as we mark two months since hamas' attack on israel, the fighting rages on in gaza, as israeli troops move through southern gaza, a plan to flood hamas' tunnels could be in the works. we'll have a live report with the latest horror unfolding at a

college in nevada. unlv locked down as an active shooter roamed campus. three victims and the gunman dead what we know this morning. a promposal gone horribly wrong, with the school resource officer looking on one student hits another with his car, and now the injured student is ready to sue. and 2023 is officially the year of taylor swift the pop icon's latest accomplishment "time"'s person of the year. and we're a breaking it all down remembering the man behind the laughs from "all in the family" to "sanford and son", to "good times", we look back at norman lear's legacy. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera it has now been exactly two months since hamas overran

israel in a vicious attack killing 1200 people. since then, the israeli response has killed more than that. the conflict has been labeled a threat to the maintenance of international piece and security let's bring in claudio lavanga what does article 99 do? >> reporter: article 99 is a rarely-used power to warn after looming humanitarian crisis. now gutierres yesterday on his x account urged all members of the security council to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza and reiterated his calls, many calls, for a cease-fire there. soon after, the united arab emirates posted support for a cease-fire and called the

situation in gaza as catastrophic and close to irreversible as for the u.s. response to the calls for cease-fire, they kept it fairly brief. matt miller said we have maid it clmade i clear we support humanitarian pauses there were many reports that israel was planning to flood hamas' tunnels with seawater now a u.s. official told nbc news, confirmed that israel has a plan to do that. they didn't confirm or deny it it is a possibility, but a possibility that enraged the families of the hostages, because it's probable that they are still being held in those tunnels. now yesterday the families of those hostages met the government, the war cabinet meeting, in israel, and a woman who was freed from gaza but whose husband still in there confronted prime minister benjamin netanyahu and this is what she told him, take a listen.

[speaking in a global language as you can see, two months since the start of that war, tension is running high between the government and tthe hostage fams new this morning, the u.s. navy says it is grounding all osprey aircraft. the military says the move is, quote, out of abundance of caution.

an investigation so far points to material failure, but the underlying cause is unknown. the osprey has long been plagued by safety concerns 20 u.s. service members have been killed in four crashes in less than two years. now to the latest college campus to face the terror of an active shooter at least three people were killed when a suspect opened fire at the university of nevada las vegas. students were forced to shelter in place for hours as police evacuatedbuildings one by one. nbc news is told the suspect was a man in his 60s he was struck and died during a shootout with police though no details have been released about a motive we're learning more about the suspect in the rampage in san antonio and austin, texas. six people were shot to death over the course of one day of terror here's morgan chesky >> reporter: in texas, police poring over five crime scenes, spanning eight hours, they say

are all connected to a single gunman >> we strongly believe one suspect is responsible for all the incidents. >> reporter: authorities identifying the suspect as shane james, a 34-year-old now charged with capital murder who served in the army as recently as 2015. investigators say his shooting spree began tuesday morning at an austin high school. >> aisd officer has apparently been shot. >> reporter: james opening shot on a school resource officer, wounding him inside the school, teacher glen stur et knew this wasn't a drill. you hair lockear lockdown over intercom, what goes through your head >> keep the kids safe. >> reporter: nearby, less than an hour later. >> i thought i heard thought irs >> reporter: tuesday evening, a

crucial burglary call. >> officer needs assistance. >> reporter: police arresting james after they say he shot an officer and killed two more people and san antonio authorities connecting james to another homicide, 60 miles away. a couple found dead inside their home >> these are believed to be the parents of the suspect that's currently in custody in travis county >> reporter: six alleged murders, and still no known motive >> wonderful people. every time i talk about it, i, it hurts me. wonderful people good man man >> reporter: in the meantime, authorities added that he was arrested for assault against multiple family members last year those family members later telling authorities that james did suffer from a history of mental illness

morgan chesky, nbc news, austin. let's turn now to alabama where moist of the republican primary candidates faced off in a debate there were a lot of attacks flying, some of them targeting the absent frontrunner, donald trump. florida governor desantis was pressed on whether he thinks trump is fit to serve in office. >> guys, you're talking over each other >> you don't have to worry about all the stuff -- >> i'm going to come to you. finish >> look. father time is undefeated. i don't floknow how we score ona test but i do know this we have an opportunity to electric elect somebody for two terms who's spitting nails we should not nominate someone who's almost 80 years old. >> he's afraid to answer >> mr. trump has not attended any of the primary debates a source tells nbc news that the

former president hwill likely be back in a new york courtroom today. kevin mccarthy is calling it quits. dealing another blow to the gop's razor thin majority in the house. his exit comes two months after far-right republicans lid the charge to oust him, making him the first speaker to ever lose the gavel in the middle of a term he plans to stay involved in gop politics now to the deadly storms plaguing the pacific northwest the region has been under a relentless siege widespread flooding wreaked havoc on homes and roadways. landslides temporarily shut down amtrak passenger train service between portland and seattle in oregon, two bodies were found in portland area creeks. and emergency teams are been racing from rescue to rescue, as

people have found themselves stranded in rising water, and the threat isn't over yet. let's bring in angie lassman for more on the latest storm headed west >> we have another storm on tap, no surprise there. this has been one after another for folks in the pacific northwest. really haven't been able to get a break over the past couple days and we've got more rain on the way. this system not quite as robust as what the last one was it h it will be a little weaker, a little cooler. rainfall on already-saturated grounds is not somethingthat will surprise you if we see flooding across that region today. we'll see snow spreading into the northern plains, lingering over parts of the rockies. we will have the potential for strong storms to fire up in portions of the plains rainfall totals end up about a quarter to a half an inch.

we could see a foot of snow in the higher elevations. maybe even a foot and a half but we'll track afternoon showers and the severe risk by the time w down towards texas with the mid-70s on tap for lubbock tucson hits 77 degrees, full sunshine today and that's a look at your forecast, guys, back to you. >> angie, thank you. "early today" is back in 60 seconds with how an elaborate promposal ended in a lawsuit and check your pantry. > and. jerry! come see who it is! what are you doing here you said you weren't coming home!

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a senior was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by one of his classmates. the driver allegedly blew through a stop sign on purpose, part of an elaborate plan. steven romo has more the video may be hard to watch >> reporter: dramatic video of a promposal gone terribly wrong. >> after the accident, we could tell that he's become a little bit -- >> reporter: video shows senior, william, leaving campus on his motorcycle back in april when this porsche suv speeds right through a stop sign, sending him flying >> okay, can you move your leg at all >> reporter: but running that stop sign was allegedly no stint. instead, all part of another student's plan to ask his girlfriend to prom, according to the attorney planning to sue the school, the district and the principal and school resource officer for a million dollars.

>> it was not a good plan. the estimated speed of the car being driven was over 40 miles per hour >> reporter: according to the notice of claim sent ahead of lawsuit, the student in the porsche had his girlfriend in the passenger seat and planned to speed through that stop sign to be pulled over by school resource officer joshua basel. and when it appeared he was in trouble he would turn to his gif girlfriend and ask her to prom basel was there to take part in the promposal, instead, racing to check on the motorcycle driver the notice alleging that not only was the school resource officer involved, but that the principal knew about the plan ahead of time, to. in a statement to police, included this that notice, the driver of the porsche saying he, quote, had very clear arrangements, where i gave law

enforcement and school administration the make and model of my car, the time and everything they agreed to this. >> the adults at the school should have said no, we're not going to do this >> reporter: in officer basel's body camera video which was released, the principal seen sitting in basel's car at the moment of the accident then he says this. >> i don't know about this >> reporter: the police confirm school resource officer basel is still working at the school. no arrests have been made in this case. >> i just wish that at least someone will be held accountable for this, because only consequences that we've seen is william being injured. >> our thanks to steven for that report still to come, her reputation's never been better

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writer, producer and director, norman lear changed the face of television with the 1971 premiere of "all in the family." >> are you a meathead. dead from the neck up. >> reporter: lear has said the main character, archie bunker, was partly based on his own father "all in the family" brought racism into the open >> one, two, three >> reporter: the success of "all in the family" allowed for several spinoffs, including "maude" and "the jeffersons. he won three prime time emmy awards, received a national medal of arts and kennedy center honor. he was inducted into the television academy hall of fame. >> i hope for the future of

television, is that it will take itself as seriously as it is taken. >> reporter: in the '90s, he collaborated on the '70s show, "one day at a time", with a cuban-american family. as the work continued, so did the accolades. in 2019, he became the oldest emmy winner at age 97. norman lear gave us shows that explored real people, not caricatures. paddy s while norm p leer may be gone, his impact on television remains, dan shan mcheneman, nb news >> the indelible mark he left on all of us. as a kid, i didn't understand a

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