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today. it's good to be back with you in this second hour of "chris jansing reports." also coming up, north carolina's lieutenant governor with a bomb shell report denying that he made highly inflammatory comments online more than ten years ago. what the newest scandal surrounding mark robinson means in his run for governor. and donald trump speaking at an anti-semitism event telling jewish voters they will be to blame if he loses in november. we'll have the latest reaction. and a shocking case in kentucky as a sheriff charged with gunning down a judge inside his courtroom chambers, what we're learning now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin in north carolina with nbc's antonia hylton covering the scandal around republican gubernatorial candidate mark robinson. antonia, what's the latest? >> reporter: hey, chris, well,

the robinson camp continues to deny what's in this bomb shell report, which for anyone who hasn't heard, although i doubt there's too many people left who haven't, includes a range of remarks from self-identifying as a perv, who had memories of peeping on women without their knowledge or consent. calling himself a black nazi, saying he wishes slavery could come back, and if it were available, he would buy slaves himself. and these have really shocked campaigns and staffers here. voters i have spoken to on the democratic side, people have been gleeful, preparing to use this in digital ads that are about to start coming out. they're planning here in conversations with voters to draw contrast between the harris campaign, trump and his relationship with robinson who he has previously called mlk times two or martin luther king on steroids. so expect to see a lot of them sort of tying the republican

ticket together on this. and then on the republican side, we've seen a range of reactions. some of the state level officials here have started deleting photos of themselves with robinson at past events. others on the hill have made comments kind of leaving open the door the possibility that these allegations are not true. but what you haven't seen is people come together and say certainly that he should drop out. 11:59 p.m. was the -- that was the deadline last night, and we haven't seen him step out of this race, so really, expect democrats to keep pushing on this now that he's essentially stuck in here. take a listen to some of the governor cooper, roy cooper's remarks earlier today. >> you have made lots of posts and statements in the same vein, so there's not a whole lot new here about mark robinson's character. they have known who he is, they have embraced him, supported him

from day one. >> reporter: and, chris, keep in mind, this is a state with a lot of people who identify as independents and moderates who are still waiting and watching all the time to see what decision they're going to make in november. so all of this is really critical right now, especially particularly on the harris campaign side. they're looking to use stuff like this to forge a path to see if she can turn the state blue in just a few weeks. >> antonia hylton, thank you for that. we have that breaking news out of lebanon where israel says a targeted strike took out a senior leader of head bow la. keir simmons is reporting from beirut for us. what more do we know here? >> reporter: we're hearing from iran saying the deputy commander, that he has been killed. also hearing from the israelis. they are saying that this air-raid assassinated a notorious hezbollah commander,

ibrahim aquil. he was wanted by the u.s. for the famous bombing in beirut in 1983. there was $7 million from the u.s. for information about him. 12 killed in that bombing. 66 injured. that's a picture of him from as you can see a very long time ago. a shadowy figure. the pictures from the street here from beirut show frankly some devastation with the front of the building blown off. you know, they have lived with the threat of war in lebanon for a long time. this is what happened after a single israeli strike, and we have seen the drum beat of war, if you like, increase over the past 24 hours, with israel launching artillery and air strikes across the border, into lebanon, and hezbollah firing

rockets towards israel down on the southern border in lebanon, northern border for israel. the fear, of course, is that this is the ratcheting up of tension to the point that it could be an all out war. that has been a fear for almost a year now, chris. so far it has not happened, but this in a week where you saw those explosives in pagers, and walkie-talkies, kill and wound many here in lebanon. it does look as if this is a concerted campaign by israel to take out its enemies. >> keir simmons, thank you so much for that. more controversy surrounding comments by former president donald trump telling jewish voters that they will bear, quote, a lot of blame if he loses. nbc's ali vitali is following this for us. walk us through exactly what he said and where he said it. >> reporter: two events were

billed adds fighting or combatting anti-semitism. the comments that are making headlines today out of those meetings is that trump, while lamenting his lack of support or not enough support from jewish voters told them they would have a lot to lose in this election, and said that they would also share some of the blame if he were to lose in november. i'll let the former president speak for himself there. watch. >> most popular person in israel. here it doesn't translate. it's a strange thing. all i have done for israel, i received 24% of the jewish vote. now, think of this, i really haven't been treated very well. that's the story of my life. >> in my opinion, the jewish poem have a lot to do with a loss if i'm at 40%. 60% of voting for kamala. >> reporter: we have looked to the former president and his aides for some kind of explanation behind this. they instead point to the policy

changes that trump made during his presidency, continuing to show his alliship with israel. we even know if recent weeks as recently as recently weeks he's met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. those are the things that they would point to, but we also see the american jewish committee saying in response to trump's comments in part, both candidates should work to earn the support of our community based on policy, they say, but they also make sure to include let's not make this election and its outcome about the jews, and another part of their statement, they pick up on something that trump said, where he said a certain person of jewish voters are going to vote for the enemy. the american jewish community said none of us is voting for the enemy. an example of divisive rhetoric that members of the trump orbit said needs to be tamped down on in the landscape we are in right now with such threats to trump and other key political figures that we have seen.

that of course not a deescalation of rhetoric but a continuation. i have covered trump over the course of the last seven or eight years. every time he talks to groups of jewish voters, these are quotes and sentiments we have heard from him time and again. >> ali vitali, thank you for that. now to a shocking fatal shooting of a kentucky judge in his own chambers. nbc's maura barrett is following this story for us. what do we know about this, and the sheriff who's now accused of murder? >> reporter: and now officially charged with first-degree murder. all of this unfolding at 3:00 p.m. thursday afternoon. what we know from investigators is that there was some sort of argument between judge mullens of the ledger county district court and sheriff stein. we don't know how it unfolded in terms of the argument. ultimately the sheriff allegedly shot him several times fatally. we obviously know now. and he turned himself into police. he's being held in a neighboring

county. the way this would unfold, these crimes would be arraigned before judge mullens, and obviously that's not possible right now. investigators are trying to figure out exactly how this might have happened. they say that there's likely camera surveillance video inside the courthouse, but probably not in the chambers. they know they were other people inside the courthouse as this happened. again, nobody else in the chambers. so for a community where the county houses 20,000 people, a small population, the community is understandably grief stricken and shocked, the state of kentucky, all of the courts are flying their flags at half-mast in mourning of the judge. he served the last 15 years in the community, and has been a champion for substance abuse, especially for people in the prison system, helping them get treatment. this was someone that was well known and respected in the community. obviously a lot of mourning and questions to be answered today. >> maura barrett, thank you. when we're back in 90

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minnesota, and south dakota. and while virginia and minnesota are reliably democratic and south dakota very republican, this comes at a particularly fraught time with both sides preparing now for what is expected to be a contested post-election. nbc's ryan nobles is live at a polling place in virginia. talk about what you're seeing there today, ryan? >> reporter: yeah, chris, we have been to two different polls locations in the commonwealth of virginia. prince william county where we are right now in fairfax, virginia, two consequential counties and the enthusiasm levels are off the charts. long lines, people anxious to cast their ballots, 45 days before the election. in a bit of a change from previous years, it's not just democrats voting early, it's republicans as well. take a listen. >> we want to make sure that we're able to do it. i mean, we don't know what the future holds, and we were able and ready.

>> felt great, and we normally vote early. >> they got it all set up pretty quick, walk in, mark your ballot. >> well, i prefer voting on election day. sorry, but i was raised that way. >> reporter: and in addition to all the activity we're seeing at polling locations, we're also seeing the parties make a specific pitch to their voters to get out and vote as soon as possible. this is an example. this is a democratic event that's taking place in manassas. very close to one of their early voting locations, and we see democrats making a specific pitch to get their voters to the polls. in fact, we're going to talk quick here with senator mark warner about this effort. senator, virginia, one of the earliest states in the country to start voting, how important is it for democrats to get their voters to the poll even before election day. >> get out. vote early. you're seeing huge energy, not just here in manassas, but across the whole commonwealth. you know, ryan, in virginia, we

say we have an election every year, this is the most important year. this year, we're telling the truth. it's the most important election of our lifetime. >> senator warner, thank you so much for that. >> thank you, ryan. we'll continue to see this all day long. virginia, these counties, they'll have multiple early voting locations that will open as we get closer and closer to election day. they expect at least half of the voters in virginia to vote before election day. chris, back to you. >> ryan nobles, thank you so much for that. joining me now, steve symon, secretary of state for minnesota and president of the national association of secretaries of state. it's so good to see you, and you said in an interview that this year you're hoping for high turnout and low drama. what are the chances of that? >> yeah, if i could wave a magic wand, those are my two wishes. i'm actually cautiously optimistic. i think we have learned a lot from 2020, particularly about the drama part. we have learned a lot from a security standpoint, we have learned a lot from just the

rhythm of the system standpoint. i remain an optimist about all of that. >> we have been reporting on election offices being mailed suspicious envelopes, white powder, those kinds of things. some states are installing panic buttons for their workers, which brings me to the question, are you worried at all right now about states being able and your state being able to recruit enough people, first of all, to actually run the election. we know that some people have said, who have done it in the past, they're afraid. >> when you read reports, no one faces threats or intimidation, speaking for myself, it takes 30,000 people to be poll workers. 30,000 people have to step up and do the job. in our state and most states, there are good laws on the book that ought to ensure a tranquil experience, ought to ensure stability in an early process, things like restricts on who can be in a polling place, what they can say and do in a polling

place, including challengers, challenging people's eligibility. i'm confident with experience we have had with past elections and the good laws on the books not just in minnesota but many states, we can contain that problem. what i'm more concerned about is the other 364 days of the year. the elections administrators, not necessarily on game day, but the other days, they continue to be targets, and got to get our arms around that as well. >> i can't imagine a more challenging time to be president of the association of secretaries of state, so good on you for that. but i know you're in touch with folks elsewhere, and i wonder what it is that keeps you, that keeps them up at night as you look ahead to the election and the days following and the vote count? >> well, i think -- i'm not wanting to speak for any particular secretary, my observation is every secretary wants the same thing, people can go about their business, vote without fear of intimidation or

harassment, and that sort of thing. they want access and security. and i think all of us in this community, secretaries of state but folks at the local level as well, we are really having each other's backs, that we must. we don't agree on every policy and nuance and detail. we're in the democracy business. >> what does that mean as a practical matter? does it mean most people who vote in your state and others might see a larger police presence or a security presence? what should people know about frankly just plain old security? >> yeah, plain old security, they should know there's been a ton of communication and planning up, down and sideways, so with federal partners like the department of homeland security and the fbi and in minnesota and other states, local law enforcement, and folks at the county and city level. not just on the election day, the electoral college, every state, minnesota and every state will convene the electoral

college. we don't want that to be a focal point or target for any planned disruption. from the beginning to the end of the process, we really from the standpoint of physical security are on it. how that will play out in different states is different. minnesota law is different as to other states in terms of what you can do on game day with law enforcement present at the polling place. what i do know is in every single state, without exception, law enforcement can at some point, and will, if need be, be called to a polling place if there is disruption. if there is the prospect that a voter will be harassed or threatened or intimidated. they are on a moment's notice ready to come to a polling place if the need arises. >> you were among the officials who signed on to a letter raising concerns about the ability of the u.s. postal service to handle the mail-in ballots in election season. they will get half of people voting early.

have you received any reassurance from the postmaster general since then? >> yes. we have, and i think they're taking the challenges seriously. and what we have said to them is, look, we've got 46 days. we need assurances there will be resources in play, extra training and emphasis in play, and that you'll give us and the states advice about what to do in our own particular states. the difference between letter being a day late can be the difference between a vote counting and not counting, depending on what state you're in. they understand the gravity. they have to do what they have done in the past, including the covid election of 2020, redouble their efforts, making sure they're spotting that elections related mail, giving it priority over the other kinds of mail, and those are the assurances we're seeking, saying some of the right things. we expect it. i think we'll see it. >> steve simon it's good of you

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the trump-backed candidate for governor of north carolina refuses to get out of the race, denying cnn reports he made disturbing comments on a pornographic web site message board, described as sexually explicit and lewd. nbc news has not verified the

authenticity of the post, which reportedly date back more than a decade. robinson has issued a flat denial, in fact, he says it's all a hit job. look, i'm not going to get into minutiae of how somebody manufactured these salacious tabloid lies. i can tell you this, there has been over $1 million spent on me by ai, by a billionaire's son who's bound and determined to destroy me. what people can do with the internet now is incredible. >> the implications go beyond the governor's race. the trump campaign is trying to distance itself. recent polls show north carolina in striking distance for kamala harris, a state that has voted republican in ten of the last eleven presidential races and is considered a must win for donald trump. democrats see an opening. inless than 24 hours, the dnc launched a billboard campaign that seeks to tie trump to robinson, and they're about to release a digital ad as well.

joining me now, jonathan capehart, pulitzer prize winning journalist, msnbc host and associate editor at the post. sarah matthews is former trump white house deputy press secretary. great to have both of you. before this scandal, polling suggested that robinson was significantly behind in his race for governor, but the state's presidential race has been tight, and 16 electoral votes are at stake. do you think this could impact turnout, change minds, force the trump campaign to spend more resources there? will it make a difference in the presidential? >> quite honestly, i'm not sure. and this will speak to the power of donald trump. it might not have any impact on him because people go to the polls, they're going to go to the polls to vote for him, and might not care who the other republicans are down ballot. however, it could have an impact on the periphery, on the margins. those republicans who are still on the fence about they're not

quite sure about vice president harris, but they are pretty certain that they don't want to vote for trump and that here's this guy who is in -- has trump's backing, like full backing. trump called him martin luther king on steroids. and this guy, according to the cnn report, you know, messaging on pornographic message boards saying all sorts of incendiary things, calling himself a black nazi, and saying that some people should be enslaved and that he would buy some slaves if he could. so it's just a matter of whether the voters of north carolina split the ticket, vote for president, and then skip the gubernatorial race, but i think in terms of the voters of north carolina, i would be shocked, shocked after this report that governor robinson's campaign goes anywhere. >> so, sarah, the trump campaign responded this way. i'm going to read from their statement. president trump's campaign is

focused on winning the white house and saving this country. north carolina is a vital part of the plan. it goes on promising the campaign will not take its eye off the ball. notably absent is any defense of robinson. could this be a problem, do you think, for the trump campaign? >> i certainly think it's going to be an issue, look, they're distancing themselves already, but it's hard for them to distance themselves when this is trump's hand picked candidate, and look, it speaks to the larger issue with trump and him backing these candidates who are questionable. and this is someone who could have been easily vetted, and republicans in north carolina could have had a better option, and this could be a potentially winnable race for them, but instead everyone goes along with the trump endorsement. we have seen it time and time again. and then it continues to backfire on the republican party. and i'm a republican who's sick of losing. i don't know why we continue to nominate these poor quality candidates, but it's not even just a candidate quality issue. it really speaks to a voter base

issue because we continue to reward these types of candidates, and just go along with trump and so when you have someone like trump who is shameless and depraved at the top of the party, then you're going to continue to get candidates who are shameless and depraved as well. so i think that this could be an issue for the trump campaign in north carolina. now kamala harris could be in striking distance in this state, a state that i imagine they didn't think was going to be in play, the trump campaign, and now they're going to have to pour millions of dollars in the state, spend more time defending it, and i think that kamala has invested in the state, she has been there several times in the short time she's been the nominee, and so i think that it's potentially an issue for them. >> so, jonathan, the harris campaign didn't waste any time. they posted a couple of compilation videos of trump praising robinson. one is set to the song best friend. here it is.

♪ this is martin luther king on steroids ♪♪ the chosen, like a fine wine, that's what you have. ♪♪ some people look at it and say, young voters, they're going to watch that. they're going to send it to their friends. look, i think you're absolutely right, jonathan, for the die hard trump folks that nothing's going to change it. but for that one or 2% that the polls are suggesting may be actually really truly undecided, maybe deciding whether or not to go to the polls at all, including young voters. i wonder if that's where that's headed. they've got a lot of money, it doesn't cost that much to put up something digitally, but it's clearly very specific, targeted. it's a decision that they've made. >> right, and that gets to -- that visually gets to the point i was trying to make in my first

answer that what's happening in north carolina at the presidential level could impact those republican voters for whom trump is somebody that can't possibly vote for, and so what vice president harris and her campaign are trying to do is to convince those people to not -- to not skip the presidential volt. or to actually proactively vote for her because donald trump, at the top of the ticket and the people he has endorsed, mark robinson for governor are just anathema, and they can't possibly, possibly, allow themselves to stay home for all the reasons that sarah pointed out. i would also point out that this digital ad is very cheeky, it plays to the young, and i think it also -- the flip side is to remind young voters and democratic voters in north

carolina who still might be on the fence, those undecided voters that you know what, yes, because of that connection i need to get out and i need to get out and vote for vice president harris. >> in our final minute, sarah. it turns out donald trump is going to be in north carolina tomorrow, and mark robinson is not going to be at the trump event tomorrow. strategically from their side, do they ignore it, act as though donald trump never called him martin luther king on steroids? >> yeah, i imagine they're going to create distance between themselves and mark robinson, and refuse to acknowledge his existence but the kamala harris campaign has been really smart with how they're tying trump and his past comments and endorsement to robinson. it's something they can't escape, even if they try to act like it's not an issue. i imagine the trump campaign is going to continue to say things

like this is about the presidential campaign. we're focused on this. this is our task at hand. and the thing is, though, that he continues to endorse these types of candidates who are losers just like he is, and that's where the gop has now become riddled with frauds like the kari lakes, mark robinsons, and with donald trump at the top, this is trouble for the republican party, and i imagine in this state that's why trump is going to be there tomorrow because he knows that this is an issue for him even if they're going to pretend like mark robinson doesn't exist. >> sarah matthews, jonathan cape heart, thank you both, and be sure to catch the saturday and sunday show with jonathan capehart at 6:00 p.m. eastern. artificial intelligence powered disinformation weaving its way into the election cycle again. the challenges posing to campaigns and to voters. when we come back. when we come back.

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ai and disinformation are rearing their ugly heads yet again in the presidential race. former president trump reposting on truth social an altered photo, trying to tie vice president harris to sean diddy combs. on the left, you see the real image. it shows harris with montel williams. on the right, the altered image which has sean combs face over williams. the meme trump reposted also had

several lines of lewd and inappropriate text that we are not airing. there are also new questions about the credibility of north carolina's republican gubernatorial candidate, mark robinson, who is suggesting that artificial intelligence is to blame for his political woes. joining us now, clint watts, former fbi special agent and msnbc national security analyst and maya rupert, senior adviser to elizabeth warren's campaign, and former campaign manager for julian castro. let me start with you because you're the expert here, clint. what robinson says is very simple. he says, it's not true, it's ai, and somebody spent a million dollars doing it. so this is stuff that was posted on this message board many years ago, ten-plus years ago. is it easy? is it possible to find out if

that's all a big fake? >> yeah, you know, chris, in many of these cases, it is the thing that's out there right now, and this is the long-term worry is that if you have the ability to manipulate content or manipulate images, will they be used as a foil to cover for activity that's discovered in the past. knowing 100% whether his claim is true or not is probably going to be difficult just because of how old the material is. it's difficult to know. what i would say is many of these cases, so many of the manipulations you see on social media are crude and simple. the image that you showed there, i've seen several different versions of that that have popped up and isn't really based on artificial intelligence but a lot of the claims you heard are claims based on what you perceive ai can do. really when you just look at this, there's no real way of knowing whether his claims are true or not. and what the truth really is.

it probably doesn't have to do with artificial intelligence. >> probably doesn't have to do with artificial intelligence. well, maya, how challenging is it for campaigns in this age of disinformation? i don't know about you in your job, but i get the question all the time in mine. voters, people on the street coming up to me and saying, i don't know how to figure out what's true and what isn't anymore. >> right. and i think that's the real danger here is that just the doubt, just the uncertainty and the fact that we right now have with donald trump, and i think what we're seeing and a number of other candidates who are so willing to take advantage of that uncertainty to further cast doubt, and undermine voters' faith in all of it, right? and i think that the challenge that campaigns are going to have, the number one thing the campaign and with that, a

candidate, has is their reputation, and their willingness to be straightforward with voters. and i think that what we'll see is that sort of -- that willingness to be honest and transparent is going to become such an important currency. there will be these kinds of attempts to say, well, you can't believe anything you've just seen, and if a candidate has a reputation for misusing that kind of thing, that is going to be something i think that continues to follow them. >> so, clint, what is your advice to voters who say i don't know what to believe and whatnot to believe? >> a couple of things, chris, that, you know, are coming online or are already online. in terms of posts like that, for most platforms, they can be reported, and i can tell you, that image that you saw there, once i saw it with a different face on it, and i reported it, and it was gone from the social

media platform not long after. the other part to look for is content credentials or verification. nearly all of these social media platforms are starting to create what is known as content verification systems or water marking, you know what the true source of the image is. third, if it is related to ai, and i would note that most of these things to include the image are not ai related. simple manipulations we have seen for a decade on social media. if it is truly ai, there's a cord across all of the social media companies and tech companies that they sign on for that you can report it. there's an ai report portal which you can report on, and they relay to each other if it's related to artificial intelligence. the last thing i emphasize across the board for users is know what source is of the information you're seeing, not the person that sent it to you, the original source here on msnbc. we have the msnbc logo. we have locations of people and where they're at.

knowing what that is, that actual source is critically important. know before you share is really a way to think about it. >> maya, do you think the ultimate goal here just with a lot of disinformation out there is to make people so confused in the case of, you know, manipulated photos, that's, again, that's not what we're talking about with ai. anybody who knows how to photo shop could do something like that. the point is maybe to make folks throw up their hands and say you know what, not going to vote. >> i think it's that. i think there are unfortunately, i think we have a lot of cynical people who feel like their best chance is people not wanting to participate in the process. the fewer who participate, the more likely they will be successful, and i think that's unfortunate, but i think it's true. but i would also say i think one of the goals here and one that we need to be incredibly vigilant about is that we know that mis and disinformation follows some people and some

candidates more closely, and is more damaging. we're talking about women, especially when we're talking about women of color, these kinds of things, these manipulations, disinformation, what we find is that women of all races, but especially women of color, our reputations are not as lasting, and things like this can be more harmful, and so i think another one of the goals of some of this that i think is worth talking about is getting some people not to participate in the process as candidates, getting some people to say, i don't know what they're going to do to my personal life, and i don't want to deal with it. we have seen that. we've seen candidates decide not to run. we have seen elected officials drop out of some opportunities or races because of some of this disinformation and misinformation. and i think that's a really important part of it that we really really need to jealously guard against. >> maya rupert, clint watts, thank you. >> and still ahead, the plea deal for the army private who

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the demilitarized zone between north and south korea in 2023. kathy park is following this for us. walk us through the charges and what this might mean for king. >> chris, good afternoon. i do want to point out that this is a military court where this hearing is taking place, court martial, so no cameras allowed in court, and the judge also ruled no laptops. so we are getting some periodic updates from our producer who is following the proceedings very closely right now. but as you mentioned, this was a plea hearing or actually he pleaded guilty about a month ago, going into this, to five counts, one of those counts includes desertion, another count of assault on a noncommissioned officer. the nine remaining offenses because of this plea deal, will be withdrawn or dismissed, according to his attorney, but even before we got to this point, before he decided to run across the border to north

korea, travis king, he was actually facing several other charges in south korea, stemming from allegations of assault and damaging public property, so he actually spent time in a south korean prison for about two months, and he was released shortly after that, and he was escorted by military officers to the airport where he was going to head back to the u.s. to face further disciplinary action, but then decided to link up with a tour group. and traveled to the very fortified area between north and south korea known as the dmz. that's when he decided to act and dart over to north korea where he was obviously detained by north korean officials for roughly two months, and then he was eventually expelled and then released to u.s. custody, but as far as the sentencing goes, once again, the hearing is still underway, but desertion obviously is a very big offense, and he could be looking at imprisonment up to three years

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