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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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 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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 southwest's winter 2022 meltdown that affected millions of passengers for which Southwest paid a $140 million fine the dot won't say what kind of fine Delta might have to pay but it reminds passengers they're entitled to a full refund not just a voucher if their flights are cancelled back to you Tom thank you so to come Lady Gaga and Wen Phoenix are caught in a Bad Romance in the latest Joker trailer and Seline Deion's voice will go on find out what we know about the possible Paris comeback 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 never 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 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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 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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 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 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 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 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 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 pick up all on my phone I didn't even have to get out of my Champion champ 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 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 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 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 doll 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 $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 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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 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 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 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 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 sparkling it's happening 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 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 7:00 on NBC News Now 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 question is still outstanding 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 look 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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 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 genus you just saved me 40 bucks that's a good idea 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 to go to college this is a big decision for families do you think this could impact how people vote 100% more news now streaming weekdays at 7 the fire has grown Leaps and Bounds you see behind me is typical how you doing oh pretty pretty bad 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 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 peacock your news continues after this short break oh oh oh the 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 the paper tow 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 this is an NBC News special report here's hie Jackson good day we're coming on the air with breaking news from here in our nation's capital just minutes from now we expect to see the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in front of a joint session of Congress you are taking a live look at the chamber now but we want to show you what's happening outside the capital where Pro Palestinian demonstrators have converged going after Netanyahu police there we've just learned in the last couple of minutes using pepper spray to break up the crowds which have reportedly been trying to push through security 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 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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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