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now. ♪♪ ♪♪ 2025.oday monday, february 24, critical condition. the vatican says pope francis is stilgts battling double pneumonia and early kidney failure. what we're learning. do not reply. key federal agencies telling employees to ignore an email from elon musk. the ultimatum musk issued and how workers are responding. off campus. historically black campuses are struggling to enroll young black men. how some programs are working to change it. did you catch the weekend's s.a.g. awards? what it could all mean days before the oscars. >> got to love awards season. >> we'll get into that later. we begin with an important update on the health of pope francis. >> the vatican says the pontiff remains in critical condition.

they said lab tests have shown slight improvement and he's resumed some work activities. the 88-year-old has been hospitalized for ten days being treated for pneumonia and light kidney failure. >> the vatican says pope francis thanks everyone who prayed for him. joining us now claudio lavanga at the vatican and dr. john torres. claudio, what more is the vatican saying about the pope's condition right now? >> reporter: well, the vatican and the doctors say that, as you mentioned, he's critical, but they see a slight improvement in his condition. now, he had no more of the asthmatic respiratory crises that worried doctorssaturday. a kidney insufficient si that

was diagnosed is no cause of concern the doctorors say and h continues to receive oxygen through his nostrils to help him breathe. that percentage of the oxygen is now decreased. all good signs that he's improving. he this morning received the eucharist and did work with his ors in the hospital and called the parish in gaza as he's done every day since the start of the work. >> claudio, thanks. dr. john, that new statement sounds more encouraging than what we've heard. what do you make of that? >> it does sound slightly more encouraging, but slightly is the word to use. a couple things are going on in that statement. number one, there is a slight improvement. he's able to do a little bit of work and also he hasn't had any respiratory crisis situations he had over the weekend. when you look at it, they're saying he's still critical and

they don't want to make a prognosis because they're being conservative. what that is telling me is that they're in a situation right now that isn't uncommon with somebody of his age -- he cod be going either way. tomorrow morning he could be doing better. he could be doing much worse. unfortunately he could die quickly as well. they're keeping a very close eye on him, continuing those treatments and hoping for the best. >> dr. john, the pope still being in critical condition, if he was your patient what would you be looking for in the coming hours and days? >> one of the things i would say, especially with the pope who is known for doing a lot of work, number one, take things very slowly. you can do a little bit of things here and there. let's monitor you and pull back as much as we can when needed. i would also make sure he understands the complexity of his situation and how he's at that point where it could go either way. talking about what he wants to

do, end of life decisions, how aggressive does he want to treat and what does he want to do if he needs comfort measures and we just have to do what he as the patient wants to do. >> claudio, we mentioned a prayer service tonight in st. peter's square. what's the vatican's message to catholics all over the world who have been praying for the pope? >> reporter: that rosary prayer just literally started. i don't know if you can hear the prayers behind me in st. peter's scared. it was called for by the vatican's secretary of state. he called all the cardinals who reside in rome to gather in st. peter's square to say a rosary for the pope. the rosary is a number of prayers and chants. they're not the only ones playing for the pope. all around the world people are gathering in churches to pray for the pope for him to get better soon and return to the vatican. kate, zinhle?

>> claudio lavanga on the ground and dr. john torres, thank you both. how would you feel if you got an email from human resources at your company with the subject line -- what did you do last week? >> that's what millions of federal employees found in their inboxes. it came from the office of personnel management. workers were told to list five things they accomplished in the last week. they were told they had until 11:59 p.m. tonight. >> elon musk posted on x a lack of response will be taken as a resignation. vaughn hillyard joins us now. vaughn, are all the agencies telling employees they have to respond? some have said you don't have to. what happens tonight at midnight? >> reporter: some agencies and department heads, including at the fbi and the pentagon, told employees they don't have to respond to that email. health and human services employees, they received a note from their boss saying they do have to reply to the email.

this is where we're 48 hours into confusion. it was saturday president trump suggested onon hisocial media account he wanted elon musk to be more aggressive. hours later musk posted on social media that workers would be getting an email that they had to reply to or else it would be considered an automatic resignation. the email didn't say anything about a resignation. i heard from one federal worker who told me she got an email but a friend told her about the social media post and said does this mean we'll be resigned if we don't replay? that's where all the confusion is at this hour. in fact, president trump was directly asked about the email. he said he liked the idea and the concept behind it. again, a lack of clarity for thousands of workers. >> vaughn, usaid was one of the first agency that is the trump administration and elon musk made cuts to. now it does appear that agency is cutting almost all of its staff.

what happened this weekend? >> reporter: we have seen a litany of lawsuits across multiple agencies and departments over these firing efforts. a judge here over the weekend ruling that the administration is, in fact, able to terminate and place usaid workers on administrative leave. we expect 2,000 workers to be ultimately laid off. then thousands of others are, in fact, being placed on administrative leave. a great many overseas are being directed to return to the united states. >> vaughn, can i ask you about a separate issue right now, the french president emmanuel macron meeting with president trump at the white house. they're holding a press conference. there's a lot of questions about peace negotiations involving ukraine and russia. what do we know? >> reporter: this is an almost all-day affair for president macron, the first european leader to visit the white house. he's been the conduit for president trump to the eu

nations. this is coming at a time in which negotiations are so important in the ukraine/russia peace talks. i want to let you listen to president trump talking about potential end of the war. take a listen. >> so the agreement's being worked on now. they're very close to a final deal. it will be a deal with various things. he would like to come, as i understand, here to sign it. that would be great with me. >> reporter: he suggested president zelenskyy could come to the united states within a week or two. he mentioned rare earth minerals as part of the deal. this is a hold-up on this agreement. president trump wants ukraine to grant access the u.s. to $500 billion of rare earth minerals in exchange for securi guarantees and u.s. support financially and in the long term against further

potential russian aggression. so far the ukrainians have not agreed to that. president macron while sitting next to president trump was asked whether he supported the u.s. financially benefitting from any sort of peace deal that would include that arrangement between ukraine and the u.s. he side stepped answering that. there's a lot on the line. nations, including france, are waiting to see where president trump takes these negotiations. >> vaughn, thank you. let's head to consumer news. apple announces a big investment in the united states. >> captain america stays soaring in its second weekend. >> reporter: apple plans to invest $500 billion in the u.s. over the next four years. they'll hire 20,000 new workers and open a facility in texas in

2026. tim cook met with president trump last week in an effort to spare apple from the president's tariffs. news letter start up sub stack is going after video creators to expand its reach as tiktok's future in the u.s. remains in limbo. the platform said creators can post videos directly on its app. it has 4 million paid subscriptions. "captain america: brave new world" slumped at the box office despite remaining number one. it earned $28.2 million in ticket sales from the second weekend. "the monkey" was the biggest new release of the weekend with 14.2 million. guys? >> i still want to see "captain america." >> we love "captain america."

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there's great concern among the people i'm talking to about the fact that mr. bongino is a political appointee, has no experience at the fbi. for 117 years this job has been filled by a career fbi agent. they're concerned with what he said on his podcast. he's not just a conservative podcaster. he's a trafficker in conspiracy theories. he called the fbi corrupt. he suggested the fbi was lying when they said they didn't know the identity of the suspect who placed pipe bombs outside the rnc and dnc. he suggested the secret service intentionally allowed poor security around donald trump that resulted in the assassination attempt. mr. bongino said he's ready to put aside his role as podcaster. >> ken, we have two of president trump's key allies at the top of the fbi. kash patel is the director and dan bongino is deputy director. have they said what changes they

intend to make? >> reporter: kash patel ordered a thousand fbi agents must be reassigned to the field and others sent to huntsville, alabama. that, while extreme, was expected. what fbi employees are concerned about is the notion that they will be asked to do things that are political. they'll be asked to target and investigate donald trump's enemies. that hasn't happened yet, but that's the concern when you have two partisans leading the nation's premier law enforcement agency. >> ken dilanian, thank you. new developments on the menendez brothers murder case. the district attorney now pushing the judge to reject the petition for a new trial saying the evidence presented did not meet the requirements. the fight for the brothers' freedom is not over. ura jarrett has the details. >> reporter: the tension between

the supporters of the menendez brothers and the new d.a. heating up. some family members said they were concerned they weren't being heard by the d.a. now they're worried the brothers aren't being believed. >> i was annoyed at the show. >> reporter: family members of the menendez brothers pushing back after a lengthy press conference from the top prosecutor overseeing their case. >> that did not need to be a press conference. that could have been paperwork filed with the court. the whole thing was unnecessary. >> reporter: a response to the district attorney's laying out in painstaking detail why the evidence the menendez brothers offered doesn't mean they should receive a new trial for murdering their parents in 1989. >> while it may have been a motivation for the menendez brothers to do what they did, does not constitute self-defense.

i also understand when it came to any corroborating information about that sexual abuse, it was extremely lacking. >> reporter: his skepticism about the menendez brothers story raising more questions now about whether he will also refuse to support their separate push for a judge to resentence them next month which wouldn't require a new trial, but make them eligible for parole immediately after spending more than 30 years in prison. >> we'll be looking at the rehabilitation. part of the reason i met with the family members who wanted to meet with me is that's a factor as well. >> reporter: his office in an unusual move releasing this new video with their overview of the events, notable giving the role documentaries have played in putting the case back in the spotlight, something the menendez brothers acknowledged when they spoke out next week calling into tmz.

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north bay. students are returning to class at two santa rosa high schools after learning two of their young classmates died of fentanyl overdoses over the weekend. nbc bay area's bob redell joins us outside santa rosa high. tragically, within the past 72 hours, four young people with connections to the santa rosa city school district. they passed away. you can see we're outside santa rosa high school, where there's a small memorial for one of those people, a 16 year old girl. she was a student here at santa rosa high of this morning before class. friends of the girl, they brought flowers, they signed messages. they comforted each other after learning what happened this weekend. according to santa rosa police, a friend found the six year-old girl and an 18 year-old man saturday night unresponsive in a bed in a home on brookwood drive here in santa rosa. both, as it turned out, dead from an overdose of fentanyl. the six year-old, as i mentioned, attended santa rosa high. the 18 year-old went to nearby montgomery high. in a separate case also saturday

morning, a 14 year-old and 16 year-old girl, both hospitalized with fentanyl overdoses. not clear if they are related to the overdose deaths, but police believe in all the c cases. th victims believed they were buying cocaine and didn't realize that they were ingesting fentanyl. she was a really sweet girl. she made sure everybody else was okay before herself, and for that, we will all always be forever thankful. i really wish i was able to spend more time with her and. i hope she rests easy. she is a student here at santa rosa high and was a friend of the 16 year-old victim, who she is starting to realize that the hard drug problem is worse than she knew, and believes students are turning to drugs to deal with their mental health struggles. yesterday afternoon, police did arrest a 21 year old suspected drug dealer who they say

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music fans are remembering roberta flack. among her greatest hits "killing me softly." ♪ killing me softly with his song ♪ ♪ killing me softly ♪ ♪ with his song telling my whole life ♪ >> reporter: flack's career took off in the 1970s with other hits like "the first time ever i saw her face." a representative for flack did not reveal her cause of death.h. roberta flack was 88. we're follow breaking news. another emergency on a commercial airplane. a delta flight from atlanta to south carolina had to turn back after takeoff because smoke filled the cabin. video taken by passengers posted on social media shows the haze inside the cabin. after landing safely everybody on board had to evacuate via the plane's emergency slides. 99 people on board and no one

was hurt. we have news at nbc. lester holt announced today he's making a big c change afr ten years of anchoring "nightly news." he will be stepping aside this summer and shifting his focus to "dateline" full time. lester has covered some of the most consequential stories of our time, always with a steady hand and thoughtful perspective. he's been recognized as america's most trusted news anchor. he's won countless awards for his reporting. as our boss said, lester is the beating heart of this news organization. we could not agree more. we are so very happy for you. so very sad for my parents who will miss seeing him every weeknight. >> die-hard lester fans. >> they are. >> best to you lester. a murder and hate crime trial is under way in illinois for the man accused of killing a 6-year-old palestinian american boy. investigators allege joseph shuba stabbed the boy and his mother. she survived the attack.

the two were renting rooms in his home. the stabbings came a week after the hamas terror attack on israel. prosecutors allege the mother and son were targeted because they were muslim. shuba has pleaded not guilty. maggie vespa has been following the case. maggie, what do we know? >> reporter: our producer in the courtroom telling us all 12 main jurors have been chosen. both sides still vetting potential alternates. court is not adjourned for the day. it was a pain-staking process that lasted most of the day with both sides trying to find those 12 jurors. asking them what they knew about this case, which rocked the suburban chicago area in 2023. at least one person saying he didn't think he could be unbiased because he had read so much and had such strong

feelings about the case. the defendant is joseph shuba. there he is. the attack happened one week after the october 7th attacks in israel and court documents say that shuba had tenants who were palestinian american. he was a landlord. he got into a conversation with the boy's mother asking her her take on the war in gaza. at some point according to documents she said they should pray for peace. that's when investigators say shuba became enraged going after the mother. she barricaded herself in a bathroom and that's when prosecutors say he went after her son. he faces first degree murder and hate crimes in this case. his defense is declining to comment. ck to you. >> maggie vespa, thank you. a major scare in the air for

more than 200 people aboard an american airlines flight. their plane was headed from new york to new delhi, india. it was escorted by firefighterer jets fighter jets after a reported bomb threat. here's nbc's emilie ikeda. >> reporter: another scare in the sky after a bomb threat caused this american airlines flight to be diverted. video capturing italian fighter jets escorting this plane once the aircraft entered italy's air space. >> things got real. there were jets flying near the aircraft. >> reporter: this man was traveling to india for vacation. >> i got worried that something might have happened in new delhi, some attack or something on the airport. >> reporter: the american

airlines flight took off from jfk airport saturday evening. it was several hours out from new delhi when it made an abrupt u-turn touching down in rome sunday. the crew reported the security issue according to the faa, which a source says was a bomb threat made through an email. the aircraft was inspected in rome and was found to not be credible. american said, safety and security is our top priorities and we apologize to our customers. >> the airlines receive these threats from time to time. typically they don't have any validity. it's rare it reached this level. >> reporter: sunday's diversion the latest in high-profile aviation incidents. last month an army helicopter collided with an american eagle jet over the potomac river. 67 people were killed. just a week ago a delta plane

arriving in toronto crash landed and flipped upside down leaving dozens injured. remarkably everyone on board survived. emilie ikeda, nbc news. we are closely watching a high-staking case in north dakota. it stems from the building of the dakota access pipeline. >> ergy ansfer is suing the group green peace. you may remember demonstrations by climate activists in 2016 where they clashed over the oil pipeline's planned cross of the river crossing. nbc news correspondent steven romo is following this for us. steven, what can you tell us about the lawsuit and the stakes here? >> green peace says this could be an end to their organization as we've known it for years now. this $300 million lawsuit could greatly affect the organization. the trial getting under way in north dakota. there was a very similar federal

lawsuit that was filed and has been dismissed by a federal judge. this trial going forward starting today. it relates back to these 2016 and 2017 protests. there were hundreds of arrests that happened at the time. thousands of people protesting that dakota access pipeline which is upstream from the standing rock sioux tribe reservations. there was concerns about their water supply. energy transfer is alleging nuisance and trespassing, defamation and more from green peace. >> do we have any statements from either energy transfer or green peace? >> we'vheard from both of them. green peace is saying they want to silence anyone who is criticizing the oil industry. their statement reads, this trial is a critical test for the future of the first amendment, freedom of speech and peaceful protest, painting this as a larger issue than just this

lawsuit. we have a statement from energy transfer. they said, we support the right of all americans to express their opinions and lawfully protest. when it's not done in accordance with the law, we have a legal system to deal with them. this is a jury trial. it will be decided from people in north dakota. some pretty big implications. >> steven romo, thank you. now to an "nbc news day" original story. >> according to data from the national college attainment network, freshman enrollment last fall dropped 5% compared to the year before. that number is expected to go up. >> another staggering statistic hbcus have reported their lowest enrollment for men in 50 years. >> reporter: this man knew he

would go to college, but he never planned to end up at an hbcu. >> i'm here now. coming here, i didn't have any guidance. i didn't know what to get involved in or what i was meant to do. >> reporter: the 20-year-old is a sophomore at north carolina agriculture and technical statement university. black male enrollment at hbcus is at an all-time low, dropping 25% since 2010. >> what does it mean we're seeing even still black male enrollment decline in ese spaces? >> hbcus are a crucial ladder for upward economic mobility. they are. we see very good evidence that black students who attend hbcus will get a boost. >> reporter: these two conducted that study. >> many factors are playing a role in this. we look at the pathway problem with k-12 disparities, lack of

black male teachers and also some financial barriers. black students are more likely to report their finances play a bigger role in their decision and also some of the underfunding that hbcus have experienced. >> reporter: across the country schools are programming to meet the need. male empowerment network is a school-sponsored student group dedicated to giving support to first year and continuing male students. >> if we could facilitate that, that would lead them to do better in the classroom. >> reporter: this evening they're hosting a barber shop style salon event where guest speakers and student leaders discuss the importance of self-expression. >> it felt like one of the first organizations events that we had where men felt comfortable to expression themselves. >> why do you think it's important for young black men to go to college, particularly an

hbcu and find this kind of community? >> going back to high school, i didn't think i was going to college. i didn't really see a reason for it. i grew up in section 8 housing. didn't have the money to get to college or think of that as an option. it's difficult for young black males to go through the same type of transformation of meeting the people they need to meet. >> reporter: while programs like aggie men bridge the gap, more change is needed. >> this can potentially bridge the hole. >> reporter: for students, aggie men has provided guidance and mentorship. >> it's from people who have been here before me. they can show me what worked for

them. having that guidance has allowed me to be successful. >> i learned a lot from this story. there's so much work to be done. experts are saying while these groups are bridging the gap, more institutional support is needed. >> needs to scale up to help even more. thank you for that. >> of course. up next,

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there was some serious star power at last night's s.a.g. awards. today we have the highlights. >> let's start with the host actress kristen bell. she opened the show with a parody from her hit show "frozen." ♪ do you want to be actor ♪

♪ let's get your foot inside the door ♪ ♪ can you scream a lot ♪ >> she was a highlight. let's dig in to more with entertainment journalist brian. let's talk about con "conclave." what were some of the other big winners last night? >> that waa surprise. it was a surprise to see timothee chalamet win for best actor. last time adrien brody won a golden globe for "the brutalist." everyone was hollering about demi moore winning best actor. she seems to be the biggest sure thing for best actress at the academy awards. keep in mind, the votes for the academy awards are already in and locked. this award show is not going to

impact what we see a week from now. >> okay. that's a good point. on tv -- streaming, whatever. "shogun" won a lot of awards and "only murders in the building" picked up a few. martin short i understand he won, but wasn't there. what happened? >> this is martin's first win for best actor in a comedy. he wasn't there because he has covid. his pal steve martin is blaming maya rudolph for a kiss they had a week ago. we missed out on seeing martin in a live moment. what a great win for him. that's exciting. >> it's going to be the special event of "snl." >> might be. i'm going to let you say it. >> we have to talk january fonda. she accepted a lifetime achievement award and delivered a very passionate speech. let's watch. >> this means the world to me.

you can't know. thank you s.a.g./aftra. your enthusiasm makes it seem less like a twilight of my life and more like a go girl. >> can you talk about how historic this achievement is? >> incredible. she said being woke is just giving a damn about other people. she talked about a collective resistance ainst adversity. she showered her audience with affection and gratitude and took the opportunity to say what a beautiful time we're living in. it was a beautiful speech. >> look it up. brian, you said they've already decided who the oscars are going to go to. who are your picks for the oscars? >> well, i think demi moore is a lock. what i want to see is best actor? is it going to be adrien brody

or timothee chalamet? i think this is a lens into where we're at right now. momentum happens. i think that timothee chalamet will take the win. >> people love some timothee chalamet. >> they do. >> brian, we really appreciate it. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. much more news ahead. >> don't go anywhere. you're watching "nbc news daily." for people who feel limited by the unpredictability of generalized myasthenia gravis, season to season, ultomiris is continuous symptom control, with improvement in activities of daily living

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