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right now on "ana cabrera reports," israeli troops raiding the al-shifa hospital in gaza for a second day. the idf claiming they have found evidence that hamas is operating in that hospital. plus a doctor's account of what unfolded as israeli troops came inside. also ahead, president biden on the world stage. his new comments about rescuing hostages from hamas and his high-stakes summit with china's leader. and later, police and protesters clash outside the dnc headquarters. top party leaders trapped inside. how the pro-palestinian protests escalated in our nation's capital. great to have you with us. it's 10:00 eastern, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news
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in israel and gaza. israeli forces storming gaza's l al-shifa hospital for the second time now in 24 hours. israel claiming it found automatic weapons and grenades inside this facility calling it proof hamas was there. meanwhile, back at homings president biden facing an intense round of questions about the war from journalist while in california for his high-stakes summit with china's leader. >> the first war crimes being committed by hamas by having their headquarters, their military hidden under a hospital, and that's a fact. that's what's happened. >> joining us now from san francisco where this summit is taking place is nbc's monica alba and keir simmons joins us in tel aviv, israel. let's start there. keir, what's happening on the ground today, and what more can you tell us about this purported evidence israel is putting forward as proof that hamas had a headquarters at the al-shifa
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hospital? >> reporter: well, ana, just picking up from that sound you played with president biden, we haven't heard on the record from the israelis that they have found tunnels underneath the al-shifa hospital. now, the al-shifa hospital operation is still ongoing this morning, so we wait to see what they do discover, and meanwhile, the death toll continues to rise. we're now learning that 50 israeli soldiers have died in gaza since the beginning of the ground operation. overnight we heard of 50 palestinians flying off to an air raid in eastern gaza. in southern gaza, 26 palestinians dying after an air raid. you can just hear that siren going by. the tension here is still just this morning we heard of a shooting here in israel. gunfire this morning at a check point south of jerusalem, frightened bus passengers taking cover, seven people were
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injured. israeli officials calling it a terror attack saying they killed three assailants in response. inside gaza, israel's hunt for hamas unrelenting. our team filming the aftermath of another air raid. in al-shifa hospital, the israeli defense force says guns, grenades, what it calls a blast door and technology like a laptop are evidence of a hamas operational command center. >> let's have a look at what we found insides very same cabinet that houses medical equipment. hamas, the military wing, of course a vest with equipment, and as always, an ak-47. >> reporter: nbc news was not at the hospital to verify the claims, and so far the israeli military has not said its ongoing search has found hamas tunnels under the building. hamas run gazan health ministry sent this video from the hospital raid. israel says it killed, quote, a
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number of terrorists in the complex. doctors inside telling of people arrested, some stripped naked and saying there was no resistance. >> gunshot was fired against them within the hospital. >> reporter: why so much focus still on the hospital, ana, well, partially because, of course, under international law in the eyes of the world, the israelis need to be able to demonstrate that there is evidence of hamas and perhaps islamic jihad in a substantial way in the hospital to justify what's happened around that hospital over many days. and now of course sending soldiers into the hospital. ana. >> and monica, we will have more later in the show about the talks between president biden and president xi, but for now, let's focus on the questions he faced specific to the israel-hamas war. what are the top takeaways? >> reporter: well, ana, he did say that in discussions with the
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israelis, of course w prime minister netanyahu, the two have spoken about a dozen times over the course of the last six weeks. in recent conversations he said he told them the need to be incredibly careful here is paramount. that was one of the key messages, but the president in this news conference did defend israel's actions as it relates to the al-shifa hospital saying in effect that they were going in in a calculated manner, that their decisions were based in some kind of legitimate reasoning is how the president put it broadly, and i think here also, ana, the president continues to talk about why he says he's mildly hopeful that there could be some kind of deal to release some of the hostages. that's happening here on a parallel track and one that he said he didn't want to detail too much. he got into some of the background before stopping himself while in the room with reporters and his top cabinet officials who have been a key part of some of these negotiations.
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and then also what i thought was notable is the president continues to say he can't put any kind of time line on how long this is going to go but that the u.s. is still going to stand with israel, though they still need to be careful and protective of civilians. we've heard that for some time in addition to the president's continued call for a two-state solution. listen to how he put that piece of this. >> i think the only ultimate answer here is a two-state solution that's real. we got to get to the point where there is an ability to be able to even talk without worrying about whether or not we're just dealing with hamas that's going to engage in the same activities they did over the past -- on the 7th. so -- but i can't tell, i'm not a fortune teller. i can't tell you how long it's going to last. >> reporter: and one other important point, it was our own peter alexander in the room who pressed president biden asking
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him what he meant when he had said earlier in the week we are coming for you in relation to the hostages and really, what the president said is that he meant we are thinking about you. we are continuing actively to figure this out, but that he didn't mean there was any kind of u.s. military action that would be involved in that process. ana. >> thanks for that clarification. monica alba and keir similar mono, thank you both for your reporting. for more we are joined by retired colonel jack jacobs. israeli forces are still inside the al-shifa hospital after going in for the second time in 24 hours, and they say they have found a 47s, hand grenade, military uniforms and a laptop with a photo of a kidnapped israeli soldier on it. does that sound like a hamas military headquarters to you? >> it doesn't sound like a headquarters, but we have to remember that hamas has a wide variety of positions inside gaza and that whenever you establish a defensive position as hamas
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has, you always have alternate and supplementary positions to which you can go. somewhere in gaza is some kind of headquarters, but hamas has always been fragmented and the likelihood is that there are lots of places where hamas has can command and control headquarters from which they can exert some modicum of control over the defense, ana. >> is it israel's responsibility now to care for the injured palestinians that were using this hospital as shelter? what are the wartime rules for a situation like this? >> well, that is the rule. your objective is to destroy the enemy, but once the enemy is under your control, you have an obligation to take care of the enemy. we see that in every single war. it is a big burden to be sure, but that's exactly what you have to do. you have to take care of those who are captured, those who are
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wounded. you have to take care of them. you have to feed them. you have to care for their wounds and so on. and as big a burden as it is, it must be done, ana. >> we have some new video from inside gaza, our own raf sanchez actually embedding with idf troops. take a listen to some of his reporting. >> we've been covering this war for more than a month, but this is the first time that we are seeing with our own eyes palestinian civilians inside of gaza. this is what israel's military calls a humanitarian corridor, opened a few hours each day for civilians to flee on foot and escape the fighting raging in gaza city. a quarter of a million palestinians have taken this route so far, israel says. as a condition of access, nbc news agreed to blur some faces and submit our raw footage to israel's military sensors, though not our final story. >> i think every jew and israeli can be proud of the fact that we're letting innocent civilians out of the fighting area, out of the fighting zone to clear it
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out. >> reporter: for israel, this is proof their war is only against hamas, not the people of gaza. >> but for many palestinians, this feels like forced displacement. this is their deepest national trauma of being moved out of their homes and unsure when or if they'll ever be able to go back. >> reporter: we ask israel's military -- can you guarantee that these people will be able to return home one day? >> i think that that is really going to be in the hands of a lot of different players, and one of the main ones is going to be hamas. >> colonel, those comments that we just heard don't sound like reassurance to palestinians that they'll have a home to return to. >> well, it's very difficult to roll the tape forward and see exactly how this is going to play out. we know that this is going to take a long, long time, and there's something to keep in mind too, and that is that israel and hamas are not the only players in this -- the countries in the region will
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have to play a role in whatever happens when the war is over, that means, taking control of gaza, making sure that civilians are taken care of, that refugees have a place to go, and ultimately over the longer period of time exactly what the solution will be to the difficulties that gave rise to hamas and the war we see now. what's happened up until now is that the arab countries in the region have not participated in what's happening. they will have to do in the future, ana. >> all right, colonel jack jacobs, as always, thank you so much for being an expert resource for us. we appreciate you. we have some more breaking news now here at home where tensions boiled over in our nation's capitol. police and pro-palestinian protesters clashing outside the dnc headquarters in washington. the top three house democratic leaders all trapped inside as
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this violence erupted. nbc's gabe gutierrez is joining us now outside the dnc headquarters. so gabe, how did this end up escalating the way it did? >> reporter: hi there, ana, good morning. well, police barricades are still up here outside of dnc headquarters, and last night democratic representatives and other politicians, candidates were here inside this building during a campaign event when they heard chanting outside, and then things devolved into chaos. . this morning tensions over the israel-hamas war boiling over into clashes. pro-palestinian protesters calling for a cease fire, clashing with the police in front of the democratic national committee headquarters in washington, d.c. videos posted to social media show protesters standing with their arms interlocked blocking the dnc doors as they get into a shoving match with police. dozens of democratic politicians including house minority leader
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hakeem jeffries were insides building. capitol police say about 150 people gathered were illegally and violently protesting which resulted in six officers being treated for injuries including minor cuts, pepper spray, and being punched. event organizers say at least 100 demonstrators suffered injuries after they were pepper sprayed and pushed by police. >> and we came here tonight to say as democrats you need to listen to what the democratic base is demanding. 80% of democrats are demanding a cease fire. >> reporter: war protests erupting across the country from san francisco to new york city where demonstrators at columbia university criticized the school over its decision to suspend two pro-palestinian student groups through the end of the semester. and back here outside of dnc headquarters, there was one arrest last night, and just this morning we're hearing more details from some of the groups that helped organize this protest. they're sharing this video of what they claim started out as a peaceful candlelight vigil, but
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then they've shared images of police moving in. however, just within the past hour, we have heard from u.s. capitol police releasing a statementushing back strongly on the idea that these protesrsere peaceful. the u.s. capitol police say that we have handled hundreds of peaceful protests, but last night's gro w not peaceful. the crowd failed to obey our lawful orders and move back from the dnc where members of congress were in the building. ana. >> yeah, the report is six officers were treated for injuries, minor cuts to being punched, to being pepper sprayed. gabe gutierrez, thanks so much for bringing that to us. now to this breaking news, the house ethics committee just released its report on indicted congressman george santos, and the big headline for this report -- we're still going through it -- they say there is substantial evidence that santos violated federal laws. let's getz right to nbc's julie tsirkin on capitol hill for us. what else are you reading in this report? >> this is the work of the committee that has been poring over this topic investigating
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santos, and now we have this report just in a couple of minutes ago. they say that santos blatantly stole from his campaign, spending campaign funds according to this report, which we are just going through now on things like botox, lavish trips to atlantic city, on only fans, on designer goods. really everything under the sun. he misappropriated official campaign funds, again, that were supposed to go to his campaign for personal expenses. the committee is also saying that santos' conduct warrants public condemnation. they say it was beneath the dignity of the office and has brought severe discredit upon the house. i mean, really going through this house, they are all but recommending that santos be expelled without really going that far. but the things they are alleging in here is certainly damning. >> you say all but recommending he be expelled. what are they recommending then, when it comes to discipline? >> reporter: yeah, they're not recommending that the full house actually expel santos. michael guest, who is the
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republican chair of this bipartisan panel actually told our team yesterday that this is because it would have delayed the release of the report by several months. what the committee does do, which i think is pretty unprecedented when it comes to these ethics committee report, they say the committee has unanimously voted to adopt the investigative report and with it refer the substantial evidence of potential violations of federal criminal law to the department of justice for such further action as it deems appropriate. that is certainly an escalation. we already know that santos is under multiple investigations. he was indicted in new york on 20 something charges. this is really serious, and the committee apparently thinking that this deserves the justice department to look at it once again to take their work and take it a step forward. again, though, that doesn't mean the house will vote to expel santos. we know that move was tried two weeks ago. perhaps this report will change members' minds or make them more comfortable with taking that
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step. >> there's already a federal investigation that's been ongoing for several months. we heard from congressman santos yesterday, still very defiant. let's play part of what he said. >> regardless of what this report says is your plan to fully serve, stay in congress? >> like i said before, i'm staying in office for sure. >> he says he's staying in office. so what are you hearing from his fellow republican members, democrats, any news after this report dropped? >> reporter: well, he could stay as long as he wants, and say he could stay as long as he wants, but ultimately this would be up to the full house. we've reached up to speaker mike johnson. he said santos deserved to have due process. of course his trial is still ongoing with that date set for next september. we did speak to some of his fellow new york republican colleagues, those freshman who like i said two weeks ago took to the floor to try and expel him again. here's what they said yesterday.
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again, this is before the report. watch. >> george santos is a fraud. he should not be a member of congress. >> i'm from new york, my district is right next to santos' district. my voters and i are quite aware of the fraud that he perpetuated. i don't need an ethics report to tell me what i already know. >> reporter: last time you did have some democrats who also joined some of these republicans to save santos at that point. i did ask house democratic leader hakeem jeffries about this yesterday. he said potentially we could see a vote on the house floor at the end of november or early december. he didn't want to give his cards away from what would happen. certainly there's a general sense among republicans and democrats, especially with this report that will help convince some of those who struggled to condemn santos by expelling him that they could potentially make this step and go forward now, now that we have this damning report from the ethics committee with pretty revealing charges. >> julie tsirkin, keep reading that report. we'll come back to you as soon as you've had a chance to get more information for us.
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when we're back in 60 seconds, what president biden got out of his high stakes meeting with china's leader and what they discussed about tensions over taiwan. plus, congress averts a thanksgiving government shutdown. as lawmakers skip town, why are they leaving israel aid on the table? also, new exclusive video of alec baldwin on the "rust" set just days before the fatal shooting of a cinematographer. and later, a body ride in the bahamas turns deadly, the dramatic moments caught on camera as it capsized. capsized. o with titanium and ipad and apple watch se - all on us. only on verizon. watch how easy it is to put on new hands free skechers slip-ins. i just step in and go. sitting? doesn't matter. i don't even have to touch them. ooo, gangsta. in a hurry? there's not a faster, easier way to put on shoes. they know a 10 when they see it.
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real progress made. that was president biden's assessment of his high stakes counterpart xi jinping. and their four-hour meeting outside san francisco was their first in a year as tensions have grown between the u.s. and china. afterward, president biden highlighted some new agreements, and returned to more regular military communications, but he
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reiterated that some things hadn't changed. >> mr. president, after today would you still refer to president xi as a dictator? this is a term that you used earlier in the year. >> look, he is. he's a dictator in the sense that he is a guy that runs a country that is a communist country that's based on a form of government totally different than ours. >> nbc's janis mackey frayer is joining us from san francisco now. so janis, bring us the big headlines and the achievements from the summit. >> reporter: well, there were no big expectations going into this summit that it was going to yield much more than what's regarded as diplomatic low hanging fruit. the agreements to resume direct military to military contact as well as resume fentanyl cooperation, these are two agreements that had existed before but were broken off by china in 2022 when nancy pelosi
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did that controversial business to taiwan. these are baby steps in a sense. there are still some very thorny issues that exist between these two countries, on trade, on tariffs, on taiwan, the south china sea, ai, ip, the list goes on, but what the main objective for the summit was was to be able to telegraph to people both in the united states and in china that these two powerful leaders are talking again, and that would be the main takeaway from the summit. >> janice, we just heard the president doubling down and characterizing xi as a dictator, how's that playing in china, and could those comments undermine any progress made? >> reporter: well, we need to look back to when he first made this comment, it was after secretary blinken had paid a visit to china, waited to meet with xi jinping. this was seen as a big step
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forward after the spy balloon crisis, and within hours, president biden made that comment at a private fundraiser here in california describing xi jinping as a dictator. at the time the reaction in china was angry. it was fierce, it was furious. the official comments coming out of the ministry of foreign affairs were very critical of the u.s. and sort of reinforced this idea where the u.s. is framed as this global bully who's trying to contain china's rise. you fast forward to now and you can see the change in messaging because with that comment yesterday about being a dictator the reaction in beijing has been quite muted and that same ministry of foreign affairs almost dismissed the comment in saying that it was forces trying to sabotage u.s./china relations. so there is the sense that beijing wants it to blow over, that they do want to give this
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reset a chance. >> meantime, there are elections in taiwan coming as taiwan remains a significant sticking point in the u.s./china relationship, so where does this issue stand now after the summit? >> reporter: taiwan is what china calls a red line. there is simply no crossing it. there is no compromise. there is no negotiation. so the chinese side going into this meeting was looking for president biden to reiterate that he does not seek taiwan independence. he will not support it, and that the u.s. will not interfere in what china sees as its domestic affairs. sovereignty reins supreme in this sense. at the same time that this meeting was happening and with the air of conciliation, there were ten chinese military aircraft functioning near taiwan. there were five military vessels operating near taiwan. the ministry of defense says this is business as usual, but it shows that china wants to
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send the message that this is very much an issue that the u.s. should not touch. >> something we'll be watching closely in terms of how the two countries navigate this issue around the election there in taiwan moving forward. janis mackey frayer, thank you for all of that. up next on "ana cabrera reports," even more new details from that house ethics committee report released just this hour on gop congressman george santos, the fallout he faces. plus, what joe manchin is saying about potentially running for the white house. his interview with our own kristen welker. th our own kristen welker
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home of the xfinity 10g network. we're back with more of the breaking news surrounding embattled congressman george santos. the house ethics committee just releasing their report finding, quote, substantial evidence of potential federal crimes. and just to highlight one piece of evidence that they point to, santos reported a $3,000 airbnb
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expenditure, and then you review his calendar finds he was off at the hamptons for that weekend. nbc's julie tsirkin is back with us on capitol hill, also with us now former pennsylvania republican congressman charlie dent and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. so julie, you've been going through this report. there's the hamptons weekend. it appears there are some spa purchases. what more can you tell us? . >> reporter: yeah, purchases for botox, designer goods. there's even a part in here that finds that santos had actually charged taxis and hotels when he was on his honeymoon with his husband. that's a part of this 56-page report. they really -- this bipartisan panel pored over this investigation. they allege many things, including that santos sought to, quote, fraudulently exploit every aspect of his house candidacy. now, ana, you mentioned this earlier. certainly he is under a months'
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long federal investigation . he's been indicted. he's been charged. he has his first trial next september. this committee had a very, very long-awaited report, and they are all but calling for santos to be expelled. they are not going that far, in part because the chairman, the republican on the committee had told us that it would have extended the report's release by several months, but this committee adopted the report unanimously on tuesday having given santos the 24 hours required to read it. now it is out. they are saying, quote, at nearly every opportunity santos placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the constitution, federal law, and ethical principles. this is certainly a significant report. what happens next is the big question as lawmakers are obviously out of town here for the thanksgiving recess. >> so congressman dent, your reaction to what we're learning here? >> well, as a former chairman of the house ethics committee, i have to say this is extraordinary that the committee released the report, you know, prior i guess to the completion of the investigation and that
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they have not yet recommended a sanction, although it sounds like they can recommending expulsion. i have not yet read what they released t just came out. this is extraordinary. what santos is accused of here, of misusing campaign funds for obviously very personal reasons, purposes, that's criminal, and he's got a problem with the federal election commission, the department of justice. i'm curious to see how much of what the ethics committee has just revealed is already known by the department of justice because these investigations are going on concurrently. so he's -- yeah, he's got a big problem right now, and he should resign over this, obviously, and the committee will probably recommend that he be expelled. the question is how fast will they do that. >> and i guess what are they waiting for at this point? we know that they had a vote previously to expel santos, and there was the mind-set of let's wait until the ethics committee finishes their work.
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in fact, 182 republicans at that time voted against expelling him. i imagine there's a lot more pressure now to do something, no? >> of course. yeah, now you've got something really solid. there's a completed report. and by the way, these ethics investigations are very thorough. they're professionally done. if this is what they've concluded, i can't imagine -- the committee i'm sure has referred this whole thing to the department of justice. >> yes, that's what they say they are doing. >> or they will. it's going to be referred so he should be -- obviously they're going to recommend expulsion. i'm just curious as to why they didn't recommend it in this report begin, you know, how serious it is. i can't imagine it will take long, if they have a vote, i'm sure the committee would probably unanimously vote to recommend expulsion and of course then the house would have to take it up. those are the questions i would have for the members of the ethics committee. >> so joyce, the ethics committee does say it's going to turn the information over to the doj. how could that impact the
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federal case, which is already an ongoing investigation? >> yeah, it's a really great question, ana, because this case has already been indicted, and santos faces serious charges, conspiracy, wire fraud, and several other species of fraud including aggravated identity theft, so i think it's important that congress has referred this to doj. of course congress's lane is the political one, and the decision about whether or not santos can remain a member of that body or should be sanctioned, doj will now assess whether there's anything new here, anything that they didn't unearth during their thorough grand jury investigative process, perhaps we'll see additional charges, but given the breadth of this indictment, it may be that it stands as is. >> okay, there are more pages for us to read, we'll keep working on it. joyce, you're staying with us a little longer. we have new comments from west virginia senator joe manchin
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just days after he announced he would not run for re-election. manchin told kristen welker that he, quote, will absolutely consider a presidential run, but says he won't play spoiler. >> i'm going to do everything in my power to make sure and mobilize the moderate, sensible, common sense middle. i'm totally, absolutely scared to death that donald trump would become president again. i think we will lose democracy as we know it. >> manchin announced last week he would not seek re-election to the senate making it more difficult for his party to hold that seat in his red state and perhaps reshapes the battle for senate control in 2024. up next, who just admitted to leaking videos in the georgia election interference case? and the steps being taken to make sure it doesn't happen again. and then later, dramatic video capturing passengers jumping overboard to escape a capsized tour boat in the bahamas. burger and fries... soup and salad.
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and now to new developments in the sprawling georgia election interference case. prosecuts in fulton county are aski f the judge to revoke the bond for harrison floyd. they are accusing floyd of trying to intimidate fellow co-defendants and witnesses. you might remember floyd was the only co-defendant to spend some extended time in jail after his surrender. let's bring in nbc news correspondent blayne alexander and back with us former u.s. attorney joyce vance. what more can you tell us about this harrison floyd situation? >> reporter: well, ana, you said it right there. he was the only co-defendant to spend any amount of time in jail. some would call him essentially labeled as a problem child from the very start. he had a skirmish with law enforcement when he went to surrender initially, so he is certainly one of the lower profile of the 19 original co-defendants, but, yes, fulton county d.a. fani willis said in a motion that she signed herself
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yesterday that because he has been violating the terms of his bond agreement, she wants to put him back in jail. basically he has been tweeting, according to the d.a.'s office mentioning the secretary of state, brad raffensperger, things that the d.a.'s office says amount to witness intimidation. speakingutn a number of ways that are not allowed under the terms of his bond agreement. it's also certainly the d.a. sending a larger message to the other 14 remaining co-defendants that if they do violate the terms of this agreement that she won't hesitate to take some sort of action, ana. >> joyce, prosecutors say floyd's actions amounted to intentional and flagrant violations. what should happen here? >> so it's a really interesting question because this conduct obviously mirrors what we've seen from donald trump. the difference is that this defendant is not running for the white house, so his first amendment rights to political speech are a little bit different. i think it's uncomfortable for us to acknowledge that donald
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trump gets some special treatment in this area, but he does. nonetheless, prosecutors are likely taking the judge's temperature on just how much he'll tolerate from these defendants. this particular defendant was involved originally identifying and targeng shaye moss and ruby freeman, the two fulton county poll work who are had their lives upended ultimately by trump and by rudy giuliani. so the fact that he continues to target and intimidate witnesses makes it entirely appropriate for the d.a. to ask the court to put him on notice, perhaps revoke his bond. but it also serves this additional purpose of trying to cabin the former president's behavior and give him some notice as to just how far he too can go. >> could send a message, we'll see. blayne, there was also that emergency zoom hearing yesterday with the lawyers for all the co-defendants, and someone admitted to leaking those proffered videos of jenna ellis and sidney powell, et cetera.
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fill us in. blayne, can you hear me? okay. we lost blayne it appears. she can't hear us anymore. joyce, we'll just say that it was the attorney for one of the co-defendants there, and we have some sound when that attorney speaks up and says it was me. >> i don't believe that either one of those hurt my client, if anything, i believe they helped my client, and the public needs to know that. >> okay. so joyce, your take on what happens next and just the fact that, you know, this is such a big case. there are so many co-defendants. is that the risk that each of these defendants can maybe have different interests? >> right, so this is not how court proceedings work, and my take is consistent with the judge's take from the bench. he admonished the attorney about trying his case in the court of
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public opinion. he suggested -- and this is a very low key judge, he's not given to outbursts of temper. he was completely am i can't believe throughout this, but he made the point very firmly that cases are meant to be tried in the courtroom, not in the public, and i think we'll see entry of an order that will prevent future abuses like this. >> okay. joyce vance, thank you. our thanks to blayne alexander as well. up next here on "ana cabrera reports," we have new, exclusive video of alec baldwin on the set of the movie "rust" as prosecutors reconsider charging the actor with involuntary manslaughter. and the wife of the gilgo beach killer is in court, and potential new charge in that case. potential new charge in that case
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filming of the alec baldwin movie "rust." nbc news has obtained exclusive production footage taken in the days before the accidental death of cinematographer halyna hutchins. nbc's chloe melas broke the story and has more for us. chloe. >> hey there, these clips shed new light on the procedures and working environment on the set of "rust," including footage of alec baldwin and other actors handling gun and discussing safety. never before seen footage from the set of "rust" where live ammunition was later found to have been present. filmed in the days before the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. >> i'm getting up. then when he drops his arm. >> the clips obtained exclusively by nbc news show alec baldwin rehearsing working with firearms and giving directions to crew members including hutchins. >> hey, everyone, who doesn't need to be right here in the path of the gun, could you
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please move? >> wait a second, if i'm going to shoot right, you want to go on the other side of the camera? i don't want to shoot towards you. >> reporter: according to a source familiar with the matter, these videos are among dozens provided to special prosecutors days before they announced plans to re-charge baldwin with involuntary manslaughter. the footage is just a portion of the evidence that could be presented before a new mexico grand jury. nbc news has not seen the rest of the videos. >> you got a boy of your own, marshal? >> reporter: baldwin's legal team and the prosecution declined to comment on the videos which show the star expressing concern for crew members' safety. >> you okay? >> reporter: and giving orders on the low budget set. >> i asked for the blanket over here, didn't i? like three times. is there a blanket right there. what's that cloth on the ground there? put it over here now. >> reporter: a source familiar with the matter telling nbc news that prosecutors believe baldwin is arrogant hoping a trial would humble the actor and were
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frustrated with his public comments on the matter. >> i feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and i can't say who that is but i know it's not me. >> reporter: this morning a rare look behind the scenes of the troubled production and the actions of its leading man. the grand jury was originally scheduled to be called today, but sources tell nbc news that the judge wanted more time to review materials in this case, but it is expected to begin before the start of hannah gutierrez-reed's trial in february. back to you. >> thank you very much. turning now to an update in the case against the accused gilgo beach serial killer. rex heuermann who's charged with murdering three women on long island was in court for a pretrial hearing and for the first time since he was charged, heuermann's estranged wife was in court for the hearing as well, and his lawyers are saying that she doesn't believe he's capable of being a serial killer. prosecutors also say a grand jury is now considering charges
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against him in a fourth murder and will finish its work soon. msnbc's lindsey reiser is following the developments and joins us now. lindsey, what more are we learning about this case? >> the d.a. is saying that grand jury is looking at possible charges in that fourth case. we're talking about 11 sets of remains on the beach, heuermann has been charged with the murders of three women whose remains were found there. the d.a. won't say if he expects charges in a fourth case, but we know heuermann is a prime suspect in that case. they're still in the discovery phase. there's no trial date set yet, so right now the defense attorneys, they just got their hands on all the crime lab notes. they're going to get their hands on all the grand jury, they're asking for all of the notes from investigators and detectives involved in this case, and heuermann's outside the court said this case is about reality versus fantasy, he said right now there is one strand of hair linking his client to this. this is what else he said. >> he wants to get to the trial of this case. he doesn't want to be tried by the government and just their
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statements. he doesn't want to be tried by public opinion. he doesn't want to be tried by the press. he wants to go into a courtroom, he wants to get the evidence before 12 impartial people and we're confident he's going to be acquitted once that happens. >> and in an interview with "dateline," the police commissioner said they're looking at heuermann and potentially any other links with those other cases. >> tell us about the wife in court. because i recall previously we were told she was blind sided by the arrest, wanted to focus on family, but now is she fully backing her husband? >> she said her adult children were crying themselves to sleep every night. she filed for divorce days after his arrest. but we're learning, we saw she was in her car waiting yesterday before that court hearing and then walking through that throng of cameras. she was there in the courtroom, it appears that rex heuermann looked behind him in the courtroom toward her direction but his attorney said it was unclear if he saw her. says he is appreciative she's here. she reportedly wants to see all the court hearings herself, but
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we also did learn from his -- from heuermann's attorney that she did visit him in jail, that visit lasted about an hour. >> okay. interesting. lindsey reiser, thank you for bringing us that latest. a tourist boat capsizes in thebahamas. we have the dramatic video of the incident. bahamas. we have the dramatic video of the incident ♪ when better money habits® content first started coming out, it expanded what i could do for special olympics athletes with developmental needs. thousands of bank of america employees like scott spend countless hours volunteering to teach people how to reach their financial goals. it felt good. it felt like i could take on the whole world. i'm on a journey to discover it felt good. the human story of gold. how it shapes us... "we're going down?"
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an arrest has been made in the homicide of paul kessler. kessler was the jewish man who was at that pro israel rally in thousand oaks, california, earlier this month when police say he got into a physical altercation with a pro palestinian protester and fell, hit his head. he died the next day. police have now arrested a 50-year-old man on involuntary manslaughter charges. his bail will be set at $1 million. what was supposed to be an excursion to paradise turned deadly. a ferryboat in the bahamas sinking this week with dozens of people on board, claiming the life of one american who was on vacation. nbc news correspondent emilie ikeda has more. >> authorities in the bahamas say they're investigating how that double decker catamaran capsized on tuesday. the ship was transporting tourists to a private island and popular excursion destination for cruise ship passengers when it started taking on water and eventually went down. terror on the seas, when a
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tourist ferryboat in the bahamas suddenly starts to sink. >> our boat is sinking. >> reporter: it all happened on tuesday morning when a double decker catamaran carrying close to 100 people to a private island popular with tourists quickly began taking on water. >> some passengers recording the horrifying ordeal from the boat's upper deck. video showing terrified people on board wearing life vests as the boat starts to go under. >> once we realized we war starting to sink, and we saw the water coming in, people were screaming, people are freaking out. >> reporter: britney and derek were initially on the first level. >> less than five minutes from the first initial, like, splash, and to we're literally up to here. >> reporter: they both decided to jump into the water, along with other passengers, before rescue boats arrived. >> i jumped off the back. and i was, like, i'm going to get out of here. i'm not going down with the ship. so i went out on the water,
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everybody was screaming, crying out there. >> reporter: authorities in the bahamas telling nbc news a 74-year-old colorado woman was pulled from the water unresponsive. she was later pronounced dead. royal caribbean confirming the woman was a passenger on one of its ships. the company writing in a statement, it is saddened one of our guests passed away following an accident, adding our hearts are with the families involved. two others on the boat were transported to local hospitals for care. this morning, authorities are investigating this fatal accident. >> we all had to swim. >> reporter: as survivors recall just how quickly a day in paradise turned into a nightmare. >> mayhem, panic, terror. people praying. people being literally, like, smacked into each other and washed around, just like a movie. >> reporter: and it is not clear why the boat sank while making the popular short trip to blue lagoon island. the cause under investigation.
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the bahamas department of meteorology had a small craft advisory in place at the time, encouraging smaller boats and vessels to stay in port. but we don't know if weather played any kind of role. there were other boats on the water. back to you. >> emilie ikeda, thank you. now ending the hour with a bit of good news. especially if you are a fan of the show "the crown." we're learning that there will be a new episode, and now the first episodes of the sixth and final season have dropped overnight. it is widely expected to be the most controversial season of the show yet, it focuses on a difficult chapter for the royal family, the death of princess diana, the challenging moments that followed for queen elizabeth's reign. first four episodes are now out. the remaining six will drop in december. that does it for us today. see you tomorrow. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00
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