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exclusive look inside amazon's newest fulfillment center. how robots and humans are working together to deliver your holiday packages. >> it's the season for all that. >> it is. spent a lot of time last night shopping online. >> get your gifts ready and stick around. we start with that wildfire burning in malibu, california. >> firefighters are finally starting to gain a bit of an upper hand thanks to a break in the gusty santa ana wins. the franklin fire has scorched over 4,000 acres, 7% contained. crews expect to make more progress today. >> thousands of people have been evacuated, including dick van dyke. he shared this video with us captured on a ring camera outside his home. this is the moment three of his neighbors saw him struggling and came to his rescue. he spoke with dana griffin who joins us from malibu. dana, it's incredible how van dyke was able to get out.

what did he tell you and what's the latest from the ground? >> reporter: zinhle, it's incredible. he turns 99 tomorrow. he has a really harrowing tale. he was asleep when the fire starting rolling over a canyon that comes down to his backyard. he ran outside, tried to deal with the hose to wet his home. that's something a lot of people do to prevent embers from burning their homes down. that proved to be too much. he got exhausted. he said at one point he had to crawl and luckily three neighbors were standing by and they came to his rescue. i want to play a little biof our conversation for you. >> i don't think i would have made it. my little guest house started to flame out. they put that out. they saved my life in the fire. >> and your house. >> and my house. god bless them and thank them

for saving my life. they risked their own life by staying. they could have run for it. they managed to get out also. that kind of humanity is rare today. >> reporter: kind of rare today, but in that neighborhood it is very tight knit. he said, neighbors didn't run and try to escape themselves. they started checking on each other, including one neighbor that was trying to hose down other home toss try to prevent any damage to homes in that neighborhood. that home he's lived in for 40 years is still standing. there's seven decades of memorabilia inside it. it has been a very successful day overnight because the santa ana winds have died down. it's actually misting right now. it's incredible humidity that's going to aid firefighters in the fight. more than 4,000 acres have burned. firefighters are still ying to determine the cause. they think this is going to be a

major day worth of progress. there's no major big active flames. the fire's 7% contained. the hope is they'll get it knocked down quickly. >> that's good news. dana griffin, thank you. we're following dramatic news out of syria. early this morning an american man was found alive in damascus after being in prison for months. >> travis timmerman said he was on a religious pilgrimage and crossed into syria on foot. he said he was detained until he was released monday by rebel forces when they broke into prisons and freed everyone. following his release timmerman said he wandered the area barefoot and slept outside until locals discovered him and provided water and shelter. >> joining us now is richard engel in damascus. richard, you spoke to travis timmerman. what can you tell us about why he wasas there in syria and how

his condition? >> reporter: well, this is a bizarre story. everything that's happening at this moment is quite surreal and strange. the government has collapsed. the prisons have been emptied. this was a orship run by a family dynasty for half a century. all of the secrets, all the tension that was bottled up here for so many decades is pouring out. we were this morning trying to find out more information about another missing american, the journalist austin tice, when suddenly word came that a group of syrians, an unknown group, had discoverered th american wandering barefoot on the street. we went to the location. it took a little bit of time to figure out who this person was and where he was. when we got there with some of the new rebels, we found travis.

he was in good health, remarkably calm. he told us that he had come into the country on a spiritual journey by himself. he walked over the border. he spent three days living, he said, without food or water in the mountains between lebanon and syria. once he crossed into syria, while assad's dictatorship was in power, he was quickly arrested. they interrogated him, tried to figure out who he was and what he was doing there. he said he heard the voice of god and it brought him on this journey. i asked him if this was like a road to damascus experience following in the footsteps of jesus and the apostles. he described it as this moment of solace and he was in jail. he said he wasn't abused or

tortured. he was just stuck there until monday the rebels broke into prisons all across the country. they freed him. he didn't know where to go. since monday he's been wandering the streets of damascus, sleeping in abandoned buildings, slept on the street last night. i spoke to also the man who found him. he was found by someone who saw him limping barefoot. gave him some water. called the rebels. they collected him and gave him more food and water and now he's free. it was a very strange experience. we have reached out to his family. he said he was anxious to talk to them, but in the end he said that he learned something about himself from this experience and that he had a lot of time to meditate while held in prison. so this was not your normal story of someone who was

detained by a dictatorship and held for political reasons. it was someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got caught up in these events in the middle east. >> quite a story. richard engel, thank you. here in the u.s. investigators in new york city are building their case against the man charged with murdering a health insurance ceo. >> police say they're working to piece together what luigi mangione was doing leading up to and after the murder. there is new video possibly showing the suspect less than an hour after the murder. this is surveillance footage from a store about 100 blocks north of where the killg happened. the merchant who runs the store told nbc that police asked for this video. >> let's get to the latest with george solis. he's outside the correctional facility where the suspect is being held. george, there's a lot of anticipation around when mangione will be extradited to

new york city. what needs to happen before that? what are we hearing? >> reporter: investigators need to put together the trail of evidence that's come out between shell casings, the man fes ifesd the spiral notebook. governor kathy hochul has to sign a governor's warrant and it has to be signed by the governor of pennsylvania to begin the proceedings. you have a wr of habeas corpus signed by the defense getting him in front of a judge in pennsylvania, more or less to see if they can -- the bail argument. he was denied bail as he's here at this prison. once all the investigation -- the investigators have their case, the indictment can come down. he's scheduled to be in court in blair county on december 23rd. whether or not that's shifted around, depending on how this plays out, remains to be seen. the bottom line is he'll be

extradited to new york to face charges. it's a question of when, not if. he remains here at the prison and investigators piecing all that together as we're seeing more and more of pieces of video, more pieces of evidence coming forward. guys? >> george solis from pennsylvania. thank you. time for today's cnbc money minute. elon musk makes history with his net worth. how much would you pay for a necklace owns by mark zuckerberg? >> reporter: musk's company spacex moved him to the milestone. the miami dolphins and buffalo bills sold stakes to

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prepared for the potential of violence. joining us now is ken dilanian. ken, what are some of the other key takeaways from the inspector general's report here? >> reporter: two fold really. the big issue here is that essentially this report found the fbi suffered an intelligence failure and really missed a basic thing to do in advance as there was social media building, signs that there might be violence at the capital. they didn't canvas the field offices about people planning to do violence. had that done that, they might have been in the position to stop it. the report examined whether there were undercover fbi agents present at the capital or in the crowds. they determined there were not. there were some confidential sources, some of them were in the crowd. four entered the capital.

none were authorized to do so. it's been a conspiracy theory on the right that the fbi was involved in fomenting the capital riot on january 6th. this report puts that to bed. >> ken dilanian with the latest, thanks so much. a father accused of faking his own death and fleeing the country has been released from jail after posting bond. ryan borgwardt pleaded not guilty to obstruion yesterday. a criminal complaint is revealing new details about his disappearance. here's maggie vespa. >> reporter: ryan borgwardt returning from eastern europe voluntarily investigators say to face justice and possible jail time. this, after they say he sparked that frantic search back in august, all for authorities to discover he was alive and well. ryan borgwardt, the wisconsin man accused of faking his own drowning death and fleeing to europe now back in the u.s. and

facing a misdemeanor charge of obstructing an officer. the judge entering a not guilty plea on his behalf. authorities stressing the 45-year-old husband and father returned willingly. >> has he said what compelled him to come back? >> his family i guess. >> reporter: officials say borgwardt's carefully plotted escape began on august 11th when he pushed off in a kayak into a lake. later telling investigators everything hinged on me dying in e lake. according to the criminal complaint, he flipped his kayak and swam to shore taking off on an e-bike he stashed nearby and riding to a bus station in madison where he boarded a greyhound to toronto. from there flights to paris and asia where the complaint states a woman he had been corresponding with brought him to a hotel.

later, hunkered down in the country of georgia, the complaint says borgwardt read headlines about his own disappearance until november 8th when he received an email from investigats and said his heart hit the floor. authorities saying they'd searched his laptop, discovered inquiries about moving funds to foreign banks, and a new $375,000 life insurance policy for his family. days later, releasing this proof of life video. >> i'm in my apartment. i am safe, secure, no problem. >> reporter: still tight-lipped about borgwardt's exact tive, the sheriff's department now seeking up to $40,000 in restitution to cover the cost of their initial, frantic search. >> i cannot imagine what these kids are going through, and that was -- that was what really drove us. >> reporter: and authorities confirming borgwardt overnight posted bond overnight and was released men faces up to nine months in jail if convicted on that misdemeanor charge. nbc news reached out to

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here are some of the stories makes headlines on "nbc news daily." president-elect donald trump has been named time magazine's person of the year. the first one he won the title was in 2016. "time" editor and chief said, quote, this is someone who made an historic comeback and reshaped the american presidency and is reordering american politics. mr. trump called the award a tremendous honor before ringing the opening bell at the new york stock exchange this morning. dramatic cell phone video captures the moment a small plane crashed on a texas road. it happened yesterday about two hours southwest of houston. you can see the plane flying overhead before crashing into three cars at an intersection. four people were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening-injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> a young girl is safe today after being rescued at sea following a ship wreck. the 11-year-old survived for three days by holding on to tire inner tubes and wearing a life

jacket. she was traveling on a migrant boat from tunasia when it sank off the coast of italy. a rescue boat was on another mission when they heard the girl shouting from the water. the group said she's likely the sole survivor of nearly four dozen people believed to be on that ship. she was treated for hypothermia. she's expected to be physically okay. in a nashville courtroom today country music star morgan wallen pleaded guilty to charges related to a chair throwing incident in april. he was arrested after throwing a chair off a six-story rooftop bar in nashville. according the arrest affidavit, the chair landed three feet away from two police officers, nearly striking them. marissa parra joins us now. can you remind us how this incident unfolded and the was not his first encounter with

law enforcement, right? >> reporter: yes. initially wallen was facing three misdemeanor counts. today there was no mention of a felony. in fact, we know that wallen pleaded guilty, conditionally guilty, to two misdemeanor counts instead of disorderly conduct. it all stems from that incident in april where he's accused of tossing a chair off the balcony of a rooftop bar in nashville. witnesses saw him do it. the chair landing just three feet away from police officers on broadway. this is not his first time making headlines or in a courtroom. he was charged with dui in 2016 and public intoxication in 2020. there was that controversial incident when he was caught on video saying a racial slur, the "n" word in 2021. that moment got him banned from the cmas.

it was weeks ago he won entertainer of the year this year at the cmas. this controversies not taking a hit on his successful career. >> did the judge hand down any punishment today? >> reporter: it was an interesting punishment. he's serving seven days at a dui education center. he'll remain on supervised probation for two years. we heard from wallen in the immediate aftermath. in the two weeks that followed this incident in april he posted an apology on social media. today through his media he released a statement after that sentencing from the judge. it reads in part, mr. wallen has cooperated fully with authorities throughout the last eight months adding he's been apologizing to all involved and he remains committed to making a positive impact through his music and foundation. kat

kate, back to you. >> marissa parra, thank you. tourists visiting ghauna can now get a tour of jonestown. here's our reporter. >> reporter: in the depths of the jungle, the site of the jonestown massacre, now a destination for tourists. >> jonestown remains a tragic part of this country's history. it offers critical lessons about abuse of power. >> reporter: with the support of the government, the owner of wanderlust adventures will bring small tour groups to what was once jonestown, a mune

settled -- now more than four decadelater the guided tour to jonestown will bring the deeper understanding of what unfolding here. taking travellers where on the day of the massacre an american congressman and two members of an nbc news crew were killed. a staffer survived and she spoke to the "the today show" about t ordeal. >> i was lying down pretending i was dead. i heard shots rang out and the right side of my body was blown out. >> reporter: dark tourism is not a new phenomenon.

with tourists from around the world paying to see the chernobyl location and the world trade center. >> this honors those affected and ensures history is not reported. >> reporter: some are skeptical of the tour bringing tourists to the morbid site. >> there was a lot of legal activity going on there, human rights allegations. the conditions were reprehensible. people would prefer not to remember it. >> reporter: guad venegas, nbc news. doctors in minnesota are crediting a new virtual reality program with helping them on a difficult case. a baby born with a heart tumor larger than any had ever seen.

our minneapolis station shows us how it works. >> reporter: don't be cooled by jaden'sdemeanor. he has the heart of a fighter. >> he's our little warrior. >> reporter: it's something his mom discovered when she was 29 weeks into her pregnancy when one day she couldn't feel jaden move. >> we went to the movies. i did what they call a sweet test. i ate some candy and had some pop and laid back in the recliner seats. i still didn't feel him move. i told eddie take me to the hospital. >> reporter: the severe swelling doctors quickly discovered on this 3d ultrasound was a symptom of the strain on his heart. >> this is how big the tumor was. >> reporter: the mass on this

model shows how much little jaden was up against. >> more than two thirds of the chest is occupied by the mass. >> even at 29 weeks? >> yeah. >> had you seen a tumor like this before? >> no. i started the fetal cardiac program. i know the patients coming in for the past 25 years. i've not seen a tumor this big. >> reporter: this doctor said the first step for her team was to relieve that swelling. >> they drained the fluid out of him. the objective was keep him safe in my tummy for as long as possible. >> reporter: at just 32 weeks jaden was tired of waiting. >> all i remember thinking on my way to the hospital is him being born is one thing and then we still have that tumor to address. >> they said they may even have to do comfort care. they were saying we don't know what's going to happen when he comes out. he may not breathe once he's born. we don't know what's going to

happen until it happens. >> reporter: her little warrior survived day one. after a ct scan on day two -- >> here's jaden's heart. >> reporter: -- the doctor got to work deploying a new virtual reality program in order to better understand something she never encountered. >> i can go inside the chest cav ty and pinpoint where the tumor was attached. >> reporter: just hours before surgery she discovered something critical. >> it's attached right there. >> reporter: the tumor wasn't attached to critical structures in the heart. >> did you feel like you could trust what you were seeing? >> i did trust the vr segment for this patient, yes. i told the team that the pulmonary veins were not involved within this tumor mass. >> i didn't realize they were using that technology. >> the heart should be sitting on the left side of the chest.

>> i just knew it was very intense. i knew it was serious. >> reporter: not long after she knew the surgery was a success. >> it was crazy seeing his journey from having so many breathing tubes and feeding tubes. >> reporter: six months later, jaden has one lasting reminder of that battle. >> look how good it's healing. >> i don't even know how an adult would tolerate what he had. >> our miracle baby. >> reporter: the army behind her little warrior has a lasting reminder too. >> you just rolled this out? >> yep. >> seems like it was meant to be. >> exactly. >> do you know how strong you are, jaden? >> you're a special boy, man. >> oh, ken, thank you for that beautiful story. let's turn to holiday shopping season. it's in full swing. people are on a hunt for a good

deal. colton bradford has more on what to be on the lookout for. >> reporter: everyone is looking for a good deal this holiday shopping season. what if the deal you think you're getting is actually a scam? >> we are hearing from people i'm not going to fall into a trap. i'm going to recognize a phishing scam. we're seeing different things in our data. >> reporter: karen silverstein is the vp at a cyber security firm that protects from online threats. >> we blocked twice as many fake text messages. most are related to shopping. hackers are taking advantage of it. r she. >> reporter: she says people are receiving text messages claiming to offer promo codes. >> for example, i would go to a specific website and fill in my cart, wouldn't complete my purchase and then i receive a text message that offers a coupon code with the link.

they follow the link and they think they're going to get the discount. in reality they don't. >> reporter: that link could lead to a fake website d design to steal your personal information. attempts to access these sites jumped 64%. to protect yourself this holiday shopping season, be cautious of any text you receive, especially if the message seems too good to be true. don't clicking on any links. don't share any personal information. go directly to the retailer's website to verify the offer. if a retailer asks you for a phone number to send offers, opt out. use a disposable email for that extra discount or ask customer service for a promo code. colton bradford, nbc10 boston. >> colton, thank you. "nbc news daily" gets an exclusive look -- speaking at shopping -- at a brand new amazon fulfillment cent. er

if you have last-minute holiday shopping left to do or a birthday coming up, you know the rush is on.

>> amazon says its next generation fulfillment center is designed to get your holiday packages to your front door 25% faster. it's all with robots working with humans. nbc's vicky nguyen got an exclusive look inside. >> reporter: if you want to know how automation, a.i., and people are working together, you can see it inside this 3 million-square foot building, where it stores up to 40 million products. amazon says it logged its biggest thanksgiving holiday shopping period ever this year, and data shows consumers spent a record $10.8 billion online on black friday alone. 10% more than last year, making this kind of efficiency the future. i'm here in shreveport, louisiana, inside amazon's fulfillment center that just opened a couple of months ago. this is the first time national media has been inside. with me now, is chief technologist ty brady.

>> what is happening here that's not happening anywhere else in the world? >> here we have ten times the amount of robotics as compared to any of our other fulfillment centers. we can process your order 25% faster and offer 25% lower cost which means we pass that on to our customers. >> reporter: we first took you inside the boston lab where the systems were being tested. this holiday, thousands of these robots are now fully operational, including sparrow, cardinal, sequoia, robin, and others. it's possible because here everything is containerized, instead of humans walking miles a day. they're put into blue and yellow bins that robots can easily maneuver. >> we don't want people to lift heavy objects or take boxes and put it over their head or reach down really low. we can have a robotic system do that for our employees all the bett. >> reporter: the injury rate at amazon is higher than others at those at other comparable warehouses including to the law project. technology like this has helped make substantial improvements to safety.

in march, amazon announced its reportable incident rate last year was 6.5 cases per 100 workers down from 6.9 cases in 2022. here, sparrow is taking on a repetitive motion job. amazon says having robots do this work is part of its pledge to reduce injuries. >> so in other warehouses that don't have sparrow, people are doing this job? >> people can do this job, but this is a menial, mundane, repetitive job. we would rather have people do other things inside our building. >> reporter: through amazon's upscaling program, people who used to do manual labor jobs are now moving into jobs overseeing, repairing, and programming these machines. amazon says these roles can offer pay that's up to 40% higher than entry-level jobs. once the items are sorted, they head here to sequoia where humans and robots work together. >> the goods are coming to the person on demand just the right time. we designed the system in order to be ergonomic for our people. >> he's not bending down. he's not reaching up. >> exactly. there's no ladders to reach out. he's not on his knees, right?

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believe there are people out there who know where arianna is. san francisco police is offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of nicole fitts and arianna's disappearance. spotty rain continues. and another round coming this weekend. our meteorologist, kari hall, is timing it out. and when it will hit us. today we want to keep the umbrella handy. we will see some off and on showers for the afternoon and highs in the upper 50s. also a chance of some spotty rain on friday, but then the bigger storm system arrives on saturday. it starts out during the morning with some heavy rain and gusty winds and temperatures, only making it up to 57 degrees and then dropping down to the upper 30s on sunday. that looks like the best day of the weekend to get out and about and do some shopping, or enjoy the holiday lights. then on monday, the rain is back as we're going back to work. temperatures in the mid 50s and then clearing for the middle of

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