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>> right now on ana cabrera reports, trump threatens a trade war, the president-elect promising tariffs against canada, mexico and china starting on day one, how he could rumble global relations before even taking oath. all federal charges against trump dropped but could legal headwinds still be waiting for him once a second term ends? weather alert, the coast-to- coast storms threaten to spoil thanksgiving travel for millions. and the israeli cabinet said to me today, how close is a cease- fire between israel and hezbollah to the north? good morning, it is 10:00 eastern, great to have you with us, i'm ana cabrera and president- elect trump has added another

polarizing item to sweeping day one agenda, vowing to start mass deportations as soon as he enters the oval office, now he says on january 20th, he will also hit america's three biggest trading partners with significant new tariffs, 25% on all goods from canada and mexico plus an added 10% coming from china, that trio of countries account for roughly a third of the u.s. supply imports, he argues the new move is necessary to combat the ongoing flow of fentanyl coming into the u.s. with us in new york, vaughn hillyard tracking the transition and christine romans also joining us, washington post national editor and msnbc political analyst, philip rutger. we are seeing the markets reacting but tart to us -- talk to us about what impact it will have on americans? >> just about everything you touch, cars for example, big

car industry in canada for example that half of the cars made in canada are made by american companies and half of those parts come from the united states and those go back and forth multiple times before a final assembled vehicle is sold. you start putting 25% tariffs on those, and you are adding to the price of cars, any produce coming from mexico and a lot of them come from mexico, and let me explain why. the president-elect doesn't believe this or doesn't acknowledge this, the entity that writes the check for the import tax is the importer, the company that is going to send it to a grocery store or car dealership, that is passed on to consumers so consumers would face higher prices for things, in the near term, the stock market is reacting to the fact that it is disruptive, even this is just a threat, people are signing deals to import goods in the next six weeks, nine weeks, so they are facing

higher prices ahead.>> these three countries, they imported more than we imported from them, more than $1 trillion worth of goods in the last year, if we are expecting these tariffs, prices should go up, should people start stocking up on certain items ? >> businesses have been small and medium-sized businesses don't have half a million dollars around to buy ingredients now that they might need next year, but smaller companies are at a disadvantage. mexico and canada, the president, in his first administration, basically jettisoned nafta and made his own u.s.-mexico-canada agreement, this would been in violation of his own trade agreement he made, the reasons in terms of the rules-based order for international trade. >> that is a good point and not

only did the president have his own trade deal with a couple of these countries, he threatened others the last time around that he didn't follow through on so will he follow through this time? >> let's be clear, americans went through a trade war in 2019 and you should also expect retaliatory tariffs, $2 trillion worth of goods that we saw in 2018 and 2019, those countries, mexico, canada, china, european allies, they placed retaliatory tariffs on our goods, and american manufacturers who rely on those exports whether you are a lobster farmer in maine or soybean producer in nebraska, they spent years developing these markets, but then there was a retaliatory tariff in place, so really this is going to call into question what is he looking for out of any trade deal, whether it be with a new u.s. mca 2.0 because americans

suffer losses because of the trade war, where does he want these, it is not quite clear. >> and american taxpayers are paying the price and consumers are paying the price with higher prices. >> so this is where we are, trump is blowing up his own trade agreement, picking a fight with american allies, what do you make of it?>> it shouldn't be surprising because this is exactly what donald trump ran on in his campaign all year, these tariffs were at the top of his agenda, he talked about a virtually every turn and he could argue that because he won the presidency and the popular vote, that there is support for this kind of a dramatic measure on day one, i think it is going to be a real challenge however for his incoming economic team, the treasury secretary as well as

some of his foreign-policy leaders to really help implement this in a way that doesn't disrupt the u.s. economy to dramatically and also, can keep the global alliances in check, that is going to be a massive challenge for the administration and navigate in those opening days, assuming he's going to place.>> trumps treasury secretary, scott bessette said this about the tariffs the day after the election, watch.>> my view, and i don't have a say now, yet or even ever, but it's that i would recommend that the tariffs be layered and gradually , which would, the price adjustment would be over a period of time. >> he recommends they be gradual, it doesn't sound like what trump is saying in his tweets or social media posts, as gradual, is there a disconnect? >> howard nutmeg who is going

to be the commerce secretary, also talking about having more targeted tariffs because for example, many manufacturing parts like for automobiles that american manufacturers don't make just what requires, like cummins out of indiana, there some parts that they rely on to be coming into the united states to use for their machines and when you have that tariffs on it, it only increases the price of the engine, which gets to scott besson's point, but he is going across the board, tough style of politics here, and coming back to what is the goal and when we go back to that china trade deal the first go around, donald trump justified the trade war to try to cut back on relation of the marketplace by china, cut down on ip theft but in all of those stated goals,

they never came to fruition, so donald trump is saying he is going to place tariffs on canada and mexico to cut down on migration and drugs . this is playing with the economy at the same time you're trying to play with another issue.>> it is all about the border, coming back to the border. take a listen to eric talking about the purpose of these. >> you want to allow drugs to come through our southern border? we are going to tariff you, china if you are going to allow this stuff to be sold in our country, largely produced in china, we are going to add another 10%, we are going to cost your country, we are going to cost your businesses hunches of billions of dollars.>> the first trump administration did hit china with tariffs, did china feel the pain ?>> and did try to make some agreements with

fentanyl and the drugs, it didn't work, the pain was felt by american producers, american farmers especially, american farmers are hammering whiskey producers and all of these things that have big counter tariffs. the question is, are there counter tariffs and that becomes a trade war and i can be really disruptive to supply chains, prices for american consumers and again, the person who pays the tariff, china is not writing a check for an import tax, that is the importer. american company, if you listen to the earnings calls, they have been saying on the record, they are going to pass those costs onto american consumers.>> trump said these countries could easily stop the flow of fentanyl but we have to point out, the department of homeland security said the vast majority of fentanyl crossing the borders, being smuggled by u.s. citizens in their personal vehicles. is this policy about stopping

fentanyl? >> well, clearly trump has made that argument, he said this is a retaliation for the flow of fentanyl and the flow of undocumented migrants but it is not as simple as he might per tray and it's not as if the leaders of mexico for example can just flip a switch and decide to stop all flow and it would suddenly stop, this is a very complicated issue in terms of the drug war and the drug trade. it is illegal but it is happening and happening through so many different geopolitical forces. so, it is not as simple as the president-elect portrays but it is what he says as a motivating factor for these tariffs he wants to impose. >> trump has made a lot of big promises for day one, deportations, tariffs, dozens of executive orders, is there any skepticism inside his team that he can implement these things on day one?>> well, they know how hard it is going to be

to implement these things but one of the effects of having made all of these personnel decisions in terms of the cabinet leaders so quickly after the election is that they have a period of time to actually plan to execute this in terms of governing, to get those executive orders in place to figure out that agenda and to create sort of the paper flow so that this can all fall into place on day one and a more orderly fashion. he has finished assembling this cabinet much sooner than he did eight years ago during the 2016 transition, so that is a sign that at least they have the time to try to prepare for this and develop a plan of action. >> vaughn hillyard and christine romans, philip rucker, thank you for your conversations. trump tries to pressure mexico, the president-elect's incoming borders are is heading to texas today, greg abbott and tom homan will greet national guard

soldiers on the border, tom homan has become the face of trumps mass deportation promise, joining us from el paso, texas , or eagle pass, texas i should say, tell us about his visit today and what changes are coming.>> well, there's a lot of questions as to what will happen with this cooperation that we expect with tom homan and greg abbott, greg abbott has been at the forefront of enforcing immigration laws in texas with the issues and the massive arrival of migrants here at the texas border, so they have already been appearing on television doing a lot of interviews together, both greg abbott and tom homan , talking about what they want to do but there has been a lot of discussion as to how these mass deportations would take place. it has been somewhat ambiguous to try to understand how they would target specific individuals in the country, we have heard local officials in certain areas of new york

california, illinois saying they will not cooperate with federal authorities to conduct these mass deportations. part of the messaging today is to say that there will be collaboration between greg abbott and tom homan and also to say that they will conduct these mass deportations as tom homan has been saying to the media, regardless of whether or not they get cooperation for local officials. here is him speaking on fox news about this last night.>> you cannot help it, that is your choice, i think that is your number one responsibility, but to obviously hate president trump more than they love their communities, i will say it again, do not cross the line, do not impede us, or there's going to be consequences.>> there's a lot of questions again as to who will be targeted by these mass deportations, when we look at

the number of individuals in the u.s. that are undocumented, many of them are individuals who have been in the u.s. for years, even decades that are a part of society, some of them own houses, and they are a part of the undocumented population of the united states, so many people are asking, are these individuals going to be targeted or are they referring to the people that are entering the country in the last year or maybe three years? we have to keep in mind, when we see the images of the large crowds arriving at the border, especially here in eagle pass, texas, many of these individuals, i would say the great majority of them arrived illegally but then requested asylum and were allowed to stay under a humanitarian parole. a lot of these individuals have court dates that are scheduled for later this year or 2025 or even 2026 so technically a lot

of those crowds that arrived recently, they are in the country legally so there are a lot of questions as to how they will define the ones that they will be targeting for what they are calling these mass deportations point >> so many people are in this league oh limbo for years sometime in this country. thank you so much. next, what happens now that special counsel jack smith is dropping federal charges against donald trump? we are expecting the busiest home -- holiday travel period, why crowds and traffic might be the least of your worries. are we on the cusp of a cease-fire in the middle east? the new signal from israel's prime minister. and the menendez brothers facing a new hurdle, we are back in 90 seconds. 90 seconds. deliciously superior nutrition, too. for us, it's eggs any style. as long as they're the best. eggland's best. hi. i'm damian clark. i'm here to help you

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>> welcome back, to a significant legal victory for the president-elect, all federal charges against him are gone, jack smith moved to drop both his election interference case and his appeal in the mar- a-lago documents case. not because prosecutors thought their case wasn't strong enough, but because of the supreme court's recent immunity ruling and the long-standing doj policy against prosecuting a sitting president. walk us through what smith has said in dropping these charges and what is left to do before

he leads the special counsel's office? >> good morning, jack smith said he had no choice because he is an employee of the justice department and after donald trump was elected, jack smith asked the doj's office of legal counsel, they are in charge of rendering legal and policy opinions, rather the long-standing policy says a sitting president cannot be indicted or prosecuted, whether that would apply to president- elect even before he is inaugurated in the office came back and said yes, they believe it does apply and at that point, jack smith said he had no choice but to move to dismiss the one case that was still pending, and he also administered strategic moves because by doing it himself instead of resigning or leaving it to the trump justice department, he had control over what he would say about this case and why it was dismissed and as you pointed out, he said very clearly that it had

nothing to do with the strength of the evidence and his belief that he could gain a conviction before a jury, which he said he is still holding to that. it was entirely about the doj policy and it was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it could be refiled although there is a five year statute of limitations, so it doesn't look like that is going to happen.>> what does this mean for his co- defendant? >> they are technically still in the case because the justice department, remember that case was dismissed, the justice department is appealing that because they think the judge was completely wrong when she ruled that the doj's method of appointing special councils was honest -- unconstitutional. it is not clear if they intend to prosecute these under wings long enough to try to win that appeal before the circuit court, and donald trump could always pardon those individuals before the court rules or orders his justice department withdrawal. what happens in that case is very much up in the air.>>

thank you. barrett smith did leave the door open after trump is out of office, but do you see realistically, four years from now, trump is out of office, so prosecutors will revive the case? >> the special counsel did dismiss these charges without charges, which means he will keep the door open to potentially file charges in the future continuing these, i think there's two main issues, the first is the statute of limitations, it would have to be told, smith's filings did not say anything about the statute of limitations, did not weigh in one way or the other, whether these would be told during those four years, but the second issue is a practical one, that is criminal cases don't get better over time, witnesses, memories fade, sometimes witnesses become unavailable, so i think the typical logic is that if you can't prove a case or bring a

case right now, you are not going to be in a better position to do so for years from now.>> to get your opinion, the january 6 insurrection, about four years ago, and we didn't have jack smith involved in this until he was appointed special counsel in november of 2022, almost two years went by, trump strategy to delay has been pretty obvious from the get-go, it appears it has worked. did merrick garland just moved to slowly? >> right now to look back and answer that question and say obviously yes, obviously they moved to slowly because we are where we are right now, however i do think in a case like this, precision and taking their time and being extra careful really was a part of their duty, if you are going to drain a case against a former president for something as serious as an insurrection, you have to make sure you are getting everything

100% right. and again, this wasn't just the prosecutors not moving quickly, at every stage of the game there were legal delays, with every issue being appealed, every issue because these were new things that we had never encountered this type of legal territory before, every thing had to go up to the court of appeals including issues up to the supreme court, so i don't think you could put it squarely on merrick garland but certainly it was the fax that worked out well for president- elect trump because it worked in his favor. >> let's talk about new developments in your old office, damien williams just announced he is going to step down next month, he is really handling this high-profile cases, the case against the menendez, the case against eric adams, what does williams departure mean for the southern district?>> not only did his

leadership preside over some amazing convictions, really important cases that they brought but he also was somebody that was really just widely admired and respected within that office, i think the case is that his office has charged against mayor adams and sean diddy combs are still ongoing, remember, even though damien is leading, most of that office will probably stay, these are people that are not political appointments, these are career prosecutors that will likely continue, so the work of the office will continue even when there is a new leader that is brought in.>> berit berger, good to see you, thank you for coming in. up next, if you are one of the 80 million americans hitting the road or the skies for turkey day, what you need to know about the holiday storm threat. also, new hope for dialing down middle east tensions, we are in the region tracking a potential

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>> whether you are flying or driving this week, your route to your turkey dinner could hit some turbulence, this season, thousands of flights are canceled, but first, we are at chicago o'hare airport where the travel crunch is on. adrian?>> good morning, here across the country, high- traffic could mean longer wait times at the airport checkpoints, this morning, it's the perfect storm for holiday travel headaches, two major weather systems dumping heavy snow and rain from the west coast to the plains, just as record numbers of travelers hit the roads and skies for thanksgiving. the tsa expecting more than 18

million passengers at airports this week, a 22% jump from two years ago. why did you choose to leave today? >> we were trying to get ahead of all the holiday travel traffic. >> reporter: in san francisco, heavy wind delaying nearly a quarter of the flights at sfo, at boston logan airport, more holdups. an american airlines plane clipping the wing tip of a frontier airline jet preparing to depart with 200 passengers on board. though there were no injuries, both planes were taken out of service. some frustrated frontier passengers facing waits of nearly two days. >> frontier says it is offering $100 travel credits or full refunds, as well as hotel and meal vouchers. adding to the chaos, a shortage of air traffic controllers already causing big delays and there's some good news, for the

90% of thanksgiving travelers, driving this year. gas prices have fallen to $3.05 per gallon nationally, down from $3.26 a year ago. something to be thankful for as families brace for the holiday travel crunch.>> i would not want to be traveling on wednesday, for sure. >> frontier is offering $100 travel credits or full refunds, they are offering hotel and meal vouchers, back at o'hare, travelers are bracing for snow expected in the coming days. their hope is that the weather will not impact their flights as they make their way to the thanksgiving table. back to you.>> thank you. let's go to angie tracking these storms for us.

>> a busy week ahead when it comes to travel and of course the weather forecast, all- important for that, we got two areas we are watching, a storm system across the east and one across the west, this east is going to be out of the picture before you know it but we are getting a little bit of rain across new england and the northeast, also potential ice and snow for this region making travel a bit difficult for at least another couple of hours, we will start to see that system moving out of the picture as we get into tomorrow. out west, a different story, that is a storm system that is going to ramp up over the next couple days and across the country moving from coast to coast and bringing impacts. let's take a look at exactly what those are, this is through the rest of the day today, notice the rain and mountain snow across the rockies, this can leave us with difficulty when it comes to traveling across the rockies, denver, salt lake city but slick travel any further from salt lake to colorado. as we get through the day tomorrow and beyond into thursday, we will see plenty of rain impacting folks across the

east, this is going to be difficult for thanksgiving travel, notice the heaviest snow in the potential of wind across new england, all of that making it difficult for travel. when it comes to the air travel for tomorrow, denver is a trouble spot, chicago, st. louis, detroit potentially a little iffy. stretching into texas, we will see nice conditions. on the roads, it is the rockies and the midwest where you could see a little bit of difficulty. on the east coast, on thanksgiving day, it is busy, the rest of the country is nice, sunshine and chilly conditions, but notice how busy it'll be not just in the air but on the roads across the southeast up into new england, the windy conditions and wet snow all on the table. on friday, a much quieter day for most of the east but we will see lake effect snow across the great lakes, that will make it difficult for travel and we keep that going

into saturday. if you are looking for the good news, it is out west, mild conditions, plenty of sunshine across the southeast, a little bit of snow for parts of the midwest and that will take us into sunday where that snow is sticking around for folks across the great lakes. thank you. up next here on ana cabrera reports, is a cease-fire insight? the latest from the middle east. plus, a drone bombardment against ukraine, what message are they sending to the world? the world

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>> we are back with breaking news in the middle east, israel's government is expected to approve a permanent cease- fire with hezbollah as soon as this afternoon, according to a senior u.s. official. we have the former deputy assistant secretary of state, what do we know?>> well, i spoke to a high-level security and intelligence official here in israel who was briefed on the content of this cease-fire deal and he confirmed to me that the deal would be implemented in a first phase which involves 60 days, with the israeli military to withdraw from southern lebanon from the regular army to lebanon to occupy that space and for hezbollah, the iran backed militant group to withdraw north of the latonia river. this would be 60 days beyond which as you mentioned, this

would become a permanent cease- fire, it means that the cease- fire would go into effect right away essentially, and what the parties would have is about two months to implement the terms of the deal. as far as israel is concerned, it says it would reserve the right to respond to any violation by hezbollah, and it hopes that this means that the displaced israelis from the northern communities, the northern part of the country would be able to return home and keep in mind that also about 1 million lebanese were displaced from southern lebanon as a result of the war between hezbollah and israel. the big question is going to be implementation, and if you look at the terms of the deal with the lebanese army, we are talking about the central government army of lebanon which by all accounts is a weaker entity than hezbollah, being in the middle of the two parties, what happens if there is a violation, with the

israeli army then reserve the right to strike not just hezbollah but the lebanese military? if you look at the terms of the deal, there are potentially some dangers involved in its implementation and it's just going to be a question of putting it together, lamenting it, and policing it. and that is certainly not a done deal, even if all parties agree to the terms.>> we don't see a done deal until it is executed. i want to bring in gabe gutierrez at the white house, when can we hear from the president or secretary blinking about this?>> the secretary is overseas right now, unclear when we might hear from him and president biden is set to go to nantucket a little bit later on today and we understand from a senior u.s. official, that it is expected that president biden would announce in some

form, possibly a written statement. although the timing of that is still up in the air, the president is also expected to say thank you to france for assisting in these developments and president macron is expected to issue some statement as well. now, this comes about 24 hours after here at the white house, a national security spokesman, john kirby, said that this cease-fire deal between israel and hezbollah was closed but, nothing was done until it was done and the president had been traveling last week, this all came together within the past 24 hours and again, we are still waiting for official word here at the white house and waiting to see if president biden might address this later on today. as he is set to leave for nantucket this afternoon.>>

talk to us about the timing, your reaction to the details and why both sides may be wanting this agreement now.>> yeah, if this agreement goes forward, it would be a strategic failure for hezbollah who entered this war after october 7th last year, and the goal was to pressure israel to end the war in gaza and clearly that has not happened and instead what we see in lebanon is thousands of civilians killed, we see northern israel displacing civilians and israel has been highly effective in its impact on hezbollah and its infrastructure. so, i think for lebanon as a country, having central government take control of southern lebanon and full control of its territory, this is the opportunity to do that, hezbollah is extremely weak right now and the israeli government's sea victory, that

is why it is all coming together at this moment, it'll be a big win for security in the region if it is implemented as envisioned, of course that is always a hard part in these arrangements, but if that were to take place, it would be a major defeat for hezbollah and a win for the lebanese people and israeli people as well. >> one interesting detail that we are reporting on or at least plans for implementing this deal is that the u.s. is pledging to lead an international economic effort to try to fund raise to rebuild some of the areas in southern lebanon that had been destroyed through this back-and-forth attacks and strikes, they want to preempt iran and hezbollah from doing the reconstruction and regaining the loyalty of the people, i'm curious to get your thoughts on that and also, what you see with the u.s. in breaching the steel? >> well, the u.s. has been central without a doubt, the diplomacy believed between

beirut and hezbollah, the vision of rebuilding is essential to kicking out hezbollah and kicking out foreign influence from iran, and letting the people control their own destiny. they had this militia in southern lebanon for decades, used by iran as a hedge to prevent any attack potentially from israel and iran, the back- and-forth. but it has been devastating on the military side, now they will get a win for the lebanese people and the countries around the region, the gulf states in particular can demonstrate the ability to support reconstruction with american international backing, that is a win and potentially a template for future reconstruction, to hopefully amend hostilities in gaza. to help the people in these countries breathe again.>> would iran have to be agreed to this deal as well? how do you think they are looking at this?

>> they are on the outside looking in and they are certainly a player and they could be a spoiler, there's going to be other avenues, the united states i don't think i going to be taking -- speaking directly to iran and france has had a primary role amongst western countries due to colonial efforts years ago. so, iran is going to play a role but it might not be a direct role and the key role is to not have a place, until they allow this to continue going forward. one thing we have to be aware of, the question of syria domination of lebanon, there are a lot of players so it is incumbent upon the parties that are engaged in this right now to really be effective in implementation, so that these malign actors don't get a

chance to re-establish negative influences inside of lebanon. >> again, we are talking about potential cease-fire deal between israel and hezbollah in lebanon, of course that is to the north, they're still the ongoing conflict to the south in the gaza area, gabe, does the u.s. administration see this as a trigger to reignite cease-fire talks when it comes to hamas and gaza?>> potentially, and look, the senior u.s. officials tell us that the big breakthrough was that hezbollah dropped its demand that they would need to be some sort of cease-fire in gaza before it would negotiate on this deal. some hostage families of course maybe upset that this deal does not really address gaza at all but there is some hope that perhaps this could potentially isolate hamas, so those cease-

fire deals, the hostage negotiations in gaza may progress as well. although, some senior u.s. officials have told us that it is unlikely, increasingly unlikely that any sort of cease- fire deal in gaza may come to fruition before president biden leaves office. but again, the breakthrough here is we understand it, is that hezbollah dropped its demand that there had to be some sort of cease-fire deal in gaza before it would negotiate for this separate deal to israel's north. but again, many unanswered questions i know about what this might mean for these hostage negotiations moving forward.>> what is the latest in that conflict between israel and hamas?>> i just wanted to add something, you asked why now? the intelligence source i spoke to earlier today who confirmed the terms of the cease-fire plan told me that while no one will say this explicitly, there is an understanding, he understands that the united

states would release some weapons that have either not been shipped as quickly as israel would like or have been withheld, in order to get the support of the netanyahu government and cabinet. among those weapons, he told me, there are included one ton bombs, those are the extremely destructive, damaging bombs that will take out entire residential and structures in gaza and also wherever they are used. some bulldozers that he told me the united states wasn't shipping as quickly as israel would like and other munitions as well as tank rounds. so, it is possible that one of the motivating factors for the israeli government here to sign onto this deal is linked, although it will not be sent exclusively and certainly not included in the terms of the deal that we were making

public, we expect later today, that this is one of the motivating factors, as far as gaza, there's no linkage between the two and if indeed, more heavy weaponry mixes the mac makes its way to israel, it is likely that they will increase rather than scaled- back. >> how are the negotiations with hamas given that hostages being captive there?>> the negotiations with hamas are incredibly complex, hamas leadership is now left, and those that survive israeli assassinations quite frankly, and it is a very diffused decisions, so they are very complex. andy is really maneuvers towards gaza are such that they

believe they are still a continuing threat, kind of a resurgence he of response from holos. so it is very different from hezbollah and i want to emphasize that again, hezbollah as an entity has had a strong role in lebanon for years and relation with the lebanese government. so he was speaking with the lebanese government not because hezbollah, that government had a direct relationship and they were able to make these decisions much more cleanly. it is much harder now with hamas but it is a win to take one, if this is taken off the table to enable more international pressure on hamas to come to terms with the fact that it has been devastated inside gaza, needs to agree to a cease-fire and release the hostages.>> thank you all for talking to us about this breaking news, again, israel could be on the brink of a cease-fire deal with hezbollah,

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>> we are back with new developments in the push to get the menendez brothers out of prison, yesterday a judge postponed their resentencing hearing until the end of january to allow for the new district attorney to have time to review their case. nbc was in that courtroom.>> we ended up not seeing them

virtually in court as expected but they were able to watch and hear the first proceeding in decades through a live stream including emotional testimony from their elderly aunt but it could be months before we know the judges decisions as he has postponed the hearing until next year.>> erik and lyles taking it detour, the judge doing so in part to give incoming district attorney, hochman time to review the case. >> the judge did the right thing, in the essays that the record in this case to decide a resentencing motion is voluminous. >> the decision coming after the first court date in decades, they are currently serving life sentences without parole for murdering their parents in 1989, listening to the hearing from prison, but due to technical issues, could not be seen and did not testify, two of their elderly

aunts, however, did. 93-year-old, joan citing the alleged abuse she believes her nephews suffered at the hands of their father, saying it breaks my heart that my sister kitty knew what was happening and didn't do anything about it, their lawyers speaking to the brothers about the hearing. >> i was able to talk to them from the prison itself and obviously they were extremely moved. >> the brothers plight has seen renewed interest in a netflix drama introducing the murders. outside the public courthouse, it was on full display.>> i also believe in second chances.>> now the resentencing effort is about to be in the hands of the d.a. who takes office next week and tell us he will not be swayed by public opinion.

>> do you believe the menendez brothers are getting special treatment right now? >> not necessarily special treatment, the same treatment i would give to any defendant.>> the brothers attorneys are saying they would like to get them out before the holidays, that is no longer possible, all three will not be decided on until next year at the earliest. erik's stepdaughter posted on social media that this delay is not the outcome the family was hoping for but they remain optimistic. back to you. that does it for us today, thank you so much for joining us, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage, next. next. it's payback time. all these years, you've worked hard. you fixed it. you looked after it. maybe it's time for your home to start taking care of you.

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