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rubble. three people are dead and nine others hurt. what went wrong. pay up, america. it may cost you more to file taxes this year. tips you want to file away, that could save you money. and history lesson. we start black history and heritage month. we take you to a schoolhouse older than america itself. the fight to restore it, brick by brick. >> it is february 1st already. >> that's right. we're glad to not offer you but celebrate a black heritage month with you all month. >> yes. we'll be focusing on it in some of our stories. we begin with the escalating tensions in the middle east. >> that's right. at the moment, the spotlight remains squarely on the united states retaliation against iran and its proxies. on wednesday, the u.s. military struck a number of targets across the region. u.s. f-18s bombed areas in western yemen where the pentagon says ten unmanned drones were preparing to launch attacks. the u.s. destroyer shot down an

anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the iranian rubbles. forces shot down a series of drones over the red sea again today. inn inraze, president biden ratcheting up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu. president biden targeting what the white house calls extremist israeli settlers in the west bank. nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley joins us from tef tel aviv. let's start with that, the executive order and why does president biden feel the need to do this right now? >> reporter: it's as though we're seeing four people that have been named. it imposes sanctions on them. we haven't gotten the details on what sanctions those are. it looks like it could block them or complicate the process. there's been a massive increase in violence against palestinians in the west bank by the

settlers. and we've seen the settlers donning uniforms without numbers or ranks. they've been deputized by the idf, by the israeli police in the west bank. that gives them carte blanche to do whatever they want against the mrins. we've seen time and time again, despite what we heard from the israeli government, that a lot of the settlers aren't punished, in cases where they're seen murdering palestinians. we heard some, specifically the finance minister. he's come out and said, in the past several hours, this is an anti-semitic move by the u.s. and that this was -- the idea that settlers are attacking palestinians is essentially a myth. we know that's not true. we've seen it on video. guys? >> matt, we mentioned a moment ago, that the u.s. military took action against some drones. what can you tell us about that?

what more do we have about a larger retaliation for the deadly drone strike that happened in jordan? >> reporter: we are waiting to hear about the larger retaliation. we heard from the biden administration that it sounds like it will be a weeks' long retaliation. not one discreet move. but could be several different strikes throughout the region. it could involve cyber attacks and maybe the kind of sanctions we were talking about, that just come out against the israeli settlers. we also heard just now, that they announced they have attacked a british ship. even though, it sounds like monitors, security people in the region, who monitor this sort of thing, says there was no such strike and was no direct hit against a u.s. ship. they are saying this is something they've done to retaliate against u.s. strikes. we heard from them that they consider any israeli, british or american ship passing through the red sea or the gulf of aden,

to be a target. >> matt bradley, thank you. secondary of defense lloyd austin is apologizing for not better communicating his cancer diagnosis and treatment. during a press conference at the pentagon this morning, austin said he takes responsibility for not telling president biden, his staff and the public, sooner. nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander was at the press conference this morning and joins us now. peter, what else did the secretary say? has he lost trust within the white house over keeping this diagnosis a secret? >> reporter: there's been a lot of criticism from all sides within here in washington. president biden has insisted that he remains confident in his defense secretary, lloyd austin. austin today saying, in effect, he said, i did not handle this right. for the first time, speaking to reporters, in about six weeks since he hid his cancer diagnosis and his days' long hospitalization, not just from the house but from the public, as well. he does not believe he has created a culture of secrecy in

the department. but he says, receiving that diagnosis was, in his words, a gut-punch. he says he was shaken by it. he also detailed, for the first time, his conversations in some form, with president biden, delivering a personal apology to him. here's part of what the defense secretary said. >> as a rule, i don't talk about conversations with my boss. but i can tell you, i have apologized directly to president biden. and i've told him that i'm deeply sorry for not letting him know immediately that i received a heavy diagnosis and was getting treatment. >> reporter: secretary austin said he did not direct any member of his staff to withhold information about his hospitalization from the white house. back to you. >> peter alexander, thanks so much. right now, investigators in idaho are trying to figure out what led to the deadly collapse of an airport hangar. this was the scene, late on wednesday, in boise, when an

underconstruction hangar buckled. the fire department there says three people were killed. at least nine others were injured. let's bring in nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin with us. what might have caused it all? >> reporter: the hangar was under construction, belonging to a company called jackson jet center, that specializes in private planes. according to a fire official, the collapse happened at 5:00 p.m. in the evening, at an airfield at boise airport yesterday. the crane that was on site was lowering an object, according to this official on to a massive steel frame of this structure, when suddenly, the entire structure collapsed. it is under investigation, the cause of this. that investigation is being spearheaded by the boise police and osha, the agency responsible for workplace safety. we have a statement. let me pull it up, from jackson

jet center saying, our hearts go out to everyone affected by this horrific event, especially those with loved ones on site, when the tragedy occurred. we don't know what caused the hangar collapse. our focus is on supporting our team and partners during this difficult time. we've also reached out to the general contractor that was constructing on that site. and we have yet to hear back from them. >> erin, what do we know about the victims at this point? >> reporter: at this point, we know, according to fire officials, there was a total of 30 people, on site, at the time of the collapse. of those 30 individuals, there were 12 casualties, three were tragically killed, 9 wounded and 5 in the hospital. in terms of the deceased, authorities have not received their identities yet. >> erin, thank you. parents who have lost their children after incidents on social media are back on capitol

hill today, pushing for reform. they met with senators behind the kids online safety act, also known as kosa. the bipartisan bill took center stage at the contentious hearing as top tech executives were grilled over their safety platforms. we go to capitol hill. what exactly is in this bill? what are the parents you spoke with saying about what they hope to accomplish here? >> reporter: the parents are the ones that kate spoke with at the hearing yesterday. they were still in town because they want to lobby members of congress to get the kids online safety act. they tell me this is the most comprehensive piece of legislation out there. you see what it does on the screen. it puts the power back, the control back, to the parents, in the hands of the parents, instead of big tech. i want you to listen to what one of the moms i spoke to, kristen bride, had to tell me. she lost her teenage son to suicide after cyber bullying on snapchat. watch this.

>> why this one out of all the others? this one will cover all the harm. it will cover sexual exploitation. it will demand that these companies, when they are designing their products, do it with our kids in mind. so, the anonymous acts that are integrated in the snapchat, that were used to lead to my son's suicide, no longer. they can't -- they have to prevent and mitigate cyber bullying. >> reporter: her son was cyber bullied. other parents i spoke to, their kids died of challenges. regulation is what they need from congress. >> what are you hearing from members of congress. senators around capitol hill. is there of appetite to pass this legislation? >> reporter: the desire to

waning. think want to regulate big tech. i spoke to senators who are the sponsors of the kosa bill. if they get across the finish line, in the next few months, it's four times. and when there's a will, there's a way. and majority leader in the senator said this is nothing that is a top priority for him. we'll see if that can be replicated into action. >> julie, thank you. time for today's cnbc money minute. a digital news outlet is shutting down. >> and your for you on tiktok got quieter. contessa brewer joins us now. online news site, the messenger, shut down after eight months. an executive from the outlet told nbc news the closure was the result of financial struggles. 300 employees are affected by the immediate closure. and it follows recent layoffs at "time" magazine, business

insider and the los angeles times. deutsche bank are cutting 4% of workforce. several banks have announced layoff, incluing citi, that announced in january, that would cut 20,000 jobs over the next two years. universal music group, made good on a threat against tiktok, removing song catalogs on the side, from the artist it represents, including taylor swift, drake and olivia rodrigo. it accused the streaming app of bullying it. tiktok says the lable is putting its interest above its artists. i'm not sure that taylor swift needs anymore exposure. but certainly, she was a popular one. i mean -- >> i'm just saying, she's everywhere. >> she's got to be the most popular tiktok songs, right? >> there's so many. i'm curious what this means for independent music artists. maybe a good thing. also, may not be a good thing for tiktok, either.

>> it's going to be interesting how this plays out and some of the smaller artists get more play on tiktok because of the licensing agreement. >> that would be good for them. contessa, thank you. appreciate it. coming up, if you're one of the millions of americans covered by medicare, we have some big news for you. why you may soon be paying less for some of the medications you take every day. plus, more good news. today, we're launching a new series, highlights the very st series, highlights the very st in hbeum i was stuck. unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. i needed more from my antidepressant. vraylar helped give it a lift. adding vraylar to an antidepressant... is clinically proven to help relieve overall depression symptoms... ...better than an antidepressant alone. and in vraylar clinical studies, most saw no substantial impact on weight. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. report unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts.

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counteroffers. and on september 1st, the federal government will disclose what the final prices are. >> if the biden administration and the drug companies agree to lower prices for the drugs, maybe we can put the list up again, when could patients see savings? >> yeah. these prices are expected to go into effect in 2026. people who are prescribed the drugs should see lower out of pocket costs at the pharmacy. everyone on medicare should see lower premiums because of the cost savings. it's important to note they are going to be negotiating more drugs over the next few years. if your drug is not on this list, it might see a future, if the federal government decides to negotiate for the medications. >> over all, could this mean lower drug prices for people not on medicare? >> yeah. these prices are just for people who are on medicare. however, it could push the drugmakers to do something for other groups, as well. we saw this with another

provision in the inflation reduction act. they lowered the out-of-pocket cost for people on medicare. and several months later, the drugmakers then imposed a rule that lowered that cost to $35 for people on private insurance, as well. we could see changes for other people, as well. tens of millions of people on the west coast bracing for another round of wild weather. >> the system known as the pineapple express has left the path of destruction in northern california. we're talking heavy snow in the mountains, gusty wind and rain across the coast and flooded streets in the bay area. bill karins joins us with the latest. this is round one. where is this going? >> los angeles, san francisco, those areas have cleared out. san diego is dealing with the rain. and we're talking about storm two. storm two is bigger and more impactful for areas as we head through the weekend. here's storm one, the one that we are dealing with currently. heading for arizona.

and storm two is out here in the pacific. let's start with what's left of this storm system. by the end of today, it will be in areas of arizona. it's moving quickly. it's not going to stay with anyone. that's the saving grace with this storm, in the rain and the winds. never too long to cause mudslides or rockslides. we have minor river flooding in a few spots. we're going to see showers and isolated thunderstorms. the rain is not completely overwith. that storm system heads down to the plains saturday and sunday. big snowstorm for the mountains of colorado and wyoming. then, we focus our attention. we get a decent saturday. and saturday night and sunday, that's when the impacts will start here in the west. we're not sure where the heaviest rain is set up yet. it looks to be double what we had the last storm. it could be santa barbara county or up the coast. we have the possibility of the mountainous areas getting six or eight inches of rain. that's when we have problems. for the current storm, 21 million people under flood

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good afternoon. this is "the fast forward." i'm chris chmura live. we start with the wet weather that's hitting. we have seen places deal with damage and flooding. vianey is live with the latest. >> of course, the heaviest impact of the atmospheric river is trekking through central and southern california. we have a lot of instability as the cold front passes through. we are not in the clear just yet. expect pockets of rain continue to move through. you could see some of that moving through right now in parts of san francisco. we had a decent cell over santa clara county for some time. that brought a good amount of rain. we will continue to see this become more scattered as we inch closer toward the evening. we will not rule out isolated thunderstorms. could see the possibility of small hail as well, inching closer toward the evening. even though we saw the heaviest

rain rates move through because of soil so saturated, we will remain under a flood watch through 4:00 a.m. friday with a high rain rate expected to pick up once again late sunday night, which means another rise in creeks and streeps. >> we will see you in 30 minutes. a popular san francisco cafe is listed for sale. police identified the pilot who died in a plane crash. first, did you feel the earthquake? 9:30 this morning, a 3.4 shook. no damage or injury reports so far. for all the latest updates, go to our website. use our bay area quake tracker. more information about a deadly plane crash in concord. investigators identified the pilot who died as as a 75-year-old from berkeley. the plane nosedived into an intersection.

now the ntsb and faa are investigating. a popular coffee shop is for sale online. muddy waters has served joe for more than 30 years and moved four times. it's currently listed for sale on a real estate website and craig's list, which is a san francisco thing to do. the co-owner said he hopes a buyer continues to run the business. the owner says new bike lanes and limited parking are causing issues for them. asking prize, $75,000. a refinery released dust two years ago. now health officials are letting the public know why. bob redell is in martinez with more details. >> reporter: the workers at the martinez refinery company behind me apparently didn't realize their facility was releasing the dust into the air until a day later. this was after people here in the community called to complain.

this is based on interviews with employees here and documents obtained from the refinery obtained by an independent investigators. you can see he is releaing the findings via zoom. the release happened during a failure of catalytic cracking, which is a process the refinery uses to crack or break down larger hydrocarbon molecules into smaller ones. it happened november 24th of 2022. the problems started on november 21st, when an air controller fail and the cracker shut down. the investigator found there were eight causes to the release, including worker fatigue. he found that for whatever reason, the plant did not heed a warning from one of the engineers when restarting the catalytic process. >> the engineer told the operators on the day shift that they should not reintroduce feed

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bottom of the hour now. here's some of the stories making headlines on nbc news daily. attorneys are asking to change the venue in the university of idaho murder case. the court proceedings are happening in the same county where the murders took place. he is accused of murdering four college students in november 2022. his attorneys argue, an impartial jury cannot be found in a small community because of the publicity around the case. the hear willing be held before a decision is made. a major move shaking up

formula 1 racing. louis hamilton, who has won seven f1 championships, says he is leaving the mercedes-benz racing team to join ferrari. hamilton will stay with mercedes for this upcoming season, which is just a month away. in what would be the final year of his contract with the team. no word on the terms of hamilton's new deal. australian police came to the rescue after a toddler got stuck inside a hello kitty claw machine. yeah. the 3-year-old had climbed through the machine's prize dispenser at a brisbane shopping center before becoming trapped. the toddler seemed unfazed and was told to go to a corner of the machine and cover his eyes. the police were able to break the glass and safely return him to his family. >> how did he get in there? >> he crawled through the dispenser where you actually -- when the claw gets the gift and you get it. >> must have been a big dispenser for a kid to crawl in. i have so many questions. let's switch gears.

in today's "daily health," we kick off american heart month. we're talking about a secret deadly cholesterol. >> millions of americans are born predisposed to it. few know about it. erica edwards joins us now. erica, can you explain for us what this type of cholesterol is and why it's so dangerous? >> reporter: yeah. it's lypoprotein-a. it causes plaque to build up in the arteries. it's more dangerous because it causes blood clots. here's the kicker. this is a genetic thing. if you were born predisposed to high levels of lpa. diet and exercise don't work to drive the levels down. >> you were just saying, it sounds like it's worse -- make sure i'm understanding. it's worse than the bad cholesterol, as we call it. do they screen for it? i think i understood they don't really screen for it.

>> reporter: you're right, kate. they don't screen for it. and historically that's because there's no treatment for it. we don't have any drugs at all, to treat the levels. why put someone through this and worry about it if there's something that doctors can do. having that knowledge, a lot of doctors are saying, can really help people reduce their heart risks in other ways. i spoke with a woman in ohio. she's 51 years old. she as a strong history. if you go back five generations on her mother's side, they had heart attacks or strokes in their 40s. no one lived past age 54. her mother had three heart attacks but lived in the 70s, because her mom was aware of the heightened risk. >> i think when you find out

you're positive for any disease or disorder, you have a risk factor that puts you at risk for some disease and you find this out. i think you make decisions with a different kind of intention. when there was anything that she could tell was just not right, she went to the doctor. never missed an appointment with her cardiologist. >> welsh is participating in a clinical trial of a drug to drive down levels. results from that trial are expected next year. >> fascinating stuff. erica edwards, thank you. flashback to 2020. everybody remember the covid lockdowns. and for kids they had the challenge of adapting to remote learning. there's a study out, looking at how much the pandemic set back our nation's kids and how fast they are recovering. here's nbc's layne alexander.

>> reporter: computer screens, with concerns how much they would be set back. experts are examining how quickly students are recovering. looking at test scores for 30 states, for third through eighth graders. comparing scores from 2019 to 2022, with those from 2023. they found while many students have made gains, they are far behind prepandemic scores. in math, students have made up a third of that regression. and in reading, 25%. >> we are on our way to a full recovery. we're not there yet. i think we've made up a lot more ground in one year than many would have predicted. certainly more than we made historically in one year. >> reporter: but the numbers show the education gap between wealthy and low-income districts only widened with the pandemic. >> my worry is that the educational legacy of the pandemic will be a persistent widened inequality. >> reporter: making matters

worse, experts say, a $122 billion federal relief package to fund programs like tutoring and summer school, is set to end in september. how critical is that money when it comes to your recovery? math test scores have almost completely returned to prepon democratic levels. he credits more staff hours and support to make the difference. when that money goes away? >> we have to be strategic in only keeping the programs that we can afford and really move the needle of student achievement. >> reporter: schools making strides with a long way to go. blayne alexander, nbc news. if you missed it, it's time to start filing your taxes, folks. if that's not enough, get ready. this year, you'll likely have to pay more to do it. up to 8% more. that's if you decide to use an accountant or an online

software. brian chung is here to break it down. brian, why are these costs going up? >> i crunched the numbers on how much it will cost you to crunch the numbers to go up this year. the numbers you see on the screen ahead of you, are the costs off of the survey done for tax professionals on how much it will cost you to hire one. it will be more expensive than two years ago. and for tax software, h&r block is raising prices on their diy software, between $5 and $10, depending on what offering you have to buy. it costs money to develop. it can cost a pretty penny to figure out your tax refunds this year. >> what options are there if someone is able to save money? >> there are options depending on what kind of filer you are. the government for the first year, is trying a direct file,

where the irs provides their own website. it will only be for select types of filers. basically invitation only. for those that have less than $75,000 a year, there's the free file option for third-party vendors that have been around. and for everyone else, to try to figure out what to do, you do use the diy soft ware on the laptop, it will be cheaper towards the early part of tax season. they will raise prices for the taxes. >> invitation only, assume by mail. >> the invitation should be by e-mail if you're eligible for the direct file program. >> what are tax software companies saying about the government system? i imagine they have some thoughts. >> a little spicy in the tax space. this is not what the private mayors want to have. the direct file of tool in their view, is, quote, a thinly veiled

scheme where billions of dollars of taxpayer money is used to pay for something free of charge today. turbo tax saying those tools don't allow you to maximize your returns. we have to remember, turbo tax makes money off of people using the software, even if it's billed as free in many case. xasing on the complexity of returns. you have to pay for extra features. that's frustration for filers. a lot of beef in this. i didn't know about that. >> that's partly why they say to file early to get rid of the hiccups through the process. brian chung, the latest for us. there's no shortage of grim, heartbreaking headlines from around the globe. it makes it easy to miss the good news happening all around us. today, we're launching a new series here, highlights positive and inspiring good news. we have good news about a ten-minute surgery changing

lives across the globe. 43 million people across the globe are blind and 80% of those cases are curable. in many parts of the world, people haven't had access to that simple surgery until now. for lloyd williams this, moment when the bandages first come off, says everything. after a life-changing eye surgery, this woman is seeing again for the first time in years. that moment, repeated over and over again, as people who had surgery the day before, adjust to the light. what is that moment for you? >> when i first saw it happen, i thought, i can do this for the rest of my life and never feel like i wasted a minute. >> dr. williams, has traveled with the himalayan cataract

project for a decade on a mission to cure blindness. the latest trip to december. south sudan, in africa, the country with the highest rate of blindness in the world. they call these surgical boot camps, performing 2,000 cataract surgeries in 10 days. people walked from as far away as 40 miles to be here. some arriving in wheelbarrows, many led by a stick. the results are immediate. 5-year-old kuwal, confused at first in the new world of sight, before finally spotting his mom. many families here have a child to take care of the person who is blind. >> you improve the economic situation of the family. put one of the children back in school.

>> this woman, seeing her adult son for the first time in five years. >> imagine if you didn't see your child for years. >> you don't need to speak the language to understand what's happening. she locks eyes with her son. >> one boy said to us, i don't deserve to have friends because i'm blind. when i see that in them, and i think i can do something about it, it makes it all worthwhile. >> these boot camps, changing lives. as patients come out of the darkness to see the world in a new light. that's a special project. and this doctor from north carolina and local surgeons, as well. in that case, there were two of them, as well, working just as fast. >> seeing the reaction of folks when they see. >> can you imagine? >> this is encouraging. we cover a lot of hard things on this show. that's refreshing. >> people doing good things for good people is what we want to

celebrate. if you have a good news story, that we can feature here, you can connect with me on any of the social media sites. >> love that. such an important resource for so many people around the world. what he's doing. we take you to a schoolhouse older than america itself. how it shaped the education of black students for centuries. you're watching "nbc news daily." first, time for today's "daily snapshot." orchids are in full bloom in london this week. look at that. on saturday, the gardens will open the annual orchid exhibit to visitors. this year, it takes inspiration from madagascar and its diverse plant species. it can't be native to london, right? there's 14,000 plants, unique to madagascar. >> that's beautiful. i'm a plant mom. my plants don't look like that.

in honor of black heritage month, we're sharing the story of the william bray school. it's the oldest structure dedicated to educating black children. craig melvin takes us there.

>> reporter: this building hiding in scaffolding was the williamsburg bray school. she has been here countless times not knowing its past. history is empowering. >> i needed to know so i can teach my children who they were. so they would feel like, when they walk into the space, they have every right to be there. >> reporter: the bray school operated from 1760 to 1774. its mission, to educate black children, most of them enslaved. the director of the bray school lap at william and mary. >> they were based in london. they were rooted in the anglican faith. they had a mission to educate children they consider heathens.

>> reporter: the enslavers thought they were saving their souls. students were taught to read the bible and other books. theobedience. >> we know that at least one child who went to the bray school, ran away on two different occasions. >> reporter: the school closed when the teacher died, in part because of the american revolution. it never reopened. the building stayed on the campus for william and mary, used for housing until it was moved to make way for a new dormitory. after it was certified as a former home of the bray school, colonial williamsburg bought the building and moved it to a new location last year. matt is the chief architect. >> they built the trailer underneath of the building and then, we pulled it out. we brought it here. we had a foundation already built. and we slid the building across

on the "i" beams to the spot you see now. >> reporter: webster's team is working to restore the building before it's open to the public this fall. this is wood from the 1700s? >> it is. this is from 1760. we know that because we did a study that looks at growth patterns in trees. tree ring dating. we know the trees were felled in the winter of 1759, and 1760 and spring. the school opened september 29th 1760. >> reporter: now, she can see the family history with her own eyes. one of the ancestors was the black child that attended the bray school. she was overcome with emotions when she first went into the building after learning its true history. >> i can't describe how surreal that was. to look out the window and walk where they possibly walked. wonder how many of the children that were in the buildings at different times were a part of

me. not just the one we know about, but how many more. >> reporter: when you walk through it, what did you feel? >> a lot of emotions. joy. sorrow. i wish my mother was here to know about it. wish my grandfather was here to know about it. >> reporter: her family was >> reporter: her family was [coughing] copd hasn't been pretty. it's tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. but trelegy has shown me that there's still beauty and breath to be had. because with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open and prevents future flare-ups. and with one dose a day, trelegy improves lung function so i can breathe more freely all day and night. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition

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