LET'S GET RIGHT TO PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
>> BECAUSE HE'S SAYING RIGHT
NOW HE'S NOT WALKING BACK
ANYTHING EVEN THOUGH THE WHITE
HOUSE HAS SPENT THE LAST 48
HOURS DOING EXACTLY THAT AFTER
THE PRESIDENT IN POLAND THIS
WEEKEND SAID LARRY PUTIN
CANNOT REMAIN IN POWER. SO
HERE'S HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN
EXPLAINED IT AT THE WHITE
HOUSE TODAY TO OUR OWN KELLY
O'DONNELL. LISTEN.
>> DOES YOUR WORDS COMPLICATE
MATTERS, NOT WALKING ANYTHING
BACK. THE FACT OF THE MATTER
IS AS EXPRESSING MORE OUTRAGE.
I FELT TOWARD THE WAY PUTIN IS
THE LEAD IN THE ACTIONS OF
THIS MAN. BUT I WANT TO MAKE
IT CLEAR I WASN'T DAN NORMAN
NOW, PARTICULARLY THE POLICY
CHANGE.
>> OKAY. PERSONAL OPINION. NOT
A POLICY CHANGE. THAT'S WHAT'S
GOING DOWN IN WASHINGTON AS
OVERSEAS IN UKRAINE, PEOPLE
ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE
WORRIED RUSH IS GOING TO TRY
TO SPLIT THE COUNTRY INTO.
THAT'S BECAUSE WHAT MOSCOW
SAYS ISN'T MATCHING WITS
MILITARY DOES LOOK AT THIS
MAP. THEY'RE CLAIMING THEY'RE
ONLY GOING TO FOCUS THIS WAR
ON THE DONBASS REGION. THAT'S
ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN THERE YOU SEE
IT. LABELED LUJAN SCANNED
DONETSK RIGHT IN THE RED. BUT
THAT DOESN'T MATCH UP WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IN KHARKIV A
LITTLE FURTHER NORTH WHERE
FOLKS ARE GOING UNDERGROUND TO
AVOID GETTING BOMBED OR IN
MARIUPOL TO THE SOUTH WHERE
OFFICIALS SAY 90% OF HOUSES
ARE DESTROYED. A 160,000
PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED THERE
BASICALLY OR EVEN IN LVIV A
CITY WAY OUT WEST CLOSER TO
PULL IN THAT AVOIDED A LOT OF
THE WORST BUT IS NOW SEEING
ITS OWN SHARE OF SHELLING. BUT
THERE ARE SOME GOOD SIGNS FOR
UKRAINE IN THIS WAR. THEY SAY
THEY'VE RECAPTURED AIR A CITY
JUST OUTSIDE OF KYIV. THEY GOT
HIT HARD. A SENIOR US EVENT
DEFENSE OFFICIAL CAN'T CONFIRM
THAT. BUT THEY ARE SAYING
RUSSIA IS NOT EVEN TRYING TO
ADVANCE ON KYIV. THE UKRAINIAN
CAPITAL ANYMORE. WE'RE GOING
TO GET ALI AROUZI AND UKRAINE
FOR AN UPDATE IN JUST A
MINUTE. BUT I WANT TO BRING IN
MIKE MEMOLI AT THE WHITE HOUSE
AND MONTH. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED
ABOUT EMILY. THIS IS REALLY
SUCH A FINE LINE. THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
PERSONAL BELIEFS THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TALKING
ABOUT AND BY THE WAY, A SPEECH
DELIVERED ON A HUGE WORLD
STAGE AND THEN OFFICIAL US
POLICY HERE BECAUSE THIS IS
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMMENT
THAT THE KREMLIN DESCRIBED AS
ALARMING BASICALLY THAT THEY
BELIEVE THAT THE WHITE HOUSE
IS CALLING FOR REGIME CHANGE.
I WOULD JUST SAY THIS. I'VE
TALKED TO EXPERTS SAID WHO
DOES FOR YEARS THE U.S. WAS
OUT TO GET IT.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THIS IS
SO PROBLEMATIC. NOW. YOU HEARD
THE PRESIDENT AS HE WAS
PRESSED REPEATEDLY BY
REPORTERS ABOUT WHETHER THIS
WILL COMPLICATE THINGS. WHAT
HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO CONVEY
THAT HE WAS CONTEXTUALIZING
THIS BY SAYING HE WAS SPEAKING
DIRECTLY TO THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
THAT WAS THE CONTEXT IN WHICH
HE WAS MAKING THE STATEMENT.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THE
PRESIDENT DEVOTE SO MUCH
TOWARD THE END OF HIS SPEECH
TOWARD THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. BUT
AS AS WE WATCH THE WHITE HOUSE
CLEAN THIS UP AND THE
PRESIDENT SAY HE'S NOT WALKING
ANYTHING BACK. I'M REMINDED OF
SEVERAL EXPRESSIONS. I'VE
HEARD THE PRESIDENT THEN
CANDIDATE BIDEN ARTICULATE
VERY OFTEN THE FIRST IS THAT I
DIDN'T KNOW WHATEVER DOUBTS I
MEAN, WHAT I SAY SOMETIMES THE
PROBLEM IS I SAY ALL THAT. I
MEAN, AND HE DID EXACTLY THAT.
GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE
EMOTION SOMEWHAT.
>> IN THAT SPEECH TO MAKE A
PERSONAL OPINION PUBLIC. THE
PROBLEM IS THE SECOND
EXPRESSION WHEN HE A CONTRAST
HIMSELF WITH A WITH DONALD
TRUMP THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
BIDEN. SO OFTEN SAID THE WORDS
OF A PRESIDENT MATTER. THEY
CAN SEND A NATION TO WAR. THEY
CAN BRING ABOUT PEACE.
PRESIDENTS. FRANKLY, DON'T
REALLY GET TO EXPRESS PERSONAL
OPINIONS WITHOUT THERE BEING
CONSEQUENCES. AND THAT'S PART
OF WHAT'S DRIVING SO MUCH OF
THE REACTION TO WHAT HE SAID
ON SATURDAY. IS IT YOUR SENSE
BASED ON THE REPORTING THAT
YOU'RE DOING, MIKE, THAT HE IS
RIGHT, THAT HE THAT THIS WILL
NOT COMPLICATE MATTERS
DIPLOMATICALLY BECAUSE JUST
YESTERDAY.
>> YOU KNOW, THE FRENCH
PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYS
HE WOULDN'T HAVE USED THE
WORDS THE PRESIDENT BIDEN
USED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME
YOU'VE GOT THE PRESIDENT TODAY
SAYING, HEY, NATO IS ACTUALLY
MORE UNITED THAN EVER. YOU
KNOW, DESPITE THESE COMMENTS
THAT HE MADE.
>> YEAH. I THINK IT REALLY
COMES DOWN TO WHETHER WHETHER
ANYTHING AT THIS POINT COULD
BE SEEN AS TRULY ESCALATORY ON
THE PART OF LATIMER PUTIN. THE
U.S. HAS DONE EVERYTHING IT
CAN SHORT OF A NO-FLY ZONE TO
TRY TO AID THE UKRAINIANS TO
TRY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL
THE DEFENSIVE WEAPONRY. THEY
CAN WITHOUT TRIGGERING WHAT
THE LINE IS. THE U.S. IS
FEARED AND WHICH THEY WOULD BE
ENGAGED THEMSELF. BUT I THINK
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ALSO
DURING THAT NEWS CONFERENCE
TODAY WAS QUITE STRIKING,
WHICH IS HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN THINKS. THAT'S
NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE OFTEN,
WHICH IS THAT SO MANY OF THESE
MOVES ARE CALCULATED BASED ON
WHAT THEY THINK WOULD PROVOKE
VLADIMIR PUTIN. BUT I THINK IT
MIGHT SPEAK TO A VIEW WITHIN
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT COULDN'T
THIS BATTLE THAT HE'S BEEN
WAITING NOW FOR MORE THAN A
MONTH HAS SORT OF HIT MORE
THAN A STALEMATE THAT THAT
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME
DRAWBACK IN TERMS OF THE
RUSSIAN POSITION AND MAYBE
THIS IS A POSITION OF STRENGTH
BY THAT. THE PRESIDENT
SPEAKING FROM.
>> MIKE MEMOLI OUTSIDE THE
WHITE HOUSE. ALWAYS GOOD TO
HAVE YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US. I WANT ALI
AROUZI IN LVIV NOT ALLIE TO
YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE
THINGS HAPPENING
SIMULTANEOUSLY. ON THE ONE
HAND THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT
AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR PEACE TALKS
BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA.
>> SAYS HE WOULD CONSIDER
TALKING ABOUT NEUTRALITY AND
DECLARING UKRAINE NEUTRAL.
WHICH ONE OF HIS FORMER
ADVISERS TOLD ME TODAY, YOU
KNOW, KIND OF PUTTING ON PAPER
WOULD ALREADY EXIST ON THE
OTHER HAND, COMING TO SOME
KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA
WOULD MEAN TAKING THE WORD OF
VLADIMIR PUTIN. AND SO FAR
WHAT MOSCOW SAYS, HEY, WE'RE
NOT GOING TO ATTACK OUTSIDE OF
THIS PARTICULAR REGION. HASN'T
BEEN TRUE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, HEIDI. WILL
THE QUESTION OF NEUTRALITY HAS
BEEN A CENTRAL TOPIC EVEN
BEFORE THE RUSSIANS INVADED
THIS COUNTRY WHEN THEY HAD A
150,000 TROOPS AMASSED ON THE
BORDER THEY WERE SAYING THAT
THEY DON'T WANT UKRAINE TO
JOIN NATO. THEY WANT SOME KIND
OF GUARANTEE THAT UKRAINE IS
NOT GOING TO JOIN NATO. I'M
GLAD I'M HERE I'M SOLECKI
APPEARS TO BE. ABLE TO CUT IT
TO MAKE A DEAL ON THAT BECAUSE
HE KNOWS JOINING NATO IS OFF
THE TABLE THAT NATO IS NOT
GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO JOIN SO
THAT SOMEWHERE HE'S WILLING TO
NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. HE SAYS,
YOU KNOW THAT CAN BE
COMPROMISES IN THE DONBASS
AREA. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
ANY DEALS UNTIL THE RUSSIANS
AGREE TO A CEASE-FIRE AND THEY
GET THEIR TROOPS OUT OF THAT
COUNTRY AND ON THE THING
THAT'S GOING TO COMPLICATE
THESE MATTERS ARE ODDS AND
ENDS. HE SAID HE'S WILLING TO
DO THESE THINGS AS LONG AS HE
GETS A SECURITY GUARANTEES
FROM THE WEST AND BE THAT HE
PUTS THIS TO A REFERENDUM TO
HIS PEOPLE. WHO ARE A FORCE SO
HARD IN THIS COUNTRY. AGAINST
THE RUSSIANS AND THAT COULD
COMPLICATE THINGS I MEAN, WHAT
GUARANTEES ARE THERE FOR PUTIN
THAT REFERENDUM WHICH WILL
PROBABLY TAKE A YEAR GIVEN THE
SITUATION HERE TO VOTE ON
WOULD BE WOULD BE VOTED ON I
AND SECONDLY BECAUSE THE
LANDSCAPE ALSO GIVE HIM SORT
OF A VEILED WARNING. HE SAID
IF WE DON'T COME TO SOME SORT
OF AN AGREEMENT WITH WITH
THROUGH 10. THEN THE NEXT
PRESIDENT, TOBY YOUNG GUY WHO
WILL BE LESS FLEXIBLE THAN HIM
MENON OR ANY OF THOSE
GUARANTEES THAT THIS MAY BE
THE BEST TIME TO GET OUT OF
THE IS SAYING NO SIGNS OF
BACKING DOWN ON THIS WAR. HIS
FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEY LAVROV
SAID THAT IT WAS JUST TOO ARTY
FOR PAYTON TO TALK TO ZELENSKY
SERVE. PUTIN IS OBVIOUSLY IN
NO MOOD RIGHT NOW TO TALK
PEACE WITH THE UKRAINIANS AND
HE SEEMS TO BE PUSHING FORWARD
WITH THIS WAR, EVEN THOUGH
IT'S BEEN SUCH A BOTCHED
EFFORT ON THE EASTERN FRONT
AND IT IS CREATING SUCH A
DEEP-SEATED ANIMOSITY RIGHT
FROM THE UKRAINIANS THAT I
KNOW THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO.
>> ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. BUT
ESPECIALLY IN LVIV. I HEARD
ONE COLLEAGUE DESCRIBED IT
RECENTLY IS.
>> A SENSE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
SECURITY WHERE YOU ARE. THAT
WAS SHATTERED IN SOME WAYS
JUST THIS WEEKEND WHEN RUSSIA
TOOK AIM AT A FUEL DEPOT THAT
IS NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE YOU
ARE. LET ME JUST REMIND PEOPLE
PUT THAT MAP.
>> LEAVES CLOSE TO POLAND'S
RIGHT WHEN HE WAS ONE OF THE
PLACES THE PEOPLE FROM THE
EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE TRYING TO TO GET TO TO GET AWAY FROM THE FIGHTING AND
GET AWAY FROM THE FIGHTING AND
THE VIOLENCE. ALI.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. I'M EVEN SEEN
A SERIES OF ATTACKS RIGHT NOW,
ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO ABOUT 35
MILES OUT OF THE VIEW JUST
BETWEEN OF EVEN THE POLISH
BORDER. THEY HAD A A MILITARY
TRAINING BASE THAT KILLED 35
PEOPLE THAT THAT WAS THE WORST
ATTACK. THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO THEY HAD AN AIRCRAFT
MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHERE THE
UKRAINIANS ARE KEEPING THEIR
EGGS AND THEN THIS WEEK AND
THIS WAS THE CLOSEST HEAD TO
THE VIVE IS JUST 2 MILES FROM
WHERE I'M STANDING AND THEY
HIT THAT FUELED UP THEY
DESTROYED WITH LONG-RANGE
PRECISION MISSILES THAT WERE
LAUNCHED FROM THE SEA AND THE
RUSSIANS ARE SAYING THAT THEY
DID THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
WANT THAT FUEL TO GET TO THE
EASTERN FRONT WHERE THE
UKRAINIANS A FINE THING. AND
AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT HAS
MADE PEOPLE HERE IN LVIV
ANXIOUS THEY THEY I WOULDN'T
SAY THE PIECES SHOUTED HERE,
BUT IT'S THE SECURITY IS
CERTAINLY PUNCTURED. WE SPOKE
TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
YESTERDAY AND THEY GAVE US
THEIR OPINION OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE AND EVEN HOW
DANGEROUS IT MIGHT BE. LET'S
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD
TO SAY.
>> IT WAS SCARY BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNOW WHERE BALL WOULD
LIKE TO BELIEVE JUST A
QUESTION OF TIME WITH ALL-STAR
NO SAFE
>> PEOPLE HERE WONDER HOW LONG
BOTH HER LIVE EVE REMAIN A
SIDE STREET. A REFUGE FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE FLYING IN HERE
FROM THE BACK TO THE EAST. ONE
OF YOUNG THAT LEFT ONE LADY WE
SPOKE TO THAT HAD THE LEFT AND
THEN LIVE EVE BECAUSE OF THE
OF THE OF SHE FELT IN SECURE.
HERE SHE WAS IN POLAND. I
MEAN, SHE CAME BACK 2 DAYS
BEFORE THOSE MISSILES STRUCK.
I'M THAT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR
HER. SHE WASN'T GOING TO TAKE
THE CHANCE AND SHE'S HEADING
BACK TO POLAND TOMORROW. SO
THAT REALLY DOES GIVE YOU THE
SENSE OF INSECURITY THAT
PEOPLE HAVE HERE IN THEIR OWN
COUNTRY. ALI AROUZI, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BRINGING US THE
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE
ON THE GROUND WHERE YOU ARE IN
UKRAINE. APPRECIATE IT.
>> TURNING NOW TO SOME NEWS
HERE AT WASHINGTON AND A BUNCH
OF BUNCH OF HEADLINES ON
JANUARY 6TH AND THE SELECT
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> AT THE CAPITOL. THAT
COMMITTEE IS SET TO MEET
RELEASED SOON. AND THAT JUST
MAYBE AN HOUR OR 00:00AM
TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE
OF THINGS. FIRST, THE 2 PEOPLE
YOU JUST SAW ON SCREEN TO
FORMER TRUMP AIDES AND WHETHER
TO FORMALLY CHARGED WITH
CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS FOR NOT
COMPLYING WITH SUBPOENAS. BUT
SECOND, WE UNDERSTAND HERE AT
NBC NEWS ACCORDING TO SOURCES
FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER THAT
THE WIFE OF A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE MAY END UP BROUGHT IN.
THAT IS A DISCUSSION THAT THE
COMMITTEE WILL HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT THESE TEXT MESSAGES THAT
GINNI THOMAS, THE WIFE OF
JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS
EXCHANGE WITH FORMER CHIEF OF
STAFF TO THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
MARK MEADOWS. WANT TO BRING IN
LEIGH ANN CALDWELL NOW TO TALK
THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND THEY
LET ME TAKE THIS IN A COUPLE
OF BUCKETS. RIGHT. LET ME
START WITH THIS NEW BOOK IT,
IF YOU WILL, AS IT RELATES TO
JENNY THOMAS. RIGHT. AND YOU,
OUR TEAM HAVE SOME REPORTING
HERE THAT THIS SELECT
COMMITTEE WILL TALK ABOUT
WHETHER THEY SHOULD HOLD HER
AND ESSENTIALLY OR AT LEAST
ASK HER TO COME IN TO EXPLAIN
WHY SHE WAS ESSENTIALLY
PUSHING THE THEN CHIEF OF
STAFF NOT TO ACCEPT THE
RESULTS OF THE LEGITIMATE 2020
ELECTION.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, HOLLY.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A
CLOSED DOOR CONVERSATION
TONIGHT HAS A FULL COMMITTEE
TO DETERMINE THE NEXT STEPS
AND THIS DISCUSSION WAS REALLY
ELEVATED WITH THE LEAK OF
THESE 29 TEXT MESSAGES GINNI
THOMAS SENT TO THE FORMER
CHIEF OF STAFF, MARK MEADOWS
PUSHING HIM TO KEEP UP THE
FIGHT AND TO OVERTURN THE LAST
ELECTION. NOW THERE ARE SOME
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO THOUGHT
THAT, YOU KNOW, GINNI THOMAS
IS TAX. YES, THEY'RE
EXPLOSIVE, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT
BE CENTRAL TO THIS
INVESTIGATION AND SO THEY JUST
WANTED TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
BUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, THEY REALLY THOUGHT
THAT THIS WAS CRITICAL OF THE
FACT THAT SHE WAS THE WHY IS
THE WIFE OF A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE
AT THAT POSITION ON THE
COMMITTEE IS LIKELY TO PREVAIL
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE
COMMITTEE WILL ASK TO SPEAK TO
HER. BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS
ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND
FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS.
HALEIGH. AND EVEN BEFORE THAT
HAPPENS AND I THINK IT OPEN
SESSION LEE AND THE KIRKMAN
FROM ROB. GOING TO TALK ABOUT
>> DAN SCAVINO AND PETER
NAVARRO. THESE 2 FORMER TOP
TRUMP AIDES WHO ARE NOW IN
FRONT OF COMMITTEE.
>> YEAH, IT WILL BE AN OPEN
SESSION WILL BE VERY SIMILAR
TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE WITH
MARK MEADOWS AND STEVE BANNON
AND THE REASON THEY'RE DOING
THIS IS BECAUSE VINO AND HAD
BEEN EITHER STONEWALLING OR
REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE REASON THEY
WANT TO TALK TO NAVARRO IS
BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT HE'S SO
SO-CALLED GREEN BAY SWEEP WAS
DESCRIBED AS A LAST-DITCH
EFFORT LAST CHANCE EFFORT TO
TRY TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION
AND AS FAR CAN BE. NO IS THIS
THE COMMITTEE SAYS THAT THEY
KNOW THAT HE SPOKE WITH THE
FORMER PRESIDENT SEVERAL TIMES
ON JANUARY 6 AND HELPED TO
FORMULATE THE COMMUNICATION
STRATEGY LEADING UP TO AND ON
JANUARY 6. AND SO THESE ARE 2
PEOPLE THAT THEY WANTED TO
SPEAK TO 2 PEOPLE WHO ARE
CLAIMING EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
AND THAT THEY THAT'S WHY
THEY'RE NOT COOPERATING. AND
SO THEY'RE THE COMMITTEE IS
MOVING DOWN THE PATH THAT THEY
WENT WITH. LIKE I SAID TO
STEVE BANNON, MARK MEADOWS.
THERE'S ALSO THIS OTHER PIECE
OF NEWS TODAY, RIGHT UNRELATED
TECHNICALLY THE COMMITTEE
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT
ACTUALLY THIS FEDERAL JUDGE
OUT IN CALIFORNIA HAS.
ESSENTIALLY.
>> TOLD DIRECTED JOHN EASTMAN
THIS ATTORNEY LINKS TO FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TURN OVER A
WHOLE BUNCH OF DOCUMENTS,
RIGHT. THAT HE WAS TRYING TO
HOLD BACK TO THE JANUARY 6
SELECT COMMITTEE. MORE THAN A
100 DOCUMENTS TO THIS PANEL.
EASTMAN IS ONE OF THE
ARCHITECTS OF THE SO-CALLED
BIG LIE RIGHT THIS CONSPIRACY
THEORY THAT DONALD TRUMP
ACTUALLY WON IN 2020. HE DID
NOT. AND IN THIS JUDGE'S
RULING, WHICH IS A CIVIL
RULING, BY THE WAY, NOT
CRIMINAL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
THE JUDGE SAID, QUOTE, THE
COURT FINDS IT IS MORE LIKELY
THAN NOT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
CORRUPTLY ATTEMPTED TO
OBSTRUCT CONGRESS ON JANUARY
6. BASICALLY THAT IT IS MORE
LIKELY THAN NOT THAT FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOHN
EASTMAN BROKE THE LAW AGAIN,
NOT FROM A CRIMINAL CASE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT HERE, RIGHT.
BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SEEMS TO
BE THE KIND OF ROLE IN THE
JANUARY 6 IS GOING TO BE
INTERESTED IN THE COMMITTEE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE
IT'S LIKELY TO BE THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO GET THESE DOCUMENTS
THAT THEY WANT. AND THIS IS
JUST ANOTHER INSTANCE OF THE
COURT'S RULING IN FAVOR OF THE
JANUARY 6 SELECT COMMITTEE IN
MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE THE
PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO WITHHOLD
TURNING OVER INFORMATION TO
THE COMMITTEE EVEN THE SUPREME
COURT RULED CLARENCE THOMAS,
AND THAT ONE CASE THAT THE
TRUMP ADMIN ADMINISTRATION HAD
TO TURN OVER DOCUMENTS AND YOU
KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER WIN FOR
THE COMMITTEE WHO HAS THIS
BEEN SEEKING DOCUMENTS FROM A
WHOLE HOST OF PEOPLE AND
INFORMATION. AND SO REGARDLESS
OF THE THAT IT FROM THE JUDGE
THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT
COMMITTED THE FACT THAT THE
COMMITTEE IS LIKELY GOING TO
GET THESE DOCUMENTS IS MEANS
GOOD NEWS FOR THIS COMMITTEE
WELL GOING MATTER 4 HOURS OR
SO. IT'S GOING TO BE LATE
NIGHT FOR YOU ON THE HILL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WITH
US. APPRECIATE IT.
>> TURNING NOW TO FLORIDA
BECAUSE IT IS OFFICIAL.
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
SIGNING INTO LAW BUT CRITICS
HAVE CALLED THE DON'T SAY BILL
THE PARENTAL RIGHTS IN
EDUCATION LAW AGAIN. NOW A LAW
AS OF TODAY. AND IT LIMITS
CLASSROOM DISCUSSION AROUND
ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA.
IT LETS PARENTS SUE THE SCHOOL
TEACHERS TALK ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS
TOPICS. WITH KIDS FROM
KINDERGARTEN TO 3RD GRADE.
>> AND THEN AFTER 3RD GRADE,
IT ALSO BANS TEACHING IS THE
LAW SAYS IN A MANNER THAT IS
NOT AGE APPROPRIATE OR
DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
FOR STUDENTS. CRITICS SAY THAT
COULD BE INTERPRETED TO EXTEND
ALL GRADE LEVELS. DESANTIS IS
A REPUBLICAN. HE'S RUNNING FOR
REELECTION THERE. HE'S WIDELY
CONSIDERED TO BE A POTENTIAL
2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
AND THIS IS HIM SURROUNDED BY
KIDS. YOU SEE USING SOME
DIFFERENT PENS TO SIGN THIS
BILL INTO LAW AND EXPLAIN WHY
HE THINKS IT'S NECESSARY.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PARENTS CAN SEND THEIR KIDS TO
SCHOOL.
>> TO GET AN EDUCATION, NOT
INDOCTRINATION.
>> WANT TO BRING IN SAM BROCK
NOW LIVE FROM FLORIDA. AND SAM
TO TO REMIND FOLKS THIS IS A
HUGELY CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL
WHEN IT CAME UP IN THE FLORIDA
STATE LEGISLATURE. IT REMAINS
A CONTROVERSIAL NOW LAW. WE
HAD SEEN WIDESPREAD PROTESTS
AGAINST IT FROM STUDENTS IN
SOME SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA. THE
GOVERNOR HAS SAID AND
SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL HAVE
SAID THIS ACTUALLY GIVES
PARENTS MORE RESPONSIBILITY
AND MORE AGENCY OVER THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR KIDS.
WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION TODAY
IN FLORIDA.
>> SO, HOLLY, FIRST OF ALL, WE
KNOW THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS
ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
HAVE BEEN PROTESTING JUSTICE
AND YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF
THE QUESTION. ANY TIME THERE'S
A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT
SNOW. WHAT DOES ACCOMPLISH IN.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT'S
BEING SOLVED HERE. AND I GUESS
THE IMPLICATION WOULD BE THE
PROBLEM BEING SOLVED ACCORDING
TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL
IS THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY
KIDS IN CLASSROOMS RIGHT NOW
THAT ARE EXPOSED TO
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
ORIENTATION AND GENDER
IDENTITY AND ARE CHANGING
THEIR ORIENTATION OR HOW THEY
SEE THEIR GENDER. AND SO IF
THAT'S THE NARRATIVE THAT
PEOPLE BELIEVE, THEN YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S SO MUCH
CRITICISM RIGHT NOW IS THAT
OBVIOUSLY BEEN DEBUNKED FROM A
SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT, BUT IT
DOES PLAY VERY WELL IN PARTS
OF FLORIDA, OF COURSE, IT'S
GOING TO DEPEND ON WHERE YOU
ARE IN FLORIDA, BROWARD COUNTY
RIGHT NOW, ALI, I HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH SAME. SAID
THEY BROUGHT THEIR WAS 12
YEARS OLD. LIKE THE
KINDERGARTEN. EVERYBODY KNEW
THAT THEY WERE PARENTS. THEY
WERE EMBRACE. THERE WAS A
WARMTH THERE, BUT THAT MIGHT
NOT BE THE SAME RECEPTION
EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE.
BUT IT'S NOW AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL IN TALLAHASSEE WHERE
THEY'RE FEELING DISCRIMINATION
NOT FROM THEIR TEACHERS, NOT
FROM THEIR CLASSMATES, NOT
FROM THE FRIENDS OF THEIR SON
BUT FROM THE LAWMAKERS IN THE
STATE. ANOTHER PROBLEM HERE IS
THEY SAID THIS BILL THEY
BELIEVE WILL NOT REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR VERY LONG.
EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO GO
AWAY. BUT THE STINK OF IT, THE
IDEA THAT FLORIDA IS SENDING
MESSAGE TO FAMILIES ALL ACROSS
THE STATE THAT YOU ARE NOT
WELCOME HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
DIFFERENT IS GOING TO HAVE
VERY LONG LASTING DAMAGING
IMPACTS. YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
HIGH PROFILE THIS IS. SAM, WE
SAW JOKES ON THE OSCAR STAGE
ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT RIGHT AT
THE ACADEMY AWARDS WE'VE SEEN
DISNEY COME OUT NOW AND TALK
ABOUT THE THE CONCERNS WITH
THIS BILL AFTER GETTING SOME
CRITICISM FOR NOT INITIALLY
HAVING DONE SO.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE
HIGHEST LEVELS OF POWER. THE
WHITE HOUSE AND SENATE. ARE
THERE PAYING ATTENTION TO
WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE YOU
ARE.
>> THE CORPORATE ASPECT OF
THIS IS SO INTERESTING. WE'VE
SEEN THIS KIND OF THING PLAY
OUT ALREADY WITH THE VOTING
RIGHTS BILL OR VOTING
REGULATIONS, IF YOU WILL, IN
GEORGIA WITH CORPORATIONS
HAVING TO GET INVOLVED. AND
YOU KNOW, THE ALL-STAR GAME
BEING MOVED FROM GEORGIA OUT
TO COLORADO BECAUSE OF ALL THE
OPPOSITION WE SAW WITH THE
BATHROOM BILL SEVERAL YEARS
AGO IN NORTH CAROLINA AND NOW
HERE WE ARE IN FLORIDA.
CORPORATIONS ARE BEING FORCED
LIKE DISNEY, WHETHER THEY LIKE
IT OR NOT, INTO THE MIDDLE OF
THE FRAY BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS
IS YOU HAVE THIS MASSIVE
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION THAT
EMPLOYS THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN MANY OF
THEM ARE IMPACTED BY
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY WHO ARE
WALKING OUT. THIS HAPPENED ALL
OF THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKDAY TO
PROTEST THE CEOS PRESIDENTS
AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THE
POLITICS. THE CEO AND SAID
WHAT WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SHOW
OUR ACCEPTANCE AND TOLERANCE
THROUGH OUR ARTS AND THROUGH
OUR MOVIES. BUT THAT IS NOT
GOING TO STAND MUSTER RIGHT
NOW IN 2022. SO YOU HAVE A
DUALITY RIGHT NOW ARE
CORPORATIONS ARE BEING FORCED
INTO THE FRAY AND ALSO WHERE
THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
MANY OTHER CONSERVATIVE
LEADERS ARE LOOKING FOR A
FIGHT. THEY WANT CORPORATIONS
TO GET INVOLVED SO THEY CAN
USE IT FOR POLITICAL CAPITAL.
SO ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW, THIS
DYNAMIC OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS HAS REALLY CHANGED
WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL ISSUES
LIKE THIS. YOU MAKE A GOOD
POINT, SAM, ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING GOVERNORS AND TO
US, AS WE SAID AND I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE
REALLY IS SPECULATED TO BE ONE
OF THE LEADING PEOPLE TO BE
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
>> IN THE POLITICAL
UNDERPINNING TO THIS IS A REAL
ONE. SAM BROCK LIVE FOR US
THERE IN FLORIDA. LOOK FROM
HENRI REPORTING TONIGHT. SAM,
THANK YOU. A LOT OF PEOPLE
HERE IN THE U.S. FACING A WILD
AND DANGEROUS WEEK OF WEATHER
SNOW STORMS, TORNADOES
WILDFIRES. TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS. ACTUALLY WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
BEHIND THIS FIERY CRASH IN
INVOLVING AT LEAST 40 CARS ON
A PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAY TODAY.
THIS IS SO SCARY AND
REPORTEDLY PEOPLE ARE STILL
TRAPPED IN SOME OF THOSE CARS,
EVEN AS WE SPEAK. YOU CAN SEE
EMERGENCY CREWS ARE OUT THERE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THEM
OUT. OFFICIALS HAVE JUST
CONFIRMED 3 PEOPLE ARE KILLED.
THEY EXPECT THAT NUMBER COULD
POTENTIALLY RISE. THAT IS JUST
AWFUL TO SEE. IT'S HAPPENING
AS THE NORTHEAST IS DEALING
WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
THE SOUTH GETTING READY FOR
MAYBE ANOTHER DOSE OF
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES. SOME IN
SPOTS THAT WERE HIT HARD
ALREADY LAST WEEK ON TOP ALL
THAT GOT THIS COLD FRONT THAT
COULD MAKE THE THREAT OF FIRES
EVEN WORSE. 12 MILLION PEOPLE
ARE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS IN
STATES LIKE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA. AL ROKER IS TRACKING
ALL OF THIS FOR US TONIGHT.
OUR GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
WHAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
MOST URGENTLY RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THAT. THE
NORTHEAST IS UNDER A LITERALLY
THE BIG CHILL AND THIS IS THAT
THE THAT PILEUP YOU SHOWED
HALEIGH IS LAKE EFFECT SNOW
FOR MOST, YOU KNOW, 400 MILES
AWAY AS WE LOOK AT THE RADAR,
YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW SCHOOL.
SOME OF THEM 600 MILES LONG
COMING FROM LAKE HURON ACROSS
LAKE ERIE LAKE ONTARIO AND
STREAMING THEIR WAY ACROSS
PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA ON INTO
NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK STATE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO DIE DOWN
LATER TONIGHT. BUT THEN
FOLLOWING THAT BITTER COLD
AIR. I MEAN, BRUTALLY COLD
WITH WIND CHILLS IT'S GOING
FEEL LIKE TO IN BURLINGTON, 5
IN BOSTON, 18, IN DETROIT 16
OF A WIND CHILL TOMORROW
MORNING. A WASHINGTON, DC FAR
WEST OF CHICAGO, 20 DEGREES
NOW, WHAT WE'RE ALSO WATCHING
IS A SEVERE THREAT THURSDAY
NIGHT. 16 MILLION PEOPLE FROM
KANSAS CITY TO SAN ANGELO
TORNADOES POSSIBLE DAMAGING
WIND HAIL ON WEDNESDAY. IT'S
AN ENHANCED RISK FOR
18 MILLION PEOPLE. THAT SAME
AREA THAT GOT HIT JUST ABOUT A
WEEK TO ON WEDNESDAY FROM
NASHVILLE EVANSVILLE MEMPHIS
ALEXANDER NEW ORLEANS ON THE
DE BEAUMONT, TEXAS AND THEN IT
MOVES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC IN
PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. ON
THURSDAY FOR 27 MILLION
PEOPLE. HERE'S THAT SYSTEM
COMING OUT OF THE ROCKIES,
BRINGING SNOW THERE LATE DAY
SEVERE THREAT FOR THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. NOW. WATCH WHAT
HAPPENS EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING INTO THURSDAY. I
SHOULD LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A NOT THOSE
AREN'T DISCREET STORMS. THIS
IS A LINE, A STRONG LINE
STRETCHING FROM THE GREAT
LAKES ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO
LOUISIANA DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
FLOODING DOWNPOURS THIS LINE
CONTINUES ON THURSDAY EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON MOVING INTO PARTS OF
NEW JERSEY. THE CAROLINAS FOR
THE RISK. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING THAT REALLY CLOSELY
HARRY SALLY RAINFALL
STRETCHING ANYWHERE FROM AN
INCH TO 2 INCHES FROM THE GULF
COAST ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE
GREAT THOUGH AREAS COULD SEE 3
TO 4 INCHES IN LOCALLY
ISOLATED SPOTS. HOW AND UNITY
MENTION THE WILDFIRE CONCERN
OUT, WHICH IS WHICH IS A REAL
FOR A LOT OF WELLS.
>> THAT THAT'S THE PROBLEM
WITH THIS COLD FRONT. IT.
WE'VE GOT VIOLENT WINDS THAT
ARE GOING TO PUT THE FIRE SO
ANY ANY SPARK IS GOING TO
REALLY BLOOM UP. WE'RE TALKING
12 MILLION PEOPLE STRETCHING
FROM THE ROCKIES ALL THE WAY
DOWN INTO TEXAS. STRONG WINDS.
THEY'VE HAD REALLY DRY
CONDITIONS WARM TEMPERATURES
LOW HUMIDITY. AND SO THAT'S
GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM,
TOO, FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
OUR OQUIRRH. THANK YOU FOR
BEING ALL OVER AT. I WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING FROM OR YOU
TOMORROW MORNING ON THE TODAY
SHOW. APPRECIATE IT.
>> AN FBI AGENT WHO WAS
WORKING UNDERCOVER AS RED
TESTIFIED. THE 2 MEN LEADING
THE PLOT TO KIDNAP MICHIGAN
GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.
WE'RE EXCITED AS THEY WATCH
VIDEOS OF EXPLOSIVES BEFORE
GOING TO SCOUT HER VACATION
HOME. WE ALSO LEARNED TODAY IN
THAT TRIAL THAT THE ALLEGED
PLOT BY THE 4 MEN INVOLVED
BLOWING UP TO BRIDGES. NOT
JUST ONE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE MEN WERE
UPSET OVER COVID RESTRICTIONS
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC,
BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW IS THEY
WERE PLOTTING, THEY SAY WAS
THAT THEY WERE BEING CLOSELY
WATCHED BY FBI AGENTS AND AT
LEAST 5 INFORMANTS. THE
DEFENSE LAWYERS ON THE OTHER
HAND, SAY THAT IT WAS THOSE OF
INFORMANTS. THOSE UNDERCOVER
AGENTS TO INFLUENCE THE MEN
INTO THE PLOT. DANNY CEVALLOS
IS HERE NOW. DID HE EXPLAIN
THIS AND WHAT WE SAW COURT
TODAY, WHICH IS REALLY
INTERESTING. BUT WHY SO MUCH
FOCUS ON THE EXCITEMENT AROUND
BOB'S.
>> BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY THE
KIND OF EVIDENCE THAT A JURY
WILL SEE AND THE AMOUNT OF
EFFORT THAT GOES INTO
ASSEMBLING THE PIECES OF
BOMBS, THE INGREDIENTS OF THIS
INFORMATION THERE'S JUST A LOT
OF COMMUNICATION THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS INTRODUCING TO
SHOW THAT THESE DEFENDANTS
WEREN'T JUST TALKING NONSENSE
OR SPEAKING IN FANTASY IS THAT
THEY WERE REALLY PLANNING TO
GO THROUGH WITH VIOLENCE
ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT.
>> DEFENSE EXPECTED TO START.
I THINK TOMORROW AFTER THE
PROSECUTION WRAPS UP. IF THAT
ENDS UP BEING THE TIMELINE
HERE. WE KIND OF KNOW WHERE
THEY'RE GOING RIGHT. AND WE'VE
SEEN THEM KIND OF POINT THE
FINGER AT THESE UNDERCOVER
GUYS FOR PUSHING THIS PLOT.
BUT WE HAVE THESE 2 OTHER MEN
ALREADY PLED GUILTY IN THIS
CASE THEY TESTIFIED LAST WEEK.
NOBODY WAS AT DAWN BY AGENTS
OR INFORMANTS. SO WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN TO THE DEFENSE CASE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE
MOVING FORWARD.
>> THAT'S ROUGH AND THAT'S
PRETTY STANDARD. I MEAN, AN
INFORMANT COMES ON TO TESTIFY
OR A COOPERATING WITNESS AND
THE DEFENSE LAMBASTE THEM.
LOOK, YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR YOUR
HEALTH. YOU'RE NOT HERE
BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON.
YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN
TROUBLE, TOO. AND YOU'RE
SINGING FOR YOUR SUPPER IN THE
PERSON WHO DECIDES IF YOU GET
YOUR DEAL IS SITTING RIGHT
OVER THERE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S
CHAIR. SO IT'S PRETTY STANDARD
THESE THESE WITNESSES HAVE ARE
EXACTLY THE SAME. SO IN THAT
SENSE, THE DEFENSE KNOWS WHAT
THEY'RE DOING. THE DEFENSE'S
CHALLENGE HERE IS TO
ESSENTIALLY ARGUE THIS IS A
KIND OF ENTRAPMENT, EVEN IF
EVEN IF THAT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL,
THEN TO ARGUE LOOK, WE DID
TAKE THAT SUBSTANTIAL STEP.
SURE. WE'RE PLAYING WITH GUNS
DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS. BUT
WE WERE JUST TALKING AND TALK
IS NOT A CRIME.
>> DANNY CEVALLOS BE WATCHING
THAT FOR US AS IT UNFOLDS.
DANNY, THANK YOU. COMING UP
NUMBER ONE, EL SALVADOR HAS
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
WHY? BECAUSE OF ITS HOMICIDE
RATE. 62 HOMICIDES WERE
REPORTED ON SATURDAY ALONE.
>> IN ONE DAY. 62 PEOPLE
KILLED THE MOST VIOLENT DAY
FOR THAT COUNTRY IN 3 DECADES.
POLICE THERE SAY GANG VIOLENCE
IS WHAT'S BEHIND THAT RISE IN
CRIME. NUMBER 2, A GRAND JURY
HAS INDICTED THE MAN ACCUSED
OF TRYING TO KILL A LOUISVILLE
MAYORAL CANDIDATE CONTENDS
BROWN WAS CHARGED FOR THE
ATTEMPTED SHOOTING OF CRAIG
GREENBERG LAST MONTH. LUCKILY,
NOBODY WAS HURT, BUT BROWN
WILL BE ARRAIGNED NEXT MONTH.
NUMBER 3, THE SUPREME COURT
SAYS IT WILL TAKE UP A CASE
OVER A LAW THAT DEALS WITH HOW
ARE RAISED. SO IF YOU CARE
ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE POOR COMES
FROM. LISTEN UP.
>> THERE'S THIS CALIFORNIA LAW
THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO SELL
PORK UNLESS THE ANIMALS ARE
RAISED IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS
BUT PORK PRODUCERS SAY THAT'S
NOT CONSTITUTIONAL AND HURTS
THE INDUSTRY. THE COURT WILL
RULE ON THAT. BUT SOON NUMBER
4, QANTAS ANNOUNCED WHAT IT
CALLS AN ULTRA-LONG HAUL
FLIGHT THAT GOES DIRECT FROM
MELBOURNE TO DALLAS. THE
AUSTRALIAN AIRLINE SAYS
PASSENGERS CAN START LINES NEW
OUT IN DECEMBER. IT'S 17 HOURS
LONG. IT'S A LONG FLIGHT.
FIRST TIME THE COMMERCIAL
AIRLINES ORGANIZED A NONSTOP
FLIGHT BETWEEN THOSE 2 CITIES.
NUMBER 5 IN THE MARKET FOR
SOME NEW JEWELRY. HAVE 20 TO
30 MILLION BUCKS AVAILABLE
BECAUSE THE BIGGEST-EVER WHITE
DIAMOND IS GOING TO BE SOLD AT
AUCTION LATER THIS YEAR. IT IS
KNOWN AS THE ROCK 228 CARATS
GOES UP FOR SALE IN MAY AS PART OF CHRISTIE'S LUXURY
PART OF CHRISTIE'S LUXURY
WEEK. STILL TO COME, SOME
PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT THE
BIGGEST FRAUD IN A GENERATION
HERE THAT THE BIGGEST FRAUD IN
A GENERATION BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS MEANT FOR COVID RELIEF
SPENT ON LAMBO'S AND FERRARI'S
AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF TESLA S
WE'VE GOT THE JAW DROPPING
AMOUNT SPENT ON REALLY NICE
CARS AND HOUSES AND MORE
MEMBER. YOUR MONEY, YOUR
TAXPAYER MONEY IN A BRAND-NEW
NBC NEWS INVESTIGATION. PLUS
PANIC IN SHANGHAI STORE
SHELVES EMPTYING OUT AS CHINA
ANNOUNCES ITS BIGGEST LOCKDOWN
IN 2 YEARS. WE'VE GOT THAT
REPORT. BUT AFTER THE BREAK.
♪
>> YOUR HEALTH IMPORTANT TO
YOU, RIGHT. BUT A NEW NBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION FINDS IT MAY NOT
BE AS IMPORTANT TO THE PLACE
YOU GO FOR CARE. WE'RE GOING
TO EXPLAIN IN TONIGHTS
ORIGINAL AND JUST A BIT. BUT
FIRST, CHINA'S BIGGEST COVID
LOCKDOWN IN 2 YEARS IS
HAPPENING NOW IN SHANGHAI AND
BOY, IS IT LOOKING A LOT LIKE
TWENTY-TWENTY AGAIN WHEN THE
VIRUS FIRST BROKE OUT HERE IN
THE U.S. THERE WERE FIGHTS IN
THE GROCERY STORES OVER TOILET
PAPER MEMBER THAT NOW STORES
IN SHANGHAI ARE PACKED WITH
PANICKED, SHOPPERS AND EMPTY
SHELVES. BECAUSE CHINA 0 COVID
POLICY HAS LEADERS LOCKING
DOWN THE CITY HAS ITS DEALING
WITH THE BIGGEST OUTBREAK
THERE SINCE THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC.
>> LOCKING DOWN A CITY OF
26 MILLION PEOPLE. THAT'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS BIG HUB
FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, FOR
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. JANIS
MACKEY FRAYER IS IN BEIJING
FOR US TONIGHT FOLLOWING WHAT
THIS ALL MEANS.
>> ALI, THIS SNAP BLOCKED OUT
OF SHANGHAI. CHINA'S BIGGEST
CITY IS MEANT TO CONTAIN AN
OUTBREAK OF THE VARIANT KNOWN
AS STEALTH OMICRON. THESE ARE
MOSTLY ASYMPTOMATIC CASES. BUT
OFFICIALS ARE NOW ROLLING OUT
THE MOST EXTENSIVE COVID
LOCKDOWN WE'VE SEEN HERE YET
AND THIS IS SHOT HIGH. IT SAID
THE CITY'S FINANCIAL HEART.
IT'S ARGUABLY THE COUNTRY'S
MOST COSMOPOLITAN CITY AND
IT'S BEING DIVIDED FOR THIS TO
PHASE LOCKDOWN. THE EASTERN
PART OF THE CITY WILL UNDERGO
MASS TESTING. AND LATER IN THE
WEEK, THE WESTERN PART OF THE
CITY WILL HAVE MESS TESTING AS
WELL. AND IN THE MEANTIME,
NOTHING'S MOVING PUBLIC
TRANSIT HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN
BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CLOSED
HIGHWAYS AND TUNNELS HAVE
LIMITED TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE ARE
BEING TOLD TO STAY AT HOME AND
IN SOME CASES THEY'RE NOT
BEING GIVEN THE CHOICE BECAUSE
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE HAVE
BEEN A CONFIRMED CASE HAVE
BEEN BLOCKED OFF WITH METAL
AND THIS IS SPARKING A DEGREE
OF PANIC BUY. WE'VE SEEN
VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA HERE
SHOWING NOT ONLY LONG LINEUPS
AT SUPERMARKETS BUT PEOPLE
FIGHTING OVER FOOD. THESE
CHAOTIC SCENES WHERE STORE
SHELVES HAVE BEEN STRIPPED
BARE. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 INDOOR
STADIUMS AND EXHIBITION CENTRE
THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO
MASS ISOLATION FACILITIES FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC OR
WHO HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS AND
THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH BEING
SPARKED THERE WITH HAVING
THOUSANDS OF SLIGHTLY SICK
PEOPLE IN THE SAME PLACE AT
THE SAME TIME. AT WHAT WE TALK
ABOUT THE CASE NUMBERS
HALEIGH. IT'S A HUGE NUMBER
WHEN COMPARED TO THE REST OF
THE WORLD, NOT IN SHANGHAI OR
ANY OTHER PART OF CHINA FOR
THAT MATTER. BUT THIS IS A 0
COVID COUNTRY. THE SAME TOOLS
HAVE BEEN USED SINCE THE EARLY
DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC. WE'RE 2
YEARS INTO IT NOW AND PEOPLE
ARE WEARY OF THESE ON
SATURDAY. OFFICIALS IN
SHANGHAI DENIED THAT THERE WAS
GOING TO BE A LOCKDOWN. THEY
EVEN PUNISH PEOPLE FOR, QUOTE,
SPREADING RUMORS AND THEN
ANNOUNCED THIS TO PHASE PLAN
ON SUNDAY AND IT'S IMPACTING
MILLIONS OF LIVES. IT'S GOING
TO IMPACT THE ECONOMY WITH
MANUFACTURING SHIPPING
EVERYTHING AFFECTED IN THE
COMING DAYS AND WITH MASS
TESTING THERE'S THE
EXPECTATION THAT THE CASE
NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO EVEN
HIGHER, WHICH IS SPARKING SOME
CONCERNS THAT WILL BE EVEN
WIDER MEASURES TO STICK TO
THIS 0 COVID POLICY THAT MANY
ARGUE JUST ISN'T SUSTAINABLE
ANYMORE. HALEIGH.
>> OUR THANKS TO JANIS MACKEY
FRAYER FOR THAT AMERICAN
COMPANIES, BY THE WAY, ARE
ALREADY FEELING THE EFFECT OF
THIS LOCKDOWN. TESLA HAS A
SHANGHAI FACTORY AND THAT IS
SHUTTING DOWN NOW FOR 4 DAYS.
THIS IS A FACTORY RESPONSIBLE
FOR HALF OF TESLA'S GLOBAL
PRODUCTION BASICALLY HALF OF
WHAT TECH SPLIT TESLA MAKES
AND THEN SELLS LAST YEAR. NOW
TO ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE STORY
HERE AT NBC NEWS PROSECUTORS
CALLING IT THE LARGEST FRAUD
IN A GENERATION RIGHT MONEY
THAT WAS MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE
DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE COVID
RELIEF PLAN KNOWN AS PPP.
INSTEAD.
>> USED FOR SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT. NOT HELP FROM
COVID, NOT RELIEF FROM THE
VIRUS. BUT FOR REALLY NICE
CARS, TESLA S LAMBO'S LUXURY
VACATIONS.
>> A WHOLE LOT MORE. THIS IS
ON TOP OF THE HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
STOLEN FROM THE COVID
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF PROGRAM,
WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
PPP.
>> KEN DILANIAN IS JOINING ME
NOW ON THIS STORY THEY CAN.
THIS IS SO AND UPSETTING FOR
PEOPLE BECAUSE, AGAIN, I HAVE
TO IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS AND
YOU LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY AND
YOU PAY TAXES, RIGHT. IF YOURS
IT. THIS IS YOUR MONEY. BUT
THIS IS YOUR ACTUAL MONEY.
80 BILLION DOLLARS. YEAH. THAT
THE GOVERNMENT HANDED OUT FOR
COVID RELIEF. YOU'RE FINDING
WAS NOT ACTUALLY USED FOR
COVID RELIEF. IT WAS FOR SWAT.
>> AND IT WAS AS EASY AS
FILLING OUT A FORM. THAT'S HOW
EASY IT WAS. STILL THIS MONEY
AND PEOPLE JUST LIED ON THE
FORMS A LOT IN THE FORM THEY
CREATED FAKE COMPANIES IN
GHOST EMPLOYEES AND NOBODY
CHECKED WHITE OUT BECAUSE THEY
WANT DATE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BELIEVE THAT
THEY HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN
SECURITY AND SPEED. THEY
COULDN'T HAVE BOTH AND THEY
NEEDED TO GET THE MONEY OUT.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT WAS A
FALSE CHOICE. WE'RE ALL PAYING
THE PRICE FOR. I STOOD IN
FRONT OF A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME
IN THE MIDDLE OF MIAMI. BUT A
COUPLE CLAIMED WAS A FARM AND
THEY HAD A MILLION DOLLARS.
HAD ANYONE JUST FATHER TO
DRIVE OUT THERE. THEY HAVE
SEEN THAT IT WASN'T A FARM
MULTIPLY THAT TIMES A 1000 AND
PEOPLE STILL REAL MONEY.
THERE'S A SOFTWARE ENGINEER
AND SOME PEOPLE WERE CAREER
CRIMINALS. OTHERS WERE JUST
REGULAR MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS WHO
GOT LURED BY THE EASY MONEY.
THERE'S A SOFTWARE ENGINEER
WHO WORKED A FEW MILES FROM
HERE ACCUSED OF STEALING
17 MILLION DOLLARS AND HE
BOUGHT A TESLA LIKE LIKE SAID,
A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT
LAMBORGHINIS FERRARIS MAN.
IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING IS THE
GOVERNMENT ESSENTIALLY HAD
THIS CHOICE. YOU CALLED A
FALSE CHOICE, BUT BASICALLY
WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS HORRIFIC
PANDEMIC. WE'VE GOT PUMP MONEY
TO THE PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE, BY
THE WAY.
>> DESPERATELY NEEDED THIS
MONEY. FOR SOME PEOPLE. THIS
WAS LITERALLY LIFE SAVING
MONEY, RIGHT. BUT THEN FOR
THESE I MEAN, CAN WE CALL THEM
CRIMINALS WE KEN, IF THEY'VE
BEEN ONCE THEY'VE BEEN
CONVICTED HOW DOES THAT
PROCESS GO WITH PEOPLE BEEN
CHARGED IN THIS. SO THIS IS
THE SAD THING, RIGHT. THE
GOVERNMENT HAS SECURED A 178
CONVICTIONS. SO FAR. IN AN
EPIC WAVE OF CRIMINALITY. WHAT
ONE PROSECUTOR ADMITTED TO US.
CANDIDLY WHEN FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR THAT MOST OF THE
PEOPLE WHO DID THIS WILL GET
AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THERE
AREN'T ENOUGH FBI AGENTS IN
THE COUNTRY TO GO AFTER ALL
THIS. THEY HAVE OPPRESSION OF
THE REALLY ONLY GOING AFTER
THE BIG FISH. THE PEOPLE WHO
STOLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
THEY'VE GOT SOME BIG PRISON
SENTENCES. THERE IS THIS A
CALIFORNIA COUPLE WHO SOLD
20 MILLION DOLLARS. IF YOU
REMEMBER, THEY FLED, THEY HAVE
SCOTT THEY LEFT THEIR CHILDREN
WENT OVERSEAS AFTER THEY'RE
CONVICTED. THEY WERE
EVENTUALLY CAUGHT. HE GOT 17
YEARS. SHE GOT 6 YEARS.
>> BUT THESE ARE THE POSTER
CHILDREN, THE EXCEPTIONS. MANY
OF THE REGULAR FOLKS WHO DID
THIS WILL GET AWAY WITH IT.
AND WHAT'S NEW THAT YOU'RE
FINDING OUT NOW TONIGHT THAT
YOU'RE REPORTING ON IS THE
SCOPE OF THIS. RIGHT. AND THE
IDEA THAT.
>> AS I KNOW SOME EXPERTS ARE
TELLING YOU THIS IS THE
BIGGEST FRAUD IN A GENERATION.
YEAH. IT'S THIS IS SORT OF
BEEN UNFOLDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
IS A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING
ON. THERE'S A WAR, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
STORY THAT I FEEL LIKE HAS NOT
GOTTEN THE ATTENTION. IT
DESERVES.
>> AND YOU KNOW, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A LOT
TO TIGHTEN THINGS UP ON THEIR
WATCH. BUT YOU KNOW FOR
SECURITY FOR VIEW NEED. OK,
BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S
THIS WHOLE OTHER FRAUD WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT AND THAT THAT
COULD BE AS HIGH AS
400 BILLION AND A LOT OF THAT
MONEY HALEIGH WENT OVERSEAS,
CRIMINAL GROUPS IN NIGERIA AND
RUSSIA. AND THAT'S GONE
FOREVER. IT'S ON RECOVERABLE
AND THE NEED TO BE SOME
ACCOUNTABILITY, FRANKLY, AND
SOME LESSONS LEARNED SO THAT
THIS NEVER.
>> HAPPENS AGAIN. ARE THERE
LESSONS LEARNED THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO. ARE
THEY LEARNING THAT THERE ARE
LESSONS FROM THIS. ONE OF THE
THINGS EXPERTS TOLD US, LOOK.
>> COME COMPANIES LIKE AMAZON.
THEY THEY DEAL WITH SPEED AND
SECURITY EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW,
WE BUY STUFF ONLINE. WE KNOW
LIKE IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO
HAVE THOSE. EXACTLY. AND THERE
WAS THIS DECISION MADE HERE BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
FRANKLY TO SHOVEL THE MONEY
OUT THE DOOR TO THESE 3RD
PARTY LENDERS WHO WERE TOLD
BASICALLY DON'T TRY TO VERIFY
BECAUSE JUST GIVEN THE MONEY.
AGAIN, A TIME OF URGENT NEED
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY. YES, FOR THESE THESE
FOLKS THOUGH, THE LAMBEAU AN
URGENT NEED. I DON'T KNOW FOR
A MANSION. TOUGH. TOUGH TO
MAKE THAT CASE. CAN DELAY. I'M
JUST SPEAKING SPEAKING THE
TRUTH. YOU KNOW, DEMAND SO AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HOW
APPRECIATIVE GLAD TO HAVE YOU
ON.
>> WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS
STORY AND THE REST OF GUNS
REPORTING ON NIGHTLY NEWS ALL
WEEK LONG. WANT TO BRING OUT
TONIGHT'S ORIGINAL RIGHT HERE
WITH IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON A
TOPIC THAT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING
THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO GO
TO EMERGENCY ROOMS IS ON THE
RISE. AND YOU KNOW, THOSE
VISITS ARE NOT CHEAP. ONE
STUDY FROM 2017 FOUND THE
COST. ALL OF 76 BILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR. AND WITH BIG
PROFITS LIKE THAT ON THE
TABLE. AN NBC NEWS
INVESTIGATION FINDS PRIVATE
EQUITY FIRMS ARE INCREASINGLY
GETTING INVOLVED. MORE AND
MORE. THESE ARE FIRMS THAT
BASICALLY INVEST IN BUSINESSES
WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING MORE
MONEY GENERATING BIG RETURNS
ON RELATIVELY PRETTY SHORT
TIMELINES. CRITICS SAY
SOMETIMES AT THE EXPENSE OF
PATIENTS AS MORE THEM GET INTO
HEALTH CARE. SOME SAY THEY'RE
PUTTING PROFITS AHEAD OF
PEOPLE. VICKY WHEN HAS THE
STORY.
>> DOCTOR RABER VAN HAS
DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVICE
AS AN ARMY SURGEON AND
EMERGENCY ROOM TO THE POLLS TO
PROTECT PATIENTS TO THE BEST
THEY COULD AFTER HE LEFT THE
ARMY. BREE VAN TOOK A JOB AS
MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE ER AT
OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER IN KANSAS. IT WAS 2012
AND SOON AFTER HE BEGAN
RAISING CONCERNS. I FELT THAT
THEY WERE PRIORITIZING METRICS
OF THE QUALITY CARE HE SAYS BY
2014 STAFF WAS STRETCHED THIN
WHEN AN EXPANSION PROJECT
DOUBLED THE HOSPITAL'S
CAPACITY AND THE PRIVATE
EQUITY-BACKED FIRM IN CHARGE
OF HANDLING STAFF REFUSED TO
ADD MORE DOCTORS. IT'S A
GROWING COMPLAINT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. DOCTORS AND NURSES
CONCERN PROFITS ARE PUT AHEAD
OF PATIENTS AS MORE PRIVATE
EQUITY FIRMS TAKE OVER HEALTH
CARE GROUPS TODAY IT'S
ESTIMATED OVER 40% OF THE
NATION'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
ARE OVERSEEN BY FOR-PROFIT
STAFFING COMPANIES. ALL OF
THEM OWNED BY PRIVATE EQUITY.
THESE WALL STREET FIRMS LOOK
FOR A RETURN ON THEIR
INVESTMENTS ON A SHORTER TIME
LINE.
>> AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS
TELL US THE LARGEST PROFITS
ARE OFTEN IN THE ER. HOW DOES
THAT AFFECT PATIENTS SAFETY.
>> WHAT I CAN. I WAS CONCERNED
WITH IS HAVING ADEQUATE TIME
TO DO THE JOB PROPERLY AS OUR
VOLUMES THROUGH AND THE
POPULARITY OF OUR YARD GREW
AND ARE RESPONSIBLE TO SCREW
IT BECAME CLEAR TO US THAT MY
POSITIONS ARE BEING ASKED IN
PLACES AT ONCE. SAYS THAT
WASN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM HE
SAYS DOCTORS AND NURSES WERE
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE METRICS BY
ADMITTING MORE PATIENTS
WITHOUT ADEQUATE EXAM. TIME OR
BED SPACE.
>> YOU WANT YOUR DOCTOR TO BE
THE ADVOCATE FOR E AND IS THEY
HAVE THIS BUSINESS INTERESTS
OVER THEIR SHOULDER IT. THEY
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE
BEST DECISION DOCTOR ROBERT
MCNAMARA IS THE CHAIR OF
EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY. HE'S ALSO THE
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF A
GROUP REPRESENTING ABOUT 8,000
EMERGENCY DOCTORS NATIONWIDE.
DO YOU THINK PRIVATE EQUITY
FIRMS SHOULD BE IN THE
BUSINESS OF MEDICINE.
CERTAINLY NOT AN EMERGENCY
MEDICINE YOU'RE JUST HAVING
PEOPLE THAT ARE SEEKING TO
MAKE A SIGNIFICANT PROFIT.
ALSO, HEALTH CARE. THERE ARE
LAWS ON THE BOOKS TO PREVENT
THE CORPORATE PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE. ARE THEY NOT BEING
ENFORCED. NO, THEY'RE NOT
BEING ENFORCED. MCNAMARA SAYS
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL RARELY
PROSECUTE THESE TYPES OF CASES
AND DOCTORS OFTEN DON'T SPEAK
UP FOR FEAR OF LOSING THEIR
JOBS AND THESE BILLION DOLLAR
COMPANIES THAT FUNDING YOUR
FUNDING WALL STREET RABER
AVANT WAS ULTIMATELY FIRED IN
2017 AFTER RAISING HIS
CONCERNS BY THEN, THE COMPANY
THAT CONTROLLED HIS UNIT
STAFFING WAS NO LONGER OWNED
BY PRIVATE EQUITY. BUT BY A
FOR-PROFIT PUBLICLY TRADED
COMPANY IN 2017, HE FILED A
WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE STAFFING COMPANIES
SUBSIDIARIES.
>> HIS FORMER HOSPITAL WAS NOT
NAMED IN THE SUIT AND THE
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM DID NOT
RESPOND TO NBC NEWS A YEAR
LATER, THE COMPANY WAS BACK IN
THE HANDS OF ANOTHER PRIVATE
EQUITY FIRM. VAN WAS
EVENTUALLY AWARDED 26 MILLION
DOLLARS HAD TO BE THE GUIDANCE
AT THAT AND SAY THIS IS IS A
PRINCIPLE BEHIND. WHY THIS IN
A STATEMENT. NBC NEWS, THE
STAFFING COMPANY AND VISION
HEALTH CARE WHOSE UNIT
EMPLOYED BREE VAN AND
CONTINUES TO BE PRIVATE.
EQUITY OWN SAYS IN PART AND
VISION IS COMPLIANT WITH STATE
LAWS AND OPERATES WITH HIGH
ETHICAL STANDARDS THAT PUT
PATIENTS HEALTH AND SAFETY
FIRST, THE CONCERN RAISED BY
DOCTOR PROVIDE WAS RELATED TO
A HOSPITAL POLICY, NOT
ENVISION POLICY AND PREDATES
ENVISIONS CURRENT LEADERSHIP
TEAM. I WANT THE SYSTEM TO
CHANGE. I WANT PEOPLE TO
BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN
EFFECTIVELY CHANGE THE SYSTEM
EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS ENORMOUS.
>> WITH US NAVIGATE SUCH AN
IMPORTANT LOOK AT THIS ISSUE
AND YOU REFERENCE IT IN THE
STORY THERE THAT THERE ARE
LAWS AGAINST THIS 30 STATES
HAVE LAWS AGAINST WHAT'S KNOWN
AS THE CORPORATE PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW,
STOP THESE FOR-PROFIT
COMPANIES RUNNING MEDICAL
CARE. SO IF YOU'RE A PATIENT,
THE HOSPITAL, ARE YOU SUPPOSED
TO DO. RIGHT. WHAT SHOULD YOU
ASK YOUR PROVIDER. WHAT SHOULD
YOU DO IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT
THE LEVEL OF MEDICAL CARE THAT
YOU'RE GETTING.
>> HOW WE DON'T BE AFRAID TO
ASK YOUR DOCTOR QUESTIONS LIKE
WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? ARE YOU
OWNED BY A PRIVATE EQUITY
FIRM. ARE OWNED BY A PHYSICIAN
GROUP. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY
IN KNOWING WHO IS IN CHARGE
NOW, IF YOU ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE QUALITY OF YOUR CARE
OR MAYBE THE CARE OF A FAMILY
MEMBER OR LOVED ONE ABSOLUTELY
REPORT THAT TO YOUR HOSPITAL,
YOUR HOSPITAL BOARD AS WELL.
AS YOUR LOCAL LAWMAKERS AND
HOW HE THERE MAY BE SOME
CHANGES COMING IN CALIFORNIA
LAWMAKERS INTRODUCED A BILL
THERE THAT WOULD IN PART
REQUIRE MEDICAL FACILITIES TO
GET CONSENT FROM THE MEDICAL
STAFF WHEN THEY'RE MAKING
POLICY. SO THE IDEA IS
INCREASING COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
CHARGE AND THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY
PROVIDING THAT FRONT LINE CARE
AND HOPEFULLY PATIENT CARE
GOES UP.
>> HALLE VICKY WYNN WERE SO
GOOD TO HAVE YOU. AND THIS
INVESTIGATION WITH US HERE ON
THE SHOW TONIGHT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU NBC NEWS COVERS
HUNDREDS OF STORIES EVERY DAY
AND BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T
POSSIBLY READ OR WATCH OR
LISTEN TO THEM ALL OUR BUREAU
TEAMS HAVE DONE IT FOR YOU.
THIS IS WHAT THEY TELL US IS
GOING DOWN IN THEIR REGIONS IN
A SEGMENT WE CALL THE LOCAL
FROM OUR WEST COAST BUREAU,
GROCERY WORKERS IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA HAVE VOTED TO
AUTHORIZE A STRIKE AGAINST
SOME BIG SUPERMARKET CHANGE
CHAINS, RATHER. WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT 47 7,000 PEOPLE WHO
COULD WALK OFF THE JOB PLACES
LIKE BONDS CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS ARE SUPPOSED PICK
BACK UP AGAIN THIS WEEK. THE
UNION SAYS IT WILL DECIDE ON
NEXT STEPS OF BARGAINING
BREAKS DOWN AGAIN FROM
NORTHEAST NEW YORK CITY MAYOR
ERIC ADAMS IS REPORTEDLY
LOOKING AT A NEW WAY TO CRACK
DOWN ON CRIME. HIS TEAM IS
APPARENTLY IN TALKS WITH
MAKERS OF DRONES TO TRY TO GET
THAT CHECKED. THE NYPD ARE
SUPPOSED TO PREVENT CRIMES
WITH FEATURES LIKE FLASHING
LIGHTS AND VOICE WARNING. ALSO
FROM OUR NORTHEAST KYREE
IRVING IS BACK AT BARCLAYS IN
BROOKLYN. THE NBA STAR PLAYED
HIS FIRST HOME GAME OF THE
SEASON LAST NIGHT. HIS FIRST
TIME ON THAT BOARD AND NEARLY
10 MONTHS IRVING REMEMBER IS
NOT VACCINATED AND WAS NOT
ALLOWED TO PLAY UNDER NEW
YORK'S MANDATE FOR ATHLETES
THAT HAS NOW BEEN LIFTED. NOW,
>> THAT DOES IT FOR US THIS
HOUR. BUSY ONE. WE'LL HAVE
MORE HERE TOMORROW. SAME TIME,
SAME PLACE ON THIS SHOW RIGHT
HERE ON NBC NEWS NOW SEEING A
BIG BANG. THANKS.
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