i'm lindsey reiser we have breaking news this thursday morning dramatic video released from the u.s. military showing the alarming moment a russian fighter jet clipped a u.s. drone sending it crashing into the black sea. u.s. officials calling the action unsafe, unprofessional, aggressive nbc news confirming those actions were approved from the government >> and janet yellen in the hot seat this morning as regulators race to alleviate fears. the treasury secretary set to begin testifying before the senate finance committee any second second >> plus the new alarm bills about two other banks under massive pressure as the fallout from the silicon valley bank continues. and back off or get banned a source close to the mega popular app confirms to nbc news the biden administration has

demanded iktok's chinese owner sell their stakes in the app or face a possible ban in the u.s what does it mean for the millions of tiktok users in the u.s. and a major escalation into one of the investigations into former president trump stormy daniels the latest to meet with new york prosecutors on the hush money paid to her on trump's behalf the same tay trump's fixer michael cohen spent five hours before a new york grand jury >> at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds if that's the way the facts play out. plain and simple >> what all of this activity could signal about the case and how the former president is responding we're going to begin with that stunning new video of a russian jet intercepting a u.s. drone over the black sea newly and declassified by the u.s. military. we're going to take you through the footage. it has been edited for length before it was released you can see what the u.s. says is fuel being poured onto this

unmanned drone by a russian fighter jet. then it comes back to drop even more fuel. and it ends up clipping the drone, temporarily cutting off the camera feed. when the feed returns, you can actually see the propeller on your upper right-hand side clearly damaged there, and that forced the military to bring the drone back down into the black sea. the u.s. says there were efforts to wipe all of the sensitive data there, so starting us off, nbc's pentagon cont, courtney k kube, monica alba, and helene. what more can you tell us here about what this video reveals? >> so, it shows as you mentioned one of the things that is in dispute between the russian and u.s. account of events here. that is that the russian jets did drop fuel on the u.s. military drone this mq-9 reaper drone it also gives us a little sense of how erratic these russian

pilots appeared to be flying you see the one aircraft coming in at a very high rate of speed. that's an extremely dangerous movement, especially at a high altitude around another aircraft and in addition to that, we have a little bit of a sense of the very end of, as you mentioned, the russian jet did clip the u.s. military aircraft that's another thing, another piece of this scenario here that the russians dispute they in fact say that the u.s. military drone was flying somewhat erratically, it lost altitude and crashed on its own. that there was never any contact between the two aircraft very different versions of events from the two sides here what's also important to point out, this is not the first time we have gotten video of one of these intercepts, when one military aircraft is trailing along, following close by to another aircraft, checking each other, sometimes there will be communications between the two aircraft that's not uncommon. but this kind of activity here, especially with the dropping of the fuel, that's extremely

uncommon if not unprecedented even with some of the more dangerous confrontations in the air between the u.s. and russians and other militaries and the russians general milley explained a little more about how common these events are and why this one is different yesterday at a press briefing, here's what he had to say. >> the fact that we operate in proximity to each other is not particularly unusual and we do try to establish deconfliction channels in order to make sure our forces are physically separated, but there is a pattern of behavior recently where there's more aggressive actions being conducted by the russians. >> and at this point, we still don't have any indication the deconfliction channels were used that's a phone line where they can talk where if they're close to operating proximity, there's not any kind of incident >> walk us through your exclusive reporting about how high up this went in the kremlin for approval >> we learned according to three

u.s. officials that in fact before this aggressive intercept there were very high levels in the russian government who were -- who approved of this aggressive action. now, that doesn't mean that they approved these individuals approved specifically of hitting the drone. in fact, the u.s. officials we spoke with based on this video and other indications, they say it is most likely that the actual clipping of the drones was an accident, based off the erratic pilot and the way the pilot was operating here and some words that we're hearing like reckless behavior and even ineptitude on the part of the russian pilots here. but the very high levels of the russian government, civilian government, not just military, approved of this aggressive behavior why that's important is we often hear concern, after an incident like this, some sort of an intercept, we hear the question, maybe these are rogue members of the military that were doing something that they weren't order to do. this doesn't appear to be the case here.

>> these three defense officials and a biden official say the russians have already reached the area where the drone crashed. what do we know about recovery efforts on both sides? it's a very deep part of the black sea. how does this work also, the kremlin issuing a new warning to the u.s., to quote, seize hostile activity near its borders. is the white house responding? >> we have heard from the white house and pentagon on this, that because the drone likely plunged into the depths of the black sea, this will be really difficult to recover, and this is something that the u.s. says they would ideally like to but acknowledged the reality of how difficult that may be. but the important context here is that they do believe that before it was downed, they were able to wipe it of the most sensitive data so that's the key part here, that even if the russians or anyone else was able to recover it, the u.s. doesn't feel necessarily like they're in a position that there would be extremely high level information on there that could be sensitive to another country so that's one factor that's playing into all of this and we have heard a little bit

of a response here from the white house, generally, but president biden himself hasn't commented on the incident. he was traveling back from a west coast swing there are no public events for him today, but there will be a white house briefing a little later where you can imagine they're going to address some of these questions. to your other specific inquiry about these hostile activities as the kremlin is referring, the white house right now is essentially pointing to those comments from secretary of defense austin and secretary of state blinken who were saying it was the russians who were acting recklessly and the u.s. drone was operating properly in international air space, and that's something they fully intend to continue to do those operations aren't going to cease, but again, the bigger backdrop to all of this is that the united states doesn't seek conflict with russia they don't want to escalate any further, but they maintain of course the u.s. drone was doing what it could in the proper air space and we'll continue to see that kind of activity. at the same time, the white house is warning, again, they

feel the russians were the ones who were acting irresponsibly here >> helene, lloyd austin held a rare phone call with this russian counterpart about all of this what can you tell us about that phone call and what it suggests? >> hi, thanks for having me. it certainly suggests they are both as far apart as they have been over the past 13 months lloyd austin in that press conference where he talked about this phone call yesterday would not even characterize it he just refused to answer questions about how the russian defense minister reacted and russia put out its own interpretation of the call immediately after. this whole incident is just so interesting, though, because it's all about russia trying to make the black sea, which the vast majority of it is international waters, russia is trying to make that a no-go,

this area a no-go zone for american planes. it would like to make that as close to the appearance of its own territory as it can. the united states continues to send up these flights as part of the effort, and you see this whole drama being played out in the south china sea as well, but this is the united states sends these flights out first in order to spy on russia and to see and get a lay of the land of what's going on over the black sea during this war with ukraine but it also sends these flights up there to make a point, that this black sea area is not a no-go zone it is international waters the american planes have every right to be there. and that's part of what you're seeing under play now. i think one of the other really interesting things about this video that courtney just touched on is when you start talking about ineptitude, there's no way

that these russian planes intended to collide with a drone. that's a really dangerous maneuver, and that could have potentially taken down the russian manned plane as well so we have seen in the past 13 months of this war just a lot of russian ineptitude when it comes to the performance of the russian military we're now seeing that perhaps the russian air force is one defense officials said to me yesterday is not as great as maybe you might have thought because that kind of move was one they did not pull off properly >> okay, courtney, monica, helene, thank you all so much. our banking system remains sound. that's the message treasury secretary janet yellen is sending this hour. she testifies before the senate finance committee, and the turmoil surrounding the silicon valley bank failure. her apiernts was set to be focused on the president's budget but you can bet she will

get questions on the bank collapse of ending the u.s. economy this week. and new concerns about two other banks rocking the market so joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and nbc news business and data reporter brian chung first to you, garrett, what can we expect secretary yellen to say about the silicon valley bank failure, and do you expect senators to grill her on why warning signs weren't noticed or heeded >> at least one of them will, and good morning, i think you're right. this was a prescheduled hearing about the budget, but the budget will take a back seat. the secretary's prepared remarks just off embargo in the last few minutes include this line which she wants the american people to hear as well as the senators i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system remains sound and that americans can feel confident their deposits will be there when they need them. this week's actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to insure that depositors' savings remain safe. the treasury department and the administration want that to be

heard, reassuringly, not like kevin bacon in animal house telling folks all is well, when he gets trampled by the marching band yellen's task here is to calm folks down, and that's what she's going to try to do in front of a committee that doesn't even have jurisdiction over banks but it's going to be very interested in this issue. especially as we get toward the end of the democratic senators watch closely what elizabeth warren is going to be asking the treasury secretary about she introduced legislation yesterday to roll back changes in the dodd/frank law that kind of oversaw some of this bank, smaller banks and how they were capitalized after 2018, changes were made there. she wants to reverse those changes. expect a lot of questions about that, but the legislative solution here is probably a long way off. >> i always pride myself when i get your references. unfortunately, this one did go over my head with animal house don't come at me haven't seen it yet. >> discretionary viewing time

this weekend get the baby out of the room for that one >> brian, let's talk about what going on with credit suisse and why all eyes are on first republic >> credit suisse is a zurich based bank so it's not a u.s. bank that might have the same issues that we saw at silicon valley and signature, which were both closed over the weekend credit suisse is essentially facing in broad strokes the same thing, depositors pulling their money out. overnight, we heard the bank would be potentially tapping up to $54 billion in liquidity from the central bank think of the equivalent of the federal reserve in switzerland, the swiss national bank. it shows this bank is having liquidity issue, is relying on potential government help to keep itself up why this is so important is because credit suisse is one of the largest 50 banks in the world. so when we talk about contagion and issues happening domestically, we have to keep an eye on what's happening at banks abrauld. not saying credit suisse is

going to fall any time, but that does underscore some concern >> talk to us about first republic >> first republic got downgraded by two credit rating agencies yesterday and there's a concern they have somewhat of a similar profile to silicon valley bank in that they have a lot of large depositors that are companies and also high net worth clients. in fact, this bank, first republic, which is based out of san francisco but has branched across the country, has a lot of average household deposits as well although they tend to be higher net worth clients that have likely more than $250,000 in the bank the reason why that number is important is because that's the federal line for deposit insurance. if there were to be some sort of outflows, the bank concerns about whether they can get more than that insurance from the bank, there could be potential deposit flows out of that as well we have to watch how shares go, but first republic under watch as well. >> brian, thank you. garrett, thanks to you as well next, legal peril. new developments today in not just one but two investigations

looming over former president donald trump plus, a big threat for tiktok, as the biden administration demands chinese owners sell their stake in the social media i'll talk to one tiktok famous congressman about a potential ban. also ahead, is a trump appointed judge ready to make an unprecedented move and pull an abortion drug that's been around for 20 years off the market? the potential impact on women nationwide and later, beware. a slow-moving giant seaweed blob is coming to the u.s the state in its sites when we're back in 60 seconds so it's decided, we'll park even deeper into parking spaces so people think they're open. surprise. [ laughs ] [ horn honks, muffled talking ] -can't hear you, jerry. -sorry. uh, yeah, can we get a system where when someone's bike is in the shop, then we could borrow someone else's? -no! -no! or you can get a quote with america's number-one motorcycle insurer and maybe save some money while you're at it. all in favor of that. [ horn honking ]

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prosecutors by zoom yesterday afternoon. in georgia, nbc news has confirmed reporting by the atlanta journal constitution that the fulton county grand jury investigating 2020 election interference heard a previously unknown call between trump and a state lawmaker about convening a special session to overturn the results. nbc's vaughn hillyard is live from west palm beach, florida, near mar-a-lago. also, former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner. >> talk to us about that and how the former president is responding >> reporter: right, this is notable that stormy daniels is directly meeting with prosecutors. of course, to note, that does not mean that she has met with the grand jury essentially, how this process works is that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, he tries to build his own case with evidence and potential witnesses to go before the grand jury to convince them that they should approve the charges that he

would like to bring against in this case donald trump and so stormy daniels meeting with prosecutors gets that conversation going now, the question is, does she actually go before the grand jury we do not have that answer at this time. and we are still waiting to hear whether the grand jury is convening here this afternoon or not. after wrapping up their testimony with michael cohen, who testified for more than five hours over the course of two days i want to let you look at a social media post from donald trump last night about this manhattan district investigation. quote, i did nothing wrong in the horse face case. of course, that's a derogatory name he's given stormy daniels i see she showed up in new york today trying to drum up publicity for herself. he's consistently denied ever having a sexual relationship with stormy daniels. this gets to the contentious point of this case, what exactly did donald trump know about that $130,000 transfer of money from michael cohen to stormy daniels?

and he makes the case that it was an effort to silence a defamatory story against him the question here is what has the grand jury heard from witnesses and what evidence have they seen? >> what does this all signal about where the manhattan d.a.'s investigation currently stands >> it signals they're at the end of the road with respect to the grand jury investigation a couple of data points on that, first of all, michael cohen is obviously the most important witness. he is in a very real sense a coconspirator with donald trump in these hush money payments to stormy daniels we heard a lot about stormy daniels. she in my smestimation is a less important witness. it's about the criminal deal michael cohen and donald trump struck together and that michael cohen then implemented at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. the other important data point is the prosecutors invited donald trump to appear before the grand jury they couldn't subpoena him

because he's the target of the investigation, and he obviously has a fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, but they invited him, as we often do in the larger white collar cases to give the target of the grand jury investigation an opportunity to explain how, you know what, the prosecutors have it all wrong, i really committed no crimes. not surprisingly, donald trump did not accept that invitation so i think the next step is really for alvin bragg to move toward asking the grand jury to return an indictment >> glenn, let's talk about georgia where we're now hearing about this previously unknown call we're still awaiting the d.a.'s decision in that case, but how much pressure do public disclosures bring for fani willis >> it brings pressure for fani willis because we all heard some weeks ago that her charging decisions were imminent, but i don't think district attorney fani willis feels that pressure or acts as a result of public

pressure i never did when i was a prosecutor you know who else it pressures, though, lindsey, is all of the people who may very well be facing indictment. we heard from the forewoman of the jury that as many as 12 or more people were in the grand jurors' sights to be indicted. i suspect fani willis is in the final throes of perhaps negotiating with some of those people, saying to them, look, if you don't want your name to be one of the marquee defendants on a big old conspiracy indictment for violating georgia election laws, you may want to sort of get out in front of it you may want to plead guilty you may want to become a cooperating witness. i think if anybody is feeling the pressure now, it's the people that the grand jurors recommended for indictment >> vaughn hillyard, glenn kirschner, thank you still ahead, strike threat why workers in the second largest school district in the country could walk off the job next week. plus, as the u.s. bans tiktok on government devices

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this morning a big threat from the white house to one of the most popular social media

platforms in the country a source close to tiktok confirms to nbc news that the biden administration has demanded that the company's chinese owners either sell their stakes in the app or face a possible ban in the u.s. that news was first reported by the "wall street journal." the threat comes as the uk today joined a growing list of countries including the u.s. banning tiktok on government devices. nbc's kristen welker joins us from the white house this is a harder line here from the white house. what led to the shift and how is tiktok responding? >> reporter: there's no doubt about that you hit the key point, this does mark a dramatic shift in the biden administration's policy toward tiktok which is a hugely popular app, by the way. it has more than 100 million monthly users. so nbc news just to confirm this point again, has confirmed from a source close to tiktok that the administration is demanding that the chinese owners bytedance sell their steak in the social media giant or else

the administration is threatening a possible ban of the app in the u.s. which would likely face major legal challenges, by the way the source cautioned to me that the company does not see this to be a final order now, the news was first reported by the "wall street journal. we reached out to the white house and reached out to the treasury department overnight. both declined to comment the big issue here are these growing fears china could use the app to access americans' data, particularly because of a national security law there that requires companies to turn over customer data if requested so china is saying this morning that the u.s. has failed to prove that tiktok threatens national security. overnight, a spokesperson for the company writing, if protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn't solve the problem. a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access the company suggesting that what's really needed is a third party monitoring, vetting and verification, which it says is already does this latest move does come amid mounting pressure from

republicans who say president biden just hasn't been tough enough on tiktok and as the senate introduced a bipartisan bill last week to give the biden administration more power to make moves against tech platforms like tiktok, lindsey. >> thank you so much joining me right now is north carolina democratic congressman jeff jackson congressman, good to see you thanks for being with us this is your first term in office if this doesn't work out, you still have a future as a viral tiktok star. you have more than a million followers here your last video, this one that we're seeing now on the silicon valley bank collapse, it was an explainer urging people what you just heard in a briefing what people should do this has 23 million views. you know this app better than most of your colleagues. maybe better than most in general. what do you make of the new stance from the white house? >> i support it. i think it's reasonable. i think the security concerns here particularly around data privacy for americans, i think those concerns are all perfectly reasonable, and if i were

bytedance, i would comply. i would sell, i would divest >> congressman, last week, the national security agency director general called the threat of tiktok, quote, loaded gun. are you worried, any concerns about you using it yourself or how popular it is among teens? >> well, again, i think the data privacy concerns are real. i have taken some steps because of those concerns. i have tiktok on a phone with no other apps on it it's just a tiktok phone it's clearly not a government phone. that's not allowed anymore so yeah, i think those concerns are real i would encourage americans to take those concerns seriously. >> the average person isn't going to have a burner phone just for tiktok. >> no, i get that. i understand so i think they need to ask themselves whether they're comfortable with the potential security threat, with a potential data privacy threat. >> what are the potential threats? are you privy to any information in congress you can share with the audience, we hear a lot of times from young people, i just want to be on tiktok

i don't care what it means for me do you have a message for them >> i don't think there's a specific threat. i think there's a general concern that this data, while owned by bytedance, is accessible by the chinese government and given our somewhat adversarial relationship as of late with the chinese government, there's a concern the chinese government would have a motive to ask bytedance for access to that information there's no evidence that has occurred or occurred in a widespread way, but it's the potential that is the underlying national security concern. >> congressman, we mentioned earlier the uk joining the united states and the european union to ban tiktok from government devices but there's obviously a reason why you're on tiktok and could argue for it i mean, it helps you connect with constituents, especially the next generation of voters or maybe even the people who aren't old enough to vote but whose decisions you make impact. do you have any fears with these moves impacting how you

communicate with or connect with your audience? >> yeah, i do. i mean, i use tiktok for the same reason that i use every other social media platform, facebook, twitter, instagram it's just the case that these days with tiktok, you can reach far more people than you can with any of the other social media platforms because tiktok has grown in popularity so quickly. i have at least 100,000 constituents who are regularly using tiktok and who expect to see me there and expect to see me explaining what's happening that week in congress through that platform. so it's not without value. it's just also with a significant concern. >> congressman jeff jackson, thank you for joining us hope you'll come back. >> thank you today, workers for the second largest school district in the country, los angeles, are preparing to go on a three-day strike next week cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians and other workers are demanding wage increases, more full-time work, and more staffing for student services.

that union doesn't include teachers but the l.a. teachers union has pledged not to cross picket lines joining me right now from los angeles is niella charles. does this mean schools will close next week and where do negotiations stand >> reporter: the district says it's likely schools will close during the proposed strike because the teachers union will be honoring the strike by not going into school. those education workers are the low wage earners within the school, the cafeteria workers, the school bus drivers and also the janitors, but they say they're demanding wage increase of about 30% and also benefits and they're pointing to the district's about $5 billion budget reserve in order to do that but the superintendent in a statement to parents said this in response to that. ultimately, we must do what is in the best interest of our students, as well as our workforce, which includes exercising fiscal responsibility now, we did speak to the president of the nation's second

largest teachers union, and she says that the lausd demands for the workers are reflective of the needs across the country for both teachers and staff. she says those needs need to be made a priority. listen to what she told us >> if we can get, if management comes to the table fairly and gets agreement with teachers and with school support personnel, that will also send a huge message. that will say it's not just what we demand but it is a priority for the country. >> reporter: here in l.a., those negotiations still are at a standstill, but the education workers union says they're open to avoiding that strike and striking a deal with the district as long as their wage is increased at that 30% rate, which is about $20 an hour, and just for comparison here in l.a., the average rent is more than $2,000 a month on average

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a court decision that could massively restrict access to abortion medication in this country. yesterday, a conservative federal judge in texas heard four hours of arguments in a lawsuit trying to ban an abortion pill that has been fda

approved for more than 20 years. he appears sympathetic to the arguments from the lawyers looking to ban the pill. so much so that a senior adviser at planned parenthood texas votes tells nbc news the group is not optimistic. judge matthew kacsmaryk heeds would issue his decision as soon as possible. dasha burns is with us now from amarillo, texas. how soon could this decision come and what are you hearing from people on both sides? >> reporter: a great question. we don't know when the judge will rule. it could come by the end of this week it could come in a few weeks the focus of yesterday's hearing was the preliminary injunction request from the plaintiffs in this case. the plaintiffs are a coalition of anti-abortion medical organizations and doctors, and they are suing the fda they're looking to have this judge compel the fda to take the drug miff oppress tone, which is one of the drugs used in th

two-drug regimen their arsking to take that off the shelf nationwide this is happening in texas but it would affect every state. whether you live in a state with robust protections for abortion or not, it would be impacted we'll be hearing about this preliminary injunction first we were in the courtroom yesterday listening to the first public hearings in this case, which by the way, this judge did delay in putting these hearings on the public docket he eventually did so after some pressure from the media. but what we heard in that courtroom was the arguments from the plaintiffs they say that the fda didn't adequately evaluate the safety of these drugs that is an area of the case where the judge really drilled in on. he was asking a lot of follow-up questions of both the plaintiffs and the defense, whether the studies the fda conducted and the ultimate approval they gave

for this drug, the label, the instructions, and requirements for taking this drug, whether those things match up. the defense, though, the government arguing that this case has no merit, that this is a drug that has been on the market for more than two decades and millions of women have taken this drug safely five million women since it was approved with only 28 deaths associated with the drug, and arguing that ruling in the plaintiff's favor in this case would be a, quote, unprecedented action that would cause injury to the public interest, lindsey. >> dasha burns, thank you. joining me is rachel, director of the women's march. rachel, thanks for being with us what are you expecting after the hearing, and what next steps is your group planning? >> i think given the concerning nature of the way the case is moving forward procedurely, given it's being heard in court, we're not expecting anything

good we're preparing for a national mobilization in response, and we'll make sure to fight this case all the way to the supreme court if we have to. >> rachel, medication abortion is legal in 22 states, but this lawsuit would restrict access across the country what options would women who want to terminate their pregnancies have >> ell, mifepristone is one protocol to get abortions, but there are other medication abortions available, including herbal abortions, and of course, surgical abortions and so you know, for the folks that need hem, we have activist communities, you know, abortion funds, clinics coming together to help to make sure folks get the care they need if the government will get in the way of that. >> do you worry, though, about what options people who maybe aren't aware of what they can do, what options they may turn to >> of course i worry about all of this. i mean, i think this is concerning from the standpoint

of people who need care. i think it's also concerning from the standpoint of democracy. the fact that a case, a meritless case can be held in a federal court, is really difficult. no matter what your views are on abortion, everyone should be concerned about this because this constitutes a federal reach and an attack on our public health system in general this affects all americans no matter where you live, no matter what you think about abortion. >> rachel, nbc news has reported before becoming a judge, this judge worked as a deputy general counsel at the first liberty institute, a nonprofit christian conservative legal organization. in 2015, he published articles criticizing abortion rights and same-sex marriage. giving that record, a lot of abortion rights activists have accused the plaintiffs in this case of forum shopping, filing a lawsuit in a jurisdiction viewed as sympathetic to a cause. are you worried about that and do you think it will keep happening? >> to that set of facts, i would add he's given campaigns -- campaign donations to

representative hawley, who is married to one of the plaintiffs, the representatives for one of the plaintiffs. i think there are so many things disqualifying about this judge that it's almost hard to keep track. this track record, his own personal history of crusading against abortion that extends beyond his legal career, his connections to the plaintiffs. you know, he never should have seen the case, taken the case on legal basis, but he should have recused himself if the case was going to see court >> rachel, thanks for joining us there are growing questions this morning after multiple virginia deputies were charged in connection to a man's death at a state mental hospital these seven sheriff's deputies face second degree murder charges for the death of a 28-year-old arrested earlier this month on suspicion of burglary and later taken to a hospital for evaluation. a virginia prosecutor says the man died during intake after being restrained police say the victim had

become, quote, physically assaultive toward officers marissa perez is following this for us walk us through the timeline and what's next. >> reporter: on march 3rd, police got a call about a possible burglary and say that he was placed under an emergency custody order. they say he allegedly assaulted henriko police officers, was taken to a local hospital and taken to a local jail. now, that all started, remember, on march 3rd, but it was days later on march 6th, as he was being admitted to central state hospital, that is where he died. we talked about how now seven deputies are charged with second degree murder. there was a court hearing yesterday that really, there were key details that came out of this, and a lot of this centered around this surveillance video before can get into the details of the surveillance video it's important to know nbc news has not seen that video. we're relying on the commonwealth attorney's description. we made efforts to secure that video.

that remains something we're still trying to get our hands on according to the commonwealth's attorney, it shows the man face down, handcuffs on the ground with a knee from one of the deputies on his body at one point. she says they smothered him for 12 minutes, and his preliminary cause of death is asphyxiation she also claimed after he died, deputies took three hours to call virginia state police now, defense for one of those deputies says he had a history of mental health issues, pointing to him being combative. we heard from the local police union in a facebook post in part, they called the death tragic, expressing their condolences to the family, but they said they stand behind the seven accused deputies now charged with murder. quote, cognizant of every acc accused' presumption of innocence. you asked what's next? two of those deputies got bond but all are due in court next tuesday.

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this is not the same thing as the invasive red tide. connected? >> no. totally different species. the good thing about this is that it is not a harmful bloom like red tide. in other words, it's not going to affect the seafood, the fish. you're not going to be hurt. >> reporter: the biggest issue with the seaweed, a serious rotten egg smell not ideal for tourism. with more of that influence your desire to come out here to miami beach? >> yeah. >> reporter: officials from south beach to broward county are spending millions to clean up the seaweed and get in front of the problem in ft. louauderdale, they're converting it to compost part of the great atlantic belt spans roughly 5500 miles in the ocean from west africa to the gulf of mexico it provides shade and shelter for marine life before it degrades offshore leaving local governments to clean up the mess and we mentioned ft. lauderdale,

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