESTIONS AND THEY’RE NOW HARDENED BY THIS NEW REPORTING AND THEY PLACE VERY LITTLE STOCK IN THE INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THEY’VE TURNED THE PAGE. AS FAR AS MANY OF THEM ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS OVER AND DONE AND THE IMPORTANT THING IS

TO TREAT THE PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMS, BUT THIS IS A DEBATE THAT’S NOT GOING AWAY. >> I HAVE A FEELING WE’LL KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS TO COME. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, NOT JUST FOR THE BOYS, GIRLS WRESTLING THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN

THE COUNTRY WITH ALL FEMALE WRESTLING PROGRAMS FOUND NEARLY IN EVERY STATE. WE SPEAK TO TWO WITH ATHLETES WHO ARE PART OF THIS HISTORIC TREND, THEIR FIGHT FOR EQUALITY ON AND OFF THE MAT. THAT’S NEXT. >>> TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP

AND GETTING AHEAD AND THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS “MEET THE PRESS” EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> INSIDE IRAN, FROM ISRAEL, FROM FLORIDA. >> EVERYBODY GOOD? >>> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY AND HOW

YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY AHEAD MATTERS. TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP AND REALLY IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD AND THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >>> THIS IS WHAT A COUNTRY AT WAR LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT IS IT LIKE? COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE LOOKED JUST LIKE THIS. ♪ >>> WE’RE BACK NOW WITH AN ERROR IN THE FAINT, THROWING OFF PLAYERS AND FANS AT THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, OFFICIALS REVEALING MINUTES BEFORE AN ELITE EIGHT GAME ONE OF THE THREE-POINT LINES HAD

BEEN DRAWN INCORRECTLY AND IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BASKET. NBC’S MORGAN CHESKY HAS THE PLAY-BY-PLAY OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >> Reporter: AS TEXAS AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE PREPARED TO FACE OFF IN AN ELITE EIGHT MATCH-UP, AN ISSUE WITH THE COURT LEAVING FANS BAFFLED.

>> I WALKED IN AND THERE WAS MEASURING HAPPENING AND I WAS SITTING NEXT TO A FRIEND WHO WAS LIKE ARE THEY MEASURING THE THREE-POINT LINE? >> Reporter: THE NCAA THREE POINT LINE IS OFFICIALLY 22 FEET AND 1.75-INCH FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, BUT THIS THREE-POINT

LINE IN PORTLAND, OREGON, IN FRONT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BENCH WAS 9 INCHES SHORT ACCORDING TO A POSTGAME MEASUREMENT BY THE NCAA AND COURT SUPPLIER, CONNOR SPORTS. >> GO OUT THERE, GET UP IN THE STANDS AND LOOK AT IT AND YOU CAN SEE IT.

>> Reporter: THE TEXAS AND NC STATE COACHES MEASURED THE DIFFERENCES THEMSELVES WEIGHING THE OPTIONS OF DELAYING THE GAME. >> THEY GAVE US THE OPTION OF BRINGING SOMEBODY IN AND REMARKING IT CORRECTLY WHICH WOULD HAVE TAKEN AN HOUR. WE MIGHT HAVE LOST OUR WINDOW WITH ABC.

>> Reporter: BOTH TEAMS AGREEING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE GAME AS SCHEDULED. NORTH CAROLINA STATE WINNING BY DOUBLE DIGITS. >> I DON’T KNOW THAT IT WAS AN ADVANTAGE OR DISADVANTAGE EITHER WAY. WE BOTH PLAYED A HALF ON EACH END. >> Reporter: FOUR FULL SWEET

16 GAMES WERE PLAYED ON THAT SAME COURT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BUT NOBODY RAISED CONCERNS. THE NCAA AND CONNOR SPORTS APOLOGIZED. THE NCAA ADDING THE MISTAKE WAS THE RESULT OF HUMAN ERROR AND THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE ERROR SOONER. THE ASSOCIATION REVIEWING ALL

OTHER THREE-POINT LINES IN BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS AND CONFIRMING THEY’RE ACCURATE. >> WE HAVE THIS MOMENT WHERE THE ATHLETICISM IS IN A PLACE WHERE IT’S BETTER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN. WE HAVE LIKE MORE FOCUS, MORE MEDIA COVERAGE AND THEN WE HAVE

THESE LITTLE MOMENT THAT KIND OF REMIND US OF THE WORK THAT’S STILL THERE. >> Reporter: THIS ERROR THE LATEST DISTRACTION FROM A RECORD BREAKING WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT. NC STATE’S FIRST ROUND GAME AGAINST CHATTANOOGA A REFEREE WAS PULLED OUT AT HALFTIME OVER

A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND NOTRE DAME STAR HANNAH HIDALGO SIDELINED FOR PART OF A SWEET 16 MATCH-UP BECAUSE OF A NOSE RING SHE’D WORN ALL SEASON LONG. THE THREE-POINT LINE FIXED WITH PAINT OVERNIGHT FOR THE REMAINING ELITE EIGHT MATCH-UP, BUT THE DAMAGE MAY ALREADY BE

DONE. >> I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF COLLEAGUES THAT WOULD SAY ONLY IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL. I MEAN IT’S A SHAME REALLY THAT IT EVEN HAPPENED, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. >> Reporter: MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS.

>> WE THANK MORGAN CHESKY FOR. THAT. >>> FINALLY, FORGET THE STEREOTYPES. A NEW GENERATION OF GIRL WRESTLERS ARE MOVING THE MATS AREN’T JUST A BOYS CLUB ANY MORE OPENING DOORS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME WITH SCHOLARSHIPS AND EVEN OLYMPIC GLORY. NBC’S STEVEN ROMO HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WRESTLING MOVE? >> DEFINITELY HIGH C. I’M A RIGHT LEG LEAD. SO YOU WOULD SEE THIS LEG. YOU’RE LIKE TIED UP AND THEN YOU BRING THEIR ARM OVER. >> Reporter: HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HALEY JAFFEY AND FRESHMAN JAMISON STRICKLAND ARE

ON A MISSION TO SLAM STEREOTYPES AND PIN DOWN NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORLD OF WRESTLING. FOR YEARS WITHOUT A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, MANY OF THE OPPONENTS THESE GIRLS FACED WERE BOYS. STRICKLAND, WHO HAS BEEN WRESTLING SINCE SHE WAS 7, SAYS THE TRAINING STARTED AT HOME.

DID YOU WRESTLE WITH YOUR BROTHER A LOT GROWING UP AND HONE YOUR SKILLS ON HIM? >> WE WOULD WORK ON MOVES THAT WE LEARNED ON YOUTUBE IN THE BASEMENT. I REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE WAS A HEADLOCK AND I WOULD JUST DO IT ON HIM AND IT WORKED.

>> Reporter: HOW DID YOUR BROTHER LIKE BEING IN A HEADLOCK? >> I THINK HE WAS JUST HAPPY TO HELP. >> Reporter: MY LITTLE SISTER NEVER PUT ME IN A HEADLOCK. I’D BE VERY PROUD. BUT THE TIDE IS NOW TURNING ABOUT GIRLS WRESTLING BECOMING

THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. >> IT LITERALLY TOOK OFF. THE NUMBERS STARTED EXPLODING. >> Reporter: AS RECENTLY AS 2018, THERE WERE ONLY SIX STATES THAT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED GIRLS WRESTLING PROGRAMS. NOW THERE ARE 45 STATES AND CAMPAIGNS TO GROW EVEN FURTHER.

>> AT THE YOUTH LEVEL, JUNIOR HIGH, HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THE GROWTH IS AMAZING AND EVEN AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS. >> Reporter: THE BOOM THANKS IN PART TO NONPROFITS LIKE SANCTION P.A. WHICH ARE FIGHTING TO HAVE THE

GIRLS LEAGUES FORMALLY RECOGNIZED. >> EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN A GIRL WAS IN HER SCHOOL BUILDING AND WALKING PAST THE WRESTLING ROOM DOORS, THOSE DOORS WERE CLOSED. NOW IT’S LIKE THE DOORS ARE OPEN AND SOMEONE’S COMING OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND SAYING HEY,

COME ON IN AND TRY WRESTLING. >> Reporter: THAT GROUP SUCCEEDING IN GETTING SIGNATURES FROM MORE THAN 100 SCHOOLS TO GET THE SPORT SANCTIONED IN PENNSYLVANIA WHICH HELD ITS FIRST EVER OFFICIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MONTH. JAFFEY TOOK HOME THE SILVER MEDAL, A LEGACY THE SENIOR

HOPES WILL CONTINUE AFTER SHE GRADUATES. >> NOW ALL THESE GIRLS HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE BEFORE. SO IT’S REALLY EXCITING AND NOW THEY CAN ALL WIN STATE MEDALS EVERY YEAR AND THAT’S LIKE HAD. >> Reporter: FOR NOW THERE’S NO FORMAL COLLEGIATE LEAGUE,

BUT AN NCAA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ADDING A WOMEN’S WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP AS EARLY AS 2026. FEW AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN HOME THE GOLD. >>> BUT, WITH THIS, NEW HOPE THAT THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR WOMEN IN THIS SPORT. >> IF SOMEONE DOES SAY TO YOU,

WRESTLING IS NOT A GIRL’S SPORT, WRESTLING IS FOR BOYS, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> I MEAN, THE ACCOLADES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, GIRLS CAN WRESTLE. IT IS NOT JUST BOYS. >> GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THOSE WRESTLERS AND WE THANK STEVEN ROMO FOR THAT STORY.

WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, MORE NEWS ON THE WAY. >>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, THE MAJOR RULING IN FLORIDA ON ABORTION RIGHTS. FLORIDA SAYING THE 6 WEEK ABORTION BAN CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS, BUT, RULE, VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY BY PUTTING THE ABORTION ISSUE ON

THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, AN SUV RAMMING THE SECURITY GATE AT THE FBI’S FIELD OFFICE. THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING. >>> THE SPRING STORMS AND TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IS APRIL SNOW HEADED FOR NEW ENGLAND? AL ROKER IS HERE.

>>> THE FLINGS THE RACE TO REOPEN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE. THE TEMPORARY FIX TO GET SHIPS IN AND OUT. THE MAJOR ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IRAN ACCUSING ISRAEL OF STRIKING ITS CONSULATE IN SYRIA AND KILLING TWO TOP GENERALS. >>> CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDER ALEX MURDAUGH.

WHY SOME OF HIS VICTIMS SAY THEY FORGIVE HIM. NFL PLAYER, RICE S COOPERATING WITH THE POLICE AFTER THEY ARE SAYING HIS CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. >>> HE IS YOUNG AND DRIVEN. THE GAMER TURNED NASCAR STAR WHO JUST CLAIMED HIS FIRST MAJOR CHECKERED FLAG.

>>> THIS IS “NBC NIGHTLY NEWS” WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, WELCOME. BREAKING TONIGHT, A PAIR OF CLOSELY WATCHED ABORTION RULES LATE TODAY BY FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT. THE COCONSERVATIVE CONSERVATIVE PANEL SAYING 6 EEK ABORTION LIMIT. AT A TIME WHEN MOST WOMEN DON’T KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT.

THEY WILL LEAVE IT TO VOTERS TO DECIDE TO RESTORE ABORTION RIGHTS WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FLORIDA’S HIGHEST COURT PAVING THE WAY FOR A STRICT ABORTION BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT. WHILE, ALSO SENDING THE ISSUE BACK TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER.

THE CONSERVATIVE COURT FINDING THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS WHICH WILL NOW ALLOW FLORIDA TO BAN THE PROCEDURE AS EARLY AS SIX WEEKS INTO PREGNANCY, BEFORE MOST WOMEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. NOW SET TO GO IN EFFECT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

>> WE ARE HERE TO DEFEND THOSE THAT CAN NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: ALL LIKELY TO USHER IN A SEA CHANGE, NOT JUST IN FLORIDA BUT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AS THE STATE HAS SEEN A SURGE OF PATIENTS FROM SURROUNDING STATES THAT PASSED STRICTER BANS SINCE ROE V. WADE

WAS OVERTURNED. AT THE SAME TIME THE COURT SAYING THEY APPROVE KEY LANGUAGE PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS AFTER ADVOCATES GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE THE ISSUE THIS NOVEMBER. >> I FEEL LIKE WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO DO. >> I DON’T THINK THEY SHOULD

HAVE ABORTION AT ALL. >> Reporter: IF PASSED IT WOULD GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BEFORE VIABILITY. THAT IS USUALLY AROUND 24 WEEKS OR WHENS IN TO PROTECT THE PATIENT’S HEALTH. >> IT IS NOT JUST FLORIDA THAT COULD HAVE ABORTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, LESTER. SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATES ARE CONSIDERING BALLOT MEASURES LIKE THESE. SOME SUCCEEDED THE ADVOCATES SUCCEEDED GETTING THEM ON THE BALLOT. IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT TERM, THIS ABORTION BAN IS GOING TO START IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS IN FLORIDA.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> JUST DEVELOPING TONIGHT, A DRIVER RAMMING A CAR INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI OFFICE. HE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA WHEN AGENTS

SAY A MAN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE USE TODAY TO TRY TO FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM THE PERSON RAMMED INTO THE FRONT GATE, SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS THE

DRIVER TRIED TO GET PASSED THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE’S VEHICLE INSIDE BUT THE SECURITY RAM ENGAGED. HE ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED. >> SOME OF OUR SPECIAL AGENTS PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HE IS BEING TAKEN TO THE

HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS EVALUATED. >> THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. >> Reporter: NOTE IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF IT WAS A POW TRNL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT, FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT — WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF

TERROR. TONIGHT, THE FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING HIS NAME. >>> TENS OF MILLIONS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE MIDWEST AND SOUTH FROM THE SAME STORM THAT CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING AND SURPRISINGLY HEAVY SNOW IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND.

AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT, A DANGEROUS SITUATION BREWING. >> Reporter: IT IS DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. VOLATILE SITUATION, 8 MILL WHEREON PEOPLE UNDER TORNADO WATCHES FROM ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY DOWN TO OKLAHOMA CITY AND NORTH OF DALLAS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. AND, THEN, WE ALSO GOT IT AS YOU CAN SEE, LINE OF SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST. FLOOD WATCHES FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE. TONIGHT, WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AREA RIGHT IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE WE GOT DAMAGING HAIL, WIND GUSTS, KNOCK NIGHT TORNADOES, AND THEN WE MOVE INTO TOMORROW, THE THREAT RAMPS UP TO 55 MILLION

PEOPLE IN THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY FROM COLUMBUS, NATIONAL, CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM, RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2-3 INCHES, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM, WE GOT A MAJOR NO STORM. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND UP TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>>> SIX DAYS SINCE THE KEYS BRIDGE WAS HIT. THEY OPENED UP A NARROW CHANNEL TO ALLOW RECOVERY VESSELS TO ACCESS THE DISASTER SITE.. >> Reporter: TONIGHTS, AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER TO GET A PORING OF THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN. TODAY, TALKING ABOUT A CHANNEL NOW BEING COMPLETE

>> IT WILL HELP US GET VESSELS AROUND IT. >> Reporter: WE ARE SEEING ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO GO THROUGH, OFF IN THE DISTANCE, A BARGE PUSHED BY A TUGBOAT. >> Reporter: THE OPERATION IN FULL SWING SIX DAYS AFTER THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED WHEN THE CONTAINERSHIP STRUCK ONE THE

PILLARS. >> Reporter: CREWS WERE OUT WITH TORCHES SLICING THE PIECES OF METAL. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE FIRST PIECES CUT AND WAITING TO BE REMOVED. >> Reporter: THE TEMPORARY SHIPPING LANE EXPECTED TO ALLOW ONLY VESSELS FOR SALVAGE OPERATIONS, 370 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, LOGISTIC EXPERTS AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND-THE- CLOCK.

THE PLAN, CLEAR THE BRIDGE, STABILIZE THE DALI REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE BOW AND REMOVE CARGO CONTAINERS SO IT CAN BE REFLOATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PORT. ALL OF THIS EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS AT LEAST. >> WE WILL MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS

POSSIBLE BUT CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY. >> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT REMAINS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON BOTH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 8,000 JOBS THAT DIRECTLY DEPEND ON THIS BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPEN. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION THIS SHIPPING HUB

>> IT STUNG SEEING IT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: CHRIS ELLIOT IS A LONGSHOREMAN. THE FOLKS THAT HANDLE ALL OF THE PRODUCTS FROM SHIP-TO- SHORE. SINCE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE HE HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. >> THE UNCERTAINTY HAS TO BE HARD? >> IT IS. EVERY DAY YOU ARE THINKING

ABOUT THE FUTURE, THE UNCERTAINTY. YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE SOME SLEEP OVER IT. GOT BILLS TO PAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING THE OWNER OF THE CONTAINERSHIP PETITIONED THE COURT TO LIMIT ITS LIABILITY FOR THIS ACCIDENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS TO VISIT ON FRIDAY.

>> THANK YOU. >>> IN SOUTH CAROLINA A NEW SENTENCE FOR ALEX MURDAUGH TODAY. THIS COMES ON MULTIPLE STATE SENTENCES INCLUDING FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND SON? >> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, LESTER. TODAY, HE WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON AND $8 MILLION

IN RESTITUTION FOR STEALING MILLIONS FROM HIS FAMILY LAW FIRM’S PERSONAL INJURY CLIENTS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE HE IS SERVING FOR KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON AND 27 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR SIMILAR FINANCIAL CRIMES. HE APPEARED IN COURT TODAY IN

AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT AND SHACKLES AND ADDRESSED THE JUDGE FOR 13 MINUTES. HE SAID HE IS REMORSEFUL AND EMBASED BY WHAT HE DID.. TWO OF HIS VICTIMS APPEARED IN COURT SAYING THEY FORGIVE HIM. >>> TONIGHT, A LAWYER FOR RASHEED RICE SAYS HE IS COOPERATING WITH THE AUTHORITIES AS THEY INVESTIGATE

A SIX VEHICLE CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY OF INVOLVED ONE OF HIS CARS. NOW, WE HAVE LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEED RICE IS RESPONDING AMID REPORTS THAT HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX CAR CRASH. CAUSED BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE. >> Reporter: DRAMATIC DASH

CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT THAT THE POLICE SAY THE DRIVERS LOST CONTROL. ONE CAR SLAMMING INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN AS THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT. A MOM AND 4-YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT.

>> THIS COULD HAVE ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOTH CARS HITTING ME, ME AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. >> Reporter: ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR, THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND THE CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO.

>> ARE YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YES. >> WHERE ARE YOU HEADING. >> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YOU GUYS JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE NFL NOT COMMENTING BUT THE CHIEFS PRESIDENT TELLING KCMO TALK RADIO THIS.

>> WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT, WE’LL GATHER THE FACTS, WE’LL REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP FOR IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THE VIDEO, LESTER? >> THANK YOU.

>>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED SOME OF ITS SENIOR COMMANDERS AT A BUILDING. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FIRELY AFTERMATH. SMOKE AND FLAMES BILL LOWING FROM THE IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC BUILDING. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE STREETS. IRAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO

CHANNELS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. IT IS BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF BOTH HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS AS FEARS GROW OF A WIDENING CONFLICT OUTSIDE OF GAZA. ISRAEL ANNOUNCES THE END OF WHAT IT CALLS A TWO-WEEK

COUNTERTERROR RAID OF AL SHEFA HOSPITAL. ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE. THEY KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND CAPTURED SENIOR HAMAS OPERATIVES, THE U.S. SAYING HAMAS IS HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS. >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS,

BUT, AS WE ALSO SAID, WE DO NOT WANT FIREFIGHTS IN A HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS AT LEAST 21 PATIENTS DIED DURING THE ISRAELI SIEGE AND GAZA’S HEALTH MINISTRY SAY THEY FOUND BODIES OF CIVILIANS DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM, A DOCTOR, ACCORDING

TO HIS FAMILY IN PALESTINIAN MEDIA. A DEDICATED SURGEON, HIS COLLEAGUES SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND >> HE OPTED TO STAY IN NORTHERN GAZA TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS. >> Reporter: ISRAEL’S MILITARY SAYING IRANIAN MADE DRONE HIT A BUILDING WITH NO CASUALTY. LESTER?

>>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE $20 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE FOR FOOD WORKERS WHAT IS THE IMPACT? >>> MORE THAN 500,000 FAST FOOD WORKERS GOT A RAISE TODAY TO $20 AS A NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS MEANT TO OFF SET THE HIGH

COST OF LIVING BUT IT MAY ALSO MEAN YOU WILL PAY MORE FOR YOUR BURGER. >> SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. >> Reporter: FOR THREE YEARS SHE HAS WORKED AT JACK-IN-THE- BOX, STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS A SINGLE MOM IN HIGH PRICED LOS ANGELES >> THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR

WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING. SOME WORKERS ARE HOMELESS. >> Reporter: THAT IS WHY TODAY MARKS A MOMENT SHE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. SHE IS AMONG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST FOOD WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETTING A RAISE. >> WE NEED THIS. WE NEED THIS SO BAD. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF

PROTESTS, RESTAURANT CHAINS WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE MUST PAY THEIR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES $20 AN HOUR. ONE OF THE HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGES AND THE FIRST TIME STATE LAWMAKERS MANDATED IT FOR JUST ONE INDUSTRY. >> HOW IS IT GOING? >> Reporter: MANY FRANCHISE

OWNERS WHO RUNS 11 McDONALD’S AROUND L.A. SAY THE LAW PUTS AN UNFAIR STRAIN ON THEIR BUSINESSES ALREADY OPERATING ON SLIM MARGINS >> DO YOU FEEING TARGETED THAT IT SPECIFICALLY IS FOR FAST FOOD? >> YES. I THINK PEOPLE JUST DO NOT REALIZE THAT.

THEY SEE A BIG McDONALD’S BRAND AND THINK THEY GOT ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. IT IS JUST NOT AT ALL HOW IT IS. >> Reporter: McDONALD’S, CHIPOTLE AND STARBUCKS PLAN TO RAISE PRICES, PIZZA HUT LAID OFF 1200 DELIVERY DRIVE ARES LIKE MICHAEL. >> I WAS FRUSTRATED.

A LOT OF US GOT OUR JOBS TAKEN FROM US. >> Reporter: HE WAS LET GO AFTER EIGHT YEARS. >> WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE THE RAISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE. >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THE LAW MIGHT LEAD TO SHORTER HOURS AND SPEEDUP AUTOMATION,

REPLACING PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY. >> Reporter: ECONOMISTS SAY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH, DOES THAT APPLY HERE? >> IT REALLY APPLIES HERE. WE FORGET SOMEONE IS PAYING FOR IT SOMEWHERE. >> Reporter: AS COST OF LIVING RISES, A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS GOES

A LONG WAY. >> I AM PRAYING THAT THIS $20 WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. [CRYING] >> Reporter: BACK TO YOU. >>> UP NEXT FOR US TONIGHT, COLLEGE WARNINGS OVER FINANCIAL AID CHAOS, COULD IT IMPACT THOUSANDS OF STUDENT’S ABILITY

TO GO TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH OUR SERIES KIDS UNDER PRESSURE. WE TOLD YOU LAST MONTH ABOUT GLITCHES CAUSING CHAOS IN FINANCIAL AID APPROVALS, NOW, UNIVERSITIES ARE SOUNDING WILL ALARM THEY CAN NOT PROCESS IT ALL IN TIME. >> Reporter: CHOOSING A COLLEGE

IS HARD ENOUGH. BUT, AS ITS ENROLLMENT DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR, SOME STUDENTS STILL DON’T KNOW IF THEY WILL GET THE FINANCIAL AID THEY NEED TO PAY FOR THE SCHOOL. FRUSTRATING FOR THIS HIGH SCHOOLER. >> HOW MANY SCHOOLS ACCEPTED YOU? >> FIVE OR SIX.

>> HOW MANY OF THEM TOLD YOU IF THEY WILL OFFER FINANCIAL AID? >> NONE OF THEM. >> Reporter: ISSUES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S NEW FINANCIAL AID FORM KEEPS MOUNTING. >> STUDENTS WITHOUT FINANCIAL AID WILL NOT GO TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL. TRAGEDY FOR THEM AND FOR THE

NATION. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF COLLEGE OFFICIALS, 67% DO NOT THINK THEIR SCHOOL CAN PROCESS FINANCIAL AID IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. >> LOW INCOME STUDENTS ARE ALREADY FACING A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES TO GET A HIGHER EDUCATION. AND, AREN’T THEY THE ONES WHO

ARE HURT THE MOST BY THIS? >> THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE ONES HURT BY IT THE MOST. IT WAS A SYSTEM TO MAKE IT EASIER. >> Reporter: THE NEW ORLEANS FINANCIAL AID FORM EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY AND STREAMLINED QUESTIONS FROM 103 TO ABOUT 20.

THERE WAS A LATE ROLL OUT AND LOTS OF GLITCHES. >> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE TRANSITION HERE HAS BEEN ROCKY, CHALLENGING, NOT JUST FOR US BUT FOR STUDENTS AND FOR COLLEGES. >> Reporter: FACING DELAYS, DOZENS OF COLLEGES PUSHED BACK THE MAY 1st DEADLINE.

THE DOE MADE CHANGES INCLUDING ADDING DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES DEALING WITH THE ISSUES AND LOOSENING REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS. >> PEOPLE ARE WORKING SEVEN- DAYS A WEEK HERE, LONG NIGHTS TO MAKE SURE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR AID OFFERS. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE THEY WAIT.

>> IF WE ARE UNABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN PAY FOR THE COLLEGE THAT IS A BIG DEAL. >> Reporter: WHAT SHE DOES NOT WANT IS A MOUNTAIN OF DEBT. >> Reporter: NEXT TONIGHT, HOW PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AS A KID PROPELLED HIM RIGHT INTO THE

FAST LANE OF NASCAR AND HIS FAR BIG WIN. ABOUT A WORLD WAR II HERO . >>> SAD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT A WORLD WAR II HERO, THE LAST LIVING SURVIVOR FROM THE USS ARIZONA HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 102. IT WAS BOMBED, IS SANK DURING

THE JAPANESE ATTACK IN PEARL HARBOR. 1,000 AMERICAN SAILORS AND MARINES WERE ON BOARD AND WERE KILLED. >>> FINALLY, HE WENT FROM VIDEO GAMES TO DRIVING IN NASCAR. AT THE AGE OF 21 HE IS JUST GETTING STARTED. SAM BROCK NOW THE STORY. >> FOR FANS OF THE 21-YEAR-OLD.

>> THERE IT IS. HE WINS IT IN LAS VEGAS. >> Reporter: HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS MIGHT SEEM TO BE FLYING IN AT SPEED. >> ARE YOU TELLING ME, YOU ARE 21 NOW, RIGHT? ONLY FOUR YEARS AGO WAS YOUR FIRST RACE? >> YES. COMING ON FIVE IN JUNE.

SO, TO BE AT THIS LEVEL I FIELD PROUD SO FAR. >> Reporter: THE NUMBER 71 TRUCK. HE JUST BECAME THE THIRD BLACK DRIVER IN NASCAR’S HISTORY TO WIN A NATIONAL SERIES RACE AFTER WINDEL SCOTT AND BUBBA WALLACE. >> DID YOU SEE IT? >> THE PASSION IS THE MAIN

THING, STILL IS, AUTHENTIC TO MY BACKGROUND AND WHO I AM AND MY FAMILY. AT THE SAME TIME I AM HERE TO BE A RACER. >> Reporter: VIDEO GAMES AS A KID. >> YOU EVEN HAVE TIRE PRESSURE IN THERE. >> OH, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF

THAT STUFF. >> Reporter: SERVING AS A SPRINGBOARD STRAIGHT TO NASCAR’S DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY PROGRAM HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WALLACE AND DANIEL SWAREZ. >> FOR ME IT WAS LITERALLY THE SOUL REASON WHY I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE JUMP FROM RACING ON

LINE TO REAL LIFE. >> Reporter: CRITICAL SUPPORT COMING FROM HIS FAMILY. >> HE IS GOING THROUGH THING ANY PARENT THAT WANTS TO SUPPORT A CHILD DOING SOMETHING BUT AS A FAR AS IT UNIQUE THING THAT IS A DIFFERENCE. >> DO YOU THINK HIS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE OPENING THE DOOR FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO COME ON THROUGH? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: NOW WITH A FULL GARAGE. >> I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. >> Reporter: AN INSPIRATION. >> LAST YEAR WAS THE DREAM, NOW THE DREAM IS A REALITY. >> Reporter: AND A SUCCESS

STORY THAT IS ONLY BEGINNING TO REV UP. >> SAM BROCK, NORTH CAROLINA. >>> THAT IS NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I’M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. >>> FIRE HAS GROWN, LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

>> HOW IS IT GOING? >> PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. >>> GOOD MORNING, IT BEGINS WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM. A CHANCE TO START FRESH. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU IN TO SHARE A MOMENT THAT BRIGHTENS YOUR DAY. EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. ♪.

>>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONTLINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. >> THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND. THE OFFICIALS SAY THE ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> FROM THIS VIEW YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >>> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER

ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >>> WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD? >> ISRAEL’S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP ALONG THE BORDER >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY SHOWING MORE ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >>> LET’S ZERO IN ON EXERCISE, WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE

DOING IT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR OUR HEALTH? >>> NBC NEWS DAILY WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN >> KNOW WHAT IS IN IT. >> WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS THIS

HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> MENTAL HEALTH. >> WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS NOW MORE THAN EVER. NOW IS RAW.

>> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE BETWEEN THE24 RACE. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW

U. NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE HOSTAGES, DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED. >> NOW IS RAW.

>> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> THIS IS IT. WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE >> NOW IS CONSTANT. >> MORNING NEWS NOW, MORE BREAKING NEWS. >> NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.

>> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> I’M LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM. >> GROUND 0 AS IT IS BEING REFERRED TO. >> THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT RESILIENCY. >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW

>> SOME OF THE TROOPS. >> WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE >> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE CAN NOT GO ANY FURTHER. >> THESE ARE RESILIENT FOLKS, LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS “MEET THE PRESS” EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC.

>>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, MAJOR RULING IN FLORIDA ON ABORTION RIGHTS. FLORIDA SUPREME COURT SAYING THAT THE STATE’S 6 WEEK ABORTION BAN CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS. BUT ALSO RULING THAT VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY BY PUTTING THE ABORTION ISSUE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

THE GROWING NATIONAL BATTLE.. >>> ALSO, THE SUV RAMMING A SECURITY GATE AT THE FBI’S ATLANTA FIELD OFFICE THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING >> THE SPRING STORMS AND TORNADO THREAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IS APRIL SNOW HEADED FOR NEW ENGLAND? AL ROKER IS HERE.

>>> THE PROGRESS IN THE RACE TO REOPEN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE AFTER THAT MASSIVE BRIDGE COLLAPSE THE TEMPORARY FIX TO GET SHIPS IN AND OUT. >>> THE MAJOR ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IRAN ACCUSING ISRAEL OF STRIKING ITS CONSULATE IN SYRIA

AND KILLING TWO TOP GENERALS. >>> CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDER ALEX MURDAUGH BACK IN COURT, SENTENCED TO 40 MORE YEARS FOR STEALING, WHY SOME OF HIS VICTIMS SAY THEY FORGIVE HIM. >>> A LAWYER FOR RASHEED RICE SAYS HE IS COOPERATING WITH THE POLICE AFTER LEARNING HIS CAR

WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR CRASH. THE AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR HELP TO ID THE MEN IN THIS VIDEO. >>> HE IS YOUNG AND DRIVEN, THE GAMER JUST NAMED NASCAR STAR WHO JUST CLAIMED HIS FIRST CHECKER FLAG. >>> GOOD EVEN, WELCOME, BREAKING TONIGHT, A PAIR OF CLOSELY WATCHED ABORTION

RULINGS LATE TODAY BY FLORIDA SUPREME COURT. CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY PANEL OPENING THE DOOR FOR A BAN ON ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. A POINT AT WHICH SOME WOMEN DON’T KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. IN A SEPARATE RULING, THE COURT WILL LEAVE IT TO FLORIDA VOTERS

TO DECIDE TO RESTORE ABORTION RIGHTS WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER. SENIOR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FLORIDA’S HIGHEST COURT PAVING THE WAY FOR A STRICT ABORTION BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT. WHILE SENDING THE ISSUE BACK TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER.

THE CONSERVATIVE COURT FINDING THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS, IT WILL NOW ALLOW FLORIDA TO BAN THE PROCEDURE AS EARLY AS SIX WEEKS INTO PREGNANCY BEFORE MANY WOMEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. NOW, IT IS SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN THE NEXT 30-DAYS

>> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEFEND THOSE THAT CAN’T DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> IT IS ALL LIKELY TO USHER IN A SEA CHANGE, NOT ONLY IN FLORIDA BUT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AS THEY ARE SEEING A SURGE IN PATIENTS FROM SURROUNDING STATES. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COURT

TODAY ALSO APPROVING KEY LANGUAGE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS. AFTER ADVOCATES GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE THE ISSUE THIS NOVEMBER. >> I FEEL LIKE WOMEN SHOULD NOT BE TOLD WHAT TO DO. >> I DON’T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ABORTION AT ALL.

>> Reporter: PASSED, IT WILL GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO ABORTION BEFORE VIABILITY THAT IS USUALLY AROUND 24 WEEKS OR WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE PATIENT’S HEALTH. >> IT IS NOT JUST FLORIDA THAT COULD HAVE IT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. >> THAT IS RIGHT. SEVERAL STATES COULD OF

CONSIDERED BALLOT MEASURES LIKE THESE. SOME THEY SUCCEEDED. ADVOCATES SUCCEEDED GETTING THEM ON THE BALLOT. IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT TERM, THIS ABORTION BAN, THIS ABORTION BAN WILL START IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS IN FLORIDA >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> JUST DEVELOPING, A DRIVER

IN ATLANTA RAMMING HIS CAR INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI OFFICE THERE. HE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA WHEN AGENTS SAY A MAN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE USE TODAY TO TRY AND FORCE HIS

WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM THAT A PERSON RAMMED INTO THE FBI ATLANTAIGATE. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET PASSED THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE’S VEHICLE INSIDE. BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED AND THE SUSPECT CRASHED

HIS CAR INTO IT. THE OFFICIALS SAY HE THEN JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN FOR THE BUILDING BUT ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED >> SOME OF OUR SPECIAL AGENTS THAT WERE PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES AT THIS POINT ARE

NOT KNOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKE TONE A LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO GETTING INSIDE OF OF THE BUILDING, THE OFFICIALS SAY, AND NOTE IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF IT WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR.

TONIGHT, FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE SUSPECT AND SAY NO WEAPON WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. AND TONIGHT, THE OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. LESTER? >> THANK YOU. >>> TENS OF MILLIONS ARE IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF SEVERE WEATHER

TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE MIDWEST AND SOUTH FROM THE SAME STORM THAT CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING AND SURPRISINGLY HEAVY SNOW IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND. AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT FOR US. >> Reporter: IT IS DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. A VOLATILE SITUATION, WE HAVE

EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE UNDER TORNADO WATCHES FROM KANSAS CITY TO OKLAHOMA CITY AND NORTH OF DALLAS TO LATE TONIGHT AND THEN WE ALSO GOT AS YOU CAN SEE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST, FLOOD WATCHES FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE, TONIGHT, WE ARE

REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AREA, RIGHT IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE WE GOT DAMAGING HAIL, WIND GUST, TORNADOES, THESE ARE TWICE AS DEADLY AS DAY TIME TORNADOES. ST. LOUIS, POPLAR BLUFF, AND THEN MOVING INTO TOMORROW. THE THREAT RAMPS UP TO 55 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UPPER

OHIO RIVER VALLEY, FROM COLUMBUS, NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA, BIRMINGHAM, RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2-3 INCHES, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WE HAVE A MAJOR SNOWSTORM, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND UP TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. >> ALL RIGHT, AL ROKER, THANK YOU.

>>> SIX DAYS SINCE BALTIMORE’S KEY BRIDGE WAS STRUCK. THERE IS PROGRESS TO REOPEN THE PORT. OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THEY ALREADY OPENED A NARROW CHANNEL TO ALLOW RECOVERY VESSELS TO ACCESS THE DISASTER SITE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE URGENT MISSION

TO GET A PORTION OF THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN. TODAY, ANNOUNCING A TEMPORARY CHANNEL COMPLETE >> IT WILL HELP US GET MORE VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE >> WE WERE OUT ON THE WATER WITH THE COAST GUARD TODAY.

>> WITH THE TEMPORARY AIR OPEN WE ARE SEEING THE FIRST VESSEL GOING THROUGH. >> Reporter: IN FULL SWING WHEN IT COLLAPSED WHEN THE CONTAINERSHIP STRUCK ONE OF THE PILLARS. >> Reporter: YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FIRST PIECES THAT WERE CUT AND THEY ARE WAITING

TO BE REMOVED. >> THE NEW 11 FOOT DEEP TEMPORARY SHIPPING LANE EXPECTED TO ALLOW ONLY VESSELS IS ESSENTIAL TO SALVAGE OPERATIONS, ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK. THE PLAN, CLEAR THE BRIDGE WRECKAGE FROM THE CHANNEL, STABILIZE THE DALI REMOVE THE BRIDGE SPAN FROM ITS BOW, AND

EVENTUALLY REMOVE SOME CARGO CONTAINERS SO THE SHIP CAN BE REFLOATED AND PACK TO THE PORT. ALL OF THIS EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS AT LEAST >> WE WILL MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE BUT CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY. >> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT

REMAINS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 8,000 JOBS THAT DEPEND ON THE BUSY WATERWAY BEING OPENED. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THE SHIPPING HUB. >> IT STUNG SEEING IT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: CHRIS ELLIOT IS A LONGSHOREMAN.

THE FOLKS THAT HANDLE THE PRODUCTS FROM SHIP-TO-SHORE AT THE PRODUCT. SINCE THEN, CHRIS IS IN LIMBO. IT HAS TO BE HARD. AND THE UNCERTAINTY. AND, YOU LOSE SLEEP OVER IT. YOU GOT BILLS TO PAY >> TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING THE OWNER OF THE CONTAINERSHIP, PETITIONS TO LIMIT ITS

LIABILITY FOR THIS ACCIDENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPECTED TO VISIT ON FRIDAY. >>> A NEW SENTENCE FOR ALEX MURDAUGH FOR CRIMES, THIS COMES ON TOP OF MULTIPLE STATE SENTENCES INCLUDING FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND SON. >> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT,

TODAY, HE WAS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON AND $8 MILLION IN RESTITUTION FOR STEALING, THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO LIFE SENTENCES HE IS SERVING FOR KILLING HIS WIFE OF AND SON AND 27 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR SIMILAR FINANCIAL CRIMES. HE APPEARED IN A ORANGE

JUMPSUIT AND SHACKELS AND ADDRESSED THE JUDGE FOR 13 MINUTES. HE SAID HE IS REMORSEFUL AND EMBARRASSED AND HE THINKS ABOUT HIS VICTIMS EVERY DAY. TWO OF THEM APPEAR IN COURT TODAY AND SAID THEY FORGIVE HIM. DALLAS THAT MAY HAVE LESTER? >> RASHEED RICE’S LAWYER SAYS

HE IS COOPERATING, THERE WAS A CRASH THAT MAY OF INVOLVED ONE OF HIS CARS. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEED RICE IS RESPONDING AMID REPORTS HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING IN A

STATEMENT THAT HE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED. THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX CAR CRASH. CAUSED BY THIS LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE SPEEDING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY.

>>> A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY AT 6700 BLOCK. >> Reporter: DASH CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT THE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER’S LOST CONTROL. ONE CAR SLAMMING INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN AS THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT. A DRIVER SAYS SHE AND HER 4- YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME

AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT. >> THIS COULD OF ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BOTH CARS HITTING ME, YET, ME AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED. >>> THE POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE

LAMBORGHINI AND THE CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BYSTANDER CAPTURED THIS VIDEO. >> YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? WHERE ARE YOU HEADING? >> ARE YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> YOU GUYS JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT? >>> TONIGHT, THE NFL NOT COMMENTING.

BUT, THE CHIEFS PRESIDENT TELLING KCMO TALK RADIO THIS. >> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WE’LL GATHER THE FACTS, WE’LL REACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL CRASH. THEY ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S

HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THE VIDEO, LEFTER >>. >> THANK YOU. >>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IRAN IS CLAIMING TONIGHT THAT AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED SOME OF ITS SENIOR COMMANDERS AT A DIPLOMATIC BUILD. >> TONIGHT, THE FIERY

AFTERMATH, A STRIKE IN SYRIA. SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM THE BUILDING. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE STREETS. IRAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. IT IS BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF

BOTH HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS. FEARS GROW AS A WIDENING CONFLICT OUTSIDE OF GAZA. TODAY, ISRAEL ANNOUNCED WHAT IT CALLED THE END OF A TWO WEEK TERROR RAID ON AL-SHEFA HOSPITAL. ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE AND ISRAELI COMMANDOS KILLED 200.

THEY ARE SAYING HAMAS IS HIDING AMONG CIVILIANS >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS, AS WE ALWAYS SAID WE DON’T WANT FIREFIGHTERS IN A HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS AT LEAST 21 PATIENTS DIED DURING ISRAELI SIEGE. AND GAZA’S HAMAS RUN HEALTH

MINISTRY SAID THEY FOUND BODIES OF CIVILIANS DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM A DOCTOR ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY AND PALESTINIAN MEDIA. A DEDICATED SURGEON, HIS COLLEAGUES SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND. >> HE OPTED TO STAY TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: ISRAEL’S MILITARY SAYING IRANIAN-MADE DRONE HIT AN ISRAELI NAVY BASE. NO INJURIES REPORTS. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE $20 AN HOUR PAY HIKE FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA. WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON MEAL PRICES, NEXT? >>> MORE THAN 500,000 FAST FOOD

WORKERS GOT A RAISE TODAY TO $20 AN HOUR AS A NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS MEANT TO OFF SET THE HIGH COST OF LIVING BUT IT MAY ALSO MEAN YOU WILL PAY MORE FOR YOUR BURGER. >> SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

>> Reporter: FOR THREE YEARS SHE HAS WORKED AT JACK-IN-THE- BOX, STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS A SINGLE MOM IN HIGH PRIZED LOS ANGELES. >> THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR WORKERS ARE STRUGGLING. SOME WORKERS ARE HOMELESS. >> Reporter: THAT IS WHY TODAY MARKS A MOMENT SHE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.

SHE IS AMONG HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST FOOD WORKERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA GETTING A RAISE. >> WE NEED THIS. WE NEED THIS SO BAD. >> Reporter: AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTS, RESTAURANT CHAINS WITH MORE THAN 60 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE MUST PAY THEIR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES AT LEAST $20 AN HOUR.

ONE OF THE HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGES IN THE COUNTRY AND THE FIRST TIME STATE LAWMAKERS MANDATED A MINIMUM WAGE FOR JUST ONE INDUSTRY. SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS TIME FOR THE BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS TO PAY A LIVING WAGE. >> HOW IS IT GOING? >> MANY FRANCHISE OWNERS LIKE

THIS ONE WHO RUNS 11 McDONALD’SES AROUND L.A. SAYING IT PUTS A STRAIN ON THEIR BUSINESSES WORK. >> THEY ARE JUST SEEING THIS BIG McDONALD’S BRAND SAYING THEY GOT ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE WORLD AND THAT IS NOT AT ALL HOW IT IS. >> Reporter: THE COMPANIES ARE

SAYING THEY PLAN TO RAISE PRICES TO OFF SET THE RISE IN LABOR COSTS, PIZZA HUT LAID OFF 1200 DELIVERY DRIVERS. >> I WAS FRUSTRATED. A LOT OF US GOT OUR JOBS TAKEN FROM US. >> Reporter: HE WAS LET GO AFTER EIGHT YEARS. >> WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE

RAISE IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB ANYMORE. >> Reporter: EXPERTS SAY THE LAW MAY LEAD TO SHORTER HOURS AND SPEEDUP THE PUSH TO AUTOMATION REPLACING PEOPLE WITH TECHNOLOGY. >> Reporter: ECONOMISTS OFTEN SAY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH, DOES THAT APPLY HERE?

>> IT REALLY APPLIES HERE. >> Reporter: AS THE COST OF LIVING RISES, A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS GOES A LONG WAY. >> I AM PRAYING THAT THIS $20 WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN. >> Reporter: BACK TO YOU. >>> UP NEXT FOR US TONIGHT,

COLLEGE WARNINGS OVER FINANCIAL AID CHAOS. COULD IT IMPACT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ABILITY TO GO TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL? ♪. >>> NEARLY A DOZEN HOURS SINCE THE EYE ROARED ASHORE. ♪ . >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND.

FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE HOSTAGES, DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED. >>> NOW IS RAW. >>> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. >>> NOW, IS REAL.

>> THIS IS IT. NOW WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. >> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> IT IS COMING AT US EVERY

SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER.. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. >> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN. >> FROM ISRAEL, FROM FLORIDA, FROM MAINE, PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING.

>>> THIS IS WHAT A COUNTRY AT WAR LOOKS LIKE. >>> COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE REGION LOOK JUST LIKE THIS. ♪ . >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >>> FRONTLINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. >> THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND, THE OFFICIALS SAY THE ENTIRE TOWN

IS CUT OFF. >> THIS HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. ♪ . >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS “MEET THE PRESS” EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC.

>>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY A TRILLION GALAXYS? >> YES. >> THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS SO HARD TO COMPUTE >> IF IT IS THE MOON, IF IT IS MARS IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> BREAKING NEWS, THE MAJOR

RULING IN FLORIDA ON ABORTION RIGHTS. FLORIDA SUPREME COURT SAYING THE STATE’S 6-WEEK ABORTION BAN CAN TAKE EFFECT IN 30 DAYS, RULING THAT VOTERS SHOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY BY PUT PUTTING ABORTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. >>> LSO TONIGHT, THE SUV

RAMMING A SECURITY GATE AT THE FBI’S ATLANTA FIELD OFFICE. THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING. THE SPRING STORMS AND TORNADOES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IS APRIL SNOW HEADED FOR NEW ENGLAND? AL ROKER IS HERE. >>> THE RACE TO REOPEN THE PORT IN BALTIMORE.

THE TEMPORARY FIX TO GET SHIPS IN AND OUT. >>> IRAN ACCUSING ISRAEL OF STRIKING ITS CONSULATE IN SYRIA AND KILLING TWO TOP GENERALS. >>> CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDER ALEX MURDAUGH BACK IN COURT, SENTENCED FOR 40 MORE YEARS FOR STEALING FROM HIS CLIENTS, WHY

SOME OF HIS VICTIMS SAY THEY FORGIVE HIM. >>> THE LAWYER FOR NFL PLAYER RASHEED RICE SAYS HE IS COOPERATING WITH THE POLICE AFTER HIS CAR WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE AUTHORITIES ASKING FOR HELP IDING THE MAN IN THIS VIDEO. >>> GOOD EVENING, WELCOME,

BREAKING TONIGHT, A PAIR OF CLOSELY-WATCHED ABORTION RULING LATE TODAY BY FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT. THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY PANEL OPENING THE DOOR FOR A BAN ON ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY. A POINT OF WHICH SOME WOMEN DON’T KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. IN A SEPARATE RULING THE COURT

WILL LEAVE IT TO FLORIDA VOTERS TO DECIDE TO RESTORE ABORTION RIGHTS WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER. SENIOR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT STARTS OFF US OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FLORIDA’S HIGHEST COURT PAVING THE WAY FOR A STRICT ABORTION BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT WHILE SENDING THE

ISSUE BACK TO THE VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER. THE CONSERVATIVE COURT FINDING THE STATE’S CONSTITUTION DOES NOT PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS WHICH WILL NOW ALLOW FLORIDA TO BAN THE PROCEDURE AS EARLY AS 6 WEEKS INTO PREGNANCY BEFORE MANY WOMEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT.

THAT LAW SIGNED LAST YEAR BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS, NOW SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN THE NEXT 30-DAYS >> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEFEND THOSE THAT CAN NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> Reporter: IT IS NOT JUST IN FLORIDA BUT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AS THEY ARE SEEING SURGE

IN PATIENTS SINCE ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE COURT UPHOLDING KEY PARTS OF AMENDMENT PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS AS THEY GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO IT ON THE BALLOTS >> I DON’T THINK WOMEN SHOULD BE TOLD WHAT TO DO. JUST FLORIDA THAT

COULD HAVE ABORTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER . >> IT IS NOT JUST FLORIDA THAT COULD HAVE ABORTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. >> THAT IS RIGHT, LESTER. SEVERAL STATES ARE CONSIDERING BALLOTS LIKE THESE. SOME HAVE SUCCEEDED GETTING THEM ON THE BALLOT.

IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT TERM, LESTER, THIS ABORTION BAN IS GOING TO START IN THE NEXT 30-DAYS IN FLORIDA. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> JUST DEVELOPING TONIGHT, A DRIVER NEAR ATLANTA RAMMING HIS CAR INTO THE FRONT GATE OF THE FBI OFFICE THERE.

HE IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR SECURITY SCARE AT THE FBI FIELD OFFICE IN ATLANTA. AGENTS SAY A MAN, DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, USE TODAY TO TRY TO FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE. >> WE CAN CONFIRM A PERSON RAMMED INTO THE FBI FRONT GATE

SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY. HE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FACILITY. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAID THE DRIVER TRIED TO GET PASSED THE CHECKPOINT BY FOLLOWING AN EMPLOYEE’S VEHICLE INSIDE BUT THE SECURITY BARRIER ENGAGED AND THE SUSPECT CRASHED HIS CAR INTO IT. OFFICIALS SAY HE THEN JUMPED

OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN TOWARDS THE BUILDING. ONLY MADE IT A FEW FEET BEFORE BEING TACKLED >> SOME OF OUR SPECIAL AGENTS THAT WERE PASSING BY APPREHENDED HIM. HIS MOTIVES AT THIS POINT ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO A

LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS BEING EVALUATED. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT WAS NEVER CLOSE TO ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, THE OFFICIALS SAY, AND NOTE IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF WAS A POTENTIAL ACT OF TERROR. TONIGHT, FBI OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF THE

SUSPECT AND SAY NO WEAPON WERE FOUND INSIDE THE CAR. >>> TONIGHT, THE OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. LESTER? >> THANK YOU. >>> TENS OF MILLIONS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE MIDWEST AND SOUTH FROM THE SAME

STORM THAT CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING AND SURPRISINGLY HEAVY SNOW IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE WEEKEND. AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT FOR US. A DANGEROUS SITUATION DEVELOPING. >> Reporter: IT IS DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. VOLATILE SITUATION, EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE UNDER TORNADO WATCHES FROM ST. LOUIS, DOWN TO

OKLAHOMA CITY AND NORTH OF DALLAS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. AND THEN, WE ALSO GOT, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST. FLOOD WATCHES FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE, TONIGHT, WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AREA RIGHT IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHERE WE

GOT DAMAGING HAIL, WIND GUSTS, TORNADOES, WE MOVE INTO TOMORROW, THE THREAT RAMPS UP TO 55 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY FROM COLUMBUS, WE ARE LOOKING FROM RAINFALL AMOUNTS 2-3 INCHES, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM, LESTER, WE HAVE A MAJOR SNOWSTORM, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS

POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR UP TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> SIX DAYS SINCE BALTIMORE’S KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CARGO SHIP. THERE IS PROGRESS IN THE URGENT EFFORT TO REOPEN THE PORT. OFFICIALS SAYING CREWS HAVE

ALREADY OPENED A NARROW CHANNEL TO ALLOW RECOVERY VESSELS TO ACCESS THE DISASTER SITE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE AUTHORITIES BATTLING MORE BAD WEATHER IN THE URGENT MISSION TO GET A PORTION OF THE BALTIMORE PORT BACK OPEN. TODAY, ANNOUNCING A TEMPORARY CHANNEL NOW COMPLETE

>> IT WILL HELP US GET MORE VESSELS IN THE WATER AROUND THE SITE OF THE COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: WE WERE OUT ON THE WATER WITH THE COAST GUARD LATE TODAY. >> WITH THIS TEMPORARY SHIPPING CANAL OPEN, WE ARE SEEING THE FIRST VESSEL.

>> Reporter: SIX DAYS AFTER THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSED. >> Reporter: CREWS WERE OUT WITH CUTTING TORCHES, SLICING THE PIECES OF METAL. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE FIRST PIECES THAT WERE CUT AND WAITING TO BE REMOVED. >> Reporter: THE SHIPPING LANE EXPECTED TO ALLOW ONLY VESSELS ESSENTIAL TO SALVAGE

OPERATIONS, 370 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, EXPERTS AND OTHERS WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK. THE PLAN, CLEAR THE BRIDGE WRECKAGE FROM THE CHANNEL, REMOVE THE BRIDGE SPAN FROM ITS BOW AND REMOVE SOME CARGO CONTAINERS SO THE MASSIVE SHIP CAN BE REFLOATED AND BROUGHT BACK TO PORT. ALL OF THIS EXPECTED TO TAKE

WEEKS AT LEAST. >> WE WILL MOVE AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE BUT CONTINUE TO DO IT SAFELY. >> Reporter: EVERY DAY THE PORT IS CLOSED COULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE 8,000 JOBS THAT DEPEND ON THIS WATERWAY BEING OPEN. 140,000 WORKERS HAVE A

CONNECTION TO THIS SHIPPING HUB >> IT IS TOUGH SEEING IT GOES DOWN. >> Reporter: HE IS A LONGSHOREMAN. MOVING ALL OF THE PRODUCTS. SINCE THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED CHRIS HAS BEEN IN LIMBO. >> THE UNCERTAINTY HAS TO BE HARD >> IT IS. EVERY DAY YOU ARE THINKING

ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE UNCERTAINTY. YOU LOSE SLEEP OVER IT. YOU HAVE BILLS TO PAY >> TONIGHT WE ARE ALSO LEARNING THE OWNER OF THE CONTAINERSHIP PETITIONS TO — LIMIT ITS RESPONSIBILITY. >>> NOW, ALEX MURDAUGH RECEIVING 40 MORE YEARS FOR FRAUDING AND STEALING FROM HIS CLIENTS.

>> Reporter: HE WAS ORDERED 40 MORE YEARS IN PRISON AND $8 MILLION IN RESTITUTION. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TWO LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE HE ALREADY IS SERVING FOR KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON AND 27 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR SIMILAR FINANCIAL CRIMES.

HE APPEARED IN COURT TODAY IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT AND SHACKELS AND ADDRESSED THE JUDGE FOR 13 MINUTES, HE SAID HE IS REMORSEFUL AND EMBARRASSED BY WHAT HE DID AND HE THINKS ABOUT HIS VICTIMS EVERY DAY. TWO OF HIS VICTIMS APPEARED IN COURT TODAY AND SAID THAT THEY

FORGIVE HIM, LESTER? >> THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, A LAWYER FOR NFL STAR RASHEED RICE SAYS HE IS COOPERATING AS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING A SIX CAR CRASH IN DALLAS THAT MAY OF INVOLVED ONE OF HIS CARS. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS TERRIFYING CRASH,

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER, RICE, IS RESPONDING. AMID REPORTS THAT HIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. HIS ATTORNEY WRITING IN A STATEMENT THAT RICE IS COOPERATING FULLY WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION RESPONSIBLY. ADDING HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERYONE IMPACTED.

THE RESPONSE COMES 48 HOURS AFTER THIS SIX CAR CRASH. CAUSED, THE POLICE SAY, BY THIS LOM BOR LAMBORGHINI AND CORVETTE. DRAMATIC DASH CRAM CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS THE CAR SLAMMING INTO A MEDIAN AND THE OTHER APPEARS TO SPIN OUT.

THIS MOM SAYS SHE AND HER 4- YEAR-OLD SON WERE HEADED HOME AFTER A DAY AT THE ZOO WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THOSE HIT.. THIS COULD OF ENDED WAY WORSE, SHE WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BOTH CARS HITTING ME, YES ME AND MY BABY WALKED OUT UNTOUCHED.

>> THE POLICE SAY ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAMBORGHINI AND THE CORVETTE ALL RAN FROM THE SCENE. MOMENTS AFTER THE CRASH, A BISTANDER BYSTANDER CAPTURE THURSDAY VIDEO. >> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> WHERE ARE YOU HEADING.

>> YOU ARE GUYS ALL RIGHT? >> YOU GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT. >> WE’LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT, GATHER THE FACTS, WE’LL ACT ACCORDINGLY. >> Reporter: THE POLICE ARE NOT SAYING IF RICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH AND THEY ARE ASKING

FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THE MEN IN THE VIDEO, LESTER? >> THANK YOU. >>> IRAN IS CLAIMING TONIGHT THAT AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED TWO OF THEIR SENIOR GENERALS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FIERY AFTERMATH OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TARGETED STRIKE IN SYRIA.

SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM A BUILDING. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE STREETS. IRAN SAYS THE BLAST KILLED TWO GENERALS AND FIVE OFFICERS FROM ITS REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. IT IS BLAMING ISRAEL AND VOWING REVENGE. ISRAEL NOT COMMENTING. IRAN IS A PRIMARY BACKER OF HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS AS FEARS

GROW OF A WIDEN CONFLICT WITH GAZA. ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE END OF A TWO WEEK COULDN’TER TERROR RAID ON AL SHAFA HOSPITAL. THEY SAY HAMAS USES THE HOSPITAL AS A BASE AND COMMANDERS KILLED 200 MILITANTS AND CAPTURED SENIOR OPERATIVES, THE U.S. SAYING HAMAS IS HIDING

AMONG CIVILIANS. >> HAMAS SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING OUT OF HOSPITALS, BUT, WE ALSO SAID WE DON’T WANT FIREFIGHTS IN A HOSPITAL. >> THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAID AT LEAST 20 PATIENTS DIED IN THE SIEGE. THEY FOUND BODIES OF CIVILIANS DECOMPOSING IN THE DIRT. AMONG THEM, THIS DOCTOR,

ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY AND SOCIAL MEDIA. A DEDICATED SURGEON HIS COLLEAGUE SAID HE REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS PATIENTS BEHIND >> HE OPTED TO STAY IN NORTHERN GAZA TO LOOK AFTER HIS PATIENTS. >> Reporter: ISRAEL’S MILITARY SAYING IRANIAN DRONE HIT A NAVAL BASE.

NO CASUALTY BUT THEY ARE CALLING IT A VERY SERIOUS INCIDENT. LESTER? >>> THE $20 AN HOUR PAY HIKE FOR FOOD WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA. WHAT ARE THE IMPACT ON THE MEAL PRICES, NEXT EVERYBOD GOOD? >> . >> WE ARE TALKING A TRILLION GALAXIES.

>> THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS SO HARD TO COMPUTE >> IF IT IS THE MOON OR IF IT IS MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >> GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. >> WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED

WITH BREAKING NEWS. >> THE RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANT CROSSINGS >> THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. >> THE CLOSER LOOK AT THE ECONOMY. >> IF YOU HAVE POINTS OR IF YOU HAVE MILES IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO USE THEM?

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF TIME SITTING, WOULD 20 MINUTES OF EXERCISE HELP OUT? >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >> MORNING NEWS NOW, STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00.

>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE HOSTAGES, DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED >> NOW IS RAW.

>> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> THIS IS IT. WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. >> MORNING NEWS NOW, MORE BREAKING NEWS.

>> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN, >> FROM ISRAEL, FROM FLORIDA. >> PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING >> THIS IS WHAT A COUNTRY AT WAR LOOKS LIKE. ♪.

>> WHAT IS IT LIKE? >> COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE REGION THAT LOOK JUST LIKE THIS. >> EVERYBODY GOOD? ♪ . >>> A GOOD MORNING BEGINS WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM. A CHANCE TO START FRESH. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU IN, TO SHARE A MOMENT THAT BRIGHTENS

YOUR DAY. BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. ♪ . >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. ♪ . >>> GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR JOINING US. >>> THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS >> YOU HAVE POINTS OR MILES IS

NOW A GOOD TIME TO USE THEM IN >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >> THANKS FOR TUNING IN. HERE ARE THE STORIES WE ARE FOLLOWING TONIGHT. STORMS KEEP COMING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. >> THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DECLASSIFIED THIS VIDEO.

A LOT MORE STORIES, TRENDING LIKE CRAZY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> IS IT SAFE FOR INVESTORS? >> WE GOT ANOTHER BIND-BENDING STORY ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE >> THIS IS WHAT MY VOICE SOUNDS LIKE. WOMAN: Someone just sucks the life out of you.

And tells you your dream life isn’t going to happen. That wedding you’re planning, you don’t get to have it. Evil exists. Evil dwells in people. LESTER HOLT: It was a night like this, just before Halloween. A killing that still haunts. >>> IT WAS A NIGHT LIKE THIS, JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN.

EIGHT KILLING THAT’S HAUNTS. >> NIGHTMARES. >> A YOUNG DAD ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED, DEAD ON THE GROUND. HERE IS WHAT MADE THE MYSTERY SO CHILLING. THE POSSIBLE SUSPECTS WERE ALL IN COSTUME. >> THE COWBOY AND THE PENGUIN. EVERYBODY IS DRESSED AS SOMEBODY ELSE. HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY PEOPLE?

>> COSTUME KILLERS? SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING RIPPED FROM THE PAGES OF STEPHEN KING. THE HORROR WAS REAL IN THIS CASE. A HALLOWEEN CRIME THAT WILL SEND SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE. >> I WAS TERRIFIED. SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. >> WELCOME TO DATELINE.

DO NOT WATCH THIS ONE ALONE. HERE IS JOSH WITH UNDER THE HALLOWEEN MOON. >> IT IS THE ONE TIME WHEN EVERYBODY PRETENDS TO BE SOMEONE ELSE. WHEN BEING TWO-FACED IS PART OF THE DEAL. THERE IS A FEELING THAT MAYBE THE RULES DO NOT APPLY AND

DURING THE MOONLIT HOURS, WE ALL HAVE LICENSE TO EAT, DRINK AND BE SCARY. HALLOWEEN HAS MORPHED FROM OUR NATIONAL SALUTE TO SUGAR TO A COAST TO COAST ALCOHOL FUELED PARTY AND NOWHERE IS THAT MORE TRUE THAN IN THE ROUGHRIDERS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. IN OCTOBER OF 2007, SEVERAL

LIVES WOULD COLLIDE UNDER THE HALLOWEEN MOON AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON MAY HAVE USED A COSTUME TO TRY TO HIDE HIS TRUE IDENTITY. A MURDERER. THAT WEEKEND BEFORE HALLOWEEN HERE IN GRAND FORKS, HEATHER AND HER BOYFRIEND JOE WERE PUTTING ON COSTUMES, GETTING READY TO GO OUT.

>> IT WAS A NICE NIGHT WITH FRIENDS. >> HE IS DRESSED LIKE A HOCKEY FAN. >> I DRESSED IN A MECHANIC’S OUTFIT. A FRIEND OF MINE TEXTED ME AND SAID TO MEET AT THE BROKEN DROP. HAVE CASINO HALF BAR. SHE JUST MOVED HERE FROM TEXAS

AFTER DATING LONG DISTANCE. IT WAS NEARLY LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. >> HOW LONG DID YOU GO OUT WITH JOE BEFORE YOU REALIZED THIS WAS THE GUY? >> A WEEK. HE WAS TAKEN ABACK WHEN I SAID I AM GOING TO MARRY YOU. HE WAS NOT READY FOR THAT BUT I

WAS, THAT IS HOW SURE I WAS. >> JOE LIKE GOLF, FISHING AND WOULD SOON BE READY FOR MARRIAGE AS WELL. TWO MONTHS AFTER THEY MET THIS I.T. TECH PROPOSED TO THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. >> HE PROPOSED ON A DANCE FLOOR IN FRONT OF 200 TO STEPPERS.

>> THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR BUT THAT EVENING INSIDE THE BROKEN DRUM, THEY WERE UNPREPARED FOR THE MOST FRIGHTENING NIGHT OF THEIR LIVES. IT STARTED WHEN A IS PACKED WITH PARTYGOERS ARRIVED. HEATHER WATCHED AS THEY STARTED PILING INTO THE BROKEN DRUM. THEY WERE MOSTLY WELL OILED

TWENTYSOMETHINGS ON A ALL NIGHT PUB CRAWL AND THEY WERE FUELED BY A ESTIMATED 325 JELL-O SHOTS THAT WERE ON BOARD THE BUS. HEATHER AND JOE WERE SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF PEOPLE IN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES, AS THE VIDEO SHOWS, THERE WAS A CLOWN WITH RAINBOW HAIR.

THERE WAS ALSO A COWBOY, A HUNTER, A LION, A GANGSTER AND A WOMAN WHO WENT AS PARIS HILTON. JOE IN HIS HOCKEY JERSEY WAS ENJOYING A RARE CIGAR AND PLAYING BLACKJACK NEXT TO A MAN DRESSED AS A PENGUIN. >> AT ONE POINT HE HAD TO TAKE

A CALL SO HE WENT OUTSIDE. >> WHILE HE WAS OUTSIDE ON THE PHONE, THE PARTY BUS WAS GETTING READY TO GO ON TO THE NEXT BAR. SUDDENLY SOMEONE FROM THE BUS NEEDED HELP. >> JOKE CAME IN THE FRONT DOOR AND SAID SOMEBODY WAS LEFT BY THE BUS.

>> WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SOMEBODY ELSE RAN INTO THE BROKEN DRUM YELLING TO CALL 911. IT WAS NOT FOR THE PERSON JOE WENT TO HELP, IT WAS FOR JOE. >> I WENT AROUND THE CARS AND FOUND HIM ON THE GROUND. HE WAS LAYING THERE.

BLOOD ALL OVER THE CEMENT YOUR HIS HEAD. >> COULD YOU TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? >> NO. >> HEATHER SAID WHEN SHE GOT OUTSIDE SHE DID NOT SEE THE PARTY BUS OR ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN COSTUME BUT JOE, THE GOOD SAMARITAN WHO WENT TO HELP A

STRANGER, HAD HIMSELF BEEN THE VICTIM OF A SAVAGE BEATING. >> THERE ARE SIRENS. >> JOE WAS RUSHED TO THE ER IN THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE HE WORKED AS A COMPUTER TECH. >> THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND TOLD ME THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD BUT JOE WAS GONE.

>> 800 MILES AWAY IN MONTANA, JOE’S MOM AND STEPFATHER RECEIVED THE MOST TERRIBLE NEWS PARENTS CAN HEAR. >> YOU RAISE YOUR CHILDREN AND DO THINGS TO PROTECT THEM. AND SOMEBODY IN ONE MINUTE TAKES HIS LIFE. YOU AVE STOLEN MY CHILD. >> JOE JUST 38, LEFT BEHIND THE

ONLY FAMILY AND FIANCI BUT ALSO A DAUGHTER, ALEXA FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE. >> YOU THINK IT IS A ACCIDENT. YOU THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FIXED. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THINKING HE IS HURT, NOT DEAD. >> LATER JOE’S STEPDAD LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE HORRIBLE

DETAILS. >> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CALLED US AND DETERMINED IT WAS A MURDER. >> WHO WOULD WANT TO HURT HIM? >> I DO NOT KNOW. I DO NOT KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAD THAT MUCH HATE IN THEIR HEART TO COMMIT A CRIME LIKE THAT. >> THIS WAS JUST BAD LUCK?

THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME? >> YES. EVIL EXISTS. EVIL DWELLS IN PEOPLE AND IT COMES OUT AND THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. >> WHAT EVIL KILLED JOE? THE GRAND FORKS POLICE SAID THE ANSWER LAY SOMEWHERE IN A LONG LIST OF POTENTIAL SUSPECTS AND

MAYBE ONE OF THEM LEFT A CALLING CARD, SOMETHING FOUND AT THE SCENE, A BLOODY PIECE OF A HALLOWEEN COSTUME. POLICE THOUGHT IT MAY BE THE KEY TO UNMAback, the roundupe come >> A KILLER IN A COSTUME. INVESTIGATORS HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. PLAYING OUT LIKE A DEADLY REAL

LIFE GAME OF CLUE. WHEN WE COME BACK, THE ROUNDUP OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS BEGINS. THE PENGUIN, THE COWBOY, THE CLOWN. WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> PRETTY BAD. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. >>> TOP STORY IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST ON NBC NEWS NOW.

NOW YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT AS A PODCAST, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. A night of Halloween drinking in Grand Forks, North Dakota had somehow ended with Joel Lovelien’s death. Police were trying to figure out who’d use their fists to beat >>> A NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN DRINKING IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH

DAKOTA SOMEHOW ENDED WITH JOE’S DEATH. POLICE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO USED THEIR FISTS TO MEET JOE OUTSIDE OF THE BROKEN DRUM BAR IN A FIGHT THAT APPARENTLY NOBODY WITNESSED AND JOE’S FIANCI WAS TRYING JUST AS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN SHE LOVED.

>> INCONCEIVABLE THAT HE PICKED A FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE? >> OF COURSE, HE IS NOT A FIGHTER. >> it. WHAT WOULD HE DO? >> HE WOULD BACK AWAY AND USE LOGIC. HE DID NOT FEED INTO ANGER. >> JOE WAS SO BADLY BEATEN THE

CORNER COULD FEEL AND HEAR THE BROKEN BONES IN JOE’S FACE. THE CAUSE OF DEATH, JOE CHOKED ON HIS OWN BLOOD. IT Ids,S FIND THE KILLER OF JOE IN GRAND FORKS, A CITY THAT AVERAGED ONE MURDER PER YEAR. HE WAS CHIEF OF POLICE.

>> THIS WAS ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING CASES WE EVER HAD BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL INVOLVED, LARGE CROWDS AND PEOPLE IN COSTUME. >> THE NIGHT OF JOE’S MURDER, POLICE INTERVIEWED 80 PEOPLE STILL LEFT AT THE BROKEN DRUM. HERE IS WHAT THEY HEARD, THE PARTY BUS WENT DOWNTOWN AFTER

IT LEFT AND POLICE HER DESCRIPTIONS OF COSTUMED PEOPLE LAST SEEN NEAR JOE AND THE BUS. A CLOWN, PENGUIN, COWBOY, GANGSTER AND CONSTRUCTION WORKER. IT HELPED POLICE IDENTIFY SOME PERSONS OF INTEREST IF THE COPS COULD LOCATE THEM BEFORE THEY TOOK OFF THE COSTUMES.

>> YOU HAVE TO FIND THEM PRETTY QUICK. >> THERE WAS ALSO A INTERESTING PIECE OF EVIDENCE LEFT BEHIND. POLICE THOUGHT IT WAS A BIRDS FOURTH FROM SOMEBODY’S COSTUME AND IT HAD BLOOD ON IT. THE POLICE SERGEANT AT THE TIME, BILL. >> AT THAT POINT WE DID NOT

KNOW HOW THE FOOT PLATE INTO IT. I DO NOT RECALL IF IT WAS WEBBED. >> THE THINKING WAS A IT CAME FROM A PERSON INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT. >> POLICE SWARMED DOWNTOWN GRAND FORKS AND AT ONE OF THE BARS THEY FOUND A COSTUME

CHARACTER THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. >> YOU FOUND THE CLOWN. HE WAS CRYING. BUT WAS HE CRYING ABOUT? >> INITIALLY THAT IS WHAT MADE US WONDER. >> THE TEARS OF A CLOWN, IT MADE POLICE SUSPICIOUS. ONE OFFICER REPORTED THE CLOWN’S HANDS WERE SHAKING, FROM THE COLD OR SOMETHING ELSE?

BY THE TIME THE CLOWN WAS BROUGHT TO THE STATION HE DRIED HIS TEARS BUT HE WAS NOT COOPERATIVE. The clown told police he had nothing to do with any murder >> THIS IS A BIG DEAL. SOMEBODY IS DEAD. >> THE CLOWN TOLD POLICE HE HAD

NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY MURDER AND WAS CRYING BECAUSE OF A DOMESTIC ARGUMENT. >> HE EXPLAINED HE HAD A BAD ARGUMENT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. >> POLICE SAY THE CLOWN THEN ASKED FOR A LAWYER. POLICE JUST LET HIM GO. >> HE WAS BELLIGERENT AND ASKED

FOR A LAWYER. ONE THING THAT CAN SAY IS MAYBE I SAW SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED. BUT THAT DID NOT STRIKE ANY OF YOUR INVESTIGATORS AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN HE IS PROBABLY DRUNK. >> IT IS A CHALLENGE, ONE HAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE TEARS ARE FOR REMORSE OR FEAR OR

MAYBE THEY HAD ONIONS FOR LUNCH. >> THE SAME NIGHT POLICE ALSO FOUND THE COWBOY BUT THE COWBOY GAVE POLICE A FAKE NAME AND BIRTHDATE AND BECAME PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE. POLICE PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT ARRESTED. >> THE COWBOY IS VERY DIFFICULT

TO DEAL WITH. HE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH US. HE DOES NOT WANT TO COOPERATE. >> THERE IS NO RECORD OF HIS INTERVIEW BUT A INVESTIGATOR’S IS THE COWBOY ASKED THE INTERESTING QUESTION. IF THE VICTIM WAS WEARING A GREEN SHIRT WITH THE INITIALS SEE YOU MD.

>> WHO WAS WEARING A UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SHIRT THAT NIGHT? >> THE VICTIM JOE. >> WHICH SUGGESTS COWBOY WITNESSED THE FIGHT. >> POLICE ALSO LET THE COWBOY GO, SOON AFTER THEY GOT THE BREAK THEY NEEDED, THE OWNER OF THE BIRD’S FOOT CAME FORWARD.

POLICE BELIEVED IT WOULD LEAD THEM STRAIGHT TO THE MURDERER. >> COMING UP, A NEW WITNESS OFFERS TO HELP THE POLICE. HOW MUCH HELP WOULD HE BE? MORE THAN HE REALIZED. WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

>> PRETTY BAD. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. >>> STILL TO COME, THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING NOW. >> TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >> GROUND ZERO. >> THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCE.

>> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RISK NOW? >> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE CANNOT GO ANY FARTHER. >>> TOP STORY IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST ON NBC NEWS NOW. NOW YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT AS A

PODCAST, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. REPORTER: In those first hours and days after the murder of Joel Lovelien, Grand Forks police had been rounding up >>> IN THE FIRST HOURS AFTER THE MURDER OF JOE, GRAND FORKS POLICE HAVE BEEN ROUNDING UP THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS.

>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUBJECT DRESSED AS A PENGUIN, SOMEONE DRESSED AS THE JOKER FROM BATMAN, SOMEONE WEARING A YELLOW COLLARED SWEATSHIRT WITH A HOOD. >> INVESTIGATORS INCLUDING VETERAN DETECTIVE MIKE WERE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS OVER WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BLOODY CLAW

FROM A BIRD COSTUME FOUND NEAR JOE’S BODY. >> YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY FROM 90% OF A BIRD COSTUME. >> WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. >> DETECTIVES INVITED THE GUYS ON THE PARTY BUS WHO WERE DIFFICULT THE NIGHT OF THE

MURDER TO COME BACK TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEY DID, THIS TIME SAYING A DIFFERENT TUNE THAT SEEMED TO GET THEM OFF THE HOOK. THEY TOLD COPS THEY DID NOT SEE JOE’S MURDER BUT TOLD ABOUT A FIGHT EARLIER THAT EVENING BETWEEN SOMEONE DRESSED AS A

HUNTER AND A GUY IN A YELLOW OUTFIT AND BECAUSE OF THE FIGHT THEY TOLD THE GUY HE COULD NOT GET BACK ON THE BUS AND THEN THEY DROVE TO ANOTHER BAR. THE NOW SOBER AND COOPERATIVE COWBOY TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE LAST SHOW SAUL JOE ALIVE AND WELL.

>> HE WAS TALKING TO THE GUY IN THE YELLOW SWEATSHIRT. >> THE CLOWN SAID HIS TEARS WERE ABOUT A FLASHBACK TRIGGERED WHEN HE LEARNED OF JOE’S THAT. >> THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. >> MEANWHILE ACROSS TOWN THE GUY THAT WAS WEARING THE YELLOW

COSTUME WAS JUST WAKING UP. HIS NAME WAS TRAVIS, A 23-YEAR OLD NURSING STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND TODAY HE WAS NURSING THE MOTHER OF ALL HANGOVERS BECAUSE HE HAD SO MUCH TO DRINK ON THE BUS AND IN THE BARS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT,

HE SLEPT AWAY MOST OF THE NEXT DAY. WHEN HE AWOKE ONE OF HIS FRIENDS SHARED WORRISOME NEWS. >> ONE OF MY ROOMMATES SAID THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A GUY IN A YELLOW SWEATSHIRT SO I WENT TO THE POLICE STATION. I HAD NOTHING TO HIDE. >> TWO DAYS AFTER JOE’S DEATH,

TRAVIS SAT DOWN ACROSS FROM GRAND FORKS DETECTIVES. WHEN THE NURSING STUDENT DESCRIBED THE LION COSTUME, THE DETECTIVES ANTENNA WENT UP. HE REALIZED IT WAS NOT A BIRD FOOT NEXT TO JOE’S BODY, A LIONS PAUL. TRAVIS CONFIRMED IT. >> I HAD A YELLOW SWEATSHIRT, I HAD CLAWS.

>> THE COPS BECAME MORE SUSPICIOUS WHEN THEY NOTICED THE INJURIES TO TRAVIS’S FACE AND ASKED HOW HE GOT THEM. HE EXPLAINED HE WAS PUNCHED OUT BY THE HUNTER IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE BROKEN DRUM. THE DETECTIVE NOTICED SCRAPES ON HIS HANDS.

>> WHAT ARE THE CUTS HEAR FROM. WHERE IS YOUR COSTUME? >> I THREW IT AWAY. >> WHY? >> IT WAS FULL OF BLOOD. >> I SAW BLOOD ON HIS SHOE. >> HE POUNCED ON THE LEAD. >> TRAVIS GAVE THE COPS EVERYTHING THEY ASKED FOR

INCLUDING A DNA SAMPLE AND PERMISSION TO SEARCH HIS APARTMENT WHERE HIS LION COSTUME WAS STILL IN THE TRASH. >> I GIVE THEM EVERYTHING. I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. the >> INVESTIGATORS WERE SUSPICIOUS, IN PART BECAUSE TRAVIS SAID HE COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM THE TIME

HE WAS HUNCHED UNTIL THE TIME HE GOT INTO A CAB MORE THAN A HOUR LATER. ON THE COPS TIMELINE, THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN JOE WAS KILLED. We don’t know. We don’t know. But we want to eliminate you. That’s why we appreciate you coming in.

What kind of murderer not only keeps the bloody clothing >> WE DO NOT KNOW. WE WANT TO ELIMINATE YOU. >> WHAT KIND OF MURDERER NOT ONLY KEEPS THE BLOODY CLOTHING THEY WERE WEARING DURING THE MURDER AND ACTUALLY WEARS SOME OF IT INTO THE POLICE INTERVIEW?

>> ONE THAT IS PROBABLY NOT SMART. THERE IS PLENTY OF THEM. >> THE COPS LET TRAVIS GO HOME BUT THEY WERE NOT BUYING HIS STORY. HE WAS NOW A PERSON OF INTEREST AND TWO DAYS LATER THEY HAD MORE QUESTIONS FOR HIM. THIS TIME AROUND THE QUESTIONS

WERE MORE POINTED ABOUT JUST WHAT HAPPENED WHILE TRAVIS WAS IN HIS BLACKOUT. >> WHERE WERE YOU, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. >> I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THE COPS ARE THINKING, COME ON, YOU DO NOT REMEMBER? REALLY? >> THEY PROBABLY THAT I WAS CONVENIENTLY DRUNK.

>> IT IS CONVENIENT AND THEN YOU WALK OUT OF THE POLICE STATION. YOU THINK THAT IS THE END OF IT? >> I DID THINK IT TOOK A SWING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND WE WERE LOOKING AT ATTORNEYS. >> TRAVIS WAS ABOUT TO FIND OUT HE WOULD MEAN A LAWYER, SOONER

THAN HE THOUGHT. >> COMING UP, POLICE MAKE A ARREST AND THE CASE MOVES INTO COURT, TWO DISTRAUGHT FAMILIES ON TWO SIDES OF A MURDER CASE. WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW.

>>> TOP STORY IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST ON NBC NEWS NOW. NOW YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT AS A PODCAST, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. REPORTER: In the month after her fiance’s murder, Heather Eastling’s pain was beyond words. >>> IN THE MONTHS AFTER HER

FIANCI’S MURDER, HEATHER’S PAIN WAS BEYOND WORDS. >> IT IS LIKE SOMEBODY SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF YOU. YOUR DREAM LIFE IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. >> DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO SOLVE THIS RARE MURDER CASE AND THEN THOSE

DNA TESTS OF THE LION COSTUME CAME BACK. SOME OF THE BLOOD ON TRAVIS WAS HIS OWN BUT SOME OF IT BELONGED TO JOE. WITH THAT, POLICE HAD EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED. >> THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND THERE WAS THE DETECTIVES.

THEY CAME IN AND SAID IT WAS BAD NEWS AND JOE’S BLOOD WAS ON ME. THEY ARRESTED ME FOR THE MURDER. >> A NERVOUS TRAVIS WAS ARRAIGNED FROM JAIL VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT TV. HIS ANGUISH AND MISERY IS EVIDENT. >> TRAVIS IT IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU. >> IT WOULD GET TOUGHER, A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HIS ARREST, HE FOUND HIMSELF ON TRIAL FOR MURDER FACING THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. PROSECUTOR NANCY LAID OUT THE STATE CASE.

>> JOE A 38-YEAR-OLD MAN — >> TO A JURY THAT WOULD DECIDE TRAVIS STATE. >> TRAVIS BEAT JOE WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND AND DID NOT SEEK HELP FOR HIM AFTERWARDS AND LEFT THE SCENE. ALLOWING HIM TO CHOKE TO DEATH ON HIS OWN BLOOD.

>> JURORS HEARD HEATHER AS SHE RELIVED THE AWFUL NIGHT. >> HE WAS LYING THERE AND I SCREAMED HIS NAME AT HIM. HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING. >> THE LAST PERSON THAT WAS SEEN WITH JOE. >> PROSECUTORS A OPEN AND SHUT CASE WITH OVERWHELMING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

>> WHEN WE SOLD TRAVIS’S CLOTHES, IT WAS COVERED IN BLOOD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, NONE OF THE OTHER COSTUMES MATCHED THE PAUL LEFT BEHIND AT THE CRIME SCENE. >> WE TESTED FOR DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE SWEATSHIRT, 3-4 SAMPLES TESTED POSITIVE FOR JOE’S BLOOD. >> PROSECUTORS ARGUED THEY

COULD PROVE TRAVIS WAS THERE WITH JOE PRIOR TO THE MURDER. >> THE EYEWITNESSES, THE GUYS THAT WERE SO UNCOOPERATIVE THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER. THE HUNTER, GANGSTER AND THE COWBOY FROM THE PARTY BUS. THE COWBOY TOOK THE STAND AND TOLD A STORY BOTH FRIENDS WOULD ECHO.

>> DID YOU EVER WITNESSED THE MURDER OF JOE? >> NO. >> DID YOU SEE HIM ASSAULTED IN THE PARKING LOT? >> NO. HE WAS TALKING TO THE GUY IN THE YELLOW. >> THE GUY WEARING THE YELLOW LION COSTUME? HE WAS SITTING AT THE DEFENSE TABLE.

PROSECUTORS LAID OUT THE TIMELINE USING SECURITY VIDEO FROM THE BROKEN DRUM. THERE IS TRAVIS IN THE COSTUME WHICH BY THIS POINT IN THE EVENING IS LITTLE MORE THAN A YELLOW HOODIE. MOMENTS LATER HE IS OUTSIDE. JOE WEARING HIS HOCKEY JERSEY COULD BE SEEN HEADING OUT LATER

NEVER TO RETURN. THE TAPE PROVED TRAVIS WAS IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN JOE WAS KILLED. ACCORDING TO THE STATES WITNESSES FROM THE BUS, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE OTHER PARTYGOERS TO ATTACK JOE BECAUSE THE BUS WAS GONE BY THE TIME OF THE MURDER.

>> THE BUS IS NOT AT THE BROKEN DRUM WHEN JOE IS MURDERED. >> THE PROSECUTION ARGUED THAT JOE’S LAST WORDS SUPPORTED THE TIMELINE. >> THE COMMENTS TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, SOME GUY MISSED HIS BUS AND I AM OUT THERE HELPING HIM. TO MAKE THE GUY THAT MISSED THE

BUS WAS THE DEFENDANT. THE STATE USED HIS OWN WORDS AGAINST HIM. THEY PLAYED EVERY FRAME OF THE POLICE INTERVIEWS. IN WHICH TRAVIS CLAIMED NOT TO REMEMBER THE MOST CRITICAL PART OF THE ALCOHOL FILLED NIGHT. JURORS HEARD TESTIMONY THAT LATER THAT NIGHT, TRAVIS WAS IN ANOTHER FIGHT.

>> AFTER JOE WAS KILLED, TRAVIS LEFT THE BROKEN DRUM ON FOOT, WALKED TO A LOCATION, A ALLEYWAY WHERE HE CONFRONTED ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL. >> TRAVIS THREW A PUNCH AT THAT MAN AND MISSED. HE THEN GOT INTO A CAB AND WENT HOME.

IF PROSECUTORS WERE TO BE BELIEVED, THE DEFENDANT WAS A HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARE COME TO LIGHT, JUST ADD ALCOHOL AND NURSE TRAVIS TURNS INTO A DANGEROUS MISTER HYDE. THAT THEORY HELPED EXPLAIN TO JURORS HOW THE SLIGHTLY BUILT TRAVIS WAS ABLE TO TAKE DOWN

AND KILL THE MUCH LARGER JOE WITH HIS BARE HANDS. POLICE ALSO SAID THE FACT THAT JOE HAD A FEW DRINKS MADE IT EASIER FOR TRAVIS. >> HE WAS DRUNK SO THE FACT THAT A LITTLE GUY COMES AT HIM UNSUSPECTING AND HE IS UNSTABLE ON HIS FEET MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

>> EIGHT DAYS INTO THE TRIAL, THE PROSECUTION CALLED THE FINAL WITNESS, A BLOOD SPLATTER ANALYST. WHO USED PHOTOS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT JOE’S BLOOD ON THE CLOTHING WAS CONSISTENT WITH TRAVIS STANDING OVER JOE WHILE BEATING HIM. >> TRAVIS WAS EITHER STANDING NEXT TO JOE OR STRADDLING JOE

AS HE WAS PUNCHING HIM IN HIS FACE. >> THE PROSECUTION’S EVIDENCE WAS STACKING UP AGAINST TRAVIS. NO QUESTION HE HAD BEEN IN A FIGHT WITH THE HUNTER BEFORE JOE WAS KILLED. NO QUESTION HE TOOK A SWING AT SOMEBODY ELSE AFTERWARDS. NOW HE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY

THERE WERE TRACES OF JOE’S BLOOD ON HIS COSTUME WHICH TRAVIS WAS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO DO BECAUSE OF HIS SUSPICIOUSLY CONVENIENT AMNESIA. >> COMING UP, COULD SOMEBODY ELSE BE BEHIND THIS? >> YOU THINK OTHER PEOPLE ARE COVERING UP THEIR OWN INVOLVEMENT IN THIS? >> I DO. >> WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES.

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>>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. All the evidence will show– REPORTER: Travis Stay’s defense team faced a difficult task. >>> ALL OF THE EVIDENCE — >> TRAVIS HIS DEFENSE TEAM FACED A DIFFICULT TASK, PROSECUopening TRAYED THE CLIENs IS A TWO-FACED KILLER THAT CHANGED PERSONALITIES AFTER A

FEW DRINKS AND WHO IN A BLIND RAGE MERCILESSLY BEAT JOE TO DEATH. >> TRAVIS IS NOT GUILTY. >> IN THE OPENING STATEMENT THE ATTORNEY TOLD JURORS THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE. >> THE THE IN, DRUNKEN, SMALL AND STUMBLING TRAVIS WAS NOT CAPABLE OF INFLICTING THE MULTIPLE BRUTAL INJURIES.

>> THEY DEFENDED TRAVIS, THE ARGUMENT TO THE JURY, TRAVIS WAS TO SLIGHT, DRUNK OR DECENT TO KILL JOE, A MAN TRYING TO HELP TRAVIS. JOE WAS KILLED BY THE SAME HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTYGOERS HE WAS TRYING TO PROTECT TRAVIS FROM. FIRST THE LEGAL TEAM HAD TO ADDRESS THE IMAGE PROSECUTORS

CRAFTED. WAS HE IN FACT A COLD-BLOODED KILLER PRONE TO ALCOHOLIC RAGES. >> THE PROSECUTION’S THEORY WAS THAT TRAVIS BECAME A DIFFERENT PERSON WHEN HE WAS DRINKING. >> THEY ADE THAT UP OUT OF AIR IF THEY HAD A WITNESS THAT SAID THAT IS HIS HISTORY OR PROVIDE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT IT

HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, WE NEVER SAW IT. >> THEY NEVER HAD A WITNESS THAT SAID THAT. >> NOBODY EVEN SNIFFED AT THAT. THEY MADE IT UP BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR TO THE JURY THAT THIS WAS A NICE YOUNG MAN. >> HE IS SITTING UNPROTECTED IN

FRONT OF COPS FOUR HOURS ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND WILLINGLY HEARING HIS SOUL TO THEM. >> WHERE WERE YOU? IT IS IMPORTANT. aid, you think it was me? We have to be as honest as we can about it. >> HE WAS CREDIBLE, HE LEANED ACROSS IN THE INTERVIEW AND

SAID YOU THINK IT WAS ME? >> NEXT THE DEFENSE TRIED TO CONVINCE JURORS HOW IMPROBABLE IT WAS THAT THE 5’7″ TRAVIS COULD HAVE HURT THE 6’3″ JOE AT ALL, LET ALONE WHEN HE WAS DRUNK. >> WHEN WE READ THE AUTOPSY AND IT GAVE THE INCHES AND POUNDS

OF THE DECEASED, HE OUTWEIGHED HIM BY 75-80 POUNDS. THEN IT BEGAN TO TAKE ON A DIFFERENT COLOR. >> THE DEFENSE OFFERED SUSPECTS OF ITS OWN, THE FIRST PEOPLE ROUNDED UP THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER. THE POSSE OF COSTUME GUYS ON THE BUS. >> MOB MENTALITY IS A RECIPE FOR TRAGEDY.

>> YOU THINK ARE OTHER PEOPLE COVERING UP THEIR OWN INVOLVEMENT? >> I THINK THE COWBOY, THE GANGSTER IN THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER CAME BACK OUTSIDE AND CONFRONTED JOE AND I, THEY DID NOT GET BACK ON THE BUS AND LEAVE US STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT. THEY BEAT US BOTH UP.

>> THE DEFENSE TRIED TO PROVE THAT, THEY CONDUCTED A CROSS EXAMINATION OF THE MAN WEARING THE COWBOY COSTUME THAT NIGHT. THE COWBOY ADMITTED HE LIED TO POLICE THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER ABOUT NOT WITNESSING THE FIGHT BETWEEN TRAVIS AND THE HUNTER. THE DEFENSE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT

ELSE HE WAS LYING ABOUT. >> WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP US DETERMINE WHEN YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH? >> I DO NOT KNOW. >> THE STRATEGY WAS TO HAMMER AWAY AT THE PARTYGOERS SHIFTING STORIES. UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION, THE CLOWN WHO COPS FOUND WEEPING

AND SAID THINGS GOT OUT OF HAND THAT NIGHT, NOW SAID ON THE STAND, HE DID NOT REMEMBER CRYING OR BEING UPSET. >> WERE YOU SHAKEN UP? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? >> I DO NOT REMEMBER THAT. >> AS FOR THE BLOOD THE DETECTIVES NOTICED ON HIS SHOES,

DNA TESTS PROVE IT WAS HIS OWN BLOOD, NOT JOE’S. THE DEFENSE INTRODUCED TESTIMONY THAT TRAVIS MAY HAVE GOTTEN JOE’S BLOOD ON HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO HELP JOE, NOT HURT HIM. A ER DOCTOR THAT EXAMINED TRAVIS TOOK THE STAND AND CONCLUDED HIS HANDS WOULD HAVE

BEEN FAR MORE BATTERED AND SCUFFED IF HE USED THEM TO EAT JOE. >> DO YOU FIND THE INJURIES TO HIS HANDS CONSISTENT WITH HAVING DELIVERED THE BLOWS THAT THAT THAT DAMAGE? >> PROSECUTORS ARGUED THE PARTY BUS ALONG WITH ALL OF THE THEORETICAL SUSPECTS IN IT WAS

LONG GONE AT THE TIME OF JOE’S MURDER BUT THE DEFENSE COUNTERED THE BROKEN DRUM SECURITY TAPE PROVED THE OPPOSITE, ON THE SAME TAPE WAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT POLICE AND PROSECUTORS APPARENTLY MISSED. THE CLOWN. EVERYBODY AGREES THE CLOWN WAS ON THE BUS WHEN IT LEFT.

BUT HERE HE IS, STILL IN THE BAR AFTER JOE LEAVES. WHICH MEANS AS LONG AS THE CLOWN WAS IN THE BAR, THE BUS WAS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT. >> YOU CAN SEE JOE LEAVE THE BAR AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLOWN LEAVE 3 1/2 MINUTES LATER.

PLENTY OF TIME FOR ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD TO HAVE CONFRONTED AN ATTACK JOE. >> WE KNOW THE COWBOY, GANGSTER AND CONSTRUCTION WORKER ALREADY GOT OUT AND THE BUS WAS THERE. >> IN COURT, THE LEAD DETECTIVE WAS FORCED TO CONCEDE THE TIMELINE WAS FLAWED.

>> WE KNOW THEY HAVE 3 1/2 MINUTES TO DO THAT, HAVE THE FACE OFF AND THEN BE BACK ON THE BUS. >> 3 1/2 MINUTES, PLENTY OF TIME FOR PLENTY OF PEOPLE OTHER THAN TRAVIS TO MURDER JOE. TRAVIS NEVER TOOK THE STAND LEAVING OPEN THE QUESTION OF

WHAT THE JURY WOULD MAKE OF HIS AMNESIA DURING THE MOST IMPORTANT HOUR OF HIS LIFE. >> YOU LOST YOUR MEMORY BEFORE BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL, EVERY TIME? >> NOT EVERY TIME. I DO NOT DRINK THAT OFTEN BUT WHEN I DID GO OUT I DRANK HARD.

>> WHAT AS FAR AS YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD, WHAT IS THE WORST THING YOU EVER DID WHEN YOU WERE DRUNK? >> NOTHING VIOLENT. >> ANYBODY TELL YOU YOUR PERSONALITY CHANGES WHEN YOU ARE DRUNK? >> NO FRIENDS USUALLY DESCRIBE ME AS HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. >> HAPPY-GO-LUCKY OR HEARTLESS MURDERER?

SEVEN MEN AND FIVE WOMEN WOULD SOON DECIDE. >> COMING UP, BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT OF THEIR CASES, JURORS WOULD HAVE A SURPRISE FOR ONE OF THEM. WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> PRETTY BAD. >>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW.

>>> NBC NEWS, STREAMING FREE, NOW. REPORTER: Travis Stay was looking at a real life Halloween nightmare. More than 60 years in jail if he was convicted >>> TRAVIS WAS LOOKING AT A REAL-LIFE HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARE, MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN JAIL IF CONVICTED OF MURDERING JOE.

AFTER A NINE-DAY TRIAL, URORS BEGAN DELIBERATING. >> ARE YOU FEELING CONFIDENT? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIFE IN PRISON IF YOU ARE CONVICTED? >> I AM NERVOUS BUT I AM CONFIDENT. >> JOE’S FIANCI■HEATHER WAS ALSO CONFIDENT OF A GUILTY VERDICT.

>> IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY. >> THE JURORS WE SPOKE WITH SAID PROSECUTORS PRESENTED THE CASE AS IF IT WERE OPEN AND SHUT. >> I WOULD NOT SAY THE STYLE WAS COCKY, THEY WERE CONFIDENT AND FELT THEY HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE. >> THE JURORS BEGAN EXAMINING EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY.

ONE ISSUE WAS THE PROSECUTION’S TIMELINE, THE BUS WAS GONE BY THE TIME JOE WAS KILLED. >> THE BUS WAS THERE, IT WAS THERE LONGER THAN THE PROSECUTION WAS SAYING. >> JURORS WERE ALSO TROUBLED BY THE CLOWN, A MEMBER HE WAS CRYING SOON AFTER JOE WAS MURDERED.

>> THAT STRUCK ME AS ODD AND OUT OF CHARACTER FOR A YOUNG GUY ON A HALLOWEEN NIGHT. >> THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED BY WHAT THE CLOWN TOLD POLICE THAT EVENING. >> IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT HE WAS A THINGS GOT OUT OF HAND. >> THE QUESTIONED WHY ONLY

TRAVIS IS LINE COSTUME WAS TESTED FOR BLOOD? >> WHY DID THEY NOT EXAMINE ANY OF THE CLOSE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE BUS? WHY DID THEY NOT CHECK ANYTHING OUT? >> IT TOOK THE JURY ONLY FIVE HOURS TO REACH A VERDICT.

>> WE DO FIND THE DEFENDANT TRAVIS NOT GUILTY. >> >> IT WAS VINDICATION. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE NOW? >> THE VERDICT COMES IN. >> PRETTY DEVASTATED. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. I DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING. I DO NOTE THAT JOE’S BLOOD WAS

FOUND ON ONE PERSON. >> DETECTIVE MIKE. >> THE FACT THAT HE IS ACQUITTED BY JURY DOES NOT MEAN HE IS ACQUITTED BY ME. THERE IS NOT ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST ANYBODY ELSE WAS INVOLVED OTHER THAN SPECULATION. >> POLICE CONSIDER THIS CASE CLOSED AND IN A UNUSUAL MOVE,

SOME OF THE EVIDENCE WAS DESTROYED. DATELINE CONTACTED THE COWBOY, THE GANGSTER AND CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO WERE ON ON THE BUS, ALL THE CLIENT REQUEST FOR ON CAMERA INTERVIEWS BUT TOLD US AS THEY HAVE MAINTAINED FROM DAY ONE, THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH JOE’S MURDER.

THEY FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN UNFAIRLY ACCUSED BY THE DEFENSE. >> PEOPLE TALK AND WHEN YOU ARE ACCUSED OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS I AM SURE IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR REPUTATION. >> SINCE THE TRIAL, EVEN JOE’S PARENTS HAVE BEEN DIVIDED OVER HIS GUILT, JOE’S MOM BELIEVES

HE IS MOST LIKELY GUILTY BUT JOE’S STEPDAD THINGS TRAVIS DID NOT DO IT. >> HE WAS SO DRUNK HE COULD NOT HIT THE GROUND WITH HIS HAT, HOW WILL HE BEAT UP A 240 POUND 6’4″ MAN WHEN HE CAN HARDLY STAND HIMSELF. >> YOU THINK PEOPLE KNOW MORE

THAN THEY ARE SAYING? >> YES. SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING. >> JOE’S DAUGHTER ALEXA IS LEFT WITH MEMORIES OF HER DAD. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? >> HE LAUGHED A LOT, HE LIKED TO MAKE OTHERS LAUGH. >> TRAVIS NEVER BECAME A NURSE

AFTER GOING TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM HIMSELF HE ENROLLED IN LAW SCHOOL AND BECAME A PRACTICING ATTORNEY. THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WITH HIM HE WANTED TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE TO JOE’S FAMILY. >> I AM SORRY FOR BEING OUT OF THE EQUATION THAT NIGHT.

I DRANK TOO MUCH AND IT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE AND RECKLESS. IT WAS SHORTSIGHTED AND REGRETTABLE. I DID NOT KILL JOE >> THE IDEA BEHIND THIS NIGHT AT THE END OF OCTOBER IS THAT ALL OF THE FEAR, DANGER AND HORROR, ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IMAGINARY. MANUFACTURED FOR THE CHILD

LIVING IN EVERY ONE OF US. OF COURSE THERE IS GENUINE EVIL OUT THERE, NO MATTER WHAT THE CALENDAR SAYS. SADLY, SOMETIMES THE HORROR OF HALLOWEEN IS THE REAL THING. >> THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, I AM LESTER HOLT, INK YOU FOR JOINING US. s.

KEVIN JONES: We both expected to spend the rest of our lives together. >>> THEY WERE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS. >> WE BOTH EXPECTED TO SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIFE TOGETHER. >> WHEN SHE WAS MURDERED, SYMPATHY TURNS TO SUSPICION. HIS PALM PRINTS WERE ON THE MURDER WEAPON. >> NO QUESTION.

>> BUT, THE MYSTERY WAS JUST BEGINNING. >> THE DNA WAS SOME OTHER MAIL. >> NOW, AS A TOWN CHOOSES SIDES, A FAMILY FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. STARTLING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN A SHOCKING MURDER. >> SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY. >> SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY.

>> I’M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS DATELINE. HERE IS KEITH MORRISON WITH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BEAUTY QUEEN. The young beauty queen– >> LOOK AT HER. THE YOUNG WOMAN AT THE HEART OF OUR STORY. YOU CAN SEE HOW LOVELY SHE IS. DO YOU SEE HER VULNERABILITY?

BY NOW, YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION IS PROBABLY LOCKED IN. IT IS VERY UNLIKELY TO CHANGE, AND CERTAINLY, THAT IS HOW IT WAS IN RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, A TOWN WHERE CAN HARDEN LIKE A ADJUSTMENT. ABOUT HER, AND BETTER OR WORSE, ABOUT A YOUNG MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER.

>> THE BOYFRIEND WHO FOUND THE BODY? >> FIRST IMPRESSIONS DIEHARD, INCLUDING FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MURDER. YEARS LATER, IN THIS SMALL AND SEVEN-TIME, WE HAD TO ASK, TO THE OTHER CHANGE? THE QUESTION IS QUITE OBVIOUS NOT TO KEVIN JONES, BUT YEARS

AGO HE DIDN’T GIVE A FIGURE IMPRESSED. ALL HE KNEW WAS THIS, HE WAS GOING PLACES. HE WAS FROM A GOOD FAMILY, HE LIVED NEAR A WONDERFUL CITY CALLED RUSSELLVILLE, AND HE WAS ADORED BY ONE GIRL IN PARTICULAR. HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART. NONA DIRKS MEYER.

>> SHE WAS LIKE A SOULMATE? >> I WAS CLOSER TO HER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. >> HE WAS GOING TO MARRY HER, SOMEDAY. SHE WAS, AFTER ALL, ABOUT THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN TOWN. LOCAL BEAUTY PAGEANT JUDGES WERE IMPRESSED BY HER LOOKS AND

POISE. THEY HAD ALREADY CROWNED HER AS SUCH. HERE IS ANOTHER TRUTH HER BOYFRIEND CAME TO REALIZE. BEAUTY ISN’T EVERYTHING. NONA WAS A SOMETIMES TROUBLED GIRL, GIVEN TO BOUTS OF EMOTIONAL TURMOIL. HER MOTHER, CAROL, WAS GRATEFUL TO KEVIN FOR MAKING HER DAUGHTER HAPPY.

>> KEVIN WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN HELPING NONA GO THROUGH A HARD TIME SHE WAS HAVING. HE SEEMS TO BE A REALLY CARING PERSON. >> HE EVEN BROUGHT NONA INTO HIS FAMILY ‘S MOM, JANICE, HIS DAD, HIRAM, TREATED HER AS ONE OF HER OWN. >> SHE WAS OUR FAMILY.

>> IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE, HE AND NONA STAYED IN TOUCH AND VOWED, FOR LATE-NIGHT CHATS AND TEXTS, WHEN HE DIDN’T RESPOND PROMPTLY, SHE WAGGED HER FINGER AT HIM. >> SHE WOULD SEND ME TEXT MESSAGES, SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE STILL ALIVE? STOCHASTIC

Nona uncharacteristically hadn’t reached out to him GET MY ATTENTION. >> THAT’S WHY HE WAS SO TAKEN ABACK, THAT DAY, A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 2005. IT WAS DECEMBER 15th. NONA HAD REACHED OUT TO HIM, OR ANSWERED HIM, SINCE MORNING. AT ONE POINT, HE TURNED HER OLD

TODD BACK ON HER, TEXTING, YOU ALIVE? EVEN THEN, SHE DIDN’T RESPOND. THIS WAS NOT LIKE NONA. >> 4 1/2 YEARS, WE HAD A PATTERN . THAT IS WHAT WE DID EVERY DAY. IF THAT PATTERN IS BROKEN, IT’S A RED FLAG IN MY HEAD, WHY. WHY IS HE NOT RESPONDING?

>> WERE YOU WORRIED? >> I WAS CONCERNED. >> KNOWS WHY THINGS WORK OUT THE WAY THEY DO. ON THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT, KEVIN WAS SUPPOSED TO DRIVE HIS MOM TO A CHRISTMAS PARTY. SHE REMEMBERS BEING IN THE CAR WITH HIM. >> I SAID YOU KNOW, THERE’S

LOTS OF REASONS WHY SHE MIGHT NOT BE ANSWERING. MAYBE HER PLANS CHANGED. >> BY NOW, KEVIN COULD THINK OF NOTHING ELSE. HE CALLED HIS BUDDY, RYAN, DELIVERING PIZZA NEAR NONA’S APARTMENT AND ASKED HIM TO CHECK UP. HE CALLED BACK WITH SOMETHING EERIE.

NONA’S CAR WAS IN THE LOT. HER HOUSEWIFE HOUSE LIGHTS WERE ON, BUT SHE WASN’T ANSWERING THE DOOR. >> I SAID, I’M COMING OVER. >> THEY PULLED UP IN FRONT OF DENNIS FRONT DOOR. >> RYAN AND I KNOCKED AND KNOCKED AND RANG THE DOORBELL, AND NOBODY CAME.

AND, WE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE FRANTIC. >> THE TWO MEN RAN AROUND THE CONDO TO KEVIN NONA’S BACK DOOR. KEVIN SAYS HE RUSHED UP WITHOUT TAKING A MOMENT TO LOOK INSIDE. >> WHEN I WAS GRABBING THE HANDLE, BRIAN TOUCHED ME AND SAID, DO YOU NOT SEE HER?

AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND HE SAID, DUDE, THERE SHE IS. SHE WAS LAYING, IN HER FRONT ROOM. >> KNOWN IT WASN’T MOVING. KEVIN THREW UP IN THE UNLOCKED DOOR AND RUSHED INSIDE. >> RYAN AT SOME POINT LET MY MOM IN THE FRONT DOOR. THEY CALLED 911 SOON AFTER THAT.

>> I STRADDLED HER MIDSECTION. MY KNEES WERE ON THE GROUND ABOVE HER MIDSECTION. >> HE TRIED CPR, BUT SHE WASN’T BREATHING. HER EYES, USUALLY SO LUMINOUS, HELD NO LIFE. THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL. >> AND I TALKED TO HER. AND I PRAYED THAT EVERYTHING

WOULD BE OKAY UNTIL EMS GOT THERE. >>t. SOON, THE APARTMENT WAS OVERWHELMED BY PARAMEDICS AND POLICE. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE AN OFFICER TOOK KEVIN ASIDE. JANICE WASN’T AS HER SONS VOICE ROSE ABOVE THE CHAOS. >> THEN, I HEARD HIM CRY OUT. >> A HOWELL?

>> THAT’S WHAT IT WAS. AND HE ASKED THEM IF SHE WAS DEAD AND THEY AFFIRMED THAT SHE WAS. >> NONA WAS GONE. NOTHING KEVIN COULD DO ABOUT IT. AS HE TRIED TO ABSORB THE ENORMITY OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED, HE HEARD THE POLICEMAN ASKED,

COULD HE COME DOWNTOWN, PLEASE? THEY HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> DID KEVIN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? POLICE SEEMS TO THINK SO. WHAT STARTED AS A FEW QUESTIONS TURNED INTO AN HOURS LONG INTERROGATION. AND, WATCH WHAT HAPPENED WHEN POLICE WERE NOT ASKING QUESTIONS. WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES.

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FOREVER RADIATES PROMISE AND BEAUTY. THERE’S SOMETHING UGLY THAT LIVES ON, TO. HER DEATH, AND THE WAY THAT SHE WAS SO BRUTALLY TAKEN. NONA’S MOTHER, CAROL, KNEW IT WAS BAD. THE MOMENT SHE ARRIVED THAT NIGHT TO SEE POLICE AT NONA’S APARTMENT.

>> I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO SEE MY BABY AND OF COURSE, THEY SAID YOU CAN’T. CRIME SCENE TAPE UP AND EVERYTHING. >> THE POLICE TOLD CAROL IT WAS HORRIBLY OBVIOUS. NONA HAD BEEN MURDERED, BUT THEY WERE ON THE CASE, THEY TOLD HER.

THEY WERE ALREADY TRYING TO BREAK DOWN NONA’S LAST MOMENTS ON EARTH. >> WHEN DID YOU LAST SPEAK WITH HER? >> ABOUT 1:00. >> QUESTIONING THE MAN WHO MAY HAVE KNOWN HER BEST. AND, KEVIN JONES SEEMED EAGER TO HELP THE POLICE FIGURE OUT WHO KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND.

HE READILY AGREED TO GO TO THE STATION THAT NIGHT TO ANSWER A FEW ROUTINE QUESTIONS. BUT AS KEVIN CAREENED FROM LOOK LIKE DISBELIEF, TO GREECE, TO ANGER, AND BACK AGAIN, TO QUESTIONS TURNED INTO MANY. AND BECAME POINTED They would ask me questions..

>> THEY WOULD LEAVE ME ALONE IN THE ROOM. THEY WOULD ASK ME QUESTIONS. >> AFTER A WHILE, THE POLICE TOLD KEVIN TO GO HOME. THEY HAD OTHER PEOPLE TO TALK TO, YOUNG MEN NONA HAD BEEN SEEING WHILE KEVIN WAS AWAY AT COLLEGE. BUT IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE THE

DETECTIVES TURNED THE ALIBIS OF THOSE OTHER MEN CHECKED OUT. AND 60s LATER, AS HE PREPARED TO SAY GOODBYE TO NONA AT THE FUNERAL HOME, POLICE ASKED HIM TO COME BACK TO THE POLICE STATION. >> AFTER 20 MINUTES OF QUESTIONS THEY ASKED IF I WOULD TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.

>> WHAT DID YOU SAY? >> I SAID SURE. >> SO, THEY STRIPPED HIM UP AND RAN THROUGH THE INNOCUOUS QUESTIONS, AND THEN, >> AND THEN THEY ENT OUT, ANALYZED IT, CAME BACK, AND SAID WHAT. >> THE MAN WHO GAVE IT TO E

SAID HE HAD NOT SEEN ANYBODY FAIL A TEST WORSE IN 20 SOME ODD YEARS OF GIVING LIE DETECTOR TESTS. >> THE MURDER OF THE BEAUTY QUEEN WAS VERY BIG NEWS IN RUSSELLVILLE. AND, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE CRIME, THE VICTIMS RE YOUNG AND PRETTY AND VULNERABLE, THE

PRESSURE TO SOLVE IT FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRESS WAS QUITE INTENSE. SO IMAGINE HOW IT WAS FOR THE LEAD DETECTIVE, MARK FROST, GIVEN THAT THIS WAS HIS VERY FIRST HOMICIDE CASE. SO, AS HE TALKED TO KEVIN, ROSS SENT A VETERAN WHO HAD SEEN IT ALL, AND WAS DISGUSTED.

>> YOU DID THIS. >> NO, I’M TELLING YOU, YOU ARE WRONG. >> I’M TELLING YOU RIGHT HERE. >> AT THIS POINT IT WASN’T REALLY A QUESTIONING, IT WAS MORE THEM YELLING AT ME, TELLING ME THAT THEY KNEW THAT I DID IT. >> YET, THE POLICE DID NOT ARREST KEVIN THAT MIGHT.

HERE IS WHAT THEY DID INSTEAD. THEY TOLD NONA’S MOTHER THAT THE YOUNG MAN SHE THOUGHT WOULD BE HER SON-IN-LAW ONE DAY WAS, IN FACT, HER DAUGHTER’S KILLER. >> THE FIRST THING THAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT HE WAS A SOCIOPATH, WITH A NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY. >> NONA HAD BEEN STABBED

REPEATEDLY AROUND THE NECK AND CHEST AND BASHED ON THE HEAD. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID THAT WAS WHAT KILLED NONA. THE POLICE TOLD CAROL THAT THIS HAD TO HAVE BEEN A VERY PERSONAL ATTACK, NOT SOMETHING A STRANGER WOULD HAVE DONE, BUT KEVIN COULD HAVE.

SO NO, CAROL HAD TWO SHOCKS TO ABSORB. >> I KNEW IN MY HEART IT WAS SOMEONE THAT SHE KNEW, SHE WOULD NEVER LET ANYONE IN THE APARTMENT THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW. >> NOW, KEVIN’S HORRIFYING DISCOVERY WAS OBJECTED TO A DARKENED TROUBLING THOUGHT. DETECTIVE MARK FROST SAID THAT

TO HIM, THE CRIME SCENE LOOKED STAGED. AND A WEEK LATER, THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE AT WHICH THE POLICE TOLD THE RUSSELLVILLE PUBLIC, DON’T WORRY, WE KNOW WHO COMMITTED THIS CRIME. POLICE DIDN’T MENTION THE SUSPECT NAME JUST THEN, BUT IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE EVERYBODY IN

RUSSELLVILLE KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT IT WAS KEVIN JONES. THIS IS WHAT APPEARED IN THE RUSSELLVILLE CARRIER THREE MONTHS AFTER NONA’S MURDER. >> NONA SKILLET REMAINS FREE, AND RUSSELLVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REQUESTED FORMAL CHARGES AGAINST ONE SUSPECT.d HIRAM JONES IS KEVIN’S FATHER. >> THEY TRIED, CONVICTED, AND

SENTENCED KEVIN WITHIN 90 DAYS. STRANGER THERE WASN’T A STRANGER, IF YOU WALK INTO THE COFFEE SHOP AND READ THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? >> IT WAS OBVIOUS WHEN BUMPER STICKERS, JUSTICE FOR NONA CROPPING UP. >> THE ASSUMPTION THAT I FORMED, AND I THINK THAT MANY

PEOPLE FORMED, WAS THAT JUSTICE FORKevin Jones . r the murderstf >>> TOPPING OR NEWS, POLICE MAKE AN ARREST IN THE MURDER OF A 19-YEAR-OLD ARKANSAS BEAUTY QUEEN. >> ON MARCH 31st, 2006, NOT LONG AFTER THAT CAREER ARTICLE, POLICE DID ANNOUNCE THE REST OF

KEVIN JONES FOR THE MURDER OF NONA. WHETHER OR NOT KEVIN WAS CONVICTED IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION WAS APPARENTLY IRRELEVANT. HE WAS ABOUT TO STAND TRIAL. QUITE POSSIBLY BE CONVICTED, WHERE IT REALLY MATTERED. THE COURT OF LAW. >>> A PALM PRINT IN BLOOD ON

THE LAMP USED TO KILL NONA. GUESS WHO? >> NO QUESTION IT WAS HIS. >> BUT ON ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE. >> THE DNA WAS SOME OTHER MALES. >> WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> POSSIBLY 1 TRILLION GALAXIES? THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST

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>>> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS TELEVISION. >> WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. AND WHAT MATTERS HERE AT HOME? >> NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY SHOWING ENCOURAGING SIGNS ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. >> WHAT DOES EXERCISE DO FOR OUR HEALTH?

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And not be steeped in the story of Nona Dirksmeyer and Kevin Jones. >>> SMALL SOUTHERN CITY, ILLEGALS BEAUTY QUEEN MURDERED, HER BOYFRIEND ACCUSED OF THE CRIME. IT WAS HARD TO BE IN RUSSELLVILLE IN 2007, AND NOT BE STEEPED IN THE STORY OF NONA X MEYER AND KEVIN JONES.

>> THIS CASE CUBBERLEY HAD MORE STATEWIDE PUBLICITY THAN ANY CRIMINAL CASE, IN MANY YEARS, PERHAPS EVER, IN ARKANSAS. >> OF COURSE KEVIN HAD A RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL AND AN IMPARTIAL JURY. HIS LAWYERS ARGUED THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE IN RUSSELLVILLE. SO, THE VENUE WAS CHANGED.

THE NEARBY CITY OF OZARK. >> SPOTLIGHT IS ON THE SMALL NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TOWN AS OZARK. >> TO THE PROSECUTOR, THE TRIALS LOCATION LITTLE. WHAT DID MATTER WAS THE EVIDENCE. AND HE BELIEVED THERE WAS ENOUGH OF THAT TO PUT KEVIN JONES AWAY FOR YEARS.

JEFF PHILLIPS WAS THE DEPUTY PROSECUTOR. >> WE BELIEVED, I BELIEVE, THAT THE MORNING OF HER DEATH, KEVIN JONES CAME IN, AND EFFECTIVELY. >> WHEN THE TRIAL OPENED IN 2007, THE PROSECUTOR TOLD THE JURY THE REASON FOR THIS CRIME IS AS OLD AS THE BIBLE ITSELF.

A JEALOUS RAGE. KEVIN JONES HAD WALKED INTO HIS LOVER’S APARTMENT, THAT DAY IN DECEMBER OF 2005, AND FOUND WITHIN IT A CHEATING HEART. >> WHILE THERE, DISCOVERED EITHER A TEXT MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER PERSON, OR A USED CONDOM WRAPPER ON THE COUNTER. AND, THINGS ESCALATED FROM THERE.

IS COLLATED OUT OF CONTROL. >> AND THEN, THE PROSECUTOR SAID IT ENDED WITH JONES REPEATEDLY STABBING NONA AND CRUSHING HER SKULL WITH A LAMP BASE. >> NO QUESTION THAT WAS HIS HANDPRINT. THE DEFENSE DIDN’T EVEN MAKE AN ISSUE IT WAS HIS. >> IT’S WHAT HE DID NEXT, SO

THE PROSECUTION, THAT SHOWED HOW PROSECUTING COULD BE. KEVIN LEFT NONA’S APARTMENT, HE SAID, WITH HER DEAD ON THE FLOOR, THEN WAITED FOR THE AFTERNOON UNTIL HOURS LATER, WHEN HE COULD COME BACK WITH HIS MOTHER AND FRIENDS TO FIND NONA’S BODY. >> IN MY OPINION, AN

INTENTIONAL ATTEMPT TO BE — TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE FIND HER, BUT HIM. >> TRYING TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK INNOCENT. IF THAT IS NOT TELLING ENOUGH, THE PROSECUTION SAID, SURELY THIS WAS. KEVIN JONES’S POLICE INTERVIEW. RIGHT THERE, THE PROSECUTION TOLD THE JURY, WAS’S CAPACITY

FOR VIOLENCE, SITTING AND LISTENING TO THIS, KEVIN’S FATHER WORRIED HOW EASY IT MIGHT BE FOR JURORS TO CONVICT HIS SON. >> IT WAS JUST A NIGHTMARE. >> Reporter: IT, KEVIN’S PARENTS NEVER WAITED WAVERED IN THEIR BELIEFS THAT THEIR SON WAS JUST AS INNOCENT AS HE TOLD

THE POLICE HE WAS. THE EVEN BUT THE FAMILY FARM ON IT. >> WE PUT IT UP AS COLLATERAL. >> THE USE THE MONEY TO BUY THEIR SON THE BEST DEFENSE THEY COULD. AND, HE NEEDED IT. KEVIN’S LAWYERS NEW, YET BECOME THE LOCAL POSTER BOY FOR EVIL.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS THIS SERIOUS, BUT IS THIS BAD, THIS GIRL WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED. >> SOMEBODY’S GOT TO PAY. >> SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY. >> SOMEBODY, BUT NOT KEVIN SAID HIS ATTORNEY MICHAEL ROLLINS. I SENT A READOUT OF THE

POLYGRAPH TO AN INDEPENDENT EXPERT WHO REPORTED THAT THE QUESTIONS SEEMED DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE KEVIN FAILED. THE REST OF THE EVIDENCE DIDN’T WORK EITHER. THAT BLOODIED PALM PRINT ON THE LIGHTBULB OF THE LAMP, ATTORNEY BUILT CRYSTAL AGREED IT WAS KEVIN’S PRINT AND NO WONDER IT WAS.

KEVIN WAS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO SAVE HIS GIRLS LIFE. OF COURSE HE COULD’VE TOUCHED THE LIGHTBULB. >> IS A TOTALLY INNOCENT SITUATION. THE BLOOD THAT ON THE LIGHTBULB, AT THE TIME THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED, >> WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO REVIVE HER? >> YES.

THE EMT SAID THE LAMP WAS WITHIN ONE FOOT OF THE BODY. >> MORE CONCERNING WAS THE EVIDENCE NOT COLLECTED BY THE POLICE. SAID THE DEFENSE, FIRST TIME HOMICIDE DETECTIVE MARK FROST AND THE OTHER OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT MUCKED UP THE CASE ROYALLY.

>> THE ONLY AREA FINGERPRINT IT WAS THE AREA AROUND THE BODY, THERE WAS BLOOD NEAR THE FRONT DOOR, THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE VENETIAN BLINDS, A USED CONDOM WRAPPER A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE BODY, THE POLICE WOULD GO UPSTAIRS, THEY DO NOT FINGERPRINT THE FLUSH HANDLE OF

THE COMMODE, THEY DON’T DNA THAT, THEY DON’T DNA ANYTHING THERE. >> IN FACT, THE DEFENSE SAID THEY DIDN’T TEST THE DNA ON THE CONDOM WRAPPER. ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTION IT WAS A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE, BUT THINK ABOUT IT HE SAID DEFENSE ATTORNEY, IF KEVIN SAW

THE CONDOM WRAPPER, HE WOULD HAVE PICKED IT UP AND LEFT HIS OWN DNA ON IT. BUT, — >> RECENTLY PROPHYLACTIC WRAPPER OFF TO A LAB, AND THEY FOUND THE DNA. THE DNA WAS SOME OTHER MAIL. >> SOMEONE ELSE’S DNA, NOT KEVIN , AND PROBABLY, SO THE DEFENSE,

BUT CONDOM WAS USED BY THE KILLER. BUT WHO? NEITHER DEFENSE NOR PROSECUTION HAD AN ANSWER FOR THAT. THE DNA DIDN’T MATCH ANYBODY IN THE DATABASE. AND KEVIN’S LAWYERS DID HAVE THIS, AND ALIBI FOR THEIR CLIENTS. KEVIN’S GRANDMOTHER TOLD THE COURT HE COULD NOT HAVE KILLED

NONA, BECAUSE HE WAS WITH HER, MILES AWAY, IN THE TOWN OF DOVER AROUND THE TIME THE STATE SAID THAT NONA DIED. >> SHE WAS A GENUINE, DOWN-TO- EARTH, VERY LEVELHEADED PERSON. SHE WAS AN INCREDIBLE WITNESS ON THE STAND. >> BUT THERE WAS ONE COMPELLING

PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN THE PROSECUTION’S CASE, AND THEY JUST WANTED JURORS TO SEE MORE OF IT, THAT POLICE VIDEO OF KEVIN. THE DEFENSE HAD JURORS WATCH ALL OF IT. THEY WERE BETTING THIS IMAGE WOULD CONVINCE JURORS THEY SHOULD CHANGE WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT FIRST IMPRESSION,

DECIDE KEVIN WAS NOT THE MURDERER THE PROSECUTION PRESENTED BUT THAT KEVIN WAS A GRIEF STRICKEN YOUNG MAN. THE JURY WRESTLED WITH A VERDICT. SIX MILES DOWN THE ROAD, IN RUSSELLVILLE, THE TOWN CRIED FOR JUSTICE. REVETMENT CONVICTION, WELL, SO BE IT. >> WHO IS GARY DONE? AND, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID HE

HAVE TO DO WITH NONA’S MURDER? WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> WE ARE GETTING STARTED WITH BREAKING NEWS. >> THE RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANT CROSSINGS. >> THE LATEST OF ELEMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. >> A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GOOD NEWS WE GOT ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

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MISSION, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >> MORNING IS NOW, STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE LOOKED JUST LIKE THIS. >>> GOOD MORNING BEGINS WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM.

A CHANCE TO START FRESH. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU IN, TO SHARE A MOMENT THAT BRIGHTENS YOUR DAY, BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVE THE BEST START. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND.

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THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. >> A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GOOD NEWS WE GOT ABOUT THE ECONOMY. >> IF YOU HAVE OR MILES, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO USE THEM? >> 20 MINUTES OF EXERCISE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT. >> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE AN

OUT COLLEGE ATHLETE? >> FREEING. >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >>> NOW IS RAW. NOW ISRAEL. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. KEITH MORRISON: Kevin Jones sat in the courtroom,

Hed the fight for his life swirl around him, and felt in that uncomfortable chair >> KEVIN JONES SAT IN THE COURTROOM, WATCHING THE FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE SWIRL AROUND HIM. AND IN THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIRS, HE FELT THE WITHERING STARES OF THE JURY.

>> I CAN ALL LOOK AT YOU, AND IF YOU DO ONE THING THAT THEY DEEM WRONG, THAT MIGHT SWAY THEM THE OPPOSITE WAY. >> ONE FACIAL EXPRESSION? >> ONE CLICK OF A PEN, ONE BITE ON YOUR FINGERNAIL. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE

GOING TO TAKE THINGS THAT YOU DO . >> HE HAD EVERY REASON TO WORRY, LATER, THE JURIES WOULD RECALL HOW THE IMAGES OF THIS CRIME HAUNTED THEM. >> BLOOD ALL OVER THE PICTURES, THE PALM PRINT IN HER BLOOD. >> TO THE JURORS, THE EVIDENCE,

OR THE LACK OF IT LOOKED BETTER POLICE, TO. >> THE GLASSDOOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE PERPETRATOR LEFT, NOT FINGER PRINTED, INSIDE OR OUT. THE KITCHEN FLOOR WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT FOR FOOTPRINTS, HE OBVIOUSLY WALKED ACROSS THERE. NO PRINTS WERE TAKEN. >> THEY SAID, THAT KIND OF

SLOPPY MESS MADE HIM WONDER, WHAT ELSE DID THE POLICE MISS? WHAT OTHER SUSPECTS? >> THE POLICE CLAIMED THEY CHECKED THE ALIBIS OF ALL THESE POTENTIAL SUSPECTS START AS WELL AS THEY GATHERED EVIDENCE? >> WHAT REALLY STUCK WITH THEM WAS KEVIN. SITTING IN THE POLICE INTERROGATION ROOM, LOOKING TO

THEM, GENUINELY DISTRAUGHT. >> I FELT BAD, INSIDE, BUT I WAS WATCHING HIM. >> EVIDENCE POINTED MORE TO INNOCENCE THAN GUILT. AFTER EIGHT HOURS, THEY HAD THEIR VERDICT. NOT GUILTY. KEVIN WAS ENORMOUSLY RELIEVED OF COURSE, BUT ALSO FURIOUS, AT DETECTIVE MARK FROST AND THE RUSSELLVILLE POLICE.

>> IT FRUSTRATES ME. IT ANGERS ME, THAT THE POLICE DIDN’T CARE ENOUGH TO DO THEIR JOBS THE RIGHT WAY. IT FRUSTRATES ME THAT THEY DIDN’T FIND THE PERSON WHO DID THIS. >> NONA’S MOTHER, CAROL, BELIEVED HER DAUGHTERS OLD BOYFRIEND HAD QUITE POSSIBLY JUST GOTTEN AWAY WITH MURDER.

>> WHO COULD BEGRUDGE A GRIEVING MOTHER’S CHALLENGE?am . CERTAINLY NOT THE JONES FAMILY. THEY STOOD ON THE STEPS OF THE COURTHOUSE AND VOWED THEY WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TOOK DEFINED NONA’S KILLER. KEVIN’S FATHER, HIRAM, FINANCIALLY WIPED OUT BY THE COST OF ALL THIS PAST THEIR

LEGAL TEAM FOR ONE MORE FAVOR. >> IS THAT THIS IS WHAT I GOT, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I NEED OR HOW I CAN PAY YOU, BUT I NEED THIS. >> THE LAWYERS AGREED TO HELP. ASKED AN INDUSTRY LEADER, THIS MAN, TO KEEP WORKING THE CASE. HIS NAME IS TODD STEFFY.

HE IS A PART-TIME POLICEMAN IN KEVIN’S HOMETOWN OF DOVER, JUST OUTSIDE RUSSELLVILLE. PART-TIME DETECTIVE, AND A FULL- TIME PREACHER. >> WHAT AN ODD COMBINATION. >> IS TO SAY IT’S THE ULTIMATE GOOD GUY. >> RIGHT WAY, HE KNEW THERE WAS A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE

THAT DEMANDED A CLOSER LOOK. THAT CONDOM WRAPPER FOUND IN NONA’S APARTMENT. IT HELD SOMEBODY’S DNA, BUT WHOSE? HE WONDERED IF POLICE CLEARED THOSE MALE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO QUICKLY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INVESTIGATION? >> DO THEY HAVE A VALID ALIBI? BECAUSE EITHER I AM MISSING

SOMETHING OR — YOU KNOW, I BEGAN TO FEEL LIKE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE MAY BE NEEDED TO HAVE THEIR DNA COMPARED. >> KEVIN’S LEGAL TEAM ROLLED UP ITS SLEEVES AND SLACKS AND WENT DIVING FOR TRASH, BELONGING TO THOSE YOUNG MEN, AND THEY GOT SOME DNA SAMPLES.

And wouldn’t you know– he got it– came in the most mundane way. >> A LEAD. YOU COULD SAY THAT HE NEEDED A MIRACLE. AND WOULDN’T YOU KNOW, HE GOT IT? IT CAME IN THE MOST MUNDANE WAY. TWO MONTHS AFTER KEVIN’S ACQUITTAL, AND MORE THAN A YEAR

AFTERNOON’S DEATH, THE POLICE CHIEF TOLD HIM TO QUESTION A SUSPECT IN A RECENT BURGLARY, A MAN BY THE NAME OF GARY DUNN. >> MY CHIEF LOOK AT ME, AND I SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS? AND HE SAID YES. HE WAS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS OF NONA.

>> GARY DUNN, A NEIGHBOR OF NONA’S, HE WAS AMONG THAT HANDFUL OF MEN WHO HAD BEEN QUESTIONED AND CLEARED BY POLICE. STEFFY KNEW THAT HE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KILL.’S BEDROOM WINDOW LOOKS DIRECTLY ACROSS A SMALL PARKING

LOT, AT KNOWN AS A BEDROOM WINDOW. NOW, STEFFY HAD TO GET THAT MAN’S there MORRISON: But >> HOW DID YOU GET IT? >> I ASKING FOR IT. >> HE SAID YES? >> BASICALLY. I ASKED IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE ME HIS FINGERPRINT, AND

A DNA SAMPLE. SO I CAN RULE HIM OUT, THEN WE ARE DONE. >> BUT, THERE WAS A PROBLEM. TO GET THAT SAMPLE TESTED, HE NEEDED THE CASH-STRAPPED JONES FAMILY TO PAY FOR IT. FIRST KEVIN’S MOTHER HESITATED, THE TEST WOULD COST ABOUT $600. BUT, THE INVESTIGATOR INSISTED

>> WHAT DID HE SAY? >> ESSENTIALLY SHE JUST KIND OF SAID, SOMETHING LIKE, OH SHUCK , IT’S JUST MONEY. >> SO, SHE PAID FOR IT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT IT TURNED OUT TO BE, BECAUSE WEEKS LATER, STEFFY GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF KEVIN’S LAWYERS.

THE DNA TESTS WERE BACK, AND WOULDN’T YOU KNOW? >> IS THAT IT MATCHES, DOESN’T IT? >> HE SAID WELCOME ENTRANCES GARY DUNN. >> THE DNA ON THAT CONDOM WRAPPER WAS LEFT BY NONA’S NEIGHBOR, GARY DUNN. NOW, STEFFY NEEDED TO CHECK OUT GARY’S ALIBI FOR THE AY NONA WAS KILLED.

HE TOLD POLICE HE WAS OUT SHOPPING WITH HIS MOTHER. SO, STEFFY WENT LOOKING FOR COPIES OF RECEIPTS FROM THOSE STORES TO BACKUP THE ALIBI. >> THIS IS THE STORE WHERE SUPPOSEDLY, GARY DUNN CAME. >> THIS WAS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE WE HAD TO CHECK OUT THE

ALIBI, THE STORE HAD KEPT BOXES AND BOXES OF RECORDS OF RECEIPTS. IT WAS THE OLD-FASHIONED, FINDS THE SLIP KIND OF RECEIPTS. >> IS NOT KIDDING, BOXES RINGBACK YEARS, >> HOW MANY BOXES DID YOU GO THROUGH? >> I HAVE NO IDEA. >> HOURS AND HOURS?

>> I THINK I HAVE TRIED TO FORGET THAT. >> JUST WHEN HE THOUGHT IT WAS ALL A WASTED EFFORT, THEY PULLED AT THIS SCRAP >> YOU FOUND IT? >> I FOUND IT. >> THERE IT WAS. A RECEIPT THAT SHOWED GARY AND HIS MOM WERE OUT SHOPPING, ALL RIGHT, ON DECEMBER 13th, NOT

THE 16th, WHEN THEY SAID HEY WERE, WHEN NONA WAS MURDERED. >> IT WAS IN THE SAME DAY IT’LL >> KNOW. >> IN FACT, NONE OF THE RECEIPT FROM THE STORE GAVE HIM AN ALIBI FOR THE TIME THAT WAS KILLED. POLICE AND ROSECUTOR DIDN’T

MENTION THAT AT KEVIN’S TRIAL. NOW, A NEW PROSECUTOR WAS ON THE CASE, HE FOUND THE FAULTY ALIBI AND DNA RESULTS COMPELLING. ONE YEAR AFTER KEVIN’S ACQUITTAL, GARY DUNN WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER. MANY IN RUSSELLVILLE STRUGGLED TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. THE FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THAT

KEVIN JONES MURDERED NANA DIRKS MEYER. COULD THEY BELIEVE THIS LATEST ARREST IS THE REAL KILLER? COULD THE STATE OF ARKANSAS PRIVETT? >>> COMING UP, GARY DUNN WAS THE ONE ON TRIAL, SO WHY DOES IT SEEM THAT KEVIN JONES WAS, AS WELL. >> THE FIRST THING YOU GET HIT

WITH IS THAT YOUR SON IS ON TRIAL AGAIN. EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT ON TRIAL, HE IS. >> WHEN DECLINE CONTINUES. >>> I’M HALLE GOING TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. LETTERS CARE ABOUT THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? YOU ARE SEEING THAT FIRST HAND, YOURSELF, ON THE GROUND THERE, TODAY.

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>> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >>> PEOPLE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> A DOZEN HOURS AFTER ROARING ASHORE. KEITH MORRISON: Kevin Jones’s parents had won and lost. They had won freedom for their son Kevin,

But had lost a young woman they considered a daughter. >> KEVINS PARENTS HAD WON AND LOST. THEY HAD WON FREEDOM FOR KEVIN, BUT THEY HAD LOST THE WOMEN THEY CONSIDERED A DAUGHTER. THEY SPENT THEIR LAST DIME FINDING HER KILLER. AND THEY BELIEVED THEIR

SACRIFICE FINALLY PAID OFF, WHEN POLICE ARRESTED HER NEIGHBOR, GARY DUNN, FOR HER MURDER. >> I BELIEVE HE COMMITTED THIS CRIME. BUT, THAT IS MY BELIEF. BASED UPON WHAT I SAW >> THE TRIAL OPENED IN APRIL 2010. AARON JONES LISTENED, AS THE STATE, IT HAD ALREADY TRIED HIS

SON, NOW ARGUED THAT GARY DUNN WAS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT MAN STALKIprosecutor, the juryCREA,e could be sure Dunn killed Nona after entering CLEAN HE COULD SEE FROM HIS APARTMENT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. HIS OWN WIFE TESTIFIED HE WAS VIOLENT IN BED WITH HER. WEEKS BEFORE NANA’S DEATH, SHE

CAUGHT HIM HANGING AROUND NONA’S FRONT DOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SO, SO THE PROSECUTOR. THE JURY COULD BE SURE, GARY DUNN KILLED NONA AFTER ENTERING HIT HER APARTMENT WITH THE INTENT OF FORCING A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER, AND THE CONDOM WRAPPER PROVED IT.

>> IS CONDOM WRAPPER, FOUND THAT HAD THE DNA ON IT, THAT DID NOT HAVE KEVINS DNA ON IT. HAD HIS DNA ON IT. >> SO, DNA EVIDENCE, A DISTURBING BACKGROUND, AN ALIBI THAT TURNED OUT TO BE NO ALIBI AT ALL. IT WAS HARD TO SEE HOW GARY’S

DEFENDERS COULD ARGUE AGAINST THEIR CLIENTS FLIES AND DNA. BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. AND, WITH GUSTO. >> WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THE STATE IS SIMPLY WRONG? >> THE STATE IS SIMPLY WRONG. >> Reporter: WHAT IS MORE, THEY TOLD JURORS THEY COULD PROVE IT.

FOR STARTERS, THEY SAID, THE STATE WASN’T HONEST ABOUT THE DNA ON THE CONDOM WRAPPER, IT WAS ONLY A MIXED AND PARTIAL MATCH TO GARY DUNN. >> ANY THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE ALSO NOT EXCLUDED. >> LET ME ASK OU THEN, IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THAT GARY DUNN

DID NOT TOUCH THAT CONDOM WRAPPER? >> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SAYING. >> HE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT CONDOM WRAPPER. >> HE WAS ACROSS THE PARKING LOT IN HIS APARTMENT. >> MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS, WHEN NONA WAS MURDERED. They asked for receipts. They found receipts.

They gave it to the police department. Except it wasn’t for that day. Well, he cooperated in full. He gave them what they asked him to do. KEITH MORRISON: The defense told jurors it wasn’t Gary Dunn’s alibi they should question anyway. If anything, the lawyer said, they

Should take a look at someone else for known as murder– her old boyfriend. And at that moment, Hiram Jones realized with dread just >> HE SAID THEY SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT SOMEONE ELSE FOR NONA’S MURDER, HER OLD BOYFRIEND. AT THAT MOMENT, HIRAM JONES REALIZED WITH DREAD JUST AWARE

THIS TRIAL WAS HEADING. >> THE FIRST THING YOU GET HIT WITH IS, YOUR SON IS ON TRIAL AGAIN. EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT ON TRIAL, HE IS. THAT’S PART OF THE DEFENSE THAT THEY USE. >> HOW RIGHT HE WAS. GARY DUNN’S ATTORNEYS TRIED TO

PERSUADE THE JURY THAT KEVIN JONES, THE FIRST SUSPECT IN THE CASE, HAD ONE SHAKY STORY AFTER ANOTHER. THE 911 CALL, WHERE KEVINS MOTHER IS CRYING. THE DEFENSE SAID JANICE JONES, AND KEVINS FRIEND GAVE POLICE COMFORTING DETAILS ABOUT HOW THEY CAME UPON NONA’S BODY, AND

WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO SAVE HER. >> ALL THREE OF THEM ARE LYING. >> KEVIN HIS LINE, THE MOTHER’S LINE. >> IN FACT, THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY TRIED TO CLAIM, COULDN’T KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES, AND ALL THEIR LIES. EVEN KEVINS GRANDMOTHER, WHO SAID SHE WAS WITH KEVIN IN

ANOTHER TOWN, THE MORNING OF NANA’S DEATH COULD NOT BE TRUSTED. >> KEVINS GRANDMOTHER KNOWS >> I DON’T KNOW IF THEY KNOW IT, BUT THEY ARE COVERING FOR HIM. >> THE LAWYERS SAID KEVIN JONES COULD NOT EXPLAIN ONE THING AWAY, THAT BLOODIED PALM PRINT IN NONA’S APARTMENT.

IT WAS HIS, AND NOT GARY DUNN’S. DID IT WORK? YES IT DID. AFTER THREE DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS, THE JURORS SAID THEY WERE HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED. AND THE JUDGE DECLARED A MISTRIAL. BUT, THE PROSECUTOR WASN’T GIVING UP. HE PROMPTLY REFILED MURDER CHARGES, AND GARY DUNN’S SECOND TRIAL BEGAN IN 2011.

>> GARY DUNN, TRIED A SECOND TIME AFTER HIS FIRST TRIAL ENDED IN A HUNG JURY. >> THIS TIME, THE JUDGE ALLOWED THE PROSECUTOR TO REVEAL A VERY DARK FACT ABOUT GARY DUNN. HE WAS A CONVICTED FELON. BEFORE NONA WAS MURDERED. JURORS HEARD FROM A WOMAN NAMED

KELLY JOE FITZ HARRIS, WHO HAPPENED TO HAVE THE GRAVE MITCH FORCING OF JOGGING PAST GARY DUNN ON THE WRONG DAY IN THE WRONG PLACE IN 2002. IT’S A POPULAR TRAIL WITH RUNNERS, BUT VERY ISOLATEDHe kn KELLY JOE CAME RUNNING, BY HERSELF, FROM THAT DIRECTION.

SHE SAW A MAN SITTING HERE, ON THIS BENCH BECAUSE SHE RAN UP THE TRAIL THIS WAY, SHE HEARD FOOTSTEPS BEHIND HER, TURNED AROUND, AND THE MAN HAD A HUGE STICK. HE HIT HER OVER THE HEAD WITH IT, HE KNOCKED HER DOWN, HIT HER REPEATEDLY, AND SHE

REALIZED, THE ONLY WAY FOR HER TO ESCAPE WAS TO WRIGGLE FREE, AND SO, SHE RAN UP THE TRAIL THAT WAY, AS QUICKLY AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD, CALLING FOR HELP, PRETENDING THERE WAS SOMEONE NEARBY. POLICE CAME A LITTLE LATER, THEY FOUND GARY DUNN HIDING IN THE WATER. THEY ARRESTED HIM?

HE SPENT 18 MONTHS IN JAIL. THEN, NEWLY OUT ON PAROLE, HE MOVED INTO NONA’S APARTMENT COMPLEX, SET UP DIRECTLY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, DUNN’S LAWYERS ADMITTED IT WAS A BLOW TO THEIR DEFENSE. >> SO, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT, AND NOT MAKE IT ANY WORSE.

DO NO HARM. >> OR, WAS IT ALREADY DONE? THIS TIME, JURORS KNEW THE DEFENDANT’S CHAIR WAS NOT HOLDING AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER, HE WAS A CONVICTED, NOW. It looks really bad. LESTER HOLT: Will there be justice >> HE DOESN’T HAVE AN ALIBI, THAT LOOKS REALLY BAD. IT LOOKS REALLY BAD.

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DIRKS MY AND THE SECOND TIME GARY DUNN STOOD ACCUSED. BUT WHEN THEY STARTED TO DELIBERATE, THE JURORS WEREN’T THINKING ABOUT THE SECOND OR THIRD, THEY WERE THINKING FIRST. KEVIN JONES, THE FIRST SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. >> OR ANY OF YOU SUSPICIOUS THAT MAYBE IT WAS ACTUALLY KEVIN YOU DID THIS?

>> I BELIEVE THE WHOLE JURY THOUGHT IN THE BEGINNING, THAT WITH HIGH PROBABILITY IT WAS KEVIN, BECAUSE THE DEFENSE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING US TO BELIEVE IT COULD BE KEVIN. >> ONCE AGAIN, THE DEFENSE HAD RETRIED KEVIN JONES FOR THE MURDER OF NONA.

THE JURORS EVENTUALLY CAME TO A SORT OF PEACE WITH THAT. >> WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE THAT IS AGAINST OR FOR HIM. >> ONCE THEY DID, THEY WERE TROUBLED. ON THE WITNESS STAND, THAT JOGGER DESCRIBES JUST HOW BRUTALLY THE JOGGER HAD ATTACKED HER.

>> THAT WAS A REALLY BIG FACTOR IN MY THINKING, BUT WHETHER HE WAS GUILTY OR INNOCENT, IT TIED INTO EVERYTHING ELSE. BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED TO NONA. >> IT SHOWED DUNN WAS A BRUTAL MAN, ALSO A CONVICTED FELON. EVEN LIED ABOUT WHERE HE HAD

BEEN THAT DAY. >> YOU DON’T HAVE NO ALIBI, YOU KNOW, THAT LOOKS REALLY BAD. IT LOOKS REALLY BAD. >> HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE DNA ON THE CONDOM WRAPPER FOUND NONA’S APARTMENT. SOME BELIEVE THE DNA PROBABLY DID BELONG TO GARY DUNN, BUT THAT MADE HIM WONDER, TO.

>> THIS GUY WAS SUPPOSEDLY SO CAREFUL TO NOT LEAVE NO OTHER FINGERPRINTS, IN THIS WHOLE CRIME SCENE, YOU THINK HE WOULD’VE BEEN SMART ENOUGH TO TAKE THE CONDOM WRAPPER WITH AN. >> SO THERE IT WAS, DNA EVIDENCE AGAINST DUNN, INTERESTING, IF NOT PROOF. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, WHICH

WAS COMPELLING. THEY TOOK A POLL, GUILTY OR NOT? SEVERAL, ACTUALLY. AND THEN, ON THE LAST GO AROUND, THEY KNEW THEY WERE FINISHED. THEY WENT INTO THE COURTROOM >> COMING UP, AND BEING IN FRONT OF HER PARENTS WAS THE HARDEST THING, FOR ME. IT MADE ME VERY SAD, BECAUSE I

KNEW THAT THEY WERE WAITING TO SEE IF THERE WOULD BE CLOSURE. AND WE COULDN’T DO IT. WE COULDN’T GIVE THEM CLOSURE. >> ONCE AGAIN, THE CASE OF ARKANSAS VERSUS GARY DUNN ENDED IN A HUNG JURY. THE MOST POWERFUL REASON FOR THAT? THAT FIRST IMPRESSION AMONG

MANY HERE IN RUSSELLVILLE, THAT IT WAS KEVIN JONES. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TRIAL, KEVIN HEADED BACK TO COURT, NOT FOR ANYTHING HE DID, BUT FOR THE DAMAGE HE SAYS WAS DONE TO HIM. BY POLICE. >> THEY UST LOOKED AT ME, AND

THEY SAID HE’S THE ONE WHO DID IT. >> KEVIN JONES ALWAYS BELIEVED THE POLICE ZEROED IN ON HIM AS THE SUSPECT IN NONA’S DEATH AND NEVER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ANYONE ELSE. >> KEVIN SUED MARK FROST, THE DETECTIVE WHO BUILT THE CASE AGAINST HIM, AND OTHERS, TOO, FOR WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE.

THE FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSED THE LAWSUIT, BECAUSE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD PASSED. TO HIS LAWYER, FROST DENIED MAKING MISTAKES AND NEITHER HE NOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD COMMENT ON THE INSTIGATION. MEANWHILE, KEVIN MOVED ON, REMARRIED AND HELPED CORRECT OTHER POISONOUS FIRST IMPRESSIONS.

HE BECAME A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND DECIDED TO RECTUS LAW IN RUSSELLVILLE. THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, KEVIN TOLD US HE MADE PEACE WITH THE ONE PERSON WHOSE OPINION REALLY DOES MATTER TO HIM. NONA’S MOTHER. SHE NO LONGER BELIEVES KEVIN KILLED HER DAUGHTER. IN FACT, SHE SAYS, SHE LOVES KEVIN.

AS FOR THE OTHERS, THEY ARE MORE CYNICAL. I TRY NOT TO DWELL ON WHAT THEY THINK. OR WHISPER ABOUT HIM OR THE GIRL HE ONCE LOVED. THE BEAUTY QUEEN, THE GIRL FOR WHOM JUSTICE WAS DENIED. IN 2018, GARY DUNN FOUND HIMSELF IN HANDCUFFS AGAIN. and indecent exposure.

He was sentenced to 15 years. CONTEST TO ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING AND INDECENT EXPOSURE. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS. BARRING NEW EVIDENCE, THE STATE DOESN’T PLAN TO FILE CHARGES AGAINST HIM FOR A THIRD TIME IN THE NONA KILLING. >>> THAT’S ALL FOR NOW. I AM LESTER HOLT.

I was concerned that she was hurt somewhere. >>> INITIALLY, IT WAS PANIC THEN IT TURNED INTO TORMENT. >> I WAS CONCERNED SHE WAS HURT SOMEWHERE. I FELT SO HELPLESS. >> KELLY The army? WAS ALWAYS OTHERS. >> SHE LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE THAT NEEDED HELP.

>> THERE FOR HER FRIENDS. THERE FOR HER COUNTRY. >> THIS WAS A GOOD FIT FOR HER. SHE WANTED TO BE AN OFFICER. >> HER PERSONAL LIFE WAS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. SHE WAS ESTRANGED FROM HER HUSBAND. >> WITH A TALKING DIVORCE? >> HAD A NEW BOYFRIEND.

LATELY, SHE SEEMED TO HAVE AN ADMIRER. >> DID HE S KELLY FOR HER PHONE NUMBER? >> YES. >> WHEN SHE VANISHED, HUNDREDS JOINED THE SEARCH. HE WAS SUSPICIOUS ABOUT ONE OF THE MEN AND KELLY’S LIFE. >> I CAN TELL YOU ARE LYING. >> GETTING THE TRUTH WOULDN’T

BE EASY. >> YOU WERE INVOLVED IN WAS PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE. >> HE KNOWS WHERE SHE IS AT. >> AFTER YOUNG SOLDIER’S MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, ONE MAN MINDSCAPE BATTLE TO FIND HER. >> I KNOW HE IS. >> THIS IS DATELINE. HERE IS ANDREA CANNING WITH DEEP IN THE WOODS.only the weed.

>>> IT’S”, DECREPIT OLD SHACK WITH ONLY WEEDS FOR COMPANY. THE TIMES ARE LONG TIME IS GONE EXCEPT WHEN IT WAS A WATERING HOLE FOR SOLDIERS AT NEARBY FORT BRAGG. FAMOUS FOR BILLIARDS, BEER, AND KARAOKE, IT WAS ONCE A POPULAR PUB CALLED FROGGY BOTTOMS.

IT’S WHERE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS KELLI PLAN TO UNWIND WHEN FRIDAY NIGHT IN APRIL , 2012, FRIDAY THE 13th. KELLI WAS 23, 5’1″, AND BARELY 100 POUNDS. SHE COULD HOLD HER OWN WITH ANYBODY. >> GIRL POWER. >> TO HER OLDER SIBLINGS, KELLI WAS ALWAYS THE PERFECT

COMBINATION OF TOUGH AND SWEET. >> BOUNCY. BUBBLY TRACKING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> SHE WAS ALWAYS WORKING TO GET BETTER. SHE HAD A DRIVEN PERSONALITY. >> KELLI HAD A BIG HEART. SHE WAS WARM AND GENEROUS, ALWAYS PUTTING OTHERS FIRST. >> SHE LIKED TO HELP PEOPLE

THAT SHE SAW NEEDED HELP. SHE WANTED THEM TO BE BETTER BECAUSE SHE COULD HELP THEM TO BE BETTER. >> KELLI GREW UP IN FLORIDA AND ENLISTED IN THE ARMY WHEN SHE WAS 22. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, THE ARMY SENT HER TO FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINAe wanted to help people

AT FORT BRAGG, SHE TRAINED AS AN ARMY MEDIC, ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING JOBS IN THE MILITARY. >> I THINK IT GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER WITH HER LIFE, AND SHE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE. >> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT ARMY MEDIC? THAT AN INTENSE JOB.

>> IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD PUSH HER TO HER LIMITS. I WANT TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF THAT. 20 YEARS, I WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING. >> SHE WOULD’VE POSSIBLY MADE A LIFE OUT OF THE MILITARY? >> OH, YEAH. THAT WAS THE PLAN.

>> HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE WAS ON TRACK BUT HER PERSONAL LIFE IS COMPLICATED. KELLI HAD A HUSBAND NAMED MIKE. THEY GOT MARRIED IN 2010 BEFORE SHE SO — JOINED THE SERVICE BUT LATER SEPARATED. AFTER TIME APART, THE COUPLE DECIDED TO GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT. WHEN THE ARMY SANK KELLI TO

NORTH CAROLINA, SHE ASKED MIKE TO COME WITH HER. WHY DID KELLI WANT TO SAVE THE MARRIAGE? >> I THINK SHE DID NOT WANT TO SEE IT AS A FAILURE. >> SHE SAID SHE WOULD GIVE IT THREE MONTHS, I’M GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK.

>> KELLI COULD NOT MAKE IT WORK DESPITE HER EFFORTS, THE MARRIAGE WAS ON THE ROCKS. >> SHE BOUGHT HIM A ONE-WAY PLANE TICKET TO FLORIDA AND HE LEFT. >> DID SHE USE THE WORD DIVORCE? >> I REMEMBER CLEARLY. MIKE, I’VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE THIS WORK.

I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE. THIS IS IT. >> DURING HER INITIAL SEPARATION FROM MIKE, KELLI STARTED SEEING SOMEONE ELSE. A GUY FROM HER HOMETOWN OF ST. CLOUD, FLORIDA NAME JUSTIN THOMPSON. >> SHE WAS FUN. SHE NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG TO ANYBODY.

>> SHE HAD A KNACK FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM HAPPY? >> SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE. >> WHEN SHE TRIED TO SAVE HER TROUBLED MARRIAGE, JUSTIN TRIED TO GIVE HER SPACE BUT WHEN MIKE ULTIMATELY MOVED OUT, KELLI ASKED JUSTIN TO MOVE IN.

WHERE YOU WILL IN LOVE WITH KELLI? >> WE WERE IN LOVE. IT’S NOT LIKE WE WERE IN GOING TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE KIDS. >> WAS HOMEWORK KELLI WAS? >> YEAH. >> IN APRIL 2012, JUSTIN VISITED FAYETTEVILLE TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH HIS FUTURE HOME.

THE COUPLE HIT FROGGY BOTTOMS. THEN, JUSTIN RETURNED TO FLORIDA. HE WOULD BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS. FRIDAY THE 13, KELLI DECIDED TO GO TO THE BAR ALONE. SHE TEXTED HER SISTER OLIVIA BEFORE SHE LEFT, AND SENT A SELFIE. DID SHE SAY IF SHE WAS GOING WITH ANYBODY?

>> NO. I WANT TO SING KARAOKE AND NOT THINK ABOUT WORK. NOT THINKING OF MIKE. I WANT TO GET AWAY AND RELAX. >> KELLI ALSO TEXTED JUSTIN. JUSTIN WASN’T HAPPY KELLI HAD GONE OUT ALONE IN A 10 SHE DID NOT KNOW.

>> I DIDN’T FEEL HER LIFE WAS IN DANGER. BY HERSELF. SHE DON’T KNOW ANYBODY THERE. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING. >> THREAT THE EVENING, KELLI AND JUSTIN KEPT IN TOUCH, TEXTING FREQUENTLY. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE, HE SAID. OLIVIA WENT TO BED EARLY.

>> DID YOU TRIED TO CALL OR TEXT OR? >> AT SOME POINT I PROBABLY TEXTED AND SAID HOW WAS LAST NIGHT? IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR NOT TO TALK FOR DAY OR TWO. LET HER CHILL THIS WEEKEND. >> JUSTIN SAID HE DID WAKE UP

TO A TEXT FROM KELLI SENT AROUND 1:30 A.M. HE SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT IT. >> THE VERBIAGE. THE WAY SHE TALKED. I MADE IT HOME SAFE. I’LL CALL YOU TOMORROW. WHY WOULD YOU TEXT ME YOU MADE A HOME AND I’M SAFE.

>> DID YOU TRY CALLING HER? >> YES. >> IT WAS DEAD. >> WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? >> I KNEW IT WAS BAD. >> WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO KELLI BORDEAUX? >> WHAT WERE SCENARIOS RUNNING THROUGH YOUR MIND. >> THAT SOMEBODY WAS HOLDING HER SOMEWHERE.

>> POLICE TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO KELLI’S ESTRANGED HUSBAND. >> WHERE THEY TALKING DIVORCE? >> WHEN “DATELINE” CONTINUES.. WE REPORT LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. >> TOP STORY REPORTING FROM BALTIMORE. >> EVERY NIGHT IT’S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 P.M.

ON NBC NEWS NOW. >> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS. >> WELL, THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING NOW. >> STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >> I’M LESTER HOLT REPORTING. >> FROM GROUND ZERO AS IT’S BEING REFERRED TO. >> THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW

SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. >> WHAT’S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? >> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> WE’VE BEEN TOLD WE CAN’T GO ANY FARTHER. >> SURE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. >>> HEY, I’M HALLIE. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

>> THE ECONOMY. YOU ARE SEEING THAT YOURSELF ON THE GROUND THERE TODAY. >> IT’S PRETTY BIG MEDICAL NEWS. IT’S ALSO A PRETTY BIG MYSTERY. OH, BY THE WAY, IT’S DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. WHAT’S HAPPENING?

>> YOU ARE SOAKING WET. I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS. >>> FROM AND SAID HE RAN. FROM ISRAEL. FROM FLORIDA. >> PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS “MEET THE PRESS” EVERY SUNDAY. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW.

IT’S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND . NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON >> NOW IS REAL. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF

NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> PEOPLE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> NEARLY A DOZEN HOURS AFTER THE EYE ROARED ASHORE. >> THERE IS SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE VERY ACTIVE.

>> THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND AND THE ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. >>> A GOOD MORNING BEGINS WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM.

A CHANCE TO START FRESH. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU IN TO SHARE A MOMENT THAT BRIGHTENS YOUR DAY BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. ANDREA CANNING: Saturday. The morning after. Kelli Bordeaux had been out of touch for hours. >>> SATURDAY, THE MORNING AFTER. KELLI BORDEAUX HAD BEEN OUT OF

TOUCH FOR HOURS. HER BOYFRIEND, JUSTIN THOMPSON, KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DAY OFF WAS NOW TURNING INTO A DAY OF DREAD. A CALL, TEXT, OR TWEET FROM HER, HE SAYS. >> I DON’T WANT TO START A STORM BUT AM WORRIED ABOUT IT.

I KNEW SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED. >> WHY DID YOU COUNT TO THAT — JUMP TO THAT CONCLUSION? >> YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY EVERY DAY. >> SATURDAY DAY AND WENT. JUSTIN FRANTIC PHONE THE FAYETTEVILLEg. POLICE DEPARTMEN URGING THEM TO START SEARCHING. >> NOBODY WOULD HELP ME.

I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES. >> POLICE POLICY REQUIRED A FAMILY MEMBER TO PROVIDE MORE PERSONAL DETAILS ON KELLI BEFORE THEY COULD START SEARCHING. THE NEXT DAY, JUSTIN DECIDED TO CALL THE ARMY BASE INSTEAD. >> I ASKED IF THEY SHOWED UP AND I SAID IT’S IMPORTANT.

YOU NEED TO GO TO HER HOUSE. THEY GOT BACK ON THE PHONE AND SAID SHE DID NOT SHOW UP. >> ARMY INVESTIGATORS SAY FAYETTEVILLE POLICE WENT TO KELLI’S APARTMENT. >> THEY GOT INSIDE, NO KELLI. >> NO KELLI. >> THAT’S WHEN EVERYBODY

STARTED TO PANIC. >> WORD SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE IS FOR BREAK CALLED HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND MIKE SISTER OLIVIA. RELIABLE KELLI HAD MISSED ROLL CALL AND WAS 90 HOME. >> I STARTED FACEBOOK MESSAGING HER, CALLING HER LIKE CRAZY. I TRIED TO FIND ANYBODY IN WHO WAS WITH HER.

HAVE YOU SEEN OR? DID YOU GO OUT WITH HER ON FRIDAY? I WAS TRYING EVERYTHING. >> EVERYTHING LED TO NOTHING. NO LEADS. NO CLUES. NO KELLI. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE SCENARIOS THAT WERE RUNNING THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> THE SOMEBODY WAS HOLDING HER SOMEWHERE.

>> KIDNAPPING. >> I WAS MORE CONCERNED SHE WAS HURT SOMEWHERE AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TO WAS SO WE HAVE TO GET TO HER. >> OLIVIA, MATT, AND MIKE MADE PLANS TO MEET IN FAYETTEVILLE. BY NOW, THE FAYETTEVILLE PD WAS ALL OVER THE CASE. ONE OF THE INVESTIGATORS

ASSIGNED WAS A VETERAN HOMICIDE DETECTIVE MIKE BALLARD. WHY THE HOMICIDE UNIT WHEN SHE’S BARELY BEEN MISSING? >> I CONTACTED THE FAMILY, FRIENDS. E dia like NBC stationDISAPPEAR. >> BREAKING NEWS IN THE CASE OF KELLI BORDEAUX, THE FOR BREAK SOLDIER MISSING SINCE SATURDAY. >> THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THIS

BEAUTIFUL YOUNG ARMY MEDIC WAS BIG NEWS AND COVERED EXTENSIVELY BY LOCAL MEDIA LIKE NBC STATION. >> RIGHT NOW STILL A MISSING PERSON CASE. THERE’S A LOT THAT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. >> OLIVIA AND MIKE ARRIVED IN FAYETTEVILLE FOR THE TO GRAHAM MEETING AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM? >> THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR THE BEST AND PREPARING FOR THE WORST AND THEY SHOULD DO THE SAME. >> EVERY MEMBER OF DETECTIVE TRIED TO TALK TO US MORE AND WE WERE WALKING INTO A DOOR AND IT SAID HOMICIDE.

I WAS NOT GOING AND THERE. THIS IS JUST THE BESTROM. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. I AM NOT LETTING THAT THOUGHT IN. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THIS IS NOT SOMETHING SHE WOULD DO. >> OLIVIA BECAME A MAINSTAY ON THE MEDIA. >> I JUST WANT MY SISTER BACK.

>> MIKE BORDEAUX WENT ON CAMERA TO PLEAD FOR HIS WIFE’S RETURN. >> PLEASE LET HER COME HOME. LET HER COME HOME. >> THE PUBLIC, POLICE, AND MILITARY RESPONSE WAS INTENSE. IT SEEMED THE WHOLE TOWN TURNED OUT TO LOOK FOR KELLI. >> MOST OF US ARE MILITARY,

PRIOR MILITARY, OR SPOUSES. WE ARE VERY DRIVEN TO FIND ONE OF OUR OWN. >> SEARCH TEAMS NUMBERING IN THE HUNDREDS COMBED THE FIELDS AND FORESTS SURROUNDING FAYETTEVILLE. >> I SEARCHED EVERY DAY I WAS THERE. SUNUP TO SUNDOWN FOR THE MOST PART. THEN SEARCHING, SEARCHING, SEARCHING.

>> IT STARTED AT KELLI’S APARTMENT AND THEIR SEARCH TURNED UP NOTHING. >> DETECTIVES WERE COMING TO KELLI’S BACKGROUND. HER HABITS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HER CIRCLE OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. >> EVERYBODY IS A SUSPECT. >> YOU STARTED WITH MIKE BORDEAUX? HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND? >> RIGHT.

HE TOLD ME DURING THE INTERVIEW THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. THAT’S WHAT THREW ME OFF. YOU GET ON TV, THERE WERE NO ISSUES. >> WE LOVED EACH OTHER VERY MUCHsible moti. ? I APPRECIATE EVERYONE OUT HERE. HELPING LOOKING FOR HER. >> HE WAS NOT BEING CONSISTENT.

>> WHERE THEY TALKING DIVORCE? >> KELLI WAS. MIKE WAS IN. >> DID YOU SEE THAT AS A POSITIVE — POSSIBLE MOTIVE? >> MY CONSISTED HE WAS IN FLORIDA WHEN KELLI WENT MISSING. POLICE STILL CONSIDERED HIM A PRIMARY PERSON OF INTEREST. >> WE’VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH

MIKE BORDEAUX. >> POLICE NEEDED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH KELLI’S BOYFRIEND, JUSTIN THOMPSON. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT JUSTIN HAD A LEAD WAITING FOR THEM ABOUT THE NIGHT KELLI DISAPPEARED. >> COMING UP. A NEW POSSIBLE SUSPECT. >> HE’S THE LAST PERSON SEEN

WITH KELLI. THAT WAS VERY CONCERNING. >> WHY SOMETHING IN HIS PAST WOULD TRIGGER ALARM BELLS. >> IT WAS A RED FLAG. >> WHEN “DATELINE” CONTINUES. >>> PEOPLE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> NEARLY A DOZEN HOURS AFTER THE EYE ROARED ASHORE.

>> THERE IS SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS. >>> WHAT’S THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> WE’VE GOT IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT YOUR MONEY >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT WE NO VOTERS CARE ABOUT?

THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? YOU ARE SEEING THAT FIRSTHAND ON THE GROUND THERE TODAY. >> IT’S PRETTY BIG MEDICAL NEWS AND IT’S A PRETTY BIG MYSTERY. OH, BY THE WAY, IT’S DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. >> THAT TWEAKED MY MONITOR AND

I CAN SEE YOU ARE SOAKING WET. I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS. >>> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. FOR THE TOP STORIES, BREAKING NEWS, AND LIVE VIDEO, DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. >> GOOD MORNING. >>> THANKS FOR TUNING IN. I’M GADI SCHWARTZ.

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>> WHAT WE NO VOTERS CARE ABOUT? THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? YOU ARE SEEING THAT ON THE GROUND THERE TODAY. >> IT’S PRETTY BIG MEDICAL NEWS. IT’S ALSO A PRETTY BIG MYSTERY. OH, BY THE WAY, IT’S DRIVEN BY ONE THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> THAT TWEAKED MY MONITOR AND I CAN SEE YOU ARE SOAKING WET. I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS. >>> GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. >> I’M JOE FRYER. >> I’M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

>> IF YOU DO HAVE POINTS OR YOU HAVE MILES, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO USE THEM? >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >> MORNING NEWS NOW STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >>> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF

POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY. HOW YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY AHEAD MATTERS. TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP AND REALLY, IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING. BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN. FROM ISRAEL.

FROM FLORIDA. >> PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. REPORTER 3: Police have just told us they have no new leads. REPORTER 1: They found nothing. REPORTER 5: No leads. REPORTER 6: Kelli Bordeaux.

>>> POLICE TOLD US THEY HAVE NO NEW LEADS. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO KELLI BORDEAUX? >> IT WAS NATIONAL NEWS. SUDDENLY, QUIET FAYETTEVILLE WAS GROUND ZERO FOR A MASSIVE SEARCH FOR A MISSING ARMY MEDIC. >> DETECTIVES SAY INFORMATION IS POINTING THEM TO LOOK IN

THIS AREA NEAR WHERE SHE WAS LAST SEEN. >> KELLI BORDEAUX HAD BEEN MISSING 72 HOURS. CHANCES OF FINDING HER WERE GROWING SLIMMER BY THE DAY. >> INVESTIGATORS COMB THROUGH EVERY AREA HERE IN FAYETTEVILLE AS WELL AS CUMBERLAND COUNTY. >> 600 MILES AWAY IN FLORIDA,

JUSTIN THOMPSON WAS TALKING TO DETECTIVES, TELLING THEM HE WAS HIM THE WEEKEND KELLI DISAPPEARED. >> WE CHECKED HIS PHONE. EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT . >> JUSTIN TOLD DETECTIVE SOMETHING IS. ANOTHER NAME TO CHECK OUT. WHEN HE AND KELLI VISITED FOGGY BOTTOM THE WEEKEND BEFORE SHE

DISAPPEARED, THEY MET A GUY WHO WORKED THERE NAMED NICHOLAS HOLBERT. >> HE STARTED TALKING TO US. YOU GET VIBES FROM PEOPLE SOMETIME. I COULD FEEL IT. HE WAS WEIRD. >> KELLI BEING KELLI ASKED IF HE WANTED TO JOIN THEM FOR A GAME OF POOL.

HE HUNG OUT WITH HIM UNTIL JUSTIN AND KELLI DECIDED TO HEAD HOME. >> DID HE ASK FOR HER PHONE NUMBER? >> YES. >> AND? >> SHE GAVE IT TO HIM BECAUSE HE WORKED THERE. >> THAT FRIDAY THE 13th, WHEN KELLI DECIDED TO GO BACK TO

THE BAR BY HERSELF, JUSTIN TOLD DETECTIVES SHE WASN’T REALLY ALONE. HE SAID SHE ARRANGED TO GET A RIDE FROM NICHOLAS HOLBERT. >> I SAID, WATCH OUT. >> THIS GUY STUCK IN YOUR MIND. >> HE WAS WEIRD. >> DO TO SAY MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T GO?

>> I SAID IT BUT I WASN’T ADAMANT. I TOLD HER NO 1000 TIMES AND TEXT MESSAGES. >> KELLI MADE A SAVE TO THE BARBER SHE TEXTED JUSTIN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THEN THERE WAS THAT LED.TXT HE RECEIVED. JUSTIN WISHER HOLBERT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH KELLI’S

Holbert They discovered he was down on his luck, DISAPPEARANCE AND SENT A TEXT TO COVER HIS TRACKS. >> SHE WENT OUT WITH THIS KID AND SHE DID NOT COME HOME WITH THAT KID. >> DETECTIVES WENT TO FROGGY BOTTOM WHERE THEY FOUND NICHOLAS HOLBERT AND DISCOVERED

HE WAS DOWN ON HIS LUCK LIVING IN THE WOODS BEHIND THE BAR. THEY SEARCHED HIS CAMPSITE. FOUND HIS CAR. NOT ONE CLUE. HOLBERT AGREED TO AN INTERVIEW AT THE POLICE STATION WHERE HE TOLD DETECTIVES YES, HE PICKED UP KELLI ON FRIDAY THE 13th AND

LATER DROPPED HER OFF AT THE ENTRANCE OF HER APARTMENT COMPLEX. >> WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER? >> NOTHING REALLY. I’VE KNOWN HER FOR WHAT, SIX HOURS? >> HOLBERT WAS COOPERATIVE. DID NOT TALK ONE QUESTION. wasn’t acting like one. >> SO, THEY LET HIM GO.

IF NICK HOLBERT WAS A SUSPECT, HE WAS NOT ACTING LIKE ONE. HE JOINED SEARCH TEAMS LOOKING FOR KELLI AND ON LOCAL TV EXPRESSING CONCERNS. >> SHE SEEMED LIKE A NICE PERSON. I HATE THAT SHE’S MISSING. >> FAYETTEVILLE POLICE WERE NOT BUYING HIS STORY.

NOW, HE TOO WAS A PERSON OF INTEREST ALONG WITH KELLI’S HUSBAND MIKE BORDEAUX. REMEMBER, MIKE SAID HE WAS IN FLORIDA WHEN SHE WENT MISSING WHICH DETECTIVES NEEDED TO CONFIRM. >> FAMILY PUT HIM THERE FRIDAY NIGHT. FRIENDS PUT THEM THERE AND IS AL I CHECKED OUT.

>> NOW, DETECTIVES AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ZEROED IN ON THE LAST PERSON SEEN WITH KELLI. >> EVERYTHING KICKED COMING BACK TO NICHOLAS HOLBERT IS THE PRIME SUSPECT. >> WHEN INVESTIGATORS DUG INTO HIS BACKGROUND AND DISCOVERED SOMETHING RATHER DISTURBING. >> HE SERVED TIME IN A PENITENTIARY.

>> IT WAS A RED FLAG. THE FACT HE HAD A PRIOR SEX OFFENSE. THE LAST PERSON SEEN WITH KELLI, THAT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO US. >> EVIDENCE TO ARREST HOLBERT FOR KELLI’S DISAPPEARANCE, BUT HE DID DISCOVER THAT HOLBERT WAS VIOLATING THE TERMS OF HIS

PAROLE. >> HE WAS A PRIOR SEX OFFENDER AND HE WAS NOT REGISTER PROPERLY AND PLACED IN JAIL. >> RIGHT WERE DETECTIVES WANTED HIM. NOW THEY COULD WATCH HOLBERT AND SEE IF HE BLABBED WAS CELLMATE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO KELLI. THEY ALSO QUESTIONED HIM TWICE.

EVEN TOOK HIM BACK TO FROGGY BOTTOMS TO JOG HIS MEMORY, BUT HOLBERT STUCK TO IT ALTHOUGH INCONSISTENT STORY. YOU CAUGHT HIM AND LIES BUT COULD NOT CRACK HIM. BY NOW, OLIVIA AND MATT LEFT FAYETTEVILLE AND HAD GONE HOME. >> I REMEMBER FEELING DEFEATED. BECAME YOUR THINKING SOMETHING

WOULD HAPPEN AND IT DID NOT. >> I FELT I DID NOT SLEEP A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 24/7 THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> DETECTIVES AND THE DA SEEM SO CLOSE TO AN ANSWER, THEY EVEN HAD THEIR PRIME SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. BUT, WEEKS PASSED, MONTHS, HOLBERT STOPPED TALKING.

YOU COULD NOT ARREST HIM. >> WE NEEDED HER BODY. WE NEEDED TO FIND KELLI BORDEAUX. >> NEVER DID POLICE KNOW IT WOULD TAKE SOME TWO YEARS TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY, BUT THEY WERE ABOUT TO GET HELP. HELP THEY NEVER IMAGINED. DEEP IN THE FOREST, A SECRET

INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERWAY. A MAN ON A MISSION TO BRING KELLI HOME. >> COMING UP. WIRE PERFECT STRANGER CARED SO MUCH ABOUT KELLI. >> SHE NEEDED TO BE FOUND. >> WHO HE BELIEVED HAD TAKEN HER AND HIS SCHEME TO GET THE MAN TO TALK.

>> WHEN “DATELINE” CONTINUES. >> I’M VICKY NGUYEN. >> I’M KATE SNOW. >> AND I’M ZINHLE ESSAMUAH. >> WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD? >> ISRAEL’S MILITARY IS BUILDING ALONG THEM BORDER. >> ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR THE ECONOMY. >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER

PLACE? >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN. FROM ISRAEL. FROM FLORIDA. >> PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING. >> THIS IS WHAT A COUNTRY AT WAR LOOKS LIKE. >> COUNT WAS NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE REGION THAT LOOK JUST LIKE THIS. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LOOK AT THIS.

YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE ANYTHING ANY MORE. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> I’M JOE FRYER. >> I’M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. >> IF YOU DO HAVE POINTS OR YOU

HAVE MILES, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO USE THEM? >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >> MORNING NEWS NOW STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE.

>> THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND AND THE ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN. FROM ISRAEL. FROM FLORIDA. >> EVERYBODY GOOD? >>> WE REPORT LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. >> TOP STORY REPORTING FROM BALTIMORE.

>> EVERY NIGHT IT’S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 P.M. ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY. HOW YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY AHEAD MATTERS. TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS.

IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP, AND REALLY, IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF

NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS “MEET THE PRESS” EVERY SUNDAY. >> WE’VE GOT IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT GERMANY. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN. FROM ISRAEL. >> PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING.

>> EVERYBODY GOOD? >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE ANYTHING ANY MORE. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. ANDREA CANNING: Autumn 2012. Kelli Bordeaux had been missing for months. >>> AUTUMN 2012, KELLI BORDEAUX

HAD BEEN MISSING FOR MONTHS. SEARCHES CONTINUED BUT WERE WINDING DOWN, AND SO WAS HOPE. PRIVATELY, FOUND — KELLI WOULD NEVER BE FOUND. IN THE FOREST OUTSIDE FAYETTEVILLE, THERE WAS SOMEONE SECRETLY SEARCHING FOR HER. NO ONE KNEW. NOT POLICE. NOT EVEN KELLI’S FAMILY.

HIS NAME WAS DAVID. HE DID NOT KNOW KELLI BUT HAD IN INTENSE INTEREST IN HER CASE SINCE THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED. >> SHE WAS IN THE MILITARY. YOU DON’T UP AND DISAPPEAR. SHE WAS A YOUNG FEMALE. THAT’S NOT RIGHT. >> HE’S A BOUNTY HUNTER AND

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. HIS SPECIALTY? FINDING PEOPLE, DEAD OR ALIVE. >> I KNEW SHE WAS NOT ALIVE. SHE NEEDED TO BE FOUND. >> REMEMBER THE TV INTERVIEW THAT NICHOLAS HOLBERT DID? DAVID SAW TOO. >> I CAN TELL YOU ARE LYING. HE DID IT AND KNOWS WHERE SHE IS AT.

HE KILLED HER. >> MARSHBURN WAS CONVINCED HE COULD FIND KELLI BORDEAUX. OPERATING ON HIS OWN TIME AND OWN DIME, HE STARTED CAREFULLY RESEARCHING THE DETAILS OF KELLI’S DISAPPEARANCE. >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT GOT INTO HIM TO DO IT. >> TO BRING ANSWERS TO HER FAMILY.

>> YEAH, I LOVED DOING IT AND HELPING THE FAMILY OUT. >> MARSHBURN WAS CONVINCED HOLBERT BURIED KELLI CLOSE TO THE FROGGY BOTTOM BAR, SOMEWHERE IN THE THICK FOREST SURROUNDING FAYETTEVILLE. HOW DAUNTING OF A TASK WAS IT? >> IT’S LIKE, I DON’T KNOW,

IT’S BIGGER THAN THIS AND THROWING IT OUT HERE. YOU MISSED IT BY AN INCH, YOU MIGHT AS WELL MISS BY A MILE. IT’S NOT THAT EASY TO FIND SOMETHING. >> MARSHBURN NEEDED HELP. SEVERAL MONTHS INTO HIS PRIVATE SURGE, HE ADDED TWO NEW MEMBERS

TO HIS TEAM. AN ASSIST AND CALLED MARSHALL WARD AND A SPECIALLY TRAINED SEARCH DOG WITH A KEEN SENSE OF SMELL. >> HE IS TRAINED ON TRACKING, TRAILING. WHAT EVER YOU WANT. >> INCLUDING BURIED BODIES. TOGETHER, MARSHBURN, MARCIA AND THE DOG WALKED THROUGH

PONDS, FIELDS, FORESTS, THOUSANDS OF ACRES. THEY SEARCHED FOR MONTHS. NO TRACE OF KELLI. >> I GOT FRUSTRATED AT THIS POINT. I AM AT MY WITS END. >> THEN AND UNLIKE A BREAK. 2013, NICHOLAS HOLBERT WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL AFTER THE PAROLE VIOLATION.

NOW, HE COULD DEAL WITH HIM FACE-TO-FACE. JUST A DAY AFTER HIS RELEASE, MARSHBURN PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE WHERE HOLBERT WAS STAYING. >> TALK TO A KILLER. >> WHAT WERE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT? THAT HE WOULD HURT YOU OR THE STAKES WERE HIGH HERE?

>> STORE — SORT OF STARSTRUCK. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> MARSHBURN TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. >> HE ANSWERED THE DOOR AND I SAID I AM DAVID MARSHBURN. I AM A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, AND I’M HERE TO TRY TO FIND KELLI BORDEAUX.

I THINK YOU CAN HELP ME. >> HIS STRATEGY WAS SIMPLE. TREK HOLBERT INTO THINKING HE WAS AN ALLY. >> TELLING HIM, I AM YOUR ANGEL. LET ME HELP YOU. >> HELP HIM HOW? >> FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE LIGHT THAT HE WAS NOT GUILTY.

>> AND HE BUYS THAT? >> HOOK LINE AND SINKER. >> THE BOUNTY HUNTER AND CRIME SUSPECT TALKED. MARSHBURN GRADUALLY STARTED TO WIN’S CONFIDENCE, HOPING HE WOULD CONFERENCE ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO KELLI BORDEAUX. >> I HAD TO GET INTO HIS MIND AND SEE WHAT HE WAS ABOUT.

>> DID YOU THINK HE WOULD CONFESS TO YOU? >> I DIDN’T KNOW HOW I WAS GOING TO GET IT OUT OF HIM. >> AT THIS POINT, POLICE WERE AWARE OF HIS DAVID MARSHBURN AND HIS DIY INVESTIGATION. DID YOU TAKE MARSHBURN SERIOUSLY? >> ABSOLUTELY.

HE CAME TO US AND WANTED TO BEFRIEND NICK HOLBERT. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> I SAID GO FOR IT. >> MARSHBURN IS A PRIVATE I AM NOT A POLICE OFFICERS. UNLIKE DETECTIVES, HE COULD TRY TACTICS THAT WERE, TO SAY THE LEAST, UNORTHODOX.

A FEW MONTHS AFTER THEY MET, HE TOLD HOLBERT THAT THE DA WAS READY TO CUT A DEAL IF HE WOULD CONFESS. MARSHBURN EVEN PRESENTED HOLBERT WITH HIS PLEA BARGAIN AGREEMENT. >> MANSLAUGHTER AND HE WOULD DO THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND GO TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL.

>> THE SO-CALLED DEAL WAS BOGUS. >> I PUT A FAKE JUDGE ON THERE. HONORABLE JUSTIN F CASE. >> DID HE BELIEVE IT? >> YES. HE BELIEVED IT TO A POINT. THEN HE THREW IT BACK AT ME AFTER LOOKING AT IT. HE SAID THEY WILL TAKE IT BACK.

>> MARSHBURN THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT THE REACTION OF AN INNOCENT MAN. NOW, HE WAS CONVINCED THAT HOLBERT KILLED KELLI, BUT HE NEEDED TO GET HOLBERT TO REVEAL WHERE HE BURIED HER BODY. >> HOW CAN I BE HIS FRIEND? I HAD TO SAY STUFF I DID NOT

BELIEVE BUT I HAD TO DO IT TO PLAY THE PART. >> MARSHBURN BUT HIM BEER, EVEN HIRED HIM TO DO ODD JOBS. SLOWLY BECOMING A BFF ARE MORE OF A FRENEMY. MARSHBURN SAID H need some money.E PRICE AS A PRACTICALLY ABANDONED HIS WIFE AND YOUNG SON.

>> I DID NOT DO FAMILY STUFF. IF WE WERE EATING AND NICK SAID I NEED SOME MONEY, I WOULD GET UP AND LEAVE. I’D GO STRAIGHT TO HIM AND DO WHAT I HAD TO DO, AND COME BACK. >> WERE YOU OBSESSED? >> WHEN I’M HUNTING SOMEBODY

DOWN, I DON’T STOP. >> ISN’T THAT OBSESSED? >> I NEED THE ANSWER TO COME. >> HOLBERT WAS NOT PROVIDING ANSWERS ABOUT KELLI. SHE HAD NOW BEEN MISSING SOME 18 MONTHS. BY THIS TIME, MARSHBURN SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS AND SOME $30,000 TRYING TO CRACK COLBERT.

HE WAS LOSING HOPE AND CONSIDERED QUITTING OR EVEN TRYING SOMETHING DRASTIC. >> AT TIMES, I WANTED TO TAKE NICK AND CUT HIS FINGERS OFF AND SAY YOU TELL ME ARE ALL CHOP ANOTHER ONE UP. I WANTED TO TORTURE HIM BECAUSE I KNEW HE KNEW.

>> YOU REALLY WOULD’VE DONE THAT? >> I HATED HIM THAT BAD. I DESPISED HIM. >> MARSHBURN DID NOT RESORT TO TORTURE BUT NEEDED A NEW TACTIC. SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE HOLBERT FINALLY SHARE HIS DEADLY SECRET. >> COMING UP. MARSHBURN FINDS A NEW PRESSURE POINT.

>> THAT WAS HIS ACHILLES’ HEEL. >> WOULD IT WORK? WHEN “DATELINE” CONTINUES. >> WELL, THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING NOW. >> STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >> I’M LESTER HOLT REPORTING. >> FROM GROUND ZERO AS IT’S BEING REFERRED TO. >> THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW

SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. >> WHAT’S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? >> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> WE’VE BEEN TOLD WE CAN’T GO ANY FARTHER. >> SURE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. >> THE U.S. GOVERNMENT JUST DECLASSIFIED THIS VIDEO. >> A LOT MORE STORIES TRENDING

LIKE CRAZY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> A CONTROVERSY PITTING LAWMAKERS AGAINST YOUNG VOTERS. >> WHAT’S THE STATE OF CRYPTO TODAY? >> ANOTHER MINDBENDING STORY ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS IS WHAT MY VOICE SOUNDS LIKE WHEN I CLONE IT. >> THAT WASN’T ME. >> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS.

STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. GET CONNECTED TO YOUR FAVORITE NEW SHOWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. >>> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY. HOW YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY AHEAD MATTERS.

TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP AND REALLY, IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >>> HEY, I’M HALLIE. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW VOTERS CARE ABOUT.

YOU ARE SEEING THAT ON THE GROUND THERE TODAY. >> IT’S PRETTY BIG MEDICAL NEWS. IT’S ALSO A PRETTY BIG MYSTERY. OH, BY THE WAY, IT’S DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. >> THEY HAVE TWEAKED MY MONITOR

AND I CAN SEE YOU ARE SOAKING WET. I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> MORNINGS ARE FULL OF POSSIBILITY AND ENERGY.

HOW YOU GET SET FOR THE DAY AHEAD MATTERS. TAKE CHARGE OF THOSE FIRST HOURS. IT’S ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT UP AND REALLY, IT’S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. THAT’S WHAT DRIVES US EVERY MORNING BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL

VERY ACTIVE. >> THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND AND THE ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF.>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE REPORT LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. >> WHEN YOU LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND YOU SEE THE KEY BRIDGE, WHAT GOES OVER YOUR

HEAD? >> IT STILL DOESN’T FEEL REAL. >> EVERY NIGHT IT’S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 P.M. ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL.

>>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS “MEET THE PRESS” EVERY SUNDAY. ANDREA CANNING: There were still a few flyers scattered around Fayetteville. But nearly two years after Kelli Bordeaux >>> THERE ARE STILL A FEW FLYERS SCATTERED AROUND FAYETTEVILLE, BUT TWO YEARS AFTER KELLI BORDEAUX HAD MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED, THE INVESTIGATION HAD COOLED.

NEW CRIMES TOOK PRIORITY. KELLI’S FAMILY STILL VISITED FAYETTEVILLE PERIODICALLY TO KEEP THE CASE ALIVE, SOMEHOW NEVER LOSING HOPE. >> I WOULD ASK, HOW DO YOU KEEP THINKING SHE’S ALIVE? UNTIL YOU CAN PROVE OTHERWISE, I WOULD RATHER BELIEVE THE BETTER SCENARIO. >> HOW DID YOU HAVE THAT HOPE?

>> THE OTHER AVENUE I DID NOT WANT TO GO DOWN. >>> IN FLORIDA, JUSTIN THOMPSON HAD BEEN LIVING IN LIMBO WITH A BAD CASE OF SURVIVOR’S GUILT. >> I SHOULD’VE DONE MORE. I SHOULD’VE DONE BETTER. I SHOULD’VE TRIED TO ARGUE ABOUT IT. I DON’T KNOW.

>> WHAT WAS THE WAITING LIKE AND NOT KNOWING? >> TERRIBLE. YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING. I HONESTLY DIDN’T THINK WE WOULD EVER FIND HER. WHAT WAS GOING TO CHANGE? >> LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT THINGS WERE ABOUT TO CHANGE. UP IN FAYETTEVILLE, PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR DAVID MARSHBURN HAD BEFRIENDED NICK HOLBERT, THE

PRIME SUSPECT IN KELLI’S DISAPPEARANCE. MARSHBURN WAS WORKING PRACTICALLY 24/7 TO GET A CONFESSION. CHASING EVERY CLUE HOLBERT DROPPED. >> WE WOULD GO OUT AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT. WE KNEW WE WERE ON WILD GOOSE CHASES. WE HAD TO DO IT. WHAT ELSE YOU GOT?

>> MARSHBURN NEEDED TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON HOLDER AND HAD AN IDEA. >> NICK WAS ALWAYS WORRIED. >> THAT WAS HIS ACHILLES’ HEEL. >> I KNEW THAT WAS A WEAKNESS. >> WHICH MARSHBURN EXPLOITED BY ENLISTING A FRIEND WHO OWNED A VEHICLE THAT LOOKED LIKE AN

UNMARKED POLICE CAR. HE HAD IT PARK NEAR HOLBERT’S HOUSE AND CONDUCTED FAKE SURVEILLANCE. >> HE SAW HIM OUT OF THE GATE WHEN YOU COME OUTSIDE AND GOT PARANOID. >> SO PARANOID THAT MARSHBURN TRIED ANOTHER TRICK TO PUSH NICK HOLBERT GIVE IT UP.

HE HAD HIS WIFE POSE AS A PARALEGAL AND DRAW UP PHONY INDICTMENT PAPERS CHARGING HOLBERT WITH KELLI’S MURDER. >> I TOOK ONE OF HIS OLD CHARGES AND CHANGED WHO THE DETECTIVE WAS. CHANGED THE CHARGES. HE WAS BEING INDICTED AND I GOT MY PARALEGAL, PERSON ON THE

PHONE. >> WHO IS YOUR WIFE. >> THE PLAN WAS WORKING GOOD AND HE WAS WORRIED. >> HOLBERT TOOK A LOOK AT THE INDICTMENT PAPERS AND WENT INTO A PANIC. SOMETHING NEW WAS THERE HIS BREAKING POINT, MARSHBURN REMINDED HIM ABOUT THE PLEA

DEAL IF HE CONFESSED. SO THEY TOOK A RIDE TO FOGGY BOTTOM, BACK TO WHERE IT BEGAN. >> I SAID, LOOK, NICK, YOU ARE FACING BEING INDICTED. THEY’VE GOT EVIDENCE AND YOU NEED TO GET ME WHERE KELLI IS AT. HE’S STANDING THERE LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN.

IT FEELS LIKE ALL THIS STUFF IS GOING ON. >> DO YOU THINK HE WILL FINALLY REVEAL TO YOU? >> I KNOW HE IS. I HAD CHILLS. >> MARSHBURN APPLIED ONE LAST BIT OF PRESSURE. TO PUSH HOLBERT OVER THE EDGE. >> I PICK UP A STICK.

I FIGURED IF I SNAP IT, THAT IT WOULD BRING IN HIS MIND, THE CLOCK IS TICKING. I START SNAPPING TWIGS OFF OF IT AND FINALLY I GOT TO THE LAST PIECE OFF OF IT, AND HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, OKAY, I AM READY. >> READY TO CONFESS, FINALLY.

AFTER A YEAR-LONG CAT AND MOUSE GAME, HOLBERG REVEALED THAT HE KILLED KELLI BORDEAUX. THEY GOT BACK IN THE VAN AND HOLBERT DIRECTED MARSHBURN TO A REMOTE AREA WHERE HE REMEMBERED BURYING THE BODY. >> HE SAID RIGHT HERE. WE GO DOWN THIS PATH.

>> ARE YOU GETTING NERVOUS? >> NO. I AM EXCITED. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND HIM. >> MARSHBURN SPENT THE NEXT HOUR COMBING THROUGH THE THICK WOODS, TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF HER GRIEF. >> WE SEARCHED UNTIL ALMOST DONE. HE STARTS LAYING DOWN AND WE START DIGGING.

CAN’T FIND NOTHING. >> WHAT IS THAT TELLING YOU? >> WE ARE CLOSE. >> BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. HOLBERT COULDN’T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE HE BARED KELLI’S BODY. IT WAS ALMOST DARK AND EVERYBODY WAS EXHAUSTED. MARSHBURN CALLED IT A DAY, BUT HE DIDN’T TAKE HOLBERT HOME.

>> I GAVE HIM A HOTEL ROOM AND SAID I’LL BE BACK IN THE MORNING. >> DID YOU WORRY HE WOULD GET SPOOKED AND TAKE OFF? >> I WAS WORRIED HE WOULD KILL HIMSELF. >> AND TAKE THE SECRET TO HIS GRAVE. >> AND EXCRUCIATING FEW HOURS.

>> I COULD NOT SLEEP THAT NIGHT. >> IN THE MORNING, ONE FINAL SEARCH AND AT LONG LAST, A SIGN. >> HE STARTS WHIMPERING AND HE STOPS. >> AFTER TWO LONG YEARS, QUESTIONS ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN. FROM ISRAEL. FROM FLORIDA.

>> PART TWO OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING. >> EVERYBODY GOOD? >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. >>> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. FOR THE TOP STORIES, BREAKING NEWS, AND LIVE VIDEO, DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN.

FROM ISRAEL. FROM FLORIDA. >> PART TWO OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING. >>> FROM INSIDE IRAN. FROM ISRAEL. FROM FLORIDA. >> PART OF OUR CONTINUED REPORTING. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT’S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND . NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI

MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON >> NOW IS REAL. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE REPORT LIVE FROM TEL AVIV.

>> TOP STORY REPORTING FROM BALTIMORE AT THE KEY BRIDGE DISASTER. >> WHEN YOU SEE THE KEY BRIDGE, WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD? >> HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS HAVE GATHERED TO DEMONSTRATE. >> EVERY NIGHT IT’S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 P.M.

ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW? >>> THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. FOR THE TOP STORIES, BREAKING NEWS, LIVE VIDEO, DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS MOBILE APP. >> I’M JOE FRYER. >> I’M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

>> IF YOU DO HAVE POINTS OR YOU HAVE MILES, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO USE THEM? >> THE FIRST WOMAN ON A LUNAR MISSION. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT NEWS? >> MORNING NEWS NOW STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS

AND BOUNDS. >> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. >>> A GOOD MORNING BEGINS WITH HOPE AND OPTIMISM. A CHANCE TO START FRESH. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU INTO SHARE A MOMENT THAT BRIGHTENS YOUR DAY BECAUSE EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START.

ANDREA CANNING: It was a long night in North Carolina. Nick Holbert was holed up in a hotel. >>> IT WAS A LONG NIGHT AND NORTH CAROLINA. NICK HOLBERT WAS HOLED UP IN A HOTEL. A FEW MILES AWAY, DAVID MARSHBURN WAS WIDE-AWAKE, WONDERING, HOPING THAT TOMORROW

WOULD BE THE DAY HE COULD FINALLY BRING KELLI BORDEAUX HOME. >> I COULDN’T SLEEP THAT NIGHT. WE WERE ALL EXCITED FOR THE NEXT DAY. THEN WE HAVE TO PICK HIM UP. HE IS REAL QUIET. >> HE, OF COURSE, WAS NICHOLAS

HOLBERT WHO WAS BACK IN THE FOREST OUTSIDE FAYETTEVILLE. IT WAS MAY 14, 2014. TWO YEARS OF SEARCHING HAD COME DOWN TO THIS SWELTERING SPRING MORNING. HOLBERT COULD NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE HE HAD BARED KELLI’S BODY AND WENT SEARCHING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> WE ARE STANDING THERE.

I CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT. THEN I LOOK TO THE LEFT AND THERE’S CLEARING OVER HERE. >> IN THcarefully pushed HE NINy SEEMED TO PICK UP A SCENT. >> HE STARTS CRAWLING TO IT LIKE WHIMPERING CRAWLING. HE STOPS. THAT WAS OUR STOP. >> THEY CAREFULLY PUSHED A

METAL ROD INTO THE GROUND, THE SOIL WAS LOOSE LIKE A WHOLE HAD BEEN DUG AND FILLED IN. IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT THAT MARSHBURN WAS OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION. >> I SAID YOU’RE GOING HOME, BABY GIRL. I GOT EMOTIONAL. >> HAD YOU SEEN HER YET. YOU JUST KNEW? >> WE JUST KNEW.

THEY HAD TO BE SURE SON NOW THE GRAHAM TASK OF DIGGING BEGAN. >> WE FOUND A PIECE OF A JACKET. WHEN WE PUT THAT BACK, THAT’S WHEN WE STOPPED. THIS IS IT. >> THROUGHOUT THE DAY, MARSHBURN HAD BEEN TEXTING POLICE ABOUT HIS PROGRESS. NOW, MINUTES AFTER FINDING

KELLI’S BODY, HE SENT THEM SOMETHING DEFINITIVE AND DREADFUL. >> A PHOTO THAT APPEARS TO BE A HUMAN BODY. HE’S DIGGING AND AT THAT TIME WE CONTACTED THEM AND SAID, — >> POLICE RUSHED TO THE SCENE AND SEND THE DETECTIVE WAS INTERROGATING HOLBERT ON CAMERA.

HOLBERT TOLD THE HOLST HORRIBLE STORY HOW IT TOOK KELLI TO THE BAR AND THEY HUNG OUT. LATER HE SAID, SOMEONE THERE TOLD KELLI ABOUT HIS PRIOR SEX OFFENSE. SHE GOT UPSET AND SUPPORT HIM IN THE EMPTY PARKING LOT.

>> I SNAPPED END ZONE DOUBT. >> HOLBERT CITY TOOK KELLI TO HIS CAMPSITE WHERE SHE WOKE UP AND STARTED SCREAMING. >> I HIT HER AGAIN AND KNOCKED HER OUT AGAIN. SHE WAS DEAD. >> HOLBERT CITY TOOK HER BODY DEEP IN THE WOODS AND BURIED HER.

HE WAS TAKEN DOWNTOWN AND ARRESTED. >> THIS MORNING, DETECTIVES WITH THE FAYETTEVILLE HOMICIDE, POLICE DEPARTMENT HOMICIDE UNIT, RECOVERED WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE REMAINS OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS KELLI BORDEAUX. >> GOTTEN THE NEWS. >> HE CALLED ME AND SAID WE

NEED TO COME NOW. THEY FOUND KELLI. I DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND SAID I’LL BE RIGHT THERE. >> INSTEAD OF WONDERING WHAT IF , WHAT IF. >> OLIVIA CALLED KELLI’S BOYFRIEND JUSTIN THOMPSON. >> AS SOON AS SHE CALLED, I WAS SO GRATEFUL.

HONESTLY, I WAS HAPPY SHE WAS FOUND. I CAN’T SAY HAPPY. >> RELIEVED. >> YEAH, I GUESS RELIEF. NOW WE HAVE TO DO THE FUNERAL THING. >> TWO WEEKS LATER THEY PAID THEIR FINAL RESPECTS. THE FUNERAL IN FLORIDA IS SUCH BIG NEWS THAT IT WAS TELEVISED.

KELLI BORDEAUX WAS JUST 23. JUST OVER A YEAR LATER CAME A MEASURE OF JUSTICE. >> GUILTY OF EACH OF THESE CRIMES. >> FACING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY, NICK HOLBERT PLEADED GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING AND KILLING KELLI IN EXCHANGE FOR A LIFE SENTENCE.

>> I WANTED MY SISTER. I DID NOT WANT HER BODY. I WANTED HER. WHAT HAPPENS TO HOLBERT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT HE HAS DONE. WHETHER HE IS SORRY, DOES NOT MATTER. >> FOR DAVID MARSHBURN, HIS REMARKABLE WORK WAS DONE. CASE CLOSED. JUSTICE SERVED.

KELLI BORDEAUX WAS FINALLY HOME. BUT HE SAID SOLVING HER CASE LEFT HIM WITH MIXED EMOTIONS. >> ONCE WE GET FINISH, WE WERE DEPRESSED. IT WAS A DEPRESSION LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE. WE WENT TWO YEARS, NONSTOP. KELLI, KELLI, KELLI. >> DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD’VE

BEEN SOLVED WITHOUT YOU? >> NO. I DON’T THINK NICK WOULD’VE TOLD ANYONE UNLESS THEY WERE HIS FRIEND. THEY DID TELL ME. >> THE FAMILY OF KELLI BORDEAUX, THE LOSS, THE PAIN, THE SORROW NEVER GOES AWAY. DAVID MARSHBURN AT LEAST GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO HEAL.

>> HE ENDED THE SUFFERING FOR MY FAMILY. WE ARE AGONIZING FOR THESE LAST TWO YEARS AND HE CAME IN FOR US AND MAKE IT WHERE YOU CAN TRY TO START REBUILDING AND DOING THINGS THAT WILL MAKE KELLI PROUD . LIVE YOUR LIFE.

>> THE FAMILY ALSO HAD SOMETHING FOR DAVID MARSHBURN, A SPECIAL GIFT FROM KELLI. >> IT’S A GREAT HONOR IN ITSELF. >> IT’S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR A SOLDIER. >> I WILL ALWAYS HAVE THESE. THEY WILL STAY WITH ME FOREVER. TO GO FREE CHILDCARE TO WORKING PARENTS.

>>> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH TYPE I DIABETES CAN GET AN ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS. >> AND [ INAUDIBLE ] >>> HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. THE BRITISH VOLUNTEER IS AMONG SEVEN WHO DIED IN AN APPARENT STRIKE. THE GROUP WAS WORKING FOR THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN. THE STRIKE STILL HAPPENED ALL

LEAVING THE WORK. THE SEVEN WERE ROUGH FROM THE UK, POLAND AND AUSTRALIA AND THEY WERE TAKEN [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY WILL BE TRAVELING IN [ INAUDIBLE ] THEIR VEHICLE WAS HIT SHORTLY AFTER UNLOADING FOOD AID. IT IS WORTH COORDINATING THE MOVEMENTS. ALSO BRITISH, POLISH AND

AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS WERE RECOVERED. THERE IS A VIEW TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT THEY DECIDED WAS A TRAGIC INCIDENT. IT SAYS WE ARE AWARE OF REPORTS OF THE DEATH OF A BRITISH NATIONAL AND WE ARE WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION. AUSTRALIA EXPECTS

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DEATH OF WORKERS. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. THEY WERE DOING HUMANITARIAN WORK AND WERE INNOCENT CIVILIANS. THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH PROTECTION. >> IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES IN THE MILITARY SAID IT WOULD BE INVESTIGATED BY AN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL BODY. >>> IN GAZA THE WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATION SAYS THE AUCH IN THE HOSPITAL CANNOT FUNCTION AS A HOSPITAL IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. >>> LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT WITH OUR CORRESPONDENT. WHAT IS THE LATEST YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENED IN GAZA? >> Reporter: THE LATEST IS A STATEMENT FROM THE ISRAELI

DEFENSE FORCES WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES. YOU ALLUDED TO IT IN YOUR INTRODUCTION. WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT AND I WILL READ SOME SNIPPETS. IT IS A MILITARY COMMITTED TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE EXAMINING OPERATIONS THOROUGHLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE

INCIDENT AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW IT HAPPENED. IT WILL BE EXAMINED FURTHER TO HELP US REDUCE THE RISK OF AN EVENT LIKE THIS OCCURRING AGAIN. >> NOT AN OUTRIGHT ADMISSION OF RESPONSIBILITY BUT EFFECTIVELY, WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT THE MILITARY IS TAKING

RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND THAT STATEMENT IS INTENDED TO REASSURE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND TO REASSURE THEM THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PROBLEM IS, THERE IS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS D CONFLICTION.

IF THIS WORKS EFFECTIVELY, WHAT HAPPENS IN GAZA OR UKRAINE IS AID ORGANIZATIONS CAN WORK WITH TRAVEL MOVEMENTS AND NOTIFY THEM THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A TEAM DISTRIBUTING FOOD IN THE NORTH. THEY COULD HAVE A TEAM IN A HOSPITAL AND, THEREFORE AS THE

MILITARY KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE AND APPROVE OF IT, THERE SHOULD BE NO ATTACK ONE OR NEAR THAT GROUP. CLEARLY, THAT PROCESS BROKE DOWN LAST NIGHT AND IT HAS BROKEN DOWN IN OTHER INSTANCES AS WELL OVER RECENT WEEKS. THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE

LOSS OF LIFE BUT LOSS OF CONFIDENCE AND SENSE OF SECURITY FOR AGGREGATE IS ASIANS WORKING ON THE GROUND. THIS WILL MAKE THEM THINK TWICE AND THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN, UNITED STATES ORGANIZATION THAT IS BEEN USING THIS MARITIME ROUTE TO SHIP FOOD ACTUALLY,

THEY ARE VERY TRUSTED BY THE ISRAELIS. THEY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY TO CONTINUE OPERATING IN GAZA. THAT IS WHY THEY WERE TRUSTED TO USE THIS ROUTE AND THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF THIS STRIKE AND ARE SUSPENDING OPERATIONS WILL HAVE

A HUGE IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE THERE. >> WE WILL WAIT TO SEE THE CONFIRMATION OF THE BRITISH NATIONAL WHO DIED. >> OKAY. AS YOU WERE TALKING WE GOT A STATEMENT REFLECTING WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE WORLD ASSOCIATION. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

THE IDEA SAID THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN TO HELP BRING HUMANITARIAN AID AND POINTING OUT THAT THEY CAME TO HIS HELP ISRAELIS. THE WORK IS CRITICAL. THEY ARE ON THE FRONTLINE OF HUMANITY. WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND SHARE OUR FINDINGS.

WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORLD KITCHEN WAS DOING HERE AND THEY ARE GOING TO LAUNCH A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND ALSO, OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS, AND ATTACK IN SYRIA ON AND A RAINING COMPOUND. WHAT HAPPENED THERE? THINK OF TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF THE RELEVANCE OF SYRIA AND

DAMASCUS AND WHY THE CONFLICT WAS IN GAZA, THEY ARE NOT SEPARATE. THEY HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE IN SYRIA AND SERIOUS CHANNELS ARE USED IN THEIR TO FUNNEL WEAPONS TO THE MILITANT GROUP ON THE BORDER. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THIS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND

IT IS INCREASED. ISRAELIS, THROUGH THE YEARS AND OVER RECENT WEEKS HAVE CARRIED OUT MANY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN TARGETS IN SYRIA, ITSELF. YESTERDAY WAS A BIT DIFFERENT. YESTERDAY THEY TARGETED A SENIOR IRANIAN GENERAL AND DID IT ON A RAIN NEARING TERRITORY. THE CONSULATE THERE IN THE

CENTER OF DAMASCUS. >> THIS WAS NOT A PRECISION STRIKE. IF FLATTENED THE BUILDING SHORTLY BEFORE 5:00 MONDAY EVENING. RESCUERS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. THERE WERE NONE. IRAN SAYS SEVEN WERE KILLED. TWO SENIOR COMMANDERS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. THE GENERAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IRANIAN FORCES AND WAS THE MOST

SENIOR MILITARY LINK. HE WAS ONE ISRAEL’S HIT LIST. HIS DEPUTY WAS TAKEN OUT AS WELL. >> THEY KNOW BETTER THAT CRIMES LIKE THIS AND INTERRUPTING THINGS WILL HAVE ITS PLACE IN TIME. THEY CARRIED OUT HUNDRED OF STRIKES OVER THE YEARS. SOME JUST IN RECENT WEEKS.

THEY ARE THE MAIN CELLS ACT FOR GOOD REASON. >> IT FEELS THAT DIPLOMATS AND FIGHTERS HAVE BECOME DISTINCTIVE . IT IS AN ATTACK ON THE IRANIAN STATE. >> ISRAEL IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE ISRAEL AND SHOW THAT IRAN IS [ INAUDIBLE ]. IT PUSHES THEM TO THE LIMITS.

>> Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER THE ATTACK AND WITH DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR THE FOREIGN MINISTER SPOKE TO HIS COUNTERPART. IRAN HAS THREATENED RETALIATION AND THERE WILL BE RETALIATION FOR SURE. ISRAEL HAS ASSASSINATED A SENIOR IRANIAN GENERAL, SOMEONE THEY REGARD AS AN ENEMY OF ISRAEL.

BY THAT CALCULATION, THEY CONSIDER THE ESCALATION WORTH IT. >> BREAKING NEWS OUT OF IRELAND. THE MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE CABINET. THE NAME WAS TOUTED AS A REPLACEMENT BUT HE WILL NOT PLACE THE O. HE WAS KNOWN TO US

IN THE UK BECAUSE HE WAS IN TWO NEGOTIATIONS AS A FOREIGN MINISTER. THE CURRENT MINISTER IS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE CABINET THERE. >>> 312-YEAR-OLDS HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN FINLAND. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE INCIDENT IN A NORTHERN SUBURB OF HELSINKI.

A CHILD OPENED FIRE AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. OUR CORRESPONDENT IS IN THE NEWSROOM FOREST. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED? >> IS NOT JUST THE AGE OF THE CHILDREN THAT WERE HURT BUT ALSO THE CHILD, A 12-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED IN

CONNECTION WITH THIS INCIDENT WHICH HAPPENED SOON AFTER SCHOOL STARTED IN FINLAND JUST AFTER 9:00 THIS MORNING. THE SCHOOL HAD 800 PUPILS STUDYING THEIR. 19 MEMBERS OF STAFF AND THEY WERE BETWEEN SEVEN YEARS OLD AND 16 YEARS OLD. IT WAS A PRIMARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SECTION.

THEY ARE CLOSE TO THE CAPITAL, HELSINKI. WE UNDERSTAND POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE AND AMBULANCES AS WELL. A HUGE OPERATION AFTER FIRST REPORTS FIRST CAME IN. LOCAL PEOPLE WORE TOTAL TO AVOID THE AREA. IF THEY WERE AT HOME, DON’T OPEN THE DOOR TO STRANGERS.

THE CHILDREN WHO WERE INJURED WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. NO DETAILS ON HOW THEY ARE DOING. WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE SCHOOL’S PRINCIPAL SAYING THE IMMEDIATE DANGER IS OVER AND THE POLICE HAVE A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION TO TRY TO WORK OUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. IS DEEPLY CONCERNING THIS

MORNING. >> THANK YOU. >>> WORKING PARENTS ARE ENTITLED TO 15 HOURS OF CHILDCARE EACH WEEK. THE NURSERY SAID THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH STAFF OR PLACES AROUND AND FEES IT MAY HAVE TO GO UP. IT’S A STAGGERED START WHICH WILL SAVE 3.5 THOUSAND POUNDS PER YEAR.

WORKING PARENTS OF TWO YEARS OLD ARE ENTITLED TO 15 HOURS OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED CHILDCARE WEEKLY. THEY WILL ASK THEN THAT TOO CHILDREN OVER NINE MONTHS. THEN THEY WILL DOUBLE THE OFFERING TO 30 HOURS PER WEEK. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CHILD MINDERS AVAILABLE TO DELIVER THE POLICY.

1000 CHILDCARE PLACES WERE LOST BETWEEN MARCH AND DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. WE PUT THAT TO THE SECRETARY OR EARLIER THIS MORNING. >> THERE IS DATA PUBLISHED ON HOW MANY PLACES AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK IN THE SECTOR. WE PUBLISHED THAT AND WE SHOW

WE HAVE 40,000 MORE PLACES IN THE SECTOR SINCE 2010. THEY DON’T HAVE COMPLETE DATA ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO REGISTERED WITH THEM. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE PRESCHOOLS OR CHILD MINDERS. AS USUAL LOOKING AT THE WRONG DATA IN THE WRONG END OF THE STICK. >> SO, DO THESE LEASES EXIST?

DON’T THEY ? >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO ASK THAT QUESTION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE ARE ENOUGH PLACES AND THEY HAVE RAMPED UP CAPACITY SO ARE WILL WELL. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE SECTOR SAY THIS IS NOT PRACTICAL AND IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK AND IT

IS NOT DELIVERABLE. REMEMBER, THIS NEW PLAN IS VOLUNTARY. IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TO SIGN UP TO IT. YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU COULD HAVE AREAS WERE PROVIDERS DO NOT SIGN UP AND THEY DON’T THINK IT IS FINANCIALLY VIABLE.

YOU MAY BE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE WHERE THERE IS NOT A CHILD CARE PROVIDER NEAR YOU ASKING FOR FREE HOURS SO YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE HOURS AND THAT IS WHAT PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. THE EDUCATION SECRETARY PLAYED TO SKY NEWS AND TALKED ABOUT

PARENTS WILL HAVE TO SAVE BECAUSE OF THE NEW MEASURES IN SEPTEMBER UP TO 30 HOURS. SHE SAID THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THIS POLICY IS NOT BEEN DELIVERED OR THE LACK OF CAPACITY, SHE SAID IT WAS A LABOR AND GOVERNMENT. SHE SAID LABOR WAS PLANNING TO SCRAP THE POLICY ALTOGETHER.

IF THAT IS TRUE THE LABOUR PARTY SAID THEY WOULD COMMISSION A REVIEW FOR A INSPECTOR AND THEY ARE WAITING BACK TO HERE ON THAT REPORT BEFORE THEY DECIDE ON A PLAN. BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY YET, UNTIL THE REPORT COMES BACK TO THEM IT

LOOKS LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE A PLAN. THEREFORE, YOU COULD CRITICIZE THE PLAN. NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE LABOUR PARTY PLANS TO DO. THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISING SOMETHING VERY BOLD AND EMPOWERING FOR PARENTS WHO WANT

TO GET BACK TO WORK AND BOOST THE ECONOMY AND GO BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE AND THE GOVERNMENT COMES UNDER SCRUTINY AND CRITICISM FROM THE SECTOR ITSELF . THEY SAY THIS IS NOT REALLY POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> NOW TO SWEDEN WHERE DEADLY SHOOTINGS HAVE GONE UP SO MUCH. IT HAS THE HIGHEST GUN MURDER RATE IN EUROPE. MOST KILLINGS ARE FROM ORGANIZED CRIME AND CHILDREN ARE BEING ARMED TO TAKE PART IN THIS. YOUR ARM CORRESPONDENT REPORTS. >> Reporter: IN SWEDEN, POLICE

HAVE SEIZED A LETHAL STASH. THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE DEADLY ARSENAL TAKING UP ROOM ON THE STREETS. WE HAVE AUTOMATIC AND SEMI AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, 3-D WEAPONS. >> THESE ARE USED BY GANGS IN URBAN BATTLES. A BATTLE WERE CHILDREN BECOME KILLERS. >> Reporter: HAMMETT YEARS OLD

COULD SOMEONE BE AND USE IT IN A GANG ? >> VERY YOUNG. THEY COULD BE 13, 14, 15 YEARS OLD. >> Reporter: SWEDEN IS NOW THE GUN MURDER CAPITAL OF THE EU. THE SHOOTINGS WERE RECORDED LAST YEAR. YEARS OF INTEGRATION THAT HAS FAILED MAKE YOUNG MEN VULNERABLE TO RECRUITMENT.

I HAVE SEEN MOTHERS CRYING IN DISPARATE ALMOST EVERYTHING. THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: ADAM WAS MOVING DRUGS TO GANGS BY AGE 9. >> IF YOU WERE GOING TO KILL SOMEONE YOU HAD ABOUT 75 GRAND. NOW THE PRICES ARE SO LOW THAT EVERYONE KILLS.

>> THEY ARE TAKING DOWN TARGETS IN PUBLIC. A SECURITY GUARD WAS SHOT IN THIS GYMNASIUM WHEN A TEENAGER MISSED HIS MARK. >> THEY ARE WITH INTEGRATION. >> Reporter: THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE SAYS FAILED INTEGRATION CAN FEED THE GANGS. HE SAID THE FEUD IS FUELING THE VIRUS.

>> WE HAVE MURDERS ND SHOOTINGS AND HOMEMADE BOMBS. >> Reporter: GANG WARS PEAKED IN SEPTEMBER WHEN SOMEONE PLANTED A BOMB AT ARRIVAL RELATIVES HOUSE. THEY WERE OUT BUT INNOCENT NEIGHBOR WAS KILLED. THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT. >> THE DYNAMO WAS PLACED HERE ? >> YES.

BETWEEN BOTH HOUSES. IT IS DECIMATED. >> YES. IT WAS A BIG BLAST. 50 RESIDENTS WERE DAMAGED. >> PEOPLE ARE AFRAID. WE SEE IT AS A WAR SCENE. >> IS IT AT WAR WITH THE GANGS ? >> YES. A LOW IMPACT WARP. >> WHO IS WINNING ?

>> WE ARE. >> TO THE GANGS THINK THAT ? >> NO. >> MY FATHER STILL COMES HERE EVERY DAY. HIS MISSION IS THAT HIS CANDLE DOES NOT BURN OUT. >> Reporter: INNOCENT VICTIMS ARE BEING CAUGHT IN THIS VIOLENCE. FOR IT IS BROTHER WAS MURDERED AT 19.

HE HAD NO LINKS TO GANGS. ONE KILLER WAS 15 YEARS OLD. >> HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER PERSONS BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS? YOU TOOK THEIR LIFE. YOU SHATTERED THEIR FAMILIES. >> Reporter: THEY ARE GIVING

POLICE MORE POWERS AS PART OF A PLAN TO BEAT THE GANGS AND BRING PEACE BACK TO SWEDISH STREETS. >>> YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL VERSION OF THE PIECE THROUGH THE DAY AT 11:30, 130 AND 430. >>> YOU ARE WATCHING SKY NEWS TODAY. A BRITISH NATIONAL IS AMONG

SEVEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE. WE WILL ANALYZE THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND. >>> A SPOKESPERSON TO GET THEIR RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT. >>> WE WILL DISCUSS A NEW ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS. >>> AT LEAST SEVEN AID WORKERS HAVE DIED IN AN AIRSTRIKE IN GAZA.

LET’S TALK TO SEAN BELL WHO HIS HERE WITH ME IN THE STUDIO. >>> BREAKING NEWS. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON WHAT HAPPEN. >> GOOD MORNING. THE TRAGEDY IS THAT SUPPLY COMING IN FROM CYPRUS WAS A CONVOY THAT WAS HIT BY AN AIRSTRIKE WITH SEVEN KILLED.

THERE WERE NATIONALS THERE AND THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN IS THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR AID. THEY WERE TRAVELING IN THE ZONE AND THEY HAD TWO ARMORED VEHICLES AND CLAIMS HAVE BEEN THAT THEY WERE COORDINATING WITH DEFENSE FORCES AND THEY WORK STRUCK AS LEAVING THE COORDINATIONS BASE.

>> AID WORKERS SAY THEY WERE LIAISONS THAT WERE GIVEN THE ROADS. WE CAN SEE THE VEHICLES FROM THE FOOTAGE. THEY WERE CLEARLY MARKED. >> YES. AID WORKERS, IT IS A WAR ZONE. THIS AGENCY WAS TRUSTED AND WELL COORDINATED. WE WILL SEE THAT THEY WILL CONDUCT A PROPER INVESTIGATION.

LANGUAGE SHOWS THEY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE. THE AID WORKERS COORDINATE WITH AUTHORITIES. THEY DON’T WANT TO SEE PART OF THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES BECAUSE THAT DOESN’T HELP THEIR ABILITIES TO DISTRIBUTE AID. IT IS INDEPENDENT. WITH THIS STRIKE THE TROUBLE IS WHATEVER THE CONTEXT IS THEY

HAVE AID TRYING TO MAKE ITS WAY IN AND THEY ARE NOT DISTRIBUTING AS QUICKLY AS THEY COULD. STRIKE LIKE THIS DO NOT HELP THE SITUATION IN GAZA. >>> A STRIKE IN DAMASCUS LAST NIGHT. WERE GANGS BEHIND THIS? >> IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE

IRANIAN CONSULATE HAS JUST BEEN DESTROYED. NOW EMBASSIES — THERE IT IS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IN THE RUINS. THEY USUALLY HAVE DIPLOMATIC WORK DONE THERE. THE STRIKE KILLED TWO SENIOR REPUBLICAN GUARDS. THE OFFICERS AND ONE OF HIS DEPUTIES +5 OTHERS WERE KILLED. THE AMBASSADOR HAS A HARSH

RESPONSE AND THE ISRAELIS HAVE DENIED THIS. >> WHY WOULD THEY CONDUCT A STRIKE LIKE THIS? >> SUPPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF ISRAEL AND HAMAS IS LOSING THE BATTLE. EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE TO PROVIDE WEAPONS TO THE FIGHT.

THERE IS NO DOUBT BEHIND-THE SCENES A LOT OF INTELLIGENCE WILL TRY TO TAKE THESE PEOPLE OUT. THEY HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR ACT ON ALL SORTS OF GROUPS. THIS IS DAYS AFTER STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLED 53 SOLDIERS AND IT IS A REMINDER OF THE DANGEROUS RISKS OF ESCALATION THE LONGER

THE WAR CONTINUES. >> LET’S GROW BACK TO A SUBJEC , THE ATTACK ON THE AID WORKERS. WE HEARD A STATEMENT ABOUT THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN ATTACK IN GAZA. >> THEY ARE COMMITTED TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND COMMITTED TO EXAMINING OUR OPERATIONS THOROUGHLY AND TRANSPARENTLY.

WE HAVE REVIEWED THE INCIDENT AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW IT HAPPENED. WE WILL BE OPENING A PROBE TO EXAMINE THIS SERIOUS INCIDENT FURTHER. THIS WILL HELP US REDUCE THE RISK OF SUCH AN EVENT OCCURRING AGAIN.

>>> LET’S GET A LOOK AT THE WEATHER NOW. >>> THE WEEK LOOKS UNSETTLED WITH SHOWERS. UNSEASONABLY STRONG WINDS FOR THE WEEKEND. MANY PLACES WILL START DRY BUT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF SCOTLAND WILL BE WET. CHILLY IN NORTH AND MILD AND ALSO WITH STRONG WINDS NEAR THE COAST.

PATCHY RAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND WILL BE MAINLY DRY. YOU ARE WATCHING SKY NEWS TODAY. AN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON FOLLOWS THEIR FORCES. SEVEN AID WORKERS WERE KILLED. >>> >>> LET’S GET MORE ON OUR TOP STORY. A BRITISH VOLUNTEER IS AMONG SEVEN WHO DIED IN AN AIRSTRIKE.

THEY WERE WORKING FOR WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN DELIVERING AID INSIDE GAZA. THE CHARITY SAID THIS TOOK PLACE WHILE THEY WORK LEAVING A WAREHOUSE IN CENTRAL GAZA EARLIER TODAY. THERE WERE SEVEN DEAD FROM POLAND, A JOINT U.S. CANADIAN CITIZEN AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE NEARBY HOSPITAL.

>>> THE TEAM WAS TRAVELING IN A ZONE THAT WAS NOT CONFLICTED. THE VEHICLES WERE HIT AFTER UNLOADING FOOD AID. THEY SAID IT WAS COORDINATING EFFORTS AND ARE REVIEWING THE INCIDENT. >> WE ARE COMMITTED TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND EXAMINING OUR OPERATIONS THOROUGHLY AND TRANSPARENTLY.

WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE INCIDENT TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW IT HAPPENED. WE WILL BE OPENING A PROBE TO EXAMINE THE SERIES INCIDENT FURTHER. THIS WILL HELP US REDUCE THE RISK OF SUCH AN EVENT FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. >> Reporter: BLOODSTAINED PASSPORTS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE.

THE MILITARY SAYS IT IS CONDUCTING A REVIEW TO UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. THERE WAS A STATEMENT ISSUED SAYING WE ARE AWARE OF REPORTS OF THE DEATH AND ARE SEEKING EARLY INFORMATION. WE HAVE PAID TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GROUP AFTER CONFIRMING THAT

THE AUSTRALIAN WAS ONE OF THOSE KILLED. >> WE EXPECT FULL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DEATHS OF AID WORKERS. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AID WORKERS AND THOSE DOING HUMANITARIAN WORK ARE ALL INNOCENT CIVILIANS. THEY NEED TO BE PROVIDED WITH PROTECTION. >> THE HOSPITAL IS NO LONGER

ABLE TO FUNCTION AS A HOSPITAL. THERE HAS BEEN AN ISRAELI OPERATION IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. >>> WE HAVE A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. IT’S GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. I JUST HEARD BACK FROM THE LEADER THAT THERE SHOULD BE FULL ACCOUNTABILITY.

WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THIS INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS AID CONVOY? >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I CAN ECHO THE WORDS OF THE PERSON WHO MADE IT CLEAR THIS IS A TRAGIC EVENT AND WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE IT THOROUGHLY.

THERE WILL BE 30 PEOPLE INVESTIGATING AS THIRD PARTIES. THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN HAS DONE INCREDIBLE WORK AND WE KNOW FAMILY AID WORKERS IN WAR ZONES AND IN OTHER SCENARIOS ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES. THEY WERE TRYING TO GET FOOD TO THOSE WHO NEEDED.

WE TRIED TO AVOID HAMAS STEALING IT. >> THEY WERE GONE BY THE IDF. THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE AND WHAT SHOULD THE REPERCUSSIONS BE ? >> THEY ARE A PROFESSIONAL ARMY WITH 100% OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. WE CAME OUT AND SAID WE WORK INVESTIGATE SO WE CAN

UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED SO THAT THINGS LIKE THIS DON’T HAPPEN AGAIN. I CAN’T REALLY SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE EVENT THAT IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. >> HOW LONG WILL THIS TAKE? THE FAMILIES WANT ANSWER. >> 100%. MY HEART IS WITH THE FAMILIES AFFECTED.

I HAVE LOST EOPLE IN THIS CONFLICT AS WELL IN WAR IS . THESE ARE THE HEROES THAT GO BEYOND BEYOND THE CONFLICT LINES TO TRY TO HELP CIVILIANS JUST AS THE IDF DOES IN A WAY NO OTHER ARMY HAS DONE IN HISTORY. WE FIGHT A DIFFICULT WERE IN A

SITUATION WHERE TERRORISTS EMBED THEMSELVES WITH CIVILIANS AND THEY HAVE A TUNNEL NETWORK TWICE THE SIZE OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND AND WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO GO AFTER THE TERRORIST AND TO AVOID ANY CIVILIAN CASUALTY. THAT IS NOT WHAT HAMAS IS DOING. . THE WORLD FOOD KITCHEN HAS SUSPENDED OPERATIONS IN THAT

GAZA. THEY WERE ACTUALLY GETTING AID DELIVERED TO PEOPLE THERE. HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT STARVATION? >> TALK OF FAMINE AND STARVATION IS SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. >> IMAGES HAVE COME OUT AND THEY ARE HORRIFIC. >> YES.

THOSE IMAGES HAVE TO GET THE RUBBERSTAMP FROM HAMAS. >> WE HAVE JOURNALISTS THERE. >> I QUESTION IMAGES COMING OUT. >> WE QUESTION ALL THE IMAGES THAT WE BROADCAST HERE. MAY I SPEAK ? >> YOU ARE TRYING TO DENY THAT THE IMAGES ARE REAL.

>> I AM BEING CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN CONTROL OF MANY AREAS. I CAN SPEAK ABOUT PICTURES I AM NOT SEEING. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS COMING OUT FROM ORGANIZATIONS SUGGESTING IMMINENT FAMINE. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TO BE

THE CASE BASED ON OUT OF DATE INFORMATION THAT IS BASED ON THEIR FIGURES. THEY NOT LONG AGO WERE KILLING BABIES AND CHILDREN AND BURNING FAMILIES ALIVE. WE TAKE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF GAZA WITH US BIN OF SALT. >> LET’S TURN TO THE SITUATION

IN THE SOUTH OF GAZA. THERE ARE PEOPLE CRAMMED INTO THAT AREA. THE CIVILIANS WERE RECOMMENDED TO GO THERE. IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THE IBF WILL GO THERE? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE TAKEN OUT CLOSE TO 19 OF 24 ARMY BRIGADES. THERE IS ONE IN PLAY IN CENTRAL

AND NORTHERN GAZA AND THEN FOUR IN RAFFLE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE SAID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. OUR ALLIES UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL AS THE AMERICANS. WE NEED TO FIGHT WITH HAMAS NOT THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. WE WILL DO WHAT WE DID IN

CENTRAL GAZA WHICH GET SIBLINGS OUT OF HARM’S WAY AND WE WILL GO AFTER HAMAS AND DEFEAT THEM. >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? HOW WE GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY AND AVOID A BLOODBATH ? >> THE SAME WAY WE DID IT IN

THE NORTH AND CENTRAL GAZA. WE WERE TOLD TO GO INTO GAZA. DON’T GO INTO THE HOSPITALS THAT HAVE BECOME TERROR BASES AND THERE IN THE MATERNITY WARD AND E.R. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING SUCCESSFULLY. ACCORDING TO BRITISH AND AMERICAN MILITARY EXPERTS, WE HAVE DONE FOR MORE

THAN ANY OTHER ARMY IN THE HISTORY TO AVOID CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. >> I’M SORRY. AT THE BEGINNING YOU TOLD THEM TO MOVE SOUTH AND THEY DID AND NOW YOU HAVE GONE INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS OF GAZA AND PARTS OF BEEN LEVELED. WHERE THEY NOW GO.

YOU DON’T SUGGEST THAT HEY GO BACK TO THE NORTH. WHERE DO THEY GO? >> WHEN THAT BECOMES A REALITY IN THE ORDERS ARE GIVEN TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT MISSION WE WILL MOVE CIVILIANS INTO SAFER AREAS THAT WE WILL SET UP TO THE NORTH.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE SUCCESSFULLY. WE WILL DO IT AGAIN. >> LET’S MOVE THIS. YOU SAID IS REALLY ADHERES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW. THE U.N. SAYS THE ATTACK ON THE MISSION IS A BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. WAS ISRAEL BEHIND THAT ?

>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT OF RON IS BEHIND ALL OF THE ESCALATION AND THE WAR WE ARE SEEING. THERE PULLING THE STRINGS WITH THEIR PROXIES IN GAZA AND LEBANON ON THE NORTHERN BORDER AND A ROCK AND YEMEN. YESTERDAY AND IRANIAN DRONE

CAME OVER FROM A ROCK AND HIT EIGHT TARGET. NO CASUALTIES. OF RON IS DOING THEIR UTMOST TO GO THROUGH THE PROXIES AND DEFINITIVELY, THE BUILDING THAT WAS HIT WAS NOT A CONSULATE. IT WAS NOT AN EMBASSY. I DARESAY THAT THE ARENA AND INDIVIDUALS

IN THAT BUILDING WERE LIKELY NOT THERE TO DISTRIBUTE EASTER EGGS. >> ONE FINAL THOUGHT. WE SAW HUGE PROTEST YESTERDAY. HOW LONG CAN THE PRIME MINISTER HOLD ONTO POWER? >> HE HAS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT. HE CAME IN WITH WIDE SUPPORT AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ARE

UNITED IN A WAY THAT THEY MAYBE HAVE NEVER BEEN, THEY WANT TO BRING HOME 134 HOSTAGES. WE SEE WIDESPREAD SUPPORT. WE ARE A DEMOCRACY AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE MANY IDEAS. THAT IS GREAT. THEY CAN BE PROTESTED FOR AND AGAINST DAILY. THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE

GOVERNMENT, THE PEOPLE STAND WITH THE GOVERNMENT. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TODAY. THANK YOU. AS WE WERE TALKING TO HIM WE GOT A STATEMENT FROM THE FOREIGN SECRETARY TALKING ABOUT AN AIRSTRIKE THAT KILLED CENTRAL AID WORKERS. THEY SAID THEY HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE KILLED.

WE’RE TRYING TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. IT IS ESSENTIAL HUMANITARIAN WORKERS ARE PROTECTED DID. WE NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED. ISRAEL HAS SAID IT WILL INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT OR IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. >>> YOU ARE WATCHING SKY NEWS TODAY. COMING UP, A LANDMARK MOMENT

FOR TYPE I DIABETES PATIENTS. LATEST ON WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS AN ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS. IT COULD BE A BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT. >>> NOW IN A LANDMARK MOMENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES WILL RECEIVE AN ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS TO MONITOR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AND AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST INSULIN GIVEN.

WE HAVE MORE. >> Reporter: FOR 44 YEARS LIZ HAS JUGGLED AND ACTIVE LIFE WITH TYPE I EASY DIABETES. THIS IS CALLED AN AUNT OFFICIAL PANCREAS. >> Reporter: IT INVOLVES OF PHONE, PATCH AND INSULIN PUMP TO MONITOR BLOOD GLUCOSE AND ADJUSTING THE DOSE.

>> IT PUTS AN END TO MANUAL INJECTIONS AND THE NEED TO DRAW BLOOD. >> THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS. ALL THREE NEED TO BE WIRELESSLY CONNECTED. THE BIGGEST BENEFIT I CAN SEE IS THE MENTAL LOAD OF HANDLING TYPE I DIABETES WITH SYSTEMS LIKE THIS. IT IS REDUCED TREMENDOUSLY.

I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT. >> Reporter: THERE ARE 269,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN ENGLAND WITH TYPE I DIABETES AND THEY SPEND 10 BILLION POUNDS PER YEAR AND 10% OF ITS ENTIRE BUDGET ON IDENTIFYING AND TREATING THE CONDITION. >> Reporter: THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ROLLED OUT OVER THE

NEXT FIVE YEARS ACROSS ENGLAND TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. HEALTH SERVICES HAVE BEEN FUNDED TO DO THIS. IT’S HOPED IT WILL HELP TENS OF THOUSANDS. TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT WITH ALL THOSE WHO HAVE TYPE I DIABETES 70 FEET AWAY PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE.

DIABETES IS A TOUGH CONDITION AND THESE SYSTEMS MAKE A SIGNIFICANT, LIFE-CHANGING DIFFERENCE. IT IS A LANDMARK MOVEMENT. THEY WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM TO ENSURE A FAIR ROLLOUT. THE TECHNOLOGY SHOULD REDUCE THE STRESS AROUND MANAGING DIABETES AND FOR THOSE ALREADY BENEFITING, HE KEEPS A LID ON

BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS IN A MUCH EASIER WAY. >>> NOW WE HAVE THE HEAD OF CARE AT DIABETES UK. THERE ARE NO NEGATIVES, ARE THERE? THIS WILL DELIVER INSULIN AT A GOOD RATE AND TAKES THE MENTAL LOAD OFF. THE ABILITY OF PATIENTS TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THEMSELVES.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE MANAGE THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS IN A SAVE AND HEALTHY MANNER AND REDUCE RISK TO PATIENTS. IT TAKES AWAY A LOT OF THE DAY TODAY THINKING AND MANIPULATION OF THINGS IN ORDER TO GET THE LEVELS SAFE.

>> WHAT IS THIS ? >> TYPE I DIABETES IS A CONDITION WHERE YOU ARE PANCREAS DOES NOT PRODUCE INSULIN. WE NEED THIS TO MAKE USE OF THE FOOD WE EAT. FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE I DIABETES, THEY NEED TO ALWAYS HAVE THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THEY

ARE EATING AND THEN CALCULATE HOW MUCH THEY NEED TO INJECT. THIS DEVICE WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOOK AT HOW MUCH SUGAR IS THERE AND MATCH IT WHICH HOW MUCH INSULIN YOU NEED. IT HELPS PEOPLE WITH TYPE I DIABETES SO THEY DON’T HAVE TO

LIVE WITH THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF SUGAR WHICH CAN LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS OF THEIR CONDITION. >> HOW SERIOUS CAN INCIDENTS LIKE THAT BE IF UNREGULATED. >> VERY DANGEROUS. FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE I DIABETES, IT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND IT KEEPS THEM FROM SOME DAY- TO-DAY ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE

WITHOUT DIABETES CAN DO SUCH AS GOING FOR A RUN. IF YOU RUN YOU CAN SEE THE SUGAR IN YOUR BLOOD DIPPING. WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN BE SURE THAT THEY CAN EXERCISE IN A SAFE TARGET AND GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO DO

SUCH ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN BENEFIT YOUR HEALTH. >> ARE YOU CONFIDENT IT CAN BE USED FOR EVERYONE ? >> AT THE MOMENT THERE IS A PRIORITY LIST AND THE PRIORITY LIST IS THAT FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND FOR WOMEN WHO ARE PLANNING FOR PREGNANCY OR

ARE PREGNANT. WE ALSO HAVE A CRITERIA FOR ADULTS. THE KEY IS THAT PEOPLE WITH THIS DON’T NEED TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THE SYSTEMS WILL BE WORKING TO GET THE TRAINING AND WORKFORCE TO HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THIS.

>> IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM AND YOU SAY YOU WOULD LIKE THAT YOU CAN’T GO TO YOUR GENERAL PRACTITIONER AND SAY I WANTED PEOPLE WILL BE CALLED FROM THE SYSTEM ? >> IN DEED. THEY ARE BEING EQUIPPED WITH THE TRAINING AND WORKFORCE AND

THEN YOU CAN DO A ROUTINE OF APPOINTMENT AND THE BENEFITS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND THEN YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AS TO HOW YOU MOVE ON WITH IT. FOR MANY IT IS LIFE-CHANGING. >> I WAS READING ABOUT THIS AND I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT IT WAS 10% OF THE BUDGET.

IT’S A MASSIVE DRAIN ON RESOURCES. IS THIS TREATMENT BLESSES THE EXPENSIVE ? >> IT IS MORE EFFICIENT. WE CAN THINK ABOUT THE COST AS REX AS EFFICIENCY. WE HAVE 100 BILLION POUNDS

With rain pouring over the southeast causing a huge mess and becoming deadly people animals trapped by the floodwaters crews racing to try to to drain all of that rain somehow but it doesn’t seem fast enough we are live on the ground plus the former president making a very brief we mean very brief

Appearance on the witness stand in a New York courtroom today why his words had to be almost immediately stricken from the record and then listen to this Taylor Swift’s repeat stalker showing up again at her house after having just been ordered to stay away from her and

It’s not just her why it seems like when it comes to female celebrities dealing with obsessive stalkers law enforcement Kinds of Kinds of just shrugs it off plus big news on the economy the US growth shattering the expectations but why do so many people still feel like

They’re in a bad spot financially and then Alabama set to move for forward with a controversial method of execution of a Man convicted of murder why the family of the murder victim says they are frustrated and why it has come to this after so long good day I’m Tom

Costello in for Hy and we come on the air today with major flood concerns throughout the southeast with more rain pounding the region one former rather one person I should say dead after losing control of his or her car a scenario that we have seen throughout

The region take a look here a man used a ladder placed on top of his car to get out of a waterfill ditch outside of Houston he reportedly hydroplaned off the road crews have been out rescuing both people and animals from flooded roads and neighborhoods right now nearly

20 million people are under flood watches Louisiana living up to its reputation along the Bayou the roads and some neighborhoods overtaken by water and it’s the non-stop rain that’s creating such a mess because there’s just not enough time for the water to drain away in Southeast Texas two dozen

Rivers forecast to reach major to moderate flood stages over the next day or so if they haven’t already overall this month has been an unusually wet one from Texas to the Northeast with many areas seen more than double their average rainfall so let’s bring in now NBC’s Kathy Park she’s in Chattanooga

Tennessee you’re out by a dam helping that Community to keep it from being flooded but not every area has that kind of protection right and these storms have just been Relentless what’s the major concern right now hey there Tom good to be with you yeah so the big concern is that the

Flash flood threat really isn’t over the heaviest rain shifted from Mississippi Alabama to Tennessee here in Chattanooga where we’ve been all day we’ve been slammed with several rounds of heavy showers and that’s a big problem because we’re dealing with a whole lot of runoff and Tom you might remember the this

Region got slammed with a lot of snow this time last week some parts of the state saw 8 in of snow and temperatures today Tom in the 60s so all of that snow that was on the ground has melted and speaking of runoff you probably see a

Some of that behind me um I promise there is a working Dam behind me we should know another weather headline that we’re following is this dense fog uh Millions from the Midwest all the way to the East Coast or under a dense fog advisory uh but we are told that roughly 700,000

Gallons of water is spilling over this Dam right now last week that number was closer to 400,000 so a big change U just in the volume of water because of that runoff but fortunately though Tom no major problems to report the dam is working this dam is critical especially

Here in Chattanooga because it holds that runoff and then prevents any sort of flooding in Chattanooga and other cities Downstream but really across the southeast as you mentioned we are dealing with a lot of issues with flash floods uh the ground is already saturated and there are some spots that

Saw 10 in of rain just a short amount of time so that water really has nowhere to go in fact just north of Houston in san jinto county a judge uh declared an emergency declaration urging residents to voluntarily evacuate because the danger was in and there was so much

Rising water meanwhile we saw some dramatic images that people just stranded uh motorists being stranded the the water just Rising that quickly so this is a concern all across the southeast and especially Louisiana the they’re not in the clear just yet because raid is in the forast tomorrow

As well as Saturday tom boy it is wet and foggy behind you all right Kathy thank you very much now to a New York courtroom where former president Trump spent under five minutes on the stand in the Civil defamation case against him with some of his words stricken from the

Record seconds after he started to speak Mr Trump tried to deny the allegations made by the writer eing Carroll that he sexually assaulted her saying he considers it a false accusation but here’s the thing he really can’t say that why because this isn’t Up For Debate any longer a separate Jury has

Already found him liable for sexually assaulting Carol you see her leaving Court there today this trial is only about how much money Mr Trump might have to pay her and what we’re seeing here is another example of Trump’s strategy as he faces a whole web of issues to try to

Run out the clock until the 2024 election and then maintain his innocence no matter what NBC’s R Ellis has been following the legal developments on the case Raha uh there wasn’t a ton of back and forth today with Mr Trump and the judge so walk us through what happened

Well it was an incredibly tense time in this courtroom and even before the jurors were brought in for Mr Trump’s testimony he was admonished by the judge because they were going over what you will they call it a profer what he would be allowed to say and not say

And as he was being told what he wouldn’t be allowed to say that’s when uh Trump broke in and he object he started saying the very things about he didn’t know anything about who this woman was at that point the judge told him keep your voice down you’re interrupting these proceedings and that

Is not permitted once on the stand he got admonished Again by the judge because he as you pointed out in the leadin he started saying things that the judg says are not in question it’s already been determined that you sexually assaulted her and he told the judge these things you’re hearing should

Be stricken from the record the question becomes one Tom of whether or not you can unring that bell with a jury once they’ve heard it yeah that’s right they’ve heard it listen legal experts say that he could face millions of dollars in Damages and I know you you’ve

Got a graphic to walk us through this but this is Mr Trump who’s a billionaire it may not matter to him right the cost may not matter because he views this as kind of an election election tactic yeah it’s interesting that you say that because part of what was played for the

Jury today was his deposition from the first trial and in that he talked about how much of a billionaire was he was bragging about the billions of dollars that he has this evidence was presented by eege Carroll’s team and supposedly would imagine it’s for those jurors they

Wanted them to hear as they start considering how much they should award Ean Carol look at some of these numbers she’s already been awarded $ 5 million from the first trial against Trump she’s now seeking $10 million in this case and and an expert uh testified for uh Carol

Trump that it would cost about 7 to 12 million Al loone to repair her reputation but there’s also punitive damages that can be awarded in this there’s no limit on what that could be it could be a lot it could be nothing at all but again based on what they were

Presenting it could be a lot Tom and remember the astronomical amount of money that those Georgia election workers were awarded after being maligned by um by the Trump attorney uh sorry the Trump attorney and also the former mayor of New York Giuliani so you never know where these numbers are going

Rahima thank you very much rahima Ellis all right stick with that now the thread of the former president’s legal troubles because down in Georgia his lawyer is joining a motion trying to dismiss the election interference case against him over allegations made by one of his co-defendants that fton County DA Fanny

Willis is having an improper romantic relationship with one of her special prosecutors Nathan Wade and then financially benefiting from that relationship in a statement to NBC News Mr Trump’s lawyer also accuses Willis of attempting to quote foment racial animous and Prejudice to divert attention from her alleged improprieties

NBC’s Blain Alexander is in Atlanta and Blaine what’s the argument from Mr Trump’s lawyer here well it’s a two-fold argument Tom one he is signing on to those allegations by Michael Roman and his attorney that there’s an improper relationship going on between the two prosecutors and that Fon Willis is

Benefiting from it but the other prong of that is basically he’s saying he’s pointing to the speech that Vonnie Willis gave on MLK day in front of a historically black church saying that she is improperly injecting racial animus into this case here I want to read you a section of that filing he

Says these assertions by the da engender a great likelihood of substantial Prejudice toward the defendants in the eyes of the public in general moreover the DA’s self- serving comments came with the added sought-after benefit of garnering racially based sympathy for her self-inflicted Quagmire now we suspect that all of this will be brought

Up in the hearing that’s been set for February 15th but in the meanwhile da Willis has not responded directly to these allegations though her office tells me that she plans to in a written Court filing a judge has set a deadline of that for that uh of February 2nd Tom

Bla that is an unbelievable rainstorm behind you so we’re going to let you get out of it before you get drenched uh but thank you very much bla Alexander following it all from Atlanta all right uh things got emotional in a Michigan courtroom today in an unprecedented

Trial of the mother of a mass murder shooter with a prosecutor pinning the blame on her the mother for not stopping her son there’s J Jennifer Crumbley right there crying as the prosecution shows a witness video of the shooting where four Oxford High School students were killed one witness a teacher who

Was hurt in that shooting told the jury about the moments that she came face to face with her shooter I locked eyes um and then instantly I noticed I see some some movement and so I look down and um I realized he’s raising a gun to

Me everything that I knew to be reality wasn’t this trial and another one coming up for James Crumbley the shooter’s father they’re both important because they marked the first time in in America really that parents are being tried for charge in the deaths of a mass shooting that their child committed both parents

Are facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter which could land them in prison for up to 15 years and a $7,500 fine per charge remember Ethan Crumbley was sentenced to life behind bars for taking the lives of these four teens that you see right there NBC’s Jesse kurur joins me now from Pontiac Michigan

Where the trial is underway Jesse Court wrapped up for the day I know in just the last hour or so it was a heavy day of Rel reliving rather something very traumatic especially for some of these Witnesses right and at one point I understand things got pretty intense prosecutors saying that the crumbly

Wasn’t following Court instruction right the Miss crumble wasn’t following Court instruction yeah so Tom a lot of the details that were discussed today are out there in the public but of course uh as is always the case in a trial of this kind the jury’s instructed to not be

Paying attention to outside reporting from the media such as ourselves and so prosecutors were laying out the timeline of what unfolded in the days leading up to the shooting and on the day of the shooting as you just showed some of that testimony the harrowing accounts from

Those who were at Oxford High School on that day and at one point in court a video of the shooting was being played and the defendant Jennifer Crumbley was watching this and again this is her watching her son on camera carry out a deadly Massacre and she became extremely

Emotional her defense team asked uh for a a brief recess and the prosecution took issue with this because the prosecution was contending that the the judge had wanted uh everyone involved to be restraining the amount of emotion being shown in the courtroom and was contending that the defense team was not

Subscribing to that and the defense pushed back on that as well so there was a little bit of a tiff there uh there was a brief recess things move forward but that was certainly a flash point between the two sides at one point earlier in the day chesse I know you

Covered the the mass murder itself and we mentioned the significance of this case because this is something that we’re seeing play out really for the first time how are we seeing both sides cases show up here yeah and to make a point to that Tom uh representatives from a US

Attorney’s office Federal prosecutors uh were in attendance today according to our team in the courtroom to observe what was going on and I think that just speaks to uh the broader attention that case and the unique circumstances of it are are garnering at this point what we heard from prosecutors was again them

Laying out the timeline they showed videos they showed text messages they showed uh photos from before the shooting making it clear that the parents were aware that their son had an interest in guns uh and that leads up to the moment just hours before the shooting when they were presented with a

Handwritten message AC a a literal plea for help and also a drawing of a gun that was found with their son and confronted with that information uh prosecutors arguing that they failed to act in that moment of course with the knowledge that they had just gifted their son a gun according to prosecutors

So that’s the prosecution side from the defense side this is interesting Tom because as you mentioned both the mother and father of Ethan crumblyy are facing charges however they are being tried separately and so we saw some Divergence in how these two cases could play out today Jennifer Crumbley suggesting that

Her husband was the one who was responsible for keeping the gun secured keeping the gun uh stored in the home so she uh and the defense team also saying that Jennifer Crumbley didn’t really know much about guns even though there was video shown of Jennifer Crumbley at

A shooting range so clearly you can see that uh Ethan crumley’s mother is trying to at arms length keep herself from her husband in terms of uh degrees of responsibility when it came to the gun safety and the the knowledge of guns in that family’s household Tom Jesse I’ve

Got 10 seconds but are the crumblies still married uh they they are to the best of our knowledge still husband and wife and that’s how it continues to be described Tom interesting plane out in court Jesse thank you very much uh other news now Boeing CEO was back on Capitol Hill here

In Washington today talking about transparency and responsibility as all eyes are on Boeing after the recent Alaska Airlines midair emergency when a door plug blew out airline and FAA confidence in Boeing has dramatically eroded after that incident 3 weeks ago and two fatal Max 8 crashes overseas 5

Years ago many passengers now Express concern about flying on a Boeing plane since the Alaska Airlines emergency the FAA has grounded all Max NES Alaska and United though the only Airlines to fly the plane have been inspecting their Fleet for any signs of problems and the

Max 9 should be cleared to fly as soon as tomorrow according to the FAA and the airlines without the max 9 though both Airlines have had to cancel hundreds of flights a day hundreds of thousands of passengers affected so far Airline profits have also taken a hit NBC sahil

Kapor following all of this now on Capitol Hill and sahil the FAA has clearly I can tell you from personal conversations run out of patients with Boeing over the last few years and now essentially ordering a pause to the Boeing uh production line no expansion

No extra planes to come off the line and boen is already warning of delays in delivering planes as it struggles to keep up with orders right so now lawmakers are talking about holding hearings to look into this and a few years ago they did the exact same thing

And it got prey heated that’s absolutely right Tom Senator Maria kwell told NBC news that the Senate Commerce Committee that CH chairs will hold a public hearing into this uh that will feature testimony from David Calhoun the Boeing CEO she said she did meet with him that

It was a productive meeting but she still does doesn’t have a good sense and her committee still doesn’t have a good sense of what exactly went wrong here particularly in this Alaska Airlines uh incident she said they’re looking at ongoing investigations including with the national Transportation safety board

The NTSB uh she wants to know how long that’ll take so they can plan accordingly she said it can’t take too long hypothetically can’t well said if it takes six months that’s not going to work for her uh she doesn’t have six months the committee doesn’t have six

Months uh to figure this out beyond that the ranking member Senator Ted Cruz also spoke about this in Broad terms let’s play what he said it it is a miracle that nobody was killed nothing is more important than ensuring that the flying public is safe and and that they can be confident when

They get on a plane when you take your children and put them on a plane that your family is going to be safe and of course this committee and Congress for at large will have a large role in uh you know in in effectuating that particularly with FAA reauthorization a major deadline for

That coming up on March 8th yeah it’s just amazing also how much Goodwill the Boeing has has lost now I mean United now talking about buying Airbus planes and stead up Boeing planes uh my conversation with the uh CEO of Alaska clearly absolutely F Furious uh he admits furious with Boeing for

Putting the lives of his passengers at risk and now the transportation department secretary P Buddha saying maybe they need to change this whole government oversight of how they kind of deputize Boeing employ employes to act as if you will FAA inspectors uh being the eyes and ears of the FAA in the

Planet that seems to be a conflict of interest and may not have worked right a couple of things here Tom secretary uh Pete budajudge did uh talk about this he said they’re looking specifically at manufacturing problems with the Boeing 737 max9 he talked about quote a bigger picture examination of

Any and all quality issues suggesting that this goes beyond simply one plan or at least the government’s response needs to to be to look at this in a more holistic manner uh beyond that Senator canwell talked about this upcoming March 8th deadline for FAA reauthorization which will include uh matters of

Aviation safety air traffic controller capacity as well as oversight she said there’s several specific amendments as part of that package that would respond to issues in this particular incident with Alaska Airlines and beyond that they want to get to the broader oversight of both the fa and the manufacturers to deal with safety

Precautions Tom all right so Hill thank you very much good information from Capitol Hill new numbers out today show the economy finished strong in 2023 crushing estimates for a year that many thought could bring the country into a recession the GDP grew at a rate of more

Than 3% 3.3% in the fourth quarter and while that’s slower than Q3 when it grew by about 5% uh much much better than expected economists say it shows the resilience of the post pandemic recover recovery it caps off a year when unemployment stayed at or under 50-year lows and inflation cooled more

Indications that would point away from a recession but are Americans buying it the president hopes so he’s out visiting Wisconsin today touting his biomics plan take a listen experts from the time I got elected were insisting that the recession was just around the corner every month there was going to be a

Recession well you know we’ve got really strong growth we obviously have more work to do but we’re making real progress building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up and not the top down incidentally the uad H UAW rather has endorsed President Biden for president NBC’s Brian Chung joins me now

To break down all the numbers Brian uh look at let’s look at the broader numbers right and how they square with how Everyday People view the economy they live in because we have this Harbor poll that found that while young people Young Americans have a positive view of their personal financial situation a

Majority have a negative perception of America’s economy overall H how do you square that up yeah well I mean here’s the thing and we have to acknowledge that consumer sentiment has been trending up in fact uh one measure has gone up by 28% just since November so

Some of that has been changing but look broadly speaking people are still dealing with the Ripple effects of the high inflation that we saw in 2022 into the early parts of 2023 that picture has since improved but when you look broadly it takes time for uh things that are

Happening in the economy to be felt in Americans households and the way that they’re using their wallets so when it comes to the overall picture that we have to acknowledge what happened in 2023 is pretty remarkable I mean you said crushing it that’s the right way to Accurate to accurately portray this

Because the story going into 2023 was concerns about a recession where you’d see the unemployment rate rise as a Federal Reserve raise interest rates and instead the Federal Reserve was able to raise interest rates the unemployment rate never went above 4% for the entirety of last year and the GDP

Numbers we got this morning verify that the economy grew in 2023 you know I think you’re 100% right but we still have inflation that’s up something like I don’t know 17% if you look at it from where we were 2 three years ago so when you go to the grocery store people feel

That and they feel it in the housing market right because mortgage rates are still very high you’ve got to be making a six-figure income these days to buy a home and then we’ve got another Harvard study here that says housing is unaffordable for record half of all uh

Us renters talk us through these housing numbers and how unaffordable stuff is if you just want to try to you know get out from under your parents roof yeah and I think a big part of the economic feel that we have here is also the dream of home ownership essentially being watered

Down by these high mortgage rates and continuing appreciation of home value so for a lot of Millennials especially that have been trying to get into the market and you’re being dissuaded not only by the fact that the home price is up up 20 to 30% but that the borrowing costs to

Get that home are also going up as well we’re looking at a median of somewhere around 6.6% to get a 30-year fixed mortgage so the story though is about Supply because we know that a lot of people that have homes right now are not going to try to sell it into a market

That has 6.6% rates so that settling has had a lot of existing home owners not wanting to go back into the market to sell it so if there’s not new Supply coming online then it makes that dream of home ownership even more unreachable so can supply catch up it takes time for

Home builders to make new housing Supply that’s going to be a big story and something that a lot of economists are saying is going to be the real key to trying to alleviate these pressures in the housing market Tom yeah and the the strange thing is that really the numbers

Today were so remarkable because it does appear that the economy is shaping up pretty much exactly as the FED had hoped when it started hiking interest rates to tame inflation but this is an election year exit polles matter and they just showed this week that the economy still

Is is issue number one right so there this disconnect between the real stats and the perception or the reality that people live with every day could be something that could be a problem for the president yeah well here’s the thing there’s still many months until the

Election and the story here is that with inflation we don’t know what the development is going to be there’s concern even within the Federal Reserve based off of what I’ve been hearing that inflation could go in the reverse it’s been coming down over the course of 2023

But maybe it goes in the opposite direction it’s really hard to predict if that happens could that threaten the messaging that the Biden Administration has been putting out there again it’s going to take time to see those reports come out on a monthly basis and we’ll be watching very closely you know Brian

What I always say economists have predicted 10 of the last two recessions so be an optimist Brian you’re a millennial be an optimist all right check with you later thanks buddy appreciate it coming up from us some popular cold and flu cough syrups are getting recalled while they

Why they could pose a big risk plus a scary seen in Turkey after a plane was forced to fly dangerously close to traffic what happened later in the Hour Oh Is Oh Oh We’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something Big We’re back bottom of the hour and tonight Alabama is planning to put to death a Man convicted of murder using a method of execution never been tried before in this country it is so untested the pastor who will be with this condemned man at the time of his death

Is is also actually at risk now the state received the okay from a federal appeals court late last night to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen hypoxia it involves strapping a mask to his face to feed him only nitrogen gas no oxygen and the 58-year-old is on

Death row for his role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth’s Senate the state is using this myth method because prison staff failed to execute him by lethal injection 18 months ago when they couldn’t find the right vein NBC’s Morgan chesky is following this all from Dallas and Morgan we’re hearing from the

The children of Elizabeth Senate who are Furious that it’s taking this long to get Justice right yeah you’re absolutely right Tom in fact one of the key lines they’ve said throughout this entire process is that this man has now been on death row longer than they were even able to know

Their mother who as you mentioned was murdered back in 1988 I want you to hear more from uh one of her sons in light of this execution which is tentatively supposed to happen later this evening take a listen he admitted to it he wrote it down on paper he was

Guilty so how does that turn into a 35e weight to get Justice for what our mother suffered from you know he asked for this hypoxia whatever you call it and now he’s fussing because he’s got to do it now some important backstory here on this legal process Tom this man Kenneth

Eugene Smith was convicted in ’89 for this murder for higher plot but then was later cleared on appeal but then reconvicted in 1996 it was that year that a jury voted 111 and recommended life in prison to the judge in Alabama who then chose to override that jury

Recommendation and instead give a death sentence to Kenneth Smith and that’s what brings us to today Tom important to note here that an Alabama Judge can no longer override a jury decision in cases that involve the death penalty Tom yeah but he did uh before that change in the

Law and there’s no debating Smith’s guilty guilt plea guilty plea but there are significant questions about this method of execution right to the point that even the pastor who’s going to be with him is receiving his own last rights because he’s at risk right and we had a chance to hear

From the pastor earlier today who essentially expressed the fact that there was a lot of concern since this is a new and untested form of execution and he was asking questions about safety and and protocol uh and such and was not receiving at least in his mind an

Adequately uh an adequate answer that made him feel re assured since he will be there in the room performing last rights to the inmate uh so a lot of questions right now because this is the first time the US has ever used this form of execution uh first time here if

Not the world Tom and there is an anticipation of more legal challenges in the final hours before this takes place uh but again we had Smith’s legal team make a plea to the Supreme Court saying that he shouldn’t face an execution a second time time that was overruled and

Then we heard from that appeals court saying that because they failed to prove this was a cruel and unusual punishment it still goes ahead at least for now Tom all right Morgan thank you Morgan chesky let’s get you over now to the five things our team things you might want to

Know about tonight number one CIA director Bill Burns is set to meet with Israel’s mad director and the Qatari prime minister in Europe this weekend they’re supposed to be talking about a deal to secure the release a more than 130 hostages still held in Gaza that according to a diplomat with knowledge

Of the matter number two the maker of robotussin has issued a voluntary recall of two Cough syrups over microbial contamination robotos and honey CF max day adult and robotussin honey CF max nighttime adult are the affected products the company says it has not received any reports of adverse effects

So far but it says using those those products could lead to potentially life-threatening health problems number three former Spanish soccer president Louis roales will face trial for kissing player Jenny aroso without her consent after the Women’s World Cup last year State prosecutors accused rubiales of sexual assault and for allegedly this is

Important coercing her to publicly support him after he faced the backlash he has denied any wrongdoing it’s not clear when the trial might start number four former Trump White House adviser Peter Navaro sentenced today to four months in prison he is also forced to pay an almost $10,000 fine for defying a

Subpoena from the January 6th committee now remember he was convicted in September for refusing to testify and provide documents to a house committee investigating the Insurrection and the attack Navaro has already filed an appeal number five after Tom Hollander says he once received a different famous British Tom’s paycheck because they have

Similar names this guy here Tom Holland basically but Hollander says that he was once sent a seven figure box office bonus that actually belonged to Tom Holland for The Avengers a movie that Hollander did not star in he’s an honest guy and now to politics with Nikki Haley

Still in the race chasing front runner for former president Trump what’s her path to a republican nomination officially candidates need to earn a certain number of delegates to win Von hilard now explains the process in tonight’s breakdown to get their party’s presidential nomination candidates ultimately need one thing delegates Mr

Chairman delegates and my fellow citizens are proudly accept your nomination a delegate is someone often a party Insider or activists who represents their Community or state at these big party nominating conventions one for Democrats and one for Republicans a couple thousand delegates show up to each candidates earn delegates from getting votes in

Primaries and caucuses so how are they divvied up Democrats do it the same across the board all Statewide and District delegates are divided proportionally based on the election results so if a candidate get 60% of the vote in a state they’ll get about 60% of the delegates but Republicans have a few

Different methods proportional especially in early States like in New Hampshire or win or take all where the candidate who gets the most votes gets all the delegates like in Arizona and then some states use a mix the magic number is 1,25 delegates for Republican candidates to secure the nomination if they don’t

Lock in the majority of delegates ahead of time it’ll come down to the convention now there are two main types of delegates Democrats call them pledged and unpledged Republicans call them bound and Unbound basically if a delegate is pledged rebound they have to vote for a certain candidate at the

Convention based on how their state voted but unpledged and Unbound delegates can vote for any candidate it’s a small slice of the total delegates but they could make a difference which brings us back to 1976 we came from behind in New Hampshire and we won through the Republican primaries and caucuses that

Year incumbent President Gerald Ford didn’t reach the number needed to lock up the nomination a month before the convention Insurgent candidate Ronald Reagan trailed forward by only 39 delegates with 94 still uncommitted which made the convention extra interesting Ford ended up winning by about 100 delegates I am honored by your

Nomination and I accept it now this year Nikki Haley’s already trailing Donald Trump with 17 delegates to Trump’s 32 but but over the last year some State gops changed the system to favor a front runner making the path to a nomination even harder for Haley California’s GOP

For example adopted new rules ahead of this cycle any Republican candidate who wins more than half the vote there will get all the delegates and California has 169 of them more than any other state what about the Dozen delegates that Ronda santis and VI ramaswami secured in Iowa the former candidates now backing

Trump but their delegates still need to support them on the first ballot of the convention there is an exception though if there’s just one Republican candidate left Von hilard NBC News when we come back Taylor Swift’s alleged stalker spotted at her house again just hours after leaving Court why

It’s so hard uh to keep people safe from their stalkers plus a new culinary craze in South Korea is prompting warnings from Health officials we’ll explain that that when we come back Next He Fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty bad what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is

It so tough right now news for the the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC so NBC News covers hundreds of international stories each day and it’s awfully tough to stay on top of all of them so our International Teams have done it for all of us and here are some of the things they’re keeping an eye on it’s a segment we call the global in

Argentina thousands of people took to the streets of wadis today as part of a huge Trade union protest against the country’s new president they’re pushing back on his plans for sweeping cuts to government services aimed at curbing the country’s skyrocketing inflation in Turkey in Turkey rather check this out

This crazy video of a Turkish military plane making an emergency landing right over a busy street the military says the plane had to land because of a technical problem turkey’s defense minister said there were some Dam there was some damage to the plane but the pilot and

Crew all got out unharmed in South Korea the country’s food Ministry telling people to stop eating this deep fried toothpicks they’re made of biodegradable corn starch or sweet potato coated in some sort of a seasoning videos of people eating them have gotten a ton of likes and shares online they’re still

Technically a sanitary product and food officials say their safety has not been verified you know a man in New York has made a lot of news lately in police custody for the third time in less than a week accused of relentlessly relentlessly stalking the Superstar pop star Taylor Swift no stranger to

Stalkers she’s dealt with them basically her entire career but the repeat offenses by this New York suspect show just how hard it is to keep female celebrities and women around the country safe from these stalkers take a listen to what NBC’s Ellen Lopez found out out Taylor Swift arguably the biggest

Pop star in the world not safe from repeated stalking two hours after this man left a court accused of doing just that stalking the Superstar he was right back in front of her home again leading to his third arrest in 5 days even after the court ordered him to stay away from

Swift David Crow has been to Swift’s home more than 30 times in just the past two months according to court documents Swift also targeted by stalker at her homes in California and Rhode Island she’s one of countless female celebrities dealing with obsessive stalkers and the collective shrug they

Can get from law enforcement often times it’s just scapegoat it’s like oh it’s not that big of a deal oh they’re overreacting oh well they didn’t harm you in New York stalkers can get up to seven years in prison for the most serious offenses but a doj study found

That only 12% of all stalking cases result in criminal prosecutions in a city the size of New York you’re not going to be be held in jail pending a charge for a misdemeanor of this kind oh my God yes hi just last year A Man rushed the stage at a Drew Barrymore

Event saying he quote needed to see her no charges were filed against the man until he showed up again Weeks Later looking for the TV host home in the Hamptons where he was arrested and charged with misdemeanor stalking that carries a maximum penalty of a few

Months in jail and a small fine just weeks after that more low-level charges after he broke into an event and demanded to meet Harry Potter star Emma Watson in 2008 killbill actress Uma Thurman stalker received a sentence of just 90 days probation after he repeatedly showed up at her home with

Packages and notes calling her family and sending emails the man violated that probation just two years later when he attempted to contact Thurman again California would become the first state to get anti-stalking laws on the books after the 1989 Mur murder of Rebecca Schaefer by a stalker who followed her

For more than 3 years all 50 states now have similar laws in place but public figures are still dying at the hands of stalkers just last year a Washington state podcast host was found dead in her home killed by a stalker who she warned police about just a week earlier saying

She had quote deep-seated fears for her safety in 2016 former Voice contestant Christina grimy was shot and killed by an obsessed fan while she was signing autographs John lenon shot to death about this hour last night Beatles Legends John Lennon murdered by his stalker as he returned home to his New

York apartment in December 1980 all of the killers had either shown signs of mental illness or an obsession with their eventual targets activists say action needs to be taken sooner we need to keep pushing for these things to get stronger because I guarantee if we take stocking seriously we are going to save

Lives let’s not forget jod Foster stalker killed president killed President Reagan’s press secretary uh elwin Swift is joining us right now and elwin uh I understand that Swift has really had to go to Great Links to try to get this under control yeah Tom unfortunately she’s been down this road before including

Another case right there in New York several years ago that man was sentenced to up to four years in prison after breaking into her home not once but three times and even sleeping in one of her beds her security team now going as far has to use facial recognition

Technology to scan crowds for stalkers at her concerts and Tom you know fewer than a third of all stocking cases get classified as felonies and this one might be a hard one to believe but more than half of the country classifies stalking as a felony only after two or

More offensives Tom it’s really concerning I mean I’ve had friends who’ve been stocked Ellen thank you very much Ellen elen Lopez who’s in uh Los Angeles for us coming up lawmakers are sounding the alarm on Chinese companies that are gathering genetic data on Americans you and me what they might

Want with our personal biod data in our original Tonight [Laughter] From inside Iran from Israel from Florida from Le Maine part of our continued reporting this is what a country in war looks like women children what is it like countless neighborhoods across the region that look just like this see everybody good took for all this Damage so now we want to bring you today’s original with in-depth reporting on a topic we’ve been keeping an eye on and tonight it’s an NBC News exclusive about an effort to in Congress to tackle concerns that the genetic data of Americans is being collected and possibly exploited by China as the use

Of DNA data expands and helps with everything from solving crimes to preventing diseases lawmakers from both parties are now trying to ban a Chinese genomics company from getting Federal money and putting out a new bill just today mbc’s kendan has that story it’s one of the most promising advances in modern medical history

History with the potential to cure disease and customize Medical Treatments but the DNA data Revolution also has a dark side for years the US intelligence Community has warned that China is assembling huge databases of genetic information including about Americans officials have cautioned that it could be used to tailor bioweapons hunt for

Vulnerabilities that might make people susceptible to recruitment as spies or allow China to pull ahead of the West in the hugely consequential biotechnology sphere tonight lawmakers from both parties are offering a response to what they see as a grave threat introducing legislation that would ban a major Chinese genomics firm bgi group and

Anyone it partners with from receiving Federal contracts we don’t want taxpayer dollars being used to purchase you know genome sequencing machines from bgi or uh their testing materials because of our concerns it was designated a Chinese military company by the Pentagon after its uh efforts to harvest DNA were

Revealed and yet it remains a leading supplier of genetic sequencing equipment within the American Market we think that’s a bad idea and that’s what we’re trying to stop bgi is one of the world’s largest genomics companies with well documented ties to China’s military according to the defense department

Export restrictions have been placed on five of its Affiliates by the US Commerce Department which found that at least two of them had used technology to repress the Wagers and other ethnic minorities in China something the company has previously denied the Commerce Department also found a significant risk that genetic data would

Be diverted to China’s military programs an accurate comprehensive and affordable non-invasive prenatal test in 2021 an investigation by Reuters reported that a prenatal test offered by the company in 53 countries but not the US was developed in conjunction with China’s Mill military and was being used to

Collect the genetic data of millions of people in a statement bgi told NBC News the company does not operate clinical laboratories or collect patient samples and has no access to personal or genetic data the statement added that none of bgi is in any way controlled by or

Linked to the Chinese government or the military which US lawmakers dispute not only do they have collaboration but they’ve published numerous papers in conjunction with the pla with regard to their research genomics and DNA is the new oil it is it’s a$ four trillion doll industry Bill evanina who retired in

2021 as the top us Counter Intelligence official worked for years to sound the alarm on bgi and other Chinese companies Gathering genetic data it’s legitimate business it’s also masking and intelligence gathering and Affairs purposes right there’s also though the a question of using it to for example exploit vulnerabilities and and recruit

Spies and potentially tailor bioweapons right well the bioweapons yes sure that’s a whole other story Al together more importantly K when we look at it from a targeting perspective let’s assume hypothetically they have the ability to say oh look at bill of anina okay we just found out from all these

Data breaches H he’s um behind that his mortgage he lost his job he’s got two kids in college oh and he’s got a genetic sequency marker that shows him predisposed to having hepatitis or you know power Parkinson’s or this he’s very vulnerable evanina said the US intelligence Community has seen evidence

Of China’s intent to exploit genetic data we know this because we collect this data from them covertly right this is not like madeup stuff like there is clandestine collection of their intent and their capability NBC’s kend delanian is in The Newsroom with more on this you and I

Were talking in The Newsroom and this is really eye openening but you know I think a lot of people may think HIPPA laws should protect Americans from their data being shared it should right it absolutely should Tom but in some cases there are user agreements that people

Sign that allow that data to be transferred and in other cases uh us officials are just concerned that they’re doing it illicitly now obviously you saw that this company denies doing anything of the kind but here’s what the US intelligence Community knows they know that China is building vast databases of genetic information

Including Americans they know that they’ve acquired various companies in the United States that has given them access to genetic information they don’t know exactly what bgi is doing with all its devices and all its areas in the United States but they are concerned that there’s a huge risk because bgi is

Tied to the Chinese military it’s an important Story Ken thank you for bringing it to us kend delanian still to come from us new safety features from meta that will change who can message teenagers on Facebook and in Instagram what Watch Dogs think of these new updates that’s coming up Next Oh okay we’re back do you have a teen are you a teen or a tween well Facebook and Instagram we tightening some default settings in their apps making it harder for strangers to send direct messages to teens as part of new guidelines and safety features announced today by the

Parent company meta on Instagram teens will only get DMS from people they follow or are connected to and parental approval will be required to change certain default settings and then on Facebook Messenger users under 16 will only receive messages from Facebook friends or people in their phone contacts while adults people older than

19 can’t message teens who don’t follow them now the change has come as meta is facing new attempts at regulation and state lawsuits alleging harmful youth marketing NBC Stephanie gos is on the story and Stephanie meta has faced an awful lot of criticism and pressure for

How it does or does protect miners on its platform so now walk us through these guidelines and how are watchdogs responding is it a good idea well they’re calling it window dressing Tom which is to say they don’t really think this is going to be effective but meta

Is rolling this out they had other changes that they rolled out earlier this month and the idea is that when you have kids 13 14 15 years old on these platforms that people won’t be able to directly message them and that if teens try to change that setting their parent

Will get a message saying do you approve of that change and only if they sign off will it be changed but they’re not sure the watch dogs that this is actually going to going to work I spoke to the CEO of Common Sense Media listen to what he had to say to

Me what you see is almost half-hearted measures by companies like meta that say we’re trying to do right by our teens but in truth they’re only doing something that every teenager in America knows how to get around and that won’t be effective yeah so what ultimately what they’re calling on is for the

Federal government Tom to step in and not leave it up to these companies to do it themselves oh yeah okay here’s the skeptic in me having had teenage daughters they’re older now but uh these changes are not foolproof right because the parental supervision option has to

Be enabled and then the users’s age has to be accurate in the app uh and I got to tell you as a parent sometimes I’m like I have no idea idea what little thing I’m supposed to flip the kids know so much more than we do they do I asked

The CEO of Common Sense Media specifically how tough would it be for a teenager to fake their age and he said it would be incredibly simple uh but you know I asked meta that specific question they said that it is a complex industry uh problem to establish uh age

Verification they also said they support a measure a proposed federal law that would require app stores to get parental permission for kids to download apps onto their phones um which is to say Tom they haven’t really figured this out yet have they no of course not I mean I need

My tens to my teens to tell me how to use my phone and now I’m supposed to it does it’s not going to work that seems like a different problem Tom well yes it could be Stephanie thank you uh that is a wrap for us at this hour and the News

Continues right now on NBC News Now tonight Trump on the stand the former president defending himself in the egene Caroll civil defamation trial jurors are now considering how much Trump should pay up for saying that Carol lied when she accused him of sexual abuse his testimony from the hot seat and what he

Said that forced the judge to strike it from the record also tonight in an unprecedented move the RNC is considering declaring Trump the presumptive Republican ninee NBC News obtaining a draft of the resolution that is facing major criticism even from Trump Nikki Haley also weighing in how her campaign is responding and the

Statement just in from the former president Super soer Millions in the South dealing with rounds of Relentless rain in Louisiana a flash flood emergency issued as cars take on feet of water and streets quickly turned into rivers the risk for life-threatening flooding and severe storms plaguing the

Region for a fifth straight day when we could finally see some relief experimental execution Alabama preparing to carry out the first execution by nitrogen gas the convicted killer who already underwent an unsuccessful lethal injection now expected to be executed in a neverbe used practice we hear from the

Death row inmate himself and from the children of the woman he killed all parties concerned the method won’t work again plus hairstyle on trial a Texas teen punished by a school for refusing to cut his locks his family arguing the move violates a new state law which prohibits race-based hair discrimination

How the school is responding as the team awaits his day in court and Toxic Paradise after the deadliest wildfire in US history Laha is beginning to pick up the pieces but concerns are mounting over where they actually put them an area known for its beautiful coral reef

Now possibly in danger we speak to one of the outraged residents who says the health of the community and the environment are at stake top story starts right Now and good evening we’re following several breaking headlines involving former president Trump first Trump taking the stand today testifying in his own defense in the defamation trial brought against him by writer egene Carroll it comes after a jury already found that Trump sexually abused and defamed her today the former president

Standing by his denial of Carol sexual assault claim but the judge was forced to strike down the second half of his statement we’re going to explain that also breaking the former president is attempting to dismiss election interference charges citing allegations of an improper romantic relationship between two key prosecutors in the case

The motion to disqualify fton County district attorney fonnie Willis and what it means for the case moving forward also tonight the RNC is considering declaring Trump the presumptive 2024 nominee the mounting pressure rival Nikki Haley is facing from her own party now to drop out of the race Haley’s

Campaign firing back saying the decision should be in the hands of Voters NBC’s Ryan nobl tonight starting us off right here tonight after wins in Iowa and New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican front runner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only a few minutes his testimony limited by

The judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming een Carol now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by his deposition where he said Carol was lying he

Answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tens on Capitol Hill with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell accusing the

Former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement do Trump’s allies slamming the proposal saying it allows 5,000

Migrants per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean first you’d have to go talk to the

Minority leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump yet about the final product from my

Point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now now Trump is warning Haley donors that if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling T-shirts saying barred permanently get

On a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan Noble joins us tonight from Capitol Hill to break down all this Trump news Ryan I really want to focus our conversation on what’s happening on Capitol Hill there we’ve seen all these establishment Republicans circle around and coales

Around Trump calling him the nominee saying he should be the nominee essentially doing whatever he wants so how much are his comments affecting this border Bill well Tom I think we’d be naive uh to say that they are insignificant he is playing a real role in these conversations and there are many

Republicans not only in the house but in the Senate as well that take their cues from the former president and he just released a statement tonight saying that unless they get a perfect border deal that their border deal package could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats that’s something that

Republicans are paying very close attention to they understand that Trump has enormous influence with his supporters many of those voters they need for their own elections and that’s part of why his input has been so important in these conversations Ryan game this out for us because you you got

To this question when you were talking to some of the Republicans on Capitol Hill there though I mean they talk about the immigration problem every single day there’s clearly a massive immigration problem in this country but if they vote for the bill is it a victory for the

Current president which could be a victory come November yeah and that’s that’s what they’re wrestling with right now is the politics of all of this Tom you talk to some members and they say they just want to fix the problem at the border they are not worried about the

Politics but there are other Republicans that suggest that unless they have a deal that meets all the criteria that they’re looking for there’s no reason to offer any sort of assistance to Biden in his campaign that’s going to be the big conversation that plays out here over

The next couple of weeks as to whether or not this package ever gets over the finish line and of course we’re talking a lot about the Border Tom but there’s a big component of this that involves that funding to Ukraine which right now is in real danger of never

Happening Ryan nobl leading us off here on top story Ryan thank you there’s also some new reporting from the campaign Trail the Republican National Committee seemingly trying to pressure Republicans to wrap up the primary season and select Trump as the GOP nominee but a campaign spokesperson for Nikki Haley saying

Quote who cares what the RNC says will let millions of Republican voters AC across the country decide who should be our party’s nominee not a bunch of Washington insiders if R McDaniel wants to be helpful she can organize a debate in South Carolina unless she’s also worried that Trump can’t handle being on

The stage for 90 minutes with Nikki Haley Von heler joins us now to give us the latest F we knew this was going to get ugly walk our viewers through what happened today and what we we and others have uncovered in our reporting there was a proposed resolution right right

After a 30o loss to Donald Trump in Iowa an 11-point loss to him in New Hampshire there was a great many folks in Republican circles that wanted Donald Trump to be the presumptive nominee Nikki Haley to get out of the race Focus the party’s resour on beating Joe Biden

In November’s general election Nikki Haley said sorry that’s not going to happen Donald Trump is going to have to win more States her home state of South Carolina comes a month from now so that only drags this process out and what now the RNC uh is going to be putting

Forward at next week’s RNC meeting in Las Vegas is a resolution then which they’re going to ask all the members they come from all 50 states these are key party activists to vote on making Donald Trump the presumptive nominee essentially what that would do would allow the party to begin investing

Dollars towards Donald Trump’s candidacy and making it all but harder on Nikki Haley to make the claim that she still has a chance when the party is already behind Donald so a proposal’s been drafted already we’ve seen this they want people to vote on this and essentially end the primary process it

Would almost all but end it there would technically still be the votes folks would still go vote in South Carolina but it would be the party infrastructure which has millions of dollars to its name saying Donald Trump is our guy and for Nikki Haley she’s already having a

Tough time with donors and with uh other Republican elected officials who have not endorsed her but endorsed Donald Trump and I think it’s notable though literally in just the last few minutes Donald Trump actually just put a social media post out in which he said that he

Does not believe the RNC should go forward with this plan because he wants to win the oldfashioned way were his words in Finish to process off at The Ballot Box of course Donald Trump is one who is not shy about wanting to have a big party and he believes that South

Carolina is a place where he can get a great amount of support and beat Nikki Haley on her home turf once and for all this is so strange because even before New Hampshire voted you had Ron McDaniel come out with that statement essentially saying if there’s a loss tonight they

Got to Rally around Trump the person who proposed this Dave bossy worked so closely with the president in the during the campaign he’s at the RNC now and now Trump’s saying he’s not with this plan I mean what’s going on it’s a little hectic at the Republican party here

These days and Nikki Haley she wants to have a debate a one-on-one debate with Donald Trump and that’s where she called on the RNC to make that happen Force Donald Trump to not make the agreement to it but so far Donald Trump has not felt compelled to take part in any

Debate at this point and the Republican National Committee what they want is anything but chaos but right now over the next month we could see a little bit more of it Von Hiller with the news from the campaign Trail Von thank you for that now to the other legal drama the

Former president is involved in to remind our viewers Trump along with 18 other codefendants is being investigated in Georgia on Election interference charges but one of Trump’s codefendants in the case Mike Roman is alleging that fton County district attorney fonny Willis had an improper relationship with one of the special prosecutors on that

Case Nathan Wade standing next to her in the gray suit there now Trump is joining that motion in an attempt to remove her from the case we’ve covered this extensively here on top story Trump’s Council making a statement today saying in part the motion filed today on behalf

Of President Trump seeks to hold district attorney Willis legally accountable both for her misconduct alleged a motion filed by Mr Roman as well as her extrajudicial public statements falsely and intentionally injecting race into this case alluding to comment she made last week claiming she and Wade are being targeted because

Of her race and his race here’s what she saided Three Special counsel L is my right to do paid them all the same hourly rate they only ATT that one I hired one white woman a good personal friend and great lawyer a superstar I tell you I hired

One white man brilliant my friend and a great lawyer and I hired one black man another Superstar a great friend and a great lawyer oh Lord they going to be mad when I call them out on this nonsense first thing they say oh she going to play the race car

Now but no God isn’t it them who’s playing the race card when they only question one to help us understand what’s at play here I want to bring an NBC legal analyst and friend of top story Danny savalos Danny thanks for joining us tonight so Danny it seems

Like things are only getting worse for da Fon Willis and the pressure is just mounting what do you think happens after this well I want to frame what this motion actually asked for it’s been described as a motion to dismiss the case outright based on a relationship

Between the da and the top prosecutor on her team that’s not really what the motion is the motion is twofold first it says the prosecutor was improperly appointed he was essentially a private citizen getting an indictment against these defendants and so the indictment is fatally defective for that reason

Part two of the motion says Hey in case you are wondering how the prosecutor could have just forgotten to to cross all the te’s and Dot all the eyes here’s why they were probably avoiding getting caught in this alleged relationship and the second part of the motion says hey

If you don’t dismiss the indictment you should throw these two prosecutors off the case because of the appearance of impropriety and attorneys like me are not judged on whether or not there is an improper event rather the appearance of impropriety is what we have to strive to

Avoid according to the ethical rules so it seems to me that fonnie Willis is looking to make public statements in a venue where she’s not going to field questions but this is a real problem for the Georgia DA’s office and a real problem for this prosecution one of the

Possible outcomes could be disqualifying the entire DA’s office who then will even take up the charge but Trump’s allegations go one step further because essentially what they’re saying is there’s this improper relationship between the da and the special prosecutor there’s now credit card statements unsealed from a divorce proceedings involving that special

Special prosecutor that that show trips between fonnie Willis and the special prosecutor but then she goes to the church and she says this is all about race is that a problem when we talk about ethics is that a problem can can a lawyer do that is she is she able to do

That but as as the da she has to be careful as a lawyer she has to be careful exactly right and more so as the da more so as an elected official but also as an attorney injecting race improperly into a case can potentially raise an Ethics problem and I’ve

Actually had this come up in my own cases and the problem is is that you’re essentially invoking You by invoking race you’re implying that the other side is engaging in racism and if you’re going to make that kind of allegation you have to have to have support for it

Because courts and I know this I’ve litigated cases where uh other parties have brought this up uh courts do not take kindly to unsupported allegations of racism because they can devastate someone’s career so that’s just a general proposition that really it was probably not a great idea if I think if

Fonnie Wills had that moment back she might not have said what she said about race because it only created problems it didn’t help her one bit Danny you know you’re somebody who comes on here and you’re always very measured you’re not a lawyer on TV who just likes to sort of

Inject anything that’s exciting or salacious so I say that because it’s sounding to me like you think da fonny Willis is an actual real trouble and this could come back to Haunter I do originally when motion first came out it seemed like a long shot but I’ve read

The motion if the allegations they have in there are true for example they alleged that the special prosecutor had so little experience that they couldn’t even find a case or two cases in which he had handled Rico cases that is a strange thing given you have an entire

DA’s office full of people who are guess what prosecutors and they’re very experienced now now we get into kind of a Twilight Zone here because the defendant is essentially arguing hey you got a less experienced what about all these experienced prosecutors it’s the defendant making the hey get better

People to prosecute me right but the point is made is why a point why pay this person uh upwards of I believe upwards of a million dollars in fees already and you know look if you build those hours he build those hours but uh why get this person onto the case the

Stronger argument right now is the technical one that the indictment may have been improperly obtained that’s a problem I mean we challenge indictments on technicalities all the time you got to you got to do everything right procedurally but the second part disqualifying the da could completely

Derail the case as well because it’s her show who else is going to step in if she’s somehow disqualified this motion is a real threat to this prosecution all right Danny savalos we appreciate all of your analysis as always we want to take a big turn now and talk about some of

The severe flooding threating threatening Millions uh of Americans massive rainfall in the Southeast flooding homes and businesses and submerging vehicles the storm system turning deadly in Mississippi as officials raise for more dangerous conditions in hard hit Texas and Louisiana guad Vegas is there tonight A soaked southern region

Enduring a second day of heavy rain 19 million people under flood alerts from Mississippi to the Northeast a day after Heavy Rain slam parts of Texas and Louisiana we’re definitely keeping a close eye because it could get dangerous quickly in several trap cars left abandoned this person making use of a

Kayak to get around after the flash floods left neighborhoods underwater in Texas authorities keeping an eye on Five Rivers forecasted to reach major flood stages after a day of rescues in the Houston area in Montgomery County firefighters rescuing 17 people from flooded homes my father start he Tred to

Come on the tractor but he got stuck me way through the tractor turned off in Mississippi authorities now reporting one weather related death after after a driver lost control of a vehicle and ran into a tree numerous cities in the corridor from Texas to the Northeast getting more than double their average

Rainfall for the month of January that wet winter weather now marching East threatening a dangerous end to the week guad Venegas joins us tonight from Covington Louisiana guad you’re standing in front of a river tonight what’s the concern there does it remain the flooding of those

Rivers uh Tom you can see some of the flooding here yeah so these water ways in the area are still flooded there is River here but the water would normally be somewhere down there we still have some of the flooding in the lowline areas not just in this part of Louisiana

But all across the region so authorities are asking people to stay away from these areas of course because there is a danger when people come uh to these lowline parts of the region uh the good news is that most of the rain has has already made its way through so we

Didn’t get as much rain today as we had yesterday as the worst part of the storm is making its way through the South Tom guad Vegas here be careful for the Gators for more in the severe weather NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens joins me now Bill we know the worst of this

Storm may be done but there’s one right behind it yeah 24-hour break that’s all these residents are going going to get for the clean up and for the water to recede before we add more water on top of it so now we’re down to 16 million people under flood watches and these

Flood watches from Atlanta Montgomery are actually for the next storm coming they never even dropped them from this storm so you notice we have areas of rain but we don’t have anything concentrated in anymore we don’t have any flash flooding that’s ongoing currently thunderstorms across Georgia

Are dying we do have some heavy raining between St Louis and Chicago but here’s the next storm already going to form off the coast of Texas as we go throughout Friday Friday night Heavy Rain develops in Louisiana once again right where guad was standing and then this storm will be

On the move this weekend Saturday is a soaking rain through the South especially the Carolinas Tennessee Kentucky and then as we go throughout Sunday all of this rain moves into the Northeast and there’s going to be just enough cold air on the north side of this for some heavy wet snow it’s going

To be a marginal forecast temperatures are really close between it’s going to be rain or snow higher elevations of course our European computer model yesterday was saying heavier snow now it’s looking at lighter snow and our models have flip-flopped if you were with us last night our American model

Was saying light snow now it’s saying heavier snow the bottom line is it’s going to take another day to kind of iron this out where we’re going to be dealing with the heaviest snow on Sunday night into Monday morning in the Northeast and in the meantime Tom we’re

Going to talk a lot in the week ahead about our friends on the west coast an atmospheric river is heading their way with a lot of rain oh not again all right Bill we appreciate that in Alabama tonight officials set to execute a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas

It’s the first time ever the method has been used to kill a prisoner but people on both sides of the case say there’s a lot of risk even potentially to those present at the execution Dasha burn spoke with that inmate the son of his victim and the Reverend said to deliver his last

Rights the state of Alabama has already tried to execute Kenny Smith this is a free call from Kenny an incarcerated individual at Alabama Department of Corrections but tonight the death row inmate is still alive I’m terrified it started when I was on the execu guarding uh last November now the state will try

To execute Smith again with a method that’s never been used before death by nitrogen gas the fact that theyve got me lined up to be the first with gas um is really terrifying Smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder of Elizabeth Senate hired by her husband an Alabama

Pastor Smith has been in prison for 35 years he was scheduled to die in November 2022 but the attempt at lethal injection didn’t work I on iing run line in my CH my head down my P the blood at my head was help me please

Al and a People the third in a string of botched executions that year How could a state give something so wrong Chuck and Mike Senate Elizabeth’s children went to William C Holan Correctional that night in 2022 expecting to see the Justice they wanted instead they say the failed

Execution failed them too what is that emotion Ang anger anger yeah mhm they’re supposed to know what they’re doing there but somehow they missed hey was guilty so how does that turn into 35e weight to get Justice for what our mother suffered from you guys are about to drive down this road

Again to witness this again how confident are you that the state will succeed not much 5050 50/50 mhm it’s brand new who knows what’s going to happen with this one I hope nothing goes wrong that’s our F yeah that’s our final hope but it’s all over with Wednesday

Night the Supreme Court rejected appeals from Smith’s legal team over the method of execution a method legal Scholars say has many unknown this is a method that has never been used in the history of the world as far as we know so nobody knows what’s going to happen least of

All the state of Alabama but State officials expressed confidence in cour testifying that nitrogen gas is quotee painless and Humane Smith team has argued execution by nitrogen gas could lead to prolonged pain and suffering that Smith May vomit in the mask and choke or it could leave him in a

Vegetative state or even put others in the room at risk like spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who will perform Smith’s last rights Lord we have gathered here and this morning Hood received last rights of his own he’ll be in the room when it happens and a Gastly could be deadly to

Him too when did it start to really Dawn on you that this was going to be very different from the previous times you’ve given last rides I have never ever signed a waiver before going into an execution the waiver here talks about in the event in the in the highly

Unlikely event it says here that the hose supplying breathing gas to the mask were to detach an area of free flowing nitrogen could result creating a small area of risk and there it goes on to talk about other potential hazards how did you feel seeing this I mean the

Existence of a waiver in the first place speaks to the fear that they have that something could go wrong this is the first time in human history that someone besides the person being executed is at risk of dying in the process and I think it’s also important to point out that

You know this human experiment on Kenny is also an experiment on everybody else in the room I mean there’s a concern of your own safety and then there are concerns about how this could go for Kenny how worried are you about what you might witness I mean I think uh I’m

Prepared to witness a horror show I kept asking questions and they kept saying trust us trust us do you trust them no Smith says his biggest fear is that he might survive again this is not going to go live I’m expected to take the word of the Department of that they’re going to

Get it it’s all about what’s fixing to happen to him but nobody is talking about what he did to our mother or why he’s in that situation because he killed her this is what it’s about for you all yeah that’s all it’s ever been about what would you say to

Her mom if she could hear you right now I love you and I hope we finally get you justice all right Dasha Burns joins us tonight live from Atmore Alabama Dasha as you mentioned in your piece this is a very new method of EX ution and yet I understand officials they’re not exactly

Being transparent about some of the protocols yeah Tom that’s right they did release a protocol but it was heavily redacted uh the press the Senate family and uh Reverend Jeff Hood who you heard from there have all been asking questions trying to get in more information to understand exactly how

This will all unfold but a lot of those questions have gone unanswered uh Hood especially has been really dissatisfied with the lack of answers from the state about his own uh safety you can imagine he and his family are really concerned about that and Tom as we stand here

Right now I’m right now in the media Center that’s across the street uh from from the facility where where uh Hood will under where where uh um he will undergo this Kenny uh Kenny Smith will undergo this procedure uh we are right now waiting on some final uh legal

Processes to play out we’re waiting for one more word from the Supreme Court based on another case um that Smith attorneys filed trying to get this uh trying to get a stay trying to get this execution paused we’re expecting to hear from the Supreme Court shortly this is

Typical with these sorts of executions usually there are legal Maneuvers um sort of up until the last minute we know that when the process will really kickart is when some witnesses some of the media uh folks here that were selected as Witnesses are going to be transported there so that’s when that

Happens that’s when we know um that the process will actually begin but when it’s going to be over and what’s going to transpire tonight it’s still a question Tom Dasha Burns right there at the center of it all okay Dasha we thank you for your reporting on what

Is a very tough story we want to turn out of Michigan in another tough story where a historic trial is underway for the mother of school shooter Ethan Crumbley the teenager sentenced to life in prison after killing four students at his high school nearly three years ago

Now his parents are both facing charges of involuntary manslaughter Accused by prosecutors of failing to prevent the shooting Adrien bradus has a look at the trial Mountain her away for crumley’s Mom Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors

Laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the defense hitting back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted Crumbley charged with voluntary manslaughter the first

Parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this from happening the defense appearing to shift blame onto crumley’s husband James who has a separate trial James

Crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here and accident here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that

Memory still wrong I looked down and um I realized he’s raising a gun to me crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there sobbing so I not tonight the defense asking jurors to

Keep an open mind and we also learned today Jennifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aimed to show who she was as a mother as for the prosecution they say they plan to call more than 20 Witnesses including some who were inside of the school the day of

The shooting Tom Adrien broadis for us tonight Adrian thank you for that we want to head over overseas now to the ongoing negotiations to release the hostages still held in Gaza a top Us official is being tapped by the Biden Administration to help broker that deal CIA director William Burns now heading

To Europe this weekend for top level meetings with more on this development I want to bring in NBC News foreign correspondent Raph Sanchez who joins us now from Tel Aviv will the CIA director Raph be able to do what so far no International Diplomat nobody from

Israel Andor Hamas has been able to do it’s the big question Tom the CIA director will be meeting his Israeli counterpart the head of the Mossad spy agency he’ll be meeting the prime minister of Qatar who has been the key mediator throughout this process and his hope is to jump start these negotiations

Towards the ceasefire towards getting those Israeli hostages released the last ceasefire Tom you’ll remember collapsed on the 1st of December and the big sticking point since then has been whether any pause in the the fighting going forward will be temporary or permanent Hamas is saying it needs to be

A permanent ceasefire they say they will not release any more hostages until the war ends Israel is saying only a temporary pause in the fighting they say the war will not end until Hamas is destroyed and that they plan to resume military activity on the other side of a

Hostage deal Tom it is worth noting it feels a little counterintuitive but the fact that the fighting is so intense right now in southern Gaza could actually be a sign that the Israeli military believes that a ceasefire is imminent and it feels it wants to make as much progress on the battlefield

Before any agreement comes into we hope so you you’ve been covering sort of every moment of this terror attack and now war and hostage negotiations do we know what the thinking is because our secretary of state Anthony blinkin has spent so much time over there he’s been

Trying to do this and now they’re calling in the CIA director and I just wonder what the calculation may be from the Biden Administration it’s really interesting Tom we have seen the spies the intelligence officials acting as the sort of Shadow diplomats throughout this crisis so Israel’s lead negotiator has

Been the head of its own foreign intelligence agency the mosad this is a man who has been going to Arab countries with whom Israel does not have diplomatic relations and negotiating on behalf of the Israeli government and it may be that the Biden Administration feels that CIA director Bill Burns who

Is a diplomat by background but is now the head of the CIA a man who has unparalleled insight into the vast intelligence resources of the United States that he may be the man to go in and clinch the deal here they’re certainly hoping so and we actually saw

Him making similar trips before that last ceasefire deal came into place back in November Tom Raph Sanchez from Tel Aviv tonight Raph thank you still ahead the shocking new allegations against WWE founder Vince McMahon a former employee now accusing him of sex trafficking sexual assault and abuse also alleging

She was forced to perform sex acts in exchange for her job the graphic details coming up plus the high school student now going to trial over this hairstyle why his school district has kept him at a class over his locks and why his family says that’s breaking the law and

Manhattan’s Freedom Tower may be dethroned as the tallest skyscraper in the US so can you guess where this would be built the answer may surprise you stay with Us He News lives in the now Israel tonight declaring war against Hamas following the brutal surprise attack within its own borders now is raw we are in the West Bank City of rala protesters are on the streets here to denounce Israel now is real most of the time the Iron Dome

Works but there are rare occasions that a few get through like here in ashon news for the generation of now is NBC News Now streaming free everywhere back down with some shocking allegations involving one of the biggest figures in pro wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon accused of sexual abuse

And sex trafficking by a former employee and a warning some of what you’re about to hear is graphic WrestleMania tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and

Emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploitive you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and

Aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to anol a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between and McMahon where she would receive $3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments

After an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene madeup

Instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally

Through my 50-year career I’ve owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix

Just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and tonight WWE’s parent company TKO is also responding TKO tells NBC News Mr

McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE adding they quote take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally when we come back the dangerous traffic stop in Oklahoma a car plowing into a stop vehicle a State Trooper going

Airborne luckily somehow everyone is okay but tonight authorities issuing a warning to other drivers will Explain [Laughter] yeah Oh Okay we are back now with top stories Newsfeed we begin with the death of a New York City dancer linked to mislabeled cookies according to a new lawsuit the 25-year-old went into shock after eating cookies from the local supermarket Stu Leonards according to the woman’s lawyer the packaging did not

Say the product contained peanuts but did the supermarket said the supplier changed a soy ingredient to peanuts that they were never notified part of a historic church in Connecticut collapsed today with at least one person inside take a look at this new video shows the

Roof caved in on a church in New London search Crews were called in but officials say they believe only one person was inside at the time and she was safely evacuated no one else was hurt that church built back in 1810 Oklahoma authorities issuing a warning to drivers after a dangerous

Crash caught on camera everyone in this video so you know is okay a dash cam capturing the moment a passing car slammed into a stop vehicle sending a State Trooper you see there flying to the ground found three people including the trooper were treated for injuries at the hospital but have since been

Released Highway Patrol reminding drivers to pay attention to the road and always move over if you see a stop vehicle and the tallest skyscraper in the US may be coming to Oklahoma City Yes you heard that right a new rendering by AO architecture shows the proposed Brick Town Tower according to a press

Release the building will be 1, 197 ft that number honors the year Oklahoma became a state it would also make it more taller than the Freedom Tower in Manhattan and the fifth tallest building in the world pretty incredible okay next tonight to an update on a Case we’ve

Been tracking a Texas school district has now headed to court to determine whether a black high school student can continue being punished for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state law NBC’s in clay esmw has the latest tonight a heated dispute between

A Houston area school district and one of its black height high school students is headed to trial Daryl George has been serving an in school suspension and facing other disciplinary actions for more than four months now all because of his hair why like why me out of everybody in that school The Barbers

Hill district says it’s because George’s lock hairstyle violates its dress code policy which limits hair length for boys but George’s family and critics say the move is a violation of the crown act a new Texas law which took effect in September and prohibits race based based hair discrimination I wrote The Crown

Act I filed it and it is clear locks band to knots twist braids washing goes blowouts however you wish to wear your hair wigs should be accepted Barbers Hill ISD is stealing his high school experience and breaking the law a state judge Now setting a February trial date

To determine if George’s punishment is a violation of the law the family has a real case here especially given that the authors of the bill really believe that this is a situation where the crown act would apply the outcome of this case will absolutely set a precedent especially within the state of Texas

George’s mother said she was disappointed the judge did not Grant a temporary restraining order that would have stopped her son’s punishment until the trial I have a son 18 years old that wants to go to school that wants to get his education and y’all messing with him why Barber’s Hill superintendent telling

NBC News in part the crown act says nothing about hair length adding it was meant to allow braids locks or twists which the district has always allowed the law was never intended to allow unlimited student expression in a paid ad that ran earlier this month in the Houston Chronicle pools stood behind the

District’s decisions the ad reading quote we will not lose sight of the main goal high standards for our students by bending to political pressure or responding to misinformed media reports these entities have lesser goals that ultimately harm kids greg p is a liar it is about the fact that he does not like

Braids locks or any sort of African-American hairstyle which he said and I’m going to prove it to you we spoke with George in December shortly after he was suspended for a second time due to his hair how has this all felt for you it’s very stressful I’m trying

To maintain being a student while also having to deal with this why should I cut my hair for my education my hair has nothing to do with my education what does your hair and your hairstyle mean to you it just means a lot to me it make me feel more closer to

My people being without my hair is like cutting me from my people not letting me you know express myself how I feel I should be Zaya NBC News okay we thank Zay for that story not a top stories Global watch a check of what else is happening around the world we start with

Those six nuns we had told you about have been released after being kidnapped in Haiti the Archbishop confirmed the nuns along with two other people were freed on Wednesday it is unclear their condition or if any type of Ransom was paid as we reported the group of eight

Were kidnapped while on a bus in the capital city Pope Francis had also called for their release okay Taiwan has begun its extended mandatory military service starting today recruits will serve for a mandatory one year instead of four months Taiwan announced the extensions in late 2022 over concerns about about China’s Rising military

Threat according to the Army conscripts will undergo more intense training operate more powerful weapons and receive combat instructions used by US forces and Costa Rica giving its residents more freedom over their last names the country’s Supreme Court lifting a requirement that placed the father’s surname before the mothers on

Identification in many Spanish speaking Nations people often use the last names of both parents while the Court’s decision now allows citizens to choose the order in which they appear okay coming up officials in lah cleaning up toxic debris from the devastating Wildfire so where is it going debris by

The truckloads now being offload at a temporary dump site not far from the ocean one outraged resident joins top story he explains to us and shows us some of his evidence that officials are not doing enough to protect the area’s natural habitat we’ll bring you all the sides coming up after This Oh Oh Oh We’re back now with our continuing coverage of the aftermath of those deadly wildfires in Laha the New York Times today reporting officials are working to dispose of thousands of truckloads of toxic debris but the chosen temporary disposal site in olalo drawing outrage from native Hawaiian residents and those concerned with

Protecting a nearby prized coral reef one of those vocal opponents to the dump site is Eddie Garcia he joins top story tonight he’s a farmer in olalo which is a few miles south of L on the western Maui Coastline Eddie thanks for joining us tonight you said you’ve been

Analyzing schematics and Drone footage of the dump site and you believe the sight’s overall design is flawed looking at this Drone footage and the images that we have here for our viewers why do you believe the sight’s construction is an issue um well there’s several factors

One is um just the sheer surface area of non-permeable surface like when you’re thinking about catching water off of a roof you have to have such a certain size of catchment to handle the amount of square non-permeable surface that will fill that catchment tank so if you

Look on the shot that you guys are showing now you can see that with over six acres of surface area uh that thing produces about 16,000 gallons of rainwater for every inch of rain uh we’re known to have 4 inch rains not that uncommon it would close to fill the

Million gallon Reservoir in fact a small rain last week filled it with 400,000 gallons they didn’t have anything they could do except actually stick it right back into the ground in the POR cind Cinder area and drain it right on top of a water table 600 yards from the ocean

Eddie a lot of our viewers a lot of our viewers aren’t familiar with this area can you can you kind of walk us through the video that we’re looking at what exactly are we seeing there in that Drone footage so you’re looking at a cinder cone that’s really a cultural historical

Site that used to have a dump next door to it so they basically hollowed it all out what you’re looking on the screen right now is them actually dumping the leate water right into the ground um that’s their only safe fail fail safe right now if it were to rain 4 inches on

Us it would create a whole new Reservoir their only answer is that it’s a closed loop system this is after they drained it they don’t have a way to pull the leech eight out or the solid material they have not given us any protocol the overall top Reservoir that you see on

The top of this l area which is the leate containment tank it has too much surface area as well to actually contain it it’s bound to overflow on the low side and then what happens if it overflows where does that water go that’s going to wind up right in the

Ocean and they’re saying it’s not going to wind up in the ocean because you won’t see it but basically this is a cinder pit one of the most Forest um sort of areas that we have in the Hawaiian islands and they usually have lava tubes underneath them in fact you

Can notice they drained almost 400,000 th gallons of water in just a few hours there’s really only a few places on the island you could even do that without it just saturating the ground and puddling up so this here the SES you’re seeing now is after they drained it from the

First rain it filled up this much here with less than four inches of rain the top one you’re looking at now is the bad design and you can also see that the puddle is in the bottom corner and that only took a few inches of rain to get it

To that point so this is there’s thousands like we said thousands of of truckloads if you will pounds of debris from lah they have to clean it up where should It Go um well there’s been a lot of um proposals put forward some companies that were willing to ship it to the

Mainland and pay and um uh pack it and ship it to the mainland it was a little more expensive but there’s a bunch of Solutions on the table right now including packing it into seven or 8,000 containers within the contaminated area instead of contaminating a whole another

Area this place is is much more volatile due to the nature of the cinder and the drainage right into the water table this is some of the strongest wind on the island their argument is that they need to contain it and get it out of a vol volatile situation but what they’re

Actually doing is putting it in a much more volatile situation plus they’re putting it where now everyone on the island has to pass by it within 15 feet of their way station they’re putting it in a super windy area that the wind blows right offshore so they should

Actually be putting signs up that this is toxic to the public people should roll their Windows when they go by the cross-contamination from the trucks is ridiculous and draining right down onto our farm next door there’s a lot of aspects of this going on that are wrong

Eddie you know officials yeah you know officials have promised that all the material at the dump site will be dug up and then relocated to a permanent site later but they have yet to select that destination from my understanding are residents like you concerned that once

They dump it at this site it’s never going to move it’s in fact it’s a fact probably that it’s never going to move because if you look what we were told as a community it was going to be wrapped up in a burrito or a chimy chunga and then it was

Supposed to be set in the temporary site and then it’s then there’s a possibility of moving it but think about it 40,000 trucks with 400,000 cubic yards of material but now you’re mixing it with 600,000 yards of cubic material of Cinder and Blue Rock now you’re soaking

Water in it like a teacup so you’re contaminating all of that material you just overd doubled the problem and now you still have to take that to a to a permanent site so all the arguments about the transportation the cost of moving it if it cost them $40 million to

Move it eight miles and it’s only 40,000 trucks imagine what it’s going to cost them to move 140,000 trucks 20 miles um while the while the island has a lot more tourism and people on it because of the recovery two years from now Eddie gar we we Yeah Eddie we appreciate your

Time we thank you for coming on top story tonight letting us know about this issue we’re going to stay on top of it as we’ve covered every moment since that wildfire in lahina we thank you for your time all right we’re going to be right back please stay with Us He He finally tonight we’re just 6 months away from the Summer Olympics Paris gearing up to host the world’s top athletes and what it’s calling a new era of games our Kier Simmons is there with an inside look on how the city is prepping for this historic

Event the clock is ticking down to the Paris games the merchandise already on sale the venues almost ready we got a look at the athletes Village it’s going to be oh yeah that’s the crucial question we are perfectly on time already early 6 months from the games and they tell us

The Olympic Village will be ready in 6 weeks 3,000 apartments for more than 14,000 athletes and staff many venues are being recycled the 1924 Paris Olympic swimming pool is being refurbished are you putting the water from the sen in here no no the send the centerpiece of the games hosting the

First opening ceremony outside a stadium other iconic landmarks will become venues like the plasa Concord where Olympic breaking will Premiere Sunny Choy will be there for Team USA I’ll be like sitting on the plane all a sudden I feel like tears in my eyes and I’m like

Wait I’m going this is happening like right now as for the hometown fans basketball is a huge draw with NBA star Victor wanyama expected to lead Team France which country is going to get gold in the basketball you sure about that actually I think the us is going to get it the us

As always we’ll see in just six months can’t wait for those games to start and a reminder all the action on NBC we thank Kier Simmons for that report and we thank you for watching top story I’m Tom yamas in New York stay right there more news on the way I have never ever signed a waiver before going into an execution it’s important to to state that um you know the existence of a waiver in the first place speaks to the fear that they have that something could go wrong Alabama is set to become the first

State to execute a person with nitrogen gas this method is so unproven and risky that the Reverend who will be in the room at the time has been told to sign a waiver hello I’m Ellison barber in forgotti Schwarz and this is stay tuned Now 58-year-old Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed using a method known as nitrogen hypoxia where oxygen to the body is replaced with nitrogen gas it will be the first time this has been done in the history of the United States it’s a controversial method largely because it is untested in other

Words what seems to be happening here is a gas execution experiment and while critics are concerned it could be a very painful death for Smith the state of Alabama claims it will be Humane yesterday a federal appeals court voted to allow the execution to go forward

Last mon month Smith told NBC news about his fears for a nitrogen gas execution you know it it makes it even worse um that I suffered so much last year and um so I’m still dealing with that you know I hav overcome it so um the fact that they’ve got me lined

Up to be the first with gas um is really terrifying the state tried to execute Smith before four that’s what he was referring to there about last time they tried to execute him with lethal injection in 2022 but botched that attempt prison officials failed to find

A vein into Smith’s hands and arms Smith has been on death row for decades he is one of three men convicted in the 1988 stabbing death of Elizabeth Senate whose husband a pastor had hired them to kill her now with nearly 36 years since the murder of their mother the sons of

Elizabeth Senate they say it is time for justice to be served he admitted to it he wrote it down on paper he was guilty so how does that turn into a 35e wait to get Justice for what our mother suffered from NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns joins me now from Atmore Alabama Dasha

You have covered this case extensively we saw you doing that interview there with the victim’s children um Talk us about talk to us about about where things stand right now sort of the irony if you will here is that nitrogen hypoxia it’s actually not even recommended for Animals unless they are

Sedated uh is it fair when people say Kenneth Smith is a guinea pig is that a legitimate criticism here well that’s one that I’ve certainly heard from multiple sources this is a story where there are no winners you’ve heard from the Senate the the sons of Elizabeth who was uh Smith’s victim you

Heard from uh Reverend Jeff Hood who will be there in the room with Smith and is himself concerned about his own safety and then there’s Smith who you heard from as well who is going to be um the first to experiened this after he already survived an execution attempt

Last uh back in 2022 so no winners in the story but let me give you a quick update Ellison because just moments before we came on the air there was some mov movent here we’ve been here in the media center across the street from uh the hman correctional facility where

This is going to take place we’ve been waiting for some kind of movement what happens with these uh executions is usually there are legal Maneuvers up until the last minute and we were in this case waiting for final word from the Supreme Court on one more appeal one

More request for aay from Smith’s legal team to pause this execution they said no this is moving forward so just moments ago some of the media team there were five uh members of the media who were chosen as witnesses that were taken from the holding facility over to uh the

Homean correctional facility to the execution area where they will be able to witness that so that’s how we know that things are about to kick off now the questions are there are many how long is this going to take it could be quick it could not be quick and the

Thing that I’ve heard from again the senates from um his uh spiritual adviser Smith’s spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who is going to be in the execution chamber with him and could himself be at risk the questions are uh numerous and they feel like they have not been

Answered the state did put out a protocol about how this was going to go but it was heavily redacted and the questions that have been asked by the Press uh by uh Kenneth Smith’s family by uh by the senates have not gotten necessarily satisfying answers Ellison Dasha when you think of all these

Questions that still have to be answered it seems like things are moving in a direction where this will happen regardless of those questions being answered but do you get the sense when you speak to sources or at least people who are going to be really carrying this

Out within that prison the Department of Corrections in that state do they have confidence in the protocol for how they’re going to carry out this execution or are they also feeling kind of the same way it seems like that Reverend is that he’s just sort of not sure what

Could happen if it goes well quotee unquote or if it all goes wrong the state says it does they have expressed confidence in this method the attorney general has said that they want to give Justice to the Senate family uh they argued in court the state did that

This was a painless and Humane method of execution but again what I’ve heard from experts is that this is untested it’s unproven and it’s experimental and so we just don’t know there are so many variables I mean the fact that there were three e execution attempts on three

Different people here in Alabama over the course of about a year um that that were unsuccessful that alone has a lot of folks really skeptical about how they will do with a novel method like this Ellison all right Dasha Burns in Alabama with some breaking news there again the

Supreme Court saying Alabama can proceed with uh the planned execution of Kenneth Smith using using nitrogen gas it will be the first time that has ever taken place Dasha we’ll stay in touch with you and come back if there is any developments there in Alabama thank you so much we appreciate your

Reporting former president Donald Trump finally takes the stand in eege Carrol’s defamation case against him though today’s testimony took less than five minutes it took even less time for Trump to break judge kaplan’s rules on what he was allowed to say the judge made it clear explicitly clear that Trump could

Not relitigate another trial that had already found him liable for sexually abusing Carol in the 9s but that is exactly what Trump did telling the jury he considers it a false accusation that statement was then Struck from the record for more let’s bring an NBC News correspondent rahima Ellis hey

Rahima hey Allison it was incredibly tense in the courtroom today as Donald Trump testified in his own defense in this civil Lial trial against him brought by eege Carroll the writer and it got tense even even before the jury was brought in for his testimony the

Judge had been trying to get Trump to understand there were certain things he could not redo because they had already been determined it had been determined that he sexually assaulted her it had been determined that he defamed her character this case is just about how

Much he would have to pay in Damages and punitive damages as the judge was making that clear to him Donald Trump blurted out the jury was not in the courtroom blurred it out where the judge could hear I don’t know who this woman is never met this woman at that point the

Judge lashed out at him saying keep your voice down Mr Trump you’re interrupting these proceedings while your council is talking and it is not permitted once the jury was brought in Donald Trump was sworn and took the oath his testimony was taken and it took only three minutes between direct examination and

Cross-examination he took maybe a total of four or five questions and on direct examination he he was asked about whether or not um he knew eege Caroll and whether or not he did anything to instruct people to hurt her he said no but then he went on to say other things

In reference to not having assaulted her or not having defamed her the judge struck all of that down and went on to tell the jury that they are to pay no attention to it but it’s hard to imagine how they’re going to unring the bell and not include that in their thinking when

They deliberate what are they going to be deling rating and the judge says it’s likely they’re going to get this case sometime tomorrow Carol um egene Carol has already been awarded $5 million in the first case now she’s seeking $10 million and a Carol expert estimates

That it could cost somewhere from 7 to 12 million to repair her reputation but this jury has also got to consider punitive damages and that’s essentially whether or not they can punish Donald Trump enough to prevent him from making the family Ator marks remarks about EEG Carroll in the future sometime tomorrow

In the afternoon the judge says it’s likely that he will charge the jury and that panel of seven men and two women will get this case and it’ll be up to them to issue a verdict Ellison NBC’s Raha Ellis thank you now let’s bring in NBC News legal analyst

Danny savalos for more on this so Danny talk to us about that testimony less than five minutes I think it clocked in around three um are you surprised that the former president’s testimony in this trial was so quick and if you can imagine you are his legal team for me

What would kind of have been your pros and cons to put him on the stand or not put him on the stand in the first place not surprised it was so quick maybe a little surprised it came down to two or three questions but you saw in the

Leadup as the attorneys were debating it that this really was going to get carved down to really a matter of minutes and that’s because the is issues in this case were so narrowed the liability side was already established and Donald Trump obviously can’t testify to uh the

Plaintiff’s harm so this is really just about the narrow issue of punitive damages now a lot of folks may have been wondering well wait on cross-examination why didn’t the plaintiff’s attorney Wade in there and spend two hours cross-examining a rare moment to have Donald Trump on the stand under oath and

The answer is probably because they didn’t want to open the door the plaintiffs already had Donald Trump successfully coralled his testimony limited couldn’t give speeches however in the law if you raise an issue that the other side wants to inject they can argue that you have opened the door and

An issue that may have been inadmissible beforehand is suddenly admissible because you accidentally stepped on that landmine as a plaintiff do you think they wanted him to take the stand his defense team or do you think this was one of those situations where he said this is what

I’m going to do I’ll do it anyway I mean for the the timing of it even though he did kind of go into the area as he wasn’t supposed to but as far as Donald Trump goes the Outburst we’ve seen in court before this was relatively tame I

Guess do you think his legal team was like yeah this is good what was the benefit in the ordinary case I would say you don’t want to call your client in a situation like this but it seems to me at least Alina Haba the mission may have

Changed a little bit they may view this as a lost cause that it’s not likely they’re going to win they’re going to get hit for damages in some form or another does it really matter they may thinking the difference between 9 million or 10 million or 10 million and

12 million uh so why not let’s just put another message in there and Donald Trump very clearly seems to be committed to getting his message in even though he knows he can’t testify about things like she’s lying I’ve never met her before and yet he persisted trying to inject

That in a matter of seconds into his testimony he went into areas that he was not allowed to go to and that got stricken from the record so do I think Norm this is a defendant you would have wanted to call uh no but nothing about this case and this client and this

Defense team is normal talk to us a little more about the other people we saw in court today a friend of eege carrols taking the stand hearing from her for the first time Carol Martin um how significant was that testimony so the defense’s idea was they got a bunch

Of her text message and one and wanted to get her on the stand and say hey weren’t you texting about you how nutty you thought egene was or Genie or she had some name nickname for her and really what I think and I expect the jury probably saw this as well is that

Look this is something that we all do you do it everyone does it if you have a family member or a friend that you love dearly you may talk to them they say something wacky and you and you love them and you say oh great but then you

Get on the phone and you text that other friend in your text group the side group chat and you’re like oh Susan’s lost it right you don’t mean Susan’s lost it you’re just saying look you’re doing a little gossip and that’s what I think the uh defense was trying to do is turn

That idle gossip into an actual disparagement of eege Carol to make her look bad I don’t know that it worked I think every juror knows someone like that whether you want to admit it or not you even the great Ellison has picked up her phone and gossiped about a dear

Friend or family member who you love dearly but you can’t help just having a few comments sometimes you got to go to the side family chat that yeah the they exist in every family I am told the worst part is you don’t want to be left

Of the side check that means you’re the subject you know there is one this is true we could go on forever about this when it comes to this case and the punitive damages that are being sought here you talked about it being well what’s the difference if it’s 9 10 or 12

Do we have a guess at this point I we know what she’s asking for but is there any sort of precedent is a silly word because I know the answer is no but precedent to say okay this might be what they’re going to say no what you’re

Struggling with is a really key question because you have two kinds of cases here that don’t lend themselves well to tangible numbers number one defam how do we measure the harm to someone’s reputation I bet if you asked any 12 people on the street they would have different approaches to how to Value

Reputation same for punitives how do you value an amount that will punish Donald Trump you know factored into that is how much money he has because what is punitive to you or I is not as punitive to Donald Trump so that’s a factor too this is not like a normal personal

Injury case where you have a a broken femur and you put it up on the board you know how many years of therapy you’re going to need and you can put an actual dollar amount on that therapy and that treatment this is nothing like that it could be anything so you’re absolutely

Right that this testimony anyone who thinks they know what the jury’s going to come back with is guessing yes there was some testimony about repair to reputation would cost maybe upwards of $12 million there’s a number the jury can hang their head on but punitives I

Mean it could just be a multiple of the compensatory damages which is usually what it is punitive damages are rarely based on any hard number it’s just based on do I think this defendant did something really evil and does he have a lot of money that’s about after that

It’s pretty much up to the jury all right interesting stuff Danny follows thank you so much we appreciate you being here Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in back-to-back contests in Iowa and New Hampshire but when it comes to raising Super PAC money right now it’s Haley who’s beating Trump so the question now

Becomes will it be enough to sustain her presidential bid and what is now a two-person race NBC News correspondent Von hilard has more right Ellison that’s really the key question here at this point is it enough to sustain Nikki Haley’s campaign because for the former South Carolina governor and former un Ambassador she

Needs more than sustaining here at this point she needs to make such significant inroads over the next month to begin to make this a competitive race with Donald Trump we’re just one month away now from the South Carolina primary the next big contest for her and polls uh over the

Last months have showed her down by as much as 30 percentage points and she raised for the super pack I should say affiliated uh and allied with her is raised more than $50 million in the back half of 2023 that was more than5 million dollars more than the main trump super

Pack which suggests that her team or her allies are in fact raising and have raised significant amount of funds which allows her to stay on the campaign Trail and she held a rally last night she’s holding two more rallies over this weekend here Donald Trump uh does not

Have anything on the books in the immed mediate future in South Carolina but for her she’s going to have to go back onto her home turf and continue to make the case the to the voters to stick with their uh with their South Carolina native and for Donald Trump he was in

The courtroom today in the Ean Carol defamation trial uh in which he even testified and so for him his attention has by been diverted to a lot of different places but for Nikki Haley she lost by more than 30 percentage points in Iowa lost by 11 percentage points in New Hampshire

And the the prospects for her are very difficult and for her to make the case to donors going into the future that she is still worth investing in she’s going to have to rely on the money that they have already raised because to get that sort of backing Financial backing of

Millions of dollars uh moving forward is going to be difficult unless she can prove that she can win and we’re still a month out from that point in which she can really make the case that she still has a li legitimate shot to take down Donald Trump to become the Republic

Omine here in 2024 Ellison Von hilard thank you don’t go anywhere because we are just getting us started for the first time a parent is going on trial for the school shooting her son was behind we have those details plus cervical cancer is on the rise for women

In their 30s and 40s so what’s behind the spike and what’s being done about it and online scammers are becoming more convincing these days even posing as celebrities to get money from victims that’s all just ahead so stay Tuned [Laughter] Nearly a dozen hours after the eye Ro to shore there is some late breaking news all Right what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people know what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC News

Now welcome back here are some of the other headlines we’re watching tonight a roof of a church in New London Connecticut has collapsed leaving a gaping hole and covering the ground there with Rebel local police are now urging people to avoid the area as emergency crews continue to respond

Thankfully it seems right now no one was hurt former Trump adviser Peter Navaro has been sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying a congressional subpoena regarding the January 6th attack on the capital Navaro was convicted in September on two counts for refusing to testify and provide documents Navaro has

Already appealed the ruling today the Biden Administration announced nearly $5 billion in funding will go towards infrastructure projects across the country projects including Bridge Replacements Highway improvements and pavement upgrades following that announcement today the president visited Wisconsin to promote his e economic policies saying that they have restored

Infrastructure and created more jobs a new study says there have been nearly 65,000 rape related pregnancies across the 14 states that banned abortion after roie Wade was overturned almost 18 months ago the research also finds that there have been less than 10 abortions each month in those states with banss

Suggesting that most victims were not able to get abortions in the states where they live and Raheem Morris is headed back to Atlanta the Falcons will hire Morris as their next head coach to step up from his previous roles with the team as defensive coordinator and inim

Coach the news comes after the team conducted an extensive search that included 14 candidates among them former New England Patriots coach bill belich today a new lawsuit dropped involving one of the biggest figures in professional wrestling it alleges WWE founder Vince McMahon sexually abused a former employee during his time as CEO

NBC News Now anchor Tom yis has the latest and a warning some of what you’re about to hear is graphic wrestl media tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of

Physical and emotional abuse sex sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit of you grants claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and

Aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security security the new lawsuit seeks to anal a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive $3 million Grant says she

Stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson says this lawsuit is

Replete with lies obscene madeup instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally

Through my 50-year career I’ve owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix

Just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug in Michigan opening statements began today and the trial for Jennifer

Crumbley the first parent in the US to ever go to trial over a school shooting that was carried out by their child crumbly was emotional in court today sobbing loudly at one point when school surveillance video was being shown her attorney was also seen crying leading to this tense interaction after the

Prosecution accused them of trying to influence the jury we were not sobbing or making a scene in any way all my eye makeup still on I checked my camera I’m not going to I’m not I’m not having I need to run to the bathroom I need a break you’ll

Remember the defendant’s son Ethan Crumbley you see him there he was just 15 years old when he killed four students at Oxford High School back in 2021 he is now serving life in prison Jennifer Crumbley and her husband James they are both facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter accused of not

Doing enough to address warning signs from their son leading up to the shooting James crumb’s trial is set for March NBC News correspondent Adrien brus joins me now with more so Adrian this trial it leads to the question of whether or not parents should be held responsible if

Their child carries out a school shooting right walk us through some of the facts of this case what did we hear on this first day in court Ellison that is the big question both sides agree Jennifer Crumbley did not pull the trigger that killed those four students at Oxford High School now

Prosecutors take a turn here they’re saying she’s not charged with murder but instead as you mentioned involuntary manslaughter in the prosecutor during its his opening statement today saying by definition it is rooted in negligence by contrast the defense is saying Jennifer Crumbley had no idea and no way

Of knowing about her son’s plans listen in they were murdered in an act of Terror committed by Jennifer crumley’s 15-year-old son Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths she did not have it on her radar in any way that there was any mental

Disturbance that her son would ever take a gun into a school that her son would ever shoot people and the prosecution spoke for about 13 minutes during their opening statement by contrast the defense 24 minutes we did learn from prosecutors that they plan to bring at least 20 witnesses to

The stand to testify and they plan to introduce more than 400 pieces of evidence some of which we saw today Ellison Adrien why are both parents being tried separately I mean they’re facing the exact same charges right yeah four counts each of involuntary manslaughter initially James

And Jennifer were going to face trial at the same time but a motion was filed for separate charges and that or excuse me separate trials and that request was granted now we are unable to ask their attorneys why and that dates back to a gag order that was imposed back in

2022 it bans Jennifer’s attorney as well as james’ attorneys and the prosec ution from speaking publicly and court documents didn’t offer an explanation but inside of the courtroom on Thursday today we did get some Clues the defense is painting a picture and making the case that James Crumbley Ethan’s father

Was responsible for storing the guns and also making the case that Jennifer really didn’t have as much knowledge about guns Ellison Adrian before we let you go do we know if the son the shooter in this case is going to take the stand in at least his mom’s

Trial if it’s up to his attorneys Ethan Crumbley will not take the stand his attorneys do not want him to testify in this case but Jennifer’s attorneys did file a motion on Monday requesting a judge to compel Ethan to testify so we will continue to watch and that is

Unclear that’s you Adrien brought us thank you so much we appreciate it coming up we’re watching some severe storms and flooding moving across the country we have your forecast But first you got to see this last week we were telling you about buffalo wing flavored lip balms well the crazy product combos

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Works but there are rare occasions that a few get through like here in Ash colon news for the generation of now is NBC News Now streaming free everywhere welcome back here are some of the stories happening out west that we’re following an Orange County jury has found Marcus irz guilty of second

Deegree murder for the killing of 6-year-old Aiden Leos the decision come com 3 years after a resz fired into a passenger car on a highway killing Leos who was strapped into a booster seat he faces up to 40 years to life in prison a 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook Southern

California last night the trimmer was centered in the San Bernardino area but light shaking was felt across much of the region the Quake began near the San hento fault which is regarded as one of the most active and potentially dangerous fault lines there were no immediate reports of significant damage

Or injuries convicted rapists and incarcerated 70 show actor Danny Masterson was denied bail on Wednesday a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge denied his bail pending appeal with worries that Masterson could flee stating that he’ll most likely remain in custody for decades or for the rest of his life the

Former Ranch actor is currently serving a 30-year life sentence in California on Dual rape convictions he’ll be eligible for parole in 20 years flooding is the big weather story tonight as we head into the weekend right now Millions across the South are under alerts after days of rain with

More in the forecast at least one death associated with the weather has been reported in Mississippi other places like Houston Louisiana and up to Tennessee they’re dealing with dangerous conditions on the roads and rivers at or near flood stages Bill Kens is standing by with the forecast we will get to him

In one moment but let’s start with NBC’s guad Vegas in Baton Rouge Louisiana with more hey guad Ellison as the storm makes its way through the South we still have some of the lowline areas that are flooded you can see this river behind me uh with one

Of these walkways that is also flooded so authorities are asking people to stay away from these areas we’re in Covington Louisiana uh right next to another town where we saw images of flooding uh in shopping centers and uh all across the roadways this is just North of New

Orleans uh and that was in mandaville where we saw a lot of that flooding we also saw a lot of rescues taking place in Eastern Texas north of the Houston area most of that happening on Wednesday now after that storm poured all of that rain on Wednesday authorities were

Worried because the ground is saturated with water so more rain on Thursday could have made things worse now fortunately the rain today wasn’t as bad as the day before but again any rain to hit the region in the next few hours could be dangerous because of how how

Saturated the ground is with all of that rain that has come through but the good news is that the storm is already making its way out of the region Ellison guad Vegas thank you now the severe weather threat moves East NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens has the forecast for us Bill

Good evening good evening to you Ellison and what a soggy dreary foggy weather pattern so much of the country has been in it continues right into the weekend it’s what happens when it’s unusually warm when it should be cold there just so much moisture at the ground it’s just

Kind of ugly out there so we have about 19 million people still under flood watches some of these have expired during the day today some are being reissued from the next round of rain that’s coming the bottom line is we do not have a lot of significant flooding

Occurring now and I don’t actually expect a lot even as we go through tomorrow this storm system that’s been plaguing Us in the south is finally starting to weaken and move a little bit to the east rain is spreading through areas of Illinois another batch of rain into areas of Virginia these

Thunderstorms are dying out in areas of Georgia so at worst some ponding on the road isolated flooding as possible additional rainfall tonight and tomorrow we can handle this up to half an inches in green Southern Louisiana that’s going to be associated with our next storm and that would be mostly Friday night with

The Heavy Rain threat so let’s talk about this next storm this one’s going to soak the same areas that just got soaked and flooded so that’s why we’re concerned with additional flooding so this is Friday evening at 8:00 pm and that shows you the Heavy Rain from Lake

Charles all the way through Baton Rouge heading into Iberia New Iberia and also into New Orleans then as we go throughout Friday night and Saturday we take this through the southeast a soaking rain through the Carolinas during the day on Saturday this is 8:00 p.m. Saturday with heavy rain arriving

In Washington DC all the way through Virginia some backside chilly rain in areas of Kentucky then on Sunday enough cold air is going be on the north side of this for some areas that are going to get heavy wet snow now it doesn’t look like a blockbuster snowstorm unless

Maybe you’re in the Catskills or the burkers or the Poconos but we will see some snow so our two computer models we have our GFS which is our American one and our Euro European model which is typically a little more accurate a little more computing power this one is

Showing light to moderate snow throughout a bunch of areas but nothing that’s going to cause like major headaches our American GFS model has actually shown a heavier snow event with this storm through many areas in the Southern Tier of New York Northern Pennsylvania and right through Central

And Southern New England so we’re have to wait and see and fine tune this forecast we’ll have a better idea of that this time tomorrow night and then for our friends on the west coast this is the Calm before the storm everything’s been great today great

Tonight this huge area of white is a big storm that’s out in the Pacific there’s a strong Pacific jet stream with us it’s going to pull an atmospheric River into the Northwest and on the west coast for about the next 5 to six days so it’s

Going to be a long duration event so we have some showers out there as we’ve gone throughout the day today and this evening the heavier steady rains arrive as we go throughout your Friday it’s going to be a soaking drive up Interstate 5 through Oregon and into

Areas of Washington the snow levels are extremely high this is a Pacific warm air mass so we’re not concerned with snow just a lot of heavy rain and melting snow could cause problems especially in the Olympics and this is through Saturday still areas of heavy

Rain out there so as far as the rainfall forecast goes notice the Cascades here 2 to 3 Ines but when we get to the Olympic Peninsula that’s when we could get up to four to five inches we’ve already got some rivers that are already running pretty high in this area so that if

We’re going to get any problems like maybe moderate possibly major flooding on Rivers that’s where it will occur so we’ll continue to watch this Ellison everyone drive careful out there it’s kind of soggy and definitely foggy Bill Karens thank you after 50 years of declining cervical cancer rates the

American Cancer Society is sounding the alarm about an uptick in diagnosis while doctors are seeing a dramatic drop among women in their early 20s there has been an increase among women in their 30s and 40s a new report found that from 2012 to 2019 Innovations like the HPV vaccine

Led to a 65% decrease in cervical cancer among women ages 20 to 24 but in that same time period diagnoses of cervical cancer in women ages 30 to 44 Rose almost 2% every year for more on this let’s bring in NBC News medical contributor Dr Cavita Patel Dr Patel

Cervical cancer has been described as one of the better understood cancers so why is it that women in their 30s and 40s are seeing this rise in cases I mean I think back to when I got the HPV vaccine I’m 34 and I got it when I think

I was a junior or senior in high school like 20072 2008 so I’m a little surprised to see that increase amongst women in their 30s what what is going on yeah you’re right Ellison it is surprising and something that we should all be aware of January is cervical

Cancer awareness month and about three factors driving this number one the pandemic a lot of people skipped visits and regular screenings number two there were some change in guidelines Ellison over the last several years where they change recommendations used to be that you would say come in every year for

Your psme they change the guidance to every three to five years depending on your age and that can confuse people you just forget to do something if it’s every three or every five years and then I think third is that there’s a very small percentage But Rising of a more

Aggressive type of cervical cancer that’s a little higher up and a little harder to detect by a papsmear so all those three things are driving this but the real truth is screening and not getting the vaccines that’s why we see it presenting in older women so what

Should women know or take away from seeing a study like this whether they’re in their 20s 30s or 4 what’s the takeaway here for you yeah takeaway is getting screening and prevention and let’s talk about I’m glad you did get your vaccine you can get it as young as

The age of nine I generally started in patients around the age of 11 you can administer this vaccine up to the age of 45 not everybody needs it at that age but just don’t forget don’t think that you’re too old or too young and remember it’s for men and women and boys and

Girls so something to remember and then papsmear start at the age of 21 and you get that generally speaking every 3 years the most common cause of cervical cancer is that HPV human papiloma virus infection it’s usually transmitted by sexual contact so remember all those things get screened add in your other

Screenings breast cancer too if people are noticing something doesn’t feel right in their bodies when we’re talking about cervical cancer in particular what are some of the symptoms or red flags where someone should say hey bring this up with your doctor during your next visit yeah absolutely unfortunately

There sometimes by the time you get symptoms it’s further advanced than we like like to see which is why we recommend screening but Ellison I tell women all the time that if something just doesn’t feel right and often what we’ll hear about are kind of abnormal bleeding Cycles so people who are just

Having something about their periods that seems strange pain in the cervix the cervix is kind of that part of the lower part of your uterus so women can distinctly sometimes feel some sensitivity around that area sometimes that can happen when you’re having sexual intercourse sometimes that can

Happen when you’re having a period and you insert a tampon anything that just feels out of the norm your body and you best so get that checked and that can be done at a simple Primary Care visit or with your OBGYN all right Dr Cavita Patel thank you so much we appreciate

Your time and insight as always still to come an update from Gaza Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages but with conditions we have a report from Tel Aviv that’s Next He From inside Iran from Israel from Florida from Le Maine part continued reporting this is what a country in war looks like women children what is it like countless neighborhoods across the region that look just like this we’re all safe everybody good the it took for all this damage To welcome back let’s take a quick look around the world Spain’s former soccer president could stand trial for kissing a player against her will Luis ubales made headlines last summer when he forcibly kissed a player after Spain’s Women’s World Cup medal ceremony rubiales resigned as head of the Spanish

Federation in September now he faces sexual assault charges and if found guilty is looking at 1 to four years in prison six nuns kidnapped in Haiti last week have been released the Archbishop of Haiti’s Capital Porter Prince told the Associated Press the nuns as well as two other people were released yesterday

And everyone is in good condition $3 million was reportedly demanded for their release but right now it’s unclear if any sort of Ransom was paid tourists visiting Peru’s Machu Picchu had their Trek interrupted by protesters today their beef appears to be with Peru’s government who they accuse of

Privatizing ticket sales at the famed attraction some tourists were pretty determined though and still made it up ES escorted by police and two British museums say they are returning looted artifacts to Ghana artifacts that include uh 17 items like gold and silver pieces even crown jewels many of these

Items they have not been seen in Ghana for more than 150 years this is all part of a deal where the items will be loaned back to Ghana which skirts UK laws that bar the repet repatriation of such cultural artifacts now to the isra Hamas War where fighting continues and hopes of a

Ceasefire hang in the balance the US is sending the director of the CIA there in hopes of getting a deal done NBC News foreign correspondent rap Sanchez is in Tel Aviv with more CIA director Bill Burns heading to Europe this weekend to meet with his Israeli counterpart the head of the

Mossad spy agency and the prime minister of Qatar the lead mediator between Israel and Hamas that’s according to to a diplomat familiar with the situation the CIA director hoping to make progress towards a new ceasefire deal that would lead to the release of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza it is

A tough task Israel and Hamas have remained very far apart since the last ceasefire deal collapsed back at the beginning of December the key question is whether a ceasefire would be temporary or permanent as part of this deal Hamas says it needs to be a permanent ceasefire they say they will

Not release any more hostages until the war ends Israel says the war will not end until Hamas is destroyed and it will only agree to a temporary pause in the fighting so Bill Burns trying to bridge those gaps the fact that he is making this trip is a potentially positive sign

We saw similar trip ahead of the last ceasefire deal in late November a little counterintuitively the fact that the fighting is so intense right now in southern Gaza could be a possible indication that the Israeli military believes a ceasefire deal is looming and it wants to make as much progress on the

Battlefield as it can before that deal comes into effect here in Israel prime minister Netanyahu under intense pressure from the amilies of the remaining 136 or so hostages in Gaza I spoke to a released hostage earlier today she is back out in Israel she is beginning to take steps to resume her

Life but she was telling me every single day she is haunted by the knowledge that those other hostages remain inside Gaza she said the Israeli government needs to make one big deal to bring everybody out soldiers C civilians men women young and old she says whatever it takes however

Many Palestinian prisoners need to be released Israel needs to make that deal and needs to make it now back to you rap Sanchez thank you before we go it is time for the future of everything celebrity impostor scams are on the rise one woman sent thousands of dollars to

Someone she thought was an NBC news reporter that story is next so stay tuned [Laughter] Good morning thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier I’m Savannah sers the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas if you do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them the first woman on a lunar Mission what was it like to get that news

Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now new news for the generation of now is

NBC News Now new guidelines from meta on how to keep teens safe online that is Straight Ahead in the future of everything but first here are some of the tech headlines we’re following today Microsoft will lay off nearly 2,000 workers mostly in its gaming division that’s following the acquisition of

Gaming giant Activision Blizzard the cuts represent about 9% of Microsoft 22,000 gaming employees and apple says it’s opening up its App Store to competitors in Europe the move will crack open the company’s well-known wall Garden as it’s called which controls Distribution on Apple platforms but this isn’t coming from the goodness of

Apple’s core if you will the change is actually in line with a new European law it’s a concern for many families keeping their teenagers safe online meta is rolling out new measures aimed at protecting minors they’re limiting who can message teens and also making sure they can scroll safely without being

Exposed to harmful content NBC News correspondent Stephanie gos has this report for parents worried about who is messaging their teenagers on social media meta says it hears them announcing changes to accounts on Facebook messenger and Instagram for teenagers under 16 years old today we’re announcing a new default setting for

Teens around messaging that makes Instagram safer for them blocking DMS from anyone who they don’t follow and aren’t connected to for parent supervised accounts changes made to that setting or any other safety and privacy setting now has to be approved by a parent we believe that parents know

What’s best for their individual child and we want to do what we can to empower parents to make those decisions to shape Instagram the announcement comes after steps taken earlier this month that limit teen’s ability to see potentially harmful material and to alert them when

They are spending a lot of time on the app at night 95% of teens use social media and are on it more than 3 hours a day which the Surgeon General says puts them at higher risk for depression and anxiety critics say these measures announced by meta today don’t go nearly

Far enough these changes are about as effective as a screen door on a submarine techsavvy teenagers May easily navigate around restrictions how difficult is it for a teenager to lie about his or her age and set up an Instagram account it is so simple because we’ve never put in age

Verification and age Assurance requirements by the way a trillion dooll company can figure that out our thanks to Stephanie gos for that report now to a concerning Trend online where criminals are pretending to be celebrities to scam people out of money the so-called impostor scams are costing

Americans a ton of money and can have some pretty big consequences here’s NBC’s Vicky win the first time I saw him was on the Today’s Show Jane head of Tennessee might be the world’s biggest Jacob sober off fan who wouldn’t like that face last may jane posted a message on

Jacob’s verified Facebook page two weeks later someone responded claiming to be Jacob and asking her to message him on WhatsApp I was elated it was just like oh my my gosh they exchanged thousands of messages over the course of 6 months how often were you communicating almost

Every day and there were days when the line of communication was open all day long her daughter Joanie couldn’t believe a busy Network News correspondent was chatting with her mother and her instincts were right the scammers pretending to be Jacob convinced Jane to send more than

$177,000 in Bitcoin and gift cards I was saying no no I can’t and this person said well just let your bills go this month police say a victim in Kansas lost 94,000 to someone falsely claiming to be country singer Neil McCoy another in Pennsylvania scammed out of $41,000 by a

Johnny Depp impersonator and this woman in Philadelphia told our local station she sent $290,000 to a scammer posing as golfer Phil mikkelson it started on Facebook in 2023 impostor scams cost Americans $2 billion there’s an allore about celebrities and uh people wanting to believe that they are actually talking

To those people that they see on TV and in the movies every day FBI special agent Andrew innocenti says scammers look for super fans they become targets for these types of uh criminal actors during our investigation we found imposters pretending to be Keanu Reeves Rea McIntyre Ryan Reynolds Dolly Parton

Even me on X Facebook and Instagram what are some things social media companies should be doing to protect consumers well I don’t think the entire onus should be on consumers to report when they’ve been contacted by a scammer impostor scams affect people of every age group every income group no matter

Where you live it was very hard for me to approach her about it hoping to break through to her mom Joanie reached out to NBC News for help I feel the strain but it’s only because I love her I have something that might be able to

Cheer you up just a little bit I want to introduce you to somebody Jacob Jane hey thank you so much for your support and I’m so terribly sorry that you know you’ve gone through something now that so many people have gone through you’re going to help a lot of people by having

This conversation with Vicki thank you for what you do you’re you’re just a joy to watch in a statement meta the company of Facebook and Instagram said they take steps to protect their users and wrote scammers have always existed and they continuously adapt their tactics to new technology to manipulate people in

Various ways that’s why meta alongside our industry peers continues to take steps to improve detection and enforcement they said they removed 827 million fake accounts from July to September last year in addition to the accounts we found and they asked for the Public’s help in reporting scam accounts

X did not respond to our request for comment to to reduce your risk of becoming a victim be wary of anyone who reaches out to you claiming to be a celebrity never send money or gift cards to someone you don’t know if you have lost money to a scammer cut off contact

Right away and contact the bank or gift card company immediately to try and reverse the transaction and Jane has this bit of advice my journey brought me extreme happiness and then mortifying sadness but I think I’m here to point out to other people to be careful Vicky win NBC

News that does it for us tonight I’m Ellison Barber we will see you tomorrow but until then stay tuned Now Tonight Trump on the stand the former president defending himself in the egene Carol civil defamation trial jurors are now considering how much Trump should pay up for saying that Carol lied when she accused him of sexual abuse his testimony from the hot seat and what he

Said that forced the judge to strike it from the record also tonight in an unprecedented move the RNC is considering declaring Trump the presumptive Republican nominee NBC News obtaining a draft of the resolution that is facing major criticism even from Trump Nikki Haley also weighing in how her campaign is responding and the

Statement just in from the former president Super soer Millions in the South dealing with rounds of Relentless rign in Louisiana flash flood emergency issued as cars take on feet of water and streets quickly turned into rivers the risk for lifethreatening flooding and severe storms plaguing the region for a

Fifth straight day when we could finally see some relief experimental execution Alabama preparing to carry out the first execution by nitrogen gas the convicted killer who already underwent an unsuccessful lethal injection now expected to be executed in a never before used practice we hear from the death row inmate himself and from the

Children of the woman he killed all parties concerned the method won’t work again plus hairstyle on trial a Texas teen punished by his school for refusing to cut his locks his family arguing the move violates a new state law which prohibits race-based hair discrimination how the school is responding as the team

Awaits his day in court and Toxic Paradise after the deadliest wildfire in US history lahina is beginning to pick up the pieces but concerns are mounting over where they actually put them an area known for its beautiful coral reef now possibly in danger we speak to one

Of the outraged residents who says the health of the community and the environment are at stake top story starts right Now and good evening we’re following several breaking headlines involving former president Trump first Trump taking the stand today testifying in his own def defense in the defamation trial brought against him by Ryder egene Carroll it comes after a jury already found that Trump sexually abused and defamed her today the former president

Standing by his denial of Carol’s sexual assault claim but the judge was forced to strike down the second half of his statement we’re going to explain that also breaking the former president is attempting to dismiss election interference charges citing allegations of an improper romantic relationship between two key prosecutors in the case

The motion to disqualify fton County district attorney fonnie Willis and what it means for the case moving forward also tonight the RNC is considering declaring Trump the presumptive 2024 nominee the mounting pressure rival Nikki Haley is facing from her own party now to drop out of the race Haley’s

Campaign firing back saying the decision should be in the hands of Voters NBC’s Ryan Nobles tonight starting us off right here tonight after wins in Iowa and New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republic repan front runner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only a few minutes his testimony limited by

The judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist eege Carol now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by his deposition where he said Carol was

Lying he answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell

Accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement not do Trump’s allies slamming the

Proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean first

You’d have to go talk to the minority leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump

Yet about the final product from my point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors that if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling

T-shirts saying barred permanently get on a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan Noble joins us tonight from Capitol Hill to break down all this Trump news Ryan I really want to focus our conversation on what’s happening on Capitol Hill there we’ve seen all these

Establishment Republicans circle around and coales around Trump calling him the nominee saying he should be the nominee essentially doing whatever he wants so how much are his comments affecting this border Bill well Tom I think we’d be naive uh to say that they are insignificant he is playing a real role in these

Conversations and there are many Republicans not not only in the house but in the Senate as well that take their cues from the former president and he just released a statement tonight saying that unless they get a perfect border deal that the Border deal package could potentially be what he called a

Gift to Democrats that’s something that Republicans are paying very close attention to they understand that Trump has enormous influence with his supporters many of those voters they need for their own elections and that’s part of why his input has been so important in these conversations Ryan

Game this out for us because you you got to this question when you were talking to some of the Republicans on Capitol Hill there though I mean they talk about the immigration problem every single day there’s clearly a massive immigration problem in this country but if they vote

For the bill is it a victory for the current president which could be a victory come November yeah and that’s that’s what they’re wrestling with right now is the politics of all of this Tom you talk to some members and they say they just want to fix the problem at the

Border that not worried about the politics but there are other Republicans that suggest that unless they have a deal that meets all the criteria that they’re looking for there’s no reason to offer any sort of assistance to Biden and his campaign that’s going to be the big conversation that plays out here

Over the next couple of weeks as to whether or not this package ever gets over the finish line and of course we’re talking a lot about the Border Tom but there’s a big component of this that involves that funding to Ukraine which right now is in real danger of never

Happening Ryan Nobles leading us off here on top story Ryan thank you there’s also some new reporting from the campaign Trail the Republican National Committee seemingly trying to pressure Republicans to wrap up the primary season and select Trump as the GOP nominee but a campaign spokesperson for

Nikki Haley saying quote who cares what the RNC says will let millions of Republican voters across the country decide who should be our party’s nominee not a bunch of Washington insiders if Ron McDaniel wants to be helpful she can organize a debate in South Carolina unless she’s also worried that Trump

Can’t handle being on the stage for 90 minutes with Nikki Haley Von hiler joins us now to give us the latest Von we knew this was going to get ugly walk our viewers through what happened today and what we we and others have uncovered in our reporting there was a proposed

Resolution right right after a 30o loss to Donald Trump in Iowa an 11o loss him in New Hampshire there was a great many folks in Republican circles that wanted Donald Trump to be the presumptive nominee Nikki Haley to get out of the race Focus the party’s resources on

Beating Joe Biden in November’s general election Nikki Haley said sorry that’s not going to happen Donald Trump is going to have to win more States her home state of South Carolina comes a month from now so that only drags this process out and what now the RNC uh is

Going to be putting forward at next week’s RNC meeting in Las Vegas is a resolution then which they’re going to ask all the members they come from all 50 states these are key party activists to vote on making Donald Trump the presumptive nominee essentially what that would do would allow the party to

Begin investing dollars towards Donald Trump’s candidacy and making it all but harder on Nikki Haley to make the claim that she still has a chance when the party is already behind Donald so a proposal’s been drafted already we’ve seen this they want people to vote on this and essentially end the primary

Process it would almost all but ended there would technically still be the votes folks would still go vote in South Carolina but it would be the party infrastructure which has millions of dollars to its name saying Donald Trump is our guy and for Nikki Haley she’s already having a tough time with donors

And with other Republican elected officials who have not endorsed her but endorsed Donald Trump and I think it’s notable though literally in just the last few minutes Donald Trump actually just put a social media post out in which he said that he does not believe that RNC should go forward with this

Plan because he wants to win the old-fashioned way were his words and finish the process off at The Ballot Box of course Donald Trump is one who is not shy about wanting to have a big party and he believes that South Carolina is a place where he can get a great amount of

Support and beat Nikki Haley on her home turf once and for all this is so strange because even before New Hampshire voted you had Ronald McDaniel come out with that statement essentially saying if there’s a loss tonight they got to Rally around Trump the person who proposed

This Dave bossy worked so closely with the president in the during the campaign he’s at the RC now and now Trump’s saying he’s not with this plan I mean what’s going on it’s a little hectic at the Republican party here these days and Nikki Haley she wants to have a debate a

One-on-one debate with Donald Trump and that’s where she called on the RNC to make that happen forc Donald Trump to not make the agreement to it but so far Donald Trump has not felt compelled to take part in any debate at this point and the Republican National Committee

What they want is anything but chaos but right now over the next month we could see a little bit more of it Von Hiller with the news from the campaign Trail Von thank you for that now to the other legal drama the former president is involved in to remind our viewers Trump

Along with 18 other codefendants is being investigated in Georgia on Election interference charges but one of Trump’s codefendants in the case Mike Roman is alleging that fton County district attorney fonny Willis had an improper relationship with one of the special prosecutors on that case Nathan Wade standing next to her in the gray

Suit there now Trump is joining that motion in an attempt to remove her from the case we’ve covered this extensively here on top story Trump’s Council making a statement today saying in part the motion filed today on behalf of President Trump seeks to hold district attorney Willis legally accountable both

For her misconduct alleg in a motion filed by Mr Roman as well as her extrajudicial public statements falsely and intentionally injecting race into this case alluding to comment she made last week claiming she and Wade are being targeted because of her race and his race here’s what she

Saided Three Special counsel is my right to do paid them all the same hourly rate they only attacked one I hired one white woman a good personal friend and great lawyer a superstar I tell you I hired one white man brilliant my friend and a great lawyer and I hired one black man

Another Superstar a great friend and a great lawyer oh Lord they going to be mad when I call them out on this nonsense first thing they say oh she going to play the race card now but no God isn’t it them who’s playing the race card when they only

Question one to help us understand what’s at play here I want to bring an NBC legal analyst and friend of top story Danny saalo Danny thanks for joining us tonight so Danny it seems like things are only getting worse for da fonny Willis and the pressure is just

Mounting what do you think happens after this well I want to frame what this motion actually asked for it’s been described as a motion to dismiss the case outright based on a relationship between the da and the top prosecutor honor team that’s not really what the

Motion is the motion is twofold first it says the prosecutor was improperly appointed he was essentially a PR private citizen getting an indictment against these defendants and so the indictment is fatally defective for that reason part two of the motion says Hey in case you are wondering how the

Prosecutor could have just forgotten to to cross all the tees and Dot all the eyes here’s why they were probably avoiding getting caught in this alleged relationship and the second part of the motion says hey if you don’t dismiss the indictment you should throw these two prosecutors off the case because of the

Appearance of impropriety and attorneys like me are not judged on whether or not there is an improper event rather the appearance of impropriety is what we have to strive to avoid according to the ethical rules so it seems to me that fonnie Willis is looking to make public

Statements in a venue where she’s not going to field questions but this is a real problem for the Georgia DA’s office and a real problem for this prosecution one of the possible outcomes could be disqualifying the entire DA’s office who then will even take up the charge but

Trump’s allegations go one step further because essentially what they’re saying is there’s this improper relationship between the da and the special prosecutor there’s now credit card statements unsealed from a divorce proceedings involving that special prosecutor that that show trips between fonnie Willis and the special prosecutor

But then she goes to the church and she says this is all about race is that a problem when we talk about ethics is that a problem can can a lawyer do that is she is she able to do that but as as the da she has to be careful as a lawyer

She has to be careful exactly right and more so as the da more so as an elected official but also as an attorney injecting race improperly into a case can potentially raise an Ethics problem and you know I’ve actually had this come up in my own cases and the problem is is

That you’re essentially invoking by invoking race you’re implying that the other side is engaging in racism and if you’re going to make that kind of allegation you have to have to have support for it because Court and I know this I’ve litigated cases where other parties have brought this up uh courts

Do not take kindly to unsupported allegations of racism because they can devastate someone’s career so that’s just a general proposition that really it was probably not a great idea if I think if fonny Wills had that moment back she might not have said what she said about race because it only created

Problems it didn’t help her one bit Danny you know you’re somebody who comes on here and you’re always very measured you’re not a lawyer on TV who just likes to sort of inject anything that’s exciting or salacious so I say that because it’s sounding to me like you think da fonny

Willis is an actual real trouble and this could come back to Haunter I do originally when this motion first came out it seemed like a long shot but I’ve read the motion if the allegations they have in there are true for example they alleged that the special prosecutor had

So little experience that they couldn’t even find a case or two cases in which he had handled Rico cases that is a strange thing given you have an entire DA’s office full of people who are guess what prosecutors and they’re very experienced now now we get into kind of

A Twilight Zone here because the defendant is essentially arguing hey you got a less experienced prosecutor what about all these experienced prosecutors it’s the defendant making the hey get better people to prosecute me right but the point is made is why appoint why pay this person uh upwards of I believe

Upwards of a million dollars in fees already and you know look if you build those hours you build those hours but uh why get this person onto the case the stronger argument right now is the technical one that the indictment may have been improperly obtained that’s a problem I mean we challenge indictments

On technicalities all the time you got to you got to do everything right procedurally but the second part disqualifying the da could completely derail the case as well because it’s her show who else is going to step in if she’s somehow disqualified this motion is a real threat to this prosecution all

Right Danny savalos we appreciate all of your analysis as always we want to take a big turn now and talk about some of the severe flooding threating threatening Millions uh of Americans massive rainfall in the Southeast flooding homes and businesses and submerging vehicles the storm system turning deadly in Mississippi as

Officials brace for more dangerous conditions in hard hit Texas and Louisiana guad Venegas is there tonight A soaked southern region enduring a second day of heavy rain 19 million people under flood alerts from Mississippi to the Northeast a day after Heavy Rain slam parts of Texas and Louisiana we’re definitely keeping a

Close eye cuz it could get dangerous quickly in maidviolet Fighters rescuing 17 people from flooded homes my father start he tried to come on the tractor but he got stuck me way through the tractor turned off in Mississippi authorities now reporting one weather related death after a driver

Lost control of a vehicle and ran into a tree numerous cities in the corridor from Texas to the Northeast getting more than double their average rainfall for the month of January that wet winter weather now marching East threatening a dangerous end to the week guad Venegas joins us tonight from cing Louisiana

Guad you’re standing in front of a river tonight what’s the concern there does it remain the flooding of those Rivers uh Tom you can see some of the flooding here yeah so these waterways in the area are still flooded uh there is River here but the water would normally

Be somewhere down there we still have some of the flooding in the lowline areas not just in this part of Louisiana but all across the region so authorities are asking people to stay away from these areas of course because there is a danger when people come uh to these

Lowline parts of the region uh the good news is that most of the rain has has already made its way through so we didn’t get as much rain today as we had yesterday as the worst part of the storm is making its way through the South Tom

Guad Vegas here be careful for the Gators for more in the severe weather NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens joins me now Bill we know the worst of this storm may be done but there’s one right behind it yeah 24-hour break that’s all these residents going going to get for

The clean up and for the water to receive before we add more water on top top of it so now we’re down to 16 million people in are flood watches and these flood watches from Atlanta Montgomery are actually for the next storm coming they never even dropped

Them from this storm so you notice we have areas of rain but we don’t have anything concentrated anymore we don’t have any flash flooding that’s ongoing currently thunderstorms across Georgia are dying we doing some heavy raining between St Louis and Chicago but here’s the next storm already going to form off

The coast of Texas as we go throughout Friday Friday night Heavy Rain develops in Louisiana once again right where guad was standing and then this storm will be on the move this weekend Saturdays a soaking rain through the South especially the Carolinas Tennessee Kentucky and then as we go throughout

Sunday all of this rain moves into the Northeast and there’s going to be just enough cold air on the north side of this for some heavy wet snow it’s going to be a marginal forecast temperatures are really close between if it’s going to be Rainer snow higher elevations of

Course our European computer model yesterday was saying heavier snow now it’s looking at lighter snow and our models have flip-flopped if you’re with us last night our American model was saying light snow now it’s saying heavier snow the bottom line is it’s going to take another day to kind of

Iron this out where we’re going to be dealing with the heaviest snow on Sunday night into Monday morning in the Northeast and in the meantime Tom we’re going to talk a lot the week ahead about our friends on the west coast an atmospheric river is heading their way

With a lot of rain oh not again all right Bill we appreciate that in Alabama tonight officials set to execute a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas it’s the first time ever the method has been used to kill a prisoner but people on both sides of the case say there’s a

Lot of risk even potentially to those present at the execution Dasha burn spoke with that inmate the son of his victim and the Reverend said to deliver his last rights the state of Alabama has already tried to execute Kenny Smith this is a free call from an incarcerated individual at Alabama Department of

Corrections but tonight the death row inmate is still alive I’m terrified it started when I was on the exec guarding uh last November now the state will try to execute Smith again with a method that’s never been used before death by nitrogen gas gas the fact that they got

Me lined up to be the first with gas um is really terrifying Smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder of Elizabeth Senate hired by her husband an Alabama Pastor Smith has been in prison for 35 years he was scheduled to die in November 2022 but the attempt at lethal

Injection didn’t work I on that I was cheing when they C line in my my head down my the blood at my head was the third in a string of bed executions that year How could a a state give something so wrong Chuck and Mike Senate Elizabeth’s children went to

William C hullman Correctional that night in 2022 expecting to see the Justice they wanted instead they say the failed execution failed them too what is that emotion anger anger anger yeah mhm they’re supposed to know what they’re doing there but somehow they missed he was guilty so how does that turn into 35

Year waight to get Justice for what our mother suffered from you guys are about to drive down this road again to witness this again how confident are you you that the state will succeed not much 50/50 50/50 that’s brand new who knows what’s going to happen with this one I hope nothing goes

Wrong that’s our F yeah that’s our final hope it’s all over with Wednesday night the Supreme Court rejected appeals from Smith’s legal team over the method of execution a method legal Scholars say has many unknowns this is a method that has never been used in the history of

The world as far as we know so nobody knows what’s going to happen least of all the state of Alabama but State officials expressed confidence in court testifying that nitrogen gas is quote painless and Humane Smith steam has argued execution by nitrogen gas could lead to prolonged pain and suffering

That Smith May vomit in the mask and choke or it could leave him in a vegetative state or even put others in the room at risk like spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who will perform Smith’s last rights Lord we have gathered here and this morning Hood received last rights

Of his own he’ll be in the room when it happens and a Gastly could be deadly to him too when did it start to really Dawn on you that this was going to be very different from the previous times you’ve given last rights I have never ever

Signed a waiver before going into an execution the waiver here talks about in the event in the in the highly unlikely event it says here that the hose supplying breathing gas to the mask were to detach an area of free flowing nitrogen could result creating a small

Area of risk and there it goes on to talk about other potential hazards how did you feel see I mean the existence of a waiver in the first place speaks to the fear that they have that something could go wrong this is the first time in human history that someone

Besides the person being being executed is at risk of dying in the process and I think it’s also important to point out that you know this human experiment on Kenny is also an experiment on everybody else in the room I mean there’s a concern of your own safety and then

There are concerns about how this could go for Kenny how worried are you about what you might witness I mean I think uh I’m prepared to witness a horror show I kept asking questions and they kept saying trust us trust us do you trust them no Smith says his biggest fear is

That he might survive again this is not going to go right I’m expected to take the bir the department going to get it’s all about what’s fixing to happen to him but nobody is talking about what he did to our mother or why he’s in that situation

Because he killed her this is what it’s about for you all yeah that’s all it’s ever been about what would you say to your mom if she could hear you right now I love you and I hope we finally get you justice all right Dasha Burns joins us

Tonight live from at more Alabama Dash as you mentioned in your piece this is a very new method of execution and yet I understand officials they’re not exactly being transparent about some of the protocols yeah Tom that’s right they did release a protocol but it was heavily

Redacted uh the press the Senate family and uh Reverend Jeff Hood who you heard from there have all been asking questions trying to get in more information to understand exactly how this will all unfold but a lot of those questions have gone unanswered uh Hood especially has been really dissatisfied

With the lack of answers from the state about his own uh safety you can imagine he and his family are really concerned about that and Tom as we stand here right now I’m right now in the media Center that’s across the street uh from from the facility where where uh Hood

Will under where where uh um he will undergo this Kenny uh Kenny Smith will undergo this procedure uh we are right now waiting on some final uh legal processes to play out we’re waiting for one more word from the Supreme Court based on another case um that Smith’s

Attorneys filed trying to get this uh uh trying to get a stay trying to get this execution paused we’re expecting to hear from the Supreme Court shortly this is typical with these sorts of executions Le usually there are legal Maneuvers um sort of up until the last minute we know

That when the process will really Kickstart is when some witnesses some of the media uh folks here that were selected as Witnesses are going to be transported there so that’s when that happens that’s when we know um that the process will actually begin but when it’s going to be over and what’s going

To transpire tonight is still a question Tom Dasha Burns right there at the center of it all okay Dasha we thank you for your reporting on what is a very tough story we want to turn out of Michigan in another tough story where a historic trial is underway for the

Mother of school shooter Ethan Crumley the teenager sentenced to life in prison after killing four students at his high school nearly 3 years ago now his parents are both facing charges of involuntary manslaughter Accused by prosecutors of failing to prevent the shooting Adrien brus has a look at the

Trial M under away for crumble mom Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the defense hitting back he did something

She could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted Crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter the first parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this from

Happening the defense appearing to shift BL blame onto crumb’s husband James who has a separate trial James Crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first

Witnesses so it entered here and exited here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that memory still wrong so I looked down and um I realize he’s raising a gun to me crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the

Defendant her lawyer sit there Sobbing tonight the defense asking jurors to keep an open mind and we also learned today Jennifer plans to take this stand her attorneys say they aimed to show who she was as a mother as for the prosecution they say they plan to call more than 20 Witnesses including

Some who were inside of the school the day of the shooting Tom Adrien broadis for us tonight Adrian thank you for that we want to head overseas now to the ongoing negotiations to release the hostages still held in Gaza a top Us official is being tapped by the Biden Administration to help

Broker that deal CIA director William Burns now heading to Europe this weekend for top level meetings with more on this development I want to bring in NBC News foreign correspondent rap Sanchez who joins us now from Tel Aviv will the CIA director Raph be able to do what so far

No International Diplomat nobody from Israel and or Hamas has been able to do it’s the big question Tom the CIA director will be meeting his Israeli counterpart the head of the Mossad spy agency he’ll be meeting the prime minister of Qatar who has been the key mediator throughout this process and his

Hope is to jump start these negotiations towards the C fire towards getting those Israeli hostages released the last ceasefire Tom you’ll remember collapsed on the 1st of December and the big sticking point since then has been whether any pause in the fighting going forward will be temporary or permanent

Hamas is saying it needs to be a permanent ceasefire they say they will not release any more hostages until the war ends Israel is saying only a temporary pause in the fighting they say the war will not end until Hamas is is destroyed and that they plan to resume

Military activity on the other side of a hostage deal Tom it is worth noting it feels a little counterintuitive but the fact that the fighting is so intense right now in southern Gaza could actually be a sign that the Israeli military believes that a ceasefire is

Imminent and it feels it wants to make as much progress on the battlefield before any agreement comes into we hope so you you’ve been covering sort of every moment of this terror attack and now war and hostage negotiations do we know what the thinking is because our secretary of state Anthony blinkin has

Spent so much time over there he’s been trying to do this and now they’re calling in the CIA director and I just wonder what the calculation may be from the Biden Administration it’s really interesting Tom we have seen the spies the intelligence officials acting as the sort of Shadow diplomats throughout this

Crisis so Israel’s lead negotiator has been the head of its own foreign intelligence agency the mosad this is a man who has been going to Arab countries with whom Israel does not have diplomatic relations and negotiating on behalf of the Israeli government and it may be that the Biden Administration

Feels that CIA director Bill Burns who is a diplomat by background but is now the head of the CIA a man who has unparalleled insight into the vast intelligence resources of the United States that he may be the man to go in and clinch the deal here they’re

Certainly hoping so and we actually saw him making similar trips before that last ceasefire deal came into place back in November Tom Raph Sanchez from Tel Aviv tonight Raph thank you still ahead the shocking new allegations against WWE founder Vince McMahon a former employee now accusing him of sex trafficking

Sexual assault and abuse also alleging she was forced to perform sex acts in exchange for her job the graphic details coming up plus the high school student now going to trial over this hairstyle why his school district has kept him at a class over his locks and why his

Family says that’s breaking the law and Manhattan’s Freedom Tower may be dethroned as the tallest skyscraper in the US so can you guess where this would be built the answer may surprise you stay with Us [Applause] The fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty Bad News lives in the now Israel tonight declaring war against Hamas following the brutal surprise attack within its own borders now is raw we are in the West Bank City of rala protesters are on the streets here to denounce Israel now is real most of the time the Iron Dome

Works but there are rare occasions that a few get through like here in ashalon news for the generation of now it’s NBC News Now streaming free everywhere out I think when you open your eyes you get to decide how’s my day going to

Be we want to be a way to start your day lighten your load every single morning nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore There is some late breaking news all right the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows for the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on [Applause] NBC back down with some shocking allegations involving one of the biggest figures in pro wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon accused of sexual abuse and sex trafficking by a former employee and a warning some of what you’re about to hear is graphic wrestl media tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling

Facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE found and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted

Her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in

Return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to anull a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive $3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract

Claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene madeup instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year

McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally through my 50-year career I’ve owned up to everything single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and

Graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s

Attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and tonight WWE’s parent company TKO is also responding TKO tells NBC News Mr McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE

Adding they quote take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally when we come back the dangerous traffic stop in Oklahoma a car plowing into a stop vehicle a State Trooper going airborne luckily somehow everyone is okay but tonight A authorities issuing a warning to other drivers will

Explain we report live from Tel Aviv we are live tonight from harez Mexico reporting over the Skies of Bah here in Florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seeing people just running for their lives people running for their lives hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the

People in Gaza do you think what do they need most place where Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC news now the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news

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Inside Iran from Israel from Florida from Lewis in Maine part of our continued reporting this is what a country at War looks like women children what is it like countless neighborhoods across the region that look just like this we see everybody good the it took for all this damage [Applause] to Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC we report live from Tel Aviv from poz Mexico reporting over the Skies of Mah every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC news Now okay we are back now with top stories Newsfeed we begin with the death of a New York City dancer linked to mislabeled cookies according to a new lawsuit the 25-year-old went into anaphylactic shock after eating cookies from the local supermarket Stu Leonards according to the woman’s lawyer the

Packaging did not say the product contain peanuts but did Supermarket said the supplier changed a soy ingredient to peanuts but they were never notified part of a historic church in Connecticut collapsed today with at least one person inside take a look at this new video

Shows the roof caved in on a church in New London search Crews were called in but officials say they believe only one person was inside at the time and she was safely evacuated no one else was hurt that church built back in 1810 Oklahoma authorities issuing a warning to drivers after a dangerous

Crash caught on camera everyone in this video so you know is okay a dash cam capturing the moment a passing car slammed into a stop vehicle sending a State Trooper you see there flying to the ground three people including the trooper were treated for injuries at the hospital but have since been released

Highway Patrol reminding drivers to pay attention to the road and always move over if you see a stop vehicle and the tallest skyscraper in the US may be coming to Oklahoma City Yes you heard that right a new rendering by a architecture shows the proposed Brick Town Tower according to a press release

The building will be 1,907 ft that number honors the year Oklahoma became a state it would also make it more taller than the Freedom Tower in Manhattan and the fifth tallest building in the world pretty incredible okay next tonight to an update on a Case we’ve been tracking a Texas school

District has now headed to court to determine whether a black high school student can continue being punished for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state law NBC’s in clay esima has the latest tonight a heated dispute between a Houston area school district and one

Of its black high school students is headed to trial Daryl George has been serving an in school suspension and facing other disciplinary actions for more than four months now all because of his hair why like why me out of everybody in that school The Barbers Hill district says it’s because George’s

Lock hairstyle violates its dress code policy which limits hair length for boys but George’s family and critics say the move is a violation of the crown act a new Texas law which took effect in September and prohibits race-based hair discrimination I wrote The Crown act I

Filed it and it is clear locks band two knots twists braids washing goes blowouts however you wish to wear your hair wigs should be accepted Barbers Hill ISD is still in his high school experience and breaking the law a state judge Now setting a February trial date to determine if

George’s punishment is a violation of the law the family has a real case here especially given that the authors of the bill really believe that this is a situation where the crown act would apply the outcome of this case will absolutely set a precedent especially within the state of Texas George’s

Mother said she was disappointed the judge did not Grant a temporary very restraining order that would have stopped her son’s punishment until the trial I have a son 18 years old that wants to go to school that wants to get his education and y’all messing with him why Barber’s Hill superintendent telling NBC

News in part the crown act says nothing about hair length adding it was meant to allow braids locks or twists which the district has always allowed the law was never intended to allow unlimited student expression in a paid ad that ran earlier this month in the Houston Chronicle po stood behind the the

District’s decisions the ad reading quote we will not lose sight of the main goal high standards for our students by bending to political pressure or responding to misinformed media reports these entities have lesser goals that ultimately harm kids greg p is a liar it is about the fact that he does not like

Braids locks or any sort of African-American hair style which he said and I’m going to prove it to you we spoke with George in December shortly after he was suspended for for a second time due to his hair how has this all felt for you it’s very stressful I’m

Trying to maintain being a student while also having to deal with this why should I cut my hair for my education my hair has nothing to do with my education what is your hair and your hairstyle mean to you it just means a lot to me it make me feel more closer to

My people being without my hair is like cutting me from my people not letting me you know express myself how I feel I should be Zin samwa NBC News okay we thank zenclay for that story now a top stories Global watch a check of what else is happening around the world we

Start with those six nuns we had told you about they have been released after being kidnapped in Haiti the Archbishop confirmed the nuns along with two other people were freed on Wednesday it is unclear their condition or if any type of Ransom was paid as we reported the

Group of eight were kidnapped while on a bus in the capital city Pope Francis had also called for their release okay Taiwan has begun its extended mandatory military service starting today recruits will serve for a mandatory one year instead of four months Taiwan announced the extensions in late 2022 over

Concerns about China’s Rising military threat according to the Army conscripts will undergo more intense training operate more powerful weapons and receive combat instructions used by US forces and Costa Rica giving its residents more freedom over their last names the country’s Supreme Court lifting a requirement that placed the

Father’s surname before the mother’s on identification in many Spanish-speaking Nations people often use the last names of both parents well the Court’s decision now allows citizens to choose the order in which they appear okay coming up officials in L cleaning up toxic debris from the devastating

Wildfire so where is it going debris by the truckloads now being offloaded at a temporary dump site not far from the ocean one outraged resident joins top story he explains to us and shows us some of his evidence that officials are not doing enough to protect the area’s

Natural habitat we’ll bring you all the sides coming up after this from inside Iran from Israel from Florida part of our continued reporting think we’re all safe everybody good women Children we report live from Tel Aviv we are live tonight from harez Mexico reporting over the Skies of mAh here in Florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seeing people just running for their lives people running for their lives hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what are

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Deadly wildfires in Laha the New York Times today reporting officials are working to dispose of thousands of truckloads of toxic debris but the chosen temporary disposal site in olalo drawing outrage from native Hawaiian residents and those concerned with protecting a nearby prized coral reef one of those vocal opponents to the dump

Site is Eddie Garcia he joins top story tonight he’s a farmer in Ola walu which is a few miles south of lahina on the western Maui Coastline Eddie thanks for joining us tonight you said you’ve been analyzing schematics and Drone footage of the dump site and you believe the

Site’s overall design is flawed looking at this Drone footage and the images that we have here for our viewers why do you believe the site’s construction is an issue um well there’s several factors one is um just the sheer surface area of non-permeable surface like when you’re

Thinking about catching water off of a roof you have to have such a certain size of catchment to handle the amount of square non-permeable surface that will fill that catchment tank so if you look on the shot that you guys are showing now you can see that with over

Six acres of surface area uh that thing produces about 160,000 gallons of rainwater for every inch of rain uh we’re known to have 4 in rains not that uncommon it would close to fill the million gallon Reservoir in fact a small rain last week filled it with 400,000

Gallons they didn’t have anything they could do except actually stick it right back into the ground in the porest cind cinder area and drain it right on top of a water table 600 yards from the ocean Eddie a lot of our viewers a lot of our viewers aren’t familiar with this area

Can you can you kind of walk us through the video that we’re looking at what exactly are we seeing there in that Drone footage so you’re looking at a cinder cone that’s really uh cultural historical site that used to have a dump next door to it so they basically

Hollowed it all out what you’re looking on the screen right now is them actually dumping the leachate water right into the ground um that’s their only safe fail fail safe right now if it were to rain four inches up on us it would create a whole new Reservoir their only

Answer is that it’s a closed loop system this is after they drained it they don’t have a way to pull the leech a out or the solid material they have not given us any protocol the overall top Reservoir that you see on the top of this lower area which is the lee8

Containment tank it has too much surface area as well to actually contain it it’s bound to overflow on the low side and then what happens if it overflows where does that water go it’s going to wind up right in the ocean and they’re saying it’s not going to wind up in the ocean

Because you won’t see it but basically this is a cinder pit one of the most poorest um sort of areas that we have in the Hawaiian islands and they usually have lava tubes underneath them in fact you can notice they drained almost 400,000 gallons of water in just a few

Hours there’s really only a few places on the island you could even do that without it just saturating the ground and puddling up so this here the SES you’re seeing now is after they drained it from the first rain it filled up this much here with less than 4 Ines of rain

The top one you’re looking at now is the bad design and you can also see that the puddle is in the bottom corner and that only took a few inches of rain to get it to that point what yeah there’s thousands like we said thousands of of truckloads if

You will pounds of debris from L they have to clean it up where should It Go um well there’s been a lot of um proposals put forward some companies that were willing to ship it to the mainland and pay and um uh pack it and

Ship it to the mainland it was a little more expensive but there’s a bunch of Solutions on the table right now including packing it into seven or 8,000 containers within the contaminated area instead of contaminating a whole another area this place is much more volatile

Due to the nature of the cinder and the drainage right into the water table this is some of the strongest wind on the island their argument is that they need to contain it and get it out of a vol volatile situation but what they’re actually doing is putting it in a much

More volatile situation plus they’re putting it where now everyone on the island has to pass by it within 15 ft of their way station they’re putting it in a super windy area that the wind blows right offshore so they should actually be putting signs up that this is toxic

To the public people should roll their Windows when they go by the cross-contamination from the trucks is ridiculous and draining right down onto our farm next door there’s a lot of aspects of this going on that are wrong yeah you know officials yeah you know officials have promised that all

The material at the dump site will be dug up and then relocated to a permanent site later but they have yet to select that destination from my understanding are residents like you concerned that once they dump it at this site it’s never going to move it’s in fact it’s a fact probably

That it’s never going to move because if you look what we were told as a community it was going to be wrapped up in a burrito or a chimy chunga and then it was supposed to be set in the temporary site and then it’s then there’s a possibility of moving it but

Think about it 40,000 trucks with 400,000 cubic yards of material but now you’re mixing it with 600,000 yards of cubic material of Cinder and Blue Rock now you’re soaking water in it like a teacup so you’re contaminating all of that material you just overd doubled the

Problem and now you still have to take that to a to a permanent site so all the arguments about the transportation the cost of moving it if it costs them $40 million to move at8 miles and it’s only 40,000 trucks imagine what it’s going to cost them to move 140,000 trucks 20

Miles um while the while the island has a lot more tourism and people on it because of the recovery two years from now Eddie Garcia we we Yeah Eddie we appreciate your time we thank you for coming on top story tonight letting us know about this issue we’re going to

Stay on top of it as we’ve covered every moment since that wildfire in Lina we thank you for your time all right we’re going to be right back please stay with us people really don’t know what’s going happen near a dozen hours after the ey roared asore more good people To there is some late breaking news the Iowa [Applause] CC all Right Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every every Sunday on NBC news for the generation of now is NBC News [Applause] Now were you calling the shots though Mr President ultimately was the Biden Administration caught off guard by this latest surge of migrants is it clear who’s going to govern Gaza once this war is over if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared a There is some latebreaking news all Right news lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything let’s break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC news now the fire has grown leaps and B you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty bad

News for the generation of now is NBC news Now finally tonight we’re just 6 months away from the Summer Olympics Paris gearing up to host the world’s top athletes and what it’s calling a new era of games our Kier Simmons is there with an inside look on how the city is prepping for this historic

Event the clock is ticking down to for the Paris games the merchandise already on sale the venues almost ready we got a look at the athletes Village it’s going to be ready oh yeah that’s that’s the crucial question we are perfectly on time already early 6 months from the

Games and they tell us the Olympic Village will be ready in 6 weeks 3,000 apartments for more than 14,000 athletes and staff many venues are being recycled the 192 24 Paris Olympic swimming pool is being refurbished are you putting the water from the sen in here no no the send the

Centerpiece of the games hosting the first opening ceremony outside a stadium other iconic landmarks will become venues like the plasa Concord where Olympic breaking will Premiere Sunny Choy will be there for Team USA I’ll be like sitting on the plane and all of a sudden I feel like tears in my eyes and

I’m like wait I’m going this is happening like right now as for the hometown fans basketball is a huge draw with NBA star Victor wanyama expected to lead Team France which country is going to get gold in the basketball you sure actually I think the us is going to

Get it the us as always we’ll see in just six months can’t wait for those games to start and a reminder all the action on NBC we thank K Simmons for that report and we thank you for watching top story I’m Tom yamas in New York stay right there more news on the

Way tonight Donald Trump testifying in the defamation Civil Trial brought against him by writer egene Carroll the former president on the stand today for just a matter of minutes what he said that the judge quickly struck from the record his testimony keeping him off the campaign Trail as he and Nikki Haley

Battle for South Carolina the warning he gave to her donors and one of Mr Trump’s former advisers Peter Navaro sentence for defying a subpoena from the January six committee also tonight the mother of the Oxford High School shooter on trial the video shown of her at a gun range

With her son and the moment her tears led to a courtroom confrontation new video of a 17 18-year-old murder suspect minutes after he escaped from a Philadelphia Hospital the Urgent Manhunt explosive allegations against WWE founder Vince McMahon the former employee accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking the threat of more flash

Flooding across the South we’re tracking it Alabama set to carry out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas an untested method on a death row inmate after botching his lethal injection the massive steeple collapsing at a church in Connecticut and 6 months to Paris inside the new Olympic Village as

We count down to the summer games this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening and welcome former president Donald Trump had his say in court today as his defense rested its case in the defamation case against him by writer eing Carroll the former president spent under five minutes on

The witness stand clashing with the judge over what he was allowed to say Mr Trump hoping to sway a federal jury in New York from ordering him to pay Carol potentially millions in Damages while in the political Forum Mr Trump is applying pressure to sway Republicans to Rally around his candidacy for president

Threatening to Blacklist donors who contribute to his GOP Challenger Nikki Haley Mr Trump also Making Waves in Congress tonight Ryan Nobles has late details tonight after wins in Iowa and New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican front runner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only

A few minutes his testimony limited by the judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist egene Carol now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by

His deposition where he said Carol was lying he answered answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill

With Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement a that Trump’s allies

Slamming the proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean

First you’d have to go talk to the minority leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republican an believe Trump should be backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump

Yet about the final product from my point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors that if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling

T-shirts saying barred permanently get on a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan let’s turn back to those negotiations over the border and Ukraine Aid where do they stand tonight well Lester late tonight the former president issuing a statement warning Republicans that a border deal

Could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats despite that the lead negotiators believe they could release the details of their legislation early next week they remain hopeful that a bipartisan deal can be struck Lester all right Ryan nobl thank you a former adviser in the Trump White House Peter

Navaro was sentenced to four months in prison today for criminal contempt of congress in September Navaro was convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to a house committee investigating the January 6 attack he was also ordered to pay a fine of $99,500 he plans to appeal in the

Michigan courtroom today the first testimony in the unprecedented trial of a mother charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to prevent her son from shooting four students to death at his high school Adrian brus has more Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors

Laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the defense hitting back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted Crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter the first

Parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this from happening the defense appearing to shift blame onto crumley’s husband James who has a separate trial James

Crumbley was respons responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here and exited here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that

Memory still wrong so I looked down and um I realize he’s raising a gun to me crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there sobbing so I did not tonight the defense asking

Jurors to keep an open mind and we also learned today Jennifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aimed to show who she was as a mother Lester Adrien BR us thank you there’s a man hun in Pennsylvania tonight for a 17-year-old murder suspect who escaped

From authorities police say Shane prior ran away after police brought him to a hospital for a hand injury he has been awaiting trial since 2020 the US Marshall service says he may have escaped in a stolen pickup truck now to the shocking news involving one of the biggest figures in professional

Wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon is accused of sexual assault and trafficking by a former employee Tomy yamas has more on the lawsuit we have to warn you some of what you’re about to hear is graphic wrestl media tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex

Trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and

Controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to anol a non-disclosure agreement

From 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive $3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of

Federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson says this lawsuit is replat with lies obscene madeup instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let

Me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally through my 50-year career I’ve owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock

Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug

And Tom WWE’s parent company is responding to this tonight that’s right Lester the parent company is called TKO and they tell NBC News Mr McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE while this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company we take Miss

Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally user all right Tom thanks very much we’re tracking storms tonight 19 million under flash flood threats from Mississippi to New York after days of heavy rain from California to the Deep South one city in Texas getting

More than a foot the rain shifts north tonight and could impact the morning commute in cities like Chicago Milwaukee New York and Boston a surge on Wall Street today the SNP setting a new closing record after strong new evidence of the strength of the US economy senior business correspondent Christine Romans has

Details at this commercial Glass Factory in Ben Salem Pennsylvania owner Josh Berg says the much forecast recession of 2023 never happened the year was good the the the year was really really good you had new business maintained existing business grew your Workforce and grew your top

Line and bottom line numbers in a year we expected a recession that’s correct as as as counterintuitive as that may seem work happening on Factory floors like this one has kept the US economy humming in fact economic growth last year GDP was stronger than the average for the entire decade before the

Pandemic the economy grew 3.3% in the final 3 months of 2023 for the year a robust 2 and a half% fueled by strong consumer spending and hiring today’s numbers smashing expectations continually throughout the year we have had strong growth and in this case stronger growth than expected President Biden in Superior Wisconsin today

America now is the strongest growth the lowest inflation rate of any major economy in the world yet polls show Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy the ongoing effects of High inflation and the least affordable housing market in more than a generation contributing to many not feeling the country’s

Economic growth personally but back in Ben Salem tempered enthusiasm from Josh Berg what was 2023 in a letter grade A minus a minus always room for improvement but a a well- earned Year from everybody here and Christine as you know the Federal Reserve meets next week so much writing

On what they decided to about interest rates how does this news factor in you know Lester we also got data today on the fed’s preferred gauge of inflation and the numbers there show inflation is continuing to come down that lends support to the idea that the FED is

Headed for interest rate Cuts this year and that’s part of what’s been fueling the current stock market rally Lester all right Christine thanks much in 60 seconds the execution of a convicted murderer using a first of its kind technique to end his life the controversy right after this

The stunning imag is coming in tonight from Connecticut an enormous steeple collapsing at a historic church in the city of New London opening up a massive hole in the roof inside covered in debris one woman who was inside at the time got out safely authorities don’t believe anyone else was inside and no

Injuries are reported we turn out of Alabama and the plans for a first of its kind execution as Dasha Burns reports the state is set to use a new untested tested method involving nitrogen gas on a death row inmate it has already tried to execute once before the state of Alabama has already

Tried to execute Kenny Smith this is a free call from K an incarcerated individual at Alabama Department of Corrections but tonight the death row inmate is still alive terrified it started when I was on the execu guarding uh last November now the state will try to execute Smith again with method

That’s never been used before death by nitrogen gas the fact that Dave got me lined up to be the first with gas um it’s really terrifying Smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder of Elizabeth Senate hired by her husband an Alabama Pastor Smith has been in prison

For 35 years he was scheduled to die in November 2022 but the attempt at lethal injection didn’t work the third in a string of botched executions that year How could a a state give something so wrong Chuck and Mike Senate Elizabeth’s children went to William C Holman Correctional that night in 2022

Expecting to see the Justice they wanted instead they say the failed execution failed them too what is that emotion anger anger anger yeah mhm they’re supposed to know what they’re doing there but somehow they missed Wednesday night the Supreme Court rejected appeals from Smith’s legal team over the method

Of execution a method legal Scholars say has many unknowns this is a method that has never been used in the history of the world as far as we know so nobody knows what’s going to happen least of all the state of Alabama but State officials expressed confidence in court

Testifying that nitrogen gas is quote painless and Humane Smith’s team has argued execution by nitrogen gas could lead to prolonged pain and suffering that Smith May vomit in the mask and choke or it could leave him in a vegetative state or even put others in the room room at

Risk like spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who will perform Smith’s last rights Lord we have gathered here and this morning Hood received last rights of his own he’ll be in the room when it happens and a Gastly could be deadly to him too I have never ever signed a

Waiver before going into an execution this is the first time in human history that someone besides the person being executed is at risk of dying in the process Smith says his biggest fear is that he might survive again this is not going to go right I’m expected to take the bir

Department tonight the Senate will be in attendance once again what would you say to your mom if she could hear you right now I love you and I hope we finally get you justice Dasha Burns NBC News ATM more Alabama all right we’ll take a break coming up the new measures on

Instagram aimed at keeping teenagers safe but do they do enough and why now it’s a concern for so many families keeping their teenagers safe on social media now Instagram is rolling out some new measures aimed at limiting who can message teens and more here’s Stephanie GS for parents worried about who is

Messaging their teenagers on social media meta says it hears them announcing changes to accounts on Facebook messenger and Instagram for teenagers under 16 years old today we’re announcing a new default setting for teens around messaging that makes Instagram safer for them blocking DMS from anyone who they don’t follow and

Aren’t connected to for parent supervised accounts changes made to that setting or any other safety and privacy setting now has to be approved by a parent we believe that parents know what’s best for their individual child and we want to do what we can to empower parents to make those decisions to shape

Instagram the announcement comes after steps taken earlier this month that limit teen’s ability to see potentially harmful material and to alert them when they are spending a lot of time on the app at night 95% of teens use social media and are on it more than 3 hours a

Day which the Surgeon General says puts them at higher risk for depression and anxiety critics say these measures announced by meta today don’t go nearly far enough these changes are about as effective as a screen door on a submarine Tech Savage teenagers May easily navigate around restrictions how

Difficult is it for a teenager to lie about his or her age and set up an Instagram account it is so simple because we’ve never put in age verification and age Assurance requirements by the way a trillion doll company can figure that out Stephanie is meta doing anything to establish age

Verification for these accounts you know Lester I asked them that specific question and they said that it is a quote comp complex industry challenge but they did say that they support proposed Federal legislation that would require app stores to get parental permission for teenagers to download apps onto their devices all right

Stephanie Gus thank you up next we’ll take you to Paris and see how the city is preparing exactly 6 months before the Summer Olympics in just 6 months more than 10,000 athletes from around the world will descend on Paris for the summer olym ipcs Kier Simmons is there with a

Look and how the city is getting ready the clock is ticking down to the Paris games the merchandise already on sale the venues almost ready we got a look at the athletes Village it’s going to be ready oh yeah that’s that’s the crucial question we are perfectly on

Time already early 6 months from the games and they tell us the Olympic Village will be ready in 6 weeks 3, th000 apartments for more than 14,000 athletes and staff many venues are being recycled the 1924 Paris Olympic swimming pool is being refurbished are you putting the water

From the sen in here no no the send the centerpiece of the games hosting the first opening ceremony outside a stadium other iconic landmarks will become venues like the plasta Concord where Olympic breaking will premere Sunny Choy will there for Team USA I’ll be like

Sitting on the plane and all of a sudden I feel like tears in my eyes and I’m like wait I’m going this is happening like right now as for the hometown fans basketball is a huge draw with NBA star Victor wanyama expected to lead Team France which country is going to get

Gold in the basketball you sure actually I think the us is going to get it the us as always we’ll see in just six months Kia Simmons NBC News Paris and that is Nightly News for this Thursday thank you for watching everyone I’m Lester Holt please take care of

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This news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC tonight Donald Trump testifying in the defamation Civil Trial brought

Against him by writer EEG Carroll the former president on the stand today for just a matter of minutes what he said that the judge quickly Struck from the record his testimony keeping him off the campaign Trail as he and Nikki Haley battle for South Carolina the warning he

Gave to her donors and one of Mr Trump’s former advisers Peter Navaro senten for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee also tonight the mother of the Oxford High School shooter on trial the video shown of her at a gun range with her son and the moment her tears PE led

To a courtroom confrontation new video of a 17-year-old murder suspect minutes after he escaped from a Philadelphia Hospital the Urgent Manhunt explosive allegations against WWE founder Vince McMahon the former employee accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking the threat of more flash flooding across the South we’re tracking

It Alabama set to carry out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas an untested method on a death row inmate after botching his lethal injection the massive steeple collapsing at a church in Connecticut and 6 months to Paris inside the new Olympic Village as we count down to the summer

Games this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome former president Donald Trump had his say in court today as his defense rested its case in the defamation case against him by writer eing Carroll the former president spent under five minutes on the witness stand clashing with the

Judge over what he was allowed to say Mr Trump hoping to sway a federal jury in New York from ordering him to pay Carol potentially millions in Damages while in the political Forum Mr Trump is applying pressure to sway Republicans to Rally around his candidacy for president threatening to Blacklist donors who

Contribute to his GOP Challenger Nikki Haley Mr Trump also Making Waves in Congress tonight Ryan Nobles has late details tonight after winds in Iowa and New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican front runner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only a few minutes his testimony limited by

The judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist egene Carrol now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by his deposition where he said Carol was

Lying he answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell

Accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement Trump’s allies slamming the proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants

Per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean first you’d have to go talk to the minority

Leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump yet about the final product my point of

View um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors that if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling T-shirts saying barred permanently get

On a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan let’s turn back to those negotiations over the border and Ukraine Aid where do they stand tonight well Lester late tonight the former president issuing a statement warning Republicans that a border deal

Could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats despite that the lead negotiators believe they could release the details of their legislation early next week they remain hopeful that a bipartisan deal can be struck Lester all right ran nobl thank you a former adviser in the Trump White House Peter

Navaro was sentenced to four months in prison today for criminal contempt of congress in September Navaro was convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to a house committee investigating the January 6th attack he was also ordered to pay a fine of $99,500 he plans to appeal in the

Michigan court room today the first testimony in the unprecedented trial of a mother charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to prevent her son from shooting four students to death at his high school Adrien brus has more Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible

For those deaths tonight prosecutors laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the defense hitting back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted Crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter the first

Parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this been happening the defense appearing to shift blame onto crumb’s husband James who has a separate trial James

Crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here and exited here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that memory still

Wrong so I looked down and um I realize he’s raising a gun to me crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there sobbing so that I did not I just I just tonight

The defense asking jurors to keep an open mind and we also learned today Jennifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aim to show who she was as a mother Lester Adrien brus thank you there’s a man hun in Pennsylvania tonight for a 17-year-old murder suspect

Who escaped from authorities police say Shane prior ran away after police brought him to a hospital for a hand injury he has been awaiting trial since 2020 the US Marshall service says he may have escaped in a stolen pickup truck now to the shocking news involving one of the biggest figures in professional

Wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon is accused of sexual assault and trafficking by a former employee Tomy yamas has more on the lawsuit we have to warn you some of what you’re about to hear is graphic WrestleMania tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex

Trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and

Controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to anol a non-disclosure agreement

From 2022 two settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive $3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the

Complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince mcmah spokesperson says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene made up instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in

Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you both personally and professionally through my 50-year career I owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for

The WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a

Blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and Tom WWE’s parent company is responding to this tonight that’s right Lester the parent company is called TKO and they tell NBC News m McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE

While this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company we take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally user all right Tom thanks very much we’re tracking storms tonight 19 million under flash flood threats from Mississippi to New York after days of heavy rain from

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Strong new evidence of the strength of the US economy senior business correspondent Christine Romans has details at this commercial Glass Factory in Ben Salem Pennsylvania owner Josh Berg says the much forecast recession of 202 three never happened the year was good the the the year was really really good you had

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Last year GDP was stronger than the average for the entire decade before the pandemic the economy grew 3.3% in the final 3 months of 2023 for the year a robust 2 and 1 12% fueled by strong consumer spending and hiring today’s numbers smashing expectations continually throughout the year we have

Had strong growth and in this case stronger growth than expected President Biden in Superior Wisconsin today America now is the strongest growth the lowest inflation rate of any major economy in the world yet polls show Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy the ongoing effects of high inflation

And the least affordable housing market in more than a generation contributing to many not feeling the country’s economic growth personally but back in Ben Salem tempered enthusiasm from Josh ber letter grade what was 2023 in a letter grade A minus a minus always room for improvement but a a well- earned Year

From everybody here and Christine as you know the Federal Reserve meets next week so much writing on what they decide to do about interest rates how does this news factor in you know Lester we also got data today on the fed’s preferred gauge of inflation and the numbers there

Show inflation is continuing to come down that lends support to the idea that the FED is headed for interest rate Cuts this year and that’s part of what’s been fueling the current stock market rally Lester all right Christine thanks much in 60 seconds the execution of a convicted murderer using a first ofit

Kind technique to end his life the controversy right after this the stunning imag is coming in tonight from Connecticut an enormous steeple collapsing at a historic church in the city of New London opening up a massive hole in the roof inside covered in debris one woman who was inside at

The time got out safely authorities don’t believe anyone else was inside and no injuries are reported we turn out of Alabama and the plans for a first ofit kind execution as Doha Burns reports the state is set to use a new untested method involving nitrogen gas on a death

Row inmate it has already tried to execute once before the state of Alabama has already tried to execute Kenny Smith this is a free call from an incarcerated individual at Alabama Department of Corrections but tonight the death row inmate is still alive I’m terrified it started when I was on the exec guarding

Of uh last November now the state will try to execute Smith again with a method that’s never been used before death by nitrogen gas the fact that da got me lined up to be the first with gas um is really terrifying Smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder of Elizabeth

Senate hired by her husband an Alabama Pastor Smith has been in prison for 35 years he was scheduled to die in November 2022 but the attempt at lethal injection didn’t work the third in a string of botched executions that year How could a state give something so wrong Chuck and Mike Senate Elizabeth’s

Children went to William C Holman Correctional that night in 2022 expecting to see the Justice they wanted instead they say the failed execution failed them too what is that emotion Ang anger anger yeah mhm they’re supposed to know what they’re doing there but somehow they missed Wednesday night the

Supreme Court rejected appeals from Smith’s legal team over the method of execution a method legal Scholars say has many unknowns this is a method that has never been used in the history of the world as far as we know so nobody knows what’s going to happen least of

All the state of Alabama but State officials expressed confidence in court testifying that nitrogen gas is quote painless and Humane Smith team has argued execution by nitrogen gas could lead to prolonged pain and suffering that Smith May vomit in The Mask and choke or it could leave him in a

Vegetative state or even put others in the room at risk like spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who will perform Smith’s last rights Lord we have gathered here and this morning Hood received last rights of his own he’ll be in the room when it happens and a Gastly could be deadly to

Him too I have never ever signed a waiver before going into an execution this is the first time in human history that someone besides the person being executed is at risk of dying in the process Smith says his biggest fear is that he might survive again this is not

Going to go right I’m expected to take the word of the Department of that they’re going to get it right tonight the senates will be in attendance once again what would you say to your mom if she could hear you right now I love you and I hope we finally get you justice

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Record his testimony keeping him off the campaign Trail as he and Nikki Haley battled for South Carolina the warning he gave to her donors and one of Mr Trump’s former advisers Peter Navaro senten for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee also tonight the mother of the Oxford High School shooter

On trial the video shown of her at a gun range with her son and the moment her tears led to a courtroom confrontation new video of a 17-year-old murder suspect minutes after he escaped from a Philadelphia Hospital the Urgent Manhunt explosive allegations against ww e founder Vince McMahon the former

Employee accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking the threat of more flash flooding across the South we’re tracking it Alabama set to carry out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas an untested method on a death row inmate after botching his lethal injection the massive steeple collapsing at a church

In Connecticut and 6 months to Paris inside the new Olympic Village as we countd down to the summer games this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening and welcome former president Donald Trump had his say in court today as his defense rested its case in the defamation case against him

By writer eing Carroll the former president spent under five minutes on the witness stand clashing with the judge over what he was allowed to say Mr Trump hoping to sway a federal jury in New York from ordering him to pay care Carol potentially millions in Damages

While in the political Forum Mr Trump is applying pressure to sway Republicans to Rally around his candidacy for president threatening to Blacklist donors who contribute to his GOP Challenger Nikki Haley Mr Trump also Making Waves in Congress tonight Ryan Nobles has late details tonight after winds in Iowa and

New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican front runner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testify for only a few minutes his testimony limited by the judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist egene Carol now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in

Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by his deposition where he said Carol was lying he answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the

Last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and

Funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though the Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement Trump’s allies slamming The Proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed

Off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean first you’d have to go talk to the minority leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be

Backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump yet about the final product my point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors

That if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling T-shirts saying barred permanently get on a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan let’s turn back to those negotiations over the

Border and Ukraine Aid where do they stand tonight well Lester late tonight the former president issuing a statement warning Republicans that a border deal could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats despite that the lead negotiators believe they could release the details of their legislation early

Next week they remain hopeful that a bipartisan deal can be struck Lester all right ran nobl thank you a former advisor in the Trump White House Peter Navaro was sentenced to four months in prison today for criminal contempt of Congress in September Navaro was convicted for refusing to testify and

Provide documents to a house committee investigating the January 6 attack he was also ordered to pay a fine of $99,500 he plans to appeal in the Michigan courtroom today the first testimony in the unprecedented trial of a mother charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to prevent her son from shooting four

Students to death at his high school Adrien brus has more Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the

Defense hitting back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted crumblyy charged with involuntary manslaughter the first parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that

Would have prevented all this from happening the defense appearing to shift blame on to crumb’s husband James who has a separate trial James Crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at

The gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here and exited here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that memory still raw so I looked down and um I realize he’s raising a gun to me crumbly tearful at times leading to a

Heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there sing so I tonight the defense asking jurors to keep an open mind and we also learned today Jennifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aimed to show who

She was as a mother Lester Adrien brus thank you there’s a man hunt in Pennsylvania tonight for a 17-year-old murder suspect who escaped from authorities police say Shane prior ran away after police brought him to a hospital for a hand injury he has been awaiting trial since 2020 the US Marshal

Service as he may have escaped in a stolen pickup truck now to the shocking news involving one of the biggest figures in professional wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon is accused of sexual assault and trafficking by a former employee Tom yamas has more on the lawsuit we have to warn you some of

What you’re about to hear is graphic wrestlmania tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit

Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him

And other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to anol a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive $3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped

Making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson says this lawsuit is repl with lies obscene madeup instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of

The truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who was not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally through my 50-year career I’ve owned up to every single one of

Them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week mcmah was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollarss but

Now all eyes on the w we who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and Tom WWE’s parent company is responding to this tonight that’s right Lester the parent company is called TKO

And they tell NBC News Mr McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE while this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company we take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally user all right Tom thanks

Very much we’re tracking storms tonight 19 million under flash flood threats from Mississippi to New York after days of heavy rain from California to the Deep South one city in Texas getting more than a foot the rain shifts north tonight and could impact the morning commute in cities like Chicago Milwaukee

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It’s important to to state that um you know the existence of a waiver in the first place speaks to the fear that they have that something could go wrong Alabama is set to become the first state to execute a person with nitrogen gas this method is so unproven and risky

That the Reverend who will be in the room at the time has been told to sign a waiver hello I’m Ellison barber in forgotti Schwarz and this is stay tuned now 58-year-old Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed using a method known as nitrogen hypoxia where oxygen to the body is replaced with nitrogen gas it will be the first time this has been done in the history of the United States it’s a controversial method largely because it is untested in other words

What seems to be Happening Here is a gas execution experiment and while critics are concerned it could be a very painful death for Smith the state of Alabama claims it will be Humane yesterday a federal appeals court voted to allow the execution to go forward last month Smith

Told NBC news about his fears for a nitrogen gas execution you know it makes it even worse um that I suffered so much last year and um so I’m still dealing with that you know I hav over so um the fact that theyve got me lined

Up to be the first with gas um it’s really terrifying the state tried to execute Smith before that’s what he was referring to there about last time they tried to execute him with lethal injection in 2022 but botched that attempt prison officials failed to find a vein into Smith’s hands and arms Smith

Has been on death row for decades he is one of three men convicted in the 1988 stabbing death of Elizabeth Senate whose husband a pastor had hired them to kill her now with nearly 36 years since the murder of their mother the sons of Elizabeth Senate they say it is time for

Justice to be served he admitted to it he wrote it down on paper he was guilty so how does that turn into 35e wait to get Justice for what our mother suffered from from NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns joins me now from Atmore Alabama Dasha you have covered this case extensively

We saw you doing that interview there with the victim’s children um Talk us about talk to us about where things stand right now sort of the irony if you will here is that nitrogen hypoxia it’s actually not even recommended for Animals unless they are sedated uh is it

Fair when people say Kenneth Smith is a guinea pig is that a legitimate criticism here well that’s one that I’ve certainly heard from multiple sources this is a story where there are no winners you’ve heard from the senates the the sons of Elizabeth Senate who was uh Smith’s

Victim you heard from uh Reverend Jeff Hood who will be there in the room with Smith and is himself concerned about his own safety and then there’s Smith who you heard from as well who is going to be um the first to experience this after he already survived an execution attempt

Last uh back in 2022 so no winners in the story but let me give you a quick update Ellison because just moments before we came on the air there was some movement here we’ve been here in the media center across the street from uh the Homan Correctional Facility where

This is going to take place we’ve been waiting for some kind of movement what happens with these uh executions is usually there are legal Maneuvers up until the last minute and we were in this case waiting for final word from the Supreme Court on one more appeal one

More request for a stay from Smith’s legal team to pause this execution they said no this is moving forward so just moments ago some of the media team there were five uh members of the media who were chosen as witnesses that were taken from the holding facility over to uh the

Home and Correctional Facility to the execution area where they will be able to Wi witness that so that’s how we know that things are about to kick off now the questions are there are many how long is this going to take it could be quick it could not be quick and the

Thing that I’ve heard from again the Senate from um his uh spiritual adviser Smith’s spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who is going to be in the execution chamber with him and could himself be at risk the questions are uh numerous and they feel like they have not been

Answered state did put out a protocol about how this was going to go but it was heavily redacted and the questions that have been asked by the Press uh by uh Kenneth Smith’s family by uh by the senates have not gotten necessarily satisfying answers Ellison Dasha when

You think of all these questions that still have to be answered it seems like things are moving in a direction where this will happen regardless of those questions being answered but do you get the sense when you speak to sources or at least people who are going to be

Really carrying this out within that prison the Department of Corrections in that state do they have confidence in the protocol for how they’re going to carry out this execution or are they also feeling kind of the same way it seems like that Reverend is that he’s

Just sort of not sure what could happen if it goes well quote unquote or if it all goes wrong the state says it does they have expressed confidence in this method the attorney general has said that they want to give Justice to the Senate family uh

They argued in court the state did that this was a painless and Humane method of execution but again what I’ve heard from experts is that this is untested it’s unproven and it’s experimental and so we just don’t know there are so many variables I mean the fact that there

Were three e execution attempts on three different people here in Alabama over the course of about a year um that that were unsuccessful that alone has a lot of folks really skeptical about how they will do with a novel method like this Ellison all right Dasha Burns in Alabama

With some breaking news there again the Supreme Court saying Alabama can proceed with uh the planned execution of Kenneth Smith using nitrogen gas it will be the first time that has ever taken place Dasha we’ll stay in touch with you and come back if there is any developments

There in Alabama thank you so much we appreciate your reporting former president Donald Trump finally takes a stand in egene Carol’s defamation case against him the today’s testimony took less than 5 minutes it took even less time for Trump to break judge kin’s rules on what he was allowed

To say the judge made it clear explicitly clear that Trump could not relitigate another trial that had already found him liable for sexually abusing Carol in the 90s but that is exactly what Trump did telling the jury he considers it a false accusation that statement was then Struck from the

Record for more let’s bring an NBC News correspondent rahima Ellis hey Raa hey Allison it was incredibly tense in the courtroom today as Donald Trump testified in his own defense in this civil Lial trial against him brought by eege Carroll the writer and it got tense

Even before the jury was brought in for his testimony the judge had been trying to get Trump to understand there were certain things he could not redo because they had already been determined it had been determined that he sexually assaulted her it had been determined that he defamed her character

This case is just about how much he would have to pay in Damages and punitive damages as the judge was making that clear to him Donald Trump blurted out the jury was not in the courtroom blurted out where the judge could hear I don’t know who this woman is never met

This woman at that point the judge lashed out at him saying keep your voice down Mr Trump you are interrupting these proceedings while your council is talking and it is not permitted once the jury was brought in Donald Trump was sworn and took the oath his testimony

Was taken and it took only three minutes between direct examination and cross examination he took maybe a total of four or five questions and on direct examination he was asked about whether or not um he knew egene Caroll and whether or not he did anything to

Instruct people to hurt her he said no but then he went on to say other things in reference to not having assaulted her or not having def bled her the judge struck all of that down and went on to tell the jury that they are to pay no

Attention to it but it’s hard to imagine how they’re going to unring the bell and not include that in their thinking when they deliberate what are they going to be deliberating and the judge says it’s likely they’re going to get this case sometime tomorrow Carol um EEG Carol has

Already been awarded $5 million in the first case now she’s seeking $10 million and a Carol expert estimates that it could cost somewhere from 7 to 12 million to repair her reputation but this jury has also got to consider punitive damages and that’s essentially whether or not they can punish Donald

Trump enough to prevent him from making defamatory marks remarks about EEG Carroll in the future sometime tomorrow in the afternoon the judge says it’s likely that he will charge the jury and that panel of seven men and two women will get this case and will be to them to issue a verdict

Ellison NBC’s rahima Ellis thank you now let’s bring in NBC News legal analyst Danny savalos for more on this so Danny talk to us about that testimony less than five minutes I think it clocked in around 3 um are you surprised that the former president’s testimony in this

Trial was so quick and if you can imagine you are his legal team for me what would kind of have been your pros and cons to put him on on the stand or not put him on the stand in the first place not surprised it was so quick

Maybe a little surprised it came down to two or three questions but you saw in the leadup as the attorneys were debating it that this really was going to get carved down to really a matter of minutes and that’s because the issues in this case were so narrowed the liability

Side was already established and Donald Trump obviously can’t testify to uh the plaintiff’s harm so this is really just about the narrow issue of punitive damages now a lot of folks may have been wondering well wait on cross-examination why didn’t the plaintiff’s attorney Wade in there and spend 2 hours

Cross-examining a rare moment to have Donald Trump on the stand under oath and the answer is probably because they didn’t want to open the door the plaintiffs already had Donald Trump successfully coralled his testimony limited couldn’t give speeches however in the law if you raise an issue that

The other side wants to inject they can argue that you have opened the door and an issue that may may have been inadmissible beforehand is suddenly admissible because you accidentally stepped on that landmine as a plaintiff do you think they wanted him to take the stand his defense team or do

You think this was one of those situations where he said this is what I’m going to do I’ll do it anyway I mean for the timing of it even though he did kind of go into the area as he wasn’t supposed to but as far as Donald Trump

Goes the Outburst we’ve seen in court before this was relatively tame I guess do you think his legal team was like yeah this is good what was the benefit in the ordinary case I would say don’t want to call your client in a situation like this but it seems to me at least

Alina Haba the mission may have changed a little bit they may view this as a loss cause that it’s not likely they’re going to win they’re going to get hit for damages in some form or another does it really matter they may be thinking the difference between 9 million or 10

Million or 10 million and 12 million uh so why not let’s just put another message in there and Donald Trump very clearly seems to be committed to getting his message in even though he knows he can’t testify about things like she’s lying I’ve never met her before and yet

He persisted trying to inject that in as a matter of seconds into his testimony he went into areas that he was not allowed to go to and that got stricken from the record so do I think normally this is a defendant you would have wanted to call uh no but nothing about

This case and this client and this defense team is normal talk to us a little more about the other people we saw in court today a friend of eege Carrol’s taking the St hearing from her for the first time Carol Martin um how significant was that testimony so the

Defense’s idea was they got a bunch of her text message and want and wanted to get her on the stand and say hey weren’t you texting about you how nutty you thought Eugene Carol was or Genie or she had some name nickname for her and really what I think and I expect the

Jury probably saw this as well is that look this is something that we all do you do it everyone does it if you have a family member or a friend that you love dearly you may talk to them they say something wacky and you and you love

Them and you say oh great but then you get on the phone and you text that other friend in your text group the side group chat and you’re like oh Susan’s lost it right you don’t mean Susan’s lost it you’re just saying look you’re doing a little gossip and that’s what I think

The uh defense was trying to do is turn that idle gossip into an actual disparagement of eege Carol to make her look bad I don’t know that it worked I think every juror knows someone like that whether you want to admit it or not you even the great Ellison has picked up

Her phone and gossiped about a dear friend or family member who you love dearly but you can’t help just having a few comments sometimes you got to go to the side family chat that Miss yeah the one they exist in every family I am told

The worst part is you don’t want to be left out of the side check because that means you’re the subject yes you know there is one this is true we could go on forever about this when it comes to this case and the punitive damages that are

Being sought here you talked about it being well what’s the difference if it’s 99 10 or 12 do we have a GU yes at this point I we know what she’s asking for but is there any sort of precedent is a silly word because I know the answer is

No but precedent to say okay this might be what they’re going to say no what you’re struggling with is a really key question because you have two kinds of cases here that don’t lend themselves well to tangible numbers number one defamation how do we measure the harm to

Someone’s reputation I bet if you asked any 12 people on the street they would have different approaches to how to Value reputation same for punitives how do you value an amount that will punish Donald Trump you know factored into that is how much money he has because what is

Punitive to you or I is not as punitive to Donald Trump so that’s a factor too this is not like a normal personal injury case where you have a a broken femur and you put it up on the board you know how many years of therapy you’re

Going to need and you can put an actual dollar amount on that therapy and that treatment this is nothing like that it could be anything so you’re absolutely right that this testimony anyone who thinks they know what the jury’s going to come back with is guessing yes there

Was some testimony about repair to reputation would cost maybe upwards of $12 million there’s a number that the jury can hang their hat on but punitives I mean it could just be a multiple of the compensatory damages which is usually what it is punitive damages are rarely based on any hard number it’s

Just based on do I think this defendant did something really evil and does he have a lot of money that’s about after that it’s pretty much up to the jury all right interesting stuff Danny’s follows thank you so much we appreciate you being here Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in

Backto back contests in Iowa and New Hampshire but when it comes to raising super pack money right now it’s Haley who’s beating Trump so the question now becomes will it be enough to sustain her presidential bid and what is now a two-person race NBC News correspondent Von hilard has

More right Ellison that’s really the key question here at this point is it enough to sustain Nikki Haley’s campaign because for the former South Carolina governor and former un Ambassador she needs more than sustaining here at this point she needs to make such significant inroads over the next month to begin to

Make this a competitive race with Donald Trump we’re just one month away now from the South Carolina primary the next big contest for her and polls uh over the last months have showed her down by as much as 30 percentage points and she raised her the super pack I should say

Affiliated uh and allied with her is raised more than $50 million in the back half of 2023 that was more than $5 million more than the main trump super pack which suggests that her team or her allies are in fact raising and have raised significant amount of funds which

Allows her to stay on the campaign Trail and she held a rally last night she’s holding two more rallies over this weekend here Donald Trump uh does not have anything on the books in the immediate future in South Carolina but for her she’s going to have to go back

Onto her home turf and continue to make the case the to the voters to stick with their uh with their South Carolina native and for Donald Trump he was in the courtroom today in The Egan Carol defamation trial uh in which he even testified and so for him his attention

Has by been diverted to a lot of different places but for Nikki Haley she lost by more than 30 percentage points in Iowa lost by 11 percentage points in New Hampshire and the the prospects for her are very difficult and for her to make the case to donors going into the

Future that she is still worth investing in she’s going to have to rely on the money that they have already raised because to get that sort of backing Financial backing of millions of dollars uh moving forward is going to be difficult unless she can prove that she

Can win and we’re still a month out from that point in which she can really make the case that she still has a li legitimate shot to take down Donald Trump to become the Republican nominee here in 2024 Ellison Von hilard thank you don’t go anywhere because we are

Just getting started for the first time a parent is going on trial for the school shooting her son was behind we have those details plus ser cancer is on the rise for women in their 30s and 40s so what’s behind the spike and what’s being done about it and online scammers

Are becoming more convincing these days even posing as celebrities to get money from victims that’s all just ahead so stay Tuned the fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty bad Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC out I think when you open your eyes you get to decide how’s my day going to

Be we want to be a way to start your day lighten your load every single Morning we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mar Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something Big good morning thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas if you do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them the first woman on a lunar Mission what was it like to get that

News Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore There is some late breaking news all Right news for the generation of now is NBC News Now welcome back here are some of the other headlines we’re watching tonight a roof of a church in New London Connecticut has collapsed leaving a gaping hole and covering the ground there with Rebel local police are now urging people to avoid the area as emergency crews continue to respond

Thankfully it seems right now no one was hurt former Trump adviser Peter Navaro has been sentenced to four months in prison for defying a congressional subpoena regarding the January 6th attack on the capital Navaro was convicted in September on two counts for refusing to testify and provide documents Navaro has already appealed

The ruling today the Biden Administration announced nearly 5 billion dollar in funding will go towards infrastructure projects across the country projects including Bridge Replacements Highway improvements and pavement upgrades following that announcement today the president visited Wisconsin to promote his economic policies saying that they have restored infrastructure and created more jobs a

New study says there have been nearly 65,000 rape related pregnancies across the 14 states that banned abortion after roie Wade was overturned almost 18 months ago the research also finds that there have been less than 10 abortions each month in those states with banss suggesting that most victims were not

Able to get abortions in the states where they live and Raheem Morris is headed back to Atlanta the Falcons will hire Morris as their next head coach to step up from his previous roles with the team as defensive coordinator and inim Coach the news comes after the team conducted an extensive search that

Included 14 candidates among them former New England Patriots coach bill belich today a new lawsuit dropped involving one of the biggest figures in professional wrestling it alleges WWE founder Vince McMahon sexually abused a former employee during his time as CEO NBC News Now anchor Tom yamus has the

Latest and a warning some of what you’re about to hear is graphic wrest media tonight one of of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional

Abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys

And that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to anal a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive $3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an

Initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon spokesperson says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene madeup

Instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally through my

50-year career I’ve owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring

WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug in Michigan opening statements began today in the trial for Jennifer Crumbley

The first parent in the US to ever go to trial over a school shooting that was carried out by their child Crumbley was emotional in court today sobbing loudly at one point when School surveillance video was being shown her attorney was also seen crying leading to this tense interaction after the prosecution

Accused them of trying to influence the jury we were not stabbing or making a scene in anyway all my eye makeup still on I checked my camera I’m not going to I’m not I’m not having I need to run to the bathroom I need a break you’ll remember the defendant’s son Ethan

Crumbley you see him there he was just 15 years old when he killed four students at Oxford High School back in 2021 he is now serving life in prison Jennifer Crumbley and her husband James they are both facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter accused of not doing enough to address warning signs

From their son leading up to the shooting James crumb’s trial is set for March NBC News correspondent Adrien brus joins me now with more so Adrian this trial it leads to the question of whether or not parents should be held responsible if their child carries out a school shooting right walk us through

Some of the facts of this case what did we hear on this first day in court Ellison that is the big question both sides agree Jennifer Crumbley did not pull the trigger that killed those four students at Oxford High School now prosecutors take a turn here they’re

Saying she’s not charged with murder but instead as you mentioned involuntary manslaughter in the proc prosecutor during it his opening statement today saying by definition it is rooted in negligence by contrast the defense is saying Jennifer Crumbley had no idea and no way of knowing about her son’s plans listen

In they were murdered in an act of Terror committed by Jennifer crumley’s 15-year-old son Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths she did not have it on her radar in any way that there was any mental disturbance that her son would ever take

A gun into a school that her son would ever shoot people and the prosecution spoke for about 13 minutes during their opening statement by contrast the defense 24 minutes we did learn from prosecutors that they plan to bring at least 20 Witnesses to the stand to testify and

They plan to introduce more than 400 pieces of evidence some of which we saw today Allison Adrian why are both parents being tried separately I mean they’re facing the exact same charges right yeah four counts each of involuntary manslaughter initially James and Jennifer were going to face trial at

The same time but a motion was filed for separate charges and that or excuse me separate trials and that request was granted now we are unable to ask their attorneys why and that dates back to a gag order that was imposed back in 2022 it bans Jennifer’s attorney as well

As james’ attorneys and the prosecution from speaking publicly and court documents didn’t offer an explanation but inside of the courtroom on Thursday today we did get some Clues the defense is painting a picture and making the case that James Crumbley Ethan’s father was responsible for storing the guns and

Also making the case that Jennifer really didn’t have as much knowledge about guns Ellison Adrian before we let you go do we know if the son the shooter in this case is going to take the stand in at least his mom’s trial if it’s up to his attorneys Ethan

Crumbley will not take the St his attorneys do not want him to testify in this case but Jennifer attorneys did file a motion on Monday requesting a judge to compel Ethan to testify so we will continue to watch and that is unclear back to you Adrien brought us

Thank you so much we appreciate it coming up we’re watching some severe storms and flooding moving across the country we have your forecast But first you got to see this last week we were telling you about buffalo wing flavored lip balms well the crazy product combos just keep coming hard Seltzer company

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Break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC news now hey I’m hie it’s good to be with you tonight what do we know that voters care about the economy right you are seeing that firsthand yourself on

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I am deeply sorry my will never be questioned people really don’t know what’s going to happen a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore there’s more good people than bad people you know right there is some late breaking news [Applause] Iowa all Righto news for the generation of now is NBC News Now when I think about what the Today’s Show does it’s not just about the mornings it’s about your whole day there’s a feeling of we’re in there with you then let’s take on this day together good morning thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers

The latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas if you do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them the first woman on a lunar Mission what was it like to get that news Morning News now streaming weekdays at 7 News lives in the now the

Front lines are still very active this is like Quicks sand and officials say an entire town is cut off this close to actually understand why people had to jump in the ocean news for the generation of now it’s NBC News Now news for the generation of now is NBC News [Applause] Now welcome back here are some of the stories happening out west that were following an Orange County jury has found Marcus irz guilty of second degree murder for the killing of six-year-old Aiden Leos the decision comes 3 years after AZ fired into a passenger car on a highway killing Leos who was strapped

Into a booster seat he faces up to 40 years to life in prison a 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California last night the trimor was centered in the San Bernardino area but light shaking was felt across much of the region the Quake began near the San

Jento fault which is regarded as one of the most active and potentially dangerous fault lines there were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries convicted rapists and incarcerated 70 show actor Danny Masterson was denied bail on Wednesday a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge denied his bail pending appeal with worries

That Masterson could flee stating that he’ll most likely remain in custody for decades or for the rest of his life the former Ranch actor is currently serving a 30-year life sentence in California on Dual rape convictions he’ll be eligible for parole in 20 years flooding is the

Big weather story tonight as we head into the weekend right now Millions across the South are under alerts after days of rain with more in the forecast at least one death associated with the weather has been reported in Mississippi other places like Houston Louisiana and up to Tennessee they’re dealing with

Dangerous conditions on the roads and rivers at or near flood stages Bill Karens is standing by with the forecast we will get to him in one moment but let’s start with NBC’s guad Vegas in Baton Rouge Louisiana with more hey guad Ellison as the storm makes its way

Through the South we still have some of the lowline areas that are flooded you can see this river behind me uh with one of these walkways that uh is is also flooded so authorities are asking people to stay away from these areas we’re in Covington Louisiana uh right next to

Another town where we saw images of flooding uh in shopping centers and uh all across the roadways this is just North of New Orleans uh and that was in mandaville where we saw a lot of that flooding we also saw a lot of rescues taking place in Eastern Texas north of

The Houston area most of that happening on Wednesday now after that storm poured all of that rain on Wednesday authorities were worried because the ground is saturated with water so more rain on Thursday could have made things worse now fortunately the rain today wasn’t as bad as the day before but

Again any rain to hit the region in the next few hours could be dangerous because of how saturated the ground is with all of that rain that has come through but the good news is that the storm is already making its way out of the region Ellison guad Venegas thank

You now the severe weather threat moves East NBC News meteorologist Bill Karens has the forecast for us Bill good evening good evening to you Ellison and what a soggy dreary foggy weather pattern so much of the country’s been in it continues right into the weekend it’s what happens when it’s unusually warm

When it should be cold there just so much moisture at the ground it’s just kind of ugly out there so we have about 19 million people still under flood watches some of these have expired during the day today some are being reissued for the next round of rain

That’s coming the bottom line is we do not have a lot of significant and flooding occurring now and I don’t actually expect a lot even as we go through tomorrow this storm system that’s been plaguing Us in the south is finally starting to weaken and move a

Little bit to the east rain is spreading through areas of Illinois another batch of rain into areas of Virginia these thunderstorms are dying out in areas of Georgia so at worst some ponding on the road some isolated flooding is possible additional rainfall tonight and tomorrow

We can handle this up to half an inches in green Southern Louisiana that’s going to be associated with our next storm and that would be mostly Friday night with the Heavy Rain threat so let’s talk about this next next door this one’s going to soak the same areas that just

Got soaked and flooded so that’s why we’re concerned with additional flooding so this is Friday evening at 8 pm. and that shows you the Heavy Rain from Lake Charles all the way through Baton Rouge heading into Iberia New Iberia and also into New Orleans then as we go

Throughout Friday night to Saturday we take this through the southeast a soaking rain through the Carolinas during the day on Saturday this is 8:00 pm. Saturday with heavy rain arriving in Washington DC all the way through Virginia some backside chilly rain in areas of Kentucky then on Sunday today

Enough cold air is going to be on the north side of this for some areas that are going to get heavy wet snow now it doesn’t look like a blockbuster snowstorm unless maybe you’re in the Catskills or the burkers or the Poconos but we will see some snow so our two

Computer models we have our GFS which is our American one and our Euro pan model which is typically a little more accurate a little more computing power this one is showing light to moderate snow throughout a bunch of areas but nothing that’s going to cause like major headaches our American GFS model has

Actually shown a heavier snow event with this storm through many areas in the Southern Tier of New York Northern Pennsylvania and right through Central and Southern New England so we’re going have to wait and see and fine- tune this forecast we’ll have a better idea of that this time tomorrow night and then

For our friends on the west coast this is the Calm before the storm everything’s been great today great tonight this huge area of white is a big storm that’s out in the Pacific there’s a strong Pacific jet stream with us it’s going to pull an atmospheric River into

The Northwest and on the west coast for about the next 5 to 6 days so it’s going to be long duration event so we have some showers out there as we’ve gone throughout the day today and this evening the heavier steady rains arrive as we go throughout your Friday it’s

Going to be a soaking drive up Interstate 5 through Oregon and into areas of Washington the snow levels are extremely high this is a Pacific warm air mass so we’re not concerned with snow just a lot of heavy rain and melting snow could cause problems especially in the Olympics and this is

Through Saturday still areas of heavy rain out there so as far as the rainfall forecast goes notice the Cascades here 2 to 3 in but when we get to the Olympic Peninsula that’s when we could get up to four to 5 in we’ve already got some rivers that are already running pretty

High in this area so that’s if we’re going to get any problems like maybe moderate and possibly major flooding on Rivers that’s where it will occur so we’ll continue to watch this Ellison everyone drive careful out there it’s kind of soggy and definitely foggy Bill Karens thank you after 50 years of

Declining cervical cancer rates the American Cancer Society is sounding the alarm about an uptick in diagnosis while doctors are seeing a dramatic drop among women in their early 20s there has been an increase among women in their 30s and 40s a new report found that from 2012 to

2019 Innovations like the HPV vaccine led to a 65% decrease in cervical cancer among women ages 20 to 24 but in that same time period diagnoses of cervical cancer in women ages 30 to 44 Rose almost 2% every year for more on this let’s bring in NBC News medical

Contributor Dr Cavita Patel Dr Patel cervical cancer has been described as one of the better understood cancers so why is it that women in their 30s and 40s are seeing this rise in cases I mean I think back to when I got the HPV

Vaccine I’m 34 and I got it when I think I was a junior or senior in high school like 20072 2008 so I’m a little surprised to see that increase amongst women in their 30s what what is going on yeah you’re right Ellison it is surprising and something that we should

All be Ware of January is cervical cancer awareness month and about three factors driving this number one the pandemic a lot of people skipped visits and regular screenings number two there were some change in guidelines Ellison over the last several years where they changed recommendations used to be that

You would say come in every year for your papsmear they change the guidance to every 3 to five years depending on your age and that can confuse people you just forget to do something if it’s every three or every five years and then I think third is that there’s a very

Small percentage But Rising of a more aggressive type of cervical cancer that’s a little higher up and a little harder to detect by a papsmear so all those three things are driving this but the real truth is screening and not getting the vaccines that’s why we see

It presenting in older women so what should women know or take away from seeing a study like this whether they’re in their 20s 30s or 40s what’s the takeaway here for you yeah takeaway is getting screening and prevention and let’s talk about I’m glad you did get

Your vaccine you can get it as young as the age of nine I generally started in patients around the age of 11 you can administer this vaccine up to the age of 45 not everybody needs it at that age but just don’t forget don’t think that

You’re too old or too young and remember it’s for men and women and boys and girls so something to remember and then papsmear start at the age of 21 and you get that generally speaking every 3 years the most common cause of cervical cancer is that HPV human papiloma virus

Infection it’s usually transmitted by sexual contact so remember all those things get screened add in your other screenings breast cancer too if people are not noticing something doesn’t feel right in their bodies when we’re talking about cervical cancer in particular what are some of the symptoms or red flags

Where someone should say hey bring this up with your doctor during your next visit yeah absolutely unfortunately there sometimes by the time you get symptoms it’s further advanced than we’d like to see which is why we recommend screening but Ellison I tell women all the time that if something just doesn’t

Feel right and often what we’ll hear about are kind of abnormal bleeding Cycles so people who are just having something about their periods that seem strange pain in the cervix the cervix is kind of that part of the lower part of your uterus so women can distinctly sometimes feel some sensitivity around

That area sometimes that can happen when you’re having sexual intercourse sometimes that can happen when you’re having a period and you insert a tampon anything that just feels out of the norm your body and you know best so get that checked and that can be done at a simple

Primary Care visit or with your OBGYN all right Dr Cavita Patel thank you so much we appreciate your time and insight as always still to come in update date from Gaza Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages but with conditions we have a report from Tel Aviv that’s Next news lives in the now look at this you can’t even see anything anymore let’s break down what we know you got to see this news for the generation of now is NBC news now good morning and thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers we’re going to get started

With breaking news the record number of Migrant Crossings the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas the closer look at the good news we got about the economy but if you do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them a lot of people

Spend a lot of time sitting 20 minutes of exercise might be able to help out how does it feel to be an out College athlete freeing the first woman on a lunar Mission what was it like to get that news Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7: people really don’t know what’s going

To happen near a dozen hours after the eye roared asore there’s more good people than bad people I know right there is some late breaking [Applause] news all right just me To We report live from Tel Aviv from puz Mexico reporting over the Skies of Mah every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now out I think when you open your eyes you get to decide how’s my day going to

Be we want to be a way to start your day lighten your load every single Morning news for the generation of now is NBC News Now welcome back let’s take a quick look around the world Spain’s former soccer president could stand trial for kissing a player against her will Luis ubales made headlines last summer when he forcibly kissed a player after Spain’s women’s world cup metal ceremony rubiales resigned as head of the Spanish

Federation in September now he faces sexual assault charges and if found guilty is looking at 1 to four years in prison six nuns kidnapped in Haiti last week have been released the Archbishop of hades’s capital Porter Prince told the Associated Press the nuns as well as two other people were released yesterday

And everyone is in good condition $3 million was reportedly demanded for their release but right now it’s unclear if any sort of Ransom was paid tourists visiting Peru’s Machu Picchu had their Trek interrupted by protesters today their beef appears to be with Peru’s government who they accuse of

Privatizing ticket sales at the famed attraction some tourists were pretty determined though and still made it up escorted by police and two British museums say they are returning looted artifacts to Ghana artifacts that include uh 17 items like gold and silver pieces even crown jewels many of these items they have not been

Seen in Ghana for more than 150 years this is all part of a deal where the items will be loaned back to Ghana which skirts UK laws that bar the repat repatriation of such cultural artifacts now to the Israel Hamas War where fighting continues and hopes of a

Ceasefire hang in the balance the US is sending the director of the CIA there in hopes of getting a deal done NBC News foreign correspondent raap Sanchez is in Tel Aviv with more CIA director Bill Burns heading to Europe this weekend to meet with his Israeli counterpart the head of the

Mossad spy agency and the prime minister of Qatar the lead mediator between Israel and Hamas that’s according to a diplomat familiar with the situation the CIA director hoping to make progress towards a new ceasefire deal that would lead to the release of the isra hostages

Still being held in Gaza it is a tough task Israel and Hamas have remained very far apart since the last ceasefire deal collapsed back at the beginning of December the key question is whether a ceasefire would be temporary or permanent as part of this deal Hamas says it needs to be a permanent

Ceasefire they say they will not release any more hostages until the war ends Israel says the war will not end until Hamas is destroyed and it will only agree to a temporary pause in the fighting so Bill Burns trying to bridge those gaps the fact that he is making

This trip is a potentially positive sign we saw a similar trip ahead of the last ceasefire deal in late November a little counterintuitively the fact that the fighting is so intense right now in southern Gaza could be a possible indication that the Israeli military believes a ceasefire deal is looming and

It wants to make as much progress on the battlefield as it can before that deal comes into effect here in Israel prime minister Netanyahu under intense pressure from the families of the remaining 136 or so hostages in Gaza I spoke to a released hostage earlier

Today she is back out in is Israel she is beginning to take steps to resume her life but she was telling me every single day she is haunted by the knowledge that those other hostages remain inside Gaza she said the Israeli government needs to make one big deal to bring everybody out

Soldiers civilians men women young and old she says whatever it takes however many Palestinian prisoners need to be released Israel needs to make that deal and needs to make it now back to you rap Sanchez thank you before we go it is time for the future of everything

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Cuts represent about 9% of Microsoft’s 22,000 gaming employees and apple says it’s opening up its App Store to competitors in Europe the move will crack open the company’s well-known wall Garden as it’s called which controls Distribution on Apple platforms but this isn’t coming from the goodness of

Apple’s core if you will the change is actually in line with a new European law it’s a concern for many families keeping their teenagers safe online meta is rolling out new measures aimed at protecting minors they’re limiting who can message teens and also making sure they can scroll safely without being

Exposed to harmful content NBC News correspondent Stephanie GS has this report for parents worried about who is messaging their teenagers on social media meta says it hears them announcing changes to accounts on Facebook messenger and Instagram for teenagers under 16 years old today we’re announcing a new default setting for

Teens around messaging that makes Instagram safer for them blocking DMS from anyone who they don’t follow and aren’t connected to for parent supervised accounts changes made to that setting or any other safety and privacy setting now has to be approved by a parent we believe that parents know

What’s best for their individual child and we want to do what we can to empower parents to make those decisions to shape Instagram the announcement comes after steps taken earlier this month that limit teens’s ability to see potentially harmful material and to alert them when

They are spending a lot of time on the app at night 95% of teens use social media and are on it more than 3 hours a day which the Surgeon General says puts them at higher risk for depression and anxiety critics say these measures announced by Meda today don’t go nearly

Far enough these changes are about as effective as a screen door on a submarine techsavvy teenagers May easily navigate around restrictions how difficult is it for a teenager to lie about his or her age and set up an Instagram account it is so simple because we’ve never put in age

Verification and age Assurance requirements by the way a trillion dollar company can figure that out our thanks to Stephanie GS for that report now to a concerning Trend online where criminals are pretending to be celebrities to scam people out of money the so-called impostor scams are costing

Americans a ton of money and can have some pretty big consequences here’s NBC’s Vicky win the first time I saw him was on the Today’s Show Jane head of Tennessee might be the world’s biggest Jacob sober off fan who wouldn’t like that face last may jane posted a message on Jacob’s

Verified Facebook page two weeks later someone responded claiming to be Jacob and asking her to message him on WhatsApp I was elated it was just like oh my gosh they exchanged thousands of messages over the course of 6 months how often were you communicating almost every day and there were days when the

Line of communication was open all day long her daughter Joanie couldn’t believe a busy Network News correspondent was chatting with her mother and her instincts were right the scammers pretending to be Jacob convinced Jane to send more than $117,000 in Bitcoin and gift cards I was

Saying no no I can’t and this person said well just let your bills go this month police say a victim in Kansas lost 94,000 to someone falsely claiming to be country singer Neil McCoy another in Pennsylvania scammed out of $41,000 by a Johnny Depp impersonator and this woman

In Philadelphia told our local station she sent $290,000 to a scammer posing as golfer Phil mikkelson it started on Facebook in 2023 impostor scams cost Americans $2 billion there’s an Allure about celebrities and uh people wanting to believe that they are actually talking to those people that they see on TV and

In the movies every day FBI special agent Andrew innocenti says scammers look for super fans they become targets for these types of uh criminal actors during our investigation we found imposters pretending to be Keanu Reeves Rea McIntyre Ryan Reynolds Dolly Parton even me on X Facebook and Instagram what

Are some things social media companies should be doing to protect consumers well I don’t think the entire onus should be on consumers to report when they’ve been contacted by a scammer imposter scams affect people of every age group every income group no matter where you live it was very hard for me

To approach her about it hoping to break through to her mom Joanie reached out to NBC news for help I feel the strain but it’s only because I love her I have something that might be able to cheer you up just a little bit I want to

Introduce you to somebody Jacob Jame hey thank you so much for your support and I’m so ter terribly sorry that you know you’ve gone through something now that so many people have gone through you’re going to help a lot of people by having this conversation with Vicki thank you

For what you do you’re you’re just a joy to watch in a statement meta the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said they take steps to protect their users and wrote scammers have always existed and they continuously adapt their tactics to new technology to manipulate people in various ways that’s why meta

Alongside our industry peers continues to take steps to improve detection and enforce they said they removed 827 million fake accounts from July to September last year in addition to the accounts we found and they asked for the Public’s help in reporting scam accounts X did not respond to our request for

Comment to reduce your risk of becoming a victim be wary of anyone who reaches out to you claiming to be a celebrity never send money or gift cards to someone you don’t know if you have lost money to a scammer cut off contact right away and contact the bank or gift card

Company immediately to try and reverse the transaction and Jane has this bit of advice my journey brought me extreme happiness and then mortifying sadness but I think I’m here to point out to other people to be careful Vicky win NBC news that does it for us tonight I’m

Ellison Barber we will see you tomorrow but until then stay tuned Now Tonight Trump on the stand the former president defending himself in the EEG Carol civil defamation trial jurors are now considering how much Trump should pay up for saying that Carol lied when she accused him of sexual abuse his testimony from the hot seat and what he

Said that forced the judge to strike it from the record also tonight in an unprecedented move the RNC is considering declaring Trump the presumptive Republican nominee NBC News obtaining a draft of the resolution that is facing major criticism even from Trump Nikki Haley also weighing in how her campaign is responding and the

Statement just in from the former president Super Soaker millions in the South dealing with rounds of Relentless rain in Louisiana flash flood emergency issued as cars take on feet of water and streets quickly turned into rivers the risk for life-threatening flooding and severe storms plaguing the region for a

Fifth straight day when we could finally see some relief experimental execution Alabama preparing to carry out the first execution by nitrogen gas the convicted killer who already underwent an unsuccessful lethal injection now expected to be executed in a neverbe used practice we hear from the death row

Inmate himself and from the children of the woman he killed all parties concerned the method won’t work again plus hairstyle on trial a Texas teen punished by his school for refusing to cut his locks his family arguing the move violates a new state law which prohibits race-based hair discrimination

How the school is responding as the team awaits his day in court and Toxic Paradise after the deadliest wildfire in US history Laha is beginning to pick up the pieces but concerns are mounting over where they actually put them an area known for its beautiful coral reef

Now possibly in danger we speak to one of the outraged residents who says the health of the community and the environment are at stake top Story start right Now and good evening we’re following several breaking headlines involving former president Trump first Trump taking the stand today testifying in his own defense in the defamation trial brought against him by writer een Carroll it comes after a jury already found that Trump sexually abused and defamed her today the former president

Standing by his denial of Carol’s sexual assault claim but the judge was forced to strike down the second half of his statement we’re going to explain that also breaking the former president is attempting to dismiss election interference charges citing allegations of an improper romantic relationship between two key prosecutors in the case

The motion to disqualify Fulton County district attorney fonnie Willis and what it means for the case moving forward also tonight the RNC is considering declaring Trump the presumptive 20124 nominee the mounting pressure rival Nikki Haley is facing from her own party now to drop out of the race Haley’s

Campaign firing back saying the decision should be in the hands of Voters NBC’s Ryan Nobles tonight sorry us off right here tonight after winds in Iowa and New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican front runner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only a few minutes his testimony limited by

The judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist egene Carroll now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by his deposition where he said Carol was

Lying he answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell

Accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement Trump’s allies slamming the proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants

Per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean first you’d have to go talk to the minority

Leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump yet about the final product from my

Point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors that if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling T-shirts saying barred permanently get

On a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan Noble joins us tonight from Capitol Hill to break down all this Trump news Ryan I really want to focus our conversation on what’s happening on Capitol Hill there we’ve seen all these establishment Republicans circle around and coales

Around Trump calling him the nominee saying he should be the nominee essentially doing whatever he wants so how much are his comments affecting this border Bill well Tom I think we’d be naive uh to say that they are insignificant he is playing a real role in these conversations and there are many

Republicans not only in the house but in the Senate as well that take their cues from the former president and he just released a statement tonight saying that unless they get a perfect border deal that the Border deal package could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats that’s something that

Republicans are paying very close attention to they understand that Trump has enormous influence with his supporters many of those voters they need for their own elections and that’s part of why his input has been so important in these conversations Ryan game this out for us because you you got

To this question when you were talking to some of the Republicans on Capitol Hill there though I mean they talk about the immigration problem every single day there’s clearly a massive immigration problem in this country but if they vote for the bill is it a victory for the

Current president which could be a victory come November yeah and that’s that’s what they’re wrestling with right now is the politics of all of this Tom you talked to some members and they say they just want to fix the problem at the border that are not worried about the politics but there

Are other Republicans that suggest that unless they have a deal that meets all the criteria that they’re looking for there’s no reason to offer any sort of assistance to Biden in his campaign that’s going to be the big conversation that plays out here over the next couple

Of weeks as to whether or not this package ever gets over the finish line and of course we’re talking a lot about the Border Tom but there’s a big component of this that involves that funding to Ukraine which right now is in real danger of never happening Ryan Noble’s leading us off

Here on top story Ryan thank you there’s also some new reporting from the campaign Trail the Republican National Committee seemingly trying to pressure Republicans to rrap up the primary season and select Trump as the GOP nominee but a campaign spokesperson for Nikki Haley saying quote who cares what

The RNC says we’ll let millions of Republican voters across the country decide who should be our party’s nominee not a bunch of of Washington insiders if Ron McDaniel wants to be helpful she can organize a debate in South Carolina unless she’s also worried that Trump can’t handle being on the stage for 90

Minutes with Nikki Haley Von hiler joins us now to give us the latest Von we knew this was going to get ugly walk our viewers through what happened today and we we and others have uncovered in our reporting there was a proposed resolution right right after a 30o loss

To Donald Trump in Iowa an 11-point lost him in New Hampshire there was a great many folks in Republican circles that wanted Donald Trump to be the presumptive nominee Nikki Haley to get out of the race Focus the party’s resources on beating Joe Biden in November’s general election Nikki Haley

Said sorry that’s not going to happen Donald Trump is going to have to win more States her home state of South Carolina comes a month from now so that only drags this process out and what now the RNC uh is going to be putting forward at next week’s RNC meeting in

Las Vegas is a resolution then which they’re going to ask all the members they come from all 50 states these are key party activists to vote on making Donald Trump the presumptive nominee essentially what that would do would allow the party to begin investing dollars towards Donald Trump’s candidacy

And making it all but harder on Nikki Haley to make the claim that she still has a chance when the party is already behind Donald so a proposal’s been drafted already we’ve seen this they want people to vote on this and essentially end the primary process it almost all but ended there would

Technically still be the votes folks would still go vote in South Carolina but it would be the party infrastructure which millions of dollarss to its name saying Donald Trump is our guy and for Nikki Haley she’s already having a tough time with donors and with uh other Republican elected officials who have

Not endorsed her but endorsed Donald Trump and I think it’s notable though literally in just the last few minutes Donald Trump actually just put a social media post out in which he said that he does not believe that RNC should go forward with this plan because he wants

To win the old-fashioned way were his words and finish the process off at The Ballot Box of course Donald Trump is one who is not shy about wanting to have a big party and he believes that South Carolina is a place where he can get a great amount of support and beat Nikki

Haley on her home turf once and for all this is so strange because even before New Hampshire voted you had Ronald McDaniel come out with that statement essentially saying if there’s a loss tonight they got a rally around Trump the person who proposed this Dave bossy worked so closely with the president in

The during the campaign he’s at the RNC now and now Trump saying he’s not with this plan I mean what’s going on it’s a little hectic at the Republican party here these days and Nikki Haley she wants to have a debate a one-on-one debate with Donald Trump and that’s

Where she called on the RNC to make that happen forced Donald Trump to not make the agreement to it but so far Donald Trump has not felt compelled to take part in any debate at this point and the Republican National Committee what they want is anything but chaos but right now

Over the next month we could see a little bit more of it Von Hiller with the news from the campaign Trail Von thank you for that now to the other legal drama the former president is involved in to remind our viewers Trump along with 18 other codefendants is being investigated in Georgia on

Election interference charges but one of Trump’s codefendants in the case Mike Roman is alleging that fton County district attorney fonnie Willis had an improper relationship with one of the special prosecutors on that case Nathan Wade standing next to her in the gray suit there now Trump is joining that

Motion in an attempt to remove her from the case we’ve covered this extensively here on top story Trump’s Council making a statement today saying in part the motion file today on behalf of President Trump seeks to hold district attorney Willis legally accountable both for her misconduct alleged emotion filed by Mr

Roman as well as her extrajudicial public statements falsely and intentionally injecting race into this case alluding to comment she made last week claiming she and Wade are being targeted because of her race and his race here’s what she said appointed Three Special counsel is is my right to

Do paid them all the same hourly rate they only attacked one I hired one white woman a good personal friend and great lawyer a superstar I tell you I hired one white man brilliant my friend and a great lawyer and I hired one black man another Superstar a great

Friend and a great lawyer oh Lord they going to be mad when I call them out on this nonsense first thing they say oh she going to play the race card now but no God isn’t it them who’s playing the race card when they only question one to help

Us understand what’s at play here I want to bring in NBC legal analyst and friend of top story Danny savalos Danny thanks for joining us tonight so Danny it seems like things are only getting worse for da fonny Willis and the pressure is just mounting what do you think happens after

This well I want to frame what this motion actually asked for it’s been described as a motion to dismiss miss the case outright based on a relationship between the da and the top prosecutor honor team that’s not really what the motion is the motion is twofold first it says the prosecutor was

Improperly appointed he was essentially a private citizen getting an indictment against these defendants and so the indictment is fatally defective for that reason part two of the motion says Hey in case you are wondering how the prosecutor could have just forgotten to to cross all the te’s and Dot all the

Eyes here’s why they were probably avoiding getting caught in this alleged relationship and the second part of the motion says hey if you don’t dismiss the indictment you should throw these two prosecutors off the case because of the appearance of impropriety and attorneys like me are not judged on whether or not

There is an improper event rather the appearance of impropriety is what we have to strive to avoid according to the ethical rules so it seems to me that fonnie Willis is looking to make public statements in a venue where she’s not going to field questions but this is a

Real problem for the Georgia DA’s office and a real problem for this prosecution one of the possible outcomes could be disqualifying the entire DA’s office who then will even take up the charge but Trump’s allegations go one step further because essentially what they’re saying is there’s this improper relationship

Between the da and the special prosecutor there’s now credit card statements unsealed from a divorce proceedings involving that special prosecutor that that show trips between fonny Willis and the special prosecutor but then she goes to the church and she says this is all about race is that a

Problem when we talk about ethics is that a problem can can a lawyer do that is she is she able to do that but as as the da she has to be careful as a lawyer she has to be careful exactly right and more so as the da more so as an elected

Official but also as an attorney injecting race improperly into a case can potentially raise an Ethics problem and you know I’ve actually had this come up in my own cases and the the problem is is that you’re essentially invoking by invoking race you’re implying that the other side is engaging in racism and

If you’re going to make that kind of allegation you have to have to have support for it because courts and I know this I’ve litigated cases where uh other parties have brought this up uh courts do not take kindly to unsupported allegations of racism because they can devastate someone’s career so that’s

Just a general proposition that really it was probably not a great idea if I think if fonny Wills had that moment back she might not have said what she said about race because it only created problems it didn’t help her one bit Danny you know you’re somebody who comes

On here and you’re always very measured you’re not a lawyer on TV who just likes to sort of inject anything that’s exciting or salacious so I say that because it’s sounding to me like you think da fonny Willis is an actual real trouble and this could come back to

Haunt her I do originally when this motion first came out it seemed like a long shot but I’ve read the motion if the allegations they have in there are true for example they alleged that the special prosecutor had so little experience that they couldn’t even find

A case or two cases in which he had handled Rico cases that is a strange thing given you have an entire DA’s office full of people who are guess what prosecutors and they’re very experienced now now now we get into kind of a Twilight Zone here because the defendant

Is essentially arguing hey you got a less experienced prosecutor what about all these experienced prosecutors it’s the defendant making the hey better people to prosecute me right but the point is made is why appoint why pay this person uh upwards of I believe upwards of a million dollars in fees

Already and you know look if you build those hours he build those hours but uh why get this person onto the case the stronger argument right now is the technical one that the indictment may have been improperly obtained that’s a problem I mean we challenge indictments on technicalities all the time you got

To you got to do everything right procedurally but the second part disqualifying the a could completely derail the case as well because it’s her show who else is going to step in if she’s somehow disqualified this motion is a real threat to this prosecution all right Danny savalos we appreciate all of

Your analysis as always we want to take a big turn now and talk about some of the severe flooding threading threatening Millions uh of Americans massive rainfall in the Southeast flooding homes and businesses and submerging vehicles the storm system turning deadly in Mississippi as officials raised for more dangerous

Conditions in hard hit Texas and Louisiana guad vas is there tonight A soak southern region enduring a second day of heavy rain 19 million people under flood alerts from Mississippi to the Northeast a day after Heavy Rain slam parts of Texas and Louisiana we’re definitely keeping a

Close eye cuz it could get dangerous quickly in making use of a kayak to get around after the flash floods left neighborhoods underwater in Texas authorities keeping an eye on Five Rivers forecasted to reach major flood stages after a day of rescues in the Houston area in Montgomery County

Firefighters rescuing 17 people from flooded homes my father start he tried to come on the tractor but he got stuck me way through the tractor turned off in Mississippi authorities now reporting one weather related death after a driver lost control of a vehicle and ran into a tree numerous cities in the corridor

From Texas to the Northeast getting more than double their average rainfall for the month of January that wet winter weather now marching East threatening a dangerous end to the week guad Venegas joins us tonight from Covington Louisiana guad you’re standing in front of a river tonight what’s the concern

There does it remain the flooding of those Rivers uh Tom you can see some of the flooding here yeah so these waterways in the area are still flooded there is River here but the water would normally be somewhere down there we still have some of the flooding in the lowline

Areas not just in this part of Louisiana but all across the region so authorities are asking people to stay away from these areas of course because there is a danger when people come uh to these lowline parts of the region uh the good news is that most of the rain has has

Already made its way through so we didn’t get as much rain today as we had yesterday as the worst part of the storm is making its way through the South Tom guad Vega here be careful for the Gators for more in the severe weather NBC News meteorologist Bill Kens joins me now

Bill we know the worst of this storm may be done but there’s one right behind it yeah 24hour break that’s all these residents going going to get for the clean up and for the water to reced before we add more water on top of it so

Now we’re down to 16 million people in flood watches and these flood watches from Atlanta Montgomery are actually for the next storm coming they never even dropped them from this storm so you notice we have areas of rain but we don’t have anything concentrated anymore we don’t have any flash flooding that’s

Ongoing currently thunderstorms across Georgia or D we doing some heavy raining between St Louis and Chicago but here’s the next storm already going to form off the coast of Texas as we go throughout Friday Friday night Heavy Rain develops in Louisiana once again right where guad

Was standing and then this storm will be on the move this weekend Saturday is a soaking rain through the South especially the Carolinas Tennessee Kentucky and then as we go throughout Sunday all of this rain moves into the Northeast and there’s going to be just enough cold there on the north side of

This for some heavy wet snow it’s going to be a marginal forecast temperatures are really close between going to be rain or snow higher elevations of course our European computer model yesterday was saying heavier snow now it’s looking at lighter snow and our models have flip-flopped if you were with us last

Night our American model was saying light snow now it’s saying heavier snow the bottom line is it’s going to take another day to kind of iron this out where we’re going to be dealing with the heaviest snow on Sunday night into Monday morning in the Northeast and in

The meantime Tom we’re going to talk a lot the week ahead about our friends on the west coast an atmospheric river is heading their way with a lot of rain oh not again all right Bill we appreciate that in Alabama tonight officials said to execute a convicted murderer using

Nitrogen gas it’s the first time ever the method has been used to kill a prisoner but people on both sides of the case say there’s a lot of risk even potentially to those present at the execution Dasha burn spoke with that inmate the son of his victim and the

Reverend said to deliver his last rights the state of Alabama has already tried to execute Kenny Smith this is a free call from an incarcerated individual at Alabama Department of Correction but tonight the death row inmate is still alive I’m terrified it started when I was on the exec guarding

Uh last November now the state will try to execute Smith again with a method that’s never been used before death by nitrogen gas the fact that da got me lined up to be the first with gas um it’s really terrifying Smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder of

Elizabeth Senate hired by her husband an Alabama Pastor Smith has been prison for 35 years he was scheduled to die in November 2022 but the attempt at lethal injection didn’t work I IUN line in my CH my head blood at my head Al the third in a of botched executions

That year How could a state give something so wrong Chuck and Mike Senate Elizabeth’s children went to William C Holman Correctional that night in 2022 expecting to see the Justice they wanted instead they say the failed execution failed them too what is that emotion anger anger anger yeah mhm they’re

Supposed to know what they’re doing there but somehow they missed he was guilty so how does that turn into 30 5 year wait to get Justice for what our mother suffered from you guys are about to drive down this road again to witness this again how confident are you that the

State will succeed not much 50/50 50/50 mhm it’s brand new who knows what’s going to happen with this one I hope nothing goes wrong that’s our F yeah that’s our final hope it’s all over with Wednesday night the Supreme Court rejected appeals from Smith’s legal team over the method of

Execution a method legal Scholars say has many unknowns this is a method that has never been used in the history of the world as far as we know so nobody knows what’s going to happen least of all the state of Alabama but State officials expressed confidence in court

Testifying that nitrogen gas is quote painless and humane Smith’s team has argued execution by nitrogen gas could lead to prolonged pain and suffering that Smith May vomit in the mask and choke or it could leave him in a vegetative state or even put others in the room at risk like spiritual adviser Reverend

Jeff Hood who will performed Smith’s last rights Lord we have gathered here and this morning Hood received last rights of his own he’ll be in the room when it happens and a Gastly could be deadly to him too when did it start to really Dawn on you that this was going

To be very different from from the previous times you’ve given last rights I have never ever signed a waiver before going into an execution the waiver here talks about in the event in the in the highly unlikely event it says here that the hose supplying breathing gas to the mask

Were to detach an area of free flowing nitrogen could result creating a small area of risk and and there it goes on to talk about other potential hazards how did you feel seeing I mean the existence of a waiver in the first place speaks to the fear that they have that something

Could go wrong this is the first time in human history that someone besides the person being executed is at risk of dying in the process and I think it’s also important to point out that you know this human experiment on Kenny is also an experiment on everybody else in

The room I mean there’s a conern of your own safety and then there are concerns about how this could go for Kenny how worried are you about what you might witness I mean I think uh I’m prepared to witness a horror show I kept asking questions and they kept saying trust us

Trust us do you trust them no Smith says his biggest fear is that he might survive again this is not going to go right I’m expected to take the bir of the Department of going to get it it’s all about what’s fixing to happen to him

But nobody is talking about what he did to our mother or why he’s in that situation because he killed her this is what it’s about for you all yeah that’s all it’s ever been about what would you say to your mom if she could hear you right now

I love you and I hope we finally get you justice all right Dasha Burns joins us tonight live from Atmore Alabama Dasha as you mentioned in your piece this is a very new method of execution and yet I understand officials they’re not exactly being trans parent about some of the

Protocols yeah Tom that’s right they did release a protocol but it was heavily redacted uh the press the Senate family and uh Reverend Jeff Hood who you heard from there have all been asking questions trying to get in more information to understand exactly how this will all unfold but a lot of those

Questions have gone unanswered uh Hood especially has been really dissatisfied with the lack of answers from the state about his own uh safety you can imagine he and his family are really concerned about about that and Tom as we stand here right now I’m right now in the

Media Center that’s across the street uh from from the facility where where uh Hood will under where where uh um he will undergo this Kenny uh Kenny Smith will undergo this procedure uh we are right now waiting on some final uh legal processes to play out we’re waiting for

One more word from the Supreme Court based on another case um that Smith attorneys filed trying to get this uh uh trying to get a stay trying to get this execution paused we’re expecting to hear from the Supreme Court shortly this is typical with these sorts of executions

Le usually there are legal Maneuvers um sort of up until the last minute we know that when the process will really Kickstart is when some witnesses some of the media uh folks here that were selected as Witnesses are going to be transported there so that’s when that

Happens that’s when we know um that the process will actually begin but when it’s going to be over and what’s going to transpire tonight it’s still a question Tom Dasha Burns right there at the center of it all okay Dasha we thank you for your reporting on what is a very

Tough story we want to turn out of Michigan in another tough story where a historic trial is underway for the mother of school shooter Ethan Crumley the teenager sentenced to life in prison after killing four students at his high school nearly 3 years ago now his parents are both facing charges of

Involuntary manslaughter Accused by prosecutors of failing to prevent the shooting Adrien brus has a look at the trial now underway for crumble Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for

Her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the defense hitting back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted crumblyy charged with involuntary manslaughter the first parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their

Child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this from happening the defense appearing to shift blame onto crumb’s husband James who has a separate trial James Crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on

Storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here it exited here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that memory still raw so I looked down and um I realize he’s raising a gun to me

Crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there in I tonight the defense asking jurors to keep an open mind and we also learned today Jennifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aimed to show who

She was as a mother as for the prosecution they say they plan to call more than 20 Witnesses including some who were inside of the school the day of the shooting Tom Adrian broad is for us tonight Adrian thank you for that we want to head overseas now to the ongoing

Negotiations to release the hostages still held in Gaza a top Us official is being tapped by the Biden Administration to help broker that deal CIA director William Burns now heading to Europe this weekend for top level meetings with more on this development I want to bring in NBC News foreign correspondent Raph

Sanchez who joins us now from Tel Aviv will the CIA director Raph be able to do what so far no International Diplomat nobody from Israel Andor Hamas has been able to do it’s the big question Tom the CIA director will be meeting his Israeli counterpart the head of the Mossad spy

Agency he’ll be meeting the prime minister of Qatar who has been the key mediator throughout this process and his hope is to jumpstart these negotiations towards the ceasefire towards getting those Israeli hostages released the last ceasefire Tom you’ll remember collapsed on the 1st of December and the big

Sticking point since then has been whether any pause in the fighting going forward will be temporary or permanent Hamas is saying it needs to be a permanent ceasefire they say they will not release any more hostages until the war ends Israel is saying only a temporary pause in the fighting they say

The war will not end until Hamas is destroyed and that they plan to resume military activity on the other side of a hostage deal Tom it is worth noting it feels a little counterintuitive but the fact that the fighting is so intense right now in southern Gaza could

Actually be a sign that the Israeli military believes that a ceasefire is imminent and it feels it wants to make as much progress on the battlefield before any agreement comes into place we hope so you you’ve been covering sort of every moment of this terror attack and

Now war and hostage negotiations do we know what the thinking is because our secretary of state Anthony blinkin has spent so much time over there he’s been trying to do this and now they’re calling in the CIA director and I just wonder what the calculation may be from the Biden Administration

It’s really interesting Tom we have seen the spies the intelligence officials acting as the sort of Shadow diplomats throughout this crisis so Israel’s lead negotiator has been the head of its own foreign intelligence agency the mosad this is a man who has been going to Arab countries with whom Israel does not have

Diplomatic relations and negotiating on behalf of the Israeli government and it may be that the Biden Administration feels that CIA director Bill Burns who is a diplomat by background but is now the head of the CIA a man who has unparalleled insight into the vast intelligence resources of the United

States that he may be the man to go in and clinch the deal here they’re certainly hoping so and we actually saw him making similar trips before that last ceas fire deal came into place back in November Tom Raph Sanchez from Tel Aviv tonight Raph thank you still ahead

The shocking new allegations against WWE founder Vince McMahon a former employee now accusing him of sex trafficking sexual assault and abuse also alleging she was forced to perform sex acts in exchange for her job the graphic details coming up plus the high school student now going to trial over this hairstyle

Why his school district has kept him at a class over his locks and why his family says that’s breaking the law and Manhattan’s Freedom Tower may be dethroned as the tallest skyscraper in the US so can you guess where this would be built the answer may surprise you stay with Us when I think about what the Today’s Show does it’s not just about the morning it’s about your whole day there’s a feeling of we’re in there with you then let’s take on this day together from inside Iran from Israel from Florida from Le Maine part of our

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Be we want to be a way to start your day lighten your load every single Morning back down with some shocking allegations involving one of the biggest figures in pro wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon accused of sexual abuse and sex trafficking by a former employee and a warning some of what you’re about to hear is graphic wrestl media tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing

Stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote

I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit

Seeks to anal a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive 3 milli Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not

What she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene made up instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not

Been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally through my 50-year career I’ve owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at

A critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable

Claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and tonight WWE’s parent company TKO is also responding TKO tells NBC News Mr McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE adding they quote take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and

Are addressing this matter internally when we come back the dangerous traffic stop in Oklahoma a car plowing into a stop vehicle a State Trooper going airborne luckily somehow everyone is okay but tonight authorities issuing a warning to other drivers will Explain what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now from

Inside Iran from Israel from Florida part of our continued reporting think we’re all safe everybody good women Children we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something big what is going to happen now going back and forth all nice to see

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Seeing that firsthand yourself on the ground there today I know that you have been reading the vibes from DC here and The Vibes are different from action what is actually going to happen in Congress to regulate AI anytime soon mem they have tweaked my monitor and I can see

Now you are in fact soaking wet I am deeply sorry I apologize will never be questioned nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared a sh There is some late breaking news all Right okay we are back now with top stories news feed we begin with the death of a New York City dancer linked to mislabeled cookies according to a new lawsuit the 25-year-old went into anaphylactic shock after eating cookies from the local supermarket Stu Leonards according to the woman’s lawyer the

Packaging did not say the product contained peanuts but did Supermarket said the supplier changed a soy ingredient to peanuts but they were never notified part of a historic church in Connecticut collapsed today with at least one person inside take a look at this new video shows the roof caved in

On a church in New London search Crews were called in but officials say they believe only one person was inside at the time and she was safely evacuated no one else was hurt that church built back in 1810 Oklahoma authorities issuing a warning to drivers after a dangerous

Crash caught on camera everyone in this video so you know is okay a dash cam capturing the moment a passing car slammed into a stop vehicle sending a State Trooper you see there flying to the ground three people including the trooper were treated for injuries at the hospital but have since been released

Highway Patrol reminding drivers to pay attention to the road and always move over if you see a stop vehicle and the tallest skyscraper in the US may be coming to Oklahoma City Yes you heard that right a new rendering by AO architecture shows the proposed Brick Town Tower according to a press release

The building will be 1, 197 ft that number honors the year Oklahoma became a state it would also make it more taller than the Freedom Tower in Manhattan and the fifth tallest building in the world pretty incredible okay next tonight to an update on a Case we’ve been tracking

A Texas school district is now headed to court to determine whether a black high school student can continue being punished for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state law NBC’s in clay esima has the latest tonight a heated dispute between

A Houston area school district and one of its black high school students is headed to trial Daryl George has been serving an in school suspension and facing other disciplinary actions for more than 4 months now all because of his hair why like why me out of everybody in that school The Barbers

Hill district says it’s because George’s lock hairstyle violates its dress code policy which limits hair length for boys but George’s family and critics say the move is a violation of the crown act a new Texas law which took effect in September and prohibits race-based hair discrimination I wrote The Crown act I

Filed it and it is clear locks band two knots twists braids washing goes blowouts however you wish to wear your hair wigs should be accepted Barbers Hill ISD is stealing his high school experience and breaking the law a state judge Now setting a February trial date to determine if George’s punishment is a

Violation of the law the family has a real case here especially given that the authors of the bill really believe that this is a situation where the crown act would apply the outcome of this case will absolutely set a precedent especially within the state of Texas George’s mother said she was

Disappointed the judge did not Grant a temporary restraining order that would have stopped her son’s punishment until the trial I have a son 18 years old that wants to go to school that wants to get his education and y’all messing with him why barbar’s Hill superintendent telling NBC

News in part the crown act says nothing about hair length adding it was meant to allow braids locks or twists which the district has always allowed the law was never intended to allow unlimited student expression in a paid ad that ran earlier this month in the Houston Chronicle pools stood behind the

District’s decisions the ad reading quote we will not lose sight of the main goal high standards for our students by bending to political pressure or responding to misinformed media reports these entities have lesser goals that ultimately harm kids Greg is a liar it is about the fact that he does not like

Braids locks or any sort of African-American hairstyle which he said and I’m going to prove it to you we spoke with George in December shortly after he was suspended for a second time due to his hair how has this all felt for you it’s very stressful I’m trying

To maintain being a student while also having to deal with this why should I cut my hair for my education my hair has nothing to do with my education what does your hair and your hairstyle mean to you it just means a lot to me it make

Me feel more closer to my people being without my hair is like cutting me from my people not letting me you know express myself how I feel I should be zenclay samwa NBC News okay we thank zenclay for that story not a top stories Global watch a check of what else is

Happening around the world we start with those six nuns we had told you about they have been released after being kidnapped in Haiti the Archbishop confirmed the nuns along with two other people were freed on Wednesday it is unclear their condition or if any type of Ransom was paid as we reported the

Group of eight were kidnapped while on a bus in the capital city Pope Francis had also called for their release okay Taiwan has begun its extended mandatory military service starting today recruits will serve for a mandatory one year instead of four months Taiwan announced the extensions in late 2022 over

Concerns about China’s Rising military threat according to the Army conscripts will undergo more intense training operate more powerful weapons and receive combat instructions used by US forces and Costa Rica giving its residents more freedom over their last names the country’s Supreme Court lifting a requirement that placed the

Father’s surname before the mothers on identification in many Spanish-speaking Nations people often use the last names of both parents well the Court’s decision now allows citizens to choose the order in which they appear okay coming up officials in lah cleaning up toxic debris from the devastating

Wildfire so where is it going debris by the truckloads now being offloaded at a temporary dump site not far from the ocean one outraged resident joins top story he explains to us and shows us some of his evidence that officials are not doing enough to protect the area’s

Natural habitat we’ll bring you all the sides coming up after this nearly a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore there is some late breaking news all Right when I think about what the Today’s Show does it’s not just about the mornings it’s about your whole day there’s a feeling of we’re in there with you then let’s take on this day together nearly a dozen hours after the ey roared ashore there is some late breaking news all Right were you calling the shots though Mr President ultimately was the Biden Administration caught off guard by this latest surge of migrants is it clear who’s going to govern Gaza once this war is over if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press we report live from Tel Aviv from

Puz Mexico reporting over the Skies of Mah every week night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News Now people really don’t know what’s going to happen near a dozen hours after the eye roared ashore there’s more good people than bad people I know

Right there is some late breaking news the Iowa cauc [Applause] all right Too we report live from Tel Aviv we are live tonight from harez Mexico reporting over the Skies of mahina you’re in Florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seeing people just running for their lives people running for their lives hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the

People in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News Now were you calling the shots though Mr President ultimately was the Biden

Administration caught off guard by this latest surge of migrants is it clear who’s going to govern Gaza once this war is over if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press we’re back now with our continuing coverage of the aftermath of those deadly wildfire in Lina the New York Times today reporting officials are

Working to dispose of thousands of truckloads of toxic debris but the chosen temporary disposal site in ol walu drawing outrage from native Hawaiian residents and those concerned with protecting a nearby prized coral reef one of those vocal opponents to the dump site is Eddie Garcia he joins top

Story tonight he’s a farmer in olalo which is a few miles south of L on the western Maui Coastline Eddie thanks for joining us tonight you said you’ve been analyzing schematics and Drone footage of the dump site and you believe the site’s overall design is flawed looking

At this Drone footage and the images that we have here for our viewers why do you believe the sight’s construction is an issue um well there’s several factors one is um just the sheer surface area of non-permeable surface like when you’re thinking about catching water off of a

Roof you have to have such a certain size of catchment to handle the amount of square non-permeable surface that will fill that catchment tank so if you look on the shot that you guys are showing now you can see that with over six acres of surface area uh that thing

Produces about 160,000 gallons of rainwater for every inch of rain uh we’re known to have 4 inch rains not that uncommon it would close to fill the million gallon Reservoir in fact a small rain last week filled it with 400,000 gallons they didn’t have anything they could do except actually

Stick it right back into the ground in the porest C Cinder area and drain it right on top of a water table 600 yard from the ocean Eddie a lot of our viewers a lot of our viewers aren’t familiar with this area can you can you

Kind of walk us through the video that we’re looking at what exactly are we seen there in that Drone footage so you’re looking at a cinder cone that’s really uh cultural historical site that used to have a dump next door to it so they basically hollowed it all out what you’re looking

On the screen right now is them actually dumping the leachate water right into the ground um that’s their only safe fail fail safe right now if it were to rain 4 inches on us it would create a whole new Reservoir their only answer is that it’s a closed loop system this is

After they drained it they don’t have a way to pull the leech eight out or the solid material they have not given us any protocol the overall top Reservoir that you see on the top of this lower area which is the lee8 containment tank it has too much surface area as well to

Actually contain it it’s bound to overflow on the low side and then what happens if it overflows where does that water go that’s going to wind up right in the ocean and they’re saying it’s not going to wind up in the ocean because you won’t see it but basically this is a

Cinder pit one of the most Forest um sort of areas that we have in the Hawaiian islands and they usually have lava tubes underneath them in fact you can notice they drained almost 400,000 gallons of water in just a few hours there’s really only a few places on the

Island you could even do that without it just saturating the ground and puddling up so this here the SES you’re seeing now is after they drained it from the first rain it filled up this much here with less than four inches of rain the top one you’re looking at now is the bad

Design and you can also see that the puddle is in the bottom corner and that only took a few inches of rain to get it to that point what yeah there’s thousands like we said thousands of of truckloads if you will pounds of debris from L they have to clean it up where

Should It Go um well there’s been a lot of um proposals put forward some companies that were willing to ship it to the mainland and pay and um uh pack it and ship it to the mainland it was a little more expensive but there’s a bunch of Solutions on the table right now

Including packing it into seven or8 thousand containers within the contaminated area instead of contaminating a whole another area this place is much more volatile due to the nature of the cinder and the drainage right into the water table this is some of the strongest wind on the island

Their argument is that if they need to contain it and get it out of a vol volatile situation but what they’re actually doing is putting it in a much more volatile situation plus they’re putting it where now everyone on the island has to pass by it within 15 feet

Of their way station they’re putting it in a super windy area that the wind blows right offshore so they should actually be putting signs up that this is toxic to the public people should roll their Windows when they go by the cross-contamination from the trucks is ridiculous and draining right down onto

Our farm next door there’s a lot of aspects of this going on that are wrong Eddie yeah you know officials yeah you know officials have promised that all the material at the dump site will be dug up and then relocated to a permanent site later but they have yet to select

That destination from my understanding are residents like you concerned that once they dump it at this site it’s never going to move it’s in fact it’s a fact probably that it’s never going to move because if you look we were told as a community it

Was going to be wrapped up in a burrito or a chimy chunga and then it was supposed to be set in the temporary site and then it’s then there’s a possibility of moving it but think about it 40,000 trucks with 400,000 cubic yards of material but now you’re mixing it with

600,000 yards of cubic material of Cinder and Blue Rock now you’re soaking water in it like a teacup so you’re contaminating all of that material you just over doubled the problem and now you still have to take that to a to a permanent site so all the arguments

About the transportation the cost of moving it if it costs them $40 million to move at eight miles and it’s only 40,000 trucks imagine what it’s going to cost them to move $ 140,000 trucks 20 miles um while the while the island has a lot more tourism and people on it

Because of the recovery two years from now Eddie Garcia we we Yeah Eddie we appreciate your time we thank you for coming on top story tonight letting us know about this issue we’re going to stay on top of it as we’ve covered every moment since that wildfire in lahina we

Thank you for your time all right we’re going to be right back please stay with us Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about about

Your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC news [Applause] Now we report live from Tel Aviv we are live tonight from harez Mexico reporting over the Skies of Mah here in Florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seeing people just running for their lives people running for their lives hundreds of Israelis have gathered

To demonstrate what are the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC news Now when I think about what the Today’s Show does it’s not just about the mornings it’s about your whole day there’s a feeling of we’re in there with you then let’s take on this day together the NBC News Mobile app get connected to your favorite news shows

For the top stories breaking news and live video download the NBC News Mobile app Now finally tonight we’re just 6 months away from the Summer Olympics Paris gearing up to host the world’s top athletes and what it’s calling a new era of games our kir Simmons is there with an inside look on how the city is prepping for this historic

Event the clock is ticking down to the Paris games the merchandise already on sale the venues almost ready we got a look at the athletes Village it’s going to be ready oh yeah that’s that’s the crucial question we are perfectly time really early 6 months from the

Games and they tell us the Olympic Village will be ready in 6 weeks 3,000 apartments for more than 14,000 athletes and staff many venues are being recycled the 1924 Paris Olympic swimming pool is being refurbished are you putting the water from the sen in here no no the send the

Centerpiece of the games hosting the first opening ceremony outside a stadium other iconic landmarks will become venues like the plasa Concord where Olympic breaking will premere Sunny Choy will be there for Team USA I’ll be like sitting on the plane and all of a sudden

I feel like tears in my eyes and I’m like wait I’m going this is happening like right now as for the hometown fans basketball is a huge draw with NBA star Victor wanyama expected to lead Team France which country is going to get gold in the basket

You sure about that actually I think the us is going to get it the us as always we’ll see in just six months can’t wait for those games to start and a reminder all the action on NBC we thank Kier Simmons for that report and we thank you

For watching top story I’m Tom yamas in New York stay right there more news on the way tonight Donald Trump testifying in the defamation Civil Trial brought against him by writer egene Carroll the former president on the stand today for just a matter of minutes what he said that the

Judge quickly Struck from the record his testimony keeping him off the campaign Trail as he and Nikki Haley battled for South Carolina the warning he gave to her donors and one of Mr Trump’s former advisers Peter Navaro sentence for for defying a subpoena from the January 6

Committee also tonight the mother of the Oxford High School shooter on trial the video shown of her at a gun range with her son and the moment her tears led to a courtroom confrontation new video of a 17-year-old murder suspect minutes after he escaped from a Philadelphia Hospital the Urgent Manhunt explosive allegations

Against WWE founder Vince McMahon the former employee accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking the threat of more flash flooding across the South we’re tracking it Alabama set to carry out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas an untested method on a death row inmate after botching his lethal injection the

Massive steeple collapsing at a church in Connecticut and 6 months to Paris inside the new Olympic Village as we count down to the summer games this is NBC night news with Lester H good evening and welcome former president Donald Trump had his say in court today as his defense rested its

Case in the defamation case against him by writer eing Carroll the former president spent under five minutes on the witness stand clashing with the judge over what he was allowed to say Mr Trump hoping to sway a federal jury in New York from ordering him to pay Carol

Potentially millions in Damages while in the political Forum Mr Trump is applying pressure to sway Republicans to Rally around his candidacy for president threatening to Blacklist donors who contribute to his GOP Challenger Nikki Haley Mr Trump also Making Waves in Congress tonight Ryan nobl has late details tonight after wins in Iowa and

New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican FrontRunner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only a few minutes his testimony limited by the judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist Eugene Carol now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in

Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by his deposition where he said Carol was lying he answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the

Last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and

Funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement Trump’s allies slamming the proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed

Off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean first you’d have to go talk to the minority leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be

Backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump yet about the final product my point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors

That if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling T-shirts saying barred permanently get on a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan let’s turn back to those negotiations over the

Border and Ukraine Aid where do they stand tonight well Lester late tonight the former president issuing a statement warning Republicans that a border deal could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats despite that the lead negotiators believe they could release the details of their legislation early

Next week they remain hopeful that a bipartisan deal can be struck Lester all right Brian Nobles thank you a former adviser in the Trump White House Peter Navaro was sentenced to four months in prison today for criminal contempt of congress in September Navaro was convicted for refusing to testify and

Provide documents to a house committee investigating the January 6 attack he was also ordered to pay a fine of $99,500 he plans to appeal in a Michigan courtroom today the first testimony in the unprecedented trial of a mother charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to prevent her son

From shooting four students to death at his high school Adrien brus has more Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed

Four people at Oxford High School the defense hitting back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted crumblyy charged with involuntary manslaughter the first parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of

Tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this from happening the defense appearing to shift blame onto crumley’s husband James who has a separate trial James Crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this

Video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here and accident here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that memory still wrong so I looked down and um I realized he’s raising a gun to me

Crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there sobbing so I not tonight the defense asking jurors to keep an open mind and we also learned today Jennifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aimed to

Show who she was as a mother Lester Adrien BR us thank you there’s a man hun in Pennsylvania tonight for a 17-year-old murder suspect who escaped from authorities police say Shane prior ran away after police brought into a hospital for a hand injury he has been awaiting trial since 2020 the US

Marshall service says he may have escaped in a stolen pickup truck now to the shocking news news involving one of the biggest figures in professional wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon is accused of sexual assault and trafficking by a former employee Tomy yamas has more on the lawsuit we have to

Warn you some of what you’re about to hear is graphic wrestl media tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accused using WWE founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional abuse sexual

Assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that MC

Man forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new law suit seeks to anal a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive 3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million

Payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene madeup instances that never

Occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know both personally and professionally through my 50-year career

Care I owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming

Rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and Tom WWE’s parent company is responding to this tonight that’s right

Lester the parent company is called TKO and they tell NBC News Mr McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE while this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company we take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter

Internally user all right Tom thanks very much we’re tracking storms tonight 19 million under flash flood threats from Mississippi to New York after days of heavy rain from California to the Deep South one city in Texas getting more than a foot the rain shifts north tonight and could impact the morning

Commute in cities like Chicago Milwaukee New York and Boston a surge on Wall Street today the SNP setting a new closing record after strong new evidence of the strength of the US economy senior business correspondent Christine Romans has details at this commercial Glass Factory in Ben Salem Pennsylvania owner Josh Berg says the

Much forecast recession of 2023 never happened the year was good the the the year was really really good you had new business maintained existing business grew your Workforce and grew your top line and bottom line numbers in a year we expected a recession that’s correct as as as counterintuitive as that may

Seem work happening on Factory floors like this one has kept the US economy humming in fact economic growth last year GDP was stronger than the average for the entire decade before the pandemic the economy grew 3.3% in the final 3 months of 2023 for the year a

Robust 2 and a half% fueled by strong consumer spending and hiring today’s numbers smashing expectations continually throughout the year we have had strong growth and in this case stronger growth than expected President Biden in Superior Wisconsin today America now is the strongest growth the lowest inflation rate of any major

Economy in the world yet polls show Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy the ongoing effects of high inflation and the least affordable housing market in more than a generation contributing to many not feeling the country’s economic growth personally but back in Ben Salem tempered enthusiasm from Josh letter

Grade what was 2023 in a letter grade A minus a minus always room for improvement but a a well earned Year from everybody here and Christine as you know the Federal Reserve meets next week so much writing on what they decide to do about interest rates how does this

News factor in you know Lester we also got data today on the fed’s preferred gauge of inflation and the numbers there show inflation is continuing to come down that lends support to the idea that the FED is headed for interest rate Cuts this year and that’s part of what’s been

Fueling the current stock market rally Lester all right Christine thanks much in 60 seconds the execution of a convicted murderer using a first ofit kind technique to end his life the controversy right after this the stunning imag is coming in tonight from Connecticut an enormous steeple collapsing at a historic church

In the city of New London opening up a massive hole in the roof inside covered in debris one woman who was inside at the time got out safely authorities don’t believe anyone else was inside and no injuries are reported we turn out of Alabama and the plans for a first of its

Kind execution as Doha Burns reports the state is set to use a new untested method involving nitrogen gas on a death row inmate it has already tried to execute once before the state of Alabama has already tried to execute Kenny Smith this is a free call from K an incarcerated

Individual at Alabama Department of Corrections but tonight the death row inmate is still alive terrified it started when I was on the execution guarding uh last November now the state will try to execute Smith again with a method that’s never been used before death by nitrogen gas the fact that

Theyve got me lined up to be the first with gas is really terrifying Smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder murder of Elizabeth Senate hired by her husband an Alabama Pastor Smith has been in prison for 35 years he was scheduled to die in November 2022 but the attempt

At lethal injection didn’t work the third in a string of botched executions that year How could a a state give something so wrong Chuck and Mike Senate Elizabeth’s children went to William C Holman Correctional that night in 2022 expecting to see the Justice they wanted instead they say the failed execution

Failed them too what is that emotion Ang anger anger yeah mhm they’re supposed to know what they’re doing there but somehow they missed Wednesday night the Supreme Court rejected appeals from Smith’s legal team over the method of execution a method legal Scholars say has many unknowns this is a method that

Has never been used in the history of the world as far as we know so nobody knows what’s going to happen least of all the state of Alabama but state of officials expressed confidence in court testifying that nitrogen gas is quote painless and Humane Smith’s team has argued execution by nitrogen gas could

Lead to prolonged pain and suffering that Smith May vomit in the mask and choke or it could leave him in a vegetative state or even put others in the room at risk like spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who will perform Smith’s last rights Lord we have gathered here and

This morning Hood received last rights of his own he’ll be in the room when it happens and a Gastly could would be deadly to him too I have never ever signed a waiver before going into an execution this is the first time in human history that someone besides the

Person being executed is at risk of dying in the process Smith says his biggest fear is that he might survive again this is not going to go right I’m expected to take the word the department of going to get it tonight the Senate will be in attendance once again what

Would you say to your mom if she could hear you right now I love you and I hope we finally get you justice Dasha Burns NBC News Atmore Alabama all right we’ll take a break coming up the new measures on Instagram aimed at keeping teenagers safe but do they do enough and why

Now it’s a concern for so many families keeping their teenagers safe on social media now Instagram is rolling out some new measures aimed at limiting who can message to and more here’s Stephanie GS for parents worried about who is messaging their teenagers on social media meta says it hears them announcing

Changes to accounts on Facebook messenger and Instagram for teenagers under 16 years old today we’re announcing a new default setting for teens around messaging that makes Instagram safer for them blocking DMS from anyone who they don’t follow and aren’t connected to for parent supervised accounts changes made to that

Setting or any other safety and privacy setting now has to be approved by a parent we believe that parents know what’s best for their individual child and we want to do what we can to empower parents to make those decisions to shape Instagram the announcement comes after steps taken earlier this month that

Limit teen’s ability to see potentially harmful material and to alert them when they are spending a lot of time on the app at night 95% of teens use social media and are on it more than 3 hours a day which the Surgeon General says puts them at higher risk for depression and

Anxiety critics say these measures announced by meta today don’t go nearly far enough these changes are about as effective as a screen door on a submarine tech savvy teenagers May easily navigate around restrictions how difficult is it for a teenager to lie about his or her age and set up an

Instagram account it is so simple because we we have never put in age verification and age Assurance requirements by the way a trillion dollar company can figure that out Stephanie is meta doing anything to establish age verification for these accounts you know Lester I asked them that specific question and they said

That it is a quote complex industry challenge but they did say that they support proposed Federal legislation that would require app stores to get parental permission for teenagers to download apps onto their devices all right G thank you up next we’ll take you to Paris and see how the city is

Preparing exactly 6 months before the Summer Olympics in just 6 months more than 10,000 athletes from around the world will descend on Paris for the Summer Olympics Kier Simmons is there with a look and how the city is getting ready the clock is ticking down to the Paris games the merchandise already on

Sale the venues almost most ready we got a look at the athletes Village it’s going to be ready oh yeah that’s that’s the crucial question we are perfectly on time really early 6 months from the games and they tell us the Olympic Village will be ready in 6 weeks 3,000

Apartments for more than 14,000 athletes and staff many venues are being recycled the 1924 Paris Olympic swimming pool is being refurbished are you putting the water from the sen in here no no the send the centerpiece of the games hosting the first opening ceremony outside a stadium other iconic landmarks will become

Venues like the plasa Concord where Olympic breaking will premere Sunny Choy will be there for Team USA I’ll be like sitting on the plane and all of a sudden I feel like tears in my eyes and I’m like wait I’m going this is happening like right now as for the hometown fans

Basketball is a huge draw with NBA star Victor wanyama expected to lead Team France which country is going to get gold in the basketall you sure actually I think the us is going to get it the us as always we’ll see in just six months Kia Simmons NBC News

Paris and that is Nightly News for this Thursday thank you for watching everyone I’m Lester Holt please take care of yourself and each other good night We’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something big news lives in the now Israel tonight declaring war against Hamas following the brutal surprise attack within its

Own borders now is raw we are in the West Bank City of rala protesters are on the streets here to denounce Israel now is real most of the time the Iron Dome works but there are rare occasions that a few get through like here in ashon

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Part of our continued reporting this is what a country in war looks like women children what is it like countless neighborhoods across the region that look just like this everybody good took for all this damage To what’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people know what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now tonight Donald Trump testifying in the defamation Civil Trial brought against him by writer eege Carroll the former president on the stand today for just a matter of minutes what he said that the judge quickly Struck from the record his testimony keeping him off the campaign Trail as he and Nikki Haley

Battle for South Carolina the warning he gave to her donor and one of Mr Trump’s former advisers Peter Navaro sentenced for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee also tonight the mother of the Oxford High School shooter on trial the video shown of her at a gun range

With her son and the moment her tears led to a courtroom confrontation new video of a 17-year-old murder suspect minutes after he escaped from a Philadelphia Hospital the Urgent Manhunt explosive allegations against WWE found under Vince McMahon the former employee accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking the threat of more flash

Flooding across the South we’re tracking it Alabama set to carry out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas an untested method on a death row inmate after botching his lethal injection the massive steeple collapsing at a church in Conneticut and 6 months to Paris inside the new Olympic Village as we

Count down to the Summer Games this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening and welcome former president Donald Trump had his say in court today as his defense rested its case in the defamation case against him by writer eing Carroll the former president spent under five minutes on

The witness stand clashing with the judge over what he was allowed to say Mr Trump hoping to sway a federal jury in New York from ordering him to pay Carol potentially millions in Damages while in the political Forum Mr Trump is applying pressure to sway Republicans to Rally around his candidacy for president

Threatening to Blacklist donors who contribute to his GOP Challenger Nikki Haley Mr Trump also Making Waves in Congress tonight Ryan Nobles has late details tonight after winds in Iowa and New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican front runner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only

A few minutes his testimony limited by the judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist e Carol now a jury is weighing how much to award Carol in Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by

His deposition where he said Carol was lying he answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill with Senate

Republican leader Mitch McConnell accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement do Trump’s allies slamming

The proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean

First you’d have to go talk to the minority leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump

Yet about the final product my point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors that if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magga camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her

Campaign now selling T-shirts saying barred permanently get on a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donal show me what you got Ryan let’s turn back to those negotiations over the border and Ukraine Aid where do they stand tonight well Lester late tonight the former president issuing a statement warning Republicans

That a border deal could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats despite that the lead negotiators believe they could release the details of their legislation early next week they remain hopeful that a bipartisan deal can be struck Lester all right Ryan nobl thank you a former adviser in the

Trump White House Peter Navaro was sentenced to four months in prison today for criminal contempt of congress in September Navaro was convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to a house committee investigating the January six attack he was also ordered to pay a fine of $99,500 he plans to appeal in the

Michigan courtroom today the first testimony in the unprecedented trial of a mother charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to prevent her son from shooting four students to death at his high school Adrien brus has more Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors

Laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the defense back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted Crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter the first parent in the US ever charged in a mass

School shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this from happening the defense appearing to shift blame onto crumb’s husband James who has a separate trial James Crumbley was responsible for getting the

Gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here and exited here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that memory still wrong so I looked down and

Um I realize he’s raising a gun to me crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there sobbing I tonight the defense asking jurors to keep an open mind and we also learned

Today Jennifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aimed to show who she was as a mother Lester Adrien brus thank you there’s a man hunt in Pennsylvania tonight for a 17-year-old murder suspect who escaped from authorities police say Shane prior ran away after police brought him to a

Hospital for a hand injury he has been awaiting trial since 2020 the US Marshall service says he may have escaped in a stolen pickup truck now to the shocking news involving one of the biggest figures in professional wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon is accused of sexual assault and

Trafficking by a former employee Tomy yamas has more on the lawsuit we have to warn you some of what you’re about to hear is graphic WrestleMania tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE founder and former

CEO Vince mcmah of physical and emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit a VI Grant’s claims include sexual acts

Involving def ation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to anal a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would receive $3

Million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s spokesperson

Says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene made up instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say it up mistakes obviously you

Know both personally and professionally through my 50-year career I owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the WWE just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member Dwayne The

Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and Tom WWE’s parent company is responding to this tonight

That’s right Lester the parent company is called TKO and they tell NBC News Mr McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE while this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company we take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very seriously and are

Addressing this matter internally user all right Tom thanks very much we’re tracking storms tonight 19 million under flash flood threats from Mississippi to New York after days of heavy rain from California to the Deep South one city in Texas getting more than a foot the rain shifts north tonight and could impact

The morning commute in cities like Chicago Milwaukee New York and Boston a surge on Wall Street today the SNP setting a new closing record after strong new evidence of the strength of the US economy senior business correspondent Christine Romans has details at this commercial Glass Factory in Ben Salem

Pennsylvania owner Josh Berg says the much forecast recession of 20123 never happened the year was good the the the year was really really good you had new business maintained existing business grew your Workforce and grew your top line and bottom line numbers in a year we expected a recession that that’s

Correct as as as counterintuitive as that may seem work happening on Factory floors like this one has kept the US economy humming in fact economic growth last year GDP was stronger than the average for the entire decade before the pandemic the economy grew 3.3% in the

Final 3 months of 2023 for the year a robust 2 and a half% fueled by strong consumer spending and hiring today’s numbers smashing expectations continually throughout the year we have had strong growth and in this case stronger growth than expected President Biden in Superior Wisconsin today America now is the strongest growth the

Lowest inflation rate of any major economy in the world yet polls show Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy the ongoing effects of high inflation and the least affordable housing market in more than a generation contributing to many not feeling the country’s economic growth personally

But back in Ben Salem tempered enthusiasm from Josh ber letter grade what was 2023 in a letter grade any minus a minus always room for improvement but a a well- earned Year from everybody here and Christine as you know the Federal Reserve meets next week so much writing and what they decide to

Do about interest rates how does this news factor in you know ler we also got data today on the fed’s preferred gauge of inflation and the numbers there show inflation is continuing to come down that lends support to the idea that the FED is headed for interest rate Cuts

This year and that’s part of what’s been fueling the current stock market rally Lester all right Christine thanks much in 60 seconds the execution of a convicted murderer using a first ofit kind technique to end his life the controversy right after this the stunning imag is coming in tonight from Conneticut an enormous

Steeple collapsing at a historic church in the city of New London opening up a m massive hole in the roof inside covered in debris one woman who was inside at the time got out safely authorities don’t believe anyone else was inside and no injuries are reported we turn out of

Alabama and the plans for a first ofit kind execution as Dasha Burns reports the state is set to use a new untested method involving nitrogen gas on a death row inmate it has already tried to execute once before the state of Alabama has already tried to execute Kenny Smith this is a

Free call from Kenny an incarcerated individual at Alabama Department of Corrections but tonight the death row inmate is still alive I’m terrified it started when I was on the ex guarding uh last November now the state will try to execute Smith again with a method that’s never been used before death by nitrogen

Gas the fact that Dave got me lined up to be the first with gas um it’s really terrifying Smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder of Elizabeth Senate hired by her husband an Alabama Pastor Smith has been in prison for 35 years he was scheduled to die in November 2022

But the attempt at lethal injection didn’t work the third in a string of botched executions that year How could a state give something so wrong Chuck and Mike Senate Elizabeth’s children went to William C Holman Correctional that night in 2022 expecting to see the Justice they wanted instead they say the failed

Execution failed them too what is that emotion anger anger yeah mhm they’re supposed to know what they’re doing there but somehow they missed Wednesday night the Supreme Court rejected appeals from Smith’s legal team over the method of execution a method legal Scholars say has many unknowns this is a method that

Has never been used in the history of the world as far as we know so nobody knows what’s going going to happen least of all the state of Alabama but State officials expressed confidence in court testifying that nitrogen gas is quote painless and Humane Smith steam has argued execution by nitrogen gas could

Lead to prolonged pain and suffering that Smith May vomit in the mask and choke or it could leave him in a vegetative state or even put others in the room at risk like spiritual adviser Reverend Jeff Hood who will perform Smith’s last rights Lord we have gathered here and

This morning Hood received last rights of his own he’ll be in the room when it happens and a Gastly could be deadly to him too I have never ever signed a waiver before going into an execution this is the first time in human history that someone besides the person being

Executed is at risk of dying in the process Smith says his biggest fear is that he might survive again this is not going to go right I’m expected to take the bir of the Department of Direction going to get it live tonight the Senate will be in attendance once again what

Would you say to her mom if she could hear you right now I love you and I hope we finally get you justice Dasha Burns NBC News Atmore Alabama all right we’ll take a break coming up the new measures on Instagram aimed at keeping teenagers safe but do they do enough and why

Now people really don’t know what’s going to happen near a dozen hours after the eye roared a short there’s more good people than bad people you know right there is some late breaking news hours the Iowa caucus all right Too news lives in the now the horrors of the war on full display on both sides of the Israel Gaza of order protesters are on the streets here most of the time the Iron Dome works but a few get through news for the generation of now is NBC news Now we report live from Tel Aviv we are live tonight from harez Mexico reporting over the Skies of mahina here in Florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seeing people just running for their lives people running for their lives hundreds of Israelis have gathered

To demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most place for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News Now news lives in the now it’s coming at

Us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw now is real the fed’s decision today help us translate that into very plain English now is constant you got to see this future is now news for the generation of now is NBC news Now good morning thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas if you do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them the first woman on a lunar mission what was it like to get that

News Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 we report live from Tel Aviv we are live tonight from harez Mexico reporting over the Skies of bahina here in Florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seen people just running for their lives people running for their

Lives hundreds of Israelis have gathered to demonstrate what do the people in Gaza do you think what do they need most for Palestinians and Israelis have found Common Ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7: on NBC News

Now fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical he doing oh pretty pretty Bad Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on [Applause] NBC tonight Donald Trump testifying in the defamation Civil Trial brought against him by writer EEG Carroll the former president on the stand today for just a matter of minutes what he said that the judge quickly Struck from the record his testimony keeping him off the campaign Trail as he and Nikki Haley

Battled for South Carolina the warning he gave to her donors and one of Mr Trump’s former advisers Peter Navaro sentenced for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee also tonight the mother of the Oxford High School shooter on trial the video shown of her at a gun

Range with her son and the moment her tears led to a courtroom confrontation new video of a 17-year-old murder suspect minutes after he escaped from a Philadelphia Hospital the Urgent Manhunt explosive allegations against WWE founder Vince McMahon the former employee accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking the threat of more flash

Flooding across the South we’re tracking it Alabama set to carry out the first ever execute ution using nitrogen gas an untested method on a death row inmate after botching his lethal injection the massive steeple collapsing at a church in Connecticut and 6 months to Paris inside the new Olympic Village as we

Countd down to the summer games this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome former president Donald Trump had his say in court today as his defense rest Ed its case in the defamation case against him by writer eing Carroll the former president spent under five minutes on

The witness stand clashing with the judge over what he was allowed to say Mr Trump hoping to sway a federal jury in New York from ordering him to pay Carol potentially millions in Damages while in the political Forum Mr Trump is applying pressure to sway Republicans to Rally around his candidacy for president

Threatening to Blacklist donors who contribute to his GOP Challenger Nikki Haley Mr Trump also Making Waves in Congress tonight Ryan Nobles has late details tonight after wins in Iowa and New Hampshire on the campaign Trail Republican FrontRunner Donald Trump back in a courtroom testifying for only a few

Minutes his testimony limited by the judge last May Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist egene Carroll now a jury is weighing how much to award Carrol in Damages if any Carol is seeking $10 million Trump was asked if he stood by his deposition

Where he said Carol was lying he answered 100% yes later saying I consider it a false accusation and that he quote wanted to defend myself my family and frankly the presidency the last two statements struck by the judge meanwhile Trump the focus of new tensions on Capitol Hill with Senate

Republican leader Mitch McConnell accusing the former president of trying to derail a spending deal that would include funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as provide new policies and funding to deal with the Border crisis are you concerned though that Trump’s opposition is basically killing the supplement do Trump’s allies slamming

The proposal saying it allows 5,000 migrants per day to be released in the US how would you respond to critics that are saying that this is just being pushed off to make it a campaign issue for president Trump well is it being pushed off I mean I don’t know I mean

First you’d have to go talk to the minority leader we have record numbers of illegal immigration why because of this president’s policies while other Republicans believe Trump should be backing a deal why not have him make that case to some of your colleagues I don’t know what to tell president Trump

Yet about the final product my point of view um we need relief today also tonight pressure is building on Nikki Haley now Trump is warning Haley donors that if they keep giving to her they will be permanently barred from the magot Camp a threat Haley seemed to welcome her campaign now selling

T-shirts saying barred permanently get on a debate stage and let’s go bring it Donald show me what you got Ryan let’s turn back to those negotiations over the border and Ukraine Aid where do they stand tonight well Lester late tonight the former president issuing a statement warning Republicans that a border deal

Could potentially be what he called a gift to Democrats despite that the lead negotiator ERS believe they could release the details of their legislation early next week they remain hopeful that a bipartisan deal can be struck Lester all right Ryan Nobles thank you a former adviser in the Trump White House Peter

Navaro was sentenced to four months in prison today for criminal contempt of congress in September Navaro was convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to a house committee investigating the January 6th attack he was also ordered to pay a fine of $99,500 he plans to appeal in a Michigan

Courtroom today the first testimony in the unprecedented trial of a mother charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to prevent her son from shooting four students to death at his high school Adrien brus has more Jennifer Crumbley didn’t pull the trigger that day but she is responsible for those deaths tonight prosecutors

Laying out why they believe Jennifer Crumbley should be held accountable for her 15-year-old son’s actions he killed four people at Oxford High School the defense hitting back he did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted Crumbley charged with involuntary manslaughter the first

Parent in the US ever charged in a mass school shooting carried out by their child they didn’t do any number of tragically small and easy things that would have prevented all this from happening the defense appearing to shift blame onto crumley’s husband James who has a separate trial James

Crumbley was responsible for getting the gun out putting the trigger lock back on storing the gun prosecutors showing this video of Jennifer and Ethan together at the gun range and calling its first Witnesses so it entered here and exited here teacher Molly Darnell showed jurors where she was shot that memory still

Wrong so I looked down and um um I realize he’s raising a gun to me crumbly tearful at times leading to a heated Exchange in front of the judge to have not just the defendant her lawyer sit there sobbing so I tonight the defense asking jurors

To keep an open mind and we also learned today Jenifer plans to take the stand her attorneys say they aimed to show who she was as a mother Lester Adrian brought us thank you there’s a man hun in Pennsylvania tonight for a 17-year-old murder suspect who escaped from authorities police say Shane prior

Ran away after police brought him into a hospital for a hand injury he has been awaiting trial since 2020 the US Marshal Service says he may have escaped in a stolen pickup truck now to the shocking news involving one of the biggest figures in professional wrestling WWE founder Vince McMahon is accused of

Sexual assault and trafficking by a former employee Tommy yamas has more on the lawsuit we have to warn you some of what you’re about to hear is graphic wrestl media tonight one of the biggest names in professional wrestling facing stunning new accusations including sex trafficking over several years a former employee accusing WWE

Founder and former CEO Vince McMahon of physical and emotional abuse sexual assault and trafficking at WWE in the lawsuit Janelle Grant who worked there up until March 2022 says McMahon texted her quote I’m the only one who owns you and controls who I want to exploit of you Grant’s claims include sexual acts

Involving defecation restraint and aggressive use of sex toys and that McMahon forced her to have sex with him and other men at the WWE headquarters in return for job security the new lawsuit seeks to n all a non-disclosure agreement from 2022 settled between Grant and McMahon where she would

Receive $3 million Grant says she stopped receiving payments after an initial $1 million payout if as alleged McMahon stopped making those payments she might have a breach of contract claim but that’s not what she’s really alleging in the complaint she’s alleging violations of federal human trafficking law in a statement Vince McMahon’s

Spokesperson says this lawsuit is replete with lies obscene madeup instances that never occurred and a vindictive Distortion of the truth he will vigorously defend himself last year McMahon who has not been criminally charged spoke to CNBC in Broad terms about his overall Legacy let me just say I’ve made mistakes obviously you know

Both personally and professionally through my 50-year career I’ve owned up to every single one of them and then moved on the explosive lawsuit and graphic allegations come at a critical time for the w we just this week McMahon was at the New York Stock Exchange celebrating their newest board member

Dwayne The Rock Johnson also Netflix just acquiring WWE’s streaming rights worth billions of dollars but now all eyes on the WWE who the plaintiff’s attorney says they will hold accountable claiming they turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug and Tom WWE’s parent company is

Responding to this tonight that’s right Lester the parent company is called TKO and they tell NBC News Mr McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE while this matter predates our TKO executive team’s tenure at the company we take Miss Grant’s horrific allegations very

Seriously and are addressing this matter internally user all right Tom thanks very much we’re tracking storms tonight 19 million under flash flood threats from Mississippi to New York after days of heavy rain from California to the Deep South one city in Texas getting more than a foot the rain shifts north

Tonight and could impact the morning commute in cities like Chicago Milwaukee New York and Boston a surge on Wall Street today the SNP setting a new closing record after strong new evidence of the strength of the US economy senior business correspondent Christine Romans has details at this commercial Glass Factory in Ben Salem

Pennsylvania owner Josh Berg says the much forecast recession of 2023 never happened the year was good the the the year was really really good you had new business maintained existing business grew your Workforce and grew your top line and bottom line numbers in a year we expected a recession that’s correct

As as as counterintuitive as that may seem work happening on Factory floors like this one has kept the US economy humming in fact economic growth last year GDP was stronger than the average for the entire decade before the pandemic the economy grew 3.3% in the

Final 3 months of 2023 for the year a robust 2 and a half% fueled by strong consumer spending in hiring today’s numbers smashing expectations continually throughout the year we have had strong growth and in this case stronger growth than expected President Biden in Superior Wisconsin today America now is the strongest growth the

Lowest inflation rate of any major economy in the world yet polls show Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy the ongoing effects of high inflation and the least affordable housing market in more than a generation contributing to many not feeling the country’s economic growth personally but back in Ben Salem

Tempered enthusiasm from Josh ber letter grade what was 2023 in a letter grade A minus a minus always room for improvement but a a well- earned year from everybody here and Christine as you know the Federal Reserve meets next week so much writing on what they decide to

Do about interest rates how does this news factor in you know Lester we also got data today on the fed’s preferred gauge of inflation and the numbers there show inflation is continuing to come down that lends support to the idea that the FED is headed for interest rate Cuts

This year and that’s part of what’s been fueling the current stock market rally Lester all right Christine thanks much in 60 seconds the execution of a convicted Mur murderer using a first ofit kind technique to end his life the controversy right after this still to come on the Channel 2 News

Well the waters are certainly receding now still too close to call Master reporting from Ground Zero as it’s being referred to T the Haitian people know a little something about resiliency what’s the biggest risk right now some of the troops who have been I want to welcome

You to the first presidential debate in fact we’ve been told we can’t go any farther you with some rilian folks let me give a h Good morning and thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers we’re going to get started with breaking news the record number of Migrant Crossings the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas the closer look at the good news we got about the

Economy but if you do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them a lot of people spend a lot of time sitting 20 minutes of exercise might be able to help out how does it feel to be an out College athlete freeing the first

Woman on a lunar Mission what was it like to get that news Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we are on the cusp of something big hey I’m hie it’s good to be with you tonight what do we know that voters care

About the economy right you are seeing that firsthand yourself on the ground there today I know that you have been reading the vibes from DC here and The Vibes are different from action what is actually going to happen in Congress to regulate AI anytime soon Emily they have

Tweaked my monitor and I can see now you are in fact soaking wet I am deeply sorry will never be questioned What’s the message that you’re trying to get out to young people no what is in the drug Supply we’ve got important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC

News Now out I think when you open your eyes you get to decide how’s my day going to be we want to be a way to start your day lighten your load every sing single Morning good morning and thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers we’re going to get started with breaking news the record number of Migrant Crossings the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas the closer look at the good news we got about the economy but if you

Do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them a lot of people spend a lot of time sitting 20 minutes of exercise might be able to help out how does it feel to be an out College athlete freeing the first woman on a

Lunar Mission what was it like to get that news Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 here’s this woman smiling about to take a hike for her anniversary there’s nothing you can see from those photos that they took that would even begin to suggest how it would all end it’s

Chilling she was a beloved doctor amazing mom Sunday School teacher she’d given so much love to others finally she’d found it for herself a handsome widower touched by tragedy his first wife died in a car accident my heart went out for him now he and the doctor were Bound for adventure a surprise

Weekend away I was excited for her a romantic hike to a remote Mountain spot scenery was breathtaking the danger was too my wife is c for a block an accidental fall and she was gone I remember when what my heart sank I fell to my knees so why did it seem so

Suspicious there’s something going out here his first wife died it just clicked this was not an accident two wives two deaths two Mysteries nobody saw him push Tony off that clip he wouldn’t do that why would he tragic horrible cruel I was broke I’m Lester Holt and this is dline tonight Andrea Canning my name is Anna Kate and I’m 9 years old I’m in fourth grade Anna Kate once had an aunt named Tony they lived a few States apart but were never more than a phone call or a letter away dear Aunt Tony how are you I have no homework

We finished little pair eight days till Christmas I’m so excited I love you anate she still writes her letters even though Tony can no longer respond dear Antony are you enjoying it in heaven I miss you very much I read a book about heaven it must be great love your niece

Anna Kate Anna Kate was seven when her aunt died it was sudden scary and heartbreaking so she took out an old shoe box decorated it and filled it with thoughts of Aunt Tony now she’s dead now we can’t see her again and our lives will never be the same

Again the ripple effect of Tony’s death was huge she was a respected doctor an opthalmologist who had a thriving practice first in Jackson Mississippi and later in Denver Colorado a devout Christian who sang in her church choir a mother to a little girl named Haley a

Wife to a man named Harold and the older sister to Anna Kate’s dad Todd berlay this story is about Tony and what happened to her one bright sunny day high up in the mountains M what you address the emergency I rescue came immediately it’s also about how Secrets long buried

Sometimes times don’t stay that way where did Tony fit into your family she was the middle between uh two brothers uh sometimes she thought that was an advantage and sometimes she thought it was a disadvantage being the only girl with two brothers obviously we’re not going to sit down and play uh

Barbies with her uh you know we needed the uh extra wide receiver during the backyard football game and she had a obliges did it turn her into a little bit of a tomboy I wouldn’t say she was a tomboy but she was a great athlete of

Course she could do anything she she put her mind too Tony beray grew up with her two brothers around natas Mississippi the epitome of the Old South she was ambitious academically and athletically and yet did Tony embrace the the hair and the makeup and sort of

The things that you would think of a Southern bell who went don’t miss and yeah I mean it’s coat and d and Sunday dresses for football games no sweatpants no no no not to go out she would never go out in public and S down never Tony

Did have one flaw when it came to being a bell when I first got to college she felt like you know I was a little bit too skinny and and needed to bulk up a little bit and so she decided she’d going to come over and cook some fried

Chicken and well Mississippi is the place to be for that Mississippi and every you know Southern lady ought to be able to cook some fried chicken and little did she know that you know when you took it out of the freezer you’d have to let it th Frozen Fried Chicken

Aside Tony was someone who set goals and made them happen after college she went to medical school and in 1988 graduated in the top 10% of her class then she settled into a new practice and a new marriage with a young dentist but the woman who could do it all couldn’t save

A relationship that wasn’t working she tried but after 7 years the marriage ended I don’t think my sister took failure well and so I think that was a disappointing time in in her life Todd’s wife Ronda remembers how Tony continued to thrive at work but her love life stalled her career was extremely

Important and so there was a time issue there she didn’t have a lot of time to probably go places to meet guys she went to church and she went to her job and to be honest I I really don’t think that there was very good pickings possibly and the Clock Was ticking when

It came to starting a family so in her late 30s Tony turned to a place many do to find a mate the internet she chose a Christian dating site finding a man who shared her faith was very important to her she didn’t tell her little brother

Or his wife Rhonda right away about her online Adventure but she did share her secret with her good friend Allison T did she give you updates on how it was going and if she was meeting anybody I didn’t really ask um but I did know that

She had met a couple of guys then Tony met the one handsome guy a little bit older than her Charming incredibly Charming just extended a hand immediately and well-dressed and very polished and um well well spoken very professional looking His Name Was Harold henthorne according to his dating profile he lived

In Colorado and worked as a consultant to nonprofits he didn’t smoke rarely drank and he said he was a planner eventually Harold flew out to Jackson to meet Tony in person and with them both being methodical types they devised a formula for lasting love they had come

Up with a system to for compatibility and it was 5 C’s and I don’t remember what they all stood for compatibility was one of them Christianity was one of them chemistry maybe chemistry was one of them when they met for the first time they would know if the chemistry was

There they had confirmed four out of the five before their first meeting so when they met it was combustion maybe that was one of them Tony ticked off her se’s then she introduced Harold to everyone first impression way more outgoing way more vocal than she she was quiet I

Thought this is great for her this gets her out of her shell and it gives her somebody to do some really fun things with Harold was widower and told the beray he had waited a long time for another chance at love his first wife died in a car accident my heart went out

To him I I I was like wow you know he deserves his happiness you know and if it’s with Tony then that’s awesome you know he said that he had been lonely Harold’s friend Kim lafer had been best friends with Harold’s first wife Lynn what did Harold tell you about this new

Woman in his life Tony he didn’t tell me a lot um but but he did tell me that he really liked her after Lynn died Kim and Harold remained close now he wanted Kim to meet the new woman in his life I felt like I couldn’t talk about Lynn anymore

Which I understood that um but I was happy that he had moved on and I felt like it was time and that he was starting a new life so now Harold the planner as he’d said in his dating profile was ready on Valentine’s Day 2000 he set out to to orchestrate the

Perfect proposal Harold really studied the Jackson area to find out the perfect place to propose and he found this beautiful place in Jackson that we all love and how excited was she to tell you her news very she was excited and she had a beautiful ring it was a nice ring

And um just she was very happy very happy that it seemed like it was all coming together and she was going to be very happy on September 30th 2000 less than a year after they had met in person Tony beray married Harold henthorne in a big church wedding in Jackson she looked

Fantastic um happy glowing it was a lovely day it was beautiful it looked like the first day of the rest of her life it really did the future was bright Tony’s career had been her Focus for so long Harold promised something different Mar May I’m wealthy I can take you away

From you know your career and you know working all the time and and allow you to be the mother which is the main thing she wanted to be her night in shining armor that’s it but it’s amazing how life has a way of intruding on our fairy

Tales when we come back a romantic surprise she’s like what’s going on and he says you know we’re going away for the weekend a whirlwind escaped to the mountains she couldn’t say no he had it all worked out it seemed Tony’s thoughtful husband had planned everything almost I need an outline M

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Finally able to move west to be with Harold they suffered a lot of fertility issues and um had you know had miscarriages it was a sadness to her back in Mississippi Tony’s brother Todd and sister-in-law Rhonda were also struggling to have a baby but then after years of disappointment for both couples

All their prayers were answered we both ended up pregnant at the same time that must have been a really happy time given what you went through to get there absolutely and all of a sudden you know good news here good news here and you know get ready cuz you know you’re

You’re going to have a house full in June of 2005 Tony and Harold welcomed their baby girl Haley by then Todd and Ronda already had Anna Kate when the girls were a little over a year old the henthorns came to Mississippi and the new cousins got to meet it was a

Very happy occasion um and I do remember uh Tony just just being so happy you know to have Haley so and so was Harold we will we promise and although Tony had always wanted to be a mom it was pretty clear Harolds was Mr Mom he was the one

In charge the D change most women have to beg their husbands to do that kind of stuff he was the one he was like a nanny hands on Dad yeah he was in charge of everything about that child he’s just having a good little day here with Harold such a doting father

Tony was able to go back to work she soon built a thriving practice in Colorado she was a beloved doctor she had a really great bedside manner who gave Tammy abruscato managed the practice she took time she treated her patients as a whole body not just their

Eyes but she was interested in their family life she just had the good oldfashioned you know Southern Hospitality Tammy saw how committed Tony was to her patients sometimes it was hard to get her to leave the office so Tammy was Charmed when one day in September Harold asked for her help you

Get a phone call out of the blue from Harold yes about 2 weeks before their anniversary he phoned and said hey Tammy I want to surprise Tony for our anniversary can you help me out it was their 12th wedding anniversary Harold wanted to celebrate with a surprise trip

To one of Colorado’s wers Rocky Mountain National Park so you’re being really sneaky in all of this I am I mean we’d all love for our husbands to call and do something fun like that so I made her schedule so that she could be done and

Out of the office by 3:00 but it looked like she would be there till 5: the big day was September 28th 2012 he came into the office and the other girls thought it would be fun to really surprise her so they put him in an exam room a colleague shot this cell phone

Video so she picks up a chart walks into the room like she normally would and then there’s her Husband and she’s like what’s going on and he says you know we’re going away for the weekend happy anniversary and she’s like no no no no I I I can’t do that and he says you can Tammy fixed the set schedule so you’re ready to leave this was well orchestrated yes this

Anniversary plan yes Harold thought of everything he hired babysitters for Haley he’d even packed Tony’s clothes she couldn’t say no I mean she just you know he had it all worked out so off they went Harold henthorne the consumate planner had pulled it off now the perfect anniversary weekend could begin

The couple left Denver on a Friday after afternoon and headed north Harold booked a room at the Stanley a historic beautiful hotel in Estus Park famous for inspiring Stephen King’s The Shining he scheduled an early dinner so they could turn in early it was a romantic weekend after all then Saturday afternoon they

Set out for Rocky Mountain National Park to go on a hiking trail Harold had scouted out a few months earlier but just about 24 hours in the perfect weekend turned tragic M to address the emergency hello my name is Harold h I’m in the Rocky man Park okay

I need an out M rescue came immediately it was just before 6 and Harold needed help urgently my wife has fallen Roston on the North summit of deer Mountain on the Deer Mountain Trail when she’s in really critical condition Harold told the 911 operator that Tony had fallen from the edge of a

Cliff let me be sure that you know my location first have really bad self coverage okay okay I’m I’m going pure milk immediately the park launched a ranger who was also a trained EMT but the only way to get there from the trail head was on foot and that would take

Hours she conscious breathing no she’s not she’s not been conscious she is breathing Harold desperate pleaded for a rescue helicopter here’s the thing I will pay any inal expenses for a helicopter I don’t private I don’t care commercial I’ll play any all expenses right now that that you Dro a here the

Operator tried to explain that no aircraft could do what Harold was asking not at that altitude over that terrain they can’t like drop somebody out of the helicopter they from no that has not been done in my experience Harold knew Tony’s situation was grave she need to

Get out here she need to get to the hospital Harold didn’t stay on with the 911 one operator he hung up because he was worried his cell phone battery might die then at 616 he texted Tony’s older brother Barry a cardiologist back in Mississippi Barry urgent Tony is injured

In Estus Park fall from Rock critical requested flight for Life EMT Rangers on way will be dark when arrive pray Todd got a call from his brother Barry Barry said that Tony had been in an accident and that he was being texted the vital signs and it didn’t look

Good you know he said I I don’t think she’s going to make it back on the mountain The Rescuers were having trouble finding the henthorns they’re asking you to put as many bright items out as possible to see if they can’t see you anybody near you sir no the

Henthorns were all alone and time was running out the sun was setting so Harold lit a fire I started a small fire in a completely enclosed Rock enclosure with wet M on it thinking you can see the smoke now in the dark the henthorns were off the grid and still waiting just

Before 7 an hour after Harold’s first call to 911 an operator called back to talk him through CPR Harold this is Julius this part uh police department they tell me you need some assistance doing some CPR any help me okay is she awake no conscious okay I’m going to go through my questions

Really fast with you is she breathing her breathing has gone from 10 to 5 to nothing zero okay what I’m going to do now is I’m going to count for you as you go through the breath I got my computer on and I can count so we can make sure

We’re getting that blood flow but Harold said he wanted to keep the line free I’ve got to turn off because okay to find me okay I will let you go call call 911 anytime and you get me okay Harold continued to text Tony’s brother with details none were good can’t find pulse

He texted a friend asking if he could drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park to pick him up he called back dispatch you guys have e on the Rangers um actually there’s a ranger in the area you start using your whistle he’s trying to find you okay okay great thanks L he

Texted Barry again CPR help 10 minutes out finally 8:09 p.m. more than 2 hours after Harold called 911 the ranger arrived prepared for a rescue but there was no rescue to be made coming up I just said is she okay and I fell to my knees exactly what

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Get that news Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 news for the generation of now is NBC news Now it was supposed to be the perfect week in the Rockies but the tragedy struck during a hike Tony henthorne tumbled off the edge of a steep Cliff 8:41 Mountain Time her husband Harold texted her family two horrible words she’s gone I’ve never say my dad cry

Never and I’d say for the probably next two weeks all the constant she was his little girl mhm yeah I can tell you it doesn’t matter you know what age they are you know a parent can’t ever accept it Tony’s friends at work couldn’t believe

It either I got a call from christe at our office and all she said is Tammy Tony fell what did you think when she said she fell I just said is she okay no she died and I fell to my niece and my husband said oh my gosh what’s going on

And I said Dr henthorne fell off the cliff everyone was heartbroken for Tony Harold and most of all the henthorn seven-year-old daughter Haley I put myself on the mountain and at the moment that she probably knew well this is it you know I know her thoughts were of

Haley about 150 people die in National Parks each year in Rocky Mountain National Park the leading cause of death is falling before I wrote this book I didn’t didn’t know that the national park had investigators journalist Michael fleeman covered the death of Tony henthorne I just thought the extent of their police

Work was to tell you to put out a you know Rogue campfire or something or don’t park here or don’t feed the bears but there’s more to it every death in our national parks is investigated and in Tony’s case the same EMT Ranger who came to rescue her now switched roles

From rescuer to cop people wear different hats at the park service the guy who slept out there in the middle of the night and tried to both save Tony’s life and get Herald off the mountain the next day became an investigator the ranger set out to learn everything he could about Tony Harold

And what happened on that quiet Mountain Harold told him the couple had set out around 1:45 on the Deer Mountain Trail as part of their romantic anniversary weekend you can see in this selfie Harold took that the henthorns seem to be having fun on a track that many would

Find challenging hikers call it a moderate hike but these are hikers who are you know scaling the sides of mountains but Tony and Harold kept at it following the trail as it snaked up and around the mountain to a point where it flattened out it was a beautiful fall

Day here in the Rockies much like this Harold said he and Tony wanted to be alone it was their anniversary after all so right about here they got off the trail and headed into the woods most people stay on the trails in National Parks that’s what the Park Service wants

Visitors to do but Harold told the ranger the trail was so crowded that they left it to be alone although Tony was a lifelong athlete she had knee issues since her basketball playing days in high school but if the hike was tough for her it probably seemed worth it when

The trees opened up to this around 3:30 Tony and Harold ate lunch right here with this amazing view as they backdrop once they finished eating lunch they continued further into the back country before they set out Harold took this photo of Tony she’s smiling relaxed doesn’t look like she had any inkling

That anything bad was to come Harold told the ranger the ridge where they had lunch wasn’t private enough so they climbed down these loose rocks looking for another spot at this point they were several hours into their hike with not much daylight left and not much time to

Keep a 700 p.m. dinner reservation they ended up on a small flat area with not a lot of wiggle room and steep drops all around it’s where this picture was taken at 5:00 p.m. it’s one of the last pictures on Tony’s camera Rangers believe Tony fell from

Right here 128 ft down this is a spot that most people would be too nervous to approach without the proper safety gear but Harold said Tony was trying to capture the perfect picture of some wild turkeys and apparent just got too close to the edge Harold said by the time he

Scrambled down the mountain and found his wife Tony wasn’t talking she was barely breathing and she was lying in an awkward position so he told the ranger he pulled her to a flatter area then he made that first call to 911 91 what address the emergency I need an out M

Rescue Team immediately but there never was a rescue Tony died too soon her friend Alison T says in the days after Tony died everyone’s Focus was dealing with their grief while trying to help Haley and Herold he’s The Grieving widower with the young daughter right there was no shortage of people

Over there trying to help and be in the home we talked to him several times and every conversation had that that element in it of how how wonderful all his friends and his church family were being to him within a day of Tony’s death Harold reached out to someone who had

Always been their for him Kim lefer I got a text at 10:30 on a Sunday night Tony fell My bride is gone and I remember looking at this going what and I ran upstairs my husband was asleep and I I said Tony’s gone Kim found the tragedy almost unimaginable

Remember she’d known Harold for decades and had been best friends with his first wife Lynn who died 17 years earlier I just felt so sad I felt like I could not believe that Tony was gone it just felt um like I wished I could have changed it I wish I could have brought

Her back but soon for some people sorrow would be coupled with another feeling suspicion coming up my husband said we can’t let this go please investigate this when dat line continued out I think when you open your eyes you get to decide how’s my day going to

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Remembered whaton had said years earlier when the couple was struggling with infertility how was Harold through the bad times when she was losing the baby was he very supportive I asked her um how how this was going that this had to be incredibly stressful and she said her

Exact comments I’ll never forget these words um it’s life with Harold is hard brother Todd and sister-in-law Rhonda also looked back and thought about how difficult it could be to get Tony on the phone without Harold listening in you call her home number you call her cell

Phone number you could call his cell phone number he would answer he would answer when we spoke to her it was never just her it was always him and her in the background Tammy recalled how Harold used to come into Tony’s office as if he owned the place and how in his presence

Tony the self-confident doctor seemed to melt away somehow she said well I’ve just learned long ago it’s just better to let Harold be right do that make you kind of sad that made me very sad and that was when I really thought things are not right Tammy says that even

Though Tony seemed to adore her daughter Haley she often gave up mommy time staying late at the office instead we would be done patients gone staff gone and she would still be on her computer but it wasn’t work related it was playing games and so we thought that’s

So odd why did she stick around the office we started to think that maybe she just didn’t want to go home and maybe because of Harold if there was trouble in the marriage Tony Never Said So directly not to friends not even to family Todd and Rhonda worried maybe she was afraid to

Say too much I think he had held control over Tony with Haley you know his parents heard conversation that they weren’t meant to hear that he help you know divorce over her head I’ll divorce you and you won’t you won’t see Haley and you know that kind of thing that’s

Probably the one thing that would cut the deepest with her is not being able to see her daughter right and then there was a very strange episode that occurred a year before Tony’s Death at a mountain cabin she and Herold owned did she tell you at all about the accident with the

Beam at the cabin no but Harold did he made a joke that he almost killed Tony at the cabin and and you know laughed it off that did you did you hear I almost kill Tony it happened around 10 p.m. Tony despite the late hour was under the

Deck she said that she was cleaning underneath the deck and Harold was walking across and as he walked across a beam came loose and fell directly on the back of her head Tony had to be hospitalized she came back to work bandaged and bruised did she seem at all rattled by it did

She seem did did it CH her at all she just seemed depressed but you know people get depressed when they hurt Tony’s Family looked back on that incident and wondered Texas are you starting to think that maybe the beam falling wasn’t an accident I think we were there at the time maybe not

Admitting it but enough to say there there’s there’s something going on here after the cabin incident Tony’s mother told her she didn’t think Tony should be alone with Harold what’s interesting about about it is when my mother had that conversation with my sister my sister didn’t try to correct my

Mother she just said okay which I think her silence probably spoke a little bit more almost like she knew I think she knew it probably wasn’t an accident and now Tony had accidentally fallen off a cliff it was as if the moment people within their Circle heard about Tony’s death that they all

Instantly suspected something was wrong my husband said we can’t let this go so he called the park rangers and basically just said we’re close with Tony we have suspicions please investigate this please he begged them I felt immediately um upon hearing the news that um we had

To find out exactly what was what happened and that we had to be her voice um because the only story we were going to get was going to be his story but they all soon discovered even getting Harold’s story wasn’t easy did you ask Harold tell me what happened several

Times I said what happened Harold you know and and he blew me off when Harold came to Mississippi for Tony’s memorial service her family thought he was more interested in watching a football game than talking about Tony’s last day on Earth he announced to us that day that he wanted

To sit down with us and talk and he said oh I mean he totally brushed off it take about 10 minutes you know I want to watch the game at Halftime I’ll we’ll have a we’ll talk Rhonda couldn’t believe what she was hearing no that’s

Not going to happen it’s going to be a lot longer than that we weren’t letting him off for 10 minutes a lot longer they would all have to cross many miles and many years to get the whole truth coming up a revealing trip to the scene halting steps and haunting

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Time now many people who had loved Tony saw these sentiments less as heartfelt and more as part of a cover up did people see Harold as the husband in morning who had just been through an absolutely horrible tragedy trying to save his wife I mean that was what was

So odd we never saw any of my motion out of him when we went to Denver the only time he cried was when he got the phone call that my sister’s death certific was going to say pending and that was and he was more Angry than anything else

Friends and family were suspicious of Harold for many reasons including that he couldn’t seem to get his story straight about what happened to Tony the night she died Harold told Tony’s older brother Barry on the phone that Tony had lagged behind on the trail and he lost

Sight of her until he saw her at the bottom of the cliff where she fell but later when he spoke to Tony’s younger brother Todd Harold added several new details Tony was taking a picture and he had gotten received a text is that Haley was playing in the

Soccer game and it was a picture of Haley playing soccer and then when he looked up my sister was gone and and she had fallen off the cliff Harold told many people Tony was taking pictures of wild turkeys while the ranger recalled Harold saying Tony was trying to get a shot of him

Journalist Michael fleeman Harold gave several versions of what happened and where the stories begin to diverge is is really what was exactly happening at the time that she went off the cliff was she taking a picture of him was he on his cell phone looking at text messages friends and family weren’t the

Only ones comparing notes and clues because Tony died in a national park the FBI joined the investigation and the more they looked at what happened the more reasons they found for concern starting with the trail itself this is not an easy descent and people who knew Tony couldn’t understand

Why a woman who had had bad knees since high school would even risk it St line retraced Harold and Tony’s path with the help of Joey Thompson a climbing and hiking guide who often Works in Rocky Mountain National Park is this path a path well traveled do a lot

Of people come down here it seems no this this path is way out of the way for any recreational hiker to be you know scouting about and having fun in the mountains would you recommend somebody who’s not an expert hiker or rock climber come down here definitely not

This is a place it’s very loose hi classification of how we rate the terrain this takes a lot of technical ability and sure footing this is definitely out of the way what about a woman in her 50s with bad knees absolutely not investigators also look closely at Harold’s story of what happened after

Tony fell remember he said it took a long time to pick his way down the mountain to his bleeding wife’s side and sure enough nearly an hour elapsed between the last photos on Tony’s camera and Harold’s call to 911 911 what’s your address the emergency I need an out M

Rescue Team immediately but here’s the problem when investigators retraced Harold’s steps it took just a few minutes to get from where she fell to where she landed then there was Harold’s statement that before calling for help he had to move Tony to flatter ground so he could do CPR but the ground wasn’t

Flat at all the first Ranger on the scene wondered why Harold placed Tony’s head below her body Harold had told friends he was trained in first aid usually when there’s a head injury one elevates the head if everything else had been normal you would just say this was a guy who

Freaked out and made some bad decisions after his wife fell off a cliff I mean you have to give people a certain amount of leeway but everything else was not normal for example Harold cut his call to 911 short because he said his phone was dying can you hang on one second for

Me my phone I got I’ll Che back okay text me maybe text me because my is really low okay okay yet when the FBI examined his phone records They found that over the 6 hours following his first call to 911 Harold made or received 22 calls and 98 text messages

He’s texting his brother-in-law he’s texting his friends about picking them picking them up he’s on the phone with different uh agencies when was he actually performing CPR on her the first Ranger to arrive on the scene wondered the same thing Harold is sort of standing there not doing much of

Anything I think he has a fire going and the Ranger shows up and suddenly Harold Zips over and starts performing CPR on his now dead wife remember a 911 operator had coached Harold on CPR but the ranger noticed Tony’s lipstick wasn’t smeared no signs of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation we’re not

Heroes all the time we do the best we can with what we have and it’s a very traumatic situation but I think even factoring in all of that Harold’s Behavior was extremely suspicious perhaps most suspicious of all a clue from Harold’s cell phone records that he

May have been on that mountain before in the weeks just prior to Tony’s death pings from Harold’s phone show him traveling North toward Rocky Mountain National Park many times something he never told investigators Harold said that he and Tony came to this really hard to get to

Spot for the views and they are remarkable but they’re not that much better than the views where they ate lunch just up the hill from here after the FBI found out that Harold henthorne had come to Rocky Mountain National Park at least nine times alone before that

Trip they started to believe he was on a scouting mission for the perfect lonely location lured Tony to this dangerous ledge then a deadly push if that that sounded chilling there was something else to consider after Tony died within literally hours law enforcemen got tips saying you have to look into the first

Wife yes the first wife there was a whole other story to tell there coming up we were never allowed to be alone what had happened to wife number one when dat line Continues stay on top of breaking news and the biggest stories of the day with NBC news daily thank you so much for joining us I’m Morgan Radford I’m Vicky win I’m Kate snow and I’m Zin get in-depth reporting from across the country we have breaking news out of the

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At the time we thought how sad a little less than 5 years before he met Tony Harold had lost his first wife her name was Lynn Kim was Lynn’s best friend they met at a Christian Youth Camp when I first met her she came flying into the

Room bigger than life and she jumped up on one of the bunks and said tell me who you like here was she talking about boys then she said who do you like looking at her going who is this wild woman Lynn was funny and fiery and full

Of life Kim knew she’ liked Lynn right away but it was their shared spe spirituality that cemented their friendship we both were committed to serving God and she would just draw you in um and she cared about you and she wanted to pray for you she wanted to

Know what you needed Lynn was already out of college and working Kim was still in school but they shared prayers and secrets Lynn told Kim what she wanted in a man a Christian husband um somebody who loved the Lord uh was a leader and strong um but yet gentle and we talked

About it you know if I started dating someone or if she did and we had a check and you know we talked about that I don’t know if that’s the best person for you did you have to approve I did after all that girl talk about boys Lynn found a man Kim did

Approve of an old friend she had first met in college his name Harold henthorne she just said there’s this really neat guy you know we went to school together was Harold Charming very Charming he was always bigger than life always smiling always laughing always the center of

Attention soon Kim heard the big news from Lynn Harold proposed Harold and Lynn married on September 11th 1982 Kim was happy for her friend but she would see something in Herold that day that gave her pause was it just run-of-the-mill wedding Jitters or something far more Sinister you’re saying even on the

Wedding day he was being controlled he was just everything is always planned with Herold you move from one plan to another coming up the two gentlemen that I was with uh they started CPR and I said I got to get her some help a husband in distress a

Wife in danger I received a call from a friend who said that um I’m sorry to inform you but there’s been a bad accident when dat line continues thanks for tuning in I’m Gotti Schwarz here the stories we’re following tonight storms keep coming here in California the US government just

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Playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 7 on NBC News [Applause] Now It started as a romantic anniversary weekend but that’s not how it ended Tony henthorne had died after a fall from a cliff in the Rocky Mountain National Park her husband Harold’s first wife Lynn also died in a terrible accident such an awful coincidence or was it Lynn’s good friend Kim lefer says

Looking back there were some early red flags you’re saying even on the wedding day he was being control well he was just everything is always planned with Harold You moveed from One plan to another but Kim put her concerns aside and enjoyed the festivities Lynn and Harold started their new life together

In Colorado where he had a job as a geologist Lynn got a job as a social worker Kim was happy for Lynn of course but she also felt like her friend was slipping away maybe it was the distance maybe it was her commitment to her marriage but just like it would be with

With Tony years later Kim could never seem to get Lynn on the phone without Harold listening in many times I didn’t know he was on the phone but I would sense that he was on the phone and I would say before I said something personal Lynn is heral on the phone and

He would always say hey Kimmy Kim couldn’t even get alone time with Lynn when she went to visit her in Colorado he was always with us and he was always involved in every conversation and we were never allowed to be alone even if we were together um and he would even

Make comments when we would go to the bathroom you know you girls hurry up in there you know he would always make those you know like joking comments that’s got to start to get on your nerves at times it did but he always dismissed it as I want to get to know

You Lynn loves you I want to love you like Lynn does I want to know who this you know crazy woman is she loves but when Harold wouldn’t let Lynn go to Kim’s wedding even after Kim offered to help pay for the trip Kim felt like she’d really lost her best friend she

Called me and said I can’t come and I said why and can you tell me why and she said I need to honor my husband and that’s all she would say Kim thought Lynn was okay doing what Harold said because she believed that was her role as the perfect Christian wife there was

Some awe to the fact that she really um did honor her husband she would never speak um negative about him so I always looked at her and thought man maybe she’s the better woman as the years went on Lynn and Kim spoke less and less frequently but then in the fall of 1994

There was a reunion of sorts when the henthorns went back to the east coast for a visit Lyn and Harold got to meet Kim’s children and as true friends do the two women picked up right where they left off we talked and we laughed and it

Was a good time but we were always always all together I mean even when it was time to go to bed Harold didn’t go to bed until Lynn was in bed in other words haral hadn’t changed but Kim thought Lynn seemed happy did you think Harold was good for her I did

Yes what Kim didn’t know it was the last time she would ever see Lynn alive May 6th 1995 it was a Cool Spring evening in the Colorado Countryside a little after 9:00 p.m. Patricia Montoya was with her family on Highway 67 about an hour and a half

South of Denver basically in the middle of nowhere came around a band and there was a flare in the street and a man trying to fly cars down the man was Harold henthorne and he was in a panic Harold was at the driver window asking us for help

Because the car was here here and the it had fallen on top of his wife and looking over to the area you could see her legs coming from underneath Lynn his wife of 12 years was under their Jeep it was a horrible scene we asked him what happened and he said

That they had stopped to fix a flat and his wife somehow went under the car possibly to get a lugna and the Jack fell from underneath the car and she got pinned Lynn was face down with the breake rotor resting on her back the montoyas carefully lifted the Jeep all four of us

Got her out and we gently flipped her over and she was her lips were already turning colors and she wasn’t breathing it was a cold night the Montoya piled coats on Lynn and so that point um the two gentleman that I was with uh they

Started CPR and I said I got to get her some help time was ticking down for Lynn henthorne no one had cell phones so Patricia raced toward the nearest town nearly 2 miles away it was late it was desolate she drove up to one of the few

Houses I drove directly up to as far as I could get to the door and I flashed my lights and I honked the horn until the man came out and I asked him if he could please call 911 the man quickly went inside and made the call then

He came back out he said that help was on its way I asked him if he could bring a couple of blankets to to cover her and uh he grabbed some blankets and he followed me back up the mountain when the 911 call finally went out accident

On Route 67 roxan Burns was one of the EMTs sent out to help when we got on scene there were two EMTs working Lynn uh they were doing CPR on her I asked them what they wanted me to do if there was anything I could help them with they

Said no we want you to go talk to the husband she asked Harold how it happened he said he wasn’t entirely sure he did tell me that some uh lug nuts had fallen underneath the car and she must have gone underneath the car to get those lug

Nuts and somehow Jarred the car or Harold thought he might have Jarred the car himself when he tossed the bad tire into the trunk roxan tried to reassure him that they could still save Lynn was she hanging by a thread do you think she had already died and they were they were

Trying to revive her when you’re doing CPR they’re actually dead at that point and you know so you’re trying to to pump their heart we had called for a helicopter because sometimes when you do CPR you can actually um you know revive somebody and miraculously it seemed they

Did manage to revive Lynn we actually had a paramedic show up also on the scene gave her um a shot of epinephrine her heart started beating again so we were all real hopeful at that point that she was going to survive and got her on a helicopter and flew her but Lynn

Didn’t make it she died at the hospital she was just 37 years old I remember the day as if it was yesterday I received a call from a friend who said that um I’m sorry to inform you but there’s been a bad accident and Lynn died yesterday it was heartbreaking for Kim

That her friend was dead and that she died in a way that was not quick and certainly was painful the autopsy concluded after the 3,000lb SUV fell on her Lynn hemorrhaged into her lungs and died from asphixiation the only marks on her body imprints from the break rotor the local

Douglas County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation but a few days later the coroner ruled Lynn’s death an accident the case was closed did you have any reason to believe this wasn’t an accident no we all believe demon took him at his word any thoughts that I might have had I just dismissed Harold

Had his wife cremated spread her ashes on a mountain he said she loved and then went on with his life he even kept driving the same Jeep for a while eventually he married Tony and Lynn’s death became a distant memory for some people anyway but not all nearly 18

Years later after Tony fell off that Cliff the sheriff’s office called Patricia Montoya I don’t understand why it took so long EMT roxand Burns got a similar call and had a similar reaction when you got the call was it sort of like I was expecting this call yeah I

Did say that to him I said is this about the car accident up on on 67 and he said yeah it is and I go is it about that woman that the car fell on her and he goes yep I go oh thank God coming up was there reason to be

Suspicious of this accident too made the hair on my neck stand up straight this guy was all over the map from the get-go when dat line continues from inside Iran from Israel from Florida from Le Maine part of our continued reporting this is what a country at War looks like women

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What do they need most place where Palestinians and Israelis have found common ground every night it’s your news playlist top story with Tom yamas streaming week nights at 700 on NBC News Now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC it was 2013 nearly 18 years since she’d arrived as an EMT at the scene of Lynn henthorn’s bizarre death when the phone rang a sheriff’s detective on the line roxan Burns felt a great sense of relief finally sort of a chance to to make it right to make it right yep she

Hadn’t forgotten that night back in 1995 it wasn’t just the horrible way Lynn died her own Jeep crushing her it was the husband Harold roxan remembered he just wasn’t acting right you’ve seen a lot of these oh yeah oh yeah and he was just so calm about the

Whole thing and didn’t ask any questions about how she was or anything like that he wasn’t screaming at me grabbing at me saying you have to do something you know desperate desperate yeah instead as roxan remembers it Harold seemed to be avoiding her he kept walking around the

Car he kept you know making me follow him so I would ask him a question and he would he would walk away from me Patricia Montoya the Good Samaritan also remembers thinking that Harold was acting strangely that night for one thing even though Harold flagged down her family’s car Patricia says he didn’t

Seem to want their help we started to get her out from underneath the car and that’s when he started telling us you know get away from her don’t touch her she also noticed that although the night was chilly Lynn was wearing just jeans in a t-shirt Harold on the other hand

Had a nice warm coat he didn’t even attempt to take his coat off and you know cover his wife with it so we all covered her with our coats then when the EMTs got Lynn’s heart started roxan says Harold said something she never forgot when we put her in the ambulance and she

Did have a heartbeat he said really she has a heartbeat he was more surprised than thank thankful now that Harold had lost his second wife Tony in a second strange incident the Douglas County coroner’s office which had originally ruled Lynn’s death in accident hired private investigator and former Denver homicide

Detective Charlie McCormack to review the case File he noticed something about Harold right away on face value he’s inconsistent and that’s never a good sign for starters Harold told multiple stories about why he and Lynn were on that back road in the first place this

Guy was all over the map from the get-go you know we were going to dinner we had been at dinner and we left the house at 3:00 we left the house at 6:00 in the police reports written in the hours and days after Lynn died Harold is quoted

Giving different reasons as to why exactly they pulled over he contradicted himself on what the tire problem was was it a flat was it spongy was it soft what caused this to happen whatever shape the tire was in the henthorns Apparently tried to change it using Jacks they

Normally used for a boat because Harold told the cops the jack that came with the jeep was broken he couldn’t get it to work and uh he even said that he he sprayed some oil or solvent on it to try to get it to work and it didn’t wouldn’t

Work but no oil or solvent was ever found to corroborate his story then there was the biggest question of all how do you get under a car and have a car fall on you I it just didn’t make sense to me it never has once again Harold seemed to tell multiple stories

Patricia Montoya remembers him saying Lynn went under the Jeep to retrieve a lug nut Lynn’s old friend Kim lefer says Harold told her Lynn was going after a flashlight not a lug nut and roxan burns remembered Harold saying something else entirely he said she was changing the

Tire which made the hair on my neck stand up straight because that I was like women don’t usually change tires when a man is around investigator Charlie McCormack believes the original investigation was incomplete there’s a lot of things that could have been looked at that would

Have been easier to look at then than now for example what caused the Jeep to fall Harold said he thought it happened when he tossed the tire into the trunk but this Photograph shows a shoe print on the front right Fender I would have jumped all over that footprint that was

Should have been analyzed compared to uh uh the shoes that everybody had on that was at the scene whether it be uh Harold henthorne or his wife or fire department or anybody but no one did and no one ever checked the Jack Harold said wasn’t working to see if it was really broken

No one ever checked with the restaurant that the henthorns were either heading to or coming from depending on which version of Harold’s story if any was true I interviewed the restaurant and employees to see if they actually did have dinner there that night did they have a fight were they getting along all

Right or were they not there at all whatever happened that night by the time he met Tony Harold was telling stories about Lynn’s death that were entirely different from the original once while addressing a Sunday school class he said his first wife had died of cancer and here’s what Tony’s friend Allison heard

It was one of those cars or or trucks or Vehicles where the back part opens up it hit her on the neck and broke her neck and she died instantly what Tony’s Family said Harold had told them was much more vague when they learned the truth it was a complete shock your

Belief was that Harold’s first wife had died in a car accident that’s all you knew yeah and then you get this bombshell that she didn’t die in a car accident great it was a lie and the first comment out of my mouth and and I’m talking to an investigator I

Said that sounds worse than my sister’s case and especially in light of Tony’s death they wished Lynn’s case had been investigated more thoroughly the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office declined to speak with us but Michael fleeman who has written a book about the henthorn cases says Sheriff’s detectives did investigate at least initially

Everything was progressing as if this was suspicious and then all of a sudden the breaks were put on the investigation it was declared an accident and forgotten for nearly 20 years detective Charlie McCormack thinks the reason for that was the coroner’s quick ruling that Lynn’s death was accidental if you’re a

Policeman and you’re trying to investigate a crime and all of a sudden the coroner who really has jurisdiction overall says it’s an accident you’re a little bit cut off at the pass 2 days after a death like this to call it an accident it’s unfortunate all the facts

Would indicate that this was I think a rush to judgment the former coroner says there was no rush to judgment he didn’t remember the case but reread the coroner’s report at dateline’s request and says quote hindsight is a wonderful thing but at the time everything fit there were no suspicions raised and no

Reason to drag our feet nevertheless after Tony’s death and McCormack’s review the then Douglas County coroner changed the manner of Lynn’s death from accidental to undetermined still Harold henthorne hadn’t been charged with anything not in Tony’s death or his first wife Lynn’s so Sheriff’s detectives called on Lynn’s

Old friend Kim what did they ask you to do they ask if we were willing to be wired best friend undercover what would she find out about Harold coming up you’re taking a call in front of Harold from the police and they told me me to get in the bathroom and

They would fix it my husband and I were looking at each other going I can’t believe this were you a little scared I was very scared when dat line [Applause] Continues were you calling the shots though Mr President ultimately was the Biden Administration caught off guard by this latest surge of migrants is it clear who is going to govern Gaza once this war is over if it’s Sunday it’s Meet the Press from inside Iran from Israel Florida part of our continued

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Now some of the troops who have been proud I want to welcome you to the first presidential debate in fact we’ve been told we can’t go any farther you were some rilian folks let me give a Hint Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC two dead wives two lonely places Lynn and Tony never knew each other but they shared so much in life they both married Harold henthorne and in death Harold had them both cremated against the wish of their families we didn’t find out my sister was being cremated

Until her memorial service we would like to be able to go to a grave somewhere and and see her I mean first family said the same thing you know devastated never heard that you know she wanted to be cremated I mean as soon as he got that body released boom cremated

And the buray added if that wasn’t enough he then took those ashes and put them where he wanted them Tony’s ashes Es are spread on the same Mountain that he spread the first wife’s ases same spot did the exact same thing and he always claims it’s their favorite spot

Me we’re talking he did the exact same things from start to finish with both wives crazy I mean even the same photo pose the families thought what Harold did with his wives remains was insensitive but the cops Federal and local were looking for something else evidence of murder in Douglas County the

Detectives went down the list of who might know anything about Lynn’s case they talked to Patricia they talked to roxan and they wanted to talk to Harold when he wouldn’t agree they turned to someone he would talk to his old friend Kim leerer and asked her and her husband

To secretly record a conversation with him we said no um at the time because we felt like he was innocent after all Kim and Harold had been close friends for years we prayed about it and we asked our pastor and he said if he is innocent then you will be able to reveal

That and so then we agreed to do it now she and her husband were meeting Harold for a meal near her home in Virginia but first getting wired up by police the cops were hoping to use Harold’s words against him Kim still hoping to exonerate him were you a little scared I

Scared I would be scared to do something like that scared at first she could only think of one thing we had a a huge wire around my waist and I kept saying uh he’s going to hug me um and they said no he can’t and I said he’s going to hug me

He does that and um and they said no he can’t and I was trying to process what am I going to do so don’t hug me that’s kind of hard that looks suspicious so when he hugged me I put my hand hand in front of me to to guard the wires crisis

Averted they sat down do you think he could tell anything was up and we don’t know I mean he he said many times um my attorney has told me that my friends will be wired did that send a chill no I said golly that’s terrible would they really do

That I could play the game Kim and her husband were told to not mention Tony and to drill down on what really happened when died so this wasn’t about you saying did you do this did you are did you cause her death it was more about catching him in lies and

Inconsistencies right then Harold said something which didn’t make sense to Kim that he’d put his career on hold when Haley was born and he and Tony decided to keep that a secret he told us the reason he didn’t work and didn’t tell us is that uh Tony had asked him not to he

Couldn’t tell us because he was afraid that if we ever met up with a ber a that we would tell them that he was a stay-at-home dad and I’m like we would never see them and he goes well I couldn’t take that chance then there was a technical glitch

At one point my wire wasn’t working how did you know it wasn’t working they called me on the phone and so you’re taking a call in front of Harold from the police and they told me to get in the bathroom and they would fix it why

Are fixed Kim went back to the table Harold who was never shy about anything launched into a sad story about life without Tony we didn’t do much talking he did I mean he cried and said how hard it was and how you know it was hard to

Be a mom and a dad but there was one thing Harold who loved to talk never said we never asked him did you kill her um but he never said I didn’t kill her he would make statements like why would I do that they’re accus accusing me of this why

Would I do that but he never said I didn’t kill either one of them still as a longtime friend Kim couldn’t bring herself to believe that Harold was capable of murder even after all of this you still aren’t convinced that he’s a killer not 100% no but we have lots of

Questions lots of unanswered questions lots of concerns lots of things that my husband and I were looking at each other going I can’t believe this after that night Kim and Harold continued to talk it took himim some time to process what Harold had said she considered his inconsistencies the differing stories he

Told her and others in time she grew to believe that neither of Harold’s wives her friends had died accidentally how did that sink in how did that feel sad I felt like he was such a broken person and and I just felt sad that he wouldn’t even come clean and tell the

Truth sad in part that a man she thought she knew seemed to be someone else entirely do you think he is the master manipulator yes I think he totally controls every situation and tries to control everyone and I think when he can’t control you he becomes angry and I had

Never experienced his anger until he was going on and on about if the FBI contacted me or if anyone contacted me they would tell me lies about him I said no they don’t and he goes what are you talking about and I said they don’t tell you

Lies they ask you questions and he said well how do you know this and I said because I’ve talked to them did he freak out oh he freaked Harold must have wondered if Kim was talking talking to the FBI who else was and what were they saying about

Him coming up yet another woman in herold’s orbit I made a very good living and was living by myself in a three-bedroom house so he knew I was well established but what about Harold I work with nonprofits Harold told people he was a fundraiser for nonprofits fundraiser that’s about to raise some

Question with the FBI and so is this his wife’s life was worth millions of dollars that if she died he would get all of it when dat line Continues now is raw how hard is it to see it like this our house is no longer here but we are here now is real let’s break down what we know and then the big question still outstanding news for the generation of now is NBC news now thanks

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Get that news Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7 what is going to happen now going back and forth oh yeah nice to see You good morning thanks for joining us I’m Joe frier and I’m Savannah sers the latest developments in the war between Israel and Hamas you do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them the first woman on a lunar Mission what was it like to get that news

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News for the generation of now is NBC News Now Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC on the Christian dating site where Harold and Tony met there’s a question for members what would you do if you inherited a fortune Harold wrote he’d give a good chunk away and said up a foundation to fund various Ministries as it turned out Harold had come into a small fortune although

There’s no evidence he gave any of it away when his first wife Lynn died Harold told police she had about $300,000 in life insurance but when they reexamined the case they found the amount was more than double that over $600,000 after Lynn’s death he collects hundreds of thousands of dollars in life

Insurance money and as best anyone can tell this is how he supported himself Harold wasn’t living the high life on that money he lived frugally in the years after Lynn’s death but by 1999 when he met Tony he may have been trying to upgrade his lifestyle there was evidence that he was

Researching a number of women’s Financial situations including Tony’s it had been several years between wives it was during those years he met sere leas Kar when you’re dating on the internet a widower is actually you know could be a good find saer was on that same Christian dating site that Harold and

Tony were using she found Harold’s profile appealing and reassuring because a guy in his late 40s might have a lot of weird ticks or has you know haven’t had any relationship experience but a widower oh a widower that’s nice um so so you think that’s safe she agreed to

Meet Harold for coffee he knew how to carry himself he dressed nice he was goodlook um he had a tan and um you know and seemed to present himself physically she says Harold was very interested in her work in the film industry and how

She was making a lot of money and I went into detail about what I did and I made a very good living and was living by myself in a three bedroom house so he knew I was well established but sanser remembers Harold had few details to share about his work in Charities he

Just seemed like he was making more of his life than what was going on he was pretty vague in his career saucer saw that as a huge red flag and decided Harold wasn’t for her she can’t remember the exact date they met but she thinks it was the spring of 2000 if that’s

Correct Harold was already already engaged to Tony who thought he was a successful consultant to Charities able to support her if she decided to quit her medical practice and be a stay-at-home mom it’s what he told everyone including a friend making a home video shortly after Haley’s birth I

Work with nonprofits whether be churches schools or hospitals Harold and Tony had even lived apart for 2 years after their wedding supposedly due to the demands of their careers Harold told people he was a fundraiser for non profits he had an address a post office

Box he had a business card um and this was his story when FBI investigators dug deep into Harold’s Financial history they found no tax returns no pay stubs no evidence Harold had held a job since Lynn died in 1995 when he was investigated after Tony’s death they could find no evidence at all

That he ever made a dime apparently everything he ever said about his job was a lie including nearly every Thursday when he said he went on business trips just as there was no business there were no business trips the FBI looked at Harold sellphone and credit card records and found out

That he really spent Thursdays at this Panera Bakery a few miles from his house eating and surfing the web so after the wedding why did Harold say he needed to in Colorado for his work why eventually did Tony have to leave Mississippi Tony’s Family wondered if Harold’s real

Purpose was to separate her from them so she’d be easier to control and maybe to kill do you think that there’s the chance that he knew his plan for Tony from the very beginning from the the time they said I do well they got a life insurance policy as soon as they got

Back from um their honeymoon and so I think he was probably going down that path the life insurance policy they bought after the honeymoon was just the first one by the time Tony died there were more a huge part of this investigation was just untangling the life insurance policies

And what he took out and what Tony signed off on and what she may not have known about and where the documents went at the end of the day Harold arranged it so that his wife’s life was worth millions of dollars and that if she died he would get all of it investigators

Discovered four policies totaling $4.7 million on the surface he would make it sound like this life insurance policy on Tony would benefit their daughter in some kind of a trust and one of the policies had named Haley as a beneficiary but Harold hadn’t bought it Tony’s parents had and Harold had his

Daughter’s name removed his name put on instead and he did it just weeks before that beam mysteriously fell on Tony at their mountain cabin then just days after Tony died he alerted the insurance companies hoping to collect all those Millions but couldn’t get the money because the case was being

Investigated by late 2014 the FBI had found the insurance policies and the cell phone pings to the park they knew about the near Miss of the cabin they had dissected all the lies finally they decided it was enough November 6th 2014 a little over 2 years after Tony henthorne died Harold

Dropped Haley off at school then headed for home he never got there law enforcement stopped him near his house they arrested Harold and charged him with Tony’s murder a good day and amongst all the bad yeah this won’t have a a happy ending cuzz we won’t be able to bring my

Sister back but you know from here on out there will be good moments for us and that was a good moment and it had just so happened to be on my parents 55th wedding anniversary but there was still a trial to come and another battle with even more at

Stake coming up Harold henthorne heads into court I’m thinking okay well this is going to be hard to prove no Witnesses no evidence what do you have would a jury buy the case against him and the question was is this man just horribly unlucky or is he a double

Murderer and what would the future hold for little Haley he does not deserve to be a parent to this beautiful child when dat line continues from inside Iran from Israel from Florida from Leon Maine part of our continued reporting this is what a country in War looks like women

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Right there is some late breaking news [Applause] theow all Right thank you by 2015 the buray had been waiting for justice for 3 years they missed Tony but felt an incredible connection to her through haly do you see your sister in Haley oh I mean tremendously smart girl I mean they are just alike and I think she grew up to be just

Like her mother but when the buray went to the media with their suspicions about Harold soon after Tony’s death he cut off their contact with Haley completely it was Agony for Tony’s family then immediately after his arrest a lawyer assigned to represent Haley’s interests in court made sure she got to see the

Buray it had been a year since they had even been allowed to talk to hers she finally got to be a little nine-year-old girl and she just needs to be able to grow up without a lot adult issues around her the buray also went to court

To seek custody of Haley but but Harold was still her father and even from jail made it clear he was not going to let his in-laws take his daughter he is a horrible person that I want to be put in prison for the rest of his life um he

Deserves to be there and he does not deserve to be a parent uh to this beautiful child Haley stayed in Colorado man lived with her godparents the berlet’s only chance to gain custody of her would be if Harold was convicted of her mother’s murder Harold pleaded not

Guilty and that meant the stakes were doubly High when on September 8th 2015 10 months after his arrest Harold henthorne went on trial it would be a battle for both his freedom and his daughter the burden of proof is always on the prosecution which in this case had no forensic evidence no physical

Evidence no fingerprints or DNA and no Witnesses who saw Harold push Tony off the cliff juror John Johnson was skeptical right at the start because I didn’t know anything about it I’m thinking okay well this is going to be hard to prove no Witnesses no evidence at that point so what do you

Have but there was all that life insurance there were the cell phone pings that seemed to show Harold scouting out Tony’s last hike the prosecution even showed the jury a map found in Harold’s car with an X marking the spot where Tony fell and there were all those versions of What Harold said

Happened on that mountain this was a case in which the evidence was not so much the physical evidence the evidence were the lies and it was lie after lie after lie after lie the defense said none of the so-called evidence added up to murder they said the pings on

Harold’s phone didn’t show trips to the park but rather him taking a back route to his weekend cabin and as for the life insurance Tony knew all about it besides they argued Tony would still be alive if the Park Service had sent a helicopter to rescue her as Harold begged them to

Do and even offered to pay for the Crux of the defense was Harold henthorne is an odd duck he says more than he should and that may make him a blo hard and an annoying person to be around at a cocktail party but doesn’t make him a

Killer look past his character and focus on the evidence nobody saw Harold henthorne push Tony off that Cliff there is no video of it happening there’s very little physical evidence to prove anything other than it was just a fall but the prosecution had another powerful card to play although the defense

Objected the judge allowed in testimony about Harold’s first wife Lynn about her death her life insurance and about Harold’s many versions of what happened and the question was is this man just horribly unlucky or is he a double murderer dat line returns after the Break we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that is just so hard to compute whether it’s the moon whether it’s Mars it feels like we’re on the cusp of something Big when I think about what the Today’s Show does it’s not just about the mornings it’s about your whole day there’s a feeling of we’re in there with you then let’s take on this day together we’re talking possibly a trillion galaxies that is a number that

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Generation of now is NBC News Now Harold henthorne was on trial for the murder of his wife Tony prosecutors believed he pushed her off a cliff but with no physical evidence or eyewitnesses the case against him was largely circumstantial after 10 days the case went to the jury John Johnson along with fellow jurors

Peter Christof and Jerry tabaat told us that over the course of the trial they came to believe that Tony was a victim from the time she first met Harold online was Tony just really unlucky when she chose Harold henthorne on that website or he chose her I think he chose

Her I think she was a Target because of her age for one thing you know and she wanted to have kids was vulnerable yeah the jurors thought that Harold had conned her when they met on the dating site controlled her while they were married and when they looked at this

Last photo Tony took before she died they thought they saw Harold duping Tony one last time in my mind she was doing the same pose he did the last photo of him is he’s on the edge of the cliff holding on to a tree like looking over

Well if she gets there at the same time it’s like oh Po and while Harold was not on trial for killing Lynn they believed he was responsible for her death also did everyone believe that they were somehow that there was a pattern there there was certainly a pattern absolutely yeah the similarities were

Just too much to to push aside the nighttime incidents I mean um desolate areas I mean it was just like everything was just like the domino effect was falling into place in the end they had no doubt guilty it was guilty absolutely guilty yes Kim cried when she heard the verdict

Cried because she knew it was right and because she thought about her two friends and their last moments on Earth I feel sad because Lim was afraid and I know Tony was afraid and that saddens me but I have to believe in a God and met them right where they were held their

Hand loved them and told him it was going to be okay Harold has never been charged with killing his wife Lynn 3 months after the verdict in Tony’s case Harold was back in court for sentencing Tony’s Family asked that Harold be spared the death penalty so that Haley wouldn’t lose both parents

Forever Harold was sentenced to life in Federal prison without the possibility of release Harold told the court that day that he never killed anyone he also said he loved his daughter Haley Tony’s family’s Focus then turned to the custody of Haley you hope to resolve that custody issue that she can be with

The Bera forever I I think that’s exactly what we’re hoping for and praying you fought hard for her for that little girl oh yeah her mother went through life was a great person wor hard we’re doing that because Haley needs to inherit all the good things that her

Mother did and she needs a secured life going forward we’re doing all that for Haley and no one else December 23rd 2015 a cord in Colorado granted Tony’s oldest brother and his wife guardianship of Haley we won’t show her face as she looks now but it was the best gift the beray could

Have hoped for hey was with them in Mississippi in time for Christmas now this little girl who has gone through so much is starting to heal she has her cousin Anna Kate to help people are saying I’m therapeutically helping her through this I don’t really understand

But I don’t know how I’m doing this but I guess I’m just keeping her entertained and happy though all all that money Harold was after is now in a trust for Haley it won’t bring her mom back but everyone who knew Tony wants to make sure Haley

Never forgets her she came into the office and her mom’s lab coat was hanging behind the door and I said Haley would you like your mama’s work coat she said Miss Tammy I would like that a lot so I put it on her and she went it smells like my

Mommy that’s all for now I’m Lester Holt thanks for joining us she can lie to you make love to you kill you all in the same week and not even cry at the funeral she was living that dream California lifestyle you talk about Housewives orang County she could

Have been on the sh she wrapped him around her finger just like she wrapped so many men around her finger she had it all waterfront home fancy cars millionaire boyfriend quite the life until the shots were in sets of two he saw his attacker her lover Gunn down who wanted

Him dead nette would have not done it because there was no financial gain for her in this but what about her Secret friend the former NFL linebacker you lied to them for one thing I did the mystery was unsolved then came a prosecutor who took on big waves and

Cold cases could he find the key to this one this isn’t just a motive it’s a motive on steroids Keith Morrison with deadly Trust there’s a place call it a pot of gold at the end of ambition of the American dream a place the few in the lucky build

Their Mansions By the Sea Newport Beach Orange County California where the most unexpected event would be Murder things like this rarely happen in New Port Beach let alone in an area that’s as secure as this area let alone involving people like this attractive charismatic living large like Nanette Johnston Packard mcneel she had a beautiful home she drove an expensive car and she was sort of living that dream California

Lifestyle you talk about Housewives of Orange County she could have been on the show yes in fact she told friend she turned down an offer to be on that show about over-the-top excess and Orange County oh she did end up on a TV show called American Thunder about

Motorcycles showing off her own excess including a bike she bought for 50 Grand what’s your favorite part of the bike I love the way it looks and then there was Eric naposki ex- football player personal trainer Wann toe actor who starred in a never AED reality show

Called the Newport 40 but here’s where the show ends and the real begins because of what happened in that house behind the Gates a long time ago it was December 15th 1994 900 p.m. the shots were patterned in sets of Two Two Shots Two Shots a pause and then two

Shots Detective Tom V arrived to find a millionaire entrepreneur dead on his own kitchen floor his name was Bill mlin 55 years old nice guy deeply religious and a True Believer in the American dream a man who’d made his come true kind of a self-made guy right absolutely yes Bill

Said his daughter Jenny was the first in his family to go to college the first to found a company the first to end up with Millions not someone you think would wind up murdered but here he was you could tell that there was no not a physical struggle there weren’t things

That were knocked off counters or things like that you could tell said both Bill mofon saw it coming saw his killer one of his movements was to put his hand up and try to block a shot he got shot through the underside of a finger so he

Saw his attacker now V needed to figure out who was that last person Bill mlin saw you’re trying to take everything in and you’re trying trying to remember as much as you can write down what you feel is uh important what’s going to come up in the investigation what was important what

Wasn’t it was hard to know in those first few hours as you can see in this video the police shot the night of the murder the house was as neat as a pin except for a glass on a table some papers es skewed from a lawsuit brought

By an ex- business partner and there were six bullet casings on the kitchen floor and one more thing a posted note from his girlfriend nette stuck to the side of a lamp she’d be home late her son had a soccer game nette Johnston as she was known

Back then before reality shows and a couple more marriages had been Bill’s girlfriend for more than 3 years and they seemed happy despite the almost 30-year age difference said his daughter Kim they seemed to be good Companions and she was like your age wasn’t she it was my age

Mhm nette helped bill look after his disabled son Kevin who suffered a severe head injury after being hit by a drunk driver and she helped with some business ventures he found that interesting about her that he could have you know possibly a romantic relationship but also sort of a mentoring relationship possibly a

Business partner he had hopes for this I think he did they lived together in Bill’s house on the Newport Bay as did her two little ones part of the time and she brought some children correct did he like that yes he thought that was important he thought that it showed she was

Compassionate on the night bill was killed nette was with her children at her son’s soccer game the kids went to their dad’s house afterwards and Nanette headed to the mall to go Christmas shopping she arrived home to a crime scene and to detective V anybody involved has a possibility of being the

Murderer so both questioned nette and Bill’s own grown kids couldn’t eliminate anybody yet we looked at the girlfriend and we also looked at the daughters because anyone that stands to gain money in this situation is a potential suspect Bill’s ex-wife was way off in Hawaii they’d been divorced for years

Still the detectives talked to her then there was Kevin Bill’s disabled son and the only other person in the house at the time of the murder Newport Beach emergency police fire paramedics it was shortly after 9:00 p.m. when Kevin heard the gunfire he was upstairs still debilitated by those car

Accident injuries and he labored to make his way down to the kitchen where he found his father I can’t understand what you’re saying too disabled to explain that he needed help somebody’s dying someone was dead Kevin was a suspect that we needed to find out the validity of his statements

Whether he had gunshot residue on his hands whether he was even able to shoot a gun given his physical disabilities but a suspect they checked his hands for gunpowder residue negative you have to look at everybody unfortunately sometimes hurts feelings but you have to get down to the the facts on it

Too but facts can be tricky things and in this case far more elusive than anyone might have imagined when we come back some Clues were elusive but some were right out in the front like the two that dramatically narrowed down the circle of suspects those are huge it

Eliminates everybody down to only those people that have access to those two keys when dat line continues out I think when you open your eyes you get to decide how’s my day going to be we want to be a way to start your day lighten your load every single Morning now is raw how hard is it to see it like this our house is no longer here but we are here now is real let’s break down what we know and then the big questions still outstanding news for the generation of now is NBC News Now [Applause] The fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty Bad news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw now is real the fed’s decision today help us translate that into very plain English now is constant got to see this

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Report live from Tel Aviv we are live tonight from hus Mexico reporting over the Skies of Mah you’re in Florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seen people just running for their lives people running for their lives hundreds of Israelis have gathered to

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Do have points or you have miles is now a good time to use them a lot of people spend a lot of time sitting 20 minutes of exercise might be able to help out how does it feel to be an out College athlete freeing the first woman on a LUN

Mission what was it like to get that news Morning News Now streaming weekdays at 7: out I think when you open your eyes you get to decide how’s my day going to be we want to be a way to start your day lighten your load every single Morning in the days that followed Bill mcgloin’s murder his children wandered overwhelmed through the essential events that follow a sudden death that funeral must have been I don’t know the funeral was horrible because we were in shock and we had to hold up I don’t remember much but I do

Remember nette sitting in the front with each child on either end and they were both ball at the top of their lungs and then I remember my brother speaking to at the funeral and telling everybody what an amazing man he was and what a great dad he was for him Bill’s

Girlfriend nette moved out of the house where Bill was killed to another house he owned right on the beach Kim and her sister moved back into the family home with their brother they clung to each other for dear life we cried on each other’s shoulders and did a lot of

Counseling and therapy and grieving what made it worse was they didn’t know who did it or why any more than did the Newport Beach police when a thing like this happens I mean it’s a really an execution style killing this was obviously somebody who intended to kill your dad you must immediately have

You wonder who right well you wonder if it’s a completely random act some stranger and it was a mistake or a accident or you you develop a list of people that might have have a reason to have shot him to police it didn’t look random nothing was taken the killer struck with

Precision accuracy and got clean away but there was something that intrigued detective vote that night it was a clue they found in Bill mcgloin’s closet we do a search of the house with the permission of Kevin and inette we told that there were weapons in a closet

Upstairs and when you come across a lot of weapons like that it’s it’s a Ur rising in the few years before his death Bill had become an avid gun collector he kept dozens of them in his Newport Beach house but not just antiques there were pistols and revolvers and semi-automatic

Weapons including seven modified M16 assault rifles dangerous stuff in the wrong hands we didn’t know if somebody maybe was upset with the sale of a gun or something nette was worried about that too Nanette told us that bill was dealing with a lot of shady people gun

Dealers and that was one Theory but there was something else too or rather someone else the only person that we knew was um frustrated with him was his business partner who he was in the lawsuit with all of them Bill’s kids and nette told detective V about that

Business partner because he and Mr mlin were in a heated multi-year lawsuit over the invention of the device the device Bill had made Millions from a revolutionary medical invention a machine that separates plasma from blood it’s still in use today worldwide just the sort of thing Bill wanted to do

Something useful helpful and make lots of money too he enjoyed learning new things discovering new things and especially if it if it helped people benefited people you know if he could make money off of an idea how fishell had worked with Bill on an early phase

Of the machine it was after F left the company that the money came rolling in Fel thought his contribution to the invention deserved more than what he got so he sued his former friend and partner Bill mlin and here’s the thing it was just 2 weeks before the murder that the courts

Decided for Bill any day he was to get the 9 million he and fishell had been fighting over for years so was it a Revenge killing sounded at least plausible except for something the killer left behind something Fishel didn’t have access to no it wasn’t DNA not fingerprints something more mundane than

That when we got here the door on the right was open and there was a key stuck in the lock right here in addition to that there was a key on a mat laying right next to the door here two keys two Clues one was a brand new copy of the

Front door key the other was a key to the community pedestrian gate not a copy those are huge because it it eliminates everybody in the world from being a suspect down to only those people that have access to those two keys the circle of suspects is getting

Smaller coming up police focus on one particular suspect who did have access to those keys and to something else house he bought a 9mm in the summer a beta 92F you lied to them for one thing I did when dat line Continues news lives in the now it’s coming at us every second news is more now than ever just outside of the Israeli military headquarters now is raw now is real the fed’s decision today help us translate that into very plain English now is constant you got to see

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News for the generation of now is NBC News Now streaming free everywhere Kristen Welker hosts Meet the Press every Sunday on NBC two keys that demanded attention one of them was stuck in the front door the night bill mlin was murdered the other was dropped on a mat outside the person who killed Bill had obtained those keys somehow which meant whoever it was was in his inner circle or had access to it

So now police began looking very closely for relationships like maybe secret ones what is your involvement in relationship n that’s a pretty good friend of mine and that’s how they found Eric naposki who they learned was living in a studio apartment in one of those Southern California Melrose Place sort

Of complexes just not quite as nice deposi had played football but his promising career as a linebacker had fizzled too many injuries too many hours on the bench by the early ’90s he was trying to figure out what to do next I was in Seattle with the Seahawks when I

Retired when I left and I drove down the coast and uh it was a great place to land be kind of Nirvana for a guy like you it it was big good-looking ex- football player like him it was easy to get work and women in Southern California like

Nanette he met her while working one day at this gym what’ you think when you saw her I thought she was a snob when I first met a snob yeah a little stuck up she had the sunglasses on you know the expensive watch and she was a little

Snobby well at least she was at first but so what made your friends proximity um she was a fun girl we worked out together um I’d say we we worked out together more than we did anything else together he was impressed by her intelligence by what she told him about

Herself that she had a business degree for example she graduated early from high school and she graduated early from college by February 1994 10 months before bill mofin was killed Nanette’s affair with Eric was in full bloom which given that Eric was not exactly flush turned out to be just fine because she

Had no loss for money as she talked about things and as she drove her new cars and as she footed the bill for everything we did together so what did Eric know about Bill and Bill’s relationship with nette the cops asked I never met I never met bill you know who

He is I just knew I knew of him I knew of him and his you know his partnership with with nette as far as business goes and stuff like that Eric told us Nanette said she invented things medical equipment blood separators sound familiar and Bill she told Eric guided

Her through the process that was her Mentor that was her business partner and she could make her own schedule she can work out all morning grab lunch do whatever she has to do go pick up the kids and take them to practice and be the team mom pretty nice job Eric and

Nette spent time at what she said was her house right on the beach Beach what’ you think it was beautiful beautiful house um right on the beach right in Newport it was Upstairs Downstairs fully furnished she had a picture of herself in the upstairs bedroom a blown up look

Like kind of a glamour picture kind of a glamour shot yeah it never occurred to him he said that Nanette and Bill did more than just business together it was a business relationship and if you looked at Nanette and took into account her age and then you looked at Bill and

Took into account his age you know why would you think Orange County California hello I guess I’m a rookie to Orange County but when it comes to murder and relationships sometimes Two’s Company Three’s a motive if Eric found out that bill was much more than just nette’s

Mentor was it a motive for murder so in their interview investigators got right to the point what was he doing that night I was with nette at the soccer game thought she dropped me off and took off and I got dressed and went to work later on probably about

9:30 curious thing about Eric’s job he was a bouncer at a nightclub about a football field and a half away from the mlin house not that far for a linebacker so the cops asked a few more questions did you do any arm no I don’t

Do any arm no but that didn’t mean he didn’t own any guns just took him a while to tell the detective that okay you said you don’t don’t any Firearms at all no I I bought one um I haven’t seen it in so long I uh bought one in

Dallas that I gave my dad we first ask him if he has any owns any weapons he says uh he doesn’t own any and then he says oh that’s right I did buy one in Texas uh little 380 but I send it to my

Dad in New York work and then we talk a little bit longer and he oh I bought another 380 did you have to register or anything in Dallas I guess when you just sign sign registration the light must have gone off in his head that we were going to

Find out by checking registration because uh a few minutes after that he says that he uh bought a 9mm earlier in the year in the summer uh a beta 92F now that was interesting a 9 mm was what killed Bill mlin and no one knew

That at the time but the cops and the Killer and there are lots of 9mm guns around but why did Eric npos seem so dodgy about his where is your N nower I have no idea you have no idea that’s my statement if he thought he was helping

Himself he wasn’t why didn’t you ask for a lawyer I didn’t think I needed one innocent people don’t need lawyers do we but you said some things that didn’t help you out that’s for sure absolutely you lied to them for one thing I did of course lying doesn’t make you a

Killer but jealousy maybe did napolski know he was in a love triangle did he want bill out of the way and if so did nette quite literally hold the key when we come back the young girlfriend on the make with a shady pass she was trying to hide in the big bold

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Important news this hour about your money mental health big picture why is it so tough right now news for the generation of now is NBC News Now on the afternoon of the day he was murdered Bill mofin drove from a house he kept in Las Vegas to McCaron airport he climbed into the little airplane he owned and flew it up above all his troubled this is where he was free and happy pure joy up

Here just around Sunset he landed at John Wayne Airport in Orange County called nette to tell her he was back and drove home to Newport to the place he was about to die but for all their efforts investigators could find not one bit of evidence in those final movements

Of his nothing that would link him to the man who was fast becoming their Prime Suspect Eric naposki back at the house Bill’s daughters took it upon themselves to sort through all their dad’s financials maybe there’d be a clue there you had to figure all that out yourself mhm must

Very complicated it was very complicated and we did not trust many people at that point understandably so Bill’s daughters poured through it all the little stuff and the big stuff there’ been a failed real estate deal in the desert two houses to deal with in Nevada soon money

Would be coming in but when he died millionaire bill mcgoffin was low on funds and things were missing bills and bank statements check registers that kind of thing the sisters turned to nette for help because she was the person who handled Bill’s day-to-day Money Matters in fact she was a trustee

Of the trust that held most of Bill’s money but everybody Grieves in his or her own way and Nanette was very hard to reach she just disappeared yes we’d contact her over something missing and sometimes she would return our calls and sometimes she wouldn’t she wasn’t far

Away mind you just at the house on the beach in his will Bill left nette quite a consolation prize a million dollar in life insurance 150,000 in cash and the use of the beach house for a year but it was hardly enough frankly to fund the lifestyle to which she’d become

Accustomed didn’t he pay for everything for her gave her a couple of cars and even plastic surgery well he um he treated her very well he provided very Posh lifestyle for she and her children which made Bill’s daughters move nette down the list of suspects I said in

Front of her I believe well of course you know Nanette would have not done it because there was no financial gain for her in this after all had Bill survived Nanette and her two children might have lived very well indeed and then Bill’s daughters noticed something a about his

Books I noticed in one of his business accounts a $250,000 check that was written it’s a lot of money a heck of a lot of money the check dated December 14th one day before bill was murdered was made out to Nanette Johnston trust you sawell the

Signature yes did it look like you f the signature no and I showed it to the police detective V didn’t like the looks of it either hello I hi nette this is Jenny hi the detective told the daughters to give Nanette a call and recorded well first of all a lot of

Checks there there are a lot of times that I sign for him on many things uhhuh with his permission he gave you permission to sign his name excuse me he gave you permission to sign his name oh yeah I signed his name on many things huh he never let us do that although

Nette told Jenny she was sure Bill had signed that particular check but then that detectives got involved and they found more money missing from Bill’s accounts nearly half a million dollars and also discovered that nette wasn’t exactly the person she had portrayed herself to be detective V learn she’d

Grown up in Phoenix you can barely recognize her from her High School yearbook picture she’ so transformed herself and despite what she told Eric she never studied business never even got a college degree she never invented anything but her own backstory married at 18 two kids by 22

Divorced at 23 and determined to leave Dusty Arizona behind for the coast of California in particular Newport Beach so this was the place she wanted to move into and said found together wasn’t even finished being bill it turns out before bill before Eric naposki there was Tom M he met nette at a

Nightclub and 6 weeks later he found himself moving the both into a brand new townhouse in the heart of Newport Beach she had actually found the place before she even met him what was attractive to you about her smart um intelligent definitely very determined forging ah

Head on on her own two feet and wanting to make things happen oh and she did she just happened to like shortcuts which Tom discovered when he found something nette had been hiding an ad in the big bold print it was basically looking for wealthy men I’ll

Take care of you if you take care of me did you confront her after you found this Stu absolutely Nanette denied it was her but soon enough she had moved out and up and in with Bill mlin it was clear to detective V that Nanette Johnson was greedy and would

Stop at nothing for money it was clear to him that she’d been cheating on Bill was also clear to him she’d been cheating on bill with Eric he even knew that her key to the community pedestrian gate was missing and remember there was one found could have been it on the mat

At the murder scene but did all that make her a killer she and her lover Eric do you remember what you thought at the time I thought the police would be able to have a closed case wishful thinking as it turned out probably naive in fact it looked like someone or two someone’s

Might just get away with murder coming up if that’s what they thought they reckoned without this man you’re always nervous when you try an old case and without this story from a new witness she said I don’t even want to know if you had anything to do with

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There’s a feeling of we’re in there with you then let’s take on this day [Applause] together What is going to happen now going back and forth C oh right nice to see [Applause] You detective V thought he had a case there were the keys the lies the other lover the stolen money circumstantial yes but he thought both Eric naposki and Nanette Johnston committed murder together I thought we had it solved as far as who the responsible parties were it was just

A matter of DA’s office didn’t feel comfortable with filing the case two times Newport Beach police brought the case to the DA’s office office and two times the DA’s office said the detective had not made his case Nanette was arrested in the spring of 1995 but not for murder they got her

For fraud and forgery she pleaded guilty spent a year in jail and though Eric waited for her by the time she got out she was ready to move on she married a real estate mogle much richer than bill mlin ever was they had a baby girl and once once again nette

Was driving a fancy car and living where rich people live and spending lots and lots of money on clothes and lunches and hair dues and then well then she met someone else another bill so she divorced the Real Estate Mogul and agreed to receive $177,000 a month in child support could

That have been her idea all along the new bill did not have millions and when he married nette he signed a prenup agreeing to let her keep for herself all the money she got from husband number two or was that number three anyway the Real Estate Mogul Eric

Naposki went back East got married had kids got divorced made that reality show that never got going he was to play a big scary bad guy and what of Bill’s kids they tried to live how their father would have wanted them to sort of the opposite of nette he really wanted to

Help make the world a better place so he encouraged us to do things in the community that three of us kids would go to nursing homes and put on a little talent show for the elderly how unusual you need to understand where my dad came from a very low-income family as we’d

Call it today and um so he always appreciated what he had and he worked very hard for it Bill’s children worked hard too supported libraries in the third world orphanages in Africa gave wheelchairs to the poor in LA in America rewarding work but as time passed they began to

Think the fairy tale had it all wrong seemed to them like it was the evil stepmother who got to live happily ever after certainly not them 5 years after the murder in 1999 the sisters lost their brother Kevin in a drowning accident he never did recover from the

Damage the drunk driver did or the trauma of finding his murdered father so both men of the family were gone and hope for justice faded away we thought those two will be arrested next week for killing my dad and when it didn’t happen month after month after month and then year after

Year we had to actually just release the pain and the anger we felt from it and conscious of the fact that you had to work on that very conscious of the fact and that might have been the end of our story but for him this is Matt Murphy Surfer and at the

Time a prosecutor with just possibly an excessive confidence in his ability to prosecute the murder of Bill mcglaughlin all those years ago what you had was an old old case pretty circumstantial stuff a lot of evidence had been lost it degrades over time were you a little nervous about that you’re always nervous

Uh when you when you try an old case but not a forgotten one Cold Case investigators kept digging they found a real estate agent who showed nette and Eric expensive houses after the pair said they were about to come into some money they found a businessman who heard

From the net before the murder that she was about to have lots of money to invest and they found a neighbor of Erics from that Melrose Place type building a woman who had been too afraid to come forward at the time of the murder named Suzanne kogar Suzanne kogar was very very important

Because Suzanne kogar gave the best comprehensive understanding of the way nette manipulated naposki into committing the murder Suzanne told them how she and Eric would chat by the pool how one day in the fall of 1994 Eric was angry said his girlfriend’s boss meaning Bill mlin had tried to rape her totally

Untrue they’re engaged to be married she’d been living at the house as boyfriend girlfriend for over 3 years but naposki apparently didn’t know any of that and he was in a rage about it he was in a rage about it after the murder said Suzanne Eric

Sought her out said if the police came around tell them I’m a nice guy she said oh my God Eric I don’t even want to know if you had anything to do with this or not and he smiled and and he said maybe I did maybe I didn’t if you think about

It you’re accused of a murder you didn’t commit how those words are ever going to come out of your mouth incriminate a but hardly one of those tangible facts that get someone set away for life this is one where every little piece of evidence had to be considered in light of all the

Other pieces of evidence in fact just the type of challenge Matt Murphy was after so on May 20th 2009 more than 14 years after Bill mofin was shot dead in his kitchen nette was plucked from her well Shaw life and charged with murder nette proclaimed her inoc

And her Orange County friends stood by her I’m just going to tell you that she’s my friend she’s a good person she’s been generous and kind and a wonderful mother and a wonderful neighbor across the country in Connecticut police picked up Eric naposki and accused him of murder too

Eric was also defiant it wasn’t Eric naposki who shot bill mlin this is a fact and Matt Murphy’s wrong I’ll tell you right now on my children he’s just straight wrong did Eric Kill Bill moffen did he conspire with nette or was Matt Murphy in over his head up to a jury

Soon coming up first they had to face trial where Net’s lawyer had an unusual defense in court you called your client I’m sure I did just because you’ve treated people poorly in your life as make you a murderer would a jury agree when dat line continues news for the generation of now

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Murphy told the jury Eric deposi volunteered to be nette Johnston’s deadly trigger man that he’d been copying Keys in November doing target practice and on August 2nd Mr naposki purchased a very expensive beta 9mm Model 92F once again session then a few months later it was Nanette’s turn Murphy told

The second jury that Nanette’s greed was insatiable that she wrongly thought as Trustee of Bill’s trust she’d control the money and that her stealing escalated as the murder date got closer she steals $48,600 in the month of October alone so in the month of October alone she has beaten the previous 9 months

Combined with her thefts and so the prosecutor argued she asked Eric to Kill Bill before he caught on Eric’s attorneys told the jury two things one Eric couldn’t have done it 18 minutes before the murder he was on a pay phone at this Denny’s which isn’t even in

Newport Beach true the phone bill which might have proved it had been lost but the point was said his lawyers he couldn’t have made it all the way to Newport Beach in time to commit the murder and anyway they said Pro ladies and gentl nette did it that the evidence

In this case and at this trial shows that Nanette Johnson is the person most likely to have committed this murder Eric naposki was merely the py but at nette’s trial her attorney said she was innocent and it was Eric who committed the murder over the course

Of this trial the evidence is going to show that he murdered Mr mcglen out of jealousy and out of greed on his own part Mutual finger pointing though nette’s attorney Michael Hill had to agree his client wasn’t exactly a saint hater as much as you want for being a thief a liar a

Cheese thought every want to called her yeah it seems to me in court you called your client I’m sure I did yeah I can’t just ignore the worst parts of the case just because you’ve Mur her if she thought she was getting a million dollars of the life insurance policy a

Million dollars is a lot of money a million dollars is a massive amount of money to people like me but to a million dollars for her that’s Pitt he was worth 55 million when he died so for long-term plan is not to be with a dead beat loser

Want to be NFL player so that’s hard that’s truth which was in a way the question we put to the prosecutor she was getting lots of money from him she’s probably stealing a little along the way and she could cheat at the same time I

Mean come on why would she kill him the problem is if he lives he either finds out she’s cheating or he finds out that she’s stealing and she winds out best case scenario for her on the street with nothing worst case scenario she goes to jail for the embezzlement so this isn’t

Just a motive it is a it’s a motive on steroids in the end Murphy got his verdict guilty guilty of the crime of felony to it violation then after conviction the oddest thing happened an epilogue if you like Eric called up Matt Murphy from jail and said he was finally ready to

Tell the truth of course he told us too the first thing I wanted to do was clear up with Matt that I didn’t do the crime but I also wanted to share some other information with him that I had had Shar with anybody in 17 years Eric had a new

Story if the net wanted Bill mcgoffin dead then bill mcgoffin was as good as dead whether it was to get me to do it whether it to pay someone else to do it Eric’s story now that nette asked him to Kill Bill mlin and he refused but put

Her in touch with someone who could do it and they used the Baretta which said Eric wasn’t his after all he’d given it to nette as a gift he said and she supplied it to the Hitman so what did Matt Murphy think of Eric’s new story it doesn’t make any

Sense uh here’s the problem with Eric naposki the first story was I had nothing to do with it and then we arrest him and he says nette’s totally innocent and I’m totally innocent then we get to trial and it changes to nette’s Not Innocent but I’m innocent and then I had

Nothing to do with it I didn’t know anything then we interview him afterwards and it changes again to something radically different again Michael Hill didn’t buy it either have you ever heard of hiring a Hitman that but then the Hitman goes yeah I’ll take I’ll take the job but you know what I

Don’t have a gun could you loan me yours so Eric sits in jail and contemplates that long ago love affair with nette Nanette Johnson is the worst type of person she can lie to you make love to you kill you all in the same week and

Not even cry at the funeral and she was my girlfriend h and that’s what I have to that’s the price I’m paying as for Bill’s family they say they’re grateful believing nette and Eric are finally where they belong how do you make sense of all of this stuff

There is um no sense of it they are just very sick demented selfish people when we actually started learning how nette’s mind worked it was really hard to comprehend in a very dark place to unravel and so she does what her father taught her she lives for others as well

As herself she flies like he did and she looks for the light it comes down to what our dad taught us pass our goodness forward make this world a better place and give un others who are less fortunate and so we do that my sister

And I both do that today um that’s part of our mission in life and we go about with my dad our dad as an angel on one shoulder and our brother as an angel on another shoulder that’s all for now I’m Lester Holt thanks for joining Us this is Sky News today it’s 10:00 your headlines the king arrives at h hospital for his operation to treat an enlarged prostate will have the latest live a ruling due from the international court of justice on whether Israel should suspend its war against Hamas and

Gaza will bring you that ruling live as the court considers whether Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians death Road prisoner Kenneth Eugene Smith says Humanity’s taken a step backwards as he became the first person to be executed with nitrogen the Attorney General asked to review the hospital order given to the Nottingham

Triple killer after complaints that it’s too lenient and the head of the new independent body leading women’s football on her plans to revolutionize the game in England a very good morning to you King Charles has been admitted to hospital this morning for treatment on an enlarged prostate Buckingham Palace announced last week that the king would need surgery sharing the news to raise awareness for the condition which is common in men over 50 the king arrived

At the London clinic in the past hour it’s the same hospital where the Princess of Wales is staying after she underwent abdominal surgery 10 days ago well Buckingham Palace says quote the King was this morning admitted to a London Hospital for scheduled treatment his majesty would like to thank all

Those who’ve sent their good wishes over the past week and is delighted to learn that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness I’m joined Now by our Royal correspondent Laura bundock and sky Royal commentator alist Bruce very good morning to you

First uh to you both first Laura I I’ll come to you just what have we learned this morning and in what sense is it incremental to to what we knew was going to happen at some point well we saw Camila and the King getting into cars outside Clarence House their London home

This morning they were then driven to the London Clinic um and we now have confirmation that the king at this Private Hospital will undergo um this corrective procedure for uh as treatment for um an enlarged prostate now it was back on Wednesday last week that we had

Uh the news both that the Princess of Wales had undergone uh surgery planned abdominal surgery and was being treated and had been treated at the London clinic and then about 90 minutes later we had a statement from Buckingham Palace saying that the king had received this diagnosis and that he needed a

Corrective procedure um it was very unusual to have two such public statements about very private issues particularly relating to health but uh it was made clear that the king personally took the decision to go public with his diagnosis to try and encourage uh more men to get themselves

Checked and that statement this morning from the palace confirming the king’s admission to hospital for that procedure adding that he was delighted that there had been a positive impact when it came to um to to awareness um about this um condition um and the public health

Aspect of it had had had really worked um so he’s delighted to learn that we also know that he visited Kate before he himself was kind of admitted officially um she has been in hospital since she underwent that surgery we were told she would stay in hospital for 10 to 14 days

She’s still there um receiving a visit though from her father-in-law this morning um Alisa give us your perspective on the amount of information we’re getting about uh about this compared to to what might have been the norm in in decades past there has been a significant increase in openness about

The details but I think that what matters here is that because the king is a constitutional head of state all the responsibilities that he carries are carried out by the cabinet so in essence him being in hospital for a very normal procedure is covered by countless processes that make sure that nothing

Will impact the process of government and uh there will be occasions during uh the period that he is in hospital that perhaps there will be papers that need to be signed but that will be dealt with by Sir Clive aleron who is the private secretary who will bring to the king

Only what is necessary so the function of government while the king is carrying through this very simple and straightforward medical procedure will be all covered Ju Just on on the the earlier point though do you do you think it is a a kind of new era of openness whether

We’re talking specifically about this particular medical procedure but but other aspects of the last uh the last 18 months compared to the decades before well I think that when the late Queen was in declining Health uh there was felt no real need to go into great

Detail but I think that the King has been extremely imaginative in making sure that the condition that he faces has been a trigger for so many other people to consider their own situation so yes that is a change but I think that the palace will continue to try and keep

As they have with the Princess of Wales the very details of process and what’s going on very much private to the patient and to the doctor and and Laura I guess one thing that has allowed uh this aspect of openness is that it is a fairly safe procedure we we are he is

Expected um to to remain in pretty good spirits and health throughout yeah I mean we saw the queen Camila out and about abedine recently she was asked about um how is his majesty somebody asked and she said he’s fine looking forward to getting back to work where

Her Words which I think speak to anyone who has worked with the King and will they will all attest the fact he is a workaholic does not want to be off work but obviously in this case has has no choice but I think um yeah he he he will

Be back at work as soon as he can we’re told there will be U what’s been described as a short period of recuperation quite how short um how long he’ll be in hospital those details rightly probably being kept private right now so we won’t under we won’t

Ever learn exactly the details of his procedure um when he’ll be back to work will obviously be announced in in due course but I I think um certainly it does leave the royal family with some big gaps when it comes to the senior working Wars at the moment because we

Haven’t seen the Princess of Wales out and about the king hasn’t been out and about and while Kate initially is in hospital and then the immediate time when she returns home the prince ofal Prince William has decided he U will be postponing his engagements to to help her with her recuperation too Alison

What’s your take on that aspect this slim down monarchy that we already knew was uh was taking place and uh when it gets put under strain we we kind of do see uh the the kind of consequences of that decision to sim things down well I suppose there are strains and strains

What matters is that government proceeds and that is more than catered For but I think that the fact that at the moment the Duke of edur is out in St helina in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean other members of the royal family are doing their duties here and there I think all

Of that will be dealt with and you know the people who have asked for Royal members to come to attend the events that they have all understand that this is just normal life for any family things happen people need to go to hospital things need to be attended to

And I think that the process will will Encompass that there are going to be enough people to do what the king requires to be done and it is time when you know the nation is dealing with so many other things that the support that the royal family can give where it’s

Helpful will continue to be given and the King will be very keen to get back on with that as soon as he returns ju just finally I know the panace statement said we’re not going to give a running commentary on every development from here which is of course totally

Understandable but for this sort of procedure do we have any rough guidance of uh when things might be done and dusted such that we will get a a couple of days mean we don’t know I think it’ll entirely depend on how this procedure goes we don’t know the details of the

Procedure we won’t know those details um I don’t think his recovery will be as long as the Princess of Wales recovery we’ve been told that um once she is uh discharged from hospital then she will be um not performing or carrying out any duties for two to three months um I

Would be surprised from speaking to experts in this field if the king is out of action for that period of time but at the moment we simply don’t know those details Laura Alisa as always thank you both very much and we of course wish uh his majesty and her Royal Highness speedy

Recoveries the international criminal court is due to rule on whether Israel should suspend its war against Hamas in Gaza while the court considers whether genocide is being committed the case has been brought by South Africa which says Israel’s acts against the Palestinians are genocidal in character South Africa

Has called on the international court of justice to issue an emergency order for Israel to immediately suspend military operations in Gaza but Israel argues that it’s acting in self-defense against what it calls a genocidal threat to its existence from Hamas well in a moment we’ll be speaking to our Middle East

Correspondent alist bunkle but first to our Africa correspondent usra eler in Johannesburg you just talk us through some of the timings we can expect to unfold uh today who precisely will be in attendence and and and what the decision today may or may not be well the South African foreign

Minister n lady pandor is currently at the hag she flew in uh to witness this uh interim ruling she did say this morning that they feel very hopeful that they have a very positive uh look on this case and that the core purpose for them for this case was to highlight the

Plight of the Palestinians and alert the International Community to the harm being inflicted now the interm measures that the court will rule on includes an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and also increased humanitarian Aid to Gaza so they are are really hoping that this ruling comes through to prevent what

They see as an incredible loss of life the Gaza Health authorities have said that at least 25,000 people have been killed in the like most recent count and 11,000 children so South Africa does kind of see itself as having taken on this case uh as as kind of a culmination of their

Very long and enduring relationship with the Palestinian resistance over the years Nelson Mandela is often quoted as saying our freedom is in complete without the freedom of the Palestinians he said this in 1997 3 years after the making of the modern South African state in 1994 so that camaraderie which is what

They call it has continued in the years that followed uh 1994 and people here in Johannesburg have been organizing consistently including the South African Jews for free Palestine who we spoke with yesterday uh one of their organizers Joe bluen told us that whether or not the court rules in South

Africa’s favor this is a remarkable moment she said that South Africa has really pushed the law to its limit there is though skepticism around the international court of justice people think that they will be bullied almost to ruling in Israel’s favor and now that is really kind of symptomatic or

Symbolic of how South Africa views these International courts we’ve seen in the past that they have um you know had relations continue to have relations with uh world leaders like Arad bashid who have been convicted had an arrest warrant out for him by the international criminal court so they don’t really view

This court in high favor but they are using this court as an arena to really show the world what they see is an ongoing assault uh and incredible harm to to Palestinian civilians you sure thanks so much for that uh Ally let’s bring you in on on the view from Israel

Of all this I mean we’ve we’ve heard what they’ve said about the case and the fact it’s been brought but are they watching the decision today uh in Israel with some apprehension uh will they adhere to anything that is decided today or not yeah Israel has taken this very

Seriously indeed uh Israel is not a member of the international court of justice and typically doesn’t recognize its jurisdiction but I think you just have to look at how rigorously they have taken on this case uh to give you a sense of how concerned they are by it despite the bullish public language

There is a there is a real worry amongst Israeli government that that the threshold for the court to rule against or impose some injunctions like potentially an immediate end to the fighting or allowing more humanitarian Aid in that that threshold is is pretty low and so I think there’s a

Feeling in Israel as insens as they are that this case has being brought and they really are very annoyed by it they think it is absolutely in netanyahu’s words Preposterous there is at the same time a sense that it could go against them now the question is is would they

Uh acknowledge that and would they act upon it Netanyahu has hinted that they wouldn’t um the court doesn’t incidentally have any kind of power or levers to force Israel to abide by its rulings that would have to probably go down the route of the UN Security Council to vote on a possible resolution

Urging an end to the war but I think Israel would hope that America as it has done multiple times before even just in the last three and a half months they would hope that America would give it diplomatic top cover I’m not sure inly that is guaranteed uh but I think that

Would be the hope uh from Israel’s point of view the other thing is having as I said despite the fact they’re not a member of the icj and despite the fact they don’t recognize the jurisdiction having fought it uh very vigorously they’ve appointed a British lawyer Professor Malcolm Shaw who’s an World

Expert in international law is quite hard hard for the Israelis to then subsequently ignore whatever the icj rules if they rule against Israel Ali usra thank you both so much we are expecting by the way the court to deliver its judgment around midday today we’ll bring you that live when it

Happens and a whole slew of guests both to build up to it and react to it significant ruling due today around midday now prisoner on death row has been executed in the United States using nitrogen gas for the first time ever Kenneth Eugene Smith was sentenced to death for murdering Elizabeth Senate in

1988 his lawyers had appealed against the use of nitrogen to kill him saying it was cruel and experimental our us correspondent Martha Kelner has this report and her story contains details of how Smith died in a small town in rural Alabama this man Kenneth Eugene Smith

Died in a way no human being ever has he was executed using nitrogen gas an unest tested method he a human guinea pig strapped to a gurnie with a mask placed over his face State experts claimed he’d be unconscious in 40 seconds but Witnesses say Smith wried and thrashed

For between two and 4 minutes and breathed heavily for another five what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life we saw minutes of someone heaving back and forth we saw spit we saw all sorts of stuff from his mouth develop on the

Mask we saw this MK tied to the gurnie and him ripping his head forward over and over and over again the state of Alabama nevertheless hailed it a success he struggled against his restraints a little bit but there’s some involuntary movement and some agonal breathing so uh

That was all expected and it’s in the U side effects that we’ve seen or researched on nitrogen abaria his lawyer’s last minute appeal to stop the execution was denied they had argued this was a cruel and unusual punishment Smith had already endured a botched attempt at a lethal injection in

2022 an executioner tried unsuccessfully for 4 hours to find a vein this and several other failed Lethal Injections the state of Alabama says necessitates finding a new method in his final statement Smith said tonight Alabama caused Humanity to take a step backward I’m leaving with love peace and light

Thank you for supporting me love all of you it was in 1988 that Smith killed Elizabeth Senate paid $1,000 by her husband a pastor to be a Hitman 34 years later as the curtain closes on Smith a new frontier potentially for how America executes its death row prisoners Martha Kelner Sky News

Well around 10:45 I’ll be speaking to former death row prisoner Nick Yaris uh to get his perspective uh on this latest development of nitrogen being used in the US some of the day’s other news now the UK has suspended trade talks with Canada after a disagreement over beef and cheese Britain’s EU trade

Arrangements with Canada had been rolled over after brexit but these have now been suspended because the UK is refusing to import hormon treated beef from from Canada a court in Moscow has extended the pre-trial Detention of the American journalist Evan gersich until the end of March Russian authorities say

The hearing took place behind closed doors because the case is classified gersich and his employer The Wall Street Journal deny spying allegations and the US government has declared him to be wrongfully detained a former head of NATO has told Sky News that conscription is not the way to bolster UK defenses Lord

Robertson was speaking after the head of the army said the public may need to be called up in the event of a war with Russia conscription is exactly the wrong debate to be having because conscription is not a good way of of bolstering our defenses even although some generals are

Now beginning to Advocate that you know con conscripts are not useful uh Vladimir Putin has found that out uh only only too well well let’s talk now uh about is Mars experiment it’s really hard to say goodbye to you tell me say thank you inity thank you for bringing us all

Together thank you for leading the charge in our adventure on Mars and we will never forget you well tributes there to NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity uh which has been grounded for good because of a damaged rotorblade well Ingenuity became the first powered aircraft to fly on another

Planet when it arrived on Mars with the perseverance Road over in 2021 its mission was meant to last 30 days but has gone on for nearly 3 years now the sentence given to the Nottingham killer valdo cakan could be reviewed by the court of appeal after the Attorney General received a

Complaint that it’s too lenient kalakar stabbed Barnaby Weber Grace Omari Kumar and Ian coats to death last June well yesterday he was sentenced to indefinite detention in a high security hospital after prosecutors accepted his man’s slaugh of rather than pursuing a murder conviction the treasury Minister Gareth

Davis says he will likely be held for the rest of his life obviously we’ve had the sentence handed down by the courts and by a judge any case has the opportunity anybody can refer uh the sentence a sentence to the attorney general for review it’s not appropriate

For me to comment on this specific case or any specific case but that is an option to open to anybody to have a sentence reviewed if they feel that it is UN ually lenient I will point out that the sentence does make it clear that uh the perpetrator will likely

Spend the rest of his life locked up uh and that is something to be welcomed at least well our political correspondent Rob po joins me now from Westminster Rob says this is this a political decision or or one for the justice system uh so the initial decision from the attorney

General is made by a minister and Law Officers but it is very much made um in the Attorney General’s capacity as the uh most senior law officer lawyer in the government so um it it is not necessarily something that is done with um sort of political interests or

Motivation at heart there are a um series of um quite uh serious laid down steps that they have to look at in determining whether this referral is made to the court of appeal for it potentially being unduly lenient um sentence there’s 28 days that the attorney general has to to to look at

This and if so it go goes back to the court of appeal and they look again at it um important to say this is about the sentence so this is about the um indefinite Detention Sentence under the mental health Act and the detention that um uh the um accused that the convicted

Was um handed out it’s not about valdo kak’s um actual conviction so part of the issue and the concern that family members have was that he was um convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility rather than being tried for murder that is not what

The Attorney General um is looking at um I think what will be very relevant is the fact that in a lot of the sentencing in the sentencing remarks there is several psychiatrists that are quoted um as saying that they believe he was not of sound mind um when he carried out um

These killings kind of separate from that point of um the judicial process and the actual sentence handed down clearly a separate concern is about how the authorities behaved after these crimes were carried out there’s been some concern from family members that they weren’t uh kind of kept in the loop

Closely enough around what was going on that a feeling that they’d sort of been railroaded a little bit into um dropping the Murder full murder trial in favor of going for an admission of man slaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and then separately of course there are questions about how

Authorities acted in The Run up to these killings taking place someone that had had a lot to do with the police and Mental Health Services there’d be questions about whether valo calani could have been stopped and whether he fell through the system as yet though the government resisting calls to launch

A full public inquiry Rob as always thanks so much you’re watching Sky News today still the head of the new body running the top tiers of women’s football in England tells Sky News of her hopes for the game the world first blood test which can diagnose brain cancer and could reduce

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Two tiers of women’s football in England after they unanimously agreed to its formation we don’t have intergenerational uh Fai fans or fandom uh there’s not intergenerational knowledge of the women’s game yet and I think we’re at the beginning of that Journey so I think the experience of

Going to a women’s match I say it it’s kind of like glastenbury it’s a festival feeling it’s welcoming it’s fun it’s competitive it’s passionate and I think people want to be part of that so the more people get to experience that I think the more they’ll want to come back

And be part of it well we will discuss that story uh in more detail a little bit later with our Rob Harris now claim and counter claim continue to be exchanged over a plane crash in Russia in which Moscow says dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of War were killed Ukraine has accused Russia

Of denying emergency workers access to the crash site and has challenged the number of dead our defense and security editor Deborah Haynes has the latest well there was a session last night in at at the UN in New York the security Council there where the Russian and the Ukrainian Representatives traded bars

Over what exactly happened in this war it’s not just been of course a war using Conventional Weapons it’s also been a war of information so unless there really is an independent investigation into what exactly happened to that aircraft neither side will uh will believe the story being told by the

Other side and it means that for the rest of the world watching on it makes it difficult um to be able to make a judgment especially given this air it was a Russian plane it crashed in Russian territory so Russia will be able to have much more control over um seeing

What happened clearly um people do know on both sides what happened but it’s more about uh trying to um shape the message to benefit each side and as we have seen having been in Ukraine for the last two weeks the war here is grinding on it might have dropped off the

Headlines back at home um given everything that’s going on but it’s so important to to keep remembering this war the head of the British army earlier in the week in a speech made a point about how the British public may need to be ready for a future war and he

Absolutely singled out what’s happening here in Ukraine as being fundamentally important not just for Ukraine but for the protection of democratic values democracy across the whole uh of the western world and saying that what happens in Ukraine really matters and I can tell you from having spoken to a lot

Of soldiers out here since I’ve been here that they’re fighting hard but they need more weapons they need more ammunition and they’re looking at the Russian side the Russians have massively ramped up their military industrial base in terms of their capacity to build weapons to build ammunition they’re also

Doing deals with Rogue States like North Korea bringing in more missiles they’ve got lots of drones coming in from Iran potentially ballistic missiles as well and what’s happening happening in the west there’s lots of strong language but there’s no real change in in terms of investment in military capability at the

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Operations in Gaza convicted murderer in the US has become the first person in the world to be executed using nitrogen and triple killer F kakar sentence could be referred to the court of appeal after the Attorney General received a complaint arguing it’s too lenient as just mentioned the

International court of justice is due to decide whether to order Israel to pause its military operations in Gaza the ruling is part of a legal case brought by South Africa which accuses Israel of genocide a charge Israel denies joining me now is shaa Jolly a human rights barister at cler’s Chambers thanks so

Much for uh joining me this morning first uh just what exactly is being decided and announced today uh thank you very much yes um so we need to be clear first of all what the court is not doing today it’s not making a finding that there uh has or has not been genocide

It’s being asked by South Africa to make provisional orders which you could say are like a temporary or an urgent injunction the decision as to whether or not there there is or isn’t as genocide is uh many years in the making and and we won’t hear from we won’t have that

Decision today that that’s years away that decision that that decision could be years away yes there many procedural stps until you get to a trial so today uh South Africa has asked uh the court to make ruling on provisional measures uh and provisional measures on on genocide has a different legal test um

So the court will award provisional measures only if it considers that there’s a plausible risk that genocide is occurring or could occur um and that the situation urg urgently requires such measures but that’s what the Court’s looking at today so is the bar for that higher or lower than proving that

Genocide takes place well it’s it’s different it’s a it’s it it’s I think first of all there’s two things you we need to think about what is genocide genocide is um uh one or more of a specific number of physical acts which constitute genocide so for example killing members of the group or

Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group or deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of Life calculated to bring about physical destruction in whole or in part but what distinguishes genocide from other crimes against Humanity or war crimes which are also very serious is that there is a

Legal requirement to prove the mental element of intent now that is interpreted in law very very restrictively it’s hard to prove an intent to destroy whether in whole or in part uh a national or an ethnic or racial or religious group and so that will take some years for that trial to

Be to to take place what the court will decide today is whether there is a plaus whe there’s a real risk plausibly that those conditions either are have occurred or are occurring or could occur and if so whether there is then a need to take urgent measures to put steps in

Place that can stop them so that’s what the Court’s looking at today and in terms of your assessment of both sides making their cases over over the last couple of weeks what really stands out for you on each side well I mean I think first of all you’ve got to situate

Today’s judgment with within the context of what’s happening in Israel Gaza right now and both sides when they told uh their narratives to the court they told very different stories two weeks ago South Africa wanted the court to hear about the violence both the actual violence and the verbal violence you

Could say um uh which South Africa said EV evidenced um genocidal intent so statements by senior officials for example in in Israel and Israel wanted the uh Court to be reminded of its own history the Holocaust history bound up with genocide uh of the second world war

Of course and of the brutality of the hamus attacks of October the 7th and Israel’s argument in essence was that it was entitled in law to defend itself against hamus and that its war was being waged with Hamas not with garans it said it’s got no intent to destroy garans

Only Hamas and South Africa of course had a different story to tell um and so I think uh I mean it it could be anyone’s guess and I don’t know if you were asking me to make a prediction about that um but um if the court considers that um the tests for

Provisional measures are met then South Africa has asked for various different types of provisional measures so it’s asked for example broadly they amount to ensuring access for humanitarian Aid food medicines Etc uh the preservation of evidence for prosecution and of course the big one which is the order

For the ceasefire and Israel says that if you order a ceasefire you effectively stop it defending itself and the court can’t order a ceasefire in those terms against hamus because hamus isn’t is not the state party uh and therefore cannot bring or cannot be a party in the

Icj it’s it’s interesting of course is the Hamas isn’t part of this case um which is one thing what’s your take on the other much discussed point that this is South Africa that is bringing the case is that in your eyes as an expert

In this this area a bit rich or is it legitimate and and irrelevant who brings the case as long as they make a good case uh well you can’t say it’s irrelevant uh but um what South Africa is doing South Africa entitled to bring a case so there is an obligation more

Broadly on on on The Wider uh International Community to prevent genocide so they also rely on that um but of course uh only States can be parties before the icj and hamus cannot be a party to this claim um it Palestine has joined the international criminal

Court which is a different court and the ICC has jurisdiction over crimes committed by Palestinian Nationals including Hamas so that’s a different case but the icj is entitled to bring a case uh as indeed uh are other countries and have and and other countries do that so for example Gambia brought a case

Against Myanmar uh uh in respective um alleged genocide against rhinga for example um so the question today is is whether the court considers that the tests for provisional measures are met and if so what it will do and it’s not required to uh to do um or to make the

Orders that South Africa requires so for example it might decide to create or craft its own orders to ref reflect a different balance particularly because hamus is not a state party whatever they do they’re likely to be very mindful not only of the political volatility around

The situation on the ground but also the humanitarian emergency that continues to build and unfold every day um I think the world is holding its breath with this judgment and we’ll we’ll have to see what the court does but whatever it does it will have a lasting significance

Not just in Israel and Gaza but also on the actions or the inactions of the much wider World sha Jolly Casey thanks so much really interesting perspective thank you very much for having me and a reminder we will have that decision live expected from midday today just wanted

To bring you some breaking news a statement from the Nottinghamshire police and crime commissioner following the sentencing of valdo kalakan for the man’s daughter of Barnaby Weber Grace omali Kumar and Ian coats well Caroline Henry has said quote my deepest sympathies are with the families of those killed in this most tragic

Incident and I understand that they and the public have some concerns around valdo cak’s outstanding warrant at the time of the attack well clearly no one could have foreseen the tragedy that happened but the people of Nottingham Shire will rightly want reassurance that those who should be in the criminal

Justice system are found and dealt with swiftly I meet regularly with Nottinghamshire police’s Chief Constable to scrutinize the forces’s performance on behalf of the public and I’m very confident the force delivers a good service overall to the people of Nottinghamshire however there’s always room for improvement I will now be

Seeking further reassurance over the situation with outstanding warrants across Nottinghamshire to ensure wanted individuals appear before the courts as quickly as possible now revolutionary new blood tests could mean brain cancer patients get quick and accurate diagnoses without the need for Dangerous surgery the test has been successful in a clinical

Validation study where it was used to detect some of the most common types of high-grade brain tumors in adults our correspondent Matthew Thompson has this report Jim’s illness and the way in which he died was the least inter in thing about him he was a incredibly funny intelligent very loved person

Sarah’s husband Jamie died within months of their wedding day of an aggressive brain tumor but though she was with him to the end she says the hardest part was waiting for his diagnosis we were made aware that it was very serious so we we were kind of um under No Illusion that

It was going to be an easy ride but that period of time when I reflect on it was probably one of the most difficult periods of his illness um just because of that feeling of not knowing what was going to happen so I think if there were

A way to speed up diagnosis um I just think that that would be emotionally a lot easier for patients and for the people that love them to not have to spend so much time kind of essentially in the dark it’s too late for Jamie and Sarah but a new revolutionary test could

Help others like them researchers at Imperial College have developed a way of diagnosing brain tumors just from looking at Telltale cells secreted into the blood it’s a huge Improvement on current practice which requires major surgery it’s risky timec consuming and not always possible 40% of patients

Won’t be able to have a surgical biopsy for a couple of reasons one of those is the location of the brain tumor it’s in an area of the brain that it’s just too risky for the neurosurgeon to access and it’s absolutely this group of patients for whom this test currently is going to

Really make a difference in theory it means that certain tumors can be diagnosed more quickly and more accurately that in turn should save lives but before we get too carried away it’s important to point out that even the experts here at Imperial College concede it could be 2 years or perhaps

Longer before patients can actually benefit if and when they eventually do though it could have a major impact on the diagnosis and the treatment of some of the deadliest forms of brain cancer larger studies are now needed to validate the results but the early signs are very promising indeed Matthew Thompson Sky

News we have some uh massive uh breaking news in the world of football Liverpool manager Jurgen klopp has announced his decision to step down as Manager of Liverpool at the end uh of the season of course he’s been a highly successful manager for Liverpool he’s having a very

Successful season thus far uh tracking down four trophies uh no less uh but uh preempting success or failure this season by saying he will go at the end of the season our Sports correspondent Rob Harris joins me now with reaction to this Rob this comes as a huge and

Significant surprise yeah big shot juren klopp the Premier League’s longest serving manager has been in charge of anfield since 2015 and he really has helped to bring incredible success to Liverpool he ended that elusive 30 year weight to win the English league when he landed the Premier League in 2020 amidst

The pandemic and around the same time they won the Champions League in 2019 they also won the club World Cup as well in 2019 at one point holding so many trophies and he’s delivered such an energetic heavy metal branders football as he calls it and really has resonated

With the uh the public on Mery side with the Liverpool fans really uh being in tune with their value and he’s delivered that consistent challenge at the top of the Premier League while also not having say that state ownership as we’ve seen at Manchester City through Abu Dhabi

Which has been a formidable Force to compete against and Liverpool have managed to sort of really challenge City in a way that perhaps some didn’t expect even when they fell off the uh the summit last season and were really sort of perhaps having a more difficult season missing out on qualifying for the

Champions League they’ve come back this season yet again to be right there at the top comp competing for the premier league but perhaps it does take its toll Jurgen klopp talking about the pressure that it does put on him and the energy that is exhausted in trying to compete

Really at the highest level when there is such an intense amount of football all year round um with so many competitions to to compete in and just you know reading the uh the statement he’s put in he says that he is feeling healthy but certainly as we try and go

Through this Lites we we are speaking now that the um you know at his age that you know it’s he is fine but perhaps that um he wants to be able to sort of look ahead and look for other things to be able to certainly do as he s of looks

On into next season and perhaps what other challenges um that he might have Rob uh thanks so much for that perspective I mean extraordinary breaking news everyone’s exploding about it on on Twitter as you said a Titan uh of the club and coming as as a great surprise

Uh of course even as an Arsenal fan almost makes you want to win the league for Liverpool this year so he can go out with a with a bang not quite uh but uh uh huge news and we’re going to have more analysis of that at the top of the

Next hour as well Jurgen klopp announcing his decision to step away from Liverpool at the end of this season now a death row prisoner in the US who became the first person to be put to death with nitrogen used his final words to say Humanity had taken a step

Backwards Kenneth Eugene Smith was EX executed in Alabama last night he’d been sentenced to death for a murder committed in 1988 with me now is Nick Yaris a former death row prisoner himself who was then acquitted of rape and murder Nick thanks so much for joining us it’s uh great to

Have you with us thank you for having me so I I want to get into your extraordinary case in in a moment um but but first your reaction on a we’ll get to the means in a moment as well but on another uh capital punishment execution

In the US uh yesterday I mean did you think it’s awful that this practice still takes place I went through a similar experience where I was sentenced to the electric chair I remember the judge telling me I was going to be taken to the Rock view State Prison where

2,200 volts of electricity would course through my body and in my life and then they changed it and made it lethal injection so I wasn’t ever sentenced to be stabbed with a needle but they changed it and that’s what they’re doing here so what’s bothering me and it’s

Troubling me is they tried to execute this man for hours with needles imagine laying on a gurnie and they’re poking you in your groin in your neck all over your body trying to get a vein to murder you and you succeed in surviving that only to be an experiment

Like a giddy Pig so this is horrifying that the state of Oklahoma and the state of Mississippi are going to start doing this because successfully opponents of the death penalty stopped them from getting the drugs and it was like I said a an ordeal to try and get the drugs

Into people and so your take on this new method uh nitrogen being used is is clearly a negative one you think he was used as a guinea pig the man held his breath for as long as he possibly could this wasn’t someone being euthanized who was suffering this one someone clinging

To the last moment of life that’s horrible well it it certainly is and uh you have personal experience of having the prospect of uh being executed ahead of you I mean I don’t even know where to say what is that experience like it’s the greatest experience of my life I’m

So grateful that I went to death row because all my childhood friends dried of drug overdoses or violence or suicide and I was spared the AIDS epidemic and I I started to learn self-respect and self-love and I elevated my entire life because I was on death row and even

Though I was there wrongly it didn’t matter I needed to use that opportunity and I have since I mean that is an unbelievably positive perspective and uh it’s amazing to hear you have such a perspective I guess it does rest on the fact that ultimately you were cleared I mean if

That had not happened I had to ask to be executed to get that done I was physically tortured for years for being a rapist murderer they thought was mentally ill I went through a lot of degradations but I learned when people are harming you you can really find it within

Yourself at that moment to love you a lot of people in life don’t love themselves thank God I was openly tortured so that I could learn that I just released my new book called Mind your heart nickis 20 years of freedom I was released in January 2004 I moved to

The United Kingdom in January 2005 and I fell in love with the idea that not everyone’s out to murder you I mean again I’m I’m stunned uh by your perspective it’s it’s quite it’s quite unbelievable um that that you’re able to have such a positive perspective on this

And I’m glad the last 20 years of your life have been so much more positive if if I may just to go back to this extraordinary experience you said there you asked to be you asked for the date to come forward yes sir I was sick in

Prison I do apologize no please I was suffering from hepatitis C infection after they beat me and broke my teeth in prison and I contracted this illness that was killing my fellow prisoners so after listening to them dying horrifying fashion with the nurses taunting them I asked that my appeals be dismissed and

My lawyers be dismissed so that I could be executed so at that moment presuming um you didn’t have the same positive perspective you have now and you really thought genuinely the end is just around the corner when you listen to men being tortured before they die you don’t want

To be tortured you don’t mind dying but you don’t want to be tortured and they were doing this horrible thing I was convicted of raping a woman that I never met in my life and they openly tortured me for that and I didn’t want to go out like

That so I tried to come up with a beautiful way to die speaking beautifully on my own behalf enveloping all of the uh process as best that I could without the indignity of being ignorant that was my whole fear I spent 23 years in solitary confinement that

Means every day of my life I was locked up 23 hours a day while I was being openly tortured to talk to me about when the good news arrived 2002 you you sought your own execution because of this terrible experience that you you’ve been telling us about released 2 years

Later in that 2year Gap the new DNA evidence arrived it must have been the most fantastic moment unfortunately no the DAT that I was proven innocent my brother was having a seizure at my mother’s feet cuz he was an alcoholic who had a brain injury and she couldn’t

Celebrate and then they took me off a death row and they put me in a mental Soul cuz they feared I was going to kill them for what they did to me so I spent the last8 months of of my life in prison in a mental ward being told that no

Human being could endure what we did to you without you being angry enough to kill one of us so we’re not going to trust you until we open the door I I just am completely stunned um what an unbelievable ordeal and and what extraordinary mixed emotions the fact

That you’re able to end all of it with a positive emotion is is truly truly commendable um I just wondered Nick your your perspective more broadly on the practice of capital punishment still existing we cannot regulate human behavior this is why drug laws do not work someone today this is sad in the

State of Alabama someone’s going to be murdered today statistically they have a murder a day there you know so that death penalty last night didn’t do anything to stop it so I I so you you you want the death penalty to remain or to be no it doesn’t work it has no

Bearing on human behavior today someone out and killed someone in Alabama and they didn’t care that the state executed someone so what’s the point and do you think that that will ever happen in the US it’s something as as you know from spending 20 years here it’s one of those

Things that exists in the US that that Britains are somewhat shocked remains today why does it remain in the US with enough support it’s only in a few certain former slave states Alabama Mississippi Oklahoma and these are prevalent um statistics in the south of America in which they used to have open

Slavery they have little regard for human life M they are pro birth not pro-life they don’t mind uh putting you in prison for an abortion but then they’ll take your life for if you commit a crime it’s idiocy well Nick your story is quite unbelievable and extraordinary and your

As I’ve said a number of times your perspective on all of this to to be so positive is is quite inspiring I didn’t know you had a book I’m going to go out and buy what what was it called again it’s called