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for fighting for what matters. history? more breaking news, columbia's president on capitol hill about to face questions about anti-semitism on college campuses. and later, nbc's exclusive interview with a boeing whistle-blower warning about serious design flaws on planes. >> when the plane can break apart in an altitude and drop to the ground, i think that's a safety issue. ♪♪ hello, and thank you for being here t. is 10:00 eastern, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin this morning with seven out of 12 jurors now seat instead donald trump's hush money trial. they include two attorneys, a salesman, a nurse, an i.t. consultant, a software engineer and a teacher. now, efforts to seat the rest of this panel will assume tomorrow.

it all comes after a dramatic day two in court where the judge scolded trump for potential juror intimidation. and lawyers read things prospective jurors posted on social media out loud in the courtroom. i want to bring in msnbc's legal correspondent, lisa rubin. jonathan allen and suzanne craig, all have been in the courthouse covering the trial this week. thank you all for being here. i know there have been some long days and a lot to get to here. let's start with what more do we know about these seven jurors who have been seated? >> so ana, i want to be judicious about talking about the jurors because there was a lot of information discussed in the courtroom that if put together in composite form would allow people even to do a linkedin search or google search and perhaps discern the identities of these folks. i want to talk about them in the aggregate. a number of them are married, some of them have adult children, but i think one thing that's notable about them in

addition to the fact that we've got two lawyers, and oftentimes lawyers litigating try to make sure there are no lawyers on a panel is there's nobody here who has small children at home, in part because one of the initial questions is are you unable to serve, and when we saw many people take themselves out of the running, that could have included people who have care giving responsibilities. and so we're not seeing people who say i have small children at home who are school aged. really those people have been taken out of this population for the most part and those who remain are either without children or have adult children. >> we also heard from a dismissed juror yesterday after that person left the courtroom. let's listen. >> i think it was a really fascinating contrast between feeling that gravity of not only is someone's fate kind of in our hands here, but the fate of parts of our country's legal

system going forward is kind of in our hands because this is unprecedented. >> lisa, is there a sense of sort of the surreal nature of this process among those who are inside the courthouse? >> yes, and you know, ana, during the rest of that interview, that prospective juror took us through her own mental journey. there's first the initial shock of being in the same room as the former president. that's something i experienced for the first time a year ago at his florida arraignment. if you've never been in the same room with the man after seeing him saturate your television screen for the last almost o'ten surreal. then that juror said then the weight about what we were being asked to do got impressed upon me and i realized he was a defendant almost like any other. the gravity of the task is what people are left with rather than the shock of potentially standing in judgment of one donald j. trump. >> let's listen to trump's response later after court when asked by our own dasha burns

about his ideal juror. listen. >>. >> mr. president, what kind of juror in your mind is an ideal juror in this trial? >> anybody that is fair. >> do you believe that -- >> i'll let you know after the trial. don't forget, we're appealing. >> an ideal juror, somebody who's fair. then goes on to say they're appealing. he also had comments about the district attorney. we'll discuss more about the location and what he said there in a moment. just your reaction to what we heard there and your sense of what we're learning about his mind-set and how this process is going. >> right away when i heard that, i thought the election is fair if he wins and the jury will be fair if he's acquitted. we've heard it so many times, and i think that's where we're heading. this will go up on appeal i would imagine if he loses. it's going to be the same as the civil trial. i think that's where we're at in terms of his mind-set on it. if he wins, it's fair. if he doesn't, it's not.

>> is there anything that you think would give him pause? >> i think what was striking about yesterday, we sat through the morning session. it reminded me of so many juries that i've sat through. we went through the questionnaires and we heard people didn't have children. they have dogs. a lot of dog owners on the jury, read "the new york times" there was a thread through it that's so familiar with other jurors. sometimes were asked what shows they watch. they weren't in this case. it was very methodical. we come back in the afternoon and, boom, they have objections and the first objection was juror number one, the second one was juror number two, and they had dug around on the social media profiles of them, and they're looking. they're looking for things, and they should be, they're looking for things on social media and other places i'm sure to try and disqualify to get the judge to throw them out so they don't have to use one of their own strikes. then it went very quickly, which it does once you've sort of got a pool that seems agreeable, and we ended up at the end of the

day with seven. it moved not slowly and then quickly, and i think we're going to see the same thing when we're in there tomorrow because we're going to be going through the questionnaires again, the 42 questions, people at the outset even before we get to that are going to say, if you have any reason why you don't want to be here including if you don't think you can be fair, you're out, and then we'll continue to move through it, but it's going quickly, and i think we're going to see -- >> to be clear, we have seven who have been seated. there need to be 12 for the actual jury, but they also need six alternates. a total of 18 is what we're looking for at the end of the day. he was the most powerful man in the world and wants that job again. his mastery of media including social platforms made him known to virtually every american. the vast majority of them have strong visceral reactions to him. that has spilled out in court when it comes to social media, we actually heard some of the social media posts made by prospective jurors that were brought up by the defense team.

can you talk to us about what was in those posts and how the judge handled this? >> it was really a variety. some of them were -- it ranged from one juror whose husband had posted things that the defense was objecting to. and in fact, the judge admonished trump through his lawyers not to try to intimidate witnesses because he apparently motioned toward and spoke to his lawyer while the discussion of that juror was going on. so there's some concern about that all the way to videos of celebrations based on trump events, and then there was the one juror where, you know, they had posted about trump's travel ban having been overturned, so a variety of them. a couple of those jurors were struck, one of them, the woman whose husband had posted about trump was able to continue, at least the judge allowed her to continue. so a real variety there. i think what's really important to remember, though, and i think by the time you get to the end of the trial, the jurors are

going to know this because they're going to hear it over and over and over again, and they aren't going to be reading my pieces or watching these programs. their job is to determine whether donald trump is guilty of the crimes he's charged with based on the facts that are presented beyond a reasonable doubt. my guess is that they will be able to do that. if you've ever sat on a jury before, it's pretty solemn stuff. if that doesn't -- if it doesn't weigh on you, how solemn that job is, you know, there's something wrong with you, and you're not really paying attention to what you're being told. beyond that, any juror that attempted to affect the outcome of something broader than this case could find that it back fired. it's very unpredictable what will happen politically as a result of this case, whereas trying to apply facts to the law is something that each of them will be capable of doing. >> on the social media, a couple of things stood out to me. you mentioned the guy who had commented on the travel ban, and that was a long time ago obviously near the beginning of trump's presidency. the judge said if he had just left it there, commenting on the

travel ban, that might have been okay for this juror to continue, but it was a follow-up post where he said, get him out and lock him up, and the judge said, boom, that, you know, is going to disqualify you. >> trump has learned or his lawyers have learned that he has been held accountable for the things that he's put on social media in past legal actions including when that travel ban was overturned, and now they're able to say, look, we can look at social media too, and if somebody's saying lock him up, it's pretty clear that that's a juror who would be seen as impartial. it's also really important to -- i'm sorry, a juror who would be seen as partial. it's important to both sides that these jurors be credible. >> lisa, talk to us about the moment the judge actually scolded trump. what happened? >> he actually said i need to put something on the record. he waited for the jury that john was discussing to leave the

room, and said i need to put something on the record. mr. blanche. >> mr. blanche being trump's lawyer. >> while this juror was no more than 12 feet away from your client, he was audibly mumbling and gesturing toward the prospective juror. i couldn't make out what he was saying but it was clear that he was directed toward her. i want to be very clear with you, there will be no witness intimidation in my courtroom. talk to your client. and so in as stern and maybe buttoned up language as he could, making it clear i will not tolerate that. you tell your client to cut off with the performative stuff. >> trump stopped at that bodega after court and we played that clip with him and dasha earlier, but this location was strategic for him, right? and i imagine that it had to do with political strategy in part because this was a controversial case that the district attorney had handled involving a stabbing that happened at that bodega. what does it tell you about his

strategy here? what's he trying to gain, and what is he risking? >> well, i think he's in new york and he's looking to somehow take advantage of at least the venue. i think when the world gives you lemons, sometimes you're going to make lemonade, and i think he's looking for opportunities to do political events around the case. i mean, this is a horrible fact set, but they're at least trying to make the most of it in terms of he's in the city and, you know, he's going to do what he can politically around it whether it's events around the courthouse or going out to an event like this. i think we're going to see more of that and more events in the new york city, new york, area. >> he's here today, right, jonathan? >> i believe so. he's going to in new york most of the next six weeks. he's supposed to be meeting with the polish president today. i wonder if he got lemons at the bodega to make lemonade. i think it's important in terms of politics, donald trump is making a huge push to do better with latino voters in this

election. i don't think that's a mistake that he stopped a at bodega. >> and he's hitting the law and order button as well. >> everybody thank you so much. i know you'll be back in court tomorrow. it was such a treat to be able to have this moment to step back, take a look at where we are and where we're headed. i know the judge has said or indicated we could see opening statements as soon as monday depending on how quickly the rest of the jury selection goes. lisa rubin, suzanne craig, jonathan allen, thank you all. meantime, it could be the quickest impeachment trial in history. just how quick? ahead what to expect in today's impeachment proceedings against dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. also on capitol hill, a boeing whistle-blower speaks out. what he's telling nbc news exclusively before his testimony about the safety of some planes. president biden's campaign message in one key battleground state including a new nickname

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yeah. fast relief of your worst allergy symptoms, like nasal congestion. live claritin clear® in just a few hours, a historic impeachment trial set to get underway in the senate. all 100 senators are set to be sworn in as jurors for the trial of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas this afternoon. but the case could be dismissed almost as soon as it starts. nbc's ryan nobles is standing by on capitol hill. also with us, former democratic congresswoman from maryland donna edwards, and former republican congressman from pennsylvania, charlie dent. ryan, what will this impeachment trial look like? will there actually be a trial? >> reporter: not in any sort of conventional sense, ana. it won't even look like the prior impeachment trials that we've seen of the former president donald trump or even president bill clinton before him. there will likely be some effort by republicans to try and gum up

the works a little bit, make their point that there should be a full and complete trial, but it's just not something that democrats have the appetite for and that democrats have the votes. there will be a little bit of drama once they gavel in at 1:00, but the actual form and fashion of how the trial extends itself, we'll have to wait and see. there's a very good chance the whole thing could be wrapped up at some point today. >> let's remind everyone what was in that bipartisan bill that republicans quashed as they talk about what they see as the secretary of homeland security not upholding the border politics and policies. we could have had hundreds of more border patrol agents, thousands of more asylum officers, more detention beds, more immigration judges, more inspections machines to detect fentanyl. is there any acknowledgment of that in this process, ryan? >> democrats have made that point during the various incarnations of this medical treatment process, and in fact, the homeland security secretary was actually here on the hill

yesterday and appeared before that committee talking about his budget and also talking about how that bipartisan deal would have helped enforce the law at the border. that hasn't really mattered to republicans in this process. they insist that there are laws on the books that alejandro mayorkas should be and could be enforcing that he's refused to do. that's what triggered this impeachment process. that's why they've continued to follow through on it. it's likely not to impress democrats and even some republicans because it would require a two-thirds majority in order for mayorkas to be convicted in the senate. that just isn't going to happen. >> congresswoman edwards, i know you think this impeachment is a pretext. explain. >> well, i do. i mean, i think that the republicans in the house failed when it came to investigating and possibly impeaching president biden, and p this was their backup plan. and i think it's an absolute embarrassment, and i hope that some republicans will join with democrats in rejecting what

should be an ahistoric event to put an end to it. >> congressman dent, members of both parties have suggest there isn't evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors, but is this the new normal? will we start seeing impeachments every congress? >> well, certainly i think house republicans overplayed their hand. their differences with mayorkas are really differences with president biden over the border, they're policy differences. and frankly, when you think about the stupidity of bringing up an impeachment vote seven months out from the election, i mean, that's how you settle this thing. you have an election. i mean, there have been no high crimes or misdemeanors. i think republicans run the risk of actually being blamed in part for the mess at the border where now they could end up sharing the blame with president biden. so i think this is a mistake. it's a misuse of the impeachment process. and this is going to be dismissed in short order. >> maybe dismissed immediately.

it could be kicked to a committee as ryan kind of outlined the options there for us. but not expected to actually result in any conviction. ryan, let's talk about what's happening now in the house and efforts to oust house speaker mike johnson. is he facing a real threat? >> i think there's no doubt, ana, that mike johnson's job is in trouble right now. it really is going to depend on how he plays this situation with ukraine, israel, and taiwan funding, if he chooses to just put the supplemental package that's already passed the senate on the floor, or if he decides to break it up into chunks and allow that vote to take place. the hard right flank of his party led by marjorie taylor greene made it clear if ukraine aid makes it to the floor, that they're going to move to remove him as speaker of the house. it takes only a handle of republicans to make that a reality. there is some talk that democrats may come to his rescue. that's probably not an optimum situation for mike johnson. the one curious thing against

the backdrop, even though johnson laid out a plan to break the supplemental package up, he hasn't released the text of that plan yet. that raises questions as if he's trying to put some conserve ty sweeteners in it to hold off that hard right flank. that likely won't be enough. we're running out of time here, especially if the house members are going to get 72 hours to review this legislation. that bill text needs to come out sooner rather than later. >> congressman dent, your party is eating its own. we were in the same situation with kevin mccarthy less than six months ago. what do you make of it? >> well, it's pretty clear to me that taylor-greene and tom massie are pretty much on their own. pass it as is, it goes to the president and then democrats will rescue him. if he makes any significant changes to this bill and sends it over to the senate, you know, the israel piece may not pass,

and they could end up passing the ukraine bill, something that many of his hard-liners don't want anyway. this whole strategy is mistaken. easy way out, pass the senate bill, democrats will rescue him, and he'll live to fight another day. >> can i just ask if republicans were to try to oust mike johnson, who could get enough votes to replace him? >> that's the issue. i don't think there's anybody right now who could manage this thing any better than johnson is doing right now or for that matter mccarthy. i'm not saying they're managing it well. i'm just saying they have a dysfunctional majority. it does not function, and so he is compelled, no matter who the speaker will be, republican speaker, they will need to rely on democrats to pass anything of consequence. in fact, they can't even pass rules in many cases on these big bills, just to bring up bills. they just don't have a functional majority. there's really nobody waiting in the wings to take this job. who would want it? >> congresswoman edwards, do you think democrats will try to save

johnson? >> i think there's going to have to be a deal. the easiest way for that to happen, bring the senate bill up, pass the senate bill with democratic votes and get it on to the president. the problem with johnson is that he's in a bind whether he breaks it up or keeps it in one package. with such a narrow margin in the house to operate, he really is at the behest of these renegade members of his own caucus so i don't know that there's a way out for johnson on this one, but not passing the ukraine funding bill, passing it in three parts and sending it back, sending it over to the senate really effectively starts the process over again, and so the likelihood that that could then come out of the senate and then back to the house and then on to the president, i mean, there are a lot of ifs in there, and i just don't see a win-win for johnson on this. >> ryan nobles, former congress members donna edwards and charlie dent, thank you for

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. welcome back. right now on capitol hill, the president of columbia university is settling in to the hot seat. she's set to testify at this house hearing on anti-semitism on american college campuses, and she's facing the same committee here that grilled three other university presidents about anti-semitism back in december. remember this? their testimony sparked so much backlash two of them ended up stepping down.

nbc's julie tsirkin joins us now from the hill. what kinds of questions are we expecting columbia's president to face? >> reporter: well, remember that columbia's president nemat shafik was supposed to testify at that committee's first hearing on this issue but she didn't because of scheduling conflicts. i was just at a press conference shortly before this hearing began with elise stefanik, and virginia fox who leads the panel. they held a press conference with students from columbia speaking to the importance of holding these colleges accountable for what they say has been widespread anti-semitism. we certainly expect shafik to face similar questions as the other presidents faced back in december. as you mentioned, harvard's president and upenn's president stepped down after this exchange. watch this. >> at penn does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn's rules or code of conduct? yes or no? >> it is a context-dependent decision, congresswoman.

>> so the answer is, yes, that calling for the genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct? >> again, it depends on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. the answer is yes and this is why you should resign. >> so look, stefanik had previewed and said that she does expect to ask the very same questions of shafik, but she certainly expects these questions now. she even wrote in an opinion piece for "the wall street journal" this week basically answering that question saying that calling for the genocide of any student whether they are israeli, jewish, muslim, palestinian, whatever they may be, is against any form of conduct that any college should tolerate. >> so much has happened in the middle east since then, and after the harvard and u penn presidents resigned, congresswoman elise stefanik promised it was just the beginning of her work to expose

the rot in our most prestigious higher institution services. that was four months ago. have the political dynamics shifted since then? >> reporter: they've only gotten more complicated, separately from the discussion of anti-semitism, anti-jewish hay hatred, we are always talking about foreign funding here on capitol hill. of course the dynamics with that have gotten more complicated, with democrats calling for conditioning aid to israel for example for needing humanitarian promises from israel when it comes to their conduct in gaza. when it comes to this issue of anti-semitism, so far in this hearing it began less than 15 minutes ago you hear bipartisan statements from democrats, from republican all saying that anti-semitism should not be allowed. last weekweek. >> julie tsirkin, we'll keep an eye on this hearing. thank you for your reporting.

also on capitol hill this morning, the boeing whistle-blower who has raised concerns planes could break apart in the air because of a design flaw is set to testify. he'll appear at a senate hearing next hour on what is being called boeing's broken safety culture. the company has strenuously denied the allegation. nbc news senior correspondent tom costello spoke exclusively with this whistle-blower ahead of today's testimony. what did he have to say? >> he has been with boeing for 15 years. he's gone to the faa and now to congress today claiming that the 787 dreamliner, that's a plane that has flown hundreds of millions of passengers safely, that it has a serious safety problem and if not addressed it could lead to catastrophe. boeing says that is inaccurate and false. it's one of boeing's best selling aircraft, transporting 875 million passengers on 1,100 planes worldwide over the past 12 1/2 years. but today a boeing

whistle-blower will tell congress he's concerned that the 787 dreamliner may have a dangerous flaw. >> right now to me i see we have real problem in our hand. >> 15-year boeing engineer sam salehpour says the gaps between the big pieces of the fuselage are too big, and even though the fuselage pieces are fastened together, the stress could lead to fatigue failure and disaster, after thousands of flights. >> when the plane can break apart in altitude and drop to the ground, i think that's a safety issue. >> you really think that's what's at stake here? >> that's exactly what's at stake here. fatigue failure has no mercy on anybody. >> but boeing is pushing back hard telling nbc news we are fully confident in the 787 dreamliner, because of the comprehensive work done to ensure the quality and long-term safety of the aircraft. these claims about structural integrity of the 787 are inaccurate. since 2020, boeing has been

under faa supervision as a tightens paper-thin gaps between the fuselage components, stress testing the plane through 165,000 takeoffs and landings, more than three times a typical 787's life span. of the 1,100 planes in service, 689 have already gone through various inspections. so far zero evidence of fatigue. >> this whistle-blower's concerns, while i'm sure are very sincere, i don't think matches what boeing is saying is happening out in the fleet. >> he admits he doesn't have full access to all of boeing's data since he moved off the 787 project in 2022, he claims in retaliation for raising concerns internally. boeing says it does not tolerate retaliation. >> would you put your family on a 787 right now? >> i would not! boeing will be in a senate committee's cross hairs today after two fatal max 8 crashes overseas, admitted quality

control lapses at boeing. >> if we have another crash, i am not sure if boeing can survive that or not, and that's what i'm trying to prevent. >> salehpour says he's coming forward because he tried to raise these concerns internally within boeing but he got nowhere. he feels he has an ethical obligation to speak up. boeing insists this is a very safe aircraft and these concerns are baseless. >> thank you so much for bringing us that. let's go back to that hearing on anti-semitism on college campuses. the president of columbia university is speaking. >> leading large complex and diverse organizations to a great university like columbia. but on october 7th, the world changed, and so did my focus. israel was brutally attacked by hamas terrorists and very soon it became clear these horrific events would unite fear and

anger across our campus. for thousands of jewish and israeli students, the catastrophe was deeply personal. many new people who had been killed or taken hostage in the attack. for many other columbia students, the war in gaza also had profound personal implications and also was part of a larger story of palestinian displacement as well as a humanitarian catastrophe. trying to reconcile the free speech rights of those who wanted to protest and the rights of jewish students to be in an environment free of discrimination and harassment has been the central challenge on our campus and numerous others across the country. regrettably the events of october 7th brought to the fore an undercurrent of anti-semitism that is a major challenge and like many other universities, columbia has seen a rise in anti-semitic incidents. we took immediate action after october 7th. we contacted those directly affected to provide them with

support in the region and in new york. i attended a vigil for the victims on october 9th. we held taly meetings of our campus security committee, we brought in extra security expertise and had regular contact with nypd and the fbi. i have spent most of my time since becoming president on these issues holding over 200 meetings with groups of student, faculty, alumni, donors, parents some of whom are here and 20 meetings with other university presidents to learn from each other. that work has been done alongside my excellent colleagues at columbia and with the active engagement of our trustees including my cochairs with me today. our actions included support for students, enhanced reporting channels for incidents, hiring additional staff to investigate complaints. developing new policies on demonstration. holding listening forums to model respectful behaviors, and forming a task force of our senior academic leaders to propose solutions to

anti-semitism. from the start i've held on to four principles. first safety is paramount and we would do whatever is necessary to ensure the safety of our campus. because of those efforts the vast majority of our demonstrations have been peaceful. second we would demonstrate care and compassion equally to everyone. third, we must uphold freedom of speech because it's essential to our academic mission, but we cannot and should not tolerate abuse of this privilege to harass and discriminate. and fourth, the ultimate answer to anti-semitism in all its forms is education. >> that is the president of columbia university giving opening remarks before the education committee in the house related to anti-semitism on campus. we'll keep monitoring. up next, biden's battleground swing, president biden is storming pennsylvania ignoring his opponent's new york trial, but he still had some

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welcome back. today president biden is in pennsylvania for day two oaf a campaign swing in that battleground state and he got scrappy yesterday during a stop in his hometown of scranton letting it rip against donald trump rattling off jabs about seemingly everything but the trial underway in new york. >> if trump's stock in the truth social, his company, drops any lower, he might do better under my tax plan than his. remember when he told us literally inject bleach, bless me father. donald herbert hoover trump. >> that's a sampling of his

message. joining us now nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli in scranton, pennsylvania. he's not talking about trump's trial, but clearly he's not holding back other punches. what more can you tell us about his message and his campaign strategy? >> reporter: yeah, ana, first, if i seem a little distracted it's because the president's motorcade is driving by us as we speak. i tried to wave the president to come on by. the biden campaign is embracing this split screen moment. you have the former president donald trump in his hometown of new york facing trial, facing these criminal charges, and so they sent president biden here to his hometown to talk about what they say are the issues that really matter to voters, and we saw the president really escalating this battle with donald trump on two fronts, on the policy and on the personal, and i'll talk first about the policy because we know how important the economy is in this election. the president really laying out the ways in which the former president's policies have and if he's elected again would be skewed towards the wealthy and the corporations.

he would repeal the affordable care act and target retirement programs. biden saying his economic vision has been grounded in this community focused on people like those he grew up with in scranton. we did see president really target donald trump in a more personal way than we have seen at public campaign events. he talked about, yes, those pointed jabs joking about his financial woes, but he also at a separate stop here in scranton talked about the ways in which donald trump has coarsened our politics. i want to play part of that. >> i never thought i'd see a time when i'm going through a neighborhood or a rural town in the west, you see big signs that have a trump sign in the middle that says eff biden and having a little kid standing with his middle finger. >> reporter: now the president is, as i just said, on his way driving to the airport right now. he's heading to pittsburgh for an official event where he's

going to make a significant announcement as it relates to china. the president is going to call on tripling the imports of tariffs on the steel and aluminum. he's going to do that at a union hall. the president considers himself the most pro-labor president in american history. this is all part of an effort to boost american workers by preventing china from dumping cheaper products into the american workplace. >> mike memoli traveling with the president, thank you very much for that reporting in pennsylvania for us. turning to a major issue in the 2024 race, abortion politics. this is in battleground arizona, really the center of the debate right now, the arizona legislature will reconvene later today and is expected to debate abortion laws after that state's supreme court reinstated a civil war era ban. former president trump has called on lawmakers to repeal the ban. some republicans say they could do that pi the end of today, but nothing is certain at this point. we'll keep you posted. next on "ana cabrera

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strike back. iran's president this morning couldn't have been more clear with a message to israel, don't attack. speaking at an army parade, he said that even the tiniest invasion by israel would bring a massive and harsh response. we visited an israeli military base where weapons used against israel since october 7th are collected and analyzed. the hamas weapons are deadly but mostly small. grenades and rockets with ranges of 50 miles or less, what iran launched was in a different league. >> this is the tail end of one of the ballistic missiles that iran fired at israel over the weekend where the engine was, it broke off when this missile was intercepted, and it's only when you're standing right up next to these do you understand how big they are. that's where the warhead was. it also broke off carrying 800 pounds of explosives. had these gotten through, it

would have been catastrophic. >> gazans are now living in a constant catastrophe. our crew filmed the casualties from an israeli air strike on a market in central gaza. medical officials say at least 12 people were killed with many injured. israel accuses the militants of hiding among civilians. the war here is polarizing triggering protests and hatred on both sides. in part, because of false information often deliberately planted. this morning we visited a private tel aviv-based company that tracks disinformation. the company is tel aviv-based that tracks disinformation. the company is releasing its findings this morning on iran's week gent attack. its results show that 26% of the social media accounts discussing the attack were fake, created to

sway opinion. >> the red is the fake, the green is the real. >> reporter: they pushed three main narratives, sowing panic that world war iii is imminent, that israel is a terrorist state and that iran is a powerful nation. it is disturbing to think how polluted our social media feeds always are, and that it gets much worse during a time of crisis. and generally what happens here is a precursor for what happens in other countries, including the united states, looking ahead to the u.s. presidential elections. also today, washington is preparing new sanctions against iran. >> richard engel reporting, thank you. extreme weather is causing chaos in dubai, which just saw around two years' worth of rainfall in 24 hours. this storm transformed desert roads into rushing rivers in at least 18 people are believed killed in the floods. all that water also brought dubai to a stand still, closing

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year's top nba draft pick. now, the wnba does make a lot less revenue than the nba, men's players receive a greater percentage of profits, but fans are hoping clark could generate more interest in women's games and the players union could negotiate higher salaries. clark hasn't commented on this controversy herself. after her draft announcement, she said i know you're excited, i am too. and besides her new indiana jersey, clark could also suit up for team usa, the women's basketball roster is expected soon with the paris olympics now just 100 days away. preparations for the 16-day extravaganza include an ambitious opening ceremony, set to be centered around a 3 1/2-mile boat parade along the seine river there. organizers anticipate a splashy comeback after two covid era olympics. nbc's keir simmons joins us with more details.

keir? >> reporter: bonjour from paris, spectacular, right? and just picture it, the opening ceremony on the seine, 10,500 athletes on 160 boats, more than 300,000 spectators lining the banks of the river for one of the biggest events paris has ever hosted. this morning, the olympic flame en route from greece to paris. just 100 days from the city of lights, first olympics in 100 years. and now a first glimpse of the stunning venues, built at some of the city's most famous sites. oh, my goodness. it is incredible. under the eiffel tower, nbc news showed around the beach volleyball. this is exciting, to actually see it like this, you get a feeling for how it is going to be. >> yeah, indeed. it is really exciting. you can almost feel the atmosphere of the 13,000 people. >> reporter: the centerpiece set to be the river seine, hosting the opening ceremony. this week, president macron

saying france has backup locations planned if security threats arise. now, many olympic locations visible from a riverboat. my guide, podcaster oliver guy. >> this is where it is going to happen. on both sides we're going to have olympic events. >> that side and this side? >> both. >> reporter: in total, 24 venues scattered in and around paris. skateboarding and for the first time break dancing and archery in the grand palace, tae kwon do and fencing. while nine miles outside paris, the spectacular chateau deversailles, will stage the olympic equestrian events. up to 40,000 spectators will watch, competing riders,

encircle the magnificent golden fountains. then a different kind of gold, at a french jewelry house, the paris 2024 medals set with tiny fragments of the eiffel tower, and encased in bespoke louis vuitton trunks. heightened security means every apartment overlooking events will be searched. this boston native shows around her magnificent paris home. look at this! she has volunteered to greet athletes when the games begin. >> it is such a beautiful city. i want everyone who comes here to have a wonderful experience and walk away, fall in love with it like i have. >> reporter: back here with that spectacular view today, the french will unveil their outfits for the opening ceremony, tuxedos, tres chic, right? that does it for us today. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now.