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inquiry against biden could become official today. why his potential testimony is now a sticking point a christmas present for vladimir putin that's the warning from ukraine's president after his meeting with president biden as zelenskyy rallies for more aid calling questions that his country give up territory insane a man traveled from den mark to l.a. without a passport or plane ticket this new robot ready to revolutionize the work flow, but it's raising concerns from employees. one kansas city man is certainly on the nice list after buying out this school's book fair why some parents say he saved christmas. it's wednesday, december 13. "early today" starts right now glad you're with us on this wednesday morning. i'm frances rivera >> i'm jessica layton. a vote is expected in congress

to formally approve the impeachment inquiry into president biden. it would give house republicans added powers as they continue their investigation into ha they allege is corruption bit y the biden family >> the house oversight committee also scheduled a closed-door deposition with hunter biden his lawyers say he is open to testifying but only if it's in public republicans responded by saying they would release the full transcript of the deposition it is unclear if hunter biden will appear today. republicans have threatened to hold him in contempt of congress if he does not meanwhile, the president spent tuesday hosting an ally at the white house. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy returned to d.c. to make a personal appeal, trying to get urgent help for his war-torn country, but congress is divided here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: with the war raging

and a brutal winter fast approaching, ukrainian president zelenskyy is making an urgent plea to congress and president biden. >> in ukraine, we are fighting for our country and freedom. >> reporter: the u.s. has already sent $111 billion in military and humanitarian aid to ukraine since russia's invasion began, but that plun'smoney ales running out. the president is urging congress to approve a new $106 billion package that includes money for ukraine and israel and for the u.s.-mexico border >> putin is banking on the u.s. failure to deliver for ukraine we must, we must, we must prove him wrong. >> reporter: zelenskyy's hastily-planned trip to the u.s. is a dramatic difference from last year when he arrived to a hero's welcome he met with lawmakers behind closed door.

skeptical lawmakers want to reenforce the u.s. border before they sign off for any money for ukraine. >> our first position is about our nag setional security first. our border is an absolute catastrophe because of the policies of this administration. >> reporter: he wants an accounting of the money sent to ukraine and that zelenskyy has not provided a strategy to win the war has become a stalemate in recent months, ukraine hasn't taken back any russian-held territory. but intelligence shows the russian military has suffered more than 13,000 casualties since october. meanwhile, zelenskyy with a sharp rebuke for some republicans calling for peace talks and suggesting ukraine give up territory. >> translator: that's insane to be honest i have a question to this people if they are ready to give up their children to terrorists i think no

>> and our thanks to gabe gutierrez for that report. turning now to the israel-hamas war the u.n. general assembly has voted 153-10 to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in gaza. the resolution is non-binding, carrying less weight than those made in the security council before the vote, israel's u.n. ambassador warned that a cease-fire would only ensure the survival of hamas. >> president biden delivered his harshest criticism yet of the israeli government's military offensive in gaza. on tuesday the president said israel is beginning to lose support around the world due to the indiscriminate bombing that is taking place. he said that prime minister benjamin netanyahu's government has to change and that you cannot say there is no palestinian state in the future. >> meanwhile, a u.s. official tells nbc news that israel is pumping seawater in to flood hamas tunnels in limited areas of gaza, saying it is unclear if the effort will work

president biden said there are assertions that there are no hostages in the tunnels, but he doesn't know that for a fact harvard is standing by its president this morning the university's board says claudine gay is still the right person to lead the ivy league school harvard's fellows said gay apologized after intense criticism to her response to questions in congress about anti-semitism on campus. liz mcgill resigned over the weekend following intense backlash an interim press ident was name last night at a campaign event tuesday, chris sununu engorsed sununu kk

haley. she still trails trump by double digits in most state polling this morning, we are remembering the life of actor andre braugher who passed away at 61 after a brief illness. he broke out in the 1990s as detective frank pemableton he starred for eight seasons as captain ray holt in "brooklyn 99." he took home the trophy for best actor in 1998 for his work on "hom "homicide. in a statement, he was commemorated, calling him the actor others would aspire to be. a mystery taking place at one of the biggest airports. authorities are trying to figure out how a man flew from den mark

to l.a. without a passport or ticket >> reporter: a mystery at l.a.x., as fbi officials are trying to solve how a man from russia arrived at the airport without a passport or any documentation showing he had a flight into the u.s. the man's name is sergei ochikaba he faces a charge of being a stow away. on november 4 he arrived at l.a.x. after hopping on an sas flight in copenhagen when he arrived and presented himself for entry at the customs and border protection at the airport officer discovered he was not a listed passenger according to the affidavit, when questioned, he gave false and misleading information about his travel to the u.s. it listed he initially told officers he left his passport on the plane, but there was no passport or any other documents there. but within his personal belongings, a russian and israeli i.d. were found. now he was not a traditional

stow away in the sense that he was hidden away on the plane i a cording to the flight crew, he wandered the plane and kept changing his seat and even asked for two meals during the flight service. and one of the most confounding parts about this incident, when questioned why and how he got here, he claimed he not slept in three days and did not understand what was going on >> our thanks to bailey miller for that report. a new storm is brewing over the southwest this morning set to bring rain and snow to that region. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is here, and she's tracking that big system good morning >> good morning, guys. we've got more rain and more snow on the way for parts of the southwest and plains we'll see heavy rain and flooding and potential snowfall. there's the system we're watching, mainly texas, new mexico will see the heaviest of that rain but into oklahoma as we get into tomorrow and light to moderate snow

across parts of the plains tomorrow too when it's all said and done we could pick up half a foot, nine inches maybe up to a foot in some spots in the higher elevations 7,500 feet or higher we could see up to two feet. when it comes to the rainfall, though, especially parts of texas could pick up, up to 2 inches that's through thursday. meanwhile we're going to seat potential for heavy rain across the state of florida as another system starts to work its way a little closer, bringing some of that that moisture into that region those are the showers and thunderstorms we will see for folks there. the rain starts to spread as you get to sunday, and look what happens by sunday. some oacross the northeast

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employees is its top priority. >> i just really feel this is amazon's attempt to focus their attention away from those of us that have been injured and are fighting to get medical care and fair wages and safer working conditions i wish they would spend their money in just making it a safer place to work for the rest of us, you know those of us that need jobs and need a pay check, you know, rather than coming up with technology that could push some of us out the door >> reporter: digit, company backers say, changes the game for any logistics company. >> this robot doesn't need to go home and see its family. doesn't need health care been fits doesn't need retraining when you change the process and how it works, and you don't have to worry about turnover and injuries and those type of things >> reporter: so considering all those things, $250,000 is sort after bargain. >> it sort of pays for itself if you think of two or three shifts >> reporter: but what does it

mean for workers? >> i don't think we can expect those workers are going to land good-quality jobs. we going to need some kind of intervention >> reporter: it is often necessary for government to intervene, particularly with respect respect job training employers very rarely take on the responsibility of training worker whose are not going to remain in that workplace >> reporter: they are planning to open a 70,000 foot facility in oregon to pump out the bots >> we program the robots to do a bunch of different work loads. raple rapidly it's going to start doing more and more things still to come, the seminole snub still stings in the sunshine state how florida lawmakers are tackling the issue themselves. e tackling the issue themselves.

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more than $8,000 for books and items, something maggie and her son were grateful for. >> i'm an server, so money is tight. >> some of the family were going through, we were just here for doughnuts. this was like, if we go to the book fair, there's no christmas. >> reporter: he was reminded what it was like for his family. >> it was the same thing we can't do this we can't do this >> reporter: years later, he finally changed the narrative. >> just to see kids get excited about books was huge >> our thanks to rachel henderson for that report. incredible kindness for kids and families, and on the side, pr for their business >> that kind of stuff is the magic of the holidays. i love that. this is your golden opportunity to score a piece evident silver screen a california auction house and turner classic movies are teaming up for a big blood auction. it features all kinds of pop

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