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♪♪ today, wednesday, december 27, 2023. on the move, a new caravan of migrants is making its way to the southern u.s. border. the harsh reality thousands may face when they arrive. the growing backlash as israeli leaders say the offensive could go on for mocks. down to business. are you ready for 2024? how about your finances? the money moves to think about now even before the new year ball drops. >> and happier new year, are you and your children making resolutions for 2024 in the tried and true ways you can help your kids really make them stick. >> it's so good to be back with you all. i hope you had a good holiday and we'll begin with the u.s.-mexico border. 2023 is ending with a major flash point for immigration and an 8,000 person strong caravan on its way to the united states

right now. the group of men, women and children is believed to be the largest caravan to head to the southern border this year and organizers say they added 2,000 people in just one day. the migrant crisis is the primary focus of a key meeting today between u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and mexico president manuel lop edz obrador. new york and chicago have addressed the dramatic increase in the number of people arriving. nbc correspondent morgan chesky has more on the southern border. >> we are in eagle pass, it was on this very spot a week ago and looked into a field of migrant families during a period of time that was breaking records for illegal crossings. today, however, we're experiencing a bit of a lull however that may not be lasting long. we do know that there is a migrant caravan that has been

spotted in the southern city of chiapas, mexico, that is about a thousand miles away from where we are, but the organizers say that they are now 8,000 strong comprised of men, women and children, slowly, but surely making their way mother and it was -- it's caravan groups like that that helped precipitate this meeting today between mexico's president and antony blinken. that meeting is in mexico city and happening as we speak and both countries agree something needs to be done sooner than larth and among the topics of this meeting finding a way to incentivize migrants to stay in mexico longer or potentially permanently once they leave their central-american countries of origin. a potential solution, a work visa that would allow them to provide for themselves and their families while they're there instead of rushing to the rio

grande. border security, another key issue, as well. we do know that president biden has promised additional funding for upwards of more than a thousand border patrol officers. mexican authorities also say that they are pressed to keep up with the number of migrants with the law enforcement they have on hand. so essentially nothing is off the table from the solution standpoint if it could potentially help the issue of these two countries are facing simultaneously, and we know from the migrants we've spoken to who have made that journey here as dangerous as it's been, as long as it's been, upwards of four or five months in certain instances, they say it's absolutely worth it to leave the danger of their home countries behind. we'll have much more coming up later following this meeting between these two leaders and what, if any, substantial breakthroughs come as a result of that meeting in mexico city. until then, i'll send it back to

you. >> morgan chesky, thank you. i want to bring in monica alba at the white house. morgan mentioned the meeting between u.s. and mexican leaders. what exactly does the biden administration have to do to get this situation under control at the border. >> they need more assurances that moring can done to step up enforcement on the border on the mercks can side. this is something that the u.s. has had to lean on mexico before. president biden spoke with the mexican president just last week and they agreed that more needed to be discussed and acted on and that's why he dispatched secretary blinken and homeland department of security secretary mayorkas in addition to a homeland security adviser here at the white house and all to have this conversation in person and they feel that that allows for a bit more sense of urgency and they also concede the system is broken and that needs to take

place and it may take some time because ideally the white house is trying to work with congress to see what border funding can be approved and it's a larger national security request and something that on capitol hill lawmakers and a form of a bipartisan compromise has been discussing. there hasn't been enough progress to see a framework why the and all of that has been punted deeper into january which means this meeting today is about setting some goals ideally, but they're not sure there will be that much real progress to come out of it zinhle. >> we'll see how it all plays out. monica alba from the white house, thank you. >> the post travel frenzy is here. christmas is over and millions are trying to catch flights home. a major snowstorm in the midwest and the plains has caused thousands of flight delays and heavy rain can drench the east

coast. michelle grossman is tracking both storms for us and we start with julia jester. julia, washington is one hub seeing massive delays today. how bad is it? what are travelers telling you. >> zinhle, i can confirm it is raining quite a bit here. fortunately, it has aren't caused too much chaos, but the d.c. area has seen quite a lot of delays. >> it's not the biggest hub affected and it's in the top five, but we're seeing delays across the country most notably in san francisco that has been leading all day and american airlines has more than 400 of the 3800 delays nation wide and we're monitoring an uptick in southwest delays hoping we don't see a similar meltdown with their system like we did last year. as for the travelers i've spoken with here, they saw the holiday rush warnings and they saw the

weather forecast and they were sure to get here extra early and to their surprise, it's been smooth sailing for them. here's what they had to say. >> historically, when you want to look at thanksgiving and christmas, it's very, very congested. you know, there are a lot of delays and cancellations, but this time around here, i don't see any cancellation, and i think one out of a million flights and that's it. a big surprise. >> we didn't want to travel over the christmas holidays per se because it's just too much traffic of too many people. not today. today is to my surprise, very, very good. >> the key to their calm. >> always a wise idea when traveling. julia, what about people heading out this week later? what are expected to be the busiest days? >> well, this friday and monday new year's day are expected to be the busiest travel days this

week. tsa is expected to screen 2.5 million passengers today and that number is expected to grow in the coming days. a good sign is that there are about 30,000 expected here at dca and those ts await times have been under 15 minutes and they do seem prepared for this holiday deluge of passengers. zinhle. julia, stay dry, thank you. >> let's bring in michelle grossman upon the snow in the plains is not over yet and wet weather is headed east. so what can we expect over the next two days? >> hi there, zinhle. we're seeing the rain falling in d.c. and heavy rain in some spots on the east coast. we're sog owe the west coast and in between we are still seeing snow falling in portions of the plains and not quite as heavy as the past two days and we saw millions under blizzard warnings and icy spots, as well. we have about 100,000 people under winter alert and this is

what it looks like and you see the green and that's where the rain is falling and we'll see mountain snow, as well and tricky travel on the west coast, as well and in between you see the blue and the spin and the area of low pressure bringing that snow in portions of the plains as well. as we zoom in closer to the rain where we see the bright colors and darker colors and that's where we see the heavy rain falling throughout portions of the innermost parts of the northeast and to the great lakes. also parts of the carolinas, as well. this will be the theme as we go throughout the day and tomorrow, friday, it's a slow-moving system and it will take a while to get out of here and not until the weekend before i clear out. in terms of the winter alerts we're seeing 100,000 people in winter weather alerts. that is a winter weather advisory and still tough travel and not quite as tough as the past two days. these flood alerts go into effect until 7:00 and 10 million people impacted. where you see the green includes

atlantic city and philadelphia and that's because we had so much rain and the rivers are high so we'll watch that as we go through the next couple of days and we'll see one, two, three inches of rain especially in the darker colors and that includes new york city, as well and we'll see some of them as we go through the rest of the day, especially new york city, d.c. and seattle and san francisco and tomorrow, zinhle, we could see slowdowns in boston. back to you. people take it slow on the road and pack the patience. thank you. >> time now for today's cnbc money minute. amazon subscriptions will no longer be ad-free. steve kovac joins me now. amazon has started notifying prime video subscribers they'll have to pay extra if they don't want their shows and movies interrupted by commercials. it will start showing limited adds and customers who happened

to remain ad-free will have an option. they can pay $3 on top of the prime subscription or the stand alone prime video membership. online retailer zulilly is shutting down after regent started acquiring the company. it struggled to compete with amazon and now it's winding down operations to pay off creditors who sued the company over unpaid invoices. >> and nearly 10 million americans are expected to kick off the new year with a pay raise. a new study from the economic policy institute shows that on january 1st, 22 states and 38 cities and counties are raising minimum wages and they have additional wages and increases. zinhle, we'll send it back to you. >> we'll see how it impacts the economy. >> coming up, hollywood ending as 2023 draws to a close, we'll look back at the biggest box office wins and flops.

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despite growing calls to end the fighting, this war could continue for months. nbc news correspondent jay gray is in tel aviv, israel. good to see you. first, can you tell us about the escalation of retaliatory attacks of israel in the past 24 hours. what exactly does israel mean when it says it's close to destroying hamas in northern gaza. >> let's start on the ground, zinhle where we've seen a change in strategy from the idf as they work through central gaza just outside of gaza city. they now say that they are moving into some of the refugee camps. they're calling them, and i'm quoting here a new battle zone. that means intense fighting in the heavily urban areas of that region. to the north we're seeing more air strikes and according to the idf they've taken out a senior hamas military leader although they haven't named him to this point. they also say they are targeting command and control facilities in that region. they say they've hit more than

100 hamas targets over the last 24 hours. the hamas-run palestinian ministry of health saying more than 250 have died in the last 24 hours of fighting. >> jay, the white house says president biden spoke with qatar yesterday about humanitarian aid and releasing more hostages. we know egypt is trying to push forward these negotiations and the two nation, both qatar and egypt helped broker the last ceasefire. so what is israel saying about the possibility of another truce here. ? unfortunately, israel said they're not ready to bargain and they would like to have a hostage release and hamas said they'll only talk about that and won't come to the bargaining table and so far israel said it is not an option at this point. it has been now 83 days and very frustrating for the families of the hostages. we are hearing more from them

over the last 48 hours including the family of hirsch goldberg. he was supposed to board a plane for a dream trip to southeast asia today. his mother sharing a story with some of those that are making that trip. there are 300 flyers like this talking about hirsch and the other hostages that were kidnapped from south in israel. they're putting them on every single seat in the airplane that he was supposed to be flying out today. >> yeah, and zinhle, the families of the hostages are saying at this point they feel like time is running out for their loved ones in gaza. >> it's hard to imagine what those families are going through. jay gray, thank you. >> here in the u.s. former president donald trump will stay on the ballot in michigan. the state supreme court rejecteded a case to remove him under the u.s. constitution's insurrection clause. it comes after colorado supreme

court ordered mr. trump off that state's ballot. nbc news correspondent vaughn hilliard joins me now to break it all down. let's start with the difference between those two rulings. can you help our viewers understand what those are? >> there are two states whether donald trump is qualified under the ballot or not under the clause of the 14th amendment. the colorado supreme court 4-3 ruling from their supreme court ruled that he was disqualified. in michigan they affirm through the distinction comes largely on the basis of actual state election law in the ways in which they've codified how primary elections are run. in the state of colorado, there is explicit language under colorado state law that it is up to the secretary of state to determine whether one is qualified to be on the ballot. that sort of language is not in state law in michigan and so the supreme court there has kept donald trump on the ballot. of course, we expect the trump legal team to appeal the

colorado ruling to the united states supreme court in the coming days and that is if, in fact, the supreme court takes it up in washington, d.c. that ruling will have significant consequences not just in colorado, but including in michigan. >> the january 6th riot is at the heart of the general election trial in washington, d.c., and there was a filing by jack smith and what exactly does it say and why is it important? >> in this filing, jack smith makes the case that donald trump and his legal defense team would not be allowed in the course of the proceedings that in front of the jury make the case that he's being politically targeted for unfair, political persecution. we've heard donald trump time and again make the case that this is the biden administration and the biden department of justice that is unfairly attacking him and what jack smith and the special counsel office says is that this could potentially make the jury impartial by bringing up points not related to the actual

charges that a grand jury charged donald trump with. as part of that filing, jack smith writes the court should not permit to turn the courtroom into a forum and it should reject his attempt to inject politics into this proceeding and this trial is currently stayed while the supreme court considers whether to grant donald trump executive privilege status immunity from any of these charges that he's currently facing in d.c., zinhle? >> vaughn hilliard. thank you, friend. show me the money. what you can do with the finances today that will cash in next year. you're watching "nbc news daily." i'll be home for christmas. you can count on me. please have snow

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parts of this area will remain closed. it will stay this way for the next two to three weeks, southbound lanes will be closed, because if the building doesn't collapse on its own, crews will demolish it, because it's considered to be a total loss. yesterday, the lead investigator said the closed-off area will protect the public and traffic from damage that can be caused by the building or the front wall collapsing at any moment. you can see more of the destruction from above, from sky ranger's footage yesterday. there were still hot spots inside the structure, more than a day after the fire first broke out. we are told it's typical for a three alarm fire. crews worked hard to control this fire christmas morning. the first calls happened right before 5:00 a.m. when crews arrived, they called it a two alarm fire. it grew to three alarms and

needed support. there have been no injuries or fatalities to what was an intense and aggressive fire. its impact has been devastating for the small businesses, including a martial arts club as well as a dance studio that has been a fixture in the community. >> the building is gone. we are still very, very much alive. we will find spaces and we will continue educating and nurturing our children. >> reporter: as of now, the cause of the fire is still under investigation. ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. here are some other stories you need to know about. a legendary comedian has died. a pedestrian is in critical condition after being hit by a car in santa rosa. an abandoned building goes up in flames. firefighters tweeted this video of the fire. they asked people to avoid the area for several hours. it's because the department of

fish & wildlife is on the scene. the coast guard is concerned about water runoff that might impact wildlife. no word on what caused the fire. one person is in critical condition after being hit by a car. it happened last night around 11:00. the silver bmw you see there on the screen struck a pedestrian. that driver stayed at the scene, cooperating with officers. an investigation is ongoing. it's believed that neither drugs nor alcohol were involved. comedian tom smothers has died. tom was the older brother of richard smothers. the musical comedy duo hugely successful in the '60s. tom had a long history in the bay area. he was a san jose state graduate and lived in santa rosa for many years. earlier this year he was diagnosed with lung cancer. he was 86 years old. it's a cold and chilly day

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>> as 2023 comes to a close you may be starting to think about new goals especially when it comes to finances. according to a recent survey by fidelity two-thirds are considering a financial resolution and why wait until the ball drops when you can make it right now. joining us is nbc correspondent brian chung. december is a big spending month and i looked at my credit card and it looks a little faded. how can you dig out of that? >> i think i said yikes when i saw mine, too. some tips as we head into the new year. first of all, make a list of all of the debt that you have and try to tackle it from big to small or small to dig depending on what your income looks like and credit card debt is the biggest type of debt that households face. you can take the balance on one credit card and put it on to another and not pay interest for

18 months and it could be a way to knock out interest if you know you can handle it quickly. one other thing worth mentioning can call your lender if you're in a pinch and maybe they'll help you out, zinhle. >> so many people forget you don't have to use online resources. interest rates went up this year and what does that practically mean for savings accounts and how will that impact taxes come april. >> the federal reserve has been raising and the one good thing is savings rates are high, as well. consider parking your money in a high-yield savings account and this is something many banks offer and this is a checking account into one of these accounts which have four and a half and in some cases seeing 5% annual rate and in a low-yielding savings account and something worth mentioning especially with the federal reserve not raising interest rates further and that's 5% on a high-yield savings account might be the best you'll see in a while. >> i love that.

you can get a bang for your buck and what about a deadline for retire the savings? what should we know? there is a key deadline is part of the maximum contributions that you can put in into a 401(k) or 403(b) and this is different from ira accounts from the spring or tax day this year to make those contributions up to the limits and you have to remember you want to maximize the contributions for the best tax benefit and one other things for those saving for children going off to college make sure you pay maximum contributions into the 529 account and there are those that end on december 31st as well. >> what are those last-minute things we should do to get our finances in order. one thing to remember is sfas, these are flexible spending accounts that you can have. they potentially might not roll over depending on the way that your employer set them up. make sure your using it and go

to sfa store.com and up until sunday and one other important thing, zinhle, keep those receipts that you can use those to file them as a possible write-off once you get around to the spring tax day is not that far away. >> i know. i can't believe it. it's already here. brian chung, down to business. thank you. >> let's stay on your money. 2023 has been a rough year for the film industry. after two costly and extended labor strikes, movie studios had one wish to close out the year strong. this year's box office revenues are hitting pre-pandemic levels despite blockbuster hitting the screen. the aquaman sequel only made $40 million on the opening weekend. chloe melas is outside new york city, want sure 2 you got popcorn, but i know there were movie releases and we mentioned aquaman and how do those movies perform and how does it compare

to this time last year? >> so, overall, more people are going to the movies at least in 2023 and we're coming up under $9 million in the north american box office and that's more than in 2022 and this is a bigger opening christmas opening four-day weekend at the box office than last year. we're not seeing pre-pandemic levels and if we looked in 2019 over $20 million at the north american box office and look at the height of the covid-19 pandemic and just over 2 billion. at the end of the day people are gathering to see a movie in a theater and the communal experience is great, but at the end of the day it's still a luxury because it's expensive to go to the movies. >> it is expensive. so i wonder what can movie fans look forward to in 2024? are there any bright spots?

one of the movies that people are anticipating is "dune 2" starring timothy chalamet and due to the writers and actors strike it was pushed and you have the "mean girls 2" sequel and the "mad max" sequel, and the 2024 film slate is affected by those hollywood strikes that thankfully have come to a close and making money again and you're still seeing movies like "mission impossible" get pushed until 2025 and you were hoping to see in 2024. >> chloe, briefly. you're talking about the strikes and we're talking about lower than expected numbers and were there any bright spots from the last year? >> i mean, barbenheimer. you had barbie and oppenheimer that grossed over a billion dollars internationally and just under a billion at the box office in north people and

people were going to see those movies in the theaters together and that's why it was coined barbenheimer and then you would end the day with oppenheimer and i would be remiss to mention taylor swift and her concert film got people back in the movie theater seats, as well. >> let's not forget beyonce's concert. hey now. so many good one, chloe. >> of course, so many good ones. >> thank you so much. let's talk artificial intelligence, you probably heard those words a lot this year. the technology became part of our daily lives and nbc news daily correspondent takes a look at ai's breakout year. >> artificial intelligence. >> artificial intelligence. >> the software can cause 2023 was when ai went from nerdy jargon to a daily part of politics, entertainment. >> chatgpt, dude. >> even school work. >> how many of you use chatgpt

in this discussion. it has come out very fast. open ai now has 100 million weekly users just since its launch last year with 92% of fortune 500 company using the technology according to the company. beyond chatgpt the things it did are amazing and it caught our thoughts. >> as long as you have seen it, then the ai will read that out of my brain. >> spotted mental health risks in children. >> an output will say this is a patient at high risk and this is a patient at low risk and created tons and tons of weird art. >> it can commission any artist in history. >> that's the fun part. >> as 2024 approaches, ai's ability to trick anyone's eyes could be the end of trust. >> deep fake face swap, unbelievable. >> in just the time it took us to set up our cameras, uc berkeley professor made me look as though i had starred in dr.

strange. >> this is on your laptop in half an hour or ten minutes. >> wow. >> that same tech in our politics can be dangerous. the republican national commuty already aired one ai-generated ad full of fake imagery. >> go to slovakia where rssians are starting. >> still, earlier this year the risk of misuse is not worth giving up on ai. it's better just to trust people that they're going to use things in good ways. you're always going to get some fakes. >> google ceo eric schmidt said companies should more or less regulate themselves. >> there's no one in the government that can get it right, but the industry can roughly get it right and then the government can put a regulatory structure around it. >> europe and china have both moved forward on broad ai regulations, but as 2023 winds

down, the u.s. remains the wild west for ai. a world change in technology moving so fast with little sign of slowing down. jake ward, nbc news. this year a lot of americans lost their medicaid coverage so i took a closer look at what's happening in texas where more people have lost coverage than anywhere else in the country. >> we've been seeing a lot of parents that have no idea that their medicaid ended. >> across the country, millions of medicaid subscribers are at risk of losing health insurance. >> 911 doesn't have access to insurance and those decisions are based on am a really as sick as i think i am? do i really need to go? >> in texas, community networks offering free and low-cost care are scrambling, not just to re-enroll and to educate the community on how to keep their coverage. >> we have been constantly busy all of the time. >> for three years during the pandemic, congress required

medicaid programs to keep people enrolled. >> it meant that our patients and our families had access to existing benefits and had access to continuity in the medicaid benefits. that is life changing and life altering. >> now continuous enrollment is over. >> they never had 90-some million people enrolled in the program and tried to do it at once so every state is trying to do it as we speak. >> over 11 million have lost coverage nation wide according to the federal data. in the states that have data available, about 71% of people are losing coverage not because they're ineligible, like missing paperwork. the sudden volume now putting a strain on states. >> just about a quarter of children losing medicaid in texas, this is huge. we've never seen a decline like

this. the hssc telling nbc news that as of december it is taking an average of 60 days to complete an application for medicaid, but texas lawmakers want more. over the summer, congressman lloyd dogett urged the biden administration to tack action and to push the agency to ensure the insurance process is timely. >> without federal intervention more and more texan as, pregnant women, children with disabilities will be denied health care when they should not be. >> the biden administration telling nbc news they're working with texas to fix the problem. >> we did require texas to reinstate people that were incorrectly removed from the program. >> half a million children regained coverage after reporting on systems issues. >> in the interim, as state agencies wrapped up eligibility checks community healthcare

clinics like doctor foreigner's is stepping up. >> for someone who has a disability, a lapse in coverage can actually cause their existing medical condition to worsen significantly. >> coming up, resolution time. how parents can hp theirel

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2024 is right around the corner and that means it may be to start thinking of these new year's resolutions, but celebrating new beginnings and creating healthy habits is not just for adults, they can also be good for kids. dr. robby ludwig. when people hr resolutions and others cringe, can yah talk about resolutions for kids and some of the benefits? >> it's really good for kids to think about how they want to be better and how they can improve on their current habits, what their dreams are and different ways to lead to a happier and healthier self. so sometimes that looks like for kids keeping their room neat, getting better at playing tennis, being a better friend, watching a movie night with family or going to read more. things that really help them in school and in life. >> dr. robbie, i know there's

something called smart goal setting. i used to do it back in college, can you explain to the viewers what it means and how we can teach our kids to do it, too. >> this is a helpful akronism and it spends for realistic and timely goals so you want to think about something specific. i'd like to read more and where can you measure how much you're reading and you want to make sure you're not setting yourself up for failure and you want to think about why you actually set out to do this goal and to have a time limit. is it for six months? is it for a year and to think about dreams in terms of that and resolutions. it's measurable, so you can see success. >> you can see success and set the smart goals and i'll clean my room and keeping up with the goals is hard. what's the best track to keep up and follow up with your kids'

resolutions. >> you want to make it fun, to pick two goals they can lock at and also this is where the life lessons come in for parents to say, you know what? we get excited about our goals initially and sometimes it's hard to stay excited. success sometimes comes in zig-zags. sometimes we can't follow our motivation and we have to follow the goals we set out for ourselves and this is a time for a parent to set out those life lessons and be a good role model for your child itself and you want to keep these things fun and to remind them, too of the successes they already made so they feel good about themselves. >> it's ultimately about feeling good, are there alternatives? >> people like visualization charts so they can cut out something visually they want to achieve and put it on a piece of paper and look at it later as a

reminder that they're staying on track. anything that works is basically a good idea. sometimes it comes in the form of a list just as long as you're checking in with yourself, and thinking about who you want to be, how do you get there, how can you measure it and how can you give yourself a break if you fall off the horse. how do you get back on again. >> i love it. i can't lie. i make resolutions and i make vision boards and i love it all. these are good tips as we enter the year. dr. robby ludwig, thank you. >> thank you for watching. there's a lot more news ahead. you're watching "daily." [music playing] subject 1: cancer is a long journey. it's overwhelming, but you just have to put your mind to it and fight. subject 2: it doesn't feel good because you can't play outside with other children. subject 3: as a parent, it is your job to protect your family.

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we have huge petrified logs that are heavy. seaweed comes into my yard. this is from a couple week ago. more pieces of probably the concrete from down there that gets thrown up. you are going for that selfie, turn your back, you are taking a risk. >> good advice. heads up in the santa cruz area, many beaches will be closed tomorrow because of the high tide warning, much like in pacifica. experts are expecting high tide and storm surf. the closure will start tomorrow, go through thursday. it starts -- it goes through tomorrow and re-evaluated on friday. wet weather in the bay area. kari hall has more in the seven-day forecast.

>> a look at our seven-day forecast. we are going to see some rounds of rain as we go into the afternoon. mostly increasing with a gusty wind into the evening. then a bit of a brief break by thursday afternoon into early friday. another storm comes in. it looks to continue with rain into saturday. tapering off sunday. it looks to begin our new year with temperatures in the low 60s and sunshine and rain beyond this seven-day forecast. we are focused on the storms coming in. the big waves and gusty winds we will see. also, the coastal flooding due to the astronomical tides, we will watch out for more rain and the potential of thunderstorms for the weekend. >>

health inspectors will run to martinez oil refinery tomorrow. they started an inspection earlier this week.

they want to know what caused dozens of flaring incidents. the last took place on thafshs giving and went on for hours and released dust which spread across homes, gardens and cars. officials hope the extensive surprise inspection leads to more accountability. county supervisor john giola sits on the air quality advisory board. he says he plans to meet with refinery executives to discuss this ongoing issue. >> the personal visit is important. i think to convey the severity and concern that we have. all of the accidents really demonstrate that there's something going on there in safety culture. >> residents are suing the refinery in a class action lawsuit. a spokesperson for the refinery says the company is cooperating with all agencies and investigations. important to remember to help keep you safe as you ring in the new year, muni is offering free rides in san francisco on new year's eve. this is an effort to stop people

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