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two three simmons, rose to stardom in the 80s with his sweating to the oldies aerobics videos.entric, energetic personality made him a favorite guest on talk shows. it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. >> if this doesn't bring the cops, i don't know what will. >> but in 2014, simmons withdrew from public life, cutting off contact with friends. soon, rumors began to circulate that he was being held at his home against his will. simmons addressed those rumors during a phone interview in 2016. >> no one is holding me in my house as a hostage. i just sort of wanted to be a little bit of a loner for a while. i just really don't want to do anything , you know? >> yesterday, a trailer was released for a short film called the court jester, with comedian pauly shore playing simmons. a feature film also starring shore is in development. the production company behind the film, saying while we would love to have simmons involved, we respect his desire to privacy and plan to produce a movie that honors him, celebrates him and tells a dramatic story. the short film premieres friday at t

we'll start with richard simmons.rning simmons is breaking his silence. our own entertainment chloe melas is here to tell us exactly why. >> by the way, watching you at the emmys was the highlight of my weekend >> would you like me to hold your script? >> richard simmons, who was once a household name, helping people shake up with exercise programs now he's coming like "sweatin' to the oldies," but he hasn't been seen publicly since 2014, and rarely heard from, even on social media, but now he's coming out swinging against a new film in development about his life he's the fitness guru that rose to superstardom in the '80s. >> get ready to sweat! >> richard simmons becoming a household name for his tv workouts and high-energy personality. his life will now be the focus of an upcoming biopic, starring comedian pauley shore, but thi morning, simmons says he did not authorize the project. the 75-year-old writing in a rare social media post, i have never given my permission for this movie adding, i no longer have a manager

chena simmons returned home and told police which he had found.erested, and went back to the creek with her. >> they were kind of walking ahead, and i looked down, and i see her night sock. just right at the exit of the trail. and i know it's her sock, because i bought them. it's these fuzzy socks, and it was like rolled into a ball, and it kind of had straw in it. >> would she go on with their socks on like that? >> absolutely not. >> chena simmons could not make sense of why a sock, daniel wore only at bedtime would be there. >> i can't imagine being barefoot in here, walking here, in the stocking feet. you'd be all ripped up. >> absolutely. >> chena simmons no the south could be an important clue. she picked it up, and turned it over to police. by then, something else was coming to light. police realize that daniels almost constant social media chitchat, had gone dark. the high school girl missing and life was suddenly gone on facebook and instagram too. and cops learned something else from their own kids. >> they're like, well she's been hangi

despite simmons objections, the project appears to be moving forward. warner brothers did say that while they respect his desire for privacy, they are going to plan to really honor him with this film and make sure that the film does that job. >> but i mean, just like that statement, basically that's saying that they're going to go ahead with this no matter what. >> it is not clear when more information about the feature film will be released or when it's expected to hit theaters. >> it's going to be tough. i mean, you know, it's i have this feeling sometimes i feel like they're going to shut this area down. >> commercial crab season finally underway in the bay area . how fishermen are trying to make up for lost time. >> also, the bay area is one of the most expensive places to live in the u.s. coming up, how you could own a three bedroom house in the heart of the east bay for under $200,000? >> yes, it's going to rain on your friday, and yes, it will be windy. but what about the forecast for the 49ers game on saturday? that outlook is coming up as the n

with me is our rector, the reverend noel, george simmons. the story that i will describe today to me is really a lesson in leadership from perhaps the greatest leaders of the 20th century. president franklin roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill. these are men who are willing to commit their countries to a long, bloody conflict act in the name of freedom to support the freedom and independence of their own homelands, but to support freedom and democracy for other people around the world. they combine that with a deep humility. they believe that our countries had to be worthy spiritually and morally of the victory. they were asking god to grant us. so on january 1st, 1942, president roosevelt and mrs. roosevelt came here to christchurch with prime minister winston churchill. lord halifax, the british ambassador and lady halifax and others in their party to commemorate what roosevelt had called for the national day of prayer. and they prayed for three things. they prayed for strength in the coming conflict. they prayed for a just peac

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keir simmons reports >> reporter: tonight, for the fifth time in just a week, the u.s. again striking houthi targets inside yemen, this time with f-18s u.s. centcom says the strikes were on two anti-ship missiles aimed at the red sea after determining an imminent threat to shipping and navy vessels, the houthi missiles were destroyed. but the houthis are still terrorizing ships in the red sea, despite the u.s. retaliations pressed by nbc's gabe gutierrez, president biden acknowledged u.s. actions were not deterring the iranian-backed militia. >> are the air strikes in yemen working >> well, when you say "working," are they stopping the houthis no are they going to continue yes. >> reporter: saudi arabia's foreign minister met face-to-face with his iranian counterpart this week. >> so, our message to everyone, including our neighbors in iran, is we need to work together towards de-escalation. >> reporter: and in an interview with nbc news, another stunning shift, openly discussing a possible deal to normalize relations with israel and a u.s. strategic partnership. but th

tonight in an nbc news exclusive keir simmons takes us along with the u.s. coast guard as it patrols off the coast of peru. >> reporter: tonight closer to the u.s. coast than to china a contest between superpowers on the high seas. monitoring this massive chinese fishing fleet looming off south america has become the u.s. coast guard's urgent focus nbc news was invited to board the uscgc alda its 50-strong crew on a new mission. >> there's nothing wrong with fishing it's just you've got to do it in a way that's responsible >> reporter: they're part of a multinational law enforcing effort aimed at curbing overfishing. >> it's a matter of national security. around 40% of the world gets at least some of their protein from fish. so that's why there's a sense of urgency here >> reporter: china's huge fishing industry with chinese government subsidies dominates the south pacific ocean. over 10,000 miles from home fishing for giant squid. we take a flight with the peruvian navy 200 miles off their coast. >> we're crossing into international waters right now. >> rep

keir simmons nbc news, paris. >>> and that is nightly news for this thursday.nk you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night ♪ >>> i'm raj mathai. next on "nbc bay area news tonight," have you gotten your pg&e bill yet? sticker shock for a lot of people. customers saying their bills are nearly doubling. we've got some answers as to why. >>> also, it's been three years since the death of

lester >> all right, keir simmons, thank you >>> tonight, more newly unsealed court documents just released involving accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein, as we get new insights about the high profile network of people associated with epstein. senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has more >> reporter: tonight, the blast radius from jeffrey epstein's reach continues to grow hundreds of pages of old court records now unsealed, adding more context to the wide network the convicted sex offender maintained powerful politicians, celebrities, not accused of any crimes themselves, but whose links to epstein have followed them long after his death in 2019 >> part of this is understanding who helped facilitate the trafficking, who was around, who knew about it generally, this is information that the public has not previously had >> reporter: sigrid mccawley, a lawyer for virginia giuffre, one of epstein's accusers, rolling out the first batch of documents late wednesday >> there is a lot more to come. this beginning part is a small percentage. >> reporter: all of the materials are drawn from a

cupp and jamal simmons, thank you. both.ght on tape. see what happened after this. >> [bleep] >>> a stunning courtroom attack caught on tape. >> in accordance with the laws of the -- [ bleep ]. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, hey! >> that moment there was when a judge was about to sentence the defendant for attempted battery and we are told she and a court marshal were hurt and taken to the hospital after wyo

>> no. >> reporter: we'll see in just six months keir s keir simmons, nbc news, paris. >> it will be see who we are as americans? i'm peter dixon and in kenya... we built a hospital that provides maternal care. as a marine... we fought against the taliban and their crimes against women. and in hillary clinton's state department... we took on gender-based violence in the congo. now extremists are banning abortion and contraception right here at home. so, i'm running for congress to help stop them. for your family... and mine. i approved this message because this is who we are. >>> an execution, th

episode of the spotlight. welcome to the show, i'm your host. let me introduce our guests. charles simmons, american professor of law and journalism with eastern michigan university joining from detroit. i'll... so with us tonight is shabir risvy, he is a political commentator out of chicago. welcome to the show, both gentlemen. now let me begin uh with charles if i may. first question i want to ask you, you know, the us administration, as you know charles has defied all international outcries and stood by israel in its genocide of palestinians and gaza. it's not just supporting the apartite regime, it's actually involved in the war by providing. with money, intelligence, sendcom is given to military advice, weapons and bombs and you name it, so let our viewers know what vested interests washington has in doing so? well, thank you for inviting me, sure, um, i think the all there is a correct emphasis upon the the genocidal activity of israel, but we are, not really getting the depth of understanding about the us intention of genocide in order to control the resources of the middle east so

let me thank my guest charles simmons in detroit and shabir risby in chicago. and thank you for watching this episode of the spotlight. i'm being your host berrus. i'll see you next time. اصدق هذا العالم لما بيحكي عن الانسان شايف ام بتبقي ضناه علشان مات في الغرب جعان ويساوي الماطول بالقتل من شرف ونزاه وحده وتلك قضيه وتلك قضيه.

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and former communication director for vice president harris, jamal simmons. none of these legal issue seems to have affected trump primary polling so far. he is really using all of this to his advantage. it is his campaign, or should it be, worried that it will have an effect on the general election? >> for sure. for a couple of reasons. one is, how much money are they spending to actually defend themselves from these cases? and then two, when are we gonna start seeing some movement in terms of judgments? i don't know if we will see any of that before the election? there is enough going on right now in each of these cases that there is a little bit of truth that trump can point to. this is conspiratorial. this is election interference. but it is giving his base, at least, enough pause voters say, wait until everything is settled. right now we are gonna stay with him. >> jason, staying with you, iowa and 11 days. new hampshire governor chris sununu predicted that nikki haley would shock everyone insecure second place there. do you see that happening? >> actual

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keir simmons with late developments. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. sending a message to iran, an american air strike killing the leader of an iranian-backed militia in baghdad. a senior u.s. defense official calling it a precision strike on his vehicle, saying he was actively involved in planning and carrying out attacks against american personnel. u.s. bases in the middle east have been hit over 100 times by various iran-backed militias, according to the pentagon. but tonight iraq furious, saying the assassination breaks the agreements it had with washington. then there is the growing threat from the iranian-backed houthi militia just hours after the u.s. and others issued a final warning to the group to stop attacks on ships in the red sea. the houthis launching an unmanned drone boat loaded with explosives and detonating just a couple of miles from u.s. navy and commercial ships, the pentagon says. president biden under pressure to order a stronger military response. among the options reviewed by members of his national security team wednesday, st

keir simmons is in the middle east tonight and has late details for us. >> reporter: you can hear an explosion on this video sending crowds screaming and scrambling for safety in iran after deadly twin blasts 20 minutes apart. the state news agency says were caused by two remote-controlled explosive devices placed in bags. it happening during the public ceremony for the death of general qassem suleimani assassinated during a drone trump in the trump administration and the u.s. blamed him for plotting terror attacks including against americans. no one claimed responsibility for today's blasts in iran. isis has carried out terror attacks there before. but tonight, crowds in iran chanting "death to israel" and "death to america." nbc's ali arouzi is in tehran. >> tonight, a senior member of iran's parliament says he's waiting for more information, but says this attack bears all the hallmarks of an operation by israel's mossad intelligence agency. >> reporter: the biden administration says neither the u.s. nor israel is behind the attack. >> we have no indication that israel was in any w

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and with this game coach simmons has led the bisons to 65 overall wins since 2017.the fastest accumulation of victories in harding university's history. i want to again congratulate coach simmons and his entire team for their extraordinary victory last month. i want to quon grat late them for their even -- congratulate them for their season where they scored nearly 47 points per game on average. the harding bisons should be proud of their many accomplishments. the state of arkansas certainly is. a senator: mr. president, as a former native of the state of arkansas, i'd like to add my congratulations to harding university national champions football. being a former football coach, i know how hard it is to achieve any kind of championship but to win a national championship is special and it's special to these young men and coaches and people involved will always remember. mr. tuberville: my congratulations go out to harding. i actually 34r5id against harding -- played against harding for four years being in the same conference they were in back in the 1970's. what an

for more i want to bring in -- and jamaal simmons. first time we are hearing from her directly. what you think of what she had to say? >> let me start with the bad news. i thought it was offensive. she painted with a broad brush. and left no room for criticism or people wanting to hold leaders accountable, other than being motivated they racism and sexism. i'm offended because i am motivated by neither. i do agree with her headline. this is way bigger than her. she is not the cause of anti- semitism on campus is. her resignation will not solve this. it is a much bigger problem and it has to be examined. the retaliatory take downs are corrupting complicated conversation -- did not actually end up having to do with the accusations of how she handled antisemitism on campus. i think that is what she is citing. here >> yeah, i think a couple things are happening here. one, it turns out that there are real questions about whether or not she did plagiarize. they may just be citation problems. a lot of academics -- i talked to a couple of the

let's talk with jamaal simmons, former communications director for vice president kamala harris and also cnn political commentator sc cup. we have seen this before what the president is doing. >> more than just the obama narrative, we saw that in 2016 and we covered that. we remembered him eluding to marco rubio and ted cruz is ethnicity and questioning their candidacies. he also did it less memorably to ben carson. he brought up his religion, his seventh-day adventist religion. he went after carly fiorina's looks, anything he can use to scare his base into voting for him he did. he is doing the same thing with nikki. they love this. they want this to be a two- person race in new hampshire. they are thrilled he is taking her on this way. i spoke to the campaign earlier and they said they are doing this for one reason only and he is scared of her. >> if that is the case that her campaign sees this as kind of a backward complement by seeing her as a legitimate arrival in new hampshire, how should they respond x >> it looks like we are having issues with jamaal's signal. we will get him unm

a contact broker deal will allow desperately needed supplies into gaza, including me to simmons for is riley hostages being held by come us. but there's no sign of an end to the slicing following how mazda is october, stevens, tara attack, which kills more than 1200 people. is rails response has killed mold in 24000 palestinians, according to her master and helpful thirty's. shayna. lo is from the norwegian refugee council, which operates in garza. i also how much of a difference this could top row could a deal will make for palestinians and the strip as well. any amount of mandatory need, any increase in humanitarian aid is needed. the however, i think that the scope of what of the, of the needs in guys that people are in need of food, shelter, clean water medications, medical supplies, the same things we've been demanding for the last 3 months. we need a huge increase of major scaling up of 8 in order to really make a dent in the, in the tremendous needs that, that there are 2 things about this deal that i think are important to note. the 1st is that we really need to, to not be link

miss simmons writes regression rate and burned in south africa as well with disabilities. more likely to believe that job lack lives matter, protest shine a spotlight on racially motivated police by the same sex marriage has been legalized discrimination. we all because life is this the, the diary and 100 kilometers of rain forest separates in panama. i'm columbia. it's one of the key migration routes in the world today. how you doing? i'm john, i'm pulling my country are starving. many are dying. it has been a dictatorship for 60 years. and that's why i sold my house and left us for a. maybe we have to go one more than half a 1000000 people made the journey in 2023 alone. it may be a tiny step towards the us, but it's by far the hardest, the i want a better life for my children and my parents, there's no, they're all i have the . the root begins in northern columbia and they coakley was known as a vacation resort. today, microns wait here before entering the rain forest, travel to panama, sold for $2.00 to $400.00. for some, it's much more than they have those who cannot

simmons sensor wise candidate to alexandra strip is the national coalition party of the national coalition party is one of the 1st round of presidential elections. he will face liberal green policy, candidates pick out hosp visto who came 2nd in the thoughts on february. 11th demonstrates as in the south african city of johanna is the cause of how the vigil to on a john this is killed in the concert. the scene is roland mos janice at the events called for back to protections for they colleagues of the ground and gaza. right group say at least a few 3 major workers have been killed since the conflict started in october. so he's in, terry minister says to match, the suspects have been caught. dr. got attack, and a trust in this dumble, one person was killed. the 2 assailants stormed the sense of maria touch. in the cities, syria district. police blocked the road to santa maria church and this bundle of the 2 was sealants, took a lifetime during the sunday service. it was not immediately clear what the motive behind the attack was, but the victims nephew has spoken since seeing that his uncle

jamal simmons. we're an american. we all get to have the name we have. >> thank you all for being here. also tonight, as the former president is amping up the attacks on nikki haley. some of them are racially charged. not surprising. we'll talk to someone who knows what it is like to be targeted by donald trump. a member of the exonerated central park five now turned councilman joins me onset. >>> also in georgia, the district attorney who indicted trump is facing scrutiny, accused of having an affair with the prosecutor she appointed. >>> new records that were released today reveal that the fulton county district attorney in georgia, fani willis, took trips on the taxpayer's dime with the lead prosecutor in the trump election case. this comes amid accusations that she had a romantic relationship with the prosecutor who she hired to help prosecute trump in this case. today, wade's estranged wife revealed credit card statements showing that he bought airline tickets for at least two out of state trips to miami in 2022

simmons now arrived in georgia and you're up to date here on top of your more on j w dot com and on social media. i'm jarrett gray, new building. thanks. so you don't think you the same way you expect and more different things from life than your parents. i just want to pursue what that's my thoughts or you think your kid is 2 different, risky, irresponsible, reasonable stopping port is nonsense. i want my son to become a doctor, joe in the clubs it's time to, to.

simmons and 9 year old just of what kinds rose several times and had to be supported by aids doing his at swearing and made in speech. the episode was blamed on heat exhaustion. the us presidential races heating up nikki haley has been making a final push for votes in the states of new hampshire haley, his donald trump last year meeting major rival for the republican nomination. i only have to florida governor on desantis dropped out of the race on sunday. i suppose to suggest that trump, for when you have said by you comfortable margin, i to easily went in the iowa caucuses. any of this it's more on that let spring indeed of use, gentle doom allowance as a matter of mac in the state of new hampshire. ahead of the republican presidential primary. hello janelle, all eyes on the new hampshire primary. what, what a victory. the mean for a republican candidate a. well, it really depends on which republican candidate we're talking about. as you said, there donald trump is coming fresh off his record breaking victory in iowa. a victory that basically denied momentum to any of the other candi

jamaal simmons right? we are in america. we all get to have whatever name that we have. >> thank you all for being here tonight. >>> also tonight, the president is ramping up those attacks on nikki haley. as i noted, some of them were racially charged, not surprising, but we are going to talk to someone who is like to be targeted i donald trump, a member of the exonerated central park five, now turned to new york city councilman, will join the onset. we also are also tracking new develop men's in georgia, facing scrutiny accused of having an affair with a prosecutor that she appointed. now new bank records are coming to light. more on that in a moment. >>> new records that were released today reveal the fulton county district attorney in georgia took trips on the taxpayer's time, the lead prosecutor in the trump election case. this comes amid accusations that she had a romantic relationship with the prosecutor, nathan wade, who she hired to help prosecute trump in this case. today, wade's estranged wife revealed credit card

let's bring in to discuss john av avlon, and cnn commentator jamal simmons.eah, i want to start with you because i have a lot of thoughts about a lot of this. very personal thoughts on some of them, but what i'm more interested in at this moment in time, is you have a weekend where donald trump on the anniversary of january 6th is playing all the things we played, he's attacking john mccain again and mocking the injuries he suffered while a p.o.w. this caused suburban voters to turn sharply away from him in 2020. >> yes. >> i understand where the republican primary electorate is and it's not going to change. my question right now is, will people start seeing this stuff and say, oh, i remember? >> yeah. i absolutely think so, and when you look at the independent voter, they turned away from donald trump for this very reason. they couldn't deal with the rhetoric. they couldn't deal with all of the things that we're seeing right now, and joe biden is reminding those independent voters of how bad it can be and what's at stake, and i think that is joe biden's stra

ana navarro, joe pinion and jamal simmons, thank you all very much. >>> today there is new data that inflation is down long-term. so why do average americans is a they don't even feel it? i'll discuss that withth " "newk times" cololumnist pauaul cardm next. ♪ ♪ ♪ news on the economic front today. inflation for december coming in slightly hotter than expected. but overall cpi, or the average price changes in 2023 fell considerably from its 2022 highs. however, a number of americans still don't feel like the economy is in a good place. for more i want to bring in nobel laureate and new york times columnist poll -- paul thanks for joining us. tonight >> it's good to be. on >> you have been looking at this, and we've been talking about this for many months now. what is your take on why americans are so pessimistic about this economy when so many of the numbers that we used to judge what is going on with americans in their households, and with the economy at large. unemployment, jobs, wages, inflation. they're all getting better but people are still feeling sour, why is that in your view

keir simmons for us there in iraq.nk you. >>> also this morning, the battle over the southern border is escalating. house republicans pushing ahead with an effort to impeach the secretary of homeland security, but threatening to tank a potential deal on border security struck by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles joins us with the latest on this. ryan, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. later this morning republicans will take the first step towards something congress hasn't done in more than 150 years, impeaching a sitting cabinet secretary. it all comes just as bipartisan negotiators are set to release the legislation aimed at calming the border crisis. it is a building problem. more than 1,700 miles away from the u.s. capitol. migrants entering the united states at a record clip, leading to overworked border guards, a system at a breaking point and human lives in the balance. in eagle pass, texas, a young migrant girl attempting to cross into the united stat

keir simmons is here. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. this morning iran is attempting to distance itself from this attack, saying it does not send orders to what it calls resistance groups. an iranian proxy is being blamed. for the killing of three americans here in jordan, risking the kind of escalation between iran and the u.s. that's long been feared. this morning, the biden administration vowing to take all necessary action after an unmanned drone strike sent by iran-backed military groups. three u.s. soldiers were killed, the first american fatalities from hostile fire since war broke out between israel and hamas on october 7th. another major escalation. in a region already in turmoil. and u.s. central command said more than 30 were wounded in the attack. in northeast jordan, on a remote base on the border with syria and iraq, called tower 22, eight personnel were evacuated to higher-level care. president biden yesterday leading a moment of silence, and promising an american response. >> we had a tough day last night in the middle e

sky germany claims that xavi simmons, who went to psg the summer before eindhoven, and then went on loan to. he said that he doesn't want to go back to paris and that germany is comfortable and he wants to play another season for leipzig. java this season he scored 7 goals for his team and gave 9 assists to his teammates. probably, if ronaldo had won the ballon d'or himself, he would not have said this. good night, goodbye. it is another issue that ajid songai revealed after his meeting with a number of freed palestinian prisoners. they are kept blindfolded for long periods of time and are severely beaten and tortured. some of the freed captive men were without clothes in the current cold weather. israel must comply with international laws regarding the storage of weapons. he is also the spokesperson of the united nations children's fund, unicef. 6 women in gaza in the past weeks pregnant women killed in israeli attacks have had cesarean section . many mothers gave birth due to the intensity of successive explosions, panic, smoke and unhealthy air. at the same time, the spokesperson of t

thank you keir simmons and monica alba. i want to bring in former ambassador and presidential adviser to the middle east mark ins berg and retired colonel jack jacobs, an msnbc military analyst. colonel jacobs, what should the u.s. be thinking about as it plans a response and what do you see as the options? >> we have lots of plans for almost every contingency. that includes attacking iran at home, though it's unlikely that that's going to happen. up till now -- don't forget there have been more than 100 attacks on americans. up till now it's been proportional and measured and spasmodic, as a matter of fact, as the attacks have been. there's an attempt to avoid widening the war. although, the iran-backed militias have been widening the war. so there is a great deal of political pressure as has already been mentioned from both sides of the aisle on the president to bring the attacks back to iran. that's unlikely to happen. there will be some selected targets and undoubtedly there will be attacks shortly. but the attacks on a

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