the u.s. steps up its strikes in syria, targeting iranian-linked facilities.

the military reaction to atatack on u.s. forces become the latest flash point in the israel-hamas war. it's deja vu in d.c. once again, we are days away from a government shutdown, but the new house speaker has a plan to keep the lights on. we're live on the hill with details on the proposal and the odds on whether it can actually get throughout sharply-divided house. breaking overnight, a shocking twist in the race for the white house. why tim scott says he's ending his campaign a traffic nightmare for the nation's second biggest city the massive fire that forced los angeles to slam the brakes on a busy section of highway. and we'll have all the action from across the nfl as we kick off a busy monday morning. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning in the middle east where the u.s. has

conducted airstrikes against targets in eastern syria two locations were attacked. this is the third strike against iranian and iran-linked bases in that country since hamas launched the war against israel more than a month ago. >> meanwhile, five service members have died in a training accident as the assault continues, there are alarming reports coming out of al shifa hospital >> reporter: as israeli troops push deep near gaza city, desperation and despair at the city's main hospital now surrounded this doctor runs the al shifa hospital's burn unit are you inside the hospital?

>> i am inside the hospital. so f y if you can hear in the backgrou background, it's bombardment >> reporter: he says power outages and a lack of essential supplies jeopardize the remaining 700 patients according to the palestinian health ministry in gaza, at least 16 have died due a lack of oxygen and medicine, including three babies born premature. in this photo we obtained from a doctor showing some tleeft dozen newborns the palestinian health ministry says are now at risk, taken off incubators >> reporter: the children are still inside the hospital, you've just moved them the israeli military alleges that the militants hide in tunnels beneath hospitals, including al shifa a military spokesperson releasing this footage showing sol soldiers dropping off fuel at

the hospital, they are insist they go are allowing for safe passage from al shifa and other hospitals. >> so far they've moved a few patients, not enough i hope more will move. >> reporter: but hospital off officials say the fuel giveson just a fraction of what they need and no one is being allowed out of al shifa, not even the dead tens of thousands of civilians have been told to evacuate and in israel, rallies for the hostages malki is marching for his 21-year-old son omer >> i dmoent on't know what to do the clock is once again ticking toward another government shutdown. we just had this same conversation six weeks ago when a last-minute deal kept the lights on at the capitol, but this time around there's a new house speaker with a new plan to

keep the government up and running. chris pollone joins us from d.c. good morning they only have about four days to strike a deal >> reporter: yeah, phillip, good morning. it's feeling a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. but the timing is even worse this time around military workers and federal workers have their pay chchecks the line for the holiday season. but the new house speaker has a novel plan with a two-step approach the first would fund some parts until january. the second funding the rest until february but notably absent from the plan military aid to israel and spending cuts. johnson only afford to lose four votes. right now at least three house republicans publicly oppose his plan and with members of his own party underscoring the urgency, johnson's plan may hinge on democrat support to carry it over the finish line >> there's no choice here.

i mean, the world is on fire, from where i sit it is too, you know, urgent. we can't sit back and do nothing. >> we're trying to operate with unity in our caucus behind hakeem jeffries and our leadership, because it's complicated enough with the republicans falling apart on a weekly and daily basis so if it's something that our leadership thinks they can work with, it's something i imagine most democrats will say we'll swallow for now. >> reporter: of course we all remember what happened the last time a house speaker reached across the aisle to pass a continuing resolution. it cost kevin mccarthy the gavel. a lot on the line, certainly, this time around phillip, back to you >> mike johnson's fully aware how he not that position thank you. just days after the third republican presidential debate the field of candidates is narrowing by one more. >> when i go back to iowa, it

will not be as a presidential candidate. i am suspending my campaign. i think the voters -- >> south carolina senator tim scott announced sunday night he'll be dropping out of the republican presidential race to the surprise of trey gowdy, fox news host. scott who has served in the senate since 2013 began his campaign in may. despite his spending, he failed to make a considerable impact in any poll he becomes the second major candidate to exit the race following former vice president mike pence last month. scott has yet to endorse any of his fellow candidates, and he down-played the idea of a potential vice presidential bid. another member of former president trump's family will be returning to the witness stand today in the trump organization's civil fraud trial. donald trump jr. will appear as the first witness for the defense in the case. the former president and three of his children all took the stand over the last two weeks in

new york state's $250 million case alleging years of exaggerated financial statements by trump's businesses. when prosecutors questioned donald trump jr. he testified he had relied on the company's internal and outside accountants when it came to their financial statements all members of the trump family have denied any wrong doing in the case one juvenile has died and four others remain hospitalized following a shooting in pearlland, texas police responded to a flea mark market the unnamed man arrested in connection to the murder of a synagogue president has been released while the murder happened amid

high-tensions over the israel-hamas war, investigators say they do not suspect a racist motive a major freeway near downtown los angeles is shut down indefinitely after a massive fire this is the scene saturday morning near i-10 after a storage yard burst into flames about a two-mile stretch of 110 or i-10 going in and out of l.a. will be closed until further notice the gulf coast is waking up to wet weather this morning. meteorologist michelle grossman is here tracking the latest round of storms. good morning >> terrible way to start out the workweek we seeing heavy rain throughout the gulf coast and south central states texas getting hammered with rain can you see the brighter colors, the oranges, reds, yellows it was a soggy weekend there it's a soggy start to the workweek the silver lining is we are in a drought in this area this is good news in terms of

taking down the drought numbers. we have an area of low pressure moving slowly to the east. we're seeing the heaviest rain from texas to southern mississippi. we're seeing that now. we're going to continue to see that throughout the day. as we go throughout tomorrow, it's going to move ever so slowly to the east along the gulf coast we're looking at localized flooding possible. we could see over five minutes in inches of rain in some spots. generally, we're looking at one to three inches. could see up to five inches in some spots otherwise we're looking at a relatively quiet day valleyhave aatmospherin cooler in the south. lots of clouds, too. temperatures only in the 60s, 66

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>> that blindsided us. nobody was talking about fentanyl at the time >> reporter: her teenaged son thought he was taking oxycodone, but a toxicology report revealed that one fatal pill was laced with fentanyl. >> it was a life or death situation and i didn't realize that >> reporter: it has made its way to texas a sobering show and tell at a middle school. >> ready that's it. you just save add life >> reporter: in a cafeteria where kids eat lunch, parents learning to use narcan to potentially save their own child from fentanyl poisoning. >> it's incomprehensible >> reporter: santos here for her three kids and free narcan >> at first i was like, no, let's not have this, because it's going to give a gateway for these children to go ahead and say hey, there's something to save me. let's just try it anyway >> reporter: and now >> and now, we need it >> reporter: that's because parents here are facing something they've never seen

before, an explosion of opioid-related incidents barely three months into the school year, the district's reported 15 emt calls. four overdoses needing narcan. >> if anything were to happen to one of these students, our district could completely feel it >> reporter: with two high schoolers of her own, the fight is personal for lacy green who helped rebuild campus first aid kits equipped with the life-saving drug >> they already have it on them. >> reporter: now narcan kits are at every school in the district, even in the elementary schools these students say the difference from last year to now, dramatic. not just in overdoses but in access to drugs like percocet, some unknowingly laced with the fatal drug how easy are these drugs to come

by >> very easy >> reporter: how easy? >> to where could you look at someone in your class and ask. >> reporter: texas deaths have surged >> what's happened since the pandemic with youth is a skyrocketing national epidemic of crushing anxiety that makes these kids not want to come to school >> reporter: which is what drives dr. joy alonzo to come to town halls like cleveland's. >> this is texas to tennessee. baltimore to los angeles no one is spared >> it's hard because i just want my kid >> reporter: a painful reality one amy neville wishes she could rewind every single day. >> a little bit of information would have gone a long way in our house that night and unfortunately, we didn't have that. and we paid the price. >> reporter: morgan chesky, nbc new, cleveland, texas. still to come, the jets take

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later on, hoda and jenna sit down with the history-making runner and first woman with down syndrome to finish the new york city marathon. her finish was caught on camera. the texan talks with hoda and jenna about her love for running and the 26.2-mile trek through the big apple. that is still ahead on "today" and i love the fact that after it's all passed and some people are looking ahead to next year, we're focussing on the many, many stories that come out of this marathon. >> she is definitely one to highlit. sky's the limigh

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