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today, tuesday december, 17th, 2024. grief in madison. new details are emerging about the deadly shooting inside a small christian school in wisconsin. police say 15-year-old female student was the suspected shooter. what we're learning about the victims and who made that first call for help. sending a message. the fbi issues a stark warning to everyone with a cell phone. your private text messages may not be so private. who might be able to access them and how you can keep them safe. balancing act. do you ever feel a little off and don't know why? doctors say your hormones may be to blame. an expert shares the warning signs to watch for. and santa's helpers, personal shoppers are taking over tiktok this gift-giving season. how they could help you cross off your holiday list and maybe stay on budget. >> it's the budget part i've been struggling with. >> 'tis the season. we are going to start this hour with new details about the deadly school shooting in madison, wisconsin. >> madison's police chief now

says a second grade teacher made the first 911 call. he corrected a statement that he made last night when he had said a second grade student made that call. the suspected shooter has been identified as a 15-year-old female student, a teacher and a student were killed. they have not been publicly identified at this point. the police chief also discussed the search for a motive earlier today. >> identifying a motive is our top priority, but at this time it appears that the motive was a combination of factors. again, we cannot share that information at this time, because we do not want to jeopardize the investigation. >> a vigil is being planned for later today in madison. flags in wisconsin will fly at half-staff through sunday in memory of those victims. joining us now, nbc news correspondent valerie castro, following all of these breaking developments. valerie, what other details did we get from police here? >> so you heard the police chief mention that finding a motive is the top priority.

he mentioned there are a couple of factors that appear to have come into play. one thing he wants to caution is there is a document circumstance circulating on social media that's been described as a manifesto. police say that's not been verified and caution if anyone is seeing that, they're still trying that verify that document and authenticate it. he's mentioned that people report bullying may have played a factor in this case, so they're investigating that as well. also trying to figure out who was close to the suspected shooter, who were her friends, who did she interact with in the most recent months, who would speak to her frame of mind. they're asking for anyone like that in the school community to come forward. as for the patients who were hospitalized, there were six, we know two were listed as having life-threatening injuries. the police chief says their status remains unchanged. >> i wish they would improve the status. we hope for that. the parent of a student at the school talked to nbc news. what did they have to say? >> rebecca smith spoke out, and

she has a 17-year-old daughter. she was in a physics class down the hall at the time of the shooting. d rebecca says that her daughter, as well as her mily, they are aware of the people who were injured, the people whwho were killed. this is a small school community. it serves grades k-12. there's only about 300 or so students. so take a listen to what she had to say about the victims in this case. >> we're doing okay. we know a lot of the people involved, and my heart is breaking for the mom i know who lost her daughter, because i know her well. i've known this little girl since she was a toddler, and she's just such a beautiful girl. >> again, a very small school community. people know each other, know kids in different grades. so it will take some time for the community to heal. >> understandably. valerie castro, thank you so much. we also have breaking news out of california, where a jury has just handed down a verdict

in the high-profile murder case of cash app founder bob lee. >> the jury convicted i.t. consultant nima momeni of stabbing lee to death on a san francisco street last year. the jury found momeni guilty of second-degree murder. >> correspondent steve patterson joins us now. jurors took seven days to deliver this verdict against momeni. what did we hear today? did we hear from the jury, the members yet? >> reporter: yeah, seven days of incredibly contentious, reportedly, deliberation. so long that it passed the so-called hardship deadline, which means that jurors could have left at any point, because of maybe pre-existing life arrangements or things they had to do. but they stuck together and decided on this verdict, second-degree murder, as mentioned. it was decided about an hour and a half ago or so. the jury not speaking to reporters in court, as mentioned, but deciding this, again, after seven days of back and forth.

obviously prosecution maintaining that this was deliberate, this was a murder in cold blood. the defense arguing it was actually self-defense. we spoke to the family of bob lee, bob lee's brother in particular, who said this about hearing the verdict earlier today. listen to this. >> all of the emotions at once, i guess i would say. the way procedurally where they said not guilty on murder one and then guilty on murder two, that may have been -- i thought i was having a heart attack. i'm never going to have my brother back, but this is the best of all worst outcomes. >> reporter: the best of all worst outcomes, from the brother of bob lee. obviously, momeni in court as the verdict was being read. reportedly very stone-faced, stoic, not reacting to the overall emotion that was in court. >> so, steve, what kind of sentencing could momeni be facing here? >> reporter: zinhle, originally he was looking at 26 to life for the murder one charge, again diverted to murder two. now facing 16 to life. so still very serious

sentencing. a hearing will take place on the 10th of january. back to you. >> steve patterson with that breaking news, thank you. we are also following breaking news in the murder of the health care ceo in new york city. >> we are expecting an update on the suspect, luigi mangione. a source with direct knowledge says that manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, and jessica tisch will discuss new developments in the case against mangione. he remains in a pennsylvania state prison after his arrest last week. law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter joins us now. what are we expecting to hear from the d.a. and the commissioner today? >> they haven't put out publicly what we're expecting to hear. it's our understanding there's going to be an update in this case. what that specifically looks like, we don't know. there's obviously formal charging documents that need to be filed in this case from new york city. that can help with respect to

getting him sent back to new york. but then there's also a local process in pennsylvania that needs to play out, the involvement potentially of the governor's office there, as well as what needs to happen with the judge and the court. really, there's still a number of things that are outstanding, and, of course, we've seen a number of different twists and turns in this case and a number of different developments. we'll just have to wait and see what this is all about. but we are expecting that update here within the hour, for sure. >> tom, you mentioned pennsylvania. mangione is due in court on thursday, i think, in pennlvania for back-to-back hearings. remind us, what are those charges and what do we expect there? >> that's just simply focused on a gun charge, the possession of the gun that he had and its violation of state law in pennsylvania. so there's what's called a preliminary hearing in pennsylvania. they almost never happen, because it's an opportunity for the prosecution to just tell you all the evidence they've gathered against somebody who eventually one day might be

facing trial for charges. so most attorneys and defendants waive that hearing. so it's unlikely we'll have that. then there's the ongoing extradition hearing, which would occur whether any formal charges in the indictment or complaint or affidavit were filed by law enforcement officials in new york. they've already made a criminal complaint, we know that from what we've reported from the nydp. the question is, does that go forward, does it go forward in its current form? all of these things are up in the air as the case remains fluid. it's been that way since the start. none of this is particularly surprising or unusual. >> tom winter with the latest. the update from officials is expected this hour. when it happens, we're going to bring you an nbc news special report. time now more today's cnbc money minute. retail sales get a big boost. >> and something new is coming to the tacoell menu. >> u.s. retail sales higher than expected last month. new data from the commerce department showed sales

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welcome back. an urgent warning from the fbi, the agency is telling millions of americans to think twice before sending a text message. >> that's because the u.s. believes chinese hackers are waging a cyber espionage campaign to steal users' data. the alert comes after a recent cyberattack we told you about targeting several telecommunication companies, including at&t and verizon. nbc news business and data correspondent brian cheung joins us now. the fbi is basically saying don't send text messages unless they're encrypted. they know what it means, encrypted, but how to do that. >> maybe what we can do is flip

this and ask the question, what happens when your messages aren't encrypted. without getting into tech support, basically the idea is when i send you a text message, it's on my phone, your phone, we can both see our conversation, but it goes through the telecommunications provider and that could be the potential point of a hack. if it's a bad actor in china or somewhere around the world, if they're able to hack the company that was required to get the message from me to you, they could get access to messages and call logs. that could be the issue if the message is not encrypted. when the message is encrypted, there's a key that i have and you have, and only when you have that key can you then see the contents of that message. >> kind of a key you don't know? >> a key you don't know you have. the point is that the telecommunications provider doesn't have that key and neither does the hacker that could potentially hack that telecommunications provider and see that message. again, this is the kind of big

picture reason for why encrypted messages are important. >> can you walk us through the difference if there is one, and i believe there is, between iphones and androids and are there different apps that are automatically encrypted? >> exactly. let's break apart where you might have encrypted messages already and might not. if you're sending a message from an apple iphone to an apple iphone, you're using i-message to i-message. those are encrypted. same with android to android, those are going to be encrypted messages. the issue is if it's google to android or to iphone, there is the potential because it's going through the telecommunications provider that that would not be an encrypted message. how do you get around that? because not everyone has the same phones. you would use an app that you would have to download like signal, whatsapp, those are going to be the types of things that you can download. yep, we have different phones, but because we're using the same app we have those messages encrypted. even if a bad actor tries to get in, they would need a key to see

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>> when in doubt, meet in person like we just did. >> hackers can't intercept this. >> except that we're on tv. all right, let's switch gears. in washington the house intelligence committee is being briefed on those mysterious drone sightings being reported along the eastern u.s. >> it's been nearly a month since people started reported seeing suspicious drones. the pentagon is trying to assure the public there is no national security or public safety threat and no indication of, quote, malicious activity. white house national security communications adviser john kirby tried to send the same message on the "today" show this morning. >> right now our assessment leads us to conclude that these are lawful and legal aviation activities, manned and unmanned drones and civil aviation aircraft or commercial aircraft. >> nbc news reporter maya eaglin is following the story closely. so the white house keeps saying kind of nothing to see here, but lawmakers don't seem to be

buying that. >> yeah, kate and zinhle, it's a bit of mixed messaging. we hear from john kirby this morning on "today" that there is no threat to the public. he mentioned that many of these reported drone sightings are actually small planes, recreational drones. they are saying there's really nothing out of the ordinary. however, local lawmakers and local officials are a bit more skeptical. we heard from new jersey congressman josh gottheimer who is asking for a public hearing. he's, like, hey, this new information today might be helpful, but what would be more helpful to my constituents is hearing from the government officials directly and clearly to get some more answers. >> as if the drone technology isn't enough, we understand artificial intelligence may be complicating the investigations, too? >> absolutely. some of these videos we've been reviewing in our own numbers numbers reporting, they've been made with artificial intelligence. it's important to be skeptical. john kirby is saying there's not much to be worried of, but still

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that were on the case. but as you can imagine, today's verdict was most impactful for the families that have been involved, notably bob lee's ex-wife krista. their two children. bob lee's dad and his brother oliver. they have been here from the beginning, and we have seen how difficult the trial and the testimony has been specifically for bob's children, who at times have been overcome with emotion, so much so that they've had to leave the courtroom. here is bob's brother, oliver, speaking to the pain that their family has endured. what's happened over the last 18 months is this has been an open wound with our family, right? and it's been so difficult. and in a rare occurrence, we heard from another person who has been a bit of a staple here at the courthouse during the trial proceedings. nima momeni mother, mina, was here, and we've seen a lot of her, but we've never really heard from her. but today she spoke to media first, giving her condolences to bob lee's family and saying that both families are victims in this. she suggested that an

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dramatic fashionon last nit. they were tied with marshall university and the game went into overtime. unlike professional soccer, american college soccer has a fuel that the first goal wins in overtime. with five minutes left in the extra period, maximilian kissel broke free of the defense, scored the game-winning goal. it is the first national title for the university of vermont in any team sport ever. congratulations. and an update on a story we've been covering over the last few weeks. hannah kobayashi is speaking out for the first time since she was reported missing in november. she issued a statement through her aunt saying in part, she was unaware of everything happening in the media while she was away and she is, quote, still processing it all. the 30-year-old was subject to a weeks-long search after her family said she missed her connecting flight in los angeles. surveillance video from customs and border protection would later show kobayashi crossing into mexico. kobayashi said she arrived back in the u.s. on sunday. a quick warning the video

we're about to show might be disturbing to some. it's new video showing a dramatic explosion that killed a top russian general and his assistant. it happened just blocks away from the kremlin. officials say a bomb was hidden in an electric scooter. ukraine is claiming responsibility for the explosion. lieutenant igor krillive was chief of the chemical weapons division. they say the general was a target because he gave orders to use prohibited chemical weapons against ukraine's military. russian investigators are calling the bombing an act of terrorism. we are following new developments surrounding the woman charged with being a stowaway on a flight from new york city to paris last month. >> svetlana dali is back in court today after being arrested again, this time at the canadian border. >> rehema ellis joins us now. what can you tell us about this latest arrest, and what appears to be just a repeated effort to get out of the country? >> yeah, we don't know why. and it might be a result of

mental illness, quite honestly, because in the first court appearance following her stowaway episode on that delta flight as she tried to make her way to paris, the judge said she could be free, but she had to be freed under several conditions. one of them was that she should get a mental health evaluation, a wellness check, and should undergo some treatment. so there's a lot that we don't know. but we do know that she was under -- you might say her own recognizance, but she had an ankle bracelet, a gps ankle bracelet. she managed to take that off somehow. she cut it off, got on a greyhound bus and went to buffalo trying to get into canada. that's when authorities arrested her again. she'll eventually be brought back to this part of new york to face charges. >> so have we heard anything today about what happens in

buffalo and how fast this all could move? >> no, we haven't heard yet. we are waiting on some details of what came out of that court proceeding. but as i mentioned, the expectation is that she has this charge against her of being a stowaway. now she has a charge against her of jumping bail. and so they will make some determination about the jumping bail, send her back here to this new york area, because this is where the charges originated. if she's found guilty, she could face up to five years in prison or a fine or both. so there's some serious consequences ahead for this woman. >> rehema ellis, thank you. now to an nbc news exclusive, the new los angeles county district attorney has only been on the job for a few weeks, and he's already facing his first big decision, what to do about the menendez brothers. >> "nbc nightly news" anchor lester holt spoke with hochman about his plans for th high-profile case. >> how would you describe the amount of pressure you're feeling in the menendez case? >> you know, it's not pressure.

this is why you sign up for a job like this. >> reporter: the job, leading the nation's largest district attorney's office. nathan hochman was swept into office amid a voter backlash against what critics saw as soft on crime policies of his this is an nbc news special report. here is lester holt. we arare coming on the air with breakinews, new charges filed against luigi mangione, the suspect charged with the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo, brian thompson. manhattan district attorney 17 and the nypd commissioner, now taking the podium. let's listen. >> first and foremost, i want

to extend my deepest condolences to mr. thompson's loved ones and colleagues. his family deserves our respect as they continue to grieve our work will never be able to undo the fact that a life was last. we are here to announce that luigi mangione , the defendant, is charged with one count of murder in the first degree, and two counts of murder in the second degree, including one count of murder in the second degree as an act of terrorism. for the brazen targeted, and premeditated shooting of brian thompson who as you know was the ceo of unitedhealthcare. this case was made possible by the collaborative efforts of the phenomenal public servants you see before you today, and so many others who are not here. i am honored to lead the manhattan district attorney's

office, i am privileged to serve alongside district attorneys joel seidman, christian bailey and zachary kaplan who were working from the outset hand-in-hand with the greatest police department in the world. the chief and deputy chief provided oversight and direction and i want to acknowledge our high-technology analysis unit. there was a lot to be processed here. steve moran in particular, who heads that, and marco. we are privileged here at the das office to work every day with the phenomenal public servants at the nypd, it has been a distinct pleasurere to work beside commissioner jessica tisch, an exemplary partner. and chief detective, joseph kinney. almost every day we are in touch and his leadership is second to none and deputy commissioner rebecca weiner who

, as i tell her, there are a lot of challenging things happening in the world and i sleep better at night knowing that she is the deputy commissioner in charge of terrorism. the detectives on this, out doing the courageous front-line work, detective oscar gs, detective curcio, exemplary. the finest. it wasn't just those of us here in new york. i want to acknowledge the great work of our partners in altoona, the altoona police department, the blair county district attorney's office, the governors of new york and pennsylvania. the fbi, and of course the brave members of the public who answered the call when our great commissioner put out the call for their assistance. this was a frightening, well- planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation.

it anchored in one of the most bustling parts of our city, threatening the safety of local residents and tourists alike. commuters and business people, just starting out on their day. let me tell you more about the charges. they include one count of murder in the first degree for killing and terrorism, two counts of murder in the second degree, one charge of the e killing was done as an act of terrorism and the second pertaining to the fact that the killing was intentional. the maximum penalty possible for murder in the first degree and murder in the second degree is an act of terrorism is life without parole. the maximum penalty for murder any second degree is 25 years to life. there are additional counts as well. a number of criminal possession of weapon charges, two counts in the second degree, four counts in the third degree, one count in the fourth degree, and

a count of criminal session of an instrument any second degree. let me tell you a bit about the effects. on november 24, we allege the defendant arrived in new york city to murder brian thompson. after the defendant arrived at port authority, he checked into the hospital on the upper west side, using the name marco villarreal with a fake new jersey i.d. on the morning of december 4, the defendant left the hospital -- hostile, excuse me, just after 5:30 a.m. and traveled to midtown. for nearly an hour, we are alleged the defendant we did in the area near the hilton hotel, waiting for mr. thompson to appear. from 6:38 a.m. to 6:44 a.m., this third and -- defendant stood across from the hotel on west 54th street. when he saw mr. thompson, he crossed the street and approached him from behind. we allege he then took out a nine millimeter 3-d printed ghost gun, equipped with a

three printed suppressor and shot him once in the back and once in the leg. the defendant then fled northeast on 54th street and took an e-bike uptown before getting into a taxi that took him to west 178th street. on december 9, the defendant was spotted in mcdonald's in altoona, pennsylvania at the local police were notified, he was arrested and found with a nine millimeter handgun, a suppressor, two ammunition magazines, and the same fake new jersey i.d. he used at the hospital. i want to say a word about ghost guns. these weapons are increasingly proliferating throughout new york city and the entire country, involving technology, will only make this problem worse. last year over 80 ghost guns and ghost gun parts were discovered in manhattan alone. the nypd and the manhattan das

office, the introduction of these ghost guns and one thing i want to make clear, they can be serialized, they can be printed out, but it is this piece tragically makes clear they are just as deadly as traditional firearms. this will remain i priority for us here in manhattan. finally another have been questions about the extradition process. the latest i can offer you is the defendant is currently scheduled to appear in court in pennsylvania on thursday morning. first for a preliminary hearing on his pennsylvania charges, immediately to follow that will be an extradition hearing. we have indications the defendant may waive that hearing in which case he brought tonew york fourth with. in any event, we have been preparing on parallel paths and before the hearing will send to the governor of the state of new york, the

paperwork that will be necessary if he does not waive during that hearing. i now want to turn over to our great commissioner, and when i do so, i want to thank her for her partnership, not only on this matter but on all we do every day together. thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone. the unsealing of today's indictment brings us one step closer to securing justice for brian thompson and his family and affirming the primacy of the rule of law in the city of new york. nypd detectives work tirelessly to piece this case together and along the way, the manhattan das office made sure we had every legal tool available to us. whether quickly providing subpoenas to assist with our evidence collection or traveling with us through altoona, pennsylvania last week

after the apprehension, our partnership made this a successful investigation. so i would like to think district attorney alvin bragg and his team for their work in bringing this case forward. part of that work included the relentless collection and analysis of surveillance video by our detectives, which ultimately produced a clear image of our suspect. that image was shared far and wide through the media and thanks to an observant mcdonald's customer and the employee who alerted the police, mr. luigi mangione was quickly brought into custody. this outcome is why we always emphasize the critical role of the public in our public safety mission. so again, i want to thank everyone who saw something , said something, and it did something. that is why we have a suspect in custody today. as da alvin bragg said, luigi mangione is now formally charged d indicted for murder. and let me be perfectly clear. in the nearly 2 weeks since mr.

thompson's killing, we have seen a shocking and appalling celebration of cold-blooded murder. social media has erupted with praise for this cowardly attack. people ghoulishly plastered posters threatening the ceos, other ceos, with an x over mr. thompson's picture. as though he was some sort of a sick trophy. and yesterday -- sorry. yesterday, the new york post reported that some extreme activists were circulating a deck of cards with other most wanted ceos to be targeted for assassination. these are the threats of a lawless, olent mob who woul trade in their own vigilantism for the rule of law that protects us all. let me say this plainly. there is no heroism in what luigi mangione did.

this is a senseless act of violence. it was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put new yorkers at risk. we don't celebrate murders and we don't lionize the killing of anyone and any attempt to rationalize this is a vile, reckless and offensive to our deeply held principles of justice. now, as the elite -- >> the kill police commissioner in new york city alongside the manhattan da, alvin n brown, holding a news conference detailing the charges announced today, a new 11 count document of charges against luigi mangione in the murder of brian thompson on the streets of new york city. want to go right now to nbc's tom winter. tom, tell us where this takes the case and how close this gets him to coming back to new york to face charges? >> it gets us a lot closer because now there are a couple different legal instruments in

play here. this indictment was returned by a manhattan grand jury and you the district attorney they're calling it, quote, "a brazen, targeted and premeditated murder." he said this was a freighting and well-planned murder, you heard the words from york city's police commissioner, not mincing them as far as the severity of the crime according to her. the first count of the murder e first degree and furtherance of terrorism, this is a statute in new york state that is designed for people that want to try to kidnap or kill another individual to kind of further their cause or intimidate the public to the public in this case, presumably now being the unitedhealthcare ceo, brian thompson. it is quite a serious charge and as you heard the potential penalties here, life in prison without parole in new york state. next up for luigi mangione is to be in a pennsylvania courtroom on thursday morning , two planned hearings or, one is a preliminary hearing which is almost, legal experts say, entirely waived. the second will have to do with this extradition shortly after

that, particularly if he waves it as we expect, he will be back in new york city, potentially, by the end of this week. >> let's bring in laura jarrett. help me understand these counts , basically three murder counts here. there is a mention of terrorism. can you help us understand exactly what they are trying to say? >> yes, lester. first of all, they are splitting them between first and second degree murder in case the jury eventually cannot find that this was premeditated for whatever reason, they have a second degree murder charge there for that reason. in terms of the terrorism enhancement, it is an interesting one, it is quite serious. it is not used that frequently but it does require an uphill battle for prosecutors as they are going to haveto show here that it was meant to send a larger message, that this case wasn't just about the victim, brian thompson, but his writings. the suspects writings here are going to come into play where he sort of has a larger message about the healthcare industry in particular. we should also mention ghost guns figuring in. you heard the district attorney talking about what a scourge

they have been for this city and of course a forged instrument having to relate to that fake i.d. >> stephanie gosk is near where luigi mangione is being held in pennsylvania. there were mentions of two court hearings essentially that will move this case along in one direction or the other. >> that is right. it will probably happen very quickly in the morning. that extradition hearing that is scheduled, the second hearing here in this courthouse, would probably be waived. i do want to hone in a little bit on what the police commissioner said there and what she called the grotesque embrace of this violent act. one of the things public officials have been so concerned about is the support that has been shown to luigi mangione online. not just anger at the health industry but celebrating the murder itself. we talked about those flyers targeting other ceos in the healthcare industry that have been plastered around new york city. and they are concerned that they have, that this murder could potentially trigger more violence, lester.

>> are right, stephanie gosk, thank you very much. so again, luigi mangione has been charged with 11 counts by the new york da. next steps, those court hearings and possibly the extradition of luigi mangione back to new york to face these very serious charges, a case that certainly rocked the city and much of the country as it played out. that concludes this nbc news special report. we will have the latest on our streaming network, nbc news now, online at nbcnews.com and nightly news. i am lester holt. thank you for watching, and thank you for watching, and good day.doctor, thank you so my moderate to severe crohn's symptoms kept me out of the picture. with skyrizi, feel symptom relief at 4 weeks. many people were in remission at 12 weeks, at 1 year, and even at 2 years. don't use if allergic. serious allergic reactions, increased infections, or lower ability to fight them may occur. before treatment, get checked for infections and tb. tell your doctor about any flu-like symptoms or vaccines. liver problems leading to hospitalization

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