an atmospheric river washes over the west coast, triggering deadly flooding throughout the region angie lassman is tracking the dangerous deluge of rain israel takes its war on

hamas into the south s a we're live with the latest the ground. we're live with the the ground. we're live with the latest on the ground. why a republican senator is finally dropping his months-long hold on military promotions. amazon is trying to spread christmas cheer this year. how students can score 25 dollar fights to head home for the holidays we'll dish out the deal on the mcdonald's spinoff restaurant cloaked in secrecy. it's december 6. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with the extreme weather hammering the pacific northwest. people pulled to safety after this ho their homes were surrounded by

four feet of water miguel almaguer kicks off our coverage >> reporter: a powerful, unrehe lengthing torrent is cascading across communities outside seattle. 9 million people across the region under flood alerts. with five rivers threatening to burst their banks, homes, cars and roads are already partially submerged. >> if it's a couple inches or a full foot of water or anything in between, it's a very dangerous situation. >> reporter: as three major storms barrel down on the pacific northwest. pineapple express, a warm flow of moisture from hawaii is already dowsing the region the conveyor belt of steady rain setting a record in seattle monday, could dump up to eight inches this week, wreaking havoc on the region. >> if you've got water over the road, like they say, turn around, don't drown. >> reporter: rescue crews on

high alert, bracing for another round of rain. a region on the brink of disaster, as the water continues to rise. miguel almaguer, nbc news, fall city, washington >> let's get an update now on where those flood reats are thig >> we've got multiple systems that we're expecting to bring more moisture to an already-drenched region. 8 million people are under those flood alerts from washington, to oregon and northern portions of california this h this will last through thursday. we're going to see more of this work a little farther south. portions of california will get

in on this action. we'll see heavy wind and rain impact folk ms.s in this area ad snow developing across portion of the sierra. snow across the rockies. we'll see the next system start to work closer to the coast. we still will see more rain and snow for that area that is already quite saturated, guys. >> all right, angie, thank you in gaza this morning, there's a quote, catastrophic hunger crisis that the world food program says will only get worse as the israeli assault intensifies and new evacuation orders squeeze palestinian refugees into smaller and smaller areas. let's go live to claudio lavanfa wh who's following this story for us what more is the agency saying about this looming famine? >> reporter: yes, in that statement, the world food program said the resumption of hostilities can only intensify as you mentioned, the already

catastrophic hunger crisis that is already overwhelming the civilian population in gaza. the statement also said that during that seven-day cease-fire between israel and hamas, they managed to deliver humanitarian, much-needed humanitarian aid, to about 250,000 people inside gaza but now that progress is being lost, because of the resumption of hostilities of course, it impossible to deliver humanitarian aid, also because the hostilities endanger the lives of humanitarian workers. now the call to give more to, to introduce more humanitarian aid inside gaza also shared by the u.s. state department, which said in a statement that the 100 trucks and 70,000 liters of fuel that are being delivered every day are simply not enough. now, in the meantime, israel continues to push what its ground assault deeper and deeper into gaza, raising concerns that by attacking even more densely-populated areas are at

risk of creating catastrophic consequences for the civilian population there and the united nations humanitarian coordinator for the palestinian territories said palestinians don't have anywhere else to go and that, i quote, if possible, an even more hellish scenario about to unfold, one in which humanitarian operations may not be able to be allowed in and operate, of course back to you, phillip >> chilling to hear and think about, claudio, thank you. it seems congress is no closer to finalizing an aid package for israel and ukraine republican senators stormed out a classified briefing where they were allowed to can quask quest about the funding request. >> reporter: the sticking point continues to be the southern border senate majority leader cluck schumer said the briefing with the secretaries of defense and state was supposed to focus on ukraine. but republicans immediately

wanted to talk about negotiations over immigration policies schumer accused some of his gop colleagues of being disrespectful and shouting at the generals in the room republicans called the briefing a waste of time. they're demanding that serious changes to border policy be included in this aid package and many were frustrated that immigration was not a focus of this meeting when it is the issue that needs to be resolved in order to reach a deal now a vote is expected today in the senate, but republicans have vowed to filibuster it >> the senate did at least make some progress in another area. hundreds of military promotions were finally approved. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the senate confirmed 425 military nominations they had been blocked for ten months by senator tommy tuberville the alabama republican was protesting the pentagon's abortion policies. but he faced some growing backlash from both parties as top generals warned he was

putting military readiness at risk tuberville still had a hold on or still has a hold on about a dozen four-star generals in a statement, president biden accused him of undermining the morale of u.s. troops and said he hopes no one forgets what he did. frances? >> brie jackson for us, thank you. four candidates will face off in the fourth republican primary debate tonight these four hopefuls will take questions at the university of alabama. it's their last chance before the iowa caucuses are held in january. the republican frontrunner will once again skip out on the debate former president trump was instead expecting to host a fundraiser in florida tonight. fbi director christopher wray is urging a senate committee to renew the federal government's authority to conduct surveillance outside the u.s. without a warrant it is expected to expire at the end of the month he argued that

they are vital, citing threats from iran and china. he faced scrutiny from both sides of the aisle we're learning more about the suspect in monday's house explosion in arlington, virginia 56-year-old james yoo is presumed dead after the enormous blast that shook buildings for blocks he had no known criminal record, but neighbors say he exhibited erratic behavior the standoff began when police responded to reports of a flare gun being deployed more than 30 times. an update on that shark attack in the bahamas. lauren erickson van wart from massachusetts is identified. she had just celebrated her wedding. local police say the victim was paddleboarding near the sandals resort in nassau when she was attacked the great plains are in for

warm weather today despite the calendar still reading december let's bring back angie lassman with a look at the weather across the country >> a little confusing, guys, when it comes to temperatures across the middle of the country. we have a big ridge of high pressure we've also got an alberta clipper, a fast-moving system from canada bringing with it cold air this's why cincinnati and nashville end up in the 40s. a touch below normal for this time of year big difference for the west, denver, 57 degree fs for omaha. kansas city into the mid-60s some spots could potentially see records. minneapolis included omaha, too grand forks has the potential to break records. we look ahead to late week and into portions of the northeast and midwest.

low 50s to mid-50s and end ing p into the 60s o today ending up in the low 60s for shreveport and a great day in san antonio with highs in the low 70s and sunshine that's a look at you are why forecast, guys, back to you. there is sad news in the music world this morning denn denny laine is dead at the age of 79. ♪ band on the run ♪ >> along with paul mccart ney, h was a founding member wings.

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