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protests sweep the streets of israel after six hostages were found in gaza, including american hersh goldberg-polin. the growing pressure on prime minister netanyahu to make a deal to bring home the remaining hostages. just two months until election day. the battleground blitz planned as former president trump faces new questions about his controversial arlington national cemetery visit. just in time for labor day, why over 10,000 hotel workers are walking off the job during the business holiday weekend. a shift in enrollment as students return to class. their first look at how the supreme court's decision to strike down affirmative action is impacting elite colleges across the country. u.s. open dreams go down the drain in flushing. more on the major upsets for some of the biggest names in tennis. and who can say neigh? the mini horses bringing big
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smiles to people in los angeles. it's labor day, september 2nd. "early today" starts right now. good morning. glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera. we begin in israel where a general strike is under way this morning pushing for a ceasefire deal with hamas. the mobilization comes as six more hostages were found dead in gaza, including an israeli american. hundreds of thousands of israelis took to the streets, putting pressure on the netanyahu government to compromise. raf sanchez kicks off our coverage from tel aviv. grief and anger. the idf says they were executed by hamas in a tunnel underneath the city of rafah as israeli troops were closing in. prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying "i was outraged to the depths of my soul by the horrific cold-blood murder of
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six of our hostages." but here outside israel's defense ministry, much of the anger is aimed at prime minister netanyahu. these protesters accuse him of blocking a deal to bring the hostages home. >> and every time it's a different excuse. >> reporter: trade unions announcing a general strike, threatening to shut down israel's main airport unless netanyahu accepts a deal. among the hostages killed, 40-year-old carmel gat. her cousin gil tells us the leaders of hamas and israel are responsible for her death. >> the leaders are to blame, and the terror organization is to blame, and the government that decided to sacrifice the lives of the hostages, they're all to blame. >> reporter: for nearly 11 months hersh's warrants jon and rachel campaigned tirelessly for his release, even taking his case to the democratic national convention. and every morning a painful ritual, marking the day since his kidnapping. the president and vice president both spoke to them, mr. biden
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saying he is devastated and outraged at hersh's murder, adding hamas leaders will pay for the crimes. hersh turned 23 just days before october 7th when he was kidnapped from a music festival. his arm partly severed by a hamas grenade. since then, his parents' only glimpse of their only son was this hostage video released in april. we met them the next day. >> i mean, painful is too small of a word of what it's like for any parent. >> reporter: hersh's family always urged compassion for civilians in gaza where a vaccination campaign is now under way to stop the spread of polio in children. >> how do you stay hopeful? >> we say all of the time hope is mandatory. we have been remaining hopeful and optimistic this entire time believing, willing ourselves to believe that he is alive and that he is coming back. >> and our thanks to raf for that report. back in the u.s., we're only
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64 days away from a presidential election. vice president harris is spending this labor day visiting swing states. she has stops planned in michigan and wisconsin and will make an appearance with president biden in pennsylvania. donald trump will hold a town hall in that state on wednesday. vice president harris has made her first public comments on mr. trump's controversial visit to arlington cemetery, accusing him of disrepresenting sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt. arlington national cemetery says federal law prohibits campaign-related activities there. the trump campaign posted a series of videos of the gold star families who invited him there. >> we invited president trump. we are the ones that asked for the video. and the pictures to be taken. >> some lawmakers had said president biden and vice president harris had also been invited by the families, but a white house official and a harris aide deny that an invitation was ever received. after fighting legal battles
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to get his name on the ballot, former presidential candidate robert kennedy jr. is now suing to get off the ballot in north carolina. he says the state board of elections rejected his request to be removed which he argues is a violation of state law and his right to free speech. the board, which voted along city lines says ballots were already being printed and it would be impractical to reprint them ahead of early voting which begins friday. kennedy ended his bid for president ten days ago, but says he did meet the deadline to be removed for the north carolina ballot. senator tom cotton is weighing in on a policy proposal from former president trump. in an interview with nbc news, mr. trump said he wants all fertility treatments paid for either by the government or by insurance companies. senator cotton says he is open to the idea. >> so it's something i'm open to that most republicans would be open to. i think we'd have to evaluate the fiscal impact, whether the
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taxpayer can afford to pay for, this what impact it would have on premiums. >> according to nbc news analysis, this plan could cost nearly $8 billion per year. tens of thousands of hotel workers are walking off the job. they say they're fighting for higher pay, better staffing and reduced workloads. the strike is expected to last up to three days and is impacting top chains, including marriott and hilton. hilton says they remain committed to negotiating to reach fair and reasonable agreements. now to a terrifying scene caught on camera just outside portland, oregon. a small craft airplane crashing into a town house, setting the block on fire. at least three people are dead, the pilot and the passenger, and one person in the building. five families have been displaced from the damaged buildings. investigators have said that the pilot did not make a mayday call before the plane went down. a witness told nbc news that he saw the plane veer sharply to the left. the ntsb is moving the plane to a secure facility to investigate
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the wreckage. crews continue to battle a wildfire burning in jackson, wyoming, which is known as the fish creek fire was ignited by a lightning strike over two weeks ago, and it has burned roughly 13,000 acres. it is burning in a remote area, but the heavy smoke is impacting nearby roadways. as of the latest update, it is over 40% contained. if you're traveling this labor day, prepare for wet roads across parts of the u.s. let's turn to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking it all. good morning, michelle. >> good morning, frances. we're going so see some wet roadways and air too in the south. we're tracking a cold front along with an area of low pressure that is pumping in some tropical moisture into the gulf coast states. so this is what we're looking at this morning. radar showing up that the showers are falling in portions of texas along the gulf coast. some of it heavy you see the darker colors. also a batch of showers in parts of the carolinas. we're going see the rains stretching from the carolinas to texas as we go throughout the day. here is the culprit. there is the front i was talking
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about, the area of low pressure. some of the rain could be heavy at times. we could see 2 to 3 inches per hour. that is going to lead the flash flooding. also tomorrow, could cause roadway problems and problems in the air. so likely delays houston to tampa. we're looking at possible delays in charlotte, atlanta, dallas, and could see some minor issues in parts of the carolinas. if you're traveling on the roadways, i-20, i-10 could see issues with the heavy rain falling. also i-95 from florida to the carolinas cou leading to the chance of flooding. 90s in san antonio. 90 in corpus christi. all right. that's your monday forecast. >> okay. thank you so much, michelle. >> sure. pope frances is set to depart rome this morning for a
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12-day trip to asia, the longest of his papacy. it also marks one of the longest distances the 88-year-old pontiff has travelled from stops in new guinea, east team more and singapore. he was scheduled to take the trip in 20 tnt but was postponed because of the covid epidemic. the trip is seen as a nod toe asia, one of the few places where the church is growing. back with the admission numbers showing the impact of the supreme court's decision on affirmative action. and some of the biggest and some of the biggest names in tenni shus int ez, let me ask you, you're using head & shoulders, right? only when i see flakes. then i switch back to my regular shampoo. you should use it every wash, otherwise the flakes will come back. he's right, you know. is that tiny troy? the ingredients in head & shoulders keep the microbes that cause flakes at bay. microbes, really? they're always on your scalp... but good news, there's no itchiness, dryness or flakes down here. i love tiny troy. and his tiny gorgeous hair. make every wash count! and for stubborn dandruff, try head & shoulders clinical strength.
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orientation this week in cambridge, massachusetts, the elite university's president speaking out about the makeup of the class of 2028. >> what it does not bring as a consequence of last year's supreme court decision is the same degree of broad racial and ethnic diversity. >> reporter: the roughly 1100 members of the class, the first shaped in part by the supreme court's decision striking down affirmative action in school admissions. >> i am very surprised and i'm honestly shocked that it would have dropped so much. >> reporter: black and african-americans making up just 5% of students compared to 13% in the previous four years. hispanic students 11%, down from 15%, but asian-american students up 47% from 41%, and white students holding steady at 37% from 38% previously. students we spoke to here are concerned. >> i do think, like, when i look out at my class you see a lot of people who look like me and much fewer people who look different from me. >> diversity is one of the
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biggest reasons that i came to m.i.t. >> i definitely think it's a stunning shift. >> reporter: m.i.t. professor danielle wood believes cutting race from the i equation was a mistake. what do you think it does to the campus at large? >> i think it harms the campus. there's a lot of research that shows that it's important for students of all backgrounds to feel both welcomed and that they belong. plus, more diverse environments produce more innovation. >> reporter: wood is both the chair of the african american studies program at m.i.t. and a former student. >> really would say that i'm in mourning, in part because i know there are people like me who might have had a chance to study at m.i.t. and they won't have the opportunity. >> reporter: at least three other schools releasing their data showing dips in black enrollment ranging from small to 8%. >> how do we get the desired results of diversity without compromising merit? >> reporter: deborah alexander's son augie is starting the college application process. she says she values diversity,
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but that the playing field needs to be leveled well before college. >> admission to college should be based on, again, the best fit and the best fit for an academic setting should be the academic merit of the child. >> reporter: here at m.i.t., the university is vowing to find ways to increase diversity without violating the supreme court ruling. that means increasing outreach to minority communities and promoting its financial aid programs. nine states had previously banned affirmative action at its public universities. most saw a drop in minority students immediately after. are you hopeful for the future? >> i have to stay hopeful because that's what keeps us focused on creating and innovating. >> reporter: a long road ahead in the quest for diversity on campus. rehema ellis, nbc news, cambridge, massachusetts. still to come, an update on an nfl rookie shot during a
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a shocking upset at the u.s. open. defending champion coco gauff is out after losing in straight sets to fellow american emma navarro. coco is the latest in a string of tennis stars to be upset in the tournament. priscilla thompson has more. >> and that's it. >> reporter: a stunning defeat. defending champion coco gauff knocked out of the u.s. open by number 13 seed emma navarro, unable to recover after a rough start with nearly two dozen unforced errors costing her the first set. the loss capping off a week of shocking upsets. >> the alternative is to cry. >> reporter: on the men's side, two of the favorites to win it all now out.
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carlos alcaraz fresh off winning singles titles at wimbledon and the french open losing all three sets to number 74 in the second round. >> when i wanted to come back or i think i wanted to come back, it was too late. >> reporter: novak djokovic looking to make history as the first player ever to win 25 grand slam titles defeated in a fourth set after serving 14 double faults. >> i mean, i've played some of the worst tennis i've ever played, honestly, serving by far the worst ever. >> reporter: just weeks after taking home olympic gold, now ending the grand slam season with no major win for the first time since 2017. >> i mean, i didn't have any physical issues. i just felt out of gas. >> reporter: naomi osaka back on the court after welcoming her
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first child, was knocked out in the second round. >> i feel that my heart dies every time i lose. and it sucks a lot. >> reporter: history was made when american frances tiafoe and ben shelton became the first black men ever to meet in a semifinal. the dream lives on for the americans still vying to bring home a men's singles title for the usa for the first time in 21 years. priscilla thompson, nbc news. an nfl rookie is recovering at home this morning after being shot in the chest. police say 49ers rookie ricky pearsall was the victim of attempted robbery. the 23-year-old was walking alone in union square when a 17-year-old pulled a gun on him. both were shot and hospitalized. pearsall's mom says the bullet
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therapy horses are providing support for trauma victims across the city, and even joining the mayor's crisis response team. nbc l.a.'s gordon tokamatsu has the story. >> smile for the cam. >> reporter: what's adorable, musical, lovable, and uniquely qualified to dry your tear, warm your hearts and speed mental victoria, a calabasas artist with a background in horse dressage has the answer. >> we go nonstop visiting people in crisis and going to hospitalses. >> reporter: they're so unusual, so cute, that eyes light up when they enter the room. victoria started small, bringing smiles to patients 16 years ago. but it wasn't long before demand grew. where can we find these little horses, people were asking? the horses were a hit. >> they could be 4 years old. they could be 104, because we've seen people of every age, the
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horses have a positive impact. >> reporter: what does that do mentally for the firefighter? >> it takes outof the environment. >> reporter: among victoria's newest clients is l.a. fire department, where they see some of the most things unimaginable on a daily basis. the captain explains. seeing a small horse instantly gives your brain a break so, valuable when it's processing something terrible. >> a very traumatic train accident, car accident, they can come out to the scene, not only for firefighters, but for the public. >> reporter: the horses work with the mayor's crisis response team. victoria and her large van rushing to locations where they're needed when trauma and violence can sometimes be too much to bear. until a small horseplaying a keyboard walks up, that, and everyone gets to take a little break. >> it just makes me feel so good. and like all this hard work is worth it. >> reporter: and by the way, these horses are not for profit. victoria is doing this with the
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help of private donations. a nonprofit bringing cheer to people at their most challenging moments supported by people who see the ability of animals to soothe the soul, one carefully qualified tail at a time. >> and our thanks to gordon tokamatsu for that report. coming up on "today," once a dreaded rite of passage, braces are now a trendy fashion look. there are videos showing how to buy and apply the braces at home, and they've garnered millions of views on tiktok. but dental professionals are sounding the alarm that moving your own teeth is a recipe for disaster. it's all coming up on "today." thank you so much for watching "early today." i'm frances rivera. have a great and safe labor day. see you back here early tomorrow morning.
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