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essamuah, my co-anchor kate snow is off today. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, friday, august 23rd, 2024, it's official, vice president kamala harris considers formally accepts the democratic nomination for president. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states of america. >> her promise to all americans and what comes next in her sprint for the white house. robert f. kennedy is set to end his presidential campaign, who he's expected to endorse. virus warning, a new type of mpox is confirmed in asia, it's deadlier and more transmissible. how health officials are racing to contain its spread and who is most at risk. up in the air. it's been nearly three months since two astronauts became stranded at the international

space station. when nasa is expected to reveal its latest plan to bring them home. well, thanks so much for spending your week with us, of course it's been a week dominated by politics. we are going to start this hour with the race for the white house. the 74 days to go until the november election, both the republican and democratic candidates are officially set. vice president kamala harris officially accepted her party's nomination for president last night. the final night of the democratic national convention. harris made history s.a.t. first woman of color to be nominated as a major party's candidate. in a nearly 40-minute speech harris drew upon her upbringing, also talked about her experience as a prosecutor, taking aim at former donald trump calling him, quote, unserious, and a threat to democracy. peter alexander caught up with vice president harris right after that speech was done and she said she's not spending much time basking in the glory of that moment. >> what did it feel like? >> it felt good.

75 days ago. so maybe it's -- that's the way i am. that was good, now we've got to move on. >> leading us off from chicago, yamiche alcindor, you heard the vice president say she is ready to move on. what's that look like for this campaign, how are they trying to harness the enthusiasm from the week to propel them to the white house? >> reporter: a key part in how they're looking at this goes back to the convention speech. she talked a lot about her mom and she said her mom would be proud of her and also saying now it's time to do the work and that work includes, among other things, holding a number of fundraisers across the country. while the vice president and governor walz will be down this week, next weekend they're expected to be traveling and doing more campaign events, and also this idea that come labor day they're going to be making an even bigger push. this is going to look like

organizing, having people knock on doors to really directly engage with voters because they realize this is still a close race and they want to make sure that people understand, democrats, surrogates as well as voters, they're going to need all the help they can get in order to really bring this home for them in november, zinhle. >> harris's candidacy is no doubt historic. in many ways, so many people were wearing white in the convention hall last night, of course that was a nod to the women's suffrage movement and to mark the significance of the moment. but notably the vice president did not wear white, in fact, she has not really acknowledged the significance of her identity in all of this. talk to us about the strategy here. it's interesting when we did have a woman on the ticket, hillary clinton, secretary clinton, we saw her lean into that kind of messaging. >> reporter: well, i think the way to look at this is the way the vice president said it last night in that speech, she said that her mother told her never let people tell you who you are, show them who you are. while she didn't talk about the

history making nature of her candidacy she talked explicitly about her mother's upbringing, telling the story of the fact that she immigrated from india and came to the united states and taught her daughter they should go out for whatever it is they want to accomplish in the world. and her father, jamaican immigrant, he told her to run, run, run. there's a feeling that she can show america who she is, her background as a prosecutor and then at the end of the speech you saw that big blended family with a number of people from different races. it really in some ways tells you she's really trying to show america, everyone is welcome at this table, and she wants to be a president for all americans. zinhle? >> yamiche, one of the key issues is the israel-hamas war, the vice president spoke about that last night. walk us through what she said, and does the campaign think she can now alleviate concerns voters on many sides of that issue have? >> reporter: it's a key question because last night we saw really

some of the most -- statements she said on the war in the middle east, and specifically on israel and hamas. she said that she really wants to be able to lean in to the idea that israel has the right to defend itself and she said that she wants to bring the hostages home, the hostages taken in that terrible october 7th attack, but she also said she wants palestinian people to be -- have the freedom and dignity, and far too many innocent people have been killed in the war in gaza. she's seen as more sympathetic than president biden, already had some groups that were angry at president biden, not supporting him, uncommitted to him, come out and support her, one big one was the black council, this group said i'm not going to support him. a few weeks ago came out and said they will endorse vice president kamala harris, that being said the abandon biden movement, a movement telling muslim americans all around the country has now changed their name to abandon harris.

so that tells you there are a lot of people still very much angry at the stance and want her to be even more forceful when it comes to this sort of stance on israel and we saw a lot of protests during the dnc by palestinian protesters, it's a place to watch, and somehow she differentiates herself from how president biden saw the war in the middle east versus how she sees it. >> yamiche alcindor, great reporting this week, we appreciate it. we are following breaking news, third party candidate robert f. kennedy jr. is suspending his bid for the white house. kennedy, a member of the iconic political family, entered the race as a democrat back in april of 2023, set to challenge president biden. he then changed his party affiliation to independent six months later. his departure from the race could significantly shift the political landscape, particularly in key battleground states where some recent polling shows vice president kamala harris is leading mr. trump by a

slim margin. nbc's dasha burns is at that news conference, we will hear from her in just a moment. but let's start with correspondent david noriega in las vegas where rfk jr. is expected to attend a rally with former president trump. david, first off, what are we expecting there? what's the former president's messaging on the trail today? >> reporter: yeah, zinhle, we're expecting donald trump to walk out here behind me any minute. if that happens i'll have to cut this short. but trump is here in vegas on the trail and will head to phoenix after this to make what is widely expected to be a joint appearance with rfk jr. here in vegas, the point, the theme that we're expecting is really very much about the economy, the subject of this particular campaign trail event is policy to eliminate taxes on income earned in the form of tips. i've been coming to nevada all year talking to voters, particularly swing voters, and the top issue is the economy. there's a widespread perception

the economy was doing better when trump was in office than when biden was in office. people having problems with making ends meet. that has more to do with the pandemic. but that's what we can expect donald trump to tap into. a limited impact is -- a large percentage of workers are hospitality and service workers, and nevada is increasingly critical in this case particularly to the trump campaign, as harris has gained ground in northern blue wall states, the sunbelt states in nevada, in particular, is going to be very, very important. interestingly, harris, the harris campaign has made the exact same policy proposal in terms of eliminating taxes on tips which shows you the extent to which both of these campaigns are competing for exactly the same voters. zinhle? >> david noriega, thanks so much. stand by. i want to bring in dasha burns in phoenix where rfk jr. just suspended his campaign. dasha, walk us through what rfk jr. is saying. >> reporter: well, look, zinhle,

i'm going to use my quiet voice right now. he is still speaking here behind me. he says he's suspending his campaign but he's not leaving the race. he says his name remains on the ballot in most states where he wouldn't be a spoiler, but he says in about ten battleground states he would be a spoiler, and hand this election to the democrats with whom he says he vehemently disagrees. so he's removing his name from the ballot in critical states like the state of arizona, like the state of pennsylvania, and he did, in his speech just now, say that he is throwing his support behind former president trump, zinhle. >> all right, dasha burns with that late-breaking news, rfk jr. suspending his campaign. we know you'll stay on it. turning now to today's cnbc money minute. self-driving cars are coming to uber and a new report shows the influence of cryptocurrency on the upcoming election.

kate rooney joins us now. hi, kate. >> reporter: hi, zinhle, so gm's cruise unit is going to start offering its autonomous vehicles on uber next year the company said today the multi-year partnership is going to allow uber riders to choose a trip using the autonomous vehicle. cruise has been trying to regain its footing after its fleet was grounded last year after one of those vehicles struck a pedestrian. almost 50% of all corporate donations this election cycle are coming from the crypto industry, a report from non-profit watchdog group public citizen found about $119 million have been raised by companies with coin base and ripple. most of the money has gone to super-pacs, and peloton will charge new customers a $95 activation fee, if they bought their equipment from a secondhand market. the connected fitness company is seeing more people buy their peloton bikes and treadmills from those platforms and members

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reports today that cease-fire talks in the middle east are on the verge of collapse. mediators are in cairo, egypt working into the weekend in a last ditch effort to salvage a deal, coming as the u.n. says 2 million residents have been displaced since the start of the war. joining me from jerusalem nbc news correspondent daniele hamandjian. polio is resurfacing for the first time in decades. what can you tell us about the conditions on the ground right now and how people are coping? rip that's right, this case is confirmed last week, the first case of polio in the enclave in 25 years. today we find out this 10-month-old child who is the patient is now paralyzed. the w.h.o. saying he's in stable condition but has lost movement in his lower left leg.

u.n. agencies are urging both hamas and israel to agree to a one-week cease-fire so they can begin a vaccination campaign that would allow them to vaccinate a million children in the gaza strip with two doses of the polio vaccine. >> daniele, the white house said peace talks in cairo have been constructive so far. where more do we know about where negotiations stand? >> reporter: it's hard to know without being in that room, so we can only take them at their word. but in the words of john kirby, white house national security spokesperson, there is progress. he says early signs of those talks show that they're constructive. of course, for the people in gaza, for the family members of the hostages, they've heard this over and over again. at this point, as one member of a family member of a hostage told me, they're empty words, without any resolution. kirby saying that it's now a question of locking in the

details, but those details are actually pretty big obstacles to overcome. there are two big issues. one is called the corridor, a road running east to west in gaza, israel wants it to monitor the movement of palestinians. of course, for the palestinians it would prevent them from moving freely on territory that is theirs. >> daniele, great reporting, thank you. taking a turn, we are tracking new developments in an out of this world story we've been following, 250 miles above the earth. nasa is set to decide tomorrow when and how two astronauts stuck in space for months can safely return home. back in june williams and willmore embarked on the first crude test flight of a boeing starliner ship, the mission supposed to last a little over a week. but issues on board left it docked at the international space station more than two months. joining me now with the latest, nbc news correspondent marissa parra, good to see you. for starters, remind us what

went wrong on board the starliner and what will nasa's decision ultimately come down to tomorrow, talk about the multiple options and risks they're taking into account? >> i know this has been quite a journey. we've been talking a lot about starliner for months, waiting for weeks to take off. here we are, it's been over 70 days that butch and sunny have been at the international space station. you mentioned it was about a week. since they got up there, the things that have been the most concerning to nasa when it comes to this question of how they are getting back down, why this delay, helium leaks, and then those thrusters, the propulsion, those have been the main things that nasa and all the partners, the scientists have been looking at data, collecting data, and they've been pushing this back because they wanted to make sure, they're making the most thorough assessment, zinhle, they need those thrusters to steer this thing in the right direction. when we're talking about the ways that butch and sonny could get home, that's why tomorrow is

such a big day. we do expect to hear a final decision. we're waiting to find out, are butch and sonny going to get home the way they came up, on boeing's star liner, or are they going to have an even more extended stay in space and taking spacex, which of course spacex and boeing are rivals. so, zinhle, when we talk about the factors that nasa, which really is driving this conversation, and this decision as seen by the head of nasa, bill nelson, who's going to be leading this press conference tomorrow after that flight readiness review, the factors here, safety, safety and safety. if you look at the optics of this, it is preferable for the boeing starliner astronauts come down on boeing's starliner but if they do not feel absolutely comfortable that's the safest option they have made clear since the very beginning, zinhle, that safety is the number one priority. so even if the optics are not great for boeing, that the starliner astronauts have to come down through boeing's rival spacex, that is what they will

do. if that is the option there's a lot they've got to do that's not slated to have its return because that's a separate mission. that wouldn't be until around february. of course, those are details that woe would find out tomorrow. but, if that is the case they would have to make totally new astronaut suits because the boeing starliner suits are not compatible with spacex. there's a lot to figure out. first, we've got to find out what is that decision and this is long awaited but they did say at the last press conference that this was the latest they could wait, zinhle. so, sorry we won't be able to talk about it tomorrow, but maybe monday. >> absolutely, we'll have you back monday, and hoping they come back safe. thanks so much. still ahead, lower interest rates are coming, at least according to the chair of the federal reserve, how soon they could drop, and what it really means for your money, that's means for your money, that's coming up on "nbc news daily." rsv can severely affect the lungs and lower airways. but i'm protected with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent

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departments, among other city leaders, to answer questions from oaklanders about what the city is doing to tamp down on crime, which is obviously an ongoing problem. just last night, another person was killed during a shooting that happened just after 7:00. this is on naeher avenue near the intersection with ritchie street in oakland. opd responded after the shotspotter system picked up the sounds of several gunshots in that location. officers tried to save the person who was shot, but sadly, they died on the scene. declared dead after the paramedics arrived, police say other people were shot and were taken to the hospital via private transportation. we're not aware of any arrests as of yet. the mayor recently told nbc bay area that overall crime in the city of oakland is down by 32%, but it doesn't feel that way for the people who work at the alley piano bar in oakland, where employees are still recovering from a break-in that took place last month, during which the suspect stole a cash

register and an atm machine. a man who represents the alley piano bar hopes that the city follows through on any promises they make at these town halls. a lot of small businesses in oakland can probably understand when i say that i am a little bit skeptical until i see results. people need to feel reassured and they need to know what steps steps are being taken. as you can see on your screen, the five town halls are in the evening from 530 until 730. the first one tonight at jobeth eaton church. the fifth and final one a week from tonight. we did reach out to the mayor's office for more specifics about these events, but no one was available for comment. bob redell nbc, bay area news. all right, bob, thanks very much. police arrested a fremont man who works with kids on suspicion of sexual assault. police say brandon duran sexually assaulted students last month at the california school for the deaf. deaf. that's where he works as a

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>> bottom of the hour now, stories making head looips on "nbc news daily." multiple secret service officials placed on leave following last month's assassination attempt on former president donald trump. sources have confirmed one of the individuals put on leave was the secret service's special agent in charge of the pittsburgh field office, that person was responsible for coordinating security leading up to the rally in butler, pennsylvania. it's unclear how many officials have been put on leave, but one source tells nbc news the number may continue to grow as the internal investigation goes on. a former tennessee police officer charged in the death of tyre nichols is changing his not guilty plea. emmitt martin is one of five former officers charged in the fatal beating of nichols who was black in january of 2023. the former officers also black indicted on federal charges in november. the charges claim he was deprived of his rights through excessive force and failure to intervene. they were charged with second degree murder. the trial has been postponed

until federal proceedings are complete. and right there, you are looking at the second largest diamond ever found in the world, it was unearthed by miners in the african country of botswana this week. officials say it's too early to put a number on the diamond's value. the only time a diamond bigger than this has been found was back in 1905 in south fringe, and it was more than 3,000 carets. that diamond was valued at more than $400 million. there is a growing health emergency over a new deadlier strain of mpox. thailand just confirmed its first case, and this was the second recent case reported outside of africa, sweden also confirming an infection of the deadly strain, a week ago. and here in the u.s., doctors are on alert. in this brooklyn health center there's new urgency, have you seen an uptick in patients

asking for the vaccine. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: the world health organization declaring a new mpox public health emergency last week. fueled by a different subtype of the virus clade 1, this strain more transmissible and deadly. mpox is a viral infection spread through close human contact causing flu-like symptoms and painful lesions. those most at risk in the u.s. include men who have sex with men and the immunocompromised. cases have been detected in several countries, with most in the democratic republic of congo, which dr. jean nachenga just returned from. >> community awareness is very important. i think this has been a long time neglected disease. >> reporter: new yorker luke brown contracted mpox during the 2022 outbreak after struggling to find a vaccine. you were trying to get it for months? >> i ended up getting my first of the two-dose vaccine, and

then the next day is when i got my first lesion. >> reporter: the 31-year-old now urging others to get vaccinated as worries of a larger outbreak grow. >> there's a concern that the supply will not meet the demand. >> reporter: health officials now awaiting more shipments of the vaccine in the u.s. and abroad. and it is worth noting, luke brown, the former mpox patient who spoke, credits the drug tpox for speeding up his recovery. it's still being tested in people with the virus to make sure it's safe and effective. it's available in clinical studies. let's take a turn. we could be one step closer to a federal interest rate closer. jerome powell signalled today that lower interest rates could be on the horizon. >> inflation has declined significantly. the labor market is no longer overheated, and conditions are now less tight than those that prevailed before the pandemic. supply constraints have normalized and the balance of risks to our two mandates has

changed. >> let's get right to it with christine romans, what more are we hearing from powell and what picture is it painting for us? >> he says the time has come for lower rates, for a new phase here, so i think that will come as soon as september, we don't know how aggressively the fed will start cutting those interest rates, but remember they're at 23-year highs. what you heard him say is, really good news, that the inflation story has improved. the job market is not as tight as it used to be, so it's probably not going to spin off inflation from the job market. in fact, they're more worried now about the job market weakening too quickly than they are about inflation. we're in a new phase. >> a new phase for your money. folks at home, thinking about refinancing a loan, is this the time, any tips for them? >> 6.4 or 6.5% is a lot better than 8% we saw at the worst of it. every time that number gets lower it can be hundreds of dollars of relief on a new

mortgage. i always tell people if you buy a home, you're buying a home because you want to move there, maybe you're trying to get into a school district. moving for a job. you can refinance later. i think the conventional wisdom is that a lot of people think next year rates will be lower than they are this year. if you need to buy something, buy it and refinance in the future. >> good word. now what about the jobs in the economy? what might these cuts mean for that? >> that's what we'll be closely watching, the jobs market. anymore weakening of the onmarket will be unwelcome. the job market has been overall pretty resilient. it has been slowing down. a couple years ago the job market was so hot it was almost crazy. like every person who was a job seeker, there were mumt pl job openings for them to choose from. that has improved a little bit. you heard the fed chief say that here today. that's what we'll be closely watching, 4.3% unemployment rate, ticking up from 3.7% in january, but that's still historically low. >> christine, while we have you,

i want to switch gears, there is a development around a story we tracked yesterday around two major canadian railroads, sort of in a lockout, what's the latest? >> the government stepped in and is trying to push them into forced arbitration, binding arbitration, they've got to work this out, really on national security concerns, you cannot have that big of an industry in canada sidelined and it's not just canada. canada, the united states, and mexico, those three countries, it's one supply chain, essentially. >> right. >> so, back on track, back on track to get those trains rolling in the coming days. >> christine romans with the latest, thank you so much. we have reported on the meal deal wars and the creative ways companies are competing for your business. now, the latest deal is coming from an unlikely partnership. nbc's brian cheung shows us how it works. it's a new spin on a classic marketing strategy. go shopping and get a perk. walmart set to serve up perks with cheese. that's because starting next

month, walmart shoppers will get a free whopper every three months if they're members of the walmart plus service. on top of a quarterly burger, walmart plus members will get 25% off all burger king digital orders. >> i'm hungry just talking about it. >> reporter: the company saying the benefit for members paying the subscription is designed to save members time and money, adding they wanted to offer a cost-effective solution. >> this makes a difference. >> a discount would be nice. >> reporter: the latest coupling between a major retailer and a food app. amazon teaming up with grub hub to waive delivery fees, the user saves on food. >> all kinds of restaurant companies are looking for more ways to give their loyalty members value. >> reporter: the bottom line, the biggest deal for consumers who have balked at risingcos for dining out, up 4.1% over the last year. >> prices are really, really high. >> reporter: earlier in the

summer, brands like mcdonald's and wendy's extended offers like a $5 meal deal to entice diners back in, and the deal offers keep coming. subway announcing today it's going to offer a $6.99 deal on all foot longs starting next week, not quite the $5 foot longs of years past, but designed to help a diner, quote, stretched more than ever. is the summer of savings here to stay? >> it's probably going to be the summer, fall, and maybe even the winter of savings. >> reporter: companies are even turning to, well, more creative ways to draw consumers back in. chick-fil-a reportedly set to start its own streaming service focusing on family-friendly shows. >> it's a way to potentially get revenue and to potentially market the brand in ways that you might not think of, otherwise. >> reporter: brian cheung, nbc news. in paris, the olympics may have ended, but the paralympics are just about to get started. for one of the swimmers on team usa these games will be the culmination of an inspiring recovery.

emilie ikeda spoke with a woman who will swim in the paralympics less than two years after losing her foot to a shark. >> reporter: allie has been swimming her entire life, but she's about to dive in to her most competitive race yet, one she never could have predicted. >> you're a par olympian. >> i am. >> how does that feel to say? >> that feels crazy. thinking about where i was a little over a year ago. >> reporter: after graduating from yale last year where she competed on the swim team, she and a friend traveled to to the best of your recollection turks and caicos. exploring a -- >> a shark was aggressively bumping us and ramming us from underneath. we fought back and shoved and kicked, but pretty quickly it got my leg in its mouth, and the next thing i knew it had bitten off my foot and part of my leg. >> reporter: no one could hear their cries for help.

>> so we made the split-second decision to swim for our lives, roughly 75 yards in the open ocean water back to the boat. >> reporter: it's a parent's worst nightmare. >> a nurse called me and said mrs. truwit, we have your daughter alexandra, and she's conscious and breathing. so, i knew right away that something was terribly, terribly wrong. >> reporter: after multiple blood transfusions and surgeries, including amputation, allie returned to the swimming pool back home in connecticut to help with her recovery. what she didn't foresee was just how far the sport would propel her physically and emotionally. >> i remember i left the hospital, and i asked my parents, put all of my shorts and short skirts and short dresses away because i didn't want anyone to see my prosthetic leg. being in this space has exposed me to so much and given me so much of my confidence back. >> reporter: she credits her army of supporters, from

longtime par olympians, to the water aerobics class that practices next to her. >> thank you, guys. >> reporter: to family and friends, like five-time olympic medalist kate douglas, training here along allie. >> in the morning, in the afternoon. >> reporter: her former coach coming out of retirement to guide allie through recovery. you've known her since she was 12 years old. what stands out to you? >> work ethic, without hesitation, hardest worker i've ever met. if at any point in time she's ever tested me, and said i'm going to curl up in a ball -- you take the day, do whatever. she has never once missed a day of practice. >> that tenacity translated into head-turning times, allie competed in nationals by the end of the year, and a few months later paralympic swimming trials. >> the para movement basically gave her a recovery runway.

that's what's happened here. >> it's so evident allie looks up to you a former swimmer. what have you learned from allie in the past 15 months? >> i think she's teaching me to be fearless, this whole year has been her facing one fear after another and i think a lesson for all of us and our family, don't let fear rule you, just fight it. >> reporter: a fight allie will now take to the world stage in paris, buoyed by love and support from a rapidly growing team truwit. >> i'm unique in that i was attacked by a shark but i'm not unique in that we all go through hardship and trauma, and tough times in life, and we all have the capacity to rise back up. >> reporter: emilie ikeda, nbc news. >> wow, what a story. emilie, thanks so much. you can catch all the action from the paralympic games here on nbc news and on peacock, the games kick off next wednesday,

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i happened to take a call with some palm trees in the back and next thing i know i'm in a

meeting with you about quiet vacationing, you can't go to south beach. i work remotely thursday and friday, why can't i take -- >> of course that right there was satire. the people are actually quiet vacationing, and leading to a lot of workplace conversations, something you may have heard of online and even done yourself, it's a growing workplace trend happening when employees take advantage of being able to work remotely, instead of requesting time off they may travel and work from a different location without telling their boss. joining me now to talk about it, business coach -- thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me here. >> we're not quiet vacationing, we're very much at work. but talk about why people do this. >> taking a vacation is challenging for a lot of people. there was a study on sorbet.com, a professional development site, and they found that 65% of millennials and gen zers have a hard time taking vacation,

especially those that work from home. younger workers, 21 to 34 were taking a week less of vacation than workers 55 plus. >> interesting. >> a lot of it has to do with feeling guilty, because it's going to impact co-workers or we're worried we'll fall behind in projects and some people are concerned about losing their jobs. >> and with remote work there are more considerations, when i worked remotely, if i was sick, i'm still at home, should i be working anyway. are there any benefits to quiet vacationingsome. >> you can travel the world and you're not using your pto, which is nice for some, we're also not falling behind on our work, which is a big concern for a lot of people. and we're not going to impact our co-workers in the same way because we're keeping abreast of our projects and keeping things moving. >> but at the same time, it does feel like, in order to quiet vacation, there's maybe a little deceit that has to happen. talk about the cons, things to be mindful of. >> when we take a vacation, there's so many health benefits,

it improves mood, cognition, better sleep. so we don't get any of those benefits when we quiet vacation. >> because we're still working. >> exactly, we can't decompress at all because we're still on the job. if we're not being up front with our manager, sometimes that liable mission can rupture trust and some people may experience termination as a result of that. >> what if you want more pto, you want to take more time off, but you're feeling anxiety, not sure how. >> we need to negotiate this from the beginning. we can buy more vacation days, we can swap salary dollars for additional vacation days and get real clear on how many vacation days you get, sick days, mental health days and even if you're days. d to take unpaid >> outside of vacation, whether it's a real one or a quiet one, any tips for general work/life balance, especially noting some people don't have as much access to pto. >> i prefer the phrase work life

agility. there's always seasons where we work more, and seasons where we have a little bit more time. but i think it's really important that leadership role model, that it's okay, and actually really important to take our vacations. >> like our bosses? >> exactly. >> okay. >> because that creates psychological safety around the idea of taking time off. >> so good. this is a good conversation to have on a friday. we're at work now. we'll go to the beach tomorrow. >> yes. >> no quiet vacationing here. >> no. >> loud. such a pleasure, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you for being with us, we've got a lot more news ahead. you're watching "nbc news daily."

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conference about 30 minutes ago. she praised motamedi for stepping down to take care of herself and her family, as it is stepping out and saying, you know, i want the kids to have the very best. that's what you're doing here today and we are grateful for your service. we are proud of what you've done. and so you can continue to hold your head up high as you move forward to do what's necessary to take care of yourself and your family. today's surprise resignation precedes the district's move to close several schools next mont. in oakland, firefighters are still determining what caused an early morning fire that heavily damaged an empty building. first calls going out a little after 1 a.m. oakland fire department later posted video from dennison and cotton streets near interstate 880. this is the same building where a buttercup cafe recently shut down. firefighters tell us. thankfully, no one was hurt. the chancellor at uc santa

cruz is warning about possible layoffs. the school's budget deficit exceeds $100 million. the chancellor says current budget cuts are still expected to come up short. no word exactly how many or which jobs will be cut, though it is possible ucsd could make up for some of the shortfall by not hiring for open positions. all right. it might start to feel a little bit like fall today, but we're going to see another warm up next week. here's meteorologist kari hall with your forecast. we are taking a break from the summer heat to get a little taste of fall for today. a lot more clouds coming in, breezy winds and highs in the upper 70s and even a chance of some spotty showers late tonight. but tomorrow the rain chances start to decrease as we go throughout the day and also clearing out with our high temperatures in the inland areas in the low 80s. and it will be heating up even more on sunday into early next week. seeing the peak of the heat hitting us on tuesday with highs in the upper 90s and in san francisco it's

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will be celebrating not one, but two big anniversaries. we're talking about the historic east bay restaurant, trader vic's, which is turning 90. and the iconic mai tai, which is turning 80. trader vic's started as hinky dinks in oakland back in 1934. what is it, 90 years ago? it was one of the first tiki bars in america and the home of the mai tai. sorry. honolulu was born here. the original recipe calls for rum, lime juice, orange curacao, auza, rock candy, sirup, and a little bit of mint. eventually, the owner, rick bergeron, introduced the cocktail to the hawaiian islands by partnering with popular

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