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hey, everyone. i'm zinhle essamuah. >> and i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. now. today, thursday, december 19th, 2024. breaking news. new charges, the suspect in the killing of the unitedhealthcare ceo is now facing federal criminal charges. what comes next to luigi manning owen. new connection. california man detained after the fbi tied him to this week's deadly shooting at a school in wisconsin. his alleged link to the suspected female shooter and the potential plot they may have been planning together. no deal? republicans under pressure from president-elect donald trump, pulled the plug on their own plan to avoid a government shutdown. what mr. trump told nbc news about one of his key demands. and hear her roar, actress tiffany boone starts in the highly anticipated prequel to

the disney classic the lion king, mufasa. how she found her voice on and off the screen. >> it was a fun discussion. >> i can't wait to hear that. we'll start this hour with some breaking news, the man accused of killing the unitedhealthcare ceo is now back in new york city and facing federal criminal charges. >> luigi manning mangione is facing a judge soon. the shot of him getting out of the help copter in new york city. he had been held in a prison in pennsylvania since his arrest last week. the 26-year-old is accused of shooting and killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson on december 4th. nbc news correspondent rehema ellis is in new york city for us. bring us to speed on what's happening today with mangione and what about the federal

charges that he's now facing. >> reporter: i can tell you about that right now, because we have a producer in the courtroom, in the federal courtroom around the corner, there are no cameras in that courtroom, but we are allowed to get information. one thing we know the proceeding has just gotten under way. mangione i should tell you he has traded out his orange prison jump suit and he's now in a pair of tan slacks, a sweater, and a black v-neck sweater to go before the judge, the judge has entered the courtroom and is informing him of the mplaint against him, as you know there are four federal complaints against him, one murder charge for the use of firearms, two stalking accounts. the judge is saying to him, you have the right to your own attorneys, which he does. mangione reaffirmed in the positive yes. as to the charges being filed

against him and to his rights for representation. we thought there would be the case presented on the new york manhattan courtside in this courtroom, instead the charges against him on the federal -- we were expecting there could be federal charges, didn't know that those charges would be brought before him in court. in realtime right now, mangione is in a federal courtroom, in front of a judge, he's being read these complaints against him and responding to them in realtime. ladies, back to you. >> there have been a lot of changes and developments in this story. today it began in pennsylvania, now mangione is in new york, walk us through what happened today. >> reporter: yeah, it's been a very busy day for mangione. as you point out, it was early this morning when he went into a courtroom in pennsylvania, he

quickly waived his right to extradition and then he was transported by car to an airport where he got on a plane for about an hour and a half ride new york. from long island he took a helicopter the helicopter landed in lower manhattan. and it was a different look of mangione. he was clean shaven, looked as though he had a haircut. it was in preparation to face a judge. we thought it was going to be in the manhattan district court. but instead it's the federal court. he has 11 counts against him, if convicted he could the spend the rest of his life in prison. >> thank you. right now, congress is scrambling to come up with a new spending bill to avoid a government shutdown that would happen in less than 36 hours. >> lawmakers were set to vote on

a bipartisan bill yesterday, but president-elect donald trump and elon musk both opposed the deal. forcing house republicans to scrape the plan. no clear plan b unless lawmakers come up with one. the government will shut down tomorrow. garrett, you spoke with president-elect trump today about this looming shutdown, he told you he wants to get rid of the debt ceiling which i understand wasn't initially on the table at all. >> reporter: there are two different sets of complaints about this bill from republicans, from elon musk and some conservatives who believe it's so bloated and spends too much money and for donald trump who believes it doesn't lift or suspend the debt ceiling which he's worried about coming up in the middle of his first year next year when he's trying to pass a host of other things that could democrats some leverage over him. he's okay with the shutdown now on joe biden's watch.

he wants to see this get sorted out by this congress before they go home for the year. >> just to make sure we understand, garrett, so the debt ceiling is this artificial thing that the congress put in place a long time ago and he doesn't want it to be there he wants to spend on things like stopping immigration. >> reporter: the way the debt ceiling has been used by minority party is kind of an opportunity to extract concessions from majority party or from the president over the last couple years. republicans have used it aggressively against democratic presidents. donald trump believes it's not real. it's done almost nothing to constrain spending or lower the debt in its entirety of its history. he rather get rid of it entirely. there's no deadline for this. this isn't anissue for congress until june or july next year. donald trump wants it taken care of now. >> garrett at issue is

tomorrow's deadline, is it realistic that a new spending bim comes before then. >> reporter: there's not a deal or a bill. you can't vote on a deal. very, very difficulfor them to get this across the finish line, but the jet fumes are in this air here. the members want to do home and they can't do that until they fund the government. >> garrett, thank you. quick programming note, don't miss our nbc news special tonight, looking back at the top stories of all of 204, i'll be recapping the year in politics, but there's lot more. catch it starting at 9:00 eastern streaming on nbc news now. >> don't miss that. to a significant new twist today in the investigation into the shoot at a small christian school in madison, wisconsin. >> the fbi has detained a californian man who they say was communicating with the teenage suspect in wisconsin before she allegedly carried out the attack. we're learning more about the two people who lost their lives

on monday. morgan chesky joins us now. morgan, what are authorities about saying this man they detained in california and the possibility that he was communicating with the alleged shooter in wisconsin. >> reporter: yeah, kate, zinhle, certainly a brand-new wrinkle in this ongoing investigation, what we have heard from authorities fbi agents were able to question a 20-year-old man they were able to meet up outside san diego in the last 24 hours or so and they've identified him as alexander palindorff, in this emergency protective order, we learned that this 20-year-old had been communicating with that 15-year-old female gunman in that wisconsin shooting and not only that, contained in this order he admitted to the fbi that he told the 15-year-old he planned to arm himself with

explosives and a gun and then target a government building. was there a specific government building mentioned? we do not know that. but that was at least exchanged between those two individuals. be some sort of communication, although we don't know the duration of time he was communicating with that gunman, 15-year-old female before she went into that high school and opened fire. >> morgan, of course, two lives were lost. the names of the two victims killed on monday. >> reporter: we do. here they are. erin west, 42-year-old teacher of the school and rubi vergara, a 14-year-old student. they're being mourned by that community there. in addition to that, we've learned two others wounded in this shooting are still very much fighting for survival. i'd like to hear from one school official who had this to say. >> you can't believe the horror

the two children that are still in the hospital are in very grave conditions. their survivability is in doubt. that's on our hearts and minds every day. >> reporter: now investigators have shared that two guns were recovered from that high school but they say only one was used and because this is an ongoing investigation they're not stating which specific firearms those are at this time. >> morgan, thank you. it's time now for today's cnbc money minute. california may be phasing out gas-powered cars plus, two new ways to connect to chatgpt. steve kovacs joins us now. california, epa gave the state the greenlight to enforce a new rule that bans the sale of

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holding strikes outside of amazon facilities as the holiday delivery season hits the home stretch. the union is demonstrating in four states, california, illinois. the teamsters want better play and working conditions. amazon said it does not expect it to any impact on its. what is the teamster s union. >> reporter: yeah, the teamsters just wrapped up for the day, we asked them if they have plans to come back tomorrow and they wouldn't tell us just yet. essentially from what i was hearing from them they're asking for better pay and better working conditions. they say they have extremely long days, sometimes they're delivering up to 400 packages in all kinds of different weather conditions and it's very taxing and it takes a toll on their bodies and they feel they should

be compensated fairly and also get better benefits and have some kind of safety programs. they say amazon missed a deadline on december 15th to come to a table to bargain for a new labor contract. amazon is saying none of that is true. they said in statement to us, for more than a year, the teamsters have continued to intentionally misled the public, and this is another attempt to push a false narrative. so the question to a lot of consumers are asking, given we're less than a week away from christmas and hannukah, how is this going to impact the holiday shippingseason, waiting for some packages, right now it's hard to say, the people who are picketing are hoping it may have some trickle-down effect to consumers to get amazon's attention but amazon as you mentioned it will have a minimal impact on it operations. >> thanks so much.

a french woman whose story shocked the world has won a victim in court. gisele pelicot, she drew praise from people in france for her decision not only to waive her right to anonmitty but it bebe heard in open court. the other 50 defendants have received sentences ranging from 3 to 13 years. joining us now is nbc news international correspondent halla gorani. let's talk about this case and how gisele is reacting to the verdict and being seen really around the world. >> reporter: right, this is a case hashocked france and as you mentioned around the world.

we've even heard from the german chancellor scholz, and when you mentioned that gisele pelicot waived her right to anon where footage, video of her being ut sexually assaulted by men while she was unconscious and her own husband over more than a decade having drugged her and invited total strangers to his house to rape his wife. what's more is how ordinary these defendants were, one was her next-door neighbor, nurses, journalists, truckers, these were not people would assume necessarily would take part in this and that's probably one of the most chilling aspects. >> hala, can you talk more about the impact of this case and how

it could change the way we talk about rape and survivors. >> reporter: well, one of the things that gisele said in court that was -- that's now become kind of a motto for the women's right activists who came every day in some cases to the courthouse in southwestern france, gisele wanted shame to switch sides. this shame must be within the rapists and not with their victims. she walked into that courtroom, you know every day it was in session with her head held high while the accused rapists were the one s who were hiding. they're calling this the second metoo movement for the country. still ahead, california declares a ate of emergency declares a ate of emergency over the spad of re your parents have given you some amazing gifts, celebrate the ones you inherited with ancestrydna.

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the warehouse, there could be a problem. we will find out soon. this is video from this morning at an amazon warehouse on toland street in san francisco, not far from bayview hunters point, where around 6:00 this morning, members of the teamsters union who work there, they went out on strike. the teamsters union that represents delivery drivers for amazon and workers at amazon facilities and warehouses, says thousands of its members at seven amazon facilities nationwide went on strike this morning. the union authorized a strike earlier this week because it says amazon is refusing to negotiate for a fair contract. that, quote, guarantees the wages, health care and safety for its workers and also says amazon won't recognize them as union employees. and so i know there's a lot of people that might be anxious about their gifts, but i just want to remind everybody it's amazon who is keeping this from happening. all they would have to do is come out to negotiate. they don't have to they don't have to give us a contract today. they just have to tell us when they're going to negotiate. amazon tells the ap that the teamsters delivery drivers are not their

employees, that they work for a third party business that amazon contracts with. in a statement, quote, amazon wrote, the teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public, claiming that they represent thousands of amazon employees and drivers. they don't. and this is another attempt to push a false narrative. the teamsters argue that amazon should be classified as their employer, since the e-commerce giant controls everything that their members do. according to the union, an amazon spokesperson tells nbc news, christmas is not getting ruined for anyone because of the strike. if customers are worried, they can track their delivery dates and times o on te amazon website, the company says it does have hundreds of fulfillment centers in the united states, and for some perspective, the teamsters say they represent only about 10,000 workers at amazon. that's just a small fraction of the roughly 1.5 million people who work at amazon facilities throughout the united states. bob redell, nbc bay area news. thank you, bob.

and as that strike begins, another could be coming to an end. hotel workers in san francisco have been striking for nearly three months now, and we just got word marriott workers are voting on a new contract today. the union says that agreement would preserve health insurance. benefits, include raises and provide protections against understaffing. about a thousand workers at hyatt and hilton hotels will remain on strike. don't hang up your political hat just yet. oakland leaders want congresswoman barbara lee to run for mayor of oakland. lee is leaving congress next month after three decadades a state lawmaker and house representative. business owners, union leaders and the current interim mayor, nikki fortunato bas are among those who signed the letter. it reads in part, quote, we need a mayor who can restore the integrity to the office, unite us in a time of division, and address critical issues around the budget, housing, public safety and inequity. residents voted to recall former mayor sheng thao last month. bass will leave her temporary mayoral role for the

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are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." wnba superstar caitlin clark will forever only be the number 22 at iowa. the school will retire her number on february 2nd. in a statement the ncaa division i scoring leader said she's forever proud to be a hawkeye. clark will be in attendance. if you want to go and see all this, the cheapest ticket online is over $700. officials say the so-called murder hornets have been eradicated from the u.s. they're an invasive species first spotted in washington state five years ago. their arrival generated national headlines as scientists warn they could pose a serious threat to native insects. particularly honeybees. the washington state and the u.s. agricultural department also said a murder hornet

hasn't been detected in three years. an update on the unexplained drone sights, the faa is temporarily banning drone flights in new jersey for quote security reasons. the ban includes 20 communities. unmanned aircraft are no longer allowed to fly in those areas unless authorized by the federal government. the flight restrictions started wednesday and will continue until january 17th. georgia's second highest court is removing the district attorney who charged president-elect donald trump and several of his top allies in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. >> the move signals a major legal victory for donald trump and his co-defendants. this all stemmed from fulton district attorney fani willis and her romantic relationship with special prosecutor. that relationship created a conflict of interest and she could no longer be a part of this case. the decision is expected to be

appealed to the georgia supreme court. >> danny cevallos. but let's begin with vaughn hillyard in west palm beach, florida, vaughn, the issue that was raised by the appellate is about a conflict of interest between the d.a. and special prosecutor, not the merits of the allegations in this case, how did the court explain the decision? >> reporter: right, there's a disagreement between the initial judge who was overseeing this case and timately determined that willis would be able to say as long as nathan wade, the special prosecutor resigned and left the case, that's what led to the appeal from now president-elect trump's team and this georgia appeals court making the determination that, that the appearance of a conflict of interest was so high and so paramount to this case that it required her to be

dismissed and disqualified from overseeing it. in the appeals court decision, while we recognizing a appearance of improp ryety generally is not enough to -- this can be appealed to the georgia supreme court. so we should note the appeals court made the decision to not toss the indictment in its entirety against donald trump and other defendants, so this case still lives on to a certain extent at least for now. >> danny, let's bring you in, to vaughn's case, this case is not dismissed entirely, what does it mean to donald trump and his co-defendants. >> the case is not dismissed. . the entire d.a.'s office that's prosecuting this case is now kicked off the case, this case while still alive is adrift with

nobody at the helm, yes it's technically, the indictment is still living but who's going to take this up? according to what's been reported a kind of search within georgia to find a prosecutor's office to handle this case. that's had so many problems. it's hard to see this case surviving even though it deck any cally survived. >> vaughn, have we heard any reaction from the president-elect or any of the co-defendants. >> reporter: we've heard the spokesmen from the president-elect who wrote in a statement the american people decided on november 5th that they wanted an end to political weaponization of the government. those were the words of the spokesman indicating that this is another step in what's now several successful legal weeks on the front. not only the doj, the special

counsel dropping its cases of federal election interference and classified documents against donald trump, the new york hush-money trial the sentencing date may be pushed back until after he were to leave office in 2029. this is the latest at the least bit this is going to be a delay of this case proceeding. but potentially this could be the beginning of the end of the fulton county indictment in a trial that never even began against donald trump. >> thank you both. in today's daily health there's growing concern over the spread of bird flu here in the u.s. california governor gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency over the outbreak in cattle there, allowing them to get more resources for it and in louisiana, a person has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, and while most other human cases have involved commercial farm workers the louisiana sere case is the

first of someone getting the virus from a backyard flock of chickens according to the cdc. joining me now is dr. vin gupta. thanks for being with us. i hope i said the right thing it was a backyard flock of birds. i think chickens. but tell me more about what this means, these two things happening at the same time, one this severe case and also california passing an emergency declaration. >> well, kate, you said it exactly correct. this case, let's start with the louisiana case, underlying conditions, 65 years and older, medically high risk, appears to have caught the bird flu from this flock in their backyard and they're very sick and this is the potential of avian bird flu it can get you very sick like

the traditional human flu. what we're seeing though we're not seeing transmission amongst humans but amongst other mammals. this virus, the first time from wild birds to cattle and now we're seeing cattle flocks across the country, this livestock piece really worries us. for viewers out there, near-term not a risk to humans and to society right now across the united states. but this is something we're worried about in the medium to long term. >> not a huge number but you got to watch it. what are the symptoms in humans? how can we protect ourself and traditionally the symptoms here aren't that different from normal human flu, feverish, irritated red eyes, total body aches, upper respiratory systems, cold, cough, sore

throat. and that's part of problem here, the dilemma, we don't know if it's traditional flu or bird flu. >> can i ask you about something else, other related ne, this is separate, though, the fda has issued a warning about possible neurovirus contamination in oysters and collapse, i ask it because it's the holiday season, people serve a lot of seafood around the holiday. >> you know, this is for restaurants and many of the coastal states across the country that are receiving these sourced oysterfrom the pacific northwest that's what we're worried about. it's on restaurants primarily to be throwing out oysters that might be impacted. they have that information. difficult for consumers to know, gosh, is this oyster i'm about to eat is it from a potentially contaminated source with norovirus.

again, this is something that's impacted restaurants, restaurants need to proactive. a warning for any online shoppers this holiday season, scammers are targeting consumers with websites offering big deals on hard to find items only to find those items are never coming. here's vicky nguyen with more. >> getting to the point where i don't even know what's a legit website anymore. >> reporter: shoppers posting their stories of fraud online. taken by ads for hot deals on clothing, jewelry and gifts. and there's a lot of money at stake. the bbb estimates americans will spend more than $240 billion this holiday just through online shopping 37 and already the ftc has received more than 171,000 reports of online shopping scams in just the first six months of this year, the median loss $128 per incident. it happened to maggie after shs

lost her favorite sweater. >> i lost it at the dry cleaners. i was looking to replace it. >> reporter: the expect item for about a hundred bucks. when did you realize it was a scam. >> within the first three minutes. i realized, oh, no, i didn't have an e-mail from them, i knew to e was a scam. >> reporter: experts sate it's important to be vigilant when shopping on new sites. brandshield predicts the top holiday scams will focus on beauty, shoes and tech gadgets. can you spot the scam sites. luxury site prada. >> thousands of fake shops. >> repoporter: thscam sites can be created even faster these days using a.i. >> this was all created by -- >> reporter: the chief information security office at human security, his company

undercovered a scam by fraudsters. this one advertising the nintendo power -- a popular holiday gift. >> they may ship you an empty box, a different product or you may get nothing at all. >> reporter: he showed us signs of a bogus site, it's advertising something hard to find for a bargain price, the reviews are generic, he said avoid clicking on any links served to you on social media. cybersecurity experts say search for this padlock to show it's secure. something new called typo squatting a scammer uses an extra letter, and be ware of

those countdown clocks. luckily maggie got her money back for the sweater that never arrived. her advice, slow down to verify the retailer when shopping online. >> it can happen to anybody. >> reporter: vicky nguyen, nbc news. still ahead, actress tiffany boone stars in the highly anticipated prequel to the disney classic "the lion king,"

now to our simply series, tomorrow the latest edition to a disney classic franchise the lion king is heading to theaters. >> and simply trending right now is one of the film's stars, we sat down to discuss how she found her voice on and off the screen. mufasa the lion king. you'll see some familiar faces. simon and pumbaa.

and a new wife of new fas a ya. tiffany boone, no stranger to the screen. >> to the midnight sky with george clooney. >> good. >> reporter: boone even on variety's ten actors to watch in 2020. but this year's release marks her first animated film. how did you go about the voice but navigating the story of the lion king, a storied institution. >> i got the audition, i stopped audition for voiceovers for a couple of years. lion king came across my desk, i said let's give it a try. something i grew up ing it so much. i thought, oh, she seems like a

cool chick, i added a little bit of sass and everything. i said okay, let's add a little regalty in it and find sarabi. growing up it meant so much to me. there was quite a bit of pressure to bring her life again. >> the variety of your roles from dramas to horror to now animation, i wonder what goes into how you think about the characters you choose and what do you look for when you're going to set. >> i look for a character that i never played before, luckily to play a wide variety of characters, i'm looking for something that will challenge me and a little scary perhaps, and i'm looking for a director that i'm interested in, a cast that's so exciting for me. >> a stellar cast. >> reporter: her fellow cast mates include donald glover, seth rogen and another renaissance woman. there's a minor star, i think

her name is beyonce. okay, anblue ivy. have you met them yet. >> i was at the l.a. premiere with them, but i haven't met them. them. >> reporter: beyonce voiced nala in the 2019 remake of the lion king. her daughter blue ivy now making her film debut as the daughter of simba. tiffany boone said singing those songs didn't come without anxiety. >> it was a real challenge because i'm afraid of singing in front of people. >> you're afraid of singing in front of people. >> with a lot of preparation, we stepped up to the plate. >> we're on pride rock, you feel

it. i love it. a theme of this movie is pride. i wonder for you, we're coming up on a new year, in terms of your career what are you most proud of. >> i'm proud that i have been authentic to the whole thing of my career. >> reporter: that work appears to be paying off, her lead role in the mufasa the lion king hitting theaters this friday. you heard tiffany said she was anxious about singing, well, one of the songs she sinces in this preequal it's on oscars original song short list. >> oh, really. he should haven't been nervous. >> clearly it's all working out for tiffany. >> thank you for bringing us that. alright, we got your home and auto bundled and you saved hundreds. oh, that's nice, with the economy and all. what's the economy?

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