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13th, 2024. legal jeopardy, pivotal week for former president donald trump. one of his cases is in the hands of the supreme court. the decisions we're waiting for and when they could drop. crucial talks. the heads of the cia and israel spy agency are meeting today, topping the agenda a possible hostage deal with hamas, what it could mean for the fighting on the ground. warning signs? disturbing new details of the shooting inside joel osteen's church. and taking heart. heart disease kills one person in the u.s. every 33 seconds. . the steps you can take today that could save your life. prevention is so key. very important conversation we'll have. >> absolutely. but we begin with that week, a big week for former president trump. >> in fact, it's turning to be a crucial one legally for the former president, events in several cases are happening within a matter of day and

today's focus is on the federal election interference case in washington, d.c. the supreme court giving special counsel jack smith one week to respond to former president's appeal which was filed yesterday. last week you may remember a federal appeals court panel ruled that president trump isn't immuned from criminal prosecution. ken dilanian is in washington d.c. and danny cevallos. ken, what are the argue lts that we're hearing from the former president's lawyers? >> reporter: kate, they argue that mr. trump's claim that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts presents a quote novel, complex and mmentous questions that warrants careful consideration on appeal. that there's no presidential immunity is quote stunk breach of precedent. note in 234 years of american history no president was ever prosecuted for his official acts. they say mr. trump satisfied the

requirements for a stay, namely they argued there's a likelihood that the supreme court will take this case on appeal and reverse it and that absent a stay mr. trump will suffer irrersable damage of having to sit through a criminal trial. interestingly it take five justices to grant the stay. if mr. trump didn't succeed here, it will say a lot about the supreme court taking up the appeal. >> danny, if we put this in context back in december the special counsel asked the supreme court for an immediate decision regarding immunity that was denied, how this might impact how things are going on now. >> trump team has taken jack smith's words from december and put them in their brief, saying essentially you know who asked for the supreme court to review this case, not just us the special counsel himself, of course when we did in december jack smith was really had a different mission, and that mission was to speed this appeal as quickly as he could to

supreme court, not necessarily to the high court but to some final resolution as quickly as possible. now of course the rules are reverse td. jack smith has gotten a decision from the court of appeals that he likes, he'd do anything to keep that circuit court opinion and to persuade the court not to take the case. that they don't need to hear this case anymore. >> ken, what are the legal events on the calendar for the former president over the next few days and any decisions expected any time soon? >> reporter: yes, on thursday a pre-trial hearing in the new york criminal hush money case, and also a separate hearing in georgia over those allegations that prosecutor willis has a con flight of interest because of an alleged relationship with another prosecutor she hired for that case. any day now we're expecting a verdict from a new york judge who presided over donald trump's

civil fraud trial. >> ken dilanian and danny, thanks to you both. today we're learning new details about the death of an american citizen in the occupied west bank. >> the state department confirming the death of 17-year-old boy today, as urgent new negotiations are under way in egypt, cia director bill burns is meeting today with his israeli counterpart working on a deal to secure the release of the hostages still in gaza. >> raf, let's start with the death of that american citizen in the occupied west bank, what more do we know? >> reporter: so, he was 17 years old, he was going to high school in ramallah in the occupied west bank, buzz his family was originally from miami and they say around 4:30 p.m. local time on saturday he was out at a picnic, he was in a car with friends and he was killed by israeli forces who opened fire

on that car. now we have reached o israeli military and we haven't yet heard back. but he's the second palestinian american teenager killed so far this year. one of more than 300 palestinians who have been killed in the west bank since october 7th. all eyes obviously on gaza. unprecedented levels of violence in the west bank also. >> raf the other big story today, negotiations over a possible cease-fire, possible hostage release, where does that stand in. >> reporter: so, kate, cia director bill burns in cairo meeting with his qatari, egyptian and also israeli counterparts and israelis is important, last night it wasn't clear whether israel was going to send a delegation to these

talks. remember last week, israel's prime minister netanyahu very publicly rejected a hamas counterproposal as part of these negotiations saying it was delusional. earlier today i spoke to ruby hen, the father of an israeli american soldier who has been held in gaza these some 130 days and his message to these officials in egypt was stay at the negotiating table until there's a deal. take a listen. >> there's a window. and we need to seize that window and i look at my president as well as the other international leaders -- seize the moment. don't let this slip. >> reporter: and a lot of concern right now about this looming israeli assault on the city of rafah in southern gas yashgs concern not just for the 1.4 palestinian civilians

sheltering there but also it could derail these hostage negotiations at a very delicate moment. >> raf sanchez on the ground in tel aviv, thank you. new numbers out today show inflation cooled a bit last month but less than experts predicted and consumer prices rose 3.1% in january. down from december but still higher than economists had forecasted. christine romans is here to break it down. what stands out from today's report? >> a stubborn, frustrating. lot of people wanted to see 2.9% in inflation. i think a few things happening here, you have the beginning of the year price increases for things like day care, health care, auto insurance, all things that went up, food prices rose again, housing costs rose again and a little bit confounding, because i'll be honest, lot of economists have been saying that

shelterflation they expected it to ease some time this year, i didn't happen. the relief that we got was in energy prices. energy prices down. used cars and truck prices came down a little bit in the month. >> christine, how do today's inflation numbers keep pace with the wages? >> wages are rising faster than that. wages in january up 4.5%, so if you're talking about inflation up 3.1%, that means the paycheck is stretching farther than the grocery bill is rising, but i was looking at these grocery bill numbers, all of the improving economic news, overall cooling inflation, look at these numbers, gas is less today than last year, milk is less than last year. why do people feel so lousy about inflation, because if you go back to january 2020, grocery

bill was 25% more expensive today than before the pandemic. 25%. something you do every week or every two weeks. people viscerally feel that. >> the economy as a whole, i wonder how you think things are going, because the markets today aren't reacting very well. >> it's a terrible day on the stock market. it's a tough 1% to 2% declines. because investors look at this number and they realize it's not going to be a straight path to 2% number that the fed wants. they can't interest rates. that would be good for personal finances and business finances. probably not happening in march for sure. and maybe not until later this year. i asked people to give me a letter grade on the economy,

a-b. >> staying in the world of business, today's money minute. layoffs coming to a major media company. and tiger woods has a new clothing deal. bertha joins us. paramount global announced layoffs today, involving about 800 employees or 3% of its workforce after the company needed to operate in a leaner way and spend less. the announcement timing not so great, it came one day after the company announced that the super bowl on cbs was the most watched tv show ever with 123.5 million viewers meantime after ending 27 years with nike, tiger woods signed a deal to create a new brand with taylormade, called sun day red.

it will be available online starting in may. and april will not be forced to open up imessages by eu regulators and in announcement today the chat application would not be considered as a core platform service that would have required apple to be hit with tougher obligations. the decision comes after a five-month investigation that the eu commission opened when it published a list of 22 regulated services targeted by its digital market app. you'll still have the blue bubble and the green bubble. >> it means long messages. >> exactly. >> more of that. bertha coombs, thank you. coming up, pickup lines. uber and lyft drivers are putting cars in park and hitting the streets to protests. the streets to protests. >ultomiris is for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis

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we're learning more about warning signs that the texas megachurch shooter may be dangerous as investigators also search for motive. >> police say the shooter opened fire sunday, in between services at pastor joel osteen's megachurch in houston, neighbors of the shooter are now coming forward saying they called police multiple times over the years complaining about harassment and concerning

behavior. >> tom winter joins us now. so, tom, first off, tell us where this investigation stands and what investigators are specifically honing in on. >> reporter: when this initially happened, investigators get to scene a very chaotic scene. 7-year-old shot, her son, they're trying to figured out what happened leading up to it. they see the gun where "palestine" is written on. on top of that then you start to go back into this individual's mental health history, warning flags that both of you mentioned, something that investigators are definitely focused on. the well documented history in their words of a mental health problem here including emergency detention order in 2016. all part of a broader investigation into why this happened. >> the other part of this is neighbors are now speaking out about their personal experiences with the shooter. and they didn't want to be

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state is different in this. some states it's much easier to meet those thresholds. and some states it's a lot hard zmrer tom winter, thank you. later today, house republicans will try once again to impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas over the administration's handling of the southern border. >> the first attempt failed last week when three republicans sided with the democrats. if tonight's resolution passes all eyes will turn to the senate. julie tsirkin joins us now. house majority leader steve scalise is join us now. how confident are they and how risky of a move it. >> it's very risky, because of what we've seen last week. couple of hours ago our team caught up with the vote counter,

tom emmer. he indicated they have the necessary republican support behind this. with steve scalise back in town that would indicate as much. they're watching the special election to replace george santos on long island, this really potentially one of their last opportunities to impeach mayorkas and that would go over to senate where democrats would likely kill this effort altogether. >> another issue playing out today, earlier this morning, they passed an long-awaited aid package for ukraine and israel. there's been a lot of opposition in the house. where do we stand. >> reporter: a lot of opposition, indeed. speaker johnson even saying a couple on short moments ago telling reporters that let the house work its will, let the members figure this process forward. he reiterated national security starts with the border.

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sfo, this is an informational picket. you are not expected to have any disruptions or delays to your flight because of these picket lines. that doesn't mean it won't happen. we spoke with the president of the afa council here in the bay area. she says today is historic because flight attendants have picketed for themselves but not each other. that solidarity is what we are seeing out here between terminal 2 and 3 at sfo. >> we are here to let management know we're not going to back down. we're going to continue to fight for what we deserve. other airlines are in the same place. >> reporter: san francisco international airport, one of 30 airports nationwide that are participating. flight attendants came out to the picket lines in the uk and in guam. you are seeing the scene in minneapolis. that happened around 11:00 a.m. central time. other demonstrations on the west

coast, happening closer to our time. for now, these flight attendants want to make it their message loud and clear. they want negotiations to go what they say the right way. they say pay us or chaos. at sfo, ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, ginger. here to other stories right now. san francisco's mayor has some competition. a bay area county is trying to slow down autonomous vehicles. the 50-year-old man accused of stealing a plane is expected to face a judge today. investigators say he landed the aircraft on a beach in half moon bay after stealing it from the airport last week. the man from florida was arrested a short time later. no one was hurt.

pilots in palo alto say they were surprised by the theft but think the airport is safe. he is due in court at 1:30 this afternoon. san mateo wants to slam the brakes on self-driving cars. they are talking over a law that would put local government behind the wheel, so to speak. only the dmv and state public utility commissions regulate self-driving car companies. there's a bill on the table to give local government more say in permitting and regulation. the issue is heating up as they are trying to expact into san mateo county. a supervisor, who introduced today's resolution, pointed to issues with self-driving cars in san francisco as a reason for more local control. turning to decision 2024. san francisco's mayor has a challenger. the former san francisco supervisor mark farrell posted this campaign video and made an in-person announcement this morning. in 2018, fellow supervisors appointed him as the interim

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to circulate. royal caribbean has since confirmed the death in statement. but they release the passenger's identity about the cause of death. new video shows a high-flying rescue from san francisco over the weekend. a 12-year-old boy had to be rescued by firefighters after getting trapped on a cliff by the sea. he had climbed down a sandy bluff and couldn't back up. firefighter had to be lower on a cable to grab him. he was hoisted to safety with no injuries. here's sol valentine's day news that may broke your heart. global cocoa prices raised that region a top producer of cocoa don't be surprised chocolates forvalentine's day. if you're trying to catch a flight, more than 1200 flights

have been cancelled. the reason, that fast-moving snowstorm in the east. new york city saw more snow today than it's seen in two years. nbc news correspondent eyib mclaughlin yo joins us from central park, it's maybe starting to melt a little bit. kids have to be having fun. what is it like in. >> reporter: yeah, this is first as you said kate significant snow in two years. first time in two years that new york city has had to activate those snowplows and their snow emergency plan, that being said, i was just on the phone with a state official who said they're breathing a sigh of relief, he said it wasn't that bad, about four inches falling at laguardia airport and they had expected six to eight inches. so as you can see behind me it's been a beautiful day here at central park. plenty of tourists out enjoying the snow, a different story of course for some local

businesses, i was talking to a florist, she was pointing out tomorrowvalentine's day and she was concerned about the impact of traffic into her shop. take a listen. >> this is your super bowl. >> it is. >> it's snowing? >> i know. not great. not the best. >> two days ago it was in the 60s and now it's snowing. potentially impact business -- >> hopefully not, maybe with walk-ins a little bit. people are scared a little bit by the snow. >> reporter: so, while state officials say no big impacts as a result of this storm here in new york state, elsewhere comparatively different story in pennsylvania for example 136,000 people without power, one person was killed in a snowmobile accident, that according to state officials.

kate. >> the roads were bad in some areas. erin, i have to ask about the students in new york city, they had to switch to remote learning today, they didn't get a snow day and then there were some issues, right? >> reporter: yeah, no snow day here for students at new york's public school system, the mayor was pretty emphatic that he wanted kids to continue to learn, he's very concerned about learning loss but when hundreds of thousands of students tried to logon to that remote learning system this morning they were u school officials, they said they planned for this, a whole system in place to try and make sure that this went smoothly. it did not. nevertheless, in sub skwebt hours they were able to get that system back online. kate. >> sure the kids were thrilled about that. erin mclaughlin, thank you. it may be harder to get a ride or have a dinner delivered on valentine's day this year, because drivers are expected to

go on strike tomorrow. maggie vespa explains why. >> reporter: yeah. we're talking all the major players in the ride-share industry, including uber, lyft and doordash. if you are planning on getting your valentine's day delivered, this impacts you, too. big, organized rallies promised tomorrow in several cities across the country, including here in chicago. but organizers really want to make a splash on the holiday, so they're calling on all drivers to strike nationwide. americans looking to head out or order in on valentine's day may not be feeling the love with delivery and ride share drivers from uber, to lyft, to doordash, set to strike tomorrow. >> we are going to strike on february 14th. yes, valentine's day. but we are not showing any love for uber that day. >> reporter: a coalition representing ride share workers calling for massive strikes. one representative saying thousands of drivers could call out.

it is not just your commute that could be affected. with a major storm on the east coast, many americans may be planning to order in for a wintery valentine's day, but the strike also reaching delivery drivers. >> drivers, i'm here to remind you guys that do not drive on that day. stay home. >> reporter: it is the first major strike since uber and lyft went public five years ago. >> what do we want? >> reporter: there could be chaos for those planning a valentine's day getaway, too, with organizers calling for rallies and for drivers to turn down airport trips in major cities across the country from philadelphia to chicago, to austin. the justice for app workers group writing we're sick of working 80 hours a week just to make ends meet, being constantly scared for our safety and worrying about being deactivated with the click of a button. it comes a week after lyft said they would guarantee weekly earnings for drivers. lyft saying, we are constantly working to improve the driver

experience. uber said drivers earn about $33 an hour when they are being used and say only a minority of its drivers participate in such strikes. you may want to get a home-cooked meal ready as a backup for those valentine's day plans. nbc has reached out to uber and doordare, we haven't heard back. some attempted strikes and protests in ride-share industry in the past including a potential boycott in new york city and a global day of strikes in 2019. but a lot of drivers didn't participate. organizers are opening that this one tomorrow will be much bigger. back to you. >> maggie, today. voters in new york are trudging through the snow to take part in a special election. >> voting on who will replace disgraced former congressman george santos. he was expelled for congress following a series of federal fraud charges.

now former democratic candidate is battling to take his place. steve kornacki is here to break this down. special election for one district in new york, why should the rest of the country be paying attention. >> a test of some themes and some factors that are going to loom large in november general election in the big one. what you got here, republicans in this district more than any other issue they're running on the border. they're running on immigration. they are saying that all of -- almost of the ads are saying that suozzi is part of a democratic party that has screwed up the border and vote republican as a sign of protest as a way of fixing it. meanwhile, democrats, they're stressing the issue of abortion, something that's worked for them politically since the supreme court decision. in the special elections in the

last year or two, democrats have been doing pretty well in them they've been doing a better job of turning out voters than republicans have, that's something else we're going to be looking at. if that can happen in november again, that's what democrats are really hoping for, that could change the presidential race then. >> steve, this is happening in a swing district, these voters elected santos as a republican -- >> to watch this, this is the type of district, too, that's going to decide probably the november election, this is a suburban district, suburban swing voters, less than two dozen districts in the entire country like the new york's 3rd. they voted for joe biden in 2020 by eight points. george santos by eight points in 2022. this is competitive political territory here in the suburbs of new york and suburbs in cities all across the country are

probably going to determine the november outcome. >> results later tonight, right, steve. >> we hope. >> we hope. okay, steve, thanks. around the world basketball is growing in popularity and in places you may not expect. nbc's janis mackey frayer has the story. the hottest sports ticket in china these days is a grass roots version of the nba. a basketball league where the players are amateurs. admission is free. and the stands are packed. with every kind of hoops fan. "it's a way for everyone to get together," he says. played on an outdoor court tucked in rugged hills. in taipan, teams and fans drive hundreds of miles.

the population here swells from 1,200 to more than 20,000. there are no big contracts or sponsorships here. none of the players are even paid. >> it's very special for us to represent our village to show our talent in basketball. >> reporter: what do you do when you don't play basketball? >> i'm a cook. >> reporter: you're a cook? >> yeah. >> reporter: american basketball has long been a fixture of small town life across china, but the twinba is now more of a national obsession. live streams on china's version of tiktok watched by millions of fans, who had never heard of this village in one of the country's poorest regions. now, a whole economy has sprung up here around village basketball. even drawing the attention of nba star jimmy butler of the miami heat, who appeared at the game last summer.

"i think it is great that we're exchanging basketball culture," says this player, "it is a bridge and our passion." while village teams aren't professional, this is not your average game of pickup. they're fast and nimble. the crowd cheering every dribble, drive and dunk. so with the crowd primed, the atmosphere electric, the championship game went well into the night here. the winners lavished not with trophies and rings, but chilies, goats and a calf. champions of the countryside and beyond. given how popular village basketball is here, it's no surprise that the league is expanding. with more teams, there is a hotel and even more prizes. now there was but one championship cow at the games

that we went to, but other top teams went home with a few dozen ducks and a massive fish. no money is involved. so in their own way, everybody is a winner. >> thank you so much. coming up, heart disease kills 1 person in the u.s. every 33 seconds. what you can do starting today that could help save your life. but first, time for daily's snapshot. check out these snow covered trees also known as snow monsters. spotted in the far east. one of few places globally where a combination of snow, wind kind of form these shapes. more

we're talking heart health. heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in zmrus in 20211 in every 5 deaths was attributed to heart disease. joining us is now a registered dietitian, amy goodson. >> lot of rick factors. high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and smoking are all major risk factors.

about half of americans have at least one of those three. that's a lot of people. how did we get here, what other medical conditions and habits should people be looking out for. >> many of the lifestyle factors that increase our risk for heart disease are lifestyle factors, which means they're controllable and we can change them. some of the things that can attribute to heart disease is a lack of exercise, diets that are low in fiber and high in saturated fat. you mentioned smoking. people who drink too much alcohol. more than the guideline of one drink a day for women and two for men. people can start making a change today to improve their heart shape. >> flip the question, what can we do right, or better to help our heart. >> first is exercise, one of the best ways you're going to get your heart in shape, per se. we want people exercising regularly that will help reduce weight, so we know that being obese or overweight is a

contributed to heart health issues. losing weight. we mentioned blood pressure, exercise can help reduce your blood pressure by strengthening your heart and it can also help lower your bad or ldl cholesterol and increase your good or hdl cholesterol. so get move zbg not just like slow walks, you want to get your heart pump zblg you do. the american heart association and the cdc both say 150 minutes of moderate to intense physical activity a week. if you think about that,'s five days a week 30 minutes a day. getting that heart rate up. that can be divided into three ten-minute segments. think about a morning break at work walk. lunchtime break. afternoon break. that makes it doable for people. >> when we talk about diet, because i know people say heart healthy diet is good, but i'm not sure what that means.

>> so the goal is to consume a high fiber, low in saturated fat diet. high be fiber increasing your intake of fruits and advantage vegetables and whole grains. then on the reverse side decreasing our intake of saturated fat. typically we'll find saturate fat in fried foods, baked goods, pastries. we want to reduce our intake of those and then also limiting our added sugar that we find in packaged snack as well as those sugar-sweetened beverages. up the fiber, lower the saturated fat. american heart association and cdc have a great options for different recipes and good tips. >> what about genetics, what role does family history plays

in this in. >> family history plays a role in high cholesterol, high blood pressure, the key is, what environment are you putting those in? low fiber, non-nutrient rich products. if they're eating colorful produce and lean proteins and healthy fats we may not see that as exhibited. the key is getting those lifestyle factors in check for healthy heart. >> i love it. amy goodson, thanks so much. amy goodson, thanks so much. thank you for (loud sneeze) big plans? don't let allergies get in your way. this is astepro® allergy. astepro® starts working in 30 minutes, while flonase® takes up to 12 hours*. with astepro's® unbeatably fast allergy relief, you can astepro® and go!™

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