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in question. chaos in the gop caucus has the u.s. careening towards a shutdown what can speaker mccarthy do at this point also breaking, in just the last hour, the end of an era at fox news as rupert murdoch steps down as chairman ♪ good morning, and thanks for being here it's 10:00 eastern, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, and it's already a busy morning. we begin with some breaking news on capitol hill. ukraine's president is there meeting with senators any moment now after wrapping talks with members of the house, and volodymyr zelenskyy is make ago direct plea for aid as republicans question just how much more money to send to war-torn ukraine his visit comes just hours after russia unleashed a new barrage of attacks on ukraine overnight, and its biggest assault in more than a month let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali,

former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, and former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, it's a pleasure to have all of you as part of this conversation. we have these live images from capitol hill where you are, ali, we can see president zelenskyy walking down the hall. how did things go, and what are we expecting to hear in the senate >> reporter: that's going to be one of the key questions we ask. of course the difference of dynamics between the house and the senate is stark on an issue like ukraine for zelenskyy we've heard from speaker mccarthy and other members of his republican k conference that this new plea for aid comes amid a larger conversation here on capitol hill of stalemate over spending, specifically many hard line conservatives who want to see steeper spending cuts that they're trying to leverage the fact that they have the majority to get them done: it's why we've seen over the course of the last few days a true stalemate and paralysis of the house as mccarthy tries to maneuver through his conference and so this visit from zelenskyy

comes against that backdrop, nevertheless, when you think about the senate side dynamics, you have some in the republican party who are tepid on their support. others saying they're not going to come to this closed door meeting with the ukrainian president because they can't support continued support for ukraine. nevertheless, listen to the differences in the conferences here you've got someone like senator kennedy offering tepid support on the republican side and someone on the democratic side and senator mark warren saying this is imperative watch. >> look, i do not consider our aid economic and military defense oriented to ukraine to be charity but we have to constantly keep the pressure on our friends in europe to do their part. >> an authoritarian government, a dictator like vladimir putin winning in ukraine will make every american less safe i mean, ronald reagan has to be twisting in his grave when

you've got a wing of the republican party that's so isolationist and so unwilling to stand up against authoritarians. >> reporter: and look, even against that backdrop this senator warner is talking about there, you do have republicans who are sounding the alarm that they want to hear at least answers as to how this money is going to be used, continuous conf conversation on the republican side about not giving a blank check to ukraine, even though we've seen support come in more militaristic tangible ternms >> we've heard over and over that zelenskyy is his own best messenger in terms of rallying support. what's mccarthy now saying this morning about zelenskyy's visit to the capitol >> reporter: we know that zelenskyy has been an effective messenger. we saw him earlier this week at the u.n. ga, general assembly. he has spoken here on capitol hill having given joint addresses. in this instance mccarthy was

clear zelenskyy asked to do that, mccarthy said no, and he asked to do a full house briefing was declined that opportunity too. mccarthy opting to do this among key members of his conference on the democratic and republican leadership sides and then some key committee chairmen this is how mccarthy was talking about this meeting going into it this morning watch that. >> zelenskyy asked for a joint session. we just didn't are have time he's already given a joint session, so what we're doing for zelenskyy is exactly the same thing that we did for the prime minister of the uk, the prime minister of italy. we're putting the bipartisan group of members together to meet with him. no different than we did with nu anybody else what is the plan for victory where are we currently on the field? the accountability issues that a lot of members have questions. >> reporter: and that's true members within mccarthy's conference do have questions we're likely to see just behind me the ukrainian delegation, i

believe, coming through just in the next few seconds here, ana we'll keep an eye on that as we begin to see a very busy morning happening. ambassador taylor, i want to get your reaction to what we just heard in those comments from speaker mccarthy >> so ana, legitimate questions. it's fine to ask for accountability, it's fine to ask for the plan, and president zelenskyy has given this and will give this he probably just gave answers to the house. he's about to do the same thing on the senate side as you've just indicated the senate is solid. the senate is solid. there are a couple of voices over there, even in the house the committee chairs are solid when you ask americans if they support ukraine, they do if you ask americans as senator warren just said if they oppose a dictator taking over a smaller country, they do this zis going to be the questio that president zelenskyy will address, and i think he will

address it well. >> ambassador mcfaul, it has been more than 18 months now since the start of this russian invasion, what are the key questions you would have for zelenskyy? >> well, the key question is what is the strategy for victory? i agree with speaker mccarthy that that should be talked about. i think his answer will be having seen president zelenskyy just a couple weeks ago in kyiv give us the means to defeat putin. i think that's part of the strategy if you want to defeat putin, you have to give them the resources you need including the weapons that the ukrainians need to defeat mr. putin second on accountability, that's a very legitimate question, just like ambassador taylor said, i think president zelenskyy will have the answers to that you're showing the footage of them walking in. he's walking in with his new defense minister >> these are live images i should note. >> yes he just walked in. he's brand new there are allegations of misconduct in terms of the use

of money within the ministry of defense. president zelenskyy responded to that he now has a new minister of defense, and i hope that he'll giver the floor to secretary minister lieu mare ev to talk about his ideas for greater accountability within the military as well. >> ambassador taylor, a senior administration official tells nbc news that president biden later today is expected to announce more security aid for ukraine. what kind of support do you think is needed at this point to push ukraine into the next phase of this war? >> to help ukraine in the next phase, ana, the administration needs to agree to provide the long range weapons that the ukrainians have indicated for months will help them in this counteroffensive this will giver them the abili to go deep into russian-held territory, to disrupt the analytics, disrupt the log logistics, disrupt the movement

of reserves along the battl battlefield, behind the lines. long-range weapons will be important and i think this can come. >> ambassador mcfaul, general mark milley this week said ukraine liberate 54% of the territory occupied by russia during the invasion. how significant is that number in terms of how the count offecounter offense offensive is going >> putin has not chaachieved ano his military object ifrs he lost the battle of kyiv, he's lost the battle of ckharkiv. he claimed he wanted to unite the slavs under one nation he hasn't done that. he wanted to wipe out and eliminate the alleged nazi regime there under president zelenskyy, zelenskyy's in full

control. i think that's very important for americans to remember the wider context when we're talking about the tragically, this is a very powerful military. i think there's going to have to be more than this counteroffensive, and i suspect that's the message president zelenskyy will say too giver us the means to defeat the russians in our country, allow us to liberate them. don't tie our hands through military military and economic assistance. >> thank you both so much. ali, thank you as well fr s stay close. the senators now having a chance to meet with president zelenskyy. other breaking news this morning, a new line of succession at fox news rupert murdoch announcing just last hour that he will be stepping down as chairman of fox and news corporation the 92-year-old will hand over the reins to his son lachlan mourdock who will become the sole chair of news corp. and

will continue as executive chair and chief executive officer of fox corporation: let's bring in media journalist brian stelter who wrote a who will book on fox. i want to get into lachlan in a moment let's start with this decision by his father to step down what have you learned about this decision >> that's right. l rupert murdoch said for decades he would never retire. times have chaunged. decades have changed the somehow succession on hbo has shown us how complicated this can be. ultimately what rupert is doing is a form of semiretirement. yes, he's still at the the fox office in los angeles this week, still puttering around he said he'll be watching and reading and responding to everything but he is ultimately giving up control to his son lachlan who is more conservative in some ways than his father he is certainly much younger he lives in australia most of

the year he is the chosen son out of all of the members of the rupert murdoch family lachlan is the one to go forward now with this company: i don't think it means dramatic changes at fox news or the other brands, but what it does mean is it's going to open further questions about how involved lachlan is and whether he's the right man to run the ship, steer the ship. >> let me read the stame morning after this announcement quote, i congratulate father on his remarkable 70 year career we thank him for his vision, his pioneering spirit, his steadfast determination and the enduring legacy he leaves to the companies he founded and countless people he has impacted you said you don't expect changes now, brian, because of this transition, but i am curious how involved the mourdocks are, how involved is lachlan mourdock in terms of what we see on fox news? >> right, and what kinds of narratives take hold in politics what happens to the republican

party? fox in many ways influences and sometimes even manipulates the republican party, and that's not going to change as a result of this transition, but it is important to see who has the power. rupert murdoch came across in the dominion v. fox lawsuit as strangely pass ifr when he was deposed under oath, he sounded like he was the passenger, rather than the driver of the car. perhaps lachlan mourdock will now be able to be more response ifr, more in control, maybe hell be able to better manage the conspiracy theories and stop them from spreading across his network. that's a very big if i think this speaks to rupert murdoch's loss of power over the years. there was a time when he was feared, revered by some, reviled by others but feared i talked to a long-time rupert lieutenant who said to me there was a time when rupert would say jump and everyone would say how high those days are over. people say that's not how it is. rupert gradually lost control or

lost power at his own companies and today's announcement kind of confirms that. >> brian stelter the perfect voice to have on this issue, thank you so much for joining us this morning when we're back in just 60 seconds, ten days until a potential government shutdown. can speaker mccarthy quell the revolt in his own caucus. plus, a manhunt underway for this suspected murderer, yes, it happened again but this time a different state, this time he was accidentally set free. and later, an end in sight, writers and movie studios set to meet today for a possible end to the strike, with actors still on the picket lines, what this means for your favorite shows coming back. (ella) fashion moves fast. setting trends is our business. we need to scale with customer demand... ...in real time. (jen) so we partner with verizon to take our operations to the next level. (marquis) with a custom private 5g network.

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basic job done and fund the government >> we're dysfunctional. >> it's that simple? >> that simple we are so dysfunctional. >> that is a republican in the house majority using perhaps the perfect word to describe the house right now. dysfunctional. with just ten days left until a potential government shutdown, house speaker kevin mccarthy is struggling to fight an open rebellion within his own ranks a small but loud far right caucus is holding government funding hostage until mccarthy agrees to further slash spending even if he does, those proposals have no chance of passing the democratic-led senate. let's get to the hill ask nbc's ryan nobles is joining us. mccarthy at least seems to be making some progress with members of his own party, but that still doesn't mean a deal to keep the government open. so what's the latest >> reporter: we need to be very clear that if kevin mccarthy is able to cobble together 218

votes on a continuing resolution it's really only the first stage in a prolonged battle to avoid a government shutdown. there does appear to be some progress they're going to take a procedural vote lay thter this morning on the defense spending bill, which they couldn't even do a couple of days ago. so that shows some signs that republicans are starting to coalesce around some sort of an agreement: but broadly, they still haven't come to a final deal on just how much money they are willing to allow the government to spend, and that top line number is part of what made so much disagreement within the republican caucus. if they are able to come up with that deal and pass some sort of legislation either tomorrow or even into the weekend where they promised they will be here through the weekend, it would then come to the senate and the senate would roundly reject it: they would gut that version of the continuing resolution and perhaps put in things like funding for ukraine and disaster relief and send it back to the house, and that would require

kevin mccarthy to try and find some democrats to help him out to get him over the finish line. it looks like we're barrelling towards a government shutdown. >> the other big news on the hill is the senate finally confirmed charles q. brown as the new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the top military officer in the country, but this was the first military confirmation they've held in months so are more coming >> so that remains to be seen, and they actually did push through a couple of these military promotions yesterday, doing something that chuck schumer said he did not want to do normally this is something where they do them in big atches any one senator can hold up that process and make it longer that's what tommy tuberville of alabama did in response to a policy at the department of defense that would allow service members to receive compensation to travel for abortion services if they were station instead states where abortion was banned tuberville is not getting what he wants, the policy is not

changing, but at the same time schumer is not getting what he wants, he did not want to do this piecemeal, one promotion by one promotion. the standoff in many ways continues, even though now there will be a joint chiefs chairman, there are still a number of military promotions still outstanding. tuberville has said he's not backing down we'll have to see if schumer begins this process of slowly doing them one by one. >> and as you say there's a number, as in hundreds of people awaiting those promotions. ryan nobles, hathank you very mc for that. next here on "ana cabrera reports," our eyes are on a south carolina courtroom this morning where convicted double murderer alex murdaugh is back in court set to plead guilty to nearly two dozen financial crimes. plus, a murder suspect accidentally released from jail now on the run how was he mistakenly set eefr covid-19 shot when you get your flu shot? huh. two things at once. two things at once! ♪

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this hour convicted murderer alex murdaugh is back in court the disgraced south carolina lawyer who was convicted of murdering his wife and his son in march is expected to plead guilty to nearly two dozen federal financial charges. now, he is accused of stealing millions of dollars from his legal clients over about 15 years. our lindsey reiser is tracking this hearing for us. murdaugh has already been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole why pursue these charges will his other victims get

restitution? >> according to this plea agreement, ana, each and every identifiable victim would get restitution, and we're not talking about a small chunk of change here, so as part of this plea agreement, the allegations took place from 2005 to 2021 he's facing 22 had ffederal cou ranging from money laundering to bank and wire fraud. in terms of state and federal combined financial allegations he's facing moreha100, and he would have to payk $8.8 million back to h victims who he defrauded now, he expected to plead guilty today. that's not guaranteed. the hearing is actually going on right now in federal court in charleston it's expected to last an hour. it should wrap up by 11:00 a.m. eastern. there are no cameras allowed inside the courtroom we do have a producer inside this is the second time that murdaugh is showing up in court this month and the second time we're seeing him since his double murder conviction now, we're going to see him again november 21st, he's going

to face state charges on allegations that he defrauded long-time housekeeper gloria sa satterfield's family when she passed away. any sentence that would be imposed and we're likely not going to see sentencing today, would likely be served concurrently to any state prison sentence again in that november 21st trial, which is the first to come up remember, ana, his defense attorneys that were seeking a new trial for his murder conviction so should that ever be overturned, he would still face significant prison time for these financial charges. i mean, we're talking 20 to 30 years for some of these counts, and he's facing 22 of them as part of this plea agreement, he would also have to testify in front of grand juries if asked and submit to polygraphs ana, we are monitoring this federal court hearing right now, which murdaugh is expected to plead guilty to these 22 federal financial crime allegations. we will of course keep you posted. >> and just a drop in the bucket

when you talk about more than 100 charges he is facing in addition to those murder charges that he was convictd ed on. now to indiana where a manhunt is underway after a murder suspect was mistakenly set free from jail over a clerical error 28-year-old kevin mason was accidentally released six days ago. authorities saying they kept it quiet so that they could have a, quote, tactical advantage in finding him, and yet he's still out there. we're just learning about this mason was behind bars for just two days before he was mistakenly freed facing murder charges for a deadly shooting investigators looked into for years before they could tie him to it. nbc news correspondent kathy parks is in indianapolis help us make sense of this and where does the manhunt stand >> reporter: hey, ana, good morning to you this is a pretty wild story. as you mentioned, the murder suspect kevin mason walked out of this jail behind me last

wednesday, and it took nearly a week for officials to notify the public about his release, and they say they is the sat on thi couple of days because it was part of the strategy to find him: this morning he is still on the loose. in a new twist, his girlfriend is now in custody. this morning an urgent manhunt in indiana for a murder suspect authorities say was accidentally set free from jail. >> our plan is to look throughout the city with this uniform presence and make it uncomfortable for anybody who might be keeping him. >> reporter: 28-year-old kevin mason was mistakenly released last wednesday, just two days after his arrest due to faulty records review >> so far two inmate records clerks involved in this mistake have been terminated this was an error, this should have not happened. >> reporter: mason was wanted on three warrants in minnesota including a second degree murder charge for his alleged role in a

shooting in 2021, firearms possession, and a parole violation, and now deputies say they've arrested his gfr desiree oliver who they say picked him up after he walked out of jail >> she then went to obtain a new cell phone, which is kind of the deceptive type behavior we'd expect when they're assist ago criminal later she went to a walmart, purchased some men's underwear, a travel kit and some men's slippers >> local officials waited six days to inform the public about mason's accidental release a decision the sheriff's office stands by. >> we have used this time as a tactical advantage for us. we have used this time as the quietness of the situation to not further run him underground. >> reporter: this latest search comes just days after the capture of danelo cavalcante, the convicted killer who was

arrested following nearly two weeks on the run after escaping a pennsylvania county jail: back in indiana, another community on edge with residents demanding answers. >> someone made a big mistake. >> it upsets me that it puts the community in danger. >> reporter: and ana, it's worth noting that officials have been looking into leads throughout the night, but still no sign of him. they do believe that he has ties to indianapolis, but it's unclear if he's still in the area they are reminding the suspect that he can still turning himself in and they're willing to offer a safe surrender. ana. >> kathy park, thank you, and so sorry for adding an s to your last name when i introduced you. i really appreciate your reporting. up next on "ana cabrera reports," fresh polling on the 2024 republican field, we will dig into the numbers that show vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley gaining ground. plus, the takeaways from attorney general merrick garland's ntcoentious hearing on

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we're back with new urgency on the campaign trail this morning as we watch a reshuffling in the gop horse race in the nation's first primary state. while donald trump still holds a commanding lead in this new cnn university of new hampshire poll, there you see vivek ramaswamy is now in second place in the granite state with nikki haley right on his tail and

florida governor ron desantis down 13 points from july our intrepid reporters are on the trail for us vaughn hillyard is in des moines, iowa, and dasha burns is in ohio. you spoke with ramaswamy in depth, how is he carving out his space on the trail >> reporter: well, look, this is someone who voters didn't know at all they didn't know his name, let alone how to pronounce it a few months ago, and now he has raced past experienced politicians in the polls. and this is a guy who, you know, he's a businessman, not a politician where have we heard that before? he is a big fan of former president trump, and he is sort of approaching politics in the same way that we saw the former president approach it in 2015, 2016 he is really trying to get to voters directly creating a constant stream of content via podcast tv, he's talking to

everyone in the media that he can, and he's really stirring up a lot of controversy with different comments that he's made he's taking hard line stances on policies like immigration, for example. he has proposed a plan to deport not only undocumented immigrants in the united states, but also their american born children who right now under the 14th amendment are u.s. citizens. but one area where he's carved out kind of a unique stance among his opponents is the issue of abortion. you saw former president trump in that interview with our colleague kristen welker not give a clear answer about whether or not he would sign a federal ban, florida governor ron desantis, he signed the six-week ban in his state but has not been clear about what he would do at a federal level. ramaswamy has made it clear, he does not believe the federal government should get involved but he also believes that the republican party has missed an opportunity, that they are not talking about abortion in the

right way. take a listen to what he told me >> do you think the republican party is missing an opportunity when they're not talking about this zb >> huge opportunity missed: it does not have to be as device ifr from contraception from sexual responsibility for men into the conversation waas well. i haven't poll tested any of that this isn't a focus group how do we talk about the issue point, it's a substantive point if we're really pro-life, let's walk the life with respect to being pro-life >> reporter: so those are the issues that he feels like are not being talked about enough, there's so much focus on the number of weeks and not enough focus on child care on holding men responsible. those are the things he feels like could bring more folks along to that antiabortion position with respect to the republican party, and you know, listen, this is a candidate that

has really gained traction, and there are those echoes of what we saw with the former president. and i'll tell you b in teing in room with him, he's the only candidate that consistently gets standing ovations from this crowd. of course trump is way ahead in the polls, but he's on to something here and the fact that somebody who, again, started with zero name i.d. in this race is now competing with politicians that have been around for a long time, regardless of his chances here, it's something to pay attention to, that he has been able to gain traction with these positions. >> well, he got a lot of attention after that first debate the next debate is just next week donald trump will not be at that debate either. he's been receiving some blowback for shifting his message on abortion, but there in iowa where you are, he is stirring up the base about the border more than 1,300 miles away it's talso noteworthy trump's starting to spend more time there in iowa. has there been a shift in his

strategy >> reporter: right and especially i think it's important to note when we do look at the pollingi donald trum has a 30 point percentage lead: that's going to be the tricky part for vivek ramaswamy as dasha just outlined who's risen to second in numerous roles, suggesting he'd bring him on as sort of his senior adviser if he were to win the nomination and the presidency and for donald trump, though, donald trump is being donald trump, and yesterday here in iowa, he focused on his immigration policy proposal layout come 2025, we could be looking at a president trump again, and in dubuque iowa in front of a crowd of a thousand plus, he laid out not only the statements that he would reinstate the travel ban but also expand it. the travel ban that he instituted while in the white house barred most individuals from five muslim majority countries from entering the u.s. he said that he would expand

that to include marxists and communists in his own words. he also said he would implement an eisenhower era deportation plan he deported about a million and a half mexican nsationals from u.s. soil. it's important to note that yesterday he said he would invoke the alien enemies act, which was a 1798 law ratified by congress that is still in effect it was used by fdr following the bombing of pearl harbor to detain japanese, italian, and german nationals this measure is one that he suggest that had he would invoke that would give him the ability to detain and deport suspected gang members, cartel members and drug dealers, so for donald trump, he's going back to the immigration hard right proposals that led him to the presidency the first time, and so far in a pretty secured top spot here in

2024 >> vaughn hillyard, thank you, our thanks to dasha burns as well and with abortion rights remaining, a hot button issue for the gop candidates there on the campaign trail, i had a chance to speak with xavier becerra about the impact of more and more states implementing abortion bans and restrictions in the year plus since roe v. wade was overturned: take a listen. >> a woman who lives in a state that now denies her access to abortion services is two to three times more likely now to die of a complication of pregnancy than is a woman who lives in a state where they do have access to abortion services not just because they have access to abortion services because typically what happens is you begin to restrict access to health services that women need that go beyond just abortion services. and so what we're finding is that more and more women are having to levleave their state o access services, which is okay if you've got the money.

but as you said, ana, the vast majority of women who are going to be impacted detrimentally by the dobbs decision are women of color. >> now, that was just part of a conversation i moderated yet with the four current latino cabinet secretaries, the country recognizes hispanic heritage month. and beyond having an impact on some of the crucial issues our country faces through their departments, just their visibility as latino leaders is having an impact all on its own. take a look at the selfie we took and the sea of smiling faces behind us. thanks to everyone who came out to listen to our conversation, andly continue it ask the tough questions of our leaders and shine a spotlight on the diversity of our country up next on "ana cabrera reports," merrick garland in the hot seat, how the attorney general handled the political firestorm there on capitol hill. plus, is a hollywood ending in sight striking writers set to meet with movie studios today we have the latest

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we watched together just how contentious this hearing was getting. how did it end up? what does it mean for those investigations we just mentioned moving forward >> hey, good morning, ana. that's right, as the justice department does move forward with prosecuting president biden's leading opponent and the president's son he walked a careful line as he tried to refute charges that those case have been tainted by political interference garland did decline to discuss and address those claims by those irs whistle-blowers that the president's son got special treatment. zp >> reporter: facing intense political attacks, attorney general merrick garland delivering a blunt message to congress. i am not the president's lawyer i will add i am not congress's prosecutor the justice department works for the american people. >> reporter: garland appointed the special counsel who indicted the president's son hunter biden

last we can on felony gun charges after a plea deal fell apart. chairman jim jordan who's leading an impeachment inquiry into the president blasted garland for not prosecuting felony tax charges related to income from hunter biden's overseas business dealings >> what i'm wondering is why you guys let the statute of limitations lapse for those tax years that dealt with burisma income. >> this investigation was being conducted by mr. weiss, an appointee of president trump, he will at the appropriate time have the opportunity to ask mr. weiss that question. >> reporter: with former president trump indicted by special counsel jack smith and mishandling classified document pleading not guilty in both cases, republicans arguing the doj is engaged in prosecutorial overkill >> the fix is in. >> reporter: democrats defending k garland saying the republicans can't back up their claim facing hours of intense questioning,

garland who's often talked about his jewish heritage, flashing anger in response to a question about whether his department is targeting conservatives including catholics. >> the idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous. >> reporter: also refuting the charge by mr. trump that president biden ordered his indictments. >> excuse me, biden political indictments, he said to the -- >> he has said he's had nothing to do with it. >> he said to the attorney general indict him >> no one has told me to indict, and in this case the decision to indict was made by the special counsel. >> a federal judge last night denied hunter biden's bid to plead not guilty over video link, saying he has to show up in person like any other defendant. mr. trump, meanwhile, has asked the judge in his election conspiracy case in washington to recuse herself arguing that she's biased against him, ana. >> ken dilanian, thank you for this let's bring in state attorney

for palm beach county, florida, da dave aronberg. yesterday we heard garland say i am not the president's lawyer. were house republicans able to show any everyday that he had handled the hunter biden investigation differently than the trump investigations >> no, ana, there's no bottom for these guys i mean, jim jordan, i'm sure he campaigned when he ran for congress on doing good by our country, now he just genuflects to the altar of former president trump. this guy, all he does is project because it was the bill barr department of justice who was giving favors you have merrick who kept on a trump prosecutor to investigate the president's son. can you imagine, bill barr, if he kept over an obama prosecutor to investigate trump's kids, barr would be fired and sent to guantanamo this whole thing that it is merrick garlan

politicizing the doj is projection. >> yesterday, lawyers for three fake electors charged in this case argued they were acting in their official duty under federal law. these are state players. so help me understand their argument and how long do you think it will hold up? >> it is a garbage argument. if mark meadows had a chance to win over that argument over moving it to federal court, he failed these people have zero chance because they were not federal officials. they're saying they were asked by federal officials to be electors but, perhaps, but perhaps they were asked to be fake electors their certificate of being an elector is no more real than herschel walker's badge that he claimed he could have bought in a gift shot and made him a sheriff. so this is a garbage argument. they are not federal officials they're not going to be able to get it removed and they weren't acting under color of law. they said they were the real electors that's a fraud, that's a lie

you don't get federal protection for lying. they're not going to win this argument. >> we now have a date in the hunter biden case, when he will be arraigned october 3rd and he has to be there in person. he and his lawyers tried to shift and have this happen virtually saying it would be a financial and logistical burden for the city of wilmington, a judge rejected that request. what do you make of it >> i think the judge made the right move there has to be equal justice under the law, hunter biden and donald trump need to show up in person trump did and hunter biden should as well equal justice under the law, ana, means that hunter biden should be treated no better and no worse than anyone else. it looks like he was treated worse because he was indicted under a statute that is rarely enforced and almost never enforced as a stand alone crime. >> for the gun charges >> unless the gun is used in another crime. it is extremely rare for prosecutors to charge someone, which they did here. i think he was charged because his name is hunter biden as

opposed to hunter smith. >> dave aaronburg, as always, your insights are invaluable thank you for being here. >> thank you up next on "ana cabrera reports," will your favor shows be back on tv this fall? hollywood studios and writers could have an agreement to end their strike as soon as today. ♪ tourists tourists that turn into scientists. tourists photographing thousands of miles of remote coral reefs. that can be analyzed by ai in real time. ♪ so researchers can identify which areas are at risk. and help life underwater flourish. ♪

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technology meantime, the hollywood strike could begin to wrap as soon as today. writers and studios are back to negotiating and could be near a deal ending the wga's four-month strike nbc news entertainment correspondent chloe melas is with us now. what do we know about the negotiations >> they're under way today this is day two it has been 142 days since the writers went on strike the wga meeting with the top heavyweights of hollywood who represent those major studios today. we'll see where things go. could there finally be an end to the months long writers strike that has ground hollywood to a halt both sides meeting again today and this morning there is new hope for pro fgress after major studio heads came to the table first time on wednesday signaling a shift in the talks a source tells nbc news that talks on wednesday were productive and they're hoping for more progress on thursday. >> there is hope in the air for first time in a long time.

>> reporter: late wednesday, the writers guild of america, which represents more than 11,000 writers issued a joint statement with the amptp which represents streaming services and studios including comcast, the parent company of nbc universal saying simply that both sides met for bargaining and will meet again thursday sources close to the negotiations tells cnbc that after wednesday's meetings, writers and producers are near an agreement, and hope to finalize a deal today. the sources also telling cnbc that if a deal is not reached, the strike could last through the end of the year. nbc news learning that top executives attended the negotiations for the first time, including disney's bob iger, netflix's ted sarandos, david z zasloff and dana langly. >> i'm hoping that they're coming in good faith. >> reporter: online, skepticism from some wga members.

one posting, i'll believe it when the wga tells me they reached a deal the main sticking points between the two groups remain, wage increases, residuals in the streaming era and the use of artificial intelligence. >> this has been devastating as a wga writer on strike. >> reporter: the effects felt by hundreds of thousands as hollywood has been shut down, with actors also on strike in a separate dispute now, from the picket lines to a-listers, many urging both sides to move forward. >> i i feel as if everybody understands it is time to get on with it, but we're all in support of a decent and fair wage >> our sister network cnbc saying that a deal could happen as early as today, but we know that there are a lot of points to hammer out. if they do finalize a deal, perhaps we'll see our favorite daytime talk shows back on the air, late night coming back, some tv shows starting up and maybe some of those movies you were hoping for that moved to the spring now we'll see them perhaps be slated again for the

fall but there is a lot on the line, artificial intelligence, residuals, we talked about this a lot, ana we'll see who makes concessions or if this is a dream deal, you never know. >> a few seconds here, you talked about how complicated it is because all of these studios have to agree on the contract that they end up with. >> what netflix wants is very different from maybe what warner bros. discovery wants. everybody has a different bottom line here, so the amptp that represents all of the hollywood studios, they have to come to an agreement that works for everybody. we know the writers have been very, very steadfast, they want higher wages and more money in the streaming era. >> bottom line, clhloe, m melas thank you. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific i'm jose diaz-balart our eyes are on the pentagon right now where lloyd austin