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in the murder of the unitedhealthcare ceo. >> police reached out to the suspect's mother hours before his arrest. this is december 14th. this i"today." mother's intuition. new information about the frantic days leading up to luigi mangione's arrest. sources saying his mother was contacted by police asking if the shooter could be her son. this after she filed a missing person report for him a month earlier. the latest on the investigation just ahead. mystery in the sky. fears growing about those unidentified drones now spotted from new jersey to maryland. >> no state can become a wild west of drone activity. >> why are they here? who's behind them and why aren't officials saying more? dropping the weight. encouraging news in the fight against obesity with the new report showing for the first time in a decade americans are slimming down. are the popular weight loss drugs the answer? holiday scams.

an urgent warning from visa telling customers to be on alert as they finish the shopping online. >> we have time to get gifts for friends and families. >> how you can protect yourself as you check off everyone on your list. all that plus, still dreaming. with no winner in friday night's mega millions, the jackpot still growing to nearly three quarters of a billion dollars. the rush now on to get those lottery tickets. today, saturday, december 14th, 2024. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and laura jarrett. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thanks so much for starting your saturday morning off with us. you know who also is starting the morning?

people out in the freezing cold. can you take a look at the crowd? >> how you doing? it's 23 degrees here in new york city. it's just a couple of weeks before christmas. it's a cold start. we are grateful for them. >> we know the tree is the draw. we are happy to have them. there is a lot to get to this saturday morning with now less than two weeks to go until christmas, including weather whiplash. millions of americans waking up to below freezing temperatures. there is relief in sight. angie will let he know when the warm up begins. we have the latest on former house speaker nancy pelosi's health while overseas with a delegation. let's start with the investigation into the suspected shooter of unitedhealthcare's ceo brian thompson. the suspect's mother was contacted by police in san francisco and asked if she thought the shooter could be her son.

nbc's priscilla thompson is covering this from the jail outside pennsylvania where the suspecis still being held this morning. priscilla, good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. while the nypd says they did not id luigi mangione until after he was arrested, we know authorities reached out to his mother the night before he was taken into custody. she confirmed the suspected gunman could in fact be her son. this morning, new details about an urgent tip identifying luigi mangione as the possible shooter of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson four days before arrested. two officials tell nbc news that san francisco police thought the man caught flashing a smile in the hostel looks similar to the man in the missing person's poster. one of the tips nypd received days following the murder. mangione's mother filed a

missing person's report in november after not having spoken to her son since july. the information comes as the fight to bring mangione back to new york intensifies. >> i will continue to say he will be prosecuted in new york city. >> reporter: manhattan district attorney may soon drop his fight for extradition from pennsylvania to new york. >> we will see if he waives extradition. >> reporter: mangione's attorney has not responded to nbc news's request for comment. investigators are still working to identify a motive. unitedhealthcare says mangione was not insured by the company. the written ges on mangione found the name. it was more ideological than personal. he wrote about debilitating back pain. >> it was a life changing injury and that's what may have put him

on thispath. >> reporter: the why of the horrific ambush fueling a larger conversation around a flawed healthcare system. senator elizabeth warren making headlines with these remarks on wednesday. >> violence is never the answer. you can only push people so far and then they start to take matters into their own hands. >> reporter: thompson's boss also speaking outaging in this an op-ed the health system does not work as well as it should. calling for changes that make the health system better for everyone to honor thompson's life and legacy. even with the united health group ceo's calls for change and ing the violence, we have seen a wave of violence online which raises questions with copycat violence. a woman in florida was chargege with threatening her insurance company. she pled not guilty. this is raising concerns with

the nypd as the case continues to develop. laura. >> priscilla thompson starting us off this morning. thank you. we turn to the growing mystery in the skies. near nightly sightings of the drones. first appeared in new jersey and maryland and delaware andes where. sam brock is in new jersey this morning with more. sam, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. words we are hearing from lawmakers are outrageous and unacceptable. the wait and see as the state of new jersey saw 80 reported suspected drone sightings in a single night. there are 21 counties in the state, at least ten have reported dozens of drone sightings from monmouth county. this has been expanding across the northeast. the fbi and department of homeland security reviewed imagery, peter, from the

imagery, quote reported the sightings are manned aircraft. the fbi said to the public there is no national security risk here at all. we can't explain what is going on and the mayor of bellevue, new jersey, excuse me, he said that explanation is lacking. >> when you have our governor going out on social media saying we don't know what it is, but we don't think it's a credible threat. you can't have it both ways. they are looking for something. i want to know what they are looking for. >> reporter: so president-elect trump weighed in had on social media saying either the public has to be informed here or the drones need to be shot down. that is not legal for drones flying in unrestricted air space and the risk to public safety. peter. >> some of the drones are good size. sam, so many questions about them and obviously who is behind them. significantly, another question, who is actually responsible for

answering these questions and getting to the bottom of this? >> reporter: that is a question of the hour. you talk about the fbi. their role is specifically determined is there or is there not a national security risk? the fbi is not know the drone chasing business. what about the faa? the faa does create rules for drones. they added a new page to the web site about drones. they do not have the reinforcements. the resources to investigator actual enforce president ment o broader scale. there is a broad gap with the security risk and who goes from here. in the meantime, you have refrigerator-sized drones hovering over communities and people want to know what is behind this. peter and laura. >> sam brock, we appreciate it. thank you. also today, president-elect trump is set to attend the army-navy football game with his pentagon pick expected to be there with him. pete hegseth has faced tough

scrutiny and making the rounds on capitol hill trying to convince lawmakers he is fit for the job. we have aaron gilchrist with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. president-elect trump will attend the army-navy game this afternoon. he will have pete hegseth with him in the suite. as the army veteran and former fox news commentator has sought support from lawmakers, there is still a concern with the allegations of drinking and sexual assault which he ies. support has grown for the embattled pentagon pick to go through the process, the nomination process, but that may not be enough to turn into votes come confirmation time. trump seems to bebe stanng by hegseth and that will be on display at the game today. also worth noting, vice president-elect jd vance will attend the game. his pick is daniel penny.

the man found not guilty in the chokehold death on the subway, laura. >> i want to ask about rfk jr. he is a noted vaccine skeptic and it has led to the position of authority and mitch mcconnell to speak out about his experience with poil lio. >> reporter: he warned anyone looking for senate confirmation should r clear of the polio vaccine. he was a critic kennedy lawyer, aaron siri, who's been helping him pick federal health officials for the incoming administration asked the fda to revoke the approval of the vaccine two years ago

according to "the new york times." mcconnell who's a polio survivor said efforts to undermine cures are not poor informed, they're dangerous. rfk jr. released a statement saying the polio vaccine should be, quote, thoroughly and properly studied. >> aaron, thank you. >> secretary of state anthony blinken is in the middle east hoping to ensure peace for syria after overthrowing bashar al assad last weekend. matt, what are we learning? >> reporter: good morni, peter. it's bip nearly a week since rebels here ousted syrian dictator bashar al assad, and the country's transfer of power is continuing relatively peacefully. there are new images showing russian forces, which have long propped up assad's regime,

they're packing up and they're leaving the country. and syrians are still celebrating. we wept to huge dem stations yesterday where there were thousands of syrians, women and children waving the country's new flag. they were singing and dancing. but i've got to tell you, whereby there are still so many unanswered questions here. we don't have the sense how this new izslaumest regime is going to govern, whether they'll lead with the liberalism and inclusivity. it's one region anthony blinken is in the region. she's speaking to leaders in most of the countries surrounding syria, trying to ensure a peaceful transition to this new government. and overnight we got an update from american travis timmerman. he's back in the united states now after he was found in syria this week after months after being jailed. >> pictures in syria you couldn't imagine a week ago. there's obviously been an

ongoing search there for another journalist. that's the journalist austin tice who's not been seen or heard from for more than a decade now. is there any new indication where he might be if he's still alive? >> reporter: yeah, peter. my colleague, richard engel, spoke with an activist who said he'd been imprisoned across a hallway from tice as recently as 2022. and there was a reuters story that came out yesterday that said some american and it's believed he might have been austin tice was seen running around the neighborhood right across the street where i am now actually here in damascus about ten years ago and it looked as though he'd been escaped from prison. he was returned to jail, according to this reuters story, and that person, that american's whereabouts is unknown. peter? >> and his mom is going to be kristen welker's guest on "meet the press" tomorrow as well. matt bradley, thank you very much. some breaking news out of

south korea today. the south korean president has been impeached. president yoon suk-yeol remains inthe palace. the constitutional court will decide to uphold the impeachment. former house speaker nancy pelosi is waking up this morning in the u.s. military hospital in landstuhl, germany after being air lifted there last night. the 84-year-old sustained an injuries during an official congressional visit friday and nancy pelosi is continuing her n the hospital, but did not provide any other detail. to an update on a troubling case that made national headlines back in 2006. the woman who accused those three duke university lacrosse players of raping her is admitting for the first time she made the whole thing up. more now from nbc's liz kreutz.

>> no one deserves to be sexually assaulted. >> reporter: nearly 30 years of crystal mangum falsely stated she was raped at a party. >> that was wrong. >> reporter: mangum making that admission on the "let's talk with kat" podcast. >> i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. >> reporter: in 2006, mangum said she was sexually assaulted by collin finnerty and reade seligmann and david evans. the blockbuster allegations igniting a national fire storm about race, class and privilege on college campuses. >> i think they might get away with it.

just because they have money. >> every member of the duke university lacrosse team is innocent. you have been told fantastic lies. >> reporter: the charges were dropped after no dna, witness or other evidence was found to back up her story. the players reached an undisclosed settlement in 2007 with duke university. >> i hope they can forgive me. >> reporter: collin finnerty telling nbc news, i hope this time in jail makes her think of the consequences of her actions. liz kreutz, nbc news. >> think about the impact. it has been life changing for all of them. >> hard to believe it has been so long. let's check in with angie lassman with the check of the forecast. we look at the board, angie. it is cold. >> one word. brrr especially in the plains. we have seen temperatures dro in the teens and 20s. in minneapolis, 9 degrees. below zero for upper peninsula

of michigan. columbus, more of the same. as far as nashville, a temperature of 41 degrees. by this afternoon, we keep the cooler than normal temperatures across the northeast and mid-atlantic. notice where the more mild conditions are. dallas, low 70s. kansas city that 50s. the milder conditions are e goin to spread north and east as we get into the day tomorrow. you will peel back the layers in parts of the great lakes and midwest. we head to the mid-50s for st. louis. nashville at 59. 70s for the center of the country. look what happens as far as the early part of our next week. we start in the mid-40s or upper 40s for monday. we get to the upper 50s on tuesday. it will feel spring-like and upper 40s on the way by wednesday. that's the look at the weather across the country. storm ranger is lit up in all of these bright returns of not only

heavy downpours, but dozens of lightning strikes that are being detected in san jose over the summit approaching the coast. we have those gusty winds that are coming in through parts of the peninsula. you're also seeing some heavy returns along san mateo, redwood city out towards half moon bay, and this is and that's a look at your forecast. guys. >> angie, thank you. still to come, america is slimming down. anne thompson has more for millions of americans who struggle with their weight. >> good morning, peter. we have reversed the weight gain trend for the moment. that is good news for the physical health and could be good news for our financial health, too.

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morning with the weekly download. >> joe is here with that. >> good morning. good to see you. among the headlines, the devastating natural disaster out west. wind whipped wildfires roared through the southern california town of malibu. students at pepperdine university were forced to huddle in the school library as the flames drew near. among those to evacuate dick van dyke. >> i exhausted myself. three neighbors came out and put me up in the guest house and saved me. >> time magazine unveiled the 2024 person of the year on "today." >> for better or for worse, the

most fluence on the news. donald trump. >> donald trump is the person of the year. tell us about the choice. >> this is some one who made a historic comeback and reordering politics. >> the wisconsin dad accused of faking his death in the kayaking accident and ing to eastern europe is back in police custody. ryan is charged with obstruction. the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. >> halfway around the world and turned himself in. >> i can't imagine what the kids are going through. >> i feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one. >> police say cincinnati bengals quarterback joe burrow was the latest athlete to have his home burglarized while he was playing. >> we have a shattered window in the bedroom. the bedroom has been ransacked. >> others who have been robbed

include patrick mahomes and travis kelce from the chiefs. international crime rings may be to blame. >> former patriots head coach bill belichick is heading back to college to lead the north carolina university football team. >> i had good years in the nfl. that was okay. this is a dream come true. >> belichick won six super bowls with the patriots and is the second winningest coach in nfl history. >> finally, anan lahoma mom traveled to texas to inspect a new home for her military son. she thought he was still deployed overseas, but aretha was in for a surprise. her son made it back just in time for the holidays. welcome home. >> she was literally floored.

mom said it is hard to surprise her. she was surprised as you see there. >> that surprise in time for the holidays. i love that. >> they should put those reunions on a loop. they are so good. still to come here on "today," actor christian slater will be here in studio 1a to talk about his starring role and they celebrated taylor swift's birthday. we have the special deals just for you. but first these messages.

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kira klapper. former house speaker nancy pelosi will be medically evacuated out of luxembourg after she fell at an event. pelosi is being moved to a u.s. military medical center in germany. this is video that was taken last week while pelosi was in san francisco. yesterday, the former speaker was in luxembourg to honor two veterans for their service in world war two. that's where she fell down some stairs. last we heard, doctors say she likely will need surgery. back here locally, a scary situation in san jose after a fire broke out at an apartment complex last night. several people were rescued from their second floor balconies at the complex on moorpark avenue near san tomas expressway and 280. one person was hurt but is expected to be okay. two families had to find another place to sleep last night because of the fire. the start is under investigation. we're going to turn now to cinthia pimentel for a quick look at our

microclimate weather alert. yeah, we have that storm really barreling into the bay area. you can see it taking that counterclockwise turn. it's sucking in a lot of that moisture creating the instability. and it has been a pretty active morning so far. look at your screen right now. dozens of lightning strikes that have approached the coast around half moon bay to santa cruz and coming inland into san jose. so it's been a pretty exciting morning to watch this as well. we continue to watch with storm ranger our mobile doppler radar. those areas of yellows and oran on your screen showing us some heavier downpours right now with those rains we go down into the south bay. heavy rain right now through los altos, los gatos, the summit into san jose along the peninsula as well, where we'll still seeing some lightning being detected right around 280. so just be careful with these heavy downpours as they come through in the morning. they could dump a l of rain on you. and that is the situation going on right now as we move on into the east bay, through concord, down into san ramon, east towards brentwood as well up into the north bay. it is a little bit heavier as we

move. petaluma down 101 into marin county, up towards santa rosa. we are still seeing some good rain rates being detected there by storm ranger. there is also that flood watch through sunday for the north bay, some areas of the east bay under that flood advisory, and you can always track the rain and snow this weekend. just download our nbc bay area app by scanning the qr code right there on your screen that gets you the latest updates from storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, and of course, we'll be here throughout the morning as well. kyra. all right. cynthia. thanks. coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay, the plea from contra costa county animal services will tell you the problem there at that shelter, and how they hope you can help this weekend. we'll have that. plus all your top stories coming up at 7:00. we

greetings and salutations. you a eather? >> no, i'm a veronica. >> we are back on december 14th, 2024. who can forget heathers with christian slater and wynona ryder? >> are we showing you this clip? >> it's awesome. in the next half hour, christian slater will be here live talking about decades of acting and "dexter." >> has that uniquely identifiable voice. that's going to go well. this is awkward. fshlts we have news to get to. the state of texas is suing a new york doctor for prescribing abortion pills near dallas.

ken paxton announced the suit on friday. it launches the first challenge to shield laws that states passed to protect physicians after roe v. wade was overturned in 2022. texas has some of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country. president-elect trump is weighing in on daylight saving time time. president-elect posted on truth social he wants to get rid of it. he calls it inconvenient and costly to the nation. the american medical association agrees. saying cking with standard time is better for your health. if you were hoping to win the mega millions jackpot on friday the 13th, sorry, it was bad luck for all of us. the good news is the prize is up to $740 million. it is the eighth largest mega millions jackpot ever. the next drawing is on tuesday. let's turn to the years long challenge for millions of

americans. that is losing weight. this morning, new hope with the study showing people are slimming down. anne thompson is here with more. >> peter, good morning. this is good news for our health and healthcare costs. losing weight can help reduce the risk of some very serious illnesses like type-two diabetes and certain kinds of cancer. the question is is this just the blip or the start of the long-term trend. >> reporter: this morning, americans at long last are slimming down. body mass index and obesity prevalence dropping in the u.s. for the first time since 2013. >> i'm keeping the weight off. >> reporter: according to the cdc, nearly 2 in 5 americans have obesity. studies show a small decline that may be due to the popular weight loss drugs like ozempic. ♪ o-o-o ♪♪

>> reporter: the biggest decrease in the south where the weight loss drugs are dispensed at the highest. michelle henry struggled with her weight for years. >> overall, the medication has really, really helped me. >> reporter: she's lost more than 80 pounds in two years. but it's not all about fitting into your jeans. the cdc says the price for obesity is $173 billion a year. it increases the risk of hypertension, heart disease, stroke, type-two diabetes and certain cancers. >> i had sleep apnea. i my blood pressure is controlled now. i know longer take high cholesterol drugs. >>. >> why is it so important we get this under control? >> it is excess weight that leads to health complications. we all come in different sizes.

the moment that weight starts impacting our health, we should think about it and address it. >> now the doctor says he is cautiously optimistic, but warns this is just one data point. in his own practice, he's actually seeing more of a leveling off than an actual decrease. keep in mind that some people who go off the drugs say they gain weight again. all of that said with all those caveats, it is still encouraging news. >> so many americans. anne, thank you. >> nice to be here. >> good to have you here. >> happy holidays. >> speak of the holidays, nothing says holidays like cold rain. right, angie? depends on your version of holiday cheer. we have cold rain. we have e wintry mess in parts of the plains and midwt. we've also got a lot of wet weather we're waking up to. roads are difficult. let's talk where the alerts are currently. winter alerts across the

midwest. 12 million people included in that. you sesee out we, too. this area is where we watch for the potential of icy conditions. it's not all that impressive, but still could slow you down if you hit the road anytime throughout the day today. notice the heavy rain in the ohio valley. the storm system works farther east tomorrow. this is what it looks like for sunday. not quite as robust, but we will see a potential for .50 to 1 inch of rain as well as the difficult road conditions with the ice accumulation across the midwest. that's the weather across the right now, very active, giving us those returns of heavy rain and also dozens of lightning strikes that are coming in from offshore. so we're seeing some right now. you might see that bright light through los altos hills, san jose, up towards parts of the peninsula around san mateo to 80. and we're seeing some heavy rain over the east bay, lightning also being detected over the altamont pass.

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we are back with this morning's "popstart." joe? > fit up, mariah carey actually had to cancel shows this weekend because of an illness. she posted on friday, i wish i had better news. i'm still sick and have to cancel the shows tonight and on sunday. i'm devastated about it. carey canceled in pittsburgh this week. there is one show left on her tour. fans were hoping to catch the queen of christmas perform her classic. "all i want for christmas is you."

that song helped carey hit a big milestone top 100 list in 20 years. just for comparison, carey has ten more years on the top 100 than paul mccartney and beyonce and michael jackson. hope she can get the last show in and give everyone a little holiday gift. >> she will be performing at the football game? >> the double header. speaking of football, the perfect segue. next up, taylor swift, the mega star celebrated her 35th birthday on friday the 13th. even the nfl sent her well wishes posting amontage of taylor and travis from the kansas city chiefs. ♪ give me all ♪ ♪ to you ♪

♪ you're my end ♪ ♪ my beginning ♪ ♪ when i'm losing ♪ ♪ or winning ♪♪ >> going all in. happy birthday to taylor. valentine's day meets the birthday and holiday. >> the birthday wish is the nfl. taylor has been very, very good to them. >> she will be a coach by the end of next year. up next, billie eilish is the latest to take her talents to npr's tiny desk set for a stripped down performance of her songs. ♪ ♪ it's my fault ♪ ♪ i did what i could ♪ ♪ you made it so hard ♪ ♪ like you ♪♪ >> eilish with her brother phineas by her side. this was approved by angie. >> it was incredible.

>> throws ose are so good. remember the stripped down? >> yeah. chris rock at 30 rock. the former winner and snl cast member returns to host the show for the fourth time. >> i'm chris rock. i'll host snl with gracey abrams. >> thank you for our special guests. good night, everyone. >> okay. >> dick van dyke is everywhere this week. lookin forward to what rock has in store. you can watch 11:30 here on nbc. >> that is a good "popstart." that was good. >> it was a team effort. >> thorough. >> girls will stay up late. still to come, our saturday morning boost in the big reaction from that young man after he saw the tinysurprise

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now offering free adoptions and is holding a special adoption event tomorrow in hopes of clearing its shelter. we like to maintain our kennel inventory on dogs around 100, and when it gets upwards of 150, it's concerning for us, greatly concerning for us, it becomes a dire situation. it's a lot of animals coming in and we just don't have the space to help all these animals. while the shelter is hoping community members will consider adopting a dog or a cat for the holidays, they say even fostering an animal for a week or two can help ease the strain on the shelter. all right. we're going to turn now to some breaking news with cinthia pimentel on a microclimate weather alert. i just got an alert, and storm ranger is picking it up here that there is a tornado warning for parts of san francisco through south city and parts of san mateo county. so all of this incoming energy and the rotation going on with the strong winds, it's being picked up and it could cause a really dangerous situation. that's why this area is highlighted in red there. and that's going to be with us until

at least 615. so over the next 15 20 minutes or so, just be extra careful with this kind of warning. we could see a lot of debris going on throughout the city. please stay away from those windows and those doors. i know it's exciting to go on and see the kind of weather that we're having, but for this kind of alert, i really urge people to stay indoors, get indoors as fast as you can, and really just seek shelter for the immediate future. as we see this tornado warning here in san francisco and san mateo counties, we have really strong winds also being pipicked up and some lightning pushing through parts of half moon bay into san jose. so a situation that we're going to keep watching, definitely with that tornado warning in the city, you can always track the rain, snow, any kinds of warnings on the go all weekend long. with our nbc bay area app. you can download it by scanning that qr code right there on your screen. it gets you the latest updates from stormranger, our doppler radar kira. wow. all right, cynthia, thanks for that. coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay, a new twist

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healthcare ceo with nbc news now learning the police contacted the suspect's mom hours before her son was arrested. this after she reported him missing one month earlier. growing outrage. questions about the mysterious drone sightings in several states. lawmakers angry over what many of them call a lack of answers about who's behind them. and four decades of christian slater from movies like "heathers" to tv hits like "mr. robot." he is starring in a new series that has people talking. >> a master. >> we'll speak to him live, today, saturday, december 14th, 2024. good morning. welcome back to "today" on saturday morning. treat to have christian slater live in studio this morning. i have been watching him for

decades now. that was a great new show. >> it is fantastic. even for people didn't watch "dexter" originally. >> more of that mes up in a bit. we get to the investigation of the suspected shooter of the healthcare ceo. the suspect's mother was contacted by police in san francisco and asked if she thought the shooter could be her son. nbc's priscilla thompson is outside the jail where the suspect is being held this morning. priscilla, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. while the nypd says they did not identify luigi mangione until after he was arrested, we now know authorities did reach out to his mother the night before he was taken into custody and she confirmed the photos of the suspected gunman could in fact be her son. this morning, new details about the tip identifying luigi mangione as the possible shooter

of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson four days before arrested. two law enforcement officials tell nbc news that san francisco police thought the man caught flashing a smile in the manhattan hostel looked similar to the 26-year-old in the missing person poster and notified the fbi. one of hundreds of tips the nypd received in the days following the murder had. mangione's mother filed a missing person report in november after having not spoken to her son since july, the report says. the new information comes as the fight to bring mangione back to new york intensifies. >> i'll continue to say be prosecuted here in new york city. >> reporter: the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg suggesting the 26-year-old may soon drop his fight for extradition from pennsylvania to new york. >> whether he will waive extradition and contest. >> reporter: mangione's attorney has not responded to nbc's request for comment.

meanwhile, investigators are still working to identify a motive. united healthcare said mangione was not insured by the company. papers on mangione mentioned the company by name suggesting it was more ideological than permanent. personal. >> the injury he suffered was a life altering injury. that's what may have put him on this path. >> reporter: the why of the horrific ambush fueling a larger conversation around a flawed healthcare system. senator elizabeth warren making headlines. >> violence is never the answer. you can only push people so far and then they start to take matters into their own hands. >> reporter: thompson's boss speaking outaging in an op-ed the health system does not work as well as it should. calling for changes that make the system better for everyone

to honor thompson's life and legacy. moments ago, we learned mangione has detained a high-profile attorney in the manhattan d.a.'s office. she brings with her decades of experience in the new york criminal justice system as the case prepares to head back there. peter. >> priscilla, thank you. now to a question that has everyone talking. who is behind hundreds of drones that were first spotted in the skies above new jersey and now seen in several other states. nbc's sam brock is following this one for us. sam, good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. look, communities all over new jersey and here are reporting drone sightings on a nightly basis. the garden state had 0 reports from thursday to friday, just over 24 hours. this is going on every day for almost a month starting november 18th with the one exception

being thanksgiving. lawmakers are saying we just want to know federal government what you know. the fbi and dhs said there is no national security risk here. we do not believe there is a foreign entity involved. for one mayor here, that's great. you can tell us there's no risk and tell us there's no idea what some of the aircraft actually are. take a listen. >> when you have our governor going out on social media saying we don't know what it is, but we don't think it's a credible threat. you can't have it both ways. they are looking for something. i want to know what they're looking for. >> reporter: so, laura, in a joint statement between the fbi and dhs, they said they reviewed a lot of the images. they haven't generated them, but looked at what folks have sent in and many reportings are manned aircraft. the president-elect has weighed in and said you share with the public the information you have or we start shooting down drones. an important caveat to that.

it is not legal to shoot down drones flying in unrestricted air space. not to mention that would put the public at risk. the information flow, laura, the bottom line is the extremely limited. people want more. >> trying to figure out who is in charge here. sam, i appreciate that. that is the news. now time for the saturday morning boost. this is a good one. >> it's a holiday gift. a sweet one from texas. parents of a 12-year-old boy named ty left a large, special package at their front door in the dallas suburb this week. look what ty found inside. >> no way! oh, my gosh. i got a dog. oh, my gosh. no way! hi. oh, my gosh.

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you know how i feel about you working here. >> yeah. >> ever since you did the deed, you seem to be doing great. think about your future. helping putting murderers away would be enough. >> that is christian slater starring in a new series "dexter original sin." it's the prequel to the original hit series from 2006. the show premiered last night on streaming. amount plus and showtime. we are thrilled to have christian slater in studio. you are comfortable on this couch. >> look at me. chilling out. >> we're happy to have you here. >> yes. this is fun. >> now, dexter is a cult vafrt favorite for so many people. what drew you in? >> everybody was talking about it and saying how much they loved it and then i caught up

and caught on and it's an amazing show. it does pull you in. michael c. hall's performance is amazing. when i heard about this, the opportunity to play dexter's dad, i thought would be pretty fun. >> for people who don't know, you sort of are set in the '80s. the music having watched the first episode -- >> yes. >> is like a throwback to the early '90s. the soundtrack is fantastic. >> yeah. they made sure -- >> were you playing that on the set to get hyped for the role? >> there were times. one of the actors i was working with would always play time appropriate music. >> you played the span over a couple of years and decades? >> '70s and '90s. there are two parallel stories going on throughout the season. >> do you think for people who might not have caught the original series this stands on its own? >> i believe so because it is an

origin story. you could actually start watching this show and not even need to watch the later show. i would recommend it, because the original show is incredible and great, but you don't have to know that show in order to than joy this show. >> full disclosure. you and i know each other well in the best possible way because our children who are wonderful and better than us. >> go to school together. >> yeah. >> we got so lucky. >> fact the day you had baby sully this summer, who was there at the hospital. >> i was in l.a. who came to help take care of my wife? there she is. >> and the best part about it is i got to eavesdrop on the conversations with the kids. they were going to camp in the morning. there i am pushing my wagon of a stroller. >> human uber taking them to school. thank you u so muchfor that. >> my pleasure. it was a treat.

>> what a great thing. >> what's it like being back at home? are you doing all of the things? diapers and bottles and the huge hollywood production in l.a.? >> i don't know if that matters. my wife doesn't care and i'm right into the swing of things immediately. >> when you are not doing kids, you do obstacle course races? >> that's because of your husband. tony did sinus up for this. >> you can see -- >> look at that. >> the actor in the group wearing the sunglasses and looking cool with the dads. >> yes, yes. i had all those shirts made for us. >> that was a hit. >> my wife was like, come on. nobody wants shirts. your husband loves them. >> everyone wants a shirt. >> every time we do these things. where's my shirt? >> everyone wants a shirt. what's coming up next? broadway? >> off broadway show.

"curse of the starvingstarving " a sam shepherd play. it opens in february. i start reversals january 6th. >> all right. something to look forward to. >> i know. i know you'll be there. >> i will. >> the whole gang. >> christian, thank you. you can watch it right now on paramount plus with showtime. let's get another check of the weather with angie. i'll be tuning in. big fan. here's what we got going in the middle of the e couny. it's chilly. sdra layers have been needed. we have eight degrees for what it feels like in minneapolis right now. 19 for chicago. nashville, you are feeling 38 degrees. this chilly kind of trend is going to wrap up eventually, but we've got to get through the next day or so across the northeast. notice temperatures below normal. middle of the country, you see the orange and red, that's where the warmth is.

70 for dallas. most of that starts to spread into the great lakes. 50 in cincinnati. we get near 70 across parts texas. the roller coaster ride for new york city which top out at 59 n tuesday. live in san francisco or san mateo counties, or if you have the nbc bay area app, we had this area highlighted in red right here through the city, down into south city and san bruno for a radar indicated tornado. so all of those elements were being picked up by storm ranger right there on top of san bruno mountain. that warning has just expired right now at 615. but definitely you see s and that's a look at the forecast. yeah. i always find the camera.

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good morning. thank you for joining us on this saturday, december 14th, i'm kira klapper. former house speaker nancy pelosi will be medically evacuated out of luxembourg after she fell at an event yesterday. pelosi is being moved to a u.s. military medical center in germany. this is video taken from last week in san francisco. the former speaker was in luxembourg to honor two veterans for their service in world war two. that's where she fell down some stairs and apparently hurt her hip. last we heard, doctors say she likely will need surgery. now to san

jose, where a fire broke out last night at an apartment complex. several people had to be rescued from their second floor balconies. this is at a complex on moorpark avenue near san tomas expressway and 280. one person was hurt. we are told they will be okay, but two families had to find another place to sleep last night because the fire destroyed their home. it's unclear what started that fire. we're going to turn now to cinthia pimentel in that microclimate weather alert. good morning carol. good morning everyone. well, people in san francisco and san mateo counties just starting to bring their heart rate down after being woken up by that emergency alert for the tornado warning. yes, you heard that, correct. it has since expired. it went till about 615. but if we zoom in on here with storm ranger, it was caught in the middle of all that action. all of the area for the city, parts of south city into san bruno were highlighted in red for that tornado warning. we were detecting with the radar some strong winds that were coming in heavy rain rates. so

that warning went out so that people could seek shelter right away and stay away from those windows and doors. now we see that storm strong line has since pushed on through, so expect some heavy rain rates. you're hearing it right now, probably through oakland, parts of san leandro and really that rain that continues to push on into parts of concord over on into the tri-valley and the livermore valley as well. so some strong winds and that strong storm that continues to push on through. the good news that i can offer is that it's not going to rain the entire morning. we do see some clearing as we go on into the afternoon, and i'll give you that full forecast coming up at 7 a.m, but youan always track the rain, the storms, any kinds of warnings here with your local bay area, nbc bay area app on our app store, you can download it right there. scan that qr code on your screen. it gets you the latest updates from stormranger, from me, from everybody on our team to keep you safe. kira. all right, cynthia, thanks. coming up this morning at 7:00 on today in the bay, a plea out of the east bay, where a shelter is overcrowded and offering a unique

opportunity. this weekend we will explain to you what that is and how you can help. we'll have that. plus all your top stories and the full forecast coming up at seven. we hope you join us right now. we'll take you to harlem globetrotters play . narrator: when you see this symbol, you know you're watching and informational. l the more you know on nbc. kenny: welcome to the show.