>> i'm one of those people. >> any money saving tips? >> take a look at who's offering free shipping. tomorrow is free shipping day, so jay crew, they did this last year. also try to pay attention to those shipping deadlines. again, if you do have a free trial at walmart plus, you may be able to get access to that free and fast shipping. so take a look at all your options out there. again, shopping early and shipping early is a big way to get them before christmas. >> i hope you get everything on your wish list, brian. naughty or nice, that's the big question. >> nice, nice, nice. that does it for us today. have a wonderful weekend. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart is next. good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, we're going to get to our top story in 30 seconds.

but first, growing concerns in the skies. dozens of slarnlg, unidentified flying objects believed by many to be drones have been spotted over homes, businesses, and military facilities, in at least four states for almost a month now. to get the very latest on this developing story coming up. first, new information about the suspect in the killing of the united health care ceo. the nypd says they have now a clearer picture of how he evaded authorities for five days, telling nbc that it appears he got on the subway after the shooting, headed uptown, but then turned back around. also revealing how he was seemingly able to remain under the radar for all of those days. >> he was getting money from an atm. everything he did, he was paying for in cash. it appears that it was one large withdrawal from the bank itself, because, you know, he had over

$5,000 worth of cash on him in $100 bills. >> they confirm that he was never insured under united health care. joining us now is valley castro in huntington, pennsylvania, and mark claxton, a retired nypd detective, director at the black law enforcement alliance. valerie, what's the latest this morning? >> reporter: jose, good to be with you. police continue their investigation, even though he's in custody. they are looking into his movements, his whereabouts following the shooting in manhattan. police say they believe that after he made his way uptown near the george washington bridge where there is a bus terminal, instead of leaving the city at that point, he appears to have gotten back on a subway train and headed downtown towards penn station. from that point is where they believe he made his way into pennsylvania, hitting cities like philadelphia and as far

west as pittsburgh, before heading back east where he ended up in altoona, pennsylvania, and of course, was arrested earlier this week. as far as his travels within pennsylvania, police are still trying to figure out exactly what mode of transportation he used to get between those various cities. jose? >> mark, we now know -- we were just hearing about the movements after the shooting and what he had on and when he was taken into custody. what do you see when you look at all these pieces of evidence? >> these pieces of evidence help investigators establish a tighter and more clearly and well defined timeline, and really is assisting in the eventual prosecution of the suspect. i think what investigators are trying to lockdown right now, if they are able to, is some sort of motive. but the most important thing at this point is really processing and evaluating and putting into a time hooin line all of the av

evidence, including the forensic evidence that's been collected by the investigators. they still have to process a lot of the items and evidence that they have in order to put into this timeline, which will eventually lead to a successful prosecution. as long as you can create kind of this linear, logical fact pattern, which gives a jury an opportunity to analyze to think in a linear fashion, you tend to be more successful. >> mark, just wondering, like united health care says he was never insured by them. what can this tell us about motive? >> you know, motive is very tricky, and oftentimes can be very subjective. from an investigative standpoint, identifying a motive is incidental to really effectively collecting and gathering and analyzing available evidence. and so, the prosecutor also tell

you motive is not necessary for a conviction. it's something they like they have. but we really treat motive incidental. sometimes motive jumps out at you and it's clear and obvious. other times, it's more difficult to assess. one of the pitfalls of focusing or directing your attentions and efforts or establishing a motive is, there are shifting scenarios. this is a classic case here. you know, some people will jump out and conclude that the motive may be related to a rejected health claim. then you find out that may not be the situation. so you find yourself following and chasing the motive. that shouldn't happen. the motive is incidental to the collection of factual evidence. >> valley, we're waiting on the district attorney to file his indictment. when could that happen and what happens next? >> reporter: jose, that would be the next big key development in

this case as far as the new york portion goes. governor kathy hochul indicating she inspects that indictment to be handed down any way, but we have not got a clear timeline for when they may happen. in the meantime, mangione's attorney is fighting extradition, contesting his detention here. there are a couple of court hearings set for later in the month, december 23rd and december 30th. although governor hochul indicating she is working with authorities here in pennsylvania in hopes of expediting that extradition process. jose? >> mark, the nypd says they still don't know exactly how manione on taped btained the gun the shooting. these ghost guns are difficult to trace. how do you track information like that down? >> very challenging when you talk about these ghost guns and

whether or not this particular weapon was made on one of those 3-d printers or purchased as one of these kits. it's still very difficult to trace down, because there is no serial number attached to the frame itself. so it really is a difficult thing to track down for the investigators, which is why a lot of times, and you'll find this across the nation, a lot of legislators are really pushing towards increased penalties for even the production of these quote unquote ghost guns, if you will. so there has to be a heavier enforcement in regards to it. because you cannot trace their origins effectively and efficiently, you know, they really are ghosts. that makes these investigations especially challenging, if you wouldn't necessarily need to find -- to establish a timeline of the firearm itself. >> and mark, were you surprised

at all, or -- that it took five days to identify this guy? i mean, that one picture of him at the hostal where he lowered his mask, it seemed as though it didn't take any calls from friends and family members to identify him, it took those two people in mcdonald's to do that. are you surprised by that? >> not really. i tell you, these investigations have a process of their own a lot of times. every investigation is unique and different, and the available evidence makes some things more challenging than other things. but i think what's happened is we've become kind of groomed by the sensationalization of a lot of these programs which require a certain time frame to conclude these cases, and that's just not the reality of it. you conclude them any way you can conclude them, whether that comes from you identifying as an investigator, identifying the

perpetrator or information coming from the public, which is, quite frankly, the most common way these cases are solved. so no, the timeline didn't disturb me at all. >> valley castro and mark claxton, thank you very much. really appreciate it. still ahead, as syria emerges from 60 years of a family-run dictatorship, we'll talk about the path towards its future. what came out from the latest american diplomatic efforts, and we'll also speak with a syrian activist. and in 9 0 seconds, even more reports of possibly drones in the night skies over the northeast. up next, we'll talk to one new jersey mayor who has seen them himself and is frustrated by the lack of answers. >> this smacks of a lack of control. that makes people very uncomfortable. makes people very uncomfortable. in any condition, and get samsung galaxy s24+ with circle to search, and watch and tab. all three on us. survive the holidays with samsung,

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available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully. >> joining us now, marquis francis. marquis, good to see you. when there's so little information oftentimes from official sources, it creates confusion. what are officials saying today? >> that's right, jose, there's so much confusion. we just heard that sound from the white house national security comms adviser john kirby. he said these drones are not a national security threat. he said even though the u.s. government does not have firsthand imagery, the imagery they have had to analyze, this is not a threat to the american people. they said this is not from a foreign country. but of course, this has done nothing to quell the anxiety of people and lawmakers in and around new jersey. these drones are not hobbyist kind of drones, the kind of

drones that people end up into the sky to get aerial views of nature or sporting event. these are commercial grade drones. anywhere from between six feet and the size of a small car. up in the air for hours at a time. when local law enforcement have sent their own drones up into the sky to get a picture of what these drones are, these commercial grade drones have been able to elude people. this month, 21 new jersey mayors have sent a letter to the state asking for more answers. of course, we have state officials asking for answers from the federal government. and so there's just a lot of questions going around and not enough answers. of course, john kirby said this investigation is ongoing. and he's asking for some patience. he's say ing this is the beginning of the investigation, not the end. this is something that's been ratcheting up online for a bit, but things took another turn on wednesday when a republican lawmaker went on fox news and said these drones are actually

from the iranian mother board. that has not been corroborated at all, and the state department said they are rejecting that theory. of course, when you have so many more questions than answers, this is where you get that anxiety from, jose. >> marquis francis, thank you very much. joining us now, mayor sam morris from one of the communities experiencing these sights in new jersey. thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> we were showing some of the pictures and videos that you took just this week of these flying objects over mine hill township. what do you think is behind this? because some of the -- not the ones you picked up on, but i've seen some of the other ones that could well indeed be landing lights changing from an airplane as it approaches an airport. what is it that you think they are? >> well, i've put on my facebook this morning that i, you know,

the governor and mr. kirby have a little bit of a point, which is people -- in the absence of any information, people are filling in the blanks. and people are probably about 50% or 60% of the sightings. most likely they are small aircraft, some could be jets going into newark, going into different places. even we get traffic here for the new york, you know, airports. but the -- what i think is going on is somebody -- i think somebody is trying to show off. you know, this is -- i said this numerous places. if you wanted to be stealthy and up to something and you were trying to do something malicious, you're going to come in around 3:00 in the morning in the dark with no lights on your drone and you're going to do something. these drones come out about 4:30, 5:00 during the evening rush hour and they generally have been staying up until about 11:00.

the state police said that's generally the time they see them go away. there was one i saw myself two days ago at 5:15 in the morning. and i think somebody is out there trying to draw attention to something. i don't -- i've said before, if they wanted to hurt us, they would. i don't think it's necessarily nefarious, but it has people upset. >> and it's definitely out there. in other words, you're really, according -- what you have seen, it's not -- as you say -- some may be airplanes or jets or small, you know, airplanes. but there are also large drones? >> yeah. there are -- so one of the easiest way to tell drones, aircraft generally have four lights, two forward, left and right, red and blue and a pair of white lights. sometimes they have handing headlights on, and you can see those if it's foggy and misty.

the drones that are in a different pattern, flat, four or five, six to the side. drones have red and green lights that alternate. the back of an airplane sometimes has four or six white lights, and that does get people's attention. but then you hear the engine noise, which trails behind a plane just a little bit. you think it might be something, then you hear the engine noise and you know it's a plane. the drones come across, and people reported hearing like whirring sounds, like a small fan or something. but generally they don't make a sound. you don't really hear them or know they're up there. you just see them. >> and the people have been reported large ones? these are more than just the, you know, privately owned, small -- >> i have personally -- there are people that have reported some pretty good-sized drones, which is one of the things that upsets me is, when they come out and say there's no threat and

all these things, the size and weight of these things is a threat by itself. if it lost power, it's going to come down. one of the rules in section 107 of the faa code is, you are not supposed to fly over a populated area or roadways. but these things are right over towns and buildings, and they're right over my municipal complex. so they're violating the rules. so at the size they are, that's dangerous. >> yeah. i mean, anything over 249 grams should be registered, and there should be a way to determine what each one has its open i.d., if they're following the law. mayor sam morris, great to see you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much. up next, we'll talk to a syrian activist who fled her home during the assad regime. now that he's gone, she's getting to do something she hasn't done in many, many years. and back at home, guess what? a week away from another possible government shutdown. we'll go to capitol hill, next.

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22 past the hour. this morning, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in iraq on a trip to syria's neighbor. blinken met with iraq's president and addressed the need for the region to help support syria's transition after the fall of the assad regime. >> what's happening in syria does have an important impact, and it's very significant that

iraq, along with many other countries in the region, and beyond, will make best efforts to support the syrian people as they emerge from the assad years. >> at the same time, there does remain home that the american journalist austin tice will be found 12 years after being detained in syria. our correspondent richard engel is on the ground there with the very latest. >> reporter: american journalist austin tice has been missing in syria since 2012. his family has renewed hope he will be found now that bashar al assad's dictatorship has been overthrown. this man, a senior rebel leader, says they're aware the assad regime arrested tice. "we have tried as much as possible to find information about austin and return him to his mother, but we have not reached a result," he said. then, a lead. we spoke to this man, now in

dubai. he was an activist and citizen journalist, arrested for filming anti-regime demonstrations. this is the first time he's showing his face on camera. he told us he was in a prison cell across from tice and last saw him alive in july 2022. on one occasion, he says, they punished me for four hours because i violated the instructions and looked at a detainee. we went to the location this morning. assad's former general intelligence prison. ahmed said he memorized the location here, and said you had to descend 27 steps to get to the right area. 26, and 27. it all checks out. he said the steps would lead to a row of cells about 100 yards long. this is the tiny solitary confinement cell where ahmed was

kept with a tiny slot in the bottom, and just opposite, this is the cell where tice was kept. ahmed said most of the prisoners in this wing were foreigners. a calendar counting down days. it would have been miserable to stay here, but there's still cockroaches crawling out of holes in the walls. we showed pictures of the cells to ahmed, and he confirmed we're in the right place. he said tice was thin, and like other prisoners, had his hair and eyebrows shaved off but appeared healthy, able to walk, eat, and communicate. we don't know what happened to him after that. >> and richard joins us now from damascus. you know, richard, your stories are always so extraordinary. it's so terrifying to see what the vestiges of that horrendous

regime, 50 years in the making. how is the process going forward today? >> reporter: so, that prison, by the way, was the five-star hotel compared to some of the other prisons. that is where the foreigners were generally kept, according to the detainee who we featured in that story, ahmed, who was an extraordinary source. over the years, i've heard many tips about austin tice where he might be and his condition. but this former detainee, now in dubai, had an unbelievable level of detail. he counted the steps that it took him from the courtyard to get to his cell. he knew how many steps there were. he knew where the guards' locations were. we went there, it all matched. he knew -- he described his cell door. he described what tice looked like as he was allowed sometimes to walk down the hallway for exercise, something that he himself was not allowed to do.

he was only taken out of his cell to be beaten in interrogations. that other foreigners were in that wing, this privileged luxury wing, if you can describe it as that compared to the other prisons here, including a young chinese man, a russian, several turks. how is it going here? there is a lot of uncertainty, but on the streets of damascus and other cities today, there were mass celebrations. people were unfurling huge syrian flags. the new syrian flag, the rebel flag, which was illegal to fly just a few days ago. you would have been been arrested and put in a cell like that, a much worse cell like that if you had taken out the rebel flag. today, it was flying all over the city of dmasz kus.amascus. so it is a time of change and discovery, as syrians are looking back at how awful their

previous regime was and looking for missing relatives and loved ones. and trying to figure out where this goes from here. people are nervous about that islamist government. there are many secular syrians that don't want to live under islamic law. i think that's perhaps the majority here. it's a time of change and nervousness. >> ard engel, thank you very much. joining us now is the director of the syrian campaign human rights group based in berlin. thank you for being with us. i know you were forced to leave syria to continue your work. much of your family, however, was not able to get out. it's just one family's life experience under the assad dictatorship, but what was it like? >> thank you for having me. i think a state of fear, this is how i would describe syria. i'm sure you are seeing the

footage as well of the dungeons of assad's prison. but i think we need also to think of all the hospitals that were destroyed, of all the schools that were attacked, the markets, and all the families, like the mother and family of austin tice. there are hundreds of thousands of syrian families who are still looking for loved ones. i think richard said it like i'm looking at the footage from that security that he visited. it looks for me like a five-star hotel in comparison to the footage of the -- that i have seen where my own husband was, and the horror stories that he told me. i just want to say one thing about the prisons in syria being told to me by one of the detainees, that all the photos i was seeing and the videos were a horror set, but the horror was

not showing. so even more that we are seeing today. >> for decades, that regime denied any human rights violations existed, and they said there's no political prisoners here. so many people, however, were tortured and killed in these prisons. yet those people's stories were essentially made invisible by that authoritarian regime. is there now a hope that their truth, that their existence can be recognized. >> i think this is exactly some of the things we worked out in the syrian campaign to make sure victim and survivor stories are preserved, and the regime did not only commit those atrocities but with the support of russia and iran have waged huge disinformation campaign to cover up atrocities. for example, on the use of chemical weapons, many of the survivors will tell you we did not only survive and we have to

deal with the aftermath of living through that, but we're also living through the idea of denial, because the whole world was denying and believing the assad theory of, you know, fighting on the terrorist, or we don't have political opposition, and i think today, at least the world will see, i would stress that we, as human rights defenders, and i will talk about my colleagues and the victim and survivor groups, those who survived said atrocities, make sure the world know. we have seen horrific photos leaked. we have seen the files. we have heard horrific testimonies, but sometimes i think it is important to say that the world knew about all of this and let it happen. and i really hope that seeing all of those atrocities and evidence will end inhumanity not

only in syria, but everywhere. >> i've often thought about how countries can go from dictatorship to democracy, or to a better life. and i'm just thinking, does syria have what portugal, for example, had in 1974, which is the international support, and the mario schwarzes of portugal in 1974, does syria what spain had in '75 at the death of franco? does it have a felipe gonzalez? where is the future hope for your country? >> i think this is the first time we talked about this, so there's still a lot to learn. but i would say that hope lies in the syrian civil society. the people with white helmets who have been saving women and children. people like myself who believe in secular, free, and diverse syria. by hope is only with those

people, with the people that richard is meeting today in damascus, chanting for syria, united and civic. but i think that the road ahead of us is not easy. it is not difficult after all of those atrocities that the population has lived through, but i do have hope that change is coming. >> and the millions and millions of people during these last 50 years have been forced to leave their country and search for a life elsewhere. i can never forget that image of that little 3-year-old boy who lost his life and was found drowned at the -- on the shores of that beach in turkey. these are people who had dreams, hopes, and aspirations, and yet there is life and there are many who have been willing to give their life for freedom. and i hope, i hope that is the future of syria.

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just the last couple of minutes, we're finding that nancy pelosi has been hospitalized in luxembourg on an official visit there. joining us now from capital hill, what do we know about the former speaker's condition? >> reporter: this news comes in the form of a statement from former speaker pelosi's office, i'm going to read part of it, while traveling with a congressional delegation to luxembourg, the former speaker sustained an injury during an official engagement and was admitted to the hospital for evaluation. it's a cryptic statement, it does not say what the injury is, but she is receiving excellent treatment from doctors and continues to work and though she is unable to attend the remainder of the meeting, she looks forward to returning ho emto her office. she's 84 years of aim, she stepped down as top democratic leader in late 2022, but remains

a representative in the house of representatives from san francisco. she just won another two-year term in that job. >> and this press releaser we're all seeing right now essentially is that she just sustained an injury while on this official government business trip. no information on how severe or what kind of injury it was? >> reporter: that's right, jose. it does not get detailed beyond saying she sustained an injury and looks forward to returning home. >> thank you very much for that update. meanwhile in washington, lawmakers face a december 20th deadline to pass a government spending bill. are we talking about a possible government shutdown? >> reporter: it's unlikely. the deadline is one week from today. so what we are expecting, and we have been been expecting all week is sometime this weekend they'll release texts of a stop-gap funding bill to kick this deadline by a few months. the reason we don't expect a

shutdown, there's no real desire for it, and they're not really doing a big, major deal that would be contentious, just pushing the deadline to the middle of march, what lawmakers generally agree on. although that's not official yet. they expect to add some disaster relief funding in the form of tens of billions to that piece of legislation, and it will be a big new deadline in president-elect trump's first 100 days. this is making some republicans nervous, because it could take time away from confirming nominees and other agenda pursuits they want to do, including border security, energy, a big tax bill early on. now they have to juggle this, too. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. we'll take a short break and be right back. with you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. we diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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i remember one time in particular, it was almost ten years ago, we were both covering a flood in texas. i believe you were anchoring your show. i remember amid all that chaos, you were so kind to the crew and colleagues and the flood survivors that you were interviewing. you just put them at such ease with such humanity. so on behalf of the control room and 30 rock in new york, i wanted to share a big thank you and a big hug. watch. [ speaking in a global language ] >> this is the man the government says lost the election. if you could come with me very quickly. [ speaking in a global language ] >> could you not also include those that are here, that are

participating already? the zero toll erance policy, wa that a mistake? >> jose, congratulations on your 40 years in journalism. you are so so fortunate to be four decades under your belt doing something you love and something so important. i'm proud to call you my friend and colleague, as well. you are endured by all who watch you and work with you. >> jose diaz-balart, this is your brother, emilemilio. i'm so happy for you. congratulations on this incredible day, and we wish you the best, and i hope you have another 30 years. love you. ♪ happy anniversary to you ♪ >> i cannot believe, jose, you've been a journalist for 40 years. that's quite an impressive feat. may you have 40 more. you're incredible. we love you. big, big love from the 305, baby.

happy anniversary. >> 40 years. first of all, jose, congratulations. and i think this happened to you, and i think it actually goes to prove the longevity you've had in television. you were standing there, and a 15-year-old kid came over with a camera to take a selfie. you were really kind and posed for the selfie and you turned to this young man to thank him for taking the time. he said, i actually don't know you, but not my mom, my grandma says you're famous and i need to take a picture with you. longevity, buddy. you've done it and you're still doing it. congratulations. >> jose, my friend, congratulations on this great milestone and your extraordinary commitment to our communities around the country. you are one of a kind, and you are the very best of the best in our industry. serving our communities in english and in spanish across three networks, nbc, telemundo,

and msnbc. we are so proud of not only what you have achieved but how you have achieved it through all these years. thank you for the privilege of your service. congratulations. >> jose, my friend, i'm so excited for you as you celebrate this important milestone. we won't put an age or number on it, but proud of the journalism you have brought to all of us all of these years. i'm happy to call you a colleague, but i'm even happier to call you a friend. congratulations. >> my dear jose, it is an honor for me to celebrate your extraordinary career as a journalist. we worked together more than 20 years on telemundo and what a great professional and human being you are. i can't forget the touching moment we met in 2000 and you asked if my hair was real. jose, all i want to say to you is, thanks for the privilege of your friendship. >> jose, my friend, my heartfelt congratulations on your extraordinary 40 years as a

journalist. always delivering news fairly, accurately, and with your unique empathy and compassion for the human condition. there is no one like you, jose, and we thank you for the privilege of being your friends. >> hi, jose, so incredible it's been 40 years in this business. and you have done it all with integrity, with humility, with passion. it's just such an inspiration and honor to call you a friend and colleague. here's to your next 40 years. >> oh here's jose in a nutshell. it's 2000 and a huge story about elian gonzalez in miami. i know no one. he has every possible contact and comes to me to offer help. that's who he is. you are kind, you are generous, you are smart. you have been the consummate journalist for 40 years. my only complaint is, you haven't aged a bit. you probably look better than you did back then. love you so much. >> jose, congratulations on 40

years of being a journalist. you know what makes you a good journalist and a good colleague? you are always the one to lift those around you up. i remember being a young reporter here. not even that young, i was covering the trump campaign. we first met on the border talking about donald trump's immigration policies back in 2015, early hours of the morning, and you were there to give me a hug, introduce me and help me with anything i needed. you were anchoring your show and i was just on the beat out in the field. you were wonderful to me back then, you are wonderful to me today. you are a wonderful person, a wonderful human. >> baby, what were you thinking? >> i was thinking that the house was going to fall on us. >> raise your hand if you think it should be a civil offense rather than a crime to cross a border without documentation. >> the intensity of the current is very real, and yet people are crossing it. men, women, and children.

he's from venezuela, he just arrived to the united states. what do you want? [ speaking in a global language ] he said buy a house for my children. thank you for the privilege of your time. thank you for the privilege of your time. >> reporter: jose, we had so many messages of congratulations. we couldn't share them all, but we will post more online for people to watch. jose, one other thing, you often cover stories not being covered enough, whether that's throughout america or across the world, you fight to tell these stories. it is so important, and it is so inspiring. so i think you deserve to hear this on behalf of all your colleagues, you just heard so many of them there. thank you for the privilege of your time, jose. >> gabe, this is an extraordinary surprise. i thank you from the bottom of my heart. i thank each and every one of the extraordinary people that had something to say, and i had forgotten it was this week, but

40 years on television, the most important thing for me is that i've been able to shine a light to where there is often darkness and to listen to people who are often silent or silenced, and a privilege of a lifetime that i continue to feel every single day. gabe, and all of you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart. really big surprise. can't believe it. >> reporter: thank you, jose. i don't think people realize how difficult it can be to anchor news casts in english and spanish. you've done it for so long. it really is impressive. but, again, what i said before, you're just such a great mentor and just such a great person in addition to being an amazing journalist. >> gabrielle gutierrez, thank you very much, and thank all of you for the privilege of your time. that wraps up the hour for me. i'll see you tomorrow night on nbc "nightly news" saturday.

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