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american warship in the middle east shoots down two drones appearing to head. what we know about the rebels and whether it could lead to more conflict in the region. border crisis. controversial barrier is being removed in texas. how communities are reacting as policy talks in washington break down. close call? sag-aftra set to approve the contract. a tight final tally. pacific north wet, days of torrential rain and snow make it a mess in pacific northwest, how long serious flooding concerns are expected to last. >> winter weather is here. >> it's december already, how did that happen in. >> thanks for sticking with us through it all. an attack involving an american warship in the red sea.

>> the pentagon confirms the uss carney responded to four attacks on at least three civilian ships in the red sea near yemen. it shot down three drones at least two were headed toward the ship, the uss carney, unclear if that ship was the actual target. >> houthis claimed responsibility. dan de luce is following this story. >> reporter: three commercial cargo ships operating in the red sea and they put out distress calls to the u.s. navy ships in the area including that destroyer, the uss carney, and three of those ships came under missile or drone attack, they didn't singh or severe damage, shot down three drones, fired by the houthis in that area, again

it's not clear if those drones were target the u.s. navy ships or those commercial cargo ships and then you had the houthis claiming credit for some of these attacks, and then they said would continue to go after what they say israeli ships. some of those ships are partially owned by israeli and dan, we just heard from national security adviser jake sullivan about this. >> he addressed this houthi claim about this ship. let's hear what he had to say. >> it goes to show you the level of recklessness that the houthis operating on. any ship they shoot at it israeli owned or has some connection in the past to israel it doesn't make it a justifiable target under international law.

>> so, the u.s. is calling this is a direct threat to maritime security in the region. and that the u.s. will consider all of appropriate responses going forward, so tensions rising there in the red sea. >> dan, if we put this in further context, right, this is just the latest incident of violence in the region against united states forces, third time the carney ship has shot down houthi drones. any indication that the u.s. could be responding more directly. >> the u.s. is leaving all options on the table. until now, i think you've seen a limited calibrated response by the u.s. they don't want to trigger a wider war with iran and u.s. intelligence estimates are still saying that iran doesn't seek a direct war on the u.s. but trying to put pressure on israel. >> dan, thank you so much. israel is warning civilians in southern gaza to move even further south as the israeli military said it's expanding its

attacks on hamas across the spire gaza strip. >> both sides traded fire. surprised by the intensity of israel's counteroffensive since the end of that week-long cease-fire. hala gorani is in tel aviv for us. concentrated in northern gaza, why is it expanding to south now where civilians were told to go and bigger question is it safe for civilians in southern gaza? >> reporter: so the short answer is no, according to palestinians on the ground, being crowded and asked to move from the north to the south, where there's very little infrastructure and certainly not enough accommodations, not enough water, not enough medical aid or hospitals to accommodate the more than 2 million gazans who were asked essentially go south,

the 1 million who have been asked to evacuate from northern parts of the gaza strip, the israeli military is saying that it's targeting that area now because that's where there are hamas control and command centers, it's going after hamas tunnels. it's used combat on helicopters today. continuing with air strikes in the northern parts of the gaza strip, still civilians holding on and those civilians are very much exposed in the northern part of the gaza strip with no hospitals and no way to get medical care if they indeed find themselves injured or in need of assistance, it's a humanitarian disaster according to aid agencies unfolding in the southern part of the gaza strip, made more dire by the fact that more than 2 million people now are relying on the infrastructure, on the hospitals and on the aid agencies and just

half of the territory that they were spread across just a few weeks ago. >> hala, off this seven-day truce, both sides blamed each other after the failure to extend it, does it appear that hamas or israel may return to the negotiation table? >> reporter: the hope is that they will, the united states is putting a lot of pressure on the different actors, but israel pulled its negotiators from doah and qatar, qatar has been at the forefront of negotiating these truces because they host hamas political leaders and they have good relationships with those political leaders who then transmit these messages to the fighters and the brigades on the ground. there's little hope that a political negotiation will resume, but certainly the palestinians on the ground after

that one-week truce say it's desperately needed. they need more time and more oxygen for aid to get through, a lot of hasn't made it to the strip. >> hala, thanks so much. in washington a case involving one of america's most wealthy families was front and center at the supreme court today. >> the bide administration is challenging the deal for purdue pharma. it would shield the wealthy sackler family, purdue's former owners from any future lawsuits. danny cevallos joins us on set. >> for years i've been reporting on the attempts to make a deal in bankruptcy court and try to settle thousands of lawsuits over oxycontin, a purdue product, we got there and now

they're considering undoing the deal, why is that? >> bankruptcy law is unbelievably complex. basically you have a debtor, a corporation in this case and says i can't pay my bills, figure out who you can pay, who has priority, then that debtor gets a kind of release, a fresh start, what this case is about is that process, what if you have someone, those guys in the corner they want a release, too, can we? what if they add to the pot, throw in some money. a lower court found that this is under taking two rules. you can do anything that will sort of bring these rules into effect, a catch-all piece of language, so now before the court is whether or not this is actually allowed and there's a lot going on between whether

it's allowed and as a secondary issue, what if yields the right result, except for the doj. >> to be clear the sackle are, s are the people in the corner not direct involved in the proceedings. >> notably this is happening in the landscape where several justices have said that this is supported what's the argument here. >> if everybody's on onboard with this agreement, what's wrong with it? if it's against the rules, not authorized under the law, what bankruptcy court is for maybe it's not permissible. one thing that justice gorsuch pointed out is that, well, you may have thousands, literally thousands of people who hate the sacklers who are onboard with this settlement not because they're happy with it but more this case could go on forever

and that's why people settle cases. it's a business decision. each side is getting not what they originally wanted. it's a compromise. >> my next question, if this gets blocked by the supreme court, today it kind of seemed like there were justices speaking on both sides. we're not sure what they're going to do, if they block this, they have to go back to the drawing board what does that mean for people who are victims of the opioid? >> you're biting your nails, hey, we arrived at an agreement, we were there, and now the trustee who had no real stake in the case arguably and the u.s. government, they're coming in and saying, whoa, we don't think this is allowed under the rules. so, again, this really pits a strict adherence to the rules against what these parties want. there could be other parties

that could be bound by this. before you even involved other people decided your fate and released the sacklers forever and ever, even though they were never parties to this. >> the supreme court will likely be ruling on this later. >> not soon. >> down the road. >> how soon will have a decision on this? the answer is i don't know. time now for today's money minute. the price of gold hits an all-time high. >> one of the biggest sports team in the world getting a new owner. starting with gold prices briefly touched an all-time high today, $2,100 per ounce, fueled by bets that the federal reserve is done hiking interest rates. worries about a possible recession and other factors such as countries moving from the u.s. dollar have also boosted the appeal for gold.

meantime, manchester united is set to announce next week that a british billionaire will pay nearly $1.6 billion for 25% stake in the soccer club. that's according to sky news. jim ratcliffe is also expected to commit more than $300 million of his personal wealth to improve the club's infrastructure. alaska airlines is striking a deal to buy hawaiian airlines, give alaska control of more than 50% of the market for flights to hawaii. it's expected to face close scrutiny by regulators as the biden administration draws a hard line on antitrust issue and interesting to see how that plays out. coming up, push to the brink, an eye-popping report about air traffic controllers. plus, suspected killer caught, how law enforcement used controversial technology to

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the severe weather not over yet for millions of americans across the pacific northwest, another powerful storm is expected to drench the region over the next few days, torrential rain combined with melting snow, potential flood. bill karins, what should people expect for this week.

>> a little break today, look at this huge storm in the gulf of alaska, this is going to drag this moisture into the pacific northwest, it's already starting. in the northern cascades it will start now. later on tonight, all of this will move onshore, we have 9 million in the flood watch, time this mess out as it moves toward the coastal areas, as we go through the rest of today, most of the rain is in the olympics and cascades. then as we go throughout the night tonight, everything slides onshore, early tomorrow morning, portland and seattle, heavy rain, then we'll watch this rain shifting southward as we go through tuesday, slow moving, into wednesday, we watch some of this moisture moving into san francisco northward and into northern california. flooding is the biggest problem. >> all right, bill karins, thank you. a new report is shining a spotlight on our nation's air

traffic controllers. according to "the new york times" controllers are overworked and exhausted and in some cases they're turning to drugs and alcohol and even falling asleep on the job. here's nbc news aviation correspondent tom costello. it's a high stakes, high-pressure job. and 2023 has been a year of close calls involving both pilot and controller error, including this one in austin, when a controller cleared a fedex plane to land just as a southwest plane was departing. >> southwest abort. fedex is on the go. >> reporter: one big problem -- controller fatigue. 77% of facilities are understaffed, leading to mandatory overtime. medical issues forced neil burke to retire this year. >> we're tired of working six days a week. we're tired of ten-hour days. >> reporter: nbc news has obtained internal faa documents, first reported by "the new york

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because they say csu hasn't kept place with inflation. csu is offering 15% over three years. >> the goal is obviously a better education for our students. that's why we're here. if it was just about the money, there's just a lot of easier ways to get what you need, but this is about students. they deserve a quality education and we hope there's not strikes because every person in this country deserves to pay their bills if they work a full-time job. that includes my students and colleagues. >> the picketing will continue tomorrow where the union tells us they are expecting more than 500 faculty from sf state and other campuses. faculty will picket on wednesday at scu los angeles and thursday at sacramento state. the action at these four campuses represent faculty across the system's 23 campuses which serve nearly a half million students. the csu chancellor's office responding in a statement reading our goal and hope is to

minimize any disruptions to our students. csu is prepared to get back to the bargaining table at any time. while this strike is just four days long, this time, the union says they're not ruling out a longer action. >> thank you so much, kris. here are some other stories you need to know about. santa clara county is weighing a housing proposal. another store has joined the san francisco retail exodus, but first, a late night agreement prevents san francisco food workers from walking off the job. trade workers were set to hold a strike today, but late last night, both sides anounszed a mem random of understanding was put in place. the sides have agreed to negotiate in good faith to address outstanding grievances. the plan is to reach a new deal by the end of january. joining the san francisco exodus, this time it's the lego store. it was located inside the san

francisco's center mall. it officially closed last thursday. the company's reviewing its store portfolio and helping employees search for jobs. it's a proposal to add 700 new homes for agricultural workers. a news conference just got underway at noon. tomorrow, the board of supervisors will vote on this proposal. okay, even though it's december, some parts of the bay area could be creeping into the 70s tomorrow. here's kari hall with our forecast. >> after starting out with low clouds and fog, we're headed for sunshine for today and a look at the highs shows mid-60s. maybe a touch warmer in the south bay through the south county and we'll see that again tomorrow as our temperatures go up a few more degrees. we will still have nice weather

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today the white house and governor of pachltd condemn the protests as anti-semitic. faculty walkouts are under way alt the university of california, today's demonstration is taking place at cal poly-ponoma. in a statement the cal state system said it aims to pay its workers fairly and provide competitive benefits. and north dakota governor doug burgum announced that he's dropping out of the 2024 republican presidential nomination. the second-term governor launched his campaign back in september. in arizona customs and border protection said it's

temporarily closing a key port of entry there. meanwhile in texas, a federal appeals court is ordering the state to remove those buoy barriers floating on the rio grande river. morgan chesky joins us now there the border town of eagle pass, texas, eagle pass is a busy corridor for border crossing last week. how are texas officials reacting to that rule we just mentioned, the buoys being taken away. >> reporter: interesting to follow here, immediately following not one but two rulings last week that really debt a blow to governor abboth's moves that secures the texas border he was very vocal, in fact following one of the rulings, telling him to move the buoy, he shared a statement saying in part, this is clearly wrong and promising to immediately appeal this decision going up all the way to the supreme court if needed. in the meantime as that buoy is

moved off the river you can see in the distance there are hundreds of migrants lined up along barriers behind me, being processed by border patrol, we heard some of those migrants on the long journey here, and here's what one of them had to say about that arduous journey. >> reporter: no official numbers shared on how many crossings have taken place, kate, but the second highest on record happened in this sector of del rio near eagle pass back in september. >> announced they're closing that key port of entry in

arizona, what are border officials saying about that decision? >> reporter: right, kate, they reduced traffic at this crossing relatively remote in the tucson sector of arizona, shut it down completely diverting those agents to help process men, women and children there, authorities say they're blaming smugglers for peddling misinformation and giving migrants the wrong idea of what they'll encounter when they arrive at the border, no official numbers there, but the chief of that sector, kate, said just last week they had more than 17,000 arrests for illegal crossings. >> morgan, thanks. a former u.s. ambassador is facing charges over allegedly serving as a secret agent for cuba for more than 40 years. victor manuel rocha, the career government employee has an extensive resume. he's worked in the state department, for the national security council and even served

as the u.s. ambassador to bolivia for a few years, nbc news correspondent guad venegas is following this. what happened and what more are we learning about rocha? >> reporter: a very quick hearing today, the judge read those charges against rocha. the accused said he understood the charges. interesting to hear the judge talk about videos that prosecutors shared videos with the judge before this hearing and he's now asking them to share those videos with rocha and his attorney as they move forward with the case, we imagine these videos are with evidence how the fbi was able at some point this is filed in the complaint, talked with him with an undercover agent. having admitted to having worked for the cuban government, you mentioned the long resume, he

worked all across latin america as a diplomat, the dominican republic, argentina, and he was the ambassador to bolivia and because of those roles he would have access to top-secret information during this time. here's attorney general merrick garland speaking about these charges today. >> after the fbi received information that rocha was a covert agent of cuba, proceeded to engage with rocha on several occasions. as detailed in the complaint rocha repeatedly referred to the united states as, quote, the enemy. >> reporter: now prosecutors also said they plan to file more charges tomorrow, now what's also interesting to think about now is what kind of repercussions this can have when it comes to cuba/u.s. relationships, we spoke to a congressman who said he wants

president biden to take action because of what this heens for the u.s. government to having discovered of someone spying for the u.s. while working as a u.s. employee. >> shocking details there. guad, thank you. how police were able to catch an alleged serial killer in los angeles. investigators accuse this man of killing four people in four days last week. but there are new questions about the technology used to catch him. nbc news correspondent dana griffin joins me now. how were they able to catch this suspect in the first place? >> reporter: kate, they used technology called an automated license plate reader, how it works investigators enter a suspect vehicle's license plate number into the system and if that vehicle passes one of those cameras it pings alerting police. that's what happened on thursday when this suspect was taken into

custody, investigators say they found the murder weapon for all four men inside that vehicle. civil liberties groups have long opposed the technology citing privacy concerns and this technology can be abused to spy on people. i spoke with the beverly hills police chief. listen >> this isn't broad surveillance. you don't have everyone's license plate number in the system, do you? >> no, it doesn't work like that. that alerts on something that an officer put into the database which tells them this vehicle is wanted. >> reporter: they have about 50 cameras, they're planning to add 40 more. the suspect in this case is expected to be arraigned in court today. we don't know when he'll be arraigned. if convicted he could face life in prison. new lengths to make ends meet for teachers.

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the union that represents actors they'll tabulate the vote and nbc news, we've heard that likely the deal which is the billion-dollar deal the ground-breaking deal, the adjectives that sag has been describing this deal that it will likely pass but with slim margins. i do want to talk to you guys about what's in that deal, some of those things are the highest minimum wage increase in 40 years. a new residual structure for streaming, protections around a.i., the first time a contract has seen any a.i. language in there, and then, you know, raise in the pension caps and new health benefits. so, again, sag is saying this is ground-breaking and they hope it passes because they're saying this is what we have right now. >> chloe, you mentioned issues with artificial intelligence,

a.i., what are their concerns there. >> background actors lot of protections of not having their likeness replicated without their consent, but other actors over the weekend were telling me they're worried about these a.i. programs being able to use movies and performances to train those a.i. programs and they're worried about not having stringent enough guardrails around that. in this deal, sag-aftra is planning to meet with studios and streamers to go over how a.i. is evolving. so it's a hot topic. remember, they're going to be back at the negotiating table in 2.5 years, this is only a 3-year contract and the time has been ticking on this contract. if it doesn't pass they want to say it doesn't mean they go back on strike, likely they would go back on negotiating table and try to put some new language in there. >> great reminders about the time line here.

chloe, thank you so much. growing concern over the safety of some baby food, one company has issued a voluntarily recall of its cinnamon apple pouches. >> some big questions remain. vicky nguyen investigates. they were shocked when she was diagnosed with lead poisoning after a routine one-year checkup in august. >> never in a million years did i imagine that my son would be affect by lead poisoning. >> reporter: rudy among the 60 children across the country that a have elevated lead. how many do you think he had eaten? >> regular part of his diet. >> reporter: lead poisoning can lead to developmental delays.

pointed to an ecuador-based supplier of cinnamon as a possible cause. releasing the information in the interest of public health. the agency is working with ecuadorian authorities to determine if the spice could have been used in other products shipped here. not much comfort to the callahans. >> the two people he relied on for his food and we fed that to him and it makes me feel guilty. like all we wanted was the best for our baby and he's been lead poisoned. >> not the first time experts have been concerned. a can congressional report revealed dangerous levels of metals in a wide range of baby foods, often absorbed by fruits and vegetables. >> this is a big problem that

requires solutions at all different levels. manufacturers need to test what's in their finished food. parents need to pay attention and make choices to help limit their children's exposure to these toxic material. >> reporter: the guidance isn't expected to be finalized until 2025. why has it taken so long for the fda to get to this point in. >> the fda is a big bureaucratic agency and in the meantime children are exposed every day. >> reporter: what should parents do? study which ingredients carry more heavy metal risks like root vegetables and rice. make sure kids eat different types of food from various brands. >> if you're serving the same food every single day to your child you can concentrating a

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