right now on "ana cabrera reports," several breaking news stories as we come on the air. an icon has passed away. tony bennett has died at the age of 96. we'll have a look back at his life and incredible legacy. more breaking news, a judge setting the date for donald trump's classified documents trial, may 20th, 2024. why that date, and what it could mean. plus, the expanding case against the suspected gilgo beach serial killer, the murders in other states that now have law enforcement's attention. and later, it's the moment we've all been waiting for.

barbie and the bomb. will the box office turn pink, or will oppenheimer blow past the competition? barbinheimer is here. it's 10:00 eastern. so much to get to today. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. let's go break to our breaking news, judge aileen cannon has now set a start date for the classified documents trial against president trump for may 20th of next year. so this is well past the december start date. special counsel jack smith's team had wanted and smack in the middle of the 2024 presidential campaign. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent ryan reilly, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, and charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. so ryan, what do we know about how the judge came to this date? >> yeah, a little bit past the time that the special counsel's office had requested, obviously,

here, but you know, the former president's team did not want a schedule set at all. not really a win for them. this certainly gets some dates on the calendar. it keeps things going. i wouldn't necessarily set it in stone. there are ways in which there could be potential delays down the line for sure. that happens fairly frequently in other trials. but obviously the political component of this is a huge one, and i think the complicating factor going forward is whether or not any of these other instances in which donald trump has either instigated litigation on his own or has these other court dates and the variety of other cases he's facing or is involved with impacts his schedule or his campaign schedule, which is also a factor going forward. i'm just going to read a quote here from -- from what the judge said today. the court rejects defendants' request to withhold setting a schedule now. the court deems it necessary to

manage this proceeding through important stages of discovery. there's a reference to the classified information procedures act there, and a then a motion practice and trial and does not see sufficient basis on this record to postpone entry of a scheduling order. nevertheless, the government's propszed schedule is atypically accelerated and inconsistent with ensuring a fair trial. so basically saying this wouldn't be enough time to prepare if the trial was set for december as the special counsel had wanted, but obviously that sort of puts you smack dab in the middle of the presidential player and the campaign. >> so charles, these cases are really stepping up for the form president. he already has that defamation trial brought by e. jean carroll, that's set to begin in january of 2024, even before that you have the fraud trial here in new york set for october of this year. the trial in the manhattan d.a.'s case related to the hush money payments set to begin in

march of 2024. looking at all of this does that may date make sense to you? >> it does, ana, in many respects. i also see this in some ways as a win for the defense. it is not going to be a case with judge cannon, didn't set a trial date at all. the fact that she's put it in may 2024, in my opinion is a slick way of giving the defendants more room and more time to come up with more excuses for a delay. at that point, as ryan already talked about, the primary -- the primary season will likely be over and so if he is the republican nominee at that point, there's a host of different arguments around election interference that actually have credence that she may entertain at that point for a further push. and so whereas she could not have set an indefinite trial date, for her to put it as she did really does create other avenues for the defense now to come up with additional excuses and reasons for a delay. so if i'm his defense team, i'm taking this as a win in the sense that i never really expected for her to set an

indefinite trial date but to push it out to may of '24 gives me enough room to potentially create an excuse to go beyond the november election if i can create different things and he ultimately becomes the nominee. >> danny, your thoughts. again, this is less than six months before the presidential election if this may date holds. is that problematic? >> both sides were being a little unreasonable here. on the one hand the defense asking the judge to not even enter a scheduling order. the speedy trial act requires a date certain. the judge has to enter a trial date. you can move that. the parties can argue about what date that should be. a date certain is a requirement, and of course on the other hand, the government was being a little unreasonable in expecting this case to go forward in december. i think may is a reasonable date, but at the same time, i don't think it's going forward on that date either. if i'm just playing the odds, given all the complexities in this case, given the fact that

there will be a number of dispositive motions, in other words motions to throw this case out and not typical motions to dismiss. these are going to be motions involving issues of law that have probably never been dealt with in any court before. this is going to require a little research by the judge's clerks. it's going to take a long time. so while i think the may date is a reasonable date certain, if i'm a betting person, i say it's not even going forward on that day. >> we'll see. let's talk about this other case involving the special counsel. jack smith looking into election interference. vaughn, you have some breaking news right now related to the person who testified before the grand jury just yesterday. will russell. will russell is sort of a surprise figure. he was not even interviewed by the january 6th select committee. right case after donald trump received this target letter from the special counsel's office, bill russell, not only a former aide in the white house but also a current staff members of the 2024 campaign was called in. you see him there.

that was on january 6th standing next to donald trump and mark med dose just before trump took the stage to speak at the ellipse that day. i am told that prosecutors yesterday asked will russell specifically about donald trump's mind-set in not only the aftermath of the 2020 election but also in the lead up to january 6th. i am told that will russell had actually become very much a part of an informal, small, tight-knit group of staff in the white house in the aftermath of the 2020 election. he served a as trip director. he rode on air force one, he was also in the oval office in the west wing, engaged in informal conversations with key staff including mark meadows. this is not, to our understanding about the planning of january 6th or the actual events of that day. instead it was donald trump's thinking around the 2020 election and his election fraud claims in the lead up to january 6th. >> and then, danny, we're also learning another witness is going to come back and speak with the grand jury or with the special counsel's team, former

new york city police commissioner bernard kerik expected to be interviewed next month. what could he offer? >> bernie kerik is an interesting witness, and quietly one of the more important ones. here's why. he is very much pro-maga, very aggressively on the side of donald trump. at the same time, he is the source of information that is damaging to donald trump. for example, he was rudy giuliani's lead investigator, and he provided information or there was information provided in the january 6th committee that his investigation concluded, for example, that there was no problem with the dominion voting machines or that they couldn't find anything. so on one level he's providing this information that there was no there there, but on the other sides looking at just his social media and his stance over the last few years, he's very much on trump's side. keep in mind also, he is a pardoned felon, so he's familiar with the system, and i would think that when it comes to cooperating with the government that he has a knowledge of what

he's dealing with. he knows he doesn't want to go back to being a convicted felon. those are the kind of people that the government can use, and by that i mean the prosecutors, can use their influence to suggest that it is in his best interests to cooperate with the government. >> charles, what do you make of who's still testifying and does it suggest an actual indictment is not imminent here? >> well, ana, playing with the question of imminence is one we cannot necessarily do with respect to jack smith. when it was time for the first indictment, there were at least three weeks between the target letter, for example, and then the notion of the indictment actually being filed, and so we don't necessarily know what imminent means when we're dealing with jack smith. i do think one is still coming. i think what we're seeing now is jack smith doing everything he can to try and get directly to donald trump's mind-set, what he was thinking around january 6th, and the false electors probe because that's going to be incredibly important to helping him establish donald trump's

intent. when we're talking about what donald trump's intent was, his understanding around how the 2020 -- or 2023 -- i'm sorry, the 2020 election shaped out, all these things are going to be essential in helping to build the case to say, look, this was someone who knew he lost the election. this was someone who knew he had not won, but still continued to try and intentionally enact these things that were going to disrupt medical care's democracy. and -- america's democracy. when i listen to the witnesses being called and the purpose, all of this is for jack smith's case to clearly establish intent. >> so many different cases to keep track of. thank you so much for joining us. happy friday to all of you. hope you have a great weekend. when we're back in 60 seconds, we have lost a master of the american songbook. remembering the life and legacy of tony bennett. plus, the punishing temps

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♪ i've found you just in time ♪ >> the great singer of the great american songbook. ♪ the way you look tonight ♪ >> his music defining a generation with shiny tuxedos, big bands, and smoky jazz joints. ♪ i know i go from rags to riches ♪ >> but before he was tony, he was anthony dominick bededetto, a child of the great depression born and raised by a single mother in queens, new york. >> when i was 10 years old, they said we love the way you paint and we love the way you sing. i said that's who i am. >> reporter: he dropped out of high school to support his family at age 16 and was later drafted by the army serving in world war ii. >> i decided that when i get out of the ar my, i'm going to go into show business. >> reporter: he got his big break in 1949 when entertainer bob hope saw him singing in a new york city club and hired him with one suggestion that he change his name to tony bennett.

♪ the best is yet to come, and babe, won't that be fine ♪ >> a star was born. ♪ san francisco ♪ >> in 1962, bennett topped the charts with his hit "i left my heart in san francisco" winning his first of many grammys. ♪ as i approach the prime of my life ♪ >> reporter: as his career skyrocketed he also became an activist in the civil rights movement while developing his other love, painting. >> when you get lucky enough to nail one painting that really looks good, it's really a quiet celebration. >> reporter: but there was a dark underbelly to his success. bennett developed a drug addiction in the 1970s and took a ten-year hiatus. he made a comeback in the 1980s becoming a favorite of the mtv. bennett married three times and raised four children. in 2007 he tied the knot with susan crow, after the two dated for decades.

meanwhile, his popularity continued to surge in the 2000s when he recorded duets with megastars like paul mccartney, elton john ♪ my fate is up to you ♪ >> and lady gaga. ♪ that's why the lady is a tramp ♪ >> my whole life i love what i do. >> reporter: in 2021, the singer revealed his alzheimer's diagnosis and announced both a final album and concert with lady gaga to mark his 95th birthday. ♪ i get a kick out of you ♪ >> reporter: a final farewell, but a lasting legacy. ♪ what a life i'm in love ♪ >> reporter: morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >> just an extraordinary life and career. what a voice we got to hear in that piece. i want to bring in nbc news

entertainment contributor, chris witherspoon now. and chris, morgan talked about how he was able to keep going really up until these final years in his life, most recently collaborating with lady gaga. tell us more about their partnership and what made them such a great match and made him so timeless. >> listen, i think timeless is the perfect word, and that package was just so beautiful. it really encapsulated his legacy. and to think about artists like lady gaga who are at the pinnacle of their careers collaborating with someone who is decades and decades older than them but being very candid about the influence. she talked a lot about how tony bennett is the reason why she wanted to go into singing and also lady gaga has been very transparent and open about her battle with drug addiction and drug abuse back when she was dealing with the pressures of being famous in hollywood. and she said doing that album in 2021, love for sale with tony bennett is really the reason she

was able to keep on living and keep on wanting to be in this industry. i think that's the testament of whenever you are an iconic singer, when you have these younger artists who are pulling from your blueprint of artistry but also just how you live life and how you showed up as an artist. >> it's amaing to think he was still having number one albums on the billboard charts well into his late 80s. again, just a really long, enduring career, a life that had so much depth. thank you so much, chris witherspoon for discussing briefly with us his life and legacy. you're going to be back with us later this hour to talk about barbinheimer, but again, our thoughts go out to tony bennett's family. he was 96 years old. when we come back, this historic heat wave setting greece on fire literally. we're live in europe. plus, new developments in the gilgo beach serial killer case, as investigators look into deaths in other states. something more.

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planet earth is on fire, at least that's what it feels like. in fact, july 2023 is on track to be even hotter than june, which has been recorded as the hottest month ever on earth according to meteorologists. in europe right now, wildfires in greece are burning for a fifth day as firefighters battle to get things under control in the blazing heat there. here in the u.s. the heat is

spiking emergency room visits because of burns. nbc's josh lederman is standing by in greece outside of athens. first let's go to our priscilla thompson who's joining us from galveston, texas. priscilla, nbc news is reporting that cases of second and third degree burns have significantly increased during this heat wave filling up emergency rooms? >> reporter: yeah, ana, filling up emergency rooms and burn units, and this is something that we're hearing from ems officials in nevada and arizona, and you might be thinking, well, how does that happen? they're saying that people are falling or passing out on the pavement, and that is how they're getting those severe burns. and of course it is often -- as is often the case, it is in these vulnerable populations like the elderly, like children, like people who are unhoused. so an elderly person may have fallen on the pavement and been unable to get up, and then they're suffering these burns or a person also had a seizure, fell on the pavement, was not able to get up and so just

another one of the safety concerns that we're seeing as these record-setting temperatures continue across the country. we're also seeing reports of people leaving children in cars. there's incredible video of someone using a tire iron to try to get a baby out of a locked car that was in there as it was getting very hot, and so all of these types of concerns, there's one construction company in north texas that is actually asking workers to wear heat sensors so that they can detect when their bodies are starting to overheat. so folks really trying to get creative to stay healthy as we continue to deal with these blistering hot temperatures. and the national weather service now saying this heat could go up into august. ana. >> wow, priscilla thompson that is a lot. incredible consequences from this heat. we'll let you go get cool. thank you. josh, you are there after wildfires have ripped through parts of greece. tell us more about that. >> reporter: well, ana, it is

truly a dystopian scene here west of athens. talk about scorched earth. everything you see here is basically black. it looks like a bomb went off from the trash to the rocks and even the trees. we've stumbled upon what appears to be the final resting place for a number of animals who were caught in this fire as it tore through this area through west of athens in the last few days, and as far as containment, this is a really moving target for firefighters. as soon as they get one of the dozens of fires that have been raging throughout the country under control, the heat picks up or the wind increases, and suddenly areas that were previously on fire are now reignited. and so it is a game of whac-a-mole that firefighters have been playing as they try to get each new fire under control. and as of now, there are no signs this is going to let up. we are part of a second heat wave that started yesterday. it is heating up towards sunday

when temperatures are anticipated to hit about 113 degrees fahrenheit. and now weather forecasters are saying there could be a third heat wave on the way next week here in greece, ana. >> josh lederman, do stay safe. thank you for that reporting. back here in the u.s., the investigation into the new york gilgo beach serial killings, authorities are now looking into deaths in other states as well for potential ties to this suspect, rex heuermann. nbc's stephanie gosk continues to follow this and joins us with the latest in this investigation. >> hi, ana. >> this just keeps getting more disturbing. >> yeah, and think about this, heuermann is in jail right now being held without bail. if he's found guilty on these three charges he already faces life in prison, but investigators haven't stopped there. you'll remember there were 11 bodies on that beach that were found in that area. beyond that, there are police departments in three different states wondering if there are any connections between heuermann and some of their unsolved murders.

>> this morning police are poring through potential evidence they've collected from the long island home of rex heuermann. box after box removed from the crime scene. the architect is and father of two has pleaded not guilty to murdering three young women over a decade ago, and now nbc news has learned that investigators in other states are looking into potential connections to more crimes. in las vegas, police say they may reopen some unsolved murder cases, since heuermann owns a condo there. in atlantic city, new jersey, authorities are taking another look at the unsolved eastbound strangler case from 2006, when the bodies of four women who worked in the sex trade were discovered in a drainage ditch. and in rock hill, south carolina, police are probing if there's any connection to a young woman who vanished there in 2014. nbc news has reached out to heuermann's attorney regarding these cases but no response. all this as heuermann sits in jail held without bond. >> three times that i've visited his housing unit he was laying on his bunk, he was not watching

tv. twice he was sleeping and once he had his eyes open just looking at the ceiling. >> reporter: heuermann's long-time wife filed for divorce this week according to her attorney. her dna is at the center of the case. the prosecutor says her hair was found at the crime scene. police believe his wife was traveling when heuermann murdered his victims. she has not been charged with a crime. >> the wife for -- the wife of heuermann, her attorney sent us a statement acknowledging in his words, quote, the sensitive nature of this crime and also asking for privacy. he says that this is taking an emotional toll on the family. ana. >> and the victims' families r fur sure. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. and so now i want to bring in former fbi special agent bobby sha cone. bobby, this case went cold for

more than a decade. now we hear, you know, there are these ongoing investigations in other states. what are the chances someone like this stopped killing during that span of time? >> well, the chances are low. i mean, it could happen, but it's rare, when you have compulsion killers that act on compulsion, usually they can't keep those at bay. it's a low chance he stopped. it's highly likely there are more victims in more places. they're looking at other places he lived. he owned property. they're looking at other series of murders in certain places that match what they're finding in gilgo, and so you have a lot of work being done, and i wouldn't be surprised if we do start hearing about more matches of him to some of these cases. >> how was the suspected killer able to go undetected for so long, do you think? >> well, i think they'll analyze that, you know, in time, but i think some of the technology they used, the investigative

genealogy didn't exist ten years ago. it didn't exist five years ago. technology has advanced. we know that, you know, the new police commissioner out in suffolk county reignited the task force last year, reinvigorated it, and they probably took a look at what new technologies existed and could they be maximized or exploited in this case. i think you had some technology. i think you had some just leads that went cold, and i think you had some, you know, law enforcement apathy with the nature of these victims, and so i think a lot of things contributed to that, but i think the new task force got to work and they really maximized the new tools, some of the forensic tools that are now available that didn't exist ten years ago. >> that's such a good point. there was this new task force, new eyes looking at this evidence also might spot different things. he appeared to live a double life. his wife just filed for divorce. if he is indeed the killer, are you surprised he was able to hide this side of himself from

his wife and children? >> you know, i'm not surprised at much anymore. the last serial killer i worked in 2011 israel keys was raising his 11-year-old daughter while he was out murdering and dismembering people. we've seen this over and over again with gacy being in the community, we've seen serial killers be very successful at blending in and looking like they're living a normal life. it's happening too many times to really surprise me anymore. we monster and we think people look like monsters. they hide in plain sight. he's not the first serial killer that we've seen that kind of lived a normal life and then had this horrific other life going on. >> we know some of the key police work involved triangulating cell phone signals and according to "the new york times," among other communications that investigators scrutinized were sadistic taunting calls someone made from the cell phone of one victim, melissa barthelemy to

her teenage sister shortly after she disappeared in 2009. do you think you'll ever speak to her again the person asked in a bland calm voice. what does that tell you about this killer's psychology? >> look, we know that part of the psychosexual compulsion is the thrill that they get at hunting their torturing their victims and killing their victims. this is an extension of that thrill seeking. they're seeking to make people fear them. you know, make people afraid and things like that. this is an extension of that. he victimized a sister of one of his murder victims. she's victimized just like the rest. you know, so i think this is an expansion of this thrill seeking and this fear mongering, this wanting to instill fear in people that he's more powerful and he's to be feared. so i think that, you know, that's another good indication of, you know, do we have cases

elsewhere in the country where victims' families did receive this kind of message and then you go and you try to make that link. >> i appreciate your expertise, good to have you here, thank you so much. up next on "ana cabrera reports," the supreme court mandated alabama's congressional map have two majority black districts, so why are state republicans still refusing to do that. and later, one film couldn't be darker. the making of the atomic bomb, the other a pink confection about one of the world's most famous dolls. so why are movie goers planning to make it a double feature? ure? with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma that can mean less oral steroids.

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this morning we are learning new details about a hack that could further escalate tensions between china and the u.s. two u.s. officials telling nbc news hackers accessed the email account of nicholas burns, u.s. ambassador to china. hackers also linked to china breached the email accounts of assistant secretary of state for east asia, and commerce secretary gina raimondo. we're told this was limited to the diplomats' unclassified email accounts. no response from the chinese embassy in washington. turning to alabama where republican lawmakers are refusing to follow an order from the supreme court. earlier this year, the high court affirmed a federal court ruling ordering the state to redraw congressional maps that

include two districts where black voters make up the voting age majority. in a special session that was called to redraw the map, the republican-controlled legislature is gearing up to pass a new map with just one majority black seat. in short they're ignoring the court. joining us now is nbc ease jane timm, and former democratic congresswoman donna edwards. these lawmakers are basically refusing to abide by the supreme court decision it sounds like. >> you know, that's what democrats have been saying all week, advocates, experts say that the maps that have been drawn are not going to meet the court's order, and the court said two majority seats or something quite close to it, and lawmakers are taking the something quite close to it a little bit liberally here. they're basically saying, well, it's an opportunity to win. it's just not a very good opportunity for black voters to win the district. this is all about power here because a black majority seat or even something close to it is a swing district or it's just a

solidly democratic seat, and they don't want to do that. there's a lot of pressure on these republican lawmakers to fend off a democratic congressman. kevin mccarthy has been on the phone, senator tommy tuberville calling these lawmakers asking about the lines they're drawing. let's listen to what the house speaker said about that process. >> i don't know which maps are out there. i have talked to a few to see if they're going to do something about it. we've watched -- we have a couple redistrictings out through all the places. i'd like to know where they're going to go and whether they're in the process of happening. >> mccarthy i'm told reminded alabama lawmakers that new york is drawing their maps. new york democrats are drawing the maps. this is a national map to him. control of congress could well be decided by court cases including alabama. >> congresswoman what's your reaction to this? >> well, i mean, first of all i think that the alabama legislators are on a collision course with the united states

supreme court. i mean, it's really serious when you think that the court has been i think fairly clear in its directive to the legislators and they are openly defying it. obviously it's going to make its way to an appeal. i expect that that means that it's going to be turned back again, but i think, you know, what situation do we have where we have the speaker of the house essentially colluding and senator tuberville colluding with alabama legislators to defy the supreme court. it really is outrageous, and i think it's an indication that obviously the majorities are very, very slim in the house. kevin mccarthy wants to hold on to power, and it seems to me that he and republicans in alabama are willing to do whatever it takes to get there. but we're going to have these cases, you know, perhaps coming up in north carolina and alabama and in new york that really could change the construct and

the majorities in the house. >> so jane, are there any consequences if they just go their own way? >> absolutely. lawmakers do not have the final say here. the court case is still open as they say, they have a hearing august 14th where they will consider the plaintiffs' objections, and the mr. chairmans -- and they will say this doesn't meet the voting rights act, this doesn't stop violating the rights of voters in alabama. the court can say, you know what, we want maps and if you aren't going to draw them, we'll find somebody who will. >> congresswoman, i want to switch gears a little bit here. you have republican senator lisa murkowski weighing in on the 2024 race. she was asked about a possible 2024 matchup between biden and trump, and she said that she would vote for democratic senator joe manchin. manchain said he's waiting for next year to decide on a third-party run.

he's been appearing with no labels, talking about a unity ticket with a republican and democrat on it. what do you make of murkowski already going there? >> well, i mean, no labels, murkowski and manchin also claim that a donald trump presidency would be very dangerous. and yet, they are headed in a direction that could hand oaf the white house, the oval office back to donald trump and a real threat to democracy. and so, you know, i hope it's not just a vanity trip, an ego trip for no labels and senator manchin. let's not forget john huntsman in there too. that's a ticket that's been floated. i really worry. i think the polls are kind of a mixed bag as to whether that would benefit democrats or republican, but let's say it would be very disruptive and could well land donald trump back in the oval office to do even further damage to our

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with "oppenheimer" set to grab as much as 60 million in ticket sales this weekend. joining us now nbc entertainment contributor chris witherspoon is back with us. i see you've done a costume change as well, chris, from earlier in the show. >> had to don a little bit of bing. this is the barbie yes. >> okay. you've seen both movies already. >> yes. >> i think the question on everyone's mind -- how do they stack up? be ever you answer your person opinion, i want to show some of the national critic ratings first. we'll start with "barbie." you can see the tomato meter 89%, audience score 90%. on a scale of 1 to 5, witherspoons, we'll say, with 5 being the highest, what's yours? >> i love this new metric. my spoon rating is five spoons for "barbie."

it's the party of the summer. it feels like a cultural movement. everyone has to see it. it's so good. so good. >> and then the other one, "oppenheimer." >> the "oppenheimer" movie, four or five spoons. it's a great epic film. come on, it's christopher nolan, but the three-hour run time is four to five spoons. people will talk about this film. it will definitely be an oscar contender. >> the big takeaway for me there is both movies got really great ratings by the critics and you as well. it's been also timing-wise interesting, quite the split screen here. one of the biggest dual opening weekends at the same time hollywood is on strike. how does the anticipated success of these two movies impact the current strikes, do you think? >> listen, i think that these films will do really well this weekend. you think a lot about one of the big, you know, rules happening right now, an actress can't get out and promote films, can't do red carpets or press junkets, can't go on morning shows to

promote their films. but this "barbie" film has done a unique marketing blitz that's lasted several months. over 100-plus major brands, error bnb, the gap, forever 21, bloomingdales, target. it's become one of these cultural moments and touch stones. you can't go shopping without hearing about "barbie." it's bringing the brand outside of the aisle and it's that brand integration with mattel that i think we'll see more studios doing in the future, integrating big brands into their films. >> don't studios typically avoid releasing big box-office features on the same weekend? what's going on here? >> you know, i was shocked when i heard they were first coming out -- or first heard they were coming out together this weekend. i think what's happened in social media has latched on. the double feature used to be a thing back in the day going to the picture shows. i wouldn't be surprised if we see more studios coming together and collaborating and having films come out at the same time.

they are polar opposite films, but people are buying swag, buying t-shirts, and planning their weekend around seeing these films. we will see big numbers this weekend at the box office in the midst of this strike. >> thank you so much for the preview. it was great seeing you on this friday. chris witherspoon, have a wonderful weekend. >> thank you. from "barbie" to berlin, where people are reporting seeing a lion on the loose. a massive search is under way by german officials to find the animal, but there's a question about whether it's actually a lion. this video was taken in the dark, and -- do we have it, guys? oh, man. we're missing the tape. but i'll tell you what, it's hard to see -- it's hard to see for sure what kind of animal it is. a lot of people think it's a lion. no one is quite sure. the local mayor is saying it may be a pack of wild boars? whatever it is? so far the animal is still on

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soccer or some say futbol is having a huge moment in the u.s., more specifically a big day today. the u.s. women's team facing off against vietnam tonight in the world cup, looking for a never-before-seen three-peat championship. and here in the states, it is messi mania with the most decorated player in the history of the game set to make his debut tonight. ticket prices for the inter miami are averaging over $700. joining us from ft. lauderdale is nbc's sam brock. i think you have to enviable assignment for a lot of people. do you have your ticket? >> reporter: so, yeah.

a relative bargain. only $700. i do however have a messi jersey. this is the hottest jer psi right now in major league soccer. this costs about $130. those willing to spend $700 or $800, there will be 20,500 fans in the stadium to watch his debut. it's hard to overstate what lionel messi, the love for leo, what he means to south florida, to the culture here, to the soccer energy here. look at these murals and billboards you'll see. when i drove to the stadium this morning i saw about five or six. this one is the wynnewood, one of the artistic neighborhoods in miami. there's beer being made called goat, the greatest of all time. it seems suitable since many consider him to be greatest soccer player on the planet. i spoke with some folks that were at a messi event last night about what he means to the energy and emotional tenor of the city. >> i cried. i cried when he got signed. he had big impact on the world

cup in argentina. i think he'll do if same thing here. >> reporter: an nashgs right now, inter miami is currently in last place in major league soccer standings. however, they have more followers on social media than the miami heat, that just made the finals, and the miami dolphins. >> hold up that jersey again. it looks like barbie married messi there in miami. pink looks good. it's your color. >> reporter: pretty in pink. >> thanks so much. that does it for thus week. have a great weekend. jose picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i am jose diaz-ball art. tony bennett has died at the age of 96. also breaking this morning, the judge overseeing former president donald trump's case on the classified documents has set a date for the trial to begin. that comes as we learn more about grand jury testimony in another specialns