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good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with explosive new details in the investigation into classified documents recovered from former president donald trump's mar-a-lago estate. in a 36-page late night court filing, the justice department said top secret documents were likely concealed and moved around to obstruct the fbi's investigation. the filing also disclosed that more than 100 classified documents were seized during the search earlier this month. and that trump's lawyers falsely claimed under oath that all of
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the documents had been returned. it also including this new photo showing documents with classified markings laid out on a carpet. some of them found in a desk in the former president's personal office. the filing also says some of the documents were so sensitive, fbi agents and justice department attorneys needed additional security clearances to look at them. doj also says trump's request for a special master is quote unnecessary and would significantly harm governmental interests including national security interests. the former president has until 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight to respond. a federal judge in florida will hold a hearing tomorrow on his request for a special master. with us now to take a closer look, nbc news homeland security continue julie ainsley, a former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst and frank figliuzzi, an
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msnbc national security analyst. julia, what else are we able to learn from this court filing? >> one of the things, buried in a footnote, they say the investigation is not simply about retaining records that should have gone to the national archives and should have been preserved, that there's a criminal nature and it's not just a matter of appointing a third party to check behind the fbi and doj. this is about incredibly sensitive material, as you can see right there, that was not properly restored and really doesn't belong the former president. that he doesn't have a privilege to claim over this. they have found a small subset of these documents that they think might be privileged to him, protected under attorney/client privilege, and they will turn those back. the thing they're saying is there's no right for the former president to say that a special master should go through these documents because they really
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don't belong to him anyway and the sensitivity of these documents are so high. we're even learning that some of these documents we can tell just by the classifications of these that they could out very sensitive information, including human intelligence sources for u.s. intelligence placed around the world in dangerous situations. and if those names got out, those placements got out, that could not only put their lives in danger, it could also seriously harm american national security interests. that's what the fbi is claiming as well as a breadth of information that points to obstruction, including the fact, as you pointed out, that trump's own lawyers said they handed everything over when, in fact, they did not, and the fact that they believe that some of this information, some of the documents were moved from a storage room to other locations to obscure the search. just in that storage room alone, they found 76 classified documents and over 100 in all, jose, so quite a lot to unpack there. i think we could say that this is the most definitive rebuttal
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that we've seen from the doj of the trump legal team to date. >> so glenn, the government also said in this filing that the appointment of a special master would impede the government's ongoing criminal investigation and would impede the intelligence community from conducting its ongoing review of the national security risks. why would the government say that in this filing? >> yeah, jose, that along with four other reasons they gave, and i think julia's right, this was a definitive rebuttal of so much of what the trump defense team had been claiming. but they said, one, it would damage potentially national security, and the ongoing assessment of how our national security might have been compromised by donald trump. they also said it could impede the ongoing criminal investigation. they said the court has no jurisdiction, a fancy way of saying you don't really have the legal authority to grant a special master. they said donald trump has no
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standing. in other words, they're not his documents, so he can not seek this judicial remedy because the documents don't belong to him, and really, you know, they ticked off point after point after point as to why trump's demand for a special master is likely to go nowhere. i think the final one was a practical one. they said we have reviewed all of the documents already, so a judge appointing a special master would sort of be like closing the barn door after the horse has already left the barn. >> and so, frank, what does it say that fbi agents and justice department attorneys actually needed additional clearance to look at some of the documents they found at the house. >> yeah, this is significant. it jumped out at me. these are counter intelligence agents, and counter intelligence national security officials from doj. they would have had, because of their position, many of the clearances available to the highest cleared people in the government.
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this came as a surprise, is my guess, meaning, hey, does everybody have hsi, everybody good to see almost anything we could possibly -- yes, we're good. let's go. and then they get in there, and they see something else. something even more compartmented and what that probably means in my experience is there were special access program documents because those are very specific to time and position. you get right in and out as you need to, and that's extremely sensitive. the other thing that jumped out at me because i've had a question in my mind since this news broke, how much has already moved from the filter team to the investigative team, and what we learned in this doj response last night was this train has left the station. we've done our filter review, and we've provided the investigative team with everything that we think is
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relevant, and that they can start looking on. so the train's left the station. the investigative team has this. anything now that impedes the investigative team from moving forward is an unnecessary delay. >> when you talk about special access documents, what type of documents are you referring to? >> well, i mean, i'm not trying to be over dramatic, even a discussion of the nature of special access programs becomes problematic. that's how sensitive they are. it's project-oriented. it could be long-term research that the government's doing on some incredibly sensitive technology. it could be the next iteration of a nuclear program or submarine. it could be a new weapons plan that's being worked on. it could be a new effort to insert people in a certain terrorist organization. we just done know, but we know it's time sensitive. it's the most limited access you can get, and you get briefed in and out. i'll give you an example. in my fbi career, there was a
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special access program that i had to be polygraphed to get read into and i had to get polygraphed to get read out of. >> glenn, are there legal repercussions, trump, and maybe even his legal team will need to worry about? and i have the document here. you know, one of the things that it mentions, and i'll read it to you. it says, notwithstanding counsel's representation on june 3rd that materials from the white house were only located in the storage room, classified documents were found in both the storage room and in the former president's office, and then adding the fbi in a matter of hours recovered twice as many documents with classification markings as the quote diligent search that the former president's counsel and other representatives had weeks to perform calls into serious question the representations made on june 3rd certification and casts doubt on the extent of cooperation. so are there some legal ramifications to the president's counsel for having said, look,
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all the documents already were sent back to you, and they find in a matter of hours, hundreds of them. >> yeah, potentially there are, jose, and what i will say, it's a tricky area of the law when you're dealing with on the one hand, a defendant's 6th amendment right to counsel and on the other hand, the suggestion or some evidence that shows that that counsel may be compromised. indeed, may have criminal exposure for something that attorney did during the course of the representation of the client. it's a tricky area, but it's one that we have to wade into as prosecutors every now and then. and the bottom line is, you can't have full, zealous, representation as a defendant, as a client from a lawyer who may have criminal exposure themselves. why? because now that lawyer's loyalties are going to be split between zealously representing their client and trying to keep themselves out of hot water, and
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that is why even though under the 6th amendment, you have pretty wide latitude to an attorney of your choosing, it's not absolute, and courts can and have weighed in and removed attorneys from representing a client because the attorneys themselves are compromised and may have criminal exposure. >> and so, glenn, what can we expect to see during tomorrow's hearing over trump's request for that special master. >> i'll be interested to see if the trump team files a reply to what the department of justice just filed, which really was pretty definitive and compelling on both the facts and the law. i don't see judge cannon having much wiggle room, and i think it's unfortunate now that she made that tentative announcement, saying i'm inclined to appoint a special master because i think the department of justice just knocked out of the box all legal arguments that would permit her to appoint a special master.
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based on reading both court filings from the defense and the prosecution, it feels like this is a foregone conclusion that we will not see a special a master appointed, but in court, anything can happen. we'll stay tuned. >> indeed in court anything can happen, and of course we'll be monitoring that. glenn kirchner, frank figliuzzi, and julie aimsley, thank you so much. up to 200,000 people in jackson, mississippi, are in a state of emergency this morning. they don't have reliable running water for the second day after flooding shut down the water systems. president biden authorized federal assistance for disaster relief yesterday. even for the people lucky enough to still have water coming from their taps, it's not safe to brush your teeth or cook with. it needs to be boiled. officials say it could take weeks to get safe running water again. nbc's guad venegas joins us now.
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>> reporter: people are going to the distribution centers. state officials say they are bringing in more help. the national guard is coming in with more water. they expect to have more resources down in the city. now, here at the water treatment plant, this is the plant that failed that provides most of the water to the city. it's where state officials have arrived to bring this their experts and try to see what they can do, find the problems with some of these pumps, and see what needs to be done to repair the system here, and bring running water to the city of jackson. >> this morning, in jackson, mississippi, residents are already lining up for limited supplies of water. the governor declaring a new state of emergency calling in the national guard to help distribute water to 180,000 people. >> this is not a situation that's going to be solved
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immediately and it's not going to be solved overnight. >> reporter: if you're lucky enough to get water from the tap, it has to be boiled. caprice young says her kids' schools have no water, forcing the district to implement virtual learning this week. it also means showering at a relative's house, and spending $100 a week for bottled water. >> we've had to boil water to cook, to wash dishes, you know, pretty much to brush our teeth. it's been hectic. >> reporter: football hall of famer deion sanders, now coaching at jackson state university says his players and the other students here need to be supported. >> it's the city of jackson, we don't have water, so right now we're operating in crisis mode. >> reporter: and for many more residents, the wait for water could be long. what's your message to the people that had to leave empty handed today? >> we do have water in the system. we are putting it in the city's distribution system, and over the next 24 to 36 hours, we will
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see significant numbers of the truckloads of clean water. >> reporter: as officials do what they can, friends and family are relying on each other. stephanie griegler spent $90 on this one grocery run to make sure her elderly parents had water. >> it is a complete shame that this is not a new thing. water challenges have been there for years. >> reporter: so two things happening at the same time. the state government helping with all the water that's going to be brought in to distribute in the city as the experts come to this plant and continue to work on things that the mayor here said had been broken for years, but now with the state, the city and the federal government involved, the expectation is that the problems can be solved to get the water running clean and safely for the residents, jose. >> guad venegas, thank you so
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much. now to breaking news on the covid-19 pandemic. moments ago, the food and drug administration cleared the use of updated booster shots of the pfizer and moderna vaccines, targeting the ba.4 and ba.5 subvariants of the omicron variant. what this means is that people 12 years and older will be able to receive a booster shot of the pfizer vaccine and people 18 and older will be able to receive a booster shot of the moderna vaccine at least two months after their most recent dose. now, the cdc still needs to sign off before these new boosters can be administered. coming up, the white house making a huge push to fight fentanyl as today marks overdose awareness day. plus, overseas, iran sent its first drone shipment to russia. russia, as you know, is involved in the attempted destruction of ukraine. how their relationship could impact the world order.
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they will try to inspect the plant which is under russian control. russian and ukrainian officials have recently accused one another of shelling near the plant, risks a catastrophe. a russian official told russian media that the inspectors will have one day to inspect the facility. meanwhile there's intense fighting in the south as ukraine tries to retake territory lost to russia. joining us now from ukraine, nbc news correspondent josh lederman, josh, you spoke with the director of the u.n. nuclear agency as a team of inspectors arrived there. what did he tell you? >> reporter: after weeks of delay for this u.n. mission, we saw those inspectors as they were pulling up here in zaporizhzhia, but there are still more questions than answers about how this mission is going to go because they have to make it still from the city of zaporizhzhia to the actual nuclear power plant, which is about 30 miles down the nepro river from zaporizhzhia where i am right now.
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there has been ongoing shelling in the last 24 hours that russia and ukraine have been blaming on each other, with ukraine saying that the russians are intentionally shelling the very route that those inspectors would take to the power plant in an attempt to force them to instead go through russian-occupied territory to get there. and so i asked the director general of the iaea, rafael manuel grossi whether he's confident they can carry this out safely. yes, he believes they will. he also believes despite the fact that russia will try to hide some of what's happening at the plant, he says they do think they will have a good sense after they do their inspection of exactly what's happening there. they're bringing the best and brightest of the world's experts in nuclear safety and security but the other big question has been exactly how long they are going to stay at that plant, which is still occupied by russia, and i asked grossi, the director general how long this mission will take. take a listen. >> the mission will take a few
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days, and if we are able to establish a permanent presence, or a continued presence, better said, then it's going to be prolonged. this first segment, so to speak, is going to take a few days. >> reporter: so the goal here is to give the world the first independent look at what's actually happening there and to make recommendations that the security counsel and the international community can then try to insist, take place to make this a safer situation, but of course these inspectors are just inspectors, jose. they can't force the russians to hand the plant back over to ukraine, and they can't stop the shelling that we've seen at or near the zaporizhzhia plant for weeks now, jose. >> josh lederman in ukraine, thank you. joining us now, evelyn farkas, director of the mccain student and former deputy assistant of defense for russia, ukraine and
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eurasia. and an nbc news military analyst. i want to get your reaction to josh's latest reporting. why is russia continuing to threaten a potential nuclear disaster? >> well, jose, i think russia is essentially using this nuclear occupation of the nuclear power plant as leverage. they have basically taken the plant hostage, and they're trying to intimidate the international community, not to mention, of course, the ukrainian people, with their occupation. and it's almost like -- it's very similar to -- and i have to give credit to the "new york times" because they did a story on this, but it's almost like the nuclear saber rattling that putin's used talking about his nuclear weapons. >> lieutenant general, we've learned that iran has developed its first shipment of drones to russia to use in its war against ukraine, so i'm just wondering from the perspective of a
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military planner, how much of an impact could these drones have? >> yeah, they could have a significant impact. russia is currently training soldiers there in iran to be ready to receive the majority of these uavs that are supposed to be shipped. approximately 100 or so uabs are to be shipped to russia to be used in ukraine. there are also some that are now going into ukraine as we speak. you can expect these to be used in a myriad of modes, number one as surveillance, number two, as intel gathering and most importantly, the most dangerous is strike capability. both these type of uavs can hold up to four payloads of missiles, and so you can expect the russians to use these quite often in the fight, particularly
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going after the himars we just put in there, as well as other soft targets such as the command and control systems of the ukrainians. but they are going to be significant as they get into this fight there, jose. >> and general, it's, you know, no secret that the russians haven't exactly been so concerned about, you know, not hitting civilian areas. it's very possible that these drones could also play a part in killing civilians? >> absolutely. we know that the russians have not republican tried to prevent catastrophic damage from civilians or the population, so there's no doubt that they will go after the rail systems, the airfields, family homes, and so forth. so you can anticipate that as well. >> evelyn, it seems like iran continues its mission to have
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all kinds of allies that are not exactly poster children for democracies and human rights, i mean, iran and through russia as well, they have been extending their influence in countries like venezuela, like cuba, ecuador, nicaragua, i mean, iran and venezuela are expected to conduct military drills any day now in venezuela. what do you make of what iran is doing? >> well, you know, iran has been building up its military capability not just, of course, the headline grabbing nuclear program that they have and their missile program to launch those nuclear weapons but they have been building these capable drones, and now they're running around the world selling them to any country that's interested in buying them, and it does really start to change the calculation for the united states and other countries who might come up against iranian friends and proxies. u.s. forces have actually been
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targeted by the iranians in syria. there were strikes against u.s. forces. now, most of the analysis seems to point to the syrians and, well, actually the irans and the syrians wanting to stop the israelis from strikes they have been conducting in syria, by targeting the u.s. so they're trying to get us to put pressure on our israeli allies to stop targeting syria. that's not going to happen, and unfortunately iran's enter into the ukrainian conflict helping russia is also going to complicate matters for the united states and hopefully for iran. >> and lieutenant general, we have this new video showing an iranian ship trying but failing to capture a u.s. navy seabase drone in the persian gulf on monday. according to the u.s. navy, that's of course what they're saying, what do you make of iran's decision to try to get this u.s. drone? >> yeah, i make a couple of things. number one, keep in mind, back
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in 2011, the iranians captured a uav, an rq 170 uav. that uav accidentally flew over the border of afghanistan and ended up in iran. so they've captured that. so they exploit and proliferate our technology. that's why they have been able to get an upper hand on uav technology. also in 2012, they captured a u.s. drone in the persian gulf, so they have been able to catch a few of our drones and exploit that particular technology, and that's what they're trying to do here this week, to capture a particular drone. this is mostly for mapping and exploration of the sea, and it has tremendous capabilities so
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it's a good thing our 5th fleet was able to get back into the hands of u.s. forces. >> lieutenant general twitty, and evelyn farkas, thank you for your time this morning. the controversial legacy of a key leader, the final leader of the soviet union who was in power when he saw the end of the cold war died yesterday at 91. russian report says he died from an unspecified illness. he was of course in power when the ussr's mishandling of the chernobyl disaster in 1986 caused so much death and so many problems. gorbachev did see the end of the soviet union and the evolution away from marxism in that country. after growing up a committed communist during world war ii. of course russia and the soviet
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union involved in proxy wars throughout the world and africa, in central america, causing tens of thousands of deaths. he later won a nobel peace prize for ending the cold war decades later. still ahead, temperatures set to climb into the 100s for days as california braces for a massive heat wave. but first, today is overdose awareness day, and now the white house is making a big push to fight fentanyl. what does that look like? i'll ask a key official leading the response, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." . with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. lily! welcome to our third bark-ery. oh, i can tell business is going through the “woof”.
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one special fbi agent from san diego described it this way, saying, quote, there is no doubt we are in the middle of a fentanyl crisis, at the hands of criminal enterprises transcending our borders into the communities where we live. joining us now is dr. rahul gupta, director of national drug policy under the biden administration. doctor, it is great to seeyou. i thank you for being with us. such an important topic we're discussing. you have been very closely following the rise of fentanyl-related deaths for years now. you said you want to learn from the dead to save the lives of the living. what do you mean by that? >> thanks for having me, jose, and i appreciate the focus on this. it's so important for the american people. one of the things we want to do is understand from social autopsies and other autopsies to understand the challenge that we face from fentanyl, a lethal poison. we know that three out of four
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americans that die of overdose poisonings is because of opioids, especially illicitly manufactured fentanyl. we know we can prevent it. the president has made this an urgent priority of his. he was in pennsylvania yesterday talking about it, and the two big drivers is untreated infrastructure our country faces and drug trafficking and the enormous profits that we have to tackle and address. >> doctor, the biden administration just announced new actions to address overdose and addiction, what's the plan to bring down deaths? >> one of the most important pieces we have to do is build addiction infrastructure, treatment infrastructure, we don't have it. today, less than one out of ten americans is getting the treatment they need, and we know that we can avoid tens of thousands of these overdoses from fentanyl and other opioids if we have enough of the anecdote, which is na loxen
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widely available. we're going to be hearing myself, along with a second gentleman, from families who have lost loved ones. it's important for us to hear directly from families who have so tragically paid the ultimate price because of fentanyl, and we want to learn from it. we want to make sure that as the president has proposed an unprecedented and historic budget from drug control agencies that we match the resources to the challenge and that's exactly what we need congress to act as well, to make sure that localities, communities, states have the resources that need only then can we beat the opioid crisis as the president has called upon the nation to do so. >> and, doctor, as you know very well, this crisis is affecting every single community in every state in our nation. i want to show you this chart. it shows the amount of fentanyl being seized by customs and border patrol. take a look at that jump. since you came into this
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position, you've worked to counter drug cartels that are getting so rich off of this crisis, this crisis that is killing so many americans. what's the plan to stop the flow of drugs from the drug cartels? >> first of all, jose, it's important to understand that every life lost as for me as a physician and a parent is a tragedy, and it hurts me. i have been practicing in rural areas, urban areas, i have never seen, you know, this tragedy get more and more and more worse because of synthetics like fentanyl, what we want to do is make sure that we are addressing the entire commercial disruption, looking at this as a commercial enterprise, driven by profits, not ideology, it's not only a national security threat but a global security threat. so it's important. we believe it's a good thing for two reasons, first of all, tens of thousands of pounds of
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fentanyl is seized because of the brave and heroic work of our men and women in uniform at the custom and border protection, that is not making it to the american community. it is killing americans. secondly, the profit being denied because of these seizures is not going back to cause violence, more crime and corruption in host countries in latin america to cause more destabilization of fragile democracies. we're going to continue and double down on these efforts. the president has made it very clear, we're going after not just the traffickers but the enablers, the financiers, the attorneys, the real estate agents. we're going to make sure we suck up the profits so they do not have operating capital as well as the functioning profits to look at. and that's one of the very important things, but at the same time, create the addiction treatment infrastructure that our nation so desperately needs by making sure we are saving lives. that is our north star, to save lives first. >> yeah, i mean, the corruption
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that those unlimited numbers of cash creates in many countries outside our country, and maybe institutions within our country is something that i'm glad you're focused on. doctor, what would you say to families that are dealing with someone, a loved one that has that addiction, fentanyl, and how do we talk to them? how do we give them help when many times they don't want to be helped? >> well, we know that stigma is a big problem. what i want to say is this, the president feels your tragedy, understands the problem. i understand it more as a director but also a physician. we want to make sure that everybody who needs the help can get help when and where they need it without fear or judgment. it's really important, so do not be afraid. make sure that you're getting the help because every overdose is a cry for help. we want to make sure that anyone who needs the help from
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addiction, from substance use disorder is able to get it without thinking about the stigmatizing aspects of this. we are with you. we're going to work with congress to make sure you're getting the resources but we also want to hear from you, and that's exactly why we're going to be hearing from a number of families today who have lost tragically loved ones and it hurts me every time when i say this that we're losing an american every five minutes around the clock. it doesn't have to be this way. we're committed and recommitting ourselves to make sure that is not the case moving forward. >> and, doctor, i would encourage you all to reach out to the latino communities in our country, many that don't get the help and don't see the opportunities and the hands that are out there to help family members that are going through this problem, and in spanish would be a great way of reaching many of them. dr. rahul gupta, i thank you so
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much for being with us this morning. >> thank you so much. coming up, pakistan is pleading for international aid after historic flooding devastated the country. california is bracing for a long and possibly record-setting heat wave. what to expect, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." g "jose diaz-balart reports. you can do just about anything. thanks, dad. that's right, robert. and it's never too early to learn you could save with america's number one motorcycle insurer. that's right, jamie. but it's not just about savings. it's about the friends we make along the way. you said it, flo. and don't forget to floss before you brush. your gums will thank you. -that's right, dr. gary. -jamie? sorry, i had another thought so i got back in line. what was it? [ sighs ] i can't remember. [♪♪] what was it? for comfortable underwear that also helps provide protection from bladder leaks... try depend silhouette. designed with depend's smoothest fabric, the unique shapewear technology adapts to your body,
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♪ ♪ the tenth pick is in the new all-american club. that's a “club” i want to join! let's hear from simone. chuck, that's a club i want to join! i literally just said that. i like her better than you the new subway series. what's your pick? 46 past the hour. right now, 50 million people in the west coast are under warning of dangerous excessive heat. in southern california, temperatures are expected to smash records, hitting triple digits now through the labor day weekend. death valley, possibly reaching 125 degrees, making it the hottest temperature in september ever registered on earth. joining us now from los angeles, nbc's raf sanchez. raf, good morning, this is
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really serious. >> reporter: jose, good morning, this is really serious. the message from authorities is this is not just hot weather, this is dangerously hot weather. you can probably see the sun is just come up here in l.a. it's warm already but it is going to get a whole lot warmer over the next couple of days. you mentioned we're looking at triple digits all across southern california today, but by tomorrow, it's going to be up to 115 degrees in some residential areas, and that heat is going to continue through the labor day weekend. as you said, death valley could be in the mid-120s by monday. we're going to see a lot of daily records smashed but we may see some all-time records smashed by the time this heat wave is through. it's going to continue until least monday. now, the message here in l.a. county is they really want residents to look out for the most vulnerable. so that is kids, it is the elderly. it is people with chronic conditions, but it is also the
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un-housed. if you go to downtown l.a., jose, you're going to see a lot of people sleeping on the streets, and those streets are going to be absolutely broiling over the next couple of days. authorities have activated a number of cooling centers. these are libraries, they're recreation centers. they're anywhere with air-conditioning where folks can get inside, get cool, drink some water, and just for a couple of hours be out of the heat. the other major concern, jose, is forest fires. this kind of heat produces enormous amounts of dry kindling, that is exactly what forest fires need to spread. september seems to be the peak of the fire season in california, but we have gotten to the point where there are fires all year round. authorities are telling people, if you're going camping over this labor day weekend, be really really aware of what you are doing with your camp fires. you don't want to be the one who starts a major fire here in california. so, jose, this is looking like
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it's going to be a pretty brutal end to what, up until this point, had been a relatively mild summer here on the west coast. jose. >> raf sanchez in los angeles, thank you so much. still ahead, more than a third of pakistan is completely under water. more than a thousand people are dead after historic flooding. we'll dill into the recovery next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." re watchin diaz-balart reports. aleve x. its revolutionary rollerball design delivers fast, powerful, long-lasting pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible.
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53 past the hour. a third of pakistan underwater. after flooding damaged 1 million homes, killing more than 1,000 people including 386 children. one man in pakistan told the associated press that during the floods, a wall collapsed on his family and one of his sons died. >> he says, what can i tell you? i don't have words to describe
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what's going through my heart. with us now is head of the irfc delegation in pakistan. i thank you so much, peter, for being with us. it's just -- when you just think of the numbers, i mean, a third of a country underwater? 33 million people impacted. this is a crisis. how is the situation there right now? >> well, first of all, thank you so much for having me. the situation here in pakistan is very bad. never ever has pakistan seen a flood like this, a disaster like this. pakistan is prone for natural disasters but this is really the epic disaster. this is undescribable, actually. as you said, houses are -- a million houses are either partially damaged or fully damaged. people have lost everything. crops have been lost because 4 million acres of crops have been
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submerged, bridges have been destroyed, roads have been washed away. it is a very, very difficult time for pakistan and pakistanis. >> 4 million acres of crops destroyed. think of the repercussions that's going to have. it seems as though the effected areas are everywhere. how do you reach that when the roads are out, there's no bridges? >> yes. so, yeah, it's very difficult to reach certain areas. now, the international federation of the red cross have -- or have already distributed and prestocked relief items and material in certain districts in our own warehouses. in that respect, the red cross was rather prepared and could distribute straight away items to the people. now, other areas which are
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completely isolated are difficult to reach. the government is using helicopters to -- not only to rescue people, but also to deliver aid. but that is limited, of course. you only have so many helicopters you can use and it is a big country. as you said, one-third of the country is submerged. it is difficult. water is slowly, slowly going down, but it will take months before certain areas are completely dry again and that people can go back to the houses. >> peter, thank you so much for being with us. i thank you and your organization for everything you are doing to help so many when there is so much need. thank you, peter. that wraps up the hour for me. you can always reach me on twitter. thank you for the privilege of your time.
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♪♪ good morning to all of you. i'm alex witt. this morning, more stunning revelations from the justice department in the investigation into those classified documents seized at donald trump's mar-a-lago estate. we got our first look overnight at a new 36-page filing from the justice department responding to trump's request for a special master to review the documents. it includes this photo you're about to see right there, that vividly underscores the crux of the matter. it was taken inside of trump's so-called 45 office and it shows a pile of documents clearly marked secret, top secret, and sci. some of the recovered materials were so sensitive fbi agents and doj attorneys, they needed additional security clearances

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