hi, everyone. i'm kate snow. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. "nbc news daily" starts right now. thursday, march 2nd, 2023. breaking news, closing arguments. alex murdaugh's defense attorney delivers his final arguments in this double murder trial and why one juror was suddenly ousted from the case. storm on the move. the system that slammed california now marching east. what it's packing and who will face the worst of it. bling ring. the international criminals stealing millions of dollars in

valuables from homes. who they're targeting and why. bitter pill. an app to help you save on prescriptions accused of selling personal information. how to keep it from happening to you. we begin with the breaking news today in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. >> after six weeks more than 75 witnesses and a trip to the crime scene by the jury, the case is now on the verge of being handed over to that jury. alex murdaugh's attorneys delivered their closing arguments today. the disgraced former lawyer is accused of killing his wife and youngest son in june 2021. after those arguments prosecutors then gave their final rebuttal. before all this, though, the judge announced a major twist first thing this morning. one of the jurors is now off the case. >> in order to preserve the steg of the process and in fairness to all the parties involved we're going to replace you with one of the other jurors.

>> jay gray is at the courthouse and also with us nbc news legal analyst danny so value loss. jay, we'll get to that jury in a moment here. first, walk us through the defense's closing arguments today and how the prosecution responded. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, the defense wasted no time getting straight to the core of their defense of alex murdaugh saying that investigators, quote, failed miserably investigating the murders of his wife and son and that they potentially fabricated evidence in the case. they said that the prosecution was failing as far as the time line was concerned as far as circumstantial evidence in this case and they also question their theory on the motive saying it just doesn't make sense. >> the state's theory is that

there was a storm a coming, clouds are arising and that his financial house of cards is about to collapse, and he's about to be exposed, and because of that, he does what every rational person would do, go kill your wife and son. that is their theory of motive. >> reporter: yeah, now, prosecutors got the last word with the jury in their rebuttal saying that murdaugh was lied to everyone closest to him, that he is lying to the jury and that he was pushed by everything going on and collapsing in his life to commit these murders. they told the jury, use common sense when you begin deliberations. >> and, jay, talk to us about that juror dismissal. why was that person replaced? >> reporter: yeah, kate, this was pretty simple. there were reports she had been

discussing the case outside of the presence of the jury. three witnesses were called to the judge's chambers last night after proceedings and all testified in the judge's chambers that she had discussed things with them and left him with no choice but to dismiss her, 28 days into this case, 6 weeks she had sat with that panel and she has been dismissed. an alternate moved in. the judge did go on to say he didn't think there was any malice. she wasn't trying to cause problems but moved outside of his rules in the courtroom. >> all right, jay, thank you. let's turn to danny cevallos and get your impression. what did you make of the defense's closing argument? >> no surprises there. they didn't have a lot to work with and focused on five different minor points that the prosecution or the law enforcement may have done a shoddy investigation, but they really hammered home the beyond a reasonable doubt standard, the presumption of innocence and they seized upon what will be

likely considered a gift from the prosecution, that entire -- we played a clip from that, the entire financial crime motive for killing the wife and son, it isn't plausible, defense seized that and used it against the state. state meanwhile in rebuttal brought the fire and brimstone which they usually do because they know the defense can't get up and say anything afterwards so very effective there. they addressed some really important points, among those are that if murdaugh hadn't been caught by the state's evidence lying would he have taken the stand and admitted that he was lying? of course, the answer to that is almost certainly no. >> going to be really interesting. the jury will have it soon then a weekend coming. we don't know how long this will take. danny, thank you. appreciate it. >> jay gray as well. a dangerous storm system moving from the west coast to the east. it's now posing a severe weather threat from texas to tennessee. hail, strong wind, even a new round of tornadoes are possible. northern california is still bracing for one to three more

feet of snow over the next few days. and east of los angeles, heavy snow triggered an avalanche overnight tuesday into wednesday. let's bring in nbc news meteorologist bill karins now. bill, walk us through the storm system. what's coming and when is it comeing? >> that next storm for california is going to be saturday and sunday. so that's what we'll focus on, they're still trying to clean up from the last one. the storm that hit california is now heading into texas, our severe weather outbreak has begun and two severe thunderstorm watches, baseball size hail likely today in a few area, enough to do significant damage and sometimes you get these big huge hailstorms and can get a billion dollar weather disaster if it hits the wrong place. this is the area of greatest concern, not just for large hail, damaging wind but also possibility of a strong tornado or two. and it looks like the storms will arrive in dallas about 6 owe 7:00 local time and eventually head towards texarkana around 9 to 10:00. may not make it to memphis until about midnight tonight. that's kind of the time line and this hatched area is where we

have the chance for a strong tornado. do not expect a lot of them but just one or two possible and know how damaging that can be. tomorrow into areas of kentucky and tennessee we'll have a chance of isolated tornadoes and severe weather as far as winter goes, chicago to detroit and also northern new england, you're going to get a snowstorm out of this. tomorrow during the afternoon it changes from rain to snow from chicago to southern michigan, a heavy, wet snow with gusty winds, power outages possible and we'll end it friday night and saturday northern new england with another snowstorm. >> bill karins with us, thank you, bill. environmental activist erin brockovich is in northeastern ohio today meeting with residents impacted by that waste from the toxic train derailment. >> they are not stupid. they are not making things up. this is very real to them. and i really hope that everybody will spend time with them and go to their property, smell it for yourself. experience it for yourself. feel what they're going through. >> reporter: take a look at this video taken of the cleanup that

is under way nearly 2 million gallons of toxic wastewater have been hauled to treatment centers in ohio, michigan and texas and nbc news correspondent ron allen has been following the story now for the whole time it's been going on and communities outside of east palestine, ron, are now worried about the impact of that toxic waste coming from the crash. what's causing the concern? >> reporter: they're concerned because it has to go somewhere. it's waste and it's water and going to facilities that in some cases, for example, a facility 20 miles away from east palestine in east liverpool, there's a somewhat checkered history of the facility and along-running dispute with residents who complained that the plant is not functioning properly and there have been lawsuits. there have been hearings with the epa and that's what's causing some concern there. something else new that just happened, the ntsb just released another statement about what led to the cause of this whole situation and they are honing in on something called a pressure relief device and the aluminum

protective covering over it. something on the tank car. you'll remember they had to release the pressure on a tank car to prevent an explosion and did a controlled explosion, so the ntsb is trying to take apart what happened here and they've zeroed in on this very technical thing called a pressure release device that malfunctioned and melted in the heat to explain why they had to go through this controlled explosion and all that. it's a very controversial aspect of how the situation was handled. >> in other words, in that device had worked they wouldn't have had to explode so much stuff into the air, interesting. >> yes, exactly and scientific parlance, yes, exactly. >> right, i mean, i'm not a scientist, just trying to understand. >> reporter: yeah. >> listen, there's politics here too, right. this morning ohio's republican governor dewine called on president biden to visit. are we hearing any response out of the white house? >> reporter: yes, some press caught up with the president and he was shouted questions and basically responded by saying, that he's spoken to every official in ohio, democrat and

republican, on a continuous basis, essentially he's not saying he's going to east palestine but that he is going to deal with some of the issues raised there through legislation and, for example, the secretary of transportation the other day released a long list of proposals. there was also a bipartisan bill introduced by the republican and democratic senators of ohio that covered a lot of rail safety issues that the administration has brought up including safer tank cars that carry hazardous materials like the ones a big issue there. so the president basically saying i'm not going, i'm dealing with this through established channels. >> thank you, ron. i want to correct myself. i meant to say governor mike dewine of ohio, appreciate it. thanks. an early morning liftoff from the kennedy space center today. >> three, two, one, engines at full power and liftoff. go, dragon, go falcon. >> the spacex falcon 9 rocket

blasted off early this morning sending four people in the international space station. two american astronauts, a russian cosmonaut and the first arab person assigned to a long-term space mission, this is the second attempt for this rocket to take off after plans to launch on monday were scrapped because of a clogged filter in the engine ignition system. that crew is expected to dock with the international space station early friday morning. apple is reportedly blocking an app that uses chatgpt and a light fixture found at a thrift store sells for millions. morgan brennan joins us with our cnbc money minute. >> reporter: good afternoon. apple is delaying an app featuring ai. "the wall street journal" is reporting that apple deferred the approval of a custom version of chatgpt and raised concerns that children could be exposed to inappropriate content in the app and requesting the age restriction be raised to 17 and over. the sba meantime, has denied several requests from elon

musk's computer interface company neuralink to perform tests on humans according to a new reuters report. musk promised for years that the technology will be tested on humans but the company only applied for approval last year, musk and others at the company have promoted grand am businesses for the tech like curing mental health issues. it's already been tested in some animals like monkeys. kate and aaron, i'll send it back to you. >> morgan brennan, thank you. coming up, why an nfl hopeful turned himself in to police and what it could mean police and what it could mean for his future when you have chronic kidney disease. there are places you'd like to be. like here. and here. and here. not so much here. if you've been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure which can lead to dialysis. farxiga can cause serious side effects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections

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college football star and top nfl draft prospect jalen carter has turned himself in to authorities after a warrant was issued for his arrest. jail records show he was released shortly after posting bond. the georgia defensive tackle is accused of reckless driving and racing tied to a deadly crash. here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: top nfl prospect and georgia bulldog jalen carter is facing charges in connection with a fatal crash in january. his teammate dylan willock and chandler lecroy a staffer were killed. according to records, the star player turned himself into authorities overnight, was booked into the athens clark county jail and released a short time later. according to an arrest warrant obtained earlier by nbc news, police filed two misdemeanor charges against carter for reckless driving and drag racing. this surveillance video obtained by our nbc news affiliate

appears to show two cars matching police descriptions of the vehicles allegedly racing minutes before the crash. police have not confirmed the cars in the video were the ones involved. investigators finding both carter and lecroy drove at high rates of speed, overtaking other motorists and switching between lanes. lecroy said to be driving over 100 miles an hour with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. >> there's a car that definitely sped away. >> reporter: but there are questions surrounding carter's statements to police about where he was at the time of the crash. according to documents reviewed by "the atlanta journal-constitution," he'd left the scene apparently before police arrived, but then returned nearly an hour and a half later and gave shifting accounts about the crash. when he returned, carter initially told police he was nearly a mile away when the crash happened, making it seem like it was a single-car accident, but later acknowledged he was actually alongside the other car, according to the documents, which have not been seen by nbc news. this week, carter has been meeting with teams in indianapolis at the nfl combine,

but left shortly after his warrant was issued. in a statement posted on twitter, jalen writing in part, numerous media reports also circulated containing inaccurate information concerning the tragic events of january 15th, 2023, adding, when all of the facts are known, i will be fully exonerated. now with charges laying in wait, an nfl future hangs in the balance. >> it's a bit early right now to say definitively that his draft stock is going to plummet, but we have seen many situations over the years where off-the-field issues arise. >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc news. the chicago police department is mourning the loss of one of their own today. an officer was shot and killed in the line of duty yesterday on the city's southwest side. nbc news reporter gary grumbach joins us now. >> reporter: a five-year veteran of the chicago police department was shot and later died after

responding to a domestic violence call. when 32-year-old andres vasquez-lasso arrived on scene with a fellow officer police say the suspect was seen chasing a woman down the street with a gun. one of the officers engaged with the suspect who then ran away. that's when the two officers began pursuing the suspect and police say shots were exchanged at close range between the suspect and the now deceased officer lasso. the 18-year-old suspect was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper body and police superintendent david brown says the loss his department is dealing with isn't just impacting the officers of the chicago pd. >> police something a big family of people who know at some point they may be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. but you never wish or hope that it actually happens. >> reporter: lasso is the first chicago police officer shot and killed in the line of duty in nearly two years. chicago police say an

investigation and review of body camera footage is ongoing, kate. >> all right, gary, thank you. a discrimination case against the nfl is heading to court after a federal judge rejected the option of arbitration. you may remember coach brian flores sued the league nfl and three teams a year ago saying the nfl was, quote, rife with racism. the judge said, a jury can decide the merits of his claims against the league, against the denver broncos, the new york giants, and the houston texans, however, the claim he made against the miami dolphins will go through arbitration. the nfl said it plans to move forward with the arbitration and will seek to dismiss the remaining claim. coming up, the international crime ring that police say may be impossible to stop. you're watching "nbc news daily." also, want to mention to you something special tonight on nbc news now, steven spielberg, the fable man. it's a look inside his life

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school wants answers. bob redell has more. >> reporter: montgomery high is closed today and tomorrow to give students, teachers and staff time to process what happened yesterday. last night on campus, family and friends remembered 15-year-old jaden pienta. according to police, they walked into an art class and confronted a 15-year-old freshman. police say the 15-year-old pulled out a knife and stabbed him three times in the upper chest. he sadly died later at a hospital. the friend survived. the 15-year-old was found later hiding in a riverbed and taken into custody. the family believes the 15-year-old had slashed jaden's tires as part of an ongoing feud. they criticized the school for not doing enough. >> they slashed the tires.

instead of them suspending this kid, they let him come back. >> when he was stabbed, nobody called. >> students had to call 911. a student did. >> i get that. >> a kid. the school didn't do anything. the school had problems. >> how is she going to get through this? how do you let her bury her baby? i don't understand. >> reporter: the school superintendent released a statement. >> reporter: the school board eliminated a resource officer in 2020. police have responded to 97 service calls at this one high school over the past 12 months. >> thank you, bob. our other top story, an

arrest after explosives and drugs are found in a home. bomb squads have been combing the house since yesterday. police say there's so much there, they have had to ask for federal help. fbi agents are at the house. >> there isn't an ongoing public safety threat. however, the goal right now is to render this home safe. we have done some evacuations of nearby residences just in case there is some sort of blast while we are handling the material. there's a lot of layers to the investigation. >> police said they have arrested this man. he is a suspect. he lives in san jose. police are not saying much more because they don't want to compromise the investigation. here are other stories you need to know about. a dui arrest led to an unusual discovery. the storms brought a lot of water, close enough to cause flooding. first, the first openly transgender lutheran bishop is

sues the church. he was elected bishop in northern california in 2021 but resigned after firing a latino pastor and being accused of racism. in his complaint, he says the firing was an order from the church. flooding means most of the del valle is closed. the department of water resources hopes this will reduce flooding. clp officers found sugar gliders in a car monday. they are from australia. they are illegal in california since they are a threat to native wildlife. they confiscated the animals. we are seeing warmer weather and sunshine, at least for now. enjoy it while it lasts. let's go to kari hall. >> headed for the upper 50s and reaching 60 in santa rosa after

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bottom of the hour. lear are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." a spirit airlines flight from dallas to orlando was forced to make a landing in jacksonville after a battery fire in an overheadley bin. the crew and a retired firefighter put the fire out. we know at least ten people were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. greek rail workers are on strike today to protest the government after tuesday's train accident that left at least 43 people dead and dozens more hospitalized. about 2,000 people took to the streets of athens to vent their frustration. the demonstrators say government

negligence led to that tragedy. they want the railroad company to take accountability and want the government to invest in greece's rail infrastructure. secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met for the first time since the war in ukraine began. the top diplomats chatted on the sidelines of the g20 meeting in india. blinken said the two discussed russia's decision to suspend a nuclear treaty, the war in ukraine and paul whelan's detainment. we are learning new information this hour about a cross-country criminal network with roots in south america. police say a group of thieves from chile are coming into the u.s. and stealing millions of dollars in cash and valuables. nbc news correspondent dana griffin has been tracking the story from los angeles for us. dana, what do we know? >> reporter: well, kate, i first covered this story more than a year ago when i was a local reporter in san diego. the burglars are targeting some of the wealthiest communities there and after a six-month

hiatus the burglars appear to be back on the prowl. authorities trying to track down these notorious burglars, san diego police saying they suspect they are part of a chilean crime ring. the criminals highly coordinated covered from head to toe tossing security cameras. >> they're getting smarter as how they're acting. >> reporter: the chilean nationals are suspected in at least 21 burglaries since december. san diego police believe these crime tourists are hiding in nearby canyons. they plagued the area last year then went quiet until this recent string of robberies. in this heist they made off with more than $80,000 in jewelry and heirlooms. >> they knew exactly what they were doing and where they were going. they just were like an organized group like you see in the movies. >> reporter: police say they are entering the u.s. on 90-day

visas hitting some of the wealthiest neighborhoods across the country. authorities are also looking into robberies in new york, connecticut, washington, d.c., new jersey and florida that they believe were also carried out by this ring. >> we had a safe that was hidden in back of the closet bolted to the floor, had been ripped out of the floor and had been smashed open. >> reporter: in long island, new york, three chileans were arrested in january of 2020 accused of committing burglaries across multiple states. >> in nassau county alone they probably account for 10 to 12 burglaries. throughout the tri-state area possibly a couple dozen. >> reporter: police tracked them down to this house in queens, new york, where they found the proceeds from multiple heists. this doorbell camera shows a suspect running away from police in saddle rock, new york. at least two homes were targeted there including one belonging to the town's mayor. >> that episode was a real punch in the gut. >> reporter: while these arrests

were made in 2020, experts say even if these criminals are caught, the bail for nonviolent property offenses can be low or nonexistent giving them the chance to make a getaway or even fly back home with the score. now, some may be wondering why these suspects were released. in the case we mentioned from new york one of the suspected burglars was released from jail because of the new bail reform that eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felony charges. in late 2019 two other burglars were released and police believe they are back this chile. >> dana, thank you. the fbi is investigating a man accused of threatening to kill elected officials in michigan. investigators say he tweeted that he specifically wanted to kill jewish politicians. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is joining us now. ken, do we have any idea of who specifically this man is accused of having threatened?

>> reporter: well, the attorney general of michigan, aaron, dana nessel said on twitter she was one of the officials targeted. the criminal complaint does not name others but there's a report that congresswoman elissa slotkin who is jewish is among those who were threatened. this man according to the criminal complaint was posting these threats on twitter, i've reviewed that account. it's full of rantings and ramblings, it's clearly the work of a very disturbed person and what the fbi says is once they began investigating they learned that the state police was also investigating this man for the theft of a handgun and learned from his mother that he possessed weapons including a high-powered military-style rifle which got them very concerned. they tracked his phone and ended up arresting him. he's now charged with making these threats and he's in custody in detroit, aaron. >> you know, ken, we've talked a lot about the rise in anti-semitism and violence connected to it in the last few years. the anti-defamation league says

there were more than 2200 incidents in the country. how aware is the federal government? is it taking action to address this. >> reporter: aaron, this is a difficult problem as you might expect for the federal government to really tackle. but the biden administration is trying to do things including president biden appointed a committee to sort of examine the state of anti-semitism in the united states and raise awareness about it. more importantly the fbi, the justice department, federal law enforcement agencies are hyper vigilant right now. they know there's a climate in the country where hate motivated crimes are on the rise, not just anti-semitism but other kinds of hate crimes, people who are mentally unbalanced are taking action and committing violence and the fbi is investigating those people when they are suspected of breaking the law and arresting them when they can, aaron. >> ken in washington, thank you, ken. we're also following some breaking news from capitol hill today. the house ethics committee just announced it will move forward

with an investigation into congressman george santos. the freshman lawmake ser facing scrutiny over campaign finance violations as well as potential conflicts of interest under the like scope for months now over both admitted and alleged lies on his re may and other falsehoods. in a statement on twitter santos said he is fully cooperating with the investigation. right now republicans are holding their annual conservative political action conference. it's known as cpac. the event is drawing big names, but what may be more notable this year is who will not be there. nbc's dasha burns is in national harbor, maryland, where it is taking place. dasha, who is there? who is a no show and what are people saying about it? >> reporter: well, kate, i've got florida senator rick scott over my shoulder here speaking right now. we just saw also senators ted cruz and j.d. vance take the stage but you're right, the buzz around cpac is less about what's happening on the stage and more about who will not be taking the

stage this year, of course, the big headliner will be former president donald trump, but there are some high-profile names that are not in attendance and those include minority leader mitch mcconnell, house speaker kevin mccarthy, rnc chair ronna mcdaniel. former vice president mike pence and, of course, the name i've been hearing the most here who is absent is florida governor ron desantis. it's really interesting here today, kate, as i've been talking to attendees this is the trump show and folks have been calling it tpac. trump has remade this conference in his image in the last few years, so it was notable that just about every conversation i had, someone was bringing up florida governor ron desantis wishinger here and eager to see him throw his hat in the ring for the 2024 presidential contest. take a listen to what attendee told me. >> if it is a trump/desantis battle. >> yeah. >> which way do you go? >> may the best man win. >> for you who is that best man?

>> i'm waiting -- i really -- i think they both have strengths. i'd like to see it play out. >> reporter: so folks split but they do want to see that from the people i've been talking to at the end of this conference, kate. there will be a straw poll. while desantis isn't here his name will be on that ballot so in this very trump centric event it'll be interesting to see if desantis can run up those numbers on the straw poll. could be pretty telling. >> dasha, thank you. we have an update on a story we've been following for several months on child labor. >> nbc's julia ainsley has exclusive new reporting. the department of homeland security is now widening its investigation into migrant children found working dangerous jobs at slaughterhouses. julia is here with more of her reporting. julia, you've been reporting on this for a long "time," right, from the very beginning and this is now an expanded probe. we're talking about kids working

in slaughterhouses to remind people. what are they focusing on. >> that's right. some as young as 13. initially the labor department found nearly two dozen children working the overnight shift in a slaughterhouse in nebraska. they widened that and found there were over 100. now we're just learning here at nbc that federal investigators from the fbi and dhs are looking not just at those children, the children working for different companies in multiple states nationwide that might be part of a smuggling ring. they think it could be a scheme to bring children here, get false i.d.s for them and put them to work in dangerous conditions and exploit them for the wages they earn. that's what i understand from investigators. right now it's not clear exactly how this operation is running, who might be involved in the investigation but it certainly is heating up. >> getting bigger. obviously you can understand how it's getting bigger. a couple questions. what is your understanding of what the next steps are and what potential consequences are there for companies that are sort of caught up in this? >> we know so far the labor department has issued a fine on

one company, pssi for $1.5 million, a lot of people are saying that's not enough but they have paid that and that's the maximum they could be fined but as far as criminal violations, it's not clear that federal investigators are actually going after the companies themselves unless they find evidence that they knew or were complicit in this smuggling ring but they will be looking at employees to see if there's anyone who knowingly turned a blind eye to hire a child hoping that they could hire them for a lower wage or knew they were part of a smuggling conspiracy. >> you've told us before these are people that don't look like adults in some cases. you have to -- strange credulity to think they were not children. >> investigators have said you would in no way think they are adults. a 13-year-old does not look like an 18-year-old. an app for prescription drugs accused of selling users' personal data. how you can keep your private how you can keep your private information private.

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in today's daily health relief is on the way for millions of insulin users after drugmaker eli lily announced it's capping prices. jalen henderson shows us how the drug has evolved over time. >> the year was 1921, world war i was ending. babe ruth was in his prime. and insulin was just discovered.

the people credited with the discovery are fred kick wanting and his assistant charles best. they figured out how to remove insulin from a dog's pancreas. now with the help of previous research the duo believed insulin could help regulate a person's blood sugar. they kept researching and by the end of the year the team created a purer form of insulin. this time from the pancreas of cattle. that next month. the researchers had their first human patient. leonard thompson. he became the first person to receive an injection and it saved his life. before this people with diabetes didn't live long because there wasn't that much doctors could do for them. the most effective treatment was to put people on strict calorie restrictive diets with minimal carbs and it delayed death for a lot of people.

but eventually they died of diabetes or starvation. that's why a me cal breakthrough was in such high demand. this particular breakthrough saved the lives of millions. in 19 23, the medical firm eli lily became the first to commercialize insulin. it required several injections daily, researchers set out to make insulin last longer. and by the 1930s they were able to do just that. by adding properties like pootamine and zinc and noticed a difference in patients with diabetes. based on how they react to the insulin, this is most likely when we started differentiating between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. by the 1960s, insulin had already transformed diabetes care. but it wasn't perfect. because insulin came from cattle and pigs, some people had

allergic reactions to it and there were also concerns about manufacturing and supplies. so in 1978, researchers developed the first genetically engineered synthetic insulin from e. coli bacteria. as the years have gone on there have been several advances as well as flew coast testing devices making life with diabetes easier and less painful with each development. now it comes in several forms so people with diabetes can pick and choose from a variety of formulas, what's best for them and even though it's not a cure, it's a lifelong solution to a lifelong disease. >> a company that promises to help people with the cost of prescription drugs is accused of exposing their personal information. here's reporter lexi sutter with our nbc station in chicago. >> did you know that people everywhere are recommending goodrx. >> reporter: it has helped this doctor personally and professionally. >> goodrx has been my go to.

>> reporter: she often refers patients to the company to get medications for a fraction of the cost, an affordable option and now realizes carried a cost. >> i was taken aback. >> reporter: taken aback by the federal trade commission's enforcement this month if we have been investigating goodrx's data privacy and sharing practices. >> reporter: surrounding goodrx's not so good privacy practices, in a civil injunction, the ftc says it found people who used goodrx between 2017 and 2020 had their private sensitive health information sold to third party advertisers like google and facebook. breaking a promise to customers that their medications and health conditions would be kept confidential. >> not only was it sharing this information in a deceptive way and lying to consumers, but what we also uncovered was that goodrx had no real sufficient policies in place at the company. >> reporter: goodrx settled but denies the allegations and admits no wrongdoing.

the company responding in part, entering into the settlement allows us to avoid the time and expense of protracted litigation. we believe that the requirements detailed in the settlement will have no material impact on our business or on our current or future operations. as part of the settlement, goodrx agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty and is prohibited from sharing users' health data with third pears for advertising purposes. the ftc says they are also required to notify all customers whose data was shared. so in general, how can you make sure your personal information is not made public by a company or service you use? first, the ftc says to opt out of targeted ads if possible and do so on every device and browser you use and second, customize your app's privacy settings denying permission to anything they don't need like your location. the case serving as a good lesson for dr. ati. >> all the technology that we have can be very helpful but it

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now to our climate in crisis and the rise of use of renewable energy in the u.s. good news in the fight against climate change especially helping to lead the way. a new report found california and texas are leading in solar and wind power. california powering over 5.5 million homes. that's almost a 10% increase compared to 2021. renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydropower provides electricity without making carbon pollution that warms the planet. and does that without harming our health. something to rern, solar and wind generation depend on the weather and sunlight hours. solar energy peaks in the summer, wind peaks in the spring and fall. now, let's take a look at texas, the state produced most wind energy allowing them to power over 12 million homes.

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today on "access daily," hot off her grammy win, country music superstar ashley mcbryde is here. then jennifer coolidge makes her dolphin dreams come true. >> "access daily" starts right now. welcome to "access daily" from universal studios hollywood. i'm mario lopez with kit hoover. there was a star studded premiere for anteman and the wasp quantumania. michael douglas attended with his wife, katherine zeta-jones. just asked about katherine's pantless rule. >> i'm in. >> doesn't hit anybody. doesn't hit the golf balls