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>> for years venus has had floods, and then the water was so clean jellyfish appeared, and nothing like this has been seen for decades, and so far no explanation. some think it was for fun, and the chemicals were used to look for leaks in pipes and it could have been an accident, but so far we simply don't know who did it. >> an accident. right. and that does it for us today. appreciate you joining us, and
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tomorrow same time, same place. josé diaz-balart starts now. breaking overnight, residential areas in moscow hit by drones. it's the first time since russia invaded ukraine. it comes hours after the third wave of russian attacks on ukrainian cities in just 24 hours. back here at home. a mass shooting in florida. families run for their lives after gunshots ring out at a popular beach. in iowa, an incredible story of survival. a woman trapped inside of a partially collapsed building for 24 hours is rescued hours after first responders called off their search. on capitol hill, a contention showdown is suspected after a house committee meeting today to consider the new debt limit deal, and we will ask one congressman if he will vote yes to the bill. the man accused of killing 11
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worshippers five years ago could face the death penalty. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of moscow where a series of drones struck russia's capital and it's believed to be the first time a residential area of moscow was hit since the war began. this department was damaged by a ukrainian drone. ukraine denies involvement in the attacks. and then a drone flew over a western moscow region earlier today. meanwhile, overnight, russia launched more strikes on ukraine's capitol. joining us now is nbc's molly hunter in kyiv. what do we know about the latest attacks on both countries? >> reporter: hey, josé.
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great to be with you. it has been a busy 24 hours -- really a busy 48 hours here in kyiv. everything that we are learning about the drone attacks in moscow is coming from official sources, josé. i am in kyiv and we are seeing video, as you just saw, verified and cleared by nbc news, and president biden was up early this morning, and eight air drones, aircraft-like vehicles attacked a moscow neighborhood, and they were able to shoot down all eight of them. two people were lightly injured, and minor injuries according to the russia state media report. there's no claim of responsibility. of course, moscow pointed the finger directly at kyiv, and it's entirely a different story in the last four days in kyiv. i want to give a sense of how
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much the mentality has changed. it's interesting, when you talk to military analyst, drones are cheaper than cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. they think russia is trying to exhaust, identify where the air defenses are. the big question nobody here can tell us and possibly washington can tell us is how long can ukrainian air defenses, and that includes the u.s. made patriot air defense missiles. three mayor waves of attacks including a daytime attack, and people were at work and we saw the harrowing video of schoolchildren running and screaming, terrified, and then kyiv said 41,000 people sheltered in a subway. those are the images and the mentality in this capitol that we have not seen for months.
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>> thank you so much. and then searching for suspects after a shooting in hollywood beach yesterday. the youngest injured just 1-year-old. take a look. people on the broadwalk running to take cover from gunfire. at least 16 people were killed in eight states during the holiday weekend. joining us now is nbc news correspondent from hollywood beach, florida. what do we know at this hour? >> reporter: authorities say there were hundreds of people on the beach, and the video you just saw took place after that on the beach. there were two different groups in an altercation and nine people were struck by the gunfire, and four were minors
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and five were adults. we had an update that three of those adults have been discharged. all six, the four minors and two adults are in stable condition. police are asking any witnesses who might have photos or videos to turn those in so they can help with that. yesterday police did inform they detained one person of interest and one suspect they were searching for as they continued asking the public for help. we know there were multiple officers nearby and first responders precisely because authorities knew they were expecting tens of thousands of visitors for the holiday weekend. it took less than a minute for some of the first responders and officers to arrive. i have been speaking to some of the workers in the area who were here yesterday. some are scared and hesitant to speak on camera but tell me they
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were surprised to see that confrontation, and they took cover. today we also expect an update from local police when it comes to that investigation. as of now what we know, josé, one person of interest detained and one suspect they are looking for. >> thank you very much. in about 30 minutes officials in davenport, iowa, are expected to give an update on the apartment building that partially collapsed on sunday. one person was rescued after authorities made plans to demolish the building this morning and the mayor says that is now under evaluation. yesterday they were shifting to recovery mode but there was still a person in the building. what is going on? >> reporter: i will tell you, it's a lot of confusion. we hope to get some of the
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answers cleared up in the next half hour or so when we hear from officials. you mentioned the last official word we got is this build something scheduled for demolition, and the mayor saying that decision is under review. they will bring in prestaging machinery here over the course of the day and that's going to cause concern among people in this area. on the site about a block away from where i am now, there's a growing crowd of 100 or 200 people saying now is not the time to tear the building down, and they point to the scene you are looking at on the side of the screen now. the rescue of a 32-year-old lisa brooks whose family said was in the building the entire time after the search and rescue efforts concluded yesterday morning. and the mayor said they had search and rescue teams going through the building and they were positive as they could be that there was nobody left inside, and many people are
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saying they believe their loved ones are still left inside. here's the conversation i had with the nephew of lisa brooks, and listen to what he told me about what she has to deal with while in her apartment. >> so when she heard that, it was like a flight or fight motion, and she took flight and went under and hid. >> she has been under there the last 24 hours? >> yes. >> reporter: officials say they need to tear down the building because it's structurally unfound. we reached out to the owner of the building multiple times and have not heard anything back. >> do we know what caused this to -- you know, what happened? >> reporter: that's one of the major questions here, what
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caused this partial collapse of the building. there has been a lot of documented -- or there have been a lot of documented complaints with the building and we hear from residents talking about cracks and leaks and the lack of heating. this building had a permit to fix brick work on the side of it and there were reports last week from residents talking about bricks falling down from the side of the building. there's a lot of anger in the community when you talk to people from davenport, residents of this building who said this building was never in tiptop shape, and many are wondering if that had anything to do with the partial collapse we saw on monday >> thank you very much. we are back in 60 seconds with the scramble on both sides to shore up votes on the debt ceiling, just days away from the deadline.
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11 past the hour. now to capitol hill where there's a big test today for the deal to raise the nation's debt limit and avoid a catastrophe. six days are left until the u.s. runs out of money to pay its bills. president biden and house speaker, kevin mccarthy, are racing to shore up support for the bipartisan agreement. some democrats are concerned about work requirements for food stamp recipients, while some republicans say the spending cuts aren't deep enough. speaker mccarthy defended the deal this morning. >> this is the biggest cut in american history we vote for, and there's no new taxes or
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government programs. would i would have like to cut more? yeah. >> let's take a closer look at this with nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, and from punchbowl news, jacob. >> the basic order of operations is the house rules committee will meet. any bill of this magnitude has to go through the house rules committee to set up the parameters of the bill, and the rule will detail how long the bill is up for debate and the vote and everything like that, and because of the speaker election a couple months ago, that committee has more conservatives than ever before,
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and from what we are understand three members of opposed to the bill, ralph norman and chip. the minority party almost never supports rules inside of the rules committee. that's the first test. we will have to see how angry those conservatives are, and if one of them votes yes they can get it out of committee and get it to the floor. tonight at 7:30 house republicans are meeting in the capitol to discuss the bill and strategy and try to whip up more support for the measure. tomorrow will be another long day. this bill is not expected on the floor until 8:30 p.m. tomorrow night obviously to give the markets time to close, just a hedge against anything crazy happening and rattling the markets, and then the senate will take it up and they begin their process. for the next two days they are squarely focused on the house
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where there are a lot of moving pieces. >> and monica, meanwhile, how was the president working to sell this deal to democrats? >> he has been working the phones, i can tell you that, josé. and so are his top aides, and a long list like his chief of staff and top aides have been on the phone since this tentative deal was raced with members of congress and key staffers to talk about some of their concerns. we heard them voice publicly specifically from the progressive caucus chair, jayapal, and she says she takes issue with the stricter work requirements, and it's not like the white house was caught off guard in any manner but they feel they want to reiterate that compromise means concessions and they feel pretty pleased with some of the things they were able to safeguard even though
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they were able to have adjustments to some of the food assistance programs. and the president said he will continue to speak to key players. he was on the phone with leader mcconnell yesterday and he will likely be talking to some of the other stakeholders throughout the rest of the day where he doesn't have anything planned or on the schedule, but we will have a briefing and with the omb director taking questions, we will get a better sense of how the outreach is going. they still feel they will be able to get this across the finish line even though there are tons of hurdles. >> if people are going to vote no to the bill, do they have an alternative? >> yeah, the republicans passed one in april but doesn't have a prayer of becoming a law and president biden wouldn't sign it, but in their view they passed a big bill that cut $5 trillion and they want something
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that approaches that, and that ignores the reality that the senate is democratic and the president is a democrat and they will not be able to slash the inflation reduction act and do all these things they want to do. they took entitlements off the table. that's a huge part of the budget. they were not able to slash defense in a major way. you are working with a tiny piece of the budget. listen, it's divided government. the president protected his priorities for the most part. mccarthy got constraints on spending. this is what divided government looks like. i know it might be disappointing to some conservatives and i understand there are people that will vote no, but this bill, should it pass, and it should pass, and we believe it will pass, will be 100 or something republicans and 100 or something democrats. this is not going to be a 400-person yes-vote in the house
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of representatives. >> there's freedom house caucus members to vacate the speaker's chair over this deal? >> yeah, they have a right to do that. i don't know whether they will or won't. it will be interesting to see if they do. i imagine there's talk that some democrats would back mccarthy if he was subject to a motion to vacate. but, listen, those kinds of things -- they have happened. mark meadows did it to john boehner ten years ago, and they are well within their rights to do that. >> thank you both very much. up next, the trial begins today in the deadliest attack on the jewish community in recent history. and also, how ron desantis is playing catchup to fellow republican, donald trump. you're watching "josé
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22 past the hour. happening now, the trial of the man charged with the 2018 mats massacre at a synagogue. police say the suspect opened the tree of life synagogue opening fire and killing 11 innocent people. the suspect faces 63 charges and 22 of which are punishable by death. he pleaded not guilty. joining me is george solise outside the courthouse. >> reporter: the dispatcher is testifying and opening statements are taking place at 10:00 this morning, and they are laying out the details of the horrible massacre followed by the defense in which they tried
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to portray the accused gunman as a man that was a delivery truck driver. a truck driver for disabled adults, and he liked guns but never pointed a gun or shot anybody. the facts of this case are not largely disputed. what it comes down to is the death penalty part of this. we know the prosecution and defense could not come to an agreement as far as trying to get a deal, whether or not he should serve life in prison and this case has become the death penalty. many say they want to see the death penalty for this suspect and others are saying he would be better served rotting away in jail. this trial is expected to take about two months. it's going to be in two phases, the so-called guilt phase followed by the sentencing of whether or not he will be given the death penalty. the defense was reminded not to
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bring up anything about his mental health or to bring up the death penalty as they want, again, the so-called guilt phase of the trial to go first. and some evidence including distribution and photos and recordings would be able to happen. we know family members are expected to testify here of the victims, but you can imagine how they are feeling having to relive the horror of this day. the trial expected to take 2 1/2 months. opening arguments over and now the rest of the trial will play out now. >> the chair of the interim governance committee of the re-imagined tree of life, a national organization countering
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anti-semitism. thank you for being with us this morning. you live near the building where 11 worshippers were killed and heard the shots as they rang out. what goes through your mind as the trial begins now? >> thank you, josé. the trial has been a long time coming for this community. we have been through a lot. i think we're all eager to see justice served and to begin the process so we can get it behind us the best we can. obviously it's an emotional time for all of us in the community, especially the families and the survivors who are directly impacted. >> how were the lives lost being remembered? >> well, the community, you know, we're blessed. pittsburgh is a very strong -- i use the word community broadly beyond just the jewish community, and one of the things
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was the outpouring of support from the broader community, the muslim and christian communities, and non-profits and for-profits. we are fortunate, in pittsburgh an attack on one was an attack on all, and it helped heal and in terms of moving forward. we are looking forward, as you mentioned, re-imagining what tree of life can be. tree of life was a synagogue that hosted three synagogues on the day of the shooting. there was the tree of life congregation, and new life congregation, and as we rebuild we will be more than a synagogue. we will be a community center and a national center talking about anti-semitism as well as a memorial that will honor the victims and families and tell their stories. >> anti-semitism is on the rise.
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the adl said that attacks in the u.s. hit an all-time high in 2022. how do we as a country address this? >> well, it's a -- you know, it's a wonderful question and one we are all wrestling with. i think anti-semitism at its core is a conspiracy theory. fund mentally we see anti-semitism on the rise when people are looking for answers, and through time the answers have come by blaming, often time blaming jews who are perceived as different and powerful and et cetera. we talk about george soros, and we saw it in the past with the talks about the rothchilds. we have to make people aware of even identifying what
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anti-semitism means and how to see it. then we have to give people the tools and the abilities to effectively combat it. really at its core we need to address what are the society ills that are affecting and leading people to want to believe in the conspiracy theory and a lot of that is the break down the community. as i mentioned, i think pittsburgh offered a good example of how communities can be resilient in the face of this. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreciate your time. >> thank you, josé. really appreciate it as well. >> thanks. >> thanks. up next, how a possible third-party candidate in 2024 could shake up the vote. we will tell you what this could mean for both parties. you are watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. looks right. nooo... nooo...
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what can we expect from desantis' big campaign kickoff tonight? >> reporter: this is my first event covering desantis as an actual candidate and that does change the game. in the last few months as the polling lagged the team desantis message was he's not in the race yet and things will change when he is, and how do things change here. the pressure is on. how does he find his footing when it comes to his top rival, former president donald trump? how directly is he going to go after him? will he take him head on or continue the subtle jabs at him without calling him out by name? that's going to be a tough needle to thread and how he does that will be critical. number two, how does he deal with the important retail politics that matter to voters
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here in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina? the early states. a lot of skeptics are wondering how he will pull off the hand shakes to the voters and these are the states that can make or break a presidential candidacy. number three is really creating the permission structure for voters who are maybe skeptical of trump, and thinking maybe he has too much baggage and are interested in finding somebody else but are not convinced it's desantis, can they convince those voters to jump onboard? today he will be at this evangelical church and will try and chip away at the base there, and trump has and some folks are starting to crack especially after some of his comments on abortion, and maybe desantis can win and we will watch for all of
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that. he's got a 12-city tour across iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, and the next week will be important for him to show he can execute as a candidate here, josé. >> thank you very much. congressman, iowa is still the first contest for the republican presidential field. what does desantis face there? >> he has to take on donald trump directly as darsha indicated. he will have to show he's not running for second place. he also needs to demonstrate to people that he is not trump-like. from trump's politics of victimization, i don't think that's going to be enough to win the nontrump voters. they are not monolithic. some voted for trump and liked his policies but don't like him anymore. there are a lot of non-trump voters out there, and they like
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his policies but not some of what he says. desantis has to thread a very tight needle. there are a lot of republicans that want an alternative to donald trump, and why buy the imitation when you can get the real thing? that's one thing ron desantis has to work through. nikki haley, mike pence, scott and hutchison and perhaps others. he's got to distinguish himself in a way. he's clearly the next guy in line, but, you know, he has not closed the deal yet. >> so how do you, you know -- what suggestions would you have -- how do you deal with a donald trump as a candidate?
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>> you take him on. you have to go after him directly. the mistake that was made in 2016, josé, is lot of these guys played for second place. they were going after each other. they thought they could simply ignore trump and take him on passively, that somehow, somehow he would implode. it never has happened and probably will not work this time. like i said, be direct. for example, when donald trump gets indicted in the stormy daniels matter, what did they say -- i think pence and desantis more or less defended trump, it was a witch hunt, and that was political malpractice, they should have said he has been indicted more than one time, and it's about drawing a hard contrast in these kinds of races and we will see if desantis is able and willing to
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do that. >> thank you very much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you, josé. up next, she was once considered the prodigy of silicon valley, and today elizabeth holmes is reporting to prison. and then why congressman boyle will be with us. you're watching josé diaz-balart on msnbc. on msnbc cold water can't clean tough stains? i'd say that myth is busted. turn to cold, with tide. america is on the brink of defaulting on its debt, and donald trump is telling republicans in congress: “you're going to have to do a default.” he's pushing an extreme agenda to slash the basics we depend on, hurting the middle class, seniors, and veterans. a default would crash our economy, delay social security checks, and put basic services at risk. with so much on the line, now is their chance to finally stand up to trump's chaos.
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elizabeth holmes, the founder of the blood lab is reporting to prison in texas to begin her sentence. theranos, i should say. and theranos claimed to quickly scan for hundreds of diseases and health problems with just a pinprick of blood but ultimately did not work. the company's chief operating officer, balwani, already has begun serving his 13-year sentence in april. let's take a look at the markets as they are reacting this morning as investors on wall street are keeping a close eye on the latest in washington. take a look at that. the dow down about 140 points at this hour. now that speaker mccarthy and president biden reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and are now tasked with selling that deal to lawmakers on capitol hill. joining us with more is seema
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mody. >> cautious optimism, and it's seen as a positive step in the right direction that reduces the risk of default however there are still concerns about the passage of the bill before the june 5th deadline. parts of the bill, the irs fund something being reduced and it's money that had been allocated for wealthy americans, and then the energy sector as the current agreement expedites the approval of the projects, and with the new provision it would include fossil fuel and renewable
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projects, and there are a lot of antidotes that affect the business community, josé. >> i thank you so much for being with us. now to continue our conversation, pennsylvania congressman, brendan boyle is the ranking member of the house budget committee. no deal is going to be 100% of what everybody wants, right? that's what compromise is all about. what do you make of the deal? >> i think you hit the nail on the head there, and for me, i have been a legislature for a decade and a half now, and as a legislature you tend to know intuitively where you stand on some votes, and there are a number of bills with a number of provisions you may agree with and many you may not agree with. in the end you have to choose
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the half you like over the half you don't like. that's the situation a lot of us are finding ourselves in, and ironically democratic and republican members are struggling with the vote at the same dynamic but for opposite reasons. we know june 5th is a hard deadline, and if this does not pass united states will default for the first time in american history, and that's something we have to prevent. >> it just seems as though there are not a lot of days left for a plan b, are there? >> no. no. i mean, there clearly are not. you know, it's disgraceful we are even in this situation yet again when republicans run congress and there's a democrat in the white house, they use the debt ceiling in a dangerous and irresponsible way, and that's why this has to be the last debt ceiling and showdown drama we
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face, and i am prepared to introduce a bill where congress would have the ability to stop a debt ceiling raise, and i think that would once and for all end this dysfunction we have around a serious possible default. >> how would that work, congressman? >> so essentially it would make permanent the way the 2011 debt ceiling showdown was resolved, essentially any administration, democratic or republican, there would be the ability to initiate a debt ceiling law, and the increase in the debt ceiling would take place. that would once and for all end the sort of nonsense we face over the debt ceiling because we
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may escape this time, but i fear that in the future we won't be as lucky and that the way the extremism and our politics, frankly on the maga side, the way it is growing, we will inevitably face default if we don't change this debt ceiling process. >> this is how divided government works. is that, number one, how divided government works, should work, or is it working at all? >> let's separate the two things. first, in tums of reaching a two-year budget agreement, yes, this ultimate budget agreement looks like what one would one would expect. it doesn't increase spending, nor does it make the outlandish and deep cuts that republicans were proposing. it doesn't really cut anything at all.
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what is different, however, is that over the last dozen years, unlike the previous century, republican leaders have weaponized the debt ceiling. they have threatened to essentially force america into what would be a first ever default. you did not see that happen at any point in the 20th century. that is new. it is abnormal. it's something we need to end. >> i thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. up next, reaction from president biden over uganda's harsh new anti-gay law. who is going to the nba finals? i believe it has to do with miami. but we will check. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. . the game changing new plan that lets her pick exactly what she wants, and save on every perk. sadie's getting her plan ready for a big trip.
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our borders. president biden and secretary of state blinken decrying uganda's anti-gay law. it calls for life in prison for anyone convicted of same-sex activity. they signed it into law monday. blinken says the state department is developing mechanisms to support the rights of lgbtq+ people in uganda. in el salvador, the former president has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for negotiating with gangs while he was in office. he was president from 2009 to 2014. during that time period, prosecutors accuse him of association and many other crimes linked to a gang truce negotiated in 2012. he denied the accusations. in venice, authorities investigating how the grand canal turned bright green. the coloring was caused by a harmless chemical and local police are trying to figure out who was responsible for that.
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in the u.s., can you feel the heat? the miami heat clinched their ticket to the nba finals after beating the celtics in game seven last night. the heat will take on the nuggets starting this thursday. anne thompson is in boston with the latest. >> reporter: there's no joy in bean town today. the boston celtics, until last night, had been in 25% of the nba's game sevens. they had won 75% of those contests. it was not to be. this morning, it's the miami heat making history as just the second eight seed to go all the way to the nba finals. >> the heat are going to the nba finals. >> reporter: in a crazy series, which saw the heat and celtics on the ropes, it was the heat who came up big in last night's deciding game seven. blocking a historic comeback from the celtics in their own
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house. boston attempting to become the first team in nba history to win a seven-game series after losing the first three games. the heat bouncing back from a devastating game six loss after an incredible celtics buzzer beater saturceltics win. >> the heat overcoming their underdog status. butler scoring 28 points to send the heat to the nba finals. named the eastern conference finals mvp. >> my teammates give me so much confidence. >> reporter: as a deflated td garden cleared out. in miami, fans were going crazy. the heat now looking to win their fourth championship trophy. >> they are ready to celebrate in miami. >> reporter: standing in their way, a hungry and talented denver nuggets squad.
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eager to win that franchise's first ever title. game one of the finals will be ten days after denver stunned lebron and the lakers in a western conference sweep. denver's coach says his team is ready to return to the court. >> i give our guys credit. they have been locked in. the energy has been very good. >> reporter: the celtics turn their attention to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it, while miami goes on to play for a championship ring. back to you. >> anne thompson, thank you very much. the heat has a good shot. touching moment that shows how hard work really pays off. >> rahime staten. >> he graduated from harvard last week. i got a chance to meet him just over three years ago after found
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out he got accepted. his journey here was far from easy. coping with struggles at home, he was a sanitation worker to make ends meet. he says his community helped get him through. >> i had a brother who dropped out of school so i could go to college. i was supported by people at the bottom of the social hierarchy, ex-felons, sanitation workers, people who you tell your kids not to grow up to be like. >> his goal is to give back to others. he co-founded a non-profit while at harvard supporting the people he calls unsung heroes. extraordinary person. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. reach me on twitter and instagram. watch highlights from today's show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. peter alexander picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the
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