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now. today, friday, january 26th, 2024. courtroom drama, former president trump walks out of court just minutes into closing arguments in his latest civil trial. how lawyers on both sides are trying to send a message to the jury as they deliberate. waiting for justice. the suspect in the idaho college murders is back in court, but there's still no trial date set. the desperate plea from victims' families to change that. royal recovery, king charles is out of surgery, on his prostate, and princess kate is recovering from her own health issues. how both are doing right now. plus, deepfake drama. explicit fake images of taylor swift are spreading like wildfire online, believed to be the product of artificial intelligence, the rush to delete them as a.i.'s potential threat becomes even clearer. we begin this hour with the civil defamation trial against

former president donald trump. the case is now in the jury's hands. deliberations are under way after a day of high drama in the courtroom, the former president abruptly walked out just minutes into closing arguments. trump is defending himself against writer e. jean carroll, she's seeking at least $10 million after he repeatedly defamed her by calling her sexual abuse allegations a, quote, hoax. last year in a separate civil trial a different jury found trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming carroll. trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. joining me is rehema ellis, and danny cevallos. jury is deliberating, any indication they're about to wrap it up? >> no indication whatsoever. they've been deliberating for an hour and 20 minutes, and the judge has told them that if they don't have a verdict, by 4:30, let him know. and if there's a note, they

might continue, but it looks like it might wrap up about 4:30 without that. beyond that, before it got to the jury and the jury being given a verdict sheet, like we have here, they're being asked a couple of questions, and one of them is, miss carroll suffered more than nominal damages, if yes, how much money would you suggest she receive from him. in making statements mr. trump acted maliciously out of hatred, ill will, vindictively. or wanton, reckless willful disregard of carroll's rights, how much would you award her? in punitive damages, to punish her. it's all coming down to what happened in the courtroom today which was part of the drama as you point out, mr. trump left during carroll's attorney's closing argument. when his team started presenting arguments he came back in and

they were saying basically that e. jean carroll benefitted from this, that her life enhanced, she became more famous. and her team counters saying who wants to be famous for being called a liar, and having their career destroyed? they also pointed out, i think it's important during e. jean carroll's argument, that mr. trump testified on a deposition he was worth billions of dollars, and they want that jury to know that when they start thinking about the possibility of awarding punitive damages, how much money they would say he has to pay. >> this is an interesting case because in a lot of ways we have been here before. what do we expect the jury to do when it comes to punitive damages and also that other bucket of damages, how hard is it to reach a number? >> it's very difficult, especially in defamation cases and punitive damages cases although the plaintiff really did, i thought, a clever job of introducing hard dollar amounts of the dollars it would cost to repair one's reputation, say

online, if you started a campaign, they put that at about, i believe, anywhere from 10 to $12 million. that's a good solid number for the jury to hang their hat on. when it comes to punitives they're going to look at donald trump's conduct, whether it was reckless, through hatred, ill will, and how do you arrive at a number? they're in that jury room, if they've taken a poll, may have arrived at very different numbers for each juror. the challenge for them, is to get to unanimity. i suspect there's going to be a lot of bargaining in that room. bargaining, not only to reach a number, but so we can all get out of here today. >> yeah, rehema, if the jury does not reach a decision by the 4:30 deadline are they back tomorrow? will they take a break for the weekend? >> they'll take a break for the weekend and they'll come back for that and see what happens. how long it would take them once they go into next week, but the judge was very clear, of what their charge is, they are not there to determine whether or not donald trump sexually assaulted her or defamed her.

that has already been decided. they're hear about the damages and the money part of all of this to give her something or nothing at all. maybe a dollar. >> okay, rehema ellis, danny cevallos. >> king charles is set to be recovering today at a private hospital, being treated for an enlarged prostate. buckingham palace is calling it, a quote, corrective procedure. after arriving at the -- katherine the princess of wales at that same hospital. she is recovering from abdominal surgery. foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald joins us now with more. what do we know about how the king's procedure went today? >> reporter: well, ellison, according to buckingham palace the king had his procedure this afternoon and said to be doing well. the palace has previously said the king's condition is benign and that he'll is have a short recovery period, but they're not releasing a whole lot of details here, so at this point it's still unclear as to how long he'll remain in the hospital, but the palace is saying that he will have a short recovery

period and will then resume his public duties, ellison. >> this is the first time we've seen two senior working royals being treated at the same hospital at the same time. how rare is this? i mean, like i said, this is the first time, right, correct me if i'm wrong on that, and do we have any updates on the princess's condition? >> no, you're absolutely right, this is certainly not anything that we have seen in most recent history, and also we've not seen this level of transparency from bucking ham or kensington palace about the health condition of the royal family. but as far as kate is concerned, according to kensington palace, her surgery which they say was non-cancerous went well and she's still recovering, the palace told us last week that she would remain in the hospital for the next 10 to 14 days, which means she could be released as soon as tomorrow. however, once she is released, the palace says she likely won't return to public duties until after easter, so we're talking about a two to three month recovery period, and you know, i

mean that certainly goes to show you how significant this surgery was. but again, we have two members of the royal family as you mentioned in the hospital tonight, and they are said to be doing well, ellison. >> meagan fitzgerald in london, thank you. the united nations international court of justice ordered israel to prevent genocide against palestinians in gaza but the it stopped short of calling for a success fire. the ruling comes as a different u.n. agency is coming under fire, the relief group that aids plins is now investigating charges that members of its staff were involved in hamas easter ror attack against israel on october 7th. raf season which he has is following this for us and joins us from tel aviv. raf, break down the ruling for us to start, what does it mean, and has israel weighed in here? >> reporter: so, ellison, this is an interim ruling in the case that south africa brought against israel, accusing it of committing genocide, in gaza.

it now -- the court issued kind of the international law equivalent of an injunction, saying israel needs to do more to protect civilians in gaza, must allow more aid into gaza and interestingly it said that senior israeli officials must refrain from statements that could be interpreted as incitement to genocide, but as you said the court stopped short of ordering israel to halt its military operations in gaza. now, we heard from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier, he said the fact the court is not stopping the military campaign is an acknowledgment of israel's right to self-defense following the october 7th terror attack committed by hamas but he is blasting the allegations of genocide as outrageous. but ellison, palestinians are welcoming this ruling because the court did not throw out the case all together, which is what israel was looking for, they said there is enough evidence of potential genocide for this case

to go on. i spoke earlier to diana, a palestinian lawyer, take a listen to what she had to say. >> this was a decisive blow to israel. it's a victory for palestinians, for south africa, and for all individuals who believe in an international legal system that defends against, and protects against genocide. i think this is the end of israeli impunity, as palestinians have been fielding it for all of these years. >> so, today was an interim ruling, it is likely to be years before the court actually rules on the merits of the case, whether or not israel is committing genocide, and we will see if that case continues. ellison? >> raf, i also want to ask you about that other story we've mentioned, allegations that members of the u.n. aid agency for palestinians were possibly involved in the terror attack we saw unfolding on october 7th. what do we know about that? >> reporter: yeah, so israel is alleging that up to 12 staff

members at unrwa, this u.n. agency, took part in the october 7th attack, not clear exactly what they're accused of doing, israel is saying they were hamas members themselves or whether they were part of this very large mob that passed through the fence once it was breached. the u.s. is suspending aid to unrwa while the investigation continues. ellison. >> raf sanchez in tel aviv, thank you. it's time for today's cnbc money minute. a major recall of teslas and t-mobile tweaks its terms of service. cnbc's steve kovach joins us now. hey, steve. >> hey there, ellison, tesla is recalling close to 200,000 cars in the u.s. due to an issue of what the back-up camera malfunctioning when it goes in reverse. auto maks said while the cars are in reverse, the software can glitch to prevent the camera from showing images which regulators say can increase the risk of a crash. the recall affects the 2023

models y, s and x. also, levi strauss will begin laying off 10% of its global workforce in the first half of the year. the closing retailer said today that the layoffs are in an attempt to restructure itself as it faces weaker sales. layoffs are said to affect up to 15% of its corporate employees. and t-mobile may slow home internet speeds for some users during times of what it calls congestion, if you use more than 1.2 terabytes of data a month, you have have to speed slowdown when there's a lot of traffic on the network. t-mobile said these users will be prioritized last and it will notify them when they pass that data threshold. ellison, back to you. >> steve kovach, thank you. >> thanks. outrage over fake nude images of taylor swift circulating online. what's being done to take the deepfakes down. plus, a convicted killer in alabama becomes the first person

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by artificial intelligence and now her fans are fighting back online. nbc news now anchor savannah sellers joins me at the desk. savannah, these images, they are so graphic we can't even show them. >> exactly. >> a lot of people know there's this possibility with deepfakes that a lot can happen. you've reported on them extensively. we have on this network but this seems to have stopped people in its tracks. talk to us about what is happening here, how is this possible or legal for this to be out there in existence? >> that's the first question you want to ask and how is this legal? that's the trooutd, in most states it is that, legal, not any type of protections around this and a handful of states, something like this, something similar, deepfakes there is some legislation around, not across the country. federally, some people in congress are trying to make this the case but it's been stalled since it was introduced several times, but last time was in last may. how this happens essentially is people are able to very easily, by the way now, crete deepfakes

with a couple images of somebody, or a video, obviously there's so much content of taylor swift online, they're able to make these videos, sexually explicit again, completely fake computer generated images, that then spread online. people go to search for more of this content normally and it went viral on mainstream social media sites. on those sites there's not supposed to be manipulated continue tent, but it can't keep up with the technology when so many accounts reposted and reshared those images and as you said, up to 47 million, "the new york times" is reporting, that was even just on one image of these that were shared online. >> people pay attention to this because it's taylor swift, but for people who are not taylor swift, you also have to think, couldn't it happen to us? what might be done to teal with this? is this the thing that makes people say we need to take more steps forward? >> you'll hope that seeing a superstar like this makes there be people with a conversation about what can we really do to make change here?

that's the point. taylor swift, what was incredible about this, she has this army of fans, they essentially made an online campaign to first flood the hashtags, taylor swift a.i. going viral, with positive images of her, real pictures of her to try to suppress that content, in addition to that they went on this campaign to report and get all these accounts suspended. so they are actually quite responsible for a lot of this being wiped from twitter, from it being more difficult to find should you go search it now. this could happen to anyone. talking to peks erts and representing high school students this is happening to. this is going to come down to the tech companies and government, both making real change here. >> an important thing, thank you so much, savannah sellers, we appreciate it. see more of savannah's reporting tonight on "nbc news daily" with lester holt. bryan kohberger is back in court today, accused of murdering four university of idaho students in 2022. kohberger's team is once again fighting for the grand jury indictment against him to be thrown out, as prosecutors and

family members of the victims anxiously wait to see whether a date will finally be set for his trial. nbc news correspondent elwyn lopez has been following the story for us and joins us now. the first of two procedural hearings this afternoon is already under way. what do we expect the outcome to be in court today? >> reporter: yeah, ellison, a few things, kohberger's defense team is making another bid to get that indictment against him dismissed, but that is highly unlikely. one of the main things we are expected to see today is a trial date on the books. now, the prosecution is asking for that to be set for this summer when school's not in session, that decision is likely to come down today, ellison. >> so, elwyn, what are you hearing from the parents of the victims? >> reporter: yeah, so this has been a long time coming, the victims' families are worried that if that date is not set for the summer, that it will continue to be kicked down the road, delaying any sort of justice for them. take a listen to what kaylee

goncalves's mom told us earlier. >> you know, if they don't push for this summer we're looking at a year, over a year, and that's mind boggling, it's sickening, it's torment, time to get some answers. >> reporter: it's now been more than a year since those brutal killings and there are still so many questions surrounding this case, ellison, now the victims' families just want those answers. >> elwyn lopez, thank you so much, we appreciate it. coming up, back in the air. the troubled boeing max 9s are back on the tarmac for the first time since that mid-air emergency, we'll tell you what's being done to keep passengers safe. that's ahead, right here on "nbc ne daily."ws you'll find them in cities, towns and suburbs all across america. millions of americans who have medicare and medicaid but may be missing benefits they could really use. extra benefits they may be eligible to receive at no extra cost. and if

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penalty-eligible case. all of this seemingly a strategy, by his defense team, to delay this as much as possible. >> so, elwyn, is it odd or unusual for a trial date to still not be set in a case like this? have we heard anything from the parents of the victims? >> reporter: ellison, it is, these brutal killings happened more than a year ago and the victims' families saying not having a trial date set is postponing any sort of closure for them. here's what kaylee goncalves's parents had to say about this. >> really is a date that we feel like it's a start to, you know, healing. i just -- you can't even grieve properly, honestly. i'm still like just in denial. >> reporter: heart wrenching yet important reminder this case, ellison, is about finding justice for the victims, and bringing some semblance of normalcy to that small community reeling from all of this.

>> elwyn lopez, thank you so much, we appreciate it. we have an update on a story we've been tracking for months, a texas school district is now headed to court to determine whether a black high school student can continue being punished, for refusing to change his hair style which he and his family say is protected by a new state law. "nbc news daily" anchor zinhle essamuah has the latest. >> a heated dispute between a houston-area school district and one of its black high school students is headed to trial. daryl george has been serving an in-school suspension and facing other disciplinary actions for more than four months now because of his air. >> why me out of everybody? that school? >> reporter: the barbers hill district says it's because george's lock hair style violates its dress code policy which limits hair length for boys but georgia's family and critics say the move is a violation of the crown act, a new texas law which took effect in september, and prohibits race-based hair discrimination. >> i wrote the crown act, i

filed it, and it is clear. locks banned to knots, twists, braids, wash and goes, blow-outs, however you wish to wear your hair, wigs, should be accepted. barbers hill isd is stealing his high school experience, and breaking the law. >> a state judge now setting a february trial date to determine if george's punishment is a violation of the law. >> the family has a real case here, especially given that the authors of the bill really believe that this is a situation where the crown act would apply. the outcome of this case will absolutely set a precedent, especially within the state of texas. >> reporter: george's mother said she was disappointed the judge did not grant a temporary restraining order that would have stopped her son's punishment until the trial. >> i have a son, 18 years old, that wants to go to school, that wants to get his education. and y'all messing with him. why? >> reporter: barbers hill

superintendent telling nbc news in part the crown act says nothing about hair length, adding it was meant to allow braids, locks or twists, which the district has always allowed. the law was never intended to allow unlimited student expression. in a paid ad that ran earlier this month, polls stood behind the district's decisions, the ad reading we will not lose sight of the main goal, high standards for our students by bending to political pressure, or responding to misinformed media reported, these entities have lesser goals that ultimately harm kids. >> greg pool is a liar, it's about the fact he does not like braids, locks or any sort of african american hair styles, which he said, and i'm going to prove it to you. >> reporter: we spoke with george in december, shortly after he was suspended for a second time due to his hair. how has this all felt for you? >> very stressful. i'm trying to maintain being a student while also having to deal with this. why should i cut my hair for my

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now they're going around to see if anyone's device saw anything. >> but now, ring is making it more difficult for law enforcement to get their hands on these videos. in a statement the company owned by amazon saying they are sunsetting the request for assistance tools that allows public safety officials to request video captured by the cameras through ring's neighbors app. >> police could still access the video the traditional law enforcement way, which is either by subpoena, consent, or a search warrant. >> reporter: for privacy advocates this is a victory. >> these partnerships that amazon rolled out with police were effectively red carpet access for law enforcement to engage in mass surveillance by taking advantage of the massive network of cameras of amazon ring itself. >> tour bell cameras have long raised concerns that they turn our neighborhoods into surveillance states, leading to issues including racial profiling. >> if your neighbor across the

street installed a camera on your front door that's recording you and your living room there's not a lot you can do about that. >> that goes for sharing the footage with police as well. for example, if a police officer knocks on someone's tour that person could decide to hand over the footage to police. >> the way that we make people safer is by investing in our communities, and making sure that people's basic needs are met, not sticking cameras on our front doors. >> reporter: a tough sell when doorbell cameras are almost as common as welcome mats. valerie castro, nbc news. the countdown is on. there are only six months until the summer olympics, and paris is almost ready to welcome more than 10,000 kat lites, nbc's keir simmons takes us inside the final preparation. >> the city of light, preparing to deliver a sparkling summer olympics, and more than 10 million spectators will descend to watch thousands of athletes. >> there's some nerves going on, but i think it's very exciting. >> reporter: paris will transform into a magnificent

playing field. games wide open is the slogan. 95% of the 306 olympic events will be held at pre-existing locations, and with paris, jam-packed with people, president macron is promising 30,000 police across france while the city is expanding subway lines and limiting cars so bikes will be a la mode. >> it's fun, it's wet, but it's fun. and a great way to explore. it won't be raining in the summer, i promise. if you're lucky enough to have tickets, most events have already sold out. with six months to go, even the venues built from scratch, like the massive olympic village, will be ready six weeks from now. >> we have 3,000 apartments, 7,200 rooms, so, that's quite the biggest hotel in the world. >> reporter: at its center this

huge dining hall. after all, athletes have to eat. the biggest dining hall in france. >> the biggest dining hall in the world, probably. because we have 3,200 seatings in there, and we're going to serve 40,000 meals a day. so it's certainly the biggest one. >> 40,000 meals a day? >> a day. >> reporter: we got a first look inside the apartments. >> it's ready. >> reporter: and outside. and there's the olympic stadium. the site transformed from when we visited two years ago. from a sea of cranes to a soon to be ready olympic village, thousands of athletes will stay here, including members of team usa, who will be one of the biggest delegations at the games. enthusiasm among america's athletes is building, for 20-year-old suni lee, a tokyo all around medalist paris would mark a second olympic appearance in gymnastics. >> it's like, i feel a lot more

pressure because i won last time but i'm excited. >> competition will take place at some of the city's most iconic sites, on the concord, making its debut in paris, the sport of breaking, representing team usa, a duo known as victor and sunny. >> i don't think it's really hit, yet. >> no, i feel like tears in my eyes and i'm like, wait, i'm going, this is happening right now. >> reporter: while swimming for the triathlon will take place in the seinne. in six months, the opening ceremony on the river, the first time it's been held outside the stadium will be the starting gun for the competition, unlike any other. keir simmons. nbc news. coming up, thanks, but no thanks. why you might want to act now if you're still thinking about returning those unwanted holiday gifts. you're watching "nbc news daily." but first, it is time for today's daily snapshot. soldiers took to the streets for the 75th annual republic day in

new delhi, india, marking the anniversary of the institution to become a sonch republic, for the first time women led many of the regiments through the parade. look at all those colors. more "nbc news daily." after this.

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in today's mental health check, when was the last time you gave your brain a break? a recent review published by the public library of science found that even short breaks lasting ten minutes or less reduced mental fatigue, and increased physical strength and good health. joining me now is neurologist, the author of the busy brain cure. we're glad to have you with us, let's start with the obvious question, how do you rest your brain? i mean, i think the obvious one, people probably think is, okay, well, sleep, but there are other ways to do this as well, right? >> yes, good afternoon, ellison, thank you for having me, it's a topic i've been researching we call the busy brain, the problem is actually that we are spending too much time trying to focus on tasks at work, and unfortunately multi-task, and that doesn't give our brains something known as active and passive rest.

and so, the key is to schedule breaks during the day and putting those digital devices down. active rest means you are getting away from your computers and doing something active, like walking out in nature, or taking a yoga class, or even doing ten squats in between zoom meetings. passive rest means you get to sit on the couch, but don't turn on the television, instead sit and daydream, or be bored, and do nothing at all. >> you mentioned social media, phones, a lot of us, i think, are guilty of scrolling through social media, or just binge watching our favorite shows when we do have downtime. walk us through what that does to our brains when we're sitting there staring at our devices, we hear a lot about it, but for that long period of time what's happening inside of our brain. >> absolutely, ellison, it's important know our research showed, when you're looking at the screen and you think you're scrolling or relaxing and binge watching your favorite series you're still elevating stress

hormone levels in the brain even if what you're watching is making you laugh, it's actually not allowing your default mode network, dmn network in the brain to activate, meaning you're resting and in daydreaming phase. it will exhaust you more because you're still thinking in analytical mode. it's really important to do that active and passive rest, and put your work email, and the news headlines, away. even if it's for just two or 20 minute breaks at a time hchlt. >> doctor, what are signs we can look out for for ourselves when our brain is telling us we need to take a break? >> yeah, with our busy brain test we actually give people a brain score and what we found were three key symptoms, they're wondering if they have adult on set add, or if you're feeling anxious throughout the day. or a simple task like having to send an email is taking you 37 minutes instead of three. the other sign is, you come home from work completely exhausted,

collapse on the couch and all you want to do is zone out and watch tv. so, either you're in a brain fog or feeling anxious, or you can't focus, those are signs to get a rest. what we call a brain pause, in the busy brain cure, ask people to step away for two to twenty minutes and engage your five senses, with something completely different. such as, going into the kitchen and chopping up vegetables. using your sight, your sound, your hearing, or putting on music to listen to, and the key is, is don't have your laptop up, looking at work emails on the side. >> very quickly, before we let you go, what are the negative impacts if you don't take this step now and make sure that you're giving your brain the time it needs to rest? and how does it help people to actually take these breaks? >> here's a fascinating thing that neuropsychology study in the workplace has shown, the peak focus hours for productivity is working 30 to 36 hours a week, taking plenty of

active and passive rest in between, otherwise you're going to be burned out. and that people who are sitting in front of their desks for eight, ten, twelve hours a day are actually less productive, it's taking you longer to do tasks that require concentration, and focus, bottom line, you're less productive at work and you're going the end up anxious, depressed or even burned out. >> so important for us to take pauses, active and passive ones. doctor, thank you for your time and insights here. >> thank you. there's a lot more news ahead, you are watching "nbc news daily." if you're still having bladder leaks, it's time for a change. axonics therapy gave me my life back. it's not another pad or pill. it's amazing that a tiny device can provide 15 years of relief - and you can try it out first.

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more in our afternoon newscast. after rain this week, how is the weather ahead of the big game? we have a look at our seven day forecast. >> let's check on san francisco and along the peninsula over the next couple days. notice gloomy skies today and tomorrow. maybe seeing a chance of some spotty rain develop tomorrow afternoon. it won't completely ruin our weekend. look at what follows. into sunday, temperatures bump up a little bit. we will keep them that way through the first half of the week. mid 70s come sunday. we are going to see those changes take a turn late tuesday on into wednesday, breeze is going to pick up, a chance of atmospheric river tap. into wednesday and thursday, conditions are really going to take a turn. be prepared. make sure you have the umbrella and windshield wipers are working. stick with us for the

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