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>> i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. ♪ ♪ today, friday, december 13, 2024. search for answers. police revealed that the suspect in the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo was not insured by the company. what that means in the search of a motive. three men come forward accusing sean diddy combs of drugging and raping them. when and where the alleged assaults took place. mystery in the skies. more drones spotted over new jersey hours after the white house said they pose no threat. and time is running out to get those last-minute gifts delivered on time. we'll give you the key deadline you have to make or risk counting on santa's reindeer. >> i have to call santa. >> not done?

>> not yet. we start on a more serious note beginning with the suspect charged with murdering the health care ceo. unitedhealthcare says luigi mangione was not insured by the company. police believe he targeted brian thompson because of the company's size. united is the largest health care organization in the united states. >> mangione remains in a pennsylvania state prison as he fights extradition to new york. it's not clear how much longer that process will take. nbc news correspondent george solis is in huntington, pennsylvania, where luigi mangione is being held. the ceo of united health group, the parent company, made his first public comments about brian thompson's murder today in a "new york times" op-ed. what exactly did he say? >> reporter: hey, guys. a couple takeaways from the op-ed. the first is acknowledgment that the company is in mourning and grieving the loss of their colleague, saying they understand this is obviously a

difficult and tu tumultuous time for the public. they admitted the system is far from perfect. there's annual acknowledgment that they understand there's frustration with the health care industry. in a striking moment, we'll pull it up on screen, they write, we know the health care system doesn't work as well as it should and understand people's frustration with it. no one would design a system like the one we have. striking words in that op-ed. as you mentioned, the fight for extradition continues as far as luigi mangione. he remains in a state correctional facility. on the 23rd in the blair county courthouse he'll face more on those charges, the two felonies and three misdemeanors. on the 30th you have the extradition fight that was after his defense attorney filed a

writ of habeas corpus to get him in front of a judge to see if they can work something out to get him released. more than likely it's not a question of if he'll be extradited, but when. >> we're hearing about a police officer in san francisco who recognized mangione from a missing persons report that was filed in san francisco. what can you tell us? >> reporter: some new reporting from jonathan dietz. essentially it's law enforcement working the way it should. it seemsms that the mangione family filed a missing persons report in november. that led some of the officers there to contact the fbi field office there which in turn contacted the fbi field offices in new york which alerted nypd. you have an exchange of information. we're still working through some of the finer details how that network may have led to a potential timeline of where mangione may have been. again, what you really have there is sort of that example of

that wide network and that drag net cast trying to find any information at the time of trying to track down that suspected shooter in the ceo's killing. >> interesting his family filed a missing persons report. >> a lot more details to come. george solis, thank you. a diversity administrator is planning to sue the university of michigan after her attorney says she was fired over alleged comments she made about jewish people. >> rachel dawson is accused of saying the university was controlled by wealthy jews and jewish students are wealthy and privileged. this was at a conference in march. dawson's attorney said she didn't make comments. there was a complaint filed by the anti-definition league with the university and an outside law firm was brought in to investigate. nbc news hasn't seen those documents. >> this comes as a degree b numbers of schools and universities scale back diversity and inclusion

policies. walmart became the largest u.s. company to end its dei program. let's go to maura barrett on this story. the michigan story goes back several months. help us understand what happened and what we're hearing from the administrator's attorney and the university. >> reporter: kate, there are two vastly different perspectives on how this unfolded. one is the one you laid out. both parties acknowledge this interaction happened in a private conversation between ms. dawson and two women at the conference in march. these weren't public comments being allege. ms. dawson denies those quotes. our team spoke with ms. dawson's lawyer who said what happened from ms. dawson's perspective two women approached her and tried to engage her about the

university of michigan campus, saying it's unsafe for students. ms. dawson disagreed and said jewish students were just as included as any other students. there was a disagreement between these women and it escalated. ms. dawson said she said jews and palestinians share an ancestral connection to the region. her attorneys tend to file a legal argument and we reached out to the university of michigan, but have not heard back anymore around this decision. >> maura, this follows the university of michigan voting to end requiring diversity statements as part of their faculty hiring process. that was just last week. can you explain what a diversity statement is and what the change means for the university? >> reporter: all this unfolding in tandem, but a diversity

statement is when an individual issues a written statement as part of a job application or application to higher education laying out their experience with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. basically the hiring managers are looking to see if their past experience and future goals lineup with the commitment of the organization. what happened here at the university of michigan, apparently they issued a survey and talked with faculty about their belief about these diversity statements and faculty agreed that it put pressure on faculty to express positions on moral, political or social issues and doesn't do anything, they think, to further those commitments to dei initiatives. it's been rolled back. the other universities and corporations roll back have been for other reasons. >> maura barrett, thanks. we're following a growing mystery in the sky. residents and lawmakers

demanding answers after large drones have been spotted in the northeast. >> there were 79 reports of flying objects in new jersey alone e overnit according to a senior official briefed on the sightings. yesterday the white house seemed to down play any threats to the public saying they're manned aircraft being operated lawfully. lawmakers are not so sure. >> we cannot simply say, well, they're not causing any harm. do we know that? what are they doing? who is sending them? >> nbc news correspondent marquis francis joins us now. lawmakers are frustrated. residents are frustrated. are we closer to solving this mystery that's dragged out? >> we've been reporting on these drones for more than a week. you would think with each passing day we would get more information, but we have growing

concern. the white house is saying it's not a threat. tell us why. how are you sure? we're getting dozens and dozens of more sightings and seeing the drones sightings as far as north as new york and far south as maryland. maryland governor larry hogan put out a tweet saying he saw dozens of drones outside his house last night. he wrote, people want answers, but aren't getting any. we're being told that the white house, the military, the fbi don't have any idea what they are, where they come from or who's controlling them and they pose no threat. that response is entirely unacceptable. that seems to be the sentiment coming from lawmakers and residents that are rightfully anxious. governor larry hogan lives 25 minutes outside the u.s. capitol. >> what you're saying, it sounds like we don't know why the white house is saying don't worry,

everything's okay. is anybody wondering whether the government has anything to do with these drones? >> yeah, well the u.s. government is saying they have nothing to do with these. they also are saying they're not sure what they are. they're saying they're not the hobby type of drones, small ones you buy at a store. they're commercial grade drones which are six feet, possibly as big as small cars. they're flying for hours at a time, eluding other drones in the sky. what are they doing? i'm telling you take this strange thing to eat and trust me. you're saying what is it? >> multiple agencies are investigating briefly if someone sees something in the sky. what should they do? >>. >> caller:. >> call the fbi or there's a tip line online as well. time for cbs's money minute.

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attorneys for music mogul sean diddy combs are strongly denying new allegations by three men accusing him of rape and sexual assault. those men filed separate civil lawsuits against combs in new york state. chloe spoke exclusively with one of the accusers.

>> reporter: three men accusing sean diddy combs of rape and sexual assault according to lawsuits filed thursday. the suit alleges diddy plied them with drinks and attacked them while unconscious. the new york-based attorney represents them. >> they woke up and he would be raping them. >> reporter: one of the new accusers speaking exclusively to nbc news. >> can you explain to everyone why you don't want to reveal your identity? >> at the top of the list it's shameful and embarrassing. >> reporter: in early 2020 he said he met with combs at a hotel in times square. he was seeking payment for work he did for diddy. he says the discussion was cordial and he had a drink. >> within two minutes i started to feel very tired, very sleepy. mind you, i'm not under the impression that i'm being drugged. >> reporter: he says he was so groggy he laid down on the couch. >> when i finally came to, i could feel myself being humped. i could feel i was penetrated. i was like, what? the thing that sticks in my head today, the phrase that just rattles in my brain all the time is i'm almost done. just stop. stop moving. i'm almost finished.

>> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, combs' lawyer said these complaints are full of lies. we'll prove them false and seek sanctions against every unethical lawyer who files fictional claims against him. in south korea protests are escalating as many are calling on the country's president to step down. president yoon is defending his decision to impose martial law and to fight to the end. tomorrow south korea's legislation will vote on whether to impeach president yoon. do we have a sense how that vote may land? >> reporter: it is way too close to call. that's certainly what everyone is wondering. will there be enough votes in the south korean parliament to impeach president yoon. a two thirds majority is required, 200 out of 300

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making headlines on "nbc news daily." santa claus he is not. a man got stuck in a chimney in massachusetts. police say they were executing a search warrant when the man fled on to a roof top and tried to hide in the chimney and got stuck. firefighters had to remove a section of the chimney to pull the man out. he was arrested for possession of drugs and other charges. scary moments on an american airlines flight out of new york. the bird flu into the plane's engine. a passenger captured the exact moment it happened on video. the plane was flying from laguardia headed to charlotte, north carolina. after that bird strike the flight was diverted to jfk in new york and landed safely. no human injuries were reported. nancy pelosi was taken to the hospital after she was

injured during a congressional trip in luxembourg. her spokesperson did not say how she was hurt. the 84-year-old lawmaker was traveling to belgium and luxembourg for the anniversary of the battle of the bulge. she's continuing to work in the hospital but regrets she's not able to attend the rest of the events. in syria, crowds have gathered at the largest mosque in damascus for the first friday prayers since the assad regime fell. u.s. officials push for a peaceful transition of power there. now the interim government in syria formed by the rebel coalition that topped assad could be key to finding missing american journalist austin tice who disappeared in syria in 2012. matt bradley is in damascus for us. matt, i want to know first we learned about another american,

travis timmerman. he said he was imprisoned in syria. we told his story earlier this week when we met up with him in da mascus damascus, a free man. he's been flown from syria back to the u.s., which is good news for his family. i want to ask about austin tice. he's the reporter nbc news has new reporting about, a sighting of him in 2022. talk to me about richard engel saw in a prison where he was maybe held. >> reporter: richard engel reports speaking to an activist who was held in the cell across the way, or he claimed across the hall way from austin tice in damascus. he said in this miserable looking cell that austin tice had been there for a while. looks like it was a painful place to live. this activist who spoke to richard engel got the details of

this correct. it could be believed. we just heard from reuters quoting american officials saying that actually austin tice had escaped and run around a wealthy neighborhood here in clothes and was eventually recaptured and sent back to the regime's jail. that's two new bits about austin tice as the search for him is winding up. >> matt, thank you. i want to correct something i said. travis timmerman, the other american who we talked to the other day, has left syria. i said he was in the u.s. he's not in the united states yet, but heading this way as i understand it. matt, could this new information about austin tice, going back to him, could that give us any clues about where he is now? >> reporter: actually just to add to that, travis timmerman was transferred by u.s. authorities from syria into jordan. he's still in the middle east.

i don't know if austin tice -- if we'll know anything more about this. whether this new revelation says anything about his whereabouts or -- i hate to bring this up -- whether or not he's actually still alive. this is something we need to consider here. we have not had any resolute determination from the regime of his life or death, but they said they don't have him. >> matt, as we mentioned, syrian people have been gathering to celebrate this chapter in their history. what are you hearing? you're in damascus. what are you hearing tonight? >> reporter: i mean, this was an extraordinary thing to see. it was like a demonstration, but they weren't protestin were cel. it was a big block party really. people were waving flags. it's an ecstatic scene. we spoke to people there. here's what they told me. >> we have a new chapter.

after him everything is easy now. >> it feels like we were in prison. not the ones under the ground. we were on the ground. we were in trauma. we didn't know anything. it's all happening -- it feels like we woke up. >> reporter: kate, look, i don't want to sugar coat it. this could still be a tragic end for this country. it's not out of the woods yet. there are a lot of really vexing unanswered questions about syria's future. as you can see, we're in the honeymoon phase here. >> matt bradley in damascus for us. important to have people there. appreciate you being there. thank you. the holiday season is in full gear and the engine on santa's sleigh is heating up. christmas and hanukkah less than two weeks away. do you have your wrapped gifts? >> no. if you still need to ship those gifts, today the first major

deadline. >> nbc news business correspondent brian cheung is all over it. he knows what we need to know. if you're done with your shopping and need to ship, items you need to pull in the mail, what do we need to know? >> time is ticking. unfortunately some deadlines are here. the fedex deadline for standard shipping is today. pretty serious on that. standard shipping, we can get to expedited. usps is december 18th. u.p.s. it depends where you're shipping. from new york to los angeles it takes extra days. you need to have that shipped by tuesday. >> hypothetically you can't make one of those deadlines, are there other options? >> that's the expedited option. three carriers, those deadlines are later. december 19th for u.p.s., a day after that for fedex and another day after that for usps.

again, in those cases, sometimes the shipping cosost is more tha the gift inside the box. be aware of that. >> on that note, i have a brother who lives in europe. i hope he's not atching. man, was it pricey to ship to europe. is there anything you can do to, you know, save on the actual cost of shipping? >> there's a day for everything. tomorrow is national free shipping day. retailers are participating in free shipping. j crew was one that participated. try to use an old box and sign up for free membership trials. great way to get free shipping. >> brian cheung, thank you. a group of firefighters in massacsetts have gone viral online for their unique way of teaching kids about safety. malcolm johnson from our nbc station in boston shows us how they're sharing their message.

>> reporter: you are looking at the very first all latino firefighter crew in lawrence. they do more than fight fires. they teach children how to prevent them, as a group called station 8. and their viral videos have millions of views online. >> children need to be engaged these days, especially with kids coming out of the womb with an ipad. >> reporter: before the videos -- the songs were meant to help this man's newborn songs fall asleep, so they sung like they fight fires, as a group. >> we quickly stepped into action. that's when the wheels started turning. >> reporter: first they come up with the songs.

>> he's the music guy and makes up the melodies and then we start making the lyrics for the songs. ♪ what's gene going to put on next ♪ >> reporter: then they come up with the lesson. >> what do we want the kids to take out of this video? >> reporter: between the charities and classroom visits, it's the community connections that mean the most. >> makes our heart bigger to be honest. it's priceless is the best way to put it. >> just seeing the reaction in the community and watching these kids reacting to the videos and the connection, that's the best part. >> i love that. malcolm johnson, thank you. as the end of the year rolls around with the holiday season in full swing, you might be thinking about giving extra to the people who helped you throughout the year. >> who should you tip? we have mr. manners himself,

thomas farley with us to help us get it right. for those looking to show their appreciation, what should we keep in mind when it comes to tipping? >> there's a few things. people feel tipped out at this point because we're tipping for everything on our daily lives. >> we're asked everywhere we go. >> we've talked about that several times. the holiday is a time to recognize those we're not tipping throughout the year. make a list. put down what you give this year so you remember less year. you don't want to tip less or more. now is the time. start giving those gratuities out now. they can certainly use that money. >> i'm feeling good because i have a list. >> i love that. >> how do we think about who should be on there and how do we avoid giving too much or not enough. >> like santa, make that list and check it twice. it's an easy formula. for somebody you pay like a hair

dresser, like a ist, massage therapists, dog walker, it's going to come down to a factor of how often you see them. for example, the hairstylist, tip the cost of one visit, a baby-sitter, the cost of one evening, a nanny who's there with you full time, one week to two week's pay. those numbers vary depending on where you are across the country. it gets tricky when it's someone we're not tipping every day like the doorman or the porter or the super. certainly in cities we have those individuals who make our complex urban lives that much less difficult. you want to look at, say, for a superintendent, you want to be looking at anywhere from $40 up to $500. >> it's a huge range depending on where you live. >> maybe they're doing a lot for you all the time or maybe you never see them. same for the doorman protecting

your building and getting your packages for you. ask your neighbors. >> is there anyone who should be left off the tipping list? >> sure. fortunately there are. a white collar professional like your accountant, your doctor, your lawyer. these people -- their rates are high enough. a teacher you don't tip, but you give especially at elementary school a gift. >> are there noncash gifts we can do? >> that's a nice thing to do for letter carriers who can't accept a monetary gift by federal law. baked goods, gloves, something nice for them that's not money. >> can they take a gift card? >> with a monetary amount it gets dicey. anything with a value below $25. >> always with the good advice. how to navigate family estrgenturg anme dinthe

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in today's mental health check we're talking about an important, but difficult topic. family estrangement. >> in recent months there's been a slew of headlines about a growing movements that wants to destigmatize severing ties with

loved ones. joining us now is dr. frank anderson. dr. anderson, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's start with the causes of family estrangement and why you think we're seeing it pop up more and more in public dialogue and in reality? >> the main thing around family estrangement is missed connections and misalignment. oftentimes peoples' values, beliefs and expectations are not aligned. this causes trouble with people. sometimes there's mental health issues in the family. there can be abuse, emotional neglect or something traumatic. there's a lot of things that cause estrangement. >> let's talk about a couple different scenarios, the relationship between an adult child and their parent. let's say the adult child doesn't really -- the parent doesn't want to be involved in the adult child's life or vice a

versa. how do you cope with that if you're the child and you feel like you lost this relationship with your parents? >> more often than not it's the adult child that initiates the estrangement. they've been under the parent's control for most of their life. they have a chance to say, hey, this isn't okay. i'm not going o do this. it's the first time they set a boundary. think about setting healthy boundaries. we don't learn healthy boundaries. you're bad, you're wrong, versus i don't want to do this anymore. if you're going to set that space, that distance, do our work. understand why you're setting boundary. it's not to be angry. it's to work on yourself and work on unresolved issues and re-enter. i'm not a fan of permanent es estrangement. work through what you need to work through. >> spend the time on yourself. on the flip side, say you're the parent and your child has gone no contact.

any tips for navigating that space? >> it's really complicated for parents. oftentimes they don't know why and they're not willing to take responsibility. one of the key factors for the shift from parent/child to parent/adult child is for parents to take responsibility for what they did wrong. they're not perfect. sometimes the kids need to voice it. even if the parent doesn't agree, validate what the kid is saying. i see this is how you feel. i see this is what you're going through. denial causes a further wedge between all these relationships. and i'll say once the adult child feels heard, seen and known, it's not time for the parent to give their view. at another time say, are you interested in hearing me? >> interesting. you talk about it ideally shouldn't be a permanent situation. what if there's abuse or something else involved that makes it really impossible to

reconcile? in that situation i assume you would say stay away? >> 100%. i say reach out, try. try a second time or a third time. if you're met with denial, if it does feel unsafe, if it activates your mental health issues to be in relationships, it's etter to not be in connection. >> in a line or two, any tips for reconciliation which takes more than a line or two. >> don't do it during the holidays. that's not the time to reconcile. >> interesting. >> no, too much is activated during the holidays. appreciate what we have in common during the holidays. reconcile at another time when things are calmer. >> dr. frank anderson, we could talk a long time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. there's much me ornews ahead. >> don't go anywhere. you're watching "nbc news daily." 't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease.

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in the bay area, gave us a sneak peek at some new tech that helps

you help them find your lost luggage. here's consumer investigator chris chmura with more. you know, airlines in general have a 99% on time record delivering your bags at the same time they deliver you to your destination. well, what united showed us today empowers you in the 1% of cases when they don't deliver on time. here's what's new. united is now letting you share your airtag location data. an airtag is a roughly 20 or $30 apple wi-fi tracker that lots of savvy travelers drop in their checked bags to keep tabs on them. well, by integrating that info into its baggage tracing system, united is hopeful its reps can reunite more passengers with late or lost luggage and more quickly. the goal is to actually not use this technology and never lose a bag. but when we do, in those rare instances that we do and there's an airtag in someone's bag, we can't see it right now currently. so this will give us the ability to

integrate their airtag into our united app, and we can see the bag and recover it. united is the first u.s. carrier to do this, but not the only airline to fold airtag data into their baggage systems. when apple recently announced this new feature, it said it was partnering with more than a dozen airlines globally. it's too late for united passenger dan adams. we just featured his story. dan flew to barcelona. when he got there, one of his bags went missing and he never saw it again, even though his airtag showed it was right next to the baggage office. and he reported that to an agent. she came back and said, no, there's no sign of your bag. probably somebody took it. i said, nobody took it. the airtag shows that it's right there. and she said, we don't go by airtags. we go by our own system. united says that changes starting now to start sharing airtag data. united says you need to have the latest ios on your iphone and the latest united apppp. and that's it from sfo. back to you in the studio. thank you chris. a cherished holiday tradition returns to the bay area today. it's the winter

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