1 00:00:00,333 --> 00:00:01,801 TREND AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN 2 00:00:01,801 --> 00:00:04,704 FOR THE JOB MARKET LONG TERM. 3 00:00:04,704 --> 00:00:05,805 GOOD MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH 4 00:00:05,805 --> 00:00:07,173 FOR BEING HERE. I'M SAVANNAH 5 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:08,675 SELLERS, JOE'S OFF TODAY, BUT 6 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:09,709 CHRISTINE ROMANS IS GOING TO 7 00:00:09,709 --> 00:00:11,344 JOIN US LATER IN THE HOUR. WE 8 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:12,412 ARE GOING TO GET STARTED, 9 00:00:12,412 --> 00:00:13,446 THOUGH, WITH THE PRESIDENT'S 10 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:15,181 EFFORT TO ENERGIZE HIS BASE 11 00:00:15,181 --> 00:00:16,783 AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 12 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:18,084 SO THE PRESIDENT WAS IN LAS 13 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:19,753 VEGAS YESTERDAY TO TOUT HIS 14 00:00:19,753 --> 00:00:21,621 ECONOMIC POLICIES AND HIGHLIGHT 15 00:00:21,621 --> 00:00:24,157 TAX CUTS. BUT POLLS SHOW VOTERS 16 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:25,759 ARE NOT HAPPY WITH HIS HANDLING 17 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:27,193 OF THE ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY 18 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:28,428 RIGHT NOW WITH THE HIGH PRICES 19 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:30,597 FROM THE WAR IN IRAN. PRESIDENT 20 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:31,664 TRUMP DID SAY, THOUGH, ONCE 21 00:00:31,664 --> 00:00:33,433 AGAIN, THAT A DEAL IS NEAR TO 22 00:00:33,433 --> 00:00:35,635 REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. 23 00:00:35,635 --> 00:00:36,803 NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT CHRIS 24 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:37,871 PALLONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE 25 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:39,572 ON THIS. CHRIS. GOOD MORNING, 26 00:00:39,572 --> 00:00:39,973 SAVANNAH. 27 00:00:39,973 --> 00:00:41,141 >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU. LESS 28 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:42,308 THAN THREE MONTHS TO GO UNTIL 29 00:00:42,308 --> 00:00:43,510 THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. AND 30 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:44,978 PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MESSAGE FOR 31 00:00:44,978 --> 00:00:46,446 VOTERS IS COMING INTO SHARPER 32 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:47,847 FOCUS. THE PRESIDENT IS 33 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:49,682 BATTLING LOW POLL NUMBERS AS 34 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:51,084 REPUBLICANS TRY TO HANG ON TO 35 00:00:51,084 --> 00:00:52,552 CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE 36 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:56,156 SENATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP 37 00:00:56,156 --> 00:00:57,590 RETURNING FROM LAS VEGAS AFTER 38 00:00:57,590 --> 00:00:59,025 TOUTING HIS ECONOMIC RECORD 39 00:00:59,025 --> 00:01:00,427 THERE. WITH THE FALL MIDTERM 40 00:01:00,427 --> 00:01:01,294 ELECTIONS IN VIEW. 41 00:01:01,294 --> 00:01:02,629 >> IN JUST 18 MONTHS, WE'VE 42 00:01:02,629 --> 00:01:04,397 TURNED THIS COUNTRY COMPLETELY 43 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:04,631 AROUND. 44 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:06,232 >> THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY 45 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:07,700 FACING HEADWINDS IN CONVINCING 46 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,869 VOTERS THINGS ARE AS ROSY AS HE 47 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:11,271 CLAIMS. POLLS CONSISTENTLY 48 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:12,338 SHOWING AMERICANS GIVE THE 49 00:01:12,338 --> 00:01:14,107 PRESIDENT LOW MARKS ON THE 50 00:01:14,107 --> 00:01:15,942 ECONOMY AND THE WAR IN IRAN. 51 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:17,410 TRUMP, NOW SEIZING ON A TUG OF 52 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:18,812 WAR AMONG DEMOCRATS FOR 53 00:01:18,812 --> 00:01:20,313 DIRECTION OF THAT PARTY BETWEEN 54 00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:22,082 MODERATES AND PROGRESSIVES. 55 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:24,250 >> ABDUL EL-SAYED, LOVELY 56 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:26,019 GENTLEMAN, HE'S A MAN OF HATE. 57 00:01:26,019 --> 00:01:27,387 >> THE PRESIDENT TAKING AIM AT 58 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:28,588 THE LATEST PROGRESSIVE 59 00:01:28,588 --> 00:01:29,989 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WINNER, 60 00:01:29,989 --> 00:01:32,158 ABDUL EL-SAYED, A MICHIGAN 61 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:33,660 DOCTOR RUNNING FOR SENATE ON A 62 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,028 PLATFORM OF MEDICARE FOR ALL 63 00:01:35,028 --> 00:01:36,830 AND ABOLISHING ICE, A CANDIDATE 64 00:01:36,830 --> 00:01:38,965 TRUMP BASELESSLY CALLS A 65 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:39,365 COMMUNIST. 66 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:40,433 >> WE DO BETTER AGAINST THE 67 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:41,868 COMMUNISTS, ACCORDING TO EVERY 68 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:44,370 POLL. THE POLL SAYS WE DO 69 00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:46,573 BETTER AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS. 70 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:48,675 SO HE WON. AND SO I THINK I'M 71 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:49,409 HAPPY. 72 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:50,777 >> EL-SAYED HITTING BACK AT A 73 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:52,312 SOFT SPOT IN THE PRESIDENT'S 74 00:01:52,312 --> 00:01:52,545 RECORD. 75 00:01:52,545 --> 00:01:53,880 >> THIS IS A GUY WHO CAN'T EVEN 76 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,181 FOCUS ON OUR AFFORDABILITY. 77 00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:57,217 HE'S MORE INTERESTED IN SAYING 78 00:01:57,217 --> 00:01:58,384 MY NAME IN AN INTERESTING WAY, 79 00:01:58,384 --> 00:01:59,285 OR CALLING ME A LOVELY 80 00:01:59,285 --> 00:02:01,087 GENTLEMAN THAN HE IS INTERESTED 81 00:02:01,087 --> 00:02:02,021 IN ACTUALLY SOLVING OUR 82 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:02,755 PROBLEMS. 83 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:03,857 >> AAA REPORTING THE AVERAGE 84 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:05,658 GAS PRICE IN THE U.S. NOW 85 00:02:05,658 --> 00:02:08,161 TOPPING $4.08 A GALLON, LARGELY 86 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:10,063 BECAUSE OF THE IRAN WAR, WHICH 87 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:11,397 THE PRESIDENT INSISTS IS 88 00:02:11,397 --> 00:02:12,465 NEARING AN END. 89 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:14,033 >> I'M NOT LOOKING TO KILL 90 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:16,436 PEOPLE AND TOTALLY OBLITERATE 91 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:17,137 EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S WHERE WE 92 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:19,339 WERE HEADED. AND THEY WANTED TO 93 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:20,406 NEGOTIATE. AND WE'RE DOING THAT. 94 00:02:20,406 --> 00:02:21,841 AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING OUT 95 00:02:21,841 --> 00:02:22,575 QUITE WELL. 96 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:23,510 >> WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THIS 97 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:24,744 WILL BE DIFFERENT? BECAUSE THEY 98 00:02:24,744 --> 00:02:25,778 TEND TO NEVER. 99 00:02:25,778 --> 00:02:27,647 >> IT MAY BE. IT MAY NOT BE. 100 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:28,681 >> IRAN DENIES THERE ARE 101 00:02:28,681 --> 00:02:30,483 ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE 102 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:32,952 U.S. TO END THE WAR, AND A 103 00:02:32,952 --> 00:02:34,420 SPOKESPERSON FOR IRAN'S FOREIGN 104 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:36,222 MINISTRY SAYS NEGOTIATIONS WITH 105 00:02:36,222 --> 00:02:37,857 OMAN OVER CONTROL OF THE STRAIT 106 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:39,459 OF HORMUZ ARE IN THEIR FINAL 107 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:40,927 STAGES. IRAN INSISTS THE STRAIT 108 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:42,395 WILL NOT GO BACK TO BEING AN 109 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:43,997 OPEN INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY 110 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,665 LIKE IT WAS BEFORE THE WAR. THE 111 00:02:45,665 --> 00:02:47,500 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS 112 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:48,601 PREVIOUSLY RULED OUT ANY DEAL 113 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:49,702 THAT WOULD GIVE IRAN CONTROL 114 00:02:49,702 --> 00:02:51,371 OVER THE STRAIT, AND THE U.S. 115 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:53,139 NAVY STILL HAS A BLOCKADE ON 116 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:55,341 IRAN'S PORTS. SAVANNAH, BACK TO 117 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:55,508 YOU. 118 00:02:55,508 --> 00:02:56,843 >> ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU 119 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,111 SO MUCH. WELL, OVER ON CAPITOL 120 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:00,013 HILL, DOCTOR FAUCI IS IN MORE 121 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,548 HOT WATER THIS MORNING. IN JUST 122 00:03:01,548 --> 00:03:03,116 A FEW HOURS, A SENATE COMMITTEE 123 00:03:03,116 --> 00:03:04,651 IS SET TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO 124 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:06,719 HOLD ANTHONY FAUCI IN CONTEMPT 125 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:08,321 OF CONGRESS TODAY, AFTER HE 126 00:03:08,321 --> 00:03:09,322 PLED THE FIFTH SEVERAL TIMES 127 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:11,157 DURING A HEARING LAST WEEK ON 128 00:03:11,157 --> 00:03:12,926 HIS HANDLING OF THE COVID 129 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:13,993 OUTBREAK. THIS COMES AS 130 00:03:13,993 --> 00:03:15,495 FLORIDA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL 131 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:16,930 JOINED OTHERS IN LOUISIANA AND 132 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:18,364 WEST VIRGINIA YESTERDAY IN 133 00:03:18,364 --> 00:03:19,933 ISSUING SUBPOENAS FOR RECORDS 134 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:21,935 FROM DOCTOR FAUCI. THEY ALLEGE 135 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:23,703 DOCTOR FAUCI PROFITED FROM THE 136 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:24,804 RECOMMENDATIONS HE GAVE DURING 137 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:27,373 THE COVID PANDEMIC. NBC NEWS 138 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:28,675 POLITICAL REPORTER MEGAN BRAND 139 00:03:28,675 --> 00:03:30,476 JOINS US WITH MORE ON THIS AND 140 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:31,444 SOME OTHER HEADLINES FROM 141 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:32,445 WASHINGTON. MEGAN, GOOD MORNING. 142 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:33,546 TO JUST START BY BREAKING DOWN 143 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:34,681 THESE REASONS FOR THE SUBPOENAS 144 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:35,982 AGAINST DOCTOR FAUCI. 145 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:37,183 >> GOOD MORNING SAVANNAH. YEAH. 146 00:03:37,183 --> 00:03:38,851 SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE WERE 147 00:03:38,851 --> 00:03:41,254 THREE STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL 148 00:03:41,254 --> 00:03:42,822 IN REPUBLICAN LED STATES IN 149 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:44,257 FLORIDA, WEST VIRGINIA AND 150 00:03:44,257 --> 00:03:46,793 LOUISIANA WHO HAD ISSUED THESE 151 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:48,995 SUBPOENAS TO DOCTOR FAUCI 152 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:50,396 YESTERDAY, ARGUING THAT HE MADE 153 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:52,932 MONEY OFF OF THE WAY THAT HE 154 00:03:52,932 --> 00:03:56,069 HAD ADVISED HANDLING OF COVID 155 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:57,237 19 DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHEN HE 156 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:58,972 WAS THE FACE IN MANY WAYS OF 157 00:03:58,972 --> 00:04:00,506 THE U.S. RESPONSE TO COVID. SO 158 00:04:00,506 --> 00:04:01,874 THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL 159 00:04:01,874 --> 00:04:03,476 HAD SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT 160 00:04:03,476 --> 00:04:05,144 WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY THAT 161 00:04:05,144 --> 00:04:07,313 THIS WAS RELATED TO AN OFFICIAL 162 00:04:07,313 --> 00:04:09,182 INVESTIGATION INTO AWARDS, 163 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:10,516 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, 164 00:04:10,516 --> 00:04:12,118 FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, GRANTS 165 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:14,187 AND COVID 19 GUIDANCE THAT 166 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:16,322 IMPACTED FLORIDA BUSINESSES AND 167 00:04:16,322 --> 00:04:17,790 CONSUMERS. SO THE SUBPOENA HAD 168 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:19,926 ASKED DOCTOR FAUCI TO PROVIDE 169 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:22,428 DOCUMENTS RANGING FROM 2020 170 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:24,264 UNTIL NOW, BY THE END OF THE 171 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:26,733 MONTH, THINGS THAT INCLUDE 172 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:28,167 GRANTS OR BOOK DEALS THAT 173 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:29,969 DOCTOR FAUCI WAS CONSIDERED FOR 174 00:04:29,969 --> 00:04:32,138 OR THAT HE RECEIVED. AND OF 175 00:04:32,138 --> 00:04:33,373 COURSE, THIS ALL COMES RIGHT 176 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:35,742 BEFORE A SENATE COMMITTEE IS 177 00:04:35,742 --> 00:04:37,410 GOING TO VOTE IN JUST A COUPLE 178 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:39,145 OF HOURS ON WHETHER TO HOLD 179 00:04:39,145 --> 00:04:40,813 DOCTOR FAUCI IN CONTEMPT OF 180 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:41,514 CONGRESS. SAVANNAH. 181 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:42,315 >> YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 182 00:04:42,315 --> 00:04:43,950 MEGAN. SO ON THAT VOTE TODAY, 183 00:04:43,950 --> 00:04:45,285 WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS ARGUMENTS 184 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,586 FOR THAT? AND WHAT HAPPENS IF 185 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:47,987 THE VOTE DOES PASS. 186 00:04:47,987 --> 00:04:49,756 >> SO REPUBLICANS ARE BASICALLY 187 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:50,957 BREAKING THIS DOWN IN TWO WAYS. 188 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:52,759 THEY'RE ARGUING THAT DOCTOR 189 00:04:52,759 --> 00:04:55,261 FAUCI WAS NOT ABLE TO ASSERT 190 00:04:55,261 --> 00:04:56,963 HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT PRIVILEGES. 191 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:58,064 ONE OF THOSE REASONS THAT THEY 192 00:04:58,064 --> 00:04:59,565 ARGUE, IS BECAUSE DOCTOR FAUCI 193 00:04:59,565 --> 00:05:01,334 HAD RECEIVED A PREEMPTIVE 194 00:05:01,334 --> 00:05:02,835 PARDON FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN IN 195 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:04,537 THE FINAL HOURS OF PRESIDENT 196 00:05:04,537 --> 00:05:05,538 BIDEN'S TERM. AND THEY ARGUE 197 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:06,739 THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, HE WAS 198 00:05:06,739 --> 00:05:08,141 NOT ABLE TO ASSERT HIS FIFTH 199 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:09,642 AMENDMENT PRIVILEGES. NOW, 200 00:05:09,642 --> 00:05:11,377 ANOTHER REASON AS WELL, THEY'RE 201 00:05:11,377 --> 00:05:13,579 ARGUING, IS THAT BECAUSE DOCTOR 202 00:05:13,579 --> 00:05:15,715 FAUCI HAD DELIVERED OPENING 203 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:17,150 STATEMENTS THAT THEY SAY ARE 204 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:18,618 RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER, 205 00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:20,353 THAT SENATORS THEN WENT TO GO 206 00:05:20,353 --> 00:05:21,521 QUESTION HIM ON. THEY SAY THAT 207 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:22,989 THAT EFFECTIVELY WAIVED HIS 208 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,324 FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS. NOW, 209 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,825 THAT IS UP FOR SOME LEGAL 210 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:27,627 DEBATE IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY. 211 00:05:27,627 --> 00:05:29,228 BUT I WANT TO I WANT TO POINT 212 00:05:29,228 --> 00:05:30,997 YOU TO WHAT SENATOR RAND PAUL, 213 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:32,065 HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 214 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:33,333 COMMITTEE, HAD SAID IN A 215 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:34,400 STATEMENT. HE SAID, I ORDERED 216 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:35,835 HIM TO ANSWER AND WARNED HIM 217 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:37,637 ABOUT CONTEMPT, YET HE STILL 218 00:05:37,637 --> 00:05:39,372 REFUSED. THAT IS OBSTRUCTION OF 219 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:40,940 A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION. 220 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:42,375 THE COMMITTEE WILL ACT 221 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:43,776 ACCORDINGLY. SO TODAY, THIS 222 00:05:43,776 --> 00:05:45,945 NEEDS A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO PASS. 223 00:05:45,945 --> 00:05:48,114 AND CHAIRMAN PAUL HAS SAID THAT 224 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:50,216 IF IT DOES PASS AS IT SEEMS, IT 225 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:51,718 IT MIGHT, BECAUSE REPUBLICANS 226 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:53,519 HAVE A MAJORITY ON THAT 227 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:54,687 COMMITTEE, THEN HE WOULD REFER 228 00:05:54,687 --> 00:05:56,222 IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 229 00:05:56,222 --> 00:05:57,457 NOW, IF THE DEPARTMENT OF 230 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:58,891 JUSTICE THEN DECIDES TO PURSUE 231 00:05:58,891 --> 00:06:01,828 THIS CASE, THEN U.S. ATTORNEY 232 00:06:01,828 --> 00:06:03,596 FOR D.C. JEANINE PIRRO WOULD 233 00:06:03,596 --> 00:06:04,831 HAVE TO SECURE AN INDICTMENT 234 00:06:04,831 --> 00:06:06,099 FROM A GRAND JURY. 235 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:07,700 >> SAVANNAH MEAGAN, I DO WANT 236 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,068 TO ASK YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER 237 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:10,837 THINGS BEFORE I LET YOU GO. ONE, 238 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:11,971 THE FAA SAYS THAT THEY'RE 239 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:12,905 REVIEWING AN INCIDENT. THIS WAS 240 00:06:12,905 --> 00:06:14,040 ON TUESDAY INVOLVING MARINE ONE. 241 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,041 THAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S 242 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,542 HELICOPTER. WHAT DO WE KNOW? 243 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:18,010 >> YEAH. SO FIRST THINGS FIRST, 244 00:06:18,010 --> 00:06:19,178 SAVANNAH. THE FAA AND THE WHITE 245 00:06:19,178 --> 00:06:20,480 HOUSE HAVE BOTH SAID THAT THE 246 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,281 PRESIDENT WAS NEVER IN ANY 247 00:06:22,281 --> 00:06:23,716 DANGER DURING THIS INCIDENT. 248 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:26,652 THIS HAD STEMMED FROM WHEN 249 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:28,788 COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS WERE NOT 250 00:06:28,788 --> 00:06:30,890 PAUSED BY REAGAN NATIONAL 251 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:33,493 AIRPORT, THE D.C. AREA AIRPORT, 252 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:35,027 WHEN MARINE ONE, WHICH HOLDS 253 00:06:35,027 --> 00:06:37,463 THE PRESIDENT, WAS TAKING OFF. 254 00:06:37,463 --> 00:06:39,599 YOU CAN SEE THAT ON YOUR SCREEN 255 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,768 NOW. THE FAA HAD CREATED MORE 256 00:06:41,768 --> 00:06:44,303 FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN THE AREA 257 00:06:44,303 --> 00:06:47,173 AFTER THAT DEADLY CRASH LAST 258 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:48,941 JANUARY, WHEN A MILITARY 259 00:06:48,941 --> 00:06:52,178 HELICOPTER AND A FLIGHT HAD 260 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:54,347 COLLIDED, KILLING 67 PEOPLE. 261 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:55,448 AND NOW THE WHITE HOUSE HAD 262 00:06:55,448 --> 00:06:57,216 RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THE 263 00:06:57,216 --> 00:06:59,352 SITUATION YESTERDAY SAYING THAT 264 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:00,820 MARINE ONE FLIGHTS ARE PILOTED 265 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:02,355 BY SOME OF THE BEST AVIATORS IN 266 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:04,223 THE WORLD, AND AT NO POINT WAS 267 00:07:04,223 --> 00:07:06,259 THE PRESIDENT IN HARM'S WAY. 268 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:07,693 >> SAVANNAH MEAGAN ONE OTHER 269 00:07:07,693 --> 00:07:08,761 THING. HAVE WE LEARNED ANYTHING 270 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:10,029 MORE ABOUT THE MAN ARRESTED 271 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:11,030 OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENT'S GOLF 272 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:12,365 COURSE IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE 273 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:13,466 WEEKEND? 274 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:15,334 >> SO THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED, 275 00:07:15,334 --> 00:07:17,403 HE WAS 38 YEAR OLD JANINE JOHN 276 00:07:17,403 --> 00:07:19,939 TEAL. AND NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE 277 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:21,374 TURNING TO GET WARRANTS FOR 278 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:22,742 THINGS LIKE THE SUSPECT'S 279 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:24,977 DIGITAL DEVICES AND EMAILS TO 280 00:07:24,977 --> 00:07:27,447 TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM. 281 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,248 BUT A FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 282 00:07:29,248 --> 00:07:31,984 OFFICIAL TOLD NBC THAT TEAL IS 283 00:07:31,984 --> 00:07:33,820 A DISABLED VETERAN AND THAT HE 284 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:36,823 IS DESCRIBED AS SOMEONE WHO HAS 285 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:39,225 PTSD AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES 286 00:07:39,225 --> 00:07:41,594 AS WELL. RECORDS INDICATE THAT 287 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:43,196 THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED HAD 288 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:45,832 BEEN DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AND 289 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:46,866 AFGHANISTAN, AND THE SUSPECT 290 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:49,068 ALSO DOES NOT HAVE RECENT 291 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:50,870 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY, AND A COURT 292 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:52,338 APPEARANCE HAS NOT YET BEEN 293 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:53,372 SCHEDULED. SO WE'RE NOT SURE 294 00:07:53,372 --> 00:07:54,874 YET WHEN WE WILL SEE HIM IN 295 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:55,675 COURT. SAVANNAH. 296 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:56,676 >> ALL RIGHT. MEGAN BRAND 297 00:07:56,676 --> 00:07:57,810 COVERING QUITE A BIT FOR US 298 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:58,945 THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE IT. 299 00:07:58,945 --> 00:07:59,846 THANKS, MEGAN. WELL, THE 300 00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:00,913 ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE 301 00:08:00,913 --> 00:08:02,748 OF NEW MEXICO IS NOW SUING THE 302 00:08:02,748 --> 00:08:03,816 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ACCUSING 303 00:08:03,816 --> 00:08:06,018 IT OF BLOCKING THE STATE FROM 304 00:08:06,018 --> 00:08:07,787 INVESTIGATING SEX CRIMES AT 305 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:08,955 JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ZORRO RANCH 306 00:08:08,955 --> 00:08:11,057 NEAR SANTA FE. AT LEAST TEN 307 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:13,192 WOMEN SAY EPSTEIN GROOMED OR 308 00:08:13,192 --> 00:08:15,361 ABUSED THEM AT THE TEN 000 ACRE 309 00:08:15,361 --> 00:08:17,096 RANCH GOING BACK DECADES. SOME 310 00:08:17,096 --> 00:08:18,965 WERE TEENAGERS WHEN THEY SAY IT 311 00:08:18,965 --> 00:08:20,466 HAPPENED. RIGHT NOW, STATE 312 00:08:20,466 --> 00:08:21,567 PROSECUTORS IN NEW MEXICO HAVE 313 00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:24,003 THE ONLY ACTIVE CRIMINAL 314 00:08:24,003 --> 00:08:25,738 INVESTIGATION OPEN INTO EPSTEIN. 315 00:08:25,738 --> 00:08:26,873 BUT THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL 316 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:28,641 SAYS THE FEDS ARE STONEWALLING 317 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:30,142 THEM. 318 00:08:30,142 --> 00:08:32,979 >> IT'S BEEN 173 DAYS SINCE WE 319 00:08:32,979 --> 00:08:35,147 FIRST ASKED FOR UNREDACTED 320 00:08:35,147 --> 00:08:37,683 ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE EPSTEIN 321 00:08:37,683 --> 00:08:39,485 FILES, AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE 322 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:41,654 THAT ACCESS. DESPITE REPEATED 323 00:08:41,654 --> 00:08:43,422 ASSURANCES FROM MR. BLANCHE, 324 00:08:43,422 --> 00:08:44,991 JAY CLAYTON AND OTHERS THAT 325 00:08:44,991 --> 00:08:46,726 THEY WOULD COOPERATE WITH THIS 326 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:48,227 INVESTIGATION AND HELP US MOVE 327 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:49,629 THINGS FORWARD SO WE COULD TRY 328 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:50,863 AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE 329 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:53,165 HERE IN NEW MEXICO. 330 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:54,600 >> NBC NEWS JUSTICE REPORTER 331 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,668 RYAN REILLY JOINS US NOW FROM 332 00:08:55,668 --> 00:08:56,502 WASHINGTON, DC ON THIS. RYAN. 333 00:08:56,502 --> 00:08:57,837 GOOD MORNING. SO WHAT EXACTLY 334 00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,639 DOES NEW MEXICO WANT AND HOW 335 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:00,940 ARE THEY THE ONLY JURISDICTION 336 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:02,508 WITH AN ACTIVE CRIMINAL 337 00:09:02,508 --> 00:09:03,576 INVESTIGATION? 338 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:04,777 >> YEAH. WELL, THE STATUTE OF 339 00:09:04,777 --> 00:09:06,445 LIMITATIONS FACTORS PLAY A 340 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:07,847 MAJOR ROLE HERE. AND OBVIOUSLY 341 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:09,916 THE FACT THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN 342 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:11,517 IS DEAD ALSO COMPLICATES IT. 343 00:09:11,517 --> 00:09:12,351 RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'RE MAYBE 344 00:09:12,351 --> 00:09:13,419 LOOKING FOR ASSOCIATES, SOMEONE 345 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:15,454 WHO COULD ACTUALLY, CHARGE. BUT 346 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:17,990 WHAT NEW MEXICO WOULD WANT HERE 347 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:19,158 WOULD BE THOSE UNREDACTED FILES 348 00:09:19,158 --> 00:09:20,493 THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO PIECE 349 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:22,695 TOGETHER MORE OF THIS 350 00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:23,763 INVESTIGATION AND TO FILL IN 351 00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:25,197 SOME OF THE BLANKS HERE. AND, 352 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:26,265 YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN THIS 353 00:09:26,265 --> 00:09:27,700 ONGOING EFFORT AND REALLY 354 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:29,902 COMING OUT OF NEW MEXICO THAT 355 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:31,871 WE'VE SEEN, AS YOU SAID, SORT 356 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:33,439 OF THE ONLY ONGOING SORT OF 357 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:35,141 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION RELATED 358 00:09:35,141 --> 00:09:36,309 TO THIS. AND BASICALLY THEY'RE 359 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:38,611 TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD SOME NEW 360 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:39,645 ANSWERS FROM THE JUSTICE 361 00:09:39,645 --> 00:09:40,346 DEPARTMENT. 362 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:41,447 >> HOW IS THE JUSTICE 363 00:09:41,447 --> 00:09:43,516 DEPARTMENT RESPONDING? RYAN. 364 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:45,351 >> YEAH. SO DOJ SAID IN A 365 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:46,419 STATEMENT THAT THERE'S NO 366 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:48,955 LAWFUL BASIS TO JUSTIFY 367 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:50,723 SWEEPING DISCLOSURES OF THIS 368 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:53,993 VICTIM, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. 369 00:09:53,993 --> 00:09:55,394 AND THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING 370 00:09:55,394 --> 00:09:56,629 THAT THEY CAN'T PROVIDE THIS, 371 00:09:56,629 --> 00:09:57,930 THAT THERE'S THESE BINDING 372 00:09:57,930 --> 00:09:59,398 COURT ORDERS THAT PREVENT THEM 373 00:09:59,398 --> 00:10:01,901 FROM BEING ABLE TO GIVE OVER 374 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,369 MORE INFORMATION. THEY HAVEN'T 375 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:04,403 FORMALLY RESPONDED TO THE 376 00:10:04,403 --> 00:10:08,007 LAWSUIT YET, BUT WE SHOULD SEE 377 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:09,275 THAT IN THE IN THE COMING DAYS, 378 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:11,043 IT'S GOING TO ALL OF THIS IS 379 00:10:11,043 --> 00:10:12,244 GOING TO PLAY OUT IN FEDERAL 380 00:10:12,244 --> 00:10:13,245 COURT FILED THIS LAWSUIT TO 381 00:10:13,245 --> 00:10:14,080 BEGIN WITH. 382 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,047 >> SAVANNAH RYAN, WHAT ARE 383 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:15,982 EPSTEIN'S SURVIVORS SAYING 384 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:17,683 ABOUT THIS? 385 00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:19,151 >> YEAH, SO THEY ARE ENCOURAGED 386 00:10:19,151 --> 00:10:21,020 BY THIS INVESTIGATION IN NEW 387 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:22,021 MEXICO. AND OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF 388 00:10:22,021 --> 00:10:24,190 THEM HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF THE 389 00:10:24,190 --> 00:10:25,324 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF TODD 390 00:10:25,324 --> 00:10:26,425 BLANCHE, IN PARTICULAR ABOUT 391 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:27,793 THE HANDLING OF THESE FILES. 392 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:29,595 AND THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR 393 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:30,663 CONTRASTING THE ACTION THAT 394 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:32,465 THEY SAW. THEY'RE SAYING THAT 395 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,800 UNLIKE ACTING AG TODD BLANCHE 396 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,402 AG TORREZ IS REQUESTING 397 00:10:36,402 --> 00:10:37,503 EVIDENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF 398 00:10:37,503 --> 00:10:39,305 ACTUALLY PURSUING JUSTICE. SO 399 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:41,407 THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THIS 400 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:42,675 INVESTIGATION MOVING FORWARD. 401 00:10:42,675 --> 00:10:44,310 AND THERE'S BEEN SOME 402 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,378 DISAPPOINTMENT FROM THEM ABOUT 403 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:46,812 HOW THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 404 00:10:46,812 --> 00:10:48,481 HANDLED ALL OF THIS. 405 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:49,415 >> RYAN REILLY, THANK YOU VERY 406 00:10:49,415 --> 00:10:51,884 MUCH. WELL, A DANGEROUS, 407 00:10:51,884 --> 00:10:52,952 RAPIDLY SPREADING SALMONELLA 408 00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:54,954 OUTBREAK HAS NOW BEEN DETECTED 409 00:10:54,954 --> 00:10:56,589 IN 27 STATES. FEDERAL HEALTH 410 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:57,990 OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING IT. 411 00:10:57,990 --> 00:11:00,126 IT'S BEING LINKED TO JALAPENO 412 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:01,961 PEPPERS. AND NOW TWO OF THE 413 00:11:01,961 --> 00:11:03,729 NATION'S MOST POPULAR MEXICAN 414 00:11:03,729 --> 00:11:05,197 RESTAURANT CHAINS ARE 415 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:06,666 RESPONDING BY REMOVING 416 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:07,700 JALAPENOS FROM HUNDREDS OF 417 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:09,502 THEIR LOCATIONS. NBC NEWS 418 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:10,970 CORRESPONDENT ANNE THOMPSON HAS 419 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:12,371 MORE. 420 00:11:12,371 --> 00:11:14,173 >> THE ISSUE OF TAINTED 421 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,975 JALAPENOS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN 422 00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:17,777 JUST MINNESOTA AND CHIPOTLE, 423 00:11:17,777 --> 00:11:21,047 THE CDC SAYING. 27 STATES NOW 424 00:11:21,047 --> 00:11:22,815 REPORTING SALMONELLA CASES 425 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:24,617 RELATED TO THE PEPPERS 426 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:26,085 MINNESOTA, COLORADO AND 427 00:11:26,085 --> 00:11:28,287 ILLINOIS TOPPING THE LIST. MORE 428 00:11:28,287 --> 00:11:31,857 THAN 300 PEOPLE SICKENED, 36 429 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:33,359 HOSPITALIZED. NOW, ANOTHER FAST 430 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:35,795 FOOD CHAIN, QDOBA, SAYS IT'S 431 00:11:35,795 --> 00:11:37,997 REMOVED JALAPENOS FROM ITS 432 00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:39,398 RESTAURANTS, SAYING FOOD SAFETY 433 00:11:39,398 --> 00:11:41,600 IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. 434 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,335 CHIPOTLE DID THE SAME AFTER 435 00:11:43,335 --> 00:11:44,670 MINNESOTA OFFICIALS TRACED MANY 436 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:46,272 OF THEIR SALMONELLA CASES TO A 437 00:11:46,272 --> 00:11:48,407 LOT OF PEPPERS USED BY THE 438 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:50,176 CHAIN, CHIPOTLE SAID IT 439 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:51,977 REPLACED THE SUSPECT JALAPENOS 440 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:53,779 WITH ONES FROM DIFFERENT 441 00:11:53,779 --> 00:11:55,581 GROWERS. HOW DO PEPPERS GET 442 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:56,649 SALMONELLA? 443 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:57,817 >> TYPICALLY THROUGH A VARIETY 444 00:11:57,817 --> 00:11:59,919 OF WAYS, BUT MOST LIKELY 445 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:02,288 CONTAMINATED WATER THAT IS USED 446 00:12:02,288 --> 00:12:03,889 TO IRRIGATE OR COME INTO 447 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:05,324 CONTACT WITH THAT FOOD? 448 00:12:05,324 --> 00:12:07,460 >> UNLIKE THE LETTUCE LINKED 449 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:08,894 CYCLOSPORIASIS TRIGGERED BY A 450 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:11,063 PARASITE, SALMONELLA IS A 451 00:12:11,063 --> 00:12:12,531 BACTERIA THAT CAUSES FEVER, 452 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:15,034 STOMACH CRAMPS, AND DIARRHEA 453 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:16,502 SYMPTOMS. MOST PEOPLE DEVELOP 454 00:12:16,502 --> 00:12:19,038 WITHIN 8 TO 72 HOURS OF EATING 455 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:21,607 THE BAD FOOD. THESE HIGH 456 00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:22,975 PROFILE OUTBREAKS, INVOLVING 457 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:24,777 THREE POPULAR FAST FOOD CHAINS 458 00:12:24,777 --> 00:12:26,545 TACO BELL FOR THE LETTUCE, 459 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:28,714 CHIPOTLE, AND QDOBA FOR THE 460 00:12:28,714 --> 00:12:30,316 JALAPENOS HAVE SOME CONCERNED 461 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:32,318 ABOUT OUR NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY. 462 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:34,620 >> WE HAVE TO REMIND OURSELVES 463 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:36,255 THAT OUR FOOD SUPPLY IS FAIRLY 464 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:38,090 SAFE, BUT THINGS HAPPEN, 465 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:39,191 ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, AND 466 00:12:39,191 --> 00:12:40,226 CONTAMINATION CERTAINLY CAN 467 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:41,660 HAPPEN AT ANY POINT IN THE FOOD 468 00:12:41,660 --> 00:12:42,094 SUPPLY. 469 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:45,264 >> ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. 470 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:46,699 >> WELL, IN THE MIDST OF THAT 471 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:47,800 OUTBREAK, THERE'S A NEW LEADER 472 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,401 TAKING THE HELM AT THE CDC THIS 473 00:12:49,401 --> 00:12:50,703 MORNING. YESTERDAY, THE SENATE 474 00:12:50,703 --> 00:12:52,371 CONFIRMED DOCTOR ERICA SCHWARTZ 475 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:53,539 TO BE THE NEWEST DIRECTOR, 476 00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:55,374 MAKING HER THE AGENCY'S FIRST 477 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:57,176 PERMANENT DIRECTOR IN ALMOST A 478 00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:59,411 YEAR. THE 51 TO 44 VOTE IN THE 479 00:12:59,411 --> 00:13:00,546 REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SENATE 480 00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:02,915 WAS LARGELY SPLIT ALONG PARTY 481 00:13:02,915 --> 00:13:04,116 LINES. FOR MORE ON THIS, LET'S 482 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:05,251 WELCOME IN NBC NEWS HEALTH 483 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:06,485 REPORTER ARIA BENDIX. ARIA, 484 00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:07,453 GOOD MORNING. ALWAYS GREAT TO 485 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:09,155 HAVE YOU. SO FIRST, JUST TELL 486 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:10,156 US ABOUT DOCTOR SCHWARTZ'S 487 00:13:10,156 --> 00:13:10,456 BACKGROUND. 488 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:11,924 >> YEAH. SO SHE HAS THE 489 00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:13,359 CREDENTIALS TO FIT THIS ROLE. 490 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:14,493 SHE WAS THE DEPUTY SURGEON 491 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:15,494 GENERAL ACTUALLY UNDER THE 492 00:13:15,494 --> 00:13:17,363 FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND 493 00:13:17,363 --> 00:13:19,098 THEN SHE HAS A RECORD OF PUBLIC 494 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:20,199 SERVICE GOING BACK THROUGHOUT 495 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:21,967 HER CAREER, A NAVY PHYSICIAN, A 496 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:24,136 CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER IN THE 497 00:13:24,136 --> 00:13:25,805 COAST GUARD. SO THERE'S REALLY 498 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,840 NO QUESTION ABOUT HER RESUME AT 499 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,208 HER CONFIRMATION HEARING, THE 500 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:30,309 QUESTIONS WERE MORE ALONG THE 501 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:31,677 LINES OF, WOULD SHE BE ABLE TO 502 00:13:31,677 --> 00:13:33,345 STAND UP TO SECRETARY KENNEDY 503 00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:35,314 IF HE ENCOURAGED HER TO GO 504 00:13:35,314 --> 00:13:37,817 AGAINST SCIENTIFIC TRUTH AND 505 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,285 QUESTION VACCINE SAFETY? 506 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:41,420 >> AND HOW WERE HER RESPONSES 507 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:42,588 ON THAT? BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME 508 00:13:42,588 --> 00:13:43,989 CONCERN ABOUT IS SHE DISTANCING 509 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:45,124 HERSELF ENOUGH FROM THAT? LIKE, 510 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:46,425 WHAT DO YOU THINK HER 511 00:13:46,425 --> 00:13:47,693 LEADERSHIP MEANS IN THAT REGARD? 512 00:13:47,693 --> 00:13:48,994 >> SO I THINK MANY EXPERTS WERE 513 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:50,429 HOPING SHE WOULD MORE 514 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:51,463 EMPHATICALLY DENOUNCE SOME OF 515 00:13:51,463 --> 00:13:52,932 THE SCIENTIFIC MISINFORMATION 516 00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:54,366 WE'VE SEEN FROM THIS 517 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:54,800 ADMINISTRATION, AND 518 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:55,835 PARTICULARLY FROM THE HEALTH 519 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:57,236 SECRETARY. WE HAVE A STATEMENT 520 00:13:57,236 --> 00:13:58,838 FROM AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT'S 521 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:00,873 MADE UP OF FORMER CDC OFFICIALS. 522 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:02,308 THEY SAID THEY WERE HOPING FOR 523 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:03,776 MORE CLEAR COMMITMENTS ABOUT 524 00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:05,878 HOW SHE WOULD PROTECT CDC FROM 525 00:14:05,878 --> 00:14:07,313 POLITICAL PRESSURE. THEY FOUND 526 00:14:07,313 --> 00:14:09,148 HER STATEMENTS OFTEN VAGUE. SHE 527 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:10,783 DID DODGE QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY 528 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:12,318 AT THE HEARING, BUT SHE WAS 529 00:14:12,318 --> 00:14:13,853 CLEAR ON ONE THING THAT 530 00:14:13,853 --> 00:14:15,287 VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. 531 00:14:15,287 --> 00:14:16,388 SO I THINK SOME EXPERTS ARE 532 00:14:16,388 --> 00:14:17,423 APPROACHING HER TENURE WITH 533 00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:19,191 SOME CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM. SHE'S 534 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:20,659 WELL-LIKED BY HER COLLEAGUES. 535 00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:21,760 AGAIN, SHE HAS THIS RECORD OF 536 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:22,962 PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THEY'RE 537 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:24,463 HOPING THAT PRIVATELY SHE MIGHT 538 00:14:24,463 --> 00:14:25,698 BE ABLE TO RESIST SOME OF THAT 539 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:26,765 POLITICAL PRESSURE. 540 00:14:26,765 --> 00:14:27,933 >> OKAY. AND IT'S THERE'S A LOT 541 00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:29,869 GOING ON. I MEAN, WE WERE JUST 542 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:31,103 TALKING ABOUT A NEW SALMONELLA 543 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:32,905 OUTBREAK, CYCLOSPORA OUTBREAK 544 00:14:32,905 --> 00:14:33,973 THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 545 00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:35,507 FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW THAT HAS 546 00:14:35,507 --> 00:14:36,876 SICKENED OVER 10,000 PEOPLE IN 547 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,677 THIS COUNTRY, AT LEAST. ALSO, 548 00:14:38,677 --> 00:14:40,112 BY THE WAY, DON'T FORGET ABOUT 549 00:14:40,112 --> 00:14:41,914 MEASLES ONGOING CRISIS IN THIS 550 00:14:41,914 --> 00:14:43,215 COUNTRY. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT 551 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,117 TO STEP INTO THIS JOB. JUST HOW 552 00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:46,218 IMPORTANT WILL THESE FIRST FEW 553 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:47,419 MONTHS COINCIDING WITH THINGS 554 00:14:47,419 --> 00:14:50,155 LIKE THAT BE FOR HER SORT OF 555 00:14:50,155 --> 00:14:51,624 FUTURE IN THE ROLE, FOR THE 556 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:52,725 PERCEPTION FROM THE PUBLIC OF 557 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:53,425 HER IN THE ROLE? 558 00:14:53,425 --> 00:14:54,860 >> YEAH. SHE HAS, AS YOU 559 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:56,295 MENTIONED, SOME BIG TESTS AHEAD. 560 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:57,763 I THINK CONGRESS AND QUITE 561 00:14:57,763 --> 00:14:58,697 FRANKLY, THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO 562 00:14:58,697 --> 00:15:00,599 BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE HOW 563 00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:02,801 SHE PERFORMS FOR MEASLES IN 564 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:04,603 PARTICULAR. WE'LL SEE HOW 565 00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:05,671 EMPHATICALLY SHE SORT OF 566 00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:08,173 RECOMMENDS THE MMR VACCINE. I'M 567 00:15:08,173 --> 00:15:09,608 WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY. AND 568 00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:10,709 THEN HOW SHE ADDRESSES, REALLY, 569 00:15:10,709 --> 00:15:12,144 THESE GROWING RATES OF VACCINE 570 00:15:12,144 --> 00:15:13,612 HESITANCY IN THIS COUNTRY. AT 571 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:14,947 HER CONFIRMATION HEARING, SHE 572 00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:16,315 SAID SHE ESSENTIALLY WANTS TO 573 00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:18,651 BE THIS BRIDGE BETWEEN VACCINE 574 00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:19,685 SKEPTICS AND MAINSTREAM 575 00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:20,786 MEDICINE. THAT'S A TOUGH FEAT 576 00:15:20,786 --> 00:15:22,922 UNDER ANY ADMINISTRATION, BUT 577 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,023 PARTICULARLY THIS ONE, I THINK 578 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:25,190 EXPERTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE HER 579 00:15:25,190 --> 00:15:26,325 THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND 580 00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:28,027 SEE HOW SHE DOES THERE. 581 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:29,128 >> NO KIDDING. ALL RIGHT. THANK 582 00:15:29,128 --> 00:15:31,030 YOU SO MUCH. WE WANT TO BRING 583 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:32,197 YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE HISTORIC 584 00:15:32,197 --> 00:15:33,399 WILDFIRES BURNING IN WASHINGTON 585 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:34,867 STATE. NOW, WHILE PROGRESS IS 586 00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:36,669 BEING MADE IN FIGHTING THEM, 587 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:38,437 INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE ALL 588 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:40,205 THREE FIRES THAT HAVE DESTROYED 589 00:15:40,205 --> 00:15:42,374 HUNDREDS OF HOMES NEAR SPOKANE 590 00:15:42,374 --> 00:15:44,243 WERE CAUSED BY HUMANS. AND 591 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:45,978 WHETHER THEY WERE STARTED 592 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:47,780 INTENTIONALLY IS STILL UNDER 593 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:48,881 INVESTIGATION. NBC NEWS 594 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:49,982 NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MORGAN 595 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:53,519 CHESKY HAS THE LATEST. 596 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:55,020 >> AIR AND GROUND CREWS 597 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,789 FIGHTING FOR EVERY INCH IN A 598 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,291 FIERY BATTLE. AS ONE OF 599 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:00,759 WASHINGTON'S MOST DESTRUCTIVE 600 00:16:00,759 --> 00:16:03,262 WILDFIRES EVER RAGES ON. 601 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:04,897 >> AND EVERYTHING I CAN TO SAVE 602 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,498 MY HOUSE, I LLAMAS HOUSES ARE 603 00:16:06,498 --> 00:16:06,865 GONE. 604 00:16:06,865 --> 00:16:08,667 >> THE RACE FOR CONTAINMENT 605 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:09,768 CREEPING FORWARD. 606 00:16:09,768 --> 00:16:11,870 >> OUR FIRE TEAMS RIGHT NOW ARE 607 00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:13,372 WORKING ON ESTABLISHING FIRE 608 00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:16,175 LINES AROUND ALL OF THESE FIRE 609 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:17,576 ZONES. 610 00:16:17,576 --> 00:16:18,644 >> PROGRESS HERE LARGELY 611 00:16:18,644 --> 00:16:20,512 DEPENDENT UPON THE WIND. BUT AN 612 00:16:20,512 --> 00:16:23,015 EMERGING HEAT WAVE NOW BRINGS 613 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:23,282 NEW RISK. 614 00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:25,017 >> WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF 615 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,051 INTERIOR HEAT, AND EVEN A 616 00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:27,186 LITTLE GUSTS CAN GRAB AN EMBER 617 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:28,087 AND THROW IT. 618 00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:29,154 >> HOLLYWOOD STAR AND SPOKANE 619 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:30,956 NATIVE SYDNEY SWEENEY WAS BACK 620 00:16:30,956 --> 00:16:32,358 HOME HELPING WITH COMMUNITY 621 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:34,827 RELIEF EFFORTS. MORE THAN 1500 622 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,662 FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON THE GROUND 623 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,097 TAKING ON THE THREE FIRES THAT 624 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:39,865 OFFICIALS NOW BELIEVE WERE ALL 625 00:16:39,865 --> 00:16:41,934 HUMAN CAUSED. WE BELIEVE THAT 626 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:43,502 TO BE INTENTIONAL. 627 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:44,937 >> THAT'S WHY IT'S UNDER 628 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:45,437 INVESTIGATION. THERE WAS 629 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:46,739 CLEARLY NO LIGHTNING IN THE 630 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:48,140 AREA, SO IT'S A HUMAN CAUSED 631 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:49,241 FIRE. BUT TO BE DETERMINED 632 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:51,410 WHETHER IT WAS ACCIDENTAL. 633 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:52,544 >> KORNACKI, THE MAN CHARGED 634 00:16:52,544 --> 00:16:53,545 WITH STARTING THE MOST 635 00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:54,713 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IS DUE IN 636 00:16:54,713 --> 00:16:56,448 COURT TO ENTER A PLEA. 637 00:16:56,448 --> 00:16:58,083 AUTHORITIES CREDITING WITNESSES 638 00:16:58,083 --> 00:16:58,951 IN CATCHING HIM. 639 00:16:58,951 --> 00:17:00,452 >> MY DAUGHTER WAS SITTING ON 640 00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:02,521 THE PORCH OUT THERE AND SHE 641 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:05,858 SAYS THERE'S A FIRE. SO I RAN 642 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:08,127 OUT AND LOOKED AND SAW A COLUMN 643 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:09,795 OF SMOKE RISING EXACTLY WHERE 644 00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:11,930 THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING AT. 645 00:17:11,930 --> 00:17:13,365 >> THE SPOKANE FIRES HAVE NOW 646 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:15,534 BURNED MORE THAN 10,000 ACRES, 647 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:16,969 WITH FIRE OFFICIALS TELLING US 648 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:19,505 FULL CONTAINMENT COULD TAKE 649 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:20,639 WEEKS. WE'LL SEND IT BACK. 650 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:21,840 >> TO YOU. MORGAN, THANK YOU 651 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,542 VERY MUCH. WELL, FOR MORE ON 652 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:24,843 THE FIRE AND THE HEAT THREAT 653 00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:25,944 ACROSS MUCH OF THE PACIFIC 654 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:27,413 NORTHWEST, LET'S BRING IN OUR 655 00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:28,480 ANGIE LASSMAN. HEY, ANGIE. GOOD 656 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:28,714 MORNING. 657 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:29,815 >> HI THERE. SAVANNAH. GOOD 658 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:30,883 MORNING TO YOU. NOT MUCH OF A 659 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:32,818 CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE 660 00:17:32,818 --> 00:17:33,819 SAME KIND OF INGREDIENTS THAT 661 00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:34,887 WE'VE BEEN WATCHING OVER THE 662 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:35,954 PAST COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE 663 00:17:35,954 --> 00:17:37,689 FIRE ISSUES ACROSS THE WEST. 664 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:38,690 HERE'S THOSE AIR QUALITY ALERTS 665 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:39,925 THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FIRES 666 00:17:39,925 --> 00:17:41,060 BURNING SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED 667 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,494 ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 668 00:17:42,494 --> 00:17:44,296 AND ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. 669 00:17:44,296 --> 00:17:46,098 THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ONGOING 670 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:47,533 TODAY. WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF 671 00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:48,700 SMOKE THAT IS GOING TO DRIFT 672 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:49,802 ACROSS THOSE REGIONS, LEAVING 673 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:51,503 US WITH AIR QUALITY ISSUES FOR 674 00:17:51,503 --> 00:17:52,971 A LOT OF FOLKS, AGAIN, FOCUSED 675 00:17:52,971 --> 00:17:54,406 MAINLY ACROSS THE PACIFIC 676 00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:55,474 NORTHWEST, WHERE WE'VE BEEN 677 00:17:55,474 --> 00:17:57,042 SEEING THOSE AIR QUALITY ISSUES 678 00:17:57,042 --> 00:17:58,710 FOR DAYS AND DAYS. NOW, THAT 679 00:17:58,710 --> 00:17:59,778 DOESN'T CHANGE TODAY. WE'RE 680 00:17:59,778 --> 00:18:00,879 ALSO GOING TO SEE OUR 681 00:18:00,879 --> 00:18:01,980 TEMPERATURES KIND OF SURGING 682 00:18:01,980 --> 00:18:03,782 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 683 00:18:03,782 --> 00:18:04,850 73 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER THESE 684 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:06,251 HEAT ALERTS. MOST OF IT IS 685 00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:07,686 STRETCHED ACROSS THE WEST, SALT 686 00:18:07,686 --> 00:18:09,154 LAKE CITY TO RENO, DOWN THROUGH 687 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:10,622 LOS ANGELES. PHOENIX, 688 00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,024 ALBUQUERQUE INCLUDED OKLAHOMA 689 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:13,592 CITY AS WELL. INCLUDED IN THESE 690 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:15,260 HEAT ALERTS AS WE GEAR UP FOR 691 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,695 WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES 692 00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:18,864 YET AGAIN, YET AGAIN IN SOME OF 693 00:18:18,864 --> 00:18:21,767 THOSE AREAS. LAS VEGAS AT 111 694 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,302 99 FOR SALT LAKE CITY, EL PASO, 695 00:18:23,302 --> 00:18:25,671 YOU TOP OUT AT 101 TODAY. THESE 696 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,905 TEMPERATURES, OF COURSE, ABOVE 697 00:18:26,905 --> 00:18:27,973 WHERE THEY SHOULD BE FOR THIS 698 00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:29,708 TIME OF YEAR. AND IT'S NOT 699 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:31,376 GETTING ANY BETTER AS WE LOOK 700 00:18:31,376 --> 00:18:33,312 TO TOMORROW. BOISE, SALT LAKE 701 00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:36,181 CITY 100 PLUS MEDFORD 104. THAT 702 00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:37,249 TEMPERATURE MORE THAN TEN 703 00:18:37,249 --> 00:18:38,584 DEGREES ABOVE WHERE THEY SHOULD 704 00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:39,751 BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO 705 00:18:39,751 --> 00:18:41,320 NOT, OF COURSE, HELPING WITH 706 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,888 THAT INTENSE HEAT AND ALL OF 707 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:44,089 THE FIRE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE 708 00:18:44,089 --> 00:18:45,824 ACROSS THAT REGION WILL STILL 709 00:18:45,824 --> 00:18:47,659 REMAIN HOT WELL INTO THE 710 00:18:47,659 --> 00:18:49,128 WEEKEND AND INTO OUR UPCOMING 711 00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:50,562 WORKWEEK, 100 DEGREES ACROSS 712 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:52,364 THE BOARD FOR SATURDAY AND 713 00:18:52,364 --> 00:18:53,732 SUNDAY IN SALT LAKE CITY. AND 714 00:18:53,732 --> 00:18:54,967 WE ONLY IMPROVE A LITTLE BIT 715 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:56,735 WITH A HIGH OF 98 DEGREES ON 716 00:18:56,735 --> 00:18:57,903 MONDAY. SO YOU GET THE PICTURE. 717 00:18:57,903 --> 00:18:59,538 IT'S GOING TO BE WARM OUT 718 00:18:59,538 --> 00:19:00,973 ACROSS THE WEST. WE'RE ALSO 719 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:02,107 GOING TO SEE SOME CHANGES 720 00:19:02,107 --> 00:19:03,842 ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST, 721 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:04,576 SPECIFICALLY IN THE 722 00:19:04,576 --> 00:19:05,577 MID-ATLANTIC, WHERE WE'VE KIND 723 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:08,180 OF BEEN ENJOYING MILDER, MORE 724 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:09,281 COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS. WE HAD 725 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:10,716 LOWER HUMIDITY KIND OF WORK 726 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:13,185 INTO THIS REGION THANKS TO THAT, 727 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:14,553 THIS FRONT THAT HAS BEEN KIND 728 00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:16,455 OF HANGING AROUND THAT FRONT 729 00:19:16,455 --> 00:19:17,689 MIGRATES A LITTLE BIT FARTHER 730 00:19:17,689 --> 00:19:19,358 TO THE NORTH. THAT ALLOWS US TO 731 00:19:19,358 --> 00:19:21,126 SEE SOME OF THIS HUMIDITY BEING 732 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:22,427 PUMPED IN BY THIS HIGH THAT'S 733 00:19:22,427 --> 00:19:24,396 SITTING ACROSS PARTS OF THE 734 00:19:24,396 --> 00:19:25,397 ATLANTIC. THAT IS REALLY GOING 735 00:19:25,397 --> 00:19:26,532 TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN IT 736 00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:28,400 COMES TO THE LATER PARTS OF OUR 737 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,401 WORKWEEK. BUT EVEN TODAY, 738 00:19:29,401 --> 00:19:30,903 YOU'LL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE. 739 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:31,970 PHILADELPHIA HEADS TO 91 740 00:19:31,970 --> 00:19:33,405 DEGREES, WILL FEEL LIKE 102. 741 00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:34,907 WE'VE GOT NEW YORK CITY AT 89, 742 00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:36,241 BUT LOOK AT THAT HEAT INDEX 743 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:38,443 VALUE 99 DEGREES FARTHER DOWN 744 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:40,212 THE COAST, NORFOLK, WASHINGTON, 745 00:19:40,212 --> 00:19:41,747 D.C. YOU WILL FEEL LIKE 100 746 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:43,448 PLUS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. AND 747 00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:44,883 THAT CONTINUES AS WE GET EVEN 748 00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:46,385 INTO TOMORROW. BUT WE'LL GET A 749 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:47,753 LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF ON THE 750 00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:49,588 BACK END OF THE WEEKEND. SO 751 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:50,689 HIGH 90S FRIDAY IN NEW YORK 752 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:52,124 CITY, 94 IS GOING TO FEEL A 753 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:53,892 WHOLE LOT BETTER BY SUNDAY. AND 754 00:19:53,892 --> 00:19:55,093 WE'LL SEE THAT HUMIDITY LEVEL 755 00:19:55,093 --> 00:19:57,162 KIND OF GRADUALLY DROP ACROSS 756 00:19:57,162 --> 00:19:58,830 THIS REGION AS WE GET THROUGH 757 00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:00,132 OUR WEEKEND. ONE NOTE, WE'VE 758 00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:02,167 GOT A COUPLE OF AREAS OF 759 00:20:02,167 --> 00:20:04,002 POTENTIAL STRONG TO SEVERE 760 00:20:04,002 --> 00:20:05,270 STORMS TODAY. WIND GUSTS ARE 761 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:06,738 GOING TO BE OUR MAIN THREAT 762 00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:07,806 THAT CENTERED ACROSS PARTS OF 763 00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:08,840 SPRINGFIELD. AND WE'LL SEE SOME 764 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,108 GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 765 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:11,543 PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. 766 00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:12,978 WASHINGTON, D.C. UP THROUGH 767 00:20:12,978 --> 00:20:14,112 UNION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT. 768 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:16,014 AND THAT'S PART OF THIS KIND OF 769 00:20:16,014 --> 00:20:16,882 BROADER SYSTEM THAT'S SLIDING 770 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:18,150 TO THE EAST AND LEAVING US WITH 771 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:19,484 SOME SHOWERS AND SOME 772 00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:20,619 THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF 773 00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:23,121 THE GREAT LAKES AND THE OHIO 774 00:20:23,121 --> 00:20:24,323 VALLEY. BUT WE'LL ALSO SEE SOME 775 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:25,591 OF THAT KIND OF SCATTERED 776 00:20:25,591 --> 00:20:27,025 ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, 777 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:28,460 STRETCHING DOWN THROUGH THE 778 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:29,528 MID-ATLANTIC, POTENTIALLY 779 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:30,629 LOOKING AT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY 780 00:20:30,629 --> 00:20:32,064 RAIN THAT COULD CAUSE SOME 781 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:33,298 TRAVEL DELAYS. SAVANNAH, 782 00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:34,566 THROUGH THE DAY TODAY, WE'LL 783 00:20:34,566 --> 00:20:36,001 STILL BE LOOKING AT SOME 784 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:36,668 POCKETS OF RAIN EVE