ie could help you save. setting the stage for a major border showdown. texas governor abbott signed a controversial new law directly challenging the white house's immigration policy breaking overnight, a massive earthquake rorks cks ch killing more than 100 people a bombshell from the investigation into the lead-contaminated applesauce that sickened dozens of kids why the fda says it may have

been intentional google agrees to pay a whopping $700 million in its case and could tom brady have won a few world series too the baseball cards that have turned out to be a real hit with collectors "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm jessica layton. texas is drawing a line in the border battle. governor greg abbott signed a bill last night allowing state law enforcement to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally. now this is setting up a major fight with the federal government nbc's n nbc's brie jackson is following this in d.c. this is a direct challenge to the biden administration >> reporter: that's right. governor abbott went as far as to accuse president biden of deliberate inaction. leaving texas to fend for itself amid record illegal border crossings. the governor signed a new legislation in the shadow of the border wall.

the law, which is slated to go into effect in march makes it a state crime to enter texas illegally, allowing local or state police officers to make arrests for up to two years after the alleged offense. of cork urse, it's already a cre under federal law. >> the only thing we are doing by this law is making sure that our law enforcement have the tools they need to actually take action against those who are actually coming across the border illegally >> reporter: and the governor also signed a bill to provide $1.5 billion in funding for the border a group of 21 texas democrats sent a letter yesterday asking the justice department to step in and block what they called the most extreme anti-immigrant state bill while it appears the stage is set for a showdown with the federal government, a doj spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on whether the department is planning to sue texas over the new law

meanwhile, here on capital hill, lawmakers are still trying to hammer out a deal on immigration that republicans are insisting on in exchange for additional aid to israel and ukraine. a deal on that front looks increasingly unlikely until the new year back to you. >> that will not surprise most americans. brie, thank you. hamas has released a new hostage video showing three elderly men held in gaza the plight of the captives gained renewed urgency over the weekend after three were accidentally killed by the israeli army >> reporter: a lot of questions here in the region, and a lot going on about where this goes next as it relates to the potential for hostage release negotiations talks to try to get some of the people believed to be held hostage in gaza home a u.s. official says the cia head has met in europe with his

qatari and israeli counterparts to get forward momentum on that front, as lloyd austin was here in israel, making clear that the u.s. supports israel in its war against hamas but also making clear that he wants to see more humanitarian aid going in, the protection of civilians in gaza as well. a defense official says the secretary really wants specifics from israel on what metrics they're looking at to get this war to move to its next phase. multiple sources say the biden administration wants to see israel taking a more targeted and more precise approach essentially. if there are talks for some kind of a temporary truce, obviously significant, that would be significant for the release of hostages, but also for getting aid into gaza, a place that so desperately needs it, with the hamas-run industry estimating that nearly 20,000 palestinians have been killed in gaza since the start of this war on october 7. our teams in gaza have talked to people, have talked to kids and families who say their children

haven't eaten in days, essential le, with questions now about how to get the food, how to get the water and medicine that people so very much need to them in a safer manner with more and more now international pressure growing on the israeli government. back to you. >> hallie, thank you breaking news right now in china. a devastating earthquake has killed at least 118 people, according to officials there the 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in northwestern guan sue province and it destroyed nearly 5,000 buildings. chinese president xi jinping has ordered a full-scale search and rescue effort. equipment is being deployed to get to people trapped in that rubble right now the worry is that the toll of this quake is going to rise. and now to iceland where after weeks of intense earthquakes, a volcano on the country's peninsula erupted.

the public has been warned to avoid the area last month officials evacuated residents from a nearby town after heightened seismic activity alerted them to a possible eruption. and while it wasn't unexpected, it was larger than predicted according to the meteorological office, lava is spewing from a more than two-mile-long fissure that is continuing to grow and could move toward the town the blue lagoon geothermal resort has also been closed as a precaution today the first woman to serve on the supreme court will be honored at a furnts service at washington national cathedral. justice sandra day o'connor lay in propose the justices and the vice president came to pay their respects >> she never let self-doubt or hang-wringing stop her from making a decision or taking charge she would often say it was good to be the first, but don't want to be the last

>> o'connor died earlier this month at the age of 93 president biden and chief justice john robbers aerts are expected to speak later today at her services we are learning new details in the investigation of the applesauce that sickened kids. the fda says it was likely done on purpose >> reporter: easy snacks for parents with small children were recalled because of lead contamination. the fda says it knows where the lead came from cinnamon supplied by the company in ecuador samples showing extremely high levels of contamination, the supplier may have been motivated by money, possibly using dyes that contain lead or adding lead to make the cinnamon heavier some advocacy groups calling for more to be done to ensure food safety how do we keep this from happening in the future? >> this never should have

happened we should have a system of protections in place at the federal level that require companies to test for lead and other contaminates >> reporter: at least 65 parents tell the fda their children have elevated lead exposure from the applesauce according to incident reports obtained by nbc news, parents describe symptoms possibly related to the lead, including gas gastrointestinal issues and anemia the fda has not yet verified all the reports. long-term lead exposure can damage the brain and nervous system the callahans say they regularly gave their 1-year-old the since-recalled applesauce. >> we've found out that rudy has a little bit after speech delay. >> reporter: they are reimburse up to $150 in health care costs and are working closely with the fda during the voluntary recall. the applesauce lead mystery is

closer to being solved while raising larger concerns about food safety. stephanie gosk, nbc news marvel star jonathan majors is facing up to a year ig up ton this in prison he was found guilty of two out of four charges stemming from a domestic assault case. a source with direct knowledge says marvel studios have dropped him from all upcoming projects much of the east coast is now in recovery mode after a massive storm brought heavy rain, coastal flooding and high winds from florida to maine. at least two people were killed. emilie ikeda has the latest. >> reporter: with whipping winds and torrential rains, a monster storm is leaving behind a mess for millions after barrelling up the east coast

wind gusts topping 60 miles per hour in at least search states, downing trees onto homes and cars and wiping out power to nearly 800,000 at one point. >> it was raining too hard, and the winds with blowing and everything was so crazy here >> reporter: parts of new york and new jersey declaring emergencies after fast-rising floodwaters stranded drivers and caught families by surprise. first responders jumping into action you can't even make out the rod way here in bay shore, new york, where floodwaters are now creeping towards people's homes. >> i didn't think it was going to get this bad. >> reporter: in vermont, officials evacuated a village inundated by a dangerous combination of rain and snow melt >> there will be damages >> reporter: it's the same system that sent a car hydroplaning into another killing two people in durham and spawned a tornado outside myrtle beach. nearby, a 35,000 pound

semi-truck flipped while in the great lakes region, snow squalls led to this massive pileup a deadly winter wallop hampering the start of the holiday week. >> our thanks to emilie for that report the great lakes are in for a wintry blast angie lassman is tracking the snow expected in the region. good morning >> we're going to see this snow ramp up as the day goes on but we are dealing with lake-effect snow near lake aunt and ontario and lake erie. you see the winter alerts up across that region meanwhile, out west we've got a couple systems we're going to watch with the potential for heavy rain, strong winds as well as additional snowfall out west. california specifically will see the next system start to arrive tomorrow bringing rain up and down the coast and of course it is a holiday travel week. let's look ahead friday looking a little busy with the rain centered

specifically over the desert if you're going to be traveling at that day, i would say places like southern california, l.a. could see delays meanwhile, as we get into saturday, texas thunder, we'll see heavy rain start to work a little farther to the east as we get into sunday and looking ahead to christmas day, we'll deal with the rain, dashing through the rain we're going to call it, across the middle of there low 50s and mostly sunny skies in kansas city chicago hits 35 today. and that's a look at your forecast, ladies, back to you u >> dashing through the rain, i love it, angie thank you. early today is back in a minute with the record fine for southwest airlines over last year's major holiday meltdown. and the adams family spinoffs are adding up at

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football player of all time on ba baseball diamonds? we have more on the collectible that offers a glimpse into the alternate reality and the lucky card collector who may have stumbled onto the find of a lifetime >> we're typically live every single day >> reporter: zach guerrero streams to an audience of thousands. >> i love sports >> reporter: he's known as a breaker. >> all righty, everybody >> reporter: which means he opens boxes of cards that customers have bought. >> i've never hit the card that everyone wants >> reporter: he thought this might be his chance when topps row released a new set of cards for draft picks, that's because it includes a fixctional tom brady

card ahead of the release, topps promoted the brady card. show casing the rare autographed version with gold vinyl, known as the super factor. when zach logged on, his dream came true. >> tom brady on release date holy [ bleep ] the one card everybody wants in the set, and it's in egan, minnesota. >> reporter: the person who bought the card will get a big payday >> maybe a million >> reporter: the store owner has been in contact daily with the customer >> what a feeling. i don't think he's slept in two days >> reporter: since then, curious fans have stopped into the store. including this guy you might recognize from the vikings the store doesn't get any money out of deal. but employees like zach will

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