tragedy in prague. at least 14 people killed at a university in the worst mass shooting ever in the history of

the czech republic we're live with the search for a motive this morning. >> repo the speaker of the house draw a line in the border battle his message to president biden a record number of americans are heading home for the holidays angie lassman is telling us what to expect if you're flying out today. shopping for an excuse why the rise in retail theft this holiday season might not be as bad as companies make it out to be. santa's coming to town and norad is hot on his trail. we kick off a busy christmas weekend. "early today" starts right now good morning, and thanks for joining us, i'm jessica layton >> glad to be with you, i'm frances rivera the czech republic has been rocked by a rare mass shooting at least 14 people killed in the capital of prague. the suspected gunman is among the dead for the latest, we want to go to janis mackey frayer, who's following the latest updates for

us and janice, good morning this is an astonishing mass murder in a normally peaceful country. what else do we know >> reporter: the country has declared a national day of mourning after this staggering attack in the city of prague, where 24-year-old gunman killed 15 people and injured 25 more at a university the circumstances around how and why it happened are still unclear. people are in shock, what the country's president described as helpless anger at the unnecessary loss of so many young lives. police had been tipped off to a large arsenal of weapons in an area close to the university building at the charles university building. they were tipped off also that the suspect was likely hiding there from his hometown, where it was later discovered that his father had been shot dead. police had evacuated one building at the university, thinking he would go there for a

lecture. then got called to shots fired at another building. images showed students being evacuated. their hands in the air some of them perched on the ledge of the building trying to escape the attacker. others barricaded themselves in the classroom. police officials say the suspect was known as a high achiever, that he had no criminal record, but that he was a legal holder of firearms, and that the attack was meticulously premeditated. they are not releasing his name quite yet. they say that they are looking into telegram posts as part of their investigation into what they are confirming is the worst mass shooting in the country's history. >> all right, janis mackey frayer for us, thank you the united nations security council has reached a deal on a resolution for desperately-needed aid to gaza the final vote is set for today, but it is expected to pass the diplomacy meanwhile for

peace is going much slower, with israel offering less than what hamas wants to accept. the end of the war seems nowhere in sight here's nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: hey, there. we are getting information from the israeli defense force that they are continuing their attacks in gaza. 230 targets hit, they say, over the last 24 hours from the air, on the ground and from the sea the fighting has become intense and focussed mainly on the northern part of the gaza strip where they are trying to establish control. with that all happening, as we are learning more about the three hostages in gaza who were killed by an idf sharpshooter. the three men were waving a white flag at the time and had escaped from hamas we now know, five days earlier, surviving on their own and on the run in gaza an army chief of staff has acknowledged it's against protocol to shoot anyone who

ra r raises a red flag. the mother of one of the men says she forgives the idf, blaming hamas for their deaths and telling the israeli soldiers, quote, i love you all. that's the latest from here in jerusalem. i'm jay gray now back to you. drones struck the capital of kyiv this is footage of an apartment building on fire its what the sixth drone attack on kyiv this month officials say two people were injured. and fortunately officials say the fire was quickly brought under control. air raid alerts have since been lifted in almost all regions rudy giuliani is filing for bankruptcy the move came a day after a judge poordered the former new york city mayor to start paying the $150 million he owes to two election workers

he has up to $5 million in debt but only $1 million to $10 million in assets. the move will not discharge the debt giuliani owes them. house speaker mike johnson is calling on president biden to take executive action in the border crisis and quote stem the record tide of illegal immigration. the scathing letter comes after congress left for the year without an agreement to address the problem. after three state days of record border crossings, the republican governor of texas flew more migrants to chicago. our guad venegas has the latest. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott releasing this video of straight state officials flying roughly a hundred migrants from texas to chicago after chicago fined buses that made previous trips abbott saying that until biden takes action they will continue

to do this chicago's mayor firing back. >> they're just dropping off people anywhere. do you understand how raggedy and how evil that is >> reporter: meanwhile, migrants are still arriving in eagle pass, texas, with massive crowds in this field. over 12,000 migrants per day crossing the border for three straight days now. the highest daily numbers ever recorded, three dhs officials tell nbc news. a record 27,000 migrants are now detained in cbp facilities where they will be processed and most released in the u.s. with customs and border protection completely overwhelmed, thousands of migrants have to wait in this field. many sleeping overnight in these cold temperatures creating a humanitarian crisis, as large groups continue arriving from mexico we spoke with this group of migrants from venezuela. he says a lot of the people are dehydrated because they walk for hours. he walked 30 hours when they arrive at the field in the u.s. they get sick

first response crews working non-stop to tend to the migrants' needs. the er receiving more than double the amount of patients they can handle >> they are beyond their capability, because this's not ha they were set up to do. >> we want to thank guad for that report. a former assistant to vin diesel has accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2010, according to a new lawsuit filed against the action star. in this complaint obtained by nbc news, she accuses diesel of sexual battery, a hostile work environment, wrongful termination and retaliation. the assistant was allegedl hired by diesel in the year 2010 his statement said the actor categorically denies the claims. 120 million are expected to travel this holiday season, the highest travel numbers since 2019

here's tom costello. >> reporter: on the busiest pre-christmas air travel day, heavy volume in that california rain have led to 3,000 flight delays nationwide. ground delays in los angeles and dallas >> smoke coming out of one of your engines >> reporter: on wincednesday, a mid-air emergency following a bird strike. the plane made a safe landing back in new orleans. in all, nearly 2.7 million people are moving through tsa checkpoints. >> this is nuts, and it was before 6:00 a.m. >> reporter: this time of year every airport has its own challenges chicago ord, the jiend of the midwest. if weather goes bad here it can be a national choke point. dallas-ft. worth is americans an airlines hid que headquarters a hub. from hire, 6,000 flights reagan national, runway one.

here in baltimore, if the weather goes bad on the east coast, bwi can feel the east coast squeeze between d.c. and new york here at denver international airport, the de-icing trucks are e ready. one good colorado snowstorm could slow air travel to a crawl. here in florida, nearly every airport is seeing record passenger volume sarasota up nearly 14% meanwhile, most americans are driving, with 27 states averaging $3 a gallon or less. some christmas relief at the pump weather out west will likely impact million of the millions who will be flying this weekend. angie lassman is tracking all those systems. as we always say, timing is everything >> timing is everything. and we do not want people to have a headache from travel. unfortunately, we'll have to deal with a couple spots that will be a little difficult much of the country is dealing with quiet conditions, not the

case up and down southern california and portions of arizona. we've got flood watches up for 26 million people with heavy rain continuing to work in with that system as it moves a little farther to the east. here's the area we're going to look for the potential for flash flooding where you siee the dark blue is the slight risk. flooding of rivers, creeks, streams all on the table as we have good amount of rain heading toward the desert which doesn't see a whole lot of rain. iffy conditions there, foophoen, l.a., san diego to see trouble much quieter conditions across the west a little bit of snow expected across portions of the northern plains and cooler conditions, too. mild, though, from minneapolis down to houston. we'll see temperatures in the low to mid-50s for much of the midwest. mild conditions will last across portions of the northeast and most of the southeast, too but notice the rain. the rain will be a little bit of

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left open nearby >> a lot of it is that retailers are using organized retail crime as an excuse to cover up poor performance and internal challenges and some problems of their own making >> reporter: in a statement, target said cnbc's reporting and conclusions are fundamentally flawed and disregard facts of what our teams experience on the ground cnbc stands by its report. earlier this year, the national retail federation pulled a figure from a report that found organized retail crime is responsible for nearly half the $94.5 billion estimated in inventory loss in 2021 >> we don't have data that's as good as we'd really like it to be >> reporter: no doubt retail theft is a real problem, but a recalibration is under way of just how much of one kristine romans, new york. you'll be wishing for 1 som 2 days of christmas. 2

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on members of the u.s. and canadian military to make sure he has a clear path as he departs the north pole lester got a first-hand look at the operation. >> reporter: the remote arctic is north america's front door and guarding the sprawling expanse from adversaries is the job of the north american aerospace defense command, or norad. but not every object on norred are's radar is an intruder especially when santa takes flight on christmas eve. i spoke with pollutelieutenant l froly. i know your main job is to protect the north american airspace against intruding airspace or bad guys, how do you use that technology to detect santa? >> we use our systems to track santa. we use our north warning system

and worldwide global satellites, and finally our fighter aircraft >> reporter: norad's santa tracking mission mission in 195 the commander on duty assured the child they would guarantee santa a safe journey a promise norad has kept avever year >> throughout the years, many different fighter aircraft have detected santa and we'll give him a wing waggle. >> reporter: thanks to that technology, millions of kids are able to call in to norad's santa-tracking hotline or log on via supposed media for real-time updates, making sure santa is indeed on his way. >> make sure everybody in your

house is asleep, including your mom. merry christmas. >> and a big thank you merry christmas to lester for that report. >> we always are tracking that in our house gotta see, got to get to bed >> it more important than anything else. meanwhile, santa ditched the north pole and headed to the florida keys he brought gifts for the fishies. visitors watched a variety of reef fish and a florida lobster. >> the way to do it. merry christmas even down end as well thanks for watching "early toda i'm fry.anm ellison

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