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Summary
TLDRThe video script details a high-stakes trial involving Donald Trump, where Hope Hicks, a former aide, provides key testimony. Hicks, who had a close relationship with Trump, discusses the handling of the infamous Access Hollywood tape and the subsequent alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. The trial aims to establish a link between campaign activities and potential election interference. Additionally, the script covers a congressman's indictment on bribery charges, severe weather events impacting Texas, and the development plans for a new city in California by tech entrepreneurs, which has sparked local controversy.
Takeaways
- 📰 Tom Costello is substituting for Hallie Jackson, reporting on breaking news about Donald Trump's trial and Hope Hicks' testimony.
- 💣 Hope Hicks, former aide to Donald Trump, is a key witness in the trial, having worked closely with him during the campaign and White House tenure.
- 🗓 The infamous Access Hollywood tape from October 2016 is a focal point, as it allegedly led to a series of events including hush money payments.
- 🤝 Hope Hicks' loyalty to Trump is highlighted, but it's noted that she hasn't spoken to him in two years, indicating a potential shift.
- 🚨 Prosecutors aim to establish a link between campaign activities and alleged criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election.
- 💭 Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney, is portrayed negatively by Hicks, who questions his motives and actions.
- 👥 There's a discussion on the jury's perception of Hicks' credibility and the potential impact of her emotional testimony.
- 🏢 The trial touches on Trump's business practices and his close involvement in the operations, as opposed to a passive role.
- 🌎 An American tourist faces up to 12 years in prison for inadvertently bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos.
- 🌪 Texas is experiencing its ninth straight day of tornado activity, with warnings of more severe weather to come.
Q & A
Who is Tom Costello substituting for in the news report?
-Tom Costello is substituting for Hallie Jackson.
What significant event took place during the trial of Donald Trump?
-Hope Hicks, former aide to Donald Trump, provided key testimony which is considered a significant event in the trial.
What was Hope Hicks' role during Donald Trump's campaign?
-Hope Hicks served as the Press Secretary during Donald Trump's campaign.
Why is the Access Hollywood tape relevant to the case against Donald Trump?
-The Access Hollywood tape, on which Trump made vulgar comments about women, is relevant as it led to a potential crisis during the campaign. Prosecutors allege that this crisis prompted a series of actions, including hush money payments, which are central to the case against Trump.
What is the current status of the alleged affair between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels?
-Stormy Daniels claims she had an affair with Trump, to which he denies. The case involves alleged hush money payments and is part of the charges against Trump for falsifying business records.
What is the significance of Hope Hicks' emotional reaction during her testimony?
-Hope Hicks' emotional reaction could potentially influence the jury's perception of her credibility and the sincerity of her testimony.
Why did Hope Hicks call Michael Cohen regarding the Access Hollywood tape?
-Hope Hicks called Michael Cohen to inquire if there was another tape that would require damage control, indicating a concern about the potential impact on the election.
What is the current stance of Hope Hicks in relation to Donald Trump?
-Hope Hicks has not spoken to Donald Trump in two years, indicating a distance in their relationship since her departure from the White House.
What is the nature of the charges against a sitting Congressman mentioned in the news report?
-The sitting Congressman, Henry Cuellar, and his wife are charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from foreign groups, which could lead to a life sentence.
What is the current situation in Texas regarding severe weather?
-Texas is experiencing a severe weather situation with tornadoes and flooding. The state is on its ninth consecutive day of tornado activity, and the Houston area is bracing for a long weekend of more intense flooding.
What is the controversy surrounding the plan to build a new city in California?
-The controversy involves a group of developers called California Forever who plan to build a new city from the ground up. Local residents are concerned about the process, alleging they were misled by the developers, and there are ongoing legal and zoning disputes.
Outlines
📰 Trump's Trial and Hope Hicks' Testimony
The news report covers the ongoing trial of Donald Trump, focusing on Hope Hicks, a former aide who was close to Trump. Hicks, who once led Trump's campaign and held top roles in his administration, has not spoken to Trump in two years. Her testimony is considered a significant moment in the trial. Prosecutors are particularly interested in the events surrounding the release of the 'Access Hollywood' tape, where Trump was caught making inappropriate comments about women. Hicks stated that she was unaware of the tape until a reporter informed her, and that it was considered a crisis at the time. The report also mentions the alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, who claimed to have had an affair with Trump, which is directly related to the charges against him.
🤔 The Role of Michael Cohen and Hope Hicks' Credibility
The segment discusses Michael Cohen's role in the campaign and his portrayal as a 'fixer'. Cohen was not officially part of the campaign but was known to volunteer his services due to his interest. The defense team attempts to discredit Cohen, suggesting he acted independently and beyond his remit. Hope Hicks' testimony is highlighted as credible for both the prosecution and defense. She is seen as loyal to Trump and his family, while also being privy to the inner workings of the campaign. Her emotional response during cross-examination is noted, and legal analysts discuss how this might be perceived by the jury. The discussion also touches on the significance of the Access Hollywood tape and the subsequent payments made to silence allegations against Trump.
🏢 Trump's Involvement in Business and Campaign
This section debates whether Trump was a passive figurehead in his business or an active micromanager. The prosecution argues that Trump was intimately involved in all business aspects, which supports their case that he would have been aware of and directly approved any illicit transactions. The defense, however, paints a picture of Trump as a CEO who signs checks without being involved in the details. The discussion also covers the potential impact of Hicks' testimony on the jury's perception of Trump's involvement in the campaign and his business dealings.
🗣️ Hope Hicks' Press Duties and Media Strategy
The narrative explores Hope Hicks' role in managing communications during Trump's campaign. It is revealed that she and Stephen Miller were among the few initial staff members, and Hicks had significant responsibility right out of college. The Trump campaign's media strategy is characterized as being driven by Trump himself, with Hicks often relaying his statements directly to the press. The discussion suggests that this unorthodox approach was effective, as it dominated media coverage and didn't require traditional advertising.
💬 Trustworthiness of Hope Hicks' Testimony
This part of the script questions the reliability of Hope Hicks' testimony, considering she admitted to telling 'white lies' while working for Trump. Despite this, she is portrayed as having maintained her credibility, even among those in Trump's circle. The discussion also involves the potential impact of her testimony on the case and the broader implications for Trump's legal challenges.
💸 Trump's Campaign Finances and Legal Issues
The segment touches on Trump's campaign finances, noting that he is significantly behind the Biden campaign in terms of fundraising. It also discusses the potential for Trump to gain ground with a broader group of constituents, despite his legal issues. The conversation suggests that Trump's focus on his base might not be enough to overcome his financial and legal challenges.
🌪️ Texas Tornadoes and Flooding
The report shifts to severe weather events in Texas, detailing the occurrence of tornadoes and the anticipation of more flooding. The region has been experiencing extreme weather conditions, causing significant damage and prompting evacuation orders. The discussion highlights the challenges faced by residents and businesses in the affected areas.
🏛️ Indictment of a Congressman
The script covers the indictment of a sitting congressman, Henry Cuellar, and his wife, on bribery charges. The charges allege that they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from foreign groups. The indictment follows a raid on Cuellar's home and campaign office and could result in a life sentence. Cuellar denies the allegations and still plans to run for reelection.
🌎 International News Overview
The segment provides a brief overview of various international news stories. These include a tuberculosis outbreak at a hotel in Long Beach, California, with one death and several hospitalizations; a curfew imposed in Newark to address rising crime rates; the discovery of snakes in a passenger's luggage at the Miami airport; and the increasing presence of sea lions in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.
🚨 Legal Consequences for Travelers
The report discusses the case of an American tourist detained in Turks and Caicos for accidentally bringing ammunition in his luggage. The tourist faces up to 12 years in prison, highlighting the importance of being aware of the laws in different countries when traveling.
🏢 New Town Development Controversy
The script covers a controversy over plans to build a new city in rural California. The developers, California Forever, have collected signatures to put the project to a vote. However, local residents have concerns and feel misled by the developers. The story explores the tension between the need for new housing and the impact of rapid development on existing communities.
🏇️ Safety Concerns at the Kentucky Derby
The segment addresses concerns over the safety of horses at the Kentucky Derby following the deaths of 12 horses connected to last year's race. Changes have been made to improve safety, including the use of new risk assessment tools and the incorporation of an anti-doping regimen.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Donald Trump
💡Hope Hicks
💡Trial
💡Access Hollywood Tape
💡Stormy Daniels
💡Michael Cohen
💡Perjury
💡Campaign
💡White House
💡Testimony
💡Damage Control
Highlights
Donald Trump is on trial with a key witness, Hope Hicks, providing testimony that could be crucial to the case.
Hope Hicks, former aide to Trump, breaks down during her testimony, indicating the emotional weight of the proceedings.
Prosecutors aim to establish a link between the campaign and alleged criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election.
The infamous Access Hollywood tape is a focal point, with questions arising about its potential impact on Trump's campaign strategy.
Damage control mechanisms, including alleged hush money payments, are scrutinized in relation to their legality.
Hope Hicks' credibility is noted by both the prosecution and defense, highlighting her importance as a witness.
The relationship between Hope Hicks and Michael Cohen is explored, with Hicks casting doubt on Cohen's character.
Trump's involvement in his business operations is a key issue, with differing narratives presented by the prosecution and defense.
The jury's perception of sincerity in witness testimony, particularly regarding emotional displays, is discussed.
Legal analysts consider the strength of the prosecution's case and the potential implications of Hicks' testimony.
The role of Vice President Mike Pence in relation to the case is examined, with insights from former Chief of Staff.
The political and legal implications of the trial on Trump's public image and potential campaign strategies are analyzed.
Concerns about the safety and treatment of horses at the Kentucky Derby are raised following a series of horse deaths.
The introduction of new technology and anti-doping measures at the Derby aim to improve horse welfare.
A California man is indicted for threatening Fulton County DA Fani Willis, underlining issues of online harassment and threats against officials.
The U.S. economy's job growth and unemployment rate are discussed, with potential impacts on Federal interest rates.
The search for missing Australian surfer brothers and their American friend in Mexico intensifies, with new evidence and leads.
Transcripts
BUT THE NEWS CONTINUES WITH TOM
COSTELLO WHO IS IN FOR HALLIE
JACKSON RIGHT NOW.
>>> I AM TOM COSTELLO IN FOR
HALLIE JACKSON WITH BREAKING
NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
DONALD TRUMP ON TRIAL IN
PERHAPS THE BIGGEST BOMBSHELL
DAY OF TESTIMONY YET.
DRAMATIC MOMENTS AS THE WOMAN
WHO HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO
EVERYTHING THAT THIS TRIAL WAS
ABOUT, BREAKS DOWN APPEARING ON
THE STAND.
HOPE HICKS, AND AID TO THE
FORMER PRESIDENT AND WHO HE
REALLY TREATED LIKE A DAUGHTER.
SHE LED TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN WHEN
THE ALLEGED SCHEME TO PLACE. A
VERY EMBARRASSING STORY AND
THAT WAS BEFORE HE BROUGHT HER
TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR SOME OF
HIS TOP ROLES BUT NOW SHE HAS
NOT SPOKEN TO TRUMP IN TWO
YEARS.
TODAY PROSECUTORS WANTED TO
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE
SCENES WHEN THIS MOMENT MADE
HEADLINES.
THE INFAMOUS ACCESS HOLLYWOOD
TATE.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA MAKING VULGAR
COMMENTS ABOUT ASSAULTING WOMEN.
HOPE HICKS WHO WAS HIS PRESS
SECRETARY SAID SHE DID NOT KNOW
ABOUT THE TAPE UNTIL SHE HEARD
FROM A REPORTER THAT THERE WAS
A CONSENSUS AT THE TIME THAT
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CRISIS.
THE BIG QUESTION.
WHY DOES THAT MATTER FOR THIS
CASE NOW?
WE WILL HIT THE REWIND BUTTON
TO GO THROUGH THAT.
SHE SAYS SHE CALLED MICHAEL
COHEN TO ASK IF THERE WAS
ANOTHER TAPE THAT WOULD NEED
DAMAGE CONTROL.
THAT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2016
AND LATER THAT MONTH,
PROSECUTORS SAY DAMAGE CONTROL
KICKED IN WITH THE ALLEGED HUSH
MONEY PAYMENTS TO STORMY DANIELS
WHO CLAIMS SHE HAD AN AFFAIR
WITH TRUMP.
HE DENIES IT. AND THAT THIS IS
THE REASON WE ARE HERE RIGHT
NOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT
FACING 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING
BUSINESS RECORDS TO WHICH HE HAD
PLEADED, OF COURSE, NOT GUILTY.
FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES WE WILL
TAKE YOU INSIDE OF ALL THE
ROOMS THAT CAMERAS COULD NOT BE
IN TODAY.
IF YOU WERE NOT GLUED TO EVERY
WORD COMING OUT OF COURT OR IF
YOU HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO,
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
WE'VE BEEN ON IT AND WE HAVE
THE DETAILS.
OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS AND
POLITICAL AND LEGAL EXPERTS ARE
READY TO BREAK IT DOWN.
EVERYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW INSIDE AND BEHIND THE
SCENES AT THE TRUMP TRIAL.
WE ARE STARTING LIVE OUTSIDE
THE COURTHOUSE IN MANHATTAN. AND
YASMIN, THEY WANT HOPE HICKS
TO CREATE A DIRECT LINE FROM
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE
CAMPAIGN TO, IN THEIR WORDS, A
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO
INFLUENCE THE ELECTION IN 2016.
DID THAT HAPPEN TODAY?
>> OF THEIR OBJECTIVE WAS TO
CREATE MOTIVE.
THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE
PROSECUTION IN THE LEAD UP OF
THEIR TESTIMONY WITH HOPE
HICKS.
THEY BUILT THAT TIMELINE. I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER
WHETHER THEY-- WHETHER IT
CREATED THE DIRECT LINE.
THAT IS UP FOR THE JURY TO
DECIDE BUT THEY BUILT THIS IDEA
OF AN INDIVIDUAL, A MAN RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IN 2016 AND THE
REVELATIONS OF THIS ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD STAGE IN WHICH HOPE
HICKS WOULD RECEIVE AN EMAIL
SAYING THERE IS AN ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD TAPE OUT THERE.
DO YOU HAVE STATEMENTS YOU WANT
TO RELEASE PERTAINING TO THOSE?
SHE RAN UP TO TRUMP TOWER IN
WHICH THEY WERE PREPARING FOR
DEBATES A COUPLE DAYS LATER AND
TALKED WITH THE TEAM ABOUT THE
REVELATIONS OF THIS TAPE AND
THE VERACITY OF IT.
IT WENT ON FROM THERE TO THE
END OF OCTOBER IN WHICH PAYOUTS
WERE MADE, PAINTING A PICTURE
OF A MAN RUNNING FOR ELECTION
FOR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES THESE DETAILS KEPT QUIET
AND NOT SURE IF THEY WERE GOING
TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.
ELECTION.
>> ARE WE GETTING THE KEY
ELEMENT, THE DIRECT CONNECTION
OF INVOLVEMENT IN THIS ALLEGED
SCHEME?
BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE A LOT
OF POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT
MICHAEL COHEN.
>> SHE DID NOT.
LET ME READ SOME OF THE BACK
AND FORTH FOR YOU IF I CAN.
SPECIFICALLY SHE SAID I DIDN'T
KNOW MICHAEL TO BE AND ASK
ESPECIALLY CHARITABLE PERSON.
IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO TAKES
CREDIT.
TRUMP THOUGHT IT WAS GENEROUS
OF HIM TO DO AND HE APPRECIATED
THE LOYALTY.
MICHAEL FELT LIKE IT WAS HIS
JOB TO PROTECT HIM.
THIS WAS IN REGARDS TO THE
ARTICLE ABOUT THE PAYOFF TO
STORMY DANIELS.
IN CROSS-EXAMINATION IT GOT
EVEN BETTER WHEN IT CAME TO
MICHAEL COHEN, ASKED WAS MISTER
COHEN PART OF THE CAMPAIGN?
HE SAID NO, HE WOULD TRY TO
INSERT HIMSELF BUT WAS NOT ON
THE CAMPAIGN IN ANY OFFICIAL
CAPACITY.
THERE WERE THINGS HE DID IN A
VOLUNTARY CAPACITY BECAUSE OF
HIS INTEREST, AND THEN THIS
MOMENT WHICH DROVE THINGS HOME
FOR THE DEFENSE I BELIEVE.
HE LIKES TO CALL HIMSELF A
FIXER OR MISTER FIX IT AND IT
WAS ONLY BECAUSE HE FIRST BROKE
IT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS I
HAD A FROM HER TESTIMONY WAS
THAT SHE WAS CREDIBLE FOR BOTH
SIDES.
BOTH FOR THE PROSECUTION AND
THE DEFENSE.
THE PROSECUTION PAINTING THIS
WOMAN WHO WAS LOYAL TO DONALD
TRUMP BUT ALSO NEW OF THE INNER
WORKINGS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
SHE SERVED AS SOMEONE PAINTING
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AS A
FAMILY MAN WORRIED ABOUT
EMBARRASSING HIS FAMILY AND HIS
WIFE.
>> WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT HICKS
BECAME EMOTIONAL ON THE STAND.
REMEMBER THEY HAD NOT SPOKEN
FOR YEARS.
WHAT DID THE NBC COLLEGE IN THE
COURTROOM SEE IN TERMS OF THE
DYNAMICS AND THE INTERPLAY, IF
THERE WAS ANY, BETWEEN TRUMP
AND HICKS?
>> AT THE BEGINNING OF CROSS
EXAMINATION SHE GOT FAIRLY
EMOTIONAL AND TOOK A MOMENTARY
BREAK TO ALLOW HER TO GATHER
HERSELF.
AND THEN SHE REENTERED FOR HER
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
I TAKE AWAY FROM THAT MOMENT
WAS CONSIDERING THE HISTORY
THAT SHE HAS WITH THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, AT 25 YEARS OF AGE
SHE TOOK A JOB IN 2014 WITH THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION AND TWO
YEARS LATER SHE WAS A TOP
ADVISER.
INCREDIBLY LOYAL NOT ONLY TO
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AS WELL AS
HIS FAMILY BUT IN 2022 THE
FAMILY-- THE RELATIONSHIP
SOURED BECAUSE OF HER TESTIMONY
OF THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO
JANUARY 6. THE FORMER PRESIDENT
WAS WATCHING TESTIMONY DIRECTLY
THROUGH THE MONITORS AND MAKING
EYE CONTACT WITH HER DIRECTLY
DESPITE THEIR CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP FOR SO MANY YEARS.
>> INTERESTING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN ON SITE IN
MANHATTAN.
LET'S NOW GO TO LEGAL ANALYST
DANNY CEVALLOS AND GEORGETOWN
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR
MICHELLE GOOD ONE.
DANNY, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THAT EMOTION.
HOW MIGHT A JURY REACT TO THAT
EMOTION AND DID IT APPEAR
SINCERE?
>> I THINK IT APPEARED VERY
SINCERE.
HOPE HICKS DID NOT NEED A LOT
OF HELP ON THE CREDIBILITY
METER BUT OF COURSE THAT SHOW
THE MOTION-- AND JURORS ARE
GOOD AT TELLING WHETHER
SOMETHING IS SINCERE OR NOT.
THE ENTIRE JURY SYSTEM IS
PREMISED ON THE IDEA THAT WE
ARE ALL HARDWARE TO WITH THIS
TRUTH AND LIE DETECTOR ABILITY.
THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE JURY
SYSTEM IS.
PEOPLE ASSESSING CREDIBILITY OF
OTHER REGULAR FOLKS AND
DECIDING WHO TO BELIEVE AND WHO
NOT TO BELIEVE.
SO EMOTION CAN GO ONE OF TWO
WAYS.
IT CAN BE CREDIBLE IN SOME
CONTEXTS AND COMPLETELY
INCREDIBLE IN OTHERS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL
PICTURE OF HER TESTIMONY, I
THINK A SHOW OF EMOTION
PROBABLY CAME ACROSS AS VERY
GENUINE TO THIS JURY BASED ON
THE FACT THAT SHE REALLY DID
NOT HAVE ANY CREDIBILITY ISSUES
LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER
PROSECUTION WITNESSES.
>> LET'S GO TO PROFESSOR GOOD
ONE.
YOU'VE BEEN READING NOTES ALL
DAY. WE ARE READING THE NOTES
BACK AND FORTH.
DOES IT APPEAR THAT THE
PROSECUTION DID A GOOD JOB OF
CONNECTING THE DOTS FROM THE
ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH TO THE TIME IN THE
WHITE HOUSE?
>> THEY DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO
DO AND THE FACT THAT HOPE HICKS
APPEARED CREDIBLE FOR BOTH
SIDES IS ACTUALLY, COULD BE
ARGUED TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS
SUCCESSFUL FOR THE PROSECUTION.
MUCH OF THE BACKDROP OF THIS,
SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THIS IS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, WHAT'S
TAKING PLACE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND
PEOPLE THAT THESE ARE 34 FELONY
COUNTS.
THESE ARE FELONY COUNTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORMER
PRESIDENT DOING BUSINESS IN NEW
YORK, SO IT'S NOT RELATED TO
JANUARY 6, IT'S NOT THAT KIND
OF POLITICAL HYSTERIA THAT HAS
BEEN FRAMED BUT RATHER, HE IS A
BUSINESSMAN AND MUST COMPLY
WITH THE BUSINESS LAWS OF NEW
YORK.
THAT IS WHAT THIS STEMS FROM.
SO THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL ITSELF,
HUSH MONEY COULD BE SOMETHING
THAT IS A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE.
WHY THIS IS BEING ELEVATED TO
FELONY COUNTS IS BECAUSE THE
ALLEGATIONS BY THE PROSECUTORS
IS THAT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO
CONCEAL SOMETHING MORE.
>> IT SEEMED TO SUGGEST THEY
WERE VERY MUCH FRONT AND CENTER
THINKING ABOUT THE ELECTION.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IN OCTOBER WITH THIS SALACIOUS
VIDEO DEAL, HEARING THE FORMER
PRESIDENT FOR THE ELECTION
EXPLAINING HOW HE GRABS WOMEN,
ABOUT HOW HE VIOLATES WOMEN,
ABOUT HOW HE HAS NO
CONSIDERATION AND DOES IT ALL
THE TIME.
THE FEAR THAT THERE COULD BE
MORE ALLEGATIONS SUCH AS THAT
COMING OUT. AND LET'S BE CLEAR,
THIS IS A FORMER PRESIDENT WHO
HAS ALREADY BEEN FOUND GUILTY
OF HAVING VIOLATED SOMEONE AND
MANY ALLEGATIONS OVER TIME.
>> DANNY, THERE ARE THESE
COMPETING IMAGES OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT HERE.
ONE THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO PUSH,
THAT HE IS JUST THE GUY WHO
SIGNS THE CHECKS AND THERE'S
ALSO THE ONE THAT HOPE HICKS
DESCRIBES, OF TRUMP WHO IS
INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN EVERY
ASPECT OF HIS BUSINESS AND LIFE.
WHICH PICTURE IS COMING OFF AS
MORE COMPELLING OR MORE
DOMINANT?
>> THERE ARE REALLY TWO
AVENUES.
TRUMP AS THE BOSS OF A LARGE
CORPORATION THAT REQUIRES
MINIONS WHO ACT INDEPENDENTLY
AND THEY HAND HIM CHECKS AND HE
SIGNS THEM.
THAT WILL BE THE VIEW OF THE
WORLD BY THE DEFENSE, AND THEN
THE PROSECUTION WHICH IS THAT
DONALD TRUMP IN THIS CLOSELY
HELD FAMILY COMPANY WAS A
MICROMANAGER AND WAS ON TOP OF
EVERYTHING. SO REALLY ONLY ONE
OF TWO CHOICES ARE AVAILABLE TO
THE JURY.
SO FAR THE PEOPLE HAVE PUT IN
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE.
AND SOME OF IT HAS SNUCK IN.
BUT THE IDEA THAT HOPE HICKS
CONVEYED WAS THAT DONALD TRUMP
WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS INTIMATELY
INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE
BUSINESS.
THAT IS GOING TO HELP THE
PROSECUTION MAKE THE CASE THAT
ONCE THEY'VE PROVEN THE
TRANSACTIONS, IT IS SOMETHING
THAT DONALD TRUMP NOT ONLY
WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT WOULD
HAVE HAD TO HIM PROVE.
NOT PASSIVELY BUT DIRECTLY
APPROVE. ONLY ONE OF TWO IS
TRUE.
>> THE DEFENSE REALLY PLAYED
HARD ON THIS IDEA THAT MICHAEL
COHEN DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS
MISTER FIX IT.
DOES IT HELP THE DEFENSE OR
HURT THE PROSECUTION?
>> WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO
IS SAY THAT HE IS SOMEONE WHO
HAS POOR CHARACTER OR CANNOT BE
TRUSTED.
THIS IS SOMETHING DONALD TRUMP
HAS SAID, USING THE TERM LIAR
TO DESCRIBE MICHAEL COHEN.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO LEAVE
THE JURY WITH.
SOMEONE WHO EXCEEDED WHAT THE
BOUNDARIES WERE OF WHAT HE WAS
CALLED TO DO AND IS NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
CAMPAIGN AT ALL.
SO ANYTHING HE DID WAS PRETTY
MUCH ON HIS OWN WITHOUT ANY
KIND OF GUIDANCE OR ANY WAY
IMPLICATING DONALD TRUMP.
>> THE IDEA WAS THAT HE WAS
ROGUE?
>> THAT'S THE IDEA AND WHETHER
THAT IS SUCCESSFUL BEFORE THIS
JURY REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
>> THANK YOU PROFESSOR GOODWIN
AND DANNY CEVALLOS.
BOTH GREAT INTERPRETATIONS AND
ANALYSIS.
HOPE HICKS PLAYED A KEY
COMMUNICATIONS ROLE AT HIS
COMPANY IN HIS CAMPAIGN AND THE
WHITE HOUSE.
HER TESTIMONY TODAY WAS ALL
ABOUT HOW THEY GOT THE MESSAGE
OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
FOR MORE ON THAT LET'S BRING IN
WASHINGTON POST MEDIA CRITIC.
ERIC, AT ONE POINT SHE WAS
ASKED ABOUT HER PRESS DUTIES
DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN ASKING
IF THERE WERE-- WHAT ABOUT THE
TEAM AROUND HER?
SHE SAID IT WAS QUOTE JUST ME
AND MISTER TRUMP.", WE WERE ALL
JUST FOLLOWING HIS LEAD.
SHE WAS RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE, A
LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SOMEONE THAT AGE.
DOES THAT SUGGEST THAT HE HAD
INTENSE CONTROL OF MESSAGING
WITH HOPE HICKS AT HIS RIGHT
HAND?
>> WELL THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK TO THAT POINT, HISTORY
BEARS OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS
SAYING. AT THE TIME IT WAS
CLEAR THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
WAS NOT REALLY MUCH IN TERMS OF
YOUR TRADITIONAL CAMPAIGN.
IT WAS VERY SKELETAL, AND WAS
MAINLY A COMMUNICATIONS
OPERATION.
SHE WOULD PASS ALONG QUESTIONS
TO TRUMP AND THEY WOULD GET ON
THE PHONE AND TRUMP WOULD A
SICKLY LIST OFF THE TOP OF HIS
HEAD, THOSE QUOTES, MANY OF
THEM OUTRAGEOUS, THEY GO
STRAIGHT TO THE PAPERS AND ON
TO THE AIR.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN REPORTERS
ARE SCRAMBLING TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WAS TRUE AND WHAT WAS
NOT.
MOST OF IT WAS NOT BUT TRUMP,
THEY WERE FOLLOWING HIS LEAD IN
PART BECAUSE HE LIES LIES AND
LIES.
EVEN THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM WERE
NOT WILLING TO GO AS FAR AS HE
WAS AND THE OTHER THING HERE IS
THAT IT WAS WORKING. TRUMP WAS
EATING HIS RIVALS.
>> MICROMANAGING THE MESSAGING
ALL DAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS A MEDIA DRIVEN CAMPAIGN.
HE WAS GETTING HIS RALLIES
COVERED BY CNN, I THINK MOST OF
THE CABLE INDUSTRY IS TAKING A
SECOND LOOK AT THAT BUT HE'S
GETTING ALL OF THIS STUFF
COVERED AND GOING STRAIGHT INTO
OTHER MEDIA.
IT WAS A REMARKABLE TIME AND NO
ONE WAS PREPARED FOR IT.
>> KNOWING ALL OF THAT, WHAT
CAN WE ACTUALLY TRUST FROM HOPE
HICKS AS SOMEONE WHO BACK IN
2018, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WORKING
FOR MISTER TRUMP OCCASIONALLY
REQUIRED HER TO TELL WHITE LIES
AND AS SOMEONE WHO OBSERVED HOW
SHE INTERACTED WITH THE MEDIA
AND THE PUBLIC, CAN WE TRUST
WHAT SHE SAYS NOW?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU LEARN
ABOUT WORKING FOR DONALD TRUMP
IS THAT SOONER OR LATER YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE YOUR
RIGHT HAND.
SHE WAS UNDER OATH WHEN SHE
SAID THAT AND GAVE AN EXAMPLE.
A WHITE LIE WOULD WHEN I WOULD
SAY MISTER TRUMP IS UNAVAILABLE
WHEN A FAT-- WHEN IN FACT HE
WAS AVAILABLE.
BUT THE LIES COMING FROM THE
TRUMP ESTABLISHMENT WERE MUCH
MORE EGREGIOUS AND ESTABLISHING
AND ALSO MUCH MORE CREATIVE.
MANY PEOPLE ON THE AIR SAID
THAT HOPE HICKS MANAGED TO SORT
OF-- WITHOUT DAMAGING HER
CREDIBILITY.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT
ASSESSMENT.
OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP
ORBIT SHE MANAGED TO, SHE WAS
NEVER SEEKING SPOTLIGHT, BUT
SHE DID MANAGE NOT TO GET
SLIMED WITH ALL OF THIS
PERSONALLY.
SHE WAS STRATEGIC CONSULTING
AND I AM NOT A LEGAL ANALYST
BUT AS FAR AS PEOPLE IN HIS
ORBIT I WOULD HAVE TO RANK HER
AMONG THE HIGHEST PEOPLE IN
CREDIBILITY.
GRANTED THAT IS A LOW BAR BUT I
WILL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S BRING IN OUR FORMER CHIEF
OF STAFF TO VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE AND DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGISTS.
YOUR TIME WITH HOPE HICKS
OVERLAPPED A LITTLE BIT AND AS
YOU WATCH HER TESTIMONY DOES IT
APPEARS SHE HAS ANY AGENDA
HERE?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I DON'T THINK SHE HAS AN AX TO
GRIND.
WHEN ASKED TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN
IN SUMMER OF 2016, IT WAS
REALLY ONLY HOPE HICKS AND
STEPHEN MILLER AS THE TWO
STAFFERS.
>> IT WAS A REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN
BECAUSE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
REALLY RAN IT HIMSELF. THERE
WAS A CAROUSEL OF VARIOUS
CAMPAIGN MANAGERS BUT THE TWO
STABLES WERE STEPHEN AND HOPE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN LOOKING FOR ANY
OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY TURN
SOMETHING HERE FROM THIS
TESTIMONY INTO A CAMPAIGN ITEM
FOR THEM. DID YOU SEE ANYTHING
SO FAR THAT MAY WORK TO THEIR
ADVANTAGE?
>> AS OF TODAY, NO.
I THINK HOPE HICKS IS SOMEBODY
WHO HAS BEEN A STRATEGIST WITH
DONALD TRUMP FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
SHE WAS FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE
WHEN SHE WENT TO WORK FOR THE
ORGANIZATION.
A LOT OF HER CAREER HAS BEEN
BASED ON LOYALTY TO DONALD
TRUMP AND TODAY ALL SHE
HONESTLY DID WAS FURTHER THROW
MUD ON MICHAEL COHEN WHICH
WE'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE DO.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANYTHING
THUS FAR HAS BEEN ABLE TO
SHOWCASE ITSELF AS THIS IS A
SMOKING GUN WE CAN RUN WITH.
>> HE IS NOT LOOKING GOOD
COMING OUT OF THIS TRIAL.
CAN WE GO TO THE 35,000'?
NORMALLY TRUMP HAS FOUND THAT
HE CAN GET A BIT OF HIS BOOST--
A BIT OF A BOOST AT LEAST FOR
HIS SMALL, DIEHARD BASE WHEN HE
GOES THROUGH THE USE VARIOUS
LEGAL PROBLEMS.
HOWEVER HE IS PRETTY FAR BEHIND
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN.
$90 MILLION SO FAR IN TERMS OF
HOW MUCH THEY'VE RAISED.
$165 MILLION CASH ON HAND AND
TRUMP IS QUITE A BIT BEHIND THAT
. DOES HE HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE UP GROUND HERE WITH A
BROADER GROUP OF CONSTITUENTS
IN THE MIDDLE, OR IS HE
ISOLATED TO HIS FAR RIGHT BASE?
>> I THINK HE CAN MAKE UP
GROUND.
I THINK THERE WILL BE MORE AND
MORE REPUBLICANS WHO COME BACK
BUT IN 2016 HILLARY FAR OUTPACED
TRUMP AS WELL. HE RUNS A VERY
SMALL OPERATION AND HE GETS ALL
THE EARNED MEDIA THAT HE WANTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE
MONEY.
>> HE DOESN'T NEED
ADVERTISEMENTS.
>> I DON'T EVER THINK IT'S AS
BIG OF A DEAL AS SOME OF THE
MEDIA MAKE IT OUT TO BE.
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
>>> THIS MEDIA IS BIG BECAUSE
HE'S GOING DOWN TO MAR-A-LAGO
AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF THE
SO-CALLED DEEP STATE TO REPLACE
MIKE PENCE.
IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE HE'S
TRYING TO MAKE THIS LIKE AN
EPISODE OF HIS FORMER REALITY
TV SHOW.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP
CONTENDERS. ANY ONE F THOSE,
WHAT ANY OF THOSE BE A DEMOCRAT
TOP CHOICE?
WOULD IT BE BETTER FOR THE
DEMOCRATS IF THEY PICKED ONE OF
THEM?
AND WHY DO IT THIS WAY?
IS IT ALL CREATING A SHOW AND
CREATING THE SAME KIND OF
EXCITEMENT THAT HE HAD ON HIS
TV SHOW?
>> I THINK HE RESONATES WITH
BEING ABLE TO MAKE A SHOW OUT
OF HIS VP CANDIDATE CHOICE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT POLLING IS
WHAT IT IS AND THIS FAR OUT WE
SHOULD NOT PAY AS MUCH
ATTENTION TO IT AS THE MEDIA
DOES.
BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE THERE
REGARDLESS AND FRANKLY WE KNOW
THAT VOTERS GO FOR THE TOP OF
THE TICKET, NOT THE VICE
PRESIDENT.
HE COULD CHOOSE ANY OF THOSE
PEOPLE AND AT THE END OF THE
DAY IS PEOPLE WILL STILL BE
THERE.
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO YOU WOULD
THINK HE'S TRYING TO GRAB
OUTSIDE OF HIS BASE, IT'S GOING
TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT HE SAID
OFFICIALLY HE WAS GOING TO
TRACK WOMEN'S PREGNANCIES IN A
PUSH TO BASICALLY QUELL ANY
ABORTION RIGHTS.
THAT IS FRUSTRATING AND I THINK
FOR WOMEN VOTERS IN PARTICULAR
THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WILL BE
LOOKING AT AS WE SEE ABORTION
RIGHTS RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE TO
EXPAND.
THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING
THAT I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL
STAND AGAINST.
THAT WILL HIT HIM HARD.
>> SUCH A LOCK ON HIS FAR RIGHT
BASE. HAS THAT EXPANDED AT ALL
AND DO YOU SEE IT EXPANDING?
THE COUNTRY IS PRETTY LOCKED
INTO WHO THEY LIKE AND DO NOT
LIKE.
>> I THINK THE COUNTRY IS VERY
POLARIZED AND SOMETHING CALLED
DOUBLE HEATERS ARE COMING UP
HERE FOR A PERSON WHO DISLIKES
BOTH WHO DO THEY VIEW AS LEAST
UNATTRACTIVE?
I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME
REPUBLICANS WHO CONTINUE TO
COME BACK TO TRUMP BECAUSE YOU
LOOK AT THE CHAOS ON CAMPUSES,
INFLATION AT THE BORDER. ONE OF
THE DIFFERENCES IS THAT IN 2016
HE DID NEED SOMEBODY TO RALLY
THE PARTY BEHIND.
HE DOESN'T NEED THAT NOW.
SO THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK
IS NOT AS CONSEQUENTIAL AS IT
WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO.
>> TO YOUR POINT PEOPLE VOTE
FOR THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND
THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
IS LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT, ALMOST.
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ICING
ON THE CAKE BUT IT WILL NOT
MAKE OR BREAK THE TICKET.
FOR TRUMP HE'S DOING THIS AT
MAR-A-LAGO AND AUDITIONING
PEOPLE MORE SO FOR FUNDRAISING.
EVERY DAY HE IS IN THIS TRIAL
HE IS NOT ABLE TO CAMPAIGN AND
TO A POINT MADE EARLIER HE'S
ALSO GETTING A LOT OF FREE
MEDIA ATTENTION.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
ADVERTISEMENTS BECAUSE THEY
COVER HIM 24/7.
>> IF YOU LIKE ANOTHER EPISODE
OF THE APPRENTICE. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE.
A LOT OF OTHER BIG HEADLINES TO
TELL YOU ABOUT TODAY.
WE WILL CATCH YOU UP WHEN WE
PICK UP REGULAR PROGRAMMING RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.
THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST
SO HARD TO COMPETE WHETHER IT'S
THE MOON, WHETHER IT'S MARS.
>> IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG.
>>> HERE WE GO.
>>> HERE WE GO.
TONIGHT, A BOMBSHELL INDICTMENT
FOR A SITTING CONGRESSMAN.
THE DOJ SAYS HE AND HIS WIFE
TOOK HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN BRIBES FROM FOREIGN
GROUPS.
THE CHARGE COULD PUT HIM AWAY
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
>>> THE STATE IS BRACING FOR
MORE DEVASTATING FLOODING AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES JUST AS THEY
STARTED TO PICK UP THE PIECES.
OUR TEAM IS IN THE THICK OF IT
THIS EVENING.
>>> AND THE PENNSYLVANIA MAN
WHO HAD A TIME OF-- WHO HAD A
TON OF AMMUNITION IN HIS BAG
WHEN HE ARRIVED AT TURKS AND
CAICOS.
WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT HIS FATE.
THE JUDGE IS NOT TAKING, IT WAS
AN ACCIDENT, FOR AN ANSWER.
>>> A GROUP OF TECH
ENTREPRENEURS ONCE TO BUILD A
BRAND-NEW CITY IN A RURAL PART
OF CALIFORNIA FROM THE GROUND
UP.
WHY SOME SAY THEY ARE BEING
DUPED INTO GOING ALONG WITH
THAT PLAN.
GOOD DAY.
I AM TOM COSTELLO IN FOR HALLIE
JACKSON AND IN THE LAST FEW
HOURS, A HOUSE DEMOCRAT HAS
BEEN HIT WITH A SERIOUS FEDERAL
BRIBERY CHARGE AND CHARGES.
HENRY CUELLAR OF TEXAS AS WELL
AS HIS WIFE, CHARGED WITH ACCEPT
IN BRIBES FROM A COMPANY
CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
AZERBAIJAN AS WELL AS THE
MEXICAN BANK.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE ENDGAME?
INFLUENCING POLICY TO BENEFIT
THOSE COUNTRIES AND THE BANK.
THE INDICTMENT COMES AFTER A
RAID ON HIS HOME AND CAMPAIGN
OFFICE IN 2022.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FOOTAGE
RIGHT THERE.
AT ONE POINT HE WAS THE COCHAIR
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AZERBAIJAN
CAUCUS AND IN A STATEMENT HE
DENIES ALL WRONGDOING SAYING HE
STILL HAS PLANS TO RUN FOR
REELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
SAYS HE WILL TAKE LEAVE FROM
ONE OF HIS ASSIGNMENTS BUT IT'S
NOT CALLING FOR THE INDICTED
CONGRESSMAN TO STEP DOWN.
HE BECOMES THE SECOND MEMBER OF
CONGRESS IN LESS THAN A YEAR TO
FACE BRIBERY CHARGES.
BOB MENENDEZ SET TO GO ON TRIAL
LATER THIS YEAR.
WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS. WHAT KIND OF PICTURE DOES THIS
WHAT KIND OF PICTURE DOES THIS
INDICTMENT PAINT OF THE
CONGRESSMAN?
>> A SHAMEFUL ONE.
IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS HE TOLD HIS
OFFICE TO DO THE BIDDING OF A
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND CHARGES
INCLUDE AN ARRAY OF THE TYPES
OF CRIMES HE TYPICALLY SEE IN A
CORRUPTION CASE.
BRIBERY, FRAUD AND MONEY
LAUNDERING BUT THEN ADDS A
WRINKLE OF ACTING AS AN
UNREGISTERED AGENT OF A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT.
THIS INDICTMENT SAYS HE WAS
DOING THE BIDDING OF THE
GOVERNMENT, PURSUING THEIR
FOREIGN-POLICY IN WASHINGTON
WHERE THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
AGENDA. HE SAYS HE AND HIS WIFE
ACCEPTED NEARLY $6000 OVER A 10
YEAR PERIOD WHICH SEEMS LIKE A
LOT OF MONEY BUT ACTUALLY IS
NOT.
CONGRESSMAN CAN RETIRE AND EARN
THAT MUCH IN SIX MONTHS AS A
LOBBYIST.
BUT IT SAYS IT WAS LAUNDERED
THROUGH SHAM CONTRACTS PAID TO
SHELL COMPANIES OWNED BY THE
CONGRESSMAN'S WIFE WHO DID
LITTLE OR NO WORK. BUT THE
CONGRESSMAN AGREED TO TAKE
OFFICIAL ACTION IN EXCHANGE FOR
THIS MONEY.
NOW HIS LAWYER SAYS THAT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DON'T HAVE
THE EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH QUID
PRO QUO AND THESE CASES ARE NOT
EASY TO MAKE SO WE WILL HAVE TO
WAIT AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS
OUT.
>>> WE SEE ONE STARK DIFFERENCE
IN THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE
NOT CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION
AND MASS.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT
COMPARING THE BOB MENENDEZ CASE AND HIS?
AND HIS?
>> CUELLAR IS THE SECOND IN THE
YEAR ACCUSED OF SELLING HIS
OFFICE ON BEHALF OF A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT AND IN BOB MENENDE
, HIS CASE THE EVIDENT WAS STARK
AND WAS HIS SECOND CORRUPTION
CASE.
HE NARROWLY GOT OFF A FEW YEARS
AGO ON THE FIRST ONE.
GOLD BARS AND CASH FOUND IN HIS
HOME.
THE EVIDENCE WAS SO VISCERAL
THAT I THINK IT LEAD MORE
PEOPLE TO SAY HE NEEDS TO GO.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING LET'S WAIT
AND SEE.
THEY KNOW THAT THE CORRUPTION
CASE SOUNDS BAD WHEN YOU READ
THE INDICTMENT BUT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT HAS TO SHOW EVIDENCE
THAT THE PAYMENTS WERE MADE IN
EXCHANGE FOR OFFICIAL ACTION AND
HENRY CUELLAR IS SAYING THAT IT
DID NOT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> NEW BREAKING NEWS IN THE
LAST FEW MINUTES, A CONFORMED
TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN IN TEXAS
MEANING THE STATE IS HITTING
THE NINTH STRAIGHT DAY OF
TORNADO ACT OF IT HE WOULD YOU
CAN SEE RIGHT THERE.
TEXAS CAN'T CATCH A BREAK FROM
THESE TWISTERS.
A HUGE, MASSIVE CONE AT THE VERY
TIP OF THAT TORNADO AND THEY
CANNOT CATCH A BREAK FROM OTHER
KINDS OF BAD WEATHER.
HOUSTON RIGHT NOW RACING FOR A
LONG WEEKEND OF MORE INTENSE
FLOODING.
WHETHER EXPERTS ARE WARNING
LOCALS THAT YOU SHOULD EVACUATE
NOW IF YOU CAN, OR BE READY TO
STAY PUT FOR DAYS.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN AND
AROUND HOUSTON ARE AT THE
CENTER OF ALL OF THIS DEALING
WITH FLOOD WATCHES RIGHT NOW.
THE EVACUATION ORDER COMES AFTER
THAT REGION TOOK A BEATING ON
THURSDAY WITH AS MUCH AS 12 "
OF RAIN. COMING DOWN ON SOME
PARTS OF TEXAS AND CAUSING
RIVERS TO OVERFLOW WITH INTENSE
FLOODING WHICH HAS LED TO SCARY
SCENES.
FOLKS PULLED FROM THEIR CARS
AFTER FLASH FLOODS CAME OUT OF
NOWHERE.
CONROE, TEXAS, WHAT ARE FOLKS
BRACING FOR WHERE YOU ARE
TONIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND?
>> TOM, THEY ARE BRACING FOR
MORE SEVERE WEATHER
UNFORTUNATELY AND I CAN TELL YOU
THE GROUND IS EXTREMELY
SATURATED SO ANY MORE RAINFALL
COULD MAKE MATTERS WORSE.
I CAN TELL YOU BEHIND ME THIS
IS NOT A LAKEFRONT HOME.
WE ARE TOLD BY THE PROPERTY
OWNER THAT THE SAN VICENTE
RIVER, YESTERDAY THE WATER
STARTED RISING AT 9:00 O'CLOCK
AND SHE HAD TO EVACUATE BECAUSE
THE WATER WAS RISING THAT
QUICKLY.
DISCOVERED HER ENTIRE PROPERTY
ROUGHLY 3 ACRES AND NOW IT
LOOKS LIKE A LAKE.
SHE GAVE US A TOUR INSIDE OF
HER HOME.
THE WATER CAME UP ABOUT 1 FOOT
AND FURNITURE IS DAMP WITH
MOISTURE AND THERE IS A HUGE
CLEAN UP AHEAD.
HOMEOWNERS PICKING UP THE
PIECES, CLEANING UP AND RACING
FOR MORE STORMS BUT BUSINESSES
ARE ALSO SUFFERING.
WE SPOKE WITH THE GM OF A
NURSERY WHO SAID HE LOST
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TREES,
PLANTS, AND SHRUBS.
>> IT'S AS THOUGH THEY OPENED
UP THE DAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
DAY.
WE JUST HAD TO WATCH OUR
BUSINESS FLOAT AWAY.
IT'S DEFINITELY TOUGH BUT WE
ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING TO
GET BACK INTO GEAR FOR
CUSTOMERS AND STAFF. THIS IS
EVERYBODY'S CAREER SO WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE IT SUPER SERIOUS.
>> WE WERE TOLD THAT REALLY,
THIS IS A BUSY TIME OF YEAR AND
THEY WERE RACING FOR LARGE
CROWDS BECAUSE THEY HAD A BIG
PROMO GOING ON BUT NOW THEY ARE
SPENDING THE DAY TRYING TO
SALVAGE WHAT THEY CAN AND
KEEPING THE EYES TO THE SKIES.
>> EVERYBODY REMEMBERS HER KING
HARVEY, THE STORM THAT BROUGHT
DEVASTATING FLOODS TO THE
HOUSTON AREA IN 2017.
I HAD FRIENDS WHO WERE
DEVASTATED BY THAT.
ANY LESSONS LEARNED THAT ARE
HELPING TO GUIDE OPERATIONS
RIGHT NOW?
>> IT'S INTERESTING YOU BRING
UP HURRICANE HARVEY BECAUSE
SOME FOLKS ARE DRAWING COMPARISONS.
COMPARISONS.
THAT WAS THE LAST SIGNIFICANT
NATURAL DISASTER AND A LOT OF
FOLKS ARE STILL RECOVERING.
THE HOMEOWNER WHO LIVES RIGHT
HERE SAYS SHE JUST FINISHED UP
REPAIRS NOT LONG AGO AND NOW
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT
ALL OVER AGAIN SIX YEARS LATER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE FIVE
THINGS OUR TEAM THINKS YOU MAY
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT.
>>> DEMOLITION STARTED ON THE I
- 95 OVERPASS IN CONNECTICUT.
YOU MAY RECALL PARTS OF THE
HIGHWAY SHUT DOWN YESTERDAY
AFTER A FUEL TRUCK COLLIDED
WITH TWO OTHER CARS AND BURST
INTO FLAMES.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS HEAT FROM
THAT FIRE DAMAGED THE OVERPASS
SO CREWS HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE
BRIDGE ON THE CRITICAL
INTERSTATE AND DEMOLITION COULD
TAKE 24 HOURS OR MORE TO
FINISH.
THE HIGHWAY IS SET TO BE CLOSE
UNTIL MONDAY.
>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT A
CALIFORNIA MAN HAS BEEN
INDICTED IN ATLANTA FOR
THREATENING FULTON COUNTY DA
FANI WILLIS.
ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT, HE
POSTED MULTIPLE THREATENING
COMMENTS ON YOUTUBE AND THE DOJ
SAYS HE WILL BE ARRAIGNED NEXT
MONTH.
THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING.
>>> THE US ECONOMY ADDED FEWER
JOBS THAN EXPECT THE LAST MONTH
WHILE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GREW
. THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE GOOD
NEWS BECAUSE IT MEANS THE
ECONOMY IS SLOWING, WHICH COULD
ALLOW THE FED TO CONSIDER
CUTTING INTEREST RATES AS SOON
AS FALL.
>>> THE STOCK MARKET LIKE THE
NEWS AND RALLIED.
>>> BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR
CAITLIN CLARK IS GEARING UP TO
MAKE HER FIRST WNBA DEBUT.
HER TEAM, THE INDIANA FEVER
WILL PLAY THE DALLAS WINGS FOR
THEIR PRESEASON OPENER AND
CLARK WILL MAKE HER REGULAR
SEASON DEBUT WHEN THE TEAM PLAYS
THE CONNECTICUT SUN IN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
>>> SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS
FISHERMAN'S WHARF NOW COVERED,
LOOK AT THAT.
COVERED WITH SEA LIONS.
MORE THAN 1000 HANGING OUT JUST
THIS WEEK.
THAT'S THE MOST THE WHARF HAS
SEEN IN 15 YEARS.
WHY?
THE HARBORMASTER SAYS THE SEA
LIONS ARE TAKING CHASING DOWN A
HUGE SCHOOL OF ANCHOVIES. ONE
OF THOSE SEA LIONS' FAVORITE
FOOD.
>>> THE STUNNING NEW DETAILS IN
THE RACE AGAINST TIME TO FIND
MISSING VACATIONERS WHO
MYSTERIOUSLY HAVE DISAPPEARED
IN MEXICO.
>>> THE ALMOST REMAKE OF SNAKES
ON A PLANE IN FLORIDA, ONLY
>>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS MEET
THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC.
>> WE ARE BACK. AN AMERICAN
TOURIST WAITING MONTHS TO LEARN
HIS FATE MUST NOW WAIT A COUPLE
MORE WEEKS AFTER HE SAYS HE
ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT AMMUNITION
IN HIS LUGGAGE TO TURKS AND
CAICOS.
39-YEAR-OLD BRYAN HAGERICH
APPEARED IN COURT FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE HE WAS DETAINED BACK
IN FEBRUARY.
HE WAS HEADING HOME WITH HIS
FAMILY WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED AND
FACES UP TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON.
THE DECISION BY THE JUDGE IS
EXPECTED LATER IN THE MONTH AND
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON OTHER
AMERICANS DETAINED ON THE
BRITISH TERRITORY FOR SIMILAR
REASONS.
SAM BROCK IS JOINING US NOW.
THERE WERE NO CAMERAS ALLOWED
IN COURT I UNDERSTAND.
WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED
AT THIS HEARING TODAY.
>> IN SOME RESPECTS IT WAS KIND
OF STUNNING BECAUSE I THINK THE
EXPECTATION WAS SURE, THERE'S A
MANDATORY MINIMUM OF 12 YEARS
AND IN ONE CASE, AN EIGHT MONTH
SENTENCE UNDER EXCEPTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR 12 YEARS.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE
PROSECUTOR ASKED FOR.
NOTHING LESS THAN 12 YEARS SO
HE WILL BE SENTENCED ON MAY 29.
I AM TOLD THE JUDGE HAS NOT
MOVED EITHER WAY BUT TO GIVE
YOU GENERAL CONTEXT, THIS WAS A
LAW CONSTRUCTED TO ROOT OUT GUN
VIOLENCE AND THIS WAVE OF
FIREARMS COMING IN TO TURKS AND
CAICOS FROM PLACES LIKE HAITI
AND THE US BUT WAS NOT MEANT TO
SWEEP UP DADS FROM OKLAHOMA AND
PENNSYLVANIA WHO CHECKED TO
THEIR BAGS.
TOOK THEIR BAGS THROUGH TSA
CHECK POINTS AND STILL MANAGED
TO GET AMMUNITION THROUGH THERE.
BUT IT WAS FOUND IN TURKS AND
CAICOS AND FOR SOMEONE LIKE
BRYAN HAGERICH AND RYAN WATTS
AND FACING THOSE VERY
CIRCUMSTANCES AS A RESULT OF
THESE PREVIOUSLY LIGHTER
SENTENCES.
THE PROSECUTOR SAYS YOU HAVE TO
ISSUE A JUDGMENT.
I WANT 12 YEARS.
WE TALKED WITH A SPOKESPERSON
ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO MISS THEIR
KIDS GROWING UP IT'S PRETTY
OBVIOUS FROM THE RECORD AT THE
MOMENT THAT THEIR KIDS NEED
THEIR DADS.
TO HEAR ABOUT THE IMPACT
PARTICULARLY ON HE AND ASHLEY'S
DAUGHTER HAS BEEN PROFOUND FOR
ME.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT EXCEPTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.
MISTER HAGERICH IS ARGUING IN
COURT NOT JUST THAT HE CAME
CLEAN RIGHT AWAY AND SET I
CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT,
BUT HIS KIDS ARE FOUR AND SIX
YEARS OLD AND HIS OLDER
DAUGHTER HAVING A HARD TIME
TRYING TO PROCESS.
HE ALSO HAS A MOTHER WITH
PARKINSON'S DISEASE WHO NEEDS
HIS HELP AND THE PROSECUTOR IS
ARGUING, NO EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES HERE WHICH IS
WHERE WE FIND THE SITUATION
RIGHT NOW.
>> AS THE INTERVIEW SUGGESTED
HE IS ONE OF SEVERAL AMERICANS
WHO IS BEING HELD RIGHT NOW AND
THE COUNTRY PAST TOUGHER LAWS
TRYING TO FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE
COMING FROM HAITI AND THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND
ELSEWHERE.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE JUDGE IS
ALSO UNDER PRESSURE NOT TO GIVE
AN EXCEPTION TO A GUY FROM
AMERICA.
>> THERE WAS UPROAR IN TURKS
AND CAICOS AFTER YOU HAD A
SERIES OF CASES ENDING WITH A
FINE AND SOME OF THEM INCLUDED
AMERICANS WITH FIREARMS AND
THEY WERE ONLY FIND.
SO THE OTHER END OF THE
PENDULUM, THE REALITY IS FAR AS
HOW THIS WILL AFFECT OTHER
CASES, SOME STORIES ARE EXACTLY
THE SAME. FATHERS OF YOUNG KIDS WHO HAD
FATHERS OF YOUNG KIDS WHO HAD
AMMUNITION FROM HUNTING TRIPS
MONTHS PRIOR DID NOT REALIZE IT
WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BAG UNTIL
THEY GOT TO TURKS AND CAICOS
AND TRIED TO LEAVE AND NOW THEY
HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS DEPENDING
ON THEM WONDERING ARE YOU
REALLY TELLING ME I'M GOING TO
SPEND 10 OR 12 YEARS MILES AWAY
FROM MY FAMILY?
WE WILL SEE WHERE THE JUDGE
LANDS IN JUST A MONTH.
>> I THINK IT'S WORTH
UNDERSCORING, YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT THE LAWS ARE IN THE
COUNTRY YOU ARE TRAVELING TO
AND YOUR EXCUSE THAT YOU LEFT
AMMUNITION IN A BAG MAY NOT CUT
IT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
AND BY THE WAY YOU CAN CHECK
YOUR GUN AND AMMO BUT YOU HAVE
TO DO IT LEGALLY WITH THE TSA
USING A CERTIFIED CASE. THAT IS
FOR DOMESTIC TRAVEL. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. SAM BROCK ON THIS
STORY.
>>> WE ARE GETTING DETAILS
ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TWO
AUSTRALIAN SURFER BROTHERS AND
AN AMERICAN AS FAMILY MEMBERS
SAY THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR
ANSWERS.
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT JAY AND
CALLUM AND THEIR FRIEND JACK
YESTERDAY.
THEY'VE BEEN MISSING SINCE
SATURDAY WHILE THEY WERE ON A
SURFING TRIP TO THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA AREA.
THEY WERE REGULARLY POSTING
UPDATES AND THEN SUDDENLY JUST
STOP. WE NOW KNOW THAT POLICE
FOUND ABANDONED TENTS AND
EVIDENCE ARE LINKED TO THOSE
MEN.
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH THE FBI IN
THIS CASE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT DRUG CARTELS
ARE ACT GIVE AND BAJA,
CALIFORNIA CHIEF PROSECUTOR
SAYS THEY CANNOT RULE OUT
ANYTHING UNTIL THEY FIND THE
MEN.
WE ARE WAITING ON MORE DETAILS
AS POLICE IN MEXICO QUESTIONED
TWO MEN AND A WOMAN POSSIBLY IN
CONNECTION TO THE CASE.
BLAYNE ALEXANDER JOINS US NOW.
THE STATE PROSECUTOR, THE
MISSING PERSONS REPORT WAS
FILED 48 HOURS AFTER BEING LAST
SEEN AND POLICE STARTED LOOKING
INTO THIS RIGHT AWAY AS SOON AS
A SOCIAL MEDIA POST CAUGHT
THEIR ATTENTION.
>> THE STORY IS ONE THAT'S
GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION
BECAUSE THIS IS TROUBLING ON SO
MANY FRONTS.
THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION THAT IS
SPANNING THREE COUNTRIES AND
TWO CONTINENTS.
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE IN
TOUCH WITH OFFICIALS BOTH IN
THE US AND AUSTRALIA.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S A VERY
POPULAR AMONGST THOSE AND GROWING IN POPULARITY OVER THE
GROWING IN POPULARITY OVER THE
PAST FEW YEARS.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH
SOCIAL MEDIA CHATTER AND
CONCERN OVER THESE MEN.
LET ME BREAK DOWN THE TIMELINE
FOR YOU.
WE KNOW THAT AS OF APRIL 27,
LAST SATURDAY WAS THE LAST TIME
THEIR FAMILIES HAD BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH THEM.
THEIR MOTHER POSTED ON FACEBOOK
SAID THAT WAS THE LAST EIGHT
THEY HEARD FROM THEM.
THE MISSING PERSON REPORT WAS
FILED TWO DAYS LATER AND THEN
WE KNOW FROM MEXICAN OFFICIALS
THAT THEY HAD BEEN SEARCHING
THE AREA WHERE THEY BELIEVED
THESE MEN WERE LAST SEEN AND
FOUND SOME PIECES OF EVIDENCE
INCLUDING A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK
WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ARE
LOOKING INTO AS WELL IN
ADDITION TO QUESTIONING THREE
INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
>> THE MOTHER OF THE BROTHERS
BACK IN AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN
POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ASKING
FOR HELP.
TALK ABOUT THAT EFFORT AND
WHETHER IT IS GAINING TRACTION.
>> I WILL SHOW YOU ONE OF HER
STATEMENTS.
SHE IS BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT
HER SONS SAYING THEY ARE
BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEINGS AND WE
LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
THE ENTIRE SITUATION BREAKS
THEIR HEART.
THE ONLY COMFORT IS THAT THEY
WERE TOGETHER DOING SOMETHING
THEY PASSIONATELY LOVE AND
STRUCK A CHORD AMONG SO MANY
PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE SONS WAS A
PROFESSIONAL LACROSSE PLAYER.
BOTH OF THEM WERE AVID SURFERS
WHICH IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE
REALLY JOINED IN THIS SEARCH.
>> WELL WE CERTAINLY ARE HOPING
FOR THE BEST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> NBC NEWS COVERS HUNDREDS OF
STORIES EACH DAY AND IT'S
AWFULLY TOUGH TO READ WATCH AND
LISTEN TO EVERYTHING SO BUREAU
TEAMS HAVE DONE IT FOR YOU.
THIS IS WHAT IS GOING DOWN IN
THEIR REGIONS.
WE CALL THIS THE LOCAL.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD FROM A
TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAK AT A HOTEL
IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
NINE OTHERS WERE HOSPITALIZED
AND ROUGHLY 170 PEOPLE MAY HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED.
CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE
DECLARED, WHILE THEY HAVE
DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY THEY SAY THE GENERAL
PUBLIC IS NOT AT A BIG RISK.
OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BUREAU,
THE NURSE NEW CURFEW STARTS
TONIGHT IN NEWARK FROM 11:00
P.M.
UNTIL 5:30 A.M.
KIDS UNDER 18 HAVE TO STAY
WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THEIR HOMES
AND IF THEY BREAK CURFEW POLICE
COULD REACH OUT TO A VIOLENCE
PREVENTION TEAM STARTING WITH
FRIDAY, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS
BUT WILL XPAND TO SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK.
IN MID-JUNE, THE MAYOR SAYS IT
IS MEANT TO HELP KEEP KIDS SAFE
AND BRING DOWN CRIME.
>>> FROM THE SOUTHERN BUREAU
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
TSA OFFICERS FOUND THESE SNAKES
HIDDEN IN SOMEBODY'S PANTS.
THEY SAID THEY WERE SEARCHING A
PASSENGER AT THE MIAMI AIRPORT
AND FOUND THE SNAKES IN WHAT
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A SUNGLASSES
BAG.
THE SNAKES WERE HANDED OVER TO
STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE
OFFICIALS.
YOU CAN HAVE THE SUNGLASSES AS
WELL.
>>> THE BATTLE BREWING OVER A
BILLIONAIRES PLANS TO CREATE A
UTOPIA IN RURAL CALIFORNIA?
LISTEN TO THIS.
FROM THE GROUND UP. A LOT OF
LOCALS ARE NOT SO HAPPY. WE ARE COMING BACK WITH THAT.
YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST.
TOP STORIES WITH TOM LLAMAS
STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON
NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> BACK WITH TONIGHT'S ORIGINAL
, IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON A TOPIC
THAT WE BEEN WATCHING AND
TONIGHT THERE IS A FIGHT BREWING
IN A RURAL PART OF CALIFORNIA.
HOW DOES THIS SOUND?
A BRAND-NEW TOWN FROM THE
GROUND UP ALL SPARKLY AND NEW.
ENTREPRENEURS HAVE A BOLD PLAN
TO BUILD EXACTLY THAT BUT MANY
PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY ARE NOT
HAPPY ABOUT IT AND SAY THEY ARE
BEING DECEIVED BY THE
DEVELOPERS.
>> RIGHT NOW, A MAJOR
CONTROVERSY HITTING A FEVER
PITCH OVER THIS LAND IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
A GROUP OF DEVELOPERS CALLED
CALIFORNIA FOREVER HAVE PLANS
TO TURN THIS INTO THE NEWEST
CITY OF THE COUNTRY.
THEY ANNOUNCED THEY'VE COLLECTED
20,000 SIGNATURES TO PUT THIS
PROJECT ON THE BALLOT IN
NOVEMBER AND LET VOTERS DECIDE
IF IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. SOME
LOCALS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING
THE WAY IN WHICH PETITIONERS
GATHERED THOSE SIGNATURES WITH
ONE PERSON SAYING ON FACEBOOK
SHE WAS ASKED TO SIGN A
PETITION ABOUT HEALTHCARE BUT
CLAIMING THAT ON THE CLAIM--
CLIPBOARD CALIFORNIA FOREVER
STATED THAT OPPONENTS HAVE QUOTE
IN SPREADING MISINFORMATION
REGARDING THE PETITION AND OUR
QUOTE ATTEMPTING TO CREATE
CONFUSION.
WE SPOKE WITH THE SOLANO COUNTY
REGISTRAR AND CONFIRMED ALL OF
THE PETITIONS ARE LEGITIMATE.
DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLAN
TO BUILD A NEW CITY WITH ROOM
FOR 400 DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE PLAN TO BUILD A NEW CITY
WITH ROOM FOR 400,000 PEOPLE
WHICH IS BASICALLY THE
POPULATION OF MIAMI OR
MINNEAPOLIS.
>> THEY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO
OUR CONCERNS.
>> THE PROJECT IS SPEARHEADED
BY SILICON VALLEY INVESTORS.
>> LAND WHERE FOR YEARS AND
YEARS NOTHING MUCH HAS BEEN
ABLE TO GROW UNTIL NOW
>> WE USED TO BUILD NEW CITIES
ALL THE TIME.
>> THE PROPOSAL WAS THAT THIS
GIANT CITY WOULD BE BUILT FROM
THE GROUND UP IN A RURAL AREA
WITH WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS,
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND
CALIFORNIA FOREVER HAS PLEDGED
TO CREATE ABOUT 15,000 NEW JOBS
IN SECTORS LIKE MANUFACTURING
AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
>> IT IS A MAJOR DEPARTURE FROM
CITIES LIKE HOUSTON BUT THE WAY
THEY'VE GONE ABOUT IT HAS
RUFFLED FEATHERS.
CALIFORNIA FOREVER OPERATED
BUYING UP $800 MILLION WORTH OF
LAND BEFORE EVER REVEALING PLANS
. A GROUP OF LANDOWNERS WAS
SUED AND $550 MILLION ACCUSING
THEM OF CONSPIRING TO DRIVE UP
THE PRICE OF LAND.
THE LAWSUIT IS PLAYING OUT IN
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA AND SOLANO COUNTY
LEADERS ARE PUSHING BACK WITH
OTHER CONCERNS OVER ZONING
POWER AND WATER RIGHTS.
>> WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN THE
NEXT 30 YEARS?
IS IT THIS PROJECT?
>> PART OF A NEW COALITION, SHE
BELIEVES THE TIMELINE IS
UNREALISTIC.
>> CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING AND
INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES?
>> THEY SAY IT WILL SOLVE THE
NEED FOR MORE HOUSING AND JOBS
AND PROMISES TO INVEST IN
SURROUNDING AREAS.
>> WE HAVE THIS AMAZING ENGINE
THAT PRODUCES ALL THESE
INNOVATION AND WE'VE BEEN
SLOWING IT DOWN BY OUR INABILITY
TO CREATE HOMES THAT PEOPLE CAN
AFFORD.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY PIECES WE
AGREE ON.
THERE IS A NEED FOR HOUSING,
THERE IS A NEED FOR JOBS.
>> BOTH SIDES AGREE SOMETHING
HAS TO CHANGE BUT WHETHER IT
MEANS IT IS REINVESTING IN
EXISTING COMMUNITIES ARE
STARTING FROM SCRATCH IS UP TO
THE PEOPLE OF SOLANO COUNTY.
NBC NEWS LOS ANGELES.
>>> THANK YOU, GOOD STORY.
THE VERY REAL CONCERNS OF ONE
OF THE MOST ICONIC HORSE RACES.
ARE THE HORSES SAFE THIS
THE MOON, WHETHER IT'S MARS.
IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE
CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG.
>>> YOU KNOW THAT IT'S EARLY
MAY WHICH MEANS MANY PEOPLE ARE
TUNING INTO THE 150th ANNUAL
KENTUCKY DERBY TOMORROW AT THE
ICONIC CHURCHILL DOWNS RACE
TRACK IN LOUISVILLE.
IT'S THE FASTEST TWO MINUTES IN
SPORTS WITH A TOP PRIZE OF $3
MILLION FOR THE WINNER. ALL THE
EXCITEMENT THAT THE DERBY HAS,
THE MEANT JULEP MY PERSONAL
FAVORITE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO
REAL CONCERNS OVER THE SAFETY
OF THE HORSES AFTER 12
CONNECTED TO LAST YEAR'S DERBY
DIED WITHIN DAYS OF THE RACE.
JESSE KIRSCH IS JOINING US NOW.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR?
>> I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT NO HORSES IN THE DERBY
DIED.
THERE WERE-- INVOLVED IN THE
FACILITY IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS
SURROUNDING THE DERBY ON DERBY
DAY.
A TOTAL OF 12 LED TO A
SUSPENSION OF RACING HERE AT
ONE POINT AS WELL.
WE HAVE ASKED REGULATORS ABOUT
WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE THIS
YEAR.
THEY SAY THEY ARE CONSTANTLY
TRYING TO IMPROVE.
IT DOESN'T TAKE INJURIES AND
DEATH TO MAKE CHANGES.
A SIMILAR STORY FROM THE REGULAR
AUTHORITIES AND WHAT IS
INTERESTING IS THAT THIS YEAR
THEY ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE FULL
- ON HAND BECAUSE OF THE ANTI-
DOPING REGIMEN CAME ONLINE IN
TIME FOR THIS USE KENTUCKY
DERBY.
AS FOR THE TRACK WE TALKED WITH
THE CHIEF EQUINE OFFICER, CHIEF
VETERINARIAN OFFICER ABOUT
CHANGES THEY MADE AND THEIR
INCORPORATION OF TO KNOWLEDGE HE
.
>> WE ARE WORKING WITH A COUPLE
DIFFERENT THIRD-PARTY COMPANIES
TO HELP DEVELOP RISK FACTOR
ASSESSMENT TOOLS.
IN OUR INDUSTRY WE KNOW WHAT
MANY RISK FACTORS ARE FOR
HORSES AND WE ARE TRYING TO
LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND SEE IF
WE CAN USE COMPUTER AIDED
TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY RISK
FACTORS THAT TRADITIONALLY WE
HAVE NOT KNOWN ABOUT.
>> THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAD A
PILOTED SENSOR PROGRAM THAT
THEY ARE USING ON ALL THE DERBY
HORSES.
>> WHAT IS THE VIBE RIGHT NOW
GIVEN WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
WORK THROUGH AND CORRECT?
IS THERE A FEELING OF
EXCITEMENT RIGHT NOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL
BUT IT JUST STARTED RAINING.
THE RAIN HELD OFF AND HOPEFULLY
THE SKIES WILL CLEAR BUT PEOPLE
ARE HERE AND EXCITED BECAUSE
IT'S DERBY WEEKEND IN LOUISVILLE
>>> THAT IS A WRAP FOR US AT
THIS HOUR UNCOVERED RESUMES RIGHT NOW.
BOMBSHELL INDICTMENT FOR A
BOMBSHELL INDICTMENT FOR A
SITTING CONGRESSMAN.
THE DOJ SAYS HE AND HIS WIFE
TOOK HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN BRIBES FROM FOREIGN
GROUPS. THE CHARGES THAT COULD
PUT HIM AWAY FOR THE REST OF
HIS LIFE.
>>> WHAT-- ONE OF FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLOSEST AIDES
BROKE DOWN AT HIS CRIMINAL
TRIAL.
THE GRILLING ON THE STAND THAT
PUSHED HOPE HICKS TO TEARS.
IN TEXAS MORE TORNADOES
TOUCHING DOWN AS THE STATE RACES
FOR MORE DEVASTATING FLOODING.
AND NEW DETAILS ON HOW ONE MAN
CAT BIRD FLU FROM A COW.
WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING
THE PUBLIC NOT TO WORRY.
AT LEAST NOT YET. >>> CHINA LAUNCHING ITS MOST
>>> CHINA LAUNCHING ITS MOST AMBITIOUS A RURAL MISSION
>>> THE POLICY TO BENEFIT THE
>>> THE POLICY TO BENEFIT THE
COUNTRY AND THE BANK. THE
INDICTMENT COMES AFTER A RAID
ON HIS HOME AND CAMPAIGN OFFICE
IN 2022.
AT ONE POINT HE WAS THE COCHAIR
OF THE CONGRESSIONAL AZERBAIJAN
CAUCUS AND IN A STATEMENT HE
DENIES ALL WRONGDOING SAYING HE
STILL DOES PLAN TO RUN FOR
REELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER
JEFFREY'S SAYS HE WILL TAKE
LEAVE FROM ONE OF HIS COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS BUT IS NOT CALLING
FOR THE CONGRESSMAN TO STEP
DOWN, AT LEAST NOT YET.
HE BECOMES THE SECOND MEMBER OF
CONGRESS IN LESS THAN A YEAR TO
FACE BRIBERY CHARGES.
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ
SET TO GO ON TRIAL LATER THIS
YEAR'S.
WHAT WERE THESE AZERBAIJANI AND
MEXICAN DEALS ALLEGEDLY ALL
ABOUT?
WHAT WERE THEY HOPING TO GET
OUT OF HIM?
>> OFFICIAL AT. THE GOVERNMENT
ACCORDING TO THIS INDICTMENT WAS
SEEKING HIS HELP TRYING TO
INFLUENCE US POLICY IN THE
DIRECTION OF AZERBAIJAN WHO ARE
IN A WAR WITH ARMENIA.
AMERICAN FOREIGN INTERESTS HAVE
INTERESTS THERE AND THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC THINGS.
IT SAYS THAT CUELLAR SOLD HIS
OFFICE AND AGREED TO DO THEM
SAYING THEY TOOK NEARLY
$600,000 IN BRIBES AND
LAUNDERED THEM THROUGH SHAM
CONTRACTS CONTROLLED BY HIS
WIFE WHO SAID SHE DID LITTLE OR
NO WORK FOR THOSE COMPANIES BUT
THAT THE CONGRESSMAN, AGAIN,
PROMISED OFFICIAL ACTION AND
WHAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT IS
THAT IN ADDITION TO BEING
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY AND MONEY
LAUNDERING WHICH ARE TYPICAL
CORRUPTION CHARGES, HE IS
CHARGED WITH ACT AS AN
UNREGISTERED AGENT FOR A
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. HE IS THE
SECOND LAWMAKER IN A YEAR
CHARGED WITH SELLING HIS OFFICE
TO A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND
THAT IS DEEPLY SIGNIFICANT.
>> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DRAW
COMPARISONS BETWEEN THIS CASE
AND SENATOR MENENDEZ.
IS THAT FAIR AND SHOULD THEY?
>> ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE VERY
SIMILAR CASES.
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST BOB
MENENDEZ IN TERMS OF THE GOLD
BARS AND THE CASH IS SO
VISCERAL AND STRONG THAT YOU
HAVE PEOPLE CALLING FOR HIS
RESIGNATION.
WE ARE NOT SEEING SIMILAR CALLS
FROM DEMOCRATS TODAY AND THAT
MAY BE BECAUSE EVERYONE IN
WASHINGTON KNOWS THAT THESE
CASES ARE HARD TO WIN.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD
THEM BLOW UP IN THEIR FACE.
THEY HAVE TO SHOW EVIDENCE THAT
HE ACTUALLY GOT PAID TO DO
OFFICIAL ACTS AND THAT'S
DIFFICULT. THE INDICTMENT SEEMS
VERY STRONG.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> NOW TO POTENTIALLY THE
BIGGEST BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY YET
THE DRAMATIC MOMENTS WHEN THE
WOMAN WHO HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT
TO EVERYTHING WE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT IN THIS TRIAL BROKE DOWN
IN TEARS ON THE STAND.
THIS WOMAN HOPE HICKS, AN AIDE
WHO THE FORMER PRESIDENT
TREATED LIKE A DAUGHTER.
SHE LED COMMUNICATIONS WHEN THE
SCHEME TOOK PLACE TO BURY
EMBARRASSING STORIES.
THAT WAS BEFORE HE BROUGHT HER
TO THE WHITE HOUSE BUT NOW SHE
HASN'T SPOKEN TO HIM IN TWO
YEARS.
TODAY PROSECUTORS WANTED TO
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE
SCENES WHEN THIS WOMAN MADE
HEADLINES.
THEN CANDIDATE TRUMP CAUGHT ON
CAMERA MAKING VULGAR COMMENTS
ABOUT ASSAULTING WOMEN.
HOPE HICKS WHO WAS HIS PRESS
SECRETARY AT THE TIME SAYS SHE
DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE TAPE
UNTIL SHE HEARD FROM A REPORTER
AND THAT THERE WAS A CONSENSUS
THAT QUOTE THIS WAS GOING TO BE
A CRISIS.
THE BIG QUESTION, WHY DOES THIS
MATTER FOR THE CASE?
LET'S HIT THE REWIND. SHE SAYS
SHE CALLED MICHAEL COHEN,
TRUMPS FORMER FIXER, TO ASK IF
THERE WAS ANOTHER TAPE THAT
WOULD NEED DAMAGE CONTROL WHICH
HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2016.
LATER THAT MONTH PROSECUTORS
SAY DAMAGE CONTROL KICKED IN
WITH THE LEGEND HUSH MONEY
PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS WHO
CLAIMED SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH
TRUMP.
TRUMP DENIES IT. AND THAT'S THE
REASON WHY WE ARE HERE AND WHY
HE FACES COUNTS OF FALSIFYING
BUSINESS RECORDS TO WHICH HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
VAUGHN HILLYARD HAS BEEN
WATCHING THIS THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE CASE.
LET'S START WITH WHAT THE
PROSECUTION WAS HOPING TO GET
OUT OF HOPE HICKS TO PAINT THIS
PICTURE OF DONALD TRUMP AS
FULLY IN CONTROL AND TO MAKE
THIS LINE. WHAT DO WE HEAR
TODAY FROM THAT AND?
>> THEY WANTED TO USE HOPE HICKS
TO SET UP THAT SHE WAS SUCH A
CRUCIAL WITNESS BECAUSE OF HOW
SMALL DONALD TRUMP'S INNER
CIRCLE WAS PARTICULARLY IN 2015
AND 16 WHEN SHE WAS SERVING AS
HIS PRESS SECRETARY.
WHEN SHE WAS ASKED BY THE
PROSECUTION WHO WAS DOING
PRESS, SHE SAID IT WAS JUST ME
AND MISTER TRUMP AND THE TEAM
THAT INCLUDED THE BODYGUARD AS
WELL AS THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER
WERE ALL JUST FOLLOWING HIS
LEAD.
THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT TO THE JURY SOMEBODY
WHO HAD BEEN A LONGTIME
CONFIDANT EVEN BEFORE BECOMING
A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHEN
SHE WORKED FOR HIM IN 2014, TO
SAY THIS TESTIMONY IS CREDIBLE
AND HAD SOMEONE TO THE YEAR ALL
THE WAY TO THE END OF THE
PRESIDENCY.
>> THE DEFENSE HELPED HER OUT
BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS
CRITICISM OF MICHAEL COHEN.
>> RIGHT. HE'S GOING TO BE THAT
KEY WITNESS THAT WILL
POTENTIALLY TAKE THE STAND AND
PAID THAT $130,000 TO STORMY
DANIELS.
WHEN HOPE HICKS TALKED ABOUT
HIM HE SAID HE NEVER ACTUALLY
HAD A FORMER ROLE.
AND FOR ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES HE WOULD INSERT HIMSELF
BUT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON
ANY CAMPAIGN IN ANY OFFICIAL
CAPACITY.
THERE WERE THINGS HE DID IN A
VOLUNTARY CAPACITY BECAUSE OF
HIS INTEREST BUT THEN WHEN
ASKED ABOUT CONVERSATIONS AND
28 TEEN WHEN THE STORY WAS FIRST
COMING TO LIGHT ABOUT THE
ARRANGEMENT SHE SAID THAT
DONALD TRUMP SUGGESTED TO HER
THAT, HAPPY AND SURPRISED THAT
MICHAEL COHEN WOULD TAKE THIS
STANCE AND SHE HERSELF SAID HE
WAS NOT EXACTLY A CHARITABLE OR
SELFLESS PERSON.
HE WAS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO
SEEKS CREDIT AND SORT OF
SURPRISED THAT HE WOULD ARRANGE
$130,000 FROM HIS OWN HOME
EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT TO PAY
OFF STORMY DANIELS BEFORE THE
ELECTION WITHOUT THAT MONEY
COMING FROM SOMEWHERE.
>> THE IDEA HE DID IT ON HIS
OWN IS TOO MUCH TO BELIEVE.
WE MENTIONED SHE BECAME
EMOTIONAL AND WE REMEMBER THAT
SHE AND TRUMP HAVE NOT SPOKEN
FOR YEARS.
WHAT DID OUR NBC COLLEAGUES--
BECAUSE YOU ARE OT ABLE TO BE
THERE BUT WHAT DID COLLEAGUES
IN THE COURTROOM SEE IN TERMS
OF THE DYNAMICS?
>> THEY SAID THIS IS SOMEONE
WHO WORKED WITH HIM FOR ABOUT
EIGHT YEARS AND WHEN SHE TOOK
THE STAND SHE DID NOT MAKE EYE
CONTACT DIRECTLY WITH DONALD
TRUMP AND INSTEAD WHILE HE WAS
STARING AT HER SHE OPENLY
ADMITTED THAT SHE WAS NERVOUS
AND WHEN CROSS-EXAMINATION
BEGAN AND DONALD TRUMP'S
ATTORNEY BEGAN ASKING QUESTIONS
WITHIN ABOUT A MINUTE SHE BROKE
DOWN IN TEARS AND COURT HAD TO
BE PAUSED FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO
REGROUP.
AND UPON LEAVING THE COURTROOM
REPORTERS SAID THERE WAS A
SOLEMN THIS WHEN SHE WALKED OUT
AS THIS WAS SOME AND SHE WAS
VERY CLOSE TO NOT ONLY AT THE
CAMPAIGN BUT ULTIMATELY MADE
HER THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
AND THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE SHE
ADMITTED SHE WAS PAYING HER OWN
LEGAL BILLS.
THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAD A
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AS WELL AS
FAMILIES AND WAS CLEARLY A
DIFFICULT DAY FOR HER AS SHE
TESTIFIED UNDER OATH.
>> ON THE STORY ALL WEEK.
>>> RAKING NEWS IN THE LAST FEW
MINUTES, A BUNCH OF TORNADO
REPORTS ALL ACROSS TEXAS ARE
POPPING UP ONE AFTER ANOTHER
WHICH MEANS THE STATE IS
HITTING THE NINTH STRAIGHT DAY
OF TORNADO ACT.
WHAT IS CALLED A MULTI-BOARD FOR
-- A MULTI-VORTEX INVOLVING TWO
SEPARATE TORNADOES SPINNING
AROUND EACH OTHER.
TEXAS HAS REALLY BEEN
STRUGGLING AND CANNOT CATCH A
BREAK. CHECK OUT THIS MASSIVE
COHEN. THE HOUSTON AREA BRACING
FOR A LONG WEEKEND OF MORE
INTENSE FLOODING.
EXPERTS ARE WARNING, EVACUATE
NOW IF YOU CAN OR BE READY TO
STAY PUT FOR DAYS.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN AND
AROUND HOUSTON ARE AT THE
CENTER OF ALL OF THIS DEALING
WITH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
RIGHT NOW.
THE EVACUATION ORDER COMES
AFTER THE REGION TOOK A BEATING
ON THURSDAY.
AS MUCH AS 12 " OF RAIN COMING
DOWN IN SOME PARTS OF TEXAS
WHICH CAUSE RIVERS TO OVERFLOW
WITH INTENSE FLOODING AND HAS
LED TO SCARY SCENES.
FOLKS PULLED FROM THEIR CARS
AFTER FLASH FLOODS CAME OUT OF
NOWHERE. KATHY, HOW ARE FOLKS
DEALING WITH THIS EXTREME
WEATHER AND MORE ON THE WAY?
>> WELL TOM, I CAN TELL YOU A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE CAUGHT OFF
GUIDE-- CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
THEY RECEIVED THE WARNINGS BUT
WERE NOT ANTICIPATING THE
DAMAGE THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE STANDING IN A BACKYARD
AND RIGHT BEHIND ME, THIS IS
ROUGHLY 3 ACRES OF LAND AND THE
RIVER IS SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF
YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE'S
HANDING.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SCENE AND
THE WATER ROSE QUICKLY.
THE HOMEOWNER TOLD US EARLIER
THAT IT CAME ON EARLY YESTERDAY
MORNING AND SHE HAD TO GRAB
WHAT SHE COULD AND GET OUT. SHE
CAME BACK TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIRT AND
DEBRIS. SHE SAID SHE GOT ABOUT
A FOOT OF WATER INSIDE OF HER
HOME SO A LOT OF CLEANUP AHEAD
BUT BUSINESSES ARE ALSO
SUFFERING.
HE SPOKE WITH THE GM OF A
NURSERY NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE
IN HIS BUSINESS IS ALSO RIGHT
BY THE RIVER. HE IS SAYING HIS
LOSSES ARE IN THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSAND IS.
>> IT'S AS IF THEY OPENED UP
THE DAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
DAY AND WE HAD TO WATCH OUR
BUSINESS FLOAT AWAY.
IT IS DEFINITELY TOUGH BUT WE
WILL DO EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO
GET BACK INTO GEAR AND GET
READY FOR CUSTOMERS AND STAFF.
THIS IS EVERYONE'S CAREER SO WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE IT SUPER
SERIOUSLY.
>> STEVE WAS TELLING US THAT HE
WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A BUSY
WEEKEND AHEAD AND IS SPENDING
THE DAY CLEANING UP WITH HIS
STAFF AND HOPEFULLY THEY ARE
ABLE TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THOSE
PLANTS TREES AND SHRUBS SO NOT
ONLY ARE THEY CLEANING UP BUT
KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE
SKY BECAUSE WE ARE MONITORING
MORE SEVERE WEATHER NOW THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.
>> ANYONE WHO HAS HAD A
DISHWASHER OVERFLOW KNOWS WHAT
A MESS THAT IS.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>>> TONIGHT COLLEGE CAMPUSES
ARE TRYING TO BRING SOME
SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY BACK
AFTER TWO WEEKS OF ARREST AND
CHAOS BUT IT LOOKS IN SOME
CASES LIKE THAT MAY NOT
STOPPING PROTESTERS.
THEY ARE HEADED TO NYU IN THE
LAST FEW MINUTES.
THE SCENE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS
GOING ONE TWO WAYS TO SLOW DOWN
EITHER BY FORCE DEALS WITH
ADMINISTRATORS BEING THE OTHER
OPTION AND YOU HAVE SCENES LIKE
THIS, THE NYPD CLEARING OUT
ENCAMPMENTS. 43 PEOPLE ARRESTED
AT THE NEW SCHOOL AND 13 AT NYU.
CAMPUS IS BACK OPEN AFTER
THREATENING TO USE FORCE IF
PEOPLE RESISTED ARREST BUT
THERE ARE ALSO SCHOOLS WORKING
WITH PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS ENDED PEACEFULLY AT
RUTGERS ONCE MANAGEMENT REACHED
AN AGREEMENT AND THAT HAPPENED
AFTER THE SCHOOL SET A DEADLINE
YESTERDAY TO CLEAR THE
ENCAMPMENT.
STEVE, IT'S A QUIRED OR FRIDAY
RELATIVELY BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN THAT STUDENT ACTIVISM IS
NOT SPREADING.
WHERE DO THINGS STAND WHERE YOU
ARE RIGHT NOW?
>> MUCH QUIETER. THE LOUDEST
THING THAT I CAN HEAR ARE BIRDS
WHICH IS INCREDIBLE TO THINK
ABOUT.
YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE
THE SPACE BEHIND ME.
THIS IS TRANSFORMED BACK INTO A
COLLEGE QUAD. IT WAS TENSE AND
PLYWOOD THAT WERE SO THICK THAT
ROYCE HALL WAS NOT VISIBLE.
THAT POLICE ACTION SWEEP THAT
WAS HERE, WITH POLICE USING
SHOCK AND ON TO TAKE DOWN THIS
ENCAMPMENT VERY SWIFTLY.
THE LATEST NUMBERS WE HAVE,
MORE THAN 200 ARRESTS WHICH MAY
BE NEAR 210 NOW.
THE OFFICIAL LINE IS THAT THERE
WERE VERY FEW INJURIES.
IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY WHEN
YOU SPEAK TO PROTESTERS AND WE
HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL POST
POLICE ACTION INCLUDING ONE WHO
SAID SHE WAS STRUCK WITH A
POLICE BATON OVER AND OVER
AGAIN BEFORE BEING ARRESTED.
>> I WAS REPEATEDLY BEING HIT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND CAN
UNTIL I COULDN'T BREATHE. I
CAME BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS WHO
SAID THEY WERE IN DANGER.
WE WERE THERE PEACEFULLY.
PEACEFUL STUDENT PROTESTERS
TRYING TO PROTEST GENOCIDE
'S BEING AT THERE IS OF COURSE
REPORTING ABOUT OUTSIDE
AGITATORS AND OUTSIDE GROUPS
INFILTRATING THESE MOVEMENTS.
I ASKED THE QUESTION TO SOME OF
THE PROTESTERS AND THEY SAID
THIS IS LARGELY A STUDENT
MOVEMENT BUT THE CHANCE OR HAS
PROMISED A FULL INVESTIGATION
OF EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON
HERE.
>> WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM JEWISH
STUDENTS WHO COULDN'T EVEN GET
THE GET TO CLASS AND WERE NOT
ALLOWED TO WALK DOWN THE
SIDEWALK BEING ASKED FOR THEIR
POLITICAL AFFILIATION IN ORDER
TO WALK ON CAMPUS THAT THEY
PAID TUITION FOR. I UNDERSTAND
YOU TALKED WITH A MEDIA LIAISON
AND WHAT IS SHE TELLING YOU
ABOUT WHERE THE MOVEMENT GOES
FROM HERE?
>> AT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO,
SHE IS FRESH FROM BEING
ARRESTED AS THERE WERE SEVERAL
ARRESTS AND SHE'S CLAIMING
MULTIPLE INJURIES AS WELL SO
THEY ARE RECUPERATING AND SHE
TELLS ME THEY WILL BE BACK IN
FORCE.
>> WE ARE NOT DONE.
AS LONG AS THE UNIVERSITY HAS
NOT DIVESTED AND THERE'S A
GENOCIDE HAPPENING, WE ARE NOT
DONE.
>> DOES THAT MEAN ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE SAME ENCAMPMENT?
A FRESH NEW ENCAMPMENT?
SOMEWHERE ELSE ON CAMPUS?
WILL CAMPUS ALLOW THAT THEY
SAID THEY ARE STILL
RECUPERATING AFTER THAT POLICE
ACTION AND DON'T HAVE THAT
ANSWERS BUT SAID ALSO THAT
UNTIL THE UNIVERSITY DIVEST AND
UNTIL DEMANDS ARE MADE THEY ARE
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
BUT THAT IS THE OFFICIAL LINE.
>>> NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT
ONE OF THE FIRST CASES OF BIRD
FLU SPREADING FROM A COW TO A
HUMAN.
A TEXAS DAIRY WORKER CAUGHT THE
VIRUS BACK IN LATE MARCH.
HE DID NOT HAVE ANY TYPICAL
SYMPTOMS.
NO FEVER, COUGHING OR SNEEZING
BUT DID HAVE A BAD CASE OF GUY.
SLOBS SHOWED THE SAME STRAIN OF
BIRD FLU THAT WAS CIRCULATING
IN DAIRY COWS.
HE WAS TOLD TO ISOLATE AS HE
RECOVERED BUT THERE IS A REAL
CONCERN THAT THE VIRUS COULD
MUTATE AS IT SPREADS AND THAT
THERE MAY BE MORE CASES OUT
THERE.
ERIC EDWARDS IS JOINING US NOW.
HOW CONCERNING IS THE THREAT
THAT THIS VIRUS COULD SPREAD ON
CATTLE FARMS?
>> IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THIS
VIRUS HAS BEEN SPREADING
UNDETECTED FOR MONTHS AND WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO SPREAD.
MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO MONITOR THEMSELVES.
ABOUT 25 HAVE BEEN TESTED AND
SO FAR ALL TEST RESULTS HAVE
COME BACK NEGATIVE.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS
SPREADING FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON
BUT YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE LONGER THIS CIRCULATES
AMONG CATTLE, THE MORE LIKELY
IT WILL BE THAT IT COULD MUTATE
TO SPREAD MORE EASILY FROM
PERSON-TO-PERSON.
THE AUTHORS TODAY SAYING RAPID
THE MENTATION OF PREVENTATIVE
MEASURES IS RECOMMENDED TO
PREVENT HUMAN EXPOSURES AND
EXPERTS SAY THAT THERE ARE
LIKELY ADDITIONAL CASES BECAUSE
A LOT OF FARMERS SIMPLY DON'T
WANT TO BE TESTED FOR FEAR THAT
A POSITIVE RESULT WILL IMPACT
THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
>> WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS
GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND WE ARE NOT
THERE YET BUT ARE WE PREPARED
IF BIRD FLU WERE TO MUTATE AND
THEN SPREAD INTO ANOTHER TYPE
OF PANDEMIC SITUATION?
>> THE PAST WEEK THE CDC SAYS
THEY HAVE TWO VACCINES PREPARED
JUST IN CASE IT IS EVER NEEDED.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE IN THE
EMERGENCY STOCK PILE.
THERE ARE NOT MANY DOSES BUT
THE CDC SAYS THEY COULD RAMP UP
QUICKLY AND BEGIN SHIPPING
DOSES WITHIN WEEKS.
>>> A RARE SUCCESSFUL PIECE OF
BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION IS
WAITING ON THE SIGNATURE OF THE
PRESIDENT TONIGHT OUTLINING
STEPS TO MONITOR THE ONLINE
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.
THE BILL HELPS STRENGTHEN THE
NATIONAL TIP LINE HAT DEALS
WITH REPORTS OF ONLINE
WRONGDOING AGAINST KIDS.
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING
AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN SAID
THAT IT HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN
36 MILLION REPORTS OF ONLINE
EXPLOITATION OR ABUSE IN 2023.
360% INCREASE COMPARED TO A
DECADE AGO.
THIS STAT RESONATES WITH
PARENTS LIKE JENNIFER, WHOSE
SON DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER
FALLING THE INTO A SO-CALLED
SEXTORTION SCHEME IN WHICH HE
WAS BLACKMAILED.
>> ONCE HE SENT THE PHOTO
EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR HIM.
THEY PUT THE PRESSURE ON, THEY
WANTED MONEY, RESTRICTIONS NEED
TO BE PLACED ON THESE COMPANIES
THAT HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE
ALLOWING THESE PREDATORS TO JUST
GO ONLINE FREELY AND COME FOR
OUR YOUTH.
>>> JULIE JOINS ME NOW AND ALSO
HAS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
THE TWO SENATE COSPONSORS.
JULIE, BREAK DOWN WHY SOME ARE
CALLING THIS GAME CHANGER WHEN
IT COMES TO PROTECT THE KIDS
ONLINE.
>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS IS
ONE OF THE ONLY PIECES OF
LEGISLATION IN RECENT YEARS,
THE MOST MAJOR THAT ACTUALLY
CRACKS DOWN ON WHAT IS GOING ON
ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND
ONLINE WHEN IT COMES TO KIDS
AND MINORS.
AND REALLY FORCES THEM TO ACT
WHEN IT COMES TO REPORTING
SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES OF
MINORS, SOME WHICH LEAD TO
SEXTORTION SCHEMES.
YOU HEARD JENNIFER LEIGH OUT,
SHE IS PART OF A LONG LIST OF
PARENTS WHO HAD TO DEAL WITH
THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS.
THE GROWING USE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA, UNFETTERED ACCESS.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY TRY TO
HELP, SHE TOLD ME IT'S UP TO
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT GOES
ON ON THEIR PLATFORM.
THIS BILL IS A BIG DEAL AND I
WANT YOU TO TAKE A LISTEN TO
WHAT THESE SENATORS WHO COULD
NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT, WHAT
THEY DID TO COME TOGETHER ON
THIS ISSUE AND NOW PASSING THE
HOUSE AND SENATE AND IS SITTING
ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DESK
WAITING FOR A SIGNATURE.
>> CHILDREN GET ONLINE AND IT'S
THE WILD WEST.
THERE ARE BAD BULL LURKING ON
THE INTERNET WHO WANT TO PREY
ON CHILDREN.
>> WE NEED TO FIX THIS BECAUSE