may wong. her appearance is part of a program that includes other notable women on american quarters. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm "jose diaz-balart reports." you can always reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. alex witt picks up with more news right now. good morning to all of you. i'm alex witt in new york. iran martial law in ukraine. that's coming from vladimir putin in the four regions that he has illegally annexed. it's part of the latest escalation of russia's war in ukraine that includes evacuations in some areas. more strikes across that country today. in the last few hours, our team in kyiv reported loud booms in ukraine's capital and kyiv's

mayor says air defenses have been shooting down russian missiles all over the city. we're going to get an update on all of it for you. meanwhile here at home, the economy and politics are on a collision course. gas prices are up 20 cents in the last month. just 20 days from the midterm elections. in two hours, president biden will put the economy and energy front and center as he is set to announce he's releasing 15 million more barrels from our strategic reserve due to opec cuts and ease the pressure that folks are facing at the pump. new polling out this morning reinforces the politics of this and the warning signs for democrats. the economy remains top of mind for voters. and republicans have the edge on that issue as the electoral advantage is shifting in their direction on the generic ballot. but we're going to start with president biden's focus on the economy and energy prices. let's go right to kelly o'donnell and her post at the white house for us. also with me, we have ben white,

chief economic correspondent for "politico." what can we expect to hear from the president in just a couple hours now and what other calculations the white house is making as the midterms, the holidays and winter and energy costs approach? >> well, this is one of the issues that is a top priority for the president. inflation as a piece of his economic agenda is the thing that advisers and the president say is the top issue he needs to deal with. and so gas prices is very big within that. because consumers, many of whom are voters, know the price they pay at the pump very well. perhaps more than other kinds of products that we buy at the grocery store or other kinds of places where we do business. people know what they spend on gas and they're very sensitive to it. it affects so much of american life. we have seen how prices soared, then they had a steady downturn for a period of time, and much to the president's frustration, disappointed is the word he used when the opec nations led by saudi arabia with big influence

from russia decided to cut their production which would, of course, likely increase prices. the president wanted to respond to that. this is a piece of that. releasing from what is a strategic stockpile, strategic petroleum reserve, 15 million barrels, that's a small amount in the big scheme of things. but it is a part of what the president wants to do to signal to the marketplace that he's taking action, he's also speaking out against any price gouging on gasoline, and they believe that this additional release from a planned release of a total of 180 million barrels, this would carry through the end of the year so that gets us through the election period and into the colder weather months where people will, of course, be thinking about energy and holiday costs and trying to address this. it doesn't provide all the answers, but it's a step the president says he's taking and it is part of the way he is talking about issues as we head into the midterms.

talking about what he can do, there are limitations to what he can do, but trying to show active steps. that's part of what will unfold today. alex? >> kelly, let's move to ben now. ben, one of your colleagues at "politico" reports the white house is intensifying a pressure campaign against the oil industry over rebounding gas prices as it tries to contain the political fallout of rising fuel costs just ahead of the midterms. with the president releasing now 15 million more barrels from the petroleum reserve, when are folks going to feel that impact and at what point is releasing oil no longer an option? >> those are very good questions. and certainly 15 million barrels will make an impact, not a huge one. it's just a fraction of the oil and gas that we use every day. so it's not going to make a major dent. i think the political issue here on gas prices is, as kelly was talking about, the fact that the price is in your face every day on every street corner.

if it goes above $4 a gallon again in a lot of places, that's an important level for people to see that. we've gotten pretty well below $4 and we're inching back up towards it. this will impact an impact on that and that matters. i don't know if it matters enough to reverse the slide we're seeing in the polls for democrats. and it's accurate, as you showed, that there are -- it's improved a lot as gas prices went down and now their fortunes are declining as go back up and the focus is a little bit less on abortion. i think republicans have been successful in reframing it on inflation and gas prices again and it doesn't help the president or democrats that they're headed back north again. and they are doing, as you said, we reported in "politico," arm twisting behind closed doors and publicly criticizing oil and gas companies for record profits. so far, that hasn't done much. they're still trying to make as much money as they can and will charge what they can. but at least rhetorically, biden needs to be out there saying,

look, you don't need to be profiteering on our pain. that's part of the politics of it too. >> he's been really transparent with that. here's something that could make those fortunes go in the right direction, the irs is going to allow americans to shield more of their income from taxes in 2023 because of the higher inflation. however, jp morgan says that it thinks inflation has peaked, moderation will accelerate, but we've got looming recession warnings, even from jp morgan ceo jamie dimon. if inflation is trending down, how does that affect the chances of a recession? >> if it's really trending down and the fed sees, the federal reserve sees evidence of that in the consumer price index, that means fewer interest rate hikes, they can slow down at some point, and we can avoid a fed-induced recession. i don't think they're really seeing that in the data. i haven't seen it in the data.

there's some signs that we've peaked at 9.1% in june and we're down from there, but not a lot. we're still really high. what the fed is worried about is that inflation becoming entrenched in the economy for a long period of time and they'll keep hiking until they break that. i probably agree with jp morgan that we peaked in june. but it hasn't come down fast enough for the fed to stop hiking. they're going to keep doing that, increasing the risks of recession. the real hope, i think is if we do get recession, it's short and shallow and not superpainful. i think there's a case to make for that. >> well, let's hope you are right. thank you very much. also, kelly o'donnell, appreciate you both. and right now candidates are using every second of these 20 days to make their case to voters. a few hours from now in arizona, pro-trump election denier kari lake will get a boost from virginia's republican governor glenn youngkin. while in florida, fireworks last night as republican senator marco rubio faced off against challenger congresswoman val demings.

a former police chief. >> the extremist on abortion in this campaign is congresswoman demings. she supports no restrictions, no limitations of any kind. >> i don't think it's okay for a 10-year-old girl to be rapeed and have to carry the seed of her rapist. i don't think it's okay for you to make decisions for women and girls. as a senator, i think those decisions are made between the woman, her family, her doctor and her faith. >> that's a hard one to come back from, senator rubio. joining me right now, shaquille brewster in florida following the aftermath of last night's senate debate. we have vaughn hillyard in arizona and former rnc communications director. shaq, to you first, how are the candidates looking to build momentum? there's 20 days left until election day.

>> right, alex. you're getting a sense of the urgency that campaigns feel. they're back out on the campaign trail today. marco rubio having an event in the miami area later this evening. val demings is having an event and accepting the endorsement for the social security group later this afternoon. both of them are trying to ride some momentum from the fire work that is you saw last night on the debate stage. you saw a little bit of it right there. there were the insults and interpretations, but they painted a contrast for floridians. you saw the exchange on abortion. you saw intense exchanges on the issue of guns. val demings going after rubio for reserving some of his positions, his previous support for raising the age to buy an assault weapon to 21. val demings getting emotional during one of those exchanges as she attacked him for that and rubio painted himself as a seasoned legislator. someone who has been able to

pass bipartisan legislation throughout his career. i want you to listen to a little bit of what we heard from val demings on "morning joe" just this morning. >> when our leaders like marco rubio take center stage and think it's okay to have alternative facts, think it's okay to just lie, cheat, to try to steal elections, it's okay to ignore the evidence, the problem is that we have leaders now who think that it is okay and we have to, we must call them out. >> reporter: we know the reality when you look at the average of polls, when you look at the history that democrats have in the state of florida that is becoming increasingly conservative, we know that representative demings has an uphill battle in this race. it has been closer than many people suspected. she's been outraising marco rubio, but republicans are saying they feel good about

where they stand even after that contentious debate last night. >> hearing that phrase, alternative facts, thank you, kelly o'donnell, for that. doug, the cook political report moved the florida senate race in the republicans direction. we're seeing in that polling that economic issues, they're top of mind and republicans seem to be gaining an edge. does the debate do much to help val demings or is the climate nationally and especially in florida, is it too high a hill to climb. >> it looks like it's too high of a hill for her to climb. val demings is one of the best candidates that the democrats could have recruited. but she's running in the wrong state. florida is very difficult for democrats and has been now for a few cycles. what we're seeing is the map is expanding for republicans and it's contracting for democrats. you mentioned arizona earlier. we just saw this morning that in

the congressional race for an incumbent republican, a seat that joe biden won, democrats have a lot of hope on that. they're pulling their funding in part because of the issues you highlighted which are the economy, inflation, crime, certainly. >> so you mentioned arizona. we know that glenn youngkin, doug, was sold of more of a moderate voice during his 2021 race, but we are seeing him embrace kari lake who has been getting an assist from a number of other high-profile republican party members. what does this pairing say to you about the party's future and what do democrats need to learn from their ascent? >> i think the youngkin people would tell you he's not a moderate, he's a conservative. he drew big crowds in oregon last night. he's not going to be talk about election denialism nor should he. i think it's very dangerous. it's why democrats have been

promoting republicans like a kari lake, dan cox in maryland. if you're youngkin, you're going to focus on the issues that you ran on. it's economy, crime. in oregon last night, if you go to portland, there are a lot of places you don't want to go so. i spent a lot of time in portland. and i question whether or not i'm going to go back you have aggressive crime, people are worried about that in oregon which is why this race is in play and they're certainly worried about it throughout the country as el. >> let's face it, he did not embrace donald trump during his campaign and that probably is what made him win a pretty tight race. vaughn, i want to welcome you here from arizona. what's the mood there? >> reporter: glenn youngkin was able to figure out how to build a big-tent colation in virginia.

and when you look at kari lake, i asked her last night after an event why she was choosing to campaign with glenn youngkin, an individual who did keep an arm's distance from donald trump throughout his candidacy last year. she said that she was thrilled to have a fighter here by her side. there's an acknowledgement after accounts won the two u.s. senate seats in the last few cycles here that she has to appeal to not only the mccain era conservatives, but a broader swath of arizona independents and that's why you saw her on stage last night with tul see gabbard. she was on the stage and shared it with gabbard. i want you to hear a little bit from her last night. >> i feel like a rock star up here, tulsi.

>> you are a rock star, kari. >> if martin luther king were alive today, if jfk were alive today, if our founding fathers were alive today, they would be america first republicans. i really believe that. >> polling is still close in this governor's race here, alex. and that is where you see kari lake trying to broaden her appeal, focus on issues here and is hoping to turn to that strategy that glenn youngkin was able to use so successfully in virginia just last year. >> okay. i want to thank all three of you, shaquille brewster, vaughn hillyard, doug high, appreciate you all. coming up, escalation in ukraine. vladimir putin declared he'll declare martial law in ukraine. what it means for the grinding fight. plus the deposition has started, the official subpoena from the january 6th committee, that could go out to donald trump today. but what he's already testifying in is another deposition. that is according to the woman

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regions that russia recent annexed illegally. meanwhile, evacuations are under way in kherson at the south. that's at the urging of the russian-installed governor. russia's top military commander in ukraine warned of an impending ukrainian counteroffensive to retake the region. the head of ukrainian president zelenskyy's office pushed back calling it fake news and a propaganda show. let's go to cal perry. he's going us live in kyiv. i'm joined by a former adviser to president volodymyr zelenskyy. cal, i understand that you reported hearing more cloud explosions in and around kyiv this morning. what has happened since then? >> reporter: it's a combination of rockets and drones. russians are sending these in wave trying to overwhelm air defense. yesterday it was drones, today it was a combination of both. eight rockets fired, six were

shot down by air defense and ten drones all of which were shot down. the russians continue to try to send these drones, bombs into the city. sometimes they hit infrastructure targets. sometimes they miss and hit residential buildings. like the one you see on your screen. the death toll continues to rise. just in the past 24 hours, there have been 10 people at least killed and the numbers of what we're hearing from the ukrainian number on the number of drones being sent in is stunning. more than 230 drones have been shot down in the past month. it gives you an indication of, again, these waves of which we are seeing these attacks. >> just the stats from this morning, 100% success shooting down the drones. 75% success shooting down the missiles. igor, help us makes heads or tails of what's happening in kherson. overnight we heard from the top russian military commander

appearing to make a rare admission of difficulties. but now they're calling this propaganda. help us understand what's really going on. >> well, in my humble opinion, i think putin is setting up the main theater war in southern ukraine, in kherson. martial law, putin himself, he claims it as a formality. but i think he's got three main objectives, first of all, it's basically a prelude to genocide. it's a filtration event. he wants to forcibly enlist ukrainian men in the territories to fight ukraine, to force them to do that. he needs to get rid of the population that is not pro-russian. and, you know, martial law helps with that a lot. i think he's also setting up, you know, the theatric in the run-up to the g-20. that's important to understand. in the beginning of november, you're going to have two major events. you're going to have midterms in the u.s. and g-20.

putin is desperate to freeze this war. you're going to see lots of atrocities. >> general, a couple of points that igor makes there. the g-20 meeting when you will have president biden and president putin in the same, that's going to be a drama showdown to watch. do you think genocide is what vladimir putin is doing? >> i'm not trying to use the word genocide inasmuch there is no bounds to putin's behavior. and this declaration of martial law, the purpose behind it in a major way advance the interest of the russian army to forcibly enlist ukrainian or russian-speaking people in the annexed regions. he also declared certain vague,

unspecified emergency measures inside russia. so, look, putin has a major problem. the wheels have come off his army. it's hard to understand how he can fix it. logistically, it's a mess. they're a manufacturer of advanced systems is coming apart. they're pressing people into the russian armed forces, ill-trained, ill-equipped. he's running out of options. so i think primarily putin now is worried he may lose kherson in the south and with it potentially as many as 15,000 russian troops. it's a disaster for the russians. he doesn't know how to back out of it. he's got increasing amounts of domestic opposition to this stupid criminal war. we're going to see some major crises develop where the poor ukrainian people are now being targeted. not the ukrainian military, but

the ukrainian people, with heat, power, light. it's going to be an ugly mess this winter. >> yeah, what about you, igor, with regard to the u.n. security council which is expected to hold a closed-door meeting today regarding the kamikaze drones. what international response do you want to see when it comes to iran's role here? >> in terms of response, i prefer the words practical. other institutions just do the talking. the u.n. security council is great, but it's not going to make any difference. on the other hand, air defense systems are making a lot of defense. that's primarily the response i want to see. in terms of iranian drones, europe should be worried because, you know, they are marked, you know, with russian military marks and they can -- they openly fly into ukraine. but if one is unmarked and flies into nato territory, that would

be quite a challenge to deal with. and last but not least, i used the word genocide there intentionally. the right referendum in occupied territories would be, why doesn't he distribute automatic weapons to the citizens. that would be the truest and fastest referendum ever. but he's not doing it. he's doing the opposite. he wants to enlist the people, get rid of all the anti-russian population, get the territories, not the population. that's the objective. >> interesting assessment there. let me ask you about the ukrainian air force. you heard the claims of having shot down more than 200 of those drones. can you talk about the military capabilities, what all is needed to take down the weapons, especially, look at the rate by which they seem to be used right now. >> well, it's -- ukrainian air defense has been just unbelievable.

they put it together on the fly in sort of a makeshift combination of western european technology and domestic s-300 antiaircraft systems. it is unbelievable to me that russia, which started the war with five times the air power of ukraine, has never gained air dominance over ukraine. fundamental failure of the russian armed forces. now they're primarily battering civilian targets by firing missiles from inside belarus in the north, from inside the russian federation, and from out at sea in the black sea from russian naval forces. so what we need to do is not just advance technology for air defense to ukraine, but also to give them the missile with a 300-mile strike range so the ukrainians can go after these deeper targets, ammunition

depots and command and control facilities. it is ultimate hypocrisy for ukraine to suffer savage air assault but for us to claim, well, russia and the crimea are off limits in some way. we need to give ukrainians advance strike capability and precision munitions. >> thank you for your assessment both of you. appreciate that. coming up, former president donald trump is sitting for a deposition today in the deposition case from author eg carol. will he testify before the january 6th committee too? growing concerns for the iranian rock climber who competed without her country's mandatory head scarf. the dangers she could face back home. the dangers she could face back home l you do? ♪ what will you change? ♪ will you make something better? ♪ will you create something entirely new?

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she claims he damaged her reputation when she said she was totally lying and was not his, quote, type. the "new york times" reports the deposition will happen at trump's mar-a-lago estate. we presume that's where it's under way right now. let's go to gabe gutierrez who is joining us with more on all of this. what more do we know about this, gabe? can you confirm it is indeed happening at mar-a-lago? >> reporter: well, hey, there, alex, good morning. lawyers for both parties in this case have been tight-lipped. these are the offices of the attorney for e. jean carroll which, as you mentioned, carroll just tweeted a short time ago that the deposition is under way. we have not been able to confirm that with the attorneys in this case. but as you said, the "new york times" is reporting that it was planned to take place at mar-a-lago. now, alex, this case has been in legal limbo for the better part of three years. that's when former president trump denied the allegations -- e. jean carroll's allegations

that trump threw her up against a dressing room wall at a department store here in manhattan and forced himself upon her. trump said she was lying, repeatedly denied the allegations and as you said, he added, she's not my type. this has been in limbo for quite some time. last week, alex, a judge ruled that discovery had to move forward. trump's legal team had been trying to argue that since he issued those denials while he was president, that he was doing so in his capacity as a government employee and if the federal government were added to this lawsuit, that potentially could have gotten the case thrown out because of protections offered to government employees. the judge said no dice. this had to move forward because of, quote, the advanced of the participants in the lawsuit. carroll is 77. mr. trump is 76. again, alex, we're still working to confirm more information, but

e. jean carroll tweeting that this deposition is under way. >> okay. thank you for that. turning to the other big legal challenges for the former president, the january 6th committee subpoena for former president trump is still looming after the committee's unanimous vote last week. here's what the committee's vice chair told reporters last night. >> we'll be issuing the subpoena shortly. we'll take whatever next steps we have to take, you know, assuming that he will fulfill his legal obligation and honor the subpoena. but if that doesn't happen, then we'll take the steps we need to take after that. but i don't want to go too far down that path. >> meanwhile, in the doj's investigation, the special master reviewing classified documents seized by the fbi from mar-a-lago is expressing skepticism over the former president's claim of executive privilege saying over a conference call, quote, it's a little perplexing as i go through the log, what's the

expression, where's the beef? i need some beef. that's according to the "new york times." let's bring in nbc's capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and congressional reporter for the "new york times." as vice chair liz cheney says that trump's subpoena is going to be issued shortly, what do we know about the timing? >> reporter: it could really come any moment now, alex. my sources said they have been working out the details of this subpoena since certainly they initially said they were going to send it last week. really, it is at any moment now, they could issue that official subpoena kicking off a high-stakes legal game of will he or won't he. you heard liz cheney there dodge the question of what would happen if trump didn't comply with the subpoena. but, look, from the moment that they actually moved forward on this, what my sources told me is that it was important for the committee to just put it on the record, that they were willing to subpoena the former president after multiple hearings with trump at the center of it.

for the committee, this is -- for them, the natural culmination of all the hearings they did over the course of the summer. but it's interesting then when you start to look into the polling on this, on whether trump should testify, and also just the broader range of how people feel about january 6th, i'll pull up forever you, for example, polling we got in from monmouth that says 60% of americans polled say, yes, trump should testify. if you dig into that 34% there, that includes 67% of republicans who say trump should not have to testify before the january 6th committee. you can dig deeper here in terms of how people are interpreting trump's involvement. 36% of people polled said that trump is directly responsible for january 6th. 40% say he should be criminally charged, again, that 60% number that he should testify, and then overwhelming majority of respondents saying, if testifying, it should be done in public. something that many people would want to see. but not the way that the

committee has done most of their depositions in the past. but i think the other thing that really underscored for me the committee's work in this monmouth poll is the fact that opinions seem, alex, pretty baked in at this point. the committee's work isn't necessarily changing anybody's minds. >> okay, well, then, i'm going to take that stat about the republicans who think he should not testify and just also say that does mean if it's 67%, one-third do think he should testify. so that is a note there. luke, i'm going to turn to your reporting on the special master. you report that he isn't buying trump's claims of privilege to deep the documents from the doj. what more do we know about where things stand on that? >> the special master expressed skepticism yesterday about the arguments coming forth from the trump lawyers. i think from the very beginning of this case, many people in the legal community didn't really buy some of the arguments that the trump legal team was putting forward. but they found success, the

judge in florida, and now are taking it up the ranks. this is all part of an effort to try to delay the justice department as much as possible and it's a pattern that the trump administration and donald trump himself have used again and again to try to hold off inquiries and investigations into donald trump. so, you know, we'll wait and see what happens here, but the trump goal will be delay and the justice department is going to try to move forward and get as much access to these documents as quickly as possible. >> listen, i know you don't want to be flip about it, but delay tactics from donald trump, what else is knew? i'll do it for you. thank you so much. an update on the missouri elementary school where officials have radioactive waste on that campus ground there. what is next for the students there. plus, would a jury order kanye west to pay damages to george floyd's family after he

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from publicly commenting about george floyd's death. on a podcast released over the weekend, west questioned the cause of floyd's death suggesting it was due to fentanyl use and not murder. last year, of course, a jury convicted former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin of killing floyd by kneeling on his neck for 9 1/2 minutes. jake ward has the latest on this. i'm charged by a former prosecutor, civil rights attorney and legal analyst. jake, this could be a tough lawsuit for the family to win. what are you learning about why they're going for it anyway? >> well, alex, it seems that it is not just the name kanye west that is all over this, it's also the name alex jones. when i spoke to the lawyer for george floyd's brother, he told me that one of the main reasons that they think it could be possible to go forward with this is because of the extraordinary verdict we saw against alex jones who is looking to pay something like a billion dollars

in damages to sandy hook victims and it has to do with how difficult it's been to get something like an emotional distress case over the legal bar and, of course, under u.s. law you cannot defame the dead. but the idea here, because we saw alex jones punished for publicly stating something that he knew or at least said in court he knew to be false and that he made money doing so, that may be what has inspired the family here. we saw in the statement that came out yesterday, not only is kanye west's name all over it, but the mention of his making money, attracting attention to his brand, making a profit off of these statements. for me who watches technology companies, social media companies, the attention economy in general, a lot of experts that i speak to are interested to see if this could be the first of many cases that take what we used to think as an open first amendment issue and turns it into something to make money

may face the music in court. >> how song of an argument might it make for the floyd family against kanye west, ye? >> i do think that the alex jones factor is at play in this incident. however i don't necessarily see the two cases being incredibly analogous. in the alex jones situation, what you had alex jones repeatedly making allegations over the course of several months, if not a year altogether, and the impact that was felt by the victims and their families was that they were bullied, was that people threatened them. they ultimately felt unsafe where there were. i don't know that based off of this comment that kanye west made on a podcast over the weekend that the damages will be alleged by george floyd's estate lies -- >> hang on, charles. let me read part of the letter that was filed by the attorneys that announced this lawsuit. here's the quote. the interest of the child are

priority. george floyd's daughter is being re-traumatized by kanye west's comments and he's creating an unsafe and unhealthy environment for her. but if you look at the massive following that west has on social media, couldn't his comments be literally putting floyd's family in harm's way? >> certainly that argument can be made and it is a plausible one that i think would be viable in many courts. i think ultimately, however, the notion of a whopping judgment like we saw in alex jones' case and the george floyd family asking for a nine-figure judgment in this case, that sort of thing won't be seen until the actual effects of this play out. it's seeing whether the millions of followers that kanye west has will engage the same way that alex jones' followers did and that's where the emotional distress damages will or will not come. certainly the argument can be made that he's primed the ground for this to happen because of

his influence and his platform. but in terms of the actual emotional distress and what can be calculated right now, we simply won't know. >> there's been, though, a pretty significant drip, drip, drip stream of inflammatory comments that kanye west has made in recent weeks. he made an anti-semitic comment that many interpreted as being violent. can any of these factor into the legal argument in the floyd case against him? >> that's hard to say. there's a notion that he might be using that -- or his defense team, rather, to show that he has a propensity for outlandish statements which can't be taken serious. he has a documented history around mental health and illness there. in some ways, the things that you mentioned may be something that come up to say, listen, this is not something that can be taken in context as if it were true or meaningful or this was someone who was speaking in their right mind.

i don't know how viable a defense that would be, but i can see his attorneys trying to utilize that to shield him from this latest incredible statement that he's made regarding the george floyd family and the george floyd death. >> jake ward and charles coleman, thank you so much. an elementary school in st. louis will close after a report found radioactive waste on that school's grounds. the school, jana elementary school, is located near a creek which was contaminated by nuclear waste during world war ii. the school board made the announcement on tuesday. students will switch to virtual learning and will be redistricted to other schools after the thanksgiving break. they got to clean that up. the iranian rock climber who got international attention for competing without wearing a head scarf is back in iran this morning. will she be safe there? e safe te t keep up. turns out it's mostly water. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone.

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and declared a state of emergency to handle the influx of migrants that are crowding the city's shelter system. this latest shelter puts new york at the center of the immigration debate as governors from red states continue to send migrants to blue states and cities. a competitive climber is back in iran this morning. international concern for her safety grows after she competed without her country's mandatory head scarf. in an interview, she says it was unintentional and she forgot to put on the hijab when she was called to compete. the circumstances around that interview are not known. this comes amid growing unrest in the country following the death of a young woman in a hospital after being arrested by the morality police over dress code violations. matt bradley is joining me with more. do we know more about the safety of the climber now that she's back in iran? will this international

attention keep her safe? >> reporter: that's the big question. that's what everybody wants to know. will she meet the same fate that the other woman faced, the woman whose death, this 22-year-old woman, her death sparked massive protests, unprecedented really in recent iranian memory. we see these protests time and time again in iran. but these are threatening to topple the regime and those propping it up. she might not meet the same fate. she's a high profile international figure. she has a lot of eyes on her. she was already greeted at the airport by dozens of people who chanted her name and called her a heroin. after she was met at dawn, running from south korea, then we saw some pictures that were passed out by the government of her meeting with the sports minister of iran. it looks as though the iranians

do not want to turn this incident into another like the death last month that sparked the protests that have killed more than 200 people in iran, including dozens of children. those protests have threatened to topple the regime. it seems as though the iranian regime, having satisfied themselves with her explanation this was inadvertent, she forgot to wear her hijab, that maybe they will leave her alone and keep her from becoming yet another symbol of resistance against the iranian regime. >> let's hope so. she's a winner as an athlete. there are a lot of brave women and young people out there taking to the streets and defying cultural norms, that's for sure. thank you so much for that, matt bradley. appreciate you. that's going to do it for me. i will be back tomorrow. "andrea mitchell reports" coming your way next. ts" coming your way next. what will you do?

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden trying to boost democrats with proposals to bring down gas prices and protect abortion rights. is it too little too late? former president trump being questioned under oath in a rape deposition from the 1990s, a defamation case. waiting for a subpoena from the january 6th committee. we are live in kyiv after it is hit again by russian strikes. vladimir putin declares