and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an msnbc political analyst. ali, what is happening with the vote at this hour? reporter: yeah, i believe, jose, the vote is not yet closed, but that the nd
a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. time is of the essence for the frantic mission to find the titan submersible that has been missing since sunday with officials fearing oxygen may have run out. we re going to break down what is next for the search, which continues. in texas, four people are dead after a tornado ripped through a small town. part of a brutal string of summer storms pummeling the state as residents grapple with scorching temperatures. india s prime minister modi in the white house for his official state president with president biden. we ll talk about it with national security council coordinator john kirby. we begin this morning with a desperate race to locate that missing submersible with heightened sense of dread looming over the search because the coast guard projected that the five-person crew would have run out of oxygen about four hours ago. earlier rear admiral john mauger told nbc news the coast guard will continue to search throu
pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. breaking news around the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. a judge released the full report from a special grand jury that investigated allegations trump and his allies interfered in the 2020 presidential election there. the report includes the names of 21 people that it recommended for the indictment, but were not indicted. the report s introduction and conclusion in a section in which the grand jurors expressed concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath was released in february, but recommendations on who should or should not be charged were kept secret. the panel heard from 75 witnesses over a seven-month period. with us now to talk about this, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show, lisa rubin, msnbc legal analyst, also with us susan paige, washington bureau chief for usa today. katie, let s talk about the big, big
republican congressman george santos, one day after a scathing report alleged he used campaign funds to pay for everything from botox to luxury spending sprees. also breaking this morning, we ll play for you brand-new audio of former president donald trump telling journalist jonathan carl about what he was doing on the 6th of january. could it end up as evidence in his federal elections case? overseas, gaza residents caught in the middle of another communications blackout as israeli forces say they are searching the region s hospitals for hamas. we ll talk to congresswoman madeleine dean, just back from a visit to israel, about what families there are telling her. and humanitarian crisis at the border takes center stage today as president biden meets with mexico s president in california. and we begin this hour with that breaking news on capitol hill, where the house ethics committee chair has filed a resolution to expel embattled republican george santos from congress.
today. joining us now is nbc news gabe gutierrez at the white house. raf sanchez in tel aviv. also with us is retired general barry mccaffrey, former gulf war division commander and nbc news military analyst. gabe what do we know about the pauses? reporter: hi there, jose, good morning. news on several fronts here. a short time ago, we heard from the national security council spokesperson admiral john kirby an he said four-hour humanitarian pauses each day, three-hour warning would be given before those humanitarian pauses each day. the idea here being to be able to allow people to get from northern gaza to southern gaza. he srian corridors, including one road a coastal road that should make it easier for people to get into southern gaza. now, the president, though, was also asked about this, as he left the white house. he s heading to an economic event in illinois. but he also made some news because he was asked about the negotiations for a three-day humanitarian pause a