BREAK DOWN EXACTLY WHAT OFFICE APPROPRIATE ATTIRE LOOKS LIKE IN 2023. TOP STORY STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING, WE BEGIN TOP STORY TONIGHT WITH THAT SCHEME HERE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR TWO OF — PEOPLE ARRESTED AFTER A TRAGIC DISCOVERY AT A DAY H OF
NICHOLAS DOMINIQUE CHI, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT THE DAY CARE LAST WEEK. IT WAS CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO FENTANYL, WHICH WAS BEING STORED INSIDE THE DAY CARE. IT WAS PART OF A DRUG PACKAGING OPERATION. FENTANYL WAS FOUND ON TOP OF A PLAY MAT USED BY THE CHILDREN.
SHOPPING BAGS, DASHING OUT THE BACK ALLEY. >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM. >> LAURA JARRETT JOINS US NOW LIVE IN STUDIO. LET’S GO BACK TO THE HUSBAND. DO WE KNOW WHERE HE’S AT TONIGHT? >> NO, AUTHORITIES ARE STILL
LOOKING FOR HIM. THEY VOWED TODAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO HUNT HIM DOWN AND FIND HIM. NO LEADS AS OF RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS A STRANGE QUESTION TO ASK, BUT YOU HAVE THREE OTHER BABIES WHO WERE GIVEN NARCAN, TO SAY NARCAN AND
BABIES, IT’S SO MIND-BOGGLING. HOW ARE THEY DOING TONIGHT? >> IT’S UNTHINKABLE, GIVEN HOW ALL OF THIS HAS PLAYED OUT. WE ALL KNOW THE REALITY IS, IF YOU GIVE NARCAN, YOU CAN SAVE LIVES, AND THAT’S WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS DID TO THOSE THREE LITTLE ONES, AND TONIGHT THEY
ARE ALL HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL. >> A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. >>> FIVE AMERICANS OUT OF IRANIAN CUSTODY AND HOME IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS. IT COMES AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN STRUCK A DEAL WITH IRAN,
SECURING THEIR RELEASE, AND TODAY, THE PRESIDENT SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WITH A NEW MESSAGE TO THE WORLD, SUPPORT UKRAINE IN ITS WAR WITH RUSSIA. PETER ALEXANDER HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE EMOTIONAL HOMECOMING, FIVE AMERICANS BACK ON U.S. SOIL,
TOUCHING DOWN OUTSIDE WASHINGTON, AFTER NEARLY 24 HOURS, WHERE THE U.S. SAID THEY WERE WRONGLY DETAINED IN IRAN FOR YEARS. >> 5 1/2 YEARS. >> Reporter: ON THE TARMAC, TEARS OF JOY AND RELEASE. >> FINALLY, WE ARE TOGETHER. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNBELIEVABLE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN,
ADDRESSING THE UNITED NATIONS, MAKING NO MENTION OF THE THREE AMERICANS, BUT DELIVERING THIS STERN MESSAGE. >> IRAN MUST NEVER ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. >> Reporter: THE U.S. ALSO UNFURLS $6 BILLION IN IRANIAN MONEY, WHICH THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.
REPUBLICANS SAY IT WAS A RANSOM THAT WILL ENCOURAGE MORE AMERICANS TO BE DETAINED. HERE AT THE U.N., PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY IN ATTENDANCE, WARNING THE CONSEQUENCES IF WORLD LEADERS DON’T STAY UNITED AGAINST RUSSIA. >> WE HAVE TO STAND UP TO THIS NAKED AGGRESSION TODAY, AND TO
DETER OTHER WOULD-BE AGGRESSORS TOMORROW. >> Reporter: THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS OPPOSE AUTHORIZING MORE MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE, AND MANY REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DO TOO. SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY SAYS HE HAS QUESTIONS FOR PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. BUT, THE PRESIDENT REMAINS ADAMANT. >> TO ALLOW UKRAINE TO BE
CARVED UP IS THE END OF ANY NATION SECURITY. I SUGGEST THE ANSWER IS NO. >> Reporter: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, AS WELL AS CHINA’S PRESIDENT XI JINPING. TONIGHT, HIS IMPASSIONED PLEA TO PUNISH VLADIMIR PUTIN, FOR THE KIDNAPPINGS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN.
>> THOSE CHILDREN IN RUSSIA ARE TAUGHT TO HATE UKRAINE, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE BROKEN. THIS IS, CLEARLY, A GENOCIDE. >> I DO WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT ZELENSKYY, HE’S HEADED TO WASHINGTON? >> THAT’S RIGHT, THURSDAY. HE WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THEY HAVE MET AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SECOND TIME SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. REALLY, AN EFFORT TO MAKE A PERSONAL PLEA ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING GOING FORWARD. >> THEN, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SOME IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN THE CITY.
>>’S TIME AT THE U.N. IS OVER, BUT HE DOES HAVE MEETINGS AT THE SIDELINES, AND THE MOST NOTABLE ONE WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY WITH BIBI NETANYAHU, THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. IT HAS BEEN WIDELY VIEWED BY SOME IN ISRAEL, AS A SNUB, THAT 11 MONTHS INTO HIS MOST RECENT
TERM AS PRIME MINISTER, THERE HAS BEEN NO INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT BEEN SHY ABOUT HIS CRITICISMS, SPECIFICALLY, AS IT RELATES TO ISRAEL’S NEW EFFORT TO >> Reporter: THE JUDICIARY. A LOT OF STAKE IN THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.
>> PETER, GREAT TO SEE YOU. LIKE PETER MENTIONED, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY WARNED OF THE IMPACT OF RUSSIA’S EXPRESSION IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE U.N. RICHARD ENGEL IS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, AND TAKES A LOOK AT THE DEVASTATION IN ONE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE. >> Reporter: THIS TOWN IS NOT
NEAR THE FRONT LINES. RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE FILING — FIRING ARTILLERY FROM THREE MILES AWAY. HE IS THE MAYOR THAT KEEPS HIS BROKEN TOWN RUNNING. NEARLY EVERY HOUSE HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY RUSSIAN FIRE, ALL WATER AND POWER LINES ARE BROKEN. EVERY DAY, HE DELIVER SUPPLIES
TO THE TOWN CENTER. 13,000 PEOPLE USED TO LIVE HERE. NOW, JUST 900, SO WORN DOWN BY THE WAR, THEY NO LONGER NOTICE THE ARTERIAL LIVERY. I CAN TELL THERE IS A LOT OF FIRE, BECAUSE PEOPLE BARELY FLINCH. THEY HAVE GOTTEN USED TO IT. >> YES, IT’S GOTTEN REALLY BAD,
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR FEAR. >> FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN BASEMENTS, AND COMING ABOVE IS MORE INTENSE THAN EVER. IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG WINTER, SPENDING DAYS AND NIGHTS DOWN HERE. SHE WAS WOUNDED A FEW MONTHS
AGO WHEN SHE LEFT TO GET FOOD. HOW IS YOUR STAMINA? >> IT’S VERY SCARY TO BE BOMBED FROM ALL SIDES, BUT SOMEHOW, YOU GET USED TO IT. WE TRY TO HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE DETAILS, SOME FLOWERS, HONEY, CLEAN PLATES, LIKE AT HOME. THE MAYOR SHOWED ME WHAT WAS
LEFT OF TOWNHALL, HIT BY A RUSSIAN MISSILE. THERE IS REALLY NOTHING LEFT. NOW, HE WORRIES THE WEST MAY LOSE INTEREST IN HELPING UKRAINE. >> WE HAVE TO BE TOGETHER, OTHERWISE, THE WORLD GOES DOWN, HE SAID. >> THEY HAVE ALREADY EVACUATED ALL THE CHILDREN FROM THE TOWN,
AND THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE, THE WINTER START SOON. TOM. >> RICHARD ENGEL WITH THE REALITIES OF WAR IN UKRAINE. >>> AS WORLD LEADERS MEET AT THE U.N., MUCH OF THE ATTENTION HAS BEEN ON PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH FOREIGN POWERS.
BIDEN FOCUSING ON THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY ABROAD, AND THE NEED FOR COUNTRIES TO WORK TOGETHER, AS HE FACES THE CRITICISM THAT THE U.S. IS FACING A NEW AXIS OF EVIL. I WANT TO BRING IN KEIR SIMMONS, WHO IS IN NEW YORK COVERING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT UKRAINE, AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY GIVING HIS ENTIRE SPEECH IN ENGLISH. WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE DO YOU THINK THAT SENDS? HE IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT DEMOCRACY IS ON THE LINE. >> HE IS, AND IT IS THE SAME MESSAGE HE HAS BEEN SHARING
WITH THE WORLD EVER SINCE THIS BEGAN. IT’S THE SAME MESSAGE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN ESPOUSING EVER SINCE THIS BEGAN. LET’S BE CLEAR, IT WAS RUSSIA THAT CHOSE TO LAUNCH THIS INVASION OF UKRAINE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AND PRESIDENT BIDEN
IS THAT THE MESSAGES HAVE NOT CHANGED. IF THIS COUNTEROFFENSIVE SHOWS SOME PROGRESS, WE MAY BE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION IN SIX MONTHS TIME OR A YEARS TIME, BUT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW, UKRAINE’S AMBITION IS TO GET BACK TO ITS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE
GOING VERY SLOWLY. YOU HEARD REPUBLICANS SAYING, WHAT’S THE PLAN HERE? I THINK THOSE VOICES WILL GET LOUDER AND THAT’S THE CHALLENGE. >> THE WAR IS NOT OVER. PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WAR, MAYBE NOT AS CLOSELY AS THEY ARE IN EUROPE.
>> I THINK THE MOOD IN EUROPEAN CAPITALS IS ONE OF DETERMINATION, THAT THEY JUST NEED TO KEEP GOING. DETERMINATION TO FACE UP TO — FACEDOWN, ACTUALLY, VLADIMIR PUTIN. IN ONE WAY, THERE IS ALSO CONCERN ABOUT THE SAME POINT I MADE. WHAT IS THE OUTCOME?
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? COULD IT BE YEARS? THERE ARE THOSE WHO LOOK AT RUSSIA, WHO DON’T SUPPORT RUSSIA, WHO COMPARED THIS TO THE IRAQ IRAN WAR FOR MANY YEARS AGO. THAT WAS ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS LONG. THIS IS BEING CALLED THE WAR OF
ATTRITION. I THINK WE NEED TO PREPARE OURSELVES THAT THIS COULD BE AN ERA THAT WE LIVE THROUGH, NOT A SHORT PERIOD. >> AS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARE FIGHTING OVER FUNDING FOR UKRAINE, IT COULD BE A VERY LONG WAR. WE MENTIONED IN THE INTRO, THE
NEW AXIS OF EVIL. SOME ARE SAYING IT’S RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AND NOW, CHINA. WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT CHINA. HERE IS A PIECE OF THAT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO CHINA, I WANT TO BE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT. WE SEEK TO RESPONSIBLY MANAGE COMPETITION BETWEEN OUR
COUNTRIES, SO IT DOES NOT — I’VE SAID WE ARE FOR DE- RISKING, NOT DECOUPLING WITH CHINA. >> THERE IS THE CONFLICT WITH THE MILITARY, BUT THERE IS ALSO ECONOMIC CONFLICT, AND THE U.S. WOULD NOT WANT EITHER OF THOSE TO HAPPEN. OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS SORT OF
BEEN A ROLLER COASTER UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE OF TAIWAN, BECAUSE OF COMMENTS MADE, BECAUSE OF THE SPY BALLOON. WHERE DOES IT STAND NOW? >> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT CHINA IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO READ RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE WHO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION WILL REMEMBER CHINA’S FOREIGN
MINISTER, JUST DISAPPEARING A FEW MONTHS AGO. NOW, THE DEFENSE MINISTER APPEARS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED. THERE SEEMS TO BE, POTENTIALLY, SOME KIND OF CRISIS. THERE ARE VOICES IN BEIJING SAYING PUBLICLY, IF WE COMMUNICATE WITH AMERICA, AMERICANS ARE GOING TO TRY TO CONTROL US.
THERE ARE OTHER SAYING, WE SHOULD KEEP COMMUNICATING, THAT FOR EXAMPLE, A MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER. AGAIN, IT’S VERY HARD TO KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THOSE HIGH ECHELONS IN BEIJING. THAT’S WHAT THE U.S. DIPLOMATS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AND
HOW TO NUANCE THE MESSAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS FROM BEING CATASTROPHIC. >> WHO DID THEY DEAL WITH IF THESE PEOPLE ARE DISAPPEARING? >> THAT’S ANOTHER POINT. THERE ARE TALKS OF IT HAPPENING. >> LET’S MOVE OVER TO IRAN. THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY CLEAR. IRAN WILL NOT HAVE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS. WE JUST GOT THOSE HOSTAGES BACK. OBVIOUSLY, 6 BILLION IRANIAN DOLLARS SENT OVER TO THEM. THERE IS A DEAL WE COULD BE APPROACHING. >> IT’S CONTROVERSIAL, JUST ALL ASPECTS OF IT. SO MANY PEOPLE WILL SAY, HOW CAN YOU GIVE THAT KIND OF MONEY?
HOW CAN YOU RELEASE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO A COUNTRY YOU CLEARLY CAN’T TRUST, WHO IS STILL ENRICHING URANIUM? I THINK, ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE ARGUMENT IS, THAT MAYBE SOME KIND OF A DEAL COULD BE POSSIBLE IF YOU INCH THIS FORWARD.
LET’S MAKE ANOTHER POINT TOO. YOU TALKED ABOUT THOSE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA AND IRAN. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO DIPLOMATICALLY TO TRY TO UNNERVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS OR DESTABILIZE THEM, THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL SAY THAT’S A GOOD THING. >> FINALLY, WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS IN EUROPE, ESPECIALLY
IN LONDON, THE UK IS SUCH A CLOSE PARTNER ON THE 2024 ELECTION, ARE THEY WATCHING THIS? >> THERE IS DEEP CONCERN, THERE REALLY IS. WHATEVER YOUR POLITICS ARE IN THE U.S., THERE ARE LEADERS IN EUROPEAN CAPITALS WORRIED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF A PRESIDENT TRUMP.
CLEARLY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION, BUT YOU WON’T BE SURPRISED THAT U.S. ALLIES, THE LEADERS IN EUROPE AND IN ASIA, WILL BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT, HOW DO WE POSITION OURSELVES, IF THAT IS A POTENTIAL PROSPECT? ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH A POTENTIAL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
— WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR US? >> WHAT A TREAT. THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US TONIGHT. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE MISSING JET BACK HOME. OF MYSTERY AUTHORITIES WERE TRYING TO LOCATE. THE F-35 STEALTH FIGHTER JET, WORTH ALMOST $80 MILLION, DISAPPEARED.
THE PILOT EJECTED BECAUSE OF A MISHAP. OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE MARINE CORPS GROUNDING ITS AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. FOR MORE ON THE RECOVERY EFFORT, I WANT TO BRING IN SAM BROCK. HE JOINS ME NOW FROM INDIANTOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA.
BRING US UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SINCE LAST NIGHT. >> Reporter: MILITARY INVESTIGATIONS, IN GENERAL, ARE FASTER THAN THEIR CIVILIAN COUNTERPARTS. WITH RESPECT TO HOW LONG THIS TAKES, THE NTSB MIGHT TAKE YEARS TO FINISH ITS INVESTIGATION. THE MARINE CORPS, WHICH IS
LEADING THE INVESTIGATION, WILL PROBABLY TAKE MONTHS. WE SHOULD GET A FINAL REPORT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS, BUT WE WON’T GET A LOT OF INFORMATION UNTIL THEN. THAT’S PROBLEMATIC, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT, THIS TRANSPONDER ISSUE — HOW DO YOU
LOSE A $100 MILLION AIRCRAFT, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IT WENT? ALL AIRCRAFT HAVE TRANSPONDERS TO TRACK THEM. IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, WHO HAS SAID, IT WASN’T WORKING. WE ARE NOT SURE IF IT WASN’T WORKING BECAUSE THE PILOT EJECTED OR IF IT WASN’T WORKING
THE ENTIRE TIME. WHAT IS THE BACKUP PLAN? THAT’S REALLY THE QUESTION FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT’S ALSO A STEALTH AIRCRAFT, WHICH MEANS IT WAS NOT ON THE RADAR. THAT WOULD TRADITIONALLY BE THE BACKUP. THEN, WHAT WAS THE BACKUP MECHANISM? BECAUSE IT’S SO SECRETIVE, NO
ONE KNOWS. THE MILITARY HAS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> TO YOUR ORIGINAL POINT, FROM 24 HOURS AGO, THE PILOT WAS EJECTED SOMETIME AROUND 1:30, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. TALKING TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN INDIANTOWN, FEWER THAN 1000 PEOPLE, IF YOU LOOK OVER MY
SHOULDER, IT’S MAINLY GRASS HILLS AND WOODS. GOOD THING THE PLANE CRASHED HERE. THEY HEARD SOMETHING AFTER 2:00. A GOOD DEAL AFTER 2:00. THAT’S TO SAY THIS AIRCRAFT COULD’VE BEEN ON AUTOPILOT FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES, AND IT DOES BEG THE QUESTION, WHAT WAS THE MASTER PLAN?
ONCE THE MARINE CORPS REALIZED THIS PILOT AND AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR, HOW WERE THEY WRANGLING IT OR TRYING TO FIND IT? PEOPLE WERE IN TERROR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. >> I’M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I HAVE FLOWN IN JETS, NOT A
STEALTH JET OR AN F-35, BUT THOSE JETS TRAVEL SO FAST. IT’S NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE IT WAS LOST, SO YOU THINK IT WOULD’VE GONE ALMOST FARTHER BUT THE SPEED THESE JETS TRAVEL. >> Reporter: THAT’S A GREAT POINT. A COUPLE THINGS ON THAT. THE MERE FACT THAT IT GOT HERE
WITHIN 30 MINUTES, AS OPPOSED TO EIGHT MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES, TELLS YOU IT WAS GOING AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE OF SPEED THAN TYPICALLY YOU WOULD EXPECT, AND THAT MATCHES UP WITH EYEWITNESSES I’VE SPOKEN WITH, WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING MILITARY EXERCISES, BECAUSE THERE IS A BASE NEARBY, AND
THEY SAID THAT WITH THIS AIRCRAFT WAS COMING IN, IT WAS REALLY MOVING SLOWLY, AND NEARLY INVERTED, ALMOST AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS A CONSEQUENCE OF PLANNING, OR HOW THIS AIRCRAFT ADJUSTED, IT WAS NOT GOING FULL SPEED, EVEN
THOUGH IT WAS 80 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THE PILOT EJECTED. >> SAM BROCK WITH A LOT OF NEW REPORTING, AND STILL SOME QUESTIONS. >>> NOW, TO THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS STRIKE, AND THE UNION SETTING A NEW DEADLINE. UAW LEADERS WARNING THEY WILL
EXPAND THE STRIKE OTHER PLANTS IN DAYS IF NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE TO STALL. MAGGIE VESPA IS ON THE GROUND AT ONE OF THOSE PLANTS IN MICHIGAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A NEW DEADLINE. >> THIS IS OUR GENERATIONS DEFINING MOMENT, SO BE READY TO STAND UP.
>> Reporter: UNITED AUTO WORKERS, NOW DEMANDING AMERICA’S BIG THREE, GM, FORD, AND CHRYSLER OWNER, STELLANTIS, GIVE UP MAJOR GRANT, OR HE SAYS ON NOON FRIDAY, THIS TARGETED SITE WILL ADVANCE. >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO SIT AT THE TABLE, WORK THROUGH THINGS, TRY TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
>> Reporter: AMONG THE UNION’S DEMANDS, A 40% PAY HIKE. EACH COMPANY OFTEN HEARING ROUGHLY 20%. FORD AND GM COULD LOSE $40 MILLION IN PROFITS EACH WEEK IF THE UNION EXPANDS THE STRIKE TO MORE PLANTS. THE IMPACT, ALREADY RIPPLING THROUGH THE INDUSTRY. SOMETHING THE CEO IS SCRAMBLING TO AVOID.
>> WE WANT TO GO TO OUR PEOPLE, SIT DOWN WITH THEM, AND ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE TIME OFF. WE’VE EXPECTED THE STRIKE AND IMPACT AS MANY AS 50 OR 100 EMPLOYEES, AND THOSE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT HAVE FAMILIES TO FEED. >> Reporter: AMONG THE 13,000
AUTO WORKERS ON STRIKE, JACOB, NOW STUCK AT HOME, INSTEAD OF HEADING TO HIS SHIFT AT FORD. >> I WANT TO BE ON THE LINE MAKING VEHICLES. >> Reporter: THE UNION PROMISING $500 A WEEK. THE FATHER OF TWO SAYING, IT’S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. >> I NEED THE MONEY, SO THIS
STRIKE IS NOT HELPING ME AT ALL, IN ANY WAY. >> SO MANY FEELING THAT. MAGGIE VESPA JOINS US. WE ARE HEARING THAT THE SPOTLIGHT MAY GROW EVEN MORE NEXT WEEK WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADING TO MICHIGAN, WHILE HIS GOP RIVALS ARE ON THE DEBATE STAGE?
>> EXACTLY, HE IS SKIPPING THE SECOND GOP DEBATE IN CALIFORNIA ACCORDING TO PERSONS FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER. BASICALLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PLANNING TO TRAVEL HERE TO THE DETROIT AREA, AND BASICALLY, SPEAK TO THESE PEOPLE, WHO YOU HAVE SEEN ON THE PICKET LINE FOR FIVE DAYS.
AUTO WORKERS IN THE AREA. ONE SOURCE TELLING NBC, IT IS COUNTERPROGRAMMING TO THE DEBATE. THE UAW PRESIDENT RESPONDING TO THE NEWS. BY THE WAY, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING SUPPORTERS DOING THAT AND HONKING ALL DAY. BASICALLY, THEY ARE FIGHTING AN ECONOMY, IN HIS WORDS, THAT
ENRICHES PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP ON THE BACKS OF WORKERS. THIS SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING VISIT, IF NOTHING ELSE. >> MAGGIE VESPA, A MASTER CLASS IN LIVE SHOT. THE LOUDEST MUFFLER AMERICANS CAN MAKE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING TONIGHT. >>> STILL AHEAD, THE DEADLY
BRAWL AT AN NFL GAME. A PATRIOTS FAN DYING, AFTER WITNESSES SAY HE WAS KNOCKED OUT BY A MIAMI DOLPHINS FAN. ONE FAN WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE STANDS AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THE TERRIFYING INCIDENT. >>> PLUS, A TERRIFYING MUGGING IN OAKLAND. A WOMAN DRAGGED DOWN THE STREET
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. >>> AND, A CONSUMER ALERT. 53,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF RECALLED OVER E. COLI CONCERNS. THE PRODUCTS IMPACTED AT THIS HOUR. STAY WITH >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH TH INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF A PATRIOTS FAN AFTER A FIGHT
ERUPTED AT GILLETTE STADIUM DURING SUNDAY’S NFL GAME. IF YOU WERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE SEEM TO BE SEEING MORE AND MORE BAD BEHAVIOR IN THE STANDS AT NFL GAMES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE AND LOCAL PROSECUTORS, INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A FAN, WHO WITNESSES SAY WAS
PUNCHED IN THE HEAD AT THE PATRIOTS/DOLPHINS GAME SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS VIDEO SHOWING SECURITY ADMINISTERING CPR TO 53-YEAR OLD DALE MOONEY. >> A FAN IN A DOLPHINS JERSEY REACHED OVER AND PUNCHED THE VICTIM TWICE IN THE FACE. >> Reporter: I WITNESSES SAY IS THE FOURTH QUARTER GOT UNDERWAY,
WITH THE STADIUM PACKED, A SCUFFLE BROKE OUT IN THE STANDS. INITIALLY, POLICE SAID MOONEY, A HUSBAND, FATHER, AND LIFELONG PATRIOTS FAN, SUFFERED AN APPARENT MEDICAL EVENT. >> RIGHT AFTER HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, HE IMMEDIATELY WENT DOWN. HE SLUMPED OVER IN THE CHAIR.
>> Reporter: THE DEADLY INCIDENT COMES AS BRAWLS ARE BEING DOCUMENTED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AT NFL GAMES THIS SEASON. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED JUST THIS PAST SUNDAY. THIS FIGHT BETWEEN THREE WOMEN HAPPENED AT THAT SAME PATRIOTS /DOLPHINS GAME. IN CINCINNATI, AT THE BENGALS
VERSUS RAVENS GAME, THE HARDEST HIT HAPPENED OFF THE FIELD WHEN THIS MAN, DRESSED AS A TIGER, HEAD BUTTED ANOTHER FAN, KNOCKING HIM OUT. ACCORDING TO THE NFL, ONE INCIDENT IS TOO MANY. THEY SAY THEIR RECORDS, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY NBC
NEWS, SHOW AFTER 32 GAMES THIS SEASON, THEY HAVE HAD 80 REPORTS OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT, DOWN FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WHEN IT WAS 140. >> YOU HAVE FANS, PASSION, PEOPLE BETTING ON GAMES, YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON AT ONCE. >> A CHIEF NFL SPOKESPERSON
TELLS NBC NEWS THAT THEY OFFER THEIR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE VICTIM, DALE MOONEY, AND THAT THEIR TOP PRIORITY IS THE SAFETY OF THE MORE THAN 1 MILLION FANS THAT ATTEND NFL GAMES EVERY WEEK, AND THEY DEPLORE THE ACTIVITIES THAT A
HANDFUL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO GO TO GAMES AND INTERFERE WITH OTHERS. >>> WE WANT TO GO TO SHOCKING VIDEO OF TWO MEN DRAGGING A WOMAN, TRYING TO STEAL HER PURSE. JACOB WARD HAS MORE. WE WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME OF THESE VIDEOS ARE DISTURBING.
>> Reporter: OF VIOLENT MUGGING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN AN OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD. A WOMAN DRAGGED BY TWO MEN, INTO THE STREET, AFTER SHE LEFT THE GROCERY STORE. A WITNESS, WHO DID NOT WANT TO SHOW HIS FACE, TELLING OUR STATION — >> I COULDN’T BELIEVE THE
VIOLENCE OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO THIS WOMAN. JUST FOR HER PURSE? >> Reporter: OAKLAND POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY SUSPECTS, BUT ARE INVESTIGATING. AUTO THEFTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2019, ACCORDING TO THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> WE DON’T HAVE ANY FAITH THAT THE POLICE ARE GOING TO DO
ANYTHING. >> Reporter: THE NAACP IS CALLING ON OAKLAND TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS, REHIRE OF FIRED POLICE CHIEF, AND FULLY FUND ITS 911 OPERATORS. >> I WISH THEY WOULD WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. SOME PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN DENIAL. THE CITY IS OUT OF CONTROL.
>> I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION. >> Reporter: OAKLAND MISSED A CRUCIAL DEADLINE TO RECEIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MONEY TO COMBAT ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT. IT’S MAYOR TOLD NBC HER OFFICE IS NOT TO BLAME. >> WE ARE HAVING VERY TOUGH CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY. THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR MANAGES
THE WHOLE CITY, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, SO HE WOULD BE THE KEY PERSON TO CONNECT WITH. >> Reporter: AS CRIME RATES CONTINUE TO RISE, OAKLAND IS STILL TRYING TO HIRE A POLICE CHIEF. JAKE WARD, NBC NEWS. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, AN UPDATE
ON THE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES IN MAUI. SOME RESIDENTS WHO LOST EVERYTHING ARE STAYING IN HOTEL ROOMS PAID FOR BY THE GOVERNMENT NEWS FOR THE GENERAT NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> BACK NOW WITH TOP STORIES NEWSFEED, AND WE BEGIN WITH THE INVESTIGATION INTO A SHOCKING
MURDER OF A FAMILY IN A CHICAGO SUBURB. POLICE SAY THEY WERE CARRYING OUT A WELLNESS CHECK AT THE HOME WHEN THEY FOUND TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN DEAD FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THREE DOGS WERE ALSO KILLED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS WAS NOT A MURDER SUICIDE, I BELIEVE THE
SUSPECT IS STILL AT LARGE. >>> THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLENT CARJACKING IN CONNECTICUT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. RING VICTIM SHOWS THE VICTIM, AFTER PULLING INTO HIS HOME, WHEN TWO MASKS SO SPECS, BEHIND HIM AND PULLED HIM FROM THE CAR. THE THIEVES PUNCHING HIM REPEATEDLY, EVENTUALLY TAKING
OFF WITH THE VEHICLE. THE SUSPECTS FOLLOWED THE MAN HOME. POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, INCLUDING A MINOR. SEVERAL STOLEN CARS WERE RECOVERED. >>> ALEX MURDAUGH WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO 22 ADDITIONAL CHARGES. HE REACHED A PLEA DEAL ON CHARGES THAT HE STOLE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FROM HIS CLIENT, WHILE WORKING AS A PROMINENT LAWYER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HE IS ALREADY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE MURDERS OF HIS WIFE AND SON. EARLIER THIS MONTH, HIS LAWYERS FILED AN APPEAL, ALLEGING JURY TAMPERING. >>> MORE THAN 58,000 POUNDS OF
GROUND BEEF IS BEING RECALLED OVER E. COLI CONCERNS. THE AMERICAN FOODS GROUP SAID IT FOUND THE BACTERIA IN SAMPLES FROM BEEF PRODUCTS SENT TO WHOLESALERS IN MICHIGAN, GEORGIA AND OHIO. THEY CAME IN THE FORM OF 10 POUND PLASTIC TUBES, THE FDA ADVISING CUSTOMERS TO RETURN
THEM OR THROW THEM OUT. SO FAR, THERE ARE NO ILLNESSES REPORTED. >>> WE WANT TO TURN OUT TO THE LATEST OUT OF MAUI, WHERE SOME DISPLACED RESIDENTS ARE SAYING THEY HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THEIR HOTELS THAT ARE PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOUSING, TELLING THEM
THEY HAD TO LEAVE IN A MATTER OF DAYS. THE CONFUSION COMING AS THE GOVERNOR REVAMPS EFFORTS TO REOPEN THE AREA. ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IN THE WEEKS SINCE THE DEADLY MAUI FIRES, CONFUSION OVER WHERE TO LIVE, AND FOR HOW LONG, HAS BEEN A
PRESSING ISSUE FOR THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED RESIDENTS. >> WE ARE ALL SCRAMBLING TO TRY TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE. >> Reporter: CHARLES LOST HIS HOME IN THE FIRE. HE HAS SINCE BEEN LIVING IN GOVERNMENT PROVIDED HOUSING, BUT HE JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT
COMPANY, SAYING THE UNIT HE HAS BEEN LIVING AND WON’T BE AVAILABLE AFTER SEPTEMBER 30th. >> FOR ALL OF US THAT ARE DISPLACED, AND LOST EVERYTHING, THIS IS A DISGRACE. >> Reporter: THE LETTER SAYING THAT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH OCTOBER 30th.
BUT, HE SAYS HE HAS RECEIVED NO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALTERNATIVE HOUSING. THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT, BUT WRITES ON THEIR WEBSITE, “WITH SERVICES AND AMENITIES RETURNING TO OUR WEST MAUI REPORT, WE ARE GRADUALLY WELCOMING BACK RESERVATIONS IN OCTOBER PER THE GOVERNOR’S INSTRUCTIONS.
THE ISSUE OF RELOCATION, A MAJOR POINT OF CONTENTION FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE ISLAND. MORE THAN 7000 PEOPLE ARE HOUSED IN 40 HOTELS. GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN SAYS HE IS WORKING TO REOPEN WEST MAUI FOR TOURISTS ON OCTOBER 8th. >> WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE
CAN TO HOUSE THE PEOPLE, PUT THEM INTO LONG-TERM RENTALS. IF YOU HAVE A LONG-TERM RENTAL AND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, CONTACT US. WE WOULD LOVE TO RENT THAT FOR 18 MONTHS. WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO HAVE HOUSING FOR A LONG TIME AS WE REBUILD. >> Reporter: BUT, THE PUSH TO
WELCOME BACK TOURISTS TO THE EMBATTLED ISLAND COMES WITH CONCERN AND CONFUSION. THEY ARE LEFT TO WONDER, YET AGAIN, IF THEY WILL STILL HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. >> ERIN McLAUGHLIN JOINS US LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES. WHAT ARE STATE OFFICIALS SAYING ABOUT THESE RELOCATIONS? OBVIOUSLY, THESE PEOPLE HAVE
SUFFERED SO MUCH. NOW, HAVING TO RELOCATE A FEW WEEKS LATER, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE? >> TOM, A SOURCE WITHIN THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TELLS NBC NEWS THAT THESE HOTELS WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS, AND THEY ARE STILL
WORKING ON LONGER-TERM OPTIONS. THE ISSUE BEING THAT PRIOR TO THIS FIRE, THE STATE OF HAWAII WAS ALREADY FACING A HOUSING CRISIS, MADE WORSE BY THE FIRE. IN TERMS OF WIRY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING ASKED TO MOVE FROM HOTEL TO HOTEL, WELL, THAT REMAINS UNCLEAR. TOM.
>> STILL VERY STRANGE. AARON McGLOCKLIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING. >>> ESCALATING TENSIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND INDIA OVER THE ASSASSINATION OF AN ACTIVIST ON CANADIAN SOIL. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU, ANNOUNCING CANADA IS INVESTIGATING CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS THAT INDIA MAY HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE KILLING OF A
PROMINENT SIKH ACTIVIST. INDIA HAS DENIED THE CLAIMS, CALLING THEM ABSURD. >>> AN UNBELIEVABLE SCENE ON A BULLET TRAIN IN JAPAN. TWO PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS, BRAWLING IN THE AISLES OF A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN, AS IT RAN BETWEEN TOKYO AND NAGOYA. THE 75 PASSENGERS ON BOARD,
WATCHING IN ALL, AS THE WRESTLERS PUT EACH >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK. THIS WEEK, THE U.S. SENATE CHANGED ITS DRESS CODE, ALLOWING SENATORS TO NOW WEAR WHATEVER THEY WANT ON THE CHAMBER FLOOR.
THE RULE, LARGELY SEEN AS AN ACCOMMODATION FOR PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRAT, JOHN FETTERMAN, WHO IS KNOWN FOR WEARING CASUAL ATTIRE, AND WAS TREATED FOR CLINICAL DEPRESSION EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE PUSHING BACK ON THE RULE CHANGE. >> I PLAN TO WEAR A BIKINI TO
THE SENATE FLOOR, AND KRISTEN IS GOING TO WEAR SHORTS . I THINK THIS IS A CERTAIN DIGNITY THAT WE SHOULD BE MAINTAINING IN THE SENATE, AND TO DO AWAY WITH THE DRESS CODE, TO ME, DEBASES THE INSTITUTION. >> I DON’T INTEND TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
I EXPECT TO DO THE SENATE THE SAME WAY IT’S BEEN DONE FOR 240 YEARS, WITH THE DRESS CODE. WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED STINKS. IT’S UNPRECEDENTED. AND, IF YOU CAN’T COUNT ON THE MAJORITY LEADER IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO UPHOLD THE DECORUM OF THE UNITED STATES
SENATE, WHO CAN YOU CALL HIM? >> IT’S A RESPECT THING. >> SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN IS SAYING HE WANTS TO MOVE ON TO OTHER ISSUES. >> THERE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT, OTHER THAN WHETHER OR NOT I DRESS LIKE A SLOB?
>> WITH THAT, I WANT TO BRING IN OUR PANEL, ABIGAIL TRACY, AND MR. MANNERS HIMSELF, THOMAS FARLEY. TONIGHT, I’M GOING TO MAKE SURE I’M ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR. I HAVE LISTENED TO YOU FOR YEARS, AND YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT LIKES TO HARK BACK TO THE
GOOD OLD DAYS AT TIMES, AND THAT’S NOT A DIG, MORE A COMPLIMENT. WE HEARD SENATOR GRASSLEY SAY OFF THE TOP, THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE. OBVIOUSLY, FASHION HAS CHANGED A LOT IN THE 240 YEAR HISTORY OF THAT GREAT BODY.
HOW MUCH HAVE THE RULES CHANGED? >> WELL, THE RULES HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR MAIL SENATORS, AND FOR MOST OF AMERICAN HISTORY, THAT’S WHAT THEY WERE, AS YOU KNOW, SUIT AND TIE. THERE WEREN’T MANY WOMEN IN THE SENATE THROUGH MOST OF OUR
HISTORY. UNTIL 1993, WOMEN HAD TO WEAR DRESSES. AFTER THAT, THEY CAN WEAR PANTS, BUT THEY HAD TO WEAR A TOP THAT COVERED THEIR SHOULDERS, AND IN 2019, SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH OF MY HOME STATE OF ILLINOIS, BROUGHT HER TYNDALE BABY ONTO THE SENATE FLOOR, AND MADE SURE THAT THE
BABY WAS WEARING A CARDIGAN JACKET, SO IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A BLAZER. >> THERE YOU GO, IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. ABIGAIL, I WANT TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF THE DOUBLE STANDARD. SOME HAVE POINTED THIS OUT AS WELL. THE SCRUTINY FEMALE POLITICIANS
FACE, COMPARED TO MAIL POLITICIANS, AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE SENATE. THIS HAPPENS IN THE WORKPLACE ALL ACROSS AMERICA, WHERE FEMALE EMPLOYEES, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DRESS BETTER, ARE EXPECTED TO DRESS BETTER THAN THEIR MAIL COUNTERPARTS, AND WE ARE SEEING THIS HERE, WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS.
WHAT’S YOUR TAKE? >> ABSOLUTELY, I AGREE. I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A DOUBLE STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE, AND THE BATTLES BEING FOUGHT, YOU LOOK AT THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN. IT WAS AROUND WHETHER OR NOT
THEY COULD WEAR PANTS OR BEAR THEIR SHOULDERS ON THE SENATE FLOOR. THESE ARE MINOR BATTLES, OR WHAT SHOULD BE MINOR BATTLES. THE DRESS CODE WASN’T THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOW AT THAT TIME. THEY REALLY HAD TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR SOME OF THESE
CHANGES, AND RIGHT NOW, THIS DEBATE IS AROUND JOHN FETTERMAN, REALLY, AND HIS DECISION TO WHERE SHORTS AND A HOODIE, TYPICALLY, ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE. I WILL SAY, PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE IDEA, DRESS FOR THE JOB THAT YOU WANT, NOT THE JOB
YOU HAVE, AND IN FAIRNESS, JOHN FETTERMAN, THIS IS WHAT HE WORE WHEN HE WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR SENATE. THIS IS WHO HE WAS AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. I THINK VOTERS DID GET WHAT THEY EXPECTED IN TERMS OF HIS WARDROBE.
I WILL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE. >> THOMAS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SENATOR IS FACING ISSUES WITH DEPRESSION AND FIGHTING THROUGH THOSE TO SERVE IN THE SENATE, BUT YOU WONDER IF THERE IS A DOMINO EFFECT. YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU GO TO BROADWAY, AND PEOPLE ARE
WEARING SHORTS ON BROADWAY AT A NICE THEATER. YOU SEE IT WHEN YOU FLY. PEOPLE WHERE PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING ON AIRPLANES. IT USED TO NOT BE THAT WAY. ARE WE GOING TO GET TO A POINT NOW WHERE IN 10 YEARS, EVERYONE IN THE SENATE LOOKS LIKE FETTERMAN?
>> IT’S A CONCERN FOR ME, TOM. I THINK YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS HAS LARGELY BEEN SEEN AS ACCELERATING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. AS MORE AMERICANS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO WORKING AT HOME, WORKING IN THEIR PAJAMAS, PEOPLE ARE IN A MORE CASUAL STATE OF MIND.
UNTIL NOW, CONGRESS HAS SET A BAR THAT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THIS DECISION, IT MIRRORS, LARGELY, WHAT’S HAPPENING ACROSS CORPORATE AMERICA, WHERE BUSINESS HAS BECOME THE DE FACTO STANDARD WITH MORE CORPORATE ATTIRE, BUT I DO THINK IT’S UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE
THE WAY WE DRESS DOES SEND A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO BE PERCEIVED. EVEN IN T-SHIRTS AND SHORTS, THERE IS A WAY TO DO THAT WHERE YOU LOOK PUT TOGETHER AND POLISHED, AND I FEAR THAT THIS IS THE WORLD WE MIGHT BE GOING
DOWN AS THESE DRESS CODES GET RELAXED. >> HARKING BACK TO AMY VANDERBILT, IS THERE RULE ON HOW PEOPLE SHOULD DRESS IN THE SENATE? >> YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL RULES IN THE SENATE RIGHT NOW, HOWEVER, THERE IS AN
ACKNOWLEDGED WAY THAT THE SERGEANT AT ARMS WILL ENFORCE THE DRESS CODE. THAT POLICY IS NOT GOING AWAY, AND SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER HAS EFFECTIVELY SAID, DRESS AS YOU LIKE, I WILL STILL BE DRESSING UP, BUT YOU AS ANOTHER SENATOR CAN DRESS HOW YOU WISH.
WHAT’S INTERESTING IS, THERE IS STILL THE DRESS CODE FOR STAFF. IF YOU ARE A SENATE STAFFER, YOU ARE STILL EXPECTED TO ABIDE BY CERTAIN DRESS CODE. I THINK THAT, ACTUALLY, SINCE THE WRONG MESSAGE AS WELL. >> MICHAEL, SOME LAWMAKERS HAVE SAID THEY ARE NOT DRESSING FOR
THEMSELVES, THEY ARE DRESSING FOR THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. LISTEN, I OWN A LOT OF HOODIES. I LOVE HOODIES. I LOVE SHORTS. I’M FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. BUT, I’VE GOT TO SAY, WHEN YOU ARE ON THE SENATE FLOOR MAKING A PASSIONATE SPEECH, TALKING ABOUT GOING TO WAR OR FIGHTING
FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, I’VE GOT TO THINK THAT IF YOU ARE NOT DRESSED IN A SERIOUS MANNER, YOUR COLLEAGUES AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY. >> I THINK THAT’S PROBABLY RIGHT, AND THOSE SENATORS ARE SENDING A MESSAGE, AND SO IS SENATOR FETTERMAN.
THAT PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE WAY HE GOT ELECTED, BY DRESSING LIKE THAT. BUT, IT’S THE WAY SOCIETY IS GOING. YOU LOOK AT PICTURES OF MLB BASEBALL GAMES IN THE 1960s. A LOT OF MEN WERE WEARING SUITS AND TIES. THE SAME THING WITH MANY PEOPLE
WHO WENT ON TO AIRPLANES IN THE 1970s. THEY FELT THEY SHOULD DRESS FORMALLY. WE ARE MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, AND THE SENATE COULD LOOK HUGELY DIFFERENT FROM THE VOTERS THAT ELECT THE SENATORS. >> THAT’S A GREAT POINT THAT HE’S MAKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THE TREND IN POLITICS RIGHT NOW IS TO BE AN OUTSIDER, NOT TO BE PART OF THE MAINSTREAM POLITICAL MACHINE, AND FOR SOMEONE LIKE SENATOR FETTERMAN, IT DEFINITELY DOES STAND OUT. DO YOU SEE THIS IS A TREND TAKING OFF, WHERE PEOPLE WILL STAY TRADITIONAL?
>> I THINK YOU WILL SEE A MIX. I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE. THERE IS THIS IDEA OF THESE DRESS CODES, BUT WHEN YOU ARE THERE AT THE CAPITOL, AND YOU ARE WATCHING DIFFERENT MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE COME IN, THEY ARE ALREADY —
THERE IS THIS VARIATION THAT YOU SEE AMONG THESE LAWMAKERS, IN TERMS OF THE WAY IN WHICH THEY ARE PRESENTING THEMSELVES. I DO THINK, TO MICHAEL’S POINT, SOME OF IT IS GOING TO BE A RECEPTION OF WHO ELECTED THEM. I DO THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT FETTERMAN’S BRAND.
HE IS THIS CARHART WEARING GUY, AND THE HOODIE IS PART OF THE IDENTITY HE RAN UPON. HE RAN FOR SENATE AND WON, INITIALLY. BACK TO THIS IDEA OF STAFFERS, TODAY I SPENT SOME TIME SPEAKING WITH A NUMBER OF SENATE STAFFERS, BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, AND
THERE IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATION AROUND THAT DOUBLE STANDARD, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO WEAR BUTTONDOWNS AND TIES, WHEREAS THEIR BOSSES WON’T BE. I THINK THERE IS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THAT HYPOCRISY MIGHT FADE AWAY AS WELL. >> THOMAS, WHAT DOES THE
MANNERS BOOK TELL US ABOUT HOW WE JUDGE OTHERS, OR WHEN SOMEBODY DRESSES UNLIKE THE REST OF THE PARTY, WHAT DOES THE MANNERS BOOK SAY ON HOW WE SHOULD REACT? >> USUALLY, WE JUDGE PEOPLE ON THEIR ACTIONS, NOT WHAT THEY ARE WEARING. THAT’S THE IDEA. IN FACT, THE BEST ETIQUETTE AT
ALL IS AN ETIQUETTE THAT’S NOT JUDGING OTHERS, BUT UPLIFTING THEM SO THEY FEEL BETTER. THE REALITY OF HUMAN NATURE IS THAT WE ARE VISUALLY BASED, SO WE DO MAKE SNAP DECISIONS AND JUDGMENTS. IF WE SEE SOMEONE DRESSED IN A SLOPPY WAY, WE THINK THEY ARE NOT ORGANIZED, NOT PUNCTUAL.
THEY SIMPLY DON’T PUT IN THE EFFORT AND TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT SILICON VALLEY TITANS, WHO COME OUT TO TESTIFY IN CONGRESS, THEY ARE KNOWN FOR WEARING HOODIES, UNTIL THEY COME TO THE SENATE OR HOUSE TO TESTIFY. EVEN THEY KNOW TO DRESS UP.
I DO FEEL THAT DRESSING UP, YOU ACTUALLY DO BEHAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU ARE NOT DRESSED UP, AND I FEAR, CONGRESS IS ALREADY SUCH A HOTBED OF BAD ETIQUETTE IN A WAY. THIS COLLAPSE, IF WE CAN CALL IT THAT, OF THE DRESS CODE, IS
GOING TO REINFORCE THE BAD BEHAVIOR THAT IF PEOPLE FEEL MORE CASUAL, THEY CAN ACT MORE CASUAL. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PROPER ATTIRE TONIGHT. I THINK YOU FOR THE PERFECT MANNERS AND THE GREAT CONVERSATION. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON. >>> COMING UP, THE HARROWING
RESCUE . NEARLY 30 PEOPLE ON A BOAT ENGULFED IN FLAMES. AS ITS NEW MODERATOR. SUNDAY’S ON NBC. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A DRAMATIC RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN ARIZONA. HOUSEBOAT IN LAKE POWELL, BURSTING INTO FLAMES WITH 30 PEOPLE ON BOARD. VALERIE CASTRO EXPLAINS HOW
EVERYONE ON THE BOAT MADE IT OUT ALIVE. >> JOB! >> Reporter: A MIRACLE RESCUE ON THE WATER. VIDEO SHOWS A HOUSEBOAT ON ARIZONA’S LAKE POWELL, ENGULFED IN FLAMES. NEARLY 30 PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS TWO-MONTH OLD ON BOARD. THE BLAZE CONSUMING THE VESSEL.
A COLUMN OF BLACK SMOKE RISING OVER THE BLAZE. JAKE AND COURTNEY CALHOUN WERE WITH THEIR FAMILY ON ABOUT NEARBY. >> I WAS LIKE, YOU GUYS HAVE TO JUMP, YOU HAVE TO GET OFF THIS BOAT AS FAST AS YOU CAN. >> WE REALIZE, WE HAVE TO GET
AS CLOSE AS WE CAN. BUT, THE CHANNEL OF WATER WAS REALLY ROUGH. >> Reporter: THE CALHOUN’S AND AND THAT’S MY A PATROL BOAT RUSHING TO THEIR SIDE, PULLING PEOPLE TO SAFETY. >> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER. >> Reporter: THE BOAT,
ULTIMATELY BURNING DOWN TO ITS WHOLE AND SINKING. SOMEHOW, NO ONE WAS INJURED. >> WE WERE PRETTY TEARY-EYED, AND JUST GRATEFUL EVERYONE WAS OKAY. I’M SO GLAD FOR THAT. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS FLOATING HOME WENT UP IN FLAMES.
VALERIE CASTRO, NBC NEWS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE STORY OF ONE BROADWAY UNDERSTUDY, WHO WAS FLYING HOME FROM A VACATION WHEN SHE GOT THE TEXT THAT SHE WAS PLAYING JASMINE IN ALADDIN IN JUST A FEW HOURS. THE AMAZING EFFORT FROM HER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND PILOT,
THAT HELP TO GET HER FROM THE SKY TO THE STAGE JUST IN TIME. SAVANNAH SELLERS HAS THAT STORY. >> Reporter: MICHAELA RENFRO HAD FIVE HOURS LEFT ON A FLIGHT HOME FROM A EUROPEAN VACATION WHICH HE GOT THE TEXT OF A LIFETIME. >>
>> I MAY NEED YOU FOR JASMINE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: SHE IS CURRENTLY IN THE ENSEMBLE OF ALADDIN ON BROADWAY, BUT SHE IS ALSO THE UNDERSTUDY FOR JASMINE. WHEN SHE LANDED, SHE HAD TWO HOURS UNTIL CURTAIN CALL. THE PROBLEM? RUSH HOUR IN NEW YORK CITY
>>> RELAX, HYDRATE YOURSELF WITH SOME WATER, IF HE CAN LAND THE PLANE ON BROADWAY, HE WOULD’VE DONE THAT FOR HER. >> THEY MOVED TO THE FIRST CLASS, SWITCHED DATES SO THE PLANE WOULD BE CLOSER TO CUSTOMS AND HELPED HER BOOKER AND MAGIC CARPET RIDE,
HELICOPTER THAT WOULD GET HER FROM THE AIRPORT TO MANHATTAN TURNING 90 MINUTE TRIP INTO ONE NEARLY 7 MINUTES. >> THEN YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORM INTO JASMINE. >> I HAD 15 MINUTES MAKE UP, FIVE MINUTES HAIR, FIVE MINUTES PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON AND FIVE
MINUTES TO GET ON THE STAGE. >> EVEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS MADE THE SHOW. >> AND YOU BELIEVE YOU MADE IT? >> NO. IT WAS A MIRACLE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. >> MIRACLE GRANTED. SEEMS LIKE LUCK OR MAYBE A JEANNIE WAS ON HER SIDE. SAVANNAH SELLERS WITH NBC NEWS.
>> THANK YOU THAT STORY AND
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