THIS MORNING WITH A RISE IN
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
NATIONWIDE CASES ARE
INCREASING IN ALL 50 STATES
SPARKING A 4TH WAVE OF
INFECTION. DOCTOR ANTHONY
FAUCI SAYS THE PANDEMIC IS
GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
AND THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING
WHETHER TO BRING BACK SOME
MASK GUIDELINES.
>> THE OUTBREAK IS AN OUTBREAK
AMONG THE UNVACCINATED
PREDOMINANTLY NOT EXCLUSIVELY,
BUT OVERWHELMINGLY
PREDOMINANTLY IN.
>> A SIGN OF JUST HOW
DANGEROUS THIS WAY COULD BE
JUST LAST NIGHT LOUISIANA
REPRESENTATIVE CLAY HIGGINS
ANNOUNCED HE TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THE CORONAVIRUS FOR A
SECOND TIME. GOP CONGRESSMAN
IS PUBLICLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO GET VACCINATED BUT WONT
SAY IF HE GOT THE SHOT, THERE
IS A HOPEFUL SIGN THIS MORNING
AS CASES RISE SO OUR
VACCINATION RATES IN SOME
STATES GETTING HIT THE
HARDEST. THESE 5 STATES WITH
THE HIGHEST CASE RATES NOW
LEAD THE COUNTRY IN THE RATE
OF PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED
IN HARD-HIT ARKANSAS. THE
VACCINATION RATE OVER THE PAST
WEEK IS 3 TIMES THE U.S.
AVERAGE, NBC NEWS NOW
CORRESPONDENT MARA MARY JOINS
US NOW TO WALK US THROUGH THE
BIGGEST CORONAVIRUS HEADLINES
OF THE DAY TOMORROW. LETS
START WITH THIS RISING
VACCINATION RATES. HOW ARE
STATE HANDLING NOT ONLY THE
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
CASES. BUT ALSO NOW THE
GREATER DEMAND FOR VACCINES.
>> GOOD MORNING. YOURE RIGHT.
WERE SEEING THIS CORRELATION
WHERE THERES AN INCREASING
CASES NOW SEEING THIS SPIKE
VACCINATION RATES HIGHER THAN
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. NOW THE
WHITE HOUSE IS SUGGESTING THAT
THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
SEEING THE EFFECTS OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNVACCINATED GETTING
SICK MINISTER FAMILY OR
FRIENDS GETTING SECOND. SO
THEYRE CHOOSING TO GET
VACCINATED. BUT STATES LIKE
ARKANSAS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED,
ARE SAYING THAT ITS BECAUSE
OF THE POSITIVE MESSAGING THAT
THEYRE NOW PUSHING AROUND
VACCINATIONS AND THATS WHAT
THEYRE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS
AN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE
VACCINATED. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW
THERES PLENTY OF VACCINE
AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND SO THE
STATES TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEIR MESSAGING MORE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED. HOWEVER, THIS ALSO
COMES AT THE SAME TIME OF
CERTAIN STATES LIKE SOUTH
DAKOTA, IOWA, FLORIDA HAVE
PULLED BACK ON THEIR REPORTING
DATA INSTEAD OF REPORTING
COVID CASES DAILY. THEYRE NOW
DOING A WEEKLY. AND SO THIS
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT AS WE
LOOK AT TRENDS GOING FOR IT
AND HOW STATES INTERESTS PONDS
THAT SO MORE DOCTOR ANTHONY
FAUCI SAID YESTERDAY DURING
HIS TOUR OF SUNDAY SHOWS THAT
FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BRINGING
BACK MASK GUIDELINES.
>> HERES WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
CURRENT MASK RULES.
>> THE CDC STILL SAYS AND
RECOMMENDS THAT IF YOU ARE
VACCINATED FULLY THAT YOU DO
NOT NEED TO WEAR A MASK
INDOORS. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK
AT WHATS GOING ON LOCALLY IN
THE TRENCHES IN PLACES LIKE LA
COUNTY, THE LOCAL OFFICIALS
HAVE THE DISCRETION AND THE
CDC AGREES WITH THAT ABILITY
AND DISCRETION CAPABILITY.
THATS A LOCAL DECISION.
THATS NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH
THE CDCS OVERRULE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GAVE A
LOT OF DISCRETION TO THE
LOCAL.
>> SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL ARE LOOKING LIKE
OBVIOUSLY WAS MENTIONED LA
COUNTY ST. LOUIS THEY HAVE
MASK MANDATES RIGHT NOW. BUT
COULD MORE AMERICANS EXPECT TO
MASK UP AGAIN IN THE COMING
WEEKS AND MONTHS.
>> ITS DEFINITELY A
POSSIBILITY. DOCTOR FAUCI
SAYING HES VERY FRUSTRATED
AND THAT WERE TRENDING IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION. HE DID SAY
THAT A NEW MASK MANDATE BY THE
CDC IS UNDER ACTIVE
CONSIDERATION. BUT RIGHT NOW
OBVIOUSLY DIFFERING TO THOSE
LOCALITIES LIKE LA. THEY
REINSTATED THEIR INDOOR MASK
MANDATE LOUIS WILL REQUIRE THE
SAME AS WELL AS ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION ARE SOME PLACES
LIKE IF YOURE EATING AT A
RESTAURANT THAT YOU DONT HAVE
TO DO IT, BUT IT IS GOING TO
BE UP TO THE LOCALITIES FOR
NOW. YOU EVEN HAVE ARKANSASS
GOVERNOR DEFENDING HIS
DECISION TO KEEP IN PLACE A
STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE THAN
AND SO LIKE WEVE SEEN
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC THIS
DIFFERENTIATION AND GUIDANCE
FROM STATE FEDERAL LOCAL
OFFICIALS. AND THEN WE SEE
THOSE THOSE DECISIONS MADE ON
PARTISAN LINES WHEN IT COMES
TO REINSTATING THOSE MASK
MANDATES. WE MAY CONTINUE TO
SEE THAT SAME TREND. AMONG THE
LOCALITIES AT 2 VERY DIFFERENT
APPROACHES. WHILE WE HAVE WANT
TO TALK ABOUT ONE MAJOR
CONSEQUENCE OF THE PANDEMIC
THAT IS THAT SOME HOSPITALS
ARE FACING STAFFING SHORTAGES.
>> HERES AN EXAMPLE. THE
OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTS
THAT HOSPITALS IN OREGON.
SERIOUSLY UNDERSTAFFED. WHAT
IS THE IMPACT OF THAT AND WHAT
INCENTIVES ARE SOME CARE
PROVIDERS OFFERING TO TRY TO
GET MORE PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
>> WELL, THIS CAREGIVERS ARE
JUST SIMPLY EXHAUSTED
UNDERSTANDABLY AFTER 18 MONTHS
OF THIS PANDEMIC NOW SEEING
ANOTHER SURGE. A LOT OF OREGON
HOSPITALS SPECIFICALLY ARE
RECORDING A RECORD PATIENT
VOLUME. THEYRE SEEING A DELAY
IN PATIENTS BEING SEEN IN THE
E R BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN
THE HOSPITALS HAVE MOVES THE
LESS STRESSFUL JOBS ARE LEFT
THE INDUSTRY ALTOGETHER AND
SAYS SUNDAYS HOSPITALS LIKE
WEVE SEEN WHAT THIS BUSINESS
IS TRYING TO HIRE NEW
EMPLOYEES. THEY ARE OFFERING
INCENTIVES FOR EXAMPLE, ASKING
IF NURSES WHO ARE WILLING TO
WORK OVERNIGHTS INSTEAD OF
THEIR DAY SHIFTS OR ASKING
THEM NOT TO TAKE ANY 6 DAYS
DURING THE SUMMER THEYRE
OFFERING INCENTIVES AS HIGH AS
$12,000 IN ORDER TO FILL THOSE
HOLES JO JO. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. MORE APPRECIATE REPORTING
THIS MORNING.
>> AND LETS NOT BRING IN NBC
NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR
DOCTOR NATALIE AZAR DOCTOR
AZAR. GOOD TO YOU ON THIS
MONDAY MORNING. SO WE HEARD
DOCTOR FAUCI IS WARNING ABOUT
A SURGE IN CASES AND THEN
THEREFORE DEATHS BECAUSE THERE
ARE SO MANY PEOPLE STILL
UNVACCINATED. SO LETS JUST
FIRST KIND OF HELP US SET THE
SCENE HERE. HOW BAD COULD THIS
GET. AND THOSE ARE ALSO STILL
TIME TO HEAD THIS OFF. I MEAN,
ENCOURAGING NEWS THAT
VACCINATIONS ARE TICKING UP IN
THOSE SAME STATES WHERE CASES
ARE TICKING UP. IS THAT GOING
TO HELP US HERE.
>> YEAH. LET ME GET TO THE
SECOND POINT OF YOUR QUESTION
FIRST AND THE ONLY THING
THATS GOING MAKE A
DIFFERENCE. HERE IS A
VACCINATION. ITS STILL YES.
IMPORTANT BOOTS ON THE GROUND
DOING CONTACT TRACING AND
ISOLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT
IN AREAS WITH LOW VACCINATION
RATES. BUT THE VACCINE IS THE
ONLY THING THATS GOING TO
TURN THIS AROUND. THERES A
LOT THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE
INTO THESE THINGS, I TWEETED
AN IMAGE FROM THE NEW YORK
TIMES THAT BASICALLY SHOWS,
YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THIS
SLOW UPWARD ITS VERY SIMILAR
TO WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO,
WHICH IS SUPER SUPER
UNFORTUNATE RIGHT NOW. AND WE
HAD A REAL NICE DEPTH AND THE
SPRING AND WHY THAT WAS
BECAUSE THAT WAS BEFORE DELTA
WE STARTED VACCINATING STAFF
THIS MORNING. ITS A REALLY
INTERESTING LOOK AT IT, TOO.
THAT SAYS NOT ONLY IS THE
VELOCITY INCREASING BUT THE
ACCELERATION OF CASES IS THE
HIGHEST THAT ITS BEEN.
COMPARED TO ANY PRIOR SURGE.
WERE ESSENTIALLY IN THE 5TH
ONE. YOU KNOW, IM NOT A
DOOMSDAY. A PERSON AT ALL. I
USUALLY LIKE TO AT LEAST GIVE
A SILVER LINING TO EVERYTHING.
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU RIGHT
NOW WITH THE TRANSMISSIBILITY
OF THIS DELTA VARIANT LAGGING
IN VACCINATION RATES. I THINK
WERE GOING TO SEE A
SIGNIFICANT AND ITS GOING TO
GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS
>> DOCTOR IS ARE SPEAKING OF
UNVACCINATED. WEVE BEEN
HEARING THIS HEARTBREAKING
REPORTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID
WHO HAD NOT PRIOR HAD THE
VACCINE NOW ASKING DOCTORS FOR
THE VACCINE WHEN THEYRE IN
THE HOSPITAL. WEVE HAD SOME
OF OUR INCREDIBLE REPORTERS.
IN FACT, HEARING PEOPLE
BEGGING FOR THE VACCINE WHEN
THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH THIS VIRUS. HOW
SOON CAN THOSE PATIENTS GET
THE SHOT IF THEY CURRENTLY
HAVE THE VIRUS. WE KNOW ITS
NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE OR
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE
ADMINISTERED WHEN THEYRE IN
THE THICK OF IT. BUT AFTER
THEYVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL.
HOW LONG UNTIL THEY CAN HAVE
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR
THEM. THEN.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO BASICALLY IF
WE GO BACK, YOU KNOW, TO END
EVIL OUT. FIRST WAS WAS
HAPPENING. THE CDC SAID IF YOU
WERE INFECTED WITH COVID-19
WAIT 90 DAYS TO GET THE
VACCINE BECAUSE THAT WAS
VACCINES WERE IN SUCH SHORT
SUPPLY. THE RULE OF NOW IS IS
THAT IF YOU HAVE RECOVERED
FROM COVID-19 SO LETS SAY 10
DAYS FROM WITH THAT WITH A
MILD ILLNESS FROM SYMPTOM
ONSET POSITIVE TEST OR 20 DAYS
FOR MORE SEVERE ILLNESS. YOU
CAN GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR
VACCINE NOW THE EXCEPTIONS ARE
IF YOU RECEIVED MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODIES OR CONVALESCENT
PLASMA TREATMENT FOR YOUR
COVID-19. YOU NEED TO WAIT 90
AND ALSO IF YOU HAD
MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY
SYNDROME EITHER AS AN ADULT OR
AS A CHILD YOURE SUPPOSED TO
WAIT 90 DAYS FROM THE TIME
DIAGNOSIS BUT FOR EVERYBODY
ELSE, AS SOON AS YOURE
RECOVERED. YES, PLEASE GO GET
THE VACCINE. ALL RIGHT. THATS
GREAT INFORMATION THAT AS YOU
MENTIONED, WAS QUITE A BIT
DIFFERENT THAN THE GUIDANCE WE
STATES. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
NOW LETS FINALLY TALK ABOUT
MASK. WE ALSO HEARD DOCTOR
FAUCI ADDRESSING THE POTENTIAL
CHANGE IN MASK GUIDANCE AND
ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS
POINTS HERE IN THIS
CONVERSATION. IS THE
CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDING
CHILDREN UNDER 12 WEARING THEM
WHEN THEY HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> OF COURSE, JUST A FEW WEEKS
FROM NOW AT THIS POINT, THESE
ARE KIDS THAT ARENT YET OLD
ENOUGH TO GET THE VACCINE.
SOME MOST OF THESE KIDS
HEADING BACK INTO THE
CLASSROOM AT THE UNDER 12
UNVACCINATED. WE NOW HAVE THIS
MORE INFECTIOUS DELTA VARIANT,
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THAT
CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HEAR
SO MANY PARENTS SAYING WHAT
KIDS ARE JUST NOT GOING TO
KEEP A MASK ON ALL DAY OR NOW
ADULT WEARING THEM. SO THE
KIDS ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT
EXAMPLE ANYMORE. BUT WHAT DOES
IT MEAN IF WE KNOW THESE KIDS
ARE HEADING BACK IN AND CLOSE
PLACE LIKE A CLASSROOM
UNVACCINATED WITH THE DELTA
VARIANT. SO I THINK THERES
ABSOLUTELY.
>> NO DOUBT THAT THE
RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO
HAVE TO ITS GOING TO BE THAT
KIDS ARE GOING TO NEED TO WEAR
MASKS. LOOK, LAST YEAR WE KNEW
THAT WHEN KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL
WEARING MASKS BEFORE
VACCINATION, EVERYBODY WAS
SAFE AND SCHOOL WAS NOT THE
PLACE WHERE WE SAW COMMUNITY
TRANSMISSION. YOU KNOW THAT
THAT WASNT THE PLACE WHERE IT
STARTED. IT WAS THE OTHER WAY
AROUND. RIGHT. IF THERES A
LOT OF TRANSMISSION IN THE
COMMUNITY SHELTERS INTO THE
SCHOOL, NOT THE OTHER WAY
AROUND. ITS GOING TO BE A
SAFER ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE
PRESUMABLY MANY, MANY OF THE
STAFF AND TEACHERS ARE GOING
TO BE VACCINATED. BUT THIS
DELTA VARIANT IS SAVANNAH,
PEOPLE HAVE ROUGHLY A 1000
TIMES MORE VIRUS IN THEIR
NASAL PHARYNX WHEN THEY GET
EXPOSED OR INFECTED FROM SAID
MORE THEY PRODUCE MORE TO
BECOME INFECTIOUS EARLIER,
WOULD ASTOUND ME IF ASKED FOR
IT REQUIRES FOR SCHOOLS FOR
ITS THIS YEAR. WEVE GOT TO
KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL. AND THIS
IS THE WAY TO DO IT. AND THAT
SMALL SACRIFICE. I WOULD SAY
MEDIUM EXCEPTION IS SORT OF
THE REALLY YOUNG KIDS, THE
PRESCHOOLERS BECAUSE WE DID
NOT SEE TRENT. YOU KNOW, WE
DID NOT SEE OUTBREAKS IN THOSE
SETTINGS. MAY BE THAT THERES
A DIFFERENCE THERE. BUT
OTHERWISE I THINK IT
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ITS GOING
TO BE WRITER AND CERTAINLY
SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON, AS YOU
MENTIONED, THE DELTA VARIANT
BEING TRICKY. WERE ALSO
SEEING YOUNGER PEOPLE ENDING
UP HOSPITALIZED. SOMETHING
ELSE. OF COURSE ITS A CONCERN
HERE. DOCTOR IS ARE ALWAYS
GOOD TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU SO
STILL SPARRING OVER THE
JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE WITH HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ADDING
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN MEMBER
AFTER GOP LEADER KEVIN
MCCARTHY PULLED HIS CHOICES.
NBC NEWS WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT MONICA ALBA HAS
THE LATEST.
>> THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6TH
ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL HAS
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN MEMBER
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
ADDING ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN
ADAM KINZINGER TODAY WRITING
HE BRINGS GREAT PATRIOTISM TO
THE COMMITTEES MISSION TO
FIND THE FACTS AND PROTECT OUR
DEMOCRACY. WE WILL FIND THE
TRUTHS.
>> THAT TRUCE WILL HAD THE
CONFIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WILL BE DONE
PATRIOTICALLY AND NOT IN A
PARTISAN WAY.
>> THE CONGRESSMAN, A FREQUENT
CRITIC OF DONALD TRUMP
EXPLAINING IM A REPUBLICAN
DEDICATED TO CONSERVATIVE
VALUES. BUT I SWORE AN OATH TO
UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION WHEN DUTY CALLS.
I WILL ALWAYS ANSWER. HE JOINS
CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY ON
THE NINE-MEMBER PANEL. THE
ONLY OTHER GOP VOICE SINCE
MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY
PULLED OTHER REPUBLICANS FROM
THE GROUP AFTER THE SPEAKER
REJECTED 2 WHO HAD BEEN
SUPPORTIVE OF DONALD TRUMPS
FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE
ELECTION HE LOST WHICH THE
FORMER PRESIDENT REPEATED IN
ARIZONA SATURDAY.
>> WHEN THEY STEAL IT FROM YOU
AND
>> THATS NOT EASY AND WE HAVE
TO FIGHT THE FIRST COMMITTEE
HEARING IS SET FOR TUESDAY FOR
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS WILL
TESTIFY ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES.
>> SOME OF WHICH EVEN
MOTIVATED THEIR NEWLY NAMED
CHIEF TO COME OUT OF
RETIREMENT IF YOU WOULDVE
ASKED ME ON.
>> JANUARY 5TH. YOU WANT TO
GET POLICE CHIEF AGAIN, I
WOULDVE SAID NO, IM IM
FINE. IM ENJOYING RETIREMENT.
BUT THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6
CHANGE THAT.
>> LEADER MCCARTHY SLAM
SPEAKER PELOSIS DECISION
SUNDAY EVENING SAYING, QUOTE,
MEMBERS WHO SHARE HER
PRECONCEIVED NARRATIVE WILL
NOT YIELD A SERIOUS
INVESTIGATION THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPS
CLOSE ASSOCIATE HIS INAUGURAL
COMMITTEE CHAIR TOM BARRACK
WILL MAKE HIS FIRST COURT
APPEARANCE IN BROOKLYN TODAY.
ERIC WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK ON
MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING
ILLEGAL FOREIGN LOBBYING ON
BEHALF OF THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES FRIDAY. HE WAS
RELEASED FROM FEDERAL LOCKUP
ON AN ASTOUNDING 200,
50 MILLION DOLLAR BOND. NBC
NEWS INVESTIGATIONS
CORRESPONDENT TOM WYNTER JOINS
US NOW TO TOM. FIRST OF ALL,
ITS KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK
AND REMIND EVERYONE WHO IS TOM
BARRACK. HOW CLOSE WAS HE TO
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND ONE
OF THE CHARGES HE FACES,
RIGHT. JOE. GOOD MORNING. IS A
30 YEAR PLUS, FOR OF FRIEND
PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE
PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER
PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES
DONALD TRUMP.
>> A TOP OF THAT. HES
SOMEBODY WHO ADVISED HIM
DURING HIS CAMPAIGN. HES THE
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE TRUMP
INAUGURAL WHICH HAD ENORMOUS
HAUL FROM A FUNDRAISING
PERSPECTIVE. SO THIS IS
SOMEBODY WHOS NOT JUST A NEW
ENTRY INTO THE TRUMP ORBIT AS
WEVE SEEN WITH, SAY, A PAUL
MANAFORT OR A GEORGE
PAPADOPOULOS. THIS IS SOMEBODY
WHOS BEEN IN THE PRESIDENTS
CORNER FOR A LONG TIME. BUT
ACCORDING TO FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS IT WHILE HE WAS IN
THE PRESIDENTS CORNER. HE WAS
ALSO IN THE CORNER OF THE
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A
LOBBYING, AS YOU SAID ON
BEHALF OF THEM, IT WASNT JUST
THAT HE ALSO PROVIDED. DOES
SENSITIVE NON-PUBLIC
INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR
FEELINGS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE
EAST AND MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY
BACK TO THE EMIRATI IS
ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT.
IN ON TOP OF THAT WHEN HE WAS
CONFRONTED BY THE FBI JOE, HE
LIED TO THEM AS WELL. THATS
WHAT HES BEEN CHARGED WITH.
LETS TALK ABOUT TODAY. WHAT
CAN WE EXPECT FROM HIS FIRST
COURT APPEARANCE TODAY AND
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT AS THE
CASE MOVES FORWARD. SO PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING
THIS WILL KNOW THAT TODAYS
COURT APPEARANCE IS CALLED A
FIRST APPEARANCE, WHICH IS
KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE IT WILL
BE THE 3RD TIME HES HAD A
HEARING IN THIS BUT WHEN
YOURE CHARGING UNITED STATES
IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM. IF
YOURE ARRESTED SOMEWHERE
OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT WHERE
YOURE CHARGED. YOU DO HAVE TO
THEN PRESENT YOURSELF IN FRONT
OF THAT TO ACTUALLY YOUR FIRST
IT IS LIKELY THAT HE WILL
ENTER A PLEA. HIS SPOKESMAN
HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID HE WILL
PLEAD NOT GUILTY. SO THATS
WHAT WE EXPECT TODAY. IT WILL.
IT WILL ALSO BE UP TO
PROSECUTORS AND THE JUDGE TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
THEYRE GOING TO KEEP THAT.
250 MILLION DOLLAR WHOPPING
BAIL BOND IN THE TERMS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WHICH
INCLUDE VERY LIMITED TRAVEL
AND YOU CAN NO LONGER USE THE
PRIVATE JET JOE AND TOM, THIS
IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL
INVESTIGATIONS FOCUSED ON EX
TRUMP ASSOCIATES IN LEGAL
JEOPARDY. OTHERS INCLUDE.
>> FORMER PERSONAL ATTORNEY
RUDY GIULIANI, FORMER TRUMP
ORGANIZATION SEA WALL, TRUMP
ORGANIZATION CFO ALLEN
WEISSELBERG COULD ANY OF THESE
PEOPLE BE TEMPTED TO TURN ON
THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW THAT WEVE
BEEN KIND OF PLAYING THIS FLIP
LOSE A GAME AS I CALL IT FOR
THE LAST 4 YEARS OR SO, TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHO COULD
POSSIBLY TESTIFY AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP. YOU KNOW, THAT
HASNT HAPPENED YET AND ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY COULD BE
STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE. WHAT
THEY COULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO
OFFER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, JOE,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL
FILINGS FROM THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN. THERES NO PAYMENT
TO RUDY GIULIANI FOR ALL OF
THAT TRAVELING ALL OF THOSE
LAWSUITS THAT HE FILED ON
BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT. YOU
HAVE TO WONDER IF THAT MIGHT
COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM.
SOMEDAY.
>> ALL RIGHT. STAY ON IT. TOM
WINTER. TOM, THANKS SO MUCH TO
THINK.
>> A DANGEROUS MEGA FIRE IN
CALIFORNIA IS NOW ONE OF 86
WILDFIRES DESTROYING LAND AND
A PENDING LIVES AND ITS ONLY
GETTING BIGGER. NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENT. GLAD THE
NEGATIVE HAS MORE.
>> FIRE FIGHTERS ESCAPING
DEADLY FLAMES FROM THE
TAMARACK FIRE NEAR SOUTH LAKE
TAHOE, CALIFORNIA, JUST IN A
GIANT FIRE WORLD CAUGHT ON
CAMERA. JUST ONE OF THE 86
WILDFIRES ACROSS THE WEST,
DESTROYING HOMES DAMAGING
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND
FORCING THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE.
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME
DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY
IN 4 COUNTIES WITH FLAMES
CROSSING INTO NEVADA AND THE
DIXIE FIRE NEAR PARADISE,
CALIFORNIA EXPLODING INTO A
MEGA FIRE CONSUMING MORE THAN
A 100,000 ACRES. SCARY. IVE
NEVER BEEN TO ANYTHING LIKE
THIS. IN NEIGHBORING OREGON.
THINGS ARE WORSE. THE BOOTLEG
FIRE CONSUMING OVER 400,000
ACRES THERE STILL.
>> SEVERAL 1000 PEOPLE THAT
ARE THREATENED BY THE FIRE.
>> THIS IS ALL DRIER THAN
USUAL. SURE. YEAH. I MEAN,
EVERYTHINGS DRIER THAN USUAL.
WERE SEEING ON THE DIXIE
FIRE. ITS PRIMARILY A FUEL
DRIVEN FIRE.
>> THE SMOKE SMOTHERING THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY. NASA RELEASING
THIS IMAGE FRIDAY FUMES AGAIN,
REACHING THE EAST COAST
THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK
SAVING LIGHTS REMAINS A
PRIORITY.
>> IT DIDNT HAVE MUCH TIME
THAT WE GOT OUR ALLIES SO THAT
MATTERS.
>> OUT OF CONTROL WILDFIRES.
NOW THE NORM AS GLOBAL WARMING
CONTINUES TO POSE THREAT.
>> LETS GET A CHECK ON THE
WEATHER OUT WEST AND AROUND
THE COUNTRY THIS MORNING. HI
JANESSA WEBB. GOOD MORNING.
HI. GOOD MORNING. YOU KNOW
THOSE DRY CONDITIONS ARE GOING
TO BE PERSISTING ACROSS THE
WEST COAST. DEFINITELY NOW
WHAT WE NEED TO BE HEARING
RIGHT NOW. HOPEFULLY WELL
START TO SEE A CHANGE IN THE
JET STREAM THAT WILL ALLOW A
LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE, BUT
OUR OLYMPIANS, THEYRE
DEFINITELY GOING TO BE DEALING
MOISTURE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. WE DO HAVE A TROPICAL
STORM.
>> THAT IS CONTINUING TO SPEND
IN THIS AREA 40 MILE PER HOUR
WINDS NOW THROUGHOUT THE
OVERNIGHT. THIS HAS TRANSITION
INTO MORE OF A SYSTEM THAT IS
GOING TO LINGER TOWARDS AT THE
NORTH BEFORE ENTERS JAPAN. SO
OUR LATEST FORECAST TOKYO OUT
OF THE CONE. BUT I DO WANT TO
SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO THAT WE
ARE SEEING SOME HIGH, SIR.
THIS IS GOING TO BIG-TIME
ISSUE ACROSS THIS AREA. AS YOU
KNOW, SURFING IS DEFINITELY A
NEW SPORT IN THE OLYMPICS.
THIS COULD HELP OUR OLYMPIANS.
BUT YOU KNOW, FORECAST IS
LIKELY TO CHANGE IN THE FEW
HOURS AS SOME HIGH SURF ALONG
WITH SOME BEACH EROSION REALLY
GOING TO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS
COASTAL AREAS OF TOKYO REGION.
BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING
THAT A POSITIVE WHERE THIS
STORM SYSTEM INSTEAD OF A
DIRECT EYE ON TOKYO NOW IS
LINGERING TO THE NORTH GUYS.
THANK YOU ENOUGH TO SEND A