dawn porter, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> jen, tell us in your remaining time we have what you have planned. >> i just spent the day with governor pritzker yesterday in illinois. and people often think of him as this kind of billionaire, of course, that's what we know him of. he is an unapologetic progressive, i've rarely met a man who's so comfortable talking about abortion rights, so we talked all about that, the convention, and what he thinks joe biden should be doing. so that's going to be part of our sunday show. >> i love it. and katty, where can people go see -- go to youtube, influential katty kay, and next week we're going to resolve the big debate about "love actually". >> we have to hear that. incredible film. this is going to be a battle to the end. that does it for us this morning. hope you have a great weekend. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now.

right now on "ana cabrera reports," just in, a new resolution just filed to expel george santos from congress. this after that damming report alleging that he spent campaign cash on everything from botox to sephora. will the house gop line up behind this effort to kick him from the capitol. donald trump talking about going to the capitol on january 6th, what he said and the legal implications. also ahead, israel carrying out new operations inside gaza claiming to have evidence of hamas operating out of multiple hospitals. plus, more on the potential plan to get the sick and the injured out of those hospitals and harm's way. well, you made it to friday. it's 10:00 eastern, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news on capitol hill.

just in the last hour, the chairman of the house ethics committee filed a resolution to kick congressman george santos out of congress. this follows the release of the committee's scathing report, which found santos used campaign cash to fund some interesting shopping habits from everything from ferragamo shoes to botox to only fans to weekends in atlantic city. nbc's julie tsirkin joins us from capitol hill, also with us former congresswoman donna edwards, a democrat from maryland, and msnbc political analyst, elise jordan. so julie, walk us through what's in this resolution, and how soon could we see a vote? >> reporter: we probably won't see a vote until the house is back from the thanksgiving break. that's not until the week after next. michael guest, who's the chairman of the ethics committee, he didn't include a specific recommendation in this report against george santos to expel him or recommended various

sanctions. that's because he said it would have taken months for the report to be released. we saw just in the last hour, he filed this resolution to expel santos issuing a statement saying in part, quote, the evidence uncovered in the ethics committee investigative subcommittee's investigation is more than sufficient, he said, to warrant punishment and the most appropriate punishment is expulsion. now, how this will work on the house floor, it actually requires two-thirds of members in order to kick santos out of congress. we already heard from reading t and seeing what's in it, certainly once the house is back the week after next, we could see a vote to expel santos as soon as then. one more point for you, ana, we are now also hearing from the speaker's office, speaker johnson who previously said that santos deserved due process now essentially telling his members that they could vote however they want in this matter. >> so you've touched on this, but members from both parties voted against a previous effort to kick santos out of congress.

this was just within the last couple of weeks, right? so you're saying things have changed. >> exactly. this is the report that many of them were waiting for. in the last vote you saw a lot of republicans vote to actually save santos. you also saw democrats do the same. but remember, for this to actually work, if all 213 democrats, for example, vote to expel santos, not voting to save him and keep him here in the halls of congress, that would mean just a little over 70 republicans would have to vote with them in order to kick santos out successfully. we heard in the minutes that this 56-page report was dropped, which essentially said that santos discredited every single faction of the house. he profited personally from his house candidacy. we heard from members, both on the democratic side and the republican side, even members of the ethics committee who previously voted present because they were in process of this investigation who said this is enough. enough is enough. these findings are damning, and

it's time to kick santos out even though santos said he will not be seeking re-election in 2024. >> not seeking re-election isn't i'm resigning today. congresswoman, you previously served on the eics committee, botox, casino cash from atms, only fans? did you ever see anything remotely like this? >> nothing like this, and i think one of the reasons that the report is so damning is because you have other members of congress, all who have run for election, all who have had campaign accounts, and no one does this. and so i think that the behavior that george santos displayed is just so egregious that it would be a mistake for the congress not to deal with him and not to expel him because he brings -- not only does he bring disrepute to the entire house of representatives, to the institution, but to the individual members serving with him. every time he casts a vote, people know that he's doing so

because he got that seat fraudulently. and so i think the committee made the right decision in not extending this process to what would have been a trial-like procedure, and now going directly to the floor with a resolution. and i hope when they come back they will make it a privilege resolution so that it is under consideration right away. and i suspect that a lot of those people who voted present on the last expulsion measure and many of those republicans who were waiting for a report are going to cast their vote to expel george santos from the united states house of representatives, and there is no reason to wait for his resignation. why give him benefit of trying to serve loyally in the congress. >> so fox news actually asked santos about only fans in march, more than six months before this report. take a look at this.

>> is it true that you have an only fans page, and you can peel a banana with your feet? >> i don't have one, and it's -- you know, i'll indulge you this, i just discovered what only fans was about three weeks ago when it was brought up in discussion in my office. >> what do you think? >> i was oblivious to the whole concept. [ laughter ] >> i just can't tell -- >> he just can't tell the truth. apparently that is exactly what happened here. in this statement, though, from santos yesterday, he says, i am human, and i have flaws, but i will not stand by as i am stoned by those who have flaws themselves. elise, what do you make of this alleged behavior by santos? >> you know, you almost have to think it's the botox that did him in, not only fans because how many congressional members have had sex scandals in the past, but the botox. this has gone on for way too long. it's insane, as donna was saying

that this fraudulent individual is casting votes as a member of the an american political party should be something that the party's ashamed of, and finally, it's just gone too far. the republicans were trying to avoid a contentious special election and keep george santos, keep his vote. that one vote was all they were thinking about. they were being ruthless, and this just finally took it too far. listening to the language that you read from his statement, he's referencing stoning. he won't be stoned? he seems to be trying to maybe set up his next act, and i wonder if he's going to try and go in some kind of more evangelical route now. i think he's seen that this one is up. the jig is up. >> if santos is expelled from congress, a special election to fill his long island seat could be contentious, julie. walk us through what that would

look like. >> reporter: and it would be contentious because his district is such a swing district. biden handily won it in 2020. so if republicans want a chance to hold onto this seat, it would seven in their benefit in santos resigns well ahead of any kind of primary before november. it's all but certain the dozens of democrats we've seen jump into this race would probably win that seat. that being said, the way this would work in a special election, once santos -- if and when santos is expelled, the governor of new york kathy hochul per state law has about ten days to trigger a special election. the nominees are actually chosen by the county committee chair. so this is a pross where the individuals are chosen ahead of time. this is not like how a standard electi works, and then that special election after that would be held within 70 to 80 days. now, again, this is something that would benefit republicans, which is why we've seen his colleagues from new york, the republican freshman try to act on this so forcefully for weeks

now because it would benefit them greatly to hold onto the seat in republicans very fragile, very slim majority if they're able to get this done sooner rather than later. >> this caps off a week of dysfunction on the hill. earlier this week we were talking about elbow jabs, threats, name calling, near brawls all involving congressional republicans. could you expect democrats to try to capitalize on this moment? >> well, i think the public can actually see for themselves, democrats don't even have to say anything for the public to know what ridiculous sort of chaos is going on in the republican party and how fractured it is, and this george santos thing just sort of ends a week of complete dysfunction, and democrats don't really have to say anything, just look with your own eyes at what's going on in that party. >> former congresswoman donna edwards, elise jordan, and julie tsirkin, thank you all, ladies, happy friday.

when we're back in 60 seconds, i'll talk to the former u.s. ambassador at large for war crime issues as hospitals in gaza become a major international flash point. plus, new audio of former president donald trump, what he said about going to the capitol on january 6th. also ahead, shocking allegations against shawn diddy combs from his former romantic partner. how the music mogul is responding to her lawsuit. and later, haven't had a chance to get your flu and covid shots, we'll talk to a doctor about whether you should get them at the same time. e same ti.

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weapons. our own keir simmons spoke to an idf spokesperson just moments ago. >> al-shifa hospital. is it fair to say that you found something there but not everything you said you'd find? >> what's fair to say is we understand hamas's concept of operations. they utilize hospitals extensively throughout the gaza strip. we're exposing the hospital as we speak. we've also exposed al-shifa. we're just scratching the surface. >> let's get right to israel and nbc's erin mclaughlin in tel aviv. what is the latest on the idf operations at these hospitals and any efforts to get the civilians inside of them out? >> reporter: well, ana, we just reached a doctor inside of al-shifa hospital. we've been trying to reach doctors inside that hospital for the last 48 hours or so. we were finally able to get

through. he painted just this desperate picture. he said that the israeli military operation is still underway. he said that it appears as though they were focusing today on the basement of the al-shifa hospital. he said that last night the israeli military did provide those inside the hospital the hundreds of patients, the people sheltering as well as the doctors with sandwiches and water. he said, though, the food is not enough. he said that there's a lack of electricity and fuel and critically a lack of oxygen, and he said that people have been dying in the icu of that hospital as a result. take a listen. >> totally surrounded by the israeli troops, by the -- , by t- >> reporter: now, he has been pleading for days now for the entire hospital to be safely

evacuated. i reached out to a spokesperson for the w.h.o. asking the w.h.o. what they're doing to facilitate that evacuation. they provided me with the following statement saying the w.h.o. and partners are evuation of patients, health workers, and internally dwis placed people besieg a al-shifa hospital. safeasge and fuel for palestine red crescent ambulances are needed to ensure the evacuation can be carried out. no word as to when that evacuation is going to actually happen. meanwhile, the israeli military continues to search for evidence of what it claims is a hamas terror cell operating underneath the hospital. they say that so far they have found a number of weapons inside the complex as well as a shaft to a tunnel, and they are looking, again, for that alleged command node. back to you. >> and israel is confirming two hostages were found dead on the grounds of al-shifa hospital. what more do we know about their

deaths? any talks happening to free additional hostages? >> reporter: yeah, the bodies of two hostages were found, according to the israeli military, on buildings -- inside buildings near the hospital complex, not inside the complex itself. overnight, they announced they recovered the body of 19-year-old corporal noah marciano. she was serving in the israeli military. she was on duty that day along the gaza border on october 7th when hamas militants stormed kidnapping her. they also stormed a can i be bits, judith had just been diagnosed with breast cancer, was in need of radiation treatment. it is unclear what the israeli military has divulged regarding the recovery of their corpses, what building they were inside, if they died together. this is tragic news for both of

their families and undoubtedly places renewed pressure on those hostage negotiations. >> thank you for all that reporting. joining us now is the former u.s. ambassador at large for war crimes issues. david, it's good to have you with us. i'm hoping you can help us better understand the picture at these hospitals. the u.n. and the world health organization has expressed deep concerns about what's happening at these hospitals. jordan has even called the raid of al-shifa a war crime. yet israel says that's where hamas is hiding, that they have found evidence like guns and grenades. based on what we know right now, do you believe israel is justified in its actions? >> well, i would be premature to describe what israel has done with respect to al-shifa hospital as a war crime. ultimately, all the facts will come out when their investigations, et cetera, day by day has this war has

progressed. but on the face of it right now, frankly, the israeli defense force has been operating with what appears to be a considerable amount of restraint in terms of how it has intervened in that hospital in order to get at the military objective, which has embedded itself in the hospital. and it hasn't, you know, struck it with air strikes. it hasn't unleashed cannon fire onto the hospital. it, in fact, has risked its own forces by going in there on foot to address the situation and one hopes to minimize any civilian casualties that might arise if there is resistance by hamas fighters within the hospital. so far that appears to be a fairly successful intervention by israeli forces under international humanitarian law.

i mean, at the end of the day, hamas cannot embed itself in these hospitals and effectively disarm the israeli defense forces by being in those hospitals. it's a terribly complicated operation. >> yeah. >> but i don't see the evidence yet that the idf is somehow crossing red lines in how it has intervened in the hospitals. >> i see. and you're right, it's all incredibly complicated. i want you to listen to what secretary of state antony blinken told nbc's lester holt just last night. >> exactly why there should be assault rifles located next to an mri machine escapes me, and this is compelling evidence of the fact that hamas embeds itself in civilian infrastructure of one kind or another. hospitals, schools, apartment buildings in them or under them, in its tunnels and uses the

civilians there as human shields. >> david, we know hospitals are usually out of bounds in the rules of war, but is it that clear cut in this case? >> well, no, it's not that clear cut. it is true, hospitals are explicitly described in international humanitarian law as being outside of combat, shall we say. the exception to it is if the hospital actually is a military objective because of the presence of the enemy, the combat-ready enemy inside that hospital. now, that all depends on the intelligence, what are the facts. what is the issue of distinction and proportionality in terms of how you get to the enemy in the hospital? but it does raise these kinds of common sense rules that obviously, even if hamas is in the hospital in whatever number one doesn't know yet, you don't

literally blow apart the hospital to get to that enemy. you have to do it in a different way because it is a hospital, particularly if you know that there is a fair number of civilians in the hospital. obviously if it's an abandoned hospital completely and the enemy embeds itself in that hospital without any civilian patients in it, then that's a very different scenario. >> sure. >> even if it's listed as a hospital. so it just depends on the facts. >> i don't have a lot of time left in this segment, but i do want to try to squeeze this in in the next minute or so, gaza has been under lockdown for weeks now. communications were cut off multiple times including this morning, just came back on hardly any humanitarian aid is getting in. we're hearing from the u.n. world food program that the entire population of gaza, some 2 million people are currently at risk of starvation. given your expertise, how are you looking at this humanitarian crisis? >> well, israel has to

prioritize it on almost an equal level with its military operations at this stage. we're in the fifth week now of the war, and the humanitarian plight of the overall civilian population, the noncombatant population of gaza has reached a critical stage. so i just think it's incumbent upon israel while it has the right of self-defense, while it has the right to reach military objectives that are hamas, it also has a large responsibility, if not even technically under law, it does in terms of its international reputation and stature, an ability to move forward from this war to address those humanitarian concerns forthrightly, to work with the eu, with the united states, with egypt, with the humanitarian organizations, world food organizations. all of those to address the humanitarian plight. i mean, that takes system very explicit decision-making to

prioritize the humanitarian corridors, pauses, et cetera. >> it's been really, really tough to see the suffering happening right now and to hear about that, you know, desperation for just food and water. thank you so much, ambassador david cheffer for joining us, really value your expertise. >> thank you. and now to this breaking news just in, the department of education says it's opening probes into alleged anti-semitic and islamophobic incidents at several schools across the country. the department says all schools receiving federal funding must comply with basic rules that bar discrimination. and those investigations come as protests over the israel-hamas war are escalating across the country as is extremism online. nbc's hallie jackson has more. hallie. >> reporter: it might sound stunning that a letter written two decades ago by a terror leader is getting new attraction in line with the israel-hamas

war. that's the reality as social media companies are now scrambling to pull down those posts. the videos viral this morning. >> i need you to stop what you're doing and go read a letter to america. >> reporter: referencing osama bin laden's letter to america written by the late terrorist leader about a year after the 9/11 attacks, and now the propaganda getting new attention on social media in the wake of the israel-hamas war. bin laden in the decades' old letter criticizing u.s. support for israel and its policies on palestinian territories and citing anti-semitic and homophobic tropes. >> the way this letter is going viral right now is giving me the greatest sense of relief. >> reporter: the guardian which published the letter in 2002 criticizing it, and tiktok stripping the hashtag letter to america from its search function. new research shows searches for bin laden up 400% on youtube, and on x, references to him up

4000% since tuesday. one journalist's post on that plot form compiling some of the videos getting more than 25 million views. tiktok saying interest spiked only after tweets and media attention from fewer than 2 million views to more than 13 million on its app, a spokesperson telling nbc news content promoting this letter clearly violates our rules on supporting any form of terrorism adding they're aggressively removing it. youtube saying our community guidelines apply consistently, guidelines which prohibit terrorist content. x did not respond to our request for comment. the white house spokesperson saying there is never a justification for spreading the repugnant, evil, and anti-semitic lies that the leader of al qaeda issued just after committing the worst terrorist attack in american history. it all comes as demonstrations pro-israeli and pro-palestinian stretch coast to coast. all of this puts yet another spotlight on the issue of moderating content at a time of war.

"the new york times" now reporting this letter to america came up during a private meeting wednesday night in which jewish celebrities and creators confronted tiktok executives about doing more to fight anti-semitism on the app. tiktok tells us in a statement, leadership has been meeting with creators and experts and others for feedback on how tiktok can remain a place for community, discovery, and sharing authentically. back to you. >> hallie jackson, thank you. up next on "ana cabrera reports," new audio of donald trump, what he says he wanted to do on january 6th. and how could it impact the legal cases against him. plus, a meeting with mexico, what president biden hopes to accomplish when he sits down with that country's president today. y's president today. san antonio, texas. my wife magda and i have been married for 39 years. about three or four years ago, i wasn't feeling as if i was as sharp as i used to be. i wanted to try something that was over-the-counter. i saw the prevagen commercials. after a short amount of time taking prevagen, i started noticing a difference-- that i'm remembering this, i'm remembering that.

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jonathan karl in march of 2021 talked about how the secret service stopped him from going to the capitol on january 6th. >> but if you look at the real size of that crowd, it was never reported correctly. were -- it's the biggest crowd i've ever spoken in front of by far. >> really? >> by far. that wentown to the washington -- that went back to the washington monument. >> you td them you were going to go up to the capitol, were you just -- >> no, i was going to and then the secret service said you can't. and then by the tim i would have -- and then when i got back, i said i wanted to g back. i was thinking about going back during the problem to stop the problem, doing it myself. the secret service didn't like that idea too much. >> so what -- u know what?ave done that, and i would have enery well-receive don't forget, the people that went to washington that day in my opinion, they went because they thought the election was rigged. that's why they went. >> let's bring in nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly.

he is also the author of the book "sedition hunters: how january 6th broke the justice system." also joining us now msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin. ryan, he says he was thinking about going to the capitol on january 6th to stop the problem. how does that compare to other testimony we've heard about the white house that day? >> well, it matches up with what cassidy hutchinson was saying which is that she heard from members of the secret service that donald trump had actually grabbed the driver and wanted to go down to the capitol. so that really lines up with this notion that he really wanted to be down there. i think the audio is also really revelatory because it shows that donald trump knew the power that he had over that mob and that delay between when he knew this violent attack had been undertaken and when he actually finally got an edited message out on his platform on social media, and which of course he also praised the crowd and praised their intelligence, for example. that is a huge gap that is really tougher for him to explain. so, you know, that reallygoes

to this idea that he did know he could have stopped this had he spoken up sooner or had he headed down to the capitol that day. >> thanks for that. the indictment talks about how trump exploited the violence and chaos at the capitol. now we have him saying that he knew there was a problem there. how does this new audio fit into potentially talking about his mind-set? how would prosecutors use this? >> first of all, the tape as far as i know is not evidence in the case yet, nor has it been brought to any court's attention. so let's stay tuned to see how special counsel jack smith and his team actually use this audiotape. however, to ryan's point, this not only corroborates cassidy hutchinson but if you listen to what he said at the end of that, when he says when i got back to the white house, i wanted to go back, we know thanks to time lines and thanks to evidence that the january 6th committee brought out that at 1:24 that afternoon when he arrived back at the white house, he was informed that the capitol had been breached.

for him to say now that he wanted to go back and, yet, there's 187 minutes of inaction is somewhat at odds with itself. if donald trump were to take the stand in this case, i would expect prosecutors to use that tape to impeach the credibility of his testimony. >> how could the prosecutors not have this tape already? >> well, that's an interesting question because, you know, certainly they might have known that jonathan karl has been working on this book, to the extent this tape is in their discovery and in their possession, it's certainly not something that surfaced in briefs so far. let's stay tuned to see to what extent prosecutors surface this in the ongoing briefing. donald trump, as you know, has moved to strike a number of allegations about january 6th from that ongoing federal election interference case. that motion is still pending! okay, another motion and another move by donald trump in a different case now. his new york civil fraud case, we've been covering far while. there was a gag order issued. now that gag order has been temporarily lifted or paused.

>> paused. >> as an appeals court is taking a look at all of this. when would we expect a decision, why did they decide to pause it anyway? >> so all we know is that one judge of the new york appeals court, it's called the first department, said that given the constitutional and statutory issues that a stay was appropriate. the briefing here is expedited. there will be a hearing or a resolution by november 27th. as you note, that gives donald trump and his lawyers, there are two different gag orders here, one on trump, one of his legal team. both are paused until the 27th. that gives them ten more days to attack judge arthur engoron, who was never a subject of the gag order, but more importantly his principal law clerk who was the primary focus of their ire and the reason judge engoron entered the gag order in the first place. >> and trump already came out as soon as this gag order was paused, he came out and immediately went on the attack against the judge, against his law clerk. so what happens if at the end of the day, this gag order is

reinstated? he's already been fined $15,000. could he face additional penalties for this time? >> not for this time because there's an interim stay. so he can't be punished for anything that happens during the period of time that the gag order is stayed. however, if it is reinstated by the first department, that's the appellate court that has jurisdiction here and he does it again, you can expect that the penalties will be harsher than the $15,000 that he's been fined so far in two increments, $5,000, the first time, $10,000 the second time with a warning from judge engoron saying i will consider penalties up to and including jail for a further violation. >> lots to watch here. thank you so much, lisa rubin, as always, you are on top of it all. and now turning to san francisco where president biden today is wrapping up the four-day diplomatic summit there, the apec summit. and today he'll have a bilateral meeting with his mexican counterpart. last night the president and first lady hosted a dinner for the apec dignitaries following

his first face-to-face meeting with chinese president xi in over a year and with biden last night saying we still have, quote, real differences with beijing. let's go to san francisco and nbc news white house correspondent monica alba. so let's start with today's meeting with mexico's president. what's on the agenda? >> reporter: this is another important meeting this week, ana, here for president biden who of course was able to secure that commitment from china when it comes to fentanyl and stemming the flow of that illegal drug, and a big player in that supply chain is mexico. so we do know that when he meets with mexican president, andres manuel lopez oeb ra ror, those precursor chemicals make their way to mexico where they are put together and smuggled into the u.s. through cartels that. is a big component of this. so we expect that to be on the agenda, in addition to cuba because we know that the mexican

president is going to ask president biden to reconsider reestablishing some kind of coordination with the island. and then of course this huge issue that is a major political pressure point and that is migration and border security, which we expect will also be a big part of their conversation. in the past, the mexican president has snubbed the american president, hasn't attended some of these key summits. he even said some time ago he wasn't going to be coming to apec. he then changed his mind. he is here today. this discussion is with an ally, of course, with our southern neighbor, but there are a lot of tensions also in this that also come out in the relationship where the u.s. says we want to work together with mexico, but there are certainly some areas of disagreement they need to work through as well, ana. >> thank you again for the latest from the apec summit where president biden continues to meet with leaders today. up next on ana cabrera reports, shawn diddy combs

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welcome back. now to the bombshell allegations against one of the biggest names in the music industry, r&b singer cassie accusing her former long-time partner sean diddy combs of rape and repeated abuse for more than a decade, claims that combs vehemently denies. joining us now is nbc's chloe melas. what more can you tell us about these allegations? >> she says she's finally to tell her side of the story and that she has been silent for years, but sean diddy combs is calling these allegations outrageous. ♪ every step i take ♪ >> this morning music mogul sean

diddy combs facing a slew of allegations, including rape and sex trafficking. in a stunning new civil lawsuit filed thursday by his long-time partner, singer cassie. ♪♪ >> according to the complaint, cassie whose real name is cassandra ventura alleges combs asserted complete control over her personal and professional life. throughout their relationship she endure add cycle of abuse and violence for more than a decade. the lawsuit even detailing combs thanking ventura during a lifetime achievement award speech on b.e.t. last year. >> cassie for holding me down in the dark times. love. >> reporter: she's also accusing the rapper of forcing her into unwanted sexual encounters with male sex workers through the use of illegal substances and threats of violence. saying combs allegedly recorded the sex acts to reinforce her inability to escape. the complaint going on to accuse

combs of uncontrollable rage alleging that he often punched, beat, kicked and stomped on her, then allegedly used his money to hide evidence of abuse including putting ventura up in a hotel for days to heal. also accusing combs of rape saying as their relationship was nearing the end, he forced himself into her apartment in 2018. the music producer vehemently denying the allegations, his attorney calling them offensive and outrageous. writing in part for the past six months mr. combs has been subjected to mr. ventura's persistent demand to $30 million under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail. >> ana, ventura's attorneys are saying that diddy offered her eight figures to silence her and keep her from filing this lawsuit, and her legal team telling nbc news that their client should be applauded for her bravery.

now combs' legal team telling nbc news that she should not be applauded, period. so we are staying on this developing story. >> chloe melas, thank you so much. and up next, starbucks workers are the latest to stage a walkout, the economic impact as more industries face worker backlash. plus, we could be in for the third largest thanksgiving holiday travel day since 2000. are we in for a repeat of the chaos we've been seeing before? e when you have chronic kidney disease...

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recent movants from autoworkers who just ratified their new agreement to hollywood actors to writers, the labor department says the number of work days lost to strikes has soared to the highest level in decades, and joining us now is nbc's senior business correspondent christine romans. so good to see you, christine. let's talk about starbucks. i want to talk about big picture in a moment. first, what's going on at starbucks, what exactly are the workers pushing for? >> they want fair scheduling, they say. they want a union contract as well. they say that work conditions, especially on a busy day like a red cup day, it's a really tough day for them. it was a very small number of stores that saw a disruption, with minimal disruption overall. they are working on three weeks ahead of time on scheduling. so there's a disagreement between the workers and the company here. >> and of course it comes as we've seen one strike after another. >> right. >> so nothing happening in a vacuum here, and yet, we have unemployment at near record lows, 50-year lows at least. why all the strikes now?

do workers have the leverage right now? >> you're right from coffee, to cars, to teachers, to nurses to pharmacy workers. we've seen all of these part os. economy across the country, different industries, different groups saying they want better working conditions. they want better pay. the automakers have secured 25% raise over four years, a record contract there. in fact, some of the nonunion automakers are raising their wages as well, having seen the writing on the wall with what's happening at the automakers. you look at the u.p.s. drivers, they won better scheduling and better working conditions, air conditioned trucks, for example. and teaches in portland want smaller class sizes, so it's been really fascinating to watch it sort of spread in a way we haven't seen in a really long time. union membership still only about 10% of the work force, still historically very small, but you have seen workers feel like at this moment at least they have more leverage than they have in the past. >> do you have a sense of the trickle down effect at this point, and can you say who the winners are losers are?

>> i think these unions think they are the winners here, the companies, they will have to eat the higher wages, right? and eat the higher costs. will they use their profits for that or passes costs along to consumers or some combination of that? we don't know yet. that's what happens here. higher costs for these companies. will it be the consumers pay those higher prices. when you have workers making more money, then workers have more money to spend as well. the economic impact is still unclear. >> i can't help but wonder for people who aren't in unions, will they see wages go up. you did mention in the car industry maybe, but what about other industrys? >> one of the things that these workers have been upset about is inflation overall. economy. we have seen the last month or so, wages are rising faster than inflation finally. so most workers, depending on your industry, you're probably having your paycheck grow faster than your grocery bill now and that's a change over the past couple of years. so that's good news. >> christine romans, so good to

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welcome back. the supreme court just delivered a political defeat for florida's governor. the high court rejected florida's bid to enforce a state law that targets drag show performances. now one of the challengers say it imposes unlawful restrictions on free speech. the decision was 63 with 3 conservatives descenting. the antidrag show law was passed

earlier this year by florida's legislature and signed into law by governor ron desantis. desantis also signed another bill into law this year that restricts transgender healthcare. this winter season, a double dose of vaccines might be the way to go. new research suggests that getting the covid vaccine and the flu shot at the same time could actually produce a stronger antibody response. let's bring in msnbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar. doctor, good to have you here. explain how this is creating a stronger antibody response. >> that actually is an immune system question that we may not have a perfect answer for. but we think it is probably because you're just triggering and stimulating your immune response to be that much higher. it is always important, and i want to share this with the viewers, that the question of whether or not to get the vaccines together is always on people's mind. yes, you can theoretically have a few more local side effects,

you might be feel yuckier for a couple of days and some people choose to do them apart and that's fine. a lot of people want reassurance, number one, it is okay do them together. this is a very small study. and we don't know if a stronger antibody response translates into more protection, but we could maybe surmise that it could. but i think it is just another -- a nice piece of data point if you will to say to folks, if you're going to get them together, you may have an enhanced immune response. >> and so i think you brought up one of the biggest concerns for people who maybe had side effects from the other covid vaccines. is this a situation where people are seeing stronger side effects if they get them together? >> it depends -- you can be an individual who had, you know, a lot of what we call reactive -- a sore arm, aches and low grade fever one time and then the next time you're fine. it is impossible to say that. but the side effects of both groups and, again, the numbers were small, were pretty much equivalent. so, if you're not someone who is typically concerned about side effects from the vaccine and

typically go through, get your flu shot and you're fine, i don't think you need to worry about it. and regardless, those side effects are usually pretty short lived, a couple of days, a little bit of tylenol does the trick. >> what are we seeing so far in terms of flu and covid activity? how concerned should we be? >> there are pockets where flu is definitely ticking up right now. you know, the south, south central, western states are seeing an uptick in flu. we had our first pediatric death from flu and that's always the hardest pill to swallow because we know just how life saving flu vaccines are, especially for our young ones. covid hospitalizations are down. but we're going to see upticks in different parts of the country as well. i think there has been a lot of reluctance to take this updated booster this year for a variety of different reasons. but i would like to encourage individuals again who are older, who have never been vaccinated, especially, they make up about 50% of the people who are dying are individuals who have never been vaccinated. and who are older with co-morbidities really should be,

you know, going out to get that covid booster this year. >> any other advice to keep us healthy? >> i know it sounds very old-fashioned and i'm going to sound like my mom, but stay home when you're sick, wash your hands frequently, don't touch your face, that's how you introduce bugs into the system. ask your doctor if you should be getting a high dose flu shot, there a pneumonia shot, shingles shots, a lot of vaccines out there. the more you can get to protect yourself against respiratory viruses for your little ones as well, the safer you'll be. >> okay, great advice, thanks for the reminders as well. appreciate it. good to see you. that's going to do it for us this week. happy friday. have a great weekend. see you back here monday, same time, same place. safe travels if you're headed out. until then, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. breaking on capitol hill, the chair of the ethics committee just filed a motion to