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on the brink. israel declares a special state of emergency after exchanging a new round of strikes with lebanon, we're on the ground as the region braces for a potential escalation. deadly intentions? revealed in new court documents, what he allegedly wrote and what it could mean for the case against him. slow your scroll, california takes a major step to protect kids from what they call addictive social media apps. and fit check! you don't have to spend a fortune to buy trendy clothes. >> can't wait for that story. so good to be back with you. >> you were all over the place. >> all over the globe. we'll start this hour with breaking news out of the middle east, israel has declared a special state of emergency as it ramps up an aerial assault

against hezbollah. >> israel's military said it struck more than 1300 targets inside lebanon just today alone. in the capital city of beirut. more than 350 people have died, making at this time country's deadliest day in nearly 20 years, israel's military also issued an evacuation warning for civilians inside lebanon, israeli prime minister netanyahu has told them to quote, get out of harm's way now. >> today, the pentagon announced it's sending a small number of additional u.s. troops to the region as the conflict escalates, adding the move is out of an abundance of caution. matt bradley joins us now from beirut. matt, what does this special state of emergency in israel actually mean here and what more do we know about the barrage of strikes by the israeli military? >> reporter: yeah, this special

state of emergency an indicator of the fact that israelis do expect there to be more attacks by hezbollah targeting civilians. normally announced by the ministry of defense, in this case the israelis can tell people to shelter in place, to stay at home, military can shut down institutions like schools and community centers and basically intervene in civilian life when they can't, when they don't have this special state of emergency. it's an indicator that the israelis are expecting these attacks by hezbollah to pick up, they're expecting to launch their own more robust invasion into israel which a -- into lebanon, which a lot of folks here in lebanon are dreading and people throughout the region are worried about. >> you mentioned this, matt,

pictures there of people trying to evacuate out of the border area in lebanon, inside lebanon, because israel has warned them to get out of the way, how difficult is that? what's the reality of that? >> reporter: well, as you can see right there, there's a traffic jam, there's such frenetic effort to try to get out, such a chaotic exodus of people leaving from southern lebanon all the way up toward here in beirut, northern part of the country, this has been going on for the past year, ever since the fighting between hezbollah and israel, this is a secondary headline in the gaza strip, the fighting started the day after the october 7th attacks that set up the latest round of fighting, now we're seeing it as a much, much larger scale and it's not just the warnings you're hearing from the israelis, they went on the national radio, it looks like they broke into lebanon

radio to issue warnings in arabic, this is because of the fighting that has now killed more than 300 people in the southern part of lebanon and here in beirut. guys. >> matt bradley in beirut, thank you. an urgent manhunt is under way in alabama for multiple suspects who police say shot 21 people. >> four people have died and investigators say five others are still in the hospital, this all happened saturday night outside a popular lounge in birmingham, investigators are trying to determine a motive, they believe this was a targeted shooting. >> marissa parais following the latest developments for us. the manhunt continues. investigators gave an update today about how they're trying to track those suspects down. >> reporter: we know there's video they're combing through, surveillance video, cell phone video, some of that has been something that has been released to the public and we know there's a lot of chaos that

shows, but we know that this tragedy left at least 17 people injured and 4 people dead and i want to take you to what we're learning about them, right now, all we have their names, 21-year-old. 12 victims have been released from the hospital. five at last check still remain in the hospital. the reward money has been upped to over $100,000, this is a combination of the fbi and crime jp stoppers money, the largest reward this area has ever seen because you're about to hear from the mayor and authorities this morning, they need the public's help to catch who was responsible. >> reporter: i want to make myself very clear on what the priority is, it's to hunt down, capture, arrest, and convict the

people who are responsible for this mass shooting. >> reporter: now, investigators as we have mentioned do believe multiple people were involved in this, they haven't mentioned any type of motive yet, but they do believe this was a targeted attack and i will add they found roughly 100 shell casings on the scene it's believed that some sort of automatic weapon was used here. >> marissa, thank you for that. california is taking major new steps meant to protect children online. >> the state's governor gavin newsom signed a new law on friday and it's aimed at curbing social media addiction. savannah sellers joins us with the latest. walk us through what's in this new law signed by the governor. >> reporter: trying to keep kids safe from a social media addiction, what they'll try to do is they'll make the app go back to posting in that feed that you see chronologically, people who are posting, pulling

that up in realtime, it's for these apps to hook you and scrolling longer. the other big thing they'll put some time limits on this, getting notifications for those instagram dms, or tiktok videos during school hours or overnight. to stop that doom scrolling in the bedroom, this will be automatic unless a parent allows their child to opt out of that setting. >> it's interesting in california there's another issue going on right now with the city attorney's office in san francisco, they're suing more than a dozen websites and apps over this issue of deep fake nude images where somebody's face is superimposed on a fake nude body, what is exactly are they trying to do. >> from huge superstars like taylor swift, it's also happening to high school girls

across the country, it's disturbing. this is two moms in the city attorney's office, they wrote an article in "the new york times" it was so disturbing to them. she thought, i want to do something about this. take a listen to what they say they found on some of these websites. >> there are some pretty disturbing in this lawsuit that specifically calls out even the way these websites market their services. tell me about that. >> there are websites that market the services by saying, like, why take her on a date, use our app to see her in the flesh, or her naked body and the implication is, like, oh, yes, please use our tool to strip women of their autonomy. >> so disturbing these websites

are marketed. you feed it into one of these website it makes this realistic nude image. >> the younger people probably know all those sites even if we adults don't know. >> it's scary how easy it is to find one. >> thank you as always. now let's jump ahead to today's cnbc money minute. the state of california is officially banning plastic bags. >> new emojis are coming to smartphones. paper, plastic is no longer a choice at the checkout lines in grocery stores in california. a measure bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026,

closes a legal loophole that allowed an increase in plastic bag use despite a 2014 law designed to ban it. in brazil, x is beginning to comply. to show documents that illustrate it has new legal representation in the country. x was shut down in the country last month after it didn't comply with the top court orders over hate speech moderation. and eight new emojis will appear on smartphones and computers next year after being approved which oversees global emoji standards. the most anticipated of the eight is an exhausted face with bags under the eyes. i mean, the heart, is that going to come in handy? >> the shovel. fingerprints.

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the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt against former president donald trump in florida will be held behind bars until trial, that decision was made today in federal court, it comes as we're learning significant new details about that suspect including revelations from investigators that he allegedly spent weeks staking out the former president's movements. nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch joins me now, walk us through what happened in court and the information we're learning. >> reporter: the judge granted the government's motion for pre-trial detention, that means ryan routh remains in federal custody, but what really stuck out from the outset of this

hearing the prosecution is bluntly accusing routh attempting to kill, attempting to assassinate former president trump, different from what we've heard previously, weapons charges so far, tied to inincident being inves an apparent assassination attempt of former president. we're told by the prosecution in court that they're going to present evidence to a grand jury and seek a charge to that effect. that's something we'll be looking out for as a further development. the defense did try to poke some holes in the evidence that has been present sod far in trying to get mr. routh released on a bond, i want to note a couple of things we heard today, according to special agent cross examined by the defense, he's not aware

of any footage showing routh holding a weapon, there's no video as far as the special agent is aware of routh crossing the street, running across the street from the fence line of the golf course. so, again, you can see that the defense seeming to try to set up this all being circumstantial evidence. we heard the judge asking, you can see in that image there what we're told plates that could prevent small arms fire from penetrating the judge, at one point asking are we talking about kitchen place, they believe this to be some kind of ballistic plate. >> jesse, thanks so much. in tufts university, lacrosse players hospitalized after an exercise. here's anne thompson.

>> reporter: the school said it was led by a recent grad of a tough military training program. in the days after, many of the athletes became ill and five were sent to the hospital. multiple members of the tufts university men's lacrosse team remain hospitalized, followed a group workout led by a graduate of the navy s.e.a.l. training program. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: according to the school, after the 45-34i7b9 minute workout on monday, a dozen players were diagnosed with a serious condition that causes your muscles to break down. >> these damaged muscle cells release the contents of their cells into the bloodstream, and that causes injury to a number of organs. >> reporter: the details of the workout remain unclear, but the school says it was voluntary and supervised. the person leading the session was a tufts alum who recently completed the navy buds program,

one of the military's most difficult training programs, which includes a grueling stretch known as hell week, designed to push candidates to their physical and mental limits. >> this really is kind of strenuous interval training. i think that tends to be the exercise that we see patients, you know, develop this syndrome too. >> reporter: while the incident at tufts is rare, it is not unheard of. 13 university of iowa football players were hospitalized in 2011 after a series of intense off season workouts. eight volleyball players from texas woman's university were taken to the hospital with the same condition in 2016. and in 2017, at least three university of oregon football players were hospitalized after grueling workouts. one of those players later diagnosed with rhabdo. back at tufts, students are rallying around their four-time ncaa championship team as the school begins to investigate

what went wrong. >> i just hope that i could get well soon and get back on the field. >> reporter: the school says it's closely monitoring the rest of the athletes who took part in the workout. it is hiring an independent investigator to figure out just how all this happened. >> anne, thank you so much. up ahead, it's the running of the bulls, it's this group. that ended up making a great escape from a rodeo in massachusetts, you're watching massachusetts, you're watching "nbc news whdaen my doctor gave me breztri for my copd things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing,

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near his home in san jose. he's 33 years old. he's accused of shooting and killing a coworker who was a bus driver at the vta just before 10:00 on friday night. this happened at the vta shibuya division yard on south seventh street in san jose. the victim died at the scene. we don't know what motivated boy to allegedly shoot this person. he is now booked into the santa clara county main jail on a murder charge. this is the second deadly shooting at the valley transportation authority in three years. you will recall in 2021, an employee shot and killed nine coworkers at a vta facility before taking his own life. with this incident, it's triggering to some of some of our folks. we really thought we were, you know, getting past some of the some of the stuff from before, and obviously this is going to spur a lot of that back. we want to make sure that our employees understand that this is a different incident than what had happened a while back. we are here to support

them. this is a different environment. the vta says it's offering mental health support for its employees. after friday's shooting, they point out they have built a strong support program with the union, which represents the workers since the 2021 mass shooting bob redell nbc bay area news. all right, bob, thank you. a heads up, heat advisories are in place for the south and east bay. here's meteorologist kari hall with the details. happy monday to you. we are going to have some hot temperatures today. in fact, in the south county this afternoon we will be very close to 100 degrees. and we will see triple digits in antioch today while livermore will be in the upper 90s. 97 for danville and in hayward today, 91 degrees. also low 90s from redwood city to palo alto, while daly city stays in the 70s and there will be parts of san francisco in the 70s, but as warm as 80 for downtown san francisco, 96 in napa and sonoma, as well as santa rosa. and tomorrow we will

see the heat advisory extended into the afternoon. but then we catch a relief from this high heat as we get some cooler air coming in. a look at our 7-day forecast is coming up in the next 30 minutes. all right. kari. sounds good. thank you. hundreds of hotel workers in san francisco are on strike. it comes after their contract expired back in august. the hospitality workers are part of the unite here local two. they include housekeepers and servers. union members are seeking a new contract with the hyatt, hilton and marriott hotel chains. workers were on the picket line at three hotels around union square yesterday. cost of living has gone up exponentially in the past couple of years, and so big wage increases are really important for us maintaining our medical benefits and having a decent retirement. in a statement, hyatt said it is disappointed workers decided to strike while it remains willing to continue bargaining in good faith. marriott said the westin saint francis is still open for business and they remain available to meet with the union

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ahead of the holiday season and for the first time, the fda has approved an at-home flu vaccine, the nasal spray can be ordered from an online pharmacy, but it will require a doctor prescription. violent crime decreased nationwide in 2023, according to a recent released fbi report. overall violent crime dropped around 3% compared to 2022 with some of the serious crimes there murder falling about 11.6 .. that's the largest single drop for that crime in two decades. property crime fell as well including burglary and larceny. and take a look at this, dramatic video showing the moment eight bulls escaped from their pens at a massachusetts rodeo. officials say the bulls ran through a parking lot fleeing

into the woods. one bull was caught just after escaping. six more were corralled by local officials a few miles away. but the search continues to find that final bull still on the run. we're just 42 days away from the general election now and a new national poll showing how the race has changed since vice president kamala harris entered the race. >> her fay voishlt rating is high. 48% of voters few harris positively. the largest increase for any politician nbc news has polled since then-president george w. bush after 9/11. >> steve kornacki is joining us now to break down the new polling, this poll was conducted in the days right after the harris/trump debate, we looked at 1,000 registered voters nationally, start with vice president harris, what's driving

that favorability rise. >> take a look here at the national numbers, 49-44, our poll finds harris over trump. the gender gap that we're seeing, among men, donald trump is leading kamala harris by 12 points. 52-40. among women, though, look at, this it's not just harris is leading among women she's racking up a 21-point margin, 58-37 among women. now, 21, 12, that's a 33-point gender gap. if anything like that materializes on election day that's at a whole level -- never would have seen it this big before. powered by harris running up that very big margin among women in this poll. that's noteworthy as is this. zoom in here on black voters, this is traditionally a core democratic constituency.

joe biden was more in the 60s. kamala harris up to 85% with black voters, much more in line with what democrats have relied on in the past and given their concern when biden was their candidate seeing this allays those parts of concerns for democrats since harris got in. >> steve, while we have you, the polling also took a look at what voters care about in terms of issues, what are the top issues that voters are looking at and they think the candidates should be tackling? >> i accidentally gave it away, but let me go back, live tv here, i apologize, we'll cycle right back, okay, top issues we asked voters in our poll, inflation at 28%. jobs and economy, 19%.

also note immigration, 14%. a majority citing one of those three. take a look at this -- we asked folks which candidate is better on a range of issues, trump on 21% immigration. overall trump trails in our poll this is what he can take heart in him, it gives him an opportunity. >> steve, thanks so much. those key policy issues steve laid out are top of mind for battleground voters nbc news is talking about. >> particularly true for a closely divided door county, wisconsin a swing county within a crucial swing state and in every presidential contest in this century door county has voted in line with the general election winner with the last two races being decided by just a few hundred votes. >> shaquille brewster, so you've

been talking with trump supporters, harris supporters, and voters who still haven't made up their minds, what key policy issues are they focusing on? >> reporter: i've been talking to all kind of voters, one question i regularly ask people, what's most important to you? listen to what some of those responses have been in this key about immigration. and the inflation for our children more. we're fine. but our kids, you know, it's tough for them. but then i also think about january 6th. and some of that. >> what are the issues for you that you care most about? >> bodily autonomy. >> top one? >> top one. freedom. >> immigration is a top issue for you? >> yes. >> which candidate do you trust more on that issue? >> trump.

>> donald trump, why? >> because he did a good job the four years he was in office. >> reporter: there's always a distinction between what issues voters say top of mind and issues that are more animating, gets people out to participate in the election, one pattern from that polling, you saw that historic rise for vice president harris in her popularity and among those who say they don't love her policies or even love the democratic party, a pattern that i found emerging here is that a lot they view her much more favorably than they did back in july. an advantage for her as we close in on election day. e everybody loves a bargain, not just older generations looking for a good deal. >> younger generation is leading the way. sam brock joins us now with the latest. sam, how exactly is this

working? going to discount stores. >> gen-z are spending a ma jr.ty of money on discount apparel. it's the younger generations right now driving the push on these bargain deals. this fall, gen z and millennials on the hunt. from tj maxx and marshalls to ross and burlington, these are not your grandparents' big box bargains. >> once you go, you become obsessed because it is just like addicting. >> reporter: after years of high inflation hurting consumers' wallets -- >> this is our budget. it is not a whole lot. so let's keep it on the low side. >> reporter: a report from the bank of america institute found that spending on value apparel is higher for younger customers compared to older age groups. >> they think they're out there in the world and seeing how

expensive things are. prices are coming down now. but these two generations in particular have grown up with this. they have lived this. and they are experiencing it every day. >> reporter: the spending has increased four percentage points for gen z and millennials, far outpacing older generations. bethany brooks says tj maxx and marshalls allow her to build her dream wardrobe on a budget. >> it is just really exciting when you get a cute t-shirt for $10 that's like $100 normally. with inflation and just the cost of living itself, i can't remember the last time i spent full price on anything. >> reporter: according to bank of america's research, spending on value apparel overall increased 13% this july compared to july 2019, growing faster than overall retail spending. and it is a trend that may be here to stay, even as inflation cools and prices come back down. >> between shopping at discount retailers that have cool merchandise and thrifting, you can have a great wardrobe at a

very low cost. i expect this to continue for years to come. >> i don't think i could ever stop shopping here, even if i got a raise or started making more money. i'm going to keep doing what i'm doing and just saving more instead of spending more. >> reporter: something that's accelerating this trend is the collaboration that's been going on at stores, target working with vera wang. getting young folks coming into the door at an earlier age. >> i could spend hours in a homegoods. i'm right there. sam brock, thank you. >> thank you. up next, we'll turn to my new exclusive nbc news report, more expectant mothers dying in

defense lawyers in missouri are making an 11th hour appeal to save the life of inmate facing execution tomorrow, 55-year-old marcellus williams are convicted of killing a newspaper reporter back in 1998, he's long maintained he's innocent. putting a national spotlight on the state's attorney general. here's steven romo.

>> reporter: growing controversy in missouri over the fate of the inmate marcellus williams who's set to be put to death on tuesday. >> if this were merely a wrongful conviction without the death penalty attached it would be a much different case. >> reporter: he was convicted of first degree murder in 1998, his attorney said the murder weapon was handled by multiple people, tainting dna evidence. >> the mishandling definitely had an effect on the case overall. >> reporter: prosecutors were ready to cut a deal for williams to get life without parole back in august, everyone was onboard, except missouri attorney general andrew bailey. >> the attorney general's office just took an absolute hard line resisting any hearing, any evidence, any conclusion other than finality. >> reporter: in a press release, bailey agreed the murder weapon had been handled by many actors

but also indicated the personal items were found in the car. but this puts a new spotlight on attorney general bailey and his role in other cases. chris dunn served more than 30 years for a murder conviction in st. louis, before key witnesses recanted, a judge ruled this year he should be released immediately. but bailey's office blocked that, too. saying the witnesses reversal were coerced. state's high court stepped in and dunn was released a week later, bailey also opposed the release of sandra hemme who served time for murder even after a judge overturned her conviction. >> the attorney general of this state have take on the position that the conviction and sentence

and appeal are over, the case is final. >> reporter: michael wolf is the former chief justice of the missouri supreme court he worked directly on the williams case. >> the ethical standards of our profession say the prosecutor's job is not only to secure a conviction but to see that justice is done. >> reporter: in statement bailey's office says in part, too often people forget about all of the evidence that was used to convict the defendant, we review each case on a case by case basis. dunn said he and others like him have a hard time moving forward. >> don't say it can't happen to you. because just as it was done to me it can happen to anyone. >> reporter: steven dunn, nbc news. a hearing today at state court could determine whether marcellus williams is executed tomorrow. now to new data exclusive to

nbc news that shows a dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in texas, today growing fears that the state's near-total ban on abortion could push deaths even higher. some say these abortion bans are putting lives at rick. what was your first pregnancy like. >> just so textbook. >> reporter: but her subsequent pregnancies were anything but. in 2023, the 37-year-old from texas almost died, giving birth to her healthy daughter. >> i kept lying there thinking i'm never going to name that baby. >> reporter: she said she continued bleeding and according to her daughter she needed a d and c. she says she waited more than an hour for doctors to do the procedure but her condition continued to deteriorate until she lost consciousness. she said the delay was later

explained by a social worker. >> she goes, oh, we don't do d and cs anymore. >> reporter: a new analysis of cdc from the gender equity policy institute show a 56% rise in mortality rates. every a demographic went up. biggest increase was among white women. texas passed a near total abortion ban back in 2021, 13 other states followed suit after the dobbs decision. is texas is a canary in the coal mine coming to this issue? >> we have to pay attention to the data coming out of texas. >> reporter: in texas abortions are allowed to save a pregnant woman's life. you've practiced in women's health for over a decade, how does it feel working out of texas now?

>> very different. >> reporter: doctors are advised to use their best judgment, but if a court later rules they got it wrong, they risk losing their medical license. is it clear to you when you can perform an abortion and when you can't? >> no, not really. there's this this hesitancy that you can feel practicing in texas. >> i went into that delivery room with a doula and health insurance and i'm white, and i have a masters degree of education, i went in with every privilege you could think of and that still happened to me. >> reporter: now shed a row kates for abortion rights. what do you feel when you look at your daughter? >> i feel deeply saddened and guilty about the future that i'm giving her, i get up every day

and i tell these stories and i relive this trauma because i'm going to tell her i did everything i could for her. >> while this report highlighted the fatal outcomes for many expectant moms, health practitioners i spoke to it's impacting patients who are not pregnant. some patients feel they're backed into a corner saying if they already knew they didn't want to pursue pregnancy now they're terrified. lot of compelling stories out of the state. >> thank you for that reporting. in's much more new hi, i'm greg. s i live in bloomington, illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. people say, "why should. i take prevagen? i don't have a problem with my memory." memory loss is, is not something that occurs overnight. i started noticing subtle lapses in memory. i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me. it's helped my memory. it's helped my cognitive qualities.

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