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today, tuesday, march 21st, 2023. more destructive weather hitting california. 1 it changed my life. >> how she put her students' lives above her own and the road to recovery with a bullet still lodged in her chest. an urgent warning, the cdc sounding the alarm over a potentially deadly fungus spreading across the united

states. what you need to know to protect yourself and your family. we'll get to that dangerous weather situation in california in just a moment. we begin in new york city with the pending decision over the possible indictment of former president donald trump. several sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that the earliest a decision could come is tomorrow when the new york grand jury reconvenes. >> it is unclear what charges they're considering, but the case stems from hush money payments made ahead of the 2016 presidential election. today, all nypd officers were told to be in uniform and on stand by. u.s. capitol police also stepping up security, though they say there are no specific credible threats against lawmakers. >> gabe gutierrez is out in new york city and yamiche alcindor is with us as well. gabe, what do we know about what the grand jury might be doing tomorrow? >> reporter: good afternoon. the grand jury is expected to meet once again tomorrow. the big question at this point is could there potentially be

another witness? you'll recall that yesterday robert costello, the former legal adviser to donald trump's former fixer michael cohen testifying and once believed to be the final witness and michael cohen was on hand to tonlly be a rebuttal witness if needed. michael cohen tells nbc news that the prosecution did not need his testimony and so now the question will be when will the grand jury vote on any potential charges against former president trump? we're expecting the grand jury to reconvene tomorrow, but we don't know if another witness may be on tap. so, right now law enforcement officials do say that they are preparing logistics and security for the potential of any indictment, right behind me you see more steel barricades have been put up here as we understand these law enforcement agencies have been preparing for the possibility of any major protests, but they have not

materialized at this point. >> and, yamiche what are we hearing from the former president himself and also his allies, people stepping up in his defense? >> reporter: former president trump and his allies continue to fiercely defend trump and paint this potential indictment and arrest as politically motivated. last night trump posted a video online, he vowed to defend multiple legal problems he's facing and called the investigation into the hush money payments ongoing in new york an absolute disgrace. trump also claimed he was protecting his supporters from political enemies. take a listen. >> our enemies are desperate to stop us because they know that we are the only ones who can stop them. they know that we can defeat them, they know that we will defeat them, but they're not coming after me, they're coming after you. i'm just standing in their way. and i always will stand in their way. >> so there you have it. former president trump appealing to gop voters who he hopes will

back him as he runs for president again. trump lawyers have been blasting investigations of him, one attorney claimed trump is being mistreated. another said this is all-out war at this point. >> thanks for that. right now california is getting drenched from the bay area down to san diego. for southern california, flash flooding is creating a dangerous threat. >> here is a look at the los angeles river, vulnerable to floating with each additional inch of rain. strong winds, more snow are posing risks across the state. and bill karins will have the forecast. but let's begin with nbc's scott cohen in los angeles for us. i see a very full river behind you. how serious is the rainfall and the flood threat? >> it is very serious. you might remember the drag race scene in "grease," it is a torrent now and this is just an

example of the serious runoff that we're seeing and really throughout the state. there are concerns about floods as the next wave of rain comes in within the next couple of hours or so, which is also expected to be accompanied by a lot of wind. and that's a big issue here with everything so saturated, we're looking at the possibility of more mudslides, of power lines down, power outages as the trees come down and flash flooding in a lot of areas. there is no shortage of traffic issues here in l.a. we're expecting a couple of inches of rain here in l.a. proper. as you get to the higher elevations, 10 inches of rain and snow in the mountains as this unrelenting winter continues into spring. >> mother nature has not been very kind to california of late. any indication as to when californians can expect to get a break from this latest storm? >> today is the worst weather

day. tomorrow, a little bit here and there. and then as we go to thursday and friday, things will improve. so far the rain rates haven't been high enough for any significant flooding. the winds are kaudzcausing prob. we have 17 million under flood alerts. 3 million under winter weather advisories. and wind alerts, 33 million. a strong wind event. the heaviest rain is up in areas around san francisco to sacramento. and then another batch of rain is spreading its way from southern california into arizona. we had an inch of rain in downtown l.a., should have maybe another half inch to an inch for this event. i don't think we'll get significant flash flooding out of this. that's good news. in the mountains, we could squeeze a little more moisture out. the wind gusts are incredible. the mountains could gust 60 to 80 miles per hour. the coastal areas, a very strong

storm right now from santa cruz northward to san francisco. it has your attention with those high winds. so we're in the thick of it now. >> 60 to 80 miles an hour. thank you. after days of failed negotiations, tens of thousands of school workers in los angeles are on strike. it includes custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teacher aides who say their current salaries are not enough in a city with one of the highest costs of living in the country. the union for the district's 35,000 teachers asked its members to walk out in solidarity. maura barrett is in los angeles for us. maura, i see more people behind you this hour. are the workers union and school district still talking? any closer to an agreement? >> reporter: we haven't got an update on whether or not they have any update. the last we heard on the union and the district is they weren't coming to negotiating table and

that's how we find ourselves here, the streets flooded with union workers outside the district headquarters. the negotiations have stalled over the price and the wage increase that the union is looking for. they wanted 30% wage increase. the district came up to 23%. both sides have a conversation since last night and our understanding. they said they're living at poverty levels. she can't make ends meet. i heard from alexa, who is a speech pathologist and relies on workers to help her and her students. >> i'm a speech language pathologist, i'm here advocating for my students. a lot of them have severe communication needs and can't speak up for themselves. i want to help bring awareness to what is helping in special education and the workers who help my students be successful

on a daily basis. the bus drivers who get them safely to school. the taff tearcafeteria workers sure they're well fed. >> reporter: she wouldn't be surprised if the district starts to see people leaving their jobs. they're already having trouble attracting workers to work for the district. now this is expected to last three days, parents and students don't have answers on when kids get back to school. >> thank you for being there. we may soon learn almost everything the u.s. government knows about the origins of covid-19. this could shed new light on what triggered the virus three years ago. something top u.s. intelligence agencies still cannot agree on kelly o'donnell joins us now with more. kelly, how much declassified information will the public actually get to see? >> reporter: it won't be all of

what the government knows because this legislation that has now been signed by president biden does allow for redactions when there are concerns about intelligence. but what it will do is provide more information than the public has had over these past three years when covid claimed more than a million lives in this country. this is an unusual circumstance because there was broad bipartisan support to republicans and democrats had backed this legislation and what it will do is give the government a 90 days to go through the files and to make public what can be made public about the origins. was it something that happened from a market with live animal transfer of the virus or did it happen inside a chinese lab? there are conflicting views on the part of the u.s. intelligence community. some including the fbi and the department of energy have favored a lab leak. and that has gotten a lot of attention and others say that

they believe it could have had a natural cause. none of the experts believe this was an intentional act. but trying to get to the bottom of this is certainly of paramount importance and this legislation could be an important step in that process. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. we appreciate it. google's version of chatgpt arrived. and after launching the hard seltzer craze, white claw is branching out. >> morgan brennan joins us with today's cnbc money minute. >> well, first, google is releasing its much awaited chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. the bard ai platform will be available for testing to a limited number of users in the u.s. and the uk. google says it expects the testing phrase will help it to understand how often people actually engage with bard. foot locker announcing plans to close 400 underperforming stores after the company reported a slide in holiday quarter profits. the retailer ceo touted a renewed relationship with nike

and plans to open new larger format stores. we'll hear from nike more later today as well. and hard seltzer brand white claw is launching a new line of regular and flavored premium vodka. the parent company said the category is ready for its white claw moment. it comes as consumers turn to ready to drink spirits as hard seltzer finds its feeling. it is a very intense production process. we'll see. >> will you try it? >> i'll try it. morgan, thank you. coming up, what newly released surveillance video from inside a hospital is revealing about a man's death while he was in police custody. you're watching thm this.oper and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plan you choose, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. all these plans include a healthy options allowance. depending

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some breaking news out of virginia, where a grand jury indicted ten people today in connection with the death of irvo otieno. he died at a hospital surrounded by police and hospital staff earlier this month. and now there is new surveillance video of the minutes before his death obtained by "the washington post." a warning, it is difficult to watch. the post says it found this video by clicking on drop box links listed in public filings. nbc news was not able to immediately -- marissa parra is in virginia today. the grand jury just released the

indictment. what do we know? >> reporter: busy day in virginia here. we know that all ten have been indicted. that is the seven deputies and the three hospital employees. and that video has been at the center of this from the very start and as we warned you, it is graphic or it can be difficult to watch. before i get to the reaction to the video, i want to tell you what we have learned since we have been able to see it. this is nine minutes that we were able to watch of 27 we're told from the state hospital, but you see a lot of employees, you have the three hospital employees as well as seven deputies who are on otieno at different times. when he's walking in, he does have both his arms and legs restrained. and as we know, the description was that they were on him for 11 minutes and then he stopped moving. and then in that video, what you see is he is being administered aid in addition to the video

being released, there were emergency calls released. there is frustration because they felt like aid was too slow to get there and we know that the defense said they're disappointed that the video was released. they tried to have a motion to prevent that from happening. we are expecting to hear from otieno's family in the next several hours. >> marisa, thank you. oklahoma city police captain is on leave after being arrested for allegedly driving drunk. the encounter caught on the arresting officer's body camera and shows the captain making several pleas for that officer to turn the body camera footage off. that officer did not do that. here is nbc news correspondent morgan chesky with more. >> reporter: newly released body camera footage captures an oklahoma police captain pulled over for reckless driving. that captain appearing to use his job to avoid arrest.

the captain repeating his position in the department as the officer who pulled him over grew suspicious that he might be impaired. >> have you been drinking tonight, sir? >> i'm a captain. >> reporter: he requested at resting officer to turn off his body camera at least five separate times. >> how much have you had to drink tonight, sir? >> turn the camera off. >> i'm not turning my camera off. >> reporter: at one point, pleading with his fellow policeman. >> please. please. >> reporter: at resting officer not caving in to any requests from the higher ranking french. >> i don't show favoritism to anyone, i don't care if you're a gang banger or the president of the united states. >> reporter: after failing multiple sobriety tests. >> one, two, three, four --

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see from our vantage point but we know that road has started to crack making that section undrivable, especially with all the heavy big rigs that travel through this area. we spoke to cal trans. they are talking about restriping this section of roadway and turning the space along the median on the left side of the road into a temporary fourth lane of traffic. they would like do that tomorrow morning. they can't if the road is still wet. it will depend on the weather. structural engineers are trying to come up with a permanent solution. >> we may drive sheet piles which will re-establish the retaining wall for a period of time, give us the capacity back. it looks like we are looking at a rebuild of this area. it will have to come back and report once we have a design. >> reporter: it's a major artery

for commuters who work in the bay area and drive back to their homes in the central valley. traffic is down from four to three lanes. here it is, you can see traffic is slowing up in this area. you can only imagine what it might be like tonight during the evening commute. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. here are some other stories. san francisco's supervisors consider legalizing sex work. oakland landlords protest eviction moratoriums. first the oakland zoo shut down again because of the weather. the zoo has closed several times this season because of our storms, including 35 straight days thanks to a sinkhole outside the entrance. today's rain forced the zoo to shut its doors again. customers who had tickets will get refunds in the next three to four weeks. oakland landlords are unhappy about the continuation of eviction moratoriums. most are scheduled to expire at

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between vladimir putin and xi jinping in moscow. the leaders discussed topics like trade, energy and ai technology. putin and xi reportedly talked about the future of the war in ukraine and even plans for potential cease-fire. xi also invited putin to travel to beijing later this year. two illinois teens are dead after a sledding accident in colorado. the teens were riding down the halfpipe at copper mountain ski resort. that's when investigators say they suddenly launched off a large snowbank and hit a patch of ice. copper mountain says sledding is permitted on the halfpipe for safety reasons and that it was closed at the time of that incident. the biden administration says it will establish two new national monuments in nevada and texas. the designation will give added protection to spirit mountain and castner range. neither area can be used for development. the white house says it aims to protect a third of the county's land and water by 2030. a former contestant on the game show "family feud" has been

charged with murdering his wife during his appearance on the show four years ago made a comment about his marriage that is drawing new scrutiny now. maggie vespa is following this story for us. it is a strange one. walk us through. what do we know. >> reporter: a lot of bizarre elements in this one. we know that timothy is charged with murdering his estranged wife rebecca in their quincy, illinois, home, last month. the couple who has three sons, the youngest 6, were in the middle of a contentious divorce, this four years after they went on "family feud" and he gave that now famous answer. you'll hear the answer and hear from his lawyer. take a look. >> what is the biggest mistake you made at your wedding? >> honey, i love you, but said i do. not my mistake. not my mistake. i love my wife. i'm going to get in trouble for

that, aren't i? >> is that quote an element of foreshadowing in this case that gives people pause? >> it is nothing. it is a game show. it is a silly answer to a silly question. and he -- it was an answer on the board. i would really hope that a jury in our community would not convict somebody of first degree murder based upon an answer they gave on a game show four years before the murder. >> we should note we have reached out to fremantle media and tribune media and have not heard back. >> maggie vespa for us, thank you. an nbc news exclusive this hour. you may remember the shocking story of a first grader shooting and injuring his teacher at a virginia school back in january. the teacher is now breaking her silence, talking with the "today" show's savannah guthrie about that day and her difficult road to recovery. kristen dahlgren joins us now.

this was quite an emotional interview. what is she saying about her recovery? >> it is a story that haunted so many of us, wondering what exactly happened inside that classroom. and we're now learning more about what she says happened, about her injuries, also the injuries that we can't see, the emotional toll. so here is what she had to say about all of that. >> just had a surgery on your hand. what are the physical injuries? >> the initial gunshot went through my left hand and ruptured the middle bone as well as the index finger and the thumb. the gunshot then went into my chest up here, where it actually still remains, so i have a scar up here and still have some bullet fragments up here. >> so part of that bullet is still there. >> yes. >> do you think it will always be there? do they think they'll remove it some day? >> i think it will always be there. >> what do you remember about that day?

>> i remember a lot. the morning it felt like just a regular school day. but i started hearing things and things started happening that made my fear grow. as the day went on, it grew more. my fear grew more. i remember him pointing the gun at me. i remember the look on his face. i remember the gun going off. i remember feeling something. it was a pretty scary day. >> back to her physical injuries for a second. she said they told her it was her hand and the bullet going through her hand that may have saved her life because it slowed that bullet down slightly. she was joined by her attorney who says that they are planning on suing school administrators in the next two weeks because they claim that the school was

notified three times that day that that 6-year-old had a gun with them. the criminal matter is still pending. and so here is what she and her attorney had to say about that. take a listen. >> the prosecutor announced there would not be criminal charges against the 6-year-old boy. do you have an opinion about that decision? >> i'm not going to weigh into the prosecutor's decision, but i am following very closely the new port news prosecutor to see what they do in this case and who they do charge ultimately if they do charge anybody. >> when you think about everything that has happened and what happened to you, what does justice mean to you in this case? >> that's a tough question to answer. >> diane, for you? >> that is very tough to answer. my job is to hold those accountable that i can hold accountable and i'm going to do that. abbie has to deal with this her entire life, physically, emotionally.

>> so today we know more about what happened. and now we'll be watching to see what happens with that civil suit and the possibility that there may be more criminal charges coming in this case and if it goes to court we could learn even more. ellison? >> kristen dahlgren, thank you for that. at the house republican retreat in florida, house speaker kevin mccarthy is trying to keep the focus on the gop's agenda and accomplishments, but the possible indictment of former president trump is dominating a lot of the conversation. nbc news congressional correspondent julie tsirkin joins us on capitol hill. the potential indictment, it is all over the news, what are republicans saying about it? >> republicans at that retreat, they certainly don't want to keep talking about the former president who is just injected his own news into the front and center of conversation that these republicans are having at their annual retreat. they want to be talking about immigration, about energy, about other policies they plan to use

their very slim majority to handle here in the house, but instead, they have the former president teasing his potential indictment, one that speaker kevin mccarthy and other republicans were tweeting about all weekend. listen to a portion of what mccarthy had to say. >> we live in america and should be equal justice. this was personal money. this was seven years ago. statute of limitations. i think in your heart of hearts you know too this is just political. >> so you heard there from mccarthy, he's saying this is purely political. that's something we're hearing from most republican allies here on the hill. i will say, though, the senate is just getting back into town and we haven't heard from a lot of moderate republicans, especially those who traded some tense words with the former president while he was a president and now two years later's well. we'll take a look at that reaction and we're able to get once the senate is back on capitol hill. >> i understand some republicans on the hill are threatening some

kind of retaliation against the new york prosecutor in trump's case. what could they actually do? >> it is not clear what role the house, if any, can play in intervening in an ongoing investigation in new york in manhattan. but they're going to try. speaker mccarthy directed relevant house committees to look into the financial angle of this specifically, why we saw a letter from the three chairman of the house oversight judiciary and the administration committee sending a letter, sending an inquiry, seeing if federal funds were used in d.a. alvin bragg's investigation into the president's hush money payments. but it is not clear what authority they're going to have. that's something that mccarthy says they're going to push on and we also have new reaction from senators, top republican rand paul tweeting today saying that the d.a. in new york should, quote, be put in jail if trump were to be indicted. now, all of this very much up in the air, but just a very real example of how the former

president continues to have such an influence over the republican party and more importantly over a large majority of their base. >> julie tsirkin for us, thank you. fox news is facing a new twist in its legal fight with dominion voting systems. >> a producer is now suing the network. abby grossberg claims the company's legal team coerced her into giving misleading testimony in that case. >> dominion filed a $1.6 billion defamation suit against fox news alleging the channel falsely claimed that dominion voting systems were responsible for fraud in the 2020 election. fox is denying both dominion's claim and grossberg's new claim. danny savalos is looking into all of this for us. >> most of the complaint reads like a classic sex discrimination lawsuit. though it is very much written as a speaking kind of

indictment. not a true indictment, but it is a narrative that is designed to be released to the public because the attorneys surely knew this would be newsworthy. there is plenty more narrative than you normally see in a civil complaint in this case. but at the core, it is a straightup sex discrimination and other forms of discrimination complaint. the part about the depositions features really only later in the complaint and the allegations are that she was coerced na giving what she described as not exactly accurate testimony when she was deposed in the dominion -- >> coerced by her bosses at fox news. >> she goes into her room, it is full of fox lawyers, and from outside law firms but people align with fox, and she is essentially coerced into giving testimony she now thinks isn't as accurate. the problem there is that you're under oath in a deposition, it is on you to give truthful answers. she's caught in a little bit of a conundrum there. >> what could this mean for the

initial lawsuit with dominion. is the evidence, testimony she gave going to be thrown out or caught in the hard place and the change is nothing. >> that will work itself out in discovery. there doesn't appear to be anything at this stage at the pleading stage. as it moves into discovery that's critical. they'll point out that she is under oath in a deposition, not fox. she has to give truthful answers. when you also see in the discrimination cases is the defendant, the corporation has built a file. i won't be surprised to find that true or not, they have built a dossier on this employee if they perceive her as a problem for them. >> danny, thank you. the cdc issues an urgent warning over an antibiotic resistant infection. coming up, how you can keep your family safe. you're watching "nbc news daily." first, time for today's daily snapshot. capturing some of today's news in a single image. look at that one.

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in today's daily health, the cdc is putting out a warning about a deadly and highly drug resistant fungus spreading at an alarming rate. it went from four states to over half of all states in 2022. scientists say the fungus can be especially dangerous to people who are not in good health. let's bring in senior medical correspondent dr. john torres. this sounds scary. i don't like hearing fungus spreading to all those states. what is it? how concerned should we be? >> it is very concerning for those who are vulnerable. first and foremost, for people who watched the show "last of us", this is not that. >> we're not becoming zombies? >> no. this is the type of infection that affects people who don't have a healthy immune system. if you have healthy in tact immune system, not a threat to you. those in long-term facilities, long-term health facilities, it can be a problem if they're on

any kind of ivs or ventilators. we're seeing it spread not just here in the u.s., but around the world. it is a global issue as well. it is becoming drug resistant and so the antifungal medications aren't working as well and in some cases not working at all with the fatality rate -- sick people who get this, they end up getting this, and it is, again, a very high mortality rate for them. that is causing some issues. >> quickly how do you catch a fungus? >> fungi are everywhere. this is something we need to keep in mind, up until now, up until probably mid-'90s, this has been around but not affected us because it didn't survive at our body temperature, made for cool environments. because of global warming, they think it adapted to a more warm environment.

>> if you have someone who is at risk, what do you do to keep them safe? >> if they're in a long-term care facility, talk to the staff. so they kept the same gown on all day, used the same masks, make sure you change everything between rooms. if you have somebody at home who is immunocompromised, wash your hands and clean up the best you can. >> dr. john torres, thank you. the most popular dating app is joining the fight against hiv. grindr is working with the cdc and several other health organizations to distribute free at home tests. jay valle is following this story for us. it is good to see you. when there is more resources available to people to stay healthy, it seems like a good thing. how did this partnership get started? >> emory university researchers

and the cdc noticed a significant dip of hiv administered tests during the covid-19 pandemic. they issued a program directed to u.s. populations disproportionately affected by hiv. the cdc reported that men who have sex with men that 70% of those cases, those men make up 70% of those cases. but black and latinos make up 26% and 23% of those. right now grindr's main role in this partnership in this program is to promote to their 12 billion active users online, 12 billion, that's insane, right, their initiative to promote free at home hiv tests. i want to know the kids are from $41 million grant from the cdc and in the next five years they hope to send out over a million of these tests. a million tests, we think, accessibility.

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