and what led you to him the name of the man was lieutenant william l mitchell and mitchell. busy on the under cover a contract agent for the c i a, a she started to develop a habit, richard was instructed to do. i'll be out of the. busy around the time, mary took her walk and so on the day of the murder, she was actually the last person to see her. now, originally i thought, mitchell was the assassin. was given the nature of mitchell's personnel rank, which by researchers helped me get the least along with the jump. turning, we got his personnel file and examined a mitchell did not have a profile of the c. i a, a shots that had been a c, i a ss and there would've been certain entries in his personnel file of having training here. i've been training there. they weren't there. but mitchell is a very credible critical person. again, this story because we're going, going deeper into this web, it occurred to me that there was a she, i a session and these people. busy as you probably might imagine their life goes, i mean they come in, they do the work, and then they just completel

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i'm andrea mitchell in washington. presidential candidates heading to the battleground states today. the first big campaign event since tuesday's debate, which was the most watched event of this election season. more than 67 million viewers tuning in. coming off of her performance, vice president harris is launching a more aggressive phase, with two rallies and news interviews in north carolina. her campaign is trying to reach targeted voters in what is a key swing state, that flipped from leaning red to a true tossup. on friday, harris is back in pennsylvania while the former president plans to refocus on the economy with stops today in arizona, then nevada friday. two states where the second gentleman is stumping for his wife. across phoenix, they are doubling down on the bogus conspiracy theory that haitian migrants are eating pets in ohio, unleashing billboards that say, eat less kittens. we begin with mike memoli. north carolina is seen as trump's most likely path to 270. how is harris attempting to tip the scales

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andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," defendant donald trump speaking at trump tower after trying to delay or reduce the $5 million he has been ordered to pay e. jean carroll for defamation. separately in his hush money case, which he was convicted in may, the former president is asking that judge to delay his sentencing until after the election. on the campaign trail, mr. trump heads to north carolina later today. vice president harris remains in pittsburgh, holding mock debates before tuesday's big face-off in philadelphia. >>> in georgia, the father of the suspected charged with second degree murder, appearing in court amid revelations the father gave his 14-year-old son an ar-15-style rifle after both had been questioned about alleged threats the boy made to carry out a school shooting. the teenage suspect was in the same courtroom, shackled and tried as an adult. it's now a campaign issue. j.d. vance on the defense after the harris campaign pounced on him saying he wishes school shootings were not a fact of life. >> i don't li

. >> welcome a doing now by mitchell mckinney, the dean of the book college of arts and sciences at theeg university of akron, welcome to the program. >> good morning glad to be with you. >> were just talking in the last segment, asking the question, do the debates matter what you think about. >> will certainly, we can one going back to july think that we see and very consequential in terms of the candidacy in with joe biden in his debate with donald trump and also i think that we are wondering here today change their minds elections typically will we have found, and close races, we have seen with the debates in the candidates they about since usually the case, and that they show that 95 percent of those debates in the viewers from the end of the debate that made up their minds are the way to reinforce the decisions and cheer on their candidate from the chosen get it yet the date debates have reach where we had 50 or 60 million viewers time were likely to be that up to 80 million viewers and really to touch those voters who have not been following closely and they are still undecided and

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," sean combs in legal jeopardy. an unsealed grand jury indictment just now accusing the music mogul of abusing, threatening and coercing women to fulfill his sexual desires as part of an alleged criminal enterprise, including sex trafficking and kidnapping. we will have reaction from our legal experts in a few moments. >> we are committed to bringing justice to everyone who has been victimized by the defendant. i can't tell you why it took so long. i think the better focus is on the fact that we are here today. >>> new online comments from former president trump about the apparent attempt on his life over the weekend in florida. >> the latest on the investigation, the suspect and the trump campaign's effort, without any evidence, to blame democrats for the alleged attempt, including these comments from running mate j.d. vance. >> you know the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we -- no one has tried to kill kamala harris in the last couple of months and two people have tried

i'm andrea mitchell in washington.h sides make their final push before their all important face off on the debate stage tomorrow night. the former president focusing on policy prep in mar-a-lago today after suggesting over the weekend he won't accept this year's election results if he doesn't win. while also threatening retribution against election workers. writing on social media that when he wins, quote, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law which will include long-term prison sentences. this as the closely watches siena college poll shows 28% of likely voters still say they need to learn more about kamala harris. and a majority said that the vice president will be more of the same while 53% say trump represents major change. that's a big advantage for trump considering what voters want. we begin with nbc news senior political editor, mark murray. boston globe columnist, kimberly atkins store, and peter baker. mark, first to you. the internals of that "new york times" poll. we'

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," helene ripping through florida and georgia with heavy rains, powerful winds, severe flooding, keeping people from florida to tennessee and the carolinas on alert. >>> embattled new york city mayor eric adams making his first court appearance in connection to those federal bribery and wire fraud charges. we will have a live report in a few moments. >>> as ukraine's president zelenskyy meets with former president trump here in manhattan about ukraine's prosecutor about what's next in their war with russia. >> we have a very good relationship. i also have a very good relationship, as you know, with president putin. i think if we win, i think we're going to get it resolved very quickly. >> more good relations. >> it takes two to tango. >> israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu rips into iran at the u.n. general assembly this morning and accuses the world body and its criminal court of anti-semitism. >> the real war criminals are not in israel. they're in iran. they are in gaza, in syria, in

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the battleground blitz is underway as vice president harris heads to pittsburgh to give a speech on the economy. her eighth trip to pennsylvania since she got the nomination. former president trump returning to north carolina today after announcing that u.s. intelligence briefed him that iran has made new threats against his life. >>> overseas, growing u.s. concern the war between israel and lebanon is escalating as hezbollah for the first time fires a missile at tel aviv. aimed at headquarters of the mossad, the spy agency, but intercepted before it could strike. this after israel's biggest attacks in years against southern lebanon. joining me this hour, john kirby. the president's big challenges with two wars in his final months in office. israel's ambassador to the united states, as a potential cease-fire deal to free the hostages held for nearly a year in gaza may be out of reach. >>> following shocking new details about the july shooting that nearly killed former president trump. we will speak to

mitchell. we want to make sure that this is fair for people that are producing content, that they are getting paid, and one concern is that a.i. developers may train their models on content from journalists and other content creators, willing to regurgitate that content without attribution or compensation. and that is why last week, i sent a letter on this, and in your testimony, you said that a.i. should conduct due diligence on the foreseeable outcomes of technology before it is deployed. obviously, senator kennedy and i and others believe we should have some kind of agreement on what compensation is here. but could you talk about harms that new a.i. features pose in markets like journalism, which is key to the first amendment, that we have functioning journalism? go ahead. >> yeah. thank you. that is such an important point. so there are a couple of things here. one is that machine learning models that are trained on previous news articles are only able to speak to the past, right. so one of

mitchell. >> chairman blumenthal, ranking member holly, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. my name is margaret mitchell and i'm here in my capacity as a computer scientist and researcher who has worked in the tech industry for over 10 years. my phd is in natural language generation. once a niche area but currently a topic of intense interest all over the world. as a student eating ramen in washington, i could not imagine my work would have the relevance that brings me here today. i've had the privilege of being a researcher at microsoft and google and i am chief ethics scientist. i'm grateful to have had the opportunity to work with some of the world's brightest minds in pursuing beneficial technology to aid and assist people in work and every day lives. i began working on ethical a.i. around 2015. as neural networks begin to show clear signs of working well for that task i cared about. they could be used to provide beneficial technology such as vi

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it will be for mayor mitchell. i told you about the bill we have got that is going to create strong transparency. it is going to engender competition. it is going to try to chip away at this story and others and there are so many of them it can make you sick. i am wondering if greater transparency would have been helpful in the physical condition of ritalin would regional. if there was more information for people to see, out there, do you think it would have made it an easier navigation in terms of what you have to go through? >> yes. i think so and thank you for the question. even now as a board member, it was always presented that glenwood was profitable. it was actually one of the most profitable hospitals in the steward system. late-summer 2023, local vendors not being paid or being slow to be paid. but it was not until september and october until the realization of the seriousness of the issue came about. and all of a sudden we were in immediate jeopardy in december. you know? there was not a whole lot that co

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," stunning breaking news right here in new york city. mayor eric adams hit with a 57-page indictment, alleging he accepted illegal benefits from foreign businesses and officials for nearly a decade. the mayor this morning defiant despite cascading scandals and resignations from top aides. >> it's an unfortunate day. it's a painful day. i look forward to defending myself and defending the people of this city as i have done throughout my entire professional career. >>> this hour, the house task force investigating attempt against former president trump's life in butler, pennsylvania. questioning the secret service today and local law enforcement about critical failures in protecting the former president. >>> israel's prime minister is coming to new york to speak to the united nations tomorrow morning. the white house has no plans for a meeting with the president. the secretary of state tries to cobble together a temporary halt in the escalating fighting between israel and hezbollah in lebanon. hop

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i'm andrea mitchell in washington.sonal communication devices are reportedly exploing across lebanon again today after an apparent covert israeli operation tuesday turned hundreds of pagers into bombs. early reports from lelebanon's health ministry say at least nine are dead, more than 300 injured today, this morning in another coordinated series of explosions. this after two u.s. officials tell nbc news israel was behind tuesday's highly coordinated attacks, triggering hundreds of explosions like this one, killing at least a dozen people, including children and health care workers and injuring thousands. u.s. and western allies are gathering information about the attack and how it was carried out. "the new york times" reporting that israeli agents planted explosives and a remote trigger into each pager. they were then imported into lebanon and distributed to hezbollah members, some even moved to iran and syria. the pagers were marked with the logo of a taiwanese company. they said the beeper model is made in a company

andrea mitchell picks up with more coverage right now. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington with special coverage of what the fbi is calling an apparent assassination attempt against former president donald trump. the second in just nine weeks. >> the threat level is high. we have increased the amount of assets that we've supported, so we are -- we live in danger times. >> the acting director of the u.s. secret service now in west palm beach, florida, where sources tell nbc news he has surveyed the golf course personally and will be briefing mr. trump this afternoon. a secret service agent stopped a would-be assassin, apparent assassin, apparently lying in wait. 58-year-old ryan wesley routh has now been charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number. he has an extensive criminal history including possessing a weapon of mass destruction, a machine gun. just yesterday routh was able to get within 500 yards of mr. trump, armed with a semiautomatic rifle, just two

nold represents the family of charmelle mitchell, seen here in a ktvu interview in 2016. mitchell died in july in a three car crash at tennessee and vervaet while fleeing from gunfire after an earlier fender bender. a suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder in mitchell's death, but no arrests have been reported. in the latest incident. >> i'm just hoping and praying it wasn't, you know, it wasn't the horrible things that we think it could be because it's concerning for the women in vallejo, the community, that things like this are happening. >> it's wrong and it's tragic and it needs to stop. >> vallejo mayor robert mcconnell says the violence is unacceptable. >> we're just a nation that are consumed with settling disputes through weapons or not working out problems. and we need to start teaching anger management. >> the latest homicide happened across from jodi holdsworth's home in vallejo heights. she says the city is making efforts to crack down on crime but isn't staying ahead of it. >> i'm extremely concerned. so i do hear shots in vallejo occasionally and c

he spoke after chief mitchell at the hearing. he also raised concerns about opd's internal affairs. >> the issues that we have not had resolved. it goes to the integrity of the internal affairs investigations, whether we can rely upon them to do that work in a way that's consistent with the rules and applications. and also the question of consistency, of discipline. one of my big issues is how the black officers are treated within the department. are they fairly and consistently evaluated in the same way that white officers are other officers? so >> chief mitchell told the judge that he has set up a new executive team, and that he's been meeting with the city weekly. but the judge says it's not working. he's suggesting reforms that may include internal affairs reporting directly to the police chief. the hearing continues. we'll have the very latest coming up at six, reporting live. anser hassan abc seven news. >> okay. thank you. san francisco mayor london breed is gaining extra cash for her reelection bid. billionaire michael bl

rachel mitchell's impact is felt in my community of maricopa county. across arizona -- county, across arizona and beyond. i am thankful for her commitment to both protecting families and the integrity of our legal system. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa, dr. miller-meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the life of mr. david lee ireland. david died on september 17 following a lock battle with cans -- a long battle with cancer. he spent his professional life protecting and serving the people of iowa as a police officer in lee county -- in the lee county sheriff's office. when he was not working, he was collecting antique model t memorabilia or enjoying the outdoors with his wife, canoeing on the mississippi river. david was also a life-long member of the boy scouts, achieving the rank of eagle scout, the highest rank in the boy scouts. and eventually seeing both of his sons achieve the same rank

andrew mitchell, the shadow forei . n ground. the shadow foreign secretary, thanked _ ground. andrew mitchell, the shadow foreign secretary, thanked the - foreign secretary, thanked the foreign secretary, thanked the foreign secretary, thanked the foreign secretary for advanced side of the statement and gave a holding answer and said they will look at this, and then a few hours later he said announcing an arms embargo on a day when israel was baring its murdered hostages is not easy to swallow for the conservative party —— when burying. irate swallow for the conservative party -- when burying-— swallow for the conservative party -- when burying. we will see what the leader— -- when burying. we will see what the leader candidates _ -- when burying. we will see what the leader candidates say. - -- when burying. we will see what the leader candidates say. it - -- when burying. we will see what the leader candidates say. it is - the leader candidates say. it is not an embargo- _ the leader candidates say. it is not an embargo. david

remember to follow the show on mitchell reports.rts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> good day. i'm chris jansing. live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. unprecedented threats requiring an unprecedented solution. what the head of the secret service says he needs right now to keep future would-be assassins from trying to kill a candidate. will his agency be able to keep them safe over these final six-and-a-half weeks? we're waiting for an update on the first assassination attempt. >>> plus, will a scandal unfolding around a trump-backed candidate for governor end up hurting the former president himself? the latest on

jonathan mitchell, very into it. it was interesting.he work that we do at abortion access front is we try to use humor, flow it all off. so we create a comstock character and showed up at the supreme court during the hearings and the interesting thing was they are not saying comstock, they are using the statute number. not sure if that is the right word. they are sank employee 1461. so the sky on a big activist and that you are my dude. i'm with you. and they are holding these signs and at one point he says to one of his people holding the sign don't stand next to him. so they know the shame and what they are trying to bring back, so exposing to regular folks i think is really crucial. >> they don't actually want to be associated with this character. they wanted to get back, they just don't want to say specifically we want to go back 100 years. >> victoria, i feel like you have something to say. >> i love that. and a former life i worked in the white house and senate and my message today is you have to get active. you have to talk to yo

imagine the good friday agreement on northern ireland without george mitchell or the camp david accords, without jimmy carter or the accords solving in dayton, the bosnia war without -- holbrooke. and they brought a common set of which i discuss in each chapter. and then and in conclusion and these as follows a fierce, determined nation to succeed, to seize the historic moment as george h.w. bush and jim baker did when the when the berlin wall fell. second is courage, not the courage of the battlefield. but the courage to take risks for, peace and negotiations. we saw that with sadat going to jerusalem with the crown prince of, the uae and the abraham accords. we saw that in northern where the catholic and protestant communities, nationalists and unionists, finally decided that enough violence was enough broke from their political bases to make peace. third is preparation. there is substitute for being for knowing more about the issues than anybody else at the negotiating. so you can come up with creative compromises. next is the ability and this may seem like an unusual one to listen,

andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," kamala harris nails her presidential debate debut, rattling donald trump with calculated takedowns. >> donald trump was fired by 81 million people. let's be clear about that. clearly, he is having a very difficult time processing that. world leaders are laughing at donald trump. i have talked with military leaders, some worked with you. they say you are a disgrace. what you will notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. >> in springfield, they are eating the dogs. people that came in, they are eating the cats. they are eating the pets of the people that live there. >> just minutes later with a huge endorsement from the biggest crossover celebrity, taylor swift, signing off as a childless cat lady. the first and possibly only debate highlighted included harris on women's reproductive health. >> one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government and donald trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do wi

i want to bring in andrea mitchell.sidential cycles and we know that the impact that misinformation, disinformation from russia has had. what is it that the state department and the biden administration right now is prioritizing? we just said moments ago with just 53 days left until the election. >> well, first of all, publicizing this and letting people around the world what russia is allegedly do, misinformation, disinformation. covert activities, working with russian intelligence services. so they're not journalists. their working with the intel services, the spies and procuring weapons and for ukraine covertly. so he's saying they are trying to underminor election and also election in moldova in 2024 and elsewhere around the world looking in south america and europe and asia and elsewhere. they are not going to kick the so-called journalists out, because we're not trying to crack down on this administration against legitimate reporting. but they are taking steps legally against r.t. and these specific journalists an

. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪♪ so we get up pretty i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories

what specifically are your expectations for chief floyd mitchell? he's not from here, and he's taking on a big task. >live>absolutely. he's not from here. and he brings in fresh eyes. you know? and so with those fresh eyes, he's already implementing certain different things that are going to be able to safeguard and, you know, catch things that people miss or what have you. what i can tell you is that the chief has integrity. he is fair rank and file sees him as being fair that he won't just be punitive towards you know, those who are, you know his friends or what have you because he's a new guy on the block. you know, he's going to treat the situation with fairness. if you go out and you do something that is not constitutional, you will be held to that. and so with that being said, i don't want all of that, all of that to cover the fact that the city of oakland and our officers have been doing great work day in and day out. our crime numbers are down because of the great work of our police department of the great work of our rank and file, and so r

> [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: there was a briefing with a briefing and andrea mitchellssed this official, will this mean a cease-fire, she asked, but they say when your guy is down you keep going. israel remains on high alert for retaliatory strikes. >> joining us by phone is chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell, andrea, let's pick up on what erin was just talking about , that briefing, what more can you tell us? >> they said they are in an existential war for their survival, the supreme leader has a timetable of eliminating israel by 2040 and this was -- and hassan nasrallah was the linchpin to the continuation of the plan because they have the best arms, they had muscles, thousands and thousands of missiles, which we know, american officials had said that they had muscles, and they were the biggest military force they could attack. he went on to say that this started on october 8th and as you know, there was back and forth and they made the decision by the cabinet that they had to get people back into their homes, 65 to 70,000 people have been evacuated from

you mentioned that andrew mitchell, the shadow foreign secretary has criticised his decision from the similar legal advice when they were in government less than two months ago, and they didn't do this, so there is clearly room for political decision—making here as well as legal advice from the civil service or from government counsel, and i the civil service orfrom government counsel, and i think all of that means this is a very hot button political issue, although, as you mention, with community impact in the uk, and the statement from the chief rabbi, very unusual, very direct, a separate but slightly related issue that under keir starmer�*s leadership the labour party has tried to mend relations with british dues who felt the party had become a harbourfor anti—semitism under the previous leadership, which the previous leadership, which the previous leadership, which the previous leadership is a this will delete that criticism will sting for keir starmer. you can find out more about this story on the website, as you can see. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. you'

andrea mitchell, nbc news, atlanta. >> happy birthday, president carter.you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. that's putting some communities