right now on "first look," israel announces a massive land grab. president obama faces growing pressure from congress to do more to defeat isis militants. will bad weather put a damper an your plans. and bill karins is here. plus, the latest on joan rivers' condition. a busy week for solar flares and a double win for "guardians of the galaxy." i'm betty nguyen. developing in the middle east, a dicey truce just got dicier. israel goes on a massive land

grab, seizing 1,000 acres of the west bank near bethlehem, the biggest grab in 30 years. the problem, many palestinians live there. reports claim israel's move is payback. in june three jewish teens were kidnapped and killed by hamas in that area. many worry this could hurt peace talks. >> consider strengthening the palestinian authority, israel is showing its harder side. a new staggering stat. it will take 20 years to rebuild gaza following the recent conflict. the price tag, $6 billion. also developing this morning, lawmakers are turning up the heat on president obama to take action against isis militants in syria. this latest call to action comes as u.s. air strikes continue to target isis in iraq. i'm joined by nbc's tracie potts in washington. all right, tracy morgan --

tracie, can you tell us about this push for the president to act? >> reporter: the concern, and we heard quite a bit of this over the weekend, betty, the concern is this threat from isis is not going away. it could get worse. some lawmakers fear if the u.s. doesn't act, that threat could get worse. wait is the official word from the white house, but some republicans argue there's no time. >> we can't wait forever. the longer we do wait, the stronger isis becomes. >> reporter: even some democrats worry about waiting too long? >> he's very cautious, maybe in this instance too cautious. >> reporter: president obama says he has no strategy for dealing with isis militants in syria. >> the president of the united states is either in denial or overwhelmed. he's either in denial or overwhelmed, one of the two. >> reporter: the policy, republicans argue, has been to defend iraq but not to engage in syria. >> that is a decision. that is a policy. that is a strategy and it's not working. >> reporter: but democrats fear rushing in too soon with military power could be a big mistake. >> if we simply come in and

start bombing isis, we run the risk of forcing sunnis into their camp. we have to have the right targets and the right support in order to be effective. >> reporter: the president wants to build a coalition of allies first. >> we can't be sheriff of the whole world. it's france, it's the brits, other countries that need to work with us including countries like saudi arabia and that region. >> reporter: one big concern, how many americans are fighting with isis and whether they're planning to bring that fight back home. but for now the president has said no air strikes in syria. nothing imminent and nothing likely before congress gets back to work, betty. >> tracie, thank you so much. it could be the first test of the nfl's tougher rules. san francisco 49er ray mcdonald has been arrested for domestic violence. he is accused of beating his pregnant fiancee. it happened during mcdonald's 30th birthday sunday. right now he's off on $25,000 bail.

and if found guilty, he will sit out six games. it could be more since the alleged victim is pregnant. keeping our fingers crossed. that is what we're hearing from joan rivers' family. the comedian remains in critical condition at a new york city hospital. reports say doctors hope to have her out of a medically induced coma by tuesday. the 81-year-old has been hospitalized since thursday. she had stopped breathing during throat surgery at a clinic. in louisiana, a federal judge has temporarily blocked a restrictive new abortion law but his ruling has created some ambiguity. the law requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic. the law can still go into effect today, but doctors and clinics cannot be penalized for breaking it until after a hearing on a permanent ruling. advocates say the law could have shut

down all five abortion clinics in the state. lawyers say the judges ruling is unclear. they're not sure if it applies to doctors at all five abortion clinics or the doctors at the three clinics whose lawsuit challenged the new law. the latest on sports from richard lui. >> tony stewart returning to the track for the first time after a three severe storms are putting a week absence after death of kevin ward jr. >> tony stewart. >> yeah, that large crowd in atlanta applauding stewart before the oral-b usa race. he went on to have a good start. then on lap 172, he blows a drive and caroline wozniacki

upset. sm maria sharapova in her first grand slam in more than two years. the williams sisters advancing. they easily defeated the spanish team 6-1/60 in 47 minutes. on the men's side, roger federer gets an early lead after a lightning and heavy rain delay. federer prevailed in four sets. >> three, two, one. yeah, that's what it is. baylor unveiling a stature of rg3. >> all right. >> yeah, they blew out smu, 38-0. a high school baseball game in japan. i don't know how many you can

sit through. how about 50. >> 50 innings. >> 5-0. >> 5-0. >> half of a hundred. this semifinal had 1, 398 pitches. >> those players got to be tired. >> 16 competitors went head to head in the cape fear competition based on this dangerous scale. >> so impressive. >> only six to eight-footers but it's one of the world's deadliest reefs, what makes it so dangerous. >> tough to watch but beautiful, as well. thank you, richard. >> did richard wish you happy birthday. >> happy birthday betty. >> thank you very much. i'm getting older by the second. >> so rude. >> let's talk about the storms. that was what rude. ruining our holiday weekend. >> if you get caught in the

botanical garren all by yourself -- >> may have deserved it. >> thanks, bill. >> happy birthday to you. >> those storms yesterday, they meant some business. we did get some damage out of them too. especially one in worcester, massachusetts, where we actually had a confirmed ef-0 tornado. 85-mile-per-hour winds and worcester, 8:00 last night. yesterday, of course, we had all the ingredients, it was a hot day, 96 in d.c., like the hottest day of the entire summer and the humidity was way, way up as all of our winds are southerly straight from the gulf. 76. dew point same with florida. a lot of humid air and moisture in the air so when we get the sunshine once again we'll spark off numerous storms late they are afternoon. already strong storms this morning. jop pin a wind gust of 50. sure, a couple are losing power in missouri. those storm also continue,

chicago, storms for you. the storms for the east coast, more like pulse type storms. they'll pop up and come in and die off. not going to ruin your entire labor day but it's just so humid, you feel it in the air. the air conditioners are working hard and it's -- all week is going to be warm and humid for the eastern coast. certainly one of the warmest weeks of the entire summer. >> going to feel like summer the unofficial end of summer. >> everyone is back in school. everyone starting school. a new recall that may have you checking your fridge. plus, paper or plastic? pretty soon california shoppers might not have a say in the matter. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. before receiving $25 toward her balance each quarter for making more than her minimum payment on time each month. tracy got the bankamericard better balance rewards credit card,

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turning now to business, u.s. markets are closed today for the labor day holiday. kraft is recalling 800,000 cases of their cheese products over concerns they might have gone

bad. a supplier improperly stored one of the ingredients used to make cheese slices. the show is over for three in atlantic city shutting their doors. rebel begins its closing today by trump plaza closes on the 16th. california is the first to ban the use of plastic bags in grocery stores. and now it's up to governor jerry brown who has until the end of september to make a final dichlths more on that story from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: paper or plastic? soon californians may not have the choice since the state legislature just approved a ban on single-use plastic bags. >> i don't think it's that big of a deal to bring your own bag. and it is a big waste and people don't recycle them necessarily. >> reporter: many cities in california already outlaw plastic bags. if governor jerry brown signs the bill into law, starting next fall, shoppers who forget to

bring a bag will have to pay at least ten cents at the grocery store for the paper and recyclable kind. >> what do you think? >> i think it's a bunch of bologna. we've got too many rules and regulations in california. >> reporter: massachusetts and washington are also looking at bills to ban single-use bags and along with five other states, are considering taxes or fees ranging from 1 to 15 cents per bag. >> their new scam would kill my job. >> and my job. >> reporter: but with ads like these, thee plastic bag industry has fought hard against the california bill. the american progressive bag alliance saying this has never been about the environment, calling it a dirty deal to scam consumers out of billions of dollars. >> the plastic bags are littering our streets. >> reporter: environmental advocates are been pushing for a broader plastic bag ban for years. but it took a new compromise to build enough support. plastic bag manufacturers will now get $2 million for equipment and training to make reusable bags instead of the one-off kind. >> hopefully a shift in the

conversation away from producing products that we're only using for a matter of minutes. >> reporter: in a discussion of what's disposable, california closer to a permanent plan. hallie jackson, nbc news, los angeles. some stories making news, a bold and threatening thought from russian president vladimir putin. he alluded to it in an interview urging talks between the government and separatists but later said moscow did not support sovereignty for so-called new russia. this in light of allegations that russia is directly involved in the ongoing conflict. with americnew video shows the group diving into a pool at the renkes dengs compound here. it's been a basis week on the surface of the sun. nasa released these images of huge solar flares surging into

space. this happened just in the past few days. now thankfully our atmosphere protects us but bursts can interrupt gps and communication signals. that's frightening there. here's your first look at this labor day edition of scrambled politics. this new ad by democratic senate contender alison grimes is part of the latest barrage of ads already totaling $1 billion. and before the midterm election cycle is over two months from now both sides are poised to rack up at least $4 billion. so far the most expensive race is the kentucky senate race. supporters for mitch mcconnell and grimes have spent $36 million in ad buys. this is the first midterm election since the citizens united ruling. another oops moment for rick perry. you be the judge. at 8:20 this tweet was sent. it uses an unflattering picture of the district attorney at the

center of his abuse of charges. i don't always drive drunk at 3 times the legal blood alcohol limit but when i do i indict governor perring for calling me out about it. it's a play on the most interesting man in the world. he took it down and called it unauthorized and he does not condone it. no tan suit for president obama this weekend when he and the first family attended the wedding of longtime white house chief sam cast. our nations to alex and sam. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me by phone "washington post" reporter david nakamura. thanks for joining us. yesterday on nbc's "meet the press." dianne feinstein said the president is maybe too cautious

when responding to the growing threat in iraq and syria. what does it mean when members of his own party are worried he's not acting fast enough. >> he's taking criticism he's not doing enough and now with dianne feinstein and others echoing that and he's under a lot of pressure to decide what his next steps are, we heard from him last week, cautious not being pressed to sort of take that action, that's a lot of people expecting it, military strikes, air strikes against isis in syria. part of the problem is the administration is split behind the scenes about what steps to take and talked about a broader response in which he rallies partners against this threat but didn't exactly make clear what that means and there will be continued discussion inside the administration and might see some of the president's top advisers come out more strongly

by talking about what those are but so far the president has not ordered any military strikes in syria and continues to be conscious about that. >> i want to shift gears. on the heels of a cease-fire word of israel going on a massive land grab seizing a thousand acres of the west bank where many palestinians live. what will this do to peace talks. >> could be provocative. no question about that. fine line by supporting some of the actions israel has taken against hamas in gaza including bombing the tunnels that hamas used to launch strikes but i think for the president this is going to make it more difficult to sort of keep the peace because this is going to be seen as a very provocative move. >> thanks for joining us. up next, it is rocking hollywood. x-rated photos of a-list stars leaked. who should be worried. >> who is behind it coming up next.

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myself -- 12 years ago brenda thought all about struggling with housing and work. that's changed thanks to p.o.t.s. >> i not a new place, foodwise. now i eat more nutrition stuff. eating vegetables like i never ate before. >> reporter: over the last seven year p.o.t.s. gave her help, the even the garden for healthy living and she got enough to got better, enough to become brenda volunteer. >> if we're in crisis, i make one phone call and i have four of them coming to our rodriguez. >> reporter: taina rodriguez trains young volunteers. brenda's daughter included. >> she did her service learning with us and then became part of our pantry and then started to intern with us. she became one of my head leaders in the nutrition

education component. >> it only gets better. >> reporter: they are now giving back part of 2 million volunteers helping food agencies nationally each month. more than 100 donated hours worth over $1 billion. that money saved spent on food instead. >> we have three peas, carrots, beets. >> reporter: those cans of food at the pantry start here like this can of carrots on pallets on this warehouse that represents millions of meals. the food bank for new york city supplies smaller pantries like p.o.t.s. gathering large donation, dividing them up and delivering hem. jack scurry filling 30 huge trucks. leaving at sunrise every day. inside the warehouse, a special room with more volunteers scooping macaroni interest a 1200-pound tub into family size balances. >> the biggest concern is making sure that the volunteer pipeline

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the box office saw "guardians of the galaxy" reach new heights. >> i didn't even see this movie. >> i fell asleep in this. this brings its total to $274 million, the highest grossing film, bill, of the year so far. >> who would have guessed this. >> this what, you're looking at, "as above, so below," generated only $8 million at the box office and pierce brosnan's "the november man". >> made even less than that. stars including jennifer lawrence, kate upton and ariana grande are all part of what's being called the biggest icloud hack ever. 101 celebrities had nude photos of themselves released on the internet sunday morning. some admit the photos to being real but others are saying, hey, wait a sing, they're fake. actress jenny mccarthy and donny wahlberg got married on sunday. while miami heat star dwyane

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happy labor day. right now on "first look," israel announces a massive land grab. drawing anger from the palestinians and the u.s. president obama faces growing pressure from congress to do more to defeat isis militants. will bad weather put a damper on your holiday plans? nbc's meteorologist bill karins with what is in store. plus, the latest on joan rivers' condition as her family keeps their fingers crossed. a busy week for solar flare s. and a double win for "guardians of the galaxy." i'm betty nguyen.