headquarters in new york city. breaking overnight, new details about the nation's latest mass shooting. this time at the university of nevada las vegas. what we're learning about the suspect's possible motives. new this morning, fireworks at the fourth republican presidential debate as the gop front-runner who was not there is back in a new york city courtroom today. on capitol hill, what's next for u.s. aid to ukraine and israel after senate republicans block a bill on president biden's national security package. meanwhile, today marks two months since hamas' terror attack against israel. now israel says its forces have encircled the southern gaza home of a top hamas leader, thought to be hiding under ground. and we begin this morning with another mass shooting in america. this time on a college campus at the university of nevada las vegas. three people are dead, a fourth person has been hospitalized, all just a little over a week before the semester was set to end. >> heard loud shouting, immediate panic, everyone dropped down to the floor. >> this is a place of education, relationships, friendships, college is supposed to be the best time of your life, not the end of it. >> this morning, police identified the suspect who is dead and are working to figure out a motiv this year, there have been 632 mass shootings, according to the gun violenc archive, which definz a mass shooting as a minimum of four victims shot, not including the shooter. the report's 668 people have died in mass shootings this year alone. six years ago, las vegas had the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history when 60 people were killed at a music festival. joining us now is nbc's dana griffin in las vegas. dana, good morning. what more are we learning? >> reporter: jose, good morning. so we have learned the suspected shooter's name, it is 67-year-old anthony polito, according to two senior law enforcement sources familiar with the case. they tell nbc news he is a former professor that worked at a university in north carolina. officials say that he also applied for a position here at unlv. that was years ago. he obviously was not hired. and investigators are now looking into whether that may be part of the motive here. we're just outside a campus here and through this breezeway is the building where this shooting started on the fourth floor of bean hall. that is home to the lead business school where officials say the shooter entered, started on the fourth floor, moved throughout several other floors, came outside, that's when he was killed in a shootout with two university police officers. we know four victims so far, three have died, one remains in the hospital, was listed in critical condition, is now considered stable. we have seen so far about 20 police officers over my shoulder in that breezeway still, you know, conducting this investigation. the campus is closed through sunday and we could see the chairs and tables that were set up outside that building. law enforcement officials say that there were some students gathering, they were planning to build legos outside and they credit these officers for possibly saving additional lives because they could have become easy targets in the shooting. jose. >> dana griffin, thank you very much. we have got also breaking news, the house just voted to censure new york democrat jamaal bowman for pulling a fire alarm while the chamber was in session to consider a vote on government funding back in september. joining us now is nbc's ryan nobles. ryan, good morning. what does this mean? >> reporter: well, essentially it serves as a slap on the wrist there is no change to his status as a might be of congress, but it is not a distinction that any member of congress is looking to entertain. this is kind of a new era in congress, where we're seeing censure resolutions like this pop up a lot more frequently than we ever have in the past. what is interesting about the way that this vote played out is that democrats attempted to table this measure last night, and were unsuccessful in that end. so that meant the full vote came to the house floor and republicans were able to pass the censure resolution, 214-191. but they also were able to bring three democrats along with them to vote in the affirmative on this. it does end up being a bipartisan censure resolution for jamaal bowman. there were a number of present votes, both republican and democrat. so, again, you know, jose, this -- this is not really a functionally serious penalty in terms of how it impacts the way jamaal bowman conducts himself as a member of congress, it is more just a way to admonish him for his behavior, which, of course, we should point out that he has already pled guilty to a misdemeanor on and paid a fine as a result of. admitted he made a mistake in this case and apologized. republicans didn't feel like that was enough, which is why they took this step of censuring him. there were some members that thought he should be expelled as a result of that, but really no energy behind the idea of actually kicking him out of congress as a result of this. they settled on a censure resolution today. >> ryan nobles on capitol hill, thank you so very much. more breaking news at this hour, just moments ago, a judge in texas granted a temporary restraining order to a woman seeking an emergency abortion. kate cox's baby has a deadly fetal condition with a slim chance of survival, but borgs are abortions are banned in texas. this is first case where a pregnant person asked a court for an emergency abortion since roe was decided in 1973. mauricia perez is with us. how did this ruling come down? >> good morning. this is historic and for several reasons. this is one of the first attempts to seek a court ordered abortion since the overturn of roe v.wa. i want to read you some of the words from the judge. this was minutes ago, within the last 15 minutes, the judge said in part, quote, the idea that mrs. cox wants so despetely to be a parent and this law may have her lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice. so i will be signing the order and it will be processed and sent out today. now, some background on all of this, kate cox, the woman at the center of all of this, the plaintiff you see on the screen there, she is 20 weeks pregnant. she already has two children. she had two c sections which doctors point out does make her at further risk. she is carrying a baby who has trisomy 18, a condition where 90 to 95% of babies do not survive beyond the first year. lawyers for kate cox argued her future fertility and her life is at risk if she carries out this pregnancy. doctors told her she is required to continue with the pregnancy cording to texas law. the lawsuit that was filed on tuesday really was centered around the language on the medical exceptions when it comes to abortions. they argued that the definition of exactly that was unclear. kate cox said she didn't want to continue the pain and suffering surrounding her pregnancy and her legal team as we know was seeking a temporary stop to the current abortion ban in place in texas, so right now there is a lot of questions on what this means for other women, when would kate cox be allowed to get an abortion? those are all things we're trying to get an answer to. but we do expect the state to appeal this, jose. >> we do expect the state to appeal it. so then it wouldn't take effect immediately as far as we know. don't know one way or another, which way it would go. so, just to clarify, because you hear about temporary restraining order to a woman seeking an emergency abortion means she is, according to this judge, able to have that abortion. >> yeah. it is not clear when she will be able to get that abortion. according to how things stand right now, of course, this is, you know, language we have to be careful about because anything can happen, but as of right now, from what we heard from the judge, they have granted permission for kate cox to get an abortion from her provider. >> thank you so very much. it is 8 past the hour. we will continue monitoring this breaking news and bring you the very latest on that and a whole lot more. we're going to take a short break. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ooo, gangsta. in a hurry? there's not a faster, easier way to put on shoes. they know a 10 when they see it. lawmakers are trying to figure out what comes next after the senate failed to move forward with a bill that would provide money for ukraine and israel. republicans and bernie sanders voted to block consideration of that legislation. the senator says he wants conditions to be placed on the aid to israel, while republicans want new limits on immigration and more security at the southern border. president biden says he is willing to make significant compromises to get this bill done. nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley is with us this morning. thank you. and where do things stand with talks on what to do about the border? >> well, jose, you and i have both talked about how it seems like the chances of especially this congress getting anything done on immigration would be slim to none. but this package actually got them further than i think a lot of people would have thought because it was tied in to ukraine funding and because the white house and dhs agreed to some of the things republicans wanted. and that's to strengthen asylum policies. i talked to sources who said, look, this is something we could use, make it harder for people to pass the initial fear to claim asylum -- initial fear test to claim asylum at the southern border so you don't have far more people coming in than who will be granted asylum by immigration judges. the biden administration largely agreed to that, there are some democrats and immigration advocates who don't agree to that. the rub came down to what they might do to try to take away some executive privileges, like humanitarian parole that made it easier for a lot of populations like ukrainians, afghans, venezuelans and cubans to come into the country through legal pathways and be able to get work authorization. that was something that republicans wanted to try to curb back on, that the administration did not want. so right now, we're seeing where this stands. we know the white house is still involved in this. and that there at least some room of compromise, we heard from republicans like lindsey graham yesterday say, look, we're not going to take a half border bill, just to get ukraine funding. they aren't agreeing to that now. it looks like republicans are really holding strong on that piece. >> so, julia, just on that whole issue, just talking about the executive privilege on executive orders, are you talking about tps, among others, you know, benefited so many. 200,000 plus salvadorans. is that something that could be in any kind of agreement which would remove it from the president's responsibilitys? >> so far the focus is on humanitarian parole, which is a tool where they're able to -- you have to have a sponsor in the u.s. before you come. so a migrant could apply from outside their home country, but not inside the united states to get that. that seems to be the focus. a lot of people, especially in cities around the country that have been bearing the brunt of these migrants, like denver, colorado, where i just returned from, they want more humanitarian parole, more tps, so more migrants can work. republicans are saying we don't want more magnets to bring more migrants here. they're talking about curbing that. as far as i know at this point, tps isn't one of those parts. >> julia ainsley, thank you so very much. good seeing you. with us to continue our coverage, california senator alex padilla. a pleasure to see you. it has been a while. thank you for your time. so, let's start with what happened to this bill. why are we at this point again? >> well, if you really want to take a step back, it is mind boggling to think that as overwhelming bipartisan support as there is for sending aid to our ally israel, given the current conflict that is caught up in a border conversation or even aid to ukraine, which is doing a heck of a job resisting putin's aggression. not just ukraine, the whole western world that has high stakes here in supporting ukraine. that has significant bipartisan support. republicans saying no to israel aid, no to ukraine because of a border conversation which, look, there is merit to having a conversation, it is not an hr-2 take it or leave it negotiation. and so that's why we are where we are. the other important piece is what we saw yesterday, you know, we tried to put forward the biden proposal, which i have some questions with, but at least a vote to get on to the issue, let's have a discussion, let's have a debate, afford republicans an opportunity to bring forward their plan, offer amendments, if you want, and they vote it down. so, it is hard to really know what republicans want or what they think they want if they're not even willing to engage in a conversation on the floor of the senate. >> what would that conversation need to look like, senator, and what are the issues that the republicans, you say, were not willing to even discuss? >> right, so what i hear from republicans, there is too many people coming to the border. and i get to remind them, it is unlawful to seek asylum in the united states if you're fleeing persecution, fleeing an authoritarian government. look at venezuela, look at cuba, other places. so they want to reform that. okay, well, show me some specifics. what does that mean? because we're all in agreement the harder you make it to come to the united states lawfully, the more pressure it puts on people coming to the united states unlawfully. so that's an important reminder. number two, you mentioned the prior segment, the topic of parole. parole is the mechanism that president biden has used to assist those who left afghanistan, those who have fled ukraine, and those situations, so, if you want to reform parole, what exactly are you talking about? because these are important mechanisms. and, by the way, if the goal is to reduce the number of people trying to come to the united states, you can't do that effectively, sustainably, without having a cause conversation what is causing people to flee their home countries, to begin with, do we not have a role in maybe providing a better future or hope in their home countries, but when i've tried to put that on the table with my republican colleagues, they shoot it down saying, no, no, no, we only want to talk about the border, good parts of the president's plan, more money for not just officers, but judges, hearing officers, but the last i checked, republicans want to cut the budget, not add resources, so it is complex. we should be doing this during a regular order, not through a budget supplemental request by the president, but, jose, here we are. >> here we are. we're just, you know, a couple of days into the 7th of december, do you think that, you know, aid to israel, aid to ukraine, more support for taiwan, is that off the table on capitol hill until 2024? >> it shouldn't be. again, we afforded republicans an opportunity to join us in advancing all those seemingly bipartisan priorities that refuse to get on the bill, that refuse to begin debate or bring forward their own plan. we're ready to work, jose, just waiting for republicans to decide what it is they want. >> senator, two months ago today, as you know, that hamas brutally attacked israel and started a war that has seen so much of gaza leveled. your colleague bernie sanders wants conditions on aid to israel. do you think there should be conditions for aid to israel? >> there has been a big conversation there. israel is one example of how we work with allies around the world to provide that aid, especially in times of conflict. israel is an important ally, the only democracy in that region where they suffered since october 7th is grievous. we stand by them with the resources, both on the military side and importantly the humanitarian side because the biggest victims over the years have been the innocent palestinians living under the terror of hamas. and their future. those innocent palestinians that deserve a better future and hope will not achieve it until hamas is eradicated and the united states is committed to that. >> senator, you know, there was a mass shooting again in las vegas this time yesterday in one week. we'll be marking 11 years since the massacre at sandy hook elementary school, that took the life of 20 students and six adults. is there any reaction? is there any movement, any discussion on anything related to this where you sit? >> look, there should be. and we remind you, jose, not just as a senator, but as a father of two in elementary school, and as a father of my oldest is, you know, a year away from college application, we'll be sending him off to college soon enough this is also very personal. in response to the shooting yesterday, senator schumer tried to take to the floor and bring forward the unfinished business of the safer communities act that was passed last year, on a bipartisan basis. how about the assault weapons ban? how about strengthening background checks in america? all the smart gun safety measures that we know work from prior experience, where there was an assault weapons ban in place for a decade, where states like california have led on gun safety and the numbers don't lie, the rates of these types of mass shootings goes down. lives are saved. we know the policy will work, but republicans refuse to take up these measures, let alone vote for them. >> senator, with a child in college and one in elementary school, i have one child in university and one in high school, boy, the importance and the blessing that is family, huh? 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