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search warrant in arlington. the man inside blew up the house on purpose and died. police say social media posts show a mistrust of law enforcement. several bull sharks off city beach and came one day after three people were bitten by sharks nearby. take a look at this. a major landslide is closing a critical highway linking idaho and wyoming. officials say the collapse of teton pass was a catastrophic failure and could not be avoided but nobody was injured. that is the good news. in moments, breaking news on an nbc exclusive. donald trump sitdown date with a probation officer tomorrow. next, how trump might react in this meeting. >> from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome everyone. we begin this our following three big breaking news stories for you. first up, and nbc news exclusive report that donald trump will sit down on.
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breaking a short time ago, benny ganz announcing his departure from israel's war cabinet one day after the military operation freed four hostages from hamas abductors. were going to have report on the and a moment as well. causes ministry of health has updated the death toll. gauze officials say more than 270 million 270 were killed and more than 700 injured. today, on the shows come in reaction to the number of palestinians killed. palestinians killed. >> every single loss of an innocent civilian in gaza or anywhere else concerns us. it more than concerns us. it is tragic. it breaks our heart, it's awful. that is why president biden is working so hard to bring this war to an end. >> every civilian life lost in this war is a tragedy.
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every civilian life lost in this war is a result of how hamas is operated. let's think about for a moment where they were holding the hostages. within civilian houses, people's apartments. >> right now, president biden is on his way home, having wrapped up his trip to france to commemorate 80 years. earlier today, he honored american at a military cemetery that trump the client to visit while he was president in 2018. >> we have reporters in place and are covering all the new development for us. right to vaughn hillyard. he is at the trump rally in las vegas with the former president should be taking the state pretty soon. i am sure not soon enough given the heat for you and everybody else out there but what are you hearing. any more about the probation interview? >> i was just talking to a senior campaign official from donald trump's campaign who just arrived here with the candidate and former president. no further information to provide about the details. we do not know whether donald trump will address it or from
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the campaign stage in las vegas in a matter of moments. this meeting tomorrow is good to be taking place virtually. officials saying he is in fact flying back to mar-a-lago after this campaign event. that is where he will take part in this virtual meeting with that probation officer in new york. this meeting is the opportunity for the probation officer to make a report that details not only donald trump financial background, criminal history, mental state, but also his ability with other convicted criminals. which donald trump may or may not have remorse about the underlying crimes of which a jury found him guilty for just earlier this month. for donald trump, he will sit down for that meeting and ultimately, will engage with that probation officer. we will add his report to judge marchand. who can use that report can help in his determination about what sentence he will handle. down to the former president at
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the july 11 sentencing. >> over the song, great balls of fire. also asks quickly from trump supporters at the rally about whatever topic they want to discuss. >> right. donald trump does not away from the trial or his conviction. instead, he is opportunities like this to give his loyal supporters, a certain level of talking points or self-defense is that they are able to go and articulate within their own communities as to why he was found guilty or i fight back against the very basis of the charges that were brought against him. i want to let you listen, though, because it is beyond the trial. there are other policies of talking to folks that they talk about. they believe donald trump is best suited to take back the white house to address and. who i met and is waiting to attend this event in las vegas. >> i think joe biden is a terrible choice for our
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country. we have a border invasion, the economy is terrible. we cannot even afford groceries and we are spending billions of dollars to foreign countries. >> i think that is what everybody should be. >> i feel like he speaks for the silent majority. >> at a senior campaign official for trump to address heavily, not only the cost of inflation to folks like here in nevada but also, immigration, which we continue to see a top- tier issue for voters. especially when you're looking at a battleground in nevada and arizona, alex. >> okay. can i ask you how hot it is there. there were reports of 100 degrees plus. >> i am feeling every bit of those triple digits. this is the first time i've ever worn a t-shirt on air. i will throw that out there. >> i noticed. i did not want to say anything at first it looks good, though.
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maybe you will have to make a habit because it's hot out there. all right, my friend, thank you so much. is becoming a leader for all of you this hour from your u.s. attorney in michigan and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquaid will join us. that is now set for tomorrow. this breaking news, a major shakeup in israel. minister benny ganz has resigned from benjamin netanyahu's . let's go to matt bradley who was in jerusalem for us. give us the back story as to why benny ganz is resigning. >> this was all supposed to happen yesterday and it was delayed by a full day. because of the hostage rest, those four people who were rescued including one who was a symbol of the hostage crisis. this was something that was supposed to happen for three weeks. he had telegraphed this saying
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if it did not happen, if he did not get satisfaction for one of his key demands by june 8th, which was yesterday, he was going to design. that demand was that he wanted benjamin netanyahu to come out and explain his plan for governing the gaza strip after the war ends. this is one of the chief concerns that the biden administration has had with benjamin netanyahu as well and they have not gotten anything action on that either. there's been a lot of talk on the international community about this war and what is going to happen when or if the israelis achieve their goal of finally dismantling hamas. benny ganz is a hugely respected figure. he is a former minister of defense. he was one of the people that benjamin netanyahu brought in on october 7th to serve in his war cabinet which was a unity government. i have to clarify, alex he is not resigning benny ganz from the government, from the cabinet. which we call in a parliamentary system here or in britain, the government. which is led by the prime minister that are members of the parliament. appointed by the pie minister to serve. this is different.
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this is the war cabinet. benny ganz was one of only voting members of that cabinet. he was brought in because benjamin netanyahu was facing a real political crisis on october 7th when he convened this war cabinet for the first time. not only was there a loss of faith in the government following the military failures of october 7th but benjamin netanyahu and his allies have been protest all throughout israel for the preceding month because of constitutional changes they had been hoping to make. benjamin netanyahu was already a very controversial character and bringing in a figure like benny ganz is a way to glide over that but still. this was a controversial move in those who are serving in the cabinet, the real cabinet, the government had some words. he is the finance minister. he tweeted out in a long sweet which we now call x, of course, "there is no act less loyal then resigning from a government in the midst of
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war." that is me paraphrasing. if you are on the right wing, if you are on the left, you will see many ganz is spending. here is benny ganz in a statement this evening. >> i was very privileged together with my friends to bring to the cabinet all the experience we have. i know that the other people. they know what should be done. hopefully they will stick to what should be done and it will be okay. >> he just mentioned the minister of defense. that is the only other voting member of the war cabinet other than benny ganz and netanyahu. this is a small group of people that had an important war role. pierce international criticism
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for the casualties the palestinians have suffered. alex? >> i want to ask you a question about that point. i am glad you clarified. benny ganz is not resigning from the government . he is resigning from this very specific war cabinet. thank you for clarifying all of that. you mentioned the casualties. i'm curious what you have learned more about not only the raid yesterday. the rescue during operation but also, the fallout from the voluminous numbers of civilians killed? >> we've been hearing this. this is something you mentioned that the casually casualty figures. the number wounded has reached 700. that is a huge, huge number in addition to the nearly 300 that of been killed. these are all figures from the palestinian run by hamas in the gaza strip. these are figures that we have seen over and over again that really have struck. even though the gazans and
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palestinians of hamas have an interest in showing these numbers, they more than often tend to be true. they we see that time and time again with somebody big exceptions. these are numbers that are taken on the fly and in the past 24 hours, how to change the number of injuries that have increased. we can probably expect that those numbers are going to increase or more. the israelis have said that only less than 100 people who were killed in the operation. it is a huge disparity and we've been seeing that time and time again after every incident that happened in the gaza strip or they come out with two completely different numbers. a completely different version of events. regardless of who you believe. this is one of the deadliest single incidents in this fight. and israel's invasion of the gaza strip ever since october 7 and it's one of the reasons why first palestinians in the gaza strip, this is a moment, this is a day. that will live for quite a while. >> matt bradley from jerusalem, thank you for that.
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>> let's go to kelly o'donnell in paris where the president ended his trip two hours ago. what are we hearing from the biden administration today about yesterday's raid? was that addressed? >> so far, the president has spoken about his relief that the hostages were rescued. his national security advisor has said that there is great concern about the loss of civilian life and the u.s. supported the operation with intelligence and the basic support the u.s. provides israel with. did not provide specifics about how the u.s. might've had a real handedness operation. he was explicit that no american soldiers were on the ground. some kind of intelligence that helped to locate where the hostages were being held for the operation we are told has taken place in bending over months. that intel is part of that relationship. here in paris, the president certainly stressed again and
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again during his time in france. the importance of international friendships whether they be nato or the u.s. and talking about the importance of democracy standing up for each other, supporting each other to old lily make things safer. the president also visited the world war i american cemetery in france about an hour outside paris. we wanted to make that stop after going to normandy and honoring the memory of those who are lost and supporting the veterans who also made the trip. wanted to show respect for the world war i american veterans who are insubstantial's a few thousand american were killed in the battle and spoke about the impact of being at the cemetery today. >> even though i have been here before, it surprised me how much it awakened my sense of my
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external value to have these alliances. why it is so critical. that is where you stop wars, not star wars. the idea that we are able to major battles in europe is not realistic. that is why it is so important that we continue to have the alliances that we have. continue to beef up those alliances. continue to keep nato strong. >> and the president emphasized that reverence for the sacrifice made by the veterans who died in battle at the service of those and able to return is part of standing up for the democracy by honoring they did and in our own way, it is the call that they are summoning the modern generation to support democratic institutions and things like the u.s. partnership with allies around the world.
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alex? >> okay, kelly o'donnell, thank you so much. we are back in ninety seconds with the reaction to the deadly fallout from the hostage rescue in gaza. later, donald trump in his revenge message. how a document he says he reveres would get thrown out the window if he wins in november. >> the constitution -- we will defend our constitution. we will restore constitutional government of, by, and for the people. people. zevo traps use light to attract and trap flying insects with no odor and no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly. it's never a good time for migraine, especially when i'm on camera. that's why my go-to is nurtec odt. for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. it's the only migraine medication
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what we should be doing is backing israel and if we had done that since the october 7 attacks, this will would already be over, hostages would be freed and there would be less civilian casualties and suffering in gaza. joe biden is catering to the small wing that instead of backing israel like the large pro is leo that the people want us to. >> this morning, following israel's rescue of four hostages in gaza yesterday. an operation that got health ministry said killed 274 palestinians. another big breaking develop at this hour, israeli war cabinet benny against has resigned from that war cabinet. over disagreements with my minister regimen and yahoo over his postwar plans or lack thereof. having not there submitted them
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yet. joining now is from florida. it is nice to see you again. we first have many gantz who said during his that benjamin netanyahu was preventing a victory against hamas. what you think he means by that? do you agree and how big of a deal is benny ganz's resignation from the war cabinet. >> i know how much i appreciated and i know the israeli people appreciated the unity that occurred. if i was in israel during that timeframe on october 10th and the media aftermath when they were discussing formula war cabinet. benny ganz's participation in that cabinet was important. beyond that, i don't think it is important for me to comment on internal israeli medical decisions and right now israel has signed off on the proposal that president biden helped
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negotiate with. all waiting for is hamas to agree to the plan that would bring the is really hostages home, including the americans. that would make sure that we could have a cease-fire in a step-by-step process in exchange for that. ensure that we ultimately do eventually lead to a postwar plan for governing gaza. that has to be signed off by hamas and all the entire situation that israel and gaza in right now is blame at the feet of hamas. the israeli hostages. this work can and if hamas gives the green light. >> speaking of lane blame, i want to take issue with what tom cotton said and that you may feel more comfortable talking about.
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>> backing israel to the help. if we had done that since october 7th, the tax would probably already be over. hostages freed. there would be less civilian cavities suffering in gaza. what exactly do you think implying president biden should have done that he did not do? >> i think engaging in revision history. there was a six month delay in our ability to pass $14.3 billion that israel needed in the immediate aftermath after the worst attack on that left the most dead worldwide since the holocaust on october 7th. the reason that that plan didn't pass was because republicans refused to take it up and send it cleanly to the president. they delayed. they conditioned and finally got it thanks to the support of democrats. would not a pass without.
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president biden is the one leading the charge to help make sure that we can hostages home. israel can defeat hamas and and and eradicate the threat that they represent and ensure that we can have a responsible governance plan at that. >> so many other republicans are engaging in history. >> i was going to say, i guess forgot about that. hostages now free. reportedly in good health but hundreds of palestinians are dead. a cease-fire proposal sits unsigned. are you comfortable with how the rescue mission was undertaken and does the fact that they were able to rescue hostages show that the offensive is working? >> i was elated at being rescued and seeing the joyful reunions with their families and it looks like they are in relatively good physical health. that's keep in mind and
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obviously, our hearts break with any civilian casualties or injuries but i have to remind everyone that this war is completely -- was brought on by hamas. it continues because of hamas and the injuries and casualties are at the feet of hamas. they are intentionally putting civilians in harms way. they are doing that to try to continue to turn the world against israel and by the way, the hostages that were rescued were being held by civilians. hamas is involving civilians and intentionally putting them in harms way. if hamas agrees to the deal on the table as israel has, this war can be brought to an end. they also need to bring being sworn to destruction and killing worldwide, that needs to end as well. >> the reports say that a u.s. bomb was improperly used by the israeli military striking a
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u.n. school this week in gaza. it is reportedly the same kind of on used last month to kill dozens in a camp for displaced people in rough. is it appropriate for israel to be using u.s. munitions this way? >> it is appropriate for us to be able to make sure that we can provide the defense and offense of resources that israel needs as our closest ally and friend while ensuring they are obviously following the rules of international law when it comes to conducting war. our administration, our national security advisor has said that israel is complying with that but let's be very clear. there is not a lot that you can believe that hamas reports, including the number of casualties reported from yesterday. many of those are fighters. they do not separate those out. he saw couple months ago, as you mentioned, alex, whereas the reporter mentioned, the hamas numbers were dramatically
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cut. i think almost in half in terms of the women and children were killed because they were misreporting who was actually killed. it turns out that most of those had been hamas fighters. you cannot trust hamas's numbers. what you can trust is that the u.s. and israel are working side-by-side together to make sure that that threat is eradicated in the hostages are brought home and hamas needs to agree to the deal so that we can start putting their civilians in harms way as they have been and we can that israel and no country should have to live with on their doorstep. >> against the backdrop of president biden on the world stage this week in france and then his meeting next week with the g7, 46 republicans, roughly a fifth of congress voted for an amendment proposed by marjorie taylor greene on tuesday which would have cut $433 million in nato funding. what does this tell you about
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the mentality of some of your gop colleagues today? >> as you know, that funding came out of. it showed me that marjorie taylor green and her colleagues have voted for that amendment. i have no idea what that funding was for. that funding was for the infrastructure that protects the national security interest of the united states and protects our troops. it wasn't programmatic to make funding. the infrastructure life. hangers and training centers. intelligence centers. the kind of buildings and structures that protect the multibillion-dollar aircraft. >> i try to pointed out to her and still propels herself forward. and 46 of her republican colleagues voted to pull that funding. they do not care about what the facts are. they just care about. when we have president biden
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who was on the world stage this week making sure that he commemorated. the troops that save the world from fascism and donald trump was here back in the united states committing to exact revenge against his political enemies. 12 juries 12 jurors, a jury of his peers stood up and said they would weigh the evidence and that he was guilty on 34 counts. that is the balance in the choice that american voters have this november. >> thank you for putting it that way. i appreciate your clarity on all of that. >> thank you. donald trump hold an outdoor rally in las vegas, you have to wonder how is he going to handle that meeting with the probation officer interview tomorrow? some answers next on what he should expect. should expect. ype 2 diabetes like me, you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack or worse death. even when meeting your a1c goal.
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tomorrow that donald trump will be interviewed by a new york city probation officer. he is going to do it be assumed . he will be accompanied by his attorney todd blanche. the interview comes amid growing concern over donald trump threats of revenge and retribution as he awaits sentencing on his 34 felony hush money connections. joining me now, barbara mcquade, law professor at university of michigan. msnbc legal analyst. barb barbara also wrote the book attack from within. how this information is sabotaging america. thank you for joining, my friend. how do you interpret this speedy scheduling of trumps probation interview, considering his sentencing is not for over a month. not until july 11th? >> this is an event that typically occurs quite rapidly after the conviction of a defendant, whether it's by guilty plea or at trial because this probation meeting is to compile all the information
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that the judge will use in imposing that sentence. the probation department is an arm of the court and they will collect information about donald trump's character, history, education, family life as a child, work history. all of the good things and bad things that he has done what happened to him throughout his life and these are things that the judge will keep in mind when imposing sentence. >> let's build on that and hear from new york city probation and correction. here it is. >> we use the term. we call it is this individual amenable to supervision? it means is he or she receptive to accepting the restrictions that are placed upon them in the event they are placed on probation. will they comply with the rules are they people who are likely to violate the rules?
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>> i am curious about that. what kind of questions will and officer ask donald trump to determine if he is likely to violate rules of probation. can he take into account that which he has witnessed for himself, heard from self, read for himself with reporting about the way donald trump typically behaves? >> i think it will rely on objective factors but i think some of the questions he will be asked is do you understand that you may need to report to me on a regular basis? do you understand you will be prohibited from associating with anyone with a criminal record? the reaction is to those questions. it will in some way go into the probation officer's report but certainly, the probation officer and the court will consider the weight donald trump has acted in court before and the judgments he has received before. the defamation judgments, the conviction of the trump organization and the tax case,
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the attorney general's case about fraud. all of those things will be factors to determine whether donald trump is a good risk for someone who will comply with orders by the court. >> let's say that the probation officer recommends probation or a house arrest. how likely is judge marchand to follow that recommendation? how much does the probation officer recommendation and report play into what a judge will decide? >> the decision about what to do with the information is typically up to the judge, him or herself. the probation officer's job is to gather all the information that the judge will use in making that decision. they might come up with some recommendation or a score or assessment but ultimately, it is the judges decision about whether to go forward and if someone is not a suitable canada for probation, the alternate for the judge is a custodial sentence where the
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person is detained in prison for some period of time. >> those would. they will not ask for home confinement or an ankle bracelet. certainly not a prison term. what sentence can they suggest that donald trump is not going to find objectionable? >> it's hard to imagine. most of the time, the most lenient sentence that a defense attorney seeks is a sentence of probation. it is hard to imagine donald trump, himself, will agree to some of the terms. often times, someone that donald trump will probably not have great restrictions on his travel but he may have restrictions that include not associating with people with criminal convictions. for someone like donald trump who has people he has associated with who have criminal convictions, steve bannon for example. peter navarro. i could be challenging to him. if he is not willing to comply with those kinds of conditions, his alternative is prison.
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i suspect that his lawyer will have a strong conversation with him that probation is a good alternative to all the other options. >> let me ask you quickly about alvin bragg who is going to make some sentencing recommendations. he could face political backlash if he goes for a prison term or if he does not, what ways the heaviest on his mind as a prosecutor in this historic moment? >> i think there are a lot of factors that a prosecutor has to think about in cases like this. i think you cannot think about how people might react. whether the public will be angry with you. politically, whether it is difficult. he has to look at the facts and the law and decide what is appropriate. there is no real precedent for this but i think in light of the way donald trump violated the gag order and his continued lack of remorse would lean
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right now, here is a live look at the sunny and steamy shores of fort lauderdale, florida. one of the many places that will feel hotter than 100 degrees today. record high temperatures could
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be across the south and gulf coast for the second day in a row. nbc's melissa is staying calm, cool, and collected. what can we expect over the next few days? is he going to get worse? >> hey, alex. it depends on where you are. if you are under a heat advisory, the beach is where you want to be because it's so nice and easy to cool off. depending on how much time the water has had to warm up. that is a different story. we have been talking about warming waters throughout the last couple of years but when it comes to this particular season of heat that we are seeing right now, this stretch looks like it's pretty bad in places like orlando. there are a lot of cities that could break a record in terms of the temperatures today and most of the cities are in the state of florida. we are seeing the cities in texas and the thing to remember is that this is after a stretch of heat we saw in places like mexico, arizona. we saw las vegas. i want to take you to what we heard from emergency management in the city of phoenix because
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this is a place that already had seen extreme heat in the last week and is expecting the same in just a matter of days, alex. >> what we are seeing is going through the roof. we can get these patients cooled down before we arrived to the hospital. >> it is really a threat to public health at that point. if you had an opportunity to cool off. >> i actually spoke with both of the people last summer because he was an issue last summer. yes, we thought records being broken last summer in terms of the number of days where we saw heat index is in the triple digits in florida and south florida in particular. in arizona, something that was really alarming was without injuries and unfortunately, that as a result of you. we saw paramedics, first responders taken extreme measures to people down putting people in icebox as soon as
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they responded. something that you have to bring with them for the next several months because bertram already seeing these temperatures. the summer has really only just begun, alex. >> fortunately, they are a lot of >> thank you so much. climate change >> predicts 2024 could be the hottest year ever. >> already this week, extreme heat brought triple digits. joining us now, climate scientists and the director of the brown university for society. kim, welcome. much of the u.s. saw the sweltering temperatures this week. you heard marissa reporting. she has been on the front lines with that kind of reporting. last summer was brutal. it looks like it's going to be even more brutal this summer. it is all thanks to a phrase
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that we all keep hearing a heat dome. what is that exactly? thank you for having me, alex. a heat dome is an atmospheric configuration with a large- scale circulation is such that it traps heat at the surface. it is related to continued and persistent high-pressure conditions in the atmosphere. >> how hot is it going to get this year? >> of course, 2023 was the record warmest year that we had. just recently shattering the records from previous years, all of which themselves broke the record for the warmest year. 2024 is in fact projected to be even warmer than 2023. which is, of course, were fine because that will be the 10 10th warmest year on record in the last 10 years. this is something we should be expecting at this point as climate change continues with continued omissions of fossil fuels that are warming the planet. >> do we have details,
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research, documentation. we go through terrible years and then maybe some sized or have we damaged ourselves too much with the environment to expect things to get better anytime soon? >> what we are seeing right now is some years are much warmer than others even with the decade to decade warming caused by fossil fuel emissions. natural cycles do still cause extremely warm years like 2023 and that is related to a climate cycle that will continue and cause record- breaking amateurs that are likely into 2024. of course, in the coming years, we know that we may be relatively cooler but in fact, what we are seeing in the last decade is that we are shuttering those records more and more frequently. we have seen the headlines your on year on year. i think what this means is the steady march of fossil fuel driven warming is really catching up to the natural climate cycles and almost year
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on year, alex. >> can anyone would argue and say that they don't really believe in the climate change and all that, which is a nonsensical position, but let's say they say that. is there any reason to think that they are right? at some point, we are going through a heating up. monday, it will be better in the planet will be in better condition. >> know there is not. we have seen decades of continued warming. i think most americans can appreciate what they see on their tv screens right now coming out of the entire southern united states. being gripped in this very early season. warming conditions. record-breaking fires across the u.s. and canada. rising seas across all coastal communities. bringing headlines as well and of course, we are entering into hurricane season with the national administration projecting an 80% likelihood of a very busy hurricane season.
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all of those things directly linked to warmer temperatures. the proof is clearly in the putting right now with respect to the day by day experiences of climate change that are touching the lives and livelihoods of most americans at this point. if these environmental impacts, particularly the rising temperatures of the oceans. what does that mean? what is the impact of that? >> we have to remember that you are reporter opened with the heat consequences on human health, which is a very direct threat to public health and safety from global warming. actually, the indirect effects of heat are also devastating and crippling. we can turn to agricultural grout drought. we can turn to the wildfires that are reaching out west and in many of the world. look to the rising seas. consequence of expansion and the steady decline of glaciers and ice caps are melting in
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response to the trapping of heat at the surface of our planet from fossil fuels. all of these things are now year on year on year consequences that we are seeing creeping into our daily lives more and more frequently. climate change is deadly. it is costly. it is something that can be avoided if we turn to the reduction of fossil fuel omissions with the urgency that is motivated by the science. >> all right, keep on keeping on is what i will say and i hope to welcome you back again. thank you. why the anxiety is building in europe over the november election. r election. to be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract, or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking farxiga and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of this infection, an allergic reaction, or ketoacidosis.
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massive. joining me is mckay who wrote that article. a staff writer for the atlantic and an msn bc contributor. i will come back to you. which allies of the most nervous and why do they inc. it is inevitable that biden will lose? >> it is good to be with you, alex. it is a good question why they all feel this way. i think that the answers do vary. in some ways, all these officials are scarred from the shock of the 2016 election and they remember how destabilizing and volatile the first trump term was. they are bracing for what could be a much more volatile second term. as far as who is the most concerned, i would say that the people who are the most afraid were those in eastern europe. poland, the baltic states. these are countries that are existing in vitamins russia. they know that the only thing keeping a conquest from rolling
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tanks across their borders is the nato alliance. the nato alliance depends on the u.s. and to directly answer your question about why the officials i spoke to were so alarmed it's because donald trump has made no secret of the fact that he is not a fan of nato. he thinks that nato companies countries should be paying much more for collective defense. he thinks that the u.s. is being taken advantage of. he has made it a talking point in his rallies to say that the world is laughing at us in that this is a bad deal for america. earlier this year, he actually said that any country that does not pay enough for defense, he would consider russia to do "whatever they want." when european officials hear that, they hear alarm bells. that was the general sentiment i encountered in every conversation i had in europe. >> the americans that are hearing alarm bells with statements like that as well.
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can you tell me the white house. is it aware of the severity of these concerns and if so, what are they doing to ease the anxieties? >> there's no question. i spoke to a number of people in the biden state department. biden made a priority when he came into office and started filling diplomatic posts. appointing people who could reassure rattled allies in europe, especially. and when i would ask people in europe what they thought of the biden administration, for the most part, they would give them good grades. they would say they are saying the right things. secretary blinken, the ambassadors to nato and various countries, they all talk about how america has always been behind this alliance. american public sentiment is very in favor of this alliance. i think a lot of what you saw biden doing in europe these last few days was designed to remind europeans of america's
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commitment to europe and the deep roots of the transatlantic relationship. the other side of this is that most of the european officials i spoke to know that his words only matter if he is re- elected, right? a lot of this is outside of their control. when i would speak to u.s. officials in washington, they would admit, especially if they were granted to be a little bit more candid, they would say look. there is only so much we can do to reassure them. these european officials in allied countries know that if trump is re-elected, everything biden says goes by the wayside. >> that is sobering. let's move to the analysis that you offered recently about a new book that you called the apprentice in wonderland, which the reality show gave a preview to how donald trump one of eventually run the country as
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president. you got your hands on an early copy. what were some of your biggest takeaways. by the way, i'm taking notes because i'm going to be interviewing in a couple weeks as well. >> i think you will find it interesting. this is an author who interviewed trump six times for this book. in and of itself is pretty revealing. that he decided to invest so much time in a book about his reality tv career shows how important he considered it to his legacy. the thing that stood out to me reading this book was how much overlap there was between the apprentice and his rise to the presidency. for one thing, the mythology of donald trump, the persona of the tough but fair ceo who was firing people decisively, that was the way a lot of americans understood donald trump when he came on the political scene and it was because of this reality show. the other thing and i think it will come through to anybody reading it is just how shallow
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a lot of his worldview is. it is really rooted in the reality tv world of the early oughts. he has so many celebrity grievances. he can recite which apprentice contestant sided with rosie o'donnell over him and is viewed in 2006. meanwhile, the guy can't define the nuclear triad or name every country in nato. i don't say this but it shows the world that he came from and what he still thinks of is what most important and not interesting. it is not deep policy. it is celebrity politics and hollywood. >> okay. it will definitely be a page turner. i had a really revealing moment back in 2016 when somebody told me they really supported donald trump. and she said you know what? i really love to him on the apprentice. and i was like okay, that is
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cool but and that was the answer. i said oh, we might be in trouble. >> good to see you again and we will be right back. t back. try killing bugs the worry-free way. not the other way. zevo traps use light to attract and trap flying insects with no odor and no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly. introducing new advil targeted relief. the only topical pain reliever with 4 powerful pain-fighting ingredients that start working on contact to target tough pain at the source.
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