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we're back with new reaction this morning from the families of american hostages held in gaza, calling the killing of hamas chief yahya sinwar a step towards justice. but urging authorities to seize this moment as an opportunity to bring their loved ones home, either through negotiation or by any other means. and joining us now is ruby henn, his son, eti, is one of seven american hostages held by hamas. ruby, thank you for being here. i know it's difficult times for

your family. what was your first thought when you found out about sinwar's death? >> yes, it's been over a year since october 7th when i last talked to my son. and yes, we do feel justice to some extent. i would like to remind the viewers that out of the 1,500 killed on october 7th, there were 46 u.s. citizens that were killed on that date. that is the largest single terrorist attack on u.s. citizens since 9/11. but on the same token, the terrorists that are holding our loved ones, in light of sinwar assassination, and we have as much as possible urged the government officials, both in

the united states and israel, to seize the moment in order to bring a deal and seal a deal that will end this madness. and end the suffering of the hostage families in gaza. >> it's got to be gut wrenching right now. prime minister netanyahu says the war is not yet over. what is your message to him in this moment? >> he had his moment, the moment that he was looking for of sinwar being killed after the atrocities and war crimes he committed on october 7th. now is a time to understand that it's time to move to the next chapter. time is now to offer hamas people left behind, the palestinian people left in gaza,

that is it time to end this. the israeli prime minister has said on multiple occasions that this war could end with the release of 101 hostages. now is the time to call to those people holding our loved ones, the israeli administration, as well as the u.s. administration have promised amnesty and safe passage to those people that are holding our loved ones and will be able to provide them to us safely and will get a new beginning for their life, as well. >> i know your family has been in contact with the biden administration about etay. what does the u.s. need to do for him and his fellow american hostages right now, and do you feel heard? do you feel like your plight is being recognized and that action is being taken? >> yeah, that's an excellent question. you know, i would like to take you back a month ago. we, for ten months, made calls

with the white house and meetings with the president and his administration. we were representing eight u.s. hostages. a month ago, it became seven. i honestly felt that would be an inflection point. a point in time where the administration understands after the killing point blank of a u.s. citizen, that the administration will understand it has no time, and needs to act differently. and i am -- it's sad to say i did not see a significant change in policy. i hope now the administration sees that this is a window of opportunity and needs to seize it, it does not need to overthink it. it needs to be very concise dialect approach from the president. he is now in german.

and just hash out a deal that is based on the proposal that joe biden talked about a few months ago. so now it's just getting it done. we've been told multiple times, it's like 90% done. we just need to get it to the finish line. so now is the time to have it. >> we're looking at all these beautiful pictures of your son. what so you want team to know about itay? >> it's been a full cycle, unfortunately, ana, missing holidays, christmas, easter, thanksgiving. itay is a fun-loving kid. he is an avid basketball player, and, you know, i am very proud

new york knicks fan. the nba season is starting up, and he became a celtics fan. like any other father and sop talking about basketball, now i have something good to say about the knicks and he's not here. it's just basic family stuff that you want him back. and we have not gotten any type of information on itay from october 7th. we are hoping for some sort of miracle in our case, and we just want to be a family again, and whatever outcome, you know, happens to us, we -- the minimum that this administration, as well as the israeli government, need to make us whole again. and i'm joining any family that can understand, as a u.s. citizen, what are we asking? we're asking for this administration to do everything possible to make us whole again.

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welcome back. two billionaires are taking on second jobs this election season. the richest man on planet earth, elon musk, campaigned for donald trump last night in the suburbs of philly, while billionaire mark cuban was in wisconsin praising kamala harris and taking digs at trump and musk. >> let me just tell you, this man has so little understanding of terrorists, he thinks that china pays for them. this is the same guy who also thought that mexico would pay for the wall. did mexico pay for that wall? >> tell me what you understand about elon musk that maybe we don't.

>> i think he's one of the most brilliant entrepreneurs ever, an amazing engineer, but the world's biggest troll. >> i can't emphasize enough that pennsylvania is, i think, the linchpin in this election, and this election will decide the fate of america, and along with the fate of america, the fate of western civilization. >> joining us now, republican and democrat strategists. good to see you. extraordinary to see these billionaires out on the campaign trail, what do you think, susan, of them being out there for the two candidates? >> it's not unusual to see surrogates, even private people be surrogates for a campaign. yes, a lot of them want to have positions or be appointed to something should their candidate win. the problem that i have right now with elon musk is, he has business in front of a federal

government through spacex. and i believe that he knows that donald trump is exactly what he has said all along, transactional. he offered the oil companies no regulation it is you give me a ball dollars. i'm sure he'd made a deal with musk. so there's a difference from being a surrogate and hoping for a job versus being a surrogate like elon musk who lies to the public. >> the economy, top issue obviously. mark cuban with kamala harris, talking about tariffs. do you feel like that will help her close the gap? >> it's interesting, because as susan was talking, i just assume they're all transactional, quite frankly. one of the things that mark cuban could do, which i think he was attempting to do, is to debunk the myth of trickle down economics, right? which in some ways elon is trying to buy into. he's very transactional. yeah, we'll cut your taxes, and it's good for the billionaires.

i would love for mark cuban to debunk this. i want them -- >> such mega egos, too. >> i want him to debunk the myth of trickle down economics to say i'm about providing you jobs, improving wealth status, i'm not necessarily buying into the trickle down economics that we don't give us tax breaks and you'll be okay after that. so i think that's one of the values that he brings. i love what mike bloomberg did in 2016. saying i'm a billionaire, he's a fake millionaire. i know the difference. >> it was interesting hearing mark cuban focus on economic issues, but then elon musk took a different tact. he waded into conspiracy theories. listen. >> a lot of people will say there's no cheating, and i'm like you made it impossible to actually prove that there's cheating.

so, you know, there's this question of say the dominion voting machines. it is weird that -- i think they were used in philadelphia and mare copa county, but not in a lot of other places. that seemed like a heck of a coincidence. >> to be clear, there was absolutely no evidence of widespread fraud with mail-in ballots. fox news had to pay $800 million and a settlement to deal with claims they made about dominion voting machines. what is he doing here? >> when margorie taylor greene, remember her? she came up with her conspiracy theorys. we all said she's crazy, they sounded crazy. but now this has taken another step. this is the head of a social media platform who people don't really know, but see his post, they know he owns x. and that scares me, because they don't know what a whack-a-do he

can be. he knows absolutely nothing what he's talking about when it comes to politics or how elections work. it is so dangerous to see someone in his position spread these lies. >> how do we know that he's not pushing that same content, not just for himself, but from other people into my feeds? we don't really know that. that's the danger that susan is talking about, because all of this information that we're getting, it becomes much more difficult to determine what is and isn't real. >> that's why people need to go to trusted sources for credible information and to do vetting when they see something on social media. let's switch gears and talk about mitch mcconnell. there's a new book that he says privately called trump a despicable human, and unfit for office. mcconnell isn't denying this. in fact, he put up a statement

saying this, whatever i may have said about president trump pails in comparison what jd vance and others have said about him. but we're all on the same team now. did he just throw vance and graham under the bus there? >> that was really well done. anyone who knows mitch mcconnell knows that he definitely knew exactly what he was doing. i just didn't throw out those names. but i believe those words coming from the former head of the senate. i mean, this is -- this is what it's going to be like once trump, hopefully in my opinion, loses. we'll see a lot more of these name calling come out against trump. >> got to leave it there, guys. appreciate you. all right. so beyond the presidential race, there are 34 senate races this november, and just a handful could determine the balance of power, including one key

battleground, nevada, where democratic incumbent senator jackie rosen faced off with republican sam brown in their first and only debate last night. and while brown took lots of shots at rosen, they agreed on one topic, no tax on tips. >> if you are receiving tips, you ought not to have to pay taxes on those tips. this is something that is a result of the economy that we have, the higher prices that senator rosen has voted for, people are desperate. >> i can tell you that i put myself through college as a waitress. it's a heavily tipped industry. so we need to make sure our servers and waitresses have that ability for no tax on tips. >> nbc's steve patterson is joining us from las vegas. i watching that debate closely. you've been talking to voters. steve, why has the no tax on tips been such a big issue in nevada? and what are you hearing from voters? >> reporter: the saying goes, if the country catches a cold when

it comes to the economy, nevada catches the flu. this place just hasn't recovered from covid. a place that is so dependent on the service industry. these candidates have come up with this campaign pledge. the problem is, to many voters, it is just that, just a pledge. i spoke to workers about it. here's what they told me. rachel carron, in this cycle with the economy top of mind, one offering by both candidates has rachel ready to order. what do you think about having no tax on tips? >> i would love to have no tax on my tips. i want all the money i could possibly get with inflation and everything going on. >> reporter: covid hit nevada hard, and it still hasn't recovered. its august unemployment rate was the worst of any state, well above the national mark, making this the buzziest phrase in the silver state. >> listen to this one, no tax on tips. >> eliminate taxes on tips for

service and hospitality workers. >> reporter: both presidential candidates have made exempting tips from federal taxes a central theme in their campaigns. in nevada, the message is even louder. >> no taxes on tips. >> eliminate taxes on tips. >> reporter: pinon bottle in reno isn't buying the hype. >> i think it is just a buzz word. i think it's nothing that's not nothing more than a band aid kind of situation. >> reporter: so far the candidates have given few details. former president trump was first to make the announcement but doesn't specify income limits or which industries would qualify. while harris' plan only applies to workers in the service industry, include caps, and only exempt tips from income taxes, not payroll taxes. >> end of the day, folks are not necessarily webbed to a party, but the economy is the biggest

issue. >> reporter: in the battle for nevada, the powerful -- is the vanguard. in the 2022 midterms, members knocked on over a million doors for democrats across the state t. union has endorsed kamala harris, and they're already out in force. >> working class folks aren't dumb. they're smart folks. they're used to hearing a lot of promises from politicians. and, you know, part of the problem with trump is that he lies and he lies a lot. so, folks are skeptical. >> reporter: some economists are wary of the idea overall, projecting tax revenue to fall by some $200 billion over a decade and noting it would only help a fraction of workers. at noble pie park, this man's skepticism is on tap. >> i think i would love more information. i would love to have more money in my pocket, but i'd also love that money to still go to the community. >> reporter: any plan would have to pass through congress, but rachel hopes it's a slogan that

pads her pocketbook. >> i have two kids, so any extra money that i could possibly have for bills and christmas is coming up. >> reporter: meanwhile, this singular issue is about the only thing those senate candidates last night did not spar over in a wide-ranging debate from immigration to abortion to ufos. republican challenger sam brown is behind in the polls, significantly behind in some polls. and experts really wonder if his performance moved to the needle in a place where republicans were hoping to flip a seat. >> can't help but notice you're getting photo bombed right now in your report. only in vegas, right? a big sphere with eyeballs. good to have you. thanks, steve. up next here on "annika barrera reports," an 11th hour intervention. a texas execution halted amid growing questions about whether the convicted man is actually innocent. what happens next? a medicare plan feel like?

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dramatic developments in texas, where the state supreme court halted a controversial execution after a long day of legal maneuvers to pause the scheduled death of robert roberson by lethal injection. roberson is set to be the nation's first person executed for shaken baby syndrome for the death of his 2-year-old daughter back in 2002. it comes now amid growing questions about whether he's actually innocent. backed by a coalition of bipartisan lawmakers and even the retired lead detective in his case. >> robert is a very gentle spirit. he's very sincere. there's no anger in him, no hint of revenge. he just wants the truth heard and understood. if we can't save someone like

robert, who is so clearly innocent, then truly we're lost. >> nbc priscilla thompson is in houston for us. so, priscilla a lot of legal back and forth to halt the execution. can you break down what happened and what do we know about the holes in this case? >> reporter: yeah, ana. that execution was halted only about an hour and a half before it was set to get underway, and it led to a ton of legal back and forth into the night. to understand, you have to go back to the day before this execution happened. when the texas house committee -- a texas house committee subpoenaed robert roberson to testify before them. on the day of this execution, yesterday, they appealed to a judge and they said, you cannot allow this execution to go forward. we have the power to subpoena. he is under a subpoena. he cannot be executed. and a lower court judge agreed and issued a temporary restraining order. but then the texas attorney

general appealed. the court of appeals sided with him. and ultimately late last night, this made it all the way up to the texas supreme court who ruled that that temporary restraining order would stand, the execution would be halted. when roberson learned of this, he praised god and thanked his supporters. and he has maintained his innocence through all of this. i want to play a little bit of what he had to say to our lester holt. >> did you harm your daughter, ricky? >> no, sir, i did not harm my daughter. >> if you could speak to the governor directly from the heart, what would you tell him? >> governor, i did not do this, and i just hope and pray that you do the right thing. >> reporter: as for what happens next, we'll have to see how this plays out in the courts over the next several days. but he is set to testify in front of that committee on monday. ana? >> priscilla thompson, keep us posted. thank you. that does it for us this

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