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miles-long strip we're live in d.c. with the new border tensions. donald trump splitting his time between courtrooms and the campaign trail the gop frontrunner speaks out about his second defamation trial while setting his sights on his republican rivals princess kate sidelined from royal duties after surgery and king charles expected to be hospitalized as well are the days of paying money for not having money coming to an end hey, brother, can you lend a helping hand how hulk hogan rushed to help a teen after a car crash "early today" starts right now glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera the growing rift between texas and the federal government, texas officials overnight rejecting the biden administration's request for access to part of the southern

border nbc's brie jackson joins us now. brie, what is this request that texas just shot down >> reporter: good morning, frances. dhs officials say texas is blocking border patrol from having full access to about two and a half-miles of the border this is the same stretch of the border where a migrant woman and two children died over the weekend. dhs officials say they were physically barred from entering the area the texas attorney general says any suggestion that the state was responsible for those deaths is vile and inaccurate and in a letter rejecting the request for access, the state's a.g. also says the facts and law side with texas. the biden administration has threatened to refer this matter to the justice department. meanwhile, here in washington, d.c., congressional leaders met with president biden to discuss the stalled national security package. hughes republicans stressed again that border policy should be the top priority. >> i told the president what i

have been saying for many months, and that is that we must have change at the border. substantive policy change. we understand that there's concern about the safety and security and sovereignty of ukraine. but the american people have those same concerns about our own domestic sovereignty and our safety, and our security >> reporter: and in the senate, there's optimism about reaching a bipartisan deal on immigration soon senators lindsey graham and john thune warned their republican colleagues in the house not to play politics, saying they won't get a better deal than this down the road, even if former president trump wins a second term in the white house. frances? >> brie, thank you the campaign trail for donald trump included another stop in court. the former president was back in new york wednesday for his civil defamation trial while his rivals were focussed on the new hampshire primary here's tracy wilkins >> reporter: nikki haley and ron desantis are on the trail in new

hampshire, while donald trump began his morning in a new york courtroom again. writer e. jean carroll took the stand in her second trial against the former president this time seeking damages for defamation, which trump denies last year he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll in the '90s and for defaming her while he was president in court, the judge threatened to throw trump out for making gestures and comments comments dpdi disagreeing with carroll as testimony. >> i want to talk about nikki. i worked with her for a long time she was okay but i will tell you that she's not tough enough >> reporter: despite finishing third, haley says she's happy with her showing in iowa and is moving forward >> we felt good coming out of iowa we're going to feel even better

going out of new hampshire >> reporter: desantis held two events in new hampshire where he's polling third he attacked haley's ability to beat trump >> what she's relying on is getting democrats to come vote for her. that obviously is not somebody who's going to be able to win a republican nomination, much less against donald trump >> reporter: while the democratic party denied not to participate in new hampshire's primary, president biden released a statement >> i'm still the only person to ever beat donald trump, and i'm looking forward to it again for the good of this country >> reporter: in washington, tracy wilkins, nbc news. now to breaking news, cent com says the u.s. has again bombed yemen in what's being called a preemptive strike american navy ships launched tomahawk missiles, taking out houthi missiles.

the houthis control about a third of imenyemen, which they'e using as a base to attack ships in the red sea last night's strike came just hours after an american-owned ship was struck by a houthi drone. the ship was damaged but nobody was injured. the justice department will release a new report into the dis disastrous police response into the uvalde shooting. ahead of the release attorney general merrick garland visited the small texas town, seeing murals of the 19 murdered children two teachers were also killed. local police were widely criticized for their slow response to the shooting in dramatic twin press releases, the british royal family released serious health news for both king charles and kate princess of wales they have both canceled public events for the near future let's go to claudio lavanga. what do we know about both their

conditions >> reporter: good morning, frances. that's right on wednesday, the royal family made two unexpected announcements within an hour of each other first, kensington palace said kate, the princess of wales, was admitted to the hospital for a planned abdominal surgery. the statement said the surgery was successful but also said that she is expected to stay there for about two weeks to allow her to recover but didn't go into much more details. but a source close to the royal family told nbc news that her condition is non-cancerous then less than an hour later, burki buckingham palace released a statement saying king charles is expected to undergo a corrective procedure to treat an enlarged prostate the statement said the condition is benign and that the king will have to postpone his public engagements for an unspecified period of time to allow him to recover, but it is widely ak flo flwidely acknowledged that

enlarged prostate is common tor men for mechb men over 50. the fact that they were announced on the same day within an hour of each other is concerning for supporters of the royal family >> it's got to be tough to deal with both hospitalized claudio, thank you the winter wallop continues to wreak havoc for much of the country here since friday there have been at least 31 weather-related deaths. overnight, lake-effect snow fell in buffalo and out west an ice storm froze portland, oregon over, creating slippery conditions for pedestrians and drivers alike. in illinois, residents near multiple rivers are on flood watch after ice jams sent water levels rising. water levels can rise several fight in just minutes. and more snow is marching east

this morning, heading across the midwest to the northeast nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking the next set of storms for us. as if the cold isn't enough, we've got to get slammed with some of these storms, too. >> a double whammy you're exactly right we've got all of that on the table the next couple days the next system is going to work across the united states across the south, still folks dealing with freeze alerts, wind chill alerts for portions of the middle of the country and the reinforcing shot of cold air today and into tomorrow. wind chill of 5 below for minneapolis. into the teens for omaha it doesn't get better tomorrow kansas city tops out at 10 degrees. even if daln dallas it will feee the 20s. there's those winter alerts. 50 million people included in this right now

from the west all the way to the center of the country, lake-effect snow happening today just downwind of those lakes more snow in places that have already received ample amounts of snow. but snow to contend with in portions of the middle of the country. down to the south, wintry mix and that will workor joplin buffalo and syracuse expected to pick up additional snowfall today. mid-30s for philadelphia with mostly cloudy skies. we're going to talk about this, the cowboys' head coach isn't riding into the sunset just yet but first, taking it to the banks. the biden administration would slash overdraft fees would slash overdraft fees. but a little metamucil everyday can help.

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new apple watches are losing a key health feature, but first, could we finally be seeing an end to those dreaded overdraft fees? a new proposal from the biden administration would slash fees to as low as three bucks. arabile is here with the details. good morning >> reporter: good morning, frances. it's certainly a big deal. maybe not slashed to zero but very close to it as little as $3 is how much an overdraft could ultimately cost you. for the longest times, the big banks would be losing out significantly on these overdraft fees if this was to be put in motion for a long time they've charged exorbitant fees where even a $10 overdraft, if your account was to go below zero, that could cost you as much as $40. according to some interest rates as well by big banks this could be done away with there still debate with regard to the figures and how much it will drop down to. on the other side, apple won't be allowed to sell its new watch

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