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now. today, wednesday, january 17th, 2024. icy grip, that frigid cold tormenting most of the united states is just not letting up and more brutal weather is on the way. royal health scarce, the princess of wales undergoing planned abdominal surgery as the king prepares for a procedure. rush of aid. how soon supplies could be delivered. an urgent cancer warning for a younger demographic, the deadly disease that is now killing younger people in record numbers. >> an important story. we do begin this hour, again, with wicked winter weather, millions of americans facing another day of brutal

cold. >> that's right, just take a look at so much these wind chills folks woke up to this morning, dallas is 41 but felt like 5 and chicago is 19 but felt like minus 16. weather is proving deadly. at least 12 people have died nationwide with that number likely to rise. >> another storm over the pacific northwest, ice everywhere, tens of thousands of people are without power, school has been cancelled across oregon and washington states. michelle grossman is tracking the latest forecast for us. but let's start with kathy park, in a really windy knoxville, tennessee, tennessee got hit so hard by this storm, what's the latest there with this winter blast you're feeling? >> i think we lost kathy's mic for just a second. but let a turn to meteorologist michelle grossman, another winter storm is hitting the western u.s., how bad is it,

a mess out west, looking at icy conditions, rain along the west coast, looking at heavy rain as well, this will move cross country. winter weather advisories, watches and ice storm warnings. we'll see some tricky travel out there. the rest of day the rain, the wind, the ice causing problems especially in oregon and washington. heavy snow for the cascades and the rockies measuring it in feet as we go throughout the day today and tomorrow. the blue, where the snow is falling. a new storm coming up out of the southeast, they'll merge, join forces and bring some snow to the northeast by friday. also looking at the mid west, by friday, light snow from the midwest to the mid-atlantic, like on monday, generally 1 to 3 inches in the tristate area, showers and storms crossing the southeast, tornado touched down in florida two days ago.

stormy weather in florida once again early this morning. rainfall forecast along the coast here, heavy rain falling, where you see those brighter colors, the reds, oranges, the heaviest of rain. this is the big problem, too, always difficult to travel with icy roads, also looking at the chance of rain bringing down power lines and trees, causing some power outages and it's very chilly there. back to you. >> all right, michelle, thank you. kathy, let's go back to you. can you hear me now? talk about what's going on in tennessee? i can't believe that's tennessee behind you. >> reporter: i know, right, so this really is a snow lovers' paradise here, typically they don't get a lot of snow, we got roughly 8.5 inches of snow in the past couple of days and typically on average for the entire year, 4.6 inches here in

knoxville, we got a lot of snow in a short amount of time and as you can see kate, folks are taking advantage of the snow, we're here at a local park here in knoxville and a lot of the kids are off from school today, likely classes will be cancelled tomorrow and perhaps through the rest of the week because conditions are pretty dangerous right now, driving here a lot of the back roads the local roads still covered in ice the interstate is looking pretty good, conditions we're seeing all across the south right now, it's taken a deadly turn this winter storm, confirming six fatalities right now, and a chance that number could climb and conditions are only expected to deteriorate especially during the overnight hours, expected to go if the teens, all of this snow turning to ice, officials are encouraging people to stay indoors as much as possible and also telling them to conserve their energy as well, lot of folks have been inside the last

couple of days and the power grid has taken some strain. >> kathy, thank you so much. now to heate scene unfolding in lower manhattan courthouse, writer e. jean carroll took the stand in her defamation trial against former president trump. >> things did get contentious, the second defamation case brought by e. jean carroll against the former president, last year a jury found trump liable for defaming carroll. this trial focuses on damages. joining us now is rehema ellis and danny cevallos. rehema, what did we hear from e. jean carroll today? >> they heard an 80-year-old woman talk about how her life has been turned upside-down, she talked about how she had a very productive and full career, writer for glamour magazine, vanity, rolling stone magazine,

even as a writer on snl, when the former president made remarks about her in 2019 after she had alleged that she had sexually assault she said her life ended at that point. she got death threats, she got people threatening to rape her, she had to change her routine, she got bodyguards. everything about her life turned upside-down. painting the picture as someone who has been threatened, diminished in terms of the freedom that she has as a result of what donald trump has said about her. this case is all want kind of damages he would have to pay. it's about punitive dajs as well. how much she would be punishing him for the statements that he was making and in an effort to try and stop those statement

from happening. they were happening right until the beginning of court yesterday, 20-some posts on his social media. >> this is all happening in the shadow of former president's attorney asking for a delay to the trial, why might they before b doing that. >> the trump strategy has been to delay cases, this may for a family bereavement request, not a case that will be delayed very long at all the issues are very narrow, not a lot of ed to put in, a case could be completed in a matter of days, not weeks and certainly not months, even a delay isn't going to change the time line of this case, the way it does in all of other trump criminal cases and civil cases, as to the four criminal cases any delay there is a significant effect. partially because it's not a

criminal case, a civil case, you tonight have any complex issues of what happens to a commander in chief who may or may not serving a prison term. >> thank you both. now to health concerns for two members of the british royal family. >> kate middleton the princess of wales is recovering at london hospital today after undergoing what kensington called a planned surgery. king charles is facing a health procedure of his own next week to correct an enlarged prostate. >> meagan fitzgerald joins us now. talk us about both of these issues. king charles and what the palace is calling a planned procedure of what kate had. >> reporter: the princess of wales is recovering in the hospital behind me, a planned abdominal surgery, according to the palace, was both successful and noncancerous, she's expected to stay in the hospital at least

for the next two weeks before she'll be discharged. she'll be able to continue that recovery at home, but the medical advice according to palace, they want her to postpone all of her public appearances to stop working until after the easter holiday, that's significant. we're talking several months. we haven't seen kate middleton since christmas, she's not done any of her public engagements since the beginning of the year. but again, it's a positive outcome in terms that we learned that it was successful. >> in terms of king charles he'll undergo treatment for an enlarged prostate neck week. a recovery period that's said to be short. similar situation, he won't be doing any public appearances until after that procedure next week. what's important to note here, you know the king is very transparent about his situation,

his condition, and he's doing that because he wants to inspire men all arz the world if they have symptoms or suspect something the importance of getting it checked. >> all right, meagan fitzgerald, thanks so much. time now for today's money minute. president biden is making a new rule that could save money. applications for mortgages jumped 10% last week as interest rates fell. the lower rate gave current home owners a chance to refinance, applications were up 11% the biden administration unrailed new rules today to limit fees big banks can charge customers who spend more money than they have in their account. it could cap overdraft charges as low as $3, the current fee

averages about $26 per charge according the bankrate. if you're a snail mail fan like i am, start stocking up on stamps, the usps will increase the price of forever stamps to 68 cents in response to inflationary pressures. second time in months that the postal service is raising prices. back over to you. all right, kate, a pricey valentine's day. coming up, new audio from the 911 call the night defense secretary lloyd austin was returned to the hospital. plus the alarming trends, plus the alarming trends, more young adus arelt if you have chronic kidney disease you can reduce the risk of kidney failure with farxiga. because there are places you'd rather be. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal,

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a newly released 911 call shedding new light on the night that defense secretary lloyd austin was discreetly taken to the hospital. >> can i ask -- can the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? >> that's one of secretary austin's aides asking the person on the other end of the line to keep the ambulance as quiet as possible. that call happened on new year's day. secretary austin faced heavy criticism for not telling key

officials including the president that he wasn't hospitalized until days later. courtney joins us from the pentagon. >> reporter: so, one thing that we heard from defense officials in the days after we were made aware that secretary austin was taken via ambulance to walter reed on new year's day, that he was conscious at the time, that's reinforced in this time, the emergency dispatcher asked this unidentified aide of secretary austin about his current status at time and the aide identifies that in fact austin is conscious, aware of his surroundings but he's in extreme pain, so that's verified based off of what we heard from defense officials. more secretary's state at the time, some of it is redacted from this 911 audio call that nbc obtained yesterday. but we do learn more. the critical piece here is

exactly what our viewers just heard, from the very beginning, there was a clear effort at keeping this hospitalization and the secretary's medical condition quiet. we heard that in the 911 call when the aide specifically said they wanted to keep the whole situation subtle. >> is secretary austin doing all right, he was released from the hospital on monday. anyup dates. >> reporter: he continues to be in good condition, we're told from the pentagon. he's working from home. he's got a lot on his plate back home and on the job. the continued strikes, attacks by the houthis. the u.s. took a dynamic strike against houthis yesterday in yemen. in coming days another meeting of the ukraine contact group and why that's important, kate, this will be the first time that the group meets, this is generally chaired by secretary austin by the way, when the u.s. doesn't have funding to continue to supply weapons and ammunition

for ukraine, this is very critical meeting and we expect it will be held virtually because secretary austin can't travel to europe right now because of his medical condition. >> courtney, thank you. in today's daily health a new report from the american cancer society that's getting a lot of attention, it says the leading cause of cancer deaths in younger adults is colorectal. joining us now is medical reporter erica edwards, people born after 1990 have three-times the risk of developing colon cancer than those born in 1950. that's pretty striking, why are more young people getting colorectal cancer. >> the easiest answer would be

focusing on rising obesity levels and while they may play a role they're perplexed by the otherwise young adults who are otherwise healthy coming into their clinics, marathon runners if you will, with colorectal, they think something in the environment be playing a role. >> still a lot of questions, but what symptoms should people especially young people be on the lookout for. >> no matter what age you are, some symptoms you want to look out for unusual abdominal pain, seeing blood in your stool, unusual diarrhea, constipation and losing weight without trying to. >> with those symptoms when do

doctors recommend screening for colorectal screening. >> it's recommended at age 45, but if you have family history that screening could come younger, let's say your father was diagnosed at age 50 with colon cancer you would need to start screening at 40, exercise and eating healthy diet and focus more on plants than animals. >> thank you. coming up, we switch gears, hold your houses, why one family's home, their home loos a little more like a barn this week. i have to hear the story behind this picture. you can hear it streaming free 24/7 right here o nbcn hi, my name is damion clark. and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special

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bridge protesters who are facing five charges that could have a total sentence of six months to a year in prison. among the charges that those protesters face are false imprisonment, refusing to comply with an officer and refusing to disperse. i have spoken to a number of the activists who say they empathize with the thousands impacted by the bay bridge protest, but they say for them there's a stronger calling that motivates them. they feel now they're being singled out. >> it feels like it's trying to be essentially a punishment, a form of punishment for speaking out for justice. >> reporter: the rally here in san francisco is expected to last for a couple hours. this stretch of the road is closed off as long as the rally is continuing. protesters of those arrested are

expected back to court on february 1st and 2nd. in san francisco, nbc bay area news. here's some other stories you need to know. some families are pulling their children from oakland classrooms over concerns about curriculum. governor newsom is expected to consider a ban on flag football. breaking news, the warriors game is canceled tonight after an assistant coach died. he suffered a heart attack yesterday. it happened at a salt lake city restaurant. he joined the warriors coaching staff in 2021 and is well regarded around the league. the nba said the date for the rescheduled game will be announced later. he was 46 years old. we will continue to follow this breaking story and bring you updates as they come in. you can get the latest on our website. governor newsom said he'll

veto a bill to ban youth tackle football. his office released this statement yesterday. supporters of the bill says ban will save lives. the governor said an outright ban is not the answer and parents have the right to decide which sport their kids can play. students in the oakland unified school district have transferred to other districts, 200 more than expected. many jewish families said they left the district because they don't feel safe because of the war in gaza. some families say they don't feel supported and the district's curriculum is underwhelming. the executive director of enrollment said it's an evolving situation. the sun is back out. rain is coming back soon. meteorologist kari hall has the latest. >> we started with cloudy skies

and we're getting a break from the rain this afternoon. it will become mosley sunny. we'll see a repeat in the weather pattern for tomorrow. then friday rain will be coming back and we are expecting a mostly cloudy day. today we're going to be seeing temperatures up to 60 in livermore and dublin. 60 in oakland. in santa rosa we'll see a high of 60 degrees. a little warmer tomorrow with a high of 66 in san martine while we'll see 50s in the north bay. we'll have another update in 30 minutes. oakland's newest baseball team is bringing a legendary giant on board. j.t. snow helped lead the giants to the world series in 2004. the oakland ballers have hired

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probe into boeing planes. the faa ground all 171 boeing 737 max 9 planes for inspection after a door plug detached from an alaska airlines flight mid-air earlier this month. now the agency is expanding its investigation into production lines, the officials say they'll pay special attention to the work of subcontractors. china's population declined last year for the second year in a row. spurred by record low births and wave of covid-19 deaths. china's government has been encouraging people to have more kids. local governments are even offering incentives to have more children like tax breaks and childcare subsidies. people across the country are feeling the chilly temperatures today and so are horses, these two horses in nebraska were brought into their owners' home so they could keep warm. the temperatures in nebraska are

subzero right now. the american association of equine practitioners say horses can withstand temperatures as low as negative 40. two big developments in the middle east, first much-needed medicine is being delivered to israeli hostages held inside gaza today. >> also happening today the the u.s. designated the houthis as a terrorist organization, the houthis has been attacking ships in red sea for months now. richard engel is with us in jerusalem. how significant is this terrorism designation from the u.s.? >> reporter: so, it's -- according to the houthis they don't take it seriously, i just got off the phone about an hour with one of the top leaders of the houthi movement. and he's the chairman of what

they call the revolutionary committee and he brushed it off, he said that it's not going to change their position, that it will not impact their activities in the red sea and that they'll continue to attack ships. the reason the houthis say they are attacking these ships is in order to harm israel. they want to blockade -- impose a blockade on israel the same way that israel is imposing a blockade on gaza and they want to pressure israel to stop attacking the gaza strip which it has been doing in retaliation against hamas since the october 7th attacks. it could have an impact however on the people of yemen, because with the terrorist designation, which only takes effect in 30 days, automatic sanctions, make it more difficult for humanitarian aid groups to operate in the country, but the group remains undeterred, kate,

even after three now air strikes and naval strikes against the houthis in yemen and now this new designation a short while ago, one of their very top leaders telling nbc news they'll continue nonetheless. >> richard, let's talk about that new deal to send medicine to israeli hostages in gaza, this is the first agreement between israel and hamas since november, that week-long cease-fire, what else is in this deal and who will make sure that this medicine actually gets to the hostages? >> reporter: so this was a negotiation that took a great amount of time to organize, it involves france, it involves qatar, other nations, involved humanitarian groups that are still operating in gaza, and there are very few that are still left to work in gaza and the agreement was to get

medicine from france, a specific list of medicine that was provided by israel that the hostages need, because there's still at least a hundred hostages still alive in gaza according to the israeli government held by hamas and other militant groups. they were ripped from their homes on the early morning of october 7th. some are elderly, some are children and others are adults. many particularly the elderly are in need of medicines that they didn't bring with them and their health conditions have been deteriorating. others were injured at time of their capture and require medical treatment. so, the israelis have been pushing for a long time to get medicine to these hostages and part of this deal, it's also to get medical supplies to the palestinian people. so, for every box of medicine

sent to the hostages, 1,000 boxes will be spent to the palestinian people who desperately need it. part of the israeli campaign has directly targeted medical facilities with israeli troops in some cases carrying out attacks right near medical facilities, israeli troops going inside hospitals to search for hamas fighters and tunnels. the medical capacity in the gaza strip has been devastated, so the hostages badly need medical attention and medicine and that seems to be arriving now, as that process is in the works as we speak, as do the people of gaza. >> richard engel, thank you so much for being there. here in the u.s., the push for house to recommend to hold biden in contempt for

defying a subpoena in his father's impeachment inquiry. tom winter, the back and forth on this has been a little bit confusing between hunter biden's team and house republican leaders. >> what has happened here the attorney for hunter biden went to koj and sent them a letter, we didn't believe that the subpoenas before are valid. if you reissue them then we're willing to entertain them. what's happening behind the scenes is a series of negotiations and discussions so the surprise appearance by hunter biden last week, basically this kind of back and forth stops and that ultimately there's a plan where hunter biden does testify under oath to congress. we don't have a final resolution yet, it appears both sides are moving toward it.

>> hunter biden is facing two criminal indictments on gun and tax charges, what's the latest there. >> yesterday, we responses from federal prosecutors in that gun case that's being held in a federal court in delaware. a number of motions, where they ask for the case to be dismissed particularly focused on prosecution, federal prosecutors say you don't meet the standard for that legally. with his a pointed attorney general is the person who ultimately authorize the special counsel who brought forward the charges here. they also say that last year in 2023 the fbi was able to recover white substance from the holder where the gun that hunter biden has was being held in evidence that white substance tested positive for drugs, that's another reason they say that

they feel they should be able to bring guard this case. hunter biden's attorney are fighting this because it's charge that's not one. >> the next step the judge needs to rule on a whole slew of motions in the gun case. the tax charges in california, so on the gun charge case, the judge does need to make a determination soon son some of these motions that have been filed. >> tom, thank you. police body camera footage captures the dramatic police raid in ohio as it happens. the person inside said officers targeted the wrong house. warning, this video may be disturbing to watch. what you just saw, the body camera footage from various body cameras worn, a mother said her baby with a medical condition was injured after officers stormed in,

police dispute that claim. the town's mayor has ordered an investigation. valerie castro joins us with the some really intense moments there to say the least. walk us through what happened there. >> reporter: according to police reports released, this was a police investigation centered around stolen firearms and police were looking for a suspect in this case. this is the footage that was released by the city, they announced themselves, eventually they break down the door. inside they find courtney price the mother of that baby, she comes to the door yelling with her hands up saying she has a baby on ventilator, she's brought outside and placed into handcuffs. in statement police said they were at the correct home, but price said the person they were looking for hadn't lived there for more than a year, when her aunt and uncle moved into the home and she moved to ohio to

stay with them as her baby waits for heart surgery. >> facing some serious conditions already, how is the baby doing right now. >> reporter: she says her son was born prematurely, a defect in one of his lungs and a hole in her heart. the doctors are saying his lungs are inflamed. police in a statement say they used two flash bangs when they entered the home. in their statement they say any allegations suggesting that the child was exposed to chemical agents isn't true. but price believes otherwise. >> nbc news has obtained footage from a doorbell camera that was outside the house. >> right, courtney price gave this video to nbc news and it captured the entire incident from the moment it started until it ended. you can hear the voice of someone saying something very interesting, take a listen to

what they say. >> whoa. it's the wrong house. >> we should note that it's unclear exactly who is saying those words, it's believed that the flash bang may have altered the video on that camera. police haven't responded to this video, be you the mayor of course calling for a full investigation. >> a lot more details. valerie castro, thank you so much. coming up, how six words are reshaping the conversation on race in america. >> a great conversation, but first time for today's daily snap shots. preparations are being made around the world for chinese new year. beautiful. 2024 is the year of the dragon, those born in the year of the dragon are believed to have strong leadership capabilities. chinese new year begins next month on february 10th. we'll cover that here, too.

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thoughts on race in six words. she was surprised she was flooded with hundreds of thousands of responses. from all over the world. their answers were complicated and honest and in some cases shocking. it was called the race card project, the subject of her new book, "our hidden conversations." michele norris joins rice thought. i got to say, y'all are friends. or go back. i remember you launching this project. >> oh, you remember. >> i remember. talk to us about how exactly it works and the number of responses you got. >> well, it started when i wrote a memoir about my family's very complex racial legacy. 14 years we have archived more than 5,000 responses. it turns out people actually are looking for a space where they can talk about race openly in a

safe space where they won't face any finger wagging or any embarrassment. >> you actually made postcards, right, the black postcards and you put them places. >> i left them everywhere, i was on a 35-city book tour. i left them in the sugar station at the starbucks, at the hotel, if you picked up the bible a race card would fall out. and people would fill them out. they would put a stamp on it. look at how she adorned it. most of the submissions now come in digitally because we have a website. people go to the website and it's nice that they send them digitally, i miss the postcards, but then they can spend the backstory. and that's allowed me to write the essays in the book, a lot of deeply reported stories but also people explained themselves, so the book is, it's interesting

you can read it front to back. or open up to any page and you'll meet someone interesting. >> what surprised you most of one of the cards you got. >> the kind of big things surprised me, not individual cards, but the idea that people would actually send their cards in, that we received so many cards from white americans because i didn't expect that, most conversations about race often don't fully include white america and that people wrote about such personal things. they write about the headlines. they often write about memories. i wish i had done something differently. i wish i had been taught differently. understanding today shgs politics, things became evident looking at the race card project. the way people were treated during covid or the resurgence -- not the resurgence, wrong word -- the

way people were dealing with mental health issues. this has happened helped me understand america. >> the two of us just recently did a special on racial healing for nbc news now and it was all really centered on how to have difficult conversations about race and about racial healing. i wonder what your perspective is on how to start those conversations or have them. >> well, acknowledge they are difficult. but acknowledge that we can have them. and maybe set some ground rules. if it's difficult, let's decide we're going to stay at the table even if it becomes difficult. let people know it might get rocky but try to do it more than once, because so often we have that meeting once on tuesday, usually in february, right, because it's black history month, but commit to doing it more than once. it's like peeling an onion. to get to the heart of things and to earn people's trust. >> you asked people for six words. i wonder what are yours and have they changed.

>> they have changed. i write about this in the book. so when i started this, my initial six words were -- fool them all, not done yet. that's because i grew up as a brown girl in minnesota. didn't see a lot of people like me on the air. didn't hear a lot of people like me on the radio. so a job as a communicator wasn't imagined for me. >> today? the new six words are still more work to be done. >> no one can disagree with that. >> and you're doing the work. >> the book is wonderful. we're just starting it. our hidden conversations. much more news ahead. >> you're watching "nbc news daily". struggling with the highs and lows of bipolar 1? ask about vraylar. because you are greater than your bipolar 1, and you can help take control of your symptoms with vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar treats depressive,

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