[ cheers and applause ] >> seth: i wanna thank my guests ben stiller, pauline chalamet, everybody. thanks for watching. we love you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ after eight months of nonstop negotiation, my administration by my administration, a cease fire and a hostage deal has been reached by israel and hamas. right now, at 11:00, he wasted no time talking about it. the cease fire deal was top of his list of accomplishments. as president, biden said goodbye. his final address to the american people. he tried to shape his legacy and defend his record. he began with the cease fire deal between israel and hamas, mr. biden saying the deal

was negotiated by his team. this comes after 15 months of fighting in that region of gaza and israel. nbc's jocelyn moran joins us now. jocelyn, cautious optimism here about this deal. that's right. and there is a sense of relief that a deal has been reached, but it's to be implemented in three phases over several weeks. before i begin, let me speak to important news that from earlier today. tonight, president biden began his farewell address by talking about the cease fire and hostage release deal reached by israel and hamas. and it will be largely implemented by the incoming administration. that's why i told my team to keep the incoming administration fully informed, because thas how it should be working together as americans. the deal will be implemented in three phases. phase one lasts six weeks. hamas will release hostages in return for hundreds of palestinian prisoners held by israel. trucks of humanitarian aid will be sent into gaza daily. phase two

includes the exchange of remaining living hostages, including soldiers. biden said remaining israeli forces would be withdrawn from gaza during phase three. the remains of dead hostages would be returned home and reconstruction plans for gaza begin. two american hostages are expected to be released in the first phase of the deal. in israel, there was little celebration in tel aviv's square, where families of hostages usually gather. one family member saying they want to see all hostages back before they can celebrate. jimmy miller's cousin and her children, a ten month old baby and a four year old boy, were kidnaped. i will believe to everything when i will see it in my eyes that it's happening. i will believe it only in the second that i will see. hamas killed 1200 people on october 7th of 2023, and took more than 250 hostages. since then, palestinians in gaza have faced israeli strikes and extreme levels of hunger, with news of the cease fire deal, the

reaction was joyful in gaza relief. the war could be coming to an end. nearly 47,000 palestinians have been killed during the war, according to local officials. as for her reaction, narmin al sabah said, how can i celebrate tonight when my father, brother and uncles were killed? the ceasefire is expected to begin sunday if israel's cabinet and supreme court allow the deal to proceed. tonight, we've learned israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president elect donald trump have spoken about the ceasefire agreement. the two leaders agreed to meet soon in washington. jocelyn moran, nbc, bay area news. another day, another major theme of his farewell address, the president issued a warning about what he sees happening in america right now. a small group of powerful, wealthy people threatening our democracy. today, an oligarchy is taking shape in america of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy,

our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. we see the consequences all across america, and we've seen it before. more than a century ago. but the american people stood up to the robber barons back then and busted the trusts. the president seemingly taking aim at elon musk and mark zuckerberg, who recently made a series of policy changes aligning with president elect trump. mr. biden challenged americans to stand up to the abuse of power and to preserve the soul of the nation. let's get to our other headlines tonight. they are gaining ground. that is good news for firefighters down in southern california are taking advantage of the lighter winds. containment has grown on both the palisades and eaton fires as of this late hour, the palisades fire is now 21% contained. the eaton fire in pass near pasadena, 45% contained.

however, nearly 90,000 people remain under evacuation orders and nearly 85,000 me are under evacuation warnings. those evacuees are anxious to return home. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri. and really, when does this all come to an end? do we have a sense of it? well, really, as we continue through the next couple of hours, we're seeing most of that wind exit southern california. and this is after getting in on 40 to 65 mile per hour wind gusts up in the mountains. now, this was not nearly as widespread or as strong as last week where we did get those winds up to 100, but it still was pretty dangerous here the past 24 hours. palisade fire burn zone only 5 to 15mph in terms of that wind. also the burn scar here on the eaton fire just 5 to 15mph. so getting better on all fronts here. there's just one spot left, one holdout into tomorrow. that's in simi valley, san gabriel mountains, still some 15 to 40 mile per hour gusts. that's in effect until 3 p.m. tomorrow.

but again, most of the warnings have expired. however, we are tracking some more wind chances early next week. i'll get you details on that and updated rain chances coming up later on. okay, jeff, we'll see you shortly. we had a special delivery tonight. take a look. dozens of shelter animals from l.a. county arriving here in the bay area to a hero's welcome. most shelters are overwhelmed because of the fires. so organizations like the san francisco spca are flying in dozens of animals from the fire zone. nbc's audrey asistio has more on their journey. a round of applause from a group of eager volunteers as 30 shelter pets from southern california arrived at the san francisco spca tonight. we have a pretty exciting evening happening right now because it's all about saving animals. volunteer wants to come over. i have a dog hanging out. it's been quite the journey for these animals. flying from l.a. county to moffett field this afternoon. they came from three different shelters in southern california

downy, lancaster and carson, all overwhelmed and over capacity due to the out-of-control wildfires. shelter workers say many of the fire victims coming in are either injured, burned or separated from their families. they've had hundreds of animals coming to them from the fires with no room to put them, which is exactly why we went down the 19 dogs and 11 cats that arrived in the bay area this afternoon aren't from the l.a. fire zones. rather, they were already at the southern california shelters looking to be adopted, and now they're in sf so the shelters can make space for all the incoming pets. tonight these animals will rest. tomorrow, a physical exam. they'll be ready for adoption at animal shelters across the bay area within two days. meanwhile, the san francisco shelter has already scheduled a second transport mission for next week in case the l.a. shelters need more support. they're also asking for the public's help by launching a free puppy adoption promotion. come on in and adopt. because honestly, the number one reason

is bigger than anything in the world. it's love. audrey asistio nbc bay area news. so many animals, so many people impacted by these fires. if you want to help, we have resources listed. trusted resources on our website nbcbayarea.com. we're also posting updates on the wildfires and the ongoing investigations. a roadside memorial is growing this evening for the three students from hollister high school who died in a car crash. this was part of our breaking news coverage last night. the chp says the teenagers were among four people traveling on shore road in gilroy. the car veered into oncoming traffic and hit another vehicle. three students died. a fourth person in that car was rushed to the hospital along with the driver of the other car. the names of the students have not been released, but the great grandmother of one of the students who died says her family is in shock. we're all brokenhearted, brokenhearted. who's going to graduate this,

this senior year? this year is going to graduate, she said. he was a senior and he was going to graduate this year. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. well, it's a debate ignited yet again in oakland. the police pursuit policy. tonight, the police commission tried to clear up any confusion over this policy and allow the community to sound off. this all comes nearly three weeks after the governor publicly called out the oversight body. nbc's gia vang reports from oakland. this out of control crime wave signs in hand for a number of oaklanders who want the city's police pursuit policy to change. it has to be chasing to get the consequences done. we need to send a message across the bay area that you cannot come here to oakland for crime, tourism and no chase. to be clear, the city has a pursuit policy. don't be misled by these wahab which others tried to make clear to this group. but the issue has become front and center again because of the ultimatum

governor gavin newsom gave to the police commission. we need to see that policy changed. widen the policy or he would take away additional chp help. that has been unfair and has been misguided. and what we hope today is to not pass the buck is to not make excuses, because, according to chair garcia acosta, the body makes recommendations to the chief, who has already signaled he wants to expand the language. the two main sticking points. officers can only chase if the person committed a violent forcible crime, and or it's a crime involving a gun or the person has a firearm. some in the community want to expand the language to include activities like sideshows, and secondly, some want to get rid of officers having to get supervisor approval to exceed the 50mph threshold for a chase. dozens of residents and business owners lined up to say their piece. it wasn't too long ago that we were mourning the death of black men at the hands of police officers, and so i'm really just concerned about the tenor of this conversation. i ask and plead

for behalf of all the business. you guys need to come up with something. this is not working. my concern is this idea that somebody else can make us safe. something is wrong here. thank you sir. the current policy was modified because of an audit that found pursuits were causing too many crashes and injuries, which some worry about. i am concerned about innocent victims and police officers themselves being harmed by unwarranted police chases. the commission is expected to vote on this proposal next week in oakland, gia vang. nbc bay area news. new at 11 a police dog is recovering tonight after being shot in the line of duty. this is k-9 murph. he and his handler were called to or called in to arrest a man threatening to harm himself and the public. murph attempted to take the man into custody, but the suspect shot murph in the leg. that man was arrested, and murph went to the emergency vet, but he should be doing just fine. well, the clock is

ticking. sunday is the deadline for tiktok. if tiktok's parent company, chinese owned bytedance, decides to sell its app, potential buyers may have to dish out a lot more money than previously thought. cfra research says tiktok's u.s. operations could be worth as much as $50 billion. some billionaire investors have said they'd be willing to pay less than half of that amount, like about $20 billion. bytedance has been under intense pressure to sell tiktok or be banned here in the united states because of data and privacy concerns, according to a person with knowledge of the company's planning. tiktok is preparing to potentially make the app unavailable to u.s. users on this sunday. well, we are back in 60s. up next. they disappeared from an east bay cemetery. the brazen thefts that have the attention of the contra costa county sheriff's department. and those olympic medals destroyed in the palisades fire. but there is some good news. we're going to

hear from this ten time olympic medalist swimmer. and i'll get you the update on when we could actually get some rainfall returning here to califoia.

here, more than 200 bronze vases were stolen from a cemetery in lafayette. staff at the oakmont memorial park cemetery noticed that they're missing, but didn't know exactly when they were taken. a memorial bench was also vandalized. if you have any information, you're urged to call the contra costa county sheriff's department. well, san francisco mayor daniel lurie is rolling out his plan to end the city's fentanyl crisis. this is what i ran on. i got a mandate to deliver, and the first thing we talked about was public safety. the second was the fentanyl state of emergency. the mayor wants to coordinate city departments for enforcement and treatment. he also wants to create more treatment facilities. but in order to do

so, he wants more flexibility in spending, the currently budgeted funding and the ability to seek out private funding. some members of the board of supervisors say they're skeptical about his plan, including supervisor shamann walton. during covid, we gave emergency powers to the mayor with the presence of a specific plan. right now, we have legislation that requests waiving process and allowing for swift decision making, but we don't have a plan in front of us. the mayor's legislation still has to go through the board's legislative process, which could include amendments. well, some gripping new video of a dangerous police chase in the north bay. tonight, the driver is facing several felony charges. this all happened on monday, when san rafael police spotted 36 year old casey beck of antioch. they tried to pull him over because he was linked to a burglary in rohnert park. but look at this. instead of getting off the road, chp says

beck drove the wrong way on southbound 101 near the 580 interchange. that's when officers stopped traffic along the freeway. one of the officics then used a maneuver to stop him. after a brief standoff, police took beck into custody. well, also, some new video into our newsroom. san francisco firefighters lowering the sign at the dover. this is a bar in the mission district. a car slammed into it this morning. the crash happened at 26th and valencia streets. police say it started with a two car collision. the impact of that crash caused the silver van to ram right into the bar. both drivers were hurt but are expected to recover. the cause of the crash is under investigation. well, it is time to honor a bay area and really a national legend. oakland will celebrate the life and legacy of rickey henderson, baseball's man of steel. the former a's star during his 25 year career.

rickey was named mvp, won two world series titles and a gold glove. the oakland native died on december 20th. a celebration of life will be held at the oakland arena on saturday, february 1st. it is free and open to the public, but tickets will be required. ticket registration begins next monday. rickey henderson was 65 years old. well, it doesn't matter who you are or what you own. among the thousands of people who fled the flames and pacific palisades was a decorated olympic champion gold medal swimmer gary hall jr had to evacuate his home last week, leaving all ten of his olympic medals behind his home. and all those medals destroyed. today, he allowed our nbc crews to tour the aftermath. they facetimed with gary hall jr, showing him firsthand the destruction. now, keep in mind most residents aren't allowed back to their properties yet, but journalists are. and there is some good news her the ioc

has vowed to replace his medals five gold, three silver and two bronze to have the olympic committee, the international and united states olympic and paralympic committees organize this and such an expedited way. i'm really touched. it took a lot to do that, and it's extremely unusual for them to, you know, do that. and so that that solidarity with the olympic committee really makes me feel supported in this time of need. pretty nice. gary hall appearing on our 7 p.m. news tonight. the ioc keeps a reserve of non engraved medals from each of the olympics, which can then be engraved and distributed at a later date if needed. as for the 2028 olympics in l.a, it's unlikely the games will be moved, soo things are moving forward. so far, none of the marquee arenas or stadiums or athlete housing complexes have been damaged by any of the

flames. the chairman of the fundraising and organizing group behind the games says l.a. is determined to welcome the world to 2028. in 2028, however, the city does need to rebuild and rebound in time to host some of the 15 million people for the games. governor newsom on sunday telling meet the press that he's working on the so-called marshall plan to revive the city in time for the olympics, the world cup and the super bowl in coming years. all right, let's get to jeff ranieri talking about the forecast down in la. and also for us as we head into this three day weekend, jeff. and the best news right now is any kind of wind is now starting to exit california. at least that widespread wind we had through the mountains over the past 24 hours. it's all associated with this area of low pressure moving off towards the east so that major wind is gone. we've got high pressure. leave us with some sunshine and dry conditions for now. let me get you more details on that microclimate forecast. we'll also talk about some updated rain chances and when we could

actually get some much needed rain coming back to california. hang on for that right now. we'll start it off here with tomorrow morning. we are back down chilly here, 41 in the south bay 42 peninsula, 38, in the tri-valley. also those upper 30s across the north bay. san francisco 44. east bay at 39 under those sunny skies. so a beautiful start for us. then by the afternoon we're going back up close to 70 here in the south bay. still some of the best weather right here. cupertino, los gatos, san jose down to morgan hill with those upper 60s. east bay also coming in strong with 64 in oakland, 65 in hayward. light winds, sunny skies. going to make it a perfect day out here towards concord. and 6467 in livermorere for the peninsula, 63 in redwood city, 61 daly city, san francisco, 59, in the marina. got you at 65 in the mission. and for the north bay right here through wine country, santa rosa, sonoma and napa will be in the mid 60s. so this weather i

see staying pretty similar all the way through this upcoming weekend. we may get into some morning fog, but we'll still get into that afternoon sunshine and some nice temperatures again all the way through sunday. now beyond this, i did want to get out ahead of this story here. we may actually get into some wind by next monday and tuesday. the last thing any of us want to hear, but i wanted to show you the pattern here. high pressure in the pacific. low pressure in southern california could pull this wind across the state. maybe some gusts up to about 50mph. but i want to caution all this with a subtle movement in that low pressure to the east. and we would see a better scenario and winds not nearly as strong. so we're watching out for the chance of wind early next week. now let's get to the good stuff here. maybe some rain chances eventually coming our way, which we'll see here is all the way through thehe 23rd. we e dry from high pressure, but we might be able to break through this and get some rain chances here by the time we get to the 25th, so we'll keep tabs on that

right here on that weekend forecast. sunshine temps in the 50s in san francisco and for the inland valleys, we're coming in with 60s and a mix of 30s and 40s in the morning. it has been so unusually dry this month and we desperately need that rainfall, so hopefully we'll get some chances here. certainly by the end of the month. we will enjoy that sunshine though, before the rain comes. thanks, jeff. up next, a major announcement from the fda. the common food dye that it's banning andow soon

advocates have been pushing for decades. today, the fda said it is banning the use of red dye number three from the food industry. dye gives thousands of food and drink products that bright cherry red color in the 1980s. scientists started linking the dye to cancer in lab rats. in response, the fda banned its use in the cosmetics industry everything from lipsticks to skincare. but the agency did not stop food manufacturers from using it in its products until now. the ban goes into effect in 2027. well, turbulence ahead for southwest airlines the u.s. department of transportation is suing the carrier over its on time rates. the lawsuit, filed in oakland, accuses southwest of illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights and disrupting passengers air travel. among the routes listed as chronically

late oakland to chicago. federal regulations prohibit airlines from promising flight schedules that do not consistently reflect actual departure and arrival times. the feds also fined frontier airlines for chronically delayed flights as well. well, if you want a tesla cybertruck, now might be the time. tesla is offering discounts as high as 1600 bucks, depending on configurations, and $2,600 discounts for demo versions. currently, the price of a new cybertruck starts at nearly $80,000. all right. up next, a huge test for the warriors. can they withstand all

check for the warriors. can they drown out all the noise? plenty of people around town. plenty of people around the country are questioning this franchise right now. shall they blow up the roster? will they even make the playoffs? let's show you what happened tonight in minnesota. they're on the bench. far left of your screen. jonathan kuminga. he's still out with his injury. the 49 49ers warriors playing with a chip on their shoulder here. fourth quarter. andrew wiggins the former timberwolf shining bright. warriors had a sizable lead, but the t wolves would make a furious comeback. remember donte divincenzo. the former warrior. he hits a three. the warriors were up by only two points. steph curry though with some clutch points in the final. 60s. warriors had a three point lead

after that shot. a huge win tonight for their confidence as they beat the timberwolves 116 to 115. all right. are you ready for some soccer? a new era and a new level of excitement. kicking off for the earthquakes, the team has acquired two high profile players, including a former mls mvp, josef martinez and cristian chicho arango. they also brought in former team usa coach bruce arena. the immediate goal this year is to be a better team than we were in 2024. and i think we can accomplish that for sure. hopefully we can have a good year and we can help the team for the winning. let's see. both martinez and chicho are goal scorers. the quakes have five weeks of training camp before they kick off the season on

40 san francisco firefighters battling the flames down in la. today, t the deparent took some time to showcase how they're helping the community. look at this. sf fire posting this photo and video showing a firefighter raising that american flag they found in one of the fire zone's neighborhoods. others are credited with saving a rabbit. this photo shows the firefighters who helped bring it to safety and comedian jay leno taking time to visit the base camp where the san francisco firefighters are staying. leno has been visiting firefighters for a few days now, thanking them for their service. pretty incredible what we're seeing down there. so many people stepping up when everybody needs it so desperately. that's going to do it for ♪ tonight, breakthrough. the major news in the middle east. israel and hamas finally reaching a

ceasefire and hostage deal after 15 months of war. the celebration in gaza as word of the truce spread around the world. president biden announcing the details at the white house. dozens of hostages, including americans, expected to be released during the first six-week phase. the bloody conflict that began with the deadly h hamas terr attack on israel leading to more than 46,000 deaths in gaza. when will the deal take effect, and can it hold? our richard engel in jerusalem. also tonight, the desperate search for more than two dozen people missing as wildfires rage in southern california. the death toll now at least 25. the confirmation hearings on capitol hill for several of president-elect trump's picks including his choice for attorney general, pam bondi. what she told democrats who fear mr. trump will use the justice department to go after his political enemies. president biden's farewell address in primetime, his final message to the nation

after decades in politics. the southwest flight delayed five hours, the pilot arrested for dui. the fda banning a red dye used in everything from beverages to candy. the potential cancer risk. and after california's fire disaster, the small businesses ready to rise from the ruins. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. the middle east is on tenterhooks tonight as news settles in of a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas that will see the return of hostages held in gaza, the release of some prisoners held in israeli jails and an end to the fighting. 15 months after the october 7th hamas attack on israel, the terms of the multiphase agreement were hammered out in the gulf state of qatar, calling for israeli troops to pull back from gaza beginning this weekend. of the 94 hostages, 34 are believed to be dead