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> lawmakers reset the clock for the budget deadline. and more winter weather. sick of porch pirates? one man was so fed up he took matters into his own hands and wizards are moving back to waverly place which siblings are join the new reboot and chicago is under an arctic blast, but it's not stopping one windy city man from his polar plunge "early today" starts right now thanks so much for ending the week with us i'm frances rivera it appears the government is safe from a shutdown for now congress has passed a short-term spending bill that will avert a shutdown that was set to begin this weekend but the funding only lasts through march. alice barr has the latest. >> without objection, the motion

it reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: congress passing a bill to fund the government through early march, to prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend >> the bill is passed. >> this is what the american people want to see both sides working together and governing responsibly. >> reporter: but not everyone is on board >> today we are gathered, once again, to kick the can down the road >> reporter: the stopgap measure is a bridge to a full-year funding bill that the top democrat in the senate and top republican in the house have reached a tentative $1.66 trilli 1.66 trillion agreement on mm many republicans disagree. b top congressional leaders from both parties met at the white house, pushing for a breakthrough >> i think the vast majority of

congress members support aid to ukraine. the question is whether or not a small minority are going to hold it up, which would be a disaster >> reporter: former president trump urging republicans not to support any border deal negotiated with the senate and biden administration dividing the party. >> if the reports are accurate, i'm not going to support it. >> to lose this opportunity to get it passed into law i think is malpractice >> reporter: a clash on capitol hoyle b hill becoming a presidential proxy war. in washington, nbc news. let's turn now to the race for the white house. nikki haley is seen as a top challenger for donald trump in tuesday's new hampshire primary, but her campaign has seen some stumbles including controversial comments about racism in america. ali vitali has the latest from the campaign trail >> thanks so much. >> reporter: nikki haley doubling down on this controversial remark about the history of race in america

>> we're not a racist country, brian. we've never been a racist country. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, haley addressing the criticism head on, turning to a regular part of her stump speech for cover. >> you say we have never been a racist country was that a slip of the tongue? >> no, listen, i was born a brown girl in a small rural town in south carolina. if my praarents never wanted ust feel like we lived in a racist country, did we face racism? yes. >> reporter: it's the latest of campaign stumbles. last month the former south carolina governor faced fierce backlash for failing to mention slavery when asked about the cause of the civil war >> what do you want me to say about slavery? >> you've answered my question, thank you. >> next question e. >> requestion >> reporter: limited q&as with

v voters and near zero questions from the press corps. >> this will be the last question how many is that i got to do more than that that will equal the number that haley and trump do in a month. >> reporter: haley reversing course, answering questions for the first time since monday's caucus and facing her first reporter gagfgle in weeks haley 14 points behind her former boss donald trump, even as some polls had them neck and neck here. despite fluid polling and ron desantis still in the running, her campaign framing this race as a one on one with trump hailey, >> do you think if he's convicted he's qualified to be elected? >> i'm going to beat him to

begin with >> reporter: questions about if she has what it takes to pass the test with flying colors or at all >> our thanks to ali for that report a devastating new report on the uvalde school shooting confirms what already am believed, that the police response was a failure the most significant factor was that officer treated the gunman as a barricaded threat and not an active shooter. the grandmother of one of the victims shared her reaction. >> i am so angry with those officer that were right outside the door, right outside the door while we were sitting out there wondering what was going on inside there, while they were sitting there lying to us. >> the report uncovered heartbreaking new details like parents being told their children had survived when they were already dead. president biden admits to nbc news that the strikes on the houthis in yemen are not stopping their attacks on merchant ships in the red sea.

and today the group fired anti-ship ballistic missiles at an american ship just barely missing it here's keir simmons. rv for the fifth time in just a week, the u.s. striking houthi targets inside yemen with f-18s. the strikes were on two anti-ship missiles aimed at the southern red sea after determining an imminent threat to commercial and u.s. navy ships, the pentagon says, the houthi missiles were destroyed. but the houthis are still terrorizing ships in the red sea, despite the u.s. retaliation, pressed by nbc's gabe gutierrez, president biden acknowledged u.s. actions were not deterring the iranian-backed militia. are the airstrikes in yes, ma'amenma yemen

>> well, when you say working, are they stopping? no >> we need to work together towards deescalation >> reporter: and, in an interview with nbc news, another stunning shift openly discussing the possible deal to normalize relations with israel and a u.s. strategic partnership. but there can be no deal, he says without a cease-fire. and a two-state solution >> but what we feel is key at this time is to find a credible, irreversible path to palestinian state. >> reporter: with hamas vowing more terror attacks, israel's president saying no one is thinking about the peace process. >> every israeli wants to know that he will not be attacked in the same way from north or south. or east. >> reporter: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu outright dismissing a palestinian state. >> doesn't that make a deal with saudi arabia impossible?

>> again, i cannot speak to what decisions the israeli government will make. >> reporter: the foreign minister told me n in any deal, palestinian statehood would have to be ironclad, there's little sign that israel will be prepared to agree to that. >> keir, thank you here in the united states, there are dangerous conditions from coast-to-coast. over the last week, at least 47 people nationwide have died because of the extreme weather oregon is under a state-wide emergency because of ice philadelphia announced a snow emergency and canceled school today. winter storms claimed at least 14 lives in tennessee. kentucky first responders say this is one of the most dangerous rescue attempts they've ever made, helping four college students who became stranded while camping and in rochester, new york, a plain slid off the runway before takeoff. all 53 people on board were okay let's get an update from angie,

this is either headache or fun day, depending on how you look at it. >> it's all about perspective, right, frances i think travel will be difficult in a lot of spots today. we've got these winter alerts up for 98 million people, but we'll also see snowy conditions, but i think so many are hoping for that this time of year we've got 28 states in these alerts as the system work eventually offshore through the day today. the snow will start to taper off, too, but not before we see it disrupt all of the travel and activities across the mid atlantic and northeast today and the lake-effect snow continues east of the lakes, downwind of those lakes as we get into tomorrow, too and it could be heavy at times we could see the potential for another foot to two feet along those lakes. we're looking at one to four inches across that region. it will be impactful nonetheless. and still cold conditions, 36 million people dealing with cold alerts and temperatures anywhere

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j i t >> i took the air tag off my key, went to the thrift store, picked up a random something, 5 bucks, opened it up, put the air tag in it, put it in a shipping box and mailed it to myself. >> reporter: he only had to sit and wait, sure enough. only a couple minutes after it arrived at his doorstep, the same thief showed up and snagged it for himself >> as i got a little more zoomed in, i could see where they were in the neighborhood. >> reporter: with the help of the air tag, josh and police caught up to that guy from the video a few blocks away, a man named blair liford he had gotten rid of the cheap cups, but for some reason, he kept the air tag in his bag, which led to his arrest. it's not the first time josh used an air tag to track something stolen just a couple years ago he used one to track his wife's stolen trailer to a home. >> i called the cops again, they came and chased the guy off, i

guess. he ran, but we got the trailer back >> reporter: wait a second what ever happened to those cheap cups the porch pirate walked off with? believe it or not, josh spotted them while driving just a day later. >> some dude just had it they were sitting at a bus stop or on a bench, and i pulled over and walked over and said nice cups, where did you get them nice, friendly, kind he said someone gave them in to me, here >> reporter: he admits he has no need for these tacky christmas cups, but while they sit on his dining room table they serve as a reminder of the time he thought outside of the box and got his box back >> what are the chance force all of tchances for all of that to happen. still to come, the first details on the latest disney channel series right after this channel series. right after this. than just work. like when it needs to be a big soft shoulder to cry on. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher,

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