hi, earn. i'm zinhle essamuah. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, wednesday, january, 3rd, 2024.

breaking news, deadly blast. more than a hundred people are dead in iran after a pair of explosions, it all comes one day after israel killed a top hamas leader in lebanon the growing concerns that the conflict is boiling over. the epstein files. nearly 200 people with ties to the disgraced finesier are set to be revealed. the potential fallout and why some names are remaining sealed for now. follow the money, the u.s. economy fared far better in 2023. how is 2024 shaping up? how you can cash in. put to the test. the high schoolers start prepping for college admissions tests, an expert takes us through the abs. of a.c.t.s and s.a.t.s. >> they're optional for some colleges. we do begin with breaking news from the middle east, as unrest and violence spread across that region. >> there are two big stories

we're following the first is in lebanon, u.s. officials tell nbc news that israel was behind the drone strike that killed a senior hamas leader on tuesday, the israeli military hasn't claimed responsibility. >> the second story is in iran where more than 100 people have been killed after a deadly pair of explosions. the blast you heard there happened during a ceremony for a top iranian general in his memory who was killed in a u.s. drone strike four years ago today, the state department said the u.s. has no reason to believe that israel was involved in today's explosions. let's bring in ali today for us, what do we know about the cause of these deadly explosions so far? >> reporter: hey, kate, this was the worst terrorist attack in islamist republic's 40-year history. now what we know is that two

explosions happened about ten minutes apart from each other, they've killed at least a 103 people and wounded over 210 others, amongst the fatalities are women and children, now the blast happened near a cemetery in iran being marked for the 2020 death of soleimani, one of the country's top general, that was a u.s. drone strike. state television reported a first and then a second explosion during that ceremony in the southeastern iran. parentally if first blast struck only 23 feet from soleimani's grave. they believe that two suitcases laden with explosives were detonated remotely and that caused such horrific casualties.

kate, zinhle. >> thank you. let's go to nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman in tel aviv. you spoke to some officials about that deadly strike in lebanon, what else are they saying now. >> reporter: u.s. officials and a person briefed on the operation say that it was israel that was behind that assassination but israel didn't inform the u.s. ahead of time that it planned to carry out that strike in beirut, they do say that israel notified the u.s. as the operation was under way, that's being corroborated by the state department which says that the u.s. was certainly not involved in this operation, they're not getting into a lot of detail about who was but they did confirm they didn't get anied a vantzed notice ahead of time, and that person briefed on this operation tells me that this is the start of an offensive era, a phase by israel

in which it plans to go after hamas operatives anywhere in the world, something that the head of the elite agency, hamas officials anywhere in the world are living on borrowed time. >> josh, thanks so much. let's move now to japan where the transportation ministry has confirmed the passenger plane was given permission to land before it collided with a coast guard aircraft in tokyo, you remember this dramatic video, japanese transportation safety officials and police are on scene of that deadly collision conducting two separate investigations. meanwhile, on japan's west coast rescue crews are searching for survey of the new year's day earthquakes there. at least 73 people are confirmed dead at this point. a journalist joins us now from tokyo, earthquakes aren't unusual for japan but in this situation i know there was heavy rain in the forecast, triggering

landslide concerns, and aftershocks, how are the rescue crews navigating everything i just said and are residents still displace snd. >> reporter: very, very difficult conditions even for a country known for earthquakes, we're closing in on this critical 72-hour period, they say, is very important if you want to find survivors in a situation like this, so i think today, thursday, as dawn breaks here is going to be very critical in that effort, the death toll has now climbed to 73, government officials say they're still looking for 130 people that they know of and prefectures are also announcing lists of dozens of people they've not been able to contact, aftershocks have been happening hour after hour, some of them quite powerful. they have to stop every time another aftershock hits, the government says they're doubling the amount of rescuers, they're

using sniffer dogs as well, but so much the roads aren't passable, you can get into some of the heavy trucks that you need to move all of this debris and on top of that the area that has been heavily hit is a very rural area, so some of these villages have been outside of communication zones for a long time now. >> hard to even get to them right now. let's go back to the plane collision and the investigation into that, what has been recovered so far from the scene and what relearning about how this might have happened? >> reporter: a major development today the transportation ministry officially announced the log, the communication log between the pilots of the japan airlines craft and the cargo plane, with air control traffic and it's fairly stark the jal pilot is given permission to land, as the company told us yesterday, the coast guard pilot

is not however, the transportation officials say they have to stop at a holding point but there's nothing beyond that, that was a big development today and they recovered the flight recorder from the coastal guard plane. >> thank you so much. appreciate your reporting. republican lawmakers are at the border today to draw atex to what they say is president biden's failure to manage the immigration crisis at the southern border. speaker of the house johnson is leading a delegation of about 60 republican members of congress to eagle pass, texas, the congressional visit to the border comes as the biden administration is set to reopen four key ports of entry. nbc news homelard security julia ainsley joins me now. we just got some new data on just how many migrants have been

encountered by border patrol. >> reporter: it's sharp drop, they're down to about 2500 per day that's coming off of some days in december there were over 12,000, a record high, right their 21-day is 2500. data over the past few years, historically around christmas and new year's those numbers do go down, a time for fewer migrants crossing and if you look at how many migrants were crossing in december it's also not crazy to think that the cartels are trying to go back and get more migrants and collect more resources and push more forward. officials have said yes, the numbers have dropped but the overall situation at the southern border hasn't changed. >> julia, the strain on the immigration system that we've covered pretty thoroughly on this program, four ports of

entry reopened tomorrow, why the timing, why are they being reopened now? because of those lower numbers. they had to close those ports of entry, where illegal migrants are crossing, places where people are driving through often doing commercial trade, you can see those lanes there are crucial for trading with mexico. deploy them into field to apprehend migrants who are crossing illegally. >> all right, julia ainsley with the latest for us. thanks so much. time now for today's cnbc money minute, what the federal reserve is planning in new year. >> the best selling truck in america issues a major recall, bertha coombs joins us now. the federal reserve finds that inflation and the job market were cooling down, enough to keep rates unchanged inch

colluding their december meeting minutes released this afternoon. they continue to stress the economy's outlook is uncertain and that rate hikes are still an option. the fed continued to stress that the importance of keeping rates high until they know that inflation is clearly under control and headed to its 2% goal. meantime, ford is recalling 1120,000 f-150 pickup trucks for rollover risk, the recall affects 2021 to 2023. a fix is quote currently under developed. for first time since 20125 disney is not the global box office leader, 202323 turns out our sister company universal ended the year as the highest grossing studio at box office with the help of two of the top

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or interviews associated with those court orders for example a jane doe who gave an interview in 2011 with daily mail, but we don't with confirmation who exactly any of these names are, we know they'll include his associates and his recruiters allegedly and other people who were victimized by him, we expect these names to be very engs tensive and likely include high-profile ceo s. and possibly former presidents, kate. >> why now, angela? >> that's a great question, look, so newspapers have been suing to have these records be released due to the public interest involved and the judge who was legendary and was in charge of this case decided that the time is now, she did give a 14-day window to any individuals who objected based on the risk to their life or any other reason to keep their documents or likely their depositions to

be sealed. she's still ruling on those. >> some are being withheld until later this month, right, why is that in. >> the ones being withheld she's still considering their petitions, she's asked for an affidavit from one woman who said her life is in danger if her name is revealed, the judge will continue to listen to the individuals who are the subject of these depositions if they would like to keep sealed. >> understood. angela, thanks so much. today, community leaders are calling for justice following the release of body camera footage showing a los angeles sheriff's deputy fatally shooting a black woman last month, now her family is taking legal action over her death. we want to warn you some of the images are disturbing.

>> these are the tense moments from police body camera footage showing the night an l.a. sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old black woman in front of her daughter. >> in the back room, answering. >> reporter: according to police on december 4th, finlayson grabbed her estranged boyfriend with one hand and was holding a knife with the other after threatening to stab him. police say they were responding to a 911 call from the mother of two who said her ex would not leave her alone. the family calling it a domestic violence call. >> i need the police here right now. no, because he won't get his hands off of me. >> reporter: the family attorney telling nbc's liz kreutz finlayson called for help because her former boyfriend was allegedly strangling her and hurting her 9-year-old daughter. >> he was hurting my mother and me. >> reporter: the family privately viewing the body camera footage before its public release on friday. >> what surprised you the most about what you saw? >> how fast he switched from the taser to the gun. >> reporter: the video shows one deputy appearing to hand off her yellow stun gun to the deputy

identified by police as ty shelton. shelton pulling the trigger of his gun about four seconds after entering the residence. >> come out. >> -- stab him because -- >> hey, hey. hey, hey, hey. >> he hurt me. he hurt me. he punched me. >> reporter: we've paused the video before the deputy fires four times. the man in the apartment, then crying out. >> no, no, no, why did you shoot? >> when you're looking at proper police tactics, they had that opportunity when she opened the door. they didn't take it. they did nothing to de-escalate as they're required to do under the law. >> reporter: police releasing still images showing the kitchen knife finlayson was holding when they opened the door and her hand on the male's arms just moments before the deputy

opened fire. >> your granddaughter saw this shooting unfold, how has she been, what is she saying? >> well, she constantly says she misses her mother. it just shocked her because she had her mother's blood on her. when i had to tell her that her mother was not coming back, you know, she broke down in a way that i have never heard her cry. >> reporter: on tuesday, the family filed a legal claim, planning to sue the city of los angeles and the deputy who fired the fatal shot for $70 million in damages. we reached out to deputy ty shelton but did not hear back. he is still employed by the sheriff's department. the los angeles sheriff's department saying they are conducting an investigation as the county d.a.'s office conducts an independent review, adding in a public statement in part, the department released the body-worn camera footage ahead of the legal time frame. to demonstrate our commitment to transparency. >> this is not transparency, but they also did not provide us with all of the body-worn camera foot. >> reporter: the family now entering a new year without niani. this is not the first deadly officer involved shooting for ty

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this is the fast forward on nbc news daily. i'm audrey assistio. we have new details about the suspect accused of shooting and killing an oakland police officer. they been captured. moyer of oakland is under pressure to declare a state of emergency. kris sanchez has more. >> reporter: he's a 27-year-old man who has been in trouble with the law before. this is not the first time that he's accused of homicide. mark sanders is now in a santa rita jail and expected to be charged with first-degree murder and burglary he's scheduled to

appear before a judge tomorrow at 9:00. when i was a juvenile, he was arrested on a homicide charge but never convicted. we're working hard to find out more about the two other suspects arrested in san francisco and sacramento. 100 hours within the shooting death of officer. officer le was working at any dispensary on the embarcadero. >> someone has the audacity to attack a police officer, their attacking every resident of oakland. >> it is been a difficult year for the people of oakland. robberies were up and a whopping 44% increase in motor vehicle threats and 126 people were killed on the streets of oakland including officer le. oakland mayor is now under growing pressure to make good orn her threat to declare a state of emergency over the oakland police commission delays

in deliverying a slate of candidates in which she could choose a police chief. she fired armstrong last february and the city has been without a permanent leader ever since. without the state of emergency, the police commission has until march to deliver that new list of possible candidates to the mayor. if mayor does declare a state of emergency, she would not be the first u.s. mayor to do so this year alone. the philadelphia mayor within hours of being sworn in declared a state of emergency over similar problems rising crime and a lack of police officers. kris sanchez, nbc bay area. >> here is some stories about today. a b.a.r.t. train is evacuated. but first this morning at at broadway crossing, a train was heading from san jose to san francisco, had 36 passengers, thankfully no one was hurt.

the tracks between millbrae and san mateo were close and did reopen after the car was towed away and the wreckage was cleared. that is now under investigation. a train got stuck between the lafayette and orinda stations at around 8:30 this morning. sky ranger was overhead. b.a.r.t. said the train was unable to move but no one knows why. the agency said another train to take more than 200 passengers back to the concord station. this comes just days after another b.a.r.t. train derailed on that same yellow line. well it has been raining there youout the bay area but it looks like we're in for dryer conditions. here is kari hall with more. >> we have a good amount of rainfall through the bay area and we could see how wide spread the rain is across the region but eventually we'll start to see the drier air coming in and today and our temperatures coming down. only the mid to upper 50s today. and some of the cooler air is in the tri-valley with highs in the

livermore and dublin at 55 degrees and in san francisco and oakland will hit the upper 50s for today. there is not much more of a warm-up in the forecast. in fact, it gets even cole colder for early morning hours. we'll have a look at the timeline as well as how cold the temperatures get leading into next week. that is coming up in the seven-day forecast in about 30 minutes. and we of course will continue to track the weather and the high surf at the coast today. another story we're watching today, san francisco city leaders have some good news following the 2023 holiday shopping season. we're breaking down the drop in reported thefts in the city, plus an increase in visitors to major downtown destinations. we'll have that story ahead in our 5:00 newscast and much more. and that does it for this edition of the fast forward. i will be back in 30 minutes

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the move following their investigation into his handling of the border crossing. >> mayorkas said he'll fully cooperate with it. we're now hearing from the mother of a 10-year-old boy who was allegedly shot and killed by another 10-year-old, it it happened this past weekend in california, she says the shooter was being, a, quote, sore loser after a bike race and opened fire killing her son. the alleged shooter is being held in a juvenile detention center and his father is also facing several gun-related charges. switching gears, starbucks customers, listen up. you can now use your own personal cups for driver-through and mobile orders, customers who bring a clean reusable cup will get a ten-cent discount, this all takes effect in starbucks stores across the u.s. and canada and designed to help

reduce cup waste in landfills. major news this hour involving a lawsuit against snapchat >> relatives of more than 60 young people who died of fentanyl overdoses are now suing the popular social media app. a judge has ruled that lawsuit can move forward. >> why is that development a big deal, cases involving social media companies are usually thrown out early on due to a federal statute, it's called section 230, it shields companies like social media companies from liability. snapchat has denied the plaintiff's allegations in this case, joining us on set now, valerie castro and legal analyst danny cevallos. >> for people who don't know about this case, more than 60 families filed this suit, what are they saying and why are they saying snapchat is responsible for the deaths of their children.

>> they believe snap chat, the way it operates is the perfect place for drug dealers to target children, especially children who are vulnerable, some of the features that they have a problem of disappearing messaging feature, no digital trace of the conversation that a potential drug dealer might have had with your child. two of the parents involved in the lawsuit are dr. laura berman and her husband, their 16-year-old sammy died in 2020, they say they believe he was able to purchase pills through snapchat and those pills were laced with fentanyl and that's what led to his death. i spoke with the father earlier today and he says that even though it may be too late for his own son this lawsuit he opens something does good come out of this. take a listen. >> justice for sammy is past. what we're looking for is to

give our loss children's lives. in sammy's honor, if snapchat would change the way these algorithms drive these drug dealers to our children that would be a win. >> sammy chapman said the important thing here is raised awareness about what he says are the dangers of this platform and he hopes that other parents are more aware. >> danny, let's bring you in here, federal statute section 230 which usually shields social media companies from liability, how significant is it in this case it's still proceeding rartdless of that statute? >> it's something of a surprise, but section 230 has never given complete immunity in all circumstances to a platform such as snapchat, the theory being that say the phone company allows illegal activity to go

on, it's conducted in motor vehicles to get them from one place to another. it's a similar theory, but that immunity isn't absolute and if the company participates in any way and with technology it's hard to say what's participating a recommendation, promoting the content or even participating or creating that third-party content or is snapchat a place where third-party content comes in? by the way, doesn't say they're liable at all. >> the judge saying, we'll let this most of the accusations move forward. let me ask about snapchat, because snapchat puts out a statement, while we're committed to advancing our efforts to stop drug dealers from engaging in illegal activity on snapchat, we believe the plaintiff's

allegations are factually flawed. danny, could we learn more about snapchat's processes as this case moves forward in. >> that's the real danger to snapchat, recall now the plaintiff had to make a lot of allegations in their complaint, they don't know their allegations are true yet, they need ed to prove of their theories and their allegations of fact. they'll take depositions and get access to internal documents and that may show one or another which claim is or does not have any strength. >> valerie, briefly, what are the families want to see to make these platforms safety? >> to be implemented giving parents alerts when their kids are looking at things maybe they shouldn't be looking at. >> oval ree castro, danny, thank you both so much. there's new fallout today

after the resignation of harvard university's first black and second female president. >> claudine gay announced she was stepping down from her role yesterday. nbc news correspondent rehema ellis covers education and joins us now to discuss this. claudine gay was only in her job for about six months, shortest tenure of any harvard president. she'll remain at the school as a professor. >> widespread reaction and a lot of debate about whether this was the right thing to do not only on campus, but campuses across the country, listen to what some people who are part of the college community there in cam bridge had to say about this. a student as well as a professor. >> absolutely shocked, i mean, this is crazy. >> i feel sad the whole episode is quite disturbing.

it's disturbing on many levels. >> disturbing on many levels for so many people because how this was pushed forward, admission by claudine gay that she engaged in what was called some errors, she said there was no intention of plagiarism and the board at harvard university agreed to keep her on for a while and saying these were not of instances of efforts to plagiarize, but with the mounting criticism around this, yesterday the board unanimously agreed to accept her resignation. >> in the wake of claudine gay's resignation are we seeing the record of other universities' presidents be scrutinized. >> there's tremendous amount of energy being focused on this, and even what was happening at harvard university didn't come from inside the walls of that

cambridge university and from her peers it came from those outside, conservative activists saying they thoroughly welcome this downfall of claudine gay and they also think that there's a push around what they think is too much liberalism on these college campuses, this coming from conservatives they'll begin a new to make certain they target universities, academics and professors and leadership at these universities in future. chances are we'll see more of this. >> rehema ellis, thank you. in 2023 we heard the word recession a lot, right, we were all worried about a potential economic downturn. >> but in reality x perts say 2023 didn't actually turn that bad at all. now there's cautious optimism that 2024 could be better. christine romans joins us now. so christine, it's january 3rd, what are the biggest things we're looking out for 2024.

>> inflation, job market, the housing market which frankly has been frozen this year, as you know it's the least affordable -- >> last year. >> i'm sorry. turning the calendar is hard, america. housing market was frozen last year. and interest rates, what will the fed do on interest rates? the four main things i think to look at. >> so, let's zero in one of those, inflation, that affects people so much when they go grocery shopping, will the good news of inflation last year heading into this year, will it stick? >> that's the hope and in fact the federal reserve release the minutes of its most recent meeting just this afternoon and in fact there's a lot of talk about how they may be ahead of the inflation story, they've done hard work on inflation and rates may be too high, rate cuts next year because they've done well on inflation. also good news for anyone trying

to finance a mortgage, 8% mortgages, they have fallen and hopes they could get better. >> what everyday americans are thinking, they're thinking about unemployment rates. how should we be thinking about the job market going into this year? >> i think the big word there is moderation that's a good thing, because the job market was very, very hot, and even with the fed raising interest rates it stayed very strong and it may be that you have found this very narrow path to preventing a recession, slowing down the u.s. economy, but not throwing the job market in trouble. there are more open jobs in america than out there looking to fill them. the forecast next year slightly rising unemployment rate.

look at the level on the left side of your screen, historically low numbers. six words the fed said in their minutes. unusually elevated degree of uncertainty. those are the six words -- >> for 2024. >> just like 2023. everyone got the recession calls wrong, so i would say take all of these forecast with a grain of salt this year because we just -- >> don't know. >> we just don't know. >> i can tell you exactly what will happen one year from now. we'll be one year older. >> consumer confidence, can i ask about that? do we have time. >> yes. >> we have 30 seconds. consumer confidence measures people what they think about the economy, how is that looking in. >> it was terrible all year, they called it the vibe session, i could tell you the job market

is fine. people would say no it's not. it's turned recently. people are feeling better. we'll watch this year to see if last year's late-year trend continues, that will be a key, key for how people feel, also heading into the ballot box. >> election year, for sure. >> tied to politics. christine -- >> we love having you. >> happy new year. coming up, cheat sheet. college admissions expert shares what parents n

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in today's modern parenting never too early to start prepping your high schooler for their college entrance exams. >> especially true since national test scores in reading and math continue to decline, according to the a.c.t. test organization, one of the standardized test, last year test scores plummeted to their lowest levels in 32 years and more than 4 in 10 seniors in high school meet none of the college readiness benchmarks. joining us now is certified educational planner and the co-founder at expert admissions. good to have you with us. let me start with the test themselves. i know they're optional at a lot

of colleges now, if your kids want to take a standardized test, talk about how important that is or how important it is to kind of prep for it. >> sure, so, they're optional. that's the most important point, most colleges, the s.a.t. and a.c.t. are optional, however that doesn't mean that it might not enhance your chance at a particular college. if you want to try to enhance your portfolio or your profile taking the test is a good idea or at least trying to, it's important because if you submit scores they're going to factor into the decisionmaking. one of many factors but make no mistake about it. >> good scores can help you. >> if you have bad scores relative to what a college thinks is good or not good. >> these tests can be hard to grasp or maybe you're not a good tester. i didn't like standardized tests at all, how can you prep well

for those? >> it depends on how you are and how you learn. some students can self-prep and use resources available online or books or digital resources of course, other students need one-on-one help and they need help guiding them through the concepts, through the tricks and just getting to know the test better, it depends what your issue is with the test. >> if you can't afford one of those prep companies and they all advertise, my two kids went through all of this, there's all kinds of prep you can pay for. >> s.a.t. and a.c.t. offer a lot of free resources first and foremost. there's also free videos, free tutoring, lot of resources out there, youtube is a treasure drove of information, again it depends what you need.

>> that preparation is so key, so many people don't talk about the fact that these tests something you learn how to do, train on how to do it, teenagers don't always say they need help or don't always want to say i don't get this or i'm not testing well, what are some signs that your child may need some extra support. >> in regard to this test, a good first accept is to do a diagnostics. don't do it too early, if you take it as an early tenth grader -- >> it adds to the stress if you take it so early you're already stressing about college. >> you know what it makes sense why people think that's good idea because it's very logical to think, well f i start prepping earlier and i know i need the prep now i have more time and less stress because i won't be in a condensed time period, kids who start earlier

plateau at time where they can give us their best work. >> when you should start. >> at the end of the tenth, you take diagnostics for length. start prepping around the beginning of 11th grade. think of it as beginning of the 12th grade as the endgame when you should wrap up testing. >> really helpful information. thank you so much. there's much more news ahead. >> you're watching "nbc news daily". i love your dress. oh thanks! i splurged a little because liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. that's great. i know, right? i've been telling everyone. baby: liberty. did you hear that? ty just said her first word. can you say “mama”? baby: liberty. can you say “auntie”? baby: liberty.

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