celebrating my 70th with my wonderful wife, four great children, four terrific plus ones, and alexander h. not shown, one granddaughter, three dogs and nine horses. it is so wonderful. steve is such a great friend and we wish him and maureen and the entire family a happy birthday. >> yeah, for the charts nap does it for us this morning. >> happy birthday, teev. >> thank you. jose diaz-balart picks up msnbc's live coverage right now. and good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart reporting this morning from new york. this morning, the death toll is now up to seven in that horrific shooting at a july 4th parade in illinois as we're now hearing from the loved ones of those lost whose lives are now forever changed as the result of this tragedy. we'll be hearing from an eyewitness to the attack. a georgia grand jury has

subpoenaed a number of close allies of former president donald trump as it investigates possible 2020 election interference. we'll take a look at what questions the grand jury has. also today a critical hearing that could shape the future of daca. we will break down what this means for the hundreds of thousands of dreamers across the united states and this afternoon, president biden is set to deliver remarks on the economy in cleveland, as new polling shows nearly nine in ten americans say the country is on the wrong track. and we begin in illinois where one hour from now, the man accused of opening fire on a crowd watching a fourth of july parade in a chicago suburb will make his first court appearance. it comes one day after the suspect was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. prosecutors say he will face more charges and that they will seek the maximum punishment.

investigators say the suspected gunman planned the attack several weeks in advance and dressed as a woman to blend in with the crowd and hide his facial tattoos, a move that helped him escape after firing 70 rounds at the crowd. police say they also visited his home twice before, but he was still able to legally purchase weapons. seven people were killed in the shooting, 47 others were injured. six of those seven victims have been identified including katie goldstein whose daughter says she wanted to get out of the house and have some fun on monday after losing her own mother. katie's husband and daughter spoke to lester holt. >> she was just a good mom, and i got 22 years with her. i got to have 22 years with the best mom in the world. >> i have been talking to people

on the phone today, and i can't believe how many best friends katie has, how many people who said, she was my best friend. >> the most tragic story may be that of kevin and irina mccarthy, hut band and wife were both shot, both killed. their 2-year-old son aiden, now an orphan, got separated from his parents during the chaos. the boy was not injured but he did have some blood on his leg and shoes, as you can see in the picture from cbs chicago. a gofundme campaign for the boy has raised about $2 million. joining us now, nbc correspondent maggie vespa in highland park, illinois, and including who worked as a consultant to the fbi counterterrorism division is a national analyst. what more do we learn about the lives lost in this horrific shooting? >> jose, everyone at nbc news

has spoken to something we think a lot of americans can relate to saying they never thought it would them. across the country, other communities, happens in other places, people had obviously a lot of people came to the fourth of july parade wanting to have a nice time like katie goldstein who you talked about. she lost her mom the day before, she had gone to the movies and gone to dairy queen just to kind of get out of the house and have some fun and came to the fourth of july parade. her daughter told lester she was waving at every single float that went by when her daughter kasie heard the gunfire. listen to what she said unfolded from there. with you heard kasie saying she had an amazing mom, 22 years with her mom who was there at the parade with her when they heard the gunfire. both of them started running. kasie told her mom, we have to

run. and then she told lester, quite frankly, her mom was shot in the chest in front of her, falling to the ground and kasie said, she told her mom, i love you, but i have to keep going. heartbreaking stories from every victim of this shooting. they're ranging in age those identified from 35 to 88. we have a seventh victim who has passed away who has yet to be identified. we're waiting on that information. among the others who were killed, we have a preschool teacher who was dedicated to volunteering and teaching at her synagogue. we have a grandfather who was visiting his family from mexico and used a walker and a wheelchair, unable to run from the gunfire. then you look at the story of the mccarthys. that one is gripping for so many reasons. aiden, 2 years old, found wandering around the scene of the shooting with blood on his clothes, someone picking him up, saying he was, obviously, looking for his parents, eventually getting him to authorities who got him to his grandparents and both of his parents according to cbs chicago did pass away in the shooting, kevin and irina.

you mentioned that gofundme that was started just a couple days ago and now raising more than $2 million for this 2-year-old boy who, again, as you put it jose, heartbreaking to say, is now an orphan. >> maggie -- >> we're going to send it back to you from highland park. >> just wondering about, you know, that little boy, first of all, he saw both of his parents lose their life. what -- where does he go from there? i mean, who is going to be taking care of him? >> reporter: right. so according to cbs chicago, his grandparents are now taking care of him at the moment. also, the "chicago sun-times" reporting his grandfather said, his father actually threw his own body on top of his 2-year-old son to save his life. of course, people have said that he was found wandering around with blood on his clothes. he is with his grandparents. that go fund me has been set up,

more than $2 million raised and the family telling everyone, they're grieving and trying to make sure they can do whatever they can to comfort this 2-year-old who has been through unimaginable horror. >> no money in the world can compensate what that boy had to go through and his life is going to be so different now. clint, what stands out to you about what we've learned about the suspect's actions and his interactions with the police? he had a path past? >> i think that's consistent with most of these, it's not a surprise when you look at the trail of evidence this person turned out to be mass shooter. there were incidents before with law enforcement involving weapons which were taken away from him in terms of a knife. the online postings of this individual are highly consistent with someone who basically said that they were going to try to perpetrate a mass shooting or interested in doing it. that's the other tragedy of this, is again, if you look all the way back over the last three to four months, the on-line

trail is indicative of individuals talking about committing mass violence and then committing mass violence. that's what's troubling in the current space is, we can see it coming, we can expect it to come, where one shooting inspires another shooter to do a shooting for motives that may be unique to them but have the same outcome which is a lot of americans dying. we have to goat a system that deals with the frequency of these incidents and the impact, when they have access to an ar-15. >> how do you that? there have been more than 300 mass shootings this year alone. we're in july. we're just over halfway through the year, and yet, we're just seeing over and over again these mass shootings. why are we seeing so much violence right now? >> well, a couple things, i think, jose, if you have a decentralized threat you have to have a centralized response. we've gone through this before

during the global war on terror where we created a task force this reason. as the years wore on, the second decade of the global war on terror everything was about online tips and leaks. we didn't see many actors working in groups or out in the physical world. they were organized in the on-line world. we organized international terrorism sections to actually deal with all these tips and leads so that you could quickly respond to or quickly put the dots together to relay in the physical world to local -- state and local law enforcement officers, school resource officers, you know, anyone that has the capacity to reach out to individual ts try to assess these threats. right now, whether it's red flag laws or any tips that come in, it's highly disaggregated. it's not organized around a threat. it's impossible for a local police department like in highland park to detect all the potential online threats that might arise inside highland park. it's very difficult to do that when they're really staffed to

police and patrol the streets in the local community. >> clint watson and maggie vespa, thank you for being with us. with us is illinois state representative bob morgan who represent highland park and was at the parade with his family representative. thank you for your time this morning. how are you and your loved ones doing this morning? >> honestly, not great, jose. it's been a very, very difficult few days, for me, my community. just last night was the first time we were all able to literally come out of our homes and join together at vigils and start the process of grieving. we're struggling. we are just going through the process as you can imagine after a terror like this. >> so take us back to july 4th. >> i was there with my wife and two children and volunteers and other family. we were literally just about to start the parade. we had just been given the cue to step off, as they say, in the

parades and we heard what sounded like firecrackers. we were about two blocks away. immediately saw people starting to run away. the word was spread very quickly gunshot, gunshots. got my family and my volunteers and others to safety by a train station just a block away. then i ran to the scene to see how i could help. >> and what did you find? >> gunshot victims on the ground. many of the scenes you see today of -- literally at this moment we still have our parade chairs and vehicles parked there, that are still there, from the scene two days ago. just horrific scenes. people that were looking for family members, screaming, asking where their children or grandchildren were. i came upon a few families that had blood on their clothing

trying to assist them and it was pretty horrific. >> representative, you're the father of two young children. how do you explain to them what happened? i just keep thinking about this little 2-year-old boy who went to that same parade that you took your children to and that just like your two children was looking forward to a day of celebration and how do you explain this to them? >> we're taking it day by day. this is not simple. yesterday my wife had our first conversation with our son as he asked kind of what -- rather the day of, when a few hours after the parade he asked what happened and why did we leave and explained that somebody had come to the parade to hurt people. which he asked, did anyone get hurt and she said yes. and he said, did anyone die and she said yes a few people died.

and he -- as a 7-year-old responded, much better than i am at the moment and it's really horrible, and i'm sorry to hear that and that was the end of his questions, but he will and many other children in our community are going to have questions and emotions and trauma for a long time. >> i wonder how -- there's never a good enough explanation to what we're seeing. it's just horrible. i'm wondering how is highland park going to get through this? >> literally day by day. thousands of our neighbors game together through vigils in a number of different locations, churches and synagogues that we were at together. that was the first step of grieving. next there will be anger picking up the pieces literally at some point in the next day or two when they reopen the square for

people to collect their belongings that they left on the ground. and then from there it's action. what can we do, what can i do as a state representative, what can they do as constituents, we do, people watching this right now, and getting those always all over the country, what can they do right now? i have a call to action for everybody watching, so my call of action today, people want to know what can you do, call your local elected officials, today, this morning, ask them two questions, one, why is an assault rifle or high capacity ammunition, why is that more valuable and have more rights than my life, than my children's lives? that's question one. see what they say and follow up and have a conversation and dialog. question two, what are you going to do to increase funding for mental health specifically. where is the money going to come from? who will you work with to do it? >> how will that money be distributed to the community that needs it most? when you get those answers you

start to enact change. that's what we're fighting for and do today, right now, my call to action for everyone watching. what can we do to make sure this doesn't happen in my community. do that. when you have an elected official that says we can't do something about that, nothing we can do, you tell them that highland park sent them and get to work and you fight for these changes because i don't want any other community in the entire country to go through what we're going through right now. >> uvalde, buffalo, and on and on and on. state representative bob morgan, thank you for your time and being with us this morning. >> thank you, jose. still ahead, the federal hearing happening today that could impact the lives of hundreds of thousands living in the u.s. right now. developments in the criminal probe into whether former president trump tried to interfere in the election in georgia. who is getting subpoenaed next? you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." your projects done right

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this morning new details about the next public hearing for the january 6th committee scheduled for tuesday, july 12th, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. and here with me now, my favorite, ali vitali here in new york, which is unusual. usually from d.c. >> usually outside that hearing room. >> absolutely. what do we know about tuesday's hearing? >> we were expecting the committee to pick up its work again at some point mid-july. we're getting a sense they're still on track to be doing that and the things that they haven't yet talked to us about include those 187 minutes of what was happening at the capitol and, of course, in the trump white house while the insurrection was going on, but there's also going to be a focus in this hearing about what it took to get all of these people to the capitol on that day, with a particular focus on right wing groups. this is something that congressman jamie raskin has been digging into. when i talked to him after the last hearing he said he's been practicing and prepping for

detailing wait that these far right extremist groups played a role in getting people to the capitol that day. the thing that's interesting, as we watch all of these different probes sort of start to pick up urgency, both in fulton county, of course, with the doj, and now with the january 6th hearings, is the way these things dovetail. the doj's investigation has focused a lot on these extremist groups, on indicting and bringing in these leaders of those groups. now what's going to be interesting is what more meat on the bone the committee can put that tells us something we don't already know or maybe that doj doesn't already know. >> stay with us, because there are new legal woes for donald trump's inner circle. nbc news has confirmed a special grand jury in fulton county has issued subpoenas to former new york mayor, rudy giuliani, republican senator lindsey graham and other members of the former president's circle. that grand jury is hearing evidence of potential 2020 election interference and joining us now, greg bluestein,

reporter at the "atlanta journal constitution" and an msnbc contributor, and author of "flipped, how georgia turned purple and turned the majority on republican power." how was the special grand jury formed in the first place? >> yeah. this was formed -- this stems from an investigation that began in february of last year and the special grand jury was formed a few months ago to look at all of the evidence, and it doesn't have the power to indict but recommend whether the prosecutor should go forward with criminal charges. so they're reviewing all sorts of evidence, dozens of witnesses have testified. some of them have spoken publically about the testimony including several democratic officials who say the investigation is beginning to not only surround trump, but also rudy giuliani before new york mayor as one of his closest advisors. >> why are rudy giuliani and lindsey graham so significant to this grand jury?

>> in two different ways. when it comes to giuliani who were leading the trump campaign's legal efforts, we watched giuliani going around the country and speaking at the hearings trying to push these bogus election fraud claims which we know from the committee's work they were being told in real-time by the white house's counsel office and other legal entities they were unsubstantiated and couldn't be real. >> over and over again? >> so they were still going out there. there's a line in the giuliani subpoena that caught my attention, they say there's evidence that giuliani's appearance and testimony at the hearing in georgia was part of a multistate coordinated plan by the campaign to influence the results of the 2020 election in georgia, but we know in other places like arizona. that's why giuliani is important here, they're speaking to the larger effort. when it comes to graham, bennie thompson, the chairman of the committee said they were interested in certain senators. i had some guesses. he wouldn't substantiate any of

those. graham had two phone calls with brad raffensperger, they want to ask him about that, and it does show there were multiple prongs of people in congress and in the trump campaign apparatus trying to push these bogus claims and use their ties as elected officials to influence potentially other elected officials. >> greg, who else does the grand jury want to hear from and what's next for them? >> well, john eastman, cleveland mitchell, jenna ellis, also some figures involved in the trump campaign's efforts to push forward the state, phony sham elect tors in georgia and other states. we have more indications the grand jury is looking at that attempt to put those alternate slate of lectors forward. the big question is whether they will end up subpoenaing donald trump himself. willis said she has not ruled that out but also said she's focused on these subpoenas for the time being. >> greg and ali, thank you for being with me. both authors of fantastic books

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this morning the future of abortion rights is now at the center of legal battles across several states following the supreme court's ruling that struck down roe v. wade. right now in a kentucky courtroom, a judge is hearing arguments on whether to grant an injunction that would block enforcement of the state's abortion ban. temporary pause is currently in place meaning that the procedure is still allowed in kentucky at this time. meanwhile, in mississippi the abortion clinic at the center of the case that challenged roe is shutting down tomorrow as the state's near total abortion ban is set to take effect. in texas whole women's health announced they are opening a clinic in new mexico to serve patients from texas in light of the state's new restrictions. joining us now is caroline kitschner, a staff writer at the

"washington post" who covers stories related to abortion rights. thank you for being with us. let's start with kentucky, what's the hearing about and what does it mean for abortion access? >> well, they are considering kentucky's trigger ban, which will ban abortions across the state almost entirely, and, you know, i think it's important to note that these kinds of challenges, which we are now seeing, a large variety of different state, it's important to know is that these are likely very, very temporary holds on the procedure. nobody that i've really talked to on either side of the abortion debate is expecting these bans to be blocked for very long at all. what you're seeing in states like kentucky, what you saw in texas last week, are providers trying to see as many patients as possible in the few days they have left. >> and because these holds on

the trigger laws, i guess, there are days or weeks, you're thinking? >> well, we really don't know. we know what's happened in texas. there was a hearing scheduled for a couple of weeks out, but then, you know, another court stepped in and four days later they had to stop providing the procedure. a really tough thing for a lot of these clinics that they simply don't know how long they have and they're literally calling up patrons and saying get here as soon as you can because, you know, if you get here tomorrow we don't know if we'll be able to help you. >> in mississippi, the clinic is set to close tomorrow. these restrictions for patients having to go from one state to another, the situation in the south of the united states?

they have banned the procedure already or the procedure is on hold and will be banned shortly. according to the institute a woman in mississippi is going to have to drive an average of over 400 miles just one way to get to the nearest abortion clinic once all of these trigger bans are fully in effect. >> you've been on the road on the border with illinois after missouri implemented the abortion ban. what did you see? >> well, i went into one of the two clinics that is currently open right on the illinois border with missouri, and those clinics, they're expecting to see approximately 14,000 patients just in the next year, two clinics right now. and what i saw was just the

phones absolutely ringing off the hook. on thursday the day before the ruling took effect or the ruling came down, i should say, they got a hundred calls and on friday, after the ruling, they got over 600 calls. so everybody is looking to where can i go next. for a lot of people, the closest place is going to be southern illinois. >> caroline, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> up next, what highland park's suspect's family is saying this morning. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." s morning. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports.

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the police had been to his home twice before. nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter joins us this morning. tom, great seeing you. police say they were at his house twice and there were incidents. what happened that those incidents didn't play a part in him being able to legally get these weapons? >> right. so we're still waiting on some of the reports from the local police department there to get a little bit more detail, granular detail on this. illinois's red flag law went into effect on january 1st, 2019. i think the question is, what was actually occurring and said to police? because in order to enact that red flag law you have to go to a judge and say -- there's nothing that appears to have been illegal as far as the possession of the knives. that's the first thing. if that was illegal, and he had been convicted on a felony charge, he would not be legally able to purchase a gun. >> they went in because there were knives in the house? >> somebody believed there was a

threat and they had 16 knives, dagger and a sword, not exactly a couple steak knives, in his house. apparently they believe the person who made the call believed this shooter had -- that they were his. so there's a pivot here in that okay, so that's not illegal. but then a lot of people are asking, well, why didn't the red flag law come into play? there was apparently no statement that said this individual was going to hurt himself or others in a fashion they could have brought that to a judge. it's not automatic when you have a red flag law. you need to present that information to the judge. an important point in most states i've reviewed their laws on these red flags, you don't need to be a member of law enforcement to apply for this. you could be a family member, you could be a spouse, an intimate partner. you can go to the courts yourself and person you're going to the courts for to present this case for a judge to say you know what, there's enough here we can take the weapons or potentially, depending on the state, prohibit the sales of weapons to this individual, that

is done without the notification of the person you're essentially calling the red flag on. that's an important thing to remember. additionally, law enforcement can certainly go to the judge and petition it. there's a series of steps where that person, to be able to prove they're no longer a threat or this to continue, it's not an indefinite period of time nap we need a little bit more information on as far as what was said and what happened there. but that's also three years ago. as you and i talked about yesterday there's an awful lot of social media content that is published, produced, broadcast, whatever you want to call it over the internet since then, that has a number of violent pieces of imagery in them or statements, so that i think needs to be looked at over that course of the last two and a half three years. at what point does somebody say, hey, this guy with knives before, he's putting these things out about mass shootings, maybe we ought to take a second look at it including in one of the videos there appears to be a reference to suicide.

that's something that needs to be looked at to. that's a harm to himself and would make the judge take a look at that. since that was more recent perhaps would have allowed them to take the weapons out. >> who would have needed to red flag these videos and to tie together, you know, all these bits of information, the suicidal issue, the knives? >> take us into the realm of the hypothetical a little bit. if somebody is at home and say i know a relative or friend or been on line and seen this imagery, depending on the state they could make that call themselves to law enforcement and look at it and say wow, this person is putting out some threatening pieces of information, does this person have a gun, and maybe throw the red flag. go to the court and try to enact this time of judgment and put the law into play. a family member can do it. if you have a son or daughter, i say son, typically they are

males involved in the mass shootings, the majority are males, you see this behavior or see consuming this information they have access to weapons in the home or they have weapons themselves, maybe they're out of the home and you're aware of this, you could go to the courts yourself in these particular states that have these laws, depending on each state is a little bit different, go to the court and if the judge determines hey, i actually believe this person is a threat to themselves or others, can go in, sign a warrant, the police can go into the home and take those guns away. that's an important thing. not just prohibit sales but take the guns. >> it seems that's asking a lot of people to go forward and say, hey, this person that i know, in other words -- >> it's a situation to put yourself in. >> it's incumbent on people to step forward when they see or think there's something potentially dangerous in somebody else. >> there's two other mechanisms in this country as far as potentially limiting these

things. one is the banning of these weapons and there's so many out there, how do you prohibit future sales? that's for next four hours of your show and involves a tremendous amount of political capital and there's a huge portion of the u.s. population that would not agree with that. that's an entirely separate manner. certainly one way to solve it. second way to solve it, is there a way for law enforcement to look at and monitor these posts? we have a first amendment in this country. i could make a threat against you sitting here right now that's not necessarily illegal. i wouldn't do that and probably would lose my job, but it's not necessarily illegal. it would not necessarily -- in new york city, invite the nypd in to arrest me. when do we get to a point where it's too much and then think about the law enforcement resources that would go into monitoring these things. a lot of questions, but, you know, well worthy of a discussion seeing as how we're talking about this. >> thank you very much.

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47 past the hour. this hour in new orleans, a court is hearing arguments on the future of daca with the fate of more than 600,000 people in the program, once again, hanging in the balance. daca or deferred action for childhood arrival program, provides renewable legal documentation for undocumented young team known as dreamers who mostly grew up in this country. in friday at the new orleans courthouse some dreamers are protesting. we spoke with a 20-year-old daca recipient when she came at 4 years old and is now a student at ucla. >> i think that it's time that we have a permanent solution. i think that we have to look past this as these court rulings, these arguments, and really look forward for something better for this community, something better for this community that works so hard for the nation and contributes so much. >> joining us alan orr, an

immigration attorney. this hearing stems from a lawsuit led by texas, argumenting that obama exceeded his executive authority when he created daca ten years ago. his executive authorit what are the stakes here? >> the stakes are for the 1.1 million people here who are undocumented and the 800,000 that are benefitting from this program. it's just a restart. we know there's 11 million here undocumented, and it resolves the solution that executive branch took in place, put in place. >> how likely is it that this challenge is going to get to the supreme court? >> very likely. we're in a conservative circuit right now and we know what fifth circuit has done with remain in mexico and title 42, looking to take control of the border. this on pace to the supreme court no matter who wins today. >> last time the supreme court decided anything on daca, they found issue with trump's attempt to roll it back, but the makeup of the court is different now. >> and that's the problem. this should not be a political

platform with human lives and individuals that have been here so long. it's a little bit different than before because many of these individuals have benefitted from daca for ten years so that's a long stance to say it doesn't exist anymore and how would you wind that down. the courts should not be political beasts. >> years, how do you even wind it down? and the court should not be political beasts. >> over the past ten years there have been more than 800,000daca recipients every year. right? they pay $6.2 billion, the vast majority work in the labor force and many do essential work for our economy. what are the major misconceptions out there about daca? >> that the daca recipients are getting something when they are not. they are participate in the security of the country. daca is a solution toward comprehensive immigration reform that is bringing people in the system that have been here for a long time that did not cross the border of their own volition. it's a humanitarian way to take

a step forward. >> good to see you. in a few hours, a court hearing is set for the driver charged with human smuggling, resulting in the death of 53 people, including children, who were found inside a sweltering truck. and we have new details of the people who lost their lives in the deadly estimate smuggling tragedy in recent history. 35 of those who died as of last night, have been conclusively identified. ages are ranging from 55-13 years old. 20 citizens of mexico. ten citizens in guatemala, and five citizens of honduras. we have the director of strategic initiatives. thank you for being with us. the story is horrific and it's not uncommon. how does it match up with what you see on a daily basis from people that are trying to get to the united states to follow

their american dream, just the opportunity to even request asylum? >> it's just image of what in reality we are seeing as desperation, they are stranded and they are still not safe. and they don't know what the outcome will be. they don't know what the future holds. because there's no, in reality, there's no digniied way or right way to seek asylum. >> when folks tell you, they should get in the back of the line. there's no line that people can get to from their country to even request a process of requesting asylum. >> that is correct. because of title 42, the border is closed. there's no dignified way to come to the united states and seek asylum.

and these are folks that are coming from very precarious conditions. [ audio breaking up ] >> what are the stories you are hearing. well, people are being tortured and victims of organized crime, there's also a lot of racism and discrimination involved in all of this because they don't understand why some people are able to safely seek asylum and they are not and they are being asked to stay in a different country or second country in danger. in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. >> yeah. >> so, it -- i'm sorry. >> no, no, no, i'm saying the ones that are making out and they are really enjoying this are organized crime and human smugglers and people who destroy

innocent people. >> that is correct and i feel it's time to put an end to the policies and have a dignified way for people to seek asylum. >> thank you for being with us. i appreciate it. >> thank you for your time. >> president biden is getting ready to leave for cleveland, he will be speaking on the economy. what we can expect to hear, next. , next

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57 past the hour this afternoon, president biden will head to cleveland to address the u.s. economy and the american rescue plan as inflation continues to put american families in difficult situations. joining us now with the latest is nbc news white house correspondent, what message can we expect from the president today? >> jose, as you mentioned, the white house is previewing that the president will be talking about the american rescue plan, when we talk about that piece of legislation that the president signed in to law last march, we often shorthand it calling it the covid relief law. in reality, there's a lot of other provisions in that massive piece of legislation, including the one that the president will talk about today. which is preventing 2-3 million workers from losing pension benefits that they were facing under multi-employer plans. this is a pension fix that was

part of the legislation and the president is going to be traveling and meeting with union workers to talk about the importance of it. of course, there are so many other economic head winds this white house is facing which leads to the president's low approval rating and a lot of concerns among democrats about what they are going to be face whg they face the voters in november. it's worth noting, jose, the president has not left washington much other than some of the foreign summits he has been dealing with over the last few months. he is heading to ohio where there's a marquis senate race and the democratic senate candidate, tim ryan is not going to be among the local officials in attendance. he has a scheduling conflict elsewhere in the state. while the president is heading there and wanting to talk about union workers, one of the democrats will not be joining him today. >> thank you so much, and that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz balart, be sure to

follow the show online at jdbalart on msnbc, andrea mitchell picks up right now. good morning everyone, this is andrea mitchell reports in washington, following breaking news from illinois, where the mass shooting suspect charged with seven counts of first degree murder will be making his first court appearance this hour. highland park is still reeling from the horrific act of gun violence responsible for the deaths of seven beloved family members and friends in that close knit community, among the victims, both parents of 2-year-old aiden mccarthy who's father died while laying on top of his son so he could survive. he was found wondering down the street and picked up by the police station and his grandfather. eai