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>> reporter: yeah, jose this is incredibly significant. this is what we have seen secretary of state blinken trying to push for the last several weeks now. he said he and his team have been working around the clock, their main focus is trying to secure the safe passage of americans, hundreds of americans that are trapped in gaza. we're seeing most certainly what appears to be a glimmer of hope today, where according to the state department under ten americans will be making their way across the rafah border crossing and into egypt. then on to america. and just within the last couple of minutes, i have to share with you, that 71-year-old woman, we have been in contact with her family, they tell us that she was able to make it out of gaza and she's now safely into egypt. this is a woman who went to gaza, she is a humanitarian aid worker, she is a prosthetics expert, and she was there trying to give limbs to the kids who needed it and ended up getting stuck. she was describing as we have been talking about just these horrific situations that she was under. how diseases were starting to set in, and this woman is able to make it out in the nick of time, but there are still hundreds of other americans inside gaza. the state department is confirming to us that tomorrow we can expect to see more americans. so certainly a slow moving process, but progress nonetheless. >> so, how did this deal come to be? who was at the negotiating table? >> yeah, that's a good question. in fact, we have new reporting for you, this is according to a high ranking qatari official who tells us this was an agreement between egypt, hamas and israel and has been mediated by qatar in coordination by the u.s. so this is ongoing negotiations that have been happening to get to this moment. incredibly significant, but important to note that this is specifically for the americans that are trapped inside. this is different from the humanitarian aid that is going in. these negotiations are different stopped. this is very unique and specific to the americans that are stuck inside that the u.s. is trying to get home safely and quickly, jose. >> jay, meanwhile, what are we learning about the strike at the what is called the refugee camp in northern gaza? >> reporter: yeah. well, jose, what we are hearing from the idf is the idea that they were targeting what they called terror cells in that area, as well as one of the primary leaders and architects of the october 7th attack during those air strikes. we know there have been several air strikes in that area and one that they say did strike that refugee camp. dozens killed, we are told, by the idf. they're acknowledging that, saying that was not their target, but blaming hamas for the idea that they hide underneath the ground in these areas where civilians live. and that's what they say they were doing, targeting an area under ground, with hamas leadership and saying that they were successful in that attack. i must say that hamas responded saying that that leader has not been killed, but to this point, neither side provided any solid evidence. >> and, jay, the israeli military is saying that it arrested dozens of what they call suspected terrorists in the west bank? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. they say that there is a growing concern about that situation. they say that they have gone in and found several of what they call terrorists in that region and made arrests and they're concerned about the growing problems in the west bank and how things will proceed there. we know that there are a lot of people in the west bank, on both sides of this war, who are very concerned, very nervous and some who have started to arm themselves, jose. that's definitely a flashpoint that we need to continue to watch. >> and indeed we will. meagan fitzgerald and jay gray, thank you very much. joining us from cairo, egypt, michael caponi of the global empowerment mission, an aid organization providing relief supplies to those affected by the israel-hamas war. good to see you. what is your organization seeing on the ground there? >> well, we have been responding to both crises, actually, since the very beginning. so we have teams on the israel side that are working, sending aid from miami on a constant basis, and then we have had teams on the egyptian side. i'm on the egyptian side right now. we have set up a lot of infrastructure, warehouses, warehouses starting to fill up now. and basically we have been waiting for approvals and this is all, you know, very good news now. we have been in constant meetings with government, egyptian government, u.n. agencies, clusters. we got the basic agreements of how to do this, and how it needs to be palletized to get through the border. i think that is going to be a large influx starting to come into gaza through the rafah gate very soon. >> michael, what kind of aid are you able to get prepared and what is the big challenge in getting that aid into and i know you were just talking about the agreements, et cetera, what kind of aid are you able to provide? >> yes, so we're really focused on shelter goods for women, children, you know, people in the shelters. we have partners on the ground in gaza that have been operating out of there for years and years. they're extremely trusted. they're actually a 5013c from the united states. in previous years they have been bringing a lot of supplies in through the israel side, right? they have the relationships with all three sides and a good mechanism. so, we're confident that once we can get the truck from the basic egyptian warehouse across the border to the rafah gate that our partners are going to be able to properly distribute this. this is limited to literally bare essentials, food, hygiene kits, at some point we're going to be importing large amounts of medical supplies. but right now this is just literally, you know, ready to eat foods and water. >> and, michael, i know that after the hamas massacre in israel on the 7th of october, your organization set up a base outside tel aviv to deliver aid. what kind of aid have you been providing the israelis? >> yes, so that's a much easier, you know, system, of course, because we have a whole warehouse the size of costco in florida. and there we can just pull things off the racks, we're working with six different synagogues throughout florida. they're collecting supplies through all the state of florida. and we're putting those on cargo planes. we have been able to set four cargo planes already to israel, we're committed to sending 50 containers of aid. we have been also working with governor desantis when we had all the flights coming into tampa, we were getting cash relief to the people that were evacuating into the state of florida. so we have many different things going on, simultaneously. very diversified, you know, challenge right now that we have never been in the situation. but, you know, international aid organization we have to help all human beings. >> yeah, multifaceted indeed. i know your organization is also working to provide relief to those impacted by hurricane otis in mexico. what does that look like? >> that's horrendous situation also. it is just -- catastrophes going on around the planet right now are not very good. you're talking about 2 million people that are displaced right now. we have a whole team on the ground. we have a huge distribution today with hundreds of people lined up. the needs are gigantic. the whole entire city is basically completely shut down. pretty serious situation over there too. so, and then, you know, on top of that, we're still responding to the ukraine crisis every day and morocco and just so many things going on on the planet. >> michael, it is based all in south florida. you're getting help from the people of florida. and elsewhere. >> that's incredible. south florida has always been, you know, one of the most helping communities i've ever seen in my life. i name a disaster, hurricane irma or hurricane dorian, everybody, you know, just comes together. it is an incredible community. we have 60,000 square foot warehouse in doral. we have to rent an additional 70,000 square foot warehouse in doral also just to be able to basically handle this crisis. >> and how can we continue to help, michael? >> the best way to help at this point is funding. sometimes, believe it or not, supplies are great. it is actually cheaper to buy things in country, even in israel right now. there is still things that could be purchased. so, we have made two different campaigns due to the nature of the situation. so we have an israel fund, and then we have a palestinian fund. and it is on our israel-hamas war page. you can just pick your campaign, or both, and it is global empowerment mission.org. and it is important. we have a lot of support because this is a monumental undertaking. you know, and it is, like, you know this, it is not just gaza that is in major need right now. israel is being evacuated every day. there is people from the north, from the south, and they have nowhere to go. there is people hiding underground now in shelters. we have to support those shelters with food, blankets, bedding, it is a lot to handle this. so we really need the world's support. >> michael, thank you for being with us this morning on msnbc. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. up next, former president donald trump's civil fraud trial is now a family affair. what we could be hearing as don jr. is expected to take the stand. we're back in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. all at prices you can't believe but you should and blitzen fast shipping, north pole in two days so this year go to wayfair for goodness sake. the gifts. you have one job nick. ♪ wayfair you've got just what i need ♪ right now get a free footlong at subway. like the new deli heroes. buy one footlong in the app, get one free. it's a pretty big deal. kinda like me. order in the subway app today. 14 past the hour. donald trump jr. expected to take the stand, maybe as soon as today on day 21 of the $250 millioniv fraud trial in new york city. this will be the first time we hear from one of trump's children in this case. both eric and ivanka also expected to testify in the next couple of days. trump himself is expected to take the stand on monday. trump and his two older sons are defendants in the case, while ivanka was dropped from the case with the claims against her being too old. joining us now, nbc's lindsey reiser, outside the courthouse and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and nbc news legal analyst. lindsey, what do we expect today? >> reporter: jose, good to be with you. so, we are still anticipating the likelihood of don jr. being called to the stand today. it is possible that could be pushed to tomorrow, given the fact that we still have to hear from a witness on the stand right now who was just called this is the state's only expert witness. essentially an expert on discouragement, the amount of money gained due to an illegal activity. the judge in this case has already found trump and his co-defendants liable for fraud. this witness is expected to testify to the damages. now, remember letitia james' office is asking for $250 million in damages here, accusing trump and the organization of inflating their assets to gain better terms on loans, for instance. once we do hear from don jr., when he's called up to the stand, this will be the first family member that we will hear from in this case. of course, don jr., eric, ivanka and trump all expected to testify in the next few days. these are the state's last witnesses. and, don jr. is expected to testify in his role as executive vice president of the trump organization. and testify to the statements of financial condition that he signed off on, starting when his father became president. now, these are the documents that will be presented to banks for loans that the ag's office says contain overvaluations. we can hear don jr. probably asked a lot of questions about the park avenue building in manhattan, that was valued at $292 million at the ag's office says was roughly six times the appraised value. we can hear likely don jr. in his defense probably pushing the blame off to other people in the trump organization, saying that i was relying on information from the accountants, and that is what some of what we heard in his taped depositions, including when asked what gaap is, general accepted accounting principles, he said that he only knew what he learned in accounting 101 at wharton, laughing saying he only knew they were generally accepted. and we know in his deposition also he said he never had to ly on gaap in his work office we'll hear from eric after that. ande will likely testify to his role as being responsible for all aspects of management and operation at the trump organization, including project acquisition development and construction. that's according to ag's office. then, of course, you see the calendar of events from the former president, we'll hear from him. he has taken the stand once in his case in dealing with the partial gag order which you couldn't say anything about the judge's staff members. he has been fined twice thus far for violating that to the tune of $15,000. and then we could hear from ivanka on november 8th and that is it for the state's witnesses, jose. >> and so, joyce, and lindsey commented on the fact that the judge already found that trump committed repeated acts of fraud for years including lying on his financial statements. why is it important for the ag's office to hear from trump and his family? >> right. so, for two purposes. one, of course, is lindsey discussed is deciding how much profit the trump organization will have to discourage. this is a lawsuit designed to prevent companies in new york from engaging in unfair business practices. the attorney general is entitled to obtain damages from them in an amount that reflects their ill gotten gains. there are also six individual charges that the judge didn't rule on in advance of trial, they involve the filing of false statements, and because this is a civil case, not a criminal case, theorney general is entitled to put these witnesses on the stand. they can, of cose take the fifth amendment if they believe their answers might incriminate them in a subsequent criminal matter, and the judge, because this is a civil case, is entitled to take that into account and draw adverse inferences from any failure to answer questions. >> judge engoron said issuing a fine against trump is, quote, clearly an available remedy in the case. how might the judge be evaluating whether to issue a fine or not? >> so, what judges can do in this situation is they can advance accelerating fines. it is a little bit like being a parent, you don't jump straight to the most exorbitant punishment, you try to moderate somebody's behavior with excessive impositions of fines. it seems unlikely trump will moderate his behavior following these de minimis sorts of fines imposed so far and the judge is certainly prepared to accelerate, certainly with additional fines, perhaps with other action. there could be a contempt finding or an extreme case, co-order trump imprisoned. i think in essence trump owns the keys to his own cell here in the sense that as long as he behaves and follows the gag order, which is very limited in its scope, the judge won't take any further action. >> and, i want to turn to the special counsel's documents investigation. abc news reporting that trump visited a secured facility tuesday to review classified evidence shared by jack smith's team. what will this process be for trump and his lawyers? >> right. so this is in a sense routine for people who are used to handling classified documents. they can only be viewed in secure environments, in litigation like this, typically the defense team and the defendant himself are given access to a skiff, a secured communication facility, that can't be hijacked electronically from the outside. so trump and his lawyers can go into this facility, they can review documents, they can use stand alone computers there to prepare any motions that they wish to file with the court. it is a minor inconvenience, but a small price to pay for the security of the united states, which is, of course, what is at issue in this trial. >> lindsey reiser and joyce vance, thank you, both, so much for being with us this morning. up next, we're gearing up for a heated battle over aid to israel and ukraine on capitol hill. when the house floor happens a half now from now. plus, brand-new polling will tell you what republicans in iowa say is their number one concern. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. right now get a free footlong at subway. like the new deli heroes. buy one footlong in the app, get one free. it's a pretty big deal. kinda like me. order in the subway app today. this is spring semester at over 13,000 us school districts, which have become top targets for ransomware attacks. but there's never been a reported ransomware attack on a chromebook. which is why thousands of schools like the fairfield-suisun unified school district switched to google tools for education. so they can focus on teaching and 22,000 students can focus on learning, knowing that their data is