way in baseball, there is already some controversy over new rules aimed at speeding up the game sam brock is in florida for us tonight. >> reporter: for a sport steeped in history, major league baseball's taking a crack at new rules, hoping to bring a more explosive, speedier version to fans. >> for fielders this is what we've been dreaming of. >> reporter: the average baseball game in 2022 was more than three hours. the league hopes to get things moving faster this season with a new pitch clock. >> what rule or rules are being talked about the most >> i'd say the clock >> reporter: here's how it works pitchers only have 15 seconds between throws unless there's runners on base. then it's 20 and batters have to be locked in and ready with eight seconds left creating chaos in one of the first preseason games on saturday. >> and now what? >> he's out. >> they have called strike 3 >> reporter: the braves-red sox ending with a violation both teams and fans expecting a learning curve. >> that's why these games are really, really important i think we're all learning together. >> as a fan it's in

nbc's sam brock is in florida. porter: i know, i think a lot of people, andrea, still have their suspicions that there could be a little bit of a chance that maybe tom brady comes back again after all. at this point, we probably have to take him at his word. it's worth pointing out, the term g.o.a.t., the greatest of all time has been around, and that has become emblazoned in our lexicon because of tom brady. that tweet came out this morning. 52 seconds long. he didn't vamp. he did get emotional and talk about the gratitude he has for his family and teammates for supporting him on the journey. a handful of athletes reoriented what we thought was possible in sport. tom brady did so for his longevity, 23 years in the nfl, and his performance, seven super bowl rings. no other quarterback has more than four. joe montana, you might have heard of him, and terry bradshaw would be the next closest with four. his accomplishments speak for themselves. you talk about the fact that he leads the nfl passing books and touchdowns,

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and sam brock. thank you both. >>> president biden was in tampa this afternoon for the second and final stop in his post state of the union swing. he is there to talk about protecting and strengthening medicare and social security. and florida is also still considered by some a key battleground state and home to two of his potential rivals in the 2024 presidential race. mike memoli is in tampa with the president. how is he trying to build momentum from tuesday's state of the union? >> reporter: we remember where the republicans disagreed with him to sunset the programs. and president biden said that more republicans support more plans to undercut other health care plans. take a listen. >> republican congress have their way, the power we just gave to lower prescription drug prices goes away $2,000 capitol goes away. the insulin limitation goes away. they have been trying to get rid of the affordable care act for years and millions are on it. >> reporter: and he is referring to the inflation reduction

sam brock is in parkland today.done in that community today to honor the victims of the attack? >> reporter: certainly kate, there's a daily pain when it comes to this community and those families. but today that is heightened. at 10:17 there was a moment of reflection. in the 2:00 hour when the tragedy occurred five years ago, they did not want students to be in class. so 10:00 and 17 to honor the 17 victims. behind me you'll see portraits, people coming in and out throughout the day. those are pictures of the 14 students and three educators. and later tonight at 5:30 there's a ceremony with faith leaders and a video to show case the personalities, dreams, aspirations and energy of those 17 victims. >> for many of these families their life's work has refocused on gun laws, school safety, mental health prevention, what have we seen over these years? >> there's been significant change in florida at least. they raised the age for purchasing firearms here to 21 mentioned red flag laws there have been 9,000 red flags is

nbc news correspondent sam brock is in florida following the latest. s next for the suspected shooter? >> reporter: ellison, three deaths and three different shooting scenes. it's horrifying. in terms of what's happening right now for the shooter, he is absolutely facing a first degree murder charge for the death of a 38-year-old woman. that is natacha augustin. as far as other possible homicide charges, the sheriff of orange county said almost certainly there will be charges filed forthcoming with respect to the death of a 9-year-old child and dylan lyons from news 13. as far as the sequence this started about 11:00 yesterday. there is a woman natacha augustin driving with an unnamed driver and according to the police affidavit they picked up the shooter. said he was, quote, seemed down and took him into their car when they were doing cannabis and within 30 seconds he heard a gunshot and looked across from him and saw blood coming out of his friend's head and immediately called police at which point the shooter was running away from the car. that was c

. >> joining us now is sam brock. you are in parkland. how is the community doing today?the events really of just the last 24 hours and, of course, the difficulty of every day having to deal with the pain of not having a loved one that sits in your soul. you heard it a second ago from mr. guttenberg talking about this beautiful life was ripped away. we had a situation where there was someone in lockdown five years ago that was also in lockdown in michigan. that's just a sense into how inverted this reality is for so many. you are looking at video on your screen of portraits of the 17 souls who died that day, 14 students, 3 staff members surrounded by floral arrangements. today is going to be about the victims and the families. not policy, not politics, but the victims. what you are looking at right there. at 5:30, there's a commemoration service. faith leaders are expected to speak. no politicians. gina loved to read and connect with new people. she was the first one to welcome other people to class when they moved to the area. they passed laws here. he says it's part of

thank you, sam brock. oh, my gosh, what a beautiful shot. we appreciate your reporting today. >>> later this hour as we track the potentially historic winter storm, our meteorologist bill karins will join us with the full forecast, the path and what you need to know besides get on a plane and go to miami beach. >>> to charge or not to charge, inside the decision facing the fulton county d.a. in the 2020 election probe. >>> plus, any moment now, a man who pled guilty to storming the capital and later threatening a congresswoman is set to be sentenced. the consequences he could face. and how south carolina attorney alex murdaugh's defense is trying to cast doubt on the work detectives did the night his wife and son were murdered. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc just without the lactose. tastes great in our iced coffees too. which makes waking up at 5 a.m. to milk the cows a little easier. (moo) mabel says for you, it's more like 5:15. man: mom, really? (vo) verizon ha

let me bring in nbc's sam brock who's been all over this story.en straight up disney drama with florida. this is a huge deal that happened. ron desantis did not like it. neither did many conservatives in the state. so what went down just late this afternoon, and what does it mean for what comes next? >> it's been brewing for a certain period of time, really since last spring, hallie. as far as what went down today, nothing yet. there's a 12-day special session that's being held in florida, to sort of tie up loose ends and deal with pieces of legislation that are of import to the governor and legislature. that does include what to do with disney, now the senate met for like ten minutes, maybe less, and what caught my attention was the fact that they did go through the docket, what's on the agenda for the special session, and mentioned the improvement district, the self-governing area for disney, and went through the specific bills that they're going to be examining in that chamber, and didn't mention anything about a bill regarding disney, which ma

of course, sam brock is there for us. i can see balloons behind you. i wonder how people are marking this, but there's also controversy about legislation because i know there are a lot of folks there who fought hard to change the laws in florida. now there are some other proposals out there. get us up to date, sam. >> for sure, chris. also just to add another layer to what maggie was reporting. there was a student who was in lockdown five years ago on valentine's day who was in lockdown again last night at michigan state. the interconnections over these mass shootings are too many to even enumerate because they are so common. in terms of what you're talking about, in florida, there's a proposal, we have been told, it's not been submitted to the legislature, that would allow for concealed carry with no permit and no training. you might wonder how would a state that has absorbed these tragedies, how are they going to make it so easy to obtain a concealed carry without vetting or training and why? i talked to parents here and not all of them certainly, bu

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sam brock in miami today.0 for brady" opens in a couple days. >>> two emperor tamarin monkeys are back at the dallas zoo. police say they were found inside an abandoned home. as nbc's morgan chesky tells us, the latest in a series of suspicious incidents at the zoo. >> reporter: no more missing monkeys. bella and fin are back at the dallas zoo after a nearly 36-hour ordeal that police are still piecing together. >> what we tell people is we just need that one tip that is going to help an investigation. >> reporter: police say that's exactly what came in tuesday afternoon. a phone call leading officers to an abandoned home outside dallas. >> knock on the door. the door was open. officers went inside, cleared the home. there was no one located inside the house and the monkeys were found in a closet. >> reporter: this photo captured one of the monkeys inside as staff rushed to recover the be loved pair. the zoo sharing we are thrilled beyond belief. >> the care these guys receive at the zoo is specialized care, s

. >>> but first, let's go to sam brock.training in florida where players and fans are adjusting to some really big changes to the rules of baseball. >> yes, there are some pretty significant changes, savannah. last year, in 2022, the average baseball game was more than three hours long major league baseball says we got to change that welcome to the pitch clock what you see behind me here. you see, 15 seconds, it is making the biggest pop at the moment but also, the largest, bases, les t me show you what it looked like last year and what the bases look like this year. you can decide for yourself how significant this change is that story, right after the break. world. for years, i thought my t.e.d. was beyond help... but then i asked my doctor about tepezza. (vo) tepezza is the only medicine that treats t.e.d. at the source not just the symptoms. in a clinical study more than 8 out of 10 patients taking tepezza had less eye bulging. tepezza is an infusion. patients taking tepezza may have infusion reactions. tell your doctor

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nbc's sam brock joins us from already-warm miami beach. am, good morning. >> reporter: yes, sheinelle, good morning. i feel kind of bad, seeing gabe, wrapped up in a parka, so much of the country right now is in a deep freeze, and in florida, it's february, and it feels like summer. now it's 70 degrees at the moment in miami beach, expected to reach the mid-80s later today. in orlando, sheinelle, 90 degrees today, in february. so heck, why not, just take a little stroll into the ocean, the sea temperatures, i'm sorry for folks who are watching in minneapolis and chicago, i know, this is not nice, people are taking a nice jog in the morning, the sea temperature is 77 degrees right now, three or four degrees warmer than normal. as we go bigger picture, let's look at the map from texas and louisiana, stretching all the way through tennessee, and the carolinas, virginia and washington, d.c., all of those places expected to meet or potentially break records for february. into louisiana, mardi gras right now, revelers are out, costumes, eating cr

nbc's sam brock ahead of that, he's in miami for us today. growth. sam, talk to us about the states that are seeing the biggest exodus and then where all these folks are going. >> reporter: aaron, it's a good point right now just to kind of highlight the fact that we're talking about a snapshot. the middle of 2021 to the middle of 2022, july to july. so one year. but it definitely tells us a lot and part of the story about the pandemic and what people were doing over that time. let's talk about which states saw the most people leave, and then which ones gained the most new residents. as far as exodus, new york stands alone. minus 180,000 people that left the state in that one-year timeframe. california, 1113,000. illinois, 104,000. those are the three biggest losers. the biggest gainers, texas had almost a half million people move down to the lone star state. florida at 416,000 at second. north carolina and georgia, you also saw south carolina and tennessee add more residents, as well. that's sort of the major grouping there. a lot of people

nbc's sam brock has more on brady's legacy and his future in our "sunday focus." >> reporter: to trulyfootball player of all time, tom brady, it's important to start not at the end -- >> good morning, guys. i'll get to the point right away. i'm retiring. >> reporter: -- but the beginning. >> among the last picks taken, a familiar name if you're a college football fan, tom brady. >> reporter: in 2000, mike tirico announced brady as the 199th pick in the nfl draft. >> the question will be mobility. he only runs a 5.25 40. >> reporter: critiqued for his lack of speed and questionable nfl body. brady was famously overlooked with teams taking six quarterbacks, three kickers and a punter before him. nearly everyone missing on his monumental asset, a fierce, feel it in your gut fire to win, and to prove critics wrong. >> tom was always inspired by being passed over. he was a unicorn in the fact that he was able to keep that edge of people not believing him and yet still be the greatest quarterback who has ever played the game. that's rare. >> reporter: number 12's on-field achievements have a

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sam brock is in jupiter, florida, at the spring training home of the marlins.his is an adjustment period, lindsey. your talking b about spring training right now. it's the best. baseball is in the air. you see all the families behind me right now out here for spring training. it's the great unifier. these rules have changed. the idea for major league baseball is to make this a more dynamic product for the fans. last year the average game was more than three hours long. this is 2022, this is 2023. look at the difference in the size. the idea is this is bigger. you'll see more stolen bases, fewer injuries. 15 seconds between pitches unless there's runners on base, then it's 20 seconds. this has already created so much conversation on the first day of spring training. the start of spring training is usually reserved for tweaking swings and perfecting pickoffs. but this year has already featured quite the curve ball. >> and now one, he's out. >> they've called strike three. >> the red sox/braves preseason game saturday ending when a braves hitter wasn't considered

let's go to nbc's sam brock in parkland, florida, for us. i don't know, sam. this community marks five years since this tragedy, but give me the outlook on moving forward on the measures to try to keep their community safe. >> reporter: yeah, alex, there is absolutely, good morning, some optimism here that the policies and the laws that came out of that tragedy at marjory stoneman douglas five years ago will be exported to other states and perhaps the federal government. i'm talking about things like raising the legal age of purchasing a firearm to 21 years old, the red flag laws that have been exercised, some 9,000 times just in the last five years. if you think about it, representative moskowitz was saying if only 1% of those averted a mass shooting that won 90 of them. these families didn't have a day, they didn't have an hour to try to honor their loved ones and process what is happening without another mass shooting happening in another part of the country. and if i were to ask you how many mass shootings do you think happened so far this year, the figure

but first, we have nbc's sam brock. >> reporter: hoda, good morning.is an active season. 168 reported tornadoes in january that is the highest figure, in modern history for that month. and now the south has been struck again. i'm here in louisiana, this is one of about 15 buildings that has been damaged. you can see the carport is collapsed. the roof sheared right off. there is debris littered everywhere, on trees. you're seeing mobile homes just crumpled. in one of them, an infant and a toddler had to be rescued as a likely tornado ripped right through here. overnight, severe weather slamming the south. >> from our bedroom window, you could see the chairs blow this way. >> reporter: a possible tornado, tearing through southeast louisiana, taking aim at tanghippeau parish and leaving at least three people injured. homes and businesses in the area sustaining major damage. >> just from looking in this area, it looks like about six or seven homes that are completely flipped over and completely destroyed. >> reporter: a massive police presence helping clea

let's bring in sam brock, live from roger dean stadium, the spring training home of the marlins and theo loves it. >> reporter: it's an overhaul when it comes to the rules. major league baseball was looking at this situation saying our average game was 3 hours and 4 minutes last year and the league-wide batting average was .243, the lowest it's been in a half century. we've got to do something. there's a pitch clock over my shoulder on either side of home plate. already this has been a major topic of conversation. the start of spring training is usually reserved for tweaking swings and perfecting pickoffs. this year has already featured quite the curve ball. >> strike three! >> reporter: the red sox ended when a braves hitter wasn't considered ready on the pitch clock. >> the pitch clock, a lot of people early on talked about it affecting the pitcher. what you're seeing now is it affecting the hitter quite a bit. >> i feel like it's going to happen because it's the determination of the umpire. he doesn't really know when you're engaged unless he sees you looking at the pitcher. >> repor