hey there, everyone. happy friday. i'm joe fryer. >> i'm ellison barber. aaron and kate are off today. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today is friday february 17th, 2023. officers in court, all five former police officers involved in the death of tyre nichols pleaded not guilty. nichols' mother is vowing to see the case through until justice is done. >> they didn't even have the courage. >> hmm. >> to look at me in my face.

plus, toxic threat. ohio's governor reveals how the state is acting to contain toxic chemicals after that fiery train derailment. why he still says the water and air of safe. temple attacks. los angeles police arrest the suspect after two separate shootings outside synagogues. why investigators say it may be a hate crime. and on this friday, do you have a case of the mondays? workers returning to office. ways to help you deal with the difficult co-workers. we begin in memphis, tennessee. not guilty pleas from all five former police officers facing murder charges o didn't tyre nichols. >> and video showed officers punching, kicking and striking the 29-year-old man after they pulled him over for a traffic stop in early january.

nichols was taken to the hospital and died three days later. this sparked nationwide uprising. >> outside the courtroom in memphis. guad venegas what did the family have to say after the court hearing? >> reporter: joe, the family did speak and been very important throughout the process speaking after anything important takes place. we know that we first heard from the family weeks ago after they initially saw the videos of what happened. they spoke to the media. we also heard from tyre's mother at some point asking protesters to remain peaceful, and that has had an effect. of course, today e they were present in the courtroom as the five former officers pleaded not guilty. the family of tyre nichols came outside the courtroom along with their attorney, they spoke about their feelings. the mother saying they plan to be at every hearing moving forward. this was the beginning of a process to find justice.

here's tyre nichols' mother speaking. >> i know my son is gone. i know i'll never see him again. but we have to start this process for justice right now, and i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven't done that yet. they couldn't even do that today. >> reporter: the family's attorney also mentioned they are currently waiting for the autopsy report. after they receive that information they plan to move forward with a civil case as well. >> guad, what are the next steps in this criminal case, when will we likely see a trial? >> reporter: ellison, we know they're going to be back in court may 1st. we heard from the assistant district attorney today and also one of the attorneys from one of the officers from tadarrius bean. his attorney trying to separate

him from the other four former officers saying he was doing his job. we're going to hear now part of what he said on-camera and hear from the assistant district attorney. >> tadarrius bean has the ability as a law enforcement officer to make a lawful arrest based off of a call coming in. at this time that's where we're standing right now. that tadarrius bean was doing his job at that time. >> we believe it's important that everybody who took part in this criminality, everybody that did something criminal is brought to justice in this case. >> reporter: it's important to keep in mind more videos exist. these are videos in addition to the ones that have been shared with the media and that more evidence is still being gathered. all of this, of course, will play a part at this investigation, as it continues. again, the next time they are, all five former officers are expected in court is may 1st. ellison? >> guad venegas, thank you. president biden is trying to tamp down criticism over his

decision to shoot down four unidentified objects over u.s. airspace. at the same time the rivalry between the u.s. and china is intensifying. what vice president christina told nbc's andrea mitchell earlier today. >> we shot it down because it needed to be shot down, because we were confident that it was used by china to spy on the american people. >> we will maintain we will maintain the perspective that we have in terms of what should be the relationship between china and the united states. that is not going to change, but sewerly and certainly the balloon was not helpful which is why we shot it down. >> reporter: this as officials officially wrap up the investigation recovering the chinese spy balloon off the coast of carolina. joining us now, vice president harris said the balloon incident

will not change u.s./china relations. does china feel the same way? >> reporter: it's unclear, joe, because the chinese have had pretty harsh words for the u.s. since the u.s. shot that balloon down almost two weeks ago. what we heard from the chinese is that this is something that they, in their view, the u.s. overreacted to. you heard the chinese foreign minister today responding to president biden saying that he made no apologies for shooting down not only that chinese spy balloon but the three other objects last weekend saying the u.s. overreacted and abused its use of force. asked by peter alexander in a telephone interview yesterday whether he was overreacting. the president said he wasn't. that the overreaction would have been to not take out those additional objects that the u.s. had found since it discovered that spy balloon. relations in a tense place and

have been for some time. the president intends to speak with president xi of china however white house officials say there is no planned call to have that phone conversation. >> thank you so much. we are learning new information today about the health of freshman democratic senator john fetterman. the pennsylvania senator announced thursday he checked himself into walter reed medical center to receive treatment for depression, a week after fetterman was hospitalized feeling light-headed during a senate retreat. joining me now from capitol hill, we all remember the stroke fetterman had during the campaign last year. is his campaign saying there's any sort of connection between the stroke and his depression now? >> reporter: yeah. ellison, fetterman's team tells us he struggled with depression on and off throughout his life but in the last few weeks his condition has worsened as he's really had to grapple with the new schedule as a senator, the new terms of stress as far as

being a sitting senator. when you compare -- compound that with these new limitations he's getting used to in the wake of that stroke you mentioned, this is someone who was extremely energetic, very eloquent and articulate now dealing with auditory comprehension and uses an ipad around capitol hill to work around. stressful for any of us. add to this a sitting senator with a lot of job demands you can imagine how that has exacerbated to the condition that senator fetterman is in right now. >> what are other members of congress saying about this? >> reporter: we've seen fetterman's colleagues on both sides of the aisle come out. an outpouring of support for him in the wake of this diagnosis. we've seen lawmakers even president biden himself come out and tweet messages of support. president biden tweeting earlier today, he said jill and i are thinking about your family

today. millions of people struggle with depression every day often's in private. getting the care you need is brave and important. we're grateful to you for leading by example. minnesota senator tina smith, struggled with her own struggling with depression also saying it's a seib of strength and not weakness that fetterman is coming out and announcing this publicly and getting the care he needs. all of those messages echoed by so many members of congress on both sides of the aisle in the wake of this announcement. >> thank you. elly rafah. outrage growing in ohio over response to that massive train derailment. epa visiteded site thursday two weeks after a norfolk train jumped the tracks and dumped toxic chemicals members of the communities are crying out for help feeling their health is at risk. there's rain in the area today. leading people to fear toxic chemicals could spread into nearby waterways.

how concerned are officials there about that possibility? >> reporter: good afternoon, joe. residents understandably concerned. they fear some chemicals spilled further into their waterways. the governor addressing that saying crews on the ground ready to mitigate any contamination and dams putting up to make sure any runoff is captured before going further into waterways and more testing done of the wells. at this point the message from the officials here is that the waterways are safe and that the air quality is good. take a listen to what governor dewine said earlier today. >> residents deserve a answer. we've asked for medical experts from the united states health and hume's services to come to east palestine. we want them to be able to answer the residents' questions. evaluate symptoms. provide their medical expertise.

>> reporter: yeah. the governor there specifically referencing clinics that will be set up here in east palestine in the coming days to address some of the health concerns from residents, because at this point while there's no evidence to say that the train derailment is causing any illness they don't want to discount anyone that may be feeling ill. >> hearing from the ceo of norfolk southern after the company skipped that emotional town hall earlier this week. what's he saying? >> reporter: yes. the ceo writing an open letter to the community. i'll read a little what he wrote. i know you have questions whether norfolk southern will be here to make things right. my simple answer we are here and will stay here long as it takes to ensure your soffity and help east marines recover and residents want to know if officials will actually show up here on the ground in the coming days. joe? >> all right, george sallese. thank you. coming up what los angeles police are revealing about two shootings appearing to i'm managing my high blood pressure,

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police in los angeles have arrest add man suspected of shooting two jewish people as they were leaving synagogue this week. the attack happened a day apart just blocks away from each other. the lapd and fbi are investigating the incident as hate crimes. bring in nbc news correspondent nigh a la charles in los angeles. what do we know so far about the

shooting themselves and also the suspect in custody? >> reporter: ellison, law enforcement now arrested one suspect for both shootings, both being investigated as hate crimes. the mayor of los angeles says the fbi is involved in the investigation, too. that suspect described as an asian man and authorities say they recovered several items of evidence including a rifle and handgun. the arrest made thursday night after two men were shot in two days after leaving synagogues in los angeles in the morning less than a mile apart. so far the victims are not identified and their conditions not released, but video obtained by nbc news shows the second victim taken away by paramedics thursday after being shot. the jewish community has been rattled and shaken by this here in los angeles. law enforcement increased patrols in the area, and security at synagogues. take a listen to what the community is saying. >> i feel like we're in brooklyn in the '70s again.

crime is just, you know, your neighbor. >> i didn't know that was going to happen in my neighborhood. that's horrible. >> whatever the motivation, and the circumstance, there's reason to be concerned, but the answer cannot be, therefore, avod your local synagogue. >> reporter: and ellison, it's important to remember the context of this fear within the jewish community not just in los angeles but across the country. according to anti-semantics and salts rose over 100% and anti-semitic threats continue. holding a press conference with fbi shortly and we expect to learn more about the suspect, the federal hate crimes expected to face and hopefully how the victims are doing. >> appreciate your reporting. thank you. fox news is facing another lawsuit. a former employee is suing the network for its handling of sexual harassment allegations against former ceo and chairman

roger ailes. she sat done with our stephanie gosk. >> reporter: my life destroyed. he does haunt me in an awful, horrible way. >> reporter: talking about roger ailes, first offered her a job in the early '90s before he helped create fox news. the beginning, according to her lawsuit more than 15 years of sexual abuse. he, you know, asked me to do some -- ah -- inappropriate things. before i knew it, he had a camera. a video camera. >> he's recording? i remember being tongue-tied kind of caught off guard. >> reporter: video the lawsuit claims ailes used as blackmail irngts felt my life was over. i'd just fallen into a trap and was in trouble. >> reporter: ailes goes on to hire her and abuse got worst.

>> code for booking meetings go to new york, go to a booking meeting and after the booking meeting, basically be sexually assaulted and keep my mouth shut. >> reporter: did you want to walk away? could you walk away? >> well -- i -- i tried to get another job at another network, and i was so associated with roger ailes, it was very difficult. >> reporter: luhn eventually left leaving a $3 million settlement. >> reporter: the deal give you the money and you're not going to talk about that. >> it was under duress. >> reporter: in 2015 ailes resigned from fox news and at least a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct including gretchen carlson and megyn kelly. >> when you saw the scandal evupt in 2016, what did you think? >> i was relieved, but it was too late. it caused so much damage. >> reporter: she could not sue

the company and ailes at the time because of the statute of limitations. in 2019 accused fox news ceo suzann scott of defamation but the judge threw it out deeming it meritless. >> why are you coming out now? >> as time has gone on i haven't recovered but i just, i just happen to be blessed with this statute in new york. >> reporter: in november the new york adult survivors act temporarily lifted the statute of limitations. >> the bill is passed. [ applause ] >> reporter: she is now suing accusing fox news and former network executive bill schein of covering up and empowering ailes to commit sexual assaults. shine resigned in 2017 as the scandal roiled the company. ailes denied all allegationses died two weeks later. in a statement fox news media se this matter was settled years ago dismissed in subsequent litigation and is meritless. bill schein did not respond to request for comment but previous

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this is "the fast forward." oakland's former police chief is expected to speak in about a half appear hour. he'll address how the newly elected mayor fired him. pete explains that the mayor is standing by her decision. >> reporter: yeah, oakland's mayor is standing by her decision, at least she expressed as much during a one-on-one interview with nbc bay area. but representatives for the former oakland police chief said he could speak out about all of this as early as today. during that one-on-one interview with our own raj mathai, she said she fired the former police chief after reading an independent report that she says hurt his credibility for the role that he was in. now, oakland police has been under a federal monitor for 20 years. she would like to see that come to an end sooner than later, but his supporters say that he is the best person at making that a reality. now, here's the mayor explaining her decision to fire him as well

as some of armstrong's supporters speaking on his firing. >> in the independent investigative report, i think that it is short sight if we are not paying attention to what the investigation found. and those were serious, very serious sustained allegations around what is actually -- has been -- what i see is a systemic problem inside of the police department. >> they took the only person that made sure we were getting to the finish line, and took him away. >> reporter: now here's a statement from armstrong from yesterday where he said that his termination was a fundamentally flawed process and there are unfair accusations against him. so that's just some of his statement regarding this issue. now, the mayor says she's going to turn her attention to a nationwide search for the next police chief. as i mentioned, we could hear from the former police chief as early as today. >> we're expecting that news conference at 1:00 and will have it here live for you.

here are some other stories we think you need to know about. first a delay in the case of a man caught on camera spraying an unhoused person with a hose. the arraignment was rescheduled for march 23rd. police arrested him in january. he's charged with misdemeanor battery. he was not present in court today. if convicted he faces up to six months in county jail plus a $2,000 fine. now to a follow-up in san francisco. police are cracking down on prostitution in the mission district. roadblocks went up on cap street between 18th and 22nd. this morning police confirm they issued seven citations as part of an undercover investigation wednesday night. in addition, they say they have issued 30 traffic violations since this past friday. many argue these are short-term answers. this week the san francisco supervisor introduced a city resolution urging lawmakers at the state level to decriminalize and eventually legalize sex work. one storm-damaged pier in

santa cruz county is set to be removed permanently. winter storms pounded the pier. its ship will have its final good-bye this weekend. during an inspection engineers found the pier could collapse at any moment. a farewell ceremony is tomorrow at noon. demolition will begin later this month. the campgrounds at sea cliff also took a beating and will be shut down the rest of the year. anyone with a reservation should contact the state park for a refund. we started the day pretty chilly, i even saw frost. what about the weekend weather? let's turn to kari hall. >> it's going to be a slightly warmer day despite the cold start that we had. as our temperatures today reach into the low 60s from san francisco down to los gatos and over towards the east bay, but there will be a couple of spots reaching into the mid-60s today like san jose and santa rosa. going into saturday even warmer temperatures in those areas. and in dublin, livermore, expect a high of 64 degrees.

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bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines. defense attorneys for five members of the far right group the proud boys expect to call a witness wanting former president trump to testify in their client seditious conspiracy trial. the lawyer saying the former president "called on patriots to stop the steal on january 6th" adding "we're calling on donald trump to take the stand." trump's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. an appeals court rejected republican kari lake challenged to election loss in 2022 arizona

governor's race. the election denier filed a 70-beige lawsuit contesting the results claiming illegal ballots were cast and misconduct by election officials. the three-judge panel rejected lake's assertions saying she had not provided any evidence to back up her claim. lake responded on twitter claiming she's going to bring the case all the way to the arizona supreme court. a terminal in new york city's jfk airport remains shut down today after a power outage. the outage began thursday in terminal one which services more than a dozen international airlines. at least 58 flights have been canceled or delayed. with the faa warning the shutdown could last into the weekend. airport officials are asking travelers to check with their airlines before coming to the airport. in turkey 11 days after the devastating earthquakes we're still seeing remarkable rescues. turkish state media says three people were found alive today. that includes this 34-year-old

man from the ambulance he spoke with a relative on the phone to see if his parents survived. listen to this. >> i see you, i see you! >> whether you know the language or not you can hear, you can feel the emotion from the relative on the other side of the phone. he's telling the survivor that his parents are also alive and waiting for him. despite stories like these it the death toll is climbing in turkey and syria and now passed 41,000 people. nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley joins us now from southern turkey. matt, as the focus shifts largely from rescue to recovery mission, a lot of finger-pointing and questions directed at turkey's president. how is he responding to the questions, the anger, headed his way? >> reporter: yeah. a good question, ellison. the day after the earthquake he

impieced a state of emergency on the ten provinces afflicted by the earthquake. i'm in one here. it's unclear the terms of the state of the emergency or this nebulous, one of the things seems to empower him to do is suppress any list of organized protest against the government they could bring up after this horrific event that has killed so many people. the president has quite a lot to answer for. he's been in power for 20 years. this state of emergency goes suspiciously right up for three months to the eve of his election. and for the parliamentary elections in may. so these elections even before the earthquake were considered the toughest test president erdogan would face ever since he took power 20 years ago. so for a lot of people, this looks like a political act. like he's trying to keep this earthquake and the anger that

resulted from it from spilling over into the political arena. ellison? >> matt, there have been questions, arrests, related to contractors who had built some of these buildings in the past that then collapsed. where do you think things stand with that, back and forth? are turkish investigators still investigating some of the contractors? >> reporter: 100 warrants for arrest, buildings totally flattened. wild, when you scan and look at some buildings you see oh buildings right next door that seemed to survive almost all intact. managed to survive, making sure they're still stable and a lot of them didn't pass the test. but the fact is there's a lot of anger towards the contractors. some arrested, some were arrested in the act of trying to leave the country, which doesn't

make them look very, very innocent. a reckoning here in this country considering the amount of anger and amount of death and destruction for these contractors. guys? >> matt bradley on the ground in turkey. thank you. the prosecution is wrapping up its case in the alec murdaugh double murder trial but not before the jury hears significant new testimony that could poke holes in the murdaugh's version of events. south carolina investigators are using location data from murdaugh's car to establish a timeline of his wherewhereabout the night of the ey reiser is f trial. >> reporter: painting the clearest picturiest of the night and calls into question alex murdaugh's timeline coming into question. around 9:08 night of the murders around the time or right after investigators say the murders occurred the data places alex's suburban around the area where

maggie's cell phone was found the next morning. then alex's vehicle going 78 to 80 miles an hour to his mother's house. stays less than 20 minutes. less than the amount of time alex told investigators he spent there. the vehicle driving really fast back home. 80 miles an hour. establishing during the day gone a max of 55 miles an hour and the vehicle arrives home goes to the keth and in less than 20 seconds alex calls 911. remember, told authorities he had taking time to check their pulses. also cell phone data suggested maggie's and paul's phones were tampered with and calls and texts to maggie from alex deleted from alex's phone records. for example, sent a text asking when she would be home and also shows a couple weeks prior to the murders his son paul concerned about alex's pill usage and maggie according to evidence googling pills she found in his bag. listen to an exchange regarding

that. >> paul to alex. the date is going to be may 6th, 2021 at 10:52:13 a.m. >> what does it say? >> it says i am still in eb because when you get here we need to talk. mom found several bags of pills in your computer bag. this is again from paul to alex. >> lindsay, how is the defense pushing back against this new information? >> reporter: defense in cross-examination brought up the fact investigators made the same drive to alex mother's house from the murdaugh property in about the same amount of time. so they're implying he wasn't in a rush or panic that night like the data suggests. as for the time between when murdaugh arrived at the dog kennels and called 911 defense made the argument didn't call too soon. actually showed jurors how long 20 seconds is and feels setting an alarm in court asking the

courtroom to sit in silence. cross-examination still under way. barring new developments, the last witness before they rest. >> lindsey reiser, thank you. classes are set to resume at mikaela shiffrin state university monday one week after a gunman opened fire killing three students and injuring five more. nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch is in east lansing. jesse, what details if any, do you have about what happened on monday? >> yes, ellison, hearing from an assistant professor teaching a class in berkey hall where the shooting unfolded monday night saying seven of the eight shot incluing verner and arielle anderson both lost their lives in his classroom. here's part of his account.

>> i'm haunted because i didn't know what to do. i didn't know whether to lift their bodies -- there was so much blood. >> the only thing i could think of was, throw myself at that door, grab the knob, squat and put my foot against the wall so that i could pull the door, because i didn't see any mechanism to lock it. >> reporter: that educator is calling for increased mental health care in this country and tighter gun laws. >> what are we learning about the return to school for this school and what's next for this campus? >> reporter: classes set to resume and mon however told berkey hall where the professor described the shooting last monday night remains close until end of the semester. positive news, ellison. the five students still hospitalized, told one of those upgraded to stable condition. the other four at last word are

in critical condition still. ellison, they begin to recover. back to you. >> jesse kirsch, thank you so much. video that captures an attack on a woman in florida going viral. surveillance footage shows her furiously fighting off an attacker. the woman's quick thinking and what you can do if in a similar situation. >> reporter: surveillance video captured the incredible woman a tampa woman fought off an attacker at her apartment complex's gym. >> if i keep going, pushing, keep fighting he's going to stop. let go and he finally did. >> reporter: this 24-year-old, nashali alma, a personal trainer, told sheriff's deputies she was exercising alone around 10:00 p.m. january 22 and saw a man previously seen in the the gym trying to get n. whenever at the door i bused him in. came inside. my thought process was, like you said, just another dude coming from to work out. >> reporter: after 25-year-old xavier thomas-jones entered this

happened instead. >> next thing you know i get up from doing my workout, and i grab my phone, and he just approaches me and not a single word exchanged. as he approached me i pushed him, bro, what the f are you doing? get away from me. he kept trying to come towards me and september reapproaching me. >> reporter: video shows thomas-jones chasing her around the gym before grabbing alma and pinning her down. >> in my mind i knew i was stronger than him and that i could fight back. >> reporter: the season the weightlifter seen here holding her attacker in a choke hold and trying to call 911, before throwing more punches, leaving thomas-jones to release his grip. this self-defense expert at new york's institute says alma's quick thinking under pressure was key. >> she fought back and didn't freeze. didn't fall into that trap. >> reporter: alma needily ran outside escaping to a nearby apartment. now she is sharing her story and

encouraging other women with similar experiences to do the same. >> no other person should have to feel like this or go through a situation like this. >> reporter: experts say avoiding an incident like this starts with being aware of your surroundings and moving quickly if in danger. >> getting in the way creating obstacles, creating an opportunity, space between you and your attacker. again, eyes -- hitting him in the nose with a phone. striking him in the throat. soft tissue there in your eyes as well and hurt no matter how strong you are. >> reporter: authorities able to track down thomas-jones and arrested him the next day. he pled not guilty to charges of sexual battery, false imprisonment and kidnapping and will appear in court next month. an attorney for thomas-jones did not respond to nbc's request for comment. >> the day he was arrested and the day they caught him and i saw the whole thing go down, it was a relief. >> reporter: priscilla thompson, nbc news.

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somebody's got a case of the mondays. >> today's mental health check inside your office space as more americans return to in-person work. getting back into the swing working with people in-person typically here. >> humans. sometimes that can mean managing different, sometimes difficult, personalities. how you can deal with them can have a major impact on both your mental health and your career. joining us now is carla miller, a "washington post" columnist who specializes in workplace matters. carla, wonderful to have you here. walk us through some effective strategies for people needing to deal with a difficult co-worker. >> hi. thanks for having me. so the first thing i recommend when dealing with a difficult co-worker is, try to look at things from an objective perspective much as you can. obviously you're upset. not liking the way they're making you feel. year on the defensive. step back say, how might the boss see this or somebody looking at it from the outside

see their behavior and how they're talking to me? am i really on the right side here 0 is it something more neutral? next thing i -- go ahead. >> go ahead. go ahead. >> i was just going to say the next thing i would say if they're really behaving badly, try to get at the root what's behind that behavior. >> so if you do choose to confront an annoying co-worker, need to be careful. what's the best way to do it? >> well, i don't know if i'd call it a confrontation so much as mutual problem-solving. anytime you it make it sort of a not a me versus you but a "we" problem. we have the same goals. we both want the product to get out on time, both want the boss to think highly of us. talk to the other person what do you -- how do you recommend "we" solve this issue? you have this view. i have that view. that's where taking a look at their perspective comes in handy, ba you you can sort of anticipate what their argument's

going to be and then talk about your perspective and then suggest ways to bring them together. so that you can -- solve the problem together. >> yeah. i like what you wrote. document, document, document. that is key. i mean, i guess at what point should you get h.r. or a manager involved? >> it is important to know when to escalate pap petty squabble between employees frequently h.r. prefers they work it out themselves. but if it's reached a level you're being abuseds, verbally assaulted, called names. openly sabotaging your work, feeling harassed and discriminated against especially because of your race or gender, then definitely time to bring in an outside voice. bring in someone to intervene. that's when you want to talk to h.r., talk to your boss and escalate it from there. something you can't work out between the two of you, that's the time to bring in a third party. >> and if it is a situation where it's just different personalities, minor

disagreement, nothing more serious what would be some good boundaries to have set for your workplace relationship? >> i think the most important boundary anyone can set is the boundary between you and them. ask yourself, is this a "me" problem or a "them" problem? a me problem as in, something i did wrong? made a mistake? i wasn't as vigilant as i should have been? do i need to own that? own everything that's on your side of that boundary. if it's a "them" problem, maybe something that upsets them, they're afraid of or worried about. not necessarily personal. you shouldn't take it personally. maybe think how you could help solve this problem for them. >> we have less than 30 seconds here. if you're the boss and notice maybe one person from particular is creating a toxic work environment, what should you do? >> important, most important thing a boss can do model behavior they want to see. you know one person creating a toxic environment, you need to address it before that toxin

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this woman, crystal mendez kidnapped her daughter. the toddler was found safe late yesterday in oakland. but crystal has not yet been found. the disappearance is being treated as a kidnapping because crystal does not have custody of the child. her ex-husband is the legal guardian. if you see crystal mendez, please call the san jose police department. taking a look at potential weekend commutes, that is south lake tahoe for the start of the holiday weekend means a ski trip. if you're headed to the mountains please be patient. traffic could be even heavier than usual. many schools have all of next week off, and roads are still recovering after constant plowing from our back to back to back winter storms. palisades tahoe says it sought 400 inches of snow this is an. >> monumental snowpack here, definitely driving people appear, there are so many fresh tracks to be made still, the

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