Morning News NOW Full Episode – March 30

[0:00] Right now on Morning News Now, show of force, President Trump ramping up the rhetoric on [0:05] Iran this morning. In a new interview, the commander-in-chief threatening to take the [0:09] nation's oil while seizing a critical island hub that's responsible for more than 90% of [0:16] its exports. It comes as thousands of additional U.S. troops arrive in the Middle East amid [0:21] growing fears of a possible ground assault. We're covering it all. Also this morning, [0:26] a welcome sigh of relief for TSA workers across the country. Back pay could be on its [0:31] way as soon as today after weeks of uncertainty brought on by that ongoing partial government [0:37] shutdown. But on Capitol Hill, there's still no end in sight as Congress skips town for [0:42] the holiday recess. We've got the latest from Washington in a bit. Plus, America's fight [0:47] over fluoride in drinking water from coast to coast. One southern community shocked to [0:52] learn that the mineral's not only been pulled from their supply, it hasn't been there for [0:56] years. [0:56] I'm later in the hour. Unbelievable. A bracket-busting buzzer-beater amping up the drama of March [1:03] madness overnight, punching UConn's ticket to the final four in true show-stopping fashion. [1:10] An unbelievable shot. [1:12] Unreal ending. [1:13] Let me just use really not technical terms. Many feet away from the three-point line. [1:20] And he was a freshman. [1:21] He was a freshman. It's incredible. Also, my bracket was already in pieces, and then [1:24] that shattered the little piece that was left. [1:26] Into more pieces. So, it's okay. That's done. [1:29] Good to have you with us on this Monday morning. I'm Joe Fryer. [1:31] And I'm Savannah Sellers. Thanks for starting your week with us. We're going to begin this [1:34] morning with the ongoing war with Iran, which is now in its fifth week. President Trump [1:37] told the Financial Times this weekend that he would like to, quote, take the oil in Iran [1:42] and is considering seizing Karg Island, which is responsible for moving more than 90 percent [1:47] of Iran's oil exports. [1:49] The president's comments came as oil prices jumped and U.S. stocks slid ahead of Monday's [1:54] market open. On top of that, Iran said it's ready to return to the oil market. [1:56] To respond to a possible U.S. ground invasion, U.S. Central Command is confirming an additional [2:02] 3,500 troops have arrived in the Middle East. Strikes continue to cross the region this [2:08] weekend. That includes an attack on Israel from the Iranian-backed Houthi militant group [2:12] based in Yemen. At the same time, Israel continues to expand its ground campaign in southern [2:18] Lebanon, battling another Iranian-backed group, Hezbollah. [2:21] NBC News international correspondent Raf Sanchez joins us now from Doha, Qatar, with more on [2:26] everything. [2:26] Raf, good morning. Bring us up to speed on the war with Iran. What's the latest we're [2:31] learning about the strikes we've just seen across the region this weekend? [2:37] Joe, Savannah, good morning. All across the Middle East, people are holding their breath, [2:41] waiting to see if President Trump will give the order to put American boots on the ground [2:46] in Iran. But for now, there is no letup in strikes going in both directions, the United [2:51] States and Israel continuing to pound Iran over the weekend. It does not seem to be changing [2:57] the policy of the Iranian regime. [2:58] The state of Hormuz remains blocked. The Iranians showing no signs of backing down. And they [3:05] continue to lash out against their neighbors here in the Gulf and in Israel. We've seen a number of [3:11] drone strikes in Kuwait, Oman, other countries, as well as ballistic missile attacks aimed at [3:16] Israel. But guys, in some ways, the biggest development is the one you mentioned. The [3:20] Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have entered the conflict for the first time. They fired [3:26] several missiles at Israel over the weekend. And they're not going to be able to get out of the [3:28] conflict for the rest of the weekend. The reason this is so significant is you will remember that [3:33] this rebel group really snarled international shipping back in 2024, threatening ships in the [3:40] Red Sea. And the big, big concern is if they resume those attacks, you could see oil prices [3:45] surging again, with the Iranians blocking the Strait of Hormuz and the Houthis threatening [3:50] transit in the Red Sea. Guys. [3:52] Raf, as the U.S. continues to build up its military presence in the Middle East, President Trump says [3:58] the U.S. is going to have to do a lot of work to get rid of Iran's oil, as we mentioned. Here's what [4:00] he told reporters on Air Force One yesterday, though. [4:02] The U.S. has been carrying around a lot of oil prices for the last four days. [4:06] Flag, Europe, Israel said the U.S. and the U.N. have all their own though. [4:08] They're agreeing with us on the plan. We asked for 15 things, and for the most part we're gonna be asking [4:12] for a couple of other things. And just to prove that they're serious, they gave us all these boats. [4:15] When I talked about four days ago a present, I said they gave me a present. But I didn't think I was [4:21] at liberty to say what it was. What it was was eight plus two. It's 10 massive boatloads of oil. [4:33] And today they gave us another present. They gave us 20 boatloads of oil. That starts being shipped tomorrow. [4:33] being shipped tomorrow. We're having very good meetings, both directly and indirectly, [4:37] and I think we're getting a lot of very important points. [4:41] Rav, how's Iran responding to all of this? [4:46] Well, guys, let's just start by saying there's no basis in international law for just taking [4:51] the oil of another country, even if you are at war with them. From the Iranian perspective, [4:56] they are not sounding anywhere near as rosy about these negotiations as President Trump is. [5:01] The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, he's one of the few surviving senior [5:05] figures in the regime, has been saying this talk from the president about negotiations is really [5:11] just his way of trying to manage the oil markets, trying to give them some reason for optimism and [5:17] keep the prices from coming down. This same figure, who is a former Revolutionary Guard [5:22] commander, is saying that Iran would welcome a U.S. ground invasion because it would give [5:28] them the opportunity, in his words, for Iranian forces to set American troops on fire. [5:34] Rav, when we talk about globalization, [5:35] we know foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt did meet in Pakistan this [5:40] weekend to discuss how to end the war. Did anything meaningful come out of those talks? [5:48] So, Joe, it's very notable, foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt [5:54] getting together, not in the room, the Iranians or the Americans. There is obviously a limit [5:59] to how much progress these intermediaries, these want-to-be intermediaries can make [6:05] without the main players in the war. [6:07] In the room, there has been a lot of discussion about a potential meeting between the Iranian [6:12] and American sides directly or indirectly in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. At this point, [6:19] there is nothing scheduled. I'll mention we interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky [6:24] over the weekend. He did say that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are the president's point [6:30] men on these international negotiations, have delayed several meetings that were supposed to [6:35] be about Russia-Ukraine in order to focus on the war. So, I don't know if that's a good thing. [6:37] I don't know if that's a good thing. I don't know if that's a good thing. I don't know if that's a good thing. [6:37] I don't know if that's a good thing. I don't know if that's a good thing. [6:37] On the war with Iran and the potential for negotiations. Guys. [6:41] All right. Raf Sanchez in Doha. Raf, thank you. [6:44] On Meet the Press this Sunday, one Republican senator weighed in on whether he supports [6:47] U.S. boots on the ground in Iran. NBC News Now anchor and Meet the Press moderator, [6:51] Kristen Welker, brings us that interview now. Kristen, good morning. [6:55] Hello there, Joe and Savannah. This week on Meet the Press, I asked Republican Senator [6:58] James Lankford if he would support putting U.S. boots on the ground in Iran. [7:02] The Wall Street Journal announcing they could be preparing some 10,000 troops to be deployed, [7:08] to the region. Would you support the president putting U.S. boots on the ground in Iran, [7:14] Senator? Well, that is a different story. We've got to be able to know what the objectives are [7:20] and what they're actually carrying out. So to be very clear on this, the worst thing that can [7:24] happen is to be able to have this kind of conflict start and to not end it, to leave it undone. [7:30] We've got to be able to finish this. Again, almost five decades, Iran has been attacking Americans [7:35] at every single chance that they have at any moment through their allies in the region, [7:42] through all these terrorist proxies that they have in Iraq, and all the way through Hezbollah, [7:47] Hamas, the Houthis. They're going to continue to be able to come after us until we make them stop. [7:52] The focus here is to be able to stop them from attacking us and to make sure it does not restart [7:57] again. So you say it is a different story when we're talking about U.S. boots on the ground. [8:02] Let me ask you bluntly, Senator, [8:05] do you believe President Trump would need congressional approval if he, in fact, [8:11] does want to put U.S. boots on the ground in Iran? [8:14] If we have a longstanding war that's happening, go back again to what happened in Iraq or in [8:21] Afghanistan, yes. If this is to protect Americans and to be able to make sure that we're in there [8:27] for a season and we're stopping and getting out, that's very, very different. So again, [8:31] this is all contingent. It's an interesting question to be able to talk about on the [8:34] political side. But really, [8:37] the focus needs to be on how do we make them stop attacking us? That's the main focus. [8:41] The president has the authority to be able to prevent someone from attacking us. That [8:46] is what he's doing right now. If we're going to have a longstanding occupation, that's [8:49] a very different issue. But I don't think that's even what President Trump is even talking [8:53] about. We're not trying to be able to go in and to be able to occupy the country or to [8:57] be able to have a longstanding, long-term war. No one wants to see that. So I'm looking [9:02] forward to us getting this mission complete and getting out of there. [9:05] You can see my full interview and a whole lot more at meetthepress.com. You can also [9:09] get more Meet the Press right here on NBC News Now every weekday at 4 p.m. [9:14] All right, Kristen Welker, thanks so much for bringing us that. Also on Sunday, Iran's [9:18] parliament speaker said his country is ready to face possible U.S. troops on the ground [9:22] as he accused Washington of secretly planning an assault while seeking negotiations to end [9:28] the war. That is according to two state-affiliated outlets. NBC News military analyst Colonel [9:33] Steve Warren joins us from Washington with more. [9:35] Colonel, always great to see you. [9:35] So President Trump was asked about this, about boots on the ground on this flight back [9:39] to Washington yesterday. Let's listen to what he told reporters. [9:42] Are you considering still putting boots on the ground and would you do that without going [9:47] to conference? [9:48] I just have lots of alternators. We have tremendous numbers of ships over there. We don't need [9:52] them all because of, you know, the power. Look, I would say we're, just like we're ahead [9:58] of schedule on the ballroom, in a much bigger way, we're ahead of schedule with Iran. We're [10:04] weeks ahead of schedule. [10:06] Now, Ricardo, what alternatives to boots on the ground is the president talking about [10:10] here? [10:11] Boots on the ground, Savannah, represents sort of land power. Alternatives to that are [10:16] sea power and air power. And that's really what the president is primarily exercising [10:22] now. Today it's primarily air power, right, which much of it launch from the sea. But [10:27] it's air power, it's aircraft, creating pressure on Iran. Sea power, you know, the opportunity [10:34] to blockade an island, to use our strength… [10:35] But, we don't have that. [10:36] But, we don't have that. But, we don't have that. But, we have that. But, we don't have [10:37] or sea-based platforms to open up the straits. There really are a lot of military options at [10:42] the president's fingertips right now. And, of course, he's now got these Marines in place. So [10:48] he now has all three components really ready to go. As we mentioned, Colonel, President Trump [10:53] told the Financial Times this weekend he would like to take Iran's oil. He's considering seizing [10:57] Harg Island. How might the U.S. approach a military operation like that and help us understand just [11:03] how significant this island is? Sure. Harg Island. So 90 percent of Iran's oil exports go [11:11] through Harg Island. I think it's important to note that it's really just sort of a stop in the [11:17] funnel. So the oil isn't underneath Harg Island. The oil is in other places, and it goes through [11:22] Harg Island to get transited out. So it's important to the Iranians for their hard currency, [11:28] keeping in mind it makes up about 10 percent, I think, of their GDP. Now, that all said, [11:34] seizing Harg Island, I think, is something that we have adequate force in position now to do. So, [11:41] you know, there's a Marine Expeditionary Unit, about 3,000 Marines in place now. A second one [11:47] is en route. Between those two ground forces, I believe that's enough to seize Harg Island. [11:54] Very quickly, though, Joe, there's a difference between seizing and holding, right? When you [11:59] seize something, you take it and then you can leave. But if you want to hold it, [12:04] you're going to need more forces to keep them resupplied, to keep them protected, [12:08] and to keep them going. [12:10] Colonel, President Trump has also made reference to seizing Iran's stockpile of [12:13] nuclear material. Is that something that could be done with the size of the force that we have [12:19] in the region? And I think we have a lot of questions about what they do and do not have [12:23] when it comes to nuclear material. How does that factor in? [12:27] Savannah, the short answer to your question is no. The forces that we have in place now are not [12:32] adequate to forcibly... [12:35] Seize the uranium. We understand or we believe that the uranium remains buried [12:42] underground in one of the nuclear sites that we struck back in June of 2025. If that's the case, [12:49] you're really talking about an excavation project, right? Heavy equipment, bulldozers, [12:54] et cetera, to dig through these destroyed nuclear facilities and find that uranium. So it's a major [13:05] and I don't think that we really have the forces in place today to do that, particularly if the [13:10] Iranians didn't want us there. So they would be here, they would be doing this excavation project [13:14] under enemy fire. It's just not feasible. [13:18] Colonel Seaborne, thank you so much. [13:19] Much needed relief could be on the way this week for TSA officers all around the country. [13:23] They are expected to begin getting back pay as soon as today. [13:27] President Trump signed an order on Friday directing the Department of Homeland Security [13:30] to redirect funding to pay TSA workers. The ongoing DHS shutdown is now... [13:35] Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston with the latest. Priscilla, good morning. So we know DHS has [13:40] about 500 TSA workers have quit their jobs since the start of the partial government shutdown. [13:45] So they're not coming back. With that in mind, what is the situation like on the ground? What [13:50] are we seeing in terms of the long waits at the airports this Monday morning? [13:55] Yeah, Joe, it appears that a lot of those other officers, though, who are still on the job [13:59] have come back. Here at Bush Intercontinental, we have under an hour wait right now during [14:04] this morning rush. So there is still a line... [14:07] There is still a wait, but it is a far cry from those hours-long waits that we have been seeing [14:12] over the past week here at Bush. And we are seeing still some of those long lines in other places, [14:18] though. You look at in Baltimore, where there was a up to four-hour wait on Sunday. At LaGuardia [14:24] this weekend, there were lines that were extending out onto the curb. And we also saw some of that [14:29] in Philadelphia with those very long lines as there was a limited amount of checkpoints. [14:34] So there is still some chaos and some things going on. [14:37] As these airports are trying to get back up and fully operational. But certainly, some travelers [14:42] breathing a sigh of relief to come and find a one-hour line as opposed to a four-hour line as [14:47] those TSA workers wait to see those paychecks hit their bank accounts today or tomorrow. [14:52] Joe, Savannah. [14:53] So, Priscilla, we mentioned how many agents have quit. A top TSA official testified before [14:58] Congress last week, says it takes about four to six months to train new officers. [15:03] Then we have also seen the presence of ICE agents at airports across the country over the past week. [15:07] So just given the number of TSA workers that have quit since the beginning of all this, [15:11] what do we think happens with ICE? Do they stick around at airports once this is all over? Have [15:16] they made a difference in helping kind of lighten the load for TSA workers? [15:22] Yeah, I mean, certainly for the travelers, they say that these DHS agents who have been on the [15:27] ground here have been helpful in just directing traffic and coordinating. And we have seen more [15:32] of them on the ground still here today with Border Czar Tom Holman saying that they are going to stay [15:36] in place until these operations get fully back to normal. [15:39] Take a listen to what he had to say about that. [15:43] Look, we're going to continue an ICE presence there until the airports feel like they're in [15:47] 100 percent, you know, in a posture where they can do normal operations. If less TSA agents come [15:55] back, that means we'll keep more ICE agents there. [15:57] And just to put it into context, in the past six months, TSA officers have worked more than [16:04] 90 days without a paycheck through three different government shutdowns. And so when we look at the [16:09] number of people that are quitting, it's because they're not going to be able to do their job. [16:12] And it's because of that lack of stability and getting that paycheck and being able to make [16:15] ends meet. And it does take four to six months to train a new officer. So it's not like they can just [16:21] be new officers can be here at work right away. And so to sort of fill that gap, we're going to [16:26] see the continued presence of those DHS and ICE officers as folks work to get things back on track [16:32] at the airports across the country. Savannah, Joe. [16:35] Most definitely not a light switch there when it comes to get everything back on track. [16:38] Priscilla, thank you so much. In Washington, a deal to end the [16:42] DHS shutdown is nowhere in sight. Lawmakers in both chambers left town Friday amid that impasse [16:47] over competing plans. House Republicans rejected a deal that unanimously passed the Senate. That [16:52] would have funded most of DHS except for ICE and Border Patrol. Instead, the House approved their [16:57] own short-term spending bill to fund the entire agency. Well, with that bill facing steep odds [17:02] in the Senate, Republican leaders are now tasked with brokering a new compromise as party members [17:07] continue to point fingers at one another. NBC News political reporter Megan Leibowitz joins us with [17:12] the story. [17:12] The latest here, Megan. Good morning. So we've got this stalemate between the House and the [17:15] Senate, and it sounds like Republicans really aren't even agreeing completely among themselves [17:19] on how to move forward. Walk us through these recent votes and where you think things go from [17:23] here. [17:24] Yeah, that's right. So we are in day 45 of this partial government shutdown, making it the longest [17:29] partial government shutdown in the country's history. Now, to walk you through some of these [17:34] recent votes that we saw late last week, the Senate first passed a bill that would have funded [17:39] all of the department except for immigration and deportation. [17:42] That bill had passed with unanimous consent, meaning that Republicans had signed on to it [17:48] as well. Though it hit a roadblock, though, when it went to the House, that's because House Speaker [17:54] Mike Johnson rejected it, instead opting for House Republicans to vote, and they passed a bill [17:59] that would have funded the entirety of the Department of Homeland Security on a short-term [18:05] basis. That bill, though, does not seem to have any sort of path forward in the Senate where it [18:10] would need some Democratic support. So I think it's a very, very important bill. And I think it's a [18:12] very important order to get past that 60-vote filibuster threshold. And so right now, we're [18:17] really at an impasse. There's really no signs that we're any closer to this getting resolved. [18:22] And as you mentioned, lawmakers are now on recess. They can always be called back if the sides seem [18:27] to be getting closer to any kind of deal for lawmakers to get to some kind of vote. But we [18:31] don't really have any indication that we're getting closer to that. A source had told NBC as well that [18:36] Senate Majority Leader John Thune had told Senate Republicans that he was in touch with Democrats [18:43] about any kind of bill that they would support passing in order to end this impasse. A spokesperson [18:48] for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, though, had responded to this. Take a look at what he had [18:53] to say. He said that Leader Schumer made clear that Democrats would not accept anything less than [18:59] was passed unanimously by the Senate. Republicans shouldn't look to Senate Democrats to fix their [19:04] own internal caucus problems. And, Joe and Savannah, a reminder as well that as this continues, [19:10] federal workers at most agencies across, [19:13] DHS are still going without a paycheck right now. [19:15] You know, Megan, when these lawmakers got home, they might have seen any one of these thousands [19:19] of no kings protests that took place in cities around the country Saturday. Tell us more about [19:23] that and what the turnout was like. Yeah, organizers had planned more than 3,000 events [19:29] that took place across the country, with some actually taking place around the world as well. [19:34] Now, in advance of these protests, organizers had said that they were expecting millions of [19:39] people to turn out, and there was certainly high turnout at cities across the country. [19:43] Now, this comes as critics of the administration are protesting anything from the administration's [19:48] handling of the war in Iran, to rising prices, to things like the administration's handling of [19:55] the Jeffrey Epstein case, and, of course, immigration and deportation operations. So, [20:01] the flagship rally took place in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, Minneapolis being, of course, [20:06] where federal agents earlier this year had shot and killed Alex Prettie and Renee Good, sparking [20:11] more backlash to the administration's, [20:13] DEPORTATION OPERATIONS AND WAS ONE OF THE REASONS AS WELL WHY DEMOCRATS HAD URGED THERE TO BE [20:19] IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION REFORMS IN ORDER TO FUND THE ENTIRETY OF THE DEPARTMENT SO AT THAT [20:24] FLAGSHIP RALLY WE HEARD FROM MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALLS AND EVEN BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AS WELL WHO [20:30] WAS THERE TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY WHEN THE WANNABE DICTATOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE [20:36] SENT HIS UNTRAINED AGGRESSIVE THUGS TO DO DAMAGE TO MINNESOTA IT WAS YOU MINNESOTA WHO STOOD UP [20:47] FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS IT WAS MINNESOTA WHO SAID NOT ON OUR WATCH THEY PICKED THE WRONG CITY YOUR [20:54] STRENGTH AND YOUR COMMITMENT TOLD US THAT THIS IS STILL AMERICA NOW THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT [21:03] SPRINGSTEEN HAS SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HE'S CONSISTENTLY BEEN A STAUNT [21:07] CRITICIST [21:07] OF THE ADMINISTRATION HE PERFORMED AT THE RALLY AS WELL AND JOE AND SAVANNAH THIS WAS THE THIRD [21:12] NO KINGS RALLY IN LESS THAN A YEAR WITH THE FIRST ONE TAKING PLACE IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR JOE AND [21:17] SAVANNAH MEGAN BEFORE WE LET YOU GO I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ANOTHER PIECE OF DHS NEWS THE DEPARTMENT [21:21] SAYS CORY LEWANDOWSKI IS NO LONGER WORKING FOR THEM HE WAS A TOP ADVISOR TO FORMER DHS SECRETARY [21:27] CHRISTIE NOME WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE YEAH SO A SPOKESPERSON TELLING [21:32] REPORTERS THAT LEWANDOWSKI IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED IS NO LONGER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY [21:37] AS YOU MENTIONED HE WAS A TOP ADVISOR TO NOW FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHRISTIE NOME [21:42] AND HIS FUTURE AT THE DEPARTMENT OR WHETHER HE HAD A FUTURE AT THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN UNCLEAR [21:47] AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD FIRED NOME AND REPLACED HER WITH NOW SECRETARY MARK WAYNE MULLIN NOW [21:53] LEWANDOWSKI AS WELL HAD BEEN FACING CRITICISM AND CONTROVERSY TOO SO SENATE DEMOCRATS LAST WEEK HAD [21:59] LAUNCHED IN OR DEMOCRATS I SHOULD SAY LAUNCHED AN INQUIRY INTO LEWANDOWSKI LAST WEEK OVER [22:04] ALLEGATIONS THAT HE SOUGHT PERSONAL PAYMENTS FROM [22:07] CONTRACTORS WHICH HE HAD DENIED NOW LEWANDOWSKI AND NOME HAD ALSO FACED ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY [22:13] HAD BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR AND THEY HAD DENIED THAT AS WELL JOE AND SAVANNAH ALL RIGHT MEGAN [22:17] THANK YOU SO MUCH GULF ICON TIGER WOODS IS FACING NEW LEGAL QUESTIONS AFTER ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE [22:23] CAR CRASH WOODS WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER [22:28] CRASH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN FLORIDA AUTHORITIES SAY WOODS WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED [22:33] WHEN HE CLIPPED A TRUCK'S TRAILER AND FLIPPED HIS VEHICLE [22:36] NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH OFFICIALS SAID WOODS DID PASS A BREATHALIZER TEST BUT REFUSED TO [22:42] GIVE A URINE SAMPLE THAT WOULD HAVE TESTED FOR DRUGS THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED [22:47] UNDER SUSPICION OF A DUI IN FLORIDA WOODS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BUT POSTED BOND LATER THAT DAY [22:53] COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE 50 YEAR OLD WAS BACK ON THE COURSE COMPETING AGAIN AFTER HIS SEVENTH [22:59] BACK SURGERY WOODS HAS NOT RESPONDED TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT FROM NBC NEWS ALL RIGHT LET'S NOW GET [23:05] A CHECK ON YOUR MORNING NEWS [23:06] NOW WE HAVE METEOROLOGIST ANDREA ROMERO YEAH SHE'S GOT YOUR FORECAST ON THIS MONDAY MORNING [23:10] ANDREA GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING JOE AND SAVANNAH IT'S LOOKING LIKE A BUSY WEATHER WEEK AS WE TRACK [23:16] SOME CHANGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FIRST WE HAVE THIS FRONT THAT'S GOING TO BE BRINGING SOME STRONG [23:21] WIN GUSTS TO THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND IT'S ALSO BRINGING SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS TO THE NORTHEAST AND [23:28] ALSO PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES HOWEVER WE ARE EXPECTING THE THREAT OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER AS [23:35] THE SYSTEM CONTINUES [23:36] TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN SOME SEVERE WEATHER AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BRING IN SOME SEVERE WEATHER [23:36] TO MOVE TOWARDS THE MIDWEST STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WE'LL BE TARGETING PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKE [23:42] REGION TOMORROW AND SOME OF THAT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT MIGHT EXTEND INTO THE NORTHEAST INTERIOR [23:49] NORTHEAST POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY WE HAVE THE MARGINAL RISK OF SOME STRONG STORMS EVEN [23:55] DOWN SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SO LOOKING AT THAT SEVERE THREAT INTO LATE TONIGHT [24:01] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DAMAGING HAIL POSSIBLY UP TO TWO INCH POSSIBLE DIAMETER HAIL [24:06] STONES WE ALSO HAVE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR AND THE LOW THREAT OF SOME TORNADOES [24:12] THAT CAN DEVELOP AND THAT RISK WILL EXTEND INTO TOMORROW AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY [24:19] OF THAT RISK INTO PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND EVEN THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NEW YORK STATE [24:24] AS FAR AS RAINFALL FORECAST THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME FLASH FLOODING THAT CAN DEVELOP [24:30] ALL THE WAY POSSIBLY FROM ILLINOIS INTO VERMONT DUE TO THAT HEAVY RAINFALL TWO TO THREE INCHES [24:35] RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THAT AREA SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERE WEATHER AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE [24:40] THAT RECORD WARM TEMPERATURE WE'VE SEEN IN MARCH WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING A LITTLE SHIFT SOME [24:45] COOLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S APRIL THIS WEEK RIGHT YEAH THE YEAR IS FLYING BY INCREDIBLE [24:53] RIGHT THANK YOU MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS MONDAY MORNING EDITION OF MORNING NEWS NOW A LITTLE LATER [24:58] WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO HOW THE ONGOING WAR WITH IRAN IS IMPACTING WALLETS HERE AT HOME AND IT'S [25:03] NOT JUST GAS PRICES THAT ARE TICKING HIGHER LATELY FIRST THOUGH AFTER THE BREAK HOW ASIA IS [25:08] GRABBLING WITH A MULTINATIONAL OIL CRISIS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY FROM THE VIOLENCE IN THE GULF THAT'S [25:14] NEXT WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A LOOK AT HOW THE WAR WITH IRAN IS IMPACTING THE WORLD'S ENERGY SUPPLY [25:25] ASIA IS ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT BY THE TURMOIL IN THE STRAIT OF HARMOUS SHORTAGES ARE [25:29] LEADING SOME GOVERNMENTS TO DECLARE NATIONAL EMERGENCIES NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT [25:34] JANICE MACKIE FRAYER HAS THE DETAILS FROM TAIWAN WITH WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST DISRUPTING [25:39] HOW THE WORLD GETS ITS ENERGY IMPACT IS BEING FELT THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY AND NOWHERE IS THE [25:46] SHOCK MORE ACUTE THAN IN ASIA SHORTAGES OF OIL AND GAS HAVE TRIGGERED PROTESTS IN INDIA AND [25:52] RATIONING IN BANGLADESH THERE ARE LONG LINEUPS FOR FUEL FROM PAKISTAN TO CAMBODIA TO VIETNAM [26:00] SHRI LANKA SHORTENED WORK WEEKS TO SAVE ELECTRICITY AND THAILAND'S NEWS ANCHORS DITCH THEIR SUIT [26:06] JACKETS TO AVOID USING AIR CONDITIONING ENERGY EMERGENCY [26:11] IN THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESIDENT DECLARED A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY TO STAVE OFF WITH [26:17] THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY HAS DESCRIBED AS THE LARGEST SUPPLY DISRUPTION IN THE HISTORY [26:22] OF THE GLOBAL OIL MARKET IT'S MADE ASIA GROUND ZERO FOR AN ENERGY CRISIS THAT THREATENS TO [26:29] CRIPPLE AN ENTIRE CONTINENT TAKE TAIWAN MORE THAN 95 PERCENT OF THE ENERGY BEING USED HERE [26:37] IS IMPORTED AND MOST OF IT IS COMING FROM THE PERSIAN GULF THE LONGER SUPPLIES ARE [26:41] CHOPED THE GREATER THE RISK THAT SOME PARTS OF ASIA COULD BE RUNNING ON EMPTY ABOUT ONE-FIFTH [26:47] OF THE WORLD'S OIL FLOWS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMOOS CONNECTING THE GULF TO THE INDIAN OCEAN [26:53] MUCH OF WHAT LEAVES IS BOUND FOR ASIA A REGION THAT'S ALSO HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON LIQUIFIED NATURAL [26:59] GAS OR LNG FROM QATAR SINCE THE WAR STARTED MARITIME TRAFFIC IN THE STRAIT HAS ALL BUT [27:05] COLLAPSED THOUGH IRAN NOW SAYS NON-HOSTILE SHIPS CAN TRANSIT SAFELY IN A STATEMENT [27:11] IRAN'S MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS SAID SHIPS CAN USE THE WATERWAY PROVIDED THAT THEY NEITHER [27:17] PARTICIPATE IN NOR SUPPORT ACTS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN ADDING THAT ANY MOVEMENT STILL [27:22] NEEDS PERMISSION FROM IRANIAN AUTHORITIES STILL MARITIME TRACKING DATA SHOWS TRAFFIC THROUGH THE [27:29] CRITICAL ENERGY CHOKE POINT REMAINS AT A FRACTION OF NORMAL LEVELS A CHINESE OIL TANKER THE BRIGHT [27:35] GOLD WAS AMONG THE FEW SHIPS TO GO THROUGH A SO-CALLED SAFE CORRIDOR CREW MEMBERS POSTING [27:41] VIDEOS OF THE JOURNEY TO CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA TELLING USERS THEY WERE CARRYING IRANIAN CREW TO [27:47] THE MAINLAND ANOTHER MORE CRITICAL THING IS ARE THERE ANY SHIPS WILLING TO COMING IN BECAUSE IT [27:53] HAS TO BE TOO ROUND OTHERWISE THEY'RE JUST LIKE CLEARING OUT THE BACKLOG BUT THE FLOW ITSELF [27:59] OR THE TRADE IS STILL FROZEN EVEN CHINA WITH ITS SIGNIFICANT RESERVES IS FEELING THE PINCH [28:05] IT WAS THE FIRST ASIAN COUNTRY TO BAN FUEL EXPORTS AFTER THE WAR BEGAN THERE ARE GOVERNMENTS [28:10] CONTROLS YET PRICES FOR FUEL HAVE BEEN CREEPING UP THE IMPACT IS HUGE SAYS THIS RIDESHARE DRIVER [28:18] IT'S HARD TO MAKE ANY MONEY U.S ALLIES LIKE JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA ARE TAPPING STRATEGIC OIL RESERVES [28:26] TO MEET DEMAND BUT STILL URGING PEOPLE TO CURTAIL EVERYTHING FROM SHOWERS TO CHARGING PHONES THE [28:33] SHORTAGES HAVE GOVERNMENTS ACROSS ASIA SCRAMBLING TO BUY ENERGY AT WHATEVER THE COST AND THAT IS [28:40] PROVING TO BE A PROBLEM THE SHORTAGES HAVE GOVERNMENTS ACROSS ASIA SCRAMBLING TO BUY ENERGY AT [28:41] WHATEVER THE COST AND THAT IS PROVING TO BE A PROBLEM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS [28:46] SEIZED ON THE ANXIETY HERE ANNOUNCING $57 BILLION IN GAS DEALS WITH ASIAN GOVERNMENTS [28:53] INCLUDING TAIWAN WHERE THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ALONE CONSUMES 10% OF THE ISLAND'S ELECTRICITY [29:01] EVERY COUNTRY ACROSS ASIA IS NOW ON AN EMERGENCY FOOTING WITH SUPPLIES DWINDLING PRICES ON THE RISE [29:08] AND THE CRISIS DEEPENING JANICE MCKEE FOR AIR NBC [29:12] NEWS TAIPEI COMING UP AMERICA'S FIGHT OVER FLUORIDE BOILING OVER DOWN SOUTH THIS MORNING [29:19] THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY THAT NOT ONLY LEARNED THE MINERAL WASN'T IN THEIR WATER SUPPLY [29:23] IT HASN'T BEEN THERE FOR YEARS OUR INVESTIGATION NEXT WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN [29:34] THE DEBATE OVER ADDING FLUORIDE TO DRINKING WATER RESIDENTS OF BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA WERE INFORMED [29:40] EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT THEIR DRINKING WATER WOULD NO LONGER CONTAIN FLUORIDE BUT THEN THEY [29:44] LEARNED THE WATER UTILITY HAD ACTUALLY STOPPED ADDING IT YEARS AGO WITHOUT TELLING THE PUBLIC [29:48] NBC NEWS HEALTH REPORTER ARIA BENDIX HAS COVERED THE ISSUE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ARIA GOOD MORNING [29:53] THANKS FOR JOINING US WE KNOW BIRMINGHAM HAS FOUR WATER UTILITY FILTRATION PLANTS YOU'VE LEARNED [29:58] THREE OF THEM STOPPED DOING THIS MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO WALK US THROUGH SOME OF YOUR REPORTING [30:02] AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE RIGHT SO THIS PARTICULAR WATER SYSTEM JOE WHICH COVERS BIRMINGHAM AND ITS [30:08] NEIGHBORING SUBURBS HAS BEEN EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSY FOR MANY YEARS TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE WE [30:13] BELIEVE THAT THE PREVIOUS LEADERS WHO RAN THE UTILITY DIDN'T ACTUALLY MAINTAIN ITS FLUORIDATION [30:19] THEY WERE OLD AND OUT OF DATE AND SO THEY TEMPORARILY STOPPED USING THEM THEN WHEN NEW [30:24] LEADERSHIP STEPPED IN LAST YEAR THEY DECIDED IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR THESE SYSTEMS [30:29] AND START ADDING FLUORIDE AGAIN NOW THE SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT UNORTHODOX BECAUSE A FLUORIDE BAN [30:34] WOULD NORMALLY GO THROUGH THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE OR CITY COUNCIL SO RESIDENTS COULD HAVE SOME [30:39] INPUT ON WHETHER THEY SUPPORT IT OR NOT BUT IN THIS CASE IT SEEMS THAT THE UTILITY PULLED FLUORIDE [30:45] WITHOUT THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE JOE SO ARE TWO STATES ALREADY HAVE BANS ON ADDING FLUORIDE [30:49] TO WATER AT LEAST 19 OTHERS ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING SIMILAR LEGISLATION WHAT ARE WE [30:54] HEARING FROM ALABAMA OFFICIALS ON WHERE THE STATE OVERALL STANDS ON THE ISSUE [30:59] RIGHT SO ON THE STATE LEVEL ALABAMA HAS HISTORICALLY SUPPORTED FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER [31:04] BUT A GROWING NUMBER OF LOCAL WATER SYSTEMS HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED TO RECONSIDER NOT JUST [31:09] IN ALABAMA BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY SOME OF THAT IS DUE TO COST CONSTRAINTS BUT A PART OF IT IS [31:15] ALSO DUE TO THESE GROWING UNSUBSTANTIATED FEARS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF FLUORIDE AND WATER [31:19] IN PARTICULAR CONCERNS ABOUT IQ LOSS OR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN [31:24] AND WE REALLY JUST DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THOSE ARE REAL ISSUES OF CONCERN [31:29] SAVANNAH SO IF WE LOOK AT THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW ABOUT 72 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S LIVE IN [31:33] AREAS WHERE FLUORIDE IS STILL ADDED TO THE WATER AND WE KNOW SOME STATES HAVE LAWS ACTUALLY [31:38] MANDATING IT HAS THE CDC OR JUST ANY OTHER HEALTH AGENCY WEIGHED IN ON THESE DECISIONS TO STOP [31:44] ADDING FLUORIDE RIGHT SO STATES ACTUALLY AREN'T REQUIRED BY THE CDC OR THE EPA TO [31:50] ADD FLUORIDE TO DRINKING WATER BUT MOST DO IT BECAUSE IT HAS THIS DEMONSTRATED HEALTH BENEFIT [31:55] RIGHT WE KNOW THAT FLUORIDE AND COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS CAN HELP PREVENT CAVITIES WHICH IS WHY [32:00] THE CDC AND MANY MAJOR MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMEND IT NOW THE CONCERN HERE IN BIRMINGHAM [32:06] IS THAT MANY YOUNG CHILDREN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN GETTING FLUORIDE AT A TIME WHEN THEIR BABY TEETH [32:11] ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO TOOTH DECAY AND WE KNOW THAT ORAL HEALTH IS REALLY TIED TO A PERSON'S [32:17] OVERALL HEALTH AND EVEN THE RISK OF INFECTION OR CHRONIC DISEASE [32:20] ARIA WE KNOW THAT THIS IS SUCH A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AND DEBATE RIGHT NOW [32:24] UM WITH ROBERT F KENNEDY JR REALLY TAKING A STAND ON THIS AND STARTING THIS CONVERSATION [32:29] AND THEN LAWMAKERS SOME OF THEM ARGUING THAT WE GET ENOUGH FLUORIDE FROM BRUSHING OUR TEETH OR [32:34] OR JUST USING MOUTHWASH WHAT ARE EXPERTS SAYING ON THE MATTER OF IF THAT'S ENOUGH OR IF YOU NEED [32:40] THIS IN YOUR DRINKING WATER YES SAVANNAH MANY EXPERTS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WOULD PUSH BACK ON [32:46] THAT CLAIM THE FLUORIDE THAT'S IN MOUTHWASH OR TOOTHPASTE IS BETTER THAN NOTHING BUT IT'S NOT [32:51] A SUBSTANCE [32:51] SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FLUORIDE THAT WE'RE CONSUMING REALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN VERY SMALL DOSES [32:56] IN OUR DRINKING WATER AND IT'S REALLY THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO THAT'S RESPONSIBLE [33:01] FOR PREVENTING TOOTH DECAY ON A WIDESPREAD LEVEL IN THE U.S SAVANNAH ALL RIGHT ARIA THANK YOU SO [33:06] MUCH WELL NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS GETTING ATTENTION NOT JUST FOR ALLOWING ARTIFICIAL [33:11] INTELLIGENCE IN THE CLASSROOM BUT FOR CREATING A CHATBOT OF HIS OWN TO GET THE BEST OUT OF HIS [33:16] STUDENTS NBC NEWSNOW ANCHOR KATI SCHWARTZ SHOWS US HOW THE HIGH TECH TOOL WORKS THESE ARE [33:22] GOOD [33:22] THOUGH SCOTT KEARN IS A NATURAL TEACHER I CAN'T IMAGINE DOING ANYTHING ELSE I LOVE TEACHING [33:27] BUT WHAT HE WANTED TO TEACH HIMSELF ABOUT AI BOTS HE NEVER IMAGINED IT LEAD TO THIS [33:33] I TOOK A COURSE LEARNING HOW TO BUILD CUSTOM BOTS AND IMMEDIATELY I STARTED THINKING HOW COULD I USE [33:39] THIS TO HELP KIDS AND WHAT HE BUILT ENDED UP BEING A BOT TO HELP TEACH HIS STUDENTS THAT TEACH [33:45] THEMSELVES IT WILL DIRECT THEM TO A PART OF THEIR ESSAY WHERE THEY DIDN'T GET A POINT WHERE THEY [33:50] STRUGGLED IN SOME WAY [33:52] AND THEN IT WILL GIVE THEM STEPS AND QUESTIONS FOR HOW TO IMPROVE IN THE WRITING STUDENTS MAKE [33:57] THE REVISIONS AND THE BOT GIVES THEM INSTANT FEEDBACK ONCE THEY GET THE POINT THE BOT MOVES [34:02] THEM TO THE NEXT PART OF THEIR ESSAY WHAT EXACTLY KERN THINKS OF HIS HOMEBREWED BOTS [34:06] AS KIND OF A PRACTICE SQUAD SO HIS VARSITY TEAM CAN TEST THEIR SKILLS BUT I'M THE COACH [34:11] WHO'S STANDING THERE SAYING LET'S GO BACK LET'S REDO IT THIS WAY HERE'S A NEW STEP FOR HOW YOU [34:16] CAN DO THIS BETTER TRY AGAIN AND HE SAYS IT'S LED TO MVP TYPE RESULTS FOR HIS STUDENTS [34:22] 94 OF THE STUDENTS IN MY CLASS PASSED WHICH IS AMAZING IT'S THE HIGHEST PASS RATE I'VE EVER HAD [34:28] UNCOMMON SCHOOLS LOOKED AT THE DATA AND SAID WE THINK THAT AI USE MADE AN INCREASE OF 22 [34:35] IN THE PASS RATES STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING HIGHER AP SCORES LIKE SOPHOMORE NAZIA PULMER WHO RECEIVED [34:41] A 5 ON HER AP US HISTORY EXAM LAST YEAR HIGHEST SCORE POSSIBLE THE AI CHATBOT DID HELP ME WITH [34:48] CREATING A ESSAY BECAUSE IT TOLD ME SPECIFIC POINTS THAT [34:52] WOULD LIKE IMPROVE CERTAIN PARTS OF MY ESSAY WINNING TEST SCORES ARE GREAT BUT KURT ALSO HAS [34:57] HIS EYES ON A MUCH BIGGER PRICE CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT THE TECH THAT WILL BE GROWING ALONGSIDE HIM [35:03] IT'S A BROAD SET OF TOOLS THAT ARE INTEGRATED IN LOTS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE USING EVERY DAY [35:08] I THINK THIS IS HERE TO STAY SO FAR THE RESULTS ARE SHINING THROUGH IT HAS HELPED ME EVERY SINGLE [35:14] TIME I'M DOING A TEST I'M LIKE OH SO WHAT SHOULD I ASK MYSELF I BASICALLY ASKED MYSELF THE SAME [35:18] QUESTIONS THE AI WOULD ASK ME AND THEN USE THAT TO HELP ME WITH MY ARRIVALS [35:22] BUT AS AI MAKES ITS WAY INTO NEARLY EVERYTHING WE DO ARE WE STILL GOING TO NEED TEACHERS HUMAN [35:28] CONNECTION IS LIKE THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT EDUCATION IS ABOUT SO AI IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE [35:34] TEACHERS IT SHOULD NEVER REPLACE PEER-TO-PEER DISCUSSION NEVER REPLACE WHOLE CLASS DISCUSSION [35:40] AND I WOULD NEVER ALLOW THAT CURRENT STUDENTS SAY THE AI CHATBOTS ARE LIKE HAVING A SECOND TEACHER [35:45] IN CLASS FIND IT LIKE REALLY HELPFUL LIKE HOW WE CAN GET THE FEEDBACK FASTER AND WE CAN LIKE [35:50] IMMEDIATELY INFLUENCE INFLUENCE IT IN OUR WRITING [35:52] INSTEAD OF LIKE HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL HE GRADES AND GIVES US FEEDBACK SO I KIND OF LIKE HOW WE [35:58] ALWAYS LIKE WE HAVE A TEACHER AND WE HAVE AI LIKE HELPING US AT THE SAME TIME TEACHERS TEAMING UP [36:02] WITH CHATBOTS TO BRING THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 1920S GUTTY SCHWARTZ [36:08] NBC NEWS IT'S LIKE A REALLY SMART TEACHER'S AID ALL RIGHT COMING UP BASEBALL IS BACK IN FULL SWING [36:15] IT'S NOT JUST THE MEN WHO ARE TAKING THE FIELD THIS SEASON THE MORNING NEWS NOW RETURNS THE [36:19] LEADING LADIES OF A BRAND NEW PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE THAT'S [36:22] BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS WE'LL STEP UP TO THE PLATE NEXT WE'RE BACK NOW WITH MORE ON THE WAR [36:36] WITH IRAN AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY HERE AT HOME FROM FUEL TO FERTILIZER THE OBSTACLES FOR [36:42] GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS ARE NOW ADDING UP NBC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALI CANAL TAKES A CLOSER LOOK [36:47] AT HOW THE CONFLICT COULD HIT YOUR WALL FOR MANY AMERICANS THE MOST OBVIOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE [36:55] WAR WITH IRAN IS HIGHER GAS PRICES IT USED TO BE 60 SOMETHING TO FILL MY TANK NOW IT'S 90 SOMETHING [37:01] BUT THE [37:01] THE [37:01] ENTIRE ECONOMIC SPILL OVER IS GOING FAR BEYOND JUST GAS THE CONFLICT IS DISRUPTING GLOBAL SUPPLY [37:07] CHAINS FOR OTHER SURPRISING AND ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS FROM FERTILIZER TO HELIUM TO THE COST OF BORROWING [37:14] MONEY ACROSS THE WORLD THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE GOING TO BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT TAKE FARMERS FOR [37:19] EXAMPLE ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S FERTILIZER INGREDIENTS MOVE THROUGH THE STRAIGHT OF HERMOOSE [37:25] BUT NOW WITH THAT CRITICAL SHIPPING ROUTE AT A NEAR STANDSTILL FARMERS LIKE TOM WATERS IN MISSOURI [37:31] SAYING THAT THE COST OF WHAT THEY NEED TO PLANT THIS YEAR IS ALREADY CLIMBING WE JUST HAVE TO [37:37] REALLY WORK HARD TO TRIM OUR COST SINCE THE START OF THE CONFLICT PRICES FOR URIA A KEY NITROGEN-BASED [37:44] FERTILIZER HAVE CLIMBED MORE THAN 70 PERCENT JUST AS DEMAND FOR FERTILIZER AND FUEL IS RAMPING UP [37:51] RIGHT NOW WITH FARMERS PREPARING FOR SPRING PLANTING AND WHEN FARM COSTS RISE FOOD PRICES [37:57] CAN FOLLOW AND THE IMPACT COULD BE EVEN MORE SEVERE ELSEWHERE AROUND [38:02] THE WORLD ANOTHER CASUALTY OF THE CONFLICT HELIUM IT'S INDUSTRIALLY CRITICAL FOR EVERYTHING FROM [38:09] SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS TO MRI MACHINES TO ROCKETS AND IT'S PRODUCED AS A BY-PRODUCT OF LIQUID NATURAL GAS [38:16] OR LNG PROCESSING QATAR IS THE SECOND LARGEST SUPPLIER IN THE WORLD NOW SUPPLIES ARE SHRINKING [38:23] AND PRICES BALLOONING LEAVING BUYERS IN A SQUEEZE THEY'LL PAY PRETTY MUCH ANY PRICE BUT IT'S ABOUT IS [38:29] A AN ACTUAL INTERRUPTION IN THE SUPPLIES CAN'T THEY GET [38:32] IT AT ALL AND THAT'S NOT ALL PRICES FOR PLASTICS LIKE POLYETHYLENE USED IN EVERYTHING FROM BOTTLES [38:38] TO SHOPPING BAGS HAVE SURGED MORE THAN 30 PERCENT SINCE THE WAR BEGAN EXPERTS ALSO WARN THE CONFLICT [38:45] IS PUSHING UP BORROWING COSTS EVERYTHING FROM AUTO LOANS TO CREDIT CARD DEBT AND MORTGAGES [38:51] CAN BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE EVEN AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE KEEPS INTEREST RATES STEADY THE AVERAGE [38:57] RATE ON A 30-YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE HAS ALREADY JUMPED ABOUT HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT SINCE [39:02] THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE THOSE RATES REMAIN QUITE A [39:06] BIT HIGHER THAN THEY WERE PRE-CONFLICT AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT WILL ERODE AFFORDABILITY [39:12] FOR MANY POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS FOR MANY POTENTIAL CONSUMERS LOOKING TO BUY LARGE TICKET ITEMS SO [39:18] EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT COMMUTING IN A CAR THE COST OF A WAR THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY CAN STILL HIT [39:24] THE WALLET ALI KANAL NBC NEWS WE'VE GOT MORE NOW ON THE BILLION DOLLAR DEAL THAT'LL HELP BRING AI [39:31] DEVELOPED TRANSPORTATION TO THE WORLD. [39:32] DRUGS TO MARKETS ALL OVER THE WORLD. [39:34] NBC NEWS BUSINESS AND ECONOMY REPORTER EMILY LORCH HAS THOSE DETAILS IN OUR MONEY MINUTE. [39:38] HEY EMILY GOOD MORNING. [39:39] HEY GUYS GOOD MORNING THAT'S RIGHT PHARMA GIANT ELI LILLY IS PARTNERING UP WITH HONG KONG BASED [39:44] IN SILICO MEDICINE IN A DEAL WORTH UP TO 2.75 BILLION DOLLARS THAT'S TO DEVELOP DRUGS USING [39:50] ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SILICO HAS ALREADY CREATED DOZENS OF DRUGS USING AI TO TREAT [39:55] VARIOUS CONDITIONS INCLUDING FIBROSIS AND CANCER WITH MANY NOW IN CLINICAL STAGES [40:01] OVER AT THE COSTCO CHECKOUT LINE CUSTOMERS COULD SOON PASS THROUGH IN LESS THAN TEN SECONDS [40:07] THE COMPANY IS PILOTING AUTOMATED PAY STATIONS PAIRED WITH PRE-SCAN TECHNOLOGY IN WHICH SHOPPERS [40:12] CAN SCAN THEIR ITEMS WHILE SHOPPING TO EXPEDITE THE CHECKOUT PROCESS EXECUTIVES SAY EARLY RESULTS [40:17] HAVE REVEALED AN IMPROVEMENT ON TRAFFIC FLOW AND POSITIVE MEMBER FEEDBACK AND AMERICA'S FAVORITE [40:24] LITTLE MONSTERS COULD SOON POP UP IN THE ICONIC WINDOWS ALONG FIFTH AVENUE IN NEW YORK CITY [40:29] LABOUBOU CREATOR POPMART IS EXPANDING ITS RETAIL FOOTPRINT WITH A NEW STORE ACCORDING TO THE NEW [40:34] YORK POST THE NEW LOCATION WOULD PUT THE VIRAL TOY BRAND JUST STEPS AWAY FROM LUXURY NAMES LIKE [40:39] GUCCI PRADA AND LOUIS VUITTON WE'VE REACHED OUT WE HAVEN'T YET HEARD BACK YET BUT GUYS I FEEL LIKE [40:44] IT'S JUST THING AFTER THING WITH THE LABOUBOU'S I STILL DON'T HAVE ONE I KNOW THAT YOU GOT ONE YOU [40:48] OPENED IT ON THE TODAY SHOW DO YOU HAVE ONE JILL YEAH YES I KNOW NOR DO I NEED ONE BUT BUT I THINK [40:54] IF YOU HAVE A STORE YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO GET ONE RIGHT BECAUSE LIKE OTHERWISE THERE'LL BE NOTHING [40:58] IN THE STORE SO RIGHT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD SOLUTION YEAH THERE WE GO THERE YOU GO OH MY GOD JOE HAS [41:04] A COLLECTION YEAH I BELIEVE IT YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE THAN JUST ONE THAN YOU WANT TO DO [41:10] OH MY GOD THANKS EMILY ONE OF THE SURE SIGNS THAT SUMMER'S FINALLY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER [41:17] MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GETTING INTO FULL SWING OVER THE WEEKEND BUT TODAY WE ARE FOCUSING ON [41:22] THE LADIES WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPRING TRAINING THAT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING [41:26] THIS AUGUST A BRAND NEW PROFESSIONAL [41:28] BASEBALL LEAGUE WILL HAVE WOMEN SWINGING FOR THE FENCES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES [41:33] NBC NEWS SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT STEPHANIE GOSK TAKES US INTO THE GROWING EXCITEMENT AROUND [41:38] THIS HISTORIC UPCOMING SEASON THE CRACK OF THE BAT THE BALL SNAPPING INTO THE GLOVE THE SOUNDS [41:46] OF FLORIDA SPRING TRAINING WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE THESE PLAYERS ARE WOMEN GETTING READY TO COMPETE [41:53] IN THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S BASEBALL LEAGUE IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS TODAY THEY'RE WEARING THE [41:59] UNIFORMS FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE JOINING THEIR TEAMS FOR THE FIRST TIME MOST OF THESE PLAYERS GREW UP [42:05] JUST PLAYING WITH THE BOYS SO THIS RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE REAL FIELD OF DREAMS FOUR TEAMS LA SAN [42:12] FRANCISCO BOSTON AND NEW YORK WILL PLAY FOR ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS STARTING AUGUST 1ST IT WAS AN ANSWER [42:18] PRAYER PITCHER KELSEY WHITMORE WENT NUMBER ONE IN THE DRAFT I LOVE IT BECAUSE GOD PUT IT ON MY [42:24] HEART IT'S IT SETS MY HEART ON FIRE FOR MONET DAVIS SOFTBALL WAS NEVER ENOUGH [42:29] OPTION I WAS THE ONLY GIRL THAT PLAYED BASEBALL SHE WAS ALSO THE ONLY GIRL TO PITCH A NO-HITTER [42:35] IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK IN 2014 BUT THERE WAS NO PATH TO PLAY PROFESSIONALLY [42:41] UNTIL NOW WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IN AUGUST THAT FIRST GAME FIRST PITCH I JUST CAN'T [42:46] WAIT FOR THAT THE NEW LEAGUE COMES AS WOMEN'S SPORTS ARE SOARING IN POPULARITY VIEWERSHIP HAS [42:51] NEARLY TRIPLED SINCE 2020 DRIVEN BY THE SUCCESS OF THE WNBA LEAGUE COMMISSIONER JUSTINE SIEGEL [42:57] WANTS TO CAPTURE THIS MOMENT IN WOMEN'S BASEBALL [42:59] WOMEN'S SPORTS NOW ALL GIRLS KNOW THAT THEY CAN DREAM OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER [43:04] JUST LIKE THEIR BROTHERS THEY NOW HAVE A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN BUT DON'T EXPECT THIS LEAGUE TO LOOK [43:08] LIKE THE ONE FROM THE 40S AND 50S OR THAT MOVIE FROM THE 90S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL IN THIS LEAGUE [43:16] THERE WILL BE NO SKIRTS PEOPLE CAN EXPECT PASSION PEOPLE CAN EXPECT EMOTION OH SO MUCH EMOTION I [43:22] MEAN CRYING YOU KNOW I'VE DEFINITELY CRIED IN BASEBALL BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH I LOVE IT IT TURNS [43:28] OUT CRYING IN BASEBALL IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN BASEBALL FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS [43:30] JUST FINE AND WOMEN CAN REALLY PLAY THE GAME NOW WE ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO WATCH THEM STEPHANIE GOSK [43:35] NBC NEWS FORT MYERS FLORIDA COMING UP A POSITIVE PUSH GOING VIRAL RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER [43:42] THE BREAK WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE INFLUENCER WHO'S USING HIS INTERNET FAME TO HELP [43:46] THE CITY'S PRECIOUS SHELTER PUPS FIND THEIR FOREVER HOME THIS IS MORNING NEWS IN THIS HOUR A STORY [43:59] THAT'S TRULY POSITIVE IT'S ABOUT ONE MAN WHO'S FETCHING A NEW WAY TO HELP SHELTER DOGS GET [44:05] ADOPTED YEAH YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN [44:06] THESE VIDEOS THEY'RE POSTED BY BRIAN REISBERG HE FIRST BECAME A VIRAL SENSATION FOR CARRYING [44:11] HIS CORGI AROUND NEW YORK CITY IN A BACKPACK AND NOW HE'S USING THAT FAME TO HELP BRING ATTENTION [44:15] TO SOME OF THE MILLIONS OF PUPS LOOKING FOR PERMANENT HOMES NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT EMILY [44:20] AKEDA HAS MORE HERE WE GO HERE WE GO THIS IS PART OF BRIAN REISBERG'S WEEKLY ROUTINE WANT TO GO ON A [44:29] RIDE DROPPING BY BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY IN NEW YORK CITY GOOD JOB TO TAKE OUT A RESCUE DOG IN [44:36] NEED OF A HOME [44:37] GOOD GIRL FOR A FEW HOURS WE JOINED HIM FOR AN AFTERNOON ADVENTURE WITH CHAMPAGNE WHAT ARE THE [44:46] BENEFITS OF TAKING A DOG OUT LIKE THIS UM IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THEIR MENTAL WELL-BEING YOU KNOW [44:51] THEY'RE IN THE SHELTER A LOT SO WHEN THEY GO OUT IT'S A DESTRESSER FOR THEM AND HONESTLY AS A [44:55] HUMAN IT'S A DESTRESSER FOR YOU AS WELL THEIR OUTINGS INCLUDE MEETING NEW FRIENDS YOU WANT TO [45:00] SAY HI OH YOU'RE SO CUTE A SNACK HOW ABOUT THIS LOOK A LITTLE HAT FOR YOU [45:07] AND A NEW ACCESSORY SHE'S ALL BUNDLED UP COME ON CHAMPAGNE NEXT UP A PUP CUP OR TWO TWO PUP CUPS [45:17] TWO PUP CUPS AND A THIRD ON THE SUBWAY HAD TO BRING IT ON THE TRAIN IT'S FUNNY TO SEE HOW MANY [45:24] PEOPLE ARE JUST SMILING IN YOUR DIRECTION BECAUSE EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT CHAMPAGNE YEAH IT'S HARD NOT [45:28] TO YOU SEE A DOG IN A BACKPACK YOU GOT TO STOP AND TAKE A PICTURE IT'S SOMETHING HE ACTUALLY DESIGNED [45:33] TO BRING HIS OWN DOG WHO HAS ARTHRITIS ON THE ICE HIKES [45:37] AND THE SUBWAY WHICH REQUIRES PETS TO BE IN A CARRIER YOU WANT TO GO FOR A RIDE THE FILM SCHOOL [45:43] GRAD TURNED ENTREPRENEUR DOCUMENTS THE EXCURSIONS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AT MAD MAX FLUFFY ROAD WITH THE [45:49] GOAL OF FINDING THE PERFECT MATCH FOR THESE DOGS IN NEED OH YEAH YEAH HE WRITES 70 POUND PANETTA [45:56] LIKES RUNNING ROMPING AND LOOKING REAL CUTE AND MISTY SKY EMBODIES ONE EYE FULL HEART CAN'T LOSE [46:04] THIS VIDEO OF PAIR DREW MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF MILLION VIEWS [46:07] BETWEEN TIK TOK AND INSTAGRAM OH MY GOD SHE'S SO SWEET AMONG THE VIEWERS RICHARD HAGE WHO [46:14] ULTIMATELY GAVE THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD DOG A FOREVER HOME WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU YOU GET OUT OF BEING [46:20] A DOG EARNER OH THE LOVE THE AFFECTION THAT THESE DOGS GIVE AND JUST COMING HOME TO HAVE SOMEONE [46:27] NEXT TO YOU SHE PUT SMILES ON MY FACE OH SHE'S SUCH A CUTIE I'M SURE YOU GET A LOT OF THIS [46:34] DEMAND FOR PAIR WAS SO HIGH AFTER BRIAN'S VIDEO BEST FRIENDS ACTUALLY [46:38] HAD TO CLOSE APPLICATIONS FOR THE PUP THE ORGANIZATION HAS SEEN A NEARLY 30 PERCENT [46:43] INCREASE IN ADOPTIONS ACROSS ITS LOCATIONS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND 91 BOOST IN NEW YORK CITY [46:50] CREDITING IN PART BRIAN'S SIZZLE REELS IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING AWARENESS TO [46:56] THE AMOUNT OF DOGS AND CATS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR LOVING HOMES AND HOW YOU CAN PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE [47:01] IN SAVING THE DOG OR CAT SIDE THOSE VIRAL VIDEOS HAVE ALSO INSPIRED NEW VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE OUT [47:07] DOGS AS PART OF BEST FRIENDS ADVENTURE BUDDY PROGRAM WHICH IS HOW NIA DOHERTY IS SPENDING [47:13] HER LUNCH BREAK AND WHY NOT USE THE 30 MINUTES OUT OF HER DAY TO TAKE ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL [47:17] SUPER CUTE DOGS THAT NEED THE FRESH AIR AND THE MOVEMENT AND JUST TAKE THEM FOR A QUICK STROLL [47:22] BRIAN SAYS HE NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED HOW MUCH HIS VIDEOS WOULD SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE [47:27] BUT HOPES TO CONTINUE MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT EVERY DOG I'VE EVER HAD HAS MADE SUCH AN INDELIBLE [47:35] MARK ON ME AS A HUMAN BEING AND TO KNOW THAT [47:37] THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT I HAD A SMALL PART IN HELPING FACILITATE THAT [47:41] MEANS THE WORLD THANKS TO EMILY IKETA FOR THAT REPORT AND WE'VE GOT A HAPPY PUP DATE [47:47] BRIAN HAS NOW HELPED 20 DOGS FIND HOMES INCLUDING CHAMPAGNE WHO WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED IT IS A NICE [47:54] REMINDER JUST A FEW HOURS AT YOUR LOCAL SHELTER CAN GO A LONG WAY I WANT TO RUN HOME TO LUCY [47:59] RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE READY TO ADOPT A FOREVER FRIEND BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY IS THE [48:03] NATION'S LARGEST NO-KILL SANCTUARY FOR PETS AND IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO START LOOKING ALL RIGHT [48:08] THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW STAY WITH US THOUGH THE NEWS CONTINUES [48:11] RIGHT NOW GOOD MORNING THANK YOU FOR KICKING OFF YOUR WEEK WITH US I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS I'M JOE [48:25] FRIER RIGHT NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW HISTORIC SHUTDOWN FOR DHS THE LONGEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT [48:31] SHUTDOWN IN AMERICAN HISTORY ENTERING DAY 45 AND WITH CONGRESS OUT OF SESSION FOR THE NEXT [48:36] TWO WEEKS THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT THE MILESTONE STILL CREATING TURBULENCE AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE [48:42] COUNTRY WITH RECORD-LONG SECURITY LINES TSA OFFICERS COULD SEE THEIR FIRST [48:47] PAYCHECKS IN WEEKS AS SOON AS TODAY IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE WAIT TIMES LET UP [48:52] WHEN TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT TO SEE RELIEF WIDENING WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST IRAN SAYS IT IS WAITING [48:58] FOR A POSSIBLE GROUND INVASION AS THOUSANDS MORE U.S TROOPS HEAD TO THE REGION THIS AS PRESIDENT [49:04] TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO TAKE THE OIL IN IRAN WE'LL BRING YOU THE LATEST FROM THE GROUND WELL HERE AT [49:10] HOME AMERICANS FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR OIL AND GAS PRICES CONTINUING TO CLIMB TIPS TO LESSEN [49:16] THE PAIN AT THE PUMP [49:17] LATER THIS HOUR ALSO READY FOR LIFTOFF FOUR ASTRONAUTS GEARING UP FOR A MISSION BRINGING [49:23] THEM FARTHER FROM EARTH THAN ANY HUMANS HAVE EVER GONE BEFORE NOW THE HISTORY-MAKING CREW [49:29] OF ARTEMIS II IS PREPARING FOR WEDNESDAY'S LAUNCH INTO DEEP SPACE AND FINAL SHOT STUNNER [49:36] YUKON DEFEATING DUKE IN A STUNNING COMEBACK SEALING THEIR THIRD FINAL FOUR SPOT IN THE [49:42] LAST FOUR YEARS MARCH MIGHT BE ALMOST OVER THE MADNESS CONTINUES [49:47] WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE FINAL MATCHUPS I THINK WE'VE LEARNED EXPECT ANYTHING [49:52] BECAUSE THE FAVORITE TEAM MIGHT NOT WIN OH MY GOSH MY HUSBAND SCREAMED SO LOUD ON THAT SHOT LAST [49:57] NIGHT OKAY GOT IT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EMOTIONAL LET'S BEGIN THIS HOUR WITH THE TRAVEL HEADACHES [50:03] THAT CONTINUE TO PLAY OUT AT AIRPORTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT FINALLY THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS [50:07] FOR TSA WORKERS THAT'S RIGHT RELIEF IS ON THE WAY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES AS THEY'RE EXPECTED TO [50:11] RECEIVE BACKPAY AS SOON AS TODAY ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IT ALL COMES AS [50:17] THOUGH ARE FEELING THE BRUNT OF THIS PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE LONGEST [50:21] IN HISTORY AS IT DRAGS INTO ITS 45TH DAY NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT PRISCILLA THOMPSON HAS THE LATEST [50:27] FROM BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT IN HOUSTON SO GOOD MORNING SO A BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR TRAVELERS [50:32] HERE AT HOUSTON'S BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL THERE IS STILL A LINE BUT IT IS AN UNDER OUR WEIGHT [50:38] ACCORDING TO WHAT WE ARE SEEING SO IT IS A FAR CRY FROM THAT MORE THAN FOUR HOUR WAVE THAT WE [50:42] HAD BEEN SEEING IN THE PAST WEEK BUT THE CHAOS ISN'T OVER EVERYWHERE JUST YET [50:47] VIVIENNE [50:48] THIS MORNING THE WEIGHT IS NOT OVER YET WE WERE JUST HOPING THAT IT WOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG [50:53] TRAVELERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY STILL DEALING WITH DELAYS AT AIRPORT SECURITY IN BALTIMORE [50:59] THE TSA PRE-CHECK SHOULD BE OPEN IT'S NOT A BOTTLENECK WITH SOME REPORTING FOUR-HOUR WAIT [51:05] TIMES ON SUNDAY AT LAGUARDIA LINES EXTENDED PAST THE TERMINAL WHILE FLYERS OUT OF PHILADELPHIA [51:11] INTERNATIONAL HAD TEDIOUS WEIGHTS WITH LIMITED CHECKPOINTS OPEN [51:15] IT'S BEEN REALLY REALLY SAD TO SEE SO MANY AIRPORTS [51:18] THE TRAVEL TROUBLE LINGERING DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER [51:23] APPROVING TSA OFFICERS BACKPAY MONEY THEY COULD SEE AS SOON AS TODAY OR TUESDAY [51:29] ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THESE TSA [51:33] OFFICERS ARE STRUGGLING THEY CAN'T FEED THEIR FAMILIES OR PAY THE RENT [51:37] BUT EVEN WITH THE PAYCHECKS ON THE WAY SOME TSA OFFICERS WORRY ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURE [51:43] WE CAN'T KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS WE HAVEN'T EVEN RECOVERED FROM THE LAST SHUTDOWN [51:48] IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS TSA OFFICERS HAVE WORKED WITHOUT PAY FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS [51:53] DURING THREE SEPARATE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS SO FAR MORE THAN 500 OFFICERS HAVE QUIT SINCE THE [51:59] SHUTDOWN BEGAN AND OVER THE WEEKEND A RECORD NUMBER OF TSA CALL OUTS WITH MORE THAN 3500 [52:06] MISSING A SHIFT ON FRIDAY THIS IS CRAZY WHILE THOSE NUMBERS ARE IMPROVING MORE THAN A THIRD [52:11] OF OFFICERS AT HOUSTON'S HOBBY AND BUSH AND BWI CALLED OUT ON SATURDAY [52:18] IT'S UNCLEAR HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE AIRPORTS TO REBOUND FROM THE STAFFING SHORTAGE WHICH HAS [52:23] SNARLED TRAVEL PLANS FOR WEEKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SWITCHING TO AN EIGHT O'CLOCK OR CANCELING THE [52:29] WEEKEND ALL TOGETHER BUT WITH THE SPRING BREAK RUSH ROLLING ON AN EASTER WEEKEND RIGHT AROUND [52:34] THE CORNER THERE COULD BE EVEN MORE TURBULENCE IN THE WEEKS TO COME AND AS FAR AS THOSE DHS [52:40] AGENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND AT AIRPORTS THEY AREN'T GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON EITHER AT [52:45] LEAST ACCORDING TO BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN HE SAYS THAT THEY [52:48] WILL REMAIN ON THE GROUND AT AIRPORTS UNTIL OPERATIONS ARE FULLY BACK TO NORMAL WE KNOW THAT [52:54] DURING THIS SIX WEEKS WITHOUT PAY MORE THAN 500 TSA OFFICERS ACTUALLY QUIT AND SO IT WOULD TAKE [53:00] AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO TRAIN NEW OFFICERS WHO COULD STEP INTO THOSE ROLES AND REALLY GET [53:05] THINGS BACK TO BEING 100 AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALL RIGHT PRISCILLA THANK YOU AND THE [53:11] STALEMATE OF WASHINGTON DOES CONTINUE AFTER CONGRESS LEFT TOWN FRIDAY WITHOUT A DEAL TO FUND [53:16] KEY PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NBC NEWS [53:19] CHIEF CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT RYAN NOBLES JOINS US WITH THE LATEST ON WHERE THOSE [53:22] NEGOTIATIONS STAND OR DON'T STAND RYAN GOOD MORNING HEY JOE GOOD MORNING CONGRESS IS SCHEDULED TO BE [53:27] OUT OF TOWN FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND EVEN THOUGH TSA WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO GET THEIR BACK PAY AS [53:33] SOON AS TODAY THAT SOLUTION IS TEMPORARY AND IT'S ONLY A FRACTION OF THE ENTIRE DHS BUDGET [53:40] RIGHT NOW THERE IS LITTLE SIGN OF A BREAKTHROUGH THIS MORNING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY [53:45] REMAINS SHUT DOWN FOR THE 45TH DAY AND INSTEAD OF SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION [53:49] MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE STILL POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR OPEN [53:54] BORDERS THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE REFUSED TO EVEN HAVE A VOTE ON THAT IN THE [53:59] HOUSE AND WENT HOME AS WE HAVE THESE BIG LINES AT AIRPORTS LAWMAKERS LEFT TOWN ON [54:03] FRIDAY AFTER HOUSE REPUBLICANS CHOSE NOT TO PUT A BILL ON THE FLOOR THAT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY [54:08] IN THE SENATE THAT WOULD HAVE FUNDED MOST OF THE AGENCY OUTSIDE OF BORDER PATROL AND ICE [54:14] ARGUING THAT DEAL DESPITE BEING BIPARTISAN WAS A GIMMICK WE CAN'T HAVE ANY PART OF IT [54:19] THIS [54:19] GAMBIT IS A JOKE INSTEAD THE HOUSE NARROWLY PASSED A SHORT-TERM SPENDING BILL THAT WOULD [54:25] FUND THE ENTIRE AGENCY A PLAN THAT HAS NO HOPE OF GETTING THE 60 VOTES IT WOULD NEED IN THE SENATE [54:31] HE KNOWS THAT HE'S SENT OVER SOMETHING THAT IS JUST NOT GOING TO GET THE SUPPORT IN THE SENATE [54:36] SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOHN FOON HAS DECIDED NOT TO CALL THE SENATE BACK UNTIL HE KNOWS HE HAS A [54:41] DEAL HE CAN PASS DEMOCRATS ARE USING LONG TSA LINES TO THROW A TEMPER TANTRUM ABOUT [54:49] DEPORTATION [54:49] OF VIOLENT CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS MEANWHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES TO PUSH SENATE [54:55] REPUBLICANS TO BLOW UP THE LEGISLATIVE FILIBUSTER AND PASS THE FUNDING BILL WITH ONLY REPUBLICAN [55:00] VOTES A PATH SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN I THINK THE SENATE IS PLAYING AND PLAYING IN [55:08] TOO SOFT THE REPUBLICANS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH VERY SICK INDIVIDUALS [55:15] THE DEMOCRATS ARE SICK ALL THIS AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROTESTED [55:22] THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE BANNER OF NO KINGS COMMANDING THE PRESIDENT CHANGE COURSE ON [55:27] A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING HIS MASS DEPORTATION PROGRAM AND THE WAR IN IRAN AND [55:32] A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS TELLS NBC NEWS THAT SENATOR THUNE INFORMED SENATORS [55:38] OVER THE WEEKEND THAT HIS TEAM IS WORKING WITH DEMOCRATS ON A SOLUTION BUT MADE NOTE OF THE [55:43] FACT THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE REPEATEDLY REJECTED SHORT-TERM FUNDING BILLS FOR DHS LIKE THE ONE [55:49] THE HOUSE JUST PASSED AND THIS TIME WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT [55:52] JOE ALL RIGHT RYAN THANK YOU LET'S MOVE NOW TO THE LATEST SIDE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AS THE [55:57] U.S ENTERS ITS FIFTH WEEK AT WAR WITH IRAN STRIKES CONTINUED ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND [56:01] WITH THE IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHI MILITANT GROUP JOINING THE CONFLICT WITH AN ATTACK ON ISRAEL [56:07] IT COMES AS ISRAEL CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS GROUND OPERATION IN SOUTHERN LEBANON [56:12] TARGETING ANOTHER IRANIAN-BACKED GROUP HEZBULA NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT BRADLEY [56:17] JOINS US FROM TELEVIVE WITH THE LATEST MATT GOOD MORNING HEY GOOD MORNING GUYS SO YOU CAN SEE [56:23] BEHIND ME THIS IS THE RESULT OF AN IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE THAT FELL LAST WEEK AND WHILE [56:28] THERE WERE MINIMAL INJURIES WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS STILL A SIGN THAT IRAN CAN PUNCH BACK A MONTH [56:34] INTO THIS WAR HERE'S OUR REPORT TODAY AS THOUSANDS MORE AMERICAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO [56:40] JOIN A WIDENING WAR PRESIDENT TRUMP SOUNDING OPTIMISTIC I DO SEE A DEAL IN IRAN THE PRESIDENT [56:47] SAID IRAN IS SOFTENING ITS WEEKS-LONG BLOCKADE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMOOZ THEY GAVE US I THINK OUT OF [56:53] A SIGN OF RESPECT [56:54] 20 BOATS OF OIL BIG BIG BOATS OF OIL GOING THROUGH THE HORMOOZ STRAIGHT BUT AS GLOBAL OIL PRICES [57:02] SKYROCKET IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FINANCIAL TIMES YESTERDAY THE PRESIDENT RAISING THE PROSPECT OF [57:07] SEIZING IRAN'S OIL SAYING QUOTE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU MY FAVORITE THING IS TO TAKE THE OIL IN IRAN [57:12] BUT SOME STUPID PEOPLE BACK IN THE U.S SAY WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT ALSO FLOATING TAKING OVER THE [57:17] ISLAND THAT SERVES AS IRAN'S MAIN OIL HUB QUOTE MAYBE WE TAKE HARG ISLAND MAYBE WE DON'T IT COMES [57:23] AS THE WASHINGTON POST WRITES [57:24] REPORTS THAT THE PENTAGON IS PREPARING FOR WEEKS OF GROUND OPERATIONS IN IRAN [57:28] SHORT OF A FULL-SCALE INVASION ACCORDING TO U.S OFFICIALS NBC NEWS HASN'T CONFIRMED THAT REPORT [57:35] THE SPOKESPERSON FOR IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SAID U.S TROOPS WILL BECOME FOOD FOR [57:39] THE SHARKS IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND AMERICAN CASUALTIES ARE RISING U.S OFFICIALS SAY [57:44] SEVERAL AMERICAN SERVICEMEN WERE INJURED WHEN AN IRANIAN MISSILE AND DRONE SLAMMED INTO A U.S BASE [57:49] IN SAUDI ARABIA THAT IRANIAN ATTACK MAY HAVE HAD HELP FROM MOSCOW SAID UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT [57:54] ZELENSKYY HE SHOWED INTELLIGENCE TO NBC NEWS'S RAF SANCHEZ THAT RUSSIA TOOK SATELLITE IMAGES OF [57:59] THE AIR BASE IN SAUDI ARABIA BEFORE IRAN ATTACKED IT I THINK THAT IN RUSSIAN INTEREST TO HELP [58:07] IRANIANS AND I NOT BELIEVE I KNOW THAT THEY SHARE UH INFORMATION SO RUSSIA'S INVOLVEMENT WOULD ADD [58:18] YET ANOTHER THEATER TO THIS ALREADY WIDENING WAR AND NOW THE IRAN BACK HUTES IN YEMEN HAVE LAUNCHED [58:25] THEIR FIRST ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL [58:27] SO FAR THIS YEAR NOW THE HUTES HAVE ALREADY BLOCKED SHIPPING BEFORE AND SO NOW THERE ARE [58:33] CONCERNS THAT THEY COULD SNARLE UP INTERNATIONAL TRADE EVEN MORE GUYS ALL RIGHT MATT THANK YOU AND [58:39] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE FROM RAF SANCHEZ'S INTERVIEW YOU JUST SAW A BIT OF IT THERE WITH [58:42] THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY LATER THIS HOUR LET'S NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC [58:46] AND FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE WAR WITH BROOK DE PALMA SHE'S A SENIOR REPORTER FOR YAHOO FINANCE BROOK [58:51] GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SURGE IN OIL PRICES SINCE THE WAR BEGAN [58:55] TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN [58:57] ENERGY MARKETS RIGHT NOW AND JUST HOW HIGH COULD OIL PRICES GO IF THIS WAR DOES DRAG ON [59:03] JOE SIMANA GOOD MORNING WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT ENERGY MARKETS ARE QUICKLY REACTING TO THESE [59:08] GEOPOLITICAL RISKS WE'VE BEEN SEEING THESE OVER THE PAST FIVE WEEKS AND IT'S THE SAME STORY THIS [59:13] MORNING CRUDE AND BRENT OIL PICKING UP AS WE KICK OFF TODAY'S TRADING SESSION OR AN HOUR OUT FROM [59:20] AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS CRUDE OIL SURPASSED 100 PER BARREL WE HAVE BRENT RIGHT NOW HOVERING AROUND [59:25] 108 DOLLARS [59:27] AND [59:27] INVESTORS HERE ARE REALLY TRYING TO JUST UNDERSTAND AND ASSESS JUST HOW LONG WILL THIS WAR [59:33] PASS WHEN EXACTLY WILL WE SEE NORMAL FLOWS RETURN TO THE STRAIT OF HER MOVES AND HOW MANY SHIPS ARE [59:38] ACTUALLY GETTING THROUGH AND NOW WE HEARD THE LATEST FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST POSTING MOMENTS [59:43] AGO ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT IF THE STREET OF HER MOVES IS NOT IMMEDIATELY OPEN FOR BUSINESS THERE [59:48] COULD BE FURTHER ATTACKS ON ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN ADDITION TO A DESANALIZATION PLANT AS [59:57] WELL THAT IS WATER AND SO NOT ONLY NOW IS THIS A WAR ON OIL BUT ALSO THIS COULD TURN WORSE AND A [1:00:03] WAR ON WATER AS WELL AND SO INVESTORS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THESE LONG-TERM RISK HERE BROOK OF [1:00:07] COURSE NOW WE'RE SEEING ALSO GAS PRICES QUITE A BIT HIGHER ACCORDING TO AAA WE NOW HAVE THE CURRENT [1:00:13] AVERAGE AT 3.99 PER GALLON DO WE SEE THIS BREAKING THAT FOUR DOLLAR MARK THIS WEEK AND HOW'S THAT [1:00:19] IMPACTING PEOPLE SAVANNAH IT'S LIKELY THAT WE COULD SEE THAT 4 MARK MOVE THIS WEEK WE'VE SEEN HOVERING [1:00:28] AROUND 397 398 399 AS CRUDE OIL PRICES SORT OF HAVE HOVERED AROUND THAT 100 PER BARREL MARK AND [1:00:37] FROM WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS SO FAR COMPARED TO A MONTH AGO AMERICANS HAVE SPENT ABOUT 8 BILLION [1:00:42] DOLLARS MORE ON GASOLINE THAN THEY WERE PRIOR AND IT'S LIKELY THAT THAT WILL SURPASS 10 BILLION [1:00:48] DOLLARS IN THE COMING DAYS AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM SO MANY SOURCES IS THAT THIS COULD BE A [1:00:52] LONG-TERM PROBLEM BASED ON WHAT WE SAW IN 2022 WE SAW GAS PRICES SURGE AROUND FOUR DOLLARS [1:00:57] THAT THEN LASTED UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2022 AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS HITTING YOUNGER GENERATIONS [1:01:03] DISPROPORTIONATELY WE KNOW THAT GEN Z MILLENNIALS THEY'RE TRAVELING TO WORK MORE THEY'RE COMMUTING [1:01:08] MORE AND THEREFORE THEY'RE PAYING MORE AT THE PUMP AND THAT COULD HIT THEIR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING [1:01:13] AS WELL THAT COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR GROWTH HERE BROOK AND ANOTHER FEAR HERE IS THAT [1:01:17] ALL THIS COULD JUST PUSH INFLATION HIGHER WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO PUSH THE FED TO [1:01:22] CUT INTEREST RATES FOR SOME TIME NOW BUT THAT WOULD JUST MAKE INFLATION WORSE SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION [1:01:26] COULD THIS INFLATION ACTUALLY FORCE THE FED TO RAISE THE RATES AGAIN JOE THAT THAT IS EXACTLY [1:01:32] WHAT WALL STREET RIGHT NOW IS DISCUSSING SO MUCH IS THIS RISK HIGHER THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL [1:01:38] END UP HAVING TO RAISE RATES INSTEAD OF WHAT WE WENT INTO THIS YEAR THINKING THAT THEY'LL ULTIMATELY [1:01:42] CUT RATES TRADERS NOW ASSESSING ABOUT A 50 CHANCE BY THE END OF 2026 WE WILL SEE UH INCREASE IN [1:01:49] RATE HIKES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE AS THEY TRY TO WEIGH THAT DUAL MAN GAVE MAXIMUM EMPLOYMENT [1:01:53] AND STABLE PRICES AND WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EXPERTS IS THAT [1:01:57] CPI [1:01:57] INFLATION COULD TAKE UP ABOUT ONE PERCENT BECAUSE OF THESE HIGHER PRICES AT THE PUMP [1:02:01] AND IT REALLY IS THIS RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY NOT ONLY ARE YOU PAYING HIGHER PRICES [1:02:05] AT THE PUMP BUT ALSO THIS COULD COST HIGHER FOR DIESEL HIGHER FOR UH CLOTHING TRANSPORTATION [1:02:10] FOOD TRANSPORTATION AND SO ON AND THAT COULD HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY EVEN AIRLINE [1:02:13] TICKETS WE'RE HEARING FROM SO MANY AIRLINE CEOs THAT THOSE COULD TAKE HIGHER AS WELL ALL THIS OF [1:02:18] COURSE HAS BEEN IMPACTING THE STOCK MARKET BROKE HOW ARE THINGS SHAPING UP THIS MORNING [1:02:22] THIS MORNING WE ACTUALLY ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN UP IN THE GREEN BUT THIS IS SORT OF A PATTERN THAT [1:02:27] WE'VE BEEN SEEING EVERY TIME ON FRIDAY WE SEE THE SELL-OFF IN THE U.S EQUITY MARKET THE S&P FALLING [1:02:33] HIGHER THEN ON MONDAY WE END UP SEEING UH FUTURES OPEN IN THE GREEN THE S&P 500 ABLE TO HOLD ON TO [1:02:38] THE MOMENTUM THIS HAS SORT OF BEEN A PATTERN THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING OVER THE COURSE OF THESE PAST [1:02:43] FIVE WEEKS AS THIS WAR PERSISTS BUT THE S&P 500 WAS ON ITS FIVE FIFTH WEEK OF LOSSES LAST WEEK AND [1:02:49] THE DOW AND NASDAQ ENDED ENTERED INTO CORRECTION [1:02:52] TORY ALL RIGHT BROOK THANK YOU SO MUCH LET'S GET A CHECK ON YOUR MONDAY WEATHER OUTLOOK WITH [1:02:56] METEOROLOGIST ANDREA RAMERA ANDREA GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING JOE AND SAVANNAH AND WE BEGIN THE [1:03:01] WEEK BY TRACKING THE CHANCE OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER ALONG THIS FRONT UH MOSTLY FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO [1:03:08] TOMORROW WE HAVE THE ISOLATED CHANCE OF SOME FLOODING OCCURRING SOME FLASH FLOODING ALL THE WAY [1:03:14] FROM CHICAGO INTO NEW ENGLAND AND WE DO HAVE THE SLIGHT RISK OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING [1:03:20] AND WE WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME [1:03:22] HAILSTONE PERHAPS TWO INCH IN DIAMETER AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ISOLATED TORNADIC ACTIVITY [1:03:29] NOW THIS FRONT WILL BASICALLY STALL ALL THE WAY FROM LONG ISLAND INTO TEXAS AND WE DO HAVE A [1:03:35] SEVERE UH THREAT FOR STORMS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO INTO WEDNESDAY AS WELL AS FAR AS THE [1:03:42] TEMPERATURES WE CONTINUE WITH THESE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES 15 TO 30 DEGREES HERE ALONG THE [1:03:47] MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHWEST WHERE TODAY WE CAN ONCE AGAIN SEE [1:03:52] SOME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURES PERHAPS MORE THAN 25 26 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE IN PARTS OF [1:03:59] KANSAS CITY SOME OF THAT WARM AIR WILL BE SHIFTING TO THE EAST TOMORROW AND UP HERE IN NEW YORK WE [1:04:06] CAN HAVE TEMPERATURES UP TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WE DO [1:04:12] HAVE THAT COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE SWEEPING THROUGH IT'LL BEGIN TO DROP THE TEMPERATURES AND BY THE [1:04:16] END OF THE WEEK WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE AVERAGE LIGHT TEMPERATURES FOR PARTS OF THE EASTERN [1:04:22] PART OF THE COUNTRY NOW AS WE LOOK HERE AT THE FIRE ALERTS OF COURSE THAT HOT DRY AIR ALONG WITH [1:04:27] THOSE GUSTY WINDS THAT DRY VEGETATION ALONG THE ROCKIES THAT WHOLE AREA IN INTO THE PLANES WE [1:04:33] CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE RED FLAG WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY AND THEN LOOKING AT THE NATIONAL [1:04:39] FORECAST WE CAN SEE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF [1:04:44] ATTENTION IS GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ALONG THE SPACE COAST BECAUSE OF COURSE WE'RE [1:04:49] LOOKING OUT FOR THAT LAUNCH WINDOW FORECAST [1:04:52] TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE MOON UM AND WE'RE EXPECTING SO FAR FOR [1:04:57] WEDNESDAY'S NOT LOOKING BAD UM AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAYBE A 20 TO 30 [1:05:04] CHANCE OF SHOWERS SO LET'S HOPE THAT WE CAN LIFT OFF WE NEED A GOOD MOON FORECAST HERE IN FLORIDA [1:05:11] THANK YOU WE'VE GOT MUCH MORE TO COME HERE ON MORNING NEWS NOW LATER THIS HOUR THOSE GAS [1:05:15] CRISIS WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT SOARING AHEAD OF THE BUSY EASTER TRAVEL WEEKEND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE [1:05:19] TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN SAVE AT THE PUMP UP FIRST [1:05:22] AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT SITTING DOWN WITH ARRAF SANCHEZ [1:05:27] HE EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS HIS COUNTRY CONTINUES TO FACE [1:05:31] ITS OWN CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA WE ARE BACK WITH MORE OF THAT EXCLUSIVE NBC NEWS INTERVIEW WITH [1:05:42] UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY HE ALLEGES THAT RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE IS SUPPORTING IRAN AND [1:05:48] IT STRIKES AGAINST THE U.S. IN THE MIDDLE EAST ZELENSKYY ALSO SAYS THAT HE IS WORRIED ABOUT [1:05:52] AMERICAN WEAPONS BEING DIVERTED TO THAT REGION INSTEAD OF UKRAINE FOR ITS YEARS-LONG WAR AGAINST [1:05:58] RUSSIA [1:05:58] NBC NEWS INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT RAF SANCHEZ SAT DOWN AND SPOKE WITH ZELENSKYY HE JOINS US [1:06:02] NOW FROM DOHA KATAR WITH MORE ON THAT CONVERSATION RAF GOOD MORNING JOE GOOD MORNING ZELENSKYY HERE [1:06:10] IN THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE WEEKEND SIGNING A COUPLE OF DEALS WHERE UKRAINE WOULD PROVIDE [1:06:15] ITS EXPERTISE ENCOUNTERING DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS AND IN RETURN WEALTHY COUNTRIES LIKE [1:06:20] KATAR HERE IN THE GULF OFFERING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT IN THE UKRAINIAN DEFENSE [1:06:25] INDUSTRY BUT WE DID ALSO SPEAK ABOUT THE ROLE THAT RUSSIA IS PLAYING IN SUPPORTING IRAN [1:06:30] AND AT ONE POINT THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT GETTING HIS PHONE OUT AND READING TO US FROM THE DAILY [1:06:36] SUMMARY HE GETS EVERY DAY FROM HIS SPY AGENCIES IN AN INTERVIEW IN KATAR PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY [1:06:43] REVEALING RUSSIA'S INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT FOR IRAN AS IT STRIKES U.S FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST [1:06:49] DO THEY HELP IRANIANS OF COURSE HOW MANY PERCENT 100 WIPPING OUT HIS PHONE TO READ FROM HIS DAILY [1:06:57] INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WHICH SAYS RUSSIA TOOK SATELLITE IMAGES OF THIS U.S AIRBAND [1:07:02] BASE IN SAUDI ARABIA THREE TIMES IN THE DAYS BEFORE IRAN ATTACKED THE FACILITY WOUNDING U.S [1:07:08] TROOPS I THINK THAT IN RUSSIAN INTEREST TO HELP IRANIANS AND I NOT BELIEVE I KNOW THAT THEY SHARE [1:07:19] INFORMATION THE WAR IS CONSUMING HUGE NUMBERS OF U.S MADE MISSILE INTERCEPTORS [1:07:25] HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT AMERICAN WEAPONS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO UKRAINE [1:07:29] INSTEAD COMING HERE TO THE MIDDLE EAST I'M VERY WORRIED [1:07:32] I HOPE THAT UNITED STATES WILL NOT MAKE SUCH MISTAKES [1:07:35] ZELENSKYY HAS BEEN VISITING ARAB STATES UNDER ATTACK OFFERING HIS COUNTRY'S HARD-WON EXPERTISE [1:07:41] IN DRONE WARFARE THE U.S HAS LIFTED SOME SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN OIL YEAH THE KREMLIN IS BENEFITING [1:07:47] FROM HIGHER OIL PRICES IS VLADIMIR PUTIN THE BIG WINNER FROM THIS WAR HE HAS BENEFITS [1:07:54] A LOT OF BENEFITS OF THIS WAR RUSSIA NEEDS LONG WAR IN MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE THE FOCUS WILL [1:08:02] BE ON MIDDLE EAST YOU THINK IT'S IN VLADIMIR PUTIN'S INTEREST FOR THIS WAR YES AT LEAST 100 [1:08:10] LET ME JUST ASK YOU VERY DIRECTLY YEAH DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP CARES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF [1:08:16] YOUR COUNTRY HOPE SO BUT YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY THEY CARE [1:08:27] ABOUT UM ABOUT UM UNITED STATES MORE IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BY THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND IT [1:08:33] AND RUSSIA DENIES THAT IT IS [1:08:41] HELPING IRAN WITH TARGETING SO FAR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO THOSE [1:08:47] ALLEGATIONS FROM PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY JOE RAFF THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS MORNING FOUR ASTRONAUTS [1:08:53] ARE MAKING THEIR FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE LONG-DELAYED ARTEMIS II MISSION AROUND THE MOON [1:08:58] THAT LIFTOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE MISSION HAS BEEN DELAYED [1:09:02] DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL CHALLENGES BUT NOW NASA SAYS EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD FOR A WEDNESDAY [1:09:06] LAUNCH NBC NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT TOM CASTILLO HAS BEEN COVERING THIS MISSION PREPARATION FOR [1:09:12] YEARS HE'S GOT THE LATEST FOR US TOM GOOD MORNING YEAH GOOD MORNING THIS IS LOOKING VERY REAL THE [1:09:18] COUNTDOWN CLOCK PICKS UP THIS AFTERNOON THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 6 24 PM EASTERN TIME ON WEDNESDAY [1:09:25] THESE ASTRONAUTS WILL NOT BE LANDING ON THE MOON BUT THEY WILL TRAVEL [1:09:29] FARTHER FROM EARTH THAN ANY HUMANS EVER READY FOR LIFTOFF AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER [1:09:36] HEY LET'S GO TO THE MOON THE ARTEMIS II CREW NOW IN COUNTDOWN MODE COMMANDER REID WEISSMANN [1:09:44] PILOT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT VINCENT [1:09:44] VICTOR GLOVER MISSION SPECIALIST CHRISTINA COOK AND CANADIAN ASTRONAUT JEREMY HANSON [1:09:50] WE ARE READY NASA IS READY THIS VEHICLE IS DEFINITELY READY TO GO [1:09:54] ALONG FOR THE RIDE A STUFFED TOY NAMED RISE THE CRUISE 0G INDICATOR AND OUR BUDDY HERE NAMED RISE [1:10:02] WAS SUBMITTED BY SECOND GRADER LUCAS YEA FROM CALIFORNIA THE ORIGINAL FEBRUARY LAUNCH DELAYED [1:10:09] BY A HYDROGEN LEAK AND PRESSURIZATION ISSUE LIFTOFF WILL MARK THE FIRST TIME [1:10:15] HE [1:10:15] HUMANS HAVE EVER RIDDEN IN THE ORION SPACE CAPSULE PERCHED ON TOP OF ARTEMIS AND THIS IS [1:10:21] WHAT WILL HAPPEN ONCE IN SPACE TAKE A LOOK YOU CAN SEE THE ORION SPACE CAPSULE THAT WILL ENTER [1:10:25] AN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH GOING AROUND TWICE AND THEN IT WILL HEAD TOWARDS THE MOON WHERE THEN IT [1:10:31] WILL REACH ITS FURTHEST OR HOPES TO REACH THE FURTHEST THE HUMANS HAVE EVER TRAVELED INTO SPACE [1:10:36] 280 000 MILES FROM EARTH SOMETHING NEVER BEFORE ACHIEVED ALL OF THIS [1:10:42] WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN JUST 10 DAYS A MISSION THAT THEN [1:10:45] PAVES THE WAY FOR A FUTURE RETURN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE AND MAYBE A PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OF A [1:10:52] HUMAN PRESENCE ON OUR OWN NATURAL SATELLITE IT'S A STEPPING STONE TO MARS WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE THE [1:10:58] MOST LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING EVIDENCE OF PAST LIFE AND THE ARTEMIS CREW WILL SEE A PART OF THE FAR [1:11:03] SIDE OF THE MOON THAT NOT EVEN APOLLO ASTRONAUTS SAW THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME AND IT IS GOING TO [1:11:09] TRULY TEST OUR METAL THE FIRST CANADIAN FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO [1:11:15] FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LUNAR SURFACE IT'S ABOUT HUMAN HISTORY IT'S THE STORY OF HUMANITY [1:11:20] NOT BLACK HISTORY NOT WOMEN'S HISTORY BUT THAT IT BECOMES HUMAN HISTORY AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR [1:11:25] LANDING ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON IN 2028 SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT NASA HAS LAUNCHED [1:11:32] ASTRONAUTS INTO DEEP SPACE SINCE APOLLO IN 1972 YES THEY'VE HAD SOME TECHNICAL CHALLENGES NASA [1:11:40] INSISTS THEY WILL NOT TAKE ANY RISKS WITH THESE ASTRONAUTS LIVES THEY WILL ONLY GO WHEN THEY ARE [1:11:45] 100 [1:11:45] SURE IT IS GOING TO BE SAFE WEATHER RIGHT NOW 80 GO FOR A WEDNESDAY LAUNCH SO WE WILL ALL BE [1:11:52] WATCHING VERY VERY CLOSELY OF COURSE GUYS BACK TO YOU OH SO EXCITED TOM THANK YOU ALL RIGHT AS THE [1:11:58] ARTEMIS CREW GETS READY FOR LIFTOFF WE'RE HEARING FROM THE ASTRONAUT WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM [1:12:03] SPACE AFTER THAT MEDICAL SKIP YEAH EARLIER THIS YEAR ASTRONAUT MIKE FINK BECAME NASA'S FIRST [1:12:08] MEDICAL EVACUEE AFTER FALLING ILL AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION [1:12:12] WELL NOW FINK IS SHARING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED SAYING [1:12:15] HE SUDDENLY LOST HIS VOICE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES HE SAYS HE FELT FINE AFTERWARDS AND HE STILL DOES [1:12:21] BUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IS STILL A MYSTERY IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE [1:12:27] THE DOCTORS ARE STILL SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AND WHAT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE GOT A LOT OF [1:12:33] GOOD DATA TO SHOW THAT IT WASN'T ANYTHING BAD WE'RE ALMOST 100 SURE THAT THIS IS A SPACE-RELATED [1:12:39] THING AND AS WE EXPLORE SPACE MORE AND SPEND TIME IN ZERO GRAVITY IT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW [1:12:46] THAT THIS IS A SPACE-RELATED THING AND AS WE EXPLORE SPACE MORE AND SPEND TIME IN ZERO GRAVITY IT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT [1:12:46] THINGS THAT CAN GET US AND COME UP WITH COUNTERMEASURES DR JENNIFER FOGERTY IS THE CHIEF [1:12:51] SCIENTIST AT THE CENTER FOR AEROSPACE AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS MEDICINE SHE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE [1:12:55] ON THIS DOCTOR GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US WE KNOW UH DOCTORS HAVE RULED OUT A HEART ATTACK FOR THE [1:13:00] FOURTH FOUR-TIME SPACE FLYER AND THINKS THAT HE WASN'T CHOKING EVERYTHING ELSE STILL SEEMS TO BE [1:13:05] ON THE TABLE WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT HAPPENED YEAH IT'S A IT'S A REAL EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY [1:13:11] TO FIGURE SOME CHALLENGING THINGS OUT GIVEN WHAT WE CAN'T DO IN SPACE AND LOOK AT REAL TIME WHEN [1:13:17] PEOPLE BECOME DISTRESSED ILL SO I THINK THE CREW RESPONDED EXACTLY HOW THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLING DOWN [1:13:24] GETTING MEDICAL PERSONNEL ALERTED TO THE ISSUE AND THEN STARTED LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE AND [1:13:30] ONE OF THEIR MAJOR TOOLS IS ULTRASOUND UH YOU KNOW IN ADDITION TO LIKE LOOKING AND TALKING TO THE [1:13:35] PERSON BUT THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BLOOD VESSELS IN THE HEAD THE [1:13:40] NECK AND THE EYE WHICH WOULD BE YOUR TARGET AREAS IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW REPORTED AND WAS DISTRESSED [1:13:46] ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK [1:13:47] SO FINK WAS ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS INTO THIS MISSION WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND I THINK HE [1:13:52] MADE SUCH A GOOD POINT IN THAT CLIP WE PLAYED FROM HIM ABOUT LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [1:13:56] REALLY LEARN WHAT HAPPENS THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN TO THE BODY IN HUMAN SPACE TELL US WHAT WE KNOW [1:14:03] IN THAT REGARD AND HOW COMMON IT IS TO DEVELOP A MEDICAL CONDITION WHEN YOU ARE IN SPACE FOR MONTHS [1:14:09] YES WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK COLLECTING THE DATA ON PRIOR ASTRONAUTS BOTH SHORT DURATION [1:14:14] AND LONG DURATION AND LOOKED AT HOW THEIR HEALTH EVOLVES OVER TIME [1:14:18] GIVEN [1:14:18] GIVEN WHAT THEY'RE EXPOSED TO THE STRESSORS IT YOU KNOW COMMON THINGS HAPPEN COMMONLY SO SKIN [1:14:24] ISSUES RIONITIS MEANING ALLERGIES BUT WE DO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S YOU KNOW VERY MUCH NOT EARTHLIKE [1:14:31] WHICH IS THIS LARGE FLUID SHIFT TO THE HEAD AND NECK IT CHANGES THE PRESSURES HOW YOUR BODY MOVES [1:14:38] BLOOD THROUGHOUT YOUR BRAIN EVEN THE SHAPE AND LOCATION OF YOUR BRAIN AND THE SKULL AND THOSE [1:14:43] ARE AREAS THAT CONCERN US AND WE'VE BEEN IMAGING AND TAKING DATA ON THAT YOU KNOW FOR ABOUT [1:14:48] 15 YEARS NOW TO UNDERSTAND THE INTER INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY LIKE WHO'S VULNERABLE TO THESE EFFECTS [1:14:55] HOW FAST DO THEY MANIFEST AND WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN FOR THEIR LIKE SERIOUS HEALTH [1:15:00] ISSUES EMERGING DURING SPACE FLIGHT I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE HAD A VERY LOW PROBABILITY BECAUSE THE [1:15:05] THE MAIN TECHNIQUE IS TO SCREEN BAD THINGS OUT UH MIKE ALSO TALKS ABOUT ALL THE WORK [1:15:10] THEY'VE BEEN DOING POST FLIGHT AND SAID THEY'VE ELIMINATED THAT YOU KNOW YOU HAD A BAD ISSUE [1:15:14] HAPPEN SUCH AS A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE AND I THINK STROKE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS A [1:15:18] SERIOUS CONCERN I'M SURE ON ORBIT AT THE TIME UM BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE THESE TRANSIENT THINGS [1:15:24] THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE REALLY HARD TO TRACK IN THE HUMAN BODY THEY HAPPEN VERY SPONTANEOUSLY [1:15:29] AND THEY DON'T LAST VERY LONG BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T A SIGNAL THAT [1:15:34] SOMETHING BAD COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE WORK BEGINS WITH TRYING [1:15:38] TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHERE WE COULD MEASURE THINGS TO GET THESE SIGNALS WOULD IT BE AN IMAGING [1:15:43] MODALITY WOULD IT BE BLOOD WORK COULD IT BE URINE ANALYSIS OR COULD IT BE SOMETHING LIKE A WEARABLE [1:15:47] THAT TELLS US THE BODY'S STRUGGLING DR JENNIFER FOGARTY GREAT TO HAVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR [1:15:53] EXPERTISE AS WE TRY TO DISCUSS IT AND UNDERSTAND THIS THIS MEDICAL MYSTERY FASCINATING I APPRECIATE [1:15:58] THE TIME GOOD MORNING COMING UP CATCHING UP WITH THE SECOND LADY USHA VAN SAT DOWN WITH OUR OWN [1:16:03] KATE SNOW FOR A RARE INTERVIEW HOW SHE'S JUGGLING FAMILY WITH LIFE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND THE NEW [1:16:09] PROJECT SHE'S WORKING ON NEXT NOW WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S MAKING NEWS IN THE WORLD OF [1:16:23] POLITICS THIS MORNING STARTING WITH IRANIAN HACKERS TARGETING THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI NBC [1:16:28] NEWS [1:16:28] POLITICAL REPORTER MEGHAN LIBA WHICH JOINS US WITH THE DETAILS MEGHAN GOOD MORNING [1:16:32] HEY JOE AND SAVANNAH GOOD MORNING YEAH LET'S START WITH THOSE PRO-IRANIAN HACKERS WHO PUBLISHED [1:16:37] MORE THAN 300 EMAILS AND PICTURES ALLEGEDLY STOLEN FROM FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL NOW THE [1:16:44] INFORMATION APPEARS TO BE FROM A PERSONAL EMAIL AND IS FROM BEFORE PATEL JOINS THE TRUMP [1:16:48] ADMINISTRATION AN FBI SPOKESPERSON SAID IN THE STATEMENT THAT THE AGENCY IS QUOTE AWARE OF [1:16:54] MALICIOUS ACTORS TARGETING DIRECTOR PATEL'S PERSONAL EMAIL INFORMATION AND WE HAVE TAKEN [1:16:59] ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY NOW THE HACKING [1:17:04] GROUP HAD INDICATED THAT THE LEAK WAS IN RESPONSE TO RECENT FBI AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACTIONS [1:17:10] INCLUDING SEIZING SEVERAL OF THE HACKING GROUP'S WEBSITES NEXT LET'S TURN TO SENATOR CORY BOOKER [1:17:15] WHO SAID IN AN INTERVIEW ON MEET THE PRESS THAT HE'S NOT RULING OUT A RUN FOR PRESIDENT [1:17:20] HE EMPHASIZED THOUGH THAT RIGHT NOW HE'S FOCUSED ON RUNNING FOR REELECTION IN NEW JERSEY THIS FALL [1:17:25] NOW EARLIER THIS YEAR TOO THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SAID ON A PODCAST [1:17:29] THAT HE HAD NOT DISMISSED THE IDEA OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN IN 2028 [1:17:34] REMEMBER GUYS HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020 BUT DROPPED OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY [1:17:39] FINALLY LET'S GO TO THE SUPREME COURT WHICH WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS THIS WEEK [1:17:43] ON A MAJOR CASE ON AUTOMATIC BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP WHICH [1:17:47] HAS MEANT THAT ANYONE BORN IN THE U.S IS AUTOMATICALLY A CITIZEN [1:17:51] THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THOUGH IS TRYING TO LIMIT BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO PEOPLE [1:17:54] WITH AT LEAST ONE PARENT WHO'S A U.S CITIZEN OR A LEGAL PERMANENT [1:17:59] RESIDENT NOW AS PART OF ITS ARGUMENTS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS CITING A CASE FROM 1884 [1:18:05] WHEN THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THAT A NATIVE AMERICAN MAN DID NOT HAVE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP [1:18:09] NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE SINCE BEEN GUARANTEED BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP [1:18:13] SINCE 1924 NOT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AND POLITICS THIS MORNING GUYS [1:18:18] ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH MEGAN APPRECIATE IT NOW TO ANOTHER NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE SECOND LADY [1:18:23] USHA VANCE IS SPEAKING OUT IN A RARE TELEVISION INTERVIEW FROM A BRAND NEW PROJECT TO JUGGLING [1:18:28] HER GROWING FANS [1:18:29] FAMILY AND THE NEW WORLD SHE FINDS HERSELF IN AS WIFE OF VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE NBC NEWS [1:18:34] SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AND NBC NEWS DAILY ANCHOR KATE SNOWE SPOKE WITH HER SHE JOINS US WITH [1:18:39] THESE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS KATE GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING SAVANNAH AND JOE SO TODAY THE SECOND [1:18:43] LADY LAUNCHES AN AUDIO AND VIDEO PODCAST CALLED STORYTIME WITH THE SECOND LADY SHE SAYS IT'S [1:18:49] MEANT TO GET EARLY READERS EXCITED ABOUT BOOKS AND READING I MET HER IN HER OFFICE-TURNED KID [1:18:55] FRIENDLY RECORDING STUDIO TO TALK ABOUT HER BUSY SCHEDULE WHICH INCLUDES [1:18:59] RAISING THREE KIDS EIGHT AND UNDER AND NOW A FOURTH BABY ON THE WAY IN JULY [1:19:04] YOU ARE THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENTIAL FAMILY TO HAVE A BABY IN OFFICE SINCE THE 1870S [1:19:12] RIGHT I LEARNED THAT AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT I WAS PREGNANT HOW IS IT GOING IT'S GOING WELL THANK [1:19:19] YOU UM I THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES OBVIOUSLY I HAVE TO DRESS UP A LOT MORE MY LAST PREGNANCY [1:19:26] THERE WERE A LOT OF SWEAT PANTS USHA VANCE HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN THE PAST YEAR [1:19:30] THE FOURTH-YEAR-OLD BABY HAS BEEN READY TO GO TO SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE [1:19:31] FORTY-YEAR-OLD WHO MET HER HUSBAND WHEN THEY WERE STUDENTS AT YALE LAW SCHOOL IS THE FIRST [1:19:35] INDIAN AMERICAN SECOND LADY AND THE YOUNGEST IN DECADES AS A BUSY LAWYER AND MOM BEFORE HER MOVE [1:19:41] TO D.C. SHE TRIES TO HOLD ON TO SOME NORMALCY FOR HER FAMILY IF I WEAR MY JEANS AND A T-SHIRT AND [1:19:47] PULL MY HAIR UP AND GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR GO TO THE LIBRARY MAYBE SOMEONE WILL NOTICE BUT FOR [1:19:52] THE MOST PART I CAN JUST DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SO YOU CAN JUST WALK OUT THE DOOR AND GO TO THE [1:19:57] GROCERY STORE YOU DO THAT YEAH WE DO THAT WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPS WE HAVE OUR COSTCO [1:20:00] MEMBERSHIP MY KIDS ARE COSTCO MEMBERSHIP YEAH SEE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S MAYBE LIKE PEOPLE [1:20:07] WOULDN'T THINK THAT RIGHT I COULD SEE THAT BUT IT'S IT'S AN ADVENTURE I TAKE MY KIDS YOU STOPPED [1:20:13] WORKING IN 2024 RIGHT AFTER YOUR HUSBAND WAS CHOSEN FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT ROLE DO YOU MISS [1:20:18] THAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GO BACK TO IT OH CERTAINLY IT WAS REALLY DISORIENTING AT FIRST TO LOSE THAT [1:20:23] IT WAS A WHOLE DAY CHANGES RIGHT BUT IT ALSO WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS [1:20:28] THAT I ACTUALLY REALLY CARE ABOUT AND WANT TO DO AND THEN [1:20:31] WHEN THE TIME COMES I MEAN I DO INTEND TO WORK RIGHT NOW SHE'S LAUNCHING A NEW PODCAST FOR KIDS [1:20:37] AND FAMILIES STORY TIME WITH THE SECOND LADY BECAUSE WHEN WE READ WE GROW WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE [1:20:43] COME IN A SPECIAL READER WE'RE CALLING THEM READ A FUN BOOK HAVE A VERY SHORT LITTLE CONVERSATION [1:20:48] AND THEN INVITE CHILDREN TO PICK UP BOOKS ON THEIR OWN IT'S SORT OF JUST AN ADVERTISEMENT [1:20:53] FOR READING WHY IS THIS AN ISSUE THAT YOU CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT WELL I HAVE A LONG-STANDING [1:20:58] INTEREST IN EDUCATION IT SEEMED LIKE A REALLY NATURAL FIT BECAUSE [1:21:01] WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN RIGHT NOW BUT AS I WAS TEACHING THEM TO READ I WAS STARTING TO SEE [1:21:05] SOME OF THE STATISTICS OUT THERE ABOUT THE DECLINE IN LITERACY RATES ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS [1:21:09] REALLY A LONG-TERM TREND AND IT'S WORRISOME THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS SAID MANY TIMES THAT YOU ARE [1:21:15] ONE OF HIS BIGGEST COUNSELORS HOW MUCH ON A DAY-TO-DAY NOW ARE YOU TALKING TO HIM ABOUT [1:21:20] WHAT HE'S WORKING ON AND WELL WE TALK WE ONE AT ONE OF THE OTHER PRIVILEGES OF THIS JOB IS THAT [1:21:25] WE SORT OF WORK TOGETHER IN A WAY RIGHT SO THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ALL THE TIME HE HAS A WHOLE [1:21:30] STAFF OF POLICY ADVISORS THOSE SORTS OF THINGS SO IT'S REALLY WHEN SOMETHING IS TROUBLING HIM [1:21:34] THAT'S WHEN I COME INTO THE PICTURE HAVE YOU HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER HE MIGHT RUN FOR [1:21:39] PRESIDENT YOU KNOW EVERYONE ASKS ME MY ATTITUDE IS NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED I THINK THAT MY [1:21:46] ROLE HERE IS TO SUPPORT HIM AND WHAT HE MIGHT WISH TO DO AND TO HELP HIM IN THIS MOMENT IN 2014 YOU [1:21:52] WERE A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT YOU'RE NOW CLEARLY A REPUBLICAN YOU VOTED FOR YOUR HUSBAND FOR SENATE [1:21:58] THAT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE I WONDER IF [1:22:02] YOU FEEL FULLY COMFORTABLE IN THE UNIVERSE THAT YOU'RE IN NOW WHAT DO YOU MEAN IN THE POLITICAL [1:22:10] UNIVERSE THAT YOU'RE IN WELL I DO FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN THAT NO ONE HAS EVER ASKED ME [1:22:16] TO ENGAGE IN ANY KIND OF LITMUS TEST ON ANYTHING AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN THAT WORLD I DON'T [1:22:22] FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO WALK AROUND PRETENDING ANYTHING OF ANY SORT SOMETIMES I HAVE THOUGHTS [1:22:27] THAT FIT VERY COMFORTABLY INTO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER SOMETIMES I HAVE VIEWS THAT ARE WAY MORE [1:22:31] IDIOSYNCRATIC AND [1:22:33] IT'S A IT'S IT'S A WORLD THAT I THINK IS ACTUALLY RATHER ACCEPTING OF THAT [1:22:38] SINCE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I REALLY CARE GREATLY ABOUT J.D.'S SUCCESS [1:22:43] THE SECOND LADY ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE SAYS IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE HAVE [1:22:50] MORE TIME WITH HER KIDS WHEN WE MET THAT DAY ON FRIDAY HER YOUNGEST HAD AN EASTER EGG HUNT AT [1:22:54] HER PRESCHOOL AND SHE WAS ABLE GUYS TO GO WITHOUT WITHOUT WATCHING THE CLOCK RIGHT AND THINKING I [1:23:00] HAVE TO BE BACK AT WORK AT THIS TIME SHE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT MELANIA TRUMP THE FIRST LADY WHO YOU KNOW [1:23:06] MOVED WHEN HER SON BARRON WAS 10 YEARS OLD HAS BEEN A REAL HELP SHE SAID FOR HER BECAUSE SHE HAD [1:23:12] BEEN THROUGH THAT KIND OF TRANSITION AS WELL AND HAS KIND OF COUNSELLED HER VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN [1:23:17] UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SO TO HAVE THAT AND VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE [1:23:21] INTERVIEWED HER SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THAT KATE THANK YOU COMING UP SEARCHING PRICES OIL AND [1:23:25] GAS CONTINUING TO CLIMB FROM THE WAR IN IRAN THANK GOODNESS OUR FRIEND BRIAN CHUNG IS HERE WITH WAYS [1:23:30] YOU CAN SAVE SOME MONEY NEXT TIME YOU FILL UP AT THE PUMP SO STICK AROUND BRIAN WILL BE RIGHT BACK [1:23:39] WE ARE BACK WITH THESE GAS [1:23:40] PRICES SURGING AGAIN NOW CLOSING IN ON FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON THEY COULD CLIMB EVEN HIGHER [1:23:45] AS HOLIDAY AND SPRING BREAK TRAVEL PICK UP BUT THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN SAVE NBC NEWS BUSINESS [1:23:50] AND DATA CORRESPONDENT BRIAN CHUNG JOINS US TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN BRIAN GREAT TO HAVE YOU AS [1:23:54] ALWAYS SO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY FEELING THIS RIGHT NOW WHAT ARE THE EASIEST WAYS TO TRY TO SAVE [1:23:58] ON GAS RIGHT AWAY YEAH WELL AND AGAIN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING FOR SPRING BREAK SO AS YOU'RE [1:24:02] GOING OUT THERE'S SOME PREP THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT PAYING MORE THAN YOU [1:24:05] NEED TO ON GAS STARTING OFF WITH COMPARING PRICES AS YOU'RE DRIVING YOU'RE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP YOU [1:24:09] CAN USE APPS LIKE AAA AS WELL AS GAS BUDDY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE REALLY GETTING THE GAS STATION THAT [1:24:14] HAS THE BEST PRICES FILL UP ON REGULAR IF YOU CAN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR CARS THEY MIGHT TRY [1:24:18] TO TREAT THEIR CARS NICELY BY PUTTING PREMIUM GAS IN THERE BUT IF YOU DON'T NEED TO JUST GO WITH THE [1:24:23] CHEAPER REGULAR OPTION THE CAVEAT OBVIOUSLY BEING IF YOU HAVE A TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT NEEDS PREMIUM [1:24:27] FUEL OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE MINIMUM YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT SIGN UP FOR LOYALTY PROGRAMS EXXON MOBILE AS [1:24:32] WELL AS SHELL HAVE THEIR OWN APPS WHERE YOU CAN SAVE THREE TO TEN CENTS PER GALLON BY USING THOSE [1:24:36] APPS AND LOGGING IN AND LASTLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CASH DISCOUNT YOU'LL SEE OBVIOUSLY AT THE GAS [1:24:41] STATION THOSE KIND OF DOUBLE BOARDS WELL IF YOU'RE PAYING CASH YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY BUT IF YOU [1:24:45] USE CREDIT MIGHT AS WELL USE THOSE CASH BACK APPS THAT YOU CAN GET SOME OF THAT BACK IF YOUR CREDIT [1:24:49] CARD OFFERS THAT ANOTHER THING YOU COULD DO IS JUST TRY TO USE LESS GAS OR THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE [1:24:54] EASIER SAID THAN DONE BUT ARE THERE SOME SIMPLE WAYS TO DO THAT YEAH THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN [1:24:57] DRIVE YOUR CAR AND MAINTAIN YOUR CAR TO MAKE SURE YOU GET MAXIMUM FUEL EFFICIENCY STARTING OFF WITH [1:25:01] UNFORTUNATELY IF YOU SEE THAT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PEOPLE TEND TO JUST DRIVE THROUGH THAT THIS WOULD [1:25:05] BE A GOOD TIME TO GET THAT CHECKED OUT IF IT'S AFFECTING YOUR FUEL EFFICIENCY ALSO MAKE SURE [1:25:09] THAT YOUR TIRES ARE INFLATED IF THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT FLAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME MILES PER GALLON [1:25:13] ON THAT DRIVE SMOOTHLY DON'T DRIVE RECKLESSLY AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAYS TRY TO USE [1:25:18] CRUISE CONTROL THAT'S GOING TO SAVE YOU SOME FUEL RIGHT THERE REMOVE EXTRA WEIGHT FROM YOUR CAR IF [1:25:22] YOU HAVE SOMETHING BIG IN THE TRUNK THAT YOU DON'T NEED TAKE IT OUT THAT'S GOING TO WEIGH YOUR CAR [1:25:26] DOWN AS WELL AND LASTLY JUST DRIVE LESS IF YOU CAN IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT [1:25:30] THAT'S GOING TO SAVE YOU MONEY THAT FAIR IS THE SAME FAIR AS IT IS MOST TIMES OF THE DAY AND WITH [1:25:35] GAS PRICES RISING IT COULD ACTUALLY BE MORE UH YOU KNOW SENSIBLE ALL RIGHT SO WHAT DO PEOPLE KNOW [1:25:39] ABOUT SPRING BREAK TRAVEL YEAH SO SPRING BREAK TRAVEL ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE FLYING BECAUSE AGAIN [1:25:43] PRICES AT THE PUMP ARE GOING UP BUT GUESS WHAT SO ARE AIRLINE FAIRS BECAUSE OF JET FUEL COSTS ACTUALLY [1:25:48] GOING.COM SAYS THAT PRICES IN MARCH ARE UP 13 SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING APRIL MAY JUNE TRAVEL YOU [1:25:55] PROBABLY WANT TO BUY REFUNDABLE AND EVEN IF THE PRICE DROPS AFTER THE FACT TRY GIVING YOUR AIRLINE [1:25:59] A CALL AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET THAT DIFFERENCE IN E-CREDIT AGAIN REFUNDABLE ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE [1:26:04] TSA LINES IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA SET PRICE ALERTS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST [1:26:07] PRICE ON THAT AIRFARE AND THEN LASTLY WHEN YOU DO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION OP FOR A SMALLER CAR IF [1:26:12] YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A BIG FAMILY THEN YOU GOT TO GO WITH THE SUV BUT IF IT'S JUST YOU GOING [1:26:16] WITH A COMPACT CAR IS GOING TO SAVE YOU MONEY BECAUSE IT'S LIKELY GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT [1:26:19] AS WELL IF LOOKING AHEAD WE THINK THE PRICES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP ARE THERE WAYS THAT YOU [1:26:24] CAN ACTUALLY LIKE GET AHEAD OF IT YEAH WELL LOOK PERSONAL FINANCE BROADLY IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON A [1:26:28] LOT OF PEOPLE'S MIND IF OBVIOUSLY YOUR GAS BUDGET IS LARGER NOW THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE [1:26:31] MONEY AROUND SO USE UH PERSONAL FINANCE APPS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE ROCKET MONEY THAT HELP YOU KEEP TRACK [1:26:36] OF WHERE YOUR SPENDING IS TRY TO RAIN IN THAT SPENDING NOT SPENDING ON THINGS YOU DON'T NEED [1:26:41] NO SPEND DAYS IS A THING THAT'S TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE [1:26:45] INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE BUYING THEN LASTLY INVESTING I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT [1:26:49] THEIR 401KS GOING WHOA DON'T LOOK IT'S DOWN LIKE 10 FROM THE HIGHS BUT AGAIN ANOTHER INTERPRETATION [1:26:55] IS THAT STOCKS ARE ON SALE AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR 401K THAT'S SUPPOSED TO [1:26:59] BE A RETIREMENT NEST EGGS SO LEAVE IT DON'T CHANGE YOUR ALLOCATION STRATEGY DRAMATICALLY [1:27:04] BUT OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONSULT YOUR PERSONAL FINANCE ADVISOR GREAT TIPS BRIAN [1:27:08] THANK YOU SO MUCH NOW TO OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES [1:27:12] PEOPLE FACE WITH THEIR INSURANCE PROVIDERS IN SAN FRANCISCO ONE FIREFIGHTER IS BATTLING CANCER [1:27:18] WHILE ALSO FIGHTING FOR THE TREATMENT THAT HIS DOCTOR SAYS COULD HELP SAVE HIS LIFE INVESTIGATIVE [1:27:23] REPORTER BEGAD SHABAN WITH NBC BAY AREA HAS MORE KEN JONES AND HELEN HORVATH HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR [1:27:30] CLOSE TO 25 YEARS THEY MET AS YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS IN SAN FRANCISCO KEN ULTIMATELY BECAME THE FIRE [1:27:37] DEPARTMENT'S LEAD COUNSELOR HELPING FIRST RESPONDERS COPE WITH TRAUMA AND SERIOUS ILLNESSES [1:27:42] IN THE FIRE SERVICE YOU NEED TO GET YOURSELF CHECKED KEN SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER HELPING [1:27:48] OTHERS BUT HIS DOCTOR BELIEVES THOSE 17 YEARS AMID SMOKE AND ASH CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DIAGNOSIS [1:27:55] LAST YEAR OF STAGE FOUR LUNG CANCER THE COUPLE FOUND THEMSELVES IN A BATTLE [1:28:01] AGAINST TIME AND AGAINST KEN'S HEALTH INSURANCE WHICH DENIED COVERAGE FOR PART OF HIS CANCER [1:28:07] TREATMENT IT'S PAINFUL IT'S PAINFUL ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF HOW UNNECESSARY IT IS THIS COULD HAVE [1:28:13] BEEN PREVENTED YES THE SUFFERING OF CANCER IS PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION BUT THE SUFFERING FROM [1:28:20] INSURANCE STRUGGLES IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY PAIN KEN'S DOCTOR WANTED HIM TO GET CHEMOTHERAPY [1:28:27] TO ATTACK THE CANCER THAT HAD SPREAD THROUGHOUT HIS BODY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY [1:28:31] TO TRAIN HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM TO ALSO FIGHT THE DISEASE INSURANCE SAID OKAY TO CHEMO BUT NOT [1:28:37] IMMUNOTHERAPY YOU JUST AUTOMATICALLY DEPEND ON THAT INSURANCE BEING THERE AND THEN WHEN IT'S [1:28:44] NOT IT'S QUITE A IT'S QUITE A BLOW BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA ADMINISTERED JONES'S MEDICARE [1:28:51] ADVANTAGE PLAN AND TOLD NBC NEWS OUR MEDICAL REVIEWS FOLLOW CLINICAL GUIDELINES AND ARE NOT [1:28:57] BASED ON COST NOW IN ITS DENIAL LETTER BLUE SHIELD ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMMUNOTHERAPY [1:29:02] PRESCRIBED BY JONES'S DOCTOR IS FDA APPROVED BUT ONLY AS A FIRST LINE TREATMENT THE INSURER [1:29:09] DETERMINED JONES IS INELIGIBLE BECAUSE HE'D ALREADY RECEIVED OTHER MEDICATIONS FOR HIS CANCER [1:29:14] SOMETIMES THOUGH THERE'S GRAY AREA IN MEDICINE DR MATTHEW GOOBENS IS KEN'S ONCOLOGIST HE BELIEVES [1:29:20] BLUE SHIELD IS MISINTERPRETING MEDICAL GUIDELINES AND SAYS HE SHOULD KNOW HE HELPED CRAFT THEM DR [1:29:26] GOOBENS IS PART OF A PRESTIGIOUS PANEL WITH THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK WHICH ISSUES [1:29:32] THE NATION'S [1:29:32] MOST INFLUENTIAL GUIDELINES ON CANCER TREATMENT THERE ARE EDGE CASES AMONG OUR PATIENTS WHERE [1:29:38] THOSE GUIDELINES JUST DON'T APPLY DR GOOBEN SAYS BLUE SHIELD IS WRONG TO CONSIDER THE IMMUNOTHERAPY [1:29:43] A NEW MEDICATION FOR KEN BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY PART OF KEN'S INITIAL TREATMENT DOCTORS PAUSED [1:29:49] IT TO TRY TWO EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS BLUE SHIELD STILL REJECTED THE CLAIM SO DR GOOBENS CALLED THE NUMBER [1:29:56] LISTED ON THE DENIAL LETTER TO LODGE AN APPEAL DID YOU EVER REACH ANYONE I REACHED PEOPLE WHO [1:30:01] APOLOGIZED BUT THEY WEREN'T [1:30:02] THE RIGHT PLACE TO SEND THE APPEAL TO AND OFTEN REFERRED ME BACK TO THE FIRST PERSON I TALKED TO [1:30:08] HOW LONG WERE YOU ON THE PHONE THAT DAY I SPENT ABOUT THREE HOURS TALK CALLING DIFFERENT PHONE [1:30:13] NUMBERS FOR THIS INSURANCE COMPANY KEN RECEIVED MORE THAN 50 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DONATIONS TO [1:30:19] FINALLY GET ONE ROUND OF IMMUNOTHERAPY BUT THE TREATMENT NEEDS TO BE REPEATED EVERY FEW WEEKS [1:30:25] SO KEN AND HIS WIFE DECIDED TO ABANDON HIS BLUE SHIELD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN IN HOPES [1:30:30] TRADITIONAL MEDICARE WILL COVER FUTURE [1:30:32] BILLS IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT HARD FOR US KEN A VETERAN FIREFIGHTER SAYS HE'S NOW TRYING TO [1:30:38] PROTECT OTHERS BY SOUNDING THE ALARM YOU DON'T STOP JUST CARING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE [1:30:44] YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME BEGAT SHABAN NBC NEWS SAN FRANCISCO LET'S GET A LOOK AT WHAT'S MAKING [1:30:51] FINANCIAL HEADLINES THIS MORNING ONE OF GOOGLE'S AI SEARCH TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS THE GLOBE [1:30:56] NBC NEWS BUSINESS AND ECONOMY REPORTER EMILY LORSCH HAS OUR MONEY MINUTE HEY EMILY [1:30:59] HEY GUYS GOOD MORNING THAT'S THE SEARCH LIVE FEATURE IT'S NOW AVAILABLE [1:31:03] IN MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AND ALSO IN DOZENS OF LANGUAGES THE TOOL ALLOWS USERS [1:31:08] TO POINT THEIR PHONES CAMERA AT SOMETHING AND ASK QUESTIONS OUT LOUD THEN THEY RECEIVE AN AUDIO [1:31:14] RESPONSE ALONG WITH LINKS WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE TECH GIANT IS ALSO ROLLING [1:31:18] OUT THE REAL-TIME TRANSLATION FEATURE ON IPHONES AND AFTER NEARLY 25 YEARS IN CONNECTICUT THE [1:31:25] CONNECTICUT SUN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS HEADING TO HOUSTON NEXT YEAR ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE REPORTS [1:31:30] THE FRANCHISE IS BEING SOLD TO THE OWNERS OF THE HOUSTON ROCK [1:31:33] IT'S IN A 300 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL ACCORDING TO ESPN IF THE DEAL IS APPROVED THE TEAM'S EXPECTED [1:31:39] TO USE THE COMETS NAME BRINGING LIFE BACK TO THE HOUSTON COMETS FRANCHISE THAT WAS DISBANDED NEARLY [1:31:45] TWO DECADES AGO NOW WE'VE REACHED OUT AND HAVEN'T YET HEARD BACK OVER IN THE BOX OFFICE PROJECT [1:31:51] HELL MARY IS BLASTING OFF IT'S NOW THE BIGGEST HIT EVER FOR AMAZON MGM STUDIOS THE MOVIE STARRING [1:31:57] RYAN GOSLING TOPPED THE BOX OFFICE AGAIN BRINGING IN ANOTHER ABOUT 55 MILLION DOLLARS [1:32:03] TO THE BOX OFFICE BRINGING IN ANOTHER ABOUT 55 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE BOX OFFICE BRINGING IN ANOTHER ABOUT 55 MILLION [1:32:03] DOMESTICALLY IN ITS SECOND WEEKEND THE WEEKEND'S ONLY MAJOR NEW RELEASE THEY WILL KILL YOU BROUGHT [1:32:08] IN ABOUT 5 MILLION DOMESTICALLY THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR AMAZON MGM WHICH HAS STRUGGLED TO FIND [1:32:14] ITS PUTTING IN FILMMAKING AND GUYS THIS COULD ALSO BE A SIGNAL HERE THAT MAYBE THERE IN THE FUTURE IS [1:32:20] A COMEBACK FOR ORIGINAL BIG BUDGET FILMS RIGHT EXACTLY THAT'S WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO THE THEATER [1:32:25] THAT SO THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE PEOPLE DO YOU SEE IT PEOPLE LOVE Ryan Gosling [1:32:31] I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 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