good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm jose diaz-balart reporting from washington, d.c. we're following breaking news. a second base used by u.s. troops in syria has been attacked. it comes just hours after another strike against the coalition based in syria killed an american contractor. we'll bring you the very latest details. right now in canada, president biden is about to meet with prime minister justin trudeau. the two just brokered a deal on handling asylum seekers at the u.s./canada border. we'll talk about that with congresswoman pramila jayapal who just came back from a trip to the southern border. and new developments in one of the investigations

surrounding former president donald trump. why a grand jury could soon hear from former vice president mike pence. also, our exclusive interview with the leaders of three powerful congressional caucuses, the first time the three have sat down for an interview together. >> we stand in unity together. i think that is the power of the tricaucus, the power of us is being able to stand together, to make change, and to be there to support each other. but first, the breaking news, a second military base used by the u.s. in syria coming under attack today. it is happening just one day after a drone strike killed one american worker and wounded several troops at a different coalition base. intelligence officials believe the drone came from iran. president biden authorized new air strikes in response. joining us now is nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. good morning. tell us about the new attack and what more do we know about iran's role?

>> reporter: yeah, jose, we are learning new information about this latest attack that took place just this morning in eastern syria. u.s. defense official telling nbc news that eight rockets, eight rockets were aimed at this base used by u.s. and coalition forces. we're told by national security officials that no americans or coalition personnel were wounded or injured. there were no casualties of any kind, they say. in the words of john kirby, on the ground here in canada where the president is to meet with the prime minister justin trudeau today, he says that that effort was, quote, totally ineffective. but it is notable because it is an escalation of what we have been witnessing over the course of the last several years, 78 attacks on bases across syria, many of them with drones and rockets, and the belief of the united states central command, the intelligence analysis is that many of them are due to

iranian-backed groups in that region. the u.s. did launch air strikes retaliating for the initial strike yesterday, where as you reported, one american contractor was killed, five service members were wounded, another contractor was also wounded. we, by the way, have just been told all of them are said to be stable right now. those air strikes were conducted by f-16s that flew out of a base in qatar. it was an effort to target those groups in the area or those sites in the area that are affiliated with iran's -- the irgc, the islamic revolutionary guard, an effort to try to fight back. there are about nearly a thousand, 900 or so, american service members and hundreds of contractors on the ground right now in syria. all of them there to help the kurds, kurdish troops on the ground there, in their efforts to try to protect against the reconstituting of isis in that region. jose? >> thank you so much. any moment as peter was saying,

president biden will take part in an official welcome ceremony in ottawa, canada, he'll be meeting with prime minister justin trudeau before addressing parliament there. the president's visit comes as both countries face several key issues, including the humanitarian crisis in haiti and a rise in asylum seekers. and, today, biden and trudeau are expected to announce a deal that will allow the u.s. and canada to reject asylum seekers who cross the border without authorization according to american officials. joining us now from ottawa is monica alba, also with us julia ainsley. what can you tell us about the president's schedule today? >> reporter: well, this is a whirlwind 24-hour trip. president biden, the first lady arrived late last night. they had a meeting with the governor general and went to the residence of prime minister justin trudeau and his wife mrs. sophie trudeau for an evening meeting that wasn't in front of the cameras. today there is a lot more

public-facing, we're going to see entire jam-packed couple of hours. the president, the prime minister will have a bilateral meeting, an extended meeting then with both of their delegations, where we are expect ing them to hash out the details. they're going to be talking about modernizing norad, increasing defense spending, the issue and the humanitarian crisis and violence in haiti. among a lot of other really intractable issues that the u.s. and canada would like to work together on. and after that, the president will be addressing canadian parliament in these buildings behind me that you see here in ottawa. and that is something that presidents of both parties have done for decades, but, of course, under the trump administration it was a very different tone when it came to relationships between former president trump and prime minister trudeau and those cabinets. that's why the u.s. is saying this trip is very important, traditionally the first for a new president after taking office, but due to the covid pandemic and other issues it had to be delayed a couple of years,

but nonetheless, they're emphasizing the strong bond of this relationship and they're also trying to say that this is really a contrast between what we saw earlier this week with russian president putin and chinese president xi gathering together for those meetings. this will be a contrast of western leaders and the importance of democracy according to u.s. officials and experts here. so we will see the two of them also engaged in a press conference and answering some questions later this afternoon, before attending a gala, dinner and reception and the president will leave very late tonight, jose, after a really busy day of meetings and likely some new announcements again on that asylum deal you referenced and potentially some other hot button issues. >> let's talk about that expected statement on asylum seekers in the united states/canada border. >> that's right, jose. i'm in upstate new york right now, and just last week we were

there at roxam road where canada has seen asylum seekers coming from the u.s., often people who crossed the southern border, made their way to new york city and bused upstate new york, trying to cross into canada. canada immigration officials have taken them in but now it is becoming a burden to canada. canada will now be able to deny entry to those people, they'll come back into the united states, and in exchange canada has agreed to take in 15,000 refugees and asylum seekers from central and south america. what could come next could have an impact on people who are coming from canada and into the united states. as we reported we have seen an uptick of ten times the amount that we saw last year of mexicans flying illegally into can did and coming across the southern border. it could be that we understand that u.s. officials are now talking about a new agreement where the same transit band that they're trying to put in place on the southern border that would keep asylum seekers from

entering the u.s. if they didn't first seek asylum elsewhere, that same transit band could apply to the northern border when that goes into effect. but it is still in the rule-making process. we understand this announcement has not yet been made, will have an immediate impact on the bordero u.s. into canada. >> monica alba and julia ainsley, thank you very much. we're turning now to the very latest on the legal cases surrounding former president donald trump. in new york city, the grand jury investigating trump's involvement in the hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels not expected to reconvene until at least next week. and in a separate criminal probe, trump attorney evan cochran is set to face questions today from a grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago classified documents case. donald trump has denied wrongdoing in both cases. joining us now nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard in west palm beach, florida. peter baker at "the new york times." and glen kirschner.

what is the latest on the hush money probe? >> reporter: we're awaiting to see when the grand jury will reconvene. there is a chance it could be as soon as monday. and the question is, to what extent is alvin bragg wrapped up with his work? is he working on a draft indictment at this point to bring forward before the grand jurors or potentially days or weeks away? and has the intention of expanding this probe and trying to build a better case before bringing it before the grand jurors. we do not have an answer to that question. we know that donald trump is remaining here in mar-a-lago, where instead of going before that grand jury and presenting his side of his version of events, before the grand jury under oath, instead he's taken to social media, and tomorrow he is destined to go to texas, waco, texas, where he'll be holding his first formal campaign event. for donald trump, this is a wait

and see what alvin bragg decides to do. >> so, peter, meanwhile, where do things stand in the mar-a-lago classified documents case and what do we need to know about evan cochran? >> everyone cochran was one of trump's lawyers who was involved in responding to the government on these classified documents and the judge's ruling is that that attorney/client privilege is breached for the sake of the crime fraud exception. that means they believe he had something to tell them about presumably trump himself potentially committing a crime in terms of withholding or obstructing justice on the classified documents. cochran was the lawyer who convinced another lawyer to sign an affidavit saying they had conducted a diligent search and they had give up all of the classified documents. >> there is possible legal liability to that. >> absolutely. absolutely. look, if you have a intentionally told the government one thing that is not true, that's what you are in

jeopardy of obstruction of justice and that's more serious than holding the documents themselves. >> what are the questions you would have for cochran? >> so, the big ticket question, jose, is was evan corcoran being used unwittingly by donald trump as a conduit for donald trump to obstruct justice, to continue to unlawfully withhold these classified documents or did evan corcoran know he was acting in furtherance of donald trump's crimes? with evan cochran scheduled to appear before the grand jury in d.c. today, the big question will be, does evan corcoran plead the fifth? does he invoke his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination because he was complicit in the crimes of donald trump, or was he used unwittingly by donald trump, which wouldn't give him a fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, because his truthful testimony would not incriminate him. that is going to be a really

major distinction between if he pleads the fifth, jack smith's team will have to decide do they immunize evan corcoran, extinguish his fifth amendment right and compel him to testify about the crimes of donald trump. if they do that, they would all but forgo the possibility of prosecuting evan corcoran for his complicity in those crimes. so, today will be a pretty big day, not only in the course of the investigation, but frankly in the life of evan corcoran. >> and, meanwhile, glen, just trying to keep track of all these, we're hearing new comments from the judge overseeing the e. gene carroll civil case. what is your reaction to that? >> i tried not one but two rico cases with anonymous juries in the federal courthouse in which evan corcoran is appearing before the grand jury today and that was because we, the prosecutors, were able to make a

showing that the criminal organization we were prosecuting was so dangerous that jurors would be at risk if their identities were known. so, i sat for a six-month rico trial. i was sitting across the courtroom from 12 people in the jury box and four alternates, i didn't know their names, i didn't know where they came from, other than the district of columbia. they were bused in and out of the courthouse every day by the u.s. marshals from an undisclosed location. it is a pretty dramatic development. and it takes a good bit for prosecutors to prove to a judge's satisfaction that those steps are necessary to protect the jurors. so, that's a pretty consequential development. >> peter saying the former president is going to hold a rally in waco, texas, over the weekend. what do you expect that message to be there? >> you've seen it time and time again in the last week. since he put out that message saying he thought he was going

to be arrested, which he hasn't been, he has put out one fund-raising email after another, claiming himself a martyr, a victim of persecution, and so forth. you'll see a lot of that grievance politics being played out again in texas. they're coming after me because they're coming after you. and it has been successful so far. the question is whether that, of course, would continue to be a politically successful thing if in fact he's indicted, especially if there is more than one indictment as you point out. there are so many cases, it is hard to keep track of them. >> vaughn, what are you hearing about what this rally over the weekend is going to be centered on? >> reporter: i think, jose, donald trump has always been his best and most accurate spokesperson. i think his social media account here over the last 24 hours especially is indicative of where his mindset is at heading into what will be his first formal maga rally of his 2024 presidential campaign. he has two main focus points

right now. one, ron desantis, going on attack about his record as governor, suggesting he's only been average, noting that they had the third highest death rate from covid here, and that he as president left the responsibility to the state governors to dictate the extent to which they would open up their states, and then the second part of that is the investigations. it is important commentary to understand, donald trump has put this in his own words. earlier this morning he suggested there could be potential death and destruction if charges were brought against him. he's suggested this is anarchy in the work of the devil, working to undermine him, and if the country is being destroyed, he foreshadows turmoil and chaos, all on his own social media account here this morning. for donald trump, this is very much about trying to undercut the integrity and the reputations of the prosecutors that are prepared to potentially try to indict or bring charges against him. for donald trump, he can only try to take political advantage

of this the best he can because if he were to be charged, he would have to go through the criminal proceedings in a trial. he has no other option if he wants to ascend to the presidency again. jose? >> and, glenn, wondering, vaughn is talking about the former president using death and destruction as a possibility if he is indicted, is any of this possibly going to have any legal consequences because of this rhetoric or no? >> i think where this may come into play most directly, jose, is once he is indicted, judges will have to decide whether to put some restrictions on his speech, on his communications on social media, judges are loathe to engage in what is called prior restraint of speech for good reasons. but donald trump has shown himself to be reckless, shown himself to be a danger to others and i think judges will seriously consider setting some conditions that at least reduce

the risk of donald trump ginning up violence. >> vaughn hillyard, peter baker, glenn kirschner, thank you. up next, tiktok's ceo on the defensive during fiery five-hour hearing on capitol hill. so what's next for lawmakers who want to ban the app? plus, congresswoman pramila jayapal has her own tiktok account. more about that. good to see you. we'll chat in a minute. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. that enable digital innovation and enterprise control, vmware helps you innovate and grow. ♪ this feels so right... ♪ adt systems now feature google products like the nest cam with floodlight, with intelligent alerts when a person or familiar face is detected. sam. sophie's not here tonight. so you have a home with no worries. brought to you by adt. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ hey, man. nice pace! clearly, you're a safe driver.

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21 past the hour. new questions on the fate of america's favorite social media app. "the washington post" now reporting the biden administration does not think they have the authority to ban tiktok without congressional action. it comes after the ceo endured a five-hour thrashing over national security concerns and also happening now on the national mall, a rally to ban assault weapons attended by freshman representative maxwell frost. he tweeted out this video

yesterday showing capitol police arresting manuel oliver, whose son joaquin was killed in the parkland school shooting. he was accused of interrupting a house hearing on guns. joining us now on capitol hill is nbc's julie tsirkin. a dramatic day yesterday. let's start with the tiktok issue. does congress have the motivation to ban the app? >> reporter: that's such a good question, jose. no one really wants to be the face of the person who takes away this platform from 150 million americans. i asked leader schumer if he's committing to put legislation on the floor. legislation that already exists from the top democrat on the senate intelligence panel to enforce a nationwide ban of tiktok. he told me committees are still looking into it. as goes for speaker kevin mccarthy who said tiktok is a national security concern but he's not committed to putting it on the floor either. in that hearing yesterday, the tiktok ceo was certainly grilled by 50 members of a

republican-led panel here in the house, one of them, a democrat, actually said she walked out with more concerns than she had going in. and that's due in part because mr. chew on the screen there couldn't really answer many of their questions from whether china is tracking americans' data to what they're going to do to protect children, especially children under the age of 13, who are using this app around the united states. none of the members of that panel satisfied with his answer and he said he would have to get back to them on almost everything they asked. >> what happened yesterday with the arrest of manuel oliver on capitol hill? >> reporter: all the focus was on this tiktok hearing and another tense moment in the judiciary subcommittee hearing, which they called, quote, the atf's assault on the second amendment rights. manuel oliver that you talked about at the top, he was attending this hearing with his wife, patricia, they lost their child during the 2018 parkland shooting and he interrupted the

republican chairman of that subcommittee which led him to be escorted out of the room by capitol police. he later tried to go in again and interrupt falon. listen to what falon had to say in an exchange with cipolinni. >> does the capitol police not do their jobs? >> what is going on? >> reporter: maxwell frost, a freshman democrat from florida, who was a victim of gun violence himself, brought attention to this in a series of tweets and i'll note for context here, this kind of thing where we saw protesters, we saw people regularly attending high profile hearings, we haven't seen this in quite some time because over covid, over the pandemic these buildings were closed to people.

they couldn't just walk into a hearing. now they can, especially with republicans in control of the house, opening these buildings back up. this is something we're going to continue to see as more of the profile hearings, especially on an issue like gun violence comes into play. >> thank you very much. i want to continue our conversation from capitol hill, i want to bring in democratic congresswoman pramila jayapal. a pleasure to see you. so glad to see you in person. it has been a while. >> it has been. great to be in person. >> thank you for coming in. i want to talk to you about the situation on tiktok. you tweeted out that data should be protected on all platforms. what did you mean by that? >> as you might know, i'm on the antitrust subcommittee and we have been working on a 16-month investigation, we completed it, put forward a bipartisan package of bills about these big four social media companies and i do believe that we have an issue with civil liberties and privacy around data protection. i also -- so i want to be clear about that. with tiktok and facebook and

others. i also am concerned about the mental health pieces of these ím apps. i"d!6jut a?ybh constituent who leading a class action lawsuit against o ta of the social mediq companies, onkl

so wonderful. we went to an orr facility. and what i would say is a couple of takeaways, number one, title 42 was a disaster. it actually increased the number of people that are coming across the border because there is no legal consequence when you just expel 2 million people and you don't put a legal consequence on it, it means they're going to come over multiple times. much better to use title eight and our processing to make sure people have a legitimate opportunity to present their asylum claims, when you know is in our domestic law. number two, we can process people if we have more legal pathways and money for processing. the legal pathways expansion of parole, of tps, these are the things that allow people to have a legal way to come in. and when we have that, we have seen a big decrease just in the last couple of months as we have expanded legal pathways for people to be processed in an orderly way. number three, we need to invest

in our port infrastructure. these ports aren't really used to having this number of people coming through, and they need more processing agents, they need spaces to be able to humanely process people, and i think that's really important. and then number four, you know, we need to be careful that some of the things that we're putting in place aren't limiting to the ability to seek asylum. it is great that we have an app there are problems with the app. we heard about that. we want those fixed. but it can't be the only way that people apply to come in because we know all the problems with using an app and the challenges it presents. >> i think a lot about this, because it is oftentimes i think that if it is not seen, if it is not on our screens, 24 hours a day, we tend to just kind of think it is not there. but both camps, you know because of the area you visited and your deep concern and compassion about this, there are literally

thousands of people in tents and in camps on the other side of the border that you don't see every day, but that's men, women and children who have left it all for the opportunity to request asylum and they're out of luck. >> and it is not only a scourge on our moral values, it is also just helping the cartels. the cartels have said that they love the fact that we had remain in mexico, we have title 42, we put all these vulnerable people in a place with no opportunity to present. and for, you know, for legal consideration. and so, to me, jose, what we have to do is stick to our values, stick to our laws, which require us to be able to process asylum seekers and make sure that we are expanding legal pathways for people to come here. >> you know, i just -- i just don't know what it is going to take for there to be some

action, you know. some action. it seems as though inaction is the way of benefiting politically from this. and it is just tragic. >> it is tragic. and this is the thing i worked on this issue for 20 years, immigrants are used as a political football. and what we need is for folks on the other side to work with us because we need immigrants, this country would collapse without immigrants, i'm an immigrant, i'm a first naturalized citizen to be ranking member on the immigration subcommittee, and i know that the opportunity that we have here is so phenomenal, but so is the responsibility. for us as a country to continue to welcome in people who are fleeing terrible conditions in their home countries. >> congresswoman, i can't thank you enough for coming in, for always having that very clear voice we need to have. thank you for being with us this morning. really appreciate it. up next, our exclusive interview with the leaders of capitol hill's top three

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34 past the hour. now to our nbc news exclusive. earlier today i sat down with the leaders of the three big congressional caucuses here in washington. together they represent 28% of congress. congresswoman judy chu, chair of the congressional asian pacific american congress, chair of the congressional hispanic caucus and congressman steven horsford, chair of the congressional black caucus, the first time they sat together for an interview. we spoke about all kinds of issues facing people across our country, including the expiration next month of the covid era expansion of medicaid, 15 million people could lose coverage. >> it is horrible. this is why we had a tricaucus press conference to make people aware of it. actually many people don't even know that this terrible thing is going to happen. but one thing i want to say is that what the tri-caucus has done, over 20 years, is to fight

for healthcare equitiability and we have introduced an act in every congress since our founding 20 years ago. >> you mentioned the medicaid unwinding happening. this is really critical. and number one, for the last couple of years, people have gotten notices in the mail saying they didn't have to do anything to make sure they still qualified for medicaid. and so this year, they really need to pay attention. they're going to get a notice and letter saying, hey, you still need to send in documentation that you qualify for medicaid. as you mentioned, if people don't do that, 15 million people could get kicked off. of that, 5 million are latino. and the spanish, if the notice is in spanish, we have to do that. and this is something that we are out in the community. >> many of the individuals who may be impacted might be

eligible for credits to the american care act, the healthcare act and with the 13-year anniversary happening this week that is a time for us to help share that information and we explained in the press conference, look, if people get dropped off their healthcare coverage on medicaid, or the aca, they're still going to go to the emergency room. and it is going to cost the taxpayer. but what is going to happen is it is going to cost the taxpayer more. it is going to disconnect that person from their healthcare provider, which affects their continuity of care. if someone has diabetes or a child has asthma, or a mother's pregnant, that is going to affect their care and so, yes, secretary becerra, we called on him to use his authority. we're also calling on every state and local government to do their job, to keep their families, their constituents connected to healthcare.

it is in their interest to do so. and if you're not, then explain to the folks in your state why you're trying to take healthcare coverage that this administration and democrats in congress delivered over the last few years. >> president biden and prime minister trudeau are announcing a new agreement today where canada will be able to reject asylum seekers that come from the united states into canada. meanwhile, in the southern border, the humanitarian crisis is worsening by the day. thousands of people are stuck in camps, day after day, trying to apply for asylum on an app that many times is useless to them. just congressman, where do you see the policy on this issue? asylum, traditionally, has been something that is a sacred right. you don't have to get it, but you certainly have the opportunity to request it. that's almost an impossibility

today. >> well, first, i view all of immigration policy as policies around keeping families together. that should always be the number one priority as well as having a humane policy that treats people fairly. and i really appreciate the leadership of nanette and the entire caucus, we have caribbean and african immigrants in the caucus, i understand these issues from my own experience, but this is an issue where we had to work with the administration, actually take them to task, require them to come in and speak to our members and be able to explain how some of these policies like the refugee parole program that is being proposed affects communities. and in some ways it

disproportionately affects communities. we want everyone to be treated fairly. >> you mentioned asylum. absolutely. this is -- we're a nation of immigrants. and it is completely legal to come and apply for asylum. you should be able to come to a port of entry. that's a concern that we have. i don't support, we have all spoken about this, any efforts to curtail access to asylum is something we are against. >> but it is happening. you know there is -- it seems as though many times the border policy in the united states is npp plus, title 42, it seems as though some of the most controversial policy of the trump administration are the ones that are still in place today, and -- >> well, you know, the biden administration undid npp, okay. the biden administration opened up legal pathways for some of the folks coming from nicaragua and some of these other countries. did it come with maybe something

else like this app you mentioned? and, look, i had a call and a conversation with secretary mayorkas saying, hey, we need a mixture, the app is working. if it doesn't work and people don't have access to it, this won't get equal access to everybody. we need to make sure we're holding the administration accountable and anybody in the white house accountable to say we need to continue to protect asylum. this is what our nation is built on. and as you mentioned, it is very hard to get it. the percentage of people who get it are, like, 3% to 5%, so tiny. this will make it even harder. we don't support those efforts. >> it is unbelievable we have not provided relief for our dream act students. these are students that know no other country. we in the house were able to pass a bill to provide them relief but it didn't pass over in the senate. and it is far too long for us to

have not had a solution to this problem. we have to provide relief and i think it is only the right thing to do, morally the right thing to do. >> our thanks to them. you can watch the entire interview online. if you can, check it out. up next, we're keeping our eyes on wall street right now. the dow is down about 170 points right now. it has been dropping since the open amid fears about another major bank having problems. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. it feels like it's barely there. look at how much it holds, and it still stays thin! i've looked at myself in the mirror and i can't see it at all! that's the protection we deserve! back when i had a working circulatory system, you had to give your right arm to find great talent. but with upwork, there's highly skilled talent from all over the globe right at your fingertips.

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parliament and i think in short notice there will be some signing ceremony and other diplomatic issues that the president is going to be involved with there at the canadian parliament. we're just right before the break talking about the dow, the markets continuing to be down this morning after a drop in deutsche bank shares sparked new fears about the banking sector. you can see, they're down by 50, but that's how the wall street is right now. joining us now with more is cnbc's frank holland. frank, we heard from the st. louis fed chair this morning. what did he have to say about these concerns? >> well, first and foremost, good morning. james bullard, he's the first fed speaker out and about after the rate hikes. he acknowledged the banking crisis and acknowledged the fears, but he really emphasized the u.s. banking system has regulation and controls in place that he believes are adequate to address all the current issues

here in the united states. he refers specifically to dodd frank, regulation put in place in the wake of the great financial crisis in the late 2000s. take a listen. >> regulators have many, many more tools than they had at that time or that had to be developed at that time. those can be deployed now and yesterday secretary yellen, yes, said, you know, we're willing and able to do more if necessary. >> he said if necessary. you can see he emphasized secretary yellen in the comments. he made it clear the fed and the u.s. treasury are on the same page. there were comments from janet yellen on capitol hill on wednesday that there were no discussions about insuring all deposits at u.s. banks, something thought to be a de facto promise. that was one reason that stocks fell at the end of the day on wednesday. yellen walked back those comments when speaking to congress yesterday, still some lingering uncertainty and bullard clearly wanted to address that and his remarks. he also did admit there are issues in the banking sector in the u.s. and globally and also

just the economy overall including inflation that we haven't seen since the 1980s. >> frank holland, thank you very much. good to see you. appreciate it. >> thank you. back to ottawa now, the prime minister of canada and president biden are as you can see right now these live pictures beginning a ceremony. let's listen in just -- i don't think they're saying much. we'll show you what is happening there as he says hello to different dignitaries. >> good to see you. >> nice to see you as well. >> god love you. >> mr. president, leader of his majesty's loyal opposition. >> loyal opposition. >> we believe that opposition is an act of loyalty in our society.

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we had a lot of problems with too much water and rain in arkansas. this is the area in here, that's where the storms will form first. then we will track them into louisiana, eventually central areas of arkansas and especially into mississippi later on late this afternoon into early this evening. areas as far north as memphis and as far south as alexandria, you have a chance of tornadoes and strong tornadoes. that detached area in red here. they form in areas of east texas towards the louisiana border. they will move this evening towards areas of tennessee and mississippi. the peak is around 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. this evening. after that, more of wind damage threat. on top of that, flash flooding is a big threat. people don't realize that tornadoes get the headlines but flash flooding kills more people every year than tornadoes. >> it does. thank you so very much. that wraps up the hour for

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