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his projections. could someone pass me a churro at round table pizza? everyone is pizza royalt. let's see if ayla can take us somewhere fun. let's go somewhere. sandy let's go somewhere magical. but first, let's get this fixed. ayla, your membership to hello everyone. i'm kate snow. zinhle essamuah is on assignment today. "nbc news daily" starts right now.
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♪♪ today, friday, july 12, 2024, asked and answered. reaction is pours in after president biden's high-stakes news conference. did he do enough to sway doubters and defenders one way or another? hold the phone. at&t says hackers stole private data from nearly all of its wireless customers. what millions of americans need to know about the information that was taken. leaving las vegas. one of the strip's most iconic hotel and casinos is folding. why visitors are betting big at the mirage before it closes its doors for good. and my girl, a surprise of a lifetime for one father and daughter. >> hi. >> my god. >> they're heart-warming story is today's "good news." i promise you, you do not want
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to miss that story. it just makes you feel good about the world. let's begin this hour with the big news overnight. president biden, he's on his way to michigan for a political rally right now, one day after last night's high-stakes solo news conference. reaction today is mixed. some democrats are voicing support for the president, who says he is staying in the race. but a growing number of lawmakers in the house and the senate publicly saying it is time for biden to drop out. nearly half of them coming forward in just the past 24 hours. keep in mind, that group on the screen represents about 7% of all democrats on capitol hill. so, it is a small sliver. in case you missed it last night, president biden's gaffe when he accidentally called his vice president trump instead of harris getting a lot of attention online. he did also hit on many wide-ranging topics in that nearly hour-long news conference, including digging deep into the details when answering several questions on foreign policy. it all comes on the heels of the
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nato summit, where the commander in chief spoke with allies in washington. former president also spent time at mar-a-lago at the same time yesterday with hungary's far right prime minister. let's bring in nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. and monica alba is with us. monica, i'll start with you at the white house. what are your sources from the biden team telling you about the direction of the campaign now? >> reporter: i have to tell you, there was a bit of a collective exhale from some of the people i spoke with last night following the news conference because they did know that there was a lot of pressure on that moment, that it was certainly high stakes. but they felt that the president gave a lot of really detailed answers on foreign policy. of course he was wrapping up the nato summit. so, that meant that he was going to be talking about those issues. but they also felt like, because he took more questions than perhaps we anticipated -- it was nearly an hour-long total -- that again, he was able to engage on some of these really
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persistent and nagging questions that even some democratic lawmakers had raised and felt like he hadn't spoken to as much now. at the same time, there's a total awareness from people around the president and the re-election effort that that did not quiet all the anxieties on its own. that's why he's going to be continuing on with more campaign events. he's going to be sitting down with our colleague, lester holt, on monday. he's going to be traveling in texas and nevada. they're saying they really want people to take a holistic look at all of his different appearances that are coming. but the president and his aides reiterating what he said last night. he's determined to stay in this race. he's committed to it no matter what the external pressure is saying now. >> yamiche, let me bring you in. i know you have new reporting on the congressional black caucus. that's the group on capitol hill of influential democratic members of the house. while many members of the caucus are publicly supporting biden, there's more to the story behind
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the scenes. what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's right. members of the congressional black caucus, which are key biden allies, remain largely supportive of the president. but a number are worried the ongoing pressure president biden is facing to drop out may prove fatal to his campaign and damage the democratic party overall. stressing they need to spend more resources like wages, housing cost, and inflation, and less on trump and democracy. one of the members also told me they doubt president biden can make it four more years as president. and they believe there's been a notable decline in his health. that person wants him to stay in the race but is hoping he might resign after he wins and hand things over to vice president kamala harris. -- he will be, quote, all in for the vice president if biden dropped out, kate. >> and he also said he supports biden and wants biden to make
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the decision. yamiche alcindor, monica alba, appreciate it. on monday night, lester holt will sit down with president biden for an exclusive one-on-one interview. you can watch a preview first on "nbc nightly news" and the full unedited interview will be in a prime-time special that i will also be a part of. that airs july 15th, monday, 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. out west on your local nbc station and on nbc news now. we're following breaking news this hour on the israel hamas war. president biden says both israel and hamas have agreed to the framework of a deal for a ceasefire in gaza. it will end the fighting and secure the release of more than 100 hostages still being held by hamas. this comes as we learn the temporary floating pier brought by the u.s. intended to bring more humanitarian aid into e gaza will be dismantled and shut
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down in the coming days. hala gorani is with us. hala, i'll start with you. at the press conference yesterday, president biden said this framework was agreed to. then he said it again today in a social media post. what is the reaction in israel? >> so, we have asked the prime minister's office for reaction. we haven't received any yet. we've been here before, though. it has to be said. i flew to cairo seven weeks ago because we were anticipating a break through in these ceasefire talks and we heard similar rhetoric from u.s. administration officials. and then in the end, that deal did not materialize. what the president has said today, what he said yesterday and what he tweeted today, saying he's determined to make a deal happen and that a framework has been agreed upon, which is what he said at the news conference in washington yesterday. listen. >> these are difficult, complex issues. there are still gaps to close. we're making progress.
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the trend is positive. and i'm determined to get this deal done and bring an end to this war, which should end now. >> reporter: so many -- he's talking about complex issues. they are, indeed complex. who will rule gaza after the war? who will control the border crossings between egypt and gaza? when and how and in how many phases will the hostages be released? what palestinian prisoners will be exchanged for those hostages? all open questions and very difficult negotiations ongoing, kate. >> hala, thank you. let me go to kourtney. i want to ask about this pier. i know you got a first-hand look at it last month. you were there. last night in his press conference, the president said he was disappointed that the pier didn't work out. did the military not know whether it was going to be an issue before they planned this? they spent, what, $200 million to build it? >> yeah, more than $200 million throughout the course of this mission. remember, president biden is the one who first announced during
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his state of the union months ago. it took a couple of months to get this pier. it comes together like a jigsaw puzzle. they shipped it across the ocean, and put it together, and anchored it into gaza in mid-may. since then, as you mentioned, kate, weather has really been a problem. at one point, the waves -- sea state in the mediterranean even damaging the pier to the point it had to be taken off line, fixed, and brought back several weeks later. since mid-may, it's really only been functioning for about 20 days. the military was aware and continues to be aware that weather does impact the operations here. but the reality is the officials we've been speaking to for weeks about this mission have said this was their best possible option, and they basically did the best that they could, kate. >> courtney kube, hala gorani, thanks to you both. the fbi and justice department are both
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investigating a major data breach of at&t. the company says text message and call records from nearly all of its users were stolen by hackers. this affects more than 100 million cellular customers. nbc news business and data correspondent brian cheung is here with me. brian, this happened back in 2022, right? but at&t didn't disclose it until now. why the long delay there, and what's the company saying? >> the reason for the delay is because at&t says itself didn't realize the data breach happened until april of this year, and since that time they've been working with the law enforcement officials at the fbi and doj. now at&t said in the release this morning that they did apprehend at least one person that was linked to what they described as an illegal download of user data. as you mentioned, this is a huge breach. this would cover essentially anyone that was on at&t between may and october of 2022. this includes text messages and phone calls. i want to emphasize here, kate,
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even though phone numbers were recovered by this data download, the content of those texts and phone calls were not part of this. basically, if i texted or called you during this period of time, they have those phone numbers, but they don't know what was said between them. it's pretty easy to map phone numbers to individual people. >> look it up on the internet. for all of us who have at&t phones, myself included, what can customers -- what should we do? >> at&t is advising people to be careful with any weird text messages or phone calls they might be receiving. it's possible somebody could be trying to phish you for your personal information, which they can link to phone numbers that may have been part of this breach. law enforcement officials at the doj and fbi are still looking into this. we don't know who did this or why they did that. that's an ongoing investigation. >> but they think it's not sitting out there for all to see at the moment. >> at&t saying it's not public, at least on their end. time now for today's cnbc
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money minute. a rare mission failure for spacex and a beauty pageant victory for artificial intelligence. seema modi joins me now. hi, seema. >> that's right, a rare misstep for the spacex falcon 9 rocket. in a late night launch, the company said the engine failed to complete a second burn, which deploys the small satellite into a lower orbit than expected. the incident prompted the faa to temporarily ground the "falcon 9." consumers, in other news, may start to see snacks get cheaper after pepsi reported a drop in revenue. the company's ceo telling investors it will lower prices on some of its frito-lay brand. in an effort to attract value hunting shoppers who in an effort are really trying to shy away from buying snacks after multiple price increases, the winner of the first ever miss a.i. pageant is being announced
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today. she is a moroccan lifestyle influencer generated by a.i. her name is kenza layly. she was created by artificial intelligence and was one of 1,500 entries to the pageant. clearly something that is new and one of the by-products of this whole artificial intelligence craze. >> i'll say. so, everybody who entered was a.i. generated? >> all a.i. generated, no one real. >> okay. whole new world. seema modi, thank you. coming up, imagine your wedding singer were justin beiber or rihanna. for one couple in india, that is reality. why their blowout wedding is causing a bit of an uproar. also a small plane coming dangerously close to crashing. it did not crash. it did not crash. how it protect against rsv with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. arexvy does not protect
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we have a dramatic twist in alec baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial. the actor's attorneys now are trying to get the whole case dismissed mid-trial. baldwin's legal team is accusing prosecutors today of burying evidence. the judge dismissed the jury for the weekend without them hearing any testimony today. joining me now is nbc news entertainment correspondent who has been following all of the. chloe, a lot of back and forth today. a huge surprise to a lot of people. walk us through exactly what
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happened. >> kate, this is a massive moment. like you just said, the jury has gone home. and, you know, we were in the middle of this trial, expected to last eight days. baldwin's potentially facing 18 months behind bars for this manslaughter charge. and, you know, what is happening is that alec baldwin's legal team, kate, is saying that the prosecution, that the prosecutors in new mexico, withheld evidence. that a good samaritan game forward following hannah gutierrez-reed's trial with new evidence pertaining to the live rounds found on the new mexico set in 2021. baldwin's legal team saying they are just now hearing this and that this is a violation of something called brady. so, it's unclear if the judge is going to rule on this today and dismiss the case altogether, but this is a pivotal moment and a big win for baldwin's legal team right now. >> baldwin accused of
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involuntary manslaughter. we will keep tracking that all afternoon. appreciate it. thanks, chloe. tens of millions of people across the country are once again dealing with dangerous weather today. and there doesn't appear to be any relief in sight this weekend. at least 13 people are now confirmed dead from the remnants of hurricane beryl. after a second person died in flooding in vermont. and even more severe rain and wind hitting new england today. behind the storm further west, we have unrelenting heat hammering the region. at least 38 heat-related deaths have been reported across six states. nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson following all the latest for us in houston. priscilla, beryl madelandfall four days ago now, but millions of people are still without power across the state. i think i even heard that you're without power yourself. talk about what that means no. air conditioning. and also why? why is it taking so long? >> reporter: yeah, kate.
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i am among those without power. that means no air conditioning. a lot of folks aren't able to cook food and things like that at home. your refrigerators and freezers are not working. so, a lot of people having to throw away food. i just spoke with a family here at this distribution site who said that they threw away $600 worth of food, and they live on a fixed income. so, it is not as simple as just being able to replace all of that as soon as the power comes back on. and it is why we've seen thousands of people coming to sites like this. i'll step out of the way to give you a look at this distribution site, where they've given out 5,000 meals yesterday. they're looking to do another couple of thousand again today. people are coming here to get hot food, to get water, to get ice, to do whatever they can to stay cool and to keep cool. as you can see, it's a cloud -- it's cloudy right now. there was some rain that just came down in the past hour. so, on one hand, it has cooled things off. but on the other hand, that means that those employees that were trying to get up into these
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poles and get these power lines restored were not able to work while that rain was coming down. this is the fastest they have been able to restore customers, hopes to restore another 400,000 tonight, by the end of today. people here are fed up, and they do not understand why it is taking so long, myself included. kate? >> i can only imagine, priscilla, that many days without air conditioning alone is tough. thank you so much. thanks for all the reporting. still ahead, the republican national convention is just days away. the high-profile guest expected the high-profile guest expected to be there, missing out on the things you love because of asthma? get back to better breathing with fasenra, an add-on treatment for eosinophilic asthma that is taken once every 8 weeks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems or other eosinophilic conditions. allergic reactions may occur. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may occur.
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♪ ♪ check your cost and coverage before talking to your health care professional about wegovy®. sadly, santa clara county has confirmed 19 people have died due to the scorching heat in the bay area. so please take precautions as triple digits return. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect heading into the weekend. reporter we are still dealing with some dangerous heat for the inland valleys, but this is the last day of this heat wave. and the areas in pink under the excessive heat warning until 8:00 this evening. here is a look at those high temperatures still hitting the triple digits up to 102. in concord and in livermore, san jose will be in the low 90s and will be in the upper 90s for much of the north
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bay, as hot as 112 in ukiah today, but still nice and comfortable in san francisco with mid 70s. tomorrow we're looking at a nice cool down. in some spots it will be about ten degrees or more, and even though it's going to be not as hot, the humidity will be higher. we'll talk more about this and look at our 7-day forecast coming up in about 30 minutes. thanks, kari. now to a follow up. the father accused of killing four members of his family is expected to go before a judge soon. nbc bay area's bob redell joins us from the family's home in alameda. we just heard from the brother of one of the people who was sadly shot and killed wednesday night. this home behind me here on kitty hawk road in alameda. the brother showed up this morning with his wife and daughter to the small sidewalk memorial out front. as you can imagine, they are devastated by what happened here in spanish, augustine sanchez told my photographer, daniel that his brother was the suspect's father in law, and that his brother had no problem with the suspect. shane killian
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says his brother loved killian, treated him like a true son in law, says his brother particularly liked the trips he took with killian to el salvador, which is where the brother is from. so, in other words, they don't know what led up to what happened wednesday night. alameda police say that on wednesday night at around 9:00, killian, who was 54 years old, shot and killed his wife, his father and mother in law and his six year old son, killian is also accused of shooting his one year old son, who is right now in critical condition. killian is expected to make his first court appearance in front of a judge, possibly as early as this afternoon. we are waiting for the district attorney to formally file charges this morning, a man who lives a few doors down, he also stopped by to drop off flowers outside the home to offer his condolences. while an independent journalist from oakland who's unfortunately familiar with the impact of gun violence, took his picture. rest in peace in heaven. yeah, it's just it's very sad, very sad. i
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can't really believe that happened. i'd never seen something like this in my life in person. i've been a family member of people who have been, you know, unfortunately killed before. and i understand how, how hard it can be on the family and, you know, being supportive and trying to just kind of surround give space but also surround with some, some love and support can go a long way. alameda police don't know yet, or at least aren't saying why killian killed his family. allegedly. but the chief did say that this was, quote, the actions of a coward here in alameda, bob redell nbc bay area news. thanks for that update, bob. the city of san jose is working to crack down on illegal sideshows. that's following a viral video near santana row last month. you can see people here wearing masks and then jumping onto and hitting a patrol car during a sideshow. an officer suffered minor injuries here on our today in the bay streaming show, we asked mayor matt mahan about what the city
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is doing to stop these sideshows. he highlighted an effort to deploy 500 license plate readers, which can help find stolen cars and the people driving them. mayor mehan also responded to privacy concerns. we are extremely transparent about what we collect, why we collect it. that's all on our city website. and if we are not actively using data we collect to deliver a service or prosecute a crime, we delete it. mayor mehan also commented on a ruling by the u.s. supreme court. it rejected a challenge to an oregon ordinance that punishes unhoused people for camping on public property. he says the city is working on paying for more shelter beds in san jose's unhoused community for that community. elon musk appears to be making a clean break with san francisco's mid-market area. the chronicle's reports x is planning to sublet its market street headquarters, which twitter first occupied in 2012. it's not clear whether the company is looking for office space somewhere else now that
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at federal court in new york city earlier before the jury got the case. he's charged with accepting bribes from three businessmen in the form of gold, cash, and a mercedes-benz convertible. prosecutors say, in exchange, menendez used his power in the senate to do them favors. he has pleaded not guilty. a florida woman who was found with ammunition in her bag while visiting turks and caicos in the caribbean will avoid jail time. sharita greer was fined $1,500 and given a 23-week suspended sentence. she was detained back in may after airport authorities found two bullets in her carry-on bag. greer says she didn't see the rounds had been in her carry-on, which is a bag she had previously used to carry a gun. and a very close call for a small plane in colorado. watch this. on thursday, you see that single engine cessna stall and start to nose dive. but then it recovers, barely avoiding a mountain. the faa has not released many
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details about the incident, including how many people were on board at the time. but we are told the plane did land safely at its destination. the eyes of the world will be on milwaukee next week for the start of the republican national convention. the four-day event kicks off on monday. former president donald trump will be there to formally accept his party's nomination. there are some major security preparations right now. milwaukee expects 50,000 people to descend on the city for the convention. nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster is there. >> reporter: a major security challenge for the city of milwaukee, now just hours away. large metal fencing blanketing downtown, forming a massive protective zone around the arena where donald trump -- >> i love milwaukee -- >> reporter: -- is said to accept the republican presidential nomination for the third time. we join chief jeffrey norman, as he made rounds with the harvard
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patrol unit. >> how long have you been preparing for the rnc? >> approximately a year and a half, two years. >> reporter: planning that included at least 15 state and local agencies. 50,000 people are expected to flock to milwaukee, including news and media and protesters, who lost a legal battle to protest within sight and sound of the arena. the biggest organized protest is set to begin outside the area. but they tell me they will march up to the main barrier where credentials and a security screening would be required. >> don't destroy anything, don't touch anybody in violence. >> reporter: the secret service taking the lead inside the perimeter, with the milwaukee police department responsible for everything else. >> we can't plan for everything, but we do have a lot of plans, a lot of resources. >> reporter: the department is leaning on tens in millions in federal grants to bring in
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additional officers and pay for new equipment, including a $1.3 million mobile command center and riot gear like gas masks. >> the amount of protests we've had this year has given us a lot of practice. >> reporter: from recent protests over the war in gaza, when crowd control is needed in milwaukee, the major incident response unit is called in. >> milwaukee has been here before. we have a large juneteenth celebration where we have tens of thousands of people in a very small area. we've absolutely been here before. our officers are well-trained. they're professional. >> reporter: the first traditional convention in eight years giving the host city a high-profile test. >> are you ready? >> absolutely. >> no doubt about it? >> no doubt about it. >> reporter: shaquille brewster, nbc news, milwaukee. >> shaq, thank you. stay tuned with nbc news for full coverage of the 2024 republican national convention.
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it all kicks off monday, 9:30 eastern on your nbc news now and on your local nbc station. an iconic casino on the las vegas strip is about to shut its doors for good. but the mirage hotel and ka tee know is going out with a bang, sending some gamblers home with big money. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky spoke with vegas locals about the casino's legacy. >> when you have an iconic property like the mirage promising more than a million dollars in payouts before they close, turns out people absolutely listen. we have seen so many crowds flooding this property over the last 24 hours trying to take advantage and do whatever they can to grab a piece of history and some potential winnings. at just 35 years young, you would think the mirage would be coming into its prime. in vegas years, that is ancient history. and its owners are promising the end of one era and the dawn of another. >> it's time to cash in those
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chips at the mirage. according to nevada gaming laws, the casino has to hand out around $1.6 million in cash and prizes. that's before the doors close for good next week. >> we are about to make payouts. >> feeling lucky. >> reporter: while others are here for the memories. >> just to see this place one more time. >> right. >> i'm going to be sad see the it go. >> reporter: when the mirage opened in 1989, it changed the game. the in a town known for gambling and all you can eat buffets, steve wynn's polynesian resort draw in new high end rooms, an aquarium at the front desk, a dolphin tank, and a 40-foot volcano that erupted every night. all of it setting the tone for a new era of over the top entertainment. >> every property has a little bit of the mirage. it's either emulating it or reacting to it. >> it was even featured in "national lampoon's vegas
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vacation." siegfried and roy brought their tiger here and stayed until roy was mauled during a performance. sammy money has been here since day one, through the hotel's 1990s heyday when a-list celebrities were a common sight. you talk about waiting on ali, sinatra, rickles. >> we used to have dennis rodman when he came in when madonna. >> but the sands of time keep shifting, and the mirage's current owners have decided to start, yet again, from scratch. >> i am 100% confident that hard rock will provide a new iconic property here. >> in a town always looking to the future, time to take one final bow. >> i walk out that door for the last time, i'm going to look up, look at the building and say, good-bye, mirage. >> so, what does that future look like for this property? the owners say they're going to
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keep the bones of the building, but it will be a total remodel after that, including adding 600 new rooms, a swimming pool. as to what happens to the iconic volcano out front, tbd, but replacing it will be a 660-foot guitar. if you want to take advantage of the grand opening, circle your calendars for some time in 2027. back to you. >> okay. that's a tease. morgan, thank you. let's go from vegas to india. we are seeing even more glitz and glamor in what can be one of the most expensive weddings ever. the son of india's richest man is getting married to his longtime girlfriend. even though the celebration started months ago, the official wedding weekend kicks off today in mumbai. price tag, reportedly hundred of millions of dollars, and not everybody is excited about this affair. here's meagan fitzgerald.
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>> reporter: it's a wedding unlike anything we've seen before, taking place in mumbai, india. opulent and ostentatious with an estimated price tag of hundreds of millions of dollars. the groom, the son of india's richest man, said to be worth more than $115 billion. the bride, wealthy in her own right, as the daughter of a pharmaceutical tycoon. the guest list dripping with a listers and including bollywood and pop stars, global tech bosses and politicians like hillary clinton, even kim kardashian, nick and priyanka jonas, and india prime minister modi also attending. and stars like justin beiber and rihanna performing at pre-wedding events. no expense spared. the three-day ceremony inclusive of hindu prayer. but beyond the glitz and glam,
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there are critics. many saying the display of wealth and power only highlights the growing disparity between the rich and poor in india. >> an open minded person would say, okay, today we are celebrating the money they have. >> reporter: this man saying, what is there to say? we can see how the rich are spending their fortune. while they are spending millions, the poor are struggling to eat. after months of extravagant pre-wedding celebration, the big day is finally here. key roads are sealed off for the wedding featuring traditional hindu rituals taking place at mumbai's world convention center, built by the groom's family, a display of wealth creating a celebration to remember. and to give you some perspective here, the average cost of a wedding in india, $33,000. is, of course you compare this to a more than $300 million
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wedding, and this is why people are criticizing this wedding, this display on twitter, saying that the richest man in asia also lives a few miles away from the slums, the same slums highlighted and depicted in the oscar winning film, "slumdog millionaire." they're saying this is the disparity of the haves and the have nots. this wedding culminates and comes to an end on sunday. back to you. it is time for some good news about the power of family connections and one man meeting the grown daughter he never even knew he had. >> it's in the back over here. >> reporter: this was the surprise moment. >> hi. >> my god. >> reporter: joseph flowers meeting his daughter, gabriella howard, for the very first time. >> you look so surprised. after 25 years, the hugs came
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easy. holding on like they never wanted to let go. joyful tears. 25 years ago, gabriella was adopted by loving parents, but she'd always wondered about her birth dad. >> i was like, who is he? where's he from? what's he like? >> joseph never knew a woman he had briefly dated had gotten pregnant. but when gabriella took a dna test, she connected with joseph's cousin. >> i called my cousin up the next day. i told my wife, this is crazy, i might have a daughter. it was like having a child for the first time. it was like a newborn. it was really excited. it was like, oh, wow, she looks like me. >> hi. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: one week before joseph thought gabriella was coming to visit, his wife orchestrated the surprise. >> i could tell and i could feel, like, i was, you know, loved. you know, being able to hug and
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everything, we both kind of just held on to each other for a second. >> reporter: for joseph, things make more sense now. >> a piece of me i always felt something was off. her coming back, it just kind of solidified that missing piece. i feel whole now. >> my gosh, she looks just like me. >> reporter: they realize how much they have in common. >> favorite color is blue. we both love burgers. outdoors, i'm a huge outdoors fan. >> her favorite snack is popcorn, like mine. >> and red vine, like yours. >> the licorice? >> yeah. >> that's obscure. >> joseph lives in california, gabriella in idaho with the parents and three brothers she's always known. they want everyone to meet, including joseph's wife, daughter, and two step children. >> i want to share everything with her, grandkids and get married. she'll have two dads walking her down the aisle. that's fine with me. >> oh boy, yeah. >> i love this story so much. as we mentioned, gabriella's adoptive parents were
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supersupportive of her seeking out her biological father. she's hoping to visit california to see joseph once more this fall. they told me they're planning to go for hikes and go fishing. do you have a good news story to feature on nbc news daily? you can connect with me on your favorite social media platform, any of them pretty much. i am @tvkatesnow. coming up, why some of the nation's smallest kids are
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in today's mental health check, we are right in the middle of summer break, and a lot of us aren't thinking about school just yet. but there is new research that's important about the pandemic's effect on small children, those who were babies, toddlers, and preschoolers during the pandemic. now some of them are school aged. "the new york times" interviewed early childhood experts. they depicted a generation less likely to have age-appropriate skills, "the times" writes, to be able to hold a pencil, communicate needs, identify shapes and letters, manage their emotions, or solve problems with peers, unquote. joining me now, dr. robi ludwig. dr. robi, we're talking about young kids who weren't even mostly in school during the
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pandemic. and now we're seeing -- what is this impact? >> so, when these pandemic babies, you know, came into the world, the whole world was shut down. and there was a lot of anxiety and a lot of stress. their world was not the same. and they couldn't see people talk, so their linguistic skills were impacted. they didn't have play dates. so, now, in school, we're seeing some of the challenges that they're having in term of their social and emotional growth. so, we see that there's less exposure to people, lower preschool attendance, more time on screens, and less time playing. and this all added up to what we're seeing now. >> yeah. it kind of makes sense when you think about it. i think about my older kids who were in high school and the impact it had on them. of course it's going to affect the early years. these early years are critical for brain development, right? so, what can teachers and parents do to try to help them catch up? >> so, the good news is that we
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can catch up. and it's by talking to our kids, creating play dates, so making up for lost time, reading stories to your kids, making sure that they're physical. reduce screen time. that was a big challenge in terms of attention and fine motor skills. it's really about helping them regulate their emotions as well, which parents are really good at doing. so, you know, it's really nice to know that these interventions can take place and parents are in a great position to operate and institute them. >> yeah. we have control to some extent. you mentioned screen time. i want to ask because research is finding that even after the lockdowns ended, screentime was still at a higher level than it used to be pre-covid. can that be reversed? can parents take back the ipad? how do we deal with that? >> absolutely.
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absolutely. you know, kids want to be around their parents. so, if you take the screen away and say, we're going to put this away, we're going to play a game, we are going to tell stories, we're going to look at a movie together. all of those ideas are really appealing to kids. so, parents just need to get on board. it's easy to say, look at the screen, just like it was easy to say, look at the television. >> sure, sure. >> but we know it has a negative impact, or potentially, then we may want to try other thing. >> dr. robi ludwig, always good to have you. >> thank you. always good to be here. >> happy friday. there's much more news ahead. you're watching "nbc news daily." (♪♪) oohh kenny... what the...? is it your constipation with belly pain again? well... relax, i'm future you future me? our doctor figured it out. the symptoms keep coming back because it's ibs-c. he said linzess could help you get ahead of it. come on, kenny! whatta you say? yess! get ahead of your ibs-c with linzess.
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voters will determine her fate. this november. we are expecting a hot but cooler rest of the week. more on that from our meteorologist, kari hall. our high temperatures in the inland valleys today will reach into the triple digits once again. an excessive heat warning through 8:00. but as the temperatures come down, this weekend, humidity will be rising. and we're looking at the possibility of some isolated thunderstorms somewhere across the region, most likely in the sierra and the humidity continues into sunday with more clouds overhead. looking at next week, the humidity will be dropping and our temperatures to. we'll see highs in the upper 80s on tuesday and warming up just a few degrees by the end of the week. while san francisco will see temperatures in the upper 80s. our upper 70s for today, it's going to be cooling down to the upper 60s. more clouds and fog and a breezy wind and nice temperatures throughout much of next week. thanks, kari. cal fire says crews were able to stop an early morning fire from spreading in the la honda area that's south of half moon bay.
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