right now on "ana cabrera reports," here we go. early voting begins in georgia, with 21 days left to the race to the presidency. plus, the critical new ruling from a judge in a key georgia county that could prevent chaos in that state's vote count. also ahead, the candidates on a battleground blitz, ramping up attacks and counterattacks. vp harris calling trump unstable and unhinged. and the trump town hall turned concert? how a campaign event turned into 30 minutes of the gop candidate dancing. thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. three weeks remain in one of the most unpredictable presidential campaigns in u.s. history.

and both candidates are now flooding the zone in a handful of swing states. today that takes former president trump to georgia, and it takes vice president harris to michigan. as they blitz these battlegrounds, their messages differ sharply. trump escalating his rhetoric about political opponents and immigrants drumming up fear to try to drum up votes. harris talking about turning the page on the trump era and highlighting trump's age and mental acuity to make her point. nbc's gabe gutierrez and aaron gilchrist are on the campaign trail with the very latest. also with us, co-host of msnbc's "the weekend," former rnc chair michael steele and former democratic congressman from new york, max rose, also a senior adviser to vote vets. trump will be in georgia today as the in person early voting begins there. we got a significant new ruling from fulton county about election certification for the state. what are we learning?

>> reporter: hi, ana, good morning. early voting kicking off in georgia, a short time ago, a few hours ago this new polling place we're outside of, we have seen a couple of people trickle in. yes, that breaking news overnight, that fulton county superior judge ruled that election superintendents in georgia must certify election results. now, this comes after a lawsuit had been brought by a local election supervisor, board member, in fulton county, georgia, saying that she didn't believe that those officials had to certify results if they believed there was any fraudulent means as part of that election. and this was seen as a move by republicans to, in their view, prevent what they called widespread fraud. this judge said, no, those local election officials can investigate allegations of fraud, but it is their responsibility by law to certify the election by the following monday after election day. so, this is seen as a blow to

some of those republican officials here in georgia that wanted to give more discretion to those local officials. so, this all comes in the broader backdrop, ana, of georgia being such a critical battleground state. yes, as you mentioned, former president trump expected here for a rally later on today. and vice president harris also seeking to win over black voters here in georgia as well. it really is such a critical state and early voting kicking off today, ana. >> we'll be watching to see what comes of the early voting. what kind of enthusiasm is out there. gabe gutierrez, thank you for bringing us the latest. before we turn to the harris campaign, your reaction, michael, to this new ruling out of georgia, related to election certifications, something that we used to just be able to take for granted. >> right. yeah, ana, it is an important ruling and important clapback on the effort to leverage the election in favor of republicans by giving power to local

election authorities that they shouldn't have. i mean, their job is as the judge said, you have to go through the process, yes, you can challenge in the moment if you think a ballot or a voter is insufficient. but at the end of the day, your job requires you to certify the election. so this is -- this is an important step. there is still other areas in georgia where there is confusion. this endgame has been for republicans in a place like georgia because they realize georgia suddenly became a battleground state for them to make sure that they could tip the scales one way or the other in their favor. so, there is still a lot that can happen in georgia. there has got to be a lot of diligence paid to the efforts there. but this was an important step in sort of clarifying at least the responsibility of the local election officials. >> so, aaron, we know in detroit

the vice president will spend some time today including giving a town hall style interview with breakfast club and the host, charlamagne tha god, comes as she's been wrapping up her attacks on trump. fill us in on her efforts. >> reporter: yeah, you're absolutely right. she is here in detroit right now and this afternoon will participate in this radio town hall across a large radio network. and this is a part of this concerted effort to message to black men in particular. it is a group where polling has shown the vice president has seen some slippage in support, not to the point where she's going to lose the black vote in this election. at the same time, the campaign does believe that there is a need for the vice president to speak directly to black men. she will meet with black entrepreneurs here in detroit today and then that radio town hall is going to happen around 5:00 this evening. we can expect to hear the vice president continue to talk about the plan she rolled out just yesterday, this opportunity agenda for black men that includes loans for, again, black

entrepreneurs, that includes health initiative as well. and even as we are looking at the vice president sort of walk through and explain these plans that she has, we do also see that she has ramped up her attacks on former president trump. that is something the campaign telegraphed to us, that we should expect to see this sort of rhetoric on the campaign trail from the vice president. last night she, in her speech, in pennsylvania, portrayed the former president as unfit to be president again. that's something that i heard the vice president say on the campaign trail in north carolina, again, trying to address black voters in that area. i want you to hear how she characterized the former president in her remarks last night. >> after all these years, we know who donald trump is. he is someone who will stop at nothing to claim power for himself. watch his rallies, listen to his words. he tells us who he is.

donald trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged. and he is out for unchecked power. that's what he's looking for. he wants to send the military after american citizens. >> reporter: and the campaign portrayed this thirst for unchecked power as you heard the vice president say as something that would be dangerous to black communities around this country as well. it will be interesting, i think, ana, in this radio town hall tonight to see how this plays out. you know typically in the town hall events that are on tv, we often see curated groups of people that gather to ask questions. this is going to be a radio town hall, where we expect listeners will be able to call into this radio show and if this plays out in the way that these radio shows sometimes do, there might not be much curating that

happens to the questions that the vice president would have to field from regular folks and a large black male audience that listens to charlamagne tha god, the host for this town hall tonight. >> aaron gilchrist, thank you very much for your reporting. congressman, the vice president played trump's own words at that rally when he talked about the enemy from within, talking about using the national guard or the u.s. military to essentially stamp out dissent. we heard from governor walz that it made him sick to his stomach. what do you make of the vice president highlighting this? >> it is not just politically essential, but it is so important just that all americans understand the gravity of this threat. that's why chairman mark milley, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and so many other generals who served directly for donald trump saw him day in and day out as they were advising him on military affairs, they have come out and criticized him saying he's unfit to be president of the united states. when people enlist in the united

states military, they swear an oath to the constitution, not to political leadership, not to the nation at large, but to a set of principles, morals and ethics, and this man right now is saying quite openly that he cares nothing about that. in his interview, when he talked about who that internal enemy is, he actually mentioned adam schiff's name. he couldn't be more specific and it just shows the gravity and the stakes of this election. >> do you think she should be leaning into that more and more in this homestretch? >> yes, absolutely. absolutely. it shouldn't be the only thing that she is talking about, and it is not. because in the end, what elections are is they are choices. and i think that the clear dichotomy here, the juxtaposition is between insanity and incompetence and quite the opposite. someone who is stable, competent, ready to help america turn the page here. donald trump, yes, he has been in multiple presidential elections, but he has never been

in this type of change dynamic, he's running against someone who represents a new generation of leadership, a new narrative for change, and i think this patriotic narrative, talking about how he's clinically insane, is exactly spot on. >> michael, last night trump hosted a town hall in pennsylvania. and after 30 minutes or so, the event was paused, there were a couple of medical emergencies in the crowd and then trump spent the remainder of the event. nearly took five questions and spent the remainder of the event on stage, listening to music for about 30 minutes. watch. >> would anybody else like to -- please raise your hand. you know what we could do? if my guys can do it, how about -- we'll do a little music. let's make this a musical fest. let as not do any more questions. let's just listen to music. let's make it into a music -- who hell wants to hear

questions? right? isn't that beautiful, though? >> now, the harris campaign immediately pounced on this, they called out a, quote, confused trump, we showed the clips earlier of him dancing, when they were having this musical fest. but nbc spoke to attendees who loved it. >> yeah, because everybody loves to be entertained. this is an entertainer here, people. this is not a president. this is the court jester who wants to be king. and the reality is this man cannot be the leader of the free world. he cannot articulate a vision for that world. he cannot -- he cannot lay out a plan, he has concepts of plans. imagine if the current vice president of the united states got on a stage, to say, to hell with the questions. why don't we just sit here and listen to music? there would have been all kinds of racial memes about her, about

her sex, about her ethnicity, and her being incompetent. she can't take questions. she only took five questions and she stopped and just wanted to stand on the stage and dance. can you imagine kamala harris standing on the stage dancing like that, three weeks before an election? america needs to get serious here and stop pretending that that individual is going to provide the kind of future you want for your kids and grandkids. it is just not going to happen. and, you know, i think, you know, the congressman is exactly right about the idea of incompeteny versus capability, seriousness versus nonseriousness. i'm not going to blow my top on this one, ana, like i've come on your show and done in the past. >> you never blow your top. >> i just think america three weeks out needs to get a grip

and get over -- and get over its hang-ups about a woman being the leader of the free world, being the president of our country, about another african american ascending to the pinnacle of power. and move this country into a future away from what we just saw. >> to be clear, michael, i always appreciate your passion in every interview that we have. congressman, you know, you both have laid out these big contrasts in the two candidates, one that is just the fact is their contrast in age and we have been seeing the harris campaign really try to lean into the older age issue with trump, including, you know, governor walz just yesterday, he said that, you know, trump is maybe hiding something from voters without releasing his medical records, harris said something along those lines as well. here is part of governor walz. >> we're all wondering, donald

trump said he would release his numbers. he would release his medical records. look, he says -- i think he forgot to do it. he's been forgetting things. we'll give him a break on this. but kamala harris is right on this. watch his rallies, he's confused, he's nearly an 80-year-old man, he's ranting and rambling until people get bored and leave his rallies. >> the age issue damaged president biden before he got out of the race. could this attack line hurt trump in the same way down this homestretch? >> sure. the only thing i disagree with is i don't think donald trump is hiding much. you have to be demented to stand on stage and start dancing when it is a town hall. i mean, that -- we have two sides of donald trump right now. one we have just this grave threat to all that we hold dear, our constitution, our democracy, on the same hand i would say the principle driving force of his

incompetency is the fact that he is not all there. he's a couple fries short of a happy meal at this point. that's why he's standing up there, dancing to ymca, can barely do the ymca if you check out the video. and this is a story in a video. you don't have to listen to his words, and it is just imperative at this point that the campaign pushes those two separate narratives. grave threat and also just supremely incompetent and entering the final stages of his life. i feel bad for his family right now. i know so many people have to deal with their parents as they have gone through stages of dementia and that's clearly what they're on the precipice of having to deal with now, but he certainly should go nowhere near the oval office. >> the bottom line is we don't know about his health, we don't know about his mental health or physical health and the intricaies that are important for voters to know about whether he's fit for presidency because he has notreleased those

records. thank you for the conversation. catch michael weekend here on msnbc's "the weekend" 8:00 a.m. eastern saturday and sunday. more from the trail including new fears of election chaos in big cities that were targets of misinformation in 2020. also, vp harris ramping up outreach to black men after signs she's losing ground. plus, when we're back in 90 seconds, u.s. troops arriving in israel to operate a powerful new defense system as we learn more about israel's plans to hit back at iran. and heart breaking words from the family of an israeli american hostage killed in hamas custody. >> the gunshot, one of them was so, you know, right on his hand, went through his hand into his neck and came out the side of his head. neck and came out the side of his head define you... emerge as you, with clearer skin. with tremfya®, most people saw 100% clear skin...

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welcome back. the pentagon confirming this morning american troops have now arrived in israel to help install a new military defense system and this move deepening the u.s. involvement in the middle east conflict. as israel weighs how to respond to iran's barrage of missiles earlier this month. the pentagon press secretary telling nbc news the move underscores the u.s. commitment to the defense of israel and to defend americans in israel from any ballistic missile attacks by iran. and just this morning, three senior administration officials confirm to nbc news that israel

has told the u.s. it will limit its targets in iran to military targets, not oil or nuclear facilities. let's get more now from nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin in tel aviv and msnbc military analyst retired colonel jack jacobs. erin, what more can you tell us about the new american presence there in israel and what the israelis say about responding to iran? >> reporter: yeah, well, that iran response was first reported by "the washington post," sourcing two israeli officials with knowledge that israel had -- was going to limit its retaliatory strikes against iran to military targets. the article was actually sent to us by the israeli prime minister's office along with a statement saying, quote, we listened to the opinions of the united states, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interests. nevertheless, here in israel,

this is being viewed as a potential move to possibly close this chapter with iran and sort of de-escalate the situation in terms of retaliatory strikes back and forth between the two countries. and it comes as that missile defense system has arrived here in israel. that confirmed by both the pentagon as well as israeli officials. i was speaking to a former israeli commander of israel's air defense and he was telling me that that system is badly needed, given that israel is stretched really in all directions with these missile attacks. >> erin, there are still around 100 hostages held by hamas in gaza, including americans. and you spoke to the parents of hersh goldberg-polin, a hostage recently killed by hamas. that must have been a tough conversation. what was that like? >> reporter: yeah, well, they're devastated, ana, and telling me just how important it is that there is a deal for the release

of the 101 remaining hostages, pointing to the condition that hersh was found in after he had been killed. he was found shot point blank range, weighing 115 pounds. he was nearly 6 foot tall, he was being kept in this confined tunnel. i want you to take a listen to a section of that interview with a moment they say that israeli officials arrived at their home to tell them the news of his death. >> it was important to me to open the door before they got there because the dread of hearing a knock on the door with such bad news was something that i didn't think i could bear. >> when they walked in, did you know? >> they don't show up at your door at 4:00 in the morning with good news. >> he weighed 115 pounds when we buried him. it is really critical that the world knows that that is how these hostages are being held.

>> reporter: a family member of one of the remaining hostages tells nbc news that they had a meeting yesterday with the israeli defense minister, the israeli defense minister telling them, quote, that they're at a stalemate in terms of the negotiations saying i don't see the negotiations progressing. ana? >> erin mclaughlin, thank you for that reporting. colonel, let's talk more about this new defense system and the american troops that just arrived in israel. what do you see as their role? >> they fill a vital gap in defense against ballistic missiles, which iran has plenty and has been lobbing at israel for quite some time. and it intercepts these missiles from the apex of their trajectory all the way down to the ground. this is -- these are missiles,

iranian missiles which are extremely fast. and the thad system which we're deploying now to israel will close that gap and permit israel to defend against these. they don't have explosive warheads. they're kinetic energy rounds. they intercept with great accuracy these incoming missiles and destroy them at impact, ana. >> the u.s. has been trying to cool off some of the tensions in the region. if israel is now focusing on military targets in iran as opposed to nuclear or oil facilities, does it look like the efforts to de-escalate are working? >> it certainly does. israel can hit just about anything. a lucrative target, of course, would be any of the oil shipment or production facilities. but iran has plenty of military targets, and it looks like the attempt to hit those instead as a retaliation is liable to diffuse the situation a bit,

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nbc's priya sridhar is joining us from st. pete beach, florida, a barrier island. where does the cleanup stand there this morning? >> reporter: well, this neighborhood really got a 1-2 punch between helene and milton. it basically got completely destroyed after helene. they were just starting their recovery efforts when milton came and knocked out the power here. they just got back power a few hours ago. so now they're going to begin the long road to recovery. this morning, more and more people returning to destroyed homes and tattered communities. jay hager and his wife own time shares at the beach club in man soetia key. >> i've been coming here for four years and never seen anything close to this. >> reporter: the island permanently altered, parts split in two, by milton's wind and storm surge. further north, along the river, flooding persists.

>> i need power and we don't have a roof and people don't have homes. >> reporter: milton has passed, but the water continues to rise. >> some areas, we're not going to see peaks for four weeks after the storm. >> reporter: these communities just part of the ongoing aftermath of milton. with so many still without power, line men working nonstop to get the lights back on. >> it is an effort that is not going to stop until every single customer's power is restored. >> reporter: milton shutting down port tampa and knocking out power to gas stations, disrupting access to fuel across the state. >> these gas lines are ridiculous here in st. pete. >> reporter: to help, the state opening up 12 fuel distribution sites. >> we have fuel for the public. not even charging you. free gas. imagine that. >> it is fantastic. it is absolutely necessary. without it, people would be totally out of gas, we won't be getting back to work, it would be a nightmare. >> reporter: still, months of recovery ahead. >> this is a major operation.

this is not something that is going to be solved in a week or two. we're looking at months of residential storm debris collections. >> reporter: as the recovery from milton shifts into high gear, cleanup from helene enters the third week. >> everyone has been coming together and helping each other out, it is pretty inspiring. >> reporter: fema already approving $96 million in aid for more than 75,000 households. >> we're not going anywhere. we are committed. we're here for as long as it takes. >> reporter: and, ana, we have been hearing so much information about the misinformation surrounding fema and threats being made to fema workers. we are hearing a major development out of a sheriff's department down in north carolina today. they have made an arrest of 44-year-old william jacob parsons, he's being charged with going armed to the terror of the public. he has been released on $10,000 bail. we're expecting to hear from north carolina governor roy cooper and a fema administrator

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welcome back. vice president harris is pressing forward with her media blitz. this time focusing on winning over the black vote, to black male voters. she's been on a number of podcasts and interviews recently focused on the black community. and later today, she'll be part of that radio town hall with charlamagne tha god, host of the popular show the breakfast club. i want to bring in braxton booker, politico correspondent. what is this push to win over uncommitted black voters tell you about how the harris campaign sees the race right now? >> by any means necessary to take a quote from malcolm x. bottom line, there is voter apathy out here. voter apathy is a problem in every election. right now, the issue is trying to get those undecided or those

black voters who want to sit home, and think that they're -- there is no way to help them or no way to fix the problem, that they don't make a difference. i can't help but think about history, with each vote counts. and in baltimore city, many years ago, when a maryland congressman ran for city congress, he won his election by three votes. this reminds me of that moment. kamala harris is trying to pull every black vote, every vote she can, and for her to identify as a black woman, and there is still a number of black men, black women, still sitting on the sidelines, saying they're not going to vote, she's trying to rally that and meeting them where they are, with charlamagne tha god today, in detroit specifically, a place specifically deerborn, you know, in michigan, michigan area, that there is concern about her.

there is concern about the democratic party, particularly in another issue with the israel-gaza war. she's going there to go head on into the fire and try to persuade black people, look, this is the better option, than sitting out and having donald trump as president. >> she's trying to talk to them directly here, the charlamagne tha god interview, you spoke to black detroiters, and you told you they're concerned about the harris campaign's outreach to black voters. what exactly are their concerns? >> the concern primarily that they haven't been reached out to. they feel like a lot of times the campaign has spent more time courting other portions of the democratic constituency, whether it be suburban white women or what april said, trying to shore up some voters from arab and muslim communities, who have been upset with the current

administration's stance on the israel-gaza war. this presents another opportunity for her to go face to face with the black voters and particularly -- in particular, charlamagne tha god who is known to ask some tough questions of the vice president. they are friendly. they have a relationship, but they know that charlamagne tha god will ask some tough questions of the vice president and kind of put her on the defense maybe about why it took so long to make this last minute outreach with, you know, just a little over 20 days left in the campaign. >> brakkton, we put up a poll showing the vice president still overwhelmingly has the black voter support. however, it has slipped from 2016, down from 2020 where the exit polls show the black vote breaking toward the dems. is there something about trump's

message that is working for him with black voters there in michigan? >> i think there is a combination of things at work here. it is not just trump's message, which is really aimed at working class voters and, yes, black people are also part of working class voters, just because you're black, doesn't mean you're going to automatically vote for the democratic party. i think democrats are starting to wake up to that reality and have to really fine tune that message about what it is that they will do policy-wise to bring back the working class vote. but i also think that it is -- what i said earlier is that a lot of black folks feel like the democratic party have taken black voters, black men in particular, have taken them for granted. and instead of saying what their policies are to attract black voters, they're kind of talking to black men as if they need to be guilted or shamed into voting for the democrats. that's certainly what we saw surface last week with former president obama's comments in

pittsburgh. some folks took offense to that. others, i will say, said, like, hey, that's what black folks need to hear, they need to hear tough talk. i think it is all about tone, but i think there is a combination of things at play here. it is not just that it is donald trump's policies that are endearing him to some black voters. >> and speaking of those barack obama comments, april, a reminder of what he said about why vice president harris isn't seeing the ground level enthusiasm that he saw in 2008. here's what he said. >> we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when i was running. now, i also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced

with the -- >> vice president harris was asked about those comments. and this is what she had to say. >> do you think that what president obama said was the right thing to say? >> let me tell you, i am very proud to have the support of president obama. as i said, i intend to earn the vote of everyone, including black men, to pay attention to everything that president obama talked about. he also talked about at length the danger of donald trump. >> what did you make of her answer there, april? >> the danger of donald trump, don't be seduced, don't be entertained into thinking that this man is for you. and part of the lure of donald trump beyond entertainment is the fact that he in some ways people think he breaks politics down. it is not as cerebral. because part of the problem is many of us do not understand civics. how about that? and he talks in a language that

people understand. and sometimes you can't go so high brow in some areas and you have to just put it right there. and i believe barack obama did put it there, and the vice president is indeed thankful for the support. but then you have other people who feel like, barack obama talked at them, but either way, the issue is hitting people where they are. and that's the piece. there is a disconnect with black men. and some of that is because black women are the ones who normally go to the polls, who normally activate for the democratic party. and along the way, the concerns, the conversations with black men fell to the way side. so now you have not just kamala harris, not just charlamagne tha god, not just the president, susan rice and others and oth s hbcus and others trying to go out and reach black men and black women to get them to the polls this election cycle.

>> april ryan and brakkton booker, thank you for being part of this conversation. and while the harris campaign trains its focus on voters in detroit this morning, nbc news is learning new details about how the trump campaign stoked election chaos in that city back in 2020. you may remember scenes like this in detroit in the days immediately after the last election when pro trump protesters swarmed this ballot counting center and alleged democrats were engaged in a campaign of fraud, when it just didn't exist. and nbc's ryan reilly has some exclusive reporting, joining us now on how things may be even more fraught this time around. ryan, what are you learning? >> it is relevant to the conversation just before this because this all centers on detroit and what we saw, the scene there was some really noncoded sort of scenes and really tension between the poll workers and a lot of the folks who we now are learning were associated with the trump campaign. because essentially what happened is you had donald trump

saying that detroit was stealing this away from him. and what we knew very shortly there after, the 2020 election, is that donald trump did better in detroit in 2020 than he did in 2016. on its face, the notion that some sort of mass fraud scheme in detroit was responsible for his michigan loss is untrue. the reason he lost michigan was because he lost support amongst his other supporters in the state, particularly educated women, for example, that was where he really lost on his margin. so what we saw here was a real sort of almost sort of rioting scene and we saw an individual who was associated with the trump campaign, this came out in the jack smith filing, actually message a lawyer who was on the ground saying make them riot. and then you have the scenes of people pounding on the glass there. that scene that we just saw before actually to the left of the screen, those were individuals who were affiliated directly with the trump apparatus, that's the trump victory, that's the rnc, that is the trump campaign itself. that is the michigan republican

party. so, these key players really sending that message out and in particular there is one woman who had a fur-hooded coat who went up and held up a sign with five other people who were associated with the campaign to the crowd outside saying that president trump wanted them to chant stop the count. so, now going into 2024 we're seeing a lot of these preparations continue to take place for these poll trainings and they're not giving people a lot of guidance on exactly what could -- how to challenge voters or who should be challenged. so there is the potential for another scene like this going forward, ana. >> something to be aware of. thank you very much, ryan reilly. up next on "ana cabrera reports," for the first time since the assassination attempt on donald trump at his pennsylvania rally, two survivors of that shooting speak out about their life altering injuries and what they remember from that day. >> is it a struggle every day? >> it is a struggle every day, yeah. it is painful here and there. y,

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>> it's a struggle every day. painful here and there. >> for the first time they are sharing how they survived the assassination attempt against trump in pennsylvania. >> when did you realize something was wrong? >> when i saw part of my sleeve go away and i heard psew, and i heard it duh distinctly, and i i think i was shot. >> it feels like somebody is taking a cigarette and burning it right on my leg. >> attorneys for both men say this video shows them getting shot. they were both behind trump at the time, and copenhaver in the long white sleeves and dutch in the right. >> it was like getting hit with a sludge hammer right in the

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you went to the most recent rally. why? >> because i don't want to be hiding from what happened, i just am trying to get on with going through my daily life again. >> they say what surprised them the most is the amount of letters, prayers and support they received. >> they don't know me. i mean, it's just amazing. >> i don't know how to reach out and thank them for all the prayers, well-wishes and everything. >> that has to be pretty emotional, huh? >> yeah, it is. >> that was tom giannis with that reporting. up next, let's turn to lighter news. some unbarebly cute new visitors causing pandemonium in the nation's capital this morning. those are pictures of those bears on the move. we're back after this. this. t with them fast. visit indeed.com/hire

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right now two fedex trucks are traveling towards our nation's capital. they just landed in washington, d.c. within the hour. they are going to the smithsonian's national zoo which they will call home for the next decade. they spent nearly a year barron after returning their last

four-legged friends to china last november. nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: good day. this is what washington, d.c. has been waiting for every since a year ago when the two pandas who were here at the national zoo were sent back to china. this is a loan agreement and not here permanently. and then would we get pandas again? it was on the panda express coming from overseas, china, and landing here. we are told they had steamed cornbread and lots of bamboo. when they arrive here at the national zoo they are going to be in quarantine for about 30 days or so to make sure they don't have any parasites or infectious diseases that could pose a risk to the other animals

at the zoo and then move into their own habitat at the national zoo and get acclimated before they make a public debut. as you probably heard the two pandas arriving, they are already known, two 3-year-olds, the first new pandas to arrive here in 24 years. san diego zoo received two pandas this summer. good news, because there was a lot of concern that maybe given the tension with china that panda diplomacy evaporated, but in fact, the chinese premiere decided he wanted to continue the program so we have these two pandas traveling to the zoo. they pay for the pandas on loan for ten years, and the world and the country might continue to receive pandas.

amid "the new york times," the program that involves zoos around the world have not been as successful as advertised, and the national zoo insists the program they are involved in has been successful to help them maintain the species and take them off the endangered species list. the two pandas are arriving today for a ten-year stay at their new home here at the national zoo on connecticut avenue in d.c. ana, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you, my friend. now, from giant pandas to giant pumpkins, and there was an unusual call about an inflatable