Hallie Jackson NOW - May 6 | NBC News NOW
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses several pressing matters, starting with the ongoing trial of Donald Trump, highlighting the judge's warning about potential jail time for contempt of court if Trump violates a gag order. It shifts to cover international relations with a focus on the Middle East, detailing Israel's military actions in Gaza and the delicate ceasefire negotiations involving Hamas. The script also touches on severe weather warnings in the central U.S., with millions under the threat of powerful tornadoes following recent deadly flooding in Texas. Additionally, it addresses an incident involving an American soldier detained in Russia and provides updates on a former Starbucks CEO's critique of the company's current direction. The summary also mentions a safety inspection issue with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner planes just before a crucial launch attempt of the Starliner spacecraft, emphasizing the high stakes for the company.
Takeaways
- 📰 The news report covers various topics including the trial of Donald Trump, Middle East conflict updates, tornado warnings in the U.S., and other significant events.
- 🚨 Donald Trump is on trial and the court is focusing on the alleged hush money scheme; the former president has been warned of jail time if he violates a gag order.
- 🤦♂️ Trump's response to the potential jail time indicates he is willing to make sacrifices for what he believes are more important matters than jail.
- 🌍 The Middle East conflict continues with Israel conducting new strikes in Rafah while considering a ceasefire deal proposed by Hamas.
- 🌪 Tornado warnings have been issued for parts of the U.S., with millions under the highest level of risk, indicating a severe weather threat.
- 🚨 An American soldier has been detained in Russia on accusations of theft during an unauthorized visit to see a romantic interest.
- 🛑 A moment of crisis in a church service when a man pulled a gun on the pastor was averted by a deacon who tackled the assailant.
- 🚀 Boeing is facing a high-stakes test with the launch of its Starliner spacecraft, which aims to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.
- ☕ Starbucks is facing criticism from its former CEO, Howard Schultz, who has called for a return to basics and an improved customer experience.
- 📈 There's been a recall of Planters nuts due to potential Listeria contamination, and a new Equinox gym membership program is being offered aimed at longevity.
- 🎤 An indie artist has released the first AI-generated music video, showcasing the growing capabilities of AI in creative fields.
Q & A
What was the main focus of the discussion regarding Donald Trump's trial?
-The main focus of the discussion was on the testimony pushing into the details of the alleged hush money scheme, the warning from the judge about potential jail time for Trump if he violates the gag order, and the shift in the trial from lurid stories to more technical accounting evidence.
What did Donald Trump say in response to the judge's warning about the gag order?
-Donald Trump stated that the Constitution is much more important than jail and that he would make the sacrifice and take the risk of going to jail over violating the gag order.
What was significant about the Sharpie mentioned during the trial?
-The Sharpie is significant because it is the pen Donald Trump uses to sign his checks, which is a key piece of evidence in the case regarding the payments made to Michael Cohen.
Why is the judge considering imposing a gag order on Donald Trump?
-The judge is considering imposing a gag order to prevent witness intimidation and to protect the integrity of the jury, as there are concerns that further violations could taint the jury.
What was the role of the two new witnesses that testified?
-The two new witnesses, who are in charge of keeping the books for the Trump Organization, testified about the process of reimbursing Michael Cohen to the tune of $130,000 and Trump's participation in that process.
What is the current status of the American soldier detained in Russia?
-The American soldier, Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, is currently in pretrial confinement in Russia after being accused of theft during an unauthorized visit to the country.
What is the context behind the potential jail time for Donald Trump mentioned in the trial?
-The potential jail time for Donald Trump is mentioned in the context of him violating a partial gag order imposed by the judge, which is meant to prevent him from influencing the trial through public comments.
What is the general public's perception of the trial's shift from sensational stories to more technical accounting details?
-While the public may perceive the shift as less exciting, it is considered more critical and important to the case, as it deals with the actual evidence and testimonies that can directly impact the jury's decision.
What is the significance of the checks in question in the trial?
-The checks in question are significant because they are allegedly used to reimburse Michael Cohen for a retainer, which the prosecution claims never existed, and are central to the charges of falsifying business records against Trump.
How did the judge express his reluctance to impose a gag order on Donald Trump?
-The judge expressed his reluctance by stating directly to Trump that the last thing he wanted to do was put a former and potentially future president in jail, but he would do so if necessary to maintain the integrity of the trial.
What is the current stance of the U.S. towards the conflict between Israel and Hamas?
-The U.S. has been cautious in its statements, emphasizing the sensitivity of the situation. It has been engaging with Middle Eastern leaders about the proposed ceasefire and has reportedly paused a weapons shipment to Israel, although it denies this is indicative of any policy change.
Outlines
😀 Trump's Defiance of Gag Order and Potential Jail Time
The paragraph discusses Donald Trump's trial, focusing on the judge's warning about the consequences of violating a gag order. Trump's response suggests that he values the constitution over jail, indicating a willingness to make a sacrifice for his right to speak freely. The summary also covers the testimony related to the reimbursement process involving Michael Cohen and the alleged hush money paid to two women claiming to have had affairs with Trump.
📚 Prosecution's Documentation and Trump's Signature
This section delves into the prosecution's meticulous presentation of evidence, including invoices, checks, and ledgers, to outline the financial transactions that form the basis of the case against Donald Trump. The discussion also touches on the significance of Trump's signature on checks over $10,000, suggesting direct involvement in the transactions, despite claims of lack of knowledge or involvement.
🚫 Judge's Struggle with Enforcing Gag Order on Trump
The paragraph highlights the judge's reluctance to imprison a former president and the complexities involved in such a decision. It also discusses Trump's recent adherence to the gag order and the judge's warning of potential jail time for future violations. The summary touches on the logistical challenges and the seriousness of the situation, emphasizing the judge's intention to enforce the law if necessary.
🤔 The Significance of Michael Cohen's Testimony
This part of the script focuses on the importance of Michael Cohen's upcoming testimony and the impact it could have on the case. Cohen, who made payments on behalf of Trump, is a key witness whose credibility is crucial for the prosecution. The summary also mentions the potential testimony of Stormy Daniels and the political implications of the trial on Trump's supporters and the public's perception.
🔍 The Biden Campaign's Outreach and Trump's Influence
The paragraph discusses the Biden campaign's efforts to reach out to Republicans who disagree with Trump, and the challenges faced by those Republicans due to Trump's enduring influence within the party. It also explores the potential impact of the trial on Trump's political future and the loyalty of his base despite the legal troubles.
🌪️ Tornado Warnings and Middle East Conflicts
This section provides an update on severe weather warnings across the central U.S., highlighting the risk of powerful tornadoes and the potential for significant damage. Additionally, it covers ongoing strikes in the Middle East, focusing on Israel's military operations and the consideration of a ceasefire deal amidst the conflict.
🛰️ Boeing's Starliner Spacecraft Launch
The paragraph discusses Boeing's upcoming launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station. It emphasizes the high stakes for Boeing, which has faced safety concerns and delays in the past. The launch is seen as a critical moment for the company to demonstrate its capabilities and regain trust in the wake of recent challenges.
☕️ Starbucks' Customer Experience Critique
This section covers Howard Schultz's open letter criticizing the current state of Starbucks, suggesting the company needs to refocus on providing good coffee and service. The summary touches on the financial impact of these criticisms, with Starbucks' stock price falling significantly. It also discusses the potential reasons behind the drop in casual customer visits and the company's strategy to win them back.
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Keywords
💡Gag Order
💡Trump Organization
💡Hush Money
💡Falsifying Business Records
💡Judge Merchan
💡Michael Cohen
💡Prosecution
💡Jury
💡Ceasefire
💡Hostages
💡Middle East Conflict
💡Tornado Warning
💡Starbucks
Highlights
Donald Trump's trial continues with a focus on the alleged hush money scheme, involving payments to keep two women quiet about alleged affairs.
Judge Merchan issues a stark warning to Trump that violating the gag order could result in jail time, despite his reluctance to incarcerate a former president.
Trump responds to the judge's warning, suggesting that he values the Constitution over jail and is willing to make a sacrifice.
The prosecution presents evidence, including checks, to show Trump's involvement in reimbursing Michael Cohen for payments made to Stormy Daniels.
Witnesses from Trump's organization testify about the process of reimbursement and the absence of a retainer agreement, contradicting Trump's defense.
The trial shifts from sensational testimonies to a meticulous examination of financial records and business transactions.
Legal analysts emphasize the importance of the prosecution's detailed accounting in establishing a case for falsifying business records.
The judge's threat of jail time for Trump looms large, with discussions on the precedent it could set and the complications of imprisoning a former president.
Trump's attorneys may be advising him to be cautious with his public statements to avoid further legal repercussions.
The prosecution anticipates concluding their case in two weeks, after which the defense will have the opportunity to present their case.
The significance of Michael Cohen's potential testimony and its impact on the jury's perception of Trump's involvement is discussed.
The political implications of the trial on Trump's potential future presidency and the reactions of his supporters are considered.
The Biden administration's response to the Middle East conflict and its role in ceasefire negotiations are examined.
The severe weather warnings in the central U.S., with a high risk of powerful tornadoes, lead to a significant weather event.
The impact of the recent flooding in Texas and the ongoing recovery efforts are discussed, highlighting the challenges faced by affected communities.
An American soldier's detention in Russia raises concerns, with details of his arrest and the U.S. State Department's response provided.
The incident in a church where a man with a gun was stopped by a deacon is recounted, emphasizing the quick actions that prevented tragedy.
Transcripts
TOMORROW WE WILL BE BACK WITH
MORE "MEET THE PRESS NOW."
THE NEWS CONTINUES WITH HALLIE
JACKSON NOW.
>>> I'M HALLIE JACKSON WITH A
BREAKING NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
DONALD TRUMP ON TRIAL WITH
COURT JUST WRAPPING UP IN THE
LAST HOUR.
TESTIMONY PUSHING US INTO THE
NITTY GRIDE OF THE SUIT AT THE
CENTER OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
COURT.
THE HEADLINE OR SHADOW LOOMING
OVER MR. TRUMP NOW AND THE
THING THAT WE HEARD HIM TALK
ABOUT IN THE HALLWAY, THE
WARNING FROM THE JUDGE THAT THE
FORMER PRESIDENT, SOMEBODY THAT
CAN MAYBE BE THE FUTURE ONE,
COULD END UP IN A JAIL CELL IF
HE IS NOT MORE CAREFUL ON WHAT
HE SAYS.
WE HEARD TRUMP SOUNDING MORE
OPEN TO THE IDEA, PERHAPS, OF
BEING BEHIND BARS THAN THE IDEA
OF HOLDING HIS TONGUE.
LISTEN TO THIS.
>> THIS JUDGE IS GIVING ME A
GAG ORDER AND SAID YOU WILL GO
TO JAIL IF YOU VIOLATE IT.
AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
OUR CONSTITUTION IS MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THAN JAIL.
IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.
I WILL DO THAT SACRIFICE AND
DAY.
>> SO THAT IS MR. TRUMP THERE
AFTER THE JUDGE, JUDGE MERCHAN
SEEMED AT THE END OF THE ROPE.
THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO
DO IS PUT YOU IN JAIL.
YOU ARE THE FORMER PRESIDENT
BUT HE WILL IF NECESSARY.
THAT WAS THE RARE FIREWORK IN A
DAY THAT HONESTLY CONSISTED
MOSTLY OF WHAT YOU COULD CALL
NECESSARY SLOGGING.
TWO NEW WITNESSES, CAREFULLY
LAYING OUT THE PAINSTAKING
PROCESS OF REIMBURSING MICHAEL
COHEN TO THE TUNE OF $130,000
AND TRUMP'S PARTICIPATION THAT
WAS PAID TO KEEP TWO WOMEN
QUIET, TWO WOMEN WHO CLAIM TO
HAVE AFFAIRS WITH TRUMP,
AFFAIRS THAT HE DENIES.
TODAY THE JURY GOT THE FIRST
LOOK AT THE CHECKS IN QUESTION
ALLEGEDLY USED TO REIMBURSE
COHEN FOR A RETAINER.
THAT IS WHY THIS TRIAL IS
HAPPENING AND PLEADING NOT
GUILTY TO 35 COUNTS OF
FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS.
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS RECORDS
PORTION OF THE WHOLE THING.
FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES, RIGHT
HERE, WE WILL EXPLAIN WHY ALL
THAT YOU JUST HEARD MATTERS SO
IF YOU WERE NOT GLUED TO EVERY
NOTE, EVERY WORD COMING OUT OF
COURT.
IF YOU HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO,
WE DIDN'T, THIS REPORT IS ALL
YOU NEED WITH OUR TEAM OF
REPORTERS, ANALYSTS READY TO
BREAK DOWN EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW IN THIS SPECIAL LOOK
INSIDE OF THE TRUMP TRIAL.
I WANT TO START WITH YASMINE
OUTSIDE IN COURT.
A COUPLE BUCKETS HERE TODAY.
LET'S START WITH THE PARTIAL
GAG ORDER AND THE THREAT, THE
WARNING FROM THE JUDGE THAT HE
FACES MORE CONSEQUENCES IN HE
KEEPS VIOLATING IT.
TALK US THROUGH IT.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER
PRESIDENT SAYING THIS JUDGE IS
OUT TO GET HIM, THAT HE HAS A
GAG ORDER ON HIM, HE CAN NOT
SAY THINGS, HE WANTS TO DEFEND
HIMSELF PUBLICLY, HE IS BEING
ATTACKED, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THE SAME THING -- WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING FROM THE PRESIDENT.
BUT THE MOMENT OF SOME OF WHAT
YOU JUST READ BETWEEN THE
FORMER PRESIDENT ALONG WITH HIS
ATTORNEYS AND THE JUDGE SITTING
ON THAT STAND AND TALKING ABOUT
THE VIOLATIONS OF THE GAG
ORDERS, NOW THE FORMER
PRESIDENT OWING AN ADDITIONAL
$1,000, SAYING 99% OF THE JURY
IS DEMOCRATS.
HE SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO DO
IT, THE LAST THING HE WANTED TO
DO.
THIS IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, POSSIBLY THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, THERE ARE SO MANY
COMPLICATIONS IN THEY DECIDE TO
IMPRISON A FORMER PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SECRET SERVICE BEING ONE OF
THEM.
AT ONE POINT HE GOES ON AS WELL
AND I WANT TO READ THIS IF I
CAN.
IT IS APPARENT MONETARY FINES
WILL NOT DO SO IF APPROPRIATE
AND WARRANTED FUTURE VIOLATIONS
AND LAWFUL ORDERS WILL BE
PUNISHABLE BY INCARCERATION, IT
SEEMS AT THIS POINT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, HIS ATTORNEYS, THEY
HAVE GOTTEN THE MESSAGE.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE END OF LAST
WEEK.
ONE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S
ATTORNEY SAYING HE WOULD LIKE
TO POST OR REPOST SOMETHING PUT
OUT THERE BY A LEGAL ANALYST TO
DEFEND HIMSELF, CAN HE DO THIS?
THE JUDGE SAID IF YOU FEEL LIKE
IT IS A BAD IDEA YOUR INSTINCT
IS PROBABLY RIGHT, DON'T POST
IT.
I AM NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF
WHAT YOU CAN AND NOT POST.
WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF
THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS GOING
TO CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE GAG
ORDERS OR NOT.
ONE OTHER THING, HAL, WE DON'T
WANT TO HAVE TO PUT YOU IN JAIL
THAT WILL DELAY THE TRIAL.
THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO GO TO
JAIL HERE.
>> YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT THE
ATTORNEYS ARE TELLING HIM.
WE WILL GET TO THAT IN JUST A
BIT.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT A BIT OF
THE REALISTIC SLOG IN COURT
TODAY.
NECESSARIARY FOR THE
PROSECUTORS.
WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE LURED
STORIES INVOLVING THE ALLEGED
SEX SCANDALS NOW WE ARE IN LIKE
THE CROSSING OF THE T'S AND
DOTTING OF THE EYES, LAY OUT THE GROUNDWORK THAT THEY FEEL
THE GROUNDWORK THAT THEY FEEL
LIKE THEY HAVE TO PUT IN FRONT
OF THE JURY RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IT WAS THE SLOG T.
SEEMS LIKE IT IS THE
DOCUMENTATION.
WE SAW ALL 34 COUNTS IN
EVIDENCE.
INVOICES, CHECKS, LEGGERS, WE
SAW IT ALL LAID OUT, PAINTING
THE PICTURE OF $35,000 A MONTH
PAID TO MICHAEL COHEN, LAYING
OUT.
HOW IT IS THEY WERE ABLE TO PAY
IT OFF UP TO $420,000.
THE TOTAL PAYOUT, SPLIT OUT
BETWEEN $130,000 THAT WENT TO
DAVIDSON, STORMY DANIELS
ATTORNEY, $50,000 TO A TECH
FILM, $60,000 IN BONUSES TO
MICHAEL COHEN AND THE REST
PAYING OFF MICHAEL COHEN FOR
TAXES, DOUBLING THAT $180,000.
AS YOU SAID IT WAS A SLOG OF A
DAY.
BUT IMPORTANT TO THE
PROSECUTION'S CASE TODAY.
>> LET'S PICK IT UP, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, LIVE FOR NUS
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN.
LET'S PICK IT UP WITH OUR LEGAL
ANALYSTS, A FORMER MANHATTAN
DA.
TO YOU, FIRST, HERE, TO HER
POINT THE PROSECUTION FEELS THEY HAVE TO LAY IT OUT.
DID THEY ACCOMPLISH IT?
DID THEY ACCOMPLISH IT?
>> THEY ACCOMPLISHED IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SLOG.
THAT IS THE CASE.
THOSE ARE THE 34 COUNTS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT PORN STARS
AND ELECTION FRAUD AND PLAYBOY
MODELS BUT THIS IS A FALSIFYING
BUSINESS CASE.
EACH ONE OF THE INVOICES,
CHECKS, LEGGER ENTRIES ARE THE
CRIMES IN THIS CASE.
AND, THE PROSECUTION HAS TO
PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
THAT DONALD TRUMP MADE OR
CAUSED TO BE MADE A FALSE ENTRY
IN HIS BUSINESS RECORDS OF HIS
COMPANY AND IT WAS DONE WITH
THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD,
INCLUDING AN INTENT TO COMMIT
OR CONCEAL ANOTHER CRIME.
SO IT IS BORING, TEDIOUS BUT IT
WAS IMPORTANT TESTIMONY TODAY.
AND ALSO THESE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
PERSON AND THE CONTROLLER, THEY
WERE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY
WENT THROUGH THE ACCOUNTING
PROCEDURES OF THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION.
THEY WERE VERY IMPORTANT
WITNESSES.
>> DEBRA, SHE IS AN EMPLOYEE IN
THE ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATION, WE
GOT INTO SOME OF THE, QUOTE
UNQUOTE RECEIPTS, SOME OF THE
DOCUMENTATION, SHE SAID THAT IT
WAS ONLY THE FORMER PRESIDENT,
IT WAS ONLY DONALD TRUMP WHO
SIGNED ANY TRUMPS IT WAS ONLY
HIM.
IF HE SAYS HE DID NOT KNOW OR
WAS NOT INVOLVED DOES IT MATTER
THAT IT IS HIS SIGNATURE THERE?
>> IT DOES MATTER.
NOT CONCLUSIVE PROOF BUT IT IS
SIGNIFICANT.
NUMBER ONE NOT JUST HIS
SIGNATURE IS ON THERE, A LOT OF
BUSINESSMEN, BOSSES, SIGN
CHECKS ON MASS WHEN THEY ARE
HANDED THEM AND MAY NOT PAY ALLOT OF ATTENTION, THAT IS WHY
ALLOT OF ATTENTION, THAT IS WHY
YOU SAW TESTIMONY FOR ANYTHING
OVER $10,000 HAD TO BE
PERSONALLY APPROVED.
IS IT PROOF?
NO, THEY CAN ARGUE SAYING LOOK
JUST BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING
STUFF SENT TO HIM AT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND HE IS SIGNING IT,
DOES NOT MEAN HE IS NEGOTIATING
OR LOOKING AT THE BILLS.
IF HE IS GETTING IT FEDEX AND
SIGNING IT TO HIM HE DOES NOT
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST SIGN
IT WITH HIS BIG SHARPIE AND
SEND IT BACK.
BUT, THE PROSECUTION.
>> WELL, THE SHARPIE, DANNY, IF
THERE WAS PERHAPS A STAR OF THE
COURT PROCEEDINGS IT MAY HAVE
BEEN THAT SHARPIE, CATHERINE?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YES, I THINK IT WAS MRS.
TARASOFF SHE RECOGNIZED THE
SIGNATURE BECAUSE IT WAS A
BLACK SHARPIE, THAT IS HOW HE
DID IT.
THE CASE IS NOT OVER, IT HAS
NOT BEEN PROCH BECAUSE NEITHER
WITNESS SAID N FACT ONE OF THEM
SAID DONALD TRUMP DID NOT
DIRECT HIM TO DO ANYTHING.
SO, NEITHER WITNESS PLACED
TRUMP AT THE SCENE OF THE
ACTION SO TO SPEAK.
SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT
MICHAEL COHEN BE FOUND
CREDIBLE.
THE WITNESSES CO TO WHAT
MICHAEL COHEN DID.
BUT HE HAS TO BE TRUSTED BY THE
JURY THAT HE WAS TOLD TO DO IT
>> COURT WILL PROCEED THERE IS
TYPICALLY NO COURT ON
WEDNESDAYS.
THE SHADOW OVER IT, THE THING
HANGING OVER IT.
HEARING WHAT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT ON
HIS WAY OUT OF COURT.
THAT IS THE VIOLATIONS THAT THE
JUDGE DECIDED HE CONDUCTED
AGAINST THAT PARTIAL GAG ORDER
IN PLACE HERE.
CATHERINE, THE JUDGE ONLY
AGREED ON ONE NEW VIOLATION
TODAY, THERE WERE NINE OTHERS
ALREADY.
ANOTHER $1,000 FINE.
WE LAID IT OUT AT THE TOP OF
THIS SPECIAL REPORT THE JUDGE
SEEMS AT THE END OF HIS ROPE
HERE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
IS IT?
JUST GUT CHECK, RIGHT, THE
JUDGE SAID CLEARLY I DON'T WANT
TO PUT YOU IN A JAIL CELL, I
WILL IF I HAVE TO.
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS, HE PUTS
HIM IN TIME-OUT, HOLDING AREA,
WHAT REALLY COULD HAPPEN HERE,
HONESTLY?
>> AND THE JUDGE GAVE
THEMSELVES WIGGLE ROOM.
IF IT IS NECESSARY AND
APPROPRIATE UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL DO THIS
AND HE EMPLOYED, SPOKE TO
TRUMP.
HE DOES NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
IT WILL BE A LOGISTICAL
NIGHTMARE AND IT IS
INTERESTING, IT WAS POINTED
OUT.
TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN VIOLATING
THE GAG ORDER SINCE LAST WEEK.
YES, HE IS IS ALOWED TO TRASH
THE JUDGE AND DOES DISTRICT
ATTORNEY AND IT IS A WITCH-HUNT
BUT STAY AWAY FROM JURY AND
JURORS AND STAFF AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
DESPITE WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
JAIL, THERE IS NO WAY IN THE
WORLD TRUMP WANTS TO GO TO
JAIL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE JUDGE WILL
NOT DO IT UNLESS HE IS FORCED
TO DO IT.
>> IS THAT A SMIRK THAT I SEE
ON YOUR FACE?
WHAT IS HIS ATTORNEYS SAYING TO
HIM.
THEY ARE SAYING NOTHING.
AT THIS POINT, THEY KNOW THE
SCORE.
THERE IS NOT, LOOK, SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE A CLIENT WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO, YELL AT THEM?
IT DOES NOT WORK.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS IN ESPECIALLY THE
WHITE COLLAR CASES IS THE
CLIENT.
THE CLIENT THINKS THEY KNOW HOW
THE WORLD WORKS AND EXPLAIN
EVERYTHING AWAY.
THEY DON'T REALIZE DOING THINGS
THEIR WAY IS WHY THEY ARE IN
CRIMINAL COURT IN THE FIRST
PLAY.
THE WAY IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
THE PROSECUTION SUGGESTED TWO
WEEKS FROM TOMORROW IS WHEN
THEY ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP THE
BULK OF THEIR CASE.
HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE
DEFENSE GOING IN OTHER WORDS
WHEN MIGHT THE JURY GET THIS
CASE?
>> IT WILL BE SHORTER THAN
ANTICIPATED.
TO ECHO WHAT CATHERINE SAID, I
THINK THE PROSECUTION DOES NOT
NEED WITNESSES LIKE KAREN
McDOUGAL.
MAY NOT NEED STORMY DANIELS.
MAYBE I AM BEING TOO MINIMALIST
BUT THE DEFENSE CASE IS ALMOST
ALWAYS SHORTER.
LOOK AT THEM TO CALL A FEW
WITNESSES BUT, IT WILL
GENERALLY BE SHORTER.
WE DON'T HAVE THE BURDEN ON THE
DEFENSE SO WE DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO PROVE.
WE CAN STAND ON THAT ALONE.
>> DANNY, CATHERINE, GREAT TO
SEE BOTH OF YOU BACK AGAIN IN
OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE, THANK
YOU.
>>> LET ME BRING IN
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FROM
"NEW YORK TIMES" THAT SCOOPED
THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.
LET ME START, A PERSON WHO
KNOWS A THING OR TWO AND THE
PRACTICES, WHAT STOOD OUT TO
YOU TODAY?
>> THE THING THAT STRUCK ME
WAS, WE TALKED SO MUCH DURING
THIS TRIAL AND IN THE PAST
ABOUT HOW TRUMP KEEPS A LITTLE
BIT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF
AND THE THINGS DONE ON HIS
BEHALF.
A WINK AND A NOD AS A PRESIDENT
AND IN THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION,
HE SORT OF PUT OUT A HINT AND
PEOPLE CARRY FORTH IT.
>> IMPLICATION NOT A COMMAND.
>> EXACTLY.
ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF IT.
AN EMAIL THAT MAKES IT HARDER
TO TRACE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS
BACK TO HIM.
THIS IS THE ONE PLACE, MONEY,
ALL THAT HE HAS TO SIGN.
$10,000 AND ABOVE.
ONE CASE IN WHICH SORT OF THE
THEORY OR HARD TO TRACE
DECISION-MAKING HE IS DIRECTLY
INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS.
THAT IS WHAT IS INTERESTING
ABOUT THE CASE.
CHECKS AND TRANSACTIONS BROUGHT
UP TODAY.
>> THERE IS ALSO A PIECE OF
VICTIM THAT WAS REVEALED TODAY
THAT MAY NOT HAVE MADE A HUGE
SPLASH AT THE MOMENT BUT COULD
BE DOWN THE ROAD WHICH IS THIS.
FORMER CONTROL OF THE TRUMP,
THE CONTRACTOR HANDLED THE
PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
WHICH SEEMS OUT OF THE
ORDINARY?
>> IT, I MEAN, FROM MY
REPORTING ON CHARITY, THE
ACCOUNTING THEY WROTE OUT THE
CHARITY, TRUMP ORGANIZATION AS
DIFFERENT POCKETS OF HIS
WALLET.
PAYING OUT MONEY FROM ALL OF
THE FUNDS, THIS IS SORT OF A
MOMENT WHEN IT IS ALL
CENTRALIZED TO HIM.
HE IS THE BOTTLENECK.
HE SIGNS THE CHECKS FOR ALL OF
IT.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE CONNECTING
HIM TO THE TRANSACTIONS.
LET'S LOOK AHEAD HERE.
DANNY TEED US UP WELL FOR THIS.
COUPLE MORE WEEKS AND THEN THE
DEFENSE WILL GO.
WHO WILL WE SEE BEFORE THE
DEFENSE TAKES IT, WE WILL SEE
MICHAEL COHEN HERE, HOW
IMPORTANT IS THAT DO YOU THINK,
WHY IS THAT IMPACTFUL?
>> COHEN IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
TRUMP TRIED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER
OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DECISIONS
WITH HIM.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
THE ROOM THAT ARE NOT BLOOD
RELATIVES, ONE OF THEM IS IN
JAIL RAFFENSPERGER, HE IS IN
JAIL.
WE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE
BOLSTERING THE CASE THAT HE IS
GOING TO MAKE.
ONLY HE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY I
WAS IN THE ROOM, MADE THE
PAYMENTS, THIS IS WHY I DID IT.
IT IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK WE WILL SEE STORMY
DANIELS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE SHE
IS AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THE
ALLEGATIONS BUT SHE CAN SAY
THIS IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD ABOUT
WHERE THE MONEY WAS COMING FROM
AND WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO
AND NOT DO AS A RESULT OF
GETTING THE MONEY.
>> IS THAT THE BIGGEST THING
YOU ARE LOOKING TO IF OR WHEN
STORMY DANIELS WILL TAKE THE STANDS
STANDS
>> AND HOW BOTH SIDES HANDLE
MICHAEL COHEN, A KEY WITNESS.
I BET YOU WILL HEAR A THING OR
TWO ABOUT HIS BOOK CALLED
"REVENGE."
IT BRINGS US TO THE POLITICS OF
IT.
WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
COURT IS COLLISION OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST IS WITH
US AS WELL.
OUR POLITICAL PROS, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY BE UNDER
THE THREAT OF SERVING TIME IN A
JAIL CELL, HOW DO YOU THINK
THAT IS SITTING WITH HIM?
>> PROBABLY NOT WELL.
HE TESTED BOUNDARIES, BROKEN
EVERY NORM WE CAN THINK ABOUT,
BUSINESS OR PRESIDENTIAL.
I AM NOT SURPRISED HE IS
CHALLENGING IT AND A STRONG
CASE.
VOTERS SAY IT FEELS UNFAIR THAT
OTHER WITNESSES IN THE CASE CAN
SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT HE IS
RESTRAINT FROM RESPONDING TO
THAT.
I THINK HE IS CHALLENGING
HIMSELF, HE HATES BEING
RESTRAINED BUT THAT IS THE
NECESSARIARY EVIL.
>> IT IS PARTIAL, HE CAN GO
AFTER THE JUDGE.
WE TALK ABOUT IT BEYOND JUST
THE 12 JURORS IN COURT.
THERE IS SOME, THERE IS NOT A
TON OF POLLING BUT NEW POLLING
OUT FROM ABC NEWS SHOWING ONE
IN FIVE OF HIS CURRENT
SUPPORTERS, PEOPLE WITH HIM
NOW.
YOU SEE IT ON THE SCREEN WITH
YOU RECONSIDER VOTING FOR HIM
OR NO LONGER SUPPORT HIM IF HE
WERE CONVICTED.
IS THAT THE SOUND OF ALARM
BELLS AT TRUMP H IMRKS OR NOT?
>> WE HEARD IT FOR EIGHT YEARS.
THIS WILL BE THE THING
>> BUT WE ARE IN A HISTORIC
TRIAL NOW, RIGHT?
>> Y EVERYTHING THAT TRUMP DOES
IS HISTORIC.
SO YOU SORT OF CAN NOT POINT TO
THE POLLING AND SAY TELL HAVE
THAT IMPACT. WHAT WE ARE SEEING HISTORICALLY
WHAT WE ARE SEEING HISTORICALLY
OVER THE YEARS IS POLLING IS
INACCURATE.
JOE BIDEN MADE PROMISES AND
THEY ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE
PROMISES AND THAT IS WHY YOU
WILL SEE TRUMP DOING WELL IN
THE POLLS.
1 OUT OF 5 SUPPORT, EVERYONE
POLLED THAT.
WE HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.
>> CONSISTENT.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK DEEPER AND
FOCUS GROUPS, IT SAYS OBVIOUSLY
THE FEDERAL FELONIES MATTERS
MORE THAN THE STATE FELONIES.
IF YOU LOOK AT MORE, NO ONE
TAKES IT, NO ONE THINKS ALAN
BRAGG IS ABIDING BY THE LAW,
THEY CHANGED THE LAW, MAYBE
CHARGE HIM, THESE THINGS ARE
BREAKING THROUGH AND WE WILL
SEE WHAT THE PRESIDENT DOES AT
THE END OF THIS.
HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF
TRAILERING THE MESSAGE THAT
PUTS HIM IN A WINNABLE POSITION, WHY CHANGE IT NOW.
POSITION, WHY CHANGE IT NOW.
>> JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO MAKE
A REFERENDUM ON TRUMP.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
THE MORE HE TRIES TO ARGUE THAT
JANUARY 6th WAS NOT A BIG DEAL
AND WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, ISSUE
PARDONS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THAT DISRUPTIVE
PROCESS, TRYING TO STEAL THE ELECTION AND OVERTURN THE
ELECTION AND OVERTURN THE
VOTING PROCESS, I THINK THAT,
THAT HURTS HIM, BUT,
UNBELIEVABLY OR BELIEVABLY, I
DON'T THINK A TRUMP CONVICTION
WOULD MOVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM
HIS CAMP.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BAKED IN.
AND ASIDE FROM THOSE THAT ARE
ALREADY KIND OF ON THE FENCE
WHICH IS A SMALLER GROUPING AT
THIS POINT.
MOST PEOPLE DECIDED WHERE THEIR
CAMPS ARE GOING TO BE.
THEY WILL BE NOT MOVED BY A
CONVICTION THEY WILL ARGUE LIKE
THEY HAVE BEEN THIS ENTIRE TIME
THAT ALL OF THESE FORCES HAVE
BEEN WEAPONIZED AGAINST HIM AND
IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
WE ALL KNOW THAT IS NOT FACTUAL
HE HAS DONE A STRONG JOB OF
MESSAGING THAT, FUNDRAISIN
SAYING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
>> THERE IS A SEGMENT OF THE
REPUBLICAN ELECTRIC.
IT IS NOT A BIG SEGMENT, MIGHT
BE WHAT YOU CALL A SLIVER OF
IT, IT IS REPRESENTED PEOPLE
LIKE JEFF DUNCAN OUT TODAY WITH
AN INTERESTING ENDORSEMENT OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE ATLANTA
JOURNAL CONSTITUTION.
I THINK WITH CAN SHOW IT HERE.
TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR AND LEGAL
ISSUES DISQUALIFIED HIM FROM
SERVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
ESSENTIALLY, WE HEARD FROM THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN THEY ARE
ACTIVELY REACHING OUT TO
AMERICANS LIKE GEOFF DUNCAN.
SHOULD THEY BE DOING MORE?
>> Reporter: THEY SHOULD.
AND IT IS A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD
HERE.
ON THE ONE HAND A LOT OF THE
HIGH PROFILE WANT TO RUN FOR A
HIGHER OFFICE.
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE TRUMP
NAME AND BRAND CARRYING IN THE
GENERAL REPUBLICAN SIDE SO THEY
WILL NOT PUT THEIR NAME ON IT
BUT FOR THE EXCEPTION OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE COME OUT AND
TESTIFIED DURING JANUARY 6th OR
ON THE COMMITTEE.
ASIDE FROM THOSE PEOPLE HE RUNS
A STRONG RISK.
WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR OF
GEORGIA WHO, YOU KNOW, HAS
SPOKEN AGAINST HIM CLAIMING
ELECTION FRAUD IN THAT STATE
HAS NOT COME OUT AND SUPPORTED
BIDEN OR TALKED TO THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN ABOUT ANYTHING.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS
PEOPLE WHO HAVE AMBITION ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE EVEN IF THEY
DISAGREE WITH TRUMP, THEY ARE
NOT WILLING TO PUT THEIR NAME
AND STAKE OUT THERE FOR
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT RUIN THEIR
POLITICAL FUTURES.
>> IT IS POLITICS.
DEMOCRATS THAT WILL BE TRUE
BLUE TO WHATEVER JOE BIDEN SAYS
AND DOES AND REPUBLICANS WHO
WILL BE THE SAME THING THAT IS
WHAT BASE POLITICS IS.
MAKING THE DECISION AND THAT IS
WHERE WE ARE.
TRIBALISM.
POLITICALLISM, IT IS TRIBELIZED
TODAY AND TOMORROW IF IT WAS
NOT JOE BIDEN IT WOULD BE
HARRIS OR THEY WOULD BE
SPLITTING WITH IT TRUMP AS IT
IS.
THE CHALLENGES ARE THAT
EVERYONE MADE A DECISION ON
THIS.
>> IT WILL BE THE MARGINS.
>> YOU KNOW THIS.
>> YES.
MARGINS DO NOT HELP BIDEN.
HE BUILT THIS COALITION IN 2020
WITH THE HELP OF THE MEDIA.
>> TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT.
>> WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
BUT I DON'T THINK THESE CASES
OR THE CRIMINAL COURT IS WHAT
PEOPLE ARE VOTING ON.
THEY ARE MORE INTERESTEDDED IN
WHERE THE POLICY MEETS THE
ROAD.
WITH WHERE THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT IMMIGRATION, IF WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WOMEN
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, TALKING
ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO
HOUSING AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY AND THE ECONOMY.
>> YES.
INFLATION AND BORDER SECURITY.
>> YES, THEY HAVE TRUMP IN THE
LEAD, AGAIN.
>> SOME OF THE POLLING HAS
SHOWN IT IS A VERY CLOSE RACE.
TRUMP IN THE RECENT POLL HAS
THE LEAD WITHIN THE MARGIN OF
ERROR.
>> THE QUESTION IS, TOO, WE
DON'T HAVE 16 HOURS BUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU EXPAND IT.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
COME BACK, WE HAVE PLENTY OF
DAYS FOR THIS TRIAL TO
CONTINUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER BIG
HEADLINES, WE WILL CATCH UP ON
>>> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE?
.
.
>>> BREAKING NEWS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT.
NEW STRIKES IN RAFAH AT THE
SAME TIME THAT ISRAEL IS
CONSIDERING A CEASEFIRE DEAL.
WHAT WE ARE JUST HEARING FROM
THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
LITERALLY IN THE LAST 5-10
MINUTES.
WE ARE LIVE IN TEL AVIV.
>>> PLUS, MILLIONS ACROSS THE
U.S. GETTING A RARE WARNING,
THE RISK FOR SUPER POWERFUL
TORNADOES, MAYBE DOZENS OF
THEM.
WE ARE LIVE ON THE GROUND IN
THE PATH OF THE POTENTIAL
DANGER ZONE.
BREAKING NOWS, NBC IS LEARNING
ABOUT EXCLUSIVELY, AMERICAN
SOLDIER DETAINED IN RUSSIA, THE
LATEST ON WHAT HE IS ACCUSED OF
DOING.
AND THEN STARBUCKS EX-CEO.
WHY THE COMPANY MIGHT WANT TO
LISTEN LATER ON IN THE SHOW.
>>> HEY, THERE, I'M HALLIE.
RIGHT NOW IT IS AFTER MIDNIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
IT IS 12:27 IN ISRAEL AT THIS
KEY MOMENT.
THE ISRAELIS LAUNCHING NEW
STRIKES IN A MAJOR CITY FROM
GAZA.
AT THE SAME TIME IT IS
CONSIDERING TO ACCEPT OR
COUNTEROR REJECT A HAMAS
CEASEFIRE.
WE CAN CROSS ONE OF THEM OUT
RIGHT AWAY.
ISRAEL IS CERTAINLY NOT GOING
TO ACCEPT THIS DEAL.
THEY ARE NOT, IT IS STILL A
POTENTIAL TURNING POINT,
EMPHASIS ON THE WORD
"POTENTIAL" THIS IS THE FIRST
DEAL HAMAS AGREED TO.
INSIDE GAZA.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE CELEBRATING,
CHEERING IN THE MINUTES AFTER
THE NEWS BROKE.
A SENIOR DIPLOMAT TELLS OUR
TEAM, HAMAS IS TRYING TO
PRESSURE ISRAEL INTO THIS
PROPOSAL.
EXCHANGE OF 1 ISRAELI HOSTAGE
FOR 33 PRISONERS AND A
PERMANENT END TO THE CEASE, TO
THE FIGHTING.
A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE.
THEREAT IS WHERE THINGS HIT THE
BRAKES.
ISRAEL SAID IT IS NEVER GOING
TO AGREE TO THAT.
THE ISRAELI WILL SEND
DELEGATES.
THEY ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE
FROM FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES THAT
ARE SAYING NOW IS THE TIME TO
GET A DEAL ON THE TABLE.
THE LAST HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED
BAY WACK IN NOVEMBER.
UNFORGETTABLE EMOTIONAL SCENES.
PEOPLE RELEASED.
PEOPLE REUNITING WITH THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS, BEFORE THAT
TEMPORARY TRUCE ENDED ABRUPTLY.
130 HOSTAGES ARE STILL BELIEVED
TO BE IN GAZA.
AT THE MOMENT, STILL A SPLIT
SCREEN.
ISRAELI MILITARY TELLS THEM IN
GAZA TO GET OUT OF THE CITY
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TO BE
SAFE AS STRIKES ESCALATE.
PEOPLE THERE, PACKING UP
EVERYTHING THEY OWN.
YOU CAN SEE THEM TRYING TO GET
OUT.
IN THIS DESPERATE RACE.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE.
I WANT TO START IN TEL AVIV.
A LOT OF NEWS COMING INTO US
WITH THE TWO ISSUES CONNECTED.
RAFAH STRIKES AND CEASEFIRE
TALKS, THE THREAT OF ONE IS
DRIVING THE URGENCY OF THE
OTHER?
>> Reporter: TOTALLY CONNECTED.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE STATEMENT
THAT CAME FROM THE WAR CABINET.
DOING TWO THINGS, ONE, CONTINUE
THE MILITARY OPERATION IN
RAFAH.
THERE IS INTENSE BOMBING IN
THAT SOUTHERN CITY, EVEN AS WE
SPEAK AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY
SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT SENDING
NEGOTIATORS TO CAIRO TO
CONTINUE THESE TALKS OFF OF THE
BACK OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT HAMAS SAID IT ACCEPTED EARLIER
HAMAS SAID IT ACCEPTED EARLIER
AS YOU LAID OUT, WE HAVE A
DISCREPANCY HERE.
WHAT HAMAS AND ISRAEL AGREED
TO.
THE KEY TASK IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS IS GOING TO BE TO SEE
IF THEY CAN CLOSE THE GAPS
BETWEEN THESE TWO
UNDERSTANDINGS THAT ISRAEL AND
HAMAS HAVE.
AS YOU SAID, ONE OF THE KEY
STICKING POINTS IS IF THEY ARE
NEGOTIATING HERE FOR A
TEMPORARY PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING
WITH THE FIGHTING TO RESUME ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CEASEFIRE
DEAL THAT IS WHAT ISRAEL WANTS,
IF THEY ARE NEGOTIATING TO END
THE WAR ALL TOGETHER THAT IS
WHAT HAMMAS WANTS, THERE MAY BE
OTHER DISCREPE SENSIES. DISCREPENCIES.
DISCREPENCIES.
>> DO YOU THINK IT IS THE BIGGEST, THIS IS IT?
BIGGEST, THIS IS IT?
>> IT IS LIKELY TO BE TH
BIGGEST.
I GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE, HOW
QUICKLY THE HOSTAGES WILL BE
RELEASED.
THE SEQUENCING OF THE RELEASES
THAT IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE.
IT MATTERS A LOT.
OUR SENSE IS THAT ISRAEL AND
HAMAS ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE
HERE.
SOME REPORTING COMING OUT OF
THE ARAB MEDIA, NOT CONFIRMED
BY NBC NEWS WHEN HAMAS PREPARES
THEY ARE GOING TO RELEASE 33
HOSTAGES THEY ARE NOT
SPECIFYING ALIVE OR DEAD.
ONLY A DEAL FOR HOSTAGES ALIVE.
WE KNOW THERE ARE 132 HOSTAGES
IN GAZA ALL TOGETHER.
AROUND 35 OF THEM ARE CONFIRMED
DEAD BY ISRAEL.
THE SUSPICION IS THE OVERALL
NUMBER IS HIGHER.
WHILE ISRAEL IS INTERESTED IN
RETURNING THE BODIES OF THOSE
DEAD HOSTAGES THE PRIORITY IS
THE LIVING ONES AND THE
PRIORITY OF THE PRIORITY ARE
PEOPLE FROM THE SO-CALLED
HUMANITARIAN, IT IS WOMEN,
CHILDREN, ELDERLY AND PEOPLE
WITH SERIOUS MEDICAL
CONDITIONS.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS
CONNECTED TO THE SCENES THAT WE
ARE SEEING COMING OUT OF RAFAH
TONIGHT, THAT CRITICAL LOCATION
WHERE MONTHS AGO, INNOCENT
CIVILIANS WERE TOLD TO GO
THERE.
IT COULD BE SAFER.
NOW, WHAT IS THE SCENE LIKE ON
THE GROUND AND WHERE DO PEOPLE
GO?
>> A LOT OF TERRIFIED PEOPLE IN
RAFAH TONIGHT, INCLUDING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CHILDREN.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED
MANY, MANY TIMES.
THEY FLED TO RAFAH, BELIEVING
IT WOULD BE SAFE.
MANY CASES IT HAS NOT PROVED TO
BE SAFE.
ISRAEL CONTINUED TO STRIKE
THERE.
THE EVACUATION ZONE RIGHT NOW
IS IN THE EAST OF RAFAH.
THERE IS 100,000 PEOPLE
SHELTERING THERE.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO HEAD TO
THE COAST.
BUT, HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES ARE
SAYING THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
THE KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE YOU
NEED THERE, FOOD, WATER,
MEDICINE, HOSPITALS IN THAT
COASTAL AREA.
THE IDF SAYS IT WILL BE SAFER BUT NOT GUARANTEEING THEY WILL
BUT NOT GUARANTEEING THEY WILL
NOT STRIKE THERE.
HALLIE?
>> WHAT ABOUT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR SENSE
OF WHERE THEY STAND.
>> WE ARE AT A CRITICAL STAGE
RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A RESPONSE, NOW
DIRECTOR BURNS IS WORKING
THROUGH THAT.
MY GOODNESS, FOLKS, I DON'T
KNOW IF IT GETS MORE SENSITIVE
THAN RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU HEARD IT THERE FROM JOHN
KIRBY, TOP OFFICIAL WORKING
WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNSEL LAYING OUT HOW
SENSITIVE THIS MOMENT IS.
THAT IS RIGHT, HALLIE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS BEING
CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.
AS YOU SAW THE NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNSEL SAYING THEY
ARE REVIEWING THE RESPONSE TO
IT.
THEY WILL BE SPEAKING WITH
MIDDLE EASTERN LEADERS THE REST
OF THE DAY ABOUT THE RESPONSE
BUT NOT OFFERING TOO MUCH MORE
JUST HOW SENSITIVE AND CRITICAL
THESE TALKS ARE RIGHT NOW.
HE DID NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE
ANYTHING MENTIONED IN THE DEAL.
ANOTHER THING THAT KIRBY TALKED
ABOUT, THE PROGRESS THAT HAS
BEEN MADE ON THE CEASEFIRE
TALKS LARGELY WAS IN PART DUE
TO THE EFFORTS OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, MOST
SPECIFICALLY AND RECENTLY BY
CIA DIRECTOR BILL BURNS WHO WAS
OUT THERE FOR DAYS WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THE PROPOSAL FOR TWO
DAYS AND NOW HE IS IN ISRAEL.
A LARGE PART OF HIS ROLE WILL
BE ADDING PRESSURE ON THE
ISRAELIS TO, AS YOU HEARD RAF
MENTION, COME UP WITH A BRIDGE,
AN AGREEMENT WITH HAMAS TO THIS
AND PRESSURE THEM NOT TO GO
FORWARD WITH THE FULL BLOWN
GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH.
OBVIOUSLY THIS NEWS TODAY OF
THE EVACUATION ORDERS ADDING TO
THE URGENCY OF THAT.
WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT
REPORTEDLY STRESSED THAT TO
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU MOST RECENTLY ON A
CALL THEY SHARED THIS MORNING
TALKING ABOUT HOW THE U.S.
WOULD NOT SUPPORT ANY GROUND
OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH WITHOUT A
ROBUST PLAN TO PROTECT THE
CIVILIANS SHELTERING THERE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO WATCH AS THESE
MOVEMENTS INTO RAFAH CONTINUE.
REALLY, THE POSITION THE
PRESIDENT IS PUT IN AS WE SEE
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DEFY,
CLEARLY, HIS WISHES, HALLIE.
>> LIVE FOR US THERE OUTSIDE OF
THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>>> TO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
COUNTRY NOW.
18 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS TEXAS,
KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA, UNDER THE
HIGHEST TORNADO LEVEL WARNING
EXIST.
RARE TO HIT A LEVEL FIVE ON
THAT.
A LEVEL FIVE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
THE LAST TIME THEY PUT OUT A
WARNING LIKE THAT, 131
TORNADOES HIT 11 STATES.
THIS IS ANOTHER POTENTIAL PUNCH
AFTER A ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS
SLAMMED EXAS NEARLY 600 PEOPLE
HAD TO BE RESCUED OR EVACUATED
BY FIRST RESPONDERS AFTER
DEADLY FLOODING THERE.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
IMAGES T IS UNBELIEVABLE.
PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR
HOMES OR STRANDED ON THE ROOFS.
THERE IS A TRAILER, EMPTY,
FLOATING AWAY.
OTHER HIS TO BE RESCUED ON
JETSKIS ESSENTIALLY.
A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILLED
AFTER HE WAS SWEPT AWAY AFTER
HIS CAR GOT CAUGHT IN THE
FLOODING.
MORE DEVASTATING FLOODING ON
THE WAY.
BILL KARINS STANDING BY WITH
THE FORECAST.
BUT WE GO LIVE TO TEXAS WHERE
THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE.
LOOK LIKE FROM WHAT I SEEN FROM
YOU TODAY THE FLOOD WATER
STARTED TO GO DOWN BUT WHAT IS
NEXT?
>> Reporter: HALLIE, THE FLOOD
WATER HAS GONE DOWN
SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF THE
ROADS BACK OPEN.
WE ARE HERE ABOUT 50 YARDS AWAY
FROM A RIVER.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WATER
IS MAKING ITS WAY BACK INTO THE
RIVER'S AND THE LAKES HERE SO
THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET
BACK INTO THEIR HOMES AND
SURVEY THE DAMAGE.
AND, THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO
BE THE NEXT PART OF THIS FOR
FOLKS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
IT WILL BE SURVEYING THAT
DAMAGE AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO
BEGIN TO REBUILD.
AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU MENTION
THERE IS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
THAT IS IMPACTING PARTS OF
NORTH TEXAS WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR TORNADOES AND SOME SEVERE
WEATHER THERE.
MOVING ON INTO OKLAHOMA AND UP
INTO NEBRASKA.
BUT, THANKFULLY FOR FOLKS HERE,
THE WATER IS RECEDING ISSUE THE
SUN IS OUT.
THAT IS HELPING TO DRY THINGS
OUT.
THERE ARE NOT MORE THAN 90
COUNTIES THAT HAD, THAT ARE
UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY
RIGHT NOW.
DISASTER DECLARATION HAS BEEN
DECLARED AND THAT IS ACCORDING
TO THE GOVERNOR.
WE ARE LEARNING THAT IT WAS TWO
PEOPLE, AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WHO
DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS
FLOODING AND THIS RAIN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF
AREA THAT WAS TOUCHED BY THIS,
LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF
RESCUES NOW UP TO 600 AND
EVACUATIONS THAT FIRST
RESPONDER HIS TO RESPOND TO.
IT IS REMARKABLE THAT THERE
WERE NOT MORE LIVES LOST AND
SERIOUS INJURIES, LOTS OF FOLKS
COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS AS
THEY TRY TO MOVE FORWARD.
HALLIE?
>> BILL KARIN, LET ME BRING YOU
IN HERE.
THE LAST HALF-HOUR REPORTS OF
MORE ACTIVITY BUT DON'T KNOW
HOW BAD IT IS WITH THE WORST
YET TO COME?
>> YES, JUST AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE TORNADO OUTBREAK.
WE ONLY GET A SITUATION LIKE
THIS ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
THOUSANDS OF TORNADO CHASERS
OUT IN THE PLAINS, SO, IF WE
GET A TORNADO WE WILL KNOW IT
INSTANTLY.
OF COURSE, ONCE THE SUNSETS AND
IT IS DARK IT IS A DIFFERENT
STORY.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS BULL'S-EYE
GOES HERE, THIS IS THE AREA OF
GREATEST CONCERN.
THE HIGHER RISK.
RARE, WHEN WE GET THAT PINK
COLOR, OKLAHOMA CITY, JUST
ABOUT UP TO WICHITA.
STRONG TORNADOES THAT IS WHERE
THEY ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
NEXT SIX HOURS, LATER, THE LINE
OF STORMS WILL HIT BY MIDNIGHT,
SPRINGFIELD, ARKANSAS, 1:00 OR
2:00 A.M.
KEEPING A LOT OF PEOPLE UP.
MONITORING THE SITUATION TO GET
IN THE STORM SHELTERS, NOT A
NIGHT TO FALL ASLEEP OR ALERTS
OR WARNINGS IF YOU NEED BE.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
SO, ALL OF THE TIME WE ARE LIKE
HAVE A TORNADO WATCH OR A
THUNDERSTORM, IT IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
NOT ONLY EXPECTING TORNADOES
BUT STRONG ONES.
>> THAT IS THE WORST ONE?
IF YOU SEE A PDS THAT IS THE
REAL DEAL.
>> MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR
FAMILY PLAN TO GET TO SAFETY IF
YOU NEED IT.
JUST NOTICING THE FIRST TORNADO
WARNING OF THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING COMING IN NOW OUTSIDE
OF WOODWARD.
ONE STRONG STORM HERE IN
CENTRAL KANSAS.
I WILL GO BACK DOWN TO THE NEW
TORNADO WARNING, STARTING TO
GET THE HOOK ITSES ON THESE, WE
WILL WORK.
IF IT DEVELOPS A TORNADO WE
WILL LIKELY BE TRACKING IT FOR
THE NEXT TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS
WITH IT STRAIGHT ON THE GROUND.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PAYING
ATTENTION TO.
TORNADO SIRENS GOING OFF IN
THESE AREAS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL GETTING TO
THEIR SHELTERS IMMEDIATELY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK IT
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
>> BILL KARINS YOU HAVE A BUSY
NIGHT.
WE WILL CHECK BACK NUMBER WITH
YOU, APPRECIATE IT.
>>> LET'S GET YOU TO THE FIVE
THINGS, NUMBER ONE, I-95 IN
CONNECTICUT IS BACK OPEN AND
GOOD TO GO AFTER A FOUL TRUCK
COLLIDED WITH TWO OTHER CARS
AND BURST INTO FLAMES.
CREWS ALSO HAD TO TEAR DOWN A
BRIDGE BECAUSE OF HEAT DAMAGE
FROM THE CRASH.
>>> NUMBER 2, PLANTERS NUTS ARE
RECALLED TODAY BECAUSE OF A
POTENTIAL LISTERIA
CONTAMINATION.
NO REPORTS OF ANYBODY GETS
SICK.
THE MANUFACTURE SAYS THEY ARE
RECALLING THEM OUT OF CAUTION.
>>> DAILY DOSE OF OLIVE OIL YOU
ONLY NEED A COUPLE TEASPOONS A
DAY LINKED TO A 30% DECREASE IN
YOUR RISK.
RESEARCHERS THINK IT MAY BE
BECAUSE OF ANTE OX ANTOXIDENTS.
IT IS JUST STARTING.
A BIRD AND A CAPE THING, I
GUESS, THERE, THE THEME IS
SLEEPING BEAUTY REAWAKENING.
THE DRESS CODE IS GARDEN OF
TIME.
THIS YEAR, INCLUDING JENNIFER
LOPEZ.
THAT IS A LIVE PICTURE.
THE ACTION IS BEGINNING ON
FASHION'S BIGGEST NIGHT.
BIRDS.
>>> NUMBER 5, BREAD.
WE GOT IT ALL ON THIS SHOW
TONIGHT, FOLKS.
FRENCH BAKERS BREAKING THE
RECORD FOR THE WORLD'S LONGEST
BAGUETTE.
THE ITALIANS WERE THE LAST
RECORD HOLDERS IN 2019.
IT IS A WIDE RANGE OF NEWS
STORIES.
WHEN WE COME BACK WE WILL TAKE
YOU TO ANOTHER ONE.
THIS ONE OUT OF THE PENTAGON.
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER HAS BEEN
DETAINED IN RUSSIA.
JUST GETTING NEW DETAILS.
WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT HE IS
ACCUSED OF DOING.
>>> THIS VIDEO, IT IS VERY
SCARY, LOOK AT THAT.
A DEACON HAVING A GUN PULLED ON
HIM IN CHURCH.
WHAT WAS CAUGHT ON LIVE STREAM AND HOW THIS ENDED.
SHOULD PEOPLE BE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF FLYING
TODAY?
>>> GOOD NEWS FIRST INTO NBC
NEWS.
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER DETAINED IN
RUSSIA.
THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO
APPARENTLY STATIONED IN KOREA
AND TRAVELED TO RUSSIA ON HIS
OWN.
ACCUSED OF THEFT.
WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW?
>> Reporter: WE JUST LEARNED
HIS NAME.
HIS NAME IS STAFF SERGEANT
GORDAN BLACK.
HE WAS DEPLOYED THERE HE WAS
COMING BACK TO THE UNITED
STATES WHEN HE MADE A SIDESTEP.
TO GO TO RUSSIA.
HE WAS THERE TO VISIT A WOMAN
HAD HE WAS ROMANTICALLY LINKED
TO.
DURING THIS TRIP, NOT APPROVED
BY HIS SUPERIORS, DID NOT GET
CLEARANCE OR APPROVAL TO TRAVEL
TO RUSSIA.
AT SOME POINT ON THURSDAY HE
WAS DETAINED BY RUSSIAN
AUTHORITIES, THEY ARE SAYING HE
WAS INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL
MISCONDUCT.
OFFICIALS SAY IT HAD TO DO WITH
STEALING FROM THIS WOMAN WHO
THEY WENT TO VISIT, HALLIE.
HE IS IN PRETRIAL CONVINEMENT,
THAT IS ALL WE KNOW.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE
ACTIVELY SEEKING TO GET ACCESS
TO HIM NOW, HALLIE?
>> MIGHT BE SIX STEPS TOO FAR
NOW, RIGHT?
IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT HAPPENS,
HOW DO YOU GET THIS PERSON OUT
OF DETENTION IN RUSSIA.
I THINK EVERYBODY THINKS OF
DETENTION IN RUSSIA AND THINKS
OF EVAN GERSHKOVICH.
DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE U.S. MADE
THE ASSESSMENT THAT GERSHKOVICH
THAT IS WRONGLY DETAINED.
DO THINGS CHANGE WHEN IT IS AN
ACTIVE MILITARY PERSON?
>> Reporter: YES, YES.
IT HAS TO, RIGHT?
THAT BEING SAID WE DON'T KNOW
IF IT, WE DON'T KNOW IN WHAT
DIRECTION IT IS GOING TO
CHANGE.
EVERY ONE OF THE CASES THAT WE
HAVE SEEN IS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL
CASE AND HAS NOT PLAYED OUT THE
SAME AS OTHERS.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE WAITING FOR
IS JUST TO SEE WHERE IS HE HELD
AND IN WHAT CONDITIONS, THE
STATE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN
ABLE TO TALK TO HIM.
AT THIS POINT, OFFICIALS ARE
CONCERNED THAT HE IS HELD IN
PRETRIAL CONFINEMENT BEFORE
THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO HIM.
>> THANK YOU, LIVE THERE AT THE
PENTAGON COURT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR WATCHING ALL OF THAT
FOR US TONIGHT, APPRECIATE IT.
>>> NBC NEWS COVERS HUNDREDS OF
STORIES EVERY DAY.
IT CAN BE TOUGH TO READ OR
WATCH OR LISTEN TO THEM ALL OUR
BUREAU TEAMS HAVE DONE IT FOR
YOU.
THIS IS A SEGMENT WE CALL THE
LOCAL.
THE POLICE ARRESTING A MAN IN
PENNSYLVANIA AFTER THIS
TERRIFYING MOMENT, YOU SEE
THAT?
HE HOLDS UP A GUN TO A PASTOR
IN THE MIDDLE OF A SERMON.
THE GUN DID NOT GO OFF, A
DEACON RUNS OVER, TACKLES HIM.
IT IS SO SCARY TO LOOK AT.
THIS IS ALL CAPTURED OFF OF HIS
LIVE STREAM THERE.
THE PASTOR SAYS THE MAN
APOLOGIZED TO HIM LATER.
HOURS LATER THE POLICE FOUND
RELATIVE OF THE SUSPECT DEAD AT
HOME.
>>> FALLING 30 FEET INTO AN
ABANDONED SILO.
HE AND OTHER TEENAGERS WENT IN
THERE.
THE TEEN WAS AIRLIFTED TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS
CONDITION.
>>> A COUPLE DRIVING ALONG THE
HIGHWAY WHEN THEY NOTICED AN
EXTRA PASSENGER.
A LITTLE SNAKE CLIMBING UP
THERE.
TUCKED INSIDE OF THE
WINDSHIELD.
HOW DID THEY HANDLE IT?
THEY PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT
EXIT AND THE SNAKE TOOK OFF ON
ITS OWN.
ALL RIGHT.
COMING UP, MUCH MORE TO GET TO
INCLUDING OUR LIVE AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE STATION BECAUSE
BOEING IS DOING SOMETHING IT
HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE.
LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS INTO
SPACE.
HOW MUCH IS RIDING ON THIS TEST
AFTER A SERIES OF SETBACKS,
DELAYS, NEW INVESTIGATION THAT
NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN 2024?
>>> IF IT IS SUNDAY, IT IS
"MEET THE PRESS."
>>> THE FAA LATE TODAY ROLLING
OUT A NEW INVESTIGATION INTO
BOEING AFTER THE COMPANY
ACKNOWLEDGED SOME OF ITS
EMPLOYEES SKIPPED CERTAIN
SAFETY INSPECTIONS ON THE 787
DREAM LINER PLANES.
THAT NEWS DROPPING JUST HOURS
BEFORE A MOMENT THAT BOEING
HOPES WILL BE A REASON TO
CELEBRATE.
THAT IS BECAUSE LATER TONIGHT,
THE COMPANY IS GOING TO LAUNCH
TWO ASTRONAUTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON
THE STARLINER SPACECRAFT.
LISTEN, BOEING WANTS THIS TO
WORK.
RIGHT, THEY NEED IT TO WORK.
OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST FROM A
SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE
LIVES ON THE LINE HERE.
BUT PERCEPTION REASONS, TOO.
AT A TIME WHEN THE COMPANY HAS
TAKEN DEADLY HITS, THE CRASHES
ON THE PLANES SEVERAL YEARS
AGO, THIS YEAR, THE DOOR PLUG,
AND THE CEO WILL STEP DOWN AS
THEY ARE NAVIGATING COURT.
AND TOM COSTELLO IS JOINING US
FROM THE SPACE STATION, I WANT
TO GET TO THE LAUNCH IN A
SECOND BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE
DEAL FOR BOWING AND A BIG DEAL
FOR SPACE -- BOEING AND BIG
DEAL FOR SPACE TRAVEL
GENERALLY.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW?
>> Reporter: BOTTOM LINE HERE,
THE FAA SAYS BOEING CAME
FORWARD AND AN EMPLOYEE SAW
SOMETHING AND SAID SOMETHING.
THAT EMPLOYEE SAID I THINK
EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE SIGNED OFF
ON PAPERWORK PLEDGING
INSPECTIONS OCCURRED WHEN THEY
HAD NOT OCCURRED.
SPECIFICALLY, LOOKING AT IF THE
WINGS WERE PROPERLY ATTACHES TO
THE FUSELAGE.
THAT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM F
THEY SAID INSPECTIONS WERE DONE
AND THEY WERE NOT DONE, THAT IS
FALSIFYING AIRLINE RECORDS,
INVOLVE AN FAA AND CRIM NATION
INVESTIGATION, THE FAA SAYS IT
IS NOW LOOKING AT THIS, BOEING
SAYS IT CAME FORWARD, IT RAISED
A FLAG AND SELF-REPORTED AND AT
THE SAME TIME NOW, BOEING HAS A
BIGGER PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER
PLANE.
NOW THEY GOT TO TRY TO INSPECT
EVEN 787 ON THE PRODUCTION LINE
AND DECIDE WHAT THEY DO ABOUT
THE PLANES FLYING ALREADY.
BOEING SAYS THERE IS NO REASON
TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS A SAFETY
OF FLIGHT ISSUE.
BUT THIS IS, YET AGAIN, BOEING
IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR QUALITY
CONTROL.
>> SO, THAT IS THE BACKDROP TO
THIS MOMENT, THE REASON WHY YOU
ARE DOWN SOUTH FOR US RIGHT NOW
WITH THIS LIVE SHOT.
BOEING WANTS A WIN HERE.
THIS STARLINER THING COULD BE
IT FOR BOEING, HOW ARE FOLKS
THERE FEELING?
NERVOUS?
EXCITED?
ALL OF THE ABOVE?
>> Reporter: YEAH, ALL OF THE
ABOVE.
ABSOLUTELY. BUT, LET'S NOT FORGET TWO LIVES
BUT, LET'S NOT FORGET TWO LIVES
ARE ON THE LINE HERE.
TWO VETERAN ASTRONAUTS,
WILLIAMS AND WILMOR.
VETERAN NASA ASTRONAUTS, THEY
WILL CLIMB IN FOR A 10:30 P.M.
LIFT OFF.
AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO RIGHT
NOW.
BUT, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE
TROUBLED HISTORY HERE, IT WAS
BACK IN 2019, I WAS HERE, WE
HAD THE FIRST UNCREWED TEST
FLIGHT FOR STARLINER AND IT
LIFTED OFF AND THEN THEY HAD A
MAJOR MALFUNCTION, ABOARD.
THEY FOUND OUT THAT SOFTWARE
ERRORS ALLOWED THE COMPUTERS
INSIDE THE SPACE SHIP TO BE OFF
BY 11 HOURS.
THE CLOCKS WERE OFF BY 11
HOURS.
FAST FORWARD, THEY HAD ANOTHER
PROBLEM.
THEY REALIZED THAT IN FACT THEY
WERE NOT READY TO FLY IN 2022.
AND THEN THEY ALSO DISCOVERED IN 2023 LAST JUNE THAT THEY HAD
IN 2023 LAST JUNE THAT THEY HAD
FLAMMABLE TAPED IN OF THE SPACE
SHIP, FLAMMABLE, REMEMBER,
APOLLO 1 WHERE ASTRONAUTS
BURNED TO DEATH.
AND STRAPS, SO THEY DELAYED
AGAIN, NOW THEY ARE CONVINCED
IT IS READY TO GO AND GO UP AT
10:34 P.M.
EASTERN TIME.
EVERYBODY HERE IS WATCHING,
EVERYBODY WANTS IT TO GO OFF
WELL
>> YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS
WATCHING, COMPETITORS AT SPACE
X, FAIR?
>> Reporter: 100%.
LISTEN, WHO WOULD OF THOUGHT.
IF YOU WOULD OF ASKED ME FIVE
YEARS AGO WHO WILL BE THE FIRST
TO GET TO THE SPACE STATION,
BOEING OR SPACE X, I WOULD OF
SAID BOEING, BY FAR, THEY WERE
BEHIND APOLLO, AND THEY HAVE
NOT GOTTEN A CREW TO THE SPACE
STATION AND SPACE X FLOWN 11 TO
THE SPACE STATION, THEY LOST A
TON OF MONEY, OVERBUDGET,
OVERDUE, THE PRESSURE IS SO.
THEY HAVE TO DELIVER TONIGHT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY HAVE TO
MAKE SURE THESE ASTRONAUTS
LIVES ARE PROTECTED.
THEY GET THERE AND GET HOME
SAFELY.
>> TOM, AT THE SPACE CENTER,
NBC NEWS WILL HAVE IT AT 10:34,
10:30 EASTERN TIME.
TOM, WE WILL BE TALKING AGAIN.
THANK YOU, FRIEND.
>>> A LOT MORE TO COME
INCLUDING THE FORMER LEADER OF
STARBUCKS, THE EXPERIENCE AT
THE STORES THESE DAYS STINKS.
OCEAN.
>>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF
NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> NEW FALLOUT TONIGHT FROM
WHAT EXPERTS SAY IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY LETTER FROM THE
FORMER HEAD OF STARBUCKS,
BLASTING HIS OWN COMPANY,
SAYING THEY GOT TO GET BACK TO
BASICS, GOOD COFFEE, GOOD SERVICE.
SERVICE.
HE IS HAVING TO HAVE A FOCUS ON
THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE,
ANOTHER DING AT STARBUCKS WHO
IS GETTING HIT.
STOCKS DOWN.
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE AND FIND A
STARBUCKS, THEY ARE HUGE.
BUT HE IS SAYING, ON OR ABOUT,
INSTEAD OF LIKE SPICY LEMONADE,
FOCUS MORE ON LIKE ELIMINATING
LONG LINES.
YOU HAVE JIM KRAMER AT FOLKS AT
OUR FRIENDS AT CNBC, HE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE WHAT HE IS
DOING, WHY NOW.
>> HE HAD TO INTERVIEW WITH THE
CEO OUR COLLEAGUES, PRESSING
HIM ON THE EARNINGS RESULTS,
STARBUCKS THE COMPANY REPORTING
LAST WEEK THAT THEIR REVENUE
AND THEIR BOTTOM LINE EARNINGS
WERE BELOW WHAT WALL STREET
ECONOMY OR ANALYSTS WERE
EXPECTING.
MORE OVER, THEY HAD GUIDANCE,
PROJECTION FOR HOW MUCH MONEY
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IN THE
FUTURE, THAT WAS SLASHED
COMPARED TO THE LAST TIME THEY
OFFERED THEM THREE MONTHS AGO.
ONE BIG STORY BEHIND ALL OF IT
APPEARS THAT CUSTOMERS THAT
ONLY GO ON A CASUAL BASIS ARE
NOT GOING THERE ANY MORE.
LOYAL CUSTOMER THAT GOES DAY
AFTER DAY AFTER DAY YOU ARE
PROBABLY STILL GOING, CASUAL
CONSUMERS THEY RELY ON FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE REVENUE THAT
ARE NOT COMING IN THE STORE AS
MUCH.
HOW DO THEY GET IT BACK UP?
IT WILL BE BASED ON THE APP,
PUSH MORE PROMO.
DO YOU SEE CORNER OFFICE CEO
DRAMA HERE?
>> Reporter: YES, HOWARD HAS
HAD CASES WHERE HE LEFT
STARBUCKS AND COME BACK AND
STAYED WITHIN THE COMPANY AND
CAME BACK DURING THE FINANCIAL
CRISIS IN 2008 AND THEN CAME
BACK, HE RETURNED BRIEFLY IN
2022 ON A INTERIM BASIS TRYING
TO FIND A SUCCESSOR WHICH THEY
FOUND A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT.
THE NORTH STAR FOR THE COMPANY.
HE IS DIALED INTO THIS COMPANY,
STILL, COULD IT BE SOMETHING
THAT THE BOARD SAYS, ALL RIGHT,
HOWARD HAS THOUGHTS, GIVE HIM A
RING AND BRING HIM BACK AGAIN,
THAT IS PART OF THE SPECULATION TODAY.
>>> THEY ARE PREMIUM PRODUCT,
>>> THEY ARE PREMIUM PRODUCT,
RIGHT?
THEY'RE GETTING MORE BANG FOR
THE BUCK BY GETTING A COFFEE
AND A DONUT SOMEWHERE ELSE,
MAYBE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
THAT DOES IT FOR US FOR THIS
HOUR.
MORE COVERAGE PICKING UP RIGHT NOW.
NOW. ♪
>>> WERE COMING ON THE AIR WITH
>>> WERE COMING ON THE AIR WITH
A LOT DEVELOPING IN THE MIDDLE
EAST TONIGHT.
NEW STRIKES IN GAZA AT THE SAME
TIME ISRAEL IS CONSIDERING A
CEASE-FIRE DEAL.
WE ARE LIVE IN TEL AVIV WITH
WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT AND WHAT
IS HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.
PLUS, BACK HERE AT HOME
MILLIONS AGAINST THE CENTRAL
U.S. GETTING A RARE WARNING
TONIGHT.
THE RISK FOR SUPERPOWERFUL
TORNADOES, MAYBE DOZENS OF THEM
FOR WHAT'S MAKING TONIGHT
WHETHER SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS ALL YEAR.
A BIG HEADLINE OUT OF FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CRIMINAL
TRIAL TONIGHT.
POTENTIAL JAIL TIME IF HE DOES
NOT GET A HANDLE ON WHAT HE IS
SAYING.
WHAT -- WHY THE FORMER
PRESIDENT SEEMS UNFAZED.
>>> PLUS, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
DETAINED IN RUSSIA.
WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT HE IS BEING ACCUSED OF DOING.
BEING ACCUSED OF DOING.
>>> PLUS, THE MOMENT A SUNDAY
AFTERNOON SERVICE WAS
DRAMATICALLY INTERRUPTED BY A
MAN WITH A GUN.
POINTING IT RIGHT AT THE
PASTOR.
WE WILL TELL YOU HOW DEACON
ENDED UP SAVING THE DAY AND HOW
THE WHOLE THING ENDED LATER IN
THE SHOW.
>>> HEY THERE, IT'S JUST AFTER
1:00 A.M.
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
1:01, AT A CRITICAL MOMENT IN
THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
HAMAS.
THE ISRAELI STACKING UP ATTACKS
IN ONE MAJOR GAZA CITY.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT CONSIDERS
WHETHER TO COUNTER OR REJECT A
CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL.
WE CAN CROSS ONE OF THOSE
OPTIONS OUT BASICALLY RIGHT
AWAY, OKAY?
THAT IS THE ACCEPT OPTION.
CROSS IT OFF THE LIST BECAUSE
ISRAEL IS ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT
GOING TO ACCEPT THIS DEAL.
THIS MOMENT IS STILL A
POTENTIAL TURNING POINT.
EMPHASIS ON THE WORD POTENTIAL.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT
THEY'VE AGREED TO A NEARLY SIX
MONTHS.
YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION INSIDE
GAZA.
PEOPLE CELEBRATING, CHEERING AS
THE BAD NEWS CAME OUT.
DIPLOMAT TELLS THE TEAM HAMAS
IS TRYING TO PRESSURE THEM INTO
THE PROPOSAL.
THE EXCHANGE OF ONE IS REALLY HOSTAGE FOR 33 PRISONERS AND A
HOSTAGE FOR 33 PRISONERS AND A
PERMANENT STOP TO THE FIGHTING
IN GAZA.
LOOK AT THIS WORD PERMANENTLY.
THAT IS A STICKING POINT.
THAT'S WHERE THINGS HIT THE
BRAKES.
ISRAEL HAS SAID IT WOULD NEVER
AGREE TO THAT.
THE ISRAELIS SAY THEY WILL SEND
A DELEGATION TO KEEP CEASE-FIRE
TALKS GOING AND IT'S INCREASING
A LOT OF PRESSURE NOT JUST
INTERNATIONALLY BUT ALSO FOR
FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES WHO SAY
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET A DEAL
ON THE TABLE.
THE LAST HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED
IN NOVEMBER.
UNFORGETTABLE EMOTIONAL SCENES,
PEOPLE GETTING RELEASED, PEOPLE
REUNITING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.
BEFORE THAT TEMPORARY CEASE-
FIRE ENDED PRETTY SUDDENLY.
MORE THAN 130 HOSTAGES IN GAZA
RIGHT NOW.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY TELLS
CIVILIANS IN GAZA TO GET OUT OF
THE CITY THEY WERE INITIALLY
SUPPOSED TO GO TO TO BE SAVED
BUT STRIKES THEIR ESCALATING
AGAIN.
WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE
STRIKES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
AND A FEW PEOPLE PACKING UP TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING THEY
TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING THEY
OWN OUT.
LIFE FOR US IN TEL AVIV, WE
KNOW THESE THINGS ARE
CONNECTED.
THE STRIKES PLUS THE CEASE-FIRE
TALKS.
THE THREAT OF ONE HAS BEEN
DRIVING THE URGENCY OF THE
OTHER.
WE WERE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT
THE WAR CABINET WOULD DO AND
THAT WE HAVE SOME SIGNALS.
TELL US MORE.
>> THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY
CONNECTED AND YOU CAN SEE THE
CONNECTION IN THE STATEMENT
THAT CAME OUT OF THE ISRAELI
WAR CABINET.
EARLIER SAID THEY WOULD DO TWO
THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
ONE, THEY WILL CONTINUE THIS
MILITARY OPERATION IN THE CITY
OF ROFF A AND TONIGHT WE ARE
SEEING REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD
ISRAELI STRIKES ACROSS THAT
CITY.
THEY SAID AT THE SAME TIME THAT
THEY WOULD SEND NEGOTIATORS BACK TO THE CEASE-FIRE TALKS IN
BACK TO THE CEASE-FIRE TALKS IN
CAIRO AFTER THEY GET RESPONSES
FROM HAMAS TO SEE IF THE GAP
CAN BE BRIDGED AND SEE IF A
FINAL DEAL CAN BE REACHED.
THE ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN REALLY
CLEAR, THEY BELIEVE THAT
PUTTING PRESSURE ON HAMAS, ON
THE BATTLEFIELD IS A WAY TO GET
RESULTS AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
TABLE.
WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IS A
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT HAMAS
HAS AGREED TO AND WHAT ISRAEL
HAS AGREED TO AND THE TASK FOR
THE MEDIATORS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS IS GOING TO BE
FIGURING OUT HOW BIG ARE THOSE
GAPS?
CAN THEY BE BRIDGED?
AND THAT'S GOING TO FALL TO THE
EGYPTIANS AND THE CIA DIRECTOR
BILL WHO HAS BEEN CRISSCROSSING THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE LAST
THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> WHERE SHOWING SOME OF THE
DETAILS, THE FRAMEWORK THAT
HAMAS HAS AGREED TO.
AS YOU POINT OUT THERE IS A
QUESTION OF WHAT ISRAEL WILL
AGREE TO AND IN THE MEANTIME
THEY SEEM TO BE MOVING FORWARD
WITH THE TASK.
THIS IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE
IT'S A PLACE WHERE MONTHS AGO
CIVILIANS, INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE
TOLD TO HEAD TO IF THEY WANTED
TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE LINE
OF FIRE.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THERE ARE 1 MILLION PALESTINIAN
CIVILIANS SHELTERING, MOST OF
THEM DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES
FURTHER NORTH IN GAZA.
THEY WANT TO RUFFLE BELIEVING
IT WOULD BE SAFE AND TONIGHT IT
IS THE SCENE OF INTENSE IS
REALLY BOMBING.
THERE ARE REPORTS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA FROM PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
THAT ISRAELI GROUND FORCES HAVE
ENTERED INTO RUFFLE.
WE ASKED THE ISRAELI MILITARY
ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
THEY WOULD NEITHER CONFIRM NOR
DENY THAT EARLIER ON TODAY THEY
DROPPED THOUSANDS OF LEAFLETS
FROM THE SKY WITH THE STARK
MESSAGE FOR PALESTINIAN
CIVILIANS, GET OUT OF THE AREA,
WE ARE GOING TO ATTACK.
100,000 PEOPLE IN THE AREA, ISRAEL IS ORDERING TO EVACUATE.
ISRAEL IS ORDERING TO EVACUATE.
THEY'VE BEEN TOLD TO GO TO THE
LOCAL HUMANITARIAN ZONE ON THE
MEDITERRANEAN COAST BUT
HUMANITARIAN GROUPS HAVE BEEN
REALLY CLEAR, THERE IS NOT THE
LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE THERE
ON THE BEACH IN TERMS OF FOOD,
IN TERMS OF WATER, IN TERMS OF
MEDICINE, IN TERMS OF
HOSPITALS, THE SUPPORT, YOU
SEEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
CONSISTENTLY SAYING IT IS
OPPOSED ANY LARGE-SCALE IS
REALLY GROUND OFFENSIVES IN
ROFF.
YOU SEEN THE U.N. WARNINGS THAT
THE ISRAELI ATTACK WOULD BE
EXACERBATED IN TERMS OF THE
LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES BUT ALSO
DISRUPTIONS TO THE FLOW OF
HUMANITARIAN AID THROUGH THE
CRITICAL PROCESS THERE IS
FIGHTING GOING ON TONIGHT.
WHETHER THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF A LARGE-SCALE OPERATION OR
WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING MORE
SURGICAL, IT'S LIKELY WHERE WE
WILL FIND OUT WHEN THE SUN COMES UP.
COMES UP.
>> ASKING YOU TO LEAN ON YOUR
MANY YEARS OF REPORTING IN THE
REGION AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND
REPORTING ON THIS ISSUE, IT'S
1:00 THERE WHERE YOU ARE, IT'S
BEEN A LONG DAY, LONG NIGHT FOR
ISRAELIS, FOR THOSE IN GAZA, IS
THERE SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT HASN'T BEEN
TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH IN YOUR
VIEW?
>> IS THERE SOMETHING WE SHOULD
BE TALKING ABOUT?
I MEAN, JUST THE DESPERATION OF
THE PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS IN
GAZA WHO HAVE MOVED AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN TRYING TO GET
SOMEWHERE SAFE.
MANY OF THEM ARE FLEEING ON THE
BACK OF DONKEY DRAWN CARTS.
MANY ARE GOING ON FOOT.
THEY HAVE TENTS THAT THEY BUILT
WITH BARE HANDS AND NOT FAR
FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW
EARLIER TONIGHT'S FAMILY
ISRAELI OR HOSTAGES WERE
BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY IN TEL
AVIV, JUST PLEADING WITH THEIR
OWN GOVERNMENTS SEVEN MONTHS
INTO THIS TO BRING THEIR LOVED ONES HOME.
ONES HOME.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL SEE WHAT THE MORNING
BRINGS.
APPRECIATE IT.
POSTED UP IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
GIVE US PERSPECTIVE FROM AT
HOME THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
ON THIS.
>> WELL, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS BEING
CAUTIOUS WHEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS.
HAMAS IS STILL REVIEWING THAT
U.S. OFFICIALS ARE STILL
REVIEWING.
THEY SAY THEY DO NOT WANT TO
SPECULATE AS TO WHAT ARE IN
THIS AS THEY CONTINUE SPEAKING
WITH ARAB LEADERS, MIDDLE
EASTERN LEADERS ABOUT THIS
PROPOSAL.
WHAT WE DO KNOW TODAY, SOME
NEWS THAT WAS MADE IS THAT
THERE IS A LARGE WEAPONS
SHIPMENT.
THE DELIVERIES TO ISRAEL BY THE
U.S. HAS BEEN PAUSED AND WE
UNDERSTAND THAT BARRING ANY
TECHNICAL ISSUES IN THE PAST
THAT HAVE PREVENTED THESE
WEAPONS DELIVERIES THAT THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED
AND WE KNOW THAT U.S. OFFICIALS
HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING SHUTTING
DOWN WEAPONS DELIVERIES FOR
MONTHS NOW BUT HAVEN'T MADE AN
OFFICIAL MOVE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT
CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS
HAPPENED.
THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHY
IT HAS HAPPENED.
THEY ARE ALSO DENYING THAT IT'S
INDICATIVE OF ANY POLICY
CHANGE.
THE TIMING OF THIS IS, AS YOU
HEARD MENTIONED THAT THE IDF IS
PREPARING FOR THIS LOOMING
GROUND DEFENSE IN ROFF APPEARED
THAT SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN HAS REPEATEDLY TOLD PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU THAT HE
WOULD NOT SUPPORT UNLESS THE
ISRAELIS HAVE A ROBUST PLAN TO
PROTECT THE MORE THAN 1 MILLION
PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN
SHELTERING IN THAT AREA AND A
SPOKESPERSON GAVE AN UPDATE ON
THIS TODAY.
>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN
HUMANITARIAN PLANS THAT ARE
CREDIBLE AND LAMENTABLE AND WE
BELIEVE IN MILITARY OPERATIONS
IN ROFF ARE RIGHT NOW WOULD
DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE
SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE.
WE'VE MADE CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT
SUPPORT ISRAEL LAUNCHING A FULL-
SCALE MILITARY OPERATION.
>> YOUR MEMBER THAT THE
PRESIDENT ON THE HIGH-STAKES
CALL THEY SHARED A MONTH AGO
THAT HE SAID U.S. POLICY FOR ISRAEL WOULD CHANGE IF
ISRAEL WOULD CHANGE IF
NETANYAHU DID NOT DO MORE IN
DEFENSE OF THE CIVILIANS IN
GAZA.
THERE'S REALLY NO DETAILS AS TO
WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT POLICY
CHANGE BUT WE ARE TOLD HE'S
FAMILIAR AND THAT COULD INCLUDE
CONDITIONING U.S. WEAPONS
DELIVERIES M.O.
WE KNOW THAT THIS WAS MEANT TO
COMPLETELY PREVENT GROUND
INVASION OF GAZA, THE WEAPONS
WERE INTENDED TO BE SHIPPED
WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN
BACKGROUND DEFENSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THA
. OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE,
APPRECIATED.
CENTER OF THE COUNTRY, SOME 18
MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS TEXAS,
KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA UNDER THE HIGHEST LEVEL TORNADO RISK
HIGHEST LEVEL TORNADO RISK
WARNING THAT EXISTS.
THIS IS AS BAD AS IT GETS.
VERY RARE.
LEVEL FIVE.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENING AS WE
SPEAK.
THE LAST TIME THE WEATHER
SERVICE PUT OUT A WARNING LIKE
THIS, 131 TORNADOES HIT 11.
ANOTHER POTENTIAL PUNCH AFTER
ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS HIT
TEXAS.
FOR THE AFTERMATH THERE.
DON IS GETTING RESCUED ON A JET
SKI AND IT WASN'T JUST DOGS.
PEOPLE TOO.
NEARLY 600 THAT HAD TO BE
RESCUED OR EVACUATED THROUGH
DEADLY FLOODING.
YOU ARE SEEING THE EMPTY
TRAILER FLOATING AWAY.
YET SOME FOLKS TRAPPED IN THEIR
HOMES, STRANDED ON THEIR ROOFS.
LOOK AT THAT.
YOU SEE SOME OF THESE RESCUES.
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILLED
AFTER HIS CAR GOT CAUGHT UP IN
THE FLOODING OF THE CAR HE WAS
IN.
NOW THERE'S MORE DEVASTATING
WEATHER ON THE WAY.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE.
LET ME START WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE TORNADO
WARNING ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
COUNTRY.
TALK IS THROUGH WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
HOW BAD IS IT AND WHERE DOES IT
GO?
>> ABOUT SEVEN HOURS AGO IN THE
TORNADO THREAD ZONE, ONLY ONE
OR TWO HOURS IN.
TWO TORNADOES REPORTED, NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER.
DAMAGE WHATSOEVER.
NOW WE'RE WATCHING THE STORMS
GETTING INTO THE HIGH RISK.
FIVE OUT OF FIVE WHERE THERE
COULD BE STRONG TORNADOES ON
THE GROUND FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME.
HERE'S ONE OF THE TORNADO
WARNINGS WE'RE WATCHING HERE.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.
RADAR INDICATED AN RADAR
SHOWING THAT THE STORM IS
SPINNING AND COULD DROP A
TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, THE STORM
IS LOOKING MORE MENACING.
THIS IS RADAR INDICATED BUT YOU
CAN SEE THIS BIG PINK BLOB.
THAT'S THE HAIL.
THE TORNADO IS TRYING TO FORM.
ONE THING THAT'S PRETTY COOL IS
WE CAN SLICE THE STORM IN HALF
AND I COULD SHOW YOU WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS THE HAIL IN THE STORM.
IT GOES UP TO ABOUT 30,000
FEET.
IF THERE'S AN AIRLINER PLANE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TYPICALLY
ABOUT 30,000 FEET RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STORMS IT'S
SO BIG AND HIGH IN THE
ATMOSPHERE THAT THE AIRLINES
ARE FLYING AROUND AND IT WOULD
BE A LOT OF TURBULENCE ANYWHERE NEAR ANYWAYS.
NEAR ANYWAYS.
AS FAR AS THE REST OF TODAY,
THIS IS HEATING UP TO WHERE THE
STORMS ARE.
IT JUST SHOWED YOU A
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
NOT YOUR TYPICAL TORNADO WATCH.
LIFE-THREATENING TORNADOES ARE
EXPECTED, NOT JUST A CHANCE BUT
EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVEN
HOURS. THIS WILL BE A THREAT TOWARDS
THIS WILL BE A THREAT TOWARDS
OKLAHOMA CITY.
LATEST GUIDANCE, 10:00 P.M.
TONIGHT.
SCARY SITUATION FOR PEOPLE
PUTTING THEIR KIDS TO BED.
MAKE SURE YOUR LISTENING.
YOU HAVE ALL THE PHONES ON,
YOUR TV, RADIO, YOU GET YOUR
WARNINGS AND GET INTO SHELTER.
BECAUSE OF THE TORNADOES WE ARE
EXPECTING THEY ARE THE KINDS
AGAIN HEADED TOWN AND DESTROY A
TOWN OR, IF WE'RE LUCKY, THEY
WILL BE IN A FIELD AND DO NO
DAMAGE AT ALL, JUST OF THE
CROPS.
THAT'S BEST CASE SCENARIO.
WE KNOW WILL HAVE STRONG
TORNADOES IN THIS AREA AND THIS
AREA FROM KANSAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TEXAS BORDER, THIS
DOWN TO THE TEXAS BORDER, THIS
IS FOR THE SUPER STRONG
TORNADOES.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN
TOMORROW UNFORTUNATELY.
STRONG TORNADOES, INDIANA INTO
AREAS OF OHIO AND THEN WILL GO
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE MIDDLE
OF THE COUNTRY AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY.
ALMOST 50 MILLION PEOPLE AT
RISK FROM LITTLE ROCK TO ST.
LOUIS.
THIS WEEP ARRIVAL LAST WEEK
WHICH WAS CRITICALLY ACTIVE,
DESTRUCTIVE, AND DEADLY.
WE'RE HOPING TO AVOID THAT
TODAY.
THE POTENTIAL IS THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE AS
MUCH WARNING AHEAD.
>> THAT'S IT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PAYING ATTENTION
TO WARNINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LONG NIGHT AHEAD FOR YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
WHERE YOU ARE IT'S BEEN SEVERAL
LONG NIGHTS FOR FOLKS DEALING
WITH SO MUCH FLOODING AND NOW
THE LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY.
>> YES, SO, RIGHT NOW ALL THE
WATER THAT WE SAW, SOME AREAS
WERE THAN TWO FEET OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL DAYS IS RECEDING.
THE RIVERS AND LAKES ARE GOING
DOWN QUICKER THAN THEY EVEN
PREDICTED AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS
BECAUSE IT IS ALLOWING FOR
ROADS TO REOPEN, FOR PEOPLE TO
GET BACK INTO THEIR HOMES AND
BEGIN TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO TO CLEAN UP AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AFTER FLOODING IF YOU
WANT TO SAVE YOUR HOME, YOU
NEED TO GET IN THERE, GET THE
STANDING WATER OUT, TAKE OUT
THE SHEET ROCK AND TRIED TO GET
A HOLD ON ANY POTENTIAL FOR
MOLD BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
THAT'S WHAT OFFICIALS ARE
TELLING PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON.
GUTTING THEIR HOMES, GETTING
THE MUD OUT, GETTING ALL THE
WEAPONS OUT AND GETTING THE
STANDING WATER OUT IS A BIG
ONE.
THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
MOSQUITOES HERE.
MOSQUITOES BREED IN THE
STANDING WATER. THEY MOSQUITO
TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
COMING OUT IS THAT IS ANOTHER
POTENTIAL THREAT.
RIGHT NOW THE THING ON PEOPLE'S
MINDS IS CLEANING UP.
WE SPOKE TO ONE MAN WHO LIVES
UP THE STREET FROM HERE AS HE
WAS TEARING UP FLOORBOARDS AND
THROWING OUT COUCHES, I WANTED
TO PLAY WHAT HE HAD TO SAY
ABOUT WHAT IT HAPPENED HERE.
>> WE GOT 18 INCHES OF WATER.
WE ARE USED TO FLOODING IN THE
PROCESS THAT COMES WITH THAT.
IT'S NOT FUN BUT IT'S A BIG
INCONVENIENCE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE
MEMORIES AND YOU'VE LIVED YOUR
WHOLE LIFE, IT'S JUST A PART OF
IT.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE SPOKEN
TO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THEY DO PLAN TO REBUILD.
THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR
MEMORIES HERE AND A LOT OF
THEM, EVERYONE WE HAVE SPOKEN
TO HAS SOME TYPE OF INSURANCE.
THEY'RE NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT
HOW THEY WILL REBUILD, JUST A
MATTER OF GETTING IT DONE SO
THEY CAN GET BACK INTO THEIR
HOMES.
>> LIVE FROM TEXAS.
THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S TAKE YOU OVER TO
MANHATTAN WITH COURT WRAPPING
UP IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES OR SO
AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
CRIMINAL TRIAL.
THE TESTIMONY TODAY PUSHED US
INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY OF THE
ALLEGED HUSH MONEY SCHEME AT
THE CENTER OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN COURT.
AT THE HEADLINES, A SHADOW
LOOMING OVER MR. TRUMP NOW AND
THE THING WE HEARD THEM TALKING
ABOUT IN FALL, THE WARNING FROM
THE JUDGE THAT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, MAYBE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT COULD END UP IN A
JAIL CELL OF THESE NOT MORE
CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS.
WE'RE HEARING MR. TRUMP
SOUNDING, WELL, UNFAZED.
>> THE JUDGE GAVE ME A GAG
ORDER AND SAID YOU GO TO JAIL
IF YOU VIOLATE IT AND, FRANKLY,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE MUCH
MORE IMPORTANT THAN JAIL. I'LL TAKE THAT SACRIFICE ANY
I'LL TAKE THAT SACRIFICE ANY
DAY.
>> THE JUDGE SEEM TO BE AT THE
END OF HIS ROPE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN SOUND LIKE HE
WANTS TO DO THIS.
HE TOLD MR. TRUMP TO HIS FACE
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS
PUT YOU IN JAIL.
YOU ARE A FORMER PRESIDENT AND
POSSIBLY THE NEXT PRESIDENT BUT
IS MUCH AS I DO NOT WANT TO
PROPOSE IT, I WILL IF
NECESSARY.
THAT WAS A RARE FIREWORK AND A
DATA CONSISTED MOSTLY OF WHAT
YOU COULD CALL LEGALLY
NECESSARY SLOGGING FOR THE
PROSECUTORS AT A COUPLE OF NEW
WITNESSES CAREFULLY LAYING OUT
THE PROCESS OF REIMBURSING
MICHAEL: $130,000.
MR. TRUMP'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROCESS, PROSECUTOR SAVED
THAT PROCESS, PROSECUTOR SAVED
THE MONEY AND 130 GRAND WAS
PAID TO KEEP TWO WOMEN WHO HAD
AFFAIRS WITH MR. TRUMP QUITE.
TODAY THE JURY IS GETTING THE
FIRST LOOK AT THE CHECKS IN
QUESTION ALLEGEDLY USED TO
REIMBURSE FOR A RETAINER.
THE PROSECUTORS SAY THE
RETAINER NEVER EXISTED.
IT'S THE REASON THE WHOLE TRIAL
IS HAPPENING.
34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING
BUSINESS RECORDS.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
I WANT TO START WITH VON
HILLIARD OUTSIDE THE COURT IN
NEW YORK.
LET'S START WITH THE ONE THAT
WE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP
TODAY AS HE WAS LEAVING COURT.
THE WARNING FROM THE JUDGE THAT
IF DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT ABIDE
BY THE PARTIAL GAG ORDER THAT
HE COULD FACE THE INSIDE OF A
JAIL CELL.
HE SAID IT'S A SACRIFICE HE WAS
WILLING TO MAKE.
GIVE US A GUT CHECK.
>> RIGHT.
THIS IS AN INTENSE VIOLATION OF
THE GAG ORDER SINCE IT WAS
PLACED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
TRIAL.
WEEK FOR NOW AND CLEARLY THE
WORDS OF THE JUDGE WERE DIRECT.
YOU WANTED TO AVOID HAVING TO
GO TO THOSE LENGTHS TO IMPRISON
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND
POTENTIALLY THE FUTURE
PRESIDENT.
JUST LOOK AT THE GAG ORDER IN
WHICH HE WAS SPECIFIC ABOUT WHY
HE MAY HAVE TO TAKE THOSE
STEPS.
HE SAYS IN PART, QUOTE, IT'S
APPARENT THAT MONETARY FINES
WILL NOT SUFFICE.
THE DEFENDANT IS HEREBY PUT ON
NOTICE THAT IF APPROPRIATE
UNWARRANTED, FUTURE VIOLATIONS
OF THE LAWFUL ORDERS WILL BE
PUNISHABLE BY INCARCERATION.
THIS BEING MAY CLEARED BY THE
JUDGE THAT HE'S WILLING TO DO
IT IF IT WERE TO GET TO THAT
POINT. THE CONCERNS FOR THE JUDGE AND
THE CONCERNS FOR THE JUDGE AND
THE COURT IS THAT WITNESSES ARE
INTIMIDATED BUT ALSO THAT THE
JURY COULD BEAR WILL BE TAINTED
AS WELL IF YOU WERE TO FURTHER
VIOLATE THE GAG ORDER.
>> TALK ABOUT TODAY'S
TESTIMONY.
IT FELT LIKE A BIT OF A SHIFT
NOW.
LAST WEEK IT WAS ALL ABOUT
THESE SALACIOUS LURID STORIES
WE HAVE LIKE HULK HOGAN'S NAME
CAME UP FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
HE HAD HOPE HICKS, THE FORMER
PRESIDENTS CONFIDANT TEARING UP
ON THE STAND, RIGHT?
THERE WERE FIREWORKS, IF YOU
WILL.
THIS IS PRUSSIC SHOOTERS
SHIFTING TO THE MORE WEEDS PART
OF THE CASE.
THE DOTTING OF THE TEES WERE
THE EYES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN COURT AND
EXPLAIN WHY IT'S CRITICAL THAT
WHAT THE PROSECUTION DOING IS
LAYING THE STAKES FOR THE JURY.
>> RIGHT.
LAST WEEK WAS ADULT FILM STARS
AND THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
THIS WEEK COUNTS IS NOTHING
AGAINST THAT.
THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF KEEPING
THE BOOKS FOR THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION.
GUESS WHAT?
EVERYONE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THIS WOULD PROBABLY REPEAT
TO THIS WOULD PROBABLY REPEAT
EXACTLY WHAT JEFFREY AND THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ACTUALLY IN
CHARGE OF EXECUTING THE CHECKS
FOR THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION,
THEY WERE THE TWO WITNESSES
TODAY AND THEY WERE THE ONES
THAT WERE OPENLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR GETTING THOSE REIMBURSEMENT
CHECKS FROM DONALD TRUMP TO GO
BACK TO MICHAEL CULLEN.
THIS IS WHERE YOU GET INTO THE
NITTY-GRITTY AND IT WAS PART OF
THE TESTIMONY THAT THE RECORD-
KEEPING AND THE BOOKS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT AND TAKEN VERY
SERIOUSLY EVEN BY ALLIES OF
DONALD TRUMP.
IF YOU LOOK HERE ON WHAT WAS A
PART OF THE TESTIMONY HERE TODAY, THERE WAS DISCUSSION
TODAY, THERE WAS DISCUSSION
WHEN IT CAME TO THE PROSECUTION
ASKING JEFFREY WHO WAS THE
CONTROLLER OVERSEEING THE
DEPARTMENT FOR THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION THE QUESTION,
WELL, DID YOU EVER SEE A
RETAINER AGREEMENT?
HE SAID, I DID NOT.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
WELL, DONALD TRUMP, IT SAID
THAT HE WAS MAKING LEGAL AND
HAD A RETAINER AGREEMENT WITH
MICHAEL CULLEN.
THE PROSECUTION WAS ALLEGING HE
WAS REPAYING MICHAEL COHEN FOR
THE HUSH MONEY TO STORMY
DANIELS BEFORE THE 2016
ELECTION.
HAVING HIS OWN EMPLOYEE
TESTIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO
LEGAL RETAINER ON FILE IS
NOTABLE FOR THIS JURY HERE FOR
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS DEFENSE
TEAM.
THEY MADE THE CASE THAT THAT'S
WHAT THE PAYMENTS WERE FOR.
>> EARLIER IN DOWNTOWN
MANHATTAN, IF THERE WAS A STAR
OF THE SHOW TODAY, IT WAS A
SHARPIE.
EXPLAIN THAT.
>> THE SHARPIE WAS HOW DONALD
TRUMP SIGNED HIS CHECKS WHICH
IS LIKE ALL THINGS, TRUMPS
SIGNATURES HUGE ALREADY AND THIS
SHARPIE IS VERY GLARING.
YOU COULD ARGUE NORMALLY YOU
WOULD NEED EVIDENCE ABOUT
AUTHENTICATING THINGS LIKE
SIGNATURES BUT THERE'S AN
ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT
EVERYONE IN AMERICA IS FAMILIAR
WITH DONALD TRUMP'S SIGNATURE.
IT'S APPEARED ON SO MANY
DOCUMENTS ON TV. BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S
BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S
BEEN SAID MANY TIMES, TODAY WAS
ABOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS.
THERE IS AN EXPECTATION IN THIS
TRIAL THAT IF IT IS NOT STARS
OR PLAYBOY MODELS THAT SOMEHOW
IT IS NOT EXCITING.
TODAY WAS -- >> THAT'S NOT OUR PERCEPTION
>> THAT'S NOT OUR PERCEPTION
BUT IT IS THE REALITY, RIGHT?
IT IS NO LESS IMPORTANT, RIGHT?
BUT IT IS LESS ELATION.
IF ACTUALLY IS.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S NOT EVEN THAT DRY.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
CONTEXT OR THE SPECTRUM OF HOW
BORING SOME WHITE-COLLAR CASES
CAN GET, THIS ISN'T EVEN ALL
THAT BAD.
PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND A CHECK
PAID TO SO-AND-SO.
REGULAR FOLKS CAN FOLLOW THIS.
A LOT OF TIMES IN THESE WHITE-
COLLAR CASES WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT STRUCTURING AND THE
COMPLEXITIES OF MONEY
LAUNDERING, IT CAN GET CONFUSING
AND REALLY, REALLY DULL,
ESPECIALLY WITH BANKING
RECORDS.
SO FAR THERE HASN'T BEEN A
PROBLEM. THE JURORS CAN FOLLOW A CHECK
THE JURORS CAN FOLLOW A CHECK
PAID TO: AND: A CHECK TO STORMY
DANIELS.
NOW, THEY LAYERED IT UP TO TRY
TO MAKE IT CONFUSING BUT
IRONICALLY ALL OF THIS EFFORT
TO OBFUSCATE RESULTS IN A PAPER
TRAIL THAT ISN'T THAT DIFFICULT
TO FOLLOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL IN ALL, THIS
IS THE KIND OF EVIDENCE THAT
JURORS CAN DIGEST, EVEN AS YOU
SAY, I AGREE, IT IS TECHNICALLY
MORE WHEEZY BUT THIS IS A TRIAL
WITH HULK HOGAN AND ALL KINDS
OF CELEBRITIES GETTING NAME
DROPPED.
IN MY VIEW, MORE CRITICAL, MORE
IMPORTANT PART OF THE CASE.
>> THAT SAID, THAT'S ONE
BUCKET, RIGHT?
WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT WHICH
YOU DESCRIBED IN COMPELLINGLY
SO, KEY MOMENT IN THE CASE.
THERE'S ANOTHER THREAT THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT THAT WILL BE MORE
OF A WARNING.
MR. TRUMP COULD FACE TIME IN A
JAIL CELL IF HE CONTINUES TO
VIOLATE THE PARTIAL GAG ORDER
THAT THE JUDGE PLACED ON HIM.
THAT IS THE WARNING, RIGHT?
BACK INTO THE GUT CHECK OF THE
LIKELIHOOD OF IT ACTUALLY
HAPPENING, IS THAT THE NEXT
STEP ON THE LADDER?
IS IT POSSIBLE THE JUDGE COULD
STICK THEM IN A TIME-OUT IN A
HOLDING AREA?
WHAT REALLY COULD BE DONE HERE?
THE JUDGE DID ACKNOWLEDGE
SECRET SERVICE AND THE
UNPRECEDENTED NATURE OF ALL
THIS.
HE'S CLEARLY THOUGHT IT
THROUGH.
>> IT WAS SO INTERESTING TO
HEAR THE JUDGE SAY WHAT I'VE
BEEN THINKING AND OTHERS LIKE
ME HAVE BEEN THINKING FOR WEEKS
NOW WHICH IS THAT NO JUDGE
WANTS TO TRY TO PUT DONALD
TRUMP IN JAIL.
I ADMIRE THAT HE SAID IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE NIGHTMARE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
WHAT I ANTICIPATE HAPPENING IS
I RATHER THINK TRUMP WILL REEL
IT IN A LITTLE BIT.
EVEN IF WE DO HAVE FURTHER GAG
ORDER VIOLATION HEARINGS, THEY
WILL BE CLOSER CALLED.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE TRUMP WILL
SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A JUROR BUT
IF HE DOES, THE PATH IS CLEAR.
HE CAN'T DARE THE JUDGE ANY
LONGER AS THE NEXT STEPS, IT'S
OBVIOUS AND BLATANT, POSSIBLY
BE JAIL.
IF IT IS A CLOSE CALL, LOOK FOR
MORE $1000 FINES.
>> THE PROSECUTION SAID TWO
WEEKS FROM TOMORROW IS WHEN
ANTICIPATE WRAPPING THIS
PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IN
THIS PORTION OF THE CASE.
ARE THOSE OF US LOOKING AT OUR
CALENDARS AND WONDERING WHEN
THE CASE MIGHT END UP IN THE
HANDS OF THE JURY, WHAT IS YOUR
BEST GUESS?
>> BEST GUESS IS NO MORE THAN A
WEEK FOR THAT OFFENSE.
THE DEFENSE'S CASE IS ALWAYS
MUCH LESS THAN THE
PROSECUTION'S CASE AND THAT'S
BECAUSE THE DEFENSE HAS NO
BURDEN.
YOU GENERALLY SPEAK, YOU DON'T
WANT TO START CALLING WITNESSES
UNLESS YOU NEED THEM, UNLESS
THEY ARE PART OF THE
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, I DON'T THINK THEIR CASE IS
SO, I DON'T THINK THEIR CASE IS
GOING TO BE AS LONG BUT SAFE
BET, AT LEAST A WEEK OR MAYBE
JUST ONE WEEK AFTER THE
PROSECUTION CLOSES.
I AGREE, THEY MOVE QUICKLY.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT THEY REALLY
DON'T NEED THAT MUCH MORE IN
THIS CASE OTHER THAN MAYBE
MICHAEL: IF HE'S GOING TO
TESTIFY THE TRUMP TOLD ME TO DO
THIS, THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED A
STORMY DANIELS.
I DEFTLY DON'T THINK YOU NEED A
KAREN McDOUGAL EVEN THOUGH
EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE THOSE
PEOPLE TESTIFY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> BREAKING NEWS, WE LEARN THE
NAME OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
WHO OFFICIALS SAY IS BEING
DETAINED IN RUSSIA.
STAFF SERGEANT GORDON STATIONED
IN KOREA HEADED TO RUSSIA ON
HIS OWN WITH NO PERMISSION FROM
THE SUPERVISOR AFTER HIS
DEPLOYMENT ENDED.
HE'S BEING HELD IN PRETRIAL
CONFINEMENT DUE TO THEFT. COURTNEY'S ALL OVER THIS STORY.
COURTNEY'S ALL OVER THIS STORY.
SHE'S JOINING US NOW.
WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW?
>> WE JUST LEARNED HIS NAME.
HIS NAME IS STAFF SERGEANT
GORDON BLACK.
AS YOU MENTIONED, HE HAS BEEN
SERVING IN KOREA.
HE WAS DEPLOYED THERE.
HE WAS COMING BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES WHEN HE MADE THIS
TRIP TO RUSSIA AND WE WERE TOLD
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS HERE
THAT HE WAS THERE TO VISIT A
WOMAN HE MAY HAVE BEEN
ROMANTICALLY LINKED TO.
AT SOME POINT DURING THIS TRIP
WHICH, BY THE WAY, WAS NOT
APPROVED BY HIS SUPERIORS, HE
DID NOT GET CLEARANCE OR
APPROVAL TO TRAVEL TO RUSSIA,
AT SOME POINT ON THURSDAY, HE
WAS DETAINED BY RUSSIAN
AUTHORITIES.
THEY WERE SAYING HE WAS
INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL
MISCONDUCT.
OFFICIALS STATED SOMETHING TO
DO WITH STEALING FROM THIS
WOMAN WHO WE WANT TO VISIT.
AT THIS POINT, HE IS IN
PRETRIAL CONFINEMENT BUT THAT
IS ABOUT ALL WE KNOW.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS SAYING
THEY ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING TO GET CONSULAR ACCESS TO HIM NOW.
GET CONSULAR ACCESS TO HIM NOW.
>> OKAY, I MAY BE SIX STEPS TOO
FAR IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING
AT WHAT HAPPENED, HOW DO YOU
GET THIS PERSON OUT OF
DETENTION IN RUSSIA?
EVERYONE THINKS OF DETENTION IN
RUSSIA AND PROBABLY THINKS THE
PERSON THAT OBTAINED THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL REPORTER.
A DIFFERENT SITUATION FOR A
COUPLE OF REASONS.
THE U.S. MADE THE ASSESSMENT
THAT HE HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY
DETAINED.
HE'S IN RUSSIA TOO.
CIVILIANS, DO THINGS CHANGE
WHEN IT'S AN ACTIVE MILITARY
PERSON?
>> YES.
YES.
IT HAS TO, RIGHT?
THAT BEING SAID, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT DIRECTION IT'S GOING TO
CHANGE.
THE REALITY IS EVERYONE OF
THESE CASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN
HAS BEEN AN INDIVIDUAL CASE AND
HASN'T PLAYED OUT THE SAME WAY.
SO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK THAT WE ARE WAITING FOR
I THINK THAT WE ARE WAITING FOR
NOW IS TO SEE WHERE EXACTLY IS
HE BEING HELD AND IN WHAT
CONDITIONS?
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT
BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO HIM.
THEY'VE NOTIFIED HIS FAMILY
THAT HE'S BEEN DETAILED BUT
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOME KIND
OF ACCESS TO HIM.
AT THIS POINT, OFFICIALS ARE
CONCERNED THAT HE WILL BE HELD
IN PRETRIAL CONFINEMENTS FOR
ANOTHER OF WEEKS BEFORE HE GETS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO HIM.
>> COURTNEY LIVE AT THE
PENTAGON.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ALL THIS
TONIGHT.
APPRECIATE IT.
>>> COMING UP, MORE TO GET TO
ON THE SHOW.
TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A
BUILDING COLLAPSED IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
WHAT CREWS ARE DOING TO TRY TO
GET TO DOZENS OF OTHERS.
IS THERE NOT MORE THAT ISRAEL
CAN DO TO HELP THE HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS?
SHOULD ABORTION BE THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE IN 2024?
IF IT IS SUNDAY, IT IS MEET THE
PRESS.
>>> A MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER
PULLING A GUN ON A PASTOR WHO
WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SERVICE.
A TERRIFYING AND DRAMATIC SCENE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
LOOK AT THIS.
YOU SEE THE MOMENT THE PASTOR
IS STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF
THE GUN.
A DEACON COMES RUNNING UP,
TACKLES THE MANNA GETS THE
SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
LET ME EXPLAIN MORE.
>> OUT OF NOWHERE, HE JUST
TURNED AND, LIKE, PULLED OUT A
GUN AND IT WAS CONCEALED ALL
THE WAY UNTIL IT WAS IN MY FACE.
>> A STUNNING AND TERRIFYING
MOMENT FOR HIM.
FOLLOWING THIS ONE AND HE'S
NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN THIS
BEFORE.
TELL US MORE.
>> THE POLICE IDENTIFIED THE
SUSPECT THAT YOU SAW IN THE
VIDEO AS 26-YEAR-OLD BERNARD
AND WE KNOW FROM POLICE THAT HE
LIVES WITHIN A MILE OF THE
CHURCH.
INTERESTINGLY, BOTH HE AND THE
PASTOR SAY THEY NEVER KNEW EACH
OTHER.
THEY DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER.
SO MUCH SO THAT THE PASTOR SAID
AS HE'S BEEN WALKING TOWARDS
THE PULPIT HE THOUGHT MAYBE THE
VISITORS WHO HAVE BEEN WANTING
TO SEE HIS BROTHER WHO IS ALSO
A PASTOR UNTIL HE WAS STARING
DOWN THE BARREL OF THE GUN,
FORTUNATELY, THE GUN HAD
JAMMED.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR A JAMMING
IN THE VIDEO GIVING THE CHANCE
FOR SOME CHURCHGOERS TO HELP
THE DEACON AND WRANGLE THE GUN
AWAY.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO A PIECE
OF OUR EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW WITH
PASTOR GERMANY ABOUT WHAT HE
SAID AFTER THIS ALL PANNED OUT.
>> WE APOLOGIZE AND HE SAID HE
DOESN'T KNOW WHY HE DID IT.
IN HIS MIND THERE WERE SPIRITS
TALKING TO HIM TELLING HIM TO
GO IN AND KILL THE PASTOR.
HE SAID WHEN THOSE SPIRITS ARE IN YOUR MIND YOU DO WITH THE
IN YOUR MIND YOU DO WITH THE
SPIRITS TELL YOU TO DO.
>>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS, MORE
ALARMING DEVELOPMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY INVOLVING
INVESTIGATORS HOURS LATER HOURS
AFTER THE CHURCH INCIDENT
PANNED OUT.
THE FAMILY OF THE SUSPECT HAD
GONE AND DISCOVERED A COUSIN
HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED AT THE
HOUSE.
THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION NOW
UNDERWAY.
I WILL POINT OUT INVESTIGATORS
ARE NOT SAYING WHETHER OR NOT
THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE
CHURCH INCIDENT.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE FACING
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, ATTEMPTED
HOMICIDE AND RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT.
THE FAMILY TELLS ME HAS A
HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN ANY KIND OF
ALARMING BEHAVIOR IN RECENT
WEEKS IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA
AND THEY ARE SHOCKED BY THE
VIOLENCE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT.
>>>'S TO POLITICS NOW.
HERE'S A SENTENCE I DON'T KNOW
THAT ANYBODY ON THIS PARTICULAR
TIMELINE EVER THOUGHT WE MIGHT
SAY.
THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED
TONIGHT A PRETTY STRONG CLASS
ACT AGAINST THE GOVERNOR OF
SOUTH DAKOTA SUGGESTING SHE
SHOULD NOT DIGGING HERSELF IN A
HOLE AFTER SHE SUGGESTED
PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD CONSIDER
SHOOTING HIS DOG, COMMANDER.
LIKE SHE DID TO HER PUPPY,
CRICKET.
>> THIS IS A COMFY -- COUNTRY
THAT LOVE DOGS AND YOU HAVE A
LEADER TALKING ABOUT PUTTING
DOGS DOWN, KILLING THEM AND
THAT IS A DISTURBING STATEMENT.
TO SAY.
I WOULD SAY TO HER SHE SHOULD
PROBABLY STOP DIGGING HERSELF
IN A WHOLE.
>> THAT IS THE LATEST FALLOUT
FOR KRISTI NOEM AFTER THIS
BIZARRO NEW CYCLE DRIVEN BY THE
NOW INFAMOUS ANECDOTE THAT APPEARS IN HER NEW BOOK, OUT
APPEARS IN HER NEW BOOK, OUT
TOMORROW IN WHICH SHE DESCRIBES
EXECUTING HER 14-MONTH-OLD
PUPPY BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE
DESCRIBES AS PROBLEMATIC
BEHAVIOR.
LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW THIS WEEK AND WHEN
INTERVIEW THIS WEEK AND WHEN
SHE WAS PRESSED ABOUT THAT.
>> BIDEN'S DOG HAS ATTACKED 24
SECRET SERVICE PEOPLE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IS ENOUGH
PEOPLE TO BE ATTACKED AND
DANGEROUSLY HURT BEFORE YOU
MAKE A DECISION ON A DOG?
>> HE'S NOT LIVING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE ANYMORE.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
PRESIDENT SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO.
>> THE PRESIDENT'S DOG WAS
MOVED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
AFTER A SERIES OF BITING
INCIDENTS.
THIS ACTUAL DISCUSSION HERE FOR
SOMEBODY THAT WAS AT ONE POINT CONSIDERED A POSSIBLE VICE
CONSIDERED A POSSIBLE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER AFTER
SHE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN THIS
BOOK SHOOTING AND KILLING THIS
PUPPY.
SHE SAYS IT WAS AN ISSUE OF
SAFETY CONCERNS THAT THE DOG
WAS GOING AFTER CHICKENS, TRIED
TO BITE AN INDIVIDUAL OR TWO.
WHERE DOES THIS EVEN GO AND DO
WE HAVE ANY REPORTING ON THE
REACTION FROM INSIDE TRUMP
WORLD CONSIDERING SHE WAS AT
ONE POINT PERHAPS ON THE SEMI-
SHORT LIST FOR VP?
>> WELL, SHE IS CONTINUING TO
KEEP IT GOING.
WE JUST LEARNED FROM HER SOCIAL
MEDIA THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE
DOING ANOTHER NETWORK INTERVIEW
TONIGHT.
NO DOUBT WE WILL BE ASKED ABOUT
THIS AGAIN.
OVER THE WEEKEND WHAT BECAME
THE EPICENTER OF REPUBLICAN
POLITICS HERE, SHE DID ATTEND
PART OF A MAJOR DONOR RETREAT
FOR REPUBLICANS HERE.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT DID
ACTUALLY GIVE HER A BIT OF A
SHOUT OUT DURING HIS 90 MINUTE
SPEECH WITH A ROOM OF ABOUT 400 DONORS.
DONORS.
SHE SAID -- SHE SAID SHE'S BEEN
A SUPPORTER OF MINE FOR A LONG
TIME.
I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF HERS.
NOTABLY SHE DID NOT GET CALLED
UP TO STAGE WITH HIM. WE ARE
TOLD BY SOME SOURCES THAT SHE
LEFT BEFORE THE FORMAL PROGRAM
BEGAN.
YES, I MEAN, THE SOURCES I HAVE
BEEN TALKING TO, VERY MUCH A
KNOCK ON HER CHANCES AT BECOMING
TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE.
HE DID SHOUT OUT A BUNCH OF
OTHER NAMES INCLUDING, OF
COURSE, AS WE KNOW,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALISA, SENATOR
VANCE, TIM SCOTT, MARCO RUBIO, ALL GETTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
ALL GETTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
KINDS OF PRAISE.
KRISTI NOEM IS IN A TRICKY SPOT
RIGHT NOW.
>> LIFERS THEIR WEST PALM.
THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE
FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT TONIGHT.
NUMBER ONE, I-95 IN CONNECTICUT
IS BACK OPEN AND GOOD TO GO.
YOU CAN SEE THE CARS PASSING
THROUGH THERE.
A FUEL TRUCK COLLIDED WITH A
FEW OF HER CARS AND BURST INTO
FLAMES.
LOOK AT THAT.
CREWS HAD TO TEARED DOWN A
BRIDGE BECAUSE OF HEAT DAMAGE.
PLANTERS NUTS GETTING RECALLED
BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL LISTERIA CONTAMINATION.
CONTAMINATION.
IT AFFECTS MIXED NUTS AND HONEY
ROASTED PEANUTS.
LISTERIA IS DANGEROUS.
NO REPORTS OF ANYBODY GETTING
SICK BUT THE MANUFACTURER SAYS
THEY ARE DOING THIS OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
NUMBER THREE, NOW LAUNCHING A
NEW GYM MEMBERSHIP.
WE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TRY TO
HELP PEOPLE LIVE LONGER.
IT'S CALLED OPTIMIZED BY
EQUINOX.
IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM
PERSONAL TRAINING TO NUTRITION
PLANS, COACHING, MASSAGE
THERAPY, THE COMPANY SAYS IT IS
A HUMAN FIRST, HIGHLY LUXURY
SERVICE.
DATA MEETS COACHING PROGRAM.
YOU'LL FIND IN THE END OF THE
MUNCH BY NEW YORK CITY.
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>>> NUMBER FIVE, ALIVE LOOK AT
FASHION'S BIGGEST NIGHT YET.
THE MET GALA RED CARPET.
I DON'T CONTROL THE CAMERA,
FOLKS.
HATE TO TELL YOU.
THAT IS A BUS, NOT ADDRESS BUT
WE WILL GET SOME GOOD COUNT
SHOTS PRETTY SOON.
BEAUTY IS REAWAKENING FASHION
AND THE DRESS CODE IS SEEING
SOME OF THE EARLIER ARRIVALS
NOW.
IT'S ALWAYS SO INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW FOLKS INTERPRET THIS.
GARDEN TAKEN LITERALLY, FLORAL,
THE CO-CHAIRS INCLUDE BAD
BUNNY, JENNIFER LOPEZ, ET CETERA.
CETERA.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE PROTEST
MAY BE TRYING TO INTERRUPT THE
>> NBC NEWS DAILY WEEKDAYS FROM
12:00 TO 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> AS WE'VE BEEN ON THE AIR WE
JUST SHOWED YOU THE LIVE RED
CARPET AT THE MET GALA, NOT TOO
FAR AWAY THERE ARE NUMBER OF
PROTESTERS.
ALL PALESTINIANS DEMONSTRATORS
HEADING THERE.
STEPHEN, I BELIEVE YOU ARE
COMING FROM HUNTER COLLEGE.
YOU JOINING US NOW ON YOUR
PHONE.
TALK US THROUGH, WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING? WHAT'S IT LIKE?
WHAT'S IT LIKE?
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] [ INAUDIBLE ]
CAUSES THEY ACTUALLY FEEL
STRONG ABOUT.
THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING NYPD.
10 BLOCKS AROUND THE MET GALA
RIGHT NOW.
THESE PROTESTERS ARE MAKING
THEIR WAY OUT.
WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME OF THEIR
COLLEAGUES WHICH IS SEVERAL
THOUSAND HERE.
THEY MADE THEIR WAY UP TO GO
THROUGH CENTRAL PARK TO TRY TO
GET THEIR WAY AROUND EVENTUALLY
FINDING THIS WAY THROUGH AND
THAT TELLS US WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET.
WE ARE TWO TO THREE BLOCKS AWAY
FROM THE MET RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST HEARD THE NYPD TELL US
THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE
ROADWAY.
THEY'VE BEEN BLOCKING FROM THE
STREETS AND THEY'VE CONTINUED
MARCHING AND TRYING TO MAKE
THEIR WAY THERE AND THEY'RE
TELLING US EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
FOR THE BIG EVENT [ INAUDIBLE ].
ANOTHER REALLY TALKING ABOUT
THE CEASE-FIRE WHICH THEY SAY
SHOULD'VE GONE INTO EFFECT
TODAY WHICH ACTUALLY DID NOT
END UP HAPPENING.
FEELING VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
THAT AND THEY'VE MADE IT ACROSS
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
KEEPING UP TO DO TO SEE WHERE
THEY END UP.
>> OBVIOUSLY, WITH THESE
PROTEST LOOKING AT THE
COMMENCEMENT'S, TONIGHT IS ALL
ABOUT THE MET GALA.
WHERE SHOWING THE SPLIT SCREEN
THERE IS A PROSE TESTER'S ARE
TRYING TO -- I'M GOING TO LET
YOU CATCH UP WITH THEM AND YOUR
CREW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> NBC NEWS COVERS
INTERNATIONAL STORIES EVERYDAY.
BECAUSE IT CAN BE TOUGH TO READ
OR WATCH OR LISTEN TO THE MALL
OUR TEAM IS AROUND THE WORLD
FOR YOU.
HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE
WATCHING.
THE GLOBAL OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA
TODAY, TWO WORKERS ARE DEAD
AFTER AN APARTMENT BUILDING
COLLAPSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUD OF DUST,
THAT'S THE BUILDING FALLING.
ABOUT 20 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE RUBBLE.
20 WORKERS ARE NOW IN THE
HOSPITAL.
OUT OF FRANCE, THE CHINESE
PRESIDENT IN PARIS WITH THE
FRENCH LEADER TO TALK ABOUT
THINGS LIKE TRADE.
THE FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE IN
FIVE YEARS COMES AT A TIME WHEN
TENSIONS ARE HIGH.
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL ASKED
THE TRADE WITH EUROPE TO BE
MORE BALANCED AND TO PRESSURE
RUSSIA TO END THE WAR IN
UKRAINE.
SHE SAYS THEY COULD TEAM UP FOR
THE COLD WAR.
>>> MADONNA PUTTING ON THE
BIGGEST CONCERT EVER, 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE COMING OUT TO
MILLION PEOPLE COMING OUT TO
THE CONCERT IN RIO WHICH WAS
FREE.
SOME FANS WAITED FOR DAYS TO
GET A GOOD SPOT.
THIS IS THE LAST SHOW OF
MADONNA CELEBRATION WORLD TOUR.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE FOLKS
PACKED IN.
COMING UP WE ARE JUST HOURS
AWAY FROM A VERY HIGH-STAKES
MOMENT FOR BOEING.
HOW THE COMPANY IS GETTING
READY FOR SOMETHING IT HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE.
>> THIS IS WHAT MY VOICE SOUNDS
LIKE WHEN I CLOSED THAT.
THAT WASN'T ME.
YOU GOT TO SEE THIS.
STAY TUNED NOW, WEEKNIGHTS ON
NBC NEWS NOW.
>>> THE FAA ROLLING OUT A NEW
INVESTIGATION INTO BOEING AFTER
THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGED SOME
OF ITS EMPLOYEES SKIPPED
CERTAIN SAFETY INSPECTIONS ON A
787 DREAM LINER PLANE. THAT NEWS DROPPING JUST HOURS
THAT NEWS DROPPING JUST HOURS
BEFORE MOMENTS THAT BOEING'S
HOPE WILL BE A REASON TO
CELEBRATE.
LATER TONIGHT THE COMPANY'S
GOING TO TRY TO LAUNCH TWO
ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ON IT STARLINER
SPACECRAFT.
LISTEN, BOEING WANTS THIS TO
WORK.
THEY NEED THIS TO WORK.
OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST FROM A
SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, THEIR LIVES
ON THE LINE AND PERHAPS SOME
PERCEPTION REASONS TOO.
AT A TIME IN THE COMPANY'S
REPUTATION IS TAKING A BUNCH OF
HITS.
GOING BACK TO THE DEADLY
CRASHES SEVERAL YEARS AGO THIS
YEAR THERE WAS THAT BLOWN OUT
DOOR PLUG INCIDENT ON THE
AIRLINES FIGHT.
AND MUNCH THE COMPANY'S CEO
SAYS HE WILL STEP DOWN AS CEO.
SENATE HEARINGS INVESTIGATION INCLUDING THE ONE WE LEARNED
INCLUDING THE ONE WE LEARNED
ABOUT TODAY.
JOINING US FROM FLORIDA'S
KENNEDY SPACE STATION CENTER I
WANT TO GET TO THE STARLINER
LUNCHEON A SECOND BECAUSE
THAT'S A HUGE DEAL FOR BOEING.
IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR SPACE
TRAVEL GENERALLY.
LET ME QUICKLY START WITH AN
FAA INVESTIGATION.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW?
>> BOTTOM LINE, THE FAA SAYS
BOEING CAME FORWARD AND AN
EMPLOYEE SAW SOMETHING AND SAID
SOMETHING AND THAT EMPLOYEE
SAID I THINK EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE
SIGNED OFF ON PAPERWORK
ALLEGING TO THE FACT THAT
INSPECTIONS HAD OCCURRED WHEN
THEY HADN'T OCCURRED.
SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT WHETHER
THE WINGS WERE PROPERLY
ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE.
THE BONDING AS WELL AS THE WIRING.
WIRING.
THAT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
IF THEY'VE SIGNED PAPERWORK
SAYING INSPECTIONS WERE DONE
AND THEY WEREN'T DONE, THAT IS
FALSIFICATION OF AIRLINE
RECORDS, THAT IMMEDIATELY
INVOLVES AN FAA INVESTIGATION.
COULD ALSO INVOLVE A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
THE FAA SAYS IT IS NOW LOOKING
AT THIS.
BOEING SAYS IT CAME FORWARD.
THEY RAISE THE FLAG AND SELF
REPORTED.
AT THE SAME TIME NOW, BOEING
HAS AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM WITH
ANOTHER PLANE.
NOW THEY HAVE TO INSPECT EVERY
787 ON THE PRODUCTION LINE AND
THEN DECIDE WHAT THEY DO ABOUT
PLANES THAT ARE FLYING ALREADY.
BOEING SAID THERE'S NO REASON TO
BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY OR
FLIGHT ISSUE BUT YET AGAIN
BOEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR
QUALITY CONTROL.
>> THAT'S THE BACKDROP AT THIS
MOMENT.
THE REASON YOU ARE DOWN SOUTH
RIGHT NOW AT THIS LIVE SHOT,
BOEING REALLY WANT TO WIN HERE
AND THIS STARLINER COULD BE IT
FOR BOEING.
HOW ARE FOLKS THERE FEELING
ABOUT IT?
ARE THEY NERVOUS?
ARE THEY EXCITED?
ALL THE ABOVE?
>> YES, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S NOT FORGET, TWO LIVES ARE
ON THE LINE.
TWO VETERAN ASTRONAUTS.
WILLIAMS AND BUTCH ARE VETERAN
ASTRONAUTS.
THEY ARE VETERAN TEST PILOTS.
THEY WILL CLIMB INTO THE START
LINER TONIGHT -- STARLINER
TONIGHT FOR 10:30 P.M.
LIFTOFF AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT
THE TROUBLED HISTORY HERE, IT
WAS BACK IN 2019, I WAS HERE.
WE HAVE THE FIRST ON CRUDE TEST
FLIGHT FOR STARLINER.
IT LIFTED OFF AND THEN THEY HAD
A MAJOR MALFUNCTION.
THEY FOUND OUT THAT SOFTWARE
ERRORS HAVE ALLOWED THE
COMPUTERS INSIDE THE SPACESHIP
TO BE OFF BY 11 HOURS. THE CLOCKS WERE OFF BY 11 HOURS.
THE CLOCKS WERE OFF BY 11 HOURS.
FAST-FORWARD, THEY HAVE ANOTHER
PROBLEM.
THEY REALIZED THAT THEY WEREN'T
READY TO FLY IN 2022 AND THEN
THEY ALSO DISCOVERED IN 2023
LAST JUNE THAT THEY HAD
FLAMMABLE TAPE INSIDE THE
SPACESHIP.
FLAMMABLE, REMEMBER APOLLO ONE
WHERE THE ASTRONAUTS BURN TO
DEATH?
AND THEY HAD PARACHUTE STRAPS
THAT MIGHT NOT BE STRONG
ENOUGH.
THEY DELAYED AGAIN UNTIL TODAY.
NOW THEY SAY THEY'RE SPACESHIP
IS READY TO GO AND IT'S GOING
TO GO UP AT 10:34 P.M.
EASTERN TIME AND EVERYBODY IS
WATCHING TO GO OFF WELL.
>> YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS
PROBABLY WATCHING?
THEIR COMPETITORS AT SpaceX,
FAIR?
>> 100%.
WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT IF YOU'D
ASKED ME FIVE YEARS AGO WHO IS
GOING TO BE THE FIRST TO GET TO
THE SPACE STATION, BOEING OR
SpaceX, I WOULD'VE SAID OH,
BOEING, BY FAR.
THEY WERE BEHIND APOLLO.
THEY HAVE STILL NOT GOTTEN THE
CREW TO THE SPACE STATION. SpaceX HAS FLOWN 11 CRUDE
SpaceX HAS FLOWN 11 CRUDE
MISSIONS TO THE SPACE STATION.
BOEING HAS LOST A TON OF MONEY.
IT'S OVER BUDGET, IT'S OVERDUE,
AND THE PRESSURE IS ON.
THEY HAVE GOT TO DELIVER.
THEY HAVE GOT TO DELIVER
TONIGHT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'VE GOT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
ASTRONAUTS LIVES ARE PROTECTED
AND THEY GET THERE AND GET HOME
SAFELY.
>> TOM COSTELLO AT THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
NBC DO NOW WILL HAVE THE LIVE
COVERAGE TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE
LAUNCH AT 10:34 EASTERN TIME.
TOM?
>> WE WILL BE TALKING AGAIN.
I'M SURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
LOTS MORE TO COME ON THE SHOW
INCLUDING THE FORMER LEADER OF
STARBUCKS SAYING THAT THE
EXPERIENCE OF THE STORE THESE
DAYS STINKS.
THEY NEED TO GET BACK ON THE
>>> NEW FALL TONIGHT FROM WHAT
>>> NEW FALL TONIGHT FROM WHAT
EXPERTS SAY IS A PRETTY
EXTRAORDINARY OPEN LETTER FROM
THE FORMER HEAD OF STARBUCKS
BLASTING HIS OLD COMPANY SAYING
THAT GOT TO GET BACK TO BASICS
LIKE GOOD COFFEE AND GOOD
SERVICE.
HOWARD SCHULTZ NOW SINGS STORES
HAVE TO HAVE, I'M QUOTING HERE,
A MANIACAL FOCUS ON THE
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
ANOTHER DAY AT STARBUCKS
GETTING HAMMERED BY INVESTORS.
DOWN SOMETHING LIKE 30% SINCE
LAST MAY.
BRIAN JOINING US NOW, ONE OF
THE MOST ICONIC BRANDS IN THE
WORLD.
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE AND FIND
STARBUCKS.
THEY'RE HUGE.
HOWARD IS SAYING INSTEAD OF
SPICY LEMONADE, FOCUS MORE ON
ELIMINATING LONG LINES PARITY
OF JIM CRAMER WHO HAS FRIENDS
AT CNBC.
HE SAID HE'S NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE WHAT SCHOLZ IS
DOING.
WHY NOW?
>> HE HAD TO INTERVIEW WITH THE
CEO, OUR COLLEAGUES AT CNBC
ASKING AND PRESSING HIM ON THE
EARNINGS RESULTS WHICH IS THE
NEXUS FOR THIS ENTIRE
CONVERSATION. STARBUCKS A
COMPANY REPORTING LAST WEEK
THAT THEIR REVENUE AND THEIR
BOTTOM LINE EARNINGS WERE WELL
BELOW WHAT WALL STREET
ECONOMISTS OR ANALYSTS HAD BEEN
EXPECTING.
MOREOVER, THEY HAD GUIDANCE
WHICH IS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE
GOING TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S COMPARED TO THE LAST
TIME THEY OFFERED PROJECTIONS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND ONE
ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND ONE
BIG STORY BEHIND ALL THIS
APPEARS TO BE THAT CUSTOMERS
ONLY GO TO STARBUCKS ON A
CASUAL BASIS ARE SIMPLY NOT
GOING THERE ANYMORE.
IF YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMER WHO GOES
DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, YOU'RE
PROBABLY STILL GOING BUT IT'S A
CASUAL CONSUMERS WHICH THEY
RELY ON SO MUCH FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE REVENUE THAT
DON'T APPEAR TO BE COMING INTO
THE STORE AS MUCH.
HOW DO THEY GET THAT BACKUP?
THEY'RE SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE
BASED OFF THE APP.
THE PUSH MORE PROMOS AND WE
WILL SEE IF THAT WORKS.
>> YOU SEE ANY DEGREE OF CEO
CORNER OFFICE DRAMA HERE?
IS THAT WHAT HE MIGHT BE PLANNING?
PLANNING?
>> HE'S HAD INSTANCES WHERE HE
LEFT STARBUCKS AND CAME BACK.
HE LEFT THE CEO AND STAY WITHIN
THE COMPANY AND CAME BACK TO
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 2008
AND THEN LEFT AGAIN LATER ON.
HE THEN RETURNED BRIEFLY IN
2022 ON AN INTERIM BASIS WHILE
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A CENTER
WHICH I FOUND A FEW MONTHS
AFTER THAT.
HOWARD SCHULTZ HAS BEEN THE
NORTH START FOR THIS COMPANY
AND HIM POSTING SUGGESTING HE IS DIALED INTO THIS COMPANY.
>> WHAT ARE PEOPLE SO ANNOYED
>> WHAT ARE PEOPLE SO ANNOYED
ABOUT WITH STARBUCKS? WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
>> IT DOES APPEAR TO BE ON ONE
HAND A FUNCTION OF THE
INFLATION ENVIRONMENT WE ARE
IN.
NOT MANY PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO
STARBUCKS AND GET A COLD BREW
WITH SWEET CREAM FORM AND END
UP WITH SEVEN DOLLARS IN A
WHOLE.
-- PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO GET
MORE BANG FOR THEIR BUCK.
GETTING A COFFEE AND A DONUT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT DOES IT FOR US FOR THIS
HOUR. WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE PICKING
WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE PICKING
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