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at this hour, a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland. what we know about the most powerful eruption to hit the area in years, next. and appeals court has just shutdown mark meadows' bid to move his case into federal court. the major blow to trump's former chief of staff and the big win for fani willis. plus, a new report on the january 6th rally outside the capitol. the text messages showing the organizers purposely misled authorities about their intentions that day. and a blue and green christmas. despite how some americans feel about the economy, a new survey says it isn't stopping them from spending big this holiday season. and just how much more may surprise you. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc's molly hunter on the eruption in iceland, spewing lava 300 feet into the air. what's happening, molly?

>> yeah, of course iceland, no stranger to massive eruptions, but the pictures we have seen overnight like nothing we have seen before. they are just spectacular. very good news though, the morning after according to officials, right now, this is not life threatening. it started local time monday night on the south coast. about 25 miles from the capital. experts describe it as a balloon being blown up. we've been covering these earthquakes over the last couple of weeks. pressure has been building up underneath then the lava streams out with a lot of force. now overnight and some of these pictures will show that the lava fountains we saw, over 300 feet. experts say what happens the day after and what is normal in the volcanic activity, they are down to about 100 feet in the air. you see the hot lava flowing out of the earth, it is flowing up to 250,000 liters per second

according to experts. now, the bad news though is that it's too early to tell where a lot of that will flow. here's dr. ken hunt. the scientist in charge of the hawaiian volcano observatory. >> the end of eruptions are much trickier. there's many ways they can end. it's very difficult to look and see how long it can go. >> now, the very good news at this hour, there have been warnings for weeks. there have been massive uptick in seismic activity and iceland was ready. their office has been on high alert so they did evacuate the closest town of about 4,000 people. of course people eager to see and know kind of where that lava is flowing. whether it's going to go into that direction, whether their homes are in danger and experts on the ground do not know. they do not want people to approach that town or their homes. one of the main airports is about 16 miles away at this hour. it is still running on schedule.

of course, we remember back in 2010, the ash cloud that shut down european air space. officials are monitoring it closely and right now, they say no disruptions in iceland and of course here in europe and across the continent, no additional disruptions at this hour, but we are watching very, very closely. back to you. >> given the time of year, let's hope it stays that way. now to a major setback in the georgia racketeering case. an appeals court just ruled against him. give us the details. >> well, chris, the first thing that really stand out is just how quickly the ruling came out. we're talking about the next business day. this was a very strong rejection of mark meadows' argument. he was arguing that as a federal official, the chief of staff at the time, that he should be allowed under federal statute to move his case to federal court.

the judges disagreed with that and kind of shut t down on two fronts saying first, this statute does not apply to a former federal officer which is what meadows is right now. to prove that the alleged actions for which he's being charged falunr the color of his role as the chief of staff. let me read you an excerpt. they said we cannot rubber stamp meadows' legal opinion that the chief of staff has unfettered authority. that goes to the heart of what he was arguing in august when he stood on the stand for the better part of three hours testifying that his role was very wide reaching. what happens next? he has a right to appeal the decision. could appeal it up to the supreme court. we've reached out to his team. his legal representation to see what actions they're taking next. >> thank you.

meantime, we're learning new details about the january 6th rally thanks to a lengthy inspector general report. ryan riley is following this for us. so, ryan, what new details have we learned from this report? >> essentially that the group organizing january 6th was misleading the national parks service in the report from the interior department here lays out how. if this were a stationary event, it would be policed much different. having it march from this event where it took place is a whole different sort of law enforcement response. that's not what they were prepared for that day and what the people who got the permit were saying. in fact, one of the officials said so, basically, she lied to all of us. speaking about one of the organizers saying there was not going to be a march tth capitol. another quote from one of the

messages sent from one of the organizers, they said it cannot get out about the march because i will be in trouble with the national parks service and all the agencies but potus is going to just call for it unexpectedly. so obviously they were trying to work around some of the restrictions here and say this was just a spontaneous march to avoid getting into the weeds with all of these requirements for law enforcement. that would have been required for a moving march towards the capitol. >> thank you. there are new numbers showing americans are spending more on their holiday shopping this year despite less than enthusiastic views on the economy. cnbc's steve liesman is here for cnbc on msnbc. break the numbers down for us, steve. >> that's why we're calling it a green and blue christmas. green because they're spending more. blue because they're doing so on a depressed economy. 18% say they're going to spend

more and that's up from just 11% saying so last year and then fewer saying they're going to spend about the same. fewer saying they're going to spend less. pretty hard spending plans. when you look at people's views on the economy, those who are pessimistic now are hitting a high. we've been doing this since 2008 asking this question. 66% for the year up just a bit on the quarter but still relatively depressed. of course, those bad numbers are bleeding over into the views of president biden. his overall approval rating. his relative, is very negative as is the economic approval rating and of course also on foreign policy. that one even getting worse compared to last quarter. so, we have this data, the data shows people are spending. it shows the unemployment rate is low and people are going to

spend, but very negative views on the economy. a difficult circle to square. >> steve liesman, always good to see you. thank you. a major immigration showdown as texas governor abbott takes his fight against biden's border policy to a new level. the controversial bill he just signed and the implications. we'll head to dallas in 60 seconds. the implications. we'll head to dallas in 60 seconds. ♪ students... students of any age, from anywhere. students in a new kind of classroom. ♪ using our technology to power different ways of learning. ♪

harnessing ai to plant new beginnings. ♪ so when minds grow, opportunities follow. brand-new legal pushback at this hour against the governor of texas over a new immigration law. late yesterday, the governor sieped a law that allows police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border and gives judges the power to order them to leave the country. >> biden's deliberate inaction has left texas to fend for itself. the only thing we are doing by this law is making sure that our law enforcement have the tools they need to actually take action against those who are actually coming across the border illegally.

>> the aclu is now suing to block texas from enacting the law scheduled to take effect in march. julia is in washington. what more can you tell us? >> sb 4, which was just signed into law yesterday, is a radical departure. they just filed this lawsuit, put out a statement calling it one of the most extreme antiimmigration bills in the county tremendous. one of the reasons why is because not only with the police have those tools to arrest anyone who they suspect might have come into the country illegally, but judges. judges who are not immigration judges would have the power to order deportation. that's a radical departure from our system. now where we have judges who just see immigrants day after day after day, of course, that system widely backed up with a two million case backlog but those judges know who might have the right to stay and seek protections whereas a state judge in texas has not received that training. aclu pushing back on that saying

it's a waste of taxpayer dollars. billions they say should be going to better policing, education, and infrastructure in the state of texas, chris. >> thank you. joining us now, jonathan lemire, host of way too early, white house bureau chief and msnbc political analyst. so, obviously, the governor seems to want a showdown with the federal government. does the biden administration feel confident they can win this one? >> they do. they believe the law is on their side but certainly this is not just a legal matter. it's a political one. immigration is at the forefront and these high level debates in the senate about the president's supplemental bill where they have tied border security to funding for places like ukraine and israel. there has been an acknowledgment privately in the white house since the early days of the biden administration, that the border issue has gotten away from them. they can see the numbers.

they know they need to do something about it. now they're in a bind where the deal being sorted out on capitol hill, if it were the pass, runs the risk of alienating some real progressives. that's not what, obviously, a president running for re-election doesn't want to annoy part of the democratic base. at the same time, those polls suggest americans feel like something needs to be done at the border. some kind of immigration reform. but in terms of governor abbott, he's long been a thorn in the white house's side. he and governor desantis has bussed migrants to blue cities including to washington, d.c. to make a political statement and he seems to relish the showdown that will be coming in a couple of months. >> sources tell nbc news that democrats want a kind of safety valve to prevent a future president from abusing some executive powers on immigration. how much is donald trump looming over these negotiations?

>> he is shadowing all of it. this is democrats who are having these negotiations want to have, in the words of one of them, trump proof, because they don't want trump or someone like him to abuse those executive powers they say were he to win the white house. whether it's in 2024 or beyond. but that's a no go for most republicans who want to make, who want to enshrine those powers and expand them for whoever the next chief executive might be. >> we've been covering the backlash over trump saying immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. a remark as you know that has been compared to hitler's. then since then, 1990 "vanity fair" article resurfaced that details how quote, ivanaru told her loyal michael kennedy that from time to time, her husband reads a book of hitler's collected speeches. my new order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed.

is this going to become something larger as we look to 2024? >> as far as the book, we know trump has denied that in the past so it's his word versus his former wife's. but certainly, the white house and biden re-election team has pounced on this rhetoric. i have new reporting today with my colleagues about the biden campaign. they were no hesitation at all to call it out for what they saw, which was the hateful rhetoric that trump used language that evoked hitler so the white house and biden world said so. it stems back from a meeting the president had with a group of historians at the white house last year who warned the danger posed by trump and his maga associates. they urged biden to call t out. this helped inspire some of his speeches about democracy last year. one in philadelphia. one in washington just days before the midterm elections. we heard from him at the mccain

center in arizona. this is something this president, president biden, feels deeply about. he launched his 2020 campaign after those charlottesville marches and riots, which was also fueled by the same hate fueled, antiimmigrant rhetoric. the biden team tells us though it would have been unthinkable in american democracy to have to evoke hitler when you talk about your political opponent, we're in new territory here. the biden team says. if trump's going to use that kind of language, they're going to call him on it. >> i also want to ask you about new reporti from "the washington post" that says the trump campaign says it expects to win enough delegates to secure the nomination by mid march, which would overlap the start of trump's trial. i think in 2016, he didn't clinch until may. how realistic do you think the trump team's analysis is and how significant do you think it would be if republican primaries

really do end before trump's trials get into full swing? >> yeah, it's very realistic at this moment. the trump team has been not shy in their confidence and suggesting they could wrap up this race soon after super tuesday. they're briefing reporters about that. but those in the biden campaign, they have the same analysis. they think trump probably grabs the gop nomination in march, which would put us in a very, very early general election between two candidates that frankly polls suggest most americans are not excited about. it's also a race that's going to be extraordinarily expensive and very, very ugly. but this is something that appears to be, that trump appears to be on track. yes, you are right. it would then run up against some of his legal proceedings, though the trump team is trying to delay some of those so it's not quite clear when those trials will come to pass. we should also of course note that it's not quite a done deal yet. we have seen nikki haley with a little momentum particularly in

new hampshire, but maybe she could put a scare into trump, but even with that momentum we noted in these polls, trump's still up 15, 17, 20 points even in new hampshire. leading iowa 35 or more. right now, he has a glide path to the gop nomination and it looks like we're headed for that 2020 rematch. >> jonathan, clearly optimistic that santa is going to come and fill that stocking behind you. thank you, my friend. >> thank you. still to come, what happened to noah? nbc's raf sanchez examines the case of a 26-year-old who became a symbol of israel's hostage crisis after her video of the abduction went viral. we'll bring you her story, next. l we'll bring you her story, next. with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. we planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. you think those two have any idea? that they can sell their life insurance

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the video of her kidnapping has been seen around the world. it's a ten second clip of noah screaming as she was taken away on a back of a motorcycle from the super nova music festival. it made her an instant symbol of israel's hostage crisis and while more than 100 hostages were released last month in a deal that included most women and children, noah's where abouts remain unknown today. raf sanchez spoke to her friends and family for a powerful new documentary. they uncovered new evidence suggesting her situation might be even more complicated than

previously thought. >> the terror can be seen in what remains. what's been left behind. signs of panic. of violence. a massacre. more than 200 hostages are kidnapped across southern israel in the october 7th terror attack. most are taken from four kibbutz and the super nova music festival. among them is 26-year-old noa. one of the first faces of the hostage crisis that will shape the coming war. after nearly two months of relentless bombardment of gaza in response to the attack, a

cease fire deal is reached. the terms of the deal are specific. israeli women and children released in exchange for palestinian women and children held in israeli prisons. over seven days in late november, more than 100 hostages are freed. but by the eighth day -- >> the cease fire has abruptly ended in gaza with deadly fighting resuming. >> but many women remain in captivity. the u.s. and israel say it's hamas' refusal to release this specific group that derails the cease fire. what leads to the deal finally falling apart? >> hamas reneged. it had agreed to a list of names and suddenly couldn't provide these people or didn't want to provide these people. >> noa is one of those women still held after her abduction from the super nova festival.

the all night dance party attacked by hamas. nbc news reviewed photographs, text messages, and used mapping tools to reconstruct the moment of noa's kidnapping, trying to understand why she still hasn't been freed. what her story tells us about the fate of the remaining hostages and the future of the war raging around them. >> used to go to get some peace. some quiet. she liked this place very much. >> noa's close friends, bar, noa, and yan, take us to a ridge. gaza is just over 20 miles away. israeli aircraft roar overhead. >> she's so close and yet so

far. she was like the best friend ever. she always saw the best in people. >> everybody like her. that's why she was like, not was, she is all of her friends. >> was noa excited about the nova festival? >> i think she wasn't sure if she will go and it was like a spontaneous thing. >> around 6:30 a.m. on october 7th, the skies over the super nova festival filled with rockets. but to noa and other festivalgoers, the scale of the attack is not yet clear. at 7:46 a.m., noa's friend texts this photo saying they're safe. but 20 minutes later, fear is starting to spread. we are here at the parking lot. staying put. an hour later. noa sends her location with hope that somebody will come and save

us. at 9:24 a.m., three hours into the attack, noa's boyfriend sends this photo. noa is huddled on the ground, hiding. it's the last known picture before they're kidnapped. it's crazy here. his friends texts that no one's answering at israel's equivalent of 911. he replies, try asking again. they are finding people one by one and killing them. noa's final text message is at 10:27 a.m. we don't have a car. what does that mean? >> the friend keeps texting. give me a sign, bro. i'm begging you. give me something, avinatan. something. please. after hours of silence, a video appears online.

>> the first video that i saw was noa's drinking water so i was like, oh, she's okay, so there's nothing to worry about. >> we didn't know if maybe she's in israel, in the border, in house or something. >> but then, they see this video. >> i think ten minutes after we saw the kidnapped video, this was like a nightmare. >> i remember that i was in my car in the parking lot, sitting and rewatching it a million times. over and over. >> what do you see in her face when you watch that video? >> i would say she was frightened to death. >> you can see it on her eyes. the way she cried for help. >> an nbc news analysis of noa's kidnapping video suggests it was filmed on this road here, half a mile from the super nova site. this location has a field and tree line like the ones over her shoulder and the buildings in the distance appear to be the

nearby kibbutz when matched to satellite imagery. shadows cast by the sun appear to be in keeping with the timing of noa's last text message. it suggests they were heading southeast along this dirt road before disappearing into gaza. for the next seven weeks, gaza echoes with the sounds of war. for palestinians, a staggering death toll now more than 18,000 dead according to the hamas run health ministry. mainly women and children. and growing every day. but on the fate of noa, there's only silence. >> this is the worst situation because you want to stay with hope but you don't know anything. >> were you hopeful she would come out during the cease fire? >> we were hoping if not today, the day after tomorrow. we felt that noa is with us, you know? it's like we saw her with us

again. just see it behind a glass but you cannot quite touch it yet. >> across israel, fear is growing for the remaining hostages and alongside it, anger among hostage families. much of it aimed at the israeli government. in a leaked recording, verified by nbc news, a freed hostage confronts prime minister netanyahu. u. >> when you're negotiating with a group like hamas, it's not clear they are prepared to release all the hostages. our goal is to get everyone release. hamas isn't going to release hostages because they've suddenly become humanitarians. they will only release hostages when they feel compelled to do so and the military pressure that worked in the past, it can

hopefully work in the future. what is the alternative? there isn't one. >> what we hear over and over again is they want the hostages to be the priority. not destroying hamas and they feel like the government is prioritizing destroying hamas. >> we see no contradiction between the goal of destroying hamas and getting the hostages out. >> we wanted to understand why did hamas release mothers, children, even some men, but not noa and the young women around her? in washington, the state department offered one theory. >> it seems one of the reasons they don't want to turn women over that they've been holding hostage and the reason this pause fell apart is because they don't want those women to be able to talk about what happened to them during their time in custody. >> does the israeli government have information that supports that? >> we fear for the state of the hostages. anyone who saw what hamas was

capable of on october 7th, the sort of violence. whether it's the beheadings, the burning of people alive, the rapes. >> nbc news has reviewed evidence suggesting dozens of israeli women were raped, sexually assaulted or mutilated on october 7th. some freed hostages say they also suffered sexual abuse while in captivity according to a group representing families. nbc news has not been able to independently confirm that. but there's another potential explanation for why noa wasn't released. two israeli military officials told us the first wave of attackers at the music festival were heavily armed members of the elite commando unit. but in the hours that followed, thousands of other gazans among them gangs and militants, also poured into israel. the men grabbing noa and

avinatan don't appear to be armed. they're not wearing tactical gear. they appear to be part of the mob. not hamas fighters. in the video of noa in gaza, she appears to be in an ordinary house. what looks like two barefoot women walk past. it's very different from hamas' official hostage videos which are deliberately designed not to give clues about their location. the evidence suggests noa was not kidnapped by hamas. they may not have her. or even know where she is. israel's government has said at least 20 hostages are dead but noa's name does not appear on their official list. hamas has claimed that none specified number of hostages were killed by israeli strikes but they've never provided evidence. though in that leaked recording, the freed hostage says those strikes put them in danger.

the israeli military has since said it mistakenly killed three hostages in northern gaza while more than 100 hostages remain in captivity, stories from those freed have only heightened fears. >> some were treated very badly. did not get medical attention. were neglected. were actually tortured. >> it's agony for the families of all the remaining hostages. each with their own worries about time running out. but for noa's family, time is especially short. her mom is dying. >> yes. >> and you worry she might pass away and noa will still be inside. >> we don't know when she'll be out. we do know that noa's mom is on ticking clock. i hope that this is the ending

that her mother, to see her child, to hug her and noa getting the chance to say good-bye. >> this is a notebook we made for noa. this is noa in hebrew. the idea is that when she will come back, we know maybe she will need her zone, her quiet. so she will have the words of us. her friends. and get strong and know she's not alone. >> for communities here, time violently stopped. empty chairs. houses that aren't homes. life unable to restart. without the missing. on the far side of the fence.

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investigating a series of fake bomb threats nearly 200 of them, to jewish institutions all across the country. nbc justice and intel correspondent, ken dilanian, following this. this is something new. what are the details, ken? >> chris, the fbi is investigating what officials describe as a significant number of e-mail hoax bomb threats to jewish institutions and synagogues across the united states in recent days. that's according to an e-mail sent to outside advisers. the e-mail says that more than 30 of the fbi field offices are investigating those threats and pursuing those responsible. now the fbi has concluded the perpetrators of these threats are connected. that's based on similar language and specific e-mail trade craft. the bureau has also concluded that the threats appear to be originating from outside the yesterday according to that e-mail. so far, none of the threats was

conducted to explosive devices or any another credible risk of harm. the secure community network which coordinates security for jewish institutions nationwide, tracked 199 of these threats on saturday and sunday with nearly 100 in california and 62 in arizona. synagogues in at least 17 states plus washington, d.c. were affected and now the fbi investigating. >> absolutely disgusting. let's hope they get to the bottom of it. thank you. and moments ago, well right now in northwest china, rescue teams are searching for survivors of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 120 people and injured many more. janice? >> reporter: it's an all out race to try to find people in the rubble. rescue teams have been working day and night in bitter cold temperatures. there are nearly 2,000 firefighters working at the epicenter and temporary shelters have been set up.

at least 127 people have been killed according to officials. more than 500 are injured. the quake struck around midnight. the tremors lasting about 20 seconds. and they were still hours later feeling strong aftershocks. videos show people rushing from their homes and then huddling in the bitter cold temperatures. hovering around zero degrees fahrenheit. rescue officials say that the cold is hampering the efforts there and that the next 48 hours are crucial. this has happened in the part of the country that is mountainous. it's remote. earthquakes are not uncommon but this is on course to be one of the deadliest in a decade. china's earthquake administration says the quake was shallow and powerful, measuring magnitude 6.2. the initial usgs assessment puts it at magnitude 5.9. the government has issued orders for a full scale search and

rescue effort. money and equipment have been deployed to help people get to safety. to help them find warmth. the concern of course is that the toll of this quake is going to rise. >> janice, thank you for that. just moments ago, the white house addressed a new initiative to stop attacks that have been plaguing u.s. ships in the red sea. i want to bring in monica alba from the white house. what more can you tell us? >> well, this is something that the white house, the biden administration, has been of course following very closely and these attacks that we have seen on some commercial vessels in the red sea by these houthis who are yemen backed and based militants who are really funded, the white house says, by iran. and of course, this is all relevant because essentially, this is as the u.s. is still trying to figure out whether iran continues to support those that are trying to perhaps expand the conflict in the

israel and hamas war to a wider region and there have been many fears over all of that and just now, we heard from white house spokesman john kirby who is saying that even if the houthis are pulling the triggers, it's iran giving them the guns and in this uptick of attacks on commercial vessels in particular, you've seen some big commercial giants like bp saying they're not going to be moving through there because of this risk. so the u.s. is talking about a new maritime alliance with other countries that will do surveillance there and in the region to try to intercept any of these perhaps drones and other kinds of attacks before they get to the commercial vessels. but this is something the white house is raising the alarm about, continuing to say it's something that really needs to be halted and here's a little more of what we heard from john kirby moments ago. >> bottom line is these attacks have to stop.

they need to stop. they're unacceptable. the united states, our allies and partners will do what we have to do to counter these threats and protect these ships. >> it comes as there are some questions about whether the houthis should be designated as a terrorist organization. that's something that the white house says is currently under review. there's no timeline for when there may be a decision and nothing has been finalized but that's something they continue to look at that is of concern. something that secretary austin as he has been traveling in the region, has raised with his counterparts as well as something to watch. again, to ensure that this doesn't become something where tensions are so inflamed that this leads to something far larger in the region, which is what the houthis and what iran looks like want to see happen and the u.s. is doing everything it can to prevent that from happening. >> thank you. if you're hearing people coughing everywhere you go, you are not alone. next, what you need to know

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november. here's a preview. >> this is an issue that yes, i do believe will be resolved in november of next year because i do know that the american people fight for freedom and believe in the woman's right to make decisions about her own body, but understand every day until then, there are women suffering in our country in horrible ways. and look, let me tell you. there's going to be a split screen on this, too, in november of '24 to your point about the election. there's really going to be, of all the issues we've discussed so far, none of them are binary, this one is. november of '24, binary. on the one hand, you're going to have the folks who are standing such as president biden and me saying we trust women to be able to make a decision about what is in their best interest and women can trust us to protect their fundamental freedoms and on the other hand, you're going to have folks who want a national ban

and have the gall to tell women who are survivors of rape or incest to tell women what to do about their own body next. so i think there's going to be a clear choice on this issue and so many others next year in november. >> the full interview will air on the last word with lawrence o'donnell tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. well, if you feel like pretty much everybody you know has been getting sick lately, you're not alone. there is an alarming rise in respiratory illnesses across the country now including the flu, covid and rsv. the cdc says more than 15 states are seeing high or more than high levels with the majority of cases across the southern half of the country. joining me now, dr. john torres. what's behind this uptick? >> so, it's a couple of things. number one, the three viruses. rsv, covid and flu. two of those are seasonal.

so it's the seasonal of the upswing we see with those. with covid, thest a year round virus but we know it goes up as we start congregating. the fact people are vacationing, getting together, traveling, you're going to see these more and more over the next couple of weeks. >> so the question people are going to ask is it time to go back to masking. if so, when? >> possibly could be. i always say carry a mask with you. i have one in my pocket. friday i was on a flight and somebody across the aisle was coughing, not covering up. you imagine everybody on the plane just going why don't you cover up. i just put the mask on. wore it for about three hours on the plane. so keep that mask with you. it might be something you need either flying, different transportations, if you're somewhere where somebody is sick or they have other issues. elderly, young, more vulnerable, wear a mask. >> who among us hasn't gotten on a plane or subway and heard

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