[Music] and good evening tonight a powerful and deadly storm system charging across the US a nor Easter now ey the I95 Corridor packing intense winds torrential rains and even snow it comes after tornadoes touch down in at least six states you see one of them right here the storm's turning deadly in Kentucky the governor declaring a state of emergency as Twisters like this one tear across the state this Relentless system leaving a path of Devastation in its wake roofs ripped off homes and busine
sses left in ruins in Indiana startling dashcam footage as a man with his kids in the car is caught right in the middle of a tornado look at that and in Georgia storms knocking down trees crushing houses and sending power lines tumbling right now these are the states with the highest power outages the number you see here expected to climb with 60 million Americans under some sort of wind alert tonight this system pushing into areas like New York City Philly and Boston parts of New England could
see more than a foot of snow again it's April meteorologist Michelle Gman standing by to time it all out but first we start with Maggie vesa on the ground in hardhead Kentucky tonight a lethal system races East up to 4 Ines of rain slamming some communities not happy about the weather here but it is what it is flood watches in effect for Millions from West Virginia to New York storms raking Havoc for Travelers I'm really hoping it doesn't get delayed but who knows the time kept shifting from um
you know an hour and a half to an hour thousands of flights delayed Nationwide this morning a Southwest Airlines flight between New Orleans and Orlando making an emergency landing amid severe turbulence sending two people to a medical facility the monster system carving a path of Destruction from the Ohio Valley oh dear God this is bad to the southeast flipped semi TRS snapped trees and cou power lines at least 16 reported tornadoes across Six States near Louisville Kentucky mom Lisa zarad says
she barely got her kids downstairs before violent winds ripped the roof off their secondstory bedrooms we were just running down the basement and that's when we heard the pop and the roof came flying off we weren't even in the basement yet before that happened you didn't even make it down before no it's just crazy it's still an early part of the year to have all this tragic storms Kentuck he's Governor this afternoon touring damage saying as many as seven tornadoes tore through his State Tuesday
some turning deadly we have confirmed one weather related fatality uh this came in Campbell County uh in uh a car accident 19-year-old Brady Delaney remembered by family saying he was loved by so many we'll be praying for him and for his family outside Atlanta several people were injured in storm ravaged neighborhoods while in Michigan some residents saw up to 14 in of snow a week of wild weather dragging on for tens of millions more tonight Maggie vesa joins us tonight from hard hit Newcastle
Kentucky Maggie talk to us about the destruction and Devastation you're seeing there behind you yeah Tom exactly I mean this deserves to be talked about right this is or was some sort of a garage for the house kind of on the other side of it you can see it's completely destroyed if you look inside you can barely see the pickup truck that's now trapped inside that building I mean it was just decimated what's even more insane though is that the house on the other side of this where the man who own
s all of this was kind of hunkering down it's completely untouched and he told us he thinks that's because he prayed as the tornado came through so he says he's one of the lucky ones especially knowing how deadly and dangerous this was the other big issue in this area Tom you talked about it at the top power outages more than 12,000 people here in Kentucky alone without power that number Nationwide close to 350,000 people Tom Maggie vesa Northern Kentucky for us tonight Maggie we thank you for t
hat for more on the severe weather NBC News meteorologist Michelle Gman joins us now live in studio Michelle we know there's still a lot going on with these systems walk our viewers through what we can expect tonight hi there Tom yes still a lot we're going to see a lot going on over the next couple of days we've been tracking this for days and we're going to continue to track this through Friday here's the good news we'll start with that we had our last tornado watch just drop off about 2 minut
es ago because that cold front is moving through so it's kind of turning off that switch for the threat of severe weather that doesn't mean we're going to see more isolated severe storms we have some lightning right here in portions of Virginia up through uh New England as well so we have the chance of seeing some isolated storms but in terms of any tornadoes th that uh condition is getting better you see some snow on the back side of this lots of cold air we have two systems kind of coming toge
ther to create a Powerhouse and that's where we're going to see the impacts in portions of New England and also the interior parts of the Northeast so as we go throughout t uh tonight we still have 10 million people at risk for winds gusting up to 60 m per hour could see some hail a few tornadoes are possible but that is starting to turn off over the next couple of hours I think by 9:00 we're going to be in the clear for most of us heavy rain is falling over very soggy grounds we're talking 39 m
illion people under flood watches flash flood warnings where you see these maroon colors that is a flash flood warning that means flooding is happening now and it's imminent or it's imminent and that's really dangerous flooding causes a lot of deaths when it comes to weather so you want to heed any warnings in your area and this is why because we're looking at a ton of rain over the next several hours again on very saturated grounds we're looking up to 3 to 4 Ines of rain and Tom we're looking u
p to 2et of snow in Northern New England by Friday back to you okay Michelle thanks for that uh we now want to move on to our other major headline tonight the Urgent search for survivors after that massive earthquake struck Taiwan it is the strongest earthquake to strike the country in 25 years several people have been killed and more than 1,000 people are hurt tonight about 140 are still fear feared trapped in that debris mbc's Janice Macky fryer is in the region Tonight Tonight Rescuers racing
to reach those trapped after a massive earthquake in Taiwan pulling people out of buildings even out of vehicles with authorities now focusing on getting to those still stuck under the rubble with reports tonight 71 workers are trapped in two mines the earthquake struck during the morning Rush Hour causing buildings to shake and sway this woman saying felt like her house would collapse the magnitude 7.4 Quake jolting the island rooftop swimming pools churned water pouring down this building vid
eo filmed inside a moving train showing huge landslides items toppling off store shelves the televisions in this Newsroom started to shake the most powerful earthquake to hit Taiwan in a quarter Century more than a thousand people are injured taiwan's President elect saying the top priority is to rescue people and get them treatment the hardest hit area around juad just 11 mil from the epicenter that's where American Annie Lima was when it hit around 8:00 this morning and the whole world start s
haking what was it like it was pretty scary in all the years that I've lived here and in Southern California before that I felt a lot of earthquakes but this was by far the strongest and the most frightening and it just went on and on I think it was close to two minutes and as soon as the shaking stopped we ran to get out of the apartment dozens of people are still trapped along roads tunnels and hiking trails cut off by landslides in Juan some buildings now leaning precariously and Crews alread
y working to demolish them Taiwan is accustomed to having earthquakes and they had cell phone alerts that went out and that it happened during the day when people were awake seemed to help tonight the focus search and rescue the challenge there have been more than 200 aftershocks so far and rain is now in the forecast which could complicate efforts Tom 200 aftershocks all right Janice Macky frer for us we want to stay overseas and the latest on the growing outrage over those deadly Israeli air s
trikes on a convoy of Aid workers in Gaza World Central Kitchen founder Chef Jose andrees speaking publicly for the first time since those seven workers were killed Israel calling the strike a grave mistake but there are mounting questions on how this happened NBC's rap Sanchez has the details tonight the bodies of the foreign aid workers carried out of Gaza after those Israeli air strikes on vehicles marked with large World Central Kitchen logos some of the people that di were were my friends a
nd I sered with them the founder of the aid group Chef Jose Andre appearing on Israeli television and demanding aners they were Target systematically car by car so this was not use a bad lack situation where oops we dropped the bomb in the wrong place or or no this was over 1.5 1.8 kilomet with a very defined humanitarian Convoy overnight Israel's top General announcing the findings of its preliminary investigation calling the strikes a grave mistake it was a mistake that followed a misidentific
ation at night during a war in a very complex conditions it shouldn't have happened all seven World Central Kitchen staff who were killed have been identified among them 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger a dual American Canadian citizen his family sharing these photos of him with his partner and young Sons President Biden saying he's outraged and heartbroken by the deaths and that Israel has not done enough to protect Aid workers but the White House also saying it won't stop supplying arms to Israel
which it says faces a genocidal threat from Hamas just last week the Biden Administration signing off on sending Israel more than 1,800 bombs and is pressing Congress to approve a plan to sell Israel more F-15 fighter jets in the future meanwhile World Central Kitchen has paused its Aid operations in Gaza three of its ships returning to port today with vital food undelivered another blow to the humanitarian effort just when it's needed most rap Sanchez joins us tonight from Tel Aviv Raph I want
to play a piece of tape from our show last night we spoke with Josh Phelps he's a former World Central Kitchen employee and a close friend to one of the aid workers who was killed in the strike here's what he had to say as as we all grieve and we're grieving I think we need to hopefully the organization FES a step back to review um you know you know what they're doing um with these people who just want to make the world and the organization proud and serve people Josh you know I noticed you ment
ioned that in your first answer and now you've said it again so I think it's fair to ask you about this are are you essentially saying you might be upset that that zami and the other Aid workers for World Central Kitchen were allowed to operate in Gaza which was incredibly dangerous of course if they have 70 kitchens set up why do they need members of the Court team there so so Raph has World Central Kitchen addressed this yet and I know it's still very early in this process but at least some fo
rmer employees are asking that question we know the need was so grave and and so major in Gaza but at the same time so was the danger yeah Tom it is a really really important question it is not something that world Central Kitchen has addressed right now their focus understandably getting the bodies of their colleagues out of Gaza getting them home and of course a lot of the focus worldwide right now is on the Israeli military how is it that the Israelis open fire on this Convoy when World Centr
al Kitchen had coordinated their movements ahead of time but I do think when the dust settles there will be important questions for this Aid organization to ask itself about was there anything that could have been done differently one question just from the top of Mind was there an alternative to moving around at night during in the middle of a war zone we are seeing the United Nations today saying it is suspending nighttime activity for the next 48 hours while it tries to work out its security
protocols so that is one question um but we should say Tom it does appear World Central Kitchen did just about everything they possibly could to signal to the israelies that this was a humanitarian Convoy and it was not a threat and then Raph I know you have an update we understand the president is expected to speak with prime minister Netanyahu sometime tomorrow what more do we know about what they want to address in that conversation yeah Tom that's right an Israeli official says we are expect
ing that call to happen tomorrow it will be the first conversation between the leaders since March 18th and a lot has happened since then not just the killing of the world Central Kitchen Aid workers but also the US allowing that un Security Council resolution to pass calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza that infuriated the Israelis they very publicly cancelled a delegation of senior officials who were heading to the White House That was supposed to be a conversation about Israeli plans to
attack Rafa so there is going to be a whole lot on the agenda during this critical call Tom raap Sanchez from Tel Aviv once again tonight Raph thank you now to the race for the White House new polling from a series of battleground States showing President Biden trailing former president Trump in several states that were key to his 2020 win Garrett H quenches the numbers tonight wow what a nice crowd this is former president Trump Barn storing the Midwest this week hoping to flip a critical regi
on for his campaign November 5th we are going to win this state we're going to win the White House and we are going to save our country we're going to save our country Mr Trump holding events Tuesday in Wisconsin and Michigan two states he won in 2016 but lost to Joe Biden four years later the former president now looking for cracks in Democrats so-called blue wall ahead of their November rematch go out and vote and tonight new polling shows he may have found some a new Wall Street Journal surve
y shows Mr Trump leading in six Battleground States including several Midwestern prizes Biden is still within the margin of error in all of them but it's a major reversal from 2020 when Mr Biden won all but one of these states the pair in a dead heat in Wisconsin where the presumptive GOP nom taunted Mr Biden from a rally stage in Green Bay we have an empty Podium right here to my right you know what that is that's for Joe Biden I'm trying to get him to debate the easiest path to President Biden
getting 270 electoral votes and winning reelection is repeating his victories in places like Michigan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in Battleground Michigan he has been trailing in pole after poll and to change the trajectory of this race he has to actually start uh overtaking Donald Trump Donald Trump doesn't trust women I do the Biden campaign fighting back this week releasing a new ad hitting Trump on abortion after the Florida Supreme Court green lit a six-week abortion ban spotlighting the is
sue the President also highlighting his financial advantage over his Challenger in the wake of his star studded fundraiser in New York City last week flanked by former presidents Obama and Clinton but questions remain about whether the Biden campaign can translate donor dollars into votes by being the incumbent President Biden and his campaign have the definite money advantage and they're going to be spending campaign ad after campaign ad but Donald Trump ended up proving in 2016 that sometimes
you don't need the money advantage to be able to win a presidential contest The Wall Street Journal poll also underscoring concerns about Mr Biden's Fitness for the presidency nearly half of battleground State voters think Mr Trump is more physically and mentally fit just just 28% say it's Mr Biden the president facing another round of alarms from the Battlegrounds as the culmination of his final campaign inches closer and Tom and what could be more bad news for the Biden campaign the governor o
f Nebraska backed by President Trump is now looking into possibly changing the rules for Nebraska's one electoral vote instead of the state splitting its vote they would be win or take all like most other states this sounds esoteric but it does create a possible scenario in which all of those votes would go to former president Trump in November and look at this there is a scenario if former president Trump wins back some of the states that are available to him and takes that Nebraska electoral v
ote that would have otherwise gone to President Biden we could end up in a 269 269 electoral vote tie sending the entire result of the presidential election to the house Tom it would be an extraordinary about face based on one change however unlikely that could come from the state of Nebraska Tom still shaping up to be a wild election all right Garrett we appreciate all that we want to stick with politics now we turn out to the Supreme Court and the debate around liberal Justice Sonia Soto mayor
top Democrats weigh in on calls for the 69-year-old to retire before the next presidential election the push among legal Advocates and attempt to prevent the court from swinging even further to the right mbc's Ryan nobl explains the direction of the Supreme Court has had liberals worried for years and tonight some Democrats focusing that angst on Justice Sonia Sor the current 63 conservative majority led to the overturning of Row versus way decision stand a landmark Supreme Court decision that
had protected abortion rights for decades that decision has opened the door to concerns around a whole host of issues the court could weigh in on from gun control to freedom of speech to Consumer Protections rarely have there been a couple of years where so much constitutional law changed so quickly all in a conservative Direction the swing in the balance of high court power is directly related to the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who chose not to retire at the tail under President Barack
Obama's term despite being in her 80s and suffering from cancer at the time Democrats were convinced Hillary Clinton would be the next president but instead Donald Trump pulled off the upset breaking news Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died Justice Ginsburg passed away in 2020 and Trump appointed conservative Amy con Barrett to replace her Ro versus Wade was overturned just 20 months later certainly I think uh if Justice Ginsburg had it to do over again she might have uh rethough
t her confidence in her own health liberal legal activists have set their sights on Justice Sodor who was a healthy 69 and shows no signs of retiring some calling out disappearance Ora mayor said she was tired I'm working harder than I ever have and to be almost 70 years old this isn't what I expected UC Berkeley law school dean Irwin chinsky who moderated that discussion says those criticisms are unfounded she's only 69 years old also this being an election year makes it quite unlikely that the
Democrats would be able to fill her seat and having it open for president Trump would I think be quite disadvantageous from a progressive perspective judge Sodor are you prepared to take the oath I am but she is the oldest liberal on the court and a lifelong diabetic and some are worried the stakes are too high justices have to make their personal decisions about um their health and their level of energy but also to keep in mind the larger National and public interest making sure that the court
looks and thinks like America the White House won't engage on the topic that is a decision for that Justice to make again it's a personal decision polls show the race between President Biden and former president Trump within the margin of error a trump win coupled with the possibility of Republicans taking back the Senate would lead to a period where a health setback for soda myor could lead to a 72 conservative majority a risk some argue they should not take you should learn a lesson you know
and it's not like there's any mystery here about what the lesson should be that the old saying you know graveyard are full of indispensible people ourselves in this body included and with that Ryan Nobles joins us tonight from Washington so Ryan why are articles and conversations like this popping up right now just a s of myor is hardly the oldest on the Supreme Court right Clarence Thomas is 75 Samuel Leo 74 and John Roberts is also 69 so why the focus on Soto mayor well I think uh the list tha
t you gave versus sotoor tells us a lot about the difference between those two groups it's not necessarily about their age it's about their ideology and well liberal Advocates the ones that are pushing for soda mayor to consider retirement would probably love to see those three individuals step down as well there's no chance that they're going to bow to a pressure campaign so soda mayor is the one that has them the most concerned because she is the oldest member of the liberal wing of this supre
me court and they are and that is the the the portion of the Supreme Court that they're most worried about being in danger should President Biden lose the election and then Ryan if just a sort of myor were to step down and again we have no reason to believe she would but when would could we expect to have a new Justice appointed could that even happen is there enough time to get it done there's certainly enough time to get it done uh Tom in fact we saw during the replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsb
urg the record amount of time uh that the Republicans were able to confirm Amy Amy Cony Barrett to her position on the court so it's really up to both the Senate and the White House to make that process move quickly the fact that Democrats still have control of the Senate should allow that process to move forward quickly if it comes to that which is also part of the urgency for these liberal Advocates they're not only concerned about the White House they're con concerned about control of the Sen
ate as well still ahead tonight off the job an Orlando City Commissioner charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a 96-year-old constituent and then using it for plastic surgery and home renovations the move today by Governor Ronda santis plus an NBC News investigation into the seafood industry What audio and video recordings taken inside a shrimp processing plant in India allegedly reveal and what one former employee warns could be inside some of the shrimp that you buy from
your favorite grocery stores and OIC at Costco were breaking down the retailers new $179 program that could help get members prescriptions for popular weight loss drugs stay with us all right we're back now with money talks and the move by Costco to enter the weight loss drug Trend that's right the wholesale retailer that makes you think of bulk-sized snacks those giant croissants and free food samples will now offer prescriptions for glp1 weight loss drugs like OIC and wovi prescriptions will b
e available under a new program with Costco's HealthCare Marketplace partner Sesame it starts at $179 for a three-month subscription so for more information on the program and to answer our questions about it we're joined by Michael Boda the co-founder and president of Sesame Michael thanks so much for joining top story tonight so you know when people see this story they see the headlines they're going to see 179 what exactly is included in that price tag sure the 179 component here is really th
e clinical component so it's the time that you're spending engaging with a clinician so the doctor that's going to be seeing you that will be deciding if you're a good candidate for a particular medication prescribing that medication managing you on it uh so it's both for the live visits with that clinician as well as for sort of ongoing communication with them so messaging that you can do with that clinician 247 whenever it's to be clear you don't get the medicine you don't get OIC for 179 a mo
nth I I wish yeah at this point that is still quite a pricey medication and there are other medications that are more affordable in the space and I think when an individual patient talks to their doctor they can make a decision between if the drug is covered or not what's the right option for them and do they need a drug in the first place so for some people the drug might be covered in a glp1 category and then it's a co-pay but for others they might decide to choose a more affordable medication
that's available explain to our viewers why is Costco and your company Sesame getting into prescribing weight loss drugs sure I think one of the things that was interesting to us is we launched a partnership with Costco for members where they could get access to Affordable Health Care across the spect of you know Primary Care Mental Health Care lab services you name it and what we found early on was that the most popular single category that was being searched for was weight loss so not a huge
surprise given we know across the United States there are lots of people who struggle with their weight who are dealing with obesity or being overweight and having meaningful numbers of comorbidities so it's just a Hot Topic area in the United States right now and an opportunity to help a lot of people given some of the treatments that are available you know of course when people think of Costco they think of buying food in bulk and food samples at each aisle isn't there something ironic about n
ow offering a weight loss drug that makes people less hungry at Costco is sure well I I won't speak for Costco I think those guys run a fantastic business but what I can say is that they certainly seem very interested in helping their members find great affordable options across a wide range of categories this is one of those categories and they're interested in the weight loss category and I think whether that's via diet and exercise you know new new forms of physical activity or whether it's a
ssisted by a medication like we're excited to work with them with that and to have the clinicians on Sesame you know meet their members where they are and help them get to a more healthy and effective weight and then Michael who who can actually benefit from this service you're obviously you have to be a Costco subscriber um but can you do this purely for weight loss and and is there sort of um is there a range of how much weight you you you have to be or how heavy you have to be or BMI or anyth
ing like that well sure I would think about it this way anybody who's interested in in weight loss can see a clinician on Sesame who's trained in the field but if you're interested in taking one of the newer glp1 medications you're right that's a more limited subset of patients that are eligible it's people who are clinically obese or are clinically overweight with a meaningful number of risk factors things like hypertension for example so if you're just looking to lose you know 10 pounds after
having a child it's probably not the right path for you to take I wouldn't expect a glp1 to be an appropriate prescription but if you've been struggling to lose 30 or 40 or 50 pounds for quite a while and you're starting to experience the health effects from carrying excess weight well then you know some of these medications could be a viable option for you and that could be quite helpful Michael Boda from Sesame Michael we appreciate that when we come back the Safari nightmare video showing an
elephant charging at a safari vehicle and flipping it over an 80-year-old American killed why the tour company says they could could not get away in time all right we are back now with top stories Newsfeed and we start with the hostage rescue operation out of Houston FBI SWAT teams raiding a home early this morning police say they arrested four people and rescued quote potential victims but did not specify how many or provide further details local police telling our Houston affiliate they were c
alled to assist with a smuggling case so far no word on any charges Florida Governor Ronda Sanz suspending Orlando's City Commissioner one of their City commissioners after her arrest for fraud Regina Hill was indicted on several felony charges earlier this week She's accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a 96y old woman who was living in her District then using that stolen money on plastic surgery hotel rooms and home renovations she's also facing a civil lawsuit Hill has de
nied all of those allegations also Florida a man arrested for climbing a 150 ft tall cell tower in Miami and damaging it new video shows the man scaling the structure with no safety gear before dismantling parts of it officials say he caused up to $500,000 worth of damage the man reportedly imping a T-Mobile worker to gain access and even shutting off the power at one point after 4 hours of negotiations the man came down and was arrested it's unclear why he did this that of power and politics wh
ere NBC's Jose Diaz Bart takes a closer look at what matters most to people in the critical State of Florida ahead of the 2024 election sitting down with a group of Voters in Miami date County to discuss their thoughts on the presidential race good evening Tom you know the Biden campaign now says that they believe Florida is winnable for them come November one of the critical counties is Miami Dade County I got the opportunity recently to to meet with a group of Voters we met at the historic bal
l and chain Lounge Restaurant in Little Havana Little Havana an area that Tom you and I know so well they told us what are the main issues that they see in determining how they will vote come November here's part of our conversation South Florida represents so much to so many it is in many ways a representation of the Melting Pot of America we spoke with four South Florida voters with many different strong opinions but United in civility Sandra Dennis a lifelong Democrat helps workers and tenant
s in Miami her parents are immigrants from Haiti I'm a Democrat through and through Isabella Rodriguez the daughter of Cuban Exiles used to be a Democrat she switched to the Republican party in 2020 and now supports Donald Trump I'd like to say that I didn't leave the Democrat Party I feel like the Democrat Party left me Alonso trto is a public school teacher who used to be a Republican and then switched to Democrat his parents immigrated from Mexico I I am a centralist but I am more Democrat an
d Kelly Thomas comes from a military family she was registered as a Democrat but then switched to no party affiliation and I have some Progressive values I have some conservative values they all feel the economy is among their two top issues that inform how they will vote in November me personally I have to move back in with my parents instead of moving um forward and being a um independent adult I would like to see the candidates and whoever gets in the office November to at least address affor
dability in housing because I'm not really seeing that right now and when it comes to immigration these voters disagree over border policies and they also have different views about the nearly 8 million migrants who have come to the US since 2021 the housing crisis is not a result of the 8 million folks everywhere we look in Miami there's developments going up they're building for everyone else except for workingclass people and so the question for me when it relies on immigration is that let's
not blame immigrants for the issues that we have not dealt with with our people we need to not use immigration as just a platform point to to enrage voters or point fingers at the other party I think immigrants need to be treated with compassion I I see immigration as opportunity um in most cases but I understand that you know you can't allow everybody in because there's a process everybody says um there's term that I really don't like us uh get in line you know because there's been people that
are waiting but for those people there isn't really a line sometimes I have different views when it comes to the Border I think that the southern border needs to be closed I think that it's unsafe for our country I'd love to believe the idea that everybody that's crossing the southern border is doing so in hope in search of the American dream but that's just not true and I think that there should be some kind of Pathway to help people truly attain the American dream water here with just 7 months
until the November election I wanted to know what they would tell both President Biden and former president Donald Trump I would tell Biden and Trump the same thing which is that Americans need to come first and you know of course as a trump supporter I feel like um Trump already does that and I do think that he needs to talk about other issues and maybe you know one way we haven't touched on is student loans I think that that's a huge issue and something that Republicans never talk about and I
'd love to see Donald Trump talking about student loans and the housing crisis I would not talk to former president Trump that's a non-starter for me to Biden you could lose this election um I think you need to listen to your constituents housing student loans um your foreign policies you need to get aligned with what is happening what Americans are saying um and he needs to rise to the occasion one thing that I would tell Trump is don't demonize um people who are here you know the especially im
migrants Biden I mean you know I'm not too happy with everything that's been going on but he is um writing the ship as best as he can I would tell both the candidates to be real to be transparent to make me want to vote for you and not against the other guy Tom Miami day county is again you know better than anyone else is an overwhelmingly Latino District 69% of the residents there identify as Latino Or Hispanic it has been a traditional democratic stronghold but over the last couple of years we
have seen that strength diminish Republicans have been making inroads in Miami day County let's see how things go come November Tom back to you okay we thank our good friend Jose Diaz Bart for that and we turn out a global watch a check of what else is happening around the world we started Africa and a deadly elephant attack that was captured on video this new video shared on social media appears to show the moment the elephant charges at a safari vehicle in zomia the animal then uses its tusks
to flip that car over an 80-year-old American woman was inside she was killed and another tourist was hurt in a statement to NBC News the tour company says the vehicle was carrying six people and was unable to escape the attack in time because it was blocked by vegetation and terrain former soccer Federation president Luis rues was arrested as part of a corruption investigation ruis detained at the Madrid Airport today you see it right here as he returned home from the Dominican Republic Spanis
h officials are investigating his40 million EUR Euro business deal that moved the Spanish super cup to Saudi Arabia in 2020 the arrest coming during a separate trial he's facing you may remember for kissing a player on the Women's National Team allegedly without her consent at the Women's World Cup last summer and in Ukraine lowering the age of military conscription Ukraine's president zalinski signing a bill into law that reduces the minimum draft eligibility age from 27 to 25 officials believe
this could add 50,000 troops to Ukraine's military which has recently suffered Hefty losses in the war against Russia sininsky telling reporters Russia will add three 100,000 Soldiers by June okay now to an NBC News investigation in collaboration with the nonprofit journalism organization known as Outlaw ocean project it's into the state of our Seafood a series of new reports raising questions about the true cost of the farm shrimp industry NBC's senior consumer investigative correspondent Vick
y win reports some people if they want to go home right now if we are not them they will sometime create a sa now we' be fencing with a something so that no one can go you're listening to an audio recording from inside an Indian shrimp processing plant that supplies us grocer like Walmart Aldi and ShopRite an employee apparently discussing how migrant workers are prevented from leaving without permission our supervisor contractor will insistent okay you stay here for one month next month people
send you back but after 1 month they were stad they didn't forget that they want to go home this recording and a trove of other videos company emails and documents are the subject of a new federal whistleblower complaint reviewed by NBC News into food safety and labor concerns at a prominent shrimp Importer on average Americans eat a whopping six pounds of shrimp a year about 90% of that shrimp comes from overseas and India is our biggest supplier the Indian shrimp industry has grown so signific
antly in the past decade and yet no one was really looking at what was going on behind the scenes Ali bradney co-wrote a new report from the nonprofit corporate accountability lab alleging labor violations are widespread across India's farmed shrimp industry and that sustainability certifications don't mean much we found that companies are exploiting a pretty vulnerable migrant population and that these workers are engaged in really hazardous work all the time all of the basic labor laws that yo
u expect are in existence and yet there's just very little oversight and when it comes to the shrimp you eat experts say antibiotic use is not uncommon in Indian shrimp farming the drugs are sometimes used to fight disease but that can lead to antibiotic resistant infections and the practice is largely banned by the FDA only 1% of America's shrimp Imports were inspected last year and most of the shipments that were turned away because of antibiotics were from India compare that to Europe where t
hey inspect 50% of Indian shrimp Imports you would think this is a safe product I should be eating this and it's not the case at all Josh fella says he saw labor and food safety abuses firsthand prun he got a high-paying job with a company called Choice canning last fall as general manager of one of their shrimp processing plants in India for farinella who had spent the last eight years in the seafood industry it should have been a dream job but after just a few months he filed a whistleblower c
omplaint to us Regulators you walked away from making $300,000 a year why because this this story needs to be told faella says his records are proof that the company was underpaying some of its workers using unregulated off-site peeling sheds to keep up with demand and selling shrimp tainted with antibiotics banned by the FDA last month Federal lawmakers requested evidence in response to fanella's complaint so there's a nice Factory that is inspected and that Regulators see but the reality you'r
e saying is there are these offsite hidden sheds what are the conditions at these sheds they're open air sheds the the workers that are in there don't have any of the standard protective equipment that a a production worker in a real factory would be wearing these workers are in their street clothes in one text message faella asks an executive what to do about a batch of shrimp for a US Supermarket that allegedly tested positive for antibiotics the executive response ship it I asked a senior mem
ber of management why are we getting antibiotic shrim sh if we're only purchasing these products from certified farms and the reply was we don't use any of those Farms we only buy from unregistered Farms do you think these companies are taking advantage of the fact that Regulators in the US aren't testing as much as Europe unquestionably Bella's records also appear to show workers resting in overcrowded rooms some working with little time off people are sleeping on Floors mattresses are dirty th
ey're torn bed bugs were an issue from the food safety issues to the labor conditions You Believe Management at the highest levels of choice canning is well aware of what's Happening yes Choice canning declined our request for an on camera interview but categorically denied wrongdoing saying in part that it has never shipped antibiotic positive shrimp to us customers it has maintained a spotless record with Regulators that it would never underpay its employees who are free to come and go as they
please and they are treated with dignity and respect and that fanella lacks credibility because of his criminal record farinella had a series of DUI and felony theft convictions in his 20s and 30s including for burglary writing bad checks and identity theft but said he turned his life around a decade ago and is taking significant Risk by speaking out now I'm unemployed with a wife two kids two dogs and plenty of bills even if I'm lucky enough to not be blackballed from the seafood industry I'm
I'm still looking at a annual paycheck that's far less than half of what I was making what is it that you hope will happen as a result of your complaint change both for the conditions that people have to work in overseas and awareness for the consumer to know that what they're eating is safe brudney says when it comes to shrimp farmed overseas ultimately that's up to us grow they all have these codes of conduct that talk about not having forced labor ensuring payment and minimum wage abiding by
labor laws then they need to make sure that those are actually being followed we reached out to the US supermarkets that choice scanning sells to Walmart and ALDI told us they are investigating fanella's claims and they expect their suppliers to adhere to FDA standards and to treat workers fairly wake Fern Food Corporation they own shopr right they referred us to Choice canning's response now fa andell's lawyer says they have sent all relevant evidence to the ranking Democrats on the house natur
al resources committee who requested them so that investigation is underway Tom so Vicky what can consumers do right people love to order shrimp at restaurants Buy in the grocery store what should they look out for to make sure they're not buying from companies that don't uphold human rights or at least the safety standards when it comes to Seafood it is a little tricky Tom because it's difficult the US doesn't make it simple with grocery stores with transparency around where these products come
from Beyond the country of origin so you can look for that but experts say in general the shorter the supply chain the better the food is for you so try to buy from your local fishmonger uh locally farmed or locally caught Seafood that really helps you to have a little bit more control and transparency about the products you're eating all right Vicki win for us Vicki thank you for that coming up Tesla's $3,000 cybertruck tent facing some backlash users online pointing out it looks nothing like
the original marketing photos we speak to one man who recently bought the product his review and the response to those who say El musk has clearly never been camping stay with us we're back now with the growing criticism aimed at Tesla's latest product the company recently releasing a $3,000 camping tent for its newest vehicle the Cyber truck social media critics pointing to huge design changes from when it was first announced some now questioning if it's worth the price Steven Romo has a story
and finally the future will look like the future it was the truck that promised to propel the industry into the future and just 4 months after its release Tesla's cyber truck is turning heads again biger trash fire as the Cyber truck itself this time because of an accessory the Cyber truck base camp tent an attachable unit designed to turn the truck into a comfortable sleeper three grand but for a nearly $3,000 price tag critics are saying there's a gap between the original hypee and what the co
nsumer is actually getting really really rough early 2019 marketing materials showed a Sleek geometric frame with the prospect of kitchen attachments separate from the tent but when sales started earlier this year the images on Tesla's website had a few design changes I still think it's a huge missed opportunity it's kind of a misstep uh for Tesla just given over the years they've really leaned in to being designed forward and uh just kind of being cool so getting into the tent Brandon Williams
got his tent 3 weeks ago and posted a review online showing the setup process from hooking it up to the truck bed to inflating it with a manual air pump it just so happens to be exactly what my wife and I are looking looking for um we've done some test sleeping in it uh here next to the house prior to our first camping trip this weekend and we're very happy it's it's comfortable it's spacious I'm about 59 but comments on his video disagreeing with his take Elon is clearly not a camper and what a
n absolute pain set up for what you actually end up with while design changes from concept to production Are Not Unusual the mixed tent reviews come as some users share old school car troubles they're having with this futuristic vehicle from a truck struggling to drive in the snow to this video of a cyber truck getting stuck on an incline and getting towed by a Ford pickup truck and then this video of a user showing the truck allegedly malfunctioning as it's being driven off the lck well we alre
ady broke it this week Tesla reporting sales dropped by 88.5% from last year beating even the most pessimistic predictions from analysts frustration among the Tesla faithful uh about the direction of the company the stock is down dramatically at a time when uh the market in general is seeing a real kind of exuberance and when it comes to those tents competition is heating up rivan's electric SUV also boasting camper likee adaptability with options for a full travel kitchen and a rooftop tent as
the EV Market grows so are expectations and Tesla now feeling the pressure all right Stephen joins us now in studio so Stephen we've seen a lot of you know push back online about the tents has Elon commented on them at all yeah we've asked Tesla and Elon trying to get a comment about this for a couple days now have not heard back I did check elon's X account though formerly Twitter to try to see what he's saying about the cyber truck he is calling it bullet tough he also posted an image showing
that it can withstand a shot from a bow and arrow but nothing really about the base camp tent that I could find at all and we're still hoping for a response because there are a lot of Tesla super fans who really are kind of disappointed in some of them are happy but a lot of them are disappointed so we really want to know what they have to say about and to be clear the 10 is not bulletproof for Arrow proof right not that I've seen yeah I'd be very surprised looks kind of tarp likee to me Steven
Romo we thank you for that all right we thank you for watching top story tonight I'm Tom yamas in New York stay right there more news on the way thanks for watching stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media
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