WEEK. AND FRANCES RIVERA. HAVE A TERRIFIC MONDAY. >>> DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. RETALIATION. THE US STRIKING DOZENS OF HOUTHI TARGETS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS THAT KILLED THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS. >> IT BEGAN WITH THE STRIKES ON FRIDAY NIGHT BUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF IT. THE US WILL RESPOND WHEN FORCES ARE ATTACK AND PEOPLE ARE KILLED. >> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE FIGHTING, FOLLOW, AND FEARS OF A WIDENING WAR. >>> A WINTER DELUGE ON THE WEST COAST. RIGHT NOW, TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE UNDER FLOOD ALERT AS THE SEVERE STORMS SLAMS THE GOLDEN STATE. IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. WE ARE TRACKING THE CONDITIONS AS WE START YOUR WORKWEEK. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN FALLING BEHIND IN THE RACE FOR REELECTION. A NEW NBC NEWS POLL DETAILING A DOUBLE-DIGIT DEFICIT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY. WE WILL BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS AS WE LOOK TO THE NEVADA PRIMARY. >>> MUSICS BIGGEST NIGHT WAS ONE TO REMEMBER. SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT MAKING HISTORY AND A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE GRAMMYS. WE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE RED CARPET AS WE LOOK AT THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM LAST NIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> EXACTLY. MY FAVORITE MOMENT WAS JONI MITCHELL. I WENT TO BED AFTER THAT BECAUSE NOTHING CAN TOP THAT. >>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON THIS MONDAY MORNING. I'M JOE FRYER. >> I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. WE WILL GET STARTED WITH THE FALLOUT FROM THE U.S. AIRSTRIKES ON IRAN-BACKED HOUTHI RUBBLES IS THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS CONTINUES TO REVERBERATE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. >> SUNDAY, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAID IT >>> A WHO THE CRUISE MISSILE AND FOUR ANTISHIP CRUISE MISSILES. THEY HIT 36 HOUTHI TARGETS IN 13 LOCATIONS IN YEMEN WITH OFFICIALS SAYING THEY WERE TRYING TO DISRUPT AND DEGRADE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE REBEL GROUP. SATURDAY'S BARRAGE CAME ONE DAY AFTER THE WAS CARRIED OUT ITS FIRST WAVE OF AIRSTRIKES ON 85 TARGETS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING OF THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN JORDAN JUST OVER A WEEK AGO. SPEAKING ON "MEET THE PRESS" YESTERDAY, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN SAID THESE STRIKES WERE JUST THE BEGINNING. >> WE INTEND TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STRIKES AND ADDITIONAL ACTION TO CONTINUE TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL RESPOND WHEN OUR FORCES ARE ATTACK OR OUR PEOPLE ARE KILLED. WE BELIEVE THE STRIKES A GOOD EFFECT INTEGRATING THE CAPABILITIES OF THESE MILITIA GROUPS TO ATTACK US. >> WE A FULL TEAM COVERAGE BEGINNING WITH NBC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT RAF SANCHEZ IN TEL AVIV. WALK US THROUGH THESE AIRSTRIKES. WE SAW ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE WEEKEND, AND WHAT IS SOME OF THE REACTION YOUR HEARING FROM HOUTHIS, A RUN, AND OTHERS? >> Reporter: A LOT OF STRIKES ACROSS THE REGION. LET'S START FRIDAY WITH THE AMERICAN STRIKES. EASTERN SYRIA, WESTERN IRAQ, AND IRANIAN-BACKED MILITANT GROUPS AND IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD WHO -- THE STRIKES CARRIED OUT SOLELY BY THE UNITED STATES WERE IN RESPONSE TO LAST WEEK'S DEADLY DRONE ATTACK IN JORDAN WHICH KILLED THREE U.S. SERVICE PERSONNEL. AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN MAJOR RETALIATION BY IRANIAN-BACKED MILITANT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WE HAVE HEARD IRAN CONDEMNING THE STRIKES. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANY IRANIAN PERSONNEL WERE KILLED IN THESE BOMBINGS. BUT, IRAN, AT THIS POINT, IS NOT PROMISING MAJOR RETALIATIO . WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHETHER THESE STRIKES HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR DETERRENT EFFECT WHICH WAS THE INTENT, TO SHOW TO RUN THAT THESE ATTACKS BY IRANIAN- BACKED MILITANTS CANNOT CONTINUE. IN YEMEN, WE SAW MAR STRIKES BY THE U.S. AND THE UK IN THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO ATTACKED BY HOUTHI MILITANTS AGAINST COMMERCIAL SHIPPING AND THE RED SEA WHICH IS CAUSING CHAOS. SHIPPING LINES ACROSS THE WORLD. THAT HOUTHIS ARE SAYING THEY ARE NOT DETERRED. THESE ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE. A STATEMENT FROM THE MILITARY SPOKESMAN WHICH I WILL READ SAYS, THESE ATTACKS WILL NOT DETER US FROM OUR MORAL, RELIGIOUS, AND HUMANITARIAN STANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE RESILIENT PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THE GAZA STRIP, AND WILL NOT GO UNANSWERED OR UNPUNISHED. THAT HOUTHIS SAYING THE ATTACKS AND COMMERCIAL SHIPS WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS THE WAR IN GAZA DOES. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LATEST ON THE GROUND IN GAZA. ISRAEL IS EXPANDING TO -- ON ROUGHER AND THE SOUTH, THE LAST PLACE DESIGNATED TO BE A SAFE ZONE BY THE ISRAELIS. WHAT ARE WE SEEING THEIR? >> Reporter: ROUGHER IN THE SOUTH OF GAZA RIGHT UP AGAINST THE EGYPTIAN BORDER, MORE THAN HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE GAZA STRIP, WELL OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE CROWDED UP AGAINST THAT BORDER AND THERE'S LITERALLY NOWHERE TO RUN. EGYPTIANS HAVE CONCERTINA WIRE AND THE BORDER IS TOTALLY SEALED IN MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF FLED THE LENGTH OF THE GAZA STRIP. THEY ARE FROM NORTH OF GAZA AND FLED TO THE MIDDLE AND THE SOUTH AND NOW THEY'RE AT THE SOUTHERNMOST EDGE. THE ISRAEL MILITARY SAYS IT WILL PURSUE HAMAS INTO RAFAH , TRYING TO DESTROY THOSE TUNNELS THROUGH WHICH WEAPONS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. I WAS IN GAZA OVER THE WEEKEND AND I ASKED AN ISRAELI COMMANDER HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY FIGHT IN A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE MORE THAN 1 MILLION CIVILIANS WITHOUT CAUSING MASS CASUALTIES? HE SAID IF THE ORDER CAME FROM THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TO GO INTO RAFAH, THEY WOULD DO THAT . THEY WOULD CARRY OUT THE ATTACK AND DO WHAT THEY COULD TO LIMIT CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. >> WHERE DO THINGS STAND WITH THE HOSTAGE CEASE-FIRE NEGOTIATION? THE PROPOSED DEAL DIVIDING ISRAEL'S RIGHT-WING CABINET, WHAT'S THE LATEST? >> Reporter: THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SAYING HE WILL NOT AGREE TO RELEASE PRISONERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM OFFENSES FROM ISRAELI JAILS. HE WILL NOT END THE WAR IN GAZA AS PART OF ANY AGREEMENT TO FREE THE HOSTAGES. HE IS UNDER MAJOR PRESSURE FROM THE FAR RIGHT OF HIS CABINET NOT TO BE SEEN TO BE MAKING CONCESSIONS TO HAMAS. FROM HAMAS' PERSPECTIVE, THEY ARE STILL STUDYING THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS HAMMERED OUT IN PARIS, INCLUDING THE CIA DIRECTOR, AT THIS POINT THEY ARE NOT SAYING YES OR NO TO THE DEAL, BUT THEY ARE SAYING PRISONERS NEED TO BE RELEASED ON A LARGE SCALE AND THERE HAS TO BE AN END TO THE WAR. >>> LET'S TURN TO NBC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MONICA ELBA. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE STRIKES WE SAW CARRIED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND. WE MENTION WE HEARD THE ADMINISTRATION SAY IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING ON THE STRIKES. DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THIS CAMPAIGN COULD LAST? >> Reporter: WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY BUT IT'S LIKELY THIS COULD TAKE WEEKS. WE KNEW SENIOR OFFICIALS HAD PREVIEWED THAT THIS COULD BE A MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND MULTIPLE COUNTRIES WHICH WE HAVE STARTED TO SEE. THERE IS THIS LARGER QUESTION, COULD THERE BE ANOTHER COMPONENT BEYOND JUST A KINETIC STRIKE? WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AND WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND WHAT WE WILL NOT SEE US VISIBLY BUT WITH THE U.S. TRYING TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE WITH IS SOMETHING LIKE CYBER ATTACKS, DIRECTLY AT THESE IRANIAN ASSETS. THAT'S LIKELY ANOTHER ASPECT THAT IS COMING, BUT IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME. THE U.S. HAS BEEN CAREFUL TO SAY THEY DO NOT WANT TO TELEGRAPH ANY OF THIS OR ALLOW PEOPLE TO KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IS THE U.S. THAT, THEY WILL DO IT IN TIME AND MANNER OF ITS CHOOSING. >> THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN WHO IS ON "MEET THE PRESS" WAS PUSHED TO WHETHER THE U.S. WOULD STRIKE INSIDE IRAN. DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY? >> Reporter: NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER DID NOT COMPLETELY TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR WEEKS THAT IT DOES NOT SEEK A WIDER WAR WITH IRAN AND DOES NOT WANT TO ESCALATE THE CONFLICT IN THAT MANNER. THE STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO HIT THESE IRANIAN BACKED MILITIAS BUT THEY HAVE THEIR MOST IMPORTANT WEAPONS AND ASSETS OUTSIDE OF IRAN. THIS IS HOW JAKE SULLIVAN ANSWERED WHEN KRISTEN WELKER PRESSED HIM ON THE SHOW YESTERDAY. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO WHAT WE RULED IN AND RULED OUT FROM THE POINT OF MILITARY ACTION. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THE PRESIDENT IS DETERMINED TO RESPOND FORCEFULLY TO ATTACKS ON OUR PEOPLE. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT LOOKING FOR A WIDER WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. >> Reporter: IS THAT OFF THE TABLE? ARE STRIKES INSIDE IRAN OFF THE TABLE? >> AGAIN, SITTING HERE ON TELEVISION, IT WOULD NOT BE WISE FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE WILLING IN AND OUT. >> Reporter: SO FAR, AT LEAST THIS WEEKEND, IT HAS NOT BEEN CLEAR THAT THERE HAS BEEN ANY CONTACT FROM THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT OR MILITARY OFFICIALS TO THE UNITED STATES TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THAT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR IN THE COMING DAYS. >> WE KNOW SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN IS BACK FOR HIS FIFTH TRIP SINCE OCTOBER. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? >> Reporter: HE WILL TRAVEL TO SAUDI ARABIA, ISRAEL, EGYPT, AND QATAR WITH THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO TAMP DOWN SOME OF THE TENSIONS, LOWER THE TEMPERATURE, AND CONTINUE TO SEE IF THERE'S PROGRESS THAT CAN BE MADE ON THE POTENTIAL HOSTAGE DEAL WHILE TRYING TO INCREASE AID, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, INTO GAZA. THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN THE SECRETARIES ARE MEETING WITH PEOPLE, HE SAYS HE CAN TRY TO ADVANCE THE BALL A LITTLE, BUT AS WE DID HEAR FROM JAKE SULLIVAN YESTERDAY, THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE DEAL TO RELEASE HOSTAGES IS, QUOTE, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, BUT THEY'RE HOPING SOMETHING CAN MATERIALIZE IN THE SHORT-TERM, AT LEAST, IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MAYBE A MONTH. >>> LET'S BRING IN MILITARY ANALYST COLONEL JACK JACOBS. LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE WEEKEND STRIKES IN SYRIA, IRAQ, AND YEMEN. HOW EFFECTIVE DO YOU THINK THEY WERE? >> THEY WERE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE CAPABILITY OF IRAN- BACKED MILITIAS TO CONDUCT ATTACKS TO THE EXTENT WE DESTROYED COMMANDING CONTROL NODES, COMMUNICATION NODES, AND ACTUAL SITES OF MISSILES AND DRONES SOURCES. THIS IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY JAKE SULLIVAN SAID HE IS NOT GOING TO RULO CONTINUING THESE ATTACKS AND WILL PROBABLY CONDUCT MORE OF THESE ATTACKS. WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TARGET LIST, FOLLOW THESE LAUNCHERS FROM PLACE TO PLACE. WE KNOW WHERE A LOT OF THEM ARE. FROM TIME TO TIME, WE WILL ATTACK THEM. DO NOT FORGET THAT THEY ARE ALL RELATED BUT THERE ARE TWO THINGS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. ONE IS ATTACKS BY THE HOUTHIS ON SHIPPING STREET OF HORMUZ IN MAKING THE REQUIRING SHIPS TO GO AROUND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND TRIPLING THE DISTANCE THAT SHIPS HAVE TO GO. INCREASING COSTS, REDUCING THE CAPABILITY TO DELIVER GOODS, AND RAISING INTEREST RATES. THAT IS STRICTLY HOUTHIS BACKED BY IRAN AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THE HOUTHIS CONTINUE THE ATTACKS, BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN WILL CONTINUE ATTACKS, RETALIATORY STRIKES ON HOUTHIS POSITIONS. SEPARATELY, STILL BACKED BY IRAN. AMERICAN BASES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA BY IRAN-BACKED MILITIAS, THOSE COUNTER STRIKES AGAINST THEM ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THERE ARE FURTHER ATTACKS ON AMERICAN BASES TO -- RETALIATORY STRIKES ON THESE MILITIAS. THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME. YOU HEARD FROM MONICA ELBA, ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY CONDUCTING CYBER ATTACKS ON IRANIAN INTEREST RATHER THAN ATTACKS ON IRAN SPECIFICALLY. >> COLONEL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHERE DO YOU SEE THINGS GOING FROM HERE? >> THERE WILL BE CONTINUED ATTACKS ON MILITIAS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ. BUT, I THINK YOU CAN EXPECT THAT IF THE ATTACKS ON AMERICAN INTERESTS CONTINUE, THAT THERE MIGHT BE AMERICAN RETALIATORY STRIKES ON IRANIAN SHIPS THAT ARE IN THE REGION WHO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE ON AMERICAN INTERESTS AND ON SHIPS, AND RELAY THAT TO THEIR MILITIAS. WE HAVE SEEN THAT BEFORE, AND WE ARE LIABLE TO SEE IT AGAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >>> EXTREME WEATHER CONTINUES TO HIT THE WEST COAST WITH MILLIONS OF AMERICANS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS THIS MORNING. CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS MUCH OF THE STATE FACES LIFE- THREATENING CONDITIONS. >> LET'S GET A CHECK ON THE MORNING NEWS NOW FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE GROSSMAN. >>> I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT A TROUBLESOME NEXT 24 HOURS. DANGEROUS FLOODING, LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING, CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, MUDSLIDES, DEBRIS FLOWS, GUSTY WINDS RINGING DOWNED POWER LINES AND CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. 600,000 ARE WITHOUT POWER AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. LET'S LOOK AT ALERT. 38 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER FLOOD ALERTS. WE HAVE FLOOD WARNINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, FLOODING IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OR IS IMMINENT. WINTER ALERTS, 1 MILLION, MEASURING SNOW IN FEET UP TO 4 FEET IN SOME SPOTS. WIND ALERT, WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO HURRICANE FORCE BEATS. SOGGY GROUND BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING POWER OUTAGES. THIS IS WHAT RADAR LOOKS LIKE. THE BULL'S-EYE WILL BE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUT WE ARE SEEING HEAVY RAIN ABORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THAT'S THE BRIGHTER COLORS. THIS MOISTURE OVER LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN GOING ON HOUR AFTER HOUR AFTER HOUR. THEY ARE UNDER A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 12:00 PACIFIC TIME SO WE WILL WATCH THAT. IT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH PLACE TO GO. THERE ARE BURN AREAS AND DEBRIS FLOWS A MUDSLIDES. LOTS OF EVACUATIONS IN SOME SPOTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE WILL WATCH THIS THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE RAIN IS HEAVY BUT CONTINUING FOR A LONG TIME AND NOT REALLY TAPERING UNTIL LATER ON WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A POWERFUL STORM, ANOTHER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WITH A LOT OF MOISTURE. SEEING THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. WE ARE SEEING DEBRIS FLOWS, ROCKSLIDES, MUDSLIDES AND WE HAVE SEEN INSTANCES OF THAT. TOMORROW, THE HEAVIEST RAIN INTO ARIZONA, LOOKING AT HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LOOK AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS. WE SET A DAILY RECORD YESTERDAY IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. IT GOES BACK TO 1927, BUT WE WILL ADD ANOTHER FIVE INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF PHOTOS, SOME TOTALS WILL BE UP TO 14 INCHES OF RAIN. WE MENTIONED THE SNOW UP TO 4 FEET. BECAUSE OF THAT WE HAVE A FLOODING RISK. FLASH FLOODING RISK AS WELL. THE PINK, THAT'S THE LIKELIEST SPOT OF SEEING CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, DANGEROUS FLOODING, LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH DOWN TO PORTIONS OF SAN DIEGO. TOMORROW THE FLOOD RISK STAYS IN PLACE, LOS ANGELES ONCE AGAIN AND SAN DIEGO. DO NOT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCLUDES PHOENIX AND PRESCOTT. WHERE YOU SEE PINKS AND PURPLES IS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT. NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS, 4 TO 6 FEET IS POSSIBLE. THAT'S THE STORM IN THE WEST AND ANOTHER STORY, FEBRUARY WANT THE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS, MIDWEST AND CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THAT WILL MOVE TO THE EAST THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, NORTHEAST AND THE MID-ATLANTIC WE WILL CONTINUE NICE WEATHER. NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST UNTIL LATER THIS WEEK. >>> TURNING TO WASHINGTON WHERE SENATORS HAVE ANNOUNCED A MASSIVE BIPARTISAN BL ADDRESSING THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING THE SOUTHERN BORDER. >> THE $118 BILLION BILL IS SPEARHEADED BY KYRSTEN SINEMA AND LANKFORD, REPUBLICAN AND CHRIS MURPHY, A DEMOCRAT. AND INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE MIDDLE EAST. TODAY CHUCK SCHUMER PLANS TO KICKOFF THE VOTING PROCESS ON THE BILL. IN A STATEMENT, CHUCK SCHUMER SAID, QUOTE, IT'S A MONUMENTAL STRAP TOWARD STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ABROAD AND OUR BIRDERS. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST NECESSARY AND ABORT PIECES OF LEGISLATION. THAT CONGRESS HAS PUT FORWARD IN YEARS. >> JULIE TSIRKIN JOINS US TO BREAK IT DOWN. ADVOCATES SAY IT'S THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION PRESENTED IN OVER A DECADE. TELL SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHT THAT WERE WE SAW THE COMPROMISES. >> Reporter: NEGOTIATORS HELD CALLS ALL NIGHT LONG, LAST NIGHT TRYING TO CLEAR SOME OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE BEING SAID ABOUT THE BILL, PARTICULARLY FROM REPUBLICANS. ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS THEY OF HIS EYES TO US ON THE CALL WAS THAT THEIR GOAL WAS TO EVENTUALLY END ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THAT IS IMPORTANT FRAMING WHEN YOU THINK OF THE BILL BECAUSE SOME OF THE BIGGEST PROVISIONS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN REQUIRES THE BORDER BE SHUT DOWN WHEN YOU SEE THE MIGRANT SURGE EXCEEDING 5000 DAILY AVERAGE. IT'S A PROVISION THAT IS VERY CONSERVATIVE. REPUBLICANS IN THEORY WOULD SUPPORT THAT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SAYING THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE BILL DOES. IT RAISES THE SCREENING FOR THE ASYLUM INTERVIEW. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE QUALIFICATIONS BY WHICH MIGRANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM BUT IT MAKES THE INTERVIEW A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED AND CHALLENGING WEEDING OUT IF SOMEONE HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY ARE ABLE TO SEEK ASYLUM IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY OR THEY WERE IN A SAFE COUNTRY ALREADY. ALL THOSE THINGS WILL HAPPEN ON THE FRONT END. THIS ENDS THE PRACTICE OF CATCH AND RELEASE. THAT MEANS MIGRANTS WHO COME LEGALLY AT PORTS OF ENTRY PLACED UNDER GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE WHILE THEY WAIT THEIR INTERVIEW AND LATER THEIR ADJUDICATION. WAITS FOR THE CASE TO BE ADJUDICATED. IF MIGRANTS COME IN BETWEEN PORTS OF ENTRY, THEY ARE DETAINED AND THE BILL INCREASES FUNDING TO DO THAT. IT INCREASES MORE RESOURCES FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS, TO HIRE MORE AGENTS, FOR PROCESSING, AND CHANGES THE WAY THE CASES ARE ADJUDICATED MAKING THE PROCESS A LOT FASTER. A LOT OF CHANGES MADE IN THIS BILL. ONE THING IT DOES NOT DO THAT DEMOCRATS ACCEPTED AS A MAJOR ACCEPTANCE AND TURNS OF WHO NEGOTIATED THE BILL AS THERE'S NO PATHWAY FOR CITIZENSHIP FOR UNDOCUMENTED DREAMERS. THAT WAS THE RED LOVER SO MANY DEMOCRATS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. CERTAINLY, YOU WILL SEE SUPPORT PEEL OFF ON THAT. >> THE BILL INCLUDES THIS FUNDING FOR UKRAINE. FUNDING FOR ISRAEL'S WAR. HOW DID THAT COME TOGETHER? >> Reporter: THOSE PIECES ARE LARGELY UNCHANGED. THE BILL IS ABOUT $12 BILLION MORE FOR ALL THOSE PIECES. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD REQUESTED BACK IN OCTOBER. CERTAINLY, THESE PIECES OF THE BILL ARE THE MORE EASY PARTS TO MOVE. SOME LIKE SENATE MINORITY McCONNELL THREATENED IF THE BORDER PIECE CANNOT GET DONE, HE SUPPORTS A BILL THAT WAS NEGOTIATED, THEY WILL HAVE TO MOVE JUST UKRAINE AND JUST ISRAEL AID ALONE. THE BILL ALSO INCLUDES HUMANITARIAN AID THAT IS SEEN AS KEY IS BY REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, MOSTLY DEMOCRATS, AND YOU HAVE THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT FORWARD A CLEAN ISRAEL BILL THAT THEY SAY THEY WILL PICK UP THIS WEEK. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF POLITICS. >> HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON IS ALREADY SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE BILL. LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WITH KRISTEN WELKER. >> Reporter: DID YOU PROPOSE THE STANDALONE ISRAEL AID PACKAGE TO KILL THIS COMPROMISE DEAL IN THE SENATE? >> NO, WE MADE CLEAR WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOUSE WERE AND THAT'S TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE BORDER. APPARENTLY THE SENATE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME TO A AGREEMENT. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE SAME THING FOR MONTHS. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING THEIR ACTION. WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER. THE REASON WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISRAEL SITUATION RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE THE SITUATION HAS ESCALATED. >> IS THERE ANY HOPE THE BILL WILL MAKE IT A PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DESK? >> Reporter: SPEAKER JOHNSON HOURS AFTER THE BILL WAS RELEASED LAST NIGHT SAID THE BILL IS, QUOTE, DEAD ON ARRIVAL. HE SAID THE TEXT WAS WORSE THAN HE IMAGINED THE BILL TO BE BEFORE HIM. SENATOR JAMES LANKFORD IS A TOP REPUBLICAN NEGOTIATING IT AND HE'S A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FROM OKLAHOMA, HE IMMEDIATELY FACT CHECKED JOHNSON A REAL- TIME ON A CALL WITH REPORTERS LAST NIGHT AND HE SAID HE WANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF THE SPEAKER IN THE TEXT SPECIFICALLY TO CLEAR SOME OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE BILL LEANS FORWARD AND THE CONSERVATIVE DIRECTION. BOTTOM LINE AS I SAID, THE HOUSE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THE CLEAN ISRAEL BILL AND ORIGINALLY THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL IN OCTOBER WITH THOSE OFFSETS BEING IT'S PAID FOR. NOW THAT GOES AWAY TO GET DEMOCRATS TO VOTE FOR IT. THE SENATE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL BIPARTISAN PACKAGE NONETHELESS. >>> MUCH MORE TO COME IN MORNING NEWS NOW. LATER, YOU HAVE HEARD OF CATFISHING BUT WHAT ABOUT PIG BUTCHERING? NOT LITERALLY BUT THE FBI'S WARNING OF AN ONLINE SCAM THAT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE SAVINGS. >>> PROBLEMS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, NOW FACING A DOUBLE DIGIT DEFICIT AGAINST TRUMP WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY. WE WILL BREAK DOWN THE >>> THE LATEST NBC NEWS POLLING SHOWS WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING THE ECONOMY, PRESIDENT BIDEN TRAILS THE GOP FRONT RUNNER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP BY MORE THAN 20 POINT. >> IT'S ONE OF PERSONAL COMPARISONS WERE POLLING SHOWS TRUMP BEATING BIDEN WITH TRUMP LEADING BY A NARROW MARGIN IN A HYPOTHETICAL GENERAL ELECTION MATCHUP. >> SENIOR POLITICAL EDITOR MARK MURRAY JOINS US. TELL US OF SOME OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES WERE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND IN SOME CASES BY DOUBLE DIGITS. WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THE PRESIDENT FACES IN THE RUN-UP TO REELECTION? >> Reporter: THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NINE MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION. YOU MENTIONED THE GAP IN HANDLING THE ECONOMY DONALD TRUMP LEADS BY 22 PERCENTAGE POINTS. TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, WHO WE ASKED BEFORE THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, TRUMP HAD A SEVEN POINT LEAD WHEN HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IT HAS GROWN TO 22 POINTS BUT THE OTHER MEASURES, TRUMP IS A 21 POINT LEAD WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING CRIME AND VIOLENCE. HE ENDS UP HAVING A 16 POINT LEAD ON BEING COMPETENT AND EFFECTIVE. THAT'S A REVERSAL FROM WHAT POLL SHOWED IN 2020. AS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE POLL HAS HIM WITH A 12 POINT ADVANTAGE ON HANDLING ABORTION AND A 17 POINT ADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING IMMIGRANT RIGHTS. >> LOOKING AHEAD, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CONTEST IN NEVADA, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FOR BOTH BIDEN AND FOR TRUMP AND SUPER TUESDAY A MONTH AWAY? >> Reporter: FOR NEVADA, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT TOMORROW, TUESDAY, IS THE PRIMARY IN THAT STATE. THAT'S THE OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. THERE'S A PRIMARY ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE BUT IT DOES NOT COUNT. REPUBLICANS SAID THEIR CAUCUSES WHICH ARE HOLDING PLACE ON THURSDAY WILL BE THE ONES THAT WILL OFFICIALLY AWARD DELEGATES. AS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, OR POLL SHOWS DONALD TRUMP WITH A FIVE-POINT LEAD OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN. WITHIN THE POLL'S MARGIN OF ERROR END UP FROM TRUMP'S TWO POINT LEAD IN THE POLL IN NOVEMBER. IS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OVERALL JOB APPROVAL, 37% OF REGISTERED VOTERS APPROVE OF HIS HANDLING OF THE PRESIDENCY VERSUS 60% WHO DISAPPROVE. IN NOVEMBER, IT WAS 40% APPROVED. THAT IS A DROP FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN IN OUR POLL. >> TRUMP AS AN OPPONENT IN THE GOP NOMINATION AND THAT IS NIKKI HALEY WHO MADE A SURPRISE CAMEO ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE OVER THE WEEKEND. WHAT DID WE SEE THERE AND WHAT SOME OF THE REACTION? >> Reporter: THE BIGGEST REACTION AS SHE IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. TRUMP AND SOME PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE SAID LET'S MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION, IT'S TIME TO FOCUS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NOT A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORIES IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. OUR NBC NEWS POLL SHOWS TRUMP WITH A 60 POINT ADVANTAGE NATIONALLY OVER NIKKI HALEY. SHE IS NOT GOING AWAY BUT THE POLLING SHOWS THAT WE ARE HEADED TO A GENERAL ELECTION VERY SOON. >>> THE FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SPEAKING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME SAID SHE WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR ON THE GEORGE ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT BLAYNE ALEXANDER AS THE STORY. >> Reporter: DEFIANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS IS BREAKING HER SILENCE. AND A 176 PAGE FILING, SHE ACKNOWLEDGES A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH NATHAN WADE, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR SHE APPOINTED TO LEAD THE GEORGIA ELECTION CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WILLIS DENIED ANY FINANCIAL BENEFIT OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST WRITING WHILE THE ALLEGATIONS ARE SALACIOUS AND GARNER MEDIA ATTENTION THEY WERE DESIGNED TO OBTAIN, THEY DO NOT PROVIDE ANY BASIS FOR HER TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CASE. THAT IS WHAT TRUMP CODEFENDANT HAS ASKED FOR. ACCUSING WILLIS A FINANCIALLY BENEFITING FROM A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP SING WADE'S MONEY HE EARNED FROM THE DAs OFFICE TO PAY FOR VACATIONS TOGETHER. IN HER RESPONSE, WILLIS PROVIDED HER OWN RECEIPTS SAYING TRAVEL WAS EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO WRITING BOTH ARE PROFESSIONALS WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCOME AND ARGUING WADE MADE MORE MONEY THAN THE OTHER SPECIAL PROSECUTORS ONLY BECAUSE HE DID MUCH MORE WORK. THE FILING INCLUDED A SWORN AFFIDAVIT FROM WADE WHO SAID WHETHER THE TWO WERE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS WHEN HE WAS HIRED ON THE CASE, THEY LATER DEVELOPED A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, BUT IN A RESPONSE OF HIS OWN, MICHAEL ROMAN SAID HE IS WITNESSES WHO WILL TESTIFY THE RELATIONSHIP ACTUALLY BEGAN BEFORE HIS HIRING. ALL OF IT BROUGHT INTENSE SCRUTINY TO THE CLOSELY WATCHED CASE AGAINST TRUMP AND TELL WILLIS HERSELF. TRUMP HAS ALSO SOUGHT TO HAVE THE CHARGES DISMISSED, POSTING THIS SCAM IS TOTALLY DISCREDITED AND OVER. IT COMES AMID NEW PRESSURE FROM CONGRESS WHERE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN CEPEDA BOLUS, SEEKING DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SHE MISUSED FEDERAL MONEY. >> WILLIS AND WADE HAVE BEEN SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY IN THESE ALLEGATIONS IN TWO WEEKS BUT WILLIS IS ASKING A JUDGE TO CANCEL THE HEARING CALLING IT AN ATTEMPT TO EMBARRASS AND HARASS HER PERSONALLY. >>> DEADLY WILDFIRES ARE BURNING OUT OF CONTROL IN CENTRAL CHILE. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THE FIRES BROKE OUT FRIDAY. HERE IS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT JOSH LEDERMAN. >> Reporter: A WIND WHIPPED INFERNO IN CHILE. TURNING THE SKIES INTO AN ORANGE SCAPE. THICK SMOKE OVER THE REGION. NORMALLY OF BEACHSIDE PARADISE AND A DEATHTRAP. THE PRESIDENT SAYING THAT DEATH TOLL ALREADY IN THE 60s BY MIDDAY QUICKLY RISING TO 99 ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AND CERTAIN TO RISE HIGHER. THAT MAKES IT THEIR WORST NATIONAL DISASTER IN 15 YEARS. HORRIFYING VIDEO SHOWING CARS DODGING FLAMES ON THE HIGHWAY. MORE THAN 1300 HOMES DESTROYED IN ONE AREA ALONE THE GOVERNMENT SAYS. IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, ALMOST NOTHING IS LEFT. WE NEED HELP THIS RESIDENT SAYS. FOOD FOR OUR PETS, SUPPLIES, I LOST MY HOUSE. EVERYTHING. WILDFIRES ARE COMMON IN THE CHILEAN SUMMER BUT THESE ARE FUELED BY INTENSE HEAT, HEAVY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY. PART OF THE EL NIÑO WEATHER SYSTEM. THE MILITARY IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS ATTACK THE BLAZE FIVE PLANE, HELICOPTER, AND ON THE GROUND. BATTLING WIND GUSTS UP TO 37 MILES PER HOUR WITH NO END IN SIGHT. >>> COMING UP. SITTING IN JUDGMENT. A TREE SAID TO DECIDE ON A FIRST OF ITS KIND CASE AGAINST THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER. >> SHOULD PARENTS BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S ACTIONS? WE WILL BREAK DOWN CLOSING >>> THIS MORNING, JURY IN MICHIGAN IS SET TO START DELIBERATIONS IN THE CASE OF JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. HER SON KILLED FOUR PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL SHOOTING AND NOW HIS MOM IS ON TRIAL. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY'S CASE IS RAISING IMPORTANT LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER PARENTS SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF THEIR KIDS. MAGGIE VESPA TAKES US INSIDE THE COURTROOM. >> Reporter: THIS MORNING, JENNIFER CUMBER THIS FATE WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF A JURY AFTER CLOSING ARGUMENTS, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL, HONED IN A WHETHER THE MICHIGAN MOM BROKE THE LAW BY FAILING TO STOP HER SON FROM KILLING FOUR CLASSMATES AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL. >> THE SHOOTER LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT AND WAS GIVEN THE MURDER WEAPON BY HIS PARENTS, AND THIS PARENT IS HERE TODAY ON TRIAL. IT WAS -- >> IT WAS UNFORESEEABLE. NO ONE COULD HAVE EXPECTED THIS. INCLUDING MRS. CRUMBLY. >> Reporter: PROSECUTOR SUGGESTING SHE IGNORED RED FLAGS. THE DEFENSE HITTING BACK. >> TRAINED PROFESSIONALS TOLD CRUMBLEY HER SON WAS -- >> Reporter: NINE DAYS CULMINATING WITH THE ONLY WITNESS. SHE WAS CROSS-EXAMINED BY PROSECUTORS. >> YOU DO NOT DENY THAT YOU NEVER ONCE TOOK HIM TO SEE A THERAPIST OR COUNSELOR? >> NO, I DID NOT. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS PUSHING BACK AND CRUMBLEY'S EARLIER THAT HER HUSBAND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THE GUN. >> DID YOU TRUST HIM TO GET OUT OF BED OUT OF TIME? >> CORRECT. >> YOU DIDN'T TRUST HIM TO CUT THE GRASS? YOU DIDN'T TRUST HIM TO UPDATE YOU ON HIS WHEREABOUTS? >> THERE IS A REASON BEHIND THAT. >> YOU DIDN'T TRUST HIM TO NOT TURN OFF OR TURN ON THE RING CAMERA IN YOUR HOME? >> CORRECT. >> THIS IS A PERSON YOU ENTRUSTED WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. >> Reporter: THE DEFENSE MAKING ONE FINAL PLEA. >> I AM ASKING YOU FIND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY NOT GUILTY NOT JUST FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY BUT FOR EVERY MOTHER WHO'S OUT THERE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WHO COULD EASILY BE IN HER SHOES. >> FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, LET'S BRING IN LEGAL ANALYST ANGELA CENEDELLA. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LET'S START WITH THAT CLOSING LINE WITH THE DEFENSE TALKS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THAT THIS WILL SET POTENTIALLY. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS CASE IN ESTABLISHING EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS IN REGARD TO GUN SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH? >> THE CASE IS BEING WATCHED ACROSS AMERICA BECAUSE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER LAWS EXIST IN EVERY STATE AND NOT JUST MICHIGAN. THE QUESTION IS HOW RESPONSIBLE CAN WE HOLD OUR PARENTS FOR THE CRIME THAT THEIR CHILDREN COMMIT AND NOT JUST EVEN IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING? WHAT HAPPENS AT IF YOU AS A PARENT HAVE ACCESS TO ALCOHOL IN A CAR AND YOUR CHILD GOES OUT AND ACCIDENTALLY KILL SOMEONE IN DRUNK DRIVING? THE IMPLICATIONS ARE SO WIDESPREAD. PROSECUTORS ARE DOING THEIR JOB. THEY ARE TRYING TO DETER A CRIME THAT NEW. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN TRYING TO WIDEN THE SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP THEM. THE QUESTION HERE IS, ARE ALL MOTHERS GOING TO BE HELD TO THIS NEW STANDARD? I DON'T THINK SO BUT WE WILL SEE HOW THIS COMES THROUGH. >> WE CAN'T SEE INSIDE THE JURY DELIBERATION ROOM, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE WAITING HERE? >> IT'S IMPORTANT AS IT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR IN THE DEFENSE CLOSING ARGUMENT THAT IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF, DO YOU DISAGREE WITH THE STANDARD OF PARENTING THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DID? DO YOU FEEL ALMOST ANY PARENT IN THE SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FORESEE THAT IF THEIR CHILD HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND HAD ACCESS TO A GUN THAT YOU GAVE THEM, THEN THEY WOULD GO A SHOOT UP A SCHOOL? THERE ARE LINKS THEY HAVE TO PROVE AND THAT'S WHAT THE JURY HAS TO WAY. IT'S A HIGH BAR AND UNLIKELY THEY WILL COME TO THAT DECISION, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. >> THE DEFENSE MADE THIS POINT TO PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GUN, FOR ITS STORAGE, ON ETHAN'S FATHER, JAMES. DO YOU EXPECT PROSECUTORS TO USE THOSE WORDS IN HIS TRIAL NEXT MONTH? ADDRESSING OF THAT? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY THEY WILL. THAT IS LIKELY A STRONGER LINK TO HIM HAVING ACCESS TO THE GUN. THE FACT IT WAS NOT STORED SAFELY. ALSO, NOTE MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, DID NOT HAVE A SAFE STORAGE LAW UNTIL AFTER THIS INCIDENT. HAD THE LAW EXISTED PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING, PROSECUTORS WOULD HAVE HAD A STRONGER CASE AGAINST JAMES CRUMBLY. THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THROUGH ANYTHING SUCCESSFUL IN THE TRIAL. >> AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU. >>> STICKER SHOCK AT THE SUPERMARKET. >> ALL YOUR FAVORITE SUPER BOWL SNACKS COULD COST YOU, THANKS TO INFLATION, BUT WE HAVE GAINED A GROCERY PLAYS THAT COULD SAVE YOU CASH. YOU ARE WATCHING MORNING NEWS NOW >> MORNING NEWS NOW STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >>> IT'S A POPULAR INTERNET SCHEME. SOMEONE GETS TRICKED INTO A RELATIONSHIP BUT ENDS UP SWINDLED OUT OF THEIR MONEY. THE FBI IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE SCAM HOPING TO INTERVENE BEFORE MONEY CHANGES HAND. KEN DILANIAN HAS THAT STORY. >> Reporter: SHE CALLS HERSELF ANNA AND REACHED OUT TO BARRY OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. >> THE ASIAN WOMAN THE SUPPOSEDLY LIVED IN NEW YORK ON FIFTH AVENUE. WE STARTED CHATTING. >> Reporter: SOON SHE WAS SENDING EXPLICIT PHOTOS. SHE WAS DIVORCED AND RETIRED AND WAS BITTEN. SHE SAID THEY COULD BE TOGETHER BUT THERE WAS A CATCH. >> IF I INVESTED WITH HER OR INVESTED IN THE CRYPTO AND SHE COULD -- GET MARRIED. >> Reporter: HE LIQUIDATED HIS 401(K) SENDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. HIS LIFE SAVINGS THEN HE GOT A CALL FROM THE FBI. >> THEY SAID IT'S A MAJOR SITUATION AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. >> Reporter: IT TURNS OUT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A INTERNET SCAM AND A NEW FBI INITIATIVE TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM FINANCIAL RUIN. THE SCAM IS CALLED PIG BUTCHERING SO NAMED BECAUSE VICTIMS ARE LIKENED TO HOGS FATTENED UP FOR SLAUGHTER. >> IT'S INCREDIBLY DEVASTATING. >> Reporter: ENTICED BY THE PROSPECT OF ROMANCE AND RICHES, PEOPLE HAVE SENT THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY OVERSEAS. >> I HAVE SEEN LOSSES INTO THE $4 MILLION RANGE. >> Reporter: JAMES FERENTZ THE FINANCIAL CRIME SECTION OF THE FBI. HE SAID THE SCAMS ARE RUN BY ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS BASED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. WHAT LOSSES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? >> 2023, WELL OVER $3.5 BILLION OF REPORTED LOSSES AND AROUND 40,000 VICTIMS. >> Reporter: MOST OF THE MONEY IS NEVER RECOVERED. NOW, FBI INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. USING SOPHISTICATED CYBER TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY AND WARN VICTIMS BEFORE THEY LOSE THEIR MONEY. >> FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SUSPICIOUS ACTIVRTS AND BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT VICTIMS AND STOP THEM FROM MAKING FURTHER INVESTMENTS. >> I WAS ABOUT TO GET A LOAN FROM A CREDIT UNION, AND THEY SAID DO NOT DO THAT. I GOT ABOUT $10,000 LEFT IN MY ACCOUNT TO MINING AND ONE DOLLAR AT HOME. >> Reporter: IS THIS SITUATION AFFECTING THE CARE YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE? >> I CANNOT AFFORD MEDICINE. >> Reporter: THE FBI WARNING CAME TOO LATE FOR MAY. WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO OTHERS WATCHING THIS? >> RUNAWAY. 99.9% OF THE TIME IS GOING TO BE A SCAM. >>> LET'S GET A LOOK AT FINANCIAL HEADLINES. A MAJOR UNION DEAL IN LAS VEGAS FOR SUPER BOWL WEEKEND. >> BERTHA COOMBS JOINS US WITH THAT AND OTHER NEWS. >>> THE UNION REPRESENTING CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY WORKERS IN LAS VEGAS HAS REACHED A TENTATIVE CONTRACT DEAL WITH HALF A DOZEN HOTELS AND CASINOS JUST DAYS AHEAD OF THE SUPER BOWL. THE LATEST DEAL COMING LATE YESTERDAY WITH THE GOLDEN NUGGET WHICH COVERS ROUGHLY 1200 WORKERS. EMPLOYS A TWO OTHER CASINOS ARE POISED TO STRIKE AT 8:00 A.M. EASTERN TODAY. >>> THE SUPER BOWL IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT 330,000 PEOPLE TO VEGAS THIS WEEK. NOT JUST TAYLOR SWIFT. >>> THE NEW INDIANA JONES VIDEO GAME IS SET TO LAUNCH ON XBOX THIS DECEMBER AND IT COULD ALSO BE COMING TO PLAYSTATION FIVE. IT WILL BE EXPRESS EXCLUSIVE AT FIRST BUT THE DEVELOPER BETHESDA IS CONSIDERING BRINGING IT TO PS 5 A FEW MONTHS LATER. INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR MULTIPLE GAME CONSOLES BUT THAT WAS BEFORE MICROSOFT BOUGHT THE STATE IN 2021. >>> MARK ZUCKERBERG IS THE WORLD'S FOURTH RICHEST PERSON FOLLOWING THE SURGE IN META'S STOCK PRICES. THE SHARES JUMP 20% ON FRIDAY AFTER THE COMPANY REPORTEDLY BLEW OUT EARNINGS, AND IT SAID IT WAS GOING TO START ISSUING A DIVIDEND. THAT ADDED $200 BILLION IN META- 'S MARKET VALUE. THE LARGEST TALL IN WALL STREET HISTORY. HE IS NOW WORTH ABOUT $170 BILLION LAUNCHING HIM PAST BILL GATES ON THE BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRES LIST I SAW ONE CALCULATION THAT WITH THAT DIVIDEND, HE WILL GET ABOUT $700 MILLION A YEAR JUST FROM DIVIDENDS. >> EIGHT DIFFERENT FROM MY EXPERIENCE. >>> WHILE THE OVERALL INFLATION NEWS SEEMS TO BE GOOD, IF YOU'RE STOCKING UP ON SNACKS FOR YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY, YOU MIGHT NOTICE PRICES ARE STILL HIGH. WE HAVE TIPS ON HOW TO FIND A DEAL AND MORE ON HOW AMERICANS ARE FEELING ABOUT THE PRICES. HERE IS OUR AFFILIATE STATION IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> Reporter: IF YOU THINK GROCERY STORE PRICES HAVE BEEN HER TO FOLLOW, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. >> IT'S ALMOST A GAME OF WHACK A MOLE. WHAT'S THE NEXT THING WITH BIG PRICE INCREASES? >> Reporter: MARKETING ANALYTICS PROFESSOR AT THE CARLSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, JOE SAID IT'S TRUE. YOU COULD SAVE MONEY ON A SUPER BOWL SPREAD OVER LAST IF YOU STICK TO WINGS AND SHRIMP WHILE THE VOTING BEEF AND NAMEBRAND CHIPS. IS A CONSUMER WHO INVITED US INTO HIS HOME KITCHEN, HE SAYS HE KNOWS WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IN REALITY. >> YOU SEE THE STICKER SHOCK WHEN YOU CHECK OUT. THE TOTAL IS BIGGER THAN IT USED TO BE. >> Reporter: THAT'S NOT SITTING WELL WITH MOST AMERICANS. ACCORDING TO A FIVES POLL CONDUCTED BY AXIOS RECENTLY, ROUGHLY 72% OF RESPONDENTS SAID GROCERIES OR WHERE THEY FEEL MOST AFFECTED BY INFLATION WHILE 59% FEEL ANGRY, ANXIOUS, OR RESIGNED WHEN GROCERY SHOPPING. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY SINCE IT TECHNICALLY CAME BACK DOWN TO EARTH LAST WEEK, KEEP IN MIND THAT PRICES ARE UP NEARLY 20% IN THE LAST THREE. >> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH INFLATION, FOOD, IT'S BEEN GOING UP. THAT'S BUILDING ON ON ON TOP OF ITSELF. EVEN IF IT DOES FLATTEN OUT WITH LITTLE INFLATION, WE WILL STILL PAY MORE THAN WE WERE A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. >> THE PRICES ARE NOT GOING DOWN. >> Reporter: IT PROVIDES AWAKEN WORTH OF FOOD TO LOCAL FAMILIES DIRECTLY THROUGH STUDENT BACKPACKS, ROB STRUGGLED TO KEEP UP WITH RISE AND DEMAND AND THE RISING PRICES. >> EVERY PENNY IT COST MORE PER BAG IS $4000 A YEAR FOR OUR PROGRAM. BUT IF IT GOES UP $0.50? >> Reporter: HE SAID RECENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT WILL SOON ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND THEIR WAREHOUSE SPACE. >> BY EXPANDING THE BUILDING SPACE WE CAN STORE MORE FOOD, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO GET LOWER PRICES. >> Reporter: IT'S MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE REST OF US. BUT JOE SAID DO NOT DISCOUNT THE IMPORTANCE OF SMART SHOPPING. >> WE HAVE SEEN RAISON FINANCIAL RESULTS WHERE THEY ARE STARTING TO SAY PUSH BACK ON HIGHER PRICES. WE ARE SEEING LEADING FOOD MANUFACTURERS THAT UNIT VOLUME IS DROPPING. WHILE THEY CHARGE MORE PER UNIT AND MAKING MORE PROFIT ON EACH UNIT THEY SELL, THEY ARE SELLING LESS UNITS IN TOTAL. IF WE SEE A PRICE DROP, THAT WILL -- CONSUMER SPEAK WITH THEIR WALLETS AND SAY I AM NOT GOING TO BUY IT. >>> YOU COULD SAY THE GRAMMYS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. >> WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM HISTORIC WINDS TO SHOCKING UPSET AND EVEN AN ARREST. STAY WITH US. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A SURPRISING FIND MADE BY POLICE INSIDE A GARAGE AND SUBURBAN SEATTLE. A COLD WAR ERA MISSILE. POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A MILITARY GRADE ROCKET FOUND IN THE HOME OF SOMEONE WHO HAD DIED. BOMB SQUAD MEMBERS FOUND IT WAS A RACKET OF THE KIND DESIGNED TO CARRY A NUCLEAR WARHEAD. NEIGHBORS SAY IT WAS BOUGHT AT AN ESTATE SALE. THERE WAS NO ROCKET FUEL SO IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A HAZARD. THEY LEFT IT TO BE RESTORED FOR DISPLAY IN A MUSEUM. >> NOT YOUR TYPICAL GARAGE SALE FIND. THAT IS SOMETHING. >>> I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I AM TIRED BECAUSE WE STAYED UP TO WATCH THE GRAMMY AWARDS AND THEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT. >> FROM THE ARTIST TAKEN AWAY BY POLICE TO THE SHOCKING ANNOUNCEMENT AVENUE TAYLOR SWIFT ALBUM, IT WAS A NIGHT OF SURPRISES. >> WE HAVE BRIAN BALTHAZAR WITH US. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU KNOW I HAVE TO START WITH MY GIRL, TAYLOR SWIFT. A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE TITLE, BY THE WAY, AND SHE MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE WON BEST ALBUM. >> Reporter: YOU FEEL SILLY TELLING YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO TAYLOR. TAKE GETAWAY, SAVANNAH. SHE WON FOR THE FOURTH ALPEN OF THE YEAR. TIED WITH FRANK SINATRA, PAUL SIMON, AND SHE TIED AND THEN WON HER FOURTH. SHE WAS PRESENTED BY CELINE DION WHO WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A LONG TIME. SHE LOOKED GREAT AND PRESENTED TO TAYLOR. SHE THEN MADE HER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HER UPCOMING ALBUM ON APRIL 15, THE TORTURED POET'S DEPARTMENT AND THE INTERNET WAS ABUZZ. IT'S HER -- A BIG NIGHT FOR TAYLOR. THEN YOU HAVE THE DETAINMENT OF KILLER MIKE WHO WON THREE AWARDS. WON FOR BEST SONG AND THE MOTHER FOR BEST RAP SONG AT BEST RED ALBUM. HE WAS TAKEN AWAY IN HANDCUFFS. IT DID NOT APPEAR ON THE STAGE BUT BACKSTAGE IN VIDEO WAS CAPTURED WAS HE WAS SAYING ARE YOU SERIOUS? STEMMING FROM AN EARLIER INCIDENT IN THE EVENING, AN ALTERCATION. MY SUSPICION IS SINCE IT INCIDENT WITH WILL SMITH, ANY ALTERCATION IS TAKEN EXTREMELY SERIOUS IN ACTION IS TAKEN QUICKLY THEN IT MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE. I THINK WE MAY FIND AS WE GET MORE DETAILS ON THIS INCIDENT THAT THERE MAY BE POLICIES THAT WERE INSTITUTED SINCE THE WILL SMITH INCIDENT AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS. THAT'S MY SUSPICION. THEN WE HAVE MILEY CYRUS -- >> POLICE SAY IT WAS IN CONNECTION TO AN ALTERCATION WE'VE REACHED OUT AND THEY RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST AND WE WANT TO HEAD THAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT MILEY CYRUS. AFTER EIGHT CAREER NOMINATIONS, SHE FINALLY GOT HER FIRST WIN. >> Reporter: IT'S HER FIRST GRAMMY SHE WON FOR RECORD OF THE YOUR BEST FOR POP SOLO PERFORMANCE FOR FLOWERS. HER ALLEGEDLY SNUB OF LEE, HOMES WERE. SHE SAID I HOPE IT DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING AS MY LIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL. WHEN SHE WON BOTH AWARD SHE REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT WHILE HONORED, DOESN'T MATTER IN THE BIG PICTURE WHICH IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU ACCEPT AN AWARD BUT IS SHE SHOUTING OUT TO HER FANS THAT NO MATTER WHAT, IT DOESN'T MATTER AS MUCH AS YOUR HAPPINESS AND IT'S THE MESSAGE OF HER SON. >> AD LIB. SHE THREW IN. >> YOU KNOW THIS SONG SO EVERYONE JOINED IN. >> I DID CRY. >> SHE LOOKED FANTASTIC. SHE WAS PULLING OUT 1980s GLAM AND SHE THANKED EVERYONE AND SAID I DIDN'T FORGET ANYONE BUT I THINK I MIGHT'VE FORGOTTEN TO WEAR UNDERWEAR. TYPICAL FUN. IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE HER CELEBRATING AND HER PERFORMANCE, IN SEEING. >> SHE IS SO TALENTED. LET'S TALK ABOUT JD. HE MADE THIS POINT OF HOW THE GRAMMYS ARE DECIDED DURING HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR THE SPECIAL AWARDS, DR. DRAKE GOES GLOBAL IMPACT AWARD. TELLS SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS. >> Reporter: HE WAS SEEMINGLY CALLING AT THE ACADEMY AS HIS DAUGHTER NEXT TO HIM. I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS MY DAUGHTER BUT HE CALLED OUT THE FACT THAT THE VOTES ARE SUBJECTIVE AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT BEYONCE HAS WON AS MANY AS SHE HAS WON SHE NEVER WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR. SOME OF YOU DON'T BELONG IN TH CATEGORY SO THE INTERESTING THING IS AS MUCH AS THE INTEREST IN THE SHOW IS ABOUT THE AWARD WINNERS, LAST NIGHT IT WAS ABOUT THE AMAZING STARS, PERFORMANCES AND THEN I REACHED OUT TO ALL GENERATIONS WE ARE TALKING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE AWARDS THAN SOME OF THE AWARD WINNERS THEMSELVES. >> IT WAS GREAT TOSEE TH THROWBACKS WITH TRACEY CHAPMAN AND JONI MITCHELL. >> REALLY GOOD TO SEE. WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US O THIS >> THANK YOU >> THAT WILL DO IT FOR THIRTMENT THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AND HEARIN ON THE GROUND SO FAR WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE? >> WE ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD. WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN RECENTLY BUT THE IMPACT OF THE STORM IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS WE EXPECTED WE DIDN'T HAVE CRITICAL ROAD DAMAGE OR SIGNIFICANT LAND SLIDES AT THIS POINT IN TIME BUT WE DID GET A SIGNIFICANT AMOUN OF RAIN. >> WHAT SHOULD RESIDENTS KEEP IN MIND IN PREPARING AS WE KNOW THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LAS UNTIL LATER TODAY. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE BE THINKING ABOUT? >> WE ARE URGING PEOPL CURRENTLY TO SLOW DOWN ON TH ROADS. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF VEHICL ACCIDENTS ON THE FREEWAY THAT'S OUR BIG NUMBER ON CHOICE IN PREPARATION OF THE STORM THAT WILL RUN THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WE ARE ASKING RESIDENTS TO SAND BAG THEIR PROPERTY THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL WE ONLY HAD TO ASSIST A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SAND BAGS WE ARE THANKFUL THAT THE COMMUNITY TOOK OUR WARNINGS AN ASSISTED AND WE ARE READY FO THE STORM. >> WE SAW DRAMATIC VIDEO O PEOPLE BEING RESCUED FROM TH CARS IF YOU GET STUCK IN THE FLOO WATERS OR A MUD SLIDE, WHAT IS THE ADVICE YOU WANT TO GIVE TO PEOPLE >> WE RESPONDED TO A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS. THERE WAS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUA UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY BRIDGE OF 101. AND IF YOU ARE AROUND RISING WATER, AVOID THE WATER COMPLETELY WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN THE TERM TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. YESTERDAY WE SAW NUMEROUS PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH FLOOD WATERS THAT WERE EASILY OVER THEM IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 6 INCHES O WATER TO FLOAT THE VEHICLE IT HAPPENS IN MOVING WATER, TH VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT AWAY. >> WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN CALIFORNIA AND I GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO. IN TALKING TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE LIKE MY PARENTS, THEY CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY AR SEEING IN SAN DIEGO. HOW UNPRECEDENTED IS THI RAINFALL TO YOU? >> IT IS PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED. WE GET AROUND 15 TO 18 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE YEAR. I THINK THIS STORM PUTS US A ABOUT 8 INCHES, GIVE OR TAKE WHERE YOU MEASURE IT WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN WE WERE LUCKY THIS TIME THAT W DIDN'T GET A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR IN AN AREA LIKE SAN DIEG EXPERIENCED. WE HAD BROAD, WIDE RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT CAME AT A GOOD RATE THAT MOST OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, RIVERS, WERE ABLE T KEEP UP WITH HAD THE DEMANDS >> ALL RIGHT, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE. >> THANK YOU, BE SAFE. >>> LET'S BRING BACK I METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE GROSSMA FOR A LOOK AT WHAT IS AHEAD. >> WE WILL KEEP THE WEST WET OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS INT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS WELL. WE HAVE AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT IS NOT OVER YET WE HAVE 24 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS RAIN WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HEAV RAIN WITH CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING FLOODING AS WELL FLOOD WATERS COME FAST AND FURIOUS. AS WE HEARD, REALLY POWERFUL WE ARE LOOBING AT MUD SLIDES DEBRIS AS WELL WE ARE LOOKING AT EVACUATIONS. THE WEEK AHEAD, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE HIGH FLOOD RISK, REALLY SOGGY GROUND WE HAVE IT SEEMS LIK ATMOSPHERIC RIVER AFTE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. WE ARE LOOKING AT WARM TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL FO THIS TIME OF YEAR. REALLY WARM. AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE EAS COAST, IT IS NICE AND DRY. WE HAVE SUNSHINE OVER TH WEEKEND. LOOKING GOOD THERE TEMPERATURES MILD FOR THIS TIM OF YEAR. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST THAT'S ABOUT IT. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY. LOOK AT THE WEST SO ACTIVE. RAIN ON THE COAST. THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE SEEING TH GREEN. LOOKING AT SNOW. WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND WE WILL BE MEASURIN SNOW IN FEET IN ADDITION TO RAIN, WE WILL HAVE SNOW IN FEET AS WELL. SO WE WILL TALK ABOUT RAINFALL TOTALS IN A BIT. RECORD HIGHS CONTINUE IN THE UPPER MIDWEST AND PORTIONS O THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SUNNY AND MILD THROUGHOUT TH SOUTH CENTRAL STATES IT WILL BE DRY IN NEW ENGLAN AND PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST. AS WE NEAR FRIDAY, THE WEST WILL NOT LET UP WE ARE LOOKING AT ACTIVE WEATHER, HEAVY SNOW IN PORTION OF THE ROCKIES, SOUTHWEST, AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS, INNER MOUNTAIN WEST. RECORD HIGHS INTO THE GREA LAKES, UPPER MIDWEST AS WELL WE HAVE RAIN ON THE MOVE IT WILL EXTEND FROM PORTIONS O THE GREAT LAKES, INTERIOR OF NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF STATES NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF RAI BUT A SOGGY FRIDAY LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WESTERN STORM. THIS IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST STORY. WE HAVE 1 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER WINTER ALERTS. 38 MILLION UNDER FLOOD ALERTS, 34 MILLION FOR FLOOD ALERTS. WE HAVE LOTS OF POWER OUTAGES, 600,000 WITHOUT POWER IN CALIFORNIA THE NUMBER IS GOING TO GRO BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING GUST WINDS. THE GROUNDS ARE SO SATURATED POWER LINES COMING DOWN AN TREES CREATING POWER OUTAGES WE HAVE THE HEAVY RAIN FALLING STREAMING FROM PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC. WHERE WE SEE THE BRIGHT YELLOWS, REDS, ORANGES, GOING OVER TH SAME SPOTS L.A. HAS BEEN POUNDED OVER TH LAST COUPLE OF HOURS SEEING HEAVY RAIN IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THE MAIN BULL'S-EYE WILL B SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER, GOING OVER THE SAME AREA, THIS IS TH LAST HOUR, SEEING THE RAIN OVE AND OVER AGAIN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT TIME, WE WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATE OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ON TOP O WHAT YOU ALREADY SAW AND THE RECORD GOES BACK T 1927 WE COULD SEE 2 TO 4 MORE INCHE IN SAN DIEGO WE COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AS WELL. LOS ANGELES WILL SEE 1 INCH PE HOUR THAT WILL LEAD TO SOME FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY WHERE YO SEE THE PINK COLORS, THE PURPLE. THAT IS WHERE WE WILL LIKELY SEE FLASH FLOODING SAME TOMORROW, LOS ANGELES, SA DIEGO. THEN IT MOVES INLAND WE ARE LOOKING AT PORTIONS O THE SOUTHWEST. AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF MOISTURE WITH THIS ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS ARE A RIVER IN THE SKY, BRINGING ALL OF TH MOISTURE IN. WE COULD SEE UP TO 6 FEET OF SNOW IN SPOTS. >> A LOT OF SNOW LATELY. >> GOOD FOR SKIERS >> BAD FOR WORKERS >> THANK YOU >>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS WARNING OF MORE STRIKES ON IRAN BACKED MILITIAS IN THE MIDDLE EAS AFTER WAVES OF ATTACKS OVER TH WEEKEND THAT TARGETED IRAQ SYRIA, AND YEMEN THE U.S. BEGAN THE STRIKES O FRIDAY IN RESPONSE TO TH KILLINGS OF THREE U.S. SOLDIER IN JORDAN A WEEK AGO CHIEF INTERNATIONA CORRESPONDENT KEIR SIMMONS HAS THE LATEST FROM NORTHERN IRAQ. >> GOOD MORNING. WE ARE HEARING OF A NEW DEADLY DRONE STRIKE LIKELY FROM THE SAME IRANIAN BACKED MILITIA WH WAS TARGETED BY THE U.S. OVE THE WEEKEND. KURDISH FORCES IN THE REGION BACKED BY THE U.S. SAY A BASE IN EASTERN SYRIA WAS STRUCK SEVEN OF THEIR COMMANDO FIGHTERS WERE KILLED. AROUND 17 INJURED INCLUDING SOME SERIOUSLY. IT IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR TH BIDEN ADMINISTRATION >> Reporter: THIS MORNING, SECRETARY BLINKEN TRAVELLING T SAUDI ARABIA THE U.S. BATTLING ON MULTIPL FRONTS FOR A CEASE FIRE AN HOSTAGE RELEASE IN GAZA AN AGAINST IRAN >> WE INTEND TO TAKE ADDITIONA STRIKES AND ADDITIONAL ACTION TO CONTINUE TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE. >> Reporter: WAVES OF AMERICAN STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN BACKED MILITIA OVER THE WEEKE INCLUDING IN SYRIA AND IRAQ, HITTING MUNITION STORES AN DRONE FACTORIES IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING OF THREE U.S SERVICE MEMBERS. THEIR BODIES ARRIVING HOME AS B1 BOMBERS TOOK OFF FROM THE U.S. ON SATURDAY A SECOND OPERATION MULTINATIONAL AND SEPARATE THE U.S. SAYS FROM THE DWIGH EISENHOWER, 36 STRIKES IN YEME AGAINST 13 HOUTHI TARGETS, DISRUPTING SHIPPING IN THE RED SEA. YESTERDAY ANGRY IRAQIS HAD HEA FUNERALS FOR THE NUMBER OF DEA IN DOUBLE FIGURES. BUT THE U.S. SAYS IT TARGETE THE RESERVELUTIONARY GUARD, TH STRIKES HEAVILY SIGNALLED IN ADVANCE DID NOT KILL HIGH VALU OPERATIVES SO FAR. >> HAVE YOU RULED OUT STRIKE INSIDE OF IRAN >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO WHAT WE RULED IN AND RULED OUT >> Reporter: AND IRAN PRODUCIN A VIDEO IN ENGLISH WARNING THE OF SINKING A SHIP. >> THOSE ENGAGING IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY OR MISSILES TO DODG MARITIME ROUTE SECURITY FO FOINTELLIGENCE FUTUR INTERNATIONAL RISKS. >> Reporter: THE VIDEO WAS REVIEWED BY NBC NEWS IT SHOWS THE SHIP SOME BELIEVE TO BE AN IRANIAN SPRY VESSEL CLOSE BY WHEN COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IS TARGETED IN THE RE SEA. AS AMERICA PREPARED A RESPONSE LAST WEEK, NBC NEWS WATCHED IT MOVE AWAY. >> THE HOUTHIS ONCE AGAI RELEASING A DEFIANT MESSAG SAYING THAT THEY HAVE TH CAPABILITY TO CARRY ON AND CHALLENGE THEIR ENEMIES. IT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND. AND IT IS DE-ESCALATING THINGS THIS WGD >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> LET'S GET MORE WITH RETIRE COLONEL DAVIS, MILITARY EXPERT AND HOST OF DANIEL DAVIS DEE DIVE ON YOUTUBE. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US WHAT KIND OF RIPPLE EFFECT D YOU THINK THESE STRIKES COUL HAVE IN THE REGION >> WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR T FIGURE THAT OUT. YOU JUST SAW THERE WITH TH DEFIANT STATEMENT FROM THE HOUTHIS DOWN THERE AND ALSO SEEING LITERALL MOMENTS BEFORE WE CAME ON AI THAT THE ISLAMIC RESISTENCE OF IRAQ CLAIMED CREDIT FOR TH ATTACK THAT KILLED THE SEVEN SDF FIGHTERS WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT WA SUPPOSED TO BE AMERICANS BECAUSE THAT IS AN AMERICAN BASE HAD THAT BEEN ELSEWHERE ON THE BASE AND KILLED MORE AMERICANS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THER WOULD BE ENORMOUS PRESSURE O THE WHITE HOUSE TO EXPAND INTO IRAN ALREADY WHICH OF COURSE MANY OF THE CRITICS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ARE ALREADY COMPLAINING THAT THESE STRIKES WERE NOT ENOUGH. I'M TELLING YOU, THESE ARE NOT GOING TO DETER ANY OF TH GROUPS THEY ARE COMMITTED THEY WILL FIGHT. AND BY THE WAY, BOTH THE HOUTHIS AND THE ISLAMIC RESISTENCE O IRAN TIED ACTIONS TO THE ISRAELI FIGHT IN HAMAS, IN THE GAZ STRIP. SO IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS THAT THEN THERE IS NO PROSPECT THAT A FEW MISSILES WILL STOP THEM. >> AS THEY HAVE SHOWN FOR MANY MONTHS AND YEARS >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. YOU DON'T EXPECT THE IRA BACKEDED PROXIES TO STOP UNTIL THE WAR IN GAZA ENDS TALK ABOUT WHY THAT IS AND THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT IMPACT IS THE STRIKES HAVING >> I CAN ANSWER THE SECOND PAR FIRST. THEY ARE HAVING NO IMPACT AT ALL. THEY EXPECT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW AMERIC OPERATES THEY KNOW THE THREATS WE ISSUE ARE NOT HOLLOW AND THEY EXPECT THEM TO COME BUT THEY ARE ALSO WILLING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. JUST LIKE THE SAUDI ARABIIAN WERE NOT ABLE TO QUELL THE HOUTHIS, THESE FOLKS WHE COMMITTED WILL GO ON I HAVE OBSERVED IT THROUGHOU ALL MY TIME IN AFGHANISTAN IRAQ, AGAINST THE MILITANTS. THEY DON'T OPERATE THE WAY W DO THEY DON'T USE THE CALCULUS OF WHETHER SOMETHING IS TOO PAINFUL FOR THEM THEY WILL KEEP GOING >> THE HOUSE COULD VOTE ON A $17 BILLION AID PACKAGE TO ISRAEL. YOU HAVE SAID IN THE PAST THAT THE MILITARY SUPPORT NEEDS T COME WITH STRINGS ATTACHED WHAT SHOULD THE CONDITIONS BE? >> INDEED IT DOES. I'M CONCERNED THAT I DON'T SEE THE HOUSE OR SENATE TALKIN ABOUT ANY KIND OF STRINGS. AND LOOK, PRESIDENT BIDE CORRECTLY SAID AT THE VERY OUTSET OF THIS THAT ISRAEL NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL THAT THEY DON'T GO TOO FAR WITH THE EMOTIONS AN CREATE SOME OF THE SAME MISTAKES THAT WE DID AFTER 9/11 THEY HAVE DONE THAT IN SPACE THEY HAVE NO CONCERN OR CARE ABOUT THE CIVILIAN POPULATION IN GAZA THAT IS BEING KILLED WITH THE OPERATIONS WHAT THE STRINGS SHOULD BE I THAT WE SHOULD HOLD ISRAEL T THE SAME STANDARD WITH OUR EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITION THAT WE HOLD OUR OWN FORCES TO WE HAVE SIMILAR OPERATIONS I THE PAST WHERE IT WA INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN AND HIGHLY FOCUSED ON PROTECTING TH CIVILIAN POPULATION WHIL KILLING THE ACTUAL TERRORISTS. ISRAEL CAN DO THAT BUT THEY AR NOT GOING TO IF WE DON'T HOL THEM RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO DO IT >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> SENATORS IN WASHINGTON HAV REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON FUNDIN FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE THE PACKAGE ALSO AIMS TO TACKL THE CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER BUT IT IS ALREADY FACING STRON PUSHBACK FROM HOUSE REPUBLICAN PUTTING THE FUTURE OF TH AGREEMENT AT RISK. RYAN NOBLES IS JOINING S US NO WITH THE LATEST ON THIS. GOOD MORNING >> GOOD MORNING. THE $118 BILLION PACKAGE WOULD GIVE AID TO FRONT LINES IN UKRAINE AND PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IMPACTED B THE WAR IN HAMAS AND ISRAEL. THE KEY AS PECT OF THE DEAL IS THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON TH SOUTHERN BORDER. WITHIN MINUTES OF THE RELEASE, HOUSE REPUBLICANS WERE SIGNALLING THAT THE IMMIGRATIO REFORMS WERE NOT ENOUGH AN WARNED THAT THE BILL WON'T EVE GET A VOTE AFTER WEEKS OF CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS, RUMORS, AND PROMISES SENATE NEGOTIATORS REVEALED TH PLAN TO CONFRONT FOUR DIFFEREN NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCIES. THE $118 BILLION PACKAGE PROVIDES $60 BILLION TO SUPPOR UKRAINE, $14.1 BILLION FOR ISRAEL, $4.8 BILLION TO DEAL WITH CHINA'S GROWING REACH, AN THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT, $20 BILLION TO FUND A SOREIES OF CHANGES TO THE U.S. MIGRATIO SYSTEM THE BORDER COMPOPANT, DESIGNED TO WIN OVER SKEPTICAL HOUS REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BEE FORECASTING FOR WEEKS TH POTENTIAL DEAL MAY NOT B ENOUGH SPEAKER JOHNSON POSTIN OVERNIGHT, QUOTE, THIS BILL IS WORSE THAN WE EXPECTED, ADDING IF THIS BILL REACHES THE HOUSE IT WILL BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE HAVE CALLED THIS THE MOST CONSERVATIVE BORDER PROPOSAL I A GENERATION IT CUTS OFF ALL MIGRATION WHEN MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE ATTEMPT TO ENTER ON A GIVEN DAY. IT EXPANDS THE NUMBER OF DETENTION FACILITY AND RAISE THE STANDARD FOR MIGRANTS TO QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM BUT HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO COUN IMMIGRATION AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE FEELING PRESSURE FROM THEIR BASE AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TO OPPOSE THE PACKAGE AND INSTEAD PLAC THE BLAME OF THE BORDER CRISIS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN >> THE BORDER IS A DISASTER. >> Reporter: PRESSED BY KRISTE WELKER ON MEET THE PRESS, MIKE JOHNSON DENIED THAT TRUMP WA EXERTING INFLUENCE OVER TH CAUCUS >> IS TRUMP CALLING THE SHOT HERE >> OF COURSE NOT I AM CALLING THE SHOTS FOR THE HOUSE. >> Reporter: A NEW NBC NEWS POLL SHOWS THAT VOTERS TRUST TRUMP TO DEAL WITH THE BORDER MORE THAN BIDEN BY 30 POINTS THEY WILL BE FORCED TO DECID WITH DEALING WITH THE ISSUE NO OR WAIT AND HOPE IT WILL CUP COMPEL THE VOTERS TO THE POLLS IN NOVEMBER. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS EXPRESSE SUPPORT FOR THE BILL HE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IT IS THE TOUGHEST AND FAIREST SE OF BORDER REFORMS IN DECADES HE ADDED THAT HE STRONGL SUPPORTS IT. >> RYAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> WE HAVE MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW. INCLUDING NEW PRODUCTION LIN WOES FOR BOEING AND THE FUSELAGE ORDERS THAT ARE PUTTING ORDERS ON HOLD. >>> AND THE TRIAL OF JENNIFE CRUMBLEY, WILL A MICHIGAN JURY FIND HAD HER GUILTY FOR HE SON'S DEADLY RAMPAGE WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE TH COURTROOM AS DELIBERATIONS ARE SET TO BEGIN THIS MORNING. THAT'S NEXT, STAY WITH US. A NUI JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT'S THE MOON WHETHER IT'S MARS, IT FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A LOOK AT THE TRIAL AGAINST THE MOTHER O THE OXFORD SCHOOL SHOOTER, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY. THIS MORNING JURY DELIBERATION ARE SET TO BEGIN IN TH UNPRECEDENTED CASE JESSE KIRSCH JOINS US FROM PONTIAC, MICHIGAN WITH THE LATEST, GOOD MORNING >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. AFTER THE PROSECUTIO CROSS-EXAMINED JENNIFE CRUMBLEY, BOTH SIDES MADE FINAL ARGUMENT ON FRIDAY NOW THE JUDGE WILL GIVE THE JURY SDRUGZ AND THEN THEY WILL LOOK AT THE CHARGES OF AM VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE MOTHER OF A MASS SHOOTER THIS MORNING THE JURY WILL ANSWER AN UNPRECEDENTEDE QUESTION, AT WHAT POINT CAN PARENT BE FOUND GUILTY FOR THEIR CHILD'S DEADLY SHOOTING RAMPAGE. >> WE DIDN'T JUST HAND HIM A GUN. WE LOOKED AT IT AS A FAMIL TOGETHER >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS CROSS-EXAMINED THE MOTHER ON FRIDAY, ATTEMPTING TO UNDERCUT HER DEFENSE THAT HER HUSBAND WAS IN CHARGE OF STORING THE HANDGUN. >> IT IS CLEAR YOU DIDN'T TRUS JAMES WITH MUCH. YOU DIDN'T TRUST HIM TO GET OU OF BED ON TIME >> CORRECT >> YOU DIDN'T TRUST HIM TO KEE TRACK OF YOUR SON? >> I TRUSTED HIM TO KEEP TRACK OF MY SON. >> YOU ENTRUSTED HIM WITH DEADLY WEAPON. >> I DID >> Reporter: CRUMBLEY'S DEFENS ATTORNEY SUGGESTED PROSECUTORS PRESENTED EVIDENCE WITHOUT CONTEXT SAYING CRUMBLEY COUL NOT HAVE PREDICTED HER SON WOULD KILL FOUR SCHOOLMATES. >> THE SON WAS A SKILLED MANIPULATOR AND THEY DIDN' REALIZE THIS HE IS NOT SICK HE DOESN'T HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS. I'M ASKING YOU TO FIND JENNIFE CRUMBLEY NOT GUILTY NOT JUST FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY BUT FOR EVER MOTHER WHO DOES THE BEST THE CAN AND COULD EASILY BE IN HER SHOES. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS GETTING THE LAST WORD. >> HE LITERALLY DREW A PICTURE OF WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO HE DREW A PICTURE. IT SAID HELP ME. HE HAS A DRAWING OF THE GUN THAT HE POSTED AND BRAGGED ABOUT. >> Reporter: THE MOTHER OF STEVEN GREGORY WHO NARROWL ESCAPED ETHAN CRUMBLEY'S SHOOTING SPREE BELIEVES THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HER SON TREATMENT. >> THEY HAD THE KNOWLEDGE. THEY KNEW HE WASN'T RIGHT. >> Reporter: THERE IS NO TELLING HOW LONG THE JURY COULD SPEN DELIBERATING IN THIS CASE. THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWN VIDEOS, PHOTOS, MESSAGED THREATS THEY HAVE HEARD FROM MORE THAN 20 WITNESSES INCLUDING THE DEFENDANT, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY HERSELF. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT TO B CONSIDERING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE WORLD IS COMING TO OUR BACK YARD. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 202 MEN WORLD CUP FINALS THE FINAL WILL BE PLAYED AT ME LIFE STADIUM IN EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY ON JULY 19th. THAT WILL BE THE CLIMAX OF THE 48 TEAM, 104 GAME CLASH THAT I TRULY A GLOBAL EVENT >> THE U.S. ALONG WITH CANAD AND MEXICO WILL PLAY COHOST TO THE MOST POPULAR TOURNAMENT. FIFA NOUNCEDED THAT THE U.S. NATIONAL TEAM WILL PLAY TH OPENER IN ENGLEWOOD, CALIFORNI ON JUNE 12, 2026 BIG NEWS THERE >>> A POST COVID PROBLEM THAT IS PLAGUING AMERICA'S SCHOOLS >> ARE THE SCORES OF ONE STANDARDIZED TESTS USED FO COLLEGE ADMISSION ARE AT A 3 YEAR LOW WHAT IS BEING DONE TO GET TH NUMBERS BACK UP NEXT ON MORNIN NEWS NOW >>> AS CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE PULLED INT CULTURE WARS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE BEING PRESSURED TO TAKE STAND ON ISSUES SUCH AS BOOK BANS AND DRAG SHOWS TO SEEMINGLY UNCONTROVERSIAL ARTWORK. NBC NEWS ALEX CABOT TELLS US WHY A CAMPAIGN MANAGER IN NE HAMPSHIRE QUIT HIS JOB WE SHOULD WARN YOU THIS REPORT CONTAINS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. >> Reporter: IN THE LITTLE TOW OF LITTLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> THESE ARE THE PICTURES THAT STARTED THE CONTROVERSY. >> Reporter: THE MURAL MAY LOO INNOCENT >> IT IS ABOUT FINDING YOU ROOTS AND GROWING, AND BRANCHING OUT. >> Reporter: IT SET OFF FIRESTORM. ART BAN BECAME THE BUZZ WORD WHEN THE REALITY WAS THIS WAS AN ASSAULT ON PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY LOVE THE ART WORK IS ON THE SIDE OF A MAIN STREET RESTAURANT IN LITTLETON. IT IS SUPPOSED TO SYMBOLIZE TH LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND OTHE MARGINAL IZED GROUPS IT WENT UP LAST SUMMER AND DRE THEIRE OF A LOCAL POLITICIAN WHO MADE HER POSITION ON THE ART CLEAR ON A BOARD MEETING STREAMED BY LOCAL MEDIA. >> I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE I OUR TOWN >> Reporter: THAT POLITICIAN CARRIE GENDO IS ALSO A SENATOR SHE CALLED THE ART DEMONIC SYMBOLISM AND SAID HOMOSEXUALITY WAS AN ABOMINATION WHICH WAS PAINFUL FOR WHOSE SON CAME OUT IN HIGH SCHOOL >> WHEN THEY CALL SOMEONE AN ADOMINATION, THAT'S WHEN I STARTED. >> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO GENDO FOR COMMENT BUD DID NO HEAR BACK. THE ART REMAINS. BUT A TONY AWARD WINNING MUSICAL ABOUT A GAY COUPLE CAME TO TOWN. IT REIGNITED THE TENSIONS AND LADY SHOWED UP TO HIS OFFICE >> HE SAID WHY ARE YOU NOT STOPPING THE PLAY. I SAID I CAN'T, IT IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH SHE TURNEDED TO WALK AWAY AN TURNED BACK AND SAID I REA ABOUT YOUR SON AND I JUST HOPE HE IS HAPPY IN HELL WITH THE DEVIL WHERE HE BELONGS >> Reporter: HIS SON DIED OF CANCER >> WHEN YOU LOSE A CHILD, TH PAIN NEVER GOES AWAY TO HAVE THAT EVOKED AND TELL M THAT MY SON WHO WAS A BEAUTIFU FANTASTIC PERSON AND WAS IN HELL WITH THE DEVIL BECAUSE OF HOW HE WAS BORN, I WILL DISAGREE WITH ANYONE >> ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH HE SAID DECIDED TO RESIGN. A WEEK LATER THIS PHOTO CAME I THE MAIL THE SAME LITTLETON RESIDENT HA WRITTEN ON IT QUEER BASER. >> IT IS ALL PART OF THE SAM EFFORT BY SUPER FAR RIGH CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST FOLKS WH ARE TRYING TO MAKE EVEN TH ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AND OUR IDENTITIES INT SOMETHING THAT IS NEFARIOUS. >> Reporter: FRIDAY WA GLEASON'S LAST DAY AS TOWN MANAGER. HE BELIEVES HIS SON IS PROUD O HIM FOR STANDING UP AGAINS DISCRIMINATION >> I BELIEVE HE IS LOOKING AT ME AND SAYING DAD, YOU STAYED TRU TO WHAT YOU TAUGHT US, TRUE TO YOURSELF AND I'M PROUD OF TH FACT THAT YOU STOOD UP AND HE YOU DIDN'T RUN AND YO MADE A STATEMENT >> Reporter: ALEX TAB T, LITTLETON, NEW HAMPSHIRE >> POWERFUL STORY. >>> FINANCIAL HEADLINES NOW. APPLE IS LOOKING TO AI TO HELP IMPROVE THE VISION PRO HEADSET >> BERTHA COOMBS JOINS US WITH THAT AND OTHER NEWS, GOO MORNING. >> APPLE IS NEAR A DEAL TO BUY AN AI START UP TO HELP IMPROVE PRIVACY FOR THE NEW VISION PRO IT WOULD FORCE BRIGHTER AI RGS SPECIALIZING IN TECHNOLOGY T MAKE FACE AND LICENSE PLATE DATA ANONYMOUS. APPLE COULD USE THAT TO MINIMIZE THE RISK THAT THE PROBE HA IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION I VIDEOS AND PHOTOS WHICH AR TAKEN PUBLIC WHICH YOU CAN D MORE DISCRETELY THAN AN iPHONE >>> CAR SHURPS COSTS ARE SKY ROCKETING THIS YEAR. A NEW REPORT FROM BANK RAT SHOWS THE AVERAGE FOR FULL COVERAGE IS $2543, UP MORE THA 3% OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT IS UP SPARPLY FROM $2,000 A YEAR AGO EVERY DAY LIFE EVENTS CAN IMPACT PREMIUMS ADDING A TEEN DRIVE FOR EXAMPLE CAN BE THE MOS EXPENSIVE THING YOU CAN DO O THE POLICY DRIVERS WITH TEENS SAVE AN AVERAGE OF $2,900. BANK RATE SAYS INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE RETHINKING THEIR RISK MODELS THESE DAYS T ACCOUNT FOR THE RISE IN CA ACCIDENTS FOLLOWING TH PANDEMIC, THE INCREASE O WEATHER RELATED CLAIMS IMAGINE ALL OF THE CLAIMS COMING FROM CALIFORNIA AFTER THIS WEEKEND. AND THE ELEVATED COST OF CAR REPAIRS. >>> PROMISING DATA IS COMING OUT TODAY ON A NEW EXPERIMENTA WEIGHT LOSS DRUG AN EARLY STAGE STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF NATURE METABOLISM SHOWS PATIENTS GIVING A DRUG LOST 14% OF THEIR BOD WEIGHT IN 12 WEEKS SOME PEOPLE KEPT THE WEIGHT OF FOR UP TO 150 DAYS AFTER STOPPING THE DRUG. ANGEN DESIGNED THE DRUG AS A TREATMENT FOR OBESITY BUT THEY ARE NOW TESTING IT IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE PEERS HAV DONE, GOING TO WEIGHT LOSS THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THA WEGOVEY AND MOUNJARO BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKIN AT IT AS POTENTIALLY PROMISING WHERE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A SHOT EVERY SINGLE TIME >> INTERESTING, THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS A GROWING FIGHT I AMERICAN SCHOOLS STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES ARE DROPPING TO THEIR LOWEST POINT IN DECADES >> ACCORDING TO THE NONPROFI THAT ADMINISTERS THE TEST TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ACT SCORES HAVE HIT A MORE THAN 30 YEAR LOW. >> FOR MORE, WE ARE JOINED B DR. STEVE PERRY FROM CATHOLI PREPATORY SCHOOLS. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THE PANDEMIC SEEMS TO HAVE EXACERBATED WHAT WAS ALREADY A PROBLEM. THE SCORES HAVE BEEN ON DECLINE FOR SIX YEARS STRAIGHT WHAT ARE THE ISSUES HERE >> THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ONGOING, NOT JUST FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. THE SCORES HAVE GONE DOWN BU THE BIGGER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE, CHILDREN IN SCHOOL NOT MEETING THEIR OVERALL ACADEMIC NEEDS IN SOME STATES, LIKE CONNECTICUT, THEY HAVE PASSE LAWS THAT SAY THAT CHILDRE CANNOT TAKE REMEDIAL CLASSES WHILE THEY ARE IN COLLEG BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING ONLY REMEDIAL CLASSES THE FOLKS WHO OFFER THE SA FOUND THAT IN FACT 23% OF AL CHILDREN LAST YEAR WHO ENROLLE IN COLLEGE WERE COLLEGE READY. THAT'S A PRETTY LOW NUMBER >> DR. PERRY, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM? >> THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE KNOW THE ANSWER YOU DON'T NEED TO REMOVE THE SCALES FROM THE BATHROOM TO LOSE WEIGHT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR HABITS IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP HIG SCHOOLS IN AMERICA, THEY ARE ORGANIZED AROUND THEMES, CHARTER SCHOOLS, VOTECH SCHOOLS NO LIMITS LIMITED BY WHERE YO LIVE THE MAJORITY OF TOP PERFORMING ARE SCHOOLS THAT ORGANIZE AROUND A THEME SO THAT BOTH THE TEACHERS AND THE CHILDREN AR LEARNING IN ACADEMIC SETTING THAT ARE MOSTER APPROPRIATE FO THEIR NEEDS. YOU WILL FIND ARTS SCHOOLS SCIENCE SCHOOLS, AND NOT JUS THE SCHOOLS CLOSEST TO YOU HOUSE. WE HAVE SOLUTIONS AND THEY ARE WORKING. WE NEED TO EXPAND THE SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE MORE CHILDREN HAV ACCESS TO THEM >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF STANDARDIZED TESTING IN THE U.S. WE KNOW THAT THE CALIFORNI SYSTEMS DO NOT CONSIDER ACT OR SAT. PERSONALLY, I WAS NOT A GOOD TEST TAKER MY SCORES WERE WELL BELOW WHAT MY UNIVERSITY'S AVERAGE WAS BU I STILL GOT IN SO I HAVE ALWAYS QUESTIONE THEM ARE THEY STILL RELEVANT? >> THEY ARE NOT THE BEST INDICATOR BUT THEY TELL US SOMETHING. THERE ARE OTHER INDICATORS THA DETERMINE HOW WELL A STUDENT CAN DO IN SCHOOL ENDEAVORS LIKE WHETHER THEY WERE IN AN ADVISORY PROGRAM, THINGS THEY HAVE DONE AFTER SCHOOL, AND PARTICULARLY MAKING SURE THE ARE IN THE BEST SCHOOLS FO THEM WHEN A CHILD GOES TO A COLLEGE THAT IS THE BEST FIT, LIKE YOU DID, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO B SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE. THERE ARE IMPLICATORS THAT W CAN PREPARE OUR STUDENTS IN. THE AMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT THE NEED WHILE THEY ARE IN HIG SCHOOL THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AND QUITE FRANKLY, A BETTE INDICATOR OF A CHILD'S PROBABILITY OF BEING SUCCESSFU IN COLLEGE AND THEIR S.A.T SCORES >> I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GOTTE QUITE A FEW OF METRICS THA SOUND WORRYING FOR SOMEONE WHO IS NOT IN EDUCATION. READING LEVELS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN, HOW CONCERNED ARE YO FOR TRENDS LIKE THIS >> OH, IT'S PRETTY BAD WE SHOULDN'T UNDERSTATE THIS THE FACTS ARE REAL THE COLLEGE PROFESSORS ARE TELLING US THE TEACHERS IN LEL AMENTARY ARE TELLING US THAT CHILDREN ARE FURTHER BEHIND THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE LES INTELLIGENT. THEY ARE LESS PREPARED ACADEMICALLY HOMEWORK IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHUN. HIGHER EXPECTATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHUN THESE ARE THE ROUTES WE TAKE T PREPARE CHILDREN FOR THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS THEY NEED . THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS NO TAKEN THE ROUTE WE HAVE AND THEY ARE BEHIND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR TO LOOK AT THE TOP UNIVERSITIES IN AMERICA ARE POPULATED WITH CHILDREN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND IN FACT, THAT WILL BE TH CASE IF YOU LOOK AT CHINA AND THEIR NATIONAL DOMINATION, THEY HAVE LOWERED THE IMPACT OF ENGLISH ON THEIR EXAM THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS CAUGHT WIND OF THE FACT THAT AMERICA IS SLOWING DOWN IN THE CLASSROOM. YTNOT LOOKING GOOD FOR US. >> DR. STEVE PERRY, THANK YO FOR JOINING US >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME >>> LET'S GET TO THE COUNTDOWN FOR SUPER BOWL LVIII WE ARE JUST SIX DAYS AWAY FROM THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR AND THE EXCITEMENT IS AT A FEVER PITCH IN KANSAS CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO. OF COURSE THIS WEEK TH SPOTLIGHT IS ON LAS VEGAS. THAT IS WHERE CONTRIBUTO CORRESPONDENT KAYLEE HARTUNG IS. SHE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE ACTION ALL SEASON LONG AND JOINS US WHERE THE CHIEFS AND 49er WILL FACE OFF ON SUNDAY. GOOD MORNING >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. LAS VEGAS KNOWS HOW TO THROW A PARTY. BUT THE SCOPE OF THE SUPER BOW IS AS BIG AS IT GETS FOR TWO YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN PLANNING FOR THE MOMENT. THE NFL COMMISSIONER SAYS HE EXPECTS THE SERIES TO BE EXTRAORDINARY HERE ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT IS LIGHTING UP SIN CITY TOUCHDOWN IN LAS VEGAS, TH CHIEFS AND 49ers ARRIVING TO KICKOFF SUPER BOWL LVIII WEEK. NINERS FAITHFUL BRAVING A BA AREA STORM TO SEND OFF THE TEAM. THIS KANSAS CITY NEIGHBORHOO RALLIES FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR AND EXCITEMENT BUILDING WITH A VER VEGAS WELCOME FOR BOTH TEAMS SIN CITY URGING THE 49ers TO D IT FOR THE BAY AS THE TEAM LANDED OVERNIGHT, GETTING READ TO TAKE ON CHIEFS SUPERSTARS PATRICK MAHOMES AND TRAVIS KELCE. HOW ABOUT A SEAT TO WATCH? MORE THAN 3,000 TICKET AVAILABLE. IT WILL SET YOU BACK $5,500 BU THAT IS NOT DETERRING FANS SALES HAVE SURPASSED LAST YEAR'S SUPER BOWL SOME 330,000 FANS ARE EXPECTED TO DESCEND ON THE STRIP THIS WEEK, LIKELY INCLUDING THE HIGHEST PROFILE MEMBER OF CHIEFS KINGDOM. >> TAYLOR IS IN THE HOUSE. >> Reporter: THE SUPER BOW PREPS KEPT TRAVIS KELCE FROM ESCORTING TAYLOR SWIFT TO TH GRAMMYS. FANS ARE HOPEFUL SHE WILL BE ABLE TO CHEER HIM ON THI WEEKEND. SHE WILL BE ON STAGE IN JAPA FOR THE RECORD BREAKING ERAS TOUR THE DAY BEFORE THE BI GAME SWIFTIES HAVE DONE THE MATH. >> SHE HAS LOTS OF TIME. >> Reporter: NOW THE EMBASSY O JAPAN IS WEIGHING IN WITH STATEMENT. DESPITE THE 12 HOUR FLIGHT AND 17 HOUR TIME DIFFERENCE, THE EMBASSY CAN CONFIDENTLY SA SWIFT SHOULD COMFORTABLY ARRIV IN LAS VEGAS BEFORE THE SUPE BOWL BEGINS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE CIT OF LAS VEGAS HAS PLAYED HOST T A SUPER BOWL KANSAS CITY TRYING TO GET THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP WIN IN TH LAST FIVE SEASONS. ODDS MAKERS ARE CALLING SA FRANCISCO THE FAVORITE AS THEY LOOK TO TAKE HOME THE LOMBARDI TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. VEGAS' HIGH STAKES NOT DISTRACTING ANYONE FROM THE TASK AT HAND. >> THE STREET, THE STRIP, AL THE LIGHTS, IT IS WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT IS REALLY COOL IS WINNING THE SUPER BOWL >> Reporter: AS COOL AS THIS VIEW IS, THE PLAYERS WILL NO SEE MUCH OF IT BOTH TEAMS ARE STAYING ABOUT 1 MILES AWAY FROM THE STRIP. >> VERY INTERESTING. WE ARE EXCITED >>> COMING UP, MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT DID NOT DISAPPOINT SOME OF THE MAJOR MOMENTS FROM THE GRAMMY AWARDS INCLUDING BIG, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ONE AND ONLY TAYLOR SWIFT, STA WITH US. L IS FAIR IN LOVE AND POETRY. >> CAN'T WAIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WE END THE HOUR WITH THE STORY OF FINANCE PHENOM WHOS SECOND ACT IS PLAYING OUT ON STAGE. AS A KID, SHE LEARNED IT WAS TOUGH TOBREAK INTO THE MUSIC WORLD SO SHE TURNED TO SOMETHING ELSE, BUSINESS BUT THE CHILDHOOD DREAM NEVE VANISHED NOW SHE IS DRIVING A PROJECT CLOSE TO HER HEART >> IT IS THE EARLY EXPERIENCES THAT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY. >> Reporter: STACEY PAULA COUL HAVE PENNED A BOOK ABOUT HER LIFE >> I LOVE PERFORMING I LOVE PERFORMING. >> Reporter: INSTEAD, SHE WROT A CABARET. >> AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, WANTED TO BE ON BROADWAY >> WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? >> DEFINITELY MY DAD >> Reporter: HER DAD, PAUL, WA A GIFTED PIANO PLAYER WH INTRODUCED STACEY TO THE MUSIC OF CAROL KING, CARPENTERS, EVERYTHING BROADWAY. AS A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP I NEW YORK, SHE TRIED OUT FO BROADWAY SHOWS >> IT WAS EXCITING BUT ALL O THE JOBS I WENT ON AND AUDITIONED FOR, 99% WERE REJECTIONS >> Reporter: SO SHE MADE A SHIFT FROM THE STAGE TO THE TRADIN FLOOR. SHE STUDIED FINANCE, A FIELD THAT WAS MEASURABLE AN OBJECTIVE. SHE EXCELLED BECOMING A PARTNE WITH GOLDMAN SACHS >> I STAYED FOR 25 YEARS IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE >> Reporter: STILL, SOMETHIN WAS MISSING. >> IT IS HOME. IT IS A NATURAL PLACE FOR ME >> Reporter: THE STAGE >> YOU SEE THE SMILING FACES AND THE APPLAUSE >> Reporter: WHEN SHE TURNED 40, INSTEAD OF THROWING A PARTY, SHE PUT ON A CABARET >> I KNEW I HAD TO DO THIS AGAIN. >> Reporter: EVERY FEW YEARS SHE WORKS WITH A DIRECTOR AN WRITER TO DEVELOP A NEW CABARE INCLUDING THIS ONE IN 2016 WHE SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON PIANO B HER DAD. >> SOMETIMES I WONDER IF I'M EVER GOING TO MAKE IT HOME AGAIN. >> Reporter: BUT WHEN STACEY TOOK THE STAGE THIS PAST NOVEMBER, SOMEONE WAS MISSING. >> MY FATHER WHO INSPIRED MY LOVE OF MUSIC IS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S. TWO YOURS AGO, HE WAS SITTIN THERE ENJOYING MY LAST SHOW BU NOW HE HAS PROGRESSED TO WHERE HE COULDN'T COME HERE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TO HONOR HE FATHER, SHE SANG A SONG, REMEMBER ME. >> IT IS A VERY TOUCHING SON BECAUSE IT IS SAYING PLEAS REMEMBER ME THE WAY I WOULD WANT TO BE REMEMBERED I FELT HIM DURING THAT SONG. >> WHAT WOULD YOUR FATHER HAVE BEEN THINKING HAD HE BEE WATCHING YOU PERFORM >> I THINK HE WOULD BE PROUD >> TRANSITION? >> TRANSITION. >> Reporter: THE CABARETS AR NOW FUNDRAISERS, COLLECTIN MONEY FOR A FUND DEVOTED T ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH, A CAMPAIGN THAT STACEY HAS DEDICATED TO HER FATHER >> THE SHOW ITSELF IS ALMOST FULL CIRCLE BECAUSE I'M COMING BACK TO A PASSION OF MINE THAT HE REALLY INSPIRED >> THAT YOU ARE PURSUING THE PASSION YOU HAD AS A KID, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU CAN TAKE AWAY >> I THINK I THOUGHT ABOUT THI AS A KID, HAVING A PASSION IS GIFT FOR SO MANY YEARS BEIN SUCCESSFUL AT GOLDMAN SACHS, I WAS MISSING SOMETHING. IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS NOT FEEDING ALL OF THE PARTS OF MY LIFE THAT WERE WHO I WAS >> Reporter: THE JOY THAT IS INSPIRED BY HER DAD. >> STACEY IS NOW RETIRED FRO GOLDMAN SACHS. AS FOR THE CABARET, SHE HAS DONE FIVE IN 15 YEARS THE MOST RECENT HAD TW PERFORMANCES THEY HAVE $1 MILLION. STACY CREATED THE FUND WITH HER FRIENDS. $2 MILLION THEY HAVE RAISED. >> JUST FIVE OF THEM? >> YES, JUST
