and george santos speaks. let s start with president biden on the ground. and now in california. landing early on his first visit to see the huge amount of damage from those who have been affected by the storms in that state. our team is there live. also this hour, an interview you will see here first. the district attorney of santa fe talking with nbc news after her stunning announcement. what she is saying about charging actor alec baldwin with manslaughter in that deadly movie set shooting. plus, news from back here on capitol hill. george santos responding to a trifecta of stories that kind of don t seem to add up. we re talking drag queen, a military veteran, a denial over a dying dog. we ve got a lot to get to from here in washington and around the country. we ll get to some of the stories in a moment but we want to start with breaking news out of the supreme court. here is the headline. the court says it is not able to identify the person or persons, plural, wh
right now. top of the hour. 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. president biden is giving a rare press conference last night talking about his highs stakes meeting with china s xi jinping and signaling a hostage deal could be coming soon in the israel/hamas war. biden says he has been deeply involved in the negotiations quote mildly hopeful. we will be joined by the family of a 3-year-old who is being held hostage in gaza right now. kaitlan collins speaking with joe manchin about his political future. she is going to join us with the details. and the pentagon s ufr chief is resigning. he says there are ufo sightings that could be the act of foreign adversaries or even aliens. we will get into it. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. new this morning, a shooting attack near jerusalem. israeli police say six israeli personnel were injured at a security checkpoint. the three attackers were shot and killed. getting a better picture of why the israel defense forces decided
A crewmember who was near cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set at the time of the shooting broke down on the stand, while an FBI expert said he believed