WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE COMING UP RIGHT NOW. >>> WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH SOME POTENTIALLY DAMNING EVIDENCE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH A SOURCE TELLING HER TEAM THERE IS A TAPER HE IS TALKING ABOUT A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT HE TOOK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. I COULD TOTALLY UNDERCUT THE DEFENSE HE HAS MADE FOUR MONTHS. IT'S RESPONDING IN A MINUTE. >>> WE ARE LIVE IN DAVENPORT, IOWA WITH NEWS TONIGHT ON THREE PEOPLE STILL BELIEVED TO BE INSIDE A PARTIALLY COLLAPSED APARTMENT BUILDING. PLUS THE SAFETY ISSUE THE CITY MAY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT BEFORE THIS CAME DOWN HERE ONE PERSON TELLING US HE HAS BEGGED WORKERS TO LEAVE BECAUSE HE BURIED THEY COULD DIE. >>> NEW VIDEOS WE ARE GETTING IN OF DRAMATIC FLOODING IN TEXAS, PEOPLE STRANDED IN THEIR CARS AND ROADS LOOKING LIKE RIVERS. >>> IN WASHINGTON TONIGHT IT COULD BE THE SENATE'S TURN IF NOT TOMORROW TO VOTE ON THE KEY BILL THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THE GOVERNMENT PAYS ITS BILLS ON TIME. THE CLOCK IS TICKING, AND WE TELL YOU WHERE THINGS STAND. >>> WHY MOM ARE IS STANDING HIS GROUND REFUSING TO PULL ITS PRIDE MARCH MURCH. THE COMPANY'S STOCK WAS PLUNGING TO THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS. >>> IN JUST THE LAST HOUR OR SO, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RESPONDING FOR THE FIRST TIME TO A NEW AND OTENTIALLY DAMNING PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT MAY END UP LEADING TO POTENTIAL TRADERS. THAT POSSIBLE EVIDENCE SAYS THAT MR. TRUMP HIMSELF IS APPARENTLY ON TAPE, TALKING ABOUT HAVING A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE. IN AN INVESTIGATION THAT OOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT HE IMPROPERLY TOOK DOCUMENTS HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE BACK TO MAR-A LAGO. HERE IS THE RESPONSE FROM HIM, A LOCAL PAPER IN IOWA. IS A PRETTY FAMILIAR LINE. NOT ONLY IS IT STATE NEWS BUT IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE WITCH-HUNT HE SAYS THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. THE TAPE IS APPARENTLY FROM 2021, ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCING, RECORDED AT HIS NEW JERSEY GOLF CLUB WITH A SENSITIVE DOCUMENT RELATED TO IRAN PICK A GRAND JURY HAS ALREADY HEARD THIS TAPE. NBC NEWS HAS NOT LISTENED TO THE RECORDING. SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH IS LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT MISHANDLED MORE THAN 1000 CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THEY FOUND IT MAR-A- LAGO LAST SUMMER. THIS INVESTIGATION MAY BE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END, AND THIS NEW PISA POSSIBLE EVIDENCE COULD MATTER A LOT. WHY? IF IT IS DONALD TRUMP TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE, IT COULD UNDERMINE EVERY SINGLE DEFENSE MR. TRUMP HAS GIVEN ALL ALONG. HERE IS WHAT HE SAID BACK IN SEPTEMBER. >> I DID DECLASSIFY EVERYTHING. >> IS THERE A PROCESS? >> THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PROCESS AS I UNDERSTAND IT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND -- IF YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES YOU CAN DECLASSIFY IT BY SAYING IT'S DECLASSIFIED APPEARED >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TONIGHT. SO WALK US THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM DONALD TRUMP, AND WHY IT MATTERS. >> Reporter: FIRST OF ALL IF I MAY, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS STORY, DONALD TRUMP TOOK NO QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS DURING THE COURSE OF HIS FOUR EVENTS HERE TODAY. HE IS TAKING PART IN A TOWN HALL WITH SEAN HANNITY THAT IS SAID TO BE AIRED LATER ON THIS EVENING. WAS JUST THOSE COMMENTS IN WHICH HE CALLED IT A WITCH HUNT AND FAKE NEWS. WE HEARD A CONTINUATION OF THAT OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS NOW. FOR DONALD TRUMP THIS IS SERIOUS. A SPECIAL COUNSEL WHICH WAS APPOINTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, IF THEY WERE TO COME DOWN WITH FEDERAL CRIMINAL CHARGES, DONALD TRUMP OULD BE FACING A TRIAL IN IT MOST LIKELY WASHINGTON, D.C. THESE ARE SERIOUS CHARGES. THIS DOCUMENT HAD, YOU KNOW, AND APPARENT ATTACK PLAN ON IRAN AND HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF IT. THERE IS NUMBER ONE, A QUESTION OF DISSEMINATION. WHOSE EYES SAW THIS DOCUMENT, OR WHAT INFORMATION WAS SHARED FROM THE DOCUMENT, BUT ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, THERE IS A QUESTION OF THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND WHETHER DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE HAD HELD ONTO THESE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. >> FROM THE POLITICAL SPHERE, HE MAKES THE POINT THAT HE DIDN'T TAKE QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS. HE'S BEEN DOING RALLIES WERE HE TAKES THESE QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. GAVE US THE SENSE OF HOW THIS IS PLAYING FOR HIM. DO VOTERS BRING UP WHEN YOU ARE AT AT THESE RALLIES TALKING TO THEM, BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS VERY CONFIDENT PUBLICLY AND IN SOURCES THAT HE TALKS WITH PRIVATELY THAT HE DOES NOT THINK THIS WILL HURT HIM IN THE PRIMARY. >> Reporter: THE ADVISORS WILL BE QUICK TO TELL YOU AND ME THAT VOTERS WEREN'T ASKING DONALD TRUMP ABOUT THAT. BY AND LARGE THEY ARE RIGHT. THAT IS WHERE OUR ROLE AS JOURNALISTS IS UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL PERIL HE IS POTENTIALLY IN. BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO VOTERS, HE INTENDS TO CAUCUS FOR HIM AGAIN. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND TAKE A LOOK. >> FOR GOD SAKES HE WAS THE PRESIDENT. HE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE THINGS IN DECLASSIFY THEM, AND WHEN WE FIND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, AND I DON'T WANT TO USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE, BUT EVERYTHING THEY THROW AT HIM IS A RODEO. >> Reporter: THE BIG QUESTION HERE IN THE EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUS COMES UP NEXT YEAR IS WILL THESE OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES LIKE RON DeSANTIS, NIKKI HALEY, WILL THEY TRY TO USE THE LEGAL PERIL THAT DONALD TRUMP FINDS HIMSELF IN. WILL THEY TRY TO USE THESE INVESTIGATIONS TO THEIR POLITICAL ADVANTAGE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY AREN'T. THAT IS WHERE REPUBLICAN VOTER , AND APPARENTLY OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES DON'T SEEM TO CARE TOO MUCH. >> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, FROM A PURELY POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHY WOULD THEY? THE NUMBERS FOR DONALD TRUMP HAVE GONE UP INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORATE AFTER HE HAS FACED LEGAL TROUBLES. WE SAW THAT WITH HIS INDICTMENT WEEKS AGO NOW, THAT HE ACTUALLY INCREASED HIS STANDING INSIDE THE GOP. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S GOING TO HELP IT IN GENERAL, BUT WHEN TALKING ABOUT A PRIMARY, WHAT INCENTIVE WHAT HIS OPPONENTS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP AGAINST HIM? >> Reporter: THAT IS WHERE A TRUMP ALLY IN FLORIDA TOLD US VERY SPECIFICALLY THE ONUS IS ON THE LIKES OF RON DeSANTIS WHO HAS TWO OPTIONS. NUMBER ONE, DO YOU DEFEND DONALD TRUMP AND BUY INTO THIS IDEA THAT THERE IS A DEEP STATE THAT IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT, OR DO YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON DONALD TRUMP AND SUGGEST THAT THIS ENTIRE TIME HE WAS A FRAUD AFTER WE SAW REPUBLICANS LIKE RON DeSANTIS DEFEND HIM TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER THE YEARS, AND WAS AT SIMPLY A POLITICAL SHOW AT THE TIME. THESE REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS FIND THEMSELVES IN A TRICKY POSITION THEY HAVE PUT THEMSELVES INTO AT THIS POINT. >> VAUGHN HILLYARD LIVE FOR US AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE IRANI'S GUIDE IOWA. >>> SPEAKING OF RAIN, WAY MORE OF IT IN TEXAS WITH DRAMATIC PEOPLE OF SEVERAL PEOPLE GETTING RESCUED AFTER THEY GOT STRANDED IN THEIR CARS. THIS IS A HIGHWAY IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF TEXAS. IT LOOKS LIKE A LAKE. YOU'VE CARS LINED UP. THEY ARE TRYING TO GO SOMEWHERE AND CAN'T GET ANYWHERE. THE WATER IS UP PAST THE WHEEL WELL, AND SOMEBODY ACTUALLY HAD TO CLIMB OUT OF THEIR FRONT DOOR WINDOW TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, AND THEN IT STARTS FLOATING AWAY. A SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE. CARS ARE ALL STUCK BEHIND IT LINED UP. THIS IS WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE UNFORTUNATELY POTENTIALLY FOR HOURS TONIGHT WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED ON THE WAY. I WANT TO TAKE YOU NORTH TO CANADA WHERE THE COUNTRY IS FINALLY GETTING SOME HELP AS IT BATTLES OUT OF CONTROL WILDFIRES IN NOVA SCOTIA. THEY STRETCHED ABOUT 50,000 ACRES WITH NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN, WITH THE U.S. SENDING FIREFIGHTERS UP TO HELP. AIR QUALITY IS AN ISSUE STILL. YOU'VE COVERED A LOT OF FIRES IN THE U.S., IN CALIFORNIA, IN THE WEST. WE HAVE HAD THIS SITUATION HAPPENING IN CANADA, AND MUCH NEEDED HELP POURING INTO THE REGION. >> Reporter: THEY NEED THAT HELP BADLY. THERE ARE AT LEAST 16 FIRES BURNING INCLUDING THAT NEW ONE THAT BROKE OUT TODAY .4 FIRES AND ALL BURNING OUT OF CONTROL AT THIS VERY HOUR. THIS IS BECOME AN HISTORIC WILDFIRE SEASON FOR NOVA SCOTIA. THEY'VE NEVER SEEN A SINGLE PLACE A SLIDE OF THE LAST 24 HOURS OFFICIALS HAVE PLEADED FOR HELP. NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT. CHRIS FROM CANADA AND COSTA RICA AND NOW AS YOU MENTIONED HERE IN THE U.S. ARE HEADED INTO THE FIRE ZONE. THERE IS GOOD NEWS ON THE WEATHER FRONT WE SHOULD POINT OUT. AFTER DAYS OF RELENTLESS HEAT, RAIN IS FINALLY IN THE FORECAST. A SHORT TIME AGO WE SPOKE TO SOME EVACUEES AND HERE IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. >> IT WAS SMOKE EVERYWHERE. WITH DARK. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SHEER PANIC. IT WAS SURREAL. IT WAS AN ADRENALINE RUSH, JUST GET WHAT YOU CAN GET. I FROZE. I GOT ALL THE ANIMALS AND THEN I LOOKED AROUND AND I'M LIKE WELL WHAT DO I TAKE. >> Reporter: FOLKS IN NOVA SCOTIA ARE CERTAINLY ON THE EDGE AND IN NEED OF HELP. >> IT'S REMARKABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY ISSUE, AND HOW FAR IT IS DRIFTING EVEN INTO THE U.S.. >> Reporter: THIS WEEK, AIR QUALITY IN A FEW STATES HERE IN THE U.S. WAS IMPACTED. THE SMOKE WAS STRICKEN FROM THE NORTH AND IMPACTING SOME MAJOR CITIES. THAT THREAT TODAY IS BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE, BUT BECAUSE THE FIRES ARE STILL BURNING, IT COULD BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE AGAIN VERY QUICKLY. THAT IS WHY SO MANY ARE HOPING FOR THE RAIN WE MENTIONED EARLIER, AND WHY MORE CREWS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE WAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> LET'S BRING IN UROLOGIST BILL KARINS. LET'S TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON WEATHERWISE IN THE WORLD. I WANT TO START WITH THE FLOODING IN TEXAS. THERE IS ALSO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION YOU ARE GOING TO TRACK. >> WE WILL START WITH THIS BECAUSE IT IS THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON. THIS IS AN OFFICIALLY TRACKED STORM FROM THE HURRICANE CENTER. PEOPLE IN THE GULF COAST AND FLORIDA WATCHING YOUR LOCAL NEWS AND NBC STATION, THIS IS A LEAD STORY. IT'S A BIG DEAL. WHERE'S IT GOING AND WHO IS IT GOING TO IMPACT AND WILL THIS TURN INTO A BIG PROBLEM IS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS IS WHERE THE STORM IS LOCATED. IT IS DUE SOUTH OF PENSACOLA AND PANAMA CITY. IT IS PRETTY MUCH DUE WEST OF THE TAMPA AREA. IT'S A SMALL STORM, A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOTTOM HALF. JUST HEAVY RAIN IN THE NORTH. IT IS FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE TO AVOID PANAMA CITY RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST DRIFTING RIGHT NOW, BUT IN THE NEXT 2 DAYS, IS GOING TO START MOVING TO THE SOUTH. THAT'S AN UNUSUAL STORM MOTION. SHOWS YOU WE HAVE A BIT OF A WACKY WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH IT TO THE SOUTH END THAT WILL KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA PENINSULA, AND HEADING TOWARDS WESTERN CUBA. THE HURRICANE CENTER DOES BRING IT FROM 35 MILES PER HOUR NOW TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. ONCE WE HAD 39, THEN IT BECOMES TROPICAL STORM ARLENE LIKELY TOMORROW OR LATE TONIGHT, YOU WILL HEAR A HEADLINER SAYING THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON HAS FORMED, ARLENE, BUT IT IS NOT HEADING TOWARDS FLORIDA. INDIRECTLY SOME OF THE MOISTURE WILL HEAD TOWARDS FLORIDA, BUT NOT DIRECTLY. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A HUGE IMPACT. MOST PEOPLE IN FLORIDA WILL THINK THIS IS LIKE A TYPICAL SUMMER AFTERNOON. HE WILL HAVE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING, BUT NO DIRECT IMPACT WITH OUR LIKELY FIRST NAMED STORM OF THE SEASON. >> AND NOW THAT FLOODING IN TEXAS. >> THAT'S AMAZING. THOSE PICTURES. >> LIKE TOMORROW MORNING WE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE MORE? >> CORRECT. THIS IS FLASH FLOODING. IT GOES UP QUICKLY AND GOES AWAY QUICKLY. THE THING TO NOTE IS HOW FLAT THIS PART OF TEXAS IS. THE WATER MAY ONLY BE TWO FEET DEEP BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS AN OCEAN, BUT IT WILL DISSIPATE AND LEAVE THE REGION. WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR FLASH FLOODING TOMORROW WHEN WE HAVE NEW THUNDERSTORMS, BUT IT WON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THERE ARE MANY HIGHWAYS AND ROADS THAT ARE CLOSED BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WASHED OUT. THAT WILL BE THE ISSUE AND PROBLEM AS PEOPLE TRY TO GET AROUND THE REGION BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE YET TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS BECAUSE THERE IS STILL WATER ON THEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WE ARE GETTING NEW DETAILS OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN APPARENT LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY WEEDING UP TO THE PARTIALLY COLLAPSED APARTMENT BUILDING IN DAVENPORT, IOWA, WITH RESCUERS RIGHT NOW RACING TO FIND AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE STILL BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED INSIDE. THE CITY IS FINALLY RELEASING THOSE PEOPLE'S NAMES. BRANDON COLEMAN, BRIAN HITCHCOCK, AND DANIEL FREEMAN. THE WOMAN ON THE RIGHT IN THIS PICTURE, SHE WAS ACTUALLY TRAPPED IN THIS BUILDING. SURGEONS HAD TO AMPUTATE HER LEG AT THE COLLAPSE SITE JUST TO GET HER FREE. RIGHT NOW SHE IS IN THE HOITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. WE ARE HEARING SOME EXTRAORDINARY NEW DETAILS. A MASONRY COMPANY OWNER, SOMEONE WHO FIXES DAMAGED BUILDINGS, TELLING OUR TEAM HE WALKED BY THIS SITE THE DAY BEFORE COLLAPSED. HE SAW CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FIXING UP A BIG CRACK THAT WENT ON THE BUILDING AND SAID HEY, STOP. AGAIN, JUST 24 HOURS BEFORE THIS COLLAPSE. LISTEN. >> I BEGGED HIM PLEASE LEAVE, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE IF YOU CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. >> DOCUMENTS SHOW MANAGEMENT KNEW ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES BUT DID NOT DO ENOUGH TO FIX THEM. AN ENGINEER RUNNING THAT PATCHES OF THE BUILDINGS BRICK SEEMED TO BE READY TO FALL IMMINENTLY, I'M QUOTING HERE, JUST 4 DAYS BEFORE THE COLLAPSE. THE MAYOR SEEN SOMETHING SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE SOONER. >> WE HAVE REGRETS ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY, AND HOW WE COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY DONE MORE. YES. DO I THINK ABOUT THIS EVERY MOMENT? YES. >> I WANT TO BRING IN SHAQ BREWSTER WHO IS ON THE GROUND FOR AS LIVE IN DAVENPORT, IOWA. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE THREE PEOPLE BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED INSIDE? >> Reporter: THERE IS STILL AN ACTIVE SEARCH FOR THEM. I SAY ACTIVE BECAUSE THE CREWS HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL. HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING. THEY'VE BEEN WARNING US SINCE EARLY THIS WEEK THAT IT COULD COME CRUMBLING DOWN AT ANY TIME. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE LATEST OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE, THE MAYOR TOLD ME TODAY THAT THEY ARE STARTING TO BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE, CONSULTING WITH THE FOLKS IN FLORIDA WHO HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS AT THE SURFSIDE COND . THEY ARE CONSULTING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEALT WITH THESE KINDS OF TRAGEDIES BEFORE TO SEE HOW THEY CAN RECOVER THOSE BODIES. AGAIN, THEY WANT TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AS THEY ARE DOING IT. >> SO THAT SOME OF THE URGENT THINGS HAPPENING NOW, RIGHT? LIKE WHETHER THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE FOUND AND WHERE THEY ARE ET CETERA. THERE IS ALSO THIS MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING, FRANKL , THAT IS HAPPENING WITH ALL THESE WARNINGS, DOCUMENTED WARNINGS, BEFORE THIS BUILDING PARTIALLY COLLAPSED, BEFORE THAT CLEARLY WENT UNHEEDED. HER BACK EXACTLY. THESE ARE THE WARNINGS, I'M SURE YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND BEEN SAYING THAT THE LEAKS INSIDE, THE CRACKS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH, WELL NOW IT IS BEING PROVEN BY THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE CITY. I ASKED THE MAYOR EARLIER TODAY WHAT HIS BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THESE DOCUMENTS AND THIS RELEASE OF INFORMATION IS, AND WHAT CAN CHANGE FROM HERE. LISTEN TO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT EXCHANGE. >> Reporter: DID THE PERMANENT INSPECTION PROCESS FAIL? >> WE HAVE A PRETTY RIGOROUS INSPECTION PROCESS NOW. >> Reporter: SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED ON, BUT IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS DEFENDING. THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE SAW ARE PROOF THAT THE SYSTEM, NOT THAT IT'S COMPLETELY WORKING, BUT IT SHOWS THAT THE COMPLAINT IS FOLLOWED UP BY A INSPECTION, AND THEY HIRE AN OUTSIDE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO COME IN. THEY SAID THEY WILL REVIEW IT, BUT THEIR ARGUMENT AS THEY ARE BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS FROM BEHIND THE SCENES. >> THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME TONIGHT IN WASHINGTON, THE BALL IS IN THE SENATES COURT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE U.S. DOES PAY ITS BILLS ON TIME, AND BY DOING SO, AVOID EYE FINANCIAL CATASTROPHE. TAKE A LIVE LOOK. WE ARE WATCHING TIMING, BECAUSE SENATOR JOE MANCHIN ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE HAS BEEN TELLING OUR TEAM -- BUT SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS THE VOTE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE TOMORROW. THE TIMELINE MATTERS TO A DEGREE. AS LONG AS IT HAPPENS BEFORE MONDAY, THAT IS A GOOD THING. THAT DEADLINE, JUNE 5th, IS THE SO-CALLED X DATE, WHICH IS WHEN WE DON'T PAY THE DEBT THAT WE OWE AS A NATION WE COULD DEFAULT , AND THAT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC GLOBALLY. TOP DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ARE WARNING THAT THINGS HAVE TO GET MOVING. >> TIME IS A LUXURY THE SENATE DOES NOT HAVE IF WE WANT TO PREVENT DEFAULT. JUNE 5th IS LESS THAN 4 DAYS AWAY. AT THIS POINT, ANY DELAY OR LAST-MINUTE HOLDUPS WOULD BE AN UNNECESSARY AND EVEN DANGEROUS RISK. >> I WANT TO BRING IN OUR CORRESPONDENT WHO IS LIVE FOR US ON CAPITOL HILL. TONIGHT MAY BE ACTION TOMORROW MAYBE ACTION, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A MATTER OF WHEN AND NOT A. >> Reporter: THAT THE RIGHT READ ON THIS. WE ARE AT THE POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE ONE SENATOR HOLED UP, AND NOW IT'S 6:14 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FLOOR AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING. THE REALITY IS EVERY SENATOR THAT WE'VE TALKED TO, EVEN THE ONES WHO DON'T LIKE THIS PLAN AND THIS DEAL, STILL SEEM TO BE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IF THEY GET AN AMENDMENT VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO THEN FAST-TRACK THIS. ALL DEADLINES WILL BE MET INTO THE STEEL WILL ULTIMATELY GO THROUGH WITHOUT ANY CHANGES, BUT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IF AN AMENDMENT WERE TO PASS THAT CHANGED THE BAYLOR TOOK SOMETHING OUT OF IT OR ADDED SOMETHING INTIMATE, THEN THE BILL WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE BEFORE BEING SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THERE IS NO TIME FOR. NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE HEARD FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SENATORS TODAY. THESE WERE THEIR OPINIONS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> I BELIEVE IT WILL PASS. >> I HAVEN'T DECIDED. WE ARE STILL RECEPTIVE. >> THAT'S THE REASON THAT MOST DEMOCRATS ARE GIVING IS THAT EVEN IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT IS IN THE DEAL, THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK DEFAULT, THE SAME RATIONALE I HEARD FROM HOUSE DEMOCRATS WHO WERE NONE TOO PLEASED WITH WHAT THIS ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE, BUT STILL BELIEVED AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT THEY SEE IN THIS BILL IS STILL NOT WHERE THE DEFAULT THING ON U.S. CREDIT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SO THE REAL MOOD CHECK HERE SINCE I KNOW YOU LOVE DOING THOSE AS WELL. >> WHO DOESN'T. >> WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING FIVE CHECKS ALL DAY AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE OKAY, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF BUT WHEN. >> GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN TONIGHT. WE WILL TALK AGAIN MAYBE LATER OR TOMORROW. >>> TARGET STOCK TODAY IS DROPPING TO THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN IN THREE YEARS AS IT FACES PRESSURE FROM CONSERVATIVES OVER ITS LINE OF PRIDE MONTH MERCHANDISE. LOOK AT THE SLIDE. IT'S ON ITS WORST LOSING STREAK RIGHT NOW AND MORE THAN TWO DECADES. J.P. MORGAN THINKS TARGET IS FACING TOUGH TIMES. DOWNGRADED TARGETS STOCK TODAY WIDE AS THE COMPANY IS FACING BOYCOTTS AND THREATS TO STORES FOR SELLING SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE. SHIRTS, BACK PATS MY ET CETERA, ALL WITH THIS LGBTQ+ THEME FOR PRIDE MONTH WHICH STARTS TODAY. THE BACKLASH HAS BECOME A TREND. HERE ARE SOME OF THE BRANDS THAT HAVE BEEN FACING IT. BUD LIGHT, KOHL'S, PET SMART, NORTH FACE, LEGO, AND EVEN CHICK-FIL-A, A RIGHT-WING DARLING FOR DONATING TO ANTI LGBTQ GROUPS IN THE PAST. THEY ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THESE BOYCOTTS FROM CONSERVATIVES BECAUSE OF THE COMPANY'S DIVERSITY EFFORTS. WE HAVE ONE BIG STORE GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND THAT IS WALMART. THEY ARE REFUSING TO PULL MERCHANDISE FROM THEIR PRIDE AND JOY LINE OFF THE SELVES, AND THEY ARE STANDING BY THEIR DECISION EVEN IN THE FACE OF ALL THE BACKLASH. >> Reporter: HERE WE ARE THE 1st DAY OF PRIDE MONTH AND WE ARE SEEING IN THIS REALLY ILLUSTRATIVE WAY THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE BUSINESS SECTOR IN THE SO- CALLED CULTURE WAR SECTOR, THE SORT OF POLITICS FROM IT ALL COLLIDING, AND IT HAS A BOTTOM LINE IMPACT FOR SOME OF THESE COMPANIES AS TARGET SEEMS TO BE WELL AWARE OF NOW. >> Reporter: IT CERTAINLY DOES. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WORTH NOTING. FIRST WHAT I WOULD SAY IS 10 YEARS AGO IT WOULD BE HARD TO IMAGINE THAT YOU'D HAVE THIS MANY COMPANIES GOING IN ON PRIDE MONTH THE WAY THAT THEY ARE, WITH MERCHANDISE AND SHIRTS AND T-SHIRTS. REALLY MAINSTREAMING THE IDEA OF PRIDE MONTH. WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S REALLY A REFLECTION OF SOCIETY IN GENERAL AND THE MASSIVE CHANGE IN CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, AND SPECIFICALLY THE LAST DECADE SINCE THE SUPREME COURT LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. WE ARE ALSO SEEING HERE IS AN NEW ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSGENDER ISSUES, AND A LOT OF THESE BOYCOTTS AND ANGER ARE FOCUS ON THE IDEA OF TRANSGENDER ISSUES. FOR TARGET, THERE WAS A TRANSGENDER FRIENDLY BATHING SUIT THAT WAS PART OF THEIR DISPLAY IN THE FRONT OF MANY OF THEIR STORES. IT CREATED AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES, SO THEY MOVED IT TO THE BACK OF THE STORE. THEN YOU TOOK ACTION, THEY WERE CRITICIZED FOR TAKING. OTHER STORES ARE SAYING WE ARE FINE WITH OUR MERCHANDISE. THERE WAS A RECENT SURVEY THAT SAID THAT 70% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT COMPANIES SHOULD PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. THIS ISSUE OF TRANSGENDER RIGHTS , WELL THAT IS A FIRESTORM OF CONTROVERSY. >> AND THERE IS A BIGGER PICTURE TO IT. IT IS NOT JUST BUSINESS, BUT THERE IS A REAL WORLD IMPACT BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE BACKDROP, JUST ONE EXAMPLE, HERE IS A MAP HERE. 20 STATES HAVE PASSED LAWS THAT BANNED GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS. A LOT OF HEALTH EXPERTS SAY IT COULD BE LIFESAVING. ANOTHER SEVEN STATES ARE CONSIDERING SIMILAR LEGISLATION. LGBTQ ADVOCACY, AN ATTACK ON TRANS RIGHTS AND LGBTQ RIGHTS. I KNOW YOU ARE SPEAKING TO EXPERTS WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THAT. >> Reporter: A HISTORIAN AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PUT A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IN PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF THE PRIDE MOVEMENT IN GENERAL, AND HOW ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE DECADES HAVE REALLY SPLIT THE COUNTRY INTO THIS KIND OF FRAUD CULTURAL SPACE. LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> WE HAVE SEEN THIS BACKLASH BEFORE IN THE 70s AND THE 90s AND THE EARLY PART OF THIS CENTURY OVER OTHER ISSUES. ULTIMATELY I THINK THAT THE PROGRESS WILL CONTINUE, BUT IT IS STILL A VERY DANGEROUS MOMENT, AND THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, ARE THE ONES MOST AT RISK. >> Reporter: LIKE SO MANY ISSUES TODAY, WE ARE SUCKED INTO A VORTEX OF EXTREME RHETORIC ON BOTH SIDES, AND IT MAKES IT A MOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A REASONABLE CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AND ISSUES. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORTING. >>> COMING UP, A BUNCH OF FLIGHTS DELAYED TODAY, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT SOME AIRLINES SAY HAPPEN. >>> NEW DATA OUT OF THE CDC IS A LOT MORE OLDER WOMEN ARE HAVING BABIES. WE EXPLAIN IN THE FIVE THINGS. SUBSCRIBE. >>> IT MAY BE AMONG THE LEAST SURPRISING HEADLINES OF THE EVENING, THAT GETTING MARRIED IS GETTING WAY MORE EXPENSIVE. WE WILL TELL YOU WHY EXPERTS SAY THAT IS AND THAT IS INTERESTING IN OUR FIVE THINGS. >>> CANADA SAID TO BECOME THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO HAVE HEALTH WARNINGS PRINTED ON INDIVIDUAL CIGARETTES, NOT JUST THE PACK, BUT ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CIGARETTE. WORDS LIKE "POISON IN EVERY PUFF." " CIGARETTES CAUSE IMPOTENCE " THEY WILL BE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH ON THE CIGARETTES, ACTUALLY THE CIGARETTES. AS PART OF THE STRATEGY TO CUT THE NUMBER OF SMOKERS IN CANADA AND HALF FROM AROUND 10% TO UNDER 5% OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS ACCORDING TO HEALTH CANADA. IT WILL ALSO MAKE MORE DRAMATIC DEPICTIONS OF THINGS LIKE CANCER THAT ARE ON PACs NOW. THEY CALLED IT A BOLD STAFF THAT WOULD MAKE THE WARNINGS VIRTUALLY UNAVOIDABLE. AND WE ARE JOINED NOW BY OUR CORRESPONDENT. WHY DO THIS? WHAT IS THE IMPETUS FOR THIS? IS THIS A BROADER PUSH IN CANADA TO TRY TO GET A HANDLE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SMOKE? >> Reporter: I THINK IT'S FOLLOWING TRENDS. I MEAN, CANADA WAS THE FIRST TO COUNTRY TO EVEN HAVE LABELS OR PICTURES ON THEIR CIGARETTE PACKETS. I THINK IT'S REALLY SPEAKING TO THIS CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY SORT OF PLAYING TO HUMAN NATURE AND PSYCHE AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT EDUCATION. I THINK THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION OR PRESUMPTION THAT EVERYONE WHO SMOKES UNDERSTANDS ALL OF THE RISKS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY TRUE. I GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR DOING THIS. WE WILL SEE WHETHER THE U.S. FOLLOWS SUIT. WE CERTAINLY HAVE OUR OWN HISTORY OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION AND CHANGES STARTING WITH THE 1964 SURGEON GENERAL WARNING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHICH MADE A HUGE DENT IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SMOKED. >> IT IS A DRAMATIC THING TO SAY POISON AND EVERY PUFF ON THE ACTUAL CIGARETTE IS SOMEBODY A SMOKING IT, BUT THERE IS ALSO, I MEAN THIS IS CLEARLY PART OF IT, BUT THERE IS A SHAME FACTOR HERE, AND WE KNOW THAT SHAME DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. IT DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINES, COVID VACCINES ARE MEASLES VACCINES. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN A CONVINCING FACTOR. DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THIS COULD BACKFIRE? YOU THINK EVIDENCE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SHOW THAT EVEN WARNINGS LIKE THIS COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.? >> I DO THINK THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT WARNING LABELS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THERE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT STUDY REPORTED ON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE THEY LOOKED AT WARNING LABELS THAT DID INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO QUIT. I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE SUDDENLY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO THIS, INCREASING THEIR SMOKING HABITS. HERE POINT, I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK DOING ANYTHING IN A SORT OF PATRONIZING OR COERCIVE MANNER IS NECESSARILY THE RIGHT APPROACH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNO , THE PICTURES ARE GRAPHIC, THE COMMERCIALS ARE ALSO GRAPHIC, SHOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING OF LUNG CANCER. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GIVE ANECDOTES ABOUT HOW THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL THEY WERE IN THE GROSS ANATOMY LAB AND THEY SAW BLACK LUNGS VERSUS PINK LUNGS. WHATEVER IT TAKES. SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SHOCK ACTUALLY DOES AND CAN WORK. I THINK THIS IS AIMED AT IMPROVING PEOPLE'S HEALTH. I THINK THAT NOT DOING IT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE ANSWER. THERE ARE TOOLS LIKE INCREASING THE AGE THAT YOU CAN BUY CIGARETTES, INCREASING TAXES ON CIGARETTES, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> THANK YOU. >>> LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE FIVE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS FINE AFTER A STUMBLE TODAY. HE APPARENTLY TRIPPED OVER A SANDBAG AND FELL DOWN LIVING HIS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. YET SECRET SERVICE AGENTS AND SOMEBODY FROM THE AIR FORCE COME IN AND HELP HIM UP. HE CONTINUED ON. STOMACH NUMBER TWO, THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A RUSSIAN MISSILE, INCLUDING A 9 YEAR-OLD GIRL AND HER MOTHER. 15 OTHERS WERE HURT. THE MAYOR IS LOOKING INTO THE SHELTER AND MEDICAL FACILITY WAS BLOCKED AND PEOPLE COULD NOT GET TO SAFETY. >>> OVER 90% OF SPIRIT FLIGHTS GOT DELAYED TODAY. THE AIRLINE SAYS IT WAS BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL PROBLEM ON ITS APP, ON THE KIOSK AT THE AIRPORT, ON ITS WEBSITE. THE FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED ALTOGETHER. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S STARRY AND IS WORKING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS. >>> NUMBER FOUR, MORE AMERICAN WOMEN ARE HAVING CHILDREN LATER IN LIFE. THE BIRTH RATE IN WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 40 WENT UP LAST YEAR. THE BIGGEST SLEEP WAS IN WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 45, UP 12%. THE OVERALL NUMBER OF BIRTHS AT THAT AGE ARE PRETTY LOW. BIRTH RATES WENT UP A LITTLE BIT FOR WOMEN OVER 35. >>> NUMBER FIVE, IT IS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE THAN EVER TO GET MARRIED ACCORDING TO A REPORT, WHICH IF YOU'VE HAD A WEDDING REGISTRY, YOU KNOW IT'S A WEDDING WEBSITE. THE AVERAGE WEDDING IN THE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR COST ABOUT $29,000. IF YOU LIVE IN A BIG CITY IT'S EVEN MORE UP FROM $28,000 FROM LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO ESTIMATES. IS PAYING FOR THEM? MORE COUPLES ARE CONTRIBUTING THEMSELVES RATHER THAN HITTING PARENTS AND FAMILIES PAY. SUMMER ADDING A CASH FUND TO THE WEDDING REGISTRY. >>> NEW WARNINGS TONIGHT ABOUT THE ECONOMY. BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING ARE RAISING THE >>> A LOT OF STARS SHOWING UP AT A ROYAL WEDDING IN JORDAN, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. >>> FIRST, THE NUMBERS TODAY MAY BE SOUNDING THE ALARM THAT THE ECONOMY IS NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. IT'S ALL BASED ON HOW PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO SPEND THEIR MONEY. YOU HAVE MACY'S TODAY LOWERING EXPECTATIONS AFTER THEY SAY PEOPLE JUST AREN'T BUYING AS MUCH IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THE COMPANY'S CEO SAID HE EXPECTED THINGS TO BE BAD, BUT THINGS ARE ACTUALLY WORSE THAN HE THOUGHT. MACY'S ISN'T THE ONLY ONE. PEOPLE AREN'T JUST CHANGING HOW THEY ARE SHOPPING FOR STUFF LIKE LOWE'S. COSTCO IS PEOPLE ARE CHANGING HOW PEOPLE ARE BUYING FOOD. YOU ARE MORE EXPENSIVE PRODUCTS LIKE MEAT AND CHEAPER STUFF LIKE PORK AND CHICKEN. IT IS SOMETHING THAT COSTCO SAYS THEY HAVE SEEN IN RECESSIONS BEFORE. BRIAN CHEUNG JOINS ME NOW. IS A PREVIOUS RECESSIONS, WE AREN'T IN A RECESSION YET ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS. TALK ABOUT THAT PIECE OF IT. WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS SHOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING THEIR MONEY. >> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THIS AS PERHAPS LEADING INDICATOR OF A SLOWDOWN HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SHIFT AROUND THEIR WALLETS TO PRIORITIZE SAVING ON THE BOTTOM LINE. WITH HIGH INFLATION, IT'S NO WONDER YOU ARE TRYING TO SEE CONSUMERS PULL BACK. MACY'S SAID THAT NET SALES WERE $5 BILLION. THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD BUT NOT SO GOOD WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT IS DOWN 7% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. WE HEARD FROM THE MACY'S A CEO ON AN EARNINGS RELEASE SAY THEY PLAN THE AIR ASSUMING THAT THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE CONSUMER WOULD BE CHALLENGED, BUT STARTING IN THE SPRING, DEMAND TRENDS WEEKEND FURTHER THAN OUR DISCRETIONARY PICK TRANSLATION, PEOPLE AREN'T BUYING THINGS THAT THEY DON'T NEED IN THIS ECONOMY. COSTCO AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FOOD, THEY ARE MAKING TRADED DOWNS. THEY ARE BUYING CHICKEN, AND IN SOME CASES BUYING THINGS LIKE CANNED TUNA AND CANNED CHICKEN BECAUSE IT IS A LOT CHEAPER. WITH COSTCO YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF THE $1.50 HOTDOCS, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN SAVE PENNIES. THAT IS LITERALLY MEAT. >> YOU ARE EATING A $1.50 HOT DOG, AND WE KNOW YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH THEM. WE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. YOU LOVE THEM. >> Reporter: THAT WAS LITERALLY WHAT I WANTED. >> AN AMAZING BIRTHDAY DINNER. >> Reporter: THANK YOU. >> TALK A BIT ABOUT THE IDEA THAT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE LEADING INDICATORS OF A SLOWDOWN. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? PEOPLE WHO ARE SCARED OF A RECESSION, SLOWDOWN DOESN'T FEEL QUITE AS SCARY. HOW SHOULD WE BE MAKING SENSE OF SOME OF THESE NUMBERS HERE? >> Reporter: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL ECONOMIC PICTURE, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. WE GOT ONE RELEASED YESTERDAY AND IT SHOWS THAT THE NUMBER TICKED DOWN TO 102.3 WHICH IN THEIR INDEX IS A SIX MONTH FLOW. THAT IS THE WILLINGNESS OF PEOPLE TO OPEN UP THEIR WALLETS IN THE FUTURE. IT'S NO SURPRISE WITH HIGH INFLATION CONTINUING TO REALLY CRUNCH ON OUR BOTTOM LINE IS YOU ARE SEEING PEOPLE REALLY CONCERNED, INCLUDING MYSELF TRYING TO SAVE MONEY WITH THAT $1.50 HOT DOG. >> I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD WARN YOU NEXT TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >>> COMING UP, THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING IN CHINA IS WAY DOWN. MY EXPERTS SAY THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM NOT EASILY FIXED IN OUR ORIGINAL TONIGHT. >>> A BIG SPILL LEADING TO AN ARREST IN DENMARK. WE EXPLAIN IN THE GLOBAL >>> TONIGHT'S ORIGINAL NOW WITH IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON A TOPIC WE'VE BEEN WATCHING, AND TONIGHT IT'S THE UNEXPECTED COLLATERAL DAMAGE FROM THOSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA LATELY. IT TURNS OUT THE U.S. IS SENDING FEWER AND FEWER COLLEGE STUDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD IN CHINA, AND I COULD MAKE IT REALLY HARD TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIPLOMATS. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN STUDENTS HAD TO CHINA TO STUDY EVERY YEAR, AND VICE VERSA, BUT CHINA'S ZERO COVID POLICY COMBINED WITH DIPLOMATIC BREAKDOWNS OF HER TAIWAN, THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND UKRAINE, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE ALMOST COMPLETELY DRIED UP. >> Reporter: AROUND THE WORLD, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WERE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. HERE IN CHINA, THE IMPACT HAS LINGERED. UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING AMERICAN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CAMPUSES HERE ARE OPEN AS USUAL, BUT THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS ATTENDING THEM HAS PLUMMETED. A DECADE AGO, THERE WERE NEARLY 15,000 U.S. STUDENTS IN CHINA. TODAY, THERE ARE ONLY 350. THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IT IS ABOUT AN IDEA PERCENT DROP, AND IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WON'T BE EASILY FIXED ACCORDING TO THE U.S. AMBASSADOR HERE. >> THEY COULDN'T RUN THEIR JUNIOR YEAR IN CHINA PROGRAM. AND SO IT ALL JUST DRIED UP. WE NEED TO HAVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHINA EXPERTS FOR OUR ENTIRE GOVERNMENT, THEY COME OUT OF THESE UNIVERSITIES. FRANKLY, WE WILL NEED SOME HELP FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. THEY WILL NEED TO CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WILL BE RECEPTIVE TO AMERICAN STUDENTS COMING BACK. >> Reporter: IT WASN'T JUST THE PANDEMIC OR CHINA'S ZERO COVID RULES GIVING AMERICAN STUDENTS AWAY. U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS HAVE HIT A UNIQUE LOW IN RECENT YEARS, AND THE TENSION HAS TRICKLED DOWN TO STUDENTS AND SCHOLAR EXCHANGES THAT HAVE LONG REACHED GEOPOLITICS. AND NYU SHANGHAI IT MEANT A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE LANDSCAPE, SINCE THE CAMPUS WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN DIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH BACK IN 2012. >> THERE ARE FEWER AMERICANS, IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT IT IS TOUGH FOR ME TO SAY, BUT IT'S TOUGH DUDE TO THE ABILITY TO COME BACK, THE HESITANCE TO COME BACK, DUE TO THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND HERE. >> Reporter: WHAT IS THE LONG- TERM IMPACT? >> JUST THE ESSENCE OF BEING HERE IS BEING A SOMEWHAT SOFT AND INFORMAL DIPLOMAT OF THE COUNTRY AND CULTURE. NOT HAVING ACTUAL AMERICANS HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE AND BEING ABLE TO GO BACK AND SPEAK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IS A HUGE LOS . >> Reporter: TO BE CLEAR, THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN STUDENTS HERE WITHIN DECLINE EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHICH GUTTED STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS EVERYWHERE. FIGURES FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SHOW THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS JUST STOPPED GOING TO JAPAN, THE UK, AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO STUDY. THE NUMBER OF CHINESE STUDENTS GOING TO THE U.S. HAS SLIPPED AS WELL, BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY, DOWN 15% FROM TWO YEARS AGO TO ROUGHLY 300,000. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ARE HUGE REVENUE SOURCE FOR U.S. SCHOOLS. IN 2018, CHINESE STUDENTS CONTRIBUTED $15 BILLION TO THE ECONOMY ACCORDING TO THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT. THE CHALLENGE WITH CHINA, IT COULD TAKE YEARS FOR U.S. STUDENT NUMBERS TO BOUNCE BACK, THE COUNTRY ONLY JUST REOPENED TO TOURISM IN MARCH, AND THE MOOD HERE HAS SHIFTED. MEGAN STARTED AT NYU SHANGHAI FOUR YEARS AGO. DESPITE OTHER HEADWINDS, SHE WANTS TO GRADUATE THIS YEAR, SO SHE CAME BACK FROM MARYLAND. >> THERE ARE ALL THESE BENEFITS OF BEING EXPOSED TO A PLACE THAT CLEARLY HAS A LOT OF IMPORTANCE IN TERMS OF POLICY AND U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. >> IS A DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING RELATIONSHIP, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE IN WITH CHINA, A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON COMPETITION. WE NEED BALANCE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND PEOPLE ARE THE BALANCE. WHAT WANT THE TWO COUNTRIES, THE PEOPLE TO BE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, AND 20-YEAR-OLDS PROBABLY DO THAT BEST AND THEY HAVE A DEGREE OF FAMILIARITY AND EXPERTISE WITH THE COUNTRY THAT IS LIFELONG. >> WE ARE JOINT NOW LIVE FROM BEIJING. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THIS LOOK INTO THIS REALLY INTERESTING ISSUE THAT IS A SUPER FORWARD-LOOKING AND FUTURE LOOKING. WHAT ABOUT THE FLIP SIDE OF IT? IN OTHER WORDS, CHINESE STUDENTS COMING TO STUDY IN THE U.S. >> Reporter: THERE ARE FACTORS INFLUENCING THOSE DECISIONS AS WELL. THE PANDEMIC HAD AN IMPACT. CHINESE STUDENTS IF THEY WERE LEAVING CHINA, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO SEE THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE THE BORDER IS ONLY OPEN HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO. THAT WAS A FACTOR. ANECDOTALLY, OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WE TALKED TO THEM AS SO MANY OF THEM TOLD US THAT THEIR PARENTS WATCH THE NEWS, AND THEY SEE THINGS COMING OUT OF THE U.S., GUN VIOLENCE, THE PRIZE IN ANTI- ASIAN ATTACKS, THE POLITICS, AND THEY ARE INFLUENCING THESE AND PEOPLE TO CONSIDER OTHER PLACES. THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF CHINESE STUDENTS GOING TO THE UK, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, STILL A LOT OF THEM GOING TO THE U.S., BUT IN SOME CASES THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT. >> GIVEN THAT, WHAT IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT YOU SAY THESE PARENTS HAVE WATCHING THE NEWS WITH THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION FROM THE UNITED STATES, WHICH AS YOU SAY STILL HOLDS WEIGHT IN CHINA. >> Reporter: IT CERTAINLY HOLDS WEIGHT. IT IS STILL SEEN AS SOMETHING OF PROCEEDS, ALMOST A STATUS SYMBOL TO HAVE THIS AMERICAN EDUCATION. THESE OBJECTIVES FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE REMAIN THE SAME NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO TO STUDY. THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH AND THEIR EMPLOYABILIT . THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHINESE STUDENTS WHO STUDY ABROAD COME BACK TO CHINA, SO THEY WANT TO BE THE MOST EMPLOYABLE THAT THEY CAN BE AND WHAT IS NOW AN INCREASINGLY TOUGH JOB MARKET HERE. >> LIVE FROM BEIJING, THANK YOU. STOMACH NBC NEWS COVERS HUNDREDS OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL STORIES EVERY DAY BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY READ OR WATCH OR LISTEN TO THEM ALL, OUR FOREIGN DESK IS IN IT FOR YOU. HERE'S SOME OF WHAT THEY ARE WATCHING IN A SEGMENT WE CALL THE GLOBAL. OUT OF FRANCE, THE TENNIS STAR SAYS HE IS STANDING BY HIS COMMENT ABOUT KOSOVO AND THAT HE WANTS TO PUT THE CONTROVERSY OF A STATEMENT AT THE FRENCH OPEN BEHIND HIM. THIS IS SOMETHING WE BROUGHT YOU YESTERDAY IN OUR ORIGINAL REPORTING, HOW HE WROTE THAT KOSOVO IS THE HEART OF SERBIA. HE WAS REFERRING TO CENTURIES- OLD TENSIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTRY. KOSOVO IS ITS INDEPENDENT AND S HE HAS A THIRD-ROUND MATCH IN THE FRENCH OPEN TOMORROW. >>> A TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN DETAINED AFTER POTATOES WERE FOUND ALL OVER A BRIDGE. NOT JUST ANY BRIDGE, BUT THE ONE THAT CONNECTS THE CAPITAL TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THIS IS EXTRA WEIRD, BECAUSE THERE WERE LIKE, TWO POTATO SPILLS ACROSS THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE. THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT, A COINCIDENCE OR MAYBE ONE ON PURPOSE. THE DRIVER WAS HELD ON SUSPICION OF CAUSING RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. STOMACH OUT OF JORDAN, TODAY THE CROWN PRINCE IS TYING THE KNOT, MARRYING A SAUDI ARCHITECTS, THE CELEBRATION BRINGING HUGE CROWDS. LOOK AT THIS PARADE DOWN THE STREETS. A LOT OF CELEBRITIES WERE THERE INCLUDING PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE. IT WAS NOT JUST A WART ROYAL WEDDING, HOWEVER. THERE IS MORE TO THIS, BECAUSE THERE IS A POLITICAL UNDERTONE TO THIS IS JORDAN TRIES TO MOVE PAST CONTROVERSIES. LET'S BRING IN RAFF SANCHEZ. NOT TRYING TO PUT THE WEIGHT OF AN ENTIRE REGION GEOPOLITICALLY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THIS NEWLYWED COUPLE, BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT THIS IS A ROYAL WEDDING THAT GOES BEYOND THE CELEBRITY PICTURES AND DRESSES AND FASHION. >> Reporter: FOR STARTERS, I THINK OUR INDENTATIONS JUST GOT LOST IN THE MAIL, BUT YES. THIS WAS A BREAD AND CIRCUS MOMENT, A BID, LAVISH PUBLIC SPECTACLE IN JORDAN, AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE JORDANIAN ROYAL FAMILY TO RALLY PUBLIC SUPPORT AFTER WHAT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT PERIOD. JORDAN IS A POOR COUNTRY. IT DOESN'T HAVE THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND OIL WEALTH OF ITS NEIGHBORS LIKE SAUDI ARABIA. UNEMPLOYMENT IN JORDAN IS 20%, ABOUT FIVE TIMES THE UNEMPLOYMENT RACE RATES IN THE U.S. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IS CLOSE TO 40%. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURTING FOR A LONG TIME. INSIDE THE ROYAL FAMILY, THERE HAS BEEN THIS KIND OF GAME OF THRONES STYLE PSYCHODRAMA THAT'S REALLY COMPLICATED. THE SHORT VERSION IS THE FORMER KING, THE LATE KING OF JORDAN, HAD A NUMBER OF SONS. HIS SON, KING OF DOLA, IS THE CURRENT MONARCH, BUT HE HAS ACCUSED HIS HALF-BROTHER OF PLOTTING AGAINST THE CROWN, AND HE BASICALLY HAD HIS HALF- BROTHER AND HIS HALF-BROTHER'S FAMILY UNDER HOUSE ARREST NOW FOR 2 YEARS OR SO, SO THIS WEDDING IS KIND OF A CHANCE TO PUT A NEW SHINE ON THE ROYAL FAMILY, TO PUT A GLOSS ON THE IMAGE AND REALLY GIVE THE JORDANIAN PEOPLE SOMETHING THEY CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT. >> YOU KNOW, IT IS ALSO, AGAIN, MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE, BUT IT BRINGS TOGETHER, THE JORDANIAN GROOM, FROM BETTY FROM A NOT OIL RICH COUNTRY AND THE SAUDI BRIDE, SOMEONE FROM AN OIL RENT COUNTRY. >> Reporter: HIS WIFE IS NOT HERSELF A SAUDI ROYAL, BUT HER FAMILY IS CLOSE TO THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY, LED BY THE CROWN BAND IT'S, AND SAUDI ARABIA IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT COME COUNTRY FOR JORDAN BECAUSE IT HAS THE OIL WEALTH THAT JORDAN DOESN'T. JORDAN IS RELIANT ON INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE. HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PIPELINE OF SAUDI MONEY CONTINUES TO FLOW. THE CURRENT MONARCH IS ONLY 61. WE HAVE EVERY EXPECTATION HE WILL BE ON THE THRONE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN JORDAN'S FUTURE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> STILL TO COME, THERE IS THIS NEW WEIGHT LOSS SUPPLEMENT THAT HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE ONLINE BEING CALLED NATURE'S OZEMPIC , BUT DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK AND IS IT ACTUALLY SAFE. THE THE FUTURE IS NOW. IS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW. IT'S NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THERE IS A SUPPLEMENT SOME PEOPLE ARE CALLING "NATURE'S OZEMPIC." IT'S REAL NAME IS BERBERINE. IT HAS BEEN EVERYWHERE ONLINE AND ALL OF TIKTOK . >> NATURE'S OZEMPIC , BERBERINE, I AM OBSESSED. >> THIS LAST WEEK I LOST A TOTAL OF 0.5 POUNDS, BRINGING MY TOTAL IN 30 DAYS TO 6.5 POUNDS , WHICH IS MAJOR. >> THE SIDE EFFECTS DON'T SEEM THAT BAD. I'M DOWN. >> OKAY. A LOT OF INFORMATION BEING SHARED ON TIKTOK BUT THERE YOU GO. WHAT IS BERBERINE? IT'S FOUND IN A BUNCH OF PLANTS. PEOPLE SAY IT'S A SUPPLEMENT THAT CAN MAKE YOU LESS HUNGRY. YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS BETTER. THE STUFF IS BECOMING POPULAR ONLINE PARTLY BECAUSE IT IS CHEAP AND AVAILABLE, TWO THINGS THAT OZEMPIC AND OZEMPIC ARE NOT. BOTH OF THOSE DRUGS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY IN THE U.S. THEY COST ABOUT $1000 OUT-OF-POCKET. YOU ALSO NEED A PRESCRIPTION. NOT SO WITH BERBERINE. IT IS PRETTY WIDELY AVAILABLE , NO PRESCRIPTION NEEDED. BUT DOES IT WORK? MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS IT ACTUALLY SAFE FOR YOU TO TAKE? SO, JUST ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT OUT THE GATE. THERE ARE A LOT OF STUFF THAT PEOPLE SAY YOU SHOULD DO ON TIKTOK THINK YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT DO. IS BERBERINE ONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT? >> Reporter: COMPANIES CAN MAKE ANY CLAIM THAT THEY WANT BUT THE DEBATE IS STILL UP THERE IF TRAN20 WHEN ACTUALLY WORKS. A LOT OF THE STUDIES WERE DONE IN ANIMALS AND NOT HUMANS, BUT IN SOME OF THOSE HUMAN STUDIES, THEY DID SEE SOME BENEFITS FOR HEART HEALTH AND A FEW BENEFITS FOR WEIGHT LOSS. THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE LARGER STUDIES TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THAT ACTUALLY IS A EFFECTIVE SUPPLEMENT. THERE'S ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY. WITHOUT LARGE STUDIES, WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE OR EVEN SAFE DURING PREGNANCY. BE MAKE IT AS HUGE BUSINESS, SUPPLEMENTS AND GENERAL, BIG PICTURE, STEPPING BACK MY BRADLEY. $50 BILLION AMERICANS SPEND EVERY YEAR ON VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS. THEY ARE NOT CHEAP. PUT THIS INTO THAT BROADER BUSINESS CONTEXT FOR US. PRETTY MUCH MAKE ANY HEALTH CLAIM THEY WANT. SOMETIMES THE SUPPLEMENTS CAN CONTAIN INACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE LABEL AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE ANY OF THE INGREDIENTS ACTUALLY LISTED ON THE BOTTLE. BUT, IT IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER BECAUSE THE FDA DOES NOT REVIEW OR REGULATE THESE, BUT AT THAT POINT, EXPERTS TOLD ME YOU SHOULD SPEAK WITH THE DOCTOR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING LIKE BERBERINE FOR WEIGHT LOSS. SIDE EFFECTS ARE LIKE, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. OTHER SIDE EFFECTS, YOU MAY WANT TO STOP TAKING IT. >> THANK YOU. >>> A LOT OF THINGS ON THE INTERNET. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>
