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I’M TOM LLAMAS IN NEW YORK. STAY RIGHT THERE. MORE NEWS ON THE WAY. >>> I’M ELLISON BARBER IN FOR >>> I’M ELLISON BARBER IN FOR GADI SCHWARTZ, AND THIS IS STAY TUNED NOW. WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST IN SOUTHERN GAZA WHERE CONDITIONS SEEM TO BE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE BY THE MINUTE. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE SETTING OFF A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN THE ENCLAVE, AND APPEARING TO MAKE THE ENTIRE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ALL THE WORSE. IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO GET SUPPLIES INTO GAZA’S LARGEST CITY IN SOUTHERN GAZA. BUT ISRAEL

SAYS IT WILL OPEN ANOTHER CROSSING TOMORROW, A DECISION THEY SAY WILL DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF AID BEING SENT INTO GAZA. RIGHT NOW MOST OF THE AID IS COMING IN FROM THE CROSSING ON EGYPT’S BORDER, THE RAFAH CROSSING. WHILE THIS MIGHT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE AID SITUATION THERE, GAZA’S MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS THERE’S STILL HUNDREDS OF DISPLACED PALESTINIANS SLEEPING ON HOSPITAL FLOORS. A FIELD HOSPITAL IS BEING PREPARED IN RAFAH TO HELP WITH THE DETERIORATING MEDICAL SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE STRIP. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS HUMANITARIAN ZONES ARE SHRINKING AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE PUSHED SOUTH. NEARLY 2 MILLION PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN DISPLACED INSIDE OF GAZA SINCE THE START OF THE WAR. >> WE ARE IN THE WINTER, SO IMAGINE WE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING. WE DON’T

HAVE MEDICINE. OLD PEOPLE, CHILDREN HAVE NO SHELTERS. >> THE ONGOING WAR IS DRAWING STRONG REACTIONS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK AND EAST JERUSALEM WHERE TODAY STORES, BUSINESSES, AND SCHOOLS CLOSED IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. MEANWHILE, ISRAEL RELEASED THE NAMES OF 20 HOSTAGES, ALL OF WHOM THEY BELIEVE ARE DEAD. ISRAEL SAYS THEY ARE AMONG THE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WHO REMAIN CAPTIVE BY HAMAS. THEIR BODIES, THEY SAY, REMAINING IN GAZA.

RETIRED U.S. ARMY LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL DAVIS IS A SENIOR FELLOW AT DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND HOST OF THE DANIEL DAVIS DEEP DIVE ON YOUTUBE, AND HE’S JOINING US NOW. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. LET’S START WITH THE HEADLINES WE’VE SEEN TODAY COMING OUT OF ISRAEL. THE DEFENSE MINISTER THERE SAYING TODAY THAT ISRAEL DOES NOT PLAN TO PERMANENTLY STAY INSIDE OF GAZA. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS ALSO EXPRESSED THIS IN THE PAST, BUT NOT GIVING A TIMELINE ON HOW LONG ISRAEL MIGHT REMAIN IN THAT AREA. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS.

>> ISRAEL WILL TAKE ANY MEASURES IN ORDER TO DESTROY HAMAS. BUT WE HAVE NO INTENTION TO STAY PERMANENTLY IN GAZA STRIP. >> WE DON’T SEEK TO GOVERN GAZA OR OCCUPY IT, BUT WE SEEK TO GIVE IT AND US A BETTER FUTURE, THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST. AND THAT REQUIRES DEFEATING HAMAS. I SET GOALS, I DIDN’T SET A TIMETABLE BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE MORE TIME. >> THIS LACK OF A TIMETABLE HAS RAISED SOME EYEBROWS FOR SOME PEOPLE. THEY LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND SAY OKAY, THINK BACK TO 2005. THAT’S WHEN ISRAEL HAD MILITARY FORCES INSIDE OF GAZA.

THERE WERE ALSO ISRAELI SETTLERS INSIDE GAZA. THE PRIME MINISTER AT THE TIME DECIDED TO PULL EVERYONE OUT. THEY, IN ISRAEL’S VIEW, COMPLETELY LEFT THE GAZA STRIP, THOUGH PALESTINIANS WOULD SAY YOU NEVER REALLY LEFT. YOU CREATED A BORDER AND SURROUNDED US IN WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS AN OPEN AIR PRISON. SO WHAT’S THE MESSAGE FOR THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD? WHY ARE ISRAELI OFFICIALS SO HESITANT TO GIVE A CLEAR TIMETABLE FOR WHAT THINGS MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF THEY’RE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PRIMARY GOAL OF RIDDING THE GAZA STRIP OF HAMAS? >> WELL, I THINK THE MESSAGE, CERTAINLY BEING RECEIVED

BY THE PALESTINIAN SIDE, IS THERE’S NO PROMISE OF ANY KIND OF SELF-GOVERNANCE. THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION, I DON’T THINK THAT’S EVEN ON THE TABLE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MANY YEARS BEFORE ISRAEL WOULD COME CLOSE TO SAYING YES, WE’RE GOING TO LEAVE AND NOT OCCUPY THE GAZA STRIP. ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO THEY SAID HAMAS CAN’T GOVERN AND THAT MEANS A GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE FORMED AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO WILL GET TO DECIDE WHAT THEY HAVE. WILL ISRAEL JUST LET THE PEOPLE CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES? WILL THEY DICTATE SOMETHING? WILL

THE PALESTINIANS FOLLOW SOMETHING THAT’S APPOINTED BY ISRAEL? THIS IS A LONG TERM PROBLEM HERE, AND THERE’S NO TIME SCHEDULE MEANING ISRAEL CAN’T BE HELD TO ANY STANDARDS. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF REPORTING AND TALK ABOUT DISCUSSIONS THAT THE U.S. PRESIDENT MAY BE HAVING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH NETANYAHU AND TRYING TO PRESS HIM TO BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN WAY WHILE PUBLICLY MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTS ISRAEL IN TEMPERATURES OF DIPLOMACY AS WELL AS JUST THEIR

MILITARY OPERATIONS HERE, BUT WHAT WOULD THE IMPLICATIONS BE FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL IF ISRAELI FORCES DO NOT LEAVE GAZA WHEN THIS IS OVER WHEN THE U.S. SO PUBLICLY SAYS THEY DO SUPPORT A TWO-STATE SOLUTION? >> THAT’S REALLY GOING TO COME DOWN TO LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WE KEEP SAYING PUBLIC THAT YES, WE BELIEVE IN A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. WE WANT THE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR OWN FUTURE AND THEIR OWN HOPE. WE UNDERSTAND ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT ISRAEL DESERVES TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM THE TERRORIST ATTACK. ALL THOSE THINGS

ARE TRUE. BUT IF THEY’RE NOT FOLLOWED WITH ACTIONS, THEN IT STARTS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE UNITED STATES TO BE HONEST. BECAUSE IF ISRAEL SAYS WE’RE GOING TO BE CAREFUL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AND THE U.S. SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL IN THE SOUTHERN HALF. BUT IF THE ACTIONS DON’T FOLLOW, IF ISRAEL ISN’T MORE CAREFUL, AND THE CASUALTIES CONTINUE TO SPIKE, THEN OUR CREDIBILITY COMES ON THE LINE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO SAY AND KEEP GIVING ISRAEL WHAT THEY WANT. THAT UNDERCUTS OUR ABILITY TO HOLD OTHER PEOPLE

ACCOUNTABLE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD IF WE CAN’T HAVE OUR ALLY DO WHAT WE SAY, AND THAT WILL BE A PROBABLE FOR THE UNITED STATES GOING FORWARD AND SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT HAS TO ADDRESS. >> VERY QUICKLY, DO YOU THINK THAT HAS ALREADY BECOME A PROBLEM FOR THE UNITED STATES? >> WELL, IT HAS ALREADY. AND OUR, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO PROTECT ISRAEL IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL WILL WE VETOED THE CEASEFIRE NOMINATION, THAT GOT IRE FROM EVEN OUR ALLIES. FRANCE WAS PUBLICLY UPSET. CERTAINLY THOSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE OTHER ARAB ALLIES ARE UNHAPPY WITH THAT.

THAT’S AGAIN ERODING OUR CREDIBILITY, AND IT’S NOT MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION I’VE GOT TO SAY. >> ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU TIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANIEL DAVIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND INSIGHTS. >>> MASSIVE CLEAN UPS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE SOUTH AFTER TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH COMMUNITIES THERE THIS WEEKEND. TORNADOES KILLED SIX PEOPLE IN TENNESSEE, INCLUDING A CHILD. IT LEFT DOZENS MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE SCENES ARE DEVASTATING. HOUSES LEVELED, ROOFS RIPPED OFF, MOBILE HOMES FLIPPED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, AND CARS FLUNG ACROSS STREETS. FAMILIES ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES AND

NEIGHBORS AS THEY TRY TO PICK UP THE PIECES OF THEIR LIVES LEFT BEHIND. HERE’S SOME OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE STORM. >> I SAW THE TORNADO LAST MINUTE. OH MY GOSH. EVERYTHING’S GONE. >> I WAS TRYING TO GO IN THE CLOSET WHEN I GOT THAT ALERT. I JUST REMEMBER OPENING THE CLOSET DOOR, AND JUST TURNING AROUND. THE WIND JUST TOOK ME. I JUST REMEMBER WAKING UP ON THIS SIDE OF MY HOUSE. YOU DON’T WANT TO IMAGINE. I WOULDN’T WISH THIS ON ANYBODY. IT’S KIND OF HORRIBLE. BUT I’M JUST GLAD WE

WERE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM IT. BECAUSE LOOKING AT THIS HERE, YOU’D BE LIKE HOW DID Y’ALL YOU’D BE LIKE HOW DID Y’ALL GET OUT OF IT? >> YEAH, IT’S JUST HEARTBREAKING. VERY, VERY HEARTBREAKING. >> HE WAS 31 YEARS OLD. HE GOT A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY. THAT’S THE OTHER REASON I DIDN’T SLEEP LAST NIGHT TOO. I’M THANKFUL THAT WE’RE ALL ALIVE, BUT HE LOST HIS LIFE LAST NIGHT. THAT’S WHAT HURT MRS. THAN ANYTHING. ALL THIS MATERIAL STUFF CAN BE REPLACED. BUT MY FRIEND CAN’T. >> AND TONIGHT TENNESSEE IS STILL UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH 20,000

PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT BLAYNE ALEX ANDERED HAS MORE. >> Reporter: HERE IN CLARKSVILLE, JUST AN HOUR OUTSIDE OF NASHVILLE, OFFICIALS SAY BOTH HERE AND ACROSS THE STORM’S PATH, THERE ARE SO MANY STRUCTURES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS ONE. EITHER BARELY STANDING OR NEEDING TO BE DEMOLISHES. IN FACT, HUNDREDS WERE IMPACTED FROM MINOR DAMAGE ALL THE WAY TO BEING TOTALLY DESTROYED. THIS HOME REALLY TELLS OF STORY OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN ACROSS THE REGION. YOU LOOK AND SEE DEVASTATION LIKE THIS. THERE ARE HOMES JUST NEXT DOOR THAT DON’T EVEN EXIST ANYMORE, KNOCKED OFF THE FOUNDATION. ACROSS

THE STREET, THOUGH, THERE ARE SOME BARELY TOUCHED. IT SPEAKS TO THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF THE STORM. AND WHILE YOU SEE SCENES LIKE THIS ON A GRAND SCALE, YOU ALSO SEE SMALL DETAILS LIKE THIS. SMALL BELONGINGS PULLED OUT OF THE HOUSE LIKE CHILDREN’S TOY. I WAS EVEN HERE WHEN A WOMAN’S HIGH SCHOOL ARTWORK WAS PULLED OUT. SHE FOUND A SUITCASE. DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AS PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THE RUBBLE AND TRYING TO SALVAGE THINGS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM. CERTAINLY, AS WE’RE SEEING SCENES LIKE THIS, WE’RE ALSO HEARING THE STORIES. THE ESCAPE STORIES. I

SPOKE WITH ONE GENTLEMAN ON THE STREET WHO WAS OUTSIDE WHILE HIS THREE CHILDREN INSIDE WATCHING TV. HE DECIDED RATHER THAN RIDING IT OUT INSIDE, HE’D PUT THEM IN A CAR AND OUTRUN THE STORM. THEY MADE IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE SIX DEATHS ACROSS THE STORM ZONE, AND DOZENS MORE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NOW, OF COURSE, THE RECOVERY IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY. WE’VE SEEN VOLUNTEERS BEHIND US, PEOPLE COMING AND GOING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE START THE LONG PROCESS OF REBUILDING. ON TOP OF THAT, POWER, ELECTRICITY. THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS IN THE AREA WITHOUT

ELECTRICITY TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES ARE SET TO DIP INTO THE 20s. IT’S A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK AS PEOPLE START THE RECOVERY EFFORT IN TENNESSEE. >> BLAYNE ALEXANDER, THANK YOU. >>> IT’S NOT JUST THE SOUTH GETTING SLAMMED BY STORMS. THE SAME STORM THAT WREAKED HAVOC IN TENNESSEE ALSO BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND WIND TO THE NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND. AREAS LIKE NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT SAW UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN, SOME STILL COMING DOWN TODAY. THE BAD WEATHER LEAVING THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS DELAYED OR CANCELED. FORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE WEATHER ALERTS THAT WERE IN PLACE EARLIER FOR THE

NORTHEAST HAVE NOW BEEN CLEARED. NBC NEWS METEOROLOGIST BILL KARINS IS HERE TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT MOVING FORWARD. >> GOOD EVENING, ELLISON. WHAT A TRAGEDY IT WAS WITH ALL THE TORNADOES. 32 IN ALL. OF COURSE, THE SIX FATALITIES. THE WORST THING ABOUT TORNADOES IS ONE HOUR THE HOUSE AND COMMUNITY IS FINE, THEN THE STORM COMES THROUGH AND IT TAKES MONTH, IN SOME CASES YEARS TO BE THE SAME. SO LET’S KIND OF SUM UP WHERE WE ARE WITH TORNADO SEASON. WE HAVEN’T HAD MANY RECENTLY, BUT FOR THE YEAR, THE AVERAGE TORNADO COUNT YEAR TO DATE

IS ABOUT 1368. WE’RE A LITTLE ABOVE THAT. IT’S BEEN A VERY AVERAGE TORNADO YEAR, THOUGH. AS FAR AS TORNADO DEATHS GO, WE’RE UP TO 83 THIS YEAR. THAT’S ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS MANY AS LAST YEAR. BUT THAT’S ALMOST A LITTLE MISLEADING BECAUSE THE TWO YEARS BEFORE THAT WERE ACTUALLY PRETTY HIGH AND ABOVE AVERAGE. NORMALLY WE AVERAGE AROUND 71 FATALITIES, BUT GOING BACK TO 2017, 2018, 2019, THE NUMBERS WERE REALLY LOW. SO AGAIN, IF YOU AVERAGE THIS ALL OUT, IT’S JUST BEEN A TYPICAL, AVERAGE TORNADO SEASON. BUT WE’D ALL LOVE IT TO BE BELOW AVERAGE AND

NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH WHAT OUR FRIENDS IN TENNESSEE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. SO THE STORM IS GONE. WE’LL SEE WARM TEMPERATURES, AND THAT WILL BE THE THEME, POSSIBLY THROUGH THE NEW YEAR. THERE’S NO END IN SIGHT TO THE WARMTH. NASHVILLE 57, LITTLE ROCK 60 TOMORROW. THEN TOWARD MIDDLE AND END OF THE WEEK, WE GET NEAR 50 IN CLEVELAND, CHICAGO. MID-40s MIDDLE OF DECEMBER NO PROBLEM THERE, RIGHT? NEW YORK 50 BY FRIDAY. AS FAR AS RAINFALL GOES, THIS IS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THE ONLY STORM WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS ONE THAT

WILL DIVE DOWN THROUGH TEXAS. MOSTLY RAIN. A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IT. THEN THE STORM WILL BE IN THE GULF. BY THE TIME WE GET TOWARDS THE WEEKEND, IT GOES THROUGH FLORIDA AND MAY TRY TO COME UP THE COAST ON MONDAY. SNOW LOVERS GETTING EXCITED WITH A STORM COMING UP THE COAST IN DECEMBER, BUT IT’S TOO WARM UNFORTUNATELY FOR ANYONE THAT LOVES SNOW. THIS IS THE SEVEN-DAY SNOW FORECAST, AND IT’S PALTRY. THERE’S NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. AND IT WILL STAY WARM TOO. THIS IS THE 8 TO 14 DAY FORECAST.

THIS IS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. BRIGHT RED MEANS WARMER THAN NORMAL. IN SOME CASES MAYBE EVEN NEAR RECORD HIGHS. ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ONLY FLORIDA HAS NORMAL TEMPERATURES. NO COLD AIR IN SIGHT. AND IT WILL BE FAIRLY DRY HEADING UP TOWARDS CHRISTMAS WEEK TOO. SO THIS IS GREAT FOR TRAVEL, BUT HORRENDOUS IF YOU WANTED TO GET INTO ANY SNOW OR A WHITE CHRISTMAS. ODDS ARE YOU’RE NOT GETTING IT. ONLY GOING TO MELT FROM HERE ON OUT. YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR FOR WINTER TO KICK IN. >> BILL, THANK YOU. >>>

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. SPACEX HAS SCRUBBED THE LAUNCH OF A U.S. MILITARY SPACE PLANE INTO HIGH ORBIT. THE X37B SPACE PLANE WAS DUE TO TAKE OFF TONIGHT FROM NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN ITS SEVENTH AND FINAL MISSION. IN A POST MOMENTS AGO SPACEX SAID THEY’D TRY AGAIN TOMORROW AT THE EARLIEST. WHEN IT DOES THE LAUNCH, THE SPACE PLANE WILL BE RIDING THE POWERFUL FALCON HEAVY ROCKET. THE BOOSTER ROCKET COULD ALLOW IT TO LAUNCH HIGHER INTO ORBIT THAN EVER BEFORE. THE PENTAGON IS NOT REVEALING THE EXACT ALTITUDE, BUT THE AIR FORCE HINTED THE MISSION WILL INVOLVE

QUOTE NEW ORBITAL REGIMES AND EXPAND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SPACE DOMAIN. WITH ME ON SET IS DR. FORD, A PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMER AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. ALSO HERE TO TALK TO US IS RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT AND RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COMMANDER LEROY CHOW. I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE’VE SEEN THIS CARRY SOME KIND OF GOVERNMENT PAYLOAD. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE CARE? >> WELL, I THINK THAT SPACEX HAS REALLY REVOLUTIONIZED THE FREQUENCY WE CAN CARRY OUT LAUNCHES, AND IT’S THEREFORE BROUGHT THE PRICE DOWN AS WELL

THROUGH REUSABLE ROCKET TECHNOLOGY. IT’S REALLY THE LEADER IN THIS AREA. SO IT’S REALLY EXCITING WE CAN TURN AROUND SEVEN MISSIONS IN SUCH A SHORT SPAN OF TIME. I THINK THAT’S SORT OF THE BIG TAKE AWAY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO LAUNCH VERY ROUTINELY, AND JUST HAVING IT BE A THING WE DO OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT WE’RE, YOU KNOW, ALL HOLDING OUR BREATH FOR. >> HOW DOES THAT CHANGE FOR PEOPLE SAYING OKAY, MAYBE I UNDERSTAND IN A SPACE RACE SETTING OR GEOPOLITICS, OR EVEN TOURISM TO SPACE. FROM YOUR PROFESSION AND FOCUSING SO MUCH ON SPACE,

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SOCIETY MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE AND SPACES IN OUR AREA, BUT WAY FAR AWAY? >> YEAH, WELL I THINK ASTRONOMERS ARE REALLY, WHICH I AM ONE, WE’RE REALLY HERE TO ANSWER ONE OF TWO QUESTIONS. ALL OF OUR RESEARCH IS TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION HOW DID WE GET HERE OR ARE WE ALONE? IT’S REALLY A CURIOSITY DRIVEN SCIENCE, AND IF YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS, THEN I GUESS I PROBABLY CAN’T MAKE YOU CARE ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE I’VE

MET IN THE WORLD DO CARE ABOUT THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. IT MAKES IT CHEAPER FOR US TO EXPLORE AND LEARN NEW THINGS AND DO IT FASTER AND BETTER. THAT’S THE BIG ATTRACTION. >> LEROY, LET’S BRING YOU IN HERE. YOU’VE BEEN ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. WITH THE NEW ORBITAL POSSIBILITIES, HOW COULD THESE SORTS OF ADVANCEMENTS REALLY CHANGE SPACE OPERATION FOR THE FUTURE? >> WELL, SURE. AS FAR AS THE X37B, IT’S APPARENTLY GOING TO LAUNCH INTO A HIGHER ORBIT. HIGHER LEVELS OF RADIATION, DIFFERENT ANGLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT’S MISSION

IS CLASSIFIED, SO WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL BE DOING, BUT IT WILL BE EXPANDING THE ENVELOPE WITH ITS OPERATIONS. AND FOR THE BROADER PICTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION, THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES WE’VE BEEN FOCUSED ON LOW EARTH ORBIT. WE WERE ALWAYS 250 TO 280 MILES OFF THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH IN THE SPACE STATION. OF COURSE, WE HAVE GONE HIGHER. THE APOLLO MISSIONS TOOK HUMANS HUMAN TO THE MOON. BUT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WILL BE IN AN AREA THEY’VE NEVER EXPLORED BEFORE, SO THEY’RE EXPANDING THE ENVELOPE OF THEIR CAPABILITY. >> TALK ABOUT THE ASPECT OF

THE MISSION THAT INCLUDES EXPERIMENTING WITH SEEDS IN SPACE. WHAT’S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIMENTS, AND HOW CAN THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE ENVIRONMENTS? >> SURE, NASA HAS BEEN FLYING SPACE SEED EXPERIMENTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BOTH ABOARD SPACE SHUTTLES, AND NOW CURRENTLY ABOARD INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. SO MOST OF THE TIME THOSE WERE LIKE STUDENT EXPERIMENTS. WE’D FLY SEEDS INTO SPACE INTO THAT RADIATION ENVIRONMENT. THEY COULD GROW PLANTS WITH CONTROL SEEDS ON THE GROUND AND COMPARE THE DIFFERENCES. SO I BELIEVE, I DON’T KNOW THAT THIS IS A STUDENT EXPERIMENT FOR THIS

ONE, BUT I BELIEVE IT’S UP THERE MOSTLY TO SEE WHAT THE EFFECT OF THE HIGHER RADIATION ENVIRONMENT MIGHT HAVE ON THOSE SEEDS WHEN THEY’RE PLANTED AND COMPARED TO CONTROLS HERE ON THE GROUND. SO, YOU KNOW, IN A VERY INDIRECT WAY AND NONCONCLUSIVE WAY, IT MIGHT HELP US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HEIGHTENED RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS, BUT TO MAKE THE LEAP FROM SEEDS TO HUMAN IS A PRETTY HUGE ONE. >> ALL RIGHT, FASCINATING STUFF. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE BOTH OF YOU BACK WHEN THIS ACTUALLY DOES TAKE OFF AND THE LAUNCH

GETS UNDERWAY. THANK YOU. >>> DON’T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. STILL AHEAD, POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR HELP TO IDENTIFY TWO DIFFERENT HIT AND RUN SUSPECTS. >>> PLUS, UPENN’S PRESIDENT IS RESIGNING AFTER CRITICISM STEMMING FROM HER CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY. NOW THE PRESSURE IS GROWING FOR HARVARD’S LEADER TO DO THE SAME. >>> AND RUDY GIULIANI IS IN COURT WHERE A JURY IS DECIDING HOW MUCH MONEY HE OWES THE ELECTION WORKERS HE DEFAMED WITH BASELESS ALLEGATIONS. THAT’S AHEAD. STAY TUNED. >> IT WILL BE DEFINITIVELY CLEAR THAT WHAT I SAID WAS >>> WELCOME BACK. >>>

WELCOME BACK. HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES OR OTHER HEADLINES WE’RE WATCHING TONIGHT. WATCHING TONIGHT. TODAY THE U.S. AIR FORCE FOUND AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMAN JACK TEIXEIRA WORKED ALONE. HE WAS INDICTED AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO SIX FEDERAL COUNTS OF WILLFUL RETENTION AND TRANSMISSION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. >>> A U.S. AIR FORCE PILOT SAFELY EJECTED FROM AN F16 FIGHTER JET EARLY THIS MORNING, CRASHING OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH KOREA. OFFICIALS SAY THE JET EXPERIENCED AN IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY AFTER TAKING OFF FOR A ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHT. THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE PILOT IS REPORTEDLY AWAKE

AND IN STABLE CONDITION. >>> A PERSON OF INTEREST IS IN POLICE CUSTODY IN THE MURDER OF DETROIT SYNAGOGUE LEADER SAMANTHA WOLF. POLICE HAVE NOT RULED THE DEATH AS AN ANTISEMITIC HATE CRIME. >>> A HIKER IN CALIFORNIA IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM UNDER A 10,000-POUND BOULDER. HIS LEG WAS STUCK FOR SEVEN HOURS BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED ON DECEMBER 5th. RESCUERS USED A SYSTEM OF ROPES AND PULLEYS TO SHIFT THE BOULDER, ALL THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE EXTENT OF HIS INJURIES ARE NOT YET KNOWN. >>> AND BARBIE IS LEADING THE WAY AT THE

GOLDEN GLOBES WITH NINE OPERATIONS. OPPENHEIMER FOLLOWED WITH EIGHT NOMINATIONS. SUCCESS DOMINATED THE TV CATEGORY WITH NINE NOMINATIONS. THE AWARDS SHOW WILL AIR JANUARY 7thTH. >>> DONALD TRUMP’S FRAUD TRIAL WAS SET TO RESUME IN NEW YORK, BUT HE ANNOUNCED HE WOULDN’T BE TESTIFYING TODAY AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. HE’S ACCUSED OF INFLATING HIS ASSETS TO RECEIVE MORE FAVORABLE LOANS. MEANTIME, TRUMP’S FORMER ATTORNEY WAS ON TRIAL IN WASHINGTON DC. GIULIANI WAS ALREADY FOUND LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION, IN PART DUE TO COMMENTS LIKE THIS. >> TAKE EARLIER IN THE DAY, THEY QUITE OBVIOUSLY PASSED AROUND VILES OF COCAINE AND HEROIN. >>

WHAT WAS YOUR MOM ACTUALLY HANDING YOU ON THAT VIDEO? >> A GINGER MINT. >> JOINING US NOW IS NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST ANGELA CINEDELLA. HOW DOES THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S LACK OF TESTIMONY CHANGE THE TRIAL MOVING FORWARD, AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN THE COMING DAYS? >> ELLISON, I ACTUALLY THINK HIS LAWYERS REJOICED WHEN HE DECIDED NOT TO TESTIFY. THAT’S BECAUSE WHILE HE HAD ALMOST NOTHING TO GAIN FROM BEING ON THE STAND, HE HAD SO MUCH TO LOSE. THERE’S A GAG ORDER AGAINST HI IF HE WENT ON THE STAND AND VIOLATED IT, HE COULD

FACE MORE PENALTIES. AND ANYTHING REVEALED ON THE STAND COULD BE USED AGAINST HIM IN OTHER CRIMINAL TRIALS. HE WOULD ALSO OPEN HIMSELF TO CROSS, WHICH IS ALWAYS RISKY. IN CIVIL TRIALS, IF YOU TAKE THE 5th, THAT COULD BE USED AGAINST YOU. SO THERE WERE SO MANY RISKS WITH HIM GETTING ON STAND. IN THE COMES DAYS, WE’LL SEE THIS TRIAL WRAP UP, BUT PROBABLY NOT SEE ANY DECISION FROM THE JUDGE UNTIL JANUARY. >> YOU MENTIONED THE GAG ORDER. SEEING THE FORMER PRESIDENT POST ABOUT HIS DECISION NOT TO TESTIFY, HE ALSO SEEMED TO CRITICIZE, FAIRLY DIRECTLY, THE

JUDGE IN THIS CASE. HE WROTE IN PART QUOTE, THE ONLY FRAUD COMMITTED WAS BY THE HIGHLY PARTISAN AND OUT OF CONTROL JUDGE. DOES THAT VIOLATE THE GAG ORDER THE JUDGE HAD PLACED ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT? HE WAS SO SPECIFIC IN SAYING YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT ME OR MY STAFF. WHAT DOES THAT POST, THAT COMMENT MEAN FOR THE GAG ORDER? >> ELLISON, IT’S SUCH A FINE LINE. AND THE JUDGE WAS CAREFUL TO SAY THE GAG ORDER REALLY APPLIED TO HIS STAFF, BUT DOESN’T SEEM TO APPLY TO THE JUDGE HIMSELF. THAT’S BECAUSE ANY DEFENDANT IN ANY TRIAL

REALLY HAS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK UP WHEN THEY FEEL THEY’RE BEING BIASED AGAINST OR FEEL THEY’RE BEING PROSECUTED UNFAIRLY. UNFAIRLY. SO WITH HIS STAFF, IT WAS A SECURITY ISSUE. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT RUDY GIULIANI. HE WAS ALREADY FOUND LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION. SO WHAT’S AT STAKE HERE, AND WILL WE HEAR ANYTHING IN COURT WE HAVEN’T HEARD OR IS IT A FORMALITY TO COME TO A CONCLUSION ON THE FINANCIAL TERMS OF ALL THIS? >> YES, THAT’S RIGHT, BUT THE IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT. FIRST OF ALL, IN TERMS OF QUANTITY, I MEAN, THERE ARE 40 PLUS MILLION

DOLLARS AT STAKE IN TERMS OF JUST THE COMPENSATORY DAMAGES ON THE TABLE. THOSE ARE DAMAGES THAT WOULD BE AWARDED TO MAKE THE VICTIM WHOLE. WHATEVER WRONG WAS EXPERIENCED, TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO COMPENSATE. BUT ALSO ALMOST AN UNLIMITED POTENTIAL FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHY THE JUDGMENT WAS DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT’S BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO TURN OVER DOCUMENTS THE PLAINTIFFS REQUESTED. I THINK THAT’S BECAUSE HE HAS A CRIMINAL TRIAL AT STAKE. SO ANYTHING HE PRODUCES IN THIS SIMPLE TRIAL COULD FULLY BE USED AGAINST HIM IN THE CRIMINAL TRIAL IN GEORGIA.

SO RUDY GIULIANI IS IN A SITUATION THAT’S EXTREMELY UNENVIABLE RIGHT NOW. >> ANGELA, THROUGH. >>> THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT IS COMING UNDER FIRE FOR HER TESTIMONY IN CONGRESS, BUT HUNDREDS ARE RUSHING TO HER DEFENSE. MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SIGNED A LETTER TO ADMINISTRATORS URGING THEM TO RESIST WHAT THEY CALL POLITICAL PRESSURE TO REMOVE HER FROM HER POSITION. HARVARD’S GOVERNING BODY IS CURRENTLY IN MEETINGS TO DECIDE HER FATE. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, HUNDREDS OF FACULTY ARE RALLYING BEHIND THE SCHOOL’S PRESIDENT DR. CLAUDINE GAY. >> I PERSONALLY

DON’T THINK HER ACTIONS MERIT HER GOING. >> Reporter: SATURDAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESIDENT LIZ MAGILL RESIGNED FROM HER POST. DURING THE HEARING, BOTH THAT SAID THAT CALLING FOR THE GENOCIDE OF JEWS WERE NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST THE SCHOOL’S CODE OF CONDUCT. PRESIDENT GAY LATER APOLOGIZING, CLARIFYING THAT CALLS FOR GENOCIDE WERE VILE AND HAVE NO PLACE AT HARVARD. NOW A LETTER SIGNED BY MORE THAN 700 FACULTY MEMBERS URGES THE UNIVERSITY’S TOP GOVERNING BODY TO RESIST POLITICAL PRESSURES, INCLUDING CALLS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT GAY. IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT PRESIDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NATIONWIDE

ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES IN TRYING TO ANSWER THIS SAME QUESTIONS? >> ABSOLUTELY. THESE ARE ISSUES CAUSING PROBLEMS ON ALL OUR CAMPUSES. THEY PROVIDE A SETTING FOR INTENSE DEBATE. SOMETIMES IT HITS THE GUARDRAILS. >> Reporter: THE SPIKE IN ANTISEMITISM NOT JUST FELT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. IN CALIFORNIA, A COUPLE IN THEIR 70s WAS ATTACKED ON THE WAY TO SYNAGOGUE THIS WEEKEND. >> SUDDENLY I SAW THE GUY HITTING MY HUSBAND WITH THE BELT AND SCREAMING GIVE MY YOUR RINGS JEW. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECT IS NOW CHARGED WITH A HATE CRIME. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS. >>> TOMORROW

PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL HOST UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE VISIT TO WASHINGTON DC WILL BE HIS THIRD SINCE THE CORE IN UKRAINE BEGAN, AND THE FOCUS WILL ARGUABLY BE ADDITIONAL AID TO HELP UKRAINE FIGHT RUSSIA. BUT THERE’S MORE THINGS THEY CAN TALK ABOUT AS WELL. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW REPUBLICANS ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE WHOPPING $60 BILLION PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PUSHING TO GIVE UKRAINE IN AID. HERE’S MORE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY RETURNED TO A VERY DIFFERENT WASHINGTON THAN THE ONE HE VISITED BACK IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE THIS TIME THE FUTURE

OF U.S. AID TO HIS COUNTRY DIRECTLY HINGES ON THE ABILITY FOR THIS PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL TO COME TO SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM. AND THAT’S AN ISSUE SO INCREDIBLY CONTROVERSIAL AND COMPLICATED THAT IT’S BECOME A DECADES LONG PROBLEM THAT HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO BE SOLVED BY MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIONS AND SESSIONS OF CONGRESS. SO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY MADE A PERSONAL PLEA TO CONGRESS DURING A SPEECH HE GAVE TO MILITARY STUDENTS AND LEADERS EARLIER TODAY. LISTEN HERE. LISTEN HERE. >> LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU, FRIENDS. IF THERE’S ANYONE INSPIRED BY UNRESOLVED ISSUES ON

CAPITOL HILL, IT’S JUST PUTIN. THEY SEE THE DELAYS AND SCANDALS. >> PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY RECEIVING A STANDING OVATION FROM THE CROWD. THAT IS NO DOUBT THE RECEPTION THAT HE’S HOPING TO GET WHEN HE MEETS WITH HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON AND SENATORS ON CAPITOL HILL, IN ADDITION TO HIS MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND HE’S GOING TO NO DOUBT SEEK ASSURANCES FOR NOT JUST THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST THAT IS INCLUDED IN A LARGER REQUEST THAT INCLUDES $61 BILLION TO GO TO UKRAINE. HE’S ALSO GOING TO BE SEEKING LONG TERM ASSURANCES FOR CONTINUED U.S. AID

TO HIS COUNTRY. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS VOWED TO DO, BUT IT’S A PROMISE LOOKING INCREASINGLY HARDER TO KEEP AS WE SEE SUPPORT FOR AMERICANS SENDING MONEY TO UKRAINE DWINDLE THE LONGER THE WAR DRAGS ON. WE EXPECT PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO ADD THE PRESSURE, TO TALK ABOUT HOW DIRE THE SITUATION IS FOR HIS COUNTRY AS IT CONTINUES ITS WAR WITH RUSSIA AND MAKE THOSE PERSONAL STATE TO STATE PLEAS WITH LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IS ABLE TO MAKE A DEAL WITH THE

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AS, AT THE HEART OF THEIR ARGUMENT, THEY WANT LESS PEOPLE TO CROSS THE U .S.- MEXICO BORDER. THEY WANT LESS PEOPLE TO SEEK ASYLUM THERE. DEMOCRATS, ON THE OTHER HAND, WANTING MIGRANTS TO SEEK ASYLUM MORE EFFICIENTLY AND QUICKLY. SO THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY ON TWO VERY DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM. THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID HE’S WILLING TO MAKE COMPROMISES TO GET THIS PACKAGE GRANTED AND MONEY SENT TO UKRAINE, BUT WHETHER THE COMPROMISES ARE ENOUGH TO APPEASE REPUBLICANS WITHOUT ALIENATING DEMOCRATS, THAT’S STILL A HUGE QUESTION HERE. ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS WHETHER

THIS WILL BE ABLE TO GET DONE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS BEFORE CONGRESS LEAVES ON RECESS. THESE ARE THINGS NO DOUBT PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS THINKING ABOUT, THAT ARE WEIGHING ON HIM AS HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SO MANY FACTORS IN THIS SITUATION ARE COMPLETELY BEYOND HIS CONTROL. >>> COMING UP, LEBRON JAMES’ SON IS BACK ON THE COLLEGE COURT MONTHS AFTER SUFFERING CARDIAC ARREST DURING A WORKOUT. WE HAVE THE DETAILS. >>> BUT FIRST, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS. A DOG CAUGHT IN THE RUSH OF TRAFFIC. DRIVERS WORK TOGETHER TO RESCUE A MISSING DOG RUNNING ACROSS THE STATEN ISLAND

EXPRESSWAY. DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLE TRYING TO STEER THE DOG OUT OF THE WAY OF CARS. THEY PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO TRY AND HELP RESCUE THE POOR PUP. THAT DOG RAN UNDER ONE OF THE CARS BEEN BEING SECURED IN A BAG AND SAFELY REUNITED WITH HIS OWNER. THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL, BUT WE’RE GLAD HE’S ALREADY. >>> WELCOME BACK. >>> WELCOME BACK. HERE ARE STORYINGS HAPPENING OUT WEST THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING. >>> POLICE ARE CALLING IT A MURDER SUICIDE. FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND KILLED IN NORTHWEST LAS VEGAS VALLEY THIS MORNING,

INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 14. POLICE SAY A FIFTH PERSON SHOT IS QUOTE CLINGING TO LIFE. >>> MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S SHOHEI OHTANI HAS SIGNED A $700 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THE LA DODGERS. IT NEARLY DOUBLES THE $360 MILLION RECORD FOR A FREE AGENT SET BY THE NEW YORK YANKEES’ AARON JUDGE LAST DECEMBER. >>> AND LEBRON JAMES’ SON, BRONNY JAMES, MAKES HIS COLLEGE DEBUT AS A USC PLAYER SINCE SUFFERING CARDIAC ARREST IN A WORKOUT IN JULY. HE CAME IN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT. DESPITE LIMITED PRACTICE, JAMES FINISHED WITH FOUR

POINTS, THREE REBOUNDS, TWO STEALS, AND A BLOCKED SHOT IN 16 MINUTES. >>> TONIGHT, POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT AND TWO VICTIMS FROM SEPARATE HIT AND RUNS LAST MONTH. THE INCIDENTS WERE BOTH RECORDED, AND IT MAY BE DISTURBING TO WATCH. >> POLICE RELEASED THOSE CELL PHONE VIDEO CLIPS ALONG WITH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE HIT AND HUNDRED. BOTH THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 26th. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT DANA GRIFFIN IS JOINING US WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE VIDEOS THAT POLICE ARE HOPING WILL FINALLY TRACK DOWN ALL THOSE INVOLVED. DANA? >> Reporter: ELLISON, SEATTLE POLICE SAY THEY

ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE DELIBERATE HIT AND RUNS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE CAPTURED ON CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWING A DRIVER AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PASSENGER EGGING ON THAT DRIVER TO HIT PEDESTRIANS. IN THE VIDEOS, YOU CAN HEAR THEM LAUGHING AND TALKING ABOUT PURPOSEFULLY HITTING THESE PEDESTRIANS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THE VIDEOS IN LATE NOVEMBER. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED EXACTLY HOW THEY OBTAINED THE VIDEOS. BUT SEATTLE POLICE DETECTIVES SAY THAT THEY’VE REVIEWED 911 CALLS, HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, THEY’VE TRIED TO LOCATE WITNESSES, BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THE VICTIMS. THAT’S

WHY THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEOS. IN THE FIRST INCIDENT, THEY LOCATED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING HOW THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE TO HIT ONE OF THE VICTIMS, A WOMAN. YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO SEVERAL PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM WAS LATER PICKED UP BY ANOTHER CAR AND DRIVEN AWAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PERSON NEVER MADE IT TO THE HOSPITAL. IN THE SECOND INCIDENT, SUSPECTS TARGETED A PERSON FROM BEHIND THAT WAS WALKING IN A BUS LANE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THE PERSON FLEW OVER THE

HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE CAR TAKES OFF. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BOTH THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 26th AROUND 1:50 IN THE MORNING. BASED ON THE SPEED OF IMPACT, THEY BELIEVE THE VICTIMS MAY HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES. THAT’S WHY THEY’RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP. I REACHED OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY SAY THERE’S NO INDICATION THIS IS A PRANK. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AS AN ASSAULT. >> DANA, THANK YOU. >>> SOME MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS HOUR. IN TEXAS, THE SUPREME COURT THERE HAVE JUST OVERTURNED A LOWER COURT RULING THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED A DALLAS WOMAN TO

GET AN ABORTION BECAUSE OF MEDICAL CONCERNS. THE RULING CAME DOWN JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER LAWYERS FOR 31-YEAR-OLD KATE COX ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD LEAVE THE STATE TO TERMINATE HER NON-VIABLE PREGNANCY. COX SOUGHT AN ABORTION AFTER LEARNING HER FETUS HAS A RARE DISORDER AND WILL NOT SURVIVE. CARRYING IT TO TERM COULD ALSO PREVENT HER FROM HAVING ANOTHER CHILD. MAURA BARRETT IS HERE. LET’S START WITH THE LEGAL TWISTS AND TURNS WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE. WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH COX IN PARTICULAR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? >> Reporter: ELLISON, THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES LITERALLY

EVERY DAY WHEN IT COMES TO COX’S PREGNANCY. IT WAS BIG NEWS WHEN SHE WAS GRANTED THE EXEMPTION ON THURSDAY TO HAVE THE ABORTION IN TEXAS, BUT THEN COME FRIDAY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUED AN EMERGENCY STAY, WHICH MEANT THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN MOTION FOR HER TO GET THE ABORTION WAS ALL OF THE SUDDEN HALTED. THAT’S WHY HER ATTORNEYS CAME OUT TODAY SAYING SHE’D HAVE TO LEAVE THE STATE TO GET THE ABORTION. HER ATTORNEYS RELEASED A STATEMENT READING WHILE WE STILL HOPE THE COURT ULTIMATELY REJECTS THE STATE’S REQUEST, AND DOES SO QUICKLY, IN THIS CASE WE

FEAR THAT JUSTICE DELAYED WILL BE JUSTY DENIED. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT URGENT MEDICAL CARE. KATE IS ALREADY 20 WEEKS PREGNANT. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT NEED TO BEG FOR HEALTH CARE IN A COURT OF LAW. NOW, AT THE END OF THE WEEK LAST WEEK, AFTER THE NEWS THAT THERE WAS AN EXEMPTION, KATE DID AN INTERVIEW WITH NBC NEWS SAYING SHE THOUGHT BEING FORCED TO CARRY OUT HER PREGNANCY AND DEAL WITH ALL THE COMPLICATIONS WAS QUOTE CRUEL. SHE REALLY JUST WANTED TO GET THROUGH THIS AND HEAL, AND SHE REALLY WANTS TO TRY FOR ANOTHER BABY. >>

TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES. TEXAS IS NOT THE ONLY STATE THAT’S DRAMATICALLY AND SEVERELY LIMITED ACCESS TO ABORTION SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OTHER STATES, SAY GEORGIA, WHERE THEY HAVE SIMILAR RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAWS? >> Reporter: RIGHT, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF STATES THAT HAVE THE MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS, AS THEY CALL IT, BUT IT’S VERY NARROW AND HARD TO GET THE EXEMPTIONS. THOSE STATES COULD BE LOOKING AT TEXAS AS A WAY TO SET A PRECEDENT AND CIRCUMVENT THE

EXCEPTION FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING THEIR NEAR TOTAL ABORTION BAN AS WELL. THAT’S SOMETHING WE MIGHT CONTINUE TO SEE. BUT THE LAWSUITS, THE COURT ACTION OVER ABORTION ACCESS IS SOMETHING WE’RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF JUST THIS WEEK AS WELL. A WOMAN IN KENTUCKY FILED A LAWSUIT IN CONJUNCTION WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAYING THAT SHE DOEST WANT THE GOVERNMENT DICTATING WHAT SHE CAN DO WITH HER BODY. SHE’S EIGHT WEEKS PREGNANT AND WISHES TO HAVE AN ABORTION AND IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST KENTUCKY’S NEAR TOTAL BAN AS WELL. I’VE BEEN COVERING THIS ISSUE SINCE

BEFORE ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED, AND THE FLURRY OF LEGAL ACTION AND PUSHBACK WE’VE SEEN IN STATES IN RECENT MONTHS AS WE COME UP ON THE 2024 ELECTION WHERE ABORTION WILL BE A KEY ISSUE IS REALLY TELLING AS STATES CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK, CONTINUE TO TRY AND LIMIT ACCESS FOR PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTIONS EVEN THOUGH PUBLIC OPINION, THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION. >> NBC’S MAURA BARRETT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> STILL TO COME, AMAZON CONTRACT WORKERS ARE SHARING HORRIFIC STORIES ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THEY HAVE DEALT WITH. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT EVEN HAVING

THEIR BATHROOM BREAKS >>> WELCOME BACK. >>> WELCOME BACK. LET’S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE WORLD. BIG A.I. NEWS, THE EUROPEAN UNION HAVE AGREED ON THE FIRST LAWS TO REGULATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THERE’S STILL VERY FEW DETAILS ON WHAT EXACTLY WILL MAKE IT INTO THE EVENTUAL LAW. EIGHT PEERS, THOUGH, THAT BIG COMPANIES LIKE OPEN .I. WILL FACE TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS, THOUGH NOTHING WILL TAKE EFFECT UNTIL 2025, AND THAT’S AT THE VERY EARLIEST. >>> ARGENTINA OFFICIALLY HAS A NEW PRESIDENT. MELE WAS SWORN IN YESTERDAY. THE HARD RIGHT POLITICIAN WON BY PROMISING TO DRASTICALLY CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING. >>> THE

GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA WILL SET DOWN FOR BILATERAL TALKS WITH VENEZUELA. THE DISPUTE KICKS OFF EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN VENEZUELA CLAIMED SOVEREIGNTY OVER A PART OF GUYANA AFTER DISCOVERING OIL. IT APPEARS BOTH COUNTRIES ARE AT A POINT WHERE THEY DON’T WANT INTERFERENCE FROM QUOTE, EXTERNAL ACTORS. >>> PRINCE HARRY HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY LEGAL FEES TO A BRITISH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER. LAST FRIDAY THE JUDGE SAID THE ARTICLE IN THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED LAST FEBRUARY REFLECTED A QUOTE HONEST OPINION AND WAS NOT LIBEL. NOW HARRY WILL HAVE TO FOLK OVER ABOUT 50,000 POUNDS IN LEGAL FEES. >>> AND

THERE’S CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS FROM MIGRANT WORKERS WORKING AT AMAZON IN SAUDI ARABIA. THEY SAY COMPANIES THAT SUPPLY WORKERS TO AMAZON TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM, LEAVING THEM DEVASTATED AND IN DEBT. NBC NEWS SENIOR CONSUMER INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT HAS THIS REPORT. >> Reporter: IT’S ONE OF THE >> Reporter: IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD WAY MARKET CAP OF $1.3 TRILLION. NOW NBC NEWS IS UNCOVERING TROUBLESOME LABOR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE. LIFE WAS HARD IN POVERTY STRICKEN NEPAL WHERE HIS 16 FAMILY MEMBERS WERE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT A JOB AT AMAZON, HE

THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING THE DREAM OF A LIFETIME. >> I HAD A DREAM OF GETTING MONEY FOR MY FAMILY TO IMPROVE OUR SITUATION. >> Reporter: A RECRUITER ASSURED HIM HE’D WORK DIRECTLY FOR AMAZON IN A GULF STATE. BUT THERE WAS A CATCH. TO SECURE THE POSITION, HE HAD TO PAY THE RECRUITER MORE THAN $2,000. STILL, THE CHANCE FOR AN AMAZON JOB WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP. BUT WHEN HE GOT TO SAUDI ARABIA, HE SAID HE’D BEEN DUPED. NOT AN AMAZON EMPLOYEE DIRECTLY, BUT INSTEAD A WORKER FOR A SAUDI FIRM THAT SUPPLIES LABOR TO AMAZON.

>> THEY PUT US IN A ROOM LIKE ANIMALS. EIGHT WORKERS TO A ROOM. >> Reporter: THE HOUSING CONDITIONS DISMAL, HE SAYS. WATER TOO SALTY TO DRINK, AND HE ITCHED IF HE BATHED IN IT. HE SAID HE WAS MOVED TO OTHER HOUSING, ONLY TO FIND IT INFESTED WITH INSECTS. HE’S 1 OF 54 WORKERS INTERVIEWED FOR THE REPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS. ANOTHER MAN ALSO DEVASTATED BY HIS EXPERIENCE SAID HE WOUND UP DEEPER IN DEBT THAN BEFORE. >> ALL MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN SHATTERED. HOW CAN I SAVE MONEY? >> Reporter: A JOURNALIST

SPOKE WITH ABOUT 20 WORKERS STILL IN SAUDI ARABIA WORKING FOR AMAZON. >> THEY ALL DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS HELPLESS THERE. >> Reporter: AND ON THE FLOOR OF THE VAST AMAZON WAREHOUSE, THEY SAY THE WORK WAS HARD. ON HIS FEET EIGHT HOURS A DAY, BATHROOM BREAKS MONITORED. AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF WORK, HE’D GROWN THIN AND WEAK. >> I WOULD FEEL LIKE I WAS BEING PIERCED WITH NEEDLES WHEN I WOULD RETURN TO MY ROOM. MY WHOLE BODY WAS ACHE. >> Reporter: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CO-AUTHORED A REPORT ON DECEPTION IN RECRUITING PRACTICES. >> WORKERS HAVE CONTINUED TO SUFFER OVER

SEVERAL YEARS. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS, AMAZON SAID THAT PROVIDING SAFE, HEALTHY, AND FAIR WORKING CONDITIONS IS A REQUIREMENT OF DOING BUSINESS WITH AMAZON IN EVERY COUNTRY WHERE WE OPERATE, AND WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT SOME OF OUR CONTRACT WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA WERE NOT TREATED WITH THE STANDARDS WE SET FORTH AND THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT THEY DESERVE. THE COMPANY ADDED THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION FOUND LABOR VIOLATION, AND THEY’RE ENSURING SIMILAR INCIDENTS DO NOT OCCUR, AND THEY’RE COMPENSATING WORKERS WHO PAID RECRUITING FEES TO COMPANIES THAT SUPPLY LABOR. >> THERE WERE NOT ALLOWING US

TO RETURN HOME. I TOLD THEM IT WOULD BE BETTER TO KILL US INSTEAD OF GIVING US SO MUCH PAIN. KILL US OR SEND US HOME. >> Reporter: THE LABOR SUPPLY FIRM DID NOT RESPOND TO REPEATED REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. THE ONLY WAY TO ESCAPE, THEY SAY, WAS TO PAY AN EXIT FEE OF MORE THAN $1,300. >> MY FAMILY’S FINANCIAL SITUATION IS DEVASTATING NOW. I LOST EVERYTHING GOING THERE, INCLUDING MY HEALTH. MY BODY SUFFERED A LOT AT AMAZON. >> Reporter: NOW BACK IN NEPAL, HE’S FILLED WITH REGRET AND DEBT. HE FEELS HE NEEDS TO LOOK ABROAD FOR

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES HOPING HE DOESN’T GET CAUGHT IN THE SAME CYCLE ONCE AGAIN. NBC NEWS. >>> HE’S DONE SOMETHING YET AGAIN TO OUTRAGE PEOPLE, ELON MUSK JUST REACTIVATED ALEX JONES’ X ACCOUNT AFTER A FIVE-YEAR BAN. ALL THIS AFTER MUSK VOWED HE’D NEVER LET HIM BACK. >>> MUSK’S OVERHAUL OF >>> MUSK’S OVERHAUL OF TWITTER, NOW X, CONTINUES WITH A MOVE NOT LANDING WELL WITH SOME, ESPECIALLY ADVERTISERS. ELON MUSK HAS REINSTATED SOME SUSPENDED USERS OVER HIS TIME THERE, INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP, MARJORIE TAYLOR-GREEN, KANYE WEST, AND NOW ALEX JONES. SEVERAL COURTS FOUND JONES RESPONSIBLE FOR

DEFAMING THE VICTIMS OF THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE AND FORCED HIM TO PAY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO VICTIM FAMILIES. OVER THE WEEKEND JONES THANKED ELON ON A STREAM AND HAD THIS TO SAY. >> ELON MUSK’S COURAGE, IT’S TRUE, I’LL SAY IT, HAS BROKEN THE BACK OF THE GLOBALISTS. THEY’LL NEVER BE ABLE TO TURN THIS AROUND AGAIN UNLESS THEY HAVE A NUCLEAR WAR. ELON MUSK HAS BROKEN THEIR BACK. >> WELL, I GUESS SOME PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, BUT I’M NOT. >> NBC NEWS TECH CORRESPONDENT JAKE WARD IS WITH ME ON SET TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS. LET’S

REMIND VIEWERS WHAT MUSK HAD TO SAY ABOUT JONES’ REINSTATEMENT TO THE PLATFORM JUST LAST YEAR. HE SAID MY FIRST BORN CHILD DIED IN HIS ARM, I FELT HIS LAST HEART BEAT. I HAVE NO MERCY FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD USE THE DEATH OF CHILDREN FOR GAIN, POLITICS, OR FAME. WHAT CHANGES HERE? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT AT ALL CLEAR, RIGHT? THIS COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE INSENSITIVELY TIMED. WE’RE COMING UP ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE THAT GOT ALEX JONES CANCELED. THE FOLKS I TALKED TO CLOSE TO MUSK SAY IT’S ALL ABOUT ATTENTION, AND THAT

IT SEEMS TO JUST BE ATTENTION IT IS, BUT THIS GUY IS IN THEORY A FREE SPEECH ABSOLUTIST, BUT HE’S ALSO PULLED OFF X FOLKS WHOSE WORK HE DOESN’T LIKE. YOU KNOW, A FEW PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SOFTWARE AND CODING IN WAYS HE DOESN’T LIKE. THE PERSON WHO FOLLOWED HIS PRIVATE JET AROUND. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ALL GOTTEN PULLED OFF. NOW HERE COMES ALEX JONES BACK AGAIN ALONG WITH KANYE WEST AND DONALD TRUMP. SO WHAT’S THE GAME PLAN HERE? IT’S NOT CLEAR YET. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT ADVERTISERS BECAUSE THERE WAS THAT INTERVIEW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST

THAT I THINK EVERYONE REMEMBERS, BUT WE’LL PLAY THE CLIP AND TALK AFTER. >> DON’T ADVERTISE. >> YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO ADVERTISE? >> NO. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO BLACKMAIL ME WITH ADVERTISING, BLACKMAIL IS MONEY. GO YOURSELF. >> I WATCH SOME OF HIS BEHAVIOR AND THINK AM I AN IDIOT? MAYBE I DON’T KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS, BUT NONE OF THIS SEEMS TO BE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP WITH ADVERTISERS IN A BUSINESS FUNDED LARGELY BY THAT EXACT REVENUE STREAM. >> REMEMBER WHEN CEOS WERE BORING, AND THAT WAS SORT

OF THE WHOLE STRATEGY? BE AS DULL AS YOU CAN? THAT’S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. IN THAT CLIP HE HAD JUST GOT BACK FROM A TOUR IN ISRAEL WITH NETANYAHU WHERE HE PROMISED TO WITHHOLD STAR LINK CONNECTIONS TO GAZA. SEEMINGLY IN EXCHANGE FOR GETTING A PAT ON THE BACK FROM NETANYAHU. JUST THE WEIRDEST PUBLIC STUFF. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DAMAGE HE’S DONE FINANCIALLY, IT’S REALLY PRETTY ASTOUNDING. LOOK BACK AT OCTOBER OF 2022. THAT’S WHEN HE CLOSED THE DEAL FOR TWITTER AT THE TIME. IT WAS WORTH $44 BILLION. NOW, JUST A YEAR LATER IT’S WORTH

19 BILLION ACCORDING TO INTERNAL STOCK OPTIONS THAT HE’S OFFERING EMPLOYEES HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION JUST BECOMES FOR ME LIKE WHERE’S THE BOTTOM OF THIS? AND ONE BOTTOM WE SHOULD BE WATCHING FOR IS THE DEBT BANKS ARE HOLDING. MUSK HAD TO BORROW AROUND $13 BILLION FROM BANKS TO FUND THE ACQUISITION. THAT’S OWED TO SEVEN BANKS, AND THESE ARE BANKS THAT TYPICALLY TURN RIGHT AROUND AND HAND THE DEBT TO WALL STREET, BUT NOBODY IS BUYING. THESE ARE BANKS SITTING WITH THIS ON THEIR BOOKS, WHICH IS THE WORST THING. THEY HATE THAT. AND REGULATORS HATE THAT

TOO. AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON THE BANKS, MAYBE THAT’S THE ONE PLACE THAT COULD PROVIDE SOME SORT OF BOTTOM TO THE SITUATION. OTHERWISE I CAN’T FIND ONE. >> WHY DO YOU THINK THIS HAS BECOME SUCH A CULTURAL MOMENT FLASH POINT? EVERYONE SEEMS TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT ELON MUSK DOES. WHAT ARE KIND OF THE IMPLICATIONS? WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE, AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT US THAT WE’RE ALL SO OBSESSED WITH IT? >> HE’S SUCH A DEPARTURE FROM THE CONVENTIONAL CEO PLAY BOOK. YOU’RE JUST TRAINED TO BE BORING. THAT’S CERTAINLY THE DEPARTURE THAT I

THINK DRAWS OUR ATTENTION. BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, THIS WAS A GUY THAT MADE HIS NAME MAKING PRODUCTS AND SELLING PRODUCTS THROUGH HIS PERSONAL BRAND, RIGHT? BEING AN EV MAKER, BEING A ROCKET MAKER, ATTRACTING ATTENTION TO THAT THROUGH WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA WAS A BIG PART OF IT. NOW HE’S IN CHARGE OF THE PLATFORM. ONE STEP I WAS LOOKING AT WAS A NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS HE GAINED SINCE ACQUIRING IT, SO $44 BILLION ON OCTOBER 2022. HE HAD 80 MILLION FOLLOWERS AT THAT POINT. HE’S LOST MORE THAN $20 BILLION IN VALUE BUT

GAINED TWICE THE FOLLOWERS. IT SOMEHOW THE PERSONAL BRAND IT SOMEHOW THE PERSONAL BRAND WILL HELP HOLD TOGETHER OTHER COMPANIES AND TWITTER IS HIS WAY OF DOING THAT? BUT RUNNING IT INTO THE GROUND IN THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE APPRECIATE IT >> THAT DOES IT FOR US.