WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE, TOMORROW. >>> RIGHT NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW, CONTENTIOUS AND CONSEQUENTIAL TESTIMONY FROM MICHAEL COHEN, THE STAR WITNESS IN TRUMP'S CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL GRILLED AS FORMER ATTORNEYS QUESTION HIS CREDIBILITY THAT TRUMP DIRECTED HIM TO MAKE PAYMENTS. ALL OF THIS AS POLITICAL ALLIES TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON TO SHARE THEIR SUPPORT. >>> THEY ARE DOING THIS INTENTIONALLY TO KEEP HIM HERE AND TO KEEP HIM OFF OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> WE HAVE KEY TAKEAWAYS AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. >>> PRESIDENT BIDEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONTROVERSIAL DEAL FOR ISRAEL. THIS HAS -- AS TROOPS ARE MOVING FURTHER INTO RAFAH. >>> STUDENT LOANS SAID TO HIT A 10 YEAR HIGH WHEN IT COMES TO INTEREST, WHAT IT MEANS FOR BORROWERS AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO APPLY. >>> UNVEILING ITS LATEST VERSION OF CHATGPT, THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE CONCERNS. IT SOUNDS QUITE HUMAN. >> EXACTLY. WE WILL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. GOOD MORNING, I AM JOE FRYER. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL. THE STATE'S FINAL WITNESS, MICHAEL COHEN. >> HE WAS BACK ON THE STAND, YESTERDAY . MR. TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS TOOK AIM AT COHEN'S CREDIBILITY ACCUSING HIM OF BEING MOTIVATED BY MONEY AND REVENGE RATHER THAN JUSTICE. COHEN READ THOSE PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED MR. TRUMP DENIES ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS. THE TRIAL IS TAKING A BREAK AND COHEN WILL RETURN TOMORROW FOR MORE CROSS EXAMINATION. HERE IS JONATHAN ALLEN AND ANGELA CENEDELLA. WALK US THROUGH WHAT WE SAW, YESTERDAY. HOW IS THE DEFENSE TRYING TO CHECK COHEN'S CREDIBILITY? >> IN EVERY IMAGINABLE WAY EXCEPT IN THE DETAILS. A LOT OF TESTIMONY YESTERDAY AND EARLIER THIS WEEK ON THE PARTICULARS OF HOW DONALD TRUMP WAS INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME ACCORDING TO MICHAEL COHEN, TO BASICALLY PAY THE HUSH MONEY TO STORMY DANIELS AND THEN TO REIMBURSE COHEN. WHAT THE DEFENSE IS TRYING TO DO IS MAKE COHEN OUT TO BE A LIAR . WHAT THEY HAVEN'T DONE IS TAKE HIM OUT TO BE A LIAR ON THE DETAILS. THE OTHER THING, SHOWING MOTIVATION. THEY CAN SAY, YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF FAMOUS OFF OF DONALD TRUMP, YOU ARE TRYING TO GET REVENGE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE -- IF THOSE THINGS ARE ALL TRUE, NONE OF THEM HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THIS SCHEME WAS EXECUTED. WE WILL SEE HOW THE JURY FEELS ABOUT MICHAEL COHEN. HE IS THE STAR WITNESS , HE CAN GIVE TESTIMONY THAT IS DAMAGING TO THE DEFENSE AND HE IS SOMEONE WHO LOVES THE CAMERA. >> HOW STRONG IS THAT STRATEGY TO GO AFTER HIS CREDIBILITY AND NOT ADDRESSING THE DETAILS? >> IN THIS CASE, IT IS PRETTY EFFECTIVE AND WE SAW THE PROSECUTION SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE COOPERATION FOR PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THIS. WE HAVE SEEN THAT WITH A MISDEMEANOR. WHEN COHEN SAYS THESE ARE FALSIFIED BUSINESS RECORDS AND OTHER PEOPLE TESTIFYING IN THE CHAIN OF THE MONEY THEY WERE LIKELY FALSIFYING AND THAT SEEMS TO BE CORROBORATED BUT IN ORDER FOR THIS MISDEMEANOR TO BE PICKED UP TO A FELONY, THERE IS STILL THAT HUGE QUESTION OF WHAT WAS THE INTENT? WAS THE INTENT TO CHANGE THE ELECTION? AND HERE IS WHAT WE HEARD ON THE STAND, COHEN GIVING TESTIMONY THAT ONLY HE KNOWS , CONVERSATIONS WITH TRUMP WHERE NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THERE IS NOT A LOT OF CORPORATION SO THAT IS WHERE HIS CREDIBILITY MATTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE THE JURY HAS TO DECIDE IF HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH OR JUST OUT TO GET TRUMP. >> HOW DOES IT SEEM THAT COHEN IS HOLDING UP IN CROSS EXAMINATION? >> SO FAR, REALLY WELL. WE EXPECT FOR HIM TO GET CANTANKEROUS JUST FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ON TIKTOK OR ACROSS- THE-BOARD ANYWHERE BUT SO FAR, HE HAS BEEN CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED. THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED FROM A WITNESS. HE CANNOT BLOW UP ON THE STAND AND HURT HIS CREDIBILITY. >> TELL US ABOUT OTHER SUPPORT. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? >> I AM GOING TO TRY TO USE CROCS WORDS, REPUBLICANS, SUPPORT, NO MATTER WHAT. WE HAVE SEEN THIS RARE SOME LIKE MIKE JOHNSON, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, THEY FEEL THEY OWE HIM AND CERTAINLY SEEING SOME GREAT BENEFIT OF THEM STANDING WITH HIM. BASICALLY, PROVIDING PICTURES, PROVIDING THE PHYSICAL SUPPORT FOR DONALD TRUMP. NOTHING THAT ANY OF THEM SAID YESTERDAY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PARTICULARS OF THE CASE, NONE OF THEM WERE ABLE TO REFUTE MICHAEL COHEN . SOME OF THEM CALLING HIM A LIAR BUT NONE HAVE FACTUAL INFORMATION, NONE ARE INSIDERS ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT DONALD TRUMP EXECUTED A SCHEME TO FALSIFY BUSINESS RECORD SO HE COULD WIN THE 2016 ELECTION. NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY IDEA OF THAT. THEY ARE OUT THERE SAYING COHEN IS A BAD GUY AND DONALD TRUMP IS A GOOD GUY. EXPECT THEY SEEM TO BE MATCHING OUTFITS. IT WAS NOTICEABLE. THANK YOU. >>> FORMER TOP TRUMP ADVISOR, STEVE BANNON, COULD BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO SERVING HIS PRISON SENTENCE FOR CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS. PROSECUTORS ASKING A DISTRICT JUDGE TO ORDER HIM TO START SERVING HIS FOUR-DOOR MONTH SENTENCE AFTER HIS APPEAL WAS REJECTED. HE HAS UNTIL TOMORROW TO RESPOND. LAST WEEK, UPHOLDING HIS CONVICTION FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE SUBPOENA FOR THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE. HE HAS OPTIONS AND COULD ASK FOR THE APPEALS COURT TO REVIEW HIS CASE OR HE COULD ASK THE SUPREME COURT TO GET INVOLVED. >>> WE NOW KNOW WHO WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN MARYLAND. THE WINNER DETERMINING WHICH PARTY WILL CONTROL THE SENATE. LAST NIGHT, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY EXECUTIVE, ANGELA BROOKS, EIGHT HIM IN THE PRIMARY AND WILL NOW FACE THE TWO-TERM GOVERNOR, LARRY HOGAN, IN NOVEMBER. IF SHE WOULD WIN, SHE WOULD BE THE THIRD BLACK WOMAN EVER ELECTED. >>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WEAPONS DEALS FOR ISRAEL TOTALING MORE THAN $1 BILLION. >> THAT WEAPONS PACKAGE INCLUDES ABOUT $700 MILLION FOR TANK AMMUNITION, $500 MILLION FOR TACTICAL VEHICLES AND $60 MILLION IN MORTAR ROUNDS. THE DEAL MARKS THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF WEAPONS SINCE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CANCELED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS ISRAELI TROOPS CONTINUE TO PUSH FARTHER INTO THE CITY OF RAFAH ESTIMATING NEARLY 450,000 PEOPLE HAVE FLOODED THE CITY OVER THE LAST WEEK. >> RICHARD ENGEL JOINS US FROM JERUSALEM WITH THE LATEST. OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THESE CEASE-FIRE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, TALKS HAVE STALLED. HOW MUCH IS THIS LOOMING GROUND INVASION AFFECTING NEGOTIATIONS? >> Reporter: WELL, ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE TOP NEGOTIATORS, THE PRIME MINISTER OF QATAR WHO IS A KEY INTERLOCHEN BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HAMAS , SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN MEETING DIRECTLY WITH THE HEAD OF THE CIA, HE CAME OUT PUBLICLY AND SAID THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS MORE OR LESS COLLAPSED AFTER ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY PUSH INTO RAFAH . THE NEGOTIATIONS AS YOU KNOW HAVE BEEN GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES SINCE OCTOBER 7th, SINCE ISRAEL LAUNCHED INTO THIS COUNTRY, SINCE HAMAS, EXCUSE ME, LAUNCHED, KILLING 1200 PEOPLE AND TAKING HOSTAGE. THE NEGOTIATIONS PRODUCING SOME RESULTS EARLY ON, THERE WAS A CEASE-FIRE AND SOME HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED AND THEN, THEY COLLAPSED, AGAIN. AND FOR THE LAST MONTH, THEY HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING BUT AFTER ISRAEL MOVED ON RAFAH ACCORDING TO THIS TOP COMPANY NEGOTIATION, THE TALKS FELL APART. >> A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS NBC NEWS THAT JAKE SULLIVAN IS EXPECTED TO TRAVEL TO SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL, THIS WEEK. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT TRI , AT THIS POINT? WALK US THROUGH AS WE POTENTIALLY SEE THIS GROUND INVASION START TO UNFOLD. >> Reporter: I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH U.S. OFFICIALS SAYING IT HAS TO DO WITH RAFAH. RAFAH IS CENTRAL TO ALL OF THIS, CENTRAL TO THE NEGOTIATIONS AND CENTRAL TO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA BECAUSE, AS WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS WAR FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, ISRAEL HAS BEEN FIGHTING FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. IT BEGAN NORTH OF GAZA CITY, CLEARED THAT AREA AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THOSE AREAS ARE NOT CLEAR, FIGHTING HAS RESUMED AND HAMAS HAS REGROUPED BUT IN GENERAL, THE FIGHTING HAS RECEDED FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE GAZA STRIP THROUGH THE CENTER AND IT IS NOW FOCUSED ON RAFAH WHICH IS IN THE EXTREME SOUTH RUN ALONG THE EGYPTIAN BORDER. AND CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN MOVING ALONG WITH THE FIGHTING, TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, FOLLOWING EVACUATION ORDERS AND ABOUT 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE ARE CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND RAFAH. EARLIER, ACTUALLY, LAST WEEK, NOW, THE ISRAELIS MOVED INTO PART OF RAFAH. THEY ENTERED THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY AND OCCUPIED A SECTION OF RAFAH. AND THAT IS WHEN, GOING BACK TO OUR INITIAL CONVERSATION, THE CEASE-FIRE COLLAPSED AND ISRAEL, ACCORDING TO NUMEROUS UNITED STATES OFFICIALS HAS ENOUGH TROOPS AROUND RAFAH THAT IF IT WANTED TO, IF IT GOT THE GO ORDER, IT COULD MOVE IN AND DO A FULL-SCALE MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST THE CITY. PEOPLE ARE LEAVING IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT 450,000 HAVE ALREADY LEFT AND IT SEEMS THAT THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR IS COMING TO THE REGION TO TRY AND TALK ISRAEL DOWN, TO TRY TO TALK THEM FROM THE EDGE. DON'T DO A FULL-SCALE INVASION BECAUSE OF THE HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES. LET'S GO BACK TO SOME SORT OF CEASE-FIRE NEGOTIATIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> GRADUATION SEASON IS IN HIGH GEAR AND FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS, INTEREST RATES ON FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS ARE SET TO HIT A HIGH NOT SEEN IN MORE THAN A DECADE. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCED THE RIGHTS YESTERDAY FOR THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR WHICH BEGINS ON JULY 31st. >>> INFLATION REMAINS STUBBORNLY HIGH SO WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT IF YOU PLAN TO TAKE OUT A LOAN, NEXT YEAR? >> CALEB, BREAK DOWN WHAT SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE. >> IF YOU ARE BORROWING NOW FOR NEW STUDENT LOANS AT 8.8% FOR UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL, FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL, IT COULD BE EVEN HIGHER BECAUSE STUDENT LOANS ARE BASED OFF OF THE 10 YEAR TREASURY OPTIONS EVERY MONTH AND THIS LATEST OPTION WAS ABOUT 5.25% SO THE STUDENT LOANS ARE BASED OFF OF THAT AND THESE ARE FOR NEW LOANS ONLY AND NOT EXISTING LOANS. >> IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOAN, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU? >> NO, YOU ARE LOCKED INTO THE INTEREST RATE. AND THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS COMING SO YOU'RE RIGHT COULD GO DOWN AND YOUR PAYMENTS COULD GO DOWN BUT IF YOU NEED TO BORROW RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES. >> WE KNOW THAT A RACING STUDENT LOAN HAS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THESE ARE THE HIGHEST RATES WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BACK IN 2013 WHEN OBAMA SIGNED A BILL TO RETROACTIVELY LOWER RATES. IT IS EIGHT DIFFERENT CLIMATE, RIGHT NOW. >> THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T SET STUDENT LOANS, THEY ARE BASED ON THE 10 YEAR TREASURY BUT WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DOES IS CAPTAIN PERCENTAGE AT A CERTAIN RATE AND THAT RATE IS WHERE IT IS AT, RIGHT NOW. YOU CANNOT RISE ABOVE THAT. IF YOU ARE BORROWING AS A PARENT, THOSE ARE CAPPED SO YOU CANNOT LOWER THE RATE. YOU CAN CAP THE AMOUNT ABOVE THE 10 YEAR TREASURY RATE. >> WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO STUDENTS HAVE TO SAVE MONEY? >> THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS, MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL, THE CHAIRMAN SCHOLARSHIP, ALL KINDS AND THERE IS THE OBSCURE ONES, 1000 BUCKS, 1500 BUCKS. YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR THOSE AND YOU HAVE GOT TO DO THE DIGGING. YOU CAN LOWER YOUR PAYMENTS BY SOME THREE OR $4000 AND YOU CAN DO AN EMPLOYER LOAN IF YOU'RE WORKING FOR A COMPANY THAT WANTS TO SPONSOR YOU AS YOU GO TO COLLEGE, YOU MIGHT GET A BETTER RATE. STICK WITH THE STUDENT LOANS OR FIND A WAY TO LOWER THAT THROUGH A MERIT SCHOLARSHIP. >> I REMEMBER A LOT OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WOULD DO SCHOLARSHIPS. >>> AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. THE NORTHEAST SEEING A SOGGY START TO THE MORNING. LET'S GET A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ANGIE LASSMAN. >> YOU LOOK GREAT. >>> THANK YOU! I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR UMBRELLA BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED IT NOT JUST FOR TODAY BUT UNTIL NOON, TOMORROW. AND WE WILL GET TO THE WEEKEND. I WILL SHOW YOU. WE ARE STARTING IN FLORIDA WHERE WE SEE THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WORKING THROUGH AND IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT ALL MORNING. WE DO HAVE A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:00 A.M. THERE IS THE RAIN. IT HAS STRETCHED INTO PARTS OF NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, THE OHIO VALLEY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING . WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG STORMS POPPING UP IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SPOTS. WE'VE GOT MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE FROM THE PLAINS TO THE CAROLINAS AND INTO FLORIDA THAT WILL HAVE THAT SLIGHT ENHANCED RISK. OF COURSE, HAIL AND TORNADOES, YOU CANNOT ROLL THOSE OUT. WE START TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHERE WE WILL SEE ROUNDS AND ROUNDS OF HEAVY AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS AND THAT WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES TO FLOODING CONCERNS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A ROUND OF STRONGER STORMS FOR TEXAS, TOMORROW. THAT FLOOD RISK WILL BE WITH US INTO FRIDAY. THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE CENTERED ACROSS THE GULF COAST. RAIN FOR THE NORTHEAST AND IT DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE, UP TO ONE INCH BUT HERE IS THE DEAL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THIS IS MY MOST POPULAR CRITICISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHY IT ONLY RAINS ON THE WEEKENDS. 10 OF THE LAST 11, WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST A TRACE OF RAIN, EIGHT OUT OF 11 IN OTHER AREAS AND WE WILL ADD TO THAT TALLY AS WE GET INTO THIS WEEKEND. IT IS NOT A WASHOUT OF A WEEKEND. HE WILL NEED THE UMBRELLA. WE SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND PASSING SHOWERS BUT IT IS GOOD FOR THE GRASS. >> DID YOU LEARN IN METEOROLOGY SCHOOL THAT IT HAS TO RAIN ON WEEKENDS? >> YES. THAT IS WHAT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE KNOW. >>> MUCH MORE TO COME ON MORNING NEWS NOW. >>> LATER, A MAJOR UPGRADE FOR CHATGPT. HUMANLIKE FEATURES INSPIRED BY A POPULAR MOVIE. >>> . >>> WE ARE BACK WITH NEW DETAILS ABOUT A DEADLY BUS CRASH IN FLORIDA, AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE WORK KILLED AND DOZENS MORE WERE INJURED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BUS CARRYING FARMWORKERS COLLIDED WITH THE PICKUP TRUCK. THE DRIVER OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK IS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. >> Reporter: IN FLORIDA, A DEADLY CRASH ON A COUNTRY ROAD. >> OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF A TRAGEDY. WE HAVE EIGHT DEAD PEOPLE. >> Reporter: A SCHOOL BUS CARRYING WORKERS TO A WATERMELON FARM SIDESWIPED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. >> THE SCHOOL BUS TRAVELED OFF OF THE ROADWAY ONTO A GRASS SHOULDER AND STRUCK A TREE AND OVERTURNED. >> Reporter: FIRST RESPONDERS DISPATCHED IN FORCE RUSHING 38 PEOPLE TO HOSPITALS. AT LEAST EIGHT OF THEM DIED AT THE SCEN . SEVERAL MORE WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITION. >> THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL IDENTIFYING THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK AS 41-YEAR-OLD RYAN HOWARD WITH A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY, NOW CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF DUI MANSLAUGHTER. LOCALS SAY THESE BACK ROADS CAN BE DANGEROUS. >> THIS ROAD SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC INCIDENTS. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IT HAS BEEN EVEN WORSE. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE WEATHER MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FACTOR AND PROMISE A FULL-SCALE INVESTIGATION AND SAY THAT IT COULD LAST SIX MONTHS. >> I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE ANSWERS FOR THE FAMILIES. >> Reporter: FOR NOW, THIS WRECKAGE OFFERS ONLY QUESTIONS AND INCONSOLABLE HEARTBREAK. THE INVESTIGATION COULD LAST MONTHS WITH MAPPING AND MEASUREMENTS ANGIOGRAPHY STILL BEING TAKEN. AS FOR THE OTHER VICTIMS, THE LOCAL HOSPITAL SAYS SEVEN OF THEM REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION, THREE ARE STABLE AND THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN RELEASED. >>> WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT BALTIMORE'S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE NEARLY 2 MONTHS AFTER THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT . EXPECT A PRELIMINARY REPORT SAYS THE SHIP THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT LOST POWER MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE IT HIT THE BRIDGE. >> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE INTERNET SLEUTHS HAVE PREDICTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT THE CAUSE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOSS OF POWER TO THE SHIP AS IT WAS LEAVING THE PORT OF BALTIMORE AND THE REPORT CONFIRMS THAT BUT WHAT IT REVEALS IS THAT 10 HOURS BEFORE THE SHIP LEFT THE PORT, IT ALSO EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF POWER OUTAGES AND IT WAS DUE TO A MISTAKE BY A CREW MEMBER BUT THEY HAD THOUGHT THAT THOSE ISSUES WERE RECTIFIED BEFORE THE SHIP BEGAN ITS INITIAL VOYAGE. AT THIS POINT, THE NTSB IS NOT CLEAR AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A CONNECTION FROM THAT POWER OUTAGE THE DAY BEFORE AND THE POWER OUTAGE AS IT WAS LEAVING THE PORT BUT IT IS PART OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. WHAT IS INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS REPORT IS THAT SHE LOST POWER TWICE AND THE SECOND POWER OUTAGE CAME AS IT WAS JUST 350 YARDS AWAY FROM THE BASE OF THE BRIDGE, NO WAY TO STOP THE SHIPS FORWARD MOMENTUM. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT CRASHED INTO THAT BRIDGE AND COLLAPSED THE ENTIRE BRIDGE. >> THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF WHETHER OR NOT AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. WHAT ARE PROTOCOLS WHEN A SHIP GOES THROUGH MULTIPLE POWER FAILURES LIKE THIS? >> EACH TIME, IT IS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A LIST OF SAFETY CHECKS MANY OF WHICH INCLUDE A FULL WORKUP OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN WORKING ORDER AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE CREW FELT AS IF THEY WERE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE STEPS SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MISSING PIECES TO DETERMINE WHY THERE WAS THAT SECONDARY POWER LOSS WHEN THE SHIP WAS LEAVING COURT -- PORT. THEY BELIEVE THE POWER LOST THE DAY BEFORE WAS DUE TO A CREWMEMBER ERROR. THEY ARE NOT DRAWING THAT CONCLUSION AS IT RELATES TO THE POWER LOSS ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THIS WAS A PRELIMINARY REPORT AND THE NTSB SAYS THERE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING. >> OFFICIALS TESTIFIED BEFORE THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR? >> THERE WILL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COST OF THIS RECOVERY, SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF $1.5 BILLION IN ORDER TO REBUILD THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS PROMISED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL PICK UP THE TAB FOR. CONGRESS HAS YET TO PROVE THAT. THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESPONSE TIME AND WHETHER OR NOT THESE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PREVENT THAT, THERE WILL BE THE COAST GUARD, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS TODAY INCLUDING HOW TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING NOT JUST IN BALTIMORE BUT MANY OF THE MAJOR PORTS AND HARBORS AROUND THE COUNTRY. >>> COMING UP, NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY AT 10:00 A.M. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH OUR WEEKLY MEDICAL CHECKUP AND WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT RESEARCH RAISING THE ALARM ON THE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE HAD OUR LAST SUMMER'S HEAT. >> WE HAVE NEW DATA ON HOW THE POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATION SEEMS TO WORK AT KEEPING THE WEIGHT OFF IN THE LONG RUN. >> WE WILL DISCUSS SOME HEALTH HEADLINES THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED. LET'S START WITH THE STUDY LAST SUMMER, THE HOTTEST IN 2000 YEARS. MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW ON EARTH DID THEY FIGURE THAT OUT BUT AS A DOCTOR, WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT STAYING AWAY FROM THE HEAT THIS UPCOMING SUMMER WHICH COULD BE A REPEAT? >> THEY LOOKED AT TREES DATING BACK AND YOU CAN USE THOSE RINGS TO ANALYZE AND DATE BACK TO THOSE TIME PERIODS AND BE ABLE THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGY AS WELL AS DATA ON RECORDS, ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHAT THE TEMPERATURES WERE AND SCIENTISTS HAVE SHOWN THAT WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF 2.2 DEGREES CELSIUS MAKING IT THE HOTTEST, 2023, ONE OF THE HOTTEST YEARS ON RECORD. NOW WE HAVE THE SCIENCE TO BACK THAT UP AND 2.2 DEGREES DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT IT IS ENOUGH TO SHIFT 13% OF THE EARTH'S ECOSYSTEM AND STAYING COOL IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZING ON THE SHOW, WEARING LAYERS AND MAKING SURE YOU ARE HYDRATED. SOME PEOPLE FORGET THEY LOSE WATER THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE UP AND DRINK MORE. SO THE DOCTORS ORDERS, STAY HYDRATED, STAY COOL AND WEAR SUNSCREEN AND LOOSE LAYERS SO THAT YOU CAN PROTECT THE WATER THAT YOU HAVE. >> NEW DATA FROM THE CDC SHOWS THAT DROWNING DEATHS ARE ON THE RISE AFTER YEARS OF DECLINE. WHY DO WE THINK THAT IS AND HOW CAN WE PREVENT THESE TYPES OF ACCIDENTS? >> NO ONE WANTS TO HAVE THE STORIES THAT WE HEAR ALL TOO COMMON FROM PATIENTS OR FAMILIES ABOUT CHILDREN DROWNING . WE SAW DROWNING RATES INCREASING PARTICULARLY IN AMENITIES WHERE THERE WERE DISPROPORTIONATE DROWNING RATES IN -- 2021, 2022, AT THOSE TIME PERIODS, CHILDREN WERE NOT IN SCHOOL AND WERE POSSIBLY AROUND SOURCES OF WATER. WE HAVE TALKED ON THE SHOW ABOUT HOW IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE TO DROWN IN A BATHTUB. WE SEE THE LOWEST RATES OF SWIMMING LESSONS AMONGST ADULTS. 40 MILLION ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM SO SOME OF THIS GOES BACK TO BASICS. IN THE EARLY YEARS AS EARLY AS THE AGE OF 1, TEACHING ABOUT WATER SAFETY AND ALSO MAKING SURE HERE WHERE THE DOCTORS ORDERS ARE VERY PRACTICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW TO SWIM, UNDERSTAND THAT OUR POOLS ARE ENCLOSED. IF YOU HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE CHILDPROOF DANCING AROUND THAT AND MAKING SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO STAY SAFE WITH YOUR SUPERVISING AND THAT MEANS AVOIDING ALCOHOL AND AVOIDING DISTRACTIONS INCLUDING MY PHONE. TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN EYE ON THEM AND THAT THEY ARE TRAINED. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR LAST TOPIC, WEIGHT LOST -- WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS. ABLE TO KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF FOUR YEARS LATER? >> SOME PEOPLE WITH PREDISPOSITION TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND THEY FOUND THAT THEY MAINTAINED THE WEIGHT LOSS FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE KEY POINT IS THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF, THEY ALSO HAD CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT KEPT THEM ON THE DRUG. MAKE SURE YOU CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR AND THINK ABOUT LIFESTYLE CHANGES ALONG WITH THE DRUG. >>> WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS. THE CULTURE WARS PLAYING OUT ACROSS AMERICA. HOUR FIRST REPORT FROM ILLINOIS WHERE A CHURCH AND A LIBRARY ARE FIGHTING OVER WHAT LEADERS SAY IS THE SOUL OF THE TOWN. ANTONIA HYLTON TAKES US THERE. >> Reporter: SUPERMAN LOOMS LARGE IN THE TOWN OF METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS. BUT THERE IS A FIGHT BREWING THAT LOCALS OR EVEN THE MAN OF STEEL COULD NOT RESOLVE. >> WE HAVE TO PROTECT ONE AND PROTECT THEM ALL. EVERYONE NEEDS TO STAND UP. >> Reporter: RHONDA JAMES NEVER IMAGINED BEING PRESIDENT OF THIS SMALL TOWN LIBRARY BOARD. SHE STARTED RECEIVING LETTERS SAYING HER DIRECTOR PRAYED WITH CHILDREN, PUSHED CHRISTIANITY AND QUIETLY REMOVED THOUSANDS OF BOOKS WITH THEMES ABOUT SEXUAL IDENTITY AND EVEN HALLOWEEN. >> Reporter: IN ALL OF THE YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD, HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED LETTERS LIKE THIS? >> NO. >> Reporter: THE BOARD DIRECTO . BOARD MEMBERS ASKED HER TO SIGN A FORM PROMISING TO END PRAYER IN THE LIBRARY. WHEN SHE REFUSED, THE BOARD TERMINATED HER. >> THE LIBRARIES HAVE THINGS THAT COME STRAIGHT OUT OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE TOWN COUNCILMAN AND PASTOR PREACHING TO HIS CONGREGATION WHICH INCLUDES THE MAYOR THAT SATAN WAS IN THE LIBRARY. >> THESE CHILDREN, THE ENEMY HATES THEM AND THE ENEMY WANTS TO KILL THEM AND STAR >> Reporter: GLENN WARREN SAYS HE AGREES ON MORAL ISSUES BUT NOT THIS ONE. >> YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS PUSHING TO ENFORCE RELIGIOUS AGREEMENT ON A PUBLIC INSTITUTION. >> Reporter: SHOULD THE LOCAL LIBRARY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MAJORITY? >> I DON'T THINK SO. THE LIBRARY OPENS UP THE WORLD TO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAYS. >> Reporter: THE METROPOLIS MAYOR CITED WITH THE PASTOR ANNOUNCING HE WOULD REMOVE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS, A STEP THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE CALLED UNACCEPTABLE. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THAT PRAYER IS APPROPRIATE IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY? >> WELL, NOW, IT DEPENDS. IF YOU ARE ASKING ME DO I THINK IT IS ALL RIGHT, IF IT WAS APPROVED BY EVERYONE INVOLVED, THEN I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM. >> Reporter: BRIAN ANDERSON DECLINED TO SPEAK TO US. THE PEOPLE HAD PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT HIM. EXPECT HIS BEHAVIOR HAS CONSEQUENCES THAT GO BEYOND THE LIBRARY. >> Reporter: THE MAYOR HAS UNTIL JUNE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THE LIBRARY BOARD. RHONDA JAMES LEFT WORRIED ABOUT HER FATE AND HER COMMUNITY. >> WE WANT TO HAVE FREEDOM TO PRACTICE WHATEVER WE WANT OR TO NOT PRACTICE RELIGION. WE WANT TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO GATHER INFORMATION AND LEARN THINGS. >> Reporter: FOR THE LOVE OF THE LIBRARY, SHE SAYS SHE WILL STAND HER GROUND. >>> LET'S TURN TO THE BATTLE OVER WHO CONTROLS CLASSROOMS IN A STORY THAT NBC NEWS HAS REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON OVER THE YEARS. LAWYERS FOR STUDENTS IN THE NORTH TEXAS SUBURB OF SOUTHLAKE SAY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS FOUND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. >> WE ARE JOINED BY THE SENIOR REPORTER, THE AUTHOR OF A BRAND- NEW BOOK OUT JUST YESTERDAY CALLED THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS , ONE TOWNS FIGHT OVER RACE AND IDENTITY AND THE NEW WAR FOR AMERICA'S CLASSROOMS. ALSO, THE SUBJECT OF AN AWARD- WINNING PODCAST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK. THIS IS A LOADED QUESTION. BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE US A SHORT SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT YOUR REPORTING UNCOVERED. >> WITH THIS BOOK AND ALL OF THE REPORTING, IF YOU LIVE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANYWHERE IN AMERICA WHERE YOU SEE PARENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RACE THEORY OR GENDER IDEOLOGY OR TRYING TO BAN BOOKS, YOU COULD READ THIS STORY AND UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. WE DO THAT THROUGH SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS. REALLY THE FOREFRONT OF THESE FIGHTS BEGINNING THREE YEARS AGO. CONSERVATIVE PARENTS REVOLTED AGAINST A PANDA WAS MEANT TO ADDRESS REPEATED REPORTS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AT THE SCHOOL. IN 2021, THEY FORMED A COMMITTEE AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IT BECAME A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN COPIED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WHAT WE REPORTED LAST WEEK WAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT TAKEOVER, THE DISTRICT HAD ROLLBACK PROTECTIONS, EXPLICIT PROTECTIONS FOR LGBTQ KIDS FOR CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REVEALED LAST WEEK THAT IT FOUND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SETTING UP A TEST WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT IN FACT IMPOSE SOME OF THE DIVERSITY TRAININGS THAT LOCAL VOTERS REJECTED. >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS. THERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK AND YOU WROTE ABOUT A TEACHER BASICALLY BLOWING THE WHISTLE AGAINST OFFERING OPPOSING VIEWS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THAT DERAILED HER CAREER. >> THIS WAS KIND OF AN ICONIC MOMENT IN THE CULTURE WARS OF EDUCATION YEARS AGO. WE BROKE THE NEWS IN 2021 THAT IN THIS DISTRICT OF SOUTHLAKE, AND ADMINISTRATOR TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THESE NEW RESTRICTIONS TOLD TEACHERS, IF YOU HAVE A BOOK ON THE HOLOCAUST, YOU HAVE BOTH SIDES OF THE HOLOCAUST, BASICALLY. WE HEARD FROM SIX TEACHERS AND ONE OF THEM I REVEALED IN THE BOOK, LOST HER JOB OVER IT. THE LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO UNMASK HER VOICE FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH HER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT PLAYED THAT CLIP AND SAID, IS THIS YOU? SHE LOST HER JOB. ONE PERSON SUFFERED THE HOLICK -- >>> 1981 AND A NEW YORK TIME STORY WHERE PARENTS WERE TRYING TO REMOVE BOOKS. TELL US ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT AND WAYS THAT YOU ARE SEEING THE INCIDENT REPEAT. >> IF YOU LOOK BACK TO THE 1970S AND 1980S, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS THIS SMALL-SCALE REVOLT OF SCHOOL BOARDS ATTACKING WHAT THEY CALL SECULAR HUMANISM WHICH IS THE IDEA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE RELIGION TO HAVE WORLDS. IT WAS REDEFINED AS MUCH AS THE CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS REDEFINED, TODAY. YOU COULD COPY AND PASTE INTO THOSE OLD STORIES AND IT WOULD READ LIKE IT IS PUBLISHED, TODAY. FROM THE BOOK, FROM 2024 TO THE PARENTS GROUPS FROM THE 1970S AND 1980S AND 1940S IN THE 1950s AND OFFER HISTORY THAT HAS TRIED TO FIGHT TO CONTROL WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT FOR KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS. SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND WHERE THIS IS ALL LEADING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK. IT IS OUT AND IT IS CALLED THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS. >>> COMING UP, MORE TROUBLE FROM BOEING. WHY THE COMPANY COULD FACE NEW CHARGES YEARS AFTER THE TWO DEADLY CRASHES INVOLVING THE 737 JETS. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A BRAND NEW LEGAL BATTLE OVER TIKTOK AND THE POTENTIAL BAN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. A CREATORS, PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY USE THE APP ARE SUING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE LAWSUIT ARGUES THAT FORCING TIKTOK TO BREAK OFF FROM ITS PARENT COMPANY OR FACE AN OUTRIGHT BAN VIOLATES THE USERS RIGHTS AND COULD EVEN THREATEN LIVELIHOODS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY BUILT LARGE COMMUNITIES ON THE APP. THIS COMES A WEEK AFTER TIKTOK SUED THE UNITED STATES CHALLENGING THAT VERY SAME LAW. >>> BOEING ONCE AGAIN UNDER FIRE BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. >> SILVANA HENAO, GOOD MORNING . >> Reporter: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS BOEING HAS VIOLATED THE TERMS OF 2021. CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IN THE WAKE OF THE JET CRASHES THAT KILLED 346 PEOPLE. THE LAWSUIT SAYS BOEING COULD DETECT FRAUD THROUGHOUT ITS OPERATION. THE COMPANY WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO FILE CHARGES. >>> OPEN A.I. COFOUNDER VOTING TO OUST THE CEO LAST FALL IS LEADING -- LEAVING THE COMPANY DAYS AFTER AND SAYS HE REGRETTED HIS DECISION AND WAS SOON REINSTATED. HE SAYS HE IS WORKING ON A NEW PROJECT BUT IS NOT ELABORATING ON WHY HE IS LEAVING. IN A POST ON X, OPEN A.I. HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS AND HE IS CONFIDENT IT CAN BUILD GENERATIVE PRODUCTS THAT ARE SAFE AND BENEFICIAL. >>> META IS AVAILABLE TO USERS NEXT YEAR. THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN 2016, REPORTS DEVELOPMENT HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY AFTER PEOPLE CONCERNED -- RETURN TO THE OFFICE. THEY WILL TRANSITION CUSTOMERS. >>> SPEAKING OF OPEN A.I., THE COMPANY IS REVEALING A NEW VOICE SYSTEM THAT TALKS TO YOU JUST LIKE A PERSON. >> THE LATEST MODEL IS ABLE TO HOLD A CONVERSATION IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND EVEN LAUGHED. ELLISON BARBER. >> HEY CHATGPT. >> HELLO, THERE! >> ME? THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS ABOUT ME? WELL, COLOR ME INTRIGUED. ARE YOU ABOUT TO REVEAL SOMETHING ON A.I.? >> THIS IS GPT 40. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT BEFORE YOU CAN START SPEAKING. >> DID ANYTHING UNUSUAL HAPPENED RECENTLY? >> YES, ACTUALLY. >> Reporter: THE COMPANY IS DEBUTING A VARIETY OF USES, EVEN REAL-TIME TRANSLATION. >> I HAVE BEEN GOOD. JUST A BIT BUSY PREPARING FOR AN EVENT NEXT WEEK. >> I REALLY WANT MAXIMUM EMOTION. >> LET'S AMPLIFY THE DRAMA. ONCE UPON A TIME IN A WORLD NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM OURS -- >> THAT FEMALE VOICE IS TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT. >> I LOVE CHAT GPT, THAT IS SO SWEET OF YOU! >> SAM DROPPING A SINGLE WORD HINT. HER. A REFERENCE TO JONESES 2013 FILM ABOUT A MAN WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIS AI ASSISTANT VOICED BY SCARLET JOHANSSON. >> HELLO, I AM HERE. >> I THINK HER GOT SOMETHING RIGHT ON THE INTERFACE AND THAT IS NO SMALL FEAT. >> Reporter: OPEN A.I. EVEN BREAKING WITH DEMOING THE TECHNOLOGY WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COMING WEEKS. DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A LIVING. UNVEILING JACK GPT -- CHATGPT, A PRODUCT THEY ARE BUILDING AS THE FUTURE OF A.I. ASSISTANCE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU SAW MY GLASSES? >> YES, I DO. YOUR GLASSES ARE ON THE DESK NEAR A RED APPLE. >> JUST AMAZING >> Reporter: BUT THE NEW EXCITING GENERATION OF CHATBOTS. IS RAISING EYEBROWS. >> WHAT WE HAVE HERE, A VERY INTENSE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR IF NOT MULTITRILLION DOLLAR ARMS RACE BETWEEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST TECH COMPANIES ON THE PLANET. SO THEY ARE TAKING NO RESERVES, THEY ARE NOT WAITING FOR ANYONE, THEY ARE RELEASE, RELEASE, RELEASE. I DON'T VIEW THIS AS REVOLUTIONARY. I VIEW THIS AS ONE MORE STEP TOWARD OUR ALL A.I., ALL THE TIME. >> Reporter: OPENAI ADMITS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT PERFECT AND EVEN RELEASED A CLIP OF THE BLOOPERS. >> OH, NO! WHAT WAS THAT? >> SORRY, GUYS. >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HER HAS LEFT HOLLYWOOD. >> OH, STOP IT! YOU ARE MAKING ME BLUSH! >> WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT IT WITH SHOULD A. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GPT 4.0. MULTIMODAL? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT MAKES THIS VERSION DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN? >> MULTIMODAL MEANS IT CAN INTEGRATE AND HANDLE MULTIPLE TYPES OF DATA SO TEXT, AUDIO, VISUAL INPUTS AND WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS MODEL COMPARED TO CHATGPT USING DOLLY IS THAT IT WAS TRAINED ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT DATATYPES, TEXT, AUDIO, VISUAL, FROM SCRATCH. SO IT CAN RESPOND A LOT QUICKER AND RESPOND TO MORE COMPLEX SITUATIONS BY COMBINING THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA IN REAL-TIME WHICH PREVIOUS MODELS CAN DO. >> AS WE JUST HEARD IN ALLISON'S PEACE, THE LATEST MODEL IS ABLE TO PICK UP ON EMOTIONAL CUES BUT YOU RAISE CONCERNS OVER HOW HUMAN A.I. ASSISTANCE ARE BECOMING. I THINK IT IS PRETTY CLEAR. THAT WAS BASICALLY THE GOAL, RIGHT? TELL US WHY THAT IS CONCERNING TO YOU. >> I THINK WE NEED TO TREND CAREFULLY WHEN IT COMES TO INTENTIONALLY MAKING A.I. SYSTEMS FEEL HUMAN BECAUSE WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO END UP IN A FUTURE WHERE WE ARE EMOTIONALLY DEPENDENT ON A.I. SYSTEMS, SUPPORTED BY THEM IS ONE THING, PROACTIVE ASSISTANCE IS ONE AREA BUT EMOTIONALLY DEPENDENT AND EMOTIONALLY DETACHED, THAT IS A NEW GRAY AREA THAT I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO GO DOWN BECAUSE THE MORE VULNERABLE YOU MAYBE TO IT AND WE ACTUALLY SAW THE REAL-LIFE VERSION LAST YEAR WHEN A GOOGLE ENGINEER LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HE WAS PROTECTING AND A.I. SYSTEM SO IMAGINE THESE TYPES OF ACTIONS AT SCALE ACROSS SOCIETY, PEOPLE LOSING RELATIONSHIPS AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE A.I. IS MORE THAN IT IS. >> I LIKED THE MOVIE, HER, BUT I DID NOT WATCH IT AND GO OH, LET'S DO THAT! AS ALLISON MENTIONED, THIS LATEST MODEL COMES AS GOOGLE UNVEILED ITS OWN PROJECT YESTERDAY. CALLING THIS THE FUTURE OF A.I. ASSISTANCE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AVERAGE PERSON. SPECTACLE THE COMPANIES HAVE AND WHERE THIS RACE IS HEATING UP IS THIS UNIVERSAL A.I. ASSISTANCE THAT CAN ESSENTIALLY FOLLOW US THROUGH LIFE AND SUPPORT US IN ANYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING SO WHETHER THAT IS SCHEDULING SCHOOL PICKUP AND THE THINGS WE HAVE IN OUR WEEK AHEAD TO REMINDING US TO WHERE WE LEFT OUR CLASSES, TO UPDATING OUR VACATION PLANS WHEN IT IS NOTICED IN REAL TIME THAT SOMEONE IS LATE FOR WORK AND THEY WILL NOT MAKE THAT TRAIN IN TIME. THE A.I. ASSISTANCE THAT REALLY SUPPORTS US IN ANY TASK THAT WE DO AND THE KEYWORD, PROACTIVE AND TEACHABLE. SO IT IS NOT JUST US GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO AN AI SYSTEM BUT IT IS THE A.I. SYSTEM RECOGNIZING THAT THIS PERSON IS RUNNING LATE IN THEIR MEETING AND THEY WILL NOT MAKE THE SCHOOL PICKUP. THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO A NEIGHBOR ON BEHALF AND THAT IS THE GOAL COMPANIES ARE >> THANK YOU SO MUCH 20 POINTS >> I NEVER SCORE 20 POINTS, SO JOB WELL DONE. THAT WILL DO IT FOR THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW >> STAY WITH US. THE NEWS CONTINUES RIGHT NOW >>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FO JOINING US I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS >> I'M JOE FRYER RIGHT NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW, COHEN CROSS-EXAMINED, TH DEFENSE TEAM TRYING TO PAINT THE FORMER FIXER AS A CRIMINAL WIT AN AX TO GRIND, WHY HE SAYS HE WAS CONVINCED TO TURN ON HIS BOSS >>> DOJ ANNOUNCING BOEING CA NOW BE PROSECUTED ALLEGING I VIOLATED AN AGREEMENT LINKED T TWO FATAL 737 MAX CRASHES. WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR THE COMPANY. >>> AND MAJOR TRAVEL TROUBLE FACING THE FAA AS THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON STARTS TO HEAT UP. >>> WHALE OF A PROBLEM, ORCA SINK A 50-FOOT YACHT OFF OF TH COAST OF SPAIN BY RAMMING IT IT IS THE LATEST ATTACK IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WHAT TH PASSENGERS FELT MOMENTS BEFORE THE YACHT SUNK WE WILL GO ONE ON ONE WITH A EXPERT TO DISCUSS THE DEEP SEA DANGER >>> AND AFTER PLAYING JUNIOR O THE HIT SITCOM BLACKISH, MARCU SCRIBNER IS TAKING A FINAL BOW WE SIT DOWN WITH THE ACTOR T DISCUSS GROWING UP ON CAMERA AND WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE CHARACTER THA BROUGHT HIM INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WE KIND OF GREW UP WITH HI BECAUSE HE WAS SO YOUNG ON BLACKISH NOW HE IS SAYING GOODBYE TO TH CHARACTER. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE LATEST O FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HUS MONEY TRIAL WHICH RESUME TOMORROW AFTER A BREAK TODAY >> TRUMP'S FORMER LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN WAS BACK ON THE WITNES STAND. IT WAS THE DEFENSE'S TURN TO GRILL HIM WITH THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY TAKING AIM AT COHEN'S CREDIBILITY AND MOTIVE TRUMP DENIES ALL OF THE CHARGE IN THE CASE. LAURA JARRETT HAS THE LATEST FOR US >> THERE IS NO WITNESS THA MATTERS MORE THAN COHEN IN THI TRIAL. HE TAKES THE JURY FROM TRUMP TOWER TO THE OVAL OFFICE THE DEFENSE IS MAKING HI CREDIBILITY KEY. >> Reporter: THIS MORNING SIGN THAT DONALD TRUMP'S CRIMINAL TRIAL IS COMING TO A CLOSE AFTER HIS DEFENSE TEAM TOOK SPRAWLING FIRST CRACK AT MICHAEL COHEN. TRUMP'S LEAD ATTORNEY OFFERING JURORS A GRAB BAG OF REASONS T QUESTION COHEN'S MONEY, FO MONEY, FAME, MEDIA ATTENTION T JEALOUSY AND A LIGHTER PRISO SENTENCE COHEN IS THE ONLY WITNESS THAT DIRECTLY TIES THE PRESIDENT'S TO THE PROSECUTION 'S CHARGES AND THE DEFENSE SAYS HE CAN'T BE TRUSTED. TRUMP'S ATTORNEY TODD BLAVRN LAUNCHED INTO THE VIDEOS O COHEN ON TIKTOK THAT CRITICIZE BLAVRN BUT THE JUDGE WARNED HI NOT TO MAKE IT ABOUT HIMSELF THE DEFENSE CALLED COHEN A JILTED FIXER THAT WAS OUT FO REVENGE. AND COHEN ADMITTED HE MADE $ MILLION OFF OF HIS BOOKS TUESDAY'S CROSS-EXAMINATION WA HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BUT ONLY SMALL PORTION WAS SPENT ON COHEN'S CRIMINAL HISTORY AND ADMITTED LIES ON OATH AN NOTHING ON THE TESTIMONY THA COHEN HAD PROVIDED HOURS BEFORE, A TEDIOUS BUT LEGALL SIGNIFICANT PLAY BY PLAY O INVOICES HE SENT AND CHECKS HE RECEIVED FROM TRUMP, ALL LITTERED COHEN SAID WITH FALSE STATEMENTS SO THAT THE FORME PRESIDENT COULD PAPER OVER HOW HE REIMBURSED COHEN FOR HAVING SILENCED STORMY DANIELS ON HIS BEHALF TO PROTECT HIS 2016 CAMPAIGN, HEART OF THE STATE'S CASE COHEN DESCRIBED HOW HIS ONCE TIGHT BOND WITH THE PRESIDEN FRAYED AND ULTIMATELY IMPLODED AFTER THE FBI RAIDED HIS HOM AND OFFICE IN 2018, TESTIFYING THAT TRUMP TRIED TO REASSURE HIM SAYING, DON'T WORRY, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES STAY TOUGH WHICH COHEN UNDERSTOOD WAS COD FOR DON'T FLIP >> NOW COHEN HAS NOT YET BEE QUESTIONED ON ANY OF THAT AS THE JURY LEFT COURT HEARING OF THE EXTENT OF THE DEALINGS WITH TH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COURT WILL PICK BACK UP WITH HIM ON THE STAND TOMORROW. >> THANK YOU LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THE CASE WITH OUR LEGAL ANALYST DANNY CEVALLOS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CROSS-EXAMINATION AND HOW DI COHEN HOLD UP? >> I DON'T THINK COHEN HANDLED IT AS WELL AS DEFENSE COUNSE HAD SORT OF A MEANDERING CROSS BOTH I WOULD SAY ARE AVERAGE DEFENSE COUNSEL SUFFERS FROM EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS T ATTACK HIM ON WITH CROSS AND I IS HARD TO ORGANIZE THE PROCES BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO THWART YOU OR ZING YOU WITH EVERY QUESTION YOU ASK YOU CAN'T STICK TO A RIGID SCRIPT YOU HAVE TO IMPROV BUT BOTH SIDES PAINFULLY AVERAGE YESTERDAY. >> SO THE CREDIBILITY ISSUES I THE CENTER OF TH CROSS-EXAMINATION STRATEGY WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THE PAYMENTS AT THE HEART OF THIS. WILL WE SEE THIS >> ABSOLUTELY. I'M EXPECTING THAT THE REASO YESTERDAY, IT WAS ONLY A HAL DAY OF CROSS, THE REASON WAS TODD BLAVRN WAS TRYING TO GE INTO WHAT DIDN'T MATTER AND THEN GET INTO THAT TODAY. THEY PROBABLY WANT TO END WITH A BANG HIT HIM WITH THE SOCIAL MEDI STUFF AND HOW HE IS OBSESSED WITH TRUMP AND ALL OF THE OTHE STUFF IN THE BEGINNING IT IS NOT AS PROBATIVE AS TH IMPORTANT STUFF WHICH IS HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY, MOTIVE TO LI AND THE FACT THAT HE JUST LACK CREDIBILITY. SAVE THAT FOR THE END. END ON A CRESHENDO >> ALL OF TRUMP'S LEGAL WOES END UP IN FRONT OF AN APPEALS COURT. THE APPEALS COURT UPHELD THE GAG ORDER. ANY SURPRISES HERE >> NO, NOT REALLY. THE GAG ORDER APPEALING, I'M SURPRISED THEY WOULD BOTHE BECAUSE THE TRIAL IS ALMOST OVER BUT IF THERE IS A CRIMINAL CONVICTION, EVERY CONVICTION RESULTS IN AN APPEAL FOR THE IMMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT. WE WILL SEE APPEALS. SOMETIMES FOR TRUMP IT WORKS IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CA GET HIM TO THE SUPREME COURT, HE ALWAYS HAS A GOOD SHOT >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> TRUMP'S CRIMINAL TRIAL HAS TURNED INTO AN AUDITION OF SORTS FOR A PARADE OF WOULD BE RUNNING MATES ATTACKING THE TRIAL. POLLS SHOW A COMPETITIVE RAC WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN IN KE BATTLEGROUND STATES. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PETER ALEXANDER IS JOINING U WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: TRUMP'S WALL OF POSSIBLE RUNNING MATES I GROWING. SEVERAL TOOK TURNS AT THE MI OUTSIDE OF THE MANHATTAN COURTHOUSE, A SHOW OF LOYALT AMID THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TROUBLES WITH THE REPUBLICAN PRESUMPTIV NOMINEE ON TRIAL, A GROWIN NUMBER OF OF REPUBLICANS ARE FLOCKING TO HIS DEFENSE. MORE ARE GATHERING AT TH COURTHOUSE, INCLUDING FORMER CANDIDATE VIVEK RAMASWAMY, NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGIN, AND J.D. VANCE. ON TUESDAY, THE WOULD BE VP' UNMISTAKABLY DRESSED ALIKE WIT SUITS AND RED TIES, ALL READIN FROM THE SAME PLAYBOOK, ECHOIN HIS ATTACKS ON THE RULE OF LAW >> THIS IS A THIRD RATE BANANA REPUBLIC >> THEY ARE TYING UP THE PRESIDENT FROM BEING ON TH CAMPAIGN TRAIL >> I THINK IT IS A SHA PROSECUTION. >> Reporter: ALSO IN ATTENDANC WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE REPEATING UNSUBSTANTIATE ARGUMENTS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT. >> THEY ARE POLITICALL MOTIVATED TRIALS AND THEY ARE DISGRACE >> Reporter: IT ALLOWS TRUMP'S ALLIES TO ATTACK THE SYSTE WITHOUT HIM RISKING VIOLATIN THE GAG ORDER WHICH THE JUDG WARNED COULD MEAN JAIL TIME. IN POLLS BATTLEGROUND STATES TRUMP IS AHEAD BUT WITHIN TH MARGER OF ERROR. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ANNOUNCIN STEEP NEW TARIFFS ON A VARIETY OF CHINESE PRODUCTS, MOS NOTABLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES FO WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES THE TWO RIVALS TRADING BARBS O THE TOPIC. >> CHINA IS EATING OUR LUNCH >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN RESPONDED. >> HE HAS BEEN FEEDING THEM LONG TIME. >> Reporter: AT AN AWARD GALA, PRESIDENT BIDEN SLAMMED HI PREDECESSORS CALLING TRUMP A QUOTE LOSER. AND THERE IS SOME NEWS THAT WE ARE LEARNING IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES AS THE PIECE WAS ROLLING, PRESIDENT BIDEN ACCORDING TO A LETTER OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS IS WILLING TO DEBATE THE FORMER PRESIDENT AT LEAS TWICE BEFORE THE ELECTION AN BEGINNING AS EARLY AS JUNE BUT HIS CAMPAIGN IS REJECTING TH COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIA DEBATES, THAT NONPARTISA COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SETTING UP DEBATES SINC 1988 NO COMMENT FROM THE TRUM CAMPAIGN WE ARE REACHING OUT TO BIDEN AIDES FOR MORE DETAIL. BACK TO YOU. >> WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, THANK YOU. >>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK A THE IMPACT THE FORME PRESIDENT'S TRIAL IS HAVING ON THE 2024 ELECTION. >> AS PART OF OUR SERIES, TH DECIDERS, WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKIN TO VOTERS IN SEVEN KEY COUNTIE TO SEE WHAT IS DRIVING THEIR DECISION OUR CORRESPONDENT SHAQUILL BREWSTER IS IN KEMP COUNTY MICHIGAN IT IS A FORMER REPUBLICAN STRONG HOLD THAT HAS BEEN LEANING T THE LEFT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THE POLLING THAT PETER MENTIONED JUST NOW SHOWS TRUMP INCHING AHEAD OF BIDEN IN KE BATTLEGROUND STATES INCLUDIN MICHIGAN BUT IT IS ANYONE'S RACE WITH MONTHS TO GO. YOU HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO VOTERS AND ORGANIZERS ON THE GROUND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S CRIMINA TRIAL? IS THAT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPAC ON HOW THEY VOTE >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. WELL, ALMOST UNIVERSALLY, YO ARE HEARING THIS WILL NOT BE A DECIDING FACTOR IN HOW VOTER MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION THEY SAY THEY ARE FOCUSED ON ECONOMY, IMMIGRATION, HEALTHCARE INSTEAD. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TOWHAT TH ORGANIZER OF A GROUP THAT IS TARGETING LOW TURNOUT PRECINCT IN THIS AREA, HOW SHE PUT IT T ME >> WHAT IMPACT IS THIS TRIAL HAVING ON THE WORK THAT YOU AR DOING TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE? >> WE HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT I GOING ON BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYON THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH EVERYONE WE ARE DEALING WITH THEY HAVE TO GET OUT AND WORK. THEY HAVE OTHER FOCUSES. IT IS NOT SITTING AT HOME AN WATCHING A TRUMP TRIAL ALL DAY LONG >> Reporter: IF DEMOCRATS WANT TO MAKE THE PROGRESS IN AN ARE LIKE KENT COUNTY LIKE THEY HAV IN PREVIOUS CYCLES, IT WILL TAKE GETTING MORE VOTERS TO TURN OU IN THIS ELECTION YOU HEAR FROM ORGANIZERS THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE NOT USING THE TRIAL TO DO THAT >> IT IS COMPLETEL UNDERSTANDABLE AND EXPECTED THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT WATCHING EVER MINUTE AND DISSECTING EVER MINUTE OF IT LIKE WE IN TH MEDIA ARE TALKING ABOUT IT A LOT. WHAT ABOUT WHEN A VERDICT COMES. COULD THAT POTENTIALLY CHANG THEIR MINDS, ONCE THAT HEADLIN COMES OUT? >> Reporter: YOU KNOW, SAVANNAH, I WANT TO COMMUNITY SWING DANC LESSON LAST NIGHT TO TALK TO VOTERS IN THIS SWING COUNTY, SEE WHAT I DID THERE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL MAKE AN IMPACT WHEN YOU LOOK A THE VERDICT. LISTEN TO WHAT THEY TOLD ME. >> YOU ARE BETWEEN VOTING FO DONALD TRUMP AND STAYING HOME. WOULD A CONVICTION IMPACT THAT DECISION FOR YOU >> NO. >> IT WOULDN'T A FACTOR AT ALL >> NO. >> WHY NOT >> I FEEL LIKE HE'S BEEN HUNTE DOWN >> IF DONALD TRUMP IS CONVICTED, WOULD THAT IMPACT HOW YOU VIEW HIM AS A CANDIDATE >> I'M NOT SURE, TO BE HONEST. >> YOU ARE CONSIDERING VOTIN FOR HIM AGAIN? >> WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHA HAPPENS, THIS OUTCOME. RIGHT NOW. >> DOES THE TRIAL IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN SUPPORT HIM >> YEAH, IT DOES HE COULD BE IN JAIL. >> Reporter: LOOK, WE AR GETTING A LITTLE BIT AHEAD O OURSELVES. THERE IS STILL MORE WITNESSES, POTENTIALLY MORE TESTIMONY T COME I THINK WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS REVEAL IS THAT FOR VOTERS, THERE IS NOT A STRIKING RED LINE THA THEY HAVE. THEY ARE NOT SAYING, THERE IS NO SIGNAL THAT THEY ARE GIVING THAT A VERDICT, NO MATTER WHICH WAY IT LANDS WOULD CHANGE TH DYNAMICS OF THE RACE IT WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF TH POLITICS AND HOW IT WILL PLA OUT IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME >> I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU WERE NOT SWING DANCING, NO FOOTAGE THERE BUT APPRECIATE IT. >>> BOEING IS RESPONDING AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS IT VIOLATED A 2021 AGREEMENT PROTECTING IT FROM CHARGES TIE TO TWO FATAL CRASHES IT COMES AMID NEW CONCERNS FOR SAFETY AMID A SHORTAGE OF AI TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS JUST AS TH SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY MORGAN CHESKY IS JOINING US FROM LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONA AIRPORT WITH MORE ON THIS, GOO MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THE DOJ COURT FILING MAKES TWO THINGS CLORE . IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER IT WIL CRIMINALLY PURSUE BOEING BUT THE DOOR IS OPEN TODOSO AFTE FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY VIOLATED A 2021 AGREEMENT. MEANWHILE, THE FAA'S NEW STUDY SAYS WHILE THEY HAVE MORE THAN 11,000 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TO PROPERLY BE STAFFED, THEY NEED UP TO 3,000 MORE. WITH MEMORIAL WEEKEND JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY, THE SKIES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO GET BUSIER THIS MORNING, MORE TROUBLE FOR BOEING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING THAT THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER CAN BE PROSECUTED BECAUSE TH FAA SAYS IT VIOLATED A AGREEMENT THAT PROTECTED IT FROM CRIMINAL CHARGES TIDE TO TWO FATAL CRASHES. >> THE FAMILIES WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES, HUNDREDS OF THEM HAVE FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR THIS DAY. >> Reporter: IN JANUARY, 2021, BOEING AGREED TO PAY $2. BILLION TO SETTLE WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROSECUTORS ACCUSE THE COMPANY OF CONCEALING INFORMATION ABOU THE 737 MAX PLANE. AFTER TWO CRASHES IN 2018 AN 2019 THAT KILLED EVERYONE ON BOARD. THE DOJ NOW ACCUSING BOEING OF FAILING TO DESIGN AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS PROGRAM TO DETECT VILIGZS OF THE U.S. FRAUD LAWS THROUGHOUT ITS OPERATIONS SINCE THE AGREEMENT, BOEING HA COME UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY AFTER THE MID AIR BLOWOUT ON THE ALASKA FLIGHT IN JANUARY, BOEING GROUNDED ITS PLANES AT THE TIM TO LOCK INTO THE ISSUE SEVERAL WHISTLEBLOWERS HAVE COME FORWARD TO ACCUSE THE COMPANY OF OVERLOOKING ISSUES I MANUFACTURING. THE FAMILIES OF THE DEADLY 201 AND 2019 CRASHES HAVE BEEN PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE DOJ. >> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SHOULD MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE HAS T GO THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH. >> Reporter: BOEING CONFIRMED IT RECEIVED THE NOTICE TUESDAY FROM THE DOJ SAYING IN PART, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE HONORED THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT AND LOO FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY T RESPOND TO THE DEPARTMENT ON THIS ISSUE THIS COMES AMID OTHER CONCERNS FOR PASSENGERS AS THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON IS HEATING UP. A NEW REPORT FROM THE FAA STATES THAT THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WORK FORCE NEEDS REINFORCEMENT THE AGENCY SAYING IT NEEDS MOR 3,000 ADDITIONAL CONTROLLERS HIGHLIGHTED BY A NUMBER OF RECENT CLOSE CALLS INVOLVING PLANES NEARLY COLLIDING DUE TO MISXHOUN ICATION AHEAD OF MEMORIAL DAY, THE FAA IS PLEDGING NEW MEASURES TO KEEP THE SKIES SAFE REGARDING THE ONGOING SHORTAGE THE FAA SAYS IT DOES HAVE BREAKING POINT OF SORTS, STRESSING THAT THEY WOULD REDUCE AIR TRAFFIC ENTIRELY RATHER THAN PROCEED IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. REGARDING THE FUTURE OF BOEING HERE, THE DOJ HAS SAID THA WHILE THEY HAVE NOT MADE U THEIR MINDS ON WHETHER THEY WILL PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES, THE ARE INTERESTED TOHEAR WHAT BOEING HAS TO SAY GOING FORWAR AND ANY EXPLANATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH >>> HEAVY RAIN AND STORM CONTINUE IN THE SOUTH, SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DAYS LET'S GET A CHECK OF YOU MORNING NEWS NOW FORECAST. >> ANGIE LASSMAN IS IN STUDI FOR US >> GOOD MORNING. IT IS ALREADY AN ACTIVE WARNIN IN PARTS OF THE SOUTH, SPECIFICALLY FLORIDA WHERE W HAVE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS THROUGH MOST OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WE HAVE A CONCERN FOR TORNADOE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH LATE MORNING. THAT ONE THAT IS THERE IN TAMPA, TOWARDS THE PALM COAST, THAT WILL LAST UNTIL 11:00 A.M. AN IT MAY BE EXTENDED IN THE MEANTIME, PLENTY OF RAI IN THE NORTHEAST WE ARE GOING TO RAMP UP SEVERE CHANCES FOR THE AFTERNOON HOUR ACROSS A COUPLE OF SPOTS HERE'S THE DEAL. WE HAVE SEVERE STORMS IN THE EAST LATE IN THE DAY WE WILL SEE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING, NO SURPRISE, ACROSS THE PLAINS WE WILL SEE SOME OF TH STRONGEST WIND GUSTS, MAYBE HAIL AND TORNADOES TODAY ACROSS THE PLAINS THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPOTS OF RISK IN FLORIDA AND TH CAROLINAS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE AFTERNOON HOUR TODAY. LOOKING AHEAD TO TOMORROW, W WILL ONCE AGAIN BE WATCHING FO SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT THE PLAINS. THIS CONCERN FOR US IS MAINL GOING TO BE FLOODING BUT WE ALSO HAVE A RISK FO SEVERE WEATHER TOO IT IS A LITTLE SMALLER TOMORROW. IT INCLUDES PLACES LIKE DALLAS AUSTIN, WHERE WE COULD SEE SOM OF THE STRONGER STORMS WORKING THROUGH AND BRINGING US LARG HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE TORNADO THREAT IS ON THE LOWER END. THE RAIN CHANCES WILL RAMP UP. THEY WILL STAY WITH US WITH TH POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN THE REGION FOR TH NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS THROUG FRIDAY WE WILL SEE THE RAIN ACROSS TH SOUTHEAST. WE WILL SEE PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND OHIO VALLEY INCLUDED IN THAT YOU GUESSED IT, ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AS WE GE FRIDAY UNDERWAY. JACKSON, NEW ORLEANS IS THE AREA WE WILL WATCH WITH HAIL, AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IS THE RAIN I MENTIONED NOTICE, THIS IS HOW MUCH RAIN WE RECEIVED SINCE SUNDAY ACROSS THE GULF COAST WE HAVE SATURATED SOIL, MORE THAN 6 INCHES IN MOBILE. THIS IS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE HAVE REALL SATURATED GROUNDS AND MORE RAI TO COME. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY FOR TOMORROW AN FRIDAY FOR FLASH FLOODING. NOTICE THE AREA IN BRIGHT PINK ALEXANDRIA, LUFKIN, FROM MISSISSIPPI TO TEXAS WHERE THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR FLOODING AN LEAVING US WITH A CHANCE O FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA DALLAS AND AUSTIN, HOUSTON, AL OF THESE SPOTS HAVE RECEIVED A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THAT LEAVES US WITH THIS CONCERN. LIKELY AMOUNTS OF RAIN AS WE GET THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY GOING, PROBABLY AN INCH TO TW INCHES , MAYBE SOME SPOTS WHER WE COULD SEE THREE INCHES. THERE WILL BE ISOLATED SPOTS O THE GULF COAST WHERE WE SEE UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL DEAL WITH WELL INTO THE END OF OU WORK WEEK, POTENTIALLY INTO TH WEEKEND. WE WILL GET A BIT OF A BREAK BUT FOLKS IN THE AREA, WE HAVE SEEN THEM HARD HIT IN THE PAST SUPPLE OF WEEKS. IT HAS BEEN NONSTOP. SO THE CONCERN IS THERE AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. >> THANK YOU >>> COMING UP, THE CDC SAYS IT IS ONE OF THE RISKIEST FOODS YOU CAN CONSUME. WHY ARE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BUYING RAW MILK? WE WILL DIG INTO THE TREND >>> ANOTHER YACHT SINKING OFF OF THE COAST OF SPAIN >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A CLOSE LOOK AT A STRANGE PHENOMENON O ORCAS THAT HAS SCIENTIST BAFFLED. THEY LAMMED INTO A YACHT AND CAUSED IT TO SINK. IT IS PUTTING LOCAL BOATERS ON EDGE KELLY COBIELLA IS JOINING US WITH MORE ON THIS. >> SEEING THESE CREATURES IN THE WILD IS A DREAM FOR A LOT OF US. BUT IT CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS A ANOTHER PAIR OF SAILORS FOUN OUT OVER THE WEEKEND A PAIR OF ORCAS REPEATEDLY RAMMED THEIR YACHT, THE FIRS ENCOUNTER OF THE YEAR. >> IT IS THE KIND OF HEART STOPPING WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS SAILORS DREAD, KILLER WHALES RAMMING BOATS, AT TIMES BREAKING THE RUTTERS, LEAVING THE BOA UNSTEERABLE OR WORSE, SINKIN THEM NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. THE CREW OF A 50 FT. í SAIL BOA CALLING FOR HELP EARLY SUNDA MORNING IN THE STRAIGHTS OF GI RALTER THE CREW WAS RESCUED BUT THE BOAT SANK. THE SAME POD OF ORCAS HAVE BEE TOYING WITH BOATS OFF OF THE COAST OF SPAIN SINCE 2020. MORE THAN 400 ENCOUNTERS SINKING AT LEAST FIVE BOATS. >> SAILORS CALL THIS ATTACK BU WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE DOING IT ONE HYPOTHESIS IS THAT THIS IS SOME KIND OF PLAYFULNESS THEY SWIM OVER AND PLAY WITH RUDDERS AND THEN LEAVE AGAIN >> Reporter: ORCAS CAN GROW UP TO 32 FEET LONG AND WEIGH TONS, LIVING AT LONG AS 90 YEARS. THIS PARTICULAR POD IS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SCIENTISTS SAY IT RETURNS TO THE SAME AREA EVERY YEAR LOOKING FOR BLUE FIN TUNA. OCEAN CARE STATING THAT THEY D NOT BELIEVE THAT IT IS A DELIBERATE ATTACK ON PEOPLE. THEY MAY BE TEACHING EACH OTHE HOW TO BREAK THE RUDDERS >> WHEN IT STARTED, IT WAS ONL THREE OF THE ORCAS IN TH POPULATION THAT HAD THIS BEHAVIOR NOW MORE THAN HALF OF TH INDIVIDUALS IN THE POPULATIO ARE DOING IT >> Reporter: SPANISH MARITIM RESCUE IS TELLING SAILORS TO STEER CLEAR OF THE AREA FROM APRIL TO AUGUST, STICK TO TH COAST AND DO NOT TRY TO HARM THE ANIMALS. >> THE BEHAVIOR HAS ONLY BEE SEEN IN THIS POD IN THIS SPECIFIC REGION. DIFFERENT PODS OFTEN DEVELOP THEIR OWN UNUSUAL BEHAVIORS AN DROP THEM JUST AS QUICK HIGHWAY. THIS POD CLEARLY STILL INTERESTED IN INVESTIGATING AN SOMETIMES RAMMING BOATS AN TAKING OFF THEIR RUDDERS THEY ARE PROTECTED AND IT IS ILLEGAL TO HURT THEM THE SAILING COMMUNITY HAS NO STARTED TO LOG ALL OF THES ENCOUNTERS ON A WEBSITE. THEY HAVE LOADS OF INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE ON HOW TO KEE YOURSELF SAFE. >> KELLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S DIG DEEPER INTO THIS WIT HANNAH STRAGER WHO YOU SAW I THE STORY, A BIOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF THE KILLER WHALE JOURNALS, OUR LOVE AND FEAR OF ORCAS. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PLAYFULNESS OF THE ORCAS TELL US MORE ON WHY THES INCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING OR HOW THIS STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> RIGHT WELL, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT STARTED AND WHY DON'T KNOW WHY THEY AR DOING IT THE FACT IS WE MAY NEVER KNOW. A LOT OF THINGS POINT TO THA THEY ARE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY ARE BY NATURE VERY INQUISITIVE AND PLAYFUL AND THEY INVESTIGATE THINGS AND FOR SOME REASON THE THINK IT IS INTERESTING OR FUN TO PLAY AROUND WITH THE SAIL BOATS. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE 2020 >> ARE ORCAS USUALLY HARMFUL T HUMANS WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT HO THEY WOULD NORMALLY BEHAVE I THE WILD >> NORMALLY THEY ARE INQUISITIVE AND WILL APPROACH BOATS AN INSPECT THEM AND HAVE A LOOK AND MAYBE SWIM UNDER THERE HAS BEEN NO DOCUMENTED CASE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHER ORCAS HAVE HARMED OR KILLE HUMANS SOME SAILORS I TALKED TO WHO HAD THEIR BOAT SUNK BY ORCAS OFF O THE PORTUGUESE COAST TWO YEARS AGO SAID THE MINUTE THE BOAT STARTED TO SINK, THEY LOST INTEREST IN THE BOAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE HUMANS ON BOARD. >> BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHY, IT IS HARD TO FIND THE SOLUTION ARE THERE THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO CUT DOWN ON THE TYPES OF INCIDENTS? >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE GOOD THING IS TO CHECK ALL O THE DIFFERENT WEBSITES AND FACEBOOK GROUPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT REPORT WHERE THEY ARE. AND AVOID THE AREAS. THE FIRST THING A SAILOR CAN D IS TO AVOID EVER GETTING I CONTACT WITH THEM. IF THEY ARE IN AN AREA AND THE WHALES APPROACH THEM, THE ADVICE FROM THE SPANISH SCIENTIST IS TO GET AWAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBL FROM THE AREA. >> ALL RIGHT HANNAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH YS AT0 >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A CONCERNING TREND ON THE RISE OVER THE CONSUMPTION OF RAW MILK THAT COULD BE CONTAMINATED WIT THE BIRD FLU VIRUS >> INACTIVE REMNANTS OF TH VIRUS HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN MILK SAMPLES IN THE U.S.. THEY DID NOT CONTAIN THE LIV VIRUS THAT CAN SICKEN PEOPLE I PASTEURIZED MILK BUT RAW MILK CAN SHOW HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF THE VIRUS. RAW MILK IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR COMPARED TO TO THE SAM PERIODALIST YEAR, WEEKLY RAW MILK SALES ARE UP 21% SINCE TH BIRD FLU VIRUS WAS CONFIRMED I U.S. CATTLE IN MARCH CONSUMING RAW DAIRY WAS ALREAD A GROWING TREND BUT SOME SOCIA MEDIA INFLUENCES SAY THEY AR DRINKING IT TO BUILD UP AN IMMUNITY TO THE BIRD FLU VIRUS >> AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST IS JOININ US NOW FROM NYC HOSPITALS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOININ US THIS MORNING. FIRST, LET'S GET YOUR REACTION TO THE TREND HOW CONCERNING IS IT TO YOU? >> IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUS IT IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA TO DRINK RAW MILK FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. YOU CAN GET REALLY SICK, GET HOSPITALIZED EVEN DIE FROM DISEASES CAUSED BY DRINKING RA UNPASTEURIZED MILK THERE IS A REASON WE DO THIS T MAKE IT SAFER FOR CONSUMPTION. IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUBLI HEALTH TRIUMPHS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO MAKE SURE THE FOO SUPPLY IS SAFE >> TALK MORE ABOUT THE PASTURIZATION PROSEST. >> IT IS A PROCESS THAT HEAT THE MILK FOR AN EXTENDED PERIO OF TIME AND IT ELIMINATES TH MAJORITY OF VIRUSES AND BACTERIA TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION. IT DOES NOT REMOVE THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE BUT IT IS SAFE TO CONSUME >> SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT T DRINK THIS TO BUILD UP IMMUNIT BY CONSUMING THIS, THINKING IT MAKES THEM IMMUNE FROM THE BIR FLU. SAY WHY THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDE OR TELL US WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND THEN WHAT DOES CONSUMING RAW MILK EXPOSE YOU TO >> FIRST, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DRINKING RAW MILK, THERE IS CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT IT HELP IMMUNITY THERE IS NO RESEARCH THAT SHOW THAT YOU ARE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE AND YOU COULD GET HOSPITALIZED OR DIE FROM BIRD FLU OR OTHE DISEASES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DRINKING RA MILK OR PRODUCTS OF RAW MILK MANY OTHER DELICACIES THAT ARE EATEN THAT MAY BE OF RAW MILK, IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE LABEL AND UNDERSTAND THAT YO SHOULD BE MORE CAUTIOUS IN TAKING IN AND CONSUMING THOS THAT ARE PASTEURIZED IT IS ALSO FOR PETS, DOGS, OTHER ANIMALS. THERE ARE STUDIES THAT HAV SHOWN THAT LOOKING RAW MILK FO PETS CAN POSE A RISK TO THEM THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE IF YOU ARE DRINKING PASTUREIZE MILK, PROVIDE IT TO YOUR PETS AS WELL >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING BAD MEDICAL INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEING TH VIDEOS AND NOT CONSULTING WITH THEIR DOCTORS, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO PEOPL WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT IT >> FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF TH PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES AN PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDERS. IT IS NOT SAFE TO CONSUM UNPASTEURIZED RAW MILK DRINKING RAW MILK IS ONE OF TH MOST DANGEROUS FOODS OUT THERE MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING TH RIGHT THING AND KEEP YOURSEL HEALTHY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION >>> A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, FORMER MISS USA CORRESPONDENT CHESLEY CRIST DIED AFTER A YEARS LONG BATTLE WITH HIGH FUNCTIONING DEPRESSION. HER DEATH SPARKED A GLOBAL CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTA HEALTH >> THAT CONTINUES TODAY. AS PART OF HER FINAL WISTS, SH ASKED HER MOM TO PUBLISH HER MEMOIR SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW BIG THI WAS FOR HER RIGHT BEFORE SHE PASSED TAKE A LISTEN. >> MY WORDS ON THE PAGE. >> THE BOOK IS CALLED BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS >> MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE AN CHESLY'S MOM IS JOINING US T TALK MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AN BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK, THE WORL HAS ACCESS TO SOME OF HER FINA THOUGHTS BEFORE HER PASSING. THE FIRST HALF OF THE BOOK I HER ORIGINAL MEMOIRS AND IN THE SECOND HALF, YO SHARED PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON GRIEVING YOUR DAUGHTER TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS S IMPORTANT, WHAT IT MEANT FOR YOU TO DO THIS >> IT HAS MEANT EVERYTHING THESE WERE MY DAUGHTER'S FINAL WISHES AS A MOM, AS HER BEST FRIEND SOMEONE WHO LOVED HE PASSIONATELY, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I KNEW I HAD TO DO. I DIDN'T START THIS PROJEC THINKING THAT I WOULD ADD TO HER MEMOIR BUT IT MADE SENSE TO HELP FILL IN SOME GAPS AND ALSO T EXPOSE WHAT LIFE IS LIKE WHE YOU LOSE SOMEONE TO SUICIDE. >> YOU HAVE OPENED UP A LO ABOUT HELPING YOUR DAUGHTE THROUGH HER STRUGGLES WITH HIG FUNCTIONING DEPRESSION IN THE BOOK, YOU WROTE, I WA DETERMINED TO NOT MISS OUT O LOVING HER BECAUSE OF MY FEAR OF LOSING HER YOU ALSO COURAGEOUSLY SHARED THE LAST MESSAGE WHERE SHE TOLD YO THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THIS BURDEN. HOW DID YOU GET TO WHERIA COUL SUPPORT HER DESPITE THE FEAR YOU HAD OF HOW SHE WAS DOING >> I LEARNED A LOT AFTER HER FIRST ATTEMPT ON HOW TO SUPPOR HER AND HOW TO SHOW UP FOR HER IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, I DI THINK THAT I LIVED INITIALLY WITH A LOT OF FEAR, WHAT IF SH NEEDS MOW ME, WHAT IF SHE IS GOING THROUGH A CRISIS AND I'M NOT THERE. BUT IT LED TO SOME FRANK CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT SHE NEEDED AS A SUPPORTER I HAD TO LEARN TO SUPPORT HE AND PUT MY FEARS ON THE BACK BURNER >> I WANT TOTALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN THE HEADLINES RECENTLY THE MOST RECENT MISS USA STEPPED DOWN FOR HER MENTAL HEALTH AND YOUR DAUGHTER WAS MISS USA IN 2019 AND YOU HAVE EXPERIENC AS THE FORMER MISS NORTH CAROLINA TALK ABOUT THE PAGEANT WORLD DO YOU THINK THAT IT CAN HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOMEONE'S MENTAL HEALTH? >> YOU KNOW, IT IS A DAUNTIN JOB. IT'S A JOB THAT THESE WOMEN WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE. JUST IN WATCHING CHESLEY'S QUEST FOR THE TITLE, THEY PUT SO MUC WORK INTO IT BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE LITTLE MORE EDUCATION IN WHA HAPPENS AFTER YOU PUT THAT CROWN ON YOUR HEAD TO PREPARE TH WOMEN FOR THE ABRUPT CHANGE IN THEIR LIFE, SCHEDULE, AND FOCUS. SO I HOPE THAT THE PAGEANT WORLD WILL TAKE HEED AND DO MORE T PREPARE WOMEN. >> CHESLEY HAS SUCH A LONG LIS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MISS USA, LAWYER, SUCH A LEGACY. WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNO ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER AND REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER? >> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THA SHE ACHIEVED SO MANY INCREDIBL THINGS INSPITE OF HER BATTLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WITH PERSISTENT DEPRESSION DISORDER I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT SHE WAS A KIND, GIVING, FUNN PERSON I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE AND THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. CHESLEY SURVIVED HER FIRST ATTEMPT AND MADE THE MOST OF HER LIFE SHE TOOK STEPS TO SUPPORT HE MENTAL HEALTH. SHE SURVIVED FOR MANY YEARS. I WANT PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THA AS A VICTORY AND NOT JUST FOCU ON HER PASSING >> WHEN YOU READ HER WORDS FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHAT WAS THA LIKE FOR YOU AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE OTHER PEOPLE CAN GAIN OR LEARN FRO READING HER WORDS? >> YOU KNOW THE FIRST TIME I READ THROUGH HER MANUSCRIPT, I LAUGHED, AND CRIED SHE IS SUCH AN AMAZING WRITE AND STORY TELLER IT WAS DIFFICULT . THERE WERE SO MANY PARTS THAT WANTED TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS I FULL TRANSPARENCY. I EMBRACE THAT SHE LEFT THIS LEGACY BEHIND FOR OTHERS T ENJOY, TO READ, TO LEARN FROM, AND HOPEFULLY, IT WILL HEL SPARK CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH >> YOU ARE VERY BRAVE FO SHARING HOW YOU ARE DOING, SHARING YOUR LAST MESSAGE FROM HER. WHAT'S THE RESPONSE BEEN LIKE? >> IT HAS BEENOVER WEMMINGLY POSITIVE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT TO SHARE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SEEN, HEARD, STORIES LIKE HER STORIES THEY APPRECIATE THE RESOURCE THAT THEY PROVIDED IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK. MANY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THE RESOURCES WERE AVAILABL AND HAVE REACHED IN TO THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. I HAVE REALLY BEEN TOUCHED B PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY BOUGHT COPY OF THE BOOK FOR THEMSELVE AND A COPY TO SHARE WITH LOVED ONES, DAUGHTER, WIFE, SPOUSE IT REALLY HELPS ME TO KNOW THA I DID THE RIGHT THING AN FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH HER WISHES AND A GEL OF SAVING LIVES. >> CONVERSATIONS ARE S IMPORTANT. APRIL SIMPKINS, THANK YOU FO YOUR TIME. BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS IS OUT NOW. SHE MENTIONED RESOURCES, WE WANT TO SHARE THAT IF ANYONE YOU KNOW IS SUFFERING, YOU CA >>> WE ARE BACK WITH BREAKIN NEWS AND NEW NUMBERS O INFLATION OUT THIS MORNING >> ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU O LABOR STATISTICS, INFLATIO RAISED 0.3%, A LITTLE LOWER THAN YEAR OVER YEAR PRICES STILL UP 3.4% >> JOINING US NOW WITH WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT CHRISTINE ROMANS AND BUSINESS AND DAT CORRESPONDENT BRIAN CHEUNG GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WALK US THROUGH THE NUMBERS AN HOW THEY CHANGED IN RECENT MONTHS >> PRICES ARE STILL RISING I AMERICA ALTHOUGH AT A SLOWER PACE THAN IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. 3.4% IS HOW MUCH PRICES ROSE O A YOURBY BASIS, COMPARING TO APRIL OF 2023. IFOU LOOK AT MARCH TO MARCH, IT WAS 3.5%. SO THE PACE IS SLOWING ON MONTHLY BASIS IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH PRICES CHANG BETWEEN MONTHS THAT WAS LOWER THAN 0.4% SO IT WAS A POSITIVE SURPRISE THAT INFLATION DIDN'T LOOK AS BAD A SOME WALL STREET ANALYST EXPECTED >> SO DOWN BUT DOWN VERY SLIGHTLY WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOW >> WE ARE IN A HOLDING PATTERN ON INFLATION THE LAST MILE HAS BEEN PRETT BUMPY TO REALLY MIX MY METAPHORS. WHAT IS DRIVING THIS IS SHELTER. SHELTER PRICES RISING AGAIN. IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN SWAP OUT AND GET A CHEAPER CUT OF MEAT AND SHELTER AND GAS ACCOUNTE FOR 70% OF THE OVERALL HEADLIN NUMBER WHAT THIS MEANS IS PEOPLE STIL FEEL LOUSY ABOUT AFFORDABILITY THESE NUMBERS DON'T CHANGE THA AT THE HOUSEHOLD LEVEL YET 3.4%, 0.3% MONTH OVER MONTH, THAT IS HOTTER THAN THE FE LIKES TO SEE >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FEDS MAY BE WITH INTEREST RATE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS >> IT IS STILL A WAIT AND SE PATTERN. THE FED CHAIR POWELL SAI YESTERDAY IN A SPEECH THAT W THOUGHT BY NOW THE NUMBERS WOULD COME DOWN AND WE HAVE TOHAVE A RESTRICTIVE POLICY IN TH NEARTERM AND WAIT AND SEE. SO INTEREST RATES HIGHER FOR LONGER INTEREST RATES MATTER TO AMERICAN FAMILIES. IF YOU ARE BORROWING MONEY AND 49% OF AMERICANS WITH CREDIT CARD DEBT ARE ROLLING IT OVE MONTH AFTER MONTH. SO HIGH FED RATES AND INFLATIO IS HOT, VERY BAD FOR PEOPL BORROWING MONEY NOW. >> BRIAN, WHAT ARE THE AREAS SEEING THE BIGGEST PRICE CHANGES AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN AS W HEAD INTO THE SUMMER >> CHRISTINE WAS TALKING ABOUT SHELTER, MORTGAGES AND RENTA COSTS, REMAINING THE BIG STORY HERE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, MARCH AN APRIL, SHELTER PRICES UP ABOUT 0.4% THAT IS ABOUT THE SAME FRO FEBRUARY TO MARCH. BUT ENERGY PRICES ARE NOT GIVING US ANY HELP. THEY RISE AGAIN BY 1.1% BETWEE MARCH AND APRIL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT FOOD PRICES WERE FLAT BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL AFTER GOING UP 0.1% IN MARCH. SO MAYBE THAT WILL HELP THOS LOOBING AT THE PRICE TAGS AT THE GROCERY STORE. THE PRICES DID GO SIDEWAYS >> WHAT ABOUT GROCERIES AN DINING OUT >> THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES O FOOD COSTS WHEN IT COMES T BUYING GROCERIES AT HOME O GOING OUT TO EAT HERE'S AN INTERESTING STORY. THESE ARE THE YEAR LEPRICE CHANGES FOR GROCERIES IN GREEN VERSUS DINING OUT IN BLUE. YOU CAN SEE THE COST OF DINING OUT REMAINS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE WITH HIGHER INFLATION. IN THIS REPORT, WE HAVE SEEN THAT ESSENTIALLY THIS IS GOING SIDEWAYS IT IS ABOUT 1.1% IN THE YEARLY PRICES OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING A THE GROCEY STORE DINING OUT IS ABOUT 4.1% MOR EXPENSIVE IN APRIL COMPARE TOALIST YEAR MAYBE IT IS LABOR COSTS BU EATING OUT IS MORE EXPNSIVE THAN COOKING AT HOME. >> ALL RIGHT, CHRISTINE AN BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING ON BREAKING NEWS. >>> COMING UP, TAKING A BO AFTER SIX SEASONS OF A HIT SHO BUT BEFORE THEY SAY GOODBYE, W HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST >> WE ARE SITTING DOWN WIT MARCUS >>> WELCOME BACK THIS IS JEOPARDY WITH A SPIN SONY AND PRIME VIDEO ARE TEAMING UP FOR A POP CULTURE SPINOFF O THE GAME THERE IS NO WORD ON THE LAUNCH DATE CONTESTANTS WILL ANSWE QUESTIONS ON MUSIC, CULTURE, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT. AND THEY WILL COMPETE IN TEAMS OF THREE POP CULTURE JEOPARDY IS TH LATEST SPINOFF WE HAVE SEEN SPORTS JEOPARDY AND A KIDS VERSION CALLED JEP WHIC RAN IN THE LATE '90s I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE THE JEOPARDY EXPERT >> I DO LIKE IT. I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT IT. THIS IS LIKE TRIVIA NIGHT. >>> IT IS THE END OF AN ER AFTER 10 YEARS OF A GROUND BREAKING FRANCHISE, BLACKISH AND THEN THE SPINOFF GROWNISH IS GETTING READY FOR THE FINALE >> IT FOLLOWS THE JOHNSON FAMILY RAISING KIDS AND SENDING THE OFF TO COLLEGE IT WILL END WITH THE SEASO FINALE OF GROWNISH >> HERE IS MARCUS SCRIBNER WHO PLAYED ANDRE JOHNSON JR. AND HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR THE LAST FEW SEASONS. WE HAVE GROWN UP WITH YOU AN YOU ARE TALLER THAN ME I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE MUC YOUNGER. >> IT'S THE BOOT HOW DOES IT FEEL TO SAY GOODBY TO THIS CHARACTER? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT POP CULTURE JEOPARDY IS AMAZING. >> WE HAVE A TEAM HERE >> BUT IT HAS BEEN AMAZING I STARTED WHEN I WAS 13, MIDDL SCHOOL, HEADED TO HIGH SCHOOL. NOW I'M 24 AND I'M MOVING TO NEW YORK IT IS CRAZY TO SEE THE CHARACTER GROW AND GROWING LONG SIDE HIM HAS BEEN A WEIRD EXPERIENCE. MY WHOLE LIFE IS A SHOW AT THI POINT. >> I FIND IT SO AMAZING THE WA THAT ACTORS LIKE YOURSELF AR ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH TH CHARACTER AND THEN BE YOUR REA SELF VERSUS THE CHARACTER. BUT DOING IT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND FOR SO LONG, WHAT DOES FEE SIMILAR TO YOU AND WHAT DID YOU MAYBE LEARN FROM YOUR CHARACTER? >> I FEEL LIKE JUNIOR HAS BLIND OPTIMISM WHICH REALL APPRECIATED. I BROUGHT A LOT OF MY CHARACTE TO THE SHOW WHICH WAS THE GOAL OF CASTING AND AS WE HAVE GOTTEN OLDER, I HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF INSPIRATIO FROM THE CHARACTER AND THA ASPECT OF HIM ALWAYS BEING HOPEFUL NO MATTER WHAT PEOPL TELL HIM AND TRYING TO HOLD HI BACK AND HE IS ALWAY PERSEVERING. AND HE IS KIND HEARTED AND LOVING THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HIM I TRY TO TAKE A LOT FROM HIM AND BRING HIM INTO MY REAL LIFE. >> THAT'S COOL >> HE IS THE BEST TYPE O CHARACTER. >> THE FRANCHISE ALSO HITS O THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES OF THE DAY, SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ISSUES IS THERE AN ISSUE OR EPISODE THAT YOU ARE ESPECIALLY PROU OF >> WE DID POLICE BRUTALITY EPISODES ON BLACKISH AND GROWNISH AND THOSE WERE SOME O MY FAVORITES DURING THE TIME, THEY WERE VER PURSEINANT TO HOW WE WERE AL FEELING AND IT WAS COOL TO SEE THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO WAS A YOUNG BLACK MAN ON THE SCREEN AND BEING ABLE TO VOICE THAT OPINION WITH HIS FAMILY I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR CHARACTER DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME TAKE. LIKE THE OLDER GENERATION HA DIFFERENT TAKES. IT WAS A CRAZY DICHOTOMY O TELEVISION WHICH IS A VERY MON LANDSCAPE. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER COO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TACKL SOMETHING SO BIG AND BRING IT TO BROADCAST. I THINK GROWNISH AND BLACKIS DID A LOT OF FIRSTS AND WE HAV A LOT OF GROUNDBREAKING EPISODES AND ALSO A LOT OF FUN. I'M GLAD WE ARE WRAPPING IT UP WITH A BANG. >> AND ALSO THE WORK BEHIND TH SCENES >> I JUST STARTED A PRODUCTION COMPANY CALLED SCRIBNE PRODUCTIONS. I PRODUCED A FILM CALLED HOW I LEARNED TO FLY IT WAS MADE FOR A PRETTY LOW BUDGET AND I FEEL LIKE IT CAME OUT PHENOMENALLY YOU CAN CATCH IT OUT STREAMING I GIVE MY PRODUCERS ON BLACKIS A HARD TIME NOW THAT I HAVE DONE IT MYSELF. MAYBE I NEED TO CUT YOU SOME SLACK. IT IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN EXPECTED SO I TOOK IT AS A LEARNING LESSON AND I'M HOPING TO D MORE >> AND YOU ARE LEARNIN PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT PRODUCING FILM IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE HAVING PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMERAS CAN HELP THE DIVERSE STORIES >> YES, I THINK IT IS IMPORTAN TO NOT ONLY HAVE A DIVERSE CHARACTER BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE VOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT. BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FILL OUT AN AGENDA OR MEET A QUOT INSTEAD OF TELLING REA AUTHENTIC STORY WITH A REA VOICE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT WITH MY PRODUCTION COMPANY, HOPEFULLY GETTING TO PUT PEOPL OF COLOR AND STORIES THAT I' REALLY INTERESTED IN I LOVE SCI-FI AND I WANT TO BE HEROES OF THE JOURNEY. MY GOAL IS TO CREATE A BLACK STAR WARS OR ONE OF THOSE OF THE NEXT GENERATION. >> COOL, WOW >> SCRIBNER IS THE PERFECT NAM FOR ANY PRODUCTION COMPANY >> IT IS VERY OFFICIAL THE NAME PROCEEDS ME IT IS A LOT MORE OFFICIAL THAN I. >> IT WORKS. AND WE LOVED HOW TO BLOW UP PIPELINE WHICH WE FEATURED ON SEGMENT. >> THANK YOU THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE IT KIND OF FORAYED ME INTO THE SPACE IN WHICH I'M LIKE EVER SCRIPT I READ I'M JUST LIKE, THIS IS REALLY GOOD. IT'S AWESOME I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> STAY
