and medical debt is oppression >> reporter: the future looks bright for kyra last year she received aew kidney and pancreas she no longer has diabetes she credits her son and her family for inspiring her to keep going. >> amen. >> i've ve that i would even meet the pastor or the church this is a big miracle because not a lo especially to me >> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday i'm jose diaz-balart reporting from new york thank you for the privilege of your time, and good night >>> right now at 6:00, gunfire at an east bay school, two boys are dead. tonight the hunt for the suspects and reaction from the neighborhood. >>> the news a00 good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm anoushah rasta. those young boys were gunned down overnight in a school parking lot in union city. the victims were just 11 and 14 years old. >> nbc bay area christie smith live in union city. 11 and 14, it is stunning. >> reporter: neighbors say they actually heard the gunfire and it was only later that they heard the horrible and heartbreaking news that the two people s

medical debt is oppression. >> reporter: the future looks bright for kyra.eas. she no longer has diabetes she credits her son and her family for inspiring her to keep going. >> amen. >> i never thought that i would even meet the pastor or the church this is a big miracle. because not a lot of people expect something like this to happen especially to me >> a lot of thanks for sharing that story as we know medical debt can be so crippling nothing you can do i can think of can change someone's life for the better more than that. >> doing goode's work and helping them keep healthy while they're at it. >> you said it >> thanks for watching "early today" on this monday. i'm philliu. thanks so much for joining us. 'november 25th and we're bracing for rain headed our way this week. could impact your thanksgiving plans. and thanks for joining us again this morning. auto i'll i'm marcus washingto. >> and i'm laura garcia. >> i love being back and i love the talk of rain. >> it's so good to see that especially today since we're going to have a cold start and gusty wind

. >> kyra phillips joins us from the white house. and kyra, the president will be overseas next week as democrats launch a new round of impeachment hearings. house judiciary chairman jerry nadler, setting a deadline for the president to decide whether to call his own witnesses. >> reporter: that's right whit, chairman nadler informing the president that he has until next friday to let the committee know whether he or his counsel will participate in the next phase of impeachment hearings. we'll see whit. >> kyra philip, our thanks to you. >>> the turmoil in iraq. following weeks of violent protest, mahdi announced he will be stepping down. the decision comes one day after anti-government demonstrators were killed and the iranian consulate was torched. hundreds have died since protests erupted in october. >>> back here at home, the the gut-wrenching wildfire at a safari park in ohio. three animals killed including giraffes. a warning, some of the images may be disturbing. here's abc's ji on benitez. >> reporter: tonight, a devastating

here's kyra phillips. >> reporter: president trump, always up for a good fight, but not always a fan favorite. booed and cheered at this united federation match in new york city. as he faces his ongoing battle in washington, amid a growing impeachment showdown. speaking with reporters, the president clearly targeting the whistle-blower, who first alerted officials to the phone call with the ukrainian president. >> the whistle-blower should be revealed. the whistle-blower should be revealed. the whistle-blower should be revealed. >> reporter: this, as abc news has learned the whistle-blower's legal team has offered to answer congressional republicans' written questions directly to them under penalty of perjury. bypassing the democrat controlled impeachment process. the whistle-blower's attorney telling us, now we've offered directly to the gop, they have no excuses. some of trump's closest allies on the hill have expressed interest in hearing directly from the anonymous accuser. >> you will have the chance to call witnesses. who do you want to call? >> there are a lot of people. the w

kyra phillips from the supreme court. kyra, thank you. >>> and overseas to the new round of flooding in venice. people at one of the world's most famous cities wading through water from their ankles to their knees. and protests breaking out as there is concern for the city's future. maggie rulli is in venice. >> reporter: tonight, venice and some of its most famous landmarks submerged again as the city struggles with weeks of unprecedented and deadly flooding. the water is up above my knee line. and st. mark's square is expected to stay flooded like this for the rest of the week. water inundating this iconic landmark, damaging homes and businesses nearby. the mayor saying it could cost more than $1 billion to repair. reports of as many as a third of visitors cancelling their trips. locals agree something needs to be done. hundreds taking to the streets. many say they are fearful for their city's future. >> venice is literally drowning and the water is rising. >> reporter: during the worst of the flooding, this man was swi

abc's kyra phillips is on capitol hill with the story. good morning to you, kyra. >> reporter: good morning, eva. well, you know, president trump did publicly float the idea that he might just show up or submit testimony but that was quickly shot down by white house aides. they didn't see that as a part of their strategy. so now house judiciary committee chair jerry nadler has sent the president a letter telling him he has until next friday to decide whether to participate in the impeachment proceedings. here's what nadler writes, in anticipation of consideration of these matters, i am writing to determine if your counsel will seek to exercise the specific privileges set forth in the judiciary committee's impeachment procedures. in particular, please provide the committee with notice of whether your counsel intends to participate, specifying which of the privileges your counsel seeks to exercise no later than 5:00 p.m. on december 6th, 2019. again, that's next friday, eva. >> now, kyra, despite the invitation it's not very likely the pres

abc's kyra phillips joins us from the white house, and kyra, new details also coming to light from theueller probe. >> reporter: good morning, whit. just when you thought it was over, we're once again talking about the mueller investigation. you'll remember that 448-page report was shrouded in secrecy, and now after a court order, "buzzfeed" has actually obtained and released a trove of fbi documents. what's making news this morning, is just more information on efforts we already knew about trump's former campaign chair, paul manafort. as you know, he still sits in jail, and he was pushing the unfounding conspiracy theory that ukraine was hacking the democratic national committee's emails as early as 2016, and as you know, this is now part of the impeachment inquiry. now this so-called document dump from the justice department will occur monthly now for at least the next eight years. 500 pages dubbed mueller secret memos that include notes from witness interviews to details involving former key figures inside the campaign, but that's not the biggest challenge that the president faces n

kyra phillips, abc news, the white house. >> kyra, thank you. >>> president trump is threatening to cut aid for california wildfires. the president accused the state's democratic governor of doing a quote terrible job of forest management. but the most recent california wildfires did not burn down any forests. gavin newsom later fired back on twitter writing, you don't believe in climate change, you are excused from this conversation. >>> meanwhile, all the evacuation orders have been lifted for those southern california wildfires, and check this out, ventura county firefighters saved this owl injured in the flames of the maria fire. it is now on the mend after treatment. >>> today is the first day the u.s. can begin withdrawing from the paris climate agreement. the 2016 accord says no country could pull out in the first three years. that anniversary is today. president trump has repeatedly called the agreement quote a total disaster that kills jobs. the united states was a chief supporter of the deal which calls for countries to cut their emissions. >>> the russian woman sent to prison

we have team coverage beginning with kyra phillips on capitol hill. good morning, kyra. >> reporter: good morning, you guys. boy, it was quite a day yesterday. both witnesses making news. as you just mentioned, david holmes behind closed doors testifying that he overheard the u.s. ambassador testify ing investigate his public rival. joe biden. then in the public hearing, yovanovitch talked of her nonpartisanship and patriotism. even surviving bombs and gunfire within her diplomatic post. also, she refused to acknowledge the president's tweet attacking her reputation in realtime. it was unprecedented. bu service officer had no problem describing her abrupt firing and how she believes it was directly connected to the trump administration's shady interests and dangerous intentions. david holmes, an official from the u.s. embassy in ukraine, testified for six hours friday behind closed doors to the house impeachment committee that he overheard a call between president trump and top american diplomat gordon sondland. in a transcript obtained by cnn, holmes

abc's kyra phillips has more from the white house.d morning, kyra. >> reporter: good morning, eva. well, president trump's press secretary stefanie grisham made news saying the white house is preparing for house democrats to impeach the president. when i questioned president trump last evening he told me the democrats have no grounds on which to impeach him. the impeachment inquiry of president trump is on. but if you ask him about it, he says, it's not going anywhere. >> you can't impeach a president who did nothing wrong. >> reporter: house impeachment investigators now moving forward. calling on witnesses who may have information on that call to ukraine. >> the gentleman that came in yesterday, morrison, he was terrific. he was supposed to be their primary witness. he was terrific. and he said he didn't see anything wrong with it. >> reporter: tim morrison, the president's former top adviser on russia and europe testified in his opening statement that when it came to that phone call about ukraine, the rough transcript accurately an

kyra phillips here with the story. hey, kyra. >> good morning.e are talking about unexpected charges that most of us assume if we have health insurance would be covered. not always the case. so we spoke with the experts to find out what you can do about surprise medical bills. $17,000 for a lab test. 50,000 for a stay in the nicu. 70,000 for surgery for a broken hip. just a small sample of surprise medical bills patients say they never saw coming. >> it's causing incredible distress and financial harm to hundreds of thousands of americans. >> reporter: tom once an active snowboarder says his family was devestated when he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, he needed a double lung transplant to survive. >> it's like drowning. you just -- you can't breathe. >> reporter: throughout tom's care they say they made sure that everything was in network. >> yeah, there was always a double-check before we had a >> reporter: but while bedridden at a local hospital in california, tom needed an air ambulance to a medical facility where he could receive the

so we're taking on what we can here. >> our thanks to kyra phillips for that report.ts so many americans. so a couple of things. before you write a check, if you get one of those surprise bills, try to negotiate to get that bill down. reach out to your insurance company. find out if your state has a law protecting against surprise bills, because many of them do. >> let's say this again, it really shouldn't be this way. so many families impacted and touched by this or will be touched by this. you think about health care. especially as we go into the 2020 election. health care is the number one priority for so many americans. then when you have extra bills on top of that, it's annoying, it's frustrating. as you pointed out, just don't give in, fight it. >> especially dealing like an emergency, with the prospect of her husband dying, you have to think about coming up with all this money. >> remember how many americans who don't have health insurance as well. >> that is true too. >>> ready to lose access to netflix on your older samsung tv? >> the streaming service won't

everybody will be depending for the need for one thing many people want one thing that the stallion kyra the king of condoms started advocating for safe sex and the importance of using condoms after high school after losing a close friend to a change stanley decided to start honest and open conversations about hiv with as many people as possible to draw people's attention here is this i catch him going out feet this very attractive and it's also make me feel proud that i'm the king and i'm able to interact with people you know a good level at a low level. high level coming from the slums it's very attractive to me. in the last 2 decades h.i.v. infections in kenya have decreased by heart organizations like l b c t health who supply the king of condoms with well condoms have helped steer these efforts however 5.6 percent of the population still carries the virus and recently a new worrying trend has a much to. do we've noticed that now among the new infections there's an increased number among young people generally so here we're talking about age about 15 to 24 years who are at highest ri

run education center in the west of kabul has left at least 25 people dead and 30 injured. 1 another kyra zoo where you. live in the k. . it's a relief to hear that you weren't in the vicinity take care of yourself. by. that i don't know what to say except that in this country death can come anywhere and at any time. despite the shocking news people in afghanistan remain undeterred as they prepare to celebrate their country's in the pundits in 1919 afghanistan secured its freedom from british colonial rule. that undoubtedly the thing now that we have gathered here today to celebrate the 99 anniversary of our country's independence i mean this is one of the most important days in the history of afghanistan. if there's any delay this is it was a. as is common at major public events there's a strong police and military presence. over the. belt. to. your well there are places all over afghanistan that are at risk. government ministries schools and in general places where a lot of people gather. that's where you tend to get suicide attackers. so i try to stay away from places like that. was a

the support of the threatening to hit egypt with sanctions over its plan to buy russian warplanes kyra has a $2000000000.00 agreement with moscow to buy more than 20 su $35.00 fighter jets it's a letter saying by the wall street journal the u.s. secretary of state and secretary defense want egypt to raise sanctions for buying russian military equipment and urged it to cancel the deal. still ahead on al-jazeera. a cry for justice whips up more anger and shell a one year after the killing of an intuition a student. look at the front runner century long us presidential election just before the polls on saturday. welcome back to international weather forecast for the last couple of days have been very stormy here across much of southern europe all dealing with an area of low pressure brings a very heavy rain flooding approach cross parts of the adriatic as well as very heavy snow across parts of the alps into austria as well now not much is going to be changing the winds could be dying down but still very heavy rain is expected to pass again over parts of italy also very heavy snow across

been a platform for young talent to tell their stories and showcase their work internationally sarah kyra as. the award winning cannes film it must be heaven kicks off the 7th film festival this it's a comedy tells the story of a palestinian director and the exam of paris and new york he is still a man tackles identity nationality and belonging something he shares with many of those taking part in the film festival. it's about the young qatari talents and it's about the middle east talent and it's about the 1st and 2nd feature film makers and and it's a very important sort of lab. to this see a selection of films as yele aims to push boundaries capturing the harsh realities of those living in war zones international ward winning documentary for summer is the story of a young mother who filmed a life of 5 years in the besieged syrian city of aleppo. sudanese filmmaker. knows only too well how much politics can influence the filmmaking process his 1st feature film you will die at 20 about a young sudanese boy struggling with a superstitious prophecy isn't political but silas says this is ne

quota for remarriage kyra this is not a wise decision considering our horrible economy and sanctions we are under it's a cruel decision because it won't affect the wealthy people only the poor people will pay the price. this will 100 percent impact everything else it's not just about the press of gas or commodities will be impacted for those shoes this will only hurt low income families they were supposed to increase subsidies 1st then raise the price of fuel they will find another excuse to cut their subsidies later . the protests have not been limited to the capital this was the scene in the southern city of abidjan enclose a sun province overnight here state t.v. announced a number of individuals it described as unknown elements fired into crowds of people injuring some. the shock of this news has yet to sink in here with the new prices motorists now pay about $0.13 a liter that's a 3 fold increase the government expects to earn nearly $2500000000.00 from the price increase and says that it will help millions of families in need had that sort of out of the 1st payments will be han

they going to do it's their law he knew what he was executive he violated that's it what about you kyra easterbrook he did himself helped set some of the company policies so you know fed dues now we need to step down what do you think i think it's terrible i think it's an awful policy to begin with i think the fact that the best c.e.o. that they've had in a long time is now going to be out of a job because of a personal issue is really sad i mean it's just a state of how we look at things today in america and this was a consensual relationship there was really nothing a licit that he did don't know the terms of the relationship exactly but it sounds like a consensual adult relationship and here's the best c.e.o. that mcdonald's has had in a long time who really turned this company around and now you know he's going to be out of a job and you know he's going to have to move out and i'm sad for him but i'm also sad for mcdonald's well curry you know he knew the rules. he did you know he didn't know the rules but you know i'm going to be as people i believe in a lot of and i would like to

is reportedly threatening to hit egypt was sanctioned so far its plan to buy russian warplanes kyra has a $2000000000.00 deal with moscow to buy more than 20 fighter jets and a letter saying by the wall street journal the u.s. secretaries of state and defense for egypt risking sanctions and urged to cancel the deal. of protesters are rallied outside georgia's parliament after politicians failed to pass a looks moral reforms. that opening georgian dream party has promised to shift to a new voting system by 2020 constitutional amendment was one of the main demands of anti-government protest during the summer conditions at 2 micro camps and bosnia herzegovina are being described as unlivable the town of is struggling to deal with the rising number of migrants as thousands are stuck near the border with e.u. member caray ship people living there want them relocated by the central government for him ahmed has more. near boston is northwest city of be hot local authorities say makeshift camps like this are spray can point with temperatures dropping people here are living in worsening conditio

for example as we go on into saturday to the east of that much just catch you watch out there for kyra. rewind returns with series and brand new updates on the best about to see don't mention. to. remind continues with renditions inside libya's prison when the rebels head to tripoli but i'm told so she ended with gadhafi regime it was an office of spying chief the best understand documents which reveal the collaboration between british and libyan intelligence services on al-jazeera. when the news breaks. when people meet to be cut and the story needs to be told the police follow up all the politics with exclusive interviews using that was a mistake and in-depth reports arguably environmental and climate crisis is a problem many fronts doglegs better be ocean al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news. welcome back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera turkish and russian troops have begun joint land and their patrols in northern syria it follows a deal between the 2 countries to clear kurdish fighters from a so-called safe zo

>>bosses new point guard with kyra no longer around d'angelo russell run the warriors oense.ne those russell night again trains a step back floater. a few plays later on the break pulls up from way back. kansas 3 warriors race out ta 15 point lead. but russell couldn't finish the night midway through the 3rd another warriors injury forced to leave the game with a sprained rig thumb would not returned the down e stretch warrio put up a fight kai bowman swooin for the put bk golden state takes the lead steph curry love it on the more plays no down the made stretch. jayson tatum's the smooth on the pu of boston up 3 tatum led all scorers with 24 points and boards and then walker. knocks it down falling away put up 14 points in the frame one oh 5 100 ster, yo finaas the warriors have now lost to 6 in a row that fall to 2 in 11 states. now to our other to story, the nfl not messing around when it comes to suspending myles garrett for his role in one of the ugliest fights in the sport's history. the cleveland pass rusher served an indefinite ban without pay throh the rest of the ye

have the league's best record now want a showdown of gardere kemba walker bosses new point guard with kyraing no longer around d'angelo russell run the warriors offense. early on look like it was going to be one of those russell night again trains a step back floater. a few plays later on the break pulls up from way back cans of 3 warriors race out to a 15 point lead. but russell couldn't finish the night midway through the 3rd another warriors injury forced to leave the game with a sprained right thumb would not returned the down the stretch warriors put up a fight kai bowman swoop in for the put back golden state takes the lead steph curry love it on the bench. the celtics just made more plays no down the stretch. jason tatum smooth on the pull of boston up 3 tatumd led all scorers with 24 points and 8 boards and then walker. still livers the dagger knocks it down falling away put up 14 points in the frame one oh 5, 1, 100 foster, your final as the warriors have now lost 6 in a row and faulted to now to our other top story, the nfl not messing around when it comes to suspending myles gar

. >> did you bring kyra with you? >> i did.ere some place. >> i wonder because you have a spouse in the business as well, does that help when things get crazy in this hlywood me? >> definitely, yeah. i mean we hav a shared certain things, youome back from the set and you go, you know, i just felt li, you know, take two wasot as good as -- and you know, somebody else who go, what? sh up. you know what i mean? but we reall understand each other in terms ofthat. >> who do you still want to work with in this business that you haven't? >> gene hackman. >>here we go. now that is legendary. thank you, kevin. >> thank you. >> from an oscar nominee to two winners awling. >> i was actually really trying to hurt you. >> matt damon and christian bale's fist fight on set. plus the charlie's angels face their toughestnterview yet. >> i'm elizabeth banks and'll be playing the role o "e.t." interviewer. >> and things get wild. >> oh, my gosh. >> then sterling k. brown reveals his sexy six-pack. >> i hope you joy. >> we're impressed but what ab

or ice debris that's right kyra they're going to pick up in a 2nd. or ice debris that's right they're going to pick up an aside. if you can stay i'm going to leave to 4 don't spend on your chair we want segment if you can stay i'm going to leave to 4 don't spend on your chair we what we were we talked about that in the beginning david but we're no chair spending all right that's going to definitely talk about that in the beginning david but we're no chair spending all right that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser if you are with me max kaiser and stacy herbert i want to thank our guests david margan of the morris edition of the kaiser if you are with me max kaiser and stacy herbert i want to thank our guests david margan of the morgan report catch us on twitter at kaiser report and i stand by a. second report catch us on twitter at kaiser report and i stand by. thinks. we. thinks. we dare him to ask to. be there to ask. the in. the in. the lead. you know we all take the language that we speak for granted it's like the air that we breathe

one of the residents, kyra rivett, joins us.oblem. i walked my alarm, it is not a problem. i walked up to my flat and one of my flatmates came out of my door, screaming, it is a realfire! and when you walked across the decking you could see the smoke coming out of this one flat. you could just see loads of student screaming, knocking on doors to get everybody out of the accommodation. we all gathered in the end... you have lost everything. most of us have, especially people who lived on the top floor, all their belongings have gone. people's flats that haven't been damaged, there is water damage and smoke damage. if a there is water damage and smoke damage. ifa plan there is water damage and smoke damage. if a plan —— place gets declared unsafe, we're not sure. what is the first you heard of it?” made a report yesterday and they said the fire broke out at 8:29 and i got the call at 8:35. the thing which i admire the most about the student is even after this time of turmoil, as she said, they were still knocking on the doors to m