hi, everyone. thanks so much for joining us. i'm zinhle essamuah. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, wednesday, december 6th, 2023. fighting intensifies. israeli forces and hamas

militants battle up and down the gaza strip. aid deliveries brought to stand still. civilians say nowhere is safe. terror in texas. a deadly series of shooting leave two communities reeling. flood emergency, storms soak the pacific northwest, entire neighborhoods are submerged leaving many stranded. the race to save them from the raging waters and where the severe weather is heading next. and staying present. a good conversation about where do you draw the line, how much is too much. >> especially during this holiday season. but we begin in gaza, overseas, fighting is intensifying up and down the besieged strip, israeli forces say they're battling three hamas strong holds, two in the north and one in so south. has launched around 250 air strikes across gaza.

>> also releasing this video saying troops uncovered the largest stock pile of weapons in gaza strip, nbc news can't verify that claim meanwhile humanitarian conditions are deteriorating. an aid package meant for civilians arrived in egypt yesterday. 85% of the gazan population has been displaced. >> hala, israel called yesterday the most intense day of ground fighting yet. what's happening across the strip today in. >> reporter: well, very much deep in the southern part of the gaza strip according to idf, face to face battles with hamas militants, they're fighting in a densely populated area and as many our viewers know asked to evacuate to the south, taking

place around khan younis where these gazans were asked to evacuate to, leading many to say there's no safe place inside the gazan strip. the idf has put this interactive map that many people aren't able to access because of communication blackouts and because many haven't really been able to charge their phones, there's a lack of electricity and basic necessities like water and medicine and you mentioned there at the top of the program the humanitarian situation with 85% of the gazan population displaced. hundreds of thousands under evacuation orders. the health system in the north has completely collapsed. and that almost no aid is coming through at all. you can imagine for those

people -- by the way, it's getting colder right now, it was raining earlier, the weather is becoming more and more potentially difficult for people who are sleeping in tents or sleeping outdoors in many cases. >> can only imagine that, hala. growing frustration from released hostages about israel's strategy, there was a meeting last night and former captives, people who had been released accused the israeli war cabinet of not doing enough to get the hostages out. what was said? >> reporter: one of the hostages berated the prime minister in leaked audio that has been circulating online all today, she said you're placing your objective of defeating hamas over the lives of your own citizens, our family members, our husbands are still detained by hamas. a portion of this leaked audio.

>> reporter: she told netanyahu, it's your responsibility to bring them back and it shouldn't take 50 days this time. back to you. >> hala, thank you. back in the united states, police in texas have arrested the man they believe is behind a multicity shooting spree that left six people dead on tuesday. >> 34-year-old shane james has been charged with capital murder accuse of killing four people in austin and injuring three others including two police officers. police also believe he's connected to two deaths in san antonio. nbc news correspondent guad is following this for us. >> reporter: we have information coming from two different police

agencies that are involved. so we have time line of what happened according to police. this all started yesterday morning, just before 1:00 a.m. when they say the suspect shot an austin independent school police officer and an hour after that police say they received 911 calls at an a address in austin, officers arrived at that address and found a double homicide, deceased male and female. a cyclist in a different part of austin reported being shot and injured. two hours after that, officers received, the police department received a call from a different address to which officers responded, that was a burglary being reported. the first officer that responded at that second address found the suspect in the backyard and the suspect opened fire against that police officer. the officer returned fire, but the suspect was able to flee, get in a vehicle and drive off. at that point, officer were able

to chase him down. he was in a car accident and then they were able to aprehend that suspect. the officer who was shot was taken to the hospital while other officers entered that home and found two other people deceased. after this happened, the austin police department contacted the behr sheriff's office they had a address for them to check, they contacted the sheriff's department, they found two more people deceased. in total six people dead all connected to this suspect. >> so much loss and hopefully some answers coming soon. dangerous weather continuing to batter the pacific northwest and now many communities are turning their focus to the damage and to the cleanup. >> take a look at so much the conditions in oregon, search and rescue crews pulled several people who were trapped in

flooded homes. >> similar scenes in washington state, powerful currents ripping through communities near seattle. meteorologist bill karins is with us tracking this storm. where is it headed? >> reporter: as you mentioned some areas are doing cleanup today and some areas will have to wait until tomorrow or the day after. some drone footage to show you, lot of the pictures look the same, lot of roads flooded, parallel or next to rivers or streams, unfortunately we do have homes that have had water get in them and that's a lot of muddy cleanup. but the rivers have crested in almost all cases and we'll watch them dipping quickly as we go through the next 24 hours. so, still 8 million people, we're not completely done with the chance for flooding. any floodwall, retention walls that break, we could get some

flooding. you still see the flood warnings we have here in the maroon, one north of newport and heading out of the cascades and into areas of washington. so as far as the heavy rain goes from, salem to portland, that will get weaker as we go throughout the night. significant rain coming in through northern california and now approaching san francisco, you can see the bay area here, a couple of these areas of yellow and a little bit of red inside, should be a brief quick downpour over the next half-hour to hour. rainfall totals, san francisco, not much. maybe a quarter of an inch, northern california, coastal oregon will get the most rain. next storm comes in thursday and the next one after that saturday. >> bill karins, thank you. time now for today's money minute. google and meta are both making

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an explosive new lawsuit is accusing facebook and instagram and the parent company meta of steering predators toward children on their platforms. the lawsuit was filed by the attorney general of new mexico after his office conducted an undercover investigation on the social media apps, his team created fake profiles appearing to be teens or preteens, children, and the results according to the lawsuit are alarming. nbc technology correspondent jacob ward is following this for us. what was uncovered in this investigation and what does the lawsuit claim in. >> reporter: well, essentially, kate, investigators set up accounts pretending to be young children and in one case it created the account of issab. and watched what came in, what came in was pretty horrible, not

only was she subjected to all sort of basically adults coming to her for inappropriate reasons, she was hit with three to four inappropriate images from adult users every week. new mexico is saying meta has allowed facebook and instagram to become a marketplace for predators to prey. it's specifically names mark zuckerberg being personal responsible for. what's the response from meta. >> reporter: well, meta has adopted a similar tactic to something they've said in the past, we got more work to do but they do highlight they say child

exploitation is a horrific crime and not only do they cocop rate with -- the problem here, kate, is the scale of this and it's not clear at all whether this suit can actually force meta to solve the problem even though it does seem to be drawing attention to it. >> this is not the first suit against meta as a company, some recently on other issues, the first of this kind? >> reporter: well, i think increasingly what we're seeing the business model of meta which is putting people together, finding an audience and delivering the right products and services and advertising to them can be used to put people together who have terrible, terrible intentions. more and more we're seeing state attorneys general sort of get hitched to that reality and file

suit on that basis. >> thank you. tune into "nbc news daily" tomorrow we'll be speaking live with the new mexico attorney general for more on his investigation and the changes he wants to see. kate, breaking news out of hollywood. bound-breaking television producer norman lear has died. passed away at 101. he reshaped the television landscape. and was best known for shows like "all in the family," jeffersons and sanford and son. joe fryer takes a look back. ♪ those were the days ♪ >> reporter: because of norman lear, the small screen grew. >> we are the jeffersons. >> reporter: its boundary swelled to share new stories and project new voices. >> i have never been in a situation in my life however tragic where i didn't see some comedy. >> reporter: born in 1922 lear

served during world war ii before settling down in los angeles where he wrote for comedy shows. from there he turned to producing movies earning an oscar nomination in 1968. >> 250 bucks a month and i'm a house boy. >> reporter: not until '70s where lear became to build the foundation for his tv empire, starting with "all in the family." the ground-breaking show used humor to tackle serious topics. like race and sexuality. so controversial it started with a disclaimer. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: when it came to social issues lear was fearless. >> just tell me, walter, i'm doing the right thing not having a baby. >> reporter: his series addressed abortion months before the supreme court's decision in roe v. wade.

the show also generated a spin-off. "good times" one of the first primetime shows depicting life for african american families and it focused on a poor family living in a housing project, but drew criticism from viewers and even cast members. lear then created the jeffersons which centered on a successful black couple residing in a luxury apartment building. >> how can you afford to live in a place like this? you ain't tall enough to be a basketball player. >> reporter: but in '80s he walked away from tv to focus on political activism. lear created a nonprofit called people for the american way. j don't tell we're bad christians or good christians. that's not the american way. >> reporter: married three times, he had six kids, youngest twins born when he was in the 70s. age never slowed him down, at 94 lear launched a podcast called all of the above.

rebooted one of his classic series "one day at a time," this time with a cuban american family. >> norman lear has held up a mirror to american society and has changed the way we look at it. >> reporter: a man who entertained viewers and challenged them, changing television for the better. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. coming up, flight risk. growing concerns over pilots' mental health. you're watching "nbc news daily". heal th insurance. it's often hard to know which way to go. it's nice to have options, but too many can be confusing. for instance, if you have medicare, you may be able to get a plan with extra benefits if you know where to look. a licensed humana sales agent can help show you the way. take humana's medicare advantage prescription drug plans. these are convenient, all-in-one plans that offer all of the benefits of original medicare, plus add extra benefits. with a

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leaders, a christian reverend, a rabbi and an imam. they said there's support in the u.s. for a cease-fire and end to aid to israel. they say the killing of innocents and children in palestine goes against all faiths. >> this is the words of our brother malcolm. we stand for truth no matter who says it. we stand for justice no matter who it is for or against. as we came together as one community, we stand for justice for palestinians. >> the message that people from different faith traditions, different spiritual traditions are united in standing for the humanity and liberation of the palestinian people and ultimately all people. >> reporter: the reverend points out christians will celebrate the birth of christ who was born in the middle east and who she says if was born today would be born amid the rubble. quite the visual there. not only are they using their spirituality to send a message, they are using political pressure. they are reaching out to elected

lawmakers to push for a cease-fire, a permanent one in gaza. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. later this afternoon, an east bay pastor accused of sexual crimes against juvenile is due in court. richmond please arrested victor hernandez. he is a pastor at a spanish language christian church in richmond. prosecutors charged him with 16 counts, including sexual assault of a child over 14, kidnapping and molestation. they claim he took advantage of his access to juveniles attending the church. at least four victims have come forward. his bond is set at $10 million. these are other stories you need to know about. another foggy morning in places across the bay area. two south bay daycare workers will be in court after toddlers drowned in a pool.

kevin mccarthy will leave congress at the end of this year. that's before the end of his term. the shakeup means there will be a special election. mccarthy was kicked out of the speakership earlier this year. he was still the representative from bakersfield. his term stretches out until 2025. in an hour or two, workers charged after the october drowning deaths of two children at a daycare center are due in court for their arraignments. the tragedy unfolded at the happy happy day care. first responders found several children had fallen into the pool by the time they arrived. three were taken to the hospital. only one survived. two daycare workers are facing child endangerment charges. it was a foggy start this morning. this is what it looked like at pacifica around 7:00 a.m., the fog blanketing the coast. the rainy weather is continuing this week. here is kari hall with a look at our forecast. >> our temperatures will be

cooler today as more clouds come in. we will only see highs in the low to mid 60s all across the bay area. cooler weather as rain continues into our afternoon as well as thursday. rain pushes from north to south, but it does give us a break for the evening. then into the morning on thursday, we start out with scattered showers. at times it nay be levy, especially for the north bay and parts of the coastline. we will dry out for friday. we will see all of this come through and then much cooler weather to follow leading into the weekend. i will have a look at that as well as what to expect in the seven day forecast, that's coming up in 30 minutes. we have breaking news just in. reports of an active shooter at unlv, university of las vegas. police are responding. there appear to be multiple victims. we will follow the story. we will bring you updates online and on air as we learn more. that does it for "the fast

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bottom of the hour now, we're following some breaking news out of las vegas, police responded to reports of an active shooter on the campus of university of nevada, las vegas. >> posted on x that reports of a shooting came in from a building used by the business school, they also say there appeared to

be multiple victims the school has posted online reports of shots fired at the student union urging students, to, quote, run, hide and fight. saying this is not a test. also today, california's annual holiday tree lighting ceremony will be held virtually this year, governor gavin newsom said the result is around security concerns around protests. newsom didn't specify the type of demonstrations but our affiliate reports that protests were planned over the israel/hamas war. breaking news on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy said he'll leave congress at the end of this year. far-right republicans led to charge to remove mccarthy after he worked with democrats to prevent a government shutdown.

mccarthy announced the decision posted online. >> while i'll be departing the house at the end of this year, i'll never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkinn joins us. >> reporter: his last year or so, remember, he served in leadership for many years, he finally got the gavel in that dramatic election in january, nine months later he lost it and now we're hearing that he's exiting congress at the end of this year. he was just re-elected last year. he's not finishing his full term. he says in part that he's leaving now because the decisions he e made including the one to keep the government open he felt were right, he would have made them again for the future of the country.

but he said he'll use his time to do other things moving forward. >> do we know what's next for mccarthy and his soon to be vacant seat. >> reporter: that's the big question a big ally of mccarthy, patrick mchenry is also leaving. members leaving on both sides of the aisle i should say notably his vacancy will continue to shrink the very narrow majority. greene criticized those who ousted mccarthy, this has led to the majority being completely depleted. special elections would happen in california under california's state law, the government would have to call for a special election in 126 to 140 days, that's a long time this seat will be remain vacant and the

republicans need every seat to get to wield their success. his district is very red. former president trump won by 20 in 2020. >> julie, thank you. former president donald trump is taking heat for comments he made last night in an interview with fox news host sean hannity, trump was asked if he would ever abuse power if he won the presidency. take a listen. >> i love this guy, he said yoi not going to be a dak day or the, are you in. >> i said, no, no, no, other than day one. we're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling. ali vitali joins us. what's the backlash been to those comments. what are we hearing from supporters of president trump and from the biden campaign? >> reporter: you're hearing very little from the republican side. i wonder if that will change

once candidates who are vying to actually be the nominee over trump take the stage though they have been pretty slow in the past to condemn or even critique his remarks in this space. from president biden, though, we're hearing his campaign arm say believe trump when he says this, believe him when he says he'll be a dictator if only for one day, these comments can't be outside of a vacuum, for trump he's made comments akin to this over the course of the last several years, praising dictators and authoritarians. joking when xi jinping several years ago was able to fully establish himself in control of the executive power there in china, joking that that was something that he wished he could do. biden for his part also weighing in, not on this particular comment from trump but on the general landscape of the general election that we're likely to be

heading into another trump versus biden matchup. biden saying if trump wasn't running he wasn't sure he'd be running. biden, the battle for the soul of the nation, a well-worn phrase during 2020, seems like one that biden is reviving today. >> you're standing outside the room of the republican debate tonight. what are we watching for in. >> reporter: any form of contrast here as candidates once again get on the stage, four of them now, a smaller stage than we've seen in past, they'll continue to effectively vie for second place, you have to remember the fact that even as these debates are continuing trump is not participating and he's still leading in the polls by 30 or so points in iowa, 40 or so points in national polls, it's a consistent and steady lead that the former president

has over his party and look no further than the hold he has ideologically, the people that are so slow to criticize him all of that is visible on a stage like this one. >> it's going to be an interesting night. ali, thank you so much. tune into meet the press's special coverage tonight after the debate at 10:00 p.m. on nbc news now and streaming on peacock. the mental health of america's commercial airline pilots is taking center. the national transportation safety board is holding a summit on that issue in washington. on monday the faa announced a new committee to look at the pilot mental health and identify barriers that discourage pilots from reporting. tom costello has more. when you board a flight, you assume the pilot is mentally fit to fly. but aviation and mental health

experts say current regulations cause too many pilots to keep their struggles a secret, leading to mental health breakdowns, some in flight. today the ntsb is holding a summit with experts to develop solutions. >> what's unsafe is not getting people the help they deserve. >> reporter: take the case of joseph emerson. >> we've got the guy that tried to shut us down out of the cockpit. >> reporter: in october, he tried to shut down the engines of an alaska flight. a grand jury is indicting him on 83 counts of reckless endangerment. one count of endangering an aircraft. emerson has pleaded not guilty. in court filings he claimed he was having a mental health emergency. he told police he had been depressed for six years, had recently lost a friend and had taken psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours prior to the flight. experts say contributing to the bigger problem, the faa relies on pilots to self-report mental health issues. while periodic medical examines require pilots to disclose if they're in mental health

treatment, the exams do not include in-depth psychological evaluations. a recent inspector general report say that mitigates the ability to mitigate safety risks because pilots are reluctant to disclose mental health conditions due to the stigma and the fear it will hurt their careers. >> we need to have a system that allows people to be more forthcoming and to have treatment for issues that shouldn't keep you out of the cockpit. >> reporter: on monday, the faa announced it is creating a special committee now to identify barriers that discourage pilots from reporting mental health issues. the faa said most conditions if treated won't disqualify a pilot from flying. >> we have to normalize mental health care. we have to make sure the choice isn't receive treatment or fly. >> reporter: the airline pilot's association said it supports these initiatives and

wants the faa to fund a peer support training program for pilots that would encourage them to confide in each other and help connect them with mental health resources. to keep them in the cockpit. back to you. >> tom, thank you. we're learning more details today about a new plan that would change college sports as we know it the president of the ncaa proposing a new division, one tier that would allow colleges and universities directly pay their student athletes with much more than scholarships. >> reporter: a bold idea from the ncaa president, proposing for the first time ever schools be allowed to pay student athletes. the potential shift could impact a policy passed two years ago that allowed players to earn money through endorsements outside of school. ncaa president charlie baker now wants to allow schools to take part. in a letter to more than 350 division i schools, baker called for an entirely new athletic division to be created.

participating schools would invest at least $30,000 for each qualifying athlete, male or female, annually, and work with the ncaa to craft different rules for the new division. baker noting 59 schools already spend more than $100 million annually on athletic programs. schools already responding. >> i think it's going to be really good for college athletics, and we're excited to be a part of it. >> let's finally figure out the best way to move forward in a way that takes care offer student athletes very well and allows us to be competitive across our conferences. >> do you see this potentially leveling the playing field? >> not particularly. college sports has never had a level playing field. if a school wants to spend a lot more money on football players and offer them a lot more, they can do that, as long as they spend an equal amount of money for female athletes on the other side as well. >> reporter: a long-standing playbook on its way to changing. morgan chesky, nbc news.

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as we mentioned a bit earlier we're following some breaking news out of las vegas. police responded to reports of an active shooter on the campus of the university of nevada, las vegas, unlv, police are reporting that there are multiple victims, they're also now reporting that the suspected shooter has been located and is deceased. >> all coming as the las vegas metro police and the school have reported shootings at two different locations. one is a building called beam hall, building used by the business school.

the other is a student union building. they're right next to each other. >> let's get to tom winter, i know details are just coming in, what do we know? >> kate, parentally this incident happened in the last hour or so, you're looking at the las vegas metro police department there and all their vehicles, obviously a huge scene there, has been going building to building, room to room, to sweep, to find potential other victims as a result of this. we do know that the suspect, the presumed suspect behind this shooting is deceased. we know that there are multiple victims, but what the conditions those victims are in remains a bit of a question at this point. no initial indications of terrorism component to this, somebody acting out on the a special ideology.

again, it's early, we doe that the shooter is deceased according to las vegas police and this occurred near a building on campus at unlv and we know there are multiple victims and just trying now to determine in speaking with the folks who have been briefed on this and directly speaking with folks in las vegas just exactly how serious this might be. any student shot or any shooting on campus is serious but just trying to get a sense of the size and scope of this, kate. >> any active shooter situation is devastating. we're hearing from lawmakers including congressman suzie lee, she wrote on x, i'm horrified by the reports coming out of unlv of an active shooter. law enforcement telling people

to avoid the area. >> reporter: they'll be focused on now they have the shooter down, the next obvious urgent thing and this has been happening already is getting any potential victims that need help out of there and anybody who's been shot and you start with the identification process of shot at the scene and the shooter, their background, any prior contacts with law enforcement, anything known about this individual, and then from there, begins a process that will occur over the next five, six hours to get a search warrant of that person's residence, they begin to go through their background, any sort of social media posts, anything that was put out there in advance that could help prescribe a motive to this individual and if they're in deceased or someone helped get

access to a gun they shouldn't have had, that will be looked at by law enforcement as well. a little after -- coming up on 1:00 p.m. las vegas time, so at this stage, it's going be a while before they have those levels of answers, the important thing in the immediate term is obviously that this individual has been found and they're deceased and there's no longer a continual threat, obviously what happened today is a tragedy for that school and that city, when you think of las vegas active shooters, the worst if modern american history occurring several years ago at a concert there, this is city unfortunately has too much experience with things like this. >> that's for sure, tom, i'm looking at unlv and their post on x, they're saying, please continue to shelter in place, if

folks are watching from there, they say this remains an active investigation. i was struck a while ago, the unlv twitter account posted run-hide-fight, tom. >> well, that's the absolute best advice that's been proven by the science of these shootings unfortunately a lot of them in this country, so the general feeling is, to first if you hear shots being fired to run and from there to either hide and last resort confront the shooter. >> all right, tom, thanks type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes.

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find savings and support at caplyta.com. this is "the fast forward." i'm janelle wang. as you have been hearing in the past hour, breaking news. an active shooter on the campus of university of las vegas. in the past 15 minutes, police confirmed the suspect is dead. a live look from one of our cameras on campus. this is from our sister station in las vegas. a large police presence. more police arriving, even though the suspect is down. we have seen students roaming around and a police helicopter overhead. a lot of activity as our reporter is about to go live from the area. police earlier tweeted out that there appears to be multiple victims. in the past few minutes, we are hearing four confirmed dead. one in critical condition. we don't know who the victims are and we don't know the four dead includes the suspect.

at this time we don't know the identity of the suspect. we know many bay area students go to unlv. they have one more week of school before finals begin next monday. then they are off for winter break around december 16th. we will follow this breaking news and bring you updates as they come in. we will have the latest on our website. we want to go to local news now. the bay area pilot who is facing reduced charges for allegedly trying to bring down a commercial plane is fuelling a national conversation about pilots and mental health. the ntsb is holding a roundtable discussion about pilots and their mental health. his story prompted this hearing. investigators say he tried to cut power to a plane while traveling off duty in an alaska airlines cockpit. he is facing recklessen dangerment charges as opposed to attempted murder. he returns to a portland courtroom tomorrow. cool weather seems to continue on for the rest of the

week. here is kari hall with more. >> we are getting ready for cooler temperatures and off and on rain. we will start out with a round of showers by early in the afternoon. then some spotty rain in thursday's forecast with highs up to 60 degrees. we are seeing the sunshine return in the forecast for friday. we will reach a high of 62. our morning temperatures in the upper 30s. expect more cold mornings and fairly mild afternoons into the weekend. the sunshine continues as we go back to some dry weather through early next week. we are going to be watching out for the rain coming in for this afternoon and spotty showers in tomorrow's forwaft. it does look like it's going to be a nice weekend, but more clouds will move into the city for the weekend.

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this is an nbc news special report. here is lester holt. >> good afternoon, everyone. we're coming on the air with breaking news of a shooting at the university of nevada in las vegas. details are still coming in, but let me tell you what we know right now. police say there are multiple victims, their conditions