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it is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, suspect on the loose, the search is on for the gunman who police believe targeted the ceo of united healthcare, fatally shooting him outside a new york city hotel, an area packed with tourists from around the world. the brand-new video we just received. not backing down. trump's embattled pick to lead the defense department giving a defense. will that be enough to save pete hegseth? could ron desantis end up with the defense gig? plus, trading prison for 1600 pennsylvania avenue. trump's newest pick to head trade policy. peter navarro. he was convicted and served time

for contempt. breaking news about trump's pick to lead the fbi being targeted by iranian hackers. what the fbi says the cyber sleuths were after. our nbc news reporters are following all of the developments. let's start with the shooter who left a ceo dead. sam brock is following this story for us. this only happened a few blocks from the dead center of midtown, where i'm standing at rockefeller plaza in an area that's always packed this time of year with tourists. set the scene for us. i know there's some new video we're seeing. >> reporter: sure, chris, first of all, this was seven hours ago. seven hours of searching for the murderer of a healthcare ceo of the largest insurer in the united states. we were getting ready for our "today" show live shot, we could

hear ambulances and helicopters overhead. we found out hours later it was the ceo of united health group. you will see crime scene tape and there were detectives there walking around underneath that awning. that is a parking garage attached to the hilton. the hilton is hosting an investor day. 6:40 in the morning give or take is when brian thompson was walking from across the street, shows his shooter come out and hold up a weapon and shoot him from behind. what i want to really draw your attention to to the video, which comes from a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation, is the fact that there is someone to the right of the screen. right there where you freeze that. there appears to be a woman standing in the doorway as the video, we can't play the rest of it for you, but as it continues, the woman actually stunned, looks as if she might get shot,

but the shooter has no intention of firing at her and she runs away. police are still looking for the the witness to try to get information from her. there are events here today, including the lighting of the rockefeller tree. police were asked if this is still going to go on. here's what they told the public. >> this incident will not affect the tree lighting. we will have a massive police presence out there around rockefeller center. when an incident like this happens, we don't spare any expense. we put all of our resources out there to support the chief of detective's mission an to keep new yorkers safe. >> reporter: it's not just the fact this happened at 6:45 in the morning about an hour and 25 minutes before this event. you would think it would be unlikely the ceo would be going so early unless this was very specific, targeted. the shooter went and got an e

bike, took it to central park. he was last seen on video at 6:48 according to law enforcement then disappeared into central park. it's important to note there's cameras all over the city, on the light poles, above me. we just showed you that surveillance video. he went to central park where there's not a lot of surveillance. it's not clear whether or not he could have shed his outfit which was a dark hoodie, dark pants and gray backpack. whether or not he was able to dish the bike, not clear on that either. police were asked if they were able to coordinate with city bike to locate the gps trackering. they are working with the company but said they couldn't disclose any sort of information. they are also looking at a cell phone recovered in an alley way. >> thank you for that. now to capitol hill where pete hegseth is trying to keep

his hopes of becoming defense secretary alive. ryan nobles is there. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, chris, pete hegseth is not backing down. in fact, he's on somewhat of an aggressive media campaign to push back against the story after story detailing accusations about his past involving mistreatment of women, misuse of funds for an organization he ran and issues involving his habits with alcohol. hegseth has a series of meetings today on capitol hill. he met with the senate majority leader and he's making it clear that he is still pushing forward with this nomination, saying h e spoke to president-elect trump this morning. he's also out with a new op-ed in "the wall street journal" where he denies many of the claims against him saying the press is peddling anonymous story after anonymous story all meant to smear and tear me down. it's a textbook, manufacturered media takedown. he sat down for a lengthy

interview with megyn kelly where he talked about these accusations. >> you are not allowed to drink while you're on deployment, right? so if you're in iraq and afghanistan, in a combat zone, you're not allowed to drink. that's how i view this role as secretary of defense. i'm not going to have a drink at all. it's not hard for me because it's not a problem for me. >> reporter: that was in response to questions about his drinking habits. he said he has never had a problem with alcohol. he did admit that he enjoyed to have a few beers, especially after coming back from a combat zone with the soldiers that he was serving with, but he does not view alcohol as a problem and pledge that if he became secretary of defense, he would not drink at all. whether or not that's enough to win over a growing number of senators who are skeptical, that's yet to be seen. >> i know you'll keep us posted. thank you for that. let's talk about peter navarro

now, a man who spent four months in prison but picked now to be trump's top trade adviser. this is someone who's very familiar in trump world. >> reporter: right, folks who will recall that navarro, just hours after finishing that four-month federal prison stay for defying the subpoena of the january 6 select committee, he went to milwaukee, wisconsin, and delivered a speech at the republican national convention in defense of donald trump and what he said were political prosecutions of him and the former president. and peter navarro, he served in the first trump white house as a trade adviser to donald trump. of course, during the first trade war in 2018, 2019, and now he has been tapped by donald trump again to serve as a trade and manufacturing adviser in this second trump white house come next january. now, this is, it's notable because obviously, peter navarro is somebody who has echoed and fought for the protectionist

trade policies that donald trump sought to implement in his first administration and now has pledged to only escalate come next january, but this is also calling into questions the extend to where the directives on trade policy are going to come in this next white house. because donald trump has tapped howard lutnik to be the commerce secretary and he will be the key adviser on enacting his trade policies, which does not typically come out of the commerce department. just a week ago, donald trump also called for the nomination of jamison greer to be his u.s. trade representative and he has also sought to bring on kevin haset, who helped lead policy in his first administration, to serve as head of his national economic council. so he is turning to several individuals who he has faith and trust to enact his trade policies, but across multiple

capacities of the executive branch. peter navarro is somebody who is for the last eight years, been right by trump's side, even when he was in federal prison and now intended to come back in 2025 and serve in the white house for him again. >> thank you. let's go to some breaking news. we know trump's pick to lead the fbi was recently told by the bureau that he was the target of an iranian backed cyber attack. >> chris, two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter tell nbc news that kash patel's communications were targeted by the iranian and it's unclear whether they gained any data from this attack and that it happened sometime before donald trump announced that he would like to nominate kash patel to be the fbi director. so that's really all we know about this. but it's part of an onslaught of foreign operations directed at american political figures. in september, three iranian

operatives were indicted by the justice department accused of hacking into the trump campaign, stealing information and offering it to members of the harris campaign. and just this week, the fbi confirmed new detales about what they say is a massive attack by chinese intelligence operatives into america's telecom companies and targeting political figures including trump, vance, and members of the harris campaign. but they are still in the networks. a lot of cyber attacks directed at trying to intercept the communications and data of american political figures. >> thank you. in 90 seconds, we'll break down more than just the legal possibilities for transgender americans. we'll get the human impact now in the hand of the supreme court. talking to a member of the nation's largest trans rights organization. next. nation's largest trans rights organization next ["the glory of love" plays] giving. ♪ giving that's possible through the power of dell ai with intel. so those who receive

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medications has saved his life. his parents say he's now thriving, but tennessee has come in and categorically cut off access to ryan's care and they say this is about protecting adolescent health but this law harms ryan's health and the health of all other transgender adolescents. >> they can't eliminate the risk of detransitioners so it becomes a pure exercise of weighing benefits versus risks and the question of how many minors have to have their bodies irreparably harmed for unproven benefits is one that is best left -- >> i am sorry, counselor. every medical treatment has a risk. even taking aspirin. there is always going to be a percentage of the population under any medical treatment that's going to suffer a harm. >> i want to bring in ash, press relations manager for advocates for trans equality, the nation's

trans rights organization. thanks so much for coming on the program. talk about the stakes here. >> absolutely. thank you so much for bringing me on here to talk about this. so i think what's important to note here is that these attacks that we are seeing now on the trans community, it's a selfish tactic meant to divide us. it is doing a disservice to the american people. we are exhausted by petty and destructive politics and it's time to be moving forward and creating a new path. so while we still have some politicians who are manufacturing fear around the trans communities, what we need to be seeing is our leaders who should be focused on raising incomes and lowering costs so all families have the support and opportunities they need to thrive. but instead, we are unfortunately seeing attacks on our bodily autonomy and rights to exist as trans people in fulfilling and healthy manners.

>> we heard some of the real world consequences. i want to bring up another one. a woman who left tennessee with her teenage daughter soon after the law passed told "the new york times" that the tennessee ban is quote like a natural disaster happens in your family because it changes how you are and where you feel okay and i know you have said you plan to leave your home state of west virginia because of its stance on transgender rights. talk about just having to make that kind of decision. >> west virginia has been my home. i'm born and raised here. it has been very difficult for me to make that decision to move out of my home. the unfortunate reality is that sometimes your home is not a place where you can thrive. i am in a very privileged position to even be able to leave my state. the unfortunate reality is there are a lot of folks in west virginia and other rural states who are not going to be able to leave.

it's disappointing to see, again, our politicians using these divisive tactics to cause harm when they are not focusing on the actual issues that are impacting their constituents. yes, unfortunately, my spouse and i for my safety as a trans person as well as to hopefully start a family in the future, we are having to leave for my protection. >> how are you and your organization planning for whatever the outcome of this support case is and obviously if it doesn't go your way? >> absolutely. so, you know, our organization is still remaining strong and committed to uplifting and protecting the trans community. right now, this is a new chapter on resistance and it is one we are prepared for. we have lived through a trump presidency before. we have dealt with detrimental scotus decisions and we know the devastating impacts of what could be coming down the road. and many in our community, particularly trans people and their families, we are filled

with fear and anxiety about what this could mean but it's important to remember that we are not alone right now. we are together with our community in this fight and that we are building a collective power for the future. so our vision, that still remains an inclusive vision and hopeful and we are going to remain strong and we are going to continue to pursue equality for trans people. i do want to remind folks that everything we're feeling is valid. it is a very scary and concerning time, but organizations like us, we are in our community's corner and we are going to keep persevering. >> you do mention fear though and i think a lot of misunderstanding comes from lack of knowledge, right? let me talk to you about something that's going across the country. transgender bathroom bans. in montana from using the women's restroom at the state

capital failed yesterday. in d.c., congresswoman mace got support from the speaker of the house. just in this one issue, can you help people who may be belief they've never known someone who is transgender, the impact of these kinds of bathroom bans and address their fear. >> for sure. bathroom bans, they do not create more safety. instead, what this is doing, it's stigmatizing trans people and it's stigmatizing really everybody who's trying to simply go to the restroom. these bans make trans, nonbinary, intersex folks feel less comfortable and it does impact our health. i encourage folks who maybe think they don't know somebody who's trans or how to communicate with somebody who is trans, just take time to sit with yourself and educate yourself and think would i be comfortable having someone attack me for wanting to go to

the bathroom, for just simply trying to live their life. what we are seeing now is this correlation of oh, well, we are trying to protect people from sexual assault by you know, implementing bathroom bans. and research has shown us time and time again that there is no link between trans inclusive bathrooms and crimes in bathrooms or locker rooms. so nondiscrimination laws that are protecting trans people and these kinds of facilities, they've been around for a long time with no increase to public safety incidents in restrooms and locker rooms. in fact, it's actually trans people who are the ones who are more vulnerable in bathrooms. we have seen 68% who have been verbally harassed and 9% who have been physically assaulted when using a public bathroom. these policies increase sexual assault though the reality is everyone should have the right to go to the bathroom safely. everyone should be able to live freely without discrimination

and to be able to access things like restrooms and locker rooms without discrimination simply because of who we are. >> a very important conversation. thank you so much for coming on the program. and coming up, now that donald trump has agreed to background checks for his cabinet picks, how long will they take and can it get done in time for confirmation votes? plus, mitt romney's final address on capitol hill. >> so i will leave this chamber with a sense of achievement, but in truth, i will also leave with the recognition that i did not achieve everything i'd hoped. it achieve everything i'd hoped it kills 99.9% of bad breath germs for five times more cleaning power than brushing and flossing alone. get a next level clean... ahhhhh with listerine. feel the whoa! at humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with you, and part of that evolution means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana can

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the trump transition team has now signed an agreement with the justice department to submit names for background checks and security clearances after a weeks long delay but "the new york times" points out the announcement did not say whether trump would require his appointees to undergo the process or was simply allowing the fbi to begin looking at those who are willing to submit to its scrutiny. senators on both side of the aisle have voiced support for vetting trump's picks. >> it's so important that we have an fbi background check and committee review with extensive questions and questionnaires and a public hearing. >> i would prefer a full background check. >> entirely appropriate, too, to

have a complete background fbi for all of that. i don't know why anybody would oppose like a background. >> sahil is reporting on capitol hill. also with us, matt gorman -- aide to jeb bush and mitt romney. are senators concerned about what this delay in the process right mean? what's been the reaction there? >> reporter: well, if they are concerned, they're not showing it, chris. i just spoke to roger wicker, who said it's a good thing the trump team has given the green light to do background checks. he indicated he believes they can be done quickly from here. one reason that republican senators are not concerned is that trump is announcing at least some of these picks on the early side. recall just four years ago at this time, president-elect biden had not even announced who his choice for defense secretary

would be. so from that perspective, they believe there should be enough time. i talked yesterday to senator chuck grassley who said the background checks were quote very necessary to smooth the transition from one administration to another and we asked some republican senators that spoke out more strongly than i have on that point and say it was absolutely necessary, unquote. one reason senators feel strongly about this is there's a self-preservation angle. something the fbi could uncover. they would rather know about it before they cast their votes because they could be in political danger for it if they don't pursue that information. the other aspect of it, i spoke to gary peters. he said just green lighting these checks is not enough. that the nominees have to cooperate. first there has to be information obtained on them then they have to answer questions so his advise to trump was to get the ball rolling as soon as possible. >> thank you for that. matt, does this situation maybe give senators a kind of a

release valve to say no to certain trump picks? look, some of the sensational stuff, if we can call it that, has come out on a number of nominees. it's caused two to step aside or at least there have been questions about two of them and they stepped aside. but not everything that comes out that may be troubling would necessarily be about a sex scandal or the kinds of things we've seen so far, right? >> yeah, look, a couple of things. we have a lot of time. like for historical context and sahil does a good job, hillary clinton was nominated on december 1st as secretary of state. we have a good six weeks between now and inauguration day when a lot of these will start to go before the senate. >> although everything was known and investigated by hillary clinton, but i take your point. >> it's purely timing. and look, a lot of, where these checks will be really important are kind of like the sub cabinet level. so for example, like a marco

rubio or some of these folks, they're prominent folks but it's the sub cabinet folks where these will be really important. he hasn't named, he's starting to now, a lot of these folks. there's still a lot of time and i think your point, i think getting these things through for folks like susan collins and roger wicker and others, it's a really good way to kind of give a little bit of insurance policy. make them feel better at the end of the day. if it gets their vote, it's helpful. >> do you think this decision now after all these weeks is a tacit acknowledgment by trump that there is a good reason to do these and also, at least in the reporting is right, he's been stunned. he feels some of these folks have not been as forthcoming as he wanted them to be. >> i think it's fair. i think also, you take into account things about the fbi. certainly valid, too. at the end of the day, he wants his nominees confirmed. if getting an fbi background

check will get collins to vote, he's going to do it. what can get him to 51 in the senate is going to be the governing philosophy at the end of the day. >> thank you both. well, as trump's cabinet picks go through senate confirmation, they will not have to face one of the president-elect's most prominent critics. outstanding utah senator, mitt romney, gave his farewell address on the senate floor today. who in his single term became known for working across the aisle, but also sometimes outspoken in his opposition to donald trump. julie is reporting on capitol hill. so when romney announced he wouldn't run again, he said he thought he could do more out of washington than in it. maybe even hinted at the fact he's part of a dying breed on the hill. >> reporter: absolutely, chris. he capped off his more than two decade career in public service with a speech on the senate floor. it wasn't full as the chamber normally is not, but there were

his family, friends sitting around him. even the new senator taking his place, john curtis of utah, who i got the chance to talk to afterwards. he said it was important for him to be there. he spoke about romney's legacy and the legacy he is leaving as somebody who went against the grain often. even when it was uncomfortable for him. took decisions and made decisions that were against the grain of his own party and the leadership of his own party in president-elect trump. of course in president trump who served his first term when romney served his first term up here in the senate. and he warned of those who quote, tear at our unity. this was somebody who ran in 2012. he was the governor of massachusetts beforehand. i want you to take a listen to more of what he had to say on the floor a couple of hours ago. watch. >> there are some today who would tear at our unity, who would replace love with hate, who deride our foundation of

virtue or who debates the values on which the blessings of heaven depend. now, i've been in public service for 25 years. i have learned that politics alone cannot measure up to the challenges we face. a country's character is a reflection not just of its elected officials, but also of its people. i leave washington to return to be one among them. and hope to be a voice of unity and virtue. for it is only if the american people merit his benevolence that god will bless america. >> reporter: curtis told me romney knows when his season is and the 77-year-old is leaving now and also following him not only this year, but also in years past, are other moderate members. centrist members of the senate.

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president-elect trump's legal team is asking the judge to dismiss his hush money case and he's doing it by citing president biden's pardon of his son, hunter. the filing saying quote, president biden argued that raw politics has infected this process and led to a miscarriage of justice. since bragg took office he has engaged in precisely the type of

political theatre that president biden condemned. joining me now, catherine christian and msnbc legal correspondent, lisa rubin. walk us through what the trump team is asking, lisa, and how they're using the pardon. >> let's start with what they're asking for. they were at a point in time asking for the verdict in this case. the jury verdict that trump was guilty on 34 felony counts. they were asking for that to be vacated and now they're going further. they're saying the indictment itself has to be fully and finally dismissed because of the norm that a sitting president can't be prosecuted and that's an idea they extend now to a president-elect. they essentially say that because a president-elect is consumed with ensuring the continuity of government, that the same constitutional concerns that prevent the prosecution of a sitting president should extend to trump in this period as well and therefore, the entire case should be thrown out.

>> do you think, catherine, the inclusion of the hunter biden pardon strengthens the argument? >> no, it was sort of a gift. in fact, the whole brief in my opinion is legal arguments surrounded by allegations against the prosecution team, jack smith, judge merchan, his adult daughter who doesn't live with him and it's really a political brief as opposed to a legal brief. i don't believe that judge merchan will be dismissing the indictment based on this. an indictment by the way that went to trial as lisa said, a jury found the defendant, trump, guilty of 34 counts. >> so we mentioned d.a. bragg and he's previously signalled in his arguments that he thinks the case could be paused while donald trump is in office. but trump's team in this filing as you said, argue that is not an option. how does that debate play into the judge's decision here?

>> i think it plays in coupled with statements made by the district attorney's office under a different leader, cy vance, when they were litigating their access to documents from the president, some of his financial documents, they conceded in a filing that a sitting president could not be prosecuted and they would not intend to exert any prosecution against him. they were solely looking for documents. there's a concept where you saw something and the same or related criminal proceeding, you're bound by that. i think that is the best argument that trump's lawyers have now. they should be and maybe asked by judge merchan why shouldn't that bind you here. if that's what you've conceded, why are you asking me to pause this case rather than dismiss it. >> the others in this filing are todd blanch and amil bofi, two people who could end up at doj

under donald trump. i don't know what to say about that. is it crazy? does it impact this? >> it's interesting. they quote a very famous quote from robert jackson who's a former attorney general, former supreme court judge where he says the most dangerous power of a prosecutor is that he will pick people who he thinks you should get rather than pick cases that should be prosecuted. i hope both mr. bovi and mr. blanche have that as screen savers if they should go to doj. because if they included it in this filing, i found it ironic considering the statements that have been made. not by these two men, but by president-elect trump, about using the department to exact revenge against people. >> so we already knew that judge merchan had postponed sentencing on the 34 counts indefinitely. what happens now? >> he's going to decide whether or not to dismiss the case. there is not going to be a reply

and no party has asked for argument thus far. that means unless something changes, this is going to be in merchan's hand and we should expect a decision to come as to whether he dismisses it. if he decides he's not going to dismiss it, then he has to make the decision about whether or not to set aside the verdict and if not, what happens to sentencing and does he, as the d.a. signalled they want, stay the case for the duration of trump's next presidency. >> merchan, and i think like all the judges who have been involved largely in the cases against donald trump, have said politics does not play into this. that their job is to fulfill the law. but how tough is this decision for him, catherine? >> very tough. remember in september, trump was supposed to be sentenced but judge merchan citing it might interfere with the election and consent of the d.a.'s office adjourn it to after election day. so i'm sure it's very tough on him and he's a human. once again, having to read about

his daughter in a filing and allegations against her, it's -- but he's a very good judge and will come up with the right decision. >> it's great to have you both here. thank you so much. he was in charge of d.c.'s police intelligence unit for years. now, disgraced former officer shane lamont is being called a double agent for the proud boys militia group by federal prosecutors. ryan riley is following this story and i understand, ryan, that the former head of the proud boys could be taking the stand in this trial? >> high, chris. the former head of the proud boys could be testifying in a d.c. court as soon as this afternoon. he's expected to be called as the first defense witness against the former d.c. police officer who was accused of timing off tario about his impending arrest before the january 6th attack on the u.s.

capitol. tario has been convicted of seditious conspiracy although he was not at the u.s. capitol that day. this comes as donald trump is expected to pardon an unknown number of january 6th defendants. at the top of that list potentially could be tario, who's now serving his 22-year prison sentence. so he doesn't have a lot to lose when he takes the stand and may try to get out a message to donald trump himself as donald trump considers how many people he's going to pardon in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. in pennsylvania, emergency crews are working non-stop to try to find a missing grandmother who they say may have fallen into a 30-foot sinkhole while out looking for her cat. authorities found her 5-year-old granddaughter alone in her car at 1:00 in the morning and discovered the sinkhole about the size of a manhole. crews searching with thermal cameras have found a shoe. a clue, perhaps, to the

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in making that declaration, yoon said in his address on tv that he had no choice. that he was doing it to safeguard what he called constitutional order. but this was fundamentally a move against the government. yoon cited what he called north korean anti state forces within the government ranks. it highlights the tension and deadlock that has existed between yoon and the opposition here since he was first elected in 2022. the question now is what happens next. opposition lawmakers are moving to have yoon impeached. they expect him to resign. some are even threatening to have him arrested. the protests have continued today. people saying that he can no longer remain in power. that his ouster is not a matter of if, but when. >> thank you for that. and that is going to do it for this hour.

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