Meet the Press NOW — May 27
Summary
TLDRThe NBC News Now segment covered a range of critical issues. Former President Donald Trump faces his criminal hush money trial, with deliberations beginning and the potential to impact the political landscape. Internationally, the deadly strike in Rafah and the response from Prime Minister Netanyahu, along with the U.S.'s role in global conflicts, were discussed. Severe weather events sweeping the U.S. have caused deaths and raised concerns about climate change's impact on future natural disasters. The program also highlighted the challenges military families face in accessing childcare, a pressing issue exacerbated by staffing shortages and frequent relocations.
Takeaways
- 📢 Former President Donald Trump is facing a criminal hush money trial in New York, with deliberations set to begin, marking an unprecedented event in American politics.
- 🎙️ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged a strike that resulted in dozens of deaths, calling it a 'tragic incident', amidst global calls for an immediate ceasefire.
- 🌩️ Severe thunderstorms have swept across the U.S., killing at least 21 people, with tens of millions bracing for more extreme weather conditions.
- 👨⚖️ Trump's campaign is preparing for all outcomes of the trial, with potential impacts on voter support and the political landscape.
- 🏛️ The trial's closing arguments are crucial, as they will leave the last impression on the jury, who will decide the legal fate of the former president.
- 🌐 The U.S. is expecting an unusually active hurricane season in the Atlantic due to La Niña conditions and human-caused climate change.
- 🌊 The increased intensity and rapid intensification of hurricanes are a concern for regions far from the coast, with flooding causing significant damage and loss of life.
- 👶 There is a significant childcare challenge faced by military families, with frequent moves and limited options causing financial and emotional strain.
- 🛑 President Biden paid tribute to fallen U.S. servicemembers during Memorial Day, emphasizing the importance of democracy and unity.
- 🚨 A bipartisan congressional delegation visited Taiwan amidst Chinese military exercises, showing support for the island and its democracy.
Q & A
What significant event is set to begin tomorrow in New York involving former President Donald Trump?
-The jury begins deliberations in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial.
What was the reaction of former President Donald Trump when he was booed at an event?
-The transcript does not provide specific details on Trump's reaction to being booed, but it mentions that he was met by a course of booing.
What is the context behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledging a strike that killed dozens?
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged a strike that killed dozens, calling it a 'tragic incident', which involved a global combination and new calls for an immediate ceasefire.
How many people were reported dead due to severe thunderstorms sweeping across the U.S.?
-At least 21 people were reported dead due to severe thunderstorms.
What is the significance of the week being described as 'unprecedented' in American politics?
-The week is described as unprecedented because the jury will deliberate the legal fate of the former president, who is also his presumptive presidential nominee.
Why did Trump not submit the appropriate paperwork to be considered at the Libertarian Convention?
-Trump did not submit the paperwork because he is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party and cannot become the nominee for the Libertarian Party due to the rules.
What is the potential impact of the hush money trial's verdict on voters' perception of Trump?
-The verdict could influence voters, especially soft Republicans and soft Democrats, who might reconsider their support if Trump is convicted.
What was the tragic incident involving a deadly strike on a camp in Rafah?
-A deadly strike on a camp in Rafah resulted in the death of 45 people, many of them women and children, and left over 200 injured. The area targeted was not part of the IDF declared safe zone.
What is the U.S. stance on the recent deadly strike in Rafah involving civilians?
-The U.S. is working with Israeli officials and partners to investigate what happened. They acknowledge Israel's right to defend itself and go after Hamas but emphasize the need to protect Palestinian civilians.
How might the upcoming hurricane season be affected by La Nina conditions and climate change?
-The hurricane season may be unusually active due to La Nina conditions and human-caused climate change, which can lead to more intense hurricanes that intensify faster.
Outlines
📢 Former President Trump's Hush Money Trial and Political Impact
The trial of former President Donald Trump regarding hush money payments begins deliberations, with the outcome potentially influencing American politics. Trump was booed at a recent Libertarian Convention, indicating a possible shift in public sentiment. The trial's conclusion, whether guilty or not guilty, is expected to usher in a new phase in the political landscape. The discussion also revolves around Trump's strategy and the Republican party's response to the trial's implications.
🏛️ Legal Analysis of Trump's Hush Money Trial and Jury Deliberations
Legal analysts discuss the intricacies of Trump's hush money trial, emphasizing the importance of closing arguments and jury instructions. The process in New York State is highlighted, where the defense presents closing arguments first, followed by the prosecution. The significance of the prosecution's burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and the impact of the last voice heard by the jurors is underscored. The unpredictability of the jury's decision timeline is also noted.
🗳️ Political Implications of Trump's Trial Verdict and Election Prospects
Experts weigh in on the potential political ramifications of the trial's verdict on Trump's image and his chances in the upcoming election. They discuss how Trump's portrayal of himself as a victim of wrongful prosecution could resonate with his political base, while also considering the impact on persuadable voters. The conversation also explores the possible effects if Trump were to run for president as a convicted felon and how the Biden campaign might respond.
🌩️ Severe Weather Events and Climate Change Impact on Hurricane Season
The discussion shifts to the recent severe weather events across the U.S., which have resulted in fatalities and widespread damage. Experts warn of an unusually active hurricane season in the Atlantic due to La Niña conditions and human-induced climate change. The increased intensity and rapid intensification of storms are highlighted as major concerns, with advice for individuals to prepare and stay informed about flood zones.
🌪️ Climate Change and Its Effects on Hurricane Intensity and Inland Impact
The conversation delves deeper into how climate change is affecting hurricane patterns, with a focus on increased intensity and the potential for storms to impact inland areas that are not traditionally considered at risk. The importance of preparation and awareness is stressed, as the effects of flooding can extend far beyond coastal regions, affecting states like New York and Massachusetts.
🛡️ U.S. Support for Taiwan in the Face of Chinese Military Aggression
The situation in Taiwan is discussed, with U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan amidst Chinese military exercises around the island. The visit signifies support for Taiwan and a demonstration of commitment to standing up to China's aggression. The potential implications for U.S.-China relations and the role of Congress in supporting Taiwan's defense are explored.
🤝 Bipartisan Congressional Support for Taiwan Amidst China Tensions
The bipartisan nature of U.S. support for Taiwan is emphasized, with lawmakers from both parties standing together in solidarity. The visit by U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan is seen as a significant gesture amidst escalating tensions with China. The potential for U.S. military involvement in the event of an invasion is considered, highlighting the complexity of the situation.
🕊️ President Biden's Memorial Day Tribute to Fallen Servicemembers
President Biden's Memorial Day address is highlighted, where he pays tribute to fallen U.S. servicemembers and reflects on the importance of democracy and unity. The speech underscores the sacrifices made by military personnel and the need for the nation to come together in honoring their service.
👨👩👧👦 Childcare Challenges Facing U.S. Military Families
The unique obstacles military families face in accessing childcare are discussed, with a focus on the difficulties caused by frequent relocations, limited options, and long waitlists. The impact of these challenges on the financial and emotional well-being of military families is highlighted, along with efforts by the Department of Defense to recruit more childcare workers.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Deliberations
💡Unity Tour
💡Presumptive Nominee
💡Hush Money Trial
💡Libertarian Party
💡Severe Thunderstorms
💡Meet the Press
💡Unprecedented Week
💡Ceasefire
💡Legal Analyst
💡Climate Change
💡La Niña
Highlights
Former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial begins deliberations, marking a historic moment in American politics.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges a tragic incident involving a strike that killed dozens, calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Severe thunderstorms sweep across the U.S., killing at least 21 people, with tens of millions bracing for more extreme weather.
NBC News discusses the unprecedented week in American politics with the jury set to deliberate on Trump's legal fate.
Trump speaks at the Libertarian Convention, aiming to unify and reach out to a broader range of voters.
Trump's campaign strategy includes unconventional venues, reflecting his ties to the courtroom and efforts to expand his voter base.
Analysts discuss the potential impact of the trial's verdict on Trump's presidential nomination and public perception.
The importance of closing arguments in shaping the jury's final impression of the case is highlighted.
Discussion on the potential aftermath of the trial, including Trump's messaging and its effect on voters, regardless of the verdict.
Concerns about the impact of a conviction on Trump's ability to run for president as a felon.
Insights into the strategy of the Biden campaign in response to the trial and its potential outcomes.
Analysis of the deadly strike in Rafah and its implications on the ongoing conflict, including international reactions.
Reports on the U.S. supporting Taiwan amidst military tensions with China, emphasizing the importance of democracy and freedom.
The challenges faced by military families, particularly regarding childcare, are discussed in light of Memorial Day.
President Biden's tribute to fallen U.S. servicemembers, emphasizing the importance of democracy and unity.
Transcripts
>> IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> IF IT IS MONDAY, FORMER
>>> IF IT IS MONDAY, FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BOOED
. HIS CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL
TOMORROW IN NEW YORK.
THE JURY BEGINS DELIBERATIONS.
PLUS, PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU ACKNOWLEDGING THE
STRIKE THAT KILLED DOZENS,
CALLING IT A QUOTE, TRAGIC
INCIDENT.
GLOBAL COMBINATION, AND NEW
CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE
FIRE.
>>> SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
SWEEPING ACROSS THE U.S.,
KILLING AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BRACE FOR MORE EXTREME WEATHER
BRACE FOR MORE EXTREME WEATHER
TO THE EAST.
>>> WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS
NOW NOW.
I AM YAMICHE ALCINDOR.
REMEMBERING PERSONNEL WHO DIED
SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
THIS ALSO MARKS THE UNOFFICIAL
BEGINNING OF SUMMER.
THIS YEAR, THE BEGINNING OF A
TRULY UNPRECEDENTED WEEK IN
AMERICAN POLITICS.
THIS WEEK, THE JURY WILL
DELIBERATE THE LEGAL FATE OF
THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ALSO HIS
PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE.
TOMORROW, THEY ARE SET TO BEGIN
IN THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL.
JUDGE MERCHAN TO -- FOR THE
PUBLIC.
A CHANCE TO WITNESS THE HISTORIC
CASE.
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY, THE END
OF THIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL WILL
MARK THE START OF A NEW PHASE.
IT HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT NORMAL.
A PUSH AT THE REPUBLICANS, AND
THE -- HERE IN WASHINGTON.
HE WAS MET BY A COURSE OF
BOO
>> EVERYBODY SHOULD NOMINATE
TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES!
WHOA!
THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S NICE!
ONLY IF YOU WANT TO WIN!
ONLY IF YOU WANT TO END.
MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO WIN.
WE MUST WORK TOGETHER.
COMBINE WITH US.
YOU HAVE TO COMBINE WITH US.
WE CANNOT GIVE CRICKET JOE
BIDEN FOUR MORE YEARS.
WE CANNOT GIVE CRICKET JOE
BIDEN FOUR MORE YEARS.
>> TRUMP AND ROBERT F KENNEDY
JR. BOTH SPOKE AT THE
LIBERTARIAN CONVENTION.
FORMER GEORGIA SENATOR CANDIDATE
. TRUMP DID NOT SUBMIT THE
APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK TO BE
CONSIDERED.
NBC'S DASHA BURNS COVERING THE
STORY.
ALSO THE NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST.
DASHA, WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF THIS SPEECH?
AND WAS TRUMP AND HIS TEAM
SURPRISED BY THE BOO
NEGATIVE RECEPTION?
>> THEY'VE BEEN PITCHING ALL OF
THESE TALKS AS HIS UNITY TOUR.
HE SAW HIM GO TO THE SOUTH BRONX
, PLACES LIKE MINNESOTA, THEY
ARE PRESENTING THE VISIT AS
ALONG THOSE LINES, TRYING TO
REACH OUT TO VOTERS WHO AREN'T
INTERESTED IN LOOKING SOMEWHERE
ELSE BESIDE RESIDENT BIDEN.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE
EXPECTING THAT KIND OF REACTION.
I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM IN SUCH A
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
HE TYPICALLY GOES TOWARD MORE
FRIENDLY CROWDS.
ENSURING THERE ARE SUPPORTERS
AND ALLIES THERE.
HIS TEAM IS DEFENDING THAT AS,
LOOK, HE IS NOT AFRAID TO PUT
HIMSELF OUT THERE, REACHING OUT
TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT TYPICALLY
LOOK AT VOTING FOR HIM.
>> DASHA, HE DID PUT HIMSELF
OUT THERE.
HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PUT HIS NAME
IN FOR NOMINATION.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE
DECISION WAS THERE? >> Reporter: HE POSTED TO TRUTH
SOCIAL ABOUT THE SAME BECAUSE
SOCIAL ABOUT THE SAME BECAUSE
HE IS THE PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THAT
HE CAN'T ACTUALLY DO THAT.
THAT HE CAN'T BECOME THE
NOMINEE FOR THE LIBERTARIAN
PARTY.
THE RULES ARE REALLY WONKY
AROUND THAT.
IT BRINGS THE QUESTION, WHY DID
HE SHOW UP IN THE FIRST PLACE?
HIS CAMPAIGN SAYING HE GOT HIS
VASE UNLOCKED, SO HE IS NOT
AFRAID TO MOVE OUT WHATEVER
KIND OF VOTERS.
>> AS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
THAT, TALKING ABOUT HIM
REACHING OUT TO OTHER VOTERS,
TWICE LAST WEEK, HE SAW THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN AN UNORTHODOX
VENUE.
OF COURSE, NOW THERE IS THIS
LIBERTARIAN CONVENTION.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
INSTEAD OF MORE TRADITIONAL
CAMPAIGNS IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> FIRST OF ALL, HE IS BEEN
TIED TO THE COURTROOM.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
CAMPAIGN TEAM HAS BEEN
FRUSTRATED BY.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY
CAN WITH THE LIMITS THEY HAVE.
LOOK, HIS BASE IS THERE.
THEY ARE NOT LEAVING HIM.
WHILE BIDEN IS TRYING TO SHORE
UP HIS OWN BASES, REACHING OUT
TO BLACK AND LATINO VOTERS,
TRUMP IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO EXPAND
THE TYPES OF PEOPLE HE IS
LOOKING TO BRING INTO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
SOME OF THE DATA AND POLLING
POINTS THAT OUT.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT
HISTORIC WEEK WHERE WE WILL
HAVE CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
HOW IS THE TERM COMPARING --
TRUMP CAMPAIGN PREPARING?
ARE THERE MULTIPLE WAYS FOR
THIS CAN GO?
>> NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE
VERDICT IS.
WE'VE GOT THE PREVIEW OF HOW
THE TEAM AND TRUMP HIMSELF.
WE'VE SEEN THE POST LASHING OUT
AT THE JUDGE.
IN HIS VARIOUS LEGAL TROUBLES.
I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT -- IF
THE VERDICT DOESN'T GO HIS WAY,
HE WILL CONTINUE TO HAMMER THIS
MESSAGE.
HE WILL SAY THIS IS ELECTION
INTERFERENCE.
IF HE IS ACQUITTED, YOU CAN SEE
HIM GOING OUT THERE AND SAYING,
HEY, LOOK, THEY THREW
EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK
AT ME.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS JUST
OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS.
HE IS ASKING HIS VOTERS AND HIS
BASE TO SUPPORT HIM.
THE QUESTION, WOULD YOU STILL
SUPPORT ME IF I WERE ARRESTED?
HE IS TRYING TO SELL THE NOTION
THAT IF THERE WERE A CONVICTION
IN THIS CASE, THAT SOME VOTERS
MIGHT THINK TWICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DASHA,
FOR YOUR REPORTING.
>> TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FACT
THAT YOU'VE BEEN A JUDGE,
YOU'VE BEEN A PROSECUTOR.
WALK US THROUGH, AND WHAT
LAWYERS ON BOTH SIDES ARE
PREPARING FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
WHAT WILL THEY TRY TO
ACCOMPLISH IN THIS FINAL
STRETCH?
>> IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND
JURY INSTRUCTION, NOT GETTING
THE ATTENTION I THINK IT REALLY
MERITS.
I WILL START WITH THE CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM OPENING
STATEMENTS.
THE LAWYERS ARE SUPPOSED TO
STICK TRULY TO JUST THE FACTS
OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE, THE
EVIDENCE.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE
CASE.
IN CLOSING ARGUMENT, THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO ARGUE.
LITTLE BITS AND PIECES OVER A
LONG TIME FRAME, BUT IT IS NOW
THE DUTY TO PUT THAT ALL INTO A
NARRATIVE.
THEY HAVE REALLY KEPT AN OPEN
MIND.
THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE
CLOSING ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND TO HEAR WHAT MAKES SENSE TO
THEM.
NEW YORK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THEY ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE
PROSECUTION ARGUMENT FIRST.
THEN THEY HAVE THE REBUTTAL
ARGUMENT.
IN NEW YORK STATE, THE DEFENSE
GOES FIRST, THEN THE
PROSECUTION GOES.
THAT IS IT FOR CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
>> YOU CAN REALLY MAP OUT HOW
THIS IS GOING TO GO.
THE JURY MIGHT NOT REMEMBER
EVERYTHING.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE CLOSING
ARGUMENTS TO LEAVING THE JURY
WITH THE LAST MESSAGE HERE?
>> THOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO BE
THE SIDE THAT GOES LAST, THE
LAST VOICE THAT THE JURORS
HERE.
IN THIS CASE, IT WILL BE THE
PROSECUTION.
THEY HAVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF.
YOU'VE HEARD THIS MANY TIMES
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
THEY HAVE TO GET 12 JURORS TO
AGREE UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE
FORMER PRESIDENT IS GUILTY.
THE PROSECUTION GETS TO GO
SECOND.
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, THEY NEED
TO TELL THE JURORS WHICH PIECES
OF EVIDENCE GO TO SHOW THAT THE
FORMER PRESIDENT IS GUILTY.
THEY'VE GOT TO TIE THOSE THINGS
TOGETHER FOR THE JURORS.
THE DEFENSE WILL ARGUE THAT
MICHAEL COHEN HAD -- HE'S
ADMITTED PERJURY, HE CAN'T TRUST
ANYTHING.
>> AND OF COURSE, HOW LONG DO
YOU THINK JURY DELIBERATIONS
COULD TAKE?
AND WHAT COULD IMPACT THAT
TIMING?
>> THEY CAN GO N FOR A LONG
TIME, OR THEY CAN COME BACK
VERY QUICKLY.
PEOPLE ARE VERY COMPETENT.
YOU GOT A COUPLE OF LAWYERS ON
THE JURY, WHICH IS PRETTY
UNUSUAL.
THEY MAY HELP THE JURY GET
THROUGH ALL OF THEIR QUESTIONS.
THE LAWYERS ON THE JURY MAY BE
ABLE TO POINT THEM TO JURY
INSTRUCTION. HOPEFULLY THEY
WILL GO INTO THE JURY WITH THEM.
THE LAWYERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PINPOINT ANSWERS FOR THE JURORS
THAT PERHAPS THE JURY WITHOUT
LAWYERS ON IT WOULD BE ABLE TO
FIND THEMSELVES.
MY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
GREAT ANALYSIS, CARROLL .
>> THANK YOU.
>> JOINING ME NOW IS DEMOCRATIC
-- FOR NBC NEWS.
HE IS A FELLOW AT THE HOOVER
VISITATION -- INSTITUTION.
WE ARE IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY
HERE.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A
PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE. OF COURSE,
THAT BEING DONALD TRUMP ON
TRIAL, WHAT IS THE AFTERMATH
LOOKING LIKE?
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HE IS
GOING TO SAY AND DO, NO MATTER
WHAT THE VERDICT IS.
>> I THINK THE KEY HERE IS,
REGARDLESS OF THE VERDICT, IT
WILL BE THE SAME MESSAGE WE'VE
HEARD ALL ALONG.
ALL OF THIS IS A WRONGFUL
PROSECUTION.
THAT HE IS INNOCENT OF THE
CHARGES REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
JURY FINDS.
THIS IS REALLY PART OF HIS
EFFORT TO CAST HIMSELF AS
SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THE VICTIM
OF AN ILLEGITIMATE PROSECUTION.
THAT ARGUMENT CARRIES A LOT
WITH THIS POLITICAL BASE.
THE BIG QUESTION WILL BE WHAT
THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON
THOSE VOTERS WHO ARE
PERSUADABLE.
SOFT REPUBLICANS, SOFT
DEMOCRATS, THE CONCERNS ABOUT
THE ECONOMY, CONCERNS ABOUT
IMMIGRATION.
IT IS VERY HARD BETWEEN NOW AND
THE END OF THE YEAR.
A LOT OF THIS LEGAL OUTCOME MAY
BE BAKED INTO PEOPLE'S PUBLIC
IMPRESSIONS OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
AND REALLY FOR THESE VOTERS
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
HE WILL HAVE TO DO WHAT HE CAN
TO CONVINCE HIM THAT THE
PROSECUTION IS REALLY NO BIG
DEAL.
WHETHER HE CAN GET THERE OR
NOT, THAT WILL BE THE BIG
QUESTION.
>> HE JUST SAID THIS COULD BE
ALL -- I WONDER, COULD THERE BE
AN IMPACT IF HE ENDS UP WRITING
THIS ELECTION?
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS A
CONVICTED FELON?
>> YAMICHE, IF YOU LOOK AT IT
FROM A POLLING PERCENTAGE, 20%
OF FOLKS WHO ARE LEANING TOWARD
HIM.
IF HE WERE A CONVICTED FELON,
THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH.
THAT WOULD BE A REDLINE THAT
HAVE CAUSED, WHAT CAUSED THEM
TO RECONSIDER, IF NOT OUTRIGHT
WITHDRAW THEIR SUPPORT.
WE WOULD NOT KNOW THE ANSWER
UNTIL IF AND WHEN HE IS
CONVICTED, AND THEN THE PUBLIC
POLLS STARTING TO COME IN
WITHIN DAYS A WEEKS.
THE ONLY CONVICTION THEY REALLY
ARE LOOKING FOR IS THEIR
CONVICTION ON NOVEMBER 5th.
WHEN AND IF THE VOTERS REJECT
DONALD TRUMP'S RUN FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT THIS TRIAL RESULTS IN SOME SORT OF
TRIAL RESULTS IN SOME SORT OF
TRUMP MAKING THE CASE.
IT HAS BEEN THE UNHINGED POST
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WILL WE SEE THAT REFLECTED IN
THE POLLS?
AND IF NOT, WHAT DOES THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN DO IN RESPONSE IF THEY
DO NOT GET CONVICTED?
DO THEY SAY, SEE?
IT WAS ALL ABOUT GOING AFTER IT.
>> I WANT TO STICK WITH YOU.
MY NBC COLLEAGUES, THEY WILL
GET MORE AGGRESSIVE ON TRUMP
ONCE THE TRIAL IS DONE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WILL
LOOK LIKE?
DO YOU THINK THAT IS A
BRILLIANT IDEA TO LEAN INTO
THIS?
>> I WASN'T SO SURE IT WAS A
GOOD IDEA TO LEAN INTO THIS
PARTICULARLY.
WHETHER OR NOT HE IS CONVICTED,
HE'S DONE IT.
ENOUGH TO DISQUALIFY HIM AS
PRESIDENT IN THE
POSTPRESIDENTIAL PERIOD.
EVEN IN THIS CAMPAIGN TODAY, IT
IS THE DAY ABOUT SUCKERS AND
LOSERS, TALKING ABOUT HUMAN
SCUM.
I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR
THE BITING CAMPAIGN TO KEEP
REMINDING, AND DEFINING TO
THOSE VOTERS.
I HAVE JUST NOT TUNED INTO THE
POLITICAL SPECTACLE LIKE ALL OF
US JUNKIES ON THE SHOW TODAY.
REMINDING THEM WHO THIS MAN IS,
WHAT HE SAYS, AND WHAT HE
REPRESENTS.
TRUMP HAD SPOKEN ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS ABOUT HIM BEING A
DICTATOR ON DAY ONE.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT
IMPLEMENTING A NEW RADICAL
SYSTEM THAT WOULD DO AWAY WITH
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
AND THE GUARDRAIL THAT KEPT HIM
SOMEWHAT IN CHECK FROM 2017 TO
2021.
IF THE BITING CAMPAIGN DOES
THAT, THEY WILL BE ON THE
BETTER SIDE OF THE DEBATE.
>> I WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF WHAT HE SAID.
>> THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY CAN
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE AMERICA
FREER THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE CAN UNLEASH ENERGY.
WE CAN RELEASE LIMITED
GOVERNMENT SO THAT THE PEOPLE --
WE WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE.
IF WE UNITE, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE.
I WILL BE A TRUE FRIEND TO
LIBERTARIANS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
>> SO I WILL ASK YOU, WHAT DID
HE GET OUT OF THIS APPEARANCE?
>> HE WAS COMMUNICATING A
MESSAGE TO LIBERTARIANS BEYOND
THE ONES IN THAT ROOM.
THE CONVENTION GOERS
THEMSELVES, THE BASE OF THE
PARTY, THEY WOULD NOT BE OPEN
TO THE MESSAGE, SUPPORTING OR
ENDORSING THE REPRESENTATIVE,
OR NOMINEE OF THE PARTY.
I THINK THE ISSUE WAS, COULD HE
MESSAGE BEYOND? SOME WHO MIGHT
IDENTIFY AS PRESBYTERIAN.
HE MADE THOSE PROMISES THAT HE
WOULD GET INPUT FROM
LIBERTARIANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THAT HE WOULD BE RECEPTIVE.
I THINK THE HOPE WAS NOT TO
CONVINCE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM.
IT WAS TO SPEAK TO LIBERTARIANS
IN THAT ROOM, WHO IF THEY
DECIDED TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY
ELSE, IT MIGHT BE A LARGE
ENOUGH MARGIN TO SWING THE VOTE
IN WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND
OTHERS.
HE WOULD LIKE TO WIN AND LIKE
TO DO WELL.
IT WASN'T ABOUT THE ROOM SO MUCH
AS WHAT WAS GOING ON BEYOND THE
ROOM.
>> INTERESTING THAT YOU THINK
ABOUT IT THAT WAY.
I WANT TO SHIFT FOR A MOMENT.
MY COLLEAGUE, HE CAUGHT UP WITH
REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE
KERRY LAKE OVER THE WEEKEND.
HERE'S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
>> I KNOW THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS
SUPPORT US, AS WELL.
I'VE SEEN REALLY GOOD POLLING.
NOT SOME OF THESE BOGUS POLLS
TO TRY TO SWAY VOTERS.
I KNOW WHAT THE REAL POLLING IS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE
ALSO KARI LAKE SUPPORTERS.
>> HOW NOTABLE IS IT THAT SHE
IS WANTING TO STICK SO CLOSE TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
WE'VE SEEN THEM TRY TO KEEP
DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES.
>> YOU KNOW THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY TODAY IS A TRUMP COLT.
IF YOU TRY TO BREAK, SHOW ANY
DAYLIGHT BETWEEN YOURSELF AND
THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ALSO
GOING AFTER THAT PERSON
HIMSELF.
SHE HAS NO CHOICE.
WE SAW IT ALSO WITH NIKKI HALEY
LAST WEEK.
IT WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR ANYONE
TO DO.
I THINK WHAT IS INTERESTING, IN
A LOT OF STATES, ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE, THEY ARE
RUNNING EVEN STRONGER THAN JOE
BIDEN IS.
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE A REVERSE COCKTAIL IN SOME OF THESE STATES
COCKTAIL IN SOME OF THESE STATES
. THEY MAKE IT EVEN HARDER FOR
THE NOMINEES TO WIN ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK TO
SOME FRONT-LINE REPUBLICANS IN
YOUR STATE.
THEY REALLY TAKE IN A MUCH
DIFFERENT TONE THAN THEY DID IN
2020.
ARE YOU SURPRISED?
>> IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
STATE.
YOU'VE GOT DISTRICTS THAT ARE
REASONABLY PURPLE.
IT WILL BE VERY, VERY HARD TO
EMBRACE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP,
OR TOO HARD TO THE OTHER SIDE
FOR ANY GIVEN REASON.
I DO THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT
FOR THEM TO FORGE THEIR OWN
IDENTITY.
IT RUNS THROUGH CALIFORNIA.
THAT MAKES IT A VERY
INTERESTING DYNAMIC.
CERTAINLY, THEY WILL BE
THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO NAVIGATE
THAT DYNAMIC.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COMING UP, RENEWED PRESSURE
ON ISRAEL AND THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY. THIS IS IN AN AREA WHERE
CIVILIANS WERE SHELTERING.
>>> AND EXCLUSIVE REPORTING
FROM TAIWAN.
JUST MEETING WITH THE NEWLY
INAUGURATED PRESIDENT AFTER A
SERIES OF PROVOCATIVE CHINESE
MILITARY -- YOU ARE WATCHING MEET THE PRESS NOW.
>>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF
>>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF
NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> A DEADLY STRIKE ON A CAMP
IN RAFAH.
CALLING IT TRAGIC, AND USING A
WORD IN HEBREW THAT COULD MEAN
MISTAKE OR MISHAP.
WHEN ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION,
NETANYAHU CALLED IT A TRAGIC
INCIDENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, VIDEO OF
THE AREA WHERE MANY DISPLACED
CIVILIANS WERE SHELTERING.
RESCUE WORKERS RACED TO PUT OUT
THE FIRE.
THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED THE
IMAGES HEARTBREAKING, SAYING IT
WAS ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE
MILITARY AND OTHERS ON THE
GROUND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
45 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE
STRIKE.
MANY OF THEM, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
MORE THAN 200 WERE INJURED.
THE STRIKE KILLED TWO SENIOR
HAMAS OFFICIALS.
THE AREA TARGETED WAS NOT PART
OF THE IDF DECLARED SAVE ZONE.
WHILE SPEAKING BEFORE
PARLIAMENT TODAY, PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU SAID ISRAEL
WILL CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE STRIKE.
IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE
UN'S HIGHEST COURT ORDERED
ISRAEL TO IMMEDIATELY HOLD THE
MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH
BECAUSE OF THE RISKS OF THE
CIVILIAN POPULATION.
NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT RAF SANCHEZ IN
TEL AVIV WITH MORE.
>> Reporter: THE IMAGES COMING
OUT OF RAFAH ARE CAUSING SHOCK
AND SPARKING COME THE NATION --
CONDEMNATION ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
MANY OF THESE MADE OF PLASTIC,
WOOD. WHEN THE STRIKE CAME
CRASHING DOWN, ALL HELL BROKE
LOOSE, ACCORDING TO SURVIVORS.
THEY SAY FLAMES RIPPED THROUGH
THE ENCAMPMENT.
CHILDREN WERE SCREAMING.
ULTIMATELY, AROUND 40 PEOPLE
KILLED, ACCORDING TO THE
EMERGENCY SERVICES IN HAMAS RAN
GAZA.
MANY OF THEM, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
SOME OF THEM, APPARENTLY BURNED
TO DEATH.
PRIME MINISTER BEEBE --
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CALLING IT A
TRAGIC MISHAP.
SAYING ISRAEL WILL INVESTIGATE
WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS THE
STRIKE DID SUCCEED IN KILLING
TWO SENIOR HAMAS COMMANDERS
ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN THE PLANNING OF ATTACKS IN
THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK.
THE IDF SAYS IT TOOK MEASURES
AHEAD OF TIME TO TRY TO REDUCE
CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
THERE IS NOW AN OPERATION
UNDERWAY.
THE IMAGES COMING OUT OF RAFAH
ARE, QUOTE, HEARTBREAKING.
THEY SAY ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT
TO PURSUE HAMAS AFTER THE
OCTOBER 7th ATTACK, BUT THAT IT
MUST TAKE EVERY POSSIBLE
PRECAUTION TO PROTECT
PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS BEFORE
LAUNCHING A STRIKE.
WE HAVE HEARD STRONGER
CONDEMNATION FROM PRESIDENT
MACRON IN FRANCE.
MANY OF THOSE FAMILIES WHO WERE
DISPLACED SEVERAL TIMES ARE
DIGGING THROUGH THE CHARRED
REMAINS OF WHAT WERE THEIR
TENTS.
THEY ARE MOVING ON, HOPING TO
FIND SAFETY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> RAF SANCHEZ , THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THAT REPORTING.
WE NOW TURN TO ALLIE RAFFA WHO
WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEY'VE RAISED MANY CONCERNS.
HOW IS THE ADMINISTRATION
REACTING TO THIS LATEST RIGHT?
AND DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY
REPERCUSSIONS?
>> YES.
THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION
LOOMING OVER THIS AREA WE KNOW
THIS HAS BEEN AND IS THE WORK
REALLY SINCE PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU VOWED TO CONTINUE THE
INVASION OF RAFAH TO 100%
DESTROY HAMAS, IN HIS WORDS.
SAYING THAT THE U.S. IS WORKING
WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS AND
PARTNERS TO INVESTIGATE WHAT
HAPPENED.
WHILE THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING
HOW DEVASTATING THE IMAGES
COMING OUT OF RAFAH ARE, THEY
ARE ONCE AGAIN STRESSING
ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF
AND GO AFTER HAMAS.
THAT IS WHAT ISRAEL SAYS IT WAS
DOING WHEN CONDUCTING THE
STRIKE.
OVERALL, THIS IS REALLY A
REFLECTION, THE RESPONSE WE'VE
SEEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
REALLY HOW DELICATE OF A
POSITION THIS ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN.
THEY BEGAN THEIR GROUND
INVASION OF RAFAH.
REMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT HAD
SAID THAT ANY GROUND INVASION
OF RAFAH WITHOUT A ROBUST PLAN
TO RELOCATE PALESTINIANS, MANY
OF THEM NOW DISPLACED.
THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD NOT
SUPPORT THAT MOVE.
HE SAID THAT WOULD BE A REDLINE
FOR HIM, AND THAT WOULD FORCE
HIM TO RECONSIDER THE U.S. AND
MILITARY SUPPORT.
EVEN AFTER WE SAW ISRAEL BEGAN
WHAT WE SAW THEM CALL TARGETED
AND SPECIFIC STRIKES, THE WHITE
HOUSE WAS STILL SUPPORTING
THOSE MOVES.
THIS STRIKE, IT WAS DESIGNATED
BY THEM.
ANY PAUSES OF THOSE STILL
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
>> AND THAT IS AN ISSUE OF THE
CEASE-FIRE TALKS, WHICH WERE
HOPEFULLY RESUMING NEXT WEEK.
HOW MUCH OF THIS INCIDENT --
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS
MIGHT IMPACT AND COMPLICATE
THOSE EFFORTS WHEN YOU THINK
THERE ARE MORE CIVILIANS THAT
HAVE BEEN KILLED?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT IS ANOTHER BIG QUESTION
HERE.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH OFFICIALS
ABOUT THIS.
THEY SAY THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW,
THE PLAN IS FOR THOSE TALKS TO
CONTINUE AFTER WE SAW MEETINGS
OVER THE WEEKEND BETWEEN THE
CIA DIRECTOR, KOTHARI, AND
ISRAELI OFFICIALS.
THE PLAN AS OF RIGHT NOW IS TO
BUILD ON THAT PROGRESS TO BE
ABLE TO REACH SOME SORT OF
AGREEMENT.
THE QUESTION REALLY REMAINS
WHETHER HAMAS IS GOING TO BE
WILLING.
OR WHETHER THEY WILL BE REALLY
INHIBITED FROM AGREEING TO ANY
SORT OF PROPOSAL BECAUSE OF THE
LATER STRIKES, YAMICHE.
>> YES.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
ALLIE RAFFA AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> UP NEXT, TENS OF MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS STILL FACING
SEVERE WEATHER.
NOW, A NEW WARNING THAT THE
U.S. COULD SEE SUPPORT FOR A
HIGHLY ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON.
OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> PRETTY, PRETTY BAD.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
THIS WEEKEND, DEADLY WEATHER
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS CLAIMED
THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 21
PEOPLE.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
REMAIN UNDER SEVERE WEATHER.
ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY
, WHERE THIS VIDEO, A MASSIVE
CLOUD WAS CAUGHT.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAID PRESIDENT
BIDEN SPOKE WITH GOVERNORS OF
THE STATE AFFECTED BY
TORNADOES.
THE STORMS LEFT A TRAIL OF
DESTRUCTION.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE STRETCHING
FROM TEXAS TO OKLAHOMA, UP TO
ARKANSAS AND KENTUCKY.
>>> THIS WAS THE TERRIFYING
AFTERMATH.
A TORNADO TORE THROUGH A GAS
STATION.
125 PEOPLE WERE SHELTERING
THERE, EVERYONE INSIDE SURVIVED.
>>> MEANWHILE ON THE EAST
COAST, PREDICTING AN UNUSUALLY
ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON IN THE
ATLANTIC.
THAT IS THANKS TO LA NINA
CONDITIONS. A HUMAN-CAUSED
CLIMATE CHANGE.
>>> JOINING ME NOW , ALSO THE
FORMER FEMA ADMINISTRATOR,
CRAIG.
INC.
YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO GO TO YOU FIRST.
PUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INTO
CONTEXT.
YOU HAVE LA NINA ON ONE HAND,
CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE OTHER.
HOW SHOULD PEOPLE BE LOOKING AT
THIS UPCOMING STORM SEASON?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE WHERE THEY KEEP USING IS
EXTRAORDINARY.
THIS IS A CASE OF EVERYTHING
GOING WRONG AT THE SAME TIME.
WE'VE GOT THE EL NINO, THE
INCOMING EL NINO -- LA NINA.
AND THEN THE SUPER, SUPER HOT
ATLANTIC OCEAN RIGHT NOW.
THAT CALLS FOR A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE GREENHOUSE GASES, THE USE OF
-- ARE NOT AS PREVALENT IN THE
ATMOSPHERE ANYMORE.
AND OTHER THINGS, LIKE A
VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
IT IS LATE MAY RIGHT NOW AND
EXHIBITORS OF WHAT WE ARE
SEEING ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE
WOULD EXPECT IN AUGUST.
THAT IS RED BULL FOR HURRICANES.
MATT YOU ARE SAYING WE ARE
FEELING AUGUST TEMPERATURES.
HOW WILL THAT CHANGE THE VIEW
OF HURRICANES?
>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT
COMPLICATED.
WE DON'T SEE MORE HURRICANES
BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT
WE DO SEE MORE INTENSE
HURRICANES. THOSE ARE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THESE
THOSE ARE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THESE
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. WHAT WE
CAN EXPECT BECAUSE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE IS THE STORMS TO
INTENSIFY A LOT FASTER AND BE A
LOT STRONGER.
IT REALLY CAUSES PROBLEMS WHEN
IT COMES TO THE LOSS OF HUMAN
LIFE AND DAMAGE.
>> IS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN
MIAMI, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS IN
YOUR ARTICLE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT FEEL
FARAWAY FROM THE COAST.
MAYBE THEY AREN'T WORRIED ARE
PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE.
WITH WEATHER STORMS, DOES IT
REALLY INCREASE?
AND EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT ON A
BEACHFRONT?
MATT I AM SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT
THAT UP.
THAT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.
WE SEE THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING
FAR INLAND.
WE SEE THE FLOODING FROM
HURRICANES.
ALSO, AREAS THAT ARE NOT
TRADITIONALLY SEEN AS THE SAME
LOCATION.
PEOPLE IN NEW YORK,
MASSACHUSETTS. THEY SHOULD ALL
BE PLAYING -- PAYING ATTENTION .
AGAIN, THE FLOODING IS REALLY
WHERE WE SEE LOSS OF LIFE FROM
HURRICANES.
IT IS VERY FAR INLAND.
>> PEOPLE ARE THINKING, WELL,
I'M INLAND.
HOW SHOULD PEOPLE BE PREPARED?
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE BE READY FOR?
>> YEAH.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THESE EVENTS ARE SO, SO LOCAL.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PLACE
YOU ARE LIVING.
FOLLOW THOSE ALERTS.
IT IS A CLICHI TO SAY PREPARE,
PREPARE, PREPARE.
IT MIGHT HAVE MOVED INTO THE
REGIONS.
READY.GOV, AND KNOW YOUR FLOOD
ZONE.
>> CRAIG, I WANT TO GO TO YOU.
SHE JUST WALKED US THROUGH WHAT
INDIVIDUALS CAN BE DOING TO
PREPARE.
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FEMA, THINK
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE U.S. IS
GETTING ALL OF THESE WARNINGS.
>> I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
2010, NOAH SAYS WE WOULD HAVE
-- I SAID NOTHING.
WE GET READY FOR EVERY
HURRICANE SEASON. I THINK THAT IS THE KEY THING.
I THINK THAT IS THE KEY THING.
IT HELPS EDUCATE PEOPLE. THEY
HAVE TO GET READY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL GET HIT.
SO YOU TAKE THIS WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN IN A
QUIET YEAR, WE HAD HURRICANE
ANDREW.
2005, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
HURRICANES.
IN 2017, HURRICANES FROM PUERTO
RICO TO TEXAS.
IT WILL NOT JUST BE ONE STORM.
PARTICULARLY FOR FEMA, THEY
HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE.
THEY CAN COME BACK TO BACK.
2004, 2005, 2017.
>> WHEN YOU SAID HURRICANE
ANDREW, IT BROUGHT BACK
MEMORIES FOR ME.
IT HIT WHEN I WAS LIVING IN
MIAMI.
THAT BEING SAID, NOT ALL BOUTS
CAN BE RELATED TO THE CHANGE.
LET'S TALK TO WHETHER OR NOT IN
CAN BE SEEN AS THE BREAKING
POINT.
AND THE ONE WE'VE SEEN IN MORE
RECENT YEARS?
>> THEY ARE OT ABLE TO ENSURE
THESE RISKS.
IN FLORIDA AND OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
THE OTHER THING WE ARE SEEING,
WHEN THE STORMS HIT, WE ARE
SEEING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
IT IS USUALLY PRICED OUT,
LIVING IN THERE ALTOGETHER.
WE ARE SEEING THIS FROM
RENTERS, HOMEOWNERS.
THIS IS THE THING WE ARE NOT
REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO.
THE PRICE OF HOUSING ESCALATES
SO FAST.
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THEIR AMENITIES.
>> DO YOU THINK WE WILL SEE AN
INCREASE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU
JUST MENTIONED?
ALSO THE INSURANCE ISSUES?
>> WE ALREADY SEE IT.
IN FLORIDA, YOU SAW WHAT
HAPPENED ON THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA.
YOU SAW IT ON THE WEST COAST.
PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY HAVING
TO MOVE INLAND, DISPLACING
FARMWORKERS FROM THEIR HOMES.
THEY ARE GETTING SO BAD THAT
MANY INDUSTRIES ARE LOOKING AT
HOW TO HOUSE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
IT IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE.
AND IN OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS,
THEY REALLY DON'T ADDRESS THE
LACK OF INSURANCE TYPICALLY FOR
FLOODING.
AND AS SHE POINTED OUT, THIS IS
TAKING PLACE IN AREAS SHE'S
NEVER SEEN FLOODING.
THIS WAS IN AREAS THAT HAD
NEVER FLOODED.
WE SEE THE RECORD-SETTING
FLOODING.
AND PEOPLE TOO OFTEN THINK THEY
ARE NOT IN THAT FLOOD ZONE.
THEN THEY FIND OUT RISING WATER
IS NOT COVERED BY THEIR
HOMEOWNERS POLICY.
>> WOW.
THAT IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION
FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT IS
GOING ON AND ALSO HOW TO
PREPARE THEM HILLS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AFTER THE BREAK, CHINA WITH
ITS MILITARY MUSCLES, OFF THE
COAST OF TAIWAN.
WE'VE GOT AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMUNITY IN
TAIWAN.
>>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS
AND BOUNDS.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> PRETTY, PRETTY BAD.
♪ ♪
>>> WELCOME BACK.
A BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL IN
TAIWAN TODAY STANDING SIDE-BY-
SIDE WITH THE NEWLY INAUGURATED
PRESIDENT.
THE VISIT BY U.S. LAWMAKERS
COMES AT A PARTICULARLY TENSE
TIME. CARRYING OUT TWO DAYS OF
CARRYING OUT TWO DAYS OF
MILITARY TALKS.
CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL McCALL,
CHAIR OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE, AND THE LEADER OF
THAT SIDED THOSE MILITARY DRONES
IS THE REASON THE U.S. CONTINUE
STRENGTHENING THE CAPABILITIES.
NBC'S RYAN NOBLES SAT DOWN WITH
McCALL FOR AN EXCLUSIVE ONE-ON
ONE INTERVIEW.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SENT
A VERY SPECIFIC MESSAGE.
WHY?
>> BECAUSE WE SUPPORT TAIWAN.
WE SUPPORT FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY
. IT IS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE WE
ARE SITTING RIGHT NOW.
WARNING YOU NOT TO COME HERE,
THAT IT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION.
AND THEN THAT IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST ONES WE'VE SEEN
SURROUNDING THE ISLAND,
BASICALLY EXECUTING WHAT THEY
WOULD DO IN THE EVENT OF A WAR,
ALL BECAUSE OF DEMOCRACY.
IT IS LIKE A PROCESS, A
MILITARY EXERCISE GAME TO
PROCESS DEMOCRACY.
THEY DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT
PRESIDENT LAI WON, FAIR AND
SQUARE, THROUGH A PEACEFUL WAY.
>> HOW CONCERNED SHOULD
AMERICANS BE ABOUT THIS QUICK
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH CHINA IS
DOING THIS ON A MORE REGULAR
BASIS, WITH THEY ARE MOVING
INTO AREAS THAT ARE CONTROLLED
BY TAIWAN.
YET, THEY HAVE YET TO TAKE THAT
STEP OF A FORMAL INVASION.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS
IMMINENT?
IS IT INEVITABLE?
OR IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES?
>> IT IS WHAT EXPERTS LIKE
MYSELF THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY.
HOW CAN WE STOP?
HOW CAN WE STOP THE AGGRESSION
AND CONFLICTS IN THE WAR.
YOU HAVE TO GET INSIDE THEIR
HEAD.
NOW, SINCE HE DID NOT WIN THE
ELECTION, THE PROTESTS WITH ALL
THE WARSHIPS.
WHAT IS MY NEXT MOVE HERE?
IF HE THINKS THIS NOW, LIKES TO
TAKE BACK THE ISLAND.
THIS WOULD BE WAY TOO SEVERE.
AND THE REWARD OF DOING THAT.
THE FIRST THING, YOU GOT TO GET
THESE. I'VE SIGNED OFF ON THE
22 WEAPON SYSTEMS.
CONGRESS VOTED $2 BILLION OF
FINANCES FOR TAIWAN TO HELP
PREPARE THEM.
AND SHOWING THE DETERRENCE TO
CHINA THAT IT IS NOT WORTH
INVADING.
THAT MEANS THE SUBMARINES, ANTI-
SHIP WEAPONS.
ALSO, THEY WOULD BE HIT WITH A
BARRAGE.
>> SO WHEN THEY SAY DETERRENCE,
DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THE U.S. WOULD
BE INVOLVED IN ANY LEVEL OF
DEFENSE IF IT WERE TO COME TO
THAT?
>> THAT IS THE CALCULATION WE
WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
WE DON'T WANT TO DRAW REDLINES
RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS A REDLINE FOR THEM.
AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN AN
INVASION. SO FOR US, THE QUESTION WOULD
SO FOR US, THE QUESTION WOULD
BE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF THEY DID NOT PROVOKE AN
INVASION, AND THEY WERE
PEACEFUL, BUT YET INVADED BY
COMMUNIST CHINA.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE THINK
ABOUT ALL THE TIME, RIGHT?
MY COMMITTEE, I DEAL WITH THE
ISSUES. MY COMMITTEE HAS THE
POWER TO DECLARE WAR.
THAT IS ULTIMATELY A QUESTION
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> NBC'S RYAN NOBLES JOINS US
LIVE.
RYAN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
EXCLUSIVE ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME U.S.
OFFICIALS ARE MEETING WITH
TAIWAN AND THEIR PRESIDENT.
WHY WAS IMPORTANT FOR THESE
LAWMAKERS TO GO?
GIVEN ALL OF THE HOTSPOTS AROUND THE WORLD?
AROUND THE WORLD?
>> THERE IS NO DOUBT, BEING
HERE, TALKING TO THE PEOPLE OF
TAIWAN, GETTING AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THIS
RELATIONSHIP AND THE DYNAMIC
BETWEEN THE ISLAND AND THE
MAINLAND OF CHINA.
FROM AN INSIDERS PERSPECTIVE,
LIVING THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY,
WHICH MOST OF US DO, YOU WOULD
TAKE THESE ACTS OF AGGRESSION
AS THE SPECIFIC CALLING OUT OF
THIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,
TELLING THEM NOT TO COME AS A
REASON TO AVOID FURTHER
CONFLICT.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS, THE GOVERNMENT
HERE IN TAIWAN, THEY BELIEVE IT
IS IMPORTANT TO STAND UP TO
CHINA, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU
ARE NOT NECESSARILY OF RATE OF
THEIR NAME AGGRESSION.
SO FOR THIS DELEGATION TO GET
THOSE WARNINGS FROM CHINA, TO
STILL COME, IT IS A
DEMONSTRATION THAT IT IS A FIRM
COMMITMENT TO TAIWAN AND THEIR
FUTURE.
NOT JUST THAT THAT COMES WITH
AGE, BUT IT COMES WITH WEAPONS,
MILITARY SUPPORT, MANY
DIFFERENT FACTORS.
YOU REALLY GET A SENSE THAT
THEY APPRECIATE THAT, AND THAT
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN STAND
UP TO CHINA.
NOT ONLY THE U.S., BUT MANY
OTHER DEMOCRACY COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD HAVE A SIMILAR
LEVEL OF RESPECT AND SUPPORT FOR
TAIWAN IN ITS ABILITY TO SELF
GOVERN, YAMICHE.
>> YOU SAID THERE WAS A FIRM
COMMITMENT HERE, AND ALSO
TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN IN TAIWAN
THAT IT COULD CHANGE IF FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP WERE TO COME
BACK INTO OFFICE?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, IT IS SO
INTERESTING TO ACTUALLY BE
HERE.
THERE IS NOWHERE IN THE WORLD
THAT YOU CAN GO AND ESCAPE THE
SECTOR OF DONALD TRUMP.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHO HE IS.
WE SPENT A FULL DAY THERE ON
SUNDAY.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHO DONALD TRUMP
IS.
THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A LEVEL
OF ANXIETY, BOTH FOR AND
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
IF YOU WERE TO WIN THE UPCOMING
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THAT POLICY WILL NOT CHANGE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CHAIRMAN
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CHAIRMAN
McCALL BELIEVES, AS WELL.
>> IN FACT, THE VOTE ON TAIWAN,
IT WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS.
THEY HAD THE STRONGEST SUPPORT
OUT OF ANY OF THEM.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T SEE EITHER
TWO CANDIDATES TAKING A WEEK
POSITION ON CHINA.
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT SAID
THINGS ABOUT SUPPORTING TAIWAN.
AND I KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP
DOES, AS WELL.
I DON'T SEE THOSE POLICY
CHANGES.
>> SO THEY BELIEVE THE STATUS
QUO WILL INCUR, REGARDLESS OF
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS.
THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE OF
TAIWAN STRIVE FOR.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY DO NOT
WANT CHINA TO ATTEMPT TO
FORCEFULLY REALIGN THE ISLAND
WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
>> RYAN NOBLES, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
LIVE FROM TAIWAN FOR US.
>>> STILL TO COME, THE
PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO
AMERICANS FALLEN SERVICEMEMBERS.
>>> THE CHALLENGE OF CHILDCARE
>> MENTAL HEALTH BIG PICTURE.
WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW?
>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF
NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> FREEDOM HAS NEVER BEEN
GUARANTEED.
EVERY GENERATION HAS TO EARN
IT, FIGHT FOR IT, DEMOCRACY,
THE AGREED TO -- IT MATTERS.
OUR DEMOCRACY IS MORE THAN JUST
THE GOVERNMENT.
IT IS THE VERY SOUL OF AMERICA.
HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADAPT.
IT IS WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS EMERGED
FROM EVERY CHALLENGE STRONGER
THAN WE'VE GONE IN.
COMING TOGETHER AS ONE NATION
UNITED. JUST AS OUR FALLEN
HEROES HAVE KEPT OUR COUNTRY
SAFE.
WE MUST KEEP FAITH WITH THEM.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
THAT WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN THIS
MORNING.
SPEAKING ABOUT THE SACRIFICE OF
FALLING U.S. SERVICEMEN AND
WOMEN THIS MEMORIAL DAY, AFTER
LAYING A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF
THE UNKNOWN CHILDREN.
HONORING THOSE WHO DIED, WE
HAVE NEW REPORTING ON THE
UNIQUE OBSTACLES FACING OUR
MILITARY MEMBERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO
CHILDCARE.
THE LARGEST EMPLOYER AND
CHILDCARE OPERATOR IN THE
COUNTRY.
THERE ARE STILL 9000 KIDS ON
THE WAITLIST. JOIN ME NOW FOR
MORE OF HER REPORTING, NBC NEWS'
SHANNON PETTIS.
HE DID A REMARKABLE JOB. WHAT
DID YOU HEAR FROM THOSE
FAMILIES?
AND DO YOU THINK THIS IS
GETTING WORSE?
>> ANYONE IN THE PAST COUPLE
YEARS, THEY KNOW ABOUT THE
STRUGGLE IT COULD BE.
THEY MOVE FREQUENTLY EVERY 1-2
YEARS.
THERE ARE OFTEN MONTH LONG WAIT
LISTS.
IT DOESN'T WORK FOR MILITARY
FAMILIES.
OFTEN TIMES, THEY ARE STATIONED
IN PLACES WITH LIMITED
CHILDCARE OPTIONS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT DOES PROVIDE
MILITARY CHILDCARE. LIKE EVERY
CHILDCARE CENTER, THEY HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING TO HIRE WORKERS, AS
WELL.
YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF KIDS ON
THESE WAIT LISTS.
ALL OF THAT HAS CREATED A LOT
OF FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
STRAIN.
IT IS AN ADVOCACY GROUP FOR
MILITARY FAMILIES.
THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID SHE'S
BEEN HEARING AND SEEING.
>> WHAT WE ARE FINDING RIGHT
NOW, WE CAN GET THESE TWO
INCOMES.
THE FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING.
THERE ARE SERVICEMEMBERS
WORKING TWO JOBS.
THE NUMBER ONE REASON THEY TELL
US THEY CAN'T GET THOSE JOBS IS
LACK OF CHILDCARE.
>> SHE TOLD ME IN A SURVEY THAT
THEY FOUNDED A THIRD OF MILITARY
SPOUSES, THEY CAN'T FIND THE
CHILDCARE NEEDED IN ORDER FOR
THEM TO WORK.
IT IS BECOMING A LARGE STRAIN
ON THESE FAMILIES.
>> I EMPATHIZE WITH THEM SO
MUCH.
DEALING WITH AN 11 MONTH OLD
WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE
CHILDCARE SEARCH WHEEL.
I WONDER WHAT RESOURCES THEY
ARE PUTTING TOWARD HELPING
THESE FAMILIES IN PROJECT LIVE.
>> I TALKED TO THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT.
THEY SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO
RECRUIT MORE CHILDCARE WORKERS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
THEY NEED.
THEY ARE NOT ONLY COMPETING
WITH OTHER CHILDCARE CENTERS, BUT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> THEY ARE FACING PROGRESS BUT
>> THEY ARE FACING PROGRESS BUT
IT WILL TAKE TIME.
>> I TELL YOU THIS IS A GREAT
ARTICLE.
SHINING A LIGHT ON THIS SPECIAL
DAY, OF COURSE, ON MEMORIAL
DAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >>> TOMORROW, WE WILL BE BACK
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