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given if he was still at top of joins me now from outside the the ticket, but some of the courthouse on long island. themes are same by those working he previously pled not guilty to all charges what do we know with the president on his about the sudden shift. >> reporter: we know he's agreed remarks. he'll talk about the importance to a plea deal on some of the of preserving democracy, he'll charges, he went into this courthouse behind me about half argue what donald trump poses to an hour ago or more for this that. in addition to what he's going to try and frame as his main 3:00-plus hearing he's about to accomplishments in his term in have and perhaps why is he doing this now after he insisted on office, alongside his partner vice president harris, and he'll his innocence for nearly a year until he was expelled from effectively pass the torch to her in this moment they're congress last december. expected to share that really be one of the things we know two of quite notable on stage with the his campaign workers, both two of them given the fact that he just a few weeks ago this pleaded guilty to charges convention was supposed to be associated with santos. set for him, so that will be a his campaign fund-raiser, major transition moment for a treasurer pleaded guilty to candidate who said he wanted to be a transition leader, who thought he would be a bridge to crimes that she lied about how the next generation, well, now much money donors were given to because of his decision to exit the 2024 race he'll be doing santos. exactly that with vice president

harris and then he and the first lady who's also speaking so, maybe santos is feeling that tonight, will leave chicago, the walls were closing in, they'll go to southern because when he was in this california for vacation for the rest of the week and the courthouse just last week, the spotlight will be firmly on the prosecutors made it clear they were ready to move forward with vice president and governor tim a trial in just a couple of walz. >> let's bring in maggie vespa, weeks, september 9th, now he's saying he's going acknowledge guilt in some of these crimes, she's covering the protests, what are you seeing out there exactly which ones we don't and what are protesters and know, but we'll find out very police saying. soon. kate. >> all right, rehema ellis, >> reporter: i'll start by thank you. the state of california is showing the crowd size, massive cracking down on retail thefts baseball diamond soccer field and so-called smash and grabs, complex, union park here in you probably seen the videos swarms of people bursting into chicago, we're talking about 3,000 to 5,000 out here for what stores taking a bunch of they're calling the coalition to merchandise and leaving a mess march on the dnc, you can see behind, now the state is trying to fight back in what could be a obviously they're gathering, blueprint for the rest of the they're speaking. country. we're expecting them to march here's dana griffin. here shortly. they'll march on a 1.1 total mile route, in a loop going within blocks of the united >> reporter: smash and grabs, center, this is a brazen organized groups of

thieves invade a business, pro-palestinian march, they want a cease-fire in gaza, people out destroying protective casing to here it doesn't make any difference to them that it's now steal high-valued goods and vice president harris instead of selling them for profit. president biden, they have a message to democrats as a whole. three 7-eleven stores hit just take a listen. minutes apart. >> should send a message to them that same day, governor gavin they need to change their ways. newsom signing a new set of laws cracking down on retail and car they can't keep supporting theft. israel with our tax dollars. >> reporter: they'll address the challenges that are well outside the purview of previous. >> i want her to say i support an arms embargo and a permanent cease-fire now. >> will you vote for her in >> reporter: requires online marketplaces to discourage the november if she doesn't say resell of items. that? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: chicago pd handling do you see other states kind of all the protests here, we have at least seven slated for this adopting similar laws? >> you absolutely got a movement week, cops on bikes, they have across the u.s. 17 other law enforcement >> reporter: a retail theft expert said this could be a agencies in town. game-changer. >> you've seen communities start chicago city officers are out

to come together and understand here dealing with we got to hold these offenders demonstrations. >> maggie, thank you. accountable, that could be jail monica, each night of the dnc is going to have a theme, today but could be needed drug rehab they're calling for the people, or mental counseling. what's that label for, what are >> reporter: a crackdown on they talking about there and crime hoping to solve a crisis what will we hear? playing out in communities >> reporter: that might sound familiar to kamala harris' across the country. dana griffin, nbc news. supporters that was her campaign part of a ferris wheel catches fire, nearly two dozen slogan when she was running in 2020 cycle, about the people who people hurt in germany. how it happened coming up on have benefited from the "nbc news daily." keep watching us streaming biden/harris administration and again what they feel they've free 14/7 on our streaming been able to achieve while in office, then the week moves on to a bold vision for america's channel. the news continues after this. future and then a fight for our freedoms where you'll be hearing specifically about the work they have done and vice president would do when it comes to reproductive rights. thursday, she'll close it out with her keynote, the theme for

our future. her 80-day campaign. of course our nbc special coverage fwins at 4:00 p.m. eastern streaming on nbc news now, primetime coverage begins at 10:00 p.m., when you can hear president biden's speech live. >> it's going to be a busy week for trump campaign as well, as they try to shift some of the spotlight away from dnc. >> they're holding events today in key battleground state of pennsylvania. garrett, what's the trump campaign's plan for this week. >> reporter: he's just taken the stage in pennsylvania, one of states they'll be trying to muscle their way into the local coverage, the trump campaign understands that it's kamala harris' week to a certain extent. they want to make sure they step

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at least one person is dead and six people are missing after a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of sicily, it had ten crew members and passengers onboard when a strong storm, tornado hit the area. one of the survivors told an italian news agency she momentarily lost hold of her 1-year-old daughter in the water before retrieving her and holding her over the waves until the lifeboat arrived. at least one person has died as parts of the northeast were battered by severe storms the rainfall caused flash flooding across parts of new york and connecticut, submerging cars and prompting water rescues, a record 10 inches of rain fell in 12 hours in connecticut while parts of new york received more than 7 inches of rain, more rain is expected in some of the same hard-hit areas today. >> take a look at this scary footage from a music festival in germany,

more than 20 people were injured after a ferris wheel caught fire on saturday night, two carriages covered in flames, police say four people suffered burn injuries while another was injured from a fall and 18 others needed medical treatment after coming into contact with that smoke. the cause of the fire is under investigation. we have breaking news from the entertainment world, phil donahue, the legendary television host has died. >> donahue was the first person to interact with a live studio audience all the way back in 1967. a staple of any daytime talk show. his show ran for nearly three decades. he received the presidential medal of prix domestic from president biden at the white house. >> he died last night after a long illness, he was 88 years old. anne thompson joins us now. anne, we throw around the world trail blazer a lot, but he really was a trail blazer in

daytime television. >> he was. when phil donahue hit the air waves before nbc news now, before 24-hour cable news network, back in 1967 and he believed that women would sit and watch a show that was about an issue in the news for an hour. and he was right. they did. he took that and ran with it for almost 30 years. and that's the difference he made, being very serious. certainly at the beginning and the middle part of his career, toward the end of it when he was trying to get eyeballs he went down the same road as some of his imitators did. but he made his mark on serious, serious subjects, the economy, abortion, civil rights, women's rights, it was must-see tv back in day. >> he made his mark, talk about the tributes pouring in.

>> first and foremost comes from oprah winfrey who said that, without phil donahue there wouldn't be an oprah show, he proved that daytime talk and women watching should be taken seriously. she called him a pioneer. ricki lake said she loved phil, she too called him a pioneer and said he would be greatly missed and geraldo rivera, recognizes the daytime tv audience was underserved and he remember the homemakers and gave them an avenue to the rest of the world. >> we remember him well. starting today the biden administration is rolling out a major immigration policy that could help hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants in the u.s., the program will allow the spouses of u.s. citizens the

ability to legalize their status without having to leave the country. the move could help families from being separated during that process. it could also have major political impacts. joining us now is david noriega, this new program, talk about how it works and who's eligible. >> reporter: kate, this is the biggest, most consequential move on immigration, at least the kind of a move that offers relief on undocumented immigrants in more than a decade. living in the u.s. who are married to u.s. citizens. they need to be legally married to a u.s. citizen and living in the u.s. for more than ten years, pass a criminal background check, of course this is going to affect their lives but it's going to affect their lives of their spouses and their entire families. this is politically consequential, long unsettled

undocumented families. i met a couple many phoenix, applying for the program the husband came to the u.s. when he was 5 years old. he's married to ashley now expecting their first child. i asked him about how this would affect their lives. >> i felt great. i felt good. something's actually getting done for people like me. i'm not the only one that's going to benefit from this. >> we'll be able to do the things that we want to do, we have a lot of high goals to reach, we want to be homeowners. i want him to have the same opportunities that i have. >> reporter: kate, ashley actually voted for trump in the last election, but now with biden offer the top of the

democratic ticket, she's pretty seriously considering a vote for the dems in november. >> the political question, this program starts today on the first day of the democratic national convention in chicago, what are republicans saying about it? >> reporter: number of high-profile republicans including former president trump have slammed the program as mass amnesty, the program came about as an executive action, they say that executive action is unlawful, almost certain the conservative groups will sue to challenge this program in court, but those people like rod and ashley quickly applying right as applications open today they'll be able to regularize their status. >> david, thank you. a new lawsuit cracking down on websites that create and distribute deep fake pornography, officials are alleging the site create adults and minors without their

consent. here's savannah sellers. >> reporter: the long arm of the law starting to come down on altered pornography generated by a.i. >> the images are using to humiliate and harass girls. >> reporter: and david says that users are being manipulated by a.i. >> these win site allows users to upload photos of real-clothed individuals. a.i. will, quote, undress these users in the photos. >> reporter: they have been used more than 10,000 times this year. they are asking the court to close down these sites. >> while profiting off this content, these website

operators have violated a plethora of state and federal laws including child pornography. >> reporter: they did not identify the people identified in the suit, nbc has reached out but we haven't immediately heard back. outside of california a patchwork of state laws means the legality of the deep state fake porn varies, because the images are sometimes seen as technically not real in some jurisdictions and not always considered illegal, but for those who have seen their images hijacked, the pain is all too real especially for young teens and young women. valerie castro spoke with another high schooler impacted. >> immediately felt nauseous and gross. i saw it, and it was my face but not my body. >> reporter: parents are struggling to protect their children. >> and we have been referred to the national center for

exploited children. >> reporter: the images can circulate among victims' peers. representative alexandria ocasio cortez, a victim of deep fake pornography herself, introduced a bill and it has passed the senate and in the house's hands now. and while other states are also interested in passing legislation to outlaw illegal implicit images. >> for now, san francisco said the action against the sites is the first of the nation. >> all of us have been absolutely horrified for the women and girls who have had to endure this exploitation. >> reporter: savannah sellers, nbc news. a social media passion has turned into a life-saving operation for one dog lover who's using the power of his

followers to help get dogs with special needs adopted into loving homes. hallie jackson. >> reporter: he's the guy behind one of the sweetest sites on social media. >> we have beacon, 4-year-old service dog. >> reporter: matt nelson started we rate dogs back in 2015 as way to celebrate the pups we love. >> when a fire started in the basement of her house she beat the smoke detectors in alerting her family. >> reporter: it's skyrocketed to some 22 million. did you ever think it would get this huge? >> no. we were able to sponsor her entire hospitalization. >> reporter: that success sparking a big idea. >> we'd like to give these dogs a chance. >> reporter: putting matt on a mission, he started a nonprofit raising money to help dogs with special needs get adopted into loving homes. what's cool about this is the

way you took your social media following and you turned it into a force for good. >> our mission is to sponsor shelter dogs with medical conditions. in order to make them more adoptable. and measure success about how many dogs we were able to save. >> reporter: the foundation has raised more than $3 million. helping cover medical costs for nearly 600 dogs like orca this little guy, rupert who need expensive treatment for seizures. that money made all the difference for david tracey and his wife darien. >> are you ready for a walk? >> reporter: who fell in love with this spunky maltese mix. >> it's pretty pricey. >> what makes rupert so special. >> he has a thing when he gets

excited he sticks his front two legs out. >> the grants they got helped them families for 60 dogs. >> whatever it may be, that kinds of help inspire them to make the decision to adopt. >> reporter: joy like that, priceless. creating connections and memories to last a lifetime. >> they're such innocent creatures who want only to love this but i think there's a lot to learn from dogs, they live in the moment. >> reporter: hallie jackson, nbc news. >> up next, back-to-school season, one major challenge is getting kids to show up. what schools and parents can do about it

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joining us is the ceo of panorama education. good to see you. thanks for being with us. you design first of all, what is chronic absenteeism. >> refers to a student who misses 10% or more of school days, to put that in context, pre-covid we had about 15% of students miss that much school, these days it's about 25% over the last year, so 13 million students who are missing more than 10% of days in school. >> that's at lot of students and critical learning, talk to us about why, why are students missing? >> so part of our panorama is to look at why students are missing school, for high school, traditionally we think a lot about attendance reasons, couldn't find transportation or a parent didn't bring a student to school, we want to look at the school factors, we found at

the younger grades, school safety is a really big deal, that students tell us there's bullying and violence and that leaves them really concerned. as you get to middle school it's safety and it's whether students think they can succeed. by high school, it comes down to whether students have close adult relations a teacher who believes in you. >> maybe an obvious question, what does this all mean for those students, right, what impact do you see? >> so if a student is chronically absent that's big deal, they fall behind academically and they're not getting the skills needed for college, career, life after school. >> you talked about concerns around safety, specifically bullying, what schools can do to foster a safe environment? >> yeah, so, one, building relations with students is a big

deal, every student has a teacher who knows their name, really basic. asking students what's driving safety, a fear for bullying, about safety in the bathrooms and the best schools ask students what's causing them to feel safe at school and they do something about it. >> we saw this absenteeism during covid, during the pandemic, so it's something that state and federal agencies started focusing on, what's been done to try to address it. >> right now, we see a lot of great work, one of the leaders we've seen the state of rhode island where commissioner green organized across the entire state to get every district getting every student back in the classroom. you're seeing in every corner schools creating attendance plans. i think our ask is that schools

are thinking about these attendance actions but how do we make school a place where students really want to be. >> briefly, what can parents do to support their kids in showing up and making sure it's not just a day of school. >> yeah, i think parents need to reset the expectation that school matters, and find out from students when they don't want to go to school, ask why. make it a conversation, listen, learn and get students reinvigorated about you. there's much more news ahead. >> so don't go anywhere. you're watching "nbc news daily". my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis held me back... now with skyrizi, i'm all in with clearer skin. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ (♪♪) ♪ i feel free ♪ (♪♪) ♪ to bare my skin, yeah that's all me. ♪

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closed for hours after a tesla electric big rig caught fire. chp says the tesla truck went off eastbound 80 at the off ramp near emigrant gap in placer county, and then crashed into some trees. firefighters confirmed the truck's battery caught on fire, spread to nearby brush. they say electric fires are still a newer thing, and crews are still trying to learn how to handle this situation. roadway in both directions at 80, shut down around emigrant gap in placer county. chp says the driver, fortunately of that semi truck, was able to escape to safety. first week of school in san francisco could be a little chilly. here's cinthia pimentel with our forecast. let's check in san francisco. it's the first day of school, the first week. and guess what? we're off to a mild start for upper 60s for today to some low 70s. nice and beautiful out there for tomorrow. and then we'll start a little bit of a cooling trend into the second half of the week as we're tracking a system to our north

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