we have a lot to cover in this second hour of "chris jansing reports." ahead, a blistering heat wave, expanding across the country, putting more than 80 million people on high alert. and those already brutal temperatures may not peak until the weekend. also this hour, kevin spacey on the stand denying sexual assault allegations and describing one of his accusers as an intimate pal who stabbed him in the back. plus, a verdict reached in the penalty phase of the tree of life shooting trial. the jury announcing the man behind the deadliest anti-semitic attack in history is eligible for the death penalty.

and no leads in that cocaine mystery at the white house. the secret service just briefing lawmakers on their investigation. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin with that update on the cocaine discovered at the white house. nbc's ryan nobles is up on capitol hill, where it looks hot and the heat was on those investigators. what did they tell those lawmakers? >> reporter: not very much. at least when you talk to republicans, chris, they seemed very unhappy with the information that the secret service was able to provide both the oversight committee and homeland security committee. republicans believe that this is something that secret service should be able to figure out, that they shobe t narrow down the list of suspects, question those suspects and come up with an answer. they were given the strong impression from secret service officials today that when the investigation concludes, they'll not ultimately come to that answer. and for republicans who are already very skeptical of this white house and the different

agencies that are investigating any number of things happening here in washington, it just adds to that level of skepticism. listen to what congresswoman nancy mace had to say about the situation. >> for me, it's just interesting that every time there's something strange going on with the president, biden or his family, or anything regarding his administration, or the white house, no one can ever seem to find an answer, and so just from my perspective, it is deeply frustrating. this was one of the most secure locations in the world, and the best law enforcement officers in the world, and day don't have any answers. >> reporter: and so i'm told that in these meetings that happened behind closed doors that the secret service were telling members there that anywhere between five and 600 possible suspects were identified in this situation, and that volume is just too much for the secret service to narrow it down in any way, shape or form to conclusively come to the definitive person responsible for all of this. republicans very frustrated by

that. democrats for the most part not necessarily excusing the work of the secret service but also pointing out that this is not an easy thing to determine. both republicans and democrats, chris, do believe that at the very least, there needs to be some review of the security protocols particularly in this area of the west wing at the white house. chris. >> ryan nobles, and right behind your shoulder there seems to be something very important going on, you might want to check that out. it's a very heated conversation. let's go to nbc's rehema ellis, following the verdict in the tree of life shooting. how are the victims' families, the pittsburgh community reacting to the news that this gunman is now facing the death penalty? >> well, they are pleased that the criminal justice system and this process is moving along, and somewhat quickly in terms of what the jurors did. it took them about two hours, a little bit less in this phase of this sentencing to determine that robert bowers, 50 years

old, should be eligible to be considered for the death penalty. we spoke with jeffrey finkelstein, head of the jewish federation of greater pittsburgh. listen to what he said about what happened today. >> we are grateful for the jury's efforts to reach a just decision today. the federation does not have a position on the death penalty. but this was an act of anti-semitism, and the defendant deserves to answer for his crime. >> in fact, by all accounts, this was the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. on monday, what the jurors will begin to do is listen to more argument from the prosecution and from the defense about this man's murder of 11 people who were worshipping their faith on the saturday sabbath back in october of 2018. they will, again, hear more arguments of the prosecution saying that this was intentional, this man was calculating, he brought in

ammunition, more than 700 rounds of ammunition with an ar-15, and he intended to kill jews. they will also hear from the defense who say that he was mentally disturbed, that he's schizophrenic, that he has brain damage, and he could not have intentionally done this. the jury rejected that argument in terms of whether or not robert bowers could be considered for the death penalty. now they will consider the arguments from both sides as to whether or not they will recommend to the judge the death penalty or life in prison. chris. >> rehema ellis, thank you for that. to london where oscar winner kevin spacey testified at his sexual assault trial. ali arouzi is outside the courthouse. there were questions about whether or not he would take the stand. he did. what did he have to say? >> reporter: hey, chris, that's right. he took his defense today. prosecution wrapped up their case yesterday, and it was kevin spacey's turn to take to the witness stand, and, you know, he

was facing some very serious charges. his alleged victims accused him of being a vile sexual predator. they painted a very sordid picture of the two-time academy award winner. one of them in an aspiring actor said he had reached out to kevin spacey as a mentor. kevin spacey invited him to his home, and he alleged that kevin spacey drugged him, and then he passed out only to wake up to see kevin spacey performing a lewd sexual act on him. but kevin spacey denies all of these charges. he says a lot of these charges are simply not true. they are just all made up. and other cases where there was sexual contact, he says it was all consensual. kevin spacey said that he had a very promiscuous life, he had many one night stands, all of them were consensual. we heard testimony from another alleged victim who says he was

in a car with kevin spacey, when kevin spacey violently tried to grab his groin and the car almost went off the road. in his defense, kevin spacey said he wasn't on a suicide mission to do something like this. ultimately, chris, what this is going to boil down to, is the jury going to believe kevin spacey or the plaintiffs in this case? this is going to go on for probably another two weeks when the case first started, the judge said this will take four to five weeks. we're past the halfway mark now, and this is going to be the defense's opportunity to try and exonerate kevin spacey. >> ali arouzi, thank you for that. it's the question much of the country is asking, how long is this miserable weather going to last? nbc news meteorologist bill karins is here, and, bill, how bad is it going to be this weekend? it doesn't look great. >> we're passing along e-mails in our weather unit discussing

the all time records on our planet, and if we have a chance of getting near them or breaking them this weekend. that's not exactly conversations you wish to be having, let's put it that way. we're talking about death valley, that area in california, which, by the way, has the all time record, 134, hottest temperature ever recorded on the planet. that was all the aback in the early 1900s, so as far as reliable records, there's an argument to be made if we hit 130, that would be the highest verified. but that's a different conversation. all summer long it's been focused over texas, now we're shifting to the west coast, where california is really going to get into it this weekend. not exactly cool in d.c. we're at 93 degrees. dallas is 95. already at 105 in phoenix. phoenix hasn't dropped below 90 degrees even during the night over the last three nights. that's ridiculous. as far as the why, it's called a heat dome. in the summer we get high

pressure, and when the air is sinking and strong, the jet stream is well into canada, it sits and basic. you have to have high pressure to get all time heat records and that's what's possible. las vegas, 117, you've hit it twice, 2013 and 2021. and phoenix has a chance, if not definitely going to break their 110 day streak. the record is 18. let's talk first about las vegas. i said 117 is the all time record. here's the forecast, 115 on saturday. yesterday was 16. now 17. it's four days away, that could change. we have a chance of tying, if not breaking the all time record in vegas. phoenix, 118 days is the record for 110. monday, 18 at 115 would break it. tuesday, sorry, monday would tie it. tuesday would break it, and that streak does not look to end anytime soon, chris. these are all a lot of numbers

that are just telling everyone what they already know when they step outside. it's way too hot and a lot of people hiding in the ac. >> and we're lucky that we have ac, not everybody does, that's for sure. bill karins, i would say thank you, but i don't really mean it. >> that's unfortunately my role. >> unfortunately. meantime, president biden on his way home from europe. how the decisions he just made with top leaders might affect the future of the war in ukraine. we're going to head to helsinki and speak with a former u.s. ambassador to nato in just 60 seconds. ssador to nato in just seconds. (bobby) my store and my design business? we're exploding. but my old internet, was not letting me run the show. so, we switched to verizon business internet. they have business grade internet, nationwide. (vo) make the switch. it's your business. it's your verizon.

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conference with the finnish president earlier today. tell us what the president had to say and his feelings about the state of nato right now? >> reporter: president biden projected this picture of a totally united front when it comes to stepping up and facing russian aggression, particularly in the context, of course, of the war in ukraine, chris, and president biden was very clear throughout all of his travels this week as he went from the uk lithuania and finally to finland. when allies come together and step up, they can be unstoppable. the fact that finland, this country, which shares an 830 mile border with russia has decided and is approved to join the alliance with sweden likely to come imminently, just shows the resolve of the west and the transatlantic partnership. the president was speaking to the fact that he thinks nato is stronger than ever before, and he joked he's been around a long time. so he's somebody who can

definitely say that. here's a little more of his take away from this week in europe. >> lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here, what does he do? what agreement is ultimately reached depends upon putin, and what he decides to do. but there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he's already lost that war. >> reporter: and now president biden was standing in the very same room where his predecessor, former president trump was standing shoulder to shoulder with president putin at that infamous press conference five years ago this week. and president biden was very clear in sending this message to president putin that even if he assumed that the west could be divided when he invaded ukraine that he was wrong fundamentally in that belief, and as you saw there, he believes at this point, no matter what happens with the war, there is no way

president putin can claim he won it, given his current grip on power. >> monica alba, thank you for that. north korea launched its most powerful rocket on wednesday. an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to bring the u.s. within striking distance. the north korea governor released these photos of kim jong un witnessing the tests. the missile was launched almost directly to avoid hitting other countries, traveling 620 miles before landing in the waters between the korean peninsula and japan. it comes two days after north korea accused the u.s. of illegally flying spy planes in its airspace. president biden leaves europe in a very different state than when he arrived just five days ago. nato, the military alliance vladimir putin has sought to undermine is growing with sweden one step closer to membership. ukraine, too, has been promised a future in the transatlantic alliance, and more than that.

russia's invasion of ukraine appears to have given nato a renewed sense of purpose at a moment when some doubted its relevancy. i want to bring in president of the chicago council on global affairs. always good to see you. i would love to get your assessment looking at everythi the security assurances for ukraine. finland's entry to nato, turkey's surprise pledge to support sweden's bid in return for help getting into the eu. what do you think the take away is for vladimir putin from this summit? >> oh, boy, i don't think it's going to be very good. he is looking at an alliance that is more united, it's gotten larger. it has now doubled the border region that nato -- the border region with russia by bringing finland in. it sees a ukraine th's stronger and more capable and more united and also now getting not only weapons for current

counter offensive but the pledge by the united states and the other major countries to be providing weapons to them for years to come. in looking back at this, there's no way that putin can't think that perhaps he made a colossal mistake in invading ukraine. he thought the west was divided. it is united. he thought ukraine was weak. it is strong. he thought that russia is strong, turns out russia particularly its military isn't up to the task. >> ukraine, as you know, will eventually be a nato nation. there's no specific timetable. some questions about the conditions. is that the right call? >> yeah, it is the right call because frankly, you can't bring a country in the middle of a war into an alliance that exists primarily to defend every inch of its members territory. it was never realistic to think it would be an invitation, nor is it realistic to link an invitation to the end of the war, frankly.

that tells the russians, it's a tricky issue, a dilemma that nato and the ukrainians now face about how and when to bring ukraine in. the weather has been solved. the issue is they are coming in. i think this is the task of the next few months that president biden talked about yesterday to find out how do you bring a country that has contested borders and that is still in a military conflict with its neighbor into the alliance. the fact is it needs to come into the alliance. how do you do it as expeditiously and safely as possible. >> these are complicated for the average person, geopolitical conversations, but with so much attention on ukraine, there's been less talk about the impact of the sweden, finland ascension. and i thought admiral james stavridis, really put in common terms in the "washington post" today what it means for the arctic because he describes this

area as the geopolitical thunder dome where global warming is opening up new shipping routes and access to previously unreachable oil and gas deposits. how important is that region going forward for nato? >> you know, it's very important. if you think about the arctic counsel which exists to come together, the nations who are bordering the arctic council to come together to govern how the arctic ought to be governed and now only nato members plus russia. with finland and sweden a percent of that, every member of the arctic counsel with the exception of russia is a nato number. as a result, nato will now have to pay attention even more to what is happening in the arctic region, the upper north, and high north. and admiral stavridis is absolutely right, with the melting of sea ice, we are seeing incredible opportunities.

the chinese are trying to seize those opportunities. they have more ice breakers, the chinese do, than the united states. they have efforts to get into greenland and other places for mineral mining and gas and oil exploration. and so we need to pay attention to what's happening there, and having finland and sweden, two arctic nations, part of nato means this is something that nato needs to put on the top of the agenda, because the arctic now is part of nato's area of responsibility. >> former nato ambassador, ivo daalder, thank you very much. it's good to see you. still ahead, the coast guard in hot water, accused of covering up dozens of sexual assaults at the academy for years. what the head of the agency had to say about it on capitol hill today. stay right here. capitol hill today. stay righter he.

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is also unacceptable. >> a review of these incidents dubbed operation fouled anchor also revealed a complete lack of disciplinary action against the perpetrators of these assaults. "the new york times" reports that at least two senior officers found to have committed such offenses were allowed to retire with full pension and unadulterated access to veterans benefits which they still maintain. i'm going to bring in senior national political reporter sahil kapur. what did the coast guard have to say about this today? >> admiral linda fagan was contrite, and repeated that there were failures by the coast guard in the way they handled the allegations of rape and sexual assault. she repeated, we failed multiple times in the hearing when asked about those incidents and promised there had been a series of changes already made, already in the works, including more clarity in coast guard policy surrounding this. more support for survivors, and transparency and accountability

for perpetrators and the leaders of the coast guard who would fail to enforce it. she said there was a creation of a special prosecuting office this summer, and promised a 90-day review, looking into the culture that led to this, and promised regular updates on the process. her comments about the culture within the coast guard were very striking. let's take a listen to what she said. >> it is clear to me that we've got a culture in areas that is permissive and allows sexual assaults, harassment, bullying, retaliation, that's inconsistent with our core values. it is not the work force that i want or expect. and we have got work to do. we've made a lot of progress. we are not where we need to be. and that is the work in front of us. i'm taking it up with a sense of urgency. >> fagan is talking to members of congress who control the coast guard's purse strings in the appropriations process. they will get to decide the coast guard's budget, the policies that they have to live

by. the chair of the committee, tammy baldwin, failed in egregious lapses in judgment. the coast guard has quite a bit of work to do to win back the trust of congress. new details about the moments before larry nassar was stabbed in prison. the inmate suspected of the attack was set off after nassar made a lewd comment while watching a wimbledon women's match on television. he was stabbed ten times inside his cell, away from witnesses and surveillance cameras. the federal bureau of prisons declined to comment citing a pending investigation. nassar was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually abusing hundreds of young women, many members of the u.s. women's national gymnastics team. police today are searching for a person responsible for a deadly hit-and-run by the national mall on wednesday. the person trying to evade the

secret service fled a traffic stop and fatally struck a 75-year-old man just blocks away from the white house. nbc's tom costello is following this for us. tom, what's the latest? >> in fact, they are still looking for the suspect and the vehicle. it is described as a 2006 blue honda. it was last seen fleeing the scene. to recap what happened, it was 1:30 yesterday afternoon when the uniformed division of the secret service attempted a traffic stop right there at 17th and constitution, right at the national mall, right across the street from the ellipse and the white house. the driver indicated that he would comply with the traffic stop, and then instead suddenly took off. went through a crosswalk, hitting three people, witnesses say that a 75-year-old man was thrown up in the air, came back and landed on the hood, and then the driver after the man rolled off the hood, the driver backed up and ran over him again. that according to witnesses. that 75-year-old man died. two others in the crosswalk were

injured, including a 13-year-old girl, but they were treated on the scene and released. here's something else we have learned today, and that is that this car has racked up $720 in d.c. speeding tickets over the last two years. so they are really urgently looking for this car and this driver. there is no indication that this was any attempt on anybody at the white house, the president of course was out of town. he was in europe. the vice president was not there. this appears to be a case of a violent action right at the height of the summer tourist season. you know, we get 32 million people a year coming down the national mall, 440,000 cars a day, and this is the height of tourist season with the national mall, the washington monument, and the white house, the top attractions. >> chris. >> you hate to see it, it could have been worse. another strike looming, this time involving some of the

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fonda. union president fran drescher called the studio's response to key issues on streaming and ai insulting and disrespectful. if the actors join them it will be the first time there's been a duel strike since 1960 when alfred hitchcock's "psycho" was the number one movie in america. nbc's gina kim is following this for us, and also with me, variety business writer, jennifer mas. walk us through where thing stand on the vote right now, and the heart of the issues here. >> reporter: sag-aftra and its national board members have been discussing when to strike since about 9:00 this morning pacific time. it is 2 1/2 hours into that discussion and about 25 minutes from now, we are expecting a press conference, as you said, right here outside the sag-aftra headquarters on whether they're going to join the writers guild

in striking and of course, as you can imagine, this is an absolutely crippling blow for los angeles, for hollywood, for actors and performers worldwide, and of course for the studios. >> jennifer, this industry is worth billions of dollars all around the world, hollywood we associate with it, but from atlanta to new york, there are so many places across this country, canada, elsewhere. if neither writers or actors can be on set, what are the real world consequences here? >> well, one of the things that will happen immediately, and this has already been a case where a lot of tv productions, almost all, have been shut down already for a while due to the writer's guild strike, but sag, if they go on strike, and they most likely will soon here, everything shuts down, and that's all tv and film productions for struck companies, which are all the companies represented by the amdpt, so that means everything stops, and not only that.

that means that press appearances stop. that means people can't do red carpets. actors won't appear at san diego comic con. there's a lot of ripple effects and, yes, it is international as well. >> often when i'm walk to and from work, i see those trucks set up for either dressing rooms for actors or catering and all of that obviously goes away. you realize how much depends on that industry. disney ceo bob iger, jennifer, spoke a little bit earlier on our sister network, cnbc, about the impending strike. here's what he said. >> there's a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic, and they are adding to a set of challenges that this business is already facing that is quite frankly very disruptive. >> they're not being realistic? >> no, they're not. >> the other side would argue that the studios aren't being realistic. you've got three enormous movies coming in just the next couple of weeks. you've got "mission impossible,"

"barbie," "oppenheimer," being framed as a critical time for the movie industry which took a big hit during covid. could this be a make or break moment for this industry? >> absolutely. we'll see how far out when this strike starts, how long it lasts and we're thinking through the number of films that will be impacted through the end of the year, and many of these companies have already said they can make it a few months but they can't make it through the first quarter of the year, certainly, and if production doesn't start, that messing up the pipeline. >> we saw a shift at the up fronts, the little programs they put together to look ahead to the tv season. lots and lots of nonscripted reality shows. what does this mean for folks who like to spend their rainy fall days as couch potatoes? >> it does mean a lot of unscripted television, a lot of reality shows, that programming,

and then it's a lot of international shows have been acquired, certain shows produced in canada, they have been stocking up on different things, and then there will be reruns. abc is running reruns of "abbott elementary." we're going it find out about "house of the dragon," an equity production run by the union. the uk union will see if they want to stand in solidarity with sag-aftra, and what that means. >> it's been a tough run. thank you both so much. we appreciate it, and we're going to keep an eye on the vote which we could get anytime now. in the meantime, ukrainian tennis star, elina svitalina. she defied the odds, entered at

a long shot, and came just one win away from the wimbledon final. her return to the court after 18 months gone was far more than tennis. svitolina left the game to have her first child and also to raise money for ukraine's war relief efforts. >> back home, there's lots of people watching and cheering for me. >> her foundation says it has already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars since the start of the war. and another amazing emotional sports moment. this one at the espy awards. buffalo bills safety, damar hamlin, got a standing ovation as he honored the first responders and the buffalo bills staff who saved his life back in january. they performed cpr after his heart stopped during a routine tackle. please welcome this year's recipient of the pat tillman award for service, the training staff of the buffalo bills. >> first and foremost, thank you

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taylor greene claims to be basking in her freedom after she was officially booted from the conservative house freedom caucus. just the latest example of gop infighting that's been creating headaches for speaker kevin mccarthy. greene's break with the caucus began latehen she publicly backed mccarthy's speakership bid, and now mccarthy is dealing with the delay in the critical vote on defense spending. garrett haake is on capitol hill. brendan buck is a former aide to house speakers paul ryan and john boehner as well as an msnbc political analyst. good to see you guys. garrett, what more do we know about the breakup between greene and the house freedom caucus? i didn't see anything on page 6. >> reporter: this is a very kind of high school cafeteria story line, as it has been for the last week or so now. the freedom caucus doesn't publish their membership, and they have been trying to not talk about this too much. it's clear they have become fed up with some of the activities

of marjorie taylor greene that frankly frustrated democrats in the last congress. i want to play for how ken buck, a freedom caucus member explains how we got to this point. here he is on "meet the press" now. >> she has consistently attacked other members of the freedom caucus in an irresponsible away and as a result of that, she was kicked out of the freedom caucus, and she should not be a member. we have diverse opinions in the freedom caucus. that's not monolithic, but in so far as attacking other members, it just shouldn't be tolerate, over and over again, it's not one simple attack. it's not what happened on the floor a few weeks ago with lauren boebert. it's a series of poorly thought out attacks on other members. >> reporter: democrats, who voted to remove marjorie taylor greene from her committees in the last congress are nodding quietly along to that. she was voted off committees for attacks on other members.

not surprising there. as to the broader politics, this probably does not significantly hurt marjorie taylor greene, she's a huge fund raiser in her own right, a major figure in the house conference, regardless of her affiliation with the freedom caucus, and i don't know that it hurts mccarthy either. he has counted on greene as an ally. he has supported her publicly, and she him. this makes the lines of loyalty and who's on who's side a little more clear going forward, chris. >> there's another argument to make. maybe it doesn't hurt her. maybe this is what kevin mccarthy has gotten used to, but it does put forward this idea yet again of a gop in disarray. what do you make of this back and forth, and this break up? >> well, i have to start with the idea that she's being kicked out of the freedom caucus because they don't like attacking other republicans. i'm sorry, that is the unifying principle of the house freedom

caucus. they don't exist to advance policies. they do it to attack policies. there's division here. i don't know that this dramatically changes things. kevin mccarthy has invested a lot in his relationship with marjorie taylor greene. he's taken a lot of slings and arrows for his relationship there. in some ways, she's bigger than the freedom caucus. what i'll be curious to see, though, is her entire brand is about being controversial. it's not being the teacher's pet. she's going to have to break out a little bit of that, and see if it comes back to bite kevin mccarthy. the freedom caucus is going to be a problem with mccarthy. they exist to do that. it only takes four or five to cause a real headache. i expect the road ahead is going to be quite difficult with or without her on his side. >> she said i don't have time for the drama club, but drama is

her stock in trade. does any of this have anything to do with important matters which include, as we mentioned, these defense spending bills? what do you know about that, garrett? >> reporter: the house just voted to pass the rule, the major procedural hurdle before they can work through amendments on the defense bill, which could be a late night tonight. in and of itself, these two dramas aren't particularly related but the broader point does apply. the freedom caucus wants to cause trouble from the speaker. they want to make sure that, you know, republicans take seriously a lot of the very conservative policy amendments that they put on the ndaa, and this is another opportunity for marjorie taylor greene as an individual or a small group to make her clout felt. and i'll just add the way i look at this in part because of my other day job covering donald trump is through the lens of the trump loyalists here, and the house freedom caucus is a little

all over the place when it comes to trump. they mostly back him. but nobody has trump's back in the republican house conference more than marjorie taylor greene. keeping that allegiance lets her stay closer to mccarthy and not suffer the same blow back she might otherwise. she has the right other friend outside the building. >> the ap is reporting that the house is more in play than we might have thought a while ago. after an aknee temperature showing in the midterms, republicans have virtually no cushion in their quest to retain control of the house, made even more so by a surprise supreme court decision. we just saw a ruling about what's happening in new york, potentially. good news for democrats. they only need to pick up five seats to take control. how much of an opening do you think that democrats really have? >> a huge opening. look, it's a razor thin

majority. four or five seats. that's nothing in the house. we have much larger swings like that on a regular basis. going forward, the issue is enthusiasm. it's tough to compare a midterm election to a general election. it is trending, so donald trump is going to be the nominee for the republicans and there's nothing that turns out democratic voters like donald trump, so i think it's a very open situation for democrats. that's why republicans need to get their act together and be a little more focused. become a majority, and you tend to get, you know, you think you rule the world and do whatever you want for all the political consequences. all of the stuff the house has been doing alienated them from the swing voters who make the big difference, and so all of this provides a lot of questions for republicans going forward. >> brendan buck, garrett haake, guys, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> elon musk is jumping into the world of ai, why the head of tesla and twitter says he wants to take on running yet another company. you're watching "chris jansing

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nasa has released a spectacular new image of deep space celebrating one year of the james webb space telescope. you're seeing a cloud complex, 390 light years away, where some 50 stars, similar to our sun are being born. nasa describes it as a relatively small, quiet, stellar

nursery. the closest one to earth. jets bursting from those baby stars are lighting up molecular hydrogen. you can see that there in red. webb, the successor to the hubble is capable of seeing deeper in space and farther back in time than any previous observatory. it's on a ten-year mission to capture the origins of the universe by peering all the way back to the first galaxies formed after the big bang. in addition to spacex, tesla and more, billionaire entrepreneur elon musk launched his newest company today, an artificial intelligence start up he hopes will compete with chatgpt. seema mody is here. musk also owns twitter. how many companies is he going to be in charge of? >> there are already five companies that elon musk either oversees or is involved in from

spacex, tesla, the boring company, and twitter where he's technically no longer ceo, now executive chairman, but the addition of this newly launched artificial intelligence company that he's hoping will challenge chatgpt, that will bring the total to six. at that time, he said he gets about six hours of sleep a night. interesting that he's still able to pull that off. >> quickly, he has been critical of the ai in the past, so why this now? >> yeah, you know, musk has been quick to highlight, yes, the enormous opportunity within artificial intelligence, but he's also acknowledged that without the right guardrails and controls, it could be very disruptive to society. he's also been critical of competing ai applications, calling chatgpt, quote, politically correct, and open ai, which he said a couple of months ago that it's training ai to be woke. the industry will be waiting to see how his new application,

chris, will stand out. >> seema mody, thank you so much. that's going to do it for us this hour. make sure to join us for "chris jansing reports" every weekday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. our coverage continues now with "katy tur reports." good to be with you. i'm katy tur. new york state t issued a ruling that could have huge political consequences for who wins control of the house of representatives next election, but before we look ahead, look back with us to the last election. specifically here in new york state. ahead of that one, the 2022 contest, democrats in this state redrew congressional maps, but they tilted the district so heavily in the party's favor that a court through the maps out and instead put a neutral expert in charge. that person redrew districts so