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"nbc news daily" starts right now. >> today wednesday, july 26th, 2023, breaking news, courtroom chaos, hunter biden's plea agreement falls apart, the issue that held things up and the very latest on where his legal troubles stand. >> rate hike approved for the 11th time since march of last year, interest rates are going up. what the fed chair just said about the decision. >> the truth is out there, lawmakers on capitol hill searching for answers on ufos, the close encounters being described by witnesses, plus the moves congress could make next. >> and leaving the nest, preparing to send a kid off to college, we have tips for parents on handling the big transition or setting your student up for big success. we're going to begin with breaking news. president biden's son hunter has pleaded not guilty to federal charges. >> just a few hours ago he was set to plead guilty and accept a plea deal. biden is facing two misdemeanor

counts over failing to pay more than $100,000 in taxes but a disagreement over a separate gun charge derailed the plea agreement. >> and this case is historic. it's the first time the justice department has brought charges against the child of a current u.s. president. here's how the white house reacted shortly after hunter biden entered his not guilty plea. >> hunter biden is a private citizen, and this was a personal matter for him. as we have said, the president, the first lady, they love their son and they support him as he continues to rebuild his life. >> leading us off this hour, nbc news correspondent aaron gilchrist and nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos is with us as well. aaron, let's begin with you. to say the least, this was not the expected outcome today. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, the expectation was this would have been a pretty straightforward as much so as it could have been considering we're talking about the son of the president of the united states, but a straightforward plea agreement

hearing where the parties would come in and say, yes, we've agreed to these terms and then we're all done, but instead there was this hiccup sort of in the middle of the morning about an hour into the proceeding where there were questions about whether the two sides had actually come fully to terms on what the plea agreement was going to be as it relates to those two misdemeanor tax charges that hunter biden was facing and also separately as it related to a potential gun charge and the diversion agreement that hunter biden was going to be a party to as a result of this engagement, and so when the judge couldn't get clear answers on those things, she asked the parties to go back and try to figure out exactly what they wanted to present to her and after there was some disagreement where they essentially said we're done here. there's no agreement. they were able to come back, offer a revised plea agreement, and then the issue came up where the judge wasn't certain she had the constitutional authority to be an arbiter of whether hunter biden was actually meeting the terms of the diversion agreement

that they had come to. and so at that point, the judge said, you know what? i have a lot more questions about this. i need you all to provide me with more information. attorneys from both sides, and that is where things ended with hunter biden entering a plea of not guilty to allow this part of the process to continue to allow the attorneys to give more information to the judge and then they'll be back here for another hearing, kate and zinhle. >> danny, let's bring you in here. how unusual it is for a deal like this to just fall apart, especially given how high profile it is. >> it's unusual, but it doesn't happen. as an attorney you have to advise your client that you're entering into a plea agreement. but there is a possibility that the judge they reject it. the judge is not required to accept this plea agreement. ordinarily they do. but look, plea hearings, even ones that are supposed to be mundane can have strange things happen. you never know what's going to happen in any court proceeding. sometimes it's even the defendant having second thoughts.

i started thinking that's what's going on. hunter biden didn't understand the plea and he's having second thoughts or they didn't explain it to him well enough. as the day wore on it appears that this was a case where both parties weren't exactly as together on the terms as they may have thought they were. >> and so like in plain english, what does this mean? does this mean eventually he will get a plea agreement? does it mean they're still investigating him? >> there are a lot of legalities today. really you can take a step back. we know that there are two sides that both want the same thing. they both want to resolve this case. they never would have scheduled an arraignment and combination plea heariach side wasn't mostly on board. they were probably 90% on board, but a critical 10%, you need to be 100% on the same page in a plea agreement. and i think it's very significant that they were not on the same page about whether or not hunter could be prosecuted again by the gop government in the course of their investigation. you've got to hash that out.

you've got to know where you stand on that issue before you enter into a plea agreement. plea agreements typically contain language to the effect of there will be no future prosecutions arising out of these facts or the facts in the indictment. >> given this very clear breakdown, aaron, where exactly does the case go from here. >> reporter: yeah, at this point, we saw hunter biden leave the courthouse here about an hour after the proceedings ended today and as i said, this is going to be a case where the attorneys are going to have to provide more information to the judge about the role she would play or whether someone else might play the role of a third party watching over hunter biden should he meet the terms of the diversion agreement and the plea agreement that ultimately is put forth here. after that point, i think we'll see another hearing happen. it will be at least a couple of weeks before that happens, and then the judge will make a decision as to whether that plea agreement will stand and she'll make a decision as to whether she agrees with any sort of sentence that may be attached, whether there will be probation or if there might be some other

time that hunter biden might be looking at, although all indications at this point are that there would be probation agreement here. zinhle, kate. >> thank you. back to you, and i know aaron told us earlier too that the judge asked both parties and they seemed to agree there wouldn't be any major new charges coming because i think that's what americans hearing this might wonder, is is this still going on? >> yeah, i heard that too. major charges. the government may be saying that. at the same time they didn't rule out the fact that they were still investigating the defendant in that courtroom. so if that's the case and i'm the defense, i'm none too happy about that because i waltzed into the court thinking we were going to resolve everything. the mere fact that the government in its words, not in a written agreement they're signing, they're just saying in open court we don't see anything major on the horizon. i'm sorry, but that's not enough of an assurance for me. i need a lot more in black and white when i walk in there and on the plea agreement that gets signed and agreed to on both

sides. critical is going to be the language in there. sometimes the language a little vague leading one side to think there's no future prosecutions ever, and the other side, the government is thinking in their mind, we could indict technically if we use different facts or if it's on a different set of circumstances. there's plenty of litigation about that where defendants try to enforce their plea agreements with the government as if they were enforcing any other contract. >> all of this playing into the political dialogue. we won't go there, but danny, thank you so much. >> thank you. we're also following breaking news involving your money. >> the federal reserve raising interest rates by a quarter of a point today. this is the fourth rate hike this year. fed chair jerome powell said earlier today, the fight to lower inflation still has a long way to go. >> it's really a question of how do you balance the two risks, the risk of doing too much or doing too little. as our stances become more restrictive and inflation moderates, we do increasingly face that risk. >> let's bring in nbc news

business day and data reporter brian cheung. the fed did not raise interest rates last month, so why did they do it today? >> i'm sorry, brian, it looks like -- >> i think we're good now. sorry about that. federal reserve is back to business when it comes to raising interest rates and the reason why is because they have assessed the data and they say, well, yes, inflation has come down from the peak of 9% last year to about 3%, but they want to make sure that they can get to the last mile goal of 2%, so that's the reason why, yes, they decided to pause in their meeting, but they say that by raising interest rates again this afternoon, they hope to slow the process effectively of further ratcheting up borrowing costs across the country. you've seen mortgage rates rocket higher, auto loan rates, extremely high, the federal reserve's interest rate hike today likely keeps those elevated as they continue to try to get inflation down to 2%. >> and brian, did we hear from

the chairman of the fed about whether moving forward there will be more rate hikes? >> yeah, well, you heard the fed chair just in the clip that we played talking about how while their concern is whether or not you're doing too much or too little. the fed chair was asked directly, the next meeting is going to be in september. it's certainly possible they could raise rates again in that september meeting if the data warranted it. they also said, i would say it's possible we choose to hold steady at that meeting, so essentially keeping all the options on the table for the policymakers there. it's really all going to depend on two things. does inflation continue to come down without raising the unemployment rate, so they're going to be looking at the jobs report in addition to inat data to make sure those things will be balanced out. >> beyond the numbers it impacts everyday americans. brian cheung, thank you. >> was anybody else looking at the sneakers in brian's shot. he's a sneaker head. let's go to top tech companies joining forces to

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breaking news, a london jury has cleared actor kevin spacey on all the nine counts in his sexual assault trial. spacey was emotional as he walked out of the courtroom today. he was accused of sexually harassing four different men while working as an artistic director in london between 2001 and 2013. nbc's ali arouzi has been following this trial for weeks and joins us now. can you just walk us through just what happened in court today and how spacey responded? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. he was -- he faced a month-long court case, and then the jury took 12.5 hours to deliberate all the evidence that they had gone through, and he was cleared of nine charges of varying degrees of sexual assault, seven charges of sexual assault, one charge of causing somebody to

engage in sexual activity without their consent, and the most serious charge of causing somebody to engage in penetrative section without their consent. that could have been a life changing verdict for him. if he had been found guilty of that, he could have spent 19 years in prison. but the jury found him not guilty of all of those charges. he was standing in the glass dock, and he heard not guilty read out nine times. he became very emotional. he started crying. he came out of the dock. he nodded towards the jury, and then he hugged his manager. he hugged his legal team, and then he came out of the courtroom to give a brief statement to the media that was waiting there. he said that he has a lot to process. he says that he's been humbled by this entire experience and that now he wants to go and get on with his life, embark on the new chapter of his life. what was interesting zinhle is

that before this case had come up, he'd given an interview to a german publication saying that he expected to be exonerated and relaunch his whole acting career, but this was a very trying process for him, and if his career really is going to be relaunched, i think that's going to be a matter for the court of public opinion whether he is going to be, again, accepted on the silver screen. >> a lot of eyes were on this case, thanks so much for that analysis. we are following some sad breaking news in the music world. according to irish and british media, singer sinead o'connor has died at the age of 56. >> the irish singer rose to popularity in 1990 after releasing the song "nothing compares to you." nbc's kelly cobiella looks back at her life and legacy ♪ since you've been gone i can do whatever i want ♪

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life at the age of 17. o'connor was hospitalized shortly afterward following a series of tweets on a since deleted account suggesting she might harm herself, later saying she was done with performing because, quote, there will never be anything to sing about again, a troubled yet boundary pushing icon for the ages gone far too soon. kelly cobiella, nbc news. >> this is really hard for people of my generation. we grew up listening to her. i had her first album on repeat, you know. such a talented. >> you covered a song of hers even. >> i actually did sing one of her songs myself, recorded it just recently. >> powerful legacy gone too soonment thanks for being with us. ♪♪ when y you have chchronic kidney disisease... therere are placaces you'u'd like t to be. like here.e. and d here. nonot so much h here. ifif you have e chronic kidney disisease, farxiga cacan help youou keep l living lifefe.

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after getting locked inside. it happened days after a 10-month-old baby in florida died after being left in a car that reached 133 degrees. temperatures across the country are reaching record breaking numbers with 100 million people under heat alerts. experts say it is never safe to leave a child in a car in hot temperatures. a 72-year-old man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in connection with the fatal overdose of the wire actor michael k. williams. carlos macy was among four men who were arrested and charged with narcotics conspiracy earlier this year. they were accused of operating a drug trafficking organization that sold the actor drugs containing fentanyl. macy pleaded guilty in april to possessing and distributing narcotics. and rapper snoop dogg has canceled his anticipated shows due to the ongoing writers and actors strike. it was supposed to mark the 30th

anniversary of his doggie style album. ticketholders will receive automatic refunds according to a notice on the hollywood bowl's website. we have breaking news now about an unusual moment that took place earlier today on capitol hill. >> it involved republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell was. he was delivering remarks to reporters when he just suddenly stopped talking. watch this. >> we're on a path to finishing the nda this week, been good bipartisan cooperation, and a string of. >> the pause went on for a while. let's get right to nbc news congressional correspondent julie tsirkin. you were at that news conference. you were standing right there. what more have we learned about what happened? >> not much. we are asking leader mcconnell's office constantly to provide us with a concrete update for what

exactly happened here. having been standing here when this moment took place. it was scary to see leader mcconnell, he's in his upper 80s, sort of have a moment, have to leave the podium after he began talking, go back to his office for a couple of minutes letting everyone else on his leadership team sort of continue on while he did that, then he returned to the podium and seemed fine and that is exactly what he told reporters when we asked him what happened in that moment. he said, quote, i feel fine, and then he came back and he took an extensive round of questions from reporters. his office, his aides telling us that what we observe happen at the podium when he came back, they said that he was sharp. and look, this is somebody who suffered a fall in march. he was out for quite some time after he fell. he suffered from bruised ribs and other matters. he had a concussion as well. we've observed him anecdotally, needing some help to walk, we

observed one of these moments, similar moments happen earlier in june as well, there were a lot of questions from reporters and others. there is a real question of whether he will seek re-election, for example, whether he will stay on as the leader of the republican party in the senate and a lot of questions that still need to be answered by mcconnell and his team. >> thank you, julie, i know you'll be back with us in a moment with other news from capitol hill. at this hour, there are new developments in the case of the four murdered university of idaho students last year. as the trial nears, the defense is now suggesting bryan kohberger may not have been at the crime scene when the murders took place. here's nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz. >> all rise. >> reporter: in a last-minute move to present an alibi, attorneys for bryan kohberger are now suggesting the man accused of murdering four university of idaho students in november may not have been at the crime scene when the killings took place. in court documents filed tuesday, the defense writes evidence corroborating mr.

kohberger being at a location other than the king road address will be disclosed, and while the defense did not provide further detail about where kohberger may have been, they say had iz whereabouts may come to light at a trial through cross examination and expert witness testimony. part of the investigation, the discovery of a white hyundai elantra that was seen at the crime scene the morning of the murders. >> how are you all doing today? >> reporter: it's the same make and model kohberger owns and police stopped him in weeks before his arrest this is just the latest attempt to cast doubts on the state's cast after prosecutors said kohberger's dna was a statistical match to dna found on a knife sheet at the crime scene. last month the defense suggested the evidence may have been planted writing the state's argument assumes the dna on the sheathe was placed there by mr. kohberger and not someone else during an information that spans hundreds of members of law enforcement and apparently at least one lab that the state refuses to name. >> not guilty of the crime of murder. >> reporter: the filing reminiscent of another high

profile trial in 1995 when o.j. simpson's defense claimed a bloodstained glove was planted at his home. in may, a not guilty plea was entered by the judge on kohberger's bhaf. he faces four count os of first degree murder for the deaths of caylee gone sal, the university of idaho says it will wait to demolish the house where the quadruple killings occurred. the decision comes after the victims' families asked for the house to be preserved. >> i don't want somebody in the court case to say i really wish we could be in the house right now. >> again, any semblance of a defense is extremely tough to get a full picture on because of that strict gag order still in place. we will likely not know details of an alibi or a defense strategy until the trial starts later this year. thank you. there are growing questions this

hour about what led up to the health scare involving the son of nba superstar lebron james. bronny james was rushed to a hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a college basketball practice at usc on monday. the james family says he is now out of the icu and is recovering. let's bring in nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer who's been following all of this. miguel, i know we're still waiting for more information about what led up to this. but cardiac events not unheard of in young athletes, right? what can you tell us? >> that's right, kate, they are rare. exactly as you mentioned, they're not unheard of in young athletes. a year ago at the same facility, another basketball player did suffer from cardiac arrest while practicing. he was sidelined for six months. he did return to the game. and of course there's damar hamlin, the buffalo bills player who collapsed on a nationally televised football game. he too was african american. here's what the morehouse school of medicine says about why its

impacts on young african americans at a higher rate. they say it's partially due to disparities in underlying conditions that cause heart failure such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, kidney disease and high stress levels, all of which disproportionately impact black patients. it's a troubing problem that's being highlighted in these high profile cases. >> what's the reaction been? >> people all over the sporting community as well as family and loved ones from lebron james are reaching out. damar hamlin reached out to the james' family saying he was supporting them. and there was a touching instagram photo posted by bronny james's brother, he has the backs of them together with a heart. this is of course a national story that is certainly making major headlines, but of course for the james' family this is a very personal story and one that's obviously very scary, kate. >> yeah. it was scary and we wish them

all the very best. miguel almaguer, thank you. mysteries in the sky are a big focus on capitol hill today. the house oversight committee heard testimony from former military pilots on those so-called unidentified aerial phenomena. there's been more attention put on these sightings in recent years and videos like these released by the government are only fueling the search for more answers. let's bring back julie tsirkin now. busy day for you. what did we hear during the testimony today? >> reporter: whether you believe they are balloons, drones, birds, or really aliens, these three witnesses today who lawmakers described as credible, they are former military officials. one of them an intelligence official, they described their experience both with sightings of these uaps, these aerial phenomenas, but also secondhand experiences dealing with colleagues and others who have seen these and who want congress to know about them and who also said that they believe that government agencies hasn't tone enough of a good job explaining them and being upfront about

them. here's ryan graves. he's one of the ex-navy pilots who said he encountered a uap himself. watch. >> during a training mission in warning area whiskey 72 ten miles off the coast of virginia beach. two fa super hornets, the object described as a dark gray or black cube came within 50 feet of the lead aircraft. the mission commander terminated the flight immediately and returned to base. our squadron submitted a safety report, but there was no official acknowledgment of the incident and no further mechanism to report of the sightings. soon these encounters became so frequent that air crew would discuss the risk of uap as part of their regular preflight briefs. >> reporter: this is an issue that has often stigmatized those who want to talk about it and those who don't want to talk about it either. so this hearing is a really big deal, and congress is calling for some action to be had. for example, right now they're debating the national defense authorization act.

there was an amendment introduced including by senate majority leader schumer to compel the government to make these sightings more available to the public, to not have them secret as they have been according to congress. the spokesperson for the pentagon did tell nbc news that the defense department is, quote, committed to timely and thorough reporting to congress on uaps, guys. >> julie tsirkin, thanks so much. are you feeling the anticipation for team usa's second match? it's tonight in the women's world cup. they're going to be taking on a tough opponent, the netherlands. that's the same team they faced in the 2019 world cup final. nbc's molly hunter has all the excitement from new zealand. >> reporter: it is chilly here in wellington. we were told that wellington was going to be a lot colder, a lot windier than auckland. it is a southern city on the north island and it definitely is. the u.s. team is having their first practice here in wellington, just getting used to the new facilities, the new fields, everything, i'm just going to step out of the way so you can get a look at practice. they were just running a lot

closer to us, so we got a good look, everyone's looking strong, really warming up in this cold temperature. they did hold a press conference. take a quick listen to what they say about that netherland game. >> i'm sure it's going to be a challenge. they're a great team, very organized, very disciplined team, and we saw in the first game they played, the threats that they have in every line. >> i think we have a new mind-set for this game. i think we know every time we play netherlands it's going to be a great game. they have a lot of experience on the field. and yeah, i think it's going to be fun. >> reporter: coach an november ski was very clear this is not a huge rematch. he joked he wished it was the final because it meant they'd gotten to the final. he said this is just a really important game against a very tough opponent. the u.s. faces off against the netherlands. that is wednesday night on the east coast. that is thursday daytime, and you got to hope it is a little warmer when the sun comes up.

you've got to hope for a few more degrees for these girls playing out here in these very cold temperatures. i'll send it back to you. >> we will hope for that. that's tonight here. coming up, tips for parents like me who are sending

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them to come in and close the door. it's our time to celebrate that. it's also our time to give them the freedom. we've given them the tools. they can now be independent, and it's their time to thrive. >> i love that. i mean, it is a giant transition. how can parents make the transition easier for both themselves and their child? i remember my family it like monthly video calls before zooms were a thing. what do you recommend? >> exactly. that's a really important part of it. communication plan is really important. that's setting up some time, maybe once a week, whatever works with their schedule. they're taking the lead ropes on this to engage and see them and interact. maybe that home sickness isn't quite as bad. we also have to remember as parents our role is changing. we're going from caretaker to adviser. so we're stepping into different shoes. what we're going to be doing now is really active listening. we're going to be observing. we're going to be validating. so that change is there. we also have to realize as parents, we're coping with this whole new normal as they are as

well. the anxieties and things like that are a little bit high on both ends. so i think the communication is so key and that's something we need to kind of tread lightly on these first few weeks as we get them out of the nest. they are busy and so are we. >> we were talking about helicopter parents and i've been getting the sense from the colleges that they really want the parents to back off and not be texting every single day. what is appropriate in terms of like how often you're reaching out? >> i love that question, and you know what? it is a bit of helicopter parenting because we do have to step aside. we don't know their peer group now. we don't know the parents of these new friends. all of these things are different and we want to be engaged and know everything that they're doing. we have to respect that this is their way of becoming independent. i remember sitting with a girlfriend a few years ago, and she's like, you know, my daughter's just not responding to my texts, i'm getting really nervous about it.

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