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vowing just hours ago to intensify its activity inside gaza's borders. moments ago hamas released new videos of three of the hostages. also ahead, an emotional night in maine, hundreds gathering to remember those lost in a shooting spree as we learn more about the gunman behind the attack. a big legal week ahead for former president donald trump, a week that could see three members of the trump family testifying in a new york court. brand new nbc news polling on the 2024 republican presidential race with iowa voters weighing in on trump's lead and a new name surging into second place. thanks for joining us. it's 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera. israel vowing to continue and intenify ground operations in

gaza. this video put out just hours ago of what shows idf troop movement within the gaza strip, this as israeli jets and drones are continuing to strike gaza by air hitting hundreds of targets on the ground over the weekend they say. inside gaza the death toll is climbing and the humanitarian situation is growing increasingly dire with only a slow trickle of that desperately needed aid making it over the border. meanwhile, back here in new york, the united nations security council is convening an emergency session this hour on the growing tensions in the region just as hamas releases new video of three israeli hostages addressing prime minister benjamin netanyahu. let's bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel in israel and nbc's chief international correspondent keir simmons in dohar, qatar. lots to talk about, gentlemen. we have to get to this reported

video of hostages. we're not going to show it at this time. what can you tell us about it? >> reporter: so this is a new video from hamas. hamas has not released many videos at all of the hostages inside gaza. it shows three women, one of them is speaking. they are seated together. the woman is speaking in hebrew and makes an impassioned appeal to netanyahu, highly critical of the israeli prime minister to do more to secure her release. obviously owl hostage videos are made under duress. so we have to believe, even if she believes these statements, that this is also hamas messaging. it does come at a time when the israeli prime minister is under increasing domestic pressure from hostage families to do more to secure their release. anger is growing in this country against netanyahu because he's refused to accept responsibility

for intelligence failure that led to the october 7th attacks. it seems like this is a way for hamas to try and sew a wedge in israeli society and try and capitalize on this gap that is already starting to emerge between hostage families, people who do not support the war, do not think that this invasion will achieve any success, puts the hostages in true risk and the israeli military which says the operation is just in its early phases and will expand until hamas is overthrown from power in gaza and is militarily destroyed. as you can probably hear, this operation is still ongoing. it was not an initial blitz like some people had anticipated. what we've been seeing all weekend is this gradual rolling operation that has been intensifying with israeli troops, banks, armored

bulldozers enter the gaza strip. some fol soldiers walking in formation, all under the cover of israeli air strikes and artillery fire and tank fire. meanwhile, the situation inside gaza is increasingly desperate. there's still no extra fuel that has been allowed in, and people are huddled in hospitals. the israeli military is telling people to go south for their safety, come out of their homes if they're still in their homes in northern gaza, waving a white flag, if possible, their hands up, not to be harmed. despite these repeated warnings and these ongoing attacks, there are still many people in northern gaza who do not want to believe, who don't belief it's safe, who don't take israeli reassurances at face value. they're confused and frightened. they're in the area and still in harm's way as they're coming under attack now also from the

ground. >> we're looking at live images right now in gaza. it's a little after 4:00 in the afternoon local time there. richard, hearing those booms during your live shot, it sounds like they're coming fast and furious, these bombardments. >> i've lost you. i'm sorry. i don't hear you. >> i think richard is having technical difficulty. we'll try to re-establish the connection and we want to make sure he and steve stay safe. there was an updated number of hostages, 239 according to israeli officials. we know qatar has been instrumental in a couple hostage releases, too few, obviously. is there any update on talks in getting negotiations back on track? >> reporter: clearly, ana, the hostage videos that richard was just talking about are going to

fuel fury among many in israel. i think we should just say at the outset, that the reporting we've been doing over the past few days, we've been doing prior to that video being released which has just come out. we have been reporting out with my colleagues josh lederman and ken dilanian on exactly what has happened to those hostage talks. what we've learned is that they broke down. they are ongoing, but they largely broke down. there was an evaporation of trust on friday. a former official with knowledge of the talks tell us they broke down over questions about supplying fuel and a lack of commitment from hamas to truly deliver a large group of hostages. so that former u.s. official telling nbc news hamas has been insistent on receiving fuel, and that the israel and u.s. side, plus other countries, wants a large batch of their citizens

released. that former u.s. official, an israel official and diplomat with knowledge of the talks tells nbc news -- confirms the timing, that the talks broke down before the launch of what benjamin netanyahu has called the second phase, the second phase you were hearing behind richard's live shot there before he lost communication. that diplomat describing overnight thursday to friday, talks were going very well on thursday, and negotiators were hopeful a deal could be reached over the weekend, but then going on to say differences emerged early friday which led to talks stalling, before saying there are talks now ongoing. a lot has been said publicly, ana, about these talks over the weekend and on friday. we heard the white house seeming to suggest that it supported the idea of a so-called humanitarian pause to get aid in and hostages out, and that seemed to be

repeated by the national security adviser yesterday, on sunday. there's that aspect. we also heard israeli media reporting that israeli idf believe that these talks were, frankly, just hamas trying to stall, to stall a ground invasion. on the other hand, nbc news told by a hamas official that, in fact, they would not be prepared to negotiate while this bombardment continues. so there's definitely been an evaporation of trust, though we do understand there are still conversations. of course, again, the video you've just been talking about, that very likely will change the atmosphere again. >> our hearts are with all of those families, their loved ones, obviously desperate to see the hostage situation resolved. keir simmons, thank you for your updated reporting. richard engel, our thanks to you

and your team. i know you're on the move. let's turn to nbc national security expert clint watt for the latest on israeli's military movements. clint. >> over the lauft few days israel started its second phase of the ground invasion of gaza. last thursday we saw them conduct what's known as a breach operation, getting to the perimeter in the north. a couple days later they did a second breach and created an assembly area there in the north of gaza, likely to cut off hamas militants who might try to move north for the main effort we're seeing this morning. you who is an area where we have combat information there, tanks, all of the israeli military but also moving up this main artery headed towards gaza city. it looks like they're in constant contact, hamas

militants, israeli military firing up and down the streets. this is going to be the area where we might see intense conflict over the next few days. lots of artillery and air strikes in the zone. secondly, everyone wants to know about the humanitarian situation down here. some trucks are getting across the border, but not enough trucks into the rafah crossing area. the question is how intense will this combat be in the north of gaza, and what's the humanitarian situation down to the south? this all brings us to the larger issues that have cropped up over the weekend. israel, once they crossed into gaza, iran said they crossed a red line. now there are lots of questions about what would other iranian proxy organizations do to maybe open up another front. we saw israel do air strikes in syria over the weekend hitting what they said were military and infrastructure targets that would be supplying missiles to militants here or to hezbollah

which is in the southern part of lebanon, right on the northern part of the israeli border. we've seen rocket attacks from hezbollah going much deeper into the country, past the 3 kilometer mark, which is very non-traditional from what we've seen there. we've seen reports that hezbollah has taken an israeli drone down inside lebanon. secondly we saw protests over the weekend in the occupied west bank, that comes with many that we've seen worldwide. the question moving forward this week is how aggressive will israel's ground invasion be in northern gaza. secondly, will a multi-front war open? the whole middle east region is on high alert to see if this expands into a much larger conflict. >> clint watts, thanks for staying on top of all of that mara rudman, former deputy assistant for national security affairs to presidents clinton and obama, she also served as deputy envoy for middle east

peace at the state department. thank you so much, mara, for joining us. israel says this is the next stage of the attack. what is your sense? is this the long-awaited ground invasion maybe starting slowly and building rather than one big offensive? >> i believe this is the start, and i think that israeli leadership has said this is the start of the second phase of their operations. so this is consistent with how they were planning it. i don't think any of us from outside can fully anticipate what their approach and strategy is, but it's clear that they have launched phase two of their operation as of this weekend. >> over the weekend almost all communications were cut in gaza due to an israeli bombardment. it now appears to have been restored. was that all part of israel's plan, do you think? what was happening during that time do you think? >> well, the reports of

communications being cut were clearly during the very early hours of the offensive, the assault into gaza. israel i think has neither denied nor acknowledged that they were responsible for the communications being cut. but i could see how they might try for something like that to have kind of maximum blindness about what they were doing as they were going in in those initial hours. i am relieved to hear that communications have been restored. it's obviously critical for aid delivery inside, for maximizing protection of innocents and for reporting, frankly, as well to have communications ongoing. >> speaking of the humanitarian situation right now, it's getting more and more grim. a few dozen aid trucks were able to get in over the weekend. again, there used to be a few hundred every day going in,

before october 7th. civilians are growing more and more desperate. thousands of people reportedly broke into several u.n. aid warehouses this weekend taking flour, hygiene materials, other basic necessities. what's your biggest concern, mara, right now as it relates to the humanitarian crisis inside gaza? >> so listen. gaza has never been an easy place for palestinians to live for a variety of reasons. i say that as someone who has been on the ground several times over a 20 or 30-year period. so when you take as a base level an already grim humanitarian situation and you add this kind of conflict to it, it really is a human tragedy. what president biden has been clear about, as has his advisers, is the need for maximizing the full as possible humanitarian assistance to come in. i believe even recently they called for the usefulness of a

pause that would allow more aid to get in and would allow foreign nationals to get out. also, as you had reported earlier, to help with the hostage situation. it's very clear that president biden and his team have consistently been pushing hard for the humanitarian assistance, and i think should take a fair amount of the responsibility for maximizing what has been able to come insofar, even as they work to get much more in. >> okay. mara rudman, i appreciate your insights. thank you so much for joining us today. when we're back in 60 seconds, hundreds gathering in maine for an emotional tribute to the 18 lives lost in lewiston, maine, as we learn more about the warning signs missed before the shooting. a new twist in donald trump's civil fraud trial as several members of his family prepare to take the stand. later, the one where we lost

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in lewiston, maine, a community just beginning to grieve. more than 1,500 people gathered at this local church last night to remember the 18 victims of last week's deadly shooting rampage that left a community in lockdown for days.

nbc news correspondent kathy park has more from lewiston, maine. kathy. >> reporter: after a week of trauma, lewiston is focused on healing. this weekend thousands came together to mourn the 18 lives lost. as families begin to prepare for funerals today, there are growing questions about the suspect's mental health and warning signs. >> reporter: a moving vigil in lewiston, maine, for the 18 victims killed in the worst mass shooting in the state's history. the crowd growing so large sunday night, hundreds stood outside to listen to the service. >> we can never allow lewiston to be remembered for violence. this city instead will be known for its strength. >> reporter: we're learning new details about the gunman's mental health. law enforcement officials telling the associated press they issued a statewide alert last month to be on the lookout for robert card after he made

threats to shoot up an army reserve base and were unable to locate him after visiting his home and boosting patrols for about two weeks. authorities say card received care at a mental health facility this summer. nbc news has also learned the suspect tried purchasing a silencer months before the attack. >> imagine if nobody heard the shots. >> reporter: gun shop owner rick la chappelle said a distributor sent the card ordered to the store. the last layer of verification, this atf form where card disclosed his mental health history. >> there was a question saying he was in a mental institution and had some problems. he answered yes. >> reporter: they never gave him the silencer, but his guns weren't taken away. under maine law that would only happen if he was forcibly committed for mental health treatment. this weekend rob young had to identify the bodies of his brother bill and nephew aaron. >> aaron always wanted to do

what my brother was doing. you can just tell, that's my dad, that's my hero. >> reporter: as the investigation moves forward, we're told by the lewiston police chief, they will continue processing the two crime scenes, the bar behind me and the bowling alley a few miles away. we're told they'll be coming through all the video evidence, the footprints and bullet casings left behind. back to you. >> ka thigh park, thank you. next hour, the illinois landlord accused of stabbing a 6-year-old boy to death is expected to be arraigned in court. prosecutors say joseph czuba stabbed this boy bad yeah al foy um me. police say he was motivated by violence in the middle east and specifically targeted his tenants because they are muslim. next on "ana cabrera reports," we have new nbc news polling with a fresh look at the 2024 republican field.

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. welcome back. believe it or not, we're just about one year out now from the 2024 election and just 77 days

away from the iowa caucuses. this morning we're getting a new look at this race, in iowa specifically with our latest nbc news poll. it shows former president trump still dominating a field, a field that now has one less candidate. former vice president mike pence suspending his presidential campaign over the weekend. nbc's steve kornacki is here to break it all down form us. and nbc's shaquille brewster is on the campaign trail in iowa talking to voters. steve walk us through it this morning. >> donald trump still an overwhelming advantage, far more than 2-1 over his nearest foe. actually nearest foes. nikki haley has moved up into a tie with ron desantis for second place. they're the only two other republican candidates in double digits, above 10%. this poll was conducted just before pence dropped out of the race. you can see where he was

running. he was down to 2% in iowa. he was staking basically everything on iowa as a launching pad for his campaign. surely he was seeing similar numbers to this, and that played a role in his decision. take a look at how the numbers have moved since the last time we took a poll in iowa. that haley movement is one of the stories. she was at 6% and has jumped to 16%. desantis has been running second to trump all year. he dropped three points. that accounts for the tie. desantis had been 13 points ahead of haley in august. now they're tied at 16. you look at haley and you say, okay, she's had sizable growth here. can she keep it going, build on it, make this a race with trump? a couple notes of caution on that. take a look at this. the source of haley's support on this surge, a lot comes from outside the republican party or comes from republicans who view

trump negatively, for instance, independent voters. they can join the caucuses. they'll probably make up about 20% of the caucus electorate. you see trump does very poorly, relatively speaking with this group. he leads, but not nearly the margin he leads statewide. haley has moved well into second place here, doubling up ron desantis. that's a big shift from what we saw in august. haley making inroads with independents, suburbanites who express dissatisfaction with trump. if she wants to make headway, she'll have to appeal to republican voters who say they'd rather vote for donald trump. she'll have to make inroads with that type of voter, not just independents and anti-trump republicans. in iowa, a couple things jump out. first of all, desantis is the most popular republican in this field in iowa, a better score

than donald trump. it's not translating into support for him in the poll. as you saw, he dropped three points. it seems he has the strategy where he really does not engage directly with donald trump, doesn't go after him directly. doesn't take the bait when he's asked to. he doesn't alienate trump supporters. that accounts for the high favorable number, but he's not winning any of them over either. that's his big problem. another big note, one of the problems pence had -- look at this. this is a republican electorate, 32% favorable, 65% unfavorable. trump went after him this weekend. trump has been going after him for two years. he's going back on trump a little bit. it's one of those things, when you get on the wrong side of donald trump and he starts going after you, among republicans, this is what happened. your numbers are going to drop. if there's one real number here, it sums up why pence was failing so badly in iowa. it's this.

this is among evangelicals. they make up two out of every three caucus-goers. mike pence thought he had, a lot of folks thought he had a unique bond with evangelical voters. in our poll, again, conducted on the eve of his withdrawal, here is how the evangelicals broke in iowa. mike pence was getting just 1% of the evangelical vote. donald trump leading the way with 43%. i think if pens looked at that, these are the folks i'm banking my candidacy on and i'm getting 1% with them, what am i doing in this race? >> trump 43% in iowa as well as 43% with the evangelical group specifically. shaq, obviously trump has been getting a lot of attention, in part because of his many legal battles and his trial under way right now. are those legal battles hurting his credibility at all with voters based on what you're hearing? >> reporter: ana, we talked to

some of the iowans who participated in this poll. it's clear there are some signs that these legal fights and legal battles are having an impact on how they view former president donald trump, though not in the most obvious ways. among the republicans we talked to, there's deep skepticism about the legal charges -- dozens of charges that donald trump is facing. there's questions about whether or not this will even lead to conviction. skepticism over the timing of it. you heard from many of them, even those who support donald trump now, concerned that it might make him a weaker capped can't in the general election. i want you to listen to two reresponsibilities, people who say they're not looking at donald trump right now. listen to why they said that and how the legal fights are doing to how they feel about donald trump. >> it's just always in the news. i don't feel that he's, i guess, a man of character, if he's

having all these issues. i feel like that's going to interfere with his leadership as our president. >> all of his legal problems will be a huge distraction. and in the campaign that's what people are focus on. >> reporter: it gives you a sense at one of the numbers that steve was talking about. while former president trump is clearly ahead when you look at the polling, you still have a majority of likely republican caucus-goers saying they're looking at other candidates. and that gives you a sense of why that may be. some people still like him. they like his record. they approve of what he did four years or three years ago, but they're looking at other candidates because they think some of them might be stronger to go on and take on joe biden in the general. >> yeah. 54%, in fact, of the likely iowa caucus-goers say they're open or could be persuaded to changing their mind. shaq brewster, thank you. steve kornacki, appreciate you as well. let's turn to trump's legal

troubles. this weekhr of former president trump's children are set to take the stand, don jr., eric andive van ka all scheduled to testify this week with trump himself expected to take the stand a week from today. meanwhile, in the federal election interference case against him, trump is back under the hold of a gag order. judge tanya chutkan reinstated the order days after jack smith's team allege trump posted intimidating messages about prosecutors and witnesses on social media. trump's lawyer says this gag order violates his right to free speech. joining us, catherine christian, an msnbc legal analyst. always good to have you here. the trump family lined up to testify this week starting with don jr., followed by eric and then ivanka. given there's no jury here, just a judge, how do you think the lawyers will approach questioning? >> well, even though there isn't

a jury, there has to be a record made. if the judge finds the trump family -- ivanka is not part of the case anymore -- liable, there will be a appeal. nothing worse thanavg a case reversed on appea because the questions were inappropriate or you didn't bring out all the information. the purpose -- they're being called as witnesses by the attorney general. they're not the attorney general's witnesses, basically they're adverse witnesses. the purpose of calling the defendants and ivanka is to have them confirm on the record information they can't deny. basically it's going to be yes or no answers, showing them a document. is that your signature? it's going to be bringing up a meeting. were you at that meeting? was so and so at that meeting? they're confirming all the information that will help prove that the documents were falsified, the financial statements were falsified and insurance applications were falsified and it was done with the intent of fraud.

so basically out of the people who were part of the trump organization's mouths, even they confirmed it. they're not going to say, of course, we intended to defraud, but by confirming meetings took place when other witnesses said that's when those conversations happen, confirming documents where other witnesses said that information is false, that's how the a.g. is intending to prove they are liable for this fraud. >> basically don jr. and eric are right there at the top of the organization's echelon, right? they are specifically named in this lawsuit. are they forced to testify here? >> they are not forced -- well, they have to take the stand, but they can if they are concerned about criminal liability, they can take the fifth amendment. >> that could be used against them? >> yes. there will be no jury, but the judge can hold it against them. the answers they would have given would have been harmful against them. that's basically the charge that will be given to the jury.

instead the judge will take that into account. ivanka is out of it. she's no longer a defendant. she was there and she was part of the organization which is why she's being called. if they lose, if trump loses, the organization, eric, don and fair father will be prohibited for life from being on top of a business for life in new york state. obviously there will be appeals. this is a big deal not just for their father, bup them, too. ivanka is no longer a defendant. >> you mentioned the appeal. obviously trump continues to try to paint this narrative that this judge is just purely anti-trump. that's not going to obviously help him in the courtroom of judge engeron.

>> even the gag order that the judge gave was so limited. it was just don't target my court staff. of course donald trump in less than a month targeted his court staff, specifically his law clerk. there's nothing on the record that the attorneys, if the trump family and the trump organization loses this case can point tobias on behalf of a judge. >> excellent, as always. thank you for your analysis. good to see you katherine christian. returning to our coverage of the israel-hamas war, anti-war demonstrations unfolding around the world. in europe massive crowds from versailles to london, from madrid to rome, calling for a cease-fire this weekend. here in the u.s. we're tracking new concerns over an uptick of anti-semitic. violence threatened against

jewish students at cornell's center for jewish living. stephanie gosk has the details. >> reporter: the war in the middle east has triggered an alarming rise of hate crimes, especially on college campuses. it has gotten the attention of the white house which nbc news has learned will announce a new plan to support local and state law enforcement. this morning growing concerns over the rise of anti-semitic incidents on college campuses across the country, the latest at cornell university. police guarding the center for jewish living and the president of the school has notified the fbi of a possible hate crime after she said, quote, a series of horrendous anti-semitic messages were posted online. she writes, the virulence and destructiveness of anti-semitic on campus is real and deeply impacted our jewish students, faculty and staff. over the weekend the dean of uc berkeley school of law writing in an op-ed, i'm a 70-year-old

jewish man. never in my life have i seen or felt the anti-semitism of the last few weeks. it follows an incident where a pro-palestinian groups posted on the side of our building "glory to our martyrs." this as nbc news has learned the biden administration is set to announce new steps to combat anti-semitism and islamophobia. the anti-defamation league reports since the war began three weeks ago, there have been 312 reported cases of harassment, vandalism and assault targeting jews, up nearly 400% from the same period last year. >> what we're seeing today in america, it's not just a war in israel, it's a war on all jewish

people. >> the council on american islamic relations citing more than 800 complaints across the country since the beginning of october. thousands of protesters shut down traffic on the brooklyn bridge. the jewish voice for peace protesting during friday's rush hour. there are protests overseas in london, madrid and rome, thousands calling for a cease-fire. in car ranity, pakistan, protesters denounced the war, some burning israeli and american flags. back to the incident at cornell, campus police are investigating the anti-semitic messages and say they'll remind on site to ensure students and community members are safe. >> stephanie gosk thank you. i want to bring in nbc's aaron gilchrist for more on nbc's exclusive reporting on the white house plan to fight anti-semitism on college campuses. what exactly is the white house looking to do?

>> reporter: stephanie touched a bit on this a moment ago. this is an effort being led essentially by the department of justice and department of homeland security. a big portion is to make sure those federal agencies are now including campus law enforcement in some of the conversations and engagements that are already happening with state and local law enforcement to make sure they are aware of threat assessmentions that have already been collected by federal agencies and to make sure they have access to resources that are available to them to try to deal with and combat some of these anti-semitic issues. that includes being able to access some 200-plus security advisers at the department of homeland security. they're being tasked with proactively engaging with schools to figure out what exactly their needs are. the department of education also has a hand in this, obviously, as we're talking about college campuses. that agency has been tasked with updating or speeding up the updating of its civil rights complaint form for the first time in history, making it clear

that the law prohibits certain forms of anti-semitism and islamophobia on college campuses. that knowledge, the administration thinks, is going to be a key part of what these colleges can do and have access to in order to combat these issues more robustly. we know the second gentleman, doug emhoff, who is jewish, will be leading a conversation with the secretary of education and leaders from some of the major jewish organizations around the country. that's part of the effort to proactively, as the biden administration has been trying to do since it took office, to engage on these issues both domestically and around the world. >> a lot of sentiment from members of the community here how this is such a time of fear they're facing. aaron gilchrist, appreciate that. thank you. up next on "ana cabrera reports." breaking news on the end of the

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the union is not officially commenting on this. we're still waiting to see what might come out of that. here's what we know broadly about the situation. the uaw says it has gotten a 25% wage bump across the length of a contract with both ford and stellantis, and talks about other things including cost of living adjustments and retirement benefits, and there's alsoeen job security in the ectric vehicle battery space, so those are the things that we know about from the ford and stellantis deal. we'll be looking to see what comes out of a general motors tentative agreement. this was the last company of the big three to be reaching an agreement with the united autoworkers. all of this really is like dominos falling. this has all happened in the last few days. since late last week this has been going on with one company after another. it appears that this strike is coming to a conclusion. >> and so does that mean everything goes back to normal

immediately, or what does the, you know, getting business up and running again look like? >> yeah, there are definitely going to be upstart costs to this. remember, it's not just -- >> uh-oh. we lost jesse there. thank you, jesse, for that the rog. the breaking news, the united autoworkers strike is over, at least at the moment. deals have been struck with all of the big three automakers and of course more details as we get them we'll be passing along. up next here on "ana cabrera reports," hollywood marks the tragic passing of actor matthew perry, what we're learning about his death and how he's being remembered when we come back. they switched to google tools for education because there's never been a reported ransomware attack on a chromebook. now they're focused on learning knowing that their data is secure. ( ♪♪ ) the subway series is taking your favorite to the next level! like the #20. the elite chicken and bacon ranch. built with rotisserie-style chicken and double cheese.

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welcome back, in mexico the death toll is climbing in the aftermath of hurricane otis. authorities saying 43 people are now confirmed dead in the resort city of acapulco after the category 5 storm slammed into mexico's coast last week. the damage remains widespread, debris and mud are filling roadways and so it's been slow to arrive in terms of aid in that area because so many roads are still blocked, and you can see the extensive damage and the infrastructure that's destroyed, power has been restored to only half of al pull coe. he was an actor that could bring an audience to laughs and

tears by changing the inflection of a word. matthew perry best known for his role of chandler bing on friends died over the weekend at age 54. let's bring in nbc news entertainment correspondent chloe melas. how is hollywood remembering him today? >> tributes are pouring in as this investigation is continuing. as of right now, the autopsy by the medical examiner's office, it was inconclusive. it's been deferred now, and it will be about 6 to 12 weeks until we get that toxicology report. >> this morning as fans mourn the loss of one of their greatest friends, we're learning new details about the investigation into matthew perry's death. a source telling nbc news that the 54-year-old actor was discovered by his assistant. law enforcement says he was found unresponsive in a jacuzzi at his pacific palisades home saturday. >> responded to the the drowning. >> reporter: sources say there

was no obvious signs of trauma or foul play. the cause of the death unknown pending toxicology testing. perry's last instagram post just five days before his death was this photo of him in a swimming pool. his family telling people magazine we are heartbroken by the tragic loss of our beloved son and brother. >> pivot, pivot! >> shut up, shut up, shut up! >> at just 24 years old, he landed role of a lifetime for ten seasons charming fans as chandler bing on the hit nbc sitcom "friends." in 2021, perry reflecting on the special bond with his costars. >> after the show was over, if one of us bumped into each other, that was it. that was the end of the night. you just sat with the person all night long. >> former nbc entertainment president warren littlefield says perry was just as quick and

witty offscreen. >> his mind worked so fast. he was so adept, but also the heart that he had. >> he opened up about his decades long battle with drugs and alcohol. >> i didn't watch the show and hadn't watched the show because i could go drinking, opiates, drinking, cocaine. like i could tell season by season by how i looked. >> now as fans grieve outside the famous friends' building used on the show, tributes are pouring in. selma blair who called perry her oldest boyfriend posting i loved him unconditionally. i'm broken. gwyneth paltrow also remembering perry for his humor and kindness and the magical summer they had during their brief romance in 1993. in an emotional video, hank azaire ya said the ar tor was like a brother to him, adding it was perry who took him to his first aa meeting. >> he was so caring and giving and wise and he totally helped me get sober. >> perry himself hoping to be

remembered most for helping others! if somebody comes up to me and says i can't stop drinking, can you help me? i can say yes and follow up and do it. when i die, i don't want "friends" to be the first thing that's mentioned. i want that to be the first thing that's mentioned. >> nbc news now has some new information about the hours before matthew perry passed away. we know from his former pickleball coach who spoke to nbc news just moments ago that matthew perry was playing pickleball that morning for about an hour, and matthew says that he spoke to perry just last week, and he said that he was doing great. from what i heard and what i knew, that's the worst part about this. when i spoke to him, he was chipper and upbeat. he was who he is pumped always about life. >> so sad. he was so beloved and so young, chloe melas, thank you. that does it for us today, see you back here tomorrow as always sameme