lester >> keir simmons, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, a mother of three missing since new year's day her husband arrested for allegedly misleading investigators. what authorities say was found in their home and what he purchased before she disappeared. >>> there are unsettling new details tonight in the search for a massachusetts mom who disappeared more than a week ago and it comes as her husband, who's charged with misleading police, appeared in court. we get more from kristen dahlgren >> reporter: in a massachusetts courtroom today grim details about what may have happened to ana walshe, the 39-year-old mother of three who hasn't been seen since new year's day. >> fire team services recovered and found blood in the basement area, a section of the basement there was also a knife that was found on the knife there was also blood >> reporter: walshe's husband brian faces charges of misleading police after prosecutors claim he didn't report her missing for days and wasn't truthful about where he had been during that time, including a trip to home depot >> he's on surveillance at that t

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brother, prince william, physically attacked him. >> nbc's senior international correspondent keir simmonsat buckingham palace keir, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, you know, craig, in past weeks i've stood here and said harry and meghan haven't told us that much, not that much explosive about what goes on inside those palace walls. well, we can't say that this morning. let's be clear this is harry's account of what happened but what an account it is. in a week that is sure to stun the royal palace and is already worl prince harry reportedly says in his new book that his brother and future king, prince william, physically attacked him back in 2019 during a confrontation over his wife meghan that's according to the british newspaper "the guardian" which says it has seen an advanced copy of harry's highly anticipated new memoir "spare." nbc news has not yet obtained book according to "the guardian," harry describes the altercation which he says took place at the couple's former home nottingham cottage in kensington palace. harry writes that willia wanted to talk about the whole

nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us now. this is the secretary of state's first meeting with prime minister netanyahu. what did he say about those talks? >> reporter: he's arriving at a crucial moment. prime minister netanyahu's government is considered to be the most far right and religious in israeli history. thursday was the deadly day for palestinians in the occupied west bank in nearly two years. friday night there was a shooting near the jewish synagogue which israel said is its worst terror attack in recent years. just trying to smooth things over, secretary of state. take a look. >> we continue to believe the best way to achieve it is preserving and realizing two states. another away from that vision is detrimental to israel's long-term security. >> reporter: the idea of a two-state solution, we're a long way from that. it underscores how much work there is to do. >> you mentioned the attacks in the last few days. over the weekend things were bad. what are things like today? >> reporter: they really were and got wors

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nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons is in switzerland, davos changed the dates dueinning of this war, and what were the world leaders talking about today that is different from eight months ago. >> well, i think the aim of the ukrainian delegation that is here in davos trying to if you like lobby world leaders and business leaders is to keep up the pressure and say don't stop, there are many, many european leaders here, and that message from the mayor of kyiv was designed i think to really force home the point that there is still bloodshed in ukraine. take a listen. >> we need to defend our civilians from russians. did you see what happened in dnipro? it's terrorism. it's genocide. to kill unguilty people, children, women, all people. >> for many of the world leaders here, they are gathering and recognizing how profoundly the world is changing. one example. it is no longer possible to fly from here to the european union or the u.k. directly to russia, and it is impossible to know when that might change. think about this. during the soviet union, you could fly direct

keir simmons reports >> reporter: an array of stunning leaks fro harry's book after it appeared on bookshelves in spain early. nbc news obtaining a spanish language copy of "spare" n he describes an altercation with his brother, the future king he grabbed me, by the collar, ripping my necklace and he knocked me to the floor. i landed on the dog's bowl which cracked, the pieces cutting into me i laid there on the floor dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out the book makes many more allegations. prince harry rights of king charles' marriage to camilla, in spite of willy and i begging him not to though he says we recognized he was going to be with the woman he always loved. but he also detail as fight between kate and meghan. he said william and kate howled with laughter at a nazi uniform he wore to a party and even had to apologize there's more personal details. he writes of taking cocaine, losing his virgin its ity and oe moment he was told diana died. charles broke the news calling him "my dear son". he says i did not cry, monot a tear my father did not hug me prince harry's own fa

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keir simmons is live on that story. keir, you spent a lot of time in the region. what difference will this make. >> reporter: this is a big boost for ukraine on the battlefield. no doubt about it. germany just announcing that it will send 14 leopard 2 tanks. but crucially saying it will allow other countries to do the same. you're right. this is a huge reversal. the germans told me they wouldn't do this unless washington agreed to do the same with u.s. abrams tanks. now is appears washington has decided to do that. just last week the pentagon said they were told that decision wouldn't be made. so a present for president zelenskyy, it is his birthday. the russians are furious, calling this a provocation. demetri peskov says the tanks will burn like the others. >> that is the politics. how about on the ground militarily, what kind of difference can this make in terms of ukraine's fight against russia? >> reporter: well, you know, it could be a turning point. there are thousands us of these leopard 2 tanks in europe. poland has 250. finland 200. spain 327. i think a

that could be a deciding factor in where we end up in all of this at the end of 2023. >> nbc's keir simmons the world economic forum in davos switzerland. keir, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, vladimir putin bet big on using energy as a weapon against europe this winter. so far, that like so much he has done in the last year, has backfired. we'll dig into how his decision is digging into global influence and the war in ukraine. "morning joe" is coming right back. r in ukraine "morning joe" is coming right back research shows people remember ads with a catchy song. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's a little number you'll never forget. did you know that liberty mutual custo— ♪liberty mutual♪ ♪ only pay for what you need♪ ♪only pay for what you need♪ ♪ custom home insurance created for you all♪ ♪now the song is done♪ ♪back to living in your wall♪ they're just gonna live in there? ♪yes♪ only pay for what you need. ♪liberty liberty liberty♪ ♪liberty♪ my asthma felt anything but normal. a blood test helped show my asthma is driven by eosinop

nbc's chief international correspondent keir simmons in london with the latest revelations and the falloutat major book stores. in the uk bookstores opened at midnight to begin to sell copies of "spare." meanwhile, it's number one on audible where you can hear prince harry read from the book himself. of course, we already know most of the headlines, perhaps not some of the context. prince harry's battle with mental health after the death of his mom. his battles with his brother, criticism of his stepmother, camila, the queen consort, and the tension between kate and meagan. but it continues. pictures in new york of him leaving his fourth interview in just a few days with "the late show with stephen colbert" that will be broadcast tonight. a media blitzkrieg, craig, while the palaces stays silent. >> our chief international correspondent keir simmo correspondent keir simmons for us, thank you. >>> 8:07 ready for a boost? >> yes. >> this is a cool one. nashville singer/songwriter reed haughton went home to see his friends and family in alabama for the holidays at a get together a friend's ba

nbc's keir simmons reports from london. >> reporter: in just 24 hours you'll be able to pick up a copyprince harry's book in bookstores there in the bay area and, goodness me, it is a bombshell. he takes aim at camila, the queen consort, his own brother, catherine, the princess of wales, and yet he still says he wants reconciliation. >> forgiveness is 100% a possibility because i would like to get my father back. would i like to have my brother back. at the moment i don't recognize them as much as they probably don't recognize me. >> reporter: a lot of the book is about the painful time he had after the death of his mom, princess diana, but he also seems determined to try to rewrite the way royalty has worked in recent decades. the question is, is he going to be able to do it, and how is king charles going to respond, guys? >> all right, keir. thank you very much. by the way, it is kate's birthday today, princess of wales. >>> the top stories, rain across the bay area. more snow in the sierra. meteorologist kari hall is tracking the storm and when the rain will fall in your neighborhoo

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nbc's keir simmons live from the world economic forum. our questions. >> i just know how that can happen. >> about harry and meghan. thank you so much, keir. greatly appreciated, the report and your patience. steve rattner, it may be a surprise to americans that european leaders are so upset with inflation reduction act, but i'm curious. isn't this the united states doing what europe and the rest of the world has done for quite some time? and that is cleaning up some -- some sort of protectionist barriers to help domestic suppliers? >> sure. there's a long tradition, joe, of countries acting in their own interest trying to put up tariff barriers can or non-tariff barrierses way was of slowing down imports into their own country when they want to try to favor their own industry. france back in the day famous for doing this, but, yes, a long tradition. the issue with the inflation reduction act, an extreme version of it, spelled out clearly by american strategy and perhaps in violation of world trade organization rules but you point out man

, there are real worries about the debt there and the implications of many countries there. >> keir simmons, live for us near da vochld os. as we laid out here, it is not congress's problem, now congress' problem to try to fix. based on conversations with lawmakers, there is work being done and working on solutions, and what are the solutions that could satisfy the concern about let's not have a catastrophic default, right, but also conservatives who say they want to see a cap on spending here. what are the options facing congress? >> it's difficult to see what those options actually realistically are which is part of the reason why you see so much concern from investors. and that we are going to get to the brink and potentially pass the brink of default in this instance. and you know, we heard from some of the conservative members of the house, chip white from texas is a great champ, that they are very willing to sort of take this down to the wire, in order to get concessions from democrats, including spending cuts in the future. we've also heard from the white house that they are not will

keir simmons reports from london. >> reporter: in just 24 hours you'll be able to pick up a copy of princeoodness me, it is a bombshell. he takes aim at camila, the queen consort, his own brother, at catherine, the princess of wales, and yet in interviews he says he still wants reconciliation. >> forgiveness is 100% a possibility because i would like to get my father back. i would like to have my brother back. at the moment i don't recognize them as much as they don't recognize me. >> reporter: the book is about the painful time he had after the death of his mom, princess diana. he seems determined to try to rewrite the way royalty has worked in recent decades. the question is, is he going to be able to do it and how is king charles going to respond, guys? >> all right, keir, thank you. if you're a royals follower, you know today is the princess of wales' birthday. our coverage of the latest storm continues at 6:30 on "today in the bay" starting with the flooding in the north bay. we'll have updates overnight. >> reporter: i'm emma goss in san bruno where a tree has toppled into a house an

. >> keir simmons for us, thank you. >>> and the white house is not giving many answers about the handling of classified documents while the president was out of office. he does not have many public events today, and he has not commented on the materials in six days. our washington correspondent yamiche alcindor is joining us. "the wall street journal" says that the department of justice was considering a role in the search for the classified documents but decided against it, because the biden administration was cooperating, and how is this playing out so far? >> it is not verified by nbc news, and underlying so far, the biden team, and legal aides have decided against more aggressive action, and that is in line what the white house department has said, and they have sought to be as transparent as possible with the doj and this is understood scoring that the biden administration is not having the tense back and forth as they had with the aides with president donald trump that they had back and forth. and with that, the doj does reserve the right to take a tougher stance and the right to gi

nbc's keir simmons picks up the story from londthere, good morning to you. we have a copy of the book, albeit in spanish, after it was sold in spanish bookstores ahead of the official publication date next week. in it is a whole avalanche of accusations including, of course, that claim of a violent clash between william and prince harry. also in the book prince harry claims that william and kate laughed when they saw the nazi uniform he wore as a teenager to a party. afterwards he had to apologize. and there were many personal details including prince harry saying that at one point he took cocaine. we'll have all the details coming up on "today." >> thank you, keir. >>> 6:25. up next the top stories we're following for you today including the race to clean and stabilize some areas after this week's powerful storm. and before the next storm arrives. >> reporter: the residents here in the east bay keeping an eye on a mudslide. i know it's hard to see, but behind me on this hillside another atmospheric river is about to drench the bay area. plus -- >>> perhaps

keir simmons joins us now. this is a pretty big allegation. >> reporter: it really is, katy.tflix docu-series and i said that it was going to shake the palace behind me there, well, i don't think we can say that today and as more news organizations try to get hold of the book, it's been sold in spain, in spanish, and then being withdrawn again. some of the headlines are astonishing. in a leak that's sure to stun the royal palaces and is already making headlines around the world, prince harry reportedly saying in his new book that his brother and future king prince william physically attacked him back in 2019 during a confrontation over his wife, meghan. that's according to the british newspaper the guardian which says it has seen an advanced copy of harry's highly anticipated new memoir "spare". nbc news has not yet obtained the book. according to the guardian, harry describes the altercation which took place at nottingham cottage. harry writes that william wanted to talk about the whole rolling catastrophe of their relationship and struggles with the press. he described will

joining us now with more is chief nbc news chief international correspondent, keir simmons.now? >> that's a good question. >> and we don't know the answer, how quickly the tanks can be supplied. one thing i think we can say is that the numbers that you're talking about there will not be the numbers that we see. and that's because of this. listen, mika, the germans have been telling me that they would not agree for their leopard tanks to be sent by them or other countries, unless the u.s. sent abrams tanks. they are now waiting for washington to make that announcement, as you mentioned. that looks like that's going to come from president biden today. that is stunning, an enormous reversal. it is a moment where it may be that historians consider it to be a tipping point, a turning point. and here's why. just take a look at a map of where these german leopard ii tanks are in europe. there are hundreds in different countries. ukraine, neighboring poland has 250. spain has more than 300. finland, 200. you can imagine that while germany is sending 14 leopard ii tanks and america i

let's bring in bill taylor and keir simmons. what's the latest, keir?t and shaking up the diplomatic picture. imagine being the german chancellor. not relying on russian energy and sending massive military aid to ukraine. not enough the critics say. germany is under pressure with the clock ticking. the foreign minister suggesting it might agree to poland sending german tanks and divided nato with america in the middle. it is about strategy. here's general milley speaking friday. >> from a military standpoint i still maintain that for this year it would be very, very difficult to militarily eject the russian forces from every inch of russian occupied ukraine. it would be very, very difficult. >> problem is if the cham of the joint chiefs is right that it's difficult this year when will it happen? will it ever happen? 2024 elections in the u.s. while putin hopes to outlast the american and european public. that's why a group of nine nato countries are openly advocating equipping ukraine to push russia out of the territory. speaking to me the estonia prime

. >> joining me now from london is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons.ly striking. >> reporter: yes. it really was. for many people watching, who remember or know about what happened in those diana years of course it is going to resonate, isn't it? i mean, listen, every family has separations, divorces, everybody, maybe not every family and many people, and know the tension it causes but to imagine how painful that is, to be talking about your stepmother, talking to the media, to try and improve her image, while doing this for you and your wife, this is harry's version, there are 400 pages here, it's harry's version of events. it's like buckingham palace, katy, there is silence. and so, you know, we don't know how the royals will respond but they had to respond to every page because there is so much here. >> there is a lot there. and the palace is obviously not going to comment. they haven't commented but harry has always alleged they don't need to public commently and not say anything on the rop record and feed whispers and stories to the british press