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possible tornado forming in central new york. this hour, the cleanup and where a threat of severe weather still lingers this week. also ahead, the indictment of donald trump, the judge ordering a new hearing as lawyers spar over evidence in the election interference case. when we can see them back in court. and later, the high stakes special election today that could determine the fate of abortion rights in ohio. what ohio republicans are trying to do in a rare august vote. good morning. it is great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with some breaking news. deadly weather causing chaos, pouring rain, high winds, even tornadoes batter, the mid-atlantic and southeast, canceling thousands of flights and leaving close to a million people without electricity. check out this scary scene that played out in maryland. people were trapped in their

cars after intense wind took down an entire line of power poles. nbc's kathy park is tracking it all for us from new york's laguardia airport, where hundreds of flights were delayed. kathy, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, we can't seem to catch a break from all of this extreme weather. powerful storms, cut a path of destruction as they moved east and today thousands are still without power, but that number is expected to fluctuate throughout the day. meanwhile, here in laguardia last night, there were hundreds of delays and cancellations and today we're still feeling the impacts. overnight, an outbreak of violent storms on the east coast. unleashing destructive winds, torrential downpours and damaging hail. in westminster, maryland, dozens of people including children were stuck in their cars after nearly 30 power poles came crashing down. everyone was safely rescued. >> i've never seen anything like

this before. in my entire life. >> reporter: the stormy conditions continuing up and down the east coast, bringing dangerous winds and reports of tornadoes. and roads flooding as drivers struggled to get home. in the washington, d.c. suburbs, wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour at the height of rush hour, slamming trees into homes and on to power lines. ahead of the bad weather, federal workers in the nation's capitol urged to leave work early monday. >> this is the most ominous shot of the day. >> reporter: the same storm system hammering parts of east tennessee and south carolina. >> a tree on a garage and a child trapped in the garage. >> reporter: where officials say a fueling tree killed a 15-year-old. while in alabama, lightning struck and killed a 28-year-old man. as the wild weather closed in, thousands of flight delays on the east coast. and some travelers had to find another way home. >> at this point, we are going to rent a car and just drive.

>> reporter: now, some of the busiest airports are still playing catch-up. it is nothing like we saw last night as conditions here in northeast begin to improve. back to you. >> kathy park, thank you. turning now to the indictment of donald trump and the judge in the election interference case ordering both sides back to court this week. judge tanya chutkan calling for a hearing over a protective order sought by the special counsel to keep trump from making certain evidence in the case public. the defense is pushing back on the prosecution's proposal. you can see the red marks made by the trump team including the most consequential change where trump wants to be allowed to make recordings and transcripts of witness testimony public. joining us now is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard from new hampshire where the former president has a rally later today. kristen greenburg, former deputy chief for the southern district of new york. and catherine christian, former assistant manhattan district attorney.

vaughn, has trump given any reason for why he wants to be able to disclose witness information? >> reporter: the number one reason that donald trump and his legal defense in that filing last night are contesting that he should be able to have a less restrictive protective order is that it is his first amendment right to speak publicly, especially in the heart of a campaign, about the criminal proceeding that awaits him. in that filing there was one particular reference to joe biden tweet in which joe biden is seen holding on august 3rd a mug, the trump lawyers were making the case that joe biden for political purposes was trying to use trump's indictment last week for his own political benefit as they make the case that donald trump should be able to speak freely. as you said, in the late afternoon filing from trump's counsel yesterday they essentially went through line-items and wanted to make this a less restrictive order

against donald trump here. but then in the late night filing, a reply, the department of justice, especially counsel's prosecutors, responded to trump's team writing in part, for their reason for having the protective order be applied that they initially sought from the judge, they wrote in part, quote, the defendant instead proposed an order designed to allow them to try this case in the media rather than in the courtroom. donald trump, of course, historically has been able to litigate not only his company businesses but also his own political endeavors with the media. the courtroom is a different type of place to have a campaign and that is why his lawyers are looking to allow their client and their defendant to speak more publicly rather than contain it to a courtroom in front of a jury. >> and real quick, just because there is all these people behind you, vaughn, is that the line for this trump event coming up later today?

>> reporter: we're about four and a half hours away. he's going to be here in wyndham high school, 40 minutes south here of manchester, new hampshire. this will be his first campaign rally since that indictment last week. >> okay, so, back to the legal aspect of our discussion, what i don't understand is, you know, vaughn put out that joe biden mug tweet or, you know, media splash that the trump team is trying to equate to what they want to be able to do and discussing this case. that's not evidence. that's not witness testimony. so, what are your thoughts on trump's desire to make public witness testimony or evidence in this case? what do you think he's trying to do with that and how might the judge handle this? >> he's clearly just trying to litigate this case in the court of public opinion and not in the court of law. the proposed protective order by the special counsel is a routine

protective order. it is the kind of protective order that is entered in cases throughout the district of columbia. on a routine basis in criminal cases. what donald trump is trying to do is be able to make public witness testimony. why does he want to do that? well, one reason is presumably because he's part -- this is part of his campaign really to intimidate witnesses. he took an oath at the arraignment not to retaliate against other witnesses, not to tamper with other witnesses. but when you put their statements out there, and you make their statements public in advance of any trial, you're tampering not only with those witnesses, their security, trying to intimidate them, but you're also affecting the integrity of the entire proceeding. it is entirely improper. i expect that the judge is not going to entertain defense counsel's efforts here and will enter the routine and standard protective order in this case. >> and we should have an answer in the next few days when they have this hearing, which she

said needs to happen by friday. catherine, we also learned yesterday that former new york city police commissioner bernard kerik made with special investigators for about five hours. this meeting, we're told, was focused on former trump lawyer rudy giuliani's efforts to overturn the election. and, of course, giuliani is part of the indictment against donald trump. he's unindicted co-conspirator number one. so what does this meeting signal to you? >> it signals to me that co-conspirator number one, mr. giuliani, should be concerned that he might be indicted. that's what it says to me. maybe the other co-conspirators too. i'm not sure, but i would think that mr. kerik, mr. kerik gave his interview probably under a proffer agreement, meaning that what he says will not be used against him criminally, unless he were to lie in some cases. but he was always at mr.

giuliani's side and he has important information and that's going to be very relevant, particularly if -- if the special counsel decides to seek an indictment against mr. giuliani. >> vaughn, what do we know about what giuliani is up to now? is he still part of trump's inner circle? >> he remains a close ally to donald trump. he's currently spending time in west palm beach himself here, about every night he actually creates an online podcast in which he talks very openly about the cases facing donald trump and also his own involvement in them. i think the issue here for rudy giuliani as laid out in the indictment and our understanding that he is co-conspirator number one is that he continues to defend the actions of not only donald trump, but also himself, suggesting that the election was taken from donald trump. he stands by his actions there ahead of january 6th, rudy giuliani working in the capacity of donald trump's personal lawyer was down in michigan, in

arizona, in georgia, taking part in official legislative proceedings on which he was making the case that there was a fraudulent that would have overturned the election results in those states here. so, for rudy giuliani, he very much continues to stand by the former president as an ally, and adviser to him tells me that he is only voluntarily talked with the department of justice prosecutors and that in no way has he flipped on donald trump. >> and then in a separate case, we're still waiting on the looming indictment or possible indictment out of fulton county which could come any day now. nbc news has confirmed that two more people received subpoenas to testify before that grand jury. former democratic state lawmaker wynn and lieutenant governor geoff duncan. what is happening behind closed doors as prosecutors potentially get ready to indict? >> well, fani willis recently

said she's ready to go. i anticipate these additional witnesses are, you know, those where she is tieing up loose ends. she's dotting her is, crossing her ts, concluding her presentation before the grand jury and she is getting ready to ask them to vote on an indictment. >> catherine there was already a special grand jury involved in the case in georgia. and they voted to indict more than a dozen people, according to the foreperson who spoke with nbc news in february. so, why this extra layer? why go through a new grand jury process? >> that's the law of georgia, that's allowed, it doesn't happen in many other states, but in georgia that's allowed. the d.a. does not have to follow the recommendations there. she does not have to do what they did. i do anticipate because she has said she -- she hasn't said i'm seeking indictment, but the grand jury is empanelled. there is lots of security there. the question is she just going to seek an indictment for the

co-conspirators and not mr. trump or for everyone? i think the problem with not seeking for mr. trump, that means you're letting off the alleged leader of the conspiracy, which many people would find unfair. so the question is sort of not when, you know, not if the indictment is going to happen, but when. and who will she specifically seek the indictment against. >> and, again, she specified this month, so sometime in the next few weeks for that charging decision to be made. vaughn, trump is basically publicly been saying bring it on. he's been saying one more indictment will almost guarantee he's the nominee for the republican party and the presidential race. are there any concerns in trump world about the growing number of indictments? >> concerns about his political -- his legal fate, absolutely. and there is a recognition that a jury could convict him and that he could face prison time.

and the federal charges, the one way to get out of that would be to pardon himself and that's why in so many ways the 2024 presidential campaign is very much potentially about his own freedom. that's what differentiates these fulton county potential charges, an indictment that could come this week or next week, those are state charges. and the white house, you cannot pardon yourself from those state charges, but for donald trump, his best defense is political offense and that's why you see him here in new hampshire, he was in south carolina and alabama over this last week. and if you follow the social media posts, donald trump is taking on all of his perceived american enemies from nancy pelosi suggesting that she should go to hell, calling mike pence delusional, calling jack smith, the special counsel, deranged, taking on the judges in each of these cases. for donald trump it is rallying the public opinion around him to become at least the republican nominee and then potentially get back into the white house when we're looking potentially at these hearings and these

proceedings, these criminal proceedings going on at that very concurrent time. >> it is hard to keep track with all the different legal developments, but a different case, another development, this is in the other federal indictment against trump. christie, we're talking about the classified documents case here and the judge, aileen cannon, has now asked jack smith's team to explain the use of two grand juries, in florida and washington, even though charges were only filed in that case in miami, where again the alleged crime was committed. she wrote this, quote, the response show address the legal proprietary of using an out of district grand jury proceeding to continue to investigate and/or to seek post indictment hearings. so we know this judge has already been under the microscope because of her controversial rulings related to the mar-a-lago search prior to this indictment. what do you make of her request here and maybe the tone that she is setting? >> it is puzzling because there

are obstruction charges that were in the classified documents superseding indictment, many of which occurred not only in florida, but also in d.c. and also could have occurred in new jersey. there are other districts here where the conduct could have happened. so it is not -- there is nothing necessarily improper about having a grand jury empanelled elsewhere that is investigate ing perhaps other individuals not charged in florida or potential additional charges that are related to the case, but not necessarily part of the case. so there are any number of machinations here, but ultimately what happens in the grand jury is supposed to stay in the grand jury. there are secrecy rules around the grand jury. for her to deny a motion to seal from the special counsel about issues before the grand jury is definitely unusual, and i would expect that the special counsel is probably going to be very

careful in what it is putting in public filings because, again, those are -- those are matters that are generally not made public, those are -- the existence of a grand jury proceeding and the matters before them typically are shrouded in secrecy. >> okay. it is something we'll certainly be watching. thank you, all. when we're back in 60 seconds, a new fight over abortion rights on the ballot today in ohio. but will it backfire on republicans in november? plus, are we in for fireworks? the 2024 candidate and potential trump trial witness who just made the gop debate stage. also, shark scare. a woman is in critical condition after being attacked in the waters off new york city. and later, we're in the middle of a hot, humid, sticky summer. so, why are we already talking about pumpkin spice? already tag about pumpkin spice?

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welcome back. today a high stakes special election is happening in ohio that could determine the future of abortion rights in that state. ohio's republican-led legislature scheduled a rare summer vote on a measure dubbed issue one. it would make it harder to amend the state's constitution. and the timing is no accident. the goal is to make it harder to approve another ballot measure in november that would protect the right to an abortion in that state. let's bring in nbc news correspondent ali vitali from columbus. ali, walk us through what this means in november. >> reporter: ana, right now this election in front of voters is technically about what it takes to amend the ohio state constitution. right now that just takes a simple majority vote if issue

one were to pass today, it would make it so it requires a 60% threshold of a vote to change the ohio constitution. but this is a proxy battle. make no mistake. you'll see on the screen there, the august 8th election is about the constitution. but it comes ahead of a november election that would enshrine rights to abortion protections to the ohio constitution and it comes frankly after we saw republican legislators in the state say, we're good, no more august elections, and then they popped this one up ahead of november. many people saying, thinking this says the quiet part out loud, we have seen trends across the country in red states after the dobbs decision by the supreme court and we have seen voters continue to, regardless of party affiliation, side on the side of making abortion more accessible and safe. it is unclear whether or not ohio voters are going to do the same thing. but this is the latest test in the post dobbs environment, especially in red states across the country. >> and so, what are you hearing from voters there?

where is their head? >> reporter: well, if you look at the numbers here, and it is clear with the numbers that we have gotten from the secretary of state's office so far that despite the fact that this was an election that was popped up last minute, that polling places have had to scramble, that voters are trying to see where they can vote because not all polling places are available, nevertheless, turnout is really high and you talk to organizers like i did yesterday, they are hearing voters who are answering their phones, who are opening their doors and saying they're aware of what's going on in this, it might be the dog days of summer, but voters seem energized. listen to what some organizers yesterday told me as they were trying to get out the vote. watch. >> i think there is a lot of anger when people find out the details in issue one. i hear a lot of anger. and i have since the beginning. and i heard that around the state. and people do connect it to the

november election. >> even in a red state? >> oh, yes. oh, yes. >> reporter: and we know from watching this in the 2022 midterms and other referendum votes we have seen, this is not a classic r versus d, republican versus democrat split when it comes to abortion access. this is something where especially when we're watching conservative women in the suburbs, it is a place that could really have big implications on both parties. ana? >> thank you for this reporting. ali vitali. and now to a road trip out west for president biden. he's kicking off a climate-focused tour today starting in the battleground state of arizona, where climate is top of mind for everyone, of course, during this heat wave. that state's capital of phoenix hit temperatures of 110 degrees for 31 days straight. let's bring in nbc news white house correspondent monica alba now. monica, what is on the president's agenda out there in arizona today? >> reporter: well, it is something historic, ana. the president is going to be declaring a new national

monument in the area in and around the grand canyon which spans more than 1 million acres, declaring it and honoring thepr nations and indigenous people who for years called to protect this land they consider so sacred. so the president will be out there to mark that officially and that, of course, bans new uranium mining in the area, which is an issue which has been a bit controversial. the actual tribes have been pushing, again, to protect it. some local ranchers wanted to continue that to try to actually fuel some clean energy initiatives and so that is also the major backdrop to all of this, that extreme heat that you mentioned. so the literal backdrop of the grand canyon is, of course, stunning to anybody and the president who will be there to see it, but everybody will be feeling that heat and that's why the president is speaking about some of the combatting climate change initiatives and climate resilience specific money from the inflation reduction act that

is going to be going to dozens of states specifically to national parks like the grand canyon. >> we're looking at some beautiful images. that's the area where i'm from, out west. i'm from colorado. the pacific northwest. we know he's going to be in the western states the next few days. where else is he heading? >> he's going to be highlighting the economic and climate challenges, going to new mexico tomorrow to really break ground at a new facility that is go to be making wind towers to talk about clean manufacturing and energy there. and then on thursday, he's going to be heading to utah to hold an event marking the anniversary of the p.a.c.t. act, which was that critical legislation that helps veterans get benefits, specifically those who were exposed to toxic things like burn pits. so really you're going to see a throughline from the biden administration highlighting legislation like the inflation reduction act, chips and

p.a.c.t. and how this will help people and how americans can benefit from it in the key states as you mentioned there, arizona, which will loom large for 2024. >> monica alba, good to see you. thank you. another republican contender just punched his ticket to the first debate. former vice president mike pence says he now qualifies after crossing the threshold of 40,000 unique donors. so he becomes the eighth candidate that appears to qualify for the august 23rd debate so far. this list already includes names like florida governor ron desantis, pence's old boss, donald trump, though trump looks unlikely to attend the debate as of now. up next on "ana cabrera reports," war games are nothing to play around with. patrol of chinese and russian warships spotted together near alaska is raising concerns. a woman escapes from a makeshift cinder block cell in a

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we're back with new developments in the war in ukraine. two back-to-back missile strikes in the eastern donetsk region of ukraine killing eight people including first responders who were coming to the scene after the first attack. that as we learn more about the woman ukrainian officials say they have arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate president zelenskyy. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest on this situation. richard? >> reporter: good morning. ukraiian intelligence says this suspect worked in a shop selling military supplies to ukrainian soldiers. and that she was gathering information about president zelenskyy's movements and passing along targeting

information about ukraine's defenses to moscow. russia overnight carried out what is known as a double tap. a sinister kind of attack, firing a missile at an apartment building, full of civilians in eastern ukraine, and then striking it again to kill first responders. at least seven people were killed, including rescue workers. russia was busy last night. the military releasing more footage of its troops pounding ukraine's defenses. president zelenskyy denounced the new attacks. he hasn't stopped giving his usual nightly addresses and is staying high profile, even after ukraine's main intelligence service announced just yesterday that it had thwarted a plot to kill him. ukraine arrested this woman claiming to have caught her red-handed collecting information about zelenskyy's movements during this trip to mykolaiv late last month. the goal, ukraine says, was to target zelenskyy with a russian air strike.

the kremlin hasn't commented, but it is yet another sign that this war is entering unchartered territory as it escalates out of the region and away from the trenches. drone attacks, russia blames on ukraine, are increasing in moscow. and a sea drone last week, along with russian strikes on the coastal city of odesa, have turned the black sea into a hostile front. and president vladimir putin and his main ally president xi are projecting their power far beyond the region sending a message to the united states, ukraine's primary backer. a patrol of 11 chinese and russian warships cruised together near alaska, only leaving recently. the pentagon saying there was no direct threat, but sending four destroyers and a reconnaissance plane as a warning. china also took part in ukraine peace talks that ended this weekend in saudi arabia without an agreement. u.s. officials describe china's

participation as productive and negotiators agreed to meet for another round. >> our thanks to richard engel for that reporting. get this, more extreme weather in south korea derailing the world scout jamboree. organizers are working to now evacuate nearly 40,000 scouts from a campsite in the country's southwest as a potential typhoon barrels toward the coast. hundreds of teens were also treated for heat-related illness. this storm is expected to make landfall in south korea on thursday. up next here on "ana cabrera reports," beachgoers beware. a new shark attack off the coast of new york city. plus, the chilling case of an alleged serial rapist only caught after a victim broke out of a makeshift cinder block cell. the latest twist, he appeared on judge judy. judge judy

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welcome back. a woman is in critical condition after a shark attack in a seemingly unlikely place, a beach off new york city. the victim was swimming yesterday evening in the waters off rockaway beach when she was bitten on the leg. this morning, local authorities are still searching the water for that shark. nbc news correspondent anne thompson has more. anne? >> reporter: it seems like every week this summer we hear about another shark sighting encounter

or even an attack. and last evening off the coast of new york, where sharks are incredibly rare, it happened again. a beachgoer is in serious but stable condition this morning after an apparent shark attack in the waters off new york city. >> very big laceration on the leg. >> reporter: the city's department of parks and regular ration telling nbc news a woman was telling monday evening and removed from the water by lifeguards who administered first aid to the 65-year-old before she was rushed to the hospital. the incident happening along rockaway beach in queens, a popular summer spot. >> the lifeguards were on duty. so they weren't doing anything wrong. they were just trying to have a nice day. >> reporter: afterwards, the nypd using a drone to scan the ocean, and help keep swimmers out of harm's way. monday's apparent attack, the latest in a busy summer of shark sightings and encounters along new york's coast. >> shark attack at the lifeguard station at kismet beach. rescue's been notified.

>> reporter: including several around the fourth of july with two attacks occurring just miles apart. >> there has been a lot of shark attacks happening on the beaches. a lot of warnings. >> reporter: swimmers have been on alert for months and for good reason. in june, paddleboarders off florida's shore getting a surprise visit from a hammerhead lurking in the water, while last month a man was bitten in the leg in the gulf of mexico off anna maria island near sarasota. >> they call it shark alley for a reason. >> reporter: and a 12-year-old girl suffered a bite to her leg while swimming off cocoa beach. >> really, really painful. >> reporter: those recent encounters and many more giving beachgoers pause as they try to soak up the last weeks of summer safely. >> to be bitten by a shark is another thing. >> reporter: as for that attack here in new york, the city's parks department is working with the new york police department and the fire department on enhanced surveillance of rockaway beach.

back to you. >> it is like "jaws" all over, but in real life. anne thompson, thank you. now to an ongoing and very disturbing case. an investigation in oregon, the portland fbi is looking for more potential victims of an alleged violent sex assault offender in that area after authorities say a woman escaped from a makeshift cinder block cell in his garage where he was holding her captive. 29-year-old negasi zuberi is under arrest and has now been linked to violent sexual assaults in at least four states. let's bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. you got an exclusive interview with the fbi supervisor in charge of this case. why do they think there are more victims in more states? >> the fbi has determined that zuberi lived in at least ten states. they believe there may be many more victims. he targeted sex workers who may be reluctant to come forward. they also found some writings in

his house indicated he targeted woman without close friends or family to avoid an investigation. take a listen to stephanie shark, the special agent in charge of the portland office. >> he had a tendency to target people who wouldn't come forward, and he exercised fear in order to keep people silent and now that he's in custody, we're really trying to help these victims rewrite their stories so that they can come forward and be truthful with what they experienced without fear. >> the fbi says zuberi went by aliases including sakima, justin hyche and justin kouassi and asking anyone with information to call 1-800-call-fbi. nbc news reached out to his lawyer but didn't hear back. >> and there is also this weird connection between the suspect and the judge judy show? >> this is so odd. zuberi was a contestant on the judge judy show in 2018 in an episode about a dispute with his domestic partner. that same woman later accused

him of domestic violence in court records we have seen in 2020 and was living with him at the time of his arrest. fbi is investigating what she knew. they also say tips have poured in since the arrest, including information about missing women, but so far they have no evidence linking zuberi to any deaths. >> ken dilanian, thank you very much. up next, on "ana cabrera reports," the summer of strikes. we're in for another one today in california. plus, as if back to school wasn't already stressful enough, lots of districts are struggling with teacher shortages. >> we get a letter from the school saying we don't have a teacher, we may have one before school starts. a teacher, we may have one before school starts. i'm an older student. i'm getting my doctorate in clinical psychology. i do a lot of hiking and kayaking. i needed something to help me gain clarity. so i was in the pharmacy and i saw a display of prevagen and i asked the pharmacist about it. i started taking prevagen and i noticed that i had more cognitive clarity.

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thousands of city workers are walking off the job today in los angeles. the striking workers this time include traffic officers, custodians and lifeguards. they're protesting what they call unfair labor conditions including forced overtime and what they say was a failure of management to negotiate. the city workers are just the latest to strike joining hotel employees, hollywood actors and tv and movie writers who have also walked off their jobs this summer. believe it or not, it is already back to school time. as millions of students return to the classroom, tens of thousands of teachers are not. 51,000 teachers permanently walked off the classroom -- walked away from the classroom in may of this year alone.

nbc's maggie vespa is digging into the teacher shortage and how schools are trying to get creative. maggie? >> reporter: teacher shortages here in illinois are so severe that the state's governor is actually proposing a three-year pilot program to try and hire and retain more teachers. this as superintendents across the state say vacancy rates are indeed as high as if not higher than they were last year. basically this is a serious problem, playing out in districts across the country. as students head back to school, for the start of another year, many districts nationwide are scrambling to find qualified teachers for every classroom. some 51,000 teachers quit in may of this year, impacting killeds and their families. >> he got a letter from the school saying he doesn't have a teacher, that he may have one before school starts. >> reporter: teachers qualified in subjects like science, math and special ed are in a especially short supply. >> we're losing 300,000 teachers a year, and we're not getting enough people coming in to the

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and recruit candidates that may not have a traditional educational background. in maryland grant money allows aides and support staff at this school for special needs kids to attend college and become educators. >> we could go to college with a full degree and get it all paid for, and really in my dream field, which is special education. >> this comes as a moment that requires solutions, and some call it a tactic instead of a solution, and it's a look at a four-day school week. 850 up from 450 in the last three years. as far as pros, experts say it cuts costs and attendant rates

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quintessential harvester of autumn. we are talking about the pumpkin spice season. joe, you have the fall spirit already in the house, but, really? >> yeah, i think it's supposed to be close to 90 degrees later this week, and i, wearing my heaviest cardigan, because the coffee gods decided it's sweater weather and pumpkin spice season. a lot of companies are jumping on the early fall bandwagon. take a look. even though summer temps are blistering, nationwide an autumn trent is brewing. the return of the pumpkin spice latte. the seasonal fall drink falling earlier on the calendar, sparking that early debate. >> iced pumpkin spice latte -- >> no, she's asking me for pumpkin. it's august. >> pumpkin spice hitting the stores already. >> pumpkin-flavored products

generate $5 million yearly in the u.s., and that is what makes it seem like fall comes earlier each year. >> when the pumpkin spice latte arrives you know it's the fall-time period. peter duke's created thedrink in 2003. >> it's not the only company jumping on the fall bandwagon. dunkin' exclusively tells nbc news the launch for its fall day is next wednesday, august 16th. krispy kreme and whole foods is

introducing their fall drink in august, and so is 7-eleven. >> pumpkin spice latte, and there's no pumpkin in it, just pumpkin flavor. >> i hate pumpkin spice latte. >> what don't you like about it? >> there's no pumpkin in it. it's chemicals. it's artificial flavoring. it's why? i need something to cleanse my palate. i don't know, battery acid? there's no pumpkin in the pumpkin spice latte. >> and there are iced versions of the fall streets that make it a good transition to say good-bye to the sweltering summer and say hello to cooler tempts ahead. >> the official start of fall is a month and a half away. >> already.

oh, my goodness. i am not ready to go there yet. i guess we should be saying cheers to those who are ready. >> thank you. >> we got to go. that's going to do it for us today. thanks for being here. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it's 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 8:00 a.m. pacific. the judge in the 2020 election interference trial orders trump's lawyers and prosecutors back to court to hash out what the former president can publicly say about the case during the trial. across the nation, more than 1,000 flights are canceled or delayed after a deadly round of storms with the ongoing oppressive heat. we will hear from the leader in the fbi supervising the investigation of a case of an alleged serial rapist that may have victims in ten states. alabama outrage growing

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