good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. today, joe biden is in campaign mode, and headed to battleground pennsylvania, as candidates become laser focused on the midterm elections. this morning, mississippi's capital city is in crisis. thousands are without reliable running water, after a treatment plant failed. what happens next? right now, in ukraine, an

adviser to president zelenskyy says moscow is shelling the route that inspectors need to access the power plant that has the nation and world on edge. we'll have a live report from ukraine. the justice department says it has wrapped up its initial review of the documents taken from former president trump's florida residence. what the doj says it found, coming up. today marks one year since the last u.s. plane left kabul. we'll hear from a community of afghan refugees here in the u.s. who say they feel forgotten. ♪ ♪ we begin with joe biden stepping back into campaign mode with just ten weeks left until midterm elections. the president heads to the northeast area of pennsylvania today to talk about his plan to make america safer, as well as a bipartisan gun legislation he

signed back in june. he also plans to go after republicans of their stand on crime. he was supposed to make this trip in july but had to postpone it after testing positive for covid-19. later this week, he will return to pennsylvania to deliver a primetime speech about how america's rights and freedoms are still under attack. he will give the address just a short distance from independence hall in philadelphia, where the declaration of independence and constitution were drafted and signed. joining us now is monica alba, susan page and jake sherman, pounder of punch bowl news and msnbc political contributor. monica, what more can we expect to hear from the president when he visits pennsylvania today? >> he's really entering a very busy week here, as we near the final sprint to the mid terms. so he's going to test that

midterm message, which we got a preview of last week in terms of framing how he views this election, as a stark contrast with democrats and all they've been doing he will argue to preserve our democracy and what he calls the ultra-maga, going after those republicans that he compared to semi-fascism at that dnc rally. here's how the white house press secretary put it today in terms of making that contrast as stark as possible. >> the president has been clear that congressional republicans, that extreme maga agenda that you heard him talk about last week is a threat to the rule of law. we will say that -- he will say that you can't propose defunding the fbi and be pro police. >> so the president is going to be talking about those two huge

and significant news events. he's going to frame this in terms of the attacks on law enforcement as it relates to january 6th and the riot at the capitol. but then the more recent developments which we have seen several calls from republicans and from former president trump supporters to defund the fbi after the search and seizure of those classified documents at mar-a-lago. the former president's private club. so the president is going to argue today in the context of everything he has done, to boost law enforcement that you can't argue that you're going to want to defund the police while also making these calls to defund the agency of the fbi. so he's going to be putting that clearly and notably, president trump will hold a rally there in pennsylvania that joe biden will be visiting three times in the span of a week coming up. >> susan, interesting that the biden administration is focusing on the issue of crime.

that's an interesting thing that he's pushing so close to the midterms. >> well, the issue of crime has been a real weakness for biden himself and democrats generally when you ask which party is better able to handle certain issues. he's trying to turn that on its head by arguing -- by talking not about police, a progressive slogan that's caused some heartache, you know, headaches for democrats in swing districts, but to talk about defund the fbi as an issue, and to talk about his commitment to community policing. so he's really trying to portray democrats as the party of effective law and order and portray the republicans as a party that has given up on some of their tradition on that issue. interesting, i think, notable that he's referencing the search at mar-a-lago. he hasn't talked much about that himself for risk of making it

seem political. but that is a reference and a reflection of the tougher language that we're hearing him using as the election gets closer. >> jake, a recent nbc news poll found that threats to democracy, the cost of living and jobs and the economy are the most important issues facing americans. what more can lawmakers do to address these issuing before they break for the midterms? >> i want to bring up one thing. when i saw that poll initially, i was surprised, because democrats had not seen the threat to democracy question rise to a level of import that is worth talking about on the campaign trail. it will be interesting to see how that surfaces in the next, you know, 70 or so days before the midterm elections. so that is in and of itself interesting. now, the big problem for democrats in congress is they can't do much about inflation. it's not something that can be

legislated away. the cost of living is something that is a natural ebb and flow of the economy that is exacerbated by geopolitical and somewhat domestic political events that congress can't do anything about. now, on the issue of safety, there have been some pieces of legislation that democrats have pumped the brakes on, which would, you know, further fund the police. these were things by josh gotheimer and other moderates in the northeast and all over the country. so i imagine you'll see democrats relitigate or reconsider those pieces of legislation to show that they are interested in effective and safe policing. so i think that's something you're going to see in the next 30 to 60 days before people break for the midterm elections. >> the president will be focusing on issues of threats to democracy when he speaks in

philadelphia on thursday. >> he'll be speaking at independence hall, which is a significant location and one that candidate joe biden chose to kick off one of his first rallies for the 2020 campaign. and we're told that is going to be evident when he delivers that primetime speech on thursday, because he will harken back to the message that launched that initial campaign and talk about the battle for the soul of the nation. he's going to argue that rights and freedoms are currently under attack, and that he wants to lay out what he feels he's been able to do in the first two years of his administration, and what democrats will be able to do if they are successful in the midterms. he's doing this in the context of bigger speech, talking about the founding fathers and looking back to history as a guide. again, trying to put this into a bigger context and illuminate what is at stake here. so you'll hear him talking about this in more of a bigger picture sense versus today where he will

be very specifically in a battleground district, talking about that. and then heading monday to milwaukee, wisconsin, and he'll be in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, again, talking about how important those states are going to be as we look at the general election map. he also wants to campaign with these democrats who are running, though some have been hesitant to have the president campaigning with him, despite these recent legislative victories the white house has been enjoying. >> yeah, susan, with the nation focused for so many people on the issues, for example, the cost of living and the food increases in price, what does the president have to say or do to get through to so many? >> taking very much the high ground on thursday night, a primetime address. he doesn't give many of those. it's not his very strongest forum, usually. so obviously, that's a big event. and i think they see that as

stakes in the highest possible way. but once that's over, we'll have 55 days of armed combat in these swing districts and states. much more likely to focus on inflation. and jake is right, the president can't do much about inflation generally. but the fact that gas prices have gone down so steadily has been a big factor behind the fact that his approval rating has crept up. there was a time when we would think 44% was very good in the gallup poll rating, but compared to 38%, it's pretty hot. >> thank you very much. up to 200,000 people in mississippi's largest city are now facing a dire water supply crisis. since last month, residents in jackson were told not to use or to drink water unless they boil it first. but now the governor is declaring a water emergency, because weather damaged the major pump at jackson's main

water treatment center, leaving residents without running water. joining us now from mississippi is our correspondent. is there any relief for folk there is? >> reporter: well, jose, just yesterday, we were talking about the issues with the quality of the water here in jackson. the mayor was the first to tell us that the flooding could have affected that plant. overnight, the governor comes in and tells everyone they have now declared a failure of the system, an emergency of the water system here in jackson, which means they don't know if any of the resident also have running water in the next coming days. it's alarming, because we asked the governor last night if they could tell us how many residents were affected or could be affected, and they just don't know. somewhat he did say is at this time, that plant was failing, and they could not assure any of the residents in jackson that they would have running water. so they've gone from the quality

to the quantity of that water. and you can just imagine what it means. here's part of the press conference offered by the governor last night. >> replacing our largest city's infrastructure of running water with human distribution is a massively complicated logistical task. we need to provide it for up to 180,000 people for an unknown period of time. please, stay safe. do not drink the water. >> reporter: okay, so we know they are preparing to bring in water for the entire city. now, think about this. that means bringing in drinking water for the people that would be distributed. you're thinking gallons and bottles of water. but also water for basic necessities, a shower, to flush a toilet. that means they would have to bring in tankers. imagine the number of tankers that would have to line up to bring in this water to a distribution senter, figure out

a system where they can drop in that water, and then distribute it to the people in the city of jackson. they did say they are trying to get the national guard to help for this colossal task of having water available for everyone in the city of jackson, as they do have people from the state government going into that plant to figure out how they can help. but once again, they can't tell us how many residents they think will be affected. this morning, we talked to a lot of people, just down the street, they told us that they already saw water being shut off this morning, jose. >> what a crisis. gaud, thank you. still ahead, we'll go live to ukraine, where u.n. inspectors are tasked with an urgent mission preventing a nuclear disaster. plus, the doj says it's completed a review of documents seized at mar-a-lago. what they found and what it could mean for a special hearing on thursday. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." reports.

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17 past the hour. right now, u.n. inspectors are inside ukraine where tomorrow they will seek access to europe's largest nuclear power plant, which is under russian control and there are growing fears of a nuclear disaster. just this morning, one of ukrainian president zelenskyy's advisers accused russia of shelling the corridors the inspectors need to access the plant. all this as the military launches a new counteroffensive in an effort to take back territory in the nation's southern region. joining us now from ukraine, josh letterman. josh, good morning. you reported that ukrainian forces are running out of key supplies like boots and gloves. what is the level of confidence that ukrainian officials are equipped to take territories in the south?

>> reporter: well, they're confident enough that they opted to start this offensive, after weeks in which ukraine kept signaling they planned to start this, but the offensive didn't seem to materialize. we did see ukraine launching a series of strikes in crimea, behind enemy lines, in what we can now identify was efforts to really lay the ground work for this offensive. knocking out some of those ammunition depots deep in russian-held territory, as well as air bases to clear the ground and to push russia out of those territories that they have occupied for months now. so far, we're seeing a lot of explosions in the kherson area. the first part of ukraine to fall to russia during the war with ukraine claiming that in the first 24 hours, they were able to destroy dozens of russian military asset. the russians claiming that as they repelled that offensive, they were able to inflict significant casualties among ukrainian troops. it's hard to really parse either of those claims at this point,

but clearly, the fight is intensifying in the south, as ukraine tries to prevent this from becoming a stalemate and to start to take back territory from the russians. >> and josh, meanwhile, two u.s. officials tell nbc news the u.s. government has assessed that russia has now received combat drones from iran. what do you know about that? >> reporter: that's right, jose. a few weeks ago we reported that russia was receiving training in iran on how to operate these drones that they plan to purchase from the iranians. today, those two u.s. officials tell me that russia now has them in hand. they were loaded up last month on russian cargo planes in iran, and then flown to russia where, according to a u.s. government assessment, the russians plan to use those combat drones in the battlefield here in ukraine. although u.s. officials say some of those drones are not performing the way the russians had expected to. that there have already been technical difficulties with

them. but you can see the russians trying to up their military assets to replenish what they have lost so far in this war, and to find new capabilities to use against ukraine in this war, jose. >> and to have iran as a strategic military partner with russia is just incredible. josh letterman, i thank you so much. for more on this, we want to bring in veronica, the executive director and editor of the new voice of ukraine. veronica, great seeing you. i just want to get your thoughts on what is the mood like there in kyiv? >> uh, well, thank you for having me. the moods are far from festive. we expect -- we wait, because our government asks everyone to, umm, stop talking about the -- what media in the west call

counteroffensive. ukrainian officials admit calling it that way instead they're using the terms "breach," "military operation in the south." everything, but not like -- very far from counteroffensive. i think they're leaving the window for themselves in case things won't get that smoothly. so, yes, we are trying to stay silent. media, like our media, they are reporting about only pieces of information about one or two liberated villages, which are confirmed by ukrainian operation command in the south. basically, they are responsible for the information coming from there. and also, we are checking russian military channels and

telegrams. russian military bloggers are the best, like source of information, because when they're panicking, and when they're sharing, like information about troops, leaving their positions, mostly those were conscripts. they took part in these occupation, that they are leaving their positions. that means that our forces are going to kherson, basically. but the mission is not clear yet about what is happening. >> still no clarity on what is going on in kherson? >> even pentagon said that -- like, we will have more clear information in 36 hours or so. what we have now is the speculations coming from

different ukrainian bloggers, coming from russian bloggers, and of course, we have the information about ukrainian strikes in kherson and different military facilities of russians. while russians keep silent about what was hit and also which interesting facts i found out this morning is that one of the main collaborators of russia in kherson is filming the videos about russia staying in kherson forever, and that everything is fine in kherson. but he's filming the videos from a different city. so i was joking about his videos. >> yeah. veronica, it's great seeing you. i thank you very much for your time.

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now schools are virtual and many local businesses are closed. emergency officials are distributing water bottles, but they're encouraging people to buy their own, if they can. joining us now is dr. patel, an nbc medical contributor and a former obama white house policy director. doctor, always a pleasure to see you. how dangerous is it for an entire city, jackson, not to have running water? >> jose, it's not only dangerous, but we can see this problem coming. certainly not the flooding of the waters that exacerbated this event, but this has occurred unfortunately all too often in jackson mississippi's history. i think it just indicates how kind of broken our public health system is. contaminated water can lead to a number of bacterial, parasite and viral illnesses, including a lot of g.i. illnesses that can be devastating and leave people with long-term consequences.

not to mention as we have discussed before, we know that we have found poio in waste water in parts of the country. so being able to have healthy, safe drinking water, including using it for things like brushing your teeth even, just that basic level of sanitation is lacking for such a large group of people who unfortunately are from a vulnerable set of communities that have been disenfranchised for decades. this is a recipe for disaster. adding to aralready disastrous pandemic response we've seen in mississippi over the last several years. >> doctor, let's talk about the pandemic, because i mean, schools across the country are starting up again. there are all kinds of different covid policies and of course, we don't have any clear messaging from the federal agencies. what should families, what should we know about staying safe this school year? >> yeah, the best way is to try

to keep it very basic. it applies to my own family, jose. the best way to keep people safe, make sure they're up to date on vaccines. we're going to be getting in a matter of days updated vaccines for 12 and above. so that will be available, as well. and that's one. number two, having home testing kits, because most schools have withdrawn complete surveillance. there's no testing available. they might offer free tests to take home, but they're not doing regular testing if they were in the first place. so have some of those tests at home, so if you have a child with the sniffles or you have the sniffles, just test yourself quickly so you can keep away from others. third, send them with masks. masks are optional. my own kids are wondering should i or shouldn't i wear masks? if you found out somebody is positive, it's not a bad idea to wear a mask. it would just be helpful to not spread any illness. and finally, ventilation.

make sure that we have a fortune across much of the country, decent air circulation. lunches outside. so that's available to your school. talk to the school leadership and to your schoolteacher and emphasize that. finally, we need better backup child care. have a plan. if you or your child is sick and you are a working parent, have a backup so that you can have child care so you're not forced to make the decision to send your child sick to school. >> there are a lot of people who simply can't have that backup plan because it's simply not something that is economically feasible. so doctor, because maybe i'm just not really understanding it, but your child or you get covid. what do you have to do? do you isolate for five days? do you put the child in the room by him or herself?

what do we do with covid striking our families? >> i've been especially for kind of under the age of 12, my own children, it is cruel and hard to isolate a child away from their loved ones. so i have told parents, when possible, yes, you should wear a mask around a child who is positive. yes, to your point, whether they're vaccinated or not, they do need to isolate. most schools are going to put in policies that recommend at leas. and if their symptoms continue, obviously they need to stay isolated, but they can return if there are no symptoms with a mask on from days six through the remainder of time. and that's great. but at home, try to make sure that they stay loved and taken care of. that means do what you need to do to take care of your child. >> and i think it would be really important for parent it is your child does have covid and is after the sixth day returning.

like tell them, you have to wear a mask. >> they do. >> you have to worry about others. >> high quality masks, too. >> dr. patel, thank you. now to the latest on the investigation into former president trump's mishandling of classified information. nbc news has learned the former president has hired the former florida solicitor general to represent him, as the justice department has wrapped up its initial review of scores of documents fbi agents seized during a search of trump's mar-a-lago resort. and that it identified some material that could be considered protected under attorney/client privilege. this undercuts the former president's push for a review by an independent special master. but his legal team is pushing back. >> we have a lot of problems really accepting everything at face value that's coming out of doj these days. there's still a need for a judge to get involved on every aspect of this.

checking their assertions of privilege, and also giving us fair, timely access, letting us build a case for why this search warrant was morally and legally wrong. >> with us now to talk about this, julie agely and paul butler, now a professor at the georgetown university law center. he's also an msnbc legal analyst. so julia, now that the justice department says its review is over, what comes next? >> that's right. the fbi has finished going through what they would call establishing their filter team, going through and figuring out what might fall under attorney/client privilege. some documents did fall under that, but after that, the filter team steps aside. they have determined what goes to national archives and what might have been taken to mar-a-lago that should have been classified and held in a different manner, that it was not being held properly and shouldn't have been taken to

mar-a-lago in the first place. that's what could come next from the justice department. but there's more to come in court now, jose. all eyes are on a filing this afternoon or sometime today from the justice department that will go against exactly what -- they are going to argue against the reasons why they need a special master in this case, that they have completed their review, and that really there's no need for this. in fact, we are told that they have asked for an increase in the number of pages that they could submit, because 20 pages was not enough to address what they said are substantial factual and legal inaccuracies in that request from trump's team for a special master. then tomorrow, we can expect to hear from the trump team in response to doj's filing today. and then on thursday, we'll see a hearing over this issue of a special master. but, again, the judge in this case in the southern district of florida is a trump appointed judge who indicated she's likely to grant that request for a

special master in this case. if that is oh the case, you can basically be taking a step back by having a third party go through all of this work that's already take an team at the fbi over three weeks to complete. >> so paul, does the fact that this initial review is already done undermine somehow the former president's push for a special master or is it not relevant? >> it might, jose, because the fbi has already done the work that trump's lawyers want the special master to do. this request is really unorthodox. it was made way late. trump's lawyers didn't ask for this special master until weeks after the search. and then it was so vague that trump -- the judge made trump's lawyers file another brief, kind of like the teacher making you do your homework over again. it's also weird that trump's lawyers didn't go back to the judge who issued the search warrant but chose this different

port with this judge who was appointed by donald trump. >> julia, meanwhile, a secret service agent at the center of some bombshell testimony before the january 6th committee is leaving the agency. what do you know about that? >> that's right. tony ornada, he's a name that cassidy hutchinson echoed frequently, where she says that tony ornato, who was a political adviser to donald trump, was in the car with the former president on january 6th and hutchinson said that he told her about the president getting irate, wanting to go back to the capitol. we have yet to hear from him, now we understand he's leaving the secret service. i'm told it's because he became eligible for retirement earlier this year. he's leaving in good standing. he was not forced out. but the question now will be, will he make himself available to the january 6th committee and to the department of homeland security inspector general, who

has questions about those missing secret service text messages around january 6th. he's a central figure in this. we haven't heard from him yet. so the questions is, will he be cooperative and will we get more information that will get us further inside that car on that crucial day to learn what the former president said. >> julia and paul, thank you very much. coming up, why one year after the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, many of the refugees who resettled here in the united states say they feel abandoned, left behind. plus, author and reporter and so much more, on the unique challenges facing women of color in the workplace. she's just written this extraordinary book, "the other." i just finished reading it and i suggest you do, too. and i suggest you do, too.

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more than 1,100 people. the floods have affected the lives of more than 33 million people. that's 1 in 7 people in the country. and one year ago today, the last american plane left afghanistan's capital during the u.s. withdrawal. more than 75,000 afghan refugees were evacuated to the united states. but now, afghans who are here in the united states and have been staying here during this time, say they feel forgotten by the u.s. services meant to help them. nbc's erin mclaughlin spoke to some of the families who resettled in california. what did you learn, erin? >> reporter: hey there, jose. we traveled to turlock, california, where more than 500 afghan refugees resettled, many within the last year. we spoke to families who told us the toughest part about building a new life here in the united states is navigating the red tape, signing up for social

services, filing for asylum. these are afghans that risked their lives for the u.s. mission this their home country, now feeling forgotten. the fall of kabul to the taliban triggered fear, chaos, and confusion. a year later, more than 75,000 afghans have managed to escape to the u.s. many resettling in communities like turlock, california, where some are still struggling and not receiving the services they need to begin a new life. here's here we meet 4-year-old muhammad, who, with the help, is getting vaccinations. possibly for the second time, because the medical records have been lost since arriving in the u.s. >> good job. >> reporter: campbell doesn't work for a resettlement agency, and scheduling and driving families to and from medical appointments isn't her responsibility. but she says she's left with little choice. >> we'll get a request from a

family to take them to the grocery store or something like that. so that is not typical of what our program does. >> this is happening every time? >> yes. >> there might be some frustration there. >> it's sadness and frustration for the families. >> someone is supposed to be helping them and it's not happening? >> not to the extend we understood. >> reporter: in california, the federal government tasked 23 partners to assist new refugee arrivals. in turlock, that falls on the enter national rescue committee, an ngo contracted to help arrivals to navigate various systems. yet, we interviewed refugees who say they're frustrated and feeling left behind. like this 25-year-old mustafa husani, who had been living in the same motel room for eight

months. >> translator: it's really hard. living alone here, having no one around to talk to, it's really hard for me. >> reporter: this man used to work as a security guard at the u.s. embassy in kabul. now he's working at a car wash in turlong and his family has settled into an apartment, but they're still in need of more help? >> translator: i feel disappointed. i asked for support and they're saying wait for two months. >> do you miss your home? >> yeah, yeah i miss. >> i miss my family. >> reporter: in a statement, they point to the historically large challenge and incredibly task of scaling up to meet the

increased resettlement goal of the biden administration, after the dismantling of the resettlement infrastructure under the trump administration. all refugees have been taken to permanent housing. but community advocates are still frustrated that more hasn't been done. >> can't have people falling through the cracks like this. they stood up for the american mission in afghanistan. people deserve better. >> reporter: an update on the 25-year-old who worked for u.s. forces as an electrician in afghanistan. soon after we called the irc for comment on this can story, we learned he had been assigned permanent housing, which is a huge relief for him. jose? >> erin, thank you very much. thank you for making that call. it made a difference. overworked and overlooked. what women of color face in the

workplace and how they can break you through engrained bias. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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a woman of color." she is with us this morning. daniella, it is a pleasure to have you on the broadcast. >> it's so nice being here with you. >> i loved reading the book. i enjoyed it very much. there's a certain universality in your very unique personal life experience. i think this happens to a lot of us that live as the other in so many themes, not just at work, but in our everyday existence. i'm very -- i found this book so important because soon your unique experience, you are giving us universal aspects of things that we can learn. one of the things is how working -- how being a professional woman of color is so difficult, so unique and yet so universal. >> there's a llt of layers of this conversation. i had a pleasure to write a book with mika brzezinski, one of my

mentors back in 2016. a lot of the tips on there were about advocating for yourself better. in this book, we have that and pushing back in realtime. one of the things in this book is going back to the origin of the other, right? so for many of us, women of color, my own story being undocumented, a lot of that internalization that my differences were a liability stayed with me and they came up in the most nuanced ways in the workplace. when we want to raise our hand and express or articulate for ourselves or advocate for ourselves, that shift in our subconscious. the point of this book was going back to the origins of the other because we believed a person or persons who told us our differences were liabilities. the whole point is to challenge that narrative and push back. >> how do you break through on that when it's almost an institutional, written-in-concrete world?

>> that's the point of the book, is to say there's a part of it that we can control. it's systemic in nature. the other part we can control. if we go back to the origins of how we defined ourselves as the other, the whole point of this book is to show women that it's based on somebody's assumptions, somebody's limited cultural understanding and projections of fear and insecurity, that we ourselves have the lead about ourselves. the whole point of this book is to challenge that and deconstruct that because it's not us that needs to change at all. >> it's just so difficult, and there's some great moments in your book when you talk about how the fact that your first unpaid internship in new york, you were in ohio and they said can you come in tomorrow. you said yes, but you have no papers, no money, no avenue to do it and yet there you were. you did it.

[ speaking non-english ] always respecting where you came from. >> a lot of the women, especially gen z, they're go-getters. they're yes girls. if you're the only one in the room, you have that nature about yourself. this book touches on when you're at the table, how to use that voice and how to challenge the very conditionings and made us play small. >> how to own your power at work. i thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm "jose diaz-balart reports." reach me on twitter and instagram@jd balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. hallie jackson picks up with more news next. for a champ. gee, thanks chuck. who said anything about you? it's subway's biggest refresh yet. ♪ ♪

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