would really work within all the prison systems. >> it sounds inspiring. i can't wait to watch it. jonathan lemire, give us final thoughts for the day and what you're looking at. >> i think today is one that shows where the republican party is in 2023, another day with a devastating legal headline for donald trump, and yet a debate tonight where with few exceptions, none of his fellow republican will take him on. >> cassidy hutchinson, been through a lot of already. >> the first meeting cassidy had, the first meeting sarah matthews for trump had was with liz cheney, not staff of the committee. it was liz cheney herself recruiting women, i'm not sure why, but to be the ones to stand up. >> that's amazing. that does it for us this morning. we'll see you tomorrow morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on "ana cabrera

reports," a u.s. senator facing a federal judge. at this moment new jersey's robert menendez is inside a new york city courthouse set to be arraigned on bribery charges. we're live at that court and getting reaction from capitol hill. plus, breaking moments ago, american soldier travis king is in u.s. custody after he was held for months in north korea. what we know at this hour. also, legally preposterous, a new york judge unloading on former president donald trump ruling he committed fraud and lied about his net worth. so what does this mean for trump and his businesses? and later, a ransacking in philadelphia, what police are saying about this overnight looting involving 100 people. great to have you with us. it's 10:00 eastern, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news

here in manhattan this morning. senator robert menendez set to appear in a new york city courtroom this hour after being indicted for bribery. you see him there arriving a short time ago. he'll soon go before the judge alongside his wife and two other co-defendants for arraignment, and as this happens in new york, back in washington, more than half of all of his fellow democratic senators are calling for menendez to resign. we don't have the room to show the house members calling for him to step down. menendez was defiant on capitol hill late yesterday. >> why won't you resign, sir? >> because i'm innocent. >> nbc's lindsey reiser is outside the courthouse, and julie tsirkin is on capitol hill. also joins is former federal prosecutor cynthia alksne. lindsey, walk us through what's going to happen in that courthouse today. >> reporter: we are expecting this arraignment to begin at 10:30. that is when it is slated for.

it could be delayed. yesterday's arraignment of one of the co-defendants was delayed about two hours. our producer inside the courtroom tells me. we have someone inside who will be monitoring everything. you were shown video of bob menendez and his wife nadine holding hands, looking confident as they entered the courtroom. another co-defendant arrived this morning. we're not exactly sure if it will take place at 10:30. we're working to figure out if they will all be arraigned at the same time in the same hearing or if any of them will be arraigned separately. this is mostly a procedural event. they will learn more about their charges. they can plead, we're expecting them to plead not guilty just like hanna did yesterday, and the judge will be setting terms for release. >> menendez has been able to survive scandal and escape legal peril before, but just how solid is the case against him this time? >> well, it's pretty damning. the reading of the indictment

has a lot of detail. it has text messages. it has all kinds of information. let's not forget. we're talking about almost $500,000 in cash that has fingerprint evidence from another co-defendant and gold bars, for god sake. who has gold bars. the biggest problem for menendez in addition to everybody ganging up against him in the democratic caucus is that the d.a. announced he wasn't even done. there's a real possibility that there's more indictments to come, that perhaps there are tax charges. he also has one co-defendant who it seems a little strange that he was allowed to return, that he was told about the indictment and then came back and he's being treated separately, i'd be a little worried about this mr. hanna who came back voluntarily that he might be flipping. he's got nothing but bad news, and it looks like a solid case. >> and mr. hanna who you just referenced was arraigned

yesterday. he pleaded not guilty. it's the rest of the co-defendants who will be arraigned today, and julie, as cynthia referenced, it certainly seems like menendez is on this political island as so many of his colleagues are calling for him to resign now. does that mean he is any closer to actually resigning? >> no, absolutely not, and the pressure is building on him, just within the last few moments we heard from a 27th senator, senator chris van hollen who said it is time for menendez to step down. we expect these calls to continue throughout the day. the floodgates really opened yesterday when colleagues were able to come back into town to meet to discuss this, and certainly this is a very different scenario we're seeing now than what happened in 2015 during the senator's first indictment. now it seems like pretty much all of his colleagues at least from new jersey are calling on him to resign. senator booker joining that chorus of calls yesterday releasing a statement saying he believes menendez's decision not to s aside is the wrong one. he said in part, quote, stepping

down is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment that holding public office often demands tremendous sacrifices at great psonal cost, and he continued to say that i believe stepping down is best for those, senator menendez has spent his life serving. you heard mart of what he said to my colleague ryan nobles. he's going to e fight these charges in court and continue fighting them in the political sphere as well. up here he said he's going to be back in the senate to continue voting. we expect him to return after his court appearance as well. defiant from him only so far. >> the part about cory booker's statement is when he talked about how important public trust is in their ability to be effective as lawmakers, and that even if he is able to fight and win his case in court that public trust is already eroded. lindsey, we're also learning that now in addition to the bribery case, a separate fbi

counterintelligence investigation is being conducted because of the connections to egypt and senator menendez's role on the foreign relations committee. what do we know about that investigation? >> right, ana, our colleagues, jonathan dienst and ken dilanian reporting that fbi officials want to know whether any egyptian intelligence officials and associates tried to get to senator menendez through his wife nadine. i apologize for the noise here as the siren comes behind me. but an attorney for hanna who was arraigned yesterday and pled not guilty denied that his client has any ties to egyptian intelligence. nadine's attorney declined to comment and we haven't gotten a response from menendez's office. that essentially means at this point we have three different investigation into this. we have the senate ethics investigation that senator klobuchar has called for. >> your thoughts about the fbi

counterintelligence probe being another layer to this. >> i think that's really important. remember, he's the chair of the foreign relations committee or used to be before he had to step down, and we do know that on some level he was passing information about our people in the embassy in cairo. that's part of the indictment. that's an outrageous thing to do for an american senator, the chairman of the house foreign relations committee to pass information via different people about our employees in cairo, thereby endangering them. it's shocking. no, i'm not going to be surprise first-degree there's a counterintelligence investigation. i certainly hope there are. i would just note for the record about his statement yesterday with all this defiance about how i save this money in my house because my family's from cuba, he did not address the gold bars. >> right. >> so conveniently dismissed talking about that. i think it's going to be hard for him to say with a straight

face to say he was saving those gold bars. >> are they revisiting any of the work they've done or funds approved while senator menendez was at the helm? >> reporter: certainly that's a big concern. as sind cynthia laid out, this is somebody who has been at the helm of this powerful committee in private meetings. he certainly had a lot of influence over what military aid is approved by the panel before it moves to the senate floor. we heard from senator chris murphy, who chairs a subcommittee having to do with middle east relations. he said the committee should investigate whether egyptian officials benefitted from some of these behind the scenes trades going on with senator menendez. calling for the biden administration to withhold all assistance to egypt as they investigate. take a listen to what murphy had to tell reporters. >> i think it's clear that the

beth path for senator menendez right now isor him to step aside. as a committee, we have a responsibility to understand what egypt was doing and what egypt thought it was getting. there are serious implication for u.s. policy towards egypt. >> reporter: murphy has long called for this assistant to egypt to be examined due to humanitarian concerns. menendez's part on monday when he held that press conference, he went down a long list of every which way in which he would stand in between aid to egypt, that he would question officials there. he was trying to run down this record of course to defend himself against the allegations against him right now, but certainly murphy has told reporters yesterday as well he plans to talk to his colleagues on the committee and see if this investigation is something they can take on, especially while menendez has stepped down from the chairmanship there. >> julie, while you were just talking, an important update, dick durbin, number two senate

democrat has called on menendez to resign. he was asked about this over the weekend. he withheld going there. he is now the 28th member of the senate to call for his resignation. how significant is it that the number two senate democrat is now saying it's time to go? >> he was very careful not to go that far over the weekend. this is very significant. at this point we've heard from top leaders across the democrat party including the dse chair gary peters who's in charge of the campaign arm. me nen dez not disclosing whether or not he plans to run for re-election. the number two senate democrat now saying, quote, leaders in new jersey including the governor and my senate colleague cory booker have made it clear that senator menendez can no longer serve. he should step down. it seems like durbin was waiting to hear from his colleagues and to see what call they would make, but now the 28th democrat, the number two in leadership has now made this call. it is very significant, and as we hear from democratic leaders

during their weekly lunch address today, their press conference, we'll see if majority leader schumer is going to make that call as well. >> pressure is building for him to take a stand. thank you so much, julie tsirkin, cynthia alksne and lindsey reiser. we have other breaking news we're following out of north korea this morning. the pentagon now confirming moments ago that the u.s. has secured the return of travis king, the american soldier who intentionally ran across the demilitarized zone into north korea back in july. nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman is joining us now. josh, does this mean king's on his way home? and do we have any information on his condition? >> reporter: well, according to a u.s. official he is now in american custody. now, we don't know where exactly in the world that is, ana, and we also don't know about his condition. we are hearing just in the last few minutes from the pentagon in a statement from defense department spokesman patrick

rider saying we appreciate the hard work of personnel in the army, united states forces, north korea, and the u.s. is also thanking the governments of sweden and the people's republic of china for their assistance. that gives us a little bit of an understanding. sweden is the protecting power for the united states government in north korea. we don't have an embassy there. we don't have diplomats on the ground there. when the u.s. needs something done in north korea, the swedes typically do that on behalf of the u.s. they clearly played a role. the u.s. pointing to some type of role played by china as well. that may be where he would have transited to coming out of north korea given the border between north korea and china. in the coming hours as private king moves potentially closer to actually setting foot back in u.s. soil, we expect that we will likely hear more from the u.s. government about his condition, about how this all unfolded, and some really key questions that we are going to be wanting to ask as more

information comes to light, ana. what, if anything, did the u.s. have to give to north korea as a concession to bring him home and does this mean for potential improvement of relations between the u.s. and north korea. the u.s. has said they want diplomacy with north korea. >> josh, i wonder could he face any disciplinary action back in the u.s. do we know? >> reporter: absolutely he could. remember, he was declared awol, away without leave, by the u.s. military, and so once he is back in american custody it is certainly possible that the u.s. could pursue military charges against him. he could face dishonorable discharge. he could potentially face time in a military jail if the military decides to go that route, but most likely the u.s. will give him and his family some time to, you know, recover from this traumatic six weeks or so before they would begin anything like that.

>> it's good to hear. it sounds like his safety has been secured. thank you so much, josh lederman. appreciate your reporting. up next here on "ana cabrera reports," financial fallout, a new york judge rules donald trump committed fraud. what it means for the future of his family business. plus, politics priorities, republicans set to hold a biden impeachment hearing tomorrow as a potential government shutdown looms just three days from now. democratic congressman robert garcia will join us to discuss. more than a dozen arrests after a looting frenzy in philly. n arrests after a looting frenzy in phlyil

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welcome back. in a surprise legal ruling, a new york judge found donald trump, his sons and company all liable for committing fraud for years. the 35 page ruling in response to attorney general letitia james civil lawsuit found that trump and his businesses massively overuehis assets and net worth by billions repeatedly. the ruling points to one example in particur where trump kpanl exaggerated the size of his new york apartment claiming it was over 30,000 square feet. the judge saying in part a discrepancy of this order of magnitude can only be considered fraud. this decision comes ahead of the actual trial next week, and that will still proceed to resolve additional claims in the case and the penalty.

joining us now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and veteran prosecutor and trial attorney paul henderson. thanks for being here, guys. ken, this judge did not hold back saying the trump team legal arguments are based in a, quote, fantasy world calling them legally preposterous. what else did this judge have to say? >> that's right, ana, he even fined donald trump's lawyers for making what he called frivolous arguments that he had previously ruled were out of bounds. it's a $7,500 symbolic fine, but important nonetheless. the judge said in a defendant's world, rent regulated apartment thes are worth the same as unregulated apartments. restrictions can evaporate into thin air. this is fantasy world, not the real world. what he essentially decided is donald trump's pattern of exaggerating the value of his properties for the purposes of getting loans and making insurance claims was not just the typical kind of puffery of a

new york state real estate developer and it was fraud. there didn't even need to be a trial to decide that. he's ruling it was fraud and this ruling could have significant repercussions for donald trump's businesses. >> if the judge already established fraud was committed, what exactly is left for the trial? >> the trial's about the penalty and a.g. letitia james is seeking up to $250 million. look, this particular ruling leaving aside what happens in the trial, if this ruling holds up on appeal, it means that donald trump could lose control of some of his significant holdings in new york and could be banned from doing business in new york and his relatives as well for five years. it's really kind of -- some of the repercussions of this are unclear and still need to be sorted out. it is a dramatic move in a civil case, ana. >> paul, i want to dig into another example. the judge noting from 2011 to 2021, e palm beach county

assessorppraised the market value of mar-a-lago at 18 million to $17.6 million, so there was still a range. meanwhile, trump's financial statements put the club's value at almost 427 million to $612 million. think about that discrepancy. >> well, the discrepancy is ridiculous. this is a big blow to the house of cards with all of the legal issues involving trump, and that discrepancy specifically speaks to his expertise as a real estate developer that was so clear in this case. i mean, so many of these discrepancies are part of the problem, and there's so much to unpack here of what he's saying. part of that valuation, what i think is really interesting from this ruling, spoke specifically in terms of what donald trump is now saying in response to all of this is that his brand was worth more than the real estate and that's the real value that could be used and evaluated from these

things. but here's the problem even with the brand. if we unpack that in legal and in business terms, that's the goodwill, the qualified reputation that is quantified and measured, and trump only defines that by his supporters. he ignores his detractors and he ignores facts which are measured in the real estate holdings that don't add up to what he said. he just made these numbers up. it's such a huge deal that this ruling will have a deep effect, not just on this case but on subsequent cases as well. it's going to be a big implication for him, and it's a big problem already. >> ken, even before this trial, as i understand it, just based on this ruling, it looks like trump's already facing some consequences dealing with his llc and the dissolution of that, what's going to happen? what does this mean? >> well, the ruling will be appealed. there will be some legal arguments before all of that bad stuff happens. if it's upheld, it's dramatic.

it means donald trump may lose control of trump tower, for example, his signature property and other properties he's held for years in new york and of the company that employs hundreds of people that manages his affairs. he could find himself banned from doing business in new york. it doesn't do away with the trump organization altogether. after all he's a new york real estate developer. that's the core of his identity. it would really have significant repercussions as he faces these four criminal trials with likely millions of dollars in legal fees coming his way. >> it's the core of his identity. it's also the core of his livelihood in terms of income. ums team does plan to appeal. trump's already suing the judge in this case, and in a statement yesterday, there were lots of them, but in this particular one, he called the judge a, quote, trump hater beyond even a.g. james, and he's also bn arguing that no one wasurt in this situation. his banks are happy, loans are paid. how strong is that public

defense when it comes to the appeal? >> it means nothing. it's so interesting to me that this is his response because he always takes it personally, and this is frequently what we see when we have entities like donald trump that isn't used to being held accountable. beyond just suing the judge, he's suing the a.g. himself in this case. it's just ludicrous that this defense that he's now saying is that there's no fraud because the banks were paid back. let's just look at the logic here. that ignores the risk and doesn't measure the harm committed by what he did. he's basically saying that since he paid back the money from the loan that there's no violation and all that really means is that he just didn't get caught. this is the same type of defense, let's say, for a dui when you say, oh, i made it home. that ignores the risk. it ignores the harm that you caused, and the real harm is measured and it's very clearly

in a case like this he didn't pay the rate he was supposed to pay. he didn't have the insurance that he was supposed to have had. he didn't pay on the schedule he should have had, and the bank lost money. they should have made more money on the loans they gave him, and the potential borrowers that didn't get that money, that's also part of the harm. it's such a clear violation and he has nothing to offer. of course he's trying to say he's going to appeal, and he has to appeal because this has opened the door to such broad liability for him, not just in this case, but in other cases let alone what other states can now do where he has done business in the past and other business entities that he has ongoing relationships with banks, with insurance. this ruling is a clear road map and an open door for them to retroactively look at violations within the statute against him and his business of the future. this is a big problem for donald trump. >> it's complicated. you did such a good job of explaining the implications here. paul henderson and ken dilanian,

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just going and joining a picket line that you created doesn't solve the problem by having a photo op. why don't you sit down in a meeting. why aren't you serious about making sure government doesn't shut down. the first thing i would do, i would sit down with us. i want to sit down with the president to secure that border. >> so that was just moments ago, that's the house speaker saying essentially look over here in the final count down to avoid a government shutdown. three days, that is all that's left to reach a deal, and with

major divisions remaining among house republicans, the senate is now trying to take action moving forward with a bipartisan package to fund the government temporarily through november 17th. again, the clock is ticking on even getting that done in time. let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. what can you tell us about this senate funding bill? is this the best hope to avoid a shutdown? >> maybe a version of it, ana. as it stands right now, that type of package really has no chance of passing the house of representatives. in part because in addition to the continuing resolution, which puts spending levels agreed to during the debt ceiling negotiations. it also includes money for ukraine and also disaster relief funding, and republicans in particular in the house of representatives have described ukraine funding as part of a short-term spending package as a nonstarter, there's even a few senate republicans that disagree with that. so this is going to have to be part of the negotiating between

the house and senate. the house isn't even in a position to negotiate yet. they haven't passed anything. they've started the process of passing through a series of appropriation bills, all of which have no hope of passing the senate. then perhaps they'll get to their own version of a continuing resolution, which will include those border security provisions that the speaker was talking about in that soundbite you played before you got to me, basically what we have here, ana is two sides talking past each other. there's no real negotiations happening right now, and as a result, it seems increasingly likely that government is going to shut down this week. >> we showed those ominous clouds just looming over the capital building right now. this morning the house, ways, and means committee meanwhile is set to hold an executive session on tax materials related to the hunter biden investigation, just ahead of the impeachment hearing into president biden. what do we know about this session today and what can we expect tomorrow? >> well, the first thing we should point out is this is all

happening while the government's on the verge of shutting down. this is what some republicans in washington are focused on right now. the impeachment hearing happening tomorrow, and then this closed door session of the ways and means committee. we do expect it's going to be more revealing about the bank records connected to the president's son hunter biden and what his business dealings had to do in china and perhaps an effort by republicans to tie that back to the president of the united states. they've been unable to do that at this point, but this is something necessary for the ways and means committee. most of the work they do because they are dealing with tax records are sensitive and private. they require a vote of the entire committee before they can release that information. so that's what they're deliberating on right now. they can't even talk about what it is they're deliberating on until they have that vote. we do expect to hear from the ways and means committee chair after they wrap up that hearing. there is the chance they will reveal what exactly it is they're working on at some point today. ana. >> ryan nobles, thank you so much. i want to bring in democratic congressman from california,

robert garcia now. a member of the house oversight committee, which is the committee holding that impeachment hearing inquiry tomorrow. thanks for being here. let's start with the shutdown, whether it is the senate or the house that moves first, the shutdown deadline is just three case away. we keep saying it realistically, can any deal get done before then or is it already too late given all the steps procedurally that have to happen for any vote? >> we obviously want to avert a shutdown. that's what house democrats are united on. unfortunately kevin mccarthy has essentially empowered folks like matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene to completely control their caucus. here we are two days from over 2 million jobs across the country being impacted and just in my home state alone, hundreds of thousands of jobs, and by the way, most of the federal work force is not in washington, d.c., and what are we talking about? we're talking about the sham impeachment just two days before, and so it's really shameful what's happening. we want to go ahead and fund this government. this is a deal that was already

negotiated by president biden and kevin mccarthy months ago, and so he backed up this place where essentially the most exvoices in washington are controlling the agenda. it's really frustraing to see. >> so congressman, we heard from speaker mccarthy as we bumped in from break, what he was saying this morning. he's been saying something similar now for a couple of days, as he's trying to sort of punt responsibility for a shutdown. he's trying to put responsibility on the president here. take a listen to this. >> the house is working on passing 73% of all the appropriation bills of the job we're supposed to do by thursday. we're bringing up on friday ability to fund the government, but at the same time secure our border, so yes, we're doing our job. what does the president have to do with that? if he wants to sit and hide in

the white house and put government into a shutdown tharks on him. >> congressman, first, how do you respond to mccarthy trying to shift the blame to the president? >> i mean, kevin mccarthy should get an academy award for that performance. he has already, we know, negotiated the deal in front that we should be moving forward funding this government without all of these cuts. that happened months ago. to put blame on anyone but himself and folks like marjorie taylor greene who he has empowered in his conference, given the keys way to his leadership is completely ridiculous. we have to fund this government. it's completely irresponsible that kevin mccarthy is choosing to turn his back, trying to put blame on the white house or president or house democrats. the truth is there are also many republicans within this caucus that also want to fund the government. he won't listen to them. he only wants to focus on the most extreme voices. while continuing to call out all the lies, the spectacle, the

politics and the empowerment of these fringe voices within the far right. the maga extremists want to shut down this government. make no mistake about it. they do not want a deal. they want federal workers to be heard. they want the economy to hurt. they want people to lose their health care. this is something we've got to fight back on, we've got to tell the truth about and keep calling kevin mccarthy out for his lies. >> pointing fingers isn't going to help solve this problem. i do want to real quickly read what we just saw in a tweet from the president moments ago, funding the government he writes is one of the most basic responsibilities of congress. it's time for extreme republicans in the house to start doing the job america elected them to do. we have time. let's get it done. a new "washington post" abc news poll found that 40% of americans would blame biden and democrats,

33%, what are democrats doing right now to avoid a shutdown? >> first, president biden is absolutely right. it is the job of congress to get this done. right now congress is controlled by extremist maga republicans led by kevin mccarthy, marge marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz. kevin mccarthy cannot deliver. he has put numerous votes in front of this caucus. >> respectfully you said that, though, already. so what are democrats doing? can democrats be proactive here? >> respectfully it's also the truth. the other piece of it is this, democrats have already said that we want to fund the government. we're already working with the white house. we already have a plan. and don't forget right in front of us, this has already been negotiated. republicans still have a couple of days. they know we want to vote to fund the government. the senate, republicans in the senate also think what's happening right now on the house is crazy, so we're going to get something from the senate here hopefully in the next day or so.

we hope it's a good package, and we hope we can bring together republicans and democrats on our side in the house to actually get something done. there are a group of republicans that also want to move forward. i think what's happening right now is crazy. there is some common ground there. kevin mccarthy's got to put it up for a vote. >> let me ask you about this impeachment hearing into priden republicans. wenow three witnesses are expected to bethere, a forensic accountant, and a law professor. what do you plan to ask these three witnesses? >> i think some of the witnesses on the republican side aren't experts. some of them are political pundits. i think what's really critical here is that republicans are focused on an impeachment inquiry two days before the shutdown. we know that as of today -- and it's been said in your reports -- there has been zero evidence, zero evidence linking any sort of business deals

between hunter biden and the president. hunter biden is a private citizen. he is going through the justice process. he's going through judicial review. there's obviously an open case investigation going on, and he needs to go through that and be held accountable through that process. but the president -- there has been zero evidence linking a business deal. this is essentially a bunch of theater, political maneuvering, and it's about reelecting donald trump. they've made this clear already. marjorie taylor greene has made this public already. this is all about what they can do to strengthen donald trump as a nominee for president. we're going to fight back tomorrow. we're not going to let any single lie go unanswered. we're going to make sure that the american public knows that the president is doing everything he can to move the country forward and this impeachment inquiry is a sham. >> congressman robert garcia, thanks so much for your time. good to have you here. up next on "ana cabrera reports," car talk, gop front runner donald trump heads to michigan. he plans and we'll tell you when his plans are following president biden's history making

appearance on the uaw picket line. plus, a baltimore ceo who was on the forbes 30 under 30 list found dead in an apartment. the urgent manhunt now for a suspect who officials say should never have even been on the street. en on the street

welcome back. the president of the united autoworkers is blasting donald trump this morning ahead of his visit to michigan to give a speech about the strike. shawn fain saying he doesn't plan to meet with trump, and he points out the former president is planning to give remarks about the union strike at a non-union manufacturing plant. fain did join president biden yesterday when he became the first president in modern times to walk a picket line. president biden told the crowd union members should be able to bargain for a 40% raise. >> made a lot of sacrifices, gave up a lot, and the companies

were in trouble. now they're doing incredibly well, and guess what, you should be doing incredibly well too. you deserve what you've earned, and you've earned a hell of a lot more than you're getting paid now. >> maggie vespa is with us from belleville, michigan, now. quite a distinction in optics from the union leaders when it comes to trump's planned speech versus president biden's visit yesterday. >> reporter: yeah, exactly, it will be an interesting contrast to say the least. we're standing in front of the plant where the president came yesterday. just look at the video from yesterday, the president on the picket line with uaw members wearing a uaw hat taking the bull horn first, giving a speech for a couple of minutes. two members there saying things like you've earned a hell of a lot more pay than you're getting now. and then giving the bull horn to uaw president shawn fain. he spoke for several minutes. the president listening arm in arm with members and then the president speaking a second time, kind of bookending the

union president, union leadership. people here say the optics was not lost on them, the enormity of that moment was not lost on them. they were really inspired having the first sitting president to ever take to the picket line. supporters out here on the ground, take a listen to what we heard after the president's speech yesterday. >> plenty of politicians promised to support unions. what was it like to see an actual sitting president show up here and say those things? >> awesome. fantastic. hooray. thank you. he's behind the union, and that really makes us feel stronger. >> reporter: that was the first answer we got, that hooray from jacqueline there. okay, so take all of that, and then put it in contrast with what we expect to see tonight. former president trump arriving here for his prime time speech, skipping the second gop debate, the speech we expect to be in conflict with that debate. as you said, it is going to be -- this just came out in the last 24 hours, at a non-union

body manufacturing plant just north of detroit. union leadership blasting that choice, and again, saying, ana, they will not be meeting with the former president. so again, as you said, quite the contrast here. >> maggie vespa, thank you for your reporting, and now let's turn to california where that stage is set for the second republican debate of the 2024 cycle. seven gop contenders will participate in tonight's debate at the reagan presidential library. and as we mentioned, trump is skipping the debate. asa hutchinson failed to qualify this time. let's get right to nbc's garrett haake who is at the debate site. a number of candidates had dropped out in the 2016 campaign. there's going to be even stronger and more stringent requirements for the next debate. who has most at stake tonight in. >> reporter: well, ana, in the short-term you could argue it's some of those lower polling

candidates like north dakota governor doug buburgum, he's go the most ground to make up to make sure he's able to continue participating in these events going forward. mike pence, chris christie, even tim scott have shown some weakness in polling to suggest they have some work to do. the reality is at a trump-less gop debate when the front runner is leading the rest of the field by 43 points according to the poll that came out this weekend, all of these candidates have their work cut out for them to basically try to elevate themselves and make themselves appear relevant and try and lift it into some kind of two-person race. what you've got is trump so far out in front and these other half a dozen candidates fighting over the same 3 or 4 percentage points they've been swapping back and forth. the candidate who's actually seen the biggest bump in their

polling has been the former president who wasn't even there. if you are ron desantis or nikki haley who is widely considered to probably have had the most effective night at the first debate. this is an opportunity to continue to try to elevate yourself. they've got a lot of ground to make up and not a ton of time to do it. >> you have some new reporting about how the biden campaign is ramping up its strategy to win over latino voters. what steps specifically are they taking? >> yeah, ana, this is the country's fastest growing voting block, but arguably the most misunderstood. just think of how many times we heard that phrase latinos are not a monolith after the 2020 election. because even though president biden did perform among latinos, there was some frustration among leaders in the latino community that the campaign wasn't aggressive enough and didn't tailor its outreach enough to specific groups of latinos in specific states. so, the 2024 campaign is doing things a little bit differently this time around. first off, rolling out their

latino outreach much, much earlier than in 2020, over a year out compared to around four months before the election in 2020. they're also tailoring their ads to specific accents and dialects of the voters that they're trying to reach in these specific states. they're also hiring more bilingual staffers, they are even buying ad time on puerto rican tv stations after realizing that puerto ricoens here in the mainland u.s. still get their news from the island. another effort that they're looking to counter is misinformation that played such a huge role in 2020. remember the powerful gop ads that featured clips of democrats talking about progressive policies, that was spun to mean socialist policies and we did see some support eroded in specifically states like florida. so the biden campaign knows that this is going to be a potentially tight race, especially if it is a rerun of 2020 and they're hoping to erode

some of that support that could go to president trump as soon as they can. >> thank you. we'll be watching to see what sparks fly tonight at the debate. thank you for your reporting as well. next on "ana cabrera reports," retail crime sprees, the massive looting last night in philadelphia. plus, the urgent manhunt for the suspected killer of a young baltimore ceo. ller of a young baltimore ceo. oh, hello! hi! do you know that every load of laundry could be worth as much as $300? really? and your clothes just keep getting more damaged the more times you wash them. downy protects fibers, doing more than detergent alone. see? this one looks brand new. saves me money? i'm starting to like downy. downy saves loads. ♪♪ with fastsigns, create custom graphics that get tails and tongues wagging. ♪♪ fastsigns. make your statement. wayfair has nice prices, so you can have nice things. um kelly? we have champagne taste...

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a manhunt is under way in baltimore this morning for the suspect in the murder of a 26-year-old tech ceo. police say her suspected killer is a repeat offender, who should never have been out on the street. nbc's emilie ikeda has the latest for us. >> reporter: law enforcement at every level is scouring baltimore to locate this accused killer who we're learning has a violent past. just a year out of jail, he's wanted for the death of a young woman seen as a rising star in

the tech industry. this morning, a massive manhunt in baltimore. police searching for this man, 32 jason billingsley. >> we know he probably is armed and dangerous. >> reporter: authorities believe he murdered 26-year-old tech ceo pava lapere, who was found dead in an apartment building with signs of blunt force trauma. investigators do not believe lapere knew her killer, and offered this chilling warning to residents in the area. >> this individual will kill and he will rape. he will do anything he can to cause harm. so, please be aware of your sur surroundings. billings has assault and sex convictions who was released from jail last fall. >> we are tired of talking about the same people committing the same kind of crimes over and over again. >> reporter: lapere's murder shocking co-workers who called her a visionary, and deeply compassionate.

>> ceo and founder of ecomap technologies. >> reporter: lapere founded ecomap technologies, which eventually secured nearly $8 million in financing. she made forbes' prestigious 30 under 30 list this year for her work social impact. >> we mapped a dozen plus ecosystems across the u.s. and the world. >> pava was always a fighter for what was right in the world. >> reporter: mac was a friend and mentor. what was pava like? >> always smiling, always optimistic, always looking to help others. pava was one of the best of us. >> reporter: this morning, lapere's family calling her an inspiration to so many people. she was driven, creative, hard working, and relentless, they wrote. sharing these photos of the beloved 26-year-old whose life was brutally cut short. a vigil in lapere's honor is planned for tonight. investigators are working to find her accused killer and determine if he's linked to any other cases. back to you.

>> emilie ikeda, thank you. let's head to philadelphia now, where roughly 100 people ransacked stores in the city center area overnight with the crowd smashing into stores like apple and foot locker and stealing merchandise. nbc's miguel almaguer has more on the investigation. miguel? >> reporter: the smash and grab scenes are upsetting, especially when you think of regular shoppers in the middle of all of this chaos. it is the reason why some retailers like target are now taking action. overnight, philadelphia police responding to a chaotic scene, large crowds of young people looting stores and damaging property. authorities say they hit multiple locations, including a lululemon, foot locker and apple store, police making 20 arrests, but dozens likely got away. these kind of smash and grab crimes have become all too common, forcing a growing number of retailers to try to combat the thefts. this morning, one of them,

target, is taking drastic action to reduce retail crime. the company announcing it will shut down nine stores by the end of october. three in both san francisco and portland, two in seattle, and one in new york city. the company blaming the closures on theft and organized retail crime, threatening the safety of our team and guests. >> this is crazy. they're locking up the toothpaste. >> reporter: the move comes after videos from inside target stores went viral, showing every day items locked behind security glass, frustrating shoppers. >> since when did my local target start locking everything up? >> reporter: those locked cases just one of the ways the retailer says it tried to deal with shoplifting, saying despite our efforts, we continued to face fundamental challenges to operating these stores. target is not alone. in 2021, walgreens closed five

locations in san francisco over shoplifting fears. and while walmart and nordstrom closed some locations in major cities, neither blamed crime. still, in a newly released survey, conducted by the national retail federation, 88% of responding retailers said shoplifters have become more aggressive and 28% say they had to close some locations due to crime. >> retailers are experiencing unprecedented levels of theft, crime and violence in their stores. >> reporter: now, as another major retailer shuts down stores, retail crime threatens to knock the industry off target. the national retail federation says retailers have lost more than $100 billion because of thefts and robberies like those smash and grabs. all of this happening right before the christmas holiday season gets ready to ramp up. back to you. >> miguel almaguer, thank you.

that does it for us today. thank you so much for joining us. we'll see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. until then, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage next. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. new jersey senator bob menendez faces federal bribery charges in court. what is next as more of his fellow democrats demand he resign? breaking overnight, an american soldier detained in north korea after running into the country back in u.s. custody. why the north says it expelled him. meanwhile, in new york, a judge rules donald trump committed fraud and lied about his net worth for years. how that could have major consequences for his family businesses. tonight in california, seven republican candidates for president face off at the second gop debate. how despite being a no show former president trump will still loom large on the stage. and heart breaking discovery