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it is good to be back with you for this second hour of "chris jansing reports." at this hour, donald trump's private conversations with mike

pence in the weeks and months before a mob swarmed the capitol. the never-before-seen evidence unsealed by a judge and trump's reaction when he was told his vice president escaped the violence. the former president prepares to take the stage in michigan after attacking special counsel jack smith as deranging. what else he's saying about a filing detailing his increasingly desperate bid to remain in power. the apocalyptic scenes in lebanon, more than a million people sleeping on the streets, israel keeping up its air strikes. a live report on that, and the stunning claims the agreement hezbollah's leader made just days before he was killed. and the growing desperation after hurricane helene, a thousand active duty troops now in areas without power or clean water. and with the fate of hundreds still unknown, president biden visiting the storm zone right now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest

developments. we start with nbc's ryan reilly and the newly revealed details about donald trump's alleged criminal scheme to stay in power. ryan, what exactly is jack smith arguing in this filing that we didn't know about before? >> yeah, you know, mike pence has gotten a lot of credit for what happened on january 6th itself when he refused to overturn the election. the context that's important to remember is after the election, publicly mike pence was doing this little rhetorical dance with the public. he was saying they were going to fight for every vote and fight until the end, even though privately behind the scenes, the week of the election, he conceded to jared kushner that he did not believe there was outcome determinative fraud in the election. what was revealed in this filing is that pence was sort of doing this quiet and slowly growing lobbying campaign, sort of gently saying, hey, maybe we should concede over time, ultimately saying at the end they should take a bow out. he also apparently offered trump this other path saying they

didn't have to actually concede the election but they should recognize that the fight was over. of course this all ended disastrously, and you have to wonder what would have happened had mike pence publicly spoken out at the time contemporaneously and told trump supporters the truth about what happened during the election and that there wasn't fraud that would have meant they had actually won an election that they lost. >> ryan reilly, thank you. the former president will be speaking in michigan just about an hour from now, but he's already had plenty to say about jack smith's filing. nbc's vaughn hillyard has that part of our coverage. hey, vaughn. >> reporter: chris, donald trump's posture has not changed toward this indictment in its entirety, really ever since the charges were brought against him, but also since the investigation commenced. this for donald trump is really one play book. and that is to continue to make the case that he was in the right for his actions in the aftermath of the november 2020

election. and not only on the grounds that these charges shouldn't have been brought against him based on the supreme court's immunity ruling that he was working in his official capacity as president, but also he continues to claim that he actually won the 2020 election, which of course is false, but he has never moved off of that position. and that is where you see in his response that continues up to this day in social media posts, continues to go on the attack against judge chutkan, who we should note was the one who decided to release this redacted immunity brief from special counsel jack smith, as well as, of course, the special counsel jack smith as well. take a listen to donald trump last night. >> he's a deranged person. he is a person who is trying and he works for kamala, and he works for joe. this was a weaponization of government, and that's why it was released 30 days before the election. and it's nothing new in there,

by the way. nothing new. they rigged the election, i didn't rig the election. >> it's worth noting that donald trump over the course of the last several months has repeatedly alleged, quote, election interference on the part of american domestic answers against him and his campaign. there has been no evidence of any cheating in this election, and no evidence of any of the allegations that anybody has acted illegally, and that of course goes for federal judge, judge chutkan, who is overseeing this federal election interference case. these are judicial proceedings in which she made this briefing public, and of course, there has been no specific allegations of wrong doing on the part of jack smith or the prosecution's office from the special counsel's office. yet donald trump is trying to win an election. as voters are actively voting in states around the country, there is a very real reality that if he wins this election, this november, he could very well seek to have his department of justice toss the entirety of

this indictment in this case against him. bringing the evidence and these charges to an end, chris. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. now to breaking news out of the middle east where lebanese officials say hezbollah's leader agreed to a cease fire just days before he was killed in an israeli attack. nbc's matt bradley is on the ground in beirut. what more can you tell us about that and desperate scenes playing out in that city right now? >> reporter: yeah, chris, this is quite a revelation, seeing how he was killed a couple of days later. hassan nasrallah, we knew he all but agreed to this deal, and it was israeli's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, who torpedoed the deal. benjamin netanyahu had essentially the night before said that he was going to accede to this deal that would have imposed, as you said, a 21-day cease fire over this border between lebanon and israel. he backed out the following day under pressure from the right wing ministers who said they

would withdraw from the government and therefore collapse it. we knew from the lebanese that they were almost entirely on board, but the problem was, of course, of the united states and israel have no direct communications with hezbollah, nor with hassan nasrallah, he's a designated terrorist. so is his organization, hezbollah, he wasn't party to the negotiations. it was the lebanese government who was party to it, and they were running interference between hezbollah and the rest of the negotiators and intermediaries like the united states, the uk, france, but, you know, what we're seeing now ever since the death of hassan nasrallah and before that, with the expanded israeli evidence against hezbollah has been a swath of destruction all across southern lebanon, an exodus of displaced people that the government now says numbers about a million, and now as we're getting, you know, right here standing where we are, a front row seat to the horrifying, continuous bombardment of the southern beirut neighborhood. this is a shiite muslim

stronghold and a stronghold for hezbollah, and it has endured air strikes for the past two weeks, one of those, a set of different bombs killed hassan nasrallah and according to the israelis, 20 of his top deputies. we have continually heard bombardments over the week, and heard some as i came on air with you. this is a routine thing. earlier today or overnight, excuse me, we saw that the israelis had struck, once again, for the second time this week, deep in the heart of lebanon's capital of beirut. far from where i'm standing right now, and that levels or hit what was not actually os -- ostensibly a military target. this is a medical facility, tied to hezbollah, now we're seeing the menu of targets israel is striking kind of expanding. this was not really, strictly speaking a military target. and so that actually killed nine people overnight. and at the same time we're seeing that continuous military

incursion by the israelis into southern lebanon, chris. >> matt bradley, thank you. and back here at home, president biden has activated a thousand troops to help with relief efforts after hurricane helene. nbc's ryan nobles is live in valdosta, georgia, where the president is heading today, after touring storm damage in florida. biden's visit comes as the death toll from the storm, we're learning, is mounting in the state where you are. tell us what's going on there. >> reporter: that's right, chris. in fact, we have made our way from augusta, georgia, yesterday, to valdosta today, and we could see the national guard troops mobilizing and driving to different areas that are the hardest hit to provide assistance to people in this community. this is going to be a long process, chris, over just a wide swath of land, up and down the southeast. president biden is touring hardest hit areas in the panhandle of florida. he's in a mobile unit in keaton beach, florida, he took an

aerial tour in parts of perry, florida, where in some case, entire neighborhoods where all the homes have been completely leveled. he's meeting with some of the first responders there, also going to talk to some of the victims before he makes his way here to southern georgia and valdosta. what i can tell you about the situation in georgia is it may not be as bad as it is in places like north carolina, south carolina, tennessee. but it's still not great. as you can tell from where i'm standing, there's an unbelievable amount of damage in value valdosta, in the neighboring communities. there are power lines down, tree branches that need to be cleared, and there are intermittent power outages, depending on what part of town you're in. it's difficult to get cell service in many locations. it's going to be some time before the community rebuilds and gets back to normal. we saw a restaurant, opened out on the street corner, had a table set up and was providing free food and water because there is still not a guarantee

of access to that even in a town like valdosta that wasn't hit nearly as hard as parts of florida and north carolina. the big concern a lot of people have in these communities that we talked to is how quickly are they going to be able to get the federal aid. that's part of what the president is doing by these visits now. in north and south carolina yesterday, in florida and georgia today. his message to the people of the community is tell us what you need, and we will do everything we can to get it to you as quickly as possible. chris. >> ryan noble, thank you very much. we want to show you a live picture coming from boone, north carolina. this is governor roy cooper taking some questions there. boone is in the mountains, app mountains, 50,000 people have put in applications for fema assistance. it's starting to go out. they have put out $6 million so far. we reported earlier that fema is concerned that they don't have

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bullet proof glass, ballistic doors and panic buttons. that's the new reality to sewer election sites in 2024. in its annual assessment, the department of homeland security now warns the threat level remains high. including the potential for violent extremist attacks on election workers. nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: the construction nearly finished at durham's elections office. set to reopen with some startling new features. >> this is already the bullet proof glass, and more is going to go in right here. >> absolutely. yep. the whole front of this will have the same glass. >> reporter: bullet proof glass at the front desk, ballistic doors reinforced steel, and in the new mail room. >> right here is actually where the panic button will be. >> reporter: a panic button, one of several in the building, and a separate exhaust system in case of white powder scarce. did you ever think you would have to put in something like

that at a place like this? >> not at all. >> reporter: derrick bowens, the county's director of department elections. >> a lot of things we hear require us to have a different security posture. >> reporter: with everything you laid out, is there any concern that it's overkill? >> we don't feel that at all. the safety of election officials, the preservation of democracy and making sure there is no interference should come with a limitless perspective in terms of preparation and response. >> reporter: it's not just north carolina. more than 90% of local election officials reported stepping up safety measures since 2020. from armed security in washington state, to active shooter training in arizona. to reinforced barriers outside facilities in pennsylvania. >> it's unfortunate that we're spending so many resources, time, emotion, thought on this. but we have to do it. there's no way around it in this election. >> reporter: it comes after years of attacks on the

democratic process, stemming from former president trump's election fraud lies, and now nearly 40% of election workers say they're facing abuse and harassment. the fbi recently said it's investigating threatening mail sent to officials in multiple states, after last year's interception of letters with suspicious powders, including one that tested positive for fentanyl sent to election workers. some say they are not deterred but determined. >> this work is like fighting for your own family. it's the front line in preserving our democracy, and to me, you can't find more impactful work than this. >> reporter: hallie jackson, nbc news, durham, north carolina. well, joining me now, alise jordan, former white house and state department aide to george w. bush and msnbc political analyst, and former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner, an msnbc legal analyst. i'm trying to figure out, elise, how you would convince people to

work for an election when an office has to be equipped with panic buttons and ballistic doors reinforced with steel. >> that was a really eerie package from hallie, i think about my parents who, you know, they always volunteered as poll workers on election day. and usually the volunteers are retired and older people, and why would they want to bother with this. it's people who really care about their civic duty, who care about preserving democracy, and it's a shame that this is the level, the tenor of the conversation that it's so nasty that we're wasting resources on bullet proof glass at polling places, instead of using that money our schools, say. >> yeah, and, glenn, "the new york times" reports that republican groups have already filed nearly 90 lawsuits challenging voting rules and practices, including a dispute over ballot errors in pennsylvania, a challenge to mississippi's rules on late ballots. lawsuits targeting voter rolls

in arizona and beyond. the list goes on and on. is it clear if they will all clear by election day, could they have an impact, and is this part of what we're seeing, which is having this negative effect on people's perceptions about the integrity and the safety of elections? >> you know, chris, it's hard to imagine all of these courts will work their way through the system, not only the trial court, the appellate court and ultimately maybe the supreme court, which might be the goal of some of these trump associated groups. some of them i would call crazy challenges to election rules. and, you know, it's hard to envision them all being through the system by the time november 5 rolls around. it looks like the rnc and some of these trump associated groups are less concerned with turning out the vote, and more concerned with turning out the lawyers. you have suits being filed in pennsylvania, for example, challenging ballot curing,

which, you know, some people might think sounds odd or maybe even nefarious, but ballot curing means if a ballot is received, the mail-in ballot in advance of the election day, and it has some minor technical defect they can reach out to the voter and have them cure that technical defect. you would think that's a good thing. why? because more people's votes will be counted. you know, they're leveling these attacks in pennsylvania, in mississippi, in illinois, and many of these cases, chris, right now r in federal appeals court. i have to wonder, is the republican goal really to get these things bubbled up to the supreme court in hopes that maybe some supreme court justices will, perhaps, try to do donald trump another favor? i mean, over and beyond, you know, presidential immunity, over and beyond saying the 14th amendment's disqualification of insurrectionists don't count when it comes to donald trump, even though he's an adjudicated insurrectionist in a trial court

and a state supreme court. you have to wonder what the real goal is of these many attacks that are being leveled by the these republican organizations. >> so, elise, i want you to take a listen to what j.d. vance said when he was asked about election integrity efforts. >> part of the reason that people are skeptical of our elections is frankly a lot of national policy makers not doing their jobs. there are a lot of poll workers out there that are working hard to keep our elections safe and secure. we ought to say thank you to these folks but we also ought to recognize that their federal government led by kamala harris seems to want to make it easier for illegal aliens to vote. >> okay. first of all, if you're illegal, you can't vote, but do you think that kind of language contributes to this heightened political and frankly safety environment? >> well, no, to glenn's point, i think this is less a legal strategy than a purely political strategy. they are flooding the zone right now, just in the way that donald trump floods the zone with

interviews, talking nonsense, and about god knows what at any given moment, so crazy that you forget it the next day, right? the public, writ large. that's the idea of strategies to flooded zone with so many lawsuits, so much chaos, americans are left not feeling that the election is actually free and fair. >> it is a good time to be an election lawyer, if you're looking for a lucrative career. there's no doubt about that. glenn kirschner, always good to see you. elise, you're going to stay with me. still ahead, the close and wildly expensive fight to keep control of the senate. could one big race in pennsylvania make all the difference for the democrats? plus, rare and candid comments from melania trump as the former first lady makes her views on abortion known. views on abortion known. ♪♪ citi's industry leading global payments solutions help their clients move money around the world seamlessly in over 180 countries...

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in a deadlocked race for control of the senate, consider this statistic. not since grover cleveland in 1884 has a democrat been elected to a first presidential term with a republican senate. democrats are already bracing to lose joe manchin's senate seat, so with republicans only needing to pick up two seats to control the senate, a lot of attention and money is pouring into pennsylvania. where tonight, incumbent bob casey, and former hedge fund ceo dave mccormick will debate.

joining me now, nbc's julie tsirkin in the capital of harrisburg ahead of tonight's debate, and former chief of staff to john fetterman, and former chief of staff to harry reid, adam jentleson, good to have you both. i know you spoke to both candidates what do they have to say? >> reporter: we trailed them up and down this state, you know, when it comes to bob casey, he's trying to make the case to me that he made to voters, that he has been making to voters the last many months saying the three-term senator deserves another one in the senate. that he's delivered for the state, he's been moderate on issues like fracking, natural energy, even when the top of the ticket democrats have not been on the flip side. you heard dave mccormick ask casey, that's different than what you're seeing with some of their vulnerable colleagues in states like montana and ohio and arizona. at the same time, trying to make it clear that they do have diverging opinions from harris and trump. of course these two candidates are different.

in the case of casey, harris needs him here. when you had biden running as the democratic nominee, he has roots in scranton, that is something casey can help harris with. when it comes to mccormick, president trump has name i.d. in this state. they are trying to appeal to the independent, the undecided voters. split ticketing is down. they believe that could happen this time around. take a listen to more of what they said. >> i think when it comes down to the decision a voter has to make, they're going to make a different decision based upon the office. they're going to make a decision in the presidential race, they will weigh a series of considerations. they will make a decision in my race that will be specific to the choice about who their next senator is going to be. >> reporter: what are some of the policy positions that you will differ when it comes to the former president? >> listen, i've had a history where if i differed with president trump, i have said it. i think his policies on the

economy, his policies on energy, his policies on law and order make all the sense in the world. >> reporter: now some of those policy differences mccormick says he has come on state and local tax deductions that benefit new yorkers and new jerseyans, and the war in ukraine, the they have the second largest ukrainian community here. he supports aid to the country. all the while as they prepare to face off in their first debate, mccormick is on the campaign trail with trump. we saw him in erie, pennsylvania, on sunday, see him again in butler on saturday. similarly, appearing with harris at a rally a couple of weeks ago, and he appeared with harris on the stage. of course that could hurt him since he's traditionally outperformed the top of the ticket. we will see. it's going to be really tight. democrats need to hang on to this seat to maintain 50/50 control of the senate. >> thanks so much, julie tsirkin. appreciate you. adam, you know a little bit about campaigning in this state. so a couple of questions.

senator casey has campaigned closely with kamala harris. he says he thinks he could outperform her in november and win pennsylvania even if she doesn't. what do you think the chances are that there could be a split? >> i don't think you'll see a split. i think harris is going to perform very well in pennsylvania, and i think she will win it. >> based on what? >> well, she's up in the polls right now. it won't take, you know, a sort of unexpected event for it to happen. but her numbers have been very strong. i think she performs well in the dense population centers in both the east and western parts of the states, and so far you have been seeing that so far she's holding firm in the margins, in rural counties where she's not going to win, but i think she's doing okay in terms of keeping the margins by which trump will win at a level that will allow her to perform well and win the state. i think senator casey, though, is uniquely strong in the state. i think you could very well see

him outperforming her and winning by a larger margin. i think it's overall beneficial for the both of them to be running together. my former boss, senator fetterman, when he ran in 2022, he did not try to distance himself from the top of the ticket. he ran as the 51st vote for the biden agenda, and people know, if you have a d next to your name, you're not going to run away from the top of the ticket. bob casey has a uniquely pennsylvanian profile. people in the state know him, and every single day wake up looking out for what's best for pennsylvanians, and the commonwealth. that's his reputation. that's his record, and i think that's what's going to serve him well in this race. >> on the other hand, you have mccormick who has tied himself to trump, campaigning with him in that sense. but you heard him say he doesn't necessarily agree with him on all of his policies, including funding for ukraine. do you think that for pennsylvania he's running a smart campaign, and is there a threat there?

i mean, do you think it's going to be a case walk for casey? >> it's definitely not going to be a cake walk. i think that's less about mccormick's strength than it is about the massive amount of money being spent in this race. pennsylvania is a big state and an expensive state, and the super pac that is acting on mccormick's behalf is the single biggest spending super pac in history. mccormick is buoyed by spending and corporate sources. no matter how strong your profile is, when you're facing that kind of onslaught from outside money, it's always going to be an up hill race, and always going to be a battle. mccormick has significant weaknesses, though. republicans can't seem to find a candidate to run in pennsylvania that lives in the state. that was a problem last cycle. he has lied about his residency in pennsylvania, he spends more time in connecticut where his

real home is. he's got significant weaknesses but he's got a ton of money, and that's always going to make a difference and always going to keep the race competitive. >> the amount of money being spent on senate races in pennsylvania and elsewhere is mind blowing. adam jentleson, always good to see you, thank you so much. rare political remarks today from former first lady melania trump as she talked about a woman's right to obtain an abortion. >> individual freedom is a fundamental principle that i safeguard. without a doubt, there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth. individual freedom. what does my body, my choice, really mean? >> her video message comes a day after the guardian obtained excerpts from her upcoming memoir in which she writes, quote, restricting a woman's right to choose whether to

terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over her own body. elise jordan is back with me. that was a very moody video. >> i'm sorry, chris, i'm sorry. >> what are you sorry about? let me read what the harris campaign put out, okay. they say, sadly for the women across america, mrs. trump's husband firmly disagrees with her and is the reason that more than one in three american women live under a trump abortion ban that threatens their health, their freedom, and their lives. go ahead. >> i mean, let's get real here. oh, it's october, and melania trump finally emerges from her cocoon to become a women's right advocate. vomit. it's a hot issue. she knows her husband is polling under water. his advisors are smart enough to know it's good to muddy the field a little bit, and act like he's not as draconian on it as voters perceive he is. this is just a joke, and give me

a break. and this is very transparent, and no one believes that melania trump cares about anyone but melania trump. >> i haven't heard the word vomit on my show in a while, so there's that. >> apologies. >> none required. elise jordan, thank you for being both succinct and pointed. appreciate you. still ahead, hurting from helene, the dire conditions continuing in north carolina, including at one hospital so desperate for water, they actually dug their own well. l.

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president and ceo of mission health, and chuck mantu, president and ceo of umc health appalachian. i'm so sorry for what you're going through. i appreciate you taking the time. greg, mission health, i understand, literally dug a well to get running water because there was no way to clean patients. they had shown up drenched in flood water, saturated in gasoline. how challenging has it been since the storm hit? greg, we're not hearing you. greg, can you check your mute button. i think we have a connection. we're just waiting to see if we can get some sound. okay. we're going to check on that. chuck, one of your colleagues told the register citizen that this is not going to be a one or two week stretch, but let me start with where you are now,

where are you, what are your immediate needs? >> yeah, we're very stable now. i mean, it's amazing what a committed group of people can do in about seven days. we've dealt with a lot of the same infrastructure problems that you'll probably hear from my colleague there, greg, water. you know, early on within the first 24, 48 hours, we were dealing with every and sewer a power. we are back on top of that. i felt like in seven days with the help of state and all the federal resources that we received, we're fairly stable right now. our biggest concern at this moment is to make sure that we get those secondary supplies and things needed out into the community to prevent further folks coming to us in need of help. >> so tell me what you're seeing in terms of the kind of incoming because of the storm. >> you know, it's everything from chain saw injuries to obviously infections.

the folks that weren't able to take their meds or to get oxygen, we're starting to see a lot of that. unfortunately, we had established a lot to take care of those immediate needs and a lot of those did not come, unfortunately, just because of the deaths that you're seeing reported in the news. >> and i'm wondering how your employees are holding up? there have to be some of them who suffered their own losses, right, physical losses in terms of their homes being damaged, perhaps losses in terms of people who may live elsewhere in the state, they don't know what has happened to them. how are they doing? >> you know, they're walking around with red eyes, and you know, but we've got some fantastic stories that have come out of this. people have driven their utv for an hour and a half to get to our hospital because they wanted to come in and help others. we have had at least ten families that we know of that have lost homes. we've tried to contact by phone every employee we have.

we're still unable to reach about 42 employees. we hope that's an infrastructure problem, and not a problem on their end. our employees are so resilient. they're used to taking care of folks, and now we have just taken down the walls of the hospital and extended that out into the community, and couldn't be more proud of them in this moment. >> i think we were able to get you back. i was talking about the reports that mission health literally dug a well to get running water. there was no way to clean patients who had showed up drenched in flood water, saturated with gasoline. i wonder just how challenging this storm has been for y'all. >> our teams are incredibly resourceful, and i want to thank all of our care givers and teams that have done just an amazing job caring for all of our patients and anyone that's seeking care at our facilities. all of our hospitals, mission hospital, and all of our regional hospitals are open, and serving their communities. as i mentioned, they have been

incredibly resourceful. the first 24 hours were difficult. but we are structured. we're organized, and we're providing what's needed to the community. >> did a well literally get dug? >> yeah, the biggest concern for us right now is city water. so we have power. but city water is concerning. and so our crews and our engineers have been incredibly resourceful, and brought in tanker trucks to be able to recharge the hospital and function at 100%. so we have showers, sinks, toilets, everything necessary to care for our patients. so i think that's important that i let you know what's really going on at the hospital. in addition, we're serving our employees and helping them be available to care for all of our patients by setting up mini marts with food, supplies, and we're pumping gas from gas trucks for them to get to and from work.

we have a hope fund, which is an employee-run and led charity that has processed dozens of applications for financial assistance. and those funds are already in their bank accounts. >> that is extraordinary. i wonder how you're doing in terms of capacity because i heard one report, for example, of a hospital that had an e.r. capacity of 100 and was serving 200 patients, including some who were waiting for rooms elsewhere in the hospital. obviously there are a lot of injuries as we were just talking to chuck about that are related to the storm. how are you guys doing in terms of just being able to keep up with the patient load? >> the demand for care is high right now, and we partnered with dmat to help in setting up a fail tent to help with the surge in volume in our e.r.s, but our teams are incredibly resilient, courageous, and they have done an outstanding job in caring for

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dozens of containerships are lined up at major u.s. ports as the dock worker strike continues for third day. key imports from bananas to coffee to auto parts remain stuck until it ends. threatening shortages and price hikes, some people are already panicked buying toilet paper. no negotiations are scheduled but transportation secretary pete buttigieg said today the administration is trying to mediate. >> we have been in touch with the different parties urging them to bridge their differences, in particular, urging those ocean carriers that have become extremely profitable in recent years to put forward an offer that is none to bring the union back to the table and get this hammered out. >> joining us now with more is cnbc's pippa stevensment so

-- so break down the every day products that could be impacted most if this strike goes on and on. >> everything depends on how long the strike stretches on for. the first place we'll feel the impact is on fresh fruit. imports are half of total food consumption. roughly 90% of imported cherries, 80% of peppers, 75% of bananas which are the u.s.'s top fruit. seafood also something to watch. we import more than 60% and 70% by value passes through the ports in question with cocoa and coffee also at risk, given nearly 100% is imported. other goods, vehicles, furniture, apparel come through the same ports but companies were able to plan ahead of time, and so stocked up. that of course is not possible for fresh produce. if this stretches on, that's where we could start to see inflation impact. goods from europe, including wine, there's not a lot of options to defer to the west

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