valerie castro has the story. >> reporter: in the heart of the rocky mountains, a house is taking shape're going to nail them in, by the by by the >> reporter: the master builders, high school students in aspen, colorado >> seeing the walls come up in the first place was really cool to see >> reporter: their instructor, john fisher. the project is more than a hands-on learning tool this 190-square-foot teeny home will one day house a teacher from this district >> reporter: would you sleep >> in the loft you'll be able to lay down and not raise up and hit your head >> reporter: an answer to the need for more affordable housing. aspen is a billionaire's playground the median listing price around $3 million but properties like this easily go for much more, pricing out teachers with a starting base pay here of just over $50,000. if they didn't have that affordable housing, would you be teaching here? >> oh, i would not be teaching here if they did not have affordable housing because the first question i asked during my interview is, is there housing available? >> reporter: 37% of aspen scho

and valerie castro has more. >> reporter: a humanitarian crisis exploding in acapulco, mexico.ripped through the beach resort town a week ago, destroying infrastructure and flooding streets and homes, up and down the coastline, the horrifying evidence of otis' wrath. boats thrown like toys along the shore. many residents feeling as though they have been left to fend for themselves. >> reporter: clean drinking water becoming scarce. authorities say 35% of water service has been restored. line of desperate residents snaking through the streets, people waiting to collect it by the jug full, but the wait itself is dangerous. >> looting in the days after the storm, stripped stores shelves bare. food now coming from a government-backed community kitchen. ngos like world central kitchen stepping up to meet the demand. >> we're output more and more. >> reporter: otis' rapid escalation from a tropical storm to a monster hurricane in just 12 hours, leaving residents like this woman with little time to prepare. she thought the rising floodwaters would be the death of her. her husband keep

valerie castro has the details. >> a new iphone update. >> never been easier to share. >> i don't wante to my phone and my kids phones getting information. >> reporter: law enforcement agencies posting warnings about the namedrop feature, a part of the latest ios 17 software update. >> with namedrop you can just bring your phones close together. >> reporter: that move brings up a prompt to instantly swap your contact information with another phone or apple watch. then each user can choose to share or receive it. to cancel it separate the phones, or lock your screen, the feature defaults to on, so it has to be manually disabled. >> i've seen people literally, myself, click those things without even knowing what they're clicking, or accepting, if you will. >> reporter: the sheriff of oakland county, michigan, speaking out about the update and warning people with this post on social media asking parents to check your children's phones. >> i'm concerned about the default to on versus the default to off, and you turn it on when you want it. so that's where you really need tobe aware of what

valerie castro, nbc news. >>> coming up, the most vociferous of sind rel ka stories. making a triumphant comeback. you're watching "nbc news daily." we're also streaming free 24/7 on nbc news now, you can watch us wherever you stream live, the news continues right after this. >>> if you're hungry to save some money on food, there's an app delivering deep discounts. but there is a catch. it's on so-called salvaged food. what is that, you might ask? reporter chris chmura with our nbc station in san francisco explains. >> meet the trava family. jennifer and nick, plus three kids. keeping five bellies full quickly empties the wallets especially these days. >> prices have definitely gone up. >> recently they tried something new to find food bargains, salvage food shopping and jennifer says she is saving a lot. >> at least half of what it costs in the grocery store. >> jennifer uses martie. >> martie is an online discount store. we work with vendors and food producers and we take everything that is overstock, closeout, surplus and we sell it on this online store at 30 to 70

down dog years in science might be on the brink of helping our four-legged friends live longer, valerie castroe is far less important than what's right underity nose. but more time with your pup, the latest goal from doggie pharma companies, that's intriguing for owners >> he's an old soul. the more research that came out about it, i think i would be interested >> reporter: one company making headway, a letter from the fda saying that the drug met one of the many conditions needed or the way to market approval it's shot every three to six months could slow the aging process in big dogs over 40 pounds that typically have shorter life-spans giving you an extra year of fetches and s andb oa slobbery kisses. it reduces the growth factors to slow down aging, but it won't make your big dogs small ir. the role into getting drugs into paws is a long one they need to do more research, showing the drug actually increases the life-span. the fda declined to provide a statement on the drug, saying it couldn't comment on applications in process other researchers are hot on the trail to sniff out their own v

. >> nbc news correspondent valerie castro is following the latest here in studio with us, what do we know about this latest agreement? >> this was a monumental deal, the largest wage increase in 40 years, that means better base pay and better benefits for actors -- it including residual compensation for streaming productions, it also includes the unfettered use of artificial intelligence. actors relieve they could finally get off those pickets lines and get back to work. >> the sacrifice is great, but the gain, because we have a contract is better than the last five contracts we've had. >> we have a lot of our strike captains on the line that have been close to eviction and have had their only meal of the day be while they're striking, so it's not been easy, but we all have come together. >> we know this is a tentative agreement that was agreed upon yesterday the final vote is expected tomorrow, that's when things will be finalized and we could learn some of finer points in the deal. >> big changes for actors, what about the folks over the other side, viewers. >> some of the more est

valerie castro is at that d.c. mall rally. ryan, what happened at today's hearing?mbers of congress and the house education committee heard from a wide range of voices that are directly connected to what is really a v and pro palestinian have gotten into several conflicts in many different places. what the purpose of the hearing was to talk about this level of violence. how this can be somewhat controlled while at the same time, not enfringing on the first amendment rights. this is not an easy conversation. that's part of what we saw in the hearing today. whether or not there's a role they can play, the role of administrators to try and police their students that are involved in these confrontations, but at the end of the day, there are no clear answers as to how tot to point out that various college students have been here throughout the day. a lot of schools allowed students to take the day off to come and show their support. we spoke to some young people and they said the problem really is rhetoric on campuses and they don't feel like they're getting the support

valerie castro has those details. >> reporter: in a dog's world, the future is far less important than what's right under its nose. but more time with your pup, the latest goal from doggie pharma companies, that's intriguing for owners. >> he's an old soul. the more research that came out about it, i think i would be interested. >> reporter: one company is making some headway, a letter from the fda saying that the drug met one of the many conditions needed on the way to market approval. it's shot every three to six months could slow the aging process in big dogs over 40 pounds that typically have shorter lifespans, giving you an extra year of cuddles, fetches and slobbery kisses. >> it reduces the growth factors to slow down aging, but it won't make your big dogs smaller. >> they'll still going to be big. >> reporter: the road to getting drugs into paws is a long one. they still need to do more research, showing the drug actually increases the lifespan. the fda declined to provide a statement on the drug, saying it couldn't comment on applications in process. other researchers are hot

joining us is nbc's valerie castro. they have heightened the security for today's event? >> reporter: good morning, josÉ. the security presence here is certainly very visible this morning. the gates opened for attendees around 10:00 this morning, and they are doing random bag checks at this hour, and they are doing metal detection and asking for wristbands, and earlier this morning roads were shutdown in the area, and it's designated a level 1 security event by the department of homeland security, and it means the u.s. national guard is here providing security in addition to metro d.c. police. josÉ? >> what you have heard from those in attendance today? >> reporter: as can you imagine, tens of thousands of people are expected here today coming from all across the country. they arrived early this morning. there's really a sense of pride and solidarity, a lot of people carrying the israeli flag and wearing it around their soldiers as they head into the event. we spoke to the director of a small contingency, and he said they are proud to be there. i asked what message he hop