Morning News NOW Full Episode – June 17

[0:01] Developing right now on Morning News Now, war and peace talks overseas. [0:06] This morning, President Trump and top allies meeting for the final day of the G7 summit in France [0:11] with the Iran deal and Ukraine war topping the agenda. [0:16] Also this morning, disturbing new details about an alleged plot to attack that UFC event at the White House on Sunday. [0:24] It's a terrorist plot. That's not a few guys doing crazy stuff. [0:28] That is a coordinated plan terrorist plot. [0:30] Plus, the votes are in for primary elections in several states. [0:36] And new Fed chair Kevin Morsh under pressure ahead of an interest rate decision expected today. [0:42] We are following it all. [0:44] Breaking overnight, horror on the highway, a small plane crash on a busy road in Texas, [0:48] sending drivers scrambling to rescue several people on board. [0:52] We'll bring you the latest and that video. [0:55] Developing right now, millions of people at risk, parts of the South bracing for more heavy rain [1:00] and flash flooding after days of severe storms. [1:04] And we're also tracking a second storm system taking aim at the Northeast. [1:08] We've got your forecast. [1:10] And dinner with a side of screen time. [1:12] It turns out it's not just kids bringing their phones to the dinner table. [1:16] We'll look at how your devices could be disrupting your quality time with family. [1:20] And an important reminder there about how you should be modeling that behavior. [1:24] All right. [1:24] Good morning. [1:25] Good to have you with us. [1:26] I'm Joe Fryer. [1:27] And I'm Savannah Sellers. [1:28] And if you can't tell, we're beginning this Wednesday morning coming to you from our brand [1:32] new home at Rockefeller Center. [1:33] We are in Studio 3A. [1:34] It is very hard in New York to find real estate this big. [1:37] So we are excited to have moved into such a big space. [1:40] It's a big, gorgeous new studio. [1:42] We're so excited we get to use it and excited that you're here with us this morning. [1:45] We are going to get started with that final day of the G7 summit in France between President [1:49] Trump and other world leaders. [1:51] The president is set to head to Versailles later today for a dinner with French President [1:54] Emmanuel Macron. [1:55] Then he'll head to Washington. [1:57] Mr. Trump began his day by joining fellow G7 leaders at the summit for a working session. [2:02] The war with Iran and the four-year-long war between Ukraine and Russia continue to take [2:07] center stage there. [2:09] President Trump spent yesterday selling the framework of that agreement with Iran to member nations, [2:13] hoping to put an end to that war, which began in February. [2:17] He's also urging Russia to make a deal now with Ukraine to end that conflict. [2:22] The president is expected to hold a press conference later today where he'll likely face questions [2:26] from reporters, pressing him for more details about that memorandum of understanding with Iran. [2:32] NBC News correspondent Alice Barr is covering the president's trip to the G7 summit, joins us [2:37] now from France with the latest. [2:39] Alice, good morning. [2:42] Good morning, Joe and Savannah. [2:43] Now, on this last day of the summit here in France, G7 allies, including the U.S., have now signed on [2:50] to a joint statement pledging tougher sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine and praising [2:57] President Trump's framework for peace with Iran as calls are growing louder to see that full deal. [3:03] President Trump wrapping three days of diplomacy, meeting this morning with G7 allies and leaders [3:11] of developing countries, all ahead of a press conference amid questions about the framework [3:16] for peace with Iran. [3:18] I'll probably have a press conference and read it to you word by word. [3:22] Top lawmakers in both parties say they're yet to be briefed on the deal. [3:26] I certainly have not yet, although we are requesting that. [3:30] He needs to stop keeping America in the dark. [3:33] The president says the memorandum of understanding keeps Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon, [3:39] does not include U.S. investments in Iran, and guarantees an open, toll-free, straight-of-Hormuz. [3:46] We're going to have it fully open by Friday. [3:48] Already, one tracking site shows average U.S. gas prices dropping below $4 a gallon, though industry [3:56] experts say shipping won't return to normal for weeks, while trickier questions still need [4:01] to be worked out on the details of Iran's nuclear program and the status of Israeli Hezbollah [4:08] fighting in Lebanon, even as President Trump insists Iran is a done deal. [4:13] That's going to be in the back, in the rear view. [4:17] Signaling a shift in focus to Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky on [4:23] the summit's sidelines as Russia attacked a centuries-old monastery. [4:28] While back stateside, the FBI says law enforcement foiled an attack on Sunday night's UFC fight [4:34] night on the White House lawn, arresting five people accused of plotting to target the crowd [4:40] that included President Trump with explosives-laden drones and guns, as the president pushes to trade [4:47] firepower for diplomacy on the world stage. [4:51] And another sign of lingering tensions, a U.S. official tells NBC News that Iran has fired [4:58] multiple drones at ships in the Strait of Hormuz since the agreement was announced, and that [5:04] the U.S. military has been shooting them down. [5:07] Joe and Savannah, back to you. [5:08] All right, Alice, thank you. [5:09] Well, let's dig in more on that alleged plot to attack the UFC event at the White House [5:13] that Alice mentioned. [5:14] The FBI now has five people in custody, but a nationwide manhunt is now underway for more [5:19] suspects. [5:20] NBC News Chief Justice and National Affairs Correspondent Kelly O'Donnell has the latest [5:24] on the investigation. [5:26] This White House celebration, a UFC fight to mark the nation's 250th birthday, the alleged [5:33] target for a disturbing, potentially deadly conspiracy. [5:36] FOILD BY FEDERAL AGENTS WHO SAY THEY ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTS IN OHIO, MISSOURI, CALIFORNIA AND NEBRASKA. [5:44] BUT MORE REMAIN AT LARGE. [5:46] IT WAS AN ACTIVE PLOT AND IT'S ONGOING. [5:50] OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECTS COORDINATED ON TIKTOK AND VARIOUS ENCRYPTED CHATS. [5:55] THEIR TWISTED PLAN, OFFICIALS SAY, WOULD FLY DRONES WITH EXPLOSIVES OVER THE EVENT TO FORCE THE [6:02] CROWD TO EVACUATE. [6:03] AND THEN SNIPERS WOULD FIRE AS THE HIGH-VALUE TARGETS FLED, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT, BILLIONAIRE [6:09] GUESTS, AND A LIST OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHOM ONE SUSPECT SAID TOOK CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AIPAC, [6:16] THE AMERICAN LOBBYING GROUP THAT ADVOCATES FOR ISRAEL. [6:19] IT'S A TERRORIST PLOT. [6:20] THAT'S NOT A FEW GUYS DOING CRAZY STUFF. [6:23] THAT IS A COORDINATED PLANNED TERRORIST PLOT. [6:26] 19-YEAR-OLD TYSON PROPER OF OHIO IS AMONG THOSE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FEDERAL CONSPIRACY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. [6:34] ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLATE, PROPER'S MOTHER ALERTED POLICE CONCERNED THAT HER SON QUIT HIS JOB [6:40] AND SPENT $3,000 OF HIS GRADUATION MONEY TO BUY WEAPONS AND GEAR, [6:45] INCLUDING THIS RIFLE PAINTED WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG WHILE POSTING ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK. [6:53] ANOTHER SUSPECT, 32-YEAR-OLD MARRIED, FATHER OF FIVE, DANIEL ESKRIDGE OF MISSOURI, [6:58] POSTED A PHOTO OF HIS TACTICAL GEAR AND WROTE, [7:02] WHEN IT'S GO TIME, I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND IN HOPES I CAN RETURN WITH A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THEM. [7:08] THE MOTIVATION? [7:09] TYSON PROPER TOLD AUTHORITIES THIS ATTACK WAS DESIGNED TO JUMPSTART A REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES. [7:16] A DOZEN FBI FIELD OFFICES AND THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS CASE [7:21] AND IN PURSUIT OF NINE OTHER POTENTIAL SUSPECTS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING INVOLVED WITH THIS GROUP, [7:28] WHILE A DOZEN OTHERS ARE KNOWN ONLY BY USERNAMES RIGHT NOW, [7:32] NOT THEIR ACTUAL IDENTITIES, WHICH MAKES THIS CASE ACTIVE AND OPEN. [7:37] ALL RIGHT, KELLY O'DONNELL, THANK YOU. [7:38] WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO RELEASE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT AGREEMENT WITH IRAN [7:42] THAT WOULD PUT AN END TO THE NEARLY FOUR-MONTH-LONG CONFLICT. [7:45] THE DEAL IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE FORMALLY SIGNED ON FRIDAY IN SWITZERLAND, [7:50] BUT IRAN HAS ACCUSED ISRAEL OF REPEATEDLY VIOLATING THE AGREEMENT WITH ATTACKS ON SOUTHERN LEBANON. [7:55] IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS THE DEAL WITH THE U.S. WOULD REQUIRE ISRAEL TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON. [8:00] NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT BRADLEY JOINS US NOW FROM TEL AVIVE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. [8:04] SO, MATT, GOOD MORNING. LET'S BEGIN RIGHT THERE WITH IRAN SAYING ISRAEL MUST LEAVE LEBANON [8:08] AS PART OF THIS PEACE AGREEMENT. WE DON'T YET KNOW ALL THE TERMS OF THE DEAL, [8:12] BUT LATELY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, [8:16] SAYING TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE BEING KILLED IN LEBANON. [8:19] SO HOW IS ISRAEL RESPONDING TO THIS DEMAND? [8:23] YEAH, I MEAN, THIS REALLY REPRESENTS A MAJOR RIFT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN [8:27] NETANYAHU. REALLY, THIS WAS ISRAEL'S FIRST EVER WARTIM ALLIANCE IN ITS HISTORY. [8:33] AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE OPPOSITION, [8:38] INCLUDING NETANYAHU'S OWN ALLIES, THEY ALL FEEL AS THOUGH NETANYAHU HASN'T BEEN ABLE [8:43] TO PUT UP TO THE PRESIDENT AND HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE HIMSELF IN NEGOTIATIONS TO END A WAR [8:47] THAT ISRAEL WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT IN STARTING. SO THOSE WERE REALLY HARSH COMMENTS [8:53] FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE IN ISRAEL, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE. [8:58] THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOT SEEN A COPY OF THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO THEY DON'T [9:03] KNOW WHAT IT INCLUDES. WE DID HEAR, AS YOU MENTIONED, FROM ABBAS ARAGCHI, [9:06] THE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, AND HE SAID THAT THIS, THAT ISRAEL WILL NEED TO WITHDRAW FROM [9:12] LEBANON, SOMETHING THAT ISRAEL HAS REGULARLY REJECTED. BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR FROM ARAGCHI'S [9:17] COMMENT WHETHER OR NOT HE MEANS THAT ISRAEL MUST WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON RIGHT NOW, [9:22] WHEN WE'RE SEEING ON FRIDAY THIS DEAL EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED, OR WHETHER THAT MEANS THAT ISRAEL [9:28] MUST WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON AT THE END OF THOSE 60-DAY NEGOTIATIONS. BECAUSE, REMEMBER, [9:34] EVERY PUBLIC ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THIS MOU INCLUDES, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINAL [9:38] DRAFT, IT INCLUDES THAT THERE WILL BE A 60-DAY SET OF NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A CEASE-FIRE. [9:44] THE IRANIANS HAVE SAID THAT SET OF NEGOTIATIONS WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY, THE SAME DAY, [9:49] IN THE SAME PLACE, GENEVA, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SIGNING THIS DOCUMENT. BUT WE DON'T KNOW [9:53] WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT ON THE OTHER END, OR WHETHER ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES WHO ARE NOW [9:56] SIGNING ON TO THIS DEAL WILL ULTIMATELY BE SATISFIED. [10:00] MATT, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, THE AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED ON FRIDAY, AND IN SWITZERLAND, [10:03] THIS IS AFTER THE DEAL IS SIGNED, WHEN WE'RE EXPECTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S IN IT. [10:08] WHAT CHALLENGES COULD GET IN THE WAY THAT COULD PREVENT A DEAL FROM BEING FORMALIZED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN? [10:12] WELL, IT'S EXACTLY THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, LEBANON. THAT CONTAINS [10:18] THE BIGGEST INFLAMMATORY SITUATION FOR THIS BROADER PIECE. NOW, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, [10:24] AS I SAID, AND HIS MILITARY HAVE BOTH SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT BE WITHDRAWING FROM LEBANON, [10:29] AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS COME UNDER VERY HARSH CRITICISM HERE IN ISRAEL FOR NOT STANDING UP TO [10:34] THE PRESIDENT AND DEMANDING THAT ISRAEL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ITS FIGHT AGAINST HEZBALLAH AND LEBANON. [10:39] A LOT OF THESE COMPLANTS ARE COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHER ISRAEL. [10:44] WHO HAVE BEEN FACING INCOMING HEZBALLAH FIRE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, [10:47] AND THEY HAVE REGULARLY ACCUSED THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OF TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THEIR PLIGHT. [10:53] BUT THIS IS ABOUT TO BECOME A MAJOR ELECTORAL ISSUE HERE IN ISRAEL. [10:57] PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, AFTER DECADES AT THE HELM HERE IN ISRAEL, [11:00] IS ABOUT TO COME UP ON CAREER-DEFINING ELECTIONS BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER. [11:05] THAT COULD SEE ISRAELIS REJECT HIM ENTIRELY, BUT IT WOULDN'T COME OUT YET, [11:09] EVEN WITH A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE HE IS DEFINITELY FACING SOME VERY HARSH CRITICISM. [11:14] MATT, WHILE WE HAVE YOU, WHAT HAS JUST BROADLY IN THE ARAB WORLD BEEN THE RESPONSE TO THE [11:19] POSSIBILITY OF ENDING THIS CONFLICT? IS THERE ANY SKEPTICISM? [11:25] OH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A TON OF SKEPTICISM. [11:27] I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REST OF THE ARAB WORLD, PARTICULARLY IN THE GULF, [11:30] WHICH, BY THE WAY, HAS BORN A LOT OF THE BRUNT OF IRAN'S RETALIATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL AND [11:36] THE U.S. ISRAEL, WHERE I AM NOW, WAS PUMMELED PRETTY HARD BY IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILES AND [11:41] DRONES, BUT SO WERE PLACES LIKE DUBAI AND BAHRIN, KATAR, KUWAIT, SOME OF WHOM HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY [11:46] IRAN AS RECENTLY AS ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO. SO THE CONFLICT FOR THE REST OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS STILL [11:52] VERY MUCH ALIVE, AND THAT'S WHY WE SAW THOSE REAL EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE FROM SO MANY LEADERS OF [11:58] COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD. THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEE THIS CONFLICT END, [12:03] BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY, IF YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES, THERE'S ONLY QUALIFIED PRAISE FOR THE [12:07] RESOLUTION TO THIS CONFLICT AND NO REAL OPTIMISM THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE LEADING TO A FULL PERMANENT [12:13] CEASE-FIRE. ALL RIGHT, MATT BRADLEY IN TELAVIV. MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [12:18] WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR LATEST SNAPSHOT OF THE ECONOMY LATER TODAY WHEN THE FEDERAL RESERVE ANNOUNCES [12:22] ITS LATEST DECISION REGARDING INTEREST RATES. [12:24] THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST DECISION ANNOUNCED BY BRAND-NEW FED CHAIR KEVIN WARR. SHE BEGAN HIS [12:28] FOUR-YEAR TERM AS CHAIR LAST MONTH, HAND-PICKED FOR THE JOB BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. [12:33] TODAY'S DECISION COMES A WEEK AFTER NEW DATA SHOWED INFLATION REACHING ITS HIGHEST POINT IN [12:38] THREE YEARS. LET'S BRING IN OUR FRIEND, [12:40] CALEB SILVER, FOR MORE ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. HE'S THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF INVESTOPEDIA AND [12:44] CHIEF BUSINESS EDITOR FOR PEOPLE, INC. CALEB, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE, FIRST GUEST IN OUR NEW HOME. [12:48] I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PLAGE. IT'S LIKE A SKATE PARK. [12:51] I KNOW. IT DOES KIND OF LOOK LIKE THAT. [12:53] THAT WILL BE LATER IN THE SHOW. [12:54] STICK AROUND. THERE'S THE TEASE. [12:56] OKAY, SO BIG NEWS HERE, OBVIOUSLY, JUST WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH INTEREST RATES, [12:59] BUT ALSO THAT THIS IS THE FIRST FED RESERVE MEETING FOR THE NEW CHAIR, KEVIN WARR. [13:04] HE SAYS THAT HE IS GOING TO REMAIN STRICTLY INDEPENDENT AS THE CENTRAL BANK IS SUPPOSED TO, [13:08] BUT WE KNOW THAT THE PREVIOUS CHAIR HERE, JEROME POWELL, HAD REALLY COME UNDER FIRE FROM THE PRESIDENT [13:13] FOR NOT LOWERING RATES. [13:14] WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO SEE, BOTH BASED ON THE NUMBERS, JUST WHAT THE ECONOMY IS SHOWING US, [13:18] BUT ALSO WITH THAT POLITICAL BACKDROP? [13:20] YEAH, HE COMES IN AT A VERY TRICKY TIME, BECAUSE THE MANDATE WAS LOWER INTEREST RATES [13:24] TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE, LIKE MORTGAGES FOR AMERICANS. [13:27] BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT INFLATION, YOU SAID, AT A 15-MONTH HIGH. [13:31] AND WE STILL HAVE A RELATIVELY STABLE LABOR ENVIRONMENT, SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET NO CHANGE, [13:36] 99% CHANCE, NO CHANGE IN INTEREST RATES. [13:38] BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHEN YOU LOOK OUT TO THE FUTURE MEETINGS, SEPTEMBER 16TH, YOU SEE A 28% CHANCE OF AN INTEREST RATE INCREASE [13:45] BECAUSE, PROBABLY, OF THE INFLATION WE FELT. [13:48] YOU GO TO OCTOBER 28TH, IT GOES TO 33%, DECEMBER 9TH, GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO 42%. [13:53] ONE THING WE'RE GOING TO GET TODAY IS THE DOT PLOT, THE MOST BORING, YET THE MOST IMPORTANT CHART IN ALL OF ECONOMICS. [13:58] IT TELLS YOU WHERE MEMBERS OF THE FED THINK INTEREST RATE SHOULD BE 6 MONTHS, 12 MONTHS OUT. [14:03] WELL, THERE'S WORD THAT KEVIN WORSH WON'T ACTUALLY PUT HIS DOT ON THAT PLOT, [14:07] SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE STANDS IN TERMS OF WHERE HE THINKS RATE SHOULD BE. [14:10] I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE FOR YEARS WE SORT OF SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT [14:13] MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, HEARING THE CHAIR TALK, [14:17] LEANING WHATEVER WE CAN ABOUT THE FUTURE HERE. [14:20] KEVIN WORSH, NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT, OF PUTTING OUT THAT FUTURE GUIDANCE. [14:24] WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT HIM AND HOW HE'S GOING TO TACKLE THIS? [14:26] HE HAS SAID HE DOES NOT WANT THE FED TO BE THAT COMMUNICATIVE ABOUT THE FUTURE DIRECTION [14:31] OF INTEREST RATES. [14:31] IT GIVES THEM LESS FLEXIBILITY, SO I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO BE QUITE TIGHT-LIBBED ABOUT [14:35] WHERE HE THINKS RATES SHOULD BE. [14:37] THAT SAID, TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, 2.30, MUST-SEE TV FOR FED GEEKS LIKE ME AND [14:41] CHRISTINE ROMANS. [14:42] WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING. [14:43] I GOT A WATCH PARTY AT MY HOUSE. [14:45] COME ON IN. [14:46] BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH. [14:47] WHAT HE SAYS AND WHAT HE DOESN'T SAY WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. [14:54] ACTUALLY TRUE, THAT'S FASCINATING. [14:55] I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE. [14:56] ARE YOU SERIOUSLY HAVING A WATCH PARTY? [14:58] OF COURSE. [14:59] LIKE THE NYX. [15:00] JUST LIKE THE NYX. [15:01] THE WATCH PARTY GOES ALL WEEK. [15:03] BUT TELL US HOW YOU THINK MARKETS REACT HERE, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A MIXED BAG. [15:07] OBVIOUSLY, THE NEWS OF IRAN HAD SENT MARKETS SOARING SOME RECORD HIGHS THIS WEEK, BUT KIND [15:10] OF A MIXED BAG THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK. [15:12] OIL PRICES, STILL KIND OF A QUESTION MARK HERE. [15:14] HOW DO YOU THINK MARKETS REACT TO AN INTEREST RATE DECISION? [15:24] OIL PRICES RIGHT NOW. [15:25] WE GOT THEM AROUND $75 A BARREL. [15:27] WE GOT RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DOW. [15:28] NASDAQ AND S&P CLOSE TO RECORD HIGHS. [15:31] MARKET IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE FACT THAT MAYBE INFLATION WILL COOL A LITTLE BIT. [15:35] AND WE'LL HAVE INTEREST RATES RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE PROBABLY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR [15:39] IF WE DON'T GET THAT INCREASE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. [15:41] ALL RIGHT. [15:41] CALIB SILVER, GREAT TO HAVE YOU AS ALWAYS. [15:43] THANK YOU. [15:44] RESULTS ARE COMING IN FROM KEY PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN OKLAHOMA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. [15:48] ON TOP OF THAT, RUNOFFS IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ARE SETTING UP SHOWDOWNS FOR CONTROL OF CONGRESS [15:53] IN NOVEMBER. [15:54] IN GEORGIA, VOTERS PUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INFLUENCE IN THE SOUTH TO THE TEST IN A RUNOFF [15:59] FOR A U.S. SENATE SEAT. [16:00] NBC NEWS PROJECTS TRUMP-BACKED MIKE COLLINS, DEFEATED FORMER FOOTBALL COACH DERRICK DOOLEY, [16:05] WHO HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE'S POPULAR GOVERNOR, BRIAN KEMP. [16:08] NOW, COLLINS WILL FACE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT JOHN OSSOF THIS FALL IN ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE [16:13] SENATE RACES THIS YEAR. [16:14] NBC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER SAHIL KAPOR JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THESE [16:18] RESULTS. [16:19] SAHIL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. [16:20] SO, COLLINS' VICTORY, ALSO A WIN FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO ENDORSED HIM JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. [16:25] TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW HE WON AND ANY OTHER RACES YOU'RE WATCHING IN THIS SWING STATE OF GEORGIA. [16:31] GOOD MORNING, GUYS. [16:31] WELL, THE STAGE IS SET FOR ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SENATE RACES THIS FALL THAT COULD TIP CONTROL [16:36] OF THE CHAMBER. [16:37] IT WAS MIKE COLLINS, THE SITTING CONGRESSMAN, BACKED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO WON THE REPUBLICAN [16:42] NOMINATION TO TAKE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOHN OSSOP. [16:45] HE DEFEATED DERRICK DOOLEY, THE FORMER COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH WHO WAS ENDORSED BY BRIAN [16:50] KEMP IN WHAT BECAME SOMEWHAT OF A PROXY WAR BETWEEN TRUMP AND KEMP, WHO HAVE CLASHED IN RECENT [16:56] YEARS. [16:57] NOW, COLLINS IS KNOWN FOR HIS LEAD SPONSORSHIP OF THE LAKE AND RILEY ACT, THE IMMIGRATION LAW. [17:03] HE HAS ALSO BEEN CRITICIZED FOR INCENDIARY COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OCCASIONALLY FEEDING CONSPIRACY [17:08] THEORIES. [17:12] TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MONEY DISCREPANCY BETWEEN COLLINS AND OSSOP. [17:15] IN APRIL AND MAY, JOHN OSSOP HAD $32 MILLION IN CASH ON HAND, COLLINS HAD JUST $1.2 MILLION. [17:19] THAT'S A REALLY SIGNIFICANT GAP, BUT OF COURSE THE OUTSIDE GROUPS, THE SUPER PACS ARE LIKELY TO [17:22] MAKE UP FOR THAT. [17:23] COLLINS, FOR HIS PART, CALLS JOHN OSSOP THE CANDIDATE OF CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK. [17:28] OSSOP, FOR HIS PART, SAYS COLLINS SUPPORTS WARS, TARIFFS, AND HEALTH CARE CUTS. [17:32] SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MAJOR FIGHTS THIS FALL, REPUBLICANS SEE A RARE OPPORTUNITY [17:38] FOR A PICKUP IN GEORGIA, GIVEN THAT DONALD TRUMP WON THAT STATE TWO OUT OF THREE TIMES. [17:42] OSSOP, HOWEVER, FOR A DEMOCRAT IN GEORGIA, IS LOOKING REASONABLY STRONG. [17:46] ALSO IN GEORGIA, THE BILLIONAIRE RICK JACKSON DEFEATED THE TRUMP-BACKED BERT JONES FOR THE REPUBLICAN [17:52] NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR TO REPLACE BRIAN KEMP. [17:54] HE'S GOING TO FACE THE DEMOCRAT KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS IN WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE A VERY COMPETITIVE RACE. [17:59] THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TRIED, MOST NOTABLY WITH STACY ABRAMS IN RECENT CYCLES, TO WIN THAT [18:04] GOVERNOR'S RACE AND FAILED. [18:05] WILL THEY HAVE A BETTER SHOT THIS FALL? [18:08] ALL RIGHT, SAHA, LET'S STAY IN THIS OUT. [18:09] THE TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATE ALSO WON THE GOP NOMINATION FOR ALABAMA'S OPEN SENATE SEAT. [18:13] WALK US THROUGH WHAT PROPELED HIM TO VICTORY THERE. [18:16] YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S SITTING CONGRESSMAN BARRY MOORE. [18:19] HE DEFEATED THE FORMER NAVY SEAL, JARED HUDSON, IN THE RUNOFF FOR THAT ALABAMA SENATE SEAT, [18:24] BEING VACATED BY TOMMY TUBERVILLE, WHO'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. [18:27] TRUMP HELD A VIRTUAL RALLY FOR MOORE LAST WEEK. [18:30] MOORE RAN AS A WARRIOR FOR TRUMP'S AGENDA, RAN ON A FIRMLY PRO-TRUMP PLATFORM, [18:35] HIGHLIGHTED HIS OPPOSITION TO SANCTUARY CITIES AGAINST TRANS ATHLETES [18:38] AND WOMEN'S SPORTS IN THAT DEEP RED STATE. [18:41] HE WILL FACE THE DEMOCRAT EVERET WEST, AND HE IS THE HEAVY, HEAVY FAVORITE TO WIN THIS FALL IN ALABAMA. [18:46] HIGHLIGHT, LET'S LOOK WEST TO CALIFORNIA. VOTERS IN THE 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT [18:51] THERE WEIGHED IN ON A REPLACEMENT FOR FORMER DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE ERIC SWALWELL. [18:55] A REMINDER, HE WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, THEN DROPPED OUT AND RESIGNED FROM CONGRESS [18:59] EARLIER THIS YEAR AMID ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. WHAT'S THE LATEST THERE? [19:03] WELL, YOU SEE IT ON THE SCREEN JUST NOW. [19:05] THE NBC IS PROJECTING THAT THE DEMOCRAT, AISHA WAHAB, WILL ADVANCE TO THE GENERAL ELECTION. [19:10] HER OPPONENT IS NOT YET KNOWN. [19:13] IT'S BETWEEN THOSE TWO CANDIDATES YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHERE [19:17] THE VOTE IS, THAT IS MELISSA HERNANDEZ AND RAKHI SINGH. BOTH OF THEM ARE DEMOCRATS. [19:21] THIS IS A SAFE BLUE DISTRICT THAT WAS ALREADY BLUE. IT WAS REDRAWN [19:25] AS PART OF CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING. THE WINNER OF THIS RACE WILL REPLACE ERIC SWALWELL, [19:30] THE CONGRESSMAN WHO RESIGNED IN APRIL IN THE MIDST OF ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. [19:34] HE HAS BEEN SINCE REFERRED TO FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION RELATED TO THOSE ALLEGATIONS. [19:39] WE HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT LATELY. NO WORD OF CHARGES IN PARTICULAR. SWALWELL [19:44] DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS. HE HAS LAWYERED UP. MEANWHILE, HIS CONSTITUENTS WILL HAVE TO WAIT [19:49] FOR SOME TIME LONGER BEFORE THEY KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTING THEM. [19:52] ALL RIGHT. SAHIL KAPOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [19:54] WE'VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF TEXAS OVERNIGHT WHERE THE MOMENTS AFTER A DEADLY PLANE CRASH ON A HIGHWAY [20:00] NEAR THE BORDER WITH MEXICO WERE CAUGHT ON VIDEO. LOOK AT THIS ON YOUR SCREEN. [20:05] YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY TRYING TO SMASH THE COCKPIT [20:09] WINDOW IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO FREE THOSE INSIDE. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON WAS KILLED WHEN [20:15] THE BUSINESS JET CARRYING SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD CRASHED OUTSIDE LAREDO TEXAS AT AROUND 10 PM LOCAL [20:21] TIME. IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT IF THE PERSON WHO DIED WAS ON THE PLANE OR ON THE GROUND. [20:26] FIVE POLICE OFFICERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION. [20:30] THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE ALSO WANT TO BRING YOU THE LATEST ON [20:34] THAT DEADLY CRASH OF A B-52 BOMBER IN CALIFORNIA. EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED. [20:38] NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT [20:42] LIZ CROID SPOKE WITH THE WIDOW OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS. [20:46] THE WIFE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THAT TRAGIC MILITARY CRASH OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES, [20:51] MAKING A SERIOUS ACCUSATION ABOUT THE DEADLY FLIGHT. [20:54] LAUREN SMITH TELLS US HER HUSBAND, JEREMY SMITH, A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENGINEER WHO [21:02] HAD WORKED AT THE BASE FOR A DECADE, WAS REGULARLY PART OF A TEAM THAT FLEW ON B-52 TEST [21:07] MISSIONS. BUT THE FLIGHT THAT CRASHED, SHE SAYS, WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN LAST WEEK. [21:11] I KNOW SPECIFICALLY ON FRIDAY, THEY WERE GOING TO FLY ON FRIDAY, AND THEY JUST GET PUSHING IT [21:21] BACK AND PUSHING IT BACK. AND I DON'T THINK THAT PLANE WAS READY TO TAKE OFF. I'M SO SAD IT DID. [21:28] NBC NEWS HAS REACHED OUT TO THE AIR FORCE, WHICH SAYS THEY WILL NOT COMMENT ON AN ACTIVE [21:32] INVESTIGATION. ON MONDAY NIGHT, AUTHORITIES ON THE BASE SAID WHAT CAUSED THE BOEING B-52 [21:37] BOMBER TO CRASH REMAINS UNCLEAR. AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION AS TO WHAT THE CAUSE [21:43] WAS OF THIS. OFFICIALS SAY THE EIGHT PEOPLE ON BOARD THE FLIGHT, WHICH BURST INTO FLAME [21:48] SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF MONDAY MORNING, WERE A MIX OF MILITARY, CIVILIANS AND GOVERNMENT [21:52] CONTRACTORS. THE AIR FORCE HAS NOT PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS. BOEING SAYS TWO OF THEIR EMPLOYEES [21:58] WERE AMONG THE DECEASED. LAUREN SAYS HER HUSBAND HAD ONLY RETURNED TO WORK LAST WEEK AFTER [22:03] PATERNITY LEAVE, LEAVING BEHIND THEIR TODDLER AND FOUR-MONTH-OLD SON. [22:07] HE WAS THE BEST DAD, AND I'M SO SAD HE DOESN'T GET TO WATCH THEM GROW UP. [22:13] AND MIST OF FATHER'S DAY ON SUNDAY AS WELL, IT JUST HURTS MY HEART SO MUCH. [22:19] OUR THANKS TO LIZ COITZ FOR THAT REPORT. THE MILITARY SAYS IT DOES PLAN TO RELEASE THE [22:24] NAMES OF ALL THE VICTIMS LATER TODAY. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO [22:29] DRENCH THE SOUTH. AT LEAST 25 MILLION PEOPLE ARE STILL UNDER FLOOD WATCHES FROM TEXAS TO GEORGIA. MILLIONS [22:34] MORE ARE ON ALERT ACROSS THE GULF COAST WITH A NEW TROPICAL STORM THREATENING TO BECOME THE [22:39] FIRST SYSTEM OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT RYAN CHANDLER HAS THE LATEST. [22:47] DEADLY FLASH FLOODS SLAMMING THE SOUTH. IN TEXAS, DANGEROUS RESCUE TO SAVE PASSENGERS TRAPPED [22:53] IN RUSHING WATER. THIS TOW TRUCK NEAR THE LOUISIANA BORDER TRYING TO PULL A CAR STUCK IN HIGH WATERS. [23:01] THESE CARS STRANDED IN THE HOUSTON AREA AMID HEAVY RAINFALL, ROADS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. [23:08] HOUSTON OFFICIALS ISSUING THIS WARNING. [23:10] PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT WATER CAN COME UP VERY, VERY FAST AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET [23:15] YOU TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS YOU THINK. [23:17] ONE WOMAN IN SOUTHERN TEXAS WAS FOUND DEAD, COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY, [23:22] AFTER HER VEHICLE WAS SWEPT AWAY EVEN WHILE SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH 9-1-1. [23:26] MADE IT LIKE TIGHTOWAY, MAN. [23:29] IN LOUISIANA, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CREATING CHAOS ON THE ROADS. [23:33] THIS MAN RESCUING ONE WOMAN FLEEING HER CAR THROUGH WAIST-DEEP WATER. [23:39] AND FEET OF FLOODING BLOCKING NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS IN MISSISSIPPI. [23:43] THIS TRUCK PUSHING THROUGH WATER, REACHING ITS DOORS. [23:46] AND IN FLORIDA, NOT FLOODS, BUT TWO WILDFIRES ALREADY BURNING THROUGH MORE THAN 800 ACRES, [23:53] WITH FIREFIGHTERS RACING TO CONTAIN THE FLAMES. [23:56] LARGE PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING ABOVE THE SUBURBS WEST OF MIAMI. [24:01] WHILE BACK IN TEXAS AND IN THE GULF, MILLIONS REMAIN AT RISK FROM A SYSTEM [24:05] STILL EXPECTED TO GROW MORE SEVERE. [24:08] RYAN CHANDLER, NBC NEWS. [24:10] MORE ON THIS, LET'S GET TO NBC CHICAGO METEOROLOGIST AESHA SCOUGHT. [24:15] SHE JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. AESHA, GOOD MORNING. [24:18] GOOD MORNING. [24:18] WE'VE GOT TWO BIG WEATHER EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY. [24:21] AND ALSO AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW. [24:23] BUT LET'S START WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GULF. [24:25] SO YOU'LL NOTICE HERE WE'VE GOT POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE. [24:29] IT'S 35 MILES JUST SOUTHWEST OF PORT O'CONNOR, TEXAS. [24:32] IT IS EXPECTED TO RIDE RIGHT ALONG THE GULF COAST STATE OF TEXAS AND ALSO LOUISIANA [24:37] AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH TODAY AND ALSO INTO TOMORROW. [24:40] SO YOU'LL NOTICE HERE THE TRACK. [24:42] IT COULD BECOME OUR FIRST NAME STORE UP THE SEASON. [24:45] AND AS WE GET TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THOSE WINS UP TO ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR, [24:48] WHICH WILL PUT US AT TROPICAL STORM STATUS. [24:50] AND THEN AS WE GET TO EARLY ON THURSDAY, AS IT STAYS OVER LAND, [24:53] THOSE WINS WILL START TO COME DOWN TO ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR. [24:56] SO WE ALREADY HAVE TROPICAL ALERTS POSTED. [24:58] TROPICAL STORM WATCHES FOR TEXAS ALONG THE GULF COAST. [25:01] AND ALSO AS WE HEAD INTO LOUISIANA, WE'VE GOT TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AS WELL. [25:05] AGAIN, ALREADY POSTED. [25:07] WE COULD SEE A LOT OF RAIN HERE FOR THE GULF COAST STATES OF ALSO TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. [25:12] SO THERE IS A FLOOD RISK. [25:13] NOTICE THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN LOOKS TO STAY OFFSHORE. [25:17] BUT AS WE CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TOMORROW, [25:20] THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INLAND, [25:22] IMPACTING ALABAMA AND ALSO INTO GEORGIA. [25:25] SO MONTGOMERY, ATLANTA, YOU'LL CERTAINLY BE DEALING WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN AND STORMS FROM [25:29] THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. [25:31] NOTICE HERE THE RAINFALL FORECAST, THE BULLSEYE IS OVER LOUISIANA THROUGH ABOUT GEORGIA AND EVEN INTO [25:37] PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THIS IS WHERE WE COULD SEE ISOLATED AMOUNTS FOR PARTS OF THE AREA [25:42] ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN. [25:44] SO AGAIN, FLOODING IS GOING TO BE A HUGE CONCERN. [25:47] SWITCHING GEARS HERE TO THE MIDWEST, ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE UNDER THE GUN FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER. [25:52] WE'VE GOT 46 MILLION AT RISK FOR SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES, [25:56] ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND ALSO INTO INDIANA. [25:59] WE COULD SEE DAMAGING HAIL OVER TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 75 MILES PER HOUR. [26:06] ILLINOIS LEADING THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS TORNADO REPORTS GO AND YOU COULD SEE, [26:10] WE COULD SEE THOSE TORNADO INTENSITY REPORTS UP TO ABOUT EF3 STATUS. [26:15] SO WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. [26:18] NOTICE HERE SEVERE STORMS, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. [26:20] WE'VE GOT SEVERE STORMS PUSHING THROUGH IOWA, [26:22] A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. [26:26] THESE STORMS ARE OUT AHEAD OF A PRETTY STRONG STORM SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. [26:30] BUT WE'LL SEE THOSE STORMS FIRING UP OUT AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT. [26:33] AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH TODAY, THROUGH ILLINOIS AND ALSO INDIANA, [26:37] THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL START TO PUSH FARTHER TO THE EAST AS WE GET TO TOMORROW, [26:40] IMPACTING PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND AND ALSO THE MID-ATLANTIC. [26:44] SPEAKING OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, WE DO HAVE SEVERE, AT LEAST A SEVERE THREAT FOR TOMORROW, [26:48] A SLIGHT RISK FROM BOSTON DOWN TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. [26:51] THIS IS WHERE WE COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. [26:54] THE HAIL RISK IS LOW TOMORROW AND ALSO THE TORNADO THREAT AS WELL. [26:58] BACK TO YOU GUYS. [26:59] ALL RIGHT, AESHA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. [27:01] GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. [27:02] MUCH MORE TO COME HERE ON MORNING NEWS NOW. [27:04] LATER THIS HOUR, A GROWING TREND IN THE AMERICAN DIET. [27:07] MORE PEOPLE TURNING TO SUPPLEMENTS FOR A BOOST IN OVERALL HEALTH. [27:14] THE DOCTORS WANT YOU TO KNOW. [27:15] FIRST, AFTER THE BREAK, THE NEW REPORT RENEWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEATH OF CONVICTED [27:19] SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN WILL BE RIGHT BACK. [27:22] WELCOME BACK FOR YEARS. [27:27] QUESTIONS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE SURROUNDED JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S DEATH INSIDE A MANHATTAN JAIL CELL. [27:32] WELL, NOW A NEW YORK TIMES INVESTIGATION IS TAKING A FRESH LOOK AT EPSTEIN'S FINAL DAYS [27:36] AND THE EVIDENCE SURROUNDING HIS DEATH. [27:39] NBC NEWS SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT STEPHANIE GOSK HAS MORE. [27:44] AT THE HEART OF THE EPSTEIN SAGA, ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS, [27:47] DID JEFFREY EPSTEIN ACTUALLY TAKE HIS OWN LIFE? [27:50] THE NEW YORK TIMES RELEASING A MONTHS-LONG INVESTIGATION ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER IT. [27:54] THAT IT WOULD HAVE ENTAILLED A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN [27:58] NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL OFF TO MURDER HIM. [28:00] SO EVERYTHING POINTS TOWARDS THE FACT THAT HE KILLED HIMSELF. [28:04] RELYING ON MILLIONS OF PUBLICLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS AND DOZENS OF INTERVIEWS WITH INMATES, [28:08] PRISON GUARDS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS. [28:11] THE REPORT REVEALING NOTES IT SAYS EPSTEIN HAND WROTE IN THE DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH, [28:16] INCLUDING THIS ONE. [28:17] ONLY PAIN TO ME AND OTHERS IN THE FUTURE, IT SAYS. [28:20] NOT VERY MUCH FUN. [28:21] EPSTEIN'S CELLMATE NICK TARTAGLEON, SINCE CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE MURDERS, [28:26] TELLS THE TIMES THAT EPSTEIN CAME BACK FROM COURT AFTER BEING DENIED BAIL [28:30] AND ASKED, HOW DO YOU MAKE A NOUSE? [28:32] TARTAGLEON SAYS HE CAUGHT EPSTEIN PREPARING FOR SUICIDE TWICE, [28:36] INCLUDING TRYING TO TIE A SHEET TO THE GRATE OVER THE CELL WINDOW. [28:40] TARTAGLEON SAYS HE TOLD THE GUARDS, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. [28:44] DAYS LATER, EPSTEIN WAS DISCOVERED MOTIONLESS, BUT STILL ALIVE. [28:48] WHAT THE DOJ INSPECTOR GENERAL CONCLUDED WAS A POSSIBLE SUICIDE ATTEMPT. [28:53] TWO WEEKS LATER, EPSTEIN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL. [28:56] THE TIMES INVESTIGATION FOCUSES ON EPSTEIN'S LAST CELLMATE, [28:59] AFRANE REYES, WHO SAID HE TOLD EPSTEIN, [29:02] DON'T TRY TO KILL YOURSELF IN THIS CELL, [29:04] ACCORDING TO A DOCUMENT IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. [29:07] REYES WAS LATER MOVED OUT OF THE PRISON, [29:09] SAYING HE WARNED GUARDS, [29:10] GET HIM A GOOD BUNKEY, HE'S NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE. [29:13] EPSTEIN DID NOT GET ANOTHER CELLMATE. [29:16] INMATES ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO HURT THEMSELVES [29:19] IF THEY HAVE SOMEBODY NEAR THEM, SO THAT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE. [29:23] BOTH OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S CELLMATES IN THE FEDERAL PRISON IN MANHATTAN [29:26] SAY THEY TOLD PRISON GUARDS THAT THEY WERE HEARING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS [29:31] FROM THEIR CELLMATE. [29:32] BUT INSTEAD OF EPSTEIN GETTING MORE MONITORING, [29:34] HE WAS ULTIMATELY LEFT ALONE IN HIS CELL. [29:37] AND WITHIN 24 HOURS, HE WAS DEAD. [29:40] BACK TO YOU. [29:41] ALL RIGHT, SEFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [29:42] JOINING US NOW IS NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST DANNY SAFALOS ON THE STANDING. [29:45] GOOD MORNING. [29:46] SO IN YOUR OPINION, DOES THIS NEW REPORTING [29:48] STRENGTHEN THE CASE THAT EPSTEIN DIED BY SUICIDE? [29:51] IT DOES. [29:51] IT OFFERS EVIDENCE OF HIS STATE OF MIND. [29:53] IT DOESN'T OFFER ANY NEW FORENSIC EVIDENCE. [29:56] THERE ARE STILL CLAIMED DISPARITIES IN THINGS LIKE THE AUTOPSY EVIDENCE, [30:01] DIFFERENT AUTOPSIES, EVIDENCE THERE. [30:03] BUT THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD THE INTENT [30:07] IN THE TIME LEADING UP TO HIS SUICIDE TO COMMIT SUICIDE. [30:12] AND THAT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO A WHOLE LOT TO DISPEL RUMORS OR CONSPIRACY THEORIES, [30:18] BECAUSE IT IS ALSO GENERALLY KNOWN IN PRISON THAT IF SOMEBODY IS GETTING ATTACKED BY [30:23] ANOTHER INMATE, THEY MIGHT FALSIFY A SUICIDE ATTEMPT, [30:25] SO AS NOT TO CAST ANY KIND OF ASPERSIONS ON ANOTHER INMATE, [30:29] WHICH CAN MAKE LIFE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE INCARCERATED. [30:33] IF JAIL OFFICIALS DID IGNORE REPEATED WARNINGS ABOUT EPSTEIN'S MENTAL STATE, [30:37] IS THERE ANY LEGAL ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN? [30:39] WHAT WOULD THAT EVEN LOOK LIKE? [30:41] NOT LIKELY, BECAUSE THE MAIN REASON, TWO, [30:44] NUMBER ONE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, [30:47] BUT NUMBER TWO, EVEN IF YOU COULD, [30:48] THERE ARE VERY STRICT TIME LIMITS FOR FILING THESE CLAIMS. [30:51] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SUE IT SOMETIMES, [30:54] BUT THEY MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT, LOTS OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH, [30:57] AND YOU HAVE TO FILE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIM. [30:59] WE'RE NOW SEVEN YEARS OUT. [31:01] ALL THE APPLICABLE STATUTES AND LIMITATIONS AND TIMES TO FILE CLAIMS HAVE LIKELY RUN. [31:06] SAME THING LIKELY WITH ANY CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN [31:10] THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN INVESTIGATED. [31:12] WHAT QUESTIONS ABOUT EPSTEIN'S DEATH REMAIN? [31:14] REALLY? [31:15] I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GOTTEN EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE, [31:20] I THINK, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. [31:22] SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF YOU'RE SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT STILL THINKS, [31:25] AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS PART OF A CONSPIRACY THEORY, [31:28] YOU'RE LIKELY GOING TO BELIEVE THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU HEAR. [31:32] BUT MY VIEW FROM THE BEGINNING HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, [31:34] I GO TO A LOT OF PRISONS AND A LOT OF JAILS, AND FRANKLY, [31:37] THEY'RE NOT RUN THAT WELL ORGANIZED. [31:39] SO THE IDEA THAT SOME GRAND CONSPIRACY COULD INFLATRATE [31:42] THE PRISON WITHOUT ANYBODY KNOWING OR ANYONE LEAKING [31:45] SEEMS UNLIKELY TO ME. [31:46] BUT LOOK, THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY REASONABLY-MINDED PEOPLE [31:49] THAT THINK AND HAVE THOUGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO THINK [31:51] THAT THERE'S MORE TO THIS EPSTEIN DEATH STORY THAN MEETS THE EYE. [31:55] KAMI SAVALOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [31:57] COMING UP, NEW GUIDANCE FOR DOCTORS PRESCRIBING [32:00] POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS. [32:01] OUR FRIEND DR. KAVITA PATEL JOINS US FOR OUR WEEKLY [32:04] CHECKUP THAT IS NEXT ON MORNING NEWS NOW. [32:07] NOW WITH OUR WEEKLY MEDICAL CHECKUP, [32:13] THIS WEEK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MORE PEOPLE ARE USING [32:15] SUPPLEMENTS AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE TAKING THEM YOURSELF. [32:19] PLUS BY POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS, [32:20] THE COGOVI AND ZEPBAUND ARE NOW RECOMMENDED AS FIRST-LINE TREATMENTS [32:24] FOR WEIGHT LOSS BY SOME DOCTORS. [32:26] WE'VE ALSO GOT A NEW SURVEY THAT FOUND THAT MOST FAMILIES ARE BRINGING THOSE DEVICES TO THE [32:30] DINNER TABLE, SO WE'VE GOT SOME TIPS TO MAKE FAMILY MEALS PHONE-FREE. [32:34] HERE TO BREAK DOWN THESE HEALTH HEADLINES, [32:35] NBC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. KAVITA PATEL. [32:38] DR. PATEL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. [32:39] SO LET'S START WITH THAT STUDY ON THE INCREASE IN USE OF [32:41] DIETARY AND HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS. [32:44] HOW ARE AMERICANS USING THESE SUPPLEMENTS DIFFERENTLY? [32:47] WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS HERE? [32:49] YEAH, JOE AND SAVANNA, WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE, OURSELVES INCLUDED, [32:53] WHO ARE USING SUPPLEMENTS. [32:54] HERE'S WHAT THE DATA OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES HAVE SHOWN. [32:57] LOOKING AT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ADULTS OVER TIME, THAT OVERALL THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTS [33:02] HAS INCREASED FROM 51 TO ABOUT 60% OF UNITED STATES ADULTS THAT ARE USING SUPPLEMENTS. [33:08] BUT HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING. [33:09] IT'S NOT THE MULTIVITAMINS OR THINGS THAT WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT, [33:12] WHICH HAVE MULTIPLE KIND OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS. [33:15] THAT USAGE HAS GONE DOWN. IT'S SINGLE, INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF SUPPLEMENTS. [33:19] THINK THINGS LIKE TURMERIC, ASHRAGONDA, HYALURONIC ACID, COLLAGEN SUPPLEMENTS. [33:25] THE INCREASED USE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL SUPPLEMENTS HAVE GONE UP PRETTY DRAMATICALLY. [33:30] AND IT'S KIND OF BRINGING INTO QUESTION, ESPECIALLY AMONGST OLDER ADULTS, [33:34] THAT THERE COULD BE INTERACTIONS, THINGS THAT MAKE USE OF THESE SUPPLEMENTS [33:37] POTENTIALLY BENEFICIAL, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY HARMFUL. [33:41] SO HERE AT THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS, IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, FOOD FIRST. [33:47] TRY TO THINK ABOUT NOT USING A SUPPLEMENT TO SWAP OUT SOME OF YOUR BASIC VITAMINS AND MINERALS. [33:52] WE ALWAYS LOVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THIS FROM WHOLE FOODS FIRST. [33:55] AND THEN ASK BEFORE YOU ADD. [33:57] I FIND PATIENTS OFTEN SAY, OH, WELL, I'VE BEEN TAKING THESE, DOCTOR, [34:01] AND THEY'RE OVER THE COUNTERS. THEY MUST BE SAFE. [34:03] AND IN GENERAL, THAT'S TRUE, EXCEPT THAT MANY PEOPLE, AS YOU'VE HEARD, [34:07] ARE TAKING THESE THINGS IN ADDITION TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS, [34:10] AND THEY'RE TAKING MULTIPLE SUPPLEMENTS TOGETHER, [34:13] THAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE A HARMFUL COMBINATION. [34:15] DOCTOR, I'M ALSO SEEING SO MUCH OF THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. [34:19] YES. OH, YEAH. SO SOCIAL HAS DRIVEN NOT JUST THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTS, [34:22] BUT I THINK, UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE ARE USING THIS IN PLACE OF THEIR MEDICATIONS. [34:27] I'VE HAD PATIENTS WHO SAID, WELL, I'M TURNING TO THIS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE [34:32] TO TAKING A BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE. [34:33] FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE, [34:36] BECAUSE IF WE WANT TO GET YOU OFF OF PRESCRIPTIONS, IF THERE'S A WAY, [34:39] WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. [34:41] BUT AGAIN, IT GETS BACK TO SOME OF THE BASICS, [34:43] THAT MANY OF THESE SUPPLEMENTS, WHEN THEY'VE BEEN STUDYED, [34:45] HAVE HAD ZERO EFFECT AND CAN SOMETIMES BE HARMFUL, [34:48] BECAUSE PEOPLE PERCEIVE THAT PLACEBO EFFECT, [34:52] OR THEY MIGHT EVEN BE WORKING AGAINST SOME OF THEIR [34:54] DIAGNOSED MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND MAKING IT WORSE. [34:57] LET'S TURN TO THESE NEW GUIDELINES. [34:58] THEY'RE RELEASED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. [35:00] THIS IS ON TREATING PEOPLE WITH OBESITY, [35:02] USING THOSE MEDICATIONS. [35:04] DR. PATAL, WHAT DO THEY SAY? [35:06] YEAH, SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. [35:07] THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST [35:10] PRIMARY CARE AND INTERNAL MEDICINE [35:12] SUBSPECIALTY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY, [35:14] AND THEY PUT OUT GUIDELINES WITH FIRST-LINE RECOMMENDATIONS [35:17] FOR WHAT WE WOULD CALL OBESE AND NON-PREGNANT OBESE ADULTS, [35:22] AS WELL AS NON-PREGNANT ADULTS WITH OTHER CO-MORBIDITIES. [35:25] FIRST-LINE ARE VERY POPULAR FRIENDS, [35:28] SEMAGLATIDE, INTERZEPITITE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OZEMPIC AND ZEP-BOUND. [35:32] SECOND-LINE MEDICATIONS INCLUDE PHENTRAMINE AND TAPYRAMATE. [35:35] THESE ARE OLD MEDICATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR ARSETAL. [35:38] THEY'RE GOOD MEDICINES, BUT INTERESTINGLY, [35:40] HERE BY THE ACP SECOND LINE AND THIRD LINE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL [35:44] MEDICATIONS THAT WE ALSO USE, SUCH AS LORAGULATIDE. [35:47] THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE USED IN PATIENTS WITH OBESITY AND STILL DO, [35:50] BY THE WAY. [35:51] SO ALL THREE LINES OF TREATMENTS ARE GREAT MEDICATIONS. [35:54] I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE FIRST ARE THE FIRST LINE IS THAT [35:57] POPULAR GROUP KNOWN AS GLP-1S. [36:00] AND THE ACP PUTS THAT VERY CLEARLY IN CONTEXT WITH NUTRITION, [36:04] LIFESTYLE MEDICINE, AND SHARED DECISION MAKING. [36:07] SO THIS IS, I THINK, TO DRAW A SHARP CONTRAST, [36:10] SAVANNA AND JOE, BETWEEN WHAT I'VE NOTICED, [36:12] WHICH IS A TREND AROUND JUST PRESCRIBING THESE MEDICATIONS, [36:16] BUT NOT KIND OF GROUNDING IT AND HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY CHANGE [36:19] THE BEHAVIOR AROUND THE MEDICATIONS. [36:20] THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS HERE ARE TO JUST NOT THINK ABOUT JUST THE SHOT ALONE. [36:25] THINK ABOUT THE SHOT IN CONTEXT. [36:27] IF YOU ARE TAKING THAT FIRST LINE TREATMENT, [36:29] THAT THE MEDICATIONS ARE JUST TOOLS. [36:31] AND THE SHOT IS REALLY JUST A WAY TO ALSO THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER [36:35] CHANGES THAT YOU MAKE IN YOUR LIFE AND HOW YOU CAN ALTER [36:39] OBESITY AND OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES. [36:41] THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND IT THERE, ALL RIGHT? [36:43] FINALLY, WITH SCHOOL, WORK, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, [36:47] IT CAN BE TOUGH TO SIT DOWN FOR A FAMILY MEAL. [36:49] THAT'S A TIMELESS PROBLEM. [36:50] BUT THERE'S THIS NEW REPORT FIND THAT ONCE PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO SIT DOWN, [36:54] THEY SPEND THAT TIME ON THEIR PHONE. [36:55] SO WHY ARE SO MANY EYES GLUED TO PHONES [36:58] INSTEAD OF EACH OTHER DURING MEALTIME? [37:00] AND THIS SOUNDS PRETTY OBVIOUS TO ME, [37:01] BUT WHAT CAN FOLKS DO TO MAYBE UNPLUG DURING THIS TIME? [37:05] ALL RIGHT, JOE, GUILTY AS CHARGED. [37:07] I WAS THINKING THAT I WOULD OPEN UP THIS STUDY [37:12] AND I WOULD OPEN UP THIS STUDY AND I WOULD OPEN UP THIS STUDY. [37:16] YOU KNOW, LO AND BEHOLD, IT'S ALL THESE CHILDREN USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND USING SCREENS. [37:18] 75% OF OVER 300 FAMILIES SURVEYED, AVERAGE CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 10 YEARS OLD. [37:23] THOSE ARE MY KIDS' AGES. [37:25] FIND THAT 75% OF THE ADULTS ARE USING GENERALLY SPEAKING PHONES AND SCREEN TIME DURING FAMILY MEALS. [37:32] 70% OF CHILDREN ARE ALSO USING SCREENS IN THE FORM OF LARGE AND SMALL SCREENS. [37:37] WHAT THIS AMOUNTS TO IS MORE SCREEN TIME. [37:39] THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS HERE, VERY CLEAR AND SIMPLE. [37:42] IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FAMILY TIME, PUT THE SCREENS AWAY. [37:44] GET THEM OUT OF THE ROOM AND USE THAT TIME TO CONNECT. [37:46] IT CAN BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME. [37:48] AND THE CONNECTION CAN BE THE KEY TO YOUR FAMILY'S OVERALL HEALTH. [37:52] LEAVE THEM IN THE OTHER ROOM. [37:53] DR. PATEL, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [37:56] WELL, THE RACE IS ON TO BUILD ROBOTS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF COMPLEX REAL WORLD TASKS. [38:02] ONE PROSTHETICS COMPANY SAYS IT HAS THE TECHNOLOGY TO TRAIN FACTORY ROBOTS TO HANDLE DELICATE OBJECTS. [38:09] THAT SAME TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO CHANGING THE LIVES OF SOME AMPUTEES. [38:12] NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT STEVE PATTERSON HAS A LOOK. [38:14] AT PSYONIC'S SAN DIEGO FACILITY, THIS HUMAN ROBOTIC HAND IS EVERYWHERE. [38:21] ON DISPLAY, IN USE, EVEN ON THE BACK OF THIS ROBOT DOG. [38:26] I CAN GO AHEAD AND CHANGE BETWEEN DIFFERENT GRIPS. [38:28] MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S USED BY DALE DEMASI, WHO WAS BORN WITHOUT A HAND AND HAD PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP ON PROSTHETICS BEFORE HE DISCOVERED, WELL, THIS. [38:38] THE STATE OF PROSTHETICS JUST NEVER REALLY KEPT UP WITH WHAT MY NEEDS WERE. [38:45] NOW HE'S THE CREATIVE MARKETING DIRECTOR OF A COMPANY DEDICATED TO HELPING AMPUTEES. [38:49] THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST THEIR LIMBS BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE BIONIC HAND THE SAME EXACT WAY THAT THEY DO THEIR NATURAL HAND AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAME LEVEL OF DEXTERITY. [39:01] HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THAT GOAL? [39:04] WE'RE VERY CLOSE. [39:05] NICE TO MEET YOU. [39:06] CEO ADIL AKTAR FOUNDED PSYONIC IN 2015. [39:10] THE COMPANY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR 10TH MODEL, ABLE TO MOVE EACH FINGER INDIVIDUALLY DOWN TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL. [39:17] SO, IF YOU PUT YOUR HANDS UP IN THE CAMERA JUST LIKE THIS, MY RIGHT HAND CONTROLS THE RIGHT SIDE AND MY LEFT HAND CONTROLS THE LEFT SIDE. [39:24] WOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING? [39:25] SO, STEVE, GO UP AND TRY IT. [39:27] SHUT UP, DUDE. [39:29] OH, MY GOD. [39:29] NOW, THE COMPANY IS BRINGING ITS EXPERIENCE WITH PROSTHETICS TO THE WORLD OF ROBOTICS. [39:36] WE'VE OPTIMIZED OUR HANDS FOR HUMANS TO DO HUMAN TASK, SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE ROBOTS USE THE SAME THING. [39:41] RIGHT. [39:41] FOR ROBOTS TO BE USEFUL IN HOMES OR FACTORIES, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH SPACES DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE, [39:47] INCLUDING USING FAUCETS, TOOLS, AND MORE. [39:49] WHAT WE BUILT FOR HUMANS BENEFITS ROBOTS, AND THEN THE VOLUMES ON THE ROBOT SIDE SUBSIDIZE THE COST FOR THE HUMANS SO MORE HUMANS CAN GET ACCESS TO BIONIC LIMBS. [39:58] WE WERE THERE AS THEY ANNOUNCED A BIG PARTNERSHIP WITH ABB ROBOTICS TO ATTACH THOSE BIONIC HANDS TO THE MECHANICAL ARMS TYPICALLY SEEN ON ASSEMBLY LINES. [40:07] CHECK THIS OUT, THE MANIPULATION IS SO GOOD IT WAS ABLE TO DRILL A HOLE THROUGH THIS WOODEN BOARD USING THE TRIGGER FINGER. [40:13] THERE YOU HAVE IT. PASK BIONIC ARMS WERE A LITTLE BIT BRITTLE. [40:17] THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, MADE OF MATERIALS THAT WOULD OFTEN BREAK EVEN FROM EVERYDAY TASKS. [40:22] NOW THEY'RE SO DURABLE THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING. [40:29] A DEAL SAYS THE PLAN IS TO REINVEST THE MONEY THEY MAKE FROM PARTNERING WITH THE ROBOTICS INDUSTRY AND PUT IT BACK INTO HELPING PEOPLE LIKE DALE. [40:36] I GREW UP WATCHING STAR WARS AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING LUKE SKYWALKER GET THAT BIONIC HAND TO, LIKE, ACTUALLY BE WEARING SOMETHING THAT'S SO CLOSE TO THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING. [40:48] LIFE-CHANGING TECH HELPING ROBOTS ADAPT IN A HUMAN WORLD AND MORE THAN EVER, VICE VERSA. [40:54] STEVE PATTERSON, NBC NEWS. [40:56] ALL RIGHT, COMING UP, HISTORY AT THE WORLD CUP, ARGENTINA'S LIONEL MESI PROVING HIS GOAT STATUS ONCE AGAIN. [41:04] HIS INCREDIBLE HAT TRICK AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS, THAT'S NEXT ON MORNING NEWS NOW. [41:08] WE'RE BACK WITH THE BIGGEST STORIES AROUND THE WORLD CUP, AND LAST NIGHT WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS IN KANSAS CITY. [41:24] ARGENTINA'S LIONEL MESI TIED THE RECORD FOR ALL-TIME MOST GOALS SCORED AT THE WORLD CUP. [41:30] HE SCORED AT HAT TRICK IN THE OPENING GAME FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPS, BRINGING HIS TOTAL NOW TO 16. [41:37] HE ALSO BECAME THE FIRST PLAYER EVER TO PLAY IN SIX DIFFERENT WORLD CUPS. [41:41] THERE'S A REASON. THEY CALL HIM THE GOAT. [41:43] SO EXCITING. [41:44] BUT LATER TODAY, THOUGH, MESI'S ARCH-RIVAL, CRISTIANO RONALDO, COULD ALSO ENTER THE HISTORY BOOKS HERE IN THE U.S. [41:51] HE'S ALSO SET TO PLAY IN HIS SIXTH WORLD CUP, BUT HE COULD BECOME THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO SCORE IN ALL SIX TOURNAMENTS [41:58] WHEN PORTUGAL KICKS UP THEIR FIRST MATCH. [42:00] THERE'S A LOT TO COVER, SO LET'S WELCOME BACK, FRIEND OF THE SHOW, NBC NEWS SPORTS REPORTER ROHAN NADCARNEY. [42:06] ROHAN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. [42:07] SO LET'S START WITH THAT JAW-DROPPING PERFORMANCE FROM MESI LAST NIGHT. [42:10] I THINK WE'VE RUN OUT OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE JUST HOW INCREDIBLE HE IS. [42:13] SO WE'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU. [42:15] WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT HIS LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT? [42:20] HONESTLY, IT WAS RIDICULOUS. [42:21] I TURNED OUT THE GAME LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. [42:22] I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MESI WILL PLAY A LITTLE BIT. [42:25] MAYBE THEY'LL PUT HIM IN IN THE SECOND HALF. [42:27] THE FACT THAT HE STARTED AND PLAYED 80 MINUTES, HE ALMOST HAD FOUR GOALS. [42:31] HIS FIRST ONE WAS CALLED BACK FOR BEING OFFSIDE. [42:33] IT WAS A TRULY RIDICULOUS PERFORMANCE. [42:35] IT WAS SHOCKING. [42:36] ANYBODY WHO THINKS THE LAST THREE YEARS HE'S BEEN AT INTER MIAMI, IT'S JUST BEEN A RETIREMENT GIG, [42:41] THAT WAS A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT. [42:43] THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS STILL CAPABLE OF PLAYING AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME. [42:48] IT WAS JUST RIDICULOUS. [42:48] ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S TALK CRISTIANO RONALDO. [42:52] HE'S A COUPLE OF YEARS OLDER AT 41, BUT ALWAYS A THREAT IN FRONT OF THE GOAL. [42:56] TALK TO US ABOUT THE RECORDS HE COULD SET THIS WORLD CUP AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF PORTUGAL WERE TO WIN. [43:03] YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. [43:04] NOW, RONALDO, YOU KNOW, BY VIRTU OF PLAYING A DAY LATER, IS GOING TO BECOME THE SECOND PLAYER [43:08] TO APPEAR IN SIX WORLD CUPS, WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, A MARK THAT MESI SET YESTERDAY AND IS STILL A PRETTY BIG DEAL. [43:14] A BIG ONE FOR RONALDO IS HE COULD BECOME THE FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE IN SIX DIFFERENT WORLD CUPS, WHICH WOULD BE A PRETTY NICE HONOR FOR HIM. [43:21] IN TERMS OF PORTUGAL WINNING THE WORLD CUP, IT WOULD BE A HUGE DEAL. [43:24] YOU KNOW, RONALDO'S TRIED TO DOWNPLAY IT A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK IN PART BECAUSE HE'S PASSED HIS PRIME TO SOME EXTENT. [43:31] PORTUGAL IS NOT KIND OF AS GREAT AS IT WAS EARLIER IN HIS CAREER, BUT IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE A HUGE DEAL AND KIND OF GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF THE BOOST THAT HE NEEDS IN THAT RIVALRY WITH MESI. [43:41] SO, ROHAN, THESE LEGENDS, THESE OLD MEN AT AGES 38 AND 41 MIGHT BE STEALING THE HEADLINES, BUT GET US UP TO SPEED. [43:48] AND SOME OF THE OTHER STARS, THE YOUNGER GUYS MAKING HEADLINES OUT, WHAT ARE THE PLAYERS AND TEAMS THAT ARE STANDING OUT TO YOU? [43:55] ABSOLUTELY. [43:56] I MEAN, FIRST AND FORWARD, YOU'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT KILLIAN Mbappe AND WHAT HE DID FOR FRANCE THE OTHER DAY. [43:59] HE'S REALLY HAD THE GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR. [44:02] YOU KNOW, I THINK I SAW SOMEONE TWEET, HE SCORED IT FROM THE PARKING LOT. [44:05] HIS LAST GOAL AGAINST SENEGAL WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY. [44:08] EARLING HOLLAND, WHO PLAYED HIS FIRST EVER WORLD CUP MATCH, GOT HIS WORLD CUP STARTED VERY STRONGLY WITH TWO GOALS LAST NIGHT AGAINST AROCK. [44:17] SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHILE THE OLD STARS ARE SETTENLY HAVING THEIR MOMENT, SOME OF THESE UP-AND-COMING PLAYERS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY Mbappe HAS PLAYED IN WORLD CUP BEFORE HOLLAND, HIS FIRST WORLD CUP ACTION. [44:26] I WOULD SAY A NEW GENERATION ARE GOING TO MAKE THE NAMES FOR THEMSELVES JUST AS WELL. [44:30] SO, THE U.S. WILL PLAY THEIR NEXT MATCH ON FRIDAY AGAINST AUSTRALIA. [44:33] WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS THERE? [44:36] EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH, FRANKLY. [44:37] AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT THE U.S.A. DID IN ITS FIRST MATCH. [44:40] I MEAN, THEY PLAYED SOME OF THE... [44:41] WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS SOME OF THEIR BEST INTERNATIONAL SOCCER EVER AGAINST PARAGUAY. [44:45] THEY DOMINATED THAT MATCH. [44:47] NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK AGAINST AUSTRALIA, I THINK PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OKAY, CAN YOU KEEP IT UP? [44:51] CAN YOU PROVE THAT WHAT YOU DID LAST FRIDAY IN THAT 4-1 WIN, IT WASN'T A FLUKE? [44:56] YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WAS THAT THE BEST HALF OF MEN'S U.S. SOCCER EVER? [45:00] LIKE, THAT'S HOW HIGH THEY SET THE BAR. [45:02] OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE EXPECT THEM TO WIN EVERY MATCH LIKE THAT. [45:05] BUT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH BASED ON HOW THEY PERFORMED IN THEIR FIRST MATCH. [45:10] ALL RIGHT, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. [45:11] ROHAN NANCARNI, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [45:14] COMING UP, PROTECTING ONE OF THE OCEAN'S MOST BELOVED CREATURES. [45:18] WHEN WE COME BACK, A LOOK AT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY TRYING TO KEEP SEA TURTLES FROM EXTINTION. [45:23] WATCHING MORNING NEWS NOW. [45:30] WELCOME BACK. [45:30] WE'RE GOING TO END THIS HOUR WITH A REMARKABLE NEW TOOL THAT IS HELPING PROTECT SEA TURTLES. [45:34] SINCE YESTERDAY WAS WORLD SEA TURTLE DAY, SEEMED LIKE A GOOD TIME TO SHOW YOU HOW RESEARCHERS [45:38] ARE USING A DNA DATABASE TO TRACE THEIR ORIGINS AND HELP COMBAT ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING. [45:45] NBC'S GEORGE SOLIS DIVES INTO THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT. [45:51] SEA TURTLES, ALIVE SINCE THE TIME OF THE DINOSAURES, HAVE RIGHTFULLY EARNED THEIR REPUTATION AS LIVING [45:56] FOSSILS. [45:58] MAJESTIC AND BELOVED, THEY HAVE UNFORTUNATELY ALSO BEEN THE TARGET OF SIGNIFICANT THREATS. [46:03] AMONG THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO POPULATIONS, HABITAT LAWS FROM POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE, [46:09] BOAT STRIKES, FISHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE. [46:12] AND EVEN WITH ONGOING CONSERVATION EFFORTS, FIVE OF SEVEN SPECIES ARE THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION. [46:18] OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES, MORE THAN 1 MILLION MARINE TURTLES WERE ILLEGALLY EXPLOITED WORLDWIDE. [46:23] IT IS STILL ALIVE, IT IS STILL INTACT. [46:25] THAT'S WHERE DR. CHRIS MADDEN, A MARINE SCIENTIST WITH THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, COMES IN. [46:30] WHETHER THEY'RE WHOLE TURTLES, WHETHER THEY'RE EGGS OR THEY'RE MEAT OR EVEN PRODUCTS THEMSELVES. [46:36] AND SO WE NEED TO BE ON CAUTIONARY, ABSOLUTE STANDBY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A THREAT THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. [46:46] ABOUT A DECADE AGO, DR. MADDEN AND HER COLLEAGUE, DR. MICHAEL JENSEN, WERE IN AUSTRALIA RESEARCHING TURTLES [46:51] WHEN HER INTERACTION WITH A HAWKSPILL TURTLE, AMONG THE MOST IMPACTED BY THE ILLEGAL TURTLE TRADE, [46:57] INSPIRED A POTENTIAL SPECIES-SAVING IDEA. [47:00] WE KNEW WE COULD TAKE DNA FROM WILD TURTLES AND TISSUE SAMPLES, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO IT WITH TORTOISE SHELL. [47:08] THAT BECAME THE GENESIS FOR WHAT WOULD BECOME SHELLBANK, THE WORLD'S FIRST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE MARINE TURTLE DNA DATABASE. [47:15] RESEARCHERS CAN NOW EXTRACT DNA FROM ANY TURTLE SOURCE TO PINPOINT NESTING BEACHES THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY AND LEARN WHICH POPULATIONS ARE MOST AT RISK. [47:25] WE'RE ABLE TO USE DNA TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TURTLE POPULATIONS WE HAVE, HOW THEY'RE CONNECTED, AND HOW THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED. [47:33] AND SO THAT'S A REAL GAME CHANGER. [47:35] SO FAR, THE DATABANK STANDS AT ABOUT 20,000 RECORDS, WITH SOME MORE BEING ADDED EVERY MONTH. [47:40] 38 COUNTRIES ARE ALSO LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED, WITH SOME GOVERNMENTS ALREADY USING THE DATA TO CRACK DOWN ON THE ILLEGAL TRADE. [47:47] WWF ALSO OPERATES A STRONG BUYER BEWARE CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND WHAT TO AVOID. [47:54] WILDLIFT FORENSIC SCIENTIST AND CONSERVATION GENETICIST DR. GRETA FRANKHAM IS AMONG THE RESEARCHERS BUILDING UP SHELLBANK. [48:01] WE CAN DO MUCH MORE WITH THE SOME OF IT THAN WHAT WE WERE DOING JUST WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECTS. [48:07] HELPING EXPOSE POACHING HOTSPOTS AND TRAFFICKING ROUTS IS JUST PART OF THE GOAL OF SHELLBANK. [48:12] RESEARCHERS SAY WHAT THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT SEA TURTLES MAY PROVE INVALUABLE IN ONGOING EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE SPECIES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. [48:20] IT JUST REALLY EXEMPLIFIES OR HIGHLIGHTS HOW CONNECTED OUR OCEANS ARE AND HOW, YOU KNOW, COUNTRIES ARE CONNECTED WITHOUT REALLY EVEN REALIZING IT. [48:31] WE DO REALLY NEED TO WORK CROSS BOUNDARIES AND CROSS BORDERS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO GET REALLY USEFUL AND POWERFUL OUTCOMES FOR THESE TURTLES. [48:39] DR. MADDEN LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND PAVING A WAY FOR SEA TURTLES TO FIGHT BACK. [48:45] SHELLBANK'S REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT LIMELIGHT FOR TURTLES AND BE A VOICE FOR THEM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE HEALTHY OCEANS FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES, TOO. [48:55] GEORGE SOLIS, NBC NEWS. [48:58] THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW. [49:00] THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. THE NEWS CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. STAY WITH US. [49:15] GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM OUR BRAND NEW STUDIO. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. [49:20] I'M JOE FRYER. RIGHT NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW, END GAME. [49:23] PRESIDENT TRUMP CLOSING OUT THAT G7 SUMMIT OVERSEAS. [49:27] HE'S PLAYING DEFENSE OVER HIS PLAN TO END AMERICA'S WAR WITH IRAN. [49:30] IT'S FINE PRINT IS STILL LARGELY A MYSTERY, EVEN TO SOME LEADERS ON CAPITOL HILL. [49:35] EVEN BEFORE THAT DEAL IS OFFICIALLY SEALED ON FRIDAY, [49:38] MR. TRUMP MAY ALREADY BE EYEING HIS NEXT MILITARY MOVE, [49:42] TRYING TO STOP RUSSIA'S WAR WITH UKRAINE. [49:45] AND BACK HOME, FIVE ARE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THAT ALLEGED PLOT [49:49] TO ATTACK SUNDAY'S UFC EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [49:53] WE ARE COVERING IT ALL. [49:55] BREAKING OVERNIGHT, LONE STAR TRAGEDY, A BUSINESS JET CAUGHT ON CAMERA, [50:01] PLUNGING INTO THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS, KILLING ONE PERSON. [50:06] BYSTANDERS AND WITNESSES RUSHING TO THE WRECKAGE TO SAVE THOSE INSIDE. [50:11] WE'LL BRING YOU THOSE HARROING STORIES OF SURVIVAL IN JUST A MOMENT. [50:15] PLUS, HOLD THE LINE. [50:17] WE'RE WATCHING YOUR WALLET, LOOKING AHEAD TO A KEY DECISION ON INTEREST RATES [50:21] COMING LATER TODAY. IT'S THE FIRST UNDER A NEW FEDERAL RESERVE [50:25] HELMED BY TRUMP-TAPPED CHAIR KEVIN WASH. [50:29] DESPITE THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S DEAFENING CALLS TO CUT, [50:32] ECONOMISTS EXPECT THE STONG TO STAY THE SAME. [50:35] THAT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY, WITH INFLATION STILL NAGGING CONSUMERS ACROSS AMERICA. [50:39] AND LATER IN THE HOUR, COULD A SIMPLE VACCINE HOLD THE KEY TO PREVENTING FENTANYL OVERDOSES? [50:47] WE'VE GOT AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT A POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING NEW CLINICAL [50:51] TRIAL AIMED AT TACKLING AMERICA'S OPIOID CRISIS ONE SHOT AT A TIME. [50:57] THAT CAN MEAN A LOT TO MANY PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. [51:00] LET'S BEGIN THIS FRIDAY WITH THE FINAL DAY OF THE G7 SUMMIT IN FRANCE AS PRESIDENT TRUMP [51:04] CONTINUES TO MEET WITH FELLOW WORLD LEADERS. [51:06] THE PRESIDENT BEGAN HIS DAY EARLIER THIS MORNING WITH A MEETING OF THOSE G7 LEADERS BEFORE [51:10] MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT, THE COUNTRY NOT A PART OF THE G7 BUT DOES HAVE CLOSE [51:15] TIES WITH NUMBER NATIONS. [51:16] MR. TRUMP HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME DURING THIS SUMMIT TOUTING THE AGREEMENT TO PUT AN [51:21] END TO THE IRAN WAR THAT BEGAN NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AGO. [51:23] THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO BE FORMALLY SIGNED ON FRIDAY IN SWITZERLAND. [51:27] NBC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONENT GARRETT HAKE IS TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND HAS [51:31] THE LATEST. [51:32] GARRETT, GOOD MORNING. [51:34] PRESIDENT TRUMP CONCLUDES THIS SUMMIT IN JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER TWO DAYS OF DESCRIBING AND [51:39] DEFENDING HIS PLAN TO END THE U.S. WAR WITH IRAN. [51:43] BUT THAT PLAN, SAID TO BE JUST A PAGE AND A HALF LONG, STILL HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICALLY [51:46] RELEASED OR EVEN SEEN BY SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S ALLIES ON CAPITOL HILL OR IN ISRAEL, ACCORDING [51:52] TO AN ISRAELI OFFICIAL. [51:54] AND ALL THAT UNCERTAINTY IS JUST ADDING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THIS AGREEMENT [51:58] CAN ACHIEVES AND WHAT IT ALL MAY COST. [52:01] PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE CLOSING DAY OF THE G-7 SUMMIT. [52:07] THE GLOBAL GATHERING DOMINATED AT TIMES BY HIS PLAN TO END THE U.S. WAR WITH IRAN. [52:12] IT'S A VERY STRONG DEAL. [52:14] NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S VERY STRONG AND MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO BE VERY HAPPY. [52:20] THE PLAN ITSELF SAID TO BE A PAGE AND A HALF LONG, NOT YET PUBLICLY RELEASED. [52:24] BUT THE SUBJECT OF INTENSE DISCUSSION AND SPECULATION FROM THE SUMMIT ON THE SHORES [52:29] OF LAKE GENEVA, WHERE SOME WORLD LEADERS HAVE REVIEWED IT. [52:32] I THINK IT'S A GAME CHANGER. [52:34] TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS, WHERE EVEN THE SENATE'S TOP REPUBLICAN HASN'T SEEN THE AGREEMENT'S [52:38] TEXT. [52:39] I ASSUME WE WILL AT SOME POINT HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WITH GREATER SPECIFICITY. [52:45] THE PRESIDENT PROMISING TRANSPARENCY ONLY AFTER THE AGREEMENT IS CEREMONIALLY SIGNED FRIDAY. [52:52] I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND READ IT TO YOU WORD BY WORD. [52:57] PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO SUGGESTING HE MAY NOW PIVOT HIS FOCUS TOWARDS ENDING RUSSIA'S [53:02] WAR ON UKRAINE, A CONFLICT THAT DURING THE 2024 CAMPAIGN HE REPEATEDLY PLEDGED TO STOP [53:08] ON DAY ONE OF HIS PRESIDENCY. [53:10] THE PRESIDENT SAYING THE WAR HAS NO IMPACT ON AMERICANS, BUT EXPRESSING CONCERN FOR THE LIVES [53:15] LOST, WHILE LEADERS HERE AGREED TO DELIVER MORE LONG-RANGE WEAPONS TO THE COUNTRY. [53:20] THEY GO TO THIS FRONT, AND THEY GET BLOWN UP, AND UKRAINE IS LOSING A LOT OF PEOPLE, [53:25] TOO. [53:26] THE WHOLE THING IS RIDICULOUS. [53:27] SO, YEAH, I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER I CAN. [53:30] ALL THIS, AS BACK IN THE U.S., FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY [53:35] TO COMMIT MURDER AND OTHER COUNTS AS PART OF A PLOT TO ATTACK SUNDAY NIGHT'S UFC EVENT AT [53:40] THE WHITE HOUSE, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS ON SEALED TUESDAY. [53:44] THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY INVOLVED FLYING EXPLOSIVE-LADEN DRONES INTO THE CROWD, THEN FIRING ON SPECTATORS [53:50] AS THEY FLED. [53:51] THE F.B.I. ARRESTING SUSPECTS IN MULTIPLE STATES, BUT OFFICIALS SAY MORE REMAIN AT LARGE. [53:58] THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO CONCLUDE THIS SUMMIT WITH A NEWS CONFERENCE AT WHICH HE'S [54:02] SURE TO TAKE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IRAN DEAL. [54:05] THEN IT'S OFF TO VERSAIH FOR A PRIVATE DINNER WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON, A BIT OF A 250TH [54:10] ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM OUR MOST IMPORTANT REVOLUTIONARY ALLY. [54:15] OF THE DINNER AT VERSAIH, THE PRESIDENT SAID HE'S A FAN OF BEAUTIFUL PLACES, AND VERSAI IS NOT [54:20] GOLD LEAF. [54:23] IN HIS WORDS, IT'S THE REAL DEAL. [54:24] ALL RIGHT, GARRETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [54:25] FOR MORE ANALYSIS ON THIS, LET'S BRING IN RETIRED U.S. [54:27] URMIE COLONEL BILL EDWARDS. [54:29] HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS OPERATIONS AND TRAINING AT ENSCO. [54:34] GOOD MORNING, COLONEL. [54:35] GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. [54:36] HARD TO FIND A PLACE WITH MORE PROTECTION, MORE SECURITY THAN THE WHITE HOUSE. [54:41] BUT WHAT CHALLENGES EMERGE WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE THERE AT THIS UFC EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND [54:46] AT AN OPEN AIR EVENT LIKE THIS? [54:50] GOOD MORNING. [54:51] THANKS FOR HAVING ME. [54:52] THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE USE OF SMALL Drones AS A THREAT PLATFORM [55:00] AND OUR MASS GATHERING VENUES. [55:02] IT'S CLEARLY A SECURITY CHALLENGE. [55:05] AND WE'RE SEEING THIS UPTICK IN THE EVOLUTION OF THESE SMALL Drones, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. [55:15] THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR ALL OF US AS IT PERTAINS TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, MASS GATHERING VENUES, [55:22] BUT ALSO OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SENSITIVE SITES. [55:25] ARE COUNTER DRONE CAPABILITIES SOMETHING THAT SECURITY TEAMS WOULD PREPARE FOR AT AN EVENT LIKE THIS NORMALLY? [55:35] YEAH, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS PART OF THE SECURITY PACKAGE. [55:39] I CALL IT 3D PHYSICAL SECURITY, WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE PHYSICAL GROUND ASPECT, CYBER, [55:45] AND NOW THE AIR DOMAIN, WHICH IS THE SMALL DRONE. [55:48] SO YOU WOULD THINK AT AN EVENT LIKE THIS, IT WOULD BE PART OF THAT PACKAGE. [55:53] BUT AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE VENUES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND ALL OF THE SENSITIVE SITES [55:59] AND THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND PROTECT, [56:04] I'M NOT SURE THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. [56:06] INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTS WERE PLANNING TO USE THESE COMMERCIAL DRONES [56:10] STRAPPED WITH EXPLOSIVES ALONG WITH SNIPER TEAMS, NOT TO MENTION THE USE OF THESE [56:14] ENCRYPTED CHATS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. [56:16] JUST WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS TELL US ABOUT HOW DOMESTIC TERROR THREATS ARE EVOLVING? [56:22] THEY'RE EVOLVING RAPIDLY. [56:26] THEY'RE USING ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS. [56:28] THEY'RE BECOMING MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING. [56:31] ALSO, THIS TYPE OF PLAN WAS VERY CREATIVE FROM THESE INDIVIDUALS. [56:36] AND IT'S TAKEN A PLAYBOOK OUT OF PAST EVENTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. [56:41] SO, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION. [56:44] SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT HELPING. [56:46] OBVIOUSLY, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT ALL OF THESE TECHNIQUES, TACTICS, AND PROCEDURES [56:50] ARE READILY AVAILABLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. [56:53] SO WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES AS IT PERTAINS TO THE EVOLUTION OF SMALL DRONES. [57:00] AND WE NEED TO REALLY THINK MORE CLEARLY ABOUT HOW WE SET UP OUR SECURITY PROGRAMS AROUND EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE, [57:08] BUT ALSO THOSE EVENTS THAT WE TAKE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES TO EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT ARE OPEN AIR EVENTS [57:15] AND ARE GOING TO NEED THIS TYPE OF PROTECTION. [57:19] ALL RIGHT, COLONEL BILL EDWARDS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE IT. [57:23] LET'S NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE ECONOMY. [57:25] NEW FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR KEVIN WORSH IS SET TO TAKE CENTER STAGE TODAY [57:29] AS THE CENTRAL BANK ANNOUNCES ITS DECISION ON INTEREST RATES. [57:31] WORSH WAS SWORN IN LAST MONTH AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PICK TO BECOME JEROME POWELL'S SUCCESSOR. [57:36] NEW DATA LAST WEEK SHOWED INFLATION RISING TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN THREE YEARS, [57:41] AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON TODAY'S RATE DECISION FROM THE FED. [57:45] NBC NEWS BUSINESS AND DATA CORRESPONENT BRIAN CHUNG JOINS US FROM WASHINGTON WITH A PREVIEW. [57:49] BRIAN, GOOD MORNING. [57:50] NOW WE KNOW THIS IS YOUR SUPER BOWL. [57:52] YOU'RE DOWN THERE FOR US TODAY. [57:53] AND IT'S SO INTERESTING WITH A NEW FED CHAIR IN THE SEAT. [57:56] WE SAW THREE STRAIGHT INTEREST RATE DROPS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR. [58:00] BUT THEN SO FAR IN 2026, THREE CONSECUTIVE PAUSES. [58:04] WALK US THROUGH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TODAY. [58:06] YEAH, SAVANNAH, JOE, GOOD TO SEE YOU. [58:08] I MEAN, THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE'RE NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FED WILL ACTUALLY DO. [58:12] BUT WHAT WILL WE HEAR FROM THE NEW FED CHAIR? [58:14] AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THE FED TO MOVE ON INTEREST RATES. [58:17] THE EXPECTATION HEADING INTO THIS IS THAT THEY'LL HOLD STEADY ON RATES WHERE THEY ARE, [58:22] CONTINUING THAT TREND, AS YOU POINT OUT, OVER THE LAST THREE MEETINGS OF NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH INTEREST RATES. [58:26] THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LABOR MARKET AS WELL AS WHAT HAPPENS WITH INFLATION. [58:30] BUT THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE NEW GUY THAT'S IN CHARGE. [58:33] YOU HAVE KEVIN WORSH IN HIS FIRST POLICY-SETTING MEETING. [58:36] HE'S TAKEN OVER THE RAINS FROM JEROME POWELL FOR ABOUT THE LAST FOUR WEEKS OR SO. [58:40] BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST BIG STAGE MEETING WHERE HE'S GOING TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON INTEREST RATES. [58:45] THERE WILL ALSO BE THESE ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THE ECONOMY AND WITH INTEREST RATES GOING FORWARD. [58:50] THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER FROM POTENTIALLY THOSE FED WATCHERS THAT HAVE SUGGESTED [58:54] MAYBE KEVIN WORSH WANTS TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT HE COMMUNICATES WITH THE PRESS AND WITH THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. [58:59] WILL WE SEE ANY OF THOSE CHANGES TODAY? [59:01] THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE QUESTION IN HIS FIRST MEETING. [59:03] IT'S A REAL WILD CARD MEETING. [59:06] WE USUALLY GO INTO THESE FED MEETINGS KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE SAID. [59:10] BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A NEW GUY IN CHARGE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. [59:13] SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE FED RELEASES THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT AT 2PM ALONGSIDE THAT PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH I'LL BE IN AT 2.30 EASTERN. [59:19] SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF IT'S A SCORELESS SUPER BOWL OR NOT THIS YEAR. [59:22] PRESIDENT TRUMP WE KNOW HAS BEEN URGING THE FED TO KEEP LOWERING RATES AND THAT LED TO THAT TENSION BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER CHAIR GUY HE APPOINTED JEROME POWELL. [59:32] SO RIGHT NOW HOW MUCH PRESSURE IS KEVIN WORSH UNDER ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION CONTINUING TO CREEP UP? [59:38] YEAH AND THIS IS THE CHALLENGE. [59:40] I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT KEVIN WORSH THE NEW FED CHAIR IS KIND OF IN BETWEEN THE ROCK OF AN ECONOMY THAT IS GOING THROUGH INFLATION AS A RESULT IN PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WAR IN IRAN. [59:49] BUT HE'S ALSO UP AGAINST THE HARD PLACE OF THE PRESIDENT THAT HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL AHEAD OF APPOINTING HIM IN SAYING HE WANTS LOWER INTEREST RATES. [59:57] NOW AGAIN WHAT DOES THE FED USUALLY DO WHEN INFLATION IS ON THE RISE? THEY USUALLY HIGH INTEREST RATES. [1:00:02] THAT'S THE REASON WHY WITH INFLATION AT 4.2% ON A YEARLY BASIS AS OF THE LAST READ FROM THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, MARKETS ARE NOW BETTING THAT THE FED'S NEXT MOVE IS GOING TO BE AN INTEREST RATE HIGH, NOT AN INTEREST RATE CUT. [1:00:14] AGAIN WE WON'T GET THAT TODAY. WE WOULD LIKELY GET THAT LATER ON THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO WHAT FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE BETTING ON. [1:00:19] BUT WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR, YOU KNOW, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT? [1:00:23] NOW WE DID HEAR IN THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN KEVIN WORSH TOOK OVER THE REINS OF THE CENTRAL BANK, THE PRESIDENT SAID VERY CLEARLY NEXT TO KEVIN WORSH THAT HE WANTS KEVIN TO BE INDEPENDENT. [1:00:35] HE SAID THAT HE DOESN'T WANT HIM TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT TRUMP THINKS ABOUT ALL OF THIS, BUT OF COURSE HOW WILL HE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT? [1:00:41] I CAN ALSO IMAGINE THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF TRUTE SOCIAL POST OVER THE COURSE OF THIS TENURE. THAT'S GOING TO BE A THREAD TO WATCH FOR SURE. [1:00:45] BRIAN, ALSO OIL PRICES, THEY REMAIN 30% HIGHER SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR, SINCE PRIOR TO THE IRAN WAR. [1:00:51] NOW THE FED DOESN'T GENERALLY RESPOND TO CHANGES IN VOLATILITY IN ENERGY PRICES, BUT SHOULD WE EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE WHILE UNDER WORSH'S LEADERSHIP AND WHILE DURING HIS LEADERSHIP HE'S UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE PRESIDENT? [1:01:03] YEAH, WELL, LOOK, WHAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE, EVEN PRIOR TO KEVIN WORSH, YOU KNOW, TAKING OVER AS CHAIR, HAS DONE IS LOOK THROUGH GAS PRICES AS WELL AS FOOD PRICES, BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT AS MORE VOLATILE COMPONENTS. [1:01:14] IT COULD BE DROUGHT-RELATED, IT COULD BE JUST SIMPLE SEASONAL CHANGES, AND FOR THAT REASON THEY WANT TO LOOK THROUGH TO WHAT THEY CALL CORE INFLATION. [1:01:21] NOW, KEVIN WORSH IN HIS TESTIMONY TO THE SENATE AHEAD OF BEING CONFIRMED AS THE FED CHAIR SUGGESTED HE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT AN EVEN MORE CHERRY-PICKED VERSION OF INFLATION, WHAT THEY CALL TRIM MEAN. [1:01:30] I WON'T GO INTO THAT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER WILD CART THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS KEVIN WORSH TAKES OVER. [1:01:37] HOW WILL HE CHANGE THE WAY THE FEDERAL RESERVE THINKS ABOUT THE WAY THEY LOOK AT THE ECONOMY AND INCLUDING INFLATION? [1:01:43] THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY BIG DEAL. [1:01:45] GAS PRICES, AS WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, HAVE BEEN CRUSHING AMERICANS UP TO ABOUT $4.02 AS OF THE LAST AAA READING. [1:01:52] IT WAS ACTUALLY AS RECENTLY AS HIGH AS $4.50 AS OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO. [1:01:57] SO HOW WILL HE THREAD THE NEEDLE ON WHAT AMERICANS ARE FEELING AT THE PUMP VERSUS WHAT THE FED IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT? [1:02:03] THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE PAYING ATTENTION TO IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. [1:02:06] ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. [1:02:08] WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN SOUTHERN TEXAS. [1:02:11] POLICE SAY ONE PERSON WAS KILLED WHEN A BUSINESS JET CARRYING SIX PEOPLE CRASHED INTO A HIGHWAY NEAR THE MEXICO BORDER LAST NIGHT. [1:02:19] NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT RYAN CHANDLER JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. RYAN, GOOD MORNING. [1:02:26] YEAH, JOE, THE IMAGES FROM THIS SCENE ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. [1:02:30] AND WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT PLANE THIS MORNING. [1:02:33] DATA FROM FLIGHT RAIDER 24 INDICATES THAT THIS WAS A CESSNA CITATION LATITUDE WITH SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD TRAVELING FROM SAN JOSE DEL CAVO TO AUSTIN, TEXAS, [1:02:41] BEFORE SOMETHING WENT TRAGICALLY WRONG. [1:02:43] BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE QUICK AND HEROIC ACTIONS OF BYSTANDERS COULD HAVE SAVED THE LIVES OF FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD. [1:02:52] THIS MORNING, A FRANTIC RESCUE AFTER A DEADLY CRASH. [1:02:55] A BUSINESS JET CRASHING INTO THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY IN LAREDO, TEXAS. [1:03:02] WE RECEIVED A RADIO CALL FROM OUR LOCAL AIRPORT TOWER INDICATING THAT THEY HAD AN AIRCRAFT THAT WAS IN TROUBLE. [1:03:10] THAT THEY HAD LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIRCRAFT. [1:03:13] THE PLANE THEN HITTING LAREDO'S BUSY HIGHWAY LOOP 20. [1:03:17] VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT THE AIRCRAFT PLUNGES DOWN, SEEMING TO HIT A LIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND BURSTING INTO FLAMES. [1:03:26] SIX PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. OFFICIALS SAY ONE DID NOT SURVIVE. [1:03:30] AGREDIBLY AND TRAGICALLY, WE DO HAVE TO REPORT THAT THERE IS ONE DECEDENT INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. [1:03:36] BYSTANDERS QUICKLY PULLING OVER AND RUSHING TO HELP. [1:03:40] SEEN IN THIS VIDEO TRYING TO SMASH OPEN THE COCKPIT WINDOW TO FREE THOSE INSIDE. [1:03:45] WITNESS ZIRA GARZA SAYS SHE AND HER HUSBAND HELPED TO GET PASSENGERS OUT. [1:03:50] WE SAW MOVEMENT INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT'S WHERE MY HUSBAND JUST GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. [1:03:56] GARZA SAYS SOME OF THE PASSENGERS WHO ESCAPED SEEM TO BE TEENAGERS. [1:04:00] THE FIRE WAS GETTING BIGGER, SO WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE, WELL, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT COULD EXPLODE AT ANY TIME. [1:04:08] I GUESS JUST ADRENALINE ITSELF MADE THEM OPEN THE DOOR. [1:04:11] FIVE FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO HOSPITALIZED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. [1:04:15] NOW AS OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE THE DEADLY COLLISION, LAREDO IS THANKFUL FOR THOSE WHO RAN TO HELP. [1:04:22] THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE THE COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER AND HELP OUT. [1:04:26] PRETTY AMAZING. [1:04:28] WE'RE HEARING FROM THE MAYOR OF LAREDO THIS MORNING AS WELL. [1:04:31] HE SAYS THAT HE WAS ON THE SCENE HIMSELF AND SAW FIRSTHAND THAT HEROISM FROM FIRST RESPONDERS AND BYSTANDERS [1:04:37] WHO SAW THE RISK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN POSED TO THEMSELVES AND RUSHED INTO ACTION ANYWAY. [1:04:43] ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:04:46] WELL, THE FINAL CHAPTER IN A 17-YEAR-OLD KILLING SPREE THAT TERRORIZED LONG ISLAND IS SET TO PLAY OUT LATER THIS MORNING. [1:04:53] REX HUERMAN, THE FORMER MANHATTAN ARCHITECT KNOWN AS THE GILGO BEACH SERIAL KILLER, WILL BE SENTENCED AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO THE MURDERS OF 8 WOMEN. [1:05:01] NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT EMILY AQUETTA IS AT THE COURTHOUSE IN RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK. [1:05:05] EMILY, GOOD MORNING. [1:05:07] SAVANNAH, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. [1:05:08] YOU CAN SEE THE LINE OF PEOPLE ALREADY LEADING TO THE COURTROOM FOR WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL DAY [1:05:14] AS THE FAMILIES OF THOSE VICTIMS, SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES PUBLICLY. [1:05:19] REX HUERMAN HIMSELF IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE COURTROOM. [1:05:22] IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THAT WILL INCLUDE AN APOLOGY ACCORDING TO THE DA BEFORE HE'S ANTICIPATED TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. [1:05:29] REX, DID YOU DO IT? [1:05:32] THIS MORNING, THE DECADES-LONG SAGA OF THE GILGO BEACH MURDERERS IS FINALLY COMING TO A CLOSE. [1:05:38] REX HUERMAN, THE NEW YORK CITY ARCHITECT AND MARRIED FATHER OF TWO WHO LIVED A SECRET LIFE AS A SERIAL KILLER, WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY. [1:05:46] ARE YOU CLEANING GUILTY VOLUNTARILY? [1:05:48] YES. [1:05:49] THE 62-YEAR-OLD ADMITTING IN APRIL TO SOLICITING SEX AND STRANGLING EIGHT WOMEN TO DEATH BETWEEN 1993 AND 2010 ON NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND. [1:05:59] IT WAS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY SHOCKED, ALARMED AND CONCERNED OUR COUNTY, SO WE'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO THIS RESOLUTION. [1:06:08] THE KILLINGS WENT UNSOLVED FOR SOME 30 YEARS UNTIL A MAJOR BREAK IN THE CASE IN 2022, WHEN INVESTIGATORS FIRST IDENTIFIED HUERMAN AS A SUSPECT THROUGH HIS DISTINCTIVE PICKUP TRUCK. [1:06:19] THEN, DNA FROM HIS TRASHED PIZZA CRUST HELPED LINK HUERMAN TO HAIR FOUND ON MULTIPLE VICTIMS. [1:06:25] AMONG THE EVIDENCE FOUND AT HIS MASSAPEQUA PARK HOME, A DISTURBING DOCUMENT TO PLAN OUT HIS KILLS. [1:06:31] SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAY TIERNEY SAYS SINCE HIS ARREST, HUERMAN HAS SPENT 23 HOURS A DAY ALONE IN HIS CELL, OCCASIONALLY RECEIVING VISITS FROM FAMILY OR FRIENDS AND READING TRUE CRIME. [1:06:43] HUERMAN HAS ALSO BEEN CORRESPONDING WITH ANOTHER JAILED MURDERER, KEITH HUNTER JESPERSEN, THE INFAMOUS HAPPY FACE KILLER WHO CONFESSED TO KILLING 8 WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE 1990S. [1:06:53] MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT INDIVIDUAL, JESPERSEN, HE HAD ENCOURAGED THE DEFENDANT TO PLEA GUILTY. [1:07:01] BUT TIERNEY STRESSES TODAY'S HEARING IS ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, LIKE MELISSA KAND, WHO LOST HER SISTER, MARINE BRAINARD BARNES. [1:07:09] THIS MOMENT IS NOT THE END, BUT A REMINDER THAT LOVE ENDORS, TRUTH PREVAILS, AND HOPE NEVER FADES, BECAUSE EVEN IN THE DARKEST MOMENTS, JUSTICE WILL FIND ITS WAY. [1:07:20] AND HUERMAN IS EXPECTED TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. [1:07:28] HE'S ALSO AGREED TO WORK WITH THE FBI'S BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS UNIT, GIVING AGENTS A WINDOW INTO THE MIND OF A SERIAL KILLER. [1:07:35] HIS ATTORNEY DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT, BUT WE KNOW, SAVANNAH, A LOT OF EYES ON THIS TODAY. [1:07:40] ABSOLUTELY. EMILY, OKEDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:07:42] TIME NOW FOR WEATHER. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS SET TO HIT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. [1:07:46] WE HAVE NBC CHICAGO METEOROLOGIST AESHA SCOTT JOINING US WITH THE LATEST. [1:07:50] AESHA, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. GOOD MORNING. [1:07:52] GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:07:54] I WISH I WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT BETTER WEATHER, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE MIDWEST IS IN LINE FOR STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS. [1:08:00] AS YOU CAN SEE, 46 MILLION AT RISK. [1:08:02] WE'RE TALKING SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES. [1:08:04] AND LOOK AT THIS MODERATE RISK FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS, ALSO STRETCHING INTO PARTS OF INDIANA. [1:08:09] THIS IS VERY RARE FOR THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. [1:08:11] NOW, THESE STORMS, NOT ONLY A TORNADO CONCERN, ALTHOUGH THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGER CONCERNS, [1:08:15] BUT ALSO THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL OVER TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER, ALSO WIND GUSTS OVER 75 MILES PER HOUR. [1:08:23] SPEAKING OF THE TORNADO RISK, ANY TORNADOES THAT DO DEVELOP AND BECOME STRONG, WE'RE TALKING POSSIBLY UP TO EF3 STATUS. [1:08:30] SO NOTICE HERE, THIS STORM SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE MIDWEST. [1:08:33] WE'VE GOT SHOWERS AND STORMS BREAKING OUT ALONG THE WARM FRONT, BUT ALSO ALONG THIS COLD FRONT, [1:08:38] AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. [1:08:40] AND THEN THE STORM SYSTEM WILL START TO SHIFT FARTHER TO THE EAST, IMPACTING PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND, [1:08:45] ALSO THE MID-ATLANTIC IN LINE FOR POSSIBLY STRONG STORMS TOMORROW AS WELL. [1:08:50] SO HERE'S THE SEVERE THREAT FOR TOMORROW. [1:08:52] WE'VE GOT A SLIGHT RISK FROM BOSTON DOWN TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. [1:09:00] THE SEVERE THREAT OF RISKS TOMORROW ALONG THE EAST COAST IS ALSO LOW. [1:09:03] WE'RE STILL WATCHING POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE ONE. [1:09:06] CURRENTLY IT'S LOCATED 15 MILES JUST EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PORT O'CONNOR, TEXAS. [1:09:10] IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NORTH AND EAST PRETTY SLOWLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. [1:09:16] SO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 40 MILES PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. [1:09:19] IT COULD BECOME OUR FIRST NAMED TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON. [1:09:23] AND THEN AS WE GET TO THURSDAY MORNING, IT STAYS OVERLAND, CONTINUING TO WEEKEND. [1:09:27] BACK TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, AESHA. [1:09:31] AS SUMMER ROLLS IN, IT IS TIME TO START PREPARING THE GRILL FOR ALL THE HOLIDAYS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. [1:09:35] THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND IS JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY. [1:09:38] OF COURSE, IT'S TYPICALLY ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIMES TO GET AWAY DURING THE SUMMER SEASON. [1:09:42] MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS AND THE SKYWAYS. [1:09:47] NBC NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONENT TOM COSTELLO HAS A LOOK AT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD. [1:09:51] HEY, TOM, GOOD MORNING. [1:09:54] HEY, THERE. YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY SUMMER ALREADY WITH THE WORLD CUP. [1:09:57] FANS POURING IN FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE INTO THE UNITED STATES. [1:10:01] AND LOOKING AHEAD TO INDEPENDENT STAY, EXPECT EVEN BUSIER ROADS, AIRPORTS, CRUISE SHIPS, [1:10:06] ALL AHEAD OF THE COUNTRY'S VERY BIG BIRTHDAY MILESTONE. [1:10:13] WITH JULY 4TH JUST AROUND THE CORNER, THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR WHAT COULD BE YET ANOTHER RECORD BREAKER FOR SUMMER TRAVEL. [1:10:21] AS AMERICA CELEBRATES ITS 250TH BIRTHDAY. [1:10:24] HISTORY BEGAN ON JULY 4TH, 1776. EVERYTHING BEFORE THAT WAS A MISTAKE. [1:10:30] OVER THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEK STARTING JUNE 28TH, MORE THAN 72 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL 50 MILES OR MORE. [1:10:38] AND THE VAST MAJORITY WILL GO BY CAR. GAS PRICES NOW ABOUT 90 CENTS HIGHER THAN THEY WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. [1:10:45] AAA SAYS ITS TRAVEL FORECAST IS UP SLIGHTLY FROM LAST YEAR WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE FOR THOSE HITTING THE HIGH SEAS. [1:10:53] TOP DESTINATIONS INCLUDE NEW YORK, MIAMI, ANCHORAGE, ORLANDO AND THE TOP SPOT SEATTLE, WHICH IS NOT ONLY A MAJOR PORT FOR SHIPS. [1:11:02] IT'S ALSO ONE OF SEVERAL CITIES HOSTING THE WORLD CUP GAMES AROUND THE HOLIDAY. [1:11:08] ELSA THORA SAYS HER SUMMER HOLIDAY IN THE U.S. MAY HAVE STARTED WITH SOCCER, BUT SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS AS WELL. [1:11:17] IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO EXPERIENCE AND I FEEL LIKE ALSO THIS ONE BEING OBVIOUSLY 250TH WILL BE EXTRA BIG MAYBE. [1:11:24] TRAVEL EXPERTS SAY THE COMBINATION OF THE 4TH FALLING ON A SATURDAY THIS YEAR. [1:11:29] THE WORLD CUP AND AMERICA 250 ARE LEADING TO HIGHER AIRFARES, WITH THE AVERAGE DOMESTIC ROUND TRIP FLIGHT $488, ACCORDING TO GOING, WHICH SAYS THAT'S A 16% JUMP FROM LAST YEAR. [1:11:42] BUT GOING SAYS THERE ARE STILL SOME DEALS TO BE HAD WITH THE BEST DAY TO FLY ON THE HOLIDAY ITSELF. [1:11:49] IF YOU TRAVEL IN THE MORNING ON THE 4TH, YOU ALSO ARE GIVING YOURSELF THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION ON TIME AND BEING ABLE TO STILL EXPERIENCE ALL THAT 4TH OF JULY NIGHTTIME ACTIVITIES. [1:12:02] SO WE MENTIONED THIS INCREASE IN CRUISES. [1:12:05] TRIPLE A IS SAYING THAT THIS YEAR COULD EVEN SURPASS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. [1:12:09] AND ONE REASON MAY BE THE ABILITY OF TRAVELERS TO KNOW THE COSTS UP FRONT. [1:12:14] EXPERTS SAY THEY ALWAYS ADVICE PEOPLE DO THE MATH YOURSELVES. [1:12:18] FIGURE IT ALL OUT. [1:12:19] BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S A CRUISE OR AN ALL-INCLUSIVE RESORT, SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY CHEAPER. [1:12:25] AND DON'T FORGET TO FIGURE OUT AND FIGURE IN THE TIPS. [1:12:28] BACK TO YOU. [1:12:29] ALL RIGHT, TOM. [1:12:31] THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:12:32] MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW. [1:12:34] A LITTLE LATER, WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO LIFTOFF AS NASA PREPARES TO ENTER A BOLD NEW ERA OF SPACE EXPLORATION IN JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS. [1:12:42] FIRST, THOUGH, AFTER THE BREAK, FROM THE PITCH TO THE PLATE, [1:12:44] WORLD CUP FANS FLOCKING TO THE U.S. FOR A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. [1:12:49] IT'S MAKING FOR SOME PRETTY VIRAL MOMENTS ONLINE THAT ARE UNIQUELY AMERICAN. [1:12:53] WE'LL EXPLAIN IT NEXT. [1:12:54] WELCOME BACK ONE WEEK INTO THE WORLD CUP. [1:13:06] THE IMPACT OF THE TOURNAMENT IS ALREADY REACHING FAR BEYOND THE GOLD LINES. [1:13:10] VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR BELOVED CULTURAL TRADITIONS. [1:13:14] FROM SPAIN TO SENEGAL, THEY'RE BRINGING THE FLAVORS OF HOME WITH THEM, [1:13:18] WHILE MARVELING AT SOME CLASSIC AMERICAN FOODS AND ACTIVITIES. [1:13:21] NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT SAM BRACK HAS SOME HIGHLIGHTS, [1:13:24] INCLUDING A BUNCH OF THOSE VIRAL MOMENTS. [1:13:26] SAM, GOOD MORNING. [1:13:28] GOOD MORNING. [1:13:29] THE WORLD CUP IS RIGHT NOW OBVIOUSLY A MELTING POT OF GLOBAL CULTURE, [1:13:35] FROM ARGENTINIANS TRYING KANSAS CITY BARBECUE TO THE BRITS DISCOVERING BUCKY'S IN TEXAS [1:13:40] AND THE WONDERS OF THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY. [1:13:42] BUT MAYBE THE MOST BUZZWORTHY OF ALL, THE SCOTTS DRAINING BOSTON'S BEER SUPPLY [1:13:47] AND BELTING OUT COUNTRY TUNES. [1:13:49] IT'S A WILD MIXTURE OF BACKGROUNDS BRINGING AWESOME VIBES TO AMERICAN CITIES. [1:13:56] IT'S THE HEARTBEAT OF THE WORLD CUP. [1:13:58] FANS FEELING THE RHYTHM OF SENGAL'S DRUMS IN NEW JERSEY, [1:14:02] THE POWER OF NORWAY'S VIKING ROE ON BOSTON'S ESCALATORS, [1:14:08] AND THE SOUNDS OF SCOTTISH BAGPIPES BLARING ON NEW YORK'S EAST RIVER. [1:14:14] ANOTHER FACTOR UNITING FANS AROUND THE GLOBE [1:14:18] IS ACTUALLY THEIR SAMPLING OF AMERICAN CULTURE. [1:14:21] TRYING CHICK-F-L-A IN AMERICA FOR THE FIRST TIME AS A BRIT. [1:14:24] WITH FOOD AND DRINK PLAYING A PROMINENT ROLE. [1:14:27] TEXAS PHENOMENON BUCKY'S UNLOCKING ALL SORTS OF SECRETS. [1:14:31] I LOVE BUCKY'S. CUTE. [1:14:33] THERE'S ALSO THE MIND-BLOWING REVELATION THAT IS THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY. [1:14:39] MY TASEPARDS HAVE BEEN BLESSED. [1:14:41] AND THE WONDER OF KANSAS CITY BARBECUE. [1:14:44] THAT UNBRIDLED JOY EXTENDING TO THE STREETS. [1:14:47] WHERE CAPE BIRD FANS CELEBRATING A STUNNING DRAW AGAINST SPAIN [1:14:52] WITH BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS. [1:14:54] WHILE ECUADORIANS PARTIED IN PHILADELPHIA ON THE ROCKY STEPS. [1:14:58] IT'S BEEN SUCH A SPECTACLE ON THE FIELD. [1:15:01] BUT THE ONE OFF IT HAS BEEN ALMOST THE HEALING THAT WE ALL NEEDED. [1:15:05] AND ONE GROUP CERTAINLY FEELING THE LOVE. [1:15:08] SCOTLAND'S TARTAN ARMY. [1:15:15] BLANKETING PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON WITH THOUSANDS OF FANS IN KILTS. [1:15:20] HAVE YOU SEEN BRAVE ARMY? [1:15:21] I HAVE SEEN BRAVE ARMY. [1:15:22] YOU GO TO WEAR YOUR KILT. [1:15:24] SO THIS IS A MEL GIBSON MOVE RIGHT NOW? [1:15:26] YOU GO TO WEAR IT. [1:15:30] ALL THE WHILE, SEEKING OUT NOURISHMENT. [1:15:33] THE TARTAN ARMY. [1:15:35] WHAT IS THE STRENGTH OF THIS FORCE? [1:15:37] IT'S USUALLY FILLED BY BEER. [1:15:39] AMAZINGLY, THE BEER. [1:15:40] WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. [1:15:42] ACTUALLY RAN OUT AT THE SAMUEL ADAMS TAP ROOM IN BOSTON. [1:15:45] THEY LIKE A LOGGER OR A LIGHT LOGGER. [1:15:47] AND WE'VE GOT TWO REALLY GOOD ONES FOR THEM. [1:15:49] MAYBE IT EXPLAINS THE BANKPIPES WITH A DRUMBEAT BEHIND IT. [1:15:53] AND THE BEAUTIFUL TUNES AT ICONIC FENWAY THAT FEEL AWFULLY AMERICAN. [1:16:01] BOSTON HAS MET SCOTLAND AND SCOTLAND HAS MET BOSTON. [1:16:10] THEY WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER. [1:16:12] THE T-LINE SHOULD DIG A TUNNEL THROUGH THE ATLANTIC RIGHT TO THE HEART OF GLANGE. [1:16:19] THINK THOSE GUYS WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME? [1:16:22] FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT I GOT WHEN I SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF THE TARTAN ARMY [1:16:27] WAS WHY WASN'T THERE MORE BEER ON THE PLANE? [1:16:30] WE DID NOT GET AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT THERE ARE AT LEAST, GUYS, 20,000 STRONG IN THE STATES [1:16:35] WITH THEIR CHARM CAPTURING A COUNTRY'S ADMIRATION ALONG WITH SO MANY FANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. [1:16:41] I WILL SAY THEY ALSO GENERATED $10,000 OF DONATIONS TO THE LOCAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE [1:16:47] ISLAND, 20,000-PLUS IN TOTAL TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. [1:16:50] SO THEY'RE NOT JUST DRINKING BEER, THEY'RE ALSO DOING GOOD FOR SOCIAL. [1:16:53] CARTERING FOR A CAUSE. [1:16:54] IS IT THAT THEY RAN OUT OF BEER ON THE PLANE OR THEY WANTED MORE SELECTION OF BEER ON THE PLANE? [1:16:59] THEY LITERALLY RAN OUT OF BEER ON THE PLANE. [1:17:02] GOD BLESS THOSE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. [1:17:05] SAM, YOU LIKE TO DRINK GRANCH DRESSING TOO, I KNOW, RIGHT? [1:17:07] I LOVE TO CHUG IT BY THE GALLON, BUT I DID NOT THIS TIME. [1:17:10] THANKS FOR ASKING. [1:17:11] THANKS, SAM. [1:17:12] THAT WAS GREAT. [1:17:13] IT IS A ROYAL MILESTONE FOR THE FUTURE KING OF ENGLAND. [1:17:17] KENSINGTON PALACE CONFIRMS 12-YEAR-OLD PRINCE GEORGE WILL ATTEND EATON COLLEGE THIS FALL. [1:17:22] HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER, PRINCE WILLIAM, AND HIS UNCLE, PRINCE HARRY, [1:17:26] WHO BOTH ATTENDED THE PRESTIGIOUS HIGH SCHOOL NEAR WINDSOR CASTLE. [1:17:29] NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MOLLY HUNTER HAS MORE ON THIS. [1:17:32] MOLLY, GOOD MORNING. [1:17:33] THAT'S RIGHT. [1:17:35] IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY, TURNING OUT SOME 20 BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS, [1:17:40] A LOAD OF BRITISH CELEBRITIES AND NAMES THAT YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE. [1:17:43] AND NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME, A FUTURE KING. [1:17:45] TAKE A LOOK. [1:17:46] A LONG-AWAITED AND MUCH ANTICIPATED ROYAL ANNOUNCEMENT. [1:17:50] KENSINGTON PALACE CONFIRMING 12-YEAR-OLD PRINCE GEORGE IS HEADING TO EATON THIS FALL, [1:17:55] ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS ALL-BOYS BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. [1:17:58] HE'LL FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER, PRINCE WILLIAM, AND UNCLE HARRY'S FOOTSTEPS. [1:18:02] WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, TRADITION PREVAILED. [1:18:04] WILLIAM OBVIOUSLY HAS GREAT MEMORIES OF HIS TIME SPENT AT EATON AND WANTS HIS SON TO SHARE IN THAT. [1:18:10] PRINCE WILLIAM BECAME THE FIRST SENIOR ROYAL TO GO TO THE SCHOOL IN 1995, [1:18:15] PHOTOGRAPED HERE ON HIS FIRST DAY WITH PARENTS KING CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA, [1:18:19] AND LITTLE BROTHER HARRY TOO, WHO WOULD FOLLOW THREE YEARS LATER. [1:18:23] WILLIAM SIGNING THE REGISTRY AND SPORTING HIS NEW SCHOOL UNIFORM. [1:18:27] DIANA'S BROTHER, EARL SPENCER, ALSO ATTENDED THE SCHOOL, [1:18:30] AND SHE WAS A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE ELITE EDUCATION. [1:18:33] AT 18, WILLIAM GAVE AN INTERVIEW UPON GRADUATION, SAYING, [1:18:37] I'VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO GO ABOUT EATON AS JUST ANOTHER STUDENT. [1:18:41] FOR HARRY AND WILLIAM, THE SCHOOL'S LOCATION, ACROSS THE RIVER FROM WINSOR CASTLE, [1:18:45] MEANT TEA TIME OCCASIONALLY WITH THEIR GRANDMOTHER, QUEEN ELIZABETH. [1:18:49] FOR GEORGE, IT'S JUST A 15-MINUTE DRIVE FROM HIS FAMILY'S HOME, FOREST LODGE. [1:18:53] WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS EATON COLLEGE IN THIS COUNTRY, IT AUTOMATICALLY SUGGESTS WEALTH [1:18:57] AND PRIVILEGE, BUT ALSO A VERY HIGH LEVEL EDUCATION. [1:19:01] AND THERE'S ALSO THE TRADITION THAT COMES WITH IT. [1:19:03] YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE UNIFORM WITH THE BLACK TAILCOAT, THE PINSTRIKE TROWSERS, THE WHITE [1:19:09] COLLARS AND BOWTIES. [1:19:11] SHOVING, PUSHING. [1:19:12] THERE ARE LESS FORMAL TRADITIONS, TOO, LIKE THE WALL GAME, A ROWDY ANNUAL GAME, PART [1:19:17] RUGBY, PART SOCCER, WHICH PRINCE WILLIAM ENJOYED DURING HIS YEARS THERE. [1:19:21] BUT GEORGE HAS ALSO BEEN SLOWLY INTRODUCED TO MORE PUBLIC-FACING ROYAL DUTIES. [1:19:27] LAST WEEKEND AT TROOPING THE COLOR WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS MOTHER KATE HONORING PRINCESS DIANA WITH [1:19:34] A STRIKINGLY SIMILAR BLUE COAT. [1:19:36] AND UNLIKE MOST HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ENTERING THEIR FIRST YEAR WHO WILL GRADUATE AND HEAD OFF [1:19:40] TO UNIVERSITY, GEORGE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HIS FUTURE HOLDS AS THE SECOND IN LINE TO THE [1:19:45] BRITISH THRONE. [1:19:46] AND NOW EATON IS FULL BOARDING. [1:19:48] PRINCE WILLIAM, PRINCE HARRY BOTH BOARDED THERE, BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT PRINCE GEORGE IS GOING [1:19:52] TO BE LET OFF THE HOOK, LET OFF CAMPUS FOR SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ROYAL FAMILY EVENTS. [1:19:56] JUST LIKE WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND AT TROOPING THE COLOR. [1:19:59] I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. [1:20:00] ALL RIGHT, MOLLY, THANK YOU. [1:20:01] COMING UP, FOLKS IN WASHINGTON ARE SEEING GREEN THIS MORNING, THOUGH NOT IN THEIR WALLETS. [1:20:05] WELL, MAKING BACK THE SCRAMBLE TO GET AN OUTBREAK OF ALGERY UNDER CONTROL AT THE LINKON [1:20:10] MEMORIAL'S ICONIC REFLECTING POOL AS ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT HITS AN UNSIGHTLY [1:20:15] SNAG. [1:20:16] THAT'S NEXT. [1:20:17] BACK NOW, THE CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S MAKING NEWS IN THE WORLD OF POLITICS THIS MORNING, [1:20:30] STARTING WITH NEW CHARGES AGAINST PROTESTERS DURING THAT IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA. [1:20:36] MS. SENIOR NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER SAHO KAPOR JOINS US NOW. [1:20:39] HEY, SAHO, GOOD MORNING. [1:20:40] GOOD MORNING, SAVANNAH AND JOE. [1:20:41] WE BEGIN TODAY IN POLITICS WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGING 15 MINNESOTA PROTESTERS [1:20:46] WHO ARE DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE AGGRESSIVE IMMIGRATION RAIDS IN THE STATE. [1:20:50] THE PROTESTERS ARE BEING ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO DISRUPT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FACE CHARGES [1:20:55] INCLUDING CONSPIRACY TO IMPEED OR INJURE FEDERAL OFFICERS. [1:20:59] MINNESOTA'S U.S. ATTORNEY CLAIMS THEY USE BLOCKS OF ICE AND CARS TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLES, [1:21:04] AS WELL AS PLASTIC HOMEMADE SHIELDS TO PHYSICALLY RESIST POLICE. [1:21:07] IT WAS DURING THIS CRACKDOWN WHEN DHS AGENTS SHOT AND KILLED PROTESTERS RENE GOOD AND ALEX [1:21:12] PREDIT, WHICH SPARKED A NATIONAL OUTCRY AND CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. [1:21:17] AND HERE IN WASHINGTON, COMMITTEE LEADERS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE REACHED A MAJOR [1:21:22] BIPARTISAN DEAL ON A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY BILL AIMED AT BOOSTING THE SUPPLY OF HOMES AND [1:21:27] SLAPPING LIMITS ON PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS BUYING UP HOUSES. [1:21:31] THE DEAL, REACHED BY REPUBLICANS TIM SCOTT AND FRENCH HILL AND DEMOCRATS ELIZABETH WARREN [1:21:36] MAXINE WATERS REPRESENTS A RARE BIPARTISAN BREAKTHROUGH IN AN OTHERWISE STATISTICALLY [1:21:41] UNPRODUCTIVE CONGRESS. [1:21:42] IT COMES AFTER THE BILL HAD STALLED FOR MONTHS IN THE MIDST OF DISPUTE BETWEEN THE HOUSE [1:21:46] AND SENATE. [1:21:48] THE SENATE HOPES TO PASS THE BILL THIS WEEK AND THE HOUSE RETURNS NEXT WEEK. [1:21:52] AND FINALLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED IN A MORNING SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT HE WANTS THE SENATE [1:21:57] TO CANCEL TODAY'S HEARING FOR HIS DNI NOMINEE, JAY CLAYTON, WHOSE CONFIRMATION IS CRITICAL [1:22:02] TO GETTING THE VOTES TO REVIVE THE EXPIRED FISA SECTION 702, THE WARRANT LESS SURVEILLANCE [1:22:07] PROGRAM. [1:22:08] THIS COMES AS A SHOCK TO SENATE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE TRYING TO EXPEDITE THIS NOMINATION. [1:22:12] AND TO ADD A SLIGHT BIT OF INTRIGUE, AS TRUMP HIMSELF PUT IT, HE'S THREATENING NOT TO SIGN [1:22:17] A BILL RESURRECTING FISA SECTION 702 UNLESS IT'S PAIRED WITH HIS SAVE AMERICA ACT ELECTION [1:22:23] OVERHAUL, WHICH REPUBLICAN LEADERS HAVE REPEATEDLY MADE CLEAR HAS NO CHANCE OF PASSING AND WHICH [1:22:28] LEAVES BOTH TRUMP PRIORITIES IN LIMBO. [1:22:31] AND THAT IS WHERE WE BEGIN TODAY IN POLITICS. [1:22:33] SAVANNAH AND JOE. [1:22:34] ALL RIGHT. [1:22:35] SAIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:22:36] THANK YOU. [1:22:37] THE OTHER WORK SERVICE WORKERS ARE SCRAMBLING THIS MORNING TO CONTROL AN ALGIE OUTBREAK THAT [1:22:42] HAS TURNED THE WATER GREEN IN WASHINGTON'S ICONIC REFLECTING POOL. [1:22:45] BUT THIS COMES RIGHT AFTER A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR RENOVATION WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THERE. [1:22:50] NBC NEWS CHIEF CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONENT RYAN NOBLES HAS DETAILS FOR US. [1:22:54] RYAN, GOOD MORNING. [1:22:55] HEY, SAVANNAH, GOOD MORNING. [1:22:56] YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SO COMMITTED TO THIS RENOVATION THAT HE BRINGS UP THE REFLECTING POOL [1:23:00] IN MEETINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOPIC. [1:23:03] AND NOW, AFTER A $14.5 MILLION INVESTMENT, THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS PLAGUING THE ICONIC POOL [1:23:10] ARE POPPING UP ONCE AGAIN. [1:23:12] A NEW SETBACK THIS MORNING FOR ONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MANY RENOVATION PROJECTS. [1:23:19] THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFLECTING POOL, RECENTLY REPAINTED A DARK BLUE, IS NOW SPORTING A SHADE OF GREEN. [1:23:26] NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WORKERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO ELIMINATE A MASSIVE ALGAE BLOOM TRIGGERED BY HOT WEATHER, [1:23:33] DUMPING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE INTO THE WATER AND VACUUMING UP ALGAE. [1:23:37] THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PARK SERVICE IS ALSO USING WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY TO CLEAR UP THE ALGAE AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS. [1:23:45] BUT EXPERTS WARN KILLING OFF ALGAE IN SUCH A LARGE, STAGNANT BODY OF WATER AT THE HEIGHT OF SUMMER IS NO EASY TASK. [1:23:53] THE POOL'S GREEN COLOR LEAVING SOME VISITORS SURPRISED. [1:23:57] THE FIRST THING WE NOTICED WAS THAT IT WAS GREEN. [1:23:59] ALGAE HAS PLAGED THE REFLECTING POOL SINCE IT OPENED MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, WITH THE SITE TYPICALLY DRAWING WATER FROM THE NEARBY TITLE BASIN. [1:24:07] THE PRESIDENT PUSHING TO OVERHAUL THE POOL AHEAD OF THE NATION'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS, TOUTING A NEW BLUE BASE DESIGNED TO BE SEEN THROUGH CRYSTAL-CLEAR WATER. [1:24:17] BUT EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THAT REFLECTING POOL, THEY CAN'T BELIEVE IT. REFLECTS. WE USED A DARK BLUE. IT'S CALLED AMERICAN FLAG BLUE. [1:24:25] EVEN DRIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMO KNOWN AS THE BEAST OVER THE EMPTY POOL IN MAY TO TEASE THE CHANGES. [1:24:32] THE RENOVATION WITH A $14.6 MILLION PRICE TAG SPARKING A BACKLASH FROM DEMOCRATS. [1:24:38] AMERICAN TAXPAYERS OUGHT TO FEEL ABSOLUTELY CHEATED. THEY SHOULD BE ANGRY. [1:24:43] IT'S THE LATEST PUSH BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO REMAKE THE NATION'S CAPITAL. [1:24:47] FROM TEARING DOWN THE EAST WING TO CONSTRUCT A PRESIDENTIAL BALL ROOM, COVERING OVER THE WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN WITH THE PATIO, [1:24:54] PLANNING A MASSIVE TRIUMPHAL ARCH BETWEEN THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, [1:25:00] AND ADDING HIS NAME TO THE KENNEDY CENTER BEFORE A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED IT REMOVED LAST WEEK. [1:25:05] AND AS WITH OTHER PROBLEMS THE WHITE HOUSE IS DEALING WITH, THEY ARE BLAMING SOME OF THESE SETBACKS ON PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS. [1:25:14] BUT THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THAT THEIR NEW APPROACH TO FIXING THE ISSUES WITH THE POOL IS JUST BEGINNING, [1:25:20] AND EVENTUALLY THE WATER WILL BE CLEAR AND ALGIE-FREE. [1:25:24] SAVANNAH? [1:25:25] ALL RIGHT, RYAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:25:27] COMING UP, SHOT OF HOPE. [1:25:29] COULD POTENTIALLY DEADLY FENTANYL OVERDOSES ACTUALLY BE CURVED BY A SIMPLE VACCINE? [1:25:35] BUT MORNING NEWS NOW RETURNS, WE'VE GOT AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND CLINICAL TRIAL [1:25:39] AIMING TO BREAK NEW GROUND IN AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST OPIOID ABUSE. [1:25:43] THAT IS NEXT. [1:25:44] STAY WITH US. [1:25:45] WE'RE BACK WITH AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. [1:25:51] WE HAVE A LOOK AT A POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING VACCINE THAT COULD HELP COMBAT THE OPIOID CRISIS IN THE U.S. [1:25:56] IT'S AN EXPERIMENTAL SHOT DESIGNED TO HELP PREVENT FENTANYL OVERDOSES. [1:26:00] DESPITE A RECENT DECLINE IN THOSE OVERDOSE DEATHS NATIONWIDE, [1:26:04] FENTANYL REMAINS THE DEADLIEST DRUG IN AMERICA. [1:26:07] LAST YEAR ALONE, THERE WERE NEARLY 70,000 OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THE U.S. [1:26:12] AND MORE THAN HALF WERE LINKED TO FENTANYL. [1:26:14] THIS NEW VACCINE HAS SHOWN PROMISE IN AN EARLY STAGE CLINICAL TRIAL. [1:26:18] IT IS THE FIRST FENTANYL VACCINE EVER TESTED ON HUMANS. [1:26:22] NBC NEWS HEALTH AND MEDICAL REPORTER BERKLEY LOVELYS JR. [1:26:25] JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. BERKLEY, GOOD MORNING. [1:26:27] THIS IS FASCINATING. [1:26:28] WE'RE JUST GETTING THESE FIRST RESULTS FROM THIS HUMAN TRIAL TODAY. [1:26:32] RESEARCHERS ARE TESTING THE VACCINE SAFETY AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT DOSE MIGHT BE HERE. [1:26:37] BUT WHAT DID THIS STUDY FIND AND HOW DOES THIS WORK? [1:26:39] YEAH, SO THIS VACCINE WORKS DIFFERENTLY THAN A TRADITIONAL VACCINE. [1:26:44] SO INSTEAD OF TRAINING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO FIGHT A VIRUS, IT TRAINS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO ATTACK AND RECOGNIZE FENTANYL. [1:26:51] SO THE IDEA IS THAT THE FENTANYL WILL BIND TO THIS ANTIBODY AND PREVENT IT FROM REACHING THE BRAIN. [1:26:57] IF THE DRUG CAN'T REACH THE BRAIN, THEN IT CAN'T PRODUCE INSTEDLY EFFECTS. [1:27:00] AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT. [1:27:01] RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PART OF THE TRIAL. [1:27:03] IT WAS 16 PATIENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE OPIOID USE DISCORDER. [1:27:08] AND SO THE NEXT PART OF THE TRIAL, THE NEXT PHASE HERE, WILL BASICALLY GIVE PEOPLE A SHOT OF FENTANYL UNDER THE DOCTOR'S SUPERVISION TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE VACCINE WORKS VERY WELL. [1:27:19] SO A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE, WHO IS THE VACCINE DESIGNED FOR AND WHAT HAVE RESEARCHERS LEARNED ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS? [1:27:26] RIGHT, SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE VIEWED AS A PERSON, AS A USE CASE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF OVERDOSE, SO PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER. [1:27:35] THAT BEING SAID, THE COMPANY ARMOR SCIENCES ALSO SAYS THAT THEY WANT THIS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS IT AS WELL. [1:27:41] AND RIGHT NOW THE VACCINE IS PRETTY WELL TOLERATED. [1:27:44] RIGHT NOW THE COMPANY SAYS THAT THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE WITH A FLU SHOT. [1:27:49] BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS ALSO VERY EARLY. [1:27:52] AND SO IT'LL TAKE LARGER TRIALS BEFORE WE SEE REALLY THE BROAD SCOPE OF WHAT THE SIDE EFFECTS COULD BE. [1:27:58] SO WE ALREADY HAVE MEDICATIONS TO REVERSE OVERDOSES AND THEN ALSO TREAT OVERDOSES. [1:28:04] SO LIKE HOW WOULD A VACCINE FIT INTO THAT TOOLKIT? [1:28:08] THAT'S RIGHT, SO A VACCINE WOULDN'T REPLACE THOSE TOOLS, THEY WOULD SIMPLY ADD TO THEM. [1:28:13] SO NARCAN, WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS, CAN REVERSE AN OVERDOSE THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING. [1:28:18] AND SO A VACCINE HERE COULD HELP PREVENT AN OVERDOSE FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. [1:28:23] THERE ARE ALSO OTHER MEDICATIONS THAT COULD ALSO HELP PREVENT AN OVERDOSE, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THOSE MONTHLY. [1:28:28] AND DOCTORS ALSO SAY IF YOU STOP TAKING THOSE, YOU ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF ACTUALLY OVERDOSING. [1:28:34] SO SOMETHING LIKE A VACCINE COULD PROVIDE LONGER LASTING PROTECTION AND ALSO, ONCE AGAIN, NOT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO TAKE SOMETHING ON A REGULAR BASIS. [1:28:43] OBVIOUSLY, SOME EXPERTS SEE PROMISE HERE, BUT OTHERS DO HAVE CONCERNS. [1:28:46] YOU MENTIONED THIS IS VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS. [1:28:48] SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ANSWERED? [1:28:51] YES, THAT'S RIGHT. [1:28:53] SO THE EARLY TRIAL FOUND THAT THIS VACCINE CAN PRODUCE THESE FENTANYL-FIGHTING ANTIBODYS. [1:28:58] SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS, HOW WELL CAN THE VACCINE ACTUALLY PROTECT AGAINST FENTANYL OVERDOSE IN THE REAL WORLD AND FOR HOW LONG? [1:29:07] THERE'S ALSO SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE VACCINE WORKS. [1:29:10] AND SO DOCTORS ACTUALLY USE FENTANYL IN HOSPITALS AS A PAIN RELIEVER. [1:29:14] AND SO, OF COURSE, THAT CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE HOSPITAL IF SOMEBODY HAS THESE ANTIBODYS THAT FIGHT AGAINST FENTANYL. [1:29:21] SO THOSE ARE ALSO CONCERNS THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO WORK OUT IN THESE CLINICAL TRIALS. [1:29:25] BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY HOPEFUL THAT THIS VACCINE SHOWED THIS BENEFIT IN THIS EARLY TRIAL. [1:29:31] ALL RIGHT, BERKLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:29:34] IT IS NEARLY LIFTOFF TIME FOR A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART TELESCOPE FROM NASA. [1:29:38] IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS, THE NANCY GRACE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE WILL LAUNCH INTO ORBIT. [1:29:43] IT'S EXPECTED TO SEE FARTHER INTO SPACE THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE, ROUGHLY 1 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH. [1:29:49] NASA HOPE TO DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY AND POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF PLANETS OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. [1:29:55] JULIE MCHENRY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. [1:29:58] SHE'S THE SENIOR PROJECT SCIENTIST FOR THE ROMAN TELESCOPE AT NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. [1:30:03] GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, JULIE. [1:30:04] I MEAN, THIS TELESCOPE, NEARLY TWO DECADES IN THE MACE-MAKING, COST MORE THAN $4 BILLION TO BUILD. [1:30:10] SO FOLKS AT HOME AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY ONE. [1:30:12] ALSO EXPECTED TO SCAN THE COSMOS A THOUSAND TIMES FASTER THAN THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE. [1:30:18] WALK US THROUGH EVERYTHING IT CAN DO AND ALSO WHAT THAT NAME IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM. [1:30:23] SO THE ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE IS NASA'S NEXT ASTROPHYSICS FLAGSSHIP. [1:30:28] SO THE NEXT REALLY BIG THING THAT NASA IS DOING. [1:30:32] AND OUR SUPERPOWER IS TO BE ABLE TO MAP OUT LARGE REGIONS OF THE SKY WITH EXQUISITE PERFORMANCE AND SENSITIVITY. [1:30:43] SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE LARGE REGIONS OF OUR UNIVERSE IN A COMPLETELY NEW WAY. [1:30:49] WE'RE NAMED AFTER DR. NANCY GRACE ROMAN. [1:30:53] SHE WAS NASA'S FIRST CHIEF ASTRONOMER. [1:30:56] SHE IS THE PERSON WHO REALLY HAD THE VISION FOR NASA TO DO SPACE-BASED ASTROPHYSICS. [1:31:02] SO TO PUT TELESCOPE IN SPACE. [1:31:04] SO SHE SOMETIMES CALLED THE MOTHER OF HUBBLE. [1:31:07] AND SHE WAS A REMARKABLE WOMAN WHO WAS ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER SORT OF SCIENTIFIC ABILITY, [1:31:13] BUT ALSO AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO BRING LARGE TEAMS TOGETHER TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. [1:31:19] TAKE US BACK TO THE BEGINNING. [1:31:21] WHEN DID THE IDEA FOR THIS TELESCOPE COME TO BE? [1:31:24] WELL, THE IDEA FOR DOING THIS KIND OF SCIENCE STARTED, YOU KNOW, AROUND, YOU KNOW, IN THE [1:31:36] FIRST TEN YEARS OF THIS MILLENNIUM, RIGHT? [1:31:38] SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF 2000 TO 2010. [1:31:41] AND THAT'S BECAUSE ASTRONOMERS HAD RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT OUR UNIVERSE BEHAVES IN A WAY THAT [1:31:48] WAS COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED. [1:31:49] THAT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUALLY EXPANDING, IT'S ACTUALLY ACCELERATING. [1:31:58] AND SO PEOPLE WANTED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF OBSERVATORY WOULD WE NEED TO BUILD TO BETTER PROBE THIS EXTRAORDINARY THING THAT WE WERE SEEING IN THE UNIVERSE. [1:32:08] AND AT THE SAME TIME, FOLKS REALIZED, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER REALLY COMPELLING QUESTIONS. [1:32:15] WHAT KIND OF PLANETS ARE AROUND OTHER STARS THAT THE SAME KIND OF OBSERVATORY COULD ALSO ADDRESS? [1:32:22] SO IN 2010, THE, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR COMMUNITY PRIORITIZATION BASICALLY SAID THAT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN ASTRONOMY, THIS IS THE THING THAT WE THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT. [1:32:38] SO ONCE THE ROMAN TELESCOPES LAUNCH INTO SPACE, IT'LL TAKE A FEW MONTHS TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING. [1:32:43] THE HOPE IS TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE FIRST IMAGES BY THE END OF THE YEAR. [1:32:46] WHAT MAKES THIS ONE DIFFERENT FROM NASA'S OTHER SPACE TELESCOPES? [1:32:50] THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IS OUR ABILITY TO SURVEY LARGE REGIONS. [1:32:57] SO, I MEAN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MEANS, ONE OF THE SURVEYS THAT WE PLAN TO DO IS A SURVEY OF OUR OWN MILKWAY GALAXY. [1:33:05] AND THIS SURVEY IS GOING TO TAKE A MONTH WITH ROMAN. [1:33:12] THE SAME KIND OF OBSERVATIONS WOULD TAKE OVER A CENTURY WITH Hubble. [1:33:15] SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR PREVIOUS MISSIONS COULD DO. [1:33:19] WE WILL FIND MORE THAN 20 BILLION STARS. [1:33:22] THAT WILL MAKE IT THE LARGEST CATALOG OF ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS THAT'S EVER BEEN PRODUCED. [1:33:28] AND WE'LL USE THIS TO STUDY THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR OWN GALAXY. [1:33:33] AND THAT'S WITH JUST ONE MONTH OF ROMAN. [1:33:35] SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY SPECTACULAR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. [1:33:40] WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF TIME LEFT, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO STUDY THAT. [1:33:49] SO I'M FASCINATED AT HOW OUR UNIVERSE WORKS. [1:33:59] WE BELIEVE THAT WE STARTED WITH A BIG BANG AND THEN THE UNIVERSE EXPANDED FROM THAT POINT. [1:34:08] DARK MATTER MAKES UP MOST OF THE MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE, AND GRAVITY ACTS ON THAT, SO IT TENDS TO PULL THINGS TOGETHER. [1:34:15] DARK ENERGY IS THIS CRAZY PROPERTY THAT CAUSES THE UNIVERSE TO ACCELERATE APART FROM ITSELF. [1:34:24] SO IT'S KIND OF THE EQUIVALENT OF, IF YOU IMAGINE YOU THREW A BALL UP INTO THE AIR, AND WE ALL KNOW WITH GRAVITY THE BALL COMES BACK DOWN. [1:34:31] WITH DARK ENERGY IT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF THE BALL CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE OUT. [1:34:36] SO OUR UNIVERSE IS DOING THAT. [1:34:38] SO IF WE WANT TO, IF WE CAN MEASURE THE HISTORY OF HOW OUR UNIVERSE HAS EXPANDED AS A FUNCTION OF TIME, AND IF WE CAN MEASURE HOW THE STRUCTURE IN OUR UNIVERSE HAS GROWN WITH TIME, [1:34:52] WE WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE PULLING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. [1:35:00] THAT WAS UNFAIR. WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT. [1:35:03] CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED? [1:35:06] JULIE MCHENRY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING FOR THIS EXCITING NEWS. [1:35:09] WE APPRECIATE IT. [1:35:11] WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 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