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against children. joining us now ken dilanian and frank figliuzzi, an msnbc national security analyst. ken, break down what this report says. >> reporter: many of our viewers remember that the fbi was criticized three years ago for the way it handled the larry nassar case, the former usa team gymnastic doctor and the fbi sat on those allegations for a year and during that time 70 additional women were abused. fbi director christopher wray say it will never happen again. this new audit found that unfortunately similar things are continuing to happen. one particular egregious case, they looked at a sampling of child sex allegations that the fbi was handling and they found

that the fbi sat on a case, didn't investigate and a child was sexually abused for 15 months and an additional victim was identified during that time. thankfully this is not nearly at the scale of larry nassar, but the audit says the fbi has a long way to go. the fbi is saying they're taking these concerns very seriously and trying to fix its policy. an official said the fbi is suffering from budget cuts and that's a challenge here. this audit reviewed 327 cases and found that 42 were so deficient the auditors felt the need to contact the fbi right away and urge immediately attention. that doesn't usually happened. in 46% of the cases the ig found the fbi didn't comply with requirements and it's not their

job to tell the local police about it and they didn't do it. it's a grim document that shows for all the promise it is fbi made about cleaning up its act on child sex abuse it has a long way to go. >> frank, what stands out about what you're hearing? >> a couple things have struck me as a senior official at the fbi briefed us on background. look, i supervised the crimes against children's squad in san francisco. they cited a spike that's been recognized across law enforcement in the number of these cases and, as ken said, they cited resources and budget cuts. that's one thing. there's no excuse here. the fbi is not trying to offer excuses, but insights. crimes against children is different than almost anything the fbi does. why? first, there's almost an

immediate jurisdictional question. is it ours, is it state or local? that can't get in the way of saving a child victim. number two, in almost anything else the fbi does, terrorism, espionage, organized crimes, gangs, you wait to wrap up a whole cell. are we ready to prosecute this case? you can't always do that in sex crimes against children allegation. you can't wait. that has to change culturally to intervene, even when you risk making a false accusation. >> i mean, you know, i understand changing culture, but -- ken was clear on this. this is a new report, a new audit after some very serious issues were brought up in the earlier one. i'm just wondering, you know, change of culture, when you have 327 cases and -- ken, once again, explain to us that 42

with so critically deficient that the officials had to bring them up to the fbi. i'm wondering, frank, what is a necessary culture change and what is complete abandoning of a responsibility of issues that already exist? >> yeah, i'm as frustrated as you sound on this. i would have thought after the dr. nassar case things would have dramatically changed. we need to look how far back in ig report is going. they cited that electronic tools are being put in place to trigger, hey, you haven't alerted local police yet, you haven't taken a step yet. that electronic report will be embedded hopefully making it agent proof. it's going to have to happen or a supervisor will be alerted. >> ken dilanian, frank figliuzzi, thank you very much. now to the race for the

white house. both campaigns will be out on the trail today. vice president harris still in southeast georgia where she will hold a rally later today. former president trump will be in michigan and wisconsin. his running mate j.d. vance will speak to firefighter's union in boston and attend a round table discussion in florida. this afternoon the vice president harris and governor walz will sit down for their first joint interview that will air this evening. with us now nbc's mike memoli and vaughn hillyard and jeff bennett, co-anchor of the pbs news hour and an msnbc political contributor. vaughn, there's new information about the controversy surrounding former president trump's visit to arlington national cemetery. >> reporter: we're getting more details over what was described to be a brief altercation at the

site there as donald trump was visiting section 60 of arlington national cemetery. this included a trump campaign staffer as well as an official from the cemetery who was helping oversee that visit. we have obtained the instructions provided by the cemetery to the trump campaign ahead of this visit. there's two direct lines i want to look at. one was grave side visits by families and guests will follow arlington national cemetery's policies. photographers or any other purposes in direct support of a partisan politic cam campaign are not permitted on arlington national cemetery. the trump's campaign put out a tiktok video and other content

from that arlington national cemetery visit marking the withdraw from afghanistan that led to 13 u.s. service personnel dying. this was a moment here that we are still trying to get some detailed information on. one, i want to let you listen to j.d. vance donald trump's running mate directly respond to yesterday. take a listen. >> you -- you guys in the media, you're acting like donald trump filmed a tv commercial at a grave site. he was there providing emotional support to a lot of brave americans who lost loved ones they never should have lost and there happened to be a camera there and someone gave them permission to have the camera there. this is not a gross violation of federal law. >> reporter: of course former president trump was invited by the family of some of those service personnel who were killed and buried there in section 60. the other concern were the other

grave sites that were within camera shot there in what ultimately to our understanding led to that altercation between a trump campaign staffer and an official from arlington national cemetery. >> mike, meanwhile, the vice president is the first democrat to campaign in southeast georgia since bill clinton in 1992. what's the thinking here? >> reporter: the harris campaign is trying to send a message not by just bringing the harris/walz campaign here, but specifically to this part of georgia. we saw vice president harris and governor walz visiting a high school in liberty county, visiting a restaurant here in savannah. these are counties that hillary clinton and president biden won. they want to grow those margins

because it ends up to a winning formula to a state that biden won by under 12,000 votes. we saw a fox news poll that shows vice president harris leading donald trump by 2 points. it's part of the strategy to keep playing offense rather than defense. part of that is the message of this candidacy. we heard voters talk about what's attracting them to the vice president. listen. >> she brings a new sense of hope, inspiration and enthusiasm about what's to come as it relates to being an american and making sure we have policies inclusive to all people, not a few. >> for a woman president to come into play, i think that would be great. she doesn't seem to have a lot of history of negativity like trump. >> reporter: of course, jose, the other place that a lot of people think harris and walz need to show up is in media

interviews. the first interview today with cnn going to get a lot of attention. expectations are there will be a lot of other interviews. many people wanting to hear from the vice president harris not only how she differs from donald trump, but how she would break from president biden. governor walz who joined the vice president here on that bus tour yesterday will be heading to another state where democrats are trying to play offense. he's going to be tomorrow in north carolina which is the closest trump state the democrats think they can flip this time around. >> jeff, how significant is it that the democratic ticket is doing a swing through southeast georgia? >> it's hugely significant. when democrats say they're taking no vote for granted, that's what this looks like, going into southeast georgia, going into counties outside atlanta, typically places that tilt or lean republican and trying to run up the margins.

the one thing that democrats and republicans agree on is that this is a race that will be won on the margins. the harris/walz campaign is trying to corral this energy and enthusiasm and this fund-raising hall, more than $500 million since she became nominee and using it to get out to places where they think they can find more paths to 270 electoral votes come november. it's a way of sustaining the energy and sustaining the boost from the base that harris got coming out of the convention. as mike points out with this interview tonight, it's another way of continuing that messaging. i'll be watching to see how much distance, if at all, she puts between herself and president biden on key issues. we've seen her lean into that economic populism talking about trying to combat high grocery prices. does the same hold true for her position on israel, on the humanitarian situation in gaza? as democrats see it, the

momentum and energy is on their side and they're trying to fuel this until election day. >> meanwhile, vaughn, what message is trump sending with his appearances in michigan and wisconsin today? >> reporter: right. he has two stops here this afternoon. both in more rural communities here. the first event here in michigan will be at a steel manufacturing facility. the campaign is at least touting this event as one that's going to be focusing on inflation and manufacturing and the wisconsin events he will be joined by tulsi gabbard being promoted as a town hall where they'll have what they're calling undecided voters with questions for the republican nominee. at the same time while that's the way the campaign is promoting these two events, donald trump's social media account over the last 36 hours would suggest he's focussed in several other places, not only

the interview that kamala harris and tim walz are slated to take part in later today, but also on the new nft digital trading cards he's promoting and intends to make money off of. for $1,500 you can buy a physical card that gets you part of his suit from the day that he was shot in pennsylvania. other social media posts of his include the assertion that his perceived political enemies, including joe biden, kamala harris, anthony fauci and hillary clinton should be arrested, including the indictments of jack smith and january 6th select committee members. he's turning his followers to a new crypto currency project being launched by his sons. we're waiting for more details

on that and the extent that donald trump expects to profit off a project like this here. there's a lot at play for the republican nominee. >> mike memoli, vaughn hillyard, jeff bennett, thank you. what the gdp numbers tell us about the state of our economy. vice president harris and governor walz sitting down for their first interview. we'll dig deeper into what to watch for. a major hearing today for the man accused of murdering four university of idaho students in 2022. what to expect ahead. that's next. we're back in 90 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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is still pretty good as far as economic growth goes. we revised that up to 3% and the even better news is that the reason was solely because of consumer spending. we're in a consumer-based economy and spending went up to about 2.9% for the quarter, even though the personal savings rate declines, lower to 3.3%. that's the lowest number since about november 2022. we're seeing consumers spending but they're dipping into savings to do so. >> jeff, tell us about the labor department reporting that 231,000 americans applied for first-time jobless claims last week. what does that mean? >> that number spiked a couple weeks ago and set off a market panic, wondering whether the labor market wasn't as strong as we thought. that 231,000 number has been

consistent. it tells us companies aren't laying off that aggressively. even if hiring has cooled, layoffs are not spiking. it's good news for the federal reserve. they're looking at the economy. they're worried about where the jobs market is heading. we saw a survey indicating that jobs are harding to get right now. this is all very much working into the fed's calculus. the big news comes next friday when we get that august payroll report. that will go a long way towards deciding what the fed does regarding rate cuts. >> jeff, i want to thank you for the shout out. thank you. good to see you. >> you bet. next, the man suspected of murdering four college students will appear in an idaho courtroom today. why his team is trying to get the trial moved. plus, israeli carried out a sweeping raid in the west bank.

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24 past the hour. next hour a crucial hearing will begin in the case accused of killing four university of idaho students. he's expected to attend a hearing where a judge will consider his request to move the trial outside the county.

the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to the murder charges. joining us now is nbc's dana griffin. why does the suspect's team want the trial moved? >> reporter: good morning. they want to move it because it could influence the verdict. the defense argues that media coverage has tainted a potential jury pool citing a survey they commissioned that found 70% of residents say they've formed a guilty opinion of brian cole burger. they want to move it to boise. there's 500,000 residents that could vastly expand the jury pool. it's 300 miles away. family members are upset because they want to attend the trial every day.

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32 past the hour. the supreme court has refused to allow a key part of president biden's student debt relief plan. the supreme court kept a pause on a plan designed to lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. the high court said the appeals court should rule first. in june 2023 the high court blocked the biden administration's plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. a spokesperson said the administration will keep pushing to lower payment options for borrowers. now back to the 2024 race for the white house. for the first time in the 40 days since vice president harris took over the top of the democratic ticket. she and running mate walz will

sit down for an interview. with us now the former director of external affairs for the democratic governor's association and tim warner, former communication director for jeb bush's 2016 presidential campaign and an msnbc political analyst. how much is riding on this interview? >> well, i think they're going everywhere and connecting voters. the cnn interview tonight is one of the tools in their tool box for doing that. it's a great way to connect with people just like they did in chicago for the democratic national convention and just like they're doing today in south georgia with voters. it will be a great way to connect with people and share their optimistic vision for the

country. >> do you think it's fair criticism of the vice president that she hasn't had a major interview until today? as you said, we're just -- over a month since she took the top of the ticket. >> like i said, it's one of the many tools in the tool box. i think she's connecting with supporters on the trail taking questions. her and governor walz are out there mixing it up with folks. the interview is a great way tonight. i saw governor walz on the subway and is connecting with voters about who he is and what the ticket will bring. i think it's just one of the many ways they're getting out there, going everywhere, connecting to the voters they need to win in november. >> tim, what are you looking for tonight? >> well, i think the dynamic between the presidential nominee kamala harris and tim walz will be interesting because we've seen them in back-to-back

speeches. sort of sitting down in a formal setting will be interesting. i'll be looking for how kamala harris addresses the ways in which her agenda for this campaign is different from the 2019 campaign. she's moved to the middle on a few issues, which i'm unhappy about. she'll have to explain that and give a rationale for that. it will be interesting to see how she does it and contrasts with donald trump. the nice thing on this is donald trump and j.d. vance have changed their minds on a million things too. i think as long as she can give a powerful rationale, a forward-looking rationale and contrast herself with the republicans, you know, i think she'll be fine. i think they should do more of these really. >> gop vice presidential nominee j.d. vance got heated when talking about trump's visit to

arlington national cemetery. here's some of what he had to say. >> to have those 13 americans lose their lives and not fire a single person is disgraceful. kamala harris is disgraceful. we want to talk about a story out of those 13 brave, innocent americans who lost their lives, it's that kamala harris is so asleep at the wheel that she won't even do an investigation into what happened. she wants to yell at donald trump because he showed up? she can -- she can go to hell. >> vance told msnbc he was frustrated when he made those comments. we've often talked about message, sticking to message and how you deliver a message. what do you make of this line of attack? >> yeah, i don't know that he's frustrated. i think he was acting. j.d. vance is very uncomfortable in his own skin. it was clear that was a performance to me. look, i think that what donald trump did at arlington was the

disgraceful thing. the army put out a statement today, which they never do. it's not up to donald trump and the people he's with to decide if he can video. there's a lot of people that served our country honorably that lie in those grave stones. outside of that horrific decision by trump and vance, i don't know, i think the vice president, you know, maybe should take the opportunity at some point to contact those who died at abbey gate, to talk about, you know, how she envisions moving forward on foreign policy. i don't think she needs to carry the baggage from what was a messy withdrawal. she was not in the -- she's not in the line of command. joe biden was the commander in chief. it's a new ticket, a new potential commander in chief. i think it would appropriate for her to do that.

>> how heated do you think things will get in the next 68 days? >> well, it makes me sad that j.d. vance took it there. i think it's a real contrast against to the joy and optimism that we're seeing from governor walz and vice president harris. they're out on the trail talking about what they're going to do for the middle class, how they'll protect freedoms like abortion rights. i think that's what people want both sides to take in the election. j.d. vance is a little out of his skin and is being a little weird to put it in governor walz's terms. they have a weird agenda for the country they're not comfortable talking about. the contrast between them and vice president harris and governor walz is pretty clear and a clear choice for people in november. >> thank you both so much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. up next, new details on the

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44 past the hour. new developments in venezuela where protesters took to the streets yesterday to demand liberty, exactly one month after the disputed presidential elections. opposition leader has been forced into hiding joined the protesters in caracas and vowed to continue fighting for democracy, holding the tallies that the opposition has posted online showing a landslide victory of its candidate. thousands, thousands of people have been detained in venezuela in this last month, including reports of over 150 children. at least 27 people have been killed. now, to the middle east. the israeli military is pressing ahead this morning with its largest incursion in the west

bank in more than 20 years. the israeli military said a well-known local commander is among five more militants killed after they were hiding inside a mosque. israeli officials calling the raids a counter terror operation. palestinian health authority say at least 15 people have been killed in the west bank. with us now from tel aviv is matt bradley. matt, good morning. the idf calling this new raid a first phase. what else do we know? >> reporter: that's right. this is ongoing. it's focusing on three different locations in the northern part of the west bank. here's our report. israel's raids in the west bank continuing this morning, including a strike on a mosque killing five militants, as welt as a prominent commander.

israeli officials saying it's a counter terror operation targeting militants. the fighting intense. here a sniper fires on a palestinian youth. the west bank now a full-fledged war said israel's foreign minister who called for palestinians to actee raid focu cities. the army raided the refugee camp with a large number of soldiers on foot said this paramedic. we were surprised. fighting in the west bank isn't new. more than 660 people have been killed there since hamas' october 7th attacks according to palestinian health authorities. on the other side of israel and gaza, the war started after hamas' terror attacks continue. this food group stopping

bringing supplies into gaza. jose, we just heard from palestinian health official that is the death toll is at least 16. we're expecting casualty figures to increase. jose? >> matt bradley in tel aviv, thank you. this week marks three years since the u.s. withdrew from afghanistan and the taliban returned to power. since then the taliban has established a new reign of terror, including banning women from speaking or showing their faces in public. they still won't let girls get an education beyond sixth grade. joining us now the founder and executive director of learn afghan, providing education to girls in afghanistan. thank you for being with us this morning. what have these last three years looked like in afghanistan for women and girls?

>> i think the last three years for a woman has stripped her of her ability to be a woman and contained her to the fact that she can only be here at this point and anything else has to have something decreed. she cannot teach. she cannot go out without a male escort. they cannot take a cab. that's the life of a woman right now. >> how do you process this? this is a country with an extraordinary rich history and culture. during the ten years of war and occupation, there was such a change in so many things. how do you process this rapid change? >> i think for me the one thing i have to make sure that people

know is that afghanistan has such a rich history, but a very feminist-led history. we have women and leaders from the past and then we have women 100 years ago who were ministers. we had women in the 1980s leading rallies and stuff. for me i feel like taliban has this sort of memory loss where they keep on saying, oh, this is our culture or this is how we go about everything. i question this idea of what our history teaches us? why is the taliban disregarding the history movement of afghan women? then at the same time i think at this point it's hard to process it. the best we can do is just to make sure we get through it, do our part and make surepart. you're living in exile in the u.s. while running an underground school for girls in afghanistan. tell me about that. >> we are right now at five schools hoping to expand to three more schools.

we work with 661 girls from age 13 to 18. our hope is to expand to all 34 provinces and make sure that education is as accessible as possible so the next time our education is politicized by men in my country, just because they want to get their way around everything. >> obviously, the hurdles that you face are enormous. how can people help. ? >> i think i don't want to disregard the people that work with me. we as a team have done amazing stuff. they are women teachers who show up in person every day to teach. they are young students, who show up to these schools. they are staff members that in hiding pay their salaries to teachers and staff. we had to smuggle competitions.

i don't want to disregard them. i want to make sure we grace what they do because for me i live in exile and do this. they live every day and still get to show up and do all of that. and i think for now, any afghan women were to ask the people around them and just people of the world is just to support the work, and maybe even dedicate some time, talk about the work. that's the best we can do. i don't expect anything out of the international community. the united nations or anyone else, and we're going to wait for them to come and rescue us. i believe that people around us believe in that and would continue to support that. >> do you have any hope for the future of afghanistan, such a rich, beautiful culture? >> always. afghanistan is a beautiful country with such an amazing history. amazing women. so my hope for afghanistan is

that in the next ten years, who knows, all these girls we're educating they will become all these amazing leaders who will work with their communities, build their communities and atment sol point, the world will realize the taliban is not the only solution to afghanistan. >> maybe they are the only thing that is not a solution to afghanistan. i thank you so much for being with us. really appreciate it. >> thank you. up next, with kids getting back in the classroom, some schools are taking dramatic new steps to tackle one of the biggest distractions for students. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. s? we were loading our suv when... crack! safelite came right to us, and we could see exactly when they'd arrive with a replacement we could trust. >> vo: schedule free mobile service at safelite.com. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ hi, my name is damian clark. and if you have

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far as banning cell phones or locking them up throughout the day. here's more. >> reporter: everywhere you look, kids are on their cell phones, but now there's growing pressure to ban them in schools. >> it's for the benefit of students. >> reporter: brokton high school principal kevin mccaskill is getting a shipment of pouchs, one for each of his students to lock their cell phones in during the school day. >> why is it a good day for kids to put their phones away? >> we can get the focus back on education opposed to student's social media feeds, text messages from other students. sometimes parents saying what do you want for dinner. >> reporter: at least 7 of the largest school districts have rules against using cell phones during the school day. including bans in los angeles, cleveland and orange county, florida. four states have enacted statewide restrictions. florida, louisiana, virginia and

south carolina. california and new york state could soon join that list. while not all parents are on board, the shift comes as research shows phone-free schools can reduce distractions and cyberbullying, enhance focus on learning, and improve student well being. the surgeon general warning parents face additional stress managing their children's phone use. >> many parents are struggling with tech and social media. those are the number one and two causes of stress that parents cite when they talk about parenting being harder now compared to a generation ago. >> reporter: grace, an 8th grader in framingham, welcomes her school's restrictions. >> to see the big picture and how it helps you learn and how it helps the school. >> reporter: her mother believe it is reduces anxiety and encourages socialization. >> students are more engaged with each other at recess, they are actually talking to each

other, they are doing activities, rather than kind of going into their own circle and going on to their phone. >> some families are concerned about not being able to reach their child during school hours for safety and health reasons. administrators, however, encourage families to call the school office. >> thank you very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. ryan nobles is in for andrea mitchell and picks up more news right now. right now, the race for the white house in a dead heat with 68 days to go. both vice president harris and former president trump in swing states today as a new poll highlights the harris surge in four key battlegrounds. also, jd vance defends this attack on the vice president over the trump campaign's recent arlington cemetery controversy. >> it's the kamala harris is