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good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern. colorado springs is in mourning after investigators search for answers in a mass shooting at an lgbtq nightclub that left five people dead and 25 injured. coming up, what we are learning about the victims and the latest on the investigation. this morning, jack smith begins his first full week as the newly appointed special counsel overseeing investigations into former president donald trump. we will break down what we know about the new special counsel and what it could mean for trump's presidential ambitions. plus, 55 million people are expected to travel 50 miles this week for thanksgiving. we'll give you a preview of what
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you might face on the roads and in the airports. and in just four hours, team usa will kick off its first game in this year of world cup against wales. we'll bring you a live report from doha. we begin this very busy morning with our top story, the investigation into that mass shooting at a crowded lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs. five people were killed. at least 25 others injured. we are expecting an update from authorities this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. eastern, noon local time. we are learning new details about what happened. how survivors describe what they saw. >> i heard a total of three rounds of shot. the assailant getting beat up by people inside the club.
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i'm not sure if they were workers or customers. we saw bodies. it was horrible. >> police say the shooter was heavily armed. at least two heroic people inside the nightclub confronted the suspect and were able to tackle him and stop him from hammers others. >> the motive is still under investigation. it has all the trappings of a hate crime. but we need to look at social media. we need to look at all other kinds of information we're gathering from people that knew the individual before we make any definitive conclusions about a motivation. it certainly, as i say, has the trappings of a hate crime. >> joining us with the very
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latest is priscilla thompson live from colorado springs. priscilla, good morning. what's the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: jose, good morning. investigators are still combing the crime scene here, working to make sense of what happened. they're obtaining search warrants for the suspect's home, looking through social media, and really trying to drill down on what the motive is here and whether or not there is information that suggests this was an attack targeting the lgbtq plus community. what we are continuing to learn is the timeline which is pretty remarkable. police say this 22-year-old suspect walked in with a long rifle and several magazines and just began shooting. but within one minute the two people inside the club, as you mentioned, were able to tackle and sub due this shooter. within minutes after that, police were there. they were able to apprehend the
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suspect and get paramedics and first responders in there to start triaging the victims and getting them to hospitals. so all of this unfolding in the span of five minutes. the shooter was able to kill five people and injure 25 people here. now, the gunman is in custody. he was hospitalized as a result of some of his injuries. but we're told that he has not spoken to police at this time. as you mentioned, police are going to be giving a press conference later today where we are hoping to learn updates specifically as it relates to the suspect's past. we know that there was someone a year ago by the same name and with the same date of birth who was arrested for a bomb threat. it led to a standoff in the neighborhood. it's unclear if charges were ever pressed in that district or if the case was ever prosecuted. officials have not been able to say whether the suspect is the same person that made the threat a year ago because of some of
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the laws in colorado around how cases where sealed. one thing the mayor said on the "today" show earlier, we may see some court filings looking to get more information out so officials can talk a little bit more freely about any possible criminal past that this suspect may have, which is going to be incredibly important as we work to look for answers to questions about how he obtained this gun and whether he was allowed to carry the weapon legally. jose. >> priscilla, what more can you tell us about how the community is doing? >> reporter: yeah. this community here is incredibly devastated and still trying to make sense of all of this. you see the growing memorial just behind me which has ballooned the past 24 hours. we are now learning the name of at least one of these victims. daniel aston, bartender here, his mom confirmed he was among those five victims, saying he loved apple 80s hair, fun ki
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wigs and clothes. and this is an absolute nightmare for his family. that is the sentiment i'm hearing echoed by people coming to this memorial to pay their respects. can't imagine this happened in a place intended to be a safe space for people in the lbgtq community. i talked to sophie. and i want to play a bit of our conversation on how they were feeling about all of this. take a listen. >> this is not an easy day. this is a lot to just wake up to as a transgender person living in colorado springs. this is a hardesty to live in already. so waking up to something this in your face is just a reminder of the hate that we live with in this city every day and the love that we need to fight it with. we can't fight hate with hate. so we try to bring a little bit of love here today. >> reporter: and so folks here struggling to cope but still wanting to know the answer to
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that question of why. jose. >> priscilla thompson in colorado springs. thank you. also with us is msnbc law enforcement analyst, former police chief of seattle, carmen best. thank you for being here with us. what are the questions law enforcement has this morning as they continue this investigation? >> reporter: good morning, jose. thank you for having me on another tragic, sad mass shooting. over 600. law enforcement this morning is going to be looking at all the things to determine they have a person in custody. they want to make sure there were no phreusz, no one also involved in this tragic mass shooting. they want to see whether or not the person had any affiliation with groups that are known for hate. because this has all of the, as the mayor said, trappings of a hate crime. obviously, they will want to be able to verify that if that is in fact, the case, coming on the
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heels of transgender recognition. so they'll be looking at all those details. they will be looking at the guns, working with federal partners to do crime gun tracing to see where the guns were obtained, if they were purchased, if they were legally purchased. again, if there was in fact, a previous encounter, they will be looking to see if, you know, why red flag laws weren't in place or what may have happened there. so a lot to determine at this point to figure out what was the motive and why this tragic and horrible shooting occurred. >> you know, lgbtq people are grappling with more and more threats. they are being targeted more frequently. how can law enforcement fight these kinds of threats more efficiently? although it seems as though in this case police were there, you know, within a minute after getting the call. >> well, part of the problem is that the assailant had a long
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rifle and performs able to, in less than a minute, fire multiple rounds. so we need to have some common sense, you know, gun responsibility out here for everyone to make sure that, you know, these types of weapons aren't getting into the hands of the wrong people. a lot more around that legislatively will be helpful to law enforcement. and obviously people, family, friends, relatives, associates, when they see signs of this type of behavior, whether it's on social media or other places, they need to report it right away. >> carmen best, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. for more on this, we are joined by colorado springs city council woman nancy. the state of colorado sadly experienced so many mass shootings. columbine, the grocery store in
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boulder. how is your community doing in the wake of this tragedy? >> we heard from sophie who spoke. there is devastation, anger, fear, and sadness. and i would say that the last 48 hours has actually shown that we are much greater than hate. our love is much greater than the hate in our community. the outpouring of love, the flowers you see on the screen right now, the services at churches, synagogues, in public spaces where some folks don't feel comfortable in churches. the outpouring has been great. our love is so much greater than our hate. >> what did this club mean to the lbgtq plus community there in colorado springs? >> you know, auto its a safe place. it's been a safe place for people who are lgbtq to be in family, to be in community. as has been true for decades in this community. and this was a safe place for
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them. it is terribly unfortunate that this has happened here. and i believe that family and that community will rise again. just a i week ago we had here at rocky mountain film festival, 35 years, we had a documentary, a 2022 documentary, that was showing the life and the advocacy of art and pep. arthur and pepe in chicago who started sidetrack gay bar. they were here in our community being celebrated for the life and work of their life with the gay bar in chicago and we would like to have them come back and help us with this healing. further more, i need to let you know that the pulse nightclub in orlando has graciously, and the city of orlando, has graciously offered the section 93 of the c
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2c rainbow flag hang anything orlando. it's going to be coming to colorado springs and happening on our city hall this week. >> we will be covering that. i thank you, nancy, for being with us this morning. really appreciate your time. >> thanks. turning now to a tragedy overseas. early this morning, an earthquake hit the southeast asian country of indonesia. 5.6 magnitude quake struck west java killing 62 and injuring hundreds of others. the numbers continue to climb. it damaged structures and triggered landslides. that area is no stranger to tremors. western sumatra was struck a a 6.2 earthquake that killed more than 100 people in february. aaa is projecting it will be the busiest travel week since they started tracking 20 years ago. we'll take a look at what
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announced friday jack smith would oversea the probes seized from mar-a-lago estate and efforts to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. he most ream prosecuted war crime cases in the netherlands. he worked in u. s. attorneys' offices in new york and tennessee and served as head of the justice department's public intelligent unit. with us to take a closer look is intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. a former federal prosecutor in florida, and david jolly, now an msnbc political analyst. ken, jack smith has quite the resume. what does his deployment mean for the investigations? >> good morning, jose. he sure does. first and foremost, the appointment of special counsel means for this investigation is criminal charges against former president donald trump are under consideration in both of these cases, which was not a sure thing until now. but you wouldn't need a special
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counsel if that wasn't true. in terms of jack smith, it means these investigations are overseen by a career prosecutor who has brought public corruption cases against politicians, some that failed, others that succeeded. he investigated john edwards on campaign finance charges. he was acquitted. and that was -- that resulted in a change of law at the supreme court. he hasn't always been successful. he has a reputation as a tenacious, no-nonsense prosecutor. andrew weissman, who knows him, tweet thad weissman is a golden retriever puppy compared to jack smith. weissman is known as not a pleasant person to be on the other side of the table in a criminal case. jose. >> david, what do you make of
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this move as special prosecutor? >> while it's ultimately up to the grand jury investigating this matter, we're going to see an indictment or indictments presented to this grand injury based on both the investigation into what happened on january 6th, as well as the documents that were seized down in mar-a-lago. he didn't come back to take the special appointment and to look through the matters that have been gathered to not file charges. i think we realistically can expect an indictment. >> an indictment against former president trump? >> absolutely. certainly those people around him. the key is going to be proving intent on his part, back in the january 6th investigation as well as the seizure of the documents from mar-a-lago. there is a wealth of evidence on both of those investigations. they've been using this grand jury to collect evidence and there are a number of charges that could be filed in both investigations. while he is a candidate, he is no longer a sitting president.
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i expect an indictment will be presented. >> ken, what are the similarities and the differences between this special counsel probe and special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation? >> it's a huge difference, actually, jose. robert mueller inherited a trump russia investigation in its nascent stages, more of a counterintelligence. he hired his own people. in this case smith is inheriting two investigations that are very far along the tracks, particularly the mar-a-lago case. some people believe the doj was already building a trial team, moving in prosecutors with trial experience. really all that's left is a decision whether to charge for not to charge. the january 6th investigation is more complex, could take longer. it's really a much different situation than mueller in the sense that he is likely to call upon the resources. . evidence has been gathered by the fbi and by the grand juries and his role is more of a
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decision maker on charges rather than an investigator in chief. >> and david weinstein, to echo what you just said, the washington most columnist put it over the weekend this way. logic suggests that the arrival of a hard-charging prosecutor is an ominous sign for trump. smith didn't leave his job as a war prosecutor. >> i think he should be very concerned. look, the fact of the matter is because of the elections that took place just a few weeks ago, the department of justice slowed things down a little bit. that didn't mean they weren't still looking at the evidence, gathering it. there are proceedings that are taking place in the district court, the 11th circuit, down here in florida as to the evidence that has been gathered. but it was slowed down because of the pending election. now that's past them. i think they're in that stage of an investigation where you have what you have gathered, you're
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going to present it to the grand jury, and the grand jury will consider the charges. shortly thereafter, an indictment is going to be returned. and the target of the investigation is going to be named in that indictment and arrested. >> and arrested. >> certainly make an appearance in federal district court in this case in watch. that's where this is culminating. i know they gathered evidence down here in florida. he could make an appearance in south florida for his initial appearance. ultimately, he's going to have to appear in the district where the charges are filed. and he will have to appear in court. most defendants, including people i have represented and prosecuted, you don't get to walk in when you want to walk in. they usually walk in at o dark thirty and arrest you and take you in front of the magistrate. i suspect arrangements will be made so he can walk in the front door. but if there is an indictment returned and he is charged, he will have to have an initial appearance in front of a judge.
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>> how could this impact him politically? what we are just hearing now, it's not complete but a very strong possibility. how would this affect the former president? >> yeah. so much to unpack, jose. politically, it may actually help donald trump in the short run. consider donald trump and supporters will not actually represent it as legitimate. that's the political ends. and i will leave it to lawyers smarter than myself. you can expect of matters of procedure and we will take those to the supreme court. even if you were to be dilated tomorrow, you are looking 189 months, two years before this could all be finally settled. what does that mean for donald
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trump? not much, actually. this narrative plays into his entire narrative all along, that the deep state is out to get them. then that means they are out to get you, the voter. and that is donald trump's key strength. >> do you think that would mitigate some of the folks that are thinking of throwing their hat into the ring and the republican primary process? >> no. look, i think the likes of desantis, pence and others are taking a bet that they think donald trump will be compromised that he can't seek the nomination. the bigger issue for ron desantis and mike pence and others, what are they offering that's different? other than not being indicted and impeached, the politics are the same as the last six years. those have been rejected by the country. i'm not sure who is stepping forward in the republican primary to say, hey, i actually want to pivot the party in a completely different direction.
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those candidates aren't out there right now. thank you so much for being with us this morning. next hour, president biden will spare the lives of two very lucky turkeys. the birds set to receive the presidential turkey pardon are named chocolate and chip according to the national turkey federation. they have eaten very well. they were raised on a farm in north carolina. they're expected to be taken back to that state where they will live out the remainder of their days without apparently the fear of thanksgiving coming up. coming up, what to expect and how to prepare for a holiday travel week experts say will exceed prepandemic levels. and the murder mystery that rattled an idaho college town. t rattled an idaho college town.
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heading to grandmother's house or wherever they're going for the holiday. sam, you're indoors. it is raining monsoon miami time. how are things at the airport now? >> reporter: yeah. it hasn't stopped raining all day. of course that's just miami, jose, as you know very well. >> right. >> reporter: as we look at flight cancellations and delays. 800 at the moment. that is typical in terms of trying to fly. what's happened since the memorial meltdown is that airlines right now, jose, are a lot more streamlined. they are taking fewer flights. they have more pilots. it's made a big difference. july 4th, labor day, those have both been smooth. what is going to happen on thanksgiving? that is the big question at the moment. in terms of the highest volume and busiest times to fly, tuesday and wednesday. and the sunday after thanksgiving. don't check your bags if you don't have to.
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if you do get canceled or delayed and you need to switch flights, it's a lot harder if your bags are already checked. also driving. 49 million americans will be driving at least 50 miles or more to get to their destination to see loved ones. in terms of the higher congestion periods, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on wednesday. thanksgiving, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. if there is a silver lining, it's the gas prices. the average, according to aaa, is $3.66 compared to a week ago at $3.77, compared to a month ago, closer to the range of $3.82. a year ago, $3.41. still more expensive than a year ago but a bargain compared to recent months. people are buckling up, trying to see their loved ones and trying to make sure it's as smooth as possible. fingers crossed. back to you. >> that's right. we're all fingers crossed. turning now to the serious murders of four university of idaho students, a memorial service will be held today for
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ethan chapin, one of the victims. police are still searching for a suspect and weapon a week after the killings. but they are releasing new details, including that the students were likely killed in their sleep and confirm the 911 call was made from the phone of a surviving roommates. police have cleared the roommates as potential suspects. joining us from idaho is gadi schwartz. this is so odd, so mysterious. what do we know at this hour? >> reporter: that's right, jose. police are looking for the suspect, but they don't know who the suspect is. they don't have a suspect motive or murder weapon. so many unanswered questions. so far in the last week, 640 tips have come in. so far police have interviewed 90 people. they have 22 fbi agents assisting in the fbi investigation. here on the ground, an additional 20 helping out as
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well. you were just talking about that 911 tape. so many questions about that 911 call, who made the call. let me just paint the picture as we understand it from police. we understand the two survivors roommates were found on the first floor here. the victims found on the second and third floor. at some point on sunday, a little before noon, the two surviving roommates potentially woke up and, from what we understand, may have called some friends over because for some reason they thought one of their roommates or the roommates upstairs were unresponsive. we don't know what happened inside that home. we don't know if they saw something, came back down. but we do know they called other people because they thought something was wrong. the other people, it's unclear how many people came over. those are the ones that called 911 and reported an unconscious person. who police arrived, they found the four victims upstairs stabbed to death. the coroner saying it is
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potentially possible that some of them were stabbed in their sleep. there were also defensive wounds found on some of the victims. right now family members are praying this killer turns himself in. >> turn yourself in and stop, stop all this. let us mourn our children. and we can't when we know this person is out there. >> this person is dangerous, and we fear this person will do this again. >> meanwhile, family members are going around this neighborhood, putting up flyers. the police issuing basically a mile -- a square mile dragnet asking anybody for surveillance video from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. last sunday. however, jose, we've been all throughout this neighborhood. and the amount of surveillance cameras is very limited. we have counted maybe three or four. this is an extremely safe community. they have only had seven murders. it's going to be difficult to find video for police. jose. >> yeah. gadi schwartz, thank you so
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and i keep thinking it's over -- it's a mistake. they made a mistake and that he is really alive. he was such a -- he lit up a room. that's an old expression, but he really did. he was always smiling, always happy and silly. like i said, everybody liked seeing him because he brought up the room. always made people -- lift them up. >> joining us with more is garrett, deputy director of one. such a difficult, difficult tragedy, you know. what do you want, garrett, people to know about the impact of this attack on the lgbtq plus community in colorado springs? >> yeah, absolutely. well, i want to say thanks again for having me this morning, jose. i think one of the things that
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really needs to be noted is the fact that there have been a lot of anti-lbgtq rhetoric that's been going around, especially at the local level here in colorado. so we have seen from, you know, representative boebert, school board members the rhetoric they are using to talk about how drag queens or drag performances or lbgtq places are in some way nefarious or harmful to youth. that kind of language has consequences. and i don't want to direct a clear correlation here, but i think if we have this national conversation that's harmful, detrimental and including trans and nonbinary youth as a political prop, it will continue to have devastating consequences like this. >> garrett, tell me a little bit
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about one colorado. what does your organization do, especially in a time like this? >> yeah, absolutely. so we are an lbgtq advocacy at the local level, general assembly. at a time like this, i think it's important we are creating space for the community. the community in colorado springs has been -- this is a devastating blow. the most we can do is make sure we are creating spaces for folks to grieve and mourn for this loss of life. so we're going to be continued to put together vigils for folks who come together and make sure we have -- we're surrounding our community in love. that's what we can do right now. and next step to what we will have to figure out down the road, advocating for gun control
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policies here in colorado. right now we want to make sure we are there with the victims. i want to point out there is a fund that's been set up to support the victims. so if folks would like to make a donation they can go and make a direct contribution to help those affected right now. >> garrett, thank you very much for being with us during this very difficult time. appreciate your time. >> absolutely. thank you so much for having me. thanks. coming up, more than a year after ending the longest war in u.s. history, many veterans of afghanistan are still grappling with the guilt of leaving their allies behind. what one advocate says can be done about this. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." s.
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matt, good to see you, my friend. what exactly is moral injury? >> jose, moral injury is probably the most insidious thing that a veteran can suffer from serving in war. it's an injury of the soul. it's the sense of guilt that you didn't complete your mission, that you betrayed a promise to your brothers and sisters in arms. i have been warned about it for vietnam veterans for years prior to what happened last fall. i'm going to admit, i didn't understand it to the extent that i do know having now living and suffering from one. so throughout iraq and afghanistan we wanted to learn what our fellow brothers and sisters are suffering from this most insidious of injuries. it's not something a pill can treat, something you can go to therapy to address. what we have learned is the only way to actually overcome is by acts of service.
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it's been doing good work. and in this case it's by helping get the sum of 300,000 afghan wartime allies that remain left behind abandoned to taliban hell home to safety. that's how we believe they will overcome this moral injury. but the scary extent, jose, we polled our membership over the summer and learned some 41% of those who served in these wars are now suffering a moral injury from what happened last fall. >> it's so, you know, odd because it's easy to say. but they did complete their mission successfully. it was in pulling out of that mission that things didn't go their way. that's easy to say but i understand what you mean. there is a moral injury to what they see. what they see, matt, is just this last week, the taliban said
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they will be returning to sharia law. women and young girls are band from -- banned from going to school. it is a different than a year ago. >> that moral injury is exacerbated by the fact that the afghans we evacuated last august don't have a permanent place in the united states. i just completed a month-long trip around the country in something we are calling the afghan adjustment act fire watch, aaa fire watch. we literally went everywhere. 25 states, some 25 cities. we stopped in 50 vfw and american legion posts along the way. we talked to thousands of people. we have we have not met a single individual across the country who does not want to do right by these afghans and what they've learned from us is that the best way we can assist this population, quite frankly the best way we can address this moral injury, is by passing something we call the afghan
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adjustment act. that would put the afghans who were evacuated last year do not have a permanent home in the united states without this law. they're in jeopardy of being deported starting next -- this coming august, august of 2023, if we don't get this law past. if you think it's bad now, that will only exacerbate it in unspeakable ways. the 300,000 afghans who are left behind simply put, they don't have a viable pathway to safety without this law. the siv program of which most of them are trying to avail themselves has a structural flaw. it currently requires that every single applicant undergo an in-person interview at the u.s. embassy in kabul. you can see where the problem is. there's no more embassy in kabul. if we pass this law, which we're hoping the congress will vote on sometime this december, i'm telling you right now, jose, we have a chance of getting those people out to safety. we do right by the people that
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we evacuated last year and doing all of these things we address that moral injury. >> we will stay on this. thank you so much for being such a leader on this. i appreciate it. matt zeller, thanks. >> thanks. and we're going to live to qatar. iran lost to england today 5-1. we've been watching it on telemundo and it's crazy fun. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪♪ it's subway's biggest refresh yet!
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55 past the hour. this morning, team usa is preparing for the first game in this year's world cup. the u.s. men's national team will face off against wales later today. it's been an eight-year wait for team usa after not qualifying in russia. but it's been decades since a welsh team made an appearance. it comes amid a host of controversy surrounding qatar, including accusation about the treatment of migrant workers and lgbtq plus people and the banning of alcohol at games. what can we expect today, meagan fitzgerald? >> reporter: there's a lot more than soccer to talk about as you just mentioned there. but let's start there. team usa has a chance of winning today against wales.
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they are evenly matched. they are one of the youngest teams in the tournament. only one player on the team has world cup experience. look, they say they are fired up, they're ready to go. the first of 32 teams to arrive here in doha, hitting the ground running, even practicing late last night. we went to one of their games. i had an opportunity to sit down with star goalie matt turner to talk a little bit about how he's feeling. i want you to listen to part of our conversation. >> reporter: is team usa going all the way here? >> one step at a time, obviously. we can't look too far ahead. our biggest thing is we've set milestone goals along the way. >> and so i also had an opportunity to talk to him about all this controversy, this cloud of controversy that's really hanging over the tournament and he said, look, we are focused on one thing and one thing only and that's winning. let's talk about this controversy. human rights organizations alleging that thousands of
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migrant workers died in the construction of the infrastructure here in qatar. we're talking about building roads, bridges, seven stadiums, hotels, an airport, a metro system, massive construction here. we have heard from the qatar government, they say that they have made improvements with migrant workers, but, again, there's always the fact that there's the lgbtq plus concern here. the fact that being openly gay here in qatar is illegal. it can get you jailed. a lot going on here. but the team says they're trying to not pay attention to that. they're focusing, while they care about that, right now they're focusing on the game and really trying to get a win tonight, jose. >> yeah, and i mean, just what you just said. thousands, thousands of migrant workers may have died building those stadiums where teams are playing during this period. i'm glad that you bring that up. of course, the treatment of lgbtq folks in qatar is
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something that -- so today is team usa day. there's some other really kind of fascinating important games coming up. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. all eyes are really -- if we're going to talk about team usa, we got to talk about england. they took on iran today. and points matter. they beat iran 6-2. the big issue here is that team usa is going to be matched up against england in the next couple of days. they're going to be kicking off on friday. so these are critical games. and the highlight from today's game with iran is that when iran's national anthem played, they were silent. there's speculation as to why that is. we know what's happening inside their country. we did see signs that were raised in solidarity with the women in iran for the protests there. but you know there's a lot of things to watch here. a lot of news-breaking element that is we're keeping a close
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eye on as games, politics and controversy merge all in one, jose. >> thank you so much from doha, qatar. tomorrow, big game. argentina, 5:00 a.m. eastern, 2:00 a.m. pacific. all of the games you're going to be able to watch on telemundo. you can catch team usa take on wales on telemundo, streaming on peacock. best of luck to team usa. some great games to watch. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. follow the show online at jdbalart. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i'm lindsey reiser live at msnbc headquarters in new york. right now a community reeling. we're lrn
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