i'm zinhle essamuah. my co-anchor kate snow is off today and "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, friday, january 5th, 2024. storming in, 33 million americans are under winter

weather alerts. a nasty storm barreling in impacting snow, sleet and rain. what it means for your weekend plans. heartbreak in iowa. a 17-year-old opened fire inside a school cafeteria. a sixth grader killed. fire others hurt. what we're learning about the victims and gunman's possibly motive. unhappy new year? with the holiday season in the rearview mirror, some folks may be feeling wint blues. how you can still find comfort and joy. and blockbuster. they said it could not be done but he did it. a 13-year-old actually beat "tetris." >> oh, my god! oh, my -- i can't breathe. i can't breathe! >> how he quite literally broke the game and we got a special surprise you'll only see right here on "nbc news daily." and i'll tell you, heartwarming to say the least. can't wait to get to that one. first, we begin this hour with that winter storm barreling towards the east coast this weekend. preparations already under way across the northeast. more than 30 million people up and down the east coast under

winter weather alerts from boston and new england, could be the most significant amount of snow seen in roughly two years. this is all part of that coast-to-coast storm system we've talked about all week. kansas and the text panhandle receiving already their fair share of snow and check out these messy morning road conditions. interstate 49 in arkansas. the system also dipping into the south and gulf today. heavy rain. bill karins tracking the system. time it out. when and where are we likely to see the worst? >> starting saturday. right now a lot of heavy rain, slick roads. we do have snow on the roads in areas outside and around wichita. northern arkansas also a little this morning. now most of this, big heavy rain shield heading into mississippi about to cross into tennessee. soaking areas like new orleans going throughout the evening commute. on saturday morning when the ice starts falling, accumulating. freezing rain. especially in the mountainous areas of virginia.

winter storm warnings are posted. even years in western north carolina early saturday. traveling issue and issues during the day saturday move northward and saturday night new england gets the worst of it. how much snow are we talking? highest totals easily in mountains. cass skille, berkshires coastal maine. some over a foot of snow. in general a good 6 to 12 inches for those areas. down to big cities i-95 not a storm for you. mostly rain and a little snow mixed in occasionally. won't stick anyways. doesn't look like getting rid of the snow drought, everyone's calling it. almost two years since one inch fell in new york, philly or washington, d.c. zinhle, not this time. >> hard to believe so long. winter is just getting started. another storm in store for next week. right? >> yeah. actually that one bigger than this one more powerful probably more destructive. going through the west coast

this weekend. a typeiccal storm. high elevations snows get range. when it gets to the middle of the country next week, when it really explodes. we could have blizzard conditions on the back side of this storm system. again, it's west coast, then in the middle of the country. areas like st. louis back up through chicago dealing with snowy side of this storm. but in the south, could have tornados. maybe even strong tornadoes along the gulf coast and eventually through northern portions of florida. the map going into tuesday. then on the east coast, zinhle, high winds, possibility of significant flooding in areas that get snow this weekend. >> ooh. a lot to watch out for. bill karins, thanks. a community in perry, iowa came together last night positive honor victims of thursday's deadly school shooting at a high school there. a 17-year-old student opened fire yesterday morning on what was supposed to be first day back from the holiday break. a sixth grateder killed five others injured including a principal. only five days into the new year

and this is the fifth mass shooting of 2024. the gun violence archive defines this an incident for or more people shot or killed. adrienne broaddus is talking to residents in iowa. bring us up to speed what we've learned. >> reporter: start with the latest update. a spokesperson with one of the hospital groups here in iowa. they told us that one of their three patients was released yesterday. the two other patients are receiving care at iowa methodist medical center. it's unclear if those patients are students or an adult. here's why. investigators told us along with that sixth grader killed, five other people were injured. four of them are students and one we've learned today is the principal here at perry high school. mr. marburger. we heard from his daughter. she posted on facebook saying that her father was in surgery

all day on thursday, but his condition was stable. she also said she wasn't surprised to learn that her father approached the shooter, tried to talk him down, and distract him long enough to allow other students to escape out of the cafeteria. we also spoke with another student who said the principle is the person everyone would go to for counselling in moments of grief. >> an old teacher told me that the primm got shot and he was like a family to me, when i was in school. when i would go and talk to him he would listen and everything and knowing he's in critical condition makes me -- makes me sad. it really hurts that he's in the hospital trying to fight for his life. >> reporter: and folks in this

community are waiting for an update not only the principal but the others injured, zinhle. >> emotion palpable. i imagine investigators looking into how that 17-year-old even accessed the weapons and a motive. right? >> reporter: that is the big question. how much preplanning went into this? keep in mind that 17-year-old shooter who had a shotgun and handgun showed up before class even started. a big piece of evidence for investigators that 17-year-old's blueprint or footprint on social media. zinhle? >> thank you so much. in case you missed it, it's the first week of the new year. getting a look at the final job numbers of 2023 and far above what economists expected. u.s. economy adding 216,000 jobs in december with unemployment rate holding steady at 3.7%. bring in nbc news senior business christine romans. what does this tell us about

state of the economy now? >> shows the economy, job market at least, end of the year, quite strong, really. i mean, people have been expecting hiring to keep ratcheting back. look, so strong beginning of the year. talking more moderate gains for jobs. that's after the fed raised interest rates over and over and over again. so this is a strong performance overall. some sectors, health care, government, leisure, hospitality pip job losses in transportation, warehousing, continue to watch that. for the year, 2.7 million jobs. that's a good year's performance. >> higher than expectations. 2024 also an election year. now a unique look at president biden's numbers and former president trump. of course, trumps a bit skewed due to the pandemic. what do they say? >> fascinating. already on the campaign trail you hear a lot about this. the trump economy. how magical his supporters thought it was. given little credit really to recovery we haven't in the economy now. this is going to become a very highly political set of numbers.

we know right now wage, going 4.1%. inflation growing 3. % meaning people might finally feel a little better about things. most of the polls are bad most of the year or recently. look at overall jobbed creating, 2.7 million. look at the biden administration. it's a strong showing for the biden administration for job gains overall and out -- outpaces really the, the trump number. i mean trump presided basically over a net decline in jobs. that was because the pandemic blew things out in 2020 completely. right? so now you've got a normalization of the job market, and what the real riddle has been, why people don't sort of believe some of these strong job numbers and strong economic numbers, but we'll see. beginning of the year. interesting. if wages rise faster than inflation people might feel better. >> and interesting to see how many sectors are still recovering from the pandemic. other data points to dig into?

>> wage number is important. now you've got a labor market that is larger than it was pre-pandemic. now you're not just recovering jobs lost. these are growing, new jobs in the economy. really important. i also think if you listen to big companies, many have had hiring freezes. careful about hiring. mid size and small companies haven't been able to get talent. competing with the big guys. big guys trading cautious. actually good for small and mid-sized businesses to get their hands on employees. ending the year with 1.4, more workers, looking, who have jobs than looking for jobs. that's amazing. more open jobs than you have people looking for them g. for the american people. >> yes. >> christine romans, thank you. time fou today's cnbc "money minute." irs rolding out a free tax filing system getting pushback. tesla facing another round of

recalls. cnbc's courtney reagan joins us. >> hi. irs rolling out a free option to file tax returns this year. residents of a dozen states able to submit federal tax returns directly to the agency at zero cost if they meet certainly criteria. several hundred thousand taxpayers will participate in a limited pilot. irs yet to announce the start date to file 2023 taxes. tesla is recalling 1.6 million vehicles in china for the same issue that forced recall of 2 million cars in the u.s. last month. chinese regulators say that the misuse of the assistant driving feature could increase risk of a crash. just like in the u.s., tesla offering updates to fix the issues for free. and if you have a tactile keyboard on your iphone, who doesn't? a new case featuring a keyboard reminiscent of the blackberry about to be released. selling it for the iphone 14 and 15 pro for $139. the cases will be unveiled at

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welcome back. secretary of state antony blinken arrived in the middle east for a visit aimed a cooling rising tension ace cross the region. the secretary landed in turkey today first of nine stops over the next few days. head of the arrival israel's defense minister laying out next steps for the war against hms. raf sanchez in tel aviv joins me. talked with a chief spokesman for israel's military today. what did he tell you about their aims protecting civilians inside gaza? >> reporter: zinhle, you remember beginning of the war most of the palestinian population inside gaza in the north. israel's army said go south for their own safety. now at a point three months' in, the war moved south and almost the entire population of the gaza strip is in that southern war zone. so i asked the chief spokesman of the israeli military rear

admiral daniel hagari, will israel's military allow those displaced civilians in the south to return home to the north to get out of the way of this fight? and i want you to take a listen to a little of that conversation. the overwhelming majority of palestinian civilians are in the south. why don't you let them go back up to the north, back to their homes and out of parm's way? >> there's still fighting in the north. you have to understand it. still terrorists. in the north, seen it, in the last week. >> so concerned about their safety why not let them leave the south and go back to the north? >> it will get to that when the conditioning allow it. >> reporter: now, he said ultimately this will be a political decision taken by israel's government. not by the israeli military. i also asked about these proposals you could call them from far-right members of the parliament pushing out of gaza

into neighboring countries. he said not an objective of the israeli military. >> having this conversation amid ongoing attacks against ships in the red sea. likely come up during secretary blinken's visit. new reporting on the message for iran. what exactly will that be? >> reporter: zinhle from our colleague andrea mitchell. the u.s. is eager to signal to iran that even if it does carry out strikes against the houthi reps in yemen, backed by iran it is not looking to escalate with iran itself, and this reflects this broader concern that the united states has about the conflict in the middle east, in gaza, spreading further across the region. a lot of concern in the white house about the possibility of an escalation in lebanon. also, if the u.s. does move ahead with strikes against the houthi rebels, something it indicated it may do it does not want iran to mistake that for an attack on iran's own interests.

something that could lead to a broader escalation. zinhle? >> rauf sanchez, thorough reporting. thank you. here in the u.s., marking three years since what's become known simply as january 6th, the riot at the capitol. that marking coming tomorrow. supporters of then president trump stopping the election, trying, more than 1,200 arrested, near lir 900 convictions or guilty pleas so far. this afternoon president biden commemorates the day way campaign speech underscoring the stakes of this year's election. joined from valley forge, pennsylvania, mike memoli. what more can you tell us about the president's message today? >> reporter: zinhle, valley forge is a part of pennsylvania rich with historical significance. here a long, difficult winter as part of the revolutionary war and president biden plans to draw on that talking about the sacrifice and patriotism showed fighting for democracy and say

america faces a similar moment and challenges voters whether they will, with him, continue to fight for this democracy. we expect mr. biden to deliver strongest criticism about his predecessor donald trump and the speak directly about the role he played on january 6th and during that insurrection and challenge rbed in his view whitewashed history, he said abandoned the truth and our democracy. this is representing something of a ship only the part of the bind campaign. one they say will be front and center for the 2024 election. >> mike, the president and his campaign are choosing to focus on democracy as an issue as opposed to something like the economy we talked to christine as earlier this hour. what's the reasoning behind that? >> reporter: yeah. basically the president launched his re-election campaign about seven months ago. look at all events doing primarily across the country up to now he has been talking about the economy. there has been criticism, though, from democrats who feel he has, needs to make this kind

of more urgent, more forceful case against donald trump and dhoog now, the campaign says, two reasons. one the calendar. we are just ten days away from republican caucuses and more voters are turning in. now is the right time do this. the other part of this, of course, calendar again. january 6th anniversary. what the biden campaign advisor told me they believe this convenient has greater resonance amongst a greater swath of americans than we in the media give them credit for sayings 2024 election will be a referendum on what happened that day. and as the president views it, there's a clear contrast between donald trump who they say tried to exploit weak insides and president biden the strength and resilience of that democracy and wants to continue to fight for it. the president taking the stage shortly. introduced by a local county commissioner who won a surprise election as a democrat in a

republican-leaning county. this is part of the campaign's argument this is an issue not just one that will appeal to democratic voters and appeal to dend independent voter and republican voters in november. >> see what mobilizes voters in the year to come. mike memoli, thanks. coming up, game over. a 13-year-old boy becomes the first person ever to beat the game "tetris." his emotional reaction and a surprise you'll only see right here on "nbc news daily." struggling with bowel leakage? it's more common than you think. my bowel incontinence left me feeling embarrassed and isolated for years. but that all changed when a physician specialist told me about axonics therapy. it's given me real, long-lasting relief from my symptoms. visit findrealrelief.com to get help arranging an appointment with an expert physician that can determine

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good friday afternoon. this is "the fast forward" on nbc "news daily." i'm chris chmura. thanks for joining us. the community of oakland is coming together following an officer's death. he was murdered while responding to a burglary call. tom jensen is in china. >> dale: town where it's taking place. >> reporter: this is an appropriate place to have this. there was a ceremony for the officer and his family who are buddhists, chanting and music to help send his spirit into the next life.

organizers set up this room. people can come throughout the day. it began at 10:00 in chinatown. he is remembered as a husband and son who loved oakland. his family and friends and colleagues say he dedicated his working and free time to this community. oakland city member met him when he was younger. >> i was there at his graduation handing him a diploma. i attended his police graduation ceremony as well. he was a respectable, lovable young man. >> reporter: he was born in vietnam in 1987. he grew up here. everyone who knows him said he could light up a room with laughter and was upbeat. he graduated from oakland's

police academy in 2020. he devoted his career to bridge the gap between his community and law enforcement. he is being remembered here in this memorial. he was the 54th law enforcement officer in oakland to be killed in the line of duty. thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. to other stories we want to share. the governor laying out his plans for san quentin state prison. a man accused of stabbings in davis ruled competent for trial. first, there's a new effort to recall oakland mayor. they gathered signatures. they are fed up with crime and the lack of a police chief. later today, the group says it will submit a notice of intention. the mayor's office had no comment on the recall effort. former oakland mayors have faced recall threats over crime. a former uc davis student

accused of killing two people in northern california is going to trial. he is accused of stabbing three people in davis last year. in june, a court-appointed doctor deemed him mentally unfit to stand trial. the doctor's diagnosis, schizophrenia. a judge ruled this morning that he is competent to stand trial. the next hearing in that case is scheduled for next month. last march, the governor announced plans to transform san quentin state prison. the administration renamed it the san quentin rehabilitation center. today, he released a report that lays out his plans for the prison. the plans include creating a better rehabilitation culture through education and job opportunities. he says this will reduce the prison population. california department of corrections and rehabilitation will review the proposal and make recommendations. a warning for you, be

careful if you are headed to the coast this weekend. high tides are in kari hall's forecast. >> be careful for anyone that will be near the coastline today. we have a beach hazard statement in effect. we have seen some swells reaching up to 14 feet in wave height for today. this will continue through the evening. the sneaker waves that come up higher have been eroding the beaches and also creating a dangerous condition for people who have been there trying to enjoy a beautiful day. inland, sunshine and highs in the low 60s. we are up to 62 today in san jose, 62 in walnut creek as well as hayward. in the low 60s for half moon bay. up to 60 in san francisco with our north bay temperatures in the mid 60s. cooler as rain comes in. we will look at that forecast in 30 minutes. >> thanks. 91 years ago today, workers began construction on the golden gate bridge.

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better known as nra. la pierre ran the group since 1991 citing health reasons and his resignation just before start of a corruption trial in new york state. attorney general letitia james accuses him and other former nra leaders of using funds for trips and other luxury items. a former capitol police officer responded to the january 6th rioted is running for congress. the third congressional district joining a crowded democratic primary. the former officer testified at the house january 6th committee's inaugural hearing outspoken about his experience on that day. and the united states mint released new commemorative coins. each design portrays a unique period in her life as an abolitionist and social activist. breaking news. two more batches of documents related to convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein just made public. a federal judge unsaling

thousands of court papers since wednesday night. since then we've learned more details who he was connected to and what investigators found. nbc news investigative reporter tom winter is digging in all of it. talking hundreds of pages. i don't think people realize this is what journalism is. reading, synthesizing, analyzing, doing that in the moment. what have you found? >> the second batch released this afternoon over 1,000 pages today. in total approaching 2,000 pages a sense what's put out there. last hour i alluded, some getting d duplicative. and housekeeper, handy man, person who ran jeffrey epstein's palm beach house. he was asked actually about whether a number of celebrities and people were there ever at the house that he witnessed personally. he also talked about the amount

of young women that would be inside the house, presumably for massages and some of the activities, graphic activities he had to undertake to clean up after some of these massages. one of the things he was asked, just read directly from it. he said mr. trump, one of the attorneys questioning him. mr. trump had a home in palm beach. uh-huh. didn't come and stay there, being epstein's house? no. never. come for a meal. have dinner. never sat at the table. he'd eat with me in the kitchen. asked did he ever have massages while there, he said, no. because he's got his own spa. another reference to former president trump who apparently would be at the house and have meals in the kitchen according to the housekeeper. never saw him have a massage. that's a really important point to make. of course, not the only former president that's been connected to jeffrey epstein. certainly bill clinton and his travels on jeffrey epstein's jet well documented literally in the

documents associated with those flights. as well as ghislaine maxwell, former confidant appearing at chelsea clinton's wedding. >> documents come out, i'm sure we'll see fallout? >> may or may not. so far no explicit illegal activity seen referenced here involving third parties we haven't known about, but we'll continue to read through. >> on it. tom winter. thank you. now hearing from the father of casey anthony. remember that name? mother found not guilt any 2011 of killing her 2-year-old daughter. while on trial anthony made serious allegations against her father and now george anthony is fighting back in a new documentary. here's nbc's sam brock. >> reporter: in a brand new a & e special called acasey anthony the parents: the lie detector test." >> a polygraph, i never did anything to harm my daughter or my granddaughter. >> reporter: for a few moments,

looks bleak. >> did you knowing hi conceal the whereabouts? >> no. struggling with that a little. tell me why. >> i mean, it's because i, close to our house. >> yes. >> that she was found. >> reporter: while the 72-year-old appears tripped up by questions surrounding involvement in the concealment of kailee anthony many body and a six-month window where the child's whereabouts were unknown. >> did i conceal her whereabouts? i did not know where she was at? >> why are you struggling with that? >> happy to modify the question if i have to but i need to know why you're struggling. >> i did not know where kailee was at. >> reporter: outcome of the lie detector test ultimately revealed he was telling the trunchts the results, you passed test, george. in my professional opinion, you were truthful. >> reporter: after one of the most polarizing cases in modern history. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty.

[ cheers ] >> reporter: casey anthony acquited by a jury of her daughter's 2008 death, though found guilty of lying to police. years later in a documentary for peacock, owned by nbc news parent company, she broke her silence blaming it all on her dad. >> i was doing what i was told. >> by. >> my father. >> reporter: casey says her father abused her and suspects kailee, too, accusing her murder and covering it up. he's never been accused but addressed those accusations on the lie detector. >> did you ever have sexual contact with casey? >> no. >> reporter: concluding a weight would be lifted with this interview. >> can't believe something i didn't do, tearing me up inside. >> reporter: sam brock, nbc news. >> hearing from the las vegas

judge. she's back on the job despite bruises. the attack is raising serious concerning about safety in the courtroom. >> hey! >> reporter: after that brutal attack in a las vegas courtroom officials providing a highly anticipated update on judge mary kay holthus. >> judge holthus was injured received medical attention remains sore and stiff but thankfully not more severe. >> reporter: releasing a statement thanking well-wishers stating -- writing, i am extremely grateful to those who took brave action during the attack. the shocking incident captured on courtroom cameras playing out as the seasoned judge was sentencing 30-year-old deorra redden to prison for attempted battery. the defendant has a history of violent assaults, jumping over the bench, tackling her to the ground and sending a court marshall to the hospital. it calls into question security procedure in our nation's courts. how common is it to have attacks

like this in a courtroom? >> attacks like this, emotional, impromptu acts of violence occur probably daily in courtrooms across the country. >> reporter: like this incident in mississippi, a suspect caught on video throwing things at the judge. but las vegas officials say they've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: there's plenty of instances where somebody is -- becomes rowdy in the courtroom, this is the first one i've seen where somebody supermanned over the judicial bench. >> reporter: redden faces multiple new felony charges of battery, including battery against a protected person, meaning the judge and her court staff. according to court records he refused to appear in court thursday to face those new charges. clark county's district attorney says the court is now reviewing its security protocols. >> redden's reaction happened so quickly i don't know if anything could have been done to prevent him from what he did. >> reporter: now, according to court records redden is set to

return to court on tuesday, the judge is still planning to oversee that hearing, where she'll sentence redden for his initial crime. the court plans to add another court-martial. court marshal. we reached out to redden's lawyers but they're not commenting. back to you. and this 13-year-old willis gibson made it further in the game than the game's dwempls anticipated. here with an absolute blockbuster story. you actually got to talk to him. right, valerie? >> reporter: i did. a great kid. zinhle more incredible than the fact willis beat the game is hess reaction when he did it. you would have thought he won the lottery. crashing "tetris" took more than just luck.

>> aww -- aww -- oh, my god. ooh -- i'm going pass out. >> reporter: despite his over the top reaction 13-year-old willis gibson did not pass out but he did beat the video game "tetris." a feat thought to be nearly impossible. >> i can't feel my fingers. >> reporter: in fact, believed to be the first person to do so. >> really excited about getting it, and excited to be the first. >> reporter: the middle schooler known by the name blew scuti in the gaming world made it to level 157 on the original nintendo version of the game. strategically stacking various blocks to make them disappear. eventually triggering what gamers call a kill screen. >> when you do make it that far, the game just can't handle it. and it just crashes. >> reporter: those original programmers are alexei and hank. patchinof created it in 1984, how can i say? epic achievement. but what it took for him to get

there was incredible determination. >> reporter: determination that we thought was worthy of a big surprise. >> we do have someone that wanted to say hello to you, and surprise you. >> yeah. i am creator of "tetris." i am glad for you, guy, who beat the program, which kind of existed for many years, and -- played by -- hundreds of millions of people. that's quite a, that's quite, actually -- >> what do you think, willis? >> thank you. >> go ahead and introduce yourself. >> yes. my name is hank rogers. i am the guy was in the soviet union in 199, met alexey to

bring "tetris" to the rest of the world, and what you've done is an amazing, amazing achievement. >> now that you've crashed this game, do you think you're going to keep playing "tetris"? >> i'm going to keep playing it, because the competitive side of "tetris" is really cool. >> reporter: there is someone not around to watch him place. willis' father recently passed way. so he says this win is for him. >> pretty cool to dedicate it to him. he was always very supportive and i think he'd be proud. >> i'm sure he'd be proud. what an incredible story. i'm curious. a young kid, this is an old game. why "tetris"? >> right. so much video game technology with headsets and everything. he said he loves the simplicity of the game and even though it is simple it is difficult to win, but zinhle, "tetris" turns 40 years old this year. invented before he was even born. >> before he was born, though. i'm excited for his future. seemed skilled, talented. give you insight what he wants to do? >> he said not sure but plenty

time to figure it out. although we know he has determination built in. whatever he choosing he'll succeed. >> for sure. definitely got skill pap cool memory. a beautiful story. thanks for that. coming up, if your holiday glow has dimmed to a post-holiday low you're not alone. an expert shares how to get back to f

in today's mental health check, holidays are over. life may feel a little less merry and bright because many of us are coming down from the holiday high, which sometimes leads to the post-holiday blues. according to national alliance on mental illness 64% of people experience depression around this time. joining us now psychologist kelly plug crest. good to see you. a lot of us are back to work now. not unusual after happy times to feel a little bummed out. talk to us a bit more what causes some people to get what we're calling "the post-holiday blues." >> sure. not a ton of data about this but the consensus there's a biological cause and a psychological cause. the biological cause has to do with the abrupt dip in adrenaline that happened after intense emotional or stressful events, and that's almost exactly what the holidays are. and having that deep drop-off is

really responsible for some of the symptoms we might feel, feeling similar to anxiety and depression. the psychological causes are a little interesting. related to a trick our brain does on us. that trick is called "the contrast effect" when judgment of an event changes based on what it's compared to. an example would be a very normal, beautiful, fun day on april 3rd is all of a sudden a very boring, stressful, sad, depressing day december 26th. not because it's that different, but compared to a very different day that preceded it. so seeing your normal life as more negative after the holidays is a common thing that can also crete that discomfort and just that low feeling we sometimes get after the holidays. >> someone dealing with those symptoms what should they do about it? >> first off, the symptoms of these things, in theory,

short-lived. right? what makes this post-holiday blues instead of clinical depression or anxiety is that they're short-lived. meantime what you can do, preventatively plan for it. instead of scheduling vacation to abruptly end and immediately go back into work, put in buffer time. a couple days to transition back into your regular life before getting into work. the other one is getting back to basics. during the holidays some of our basic routines are disrupted, like when we glow to sleep and how we move. go to bed on a regular time. go to the grocery store and get foods you love and are balanced. try to get outside and movement going. you can get your basic routine back in order. that will go a long way towards making you feel better. >> clarify. post-holiday blues a clinical term or anxiety amplified around

the holiday season from thanksgiving to new year's? >> not a clinical term but a very real experience. post-holiday blues literally a tough transition from excitement of the holidays back into the regular everyday life but it has real symptoms like difficulty sleeping, low energy. increased irritability. deserve attention and should be addressed but different from clinical depletion. >> when should this be a sign of something more serious? if it is, what can people do? >> depends on intensity of the feelings and symptoms you're having. most importantly, the length of time. so you should really only be feeling these symptoms maybe a week, two weeks at the most. if you start to feel this beyond two weeks or feeling every single symptom intensely, this is probably a sign that this is more clinical depression and anxiety that might have been

triggered by the holidays and really need professional help. >> helpful. especially wrapping up the holidays heading into a new year. good to remember that hard times happen, but they pass. kelly, thanks so much. as always good to see you. >> thank you. don't go anywhere. a lot more news ahead. you're watching "nbc news daily." ♪ (cheery music) - they get it. they know how it works... and more importantly... it works for them. - i don't have any anxiety about money anymore. - i don't have to worry about a mortgage payment every month. - it allowed me to live in my home... and not have to pay payments. - [narrator] if you're 62 or older and own your home, you could access your equity to improve your lifestyle. a reverse mortgage loan eliminates

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