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"nbc news daily" starts right now. ♪♪ today friday, march 8th, 2024, bringing down the house, president biden minces no words in his final state of the union before november's election. >> you can't love your country only when you win. >> i will not bow down. >> it was a fiery speech that could be likened to a campaign rally, the biggest takeaways, and what we're hearing from voters j. the u.s. economy added more jobs nan expected last month but also up slightly, the unemployment rate, how it could impact your bottom line. jailhouse threats, the father of a convicted school shooter himself on trial facing new restrictions after making threatening statements from behind bars. and life after a layoff, losing a job is really tough financially and emotionally. we're talking about some helpful ways to cope, whether it happens to you, or a loved one. >> critical conversation,

especially as so many industries are facing layoffs right now. >> it's tough no know what to say. we're going to begin this hour with the race for the white house. the heels of a spirited state of the union address last night, the president spoke for more than an hour laying out his vision for the future of the country and it will likely be one of his biggest audiences of american voters, all year. >> the president started and ended his remarks about what he believes are threats to american democracy right now, and attacked his challenger in the november general election, former president donald trump, biden mentioned mr. trump 13 times but only referenced him as my predecessor, never actually said his name. >> now my predecessor, a former republican president tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. that's a quote. it's dangerous, and it's unacceptable. oh, no. you guys don't want another $2

trillion tax cut? i kind of thought that's what your plan was. and with all due respect, justices, women are not without electoral power -- excuse me, electoral or political power. you're about to realize just how much -- >> we'll get some voter perspective in a moment, but let's begin with nbc's garrett haake on this speech, so, garrett, what were some of the other big moments from last night? i understand we've just heard from the president, is that right? >> reporter: that's exactly right, yeah, the president brought a lot of energy to this speech, republicans argued a little too much political energy, the speaker of the house criticized the speech as hyperpartisan. but what you saw was a bit of campaign, a bit of talk about past accomplishments, and some promises for future action. the president said with a democratic congress he would act to try to restore the protections enshrined in roe versus wade, laying out specific policies on a tax credit for home buyers he'd like to put in place but it was a very

political speech and you saw a lot of contrast with the former president. democrats were heartened to see the energy that president biden brought to this and it also renewed some of the questions the president was just asked about, whether he will debate donald trump, something that perhaps democrats will be more excited about having seen the president's performance last night, here's what he just told reporters who asked him that question. >> mr. president, will you commit to a debate with the former president trump? >> depends on his behavior. >> reporter: know will be ration from the president about what that would entail before he could make a commitment to debate, but we will certainly be watching the debate is already announced for this fall but neither candidate has explicitly committed to being there. >> garrett, we didn't catch what he said. what did he say there outside? >> reporter: he said it depends on his behavior, lefrgt to donald trump, could mean any number of things. >> we saw the official republican response last night delivered by katie britt, we'll

listen to what she had to say and week talk about it. >> the true unvarnished state of our union begins and ends with this, our families are hurting. our country can do better. >> what are we hearing from republicans about that rebuttal? >> reporter: well, on the record republicans have mostly said that katie britt gid a fair job and hit the points on immigration that republicans thought would be important but we've heard a criticism for the performance aspect of the speech, the tone was off, the delivery was off and that might have overshadowed the political message. >> garrett, what are we hearing from former president trump himself about biden's -- >> not a big fan of his address. he was active posting along live with the speech with comments

about the president's hair, how long it took him to walk down the aisle, coughing in his hand. his final summary, he attacked the speech as being political and too aggressive. even called the current president a psycho, you know, donald trump trying to insert himself into this, now that he's the nominee of his party he had business big super tuesday victory speech, he will not have much of a platform like what the president has available to him until perhaps the conventions this summer. >> garrett haake, thank you. and going to brainal in gec news will be closely watching in the presidential election as part of our series the deciders, so, blayne, president biden won that county back in 2020. how are voters there feeling about a likely rematch with former president trump? >> reporter: they're not excited at all, zinhle, the voters i spoke with this morning, a couple of them said yes, while they cast a ballot for joe biden, they're leaning toward a third party candidate or going to stay home all together.

it's very interesting, though, when you think about just how voters' opinions have changed since 2020, i spoke with a number of people this morning, and none of them feel the same way they did back then. one woman told me that she actually didn't vote for president back in 2020. she voted down ballot, voted for all of the other candidates and other races but couldn't bring herself to decide between trump and biden. but now she feels that she's seen the consequences, she says it's important to vote, she just doesn't know which way she's going to lean. here's a little bit of what we heard from the voters this morning. take a look. >> i do believe for me personally that life begins at conception. i think the president needs to consider that it is circumstantial, and case by case. >> sadly, a lot of people don't want to vote period because they're not confident in either candidate. >> reporter: these are people who voted in 2020 for biden and they're tell i don't go -- you

now -- >> they don't know if they're going to vote. >> reporter: she calls it beating the pavement and going out and trying to campaign for candidates, she did so for stacy abrams during 2022, but the people she was talking about were people that she says that she was actually going out and door knocking with a couple of years ago, she says this time around, though, they're feeling discouraged, and she's really trying -- having to try and convince them to go out and vote this time. >> wow, so interesting to hear from real voters out there, blayne, so both president biden and former president trump are going to be campaigning in georgia tomorrow, give us some context about why gwinet county matters so michigan. >> reporter: it's one of the keys to winning georgia, and we know for both candidates there is going to be certainly crucial in their path to the white house in november. when it comes to this county, it's fast growing and diverse, and it's a county that in 2016

hillary clinton actually won and joe biden won it later with a larger margin, so it's already -- we're already seeing how this is something that democrats are certainly look at very closely as their key to keeping the state blue, but republicans, of course, as well, they have made it very clear, certainly during the duber in atorial races and all along when you talk to state party leaders the suburbs, including gwnnett county are the places they see as a key to victory as well. >> we call it a decider for a reason. blayne alexander, thank you. as president biden touts the economy, as he did last night, the latest jobs report is also showing some strong numbers. >> america added 275,000 jobs last month, which is more than economists predicted, but the unemployment rate did tick up to 3.9%. here with the latest, business and data correspondent brian cheung, what stood out in this latest report, and what does it say about this overall state of the economy? >> as the president yesterday was trying to make sure he was painting a picture of the economy that was positive headed

into the election, i mean, the jobs numbers this morning corroborate that, at least on the labor market front, the jobs market is firing on all cylinders, 275,000 jobs added in the month of february, above what wall street economists expected of around 198,000, rounding up to 200,000. so that's above that estimate. and also faster than the 229,000 jobs that were added in the month of january. although i do want to note the government statistics did revise down the figures for december and january, we added fewer jobs than originally thought, part of the normal monthly process from the government data. here's where we added jobs in the month, very interesting to take a look at, these are jobs at bars and restaurants, adding 60,000, health care adding almost 70,000, but white collar jobs in information, and professional and business services, adding only a total of around 11 #,000, covering the tech sector jobs we've been hearing about layoffs in the past few months and continue to watch that thread as that could be part of the labor market story going on later this year, guys. >> and brian, what about wages, did they go up or down?

>> the big story is not necessarily on the labor market front when it comes to kind of just concerns within this economy, it's really all about prices, prices, prices, right now 3.1%, that's how much higher prices are now, compared to this time last year, wages over that period, up 4.3%, we've got this number, in the data this morning, this tells you that wages outpacing inflation a good part of the story, but when americans feel this, that's the open question, politically. >> brian, talking prices, what about rates, rates, any possibility of interest rates going down? >> the federal reserve aggressively lifted interest rates, haven't further raised since the later part of last summer but the talking point is could it begin cutting interest rates, bleeding through to lower borrowing costs on credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, the federal reserve is saying it could happen later this year and it depends what happens with this number, seeing it get closer to 2% and an updated read on that data, next tuesday. >> brian cheung for us, thank

you. and time for today's cnbc money minute, shredded cheese being recalled over listeria concerns. a billionaire has a suggestion for taylor swift's next era. contessa brewer joins us now. >> yeah, congressional probe found communications devices such as modems on chinese cranes at u.s. ports that weren't for normal operations, that's according to "the wall street journal." they said some ports that use the equipment for chinese company zpmg didn't ask for the modems and didn't know why they were installed, it's a state-owned company and used in almost 80 #% of u.s. ports and it has not responded yet to this report. here we go, shredded cheese, sargento recalling shredded and grated cheese sold to food service groups in 15 states over concerns about listeria contamination, no grocery store products, we're told, were affected. so if you bought it at the grocery store, it should be fine. but according to the fda, the recalls are linked to one california supplier, which was

part of a broader recall with other cheese brands after two deaths and 26 hospitalizations. hedge fund billionaire ray dalio suggested that pop star taylor swift should be president, in a selfie post from the star's singapore concert dalio wrote she could bring people across the world together better than either president biden or donald trump. and to that, probably biden and trump just need to shake it off. >> nice, that was good. good reference. >> yeah. >> contessa brewer, thank you. >> thanks. well, coming up, another terrifying takeoff caught on camera, a tire seen falling off a plane crashing into a parking lot below, luckily no one was lot below, luckily no one was hurt, how it managed to land when migraine strikes, you're faced with a choice. accept the trade offs of treating? or push through the pain and symptoms? with ubrelvy, there's another option. one dose quickly stops migraine in its tracks. treat it anytime, anywhere

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the father of a convicted school shooter has new limits on how he could communicate in jail because of threats he's allegedly made behind bars, the restrictions come on the second day of testimony of james crumbley. his wife jennifer convicted of the same charges last month. their son is serving life in prison for killing four people at a michigan high school back in 2021. nbc news correspondent maggie vespa is outside that courthouse in pontiac, michigan, maggie, what do we know about these threats and what's the latest from inside the court? >> reporter: so, zinhle, we'll start with the threats, effectively we know that james

crumbley, according to the local sheriff's office threatened someone they say via phone and via electronic messages through a tablet they won't say who he threatened or when this happened but the result is that james crumbley can now for the duration of this trial only communicate with his attorney and what the judge calls legitimate clergies. effectively cut off from the outside world and testimony continuing in there today, we heard today from the manager of a gun store here locally where authorities say he bought the gun his son used, buying it days before the shooting occurred. you'll hear her describe the moment and then you'll hear crumbley's defense attorney pushing back in cross. take a listen. >> mr. crumbley asked to see it, had his eye on it for quite some time and because he is a familiar face to our store i looked at him and said, you know the drill. >> you didn't hear or see his son say anything to mr. crumbley about what's the one i want?

>> no. >> reporter: and, of course, this is key because kind of the key contention of the prosecutor's case is that james crumbley knew his son was suffering from mental health issues but instead of getting him help he went out and bought him the gun, prosecutors say he'd been asking for, took imto a gun range, taught him how to shoot it and then failed to warn the school when administrators said ethan crumbley was displaying violent behaviors, this is a key point, the trial continuing on monday, the judge saying she expects it to wrap by the end of the week. zinhle? >> maggie vespa with the latest from michigan for us, thanks. more on a story we first brought you yesterday, researchers studied the brain of the gunman who killed 18 people in a mass shooting in maine last fall and found dramatic changes from his brain structure. here's erin mclaughlin. >> reporter: brain damage likely contributed to the erratic behavior of maine's deadliest mass shooter. robert card is seen in this chilling police body camera

footage. >> because they're scared because i'm going to freaking do something because i am capable. >> reporter: captured months before the 40-year-old army reservist opened fire, killing 18 people, and wounding more than a dozen at a bowling alley and bar lewiston, maine, police concerned he was acting erratically after a days long manhunt following the mass shooting robert card took his own life. the medical examiner sent tissue from his brain to boston university's world renowned cte center for analysis. the lead researcher now revealing card had evidence of traumatic brain injury, and that the results are similar to those of blast trauma, the card family is now pointing to his work as a hand gre grade instructor leading to questions about a possible link. while card was never deployed for active duty, his family alleges for years he was exposed to thousands of low-level blasts, during his time as a reservist grenade trainer at west point. an army spokesperson tells nbc news the lab findings are

concerning, adding they underscore the army's need to do all it can to protect soldiers against blast-induced injury. >> we do know that a lot of veterans are exposed, and have been exposed to a traumatic brain injuries in blasts, we need to better understand how we can help them. >> if he's making these threats they need to get him to the hospital. >> reporter: multiple u.s. army reservists testified they raised the alarm about card the summer before is it shooting. >> we collectively noticed card was exhibiting strange behavior and we notified our command. >> reporter: one testified he was admitted to a mental health hospital and after that never returned to west point. erin mclaughlin, nbc news. coming up, a u.s. soldier is arrested after allegedly selling military secrets, the u.s. military secrets, the u.s. adversary is my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body

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fly again after a series of fatal crashes, the osprey is an aircraft that can fly like a plane and a helicopter. the military's entire fleet was grounded over three months ago following a crash that killed eight service members off the coast of japan, that incident was the fourth fatal crash in less than two years, and remains under investigation. take a look at this terrifying moment caught on camera in san francisco, that's a tire flying off of a united airlines jet, just moments after takeoff, it landed in an employee parking lot, as you see, damaging several cars, luckily, nobody was hurt, the plane bound for japan managed to make an emergency landing in los angeles, united says that jet is designed to land safely with missing or damaged tires. the federal aviation administration, and the national transportation safety board are both investigating. george santos plans to run for office again, following last night's state of the union speech, which he attended in person, santos tweeted on "x" he

will campaign to represent new york's first congressional district on long island before being expelled from congress back in december he represented the third district of new york, santos is facing trial after federal prosecutors indicted him on 23 charges of fraud. two senior u.s. officials say a new maritime corridor to deliver aid into gaza could take up to two months to become fully operational. president biden, you may recall, announced that plan in his state of the union address last night. the u.s. has already been working with allies on air drops of aid, the white house is also planning a new pathway for trucks to make deliveries to northern gaza as well. all this comes as the israel-hamas war enters its sixth month now, international correspondent matt bradley is following this for us, we have news this afternoon, officials in gaza saying an air drop, one of those air drops of humanitarian aid actually led to people dying. what are we learning? >> reporter: we're hearing from authorities saying as many as

five people were killed by that slow dropping air drop of aid, and they faulted the private companies that were air dropping the aid saying they had done it incorrectly, essentially. this is a tragedy, that really just goes to show one of the other pitfalls of using these air drops as a way of distributing aid into the gaza strip, aid agencies already were harshly criticizing the biden administration, saying it was more of a gesture toward providing aid, and really they come in by land or by sea, which we'll get to in a moment, but this just goes to show that not only is this an inefficient way of bringing aid into the gaza strip it's also dangerous. >> let's get to those other pathways being talked about. so, what are we learning about the logistics of trying to like open a port on the sea? >> reporter: it's hard to kind of imagine this. the way it would look from my understanding is that there would be a floating causeway to land, and that there would be

essentially ships that would dock on the causeway, and that ships providing the aid would dock against those ships, so, essentially, this harbor, this impermanent harbor made up of other ships, and allowing ships to dock against them and all of this is going to be built without american troops setting foot on the gaza strip. so, as you can imagine, this is a real technical engineering challenge, but there's also some other pathways to aid we've been hearing about, the israelis reportedly are opening a pathway to aid into the northern gaza strip where hunger is most acute at this moment, this is something we don't really know the details of. it's possible this could open up more aid but it could also just be more of the same, the israelis have insisted on checking any shipment of aid into the gaza strip, and that, according to aid agencies, is what's slowing up the intake of aid. >> and that just quickly, the muslim holy month of ramadan begins this weekend and that was negotiators were hoping to get a deal done on releasing hostages in a cease-fire, before this

weekend, what's the status? >> reporter: yeah, ramadan begins in about two days, and the authorities on both sides, those who were negotiating, were hoping to get this deal done by the beginning of ramadan. now, it's not entirely clear that ramadan would represent some sort of issue, ramadan has historically been the time when there has been a lot of political violence and agitation in the middle east, it's unclear whether or not that would be a real issue but there's another deadline that coincides with ramadan, this one from the israelis, the israelis saying that they will attack that southern gazan city of rafah, on the border with egypt and that could lead to a humanitarian disaster. >> matt bradley for us, thank you so much. while negotiations on a peace deal in the israeli-hamas war are at a stand still calls for a cease-fire are amplifying here in america, especially inside some churches, more than 1,000 black pastors are urging president biden to stop the

violence. yamiche alcindor spoke with clergy who said the tame for peace is now. >> reporter: for a community church in atlanta the war raging thousands of miles away in the middle east is top of mind. >> all palestinians are not terrorists. >> reporter: reverend timothy mcdonald iii says it's because he empathizes with the thousands of civilians being killed in gaza. >> black people understand pain, we have a history of pain. >> reporter: mcdonald is part of a group of more than 1,000 black faith leaders demanding president biden call for a permanent cease-fire between israel and hamas. why are you publicly calling for president biden to demand a cease-fire. >> the time is now, peace is the way and the cease-fire is a concrete beginning for the pursuit of peace because it involves both sides. >> reporter: the president, while still supporting israel, is currently pushing for a temporary cease-fire. he's hoping to get hostages out

of gaza and more aid in. >> the response of the idf has gone way too far, the killing of innocent women and children, even babies. the longer this war has gone on the more support president biden is losing among the african american population. >> reporter: young black voters in particular, like reverend sean smith, say they have grown frustrated with biden over the war. do you think the biden administration and president biden understands the depth that this could impact him? >> i hope he does. simply because of the fact that we want to make sure that we can get as much voter turnout as possible in november, and allot of people i know of personally saying they're just going to stay home. >> reporter: and do what? >> not vote. >> reporter: something he says biden can't afford. >> young black people gave joe biden the state of georgia, we can't turn out the young black vote he doesn't stand a chance. >> reporter: some like renika back the president's stance.

>> i'm supportive of president biden what he's done on everything since he's been in office, and now he's making a choice to stand on one side. i'm going to pray that we're all doing what is the right thing to do, and that it's going to all work out. >> reporter: reverend mcdonald hopes president biden changes course before it's too late. do you think president biden and his administration really understands how much a stance in the middle east might hurt some african americans? >> i don't think he understands it now but he's beginning to. >> reporter: yamiche alcindor, nbc news, atlanta, georgia. >> yamiche, thank you so much. police are still searching for three gunmen and a getaway driver after eight teenagers were shot at a bus stop in philadelphia, it's the latest in a series of violent incidents on the city's public transit system, here's nbc news correspondent george solis. >> reporter: philadelphia police are urging the public take a closer look at this shocking surveillance video. investigators say it shows the chilling moments three armed suspects exit a stolen car, run

up to a busy bus stop, frequented by high school students, and indiscriminately fire more than 30 shots into the crowd. eighteens between the ages of 15 and 17 were wounded, one of those teens now fighting for his life. >> these are individuals shooting at a crowd of kids, that's really concerning. so we need people to see that. >> reporter: this shooting, the fourth involving the city's transit system, septa, and the second involving minors this week alone, since sunday, three people have been killed and 12 injured on septa property, 11 of those wounded were teenagers, prompting a widespread response from top city officials. >> now, this is what's extremely important to me, as mayor of this city, that the people of this city know that we will not be held hostage. >> reporter: just hours before the shooting on wednesday, septa police chief charles lawson declaring an aggressive approach to fighting gun violence on the transit system. >> we're going to target every

criminal code on the books. >> reporter: but for the family and ends from of 17-year-old damian taylor it's too little, too late, the teen was shot and killed on monday as he waited for the bus, several others were also wounded. >> we are just absolutely heartbroken, and angry that innocent children walking home from school would be impacted by gun violence. >> reporter: philadelphia police say there have been 55 murders in the city in 2024 so far, which is less than this time last year. as the investigation into the latest shooting continues authorities are urging parents to get involved before another young life is claimed by gun violence. >> go in those rooms and look under those tables and look under those closets and goat those guns out of the house. at the end of the day many of these kids are coming from the same communities we're shooting at, and they know who they are. >> reporter: george solis, nbc news. >> an important report, george, thank you. let's move over now to tennessee, where an army soldier has pleaded not guilty to allegedly selling sensitive military information to a u.s. adversary.

>> yeah, cor ben schultz was indicted on six counts thursday, the u.s. attorney's office accusing him of selling aircraft and missile secrets to china. investigative correspondent tom winter joins us now, what can you tell us about this army sergeant and what is he accused of? >> he's accused of taking sensitive national defense information, this goes from everything from manuals for helicopters, and their capabilities, to fight manuals for the f-22, one of the most advanced jets that's ever flown in the skies, period, the fighter jet for the u.s., also to how it is perceived in the u.s. military, anyway, that other countries are responding to what the u.s. military is doing, particularly in sensitive areas, targeting russia and ukraine, talking china and those types of places, it has to do with really the secrets of the military, that's kind of the key focus here. >> and notably you pointed out this was sensitive, not classified information, can you clarify why that's important, and what this could mean for

adversaries you mentioned, taiwan, china, those relationships there. >> so moving beyond the legal technicalities of this, and there is a difference when we're talking about national defense information versus classified, but when we're talking about classified it's one of the things that his conspirator, based in hong kong, was imploring him to do, can you get stuff at the sea level, classified, top secret, that's information that's derived from very sensitive information sources, whether they be our ability to electronically pick off communications in other countries, or spies that we have working on our behalf, that are trying to get information from these places, that's a whole different realm. he's not charged with that. but, to your point, it might be helpful for china to understand what the u.s. military thinks it's doing, or thinks that it is thinking, and that's the type of information that can help inform them as far as their future plans, obviously taiwan, hot button issue for that country, to your point, so that's something that, yoourn, would be important to them. >> quick, schultz was in court today, what happened there? >> he pleaded not guilty and at some point we'll have a detention hearing, federal

prosecutors say over the last couple days they've discovered the money transfers, and they're alleging this, came from cryptocurrency, they say that they've interviewed numerous people who have provided information to them about what schultz was up to and they think it's a risk if he was to be out, the possibility of retribution, calling him a flight risk given his connections to this individual overseas, we expect that hearing will probably take place in the next week or two. fornow he's pleaded not guilty. >> we know you'll stay on it, tom winter, thank you. coming up, we all know that losing a job can be really tough financially, but it also can be devastating for your mental health. so, we have some tips for coping, whether it happens to you, or someone you love. you're wat

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in today's mental health check, talking about allay kraufs, and how to deal with the emotional -- >> tech and finance jobs leading the way, and for many who have been laid off, the financial uncertainty and the pressure to find a new job can really lead to stress, anxiety, and even sometimes depression. joining us now is amy morin, a licensed psycho therapist. good to see you again. so getting laid off, we all know it's hard. how do you see it directly affecting people's mental health. >> it can take a serious toll on your mental health in several

ways. it puts you at a higher risk for mental health issues, specifically anxiety and depression, but when people are stressed out there's also a ripple effect and it takes a toll on a lot of their closest relationships. and for some people their job was their identity. so, unemployment means they start to develop self-worth issues, like who am i in the absence of my career? and we also know that high stress can lead to a lot of health issues, too, people experience higher rates of physical health issues and illness when they're unemployed. >> if you find yourself in that situation, you've been laid off, what steps do you recommend people take? >> it's really important to try to take care of yourself, it's hard to sleep, it's hard to eat, it's hard to function, but those things are so important because the last thing you want to do is let yourself get run down physically and make sure you're trying to connect with supportive people, whether you have friends or family, or you find a support group for people who have been laid off talking to people who understand is really important for your

well-being and you also need to take some kind of action every day, you want to make sure that you set up your schedule to that it has some kind of structure to it, whether that means you're going to start working on your resume, start looking for jobs, go to the gym, just make sure that you aren't just sitting around, and wasting your day, essentially, and if you're really struggling, don't be afraid to reach out and talk to a therapist to get some help too. >> yeah, that's such an importantpoint because it is so tempting. i've been there, it's tempting to just sit around and not do anything. you feel a lot of different emotions when you lose a job. how can people process those feelings, and when you're ready to get back into the job market, how do you reenter, then, the workforce? >> so, it's so important to make sure you just give yourself permission to feel whatever you feel. label your emotions, whether you're anxious or sad or embarrassed, all of those things are okay. and then just pay attention those stories that you tell yourself, want sure -- don't tell yourself it's all my fault or i'll never find a new job. those stories will hold you back. and, again, talking to people

who understand, it's really important, and start thinking about what you want to do next, so that when you do reenter the workforce, you will already have a plan in place, you're organized, and start creating that description of what you're going to say. so when you put that on your resume, how are you going to explain your unemployment, or when you're at a job interview and they ask you, how km you haven't been working? how are you going to describe this period? >> yeah. >> and don't be afraid to lean on your network, either, it's a great time to update your linked in profile, say that you're unemployed, you're looking for work, don't be embarrassed about that at all. >> those are good points and, you're mentioning community, right, there are a whole group of people around those who get laid off, so, if you're not laid off, but your colleagues were, how do you deal with what some have called layoff survivor's guilt but also if you're a friend to someone who's been laid off, what are things you should say or avoid saying entirely? >> a lot of people feel guilty and then they don't know what to say or do. reach out. if somebody has been laid off. reach out to them, let them know

you're thinking about them, see what you can do to be supportive. last thing you want to do is ignore it, and acknowledge your own feelings, sometimes when people are in a company where there's been layoffs, if they don't lose their job they try to overcompensate. they think, i don't want to be next on the chopping block. their stress levels go up and it's difficult to keep functioning at that level. if you're struggling with all sorts of feelings, don't be afraid to talk to h.r., or go to your supervisor to discuss what's going on for you. >> really helpful tips, especially as to many people are nav rait gaiting this right now. >> there's much more news ahead. >> don't go anywhere. you're watching "nbc news daily." (man) what if all i do for my type 2 diabetes isn't enough? or what if... (vo) once-weekly mounjaro could help. mounjaro helps your body regulate blood sugar and can help you eat less food. 3 out of 4 people reached an a1c of less than 7%.

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