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11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. >> i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin with new toechlts in the upcoming new administration of president-elect donald trump. overnight police in monterey, california, release aed a report kong tang graphic details of a sexual assault claim against pete hegseth. trump's pick for defense secretary. in 2017 a california woman told police hegseth took her phone and blocked her from leaving a hotel room before assaulting her. hegseth was never charged with a crime in connection with the allegation. hegseth told police they had consensual sex. his lawyer said he entered into a settlement with the accuser, including making a payment as part of a nondisclosure agreement in 2023. his lawyer said he took advantage of his public profile in the height of the "me too" movement. new developments surrounding donald trump's pick for attorney general. lawmakers on the house ethics committee were unable to reach an agreement whether to release a report into matt gaetz's

details alleging sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. that means the report is sealed for now. gaetz denied any wrongdoing. here is what he said to reporters yesterday. >> any reaction to the ethics committee? they are not going to release the report today, at least at this point. any response? >> i will be honest with you. i have been focused on what we have to do to reform the department of justice. i have been meeting with senators. i haven't been paying much attention to that. >> get confirmed by the senate, do you feel like -- >> it was a great day. >> joining us now nbc's vaughn hillyard and ali vitali. how are those in trump world reacting to these new developments surrounding the president-elect's pick for defense secretary? >> reporter: right. he is up on capitol hill now and they are moving a full forward with that. you saw the likes of james blair, tutt's political director on capitol hill. you have j.d. vance escorting and helping him engage and bring

meetings together. this for donald trump are decisions that were consciously made understanding that there could be roadblocks that were hit. matt gaetz of course not only at doj, an investigation into him around these allegations and ongoing house ethics probe. for them this is very much of the mantra of the trump team the last nine years is to go full steam ahead. when you look at donald trump's social media posts, i think that's the most representative of where his mindset is at. he wrote this is what the radical left lunatics do, dirty them, spit them out. they are trying that now with great american patriots who are only trying to fix the mess that the democrats have made of our country. and now of course for trump and his team they have two months until these confirmation hearings and proceedings would move forward. so there is time to turn elsewhere to a potential alternative pick. yet, we heard from the likes of

stephen miller, incoming deputy chief of staff, who said on fox that donald trump and the team intends if they so need to, to try to challenge the constitutional grounds by pushing these individuals through recess appointments. so of course this is going to be an intense two months here. there is no indication at this point in time that donald trump or his allies intend to walk away from these picks that he has made so far. >> and ali, there is a lot of activity on capitol hill. any reaction from capitol hill on all of this? >> reporter: a lot of reaction. i think actually vaughn's read of trump world in palm beach matches the read that we have of trump allies here on capitol hill. by and large, people like vance, people like hegseth, people like gaetz are receiving support or at least assurances that they will go through a fair confirmation process. but when it comes to hegseth

specifically, he is churning through meetings this morning alongside the vice president-elect doing so from vance's senate office here on the capitol grounds. as senators are meeting with him we are asking them, have you will talked about the allegations? are you concerned about the allegations? and we are starting to see a pattern emerge that sounds a little bit like this from senator haggerty as he was leaving his meeting. watch. >> did you talk to him about the sexual assault allegations? >> what i said earlier. it's a disgrace, those allegations. he said/she said. this? a case that has been dismissed. this is dredging up something to try to smear, discredit the candidate. reminds me what happened to brett kavanaugh. >> reporter: so we are watching republican senators try to downplay the sexual assault allegations and also try to compare them to that of then-justice number any brett kavanaugh. i think it's important to point out the ways these two instances

are different. in the kavanaugh case, the witness in in that instance went before the judiciary committee that is definitely not where we are in this process now. but in the instance of hegseth, there is the payment, the settlement that he made to this accuser, his lawyer has said that was to protect his career. but also there is the police report that nbc news was able to obtain overnight that really goes into much greater detail than previously had been known about this allegation, and so certainly there is a lot of questions that senators might have as they go into these meetings and certainly that the public should have as hegseth's nomination continues to progress. >> meanwhile, lawmakers on the house ethics committee deadlocked on whether to release the report on gaetz. is that the end of the road for this report? >> reporter: maybe. but we don't know yet, jose. typically, and this process has been spoiling for us on capitol hill who typically don't know very much about what the house

ethics committee is doing because they are a committee that prides itself on being secretive and not leaking what happens behind closed doors. so the fact that we knew they met yesterday, we knew that they were meeting about the gaetz investigation, and even the details that were given bit chairman of that committee that they voted basically in deadlocked fashion, five republicans and five democrats split evenly whether or not to release the report, that is more information than we typically get from this kind of a committee. what we know at this point is that they are going to meet again after thanksgiving break, i believe the date is december 5th as of right now for the next meeting, and they will question whether or not this report should be released. i think it's important for us to note that the speaker of the house is talking about it and this is how. watch. >> i am not disgusted to talk about president trump or anyone else because that's an important thing for the speaker to do, stay neutral and not put a thumb on the scale so to speak in these investigations.

my understanding, this is an early draft report of what that ethics committee is, and what the investigation is, and that's even more inappropriate to be circulated because it's not apparently been edited or in final form. i think there is a danger to cross this rubicon and i think that the republicans in our committee did the right thing. >> reporter: we don't know what the speaker is talking about or in terms of if it's in a draft form or hasn't gone through a final review. those details are murky right now. the speaker says he doesn't want to weigh in, but he has said that he doesn't think the committee should release this report because typically when someone resigns from the house, the house ethics committee jurisdiction ends. in this instance technically that should be the case with gaetz. given the fact that he is going for a higher position and there is so much scrutiny rightly around it, that's why we're seeing this potential breaking of norms. we'll see.

>> and vaughn, meanwhile this is "the new york times" obtaining a document prepared by federal investigators that shows a web of payments among gaetz and associate who allegedly attended the same sex parties. a woman said she was 17 when she attended one of those parties. nbc's not independently confirmed this report. how does trump world see this and this report that "the new york times" got was from the federal government investigation. it wasn't public. >> reporter: right. again at least publicly their posture has been that they are standing by matt gaetz. it was kevin mccarthy who over the course of the last two years has been publicly outspoken suggesting that at one point matt gaetz would go to jail. none of these developments -- yes, tidbits and new evidence that are being put forward and potentially the house ethics

committee could reveal more. the underlying allegations of the of the case and republicans who outwardly like kevin mccarthy were outspoken enough to suggest it would land matt gaetz in jail, that's old. that has been out there for two years. and matt gaetz has been on defense against those allegations ever since. so the trump team knew what it was getting into. i think it's important to note that while there is an understandably intense scrutiny around these serious allegations against matt gaetz and hegseth, a lot of the other scrutiny at this point in time is overshadowed on other potential cabinet nominees like robert f. kennedy jr. and tulsi gabbard, everybody from matthew whitaker who has no clear foreign policy or diplomatic experience to be the ambassador to nato or linda mcmahon whose husband is also under doj investigation for allegations of being aware of

sex trafcking of minors by a wwe employee. so there is a lot of these nominees who this confirmation process are going to face tough questions, but as these allegations and these details from these individuals like matt gaetz and pete hegseth come forward here, it really sort of clouds over the entirety of this process in which it will take to fill out a cabinet and top administration posts for donald trump. not to mention the other political appointees, which there will have to be 4,000 of them to fill out the executive branch come january 2025. >> vaughn hillyard and ali vitali thank you very much. now basal, democratic strategist and former republican congressman charlie debt. charlie, you served as its house ethics committee chair. how damaging is all of this new reporting about gaetz for his confirmation? >> i think it's all very

damaging. this report that is on -- seems imminently it could come out, will be very damaging to matt gaetz because -- by the way, matt gaetz would not have resigned if this report would give him a clean bill of health. this report likely says, of course i haven't seen it, they will recommend some sanction, reprimand, censure, worst case expulsion, which would be moot because he resigned. if the committee uncovers potential criminal wrongdoing, they can refer the matter back to the department of justice. and so i think this is a very damaging. what's really particularly interesting, there is plenty of precedent to release these reports after a member has resigned, particularly in the cases of alleged sexual misconduct. there is a case in 1990 where a former member was -- he had -- he resigned and he was -- the matter dealt with sex with a 16-year-old. they released it. there are other cases of a sexual nature that were also

released. so at this point i don't think the speaker of the house has done anybody favors by talking about this. his comments should be let the ethics committee do their work. he shouldn't weigh in on whether or not this report should be released. i think that's a mistake. and i think it's helped to politicize this issue more than it needs to be. >> so, charlie, just to kinda take you back to when you were there, would you have -- i am not talking about gaetz specifically, but in general would you, as chair, have recommended that this report or any other be made public, because how many -- give us an idea, how many investigations and reports does a committee like the one you chaired handle? >> well, that can vary. it doesn't happen often. there might be a few each sessions. maybe anywhere from, you know, one to five over a two-year session where there could be real sanctions. maybe it's a little more than

that. so it just doesn't happen very often. but this process is one that, look, the committee as courtesy does not ordinarily release any statement after a member resigns. it's a courtesy. there is no rule that requires this. so, basically they can release these reports as they have done. so again, remember when a member of congress resigns due to scandal, they usually go away quietly. they reconstruct their lives, their relationships, and that's what they do. they don't get elevated to the top law enforcement officer of the united states. and that's why there is more interest in this report and why i think the public has a right to see it and especially the united states senate which wants to see this report as part of its official record as it goes about its advice and consent duties in the confirmation

process. so there is plenty of reason to release this report. and i suspect if you ask most house republicans they would say release it. they don't have a lot of love for matt gaetz. let's face it. >> and the president-elect and his team are working to drum up support for gaetz on capitol hill. how do you see that playing out when, as we were just hearing from charlie, there is not a lot of love lost towards gaetz on capitol hill. >> yeah, i was actually going to make that point, that there isn't a lot of warm feelings towards matt gaetz. i remember in the speaker's race when mccarthy ran up on him in the chamber. you are like, wait, what's that about? there is a lot of animosity there. the congressman can correct me if i'm wrong, but that ethics committee is equally divided between democrats and republicans so there is no appearance of partisanship. it took one republican, one courageous republican to vote to release this.

it really does signal the kind environment that we are in now where you are going to see a lot of republicans despite their concerns around perhaps the issue itself at hand with respect to the ethics violation, potential ethics violations, or whatever anger or dislike they have towards matt gaetz, that they are going to fall in line behind what donald trump wants. senator cornyn on the senate side has intimated that in some way, shape or form the details of the report will be released because that's what happens in washington. but he had earlier said that he would like to see it. the senate should see it because they don't want to embarrass president trump. even if that was a way of saying that they don't want to embarrass themselves, it does suggest that there is an interest in seeing what's in that report. and to at least be prepared for the potential blowback. what is sure to happen given

vaughn's earlier reporting about how many nominees there are with something in their background that may cause some concern for voters, it's likely that throughout a lot of these processes and hearings there is going to be a lot out there about these nominees for very high-profile positions that americans might take issue with. >> yeah, charlie, just thinking about hegseth specifically because in that case so far what has been a focus is on that incident with the police report. what do you think that could play in his confirmation hearing? >> well, what's really stunning about this whole process, not just in the case of the hegseth nomination, but in many of the other nominations, there has just not been a real vetting process by the white house. i mean, it's really disturbing that the white house doesn't

actually try to, you know, just pre-screen these candidates a little bit. ordinarily, somebody in the white house -- >> you are talking about the trump transition team, right? >> yeah. well, yes. excuse me. the trump transition team. they would be massaging this with republican leaders saying we have people to nominate, what do you think, and they could talk about which ones are easily confirmed. they are not doing it. so bottom line is, hegseth's nomination is potential trouble for the similar reasons of gaetz. nobody likes surprises. this took everybody by surprise these allegations of sexual misconduct and we'll learn more as they go through the process. >> basal and charlie dent, thank you very much. still ahead, following breaking news. illinois' supreme court just overturning the conviction of actor justin herbert who had been accused in a hate crime hoax. we have got the latest. it's called shocking on capitol hill. why the fbi director and

homeland security secretary refusing to appear for today's hearing on threats to the u.s. and breaking overseas, the international criminal court issues an arrest warrant for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his former defense minister. we are back in 90 seconds. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. most plans include the humana healthy options allowance. a monthly allowance to help pay for eligible groceries, utilities, rent, and over-the-counter items. the healthy options allowance is loaded onto a prepaid card each month. and whatever you don't spend, carries over from each month. plus, your doctor, hospital and pharmacy may already be part of our large humana networks. so, call the

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where the state supreme court there has overturned jussie smollett's 2021 conviction. smollett convicted on charges of falsely reporting a 2019 hate crime against himself. joining us now is adrienne broaddus and kristen gibbons, former prosecutor. adrian, what happened today? >> jose, a major turnaround in this case. the illinois supreme court has overturned the conviction of actor jussie smollett. many of you may remember he was found guilty of staging a racist and homophobic attack back in 2019. he alleged that attack happened here in chicago. now, the court ruled that the appointment of a special prosecutor to reindict smollett violated his constitutional rights. he had initially been charged by cook county prosecutors who later dropped the case. a special prosecutor was brought in to reopen it, leading to smollett's 2021 conviction on five counts of filing false police reports.

now, we received a statement from his attorney. one of his attorneys, i should say, moments ago, which says in part, today we resolve a question about the state's responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with departments. we hold that a second prosecution under these circumstances is a due process violation, and we, therefore, reverse defendant's conviction. meanwhile, you may remember the former "empire" star was sentenced to 150 days in jail, but he served about six days before he was released on appeal. and we will hear more from his attorneys later in the day. i have been trading text messages with his attorney and, as you could imagine, this is a sense of justice for jussie smollett. jose. >> talk to us about that due process violation. how do you see this? how is this all overturned? >> due process violation is

really simply the opportunity to be heard. and if someone has already been prosecuted before, which happened in this case, then they really can't be prosecuted again and that's really also combined with double jeopardy as we have heard. you can't be tried twice. in this particular case, he was -- the charges were dismissed, but it was dismissed in exchange for community service and him for fitting it that $10,000 bond that he posted. but then special prosecutors were then appointed to do that other investigation which ended up in his conviction. and so that's where the due process violation really comes into play. the fact that there was an agreement that he was going to do these things for the dismissal and should not have been rereprosecuted after that agreement. >> and i know you prosecuted the bill cosby case, which the illinois supreme court cites in

overturning this case. why that significant? >> that's significant mainly because, jose, what they are trying to point out is that when there is an agreement made by the prosecution, it really shouldn't displace any type of remedy for constitutionally -- i'm looking at their opinion specifically. what they are saying, yes, the society has an interest in prosecuting dangerous crimes or crimes of any nature. >> this was disorderly conduct. but crimes of any nature. and society has that interest to make sure that streets are crime free. at the same time that interest should not overcompensate or overwhelm an individual's right to their constitutional rights, and certainly not a criminal defendant's rights, to their constitutional rights to a fair trial. with that said, i have to respectfully disagree with the illinois supreme court as they cite the cosby opinion. as a former cosby prosecutor i

can tell you that i disagree with our state's supreme court when they said that there existed an agreement in the cosby case, very different from this one. there was no prior prosecution and the satisfaction of any agreement in the cosby case. it was more informal and alleged and our state and superior court found no agreement had actually been made. but nevertheless, the understanding principle is still the same. if there was an agreement not to prosecute, it should be certainly agreed to and fulfilled. >> aid reand kristen, thank you much so much. new reaction this morning after two top government leaders refused to appear at a senate hearing. fbi director christopher wray and homeland security secretary mayorkas were expected to appear today on worldwide threats. the committee chair gary peters

criticized them for refusing to appear saying in part, secretary mayorkas and director wray's refusal to speak will increase the concerns many americans have been our national security at a challenging time. nbc's ken dilanian is with us. good morning. this is unusual, isn't it? what happened here? why why are they refusing to testify? >> extremely unusual. i'll tell you what the agencies are telling us and what the committee thinks and others think is going on. dhs and fbi say, one, their leaders testified very often in public hearings over the last year about the threats facing the nation and what they think should happen is a classified hearing because there are very sensitive things happening right now. they don't say this, but including a chinese hack of u.s. telecoms that may have gotten classified information that they can't talk about in public. the committee is concerned about the idea that these are two men who are not long in their jobs,

mayorkas is leaving and we are reporting that donald trump wants to replace christopher wray. so the fear is they are thinking why should they endure another public grilling on the hill. these hearings are not pleasant. they get asked really tough questions. some people call it a circus. so they decided they are not going to do that. what is lost here though is an opportunity for the taxpayers to hear from the leaders of these very important agencies about very important questions. for example, wray would be asked about the nomination of matt gaetz to be the attorney general. he doesn't want to talk about that in public, so he is not going to do that. what is unusual, this was planned for weeks. it was only monday, jose, that these committees were told that these men would not appear in public. >> ken dilanian, thank you very much. next, we are live in israel for reaction to the international criminal court showing arrest warrants for benjamin netanyahu and others. plus, tracking two nasty storms affecting millions from coast to

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♪♪ 31 past the hour. breaking news. the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, former israeli defense minister yoav gallant and hamas military chief mohammed deif for alleged war crimes and crimes against

humanity. axios reports this is the first time the icc issued warrants against a major u.s. ally as well as the first time for the leader of a democratic country. back in may the court said it believed both netanyahu and gallant were responsible for crimes against hunanty, murder, and using starvation as methods of warfare. raf, the u.s. and israel are not members of this icc. how significant is this? >> this is very significant, jose. the prosecutor in the international criminal court, the icc, first sought these arrest warrants against netanyahu and gallant six months ago. since then israel has been doing everything it possibly could politically, legally to avoid the court actually issuing those

arrest warrants and today it has happened. the icc saying that there are reasonable grounds to believe that netanyahu and gallant used starvation as a weapon of war by blocking humanitarian aid, getting into gaza, and that in some instances they may have targeted palestinian civilians deliberately. netanyahu as you could imagine denounsing the prosecutor, denouncing the court, calling it an antisemitic decision and saying it will not deter him from continuing israel's military campaign in gaza. in practical terms, jose, very unlikely we are going to see netanyahu in handcuffs in the dock at the court in the hague anytime soon, but he now joins a lonely club along with vladimir putin of world leaders who are wanted by the court for alleged war crimes. and there is a practical implication here. as you said, neither israel nor the u.s. is the signatory to the

icc, but basically every country in western europe is. and it is now not clear whether netanyahu can travel to the uk, to france, to germany without potentially being arrested as soon as he touches down there. we are hearing from the white house national security council, the biden administration has been very opposed to this effort to arrest gallant and netanyahu. i want to read you a little bit of the statement. they say, the united states fundamentally rejects the court's decision to issue arrest warrants for senior israeli officials. we remain deeply concerned by the prosecutor's rush to seek arrest warrants and the troubling process errors that led to this decision. they go on to say that the u.s. along with israel are discussing potential next steps. we heard from republicans in the congress talking about potentially sanctioning the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, and it is important to stress

also that the prosecutors squ seek the arrest of three of hamas' top leaders back in may. two of them have now been confirmed killed by israel, and so the court today only issuing an arrest warrant for the third, mohammed deif, who is the hamas military chief. our team in gaza, jose, has been speaking to people on the ground there. there is a sort of weary understanding that the court is not going to be able to end the war, and they are saying that, frankly, this doesn't do much for them as they try to survive this ongoing israeli bombing and continue to seek out food. jose. >> raf sanchez in tel aviv, thank you very much. help us kind of take a step back and take a look at what this really means if it has any real significance? >> yeah, jose, i mean, i think what's unusual is that the reason you don't have democratic countries usually, you know,

subjected to this kind of action by the international criminal court is because democratic countries conduct investigations and israel, frankly, has a long tradition of conducting investigations, and essentially they have judicial processes that the international criminal court recognizes as valid means to seek redress for victims and to investigate allegations. so the fact that they are leaping to this conclusion and then issuing these arrest warrants is troubling. the implications, as you said, mean that if i were benjamin netanyahu, i wouldn't travel anywhere where the country in question signed an agreement, is a member of the treaty that establishes the international criminal court. and much like president putin, who wasn't able to travel to steve angeli for the brics meeting, i think it was last year, he won't be able to travel to countries that are parties to the icc for fear of being

arrested. >> you know, i wonder, and i don't know, but i don't recall seeing, evelyn, the international criminal court's blanket condemnation of the iranian regime and how it treats its people. i don't recall seeing the icc's statement on how the regime is systematically violating human rights. i don't recall the icc statement on the cuban regime that had 64 years of violations of human rights. i don't recall so many of this. is it that i just -- or how about the chinese regime's treatment of the uighurs? is it that i missed this? >> it's, well, it is clearly, as you are indicating, by your line of questioning, a selective prosecution. the icc commissioner and the head of the icc decided to proceed with this highly politically charged case, and again it doesn't appear that he

has left sufficient time for a democracy to actually take matters into their own hands, and we don't know what evidence he has used from the ground, but, you know, the reality is, i don't know what the u.s. government will do. we are not a party to the international criminal court. so that gives us a little bit of freedom. on the flip side, vladimir putin has conducted horrific human rights violations and he has -- there is an arrest warrant out for him. so it's troubling that we put -- that in effect the icc has put these two men in the same category because that is not warranted in this case. >> and ephrine, i want to turn your attention to eastern europe. authorities say that russia for the first time launched an intercontinental ballistic missile at ukraine. the u.s. official with knowledge of the matter said russia didn't fire an icbm. what do you make of the situation today? has there been an escalation in the last couple of weeks?

>> well, jose, i don't know that there is really been an escalation. people are making a lot of the new, you know, freedom that we have give the ukrainians to use long-range missiles to strike deep into russian territory, take out ammunition depots, and that is important. that's not necessarily the escalation. the russians, i don't know if i would say they escalated in that they have an attacking kyiv, been attacking civilians, they have been attacking energy infrastructure all along. their main escalation was bringing another country into this war in the face of the ukrainian seizure of the russian territory of kursk. they brought in the north koreans, 10,000 and counting. that was escalatory. and president biden said in reaction to that we are going to let the ukrainians essential le use the weapons we have given them to strike inside russia and in fact to strike at the north koreans because there is danger that russia could retake that territory from ukraine.

ukraine has taken it as a bargaining chip, not as an occupying force. >> always a pleasure to see you. thank you for your time. >> thank you, jose. next, the fight over bathroom access for transgender people makes its way to capitol hill. here's what house speaker mike johnson is saying about restricting access. (♪♪) new alka-seltzer plus cold or flu fizzy chews. chew. fizz. feel better fast. no water needed. new alka-seltzer plus fizzychews.

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42 past the hour. new reaction after house speaker mike johnson announced a policy preventing transgender women from using bathrooms in the capitol building that match their gender identity weeks after sarah mcbride was elected as the first openly transgender member of congress. nbc's ryan nobles joins us from capitol hill. good morning. is this a new policy, recommendation, what is it? >> reporter: it's a new policy, jose. it goes into effect immediately. the house speaker has a wide range of purview and authority to install policies like this when it comes to the administration of the house side of the capitol. and it comes after a caaign of e republicans really highlighted transgender rights and their opposition to transgender rights. at the same time, in delaware they were electing the first transgender women to congress. delaware's sarah mcbride made history in november becoming the first openly trans woman to win

a seat in congress. >> thank you so much to the congressional progressive caucus. >> reporter: her win came as republicans made opposition to trans rights a major part of their campaign strategy. >> now that fight is front and center on capitol hill. rz. >> this isn't manufactured. this is a real thing. >> reporter: south carolina's nancy mace, who broke ground as the first woman to graduate from the all-mail military academy arguing mcbride schato not be allowed to use women's restrooms on the complex. >> she has a private restroom in their own office. there are eun sex facilities throughout the capitol. >> reporter: it led to house speaker mike johnson issuing a new policy that says restrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms are, quote, reserved for individuals of that biological sex. >> a man is a man and a woman is a woman. and a man cannot become a woman. but i also believe that we treat everybody with dignity.

>> reporter: this battle a microcosm of the war across the country over trans rights. with republicans pushing back on bathroom access, pronoun use and health care for transition people. >> they are endangering women, engaging girls of all kinds and everybody should reject it. it's gross. >> reporter: it's a fight mcbride, who came to congress to deal with economic and quality of life issues, did not intend on being the face of. >> i am not running to be the transgender member of congress. aim run toering to be delaware's member of congress. >> thanks to ryan nobles for that report. up next, drenching rain, bomb cyclones, whiteout conditions. what you need to know about these major storm systems coast to coast. plus, the city of los angeles declares itself a sanctuary city. we will ask the los angeles city councilman behind this what that really means. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. at bombas

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stormy. in the east the first rain, which is great a snow in areas of wisconsin to chicago. then we have the atmospheric river still coming into the west. these two areas of concern. in the east we have the soaking rain. fire danger over in almost of the areas that had problems. in the west with the atmospheric river we have to go through tonight and most of tomorrow. we haven't probably seen the worst of the flooding there. in the east as we zoom in, new york city 0.75 inch much of rain, maybe an inch and a half. we had significant snow. 2 to 4 inches from green bay towards milwaukee. first snow of the season. we have areas of people seeing snow in indianapolis down through southern ohio, kentucky, even the mountainous areas of the appalachians, tennessee and north carolina will see some snow. as we go throughout the next day this will linger over the northeast. we will see significant snow. the catskills, poconos, higher

elevations, on the new york pennsylvania border, foot of heavy, wet snow. there is that soaking rain in areas of new england. the snow forecast up to 15 to 20 inches at the highest of elevations, but this area here especially southern tier of new york, cooperstown back down heading into areas on the delaware river, that's who will get significant snow, maybe power outages. for the west this is focused in one area all through northern california and that's where we will see the biggest issues north of san francisco, jose. this is where we have a high risk of flash flooding, especially this evening. but this is definitely a change, jose. we had a quiet weather pattern most of this fall. now things are getting very active. sorry to say, looks like a big storm moving across the country in time for thanksgiving, too. >> thank you very much, my friend. next, what we are learning about what president-elect trump is planning to do about immigration on day one. plus, what los angeles' new sanctuary city status means. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. t,

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56 past the hour. this morning, nbc news learned that much of donald trump's first day in office is likely to focus on stopping illegal immigration and he's expected to sign at least five executive orders on that issue after he is sworn in, according to three trump allies, who spoke on condition of anonymity. on tuesday, los angeles passed a sanctuary city ordinance, preventing the use of city resources and enforcing federal immigration plans. joining us now, hugo soto martinez, a council member, who introduced the ordinance with two other members. thank you for being with us. it is great to see you. what, if you would, explain to us what the definition of sanctuary city is for los

angeles. >> yeah, i think we wanted to make it very clear that though the federal government has a lot of power over their resources, that the city of los angeles will not be collaborating or using any city resource to enforce his deportation machine because we feel it is important that, you know, that we empower folks here and know that they feel safe and we're protecting families from when they come down the road. >> and councilman, where is the line, what is the difference between, for example, protecting our 80-year-old -- and our parents but also finding and detaining criminals that may be in your city? >> well, look, i think that we all agree that 99.9% of the folks that are here from other countries are very much like my family, who came here undocumented, and were street vendors for a long time, but they were able to buy their home

and both of them are now citizens. and my parents didn't have the fear they were going to be deported when they were taking me to school or picking up groceries. and so we're trying to protect 99.9% of the folks that fall within that category and not fall into the divisive tactics of this upcoming president. >> you know, councilman, it is so easy to say and to hear and i know it is not easy to say in many ways, but just the stories of -- and of the american dream that, you know, your parents had, and it is really remarkable that we're living in a country where that kind of dream can and certainly has come true for so many, but there are so many pitfalls there. >> oh, absolutely. look, if you look at what is happening in this country now, we see that it is so expensive to live in the city of los angeles. senior citizens are the largest

likely to become homeless. it is not just about protecting folks that make up the fabric and entrepreneurs of our city, but also make sure that they can thrive and be empowered, which is another thing we also have to lead on in the city of l.a. and i think that has an effect of having -- giving the larger population a vision of what the city can look like. we can't be doing it by trying to sacrifice folks that are coming here to work and make a living and uplift their families. >> hugo soto martinez from los angeles, i thank you very much. a pleasure seeing you. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. >> that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on social media at jd balart and watch clips from our show at youtube at msnbc.com/jdb. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president-elect's choice to run the pentagon, former fox news host pete hegseth, on capitol hill