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unsealed. explosive new details about former president donald trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, why the documents were unsealed now and how trump is firing back. surveying the damage, president biden is spending a second day touring hurricane helene's devastation in the deadliest storm in the u.s. since katrina, how president biden is promising to help communities across the region rebuild. beyond grounded. a group of teenagers caught on video surveillance ransacking convenience stores across los angeles. how their own parents teamed up with law enforcement. roll call, chronic absentism has more than doubled since the pandemic. >> an important story, as the school year is under way. >> you've been working on that for a while. we begin with the political

and legal impact of the new court filing in the federal election interference case against former president donald trump. >> the former president is campaigning in michigan today, he's been lashing out special counsel jack smith ever since the filing was unsealed yesterday the special counsel said mr. trump, quote, resorted to crimes to stay in office despite he lost the 2020 election. >> back in july the supreme court ruled that presidents have absolute immunity for some official acts. we've go a lot of folks to sort through it all. we have ken dilanian, vaughn hillyard and danny cevallos. ken, the justice department has a policy kind of a quiet period, they try not to do anything to influence the voters close to

the election day, 33 days away, you learned the special counsel didn't know that this filing was going to be released yesterday. >> reporter: that's right, kate. it was entirely up to the judge and she did it on your own timetable, they weren't aware it was coming down until it hit the court docket, this underscores that this wasn't a justice department's decision, the judge unsealed it, some critics couldn't have the justice department asked for a delay in this case. judge chutkan said that the election shouldn't have any effect on this transpires. this came from a supreme court ruling that imposed on the court to burden to sort through what are private acts and official abilities. >> vaughn, this case is about the 2020 election, years ago,

but you have new reporting about the former president trump essentially attempting to sow doubt around the 2024 election. >> election interference, this trial is around the charges that he allegedly interfered in the 2020 election and tried to overturn the election results. in the last year he's been using the word election interference and making the case it's the department of justice, it's jack smith, the special counsel, judge chutkan, but also even saying it's companies like google also trying to influence this election improperly. listen to donald trump last night. he's still maintaining today that he was the rightful winner of the 2020 election and he's not steering away from that argument. >> this was a weaponization of government and that's why it was released 30 days be ever the election, they should have never

allowed the information to come before the public. >> of course, he was talking about the release of this redacted brief. it was not jack smith who released it. it was judge chutkan as part of the judicial proceedings who decided to release it to the public. >> danny, there won't be a trial in this case before the election, if mr. trump wins the election, it's possible that this never goes anywhere, big picture, what impact does this new filing from jack smith really have. >> but first, two opportunities for trump to have this case go away, judge chutkan are views everything and everything alleged in this indictment is official conduct, i don't think that's likely. >> there he's immune. >> because official conduct can be subject to immunity. however i don't think that's likely. if he's elected and on the day

he's inaugurated he'll make it away, appoint an attorney general who will dismiss it, he could pardon himself, secondary option, not spirely certain that it would work, the bottom line in all likelihood if elected the federal case goes away, this could be much ado about nothing. >> if harris wins it's a whole different story. >> things remain the same. over a month before the election comes up, vaughn, we know that former congresswoman liz cheney a republican who was on the january 6th committee is now campaigning with vice president harris in wisconsin, i imagine team trump has some thoughts about that. >> donald trump has been very explicit about liz cheney saying she and her father that they're part of the old republican party not the trump republican party. she voted for him in 2020

election. in 2022 she ran for re-election in the u.s. house in wyoming and donald trump backed a republican primary challenger to her and it was back in august of 2022, out in wyoming, in which she during her concession speech to vow to do whatever to make sure he doesn't get back to office. the middle east now, israel is weighing its response to iran for tuesday's ballistic missile barrage into israel, the response could come at any time. >> iran is now urging the united states to not get involved or risk becoming a target itself, israel intensifies its attacks against iranian-backed hezbollah targets in lebanon. >> overnight air strike in beirut killed 9 people and injured 14. israel seems to be expanding a

limited ground operation into southern lebanon. >> erin mclaughlin joins us from tel aviv. more residents in the southern part of lebanon have been advised to leave while israeli airstrikes have been pushed deeper into central beirut, what's the latest? >> reporter: that's right, it appears as kate just mentioned there that that ground operation seems to be expanding, remember when that operation was announced just days ago, israeli military officials described a limited operation. was really going to focus on hezbollah infrastructure near the border. today, the israeli military is ordering the evacuation of 25 lebanese towns and villages north of the river, the river is significant considering it marks

that buffer zone as agreed upon in the wake of 2006 lebanon/israeli war, this is moving significantly beyond that. meanwhile, this fight is bloody, today the israeli military announce tdz an israeli soldier was killed in combat. inside lebanon. following the announcement yesterday of eight israeli troops killed in combat in two separate incidents. u.s. officials have learning about the potential for mission -- they're concerned this could spiral much more substantial than first announced by the israeli military. >> erin, along those lines, the idea of spiraling, prime minister netanyahu has promised a significant, swift response to iran. what more do we know. >> reporter: in terms of the timing, that's very much up in the air at this point, we heard from president biden today say it was not going to happen today, the u.s. has expressed

its support for a proportionate response. president biden was asked about a potential strike against iranian oil fields, take a listen to what he had to say. >> would you support israel striking iran's oil facilities, sir? >> we're discussing that. i think -- i think that would be a little -- anyway. >> reporter: president biden also said that u.s. is an advisory role on this decision, that the decision is up to the israeli government, iran warning any country getting involved in a statement released through the iranian ambassador to united nations today. saying, our response will be solely directed at the aggressor. should any country render assistance to the aggressor it

shall likewise be deemed an accomplice. >> erin mcmaf lin, thank you. time now for the money minute. tesla is recalling more than 20,000 cybertrucks. >> bertha coombs joins us now. tesla is recalling more than 27,000 cybertrucks over a rear view camera issue that delays the image being displayed on the dashboard. the delay is well over the acceptable limit set by federal safety rules. the recall is the fifth issued for electric vehicle since its release last year. tesla will make the fix. temporary block on president biden's second plan to forgive

student loans for millions of americans expired today. the ruling this week lifts a restraining order and sends the case to different court. the so-called plan b was created after the supreme court struck down the president's initial student debt relief pitch, it would give about 25,000 borrowers $10,000 in blanket relief. and the pink floyd has agreed to sell their music rights to sony for $400 million. according to multiple reports. the deal also includes rights to the band's name and likeness. it's interesting, it's like pink floyd is the favorite band in my family. >> okay. >> i've seen them in concert a long time ago. >> i had a shirt in middle school. >> all three of us. got to listen. >> not a lot of money they got

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president biden is touring more of the devastation from hurricane helene today. >> he's visiting hard-hit areas in florida and georgia, as the death toll from the monster storm passes 200 people across six states. most of those deaths are in north carolina. the president is deploying 1,000 active duty troops to assist with the search and recovery efforts. ryan nobles in georgia and jay gray in north carolina. ryan, there has been a lot of scrutiny on the federal response to this storm, so what's the president's saying about this? >> reporter: that's right, in fact just the past few minutes we saw marine one go across the sky here in valdosta, georgia the last stop of the president's tour of this part of the storm damage, this has been a significant tour for the president, he's been in north and south carolina, he traveled to florida earlier today, they

wouldn't through a number of areas of the hardest hit sections of florida including perry, florida, he got on the ground and motorcaded in and met with some of the victims and first responders there. there's a bit of concern from some of the hardest-hit that the federal assistance isn't getting to them in a timely fashion and they need more help. the president's message was to these first responders and victims on the ground, the federal government hear this need and they'll do everything they can to fill the gaps that left behind by the local effort. the overwhelming sense that you get here, though, is that this will take a long time to clean up. in valdosta, downtown, we see buildings like this up and down these streets, trees down, power lines down, one of the areas somewhat spared by the impact of

hurricane helene in places like north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, it's going to be years before they can completely recover from the devastation that this storm left behind. >> jay, let many turn to you, you're in north carolina, i have a friend who lives outside asheville. she's been texting me when she has wi-fi saying it's indescribable. what are you seeing? >> reporter: it is indescribable. we've been up in the mountains, it's biblical, what people there are saying, the destruction is overwhelming and the help they need will be needed for a long time. you can see right here, they're loading things into this flat bed, you got a hangar here at the airport, filled with supplies, water, food, diapers, medicine, insulin has been a big need, they're taking all of this, generator, chain saws, fuel, and what they're doing with all of this through

operation hilo, they're taking them out and loading them on to choppers, flying into the mountain areas where otherwise you wouldn't be able to get anything in and they're dropping these supplies, they're not coming back empty, either, they've evacuated more than 200 people, they have a triaj unit here at this little airport, they've taken this over the operating base, they can provide medical attention if needed. they deliver about 60,000 pounds of aid to the area and they say they can keep this going as long as necessary. here's the thing, all of this funded by private donations. all of the pilots, all of the choppers, private volunteers, everyone you see here, more than 300, all volunteers as well and

many of them working even though they're dealing with the effects of this storm at home. >> jay, to that point, many of these folks doing this work have experienced this firsthand, what are you hearing from them in. >> reporter: yeah, they feel like that those in the mountains have it much worse than they do, they're without power and water and they're dealing with that and they want to help their neighbors in the mountains, the people get essentially life-saving supplies. >> thank you both so much. later this hour, former first lady melaina trump sharing first lady melaina trump sharing her views on artionbo for people who feel limited by the unpredictability of generalized myasthenia gravis and who are anti-achr antibody positive, season to season, ultomiris is continuous symptom control, with improvement in activities of daily living. it is reduced muscle weakness. and ultomiris is the only long-acting gmg treatment

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lot of people. the owner of the fat pigeon bar behind me says, if this event did not happen, things might be a little different in terms of business because of yesterday's heat wave. so he was grateful. unfortunately, not the case in nearby pleasanton, at the mission plaza in pleasanton. the manager of fiesta tacos says his business has been struggling during this heat wave. the owner of an indian cuisine restaurant in the same plaza says the heat is making customers opt for takeout instead of paying more money by eating inside his restaurant. the customers were not coming much outside. you know, they are like sticking to their homes, only even it can cover, you know, the traffic outside. also there's like there's not like much cars. you know the passing here because of the heat wave. there's no people right here. you see. they're empty because people don't want to stay out here anymore. for people in the south bay, insult to injury as a widespread power outage left parts of sunnyvale and los altos with no access to their electric fans or air conditioning. the power went out

just before 6:00 last night. for more than 12,000 customers. and remember, 6:00 last night, temperatures were still high. fortunately, from what we can see from pg&e online outage map that electricity has been restored here in livermore. bob redell nbc bay area news. my power went out as well. well, the scorching triple digits will continue today. some areas set to top 100 degrees again. here's meteorologist kari hall as we take a look at our forecast. the excessive heat warning continues and it actually has been extended into friday evening for all of these areas in pink. we're dealing with another day of dangerous heat and an elevated fire danger. and our high temperatures back over 100 degrees from the tri valley to the inland east bay to the far north bay, and along the coast, we're seeing slightly lower temperatures, but it's still well above normal for this time of year. with san francisco in the mid 80s and low 80s tomorrow, hayward still reaching 90 on friday and 93 in san jose and for the weekend we're in the

upper 90s and a few of those highs over 100 degrees. we'll see the heat continue for the weekend. we'll take a look ahead to when we may see some relief in the 7-day forecast. coming up next. can't wait for that. thank you kerry. well, a shakeup to the santa clara county board of education. it voted last night to terminate superintendent of schools mary ann dewan. no cause, though, comes after investigative unit exposed complaints about dewan over the use of head start funds, as well as retaliation allegations during a related federal review. you can watch the full report on our website. nbc bay area.com/investigations. some other stories we are following across the bay area a crash in the east bay that backed up the morning commute and san jose police releasing new information about a sex assault investigation. police say they made an arrest. philip silva. the incident happened back in june. police say they got a call to a business on lincoln avenue in midtown, and when they arrived, they found a person who

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and who doesn't love a good throwback? ♪♪ now with vitamin d for the dark days of winter. bottom of the hour, here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily". an american bomb from world war ii exploded at a japanese airport yesterday. it left a large crater in

a taxiway about 20 feet wide and 3 feet deep, officials say no one was hurt, and no aircraft were nearby when that bomb went off. led to cancellations of more than 80 flights. unclear why this bomb went off 70 years later. more than 2,000 of them were disposed in 2023 alone. the film "rust" is set to premiere at a film festival if poland, next month, three years after the tragic on-set death of the film's cinematogapher. hutchins was honored at the same festival in 2021 just weeks after her death. breaking news from the basketball world, caitlin clark has been named rookie of the year, clark broke the record for scoring by a rookie, led the

league in assists per game, she helped get the indiana fever to the playoffs for the first time since 2016. her rival chicago sky forward angel reese received the other vote. in a new video posted to x, former first lady melaina trump is putting herself directly in center of one of the biggest issues of this election cycle while expressing support of abortion rights. >> joining us now is garrett haake who covers the trump campaign and traveling with mr. trump today. garrett, first off, what did we hear from the former first lady. >> reporter: this is really striking because melaina has been a nonfactor, nonpresence on the campaign trail during this election. today, as she said, she inserted herself on one of the most explosive reports.

her unqualified support for abortion rights. listen to some of what she had to say on the social media platform. >> without a doubt there's no room for compromise when it comes to the essential right -- that all women possess from birth, individual freedom, what does my body, my choice really mean? >> reporter: in an excerpt from her book reported by the website guardian, she goes further talking about this being a position she's held all her life. >> garrett, let me ask this delicately, mr. trump, his running mate j.d. vance and melaina trump say different things about their position on abortion rights, what could the former first lady's comments mean for the gop messaging on this issue so close to the election? >> reporter: well, it

complicates it, he's had every conceivable position on abortion over his public career, now he's saying it should left to the state. the harris campaign is saying, donald trump's ought to listen to his wife and it's unfortunate that he doesn't. his position on abortion has put women's lives in jeopardy. a tiktok star with millions of followers is now being charged with murder. >> his name on tiktok is known as mr. prada. he was arrested on tuesday. now awaiting extradition to louisiana. maya joins us now.

how did all of this happen and what are police saying. >> this goes back to sunday in baton rouge, louisiana, where authorities discovered the body of 69-year-old therapist williams abraham, authorities say his body was wrapped in a tarp and he had blunt force trau pa to his head, thomas was labeled as a person of interest on monday because police say he was the last person seen using the victim's car. according to arrest warrant police searched thomas' apartment where they found blood and weapons. they saw the 20-year-old tiktok creator dragging a suspicious tarp from his apartment, it was seen on surveillance video at the shopping center after his remains were found. they showed thomas exiting the car and going into a store. when police attempted to stop thomas, he fled to dallas, texas, where he was arrested. they charged thomas with

obstruction of justice and second-degree murder. >> some of our viewers may have never heard of this tiktok influencer mr. prada he goes by, what do we know about him? >> mr. prada has 4 million followers on tiktok now, he's 20 years old, he's doing skits about his friends, crushes, we haven't heard directly from thomas or his representatives yet but we're in touch with the investigators in this case and will be updating when we learn more. in maryland, the crisis of gun violence is getting worse and skewing younger now n the last ten days the number of teen aged victims has quadrupled in the state. >> now a unique program is hoping to tackle the issue by offering mentor ship of young people. >> i was going through stuff, depression. >> reporter: she's living proof

of the power of bad decisions. >> 16, i got locked up. i wasn't thinking about the outcome of anything. >> reporter: she spent two years in a juvenile detention center. her story isn't uncommon in her home state of maryland. the percentage of people incarcerated in maryland's prisons is twice the national average and in just ten years' time, the number quadrupled. one year ago they started a unique solution to the gun violence -- prevention through rehabilitation. >> we did research to pick the characteristics of children with the highest risk of perpetrating or being the victims of gun violence. we really wrap services around the kids to put them on a different path because they're in danger. >> reporter: maryland's department of juvenile services started the thrive academy in 2023. it pairs troubled teens, offenders and victims with

resources like housing, jobs, and food as well as physical and mental health plans. the program also provides mentors called credible messengers who know just how high the stakes are. >> i live what they aspire to be. i'm not somebody that's outside their community just talking to them. i'm somebody inside of their community that went through it. lived it and now i'm on the other side. >> reporter: kevin foreman is one of those mentors. he served more than a decade in prison after being convicted for dealing drugs. >> i explained to them that their situation is their own, but i'm going to tell you the alternatives, i'm telling you what's going to happen when you don't put that gun down. >> when you're trying to survive, they're going to do what they need. >> reporter: ebony is a pastor and has been working with young people for the last two decades. for her, being a mentor is personal. her 26-year-old son was shot to death in 2018. >> probably over 400 young men.

but when they hit home, it was different. but our goal now is to make sure that another mother don't go through the pain. >> reporter: 126 teens have participated in thrive since it began. two have been shot. the goal of the program is to rehabilitate young people. do you feel that's been the case for you? >> yes. i've been, i feel like this program has been as i said, it's amazing. the family that i need and everything i really needed to heal from what i had been through. you know that person you can call at 3:00 in the morning, cry to for about two, three hours, that's that program. >> reporter: yamiche alci in, dor, nbc news, baltimore. the new list of greenest cities in america for 2024.

>> san diego, california, topping that list, one of six californian cities to crack the top ten, honolulu, seattle, washington, portland, oregon, washington, d.c. also making that list. let's bring in chase cain, what are some of the common links between these top ten cities. >> reporter: they're looking at recycling programs, greenspaces in the cities, that's where that list landed. that map was pretty striking. washington, d.c. the gee graphic outlier, you mentioned six of top ten cities here in california and that's probably no surprise to my friends and neighbors here in california, because this state has invested more in clean energy than anyone else in clean energy, nearly $200 billion. >> and clean energy was also a hot topic at the vice presidential debate on tuesday,

what do we know about what the next few years look like for those investments that you just mentioned? >> reporter: since that conversation during the debate, solar energy association has reported a steep rise of solar manufacturing in the united states. you see that sharp rise there, the other thing of note is that that's also helping more states reach their clean energy goals, states like vermont, virginia, new mexico, will get nearly on 100% of their energy from wind and solar in less than a decade. wyoming, a state known for its coal production, so you know that's good news, that's the news you want to see. if that trend continues, the top trend list of greenest cities looking different. coming up, chronic

absenteeism has more than double. the steps that one program is taking to get kids back in the

does mark farrell have the right experience to shake up city hall? in nearly ten years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a

pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need. absenteeism. welcome back. in the four years since the covid-19 pandemic upended american schooling, many states are still struggling with chronic absent teach when

students miss 10% or more of school days. >> i spent the day with one program in baltimore working to get kids back in the classroom. >> all right. >> reporter: almost every workday, he knocks on about 25 days in baltimore, maryland. >> you never what situation you're going to be in, every time we go to a house, no visit is the same. they all have their own issues. >> reporter: he's knocking on behalf of a company working to get chronically absent students back in school. >> okay, we'll get in touch with your son. >> okay. >> thank you so much. >> no problem. thank you. >> how did it go? >> wanted to finish our interview earlier. >> reporter: 15-year-old spoke with us about her obstacles to daily attendance earlier that

day. lot that you're dealing with that people don't think about. >> mental health. depression. stuff like that. >> reporter: her classmate also speaking with us. >> i take care of my grandma -- great-grandmother. it's tough because she struggles with a lot of disabilities. >> reporter: both students citing access to transportation as a major hurdle saying they walk as far as 20 minutes to school. >> chronic absent teach can be defined missing 10% of school days or more for any reason. at the height of the pandemic, not all students have consistently returned. >> reporter: according to a study, school safety, school climate and social awareness and relations are the most highly correlated with absenteeism. >> before they even get to

school. >> reporter: the school's principal says concentric services have made a difference. baltimore. >> 13 million students are not attending enough school to succeed. when students are chronically absent they're learning the skills not building the life skills they need, not set up for success in college. >> reporter: some students like this group say programs make a difference. >> i want to show my family that i'm going to succeed. >> why is it important for you to come to school? >> education. >> while this program is a step it's not perfect, some of is the students we hoped to speak with today actually didn't come to school, why do you think it continues to be a challenge, an issue? >> if you think about those

issues of poverty, how students experience that in household to household. >> reporter: they're hoping for every unanswered door knock there's a chance for an open door. do you think it will make a difference? >> i hope so. >> it's worth noting teachers i spoke with after remote learning with covid-19 there's been a more leniency for kids to show up. >> it's really striking numbers. you humanized with the kids you talked with. >> it's important that we meet them with empathy. a new wrinkle now in the ongoing trend we've talked about, smash and grab crimes. >> large groups of teenagers in california are taking part in what's being called flash mob

groups ransacking stores and now police are getting some surprising help from their kids into police? >> reporter: some surprising help from the suspects' own parents, the lapd really thanking those parents for trying to hold their kids accountable. three arrests made as a result of that. flash robberies, huge groups of teens coming into 7-eleven typically on friday nights, coming on bike, they're ransacking the store shelves, it's happened more than a dozen times across los angeles over the past several months, while pointed data is needed los angeles is ranked as the most affected city by organized crime. they hope these arrests a reminder that police across the

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