we begin with marissa parra in the storm zone. >> reporter: neighborhoods in south florida under water. >> you need a ride? you sure? >> reporter: rescue crews called to help stranded neighbors. >> we have about 6 inches of water inside the house. >> reporter: the aftermath of a deluge of record-breaking rain slamming the sunshine state, now two deaths reported after a car lost control on wet roads in collier county. this is how high the water was yesterday? >> exactly. >> reporter: from florida's west coast -- >> because it's flooded everywhere. >> reporter: to north miami. >> i got nowhere to go. i'm at a loss for words. >> reporter: miami-dade and four other counties under a state of emergency as millions face flood risk across the state. >> and we are working around the clock to protect our residents and our businesses. >> reporter: the storm system creating a swath of travel nightmares, hundreds of flights delayed or canceled. overnight rising waters temporarily shutting down part of i-95. street after street in south florida looks exactly like this one. cars stalled out in the mi

marissa parra, nbc news. >>> almost eight months since the hamas you terror attacks that sparked the war in gaza, president biden is calling on hamas to accept the latest israeli proposal for a cease-fire, and tonight a somewhat positive reaction from hamas. kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: today president biden made a new and explicit call for peace in gaza. >> it's time for this war to end. >> reporter: endorsing an israeli-backed three-stage proposal that would return hostages, release palestinian prisoners, and lead to an immediate six-week cease-fire. the president said israel's military has accomplished a key goal after the hamas terror attack. >> hamas no longer is capable of carrying out another october 7th. it's one of israel's 7th is one of israel's main objectives in the main objectives in this war and, quite frankly, a righteous one. >> reporter: the plan would withdraw israeli forces from populated areas and ultimately include a major reconstruction of gaza. the president with a blunt message to hamas. >> hamas says it wants a cease-fire. this deal is an opportunit

marissa parra, nbc news. >>> a top adviser to former president trump is heading to prison in just twoays. steve bannon courted controversy for refusing to tell congress about what he knew about the january 6th attack on the capitol. today nbc's vaughn hillyard pressed bannon about the reasoning behind that decision. >> we're clearly at a political war in this country. >> reporter: just before he reports to federal prison, onetime top strategist for former president donald trump steve bannon remains defiant. >> we only get stronger with this. we're not going to get weaker. we're a populous movement. >> reporter: after leaving his position as chief white house strategist less than seven months into the trump administration, bannon went back to his roots in conservative media. >> it's saturday, 29 june, the year of our lord 2024. you're in the war room -- >> reporter: launching an online program he calls "war room," which has rocketed in popularity among the maga faithful. >> he went ahead and ignited a bunch of fires under a lot of people, including myself. >> mr. bannon refused to test

marissa parra has the latest on what you need to know to stay safe. >> reporter: tonight a heart breaking start to summer in new york. at jacob reef beach in queens search and rescue from land, air, and sea looking for two missing teenagers swept away by dangerous waters and never resurfacing. >> it's a tragedy. this is another parent's worst nightmare. we think that it might be a riptide, but that's still under investigation. >> reporter: rurf posing challenges for even the most experienced rescuers. >> ts are extremely, extremely rough. the divers had to come out of the water because the current was extremely dangerous. it was too rough for them. >> reporter: florida has already seen two deadly swimming incidents within two days. overnight tragedy striking in panama city beach. police say three tourists were swept away in a rip current launching an all-out search and rescue mission for harold hunter, jemonda ray, and marius richardson. none of them survived. this after a rip current took the lives of a mother and father of six across the same state in steward beach just one day earlier.

marissa parra has details. >> all systems firing on this rocket. now, let's push it to the heavens. >> reporter: all eyes on boeing's starliner, the space capsule perched atop a united launch rocket at cape canaveral this morning. >> and liftoff of starliner and atlas 5 carrying two american heroes. >> reporter: blazing into the skies with a crew on board for the first time. veteran astronauts, butch wilmer and suni williams, on a mission to the international space station. celebrations as starliner and its crew reached orbit on track to dock with the iss tomorrow. >> when we expand our fleet of spacecraft, what we're doing is expanding our reach to the stars. >> reporter: after nasa's decision to partner with private companies to take crews to the international space station, this milestone moment coming after years of delays. boeing's starliner behind schedule and over budget, a failed uncrewed test flight in 2019 plagued with software glitches. more recently, launches delayed due to a parachute that wouldn't hold the weight of the capsule after

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joining us now is nbc's marissa parra and maria snyder.ons about the separation of church and state. so, what is happening and what comes next? >> right, well, what comes next is most likely the lawsuits we talked about. i just spoke with the aclu and they said they intend to file sometime next week. so, of course, we'll keep a close eye on that. that is something that everyone who is a supporter of this, including the governor, has said they knew would be coming and in fact he welcomed, he signed this yesterday, jose, but it was just this past weekend that he said he looks forward to being sued and, so, what we're hearing, of course, is two sides of discourse, the supporters saying that this isn't a religious effort, that this is meant to be a display of moral code of conduct, if you will. the attorney general ofpointed that moses is depicted in the halls of the supreme court eight different times. we have critics saying what about separation of church and state? you have groups like the aclu vowing to sue and i want to point to a nationa

nbc's marissa parra is at kennedy space center for us, third time is the charm, marissa.oven today not that long ago, chris, and this was something that was highly anticipated, long awaited after a series of delays. we're not just talking about in the last month. there were three attempts at this exact mission that you witnessed earlier today. this has been delayed by years. over the years, we have seen when it comes to boeing star liner, there were issues with software glitches, parachute complications, there was issues with flammable tape, but then when we were looking at the very first attempt to have a crude mission to the international space station that was about one month ago there were separate issues, a valve issue, a helium leak that was discovered. there was another attempt this past weekend. a computer issue then. so today was as we mentioned, long awaited, and finally in orbit, they are on their way to the international space station, and this really does come with a unique sort of mission, a test flight, and they are test pilots, veterans at that. this requi

nbc's marissa parra is joining us with more on this. this is sure to face legal challenges.> hey, ana, we are already seeing the promise of exactly that. but i do want to run through some of those requirements, you mentioned one of them just now. so, according to this legislation which was just signed by the louisiana governor yesterday, this requires now on a poster size, some sort of poster size display large easily readable font and it requires this to be displayed in every classroom that is state publicly funded within the state of louisiana, whether it is kindergarten classroom, all the way through university classrooms. and opponents, of course, are bringing up the question of a wait a second, what about the separation of church and state? so this is a statement that we're hearing from the national education association, the president of the teachers union speaking out saying, quote, politicians have no business imposing their preferred religious doctrine on students and families in public schools. not only is this a violation of the constitution, but it ignores the re

nbc news correspondent marissa parra is live from walton county, florida.r: hey, you can just imagine how shocking this was for everyone here. it was in the waters behind me that a woman was swimming. she was attacked by a shark in the middle of the afternoon, and then it was just 90 minutes later, two teenagers also attacked a few miles away from here, which experts say all of this is extremely rare. in florida new shark sightings have swimmers on edge this morning. videos showing a close call near destin. the fins of a massive shark seen just feet away from a man and a small child on a paddle board over the weekend, all in shallow waters. videos of close encounters like these on florida's gulf side going viral. the area on high alert after back-to-back shark attacks led to beach closures and red flag warnings in walton county near popular panama city beach. >> like getting struck by lightning. you don't think it's going to happen and then two in one day, it's just insane. >> reporter: on friday afternoon 45-year-old elizabeth foley was swimming near a san

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marissa parra reports from florida. >> reporter: video captured by a florida spear fisherman showing close encounters of the shark kind. filmed on the same day, the beaches nearby in walton county, florida closed after back-to-back shark attack within miles in one day. >> you don't ever think it's going to happen. it's like crazy. >> reporter: on friday, before 1:30 p.m., a woman swimming near a sandbar bit in her midsection and arm. then an hour and a half later, just four miles away, two teenages girls seen fighting for their lives after another shark attack. >> and when i looked back over my left shoulder, i saw the water filled with blood. >> reporter: two doctors visiting florida on vacation saw the scene unfold and jumped in to help. >> we were able to apply tourniquets and apply pressure and get in the response, it was a team effort. >> reporter: it's unclear whether it was the same shark in beth attacks. >> extremely unusual to happen in the same afternoon within four miles of each other. >> reporter: statistically speaking, attacks on humans are rare. but friday's florida sh

nbc's marissa parra asked florida officials if the water is safe. >> what i don't think people should be historical or paralyzed only as far as they need to be aware of their surroundings and look out for each other. >> statistically speaking attacks on sharks by humans are rare, but friday's florida shark attacks came on the same day as an attack reported out of hawaii and after last week's attack in galveston, texas, where a 19-year-old had to fight a 5 footer off with her hands. >>> it is a stormy start to the week across the south. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the threat for us. >> good morning, frances. it's a pretty quiet monday weather day and the weekend was pretty quiet, too, but this week will be all about the heavy rain in florida and the temperatures in the west. today just some scattered showers and storms, typical for florida late afternoon, but it's not typical what's going to happen tuesday and wednesday. allthe bright reds and yellows, tropical downpours. this isn't a tropical storm or a hurricane or anything like that, it's just tropical moisture that's

marissa parra is following the latest. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the top superintendent in the state says come fall, every single school will have a bible in the classroom. we'll have more on >>> coming up in the next half hour, a battle of epic per portions as angie and i take on joe and peter. >> we did our best to beat you guys to the finish line. who one handily? we'll tell you. >> it's anybody's guess. ere's still a chanthce (vo) you might be used to living with your albuterol asthma rescue inhaler, but it's a bit of a dinosaur, because it only treats your symptoms, not inflammation. treating both symptoms and inflammation with rescue is supported by asthma experts. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. airsupra is the first ever dual-action rescue inhaler that treats your asthma symptoms and helps prevent attacks. airsupra is the only rescue fda-approved to do both. airsupra is an as-needed rescue inhaler and should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. get medical help right away if your breathing d

marissa parra is in atlanta and joins us now. will this journey to space station take and what will they do once they get there. >> reporter: they're on the international space station as we speak, and they should arriving some time just after 12:00 tomorrow afternoon. the idea behind this mission is this is a test mission, you're veteran test pilots and what they do they test the abilities of star gin leer to make sure that it's ready for these future mission to the international space station. it's to have boeing to bring astronauts to the international space station. they're looking at every aspect. they'll spend about eight days up there before they make their way back to evert. everybody's focus right now is making sure their return is just as successful as what we saw this morning. >> marissa, this is a big week for space launches, what is spacex planning? >> reporter: the faa just granted approval and permission for starship, spacex's megarocket, the most powerful rocket that's been developed so far, that's set to do its f

marissa parra, thank you, thank you. >>> all right. 7:42. mr.r friends down in florida will not have a lot of beach weather. that might be good news with all this we're talking about with sharks. front will dip across the southeast. slow-moving storms. we have a flood risk for a lot of the cities in florida. this boundary will linger, especially central florida, heavy rain to the south. some places picking up two inches of rain per hour right through wednesday. widespread flash flooding likely. in fact, we have a good risk all the way down to key west. we'll probably see an upgrade of that because we are talking about upwards of 10 inches of rain or more from south of orlando all the way down to key west. we will be watching that closely. we will get to your local >> that's your latest weather, >>> still ahead, shocking moments on camera. a rodeo bull leaps into the crowd, charges into spectators. the very latest on how that all ended. >>> plus, a touching new message from princess kate. amid her ongoing cancer battle. we'll have a live report f

we have marissa parra with more. why is this so important?>> reporter: joe, for starters, this is historic. starliner is set to lift up a from cape canaveral, and we have not seen anything lift off from here since 1968. there is a lot on the line for the starliner launch. we have seen this delayed. over the years, we have seen software glitches and parachuted complications, and last month we saw the launch scrubbed hours before the launch because of a valve, and we heard of a helium leak. today, we not only are seeing weather looking very strong for a launch today, but in the latest briefing, we heard from nasa and boeing and all expressing heavy confidence that starliner, powered by the atlas 5 rocket, will be taking astronauts into space today and then on to the international space station. you see them there on your screen. this will mark the first time the boeing starliner transports astronauts to the international space station, something spacex has been doing since 2020. boeing could be another option for nasa and a rival to spacex. all

. >> marissa parra, thank you. >>> one final thought on this 80th anniversary of d a day.the ma reaps raising the american flag on a mountaintop in ee would jet stream ma, captured in one of the war's most historic photographs is just one memory from his command ship on a pacific. he was on a ship last friday traveling down the coast of france to take part in today's event honoring his fellow servicemen who carried out the d-day invasion, but he didn't make it to normandy, he suffered a medical emergency on the way and was airlifted to a hospital in germany where he passed away at age 102. a friend who was traveling with him told a local news outlet he was not alone and the doctor put his favorite singer, frank sinatra, on her phone and he peacefully left us. had he made it to his destination, he would have heard speeches honoring his sacrifice and that of thousands of his brothers in arms, the courage, the tenacity that turned the tide of a war and built the world we all now live in. we honor robert brushetti and all those who served, offering some of today's profound mom

. >> it's all relative and perspective is important, thank you so much, marissa parra for that reporting. that does it for us today. josÉ diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. ♪♪ >>> good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm josÉ diaz-balart, and we begin this busy hour with hunter biden's felony gun trial. the defense rested without calling hunter biden to the stand. moments ago the prosecution called an fbi agent back to the stand for a rebuttal. joining us now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian outside the courthouse. also with us, david henderson, a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. ken, what's the latest from the courtroom, and what can we be expecting today? >> reporter: good morning, jose. the prosecution has now rested, but not before that fbi agent provided devastating testimony about evidence of hunter biden's drug use the day before and the day after he purchased that handgun on october 12th, 2018. some of this evidence had already been in, but then there was some new evidence where she talked about geo locating

marissa parra is following the fallout. she joins me now. sponsors of this bill in louisiana, they're trying to frame this as a nonreligious issue. how? >> exactly that, vicky. you just mentioned some words that we heard from governor landry himself, just this weekend, days before he signed this legislation. he said, quote, i can't wait to be sued. he has known that this upcoming, impending lawsuit would be coming his way and we all have known that would be coming. but let's talk first about when we talk about the reaction, let's talk about the supporters. so we have even the attorney general of louisiana talking about the depictions of moses throughout the ho halls of the . supreme court saying this is not meant to be religious this is meant to be a depiction of the ten commandments of the moral code of conduct. and so this is what we're seeing in terms of reaction. the ten commandments are the foundational script of our constitutional principles of law and equality and justice under god. we have on the side of the critics a lot of people w

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joining us now, nbc news correspondent, marissa parra, who has been covering the ten commandments story for us out of louisiana, and msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin and dahlia lithwick, so happy to have you ladies. first take me to louisiana and this decision on the ten commandments. let's lay the foundation for this conversation. >> so we are already seeing promises of a lawsuit that is expected to be filed next week. that is according to the aclu. they told me that just a couple of hours ago. let's walk through, though, what we know right now in terms of the time line. this legislation was signed yesterday, and it is set to go into effect at the start of 2025 when schools go back into session after winter break. this would apply to every single publicly funded, we're talking about state funded schools, kindergarten classrooms all the way through university classrooms, and there's a set of requirements that need to be a display that is poster sized, 11 by 14 inches. it is supposed to be the central focus of that poster in large and easily readable fond, and there's supposed to be

. >> marissa parra, thank you, and that does it for this hour. make sure to join us for "chris jansing reports," 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. our coverage continues with "katy tur reports" right now. >>> good to be with you. i'm katy tur. what will happen if donald trump wins the white house? his allies are telling us. time for red state ags and d.a.s to get busy said republican congressman mike collins. every facet of the republican party's politics and power has to be used right now to go toe to toe with the democrats, said his former white house adviser stephen miller. go after biden and his entire crime family, said congressman ronny jackson. time to fight fire with fire, said senator marco rubio. who nbc news now reports is on the short list for trump ears vp. in other words, i think you can sum it up as revenge. in fact, that is the very word the candidate himself is using most on his truth social app. revenge. he's even all but saying the word out loud. here is an interview he did last night with news max, regarding a potential

but we will start in a soaked north miami with nba's marissa parra. >> reporter: good morning. yet another morning of neighbors waking up to exactly this. feet of water having to weave through the cars that are abandoned in the middle of the street. as we are expecting more rain in the forecast, remember, this has already turned deadly. we saw this turn deadly after a vehicle lost control on those wet roads. as we are expecting more rain on the way, officials warning everyone, this could all turn very deadly very quickly. south florida is already soaked and bracing for even more rain in the days ahead. >> you need a ride? >> reporter: entire neighborhoods underwater leaving families stranded and in need of rescue as flood waters threatens millions. >> slow! slow! >> reporter: the dangerous deluge leaving homes devastated. over here, this line is how high the water was yesterday. >> exactly. >> reporter: and rendering countless cars undrivable. >> looked like the beginning to a zombie movie. >> reporter: officials warning conditions could get worse before they get better. >> we