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breaking news. deadline delayed. millions of federal workers have the weekend to decide whether to leave their jobs. the growing questions whether the trump administration's offer is even legal. foul ball. the former interpreter for baseball's shou chew is about to learn his fate after stealing millions from the dodgers star. how much time he could spend behind bars. benefit. researchers digging into whether the popular drugs used for weight loss could help addiction. early findings offering hope for millions. better together. for many survivors of domestic violence, getting somewhere safe often means leaving behind a beloved pet. unique program opening its doors to everyone, two legged and four-legged. >> i can't wait to see that. >> yeah, it's really unique program here in new york. but it's also replicated in other places of the country where they allow the pets to come with people. we begin this hour with breaking news. a federal judge in massachusetts has just put a hold on the trump administration's plan to offer

buyouts to members of the federal work force. >> workers are offered eight months pay and benefits to leave their jobs. they had to midnight tonight to take a deal. it's been extended until at least monday. >> the administration's goal is to cut at least 5% of workers, which equals more than 100,000 people. that is turning the lives of federal employees around the country upside down. some of them are starting to speak out at tim walz like this one you see in virginia. also speaking to the media. listen to what some workers say the last few weeks have been like for them. >> scared. everyone is afraid every day the shoe is going to drop, we will get cut. >> the last week, elon musk. and after he visited the building, 50% cut of the entire agency. my colleagues are getting 15 minute check-ins with graduates

asking to justify their existence. >> everything from demoralized and dispirited to angry. i have colleagues with small children, single moms. >> nbc news white house correspondent joins us now. this buyout is extended. what happens when we get to monday? >> reporter: that is a key question that a number of people are trying to figure out. we know that on monday this judge that halted this program, he will be hearing arguments from some labor unions who are pushing for a longer restraining order to more fully block this program. that being said, we have the white house seemingly celebrating the extension. i will read what the press secretary said. we are grateful to the judge for extending the deadline so more federal workers who refuse to show up to the office can take the administration on generous once-in-a-lifetime offer. that's the white house stance on this. there are a number of people saying, wondering really whether or not this legal. also criticizing this program.

you have the white house saying a good thing for them. >> and democrats are strongly opposing this buyout plan. they have been very vocal about that. what is the argument they are making? >> reporter: well, the argument that a number of democrats and frankly some union leaders i have been talking to are making are two things. one, questioning whether or not it's legal for the government to do this. they feel like some people are coersersed and forced out, being threatened with being fired. there is also the question of whether or not the federal government will actually follow through because right now the argument and i guess the offer really is eight months of pay through september, salaries and benefits. some wonder whether that will happen. if the government shuts down on march 14 when we run out of government funding, could government workers who took the plan end up having their pay stopped? we have at the department of education some leaders warning workers there that this could end up being halted and the government could literally

renege on the offer after people said they want to take it. >> more to come for sure. yamiche alcindor, thank you. federal investigators are trying to determine what led to a run bay collision at seattle-tacoma airport. >> it is just the latest aviation accident in the united states after last week's deadly crash in washington. of the rules are changing for helicopters flying near reagan national. tom costello covers aviation and has the latest on both incidents. >> reporter: developments in aviation. we begin with sea-tac airport in seattle yesterday, a 787 clipped the tail, in fact sliced into the tail of a 737 from delta air lines. that 737 was waiting to de-ice and what happened is the japan airlines 787, its wing literally cut into the tail. no injuries. japan airlines has apologized. the faa and ntsb are looking into it.

now to washington and reagan national airport after that crash last week with 67 people who died in the water. today president trump is talking about the need to dramatically upgrade the nation's air traffic control system with new computerized technology. he will get no disagreement on that. that has been a push for years. the trouble is congress hasn't allocated the money. now president trump and elon musk say it is time for a rapid safety upgrade. elon musk's doge team set to be moving on that. now, the new transportation secretary holding a news conference this afternoon as already the faa has slowed the pace of flights into reagan national airport because they only have one runway. two of them out of commission amid this crash investigation, and they are also concerned about controller fatigue and stress. slowing the number of flights into and out of reagan, and that means delays are likely to build at reagan as well.

separately, as you know, they have decided that they will no longer allow choppers and planes in the same airspace at the same time around reagan national, deconflicting that airspace. salvage teams on the water again today. they have removed all of the wreckage of the plane. the american eagle jetliner. they are focused on blinking that black hawk helicopter up and out of the water. we do not have a readout on the black box from the black hawk helicopter, but the ntsb and the department of transportation and even the air traffic control tapes suggest that that chopper was in fact flying too high at 300 feet instead of the maximum of 200 feet, and so we are waiting for confirmation from the chopper's black box. that seems at this point to be accepted across the board. the chopper was simply flying too high. the question is why, and with was the air? was it at the control tower level, in the cockpit? we are waiting for the results of the investigation to

determine that. busy day and we will be following many more developments as the day breaks. back to you. >> all right. thank you, tom. the former interpreter for the los angeles dodgers superstar shohei ohtani is set to be sentenced today in a massive fraud case. >> he pleaded guilty last year to stealing millions of dollars from ohtani to pay off gambling debts. ohtani was a victim. he faces up to 30-year in prison. >> steve patterson is outside the courthouse in santa ana, california, for us. what are we hearing from prosecutors and izhara's attorneys ahead of the sentencing? >> reporter: classic tale of two narratives and who is the judge do you believe? mizuhara, his folks are asking for 18 months behind bars. he says he showed incredible remorse for the crimes that he committed, that all of this really stems from this not a sense of greed, a disease,

gambling addiction since he was a teenager, and was using the money he was stealing to cover that spiraling gambling expense and personal expenses. prosecutors want to throw the book at mizuhara. they say this did not come from a gambling addiction, came from greed. showed that some level extravagance in the expenditures, and betrayal of a baseball star, but somebody that a close, personal friend, a personal confidant that ohtani trust today handle his affairs. leaked from the doj on tape, mizuhara is impersonating shohei ohtani to make bank wires. listen to this. >> who am i speaking with? >> shohei owe tawn fi. >> what is your relationship to the payee? >> he is my friend. >> will there be any future wires to your friend? >> possibly.

>> reporter: those tapes put out by prosecutors, obtained by journalists, obviously, painting mizuhara in the worst light possible. mizuhara looking for 18 months. prosecutors looking for five years behind bars. >> thank you. time now for some consumer news. google is scrapping the diversity goals. >> plus, good news for bookstore lovers. julia boorstein with today's cnbc "money mute." >> well, google is citing recent court decisions and executive orders by president trump. the company memo sent wednesday, the officer wrote because its wroel as a federal courter, the company would, quote, no longer have aspirational goals when it dame to die remembersty and inclusion. they are the latest to drop the diversity targets similar moves by mcdonald's, meta, target and walmart. walmart is cutting hundreds

of jobs and closing their north carolina office in their continued effort to move flows to the central offices in arkansas and california. in an internal memo, the company also asked staffers in new jersey and other smaller offices to relocate to the headquarters in arkansas. and after downsizing for more than ten years, barnes & noble announced this week it's opening at least 60 new stores this year. the book seller credited the revival to the popularity of tiktok's book community called book talk and the rise of third places or spaces outside home and work. kate and zinhle, back to you. >> okay. >> doing something positive. >> hey, look, the kids want to read. we need more third spaces. you need a spot to go. >> enjoy. >> love that. >> love a bookstore. >> definitely. thank you. coming up, an 11-year-old boy is safe after falling through the ice on a frozen lake. this daring officer going out to

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efforts. lawsuit a day after federal immigration agents raided apartment buildings in denver, colorado. unclear how many were arrested. in seattle a federal judge has indefinitely blocked president trump's order ending birthright citizenship. that's the constitutional right aumatically granting citizenship to anyone born in the u.s. a federal judge in maryland issued a similar order in a separate case yesterday. here to sort through all of, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. julia, let's start with the seattle judge. this is the second ruling in a couple of days to block the president's attempt to end that right to citizenship at birth. what happens now? >> reporter: that's right. it might not be the last ruling on this order this week, kate, because we have a similar hearing tomorrow in boston that we will be watching. this is coming from a judge who previously last month issued a temporary restraining order pausing the executive order from going into effect for two weeks. at the time the judge, an

85-year-old judge appointed by ronald reagan, said it was unconstitutional and boggled his mind that the trump administration could argue to end birthright citizenship through an executive order. so he introduced this nationwide injunction that's keeping it at bay. of course, trump said he would appeal this judge's first ruling. so we could expect this to be held again at the appellate level and to decide this matter probably at the supreme court, kate. >> and back to immigration enforcement that's being done. tom homan was asked about some reporting that the trump administration wants to allow local police to arrest undocumented immigrants during traffic stops. what did he say about that? >> reporter: this something have been hearing about being expansion of the 287(g) program. he spoke to our gabe gutierrez and i believe you have a -- something about what he said

here. start th a "washington post" report. it allows local law enforcement to make arrests and to be able to go out and if they are just encountering arrest -- encountering immigrants in their daily operations, even traffic stops, could arrest them then. he said basically they wanted to expand the power of 287(g). he didn't say how that could work. >> they want to expand the power of the local law enforcement? >> reporter: absolutely. they need more people to be doing these arrests. julia ainsley, thank you. weight loss drugs are hugely popular and increasingly prescribed for conditions like diabetes and obesity. but now researchers are studying whether these drugs can also treat addiction. nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk shows us the potential medical breakthrough. >> the class of weightless drugs, glp-1s, are changing people's lives. some patients are noticing more than just the pounds coming off.

>> anyone else kick the wine habit? >> reporter: can these medications also be a powerful tool in the fight against addiction? early studies and animal research have shown some promise. >> what we are missing at this point and what's really critical is to have those placebo controlled randomized clinical trials. >> reporter: that's what you are doing? >> yes. >> reporter: the team at oklahoma state university are studying how glp-1s may help people struggling with alcohol. >> the hope is that by measuring everything from behavior down to genes, we may be able to get a better picture of why these medications are working, if they are working. >> reporter: she started taking a glp-1 lose weight a year and a half ago. >> my first shot, i know longer wanted food. >> reporter: then the self-described daily drinker stopped drinking. >> took me a week to realize i wasn't picking up the bottle. >> reporter: and you were doing it every day? >> yes. >> reporter: stan brook is not

part of the osu study. how long has that bottle been in that cabinet? >> 19 months. >> reporter: but her experience is what researchers at osu want to understand. study participants look at images of drinks with and without alcohol while getting an mri scan. >> we are trying to look how their brain responds to the different types of cues. >> reporter: the same is done with near-infrared spectroscopy. >> answer as quickly as you can. >> reporter: the hope is that participants on the glp-1 would have the same brain activity regardless of the drink they see. >> we know for certain that this is a participant who meets criteria for alcohol use disorder. >> reporter: if the drug works, those brain regions may no longer light up. >> so it would look like t this. >> reporter: nothing. >> right. >> reporter: the researchers also monitor changes in behavior with food using virtual realty. >> they had to give me another plate. i took so much food at that point. >> reporter: the study wraps up later this year promising a pos

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12-hour manhunt. they have not commented on the allegations. police say appears to be a targeted attack. there is no known motive at this time. . israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu capped off his visit to washington, d.c., with a series of meetings on capitol hill today. netanyahu met a bipartisan group of lawmakers. he also has a one-on-one with house speaker mike johnson. the trip to the hill is the latest item, the last item on the israel leader's washington agenda after he arrived here on sunday and comes as president trump proposed that possible u.s. takeover of gaza. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard joins me from capitol hill. vaughn, what have you heard today from prime minister netanyahu and lawmakers about the president's comments the other day on gaza? >> reporter: right. prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting with multiple republican senators, but some democrats as well.

this comes after an early morning post from president trump on his truth social acaccount which he was quite explicit in saying that after the fighting, in his words, at that point in time israel would then turn over gaza to the united states. he has been very unclear and specific as to what exactly that would look like. of course, that would lead to the displacement of more than a million palestinians. but i want to let you listen to john cornyn, republican senator out of texas, one of many lawmakers i asked about this, whether this something that is feasible. take a listen. >> palestinians who live there,is uninhabitable. so this is something that's going to require creative thinking and presidident trum certainly is capable of doing that. but i think he started an important conversation. so we can understand what the

facts are. >> reporter: of course, u.s. expansionism into the middle east is quite remarkable, but what you heard from many republican lawmakers, kate, is not ruling it out entirely but suggesting that the u.s. should look at the situation in gaza and whether that would be in the interest of course. there is a lot yet to be determined as unclear from the trump administration and congressional republicans. >> all right. vaughn hillyard, thank you. in the last few weeks artificial intelligence chatbot deepseek took world by storm and remains one of the most downloaded apps, but there are major concerns about the app because of the company's ties to the chinese government. a new proposed bipartisan bill in congress would ban the app from all u.s. government devices while other countries are starting to ban the app outright. savannah sellers put too deepseek to the test and got some surprising answers. >> australia, south korea and taiwan announcing a ban of the surging a.i. app deepseek, plus

government bans in the u.s. are also growing with nasa, the navy, and texas state government workers blocked from using the chinese-owned app, all citing national security concerns. >> deepseek spells it out, right, in the privacy policy, that they are tracking user keystrokes and they are saving that data on chinese servers. what does that mean for users? >> where is that data going? is to companies we trust? and are those privacy policies reflective of that. >> reporter: now cybersecurity firm says it found evidence users' data is going to china with the ability to send that data to state-owned china mobile, a telecom company blked in the u.s. with the pentagon citing ties to the chinese military. still users don't steam to be scared off with more than 16 million downloads since the launch. this as openai is investigating whether deepseek used its models inappropriately to build competing app. with so much buzz around deepseek, we wanted to use the

app against the u.s.'s most popular a.i. charter bus, chatgpt. starting with concerns deepseek censors the answers. let's see what happens when n i ask both deepseek and chatgpt about chinese leadership. what do you think of president xi? deepseek just started an answer, and then immediately said, sorry, that's beyond my current scope. let's talk about something else. whereas chatgpt is giving a detailed answer. when asked what happened at tiananmen square, deepseek refused to answer. >> it's going to generate and the rules tell you, no, you are not supposed to say that. wipe it. >> reporter: i asked both to compose an essay of someone they admire. they picked the same person. deepseek and chatgpt are saying they admire malala. >> you have an account with deepseek, a chinese-owned company. is the the data that's all over

our phone, the signals that the phone gets and that app gets, going to the chinese? >> reporter: savannah sellers, nbc news. we are following two big stories in today's daily health. >> the first is rise in flu-like illnesses across the country. dozens of school districts are closing doors and cancel classes. >> the other big headline, a new type of bird flu, detected in dairy cows for the first time ever. joining us now nbc news medical contributor dr. natalie azblarm. good to see you. let's start with the flu-like cases because it's hitting kids hard. my kids are older in college and it's hitting their campuses. what do parents need to know? >> you guys, if i said it once, i said it a thousand times. all parents and caregivers out there please get your children vaccinated against the flu. every year sadly we see dozens of children dying from flu and unvaccinated.rity of them are

we know that vaccines are not going to prevent illness in everyone, but it does prevent severe disease and reduces the risk of dying from flu, which healthy kids still do to this day. other than that, i would say you know your child. you know, when they are sick, stay home. we will get into that a little bit. that's really the message i have to send today. >> let's get into that. you talk about prevention, getting the shot. sometimes folks still fall sick. when should parents think about keeping their kid home from school and how can we all protect ourselves? >> a couple of things to sort of -- the framework around this is fever. you stay hemo. fever is a temperature of 100.4 or higher. they need to be free 24 hours before they can go back to school. if they are vomiting, have diarrhea, if they have a severe cough or just so listlessss and lethargic you feel like they can't participate in school,

deep them home. a lot of the stuff is kind of common sense and if you have any questions please reach out to your pediatrician. we don't want kids going back to school with contagious diseases like flu and covid and pinkeye. they need to stay home to get over those things. >> that new bird flu detected in dairy cows. we have been reporting on all of the impacts in poultry, caused higher egg prices even, empty store shelves. how concerning it's in cows? is it safe to eat beef, poultry? >> still yes, safe to eat in our food supply. cooking meat to the temperatures that are appropriate will kill and pasteurizing milk kills the virus. the concern is that this is a different strain than the one that we have been accustomed to talk about the last year. this particular strain called d1.1 the strain found in the louisiana individual who passed away as well as in that canadian teenager who got very, very sick.

so this is the first time we have seen this strain in milk, from cows. and that's concerning because experts are saying this virus is modifying itself now to be more comfortable in mammals and once that starts happening we worry about transmission to humans. still no human-to-human transmission has been observed with any of these strains. this what experts are, obviously, watching very closely as we are. >> great information. dr. azar, thank you. you know what? the super bowl is three days away, and the game could mark a big moment for the kansas city chiefs and the head coach there, andy reid. >> reed has been the mastermind behind the historic chiefs run over a decade. now he is looking to lead his team to a first ever super bowl three-peat. here is nbc news correspondent kaylee hartung. >> reporter: maybe the only thing kc and philly fans agree on this week, chiefs coach andy reid is one of the greats. and one of a kind.

the three time super bowl champ has been an nfl head coach for 26 years. the last 12 seasons with the chiefs. and before that, he was the top guy for the eagles. >> i have a lot of memories positively. respect. >> reporter: on the field reid is a master of xs and os and getting the most out of his players. >> a great job of making everybody feel important and maximizing their strengths. >> reporter: off the field, he has become something of of a pop culture icon. his love of cheeseburgers. >> a cheeseburger that they go deep on the first play. >> reporter: sense of humor. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: make him a fan favorite. >> how much do we love andy reid? >> a thousand percent. >> reporter: coach reid look-alikes popping up on "today." a natural in front of the camera, reid landing a cameo in hallmark channel's holiday touchdown, a chiefs love story. >> guys, on to the field now. >> reporter: a movie that leaned

into the hype around a real-life chiefs love story. his hallmark movie co-star jenna asking about the travis kelce -- taylor swift romance. >> it's a healthy thing. >> reporter: but this week andy reid is writing his own script on a quest to make nfl history with kc's third straight super bowl victory. >> we have make sure that we're doing things the right way. >> reporter: his postseason mastery and saving his best plays for the biggest moments has some head likes suggesting reid has a secret playbook. that creativity on full display two years ago in a super bowl against the eagles. with reid calling the same play twice with the same outcome, and when the chiefs' superstar quarterback patrick mahomes was asked if anything could stop him and chiefs dynasty -- >> take away andy reid, that might be it. we will see when we get there, i guess. >> reporter: kaylee hartung, nbc news.

coming up, i am going to visit a program committed to keeping survivors of domestic violence together with their pets.

a daily original hour. anyone who has a pet knows how attached you get to a dog or cat. imagine if you were in a dangerous situation and needed to leave quickly.

would you be willing to leave your pet behind? >> that's the choice many survivors of domestic violence are faced with because most shelters in the u.s. don't accept pets. one organization in new york city is doing things differently. >> reporter: for hope, cocoa is more than a dog. she like a third chimed. she was a student in houston studying psychology and homeschooling her kids. >> i been a teenager mother. all i was known for, people had written me off. i wanted to make something of myself. >> reporter: she was isolated and enter a relationship for companionship that became abusive. one night he starting throwing things, hitting her, yelling, waking the kids. >> i let the boogeyman in. that's what breaks my heart. >> reporter: she kicked him out and move to new york city, but she and the kids needed a place to live and she couldn't bear to leave cocoa behind. >> that's a thought that even

this many years later, it just breaks my heart. i felt so guilty for everything that i had brought on us, and i couldn't imagine having to add to that. >> reporter: hope search and found people and animals living savvily program run by the urban resource institute in new york city. this place is unusual, less than 20% of domestic violence shelters accept pets according to them. >> this our childcare room. >> reporter: the ceo and chief of staff showed us around one of 11 domestic violence shelters. >> this a unit? >> reporter: where families can live with pets. a 2019 survey with the national domestic violence hotline found half of domestic violence victims would not consider a shelter if they could not take their pet.

the units are small apartments with space for kids, fully equipped kitchens and everything a pet needs. >> that includes food? >> toys. >> everything is here? >> everythi is here. >> reporter: there is a rooftop deck where even the plants are pet safe, a computer lab for kids and outdoor py areas. >> kids over here. pets over here. they get together, belief believe it or not. >> reporter: cocoa loves it here. why does it matter so much to have pets allowed? >> we launched based on a belief that pets are family. pets are our companions, our confidants. we recognize that it is too much to ask to have someone in a crisis have to leave a pet behind. >> this program so unique and we need to create more spaces. >> with additional funding, other nonprofit organizations can also be more welcoming to families with pets. >> reporter: hope is married

now, running a business with her husband, her kids are in college. she loves creating, singing, writing, designing her own clothing line. >> the creative part is the breath of life. that's the thing that i was designed to do. it has to come out of me. that's the way it is. i found purpose. i found life. i found me. >> it was such a pleasure to meet hope. she is doing such great things. she also has a clothing design company. if people are interested, one victory designs. >> a beautiful story.y. it strikes me not all shelters, as you mentioned, do what they are doing, right? >> yeah. >> what does that look like? >> if you are in a place you can't bring your pet, you might have to board your pet. some have foster cares for pets. it's really difficult. >> and is it just those pets? >> you could bring goldfish, domesticated pets, hamsters,

bearded dragons, birds. they take everything. >> and people want to learn more? >> the website urbanresourceinstitute. look that up or look at pals, a and they will tell you all about the program. >> fabulous. >> replicate it around the country. >> an angle that a lot of people probably haven't thought about. thank you for that. >> thank you. and of course, if you or someone you know needs help, someone you know needs help, call 1-8 # today, i chooseth how to screeneth for colon cancer! here on my land, not theirs. give me cologuard®, or give me— excuse me. we can do that for you. what, no battle? nope. just a prescription. victory! cologuard is an effective and non-invasive colon cancer screening test. false positive and negative results may occu those at high risk should use colonoscopy.

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