EXCLUSIVES INTERVIEW AND ANALYSIS. NOW CONTINUING WITH LINDSEY REISER COME IN FOR "HALLIE JACKSON NOW". >>> WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT WITH TWO MORE BOMBSHELL RULINGS ON THE SUPREME COURT. RUN RULING AGAINST WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN MEANS FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION AND HOW THE RULING IN FAVOR OF A WEB DESIGNER COULD BE A SHELL MOMENT FOR LGBTQ IN AMERICA. >>> THE BIGGEST WEEKEND IS HERE AND IT COULD BE RECORD-SETTING. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HUGE PILEUPS OF DELAYS IN THIS SO-CALLED RING OF FIRE WEATHER PATTERN. >>> FOX NEWS AGAIN PAYING OUT BIG TONIGHT, WHAT THE MEDIA GIANT WILL NOW HAVE TO HAND OVER AFTER SETTLING A PAIR OF LAWSUITS FROM THE FORMER PRODUCER. >>> JUST HOURS AWAY FROM ONE OF THE STRICTEST IMMIGRATION LAWS IN THE COUNTRY GOING INTO EFFECT. HOW FLORIDA'S NEW POLICIES WILL AFFECT BUSINESSES AND WORKERS. >>> NPR REPORTER TELLS US HOW HE GOT THE SCOOP ON A SCAM A CRYSTAL INVESTING COMPANY, ONE MAN LOST HIS ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS LATER IN THE SHOW. >>> HEY, EVERYBODY. I'M LINDSEY REISER IN FOR HALLIE. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE OUTRAGE TO TWO MONUMENTAL RULINGS JUST IN FROM THE SUPREME COURT. THE JUSTICES KILLING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S STUDENT FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. THAT WOULD HAVE ERASED MORE THAN $400 BILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT. THE COURT ALSO RULED IN FAVOR OF A CHRISTIAN WEB DESIGNER WHO WANTS TO REFUSE TO WORK ON SAME SEX WEDDINGS, WHICH CRITICS FEAR COULD HAVE HUGE RIPPLE EFFECTS ON LGBTQ RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY. A DRAMATIC ENDING TO THE COURT'S TURN, WITH BOTH DECISIONS SPLIT ON IDEOLOGICAL LINES SET TO IMPACT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES THAT HIS FIGHT OVER STUDENT LOANS ISN'T OVER. HE IS LAYING OUT NEW ACTIONS FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION LIKE LOWERING THE INCOME-BASED CAP, AND REMOVING SOME PENALTIES FOR NONPAYMENT FOR A YEAR. PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO TAKING AIM AT REPUBLICANS. >> THE MONEY WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO GO OUT THE DOOR, AND THEN REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS STEPPED IN, THEY SAID, NO, NO. LITERALLY SNATCHING FROM THE HANDS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT RELIEF THAT WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. >> ON THE OTHER SIDE, MAJOR FIGURES IN THE REPORTING PARTY ARE CELEBRATING. NIKKI HALEY SAYING THAT THE COURT WAS RIGHT TO THROW OUT JOE BIDEN'S POWER GRAB WHEN IT COMES TO THE STUDENT LOANS. FORMER VP MIKE PENCE IS CALLING THE PLAN AN EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. OUR NBC NEWS TEAM IS COVERING ALL OF THIS. SHAQ BREWSTER IS ON THE GROUND IN CHICAGO. LAURA JARRETT JOINS US, AS WELL. LET'S BEGIN WITH JULIA AINSLIE. LET'S START ON STUDENT LOANS. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS NOW. WALK US THROUGH WHAT THIS DECISION FROM THE COURT MEANS. ALSO, EXPLAIN THE COMMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT, HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THAT? >> IT IS A NAIL IN THE COFFIN THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FIRST TOOK. THEY WERE LEANING ON THE H.E.R.O.E.S. ACT, THAT WAS A 2003 LAW ENACTED BY CONGRESS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE SOME STUDENT LOAN DEBT FORGIVENESS AFTER 9/11. THEN, THAT CONTINUED AGAIN DURING COVID. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TEMPORARILY FOR GAVE STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND ALLOWED BORROWERS NOT TO HAVE THEIR INTEREST ACCRUED DURING THAT PERIOD. THEY WERE SET TO START REPAYING THIS FALL, AND IN FACT NOW THEY WILL HAVE $20,000 MORE ADDED TO THAT BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT SAID THE H.E.R.O.E.S. ACT DID NOT ALLOW PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TAKE THAT ROUTE. IN FACT, HE IS GOING BEYOND WHAT THE STATUTE WOULD ALLOW. THIS IS FROM THE MAJORITY OPINION WRITTEN BY CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS. HE SAYS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM WOULD GIVE THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, "VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED POWER TO REWRITE FEDERAL LAW." THAT IS WHY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOW TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH. AN APPROACH THAT MIGHT TAKE LONGER. THEY ARE LEANING ON THAT 1965 HIGHER EDUCATION ACT. THAT IS WHAT BASICALLY GAVE US THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AS WE KNOW IT IN THE UNITED STATES. TITLE IV ALLOWS THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER LOANS IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GO TO COLLEGE. IT REALLY IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT COULD BE A LONGER ROUTE, THOUGH, TO GET THERE. I WILL ALSO POINT TO THE DISSENT FROM JUSTICE KAGAN. SHE IS SAYING THAT THE OVERREACH IS NOT BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, BUT BY THE COURT. THE COURT FIRST OVERREACHED IN THIS CASE DECIDING IT AT ALL, SHE SAID. IT BLOWS THROUGH A CONSTITUTIONAL GUARDRAIL INTENDED TO KEEP COURTS ACTING LIKE COURTS. JUSTICE KAGAN SAID THE STATE, IN THIS CASE, WERE NOT ABLE TO SHOW INJURY, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT THEY COULD HAVE STANDING, THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE COME FORWARD TO MAKE THIS CASE IN THE FIRST PLACE. LINDSAY? >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT SECOND CASE, THE SAME SEX WEB DESIGN CASE. THIS IS SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT TO A 2018 CASE IN WHICH THE COURT CITED WITH A CHRISTIAN BAKER WHO REFUSED TO MAKE A WEDDING CAKE FOR A GAY COUPLE. THAT CAKE DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT BUSINESSES CAN SAY WHEN IT COMES TO FREE SPEECH, TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY IS DISCRIMINATION. HOW DID THE JUSTICES RULE THIS TIME AROUND? >> THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY AND THE THREE LIBERAL DISSENTERS OVER WHO EXACTLY NEEDS PROTECTION IN THIS CASE. THE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICE SAID IT WAS A WEBSITE DESIGNER, LORI SMITH, SO ALTHOUGH SHE HAS NEVER BEEN ASKED TO DESIGN A WEDDING WEBSITE FOR A GAY COUPLE, SHE DOES HAVE GAY CLIENTS, SHE DOES OTHER WEBSITES FOR, AND SHE WAS WORRIED IF THEY ASKED HER TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD GO AGAINST HER BITTERLY HELD BELIEFS THAT THE UNION SHOULD STAY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. HE SAID THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES IS A RICH AND COMPLEX PLACE, WHERE ALL PERSONS ARE FREE TO THINK AND SPEAK AS THEY WISH, NOT AS THE GOVERNMENT'S DEMANDS. AS WE UNDERSTAND IN COURT TODAY IF YOU SUMMARIZE THIS OPINION HE SAID, LOOK, WHAT IF IT WAS FLIPPED AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS GAY DESIGNING WEBSITES AND YOU HAD SOMEBODY WHO WAS ANTI-LGBT, WITH A BE ASKED TO DESIGN A WEBSITE FOR THOSE PEOPLE, THAT WOULD GO AGAINST THEIR BELIEFS? BUT, IN THE DISSENT, JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR SAID TODAY IS A SAD DAY IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE LIVES OF LGBT PEOPLE. SHE CALLED IT "HEARTBREAKING AND PROFOUNDLY WRONG." SHE SAID HERE THE RIGHTS THAT ARE BEING VIOLATED ARE THOSE OF LGBT PEOPLE. >> JULIA AINSLIE, BUSY DAY FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. LET'S BRING IN NBC NEWS SENIOR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT, LAURA JARRETT. BUSY DAY FOR YOU, AS WELL. >> YES, LET'S TALK ABOUT FIRST THE WEBSITE DESIGNER CASE AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE AT PLAY. THREE SPEECH WAS CITED IN THIS, AND SOME ADVOCATES ARE SAYING THIS OPENS THE FLOODGATES TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF DISCRIMINATION. WHAT IS YOUR READ HERE ON WHAT THIS DOES? >> I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE. HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS GRAPPLING WITH WHAT THE STATE DID HERE. THE STATE MADE A NUMBER OF CONCESSIONS. AND YOU WONDER IF THEY HADN'T DONE THAT, WHETHER THE CASE WOULD HAVE COME OUT DIFFERENTLY. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THE STATE CONCEDED CHIEF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. WHY? SHE IS NOT A RESTAURANT, SHE IS NOT A CATERER, SHE IS A WEBSITE DESIGNER. PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN TO EVERYBODY, THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE THINK ABOUT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE. THAT WAS NUMBER ONE. THEY ALSO CONCEDED THAT SHE IS MAKING ART. BUT JUSTICE KAGAN SAID, SHE IS NOT MAKING ART, THIS IS AN OFF THE-SHELF PRODUCT. IF SHE IS MAKING AN OFF-THE- SHELF PRODUCT THEN THAT IS NOT ENTITLED TO THE SAME FREE- SPEECH RIGHT, THE SAME PROTECTION THEY HAVE GIVEN HER. BUT, BECAUSE THE STATE CONCEDED ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR JUSTICE GORSUCH'S TO SAY, HE DESERVES A WIN HERE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STUDENT LOANS, AS WELL. WE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN LAYOUTS AND PLANS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION. THE WAY THAT THE MAJORITY OPINION WAS WRITTEN, ARE THEY ESSENTIALLY PUNCHING IT TO CONGRESS AND SAYING, THIS IS A CONGRESSIONAL ISSUE? >> NO. THEY ARE SAYING IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS, YOU NEED TO HAVE A LAW THAT GAVE YOU EXPLICIT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION. THEY ARE NOT SAYING THIS IS ON CONGRESS. THEY ARE SAYING, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LAW, BUT YOU NEED ONE THAT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT YOUR AUTHORITY. THAT IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAID, WE ARE GOING TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. YOU WONDER, WHY DO YOU GO THAT ROUTE TO BEGIN WITH? IT TAKES A LOT LONGER. THIS PLAN B IS GOING TO TAKE SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER, IF NOT MUCH MORE THAN A YEAR TO GO THROUGH. THAT IS WHY IT SEEMS THAT THE SUPREME COURT TODAY SAID, YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE A SHORTCUT. >> LAURA JARRETT ON THE SUPER BOWL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO TO SHAQ BREWSTER IN CHICAGO. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT STUDENT LOANS. SO, THIS DECISION TODAY COMES 24 HOURS AFTER THE JUSTICES STRUCK DOWN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. WHAT WERE PEOPLE TELLING YOU? >> IT IS INTERESTING YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE CONNECTED THOSE TWO ISSUES, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TODAY. THE BIG THING THAT I HEAR IS THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT PEOPLE. YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, ABOUT 26 MILLION PEOPLE APPLIED FOR SOME LEVEL OF FORGIVENESS AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT APPROVING THAT FOR 16 MILLION PEOPLE. SO, FOR THOSE PEOPLE, THEIR PAYMENTS ARE STILL GOING TO RESTART IN THE FALL AND THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE THAT DIVIDE AMONG PEOPLE, THOSE WHO WERE BANKING ON THIS, NOW SAYING IT MAKES IT HARDER. AND THOSE WHO OPPOSE IT, SAYING THEY ARE HAPPY THIS RELIEF IS NOT COMING. LISTEN TO SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE BEEN HAVING. >> THEY HAVE MADE TIME TRACKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THEY SHOULD STAY OFF THE LOAN. >> THAT IS GOING TO CRUSH US, FINANCIALLY. >> IT GAVE ME A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE PRESIDENT. IT SHOWS ME THAT HE IS FIGHTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I RESPECT HIM, GRATEFULLY. >> THAT LAST EXAMPLE IS SO INTERESTING BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT JUST ALONG PARTISAN LINES. WE KNOW POLLING SHOWED IF YOU RECEIVED LOANS, IF YOU WERE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS, YOU WERE MORE LIKELY TO APPROVE OF WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID, BY FORGIVING OR TRYING TO FORGIVE SOME OF THOSE LOANS, THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE. SO, VERY MIXED REACTIONS HERE REALLY REPRESENTING THE DIVIDE WE HAVE BEEN SEEING BOTH IN POLLING AND RESPONSE AND REACTION TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO DO BUT THE COURT BLOCKED EARLIER TODAY. >> SHAQ BREWSTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> A LOT OF OTHER NEWS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THE START OF A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY OF THE WEEKEND IN FULL SWING. TSA EXPECTING IT TO SET RECORDS, 2.8 MILLION PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH AIRPORTS TODAY ALONE. WITH SOME PRETTY BAD STORMS, BEING CALLED A RING OF FIRE, THIS COULD PUT A WRENCH IN PLANS. OVERALL, AN ALL-TIME RECORD OF 50 MILLION AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO GET AWAY THIS WEEKEND WITH TRAINS, CARS, AND THE LIKES. SOME AIRPORTS HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME TROUBLE TODAY. THERE HAVE BEEN 370 FLIGHTS CANCELED, ANOTHER 4500 DELAYED. OF COURSE, THOSE ARE SOME CRAZY NUMBERS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS BUT NOT WANT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR. AND THAT RING OF FIRE WE MENTIONED, LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS IMPACTED. IT IS FUELED BY A HUGE HEAT DOME, IF YOU WILL, WHICH CREATES THIS MASSIVE RING OF STORMS ABOVE IT. TODAY, 20 MILLION PEOPLE IN THAT AREA ARE FACING SERIOUS THREATS OF STORMS. THIS COULD BE A REPLAY OF LAST NIGHT WHERE WE SEE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN DENVER, FLOODS LEAVING CARS STRANDED. PLUS, ONE THIRD OF THE COUNTRY IS STILL SEEING THIS REALLY BAD AIR QUALITY FROM CANADA'S WILDFIRE. YOU CAN SEE THAT HAZE IN DETROIT, PHILLY, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT. IT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL AND PEOPLE CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SO, THE AIRPORT IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A HUB, FACING A LOT OF ISSUES. GEORGE, HOW IS IT LOOKING TODAY? WHERE ARE THE PROBLEM POINTS? >> Reporter: LINDSAY, THERE IS LOTS OF IT TO GO AROUND, UNFORTUNATELY. CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, BUT IT IS STILL OF LITTLE COMFORT FOR THOSE PASSENGERS AND TRAVELERS THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED, DAYS, HOURS. THEY ARE TELLING ME THEY REALLY HAVE LITTLE TO NO RECOURSE. SOME TELLING ME, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN'T GET RENTAL CARS, SO WE WILL PACK A U-HAUL AND TRY TO DRIVE TO OUR DESTINATION. THAT IS HOW SERIOUS IT HAS GOTTEN. THAT IS FOR THOSE TRAVELING DOMESTICALLY. THOSE TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY ARE SAYING THEY HOPE THEY CAN TAKE THE LAST EVENING FLIGHT TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION. OF COURSE, MANY WONDERING IF THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF WHAT IS TO COME THIS SUMMER. AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE WILDFIRES CONTINUING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROUND STOPS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE WICKED WEATHER. IT IS JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT IT FALLS DURING THIS PARTICULARLY, POTENTIALLY RECORD-BREAKING HOLIDAY TRAVEL.. TAKE A LISTEN TO MY CONVERSATION WITH ONE TRAVELER WHO KIND OF JUST EXPLAINS IT BEST. >> IF MY FLIGHT DOESN'T LEAVE TOMORROW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. ALL OF US HAVE BEEN STRANDED HERE MULTIPLE DAYS. HONESTLY, I NEED COMPENSATION. SOMETHING TO MAKE UP FOR THIS. I AM OUT OF MONEY, PHYSICALLY. >> Reporter: THAT SHOWS YOU THE REALITY, LINDSAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T WASTING VACATION DAYS. FOR SOME, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO WORK. OTHERS HAVE THEIR CARS IN LONG TERM PARKING. SO, ADDED COSTS ARE ADDING TO THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THIS TRAVEL NIGHTMARE FOR MANY. YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAVELING, 60 MILLION AMERICANS TRAVELING 50 MILES OR SO FROM THEIR HOME. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A POTENTIALLY RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRAVEL PERIOD. MANY GOING BY CAR, AND TAKING A TRAIN, TAKING CRUISES. SO, OVERALL, BIG PICTURE HERE, LOTS OF TRAVELING, A LOT OF PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY NOT HAVING THE BEST GO AT IT. >> AND YOU SAID SOME PEOPLE ARE THROWING STUFF IN A U-HAUL AND DRIVING, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE DRIVING BY CAR, THAT IS EXPECTED TO HIT RECORD NUMBERS. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE BE EXPECTED TO KNOW? >> Reporter: WE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT HERE WITH GUIDANCE AS FAR AS WHEN TO GO, WHEN TO STAY, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, A LOT OF TRAVELERS NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW IS THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING OR ANYTIME AFTER 6:00. DURING THE HOLIDAY SPAN, THERE WILL BE MINIMAL TRAFFIC AROUND THE SECOND AND THIRD ON JULY 4th ITSELF, BETWEEN NOON AND 3:00. WORSE TRAVEL TIMES BEFORE 11:00, AFTER 6:00. AND ON THE SIXTH, 3:00 TO 6:00 P.M., BOY IT. BEST TRAVEL TIME BEFORE 2:00 P.M. AS I SAID HERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE STRAPPING IN FOR WHAT THEY HOPE WANT TO BE TOO BAD OF A TRAVEL PERIOD. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE THAT. >> THANK YOU, GEORGE, SO MUCH. WE WILL GET MUCH MORE ON THE RING OF FIRE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, AS WELL. >>> BUT, WE ALSO WANT TO TURN TO WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE FOX NEWS PRODUCER WHO SETTLED A PAIR OF LAWSUITS AGAINST THE NETWORK AND FORMER HOST, TUCKER CARLSON. FOR $12 MILLION, ACCORDING TO HER ATTORNEY. ABBY GROSSBERG CLAIMS SHE WAS HARASSED AND USED AS A SCAPEGOAT IN THE DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST FOX NEWS. THAT IS THE LAWSUIT FOX SETTLED FOR $787 MILLION, RIGHT BEFORE THE TRIAL WAS GOING TO START. ABBY GROSSBERG CLAIMS FOX FIRED HER FOR GOING PUBLIC WITH HER CLAIMS, AND SAID FOX NEWS IS A TOXIC, MISOGYNISTIC ENVIRONMENT. FOX NEWS DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS, AND IN RESPONSE TO TODAY'S SETTLEMENT, THE COMPANY SAID, WE HAVE BEEN PLEASED TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER WITHOUT FURTHER LITIGATION. SO, LET'S BRING IN SENIOR REPORTER, JAMES HAMM. WE JUST READ FOX'S BREAKDOWN, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT? >> SO, THIS IS THE MOST CRITICAL FACT HERE, FOX NEWS SAW SOME SIGNIFICANT LEGAL LIABILITY IN GROSSBERG'S CLAIMS. WHILE THEY INITIALLY HAD BEEN DISMISSIVE AND SAID THAT SHE WAS JUST A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE WHO HAD BEEN FIRED, $12 MILLION SETTLEMENT SUGGEST THAT HERE WAS SOME LIABILITY AND TRUTH TO HER CLAIMS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT SHE SAID THIS MORNING. ALSO NOTICED THAT SHE IS NOT RETRACTING HER CLAIMS. SHE IS NOT SUGGESTING SHE WAS WRONG, SHE SAID SHE WAS HEARTENED THAT FOX NEWS TOOK THE CLAIMS SERIOUSLY AND IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE NETWORK. >> READING HERE THE STATEMENT, YOU ARE RIGHT. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO WITHDRAW ANYTHING, OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE TERMS. BUT, WHAT IS NEXT FOR FOX HERE? THEY STILL FACE AN ELECTION RELATED LAWSUIT. >> THIS IS THE THIRD SETTLEMENT IN THE DOMINION SWIRL AGAINST FOX NEWS. ALSO, ANOTHER VOTING SYSTEMS COMPANY THAT HAS SUED FOR EVEN MORE MONEY THAN DOMINION IS BULLISH ABOUT THEIR CHANCES, ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT $787 MILLION DOMINION SETTLEMENT. WE CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, SOMEONE WHO WAS ENSNARED IN SOME OF THE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT RIGGED ELECTIONS. DOMINION, OF COURSE, THE BIG ONE. SMART MEDIC CAN GO TO TRIAL AS EARLY AS 2025. WE WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT. >> THANKS FOR KEEPING UP ON THAT, APPRECIATE IT. >>> LET'S GET TO THE OTHER BIG STORY WE ARE FOLLOWING TONIGHT, THE WEATHER AS WE START THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS RING OF FIRE WE TOLD YOU ABOUT, LET'S BRING IN EMILY O'KETTER. ACROSS THE RIVER FROM NEW YORK CITY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS RING OF FIRE. WHAT HAVE WE SEEN, WHAT IS TO COME? >> Reporter: THAT SO-CALLED RING OF FIRE FUELED BY HUMIDITY AND HEAT WILL BE DEVELOPING LATER ON TONIGHT. A COUPLE CITIES THAT ARE IN DOUBT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, RING OF FIRE, NASHVILLE, COLORADO SPRINGS, LOUISVILLE, ST. LOUIS, THEY COULD EXPERIENCE SOME PRETTY INTENSE WIND AND HAIL. IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN, I WILL THROW ANOTHER WEATHER TERM AT YOU, A STRONG LINE OF STORMS, LARGELY A WIND EVENT BRINGING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS, WHIPPING THROUGH MUCH OF THE MIDWEST. SO, WHAT WE SAW AS THAT PANNED OUT YESTERDAY, IT TOPPLED TREES ONTO HOMES, IT MADE A MESS OF TRAFFIC, AND IT ALSO CAUSED A SERIOUS POWER OUTAGE SITUATION. TODAY, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS ALONE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF WHAT HAS REALLY BEEN A WEEK OF WILD WEATHER. ALSO IN THE DENVER AREA YESTERDAY, IT WAS POUNDED BY HAIL AND TORRENTIAL LIP BRAINS, ENGULFING CARS. AND THEN, THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE SEEING AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT IT THIS WEEK IN SUCH A LARGE SWATH OF THE COUNTRY BEING PLAGUED BY EXTREME HEAT. POTENTIALLY, WHAT WILL FEEL LIKE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES LINGERING INTO THE WEEKEND FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO PARTS OF LOUISIANA, AND NOW MOVING WEST EVEN INTO AREAS INCLUDING NEVADA. OFFICIALS ARE REALLY URGING PEOPLE IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS, TRY TO LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS IN THAT EXTREME HEAT. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AIR- CONDITIONING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COOLING CENTERS. AND LINDSAY, HYDRATE, HYDRATE, HYDRATE. WE KNOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE OUTSIDE CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY. >> AND YOU HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL SKYLINE BEHIND YOU BUT I FIND MYSELF OUT HERE SORT OF LOOKING UP AND WONDERING, OKAY, IS THAT CLOUDS, IS THAT SMOKE? WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS, AIR QUALITY WISE? >> Reporter: WELL, THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A FAMILIAR SITUATION IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY. NOT AS SEVERE AS WHAT WE SAW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE SAW THAT APOCALYPTIC ORANGE HUE GO ACROSS THE CITY. BUT, WE ARE SEEING SOME DANGEROUS AIR QUALITY LEVELS. RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK CITY, IT IS SAID TO HAVE THE SECOND WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE WORLD WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A RANKING OF MAJOR CITIES. THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK IS UNDER AN AIR-QUALITY ALERT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF TODAY. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE SEEING THIS AT DIFFERENT SPOTS. AND NOT JUST THE NEW YORK AREA IMPACTED BY THE AIR-QUALITY. THIS SMOKE CONTINUES TO BE FUNNELED DOWN FROM AN UNPRECEDENTED WILDFIRE SEASON. BUT, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN HAZY SKYLINES LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING BEHIND ME IN CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON, D.C., AND PITTSBURGH. IT HAS IMPACTED LARGE EVENTS, EVEN DELAYING A BASEBALL GAME YESTERDAY. THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE COULD SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING SOME WIND PATTERNS CHANGE, BUT WE WILL SEE SOME STORMS -- WHICH I KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE JULY 4th CELEBRATIONS -- BUT, IT DOES HELP WITH SOME RELIEF. >> EMILY O'KETTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR CREW. >>> WELL, THOUSANDS OF HOLLYWOOD ACTORS COULD GO ON STRIKE TONIGHT IF UNION LEADERS CAN'T MAKE A DEAL WITH MAJOR STUDIOS AND STREAMING SERVICES. MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO AUTHORIZE THE STRIKE. MORE THAN 300 ACTORS, INCLUDING SOME BIG NAMES LIKE MERYL STREEP, JENNIFER LAWRENCE, THEY HAVE SIGNED A LETTER SAYING THEY ARE PREPARED TO STRIKE IF THE UNION CAN'T SECURE A "TRANSFORMATIVE DEAL." FIGHTING FOR THINGS LIKE INCREASED MINIMUM WAGE TO OFFSET INFLATION, PROTECTIONS AGAINST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WHICH THEY SAY THREATENS THEIR JOBS, AND IF THIS STRIKE HAPPENS, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1960 THAT HOLLYWOOD WOULD FACE SIMULTANEOUS STRIKES BY ACTORS AND WRITERS. GADI SCHWARTZ IS JOINING US NOW. THE WRITERS FIRST WALKED OFF ON MAY SEVENTH. HOW DO WRITERS FEEL ABOUT ACTORS JOINING THEM? >> Reporter: LINDSAY, THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT IS JUST THAT. THEY ARE COMING FROM A VERY BIG POSITION OF POWER RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST POWERFUL UNION IN HOLLYWOOD, BEING VERY WILLING TO STRIKE IF THEIR DEMANDS ARE NOT REACHED. THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN AN ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION BECAUSE THE WRITERS STRIKE HAS ALREADY STOPPED A LOT OF PRODUCTION HERE. BUT, THE WRITERS STRIKE IS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF A 10 TO 15,000 MEMBER UNION, THIS ONE IS 160,000 MEMBERS. IF THOSE 160,000 MEMBERS JOINED THEM ON THE PICKET LINE, THAT COULD GRIND PRETTY MUCH ALL PRODUCTION HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO A SCREECHING HALT. HERE ARE THE BIGGEST DEMAND. THEY WANT HIGHER PAY, THEY WANT RESIDUALS FOR STREAMING. THE LAST CONTRACT CAME BEFORE STREAMING WAS THE JUGGERNAUT THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. THEY WANT PROTECTIONS AGAINST AI, A.K.A., AI USING AN ACTORS' LIKENESS OR VOICE TO REPLACE THEM OR CREATE CONTENT WITHOUT SIZABLE COMPENSATION, AND THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUE, THE GROWING COST OF AUDITIONING SELF TAKES. IS THIS THING THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN HOLLYWOOD THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WHEN AN ACTOR GOES BACK IN THE DAY, THEY WOULD LINE UP FOR AN AUDITION, THEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY, YOU DO YOUR LINES, AND MAYBE YOU GET THE PART, MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T. NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, A LOT OF CASTING AGENTS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUDIOS WANT TO SEE A TAPE. THEY WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY TAPED. THAT IS MAKING ACTORS GO OUT AND SPEND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME AND AMOUNTS OF THEIR MONEY TO TRY AND GET A JOB THAT THEY MAY NOT GET IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO, THAT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE MANY STICKING POINTS RIGHT NOW AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. >> GADI, WE HAVE SEEN LATE NIGHT SHOWS GO OFF THE AIR BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE PRODUCTION, PRETTY MUCH STOPPED ON EVERYTHING BUT REALITY SHOWS. WHATEVER CHANGES COULD WE SEE? >> Reporter: SO, IF YOU LOOK BACK BEFORE THE WRITERS STRIKE, THERE WAS THIS MAD DASH TO GET THINGS WRITTEN AND BANKED, SO SOME PRODUCTIONS COULD CONTINUE, OR A SCRIPT WAS DONE AND MAYBE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SHOOT BUT THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT. IF ACTORS ARE NOT WORKING, VOICE ARTISTS ARE NOT WORKING, THERE IS REALLY NO WAY FOR A MOVIE TO GET MADE. AND MOVIES THAT ARE ALMOST MADE OR MOSTLY SHOT, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME CREATIVE EDITS, AND IF THEY DO GET THEM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, HOW DO YOU PROMOTE A MOVIE WITH A RED CARPET IF NONE OF THE STARS ARE SHOWING UP? THAT IS JUST ON THE MOVIE SIDE. SO MANY RIPPLE EFFECTS HERE TO BE CONSIDERED. >> GADI SCHWARTZ, THANKS SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >>> COMING UP, AND DONALD CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS SILENT IN COURT TODAY. WHAT IS NEXT IN THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST HIM? >>> PLUS, MORE CONTROVERSY FOR FIFA, WHAT PLAYERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WEAR AT THESUN. ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE ARE ASKING FOR ASYLUM. >> IT IS A VERY CRITICAL SITUATION. >>> REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FLOCKING TO PHILADELPHIA, MEETING WITH THE CONTROVERSIAL GROUP CALLED MOMS OF LIBERTY. WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE LATER THIS HOUR. >>> BUT FIRST, CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS TODAY MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE PLEADING NOT GUILTY LAST MONTH WHEN CHARGED WITH FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS. THE EMBATTLED CONGRESSMAN APPEARED BRIEFLY IN FEDERAL COURT ON LONG ISLAND FOR WHAT IS KNOWN AS A BASIC STATUS CONFERENCE. AS A CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST HIM MOVES FORWARD. SANTOS HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. SANTOS' COURT APPEARANCE TODAY COMES A WEEK AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THAT HIS FATHER AND AUNT GUARANTEED HIS $500,000 BOND, THAT IS ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS THAT WERE UNSEALED, DESPITE THE CONGRESSMAN'S OBJECTIONS. WHAT HAPPENED IN TODAY'S CONFERENCE? WHAT IS THE IDEA AROUND THAT? WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? >> Reporter: WELL, WHAT I LEARNED WAS A LOT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. IT WAS A VERY BRIEF CONFERENCE. BUT, THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS LET THE COURT KNOW THEY HAVE ORDERED 80,000 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS TO THE FOLKS OF THE DISSENTS TEAM. THAT IS A LOT OF DOCUMENTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THOSE PAGES, BUT THAT IS NOT JUST A ONE DAY READ, WHATEVER IT IS. SO, THAT IS AN A LUMINOUS AMOUNT OF MATERIAL, AND IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT HE IS FACING A LOT OF CHARGES AGAINST HIM. 13 COUNTS. LOOK AT THE FULL-SCREEN OF WHAT THESE CHARGES ARE THAT CONGRESSMAN SANTOS IS FACING. WIRE FRAUD IS SOMETHING HE IS UP AGAINST. MONEY LAUNDERING, THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SO, THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF INVESTIGATING, AND AGAIN, TO THE TUNE OF 80,000 DOCUMENTS. THAT IS JUST WHAT WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SENT OVER, IN TERMS OF DISCOVERY AT THIS POINT. WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE MORE EVIDENCE OF DISCOVERY THAT THEY WILL TURN OVER, WE HAVE YET TO LEARN ABOUT THAT. >> IN THAT VIDEO, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY HANDS HIM A MINIATURE AMERICAN FLAG AS HE IS WALKING OUT OF THAT COURTHOUSE. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THE CASE? >> Reporter: WELL, THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS CASE IS THEY WILL BE COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR ANOTHER PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. PEOPLE WONDERING, WHEN IS THIS CASE GOING TO GO TO TRIAL? WELL, THERE IS STILL A LOT OF DISCOVERY TO DO. AND EVEN WITH THAT, PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED WHEN ALL OF THIS INFORMATION CAME OUT ABOUT SANTOS. THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. IN FACT, LISTEN TO WHAT ONE PERSON SAID, WHO RAN AGAINST HIM FOR THAT CT IS HOLDING NOW, AND WHY HE SHOWED UP AT THIS HEARING TODAY. TAKE A LISTEN. >> GEORGE SANTOS SPENT A GOOD PORTION OF THE LAST YEAR'S POLITICAL CYCLE MISREPRESENTING WHO HE WAS. TOO MANY PEOPLE FAILED TO NOTICE, TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS GOING ON. I THINK IT IS COMING UPON US NOW TO SHOW UP. >> Reporter: IT SHOULD ALSO BE POINTED OUT THAT SANTOS BUT HE MENTALLY DENIES THESE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. WHILE HE HAS ADMITTED LYING ABOUT SOME THINGS IN HIS PAST, HE SAYS HE IS NOT GUILTY OF THESE CHARGES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS POSING AGAINST HIM. >> RAHEEM ALLEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> LET'S GET YOU OVER TO THE FIVE THINGS ARE TEAM THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT. NUMBER ONE, OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR ALAN ARKIN HAS DIED, ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY. HE WAS 89 YEARS OLD. IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO, FLOWERS WERE PUT ON HIS WALK OF FAME STAR, BEST KNOWN FOR THE MOVIES "LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE" AND "ARGO". >>> NUMBER TWO, BRAZIL TODAY VOTED TO BAR FROM RUNNING OFFICE UNTIL 2030. IT'S THAT HE ABUSED HIS POWER BY SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT VOTING. HE CAN APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT, HE STILL FACES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. >>> NUMBER THREE, A BRITISH PROSECUTOR CALLED ACTOR KEVIN SPACEY A SEXUAL BULLY IN COURT TODAY. THEY SAID HE DELIGHTS IN MAKING OTHERS FEEL POWERLESS AND UNCOMFORTABLE. STACY IS ON FILE OVER OFFENSE CHARGES, SHE HAS PLEADED GUILTY NOT GUILTY. >>> HANNAH GUTIERREZ READ PASSING OFF A BAG OF COCAINE TO ANOTHER PERSON AFTER COMING BACK TO HER INITIAL POLICE INTERVIEW. THEY SAY THEY HAVE A WITNESS TO BACK THAT UP. PROSECUTORS WANT TO KEEP THAT PERSON'S IDENTITY SECRET. GUTIERREZ'S LAWYER IS FIGHTING THAT REQUEST. THEY ARE SAYING PROSECUTORS ARE TRYING TO SMEAR HER. SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND EVIDENCE TAMPERING. >>> NUMBER FIVE, FIFA CAME OUT WITH EIGHT WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TODAY, UNITE FOR INCLUSION. IT IS NOT EXACTLY THE ANTIDISCRIMINATION ONE LOVE THAT WAS AT THE MEN'S WORLD CUP, BUT KIND OF SIMILAR. FIFA SAID IT WORKS WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE NEW LAW SET TO UP AND THE LIVES OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN FLORIDA, WHITE WORKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS ARE PANICKING, IN OUR ORIGINAL THROUGH YOU AS E GIRLS? >> THESE ARE IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN OUR HISTORY, AND PEOPLE REMEMBER WHO SHARED THAT NEWS WITH THEM. >>> AS WE ARE ON THE AIR RIGHT NOW, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPEAKING AT THE CONTROVERSIAL MOMS FOR LIBERTY SUMMIT OUT IN PHILLY. HERE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, 1 OF 5 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY GETTING ON STAGE TO TALK TO ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FACTIONS OF THEIR PARTY. PARENTS. WHAT STARTED AS THREE FLORIDA MOMS FIGHTING COVID RESTRICTIONS IN 2021 HAS EXPLODED. THE GROUP NOW HAS SOMETHING LIKE 120,000 MEMBERS ACROSS 44 STATES TO BATTLE WHAT IT CALLS INDOCTRINATION AND SEXUALIZATION OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WITH CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY THE GROUP SWEEPING DOZENS OF SCHOOL BOARD RACES, AND CHANGING WHAT STUDENTS ARE BEING TAUGHT. PROTESTERS SHOWING UP TODAY OUTSIDE OF THE SUMMIT SAYING THAT THE GROUPS IDEOLOGIES ON THINGS LIKE LGBTQ ISSUES, CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND BOOK BANS ARE DISCRIMINATORY. GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS ME NOW. GABE, MOM'S FOR LIBERTY ISN'T PLANNING TO ENDORSE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, SO THAT SAID, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS FOR THOSE FOLKS TO GET EXPOSURE HERE? >> Reporter: HI, THERE. IT IS IMPORTANT AS YOU MENTIONED. SEVERAL CANDIDATES WILL BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPEAKING RIGHT BEHIND ME. THAT IS WHY I AM KEEPING MY VOICE DOWN, BUT WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IN THIS CROWD, IT IS A VERY FRIENDLY CROWD, AND HE IS GETTING AN ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE HERE. THIS IS A GROUP THAT STARTED JUST IN 2021, AND IT BEGAN IN FLORIDA, AS A WAY TO PROTEST COVID RESTRICTIONS AND MASK MANDATES, BUT IT'S AIM HAS EXPANDED. WE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF THOSE ATTENDEES EARLIER TODAY. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. >> EDUCATION ISN'T WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. >> RATHER THAN HAVE THE FOCUS ON THE EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE CORE SUBJECTS FOR OUR CHILDREN, INSTEAD WE ARE FOCUSING ON OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STRENUOUS AND DO NOT NEED TO BE IN CLASSROOMS. >> OBVIOUSLY, THE INDOCTRINATION OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE SEXUALIZATION OF OUR CHILDREN. >> Reporter: AND LINDSAY, THIS IS SOMETHING ALL OF THESE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON IN THEIR SPEECHES THIS MORNING. GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS TOUCHED ON MANY OF THOSE THINGS. BUT, REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT HOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA, OF COURSE, A KEY BATTLE GROUND STATE. SO, IMPORTANT FOR THESE CANDIDATES TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS CONSTITUENCY IN THE GOP PRIMARY. >> GABE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME WITH THAT CROWD GOING BEHIND YOU, BUT THE CONFERENCE HAPPENING IS WEEKS AFTER THE LAW CENTER NAMED MOM'S FOR LIBERTY AN ANTIGOVERNMENT EXTREMIST GROUP. THEY ARE AT THE CENTER OF A LOT OF THESE CULTURE WARS WE ARE SEEING PLAY OUT ACROSS AMERICA AND IN SCHOOLS. THAT IS RIGHT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR YOU, RIGHT? >> Reporter: YES. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO, THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING BACK STRONGLY. THE SOUTHERN LAW CENTER LABELED MOMS FOR LIBERTY AN ANTIGOVERNMENT EXTREMIST GROUP. A CHAPTER OF THE GROUP APOLOGIZED FOR QUOTING HITLER IN THE NEWSLETTER. I SAT DOWN WITH THE COFOUNDERS OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY AND THEY PUSHED BACK ON THAT NARRATIVE. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT ONE OF THEM HAD TO SAY TO ME. >> GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS, GET BEHIND YOUR CANDIDATE, WORK TO GET THEM ELECTED. INFLUENCING POLICY IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS NOT ANTIGOVERNMENT, THAT IS ANTI WOKE INDOCTRINATION. >> Reporter: LINDSAY, AGAIN, STRONGLY REJECTING THAT CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ANTIGOVERNMENT EXTREMIST GROUP. THE COFOUNDERS ARE DEALING WITH A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT. BUT, THEY QUESTION WHERE THE MONEY BEHIND THIS GROUP IS COMING FROM, BUT NONPROFITS DO NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE ITS DONORS. >> GABE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WE WANT TO BRING YOU TONIGHT ORIGINAL WITH IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON A TOPIC WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON. WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM ONE OF THE STRICTEST IMMIGRATION LAWS IN THE COUNTRY GOING INTO EFFECT. THIS ONE, IN FLORIDA. THE LAW SIGNED BY GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS BACK IN MAY IMPOSED A LOT OF RULES AND PENALTIES FOR MOST OF FLORIDA'S EMPLOYERS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR HIRING OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. AND FOR THOSE MIGRANTS, IT COULD MEAN THE LOSS OF THEIR JOBS, THEIR LIVELIHOODS, AND FOR MANY, A PLACE THEY CALL HOME. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A NEW LAW IS SET TO UPEND A WHOLE WAY OF LIFE FOR IMMIGRANTS IN FLORIDA. ONE OF THEM IS JESUS, A FARMWORKER FOR 18 YEARS. HE LEFT MEXICO SEARCHING FOR WORK AND A BETTER LIFE. BUT NOW, AS ONE OF FLORIDA'S ESTIMATED 775,000 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, HE FACES AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT DECISION. EITHER LEAVE, OR WAIT UNTIL THE STATE FORCES HIM TO. TELLING ME, HE WILL WORK AS LONG AS HE CAN HEAR UNTIL IT IS TIME TO GRAB HIS STUFF AND GO BACK TO MEXICO, ADDING HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE IS IN LIMBO BECAUSE FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS SIGNED A LAW AS A WAY TO CRACK DOWN ON EMPLOYERS THAT ARE HIRING UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS, REQUIRING THEM TO USE AN ONLINE DATABASE TO VERIFY LEGAL STATUS, VETTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM ISSUING I.D.s TO THE UNDOCUMENTED, AND REQUIRING HOSPITALS THAT ACCEPT MEDICAID TO ASK PATIENTS ABOUT THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. THE MOVE IS CREATING PANIC. >> IT IS AN ENVIRONMENT OF FEAR WHERE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE -- >> Reporter: STUDIES SHOW IMMIGRANTS MAKE UP 35% OF FLORIDA'S BOOMING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE UNDOCUMENTED. AN ESTIMATED 47% OF THE PEOPLE WORKING FLORIDA FIELDS ARE UNDOCUMENTED. THE FLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE ESTIMATING LOSING THOSE WORKERS COULD MEAN AN ECONOMIC LOSS OF NEARLY $13 BILLION PER YEAR, AND A DROP OF 10% OF THE STATE'S TOTAL WORKFORCE. ONE OF THE MANY MIGRANT WORKERS HERE IN THE FARMING COMMUNITY OF HOMESTEAD, AND HE SAYS CONSEQUENCES OF THE AW WILL BE FELT BY EVERYONE LIKE HIM. HE SAYS DeSANTIS IS GOING TO BE BREAKING UP FAMILIES AND IT IS UP TO GOD WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. IT IS SOMETHING EVEN FLORIDA'S BUSINESS LEADERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT. THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE DANIEL COSSEY, WHOSE COMPANY IS TASKED WITH BUILDING THE NEW MIAMI WORLD CENTER, A $4 MILLION PROJECT, A WORKSITE EMPLOYING AS MANY AS 15,000 WORKERS. >> IT IS NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IT IN ALL TYPES OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO OWNS A CHAIN OF RESTAURANTS. HE SAYS HALF OF HIS STAFF IS ILLEGAL. >> Reporter: HE SAYS NEW IMMIGRATION REFORM IS NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE FACILITATING THIS IN OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TELLING NBC NEWS, SB 1718 COUNTERACTS THE EFFECT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN FLORIDA, ADDING, ANY BUSINESS THAT EXPLOITS THIS CRISIS BY EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS INSTEAD OF FLORIDIANS, WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. BUT, LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE MIGRANTS AND FLORIDA'S ECONOMY SAY THAT THE NEW LAW WILL BE DEVASTATING TO FLORIDA'S CRUCIAL INDUSTRIES. >> BUSINESSES IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH CLOSING SHOP. >> AND NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN LINE FOR THOSE JOBS. SO, THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIG BOY TO. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR DeSANTIS, WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, SEES THE IMMIGRATION LAW AS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, HERE IN FLORIDA, A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS THAT OTHER STATES CAN FOLLOW. >> Reporter: LEAVING THE PATH AHEAD FOR JESUS AND OTHERS LIKE HIM UNCLEAR AS THEY HOPE TO FIND A NEW HOME WHERE THEY CAN BUILD A NEW LIFE. >> CLAUDE JOINS ME NOW FROM MIAMI. WHAT OPTIONS DO THESE FOLKS HAVE ON THE TABLE, NOW THAT THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT IN JUST A FEW HOURS? >> Reporter: LINDSAY, SOME OF THEM CAN STAY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IF THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ILLEGALLY. TO BE CLEAR, IT ISN'T LEGAL TO WORK ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. FOR ANYONE THAT IS UNDOCUMENTED. SOME GUYS I SPOKE WITH, THEY TOLD ME, THERE ARE WAYS TO FIND WORK WHERE MAYBE THEY DON'T ASK FOR DOCUMENTS AND WE CAN STILL STAY HERE, SO THEY CAN STAY AND WAIT AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. OR, THEY CAN MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE. AGAIN, THEY WOULD STILL BE WORKING ILLEGALLY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE DIFFERENCE IS, OTHER STATES HAVE NOT CHOSEN TO CRACK DOWN ON EMPLOYERS BECAUSE LET'S BE CLEAR HERE, ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IN THE U.S., WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORKFORCE, SERVICE INDUSTRY, AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THEY DEPEND ON ON DOCUMENT WORKERS AND IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR MANY YEARS. SO, WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN FLORIDA AND WHAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT CAN BE DONE BY THE STATE ONCE THIS LAW BEGINS. LINDSAY? >> ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING. >>> COMING UP, CRYPTO HAS SURGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. WE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE REAL NUMBER OF VICTIMS. SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THEY WERE DUPED. WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO A REPORTER WHO GOT PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. >>> PLUS, YOU WILL NEVER GUESSA FRIDAYS AT 10:30 P.M. EASTERN, STREAMING ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> IT IS TIME TO GET THE BACK STORY ON BEHIND THE SCENES, ON HOW A STORY COMES TOGETHER AND HOW IT FITS INTO OUR BIGGER PICTURE. CRYPTOCURRENCY SCANS ARE GETTING MORE COMMON, WITH THE TOTAL OF MONEY LOST SKYROCKETING BY 900%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE FTC. THAT MONEY, BELONGING TO PEOPLE LIKE NOAM LANSON, WHO TOLD NPR HE LOST $340,000 TO A CRYPTO SCAM. SHE WAS GOING THROUGH A ROUGH TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC, HE LOST A LOT OF CLIENTS INTO ITS OWN EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. AT THE SAME TIME, HIS RETIREMENT SAVINGS WERE TAKING A HIT BECAUSE OF HOW UNSTABLE THE MARKETS WERE. SO, WHEN HE CAME ACROSS A POST OF THE COMPANY CALLED FIRE FIT, THAT SAID IT HELPS PEOPLE INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY, HE DECIDED TO TRY IT. WINSTON ENDED UP POURING HIS ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS INTO AN INSPIRED BIT ACCOUNT. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. HE KEPT CHECKING AND SEEING THAT IT WAS GROWING, THEY WERE ENCOURAGING TO INVEST MORE. BY THE TIME HE REALIZED IT WAS A SCAM, IT WAS TOO LATE. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO FIRE BIT FOR COMMON, THEY DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REACH BACK, BUT THE COMPANY TOLD NPR IT WOULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL'S ACTIVITIES, BECAUSE THE COMPANY'S ACTIVITIES ARE REGULATED BY LOCAL LAWS. BOBBY ALLEN REPORTED THE STORY, FOR NPR. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. THESE SCAMS, THEY ARE NOT UNIQUE, THEY AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THIS STORY IS SIMILAR TO ANOTHER MAN NPR TALKED TO. HOW DID YOU END UP FINDING THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THIS, HOW DID YOU GET CLUED IN TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING? >> Reporter: I ACTUALLY LOST MY DRIVERS LICENSE IN LOS ANGELES AND I WENT TO A LOCAL POLICE STATION IN HOLLYWOOD AND AS I WAS WAITING IN THE LOBBY TO SEE IF THEY FOUND IT, A GENTLEMAN WALKED IN WITH HIS SON, AND HE TOLD AN OFFICER BEHIND PLEXIGLASS, LUXE, WE LOST OUR ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS. WE LOST OUR LIQUIDITY TO A CRYPTO SCAM. AND HE DETAILED WHAT WAS A HARROWING, COMPELLING, EMOTIONAL STORY. AND I RAN AFTER THEM WITH MY BUSINESS CARD AND SAID, HEY, I AM A REPORTER, AND I THINK YOUR STORY SHOULD BE TOLD. YOU SHOULD CALL ME. AFTER SOME WEEKS, I DID, AND TRIED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. >> NOT AN ENDORSEMENT FOR LOSING A DRIVERS LICENSE, BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO TO THE POLICE STATION MORE OFTEN? YOU FOUND THE PICTURE FOR THE COMPANY'S CEO FOR LINKEDIN CAME FROM STOCK PHOTOS ONLINE. WHAT KIND OF LINKS DID YOU GO TO LEARN ABOUT THIS COMPANY AND HOW FAR THE COMPANY WAS GOING WITH THIS? >> Reporter: IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, IT LOOKS SHINY, IT LOOKS SLEEK. THEY HAVE A REGISTRATION NUMBER IN THE UK, THEY HAVE A HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON. THEY REFERRED TO A CEO AND FOUNDER ON LINKED IN. ALL OF THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A COMPLETE SHAM. WHEN YOU GO ON LINKED IN, AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR PHOTOS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY JUST STOCK PHOTOS STOLEN FROM THE INTERNET. THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE IS ACTUALLY REFERRING TO A KITCHENWARE COMPANY. WE SENT A COLLEAGUE OF MINE TO THE ADDRESS, AND THEY STILL KITCHENWARE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INVESTMENTS. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, IT IS CONTROLLED BY RUSSIAN SPEAKERS, BUT WE DO NOT KNOW THEIR EXACT LOCATION, BUT THEY BUILT A REALLY SOPHISTICATED, ARTIFICIAL COMPANY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS SCAMMING A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE LIKE MR. LANCE BECOME ENSNARED IN THIS AND END UP LOSING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THESE KINDS OF SCAMS, THEY ARE REALLY EXPLODING RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY ARE KNOWN AS, IT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A PIG ORCHARD SCAM, BECAUSE THEY FATTEN A PICK UP, AND THEN SLAUGHTER IT. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. LANDSMAN HERE. HE WAS MADE TO BELIEVE HIS INVESTMENT WAS GROWING, GROWING, GROWING, WHO HE STARTED INVESTING MORE, TO THE TUNE OF $350,000, AND WHEN HE TRIED TO TAKE MONEY OUT, IT WAS GONE, HE COULDN'T GET IT BACK. >> SO SAD WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. SO, THAT SAID, LOOK, YOU MENTIONED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS COMPANY FROM THE REGISTRATION NUMBER, TO THE SLEEK WEBSITE DESIGN, THE PHOTOS, IT COULD PROBABLY FOOL A LOT OF US. SO, WITH ALL OF YOUR RESEARCH HERE, IS THIS HAPPENING MORE? WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR? >> Reporter: IT IS HAPPENING A LOT MORE. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SAID, AS YOU MENTIONED AT THE TOP, THESE CASES HAVE GROWN AT 900% SINCE THE PANDEMIC. OLDER AMERICANS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. THEY HOLD MOST OF THE WEALTH IN THE U.S., AND CYBER CRIMINALS LIKE TARGETING THEM. ALL OF THE CYBER EXPERTS I TALKED TO SAID THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN LOOK OUT FOR. IF YOU ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOMEBODY TRIES TO GET YOU TO INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY, DO NOT DO IT. IS SOMEBODY YOU MEET ON A DATING APP TRIES TO GET YOU TO INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY, DON'T DO IT. LOOK, THIS MIGHT SOUND LIKE OBVIOUS ADVICE, LIKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO AN INVESTMENT PLATFORM AFTER A STRANGER ON THE INTERNET TELLS YOU TOO, BUT THIS IS HOW THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING ENTRAPPED. >> DON'T THEY USE A COMMON LANGUAGE, TOO? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. IN THIS CASE, MR. LANDSMAN IS A RUSSIAN NATIVE SPEAKER. HE IS FROM UKRAINE, ORIGINALLY. HIS NATIVE TONGUE IS RUSSIAN. SO, THE CYBER CRIMINALS ARE SAVVY. THEY LOOK FOR PEOPLE ONLINE WHO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, AND THEY ARE VERY CHARISMATIC. >> IF ANYBODY IS OUT THERE WONDERING HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO READ YOUR STORY, AND I AM SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO TELL IT, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID, HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SO GREAT FOR SHARING, AS WELL. BOBBY ALLEN, THANKS SO MUCH. >> Reporter: THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >>> NBC NEWS COVERS HUNDREDS OF STORIES EVERY DAY. BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY READ, WATCH, OR LISTEN TO THEM ALL, WE HAVE DONE IT OR YOU. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE REGIONS, WHICH WE CALL THE LOCAL. FROM THE NORTHEAST BUREAU, LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THAT I-95 COLLAPSE IN PHILADELPHIA. FEDERAL SAFETY OFFICIALS SAID IN ANY REPORTS THAT A TRUCK DRIVER LOST CONTROL AT AN OFFRAMP, MAKING THE TRUCK ROLL OVER, AND CATCH FIRE. THE REPORT SAID THE TANKER TRUCK WAS CARRYING EIGHT OR 500 GALLONS OF GAS. >>> FROM THE NORTHEAST BUREAU, A 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY POSING AS A STUDENT FOR A WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR. BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT SAID SHE FALSIFIED PAPERWORK TO GO TO THREE SCHOOLS. SHE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY AND IDENTITY FRAUD, ACCORDING TO A COMPLAINT. POLICE SAY SHE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. >>> FROM OUR SOUTHERN BUREAU, TWO PEOPLE CAUGHT A MASSIVE CATFISH IN TEXAS WITH THEIR BARE HANDS. YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN, IT WEIGHS UPWARDS OF 98 POUNDS. IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST RECORDED CATFISH EVER CAUGHT IN. >> I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND. >>> THAT WRAPS UP THIS HOUR. COVERAGE PICKS UP RIGHT NOW. >>> AND TWO MORE BOMB SHEL RULINGS WITH THE RULING AGAINS PRESIDENT BIDEN STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN MEANS FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION. AND IT COULD B RECORD SETTING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TH HUGE PILEUPS OF THE DELAYS AND THE SO-CALLED RING OF FIRE WEATHER PATTERN. >> NOW MOVES THE FEDERAL WEEKS AGAINST THEM AND WE ARE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM THE STRICTEST IMMIGRATION LAW AGAINST THE COUNTRY GOIN INTO EFFECT. AND HOW THEY WILL ENFORCE TH BUSINESSES AND THE WORKERS >>> AND HEY EVERYBODY, I'M I FOR HALLIE TONIGHT, WE BEGIN WITH THE NEW REACTION TO TWO MONUMENTAL RULINGS. JUST IN TO US FROM THE SUPREME COURT. THEY NOW SAY THEY WILL TAKE NEW PATH FORWARD TO PROVIDE TH STUDENT DEBT RELIEF. AFTER THEY KILLED, THE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS THAT WOULD HAVE ERASED MORE THAN $400 BILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT. THE PRESIDENT SAYING HIS FIGHT OVER THE STUDENT LOAN ISN'T OVER YET. LAYING OUT NEW ACTION FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION AND LIKE LOWERING THE INCOME BASED LOAN PAYMENT CAP AND REMOVING SOME PENALTIES FROM NON-PAYMENT FOR A YEAR AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO TAKIN AIM AT REPUBLICANS >> THE MONEY IS LITERALLY ABOU TO GO OUT THE DOOR AND THE REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE SPECIAL INTEREST STEPPED I AND THEY SHOULD KNOW, NO LITERALLY SNAPPING FROM TH HANDS OF AMERICANS, THAT WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES. >> THE MAJOR FIGURES ARE CELEBRATING 2024 CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY TWEETING THE COURT WAS RIGHT TO THROW OUT JOE BIDEN'S POWER GRABS WHEN IT COMES TO THE STUDENT LOANS. AND MIKE PENCE IS CALLING TH NOW WHITE HOUSE PLAN THE VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. ALSO RULING IN FAVOR OF TH CHRISTIAN WEB DESIGNER WHO WANTS TO WORK ON THE SAME-SEX WEDDING, WHICH THEY FEAR COULD HAVE MAJOR RIPPLE EFFECTS ON THE RIGHTS O THIS COUNTRY OUR NEWS TEAM IS COVERING ALL OF THIS, JOINING US AS WELL AND SO LET'S START ON TH STUDENT LOANS THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE PRESIDENT WHO WILL TAKE A NEW PATH TO PROVIDE THE DEBT RELIEF AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING WAS THE RULING OF THE SUPREM COURT? AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY AR SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED AS THE WERE BRACING FOR THE POSSIBILITY AND THAT THEY WERE TOLD FOR TH LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY PLANS. AND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PURSUE THE EDUCATION UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT NOW REMEMBER THE FIRST PLAN THAT WAS PROPOSED THAT WAS UNDER TH HEROES ACT THAT THE COVID ER EMERGENCY DURING THE PANDEMIC. NOW THAT WE KNOW THEY BLOCKE THAT, THEY'LL GO DOWN THIS DIFFERENT PATH AND OF COURSE THERE ARE MAJOR QUESTIONS ABOU HOW THAT COULD WORK HERE BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE NE REGULATIONS THAT THEY WILL LOO AT COULD FACE SOME OF THE SAME IF NOT, THE ACTUAL SAME LEGA CHALLENGES DOWN THE ROAD AND CERTAINLY BY SOME COURTS AND THEY COULD END UP IN FRONT O THE SUPREME COURT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PARAMETER WILL BE TAKEN IN AND FOR HOW MUCH RELIEF COULD COME MORE THAN 43 MILLION TODAY AND VOWING THAT IT IS NOT OVER AND THEY WILL D IT AS IT WAS A CAMPAIGN PROMIS THAT THEY WILL STILL MAKE GOOD ON BUT I JUST ASKED THE SECRETARY AND THE OTHER OFFICIALS HERE WHAT KIND OF WILL GIVE THEM HA THE CONFIDENCE AND HOW THE SQUARE THIS AS THEY SAID THE LOOKED AT THE LEGALITY AND THE FEEL THAT THEY DO HAVE SOMETHING HERE THAT THEY COULD PURSUE THAT THEY WILL NOT KNOW EXACTLY UNTIL THE ACTUAL RULE IS WRITTEN AND THAT PROCESS WON'T TAKE WEEKS, MONTHS, LINDSAY. >> AND THERE ARE SOME OTHE MAJOR CASE ABOUTTHE RIGHTS WIT THE JUSTICES DECIDING TH COLORADO WEB DESIGNER CAN REFUSE TO WORK WITH THE SAME-SE COUPLES. WHAT DOES THE WHITE HOUSE SA ABOUT THAT >> IT THIS IS ANOTHER CASE ABOUT SPEAKING WITH THE DISMAY AND THE SEVERE DISAPPOINTMENT AGAI ABOUT THE RULING IT'S ONE WHERE THEY SAY IT I NOT JUST ABOUT THIS ISSUE AN WHAT IT WILL MEAN FOR THE PLUS COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY, BU THAT HE ALSO SAYS HE I CONCERNED THAT IT COULD BE A SIGN OF DISCRIMINATION FOR AMERICANS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL. I WAS TOLD BY SOMEBODY FAMILIA WITH THE ADMINISTRATION THINKING TODAY THAT THE FACT THEY CAM DOWN ON THE LAST DAY OF PRID MONTH WAS ALSO JUST LIKE ANOTHER BLOW TO THE DISAPPOINTIN SITUATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT ON THI WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT HAD AND HE SPOKE OUT SAYING THIS IS JUS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHE THEY USED TO DO THIS AND ASKED IF HE WOULD THEN CHANGE HOW MANY JUSTICES ARE ON THE COURT THAT IT IS SOMETHING HE STUDIED AND LOOKED AT AND THINKS THAT WOUL NOT NECESSARILY BE THAT ANSWER EITHER, LINDSAY. >> YEAH, TELLING THEM ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY THAT WOULD POLITICIZ THE SUPREME COURT TOO MUCH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> LET'S BRING IN TH ATTORNEYS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS AND WHAT DOES THAT WEBSIT DESIGNER CASE MEAN AND WHA DOESN'T IT MEAN FOR THE RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY? >> THE MAJORITY AND THE DECENT DISAGREE ON WHAT IT MEANS IN TERMS OF THE UM PACT OF THE CORE SOCIETY. THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE MAJORIT AND IT IS AN EXTREMELY NARRO RULING ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WHICH IS PREVENT THE STATE OF COMPELLING TH PERSON OR THE BUSINESS TO GIVE THE EXPRESSIVE FREE SPEECH T SAY SOMETHING THAT THEY TRULY DO NOT BELIEVE IN IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT FREEDOM OF RELIGION HERE OR WHETHER OR NO THEY COULD FORCE THEM TO SAY SOMETHING THAT THEY DON' BELIEVE IN AND THEN YOU HAVE THEM GIVIN THEM EXTREMELY POWERFUL DECENT HERE SAYING THIS IS TH BEGINNING OF THE END WE ARE NOW GIVING THEM THE LICENSE TO PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE TO ACTUALL REFUSE THE SERVICE TO TH MEMBERS OF THE PROTECTED CLASS SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE IN TH FUTURE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS EXPRESSIVE FRE SPEECH WHAT IS IT OKAY TO SAY OR NOT? >> FASCINATING LET'S TALK THE AT STUDENT LOAN HERE WE HEARD THEM LAY OUT THAT THE NEED TO HELP OUT THE BARBERS WHAT'S THE LEGAL PATH AHEAD HERE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NOW? AND ACCORDING TO THE DECISIO THAT WE GOT TO SEE WHAT IS HE ALLOWED TO DO >> AND I'M GOING TO ECHO WHA MONICA SAID, WHICH THERE ARE JUST SO MANY QUESTIONS HERE, THAT I RESPECT THEIR CONFIDENC AND THAT HE BELIEVES THAT HE WILL HAVE A STRONG LEGAL PATH. BUT I AGREE THAT A LOT OF TH SAME QUESTIONS ARE GOING T ARISE. THAT'S BECAUSE YES, THE AGA AN THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST TO CANCE DEATH. BUT THE QUESTIONS INVOLVED HER IS THE SCOPE OF HOW MUCH DEPTH THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH COUL CANCEL AND $400 BILLION HA NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED BEFORE. WHEN THEY WOULD LOOK AT TH SEPARATIONS OF POWER, THEY D TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MUCH TH EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS GOING TO AFFECT I DO THINK THAT THE AMOUNT I GOING TO KEEP THIS IN COURT AN MAYBE GO BACK TO THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH IS NOT AN EASY PASS FOR BIDEN. >> AND WE MAY BE OVER WITH ONE TERM AND THE MAJO CONSEQUENTIAL CASE THAT THEY WILL WEIGH IN ON NEXT TERM AND TALKING ABOUT GUN RIGHTS WHAT CAN YOU TELL US >> AND SO LAST YEAR THE SUPREM COURT, THEY REALLY DID EXPAN THE AMERICAN PUBLICS RIGHT T CARRY THE GUNS PUBLICLY. THAT WAS A BIG DEAL THAT WOULD IMPACT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. BUT THE QUESTION IS NEXT YEAR. ARE THEY GOING TO CURB THA RIGHT? ARE THEY GOING TO LIMIT IT THE CASE IN FRONT OF THEM WILL INVOLVE THE ABUSERS AND WHETHE OR NOT IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO CURVE THE RIGHT TO CARR GUNS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILL SAY AS IT IS EASY TO SAY THAT THEY WILL KEEP EXPANDING THAT RIGHT? AND OFTEN THAT THEY WILL EXPAN THEIR RIGHT AND THEN THEY WILL TRY TO CURB AND CLARIFY IT WE WILL ALL WAIT WITH THE BATE BREATH >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FO JOINING US ON THIS >>> AND LET'S GO TO TH REPORTERS ON THE GROUND TALKIN ABOUT STUDENT LOANS. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING >> Reporter: YOU'RE HEARIN REALLY A DIVIDE AND THE REACTION TO WHAT THE SUPREME COURT DI AND REFLECTING THE DIVIDE THAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING BOTH IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN' PLAN TO FORGIVE THE STUDEN LOANS. IT IS RARE TO GET A SUPREM COURT DECISION THAT WOULD LEAD TO A NEW PAYMENT FOR MAN PEOPLE THERE ARE ABOUT 26 MILLION AMERICANS WHO PUT IN THE APPLICATION ON SOME SORT O RELIEF THAT THE RELIEF WAS APPROVED FOR ABOUT 16 MILLIO AMERICANS BEFORE THE COURT PUT A HOLD ON THIS SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THIS GOING TO LEAD TO A CRUNCH IN THEIR BUDGETS THAT THERE AR PLENTY OF PEOPLE OPPOSED, SAYING THAT THIS PLAN FROM TH BEGINNING WAS ABOUT GETTIN AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTION. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT DIVIDE IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO A SAMPLE OF THEM. >> THEY WOULD SHIFT OFF THERE IN A MOMENT >> AND THEY WERE BACK IN THERE AND THAT IS GOING TO CRUSH U FINANCIALLY. IT GAVE ME A LOT OF RESPECT. >> AND YEAH, YEAH, I RESPECT THEM NOW GRACEFULLY. >> AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A HINT THAT IT IS NOT JUST THAT POLITICAL DIVIDE AND WHETHER O NOT THAT YOU WILL HAVE A LOA AND THAT IS YOUR DETERMINATION TO STOP THAT PLAN. >> INTERESTING >>> THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAY O THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS IN FULL SWING WHERE THE TSA IS EXPECTING THE POTENTIALLY RECORD SETTING 2.82 MILLION PEOPLE TO G THROUGH AIRPORTS ALONE BUT SOME PRETTY BAD STORMS THA ARE BEING CALLED A RING OF FIR THAT COULD PUT A WRENCH IN PLANS. OVERALL THE ALL-TIME RECORD OF 50 MILLION AMERICANS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL THIS WEEKEN INCLUDING BY TRAINS, CAR ALIKE. SOME ARE SEEING TRAVEL TODAY THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 40 FLIGHTS CANCELED, ANOTHER 5,80 DELAYS IT'S NOT THE CRAZY NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN, BUT IT'S STILL NOT WHA PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT RING OF FIRE WE MENTIONED TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN IT'S FUELED BY THE HUGE HEAT DOME IF YOU WILL, CREATES A MASSIVE RING OF STORMS ABOVE IT. YOU CAN SEE SOME DAMAGE HERE WHERE THE STRONG WINDS BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND THE POWER LINES IN GEORGIA HEADING INTO TH NIGHT MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE FACING THE SEVERE THREAT OF WIND AS WELL AS LOTS OF RAIN AND LARGE HAIL AND PLUS ALMOST A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY STILL DEALING WITH THE BAD AIR QUALITY. FROM THE SMOKE FROM CANADA'S WILDFIRES. YOU CAN SEE THE HAZE IN DETROIT, PHILLY, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, THAT COULD IMPACT TRAVEL AND HOW PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SO LET'S BRING IN TOM COSTELLO WHO IS AT REAGAN AIRPORT HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING TODAY WHERE ARE THE PROBLEM SPOTS? >> Reporter: DO YOU MIND IF CHEAT AT MY COMPUTER DOWN HERE NOW I HAVE A GROUND STOP A BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON, WHIC WILL SLOW THINGS DOWN. REAGAN AIRPORT WHERE I AM RIGH NOW WITH A GROUND DELAY BECAUS OF SEVERE STORMS THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH HERE AND IN NEW YORK AND THE GROUND DELAY DENVER, GROUND DELAY THE CHOKE POINT ALL DAY AN BECAUSE OF SEVERE WEATHER IN DENVER AND CRITICAL UNITED AIRLINES HUB AS I CONTINUE TO LOOK AT M MONITOR RIGHT NOW, THE CANCELLATIONS. BUT LISTEN TO THIS, THEY'RE HA UNITED RIGHT NOW WITH 9% O THEIR FLIGHTS TODAY CANCELED, 9% AND A TOTAL OF 32% THAT ARE NO DELAYED. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THA PROBLEM AND IN TERMS OF THEI PERFORMANCE CANCELING ANYWHERE FROM 18 TO 30% OF THE FLIGHT OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS OR SO AND DENVER IS NUMBER ONE AND THA THEY ALSO GOT THEM UP THERE AN NEWARK UP THERE AND WE'VE GOT, YEAH, HOUSTON AND CONTINENTA AND A UNITED HUB AS THEY CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE THEY REALLY THINK THEY ARE GETTING BACK UP AND RUNNING BACK TO NORMAL, BUT THEY HAVE BEE STRUGGLING EVER SINCE THE STORMS ON MONDAY AND THEN THEY HAVE STAFFING ISSUES, THE MORAL ISSUES, THE UNION PROBLEMS THEY SPENT THAT WHOLE WEEK TRYING TO GET THEMSELVES BACK UP AND RUNNING WITH THOUSANDS, IN FACT, LISTEN AT THIS POINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS O THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED THIS WEEK. >> AND WE KNOW THEY HAVE PLAYE A ROLE, TOM, BUT THE FAA I DEALING WITH THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SHORTAGE I MEAN HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM TO HIRE ENOUGH CONTROLLER TO GET RID OF THE PROBLEM? >> WELL SO RIGHT NOW THE FAA I DOWN ABOUT 3,000 CONTROLLERS O SO THEY WILL GET ABOUT 1,500 YEAR IT WILL TAKE THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO CERTIFY THE CONTROLLER. THEY'RE WELL BEHIND. THE PROBLEM IS THIS DIDN'T JUS START LAST WEEK OR LAST YEAR THIS STARTED PREPANDEMIC THEN THEY HAD TO CLOSE THE TRAINING ACADEMY, SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP HERE IT'S NOT EASY AND BECOMING THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER IS NOT AN OPEN MIC TRAINING EXERCISE IT WILL TAKE QUITE A WHILE AND A HIGH WASHOUT RATE THAT PEOPL WON'T CUT IT >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPORTING. WE APPRECIATE IT >>> AND THEY JUST SETTLED A PAIR OF LAWSUITS AGAINST THE NETWOR AND TUCKER CARLSON FOR $12 MILLION. THAT'S ACCORDING TO HE ATTORNEY SHE CLAIMED SHE WAS WHAT HASSE IN THE DOMINION SETUP. THAT'S THE LAWSUIT FOR $78 MILLION RIGHT BEFORE THE TRIAL WAS GOING TO START CLAIMING FOX FIRED HER FOR GOING PUBLIC WITH HER CLAIM AND SAYING THAT IT WAS A TOXI ENVIRONMENT. DENYING THE ALLEGATION AND THE RESPONSE TO TODAY'S SETTLEMENT AS WE'RE PLEASED TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER WITHOUT FURTHER LITIGATION LET'S BRING IN MORE. >> AND WE JUST READ FOX' STATEMENT AND BREAK DOWN ALL O THIS FOR US AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT. >> WE ARE GETTING THE MOST CRITICAL BACK HERE THAT THEY SAW SOME SIGNIFICANT LEGAL LIABILITY WHILE INITIALLY THEY HAD DISMISSED IT AND SAID SHE WAS DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE FIRED SUGGESTING THAT THERE WAS SOME LIABILITY TO HER CLAIM LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SH IS NOT SUGGESTING THAT SHE WAS WRONG AND THAT HAD SHE TOOK HE CLAIM SERIOUSLY AND THAT SHE WAS OPTIMISTIC >> AND SO READING IT HERE, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT SHE DID NO HAVE TO WITHDRAW EVERYTHING AN WHAT IS NEXT FOR FOX HERE? I MEAN THEY ARE STILL CHASIN THE LAWSUIT AND SOME ARE BIGGE THAN DOMINION? >> AND THIS IS THE THIRD SETTLEMENT AND THAT WORL AGAINST FOX NEWS SOME HAVE SUED MORE MONEY THAN DOMINION SETTLED FOR AND BULLISH ABOUT THEIR CHANCES AFTER THAT SETTLEMENT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN SOME OF THE LAWSUIT AS SOMEONE THAT WAS SEEING THE FALSE CLAIMS, AND THAT RIGGED ELECTION OF COURSE, THE BIG ONE AND THAT COLLATERA DAMAGE THAT GOT BROUGHT OUT IN THAT SUIT AND THEY COULD GO TO TRIAL AS EARLY AS 2025 AND WATCH IT CLOSELY >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR KEEPING UP ON THAT WE APPRECIATE IT >>> THOUSANDS OF HOLLYWOOD ACTORS COULD GO ON STRIK TONIGHT IF UNION LEADERS CAN'T MAKE A DEAL WITH MAJOR STREAMING SERVICES VOTING OVERWHELMINGLY TO AUTHORIZE THE STRIKE MORE THAN 300 ACTORS INCLUDING MERYL STREEP, JOAQUIN PHOENIX, AND JENNIFER LAWRENCE SIGNED A LETTER PREPARING TO STRIKE I THE UNION CANNOT SECURE TRANSFORMATIVE DEAL. FIGHTING FOR A INCREASED MINIMUM WAGE, AN PROTECTIONS AGAINST TH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WHICH THEY SAY THREATENS THEIR JOB IF WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1960 THAT HOLLYWOOD WOULD FACE SIMULTANEOUS STRIKES BY ACTORS AND WRITERS. GADI SCHWARTZ IS JOINING U NOW. >> Reporter: SO GADI, TH WRITERS, THEY FIRST WALKED OFF ON MAY 2 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIG STICKING POINTS >> Reporter: I MEAN THE BI STICKING POINT IS JUST THAT. I MEAN THEY ARE COMING FROM TH VERY BIG POSITION OF POWER RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE ARGUABLY THE MOS POWERFUL UNION IN HOLLYWOO BEING WILLING TO STRIKE IF THEIR DEMANDS ARE NOT REACHING THEM AS THEY KNOW THEY ARE IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE OF THE WRITER'S STRIKE HAS STOPPED A LOT O PRODUCTION HERE. BUT THE STRIKE IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE OF 10,000 TO 15,000 MEMBER UNION. THIS ONE IS 150,000 MEMBERS, JOINING THEM ON THE PICKET LIN GRINDING ALL PRODUCTION HERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SCREECHING HALT. THEY WANT HIGHER PAY AND THEIR LAST CONTRACT CAME BEFOR STREAMING. AND THEY WANT THE PROTECTION AGAINST THE A.I., THE LIKENESS OR VOICE TO REPLACE THEM O WITHOUT THE SIZABL CONFRONTATIONE FOR AUDITIONING THE SELF-PEAKS THE WEIRD THING THAT HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE ACTOR GOES BACK IN THE DAY THEY USED TO LINE UP, THEN YOU DO YOUR LINES, THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD GET THA PART OR NOT. NOW A LOT OF CASTING AGENTS AN A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUDIOS, THEY WILL WANT TO SEE IT TAPED OR SEE SOMEBODY TAPED THAT'S MAKING ACTORS GO OUT AN SPEND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME AND A AMOUNT OF THEIR MONEY TO TRY TO GET A JOB THAT THE MAY NOT GET IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS RIGHT NOW AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. WHAT OTHER CHANGES COULD W SEE? >> IF YOU LOOK BACK BEFORE THERE'S A MAD DASH TO GET A LO OF STUFF WRITTEN AND BANKED, S SOME THINGS COULD BE DONE. THIS IS DIFFERENT. IF ACTORS ARE NOT WORKING, VOICE ARTISTS ARE NOT WORKING. THERE IS NO WAY FOR A MOVIE TO GET MADE AND MOVIES THAT ARE ALMOST MADE OR MOSTLY SHOT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGUR OUT SOME CREATIVE EDITS. IF THEY DO GET THEM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, HOW DO YOU PROMOT A MOVIE IF NONE OF THE STARS ARE SHOWING UP THAT'S JUST ON THE MOVIE SIDE. SO MANY RIPPLE EFFECTS T CONSIDER HERE. >> GADI SCHWARTZ, THANKS S MUCH GOOD TO SEE YOU. >>> AS WE'RE ON THE AIR RIGH NOW, YOU'VE GOT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING AT TH CONTROVERSIAL MOMS FOR LIBERTY SUMMIT OUT IN PHILLY WE'LL SHOW YOU A LIVE SHOT RIGHT THERE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ONE OF THE FORMER CANDIDATES GETTING ON STAGE TO TALK TO ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PARTIES, PARENTS. AND THREE FLORIDA MOMS FIGHTIN COVID RESTRICTIONS IN 2021 HAS EXPLODED THE GROUP NOW HAS SOMETHING LIKE 120,000 MEMBERS ACROSS 4 STATES TO BATTLE WHAT THEY CALL INDOCTRINATION OF CHILDREN I SCHOOLS. WE'VE GOT A HUGE INFLUENCE A THE LOCAL LEVELS WITH CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY THE GROUP, SWEEPIN DOZENS OF SCHOOL BOARD RACES CHANGING WHAT STUDENTS ARE BEING TAUGHT PROTESTERS ARE SHOWING U OUTSIDE THE SUMMIT AGO THE IDEOLOGY LIKE THE CRITICAL RAC THEORY AND THE BOOK BANDS AR DISCRIMINATORY GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS ME NOW. SO FAR WE HEARD FROM RON DESANTIS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHAT'S THEIR MESSAGE >> Reporter: HI THERE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REMARKS ARE STILL UNDERWAY SINCE SPEAKING OUT FOR MORE THAN A HOUR THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO KEEP MY VOICE DOWN, GETTING AN ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE HERE MANY LINES INCLUDING ONE JUST U FEW MOMENTS AGO SAYING HE IS FOR ELIMINATING THE PROGRAM AN THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE SPEAKERS TODAY THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THOSE GOP PRIMARY CANDIDATES THAT AR REALLY TRYING TO SPEAK DIRECTL TO THE CONSTITUENCIES, MOMS, SUBURBAN MOMS, AS A WAY TO FIGHT THE COVID RESTRICTIONS AND THE MASK MANDATES. NOW EXPANDED AS YOU SAID T INCLUDE FIGHTING AGAINST WHA THEY SEE AND THE INDOCTRINATIO ON CHILDREN ON TOPICS SUCH A RACE AND SEXUALITY AND GENDER. GIVING MANY A STANDING OVATION HERE FROM THE CROWD TODAY AS YOU MENTIONED THE GOVERNOR THI MORNING. THE FORMER AMBASSADOR, NIKKI HALEY, NOW FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP GETTING AN ENTHUSIASTI CROWD HERE >> MONSTER LIBERTY ISN'T PLANNING TO ENDORSE TH CANDIDATE THERE. WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FO THESE KIDS >> WELL LISTEN, WE SPOKE T SEVERAL OF THE ATTENDEES HERE AS MANY OF THEM ARE SOMEWHA INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION IN TERMS OF RUNNIN FOR SCHOOL BOARDS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MORE O THEM WILL LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SOME O THEM TOLD US EARLIER TODAY >> I CHOOSE THIS >> RATHER THAN FOCUS ON TH EDUCATION, BE ON THE EDUCATION WE ARE FOCUSING ON OTHER THING THAT ARE STRENUOUS AND DO NO NEED TO BE IN THE CLASSROOMS >> OBVIOUSLY THE INDOCTRINATIO ON OUR CHILDREN. >> Reporter: AND SO YES, LINDSAY, THIS GROUP BUILDS THEMSELVES AS NON-PARTISAN, BU CLEARLY VERY MUCH GEARED TOWARDS MORE WE HAVE FIVE G, O P CANDIDATES ADDRESSING THIS GROPE, IT'S BEEN HUGE >> WHAT DO OTHERS SAY ABOUT THIS GROUP? >> WELL LOOK, THIS GROUP I EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL. THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LAW GROU LABELED THIS GROUP AS AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT EXTREMIST GROUP, SOMETHING ATTENDEES PUSH BAC VERY STRONG HERE ONE INSTANCE WHERE A CHAPTER I INDIANA QUOTED ADOLF HITLER IN A NEWSLETTER AND HAS SINCE APOLOGIZED FOR THAT. WE HEARD SEVERAL OUTSIDE THI CONVENTION HALL WHO PLAYS THIS GROUP IS ANTI-LGBTQ, AND THE DID NOT WANT THEM HERE I PHILADELPHIA SO HOLD THEIR I ASKED ONE COFOUNDER WHO IS LGBTQ. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY TOL ME >> THE POINT WE NEED TO GET AT THIS 40% OF OUR MOMS HAVE NEVER GON TO THE PRIMARY THIS IS A NEW VOTING BLOCK WHICH SOOT REASON WHY I THIN ALL EYES ARE ON US THEY'RE ENGAGING THESE MOMS. >> Reporter: NOW THOSE COFOUNDERS BUILD THIS GROUP AS A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT. BUT CRITICS OF THE ORGANIZATIO ARE QUESTIONING WHERE THAT MONEY BEHIND IT IS COMING FROM AS THEY DO NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE ITS DO NO, SIR. >> GABE, THANK YOU FOR THA REPORTING. >>> COMING UP, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MOBILIZE AROUND FRANCE TRYING TO STOP SPREADING PROTEST WHAT WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT. >>> PLUS REMOTE ISLAND RESCUE. A MAN TRYING TO SET A WORL RECORD SAYS HE OWES HIS LIFE T THE PEOPLE WHO PICKED HIM UP WHERE HE HAD BEEN LIVING LATER THIS HOUR. >>> CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTO MAKING HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE SINCE PLEADING NO GUILTY LAST MONTH TO CHARGES O FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING, THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS. THE REPUBLICAN APPEARED BRIEFL ON LONG ISLAND FROM THE SOUND OF THE BASI STATUS CONFERENCE AS THE CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST THE MOVES FORWARD. AND AFTER HIS FATHER AND AUN GUARANTEED HIS $500,000 BOND THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE COUR DOCUMENTS UNSEALED ACCORDING T THE CONGRESSMAN'S OBJECTION. >>> AND SO WHAT HAPPENED I TODAY'S STATUS CONFERENCE? WHAT IS THE WHOLE IDEA AROUN THAT WHAT DID WE LEARN? >> WELL, WHAT WE LEARNED WAS A LOT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. IT WAS A VERY BRIEF CONFERENCE BUT THE FEDERA PROSECUTORS LET THE COURT KNOW THEY TURNED OVER MORE THAN 8 PAGES OF THE DOCUMENTS TO TH FOLKS OF THE DEFENSE TEAM. THAT IS A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THOSE PAGES, BUT THAT'S NOT JUST THE ONE-DAY READ WHATEVER IT IS SO THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT O MATERIAL IT SHOULD BE POINTING OU THAT HE'S FACING A LOT O CHARGES AGAINST THEM THE 13 COUNTS. YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FULL SCREENS OF WHAT THESE CHARGES ARE THAT CONGRESSMAN SANTOS IS FACING THE WIRE FRAUD IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S UP AGAINST. MONEY LAUNDERING THE QUESTION OF THEFT HAD OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND MAKING THE FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SO THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS MAD IT CLEAR THEY'VE BEEN DOING LOT OF INVESTIGATING, AGAIN TO THE TUNE OF 80,000 DOCUMENTS THAT'S JUST WHAT WE KNOW THA THEY HAVE SENT OVER IN TERMS O DISCOVERY AT THIS POINT. WHETHER OR NOT THAT THERE WILL BE MORE EVIDENCE OF DISCOVER THAT THEY WILL TURN OVER TO TH DEFENSE THAT WE HAVE YET T LEARN ABOUT THAT >> IN THAT VIDEO, IT LOOKS LIK SOMEBODY HANDED HIM THAT COURTHOUSE NOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT CASE? >> Reporter: WELL, THE NEX THING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS CASE IS THAT THEY WILL BE COMING BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR ANOTHE PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE AND THA THERE IS STILL A LOT O DISCOVERY TO DO. EVEN WITH THAT, THEY'LL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY AS THE WERE SURPRISED WHEN THEY CAM OUT ABOUT SANTOS THEY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. LISTEN TO WHAT ONE PERSON SAID WHO RAN AGAINST THEM FOR THA THEY'RE HOLDING UP NOW AND I THEY SHOWED UP IN THIS HEARING TODAY. TAKE A LISTEN. >> AND GEORGE SANTOS SPENT A GOOD PORTION IN THEIR HAD LAST YEAR'S POLITICAL CYCLE ND SOME ASPECT OF THEIR TEST THAT THEY ARE NOT GUILTY O THEIR CHARGES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW POSING AGAINST THEM LINDSAY? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> LET'S GET YOU OVER TO TH FIVE THINGS. AND NUMBER ONE, OSCA WINNING ACTOR HAS DIED ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY. HE WAS 89 YEAR OLD. JUST IN THE LAST HOUR OR S FLOWERS WERE PUT ON HIS WALK O FAME STAR. AND BEST KNOWN FOR MOVIES. FORMER PRESIDENT FROM RUNNING FOR OFFICE UNTI 2030 ABUSING HIS POWE TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT VOTING THEY CAN APPEA TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. THAT LIFE OF MAKING OTHERS FEEL POWERLESS AND UNCOMFORTABLE. ON TRIAL OVER TH SEX OFFENSE CHARGES. >>> PROSECUTORS ACCUSING "RUST ARMOR HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED OF PASSING ANOTHER BAG OF COCAINE TO ANOTHER PERSON. AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE WITNESS WHO WILL BACK THAT UP. PROSECUTORS WANT TO KEEP THA PERSON'S IDENTITY A SECRET GUTIERREZ-REED'S LAWYER IS FIGHTING THAT REQUEST. THEY HAVE SAID PROSECUTORS ARE CHARGING TO SMEAR HER AND SH HAS BEEN CHARGED WIT INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND WITH EVIDENCE TAMPERING. >>> NUMBER FIVE, FIFA CAME OUT WITH EIGHT WOMEN'S WORLD CUP ARM BANDS TODAY INCLUDING ONE CALLED UNITE FOR INCLUSION. IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ONE LOVE BUT IT IS KIND OF SIMILAR. FIFA SAID THEY WORKED WITH THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE TO MAKE IT >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE NEW LAW THAT WILL SET YOU UP AND THE LIVES OF THE UNDOCUMENTE IMMIGRANTS IN FLORIDA. WHY THEY'RE HAD PANICKING. >>> NOW WE WANT TO BRING YOU TODAY'S ORIGINAL WITH IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON THE TOPIC WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM ONE OF THE STRICTES IMMIGRATION LAWS IN THE COUNTR GOING INTO EFFECT. IN FLORIDA, THE LAW SIGNED BAC IN MAY IMPOSES A LOT OF LAWS AND PENALTIES FOR MOST OF TH EMPLOYERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HIRING OF THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FOR THE MIGRANTS, IT COULD MEA THE LOSS OF THE JOBS LIVELIHOODS. FOR MANY, THE PLACE THEY CAL HOME NBC GUAD VENEGAS HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A NEW LAW IS SET TO ABANDON E ENTIRE WAY OF LIFE FOR MANY IMMIGRANTS IN FLORIDA. ONE OF THEM IS JESUS, A FARM WORKER FOR 1 YEARS. HE LEFT MEXICO SEARCHING FOR WORK AND A BETTER LIFE BUT NOW AS ONE OF FLORIDA' ESTIMATED UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, HE FACES A INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT DECISION, EITHER LEAVE OR WAIT FOR THE STATE'S FORCES TELLING ME HE WILL WORK AS LON AS HE CAN HERE UNTIL IT'S TIME TO WRAP UP THE STUFF TO GO BAC TO MEXICO, ADDING THAT HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN. HE'S IN LIMBO BECAUSE FLORIDA' GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS HAS SIGNED A LAW AS A WAY TO CRACK DOWN O THE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE HIRIN THE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS REQUIRING THEM TO USE THAT ONLINE DATA BASE TO VERIFY THE LEGAL STATUS, BANNING THE LOCA GOVERNMENTS FROM ISSUING THE I.D.s INTO THE UNDOCUMENTED, REQUIRING THE HOSPITALS THAT WILL ACCEPT THE MEDICAID TO AS THEM ABOUT THEIR STATUS AND TH MOVES CREATING THE PANIC >> THE LAW HAS CREATED THE ENVIRONMENT OF FEAR OR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL LEAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE RISKS >> Reporter: THE STUDIES SHO THEY MAKE UP 35% TO FLORIDA' BOOMING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HO MANY OF THOSE ARE UNDOCUMENTED WHILE THE ESTIMATED 47% OF THE PEOPLE WORKING FLORIDA FIELD ARE UNDOCUMENTED THE FLORID POLICY INSTITUTE ESTIMATIN LOSING THOSE WORKERS COULD MEA AN ECONOMIC LOSS OF NEARLY $13 BILLION PER YEAR AND A DROP OF 10% OF THE STATE'S TOTAL WOR FORCE. AND THEN THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY MIGRANT WORKERS THAT ARE HERE IN THAT FARMING COMMUNITY AS THEY SAY THAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LAW WILL BE FELT BY EVERYONE LIKE HIM AND THAT DESANTI WILL BE BREAKING UP TH FAMILIES IT'S UP TO GOD WHAT HAPPEN NEXT IT IS SOMETHING THAT EVE FLORIDA'S BUSINESS LEADERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT. THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF TH MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WHOSE COMPANY IS TASKED WITH DEVELOPING THE NEW MIAMI WORLD CENTER OF 27 ACRE $4 BILLION PROJECT, THE WORK SIDE EMPLOYE AS MANY AS 14,000 WORKERS. >> AND IT IS NOT JUS CONSTRUCTION AND THAT THEY WIL SEE ALL TYPES OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES I HAVE A FRIEND THAT OWNS CHAIN OF RESTAURANTS >> NEW IMMIGRATION REFORM IS NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, YO WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROCESS IF THEY WERE FACILITATING THIS IN OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: TELLING NBC NEWS, COUNTERACTING THE AFFECTS OF FLORIDA, ADDING ANY BUSINESS THAT WILL EXPLOIT THIS CRISIS BY EMPLOYING THE ILLEGAL ALIENS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BUT THE ADVOCATE THAT ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE MIGRANTS SAY THAT THE NEW LA WILL BE A DEVASTATING BLOW T FLORIDA'S CRUCIAL INDUSTRIES >> THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH IT ALL. >> NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE I LINE FOR THOSE JOBS. AND SO THERE I GOING TO BE A BIG VOID >> Reporter: GOVERNOR DESANTIS WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WILL SEE THE IMMIGRATION LAW A A BLUEPRINT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> WE'VE ESTABLISHED HERE IN FLORIDA THE BLUEPRINT FO SUCCESS THAT THE OTHER STATE CAN FOLLOW >> Reporter: BEAMING THE PAT AHEAD FOR JESUS AND THE OTHERS JUST LIKE HIM WILL BE UNCLEAR AS THEY WILL HOPE TO FIND A NEW HOME WHERE THEY CAN BUILD A NE LIFE >> AND JOINING US NOW FROM MIAMI. I MEAN WHAT OPTIONS DO THOSE FOLKS HAVE ON THE TABLE NOW THAT THE LAW IS GOING INTO EFFECT FOR A FEW HOURS? >> Reporter: LINDSAY, THES INDIVIDUALS, THEY HAVE BEE WORKING IN FLORIDA ILLEGALLY RIGHT? THEY'RE UNDOCUMENTED SO THEY CAN STAY IN FLORIDA AN CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO WORK IN THE STATE AS SOME OF THEM, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE FELT PLACES WHERE THE COULD PAY CASH AND THEY CA CONTINUE TO WORK OTHERS CAN LEAVE THE STATE TO GO TO THE OTHER STATE TO BE CLEAR, THEY COULD BE WORKING ILLEGALLY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, JUST IN STATES THAT ARE NOT CRACK DOWN ON THE EMPLOYERS, THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO DO SO WE HAVE TO THINK OF THE WORK FORCE ISSUES IN AMERICA. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE AGRICULTURE AND THE TRANSFER EXCUSE ME, YOU LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION AND THE INDUSTRY. THESE WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL. ANYWHERE THEY GO IN THE COUNTRY, THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT LABOR. THAT'S WHY THEY UNDERSTAND THA THEY NEED TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THAT IT WILL BE EASIER FOR NOW THAT THE WORKERS THA HAVE CHOSEN TO STAY IN FLORIDA SAY THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THA STATE WILL ENFORCE THE NEW LAWS SOME OF THEM THINK THAT IT WIL BE DIFFICULT, WHERE THEY WIL TAKE THEIR CHANCES AND OTHER HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAVE TO GO T OTHER STATES >> ALL RIGHT, GUAD VENEGAS THANK YOU. >>> AND COMING UP, CRYPTO SCAM HAVE SURGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC WE PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW TH REAL NUMBER OF VICTIMS SINCE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOU GETTING DUPED. WE'LL TALK TO REPORTERS WHO GO PEOPLE TO GO PUBLIC RATHER THAT'S FOR OUR BACK STOR TONIGHT. >>> PLUS, WHAT OFFICIALS FOUND ON THIS SUB. THAT'S LATER IN THE GLOBAL >>> CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAMS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON SKYROCKETING BY 900% THAT MONEY BELONGING TO PEOPLE WHO TOLD MPR HE LOST $340,000 TO A CRYPTO SCAM. GOING THROUGH ROUGH TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC HE LOST A LOT OF CLIENTS BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS HE WOULD SEL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES T CLOSED AT THE SAME TIME HIS RETIREMEN SAVINGS WERE TAKING A HI BECAUSE OF HOW UNSTABLE TH MARKETS WERE WHEN HE CAME ACROSS A POST THA SAID IT HELPED PEOPLE INVEST I CRYPTOCURRENCY, HE DECIDED T TRY IT WELL, LANDSMAN ENDED UP POURIN HIS ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS INTO THE ACCOUNT, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HE KEPT CHECKING, SEEING IT WA GROWING, ENCOURAGING HIM T INVEST MORE. BY THE TIME HE REALIZED IT WAS A SCAM, IT WAS TOO LATE. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT FOR COMMENT. THEY DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY HEAR BACK BUT THE COMPANY SAID THEY WOUL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL CASE AND THAT THE COMPANY'S ACTIVITIES ARE REGULATED BY THE LOCAL LAWS. BOBBY ALLY REPORTED THE STORY, A REPORTER FOR NPR. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS THIS IS AN UPSETTING ONE THESE SCAMS THOUGH, THEY'RE NO UNIQUE THEY AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND THE STORY IS SIMILAR T ANOTHER MAN THAT NPR TALKED TO HOW DID YOU END UP TALKING T THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THIS HOW DID YOU GET CLUED IN TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING? >> YEAH, SO I ACTUALLY LOST MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IN LOS ANGELES, AND I WENT TO THE LOCAL POLICE STATION IN HOLLYWOOD AS I WAS WAITING IN THE LOBBY TO SEE IF THEY FOUND IT, GENTLEMAN WALKED IN WITH HIS SON AND HE TOLD AN OFFICER BEHIN PLEXIGLASS, LOOK, WE LOST OU ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS. OUR FAMILY'S ENTIRE LIQUIDITY TO THE CRYPTO SCAM. AND IT WAS A COMPELLIN EMOTIONAL STORY, AND THE TWO MEN LEFT THE STATION, AND I RA AFTER THEM WITH MY BUSINESS CARD AND SAID HEY, I'M A REPORTER AND I THINK YOUR STORY SHOULD BE TOLD, YOU SHOULD CALL ME AND I TRIED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. >> AND HE'S NOT AN ENDORSEMENT FOR LOSING A DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD HANG OUT AT THE POLICE STATION MORE OFTEN. I MEAN YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YO TOOK A DEEP DIVE YOU SENT OUT THINGS LIKE THE PICTURE FOR THE COMPANY'S CEO ON LINKEDIN THAT CAME FROM STOC PHOTOS ONLINE. I MEAN TALK TO THE LENGTHS THA YOU WENT TO LEARN ABOUT THIS COMPANY AND HOW FAR THE COMPAN WAS GOING WITH THIS? >> Reporter: YES, IT LOOKS SHINY, IT LOOKS SLEEK. THEY HAVE A REGISTRATION NUMBE IN THE U.K AND THEY REFER TO A CEO AN FOUNDER ON LINKEDIN, WHICH CAM OUT TO BE A COMPLETE SHAM. IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR PHOTOS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY JUST STOCK PHOTOS STOLEN FROM THE INTERNET THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE IS ACTUALLY REFERRIN TO A KITCHEN WARE COMPANY. WE SENT A COLLEAGUE OF MINE TO AT ADDRESS THEY LISTED AND IT IS CONTROLLED BY TH RUSSIAN SPEAKERS WE DON'T KNOW THEIR EXAC LOCATIONS, BUT THEY BUILT REALLY SOPHISTICATED ARTIFICIA COMPANY THAT'S, YOU KNOW SCAMMING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND PEOPLE LIKE MR LANTSMAN END UP LOSING HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THESE KINDS OF SCAMS ARE EXPLODING RIGHT NOW. WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN AS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A PIG BUTCHER SCAM THEY FATTEN A PIG UP AND THE SLAUGHTER IT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO MR LANTSMAN HERE. HE WAS MADE TO BELIEVE HIS INVESTMENT WAS GROWING, GROWING, GROWING. HE STARTED TO INVEST MORE, AND TO A TUNE OF $340,000. WHEN HE TRIED TO TAKE MONEY OUT, GUESS WHAT IT WAS GONE, POOF. HE COULDN'T GET IT BACK. >> AND IT IS SO SAD. WITH THAT SAID, I MEAN LOOK. YOU MENTIONED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS COMPANY FROM TH REGISTRATION NUMBER TO THE SLEEK WEBSITE DESIGN, THE PHOTOS IT COULD PROBABLY FOOL A LOT O US SO YOU KNOW, WIT ALL OF YOUR RESEARCH HERE. I MEAN IS THIS HAPPENING MORE? WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO LOOK OU FOR? >> IT IS HAPPENING A LOT MORE. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SAID AS YOU MENTIONED AT THE TOP, THESE CASES HAVE GROWN 900% SINCE THE PANDEMIC OLDER AMERICANS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE THEY HOLD MOST OF THE WEALTH I THE U.S. CYBER CRIMINALS LIKE TARGETING THEM ALL THE CYBER EXPERTS SAY THER ARE THINGS YOU CAN LOOK OU FOR. IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AN SOMEBODY TRIES TO GET YOU TO INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY, DO NOT DO IT. IF SOMEONE YOU MEET ON THE DATING APP TRIES TO GET YOU TO INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY, DON' DO IT. NOW LOOK, THIS MIGHT SOUND LIK OBVIOUS ADVICE WHO WOULD POUR HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS O DOLLARS OR MORE INTO A INVESTMENT PLATFORM AFTER TH STRANGER ON THE INTERNET TELLS YOU TO BUT THIS IS HOW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING ENTRAPPED I THESE SCHEMES. >> AND ISN'T IT A COMMON NATIV LANGUAGE TOO >> ABSOLUTELY. SO IN THIS CASE, MR. LANTSMAN IS A NATIVE RUSSIAN SPEAKER. HE'S FROM UKRAINE. HIS NATIVE TONGUE IS RUSSIAN SO THE CYBER CRIMINALS ARE SAVVY. THEY LOOK FOR PEOPLE ONLINE WH SPEAK THE LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, AND THEY ARE VERY CHARISMATIC. >> IF ANYBODY IS OUT THERE WONDERING HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN I ENCOURAGE THEM TO READ YOU STORY. YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO TELL IT, BUT I'M GLAD YOU DID. I HOPE IT WILL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE HE'S SO BRAVE FOR SHARING AS WELL BOBBY ALLYN, THANK YOU SO MUCH >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >>> NBC NEWS COVERS OF HUNDRED OF INTERNATIONAL STORIES EAC DAY. BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T POSSIBL READ, WATCH, LISTEN TO THEM ALL, OUR FOREIGN DESK HAS DONE IT ALL FOR YOU. HERE'S SOME THINGS THEY'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SEGMENT WE CALL THE GLOBAL. OUT OF FRANCE, TODAY THE INTERIOR MINISTER SENT OUT 45,000 POLICE TO ADDRESS THE RIOTS THERE. AFTER AN OFFICER SHOT AN KILLED A 17-YEAR-OLD AT TRAFFIC STOP PEOPLE NOW PROTESTING FO SEVERAL DAYS HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATOR ARRESTED PRESIDENT MANUEL MACRON TOLD EMMANUEL MACRON SAID TO KEEP STUDENTS AT HOME >>> FIVE PEOPLE DETAINED OVE COCAINE. >>> OUT OF THE U.K., A BRITISH ADVENTURE YOU ARE RESCUED FROM THE MOST REMOTE ISLAND IN TH BRITISH ISLES AFTER HE TRIED T BEAT THE WORLD RECORD FROM FOR THE LONGEST STAY THERE AND T RAISE MONEY FOR VETERANS QUANTI. >> I HOP
