going public, the house prepares to release more secret impeachment testimony as president trump takes his defense on the road in another fiery rally. >> a potential tragedy averted inside the fbi's under cover sting to stop a white supremacist plot to bomb a synagogue. >> researchers reveal how lasers can unlock a security risk for voice-assisted devices >> last course and the final frontier astronauts prepare to take one giant leap in baking for the first-ever space cookies >> first, you could say the cowboys won by a whisker last night. >> see him go. the black cat on monday night

football at metlife. >> oh, boy this ought to be fun here >> a black cat stealing the show on monday night football and it spelled brly day. i'm fr. feeling the heat from the impeachment inquiry on capitol hill, president trump is taking his defense on the road. the president stopping in lexington last night to stump for kentucky governor matt bevan before voters head to the polls today. bevan is locked in a tight race with democrat annie ba sure. the president kept most of the focus on his own battle. supporters wore shirts that said read the transcript. >> the media and the democrats have launched an even more brazen assault on our nation with the deranged hyper-partisan

impeachment. the democrats' outrageous conduct has created an angry majority that will vote the do-nothing democrats the hell out of offic >> meanwhile, democrats are giving the public a look in at the investigation and what witnesses are saying nbc's craig boswell joins us now with the latest from d.c good morning, craig. >> reporter: frances, good morning. good morning, everyone yeah, today transcripts of closed door depositions from ambassador to the european union gordon sondland and the u.s. envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, become public. it's part of the public phase of the impeachment inquiry of president trump. it adds to monday's release by house investigators of a pair of transcripts. one from former u.s. ag lawmake yovanovitch was pulled in her the subject of a smear campaign. post in may. she testified last month president trump pushed for her early removal and said the president's allies were looking to hur

threatened, she said yes take a listen to president trump. >> was marie yovanovitch the target of a smear campaign by your allies? she testified she was. >> if you look at the transcripts, the president of ukraine was not a fan of hers either i mean, he did not exactly say glowing things i'm sure she's a very fine woman. i just don't know much about her. >> reporter: now, all of the transcripts that have been taken so far are expected to be released by friday now, nbc news has also confirmed -- has learned even that most of the witnesses, the white house witnesses scheduled to testify this week are not going to be appearing on capitol hill that includes energy secretary rick perry, office of management and budget acting director russell vote and former security advisor john bolton. so lots to take place this week. lots behind closed doors, and this public phase of this impeachment inquiry. frances, back to you >> all right, thank you, craig

>> all right domestic terror attack averted in colorado. the fbi says it broke up acoloro temple pueblo. allegedly planned to under cover agents brought him what were supposed to be two pipe bombs with dynamite nbc's pete williams has more on the operation. >> reporter: the fbi said this was the intended target, temple emmanuel, used by three dozen families in pueblo, colorado prosecutors say 27-year-old richard holzer was arrested over the weekend after he was handed what he thought were real pipe bombs that he wanted to use to blow it up >> mr. holzer also stated that he was not concerned about any loss of life from the attack because such victims would be jews >> reporter: court documents say holz era tracted the fbi's attempt with white supremacist facebook postings. one read, i wish the holocaust really did happen.e actually unr cover fbi agents he told them he once paid somebody to pu

fbi said that apparently never happened after visiting the synagogue, prosecutors say holzer talked about bombing it and was arrested after the under cover agents gave him what he thought were working bombs the fbi told congress last week that acts of domestic terrorism like last year's deadly attack on a synagogue in pittsburgh are mostly driven by white extremists >> the majority of the racially motivated violent extremist domestic terrorism, the majority of that is at the hands of what i would call white supremacists. >> reporter: prosecutors say holzer admitted quickly after he was arrested that he wanted to bomb the synagogue and do it late at night when nobody would be inside. he appeared briefly monday in federal court to face the charges and is asking for a court-appointed lawyer he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if he's convicted. phillip? >> our thanks to you, pete and all our thanks to the fbi on that one >> secretary of state mike pompeo issued a full-on notice to the united nations beginning the formal process of

withdrawing from the paris climate agreement. nearly 200 countries committed to national targets for reducing or controlling pollution beginning in 2016. pompeo said america is a world leader in reducing emissions and claimed that the deal imposes an thyears.rafor monday was the first daya year meaning the changes will take effect the day after the 2020 election the former state department official says if the white house changes leadership, a potential next president could get back in the deal in 30 days. >> and now to an update on a story we brought to you on monday the 42-year-old milwaukee man who was a victim of an alleged acid attack is still recovering this morning the man suffered second degree burns to his face in what authorities are now investigating as a hate crime. police arrested a 61-year-old suspect but have not identified him. here's nbc's miguel almaguer >> reporter: the attack was captured on security camera.

the victim on the left says the man in the hood asked him why he invaded this country, just before battery acid was thrown in his face. >> he was talking to me really angry, really -- back to your country, you come invade my country. you respect -- >> reporter: he suffered second-degree burns in what milwaukee officials are calling a hate crime >> as far as screaming, because it was bore said he was first confronted by a white man about how he parked his truck outside a mexican restaurant and was then accused of being in the country illegally. police later arresting a 61-year-old suspect. >> there are people that are willing to hurt another one for no reason. just for the color of your skin, how you talk i'm a u.s. citizen i have my rights, too. >> reporter: with the mayor calling the attack a hate crime -- >> what i saw was horrific >> reporter: fbi statistics note hate crimes are more frequent with a 17% increase in 2017.

he said he's more than a number. >> in america, you have rights we need to stop this >> reporter: he says this is the face of a u.s. citizen, attacked in his own country miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> mcdonald's with the second senior resigning after a c.e.o. steve easterbrook was ousted, there's more of the fast food giant's top human resources executive, david fair hearst has also left the company. fair hearst is a long time friend of easterbrook. easterbrook was let go over a relationship with an employee that breached company policy the company says fair hearst's departure was unrelated. >> a major shake up at the n.y.p.d. james o'neill is stepping down as commissioner after 36 years with the department. he became commissioner in 2016 under bill de blasio he leads the n.y.p.d. with major crime reaching a record low the first half of 2019 but o'neal drew criticism from the union after he fired daniel pantaleo, the officer involved

in erik garner's choke hold death. many called for his resignation. o'neal said the decision to fire pantaleo weighed heavily on him but was not a factor in his retirement >> a man has died after a confrontation at a popeyes restaurant in maryland it was linked to the popular sandwich the chain began selling again on sunday. a police spokeswoman said it all began after someone cut the line, then a fight moved outside and a 28-year-old man was stabbed. he was rushed to the hospital and later died authorities have not identified a suspect. popeyes did not immediately respond to a request for comment. >> the dallas cowboys are back in the driver's seat in the nfc east after a big win on monday night football it was giants early on dak prescott getting picked off on his very first throw of the game but the dallas defense would hold the giants to three points on that possession later in the second quarter, daniel jones finds cody latimer in the corner of the end zone.

the giants lead and at this point things are looking pretty unlucky for dallas >> the cowboys season doesn't go the way it was expected to, blame that guy i mean, look at his change in direction. >> lateral move. >> it turns out that black cat bad luck for the giants. in the fourth quarter, dak finds michael gallup who tumbles into the end zone a few minutes later he would drop back and find his star receiver omari cooper for another touchdown. cowboys pull away from the giants 37-18 >> cowboys are janessa's team. you can see that applause right there. don't be shy >> they needed that one badly. >> the cat kind of stole the show let's talk about what's happening weather wise we're going to caking its way through. we are also watching for scattered showers for the northeast this afternoon but the big weather stories, our next storm system that's going to cause our first significant

snowfall for the ohio valley across the northeast, the timing goes like this around 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. thursday afternoon, we could see a little bit of e upper midwest. highs below the freezing mark. talking about our first significant snow, i'll show you accumulation coming up >> what? i wasn't ready for that one. we don't have a choice thank you, janessa in today's quick california sayy 10 million illegal marijuana plants, after receiving a tip, the plants had an estimated value of over $1 billion >> lebron james is taking his i-promise initiative to the next level. the nba star announced i promise village that will turn an

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>> reporter: isis is far from defeated instead, rebuilding in northern iraq so isis basically has free reign to move along here >> yeah. >> reporter: in 2014 isis controlled vast areas of land across syria and iraq with more than 34,000 square miles and 10 million people living under their control. this spring they lost the last of their territory in syria, focusing on iraq general commands the kurdish unit that controls this area >> they have some tunnels, they have some caves. you can say that isis are there, permanently they are living there and they are moving. especially at night they are free >> reporter: isis is right here on the other side of that ridge. they come out mainly at night, but the forces who patrol this area say they've seen a recent surge of new foreign fighters, many coming across from syria. a at night, let's say, go down to a city or farm, a village, and shake down the local population, extract resources.

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