we get to study that now. >> let's get back to jacob soboroff standing by in oregon. we are roughly five minutes away from totality. jacob, how has this scene changed there in oregon, sir? >> reporter: well, it's darker, for one. it's certainly less and less light as the time goes on. this is really cool. so this is a whole family and group of friends. this gentleman brought this amazing telescope. when you look through this, we basically see what you're looking at from nasa that we have got up close and personal. this is a tiny sliver of the sun. five minutes left, they're telling me. what you were telling me just now, when this ultimately happens, we're going to see a massive shadow come 2,000 miles an hour from that way, which is the west. >> that's the west, yeah. >> reporter: towards us here in the east. >> jefferson is going to go dark before it gets to total here. >> reporter: so, craig, if we are together and connect at the right time, we're actually going to see 2,000-mile-an-hour shadow, which is the speed at which this total eclipse of the sun is progressing

jacob soboroff, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we turn now to some potential trouble in paradise for president trump's business. we're talking about sunny palm beach, florida, home to what the president calls the southern white house. more than a dozen charities have recently pulled events at mar-a-lago. several claiming it would be a distraction from their mission. nbc's gabe gutierrez has those details. >> reporter: long known as the epitome of high society in glitzy palm beach, tonight mar-a-lago is facing an exodus. >> they don't want to be associated with the president's remarks and many other actions that he's taken, to be quite honest. >> reporter: at least 17 charities have pulled their annual fund-raising events from the so-called southern white house. many after the president's controversial comments about the violence in charlottesville. >> very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: among the latest to leave, the palm beach zoo and conservation society. others include the red cross, the american cancer society and the salvation army. >> the decision was made because the whole conv

nbc's jacob soboroff has more in his series "one nation overdosed." >> reporter: fentanyl is available to order online from china. something my producers and i easily found after a simple google search. oh, the e-mail already came through. hello, we have a very potent fentanyl analog. very similar and potent to the original. we ship to usa. we only accept bitcoin as payment method. warm regards. wow. we didn't go through with our order but days later we heard from chinese officials who defended their role in america's overdose crisis. here's what they said. >> so what he's saying is it's hard to say it's purely china's problem. he says there's plenty of blame to go around. >> reporter: china says it's cracking down on the deadly drug, but it's still showing up in the u.s. directly from china. every international piece of mail that enters the united states is subject to search by customs. in los angeles this is the facility where certain packages get exsc >> reporter: steroids. the agents here are looking for all types of illegal drugs coming from china, steroids, ecstasy, date rape dru

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. >>> hello, everyone, i'm jacob soboroff in los angeles. we begin with breaking news out of charlottesville, virginia, where governor terry m mcauliff has declared a state of emergency in response to violence that erupted. hours ago, we saw counter-protesters and members of the alt-right group throwing water bottles, trash bins, all while carrying guns and baseball bats. this scene follows last night's protests with hundreds marching at the university of virginia, waving tiki torches. all of this, an attempt to protest the city's decision to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. lee from emancipation park. we are going to go now to kelly o'donnell, who is following the situation with the president of the united states. she is near the president's bedminster golf resort. kelly, last we heard from you, we did not know whether the president talked to virginia governor terry mcauliffe as normally happens in a situation like this. we expect to see the president at 3:00 p.m. what do we know right now? >> reporter: at this point, i can

. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm j jacob soboroff in los angeles. we're watching a number of protests around the country right now. take a look at venice, california, where demonstrations are under way protesting the alt-right. they've just started, and in boston, massive crowds took to the streets in protest of a right wing free speech rally. that rally appears to be over but the counterprotest is still going on with an estimated 20,000 people in the area. nbc's garrett hague has been covering this all morning for us, and into the afternoon in boston. garrett, what are you seeing out there right now? any interactions between the two groups that came out? >> reporter: hey, jacob. i think if this protest and counterprotest ended right now, the counterprotesters would say this was a huge success for them. the counterprotest, the folks opposed to this free speech rally that they felt like was more of a hate speech event, drew something like 15,000 people, and by all accounts, the folks in that free speech rally drew a few dozen. so, the interactions th

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nbc's jacob soboroff has more on that. >> reporter: the southern poverty law center says california hasore hate groups than any other state, even in los angeles, where william johnson was elated with president trump's press conference. >> i think there's blame on both sides. and i have no doubt about it. and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> he is the most honest president since george washington and the cherry tree. >> reporter: just watching all this, and hearing trump say all that, you got visibly excited. >> yes. that is an honest man saying what he believes in his heart. >> reporter: and do you believe that donald trump saying things like that will ultimately bring america closer to your goal of a white ethno-state? >> well, i think that america needs to take a different direction, whether it needs to come into my direction, i don't know. we have a festering racial problem that's only going to get worse. i think the only solution is separation, but there may be another solution and donald trump is going to, i think, bring us -- help us overcome the racial divide. i think

a lab, chemicals commonly produced in china and it's becoming easy for americans to obtain as jacob soboroff found out in his series, one nation overdoses. >> reporter: the synthetic opiod fentanyl is causing carnage like you've never seen. and investigators say it's only a click away. >> it's causing carnage like you've never seen. >> reporter: back at my desk, the nbc los angeles bureau, my producers decided to put that to the test. >> buy fentanyl. the first thing that pops up is buy 3m fentanyl online from ching labs. it clearly acknowledges the deadly affects still they offer to sell it directly to the united states. so my name we've come up with a fake name. richard stevens. i am interested in getting fentanyl sent to us in the united states. submit. and then just a few minutes later, whoa, he already came through. hello, we have a very potent fentanyl analog. we ship to u.s. we only accept bitcoin as payment method. warm records. >> wow. >> is it possible to get it to me without it being taken by u.s. customs? they e-mailed back again. three minutes, we provide a reship guarantee. als

joining me now from the best spot, one of them to watch in is our jacob soboroff. he's in oregon. al this hot spot where everyone is trying to get to to be a part of this historic moment in the middle of the day tomorrow. >> reporter: yeah, thomas. it's madras, oregon. it's truly unbelievable. it feels like you're at a music festival and not a science to see. it's to see the total solar eclipse. people are hanging out and playing badminton and hanging out. there are 100,000 people here now and it went from the 80th biggest town in oregon to the fourth largest city just in one day. this gentleman right here is jerry. he works for nasa. hi, jerry. how are you doing? >> jerry came by himself and sitting here reading physics today, why did you come out? >> saw one in 1979 and it was fantastic, and it's a life-changing experience, if you think about it. people don't realize that. you'll hear people screaming and crying and it's such an exciting thing. >> reporter: it is that amazing? >> as someone who has seen one before what is the number one tip that you'll have for people watching th

nbc's jacob soboroff has more in his series called "one nation overdosed." >> reporter: the deadly opioid fentanyl is available to order online from china. something my producers and i easily found after a simple google search. whoa. the e-mail already came through. hello, we have a very potent fentanyl analog. we ship to usa. we only accept bitcoin as payment method. we didn't go through with our order but we heard from chinese officials who defended their role in america's overdose crisis. here's what they said. . >> what he's saying is it's hard to say it's purely china's problem. he says there's plenty of blame to go arou. cracking down on the deadly drug but it's still showing up in the u.s. directly from china. every international piece of mail that enters the united states is subject to search by customs. this is the facility where certain packages get extra scrutiny. >> steroids. >> reporter: the agents here are looking for all types of illegal drugs coming from china, steroids, ecstasy, date rape drugs and now fentanyl. have you ever come into contact with fentanyl here? >> yes.

my colleague, jacob soboroff, has been investigating how these dangerous substances make their way intoand it's not just flowing over the border. they're streaming in from the internet, as well. this new report is part of our special ongoing series, "one nation overdosed." and jacob joins me now from los angeles. what did you find, good sir? >> craig, much of these synthetic opioid fentanyl is made in china. some smuggled by mexican cartels. but there is another way fentanyl is getting into the united states. that is in the mail, ordered online. and we looked into how easy it actually is. take a look. in montgomery county, ohio, what local officials call the overdose capital of america, the synthetic opioid fentanyl, is causing carnage like america has never seen. and law enforcement says it's just a click away on the internet. >> they can order it from china. and they'll mail it to your house. >> so you're telling me people are actually sitting at home in dayton and going to their computer and people are just getting mailed packages of fentanyl. >> yeah. yep. typically they mail them t

. >> jacob soboroff, thank you. joining us is regina re la bell >> are you surprised by this?g time to try to stop the fentanyl and analogs because in some parts of the country it's the number one cause of overdose deaths. >> we talk 142 americans are dying every day from opioid abuse, the equivalent of 9/11 every three weeks. we'll continue to talk about it. the president, you saw him speaking in bed minister about what to do about this. notably, he did not declare a national emergency but they did -- his team talked about adding more law enforcement officers, this is something you've written about before. is that enough, more law enforcement or do we need a national emergency declared? >> well, law enforcement plays a critically important role and we know that but we also know in law enforcement has said repeatedly, we can't arrest and incarcerate our way out of this situation. after law enforcement goes after cartels and disrupts drug trafficking networks, for low level offenders, incarceration isn't the answer. >> the president is saying if they don't start, then it will n

." >>> hey, everyone, i'm jacob soboroff. pence says no.ent quickly shooting down a "new york times" report that he is several republicans planning to make a run for the white house in 2020. >>> plus, a united stand against north korea. a billion dollar sanctions package approved by the united nation's security council for last month's missile test. kim jong-un now getting pressure from china. >>> the russia investigation picks up steam. last week we learned robert mueller has been working with a washington grand jury and now he's looking for the white house to hand overoc

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to look at what happened in charlottesville, a se self-proclaimed white nationalist spoke with jacob soboroffpraising president trump's yesterday. >> you had a group that's bad on one side, and another group on the other side that was also very bad. >> that's exactly true. >> i wonder, is it george washington next week? >> wow, that is the most -- insightful comment i've heard. that's exactly true. no politician would ever say that. but it's true. >> reporter: and do you believe that donald trump saying things like that will ultimately bring america closer to your goal of a white whitethno state? >> i think america needs to take a different direction. >> joining me now is mia wylie, senior vice president for social justice in new york, and peter vincent, former senior counterterrorism official at the department of justice and homeland security. welcome both. >> thank you. >>> jacob, watching that trump statement, president's statement at trump tower, with a white nationalist and the praise coming from david duke. others, richard spencer. >> i think that what we have seen is that trump has bec

joining me now from oregon is msnbc's jacob soboroff. the path of the eclipse starts in oregon.ght now? >> reporter: it is a scorcher out here, richard. madras, oregon, usually the population is less than 7,000 people. at this camp site there are going to be around 100,000 people. it would make this place go from the 80th biggest place in oregon to the fourth largest city in the state. this guy drove from southern california. come with me, there's a family over here i want to introduce you to. where are you guys coming in from? >> coming from seattle. >> reporter: they are coming in from seattle. there's a family over here, richard, nice to meet you guys. hey, guys, can i come into your gazebo here? where did you come from? >> i came from seattle. >> i came from washington. >> how about you? >> bainbridge. >> reporter: part of the reason this is so cool, families like this are coming in here, i'll leave you alone, nice to meet you, is because here in madras, this is going to be one of the clearest places in the country to see the eclipse happen. obviously, there's the pacific co

>>> hey, everyone, i'm jacob soboroff. pence says no. the vice president quickly shooting down a "new york times" report that he is several republicans planning to make a run for the white house in 2020. >>> plus, a united stand against north korea. a billion dollar sanctions package approved by the united nation's security council for last month's missile test. kim jong-un now getting pressure from china. >>> the russia investigation picks up steam. last week we learned robert mueller has been working with a washington grand jury and now he's looking for the white house to hand over documents about fired national security adviser michael flynn. >> the entire russia investigation is a hypothetical. the president has called it a fiction. total fabrication to excuse the colossal and unexpected, unwanted defeat of hillary clinton in last year's election. >>> and three years after ferguson, the look at how the city sparked a national conversation about race and police practices in america. >>> first, the white house and mike pence pushing ba

"now" on this show we talked with jacob soboroff at the starting line in oregon. head up the finish line east coast, specifically mount pleasant, south carolina, across the cooper river from charlotte. that's where we find nbc tom costello aboard uss yorktown at the patriots point naval and maritime museum. tom, you've got the best seat in the house, pal? >> we hope so. we hope the weather holds. i'm going to introduce you to the doctor in a minute. take a look at the drone shot hovering above yorktown here in charleston harbor. this is the last spot where we see the total eclipse of the sun in a few hours. the doctor with us, phd, astrophysicist from smithsonians harvard, that means she's really smart. talk to me about the path here. what i find interesting is you can be just a 15-minute drive from one location to another and yet that spot is in darkness 30 seconds longer. why is that? >> it's the path of the angle of the moon shadow that hits the earth. the change can be the difference in the time you see totality. >> also, across that totality zone we see tempe

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> i'm jacob soboroff, you're watching breaking news on msnbc.awaiting a statement from the president of the united states about the ongoing situation in charlottesville, virginia, where earlier today, protesters protesting the removal of the confederate general robert e. lee statue in charlottesville, virginia, from the alt-right and white nationalists groups clashed with counterprotesters from organizations as diverse as the clergy to black lives matter to anti-fascist protesters, violence erupted on the streets of charlottesville, virginia. the governor of virginia has declared a state of emergency in virginia. local police and state police have declared an unlawful assembly for that gathering and subsequently the pictures that you are looking at right now is of an automobile collision. we do not have confirmation, although it appears to be intentional, of a vehicle that crashed into a group of counterprotesters, there to stand up against what they say is the racism of the movement, of the alt-right and white nationalists there today. this car

jacob soboroff joins us now. this is fascinating, jacob. >> reporter: good morning, matt.orning, savannah. we know how easy it is to order stuff online. now, chinese companies that make illegal drugs have found that out, fentanyl to american homes. so, my producers and i put that to the test. buy fentanyl. first thing that pops up is buy fentanyl from singh labs. the website offers to sell it directly to the united states. so, my name, we've come up with a fake name. richard stevens. i am interested in getting fentanyl sent to us in the united states. submit. and then, just a few minutes later. whoa. the e-mail already came through. hello, we have a potent fentanyl analog. we ship to the u.s. we only accept bitcoin as payment. warm regards. is it possible to get without being taken by u.s. customs. they e-mailed back. we provide a reship guarantee. my name is sarah. nice meeting you, mr. richards, smiley face. that's customer service. will you be willing to send a picture of the packaging. check this out. this is the package that the fentanyl comes in. we didn't go through

nbc's jacob soboroff takes a look what they're doing. to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. this is where i spent the night here. people are packed in, i mean like sardines, to be a part of this great american eclipse, but for so many, finding a place to stay and sleep is just a tiny part of a wild journey. two-thirds of americans around 200 million people live within a day's drive of the eclipse's path of totality. and driving means a lot of waiting when you arrive. these people have about a two-hour wait just to get inside. wait a minute. hold on. i'm getting in. so how do you guys prepare for a total solar eclipse? >> oh, my goodness. we just bought everything. we were so worried that there wasn't going to be food or water or -- we have, like, toilet paper. >> reporter: it's usually the 80th biggest town in all of oregon. today because 100,000 people have shown up it is the fourth largest city in the state. julie and greg plan to be here a while. you guys have a very nice setup here. >> yeah. ready for anything here. really excited

the headliners, stevie wonder, green day, the killers and the chainsmoker who is sat down with jacob soboroffible what they do on such a large scale but it's about the small scale and the individual. i think it's crazy that everyone attending this concert has gone out and done something to help further the progress of this world. >> and join us now, founder, ceo of global citizen, our good friend, hugh evans. good morning. good to see you. >> how are you? >> another incredible lineup starring with stevie wonder. say no more. you had me at steve you wonder. it's a fun night in central park, obviously, but it's not really about the music, it's about the message that comes in between. what's the focus this year? last year when we got together, president obama was in the white house. we have a new president now. how have things changed in those 12 months? >> a lot has changed and we live in turbulent political times. i think what we're seeing around the world is increasingly voters are rejecting that sort of nationalism and populism. i refer to the french election and the wonderful outcome there