breaking overnight a second batch of documents unsealed connected to jeffrey epstein. the sordid details coming to light. tragedy at an ohio school.

one student killed and others injured. the latest from the investigation as the community grapples with the unspeakable loss donald trump staring down new ballot battles in two states this morning while his gop rivals fight to gain ground on the frontrunner ahead of the iowa caucuses now just ten days away we are counting down to the last jobs report of 2023, why it could spell good news for the economy as we kick off 2024. the medical miracle, the beating heart of the first-ever heart transplant is making a difference nearly two years later. it's friday, january 5th "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera we begin with breaking news. a new trove of jeffrey epstein documents were unsealed last night. the 327-page release provides a glimpse into how girls were lured to the late financier's

home in florida. epstein's former girlfriend was involved in finding girls to give massages and work at epstein's home and an underage victim said he took my clothes off the first day i met him without my consent. nbc's laura jarret has more. >> reporter: the blast radius from jeffrey epstein's reach continues to grow. hundreds of pages of old court records now unsealed, adding more context to the wide network the convicted sex offender maintained power politicians, celebrities, not accused of any crimes themselves but whose links to epstein have followed them long after his death in 2019. >> part of this is understanding who helped facilitate the trafficking, who was around, who knew about it. generally, this is information the public has not previously

had. >> reporter: sigrid mccauley, a lawyer for virginia giuffre. >> there's a lot more to come. this beginning part is a small percentage >> reporter: all of the materials are drawn from an old civil defamation lawsuit giuffre brought against epstein's former girlfriend ghislaine maxwell, accused of grooming girls for abuse. maxwell was later convicted of sex trafficking after epstein died but questions have remained about his connections. so the miami herald successfully persuaded a federal judge to unseal years worth of court papers, including key deposition transcripts and lengthy testimony from joanna shoberg, a woman who once worked for epstein, shoberg describing one conversation about former president bill clinton epstein told her clinton likes them young, referring to girls

clinton has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and a clinton spokesperson pointed nbc news to a past statement denying knowledge of epstein's crimes. shoberg also recalled a trip to atlantic city saying he could call up mr. trump. s she responded no when asked if she ever had sexual contact with the former president >> he was a fixture in palm beach. i had a falling out with him a long time ago. >> reporter: shoberg's unsealed deposition also raised new names. she described a conversation with magician david copperfield at epstein's home, with copperfield asking if she was aware that girls were getting paid to find other girls he has not returned multiple requests for comment as for what's left to come in this case. we know 40 documents, roughly

spanning over 900 pages have already come to light. but still, another 200 documents left to come out here, spanning potential le over thousands of pages. back to you. >> laura, thank you. iowa is about to host the first contest of the 2024 presidential election. former president trump still has a dominant lead in the polls, but there is a tight race for second place between ron desantis and flnikki haley. what should we be watching out for in iowa? >> reporter: good morning, frances. all the republican hopefuls are making their final swings through the state. nikki haley and donald trump will host events in the hawkeye state tonight. the former president is expected to spikeeak at a town hall instd of participating in a debate desantis dismissed the idea that hail s

haley is a top contender >> what happened >> first of all, trump has always been leading in the race. he's the former president, one of the most famous people. >> reporter: you're not even a top challenger >> we are the top. they wouldn't be spending that money if we weren't the top. i'm the only one who has a chance to beat trump and win the general election nikki haley can't get conservative voters. >> reporter: meanwhile, groups of voters in illinois and massachusetts have filed motions to remove him from the ballot because of his actions related to january 6 similar actions have been successful in colorado and maine but rejected by courts in michigan and minnesota mr. trump has appealed the colorado case to the u.s. supreme court. it could settle the dispute for the entire country >> drew, thank you we turn to the middle east where the u.s. is getting more involved, assassinating the

leader of an iranian-backed militia. a chief correspondent, keir simmons, has the story >> reporter: the u.s. sending a message to iran. an american airstrike killing the leader of an iranian-backed militia in baghdad a senior u.s. defense official calling it a precision strike on his vehicle, saying he was actively involved in planning and carrying out attacks on american personnel u.s. bases in the middle east have been hit over a hundred times by various iran-backed militias, according to the pentagon but iraq, furious, saying the assassination breaks agreements it had with washington then, there's the growing threat from the iranian-backed houthi militia. just hours after u.s. and others issued a final warning to the group to stop attacks on ships in the red sea, the houthis launching an unmanned boat loaded with explosives and detonating a few miles from u.s.

navy and commercial ships. among the options, strikes against houthi targets inside yemen, involving the u.s. and other allied militaries, according to two administration officials. >> we're certainly not going to telegraph any punches one way or the other. >> reporter: the red sea, a critical economic ruth, used by 12% of global cargo shipping, as fears mount of massive disruption to trade. fueling more inflation meanwhile, iran is under pressure, too, after that deadly terror attack inside iran wednesday. isis claiming responsibility and there were fears of an escalating regional conflict here in lebanon, too hamas holding the funeral of a leader assassinated this week in a drone strike at a hamas office in beirut. israel not publicly saying it was behind it but has promised to hunt down hamas leaders after the october 7 terror attacks

second blinken is now heading to the middle east. he'll make nine stops in a week, on a difficult agenda, reducing those regional tensions. now, to perry, iowa, the latest american city to face deadly school shooting it happened early in the morning before students could begin their first day back after the holiday break. a shooter identified as dylan butler, a junior at the high school police say he was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound hundreds gathered overnight for the victims. iowa's governor says the entire state has been shaken to the core by the act of violence. multiple law enforcement agencies are helping with the investigation. a texas father and son are facing charges in connection to the murder of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend the 19-year-old son was charged with capital murder while his father was charged with abuse of

a corpse for allegedly helping to move the bodies savanah soto and her boyfriend were found shot dead in a car. police say their deaths were related to a botched drug deal at least two dozen subway riders are recovering from minor injuries after a train derailed in new york city cell phone video shows firefighters evacuating riders an empty train rear ended another one full of passengers at a low speed during the evening commute in manhattan, sending the train off the tracks about 300 people were on board at the time. a major winter storm sweeps across the gulf coast today, bringing snow to the northeast this weekend meteorologist angie lassman is tracking when we could see snow and how much to expect it's been a minute since we've seen it. >> we are in a snow drought for a lot of places. it's been almost two years if we make it in new york city to february 13, it will be two years since we saw an inch or snow on a calendar day will it happen this weekend, frances, that is the big

question we've got winter alerts up, no surprise there we've got a system we're tracking across parts of the southern and central plains. eventually it moves into the gulf coast area where we'll watch for strong storms with the chance of heavy rain and flooding concerns there. by the time we get to saturday, it's the snow and rain we'll watch for parts of the mid atlantic into the northeast. we could see icy conditions acro across the appalachians. new england and th,

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every day moments like this that owen monroe's parents thought might never come owen was born with an extremely rare congenital heart defect one of his heart's two valves was missing, but the other was leaking blood back into his heart. >> it's pretty terrifying. we didn't flowknow until about t hours after he was born that he would need a transplant. >> reporter: they had spoken to chief of pediatric heart surgery. he said he could do a traditional transplant but taking a donor could take months, so he presented another option >> maybe we can use parts of the heart and not use the full heart. >> reporter: the surgery would replace just the top of owen's heart, putting in the two valves he needed. using a fresh heart would allow the transplant to grow with owen as he matured but it carry add unique risk. >> i did ask him how many he had done before. >> i said we've done it in the

laboratory five times on piglets. >> reporter: owen's partial hart transplant would be the first in the world, after 17 agonizing days the monroes got the call that a donor was available. by that afternoon, owen was in surgery. >> the longest eight hours of our life we able to meet with the doctor around midnight. >> reporter: the surgery was a success. >> i felt more relief and hope after that than i had had at any moment since he was born >> reporter: now, almost 2 years removed from that day, owen is a healthy young boy. >> today he literally climbed up a stool ladder onto our kitchen island, and i thought to myself, you know, coy ge i could get mad upset about this and tell him no, or i could enjoy the moment. we never thought we would get the opportunity to see our child acting like a child.

>> reporter: owen's partial heart transplant giving him a full life. and for his parents and doctor a reason to be proud since owen's operation, roughly a dozen other infants have had similar procedures >> being able to represent a possibility or hope for progress for other families has been the greatest benefit and the greatest blessing. >> for the parents and owen especially, their hearts are full thanks to valerie for that report and we thank you for being with us for "early today. i'm frances rivera, have a terrific friday, even better weekend. weal see you right back he on monday mornirengvalerie castro k

stay right there, more news now on the way now on the way. not even a week into the new year, and another community left mourning in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting a sixth grader killed. four other student