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2023, urgent message. fresh off his trip to war torn israel, president biden takes his plea straight to americans in a primetime address tonight. what he says congress needs to do now. who's the boss? after 16 days, republicans have yet to fill the vacant speaker seat. why a plan to temporarily solve the problem is suddenly in doubt. taking the deal. sidney powell accepts a plea agreement over her role in the georgia election interference case. what that could mean for former president trump's upcoming trial. and grounds for concern. why hawaiians still struggling to recover after the maui wildfires are now facing a new potentially toxic threat. >> that will be really important. it's important to stay focused on communities even after the news crews leave. >> welcome to nbc news daily. we're wearing purple by the way to show our support for the lgbtq plus community. >> that's right. we're really glad to be with you and we have a lot of stories to get to. so let's start this hour with president biden. he's set to make his case about the israel/hamas war to all

americans tonight. >> the president will address the nation from the oval office. the primetime speech comes after his visit to israel yesterday. today the state department also issued a worldwide caution advisory overseas. they're telling americans in lebanon to leave as soon as possible because of the unpredictable security administration. >> the homeland security is warning of possible violence here in the united states. they're urging those across the country to be on heightened alert. we begin with alli raffa. this will be the second oval office address of joe biden's presidency. the first was during debt ceiling negotiations back in june. what are we expecting to hear from the president tonight? >> reporter: yeah, zinhle. well, a senior white house official tells us that the president has been working closely with top aides on this speech for the last week. they say he was also working on it during the flight back to washington after that trip to

israel yesterday, and he's making some finishing touches to it this afternoon. zinhle, they say this past almost two weeks now since hamas' invasion of israel really, that's been a test for the president in how he's handled really his foreign policy chops and his ability to unite foreign leaders among -- around the u.s. support for israel. this speech tonight is going to test his ability to unite the american people around not just u.s. support for israel as it continues its war against hamas, but as ukraine as it continues its war with russia, and that's a tall order when you think of all of the division and frustration that we've seen erupt not just in the middle east, but also here in the united states since october 7th. so we expect the president according to a senior white house official to really make this direct appeal to the american people to talk to them

directly and remind them of what he says are the stakes of this war, both of these wars going on half a world away, zinhle. >> allie, thank you so much. you can watch the report on president biden's oval office address. that's tonight on our nbc stations and we'll be streaming it live on nbc news now. israel's defense minister told soldiers they will soon see, gaza, quote, from the inside. >> this points to israel's anticipated ground assault of the gaza strip as it gets ready to target the territory with strikes. let's bring in josh letterman. he's in tel aviv, israel. josh, what more are we learning? is there some kind of timeline? >> reporter: well, kate. there probably is a timeline, but israel isn't sharing it with us or with the enemy, hamas. we have been getting these indications in the last 24 hours that there could be a buildup under way towards something

sooner than later. prime minister benjamin netanyahu today visiting israeli troops right near the gaza border, asking them if they were ready to fight. they of course, replied that they are. he promised them that they will have a decisive victory, and as you mentioned, they have that ominous message from israel's defense minister saying those who are currently seeing gaza from afar will soon see it from the inside. and we have the israeli prime minister saying this will come in the next few days. while we don't have a definitive timeline, now that some of the high-level visits to the region are over from president biden, secretary blinken, and the british prime minister, that removes some of the complications to launch a ground invasion and could free up israel to move quickly on what it has been promising for more than a week, kate. >> i know strikes hit southern gaza yesterday after israel told people in gaza days ago to head south to get to safety.

has the idf, the israel defense forces said anything about this, and what do we know about the humanitarian situation right now in southern gaza? >> reporter: well, the humanitarian situation certainly hasn't gotten any better. there's been some hope in the last day or so that it will start to improve due to an apparent agreement that president biden struck with egyptian president sisi to provide 20 humanitarian aid trucks into the gaza strip. we're waiting to see if that rafah border crossing with egypt will ever open, but when it comes to those israeli strikes in gaza, we're hearing from the israeli military that notwithstanding the fact that israel has told people north to south for their safety, israel has never declared a ceasefire in the south in particular, and they will strike any target. each one of its air strikes has an address and that address is hamas, wherever it is in the

gaza strip. zinhle? >> okay, josh lederman. thank you so much. anger is leading the war across the middle east and around the world. thousands of people took to the streets in jordan today as well as tunisia. we also saw demonstrations in turkey and lebanon as outrage grows over the hospital explosion that palestinian health officials say killed hundreds of people in gaza city. >> we're also seeing protests in the u.s. hundreds of demonstrators with a group called jewish voices for peace descended on capitol hill wednesday. this is significant since protests are not allowed in the halls of congress. the group says about 300 of its members were arrested by capitol police. nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley is in lebanon tracking all of this for us. it seems like we're seeing new protests every single day and we're headed into a friday which is sometimes a time of protest. what's the core message coming out of these global protests? >> reporter: well, it's a great question because, you know, we were talking about how this is a reaction to that hospital explosion that happened two

nights ago, and yes, it was. that's what called out the entire arab and muslim world onto the streets of capitals from baghdad to beirut where i was yesterday. the message i got is this is not just about that hospital explosion and it's also not just about joe biden's visit to the middle east which is another topic we heard speakers discussing in those rallies. this is about decades, generations of what palestinians and arabs throughout the area in the muslim world consider to be oppression colonization, and this was that. not just israel. they spoke about the united states and israel with the same terms and condemnation and they see themselves as being victimized historically, not just over the past ten days, not just since the blockade began on gaza, and for those who are not palestinians, and again, the people we were speaking to in lebanon, they're lebanese, but still arab. here's one woman i spoke to

yesterday. >> but we know as people of hezbollah, as people who support hezbollah, that if we don't support the palestinian people, if we don't support the palestinian resistance today, the next day we will be the next in the row. if we don't stand with our people, if we don't stand with our brothers in gaza, the next day it would be our turn as well. >> reporter: so again, she's describing her brothers in gaza. she's not palestinian. she's lebanese, and so for them, this is an ethical fight. this is something that would need to continue and not just in terms of protest. she was not excluding the idea of going to arms, and that's one of the big questions here. will hezbollah, this group she was supporting, be called to arms, and will it come from hezbollah itself or will it come from places further afield, namely, iran? >> you're in lebanon right now,

and that's where the state department issued warnings of americans to get out. what is the significance of that move and what are you seeing on the ground? >> reporter: yeah, and i'm not just in lebanon. i'm where the talk was the idf said there was outgoing missiles coming out of here. we have not seen that, but we have seen projectiles. it wasn't clear whether they were incoming or outgoing, but there has been some very frothy fighting all along this border, and more casualties today -- yesterday -- excuse me. i think it was the day before that was the most vicious day and deadly day for fighting along the border. again, this is a region that is on the precipice of dragging itself or being dragged into war and international conflict that's ended up in the middle east. guys? >> matt bradley with the latest in lebanon. thank you. time for cnbc's money minute. delta is responding to frequent flier backlash. >> and universal music is taking

on artificial intelligence. julia borsen joins us. >> delta airlines is making changes after backlash from customers. they shifted to reward the biggest spenders and not the most frequent fliers, but now it will make it less expensive for passengers to achieve elite status and will ease limits on visiting airport lounges for certain credit card holders. the biden administration is temporarily lifting some sanctions on venezuela in a sign of support for democracy in the country. the suspended sanctions on the oil, gas, and gold sectors were in response to venezuela's opposition group agreeing on conditions for the next presidential election. and universal music is going after an ai chat bot for copyright infringement. a lawsuit filed in federal court accuses this bot of ripping off popular tunes when it's prompted to write lyrics.

anthropic is yet to comment on this suit. it will be interesting to see how these ai lawsuits play out. >> truly fascinating. i think something similar happened with the artist drake, right? they remade one of his songs that was similar, too? >> he wasn't happy about it. >> i think a lot of artists have serious questions, hence a lot of the strikes we have been seeing. >> julie boorstin, thank you so much. coming up, why republicans are back to square one in their search for a house speaker and what it means for congress' grow agenda. plus, the new potentially toxic threat facing people on maui my name is caron and i'm from brooklyn. i work for the city of new york as a police administrator. i oversee approximately 20 people and my memory just has to be sharp. i always hear people say, you know, when you get older, you know, people lose memory. i didn't want to be that person. i decided to give prevagen a try. my memory became much sharper. i remembered more! i've been taking prevagen for four years now.

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the chaos on capitol hill is not letting up. the resolution that would have kept temporary speaker patrick mchenry in his position through the end of the year appears to be a nonstarter. it comes after hardline republican congressman jim jordan failed twice to reach the failed number of votes to be elected speaker. he canceled a third vote set today. the house has been without a speaker for two weeks now after mccarthy was ousted from his position. ryan nobles is following this. why has this plan suddenly lost republican support and is there any chance democrats may go for it? >> reporter: the short answer is no, zinhle. it seems once this was floated, many of them didn't like the

idea. they didn't think this was going to solve the problem. they were concerned about granting these temporary powers to the speaker protell, patrick mchenry, and as a result of that, jim jordan emerged from that meeting and made it clear that option was off the table, but he was still running for speaker and he was going to try and meet with the holdouts to try to convince them to come to his side, and jordan even went as far as to suggest that we could see another vote on the house floor, even today. now even though he is asking for that, zinhle, there's not a lot of evidence that the outcome is going to change all that much. the 22 republicans who did not vet for him the last time, not one of them has publicly changed their position, and there's no indication they will if another vote goes to the floor, inhle. >> what happens if he doesn't have the votes and they have the agenda to get through? >> reporter: i wish i knew the answer to that, zinhle. nobody knows what's next.

dave joyce from ohio who is the originator of this resolution for the short-term pick to patrick mchenry told our colleagues just a few minutes ago that the republican conference couldn't vote to agree on the time of day. they're that divided right now, and so when you have a conference that is fractured as this one where you have so many different competing agendas, the likelihood of settling on someone who could give 217 votes seemed incredibly elusive. so at this point, it's anybody's best guess as to what comes next, but the only thing we know for sure is there's no speaker and that means congress is par -- paralyzed and all these big, important issues will not be allowed. >> thanks so much. people in maui are on high alert about a potential toxic threat. tests show ash from the fires shows high levels of arsenic and dangerous metals. people there are concerned since three lahaina schools are opening this week. darryl huff from our affiliate

in honolulu reports. >> reporter: aided by well-equipped volunteers, ash has been sifted at many homes like these, but the health department is now discouraging sifting after tests of ash found higher levels of toxins than expected. >> the arsenic which is the greatest is 140 times higher than the action level. >> reporter: this was likely due to termite-treated wood. lead was twice the safe level and cobalt, 20 times above it. some levels even higher can be expected in lahaina with three schools opening this week. the superintendent reassured families that air is being monitored and there are air filters in every classroom and office. >> so in the event that we do need to uilize them, those filters filter air, and in particular it's within the

classrooms. >> reporter: but the reassurances weren't enough for even some elected officials, especially after lauren pang said children should be asked about scratchy throats. >> i would like to ask that of the school children if i don't cross political boundaries. >> i'm not sending my kids back. i'm not going to do it. >> reporter: while monitors have shown the air to be consistently safe around schools, he also cast doubt about whether more testing should be done on dust that may have traveled from the burn zone. >> the other kind of sample you can do is pull it out from the air, catch everything onto a filter paper. it's called a snipper. test that. >> okay. >> that's from the air. i asked for that. >> so we're waiting for ash, and yet our kids are going to school. that's concerning. >> reporter: it also didn't seem clear to pang whether ash samples from lahaina were being tested. >> i kind of don't know what meetings to attend. it's unclear who's doing what.

>> reporter: a chilling reminder about proper ppe. >> it's basically when i see, you know, politicians in the area and they're not wearing ppe, not a good example. >> that was darryl huff reporting, but sobering and it shows you even after the news crews leave like we said, there are still so many repercussions. >> you've got kids going to school and it sounds like they don't know exactly how good the air is. >> mm-hmm. >> really appreciate that report. thank you. still to come, we'll talk about what we know about a group of americans still stuck in gaza. a family member in chicago actually living i hi, my name is damion clark. and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. all of these plans include a healthy options allowance. a

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down because of the drill or if it was going at a slower pace because it left the station or if it was preparing to take a turn. some people on the bart trains didn't notice that the drill was taking place. the idea of it, they say, could be beneficial when the next big one comes. >> we are in a confined space on a train. i think it is of help. you never know what can help. >> it was a different beast all together, but i'm glad they are doing it here. >> there are alerts. if you are one of 10 million californians who downloaded the my shake app you may have gotten an alert at 3:19 this morning. that included a voice alert saying, this is a test. that was supposed to be the alert at 10:19 this morning. it seems time zones were mixed up. the alert was sent out seven hours early. here is the acknowledgement from my shake on the social media platform x.

you might have gotten a test alert from the my shake app early today. we acknowledge that no one wants to get a test message this early. we are working with our technical partner to determine what happened. the great california shakeout today happening just a day after a 4.2 quake hit in sacramento county, about 25 miles northeast of brentwood. it caused shaking on docks. overall, no significant damage. the earthquake yesterday was 4.2. people got alerts saying it was 5.7. a big difference. today, no real shakes happening. some people possibly waking up earlier than they expected. ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. >> thanks. here are other stories you need to know about. one person is dead after being struck by a muni bus near san francisco city hall. a popular san francisco

gathering spot is holding a candlelight vigil. the governor amended his travel plans and is headed to israel. he was headed to china next week, but this morning his office announced he will make a stop in israel. he is on route today and will meet people impacted by the war tomorrow. his office says the state of california will send aid. we are not sure what type of aid or when it will get there. manny's in san francisco is the location to mourn victims of the conflict. the cafe in the mission has become a popular gathering place for social activism. in addition, manny, the owner, was in israel when the fighting began almost two weeks ago. the candlelight vigil starts at 7:00 p.m. one person is dead after being struck by a bus. it happened around 1:00 this morning. video shows damage to the bus windshield. police have not said if the pedestrian was in or outside of the crosswalk.

a heat advisory in the bay area. kari hall tells us where people will be more comfortable and where others should start looking for some shade. >> today our temperatures will reach the peak with highs in the inland areas reaching into the upper 90s. a heat advisory will be in effect for all of the areas until 11:00 p.m. we are looking at highs as hot as 99. livermore reaching 95. 93 in san jose. we will see low 90s in oakland and the north bay with napa reaching 93. 95 in santa rosa. cooler tomorrow. a cooling trend through the weekend. even watching out for a chance of rain. we will talk more about what to expect for the weekend and where we could see the rain coming up in less than 30 minutes. >> thank you so much. we just have to get through today. try to stay cool. there are cooling centers open in the south bay.

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let's switch gears back to what's happening in israel. the pain and suffering of this conflict seen on the faces of children in the region. >> nbc's foreign correspondent met with families from an israeli community known as a kibbutz, attacked by a hamas terrorist. >> reporter: now living in a hotel on the dead sea, trying to make sense of their new reality. >> is that an ice cream? ice cream? no, candy, oh, like a lollipop. >> reporter: but below the surface, the horror lingers. >> hamas came here to attack. >> reporter: home no longer feels safe after hamas terrorists stormed their small community, killing more than 50 and kidnapping others. >> my son is four years old. he just started talking about the terrorist bodies he saw. >> reporter: for volunteers like this nursery teacher, the trauma is plain to see.

>> i can see many kids not willing to move away from their parents, speaking about many kinds of things that you wouldn't want small children to speak about. >> reporter: anthony's family hid for hours in their safe room, reading about the horrors on their phones, leaving a father of three considering the unthinkable. >> at one point, i thought i was going to have to kill my own kids. >> reporter: teenage daughters came face to face with the terrorists. >> we said to them, please don't kill us. please, we didn't do nothing. don't kill us. >> reporter: they spared her and her daughters, but took her husband and daughter's boyfriend. >> too much sadness. too much -- nobody's crying. it's, like, no contact between my heart and my mind. >> reporter: a community heartbroken and numb. their children changed forever. >> they just want to be kids. they want to be kids again. >> reporter: but first, they'll

need to find a way to feel safe again. nbc news, the dead sea, israel. >> really poignant there. speaking of security and feeling safe, federal and local law enforcement agencies are on high alert here in this country as tensions over the war grow here. >> yeah, a joint fbi and department of homeland security bulletin is warning local authorities about the heightened possibility of violence over what's going on in gaza and israel. attorney general merrick garland says the department of justice is laser focused on keeping americans safe. >> we are seeing an increase in reported threats against faith communities, particularly jewish, muslim, and arab communities and institutions. the entire justice department remains vigilant in our efforts to identify and respond to hate crimes, threats of violence, or related incidents with particular attention to threats to faith communities. >> nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter joins

us now. so tom, we have been talking all week about these threats, right? but what more can you tell us about the warnings specific to this security bulletin? >> right. so i actually was reviewing some of our reporting on this program and some of our web stories over the week. this memo that went out today is a catch-all of everything that's been out there so far, and the reason for that is the bureau, and joint terrorism task force on the east coast and on the west coast that are kind of providing more updates realtime. you've got our own independent research of what's going out there on the internet, and fbi and dhs sends, here's what we're seeing. what we're seeing is violent rhetoric, and it's interesting and perhaps disturbing through this process that people seem to get more engagement online the stronger their positions are. the more heated the rhetoric they use, and the more violent the images that they publish or put out there in their posts, and so i think that has led to a ratcheting up of the type of

rhetoric that we're going to see and we have seen, and where does that go from there? does somebody act out on that in the form of violence? that's really what has law enforcement so concerned. >> that's a good point. i want to ask about the state department out with their new warning about americans abroad, they say, due to increased tensions in various locations around the world, they want americans to exercise increased caution. >> there's an investigative unit that we have been focused on and that's terrorism in europe. there are more individuals there that have ties to terrorist organizations -- actual real ties to terrorist organizations and have the ability to organize. particularly back in 2016, '17, and '18, a group came out and had previous ties to all sorts of terrorist groups and are those individuals given the closest to northern africa which is a hot bed for terrorist

groups. there are more individuals that have traditional ties to terrorist organizations and you have as we discussed yesterday, these direct calls from various terrorist organizations for people to act out and commit violence, and so i think when you see that, that led to the state department saying, hey. just because you're not in the united states or because you're not in israel, you might have a problem wherever you travel. >> tom winter, thank you. >> sure thing. the state department says nearly 600 americans are still stuck in gaza. lester holt spoke with one of them. >> what happens when it gets dark where you are? >> you hear the drones get much louder, and you just hear lots of booms. many in the distance. some hit closer, and at times -- at times you hear a whiz go by and something hit closest and those are quite scary as well. it makes you jump whenever you hear a car go by during the day

because it sounds like a missile going past, but again, you just -- you try to sleep because you want to wake up with the morning. >> that is emilee rauschenberger. she and her kids and husband have been stuck in gaza since the war broke out. if it sounds familiar, you have been with us before. you were with us a week ago today. we keep checking in with you about your family. that's the first time though that we've seen your daughter, emilee. how does it feel to see for her you and hear what she's saying? >> just delightful. absolutely delightful. i'm glad you could connect with her. we hear from her for a couple of minutes each day because they only have about an hour of internet and i was really happy -- i guess the fact that mr. holt was in tel aviv, maybe he got better connections quicker than we do from the states over there. >> yeah. >> it's just heartfelt.

we can't thank nbc for keeping this out front and helping us try to get the americans out of gaza through the rafah border, crossing as well as other foreign nationals. we want them all to come home and leave the country safely. >> i'm sure it's just so great to see her and be hearing from her if only for moments each day. i know though, you told us that your daughter and grandchildren are still cramped into a small apartment with 30 other people? so how are they managing? how are they describing their conditions? >> well, they just took in another family. so now there's 34. the kids and i would say half of them are kids. they won't let the kids out of the house to play during the day which is very difficult on the very young ones like my 4-year-old granddaughter miriam, but they are managing. food supplies are getting a little tight. they sent two of the older kids, nora there in the hot pink.

she goes of the with the bread line. her first day in the bread line, she spent two hours, got near the front and got muscled out and then the door shut. she said, the second day i knew what i was doing, and no one was going to muscle me out. they got the -- emilee confirmed the type of bread they have is getting smaller. the bakery is starting to run out of materials. the water -- they have to go out and find a water truck each day for their water needs, but they're trying to make it kind of as much of a campout as they can for the kids. >> you have to pretend. >> as long as they are focused and steadfast and positive, the kids respect their parents, but we just so want to draw attention that we have these foreign nationals and most importantly, americans on the border there. we need the border to open it up to prepare to leave. >> you talked to one person at the state department who got on

the phone and they said, we can't help you. since then -- >> right. >> -- the government says, we're going to open up the rafah border and they promised a lot of things and yet your family is still stuck. have you gotten any updates? >> no. we knew they had to get the americans out of israel. they were in danger up there to the north too, but they're in more danger i feel selfishly in the south. we have heard nothing from the state department. we registered them on the very first day this began as wanting to evacuate from the rafah border crossing. i registered them as the sponsor so i'm supposed to be contacted the same time she does, and with all due respect, we have not heard anything from the federal government or the state department which is very frustrating. all we hear is word of mouth within the couple of miles of the rafah border. they can leave on a moment's notice. they're packed and ready to go, but no.

we're frustrated. >> i'm sure. >> we're hoping the president addresses this tonight. >> john rauschenberger, again, we wish you only the best and hope everything works out well for your family. we really appreciate you sharing. >> thank you. heartfelt thanks for your support and keeping this out in front of the public's eye, and the government and the state department. thank you. >> thank you. well, coming up, we're going to talk about a former trump attorney pleading guilty to trying to overturn the 2020 election results in the statement of georgia. what does that mean if the

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following some breaking developments in one of the cases involving former president donald trump, specifically the georgia election interference case. >> that's right. sidney powell, a high-profile member of trump's legal team following the presidential election pled guilty this morning. she was 1 of 19 defendants including trump himself who was indicted in august for their efforts to overturn the results in georgia. joining us now, nbc news correspondent vaughn hilliard and "today" anchor, laura jarrett. thank you so much for being with us. vaughn, let's start with you. remind us which case this is. the details of it, and just how much of a surprise this really was. >> right. this is the fulton county case. donald trump as well as sidney powell, they are 1 of 19

defendants who are charged on state charges. sidney powell is key. she is now the second of these 19 defendants to plead guilty. she's pleading guilty to election interference. particularly in her instance, she was around an alleged effort to tamper with voting machines here. but what is so important about this guilty plea is the fact that -- part of this agreement, she has to go and testify truthfully about all the other 19 defendants, and sidney powell was around for an awful lot. she was attorney for donald trump, was in cahoots with rudy giuliani. she was at the white house in december of 2020 when donald trump talked about appointing her as special counsel to investigate these fraud claims. she was privy to a lot and could be key to the prosecution. >> and so, laura, what could this mean to the case of the former president? >> well, it's not welcome news to former president trump's defense team because obviously she's privy to all the meetings that vaughn laid out and she has to testify truthfully about them or this entire thing falls apart. remember, guys, she was facing

serious prison time between 5 and 20 years, and now she gets 6 years probation only. she gave them something significant in return for her cooperation. >> and that's just a misdemeanor, right? >> yes. >> that probably played a lot into making the plea deal? >> it certainly factored in for her realizing she was facing that much time and to only have to do misdemeanors for probation, she had significant incentive and there was a timing element. she wanted a speedy trial. her trial is supposed to start on monday. jury selection is tomorrow. time really was of the essence for her. >> this was a state case in georgia. this deal she's made on the state level could impact any of the federal cases that involve president trump. >> potentially because she has to testify truthfully. jack smith, the special counsel who's also looking at election interference on the federal level will be paying close attention to everything she says. if i'm her attorney, this might be an ideal time to actually

come forward and cooperate with the feds as well although we have no reporting to suggest she has done that. >> okay, there are other defendants, right? what does this mean for them? >> this is all part of one conspiracy indictment here, and yet just like sidney powell had requested a speedy trial, kenneth chesebro who was another trump attorney did as well, and the jury selection process begins tomorrow for his trial, but this is where it's going to get complicated because the state prosecutors are going to have to bring forward all of those witnesses and find kenneth chesebro guilty, and they're going to have to do it all over again when donald trump and the others ultimately take the stand. >> vaughn, have we heard anything from former president trump or his attorneys or anyone today? >> we heard from his attorney who doesn't say it's a good thing for them. this will play into their defense they intend to make. what is that defense? it's not quite clear, but for donald trump, they're going to try to make this to the best extent they can.

>> do legal analysts agree that's a good thing? >> no. no. >> just making sure. >> this is not welcome news. >> laura jarrett, vaughn hillyard, thank you for your analysis as well. the u.s. state department has confirmed that russia has detained another american journalist for failing to register as foreign agent. this is a reporter with radio free europe liberty and holds dual russian-american citizenship. she's the second american journalist to be detained this year after evan gershkovich in march. if convicted she faces up to five years in prison. there's much more ahead on nbc news daily. >> but first, let's talk about the daily snapshot. communities are morning those who were killed in the hospital explosion in gaza. heavy rain could not stop. hundreds of pro-palestinians from holding a individual outside downing street. you could see them there. plastic sheets were laid on the ground for people to pray on. while some pushed for the british government to get more involved, many said they were just there to mourn the loss,

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