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headquarters in new york city. call it wild, call it angry, all those things coming together at a the meeting that historically would have been sleepy. but in maricopa county, election deniers came out in force furious that election official who is they insist, without proof by the way, were stilling their votes. >> thr a war between good and evil. and you all represent evil, including you. >> plus a little home run an hour ago, the highest ranking republican talking about former president trump's dinner with a white supremacist. we'll hear from kevin mccarthy and ask about all the republicans we haven't heard from. and finally, it's win or go home for team usa and iran in the huge world cup match less than an hour away. the stakes go far beyond the game. we'll have much more on that later in the show. we begin with a january 6th

committee trying to nail down the facts surrounding one of the most dramatic and highly disputed stories from that day. that former president trump demanded to be driven to the capitol and lunged a the a security detail when told he couldn't go. nbc news learned the committee is bringing in tony ornato for a second round of testimony today. you might remember he's the one who cassidy hutchinson said told her a about that incident, which she recounted during bomb shell testimony in june. >> i locked at tony. he said, did you f'ing hear what happened? i said, no, i just got back. what happened? tony proceeded to tell me the president said something to the effect of i'm the f'ing president. take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir,

we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. he grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we're going back to the west wing. we're not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lung towards bobby angle, and when he he are recounted the story to he, he had motioned towards his cav calls. >> i want to bring in ryan nobles on capitol hill and barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney and an msnbc legal analyst. thank you both for being here. ryan, what do we know about what they want from ornato's testimony? what didn't they get from hum the first time around? is it just about that incident that we heard described there, or could there be more to it? >> they certainly want clarity

as to what cassidy hutchinson told that committee under oath this a public setting you'll have to keep in mind, his first deposition with the committee came well before hutchenson's testimony. the fact he may be contradicting what she had to say or there was pushback, it's something that the committee wants to clear up. that's not the only thing. this is an individual who has very close ties to the former president, including serving as his deputy chief of staff taking a leave of absence to do that. so he's someone with unique insight not only to the president's protection and detail and the way that works, but also what was going on in the white house ask in the west wing leading up to january 6th and on that day as well. there's one other important point. that's that many members of the january 6th select committee told us after cassidy hutchinson's testimony that tony was not truthful with them the first time they talked to him.

so this had is an opportunity for him to clear up any inaccuracies that may have happened and keep in mind, he's testifying in front of a congressional committee. it's against the law to lie to a congressional committee. so he will essentially be under oath as this deposition takes place today. >> we also know the clock is ticking. when you look at the overall narrative, the story this committee wants to tell in the final report due the at the end of the year, why would it be important for them to know exactly what happened inside that motorcade? >> well, i think if you put together what cassidy hutchinson told us ask what we also saw in some of the other testimony, it seemed to connect that president trump was planning a second rally at the supreme court steps, which is right across the street from the capitol. that would put him more clsely aligned to the physical attack. all we know is he gave a fire are you speech, but there's some suggestion that he also planned a second rally that would put

him there and link him to this physical attack. i think it's really important to tie that up. was that part of the plan. remember hutchinson also talked about how she got that call from kevin mccarthy saying, why are you coming to the capitol? rudy giuliani telling her it's going to be great when he comes into the capitol so try yum tant. putting that together is still missing. this testimony could put it tailgate or debunk it. >> the the other thing is that we heard from members of the secret service, who in fact, disputed what cassidy hutchinson has to say. but this is different. this is under oath and under penalty of law. >> that's right. and i think that cassidy hutchinson told a compelling story. if it's true, it's very important. but she herself admitted what she heard was second or third hand information. tony orr na to was present, so

he can under oath tell whether this happened or didn't happen. can under oath tell whether this happened or didn't happen. he said i have no obligation to tell the truth to the media. it's a different than to tell a story under oath. this is a place where we can expect the committee to be able to probe the details of this incident to try to pin down what happened. >> and this comes a day after kelli ann conway testified. she left back in august of 2020. so what did the committee want to learn from her? >> she still is someone who had close access to the former president. she was also someone that outlined in her own memoir counselled the president he did not win the election.

>> why did you choose to come here today? >> because i was asked to. >> you were told to? >> what conversations did you have with president trump or other people in his orbit during the january 6th attack on the capitol? >> won't talk about that because i i may have talked about that here. >> so she obviously wasn't that forth coming about her testimony, but what's interesting is the timing of all of this. they didn't subpoena kelyanne conway. it really did not happen until the 11th hour. the committee has to 23i7bish their final report in just the next couple weeks because once republicans take control of the majority, it's likely this committee goes away. so they must have felt there was something important that conway had to share that they want wanted to be in the final report. >> thank you both.

now to that wild scene in arizona where a last-minute attempt to disrupt the election process in maricopa county saw residents, including supporters of defeated candidate kari lack, attack the board of superproviders as they met to certify the results. >> i came here today to get an up close and personal look at the seven traitors to the united states constitution for sitting at that desk. >> this whole thing was a sham. you're violating the constitution. you're violating our rights. where's your authority? who died and made you king? >> what we saw on election day was outrageous. to say it was anything but that is either you think we're stupid or you're just that arrogant. >> the way that you can just sit there, it's disgusting. watching you pledge allegiance to my flag was disgusting the way that you sold us out. >> a lot of fing ir pointing,

but the attempt failed. there's no proof of any of their accusations. so maricopa county certified the results any way just ahead of the monday afternoon deadline. it was a different story in cochise county. they argued without evidence there were issues with the county's voting machines. vaughn hillyard is in georgia, but before of that, he followed the arizona election for months and months. also with me is elena beverly, form voting rights attorney. thank you for being here. help me understand where things stand with arizona's certification right now. >> reporter: right. so much of this are the sprouts from the seeds that were laid following the 2020 election. the folks you heard there that went before the board of supervisors, there were questions from the cochise board

before election day suggesting that the tabulating machines were not to be trusted. of course, that's so much in large part stems from 2020. there's no evidence that the tabulating machines were not working properly. and in fact, they were tested repeatedly ahead of time and the machines, by all accounts, worked as they were supposed to. yet where we are now is that 14 of the 15 counties yesterday met the statutory deadline to certify the election, but one of them did not. the irony of this is that it is heavily republican district that voted for the republican candidates percentage points. when you're looking at the lawsuit filed, there was the democrat, secretary of state, her office filed the lawsuit making the case that they are compelled to certify the elections per arizona state statute. there's another state statute that says that if by the december 8th deadline, which is

next week, in which the state of arizona, the secretary of state and attorney general are obligated to certify, not all county certified them, that one county's voters will not count. so if that were the case, the big implication is u.s. house district 6 in arizona where the republican narrow his opponent. if you were to eliminate the share of cochise county votes, there's a 13,000-vote swing, which would hand the democratic candidate the victory. it's hard to fathom that taking place, but right now, come next week the arizona governor's secretary of state and attorney general would be obligated toer is if i the results without that county. it's up to the superior court to hear this case out. >> when you look at kari lake, the day in cochise county is delaying in a county that she won. big. i'm trying to figure out the

strategy or what she and her supporters think they can accomplish here. >> i think as vaughn mentioned, this is very deeply rooted in the approach that donald trump took to 2020 to make claims of fraud torks make specious claims of election denial u. the new strategy if you're an extremist and can't win, you try to get individual election administrators to take the action themselves to muck up the machinery of the process. we saw this in 2020. they tried to refuse the wayne county vote. we're seaing this now in cochise county. we saw this it in pennsylvania. it is welcomeing a new pat herb for the more extremist right arm of the republican party.

if your candidate does not win, to manipulate or try to muck up the election administration process. that's what kari lake tried to do and this is what's starting to happen across the board in a larger pattern. it's part and parcel part of the spectrum of what we're seeing with also those voters who went and had that meeting in maricopa county. it's part of the spectrum. it's suggesting the election administration does not work. when the extremist parts are individuals who are making the election behind stragsuestion b. one is a reporter, one as someone that's been a political insider. are democrats just sitting back right now looking at kari lake and that meeting with all the yelling and finger pointing and saying, go ahead, implode.

>> this is a situation that we feared here. the extent to which it metastasizes, not only on the right fuelled by donald trump, but those on the left or down the middle, who become questioning of individuals who are, like for instance, tarveged with certifying the results. as bill gates said himself, mair coat pa county's election was not perfect. there was some machines that, in fact, were not printing off enough ink. but that doesn't mean it wasn't a safe election. voters were then told to place them in a box before they were transported to downtown phoenix to be counted in the days that followed. by all accounts, that's exactly

what happened. but when voters show up to the polling locations, they are told to believe it's a conspiracy theory at play here and they are told to believe that the voting machines are hijacked and meant to change the outcome. they walk into these voting centers and create more conspiracies, which is what we're seeing play out now. >> do democrats think this helps them? >> democrats don't think insecurity about the election helps them. what they are trying to do is take on election deniers head on. which we saw during the midterms. we saw that they lost in swing states. because democrats were taking them head on and also saying that no matter what we're going to make sure every vote counts, no matter who you vote for. we're going to make sure the process is safe and your vote will count. the democrats aren't trying to game the system. they are trying to win on policy. >> thank you both so much. in about 45 minutes, the u.s. and iran go head to head on

the world cup stage with a chance to advance to the knockout round on the line. but the stakes go far beyond that as political bad blood between the nations and unrest in iran has cast a shadow over the matchup. they have called for the u.s. to be thrown out of the tournament for posting an iranian flag without the islamic republic impolicewomen. emblem. megan fits jrld spoke to a professor about the sports and politics. >> we are living in an age of ethnic activism. we have now athletes that express their political views. >> could we see the them jailed because of what they did on the field? >> unfortunately in iran, everything is possible. >> that highly anticipated

matchup kicks off at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. we have much more on that live from doha and from here in new york as well. but first, republican senators now criticizing donald trump for dining with a white supremacist. what it could mean for the presidential election. and the pope gets candid from the abortion fight to the war in ukraine. you have never seen a pope talk politics like this. you're watching "chris jansing reports," only on msnbc. re watcg reports," only on msnbc. i've never been healthier. shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects. proven over 90% effective, shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. an increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can also happen. the most common side effects are pain, redness and swelling at the injection site, muscle pain, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and upset stomach. ask your doctor or pharmacist about shingrix today. i tried everything to remove fabric odors,

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i think the president demonstrated profoundly had poor judgment in giving those individuals a seat at the table. as i said, i think he should apologize for it and denounce them without qualification. >> it took roughly 72 hours after we learned donald trump had dinner with a white us is premise cyst and antisemimite, but mike pence along with a growing number of republicans are now publicly denouncing that meeting. along with naurm of jewish leaders, many of them allies of donald trump, half a dozen senators are acknowledging that trump's meeting crossed a line. do they believe it's immoral or more of a political one? the answer to that has real implications for the future of the party. >> the meeting was bad. he shouldn't have done it. but again, you know, there's a double standard about this kind

of stuff. i don't think it'll matter in terms of his political future, but i do believe we need to watch who we meet with. >> there's no room in the republican party for white supremacists, so it's wrong. >> i think it's ridiculous he had that meeting. it's ridiculous. that's all i'm going to say about it. it's crazy. >> joining me now is capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and elena beverly is back with me. you heard graham say it was bad but trump won't pay a price for this. that may be true, but are the statements by many of of the supporters of donald trump do you think wasn't of disgust, the line that was crossed. is it a belief it's bad politics and will continue to lose them the middle? or is the story the number of republican who is haven't denounced this yet? >> i also think there's a question of just how long it took. it helps to be in front of a

camera and invited to do an interview, asked the question, but at the same time, everyone has twitter. everyone has a way to get their opinion out there immediately. and that was an option for all these lawmakers who are now saying something and waited or who are still silent about this. i know that i over the weekend reached out to several members of leadership asking if they had comment about trump's dinner with a white supremacist and they either declined to comment or said no. this is an option that's available to everybody here. i will say that kevin mccarthy now has been asked about this and is talking about it. he's being pretty forceful at this point. you can listen to what he said in the last hour or so. >> i don't think anybody should be spending any time with his influence. he has no place in this republican party. i think president trump came out four times and condemned him and didn't know who he was. >> he just said he didn't know who he was. he didn't condemn him. >> i condemn his ideology. it has no place in society. >> so we're hearing this from

republicans there. you're hearing many of them argue the moral aspect of it. it we're looking at it in moral vermont political. there's widespread agreement you shouldn't be asking dinner with white supremacists. but politically, we have been here before. when i first started covering trump in 2015, the week-long news cycle of him dancing around whether or not he condemned david duke and ties to the kkk. then we had the charlottesville moment telling white nationalists to stand back and standby from the debate stage. now we're here again. the difference is that politically, trump is weaker than he was a at any of those points. that might be why we're seeing so many republicans willing to condemn him. let's make it clear. none of them are saying this person shouldn't be the leader of this party. >> i want to tell you what martin cline told "the new york

times." here's the quote. i have become very frightened for my people. donald trump is not an antisemimite. he loves israel. he loves jews. he mainstreams jew hatred and jew haters. and this scares me. can you have it both ways? can you support someone who you acknowledge legitimizes people who are profoundly and dangerously anti-semitic? >> i'm hoping that the thunders across the board see this for what it is. it's not just about one dinner. it's about a consistency and mainstreaming rhetoric that's anti-semitic and antiblack, antiimmigrant philosophies. so this is something that if you believe that trump is spewing anti-semitic rhetoric or taking actions that is anti-semitic and

antiblack, don't fund him. the republican party, he is the nominal leader of the republican party right now, but in addition to them condemning this one dinner, i would love them be consistent across the board this condemning this type of behavior, amongst all of the rank and file, amongst all of their leadership and amongst the elements of their base. they have not been willing to denounce white nationalism. they have not been willing to denounce extremism. they have tried to have it both ways. this is what happens when you try to have it both ways. you have a leader of your party that's willing to do these things to stay in front of an audience and to continue to have the attention of the public. >> here's what nick fuentes says. conservative media speulates that ye and i are being used to

hurt trump. it's the other way around. trump and marjorie taylor greene are being used as bait to lure the base back into supporting people like kevin mccarthy. i didn't leave the maga movement. the maga movement left me. what do you think this incident has shown us about the republican party and the mahmoud g movement as whole? and is there a line that is being drawn? if so, is it clear at all? >> i mean, look, there has to be a wholesale disavowal from the republican party at large that these people are not part of their party. and as long as donald trump is the unofficial front runner to the 2024 field, he's the last standard barer of the republican party. he's ran for president twice now. he's going to run a third time. if he's sitting there having dinner with nick fuentes and also kanye west who are has had a string of anti-semitic comments in recent weeks and months, he's the known entity as

well. the fact a this trump agreed to have the dinner with kanye west, even if he didn't know that nick was coming along, it sorts of speaks to the idea these are the people he's comfortable surrounding himself with. trump is linked to this now. the party has to figure out if comfort wbl that and what they are going to do about it. >> thank you both so much. we have breaking news in the jackson, mississippi, water crisis. the justice department is taking legal action against the city. i want to bring in yamiche alcindor. this has been going on for hos. what more can you tell us? >> this is breaking news a that nbc was first to report. the doj is doing a number of new legal actions aimed at trying to fix the ongoing water crisis happening in jackson, mississippi. the doj filed a lawsuit against the city of jackson, mississippi, saying they are failing to provide adequate water to the residents there saying that it's in violation of our nation's safe drinking water

act. they are also proposing and have filed a proposed order that they say the jackson city as well as the mississippi state health department agreed to. this would bring a third party into this to stabilize and operate and maintain the water systems. that third party would take over billing people that used the water system there is. this is focused on the fact that this city has had a number of struggles with their water systems with residents going back decades saying they have to boil the water there. they do not trust it. we have talked to a numb of people on our network that say they are really scared for the water quality there and feel like their families have to use bottled water. this is part of doj's efforts to step up their environmental justice action here's. we have seen a new office be opened up. it's called the office of environmental justice there. it's under the biden administration. merrick garland opened two investigations into failing sewage systems as well as

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unrest in china threatens to further destabilize the global supply chain. three years into the pandemic, the chinese government strict policies led to thousands rising up in protest. such a rare public rebuke of the party could slow critical production and delivery from the world's second largest economy. >> china is one of the hot political topics raised but pope francis, who has broken with tradition to steer clear of politics. in a rare interview, the leader weighed in on two of the most contentious issues of the day here in the u.s. political polarization and abortion. one of the people who led that interview is the editor and chief of america magazine and a brand new msnbc contributor. it's your first time sips you became a contributor. we're thrilled to have you on

the program. >> thank you very much. >> you interviewed the pope last week at the vatican. something not a lot of people can say. you asked him about plit polarization and he said, when there's polarization a devisive mentality arises. the more polarization, the more one loses the catholic spirit and fall sbos a sectarian spirit. what was your take away? was he thinking about the united states and our political polarization? >> he was absolutely thinking about the united states and our political polarization. his point was two-fold. first, polarization is really bad for any country, but it's especially bad in the united states right now. and that's not healthy for any democracy. and secondly, it's really, really bad when the church just participates in that without thinking about it. and so he's really sending a signal to american catholics and particularly the by shops that they need to be a part of the solution here and not part of the problem. >> there are separations between

bishops. we have seen that in a number of issues. the pope was also asked about this deeply polarizing issue of abortion. this a country with a catholic president, the speaker of the house is catholic, 30% of congress are catholic, does the church have influence on the debate? do you think the pope believes that bishops can lead in the debate? >> i think he not only believes they can but they should. but they should lead differently than they have been. one of the things this pope has continually stressed is the importance of seeing the person that is at the center of all these questions. that's one of the ways we can depolarize by personalizing the conversation. and remembering that at the heart of this question are people. usually women in crisis. and at the end of the day, that's what we have to keep our eye on. that's what we have to prioritize as a church in terms of our response. so when our bishops or when

priests are acting to much like po politicians, instead of like priests, we get into trouble. we become part of that problem instead of the solution. >> he's not saying abortion is fine. that's not going to change. what he's saying is the way we approach it has to change. he was asked if he needs to change his approach. were there things that he would have done differently or he regrets. he said in english, all. popes have not spoken the way he has ever. >> that's right. this is an sboirly new genera of communication. no one has sat for a single interview, let alone as many as he's given. i think this is when people love about this pope. he's honest. he's straight forward. he says it like it is.

i know what we believe. at the end of the day, this had to be applied in the real world. and sometimes i get it right and sometimes i get it wrong. >> father malone, you and i will cover if there's another conclave, may it not be soon. >> amen. >> it's good to see you. welcome to the team. if you can believe it n 2022, millions of women and girls around the world still don't have access to basic health necessities, including probably where you live. we'll explain and speak with someone leading the fight to change this, next. ge this, next.

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congress is back in session today. as lawmakers head to the hill for a final push before the new session begins, there's a bill you probably haven't heard of called the menstrual equity act. this is giving tuesday. we're high lying the gross inequality for women when it comes to access to and affordability of health necessity. the fight back against period poverty impacts 1 in 4 menstruating students in the u.s. that's according to one survey. with me now is cofounder of girls helping girls period is elise joy. you founded this organization, along with your two daughters emma and quinn. full disclosure, i have known you for a long time. what i didn't know when you started this is the incredible number of women and girls who aren't going to school who can't go to work because they don't have menstrual products. what is going on?

>> it's hard to imagine that in 2022. when we first learned of it, i was skeptical. i did a little bit of research and checked with a local school nurse and found regularly students were missing school. and if it's happening in our middle class neighborhood, it's probably happening everywhere. six years later, we did a little bit of a project we were able to donate 180 years worth of products to families at a food pantry and change their lives for that year and ours. six years later, i'm running this nonprofit that educates about this topic. we donate products. we advocate for systemic change buzz it seems ridiculous in every community there are people who miss work and school or leave or don't go because they don't have the products they need. >> it's crazy. why aren't these products available in schools and public buildings and workplaces?

they are here, i should say. as you point out -- >> nobody would ask you to bring your own toilet paper to work or school. >> right. i think the reason that this issue is an issue now is because it's always been an issue. when i ask people, when i say why are they in the nurse's office. if there's a nonmenstruating student in class who raises their hand and say i was to go to the bathroom and we know they need toilet paper, we don't make them stand in line for a nurse and feel the shame of having to ask the nurse. we let them go to the bathroom. it's because it's always been done this way. and when you bring it up to people, i say just take one minute. take a beat. does this make sense? it doesn't make any sense. for a nonmenstruating people, there are two things we do in the bathroom. for menstruating, there's three things you need products in the bathroom. long ago, the rules were created

by people who do not get periods. now we have to fight for this. and if you're skeptical at all, i ask you to just spend a week or a month carrying around your own toilet paper when you need to use a bathroom. i hope you don't get yourself in a situation, but it happens all the time where people are force ed to bleed through their pants or they leave work or school costing -- it's incalculaincalc. >> if people want to help, how can they do it? >> two ways. first, start collecting this your own dwrar. reach out a food pantry. and second, we'd love if you'd join us. we're at girlshelpinggirlsperiod.org. we'd love any donation. if you want help making change, reach out to us. i'd be thrilled to help you. >> elise joy, thank you so much. we appreciate dwrou being on today. in minutes the u.s. faces off against iran in a must-win

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take a look atz this sign on the white house north lawn. a president and first lady expressing their support for the u.s. men's national team ahead of their critical world cup match. the sign says, go team, usa, we are all behind you. just minutes from now, that key match begins on the world stage. the u.s. versus iran. rivals on and off the field. facing off during the world cup in qatar. millions will be watching all around the world and for both teams, this match has life or death consequences because if the u.s. wins, they advance out of the group stage. if they lose or tie, they go home. their opponent, an iranian team which has made headlines for better than expected play on the pitch and a subtle but striking rebuke of their government. which faces deadly protests at home. for more, i'm going to bring in megan fitzgerald in doha, qatar,

and lindsey riser at a watch party here in new york. megan, this faceoff was described in "the new york times" as the most significant and politically charged match in the history of the world cup. which leads me to the question, how much pressure are both of these teams facing? i mean on and off the pitch? >> reporter: yeah, look, a lot of pressure here. what this reminds me of is the 1998 game between the iranian and the united states. of course, that was about 24 years ago and during that time, that game was called the mother of all games because of the political tension between the two countries. but when you take a look at this game, you know, there's so much more going on. like you mentioned, we saw the iranian just days ago standing silent as their national anthem rang out. seemingly standing in solidarity with the women of their country that are fighting for basic

human rights. we've talked to experts who say this is such a bold move because we don't know exactly what will happen to the iranian team if anything, of course, when they return home. it's possible they could be arrest. it's possible something could happen to their families. anything is possible which is why there's a lot of pressure on the iranian team. but then of course you look at the game itself and as you mentioned, this is a critical match for team usa. if they beat the iranian, they go on to the knockout round where they will likely take on the netherlands on saturday and if they don't win tonight, they will be going home. >> lindsey, you're at a watch party in support of team usa. what's the feeling like there? >> i'm just watching the screen right now as we're seeing the anthem. of course, some of the players here singing or maybe mumbling the iranian anthem. their first match, they didn't. they caught a lot of flak.

but everybody here is all team usa. they love the way this young team is looking. they're super excited not only for their chances for today, but also for the next world cup in four years. let's listen to what some folks told me today. >> just excitement. anxiety of it. just watching the game. you don't know what the outcome could be, but it's so intense. >> the geopolitical aspects are huge in the game. you can't separate the soccer game from what's going on in the world at all. >> i'm just focused on the soccer. i'm hoping the players are focused and that's all they're thinking about. >> so for some people, the tension behind the scenes really adding to the intrigue today and other fans say they want to put that aside and just focus on the game. but we've got kickoff in just a few minutes and we'll see. >> megan, earlier today, i think it was on "morning joe," i saw you surrounded by americans who have traveled quite a distance. give me a small little quick feeling of what they were

telling you. >> listen, these fans are pumped up and ready to go. you know, they flew all the way out here. thousands of miles to support team usa. they also realize so much going on, obviously, all the politics, the protests that are happening, but they're here because they believe in their team and they believe that team usa is going to be able to pull off that win tonight, chris. >> thank you so much. they are situated to watch that match. that's going to do it for us this hour. you can see me every day here at 1:00. i see jasmine who's getting ready to pick up our coverage after this very short break. ou after this very short break. when you're wearing a mask. and i have noticed those lines beginning to really become not so much moderate but more severe. i'm still wendy and i got botox® cosmetic. and i'm really happy with the results

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