hi, everyone. i'm kate snow. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. "nbc news daily" starts right now. >> today, tuesday, september 20th, 2022. in the dark, millions without power or running water. hurricane fiona tears its way through the caribbean. when the conditions will will improve and where the deadly storm is headed next. >> theft. prosecutors are charging nearly 50 people in what is being called the biggest covid fraud scheme to date. where they say the money meant to feed the children in need

instead. what you and your family need to know about a ecofriendly burial method. human composting is becoming legal in one state. and searching for answers. why were 12 teachers from a single school all diagnosed with breast cancer within the last decade. we take a closer look at that. we begin with breaking news this hour. >> president trump and his children being sued for fraud. the new york attorney general is announcing a mass you have fraud lawsuit against donald trump, his children and company after a year long -- years long investigation, civil investigation into her state. >> the lawsuit claims trump lied about his net worth for years to get tax benefits and better loans. attorney general james wants to ban the trumps from doing business in new york state seeking $250 million in damages. the a.g. says no one is above the law. >> all told, we uncovered more than 200 examples of false and

misleading asset valuations used on statements. the pattern of fraud and deception used by mr. trump and the trump organization for their own financial benefit is astounding. >> leading us off right now, nbc news correspondent vonn hilliard outside trump tower in manhattan and noah pransky for lx news is with us. let me start with you. can you lay out what we learned today? what is in this lawsuit? what are the exact allegations? >> it's important to note this general's office here. but over the course of 220 pages, it lays out a litany of what alleges to be evidence that not only did donald trump but his three children as w trump o inflated the value of the company and of its properties and other assets, but also it lays out and documents the way in which the new york attorney

general alleges that donald trump raised the specter in which is own value here. it contends there is a false fiction of business records. the issuing a false financial statement. the way in which there is an engagement in insurance fraud. and conspiracy on each of these instances to commit state violations. from the course of 2011 to 2021, there are more than 200 false and misleading evaluations that are laid out here over the course of the last year. but it's important to note that as part of this that the attorney general's office seeks quite crippling financial implications here that could cost not only the trump organization but the family. as part of that, i want to let you hear from the new york attorney general herself lay out here over the course of about a half hour press conference here in manhattan. >> the complaint demonstrates

that donald trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars. to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system thereby cheating all of us. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it's the art of the steal. >> the new york attorney general alleging that he profited off the backs of taxpayers. i want to let you see donald trump though, part of his response here over the last 90 minutes n which he posted on social media account another witchunt by a racist attorney general. failed in her run for governor getting zero support from the public. now is doing law in order. this is a back and forth between donald trump and the attorney general that is spanning now years. donald trump has suggested that she is racist. suggests that this is politically motivated. and now she made it a forefront

of hefr campaign for attorney general but also since entering office she promised to not only sue but also take on donald trump here. and now what she is saying in this lawsuit here is she has the evidence to back up those promises and ones that could be financially crippling. >> all right. you have polling about investigations surrounding donald trump. this was done before the a.g.'s announcement. take us through the numbers. >> the new poll from lx news, really took a look at the challenge that james is facing in the court of public opinion. and that is the fact that a large chunk of the american electorate believes this is a politically motivated investigation. overall, just three out of ten americans said her investigation was bred from honest intentions. you can see the numbers here. republicans leaning more towards politically motivated but a large chunk of independents as well. the biggest surprise, the fact

that americans when asked should investigators release investigations ahead of the mid terms or hold them until after? both democrats and republicans agreed. the a majority of both said that, yes, get it out there right now. 80% of democrats, more than half of republicans and, of course, independents in the majority there. it seems that the attitudes that may revolve around what is going into these investigations may, you know, can you see how america feels. not everybody on the same page. >> all right. thank you for being with us. we're also following breaking news on the economy today. the federal reserve announcing it will raise interest rates by .75. this is the third straight hike of that size. >> this is the fifth time the fed increased interest rates this year. fed chair jerome powell speaking with reporters about the decision this afternoon. >> with today's action, we have raised interest rates by 3% this year. at some point, as the stance of monetary policy tightens

further, it will become appropriate to slow the pace of increases while we assess how our accumulative policy adjustments affecting the economy and inflation. >> let's bring in our business and data reporter brian chung. he is with us. walk us through the impact that this hike could have on all of us on consumers. >> the announcement coming an hour ago. they raise interest rates by .75%. and we saw for the investment in the stock market, the equities market sell november response that the fed chairman is talking, things appeared to bounce back. despite the fact that his outlook on the economy still appears to be gloomy. he said no one knows whether this process or rate hikes will actually go down or lead to recession. if so, how significant that recession will be. using the word and spooking a lot of americans trying to wonder when is that 8.3% year over year inflation going to stop? a lot of people coming to the meeting. >> let's talk about that. we look long term here. the were there any indications about what the next move might be by the fed this year and

beyond? >> it's going to be more rate hikes. what we saw from the federal reserve's projections, they released that alongside the announcement earlier this afternoon. they plan on perhaps another 1% of increases throughout the rest of this year. that is going to further entrench the fed battle with inflation. how successful that is, no one is sure. >> all right. a lot of ways. thank you. brian, thank you. more breaking news this hour. president biden taking aim at russian president putin during his speech at the united nations general assembly today. >> biden's remarks came hours after putin threatened to use nuclear weapons against ukraine if it keeps backing fighting back against the russian invasion. >> ukraine has the same rights that belong to every sovereign nation. we will stand in solidarity with ukraine. we'll stand in solidarity against russia's aggression. period. >> let's bring in our white house correspondent kara lee and also nbc news correspondent raf

sanchez. carol, today it does really feel like the pressure has been ramping up on both sides of this. what have you heard from the white house about how seriously they're taking that threat by putin? >> they're taking it very seriously, kate. the white house is saying this is something that is very concerning. that this sort of rhetoric is irresponsible. we heard from the president pointing to it in his remarks today before the u.n. general assembly where he called out russia for this type of rhetoric. one of the things that we know the white house and administration is looking for is whether these are just words or there is action behind the rhetoric here. whether putin and the russians are moving in i sort of military assets. and if so, then they will respond. now the president also used this platform to call out russia saying that he is violating the very rules of the road internationally. they're set by the united nations. take a listen. >> let us speak plainly. permanent member of the united nations security council invaded

its neighbor. attempted to erase the sovereign state from the map. russia has shamelessly violated the core tenants of the united nations charter. >> part of what we heard from the president was he made the case that there was one man who started this war, putin. and there is one man who can bring it very quickly to a peaceful end at any moment. the russian president did not appear ready to do that just yet. >> let me bring in rav. what is the state of the conflict right now? how are ukrainian leaders reacting to president putin's threats? >> aaron, the state of the conflict is that ukrainians are on the march. u.s. officials are saying this flurry of announcements are a sign weakness. things are not going his way on the battlefield. they made the lightning advances in the north near kharkiv and

u.s. officials say the fact he is threatening to lose nuclear swpz a sign he is not getting the results he wants on the battlefield. now the message from it ukrainian leaders is the same one it's been for seven months. which is defiance. but, aaron, it's interesting, we're seeing russians on the streets of their cities protesting in response to this announcement of partial mobilization by putin. so we'll see how big these protests are and how long they continue. aaron? >> all right. thank you both. walmart gearing up for the holiday season. and united airlines grounding some of the planes. we have this report today with the money minute. christine yashgs hi. >> hello. let's start with walmart. walmart is bringing in in 40,000 new workers for the holidays. that sounds like a lot. but it's much less than the 170,000 people it hired last year. that is probably a reflection of expectations among retailers that sales will be modest this

year. united took 25 of the boeing 777 jets out of service because required wing inspection has not been done. 18 flights were canceled. the airline promises that will be it. >> and barbados issued the world's first pandemic protected bond. so it allows the suspension of payments if there is another pandemic but they have to be made eventually. they can't just be completely canceled. the country's prime minister says a lot of smaller countries could have avoided their debt problems that they now have if this kind of bond had been available before covid. so let's see if it catches on. guys? >> all right. kristina, thank you. puerto rico recovering from fiona's wrath. coming up, an up close look at the hurricane's devastation. the hurricane's devastation. you'reatching "nbc news w ubrelvy helps u fight migraine attacks. u rise to the challenge. u won't clock out. so u bring ubrelvy. it can quickly stop migraine

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breaking news right now. bermuda and canada bracing for hurricane fiona. that storm strengthened again now a category 4 hurricane. much it's on track to march north and hit canada by saturday. >> overnight, rain battered turks and caicos. early estimates show the storm surge raised water levels at least five feet. recovery efforts are still under way in puerto rico at this hour. of most people there are without power or running water, four days since fiona hit. puerto rico's governor says it

will take a week to have a full understanding of the damage. here is nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez. >> hurricane fiona is strengthening. heading towards bermuda after barrelling through turks and caicos. with winds up to 125 miles per hour, trigger ag shelter in it place order. from above, just a small glams at the d.r. destruction. homes and entire crops of bananas now gone. in puerto rico, another agonizing night. days after fiona made land fall. just 20% of the it land has power. 50% has running water. >> here is my sofa, microwave. >> reporter: this woman is in the dark. her flooded belongings now on the street corner.

her patience running out. >> i don't know how to explain it. >> reporter: she and many others here think local officials did not learn lessons after hurricane maria decimated the island's power grid five years ago. do you think that government of puerto rico was adequately prepared for this hurricane? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> they did nothing. >> reporter: fiona now also devastating a town in north puerto rico as we saw an aerial. the water kept rising choking off the communities for two days. thankfully the water is now receding. but the pain is not. we met another family in southern puerto rico reaching their flooded home for the first time. today more long fuel lines are expected as puerto ricans scramble to feed their portable generators. the governor here is asking for expedited federal help.

fema says its warehouses here are fully stocked and pledging to send in it more disaster teams to help. meanwhile, the department of health and human services declared a public health emergency here in puerto rico. back to you. >> let's bring in our nbc news meteorologist bill karins. the weather team is really busy the last several days. we have fiona and now another system developing. >> we've been busy. i think we're going to get a lot busy next week. more on that. let's update everyone with fiona. this is the most powerful storm on the planet. it will be the most powerful storm you'll see all year. category 4 hurricanes don't happen that often. 130 mile-per-hour winds. moving to the north. interesting. we're only a couple hundred miles away from miami. the fact that this took that turn to the north really spared a lot of the east coast. but that is not the case for bermuda. here is how the weather is going to shape up in better mud yachlt

we have bermuda in this yellow color. the that is tropical storm force winds. they're under a tropical storm warning. wind should be under 70 miles per hour. if you've ever been to bermuda, they are built tough and built for the big storms. the this shouldn't cause too much damage there. they're getting rain. large waefrz as you expect. and then the storm is going to head northward. it is going to produce huge swells along the east coast beaches. if you head to the beach, you'll see it with the waves coming in. the rip currents are dangerous. then the storm slams into canada. this is onest strongest storms they ever experienced. we'll wait and see how it plays out. that is going to be saturday morning. 100 mile-per-hour winds around nova scotia. and then we watch this area right here. right now it's now heading into the caribbean. and then seven days from now, guys, both of our long range computer models have it heading into the gulf. >> all right. middle of next week.

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the nbc bay area news room. a civil grand jury accuses her of corruption and today, jury selection is under way in the long-awaited trial for santa clara's embattled outgoing sheriff. but as nbc bay area's ginger reports, so far, there's nothing typical about how this case is playing out. >> reporter: the first day of jury selection in the civil grand jury trial of is santa clara county sheriff laurie smith is happening today. this is the first step in a pretrial for a sheriff who is playing a number of accusations, including issuing concealed gun permits for political donations. the big question is, what will this civil grand jury trial do? a guilty verdict can't mean jail time for smith. a worst outcome is that she is removed from office and can't run for office again. the sheriff has already announced plans of retiring in january 2023. it's unclear if smith will take the stand. if she does, that could change

the outcome of this trial to bring a criminal prosecution. >> thanks for that update. you may have noticed, rain is still moving through parts of the bay area. vianey arana is tracking when it's expected to taper off. >> we've got the last of the shower activity continuing to push through the bay area. we woke up to showers and there is still the possibility that we could see a spotty thunderstorm or two, mainly around the coast and up through parts of the north bay, daytime highs today will be in the 70s. livermore, 78 degrees, concord, 79, down through morgan hills, 78 degrees and once that rain moves out, heading into thursday and friday, we're going to warm up with a system that moves in as high pressure begins to build. we'll see those daytime highs climb into the upper 70s on saturday with a high of 77 degrees for san francisco. meanwhile, inland areas climb into the mid 80s. for tomorrow, it is the first official day of fall. >> vianey, thank you. developing now, oakland

police have their hands full after a deadly 24 hours ending with someone shot dead near city hall. >> he was in office and it looked like one hand just got shot. >> you see right there, that shooting actually interrupted a city council meeting. forced council members to call a recess. also marked the last in a one-day string of shootings, leaving four people dead and three others hurt. monday night, two members of the oakland islamic center were shot and killed. a woman was also killed south of lake merritt. some prevention measures are already in place. >> there's a lot of pleaduation and groundwork that's happening to prevent the next homicide and that's often not publicized because it's overshadowed by the incidents. >> so far this year, 91 people have been killed in oakland. that's slightly below the homicide rate this time last year. other stories you should know about. if you live in the peninsula, a warning from police.

two mountain lions were spotted hunting down a deer. someone living in the laurelwood park neighborhood saw the cats from his backyard around 1:00 in the morning. shortly after the sighting, police warned people living nearby to stay inside. this is new video from the neighborhood. the man managed to scare off the big cats, using a flashlight. the deer, unfortunately, didn't survive. police also say officers later spotted two cats but didn't euthanize them because the animals posed no danger. also, we are learning more about a late-night fire that destroyed a san leandro warehouse, started just before 11:00 p.m. at 139th and washington avenue. firefighters say they discovered a marijuana grow inside that building. it's not clear if that or something else started the fire. one firefighter was hurt but is expected to be okay. and moving you forward, the largest conference in san francisco since the start of the pandemic continues today. talking, of course, about day two of dream force. tens of thousands of people are in the city right now, and

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five people charged with the january 6th riot. five are associated with the far right group america first. in addition to criminal charges, they're accused of entering house speaker nancy pelosi's office during the attack on the capitol. meese said they found a 2-year-old dead inside a stolen car after his father was shot and killed. it happened in houston on tuesday. police say person of interest is in custody and facing questioning. and the washington monument is reopened today after being

vandalized with red paint. police say they charged a 44-year-old man from indiana on tuesday night. the u.s. park services says it could take days to clean up all the paint. georgia democratic candidate for governor stacy abrams is putting new focus on a critical group of voters in her rematch against republican brian kemp. abrams is focusing on the rural black belt. she spoke exclusively with nbc news correspondent blayne alexander. she joins us now from atlanta. first, can you explain what this term rural black belt means there and then why does abrams say this is key to her success in november? >> well, aaron, we're talking about rural voters. just basically voters outside of atlanta. but specifically when it comes to the rural black belt, we're talking about an area that has a large population of african american voters. these are the counties that typically would go red. that typically would be republican counties. but when i spoke with stacy abrams, she said those are the

places that they're placing a lot of focus because she's looking at the individual votes, she says, not specifically the counties. but she says individual votes that make up the election. here's what i asked her in terms of how crucial georgia is not only when we talk about the gubernatorial race but just in terms of the national landscape. take a look. how crucial is georgia? >> georgia is often a lead on what's going to happen across the country. we saw in georgia's transformation long before the national attention turned to us. when money was being poured into other states, we were able to signal back in 2016, you know, we have a competitive election here. pay attention to georgia. much more money was spent on neighboring states, we perform as well. but with less investment. what we know is that the future of how politics happened will be shifting to the sunbelt and georgia is dead center. not only physically and geographically but in terms of our predictability to show what the electorate will look like

going forward. >> and aaron, i certainly don't have to tell you, we saw all of that come to bear in 2020. there was a time when we wouldn't even be talking about georgia. when it came to certainly national elections but local elections and statewide elections. that happened when the state went blue. that put biden in office and flipping control of the senate. aaron? >> what are the issues? what are the top issues that abrams plans to focus on now that we're in the final weeks of this race? >> i'll talk about her perspective. she says when she goes around and talks to people, it's very clear that democrats as well are really focusing on the abortion issue. that is something that we have heard her talk a lot about on the campaign trail. she talked a lot about it in our interview. and she said that when she talked to voters, they say that kind of the thing that really they're paying a lot of attention to. of course, when we talk about the weeks since the dobbs'

decision. they don't want to talk about that when it comes to brian kemp. putting more focus on the economy and inflation, gas prices, things like that. >> all right. blayne alexander in atlanta, thank you. you can watch more of her reporting on nbc "nightly news." a group of migrants flown to martha's vineyard is taking action. they're suing knorr's republican governor ron desantis. >> hau there. governor desantis is facing that new lawsuit and a separate criminal investigation by a texas sheriff. speculation mounts about when will will try to fly more migrants out of the south which is experiencing a record influx in border crossings. nearly 8,000 migrants arrive daily. >> nobody can deny there say crisis. >> reporter: this morning, florida's republican governor ron desantis facing backlash for his decision to fly 48

venezuelan migrants to martha's vineyard last week. attorneys representing the migrants filing a lawsuit late tuesday against desantis and other border officials, accusing them of a premeditated fraudulent and illegal scheme to transport them to the eye land. the suit which is seeking class action status in massachusetts says the migrants were lured with incentives like mcdonald's gift certificates and free hotel stays and promised jobs, housing and educational opportunities if they boarded planes to other states. the flights were voluntary and that migrants signed a consent form shared overnight by the office. they responded to the lawsuit saying florida's program gave them a fresh start and the individuals opted to take advantage of chartered flights to massachusetts. >> if this was a burden on one of the richest places in our country, what about all the other communities that have been overrun with hundreds hor thousands. >> the lawsuit comes two days after a texas sheriff launched a

criminal investigation into the flights which originated in his state. the sheriff, a democrat, says the migrants were lured with false promises of work and assistance. massachusetts republican governor charlie baker says he supports the sheriff's investigation but is also urging the biden administration and congress to enact sweeping immigration and border security reform. >> they need to create han immigration policy that people can understand and people can enforce and people can abide by. we don't have that. >> reporter: homeland security reports illegal border crossings hit a record high. totaling more than two million in the last 11 months. on tuesday there were unconfirmed rumors a plane carrying migrants was heading to president biden's home state of delaware. the white house said it was coordinating with state officials to prepare, volunteer groups stood by. the plane and the migrants never arrived. landing at new jersey's airport

appearing to have no passengers onboard. congress is grilling america's biggest bank leaders over consumer protections, mortgages and ties with russia. the retail bank ceos are on capitol hill testifying before the house financial services committee run by democrats. cnbc finance and investment reporter leslie picker is following the hearings. what are the highlights. >> yeah. that's right. the hearing is still on going into hour six now. quite a diverse line of questioning and to your point since this thing has seen fireworks. racial equity to cybersecurity to overdraft fees to the mortgage market. joe politics front and sent we are them pressing the bank ceos about the ties in particular with entities in russia. >> yes or no question? >> you have not your ties. you continue to own major stake

in the russian bank. >> no, we do not own a stake. pure bank, i think that is -- >> thank you. >> we cut out some of the -- >> i wish you would cut all the ties to them and let me go on to citigroup. you have cut your ties with luke oil? >> i have one other thing. >> not on my time you can't. reclaiming my time! >> the time belongs to the gentleman from california. >> can you do a press conference afterwards and comment as you like. not on my time. >> the bank's ceos were asked about relationship with china doing business in china and russia. and they said they don't do entities -- don't do business with any entities that are engaging in human rights abuses but then when pressed about their relationship with various governments around the world, said they defer to government guidance on those issues. >> i used to cover capitol hill. so i know where just seven weeks

from the midterm elections and some of this is political for these members, trying to get their moment in the sun. i do wonder what does it mean, what does this hearing mean for legislative action? is anybody talking about changing anything? >> well, in terms of legislative action, not necessarily. but it does have a big macro component. what does it mean for savings accounts and ability to pay back their credit card debt. what it means for the mortgage market. things that are at the heart and minds of many americans as they