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I want to bring in nbc simone boyce who lives in west palm beach, florida. simone, as a reporter, you have covered a lot of stories. im sorry, youre live there, you dont live there. you are in the place that this storm may get the closest to, given the current track. whats going on where you are now? >> reporter: thats right, ali. if you look at a map of florida, you will see west palm beach where we are right now. it juts a bit out further into the atlantic ocean. that eye wall of hurricane dor...

It appears these rallies have been peaceful across the country and one of the interviews that i saw earlier from scott cohen, as well as from steve patterson, as well as patters patterson, simone boyce was that a young demonstrator said you know after all of these active shooter drills, i got to change this. and its affecting the way i think and i want some change. again, i dont know how old she was. she was in late teens or in college. >> yeah. she absolutely did an incredible job of speaking o...

City two weeks after two mass shootings in el paso and dayton. activists are looking to keep momentum for gun legislation in the national spotlight, and nbc news correspondent simone boyce is joining us in atlanta, awaiting one of those rallies. simone, welcome to you. what are we expecting to see? is this supposed to be big? >> reporter: so, alex, in just about a couple of hours, were going to see about a hundred gun control activists, mostly students, filling in this area outside of city hall ...

Hour. there are protests across the country at this hour and the focus is specific will you on gun control. simone is at the gun rally in los angeles. one of the locations. what are you seeing there? and it seems like those are out, the police in l.a., and it is fairly calm. >> reporter: thats right. the rally on the steps of city hall just wrapped up a few moments ago. weve had folks here still milling about. that i believe we have some picture thats we can show you of the rally as it was takin...

Actually going to have a new section of border wall constructed on his property, but in addition to that, they would like to see more border patrol agents on the ground, more technology assisting those agents, and right now his big concern is that there are several border patrol agents that are being diverted to other areas to assist with processing because they have seen a record number of migrants crossing the border this year. one more thing, alex, that i did want to add, they are not against...

Our simone boyce was there. >> we live with this 24/7. we get calls in the middle of the night that weve had a vehicle drive through and the border fence is down. you have to keep yourself at a constant heightened awareness. >> reporter: if russell, his wife brandy, and their two kids lived somewhere else, they might be able to talk to some homeowners association to beef up security. but out here, theyre at the mercy of the federal government. >> people tell us we should move if its so bad. i si...

In kindness and that we really need to be on a path of change, you know, so that theres progress, you know. i mean, this is a country of diversity. it is not a country of, you know, one color and one sex and thats what we need to show. >> thats what weve being seen an awful lot from the speakers on stage. thank you for chatting with us. i appreciate it. >> reporter: that message is one we heard from more than just her and her family here. theyre there to show unity and to show all marginalized g...

Leadership seemed to push bernie sanders aside for hillary clinton, so theres a lot to unpack here. >> look, i got to say i love the activism of millennial. i look at march for lives, our future lies in your hands. next time you talk to them, tell them they have to vote. >> i will. thank you, simone boyce. president trumps former campaign chairman prepares for sentencing on eight counts of fraud. he arrived in a wheelchair as his lawyers say they have medical issues relate to his confinement. ...

Top issue. and a new poll shows that millennial may not be ready to get out and vote. host of nbc news signal, simone boyce sat down with a young group of young people. we had a very animated conversation, but i want you to share what you found out. >> heres the funny thing about this, alex. they took the time to sit through this poll about which parties and candidates, but at least one person i spoke to said hes definitely not going to vote. >> what? >> i know. some of them told me voting is ju...

>> yes. >> simone, thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you so much, kimbler. >> i it looks like russia is on team north korea. the russian foreign ministry spokesman blasting the u.s. for threatening revenge for the cyber attack and saying north koreas anger is, quote, quite understandable. and former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us to weigh in and go "on the record." ambassador, thanks for being with us tonight. >> glad to be with you, kimberly. >> what do you think about this turn ...