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florida in just a moment. plus a new subpoena from the department of justice, this one to the national archives for white house documents it turned over to the january 6 committee. meanwhile, in georgia, rudy giuliani testified for over six hours over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. now georgia s governor is seeking to delay his own testimony which was scheduled for today. willie. let s begin this hour in the state of florida. where at 1:00 p.m. a federal judge will hear arguments about whether to unseal the affidavit used by the fbi to search the florida home of former president donald trump. the justice department is arguing against that saying it could compromise an ongoing investigation. the fbi goes through the seized documents sorting those covered by attorney/client privilege to what is relevant to the case. joining us in west palm beach, correspondent sam brock. good morning. reporter: willie, good morning. and speaking to that specifically, the b ....
nationwide by nbc s count, cases are up 58% over the last two weeks and it s adding urgency to a covid summit happening virtually right now. president biden s message this morning, don t grow numb to this unimaginable loss. our heart goes out to all of those who are struggling, asking themselves, how do i go on without him? how do i go on without her? today we are at a new stage in fighting this pandemic, facing an evolving set of challenges. we have to double down on our efforts to get shots in peoples arms, country by country, community by community. we are focusing on eastern europe. president zelenskyy said joining nato would have saved his country. part of putin s justification for invading was to prevent nato expansion, and now finland s leader says they want to join nato without delay, and how russia is reacting this morning. plus, the spotlight is on the supreme court. where the justices are meeting today in private for the first time since the draft opinio ....
trial. a trial that threatens to upend his personal fortune and real estate business. the former president could take the stand in his own defense on monday, but today the court is hearing from an accounting expert who described new york attorney general s letitia james claims of fraud as meritless, saying, quote, my main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud. this is trump s first appearance since an appellate court reinstated a gag order barring him from talking about the court staff on social media. while the clerks are off limits, trump didn t waste time renewing his attacks on the judge arthur. a case that is absolutely 100%, there s not a judge in the country that wouldn t have given us a total victory, but there s not a judge in the country that would have even taken this case. this is a witch hunt, and a very corrupt trial. the attorney general sits here because she knows that she has a judge that no matter all the evidence, ....
The pharmacies have denied any wrongdoing. this is the first time they ve had to pay money in a opioid lawsuit. and a drought overnight west has left states battling over who has access to the limited water resources. now 40 million people are at risk of having to ration their water supply. nbc s steve patternson has more. reporter: on the surface, the boundly beauty of the colorado river feels eternal. but underneath an increasingly urgent threat is rising faster than ever before. the colorado river is 20% smaller than it was 20 years ago. that provides water to 7 states and 40 million people. now the system that sustained it is no longer rebust to maintain that output. we need to reduce the amount of water we re taking out of the colorado river by something like ....
Mandatory evacuations are under way in california. this is new video in this morning showing dozens of homes up in flames, due to a combination of record drought conditions and very strong winds. nbc s steve patternson is live from california. what are you seeing there? reporter: let me show you. take a look. this is the result of this coastal fire ripping and tearing through the neighborhood, destroying at least 20 homes in the area. much of what it looks like is this, and i would say maybe every fifth home is smoldering ruins, and firefighters working on a few things, working on the smoldering and making sure they can take care of the hot spots and keeping people away from the area and assessment crews are in ....