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across our country. two people are dead, dozens are others injued after a string of tornadoes ripped through three different states. we'll brung you the latest on the major winter storm barrelling east as millions of americans are now under blizzard warnings. and right now, we're keeping a close eye on capitol hill, where we'll hear from the survivors of last months's mass shooting at an lgbtq nightclub in springs. this afternoon the chairman of the federal reserve expected to raise interest rates yet again as part of the effort to curve inflation. the director of the national economic council will be with us this morning. and there's now just one week left until the pandemic era poicy title 42 is set to, pyre. officials at the southern border are grappling with a steady increase of families seeking asylum in the united states. looel we'll look at this humanitarian crisis. and today marks ten years

since the devastating massacre at sandy hook that took the lives of 20 first graders and 6 educators. speak with a congresswoman that represents the newtown area about how the community is healing. we begin with our top story. dualing weather threats acarrot the country. the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down in mississippi east of jackson. and overnight tornadoes in multiple states left dozens injured. at least two people dead, including one child. emergency crews are searching through debro for victims and survivors after the storm tore through texas, louisiana, and oklahoma decimating homes and leaving others without power. meanwhile, millions of americans are now under blizzard warnings

as a massive winter storm heads east. joining us now with more is morgan chesky live from grapevine, texas. what are people there waking up to? >> reporter: they are waking up to the full extent of the damage that yesterday's tornadoes left behind. i'm standing in front of what's left of just one of the business that was damaged yesterday. in addition to several homes. the damage just as tornadoes so often do, hitting one business or home and leaving the next untouched as it tore through this part of north texas. just a couple hours to the north, the tornado damage this now confirmed as an ef-2 twister, and that left several people in need of rescue. but the main concern right now is these folks in louisiana, where we do know that the terrifying ordeal of overnight twisters came true leaving dozens injured. at least two people dead. search and rescue crews are

looking for survivors and some of these hard-hit rural areas. but as you can imagine, it is a shock for a lot of people. december tornadoes not unheard of, but definitely uncommon. and the speed with which these storms struck left a lot of people absolutely stunned. i had a chance to speak to the business owner here who just lives a few blocks away. his home is fine. then he walked outside and witnessed the aftermath. here's what he had to say. >> things started swirling around and hitting the side of the house. that's when i ran for cover. >> reporter: tim's home went untouched, but his car wash business just block was was destroyed. >> reporter: what did you find when you walked outside? >> debris everywhere. >> reporter: important to note this tornado threat continues through the day in the southeast and along the gulf coast where they could spawn even more storms as folks here in texas, oklahoma and now louisiana are

left to pick up the pieces. >> now to washington where we are just hours away from a key decision on interest rates. the federal reserve expected to announce it is raising its benchmark rate by half a percentage point, down from the three quarters increase we have seen in recent months. we'll also hear from the fed chairman jerome powell on the projections for the economy and what's expected to happen regarding future interest rate hikes. the announcement comes a day after a report shows inflation appears to be starting to cool down. with us now to talk more about this is brian the director of the national economic council from the white house. it's good to see you. i thank you for being with us. so what do you want to hear from the federal reserve and chairman powell today? >> here's where i think we are.

the president laid out what he hoped to be the framework for the trajectory of the economic recovery talking about this transition from a historically strong recovery to a period of more stable growth. and we have seen economic growth continue to be stable. we have seen in the labor market some cooling, but continued resilience, job growth across those months. importantly, we have seen important cooling in inflation as well. we saw that in yesterday's numbers. coming down, inflation in services outside of the housing sector also coming down as well. that's welcome news. and for people at home who are going to work or picking up their kids, the most salient example of that is the price at the pump. so this period over the last several months, we're seeing a transition to more stable growth. that's what we want to see and need to continue.

and we need the policies to continue that trend as well. >> gas prices continue to fall at a pretty consistent haern. we showed a graphic of the compare and contrast of the gas prices over the past month, week and year ago. why is this happening, do you think? why is the price of of gas continuing to fall now? >> there's a lot of factors that go into the price of gas at the pump. but the picture is what happened over the last year is that in the wake of putin's invasion of ukraine, we faced a global supply challenge. because russian oil was coming off the market and there was a risk of it not being adequately supplied. over the past nine months, the president through deliberate action using authorities like the strategic petroleum reserve and our diplomatic engagement has focused on maintaining that global supply while also making

clear that we needed to when the price of oil came down, the price at the pump had to colt down as well. that helped to contribute to what we see now, which is a consistent downward trend since the summer, down about $1.75 a gallon. we're down to levels that are lower than they were a year ago. and most stations are putting $3.09 a ghon. in practical terms, this matters. because for a two-car family in a typical month, that $1.75 translates to about $200 a month in savings. that's savings that can be deployed for other priorities, whether that's child care or health care or just meeting holiday needs. a lot of that is the quiet policy and diplomacy the president has been doing over the past year.

>> it certainly matters, but at the same time prices have been going down, the price of milk, bread, fresh fruits, vegetables, take a look at this chart. fresh fruits and vegetables up 2%. and that's just month to month. why is this happening? >> it is something we need to make more progress on. over the last couple months, we have seen inflation in food coming down. that number of what economists refer to food at home, the cost at grocery stores is coming down. because growers were not able to fully harvest their crops and we had supply chain challenges, that's backed up in the food supply chain. another element of this that the

president has focused on is that in a number of these areas, we have insufficient competition in these markets where we have in meat, we have a very limited number of middle men who sut between the ranchers and the farmers who grow the product, and the grocery stores that actually sell the product. when you have too few middle men, they can pay low prices for the cattal and then charge high prices at the grocery store. it's something that as we take it on, as we bring more competition into that sector, we're also going to be able to bring prices down as well. we're making some progress on the food front. we have to make more progress as well. >> it's always a pleasure. i can't enough for being with us. >> thank you. at any moment now on capitol hill, survivors of the mass shooting at club q will testify less than a month after a shooter killed five people and injured 17 others at the colorado springs nightclub. the survivors of the attack and

the owner of club q are joined but a survivor of the pulse massacre in 2016 wrrks a gunman killed 49 people at another lgbtq nightclub. also happening in congress as early as today, lawmakers could vote on temporary hsh to fund the government before the deadline, which is this friday. negotiators say they have reached the framework for a funding deal they hope to pass before year's end. joining us now from the hill is ryan nobles. this club q testimony that we're going to be seeing coming as we see a rise in hate crimes against lgbtq people in the u.s. what's the goal of this hearing? >>. >> reporter: in a big way, what the oversight committee is hoping to point out that this is a real and growing problem. by hearing directly from some of the survivors of these horrific attacks in different parts of the country, they are trying to put a face behind these rising threats. but they are going to take it a step further and point out some

of changes that happened in state legislatures, particularly by state legislatures run by republicans that are stripping away protections for members of the lgbtq community, they want to highlight why that is important at the federal level to start buttoning some of those things up, especially after republicans take control of the house in the coming year. this is a bipartisan panel sorks we will get republicans perspective on these charges from democrats, but there's no doubt that democrats want to make it clear that not enough is being done to protect this community. >> and meanwhile, it looks like congress is getting closer to passing a spending bill, but apparently there's still the cr club as far as what they prefer. >> reporter: there's still a lot of steps that need to be accomplished before we can be assured there won't be a government shutdown.

government funding running out by friday. last night they did have a breakthrough. three of the four members of the house and senate appropriations did agree on a top line number to fill out a big spending package that will take us through next year. but they won't have that wrapped up in time vote on friday, so they will shoet for the short-term resolution, to give them more time to negotiation into next week. it does seem like all the important players feel positive that they are going to be able to put this to bed before of the christmas holiday. we should point out, three of the four important four corners, republicans in the house very much opposed to this. the house minority leader kevin mccarthy is going to talk about it later this afternoon why they are unhappy with this spending plan. >> ryan nobles on the hill, thank you so much. still ahead as the covid virus evolves, so does our

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just a week from today, the biden administration has been ordered by a court to end title 4, the trump era public health measure is currently being used to turn back asylum seekers at the border. tens of thousands of migrants have crossed the border in recent days and weeks and we spoke with some of them. >> they face hunger, thirst, ill skns that their money, all they had was stolen in mexico. one man says he was kidnapped and saw pregnant women and children being kidnapped as well.

nbc news reports that a new biden plan to handle asylum clim claims is a model put in place under trump that requires proof someone would face torture back home to get entry to the u.s. joining us now is gabe gutierrez from mexico. an msnbc contributor who were waiting by the border to end before crossing. what are they telling you? >> reporter: good morning. let me set the scene for you. overnight, the temperatures dipped here with the windchill. it felt like it was below freezing. let me show you what's going on behind me. this is the huge line of migrants here that has been here hundreds of them throughout the

past several days and nights. you can see it extends all the way over there. my colleague he can walk with me here to show you how long this line extends. these are hundreds of migrants that are here earlier we counted near a thousand as well. they are the u.s. side of the border. it waded across there. and they are going up through the border fence because el paso is on the other side of of here. they are going up to the border fence and turning themselves into board patrol. this morning we heard and seen about 10 to 15 migrants basically going in at a time. but some of them are going to have to wait here for hours because you just see this line is so long. and we have spoken with some migrants here, and they told us they are going to wait until title 42 is lifted before

crossing over. but these that are right here, they are obviously making the decision to cross over right now. there's a variety of reasons for that. many of them are venezuelan. our team spoke with one person who said they are not sure what's going to happen when title 42 is lifted. if it's lifted next week, so they wanted to get ahead of the chaos and wanted to see it they can get in right now because they fear it's going to be mar chaotic next week. others weren't familiar with title 42 and weren't sure what was going to happen. they weren't familiar with the policy. they were told from family members or smugglers that they should try to come here to border. this is a challenge for the biden administration. dhs secretary was here in el paso visiting yesterday. and the department of homeland

security wants billions of dollars to deal with the influx. officials on the other pseudoof the border, they say they do not have the resources to deal with this many migrants. they say it's unsustainable and expect the situation to get worse with a bigger influx potentially next week as title 42 is lifted. as you can see, i'm still walking here. this line is still not over. but we have seen them, what happens here at the front of the line is that every few minutes -- actually every half hour, it depends when they let those 10 to 15 migrants in, buss are are brought here to take them to a processing center. and those processing centers are already strapped for resources. and one of the shelters here, they just don't have the space. some have to sleep outside in the freezing cold overnight.

>> what a tragic humanitarian crisis. lauren, you do such great reporting in el paso. what's it been like there recently. . >> reporter: i'm just on the other side of that border wall where we heard from gabe. and border patrol just marched about 100 migrants just behind me to another processing station. el paso and the county have been putting resources together to help people get on their way to their destinations. everyone who is being processed by border patrol is either still being expelled under title 42, or processed into the country to pursue an asylum claim. but once title 42 goes away on december 21sts, it's not clear exactly what the process is going to be. or how many people could awe arrive. i had the opportunity to speak

with secretary of homeland security yesterday. his message to migrants is that those who do not have a valid asylum claim will be removed under expedited removal. and he said the u.s. is in deep negotiations with mexico for other possible programs or limits at the border. >> we just heard some of the horror stories that people face just when they get to mexico and try to get to the u.s. they are being kidnapped, starved, raped, extorted, that's just in mexico. i'm wondering where is the urgency here? where is the outrage that men, women and children are going through hell and it seems as though unless there's some political aspect to this, there's no outrage. there's no focus. >> this is the question we ask again and again. to anyone who has been following this, this moment, what we're seeing right now, those voices

we just heard from, the view we heard from both reporters on both side of the border, this has been a long time coming. i have stood out on the banks and watched people cross holding babies in their arms and turn thmss in to make ab asylum claim. i have spoken to folks on the el paso side who are working overtime to greet some of those migrant families. the local official who is are pushed to their limits. the border patrol staff pushed beyond their limits. and by the way, this is coming at the tail end of a record yearlong period in terms of encounters. 2 pbt.4 million people according to homeland security. and those are encounters, we should note. not people. but this is the result of many, many failureses on many, many levels. the forces that are pushing people to leave their home countries, the extreme poverty and oppression, those are getting worse. our immigration system here in

the united states has not meaningfully changed in over 30 years. and so this is what you see. that it's treated like an emergency over and over again. i spoke with the congresswoman whose district includes the pael so area and she noted fema has been stepping in with emergency response funding and support to handle these increases that we see. we treat this as an emergency every time it happens, even though it is now systemic. >> thank you all so much for being with us this morning. up next, prosecutors call it one of the biggest financial frauds in u.s. history. what's next for sam bankman-fried now that he's behind bars in the bahamas. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." "jose diaz-balart reports.

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two survivors of the shooting are testifying this front of the house oversight committee about the rise of lgbtq violence in the u.s. >> the thing about this issue, i

want to thank president biden for fighting to reinstate the assault weapons ban, and i sincerely hope you will support that reform to try to prevent people from needlessly dying at the hands of that weapon. not only am i embarrassed for our countries's international reputation on inaction on gun reform, but i'm disgusted. between 1994 and 2004, america's mass shooting incidents dropped dramatically. following the expiration of the assault weapons ban, which the republican party allowed to, pyre under president bush, we have an epidemic of terrorism and violence. the time to do something is now. what needs to be done is placing the lives of children and adults of our unhealthy obsession with assault rifles and you are some of the ones who can pak a difference. many in our government say nothing can be done. this demic of violence is just the price we must pay for freedom in this country.

that's a lie. the facts speak for themselves and your denial of this gun violence reality is not a policy proposal. i encourage you all to work together to save our children ask adults and this turn save ourselves and the soul of our nation. to the politicians and activists who accuse lgbtq people of grooming children and being abusers, shame on you. as leaders of our country, it is your obligation to represent all of us, not just the ones you happen to agree with. hate speech turns into hate action, and actions based on hate almost took my life from me at 25 years old. i peg you all to consider your words before you speak them, for someone may use those words to justify action, action that may take someone's life. to my fellow lgbtq community, events like this are designed to

discourage us from speaking and living our truth. they are designed to scare us from living openly, courageously and proudly. we must not succumb to fear we must live prouder and louder than ever before. we must continue to be who we are for who we are is exactly who we are meant to be. to the children watching this feeling you may not be like the other kids, i understand you, and i see you. you deserve to be exactly who you are no matter what anyone else has to say. in the words of my personal icon christina ag lay ra, you are beautiful to matter what they say. words can't bring you down. to the chairman, thank you for making this a priority. to the house oversight committee, thank you for hearing us today. i hope my truth can usher america into its greatest chapter yet. my name is michael anderson. i'm 25 years old. i'm a proud gay man, and now i'm a survivor of a mass shoot pg i

hope we can work together to end this carnage in our country. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> powerful words by michael anderson, one of the survivors of the club q massacre. and now to the latest on the collapse of the crypto currency trading platform ftk. right now, the senate banking committee is holding a hearing on why the companien went bankrupt and how it harmed consumers. witnesses include the co-writer of a book set to be released next year. this comes as ftx founder ask former ceo sam bankman-fried sits in a jail cell in the bahamas after a judge denied his request for bail as he fights extradition to the u.s. he faces criminal and civil charges accusing him of defrauding invest torts for his own personal benefit in what prosecutors call one of the biggest frauds in u.s. history.

bankman-fried's attorney says he's considering all legal options. with us to talk about this is senior financial reporter gretchen mohrson and harry lickman. what exactly is sam bankman-fried accused of doing? >> there's a lot of material in both the civil and the criminal complaints, but the key issue here is that sam bankman-fried is alleged to have taken lots of customer money and used it for his own purposes. we're talking billions of dollars, according to prosecutors. and what those purposes were included expanding his crypto empire, real estate holdings in the bahamas, so that's really

the key here. that money was supposed to have been segregated, kept separate to the clients themselves could use it, but prosecutors say he took it and did what he wanted with it. >> how serious are the charges he's facing with. >> very. jose, think like madoff. we're playing a a little catch up because of the crypto industry. that complicates things here. as the u.s. attorney said, one of the biggest frauds in history, and they are throwing the book at him. he's going to become a poster child soon for the collapse of the threats that the whole industry faces because he was one of the faces of it. so he's in a world of hurt for sure. >> it's interesting because has it come kind of late in the game precisely because this is such a new industry? >> it is the shiny new thing. some would say it's early in the game. if you pierce through the core of the indictment, they are

trying to make it very basic, old fashioned fraud, which is what happened with madoff. i think early in the dpam in the sense of this is going to spark an outcry to regulate the industry. right now, it's sort of the wild west out there. >> interesting. gretchen, federal prosecutors saud yesterday the investigation is far from over. could we see potentially others caught up this this probe? >> definitely, jose. there were other executives in the inner circle that we know about. they are just still more questions than answers right now. but for sure, there are others involved. this person did not act alone, i don't think. >> thank you both very much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. today marks ten years since 20 first graders were killed in the mass shooting at sandy hook

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online to my aclu.org to become a guardian of liberty today. today marks 10 years since the massacre at sandy hook elementary. it's the deadliest shooting in american history. 20 first graders and 6 educators were murdered that day. the children were now be high school juniors. today schools in newtown, connecticut, are closed as the community remembers and reflects. kate snow sat down with two former sandy hook students and their first grade teacher who hid them in a bathroom during the shooting. >> i-just remember holding everyone of and holding all my classmates. >> the only thing i really think about is she saved my life.

>> do you remember anything she said? >> one thing she said is she loved us. going back and thinking about it, that was the first thing they think about. >> they are 6. i'm thinking they are about to die. and i want them to know how loved they are i couldn't fathom in my 29-year-old mind that this is it for them. >> joining us now is the congresswoman who represents newtown. thank you for being with us. a public memorial opened up just last month in newtown. how is the community coming together today? >> good morning, thank you for having me. this is still very difficult for the community in sandy hook and all over connecticut. it's not something that has gotten easier over the years. this is a strong community. this is a resilient community. i think one of the things that really stands out for me is how this community has honored the memory of every single one of those children, of the families

of the teachers and adults in very different ways pause they don't want to be defined by this tragedy. >> ten years, and yet it seems just so difficult still and so difficult. to think that these little angels would be juniors in high school, i'm just wondering, how do you day by day go forward? i know we can never understand what parents of these extraordinary children or teachers, but it's just like -- how does a community heal from this? >> this is so raw every day. you would think as time passed that it would just be a little easier.

but it's so raw still in this community educators, family members, faith-based leaders, just everyone. what i have tried to do is just to be really thoughtful and intentional about respecting the privacy of the families and also honoring their memory with action. tieng the real work to make sure things like this never happen again. to make sure no children ever have to go through this, to make sure no educator has to hold up kids in a closet and try to remind them that her loved. she thought they were going to die. there are some really concrete things we can do to prevent these types of tragedies. one of the first things we have to do is not politicize things like this. to really seek real answers and real action and take the steps necessary legislatively to do what we can to prevent these

types of tragedies from happening. but also in the aftermath to really do a deep dive and make sure that we are just understanding why they are happening and toing the real work of putting in place legislation to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> i keep thinking ten years ago today you were not in congress. you were a teacher in connecticut. as a matter of fact, you were recognized teacher of the year and certainly a rewarding career. what's been the impact that the tragedy has had on you? >> nothing in teacher training prepares for you something like this. i can still remember. i was in the classroom. i can still remember the questions that students had. one of the most pointed questions was why is this happening? why rbt the adults doing anything about this? and then in the months following, every time there was

a drill, a lockdown, any type of an emergency, students are wondering are we going to be safe. is sandy hook going to happen here. so that's something that is real this every school administrators, every teacher, every family is thinking about when they are sending their children to school this is a uniquely american problem. this is something that we can begin to address. this has impacted me just in every part of the way i legislate. even in my decision to run for office, one of the conversations that was being floated was arming teachers. and that was a crippling prospect for me. i couldn't imagine myself as a classroom teacher having to be responsible for a firearm in a high school with 1,400 kids. so all of those things weigh heavily on my decisions, on the way i legislate, on the way i try to communicate about mass shootings and these type of incidents. and on the way, i try to reach across the aisle and ask my

colleagues to extend some grace. let's have a real conversation about the things we can do. think we have a responsibility. we have a responsibility to lessen the frequency of these things. i thought sandy hook would be the final straw for so many people on this topic of gun violence. and unfortunately, it has not been. but we still have an opportunity to make real progress. this year president biden signed the bipartisan gun safety legislation. we still have an opportunity to continue the work of closing the gaps, addressing mental health, working with families, of really just honoring their memory with action. >> ten years ago today, students at sandy hook, the 24th of may in uvalde, trks. these horrible tragedies just seem to be continuing.

congresswoman, i thank you for being with us this morning. very much appreciate your time. >> thank you for highlighting today for the families in my district to help them to remember that the country has not forgotten about their children. we will continue to do everything we can to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> thank you. coming up, the next generation of covid vaccines are prolsing to be more effective than ever before we might not see them for years. that's next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports.

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york nurse became the first person in the u.s. to receive a covid vaccine outside of a trial but now a lack of federal funding may slow the next generation of the vaccines. the biden administration is requesting a $10 billion investment in research to be included in the budget. joining us is dr. vin gupta, an

msnbc contributor. always a pleasure to see you. what's the latest on the next generation of vaccines? >> jose, good morning. i had a unique chance to talk with some of the nation's leading public health experts on this topic of next generation covid vaccines, especially for the viewers out there, why this is so important in contending with any future health crises, here's what they had to say. dr. akiko is pioneering the next generation of covid vaccines. >> everywhere in this country, it's jam packed with people with respiratory diseases. we are in dire need of vaccines that prevent infection and transmission. >> reporter: at yale university she is developing a nasal vaccine. >> it can be put into a nasal spray and sprayed into the nose.

>> reporter: unlike currently available mrna vaccines, a nasal vaccine is sprayed into the nose, generating antibodies right where the virus enters the body. not only is it easier to use, it also has the potential to stop the virus from spreading between people. the nation's top doctor, surgeon general, vivek murthy, acknowledging the need for technology like this. >> it's important that we invest in ensuring our vaccines are getting better and treatments get better because viruses continue to evolve. >> but developing the vaccine isn't cheap. on the magnitude of hundreds of dollars. >> with the current funding available to us, it will take a year or two, at the earliest, to be able to start testing our approach in humans. >> the biden administration is scrambling to get billions in covid-19 funding from congress next year. it's included in the spending

bill under debate on capitol hill. debate that could lead to a government shutdown. >> the bottom line is, nasal vaccines are an important part of the strategy but to invest in them means we need that funding from congress to come through. >> a decision is expected to m come by tend of december, with little republican support that funding is far from guaranteed. for the time being, health experts urging lawmakers to act. >> all i can say is congress needs to do its job and step up and protect the american people. >> this tech has the potential to transform how we respond to future health epidemics and pandemics. but the urgency of now is the common theme and the importance of lawmakers to embrace long term thinking, especially thinking about funding this week. >> dr. vin gupta, thank you very much. really an important subject. up next we'll go live to kyiv where hours ago the city

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56 past the hour. ukraine, officials in kherson say there's been a new wave of explosions this morning, debris from a drone shot down hit an administrative and four residential buildings. so far no injuries reported. the biden administration finalizing its plan to deliver a patriot defense battery to

ukraine, according to three defense officials. this system has the ability to shootdown inning ballistic missiles to ukraine. joining us is alisyn barber. what can you tell us ability the strikes? >> reporter: jose, most of the people who live in central kyiv woke up this morning to the sound of air-raid sirens and then booms. as you said ukrainian officials say russian forces fired 13 iran-made drones at kyiv. they say they intercepted all of them. those were the booms that so many people heard but some of the debris from one of those interceptions fell in a residential area hitting an administrative building. this afternoon smoke was still coming out of that building. we spoke to some of the people who live in the area. one man talked to us about the toll of this. you see these images and the physical damage here in this particular strike is relatively minimal.

in some ways kyiv got lucky but the toll it puts on people, the psychological impacts, those aren't small at all. listen. >> translator: i woke up at 6:30 because of the sound. like this ooh and boom. i thought the house is going to crumble because there was a strong shock wave and everything was shaking. my blood pressure skyrocketed. i took heart medicine and after that, for four hours i could not recover from the explosion and return to normal. >> reporter: you mentioned the patriot system. president zelenskyy has been asking for that and all of ukrainian western allies for more robust defensive air systems and today is a reminder why he said russian forces have far more missiles, artillery, and drones than ukraine does and they need help stopping the attacks. >> thank you very much.

new details about the death of grant wahl who collapsed last week covering the world cup. this morning his widow, dr. celine gounder said this. >> he had an autopsy done here in new york by the new york city examiner's office and it showed he had an aortic aneurysm that ruptured. >> turning now to the latest out of the tournament where the first team has secured its spot in sunday's final, yesterday argentina defeated croatia 3-0 what an amazing series of plays by lionel messi. and at 2:00 p.m. eastern today, france taking on morocco. as both look to take on argentina in the finals on sunday. morocco looking to be the first ever african team t