warning from the american cancer society. colorectal cancer is fast rising among younger adults, under 55, and doctors can't seem to figure out why. nbc's tom costello has more. >> at 45 justin kelly thought he was probably too young to get colon cancer but when his doctor said the recommended screening age it dropped from 55 to 45, he ordered a mail-in colo guard test, a colonoscopy confirmed stage 3 cancer, and justin began. >> you wouldn't have made it to 50 without coming in to see me. that's how far along it was. >> justin is part of a younger generation of americans who colo rectal cancer rates have doubled over 25 years. in 1995, 11% of those 55 and younger were diagnosed with colon cancer, by 2019, it was 20%. >> unfortunately there has been a r3 democrats. what do they think of his message for a likely reelection campaign. the jury about to get instructions and begin deliberations in the alec murdaugh double murder trial. how prosecutors just rebutted the defense's closing argument. and the first one on one meeting between top american and russian diplomats since the invasion of ukraine. our news team is here with the latest developments to the high stakes diplomatic meeting, ten minutes along but an awful lot of ground was covered by the secretary of state. allie raffa calling the story from the white house. what did secretary blinken have to say to see his russian counter part, sergey lavrov? >> reporter: a lot of diplomacy in that ten-minute long meeting. the first face-to-face meeting

between secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counter part since the war in ukraine began over a year ago now. blinken speaking at a press conference earlier today, sort of giving highlights from the meeting the two had. first of all, he said that he urged lavrov to reverse president putin's decision to bow out of the last nuclear arms treaty between russia and the u.s. that happened a little over a week ago. remember, that was set to expire in 2021, and then president biden and putin were able to reach a deal. it was a very big deal when president putin decided a little over a week ago to bow out of that. blinken saying in that presser that he told lavrov the u.s. will quote always be ready to engage and act on strategic arms control as the u.s. and soviet union did at the height of the cold war. he also stressed to lavrov that the u.s. will continue to support ukraine for as long as he needs it. he encouraged him to engage in

peace talks and diplomatic talks on behalf of russia, and lastly, he also stressed the need for russia to release former marine, paul whelan who the u.s. maintains was wrongfully detained and is serving a prison sentence in russia right now. he's set to be released as of right now in 2036. the u.s., remember, it was very notable when he one involved in that prisoner exchange between brittney griner and viktor bout, so it's notable that the u.s. still has this top of mind. it's unclear what will come to fruition out of these talks. simply the fact that lavrov was willing to meet in person with blinken is notable. it shows that there is still a method, a line of communication open between the u.s. and russia as the war enters this new phase, chris. >> let's go to ellison barber in walterboro, where alec

murdaugh's hands will soon be in the jury. the prosecution got one last shot at the jury. tell us about that and what's next? >> they switched lawyers which was interesting. he made this emotional rebuttal to the jury, at one point, kind of going back to directly try and contradict some of the points we heard the defense make. if you remember the defense's closing remarks, they talked about this murder, the motive that the prosecution has centered its case on, saying there is no reason for alec murdaugh to do it, and at one point, the defense attorney in their closing remarks said the botched suicide attempt that allegedly occurred on the side of the road when alec murdaugh had a friend shoot him. the defense said that's a sad but rational reaction to being exposed for all of these secrets, all of these lies, all of these previous financial crimes. they said it is irrational,

insane for a person to kill their family because of those reasons. the prosecution picked that up, saying that roadside shooting in its entirety, that that was irrational, saying having someone shoot you in the side of the head on the road, that's irrational. being ready to call 911 for it is irrational and doesn't track with a suicide attempt. being ready to have a sketch artist draw a composite of an alleged shooter that didn't exist, that that is not any sort of rational behavior of the behavior of a suicidal person. they kept reiterating to the jury, don't fall for this. use your common sense. they said he lied. alec lied over 600 days to everyone, investigators, family, friends, saying a that he was not down at the kennels, and he only told the truth because they found the video. they ended by saying, yeah, this is a guy who loved his family. a lot of people have testified to that, the defense was trying to drive that home, but the

state's argument and rebuttal to that was that alec murdaugh loved himself more. there is a lunch break, and typically that ends around 2:15, the jury will come back, get instructions and begin deliberating. we were able to see inside that room where the jury will deliberate this morning, and it is a small room with a very big table. i think there were four windows by my count, all of the blinds closed. we were together by a court official that the jury will not be able to have access to a laptop or computer or video evidence in that room. if they want to see something again, they have to ask the judge and likely go in the courtroom to see it. what they will have are tangible, physical documents from this case, that includes photos of the scene. they maybe already had the most powerful moment arguably when they were able to physical little walk through some of the evidence in the jury room just the other day. when they do start deliberations a court official has told us that the judge plans to have the

jury deliberate until 10:00 p.m. tonight and tomorrow if necessary. chris. >> which may be why i'm told there are a lot of snacks on that table to keep them going until 10:00 at night. a dinner break as well. ellison, thank you for that. meantime, president biden is on capitol hill, lunching with senate democrats after delivering marching orders focused squarely on the 2024 campaign last night to house democrats. nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. i'm familiar with the hallway, the big question is what's happening behind closed doors? >> yeah, that's right, chris. the president has been with senate democrats now for a little under an hour. we expect him to emerge. we're told he's taking questions from senators inside that room. there's been no specificagenda. there has been news the president has delivered to senate democrats, and that according to julia and other members on the team, he will not

veto a resolution that will essentially gut a criminal code change passed by the washington, d.c. city council. now, this is kind of a unique oversight responsibility that the congress has, that they can basically approve or disapprove any piece of legislation that's passed by washington, d.c. city council. there's been some concern particular from republicans that this is too soft on crime, this criminal code change and the house republicans did end up passing that resolution with quite a bit of support from democrats and there was some question as to whether or not this would pass in the senate, despite the democrats being in the majority. a number of democrats have said that they will vote in favor of it. that vote expected next week. now we know that president biden will not veto it, which makes it certain and that criminal code change will go in effect for washington, d.c. that's inside baseball for those of us who live inside the beltway. significant nonetheless. other than that, we expect this was an open conversation between senate democrats and the president. very similar to the conversation he had with the house democrats

at the event that took place last night. a lot of talk about the agenda over the last two years, and implementing the legislation they passed over the past two years when democrats had control of both the house and senate, as that moves ahead of course into the 2024 campaign. democrats facing a very difficult map. they also want to know whether or not president biden is going to run for reelection. we should expect the president to emerge in the next few minutes. didn't take any questions on the way in. we'll see if we can pin it down on a few topics after he emerges from this meeting. chris. >> we'll wait for that. thank you. now to exclusive new reporting. federal investigators expanding their probe into migrant child labor. the doj now getting involved. nbc's julia ainsley joins us with her exclusive reporting. julia, this is beyond a deeply disturbing story. what can you tell us about this investigation? >> chris, what we're learning is

it was not just an isolated incident. we learned last fall that the labor department found nearly two dozen children working at a slaughter house in nebraska, cleaning up blood and animal parts in the middle of the night. some children as young as 13, the labor department expanded that investigation into the company pssi, and found that this occurred for 102 children, and 13 sites across eight states. now we're learning that dhs and investigators from the fbi are involved. they are looking into how these children got there in the first place. they're migrant children. most of them from central america. they're looking at whether or not they got to not just pssi, but companies across the country. meat packing countries. they say these children could have ended up nationwide working in slaughter houses in the dead of night just like this, and they want to know how they got there. they think it might be part of the scheme where smugglers get false i.d.s for kids and exploit

them while they're working in these incredibly dangerous jobs chris. pssi have said they were fully cooperative with the labor department and not been investigated or questioned by the feds. >> i know they're cleaning, but there's a lot of incredibly dangerous equipment in slaughter houses. that's number one, and obvious, and then what's happening are these kids simply don't exist as far as anyone knows. or do they work all night or go to school during the day. >> they're going to school, chris. in fact, as far back as 2016, school officials were telling labor department investigators it was common knowledge inside a nebraska middle school that the kids falling asleep in class were cleaning the slaughter house overnight. labor investigators say it took them a long time. they needed cooperation to get inside and do this raid that they did when they finally found children last fall. just to paint a picture of what this is like, the labor investigators said it was so loud in there because of all the

machinery, they just shine a flashlight to get the attention of any of the children or anyone they thought might be a child working inside and they were told to put on hazmat suits and stay in a line. if they stepped off of that, they could be injured by the equipment. one last thing, a former employee told us in the middle of the night, the cleaners would change their outfits because the first ones were recovered in the materials they were cleaning up. it's incredibly dangerous, even for adults, and unthinkable for these children. >> i hope they get whoever is responsible for it. julia ainsley, important reporting. thank you so much. the gop agenda heading into 2024. according to cpac day two, the woke playbook, and parents with pitch forks winning messages. a heavily armed man charged with threatening to kill jewish government officials in michigan, including the attorney general. details on that ahead. plus, virtually no problem has been made in closing the gender pay gap in the past two

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>> yeah, chris, this is a significant development. it's really the first public acknowledgment by the house ethics committee that they are moving forward with a full-scale investigation into embattled congressman george santos of new york. of course, santos accused of doctoring his resume, potential election financing mistakes and many other things. this is the first time that we've known for a fact that the ethics committee is going to take a full scale investigation into this, and what they've decided to do is impanel a subcommittee that's going to be specifically tasked with looking into the santos allegations. it's going to be chaired by congressman david joyce. now, this will probably be the last we hear from them publicly as this process plays itself out. in general, the ethics committee does the lion's share of their work behind closed doors. we've known for some time there have been a number of complaints that were filed with the ethics committee from other members of congress, from outside groups as well, that have asked the ethics committee to look into this.

we've not known exactly what the ethics committee planned to do with that information, so now we know that this investigation is underway. now, what it could ultimately mean for santos, we're going to have to wait and see. this could be a lengthy process, but the ethics committee has a wide range of recommendations that they could offer up to the rest of the congress in order to act among them, a potential expulsion of george santos from congress. a number of different options that the ethics committee has at their disposal, this against the backdrop of investigations against santos at the federal and state level. we know that investigators have said they're looking into the accusations against him but this is a significant development in the scandal around george santos. we have reached out to his office to ask for a response into in inquiry, and i should point out right now, chris, that the president of the united states is actually walking behind me, so we'll have to see what he has to say. >> mr. president.

>> talked about the accomplishments of the president the last two years. we believe we can get bipartisan stuff done these two years. we are filled with unity, optimism and optimism about 2024. >> mr. president, why don't you plan to veto the -- mr. president -- mr. president, why -- [ inaudible ] >> mr. president -- mr.

president -- >> not an expected message from chuck schumer of unity and optimism. we needed a boom, tell us what we heard from the president? he did take a couple of questions. >> reporter: that's right, chris. the president responded to my question specifically about the situation in east palestine, ohio, and whether or not he would visit that area. he's been under some criticism from republicans and some people on the ground in ohio that he's yet to visit that region after that train derailment. he did not specifically say whether or not he plans to go to ohio. had his answer to my question was essentially that he is working with all of the different federal government resources to make sure that those agencies are helping the people there to get them everything that they need. he said that in this conversation that they had behind closed doors that that topic did come up. we should point out, he did not

answer my specific question about whether he plans to visit ohio. the governor of ohio, mike dewine, who's a republican, has said that he thinks it would be beneficial for the president to visit the region and see for himself firsthand exactly everything everyone there is dealing with. but other than that, as you point out, yes, we heard from senator schumer who talked about how it was a moment of unity, how they talked about all the different things they're working on and implementing and how they're very focused on maintaining their majority in 2024, and then president biden was specifically asked when he plans to announce his bid for reelection, his answer was simple, when i announce it. that's what we heard from the president a few minutes ago as he exited the meeting with senate democrats. chris. >> let me go back to what we were talking about before the president exited that lunch with senate democrats, which is this announcement or at least this statement, which i'm looking at from the house ethics committee that they're going to have this subcommittee to look into

congressman george santos, and here's what strikes me about it, ryan, because it's a broader scope than i might have expected. they say they're going to look to determine whether george santos may have, i'm reading it directly, engaged in unlawful activity with respect to his 2022 congressional campaign. failed to disclose information filed with the house, violated federal conflict of interest roles. and or engaged in sexual misconduct toward an individual seeking employment in his congressional office. pretty broad there. does history give us any indication -- wait a minute, i hear activity. i thought there might be somebody else walking out. does history give us any indication of how long this might take or what kinds of process they might go to to get to the bottom of, i think, five different allegations i just read? >> reporter: so the first point you made, you're absolutely

right. it is rare for the ethics committee to be so specific about the things that they're looking into. in general, when the ethics committee is dealing with something, it's behind closed doors. they address the fact that they've received a complaint and they're going to take the proper action. they never get into the specific details of what complaints they're specifically looking into. the fact that they laid all of these different areas out to a certain extent demonstrates how much trouble george santos finds himself in. it's going to be a wide and comprehensive investigation. as to the time line, there really isn't one. the ethics committee can take as long as they want to look into the material, and given the fact they set up a separate subcommittee, and they have listed out the various issues they're going to deal with. there's a good possibility it could be a lengthy investigation, and the other thing we should point out about that, chris, is unlike these other committees in the house and senate where the majority party has an advantage in a

committee, meaning that there would be more republicans than democrats in most house committees, the ethics committee is 50/50, the same number of republicans and democrats, and that would indicate an investigation like this should george santos but reelections, should enter in the past election cycle. my guess is they want to have this situation wrapped up prior to the next campaign starting. i would imagine that you're looking at an investigation that would have to take less than a year for them to come to some sort of resolution. you're right. we rarely get this amount of detail from the house ethics committee. the fact that they were so willing to share that information shows how serious they're taking this investigation, and i should point out kind of the cloud that it has created that is hanging over the congress for democrats and republicans that have been forced to deal with this just this week. another member of the new york congressional delegation called for george santos to be expelled and this was a republican

member. this is something that both republicans and democrats would prefer to have behind them and have behind them as soon as possible. >> ryan nobles with, i don't know, maybe the 10th topic i've asked you to report on this week. thank you so much, we appreciate all of your hard work and knowledge. okay. if there have been any questions as to where the maga wing of the party wants to put its focus ahead of 2024 for republicans, consider the names of just some of the presentations on the agenda for the first full day of cpac, the conservative gathering happening outside of d.c. quote, sacking the woke playbook. no chinese balloons over tennessee. parents with pitch forks. it's telling, too, who's not showing up to the long time conservative gathering as well as who is. because while you still have heavy hitters like nikki haley and donald trump set to speak, top republicans like kevin mccarthy, tim scott, ron desantis, are all skipping it. nbc's dasha burns is at the conference for us in maryland,

former republican congressman david jolly, and "new york times" national political respondent, lisa lair, you wrote a great article on cpac, and you said that for rising stars, it's losing its pull. more of a kind of side show, right, than a feature act. what is what's happening right now at cpac tell us? >> that's a great question. i think it tells us that cpac has become much more of an event that exists on the farther fringes of the maga movement than emblematic of the debates happening inside the entire republican party. part of what we saw evolve with this event under the trump administration is it really became a reflection of former president trump's image and his movement, rather than a broader discussion over issues in the conservative movement and a place where many, you know, establishment politicians and very powerful republican party politicians would go to win over the conservative base.

i think that effect has been heightened this year because the head of the group that puts on this conference is facing serious allegations of sexual misconduct, which has made some politicians decide to stay away from it. but i also think we're at a period in the republican party where we know about 30 or 40% seems to still be with former president trump. we don't really know where the remaining chunk of that party is, and i don't know that we're necessarily seeing the answer to that question at cpac. >> cpac has been a love fest. i'm wondering if you're sensing less enthusiasm or maybe the better question is a concern about the number of high profile no shows? >> reporter: you're right, chris, the buzz around cpac this year is less about what's happening on the stage behind me and more about who is not taking the stage. senators ted cruz and j.d. vance were just up there. they did receive an enthusiastic

response from the audience. as i have been talking to folks attending here, the enthusiasm is there but they are missing certain figures, and it's not the party leadership. it's not necessarily the mitch mcconnells, the kevin mccarthys of the parties, as it is one name in particular, and that is florida governor ron desantis. a lot of folks were hoping he was going to show up. some hoping he'll make a last minute appearance. the headliner is donald trump. folks excited to see him speak. it's interesting when you talk to the attendees, they really have been split on the trump versus desantis front. they're excited about both of these figures. excited to see desantis throw his name in the ring and add fresh blood to the republican party. take a listen to what i heard. >> if i had to pick today, i would be leaning towards desantis. however, was a phenomenal president. he provided a tremendous amount to this country in terms of

results. >> i feel like desantis is a strong man but i feel like maybe he needs to stay in florida. i think trump can have four more years and desantis follow with that, after another four or eight years. >> i like trump's policies, not necessarily all the noise that was in the background with him. so i'm okay with either. anybody but what's in there right now. >> reporter: it was so interesting to have these conversations, chris, because cpac has become the trump show, as lisa has been reporting. i have heard people calling it tpac, but to hear desantis's name come up at an event that's so maga, donald trump-centric is fascinating and at the end of cpac with the one tradition that holds is the straw poll. desantis will be on the ballot even though he's not here. it will be interesting to see if he can run up the want numbers a little bit at an event that's so donald trump-centric.

we'll see how that goes. chris. >> as i listen to dasha speaking, and it's worth pointing out that even before he got into politics, officially, donald trump was going to cpac, right, so these have been his people for a while and in many ways he's molded what cpac is for sure. i'm a little surprised to hear people who are there talking about ron desantis, liking ron desantis. if his speech saturday night becomes more important. >> that's a good question. i think his speech will be important because the truth is we haven't seen the former president that much, you know, sort of give these public addresses since he became an announced candidate, formally announced his campaign. his appearances are important. it's interesting because i was at cpac two years ago, and i heard the same kind of comments there that a lot of the attendees thought president trump had been a good president, and they were willing to think about something new. and this is a place that really

is the heart of trump's support, his core base. we're hearing some of those sentiments in that group, it is an interesting question about whether those sentiments could be widespread. listen, this is all theoretical, we're still very very early, we only have two, maybe three people running for president, desantis has not officially announced a campaign or anything like that. it's all sort of imaginary play time until it becomes real. >> i wonder, though, david joly, given again what we just heard and knowing there are a lot of people who love donald trump, they think he's the best president we have ever had in the united states of america, and yet are tired or have concerns about his age or any number of things. is ron desantis missing an opportunity? is there more of an opening with cpac than maybe we would have thought? >> ron desantis is leaving his chin right out there for donald

trump to take a swing politically at him this weekend. this is significant. we know the numbers at cpac are down. we can assess whether or not that is enough to suggest the party is going in a different direction. i would say let's not underestimate donald trump and the maga cpac crowd we under estimated in 2016. since his election, he has not had a platform like this. this is his home crowd, and remarkably, ron desantis and mike pence this weekend are having cocktails with the very establishment, club for growth, donor clash republican elite. they were not established 20 years ago, they are now. that is the heart beat of the donald trump maga cpac movement to go right at the establishment elite, and say, look, you country club republicans, ron desantis who just got endorsed by jeb bush. donald trump, i represent the

populist american who has opinion left behind. the problem is, chris, we have not seen that amount of vigor from donald trump since he announced. the converse to the question, does donald trump have what it takes. we're going to learn a lot from what he does at cpac this week. >> david jolly, so interesting, . new concerns in ohio as millions of gallons of waste water ahead away from the train derailment site. the worries about where it's going next. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. you're wg reports" only on msnbc with the money we saved, we tried electric unicycles. i think i've got it! doggy-paddle! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ oh booking.com, ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere. ♪ ♪ a beach house, a treehouse, ♪ ♪ honestly i don't care ♪ find the perfect vacation rental for you

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documents. kohberger's attorney could not be reached for comment. erin brockovich is back in east palestine, ohio, the site of the train derailment a month ago. she's holding a second town meeting to talk about her investigative work on town wells and local water supplies. she has been meeting with affected residents today and boy is she fired up. >> mismanagement here is unbelievable. you have -- i mean, everybody's seen the pictures. the pictures i was seeing up close, what was burning, the smells. it was very overwhelming to have such a close perspective today of what they went through. every time they try to get answers to the epa, the epa is deferring to norfolk, the very fox that's in the hen house. this is what upsets me, it takes me back to my days in hinckley,

california, we have another environmental disaster, another corporate cover up. i'm sorry, something is not right here. agency failures and a really great community of really great people that deserve answers. >> her visit comes as concerns grow about the health impact on local residents, as well as where the toxic material is being hauled off to. the epa says nearly 2 million gallons of hazardous waste water have been removed so far. the gender pay gap in the u.s. appears to have hit a glass ceiling of its own as "the washington post" puts it. there's a new study out from pugh research. it finds that the pay disparity between men and women has barely improved in the past 20 years. last year, women made on average $0.82 for every dollar made by men, compared with $0.80, 20

years ago. joining me now fatima gosgraves, president and ceo of the women's law center. the pay gap did narrow back in the '80s and '90s, what is happening as women are making end roads into higher pay, traditionally male dominated professions? >> i think there are a number of factors happening all at the same time. some of it is due to care giving and the penalty that women pay as mothers and as care givers for their families. what we know is that during the peak care giving years women make far less, and that only expands as they head towards retirement. some of it is that the wages that are at the lowest paid

jobs, they have not gone up very much. the last 15 years, minimum wage has effectively stayed the same, and women make up 2/3 of those in minimum wage jobs, and finally, i think employers pay women less frankly because they can. there's giant pay secrecy. people typically don't know they are paid less and it's very hard to identify, discover and challenge. >> so what do we do about it at this point? there have been all sorts of movements. let's disclose what people make, but why haven't we come further? it's 2023. >> i hope this study and other studies are a giant wake up call that sort of forces policy makers to move forward. what we know is when you increase transparency around pay, it makes a difference. and some states have moved forward to make pay more

transparent. we also know that you can raise the minimum wage, and you can ensure there are things like one fair wage for tip workers and finally, especially after this session when we have seen women take such a hit, leave the workplace in droves, we have to solve our care giving crisis. i think that should be where policy makers dive in. it was exciting to see the biden administration announce that they were going to do things like add child care to c.h.i.p.s and other construction infrastructure type jobs. that's the sort of solution we need to see being put forward. >> we've only got 30 seconds left, but are you hopeful? >> listen, i'm hopeful because i think these sorts of wake up calls drive people into action, and we will all be in trouble, families and communities if we don't actually address it.

>> fatima goss graves, thank you very much. i appreciate you taking the time. we have breaking news. we just told you 20 minutes or so there's a new subcommittee appointed by the house ethics committee that is going to look into a whole series of accusations against a new york congressman, george santos. well, the congressman himself has responded to the new release in a tweet, and i'm just going to read it in its entirety. the house committee on ethics has opened an investigation and congressman george santos is fully cooperating. there will be no further comment at this time, and frankly, other than the statement we got from the committee itself, they said no other public comment will be made except in accordance with committee rules. this may be what we hear about it for quite a while, many months at the very least. we also have a disturbing story ouch michigan, after the state's attorney general said she was targeted by a man who was threatening to kill several jewish officials. we've got more on that coming

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criminal complaint, the fbi got on to this suspect because of his very disturbing comments on twitter. i've been reviewing that account. it includes a lot of nonsensical ranting and the specific threats to target jewish public officials in michigan. when the fbi called the state police, they learned the state police was investigating this man for the they felt of a handgun. when they talked to his mother, they learned he has had a lot of weapons, including a military style rifle. they became very concerned, have arrested him, and charged him with making these threats, as you mentioned, the attorney general of michigan has said on twitter that she was one of the people threatened. the court documents don't say which officials were threatened. there are reports that congresswoman elissa slotkin was among those he was targeting, and this isn't the first time this has happened. just in december in michigan, another man was charged with making anti-semitic threats in a synagogue in dearborn. as you said, this is a national

problem, anti-semitism and anti-semitic violence are on the uptick, according to groups and the fbi. a disturbing case. >> thank you for that. meantime communities and food banks are bracing for a tidal wave of need now that the expanded s.n.a.p. benefits have expired. it's a dark reality for millions, and the local places trying to help, according to the colorado gazette. food banks say they are struggling. in missouri, the lines are out the door already. and in washington, food banks are bracing for a hunger cliff after the benefits that have become a necessity are expiring. >> do i pay my rent? do i give my children lunch money? do i pay my car note, my car insurance? >> the cost of surviving has increased. just to have the loss of s.n.a.p. benefitted being increased because of covid it's

going to hit home for a lot of families. >> it's sad, it's hard. you got to pick and choose today, are you going to pay your bill today or buy groceries, but we got to make the best of it. we're all trying, we're all working. what else can we do. >> i want to bring in julia chase morefield, ceo of harvest. there are millions of people across the country dreading this. are food banks prepared. what are you seeing in the first day? >> we are already seeing, before the benefits went away, we are seeing numbers increase at our food pantries. we know there's so many people in in need. the inflation is extraordinary. rent prices have gone up, utilities have gone up. this is a devastating time of year. we knew it was coming. it's devastating for the is

families receiving s.n.a.p. budgets. >> households will see their monthly grocery allocations reduced down $95. it depends on your household but on average. you mentioned it, nobody needs to be told how expensive it is to buy groceries. we heard from a few people about the incredible and unnecessary in many people's eyes, choices they're going to have to make. what are you hearing from individuals who use your food bank? >> what we're hearing in this area, ohio tend to be older, seniors are really fearful and struggling because their benefits are going to go from what was $281 month, which is a modest amount of money, down to 23. so we are really anticipating we're going to see so many more seniors and food stamps in general benefit families with children, people who have disabilities and seniors by and

large, very vulnerable populations. >> i'm familiar with food prices in ohio, most of my family is there, and i hear from them all the time, as individual costs are going up, your costs are going up as well. give us an idea of how difficult it has been for you increasing need when at a time, your own costs are going up? >> it is. absolutely. one of the things we have been doing to prepare for the end of the benefits is purchasing more food which is not the model food banks were built off. we normally deliver food on state and federal food commodities but that's been down. we purchased three to four times the amount of food we would normally purchase. that's unsustainable. and this is ahead of the drop in benefits. we're very concerned about what the rest of the year looks like. >> for anyone watching, how can they help? >> go to your nearest food bank, look on feedingamerica.org, volunteer your time, donate

funds. that's incredibly important to this effort. >> how can you doing with volunteers? >> we are so fortunate. ohio is a wonderful state as you know. we have an enormous number of volunteers, local kid at lorraine high school who volunteer at our food pantry distributions and retired seniors, we are fortunate to have wonderful volunteers. >> the best location in the nation. julie chase-morefield, thank you for all of the good that you do. we appreciate it. >> thank you. and before we go, we have lift off. >>, 4, 3, 2, 1, it is full power, and lift off the. go dragon. >> spacex sent four astronauts to the space station, two

americans and a russian cosmonaut. it also includes the first western from the arab world, specifically the uae going up for an extended stay in space. tom costello has more from the launch site. >> reporter: good day. crew 6 is on its way to the international space station lifting off here from the kennedy space center at 12:34 a.m. eastern time. a spectacular show in the middle of the night. on board the spacex rocket, four astronauts, two americans, including the american commander, an astronaut from the united arab emirates and a russian cosmonaut. i asked the crews, both six months ago and this crew, what's it like dealing with each other, russians and americans when the two countries are dealing with their worst relations in decades with the war in ukraine, and the answer is we don't talk

politics, we don't talk ukraine or putin or biden or nuclear war because our lives depend on each other when we're on the station, and this continues to be an international station in which russia and the u.s. are key partners. this mission with these crew members will dock to the station at about 1:17 a.m. on friday, and they will begin a six-month mission on the station with more than 200 science experiments. again, a flawless lift off here from the kennedy space center. i'm tom tom, nbc news at the space center. >> such a great gig, tom, thank you for that reporting. that's going to do it for us this hour. joining us for "chris jansing reports" every weekday, 1:00 to 3 eastern time on msnbc. our coverage continues with katy tur reports next. ge continues wy tur reports next

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