hi, everyone. good to be with you, i'm zinhle essamuah. >> i'm vicky nguyen in for kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, friday, september 22nd, 2023, high gear, the auto worker strike has just accelerated rapidly.

the new pressure tactic the union is employing to ratchet up the stakes with the big three auto workers. new 911 audio captures moments after a pilot ejected from a military jet. where he ended up and who came to his help. senator indicted. the new jersey senator and his wife are facing stunning bribery allegations, wads of cash and gold bars and low he is responding to the charges. we have this heart warming reunion between a man rescued from the ocean and the team who saved his life. >> it has been a long week and nice to end with good news. >> it is a kind story and such a lovely reunion. >> we will get to. that we begin this hour with the drastic new step in the strike against the big three car companies. this is video by new walkouts by united auto workers members that started a few hours ago, from california, to massachusetts, more workers are joining the picket lines at general motors and stellantis. >> as you can see on the mab,

there was one walkout at a ford facility, and the union decided to expand the strike after contract talks stalled. the union says it is time for president biden to become involved. >> we invite and encourage everyone who supports our cause to join us on the picket line. from our friends and families, all the way up to the president of the united states. we invite you to join us in our fight. >> nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch is in pontiac, michigan, where workers at a gm plant just joined the strike. so jesse, how will these new walkouts affect manufacturing and why is ford not being included right now? >> reporter: yes, so the reason ford has been left out is because accordings to the union there has been good progress made between that company and the union. so the fact that it has been omitted from the expansion of the strike bodes well for how those negotiations are going and tells us something how the union feels the negotiations are going with gm and stlant ition.

bottom line, not as well as they're going with ford. we have what we're talking about now is an expansion to all parts skruks facilities for both gm and stlantd is. so this is something that is going to potentially hit people at home, who need their car repaired, depends on what part you need, and how serious of a repair it, it could be harder for your dealership to get a part that you need for that repair. so it could slow down you getting your car fixed at home. for those of you watching us at home, trying to figure out this could impact you, that is the impact if you need a repair. that is something that could be happening just days from now. i talked with a dealer a short time ago who told me that some parts, they're bringing in shipments, pretty much daily, and so it is not something that they have weeks or months of stockpile, depending on the pars but some of the more routine maintenance, the dealer says shouldn't be something that is impacted in the same way. so that's a little bit of a silver lining. there we do have a statement from gm as well as stellantis. i want to read in part the statement from gm, which factors

the sentiment that we hear from stellantis as well. gm writing in part, the uaw leadership is manipulating the bargaining process for their own personal agenda. both companies questioning the motive behind the strike expansion. as it is now moving into a seconds full week of striking. and it is just expanding essentially, guys. >> there is some controversy over a report on leaked messages from a top union official. what was revealed in those messages? >> reporter: yes, so that gets to what was just being pointed to by general motors, a question of what the motivations are for the strike. is it primarily about getting workers the best deal or is there some kind of other agenda at play here and that is something that has been questioned by gm and stellantis in their statements, as this strike continues to unfold. we have not yet heard back from the uaw directly on those comments, and in a statement, shawn fain has spoken about what's been unfolding here, but

we don't yet have confirm place from the messages as to whether or not they are out there. but essentially this is more of the rhetoric back and forth, a game of tennis, that has been going back and forth, between the two sides here, and again, as was alluded to, guys, the deal to get this strike to end. back to you. >> jesse kirsch, thanks so much. there are also new developments this hour in the months hong long writers strike. negotiations for the writers union and studios met for a third consecutive day and has yet to come to a deal. the strike has practically stopped tv and movie production across the country for 143 days. a new crisis is unfolding in america's southern border. illegal crossings have soared to near record levels. border officials tell nbc news, more than 8,000 migrants crossed the border yesterday alone. that is down from 9,000 on wednesday. now the biden administration is sending hundreds of additional

troops to the region as the communities along the border say they are overwhelmed. nbc news correspondent guad venegas joins us now from the u.s./mexico boarder from eagle pass, texas. it is good to see you this friday. we know 2600 migrants crossed illegally from mexico into the del rio texas order where eagle pass is located. that just happened yesterday. what are you seeing there today? >> reporter: vicky, so this sector of the del rio sector, which eagle pass is located in, also saw the numbers go up, despite the numbers going down other places. we're seeing images like me, there was a group behind me sections ago, they were making their way across the river. groups coming in for the last few days like these. the groups have been smaller today. we've seen groups of 10, 15, 20, cross the river. the river is being patrolled by border patrol, they're on air boats, they come back and forth, they try to stop them, they tell them not to cross, but of course, as they leave, the migrants make their way over to the american side.

you can see an officer from the national guard, these are the individuals that are waiting for the migrants, the migrants arrive, then they will call border patrol to then come and take them in for processing. it is very strange to see this happening, vicky, because we have this wire that has been installed by the national guard to be an attempt to keep the migrants away but they have figured out a way using sticks to get through the wire and eventually make their way into the u.s. so authorities are not physically stopping this em from making their way in. they are just sorts of waiting for them, and when they arrive, then they're taken in for processing. meanwhile, we have mexican authorities on the other side also essentially observing what is happening. and we have what looks like a police vehicle, the national guard was over there earlier, they have left and there are more officers on the mexican side. but law enforcement on the mexican side and american side simply observe what is happening and when the migrants make it across the wire and into the u.s., it is all very surreal and

then they are taken for processing, and we assume these are individuals who are here to seek asylum. we spoke with the local sheriff. he told us what it has been like for the people here in eagle pass. during the crisis. this is what he had to say. >> it is very unusual to see the immigrants coming from all across the country, and the people from my community, they feel like there is no other way. especially walking on the street. >> the sheriff says they're not used to this because of the large numbers, for years, eagle pass is a very quiet community that didn't see this type of flow. and in the last few years, since the pandemic, of course, we've seen these numbers rise. and again, national guard troops over on my right-hand side, right now, speaking to another group of migrants, who are right under the wires, attempting to get across, and we don't know what they say to them, but there is what continues to happen here in eagle pass. vicky? >> it is remarkable perspective from where you're standing. our thanks to you, guad, and

your crew there for this upclose look at what exactly is happening. we appreciate the reporting. guad venegas for us, in eagle pass, texas. thank you. now, to something you need to hear to believe. the 911 call from the f-35 fighter jet crash in south carolina has just been released. listen to what a homeowner told the dispatcher. >> i guess i have a pilot in the house and he was ejected from the plane and we want to see if we can get a ambulance. >> i'm sorry, what happened? >> i'm sorry, what happened? >> nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube is lear to answer that question for us. i know we also heard from the pilot himself. what did he tell the dispatcher? >> reporter: yes, i can't listen to this enough, because i'm amazed the dispatcher's voice, she sounds so incredulous and the pilot is so calm on the other side. so the pilot said that he had ejected from his aircraft. one thing that is very telling, he used the word failure of his aircraft.

he said ejected after some sort of an aircraft failure. that gives us a little more insight on what may have happened up there than we've gotten officially any other way. the pilot telling her he ejected 2,000 feet and came down in a parachute and landed in this homeowner's backyard who called for help. here is a little bit more about what exactly the pilot had to say to the 911 call. >> a military jet crashed. i'm the pilot. we need to get rescue rolling. i'm not sure where the airplane is. it would have crash-landed somewhere. i ejected. ma'am, i'm a pilot in a military aircraft and i ejected so i just rode a parachute down to the ground. would you please send an ambulance? >> so you hear him there say, the plane probably crash-landed, he doesn't flow where it is, that would have been the first indication that there was a plane that was missing. but beyond that, we learned a little bit more about him from this call. he is 47 years old. according to the marine corps, he has decades of experience as

a pilot. and he also told that dispatcher that he had some back pain from the crash landing. courtney, of course, there is an investigation still ongoing. what did the official you spoke with at the marine corps tell you about it. >> reporter: a couple of things. one, we learned a little bit more about why it may have been so difficult for the marine dorr to local aircraft. one is simple. there were thunderstorms going on in the evening, sunday evening when they first started looking at. >> it the cloud cover was very low. so that hampered the official search and recovery operation. beyond that, we also learned something that we kind of suspected about the classified system to the f-35 and that is when the pilot ejects, the aircraft automatically essentially zeros out, or erases some of the classified communications. that's in case it is flying in a dangerous area, so if an enemy gets their hands on the aircraft, they can't somehow figure out america's secrets. well, in this case, it may have functioned in some way to make it more difficult for the military to find the aircraft. in addition to that, we learned

soon after this, the aircraft went down, and it was finally found by the marine corps, we learned that the transponder was malfunctioning. so all of that combined gives us a little bit more of a window into why it may have been so difficult and took 24 hours for anyone to actually locate the aircraft. >> fascinating. the more we learn about this mystery jet, the story continues with layers. >> thank you. time for the cnbc money minute. the new iphone hits store shelves starting today. >> more ads are coming to amazon prime video. bertha coombs joins us now. >> yes, apple ceo tim cook himself opened the doors of the new york city apple store this morning to greet apple customers lining up for the new iphone 15. and iphone 15 pro. and selfies with him. the biggest change to the new model though is a titanium frame instead of stainless steel. the phone also now comes with a usb-c charging port. as apple tries to get in line

with european regulations. britain's anti-trust regulator meantime takes his way to the blockbuster 69 billion dollars microsoft and activision merger. the emea says today, that microsoft does address sox its concerns about restricted competition by selling its streaming rights to u b asoft entertainment. and previewing is soon to be a thing of the past on amazon streaming service, unless you pay a little extra. tech giant announced today that it will join its streaming rivals next year, by offering customers different tiers of viewing. the ad prime video option will cost 2.99 extra each month on top of the about $15 a month that it costs to pay for amazon prime. but of course, in addition to amazon prime video, you get delivery as well. so that's a little more than what you get with something like hulu. >> yes, so many streaming services.

>> i know. >> lots to keep track of. you got to pick and choose and be smart with your money. thank you very much. still to come, the shocking claims against new jersey senator bob menendez. the newly-released indictment that includes gold bars and pocks full of cash. but first, why a south carolina family says google is family says google is responsible for a tragic somedays, i cover up because of my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now i feel free to bare my skin, thanks to skyrizi. ♪(uplifting music)♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ i'm celebrating my clearer skin... my way. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. in another study, most people had 90% clearer skin, even at 5 years. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. thanks to clearer skin with skyrizi -

this is my moment. there's nothing on my skin and that means everything! ♪nothing is everything♪ now's the time. ask your doctor about skyrizi, the #1 dermatologist-prescribed biologic in psoriasis. learn how abbvie could help you save. trying to control my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ enough was enough. i talked to an asthma specialist and found out my severe asthma is driven by eosinophils, a type of asthma nucala can help control. now, fewer asthma attacks and less oral steroids that's my nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. nucala is not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you

have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. talk to your asthma specialist to see if once-monthly nucala may be right for you. and learn about savings at nucala.com there's more to your life than asthma. find your nunormal with nucala. suing google. she claims faulty directions

provided by google maps led to her husband's death. >> that lawsuit filed almost a year after the father of two died saying his tragic accident could have been avoided. here is nbc news technology correspondent jake ward. >> the family of the man who died in a tragic car accident is now suing google saying the app caused him to drive off a broken down bridge in north carolina. >> i struggle every day to understand how something so unimaginable and horrific could be allowed to happen. >> it has been nearly a year since the dark and rainy night that the beloved father of two phil paxon was driving home alone after celebrating his daughter's birthday when google maps navigated him to the snow creek bridge. he did not know and could not see, according to the suit, the bridge located on a private road, had long since collapsed. leaving a gaping hole and swirling waters below. the next day, paxon's vehicle was found overturned in the creek with paxon drowned. >> the accident was avoid able,

according to the lawsuit, one year before the fatal accident, a different google maps user alerted google twice that the bridge washed away. and saying land owners refused to fix it and gps sends people down here which is especially dangerous for emergency vehicles. those alleged owners are being sued alongside google, referred to as the bridge defendants in the lawsuit. >> those responsible for our roadways need to know that inaction has consequences. we try to maintain adequate guards, warning signs and the like to alert drivers. >> arguments echoed in their client's complaint. the alleged land owners did not respond to our request for comment. >> if they failed to put any warning signs or even barriers to prevent people from driving on a bridge that had no end to it, then that's a stronger case for negligence. >> google telling nbc news, coat, we have the deepest sympathies for the paxon families, our goal is to have accurate routing information and maps and we are reviewing this

lawsuit. >> the key to this case is proving that google had a duty to this driver. specifically, did google undertake, not only to give people directions, but also guarantee that they were safe directions. >> paxon's wife telling the nbc affiliate wcnc they hope the lawsuit brings some closure. >> we owe it to their girls and the community to find some sort of justice if possible and ensure no other tragedy like this happens to any other family, and any other senseless loss of life. >> jake ward, nbc news. five students are in critical condition at this hour, after a didly bus crash in new york state. two adult chaperones who were on the bus died. every student on that bus, more than 40 of them had to be taken to the hospital, this all happened thursday afternoon, about an hour and a half north of new york city. the investigators say a failure in one of the bus's front tires may have been the cause of that crash.

authorities in new york city are still looking for one person in connection to the death of a 1-year-old boy. they say he was exposed to the deadly drug fentanyl at a day care. investigators released these photos showing a stash of fentanyl and other drug paraphernalia hidden under the floor of the day care center. this trapdoor was apparently right under the area where children would play. the owner of the day care and her tenant are both under arrest and face murder charges. still to come, president biden's new plan to reduce gun violence. you're watching "nbc news daily." as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. learn more at getrealaboutdiabetes.com

depend keeps you drier than ever... so you can say yes to more than ever. yes. yes. yes. no. depend, the only thing stronger than us, is you. [sneeze] dude you coming? ♪ alka-seltzer plus powermax gels cold & flu relief with more concentrated power because the only thing dripping should be your style. plop plop fizz fizz winter warriors with alka-seltzer plus.

rsv can severely affect the lungs and lower airways. but i'm protected with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can be serious for those over 60, including those with asthma, diabetes, copd, and certain other conditions. but i'm protected. arexvy is proven to be over 82% effective in preventing lower respiratory disease from rsv and over 94% effective in those with these health conditions. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and joint pain. i chose arexvy. rsv? make it arexvy.

hi, everyone. this is the fast-forward on nbc news daily. another closure on northbound highway 87 through a section of san jose. cal trans is doing repair work it hopes will translate into smoother and safer driving. kris sanchez is along 87 with more. kris? >> you see the traffic slowing here behind me. that's because the work doesn't start until 9:00 tonight. some of the ramps are going to close a little bit earlier, maybe as early as 8:00. i want to show you dash cam video i got this morning with some of the caltrans signs that they put out to make sure drivers would be aware that this was going to be happening this weekend. there you see some of the reasons why this repair is happening. we'll take a look at the big picture, the northbound lanes of 87 are the ones that are going to close this weekend. that is between the 85 connecter

to the south and the 285 to the north. we talked to commuters who say this is going to be an inconvenience, but they're hoping it will be worth it in the end. >> more like trenches. not even potholes. there are sections, if your tire went parallel, you would be stopped. there is big chunks of the freeway missing. it is worth it. for a whole weekend, i'm okay. >> that mom says she warned her son to plan ahead or he's going to be late to work as he travels from home in the south to the park. the northbound closure is the beginning of the $69 million project that will replace the pavement, update ramps at six different intersections and improve drainage which has really been a problem at the 87, 280 interchange. caltrans will upgrade guardrails and barriers and resurface the bike lanes that run parallel to 87 as well. the southbound lanes, they're going to close for a weekend coming up in october. that will be the second part of this project. the goal is to finish all of

this in time for the morning commute on monday. the target is 5:00 a.m. monday morning, which means more than 50 hours worth of reroutes. in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. here are some other stories you need to know about. a popular san francisco tourist attraction could be on the move. police are investigating a stabbing on board a b.a.r.t. train. we're getting more details on the officer-involved shooting in albany that left two people dead. police say a man pulled up to the toyota service center on east shore highway yesterday morning, he shot and killed a woman that worked there. responding officers evacuated the building that ended up shooting and killing the armed man. deputies believe this was a case of domestic violence. no one else at the service center was hurt. b.a.r.t. police are investigating a stabbing that happened on a train near oakland's 19th street b.a.r.t. station, happening just after midnight. when the train arrived at the station, police arrested a suspect. paramedics took to the -- the victim to the hospital. they are expected to be okay.

and the ferris wheel in san francisco also known as the sky wheel is in golden gate park, it could be on the move. the port authority is considering an application to relocate the sky wheel to fisherman's wharf. the idea would be to move it for the asian pacific economic cooperation summit. that summit happens next november. world leaders will be attending. unhealthy air quality is still lingering across the bay. we might see some improvements this weekend. kari hall has more in this microclimate forecast. >> we're monitoring our air quality today, unhealthy for sensitive groups and people should limit time outside as we still see a very high amount of particulate matter from the wild fire smoke that comes in. we're expecting improving air quality for tonight. and then into the rest of the weekend. temperature-wise, it looks great with our highs reaching into the low 70s for napa, reaching 71 in oakland. mid-70s as you head over toward

fremont and upper 70s for the inland east bay as well as the south bay. there won't be much change in temperature throughout the weekend, but that stronger westerly wind should help improve our air quality as temperatures come down a few degrees. we'll talk about when we could see some rain in our seven-day forecast coming up in 30 minutes. >> thanks. i want to mention that apec summit for the sky wheel to be moved to, that's happening this november. check out this home. a beautiful historic home, it could be yours, one of the most famous, it is the former residence of photographer ansel adams, it is up for sale. adams lived at the sea cliff home for more than five decades. it is beautiful. it could be yours for five and a half million dollars. here is something to check out, the mill valley arts festival kicks off tomorrow, the 66th year, organizers are worried about the fest's future due to lack of funds. they're encouraging people to come out.

fest i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up ♪ ♪ i've got symptom relief ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ feel significant symptom relief with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements at 4 weeks. skyrizi is the first and only il-23 inhibitor for crohn's that can deliver both clinical remission and endoscopic improvement. the majority of people on skyrizi achieved long lasting remission at 1 year. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to. liver problems may occur in crohn's disease. ask your gastroenterologist how you can take control of your crohn's with skyrizi. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ learn how abbvie could help you save.

you can't leave without cuddles. but, you also can't leave covered in hair. with bounce pet, you can cuddle and brush that hair off. bounce. it's the sheet. ♪♪ looking for bladder-leak protection that neutralizes odors and keeps you dry? try new depend® fresh protection™. it absorbs 25-times its weight and featuresdryshield™ technology, that protects better than pads and keeps you 2-times drier. try depend®. shingles. some describe it as pulsing electric shocks or sharp, stabbing pains. ♪♪ this painful, blistering rash can disrupt your life for weeks. a pain so intense, you could miss out on family time. the virus that causes shingles is likely already inside of you. if you're 50 years or older, ask your doctor or pharmacist about shingles.

the bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines here on "nbc news daily.." marjory stoneman douglas high school, the site of the massacre is set to be demolished after the school career is done. the building has remain closed and locked behind a fence since the shooting. community members have argued for its closing but prosecutors

say it should remain open as evidence. the shooter pleaded guilty in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison last year. u.s. marshals are now offering a 10,000 dollars reward for information that leads to the arrest of a murder suspect. the officials say kevin mason was accidentally released from an indiana detention center nine days ago, due to a faulty records review. police say they have multiple leads but have yet to find him. they say he is armed and dangerous. the department of homeland security announced secretary alejandro mayorkas will be visiting the u.s. mexico border tomorrow and set to meet with hondura's president to discuss cooperation on safe migration to the united states. the visit comes as the september migrant crossing at the border is ready to surpass previous monthly highs. new jersey senior senator bob menendez is facing federal bribery charges. the senate democrat and his wife were indicted today. menendez is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars

of bribes from businessmen in new jersey as well as the egyptian government. investigators say they found this, gold bars, and cash, stuffed in jacket pockets bearing the senator's name. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian joins us now. good to see you this friday. we know this investigation has been going on for more than a year now. take us through the indictment and mow senator menendez is reacting. >> reporter: it is a 39-page speaking indictment and it is sprawling brazen, conspiracy and he had and his wife and businessman. senator menendez will make the first appearance at 10:30 in court wednesday. and the senator said in a statement that prosecutors are trying to criminalize the normal work of a legislature and a possible preview of the defense, under the constitution's speech and debate clause, which makes members of congress immune from legislative acts. the prosecution says menendez

used the power of the office to help the three men, in exchange for cash, gold bars, a mercedes quibble, furniture, exercise equipment. it says the conduct began in 2018. that's the year senator menendez was reelected after a jury failed to convict him in a separate krungs case. the fbi as part of the investigation searched the senator's home last year and seized gold bars and nearly half a million in cash. the part of the allegations allege that the senator intervened in criminal cases on behalf of two new jersey business persons. take a listen to the u.s. attorney of the southern district of new york, damien williams on that end. >> the indictment alleges that senator menendez used power and influence to try to disrupt a federal prosecution, in the district of new jersey. in two ways. fortunately, the public official that the senator sought to influence did not bend to the pressure. >> reporter: the indictment says one of the men gave a 60,000 dollars mercedes convertible to

the senator's wife. >> ken, this is not his first time being indicted while in office. take us through that initial case and how it ended. >> reporter: that's right. he was the subject of a federal indictment on an illegal gift case back in 2017. and it went to a jury. the jury was hung. it could not decide on a verdict. so it was a mistrial. and the justice department decided not to retry the case. there have been some changes in the law on corruption. now, the senate ethics committee admonished senator menendez for accepting those gifts from his that friend of his in florida and said that he brought disrepute on the senate, but no legal implications and now facing very serious charges on a somewhat similar set of allegations, vicky. >> ken dilanian, thank you so much. the biden administration is rolling out a first of its kooinz initiative aimed at curbing the gun violence crisis. according to the gun violence archive, there have been more than 31,000 firearms thefts so far this year. let's bring in monica alba.

monica, how will this new office work exactly? and what is the white house hoping to accomplish here? >> reporter: well, the president just said that people should think about this like they think about fema when it comes to natural disasters but this of course will be dead cated to preventing gun violence, and he said that mass shootings that we have seen across this country for years in places that should be considered safe, when you think about schools, places of worship, grocery stores, and beyond, that that is the ultimate super storm. when you see the effects on young people, on all kinds of people who go through this. so he is setting up this first of its kind office, which will be run by stephanie feldman, who works in the white house and we heard a little bit more on why this issue is taking center stage today from her earlier. take a listen. >> at kitchen tables all across

the issue, this is not part of an issue, people do not want to deal constantly with gun violence and the president is looking at working with partners across the aisle, and democrats to advance action to save lives. >> reporter: now, overall, vice president harris will actually be overseeing this effort, and the president said today, in the rose garden, that's because it is an issue that she has been dealing with and helping to resolve and work on for years, especially in her years before she came to the white house. so this is now a major new push. it is something that activists on this issue have called for, for years, and the president said, finally, he is proud to be able to make it happen today. >> monica, many activists have also called for a ban to assault weapons. president biden has been renewing that call. so is it gaining any traction now? >> reporter: that is something he said and repeated again today, quite forcefully, we saw this months ago, after that shooting in nashville, the president said, urged congress to act. he said again, he has done about

a couple of dozen of executive actions, things he can do on his own when it comes to gun violence prevention and then he did sign into law that safer communities act, which he says will help with some of this, but he needs lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to come together, though right now realistically, in this congress, with it being so divided, it is unlikely that will happen. but the president said that doesn't mean he is going to stop trying to make it a reality. >> monica alba, with the latest, thanks so much. a happy ending to a scary story out of florida. 25-year-old charlie gregory and his family getting a chance to meet up with a massive search team that saved his life in august. after he was stranded at sea on a small fishing boat. it was only eight feet long. he was gone nearly two full days. nbc's sam brock has more. >> reporter: he was brought back right here. after 40 hours out at sea.

first responders described it as trying to find a needle in a hay stack and said miracles do happen. these grave images showing 25-year-old charley gregory on an eight foot aluminum boat miles off the atlantic coast came at the absolute darkest moments of despair. >> what did you think of your chance of survival? >> i was sure i was going to die. >> with no flares or phone, which fell over in the ocean, trying to find him by the coast guard, it is hard to quantify. >> it is like a needle in a hay stack. 13 miles offshore. outside of the search pattern we had searched already. incredibly difficult. >> throughout the nearly two day or deal, more than a dozen boats passed charlie, many within a stone's throw. >> all i had was my board shorts and i took them off and i was

waving them. i saw helicopters, i saw boats, i saw planes, none of them saw me. >> all of them with his boat partially submerged in the water and sharks everywhere. >> they would come up next to you and they just hovered and they don't really move away or anything. >> after his incredible rescue at sea, this improbable reunion, where there is plenty of love and gratitude from the first responders who saved his life. >> every day, we celebrate the life of my son. he's back. because of all of your hard work. >> the kind of relief parents have a hard time putting into words, when he first arrived on shore. >> there is a god out there. if you ever thought he wouldn't let you go missing in the ocean for 38 hours, i gave up hope. i should never give up hope. don't give up hope on god. >> and the weeks later, in are the presence of all of those heroes. >> i am screaming he's alive. charlie has been found. and we're screaming. he's alive. and it just was an intense,

overwhelming sense of elation and joy. i don't know how else to describe it. >> it is just amazing. the u.s. coast guard said they had completed two search patterns already. they had crafted a third, and were about 10 minutes into that one when they spotted something on radar, a coconut in the middle of the ocean, it turned out to be charlie. i asked charley after the fact, would you have done anything differently. absolutely. get a bigger boat. in st. augustine, sam brock, back to you. >> a bigger boat. incredible. a climate challenge week here at nbc news and when you think of sinking cities the midwest might not immediately come to mind but because of climate change, a new risk is lurking behind one of america's most well-known skylines. laura barrett reports. >> reporter: beneath chicago's iconic architecture, living labs are tracking how heat could make a city sink. >> we're measuring temperature in the underground environment, to basically monitor the amount of heat that continues to be

injected into the ground. >> hundreds of the sensors are giving us a new look into what researchers are calling a hazard. >> we found out chicago as many other major global cities are affected by a phenomenon called underground climate change. >> the professor and his northwestern research team installed the sensors beneath the surface in parking garages and subway tunnels and boiler rooms which found that temperature changes are causing significant stress in the infrastructure that supports the city's skyline. >> we are looking at the amount of heat beneath our feet, and this heat has caused the ground to deform already. >> the study highlights this element of climate change is different than what we see above grounds and poses a risk to the foundation of urban cities globally. researchers say more heat trapped in the ground has serious potential to interrupt our day to day. top concerns are public health, the safety of the buildings we work in and live in, and how to slow down the daily commute.

with the situation, transportation secretary pete buttigieg says projects to mitigate this new climate challenge needs to be happening now. >> is there a sense now now best to store energy efficient materials to mitigate this situation. >> it may be something down to the kind of cement or steel or asphalt that we're using for the 21st century, it could look a little different than what we learned to build with 100 years ago. >> big investments, but underground heat found here can be repurposed as a thermal energy source to the buildings above. >> there is the technology that is the basis to do that. we have to be willing. >> the problem is bigger than just chicago. >> it is a part of the human presence on earth. >> laura barrett, nbc news, chicago. up next, mental health and the military. the new type of therapy being used to treat veterans. you're watching "nbc news daily." but first, time for today's daily snapshot. we take you back to a story we brought you earlier this hour.

the bird's-eye view picture, that was taken on the u.s. mexico border near el paso, texas. you can see these migrants, they're waiting to be processed in mexico to enter the united states. the number of migrants crossing the u.s. border has risen dramatically since the start of the month. wow. we've got a lot

check, september is suicide prevention awareness month and today we are talking about mental health care in the u.s. military. an important topic in the united states, the suicide rate for veterans is 57% higher than the average adult population and in 020, more than 6,000 veteran suicides, according to the department of veterans affairs. we will talk more about ways to prevent these suicides with juliet, a marine corps veteran who served in iraq and afghanistan and the director of veteran advocacy and public policy at the nonprofit called healing break through. we're so happy to have you with us. thank you so much for your service, you spent 15 years in active duty, and five of them providing the support to injured marines at the wounded warriors battalion. so first, help us understand ptsd, the connection to mental health and why it is so difficult for our veterans. >> post traumatic stress is something la can happen to anyone after a traumatic event. it can cause intense thoughts

and feelings of distress, symptoms include nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance, hyper arousal, and just an overall feeling of despair. veterans have higher instances of traumatic events because of their work. and therefore, specifically they have a higher rate of post traumatic stress. this is directly contributing to the veteran suicide epidemic that we have been dealing with since 9/11. we lost over 30,000 veterans to suicide here on american soil, compare that to the 7,057 that we lost at war. >> that number is astounding. >> it is astounding. it is sobering. and thank you for your service. and you're working to address that, right? getting veterans connected to fda-designated breakthrough therapy. talk to us about that. >> yes. so we're working on getting mdma assisted therapy available to veterans as soon as it is fda approved. we're anticipating fda approval mid next year.

it is a therapy combined with a medication that is proven to be 67% effective in eliminate can the ptsd diagnosis in those that participated in the trial. those that were in the trial had an average of 14 years of chronic complex ptsd, so what is kind of the average of veteran that was in post-9/11. >> 14 years of struggling with depression. when mdma, people hear that they think madonna and party drugs and how does it work and how often does the veteran have to reeve the mdma before it starts to work. >> it is a medication administered inside the clinic with the care of a mental health provider. it is sandwiched between talk therapy and it can take one, up to three doses of the medication spread out over four months, and that's where the 67% efficacy came from. no medication leaves the clinic.

you're under the care of a health care provider. >> wow. so it is not widely approved yet, right? >> it is en route to be fda approved and they're just finalizing the paperwork and we're anticipating early to mid next year that there will be fda approval and patients will start to be able to use it to heal. >> what are some of the thoughts after being go through the therapy. how does it change them? >> so mdma allows to you clinically turn off that ptsd switch. when you have ptsd, you're stuff, in the fight flight freeze trauma response and you can't turn that switch off and what mdma allows chemically allows to happen, that switch turns off, and you're able to look at yourself in a more empathetic and a more loving way, and you're able to confront your trauma with love, as opposed to fight or fore. and you're able to confront the root causes with the help of a

therapist and really work through and process everything. >> so briefly, obviously, ptsd is not limited to those in the armed services. if someone is dealing with that, what do you recommend? >> so there's lots of different options. i wish mdma therapy was available today. but there's communities that can help you, go to your health care provider, there's so many different forms of s around here, we like to keep things simple and honest. up sure do. that's why at progressive, we show you rates from other companies, even if they're lower than ours, so you can choose what's best for your family. comparing rates used to be a hard day's work, but not with autoquote explorer. -need me to help again? -no. so join us and taste why progressive is the name people trust. sorry, are we talking about apples now or insurance? [ laughter ] why is that funny?

[coughing] when caroline has a cough she takes robitussin. so, she can have those one on ones again. hey jim! hey! can we talk about your yoga breaks? sure. get fast, powerful cough relief with robitussin, and find your voice. ♪ robitussin ♪ depend keeps you drier than ever... so you can say yes to more than ever. yes. yes. yes. no. depend, the only thing stronger than us, is you. to help prevent bleeding gums. try saying 'hello gumwash' with parodontax active gum health. it kills 99% plaque bacteria. and forms an antibacterial shield. try parodontax active gum health mouthwash.

my active psoriatic arthritis can make me feel like i'm losing my rhythm. with skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, i'm getting into my groove. ♪(uplifting music)♪ along with significantly clearer skin... skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. and is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. skyrizi attaches to and reduces a source of excess inflammation that can lead to skin and joint symptoms. with skyrizi 90% clearer skin and less joint pain are possible. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. thanks to skyrizi, there's nothing like clearer skin and better movement... and that means everything. ♪nothing is everything♪ now's the time to ask your doctor about skyrizi. learn how abbvie could help you save.

welcome back to the fast-forward on nbc news daily. one man is dead after a car crash in san jose. it happened around 10:30 this morning on the 2,000 block of fruit dale avenue. that's just down the street from sherman oaks elementary school. an investigation is under way now. police say to expect traffic in the area to last for several hours. the first ever pride celebration happening this weekend, but one of the sponsors are fears it may not be around much longer. the nonprofit rainbow community center has been in concord for decades and among other things it offers, hiv prevention, clinical services and food pantry referrals. the center exhausted much of the grant money to help people during covid. and once the staff unionized, expenses went up again. leader say the center's closure would be devastating for their clients. >> we have people that rely on

us because they're not out or because they, you know, they don't have family members that support them. and i think without the lgbtq community, it has been really tough to where it affects everyone's mental health and well-being when needing a service. >> the center is asking for donations to keep its work going. ways to help can be found on its website, rainbow cc.org. as for martinez pride, that's tomorrow, running from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the official start of fall is almost here. it is actually happening just before midnight tonight. and for our first few days of the new season, we can expect milder temperatures. meteorologist kari hall has more in our seven-day forecast. >> we're still tracking the smoke coming into the bay area with unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups. that will most likely linger into much of the morning and the afternoon. eventually clearing out as we go

into the evening. and then that's when fall begins at 11:50 p.m. and then for the weekend, we're looking at some really nice weather. inland temperatures headed for the upper 70s. look at monday and tuesday of next week, with a chance of showers in the forecast. after the rain chances go down, san francisco will see the hazy conditions throughout today and partly cloudy sky, highs in the upper 60s, looking like a very nice and mild weekend ahead. also watching out for rain chances for the start of the new week. we'll be

the season may be changing, but our mission to help viewers is still the same. consumer investigator chris joins us now to highlight some of our recent wins. >> gary switched his newspaper subscription from the deliveries in his driveway to online only. but the papers kept arriving.

he said he called several times and the reps promised the deliveries would stop. but they didn't. so gary tagged our team, we flagged the publisher, the headline, no papers in the driveway. augustine in san jose, he told us the family member accidentally threw out the $350 middle class tax refund the state sent him. he tried contacting the franchise tax board for help, but wasn't able to get a hold of a person. so, he dialed our team, we reached out to the state, augustine got a new check for his 350 bucks. if your consumer initiate needs a closer look, flag our team, fill out our consumer complaint form online. have a great weekend. >> thank you, chris. here it is again. if our team can help you, if you contact us through our website, nbcbayarea.com, you can also give them a call, there is the number, 888-996-tips. that does it for this edition of the fast-forward. edition of the fast-forward. have a great afternoo

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,...♪ ♪...it's a new day,♪ it's time to make a stand. ♪and i'm feelin' good.♪ start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd... ...medicine has the power to treat copd... ...in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler,... ...trelegy makes breathing easier for a full 24 hours, improves lung function, and helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler... ...for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating,... ...vision changes, or eye pain occur. take a stand, and start a new day with trelegy. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy... ...and save at trelegy.com.

♪♪ ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy... looking for bladder-leak protection that neutralizes odors and keeps you dry? try new depend® fresh protection™. it absorbs 25-times its weight and featuresdryshield™ technology, that protects better than pads and keeps you 2-times drier. try depend®. ever notice how stiff clothes can feel rough on your skin? for softer clothes that are gentle on your skin, try downy free & gentle downy will soften your clothes without dyes or perfumes. the towel washed with downy is softer, and gentler on your skin. try downy free & gentle.

i'm andrea canning and this is "dateline daytime" on nbc. i called my mom immediately. i just cried. i cried. i couldn't feel. my body went numb. i told her karlyn's gone. she was gone. andrea canning (voiceover): she was a beautiful young mom doing important work. she was an intelligence specialist. andrea canning (voiceover): some of her work was very sensitive, top secret.