new overnight, a tax break for parents who need it the most the big win for bipartisanship in the house coming after an explosive hearing on capitol hill the tech leaders facing the fury of parents of kids harmed by social media we're live with how it could make the platform safer. breaking news from boise where a hangar collapsed near the airport killing three and injuring more. a one-two punch of storms

set to pummel california with heavy rain and powerful winds. michelle grossman is tracking when the worst will make landfall the fed is finishing the fight against inflation by h holding interest rates steady. bad news for families, friends and free loaders why the days of mooching off others' hulu account is coming to an end. but hey, "early today" is still free we're kicking off february "early today" starts right now hi there, thanks for being with us, i'm frances rivera we begin with possible financial relief coming to millions of families the house has passed a bill to expand the child tax credit for another three years. this plan would give more help to families that do not earn enough income to take full advantage of the $2,000 credit analysts predict that this plan would raise about half a million children out of poverty. the bill also includes several

tax breaks for businesses, including deductions for research and development and new interest expensing the bill now goes to the senate where it is unclear if it has the 60 votes it needs in order to pass. lawmakers hope to get it approved within the next few weeks so it can apply to this tax season it comes on the heels of an emotional day on capitol hill where tech ceos were grilled about the dangers children face online they are facing pressure to do so much more >> reporter: good morning, frances. this is not the first time social media firms have been called to capitol hill, one member saying that this is the annual flogging. but bipartisan pressure is mounting to pass new laws that rein in social media companies in a senate hearing room packed with family members whose kids they say were harmed by social

media. >> how many more kids like matthew. >> like olivia >> like riley. >> reporter: the ceos of meta, tiktok, x and other social media platforms facing the anger of lawmakers, increasingly concerned about the impact of their companies on the lives of young people >> the companies before us, i know you don't mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. you have a product, you have a product that's killing people. >> reporter: the social media executives say they are stepping up measures to protect users, working with law enforcement and using a.i. to identify harmful content. >> safety is one of the core priorities that defines tiktok under my leadership. we currently have more than 40,000 trust and safety professionals working to protect our community globally >> reporter: meta ceo mark zuckerberg pressed to apologize to families in the room. >> they're here. you're on national television. would you like to apologize now

to the families who have been harmed show them the pictures would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people >> reporter: zuckerberg did apologize, saying i'm sorry for all you've been through, but companies are not doing enough to stop exploitation and drug dealing on their platforms, and they are pushing a slough of bills to hold them accountable >> i'm tired of this it's been 28 years, everyone's double-talk, double-talk >> reporter: the deep pockets of the social media companies are powerful and hold considerable sway on capitol hill dick durbin calling this a moment of reckoning to protect children on social media >> drew, thank you breaking overnight, a hangar under construction at an airport in boise, idaho collapsed killing three people nine others were injured and five are in critical condition

at a nearby hospital the scene was very chaotic and the collapse was called catastrophic as the u.s. say it's preparing a response to the drone attack in jordan that killed three soldiers, we learning new details about the strike plan. the biden administration has blamed the militant group it says is funded by and armed by iran iran denies having ordered the attack for the latest, let's go live to claudio lavanga. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, the u.s. is officially blaming the islamic resistance in iraq. an umbrella group that represents several radical militias that are backed by iran for that attack, the drone attack on sunday night as part of the retaliation, the u.s. is talking about a campaign of attacks that could last for weeks, including outside of iran now officials told nbc news that the targets haven't been finalized yet, but it is likely the strikes will be carried out

on several locations, several countries and they may also include cyber attacks. in spaengse anticip in anticipation of that, many militias are evacuating their base, one of them at least said, announced that they hwill susped attacks against u.s. bases we're also learning more information about the consequences of that drone attack on sunday the national guard bureau says at least 41 guardsman were injured in that attack 27 of them are back on duty, but 14 still need medical attention and evaluation, even though their condition is considered stable now elsewhere in the region, the u.s. military said that earl three morning they carried out strikes against a ground location station for drones as well as attacks on ten drones

that the u.s. says were posing a threat to commercial vessels in the region frances? >> claudio, thank you. actor alec baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter he was indicted on a single charge for the accidental shooting on the set of "rust", which killed halyna hutchins baldwin said the firearm he was holding had been deemed safe with no live ammunition. a judge dismissed a case disney had against ron desantis. the judge ruled that the company had no standing to bring the lawsuit. a disney spokesperson suggested they will appeal the governor's office says the days of disney being placed above the law are gone in the event of an invasion of taiwan, china would seek to

devastate american infrastructure by a cyber attack to try to keep the oust from co u.s. from coming to taiwan's defense >> reporter: the fbi director sounding the alarm >> china's hackers are positioning on american infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to american sit secitizensd communities. >> reporter: and christopher wray announcing the take down of a hacking organization >> the fbi ran an on-network operation to shut down volt typhoon and the access it enabled. steps china was taking, in other words, to find and prepare to destroy or degrade the civilian critical infrastructure that keeps us safe and prosperous >> reporter: other officials say china poses the world's greatest

cyber threat and they warn that americans remain vulnerable. u.s. cyber security chief jen easterly describing the devastating impact of a potential massive chinese cyber attack >> telecommunications going down people start getting sick from polluted water trains get derailed. air traffic control systems, port control systems are malfunctioning this is truly an everything everywhere all at once scenario. >> reporter: china believes that sort of cyber attack would crush any american will to defend taiwan from a chinese invasion in a statement to nbc news, a chinese government spokesman denied china hacks into foreign net work, calling it irresponsible criticism. one thing that didn't come up at the hearing was america's own offensive cyber capabilities, which are substantial and rarely discussed. but u.s. officials say they would follow international law in the event of a cyber war and not target civilian networks not

linked to the military back to you. >> ken, thank you. a peen ineapple express bri heavy rain and wind to san francisco. a massive tree toppled onto a home trapping a girl inside. san diego is bracing for impact as the system heads south just a week after heavy floods overtook the region let's bring in nbc plemeteorolos michelle grossman who's tracking the storm. >> we're looking at a stream of moisture continuing to move onshore. brighter colors mean heavier rain we could see three to four feet of snow in the highest elevations and one to three inches of rain on already-soggy ground >> we're looking at the chance for flash flooding 32 million people under wind alerts, 22 million under flood

alerts and 1 million under winter alerts. it does continue today into tomorrow a little break on saturday before another system comes onshore sunday into monday here's the first storm looking at the chance for flash bl flooding but for tomorrow, rain and snow pushing into the great basin, also the rockies the snow will continue friday. rain moving into the mississippi valley by saturday then we're liking at storm number two sunday intoonda m plains temperatures soaring into the mid-70s in spots 73 in dallas that's yours thuyour thursday

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new details this morning about the u.s.' plan to strike back after the deadly strike that killed three americans in jordan why the response could last for weeks. social media ceos put on blast during a hearing mark zuckerberg apologizing to families tech's top leaders facing the dark side of theer