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>> i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. ♪♪ ♪♪ today friday, january 17 s 2025. breaking news. out of time. the u.s. supreme court rules unanimously to uphold the controversial law that could ban tiktok. the last-minute talks that could keep users scrolling past sunday. closing the deal. israel's government on the verge of approving a cease-fire with hamas. the key talks happening right now. inside politics. a deep chill in the forecast is forcing some of the president-elect trump's inaugural events to be held indoors. that's upsetting news to some of his supporters who travelled to washington to be there. >> we're not going to get to see it in person, is that correct? >> that's right. >> i don't like it. we came all the way from oklahoma and now we're not going to see it. >> how low temperatures will go and what the event could look like now. high tech blitz.

artificial intelligence is coming for the nfl. we're giving you an inside look at the state of the art officiating system that could be a game changer. literally. >> tech is everywhere. we begin with the breaking news, speaking of tech, on the looming ban of one of the most popular apps in america. we're talking about tiktok. >> in a unanimous decision the supreme court upheld a law signed by president biden with bipartisan support that forces the chinese owned app to sell its operations to an american company or face a ban. the ban is set to be days from now, this sunday. it might not be the end of the social media saga. two sources tell nbc news the biden administration plans to not enforce the law immediately. president biden spoke about the supreme court decision before heading into an event earlier today. >> what's your take on the tiktok decision, sir? >> well, the decision will be made under the next president anyway.

>> leading us off savannah sellers and nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos is with us as well. danny, let's start with you. it's rare to get the supreme court justices unanimous on a decision. what's behind the decision they made? >> tiktok's best argument was that this would infringe, this federal statute would infringe on first amendment rights, not only of the company, but the content users, the people who publish on tiktok. that was their strongest argument. at the lower court they made some headway. the lower court concluded first amendment rights are implicated, by the national security concerns overpower the first amendment rights. a different result here at the supreme court which really in a way minimized the first amendment issue and said instead agreeing with the government, this is not so much about the first amendment. it's about asking a company to divest and that is it. by simply asking the company to divest, you're not implicating

the first amendment rights. tiktok users can still speak. we're saying as the government and congress that they have to be owned by someone other than tiktok and bytedance. >> we heard from president biden saying any form of implementation will be coming from the trump administration. savannah, do we have a sense of where team trump stands given that they've gone back and forth in the past, specifically trump? i imagine we've heard from tiktok. >> yes, we have. the thing that's concerning if you're tiktok about what we have heard from biden and the justice department is it was extremely vague. they are saying we're going to punt to the next administration. they have not actually confirmed and we thought they would that they specifically are not going to collect on those fines. it's important because that's the risk that in of these companies associated with tiktok would be taking sunday should they consider offering their services, which means tiktok can stay online. think about oracle hosting their data. they'll need that for tiktok to

look like tiktok on sun. in terms of president trump, a couple options available. the easiest one, but would make other companies anxious, is president trump in theory could do what president biden is doing for as long as he felt like it. just not enforce. tell his attorney general don't collect on the fines. if you're apple, oracle, google, are you okay with that for an extended period of time? danny can speak to this better than i. he could satisfy the law by trying to organize a sale, being that deal maker in the middle of all that. >> i sat down with one of the billionaires who put his hat in the ring. there's others that have said i'll buy tiktok. there's been talk of elon musk. would he consider bubuying tikt? how could that work? >> right now the headline is simply it's not for sale still. as you know, frank mccort hasn't heard back yet. speaking into this void.

bytedance is saying, sorry. they would i imagine are waiting for president trump. something interesting about the law -- i'm talking about the law while sitting next to a lawyer. >> she knows what she's saying. >> it leaves room for the president, gives him authority to define what a qualified di ves chur is. once president trump gets into office, he can say an investment from oracle or musk, does that satisfy the law? does that make that divestment happen without it being something bigger that the biden administration needed to see? >> danny, how enforceable is it? how much room does it give the president? >> savannah is right. all federal laws the president has the power to decide how much he wants to enforce the law. take marijuana legislation. marijuana is illegal under federal law, but the federal government said some laws we enforce and some we don't. that's with every federal law. this federal law gives the

president additional discretion. here's one, the president gets to decide who is a company that is owned by a foreign adversary. not tiktok and bytedance. they're explicitly named in the statute. the president gets to decide whether or not a company has satisfactorily divested. if you're tiktok and call trump, mr. president, i promise you we sold it. we're all good i swear. the president could say i'm satisfied. you are divested. you can continue to do business. the president has a lot of power and enforcement, he has even more in this language. >> that's when apple, google, oracle has the protection that's more than just someone's word that i'm not going to ask you to pay. >> savannah sellers, danny cevallos, thanks so much. breaking news in the middle east. the full israeli cabinet is meeting to consider the gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal. >> it comes after israel and

hamas resolved an 11th hour dispute over the release of palestinian prisoners. earlier today israeli security cabinet, a small group of ministers, approved the deal. joining us now is nbc news international correspondent raf sanchez in tel aviv. this is expected to pass on sunday. walk us through how the day might play out. >> reporter: if everything goes according to plan, we're expected to see the first israeli hostages come out late afternoon local time here in israel. that would be 9:00 a.m. or so in the united states. we think it's likely that it's going to be civilian women among the first hostages to emerge. at the same time israel will begin releasing some of those hundreds of palestinian prisoners. i can tell you guys there's an enormous effort under way to prepare to receive those hostages when they come out and

there are big questions about what kind of condition they'll be in both physically and psychologically after some 470 days of captivity. we spoke to an israeli doctor involved in the medical preparations. listen to what he told us. >> we learned from the holocaust and other events when people are kept for a very long time, they have severe vitamin deficiencies. then when you provide them with food, you could have severe complications. >> reporter: guys, that's known as refeeding syndrome. when you give food to people who haven't had it in a long time, it can shock the system. other things they're thinking about, some of these hostages have been underground for months. they may not be used to light. some may not have spoken in a

long time. there's concerns also some have suffered abuse in captivity. >> we know this is just the first of three phrases. the other two aim to fully end the war and release all the remaining hostages. those han't been negotiated fully. israeli national security minister threatened to remove his party from netanyahu's government if a deal is approved. there's domestic policies. could that threaten getting the rest of the deal done? >> reporter: yeah, a lot of domestic politics. what is agreed is phase one, six-week cease-fire, 33 hostages coming out and palestinian prisoners are released. the big question is are we going to get from phase one to phase two. one of the biggest concerns is that prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under intense pressure from the far right of the coalition not to end the war, not to agree to phase two.

that could mean that the cease-fire breaks down after six weeks. >> raf sanchez, thanks so much. time for today's cnbc money minute. cnn has been found liable for definition. and the department of education makes a major announcement. bertha coombs joins us now. >> reporter: cnn was found guilty of defaming a veteran who helped people evacuate from afghanistan. the veteran zachary young sued the cable news giant for destroying his reputation by labelling him as a profiteer for smuggling afghanistan s out of city. many schools developed plans to distribute funds to sports with the most revenue, mostly men's sports.

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we are following breaking news. inauguration ceremonies for president-elect donald trump will be moved inside due to dangerously cold temperatures forecasted for monday. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin joins us now. julie, this is a big decision. what do we know about the changes and the reaction from people in d.c. who came from all over to see this? >> reporter: just to be clear, the trump team is figung this out in real time. i can tell you personally i've seen preparations under way in the capital all month long. law enforcement partners coming down, you name it. you mentioned the people that travelled all this way to hear and see from the president-elect

himself. president-elect trump being sworn in on monday. he'll greet some of his supporters at the capital. that's a new plan. they're just finding out about this. take a listen to what they had to say to gary grumbaug. >> there's going to be a viewing at capital one arena. what's your reaction to that? >> we won't see it in person then, is that correct? >> that's right. >> i don't like it. we came all the way from oklahomama and, yoknow, now we won't get to see it. we might as well have stayed home and watched on tv. disappointed to be honest with you. >> they're doing it for the cold temperatures. >> yeah, i mean, that's -- >> cold ain't going to hurt nobody. >> reporter: the inaugural balls will still be taking place and trump has a rally the night before. all that is still taking place. >> does this change anything about security?

>> reporter: absolutely. secret service is in charge of this. they're aware of the changes and keeping an eye out and do whatever possible to make these changes happen. this changes a lot of things. speaking to the cocold temperatures, this is something trump acknowledged on social media. it's going to be so cold that law enforcement could have suffered from that and got seriously hurt, their horses, their canine units. this capital is secured. the u.s. capital police on high alert. law enforcement officers from all over the country trying to help out. it's under the direction of the secret service. the last time this happened was in 1985 when inauguration was moved indoors for the inauguration of ronald reagan. at that point the temperatures were colder. we'll see what happens. >> julie tsirkin, thanks. the ght to control those catastrophic wildfires in southern california continues today. >> the fires have claimed at least 27 lives and destroyed

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unsealed indictment. and it focuses on the former mayor, mayor sheng thao, as well as her partner, andre jones, and their connection to the duong family, the u.s. attorney's office saying today that they knowingly the duong family accepted, gave bribes to both the mayor and her partner jones in relation to a connection to her time as mayor. there were several promises that they say were made. the u.s. attorney's office says this all started back in october of 2022. they say this has been a lengthy investigation and they say they are still investigating. take a listen. the indictment charges a scheme that the defendants entered into, knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by tao and jones in exchange for allowing the duong's to exercise illegal influence over the levers of city government. this started the month before the election, so in october of 2022. this is

also when the u.s. postal service comes in as well. they had a part to do in the investigation because there was also fraud with the u.s. postal service alleged fraud there with campaign propaganda that was put out right before the election. so that is part of the investigation as well. and so this is a multi-level investigation, a multi year investigation. so it will be interesting to see how. if convicted how long these two individuals could serve in prison. thank you. velena monterey county meantime is still in a state of emergency after a fire at one of the biggest lithium ion battery storage facilities in the world. and at this point, it's not clear when people will be able to breathe freely. this morning we got an update from all agencies involved and the company itself. the fire is still burning. it started yesterday, but it's contained to just one building. evacuation orders and road closures remain in effect. so far, no reported injuries, but the primary concern. air quality and hydro

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incredible video out of turkey. watch as a mother dog arrives at a local vet clinic clutching a puppy in her mouth. the pup was quickly rushed inside and warmed up using a hair dryer. the puppy was successfully revived. a scary scene in new york city. the driver of an mta bus is okay after careening off the road. the bus dangled off an overpass. investigators say the driver was trying to pass a legally parked car on a tight street with not much room for error. fortunately no one was on the bus at the time. ohio's lieutenant governor will fill the senate seat left vice president elect vance. governor mike dewine saying republican john husted will serve thremaining two years of vance's term. the buckeye state will hold a special election in 2026.

he joined dewine's ticket in a 2018 election bid for governor after initially running against him. a dramatic and fiery ending to a spacex rocket launch on thursday. the company was conducting the seventh test flight of its massive star ship rocket when the space craft experienced a catastrophic malfunction minutes after takeoff. videos posted to social media show the debris from the rocket raining down over the caribbean islands. joining us now marissa parra. despite what you just saw the rocket's booster was successfully caught when it came back down by those two mechanical arms on the launch tower. what caused the test of the actual rocket? >> reporter: some important questions that need to be evaluated and answered. what exactly went wrong and what were the impacts of the partial failure? we say partial because you're

watching an incredible feat of engineering pulled off. at the same time, of course, we know what is being called by spacex in its official terms rapid unscheduled disassembly. elon musk posted to his social media page that they believe preliminary indication is that it was due to an oxygen fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine fire wall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity. he said in that statement there, quote, nothing so far suggests pushing the next launch past next momonth, but, kate, we hava statement from the faa. they're requiring a mishap investigation and star ship is grounded until that completes. when we talk about the impacts of this, one, of course we could see delays and that is looking very likely because in the past when the faa has investigated partial failures such as this one, that could take months. there's a question of how will it impact future star ship

launches because remember there were four star ship test launches last year. they were asking for approval to do 25 in one year. a lot of questions on if that is still going to happen. of course, the impacts. there was the debris. that is something the faa is investigating. while there were no reports of injuries, they are looking to see whether there were any confirmed reports of public property damage in turks and caicos. it's something we're looking into. a lot needs to be answered. i'll also point out this happened on the same day as blue origin's new glenn test. that also had its own partial failure. it made it to orbit, but the booster did not stick the landing. the faa is investigating that as well. on top of all this, the cost of it all. it's not something either company has to provide. they're private companies unlike nasa. obviously a lot of costs and a lot of details need answering,

including any public property damage here, kate. back to you. >> marissa parra, thank you. with the supreme court upholding the tiktok ban, many americans are taking matters into their own hands moving to a different chinese social media platform called red note. here's nbc's janis mackey frayer. >> hey, all my new chinese friends out there. >> reporter: they're showing up in online droves. >> hello. tiktok refugee here. >> reporter: tiktok users looking for a new home and finding it here. >> this might be better than tiktok. >> reporter: [ speaking in a global language ] the english name shortened to red note. [ speaking in a global language ] >> did i do it? >> reporter: part chinese

instagram, part search engine, it's one of china's most popular platforms. >> i'm a lifestyle blogger. >> reporter: becca wong so blogger, she uses her account to create product reviews. >> it's more elegant compared to chinese version of tiktok. >> reporter: the americans pivoting east has veteran users of the app leaning in. >> you better learn chinese. >> reporter: memes of a terra-cotta warrior embracing lady liberties, jokes about spies, to offers of help with homework. don't forget to pay the cat tax that asks american users to introduce their cats. >> i think it's a great moment for bonding to happen. >> reporter: this unexpected u.s./china connection creating what some are daring to call digital diplomacy. >> the vast jority of people

in china have never talked to a foreigner. it ms like a surreal moment. >> reporter: the migration for some americans is an act of protest, at least for diego from pasadena, who like others joined the platform after hearing on tiktok other options. >> they're joining this app instead of going to meta or instagram or x, just to not support them and saying it's not really the app that's the problem. >> what sort of comments are you getting? >> literally anything from cat pictures to people saying nice video. >> reporter: all the new ish content here is routinely blocked.

there's talk that foreign accounts might be limited. the company that owns it declined to comment. >> americans would rather learn mandarin than use instagram ree >> reporter: the government here might not crack down yet, even if main communist newspaper seems delighted. >> people are seeing it as a historic moment in cultural communications and trying to remember that we can be friends. >> reporter: not all chinese users are thrilled with americans piling into their online community. the honeymoon may not last. for now everyone is talking. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, beijing. >> so interesting. thank you. the saying goes football is game of inches. that means even the tiniest mistake by a referee can change the course of a whole game. now the nfl has launched new technology this season to try to eliminate the chance of that

happening. nbc news business correspondent brian cheung shows us how it works. >> reporter: the football faithful know about these orange markers used to engage for a fresh set of downs. it's a simple tool that may get retired. we got an inside look at the new system using artificial intelligence that could be taking its place. in the nfl it's all about moving the chains. referring to those orange links used in the game for more than 100 years. they've been the subject of many close calls. at times changing the course of the game and riling up fans. here's how it works. let's say you made a sweet play. to see if the ball made it ten yards necessary for a fifirst down, these orange chains come out to measure exactly ten yards. wiwith new technology these cou become obsolete. at allegiant stadium home of the las vegas raiders, we got a look inside the replay booth where no

visitors are allowed. we witnessed a new technology the nfl tested this season from sony called hawkeye. it's a software system that pieces together moments from up to 60 cameras in real time and uses artificial intelligence to precisely locate where the ball ended. sony hawkeye director daniel cash gave us the all-access pass. >> it's syncing all these. >> syncing together, yeah. you want to look and say you fumbled here, you got a good view here. you can see a good view from a different angle here. zoom in on this one. this is the reverse angle here. >> reporter: think of it like a juiced up replay using high def cameras to make the right calls 40 seconds faster than the chains. >> we identify the ball and -- >> artificial intelligence? >> exactly. you can identify the ball in the

image. >> reporter: the nfl tested it in the preseason for fans to see. >> it's like u.s. open tennis. >> reporter: tennis and soccer fans have seen the technology used for years to make out of bounds calls. introducing hawkeye to the nfl could change the way we see the game according to the nfl's deputy chief information officer. >> will that make those chains people love irrelevant? >> it may erase the chains. we'll get more accurate in what we're showing as far as measurements. we'll also have a faster moving game. >> reporter: some nfl legends like the kelce brothers prefer to keep things old school. >> i don't like it one bit. there's something about the chains. >> i like that there's human error part of the game. i don't think it's necessary. >> reporter: the executive producer of the nfl on nbc said it won't eliminate the drama

entirely. >> the quicker you get things done is better for the broadcast and the audience. >> reporter: while the technology is sidelined this post-season, the nfl is hoping to bring it back for more testing. >> we need the right results. when we do, we'll scale it up and out. >> reporter: their latest play to modernize the game. the chains and the people who operate them are known as the chain gang. doesn't mean we won't see them again. it might be used as a backup on the sidelines. back to you. >> brian, thanks so much. we have a programming note for our spanish speaking viewers. on january 21st, our friends at telemundo will air -- [ speaking in a global language ] -- forum against racism. you can catch it on telemundo next tuesday, january 21st at 9:00 eastern. >> the special is founded by the

kellogg foundation and will look at race in america and dive deep into the impact on inequality on children. it will be available in english on nbcnews.com. coming up, how you can overcome your anxiety with one single life hack. first, time for today's daily snapshot. what's black and white and all over the place? 800 panda sculptures. these cute creatures on display at a shopping mall in hong kong. it's one of eight places holding this exhibit across china featuring 2,500 pandas. it coincides with the start of the lunar new year

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she's a social ologist and auth. you say in your book don't fight your anxiety, but treat it gently. what does that look like? >> we're not broken machines when we're anxious. we're frightened animals. if i ran at you, it wouldn't calm you. it would make you more frightened. when we try to fight our anxiety, we make it worse. when we paradoxically accept it and say, i see you, i'll allow you, weirdly it gets better. >> you know, anxiety is so layered. it's passing sometimes. it's clinical. in your experience, what are some practical steps people can do to get unstuck if they're feeling trapped in that cycle? >> absolute gold standard for me is kind internal self-talk.

k.i.s.t. it's just say to yourself, may you be well, may you be happy, i see you, i'm here for you, we're okay in this moment. it's like you're trying to calm down a baby. you have to be willing to be the unanxious one and talk to yourself kindly. it moves your energy to a different part of your brain and, pop, you're out of it. >> you say the opposite of anxiety is creativity in the book. most people might not think of those as opposites. why do you see it that way? >> it has to do with the way this brain is structured. in the left hemisphere their this cycle that goes to fear and on the right side of the brain, they're mirror images, they don't just calm you down, but create things. if you're anxious, it flat lines

your creativity. what i just figured out for myself is, when you encourage your creativity, it flat lines your anxiety. i have a lot of exercises in the book and evidence to show it works. >> i love that. how can we -- some people get overwhelmed by the idea of sparking their own creativity. any examples? >> anything you make. make a sandwich. make a friend. make a conversation. if you're anxious, instead of saying what do i do now, think what shall i make? what can i make now? i'm holding a little piece of clay here. if our hands are moving and we're making something, we can't get as anxious. >> you also encourage something you call a sanity quilt. i think you're not talking about literally a quilt. what's a sanity quilt that you can make? >> there's this so-called crazy quilt where you don't follow a pattern.

you take your bits of cloth and sew them together in a spiral until you have a big quilt. what i call a sanity quilt, it's a metaphor for taking what you love and putting it at the center of attention. say what you love is surfing and you're at work all day. think about surfing. look at pictures of surfing. feel yourself calm down and then go surfing and start to stitch things together around what you most love and hold that in your attention and your life will go that way as well. you may not end up surfing every day, but you'll be a ier, calmer, more excited person. >> martha beck, preciate ap

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