cooper. chris: mr. cooper is not a person. it's a mortgage servicing company. gabe says mr. cooper distributed his rebuilding money progressively over about a year at various stages of construction. that's common practice to make sure people with mortgages rebuild. but as hundreds of thousands of dollars of his insurance money sat idle, gabe wondered if it wa well, it turns c taxes and asss on the property for insurance or for other purposes relating to the property, they shall pay interest at the rate of at least 2%." gabe: when it's close to $1/2 million at one point, 2% really starts to add up. chris: gabe says mr. cooper was paying a lot less. gabe: .01%. they had paid me about $22. chris: by gabe's calculation, he was owed an additional $5,300. he said mr. cooper wouldn't pay so he turned to us. we made contact with mr. cooper. it didn't comment, but gabe says he got his 5,300 bucks, much needed move in money. gfor gabet penny matters.ar win gets murkier a couple miles away here on st. andrews drive. linda: it was a very, very special place. chris: linda frye and her hu

this is quoting chris cooper. in light of how's >> resolution six 60 which is a procedure per public hearings will you reef a refrain from hearing any other official from cooperating going forward? >> i did not prohibit what i told her the information and spoke to a lawyer and the information we received in interviews about the impeachment process at the challenge we would be able to send a lawyer >> and have that available information but we understand the individuals are making their own decisions. >> even if you're just forwarding a letter from your department and i forget where it emanated from but for you to send it it does create a >> chilling effect. are you intending to continue to forward these kinds of letters or from any other? >> i don't know any other, >> individuals but it felt inappropriate do not have their lawyer be aware of this information so that's why we shared, it. >> you can understand why? >> it's just if you don't send it what do you do so we strive is that the right tone in the letter. >>

chris pollone, nbc news. >>> in a rare case of cooperation between the united states and iran, an american citizen and researcher held captive for three years are finally free. wang was arrested in february of 2017. princeton graduate student was in iran to research a former monarchy. instead, he was arrested on false charges of espionage and sentenced to ten years in prison. iran agreed to trade wang for an iranian medical research scientist arrested in the united states for trying to export human growth hormones without authorization. that scientist is already back in iran. wang is being checked out by doctors in germany before flying home to his family in the united states. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area news at 5:00, the strike is back on. when kaiser mental health workers are planning to hit the picket lines. >>> plus, the star othat controversial peloton commercial making an appearance in a different ad, and it's going viral. my parents never taught me anything about managing money. the amount of student loan debt i have, i'm embarrassed to even say. we just decided we didn't want d

hi, chris, joe kimbell. i did not know you're from cincinnati. and i'm from oxford, and we have things to share. chris: oxford, ohio. >> yeah, oxford, ohio -- the real oxford. chris: i've got to be careful with that one. [laughter] >> last week, it was reported that russia formally proposed the five-year extension of new starts, and, as you know, your fellow officials in the administration have said at various points that they're interested in a new deal with russia, possibly one that also includes china. but putting aside the question of whether such an agreement is desirable or necessary, my question is whether you believe there's even time for such a negotiation of a new agreement before new start is due to expire in 13 months? yes or no? and, if there is time, who is leading the negotiation? what's the plan? when is the next round of talks? because 13 months is not very much time. and if there has been time, don't agree that extending the treaty would provide the president with more time for his agenda? brian: darryl kimbell with his 14-part

turkey bureau chief for us out of istanbul, and laura cooper in london. we will check in later with laura to continue to monitor what's going on in these markets. france's labor unions are keeping the heat on president macron this winter, urging workers to strike again on december 17 in a protest against the elysee's pension reform plans. disruptions have hampered public transport, rail and airline traffic and fuel deliveries throughout france since last week. joining us to discuss more is a senior fellow at the european think tank, the peterson institute for international economics, previously an advisor to france's labor ministry. what do you think about the damage being done to the french economy? has, is it significant yet? olas: i don't think the damage from those demonstrations is significant at this point. i should say that i was a advisor to the minister 20 years ago, so not very recent, but i keep an eye on this. i think macron and the french government are going for a big reform, very structural, about making this is to make sense, built over a

and it was actually a pleasure to see those signs of cooperation as the group continues to work and we're looking forward to continuing our role and co-chairing with our russian counters. >> very good. >> hi, chris, joe kimbell. i know you're from cincinnati and i'm from oxford and we have things to share. >> oxford, ohio. >> oxford, ohio, the real oxford. >> i've got to be careful with that one. >> last week it was reported that russia formally proposed the five-year extension of new starts and as you know, your fellow officials in the administration have said at various points that they're interested in a new deal with russia, possibly one that also includes china. but putting aside the question of whether such an agreement is desirable or necessary, my question is whether you believe there's even time for such a negotiation of a new agreement before new start is due to expire in 13 months? yes or no. and if there is time, who is leading the negotiation? what's the plan, when is the next round of talks? because 13 months is not very much time. and if there has been time, don't agree tha