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5th, 2023. prescription for change, more than 75,000 healthcare workers walk off the job again today. patients nationwide are feeling the pain, we're live on the picket lines. dramatic reversal, the biden administration announcing it will extend the border wall, why now and how they're defending the cost. at any cost? the streaming services. and dog days commander sent from the white house to the doghouse. evicted over repeated biting incidents and how the first family is managing the situation. thank you for starting your afternoon with us. a major disruption in some of america's hospitals forcing some patients to put off procedures.

>> a strike against the kaiser permanente. workers say long term this will lead to better care but in the short term it's having serious impacts. already chemotherapy treatments and other procedures deemed nonurgent have been. postponed. >> a minor surgery but to a parent and seeing your baby hit his ears and crying it's heartbreaking. >> so many challenges there and most of the 75,000 kaiser permanente employees striking are on the west coast, roughly 86% of them are in california and the strike is three-times larger than the united auto workers strike going on for weeks. >> we're in los angeles, david, welcome, thank you for being here, your first time with us.

day two of a three-day strike, what happens if they don't reach an agreement though by tomorrow? >> reporter: yeah, the stakes are high. they've given formal notice they're prepared to strike again, this time for five days in first week of november. now there's long list of demands, something like 23 demands including pay and benefits, but there are also making a more sort of core demands, they want kay ver to come to table in good faith, they've gotten proposals for them via e-mail. they say they're not going to take off the pressure until they get in a room with them and feel like they're taking this process as seriously as they should be. >> you've talked to workers on the picket lines as well as kaiser patients. what are they saying about the strike right now. >> reporter: the disruptions are real, people are having appointments cancelled and labs are closed if they strike again those disruptions will even

worse. we've spoken to several patients many side with the workers there. they said the quality of their care was already declining due to the understaffing the underlying cause of this strike in first place. we spoke to one couple, kaiser tried to cancel those appointments, the couple stood outside and joined the workers on the picket line. here's what they had to say. >> when i went to the doctor's clinic, there weren't even band-aids in the clinic. now we're finding out not even the workers get paid what they're supposed to get, where is the money? >> reporter: as these disruptions continue especially if the workers strike again in november that's the big question, where does the public opinion fall? does it fall with the workers or kaiser? >> david, can i ask you one big

picture question, how did we get here, why is the staffing situation so bad? >> reporter: the staffing situation is a serious problem across the healthcare industry, not specific to kaiser, really it goes -- a lot of it goes back to pandemic and waves and waves of compounding burnout. they have to rush from patient to patient. the benefits aren't good enough and they often quit. we're talking about years of mounting problems and again not specific to kaiser but work verse decided to walk out and bring attention to it and put their livelihoods on the line to try and get a solution to the problem. >> david, thank you so much. at this hour, we're also following dramatic reversal in the battle over the southern border, the biden administration now pushing through a plan to add to border wall in southern texas, following a surge in

illegal crossings. . the white house is waiving more than two dozen federal laws to do this. ali joins us now from washington, so this is reversal, i think president biden campaigned saying he wasn't going to add to the wall, so what do we know about this particular issue? >> reporter: absolutely, kate, he campaigned as a candidate to not add, quote, a foot more of border wall and shortly after he took office in 2021 he vowed not to use taxpayer funds for building any more border wall, calling it, quote, a waste of money but the white house is pushing back on this idea the building of 17 miles of borderer wall in south texas is the result of mounting pressure on the administration to do more along the border they're saying this was announced back in june that the department of homeland security's waiving of 26 environmental laws to speed this process up is actually tied to

requirements. and the president himself defended this move earlier during a meeting inside the oval office. listen. >> the border wall money was appropriated for the border wall, i tried to get it re-appropriate it, redirect that money, they didn't, they wouldn't, in the meantime, there's nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what's appropriated. i can't stop that. >> reporter: the president referring to funds that were allocated by congress in 2019 for this specific purpose, to build more border wall, the president saying that he tried to get those reallocated to be used in a different way and he wasn't able to do that. but the dhs secretary in a new federal notice overmight is speaking deliberately and urgently about the border saying this's an immediate need to construct more physical barriers. >> ali, no secret that building a boarder wall was a cornerstone

of the trump campaign, what has the response been from both sides about this? >> reporter: yeah, the biden administration has been under attack by not surprisingly republicans but also members of the president's own political party, and his allies, you have democrats like illinois governor pritzker writing a scathing letter about the biden administration's immigration policy, new york city mayor adams saying that more needs to be done to address this and it's a notable shift in our recent nbc news poll that shows republicans are enjoying an 18-percentage point lead over democrats on which political party is handling the immigration crisis better. >> later this hour, another battle over another urgent issue to the border. we'll break down the court fight over those bu on,y, s meant to keep migrants out of the country. president biden's beloved dog commander is in doghouse, the white house confirming the 2-year-old german shepherd no

longer resides at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: the dog days could be over in a new development commander biden, the president's 2-year-old germany shepherd has been removed from the white house. after a string of biting incidents. >> last night the first lady's communications director said in a statement the president and first lady care deeply about the safety of those who work at the white house and those who protect them every day. the statement came shortly after cnn cited multiple sources

reported that commander has been involved in more biting incidents than previously acknowledged at the white house. nbc news hasn't confirmed that reporting. a secret service official says the scope of biting incidents is unclear, telling nbc news, i don't know how thoroughly these are tracked. i had no visibility on the white house staff having issues. dog behavior expert, laura sharkie. >> most doctors that are biting in these situations are actually biting out of fear, even though they look ferocious and terrifying, they're usually afraid. >> reporter: longtime white house grounds manager dale haney has cared for presidential pets going back to the nixon years and is frequently seen with commander. the white house says haney disputed a published account that appeared to show he had been bitten. an official said haney told them, commander was being playful and there was no bite, no pressure of teeth on his skin, no mark, just some dog slobber. kelly o'donnell, nbc news.

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today the maryland supreme court is hearing arguments in the murder case featured on the pod cast serial. convicted of murdering his high school girlfriend back in 1999. 14 years later the podcast put the case back in spotlight and raised new questions about some key evidence. after a year's long court battle his conviction was cleared and he remains free, now her family said the process that led to that decision was flawed which is why they're back in court. gary grumbach joins us with more. this case has continued to capture the attention of so many

through the podcast and now this, what is the court considering today. >> reporter: this cas boils down to the whether or not or not the virtual appearance by the brother is enough to meet a requirement where victims of giving a notice in advance of the hearing. they argued they believe the virtual appearance was fine. however the attorney for the young brother -- will give his client the opportunity to attend in person and challenge the everyday. two things that he said he didn't have the opportunity to do the first said. evidence. he said his client wasn't even given the address where the hearing would be. here's what he had to say outside court. >> we look forward to hearing the court's decision and we're hoping that in the end you know we'll have a chance to prove justice not just for their family but for our family as well. we believe very strongly in trying to find justice for her and her family. >> if court does decide to hear

it, syed could go back to behind. >> gary, how soon could the maryland supreme court issue their hearing? >> reporter: the maryland supreme court is similar the supreme court here in washington, they hear their cases and then they make their decisions. >> lot of attention on this one and i'm sure his family is waiting as is hers. gary, thank you so much. former president donald trump is back in florida now as his civil fraud trial continues in new york city. after trump's legal team grilled his former accountant the judge expressed frustration with the pace of questioning. on the stand today, former trump organization senior vice president jeff mccon hi who told the judge trump had final sign-off. lindsey, what's the latest today? what are we hearing?

>> reporter: he's still on the stand, he's talking about the appraisal, so he's on stand about how it was appraised and remember they said this was 30,000 square feet, it's less than 11,000 square feet the attorney general's office is asking the traditional ways to value a property. you mentioned he also testified to the fact that trump got final say on these financial statements that the a.g.'s office said were inflated. frustration the judge was feeling over a previous witness donald bender, over that cross-examination from trump's attorneys, essentially the judge saying how long is this going to go on? remember this trial could go through december, he's trying to keep things on a tight schedule, and there was also a couple of

developments just in the legal process here of this case, so this morning the judge issuing an order giving an october 26th deadline for both sides to name potential receivers for the dissolution of the trump llcs. the judge saying trump is liable for fraud. the first claim that the a.g.'s office is bringing. from trump's defense attorneys said this afternoon, in addition to appealing that decision, they'll file a notice for a stay. kate. >> they're trying to stop that judgment that came against them. former president trump has gone back to florida, is he coming back at all? >> reporter: there's no indication that he's going to be back soon, kuwait, but the expectation we'll be back potentially for the testimony of some of his adult children if they're in fact called to the stand. two of them eric and donald junior are listed as defendants

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from san francisco. >> reporter: the public memorial is no longer open to the public. that's the big change that was made late yesterday. still, it's anticipated to be a largely attended momentous event outside city hall. if you look behind us, $1,500 invited guests are expected to fill the seats, including dignitaries. at least 30 senators and a dozen representatives. we are anticipating the attendance the governor, for erm governor jerry brown and the former mayors of san francisco as well. yesterday, it was the public's time to remember and reflect on the senator's life. images of grief and respect and gratitude were seen throughout the day at city hall as thousands paid their respects to the late senator. so much so that the hours of visitation needed to be extended. when the sun went down, another powerful image of the late senator as she left city hall for the last time. her casket being carried out by

law enforcement down the steps of city hall. the same steps where her leadership of the city began. today, the mayor will mc the memorial. she will introduce chuck schumer, then upon request of the family, mayor breed will read lines from representative john burton. the san francisco girls chorus will perform. nancy pelosi will speak about her dear friend. possibly the most personal tribute to the late senator will take place, senator feinstein's daughter will then speak. this won't be the first time we hear about the senator from her grand daughter's perspective. she wrote a book. the description of the book reads that the biography of the california senator is told through the simple words of her young granddaughter. the girls chorus will close by singing san francisco. it's important to note that the

traffic around the area will be impacted for the next several hours if not a significant chunk throughout the day. be mindful of that if you are looking to be in this area. cyclists, pedestrians, vehicles are told to avoid this area. this area will be shut down and it won't be reopened until tomorrow. we are shortly awaiting the start of the memorial. we will continue our coverage on air and online. in san francisco, ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. >> ginger, thank you. all in-person city services will be closed at city hall because of the memorial service. you can still access all services online by phone and at other city facilities. the memorial service is set to begin at 1:00. you can watch it live right here on nbc bay area. our coverage will actually start a few minutes before 1:00. let's talk about the weather. some end of the week is triggering a weather advisory. kari hall has a time line on when things could start to cool down for us.

>> hot temperatures coming in for the bay area. we will have a heat advisory in effect for this afternoon. especially in the areas shaded in orange. we don't typically see hotter temperatures there. expect it to reach 98 this afternoon. mostly low to mid 90s elsewhere. hotter temperatures for tomorrow afternoon with a light wind. an increased fire danger as we get the low humidity and all of the dry vegetation across the bay area. we will be under the risk of starting a fire that could spread rapidly. saturday's forecast, it's going to be hot. we are seeing some relief in that extended forecast. we will look at what to expect for next week coming up in 30 minutes. big announcement. the wnba is expanding to the bay area. the wnba's first expansion franchise since 2008. team is playing home games at chase center in san francisco.

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civilians including a 6-year-old child are dead after a russian missile strike today according to officials in kyiv, it all happened in eastern ukraine with a population around 330 people. the missile hit a cafe where a memorial service was being held. today's strike was the war's deadliest attacks. the memorial service for senator dianne feinstein is no longer opened to the public, because of security concerns. the longest serving woman in the senate died on friday at the age of 90. the service will be live streamed online. you still have a chance to strike it rich. the powerball jackpot is now $1.4 billion. odds of winning are obviously very low. >> very low. >> the last big winner was in july that jackpot was just over

$1 billion. clothing retailer abercrombie and fitch has hired a law firm to investigate disturbing allegations of sexual ult abuse against its former ceo. >> sever men accuse of mike jeffreys exploiting them for sex. in a statement to nbc news, a company's spokesperson said it's appalled by the allegations. his attorney declined to comment to nbc. joining us now is nbc news correspondent maura barrett. maura, i'll start with you, we want to be clear that no criminal charges have been filed as of now, can you talk about the allegations in the bbc report. >> reporter: right, no criminal charges yet, this bbc report just published this week and it alleges that 12 men are saying that they were involved or had to help organize sex parties for the former ceo and his partner

matthew smith. some saying they were exploited. they didn't participate willingly, some of them alleging abuse. very serious allegations. they said these parties happened all over the world and in major cities between 2009 and 2015. you mentioned jeffries' attorney declined to comment on his behalf. now there's also allegations in this report saying that the company paid settlements for jeffries after allegations of misconduct. even though the company is saying they were apaddle by those allegations around these parties. the bbc is standing by its reporting. noting that some of these men were on record and on camera, they completed extensive fact-checking, checking with dozens of other sources to corroborate the men's claims.

e-mails, tickets to make sure over this two-year investigation they were getting their facts straight. some very serious allegations for jeffries right now. >> angela, talk a bit about liability here the company is saying a spokesperson told nbc news the leadership and the board executives weren't aware of this behavior, does that remove them from any liability? >> that doesn't work at all, at a leadership level it really matters what you should have known it's not just what you literally didn't know. if we operated like that it would give incentive to companies to close their eyes. what's relevant is the settlement agreements. you know what happens in a settlement agreement if you're a victim, you get money in response for release all claims. so you're receiving a payment and in that you're saying i will never sue you the company for anything that has to do with that. anyone who has received a settlement from the company

won't be able to sue that will protect the company from liability. >> okay, we don't know if people that are making these allegations are the same people that potentially maybe had settlements? that's exactly true. there could be many more victims who didn't settle and that wouldn't protect the company from liability. >> thanks to you both. police have arrested a suspect in deadly stabbing of community activist in new york city, ryan car sob was killed while heading home from a wedding with his girlfriend on monday. the random attack was captured on a surveillance video. stephanie gosk is following this for us. the video is tough to watch. what do we know about this arrest. >> reporter: it happened pretty quickly, you're talking about a murder that took place very early hours of monday morning. but they had this video that you just mentioned. there are witnesses. including ryan carson's friend who was there as well as the police say the suspect's

girlfriend, i'm going to show you this video and walk you through how it played out. ryan carson, sitting with a friend of his, nearly 4:00 a.m. in the morning, coming from a wedding on long island. they stand up. a man in a hoodie walked by them. the man in hoodie according to police starts kicking at some scooters or something on the side of the street, that's when this encounter turns violent. he turns to ryan carson and says to him, what are you looking at? and then, threatens to kill him. that's when there is a scuffle, ryan carson says chill, chill, chill. but the suspect pulls a knife and according to application this this moment, carson runs and trips on that bench, according to police he was stabbed three times. once in heart. they couldn't save him in the hospital. >> stephanie, it's chilling.

it looks like he was trying to deescalate this. >> this man is who dedicated his life to climate change issues and recycling and drug addiction issues, someone who had been giving back to this city on so many different levels, beyond the tragedy of losing his life in his way, he was looking to make the city better and now this has happened. it has struck a lot of people just how awful it is. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. right now in washington, did. c., two candidates have publicly declared they're running for speaker of the house and there could be more to come after this week's historic vote to oust kevin mccarthy, setting up another battle within the gop as some members are directing their anger at the man on the right.

julie, let's start with that brewing frustration that we just mentioned among house republicans toward congressman matt gaetz who initiated the effort to oust kevin mccarthy. could he face repercussions? >> reporter: look, there's talk of that particularly among moderate members who are really frustrated with him, again you had 200 republicans who actually didn't join him, who voted to save mccarthy, keep him in the job of speaker, counterproductive to the republicans' goal. i got to tell you, there's not much support for fully expelg him in reality because there's not many grounds on which to do so. the house ethics are looking into him. i got a no comment from them today. whoever can be future speaker next and that includes congressman jim jordan, head of to judiciary committee who has the support somewhat of matt

gaetz he may not go down that road either. >> i disagree with what he did. i've said that many times. he's great member of our committee as well. no, i don't think -- i'm not for that and we certainly can't do when you have four-seat majority. >> reporter: by all accounts members are trying to look forward, next week they'll get together behind closed doors to see who they can elect as speaker. >> it's not over yet. julie, thank you. today's latina equal payday, how far into the new year hispanic women must work that u.s. men made in 2022. >> 22 months what some of their colleagues took home in 12 months. we're talking an extra nine months that latinas have to work

to catch up to the paychecks of their white male counterparts in 2022. >> the numbers are staggering and some experts are saying they're not catching up. latinas aren't catching up. they're making 57 cents to $1 their white male counterpart is making. 14 months of family groceries, six months of rent, nine months of child care. americans feeling the pressure at grocery stores, going back to the office, latinas are feeling that. >> to that end, longstanding issues, there's no predisposition, talk about why this is happening. >> part of entry process, too, right, advocating your value when you take on that new position, latinas are

over-represented in low wages positions as well. companies like apple, microsoft, you see pepsico there, paying $1 for $1. the one takeaway from this year is actually finding that latinas who have advanced degrees narrow. advanced education will help close the gap. you may increase your earnings you can never actually close that gap. $2.5 million left on the table for latinas over a lifetime career. >> individuals can take action but many companies too can institute practices to make sure they're paying people properly. >> with those nuanced insights hopefully companies will take the right action. >> really good stuff.

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california girl katy perry is in a legal fight over the sale of a santa barbara home the original owner is suing the singer's business manager saying he was not of sound mind when he

signed the contract back in 2020. steve patterson has the details. >> reporter: fighting for $15 million house she wants to call home of course in california. ♪♪ but the whole ordeal is landing katy perry in legal trouble and the battle could impact home buying for years to come. the 84-year-old would be seller founded 1-800-flowers. now he's trying to stop the sale of his santa barbara mansion and he's suing perry's business manager. he said when he signed the contract back in 2020, he lacked the mental capacity to understand the nature and probable consequences. >> if he didn't have the capacity to make that agreement, there was no meeting of the minds and that's a prerequisite to make sure that a contract is

legally valid and binding. >> reporter: arguing he was still recovering from pain and delirium, dementia and under the influence of pain-killing from his surgery. within days, he wanted the deal unwound. despite the fact that according to the suit, perry offered him almost $4 million more than he bought the house for less than two months before. all cash. ♪♪ perry, now countersuing for more than $5 million, both for the rent she could not make on this house and expenses from her current house since she hasn't been able to move in. the wescots want perry to testify on the issue of damages. the court is requiring just that. we reached out to perry's representatives for comment but haven't heard back. this isn't the first time that perry has been in a real estate battle with elderly people. back in 2015, she wanted to buy a hilltop convent from the arch

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>> she's san francisco. >> born there, raised there, schooled there. they say you can take the girl out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the girl. >> saying good-bye to a political heavyweight that grew up and represented san francisco and beyond. hundreds gather near san francisco city hall to pay their respects to the late senator dianne feinstein. thank you for joining us for our special coverage of dianne feinstein's memorial service. >> we are coming to you live. senator feinstein passed away last week at her home in washington, d.c. at 90 years old. she died of natural causes with her daughter at her side. she was the longest serving senator from our state and leaves behind a powerful legacy. her rise to national prominence began in november 1978 when an unthinkable tragedy struck at san francisco city hall forcing

feinstein into the spotlight. both the mayor and a supervisor were killed by a fellow supervisor. she became the first woman to serve as mayor of san francisco and ultimately led the city for ten years. she then ran to be governor of californiandlost. but then quickly regrouped and ran for u.s. senate in 1992 and won. in washington, the tragedies of san francisco became her inspiration. she authored the historic ten-year assault weapons bantha was signed into law. feinstein was also a strong ally of the lgbtq community voicing opposition to the don't ask don't tell policy in the military. >> the memorial service concludes two days of mourning. this is private, not public. due to security concerns. a live look out there right now. they are expecting a number of invited people this afternoon,

including dignitaries. at least 30 senators and a dozen representatives. the service begins at 1:00 right outside city hall. yesterday, thousands came to pay their respects at city hall. the response so enormous, visitation hours were actually extended by one hour. >> just about an hour ago, vice president kamala harris landed at sfo. the second gentleman was by her side. they are among the many dignitaries coming to pay their respects. >> nancy pelosi is one of the speakers at this service. she did write about senator feinstein in "the san francisco chronicle." last week, dianne left at on her own terms.

>> let's bring in janelle wang live at san francisco city hall and is going to lead our coverage this afternoon through this memorial event. >> thousands, about 1,500 are arriving to honor the city's forever mayor. it's 80 degrees here in san francisco. a beautiful warm day in the city. the service is about to get under way here on the front steps of san francisco city hall. as you mentioned, many dignitaries arriving. 1,500 invited guests. they will take their seats. they look empty right now. actually, many of the people have arrived. they are just hiding in front of city hall right now where they can get shade before the service starts. secret service arrived in town a couple of days earlier.

they have been doing continued sweeps of the civic center plaza area. we had to go through security getting in here. secret service checked our bags. couldn't bring certain things in because of security reasons. the security service agent that i spoke to said, it's hot. you should be used to hot. you came from washington, d.c. he is like, this is hot for san francisco. i said, that's for sure. they are doing all the security checks. some are based here in california. there are snipers on all the buildings surrounding us. they have been stationed up there. the state building on one side and another building on that side and on top of san francisco city hall. let me get out of the way and show you what's going on. we are minutes away from the service beginning. i want to show you video of people who are arriving, politicians who have arrived. senator barbara boxer arrived an hour ago. she was actually elected in 1992

with senator dianne feinstein in what was dubbed as the year of the woman. many female politicians running for office around the country then. governor jerry brown arrived about an hour ago. he served at the governor of california twice. we have lots of congress people here. we saw congressman garamendi who represents the north bay. i saw state senator scott wiener. we do expect, like you said, dozens of senators and a handful of house of representatives all going to be here. someone is on the mike right now. we will see if they start on time. i want to get into what else is happening here. i want to show you the program. it was e-mailed to us this morning. a program for the memorial service. it's a list of the speakers and a picture of the late senator. it's the picture from her

senator page. it shows that a rabbi from the local san francisco temple emanuel will preside. here is a list of who is expected to speak at this service. vice president kamala harris. she flew in an hour ago. chuck schumer is here and will speak. nancy pelosi and san francisco mayor london breed will be starting the service. there's also going to be a taped message from president joe biden, which will be played. at the end, we will hear from senator feinstein's granddghr. she actually works for san francisco mayor breed's office. she's the manager of the state and federal office. aileen has always admired her grandmother since she was a little girl. we want to show you this book. at age 6, she helped write this book "meet my grandmother, she's a uni