good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josé diaz-balart. overnight in atlanta, a violent clash between protesters and police on the site of a planned police training facility, why authorities say protesters went on the attack. plus, terror in the skies, an emergency landing after passengers said they heard a big explosion and smoke filled the cabin. it's just one incident in a string of dangerous events on board planes with one passenger even killed. in ohio, we're live near the site of another norfolk southern train derailment, just 200 miles

from last month's derailment in east palestine. and right now the fbi offering a reward for the return of four americans believed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico. we'll bring you details on what happened. and jurors who convicted alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son are speaking out. >> i didn't think he was crying. he turned it on and off, yeah. it wasn't genuine. >> do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? >> i think he did. >> we begin in atlanta where nearly three dozen people were detained after a chaotic clash between police and protesters. atlanta police say outside agitators mounted what they call a coordinated attack on the future site of a public safety training center throwing rocks, bricks, molotov cocktails and fireworks at police officers. some equipment including construction vehicles were set on fire, but no police officers were injured. sunday's protest part of a

week-long series of demonstrations against the facility. nbc's blayne alexander joins us now from atlanta. blayne, good morning. what was this all about? >> reporter: well, jose, good morning to you. this really is just the latest flash point in what's been months and months of ongoing conflict with between protesters and police, all of it centering around a planned police training facility that's going to house atlanta police and atlanta fire. now, this is something that's an 85-acre facility. it's set just outside of the city of atlanta. now, the city is touting this as a state of the art facility, something that even the mayor says is going to improve community policing. they've dubbed it cop city. one, they're concerned about the environment impact on the forests in that area, but also concerned about what it looks like to have one of the largest training facilities here in the city. here's a little bit about what the chief said last night. all of this led up to the

violent clash between the two. police are calling them outside agitators. they say there was a nearby event, and some of them kind of started throwing fireworks at officers nearby. all of that led to a frustrated police chief speaking out. take a look. >> actions such as this will not be tolerated. when you attack law enforcement officers, when you damage equipment, you are breaking the law. this was a very violent attack that occurred this evening. this wasn't about a public safety training center. this was about anarchy, and this was about the attempt to destabilize. >> reporter: and so that's what we heard from the chief. keep in mind, jose, this has been going on for quite some time. this was green lit back in 2021 by people on the atlanta city council. now, we also heard a statement from one of the groups that opposes that facility. they put out a statement of their own overnight essentially saying that police use what they're calling excessive force and saying the genesis of this

group is called a family friendly music festival, jose. >> blayne alexander in atlanta, thank you. now to another scare in the skies, a southwest airlines flight from havana to fort lauderdale, florida, was forced to turn back to havana for an emergency landing on sunday after the airline says the plane hit birds just after takeoff and suffered engine trouble. video taken on board the plane shows the cabin filling up with smoke as passengers begin to panic. one witness described the scene on board the plane. >> i feel like my lungs are burnt from the fumes. it was very terrified because a lot of kids and a lot of women, chaos, completely chaos. talking about dropping really quick and the fumes getting filled up and nobody could breathe, and everybody's screaming. >> nbc's tom costello joins us this morning. this is just one of a series of incidents that have taken place in the past couple of days. >> yeah, it was a rough -- it's

been a rough weekend, an extended weekend in aviation. let's talk about the southwest flight. it was leaving havana, apparently hitting birds, hitting the nose of the plane as well as the engine itself, and it appears that caused an engine explosion and a fire. the smoke then billowing into the cabin of the plane. as you saw immediately, the oxygen masks dropped. people grabbed those. many of them were panicked as you would expect. the plane declared an emergency, returned to havana, landed safely with the cuban firefighters immediately then extinguishing the fire as people were jumping out of the plane onto the tarmac there in havana. thankfully, nobody seriously injured, nobody killed. i'll just tell you, jose, i was on a plane one time when we ingested a bird, the engine exploded. we landed safely in tam tampa. the most serious of them all was

that plane that had the double engine strike, bird strike, the miracle on the hudson in which they landed on the hudson river, lost both engines. a plane can fly on a single engine, but two engines going out over new york about 10, 12 years ago was far more serious. let's talk about the other serious incident over the weekend. this one happened on a flight, a private plane, a business plane was flying from new hampshire down to virginia, suddenly at altitude experienced significant turbulence and one of the passengers on board that plane was killed. this is highly, highly unusual, turbulence happens regularly. usually it's minor injuries, sometimes broken bones, but rarely do you ever hear of anybody killed because of turbulence. we know that this plane may have been caught in what's called clear air turbulence, extreme turbulence at altitude, and the pilots struggling to control that. the trim of the plane as it was

caught in the eddies at that high altitude river of air. the ntsb says it does appear there was a trim issue, in other words trying to control the stability of the plane just as it hit this severe problem, and when that passenger was killed, jose. >> tom costello, thank you so much. and turning now to ohio where for the second time in just over a month, a train operated by norfolk southern has derailed. a driver's dash cam video caught the moment when 28 cars derailed, this time in springfield, ohio. officials say no hazardous materials were on board the cars that derailed in this latest incident. this comes just days before the ceo of norfolk southern is set to testify before congress and face questions from lawmakers about what is behind these accidents. joining us now from springfield, ohio, is nbc's jesse kirsch. good morning, what happened in this latest derailment? >> reporter: yeah, so at this point there's no word on the

official cause. federal investigators are heading to the scene to begin their work on this aftermath, but what we know at this point is this was a train that had 28 cars derail, according to norfolk southern out of a total of 212 cars. there were two crew members on board, and while none of the hazardous materials on board were in the cars that derailed, there were hazardous materials on board this train. the ohio environmental protection agency has said that there were no hazardous materials leaked into the soil, into the air, into the water, and officials have said there were no reported injuries. they have said there is no risk to the public health, but at the same time, there was a period of about nine hours saturday into sunday where officials sayless -- less than a dozen people were told to shelter in place. you can see behind us, close to two days later, we've still got cleanup ongoing. this area blocked off by police. you might be able to hear it if it goes off again. we have heard train whistles.

commerce transportation keeps moving even as the investigations are ongoing into this incident as well as the train derailment in east palestine, and this incident over the weekend now marks four derailments for norfolk southern in ohio in less than five months. something that senator sherrod brown calls unacceptable as he makes another push for bipartisan legislative rail safety reform. >> norfolk southern has released a new safety plan this morning. what do we know about that? >> yeah, so i asked yesterday about this idea of people potentially asking why the operator should be able to continue while this keeps happening, and norfolk southern says safety is its top priority. they investigate every derailment and takeaways from that go into new safety plans. that's something we're seeing from the company now. they put out a six-point safety plan today. this is not just about what happened over the weekend here.

this plan focuses a lot on improving the network of sensors, expanding the network of sensors along the rail lines, which keeps track of the heat on wheel bearings. you might remember that's something that ntsb said was in its initial report, something they were looking at closely from the ntsb power derailment. they're talking about investments in technology and touting the fact they've signed onto a federal system that allows workers to confidentially report close calls. >> jesse kirsch in springfield live, thank you very much. this morning, more snow in the forecast. some communities are still cut off in california, and almost a dozen people are dead in the south after a weekend of wild weather swept across the country. in kentucky, more than 100,000 customers still without power this morning after heavy rains and powerful wind gusts pummelled the region. and unfolding right now out west, the desperate situation for residents in the san bernardino mountains after a massive snowstorm dumped as much

as five feet of snow on some communities cutting some residents off from critical resources like food and medicine. joining us now is nbc's dana griffin live in hard-hit crestline, california. the national guard has stepped in to help. how are rescue operations going? >> reporter: well, we're hoping to get a better picture of that layer today, but you mentioned just having people cut off from food and necessities, and we are here outside of goodwin and son's market, a prime example of what people are experiencing right now and the severity of this storm. i want you to take a look through this window, this is not a reflection. this is actually the inside of this market, what used to be rows and rows of food is now covered in snow and debris that fell when this roof collapsed just on wednesday from the weight of all the snow that has fallen this past week. we want to give you a bird's eye view, just so you can see the vantage point of how massive this store is.

this is the largest grocery store in this region. you can see just snow covering inside the store. it's just -- this is historic. this is something that a lot of residents have never seen and may never see again. and this is just one of the impacts that we're seeing in this particular community near the lake arrowhead area. fire officials have reported at least eight residential fires they believe sparked by gas leaks. and just another concern, another impact from the storm and back out here live. there is red tape now lining the outside of this building because there is now structural damage. they're not letting anyone get close to this because it is very dangerous, and this part of southern california is expected to get another round of snow later this week. many residents are very frustrated and concerned about if this town can take another beating like this. the beautiful thing about this entire devastating storm is that the residents here have come together helping out each other,

going door to door to make sure those that have been snowed in have the necessities that they need. this actual parking lot turned into a distribution center over the weekend for food and residents are going to start setting up their tables to try to get ready to help more people in this community. >> dana griffin, thank you so much. up next, decision 2024 is heating up with former president trump vowing revenge at the conservative political action conference. why he says there's no way he will drop out of the race. the jurors in the double murdaugh murder trial speak out, why they say they convicted him of killing his wife and son. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports." ing "josé diaz-balart reports. subway keeps upping their game with the subway series. an all-star menu of delicious subs. there's the philly, the monster, the boss. if i hadn't seen it in person, i wouldn't have believed it. eating is believing steph. the subway series. try subway's tastiest menu upgrade yet.

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17 past the hour, the presumed front runner for the 2024 presidential campaign both taking their messages on the road. today president biden is

speaking to the international association of firefighters. it comes a day after he visited selma, alabama, to mark the 58 years since bloody sunday, the day alabama state troopers beat and sprayed african american protesters marching for voting rights with tear gas on the edmund pettus bridge. the president used this speech to talk about the importance of the right to vote. >> the right to vote, to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty. with it, anything's possible. without it, without that right, nothing is possible. and this fundamental right remains under assault. >> his speech came one day after former president donald trump spoke at the conservative political action conference or cpac, he encouraged his followers to, quote, swamp the left through mail-in voting. something he's attacked in the past. trump also made it clear he will seek revenge of wrongs against him is and his supporters.

>> 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior. i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. >> and with us now to talk more about all of this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, nbc news white house correspondent, allie raffa, victoria defrancesco, and susan del percio, a republican strategist and an msnbc political analyst. what can we expect to hear from the president today? >> yeah, good morning, jose. president biden has called himself the most pro-union president, so it's really no coincidence that when he does speak to this union, he's going to become the first sitting president in more than 20 years to speak to the international association of firefighters, and that's significant because this is an incredibly robust and

influential union. this was the first major union to endorse him in 2019 for the 2020 election after they didn't endorse anyone in 2016. that move really sending shock waves through the 2020 campaign trail, definitely angering then candidate trump who was also vying for that endorsement. this union played a huge role in president biden's 2020 election, and he's hoping for the same result, if and when he does decide to run in 2024, and right now, all signs are looking like that is a go. and so this speech today, while he's definitely still not a candidate, so this isn't going to be a campaign speech, we are probably going to hear some echoes of what he promised union workers on the 2020 campaign trail, definitely the undertone of a campaign speech, and this is arguably where president biden feels most welcomed, most at home when he talks to union workers, blue collar workers. so fully expect that audience to be targeted today as he tries to

lock in early support, as early as possible as he hasn't even announced that re-election bid, jose. >> and meanwhile, vaughn, trump made it clear over the weekend that he is not going to back out of the race even if he were to be indicted. what else did he have to say? >> when you're talking about cpac, these are the kind of conservative activists here that any republican who wants to ascend to their party's nomination really needs to garner a stronghold of. and for donald trump, he's starting out here on top. we are 11 months away from an iowa caucus here, but what you saw over the course of the weekend was validation for him and his campaign that he is starting strong with this type of republican voter here. these are the types of conversations, jose, frankly, that are reflected that i've had from the likes of iowa to south carolina here, and it's exactly why you heard donald trump say i am your retribution. this is the calling card of his campaign here, making the case

that he is fighting against the injustices that americans have faced but also himself. of course who is in the middle of multiple investigations. i want you to hear trump answering whether he were to potentially drop out of the race whether he were to be indicted from any of these investigations. take a listen. >> these are witch hunts. these have been going on for a long time, they've weaponized justice in this country, i think it's a disgrace. people are very angry about it. even democrats. absolutely. i wouldn't even think about leaving. these are fake stories. these are horrible. >> jose, of course, this is not unlike what we saw after his first impeachment when he used those proceedings to try to galvanize his supporters around his 2020 presidential campaign, and as you can see from right there, he intends to do that again. >> and susan, there were some notable no-shows at cpac this year incluing florida governor

desantis, vice president pence, and house speaker mccarthy. how significant is that? >> well, it was probably strategic for ron desantis in that he didn't want to get any boos, so it made sense for him to skip it and attend event elsewhere. what's interesting about kevin mccarthy as the speaker, the newly republican-elected speaker, not to show up at cpac is very significant because he was elected because of the members that were speaking at cpac and the people that he had to make these crazy deals with. so it is significant. the one thing i'd also like to highlight is that cpac was really stacked for donald trump. this was tpac, trump pac and for him to only get 62% of an event that he stacked, i don't think shows a lot of strength. it shows where his core may be at 30, 35%. but if you stack the house, you should be getting 90%, not 62.

>> interesting, victoria, we're still very early in the electoral season. while the president is focusing on voting rights, he still has yet to formally announce he will run again, even though all indications are he will. so far the only democrats who announced a run is self-help author marianne williamson. would a biden announcement essentially close the door for everybody else? >> it would close the door for your more established candidates, for high profile democrats that are already in office. though we have yet to hear an announcement from president trump, you'll remember last year we heard from first lady dr. jill biden that her husband would be running. what we saw in terms of the speech from the firefighters union another strong indication and where we're seeing the president really pointing to the

works that have come out from the rescue packages, the bridges, the roads, and what's important here is that we're pointing to tangible, right? so as we're getting into that 2024 campaign season, president biden can show and point to these things that affect people's day-to-day lives. compare that to say in the obama administration where one mistake was even though a lot of money was given in the rescue packages, the buildout of those projects lagged. here we don't see that lag, and that's going to be strategically put into place, and we see the biden administration already doing that with an eye toward the campaign. >> susan, former maryland governor larry hogan announced yesterday that he is not going to run for president saying it was a tough decision to make. here's part of what he had to say. >> i didn't want to have a pileup of a bunch of people fighting. right now you have trump and desantis at the top of the field, soaking up the oxygen, getting the attention and a whole lot of the rest of us in

single-digits, and the more of them you have, the less chance you have for somebody rising up. >> so does this mean you think there's not a lot of room for, i don't know, an establishment republican in the 2024 election cycle? >> well, there's probably only room for one or two, and that person will probably make their big significant turnout in new hampshire. and if you have governor sununu of new hampshire running, it would not lend itself to a positive result for larry hogan. i think he sees that, and it just makes sense. by the way, i think that this field is going to whittle down very quickly. >> you mean the entire field? even -- >> yeah. >> why do you think -- why? >> because why asa hutchinson, governor, fine, but there's no reason for him to run. he's not going to be able to make his pitch to the money people. mike pompeo, again, where is he

going to go if there's donald trump and nikki haley already announced? i think that we're going to see it become smaller and smaller because a lot of these candidates who may have the right credentials are just going to find themselves locked out of the process financially. >> interesting, victoria, last week president biden said he would not veto a resolution barring washington, d.c., from making some criminal penalty changes in their books. he also has been making it more difficult for migrants to seek asylum. that actually got some lukewarm praise from house judiciary committee chair jim jordan. how is this playing for voters, and is this strictly political decisions? >> it's a tact towards the middle, jose, and if president biden were facing a primary -- a tough primary contest, then this

would be extremely detrimental because what we see here is your base of the democratic party would not allow for this. that being said, the president is more than likely not really going to face a significant primary challenge so that in terms of the general election when in theory both candidates are going to want to be running to the middle, that's the middle that the d.c. crime bill and the more restrictive immigration bill and policies have. so i think it's very much this run to the middle that is mapping out that elective strategy for the general. >> vaughn, i also know that over there at cpac you spoke with former brazilian president jair bolsonaro. >> this is actually the former brazilian president's first on camera interview with an american outlet since last year,

where he of course lost the presidency in brazil, and he has been staying in the united states. now, his visa is up here and to our understanding, andrea mitchell's reporting he has applied to the state department for an extension. the question is whether he would return to brazil. you'll recall from january with the capital siege in brazil, very reminiscent of what americans watched play out in the u.s. capitol in the january 6th attack. brazilians in the name of bolsonaro attacked the capitol, and largely around election denialism claims that he, in fact, did not actually lost his election. the question that i put to him is, number one, would he actually return to brazil because prosecutors are investigating the extent to which he inspired them to attack the capitol. he confirmed to me he does intend to leave the united states this month. when i asked him whether he would stay in brazil if charges

were braugts against him, he demured. he tells me he bears no responsible for that attack, and he continues to propagate that he didn't actually lose the election, and it's notable that outside of donald trump he arguably received the greatest ovation among those cpac attendees. he spoke just before donald trump, and even when trump mentioned bolsonaro's name from the stage, the crowd erupted and trump gave an acknowledgment, that boy, that's more of an applause than most american officer holders get. it's notable because these are two individuals that are allies, and now it's a question of what brazilian prosecutors choose to do. >> he is in the united states on a tourist visa essentially, vaughn. >> that is right, and he is now going to be applying, he was a diplomat. he came here two days before leaving office, came on that diplomatic visa here that expired last month, and now the question is will he be able to

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34 past the hour, new today, the fbi is offering $50,000 for any information for who may be behind the kidnapping of four americans in matomoros, the u.s. ambassador to mexico announced that an innocent mexican citizen was killed in the attack. joining us now is nbc's ken dilanian. what do we know about what happened there? >> jose, the fbi is saying in a statement that these four americans were kidnapped on friday as they tried to cross -- or as they did cross the border near brownsville, texas, into matamoros. they were fired on by gunmen and dragged into another vehicle and taken away. now, the consulate, the u.s.

consulate in mexico issued a statement on friday addressing what they call reports of gun violence, saying that one person had been killed. that may refer to this mexican citizen you just mentioned. no word on the fate of the americans at this moment, the fbi is intensively investigating. this is a really dangerous area, jose, a place where the u.s. consulate has urged americans not to travel because there's a lot of cartel activity and violence. again, the u.s. government, the fbi actively investigating, jose. >> ken dilanian, thank you very much. we have an nbc news exclusive this morning. right now two ukrainian pilots are in the u.s. undergoing an assessment to see how long it might take to train them to fly attack american jets including f 16s. that's according to two congressional officials and a senior u.s. official. ukraine's president zelenskyy has repeatedly asked the u.s. and other western allies to provide ukraine with f 16s but so far biden and other leaders have resisted those requests.

joining us from the pentagon, nbc's courtney kube who broke this exclusive. good morning, what kind of training are these ukrainian pilots receiving? >> so defense officials are quick to say that this is all being done on simulators, that they're not -- these ukrainian pilots are not flying actual aircraft. these simulators generally can mimic multiple aircraft, air platforms. it's not just teaching them or familiarizing them is the word that the military keeps -- the pentagon keeps using. it's not just familiarizing them with aircraft. it's also with some of the systems like the munitions that these aircraft can employ, some of which the u.s. has been providing to ukraine already. what's important to point out here is these two ukrainian pilots have already been at a u.s. military base in tucson for several weeks now. now according to these officials we expect as many as ten more to join them in the coming weeks. it's a sign that this program is growing, this familiarization event is growing. officials here at the pentagon and across the administration continue to tell us that this is

not indicative of the fact that the u.s. has made a decision to provide f-16s to ukraine at this point, but clearly they are working with them to help them on additional platforms, besides what they already have there, jose. >> courtney kube, thank you very much. up next, a busy week on wall street, including a much anticipated jobs report. what we're expecting in light of january's huge month of hiring. you're watching josé diaz-balart reports. iaz-balart reports. ...a day off,... ...or a double shift. make your move and get out in front of eczema... with steroid-free cibinqo. not an injection,... cibinqo is a once-daily pill for those who didn't respond to past treatments. and it's proven to help provide clearer skin and relieve itch fast. cibinqo continuously treats eczema whether you're flaring or not. cibinqo can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections and do blood tests. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b or c, have flu-like symptoms, or are prone to infections.

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good morning, what do jurors have to say? >> reporter: good morning, those jurors took us inside that deliberation room and what they said is when they took that first vote on whether or not to convict him there were about nine jurors that were voting guilty. there were two that felt that murdaugh was not guilty, and there was another that was on the fence, but after about 45 minutes of talking it over and going over the evidence, they unanimously, all 12 were able to agree that murdaugh was, in fact, guilty, and a couple of key pieces of evidence here that really moved them to that decision. one of them, of course, being that video from the kennels that was taken by murdaugh's late son paul, and in that video you can overhear alex murdaugh in the background speaking. and that was crucial because murdaugh had lied to investigators repeatedly saying that he had not been there that night, and in fact, that video showed that he had been there just minutes before those murders occurred, but there was

also something else that struck the jurors, and that was when murdaugh took the stand in his own defense. the jurors said that they did not believe very much of what he said. i want to play some of what they had to say about that. >> did you believe his tears? did you think he was crying? some other jurors have said they didn't buy it. you're shaking your head. >> no, i didn't think he was crying. he turned it on and off. yeah. it wasn't genuine. >> do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? >> i think he did. >> yes, mm-hmm. >> why? >> we already know that he's a lawyer. he's able to be emotional with cases. he's able to be emotional with himself. he knows when to turn it on and off, so i think that we were kind of able to read right through that. >> reporter: and those jurors also talked about this question of motive, something that the prosecutors didn't have to prove but typically will try to present some sort of reason why murdaugh would have done this, and what the jurors said is that

they believed it was a combination of things. they don't think it was any one thing. but we heard those jurors talk about control, talk about greed, and say that overall, they felt like it was a combination of all of these different elements that led murdaugh to commit those murders and of course that is something that all of those jurors said that they were quite certain about. jose. >> and so, priscilla, what's next for murdaugh, and what do we know about any potential appeals? >> reporter: yeah, well, for now murdaugh remains here at the kirkland correctional facility in columbia, south carolina. he'll spend the next 30 to 45 days here undergoing medical tests and mental evaluations, education assessments, in order for officials to assign him to a maximum security prison where he will serve out those life sentences, and as for an appeal, murdaugh maintains that he is innocent, that he did not commit these crimes, and his attorneys say that they do intend to file an appeal on the basis in part

that those financial crimes should never have been brought up in as part of this case. jose. >> priscilla thompson in columbia, south carolina, thank you so very much. turning now to a busy week in economic news, tomorrow we may get crucial information about the economy when the chair of the federal reserve jerome powell testifies before the senate. on friday the jobs report will give us a closer look at the state of the labor market after the economy added over a half a million jobs in january. joining us now with more is cnbc's dominic chu. good morning, what should we be looking at this week? >> so jose, it comes down to basically everyone on main street, wall street, and k street all grappling with a lot of conflicting narratives and anecdotes in the market and the economy. so on the one hand you mentioned that blowout jobs number from january, alongside -- and this is key -- what was seemingly a tamer growth rate for wages. now, there's a reason why that's

important. what that did was give a lot of upside momentum to the stock market. what it indicates is that the jobs market still remains healthy and robust. you're creating lots of jobs, but you're doing it without skyrocketing labor costs. that might mean the fed could be, again, hypothetically, less aggressive on raising interest rates. that helps the stock market, but it's more recently that we're seeing more signs of persistent inflation, especially for things like services. that's led to more chatter about the fed needing to keep raising rates and hold them higher for longer. tapping the brakes on the economy. there's going to be a lot more focus on what jay powell hints at tomorrow and what some people call the granddaddy of all reports. we're not even mentioning that next week you get the latest consumer price index data, and then the fed interest rate decision. so the next two weeks four major catalysts, jose. >> yeah, and dominic, more news for consumers. tesla says it's cutting the

prices of some of its cars? >> yes, it is. so this is actually helping, right? it could be considered either deflationary or at the very least not as inflationary. what you have right now is a situation where tesla says it will now cut the price of its high end cars. this is the model s and the model x suvs. those price cuts will range anywhere from up to 5% for that model s sedan or up to around 9 to 10% for the model x suv. again, these are their very high end cars. these are not the ones that you see most of the times on the roads, which are the model y and the model 3. this represents a small part of their sales, but in essence, what they're trying to do is cut those prices to spur demand for more evs. and by the way, jose, there is a precedent for tesla here. they've already cut prices once this year, and according to the ceo elon musk, that price cut helped drive surging demand for some of those cars. this could be a way to make

those cars more accessible. again, this is just the high end of the market for these ones here. >> now, dominic in the recent past, tesla lowered the prices of the 3 and the y, right? >> correct. and that's the reason why -- so when elon cites that surge in demand, it was earlier this year that some of their more -- it's hard to call them budget because these are not exactly budget cars, but the ones that are less expensive compared that model s and model x suv, those are the ones that got the price cut, and when they did cut the price, more people came to market. what they're hoping to do is see if they can bring some of that same kind of movement and demand towards those higher end cars. these one are not as important to tesla. they don't make up the bulk of the sales. it's more important for the model 3 and model y. >> we're waiting on that pickup truck they're expecting. >> cyber truck, yes. >> the cyber truck. maybe at the end of this year. there have been delays on that. >> who knows, and by the way --

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