>> HI, EVERYONE. I MEAN, AS TO GAIN IN 4 ALLISON MORRIS, YOURE WATCHING NBC NEWS NOW. HERE IS WHATS HAPPENING. THE SHOWDOWN IN SWITZERLAND, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MEETING FACE TO FACE FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BOTH LEADERS SOUNDING OPTIMISTIC AFTER THE TALKS. >> I TOLD PRESIDENT PUTIN MY AGENDA IS NOT AGAINST RUSSIA. ANYONE ELSE. ITS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THINK THAT BOTH OF THESE SIDES SHOWED WILLINGNESS TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER. AND TO FIND WAYS TO BRING UP POSITIONS CLOSER TOGETHER. THE TALKS WERE TO QUITE CONSTRUCTIVE. >> LIVE WITH THE FALL FROM TODAY. SENATE PLUS ANALYSIS ON WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA AND BACK IN THE UNITED STATES. CRIMINAL CHARGES MAY BE COMING FOR THE TOP MONEY. MAN OF THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION WHERE THE INVESTIGATION STANDS NOW AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. PLUS COULD HACKERS TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR PALATE. TOM SECURITY WARNING. YOU NEED TO HEAR BEFORE YOU GO FOR A
RIDE. ♪ WE START TODAY WITH THE BIDEN PUT IN CEMENT SWITCH NBC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MOLLY FAMILIES JOIN ME NOW LIVE FROM GENEVA. MIKE, GOOD TO SEE YOU. PRESIDENT BIDEN HOLDING A SOLO NEWS CONFERENCE THE MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS. WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT SAYING ABOUT THESE TALKS. >> NOW THAT HAS BEEN THE FACT THAT THEY DID THESE SOLO NEWS CONFERENCES BACK TO BACK WAS REALLY A BIG TOPIC HEADING INTO TODAY. RIGHT. THE IDEA THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN MIGHT MISREPRESENT OR PRESENT ONE VERSION OF EVENTS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MIGHT HAVE TO COME IN ANREBUT OR COUNTER WELL, IN THE END, BOTH OF THEM SOUNDED VERY MUCH THE SIMILAR KNOW YOU HEARD VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING THAT THESE TALKS WERE ACTUALLY RATHER CONSTRUCTIVE. AND HERES HOW THE PRESIDENT PRESENTED HIS PERSPECTIVE. >> THE BOTTOM LINE IS I TOLD PRESIDENT HU THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME BASIC RULES OF THE ROAD THAT WE CAN ALL ABIDE BY. THE TONE OF THE ENTIRE MEETINGS GUESSES TOTAL FOR HOURS. WAS WHAT WAS WAS GOOD A POSITIVE. THERE WASNT ANY. STRIKE ACTION TAKE IT. WE DISAGREE. I DISAGREE STATED WHERE IT WAS WE DISAGREED. HE STATED, BUT IT WAS NOT DONE AND THE HYPERBOLIC ATMOSPHERE. >> SO HE HAS BEEN BASED ON HOW RELATIVELY SHORT THESE TALKS WERE IN COMPARISON TO MAYBE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WERE AND THE FACT THAT THEY SOUNDED BOTH VERY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE. YOU GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN A PHONE CALL. THEYVE ALREADY HAD A FEW OF THEM. BUT AS WE KNOW AND WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS ENTIRE TRIP FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN SO MUCH ABOUT HOW HE OPERATES IS ALL ABOUT GETTING THAT TACTILE RESPONSE BEING IN THE ROOM, SEEING SOMEBODY I DIE. HE DID IT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HES DOING IT NOW. IN A FOREIGN POLICY BASED CLEARLY THERE WAS OF GREAT VALUE TO HIM TO BE ABLE TO SIT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS DIRECTLY. HE ALSO ON THE TARMAC AND PORT REPORTERS LATER ON THE FLOOR. BOARDING AIR FORCE LETS TALK ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS OR LACK THEREOF LEADING UP TO THIS MEETING. MIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE IS VERY MUCH KEEPING THESE EXPECTATIONS LOW. THE SECRETARY SAY ESSENTIALLY SAID NO, NO SWITCH IS GOING TO BE OFFICIALLY TURNED ON AFTER THIS TALK. >> TALK US THROUGH HERE, THE BEHIND THE WELL AS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING GIVEN HOW WEVE SEEN THE WHITE HOUSE OPERATE IS THEY VERY MUCH HAVE LIKED TO UNDER PROMISE AND OVER DELIVER. BUT THAT WAS REALLY THE CASE. THERE WASNT MUCH IN THE WAY OF DELIVERABLES. WE SAW JOINT STATEMENT THAT WAS PUT OUT FROM BOTH SIDES AGREEING TO WORK TOGETHER. FOR INSTANCE, ON A NEW START TREATY A NUCLEAR UP A LITTLE LATE FOR A FLIP. THE LIBERATION AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN A REAL PRIORITY BIDEN THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER IN PUBLIC OFFICE. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT SORT OF WITH AIDES BEHIND THE SCENES WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED TODAY. I THINK THERE WAS A MUCH MORE DIRECT MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT THE U.S. IS CAPABLE OF DOING IN TERMS OF RETALIATING FURTHER. WE SAW THE PRESIDENT COME OUT IN APRIL WITH SANCTIONS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO CYBER WARFARE. ENGAGED THAT THEY BELIEVE RUSSIANS ENGAGING IN. AND I THINK THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY ABOUT WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF GOING FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. ITS SOMETHING THAT BIDEN ACTUALLY LAID OUT AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN 3 YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS ASKED HOW HE WOULD OPERATE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. HE TALKED ABOUT NOT DOING A BIG PUBLIC SHOWING, BUT SPEAKING DIRECTLY PRIVATELY AND THEN SEE HOW THE OTHER SIDE RESPONDS. AND SO THATS THE NEXT STEP. SEEING HOW PUTIN RESPONDS AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO ENGAGE EVEN FURTHER IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS. SO ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES GOING INTO THIS THING AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY ON AIR WAS THE READ SOMEWHERE. TALK TO CYBERATTACKS. WAS THE PRESIDENT GOING TO CONFRONT A LOT ON SOME OF THESE ATTACKS AND HOW HE WAS GOING TO HOLD PUTIN IN RUSSIA. >> PARTICULAR IN RESPONSIBLE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE WE HEARD AND VLADIMIR PUTINS VERSION OF EVENTS IN HIS PRESS REALLY AGAIN DOING WHAT HE OFTEN DOES, WHICH IS DEFLECTING AND HAD CLAIMING NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE. THE PRESIDENT AGAIN DID SOUND A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT NOTE. LETS TAKE A LISTEN TO HIS PRESENTATION >> I TALKED ABOUT THE PROPOSITION THAT CERTAIN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE OFF LIMITS TO ATTACK PERIOD. CYBER ANY OTHER MEANS? TALKED ABOUT THE PIPELINE THAT CYBER HITS FOR THAT RANSOMWARE HIT IN THE UNITED STATES. I LOOKED AT HIM. I SAID HOW WOULD YOU FEEL. IN BRIDGETON WHERE TOOK ON THE PIPELINES FROM YOUR OIL FIELDS. SAID IT WOULD MATTER. THIS IS NOT ABOUT JUST OUR SELF-INTEREST. ITS ABOUT A MUTUAL SELF-INTEREST. >> SO THERE YOU HEARD FROM BIDEN, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT A MOMENT AGO. THE IDEA THAT THE U.S. FOR HOLD IN RESERVE ADDITIONAL RETALIATE. TERRY TACTICS HERE AND HE WAS UP. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEM DIRECTLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IVE HEARD PRESIDENT OBAMA SAY DURING HIS TIME IN OFFICE. AND WE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING AS WELL TODAY, WHICH IS THERE IS REALLY NOT AN APPRECIATION PERHAPS ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON RUSSIAS SIDE OF JUST WHAT THE ABILITY IS ON THE U.S. SIDE TO RETALIATE IN A CYBER CAPACITY. SO THAT SORT OF AIR OF MYSTERY HANGING OUT THERE IS REALLY A WEAPON FOR THE PRESIDENT HERE IN THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN WHO THRIVES ON THAT SAME KIND OF UNPREDICTABILITY. MIKE, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, I WANT TO LOOK AHEAD FOR JUST A MOMENT. THE PRESIDENT NOW HEADING BACK TO WASHINGTON WITH MUCH ON THE HORIZON. HE WAS ACTUALLY ASKED ON THE TARMAC ABOUT OF A STRUCTURE BY JONATHAN A FAMILIAR TO MANY OF OUR VIEWERS HERE. HOW IS THE WHITE HOUSE VIEWING HIS OVERALL TRIP. >> OVERSEAS AND REALLY WHAT THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD. WELL, YES, BUT YOULL NOTICE HE WAS A LITTLE BIT SHORT WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HE WAS GETTING THE TARMAC EARLIER. AND I THINK PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE LISTEN, EVERY TIME WEVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOUT QUESTIONS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THIS TRIP. THEYVE OFTEN BEEN ABOUT THIS RUSSIA SUMMIT TODAY AND ARE YOU READY? WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO AND SO AS SOON AS THE SUMMIT IS OVER, HE HE STARTS GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FATE OF HIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ABOUT MITCH MCCONNELL THREATENING TO NOT EVEN BRING A SUPREME COURT NOMINEE TO THE FLOOR. AND LISTEN, THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN FOREIGN POLICY. HE CLEARLY ENJOYED ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITY ADD TO NOT TO SPEAK WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN TODAY. BUT OUR ALL OF OUR ALLIES, ESPECIALLY IN NATO AT THE G 7 AND IT SEEMED TO ME HE WAS NOT QUITE READY DIFFICULT DOMESTIC AGENDA THATS WAITING IN STORE FOR HIM. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE, IT WAS INTERESTING THAT HE DID SAY RON KLAIN HIS CHIEF OF STAFF IS STILL AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS IS STEVE RICCHETTI WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE MAIN NEGOTIATORS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE. SO DOESNT THAT HES HAD SOME BRIEF ABOUT WHERE THINGS STAND IN TERMS OF THAT NEW BIPARTISAN GROUP THATS COME FORWARD. HE STILL SAID HE WAS HOPEFUL FOR A DEAL, BUT HES GOING TO BE GETTING BRIEFED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ABOUT WHERE EXACTLY THE STANDS AND THEN OPERATING FROM THERE. ITS OUR JOB. WE ARE WE ALWAYS GOT TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD, RIGHT. MIKE MEMOLI GET SOME SLEEP JOHN THIS. SO WHILE THE BIDEN PUTIN SUMMIT WAS TAKING PLACE IN SWITZERLAND. RUSSIA WAS WATCHING CLOSELY NBC NEWS SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT KEIR SIMMONS HAS REACTION FROM MOSCOW. >> AND THAT HAS BEEN WELL HERE IN RUSSIA. THE MEDIA IS PORTRAYING PRESIDENT PUTIN AS A STATESMAN, JUST AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT AND THIS SUMMIT HAS HIS STORY. RUSSIA IS COMMENTATING. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FIGHT TO THAT WHILE PRESIDENT PUTIN TO QUESTIONS FROM MOST FOR US NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. TOUGH THEY ARE POINTING OUT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKE SO MANY QUESTIONS FROM THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE THE U.S. MEDIA. HE DID TAKE 1 ONE QUESTION FROM RADIO FREE EUROPE WHICH WAS A RUSSIAN JOURNALIST, BUT AND MAYBE THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. I THE BIDEN TEAM WON A VICTORY SUNDAY BY GETTING SOME OF TO HAPPEN ON TIME. BECAUSE, OF COURSE, PRESIDENT PUTIN IS NOTORIOUSLY LIGHT. I ALSO THINK JUST KEEPING THE SCHEDULE KEEPING THE SUMMIT TO TIME, MAYBE EVEN SHORTER THAN HAD BEEN EXPECTED WAS PROBABLY GOOD OPTICALLY FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. BUT IT ISNT JUST ABOUT ALL TAKES. ITS ALSO ABOUT DETAILS AND I THINK THATS WHERE REALLY THE JURYS PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING AND PRESIDENT KIND OF DID THE SAME MESSAGE CABLE TALK ABOUT THIS. WELL TALK ABOUT THAT. >> AND WELL SEE WHERE WE GET SICK. >> LETS BRING IN DANIEL PLUTKO. SHE IS A SENIOR FELLOW IN FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY STUDIES AT THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND NBC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS. APPRECIATE IT. TODAYS MEETING. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TIMING IS JUST HERE SIMMONS AS WELL. TALKING ABOUT THE TIMING, THE SHORTNESS OF THE MEETING. HERES WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT. >> THE REASON IT DIDNT GO LONGER. ITS ONE LAST TIME TO HEADS OF STATE SPENT OVER 2 HOURS DIRECT CONVERSATION ACROSS THE TABLE GOING IN. TRUE. DETAIL. WE HAD COVERED SO MUCH AND SO THERE IS A SUMMARY DONE BY HIM AND BY ME WHAT WE COVERED. LINCOLN TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE COVERED. WE RAISE THINGS REQUIRED MORE APPLICATION OR MAKE SURE WE DIDNT HAVE ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS. AND SO IT WAS AT THAT. IT WAS KIND OF AFTER 2 HOURS THERE. WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE. OKAY. WHAT NEXT. >> I MEAN, HES ESSENTIALLY WE SAID WHAT WE NEED IS DAY AND THEN IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON. HOW DO YOU READ INTO THAT. I MEAN, I THINK ITS POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD OBSESS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT. >> AND WLADIMIR COULDNT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NOTION THAT. >> WE CANT FIND ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE RUSSIAN LEADER SEEMS TO ME A LITTLE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LETS NOT LETS NOT READ TOO MUCH INTO THIS, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF A STRANGE EXPLANATION. >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CYBER SECURITY. THAT WAS A NUMBER 1, ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT WITH THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT HERE IS THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AT HIS SOLO PRESS CONFERENCE RESPONDING TO THAT. >> WE REACHED AN AGREEMENT SHE THAT WE WILL START NEGOTIATIONS ON THAT. I THINK THATS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MORE WEVE RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES TURNED THE QUESTION REGARDING THE CYBER ATTACKS. >> ON THE ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES. >> OF COURSE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CYBER ATTACKS LEVELED BY RUSSIA AGAINST THE UNITED STATES THERE. BUT RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS. THEY HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE HERE IN THE UNITED TO SPECIALLY LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND ALSO AS WE HEARKEN BACK ALL THE WAY. THE 2016 ELECTION. BIDEN SAID DURING HIS NEWS CONFERENCE, HE TOLD PUTIN 16 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES ARE OFF LIMITS. WHAT STEPS DANIELLE, SHOULD THE ADMINISTRATION TAKE TO SHOW RUSSIA AND PUTIN ATTACKS LIKE THESE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. >> SO LETS JUST STEP BACK A SECOND AND SAY RUSSIA HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF CYBER ATTACKS THAT HAVE COST A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY AND DONE A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE TO THE UNITED STATES. FOR ME, THE NOTION THAT WE WENT TO THEM AND SAID SO OK THERE THE 16 AREAS THAT YOU CANT TOUCH AND WHAT ABOUT THE REST? IT REALLY BEGS THE QUESTION IN MY MIND AS FOR WHAT WE NEED TO SHOW THEM. I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN TRIED TO SIGNAL THAT WE HAVE CAPABILITIES TO RETALIATE. THE PROBLEM IS IF THEY THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OK, THAT WILL TOLERATE THAT MESSAGE KIND OF FALLS FLAT. >> LETS ALSO TALK ABOUT ALEXI NAVALNY. BIDEN HAS MADE IT CLEAR. HE SAYS HE HAS MADE IT CLEAR. THAT COLLECTION OF ALL HE DIES IN PRISON QUOTE, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR RUSSIA. WE KNOW AT THIS POINT THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT PUTIN IS GOING TO BE MOVED BY THE THREATS MADE BY THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DOES BIDEN HAVE HERE. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LETS REMEMBER SOME FOLKS MAY RECALL LAST YEAR WE CALLED OUT THE RUSSIANS PAYING BOUNTIES TO THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN TO KILL AMERICAN SERVICEMAN. >> WHAT DID WE DO? IT. WAS DEVASTATING. SO IF INVITED PUTIN GOES AHEAD AND DOES WHAT HE HAS TRIED ALREADY TWICE TO DO, WHICH IS KILL ALEXEI NAVALNY I SUSPECT OUR REACTION WILL BE MUCH THE SAME. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY ISOLATE RUSSIA ECONOMICALLY POLITICALLY AND DIPLOMATICALLY. THIS SUMMIT SIGNAL THE OPPOSITE, ITS SIGNAL THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENT THINKS THAT PUTIN IS A KILLER. >> AND I AGREE WITH HIM IS A KILLER. HES STILL WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND UP FOR A COUPLE HOURS WHERE HE DRAWS THE LINE IS DOING A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE THATS NOT WHAT I CALL DEVASTATING. THANK YOU, DANIELLE. APPRECIATE IT. REACTION POURING IN ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY OVER THE MUCH ANTICIPATED BIDEN. PUTIN SUMMIT. >> COULDNT UNDERSTANDS THAT. I THINK THERES A NEW CHAPTER IN THE U.S. IS NOT GOING TO JUST SHRUG AT THESE SORTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, EUROPEAN ALLIES TO TAKE MOST OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESISTING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN EUROPE. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WEVE GOT TO FOCUS ON CHINA. >> WE SIMPLY CANT DO ALL OF THE ABOVE. >> ALRIGHT NBC NEWS CAPITOL HILL CORRESPONDENT LEIGH ANN CALDWELL JOIN NOW BEING GOOD TO SEE YOU OUT. WHAT ELSE YOU HEARING FROM LAWMAKERS ARE ON THE HILL AND THEIR TAKE ON THE SUMMIT. >> HEY, AS MONROE DEMOCRATS EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN AT THIS 0. ONE SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ, CHAIR OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE GAVE HIM EXTREMELY HIGH MARKS AND ACTUALLY SAID THAT HE THINKS THE REASON THAT THE SUMMIT ENDED IN LESS TIME THAN WHAT WAS EXPECTED IS BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT PUTIN GOT THE POINTS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE HIS POINT SO CLEARLY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO SAY. WELL SEE IF THAT BECOMES FRUITFUL. BUT THAT WAS THE INTERPRETATION OF ONE LEADING DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, THEIR RESPONSES ARE MORE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CRITICAL SAYING THAT HE NEEDS TO ALSO BE MORE WITH THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, AS YOU SAW THAT, JOSH HAWLEY SAYS THAT MANY REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON CHINA. NOT NECESSARILY RUSH, I AN. >> SO WE HAVE THE OTHER BIG ISSUE OF THE DAY. OBVIOUSLY IS INFRASTRUCTURE. I SHOULD SAY A WEEK OR THAT IS FOR STRUCTURAL. BE TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE PRESIDENT ASKED ABOUT ON THE TARMAC AS HE WAS DEPARTING. HE SAID HIS CHIEF OF STAFF IS ACTUALLY ON DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OR WITHOUT REPUBLICAN SUPPORT THAT THEYRE SAYING THEYRE GOING TO WAIT AT LEAST A AN EXTRA 7 TO 10 DAYS BEFORE GOING ALONE ON THEIR OWN SWEEPING AT THE STRUCTURE AND JOBS BILL NEGOTIATIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND WHAT ISSUES ARE BOTH SIDES STILL TRYING TO IRON OUT HERE. >> WELL, IT REALLY ACTUALLY DEPENDS WHICH SET OF NEGOTIATIONS WERE TALKING ABOUT. SO ON THE NEGOTIATIONS. WHATS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK AS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER IS CONVENING MEMBERS. THE DEMOCRATS ON THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO CHART OUT THE PATH TO TO MOVE A PARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT ONLY NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF 50 SENATORS. ALL DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE. MEANWHILE, AS FAR AS THE BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING ON THESE TALKS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. AMONG THESE GROUP THAT THE 10 REPUBLICAN SENATORS A BOWLING NOW COME TO THE FOREFRONT IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS. BUT THEYRE STILL STACKED ON HOW TO PAY FOR THIS LEGISLATION. NAMELY, IF THERE SHOULD BE A GAS TAX TIED TO INFLATION AND ALSO IF THERES TO BE USER FEES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ITS NOT NECESSARILY A PARTISAN ISSUE YASMIN THERES SOME REPUBLICANS WHO DONT WANT THE GAS TAX THERE ARE SOME DEMOCRATS WHO DONT WANT THE GAS TAX. AND SO ITS VERY COMPLICATED. BUT THE FACT THAT THIS GROUP 10 CAN NOT YET COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THEIR PROPOSAL IS VERY FOREBODING FOR THE FACT THAT THEYRE GOING TO NEED THE SUPPORT OF 50 MORE SENATORS. IF THIS IS TO PASS. AND WE HAVE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT JOE MANCHIN ALL THIS, RIGHT. BUT THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS ALSO SPEAKING UP NOW SAYING ESSENTIALLY THEYRE NOT GOING TO BE VOTING FOR A NEGOTIATED BILL RIGHT. >> SO LOOK AT BOTH THOSE SIDES. THE MODERATE DEMOCRATS, THE PROGRESSIVES. HOW DO THEY BRIDGE THAT ITS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD IN A BIG TASK FOR LEADERSHIP. THE REASON IS BECAUSE THIS DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IS SO SLIM IN CONGRESS THAT YOU CANT JUST LEAVE THE MODERATES BY THE SIDE. YOU CANT JUST LEAP PROGRESSIVES BEHIND. YOU NEED BOTH PARTIES IN ORDER TO PASS ANYTHING. IF YOU WANT TO DO A DEMOCRATIC BILL. IF YOU REALLY NEED TO PASS ANYTHING WITH JUST A FEW REPUBLICAN VOTES ITS GOING TO BE A BIG TASK SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WHO WANTS TO DROP THE BIPARTISAN TALKS THINGS THAT THEYRE A WASTE OF TIME TOLD REPORTERS RECENTLY MURRAY TO QUOTE TO YOU SAYS WE HAVE TO PASS A MAJOR, MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT GOES WELL BEYOND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH GOES INTO THE NEEDS OF WORKING FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH GOES INTO THE ISSUE OF RAISING THE MONEY IN A FAIR AND PROGRESSIVE WAY. AND THATS WHERE PROGRESSIVES ARE NOW. THERE ARE SOME DEMOCRATS WHO SAY, LOOK, WE COULD STILL MAYBE DO THIS BIPARTISAN BILL TO, BUT WE NEED AN IRON CLAD COMMITMENT FROM THE MODERATE DEMOCRATS AND FROM DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP THAT IF THIS BIPARTISAN BILL MOVES FORWARD, THEY NEED THIS MUCH BIGGER. >> PARTISAN BILL THAT FOCUSES ON THE HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT TAXES, THE WEALTHY AND THAT THOSE 2 THINGS MOVE TOGETHER IN HUSBAND. THATS WHERE THE DEMOCRATS ARE, WHERE THE REPUBLICANS REPUBLICANS ON THIS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT DEMOCRATS PURSUING A PARTY LINE. BILL. >> YOU KNOW, I ASKED SOME REPUBLICAN SENATORS TODAY INCLUDING SENATOR ROB PORTMAN OF OHIO WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN LEADING THESE BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS. IF FACT THAT DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING IN A PARTISAN DIRECTION IS IMPACTING THE BIPARTISAN TALKS. HE SAID THEYRE NOT. HE SAID THAT MOST REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT THATS WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO GO. BUT THAT DOESNT NEGLECTS THE COUNT, THE FACTS THAT REPUBLICANS STILL WANT AND TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. AND SO THEY SAY THAT THEYRE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT AND SEE WHERE ALL OF THIS ENDS UP. ITS VERY COMPLICATED YASMIN THE THAT CAN BE COMPLICATED. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT TRANSPORTATION AND ROADS AND BRIDGES IS A GOOD THING TO SELL TO THEIR VOTERS BACK HOME HAS AND CALDWELL. THANK YOU.
♪ >> WELCOME LETS GO TO NBC NEWS AND NOW CORRESPONDENT BOY, SHES FOLLOWING THE LATEST HEADLINES FROM NBC NEWS, DOT COM. WHAT DO YOU HAVE >> HEY HAS BEEN WERE GOING TO START WITH SOME TRAVEL NEWS. SO US TOURISTS WILL SOON BE ALLOWED TO VISIT EUROPE. THE EUROPEAN UNION RECOMMENDING THAT ITS 27 MEMBER COUNTRIES START TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON AMERICAN TRAVELERS NOW NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS CAN REQUIRE TEST RESULTS OR VACCINATION RECORDS AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FORMALIZED ON FRIDAY. WELL, IN HAWAII. 3 POLICE OFFICERS ARE FACING CHARGES IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A 16 YEAR-OLD BOY COMES JUST A WEEK AFTER GRAND JURY DECLINED TO INDICT THE OFFICERS IN THE APRIL SHOOTING IF CONVICTED. ALL 3 FACE UP TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. AND 6 PEOPLE INCLUDING 3 CHILDREN ARE INJURED AFTER A BOAT EXPLODED ON THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TUESDAY. POLICE SAY THE BOAT WAS DOCKED TO MECHANICAL PROBLEM CAUSED A FUEL RELATED FIRE. AND SOCCER STAR CRISTIANO RONALDO MAKING NEWS OFF THE FIELD AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN BUDAPEST ALTHOUGH SLID INTO BOTTLES OF COCA-COLA AWAY FROM HIM OPTING FOR WATER INSTEAD THIS WHOLE SCENE WENT VIRAL AND SOON AFTER COCA-COLAS THE MARKET VALUE DROPPED BY AT LEAST 4 BILLION DOLLARS. JUST AFTER THAT ONE MOVE. ACCORDING TO A STOCK MARKET RESEARCH PLATFORM. COCA-COLA IS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL SPONSORS OF THE 2020 TOURNAMENT. AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES THE LA DODGERS WELCOMES MORE THAN 50,000 FANS LAST NIGHT FOR GAME AGAINST THE PHILLIES, MAKING IT THE LARGEST CROWD TO WITNESS A U.S. SPORTING EVENT IN PERSON SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. IT COMES AFTER THE STATE LIFTED ITS RULES ON SOCIAL DISTANCING AND CAPACITY LIMITS AND THE DODGERS WON THE GAME. >> 5 TO 3. SO GREAT NIGHT ALL AROUND FOR A ANGELENOS. YES, SEND IT BACK TO YOU. THANKS, MAN. >> SAW THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION NOW. BERG COULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES AND THOSE CHARGES MIGHT COME AS EARLY AS THE SUMMER. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. THIS IS A RESULT OF THE LONG-RUNNING FRAUD INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION. NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST GLENN KIRSCHNER IS JOINING ME NOW. GLEN, GOOD TO SEE THIS AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS. A GRAND JURY HAS BEEN HEARING EVIDENCE ON WEISSELBERG FOR WEEKS NOW. THE TIMES REPORTING PROSECUTORS, THEYVE OBTAINED THE CFO IS PERSONAL TAX RETURNS PROVIDING QUOTE, THE FULL LIST PICTURES YET OF HIS FINANCES. WHAT SORT OF DETAILS IN THE RETURNS COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO POSSIBLE CHARGES HERE. IF YOU ARE A PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE. WHAT WOULD YOU BE LOOKING FOR. >> SO YES, AND I READ THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING IT TALKS ABOUT HOW WEISSELBERG AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY RECEIVED LAVISH GIFT GIFTS RECEIVED SOMETHING KIND COMPENSATION LIKE CARS AND APARTMENTS INTUITION FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN. THE QUESTION BECOMES DID ALAN WEISSELBERG REPORT ALL OF THAT APPROPRIATELY ON HIS PERSONAL TAXES BECAUSE WE READ THE PROSECUTORS IN MANHATTAN HAVE GOTTEN HIS PERSONAL TAX RETURNS. TELLS ME A COUPLE OF THINGS. YES, AND ONE, IT TELLS ME THEYRE GOING HARD AFTER ALLEN WEISSELBERG. WHY? BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FLIP HIM AGAINST TRUMP AND THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION. THE OTHER THING THAT TELLS US IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WEISSELBERG IS NOT YET COOPERATING BECAUSE IF HE WAS WHEN PROSECUTORS BRING A COOPERATING WITNESS INTO THE FOLD GENERALLY EVERYTHING GOES RADIO SILENT ABOUT THAT PERSON. WE DONT WANT INFORMATION GETTING OUT INTO THE PUBLIC SQUARE ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT IS NOW A COOPERATING I THINK ALLEN WEISSELBERG HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS. STAY SIGNIFICANT LONELY. BECAUSE IF THEYRE LOOKING AT FINANCIAL CRIMES. YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THEY WERE PROSECUTING A PRESIDENT OF A CORPORATION OR A CEO. WHAT WE OFTEN HEAR IS A DEFENSE IN THOSE CASES. THE PRESIDENT SAY SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TAXES. THE ACCOUNTING, THE MONEY HE NEEDS OF THE COMPANY. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TAX PREPARE ME TO THE CFO TO FIGURE OUT THE MONEY. 12TH, THE CFO IS ALLEN WEISSELBERG SOFT. THEYRE LOOKING AT HIS TAXES. THEY ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE HIM HARD. AND WHEN HIS COOPERATION. >> SO SOMEONE WOULD HAVE PROSECUTE AS PROSECUTORS NEED TO DO TO GET WEISSELBERG ACTUALLY COOPERATED AND AND AND WHAT COULD FEASIBLY BE THE RAMIFICATIONS HERE FOR OVER. >> SO PRESSURE BURST PIPES. AND RIGHT NOW THE PROSECUTORS ARE PRESSURING ALLEN WEISSELBERG. HONESTLY ETHICALLY, IM SURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WEVE HEARD THAT THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT SOME OF ALLEN WEISSELBERGS CHILDREN LIKE BARRY WEISSELBERG WHO IS ALSO IN DONALD TRUMPS BUSINESS OR BIT BECAUSE HE RUNS THE ICE SKATING RINK. THE TRUMP OWNS IN CENTRAL PARK JACK WEISSELBERG WHO IS AN EXECUTIVE AT LADDER CAPITAL. THATS A FINANCIAL OUTFITS. FED LOANS MONEY THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION AND OTHERS. IM NOT SAYING THAT BARRY AND JACKET DONE ANYTHING WRONG. BUT IF THEY HAVE, YOU CAN BET PROSECUTORS WILL BE DIGGING INTO FINANCES, THEIR DEALINGS WITH TRUMP AND THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION AS A POSSIBLE WAY TO BUILD PRESSURE ON THEIR DAD. ALAN WEISSELBERG. SO ALLEN WEISSELBERG HAS A LOT TO LOSE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HE ALSO HAS A LOT TO GAIN IF IT COMES ON BOARD AS A COOPERATING WITNESS BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF BENEFITS. HE CAN RECEIVE IF HE DECIDES TO FLIP AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THEY COULD GIVE THEM A NON PROSECUTION AGREEMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE WILLING TO WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN PROVIDED YOU TESTIFY FULLY AND TRUTHFULLY AGAINST TRUMP OR THEY COULD GIVE HIM A REDUCED CHARGE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO SO HE HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER HE WANTS TO THROW HIS LOT IN WITH DONALD TRUMP POTENTIALLY AT THE RISK OF THEMSELVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS IF THEY DID ANYTHING WRONG OR HE WANTS TO NOW GET ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE AND COOPERATE WITH THE PROSECUTORS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. IT SPELLS ADDITIONAL TROUBLE. AND HERES WHY. FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. YES, AND WE DONT KNOW WHAT THIS SPECIAL 6 MONTHS GRAND JURY HAS AVAILABLE TO IT BY WAY OF INFORMATION THAT MAY INCRIMINATE DONALD TRUMP, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THAT ORGANIZATION BUT IT SURE LOOKS LIKE THE ALLEN WEISSELBERG DOMINO IS GOING TO FALL SOONER OR LATER. ITS REALLY JUST A QUESTION OF HOW HARD HE HITS THE TABLE WHEN HE FINALLY GOES DOWN. >> GLENN KIRSCHNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. CALIFORNIA. NEW YORK ONCE THE EPICENTERS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC ARE BACK OPEN THANKS TO THEIR HIGH VACCINATION RATES. BUT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE VACCINATION RATES ARE LOWER. THERE IS CONCERN THE DELTA VARIANT COULD BECOME THE DOMINANT STRAIN IN SOME CASE COUNTS SOARING. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS MORE. >> YASMIN NOW THAT CALIFORNIA HAS FULLY REOPENED. THERES RENEWED CONCERN ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT AS IT QUICKLY SPREADS ACROSS THE NATION. >> THE DELTA VARIANT IS CAUSING HIGHER LEVELS OF INFECTION MORE THAN TRIPLING IN JUST 2 WEEKS AND NOW MAKING UP NEARLY 10% OF NEW COVID CASES WITH HEALTH EXPERTS CAUTION IN THE FALL MAY BRING A NEW WAVE OF INFECTIONS. THE CDC HAS LABELED THE DELTA STRAIN A VARIANT OF CONCERN AMID MOUNTING EVIDENCE ITS MORE INFECTIOUS AND SEVERE. >> IF YOURE NOT VACCINATED. THE DELTA VARIANT WILL SPREAD IN YOUR COMMUNITY MORE QUICKLY. IT WILL TAKE LESS EXPOSURE TO GET COVID-19 WHILE TOP DOCTORS SAY BEING FULLY VACCINATED WILL LIKELY PROTECT YOU FROM SEVERE OUTCOMES CAUSED BY THE VARIANT. ONLY 44% OF AMERICANS ARE. >> THE SOUTH HOME TO SOME OF THE LOWEST VACCINATION RATES IN THE COUNTRY. MISSISSIPPI LAST FULLY VACCINATING JUST OVER 33% OF ITS ELIGIBLE POPULATION. IN ALL 25 STATES HAVE COMPLETELY INOCULATED
LESS THAN 50% OF PEOPLE. 12 LESS THAN 50% OF PEOPLE. 12 AND OLDER. NEW YORK LOU DOBBS AS THE GOVERNOR DROPS, NEARLY ALL COVID RESTRICTIONS STATEWIDE ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO OPEN WITHOUT CAPACITY LIMITS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS. >> THIS IS A MOMENTOUS DAY. >> AND WE DESERVE IT.
CALIFORNIA IS ROARING RETURN CALIFORNIA IS ROARING RETURN PUNCTUATED AT DODGER STADIUM. THE STATES REOPENING DAY COMES AFTER A DEVASTATING 15 MONTHS. THE GOVERNOR, ONE OF THE LAST TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS THE DELAY. HOW COME WE DONT. A DREAM OF REGRETTING AND WERE MINDFUL THAT YOU CAN PULL THE PLUG A LITTLE BIT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STAGE IS SET FOR A COVID COME BACK, BUT IT COULD BE DERAILED BY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS YOU ACT. >> WITH THE DELTA VARIANT SPREADING QUICKLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERES A RENEWED PUSH TO INCREASE VACCINATIONS NATIONWIDE. >> AND THE GLOBAL VACCINE RACE. THE U.S. NO LONGER HOLDING THE TOP SPOT AS MORE COUNTRIES SURGE AHEAD. NBC
NEWS NOW CORRESPONDENT BURNS NEWS NOW CORRESPONDENT BURNS HAS THE STORY. >> THE UNITED STATES GOT OFF TO A QUICK START IN THE GLOBAL VACCINE RACE. BUT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE STARTING TO CATCH UP AND EVEN PASS US. FOR EXAMPLE, CANADAS FIRST DOSE VACCINATION RATE SURGED AHEAD OF THE UNITED STATES IN LATE MAY AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE APRIL. CANADA HAS A LOWER RATE OF NEW DAILY CASES THAT THE U.S. AND CANADA IS NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY PASSING AMERICA AND FIRST DOSE VACCINATION ASIANS LIKE HUNGARY ICELAND MONGOLIA AND YOUR WAY OF ALL OVERTAKEN THE UNITED STATES IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WITH AT LEAST ONE SHOT. ITS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF FULLY VACCINATED AMERICANS IS STILL ABOUT 5 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE GLOBAL AVERAGE EVERY COUNTRY HAS TAKEN A UNIQUE APPROACH TO VACCINATIONS. BUT SOME HAVE SURGED AHEAD. TAKE EXAMPLE. THE SMALL MEDITERRANEAN NATION BENEFITED FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION VACCINE POOL WHILE OPTING FOR ADDITIONAL SHOTS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION THAT OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO RELIED ON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS TO CUT DOWN THE LAG BETWEEN WHEN DOSES ARRIVE AND WHEN SHOTS GO INTO ARMS, IT HAS ALSO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HERD IMMUNITY AND IS LEADING THE EU ALONGSIDE HUNGARY IN TERMS OF MERCED DOSE, VACCINATION RATES REACHING PEOPLE QUICKLY EVEN IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THEME AMONG COUNTRIES THAT ARE RAMPING UP THEIR FIRST DOSE RATES AND VOTE ON HEALTH CARE WORKERS HAVE WALKED INTO REMOTE VILLAGES TREACHEROUS WEATHER AND FLOWN IN ON HELICOPTERS TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR SHOTS AND ITS WORKED ON IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST VACCINATED NATIONS IN THE WORLD. >> BUT THERES NO PERFECT SOLUTION. COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA MAY BE REACHING MORE PEOPLE FOR THEIR FIRST SHOT. BUT RESIDENTS OFTEN HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS BEFORE RECEIVING THEIR SECOND DOSE. WELL, RESEARCHERS CLINICALLY STUDIED 2 DOSES. AND THATS WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE U.S. FOR THE PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES. ONE DOSE IS PARTIALLY EFFECTIVE AND HAS PROVED TO HELP BRING DOWN CORONAVIRUS RATES OVERALL. STILL WERE SEEING COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. A RAMBO FIRST DOSE VACCINATIONS AND THEYRE STARTING TO LEAVE THE U.S. BEHIND. FINLAND HAS BEEN TRAILING AMERICA ALL YEAR. BUT THE NATION IS QUICKLY CLOSING THE GAP AND IS NOW LESS THAN ONE PERCENT BEHIND. BUT AS THE REST OF THE WORLD CONTINUES TO GET NEW PEOPLE VACCINATED. >> THE U.S. IS GRAPPLING WITH VACCINE HESITANCY IN THE FIGHT TO KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE. >> SO IF YOU HAVENT GOTTEN VACCINATED ARE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. TALK TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST YOUR PHYSICIAN OR PHARMACIST YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. WHO GOT THE SHOT. TALK TO YOUR FAITH LEADERS. >> THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW NEW VACCINATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DECELERATING AND WERE LESS THAN 4 WEEKS OUT FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONS AT JULY 4TH DEADLINE FOR GETTING 70% OF AMERICAN ADULTS. AT LEAST ONE COVID-19 VACCINE. ABOUT 12 MILLION PEOPLE NEED TO GET THEIR FIRST SHOT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IN ORDER TO MEET THE PRESIDENTS GOAL AND FIRST DOSE RATES COULD CONTINUE TO GROW ANOTHER COUNTRYS VACCINE MANUFACTURERS HAVE HAD TO FILL ENORMOUS US GOVERNMENT ORDERS BEFORE SHIPPING DOSES TO OTHER NATIONS. BUT PRODUCTION HAS SHOT UP LEAVING MORE VACCINES FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD. THE UNITED STATES GOT A JUMP-START ON VACCINATIONS. BUT NOW OTHER NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE RAMPING UP SHOTS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR EVERYONE. AND THAT TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO DONATE 500 MILLION DOSES TO COUNTRIES IN NEED. OR NOW 16 MONTHS INTO THIS PANDEMIC AND THE COVID VACCINE HAS OFFERED HOPE THAT WELL BE ABLE TO GET THIS VIRUS UNDER CONTROL AND GET BACK TO NORMAL. A WARNING BEFORE YOU HOP ON YOUR PALATE ON FOR YOUR NEXT WORKOUT. SECURITY EXPERTS HAVE UNCOVERED A FLAW THAT COULD ALLOW HACKERS TO SPY ON SOME USERS. >> NBC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE AND CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT VICKY WYNN EXPLAINS. >> YES, WE HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT HACKERS DISRUPTING MAJOR COMPANIES AND NETWORKS. NOW A WARNING ABOUT A POPULAR EXERCISE BIKE. IT IS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES IN YOUR HOME. IM GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE POSSIBLE BUMP IN THE ROAD FOR PELOTON BIKE. PLUS AND TREAD USERS, ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC SPACES LIKE GYMS AND HOTELS ENGINEERS AT CYBERSECURITY FIRM. MCAFEE SAY THEY HACKED INTO THE SOFTWARE OF THE INTERNET CONNECTED BIKE PLUS, USING A USB DRIVE LOADED WITH MALWARE. THERES ACTUALLY INTERACTIVE MAP THAT TELLS YOU WHERE EVERY PELOTON BIKE IS LOCATED. >> SO FOR A CYBERCRIMINAL, THEY COULD ACTUALLY USE THAT TO LOCATE A BIKE QUICKLY AND EASILY INSTALL THIS DELICIOUS GO HOME AND ACCESS IT OVER THE INTERNET. ONE SCENE MCAFEE SAYS THEY WERE ABLE TO INSTALL POPULAR BUT FAKE APPS WHICH COULD FOR USERS AND ENTERING THEIR USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS. THEY SAY THEY COULD EVEN CONTROL THE CAMERA. CAN YOU SPY ON RIDERS. NOT ONLY COULD YOU SPY ON WRITERS AND MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY THEIR SURROUNDINGS. IN A STATEMENT, PELOTON SAYS ITS POPULAR TREAD WAS ALSO AFFECTED. BUT LAST WEEK IT, QUOTE, ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH A MANDATORY SOFTWARE UPDATE. >> SO FAR. THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS NOT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM USERS IN THIS CASE MCAFEE ENGINEERS HAD TO PHYSICALLY ACCESS THE BIKE TO INSTALL THE MALWARE. BUT DONT FORGET, HACKERS CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD MALWARE WHEN YOU CLICK ON A SUSPICIOUS LINK OR TEXT A REMINDER ANY DEVICE IN YOUR HOME THAT CAN NEXT TO THE INTERNET TV APPLIANCES, EVEN A TOY. >> COULD BE A WAY FOR HACKERS TO GET TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA. >> CYBER EXPERTS SAY TURN ON THOSE AUTOMATIC SOFTWARE UPDATES AND CONSIDER SECURITY SOFTWARE FOR YOUR HOME NETWORK. >> MACKENZIE SCOTT KEEPING OUR PROMISE TO THE GIVING PLEDGE CAMPAIGN. THE FLIP THEIR PAST AN EX-WIFE OF AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS IS GIVING AWAY ANOTHER NEARLY 3 BILLION DOLLARS. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT NATALIE MORALES HAS MORE ON THE MASSIVE DONATION. >> THE IS MACKENZIE SCOTT ANNOUNCING A 2.7 BILLION DOLLARS. NO STRINGS ATTACHED GIFT TO 286 ORGANIZATIONS. THE 51 YEAR-OLD FORMER WIFE OF AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS CONTRIBUTING ALONGSIDE HER NEW HUSBAND, LIFELONG EDUCATOR. DAN JEWETT, THE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE RECEIVING END EQUITY ORIENTED AND NONPROFIT TEAMS FROM REFUGEE SETTLEMENT GROUPS TO UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES THAT IS THE LARGEST ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTION. WEVE EVER RECEIVED AS AN ORGANIZATION. >> AND MY HAND WAS SHAKING WHEN I WROTE IT DOWN, I ACTUALLY WROTE 1 MILLION ON A PIECE OF PAPER IN CASE I YOU KNOW, FORGOT THE AMOUNT THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER 2 OTHER SURPRISE DONATIONS IN 2020 FORBES ESTIMATES. SCOTTS WEALTH ROUGHLY 60 BILLION HAS CONTINUED TO GROW SINCE DIVORCING BASES IN 2000, 19 SCOTT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SOURCE OF HER WEALTH WITHOUT REFERRING TO AMAZON BY NAME WRITING. SHES ATTEMPTING TO GIVE AWAY A FORTUNE THAT WAS UNABLE BAE SYSTEMS IN NEED OF CHANGE IS CURRENTLY LISTED BY FORBES AS THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD RECENTLY NAMED BY PROPUBLICA VER PAYING NO FEDERAL INCOME TAXES IN 2000, 7 OR 2000, 11 JOINING OTHER MULTI BILLIONAIRES INCLUDING ELON MUSK IN GEORGE SOROS WHO PAY LITTLE OR NO TAXES COMPARED TO THEIR MASSIVE WEALTH SCOTT SEEMING TO CRITICIZE THAT CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH WRITING. WE ARE GOVERNED BY A HUMBLING BELIEF THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF DISPROPORTIONATE WELLS WERE NOT CONCENTRATED IN A SMALL NUMBER OF HANDS AND THAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE BEST DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY OTHERS. NOT LONG AFTER THE SPLIT. SCOTT SIGNING THE GIVING PLEDGE FIRST STARTED BY WARREN BUFFETT AND BILL AND MELINDA GATES PROMISING TO DONATE A MAJORITY OF HER WEALTH TO PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES. HER HUSBAND JEWETT ALSO SIGNING EARLIER THIS YEAR SCOTT AND BASE THOSE 2 TOGETHER SHARE FOR KIDS PARTED WAYS AFTER ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DIVORCES IN HISTORY. PRIDE IN THE HISTORY BEHIND AMERICANS IDENTIFYING AS TRANSGENDER HAS COME A VERY LONG WAY. BUT THERE ARE ONGOING CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO TRANS RIGHTS. NBC NEWS NOW CO ANCHOR JOE FRYER TAKES A CLOSER LOOK. >> THE STORY OF PRIDE BEGINS WITH THE UPRISING AT THE STONEWALL BACK IN JUNE, 1969. THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FOUGHT BACK DURING A POLICE RAID TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THAT PIVOTAL MOMENT. ICONS LIKE MARSHA P JOHNSON AND SYLVIA RIVERA. NOW 52 YEARS LATER, I NEW GENERATION OF TRANSGENDER TRAIL BLAZERS IS MAKING HISTORY. DOCTOR RACHEL LEVINE, DOCTOR RACHEL LEVINE BECAME THE FIRST OPENLY TRANSGENDER FEDERAL OFFICIAL EVER CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE TO BE NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT AND CONFIRMED BY THINK DEMONSTRATES HOW IMPORTANT QUALITY IN FAIRNESS IS AND THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. >> INTV THE GROUNDBREAKING SERIES PO SET A NEW BAR FOR TRANSGENDER REPRESENTATION IN ITS SO THAT MEANS THERES SOME BEING DONE. >> OSCAR NOMINATED ACTOR ELLIOT PAGE RECENTLY CAME OUT AS TRANSGENDER SHARING HIS STORY WITH OPRAH.
>> BEING ABLE TO >> BEING ABLE TO >> TOUCH MY CHEST AND. FEEL COMFORTABLE IN MY BODY FOR THE PROBABLY FIRST TIME. >> SUCH HIGH-PROFILE STORIES ARE A REFLECTION OF THE REAL WORLD IN TOWNS. BIG AND SMALL TEENAGERS LIKE 16 YEAR-OLD PHOENIX. WERE SHARING THEIR STORY. SIGN NEW ARMS. >> WEVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS AND FINALLY MOST OUT OF THE INTO IT. WHAT YOU WANT TO FLY. >> THE TRANS KIDS ARE ALSO THE FOCUS OF BATTLES AND STATE LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR ALONE. MORE THAN A 100 BILLS TARGETING THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY BEEN INTRODUCED IN OVER 30 STATES. THAT INCLUDES LAWS RESTRICTING TRANSGENDER PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS CASTING 7 STATES THIS YEAR. >> IN ONE LAST YEAR. I CAN TELL YOU THIS. IN FLORIDA, YOU KNOW, GIRLS ARE GOING TO PLAY SPORTS AND BOYS ARE GOING TO PLAYBOY SPORTS LAWMAKERS WHO SUPPORT THE SPORTS FANS ARGUE TRANSGENDER GIRLS HAVE BEEN ON BARRETT MANAGE NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO GOVERNORS WHO SIGNED THOSE LAWS ASKING IF THEY COULD GIVE US ANY EXAMPLES OF SUCH AN ADVANTAGE IN THEIR STATES BUT NOT A SINGLE ONE. DID. CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE EXAMPLE. OTHER TRANSGENDER CHILD TRYING TO GET AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE JUST ONE IN YOUR STATE. YOU SIGNED A BILL ABOUT SO I CANT REALLY TELL YOU WANT MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES WORRY THE WAVE OF LEGISLATION IS MARGINALIZING A COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY FACES HIGHER RATES OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. RECENT SURVEY FOUND MORE THAN HALF OF TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY YOUTH SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE IN THE PAST YEAR WILL LET ME BE PASSING THESE BILLS WILL HARM TRANS MY EYES. VIOLENCE IS A CONCERN TO SO FAR IN 2021 AT LEAST 28 TRANSGENDER OR GENDER-NONCONFORMING. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MURDERED. >> MOST ARE BLACK OR LATINX THIS PACE. IT WILL BE A RECORD YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I YOULL STILL FIND PLENTY OF OPTIMISM THIS YEAR. 16 YEAR-OLD STELLA KEATING TESTIFIED BEFORE THE SENATE. >> SHE DREAMS OF BECOMING AMERICAS FIRST TRANSGENDER PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO BE TREATED AS NORMAL KID BECAUSE IM NOT GOT RIGHT. ONE TELLING ME THAT JUST IN THE MAJORITY OF OTHER TEENS NOT. TRANSGENDER. >> A BILL AIMING TO HELP THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. THE LGBTQ ESSENTIAL DATA ACT, IMPROVE ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY DATA COLLECTION IN VIOLENT CRIMES AND SUICIDES. IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BACK IN 2019, BUT IT DID NOT PASS THIS WEEK. CONGRESSMAN SEAN PATRICK MALONEY REINTRODUCED IT SAYING VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSGENDER AMERICANS IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. NBC NEWS DOT COM OUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR. JOE, YOUR K. BUT JOINING ME NOW, JOE, GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RECORD MORE INFORMATION. CDCS NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THIS WOULD WORK. >> YES. SO THE NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT WHY VIOLENT DEATHS AND SUICIDES OCCUR. AND RIGHT NOW POLICE AND CORONERS NEARLY ALL STATES ARE NOT REQUIRED TRIP OR ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY DATA ALSO REFERRED SOCHI DATA WHEN THEYRE REPORTING VIOLENT DEATHS ARE SUICIDES TO THE AND EVEN IN THE ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, 20 STATES THAT DO COLLECT THIS DATA FOR HATE THERES A BACKLOG OF UP TO 2 YEARS ON THE DATA ACTUALLY BEING ENTERED INTO THE AND YOU KNOW, OFTEN ALSO POLICE WHEN THEYRE INVESTIGATING THESE CRIMES CAN USE THE INCORRECT NAME OR THE WRONG PRONOUNS FOR TRANSFER SAY SO REALLY IT LEADS TO THIS ISSUE TO TO THE STEPS BEING SERIOUSLY UNDERREPORTED. >> SO WE KNOW JOE VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSGENDER AMERICANS. IT IS AT A RECORD HIGH RIGHT NOW THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY IN HIS PLAN TO ADVANCE INCLUSIVE DATA COLLECTION IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. CONGRESS, THOUGH, THEYVE ALLOWED THIS BILL THE FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS BILL FEASIBLY COULD GET PAST THE PRESIDENTS DESK. >> IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD. YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE A NARROW CONTROL IN CONGRESS NOW AND THIS ISNT A BILL THAT REALLY BITES INTO THESE DEBATES THAT YOURE SEEING ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS. ITS SPECIFICALLY JUST ABOUT GATHERING DATA THAT WOULD GIVE EXPERTS A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE OF ANTI LGBTQ VIOLENCE AND SUICIDES. SO THE HOPE IS THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO PASS OFTEN TIMES THESE CHANGES ARE MADE ON A STATE LEVEL, NOT A FEDERAL LEVEL HAVE ANY STATES ALREADY PUT SIMILAR LAWS IN PLACE. YES. YEAH. 4 STATES ON NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND NEW JERSEY WASHINGTON, DC HAVE NARROWER LAWS THAT REQUIRE LGBTQ INCLUSIVE DATA IN SOME AREAS OTHER THAN HATE CRIMES. AND THEN IN 2019, LOS ANGELES COUNTY BECAME THE FIRST JURISDICTION IN THE NATION TO PASS A MOTION TO TRAIN MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND CORONERS TO INVESTIGATE THE VIOLENT DEATHS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AND A TRAIN THEM TO ASK THEIR LOVED ONES AND PEOPLE THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. >> JOE, YOUR CABLE. THANK YOU >> HOW ARE WE TO CYBER CRIMINALS. A RECENT STRING OF RANSOMWARE ATTACKS, FORCING COMPANIES TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. NBC NEWS TECH CORRESPONDENT JAKE WARD LOOKS INTO ONE ESSENTIAL UTILITY. >> THAT COULD BE UNDER THREAT. OUR WATER SUPPLY. >> THIS RESERVOIR WAS ESTABLISHED IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1936. AND THAT WAS A TIME OF IMMENSE EXPANSION FOR WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT AT THAT TIME, THE ENGINEERS COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT THEY WOULD GO ON TO ACTUALLY REMOTE CONTROL THE SORT OF SYSTEMS VIA THE INTERNET MUCH LESS THAT CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT BE ABLE TO STRIKE THESE SYSTEMS FROM HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD. >> FOR DECADES, WATER WORRIES THAT HAD TO DO WITH A BURST OR SOMEONE POURING POISON INTO A RESERVOIR. BUT IN OLDSMAR, FLORIDA PHYSICAL DEFENSES WERE USELESS AGAINST A DETERMINED CRIMINAL OF THE COMPUTER. SOMEBODY HACKED INTO THE NOT JUST WANT TO PUT POINTS. >> AND CHANGE THE LEVELS FROM A 100 TO 11,000. 100 PARTS MILLION WITH A CAUSTIC SUBSTANCE. THE THREAT WAS NEUTRALIZED. BUT IF IT HADNT BEEN TAP WATER FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FLORIDIANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNSAFE TO DRINK. >> TODAY. WATER SYSTEMS ARE DIGITALLY CONTROLLED ALL ACROSS CALIFORNIA. IT REQUIRES MORE ELECTRICITY TO MOVE THE WATER FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO A RESERVOIR LIKE THIS THAN THE STATE USES FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. BUT IF THAT SYSTEM IS INTERRUPTED, ITS NOT JUST A MATTER OF INCONVENIENCE. >> A CITY CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT RUNNING WATER. AND THATS WHY IN THE COUNTRY WITH 10S OF THOUSANDS OF WATER DISTRICTS. THE STATISTICS ARE SO ALARMING. >> THE FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY AGENCY SAYS AT LEAST HALF OF WATER UTILITIES ARE FACING EITHER CRITICAL OR HIGH RISKS AND ALMOST ALL OF THE MOST COMMON VULNERABILITIES HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE BEFORE 2017, MEANING HACKERS HAVE HAD YEARS TO PRACTICE EXPLOITING THEM. THE VULNERABILITIES DONT HAVE TO BE MUCH A MISPLACED PASS WORD. A LAST LAP TOP ANY OF THESE CAN OPEN THE DOOR AND THE FEW I T PEOPLE, A MUNICIPAL DISTRICT MAY HAVE ON HAND ARE OFTEN BADLY OUTNUMBERED BY RANSOMWARE GAME AS A RESULT CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS LIKE U C BERKELEY STEVEN WEBER ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHATS NEXT. WHAT YOU SEE IS A BEAUTIFUL PHYSICAL LOCATION WATER AND DOCKS. BUT WHAT YOU DONT SEE IS THE DIGITAL LAYER, THE SOFTWARE THAT MAKES ALL THIS STUFF >> IT CONTROLS THE VALVES, THE PIPES, THE FLOW AND BRINGS THE WATER FROM THE RESERVOIR LIKE THIS TO YOUR HOUSE. MY HOUSE. A REAL >> THATS THE PART THATS EASY TO ATTACK UNTIL WE CAN BETTER PROTECT UTILITIES AGAINST A SPRAWLING CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD. HE SAYS THE BASIC STUFF OF LIFE IS UNDER THREAT. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A WEEKS WORTH OF WATER. NOW. YES, WHEN IT MIGHT SEEM THAT SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH ELBOW GREASE, RIGHT. SOME STATE AND LOCAL HARD WORK COULD BE ENOUGH TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. BUT EXPERTS, LIKEN IT TO THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY WOULD SOMEHOW BE, YOU KNOW, DROPPED IN HERE AND TAKE OUR WATER SUPPLY BY FORCE. IF THAT HAPPENED, YOU CALL OUT THE ARMY. THATS WHY THEY SAY THAT A FEDERAL RESPONSE IS REQUIRED TO SAFEGUARD SYSTEMS LIKE THESE. >> FEELING THE HEAT. THE WESTERN US FACING A DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE BRINGING TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES TO MILLIONS CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS ALREADY TELLING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE POWER. NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT MORGAN CHESKY HAS MORE FROM DALLAS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. AND ON TOP OF THAT, HE WAIVES CERTAIN STATES IN THE WEST MAY BE EXPERIENCING THE WORST DROUGHT THEYVE HAD IN UPWARDS OF 20 YEARS NOW HERE IN TEXAS. ITS A BIT OF A POWER SUPPLY. DEJA VU JUST MONTHS AFTER MILLIONS LOST POWER DURING THE FEBRUARY FREEZE. THERES NOW NEW CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE POWER GUN CAN HOLD UP AND ALL THIS HEAT. >> AN EXTREME HEAT WAVE SWEEPING ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES A HOT OR THIS WEEK. YOU CAN FEEL IT SIZZLING TEMPERATURES BEING FELT FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CANADIAN BORDER. >> AND AS TEMPERATURES SOAR. SO IS THE DEMAND FOR POWER INSIDE AIR CONDITIONING IS USUALLY OFF WAY I GET SO HIGH. THE SITUATION SO DIRE IN TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA POWER GRID OPERATORS URGING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE POWER TO AVOID ROLLING BLACKOUTS IN TEXAS. THE ALERT COMING JUST MONTHS AFTER A WINTER STORM LEFT MORE THAN A 100 PEOPLE DEAD AND MILLIONS WITHOUT POWER. FOR DAYS AGO. NOW THERE YOU GO AGAIN. >> WE ALL HOPE IT DOESNT HAPPEN. >> THE FEDERAL GARCIA HAD A SMALL GENERATOR THAT KEPT HIS POWER ON DURING THE FEBRUARY BLACKOUT. >> AND HE JUST BOUGHT A SECOND TO HAVE AS A BACKUP. WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO TAKE A STEP. SPEND $1500. HAVE PEACE OF MIND. I HAVE GOOD FOOD HAVE COLD AIR. LIVE A NORMAL LIFE. >> THE HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO LAST ALL WEEK LONG, ABOUT 200 MILLION PEOPLE ARE PROJECTED TO FACE TEMPERATURES OVER 90 DEGREES. 40 MILLION FACING TRIPLE DIGITS DO HAVE. >> I NORMALLY HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST THIS WEEKEND. SOME RECORDS COULD BE BROKEN. >> TO THE SOUTHWEST. SOME DESERT AREAS COULD SEE TEMPS AS HIGH AS 127 DEGREES IN UTAH. SO LAKE CITY HAD ITS HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR HITTING ONE 04, WE HAVE 5 KIDS. WERE PROBABLY GOING TO STAY IN THE HOUSE PIANIST AND. >> NOT GO OUT IN WESTERN COLORADO. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUING THE REGIONS FIRST EVER EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. >> THEN ACROSS CALIFORNIA. THE TEMPERATURES ONLY HEIGHTENING FEARS FOR DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES AND EXTREME HEAT EVENT AND RECORD DROUGHT CONDITIONS. YOU KNOW, YOURE REALLY SETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE UP FOR WHEN THEY NEED WATER AND THEY DONT HAVE IT. >> AND THIS WEEK ARE CAUGHT THE AGENCY THAT MANAGES THE TEXAS STATE POWER GRID ARE STILL URGING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE POWER FROM 03:00PM TO 07:00PM THROUGH AT LEAST THIS FRIDAY. THE AGENCY SAYING THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE GREAT IS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED AND
