hi, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm vicky nguyen. kate snow is on assignment. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today's wednesday, march 8th, 2023. breaking news -- scathing review. the doj releasing a blistering report about the louisville police department. the civil rights violations officers are accused of committing. kidnapped in mexico. an arrest is made in the brazen abduction of four americans which left two of them dead. what we're learning about the investigation and the conditions

of the two survivors. storm front. millions in california still digging out from massive snowfall now bracing for another storm. meteorologist bill karins is timing it out for us. and rainbow connection. new numbers reveal how far behind kids have fallen in reading. the man who inspired multiple generations "reading rainbow's" levar burton on how we can reverse the trend. we begin, though, with that breaking news in a scathing report from the justice department. >> the doj says that louisville police engaged in a pattern of unlawful and discriminatory conduct. this after a two-year review launched after the death of breonna taylor. taylor was killed nearly three years ago in a botched police raid. >> joining us, ron allen and justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. ron, there is a lot in this report, obviously. walk us through the specifics of the doj findings and what happens next here. >> yeah, it's two years of

investigation. it says that the breonna taylor case was a symptom of deeper systemic problems. it says that the department uses excessive force, that it uses searches based on invalid warrants, the heart of the breonna taylor case. there are four officers facing federal charges in connection with that. that the department uses warrants without knocking. it unlawfully discriminates against black people and violates the rights of people who -- with behavioral disabilities. it's a scathing, damning report that basically says that this department has, to use some words, terrorizing this community. here's what the mayor had to say about the report -- >> our city has wounds that have not yet healed. and that's why this report, this moment are so important and so necessary. we have to understand and come to terms with where we've been so we can get to where we want

to be. >> reporter: the department of justice, the city of louisville, and the police department now will work on a consents decree. it's a very detailed document that spells out specific reforms that the department is to undertake, and the whole process is supervised by a monitor, an independent monitor, often a retired judge or someone with a lot of authority. so the department is going to be under a lot of pressure in the years to come to change its ways. >> ron allen. thank you. ken, let's talk about these consent decrees. they're not new. what do you make of the scathing and very specific language that ron talked about in this report? >> yeah, this is a very tough report. as you said, not uncommon, this is actually a way that the justice department has forced reform in a number of police departments across the country, empowered by congress to do it after the 1991 police beating of rodney king in los angeles. right now the doj's enforcing 16 settlements including 12 consent

decrees in places like new orleans, newark, and baltimore. and there are 12 open investigations, pattern and practice, civil investigations into police departments nationwide, including in minneapolis, where george floyd was murdered, oklahoma city, and one investigation into the nypd special victims unit. so this is a widespread practice by the justice department. it was put on hold a little bit during the trump administration, but the biden administration has brought it back in force. >> all right. ken dilanian and ron allen. thank you, gentlemen. there is more breaking news coming out of the justice department this hour. the agency says it will review the memphis police department's use of force and deescalation tactics in the wake of tyre nichols' death. that announcement comes as we learn memphis police are not releasing more footage from nichols' beating as was previously expected. nbc's kathy park joins us now from memphis where she's been tracking this story. as we said, memphis was supposed to release about 20 hours of additional footage. it's not doing that now. what do we know about why?

>> reporter: so aaron, it really kind of came as a surprise to all of us because we were anticipating just a large volume of additional footage, audio as well as documents connected to this probe. but just a short time ago, we learned that the attorney representing several of the officers who are facing criminal charges in this case actually requested to block the release of this footage, and a judge granted that motion today. and we just found out from the attorney representing the defendants that they are trying to come to an agreement with both parties. so it's still unclear when this footage will be released. nonetheless, yesterday we heard from the legal -- chief legal officer here in memphis, and she said, look, the internal probe both with the memphis police department as well as the fire department, that is over. as a result, 17 personnel were investigated, and roughly a dozen people have either been suspended or fired. but obviously still a lot of

questions especially with the block of the additional footage today. aaron? >> and kathy, we also mentioned this new justice department review that's coming to memphis now. given the report we just got about the louisville police department, what's your understanding of what this new review might entail in memphis? >> reporter: yeah. so from our understanding, it will be twofold. the department of justice will be specifically looking at the memphis police department, looking closely at policing as well as practices, and they will be doing a review and offering recommendations. more broadly speaking, they're saying that other law enforcement will be reviewing and offering some guidance when it comes to specialized units and kind of the appropriateness of moving forward with these specialized units. you might remember here in memphis the scorpion unit got under a lot of -- under a lot of fire because -- because of several officers who were seen on body camera footage moving

forward with a beating of tyre nichols and ultimately the scorpion unit was disbanned shortly after the death of tyre nichols. aaron? >> kathy park for us in memphis today. thank you, kathy. the fbi is vowing to track down the people behind the violent kidnapping and shooting of four americans in mexico. two of the victims died. two others are recovering in a south texas hospital. the wife of one of the survivors says they were all friends since childhood. nbc news' morgan chesky is on the u.s. side of the border in brownsville, texas, for us. we know u.s. authorities are working with mexican authorities on this investigation. as of today, where do things stand? >> reporter: we're working through some technical difficulties. let me bring you a major update to this ongoing investigation right now. it was just reported by my colleague gabe goout reser, that is according to a law enforcement official close to this matter, there were not four people that initially left south

carolina last week to make this long journey, but there were five individuals that traveled from south carolina on their way here for what authorities say was meant to be a cosmetic procedure trip across the border in neighboring matamoros. important to note here that that fifth individual who started that trip did not finish that trip with this group of four individuals that we've been reporting on since we found out about this horrific crime. that is a significant update. we'll be wanting to hear from that individual on what led to their departure from this group of four that on friday crossed the border and then almost immediately took fire, according to authorities, that started this massive kidnapping investigation. in addition to that, we're also hearing that there are ongoing efforts to bring those two americans who were killed across the border back here to u.s. soil.

although no firm timeline's been set for that process. vicki? >> if you can hear me, tell me what they're doing in terms of finding the people respond for these shootings and kidnappings, and what do we know about the survivors treated at the hospital? >> reporter: we do know that -- according to family members, one of those individuals, eric james williams, was shot in the leg. he did have to undergo surgery. but his family says he is a fun-loving and tough guy. here's what his older brother shared with me last night in an interview. take a listen. >> i was very relieved and felt sorry for the other families, but i was relieved to know that he was -- this he was okay and that i could see him and talk to him again, tell him that i love him, you know. hug him. >> reporter: no doubt a lot of relief from that family. and also from the family of

latavia washington mcgee. we are waiting to hear from them in earnest because there are multiple reports that latavia could soon be making her way back to her native south carolina where her family is awaiting. back to you. >> we hope they make a full recovery. thank you, morgan. the head of the faa says his agency will address safety n a summit. this comes after six close calls on the nation's runways so far this year. billy nolan faced a senate panel to answer questions, everything from the two overseas 737 max crashes in 2019, to unruly passengers just this week. nbc news' tom costello covers aviation for us. you watch the hearing. what were the big takeaways? >> reporter: the bottom line is the faa is reiterating that the american airspace is safe. we have gone now 14 years without a fatal national airline crash, thank goodness. but we need to double down on

safety given the fact that we've had six runway incursions or close calls this year alone. that's a lot. take a listen to what the faa chief said when asked about this national aviation safety summit set for next week with airlines, with pilots, with controllers, here's what he said -- >> we are bringing in our stakeholders a week from today, and we will sit and talk about what are you seeing. then we'll give them an opportunity to go back to their operation and come back with concrete examples. >> in the marine corps woe call this a safety stand down. is that what you're doing? >> yes, sir -- it's effectively a safety stand down without a safety stand down. >> reporter: in other words, planes will keep flying, but they are doubling down on safety. the summit set for next week. aaron? >> tom costello in washington. thank you, tom. safety regulators are looking into reports that steering wheels are falling off of teslas. and does your phone run on 5g? 6g might be coming sooner than you think. >> morgan brennan now with the

cnbc "money minute." >> reporter: hi. first to tesla. it's under investigation for a vehicle issue that can reportedly cause or allegedly cause the steering wheel to fall off while driving. no injuries or deaths reported in either case. the national highway traffic safety administration says the probe is going to cover about 120,000 vehicles from the model 2023 model year. executives meantime at some of the world's largest telecom companies are predicting when the next generation of mobile internet will roll out. they predict that 6g will launch sometime in 2030 but say the focus on the near term is on expanding 5g access. and hershey's is unveiling new plant-based chocolate options made with oats instead of milk. the candymaker said that new reese's plant-based peanut butter cups will be the first vegan chocolate sold nationally, and there are plans for more plant-based offerings. i don't know about you, but sign me up. i'll be a taste tester. i'll try it. >> i'll try it.

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landslides, mudslides possible. up to ten inches. san francisco, four inches of rain. santa rosa, 6.5 inches of rain. on top of that, winds are going to knock out power to a lot of people. a nasty storm that's coming tomorrow. >> a mega storm. all right. thank you so much. now to an nbc news investigation into a case that's cast a cloud over the pacific northwest for nearly 20 years. have you ever heard the name the green river killer? he was linked to the deaths of nearly 50 women in washington state. our team has been looking into key evidence in this case and made a pretty shocking discovery. here's tom winter. >> reporter: patricia yellowrobe was the last of 49 women to be killed by one of america's most notorious serial killers. now an nbc investigation asks whether she'd be alive today if not for potentially missed clues found a decade earlier. it all started in 1982. >> for a long time people in the seattle area and elsewhere in

the pacific northwest have had a string of unsolved murders on their minds. they're called the green river murders. >> reporter: the victims, many on the run from home, some sex workers, found one after the other. >> 37 women have died, nine missing, all thought to be victims of the same killer. >> reporter: it was the work of gary ridgeway. arrested in 2001, pleading guilty connected to some of his victims not just with dna but with microscopic paint. former fbi investigator steve kramer studied the case. >> there's some reporting that we have that suggests that there was some evidence that perhaps at some point was not accurately analyzed or not analyzed at all that perhaps could have solved that serial killer sooner. how important was that paint analysis just based on your background in the case? >> paint in that particular case, the investigator who is a scientist, tasked with analyzing the paint, they looked at small

particles, micron level. out of the facility painting commercial 18-wheeler trucks. and figuring that this paint was floating in the air would be on his clothes and would transfer to the victims. >> reporter: tom jensen was one of the case's first investigators. what did you think when you were contacted by nbc, somebody saying that it was possible that the type of analysis that was done here, this paint analysis, could have been done back in the mid 1980s? >> i thought it was [ bleep ] to start with. >> reporter: jensen says it might have changed the course of the case. >> we had a very strong circumstantial case against gary ridgeway in 1987. what we didn't have was any physical evidence to substantiate that the circumstances that we had. now had this technology been available to us in 1987, i'm quite certain that based on that paint evidence and the circumstantial evidence that we had, i'm certain we would have had an argument for taking this

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welcome back. bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines right here on "nbc news daily." >> protests continue against a controversial draft law in the country of georgia. police used teargas to break up demonstrations outside the nation's parliament building. this is the second day that thousands of georgians have rallied against a bill that targets foreign media organizations. critics say that law has russian influence and would hurt the country's chances of joining the european union. voters in oklahoma have rejected a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. 62% of the people voted against

that bill. the state already approved medical marijuana in 2018, and it has more than 2,800 licensed dispensaries and would become the 22nd state to legalize the use. and two men recording a podcast end up right in the path of an oncoming car. the two were recording a conversation at a coffee shop, this is in downtown houston. you see that suv swerve off the road right into the building. the podcasters say nobody including the driver had any serious injuries. >> so lucky. we have some breaking news on the americans who were kidnapped in mexico. we have just learned new information about the hours leading up to when they were taken by members of a cartel gang. nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez joins us from myrtle beach. talk about the new developments -- you learned about a fifth person traveling with that group? >> reporter: yes, good afternoon. so yes, we're just hearing from

a law enforcement official who is confirming to my colleague ken dilanian that a fifth person was traveling with that group of americans from south carolina toward the texas border. but that that person got out of the vehicle before the bored because they did not have the proper documentation to cross into mexico. now we're also learning of a new video that had been originally posted on facebook live. we can play some of that now. now this virginia appears to show that this person inside the vehicle, that video apparently taken by eric williams. now he is one of the americans who survived this attack. he is now recovering from a fwoish wound to the leg. certainly this raises a lot more questions about the days leading up to this attack. we have constantly heard that this was just four americans heading down to mexico, that one law enforcement official said they were going down there for a medical procedure. and speaking with family members

here in south carolina, they said this group of four americans had been childhood friends, they'd known each other for a long time, and had been making this roadtrip. now we're learning, again, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter, that there was a fifth person. certainly that is part of this investigation as it moves forward. we also learned from mexican officials a little bit more details about the hours after the attack and the days after the attack where mexican investigators went to several different hospitals to try and find these americans that had been killed and injured, and they eventually found them in a wood shack, some 15 miles from matamoros. back to you. >> and to see the mood inside that car, jovial, people, friends going to support each other. that fifth person dodge a literal bullet. gabe gutierrez live in south carolina for us, thank you so much. more breaking news now. kentucky state police are investigating an incident involving a man who died while

in police custody. clarence wilkerson was arrested by ashland, kentucky, police for an active warrant. nbc is following that story. maya, walk us through what happened here. >> reporter: aaron, police say when they arrived on the scene to arrest clarence wilkerson he ran, and officers found him behind a trailer. officers then say they placed him in handcuffs and shortly after he told them that he had medical issues. police took him to the hospital where they say he died from his injuries. kentucky state police have released statements saying an autopsy conducted by the state medical examiner revealed clarence wilkerson's cause of death was not due to a traumatic event but possibly related to pre-existing medical ailments. they say toxicology reports are still pending. aaron? >> maya, how is wilkerson's family reacting to the circumstances surrounding his death? >> reporter: so the family spoke to the "daily independent," a local newspaper in kentucky. his mother, sheri ford, described her son's death saying he died like a dog in the

street. the family has retained civil rights attorney ben crump, and crump released a statement saying in the video we hear a bystander saying over and over that he needs help, while officers failed to provide aid for several critical minutes. crump is also calling on the ashland police department to release all the footage they have and conduct a full investigation. he says wilkerson suffered from an enlarged heart and when police restrained him he became unable to move or breathe properly. nbc news has reached out to the boyd county coroner who says they are actively working to understand more about the cause and manner of his death. aaron? >> all right. maya, thank you. the heads of the u.s. intelligence community were on capitol hill today to testify as part of the senate intelligence committee's annual worldwide threats hearing. national security correspondent ken dilanian is following this hearing for us. ken, china was a real key topic today in the hearing. what did these intelligence leaders have to say?

>> reporter: it's a mixed picture. the director of national intelligence said that intelligence agencies assessed that china still believes it benefits most by preventing a spiralling of tensions and preserving stability in its relationship with the united states. and specifically she said beijing really wants badly to avoid triggering additional economic sanctions. she said xi jinping would look a period of relative -- lake a period of relative calm to address growing domestic sdflts. that's the good news. the sobering part is they say beijing still sees u.s.-china tensions as parts of a fundamental geopolitical shift to a new era of conflict. take a listen to haines. >> the people's republic of china which is increasingly challenging the united states economically, technologically, politically, and militarily, around the world remains our unparalleled priority. we assess that during the course of xi's third term they will together attempt to press taiwan on unification, undercut u.s.

influence which they perceive as a threat, and drive wedges between washington and its allies and partners and promote certain norms that favor china's authoritarian system. >> reporter: so again, kind of a double-edged sword there. but cha than e-- china emerges as the greatest long-term threat to national security from this hearing. >> to russia now, we are more than a year into russia's invasion of ukraine. how does our intelligence community see that war playing out? what do they report today? >> reporter: each though there's furious fighting going on and russia is trying to seize a key city in the donbas region, the intelligence leaders said they do not expect russia to successfully make territorial gains this year. they think russia is really challenged now and overextended. putin thinks time is on his side, that he can outlast the ukrainians and the west's ability to arm them. so they see really a long

conflict ahead. >> ken dilanian, thank you. >> you bet. for the second day in a row, there is bipartisan blow-back about fox news host tucker carlson. he is taking heat from both democrats and republicans for airing portions of the capitol riot footage. his team was given full access to more than 44,000 hours of security footage by house speaker kevin mccarthy. now president biden is weighing in on this. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles is following that for us. what did the president have to say? >> reporter: well, it's not a surprise, aaron, that the former president -- sorry, the current president i should say, joe biden, is very upset with the fact that tucker carlson had access to this footage and then the way that he presented it. this is what he said in a tweet just a few minutes ago, he said more than 140 officers were injured on january 6th. i've said before how dare anyone diminish or deny the hell they went through? i stand with the capitol police. i hope house republicans feel

ashamed for what was done to undermine our law enforcement. and as i said before, it's probably not a surprise that the president is siding with those members of the capitol police force who are upset with the release of this footage and the way it was presented. it is a surprise that he offered up this criticism unprompted and chose not to do it in the form of a question but went on his twitter feed and made the statement. him finding a way to work himself into this conversation. so it shows how upset democrats are in general about the fact that this video footage was released, and specifically that it was released to someone like tucker carlson. >> the reaction to what we now are seeing as a result of this video being played, what are we hearing from speaker mccarthy about all this? and the other lawmakers responding? >> reporter: we talked to speaker mccarthy about this last night, asked him tough questions about this particular topic. and he isn't backing down. he claims this was an effort to

be transparent, that there was more than 40,000 hours of video footage that the american public needed to see, and that he felt that tucker carlson was the appropriate person to at least get the first crack at it. mccarthy said that at some point all of us will have access to this footage. he hasn't said how or when that will happen. i also followed up and specifically asked the speaker if the reason or at least part of the reason that he released this footage was because it was part of the teal that he made -- deal that he made with hard-line conservatives who in the speaker's race, he claims that wasn't part of his calculation at all. but even though he's under an intense amount of pressure because of this release of the footage, the speaker not backing down at all. >> all right. we'll see what happens next. ryan nobles for us in d.c. today. thank you, ryan. >> reporter: thank you. coming up, the call to coming up, the call to action to help our chiren ld

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and author dr. gail saltz. it is a pleasure to have you here. let's talk about different forms of bullying, what do those look like? >> absolutely. i mean, you can fully by overt aggressive behavior, but you can also bully by shunning, by excluding. you can bully in person. you can bully on line. you can bully through social media, and unfortunately what that means is that bullying, which used to be something that you might experience in school but then come home to a safe space, is something that can happen 24/7. >> you can't escape it. >> exactly. >> help us walk our kids through how do you deal with a bully? how do you respond when this is happening to you? and as a parent, how do you help your children? >> i think that it does start with parents, right. how we're educating our children. you want to educate your child that when bullying happens it has more to do with the bully than it has to do with you. and try to help them understand what is the dynamic that's going on here. and you want to fortify them by

talking about what bullying looks like so they can recognize when it's happening, and walking through with them what they can say. in the moment, you're stunned, you're shamed, you're humiliated, and you may have a reaction that exacerbates bullying. so sit down with your kid and say, hey, what are a few lines that you want to rehearse and feel comfortable with if such and such happens. >> at what point do you get the school involved? or the parents of the so-called bully? you know, i feel like sometimes we put a lot on our kids who are the victims of bullying. >> right. >> and there's a whole greater community that needs to be involved. >> we do. there are two types of involvements that help with bullying. one is your kids' community. you do want to talk with your kid because the data show the most important thing that stops bullying is actually the bystander. >> yes. >> not the kid themselves, it's not the parent, it's not the school. it's the bystander. so you want to talk to your kid about who can be their bystander and who can they be a by stander for. that's super important.

are they going to say hey when they see something going on? don't join the bully which feels tempting because you want to be safe, you think i better join that powerful side. you want to step up and say, hey, that's my friend, don't do that. you want someone who will reciprocate. then, as you point out, it is important to partner with the school. touch in with the school, what are they doing about bullying. it starts with education about empathy, being a citizen of your community, emotional intelligence, education early on. what will they do, what are they doing? early on educationally and then in the moment to help with bullying. and then be together with your community. what -- what would you do? you would go to your school and say hey, what can we do here, this is happening with my child. can a child be removed from a classroom, et cetera? how are we protecting my child? and in that vein please tell your child if something happens on line to save that

information, not to respond, document it. if things do escalate, what we're talking about physical issues, stalking, et cetera. there may be a time when you need to involve the police. hopefully doesn't come to that. you try to always start with the school first, and schools should be able to partner with you about what you can be doing. >> such valuable advice about developing that whole culture. and it starts by talking and being direct with your children. giving them tools but making sure you're involving the school and sometimes the police if necessary. >> child needs to know that you will provide safety for them, too, as well. >> dr. gail saltz with such actionable information. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. during this national reading month, there is a growing push to change how children are taught to read. now a new documentary is shining a light on the bleak reality about reading ability in this country and one solution that could conquer the literacy crisis. what letter is it? >> y. >> yes. >> a new documentary laser focused on a growing problem in america, what it calls an early

reading crisis. >> when i first started teaching in oakland, there were only two kids in my class of 35 who could read. >> in 2022, 66% of fourth graders in this country were below proficient in reading, that's according to the national assessment of educational progress. 37% were below a basic reading level. >> we are in a scary place for most of our kids. >> reporter: levar burton is an executive producer on the film. he spent most of his life as an advocate for literacy, dating back to his time as host of "reading rainbow" for more than 20 years. ♪♪ burton says this documentary speaks to an urgent need. >> a teacher at all levels, principal on down. he says imagine being in the stone age and you don't have any stones. imagine being in the bronze age and you have no access to bronze. we're in the information age, and our kids aren't getting access to the information because they can't read.

>> burton says that while the film shines a light on the problem, it also elevates what he sees as a solution. >> we were asking kids to memorize words and take their cues from the pictures as to what the words on the page mean. we now know that that doesn't work. the problem as the experts see it is that we just -- we've been spending money in the wrong direction, right. and we can change that. but you need the phonics. you need a really scientifically based approach to reading instruction. >> reporter: burton says the right to read explains how a turn toward structured science-based reading tactics is creating better outcomes for children, and he encourages parents to ask questions about what's happening in their chirp's classrooms. >> parents can ask their school board, they can ask their child's teacher how are you teaching my child to read? are you using evidence-based

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march is women's history month. a bay area woman is making history of her own by gathering and giving to an often overlooked group. during the pandemic, we learned essential workers, who they were, but one bay area woman felt there was one group being forgotten. here is laura garcia with more. >> we will make packets. >> reporter: when darlene sees a need, she doesn't just sit on the sidelines, she jumps into action. she started the farm worker care are avan during the height of the pandemic. >> originally when the pandemic started, everybody was talking about essential workers. nobody was talking about the

farm workers. everybody was sitting at home eating. they didn't think about where their food was coming from. the farm workers never stopped working. they work every day, all the time, for all of us to be eating. >> that thought led to bags of essential supplies being driven in her over care are avan directly to the field to farm workers. >> we bring toilet paper and diapers and beans and rice and very essential things. >> as their needs grew, so did her supply, with donations continuing to pour in, this time simple luxuries bagged with care. specifically for the female farm workers. >> as we know as women, we are the last to do something for ourselves. they were sending money on their children and family members. they never buy anything for themselves. we wanted to give them a little something special. >> with the recent storms and massive flooding, work has halted for many workers, making the need all that more

essential. >> translator: right now, there's no work. due to the amount of rain we have been getting. which is what we need. but at the same time, it caused disasters like flooding. while there's rain, there's no work. lots of families of farm workers only work by season. >> the season of giving is year round with the farm worker caravan. it's women helping women making a difference to those in need. laura garcia, nbc bay area news. >> thank you so much. that does it for this edition of "the fast forward." you can get the latest news on our website and i will be back at 4:30 with more news. have a great afternoon. trelegy for copd. ♪birds flyin' high, you know how i feel.♪ ♪breeze driftin' on by...♪ ♪...you know how i feel.♪ you don't have to take... [coughing] ...copd sitting down. ♪it's a new dawn,...♪

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