hi, everyone, i'm kate snow. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, wednesday, january 25th, 2023. outbreak. severe weather barrelling across the midwest and in the south, leaving path of destruction. the weather alerts in effect right now and how long this dangerous weather will stick around. rolling out. president biden announcing dozens of tanks will be sent to ukraine. how this bold move could change the direction of the war. united they stand.

two california communities in mourning after a pair of mass shootings. what family and friends are now saying about the lives that were lost. and high-tech. after a holiday travel season full of delays and cancellations, what some airports are doing to ensure your luggage gets where it needs to go. and we begin with two communities in california on the coast there shattered by separate mass shootings. >> vice president kamala harris is on her way to monterey park right now to help honor the 11 people killed in saturday's shooting. >> last night, hundreds of community members gathered in a park just blocks from the deadly shooting site. they came to pay their respects to the lives lost, including one man who was in the dance hall when the shooting happened. >> whenever i close my eyes, those things come back. bang, bang, bang. light. people fell down. people coming back. >> reporter: so this is helping you heal and helping your heart. >> yes. >> reporter: be a little less heavy. >> yes. >> nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin is in monterey park

for us. erin, we're starting to learn more about the 11 people killed in the dance hall. how's the community remembering them? >> reporter: hey there, kate. well, community members have been coming here to where i am outside of the dance studio where the gunman opened fire, that lunar new year evening, killing 11 men and women. community members have been laying flowers and leaving notes of remembrance at the growing makeshift memorial behind me, and that includes judy mak who says she was supposed to be here that tragic night, but for a dinner, she would have been among the tens -- the scores dancing in that ballroom, and she was here to pay tribute to 72-year-old ming wei ma. she said he was a dance instructor, was like a family member. it was an emotional moment for her to be here to see the tributes to him and others. take a listen. how long was he your teacher

for? >> so, so many years already. so many years already. yeah. everybody know him. he's such a very nice guy, you know? he treat everybody as nice, like he's all family, you know? and he's happy every day. >> reporter: we're also beginning to hear from other family members, including the family of 68-year-old valentino. they put out a statement saying, "we wish that we could let him know we will all miss him for the rest of his days on earth. we hoped that he danced to his heart's content until the very end, and we hope that he is now dancing in heaven." that is the hope, really, of the rest of the community as well. >> yeah, it's a beautiful way to remember somebody in a tough time like this. i do wonder, erin, we know the investigators are still looking for a motive in this shooting. are we learning anything new about the suspect here?

>> reporter: yeah, we are. nbc news has been in contact with some individuals who say they knew the 72-year-old suspect, they're acquaintances. they describe him as someone who was desperate, who was alone, someone who lacked close family and friends and who was quick to anger. multiple law enforcement officials telling nbc news that they believe that this was a personal attack. he did have ties to the dance hall behind me. there are news reports that that's the hall where he met his ex-wife. they were divorced decades ago. so, we're getting to hear a disturbing picture of a man who perhaps was suffering mentally and who was all alone before committing this horrible crime. >> erin mclaughlin, thank you so much. in northern california, the man accused of killing seven workers is set to make his first court appearance in about a half

an hour. the affected community there is trying to come together and heal. [ bell chiming ] a bell rang seven times for each of the victims at a vigil last night, a multi-faith vigil. speakers called for healing and change after this string of mass shootings in california. nbc news correspondent naella charles is outside the courthouse in redwood city, california, for us today. what more are we learning about the suspect here, and what can we expect in court today? >> reporter: aaron, that suspect is 66-year-old chung lee zhao. he said his coworkers disrespected him. that's according to two police sources with direct involvement in the investigation who spoke to nbc bay area. aaron? >> and tell us a little bit more about the vigil last night. i know there was one that a lot of people attended. what's the community focusing on

at this point? >> reporter: aaron, all seven of those victims who died are people who investigators say worked with the suspect at some point. all of them either hispanic or asian. last night, there was a memorial service here in this community for those victims in which they prayed for the victims and also called for an end to gun violence, putting pressure on elected officials. aaron? >> thank you. parts of new england are bracing for as much as 15 inches of snow as a strengthening storm system moves from the midwest to the east coast. the great lakes region saw a few inches earlier today. severe thunderstorms and the possibility of more tornados are the focus in the south. look at this video. more than a dozen reported twisters ripped through texas and louisiana yesterday. already, the number of reported tornados in january is more than four times the average for this month. nbc news meteorologist bill karins is tracking this, but

let's begin with maggie vespa in indianapolis. the real damage is the south and these tornados. talk to us about what people are dealing with. >> reporter: kate, it's insane, as you saw, a lot of that video, just utterly breathtaking. 17 tornados reported on the ground in the last 24 hours and frankly a lot of people there, especially in texas and louisiana, dealing with devastating damage. you can see houses ripped apart. you can see cars tossed on to their sides. in some cases, semi trucks tossed on to their sides, blocking multiple lanes of entire interstates. we're hearing about three people on the ground hospitalized, and of course, the damage still being surveyed by the national weather service and with that, that injury count tends to go up. we're hoping that doesn't happen, but we're tracking that as well. these tornados popping up -- a course of tornados, texas into louisiana, and then tracking east as this system moves east, but you kind of touched on that stunning number. i know we're going to hear more about this in the forecast, but this has been such a destructive

january, unusually destructive one. on average, we usually have more than 36 tornados in the month of january. so far this year, we have had more than 130. >> that's quite a staggering figure. thank you, maggie. let me go to bill. where is the storm system heading next? >> we're waiting to see if we get severe weather out of this line of storms today. this is the same storm system that produced all the tornados yesterday. we had one tornado reported early this morning in the panhandle of florida, no damage really done, but this line is still here, and it's going to be intensifying a little bit, so it's going to be right along the coastal areas from jacksonville, gainesville, northward, brunswick, savannah, up through charleston and myrtle beach area, wilmington. we could see strong, gusty winds that could do some damage, maybe an isolated tornado or two, but we're not expecting anything like yesterday. areas in arkansas goat nailed. fayetteville had eight inches of snow. lubbock, texas, was the highest big city in texas at 7 inches.

chicago, st. louis, kansas city, kind of a minor event. there's that mt. magazine state park in arkansas with up to 18 inches. the worst right now is over the detroit area. winter storm warning with heavy snow. they have a ground stop at the airport. the takeoffs are one to two-hour delays and they're not letting any airplane come into the airport. looks like you'll end up with about six to eight inches. we think tonight this area will be doing a lot of shoveling and plowing, guys, at least six inches. >> you see me leaning in, trying to see where my town is on that map. bill karins. >> i'll brief you later. >> thank you. some breaking news now. a major about-face for the biden administration. the president announcing this afternoon that the u.s. will give ukraine tanks to help fight russia. >> today, i'm announcing that the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. secretary austin has recommended

this step because it will enhance the ukraine's capacity to defend its territory and achieve its strategic objectives. >> president biden says america will also provide ukraine the tools and training it needs to properly operate those tanks. as recently as last week, the administration had resisted sending these sophisticated tanks because they are complex to maintain. nbc news pentagon core courtney kube is joining me from her post. talk to us about what exactly these abram tanks are and why this is significant that the administration is sending them now. >> reporter: so, these are the main battle tanks for the u.s. military. what's significant now is not so much what effect these 31 abrams tanks would have on the battlefield in ukraine, because the reality is, they're not going to be there for a long time. many, many months before they'll actually be on the ground in that conflict. but what's significant here is what this means. the u.s. making the announcement that they're sending one battalion of these tanks, the goal, according to u.s. officials who i spoke with, is to open up the floodgates for

other countries to then make similar announcements. so, we've already seen it with germany announcing the 14 tanks that they're going to send. there's a hope that other countries in the region who had these leopard tanks, maybe even others who have abrams tanks, that they'll provide them, and that's what could be the potential game changer here. the reality is the coming fight is more likely to be a tank battle than what we've been seeing in ukraine over the last 11-plus months, which has been, in many cases, for many months, it's really been a battle of artillery, so firing artillery back and forth between the sides. as munitions run lower, particularly on the russian side, we are more likely to see some more of the close-in combat that would be -- that the tanks would be useful for, as well as some of the other maneuver vehicles we've been hearing about. if these other nations can send tanks in the neighborhood of 250, 300-plus tanks, that's when we're talking about potential game changer on the ground in ukraine, aaron. >> as we are just a couple weeks

from the one-year mark in this conflict in ukraine. courtney kube, thank you. a growing number of schools blocking tiktok could now lead maybe to a national ban, and the justice department announcing an investigation into the tire company, goodyear. seema mody joins us with our money minute. >> let's start with tiktok. republican senator josh hawley says he will introduce a bill to ban the chinese-owned video app in the united states because it threatens the privacy of children and their mental health. the university of wisconsin is the latest big educational institution to ban tiktok on school-owned devices. tiktok says the fears are not justified. also, "the wall street journal" reports the justice department is investigating goodyear over a tire recall linked to eight deaths. the company says it has cooperated with auto safety regulators and argues the tires do not have a safety defect. aaron, back to you. >> all right. >> seema mody, thank you. coming up, why a fight is expected over what evidence can

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interest there. nbc news correspondent catie beck is outside the courthouse for us in south carolina. when we last checked in, they had selected the jury. are we about to get opening statements? >> reporter: well, kate, opening statements were actually slated to start at 3:00. we're told there's been some delay, some hold-up where folks tell us inside that there is a line to get into that courtroom, and they are told it could be a while. we don't know exactly what that means in terms of getting these statements in today. what we do know is that this jury was seated faster than anyone expected. murdaugh is a household name in low country, so trying to find 18 people that can be impartial and hear this case for the next several weeks, we thought, would be a taller task than it has proven to be. we do expect in these opening statements to hear two very different versions of the same story. the prosecution saying that alex murdaugh was a man in distress, someone who was fearing the exposure of his financial crimes

and therefore plotted the murder of his wife and son. the defense has vehemently said from the beginning that he is completely innocent of these murder charges and that, you know, the fact that this case keeps going on is evidence that these murderers are still at large and that the prosecution zeroed in on alex murdaugh from the beginning, telling the community they had nothing to fear when they didn't have a suspect. they are saying that eventually he will be completely exonerated. >> catie, i know there's a question over a snapchat video and whether that is going to be allowed to be used in court. can you tell us what we think is on that video and is there any resolution on that yet? >> reporter: there isn't any resolution. that motion will be decided during the trial, but it is a pivotal piece of evidence for the prosecution because that video was taken in the dog kennel where maggie and paul were murdered just two hours before their time of death. so, if, on that video, possibly,

there is some voice likeness or image of alec murdaugh, that kind of blows his alibi timeline out of the water. so, we'll see what's on that video and whether or not it gets in. that motion has yet to be decided. >> all right, catie beck, thank you. well, after decades behind bars in hawaii, a man wrongfully convicted of murder and sexual assault has been released from prison. in 2000, albert ian schweitzer was sentenced to 130 years in prison, but new dna evidence has cleared his name. here's lynn from our nbc affiliate in honolulu. >> therefore, the conviction of albert ian schweitzer for murder in the second-degree, kidnapping and sexual assault in the first degree is hereby vacated. >> reporter: albert ian schweitzer is now a free man. the judge in a historic ruling agreed that all the new evidence, especially dna evidence, collected because of

improved technology proved that schweitzer did not assault and murder dana ireland in 1991. schweitzer was able to embrace family after the reunion. it's been decades since he saw his mother, father, and other loved ones. it was an emotional reunion in court. >> just grateful. very thankful. give glory to all god almighty, my lord and savior. thank you for blessing me and my team and family. thank you to the judge for doing -- being an honorable judge and the prosecutor for doing the honorable thing and restoring honor in that court system. >> this has been the first time in the state of hawaii where there's been a conviction integrity process to where the prosecutors -- i'm talking about the entire state -- have sat down with the defense and our innocence project, worked together to work cooperatively to find out who actually did this, to seek justice. >> the case was dismissed

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breaking news in san francisco. an apartment fire is burning in the potrero hills neighborhood. we have video from nbc bay area sky ranger shot just a few minutes ago. you see a lot of smoke coming from this apartment building. we also have ground footage from our photographer on scene. fire officials say one person had to be rescued. this fire is on turner terrace. no word on what started this fire. of course we continue to follow this breaking news story as more information comes into our newsroom. within the last two hours we have learned the identities of the victims killed in the half moon bay shooting massacre. they are 73-year-old zhishen lie, qizhong chen -- family members have identified

and tell nbc bay area the seventh victim is jose perez. his brother was shot and is being treated. the community of half moon bay has continued to pay their respects to victims in downtown half moon bay. our bob redell is there and talks about all the members of the community still reeling from this violence. >> reporter: san mateo county district attorney steve wagstaffe says seven counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, firearms enhancement on each count, plus a special circumstance of multiple murders. people have left a number of flowers, candles here in downtown half moon bay in memory of the five men and two women killed. this morning carter palmer, a young boy from half moon bay, left a stuffed bear with a heart on it he pick out from his

bedroom because according to his dad he felt bad about what happened to these people. zhao, who is 66 years old, knew the people he allegedly shot, and they believe this was an instance of work place violence. the suspect worked at both farms targeted in the shooting. sources tell our investigative unit zhao said they picked on him for years. the sequence of the attack zhao allegedly gunned down two co-workers near a greenhouse at the first farm off 92, then to the trailers where he killed a co-worker's wife and shot two more co-workers including the lone survivor. investigators say zhao then drove to the nearby mushroom farm on cabrillo highway, killed a married couple he had worked with before along with another former co-worker. after all of that he drove to the sheriff's substation where he was arrested. zhao is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 this afternoon at the main county courthouse complex in redwood city. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, bob.

here are other stories you need to know about. sunnyvale is counting its unhoused community. first, pushback from local politicians removed from their committees. democratic congressman eric swalwell is speaking out against the decision to be kicked off the house intelligence committee. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy removed him and democratic representative adam schiff from the committee yesterday. in a press conference earlier swalwell called the decision all about politics. mccarthy intends to remove minnesota congresswoman omar from the foreign affairs committee. check out this video of surveyors in sunnyvale who gathered at 4:30 this morning to count the unhoused community in santa clara county. last year teams counted about 10,000 unhoused people countywide. more than half of them were located in san jose. it will be warmer today, at least for winter. this isn't here to stay. here is meteorologist kari hall with more. enjoy the sunshine and this being the warmest day of the

week. in santa rosa it will reach into the upper 60s for a high today. and in martinez, 62 degrees. 64 in oakland as well as palo alto and 65 in san jose. it will be another cold night. take a look at tomorrow morning's temperatures. we begin with 46 degrees in oakland as well as san mateo. also mid-40s for the north bay. may still be breezy in those areas. where the wind is calmer temperatures will be lower and we'll start out with some upper 30s for parts of the tri-valley as well as the south county. we will have a big cooldown once the rain gets here. we'll talk about that in the forecast. it's coming up in about 30 minutes. >> okay, thank you so much, kari. that does it for this edition of "the fast forward." i'll be back in 30 minutes. f i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com the fair and honest bidding site. this kitchenaid mixer sold for less than $26. this i-pad sold for less than $43. and this playstation 5 sold for less than

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bottom of the hour now, here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." >> breaking news, at least two people are dead and five are hurt after a knife attack on a train in germany. this happened this morning on a regional train in the northern part of that country. the interior ministry confirming to nbc news that police do have a suspect in custody. the motive behind the attack is not clear. the cable channel adult swim has cut ties with the co-creator of the hit tv series, "rick and morty." the changes come for justin after nbc news reported that he was charged with felony domestic violence in 2021. the show will continue for a

seventh season without him. chicago white sox pitcher mike clevinger is under investigation. he's accused of violating the league's domestic violence policy. clevinger is accused of physical and emotional abuse toward his three children and their two mothers. one of the mothers says he also threw chewing tobacco at an infant. an attorney for clevinger has denied the allegations. it has been a traumatic week of violence in america. it seems like day after day, sometimes hour-by-hour, betalk about yet another deadly shooting in this country. we will see an all-too-familiar sight yet again today as vice president kamala harris meets with grief-stricken families. she'll be in monterey park, california, with relatives of the 11 medium who died there. sadly, that is just one community in mourning as america grapples with this latest wave of deadly violence. >> they lost their lives. >> overnight, vigils in

half moon bay and monterey park, california. >> i think the last two days, three days have been so difficult for us. >> it's very frustrating. >> reporter: across the country, grief, despair, anger. >> it was really hard not to cry, because all i thought was, what is happening? what has happened to our community? >> reporter: in just the past four days, eight mass shootings, the latest leaving three people dead and one injured in north carolina, according to the robison county sheriff's office, a suspect is in custody. three of the most recent shootings in california, a state considered to have the toughest gun laws in the nation. but that hasn't stopped the violence. >> this problem isn't unique to our state. but it is unique to our nation. this has to end. it must end. >> reporter: according to the gun violence archive, in the first few weeks of 2023, at least 73 people have been killed in 40 mass shootings across the country, compared to 27 at this

point last year. that's any shooting with at least four people shot. there have been more mass shootings than days in 2023. >> one happened, and then within a week, there's two more. we call that social contagion, where other people see somebody do that and then suddenly that feels like an answer for them as well. >> reporter: nationally, politicians don't often agree on solutions, but the giffords law center points to progress. in 2022, president biden signed a bipartisan bill that gives grants to states for red flag laws, enhances background checks for 18 to 21-year-olds and funds mental health services. 21 states and washington, d.c., passed some kind of bill aimed at gun safety, though dozens of other bills in state legislatures throughout the country did not pass. >> i do think we're making some progress. it's slow, but i think it's coming. >> we need to come together, and we need action to stop this violence. >> in the wake of those recent shootings in california,

governor gavin newsom and state lawmakers there have been vocal, demanding more action on the federal level. senate democrats joined president biden in calling for new limits on access to firearms, but that is a nonstarter for many conservative lawmakers. garrett haake, our colleague on capitol hill, asked house speaker kevin mccarthy if congress would do anything on mass shootings, and he answered that california already has the strongest gun laws in the country, and it didn't stop these killings. florida governor ron desantis is being threatened with a lawsuit after he blocked an advanced placement course on african american studies. today, demonstrators held a rally at the state capitol to protest that move. the governor says the course violates the state's new education law. nbc is in florida today. civil rights attorney ben crump is warning the governor about a possible lawsuit in this case. what did crump say at that rally today? >> reporter: hey, aaron, yeah, it's been a busy day here in

tallahassee, and mr. crump said if the governor does not back off this ban, he intends to sue, and some of those plaintiffs will include a.p. students first. let's take a listen and talk on the other side. >> what this really is about is saying, you cannot exterminate us. you cannot exterminate our culture, and you can never exterminate the value of our children to this world. >> reporter: now, many protesters and mr. crump expressed to me that they were not surprised by this move. we've seen republican governor ron desantis issue similar mandates around critical race theory and lessons on sexual identity. now, it is worth noting and important to point out that the college board refused claims of critical race theory in its curriculum, and on february 1st, the first day of black history month, they intend to submit an updated curriculum. >> we'll be looking for that.

any response from the governor's office? >> reporter: yeah, aaron, so, we do have an ask out about this new lawsuit that is intended to be filed once they hear about the state of the ban. that said, interestingly, here in florida, black history is actually required and mandated, and the governor's office did tell me they are proud to teach african american history. however, they say they are uncomfortable with certain lessons that the a.p. african american studies course currently has, so this is definitely a story and a class we're going to be watching closely. >> thank you. the virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in her classroom is planning to sue the school district. abigail's lawyer says she is still recovering from the shooting earlier this month in newport news, virginia. today, the school board will vote on removing the current superintendent. during a special meeting. nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor is following this for us. the lawyers said this was

entirely preventable. what else did she say about the shooting? >> reporter: that's right. the lawyer for abby said teachers warned school administrators multiple times that the 6-year-old had brought a gun to school. she says abby now intends to sue because school officials failed to act and stop what she called, as you say, a preventable shooting. take a listen to what she said. >> on that day, over the course of a few hours, three different times, three times, school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people. but the administration could not be bothered. >> reporter: now, the lawyer says during one of those warnings, a teacher told school administrators that the 6-year-old had shown the gun to another student during recess and threatened to shoot that student if he told about the weapon. another teacher said she wanted permission to search the

student, but the official denied -- the school official denied that request, according to the attorney, and also, nbc news is exclusively reporting a source close to the situation says abby zwerner texted a loved one saying that the student was armed and school officials were refusing to act. she was frustrated because she was trying to get help for the child, but when she needed help, no one was coming. >> yamiche, any response from the school district? >> reporter: a spokesperson tells me because of the ongoing investigation, they cannot comment on statements by abby's lawyer at this time. they are planning meet on the agenda. they are going to be considering a severance agreement with the current superintendent as well as the appointment of an interim superintendent, and as for the students, they're scheduled to return to classes on monday, january 30th, but it tells you something that today they're opening the school just for students to come because it's been such a traumatic event. they want students to come and

reacquaint themselves with the building, kate. >> yamiche alcindor, thank you so much. we're learning new details today in the rape and death of a louisiana state university student. medical records show 19-year-old madison brooks's blood alcohol level was nearly four times the legal limit. gary grumbach is following the story for us. >> reporter: this is such a troubling story. four men have been arrested for the alleged rape of madison brooks. casten carver, kaivon washington were both 18 and 27-year-old everett lee and a 17-year-old minor. authorities are alleging that washington and the 17-year-old raped brooks in the back of one of their cars after she asked for a ride home from a popular bar near lsu's campus on january 15th following a night of drinking. the men then apparently dropped brooks off just before 3:00 a.m. in an east baton rouge neighborhood. it's in that neighborhood where she was fatally hit by a car after wandering into the street. brooks was taken to a local

hospital where she ended up dying from her injuries. the driver who hit her was not arrested. an autopsy revealed that madison's blood alcohol level was extremely high, 0.319. medical examiners also found thc in her system and what they called "injuries consistent with sexual assault." now, here's what one doctor told our nbc affiliate about the dangers of being that intoxicated. >> with a blood alcohol that high, that is approaching alcohol poisoning. any time you get above 0.25% alcohol intoxication, that is when you start getting into trouble with your balance, trouble walking straight without assistance. someone in that state probably needed medical help. instead, unfortunately, how this story turned out. >> reporter: now, the lawyer representing two of the suspects told wasb tv that a rape never

occurred and the sexual acts were consensual. the incidents also raising questions about how madison got so drunk, given she was underage. local authorities are investigating that bar called reggie's bar, and have issued an emergency order barring the restaurant from serving alcohol because of what they call "seriousness of the allegations and the potential threat to public safety." a hearing is scheduled for february to determine if that bar should be fine. >> lot of questions still to be answered here. gary grumbach, thank you. coming up, how artificial intelligence is helping airports track down your missing luggage.

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that young man, what do you want to do with your life? >> actually, matt, i kind of want to be a writer. >> well, la dee freaking da. we got ourselves a writer here. >> love a good "snl" clip. in today's modern parenting, how not to be like chris farley's iconic "snl" character. we're looking at how parents can support their child's career goals after college, even if they don't agree with their chosen path. picking a line of work is one of the most important decision as young person can make. joining us is laurie gottlieb. good to see you. all kidding aside, when should parents start having this conversation with their kids? how should they bring it up?

>> yeah, well, good to see you too. this is a really important conversation, and i think it should happen early on, and it's an ongoing conversation. it's not just one conversation. i think really helping your kid to get curious about what is it that they enjoy and let them try different things instead of trying to steer them in a certain direction too early, because they will learn from experience what they like, what they don't like, and i think the other part of it is, teach them about money so that that becomes part of the conversation early on too. what does it mean to have a certain amount of money? how do they get practice with allowance? what are different careers? what would their lifestyle be like and certain careers? what are the possibilities? they can factor in all of these things as they, and i want to emphasize they make the choices they make. >> how can parents be not like chris farley, supportive of their child's chosen career path, especially if the parent actually doesn't agree with what the child is thinking about doing? >> i think, you know, it's

interesting. as a therapist, one of the things i hear most is, i don't hear a lot of, i regret that i tried. i hear a lot of, i regret that i didn't. and usually, people didn't because their parents talked them out of it, and so i think being supportive is to remember that it's their life, and they may have a different risk tolerance than you do. they may have different goals or values than you do. they may be okay working harder to get to something, or they may be okay having less stability in their lives. so, i think it's important to share your ideas with them, share your thoughts with them, and let them integrate that into what works for them and what their values are. >> it's so interesting. i have a couple people in my life who were really pushed by their parents to not do a certain thing and then were unhappy. some professions, more competitive than others, obviously. what can parents do if their child tries something and it's not working out? >> well, first of all, i think that experience is going to be really helpful for them, because

let's say that it doesn't work out in the case of, i wrote a recent column in "the atlantic" about somebody who was concerned that her son wanted to be a stand-up comedian, and what i said was, that experience will teach that child about perseverance, hard work, how to get up in front of people, how to be in front of a group and how to get people to listen to you, and i think all of that would serve that child well if it doesn't work out for him and he's in a job interview, he knows how to do that. maybe he'll be a trial litigator or a professor using those skills. there are lots of different things you can do with the skills that you learned, even if it doesn't work out for you. it's not wasted time. >> lori gottlieb, thank you so much. well, the holiday travel season turned out to be a nightmare for a lot of people. you remember the delays, the cancellations, and of course all the lost luggage. now, airports are looking to technology to help manage those lost and found items and return

them to their owners. travel writer harriet vazquez is following the story and joins us now. we've all lived this nightmare with bags that didn't get to where they were supposed to be. so, how are the airlines now using technology to try to fix this problem and help people get their stuff back more quickly? >> i talked to a lot of airports and airlines, and the companies that are making software and software platforms, using a lot of technology, but some airports are using pretty basic technology like a three-ring binder in a box by the information booth. but a lot of the software and the software platforms are using the new technology, like intelligent matching, artificial intelligence, algorithms that are proprietary and all that, and even chatgpt, so they're using all this new technology to make it faster to get things that are found into the system and easier for people who are lost things to get their claims in, and then they're using the

technology to make all the matches very quickly. >> so, is this stuff that's already happening, or what's the timeline here for actually rolling this out and having it used in a way that's going to be helpful to us? >> a lot of places have been using it, and they're bringing in the newer technology very quickly, like chatgpt. so many people don't even know what it is, but it's already being rolled into these systems so that you can call up and make your claim and it's taking your information and turning it into a claim while you're talking. i talked to one company that said during that meltdown at the holidays, there were people who were -- so many people stuck in airports, losing things in airports during those hours, and there were systems that were working fast enough that they could get their things back while they were still in the airport, and some of them could get their things delivered to them at their gate. >> i wonder, though, if it becomes a volume problem where there's so many bags at one time that even the technology won't help, but it seems like it will? or could? >> it is. and if you can get the information into the system, and

what's happening now is so many people have air tags and tracers, so you might know where your things are, but they have to get the information into the system. >> all right, well, hope it helps people who want this help for sure. harriet baskas, we appreciate it. thank you. much moreews ahead. much moreews ahead. ng new dove body wash with microbiome nutrient serum transforms the driest skin in 1 shower.

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chunli zhao will be arraigned in court. we will be there. and in the last few hours we've learned the identity of the seven people killed in the shootings. the seventh victim has been identified, not by the coroner but family members tell us his name is jose perez. his brother was also shot but not killed. he's being treated at stanford hospital. the nonprofit farm worker caravan is holding an emergency supply drive for people impacted by the shooting at san jose women's club. they'll be there until 2:00 this afternoon. you have just about an hour left. looking for nonperishable food along with warm clothing. they will be taking supplies to

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today on "access daily" austin butler just snagged his first oscar nod. we've got a throwback interview you're only going to see here. it's the infamous tom hanks case that everybody goes crazy over. >> "access daily" starts now. >> welcome to "access daily" from universal studios hollywood. i'm kit hoover with mario lopez. guys, the oscar nods are in. "top gun maverick" snagged best picture nomination. tom cruise not included on thec3 nomination list for best actor. >> that'lys a bit of a shocker.c more of that later. angela bassett made history by the first actor from a marvel