Also ahead, delay, delay, delay, donald trump looking to push his federal Election Interference trial to 2026 like more than two years from now. Can he stall his way out of legal jeopardy . And the clock is ticking down in georgia, the new Security Measures there with just a week left for the former president and allies to surrender. Happy friday, its great to be with you, it is 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and this among Hurricane Hilary is a cat 4 and barrelling towards Southern California. The National Weather Service Warning hilary could bring significant impacts to the southwest this weekend and into early next week. Now, this morning weve learned parts of Joshua Tree National park will shut down in anticipation of extreme flooding. Park officials telling the public to, quote, reconsider outdoor activities. If it makes landfall in california as a tropical system, that will be very rare. Its only happened one other time this past century. Lets get right to nbc news meteorologist angie lassman. Conditions were prime for hillary to intensify, and it did. Walk us through the storm track and when the west coast could start feeling impacts. It rapidly intensified, and was going to continue to stay and maintain its strength until it starts to weaken. One of those things that helped it strengthen was the warm waters off the Baja California coast. The impacts will be immense. You mentioned how rare it is. Weve only seen a tropical System Impact this area a handful of times. The last time and only time a Tropical Cyclone has made landfall in california was back in 1939. So yes, very rare. We right now have a record for the states rainfall held by kathleen, if we see more than 14. 76 inches from this system, we could potentially break that record. We do have the capability to see that. Heres the lay of the land right now. Category 4 hurricane looks really healthy to be honest and has winds at 145 Miles Per Hour moving northwest at 13 Miles Per Hour. Heres the time line, as we get through the next day or so were going to start to see it as i mentioned lose some steam, it starts to weaken but does start to work onshore and make landfall in parts of mexico and cross the border over into california as we get into late sunday. Now tropical storm, either way i dont want you to focus on exactly that category. I want you to focus on the impacts. The impacts are going to come mainly in the form of rain. Weve already got flood watches up for much of this area. 24 Million People are included in these flood watches now las vegas, los angeles, you can see out towards the grand canyon. Parts of arizona, new mexico, with upwards of 10 inches of rain expected in those Mountain Side areas. Its going to be a couple of days where people need to Pay Attention to the flooding there. Angie lassman thanks so much. Now to several new developments in the Legal Investigations embroilingdonald trump. One week from today, thats how long the former president and his codefendants have to surrender to the jail. The Fulton County Sheriffs Office is investigating threats against the grand jurors in georgia after their names and addresses were leaked online, and theres news this morning in the federal Election Interference case as well. Trumps legal team looking to push the start of that trial back to april of 2026. Lots to talk about now with our nbcs Julie Tsirkin who is there in georgia for us. Also here with us is Renato Mariotti, former federal prosecutor and Charles Coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. Julie, how is the state of georgia reacting as we wait for trump and his allies to surrender . Yeah, ana, first let me set the scene for you and our viewers here. Were standing in front of the Fulton County jail where the former president is supposed to surrender any moment now, any day now. Meanwhile, most of his president ial rivals are actually just a couple of miles from here speaking at a conservative republican conference where we just heard from the governor of georgia, Republican Brian Kemp who criticized the former president just a few days ago saying there is no Election Interference in the 2020 election. Take a listen to what kemp had to say just a few moments ago about this. You know, during the whole 2020 election there was a lot of things said, a lot of things tone, at the end of the day, i followed the law and the constitution. I was subpoenaed for the special grand jury, so you know, im sure i will be a witness in whatever goes forward, so i really cant say much about the indictment. One thing is certain about these indictments in my mind, in my opinion, this trial, despite what dates anybodys asking for or anything else, it is not going to happen before the election. Reporter now, ana, heres whats so notable about the fourth indictment and different from the other three and something that might get under the former president s skin a little more. There are republican officials who could be critical witnesses in this case against the former president , and hes already been on truth social lashing out against the Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan for saying some of those things we heard from kemp. We also expect to see president ial rivals on this stage including nikki haley, tim scott and the former Vice President mike pence too. Okay, and tell us more about this investigation now into the threats against frand jurors and is anything being done to protect them . Reporter yeah, its such an important question. As Nbc News First reported my colleague Blayne Alexander and ryan reilly, the names and addresses, personal information, pictures of these 23 members of the grand jury in georgia we are posted to fringe right wing websites. They have issued Death Threats against these members and were just hearing from the fbi this morning who were saying they are aware of these threats of violence. They also said that individuals found responsible for making threats in violation of state and or federal laws will be prosecuted. This is unique to georgia and none of the other three indictments against the former president weve seen the names of these grand jurors unveiled as part of the indictment when it was unsealed and made public. In georgia that is allowed. There are certainly questions swirling as to why in a case of this magnitude having to do with the former president they would still allow that to go forward. Certainly they are taking these threats seriously. In washington yesterday there was a woman from texas arrested for making threats against tanya chutkan, the judge overseeing the federal Case Investigation into the former president s Election Interference in 2020 so definitely something officials on the ground are taking seriously. Very eye opening when this happens. Julie tsirkin, thank you for that reporting. Renato, i just wonder if this could impact trying to seat a jury for trial. What if, you know, jurors are scared to participate . It is an issue, ana, ask i will say this is something thats very serious. I unfortunately have had to teal with that when i was a federal prosecutor, not only with juries but myself, i was in Protective Custody for a period of time. It is a scary situation and jurors have a right to be concerned. Thats why the legal system is going to take this seriously. I would not be surprised if we ultimately see some arrests here partly because they need to send a message. If there is a case, i expect it to be brought, and it will be a way of put ago shot across the bow of other would be threatening individuals who are going to try to intimidate jurors in any of these cases. Charles, as we look ahead to the Legal Process here, former doj official jeffrey clark, hes one of the lawyers advocating for mike pence to stop the electoral certification who trump reportedly wanted to make a. G. , he became the first codefendant to object to the georgia trial schedule. Remember the prosecution here wanted that to start in march of next year. He certainly isnt going to be the last i imagine to make a motion for this trial and respond to it and suggest a later day. Does this give us a preview of maybe how complicated it will be to get this to trial . I do think it does. I think at some point, fani willis and her office is going to have to present a plan about how she intends to try all 19 defendants. I know she has great experience with rico cases. At her press Conference Following the announcement of her indictment, you may recall whether she intended to try all 19 codefendants together, and her answering was a resounding yes. I dont know that that will be practical or even feasible. So going forward, shes likely going to have to present some sort of plan to the judge in this case around scheduling because these issues are going to come up and continue to come up because youre talking about 19 different codefendants and their lawyers and team of lawyers and those schedules, none of which is more complicated than the former president s. This is going to be a scheduling nightmare just in Fulton County alone and likely will result in a number of things being pushed forward because of how complex this is. Renato, heres a shocker, trump wants to delay his trials this time hes seeking to delay his federal Election Interference case brought by jack smith, and hes asking for, drum roll, an april 2026 start date. More than two years after the special counsels proposed start date. Whats your reaction to that . Well, im not surprised. Like you, i think thats about the least surprising thing donald trump has done recently. So whats the outcome going to be . If this is a case against john doe or ana cabrera or somebody else, a judge might give them a lot of rope. They might say, okay, youve got to get your legal team together. We understand you might have various arguments to make. You might give that person a little bit of rope there. I dont think this judge in this case is going to do that. This is not her First Experience with this matter, and it is not this court, the District Of Columbia federal courts of donald trump. Theyre aware of whats going on. Theyre aware of the plan here. She sure seems motivated to have a fast trial and she basically threatened that if trump having questionable messages that are intended to influence potential jurors, shes going to speed it up. If i was on the Trump Defense team, i would be concerned that i would need to gear up for a very fast trial in that case. This is the judge we have learned was threatened, the woman in texas arrested because of the death threat against judge chutkan, and of course trumps Team Argument is they just got this huge case, right . They have millions, literally more than 10 million, i think, documents that have been turned over or are going to be part of the prosecutions discovery that they hand over that they have to go through. Charles, lets just look at the calendar here with how packed trumps courtroom and Campaign Events schedule is right now. With this in mind, which case hoff these four criminal cases right now is realistically going to move the fastest, do you think . You know, ana, i think people forget about alvin bragg here in new york, and i do think that i understand why these other cases have taken precedence. His case could theoretically move the fastest. I think its the most contained and the easiest and most straightforward paperwork wise. It wont. Its going to take a backseat to the other matters. Alvin braggs case is a local case, and of course jack smith and Special Prosecutor those are federal cases. Of those remaining three, i would suspect that the Election Interference case that jack smith is bringing is the one thats posed to likely move the fastest. With respect to maralago, youre dealing with a plethora of voluminous discovery. A lot of that being classified documents, things that the government is going to have to decide how much theyre going to want to show. Theyre going to have to turn it over. Theres an entire process of going over these thing in terms of Donald Trumps team getting its Security Clearance in order so they can even look at these documents. Thats going to take a lot of time. With fani willis youre talking about it 19 different defendants and then also another voluminous discovery that has to be sorted out and gone through by each of the defendants. Its going to be a lot of motions in that case, and so thats going to take some time. Of those remaining three the one that is posed to move forward likely in the fastest manner is going to be the federal Election Interference case that weve seen filed basically his second federal indictment. We will be watching and we expect a hearing in that case on august 28th where we could have some kind of trial schedule set out. Thank you so much, Charles Coleman and Renato Mariotti happy friday and good to have you here. When were back in 60 seconds, evacuations over wildfires in canada. While the top Emergency Official in maui is out. The controversy over his choice to not sound the alarms before hawaiis Deadly Wildfires. 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All this as the outrage grows over the response to the fires and the harrowing search for the missing continues. Nbcs dana griffin joins me from maui with more now. This top official out. What more do we know about his resignation and the investigation into the response . Reporter yeah, good morning to you, ana. I can say with him defending not sounding that alarm because he was worried that people would go into the flames. Others here in maui argue that would have at least alerted people, elderly people who dont have cell phones or did not have their tvs on or radios on, they at least would have stepped outside and common sense would have told them a fire is brewing, let believe. This also comes on the heels of another official who is also being not investigated but people are also raising some questions about him, and this will likely be a part of the review that the Attorney General has commissioned by this independent party because they really want to get a critical comprehensive review of decisionmaking that day, of policies, and what actions were taken not only before, during , and after that fire. The Attorney General saying an independent review saying all aspects including any potential shortcomings in preparation, response, and communication are thoroughly examined. I also want to point to this article by the star advertiser. It writes, the resignation came on the day after the State Department of land ask Natural Resources Reasooind Kaleo Manuel First Deputy of the commission on Water Resources management so that the commission and the department can focus on necessary work to assist the people of maui recover from the devastation of the wildfires. This stems from questions that are swirling about whether enough water was released on maui to make sure firefighters could fight those fires. We heard from several firefighters who lost their homes battling these flames. They say when they checked those fire hydrants, the Water Pressure was either low or gone, ana. And im looking at these images of just the level of destruction there, and youve been talking to people who are staying in shelters. Were now more than a week since the fire hit, this death toll around 111 people at last check. Where do the Search Efforts stand . Yeah, theyre still searching the rubble. That could take several weeks, and some of the remains are so hard to find because these bodies are so badly burned. They still may be searching that rubble and finding remains months to come, ana. Were hearing from people who are feeling a little bit of relief considering that the governor has taken action to open the lahaina bypass, which is by mee. Its closed now. The importance of having this open is so that people who were stuck there could leave, come back and forth and also so those precious resources could make it to the people who are still in there and need a lot of help. Ana. A lot, a lot of recovery ahead, thank you very much, dana griffin for your efforts in reporting there in hawaii. And up next here on ana cabrera reports, high stakes summit. Well look ahead to President Bidens historic meeting at camp david next hour with the leaders of south korea and japa. And coming up, millions of goods stolen, the new task force to stop these robberies. E new te to stop these robberies. Help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. E trade from Morgan Stanley. With powerful, easytouse tools, power e trade makes complex trading easier. React to fastmoving markets with dynamic charting and a Futures Ladder that lets you place, flatten, or reverse orders so you wont miss an opportunity. 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Reporter ana, as you mentioned, its not insignificant that President Biden is using camp david to host the leaders of South Korea And Japan. This is the first trilateral meeting of its kind. There is an uneasy history between these two countries, but they also have these very big looming Security Challenges with north korea and china, and this is where President Biden is looking for unity with South Korea And Japan. The Administration Says that the summit is going to be about deeper defense and technology and economic cooperation. Theyre going to talk about things like sharing north korea missile data, also about holding regular joint military drills, and establishing a crisis hot line for the three leaders. Security is the overarching theme here, not collective security per se, like natos article 5, but this were all in it together approach where a challenge to one country will be perceived as a challenge to all of them. Security very much interlinked, and not just rhetorically, but with actual military operations. And the threats are real. Theres chinas behavior in the taiwan strait, north korea has just tested a solid fuel icbm, something they havent done before, and there are signs of growing Military Cooperation between russia and north korea, so these are the issues facing these three leaders and what is being very closely watched here in china, being called state media and a mini nato style alliance, which of course is going to invite more reaction as news comes out of camp david. Ana. All right, Janis Mackey Frayer, thank you so much. You say this summit is a major biden achievement. Explain why you see it that way . Well, you know, i worked on these issues for many years. I was also, you know, serving at the National Security council under president bush and obama. Getting the koreans and japanese together even in the same room is so difficult. Its beyond an uneasy relationship. Skra pan colonized korea for 35 years, for many, many years theyve been dealing with a number of issues, contentious issues from territorial dispute issues, to a whole host of them. Even getting these two leaders together is a major achievement. But this having at camp david, trilateral, the First Standalone trilateral summit, this only came about because of, first, Courageous Decision by president eun to put aside to have a forwardlooking relationship with japan and pragmatic approach by Prime Minister kishida. It has to do with the Biden Administration really, you know, giving encouragement and a lot of, you know, priority on bringing these leaders together. So it is an achievement by the Biden Administration as well. Sue, chinese officials already criticized this summit saying it would fuel hostility instead of promoting peace. What message does this summit hosted by the United States send to china, and what message is it sending to north korea . Well, they love to just historically divide korea and japan, and they know because of this very historically contentious relationship between korea and japan, they love to divide between u. S. And two of u. S. s key allies in asia. The message says that they are not divided, that korea, japan, two of the closest allies of the United States are all on the same page, and they stand together. They share common values and again, Security Threat to one country is linked to Security Threat to another country. So i think this is a very important and symbolic moment. Its a very Important Message to send to china and north korea. Sue mi terry, as always, i so appreciate your experience and insights here. Thanks for sharing it with us. Up next here on ana cabrera reports, it seems no store is safe from Smash And Grab robberies. Whats being done to turn around this troubling new trend . 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This morning lawmakers trying to take action amidst a surge of violent smashandgrab robberies. Our message is clear, those who commit these crimes will be caught. Reporter Los Angeles Mayor karen bass announcing a new task force to fight Retail Crimes on the heels of several brazen burglaries in recent weeks. No ang lee know should feel like its not safe to go shopping in los angeles. Reporter just days ago, thieves made off with more than 100,000 in handbags from a gucci store in costa mesa, and dozens of robbers swarmed this nordstrom in l. A. That haul could front range 60,000 to 100,000. And while some critics argue l. A. Countys zero Dollar Bail Policy for some low level nonviolent offenders could be empowering criminals. District attorney George Gascon disagrees. We will use every tool available under the law when there is an arrest made to make sure that these individuals are held accountable. Reporter and its not just l. A. , smashandgrab crimes have been impacting communities nationwide. Theyre going in stores, just going out just stealing stuff and nobodys doing nothing about it. Reporter including in illinois, florida, and beyond in recent years with drug stores and pharmacies also major targets. Last year in new york, 41 people were arrested in a Multimillion Dollar Theft Ring for Swiping Luxury and drugstore goods and reselling them on ebay. One poll by the National Retail federation found more than half of consumers think crimes like looting and shoplifting have increased since the start of the pandemic as shoppers call on elected leaders to do more. Its a shame that citizens are, you know, just trying to do their regular shopping and are impacted by other peoples poor decisions. Reporter and ana, as you can see from this video getting caught up in the middle of Something Like this can be terrifying. Experts say it is super important to stay calm, to think about Escape Routes in advance. You want to keep as much distance as you can between you and those who are robbing this store. Get help as soon as possible, call the police, but you dont want to intervene. In cases like this, robbers used bear mace on security. Ana, back to you. Just wild, Gadi Schwartz, thanks so much. In just a few hours, the suspect in the killings at the University Of Idaho will be back in court. The judge in this case will hear arguments about several matters in Bryan Kohbergers case. The defense is pushing for the state to disclose more details about the dna found on the knife sheathe linked to the crime and how they linked it to kohberger. The prosecutor claims the defense is stalling for time and that prosecutors, they want more information about kohbergers new potential alibi. The trial is currently scheduled to start on october 2nd. The state is seeking the death penalty. 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Hammer Vivek Ramaswamy in response, and defend donald trump in absentia. The former governor of new jersey is in desantiss home state this morning holding a town hall and taking swiping at a desantiss Debate Strategy earlier today on morning joe. Why is your strategy to defend donald trump . I mean, look, joe, the guys going to be by the time we get on the stage wednesday, its possible that trump could be out on bail. I mean, i dont think thats calling card for a strong front runner for president of the United States to be out on bail. We got desantis focusing on vivek and saying he wants to defend that . I dont want to defend that, joe. I want to be on that stage to say to the voters in the Republican Party lets stop normalizing this conduct. Joining us now, former Communications Director for Vice President kamala harris, Ashley Attenyen and political commentator and former republican, ashley pratt oats. Two ashleys with me today. Awesome. First, your reaction to christie going to desantiss home turf, do you see christie gaining momentum or is this a direct swipe against desantis . Christies up in my home state of New Hampshire in the polls and he just leapfrogged over desantis there. His polling is still under 10 , but it is something to watch, and the governor knows that. So the one thing i do want to point out about christie is he has nothing left to lose. The only thing he has here is everything to gain by swinging at trump, which is what none of the other gop contenders are doing at this point. He knows his base of support isnt going to come from the maga right. He knows its going to come from former republicans or independents, and ultimately he knows this. By going after trump in the debate, i think hes really going to put a lot of the other gop contenders on edge, and i think theyre really nervous about that. In desantiss memo, right . It says in there defend trump, and at this point, none of the other candidates are really taking this seriously. I think theyre all vying to be in his cabinet if trump wins. Thats why theyre playing by The Trump Playbook and defending him on the debate stage. That ultimately is going to cost them a lot more than it will Chris Christie by Taking Swings at trump. Lets talk about this Desantis Super pac memo suggest ago Debate Strategy to defend trump against christie attacks and, quote, take a Sledge Hammer to Vivek Ramaswamy. Listen to ramaswamys Response Stwl are you preparing to be hammered . You know, i have been prepared for that for a lot of my life, and im prepared to take that on. I think many times if you dont have a message, you look to attack other candidates. Im preferring to stand for my own message asking the question what are we running to, and i think if were guided by that purpose, the attacks from the other candidates are not going to stop me. Your thoughts on this Debate Strategy . I mean, in my professional opinion and my experience, these memos are typically smoke screens. Theyre not really an indication of the strategy. I would have to agree with ashley, you know, desantis is in a position where hes got the most to lose, but he also has the most to prove. He has to prove to his fundraisers and donors that his reset is actually resetting. Hes got to lay out a vision that will position him to win the primary and the general election, which is a tough thing to do, and then the third is hes got to really distinguish himself from the field. I think its going to be interesting to see how the field Handles Desantis Given that hes running in the strong number two position. Will they all pile up against him . Will they make race and sort of his woke agenda a focus, especially given that we now know that republican Primary Voters are not interested in his woke strategies and theyre not interested in talking about donald trump, so the pressure and the stakes are incredibly high for desantis. I wouldnt over investigation in this memo. I think, you know, he has to stay very focused on his other than game. He has the most to prove. Is desantis a strong number two anymore . We keep seeing him plummet in the polls. I think in New Hampshire there was a recent poll showing he and Chris Christie were a dead even as a number two and their support was 8 or 9 there. We saw Vivek Ramaswamy in a new fox news poll this week show nationally hes gaining, desantis also starting to tank. Why would these candidates be focusing on desantis if hes already on the decline . Well, heres well, i dont think it depends on the metrics youre measuring against, right . His super pacs raised 130 million in the first quarter. That is incredibly substantial. That far outpaces anyone else in the republican primary. That gives him a strength. That gives him some level of staying power. The fact that all of the News Coverage and the tension and the focus going into the debate is on desantis signals that hes a force to be reckoned with for the entire field. So where in the polls might slide 1 or 2 , remember, trump was at singledigits at this point, so was barack obama and bill clinton and george w. Bush. You have to look at other methods. Hes raising a substantial amount of money, and that makes him a player. Thats a good reminder about the polls, thanks for bringing that up. Ashley oates, trumps former Attorney General bill barr had this opinion. I actually think hes not going to be the nominee whether or not hes convicted. I think over time as people focus on the decision, they will see that hes sort of the one person who could lose to biden. I think its somewhat early and a lot of these other candidates arent as wellknown as donald trump, and i think when push comes to shove it will be clear there are other candidates who can win decisively. Your reaction to that . Who has the means to step in as the nominee . I really wish Ashley Oates Go ahead. I really wish that that were true because i would love to believe it and to see it, but because the field is so crowded, this all but hands the nomination to trump, even if hes convicted or not convicted, right . And at this point i really do think that christie is the only alternative here because he has the ability to bridge the divide between former republicans and independents, which is really, you know, where joe biden was able to pick up support in the previous election. So i dont really know that barrs comments are going to hold true over time. I think trump is still in the position to become the nominee of the party, which is very disheartening. The Republican Party has become the party of trump. Theyve put his e go as the platform, and because of that they have fallen very, very hard and fall from where they used to stand by way of actually supporting platform values. So it is interesting to see the embrace of the gop of trump during all of this and to just really take his side regardless of whether or not he will be convicted. Again, we dont know that. Thats yet to play out, but four times indicted going into a debate and possibly being the nominee really is unprecedented territory. Voters are still showing theyre strongly in his camp. I dont really see this moving forward in that way. I can only hope. Keep it real tight, please. Yeah, no, no, i think the fundamental question before the republican Primary Voters and the candidates as well as the nation is where do we draw the line . If we dont draw the line at four times indicted for the most egregious offenses against american democracy, where do we draw it . I worked for barack obama in the white house, he wore a tan suit, they almost investigated the guy. Donald trumps Polling Numbers are down, his fundraising is frat. His legal fees are up. He can be a New York Times pl that shows that 50 of gop Primary Voters are persuadable. So i want to quote Chris Christie here, begs the question, what are they afraid of . What are they afraid of . He can be beat. Thank you, both. I really appreciate the conversation. I enjoyed that. Now to some discouraging new unfortunately for anybody looking to buy a home. Mortgage rates have just hit their highest levels in more than 20 years. And so here we are, the average rate for a 30year loan now more than 7 , up from 5 a year ago. Lets bring in robin farzad. I missed you. Nice to have you on this friday. The Mortgage Rates, what does it mean for peoples Monthly Payment . Just housing afford ability i just clocked an all time low from the National Association of realtors. I think i saw the stat this morning. Home prices are still stubbornly high. They have taken a bit of a hit in certain markets, but then you have the cost of a Loan Skyrocketing well above 7 now. You put it all together with dwindling supply and very few people can afford homes. I believe at the onset of the pandemic, twothirds of homes were affordable. Now you have that closer to 40 . So were also seeing Mortgage Applications really drop off, right . Will people just stay out of the market, stay so high, are some people priced out at this point . So many people are priced out. The question is what breaks the fever, what breaks the price, what gets the People Holding on to homes and holding on to sweet 3 and 4 mortgages to go in there and accept bids from younger families, especially. And thats a problem. You have to sink the entire economy, do you have to crash all of finance like we saw in 2008 and 2009. We saw bobcats and coyotes taking over homes in the suburbs of phoenix. There were so many toxic assets, it took down multinational financial firms. This is the obverse of that. Well have to see how long this lasts and whats going to ultimately bring rates back down. Robin farzad, thank you. Up next on ana cabrera reports, one of our oceans rarest animals is on the brink of extinction. Ill talk with conservationist jeff corwin about the effort to save them. Corwin about the eff save them. We need to scale with customer demand. In real time. jen so we partner with verizon to take our operations to the next level. marquis with a custom private 5g network. ella with verizon business, we get more control of production, efficiencies, and greater agility. marquis so our customers get what they want, when they want it. jen its not just a network. Its enterprise intelligence. vo learn more. Its your vision, its your verizon. 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Something scary is happening to the north atlantic right whale. They live in the waters of new england, and there are fewer than 350 of these endangered animals left in the wild. They got the name right whale because they were, quote, the right whales to hunt by commercial whalers during the turn of the century. It is not whalers causing them to vanish anymore. Heres part of the problem today. We have some recent footage of a crew working here to help free one of these north atlantic right whales entangled in fishing line and thats just one reason this species is on the verge of extinction. Joining us now is jeff corwin, documentarian. Your Team Provided that video we just saw. Pretty incredible. I imagine it is rare to encounter one of these whales given how few are still out there. Why is this particular species so vulnerable . What is happening . Great question, ana. Good morning to you. This species is on the brink of distinction as you highlighted, less than 344 survive. Theyre so vulnerable because of the way they feed and migrate. Every year they winter off of the warm waters of georgia and florida, where they calf. And they migrate to the Gulf Of Maine and canadian waters to feed. When they feed on the tiniest creatures, they feed at the surface, they move very slowly. They blend in, despite their great size with the water, this eff no dorsal fin. So they are an easy obstacle. The two challenges they face is as they migrate up north, they get struck by ships, and then when they come up to the waters of new england, they get entangled in commercial fishing gear. Finally, when they get to the Gulf Of Maine, and canadian waters, because of climate change, their food source, that has crashed, it is unreliable. So they have to work twice as hard for less. And there seems to be a worry too that out of the remaining whales, there really arent enough mothers giving birth to calves, right . There are fewer than 70 breeding females acording to noaa. How significant is that . Well, were looking, ana, at basically the eclipse of the species. The sunset of the species. My wife described it to me like looking at a star, you look up, see a bright star, you think youre seeing something there, but it is something that was and we almost may be that way with this species. It is not just endangered. It is critically endangered. The species has collapsed. Normally, a whale like this should live over a century. Females, ana, only live now 45 years. They should breed every three years, were lucky to get a new baby every ten years. Only you know, thats why there is only 11 surviving calves. Thankfully there is hope. We have people fighting to save them. The center for coastal studies, theyre researching, theyre disentangling whales and we have amazing groups like the International Fund for Animal Welfare doing incredible science, so we and this desperate effort can get the data, change policy, and focus on saving this species because, ana, when i see a right whale, im looking at like our ambassador for our coastline and what a shame to lose this species. So, if these whales disappear, what might that mean for the entirety of the underwater ecosystem . How foreboding is that for other species . We have a minute here left. Well, ana, think of them as the sentinels of the sea, an aquatic canary in the coal mine. When we see an environment like our oceans not sustain its apex predators, big complex creatures like sharks and whales, it is a sign that there is more trouble looming. In the end, our species will pay the price for our negligence to conserve this remarkable whale. Thank you for raising the red flag, so to speak, to this story, to our attention. I so appreciate it. Have a great weekend, jeff corwin, thank you for joining us. Thats going to do it for this busy week. See you back here on monday. Until then, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. Have a wonderful weekend. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. Any moment now at camp david, President Biden will host a high stakes meeting with the leaders of South Korea And Japan amid rising Security Threats coming out of asia. Meanwhile, parts of Southern California are bracing for what could be a rare but serious storm as a category 4 Hurricane Barrels towards the southwest. In hawaii, mauis top Emergency Official resigned a day after coming under fire for the decisions he made as the Deadly Wildfires swept through the island. Survivors continuing to make desperate pleas for help. We need the donations need to geo