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reports," new jersey senator bob menendez will break his silence this morning. the senator is set to speak publicly for the first time since he was indicted on bribery charges. his remarks just over an hour for now, this as he faces sgroeing calls to resign. plus, a fresh nbc news poll showing a dead heat for the white house with warning signs flashing for both biden and trump. and breaking news from hollywood, writers reaching a tentative deal with studios. so when could your favorite shows be back? hello. thanks for being here. it's 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. breaking news, we're expecting senator bob menendez to hold a news conference in new jersey in just over an hour, his first public remarks since he was

indicted friday accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes. the evidence, gold bars as well as wads of money apparently stashed and smashed into pockets of some of the clothing at his home. still, menendez is expected to say he does not intend to resign. even under pressure from several elected members of his own party calling for him to step down, with congressman andy kim already announcing plans to challenge menendez in 2024. joining us nbc's ryan nobles and ken dilanian as well as former federal prosecutor carol lam. do we have any idea what he will say? >> reporter: ana, we expect him to strike a very defiant tone, echoed in statements from him and his office as the indictment came down. menendez initially putting on a statement he thought the charges against him would ultimately --

that he'd be vindicated in a court of law. then when we started to see this trickle of house democrats and particularly politicians from new jersey calling for his resignation, menendez then put out a subsequent statement where he made it very clear that he had no intention of resigning. one of the things that we're going to be looking for when he gives public remarks later today is whether or not he says -- if he plans to run for re-election in 204. that was always his plan originally before he ran into this legal trouble. you rightly point out he already is facing a prominent opponent in andy kim, a member of the house from new jersey. there could be others willing to jump into the race now that he could potentially be vulnerable. this would certainly be a headache for democrats that are trying to hold on to a very tight margin in the senate in 2024. so having to deal with bob menendez on the ticket in 2024 could be an issue for him.

but if anything, it will give us an indication of where he's headed. he seems pretty insistent in staying in his position in the senate despite the legal trouble he's facing. >> ken, when it comes to the indictment itself, remind us of the severity of the charges? >> reporter: menendez and his codefendants are accused of bribery, extortion and depriving citizens of honest services. what sets this case apart from a garden variety public corruption case, is there's an international dimension here. menendez is accused of essentially selling out the united states and secretly aiding the government of egypt which has a patchy human rights record, but statement getting more than a billion dollars in military aid from the united states. that's controversial. this indictment says even as robert menendez was raising questions about the egyptian human rights record publicly, behind the scenes he was maneuvering to help that government through an egyptian

american businessman who he helped get an exclusive contract to provide halal meat to egypt. it's not just that they're accusing him of selling his office and enriching himself, the justice department is accusing him of selling out the united states to a foreign government. that's why you're seeing this kind of reaction, even from democrats. >> he was the chairman of the foreign relations committee. really his work was in line and locked in with what he was doing there in the committee in congress and, of course, influencing foreign policy potentially. carol, not only do investigators have the gold bars, the cash, they have a digital footprint addressing transactions that were later deleted. what do you see as the strongest evidence in this case? >> ana, the evidence is so strong in so many ways. as you mentioned, the digital footprint is important because

we also now have emails and texts, not so much from the senator himself, but his wife. his wife really involves him in everything, not to diminish his guilt at all, but the evidence is really quite wide here in terms of the connections between the acts that you see and then the surrounding emails and texts that really give color to what was happening in these transactions. to ken's point, aiding the egyptian government and the fact that he was ghost writing letters for the egyptian government to send to his colleagues in the senate asking for holds to be lifted to give money to the egyptian government and then destroying those emails as consciousness of guilt, it's a very, very strong case. >> senator menendez seems determined to fight the charges, and it did work for him last time around, ending with a hung jury when he was facing other charges similar, ken, back in 2017. is it different this time?

>> yes, ana, it's different. back in 2017 he was accused of accepting more than a million dollars in gifts and luxury trips from a longtime friend of his, an ophthalmologist in florida. at the trial, his defense argued this wasn't corruption, this was friendship. the jury hung over that issue. in this case, two of the three men accused of paying him for bribes he met only recently through his wife, a relationship that began, according to this indictment, in 2018 and continued to this day. they weren't longtime friends. they're not going to be able to argue that these were gifts and money given out of friendship. one o of the three was a longtime associate. i will say, there's much more evidence in this case, particularly from the senator's wife who was very careless in what she put in text messages. it is very different this time, ana. >> carol, if you're the prosecutor, what kind of defense would you anticipate? >> this is a tough one, ana.

his team is probably going to have to argue on a legal basis that the honest services fraud statute does president apply, but it really does. this is a kind of situation that it's meant to address where you have a public official who is depriving his constituents of his honest services in return for personal gain. so the legal argument is not likely to prevail here. and i think they're going to have to look at some technicalities, perhaps, that there wasn't probable cause to search the residence and maybe try to suppress some evidence. it's going to be a high hill for his defense attorneys to climb. >> ryan, we talked some about the political pressure he's now under there. democrats in new jersey specifically, including the governor, calling for his resignation. what's the reaction more broadly among democrats on the hill? how does the democrats' very, very slim majority in the senate

likely factor into this? >> it's interesting we've seen a number of members of the house of representatives calling for him to step down, including very popular members like representative alexandria ocasio-cortez who is the first latina member of congress calling for him to step down, which is significant because menendez suggested this is some sort of effort to suppress the work of one of the most prominent latino members of congress. on the senate side, only one senator, republican or democratic, has come forward, and that is john fetterman of pennsylvania. that could be because we've seen over the past five years or maybe longer, calling on politicians to step down from office, those pressure campaigns largely do not work. the new trend is for these members to stay in office as long as longable, to ride out the legal problems as long as they can. staying in office is a leverage point when it comes to

negotiations with prosecutors if it comes to that. and the public position also allows them a level of coverage when it comes to these conversations. a lot of this all came down right as these members were leaving for the long weekend. we won't see them back here in washington until tomorrow. that's when we're going to be able to press many of them on whether or not they think it's responsible for menendez to remain in the senate. we should point out he's stepped down from the powerful position as the chair of the senate foreign relations committee. >> interestingly enough, one person saying he should stay put is republican congressman george santos who, as we know, is facing his own federal charges. thank you so much, ryan nobles, carol lam and ken dilanian. more breaking news. a tentative deal to end the writers strike that's halted hollywood since may. the writers guild suspending picketing after announcing they

have agreed in principle to end one of the longest walkouts in the entertainment industry's history. entertainment correspondent chloe melas joins us now. it's not done just yet. what do we know about what's in this potential deal? >> it's pretty much done. the next steps, ana, are that the guild has to ratify this. they have to vote this in. there are 11,000 members, and we are all expecting to be getting the details of the deal any day now. some of the things they tackled are protection over the use of artificial intelligence. that was a big sticking point over the weekend. we saw the top studio executives in hollywood step out of those meetings. so we knew it was almost done on saturday and sunday. but i reported last night that really it came down to language around artificial intelligence, and these writers wanting the necessary protections. you're also going to see language in this deal about residuals in the streaming era, higher wages. there are a lot of sticking

points, but also this sets a rely good framework for the sag negotiations. remember the actors are still on strike. >> given the actors are still on strike, even if the writers come back, what does that really mean in terms of the content and what we as the consumer will get? >> well, first of all, you have people like michael shea from "saturday night live" saying, i guess we're back, on social media. you'll see some late night talk shows coming back. in the more immediate future you'll see daytime talk shows returning, like drew barrymore, jennifer hudson. when it comes to more scripted shows, you can't just flip a switch, especially with films like "gladiator" being pushed to the spring. it's not something that comes back overnight. the ramifications of this, ana, we're going to feel it for quite a long time. >> what about the ramifications for the studios? there's some reporting that this strike has had quite an impact

on the bottom line. >> i think it's two-fold, the amptp actually saved some money with the strikes in a way. but now, as weave gotten to this point where we're almost at october, it has really affected the spring and the bottom line. you saw warners brothers discovery coming out recently saying they've lost upwards of $500 million. compare that to just the loss for california's economy with governor gavin newsom coming out saying it's cost them over $5 billion, upwards of that, and 17,000 jobs when we saw the latest u.s. jobs report. this is costing studios a lot of money. in the meantime, we probably will be watching reruns of your favorite shows when it's not daytime talk or late night. >> okay. thufrp for the latest. we'll be watching to see when that deal is inked and if there's new details we can report out. thank you, chloe melas. when we're back in just 60 seconds, steve kornacki will be

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biden at 46%. let's bring in nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki along with former republican congressman from florida, carlos curbelo and former white house aide elena beverly. steve break down the numbers in this new poll. >> you mentioned on the republican side, days away from debate two, donald trump with a 43 point advantage, trump up to nearly 60% in the republican horse race. there was talk in the first debate, would trump pay a price with republican voters for skipping it? would he be giving republican opponents a free spotlight they could use to close the gap? absolutely no evidence that anything negative happened to trump within his own party or really anything positive happened for his rivals coming out of that first debate. trump's lead is stronger. the last time we put a poll out in the field was in the summer.

trump was at 51% then. now he's at 59%. desantis was at 22 at the start of the summer, fallen to 16%. everyone else in single digits. if you think back to the spring, when ron desantis entered the race, ron desantis was only 15 points behind donald trump. it looked like a real contest between the two of them. now that trump advantage has tripled to nearly -- it's 43 points, nearly tripled from where it was this spring. really heading into this debate, wondering what incentive does he have to show up if this is what's going to happen on the republican side. you mentioned, if republicans do go forward and nominate donald trump and we have a rematch of trump versus biden, our poll showing a tie between the two of them. two notable things. remember joe biden in 2020 actually won the national popular vote by about 4.5 votes. it was the electoral college that was much closer in 2020.

so this is a shift -- certainly would be a shift from that result. also, in all of our polling leading up to the 2020 election, i counted 11 nbc polls from the fall of 2019 through election day 2020. trump was never running this well against biden. trump was trailing biden in all of our polling, in everybody else's polling in 2019 and 2020, faring better in the polling. why is that? probably because joe biden is the incumbent president now. that's the big element that's flipped since the last time around. biden is the incumbent president. when you ask folks about how he's doing as president, in our poll, 41% approve, 56% disapprove. that's the highest disapproval since he became president. the economy a big start of this. at the start of the biden presidency the country was basically split on whether they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the state of the economy. now barely one in four voters

say they're satisfied with where the economy is. then there's this. certainly donald trump's legal situations, the indictments, the pending trials, all the legal drama, that is a major or moderate concern, a big negative for trump. look at the number that's even higher in this poll, 74% in our poll of all voters say joe biden's age and fitness is a major or moderate concern to them. you don't get to that level, 74% without a lot of democrats saying it is a concern to them. i think notable, biden is 80 years old. donald trump turns 77 this summer. only a couple years between the two of them. the number who say trump's age and fitness is a major or moderate concern is 27 points less than the number for joe biden. >> okay. steve kornacki, a lot of interesting revelations in this new polling. elena, steve just ended on that poll right there, more voters --

more voters concerned about biden's age than trump's indictments. what's your reaction to that? >> look, age is a baked-in concern. the biden campaign knows age is a big factor. at times biden himself will make light of it. they try to explain the ways in which that translates to experience and wisdom and the ability to broker some of the historic economic legislative victories he has been able to gain, in pulling us back from covid and all the ways that his age lends to experience. but it is -- while it is not fatal, it is a concern that's going to remain part of this campaign process. it is informative in as much as it tries to demonstrate that younger voters are feeling disconnected from biden. we're seeing there's a lack of enthusiasm, a great enthusiasm

gap among voters ages 18-35. he's not going to be able to climate change how old he s but he has the ability to meet voters where they are, get out to the states, engage younger voe voters. that's where actually kamala harris, vice president harris is becoming really helpful right now. she's just launched the fight for freedom hbcu tour reaching out to voters of color, younger voters, talking anti bread and butter issues, student debt, women's right to choose and climate change, things that are important to younger voters. we don't know that age is going to be fateal. it does provide gheit dance on how to connect with some of the base. >> it speaks to voters' priorities right now, that many of them are willing to overlook the fact that a former president is facing 91 criminal charges, four different indictments at

the federal and state level and they actually are more concerned with the current president's age. congressman, trump's lead keeps growing for the republican nomination. about a 40-point difference. is there anything you think can change that trajectory? >> it's very unlikely. these trials that are forthcoming do represent a possibility for trump to suffer politically. but everything we've seen up to now is with these diments, as more evidence gets revealed in the republican primary field donald trump grows stronger and stronger. i think what's remarkable about these polling numbers is how restrictive the structures and the rules of our democracy are. most americans don't want either of these two candidates. yet, it seems like the country is going to be stuck with this choice. it's early, but that's certainly what it looks like now. i will say, ana, donald trump is certainly the most flawed major party candidate in history.

the fact that he's tied with joe biden is remarkable, and i think should sound some very loud alarm bells in the democratic party. >> let's take a closer look at the head-toea match-ups for president biden. the tie wh trump, a statistical tie whesantis. you can see there, nikki haley a bit ahead of the current president. elena, how much trouble does this spell for the biden campaign? >> well, it says that there's a chance that even if donald trump isn't the ultimate nominee, that biden really is going to have to share the way in which his agenda has helped to change the lives of americans and helped to improve the lives of americans, meeting them where they are. nikki haley actually did fairly well in the republican debates. she continues to gain traction. the question is whether or not she in the upcoming debate will actually call trump to the carpet and try to get him to

come to the debates, to show up and defend his agenda. i think what it demonstrates is that there's -- there are other options in the republican field and that president biden is going to have to continue to draw the contrast between what the republicans would propose and what the donald trump regime offered and his agenda. >> congressman, at the last debate, nikki haley did have a moment. and she has been trying to egg on trump to come and take her on and the rest of the field on on the debate stage. given the numbers for her against president biden, that's got to be encouraging if you're in her camp. what does she need to do on wednesday night, and will it even matter if trump is not there? >> ana, the strongest argument that any republican has is that they can win and donald trump can't. now, these newolling numbers pose ahallenge for those republicans because it doe appear, at least for now, that

donald trump could beat joe biden. but nikki haley certainly can make the case, and it's clear now because this isn't the only poll that has yielded this result, that she would be the strongest candidate against joe biden, that she can almost assure republicans that they would win if they could nominate her. that is going to be her strongest argument, ana. as we can see, republican primary voters by and large like donald trump -- for them to have to move from donald trump, they're going to have to be compelled. this argument about winning is perhaps the most compelling. >> former congressman carlos curbelo and alaina beverly, thank you for being here. up next on "ana cabrera reports," five days left to avoid a government shutdown. where negotiations stand between speaker mccarthy and his own caucus. plus, president on the picket lines. the messages president biden plans to send as he joins striking autoworkers tomorrow. i striking autoworkers tomorrow. but we help you shape

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welcome back. it's a start of a massively important week on capitol hill. there are just five days left to avoid a government shutdown, but with little movement on the republican side as speaker mccarthy seems to quell a rebellion within his own party. here is mccarthy earlier this morning. >> we've got the cr working now, so we could do it at any time. >> we have to keep the government open. why would they want to stop

paying the troops or stop paying the border agents or the coast guard? >> coming up on thursday, two days before the government runs out of money, we'll see the first impeachment hearing into president biden led by house republicans. let's go to capitol hill and nbc's ali vitaliment let's start with this looming shutdown. mccarthy certainly sounds like he knows the stakes here. have republicans made any progress towards a deal? >> reporter: they've been working all weekend, ana. i'm struck when the speaker says they've got the cr going. i'm not entirely sure what that means. there are still several members within his republican conference who say they will never vote for a cr which would effectively buy the speaker and more republicans more time to figure out the spending levels that they could find more palatable down the road. that's one of the key negotiating points here as the speaker tries to buy himself a little bit of time. you've got on the other side of the building, senators trying to

work on their oern piece of legislation. that's something senator schumer is putting forward. then there's the larger question here of the and when this shutdown is averted, what it means for mccarthy and the state of his job as speaker and whether or not democrats would bail him out. that's something i asked one democratic front liner this morning on "way too early." listen to this exchange. >> would you, yourself, vote to save mccarthy's speaker ship if it came to a motion to vacate? >> i think those are great conversations to half. i think katherine clark, our whip, has made it clear that there's certainly a discussion to be had. there would be concessions if we do that. i think that's a good conversation. we ought to have those conversations, but they have not started at all. >> reporter: so important for us, ana, as we track where democrats are in all of this to recognize it's still politics, you don't get something for nothing. democrats aren't just going to swoop in and save mccarthy all

for naught. clearly there are conversations how ever early they are, about possible concessions that could get democrats like nickel. all of those are conversations that are really important to this as we watch mccarthy not just look inward where there's tons of turmoil, but also what he might do across the aisle and across congress, too. >> so where does this impeachment hearing fit into all these dynamics? >> this all swirls in the same pot here, ana. the reason they're in a position to do an impeachment inquiry in the first place, is because several weeks ago in an attempt to assuage or let steam out of the pot with the far right of his conference, speaker mccarthy said he would back an impeachment inquiry and allows his chairs to continue doing fact-finding into this. i think what's important here is the speaker even at the time said they've uncovered

allegations. certainly allegations are not facts. that's one of the things that i heard from some more reluctant republicans here, the fact that this is an inquiry to find something damning when they have fallen short of doing so even so far as they've been doing investigations over the course of the last eight months. >> ali vitali, thanks so much my friend. let's go from the nation's capital to america's heartland. a big week for the uaw strike. president biden expected to join the picket line in michigan tomorrow. former president trump will give a speech to uaw members on wednesday. the union expanded its strike on friday, you'll recall, with about 18,000 workers now off the job across these 20 states. nbc's jesse kirsch joins us from pontiac, michigan. any sign on how these visits by president biden, former president trump will be received, and if they could move along the negotiations?

>> reporter: ana, what we know is that the union has said the white house is not part of negotiations, they're not in the room when the two sides are meeting. we've spoken with workers about the prospect of workers of seeing these visits in the days ahead. we've heard a range of opinions. some people seem to see whatever comes from either politician being lip service. i spoke with a gentleman who wants to see ev progress, not take away jobs. that's something the white house has been pushing. yet at the same time, also pointing to past comments from president trump. so expressed skepticism about the former president as well. it's interesting to see how the two visits are received by the union workers, by the broader public and if they have any impact on pressuring the company more. one man i spoke with yesterday said he'll take the support from either leader because in his mind whatever support they can get just helps with their cause, ana. >> obviously action happening there behind you. i'm curious about the ford

aspect to all of this. because uaw spared ford from further strikes on friday g f the walkouts at gm and ntis, as they expanded those particular strikes. on sunday the union representing ford autoworkers in canada which has also been in negotiations that it made a deal for a 15% wage increase. that was in canada. is a deal here with ford and the uaw looking more likely? >> that's a separate union. what the uaw has said is they've seen, quote, real progress from ford. they're drawing a distinction between ford and the other two auto owners, gm and stellantis. when you're looking at how the union is feeling about negotiations, they're indicating they feel better about what they've seen from ford so far, a couple aspects of proposals from ford including the right to strike over plant closures and cost of living adjustments. so there has been movement, and

the union seeing more movement from ford. but even so, still no deal even with that company, ana. they seem to be leading the pack, at least as of now. >> jesse kirsch, in pontiac, michigan, thank you. up next, extreme weather. impacts of storm ophelia as he hits the northeast with days and days of rain. we're live at the southern border where thousands of migrants have been crossing daily. how texas communities are responding to this humanitarian crisis. responding to this humanitarian crisis ver 13,0 00 us school districts, which have become top targets for ransomware attacks. but there's never been a reported ransomware attack on a chromebook. which is why thousands of schools like the fairfield-suisun unified school district switched to google tools for education. so they can focus on teaching and 22,000 students can focus on learning, knowing that their data is secure. ( ♪♪ )

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we're following extreme weather across the country this morning. nearly 100,000 are without power across texas and louisiana after severe thunderstorms unleashed baseball-sized hail, and this as another system, tropical storm ophelia completely soaked atlanta and the northeast leading to widespread flooding.

nbc's emilie ikeda sat jones beach. 'em leigh, what's the latest? >> the slow moving nature of this storm complicating the cleanup efforts. windy and rainy here. we saw ophelia knocking out power to thousands, dumping nearly nine inches of rain including parts of north carolina and stirring up dangerous ocean conditions, like here in jones beach where rip currents are still a threat. this morning, millions are cleaning up and drying out from a weekend of relentless wind and rain. >> this is rough, i'm telling you. >> reporter: as tropical storm ophelia churned up the east coast. >> this is the worst weather we've ever had. >> reporter: sparking widespread flooding, downing power lines and trees. ophelia first made landfall saturday in north carolina packing 70-mile-per-hour winds. the storm dumping several inches

of rain and damaging homes and businesses. >> so it did come -- you're talking right up to here. >> reporter: the flooding triggered multiple water rescues like the u.s. coast guard's rescue of five people including three children on a ship in cape lookout. states of emergency in north carolina as well as virginia and maryland. the storm then pushing its way inland. >> this is pretty bad. >> reporter: in one pennsylvania neighborhood those storm conditions toppled trees, potentially sparking an explosion and two-alarm fire, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 residents from their homes. ophelia later downgraded to a post tropical cyclone. here at jones beach officials prepared the beachfront for the worst. >> we're lucky we didn't get hit as hard. this concern will come back again. for us, it's more we're preparing for the next. >> reporter: so the tide is

receding right now. authorities are warning residents that when water levels irn crease again later today, that's when we could see more coastal flooding. in terms of the travel impacts, we're continuing to see the fallout. both laguardia and newark are under ground delays. over the weekend we saw more than 10,000 flight delays and several hundred cancel. >> emilie ikeda, thank you very much. turning the the southern border, i want to show you new drone video where you can see the long line of migrants crossing the river there. border crossings remain at near record highs putting pressure on the cities along the border where resources are already strained. nbc's guad venegas continues our coverage. how are the border communities handling it all? >> reporter: ana, it's been a bit chaotic depending what part of the border one visits.

here in eagle pass, i think border patrol has had the role of also making sure that the migrants that cross into the u.s. are safe. they've almost had to rescue them, many times cutting the wire behind me, some of the razor wire because some of them have gotten stuck. we saw them cut the wire at least twice over the weekend. that's the first line of defense to help the migrants. then they take them in for processing. when you talk about border communities, depending on what community you look into, it has a different type of effect. in eagle pass, if you walk through the city, you won't see the migrants, but the help centers where they have the resources for the migrants that are in places like eagle pass, even in san diego, are overwhelmed. they are at capacity. that's where local communities, local governments and ngos need more resources to help these migrants. then, of course, i think we have to point out cities like new york where a lot of the migrants are headed to are also

struggling because they have this large influx of people coming into the cities, that are staying in the cities and, of course, need more resources. that's why dhs secretary alejandro my your kiss is asking for additional funding. as the search continues, we saw groups of hundreds arrive here in eagle pass under the international bridge. >> mexico and the u.s. we now know reached a deal over the weekend for mexico to deport migrants from its cities along the u.s. border. how is that likely to impact the current situation? >> ana, if this is implemented the way it's been announced, it would change everything. however, in the past the u.s. has reached deals with mexico and mexico doesn't follow through. one of the deals is that mexico would deport mig grants back to their home countries. this is a big deal because

countries like anything rawa and snz don't have good ties with the u.s. mexico has a very good relationship with cuba, with venezuela, with nnicaragua. so essentially mexico would be able to deport citizens of those countries back to those countries. the announcement said they're even planning to do it by air. we'll have to wait to see how that would be implemented and if mexico follows through with those plans, ana. >> guad venegas, thank you very much. up next on "ana cabrera reports," a water emergency in new orleans. what's endangering the drinking water in and around that city. an intrastellar history lesson. what we could learn from samples collected from an astroid. collected from an astroid. itchy pets, scratchy pets, and most importantly, your pet. every day great prices and 35% off your first authorship order. right to your door. download the chewy app. are you tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean?

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for long, and the solution is not a similar fix. a scorching summer and drought has left the mississippi river so dried up that undrinkable saltwater from the gulf has started flowing up stream toward the water treatment plan that sustain the city and the surrounding areas. nbc's blayne alexander joins us from new orleans. how soon might sints run out of fresh water? >> reporter: we're looking at the end of next month. that's when officials say there could be an impact felt here in new orleans. it's not just the people here in new orleans, but the river provides drinking water to many in the is a state of emergency. they're watching this very closely, and it's important to keep in mind, ana, it's already been impacted further down river, smaller communities, less populated communities are already feeling the impact. they're bringing in bottled water to help with that situation. >> so what are officials doing then to keep the faucets flowing

with drinkable water? what can be done? >> reporter: severalthings, one, they're bringing inresh water, literally shipping it in, to the tune of some tens of millions of gallons of fresh water a day coming in by barge. they're hoping to m that with saline content inside.e the the other things they're doing is they're literally trying to tracks.e saltd water in its they're raising an underwater barrier 25 feet and hoping to slow the flow of that salt water into the mississippi. they're looking at going to some of the fresh water areas upriver and infusing that in the drinking water down here in the new orleans area. they're coming at this from all angles. right now the water is safe to drink. they're working hard to keep it that way. >> blayne alexander in new orleans, thank you. a new discovery just entered our atmosphere. nasa has retrieved samples of an asteroid for the first time ever

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. he's in the end zone, she's on the bleachers, pop star taylor swift intensifying dating rumors with kansas city chief's tight end travis kelce after cheering him on alongside his mom there at arrowhead stadium yesterday. nbc's joe fryer has the details. >> so until the game on sunday, swift hadn't said anything publicly about those rumors, but as swift's fans know she enjoys leaving them easter egg clues about her life in music. a lot are wondering if this is her end game unfolding in the end zone. it was the highlight of the week. >> there it is a, touchdown. >> worthy of an instant replay. no, not that play. this. that's pop superstar taylor swift celebrating after two-time super bowl champ travis kelce

scored a touchdown. watch in slow mo, you can see her deliver a chest bump. swift was actually spotted before the game even started. >> i think the secret's out. >> reporter: swift sporting a red and white chiefs jacket was all smiles sunday next to travis kelce's beloved mom donna, cheering the chiefs and kelce. >> the dynamic duo caught leaving arrowhead together following the game. >> how are you doing? >> how's it going? >> reporter: and later seen driving away in a convertible. the surprise appearance comes just days after kelce invited swiftd to see him in action at the same stadium where he watched her perform in july. >> i've seen you rock the stage in arrowhead, you might have to see me rock the stage in arrowhead and see which one's a little more lit. rumors have been swirling since july after travis said on a podcast he unsuccessfully tried to give the swinger a friendship

bracelet with his phone number on it after her show. >> i was disappointed that she doesn't talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs she sings. >> from there rumors started to fly, and the famous pair haven't been able to shake it off. travis's brother and former super bowl competitor jason added fuel to the speculation last week when he was asked whether they were dating. >> man, i think they're doing great, and i think it's all 100% true, and i hope that this thing goes a mile. >> he's in again, touchdown chiefs. >> following sunday's chiefs' win, coach andy reid joked about the pair. >> i might set them up. >> and quarterback patrick mahomes said the team knew the swifties were watching. >> i felt a little bit of pressure, and soy knew hi to get it to trav. i think he wanted to get in the end zone as much as all the swifties wanted him too. >> taylor is on a break from her tour. on social media some of her

famously loyal fans now wondering do i have to care about football now? perhaps we'll see the chiefs 87 jerseys in the crowd at her next concerts. back to you. >> just her reaction was so priceless. doesn't that make you feel good to see her cheering him on? okay, thank you. that's going to do it for us today. we'll be back tomorrow same time, same place, thank you so much for being here. until then, i'm reporting from new york, ana cabrera. josé diaz-balart is going to pick up our coverage, and of course we have that press conference with senator menendez's first remarks coming up after his indictment on friday. stay right there. good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josé diaz-balart, and we are less than 30 minutes away from new jersey senator bob menendez's first public comments since being federally indicted on bribery charges. we will take you there live. breaking overnight, an end to the nearly five-month long writer's strike is in sight. we've got details about the tentative new deal. at the border,