nbc nbc bay area area's jocelyn moran is at a sandbag site. that will be busy in the morning. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. we are talking about just tonight, we have seen a couple of people in the last hour or so come over and grab some sandbags but yeah, preparation will be key. especially after some of what we saw around the bay. heavy downpours make for dangerous conditions on the road. this shows flooding in pittsburgh, a car trapped and a truck helping to free it from all that water. similar scenes playing out all over the bay area. in san francisco, caution tape around an intersection that was underwater. this is just outside the mission. at bay shore. the dangerous conditions had crews scrambling all day long. first responders called out to several crashes. it is unclear if rain was a factor in the deadly crash along kirker pass road in concord, but the roads were slick. the road shut down for hours because of it. further south, bumper to bumper traffic. a vehicle with eight people inside went down the embankment two people were killed. it will likely be a long week for first responders. in san jose, around 18,000 customers lost power a few hours this afternoon including businesses along lincoln avenue. while pg&e is blaming the outage on an equipment failure, not thewet, people are worried more problems could pop up as more rain falls. with christmas just days away, this is their busiest time. >> i sure hope it won't happen again. >> reporter: pg&e says they have crews in place and a storm outage prediction model. >> it temperature to determine any potential timing and location and the number of outages been we even see them. >> reporter: preparation is crucial for many, this san jose man stopped by one of san jose's sandbag locations. >> i just got to stop the water from flowing in the garage. >> reporter: in san jose, jocelyn moran, nbcnews. >>> all this weather might slow down your holiday flight plans this week and this morning. sfo was under a ground stop for about 90 minutes. it wasn't the rain. it was the wind actually. there was also a bad, a lot of bad weather back east. nearly 500 flights were delayed at sfo and ten cancellations. flying out of oakland or san jose, much better. fewer than 50 flights delayed and just one canceled. as the storms roll through, we invite you to stay with us for the latest. especially the morning commute. and the travel updates. our morning crew will keep an eye on everything overnight. live weather and traffic coverage begins at 5:00 a.m. >>> alameda county da pamela price says she will seek a sentence of 45 years to life for two people charged in the death of a security guard and police officer. efforts to recall price say her prosecution doesn't go far enough and that is exactly why they want her out of office. >> reporter: dozens of alameda county residents met in a town hall

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nbc's nbc. coming up in 60 seconds, for the second time the biden administration has bypassed congress to approve weapon sales to israel. a live report as israel's military continues and intense assault on gaza. that is next. assault on gaza. that is next >> welcome back. for the second time this month the biden administration has bypassed congress to approve additional emergency arms sales to israel. secretary of state, antony blinken authorizing the sale of 100 and $47 million in equipment saying that it wouldn't affect u.s. defense readiness. the idf says that a pause military activity in the city of robert for four hours earlier today, for humanitarian purposes. hundreds of thousands of palestinians are packing into refugee camps there, and the united nations is not more than half 1 million people are dealing with the risk of starvation. jay gray joins me now from tel aviv for more on. this we want to get to the latest on the ground there, also, do we know how these new arms from the u.s. will be used there? >> yeah. it appears that the shipment, which was sent for emergency reasons, the white house saying that it must get here as quickly as possible because it is desperately needed by the israeli army, it basically contains some of the parts and equipment needed to activate some of the ammunition sent with an early order from the u.s.. this is more of a support shipment than an actual arms or ammunition shipment, though we are told that there is some ammunition that is a part of the ship. we also know that the state department has told israel that they must, and i'm quoting here, comply with international humanitarian law and take every step feasible to avoid a harm to civilians. of course, all of this is coming a secretary of state, uncanny blinken, is expected to make his fifth trip here in tel aviv next week. surely, this is something that will be discussed, along with a hostage situation in trying to figure out exactly how the me be able to get those sides back to the bargaining table there on the ground. the primary focus continues to be on eunice, the israeli military is saying that they are going to be there for an extended amount of time until all of the targets in that region are met. they are working furiously to find command and control centers. tunnel networks as well. they've exposed one in the region already, a pretty major tunnel network there, but they are looking for others they believe are in the region to the north. we are seeing airstrikes continue, drone strikes as well, and really when you talk to some of those on the humanitarian side of all of this, they will tell you that the fighting is justice intense, just as violent now as it has been in any other part of this war, stephen? >> not slowing down as we round out the year. jay gray, thank you. meanwhile, more fears about this war spilling over. tensions are rising along israel's border with lebanon as israeli officials step up threats against the militant group, hezbollah. one general said that the military is an estate in high alert and has proved plans in a second front, if that battle opens up their. however, the idf says that the rockets fired by hezbollah have landed inside of lebanon before actually reaching israel. nbc news is unable to independently verify that number. joining me now is ambassador, former israeli consul general in new york, thank you for being with us today, so what do you make of the situation with hezbollah? what are the concerns for this larger regional role that could break out into a full-fledged new front in the war? >> it is exactly as you described, it's stephen. i mean, the fear from the outset, from october 7th, the fear in the u.s. was that this could escalate and geographically, evolve or expand into a regional conflict. now, hezbollah is not hamas. hezbollah have tens of thousands of precision missiles. these are not area rockets that are shots at the tel aviv area that it may or may not hit. these are precision missiles. and, for that reason, president biden as early as october 10th in his white house speech, threatened, well, warned to be more mild, warned hezbollah and iran not to expand and not to escalate. he said don't, although he didn't name them by name. for t

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nbc's n nbc's brie jackson is following this in d.c. this is a direct challenge to the biden administration >> reporter: that's right. governor abbott went as far as to accuse president biden of deliberate inaction. leaving texas to fend for itself amid record illegal border crossings. the governor signed a new legislation in the shadow of the border wall. the law, which is slated to go into effect in march makes it a state crime to enter texas illegally, allowing local or state police officers to make arrests for up to two years after the alleged offense. of cork urse, it's already a cre under federal law. >> the only thing we are doing by this law is making sure that our law enforcement have the tools they need to actually take action against those who are actually coming across the border illegally >> reporter: and the governor also signed a bill to provide $1.5 billion in funding for the border a group of 21 texas democrats sent a letter yesterday asking the justice department to step in and block what they called the most extreme anti-immigrant state bill while it appears the stage is set for a showdown with the federal government, a doj spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on whether the department is planning to sue texas over the new law meanwhile, here on capital hill, lawmakers are still trying to hammer out a deal on immigration that republicans are insisting on in exchange for additional aid to israel and ukraine. a deal on that front looks increasingly unlikely until the new year back to you. >> that will not surprise most americans. brie, thank you. >>> hamas has released a new hostage video showing three elderly men held in gaza the plight of the captives gained renewed urgency over the weekend after three were accidentally killed by the israeli army >> reporter: a lot of questions here in the region, and a lot going on about where this goes next as it relates to the potential for hostage release negotiations talks to try to get some of the people believed to be held hostage in gaza home a u.s. official says the cia head has met in europe with his qatari and israeli counterparts to get forward momentum on that front, as lloyd austin was here in israel, making clear that the u.s. supports israel in its war against hamas but also making clear that he wants to see more humanitarian aid going in, the protection of civilians in gaza as well. a defense official says the secretary really wants specifics from israel on what metrics they're looking at to get this war to move to its next phase. multiple sources say the biden administration wants to see israel taking a more targeted and more precise approach essentially. if there are talks for some kind of a temporary truce, obviously significant, that would be significant for the release of hostages, but also for getting aid into gaza, a place that so desperately needs it, with the hamas-run industry estimating that nearly 20,000 palestinians have been killed in gaza since the start of this war on october 7. our teams in gaza have talked to people, have talked to kids and families who say their children haven't eaten in days, essential le, with questions now about how to get the food, how to get the water and medicine that people so very much need to them in a safer manner with more and more now international pressure growing on the israeli government. back to you. >> hallie, thank you >>> breaking news right now in china. a devastating earthquake has killed at least 118 people, according to officials there the 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in northwestern guan sue province and it destroyed nearly 5,000 buildings. chinese president xi jinping has ordered a full-scale search and rescue effort. equipment is being deployed to get to people trapped in that rubble right now the worry is that the toll of this quake is going to rise. >>> and now to iceland where after weeks of intense earthquakes, a volcano on the country's peninsula erupted. the public has been warned to avoid the area last month officials evacuated residents from a nearby town after heightened seismic activity alerted them to a possible eruption. and while it wasn't unexpected, it was larger than predicted according to the meteorological office, lava is spewing from a more than two-mile-long fissure that is continuing to grow and could move toward the town the blue lagoon geothermal resort has also been closed as a precaution >>> today the first woman to serve on the supreme court will be honored at a furnts service at washington national cathedral. justice sandra day o'connor lay in propose the justices and the vice president came to pay their respects >> she never let self-doubt or hang-wringing stop her from making a decision or taking charge she would often say it was good to be the first, but don't want to be the last >> o'connor died earlier this month at the age of 93 president biden and chief justice john robbers aerts are expected to speak later today at her services >>> we are learning new details in the investigation of the applesauce that sickened kids. the fda says it was likely done on purpose >> reporter: easy snacks for parents with small children were recalled because of lead contamination. the fda says it knows where the lead came from cinnamon supplied by the company in ecuador samples showing extremely high levels of contamination, the supplier may have been motivated by money, possibly using dyes that contain lead or adding lead to make the cinnamon heavier some advocacy groups calling for more to be done to ensure food safety how do we keep this from happening in the future? >> this never should have happened we should have a system of protections in place at the federal level that require companies to test for lead and other contaminates >> reporter: at least 65 parents tell the fda their children have elevated lead exposure from the applesauce according to incident reports obtained by nbc news, parents describe symptoms possibly related to the lead, including gas gastrointestinal issues and anemia the fda has not yet verified all the reports. long-term lead exposure can damage the brain and nervous system the callahans say they regularly gave their 1-year-old the since-recalled applesauce. >> we've found out that rudy has a little bit after speech delay. >> reporter: they are reimburse up to $150 in health care costs and are working closely with the fda during the voluntary recall. the applesauce lead mystery is closer to being solved while raising larger concerns about food safety. stephanie gosk, nbc news >>> marvel star jonathan majors is facing up to a year ig up ton this in prison he was found guilty of two out of four charges stemming from a domestic assault case. a source with direct knowledge says marvel studios have dropped him from all upcoming projects >>> much of the east coast is now in recovery mode after a massive storm brought heavy rain, coastal floodi

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nbc news shortly after the jury's verdict yesterday. nbc's entertainment correspondent chloe melas was in that courtroom for some of his trial. chloe, good morning. >> good morning, craig a new york city jury handed down a mixed verdict after deliberating for five hours. majors was found guilty on two counts but cleared of the two other charges. it surrounds and incident in march involving his then girlfriend who he met on the set of a marvel movie in 2021. >> jonathan, how are you feeling today? >> reporter: this morning, actor jonathan majors, best known for his roles in "creed 3" and marvel movies -- >> i paved the road. >> reporter: -- found guilty of assault. hours later fired from the marvel universe. a source with direct knowledge of the decision told nbcg from an incident earlier this year involving his ex-girlfriend grace jabari during the nearly two-week trial, the actor's ex-girlfriend hes, testifying that the actor assaulted her for grabbing his phone after she spotted a text from another woman, causing a laceration behind her ear and a fractured finger street surveillance footage played in court from the night in question showed jabari getting out of an suv and majors picking her up and putting her back into the car. prosecutors claim that the actor threw her back inside the vehicle like a football. but majors' attorney said she was the one who assaulted him. even chasing him down the street when the jury first began to deliberate last week, they asked the judge to replay a 911 call majors made the morning after the assault. >> she's unconscious. >> majors telling 911 he found an unresponsive jabari majors who did not take the stand has maintained his innocence and faces up to one year in jail after the verdict, his attorneys say

. >> before i let you go, nbc -- news nbc news poll found 20% of blip voters would consider voting forif that presidential election were held today. president putin has been fluent support from black voters, according to these new polls. especially younger ones. as someone who has plenty of contact with young, black, politically engaged americans, what are you hearing -- i'm not asking you to take aside either way, but what are you hearing about their thoughts in this upcoming election? >> i tell you what. what i hear is a generation of politically active young people who desperately want to make sure they can have change in the world. i think our job is to let them understand how important voting is in a process. that with activism, with boycotts, with protests, there is also hope. what i hear from students, what i hear from young people, is that they don't understand how much voting, how voting can't really help them. and i think there's a part of this process that we need to educate them, so that no exactly how that works. >> makola m. abdullah, thank you, and maybe we can arrange f

raf sanchez, and is nbc news digital documentary is available at nbc news.com, in the nbcyou are the suffering of these really fairly, and it is just awful, and what is the resolution. >> extraordinary reporting, but such a grim moment with not a lot of hope on the future. it would appear that the reporting shows just again why israel is so traumatized on october 7th. and they brought it to its core, but we're also seeing scenes of devastation in gaza reporting this morning from the times about israel telling gazans about areas of the enclave that are safe, and using highly destructive weapons on that region. further radicalizing the population here. it is this terrible cycle, this catch 22, it's hard to see it stopping. >> we see the words of humanitarian crisis, and i will remind everybody when it comes to gaza what's going on there, and the pressure of israel, and the humanitarian crisis started october 7th. and it started with the sexually assaulting of women, with the burning of babies, and that is the beginning of the humanitarian crisis. everything that has come out

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nbc news, jerusalem. >>> now a nbc news exclusive the chinese spy balloon that flew across the u.s. earlier this year used an american internet service provider to communicate while in the air that's according to two current and one former u.s. official familiar with that intelligence. the balloon used the connection to transmit and receive data from china the transmissions were primarily related to the balloon's navigation nbc news is not naming the provider to protect the identity of our sources >>> the justice department says it will sue texas if it goes forward with a new state law that lets police arrest migrants who cross the border illegally that's according to a letter sent to republican governor greg abbott and obtained by nbc news. the doj says the law is unconstitutional since immigration enforcement is the job of the federal government, not the individual states. texas has until wincednesday to comply, but the governor's office says the state it prepared to take the fight all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >>> the murder rate in america plummeted in 2023, that's according to preliminary data. the number of homicides in the u.s. saw a record decline of 13%. that's one of the largest annual drops ever it continues last year's downward trend after murders spiked during covid in 2020 and 2021 nearly three quarters of u.s. cities saw declines, with detroit now on track for the fewest murders since

nbc news exclusive with holiday shopping in full swing, inside the undercover operation to bust retail thieves >>> and he was the emmy-winning star of hit nbc shows. remembering andre braugher >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening we begin with breaking news in congress where the republican controlled house voted this evening to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden the vote of 221-212 along party lines giving formal approval to an investigation republicans have been conducting for months. they have tied it to the business dealings of mr. biden's son, hunter biden, with republicans accusing the president of having profited from those dealings when he was vice president, something the president denies for his part, hunter biden, who is under indictment on federal tax evasion and gun charges, today defied a subpoena to appear in congress for a closed door deposition again today, he blasted the investigation saying his father was not financially involved in any of his business dealings this all comes less than a year before the 2024 election. ryan nobles leads our coverage tonight from capitol hill >> reporter: tonight, president biden now facing an o

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nbc news at the supreme court. >> and now i want to bring in nbc's andrea mitchell by phone. andrea, we just took a look back at her life, it's obviously tough to summarize someone who has done so much in her field and in this country in a short amount of time. what do you think she'll be most remembered for? >> i think her legal legacy as well as her role as the first woman on the court. she was very close to ruth bader ginsburg. i recall two weeks after ruth bader ginsburg lost her beloved husband marty, i was at a dinner for sandra day's birthday party. it was her 80th in aspen, colorado, and ruth bader ginsburg was there with her grandson, and somewhat surprising to some people, but those who knew her well knew that she was not going to change anything. it was so remarkable that she spoke about sandra day o'connor and told what an influence she was, what a mentor she was, how important it was and how in her first year when the chief justice assigned her first majority opinion, she, ruth bader ginsburg was panicked over it, and went to sandra day o'connor for advice, and sandra day o'connor told her -- imitation of her very distinctive voice and said, just put one foot in front of the other. just do it. do it. and it's that encouragement, that sisterhood that she reached out it someone of a completely different background and ideology, the werner versus the new york city ruth bader ginsburg and different religions, different backgrounds. she became very close. it was, i think, to her regret, you know, she did her duty herself in stepping down when she felt her husband for whom she was a caregiver. he came with her to the court, and advanced stage of the alzheimer's and she stepped down before she was ready to because she thought that justice rehnquist would still be there and then it was to her regret, or a lot of her friends' regret that she had because he then had his health issues and stepped down. she could have stayed. she was doing it for reasons of giving a republican president a chance to appoint a successor. and then according to her close friends, she herself had suffered from alzheimer's, but another great tragedy. she was first in her class at stanford law, couldn't get a job as a woman lawyer, so had to be basically a legal clerk sitting in a secretarial role in the outer office of the california law firm. she and rehnquist knew each other in law school and, in fact, what we later learned from diaries that were revealed that they actually -- that he actually had a huge crush on her and even proposed to her. she wrote, you know, movingly about the ranch, the western, her role as a rancher, her memoir, her children's books, i served on a board with her, at colonial williamsburg, she was just a remarkable person, and then in her retirement worked on several education, legal education historic, you know, education for all students. she was just devoted to america and was such a pioneer. let me say also, was a very big deal. i was assigned to the correspondence with nbc to go to reagan national airport by nbc, we followed her every step of the way. she dealt with that -- really she was just thrown into it. i can't overstate what -- how important it was to be the first woman and remember the way she dressed with the ruffle -- her ruffled neck collar outside of her gown. she did everything to show that she was the first woman. >> she broke that huge barrier here in the u.s. become k the first woman to serve as a supreme court justice. i just have to note, andrea, it has been quite a week of losses of people who have had incredible impacts in the direction of this country from rosalynn carter to henry kissinger and now sandra day o'connor. >> absolutely in different ways all shaping american and really world society, you know, in different ways. leaders, you know, two women from very different backgrounds rising to roles and becoming hugely important in every aspect of society. one other thing is some of the legal opinions and you know some of the court

nbc news correspondent guad venegas who's in eagle pass, texas, and nbc news political reporter, sahil kapur, and "politico" deputy manager, paul stein. you're there at one of the busiest crossings, what are you seeing? >> reporter: we have been here all week. we saw large crowds in the field behind us where customs and border protection had to create a waiting area where thousands were sleeping, waiting for a very long time until they could be taken to the prosing centers. we saw the records earlier this woke, monday, tuesday, wednesday. crossing the southern border, but the new numbers today indicate these coming from thursday, that is, indicate that they saw 11,000 migrants cross the southern border. it's a slight dip, and we have seen smaller crowd today. if you look in the field behind me, when we first arrived, we had 2,000, 2,500 migrants, and today we have a couple hundred. and customs and border protection has been moving very fast to process as many as they can, and the groups arriving today have been smaller. that's good news for the sysm that has been overwhelmed. we know that here in the del rio sector, where eagle pass is located. customs and border protection said they were at three times capacity. i spoke to some of the migrants that went through the process and they were at a shelter just down the road, after they were released to continue their asylum seeking process. they said these places were cramped. they said it look like it was going collapse. the food and water was scarce at the shelters because there was so many individuals crossing, but with these numbers, it could indicate that maybe we'll have smaller numbers crossing and also with the news there's been a meeting with the president, changes could be happening in mexico, which could be news for the border communities. >> 100%. thank you for that. we're going to pick up on that. sam, i welcome you. secretary of state blinken and dhs officials are going to be meeting with the president of mexico in the coming days, according to the white house. what do you expect the message from the u.s. to be? >> well, it's probably going to be long lines of give us some help, right. the u.s. is entertaining changes to asylum laws, changes to parole laws, more or less an effort to make sure that anyone who is seeking asylum or migrating through mexico, for instance, would have to apply force on the countries they're seeking first. they're going to need some help from those countries along the way to get these measures in place. obviously a lot is contingent on congress, and congress has to pass the likely legislation, and agree to it. but as this conversation underscores, there's a real humanitarian clock ticking here. there's not just a political game. there are people at the border, unsanitary conditions. food is scarce. medical conditions are scarce. there's a crisis. i imagine when blinken goes overseas, when other biden officials go to mexico and elsewhere they're going to be talking about a holistic approach. not just the policy changes but what you can do to solve a genuine humanitarian crisis at hand. >> you're making the point that mexico has to step up. what do you make of the president appealing to the president of mexico. is it a sign that the white house has no faith congress can get a deal done? you would think he'd go to congress first as he has, but the expectations for a deal, pretty shaky. >> yeah, i mean, anyone who's covered immigration policy on the hill will tell you there's not a long or lengthy history of success in crafting immigration. especially when you're talking about the current partisan rancor of congress. i would expect something not happening. there has been numerous attempts to crack immigration that has failed. in the absence of legislative solution, what we've seen is the president has taken executive authority or used whatever executive authority to solve the situation. more recently, some has been caught up in the court system with appeals. biden has to think of contingency plans, should these negotiations around border reform fall because the likelihood is even if they were to get through the senate, they have to get it through the republican-run house, and they're going to demand much more stringent decisions. >> sahil, you have new reporting on discussions about the president's party, and immigration reform. what can you tell us? >> it's been a very tense couple of months for the white house, and democrats trying to navigate internal and growing party divisions on the issue of immigration. many democrats do favor an agreement with republicans for tougher border and asylum laws whereas others in the party, progressives and hispanic caucus leaders want democrats to walk away. they think this is a bad idea. we've reported on a private meeting. a tense private meeting within the white house, where one senior official brushed back on the notion that such a deal would hurt the president with latino voters. this official said latinos like other groups do want a secure border. we reported on a meeting that senator chuck schumer had with senators. he was going to endorse the negotiations being led by the democratic senator, chris murphy, even though none of the liberal priorities, including a path for legalization for dreamers were on the table. that's how far politics have shifted to the right. i spoke to a texas democrat who represents a competitive district along the border, pleading with his party for a long tim to support stricter asylum laws. let's show what he told me. he argued, he told the white house that they're losing hispanic voters. don't you see the same polls we're seeing. the white house is afraid to anger folks within the party, he goes on to say that people are using asylum to come into the country when they don't qualify for asylum. he wants that bar to be raised higher for the initial screening so they can't come in as they await their date. he goes on to say they're using that because they can get to first place, which means across the border we need to calibrate that, and goes on to say, we are going to lose people, hispanics and democrats on the politics of not securing the border. that's the backdrop. president biden's priority of getting ukraine aid through hangs in the balance. he wants as a major foreign policy goal to stop ambitions, and senior members say literally the fate of the world hinges on these talks. >> sam, you mentioned executive action. that's something that house speaker mike johnson is calling on the president to do, right, relative to the border. is this something that this administration is inclined to do. were we talking about the trump administration, it would be a yes. what about the biden administration? >> to a degree they have. you recall a lot of the authorities that they were using were challenging the court, and then put through a myriad of hard to follow court challenges and decisions. yes, they've shown a desire to use executive action, i think the problem here is there are reactions to it. the administration does have to deal with, and not just the progressive community but mainstream democrats who say the solutions you're trying to contemplate, harsher asylum laws, more stringent check points at the border, that won't impact directly the root of the problem. it could worsen them. a senior official on immigration policy made this point to us, we're actually not fixing the problem. the solution is under consideration. so when biden and his aides contemplate executive action, it's not being done in a vacuum. there are a number of people on both sides of the policy who say every action you take could potentially worsen the situation, not alleviate it. >> sam stein, sahil kapur, gentlemen, thank you very much for the conversation. >> coming up, after four delays, the today the u.n. security counsel passed a resolution for aide to gaza. what happens next and is it enough to make a difference. >>> what ron desantis is saying about donald trump's indictments and their impact on the republican party. but first, reports of then president trump pressuring michigan canvassers not to certify the 2020 vote. the phone call he reportedly made to two of the state's election officials when we're back in 60 seconds. >>> so first it was georgia. now it's looking like michigan. there is reportedly new phone audio of donald trump meddling in state elections after his 2020 loss. recordings reviewed by the detroit news claim the former president pressured two republican canvassers in wayne county, michigan, not to certify the local election results days after the election. quote, we've got to fight for our country, trump told the two officials on a phone call. we can't let these people take our country away from us. trump warned the pair that they would look, quote, terrible if they okay'd the county's results after initial any opposing them. nbc news has not heard or independently verified the audio records. joining us now is former u.s. attorney, and nbc legal analyst, barbara mcquade. nbc news has not heard these recordings, if they do exist, how damming are they? does anything stand out compared to the georgia call with brad raffensperger. >> in jack smith's indictment alleging election interference, he alleges trump was pushing in a number of states to pressure election officials to push the election his way. there's the recording in georgia which itself is very powerful evidence. standing alone it can be explain away. when you have a similar call occurring in a another state as part of the scheme, the two corroborate each other. this is excellent evidence for jack smith. it's excellent evidence for fani willis because it could be admissible under 404 b that allows evidence of other bad acts to prove a person's motive, intent or modus operandi. i think it's relevant there. i think there's a possibility that the individual

nbc news special reportalled "fear and faith: palestinians in america." nbc reports on violence and harassment targeting the palestinian american community since the start of the israel-hamas war. it airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern, streaming on nbcg with more than 200 israelis, hamas also kidnapped multiple foreign workers, including at least 32 thai citizens. 17 have since been freed and returned to thailand. nbc's janis mackey frayer shows us their emotional return home. >> reporter: when anusha reached the village, his uncle didn't say a word. instead, he carried him to a hero's welcome of relatives and friends. after weeks of not knowing if anusha had been taken hostage by hamas militants or worse. it was a real torture, he says. the 47th day i was there, they said, thailand, go home. anusha is one of 17 thai farm workers released so far. he's seen in this hamas video being handed over by militants in a deal separate from the one to release israelis. the october 7th attack by hamas on israeli communities and farms left dozens of thai workers dead or missing. video showed several of them hiding under a truck. at least nine thais are still inside gaza. half a world away at bangkok's airport, families had counted down the days

guys are wensel's, we met ordered missile strikes against syria always i think it was somebody at nbc nbc said fine when he's become president. finally he's presidential again because of that. yeah. um, i wanna clarify with every everyone here. i think a dog's breakfast is a bad thing. okay. but mine dogs is like back in the morning. i just want to clear the air on that one there. but you know, george, it's a good and yet you know, this is this resurrection of this. it seeing a new version. it's a 2 point. oh about trump is a tyrant. it's no coincidence when you look at bindings paulding numbers. martin is absolutely right. we have this um on nicholas senseless more and ukraine that they won't back away from. and then you know, we're supposed to close our eyes and ears about one of the most cap, probably the most catastrophic human rights violation and non lifetime. and that's thing something gentleman that's really saying you don't think know you have george . yeah. so that's really the exactly. and again, as we're talking about earlier about the, the distraction, let's not talk about th

nbc bay area ne tonight."ws >>> welcome back to "nbc bay area news tonight." a follow-up now to a story that our investigative unit has been exposing for years. the ongoing testing at hunters point naval yard in san francisco. another troubling discovery. a tiny piece of radioactively contaminated glass. it's about the size of a pea, and it was recently found on part of the old hunters point shipyard. the shipyard's cleanup project manager says there's no immediate danger, but the tiny shard is radioactive. some say the discovery has big implications. that's because back in 2015, the navy assured the community that no radiological contamination remains on the area known as parcel b. that's where the tainted glass was recently found. today the uc berkeley environmental law clinic notified the navy that it intends to sue over the issue. >> this notice is a shot across the bow of the navy and the epa to let them know that we're not going to let them get away with doing a slipshod, shoddy, and unlawful cleanup here at the hunters point shipyard. >> joining us now is investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken. jaxon, remind us now. why is this such a special piece of property, and are we still thinking about developing it there in years to come? >> reporter: most assuredly the navy hopes to clean this site and turn it over to the city of san francisco, which would then be used for a massive residential development as well as some commercial parks and other services. so the idea here is to make sure that when this parcel is turned over, it's free of contamination. and parcel b is just one of several parcels on this site, and they had vouched for this firm that had done this testing. they had vouched for it as being clean of radioactive material. now this glass showed up. where that glass came from, nobody seems to know. >> they say it's the size of a pea. could that lead to bigger and more concerning discoveries? is that the line of reasoning here? >> reporter: well, one expert we talked to said that you're going to find one piece of glass, you're going to find other pieces of glass. how this glass got there is unclear. this was a site that the navy believed was only used for machining, and so they thought there might be some heavy metals or other chemicals on it. they never posited much opportunity for radioactive waste or debris to be on this site. so that's the issue. when they get these unexpected finds, they're committed to doing wider testing, and that's what these community members want. >> and the community members in bayview and hunters point, they felt overlooked for decades. what's their response, and what's the navy saying, if anything? >> well, they filed this notice, so they're actually intending to take the navy to court as early as february. the idea is to make them hold to their commitment to a much broader course of testing throughout the whole site. right now there's only about a third of the site that's subject to retesting to verify the results after problems with earlier tests. so the navy then, once it could satisfy this court, would arguably be able to continue to complete testing and/or any cleanup that they might find of problems. >> i think everyone is just hoping for a clean cleanup here that's safe to everyone in the community and the future communities being built there. jaxon, appreciate it. we've been covering the cleanup and ongoing problems at hunters point for years. you can watch previous reports, exclusive reporting by jaxon van derbeken and our investigative team. you can find it all at nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> let's move on now. last week we showed you that tesla cybertruck. today another eye-opening electric vehicle. the future is happening now in the bay area. this time bmw is adding virtual reality to the driver's experience. how is this going to happen? here's our business and tech reporter, scott budman. >> reporter: hey, last week we showed you the cybertruck. tonight we've got a brand-new concept car to show you. this one is from bmw. it's loaded with technology. it's called a new class of car. everything from how it recognizes you as you even approach the car to all the technology inside the car, including a heads-up display that was developed here in silicon valley. this whole thing is a joint project between silicon valley and munich. speaking of things that join the two, earlier today we got to go out on a test run with a vr headset inside a bmw high-performance car. this is amazing. we're in the real world driving, but because of the headset, it's as if you're in some sort of a wild futuristic video game, and it is kind of a mix of the real world and the ar/vr world that is very futuristic. as for this car, it is coming in the future, probably around 2025. it's still being developed right now, and it is just another example of the incredible evs that are on the way. very high-tech, a little bit sparse inside, a whole lot of glass. and can't wait to show you this in the real world. for now, we'll send it back to you in the studio. >> fascinating. thank you, scott. by the way, scott was wearing those virtual reality goggles while driving the bmw but in an open parking lot there at levi's stadium, so not in traffic. we should note that. >>> a live look in downtown san jose. jeff is going to return with our forest as we head toward cath another one in the books. but we're just getting started. everything going well? 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[ physical therapy staff discusses results ] for your mind. for your body. and for the community. -team! for all that is me, for all that is you. kaiser permanente. >>> if you're a fan of snoopy and the peanuts gang, you've got to check out the charles m. schulz museum. >> it's something fun from all generations from babies up to grandparents because who doesn't love snoopy and charlie brown? everyone can relate. we have new exhibitions all the time. you can explore interactives. you can draw upstairs, try a little something you haven't done lately. also you can just laugh with your family about stuff you all can relate to. >> you preserve his artwork. you also have the original office. >> yes, where he drew, where there's a rough patch in the desk where he drew snoopy and charlie brown ♪ don't stop believin' ♪ ♪ hold on to that feelin' ♪ >> legendary. bay area band journey is back at it. the new tour just announced with a stop here at home. journey will co-headline this tour with def leppard. stops at oracle park just one night. no steve perry. that's going to be awesome to see, journey at oracle park in midsummer. >> because i just heard that, it's going to be replaying in my mind all night long. >>> now that the rainfall is starting to clear out, we have colder weather settling in. let me get you all those details in your microclimate forecast right now. as we head through tomorrow's forecast, what we're tracking here is an area of high pressure that's starting to build in from the south. this has some drier air with it. we do have the chance, you may get into some patchy dense areas of fog tomorrow morning. but otherwise, the circulation around this is bringing in this cold blast of air. we're just on the edge of that chilly air, but it looks good enough tomorrow morning to get into the 30s with a freeze warning over the north bay. check it out. 32 clearlake. 35 calistoga. 34 napa. 33 in santa rosa. also in those 30s for the east bay, 39 concord. 37 livermore. maybe even 37 in san jose. looks just as cold here as we head through saturday morning. plenty of 30s inland and keep that heaviest jacket out. sunday is going to be a repeat performance here for us. 36 in santa rosa. 36 dublin. 37 in san jose. as we head through tomorrow's forecast, we will have increased sunshine. temperatures will drop off a few degrees. lots of upper 50s and low 60s on the map. right here in my seven-day forecast, we'll be dry not only this weekend but through the next seven days. so we'd like to get some rain in here. it's not here, but, hey, at least we got that chilly weather coming in. it will feel like christmas is around the corner. >>> as we wrap up, mario lopez just getting started with "access hollywood." >> tonight on "access," we take you to the big hollywood premiere for the color purple. oprah, halle, fantasia, ciara. the women in this are unreal. we were with all of them as lady "o" celebrated the night with 8-year-old rosie mckee, who went viral from acting out the iconic dinner scene from the original film. >> i never ask the you for nothing. >> i mean rosie is here. miss oprah winfrey is here. >> she's cute. we were with rosie as she got purple carpet ready for her big night. then how did emma stone help taylor get in step for the eras tour, and why is bradley cooper now the maestro of slinging cheesesteaks? that and more on "access hollywood." >>> tonight in prime time after mario, at 8:00, it's "christmas at the opry." then at 10:00, "dateline." then we will be back here for our live and local nbcws at 11:00. that's going to do it for us at 7:00. for everyone here at nbc bay area, including our producer, lisa principe, thanks for joining us. i hope you enjoy your evening. we hope to see you back at 11:00. hollywood". >> she's the phoenix. >> you can be whatever you want to be. >> this is the comeback moment, believe me. >> oprah's high praise for

nbc bay area news. >>> nbc bay area is your home for all things olympics. much of the action will happen right here when the games begin on july 26th. we'll be bringing you complete coverage of our bay area athletes live from paris. >>> homeowners in california are losing another option for home insurance. motors insurance corporation is exiting the business nationwide. it's been offering homeowners insurance for about two years. the company says it all stems from an issue with a business partner and plans to find a new one and try to re-enter the homeowners' market. for now motors insurance covers about 2,000 customers in california, and it will notify them that they're policies will not be renewed. >>> this christmas weekend when it comes to holiday spirit, one bay area icon is making sure families are still feeling it. bay area rabbi hosting his 19th annual toys for joy toy drive. the drive benefits kids in oakland. it begins at noon today at 4506 market street. here for him and his team, first year doing the drive after establish as nonprofit organization. families can get the toys, blankets, food and more. such an angel! >>> if you're looking for something to do this weekend, our mikey inouye has a few ideas in this weekend the "calendar". >> good morning. i'm always about the commute routes, but this time when i say fast, efficient maybe flashy, i'm talking parkour. similar to free running. event running free in downtown san jose. celebrate today's san jose parkour's 25th anniversary. meet up at san jose square and spots in around the campus, more info on facebook. look for san jose's parkour's 25th anniversary jam. republicans giving gifts but not gotten them yet. head to berkeley a straight fear along the uc campus. good cheer, great music and fine food. over 200 local artisans, should be some "thing" for your special some "one." and well short of the north pole. rohnert park, meeting with somebody getting ready to make deliveries. roller skating instead of the traditional ice skating. skate with santa. plans for tomorrow night. tonight it is. if your events are news, traffic or weather, maybe all of them, we've got it all right here for you monday morning on "today in the bay." >> all right. mike, thens. >>> now checking in with cinthia pimentel with a micro forecast how's it looking? >> dense area of the fog but giving everybody a wider picture what's going on across the country, getting ready to do traveling. fine out to the west. even the pacific northwest quiet for now. it's through parts of idaho, down through the desert southwest that are dealing with snow and rain. also looking at a couple of systems making their way up to, towards the upper midwest. careful of delays traveling in and around the country. staying local. a plan, too. slightly cooler than we had yesterday. 50s and 60s out there in concord and do 62 down here in downtown san jose. as we track what's going on with the fog this morning, it should mix out of the bay area fairly quickly. lingers about, if you have plans to travel up towards, through the sacramento valley. could impact plans making your way down 5 or 99 into southern california. as we roll around for tomorrow afternoon, christmas eve. i see a little more cloud cover hanging about. also start christmas day with a bit of that cloud cover and seeing a system that's starting to approach the shoreline as we go on into late monday night, early on tuesday. i don't think it should ruin christmas day plans. we'll need, how much, a couple more jackets, asking santa for fresh, new ones waking up tomorrow and monday with 30s and 40s up there in the north bay. i think monday will also be a bit of a chillier start, but should get a little more moisture here, 40s up in the north bay and immediate shoreline. upper 30s making our way into the inland valleys. also asking santa for new rain gear. next storm system arrives wednesday. start to feel the wind first. see cloud cover return, and also the benefits of this next storm system will be that it will be a colder system compared to what we had earlier this week. seeing some new, fresh powder up there in the sierra, and possibly the storm system staying with us into the final days of december on into january. early estimates now keeping the bull's-eye over the north bay coastal mountains. the rest of us could be rain shod ohhed down here through the south, santa clara valley. however, seeing a good amount of snow right now anywhere from local level about half a foot to about two feet if we're lucky up in kingdale and down towards kirkwood. going to keep it dry for today. friends and family are in town good day to show them around. tomorrow start off very chilly but then keeping the umbrella handy going into the middle of next week with those rain chances coming back. >> as you said, hopefully people are asking santa for some rain gear. cinthia, thanks. >>> just shy of 7:22. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, over the course of the year we've introduced to a wealth of people from the bay area doing a lot of good. we'll look back at some of 2023's most memorable "bay area 2023's most memorable "bay area proud" stories that will leav [narrator] covered california is a free service from the state that's already helped millions of people like you get and pay for health insurance. with financial health to lower the cost of health coverage, you could get a quality health plan for less than $10 a month. every plan covers preventive care, doctor visits, emergency care, and more. if you have questions, we're here to help every step of the way. covered california. this way to health insurance. enroll by december 31 at coveredca.com. >>> welcome back. it's that time of year we look back at 2023. the good and the bad. what's so great about our "bay area proud" stories is they're all good. week after week, stories of people doing good. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas has these highlights. >> reporter: so fortunate in 2023 to have met so many amazing people doing some wonderful things for others. >> come across this bridge here. >> reporter: like daryl hardy. last winter's rains washed away the bridge connecting him and neighbors to the outside world, his quick thinking saved the day installing a zip line that became a lifeline. the only way for months for people and supplies to make it in or out. >> come and eat? >> reporter: in april met sharon alexander. every sunday for years delivered homemade food to people living on the streets of oakland. but then for a period of time this year, she herself became homeless. did that stop her from feeding others? not a chance. >> i feel like i found my purpose in life, and i don't want to give that up. >> reporter: in may we stopped by alameda country day school in san jose where sarah vendor and her classmates did more than just learn about 3d printing. they did something special with it. after months of trial and error, succeeded building a functioning synthetic hand for a thirds thirds -- third grader in their school. in july a handful of high schoolers harassed by gang members, a school resource officer offered to wait for the bus with them. the cop and kids bonded. when rucker learned they loved music -- ♪ ♪ he helped them get practice space and instruments to form their own musical group. now playing gigs both in and out of school. ♪ in september we told you about 89-year-old phil, for the past 15 years on 9/11 the new york native has been taking his bagpipes to south bay fire stations to play in honor of those who lost their lives that day. and in october took you into the yard at soledad correctional training fooflt show you an amazing program. sam runs riley's wish where inmates in the veterans hub of the prison take in rescue dogs, train them and get them ready for adoption. it gives the dogs a second life, and the men a second chance. >> garvin thomas. so many beautiful stories we look forward to next year. >>> 7:27. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, covid cases are rising while vaccinations are dropping. the warning from health officials as people gather for the holidays. >>> and if you still have last-minute holiday shopping to do, stick around. tips on how to cut down on your holiday spendi, when "today in ng ng (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. kayaking is my thing. running is awesome. but her moderate to severe eczema would make her skin so uncomfortable. i was always so itchy especially when i was hot. now my skin doesn't itch as much. now we're staying ahead of her eczema. there's a power inside all of us to live our passion. and dupixent works on the inside to help heal your skin from within. it helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body that can cause eczema. so, they can have clearer skin and less itch. 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just stuck around to the north bay, stubborn a mix out there. take it down the 5 or 99. if you have plans to travel down through southern california, we're looking at the interstate 5 through coalinga and bakersfield approaching the grapevine, could deal with issue there's with visibility. otherwise, once we make it out of the fog plenty of sunshine throughout the golden state. 50s and 60s towards northern california. upper 30s, tahoe. 71 in palm springs. going with the sunshine. stay dry throughout the next couple of days. don't put the umbrella away just yet. ask sant claus for new rain gear, already tracking the next storm system coming up. detailing in a bit. >> see you soon, thanks. >>> we begin with developing news out of the east bay where two children are dead after a hit-and-run crash that happened around 1:00 in antioch at west 6th and g streets. police tell us the driver of the black suv ran a stop sign and t-boned the blue car sending it into a fire hydrant. two boys inside, one 12 and one 14, were killed. the driver of the black suv ran away. police are searching for that driver, and investigating who was driving the boys. >>> only on nbcm an 80-year-old woman vile lengthily attacked and mugged in berkeley. it happened wednesday night in the elmwood neighborhood where 80-year-old claire schooley says she was wuking with her 45-year-old niece to dinner. two people threw them to the ground from behind. stole her purse, credit cards, phone, house keys and car keys. then just before midnight her security cameras at home showed someone using her keys to steal her car. yesterday alameda county sheriffs informed her her car was involved in a dangerous chase. one was arrested. schooley will be more cautious going forward. >> they knew where the guy was. after a couple hours came out. he was arrested. and in his pocket were my keys. >> i think i'm, i'll be a little built more tentative, a little bit more careful. >> the people arrested in relation to the case were arrested by berkeley police. claire says she has been helped through this, because of her family, her neighbors and the community at large. >>> turning now to the isr

nbc news, the white house. >> he can still jam. we thank gabe for that story. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you so much for watching i'm tom llamas for all of us here at nbc news, have a great night. >>> right now on "nbc area news tonight," here we go again. two more storms are headed our way. this time they're bringing more than just rain. we are tracking it all. >>> plus, gift cards are super popular during the holidays, both with gift gives and with thieves. our consumer investigator breaks down what you need to watch out for. >>>he

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nbc's vaughn hillyard and nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. laura, there have been a number of states that have considered this 14th amendment of the constitution, and they did not decide this way. colorado did. now it goes to the supreme court. whatever they decide is binding for the country, presumably, if they take it, and if they decide on the substance. >> right. it's a pretty significant move. as you mentioned, no other court has done this. certainly, the courts that have looked at this in the last couple months, but no court in history has done it. the court recognized it was taking a significant steph. be careful in evaluating its impact. it's only one state court. the supreme court can still take it up and completely reverse it if it wants to. for the legal issues at the heart of it, what people are actually grappling with here, a provision of the 14th amendment that has to do with the disqualification -- like you have qualifications for age, 35 to be president, there's also a disqualification clause that says if you take an oath to uphold the constitution, then you are disqualified f holding public office if you engage in insurrection. that's silent about whether the office of the presidency -- you can see it there. it's silent as it relates to the office of the presidency. there's been something of a debate raging in legal circles, conservatives and democrats and progressives, all embroiled about whether trump should be covered by that provision. courts have said no. this is the first court to say yes. >> what happens if the supreme court decides it's going to review the case, but it has not issued a decision by january 5th, the day colorado prints the ballots? that's the filing deadline. >> if they take up the case -- even if they don't say whether they will take it up or not, as long as trump puts forth -- as long as his legal team puts out an appeal by that date, everything will be on hold. the court recognizing they were doing something pretty significant here put its own decision on hold and said, we will put a stay in place. as long as the former president puts his appeal by january 4th, then all of this will sort of stay in limbo until the supreme court actually makes that decision. no telling when they would do that. >> okay. vaughn, jump in here with the political ramifications of this. immediately, there was backlash from donald trump's allies and his rivals, rushing to his defense. i think all of them seeing a primary base -- the republican base is not going to like this. >> once again, the legal is stepping on the political. january 15th is the iowa caucus. one week later, the new hampshire primary. march 5th is the day of super tuesday when one-third of the delegates will be decided in republican primaries around the country here. you said it, ron desantis, nikki haley, chris christie even coming to his defense saying, it should be the voters, not judges, that decide who the nominee for the presidency is. in the general election, who the president is. of course, it's up to the supreme court to make the determination and interpret what the constitution says. i think it's important to note, there is one presidential candidate, hutchinson, he is polling at 1%, he is at the forefront of this, including the first presidential debate, saying that donald trump should be removed and disqualified from the ballot for his role in the insurrection that took place. >> laura, one other quick point. all of our legal friends, you included, point out that judges are judges. they are not democratic or republican judges. these are being criticized by the republicans as three democrats. but people like judge ludig and other conservative republican jurists have been saying the 14th amendment does -- >> it's a 4-3 decision. they were not unanimous as to the question. they realize, these are unprecedented, unchartered waters we are in. i think the usual fault lines don't necessarily hold true here. >> may not for the u.s. supreme court as well. vaughn hillyard, laura jarrett, thank you so much. >>> colorado's secretary of state is joining us now. thanks for being with us. talk to me about what you now do. you are in charge of elections there. do you get a ballot prepared that has donald trump's name on it? do you assume his appeal -- he says he will appeal. we know he is going to. they were prepared for this. this puts it on hold, and he will be on the primary ballot. >> thanks for having me on. this is definitely a historic case. in fact, it's historic because usually we don't have presidents trying to steal elections and then running for office again. the colorado supreme court has clearly spoken. they have determined that he engaged in insurrection and is disqualified from the ballot unless the united states supreme court holds otherwise. looking forward towards ballot certification, we will wait to see if this case is appealed and if the united states supreme court takes the case and go from there. >> if he appeals, but they haven't taken it, what do you do then? i think the state supreme court said that if he shows any sign of appealing, if he files an appeal, it's stayed, it's on hold. >> we assume trump will appeal. what the court order said is basically, if he appeals, the case basically resets. it's assumed he is on unless the united states supreme court intercedes or decides that they aren't going to take the case or decide the case. the big picture is that i think we have to wait to see how this plays out. i'm confident we will have great elections in colorado, just like normal. we are considered the gold standard of the nation's elections. i believe that will hold true for the presidential primary. >> what if the supreme court has taken the case but it has not reached a decision by march 5th? presumably, on march 5th, he is in the election, but then after that primary, something could change if they then rule adversely against the supreme court of colorado. >> that type of scenario has played out before in colorado. i assume in other states. candidates are on the ballot and then later found to be disqualified. there's mechanisms within the law to deal with that scenario. i think that the big picture -- no matter if donald trump ends up being on the ballot or off the ballot, is the extent of how dangerous he is to american democracy. he tried to steal the presidency from the american people. he incited an insurrection with folks ramming into the united states capitol, some of whom had plans to hang the vice president of the united states. then he did not stop there. he spent months trying to undermine the peaceful process -- the peaceful transfer of the presidency. going forward, i think whether or not trump is on the ballot, american voters have the ability to save democracy once again in the presidential primary and then in general election. >> with the country so divided, does it concern you at all that other states have considered this issue and have -- their court system have decided it differently? >> well, i want to say, i agree with the colorado supreme court. trump incited the insurrection. there's no loophole in the constitution. to hold that there's a loophole for the president in the constitution would basically say, donald trump is above the law when he engages in rebellion and insurrection. i think that's wrong. looking at other states, i wouldn't go so far as to say those courts looked at the substance of this issue. michigan's courts decided to not look at the case saying it's a political question. minnesota decided that they do not review qualifications of candidates in the primary and that the case could be refiled for the general. i do think this is the first look at the substance of whether or not donald trump engaged in insurrection and the provisions of section 3 of the 14th amendment. this might not be the final look. we will see if the u.s. supreme court takes the case. of course, as secretary of state, i will follow whatever court decision is in place by the time i certify the ballot. >> madam secretary, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> doubling down. donald trump did not take the colorado court's decision directly -- he didn't take it on, but he repeated some of his most controversial rhetoric in an appearance last night. what he said and the reaction to it coming next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." we are back in 60 seconds. you are watching msnbc. ♪ get iphone 15 pro and ipad and apple watch - all on them! ♪ (mom) please forgive him. 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>> i think that trump is going to play the victim. he is going to monetize this ruling. i think that chris christie and nikki haley did strike the right tone saying the voters need to take down donald trump, not the courts. there was an opportunity to have trump removed from the ballot and it was through the impeachment process. regrettably, the united states senate acquitted donald trump in 2021 when they had the chance to take him out all together. that's where we are. it seems to me that absent some kind of a conviction of donald trump on the question of insurrection, i think it's going to make it really difficult to disenfranchise his voters. his conduct has been reprehensible. i think that this ruling will help trump in so many ways. he is going to talk about election interference and meddling and how this is so unfair, the system is rigged. you heard it all before. that's what he is going to do. i do think this decision -- hopefully, the supreme court will hear this and probably allow him on the ballot. as hard as that is. >> susan, president biden was asked about this, about the court decision. he said, i'm not going to comment on it. that's up to the court. that's all i'm going to say on that. he is staying out of it. president trump, of course, doubling down on the comments about immigrants and the blood of the country. presumably, he thinks that's going to help him with his base. >> no reason for president biden to get into this right now. former president trump continues to talk in words that have great historical resonance and not in a positive way in quoting things that adolf hitler said, depicting immigrants as less than fully human. this is something we have heard at other times in other situations with disastrous consequences. i think it is of concern. although, i agree with my two colleagues here that for those -- in such a divided nation, to have a big question like this decided by the supreme court, maybe by a 5-4 decision, would be problematic. the way to -- for those who are critical of trump who want to get him off the political stage, i think the way to do that is to lose an election. >> phil, susan, charlie, thanks to all of you. happy holidays to you all. >>> deal or no deal? 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(gentle music) >>> right now at the u.n., the u.n. security council will be meeting -- they are meeting now and getting to the palestine issue, trying to adopt a hostage release and cease-fire resolution to try to press for ending the israel/hamas war. they delayed that vote for 24 hours yesterday. they tried to work out language the united states would accept. they introduced a draft with no changes so far. that's almost guaranteed to fail and be vetoed by the u.s., which has put the u.s. in a really uncomfortable position of standing alone, without its allies, supporting israel against a resolution condemning the violence but which does not also condemn what hamas did on october 7th. inside israel, protesters have called for negotiations with hamas to facilitate the release of scores of hostages still being held. those calls have not been loud enough to impact the israeli government military strategy so far. the idf striking 300 targets over the last 24 hours, including a mosque in rafah this morning. benjamin netanyahu saying today, israel will not stop fighting until we achieve all the goals. the head of hamas' political bureau did arrive in cairo for talks. the latest round of hostage talks appear to be picking up pace. joining me now is michael crowley and with us collin clark. let's get right to it, michael. we think that something is changing in israel. we heard today from president herzog, netanyahu has to hold his hard line publically. we know the israel government, under pressure from hostage families after the deaths of the three by friendly fire on friday, is feeling tremendous pressure at home domestically to try to get them out. >> andrea, thanks for having me on. it has been an incredibly difficult balance for the israelis. obviously, the imperative of getting the hostages out is enormous. israel has been willing to pay a huge price to get prisoners back, specifically from hamas in one case more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners released by the israelis to get back one israeli soldier. they have that massive imperative. on the other hand, the enormous imperative of striking back at hamas after the october 7th attacks and destroying hamas and its infrastructure. those two goals have always been in a state of enormous tension. i think you just saw this -- the most horrendous illustration when the three israeli hostages were shot a few days ago. i think as you note, that prompted a reassessment in israel of what's prioritized and how and whether it's time for another break. i think it just may have increased pressure on netanyahu and his government to a point where they had to reconsider their course of action. >> michael, let's talk for a moment about secretary blinken. he has been pushing for a humanitarian pause. the language in the u.n. resolution was too categorical for the u.s. to accept, which did isolate the u.s. secretary blinken was asked about a hostage release which would accompany a pause in negotiations that are clearly gaining steam. this just happened at a news conference this morning. >> israel has been very clear, including as recently as today, that it would welcome returning to a pause and the further release of hostages. the problem is and has been and remain has maas. they reneged on commitments they made during the first pause for hostage releases. the question is whether they are, in fact, willing to resume this effort. i think what's important to always remember is that virtually none of the challenges we are dealing with are like flipping a light switch. you suddenly get total success in the course of a day, a week, a month, even a year. it is almost always a process and a constant effort to get to a better place. >> collin, do we think the arrival in cairo of the hamas political leader is significant? one of the problems with the talks is they have been going through the go betweens through qatar. are there direct talks underway that egypt is involved with? >> it appears that way. we see top political leadership making an effort to talk details. i think as they say, the devil is in the details. we will find out how long of a potential cease-fire. one week or two weeks? what's the ratio for hostages to palestinian prisoners? that could be a potential tripping point. from a strategic perspective, can some kind of temporary trees be translated into something more sustainable, something more long-term? we see the u.s. and european allies try to push the israelis in this direction. >> have you seen any sign that netanyahu and his coalition, his defense minister, are listening to the appeals? lloyd austin was in the region, in israel in person as well as secretary blinken repeatedly, and jake sullivan. >> it's hard to say. as michael pointed out, there's been a tension from day one over the israeli imperative to destroy hamas, which is has claimed as its stated objective, and to rescue the remaiingremai hostages. the israelis are balancing that along with domesti political pressure. i'm slightly optimistic. but it's no guarantee. >> michael, the administration is being criticized because the president has been so vocal about his embrace of israel, as have -- and their goals to eliminate hamas, as has the rest of the national security cabinet. privately and now publically in the last week and a half or so, we have heard a change in the rhetoric. they are growing less and less patient with the way israel is progressing this war and the way that the u.s. is, frankly, isolated in the world. it's viewed by most of the world as the israel/u.s. war with gaza. >> that's right, andrea. i'm talking to the from the state department. i came from secretary blinken's press conference. he talked about this. he used personal language saying that watching -- while he reaffirmed israel's -- what he calls israel's right to defend itself and to attack hamas, he said it's been gut wrenching to see the toll in gaza. took great pains to explain that the u.s. has been working hard to try to get more aid into gaza and do things to try to mitigate the humanitarian crisis there. on the larger point, despite rhetoric like that and actions like that, the u.s. is isolated. i'm struck by the turnaround in the year and a half or so after the russian invasion of ukraine, i think america was widely seen as leading the world, pulling to the this great diplomatic coalition to stand up against russia. speaking with more clarity in the united nations, rallying the security council to condemn russia. now you find the u.s. in this sort of isolated diplomatic crouch, accused of moral hypocrisy with a lot of democrat says furious at the bideed a -- administration. >> michael, collin, thanks to both of you. >>> the unfinished business. there's a lot of t. lawmakers trying to head home for the holidays. the senate going out today. the house has been out all week. major circumstan issues on the . senator chris coons of delaware joining us next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. 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>> there are two decisions that i am prayerfully, hopefully awaiting positive movement on. in warsaw, ongoing negotiations about a renewed humanitarian cease-fire in the war in gaza. a pause that would allow for the release of dozens of hostages, including americans, and for more humanitarian aid to get into gaza. that ongoing negotiation, that discussion between the united states, israel and the qataries representing hamas, i hope will achieve some positive breakthrough. here in washington, there are ongoing negotiations, as you know, between republicans and democrats about this critical supplemental. we have to provide more support to the brave ukrainians who are weathering an ongoing onslaught from russian troops on their eastern and southern fronts. we have to do this to sustain our reputation notice world as a critical and trustworthy ally. president biden, as you know, has mobilized 50 other countries that in combination have delivered more support for ukraine than we have. if we pass this additional supplemental funding request, most of it will actually go into creating jobs here in the united states in munitions plants that will be sending munitions to the ukrainians. all of this hangs on a critical point, which is whether or not the border security talks, which are now drafting language and exchanging concrete proposals, can conclude in the next ten days. i'm optimistic, given what i have heard from the folks at the table, even hopeful. but there are a lot of devils in the details in these two big things that have to happen in the coming days. >> despite the rhetoric from israel's government right now, you are still confident those talks are still going -- excuse me, going on in warsaw and that there's still the possibility for a humanitarian pause and a hostage release? >> well, one area where president biden's active engagement has made a difference is in the opening of the kerem shalom passage. there has been progress. there's also lots of pressure on the israeli government from the families of the hostages. there was a tragic incident in recent days where three hostages were killed by mistake, by idf troops. there's a lot of concern about the dramatic suffering, the humanitarian catastrophe on the ground as palestinians, who are not supporters of hamas, suffer the effects of israel's ongoing war against hamas. i'm hopeful that all these different forces in combination will bring a renewed cease-fire and the release of more hostages and the opportunity for another round of negotiations about the path forward for israel and for the palestinian people. >> defense secretary lloyd austin made an unannounced visit to the "uss gerald ford," calling it a linchpin to middle east deterrence. you have been working on ways to combat iran and their proxies. the administration is being criticized by republicans, other critics as well, for not providing enough deterrence against iran and against particularly iran-backed houthis who are firing on international shipping in the red sea and potentially other pathways. >> secretary austin is there in no small part to reinforce the very strong step to deter iran that president biden took immediately following october 7th. he deployed two aircraft carrier battle groups to the region. he sent a forceful message publically and privately to iran and their proxies to stay out of this fight between israel and hamas. the houthis have continued to fire drones at missiles. our ships in the region in the red sea have intercepted. secretary austin is there visiting "gerald ford" to reinforce the leadership to pull together a multi-national coalition to confront the houthis and to secure freedom of navigation in the red sea. this is a critical moment. i'm confident that we will move forward on it. i just introduced a resolution, a bipartisan resolution with 14 senators urging the administration to continue its strong steps to deter iran. >> senator chris coons, thank you so much. happy holiday to you. >>> a short time ago, president biden arriving in milwaukee to deliver a speech on the economy, spoke about the colorado supreme court decision to keep donald trump off the ballot. telling the president, that's up to the court. then he did add something. we just got this in. let's watch. >> is trump an insurrectionist, sir? 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according to reports shared by nbc -- or shared with nbc news by the nonpartisan non-profit group advancee to trump's posts about the ruling. defense democracy found some retaliatory posts listing the justices' phone numbers, e-mails, and many post advocating violence and killing the justices. sorry, your latest article on the hill makes the argument trump could actually benefit from the ruling, seeing this in a number of places. how do we expect that to happen? how do you expect his campaign to see spin this? >> we expect it to happen, sam, because there's a record of republican voters rallying around the former president when he's hit with his indictments, and i think there's a broad parallel to be made between those indictments and this case. the day before the very first indictment, that was the alvin bragg indictment of trump, he was leading national polls in the republican primary by 25 points. today he's leading by 50 points. so that shows the impact that these things can have within the republican electorate. now, obviously it's a very different picture with the general election e

nbc, your colleague at nbc, pointing out the comparisons that who else has used that kind of language in the past, it's important context. and it should be alarming to people and it clearly is. >> eugene, here's some of the reactions we heard trump's remarks from republicans and on fox news. >> you have endorsed former president trump. are you comfortable with him using words like that? >> we are talking about language. i can't care less what language people use as long as we get it right. >> what i'm gonna say, and we don't usually talk like that, and he's from new york. this is trump being trump. >> he was talking about the border. he was talking about people coming from other countries, coming from prisons. and all the sunday shows, lawrence, he was talking about poison. he was just trying to say we're gonna keep america america. >> to give them an ability, opposition ability to try to make it about something else with those comments. i think it is just a tactical mistake. why are we in a situation where we are even having those discussions? >> it is offensive, i think, it's certainly outlandish. what, you know, he says things like that to get extra attention, put himself back in the center of coverage. >> there was a lot there. eugene, what do you make of these responses? i tend to think that words matter, especially when they are coming from a former president of the united states of america and potentially next president? >> and i think most americans would agree with you. one major difference i would say that we are seeing now compared to the 2016 campaign is that the former president has far more surrogates pushing back on concerns and fears that his language was as problematic as it is. what we saw in that clip, though, and what we have seen online especially coming from the social media pages of many republicans in congress is that more people are defending trump or at least leaning into backing what he is actually saying, and that is in part because the republican party has become more nativist, in the sense and the presidency of donald trump. what was once thought of as a fringe world view on the gop is now more mainstream. and i think that's why you would continue to see more support for his words and less for moving forward. >> that is such an interesting point. you know, barbara, when we hear people in positions of power dismissed comments like the ones that we heard from donald trump. when you hear folks, like the mash-up that we play, it makes me wonder what the danger is for the rule of law. like, i was on capitol hill right down the street from the capitol on january 6th. >> yeah, i think this kind of behavior just normalizes what should be absolutely abnormal in the united states. i think part of the goal is what we see in putin's russia, what we saw in hitler's germany, and that is people would become cynical, and then numb, and then they completely disengage altogether. and, you know, that's part of the game that they are playing is to shrug, to say everybody is corrupt, who cares, it doesn't matter. but of course, in this country, we believe in the rule of law. we resolve our disputes in the rule of law. and in the eyes of the justice, everyone is equal under the law. and so, i think it is a very dangerous game when we are having lawmakers and other republicans shrugging off these really horrific comments by donald trump. >> jeff, do your point about that, no one should be surprised, but yet, we should still take the weight of the words that any leader in america says. i think it's really important not only the former president making those comments about immigrants, he also made no secret of his admiration for dictators. i mean, we did not have to do a lot of work to piece that mash together. this vote is also not new for him. this is something that donald trump kept going back to when he was in the white house? >> well, absolutely. and in fact, i covered a visit that he had with president putin and a visit that he had with kim jong-un. and hearing him talk about both of them in complimentary terms is certainly not a surprise because his words were back up by actions during his time in office. but what i think is important, and it's important to continue to emphasize, it is the -- look at the names of the leaders that he is choosing to highlight. he is not bringing up former chancellor merkel of germany. he is not bringing up the traditional u.s. allies in japan, in europe, in south america. he is bringing up autocrats. and there is a reason for that. that is, these are the types of leaders that he admires, that he is happy to say, they liked me, speaking of himself, and that should be a sign for voters as they are choosing who they want to vote for, about which president, what types of leaders their former and potentially future president wants to align himself with. >> you know, eugene, if we look at all of this, i think we saw a real effort to mobilize voters, to reject this very thing back in 2020 when donald trump was running against biden. do you see that coming together now ahead of this election? because some days, i feel as though people, when we talk about words such as, you know, autocrat, and dictators, that folks don't necessarily understand the gravity of what we are talking about. >> well, i think that's fair. and it's also of concern because we know that not all voters are engaged this closely right now. and they have many other priorities, their focus is on families, the economy. and they also know what trump is bringing to the table. these words seemed very familiar. but i think the people that are paying close attention are doing so because they do remember january 6th, and they do remember the efforts to remain in power for the goal and purpose of moving the trump agenda in this direction. and so, while things may seem familiar, they also may end up being very different. and that is something that most voters will need to pay more attention to if they want to see trump lose next year. >> you know, speaking of january 6th, barbara, trump said this, and he was trying to draw some kind of comparison between the george floyd protesters and the january 6th riot. i want to play this for you. >> you remember in minnesota, when they took over the police station, they took it over and they burned it down. by the way, what happened to those people? are those people in jail with a january 6th hostages? what happened to those people. they're not in jail with the j6 hostages -- not prisoners, hostages. >> we know that they are actually not hostages. those folks went through the legal system. they were found guilty. donald trump is trying to cast a meal on his political prisoners. barbara, how big of a problem is this? >> this is a huge game of disinformation, symone, engage in revisionist history. we know, we saw with our own eyes, you were there, these people committed crimes. they were arrested. they've been charged. they are getting due process in our criminal justice system. to refer to them as hostage is just a complete misnomer. and also, the false equivalency, the whataboutism, comparing what they did with some of the george floyd protesters. we know that many of the george floyd protesters were peaceful and certainly were not charged with any crimes nor they should have been. there were others who were participating in protests during the summer of 2020 who engaged in violence, and those people were properly charged with crimes. and so, to suggest that this is all part of this us versus them again, and it is really important that you and others in the public i push back on this false narrative. >> i want to switch topics, because mark meadows, he had a legal setback today. and we also think it's important to talk about that. barbara, how big of a deal is it that these judges rejected meadows effort to get the georgia case to federal court? i believe this is the second time this has happened. >> yes, so, this was an appeal, the oral argument was just heard on friday. i expect it will be weeks if not months before we got a decision from them. but the very next business day, they resoundingly rejected his challenge, and they said, not only is it the case that the facts of his case fail, but as a matter of law, the idea of removing a case for a federal employee is never applicable when it is a former federal employee, as it is with mark meadows. so, this is a really important ruling. this ruling will apply against others like jeffrey clark, and other federal employees at the time of the allegations that are charged in the georgia indictment. >> you know, i must say, as a former federal employee, it never crossed my mind, picking up the phone, maybe pressuring folks in georgia to find votes that could've existed, it was not in my job description. and i was a deputy assistant to the president. i don't know. jeff, all these legal cases, that is meadows. but the momentum is building on the trump legal cases as well, and the campaign is just getting underway. what do you think we should be bracing for in terms of how trump is going to use these cases, if you will, in his efforts to get back to the white house, because we know he's going to talk about it? >> for sure, and we also know based on polling over the last year plus that every time a new charges filed, every time he shows up to court, every time, there's only been one time that he's had a mugshot -- it ends up helping him. so, i think you are absolutely spot on to say how he's going to use it. he's going to try to use it to his advantage, whether or not he's ultimately successful in that, it will certainly depend on what the results are in some of these cases. but he will use the fact that he is being taken to court, the fact that he is having to show up as a way to strengthen, or as a way to embolden's argument that he is being unfairly treated. >> okay, we are gonna stay on the legal, but and your person, rudy giuliani. eugene, and ruby freeman and shaye moss, they are suing rudy giuliani again. now, a jury already ordered them 100 and $48 million, and that was just last week. rudy giuliani was defiant, frankly, and tripled down on the same comments that got him slapped with that fee in the first place. what else do we need to know about this latest lawsuit? >> well, we should not be surprised to see that it has continued because the individual he's harmed continue to be harmed because as you noted, giuliani, his bank moved forward with making some of the same allegations that he has in the past. there seems to be no effort to have learned from the mistakes, even though there is no indication that he is even going to be able to fully pay off what he is owing so far. and so, we should expect more of this moving forward, and this is something of concern to voters who wonder what will be different if trump went to the white house -- returned to the white house. they're very well could be a new giuliani even if this continues. >> very important point. jeff mason, eugene scott, and barbara mcquade, thank you all very much for starting off strong tonight. appreciate it. >>> coming up, folks, new reporting on how justice clarence thomas previously complained about money and what he received after those complaints. >>> and later, what president biden is telling his closest aides about poll numbers. jason johnson and stuart stevens are here on that. >>> and ongoing negotiations in the senate over funding the border and ukraine. the 11th hour just getting underway on monday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only $56. i got this bbq smoker for 26 bucks. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? 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>> the one detail that really stood out was the timing. we are told that justice thomas made this veiled threat to resign from the court in early 2000, after attending an all-expenses-paid conference at a luxury resort which, shocker, he did not report on his ethics disclosure forms. and of course, that meant that the presidential election was coming up. and al gore at the time seemed poised to potentially win. so, it looks like justice thomas was playing hardball. he actually set a timeline for this republican congressman he spoke with. he said, one or two justices might step down within a year. and so, i think it shows that he was really serious about getting the ball going here. and so were republican

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nbc news >>> we're back now with our nbc news exclusive. san francisco this week set a grim new record, the most overdose deaths in a year. it's gotten so dire, volunteers are now risking trouble with the law to save lives. jacob soboroff with more, and a warning, some viewers may find the subject matter difficult. >> reporter: we're in san francisco, and these are volunteers behind me. on their way to set up what's known as a consumption site. their goal, to save lives, but say it's an act of civil disobedience because what they're doing is illegal in the state of california. supervised consumption for letting people use drunks under the supervision of someone who can reverse an overdose is a harm reduction strategy we've reported on for six years. from toronto -- >> they're usually alone in their home. what if they overdose? >> reporter: -- to new york. >> no more improperly discarded syringes on the street. >> reporter: where they've reversed over 1,200 overdoses. during the pandemic san francisco had a similar sanctioned facility then last august california governor gavin newsom vetoed a bill that would allow drug use under medical supervision, and the city closed the site. researcher alex kroll says the site was effective. >> since it's been closed, this year we're going to see 800 of these deaths. >> reporter: lydia is one of the volunteers at today's unsanctioned pop-up. >> this is it. >> this is it. it's very simple. we just need a space where people can come under the observations of trained peer counselors to watch people while they're using their drug and not die. >> you know you're breaking the law. are you worried about the consequences? >> the consequence that i'm worried about is for the person who uses drugs by themselves and accidentally overdoses and dies. >> reporter: outside the tent, a line formed of those who heard they could pick up clean drug supplies and use drugs they brought themselves. that's where we met 29-year-old ariel. >> how long have you been using drugs? >> for like 13 years. >> why do you come here? >> because i'm around people. if anybody overdoses, they have narcan. >> your mother died of an overdoes just recently? >> yes. about a month ago. >> i'm so sorry. >> she went by herself home and od'd. >> can you see a day, ariel, where you want to stop using drugs? >> yeah, definitely. >> and you think coming here, could it ever be a first step for you to maybe finding a way to stop using drugs? >> yeah, definitely, they have a lot help down here. >> reporter: we followed her into the tent where she and others were smoking fentanyl. there are ten people using, and she'll hang out in there until she feels comfortable enough to leave. >> reporter: while ariel was inside across the alley another man caught the volunteer's attention. >> there is a gentleman and they suspect a possible overdose, so some of the workers are checking on it in case he needs intervention of narcan to reverse a potential overdose. >> reporter: then ariel emerged. >> you were able to use? >> yes. >> what are you doing now? >> grabbing some supplies real quick. can i get some more tin foil, straws. >> do you want narcan? >> yeah, please. >> reporter: ariel was 1 of 150 people who used drugs at the site that saturday, and it wasn't shut down. an outrage to critics who say these sites are a nuisance to those in the community, but advocates say it keeps drug users alive, so they might one day ask for help quitting. jacob soboroff, nbc of war the >>> and next out of the pain of war the generalized myasthenia gravis made my life a lot harder. but the picture started changing when i started on vyvgart. vyvgart is for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are anti-achr antibody positive . in a clinical trial, vyvgart significantly improved most participants' ability to do daily activities when added to their current gmg treatment. most participants taking vyvgart also had less muscle weakness. and your vyvgart treatment schedule is designed just for you. in a clinical study, the most common side effects included urinary and respiratory tract infections, and headache. vyvgart may increase the risk of infection. tell your doctor if you have a history of infections or symptoms of an infection. vyvgart can cause allergic reactions. available as vyvgart for iv infusion and now as vyvgart hytrulo for subcutaneous injection. additional side effects for vyvgart hytrulo may include injection site reactions. talk to your

nbc. historically has been at nbc. you know, oftentimes organizers of awards show they will go to talent within their stable, within their network. so since it's on cbs maybe we will see a name from cbs, obviously stephen colbert is the big one there but another one, this is what i'm going to throw out, taylor tomlinson, she is a comedian, she's getting that post colbert slot so i think that that would be a smart decision if the organizers go to her. >> how about gayle king, get a little cnn and cbs in there for you. >> i love that. i want gayle king and phil. >> you want to be able to say -- >> that would be great. >> there has been a lot of changes in the wake of very serious controversy. is it going to make a difference? you talk about the big bold names, that will certainly draw viewers if those people actually show up. are people going to show up? >> you know, i am hearing from all of my sources that people are very excited and they will show up this year. adds you said, there was a huge scandal that involved the

nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. we're also joined by nbc news correspondent maura barrett. she is at one of the busiest airports in the world, chicago's o'hare. great to see both you ladies. laura, with you first, it wasn't like last year, but southwest had hundreds of cancellations due to fog this weekend. how is it looking there today? >> reporter: yeah, some serious severe fog here in chicago over the weekend, canceling about 300 southwest flights on sunday, about 100 more trickling over into the holiday yesterday. also canceled. as of today, southwest is running smoothly. their team telling nbc yesterday they were operating in stable condition, they were putting all hands on deck to make sure that people could travel safely. it is a stark comparison to what we saw last year when 2 million travelers were stranded from southwest alone due to weather and scheduling issues. but weather is that wild card when it comes to something unpredictable like fog or winter weather we experience this time of year. i'm at o'hare today. things are operating pretty smoothly. it is very busy. typically. but right now as i left the security line, it looks like it is a ten-minute wait for general boarding. everything going faster than a lot of people planned, leaving themselves extra time as they got here. i spoke it a few travelers that were heading to tokyo, they said they were pleasantly surprised. >> we're anxious about it being crazy for the holidays? >> definitely. >> here four hours early. >> are you surprised by -- >> is there a reason for that? like, something weird happen? i don't know.

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nbc bay area news tonight." >>> welcome back to "nbc bay area news tonight." a few months ago, i interviewed former mayor willie brown at the commonwealth club. he said he couldn't be mayor of san francisco in this day and age. he said the mayor is essentially powerless and there are way too many city commissions. now an advocacy group has a possible solution. the group is called together sf action. it's responsible for putting up these billboards and ads, drawing attention to the fentanyl crisis. the group says two things are happening. the mayor's office doesn't have enough power, and all those city commissions are slowing down progress. the group wants voters to approve two different charter amendments. one would be to cut the number of boards and commissions from 130 down to 65. they're also asking voters to give the mayor more power to appoint a deputy mayor and to hire and fire department heads. the mayor to have that ability. we reached out to the mayor's office. they said the mayor broadly supports such a plan but had not read the specifics yet. there are also opponents to this plan, including board of supervisor president aaron peskin. >> so basically what you have here is a billionaire-funded super pac, a political action committee that is being run by a former aide of mayor london breed's that is trying to create a voter initiative that's going to cost millions of dollars to put on the ballot to give the mayor more power. there are definitely a number of commonsense changes that can be made to our governance documents. this is basically our constitution. but the right way to do that is collaboratively with public inclusion. >> joining us now is the ceo of together sf action. nice to have you on the program. okay. you're part of this billionaire-backed pac. your response to supervisor peskin? >> well, first, we are not a pac. we are a political advocacy organization, very different from a pac. i'm not surprised to see this response from supervisor peskin, who has been an elected official in san francisco for over 20 years, who has led the charge to make our officials less and less accountable. we are seeing voters and residents saying dissatisfaction is at an all-time high with officials, including the board of supervisors. we think advocating for more of the status quo is not going to work. we are at a pivotal point in san francisco where voters want a change, and they're willing to consider the things that we're proposing. we've also seen -- sorry. go ahead. >> i was just going to say when did this all happen? when did we add so many commissions, and is there a way to make progress and keep the same amount of commissions? can we do two things here? >> in 19 96 voters approved a new charter. that means we don't have a city manager, and the mayor is supposed to operate like the executive of our city. unfortunately since then, we've had the board of supervisors lead the charge to add commissions to diffuse that executive authority. l.a. has 49 commissions, so there really is a problem here not just in the fact that it slows down the way everything happens, it creates more bureaucracy, it costs the city a lot of money. it also makes it unaccountable. voters don't know who is actually in charge because you have elected officials with the ability to point to commissions and say, well, they made that decision. i have no control over that. i think we're just tired of the finger-pointing. we want to know who to hold accountable. >> 130 commissions is a lot for all of us to keep track of. you need 50,000 signatures to get this on the ballot. do you have the support? >> that's right. we do. we do have financial commitments to get the support not just from our voters, from our residents, from our community. together sf has over 50,000 people in our network who are very engaged and supportive of these efforts. so we are worried about getting the signatures and getting it on the ballot. we think we can make a really strong case to san franciscans that it's time for change. >> final question. what's the goal of together sf action? give me one or two things, your primary goals. >> our primary goals are to make the city governable so no matter who gets into office, they truly can govern the city and we as residents can hold them accountable. >> thanks for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> let's move on now. remember back in the day, the early 1990s, the giants shook up the baseball world by signing free agent barry bonds? could they now shake things up again this week with shohei ohtani? the giants are believed to be one of the five teams in the race to sign the japanese superstar. ohtani, who is an all-star hitter and pitcher, could make his decision during this week's baseball winter meetings in nashville. nbc's laura britt is in tennessee for us. >> reporter: major league baseball's annual gathering of team executives, agents, and the media is under way here in nashville, tennessee. over the course of the next few days, you can expect to see agents and front office executives engaged in discussions in regards to the league's top free agents. and that includes shohei ohtani, the top free agent available on the market this off-season. he's expected to land a deal worth at least $500 million, and the giants are reportedly one of the teams still in the running to land ohtani. however, very little movement has happened across winter meetings so far, something that giants president of baseball operations farhan zaidi said he hopes changes. he said he'd like to see some of the dominoes begin to fall, meaning players sign with teams. the giants consider themselves a team that's hunting at the top of the market. they're looking to add starting pitching to the front end of their rotation, speed, and a

nbc bay area.com. in palo alto, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >>> former san jose mayor sam liccardo is running for congress today. he filed the official paperwork. he served as mayor of san jose for two terms before being termed out. he's got his eyes on the soon- to-be vacancy of congresswoman anna eshoo who represents part of the peninsula and south bay. she announced she would be retiring after more than three decades in congress. as mayor, he focused on homelessness, crime and utility costs. he wants to bring that experience to congress. >> i've been blessed to have the opportunity to serve in a very large stage serving 1 million residents in the city of san jose. i look forward to bringing what i have learned and innovative solutions we have applied to congress. >> he's joining a crowded field. now six candidates running for the soon-to-be vacancy. others include santa clara county supervisor, tech executive rishi kumar, a family member evan lowe, tech entrepreneur peter dixon and educator and palo alto city councilmember julia lip cut haynes. california's primary election is in march. >>> a group in san francisco is calling on the school district to an arab organization. that stands for concern about recent student lockout. back in october, hundreds of students walked out of class to protest the bombing of gaza and called for a cease-fire in the israel hamas war. a parents group called the sf guardians has written a letter to the district calling for an investigation into whether the arab resource and organizing center which helps muslim students organized the walkout in violation of district policy. the group also wants the district to free with aroc while it unfolds. >> i think we fully support the rights of students to go out and protest and speak in favor of what they believe in. where we have an issue is when there is adults involved who are organizing the protest. that is in violation of their contract. >> aroc didn't respond to the allegations but did issue a statement saying they quote absolutely support the students who decided to walk out on october 18th demanding an end to the mass killing of palestinians in gaza. the district issued a statement saying his priority is to ensure students and staff feel safe and supported. the district says it will provide for the response after reviewing the sf guardians letter. >>> with the flexibility of working from home gone many left the bay area during the pandemic. with companies forcing workers to get back to the office the demand for housing is skyrocketing. an expert breaks down when he expects the real estate market to cool. >>> i'm in san francisco's mission district where street vendors are taking the protest against the ban on vending on mission street to city hall. coming up. >>> i'm jeff ranieri, i will have the chilly details on a freeze warning this weekend plus what i'm saying about rain chances and when we could actually get a storm system to move in. coming up in about eight minutes. >>> the new treatment for sickle cell anemia being called a cure. we tell you about the remarkable new technology behind it. >>> our investigation into a billion-dollar medicaid scam billion-dollar medicaid scam victimizinlook mom, i found one. oh, yeah, you did. but we need an atm from our bank unless you want to spend a small fortune in fees. uh, no, thank you. banking with us means more fee-free atms than the two largest us banks combined. well, that would be convenient but there is no b-m-o here. ah, you can just call us bee-mo, and there is now. you know what else is convenient? mobile banking that makes it easy to track your goals and manage your money get out of town. but we... just got here. when a bank helps you get and stay ahead. that's the bmo effect. ♪ bmo ♪ >>> a robbery in san francisco to tell you about. an atm stolen right from a cvs. it happened this morning your 32nd and the richmond district. police say thieves crashed the car into the front door. five people ran to the store, stole the atm and got into another car waiting for them and took off. no arrests made. >>> angry street vendors took their fight directly to the mayor. they're upset about the recent ban on street vendors in the mission. here's sergio quintana. >> their chant is a march to city hall. the people united will never be defeated. this newly formed group of legally permitted mission street vendors say they agree mission street has become dangerous over the last several months. some have been victims of some violence. they say they are not the problem and they want someone in city hall to listen. >> we want someone to hear us. to come to the table and hear us. we feel we don't have voices anymore. >> they had been trying to work with mission district supervisor hillary ronan but now they are trying to get the attention of the mayor. organizers say a complete ban on vending seems to have been imposed without any regard for how it would affect the vendors for following the rules. >> have the market in place, have the cash assistance ready. they've done this top 10 approach. >> the city open an indoor vending site on mission street but there's not enough space for all the permitted vendors. according to the mayor, there's now a one-time grant from the office of workforce development and the city is now trying to market a special shopping event this weekend. at city hall, the vendors took the protest indoors and took their list of concerns to supervisor hillary ronan's office. no one was there so they dropped it into the mail slot. at the mayor's office they presented their list of concerns to a front office attendant who quietly received their list and went back to his desk. the vendors had hopes for a better response. >> well, it was kind of sad but at least we express ourselves and raise our voices. >> rodrigo lopez says the ban has been devastating for him. he moved to a spot off mission street but his customers don't know where to find him so his sales have plummeted. the 90 day ban on street vending was imposed as an emergency after a vendor was killed by another vendor last month and public works inspectors were attacked while checking vending permits. >>> a lot of workers transitioned to remote during the pandemic and that triggered an exodus of californians moving out of state. reports show that more than a quarter of 1 million of those people are being asked to go back to in person working here in the bay area. companies like zoom, med and google are requiring employees to work in the office at least part of the week and for people who moved out of the state that means either giving up their jobs or giving up their low interest rate mortgages to come back and buy homes here in the state. those homes are at two or three times their current rate. people who left the state now scramble to find housing with limited inventory and a lot of higher prices. >> it does mean higher prices and many are not able to move closer to work due to affordability issues. >> california association of realtors released its 2024 outlook and it predicts that there will be a rebound for the real estate market next year as inflation cools and the economy slows down. they say mortgage rates should fall which should help a bit. >> thousands of dollars difference. >> an already difficult market to buy to begin with. >> you guys probably noticed that tuesday wednesday thursday a lot of traffic. monday and friday everyone is still working. >> i ended up hitting holiday traffic today. >> that's different. >>> as we head through the weekend forecast we do have decent weather that should help if you are stuck in some holiday traffic. everyone is trying to get from point a to point b to get stuff done. let's take it outside here to the current temperatures and the big headline. you experienced it if you're outside today. it's already dropping to 50 in san francisco. look at this. 48 at 8:00 p.m. layer it up tonight. your bay area jacket is going to be in full effect here. it's going to be clear to get the heaviest jacket. you won't be overly warm by any means. 47 at 10:00. let's take it to the bay. 52 and we are dropping down to 47 at 8:00 p.m.. 44 at 11:00. not too many nights we get weather as chilly as this as early on. 50 right now across the inland valley. christmas in the park. we drop down to 45 at 8:00 p.m. and keeping with those mid-40s all the way through tonight. we see this chilly weather from this area of high pressure moving in exactly the right spot to enable this cold blast to dive down across california. it is dry so we expect that through this weekend. the big chill moving across napa, sonoma county, temperatures here 28 to 38 degrees with that freeze warning and effect. bring those pets inside and cover-up the sensitive plants. another thing to watch for is a thick fog across the central valley. interstate 5, 99 if you're headed that way tomorrow visibility is less than a half- mile. we have a slight chance of patchy fog through the morning. through the afternoon we see a mix of high clouds and sunshine returning. let's get into the temperatures for tomorrow. it's down to the 30s for much of the bay area. 38 for the south bay. 36 in the tri-valley. san francisco, 42. for the east bay, 37. through tomorrow we get a decent rebound with sunshine. it'll make it perfect out here. 62, san jose. it's nice to get things done with the dry weather but what about rain? i've been looking at all the different model layers and the way it looks now for the next seven days we see two different systems. those would miss because of the high pressure steering it to the north. just beyond we could get the storm track moving over the bay area from the 17th into the 20th. not this weekend but the following weekend maybe into my rain. i'll update you on that. here it is on the seven-day forecast. very steady, stable temperatures across san francisco and the inland valley. plenty of 50s 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nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, and nbc news white house correspondent monica alba. so defying a subpoena from the house oversight committee, he said no to a private meeting. what happens next? >> reporter: well, house republicans are pretty insistent that they're not going to accept his offer of a public hearing and that they issued a subpoena that specifically required him to appear least first behind closed doors and as a result, they are vowing to move quickly to contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. listen to what the house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan said about hunter biden's refusal to appear behind closed doors. >> we're disappointed he didn't show up. he was just across the way at the capitol. you think he could have come here and sat for questions. do it in an open format now, you get filibusters, speeches, you get all kinds of things. what we want is the facts and the way you get the facts in every single investigation i've been involved in is you bring people in for an interview, behind closed doors, where you can get those facts. >> reporter: so hunter biden and his legal team believe that if he were to come behind closed doors, that the committee could manipulate or take out of context some of the answers he gives in these questions behind closed doors and that that would give an unfair representation of his testimony. and republicans have countered eventually they'll release the entire transcript that would provide that context. and, you know, chairman jordan is correct that the way that these congressional investigations usually work is that there is a closed door deposition first and then the public hearing second. that's much of how the january 6th select committee conducted their business as well. regardless, hunter's legal team believes this gives them an opportunity to fight this in court, if it comes to that. and it does look as though that will be the next step, jose, as republicans are now vowing to move to this contempt of congress charge, which could likely happen sometime in the new year. jose? >> monica, how does the white house view what happened this morning right outside the capitol with hunter biden? >> reporter: i have to tell you, normally they are a little bit hesitant sometimes to weigh in on this, really referring the matter to hunter biden's personal attorneys or to the department of justice. as it continues its investigation. but an administration official is telling nbc news this morning that the view from the white house at least is that those public comments made by hunter biden were, quote, powerful and forceful in terms of really just stating plainly how he views this situation and his willingness, he organizes to answer questions in that open and public forum, which we know is, of course, the subject of this big debate about whether that will ever take place. what is notable also, what we should point out here, is that the president's re-election campaign, so his political arm to all of this, is also weighing in, more generally, on this expected impeachment inquiry vote, really calling out what they call former president min pushing for the impeachment inquiry trying to move forward, trying to make this larger political argument that that is why house republicans are continuing to press on this while not being able to provide any direct evidence from any of hunter biden who he himself admits engaged in decisions that were wrong, that he made mis

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