that's going to do it for us today. really appreciate you joining us. see you back here tomorrow, same time same place. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josé diaz-balart. right now in texas, a showdown over the humanitarian crisis at the border. state officials have just three hours left to agree to remove a barrier in the rio grande meant to stop migrants from crossing before the justice department says it will sue the state of texas. overseas a new development in the american soldier in north korea, the united nations says talks with the north have begun. back here at home, a deadly and relentless heat wave across the u.s. is expanding. we're live in miami now under another excessive heat warning. and former president trump blasting prosecutors who could soon indict him on a second round of federal charges.

a blockbuster weekend at the box office. barbie and oppenheimer making history. we begin this hour with the humanitarian crisis at the southern border and a showdown between the biden administration and texas. the justice department says it has given texas until 2:00 p.m. eastern today to commit to removing this thousand foot long floating barrier installed on the rio grande river in the eagle pass area or face legal action. texas says it installed the barrier to stop migrants from crossing the river. doj says texas did not obtain proper authorization and that the barrier is illegal. texas governor greg abbott is standing by the move tweeting that, quote, texas has the

sovereign authority to defend our border. he's got the support of tony gonzalez who represents some 800 miles. >> i support the buoys. they are a deterrent from preventing people from entering the country illegally, but we have to be compassionate how we handle anyone. i don't care who they are. i would much rather see not one person have to step one foot in that water. >> joining us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson in eagle pass, texas, and director of research and analysis, refugee protection for human rights fist. so priscilla, does texas show any sign of backing down against the threat of legal action from the federal government? >> reporter: well, jose, as you can see behind me, the buoys are still in the water, and the governor hours after this news came out saying that the state of texas will continue to deploy every strategy to protect the

border, and he effectively at the end of that tweet said we will see you in court, mr. president. it does not appear that he is backing down. it appears he is preparing for this legal battle that appears to be heating up, and what the doj is saying here is that these buoys being in the water is in violation of the rivers and harbors act. they say that the governor did not receive authorization from the u.s. army corps of engineers that would have said whether or not this was allowable, and for that reason, they're saying they need to come out, but the doj also saying this these buoys are not only illegal, but also inhumane and could pose an environmental risk. we were here earlier this month as the buoys were being installed. we spoke to the the president of public safety lieutenant christopher oliveres about this, and he said any barrier in the water is going to help. i want to play a little bit of what he had to say. >> we want to prevent people from going to a particular area

or dangerous part of the river and prevent them from crossing the river, and it would discourage and hopefully deter some of those unlawful crossings that are taking place and prevent the loss of life. >> reporter: and as it relates to governor abbott, this is part of a multibillion dollar border security plan that he has been implementing for years now. this thousand foot stretch of buoy expected to cost just under a million dollars, and so governor abbott does not appear to be backing down easily on this. jose. >> so priscilla, that official you spoke with said this was in some way to prevent loss of life, but we're hearing about people actually getting hurt crossing the river. are we getting a reaction from texas officials on that? >> reporter: yeah, so i am out to lieutenant oliveras, for an update, but what he talked about is the drownings and things like that that they were already seeing before there were buoys

in the water. and his argument is that people can see these buoys from mexico. e they can see there's a barrier there, and they understand the risk before they even step foot in the water. but if you talk to democrats and advocates for migrants here, they are saying that, no, those migrants have already made such a treacherous journey, seeing those buoys in the water is not going to stop them, and the way these buoys work, if you try to climb over them, they're just going to continuously spin. they extend about a foot under water so you can't swim underneath them or that could be a real challenge, and there are also spikes in between the buoys that would make it difficult for anyone to go sort of through them. there are concerns and fears among advocates that it could lead to more drownings. we've seen people just walking past the thousand feet to get around the buoy to continue to make that journey over. we also saw one man who actually did jump over those spikes that

are between the buoy and make it across and keep walking. it remains to be seen how effective this is, especially as people talk about the risks it could potentially pose. jose. >> let's talk about deterrence. our colleagues at telemundo talked with a venezuelan migrant waiting to cross into the u.s., on whether the barrier would make an impact on his decision to cross or not to cross. here's what he had to say. >> so what the migrant is saying is he's going to cross either way because his family is in such a difficult situation that returning to venezuela is where he can't find a secure future. you've been talking to people waiting on the other side in mexico, waiting for the opportunity to make the case for asylum. what are they telling you about the challenges they're facing there? >> yes, jose.

i spent the last two months together with other researchers on my team speaking with over 300 people who are waiting to seek asylum across northern mexico, across five different cities in northern mexico, and they are in really precarious conditions. they don't have any more resources anymore to support themselves. they're waiting months, struggling to try to use the government mobile application cbp 1, which right now due to the biden administration's asylum ban and restrictive policies is the only way to request an appointment to present at a port of entry to seek asylum. and asylum is a fundamental right. >> so what are some of those vicissitudes they're finding? and you're saying it's an asylum ban, but yet that app exists and people are able to request asylum. what is your interpretation of what the reality is there on the border? >> yeah, people are experiencing and are at risk of violence. so i spoke with survivors of kidnapping by members of organized criminal groups, at times even turned over by

mexican immigration authorities. i spoke with survivors of sexual assault and rape, people who have suffered severe violence and are at risk of further violence. while they're essentially stranded and trapped in northern mexico, unable to present themselves at a port of entry to cross and be able to access and apply for asylum without use of one of these really limited points through the app. >> talk about credible fear. what is the reality for those people? and i know that you've actually reported on how mothers are -- and this is on the mexican side -- mothers are so concerned about the safety of their children, this not just by cartel members. this is also by government officials, that are so concerned that they're tying their children to themselves, why? and what's the reason for that? >> yes, jose. i spoke with mothers who are sleeping in open air encampments or they're sleeping out on the street wanting to stay close to the port of entry to try to seek life saving protection and

safety. at night because they're unhoused, they don't have any security, and they are at risk of being sexually violated. of their kids being taken from them, that's their coping mechanism. that's what they're doing to try to protect themselves. at times using like a cable wire that's running along the ground to tie their children around themselves, by the waist, a tent for those sleeping in tents, and this is a significant fear that people have because it is a real risk given the people that i've spoken with who have survived violence and are at continued risk for further violence while they are stranded waiting without protection. >> and priscilla, i understand there is a reaction by the governor of texas to this doj statement? >> reporter: yeah, jose, texas governor greg abbott just sent out a statement saying that he has sent a letter back to the president, and this letter says texas will see you in court, mr. president. governor abbott citing the u.s. constitution saying it is has given texas that sovereign

interest in protecting her borders, so it appears that he is continuing to not back down, but in fact, doubling down just hours before that deadline is expected to come. jose. >> and priscilla -- i mean, christina, very quickly, just the fact that we're not seeing hundreds or thousands of people crossing into the united states as we did before the end of title 42. does that mean that those people aren't there? >> no, quite the contrary. there are thousands of people in northern mexico. there's been a backlog after three years of title 42 and people not being able to access asylum through u.s. ports of entry or otherwise. and they're waiting for months trying to secure an appointment through the application. and when people can't wait, when their life is in imminent danger, they try to access asylum and protection presenting between ports of entry as we're seeing in eagle pass to turn themselves in to authorities to try to seek asylum. ask these policies by governor abbott are another example through the persistent efforts

to migrants, to paint them, children, infants, mothers, families looking to seek asylum and exercise their fundamental rights as invaders, to dehumanize them and paint them as a threat, which they're not. and now to a potential breakthrough overseas. this morning the united nations command says it is in talks with north korea regarding the american soldier who ran into the north last week. joining us now from seoul, south korea, is nbc's matt bradley. matt, what do we know about these conversations? >> well, the short answer is, jose, precious little. i mean, this general, this british general who is one of the leaders of the u.n. command that governs that border between north korea and south korea, he said he wasn't going to give any more details, but he did say that they've started a dying lo. now, this is something of a breakthrough. up until now we haven't heard of anybody being able to breakthrough or speak to the north koreans about private

travis king. he darted across the border just about one week ago. we haven't heard from private travis king himself, and even the americans, some of the top officials have said that the north koreans simply aren't picking up the phone. jose, there's no good time to dart across the border into north korea, but private travis king chose a particularly, a uniquely difficult moment to do what he did, and just in the past week we've seen tensions ramping up. you know, jose, there hasn't been any official diplomacy between the united states and north korea for several years now, but just in the past week we've seen tempers really flare, and that's because the u.s. parked a nuclear powered submarine just a couple of days ago right in south korea and then this last week they parked a nuclear arms submarine. this infuriated the north koreans. as a response they launched missiles into the sea twice in the last week. it's looking like it's going to

be very difficult for the united states to negotiate some sort of release for private king. jose. >> matt bradley in seoul, thank you very much. this week the oppressive heat that many have been feeling throughout the country, specifically in the southwest, is forecast to expand to central and eastern parts of the country. as 29 million people across 11 states under heat alerts right now. over the weekend, 50 cities hit new daily highs. seven cities are having their hottest july on record. meanwhile, in greece, soaring triple digit temperatures have triggered hundreds of wildfires destroying villages in the greek island of rhodes. firefighters have been battling the blazes for weeks. 19,000 people have been forced to evacuate. joining us now marissa parra in the blistering miami heat. it's been really hot in south florida. it looks like that's going to be here for a while?

>> reporter: apparently so, jose. i mean, it's a good day and a good time to be outside by the beach, in the water, but a really bad time to be outside particularly working outside. we've done a lot of interviews with first responders, ems workers, and as well as medical staff at ers, physicians both in phoenix, and we've talked to people that do the same here in south florida, and really, what we're seeing across the board is just how dangerous this is for people who either don't have the ability or the privilege to be inside of air-conditioning, right? and we're talking about people without homes, just how dangerous that can be. we're also talking about situation where is people are working outside. they might be migrants. we know there are farm workers, laborers. and then of course first responders. we had a chance to speak with the chief fire officer, and they're telling us the precautions they are taking for their men and women as they're taking to the streets! we're definitely seeing increasing -- obviously putting

an extra strain on the 911 system as a whole. we only have so many resources to go around. trying to take extra precautions, more breaks, definitely hydrate a lot more. on emergency scenes, calls that might have taken five or six units, we're pretty much doubling personnel to rotate crews in and out much quicker, giving them a shorter amount of time of work and more rest in between. >> reporter: jose, no relief in sight. we know these records continue to be broken in phoenix, in miami, you talked about 44 straight days of real feel temps in the triple digits. the heat dome isn't going anywhere. it's now expanding to the midwest and the plains. jose. >> marissa parra, i thank you so very much. up next, former president donald trump rages on social media as a potential third indictment looms. we're back in 60 seconds with what this week could bring. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. a. ( ♪♪ ) can't stop adding stuff to your cart?

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16 past the hour. this could be a big week in the investigations surrounding former president donald trump. all eyes are on special counsel jack smith, who may be moving closer to indicting the former president for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. this as "the washington post" reports former white house chief of staff mark meadows joked about a baseless claim about the dead voters in georgia before he was on a call the president made trying to get georgia officials to overturn the results of the election there. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent garrett haake and michael moore, a former u.s. attorney who is now a partner at the firm moore hall in atlanta. garrett, what do we know about what's going on inside trump world as we continue to wait for the special counsel's next move? >> reporter: this has become something of business as usual for the trump campaign having to plan a presidential campaign around their legal calendar, and that's the case this week. the former president has a big fundraiser tomorrow night in new orleans. he's got some campaign travel

planned to iowa on friday, and it's entirely possible that anytime in that window he could face another indictment. now, on social media he's been firing away at the special counsel, at the attorney general accusing them of targeting him for political reasons, suggesting that they're working as campaign managers for joe biden. you can tell this is very much an issue that is on his mind, but it's been an issue that has so far worked to his political advantage, and each indictment has kind of forced republican primary voters to choose whether they're with the former president or with those law enforcement entities that i've just described, and so far they've been with trump. but the sort of campaign wheels keep turning, and i can tell you that they're waiting around for news in much the same way the rest of us are as this secretive grand jury process continues, jose. >> michael, legally what should the former president be most concerned about going forward? >> well, i'm glad to be with you. i really think probably the jack smith investigation around

january the 6th is his biggest threat, and that is because most i think of the american people can understand the significance of what happened that day, and so you can minimize things like the document case and about it this is a case about moving boxes around a private club and who packed them, who had a right to have the papers and that kind of thing. that's one thing. you can talk about hush money payments, that's kind of a mealy mouth case, doesn't seem to be much to that. when you start talking about the special counsel coming in on a case dealing with overthrowing the government in efforts to deprive people of their right to vote, conspiracies and those kinds of things, i believe that's probably the greatest threat that he faces now, and by all appearances that indictment is just coming down the road. it may very well be just another building block in the wall separating him, that being trump, from his other republican opponents, but that's where we are right now. >> michael, what legally are the possible things that the former

president is facing if, for example, one of the -- one of them is about, you know, depriving people of their right to vote? >> well, i mean, these are charges that if they were to get a conviction and if they were to convince a judge that the case should be moved forward then he could be looking at significant number of months, potentially in prison. i think the reality is we kind of need to step back from that. as we think about this being uncharted waters and whether or not they would place -- a court would place a president in prison as opposed to something else. so i think we -- you know, we've got people who maybe have been cheerlead the idea of a perp walk and things. i don't know that i would do that, but remember that we really are just at the beginning stages of what's going to happen. so we're going to have an indictment. it's very likely that we're going to see a litany of motions filed. we're going to have the cases move through the appellate courts, getting through the supreme court. they've got to convince 12

people that he was actually guilty of this, and just one person can hang up a criminal jury. think about your voters. that's the electorate and the jurors out there. so they've got to get over all those hurdles before we even get to talking about that. so time is on trump's side, but the complexity of the case, i think, is on the special counsel's side. that is this is a big net, he's bringing in a lot of people and using the belt and suspenders method to make sure everything is covered in the case. but you know, we've got these competing factors, one, if trump wins, that's a different ball game. if he doesn't win, that's a different ball game. we've got to sort of balance those things as well as the court of public opinion as we move forward closer, i think, to an indictment from the special counsel. >> garrett haake and michael moore, thank you very much. appreciate it. still ahead, we've got the disturbing video of a police officer ordering his k-9 to attack an unarmed black man who

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opposition lawmakers stormed out of the chamber chanting shame. thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest the measure, which opponents say weakens one of the few checks on power. and as this is all happening, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is recovering from having a pacemaker implanted this weekend. joining us now from jerusalem is nbc's raf sanchez. netanyahu backed off trying to push through these changes earlier this year. what's different now? >> reporter: well, jose, it's a really good question because the scale of the opposition remains absolutely enormous. protesters have been here on the streets of jerusalem in front of israel's parliament all day, as they have been for the last seven months in cities all across israel. they've moved a little up the street now closer to the supreme court. the business community is opposed to this legislation. 150 of israel's biggest companies have shut their doors

today in protest, and thousands of israeli military reservists have said they will not show up for reserve duty because they signed up to serve in the military of a country that was a democracy. they are now not sure israel will remain one. netanyahu ignoring a last minute plea from president biden who asked him to pause this legislation. i want to read to you a little butt of this unusual statement from the white house overnight, the president saying it looks like the current judicial reform proposal is becoming more divisive, not less, given the range of threats and challenges confronting israel right now, it doesn't make sense for israeli leaders to rush this. and yet, netanyahu pushing ahead, and that is partly, jose, because he is under major pressure from the far right of his government to deliver this reform, which he says was standing in the way of this government's ability to deliver

the platform that it was elected on. they say these unelected judges should not be stopping elected politicians. but jose, there are real fears today about what this will mean for palestinians in the occupied west bank if the supreme court is no longer able to put a check on the expansion of israeli settlements, what this will mean for women, for the lgbtq community inside of israel, if this government moves ahead with making this country more religious. so a historic day here in israel, jose. >> raf sanchez in jerusalem, thank you so very much. let's take a look at some other headlines from beyond our borders this morning. at least 11 people were killed in a northeastern province of china when the roof of a school gymnasium collapsed. take a look at these pictures. this is according to state media. many of the victims believed to be members of girl volleyball team. earlier today, russia's ministry of defense accused ukraine of carrying out a drone

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35 past the hour. this morning new developments after a disturbing incident that took place in ohio on the fourth of july. a new officer body cam footage released and edited by the ohio state highway patrol shows the moment police unleashed a canine dog on an unarmed black mans after he was pulled over on the highway. nbc's jesse kirsch joins us from circleville, ohio. jesse, good morning. what more are we learning? >> reporter: jose, good morning to you. we just spoke with the mayor a short time ago here in circleville, ohio, outside

columbus. the mayor says the k-9 officer whose conduct is in question is now on paid administrative leave. we want to warn you, the video we are about to see is disturbing. >> do not let them -- don't release the dog. >> reporter: in this newly released police body cam video, you can hear a state trooper repeatedly warning an officer. >> do not release the dog. >> reporter: but despite ja dareus d. rose appearing to surrender to authorities, the k-9 officer released the dog on the unarmed black man. >> get the dog off of him! >> reporter: in this edited body cam video, the 23-year-old cries out as officers move in. >> release! >> reporter: state police say the disturbing july 4th incident outside columbus, ohio, came after an attempted traffic stop with rose driving this semi truck missing a left rear mud flap. troopers chased rose for nearly half an hour repeatedly trying to deflate his tires before he

finally pulled over and got out of the truck. according to official, rose called 911 himself before exiting the truck and raising his hands. >> come to me, come to me, man. >> reporter: that's when state police say a local circleville, ohio, officer, ryan speakman deployed his k-9 which ran toward authorities before speakman appeared to command the dog to specifically attack rose. one state trooper walks away with her hands to her face while the state trooper who warned not to release the dog. asked. >> was i not loud enough? >> police provided first aid to rose who was handcuffed. rose was treated at a local hospital and charged. the columbus naacp's president said the video reminds her of dogs being unleashed on civil rights activists in the 1960s, and she believes this would not

have happened if the driver was white. >> that an officer would unleash a dog on a black man that had his hands in the air and was on his knees, we were mortified by that behavior. >> reporter: the columbus dispatch newspaper from the area quotes an area african american heritage association leader as saying that, trying, quote, to interject racial discord over this incident will not come from local citizens. jose, we have reached out to rose. he has out of jail according to records. he and his attorney are declining to comment, and officer speakman, we have reached out to him as well but have not heard back. jose. >> jesse kirsch, in circleville, ohio, thank you very much. up next, we'll turn to new polling in two key primary states. former president trump at the top of the republican pack, but there could be some changes to who's coming in second. plus, the iconic bird is gone, a look at twitter's new logo. there you see it, the big x.

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second place behind trump followed by desantis and senator scott. joining us now, victoria defrancesco soto the dean of the clinton school of public service at the university of arkansas. she is also an msnbc contributor, and susan del percio who is a republican strategist and an msnbc political analyst. victoria, the first republican debate is scheduled for the 23rd of august, just a month away. the republican iowa caucuses are only six months away. what do bottom-tier candidates need to do to have a viable campaign? >> they need to stand out, jose. this is their shot in the spotlight. former president trump has had that spotlight for many, many years. governor ron desantis has beefed up his presence in the spotlight over the last two years. now it's the shot of both who are known regionally, maybe known in their states like a nikki haley, to really come out and take the stand, and i think a lot of what you're going to

see is moving to the right in time to shore up that base that they need to get out of the primary. >> i mean, susan just this morning former south carolina governor nikki haley commented on trump's campaign on cnbc. take a listen to what she said. >> would you support him if he gets the nomination? >> i would support him because i am not going to have a president kamala harris. we can't afford that. that is not going to happen. but i will tell you you look at these indictments. there's probably going to be a fourth indictment. we can't have as republicans him as the nominee. he can't win a general election. that's the problem. >> so is her strategy now kind of to straddle both sides saying trump can't be the nominee, but she'd still support him, susan? >> yeah, it seems that way, jose, because what she's trying to do, it seems like, is to secure a potential vp slot on president -- former president trump's ticket. i don't think it will work, but

she is trying to break herself away as much as she can, but she's not willing to go for it all the way, which is what is -- which to victoria's point is why she's not breaking out. now, we'll see what happens on that debate stage. >> and susan, former new jersey governor chris christie is criticizing presidential rival governor ron desantis to his reaction to florida's new black history curriculum that teaches students some black people benefitted from slavery. listen in. >> i mean, i didn't do it. i wasn't involved in it, but i think what they're doing is they're probably going to show some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a black smith into doing things later in life. >> i didn't do it and i'm not involved in it are not the words of leadership. you know, look, governor desantis started this fire with the bill that he signed and now

he doesn't want to take responsibility for whatever is done in the aftermath of it. >> what kind of bet is desantis making and what bet is i guess christie makesing? >> well, i'll start off with christie. christie wants to be the guy who calls it as it is, calls people out, and brings his vision to the ticket. he's certainly going to be a disrupter. when it comes to ron desantis, i don't know what lane he's looking for unless there's like an extreme white nationalist kkk lane that he can be a part of because, frankly, he's gone so to the right. this idea of what he's pushing in florida and not owning it is despicable. and you know, i expect after saying that slavery benefitted people enslaved is absurd. next he's probably going to say something like women deserve to be raped. >> victoria, meanwhile on

another key issue, republican candidates are grapple with their message on abortion. in iowa some candidates have embraced the state's new six-week abortion ban. how do they defend that position and, you know, taking into consideration how i guess more independent voters may be dealing with this going forward? >> short sidedness, jose. i mean, the folks who are in it for the republican primary are looking at being able -- excuse me, to get out of the primary and they know that that is a topic that place well. the bottom is going to be if you do indeed get out of the primary and you're the nominee, how do you pivot back? how do you go back to those independent voters? because, jose, those are those voters that determine who wins the election at the end of the day. victoria defrancesco soto, is and susan del percio, i thank you so much for being with us this morning. up next, a huge weekend for

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53 past the hour. it was a record-breaking weekend at the box office for the barbenheimer phenomenon. we have new numbers showing the movies are earned even more than originally thought. greta gerwig's "barbie" raked in $52 million. the most ever, and "oppenheimer" pulled in $82 million. joining us now with more is kristina partsinevelos. kristina, was a win for hollywood, right? >> oh, definitely, it was very difficult to go the entire weekend without hearing the word "barbie" or "oppenheimer" or

seeing people dressed in pink throughout the city. it's no wonder a double bill had a huge box office opening. combined we saw domestic box office sales of $244 million. with "barbie" as you mentioned ringing in $162 million. pretty much double "oppenheimer" domestic sales. but it's still very, very rare to have two movies do so well during the same weekend. the ceo said there were even sellout shows at 4:00 a.m. across the globe. marketing around this was incredible. especially the concept of barbenheimer, that had people with double features. both films also scored ratings of at least 90% on rotten tomatoes. it did very, very well. >> these movies were so hyped everywhere, but including on twitter, which, kristina, apparently has a new logo? >> yeah, this is part of a rebrand.

twitter owner elon musk changed the bird to an "x." this is the sweeping rebrand of an everything app, banking and payments, too. keep in mind, elon musk acquired twitter and said yesterday that the company would bid adieu to the twitter bird. x.com directed you directly to twitter.com. and the tweets will be called xs. it's all part of elon musk's big rebrand. he loves "x," we know that with model x for cars and spacex, now twitter. >> kristina partsinevelos, thank you very much. the u.s. men with quarters that broke barriers. you see the five there. i want you to see one of them, the legendary cuban-american

singer celia cruz. on the back side, the tail, you can see the picture of celia smiling while performing. you can see her favorite phrase ascribed on the right side of the coin. this is pretty amazing. something honored enough to be a friend of, on a quarter. that's wonderful. tomorrow, president biden is establishing a national monument to honor emmett till and his mother. and the key to till's story, emmett till was a 14-year-old black teenager from chicago who was murdered in 1955, after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in mississippi. the courthouse where the men accused of killing him were acquitted by an all-white jury on the riverbank where his body was found. tomorrow would have been emmett till's 82nd birthday.

before we go, some good news on this monday morning. take a look. ♪♪ >> this is the emotional moment she's finally returned to her oregon home. >> after almost a month in the hospital. loved ones celebrating the end of her first round of treatments in her fight against leukemia. >> mommy's here! >> samantha over mommy's here! >> samantha over joyed to finally see her kids again. and this california barbershop -- he's suddenly shaving his ed in solidarity with briana miranda a complete

stranger who came in to get her own hair cut as she battles cancer. for the young mother who is also a grad student, it meant the world. the two now forever friends. ♪♪ >> oh. >> what's all of this? >> here's a special delivery. this mail carrier in midland texas will never forget. it's a surprise retirement party for lesley hunt. on his last day, the community on his route thanked him for decades of dedication and service. >> and in boise, idaho, marine sergeant larry hunt and his wife marie were returning from a flight in d.c. >> thanks for your service. >> driving on to their block, they saw flags lining the

streets and crowds there to welcome them back. it was the type of homecoming larry had always hoped for, after earning two purple hearts for service in vietnam. their daughter, tiffany, arranged the surprise. >> how did you carry it out? >> we welcomed him home. we had signs and balloons and flags, and it was so great. >> what was that like, guys? >> oh, my. i'm crying and people were coming up, friends that were veterans. and it's just overwhelming. >> it's as if there's almost like a bigger lesson in this. >> exactly. this is for all veteran. i think patriotism is still strong. and it doesn't matter where you're at politically. we all come together. and it's a healing moment. >> yeah they're always good

news. that wraps up the hour for me, i'm "jose diaz-balart reports." you can reach my on twitter at jdbalart and watch us online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. and right now, on "andrea mitchell reports," former president trump lashing out at special counsel jack smith, attorney general merrick garland and president biden as another federal indictment could be imminent. and ron desantis finds himself far behind mr. trump in the polls as other republican rivals are narrowing the gap in key states. as desantis tried to reboot his campaign to reassure donors after hemorrhaging cash. north korea opening the doors for the first talks possibly over arrest of american soldier travis king, by reaching out to a u.n. general from the dmz joint security zone. we'll