dana griffin, nbc news, los angeles. >> six months our time. >> too cloudy here. one. beautiful pictures. we have to rely on those images, the lucky few who saw it. so >> >>> fleeing a war zone. thousands of palestinians are said to be given the chance to leave gaza. and new aiom

dana griffin, nbc news, los angeles. >>> fantastic images there. >> super cool. all right.ortunity, it is national bosses day. we want to shout out to neil our we want to shout out to neil our boss othisn s ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> hundreds of thousands of civilians rush to evacuate gaza as the world watches israe

here's dana griffin. >> hi. my name is matthew, although you may know me by another name. my friends call me matty. i should be dead. >> reporter: honest words from matthew perry's 2022 memoir, "friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing." where he takes us behind the scenes of his life long struggle with substance abuse, delivering a powerful message of hope and resilience. >> i never raised my hands and said, that's enough, i can't take it anymore. you win. and because of that, i stand tall now. ready for whatever comes next. >> reporter: perry was just 24 when he nabbed the role of chandler bing. >> payback! shut up! shut up! shut up! >> reporter: he says substance abuse issues which began at 14 escalated with his sudden fame. at one point he was up to 55 pain pills a day. his weight seesawing from 225 pounds to 128. >> i didn't watch the show and haven't watched the show because i could go drinking, opiates, drinking, cocaine, drink -- like i could tell season by season by how i looked. >> reporter: perry later reflecting on the pressures of fame in a 2021 cast reunio

dana griffin, nbc news, los angeles. >> six months our time. >> too cloudy here.beautiful pictures. we have to rely on those images, the lucky few who sait. >> sw o >>> right now at 5:00, scrambling to safety. a thread of hope this morning for some of the hundreds of thousands of palestinians trying to vacate gaza.

dana griffin has more on her life and legacy. ♪ come and knock on our door ♪ >> reporter: from tv sitcomh woman. >> easy to squeeze. >> reporter: suzanne somers was a household name for decades, but suzanne marie mahoney wasn't always so confident. >> quiet, insecure. the kid who stayed in the corner. >> reporter: after marriage and motherhood, somers began her career as a prize model on the game show hosted by alan hammel who would become her second husband, a love story lasting more than half a century. the game show and a role as the elusive blonde in "american graffiti" launched her career. >> i saw a goddess. >> i love you! >> her big break came as the lovable and klutzy krissy snow helping make "three's company" a television megahit. but somers left midway through the run, fired, she said, for demanding to be paid as much as popular male tv stars. >> the men were making 10 to 15 times more than me on much lesser series. >> reporter: in the '90s she went on to ttif fame playing carol lambert, america's mom next door on the comedy sitcom "step by step." >> give us all a chance to be

nbc's dana griffin is in los angeles with more. dana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.swift is just getting started. ♪ wildest dreams ♪♪ >> reporter: in her wildest dreams, taylor swift may have never imagined pop star success when she picked up a guitar at age 12. bloomberg news reporting swift is now a billionaire with a "b." ♪♪ >> reporter: won of few artists to reach that status entirely from her music. her eras tour has already wrapped up more than $700 million in ticket sales with 89 international shows still to go. on friday, she dropped 1989 taylor's version. rerecording of the 2019 album and now five new songs added to the track list. ♪♪ >> reporter: and her concert film released over two weeks ago has already grossed nearly $135 million worldwide. taylor's professional success only matched by the buzz surrounding her personal life. rumored to be dating kansas city chief star tight end travis kelce. all chiefs wins, by the way, when she attends. it may be playing the role. >> when t-swift is at the game, you are averaging 99 yards. when you are left with only y

dana griffin is in los angeles with all that jada had to say. >> good morning.th will smith and the oscar slap and drugs and drug dealing and depression were defining moments in her life. new revelations in the jada pinkett smith interview special with "today's" hoda. >> it was crack. >> you didn't use it, but you dealt it? >> yeah. >> reporter: as a teen drama student living in baltimore, drugs almost killed her. >> two 9 millimeters. >> reporter: jada's battle with depression caused her to want to escape. >> i started to try to device a plan for an accident so that it doesn't look like suicide. >> reporter: the 52-year-old actress and talk show host addressing her secret separation from husband will smith. >> from the year 2016, which is seven years ago now, y'all have been apart? >> yeah. >> reporter: amid rumors about their relationship. >> he's gay. she's gay. a million things were out there. >> none of that's true. >> reporter: and the infamous slap heard around the world. jada admitting it was one word that will uttered that stunned her. >> keep my wife's

. >> dana griffin has been following.the didn't who was in that room in 2009, what else did he tell you in. >> reporter: so, he says that this agreement was to get information about tu. ac's murder because davis was facing a major drug charge, he was able to get that drug charge dropped down in order for him to testify. or not testify but to give this information. but the detectives said that didn't provide immunity against prosecution in las vegas. so, the charges that he's now facing also comes from davis's own words because he wrote about it in his memoir. he also gave other media interviews talking about his involvement in this case, listen to what else the detective told me. >> las vegas police department recognized the optics were horrible because everyone's wondering why nobody's doing anything about it. >> reporter: investigators say that the fight that happened at the mgm which was retaliation -- which was why investigators say tupac was murdered. but there's a much larger story involved here and hopefully that c

nbc news correspondent dana griffin joins us now from los angeles. he say? >> he said that morning matthew played pickleball for about an hour. the last time he spoke with him he was in chipper and in great spirits. his assistant was home with perry, when she came back she discovered his body. the pool. she called 911. it could take several weeks before we learn his exact cause of death. >> dana, this was so shocking for so many, people remembering him as someone who em body melancholy, how are family and friends remembering matthew. >> reporter: lot of people have been showing up to places that were iconic for the show, the friends apartment in new york, several flowers and candles and letters were laid out outside and even here in los angeles, several people showed up to his neighborhood in the last few days to be there, we spoke to one of those fans. listen. >> i just wanted to pay my respects to somebody that has gotten through from comments i've seen and myself included that show helped people get through tough times. comedy, there's always laug

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let's bring in correspondent dana griffin, remind us of the details of this particular case in that jntacomawalking home from screens store, he had doughnuts and water, an altercation with police where he was stopped and a fight enpseudoaccording to the defense, but the prosecution said this was no fight, that he was the officers instigated this and punched, tased and hog tied a man and sat on him for more than six minutes as he said i cannot breathe, sir, i cannot breathe. he was promournsed dead there on the scene. right now there's a lunch break. the medical term for lack of oxygen was not the cause of death it was that he was high on meth the medical examiner ruled this death a homicide also listed meth and a heart disease as contributing factors to this death. kate. >> can you tell us more about the officers charged, are they still employed by the police department, what are they facing in. >> reporter: they're still employed, on paid leave, they're out on bail. you've got officer christopher burbank and matthew collins, both are facing second degree murder. sentences range from 8 to 10

nbc's dana griffin is in los angeles with more on this. i'm sure you felt it, dana.er matthew perry's untimely passing yesterday. what are you hearing from fans and people who worked with him? >> absolutely. people have been posting reactions on social media, starting late last night. we didn't get exclusive, but people got an exclusive statement from matthew perry's family, i'm going to be that to you. it says, we are, quote, heartbroken by the tragic loss of our beloved son and brother. matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend they add you all meant so much to him and we appreciate the tremendous outpouring of love. none of the other friends costars have posted anything yet, but we are hearing people that placed smaller -- in that series played chandler's -- matthew perry, the joy you brought to so many in your two short lived time will live on. i feel so very blessed by every creative moment we shared. more than fairchild, who play chandler's mother on friends wrote, i'm heartbroken about the untimely debt with of my, quote, son, mat

>> dana griffin in los angeles, thank you so much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," israeli forces pushing deeper into gaza with tanks and armored bulldozers executing what prime minister netanyahu is calling the next phase of their war with hamas. as the death toll mounts for palestinian civilians with survivors sifting through the rubble in a devastated gaza strip where internet and power cut off by israel friday night has now been partially restored after pressure from the white house. president biden also pressing prime minister netanyahu to safeguard americans trying to get out and allow substantially more humanitarian aid into gaza including fuel that israel warns would end up in the hands of hamas. >> the reason those trucks are moving is because of president biden's leadership. that flow of trucks needs to increase and increase substantially so that there is enough food, water, and medicine to get t

>> dana griffin in los angeles, thank you so much. that wraps up the hour for me.nk you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >>> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," israeli forces pushing deeper into gaza with tanks and armored bulldozers executing what prime minister netanyahu is calling the next phase of their war with hamas. as the death toll mounts for palestinian

dana griffin for us, thank you so much.ntertainment contributor and ceo of -- entertainment app, to talk more about this. chris, thanks for joining us on this. matthew perry was in every single episode of friends, spanning over ten seasons. he was young, this is such an incredibly tragic loss, for the entertainment community, and it seems as well, because he wasn't done. and, he admitted that so much of his life was taken up by his addiction. >> yeah totally. i think what is really bittersweet about this, this death, is that towards the end of matthew perry's, life he began to use his life as a lesson, as you mentioned, he was in 200 plus episodes of, making 2 million per episode toward the end of his time on that show. but also, he battled these demons. and i think about the memoir he released last year. >>. he >> had a really great view, we talked about the opening of his mental, our high, my friends call me matty. you might know by another name, but i should be dead. he felt that he had -- 6000 aa meetings, 30 years of t

have restricted access to some base facilities and ramped up intelligence collection. >> dana: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you so much. president biden's nominee for u.s. ambassador to israel jack lew could get a vote as early as today. but he is facing republican opposition toward policies to iran under president obama. >> i hope the senate foreign relations stops his nomination. it is not good for us he is our ambassador and not good for israel. he has history of conciliating with iran over and above the nuclear deal which was president obama's deal. bad enough he championed it and implemented it but gave iran a special license to confer $6 billion in foreign currency to dollars over and above the nuclear deal and what we're obligated to do. he broke his promise and lied to congress about it. it is important not to confirm him but stop his nomination to show we have a new approach to iran. that's more urgent than ever today. we just heard iran and proxies have attacked americans more than a dozen times since hamas's savage attack on israel. the secretary of state said yesterday if