steve patterson, steve patterson with nbc news. thank you steve. appreciate it. thanks. up next, people living in brentwood have the longest commute in the country. the mayor is with us to tell us why. plus, alameda county has a new da. what she said on her first day of the job. i'm not happy with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires. yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a firire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds] how far are you willing to commute to work? new census data shows people in brentwood. yes, our brentwood have the longest commute in the country. people in brentwood spend an average of 46 minutes a day driving to work. that's the highest average of any u.s. city. this is data from 2023. andhat's just the average. almost 40% of

nbc's steve patterson got an exclusive look.l the advances in automotive tech, one issue only seems to be getting worse. gridlocked traffic. but this silicon valley startup says the solution comes straight from our imagination. the flying car. you can actually use it today, and you can cut your commute at least in half, if not more. jim duchovny says his company, aleph aeronautics, was able to create something we've been dreaming about since the jetsons. we're trying to make science fiction a reality. and while not quite ready for the road. duchovny says the flying car is about to take off. nbc news was given exclusive access to see their concept model with our own eyes. if everything goes smoothly, i'm going to watch a car fly over another car. we'll see. sure enough, we watched it soar through the air over another car and land. but for all the magic of this moment, we were heavily restricted. forced to shoot at least half a football field away. and we never actually saw the driver entering or exiting the vehicle. but you're no

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. >> steve patterson is in the pacific palisades of california and the burn zone hit hard by the wildfiresd bill cairns is track thing storm. steve, let's start with you and the storms. heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts. how are people preparing? >> reporter: yeah, the rainfall has started in earnest. haven't felt the wind gusts yet, but those are on the way in a few hours. the prep is everywhere, especially this the most concerning areas, which is where i'm standing, these burn zones. so dangerous for the potential of debris flow. you can see the hillsides, while visibility is lower now, you may be able to see some of the hillsides above us. these are burn scars, and they are the most dangerous areas because of how much the soil has loosened. we also had a few pockets of rain over the past few weeks, so the ground already saturated. you see the k-rails have gone up, there are berms in these areas trying to prevent the debris flows from flowing into an area like this. not much danger, because there are specific evacuation notices for areas like this. and because obviously much of the

let's get right to it all with nbc news correspondent steve patterson in malibu for us. just how null vulnerable is thia and how long could the threat of landslides go on? >> reporter: i apologize, zinhle. we're starting to get someon th us. if i squint a little, i apologize about that. thankfully, the major storm is over, but the ground remains saturated. landslides, mudslides in a burn zone like this, you can see the damage left over as crews continue to clean up from that, remains in effect really for years and years. the immediate impact, though, after a rainfall is still a threat. this could last for the next couple of days at least because the soil is still loose, and because when you have a burn scar in these areas, it sort of sheds off that protective layer. there's no anchoring of any vegetation, so rain just sort of rolls right down the hill. that's the situation here. i wonder if you can see back here the blackened hills up there. there's sort of a debris base in here. the public works guys say that hasn't been like that for the last 15 years, very dangerous s

nbc meteorologist bill karins is here, but we're going to start with steve patterson, who's on the ground steve, officials are warning that even when the rain ends, the danger will persist. tell us what you're seeing and hearing. >> yeah. >> that danger is still clear and present because the ground is still saturated. these mudslides trigger because the topsoil has been stripped off of these burn scars. when rain. pours down on those spots, it creates almost a runway for debris to just run down. and that's what officials have been so worried about. there are about 120 miles of these rails in place, concrete barriers. although it didn't help in that scene that you were describing. it bursted through the barrier and sent that firefighter over the side of the railing there. but this is really tough because it is in the middle of two phases. crews are trying to clean out some of that hazardous debris so they can move into the actual debris removal. right now there's debris removal of a different kind. you can see public works crews over here clearing out some of the mud on this roadway. this

nbc's steve patterson is with us from malibu. steve. good morning. what are you seeing there today?g at it. i'm reporting on it. there is a whole lot. it is a mess. but i want to make one thing clear. it's a mess and not a disaster. and i think because what i'm also seeing is a lot of mitigation. you're looking at the sandbags behind me. 300,000 of these in the region, more than that, 120 of those big k-rail barriers trying to prevent a scene like this where there are still in this burn zone, homes that are still intact, trying to prevent those mudslides, the debris flows, the landslides from landing on something like that. i want to show you something, though. yesterday we were here. and if i don't slip here on the mud, i can show you this was a valley. it is now again, more mud. and then you can see the rocks behind there as well. all of this came down because of these burn scarred hillsides. this is what officials and authorities were trying to mitigate and prevent from happening. with a scene like this where there were houses, obviously not houses here, thankfully. but a lot of

nbc's steve patterson joins us now from malibu. devastation from all of this rain after those wildfires. how concerned are officials there about more mudslides today? >> they are. >> concerned and with good reason. but let's. >> start with. >> the good news. >> and those are really signs that you. >> may. >> see on. >> the street. first. >> are these. >> excavators lining. >> the streets. but with no. >> operators. >> nobody is. >> moving heavy. boulders off of this street. >> the second. >> is even more apparent, which is the. >> sun. >> beaming down. >> shining on. >> us, which means. >> essentially the storm system is sort of pushed out of the area. the rain. has stopped, and. >> really. >> these mudslides. >> are at the. >> most dangerous. >> when. >> they settle on. >> top of a burn. >> scar, sort. >> of stripping. >> off that topsoil. >> which is already. >> gone from these fires that we've had. creating sort of a runway. >> of debris. >> that's what we. >> saw yesterday. but we really. >> avoided a. >> lot of the. >> major d

nbc's steve patterson is outside the courthouse in santa ana. what are we expecting in court today? uld say here. chris, is first, is that mizuhara, the former interpreter to shohei ohtani, pled guilty to stealing millions of dollars from ohtani, and not that it was just sort of the covering the expenses, but that there was a paper trail of extravagance. that's what prosecutors are arguing when we're talking about millions of dollars, by the way, it's not two or 3 or 4 or even 10 million. this is $17 million, 19,000 bets between 2021 and 2024, totaling $40 million in gambling debt. so the judge is sort of deciding between two narratives. first is mizuhara's. he obviously wants a lighter sentence. he's looking for about 18 months, some leniency on the sentence, saying that he's been saddled by this obscene sort of gambling obsession even since he was a teenager, from the time he was 18 years old, that he was just covering his expenses, that he sort of needed the money and was trying to shrink that debt down. prosecutors, meanwhile, are arguing this is not a person who necessarily had

a-b-c's steve patterson explains.be getting worse. >> gridlocked traffic. >> but this silicon valley startup says the. >> solution comes straight from. >> our imagination. >> the flying car. >> you can actually use it today, and you can cut your commute at least in. >> half, if. >> not more. >> jim ducovny. >> says his company. >> aleph aeronautics. >> was able to create something we've been dreaming. >> about since. >> the jetsons. >> we're trying. >> to make science fiction. >> a reality. >> and. >> while not quite ready for the road. >> ducovny says. >> the flying car is about to take off. nbc news. >> was given. >> exclusive access. >> to. >> see. >> their concept model with our own eyes. >> if everything goes. >> smoothly. >> i'm going to watch a car fly over another car. we'll see. >> sure enough, we watched it soar through the air over another car and land. but for all the magic of this moment, we were heavily restricted, forced to shoot. at least half a football field away, and we never actually saw the. >> dr

steve patterson, thank you very much. last hour, the ntsb held a press conference to deliver an update on the deadly collision over the potomac chair jennifer homendy detailed communications between the blackhawk and air traffic control, suggesting a crucial message may not have been heard by the blackhawk pilot. >> at eight, 47, 42, or 17 seconds before impact, a radio transmission from the tower was audible on both cvr directing the blackhawk to pass behind the crj. cvr data from the blackhawk indicated that the portion of the transmission that stated pass behind the may not have been received by the blackhawk crew. transmission was stepped on by a point eight second mic key from the blackhawk. >> joining us now nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin. so erin, give us a little bit more about what you learned today. >> well, this was a critical update, katie, from the ntsb. you know, they've been spending the last 15 days compiling a detailed timeline of exactly what happened down to the split second prior to that collis

nbc's steve patterson is reporting that story for us.people who lost their homes, their cars, potentially everything, get the money that they're owed? >> yeah. >> chris. >> unfortunately. >> like so much in this crisis, the answer to your. >> question is to. >> be determined. >> but i think it exposes. >> what so many people have felt about the fire insurance market in california, which is that it. is not sustainable. the fair plan, which is the one that you've mentioned, is. meant to be a. last resort if you can't. >> get. >> private insurance. >> the problem is that so many private insurance companies have pulled out of the state in areas like this, because they see it as too much of a risk, which means that hundreds of thousands of homeowners in the last few years have jumped onto the fair plan, including people that own multi-million dollar homes in places like the pacific palisades. which means that in a crisis like this, the fair plan simply doesn't have enough. enough to cover the cost of those claims and to stay solvent. >> so it

. >> steve patterson is outside the courthouse in santa ana, california, for us.t 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 you

steve patterson, nbc news, silicon valley. >> exactly what's needed in miami. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. cristina ruffini picks up with more news right now. >> right now on msnbc reports. president trump applauds elon musk in a new interview. the pair defends mass firings as they work to radically remake the federal government. all this as a judge declines to block dodge from cutting the federal workforce and accessing sensitive data systems. plus, a war of words between president trump and the president of ukraine. mr. trump calling vladimir zelensky a, quote, dictator without elections, while ukraine's president saying trump lives in a disinformation bubble. how the tit for tat could potentially impact peace talks. and an arctic blast grips parts of the country, bringing record setting snow to areas unaccustomed to big blizzards. we'll have a live report from texas, where cold weather warnings are already in place. good day. i'm christina ruffini here in washington. federal workers and concer

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rebecca patterson steve liesman. >> yeah. and i think i got it correct steve. they pronounce it. zenith over there. all right. lots of people apparently were. >> eagerly awaiting. >> this morning's job numbers. and even after we get the jobs numbers, we're still trying to get a proper read on this economy here. now, to give us his take away is national urban. >> league ceo marc morial. >> also the former. >> mayor of new orleans. >> where apparently. there's like some big football game on sunday. we'll get to that, marc. >> but from. >> where you sit, how do you see. the american economy? >> well, yeah. great to be with you. >> this jobs. >> report is a continuation of a trend of continuing job creation. and it's sort of the punctuation point on the previous administration and. >> the. >> starting point. >> for how. >> the jobs. >> market will perform for the next administration on its watch. my main. concern now. >> is that a. combination of. tariffs and over. >> the horizon, extreme fiscal budget cuts could. be recessionary. >> on one. >> hand. >> tariffs will introduce inflati

steve. grasso mike co not actually here. >> on. >> the desk. >> julie beil. >> remote as well. and former bridgewater chief strategist rebecca patterson also. >> a senior fellow. >> at the council on foreign relations. >> we start. >> with that. >> magnificent run in metta shares adding another 1% today, extending their win streak. now to an astonishing 20 straight days. this is a joe dimaggio. like streak. the tech giant has added nearly. >> $320 billion. >> in market cap in that time, bringing. >> its. >> total value within a stone's throw of $2 trillion. >> and even as broad markets. >> close back. >> in on. >> records. >> meta has. >> thus far. >> outperformed the major indexes during its run. >> it has also. >> been head and shoulders above the rest of the so-called big seven, as you. >> see there. >> seeing gains almost triple those of its closest rival. that would. >> be apple. >> so what. >> can we make of meta's recent rally, and can it continue to lead the market higher? steve, let's start with you. what do you think of meta? and what more broadly do you think of the mag seven. >> show in your terms? 56 game winning streak.