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out for tiktok? the new plea from tiktok's ceo as a bill that could ban the app moves from the house to the senate. plus, jury deliberations under way in the historic trial of james crumbley. could the father of a michigan school shooter also be found guilty? and later, weather extremes. a big winter storm wallops colorado, and the east sees record warm weather. thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news out of florida this morning where former president trump has just arrived at a federal courthouse. he's there in a bid to get his mar-a-lago classified documents case dismissed. there are no cameras at this hearing, but we have a team inside ready to report out the details as we get them. joining us from outside that courthouse, nbc's dasha burns.

also with us, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben, former new york assistant attorney general tristan snell, and former federal prosecutor michael zelden. thank you for joining us. dasha, trump's lawyers have filed all kinds of motions to dismiss in this case, in others. but today's hearing addresses two of those motions. what are the arguments? >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. two motions. the first has to do with the presidential records act which governs the preservation of information during and after presidency. the second has to do with a rule called unconstitutional vagueness. so when it comes to the president al records act the trump team is going to argue that trump had, quote, unreviewable discretion when he was president to designate certain materials as personal, and trump says that the materials found at mar-a-lago he did designate as personal while he was in office. now special counsel jack smith says that those records are

undisputably presidential, so that's likely the thrust of the argument you'll hear from the other side. now in the second motion, the trump team will argue that the main statute used against trump here is unconstitutionally vague. and that's a constitutional rule that requires criminal laws to state explicitly and definitely which conduct is punishable. and jack smith here again argues this is a basements claim on the -- baseless claim on part of the trump team, that this law is clear regarding unlawful and willful detention of documents. i'll let our legal team get into the details of what this all means and the implications here, but i'll tell you the scene on site, we've got a lot of media here, trump supporters this direction, this direction playing two different sound tracks that are reminiscent of a trump rally. we've got ymca on on one side and folks out to show support, a few dozen or so people with trump flags and trump

paraphernalia to show support for the former president. >> with all that noise, you stayed focused in explaining what today's hearing is about. thanks. michael, i want to get your assessment of these two motions to dismiss the charges against trump here. so one, his lawyers say he's protected by the presidential records act. and they argue that he designated the records at mar-a-lago as personal. now in the second motion, they claim the main statute that the special counsel is using here against trump is constitutionally vague as it applies to presidents. do you think trump's team has valid arguments for either of these? >> i don't. i think that the presidential records act is pretty clear on its face as to what is official records of the united states and what can be designated as personal records. and if you remember that what was in the contents of the box, there were a lot of newspapers and wrestling belts and all that stuff is personal.

but when it comes to classified documents, those are government documents, and he can't designate them as personal. he can while president try to declassify them, but that doesn't make them personal either. similarly, with respect to the vagueness claim, this claim i think also doesn't bear scrutiny because i think the law is pretty clear on its face what is it intending to allow, what can the defendant know in order to defend himself on it, and just as we saw in georgia yesterday where they dismiss on counts for lack of clarity, i think this does not reach even that standard which could be cured. so i think that he loses on both. >> and tristan, a reminder of the contents of these documents that were found there at mar-a-lago. jack smith says that they include weapons capabilities of both the u.s. and foreign countries, u.s. nuclear programs, potential vulnerabilities of the u.s. and

its allies, and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack. and trump's trying to argue that these are personal? >> who among us does not have these kind of personal records lying around our apartments and houses? i mean, i often have nuclear records stashed away as personal mementos. this is insane. so i really feel like that argument -- i hope that that gets treated with the derision that it decision. i don't know that it will be, but i really hope that that's the case because that's just an absolutely insane argument. >> is the constitutionally vagueness argument, lisa, more murky to you? >> i think it has some facial appeal, but the parts of it that he's claiming are unconstitutional vague, when you look at the case law and look at the statute as it's been applied, that doesn't hold water either. for example, one of the phrases in this statute that he says is unconstitutionally vague is what it means to have national

defense information. it may be that there is some vagary about what constitutes national security defense information, ana, but the charges here that he's trying to dismiss, counts one through 32 of this indictment, involve classified documents. i think we could agree that any document that has a top-secret or sci clearance here, as many of these do, and all of them are some level of classification, are inherently national defense information. >> especially if it's related to u.s. nuclear programs, satellite. >> so as applied, i don't think that that argument really will carry weight. i want to go back to the statute, the argument that tristan was talking about about the presidential records act because there's a different barrier there. there's a factual issue, too. donald trump is saying i can't be held criminally responsible because i designated all of these records as personal. that's an issue of fact that should be left to the fact finder at a later stage of criminal proceedings. that's not an appropriate issue for a motion to dismiss which is

really supposed to be just about the law, meaning assuming all the facts alleged by the government are true, is there a crime that has been sufficiently alleged so as to warrant a trial. whereas here he's saying i designated all of these as personal, there's no proof that happened. he's asking court take my word for it, assume i am telling the truths. that's not the way a motion to dismiss in a federal court is supposed to work. >> tristan, we're told this could take all day. the judge told both parties be ready to spend the day here in court. trump's there voluntarily. he doesn't have to be there. do you see a legal reason for him to be there? >> there's really never a legal reason for him to be there at any of these things. he is there to -- we have to remember that he's there because the people bankrolling all of his legal fees are his base. so he needs to show up, look like he's being the victim and being persecuted. 's this whole self-pitying act

that he's been doing for months and months now at all of these trials and hearings. that's why he's there. he's there for crowd funding. >> michael, cnn just spoke to a longtime mar-a-lago employee who says he's a witness in this case. nbc news hasn't confirmed that. he declined to speak to us. here's hay bit of what he told -- a little bit of what he told cnn. >> you noticed that he had boxes. >> they were the boxes that were in the indictment -- the white bankers boxes. that's what i remember loading. >> reporter: did you have any idea at the time that there was potentially u.s. national security secrets in those boxes? >> no clue. no -- i had no clue. i think the american people have the right to know the facts that this is not a witch hunt. >> michael, how damaging could that be to trump's case? >> well, what's more damaging -- i don't think that that matters to his case so much substantively. what is more damaging is the fact that he came forward

because there's a fear that judge cannon is going to release the names of all these government witnesses, and they're going to be subject to the types of true persecution by trump's fans. he comes forward to say, look, i'm fearful the judge is going to out me, and i'd rather get out in front of it before. that's what smith is really worried about. not whether his testimony bears some material impact on his ability to obtain a conviction. but rather that these witnesses are now going to be intimidated, and that's at the heart of what smith is calling plain error on the part of the judge if she releases it. and that -- if she does, that will be subject to an appeal to the 11th circuit by smith, i'm sure. >> lisa, does this employee speaking out now have any impact on the special counsel's strategy >> i don't know about the strategy, but i want to go back to something that michael said because i think it's important. the special counsel has asked judge cannon to reconsider an order that she's already issued

that calls for the unsealing of multiple witness or potential witness names as well as information about the contents of the prospective testimony. they've asked her to reconsider the order. in she denies them, and she hasn't ruled yet, that information goes in the public domain. the argument is these folks who are known to each of the three defendants because they've received materials in discovery would then be subjected to harassment by people who support the former president. when someone like brian butler identifies himself as trump employee number five and goes forward, he is undermining the special counsel's argument that the rest of the witnesses need to be protected. now, his argument was i'm doing this because i know it's coming. but nonetheless, you could see how judge cannon, if she's leaning against the government, and by all indications she is from the oral argument that she had on this motion, you can see how she might use his interview to say there's no indication that witnesses here are uncomfortable, you know, to the contrary.

trump employee number five has spoken out publicly on a cable news network where he spoke for 30 minutes at length with the host about that experience. >> but it should be their choice. >> yes. >> right? butler chose to come forward. he shouldn't get to speak for or think for the other couple of dozen people. that's the thing that would really be a travesty here. again, you raise a very important point that i think needs to be really emphasized. trump and his lawyers have this information. that's the thing that due process really requires is that the defendant had the information with which he is going to be tried. >> quickly. when do you think we'll know a trial start date here? originally it was set sort of just out there in may, like it wasn't a firm date. so then the special counsel came back at the last hearing and said can we get this going in july? trump's team throughout a date in august. do you think this is going to happen in the next few months? >> i don't. and this is because the argument that we're having today is on

two motions to dismiss. trump has filed a total of seven motions, some of which are under seal because they pertain to classified information. there are two other defendants here, they also have motions on the table. judge cannon saying she's going to hold an oral argument to two motions that the parties should expect to last all day, i think she's going to go through the motions and see if she's going to toss the case before setting a trial date. in the interim eventually that allows the supreme court time to consider the presidential immunity case where oral argument is scheduled for april 25th. >> my thanks to all of you. when we're back in 60 seconds, will the senate pass a bill that could ban tiktok? and how the app's ceo is trying to stop it. plus, biden's rustbelt swing as he looks to build a blue buffer against trump in november. then chaos in haiti. inside the harrowing efforts to flee the country's gang violence and what it could mean for the u.s. we're also tracking

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can, including exercising our legal rights. >> even though the bill had strong bipartisan support in the house, it does face an uncertain path forward in the senate. nbc has more from the hill. julie, what's the latest thinking in the senate right now? >> reporter: well, uncertain is exactly the perfect word to describe the situation in the senate because majority leader chuck schumer released a tepid statement saying they will evaluate the bill when it comes from the house. he previously said he will instruct the relevant committee chairs to look at it. when you look at the vote breakdown in the house, it's interesting. it's not so much by party but by age. you see that on your chart there. you had some progressive house democrats even the only gen-z democrat, maxwell frost, voting against this bill, speaking out with creators the day before. really rallying around influencers there, as well. and then you had older members of the house, like nancy pelosi, for example, leader jeffries, the house democratic leader now, they voted in support of this

ban. and all of this comes down, lawmakers who are in favor of it say to national security concerns, and that is why the house defends their process of rushing this through, of fast tracking this bill through the house. the senate, though, poised to take its time. >> all right. and senator maria cantwell has emerged as a critic of the bill. we're learning that a former aide of hers is lobbying on behalf of tiktok. so talk to us about the pressure here both from lobbyists and from the millions of tiktok users here in the u.s. >> reporter: certainly there is so much pressure, there's no doubt about it. in fact, the ceo of tiktok was trying to get meetings up here on capitol hill with senators. it's not clear if he met with any of them. of course many were reluctant to do so. when you talk about senator cantwell, she didn't just come out opposing this bill. she's been long trying to find an alternative to this ban that she saw coming down the pike from the house. she sits as the chair of the commerce committee. this is really notable because certainly schumer said he will listen to his committee chairs in this process. she released a statement in part

saying she is concerned about the exploitation of data from the chinese-owned company, but she said she wants to evaluate the bill carefully. concerning her aide, i want to be careful to say this person only worked for her for a short time before going to other event tires. now working for tiktok, according to what our colleague dug up. not only on the democratic side of the aisle is there pressure. former president trump speaking in opposition to this saying he's concerned about meta's rise if it's only tiktok that is singled out here, can certainly add to some of this. republicans overall, though, saying that they were not swayed by the former president's concerns, and you see that in the vote breakdown yesterday with just 15 republicans voting against that bill. >> all right. thanks for staying on top of it for us. next, we're on verdict watch. the historic trial of a father accused of his son's school shooting. ahead, who took the stand in his defense, and what victims' family members are saying.

plus, the rodeo of wild weather across the country including so-called gorilla hail which cracked this guy's windshield. >> i really thought all the glass would shatner my truck. ulk

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the case is now in the hands of a jury in the historic trial of james crumbley. he is charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to

safely store a gun that his 15-year-old son used to kill four classmates in 2021. just a reminder, crumbley's wife jennifer was already found guilty on the same charges last month. she was the first parent in the u.s. ever held criminally responsible for their child's school shooting. nbc news has more from out the courthouse in pontiac, michigan. this trial went fast. james crumbley, he never took the stand, unlike his wife. what was his defense? >> reporter: the defense's strategy was shifting accountability. his defense attorney blamed school leaders, specifically highlighting testimony from two of the prosecution's witnesses. we're talking about the former dean of students and the guidance counselor, sean hopkins, saying if they didn't perceive ethan crumbley as a threat and they're trained professionals, why should james crumbley? you may remember the guidance counselor called james sool and

hours before the shooting played out. they were concerned about this math worksheet that ethan crumbley had. on it was the drawing of a murder scene. meanwhile, the defense attorney also telling members of the jury if the prosecution had evidence that james crumbley knew what his son was planning to do, they would have shown it to members of the jury. her defense was that james crumbley had no knowledge of his son's intentions. by contrast, the prosecutors say james crumbley was the only person who knew calling it foreseeable and preventable. ana? >> you spoke to some family members of that school shooting, victims from that shooting. how are they looking at this trial? >> reporter: they've been inside of the courtroom here at the oakland county courthouse multiple times. they say every time they step inside of the courtroom it doesn't get any easier. the hardest part was seeing that key piece of evidence -- the surveillance video from inside of the school on the day of the

shooting. here's more of what they told me -- >> just can be really difficult to see how they interpret the evidence and it's -- it's hard. to actually go through it and hear it and process it. >> we've heard it so many times that each time it's a little bit harder to process because it just makes it a little bit more real. you want to go through like -- it is the unimaginable pain. >> reporter: and like so many around the country, those parents are waiting to see what this jury decides. they've been deliberating for about 2.5 hours, and they are left with the final images and messages from the prosecuting attorney who also said on the day of that shooting there were about 1,800 students inside of oxford high school. more than 100 911 calls it. there was only one call from james crumbley.

>> thank you so much. we are tracking weather extremes across the country this morning. here in new york city, unseasonably warm temperatures, around 70 degrees expected. a major winter storm is bearing down on colorado. look at this. some parts of the state expecting up to four feet of snow. nbc's dana griffin joins us from boulder, colorado. looks cold, it is snowy. i'm sure it's slippery. talk to us about what you are experiencing there. >> reporter: so good morning. we've been seeing the steady rain -- excuse me, steady snowfall over the last several hours, and what makes this storm different is take a look at the snow. it's not the fluffy stuff that easily breaks apart, it is heavy, it is dense, it's weighted down with so much water. and the concern here is that this could down trees and power lines, so officials are working around the clock to clear the sidewalks and the roadways, and they say despite all of this

snow, they are ready. the biggest storm to hit colorado in three years arriving like a thief in the night. quickly shifting from rain to heavy, wet snow, falling at a rate of two to three inches per hour. forecasters predicting when it's over the snow will be measured in feet, not inches. the heavy snow creating treacherous roadways, stranding dozens of cars under blinding conditions on senate 70. -- interstate 70. and leaving semi trucks completely stuck. denver city officials calling this a rare tier-four storm. >> the tier-four level is heavy accumulation, major drifting potential. >> reporter: and with hundreds of flight escalations at denver international -- escalations at denver international, both skbecht united are offering free rebookings for passengers flying to colorado this week. while colorado gets hammered with snow, california facing its own problems, a massive

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we're back with breaking news. senate majority leader chuck schumer speaking right now there in the senate and giving a major address related to the middle east, what's happening in israel and gaza. let's listen. >> real meaningful step forward, but regrettably there's no reason to believe prime minister netanyahu would do that. he won't disavow minister smotrik and ben davir in the call for israelis to drive palestinians out of gaza and the west bank. he won't commit to a military operation in rafah that prioritizes protecting civilian life. he won't engage responsibly in discussions with a day-after plan for gaza and a longer term pathway to peace.

hamas and the palestinians who support and tolerate their evil ways, radical right-wing israelis in government and society, president abbas, prime minister netanyahu, these are the four obstacles to peace. and if we fail to overcome them, then israel and the west bank and gaza will be trapped in the same violent state of affairs they've experienced for the last 75 years. these obstacles are not the same in their culpability for the present state of affairs, but arguing over which is the worst sometimies our ability to achieve peace. given the complexity and gravity of this undertaking, many different groups, many different groups have a responsibility to see it through. the palestinian people must reject hamas and the extremism in their midst. they know better than anybody

how hamas has used them as pawns, how hamas has tortured and punished palestinians who seek peace. quite frankly i haven't heard enough palestinian leaders express anguish about hamas and other extreme elements of palestinian society. i implore them to speak up now. even when it may be hardest. that is the only true way to honor the lives of all these lost, by transcending the enmity and bloodshed and working together in good faith for a better future. >> we will continue to monitor this speech from the senate majority leader chuck schumer. i want to go to nbc's julie serken joining us from capitol hill. i think the big headline there, netanyahu no longer nits the needs of -- fits the needs of israel, senator schumer said. >> reporter: exactly, this is notable coming from leader chuck schumer's mouth in part because he is the highest ranking jewish

official, also the first jewish majority leader in the senate. he has a very long relationship with israel. he was there on the ground almost immediately after the october 7th attack. so this coming from him, this strong criticism of prime minister netanyahu is very, very notable. i want to point out some other things he said in his ongoing speech. again, this was billed as a major address on israel. it's a moment in which, of course, there are many issues taking place, in terms of those on the left being frustrated with president biden and his response to israel. israel aid being held up also in part because progressives are frustrated about its lack of conditions attached to it. so schumer using this moment to appeal really, and he said in part, of course, that the four obstacles to peace, one hamas and the palestinians to support and tolerate their evil ways. two, the radical right-wing israelis in government and society. three, president abbas, who is the president of the state of palestine, and number four which he spent perhaps most part of his speech talking about is, of course, prime minister

netanyahu. he says of these four -- if these four obstacles are not changed, it could be the end of israel and the end of a two-state solution for palestine, as well. >> wow. okay. julie tsirkin, thanks for the highlights from, again, this major address by chuck schumer, the senate majority leader. meantime, president biden today is stopping in another battleground state. he's going to make hisses way to michigan this afternoon looking to shore up that all-important blue wall. this is his first visit to michigan since the significant protest vote we saw against him in the state's democratic primary over his handling of the war in gaza or the 100,000 people voted uncommitted in that primary. nbc has more from saginaw, michigan, also with us democratic strategist basil smikel, and republican strategist susan dell percy. michigan was key to president biden's win in 2020. we saw in that primary he could be vulnerable there in michigan. what's the goal today?

>> reporter: yeah. you mentioned how this is the president's first time back in this state since the primary late last month when over 100,000 people voted uncommitted. many of them in protest of the president's handling of the israel-hamas war. that's concerning considering he beat the former president by 154,000 votes. and the arab american community makes up 300,000 voters in this state. many of them leaning democratic. as far as we know of the president's schedule today and what he will be doing while he's on the ground here in saginaw, the arab american and muslim community is not going to be his focus while he is on the ground here. the president is going to be holding this event at a saginaw home with organizers and supporters, focusing on lowering prices for michiganders. but we do know that senior white house officials are going to be

having a private meeting with leaders of this community, but it will be in chicago where there is a very large palestinian community. we have talked about those protests that have followed the president in recent months, arguing that his handling of the israel-hamas war is unfair. those protests still present in saginaw today. we expect the protest presence here at this counsel square behind me shortly. >> and so he's back in michigan two weeks after the primary there. what does president biden need to do to prove that he sees these voters who may be unhappy, that he is listening to voter concerns? >> well, you had portions of chuck schumer's speech earlier, i think that goes a long way toward trying to communicate with voters in the way that the president mate not be able to do directly from his mouth. but to have chuck schumer with his leadership in the senate,

with his stature within the jewish community, particularly here in new york, to be able to make those kinds of comments, it is an acknowledgment that those voters do mean a lot to the president's aspirations to -- to win re-election. and that that path significantly goes through michigan. look, i think there are other constituentsies that are going to be important to him, as well. he met with the teamsters other day, the leadership and the rank and file, seems to be supportive of him. so there's certainly a lot at stake in michigan. but i -- i would say that for chuck schumer to make those comments today is an acknowledgment that those voters are going to be key to a democratic victory. >> those comments coming from chuck schumer are not the same as coming from -- >> they're not the same. >> -- coming from the president. susan, you look at where the president has gone since the "state of the union" address. michigan today, he's been in wisconsin, pennsylvania, these are three important states, right? could he win re-election without winning those states? >> well, there's some math that can be done. maybe he can lose one or two of

them. but there's also that shows him not necessarily holding onto georgia likely did last time or arizona. so he absolutely needs to campaign in all the swing states. michigan right now looks like he should be able to hold it. if he keeps going on the path he did. by holding the meetings, even if it's in private with administration officials, and members of the arab american community, it shows we're listening. that's what the message he's trying to do. and he's not trying to do it in september. what is looking good for the president right now is his outreach is to broaden his base of support. whereas all we've seen from donald trump is all he wants to do is focus on his base of support and not growing it beyond that. so the president's doing what he has to. it's a lot of work, and he's going to have to keep going. these trips to michigan aren't going to stop. we're going to be having these conversations every other week about where he was. but it's the right move right

now. >> allie, vice president kamala harris is going to be visiting a planned parenthood today that provides abortion services. this is a first for a sitting vice president. what can you tell us about her trip? >> reporter: absolutely. vice president kamala harris expected to really make history today when she becomes what is believed to be the first president or vice president to visit a planned parenthood facility, providing abortion services in minnesota. we're told she will speak with providers while there, possibly also speak with patients. this is all part of her fight for reproductive freedoms tour that she kicked off in january to speak out against restrictions on reproductive access in the aftermath of the reversal of roe v. wade. the vice president as we've seen become really the face of the white house's messaging on this issue. >> and susan, abortion we know has become increasingly more and more challenging of an issue for republicans. what do you make of the vice president's visit?

>> i think it's so important because for decades and decades people, politicians have been afraid to say abortion and be pro-women's reproductive care and talk about the needs, the health reasons for some women needing abortions, or just having the right to choose. by vice president harris going to one of these clinics, it's putting it out there to show it's -- it's there for everybody. it is women's health care. it shouldn't be stigmatized. this is an issue of euro generation. >> basil? >> i've always said that kamala harris is the special weapon of the administration. she's -- she's the one person that can really go out there and pull all of these threads together. i'm glad she's doing that, i'm glad that she's going to college campuses and sort of kicked off, you know, the college students for biden, if you will. pull all these threads together, it -- these are mobilizing issues, particularly women's reproductive rights, particularly black maternal health care. you know, get her out there

talking about it. and hopefully we'll all cover it because it is so incredibly important. >> we're conching it. >> we are. >> thank you. basil, susan, and allie. up next, the collision of violence, hunger, and politics in haiti as gangs plunge that island into chaos. >> we are also seeing, you know, patients who suffer from gunshot wounds the previous day who are only able to make it to our facility 12 hours later when they feel safe. th unresolved sy? it may be time to see the bigger picture. heart failure and seemingly unrelated symptoms like carpal tunnel syndrome, shortness of breath, and irregular heartbeat could mean something more serious, called attr-cm a rare, underdiagnosed disease that worsens over time. sound like you? call your cardiologist and ask about attr-cm.

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also in question is how haiti will establish a transition government after the prime minister announced he's resigning over the growing violence. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us in the dominican republic right at the border with haiti. and gabe, you've been talking to people who want to escape the violence. you are hearing harrowing stories. >> reporter: that's right. and let me set the scene because there's a lot going on. right over there is the haitian border. and if we can pan back here, these are many haitian that's are coming to this no-man's land in between the border of haitir. there is an open air market that is open today and they're allowed to come over here, but no further. but as you can see, just look at how many supplies they're bringing back into haiti. you mentioned, ana, that the u.n. is establishing this air bridge, this humanitarian corridor to bring in much needed

aid. this morning, as even more gang fueled violence erupts in haiti, a new team of u.s. marines is on the ground in port-au-prince, securing the american embassy. the capital gripped by gunfire and chaos. it has been three days since haiti's prime minister announced he would step down after relentless pressure from gangs who want him gone. now efforts to stabilize the country may be stalling. any delay could put the aid of a multinational police force led by kenya and largely funded by the u.s. in jeopardy. with gangs controlling most of the capital, many civilians are now trapped. haitian american shahry says she's hoping to escape haiti and see her family in miami but has no way to get there. >> we want to come back home and get our things, they're going to kill us. >> reporter: best-selling author mitch albom now safe in michigan after a stealth private

helicopter in the middle of the night rescued him. the u.n. says a million haitians are now on the brink of famine, hospitals are struggling too, desperate for generator fuel. we spoke with a doctor who said armed men executed a patient inside an ambulance. >> we're also seeing, you know, patients who suffer from gunshot wounds, the previous day, who are only able to make it to our facility 12 hours later, when they feel safe. >> reporter: this missionary and her family are trapped at a makeshift motel near the airport. she's frantically trying to get back to florida in time for her daughter's wedding. with the airport still shut down, she's instead ducking for cover. >> we did hear gunfire, like, right outside at the gate. and it was very scary. we hid in our room until it went

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expected to join him and the palace is still not commenting on her status. meanwhile, two celebrities are now sharing the details of their battles with cancer. actress olivia munn and model christie brinkley, both going public with their stories saying they want to encourage other people to get early screenings. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. stephanie? >> doctors say the key to beating cancer is catching it early. olivia munn and christie brinkley would agree. both women are sharing stories about their cancer diagnoses, hoping what they have gone through will remind people to make those appointments and get those exams. on the red carpet at the oscars this weekend, olivia munn and her partner john mulaney held hands and smiled for the cameras. no sign of the serious health battle the 43-year-old actress has been waging. munn announcing wednesday she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in both breasts last april. and underwent a double mastectomy. writing on instagram, i went

from feeling completely fine one day to waking up in a hospital bed after a ten-hour surgery the next. munn, who many know from her role on hbo's "the newsroom" writes i'm lucky, we caught it with enough time that i had options. she said a doctor saved her life when she did a breast cancer assessment. munn's score was high. 37% according to the actress' post. what does that 37% mean? >> in her case, 37.3% was her lifetime risk for breast cancer. and the way i explain it to my patients, if you had a 37.3% chance of boarding a plane that would crash, would you board that plane? >> reporter: she sent her for a breast mri and they discovered the cancer. >> olivia says she wasn't going to be going in for another mammogram for a year. what would have happened in that year potentially? >> her cancer would have grown, she had an aggressive cancer. >> reporter: along with thanking

her doctor, she thanked mulaney. they have a son together. i'm so thankful to john, she writes, for being there before i went into each surgery and being there when i woke up and placing framed photos by my hospital bed. also sharing a cautionary tale, actress and model christie brinkley, who posted photos of the procedure she had to remove skin cancer from her face. like munn, she writes, the good news for me is we caught the basal cell carcinoma early, adding i was lucky to find mine, i was accompanying one of my daughters to her checkup. she reminds people to get regular total body checkups, and slather up with sunscreen. two different women, each with scary personal stories to tell, and important health messages they hope will help others. brinkley said she had a dot on the side of her face and asked the doctor to take a look and in her words, he knew right away. reminder that doctors can sometimes identify a problem very quickly. as for olivia munn, she has a lot of support around her.

her partner john mulaney commenting on her post saying thank you for fighting so hard to be here for us, we adore you. back to you. >> stephanie, thank you. ladies, get those checkups. that's going do it for us today. thanks so much for joining us. see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. it's friday. almost, we're so close. don't forget you can catch our show online around the clock on youtube and other platforms. for now, 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. we begin this very busy hour with breaking news from here in florida, where right now former president trump is in a federal courtroom as his legal team tries to get the classified documents case against him thrown out. the hearing is taking place in fort pierce, 120 miles north