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the expanding search zone. >> thanks so much for being with us, it's 10:00 eastern. we begin with that breaking news overseas, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in kyiv at this hour meeting with ukrainian officials, including president zelenskyy, about the state of the counteroffensive against russia. here was the secretary just a short time ago. >> we want to make sure that ukraine has what it needs not only to succeed on the counteroffensive but has what it needs for the long-term to make sure it has a strong deterrent, strong defense capacity so that in the future aggressions like this don't happen again. >> the secretary arrived in ukraine just hours after new russian air strikes on that country, including missiles that appear to target kyiv and the strike in eastern ukraine that officials say killed 16 people.

let's get right to nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel and retired lieutenant general steph twitty. what is this agenda now for lincoln's trip, and has there been any reaction from russia this morning? >> reporter: i think it's very possible that what we saw about three hours before the secretary of state's arrival here was russia's response. so the way these logistics work, you can either drive in -- there's no flights over ukraine or no civilian planes -- so you can drive in from poland or moldova or hungary, it's a little bit longer, or you can take the train, and that's what president biden did, when he came on a surprise visit. that is what the secretary of state did. and about three hours before he arrived in kyiv this morning, that's when there were several russian missiles that exploded. they were intercepted.

they didn't hit their final intended targets, and there were no casualties, which shows how effective the air defense system has become in this city. actually, it's one of the things that secretary blinken is here to do. he's committing over a billion dollars, mostly military aid, for programs like the air defense system, for artillery systems, and the administration has requested another $20 billion for mostly military assistance to come. so secretary blinken came here to express support, to express the administration's ongoing support both now and in the future. they're looking to come up with a long-term security arrangement with this country, and there's a domestic focus. they recognize -- the administration recognizes -- and this is according to a u.s. official i spoke to a while ago traveling with the secretary, they recognize that this story hasn't been dominating the

headlines over the course of the summer, a lot of americans tuned out, and they want to remake the case why this matters. why it is not a hopeless cause, that the offensive is making some progress, and they want to convince both the american people to stay in it and to recognize the importance of staying in it and to convince the ukrainians that even though the summer has passed the attention has not waned. >> the counteroffensive has had recent gains as richard points out, but very slow gains. is the counteroffensive where it should be? >> i would say it is. we must remember this is war, and the russians had a year, a year and a half to actually put in their defensive positions and improve those positions. so i knew and several military folks knew that this was going to be a tough battle for the ukrainians. what we have to do is understand they're in these tactical victories right now, who have

taken tactical land. it will become strategic once they breakthrough the complete belt of russian defenses and then break the land bridge. they're working on that. it's extremely slow. it's just going to take some time. >> just this morning, ukraine's parliament confirmed a new defense minister after zelenskyy decided to replace his wartime chief. what kind of impact could that have at this stage in this battle? >> well, i would say very little from a tactical and a strategic perspective. you have to remember, you have troops on the ground that are fighting this fight, and they are backed up by several layers of command, whether it be company command all the way up. so these troops are distant from the secretary of state. what the new secretary of defense will have to focus on, number one, preventing the corruption from really permeating throughout the ranks,

and number two, focus on supporting getting the equipment that these soldiers need and the future of the ukrainian military that will need to be built back up as they progress through this war. and so he's got to look to the future to build up this military as well. >> okay, retired lieutenant general steph twitty and richard engel, thank you, both. we'll of course be watching for new developments of the secretary of state's visit there and bring you any new information that should come from it. back here in the u.s. now, i want to take you to georgia where this afternoon a critical hearing will be held in the sprawling fulton county election interference case. this will be the first major hearing to be broadcast live since the indictments were handed down against donald trump and his 18 co-defendants. you see them all there. and at issue here in this 1:00 p.m. eastern hearing is whether the judge will grant requests from these two, sidney powell and kenneth chesebro to sever their cases from the others. judge scott mcafee saying he

also wants a, quote, good-faith estimate on how long it will take to try all 19 defendants together. nbc's katie phang is live for us in atlanta. also with us is anthony coley, chief spokesman, katie let me start with you on the ground. walk us through what we can expect to see with this hearing today there in georgia. >> reporter: yeah, so as you mentioned at 1:00, the presiding judge scott mcafee will hear from the d.a. fani willis in terms of her good faith estimate on how long it will take to try all 19 defendants. within the order that was given by the judge, he also asked the d.a. to come prepared today to explain how long would it take in terms of witnesses and exhibits to try other defendants should they be parsed out. there are currently six pending motions to sever that are brought by different defendants including the former president of the united states trump. but of those six defendants,

there's only one that has been set for trial. kenneth chesebro currently has an october 23rd trial date. that's because he has filed a demand for speedy trial. and under the law in georgia, they are required to try him, they be the d.a.'s office or the state of georgia prior to november, but we also know that sidney powell has also demanded a speedy trial as well. there is some scuttlebutt that we're hearing that the d.a.'s office is anticipating that maybe chesebro and powell will be tried together on october 23rd, and the remaining defendants will go to trial at a later date. that will be left to be seen once we hear what happens at today's hearing. >> thank you so much for setting the scene for us. this is going to be televised for the public to watch. i'm curious what you'll be watching for. do you think we're going to get good insight into how this judge, judge scott mcafee will preside over the upcoming trials, and could we see some of

the potential evidence or get insight into that? >> i think that's all going to start now. how is the judge thinking about this case? the judges have a lot of discretion as to whether these defendants are going to be tried together or broken up. the judge has a lot of discretion when he looks at admitting evidence. when you get insight into the judge's mind, you're going to be seeing a kind of pathway for the case going forward. the judge may come in and conceive of this case as the way d.a. willis does, which is one enterprise. it is a beast of a case, but a judge may think this is doable. a judge that comes in that's incredibly skeptical of this case, he may start chopping this case up bit by bit, and you may see multiple trials happening and d.a. willis having to put up her case multiple times, which becomes a little precarious. >> anthony, let's talk about the political strategy. we see these two before the judge today, something that

caught my eye is essentially arguing it would be more advantageous to do the opposite. this is quoing a lawyer, quote, strategically speaking if you are one of the lesser important players you would definitely want to be in the same trial as donald trump. all the focus is going to be on him. they don't want the little guys, he says. they want trump. you're always compared to who you're next to. do you think that's true? >> i think there is some truth to it. i think however this trial plays out, there's going to be a lot of finger pointing towards donald trump, and to an extent there should be because donald trump was the driving force behind efforts to overturn the will of the georgia voters. but in america, the proper way to address the election disputes are through courts of law. and each of these 18 defendants operated outside of the judicial system and engaged in this illegal scheme.

ana, what is also notable to me is that we are having this conversation a day after enrique tarrio was sentenced to 22 years for his efforts with regard to january 6th. separate case, separate jurisdiction. what we have seen at every level is prosecutors developing an overwhelming amount of evidence against defendants. and they've got case law on their side. in georgia they're going to have conservative republicans from the governor, from the lieutenant governor and the secretary of state testifying for the prosecution. so to all of these 18 other defendants, if i'm looking at the enrique tarrio sentencing yesterday, this is a warning for them. the writing is on the wall. this is the time to cooperate with prosecutors. >> do you agree with that? >> i do agree with that. i think what's also even arguably just as important here is it's one thing to be a proud boy that sees yourself as part

of militia and sees yourself as part of this army going for trump and to get serious time in prison. it's another thing to be a person who's never engaged in anything violent, who doesn't see themselves as a hardened criminal. for those individuals in white collar cases even four years in prison or five years in prison, that is a lifetime. i think for these folks as we get now into this pretrial phase, there's going to be a stillness for them, which is what happens often with defendants, where they now -- you know, some of the hoopla dies down. you're now talking pretrial motions. you're now seeing the evidence against you. you're talking trial schedules and that quiet is where you often find defendants take the time and say, like this is real, and it may be time to cooperate so i can get out of this. i'm not going down with these folks. >> anthony, what are the chances we see this trial start on october 23rd? >> i think it's going to happen. i'd be curious what you think about that as a lawyer, but what i am most pleased about is the

verb you used there, see it happen. the fact that we as a public are going to be able to see this trial unfold with our own eyes, and that is so important, ana, because there is so much misinformation and disinformation about this case coming from donald trump and his allies that it is important for the facts and the facts alone to remain front and center. that's the benefit of having this trial televised in the state of georgia. my hope is that the federal judicial conference, which is the policy making body for the federal judiciary, when it convenes in september, would also take the unprecedented step of allowing the federal trial to be broadcast as well. >> so let me move on to one of the federal cases because we have some news in the classified documents case as well today. abc news is reporting this morning that they have obtained transcripts of evan corcoran's

voice memos. cork ran was donald trump's lead attorney at the time. according to abe in may of last year, after the doj issued a subpoena to the former president for the classified documents, corcoran warned trump that not only did he have to fully comply with this subpoena but that the fbi might search the estate if he didn't. and then another attorney reportedly warned corcoran that if he pushed trump to comply with the subpoena, quote, he's going to go bballistic. nbc news has not seen these transcripts or heard the audio firsthand. does it make it more damning if indeed there is this audio recording, notes from his attorney saying this is what i told him, and yet we now know he didn't comply? >> 100%. and i tell you, the thing about this documents case, i'm not sure that it could get stronger. i mean, this case in many regards for any other defendant

would be seen as a complete slam dunk, and when you have everything, right? president trump was given multiple opportunities to turn over these documents back to the government. he chose not to. to have your lawyer, those voice memos come in. this is your lawyer talking about basically your mental pressures. your lawyer is saying here's what i'm getting from my client, and that attorney client relationship to be able to pierce that, which was allowed here by the judge because here when the attorney is being used in furtherance of a crime, that's under privileged communication. so it's very rare that prosecutors get insight into those communications and can put that potentially in front of a jury. the evidence here is overwhelming, and i think with any other defendant, you would be pleading this case out in minutes. you would be trying to get out of this case as quick as possible. of course that's not going to happen here, the former president is going to fight this. i think this case just continues to get stronger. the last thing i'll note, you also have an obstruction component. when you can now say i tried to

cover the crime and you can say as a prosecutor you want to see a guilty state of mind, look what he did after when he knew we were on to him, he tried to cover up, and juries will eat that up. >> the last thing i would add is it's not just the evidence in the documents case. it is the sources of the evidence, just like what we're talking about here and with this mar-a-lago case, what we saw is just do you remember surveillance camera that came from mar-a-lago, you have trump employees texting with each other. this is a strong case. >> it's a big paper trail pun intended in this case because it's all about the classified documents. i will say as we were talking, our ken dilanian did confirm that abc news reporting about the warning to corcoran to trump about complying with the subpoena. thank you, gentlemen, so much, i really appreciate you both and your expertise. the longest sentence yet, the punishment given to the former leader of the proud boys for his role in the capitol

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tarrio actually expressed remorse in this hearing, which was interesting because he hadn't really done that before. he apologized to the citizens of washington, d.c., to lawmakers. he said he had learned his lessons. but at the end of the day the judge didn't completely buy it. he didn't believe that tarrio was actually remorseful for the seditious conspiracy and gave him the longest sentence by four years, 24 years. still much less than prosecutors sought. they wanted 33 years. they may appeal his sentence because they argue that the proud boys were instrumental in the violence on january 6th, more so than any other group, any other individuals, members of the proud boy leadership led each significant breach, that famous video of dominick pe sow pez sow la. and afterwards he texted make no mistake, we did this. and during his trial while the

jury was deliberating he was giving an interview saying the proud boys did nothing wrong raising questions about whether he actually is remorseful. >> that's so interesting. 22 years is his punishment, we saw pezzola get ten years. we're keeping a close eye on this other trial. today is now opening statements for peter navarro's trial, a contempt of congress trial related to his refusal to answer the subpoena by the january 6th house select committee. it seems they were able to seat a jury very quickly here. >> they were and it's a classic d.c. jury according to our producer, a state department employee, a commerce department employee, two government contractors, people who understand the rules, and understand what subpoenas are and may not be very sympathetic to the argument that he had to defy this subpoena because he believed that he was subject to executive privilege. actually, he's not going to be able to argue that in trial because the judge said there's no evidence donald trump invoked

executive privilege. this may be a very simple case. did you get the subpoena. was it lawfully served? you didn't comply with it, and then he's face ago year in prison for each of the two counts. >> how quickly could this one move? >> i think as soon as a week or so. >> we'll be watching, thank you. good to see you. day seven of the manhunt for the escaped prisoner in pennsylvania. why didn't they crack down on security after an earlier escape this spring. the push for a new trial for alex murdaugh, convicted of murdering his wife and son. the details on alleged jury tampering in this case. jury tampering in this seca

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on edge, schools are closed for a second day, and residents on high alert as authorities expand the search for convicted killer danelo cavalcante who's now been on the run for almost a full week leaving a trail of clues on security cameras across this community, and now new details on another escape from that same prison just months ago. joining us from pennsylvania is nbc news correspondent emilie ikeda. it doesn't look like that big of an area. why might this search be taking so long? >> reporter: hey there, ana, good to be with you. investigators are dealing with a moving target. you know, yesterday police had said, okay, we believe

cavalcante is moving southward, so they shifted and expanded the search zone. this morning it appears he's moving eastward, potentially crosses county lines as we continue to see a growing police presence, and they appear to be zeroing in on waterways, rivers, really searching some of the nearby local waterways in the area. remember, this is -- we're dealing with some sweltering heat and both police and cavalcante are having to contend with that. hundreds of law enforcement officers contributing to this search. agencies at all levels throughout this -- throughout the last nearly week-long period of time. you can see the terrain that they're having to deal with. this is suburbsuburbia. they're also dealing with really dense woods. it's not the type of woods that you can merely just walk through. they have to cut through in order to get through it. they're using a number of different assets from helicopters to canines to walk

on foot. >> we mentioned this other escape at the same prison. is there a security problem there? >> reporter: well, i think that's the questions and the concerns people are raising and something we will pose to police at a news conference scheduled for later this afternoon. what we know about that earlier escape happened a couple of months ago at the chester county prison where a few miles from that point, an inmate apparently told investigators according to police documents that he previously was a rock climber so he was able to scale the wall of the prison and run across the rooftop of the prison. he only escaped for an hour or so, when he was brought back into custody, a guard had explained that there was an argument going on and an early morning basketball game when that prisoner managed to escape. we're not sure if cavalcante mirrored those actions in his escape, something we will bring up as we hope to learn more details later this afternoon. >> another twist, emilie ikeda, thank you very much. now to south carolina where disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh's

attorneys are claiming they have evidence of jury tampering. they say it merits a new trial. in a new legal filing, murdaugh's lawyers are pinning this on the court clerk alleging she influenced the guilty verdict and later profited off the story in a tell-all book. here they are on the "today" show this morning. >> the legal question is not whether the outcome of the trial would have been different. the question is whether the information provided to the jury outside the confines of the courtroom is prejudicial. >> nbc news correspondent kathy park is with us from columbia, south carolina, and kathy, it has been six months since a jury found murdaugh guilt of murdering his wife and his son. now this big allegation, what does it mean for a possible new trial? >> reporter: hey, ana, good morning to you. well, this is all pretty preliminary, and according to legal experts, if it does push

ahead, the first thing we'll likely see is an evidentiary hearing because the court will obviously want to hear from the jurors who submitted the affidavits. we should also note that the attorney general of south carolina now has nine days to submit a response. we know that he has received the defense's motion, but once again, murdaugh is serving two consecutive life sentences for the brutal murders of his wife and son. according to his attorneys, their client is now in disbelief over this new evidence. >> this morning an explosive new legal twist in the case of convicted killer alex murdaugh. his attorneys are demanding a new trial accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering. >> we never considered the likelihood as reported to us by the jurors that the clerk of court would go in to the sanctity of the jury room before he testified and tell the jurors don't be fooled by his testimony. >> reporter: in sworn affidavits from two jurors, murdaugh's attorneys detail multiple

incident of what they say was improper conduct by clerk of court rebecca hill. hill allegedly told jurors, y'all are going to hear something that will throw you all off, don't let this distract you or mislead you. hill seen outside the courthouse after the verdict acknowledged by prosecutors for her work. >> i want to thank the kol tin county clerk of court. >> pressured them to reach a quick verdict, and invented a story about a facebook post to remove a juror she believed would have found murdaugh not guilty. >> jury tampering by a clerk of the court would be something very rare and very dramatic. >> shortly after the trial, three of the jurors appearing on "today" telling savannah and craig they didn't believe murdaugh's emotional testimony was genuine. >> he knows like she said when to turn on and off. >> months after the trial ended,

hill co-authored a tell all book about her experience on such a major case called behind the doors of justice, the murdaugh murders. nbc news has reached out to hill for comment about the new allegations. she told court tv they were untrue. >> guilty verdict. >> reporter: in march, murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife maggie and son paul in 2021 and received two consecutive life sentences. according to his lawyers, he still maintains his innocence. >> reporter: and we have reached out to those three jurors who appeared on the "today" show back in march. two declined to comment. we are still waiting to hear comment from that third juror. and ana, we should also note that we have once again made calls to becky hill. we're still waiting for a response from her. ana. >> thank you so much, kathy park. next here on "ana cabrera report," a post-labor day heat wave forcing schools to close

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summer clearly isn't over yet, 50 million people are sweltering under heat alerts from the mid-atlantic to the northeast, forcing a rash of early dismissals, even some

school closings at the start of the school year. what we're used to seeing because of winter weather now happening because of the heat. angie lassman standing by with our forecast, but first let's go to nbc's kristen dahlgren in concord, new hampshire, for us. lots of schools, even some school buses don't have air-conditioning, so i guess is closing school the only answer when it gets this hot? >> reporter: right, i mean, schools are definitely adapting. for sure you're going to see a lot of empty fields like this today. here in concord.

student safety from michigan -- >> this really doesn't make any sense to me why they don't have air conditioners or portable air conditioners. >> to new jersey. >> i'd rather see this weather when i'm at the beach or anywhere but school. >> when you stepped inside like any classroom, it's like so hot, so humid. >> the lack of adequate air-conditioning leaving parents worried about possible dehydration and cutting learning short. >> if they have to sit in class all day, they shouldn't be hot, you know, taking away from their education and the way that they're going to function all day. >> reporter: in baltimore the soaring temperatures have triggered a code red extreme heat alert meaning some of the city's pools will stay open longer. >> this is like incredibly hot out here. >> reporter: and in texas as the mercury soars to the triple digits, the state's main electric grid operator has issued a weather watch through

friday as demand soars to the highest level ever seen in september. >> we're just out there drowning in our sweat because it was so hot. >> so the number is actually now up to 83 million americans who are under a heat alert, 40 temperature records dropped yesterday, fell yesterday, and another 50 are on the line today, ana, so it is going to be a scorcher in so many places. >> no kidding. get out of the heat, thank you, kristen, for that update. let me turn to angie lassman. so 40 heat records were set just yesterday, angie. what are we expecting today? >> you know, and those are just the ones that have already been tallied. we could likely see more of those coming in through the day today. you can see some of those spots across parts of the northeast. this is one of the areas that we're really going to watch here through the day today and really over the next couple of days to see potential records. we've got philadelphia, washington, d.c., baltimore, all included in that, hartford as

well. check out these temperatures, washington, d.c. set to hit 100 degrees this afternoon. your feels-like temperature at that warmest point of the day will be around 106 degrees. be careful of that, 95 tomorrow. roanoke in the high 90s today, into the low 90s tomorrow. we're going to have to wait until the end of the week and especially into the weekend to see major improvements across parts of the northeast. here's the expected record highs through tomorrow across parts of texas, in parts of the southern plains, houston, dallas, san antonio, lubbock, tucson, albuquerque all included in this. you can see why. the temperatures once again in the triple digits. it has been a brutal summer for folks in the southern tier of the country. we're going to continue to see places like dallas head to 104 today and 105 by thursday. especially if you're in the midwest, you might be thinking by the end of the day tomorrow where'd all the heat go. we'll see temperatures drop about 20 degrees in one day, thanks to a cold front. it will leave you unsettled, so you might run into some showers

and thunderstorms, but check out these temperatures as we get into the day tomorrow. 76 degrees for detroit. we're dropping about 10 degrees in a 24-hour period. we'll still be into the 80s, pittsburgh, charleston, so it's not going to be chilly by any means. it will definitely be some relief as the kids are going back to school and you're needing that ac cranked up. by the time we get into friday, new york ends up in the mid-80s. washington, d.c., will hold onto the 90s. >> my kid wanted to wear their hoodies for the first day of school yesterday, so they left the house with hoodies. as you can imagine they were stuffed in the backpack when they came home. bad idea all around. thank you, angie. up next here on "ana cabrera reports," new reaction from mitch mcconnell's fellow senators after his second freezing incident. we're live from the hill and then later the american tennis stars dominating at the u.s. open. t the u.s. open hi, we've both got a big birthday coming up. so we have a lot of questions about medicare plans.

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now to more fallout after that unwanted kiss at the world cup celebration. spain's world cup winning women's soccer coach was fired yesterday. he was among those who had first applauded soccer federation president luis rubials when he refused to resign after kissing a player on the mouth and the player said it was without her consent. and you can see him there giving a big applaud to rubials during that speech, a standing ovation. he is now serving a 90-day suspension. this morning an unseeded american has served his way into the semifinals of the u.s. open. 20-year-old ben shelton

defeating number ten ranked fellow american frances tiafoe in a three-hour match, with brob probably the biggest match of his life ahead with novak djokovic. on the women's side, american coco gauff advanced with madison keys getting her shot to move on to the semis this evening under the lights of arthur ashe stadium. and stephanie gosk has more now on the american players dominating at the u.s. open. hi, steph. >> reporter: american tennis is having a moment. and it is even sweeter on u.s. soil. for the first time in more than 50 years, four black americans reached the quarterfinals, and two of them, coco gauff and ben shelton just punched their tickets to the semis leading the new generation of talented american tennis stars. history unfolding at center court. ben shelton taking on frances tiafoe, the first time two black american men faced off in the u.s. open quarterfinals. and it was a nail biter.

>> this is not anything that i would expect. >> reporter: after four sets on a humid new york night, shelton using his high speed serve to beat his friend and fellow countryman. >> what a performance. he's living the dream right there. >> reporter: the young starr celebrating his win with the crowd. shelton now the youngest american man to reach the semifinals since andy roddick in 2003. >> we love that. >> reporter: americans are indeed having a moment. earlier tuesday 19-year-old tennis superstar coco gauff smashed her way to her first ever u.s. open semifinals. winning her tenth match in a row, defeating latvian ostapenko in straight sets. >> today is the best i played all tournament. >> reporter: she's the first american teen to reach the u.s. open semifinals since serena williams, more than two decades ago. >> she's my idol and i think if you told me when i was younger i would be in the same stat lines as her, i would freak out.

>> reporter: when williams stepped away from the sport after last year's u.s. open, many wondered what american tennis would look like without her. but now gauff and her fellow american players are proving they have what it takes to fill those very big tennis shoes. but not every american made it through. novak djokovic beat taylor fritz. he's never lost to an american at the u.s. open. the serbian celebrating his win singing a beastie boys tune. ♪ you got to fight for your right to party ♪ whoo! >> reporter: djokovic is heading into his 47th semifinal match, pats passing roger federer. with a new generation of american tennis stars looking to hold serve on their home court. >> we have a real opportunity to get some trophies and maybe on all ends of the event and that would be really exciting, but it is a great time to be an american tennis player. >> reporter: before their next

singles match, we'll have more chances to watch these americans on the court today. coco in women's doubles, ben in mixed doubles. to give you some perspective on ben shelton's meteoric rise, a year ago was ranked 165. come next monday, he'll be among the top 20 players in the world. back to you. >> so awesome. stephanie gosk, thanks so much. that does it for us today. appreciate you joining us. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we're just two hours away from a critical court hearing in georgia's 2020 election interference case, surrounding former president donald trump. it comes as all 19 defendants including trump waived today's arraignment in atlanta pleading not guilty. breaking overnight, antony blinken mads a surprise visit to ukraine. we're live in kyiv with the major new aid package blinken is expected to announce for the war torn