hi, everyone. i'm kate snow. >> i'm aaron gilchrist, and "nbc daily news" starts right now. today, wednesday, december 14th, 2022. utter devastation. powerful storms on the move across the midwest and the south now turning deadly. a trail of destruction left behind and where the storms are headed next. taking a hike. the fed is raising the interest rates yet again and how much that means for how much you pay. time up for tiktok? the lawmakers are seeking to ban

the social media giant, and what it means for your social page. and 10 years after the attack in sandy hook. >> one thing she said is that she loved us. >> they are 6, and i am thinking that they are about to die, and i wanted them to know how loved they are. >> i spoke about the incredible bond and those terrifying moments and the road to healing. we begin this hour with the powerful storm system going coast to coast, and bringing dangerous weather to millions of americans. >> a blizzard as dumped nearly two feet of snow, and in the south, tornadoes have torn up cities and towns. >> this is damage on the texas/louisiana border, and at least 10 tornadoes confirmed in the last 24 hours, and that number is likely to rise as the crews are surveying the damage, and flash flooding is another act of damage as this storm

continues. >> we have guad venegas with us. and tell us about the destruction there? >> aaron, we still have flash flood warnings there from the storms, and we saw that from the damage in louisiana and oklahoma. overnight, we saw two tornadoes touching in northwest louisiana, and unfortunately one left two people dead. this was in cattle parish, a mother and her son, and then we had images of the damages in the parish nearby, and in union parish, and earlier today, we had another tornado, and very touched the ground about 50 miles southwest of baton rouge. that tornado damaged the structures according to local authorities and left the people trapped that have since been

rescued and the energy companies, and the power companies, and about 400 customers have lost power, and this is earlier today as the weather is making its way through the region there. >> and bill, let me go to you, and where is the powerful storm heading next? and how unique is this? >> well, it is pretty rare in december. more than 20 reports of tornadoes yesterday and today, and now we are seeing the threat from baton rouge to new orleans, and southern mississippi and southern alabama. right now, we have currently about eight active tornado warnings between hattiesburg and meridian, and the sirens are going off, and there is a report of a rotating wall cloud in hattiesburg, and this is going to continue through 8:00 p.m., and it is rare to get these rotating shelf clouds, and that greatest risk is there in the red area, and from biloxi to

jackson, and then overnight, over to the southern panhandle in florida, and overnight, we will see tornadoes and long tracked tornadoes which are the most deadly. and the blizzard part of this, it is an event of like rapid city, where it is 25-mile-an-hour wind gusts, and then we see it heading into new england. and we will have storm warnings issue and ice warnings, and even in places like d.c. for the morning commute. >> thank you, guad venegas. and bill cairns, thank you. and now, the fed is announcing a 0.5% rate hike. >> this is important to maintain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return a rate of 2% over time. >> and that is the consumer

price index to indicate that inflation is 7.1% year over year, which is down two points from june. nbc news correspondent tom costello is joining us from d.c., and you have been watching this, so tell us about the conditions that the fed had to consider before making this rate increase, the modest increase? >> well, it is still in a pickle here. it has a challenge. the problem is that unemployment rate is still at 50-year lows and we have far more workers than jobs available, but it is going to drive up the wages, and feeds the inflationary cycle, and the inflationary is very high, and very high, and that is because the target that the fed has is 2% inflation, and so now, the fed has one tool in the tool box, and this is to keep hiking the interest rates, and it is like a sledge hammer, and they

only have a scalpel, and so they have to slowly drive it up, and then there you will drive down the whole cycle. nobody wants to see people thrown out their inflationary this is the only way they can do it, so it is the seventh rate hike this year, and the fed chair made it clear, you can expect more rate hikes into next year. >> thank you, tom costello. >> the crypto currency is facing criticism from the senate banking committee. >> it is from bad actors who believe that rules don't simply apply to them. >> remember to distinguish between human failure and the instrument with which the failure occur doccurred.

in this case, the failure is software and the code committed no crime. >> this is after the house conduct ad hearing where the announced ceo of the failed ftx. >> this is really old fashioned embezzlement. it is taking money from the customers and using it for your own purpose. >> cnbc technology reporter mackenzie nogales is joining us, and is there more planned scrutiny? >> the most recognizable spokesperson is kevin o'leary who blamed finance for the collapse, and said that ftx's former ceo freedman was a monopoly, and so, remember, that it was accounting for more than half of the exchange process,

and we also heard from the actor ben mckenzie who is a vocal critic of the industry, and that is what someone had to win and someone had to lose, but it duds not mean that the distribution is even. this is gambling, and this is speculation. at best zero sum, and this is not including the environmental cost of bitcoin. >> as for more congressional scrutiny going forward, there is a push to lock in the rules of the industry, and today, senators warren and marshall introduced a bill to lockdown on the crypto-backed money. >> thank you very much. condolences are pouring in for stephen twitch boss. he was the longtime

deejay/co-host for the "ellen degeneres show" and ellen put out a tweet calling him pure love and light. chris, for folks who may not be familiar, talk about who twitch was and how he became so beloved. >> aaron, this story is very shocking. twitch back in 2008, he won over the hearts america on a show called "so you think that you can dance." and funny enough, ellen was watching that show, and she invited him to come teach her to dance, and so that is how they met, and she saw that spark of joy and so she asked him to come to be the show's deejay. and aaron, he was more than just a deejay, because the music on the show was this other character, and that danceoff that happened every episode that twitch teed up, it got the audiences at home, and the folks in the audience watching really

into the element of the "ellen degeneres show" and it was all about joy and light and love. and on the last show, she said how much it pained her to say good-bye. there was a beautiful clip of her saying good-bye. >> i love you, twitch. and you know how much. we tell each other that everyday when we say good-bye after the show, we both say "love you." he says "love you much" and i say "love you." so he is never going to be out of my life. he is always a part of plif. -- part of my life. >> yeah. so -- >> i was going to say, there was a clear like partnership they had developed over the course of the show, and to hear that part of her interview about ending the show, and that relationship

is really nice to remember how special they were to each other. chris witherspoon. >> yes. >> chris, we appreciate it. thank you. now, if you or someone you know is struggling, call the national suicide and crisis lifeline, and we will put the number up here on the screen, it is 988 or text the home which is 741741. >> i will have more on twitch's life, and the reaction on tonight's nbc nightly news with lester holt on your nbc local station and "nbc news tonight." and leggo is paying up. and christina is here with the up to the minute money. >> and talk about recalls. gm has to recall those ram pickups, because the tailgates may not close correctly. and the headlights may not

deactivate properly to cause glare. and also, twitter is going to deactivate a twitter site that followed his flights. and today, eggo was fined because of a toxic chemical was released from his factory, but nobody was injured. i feel like there was an eggo pun there, but i could not think of anything quick enough. >> thank you, christina. coming up, 10 years after the tragedy in sandy hook. how one teacher and two of the former students are remembering former students are remembering that (peaceful l music) i love beieing alive, , man. and i alalmost lost t it , you u know.

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it happened ten years ago today, but so many of us remember it so vividly. >> december 14th, 2012, the day a gunman stormed a elementary school in sandy hook, newtown, connecticut, and the images etched in our mind. >> we remember the 20 first graders and six adults who were shot to death that day. we remember the adults now who are older and now some who are

headed to college. >> for one former teacher at the school, it is important to keep in touch with the students who she has kept up over the years. i was with her recently. >> reporter: for kate and her former students, they have a bond that is hard to put in words. >> how is everything going? you are so big. >> reporter: julia is 16 and lauren is 17, and juniors in high school now, but caitlyn can picture them at the start of first grade. >> what i remembered about julia was she always had a smile on her face, and vivacious, and lauren was precocious, and took school seriously. >> reporter: ten years ago they survived the unthinkable. caitlyn crammed them in the tiny bathroom in the back of the classroom. >> i did what anybody would do, and i thank whoever helped us to

fit all of us inside of it. because if you had seen it, you would not believe all of us could fit in there. >> i remember a lot of noise, and holding everyone, and holding my classmates. >> the only thing that i think about is that she saved my life, and not physical, but mentally. >> reporter: mentally by what she said? >> just by keeping us close to home. and just like having us in there in the bathroom. >> and holding us up, and that helped a lot. >> do you remember what she said? >> she said that she loved us. and going back to think about it, it is what i remembered. >> and they are 6, and i could not fathom in their minds that it would be it for them. >> reporter: and so you wanted

the last thing for them to hear is that they were loved. >> yes. >> reporter: and she quickly got them to safety. >> i just remember that julia would not be here or i or any of my classmates without her. and so that is why i am so grateful. >> she is like my second mom. >> reporter: caitlyn saw a way to teach. >> why does somebody do this for us, and they raised their hands, and someone said, well, to keep us safe. >> and so i said, well, maybe we should send something to them to help them. >> reporter: and that inspired a foundation called classrooms for classrooms to inspire them to do something for another classroom. >> and one of the classrooms said, to make a difference in the world, we should have it is start with us.

>> reporter: so julia and lauren took it to heart, and volunteered helping with animals. julia wants to be a mechanic, and lauren wants to be a school superintendent. >> i want to be in a position to enact change, and to make sure that this situation does not happen to any other student in america. >> it strikes me that it is the most horrible day in this country, and people were lost and it has shaped who you are now. >> all of those things are true. for me, the remembrance of every second of every minute of every day. and this is the truth. and so, yeah, here we are at 10, but it is no different than yesterday or the day before that. you live with it, and move forward in your life, and clearly these girls have moved forward, but it is not gone. it is wholly a part of you, and that is okay. >> so powerful to talk to them. they want to emphasize, too,

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our reporter was inside the courtroom and has this report. >> reporter: the preliminary hearing has been going on for hours now. we have learned in much more detail what happened those early morning hours of october 28. cameras have been denied inside the court here in san francisco, but the picture is being painted by the district attorney's office of what mr. paul pelosi experienced in those early morning hours. the hearing began with the prosecution playing mr. pelosi's 911 call. a couple of witnesses have also been called so far. one of the responding officers, and one of the investigators from the special investigation division, who interviewed mr. pelosi at the hospital days later. the prosecution has also played for the court body cam to theage of officers arriving and the moment leading up to what an officer described as a man "lunging towards paul pelosi with the hammer" and he shares

his account of what happened afterwards. paul pelosi falling to the ground, face down, unresponsive in a pool of his own blood. the hammer has been presented as evidence along with photos with mr. pelosi. the hearing is still ongoing at this point. it is expected to wrap up today. but a spokesperson for the d.a.'s office says they are open to the possibility of it being extended until tomorrow. in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, ginger. heartbreaking news to report. deejay twitch from the ellen show has died. he was found dead after taking his own life in a hotel. his real name was stephen boss. his wife saying -- >> he leaves behind three young children. twitch was 40 years old.

if you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, there is someone ready and waiting to help 24 hours a day. just dial or next 988. there is no charge and you can remain anonymous. another cold night for the bay area. here's our meteorologist with your forecast. >> for this afternoon, headed to the mid 50s. overall, another cool day, but it will be sunny and not seeing as much in the way of wind. take a look at our low temperatures for tonight, dropping down below freezing once again. so the freeze warning continues for the north bay, as well as the inland east bay, down to the south county, with frost advisories elsewhere across the bay area, including the coastline. down to 30 for napa, as well as 31 in dublin and 32 in san martin and gilroy. through the forecast, only minor changes. we'll take a look at that and when we'll see rain coming up in 30 minutes. >> thanks, kari. here are some other stories

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bottom of the hour now, and here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." the suspect accused of attacking nancy pelosi's husband appeared in court. in the hearing the san francisco police officer said he witnessed the 42-year-old man attacking paul pelosi with a hammer inside of the couple's home. he has pleaded not guilty to federal and state charges of attempted murder, and he is held without bail. the case in ohio is being treated as a homicide 38 years

later after police identified the body of robert mullen when he went missing in 1988. the skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave while they were hunting. and now, john lewis is going to be honored with a stamp, and that is to celebrate the life and legacy of his civil rights. he died of pancreatic cancer in 2020 at 80 years old. rapper megan thee rapper took the stand against a woman she says shot her in the foot. and now, gary is following that story. what did megan say on the stand? >> she recounted the time from that morning when the canadian

rapper torey lane struck her several times and then told her to dance. at the two had just attended a party at kylie jenner's house, and in the testimony yesterday she said when the shots were fired she felt shock and hurt and saw blood on her feet. she could not walk for weeks after the shooting, and she has nerve damage preventing her from having feeling in part of her foot. and torey lane for his part has plead not guilty for assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and carrying unregistered firearm, and firing a firearm with gross negligence. he says once the whole case come comes about, we are confident that my client will be exonerated of all of the charges. >> and gary, some are pointing out that this is not what megan

thee stallion did not originally say. >> that is right, and torey lane offered her $1 million to keep quiet because he was on probation for an unrelated crime, and she said that she had injured her feet on glass, and then when the police found bullet fragments, that is when she changed her mind. she has been outspoken about that night, and said when helicopters and police descended upon the scene, she was afraid of how law enforcement would react in the wake of the killing of george floyd. kate. >> thank you, gary. and a bipartisan group of lawmakers want tiktok banned nationwide. they want to ban american user data, because one lawmaker said he is extremely concerned over

china's use of the platform. ali is following story for us. and what specific changes is this calling for, and has tiktok responded? >> it has been a long time coming for florida's republican senator marco rubio who has introduced the bill, and been sounding the bell over tiktok, but it has been gains speed over the last few months when they weighed in on sounding the concern of security. and this bipartisan bill has a partner bill on the house side to stop tiktok and bite dance from operating in the u.s. over concerns that they are sharing the data of american users with the chinese government, and this is something that senator rubio has said is mandatory for the companies to be able to share this data with the chinese communist party, and according

to bill, it also, quote, bans transactions from any social media company under the influence of china, russia, and several other countries of concern. this is coming after several states have abandoned the app from government device, and you have u.s. service members from using this app on their government-issued cell phones and also a n national s securit review of this act stitill unde way, and meanwhile, you have tiktok responding in a way after this bill is introduced and saying that rather than encouraging the administration to encourage the use of tiktok, it is going to have a ban that will promote the security of the united states. so obviously, tiktok definitely defending their argument and their reason to exist in this statement here. >> so, ali, what are the odds here if there is any chance that

the bill passes? >> well, it is unclear where this bill is going to move now, and when it could be taken up. it is telling that the bill has bipartisan support, but considering all of the legislation that this congress is going to have to handle this lame duck session before a new congress in january, it is unlikely that this bill is going gain any traction or movement over the next few week, and if and when it does, the implications are going to be made here, and if you can imagine, this is one of the most important acts world wide, and 90 million active year user, and they use it as a news source, and if it does pass, you can imagine the implications. >> thank you, ali. some survivors of the shooting at the q glub colorado

were asking for more changes in the rhetoric they are hearing surrounding the shooting. >> they are saying that the congress has not done enough to curb hate speech across the country, and blaming it on lawmakers and in particular republicans they are saying are talking about the community. >> q club was not just a safe space for me, but others. outside of these spaces we are dehumanized and targeted and the fear-based and hatred targeting the lgbtq community invites

violence. >> reporter: some of the examples they cited were instances where the republican lawmakers an conservatives and internet celebriies are attacking trans people and fuels the violence for people who are maybe in a mental health situation, and hear the calls or hear this rhetoric used by people they view in power or the people they respect, and so that is ultimately what is going to lead to the tragedies at club q and also, the pulse nightclub from several years ago, and that they need to be among the group calling for change as it relates to the type of rhetoric, and activity, and warn that if something does not change, we will continue to see the awful tragedys the like these. kate. >> is there any sign of something changing to address the threats and the complaints?

>> so, far it is just base-level threats, but the republicans are going to be taking control of the house of representatives in a couple of week, and so it is unlikely that we will see any progress on any type of legislation along the lines of gun violence and hate speech, and anything in that relp, because it is not palpable with republican officials, so at this point, it is about using soap box for these officials that are in the center of tragedy, so it does not seem that we will be seeing any tangible legislation out of washington. >> thank you, ryan. congress has reached a bipartisan funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. the funding is expected to run out friday, but both are going to pass a stop gap measure to be

passed before that happens and a full gap before the session recesses. and now, nbc news senior investigator laur is dating back to 2020 when this family was profiled in an nbc nightly news investigation, and walk us through some new results. >> reporter: the edwards family said they were running a $7.2 million ministry helping the poor, but in fact, they had almost no money, and the only employees were themselves, and nevertheless, they got $8.4 million from the government through the paycheck protection program. that program provided $8 billion in loans for struggling businesses, and to save jobs, but it was plagued with fraud, and some estimate it to be $8

million. in this case, the authorities were quickly on to them and pulled them over as they were fleeing the state. they found them with a paper shredder and garbage bags filled with shred. they let them go. but five months ago we did a story with stephanie gosk about the case, and why the family has not been arrested and today, a source familiar with the case said that our reporting helped to prioritize the case, and led to their arrest. >> so what were some of the red flags that tipped off the investigators? >> the investigators with the secret service went to the neighboring offices to meet there, and also accounted for the ministry, and found out that he was 88 years old, and suffering from dementia, and had not worked for the charity since

2017. >> thank you, laura strickland in our d.c. bureau. >> thank you. and coming up, how parents can help little ones express big feelings. >> we are also streemg fre

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parenting, we are helping kids manage their emotions and dealing with emotions can be tough at any age and harder for children since they may not understand what they are feeling or why they feel that way. joining us now is parenting coach donna tratoe, and she the author of "dear me, letters of my emotions." and maybe this is obvious question, but why do parents need to teach our kids about emotion, and when should we start that conversation? >> hi, kate. well, it helps them to move through the world more smoothly, and it is a life skill and not considered a soft skill any longer. and we can teach the kids at age 3 and 4 when they are really little, and we spoke to one doctor to get more insight about this. take a listen. >> that is doing to provide a foundation for self-awareness,

and emotional self-control for them, and that is really going to pave the way for other people, and build and maintain other relationships for others throughout their lives. >> and it is going to promote better well-being and promote strategies and what is on their mine. and people call it health strategies. and how can people help their children dealing with those feelings? >> we have to let them know that all emotions matter. the difficult one, and the hard one, and it is okay. and they matter and not the squash them. and we have to be proactive and not reactive and meaning that we have to teach this early in life instead of dealing with it later when the kids are in elementary or teenagers, and through adulthood, and this is a life skill.

>> and some of these are uncomfortable emotions, and how do you make it easier for a kid who may not want to share. >> there a strategy, and maybe we want to label it. i am mad. then you allow them to feel that emotion, and giving them that space to then understand that emotion. then help them, if you can at that point, move on to a more positive emotion. we won't go from angry to joyful all of the sudden. you might go from angry to i'm feeling better, and give them tools. breathing is important, and mindful breathing and journaling, and if you have a young child instead of writing about the emotion, ask them to draw about how they are feeling. >> in my family, we have a habit and tradition to talk about the favorite part of the day which encourages all kinds of things to come out, so i wonder if there is something to do to make it a really regular thing to not

make it abnormal about how you are feeling. >> i love that, kate. you have to model it. when we are having an emotion as a parent, we have to show the kids how the manage the emotion, and show them that it is okay to be sad, and to be angry, but to show them that there is a way to do this. there is a calming way to do this. also, to give them the space. again, that thing that you do at dinner time is practice, practice, practice, and we want to teach our kids how to manage the emotions, and just like they would practice being a sport or instrument, and it is a skill they will need to practice through life. >> i am sort of listen, because i am thinking of modeling, and it is not perfect, and there are times when you lose your cool, and as a parent, you are realizing that you are not modeling well. any tips of how to model? >> well, i am here with you, and

we are not perfect human beings, and when we slip up, we have to go into the i'm sorry, and that is another skill to teach our kids, i am sorry, and i am feeling this way, and i did not manage the emotions that way, and that is the way i want to own it. >> thank you so much. we are learning more about what killed soccer journalist grant wahl and why he died in qatar. his wi is saying that he died of an aortic aneurysm. it happens with the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. >> and grant wahl suffered a aortic dissection which is a tear of the lining of the wall of the aorta, and that the largest blood vessel of the body, and it is about the size

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