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 the internet, but

will social platforms get any safer? the pandemic's impact still being felt in america's schools. a new study shows the lingering effects from a nationwide learning loss. and this barbie is breaking her silence. margo robbie speaks out, but it's not her dream house she's defending. a disney deal that might seem like magic. how a man managed to get an $8 ticket to the happiest place on earth. it's thursday, february 1st. "early today" starts right now hi there good to be with you, i'm frances rivera new this morning, the house has passed a bill to expand the child tax credit for another three years. the plan also would help families that do not earn enough income to take full advantage of the $2,000 credit. this bill will allow the credit they do earn to apply for each child they have. the "washington post" used this example. currently, a single mother of three making $10,000 a year

would get a credit of $1250. under the new bill, that amount would triple, because she has three children 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 lawmakers are hoping to approve this deal within the next several weeks so it will apply to this tax season the bill now goes to the senate, and it is unclear if it has the 60 votes needed to pass. it was an emotional day in d.c. for many parents, as they listened to social media ceos answer for the dangers kids face online here's case snow >> reporter: the ceos of discord, snap, tiktok and meta met by parents whose children they say were victim identified on the platforms >> 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 topic, sexual predators targeting young people through social media and the blackmailing of teens tricked into sharing explicit photos mary says it happened to her son riley who then took his own life >> riley died on march 30, 2021, when he was a victim of section employtation on facebook's messenger app. >> would you like to apologize to the victims show them the pictures >> reporter: in a dramatic moment, meta ceo mark zuckerberg stood to address the parents [ inaudible

>> when he stood up, he said i'm sorry for your pain. but i don't really think he's sorry for my pain. >> reporter: the ceos choosing to keep their remarks to their testimony. who did you think he was >> he said he lived about ten minutes away he was my age, like 14, 15, just a regular boy. >> reporter: ellen, whose last name we agreed to withhold was 14 years old when she started communicating on snapchat with a person she thought was a teen. >> i'd never had attention from a boy before that. so this all new area for me. >> reporter: she said she sent innocent photos of herself and the boy soon began sending sexually explicit pictures naked photos? >> correct >> reporter: more than once? >> yes but his face was never in it >> reporter: her mom had no clue >> she sat next to me on the couch probably talking to him. >> reporter: and you had no clue >> i had no idea

>> reporter: when was the first indication something was wrong >> when homeland security came to my work a man outside our state had been talking to my daughter and had a plane ticket with her name and he's ready to come get her >> reporter: to take her away. >> to take her away. >> reporter: according to a department of homeland security spokesperson, that man who'd been messaging ellen had been communicating with other minors on social media. he has since pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. ellen is now thriving and in college but the ordeal devastated her and led to thoughts of suicide. >> i didn't see a purpose in life anymore i thought my life was over after that >> reporter: snap's ceo was apologetic >> words can not begin to express the profound sorrow i feel, that as a service we designed to bring happiness and joy has been used to cause harm. >> reporter: they called it illegal and against our

policies, adding, we work diligently to prevent predators from misusing and abusing snapchat on the hill, senators pushing for a number of bills to address children's safety on social media. what difference will today really make? >> ah, this was a unique hearing. i think there's a major change, because the families, real people behind them and because of the fact that the members are focussing a lot of their wrath, yes, on the companies, but on why are you opposing these bills. >> reporter: there are at least a half-dozen bills proposed on capitol hill, around social media, everything from requiring them to do more to protect kids' safety to creating a new criminal offense around distributing sexual imagery, all the way to saying that these companies must be held civilly liable for things that are said on their platforms, which is not the case right now chuck schumer, the majority leader in the senate says that these issues are a top priority right now. back to you. >> kate, thank you

an update now to a grisly story in pennsylvania. justin moen is in custody accused of beheading his father michael whose wife found the body in the family home. initially there were concerns about threat to the public >> at first there was panic because they think someone's on the loose who just decapitated his father >> but it didn't take long for police to track down a suspect he was arrested at a national guard base 100 miles away without incident earlier he had uploaded a video where he showed the severed head and spewed conspiracy theories he is scheduled for a hearing next week. as the u.s. say it's preparing a response to the drone attack in jordan that killed three soldiers, we are learning new details about the strike plan. the biden administration has blamed a militant group it says is funded by iran. iran denies having ordered the attack let's go to claudio lavanga. good morning what's the latest?

>> reporter: good morning, frances. the u.s. now officially blames the islamic resistance in iraq, an umbrella group of radical militias backed by iran for that attack on sunday that ended up with the death of three american soldiers who are now, at least according to officials, the part of the retaliation, the campaign could carry on for weeks and could include locations outside of iran. nbc news was told that targets are not finalized yet, but the strikes are likely to take place in several locations, several countries and will also include cyber attacks. as a consequence, a senior iraqi official told nbc news that several or many militants, many militias that could become targets of course by the u.s. have started to evacuate their bases. at least one of them, again, according to that official, has already announced that they will suspend attacking, the attacks against u.s. bases now, as you mentioned, we are

also learning new details of the consequences of that attack on sunday that killed three american soldiers. the national guard bureau said at least 41 guardsmen were also injured in the attack. 27 of them have already returned to duty while 14 others still need medical attention and evaluation even though their condition are stable staying in the region, this morning, early this morning cent com said u.s. military striked or carried out strikes in yemen against a drones ground station ran by, station controlled, runned by the houthi rebels as well as attacks by ten drones that the u.s. says pose d an imminent threat against vessels in the region. new york city police stepping up patrols in times square after a group violently attacked two officers over the weekend. new video show police trying to cuff a man outside a migrant

facility when a group jumps in and starts kicking them. authority arrested five of the men but are still searching for several more investigators say they were all migrants both officer injured with cuts, but they recovering of the a atmospheric river is rushing down the west coast. michelle grossman is tracking that system and the next one on the way. good morning, michelle >> great to see you. that heavy rain continues, and we're going to see that continuing today into tomorrow and a more powerful storm sunday into monday. waking up to to llots of alerts 32 million under wind alerts we could see power outages as well 1 million under winter alerts. as we go throughout time here, we're le we're looking at soaking rain. rain and snow pushing into the great basin. by tomorrow the snow intensifying in the rockies.

and strong storms developing as we near saturday, storms advance into the mississippi valley california getting a break before another atmospheric river comes onshore sunday into monday this is a more powerful one, rain, snow hitting california again. a chance for flooding and high . temperatures in the 70s. 73 in dallas 72 houston all right, frances, there's your thursday forecast e. forecast see you in a bit, angie, oh, michelle sorry, habit the lesson from the pandemic how students are rebounding from

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american students suffered major learning loss during the covid-19 pandemic. and while a new study finds they are recovering, the impact could be long lasting. our blayne alexander digs into the recovery effort. >> reporter: it was a troubling trademark of the pandemic. students learning through computer screens with growing concern over just how much they would be setback in the first of its kind study, experts are discovering how quickly quickly students are recovering, comparing scores from 2019 to 2022 with those from 2023. while many students have made gains, they are still far behind pre-pandemic scores. in math, which took the hardest hit, students have made up about a third of that regression and in reading 25%. >> suggests we're on our way to a full recovery. we're certainly not there yet, but i think we've made up a lot

more ground in one year than many people would have predicted. certainly more than we've ever made historically in one year. >> reporter: but the numbers also show the education gap between wealthy and low income districts only widened with the pandemic >> my worry is that the educational legacy of the pandemic will be a persistent widening of equality >> reporter: a $122 billion federal relief package to help fund programs is set to end in september. how critical is that money when it comes to your recovery? >> it was pair amount. >> reporter: dr. mark sullivan, superintendent of birmingham schools where math test scores have almost returned to pre-pandemic levels. he credits staff support, but when the money goes away >> we really have to be strategic in only keeping those programs we can afford that really move the needle

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get the rest to be your best with non-habit forming zzzquil. ♪ ♪ we told you yesterday about a gun-shaped hole in virginia that became a neighborhood landmark now our richmond affiliate reports that crews filled the hole with cement, but in just hours, someone scooped it back out. residents complained the city has more important issues to be concerned with this is similar to a rathole in chicago that went viral. it is in danger of being removed because it is drawing too many

crowds an illinois officer made an important delivery natalie martinez has more from our chicago affiliate. >> reporter: late on the night of january 6, diomande was ending a two-day food fast >> i was hungry, so i ordered some doordash. >> reporter: the delivery app showed that his delivery wasn't moving >> i see the car stopped one block from the house so i'm chatting with doordash to figure out what happened >> reporter: and little did he know that the reason his doordash driver was down the street a block away is because he was getting pulled over by police >> i'm, i keep calling, he didn't answer. so i'm texting with doordash back and forth they didn't call, they finally said they would refund my money. >> reporter: then a shock of a

lifetime >> your driver ran into some trouble. so we're delivering for him. sorry if it's late or anything >> i'm just literally, just cussed him out >> he's in the back of one of our squad cars >> this is an extra step they didn't have to do. >> reporter: last week a similar situation where a deputy dropped off a delivery to another pleasantly-surprised resident. the village of oak park said in part, customer service and community policing are more important than ever and we're grateful that one of our officers immediately jumped into action demond learned the driver was stopped on a warrant >> we found out the address. so we wanted to make sure you get your food. >> reporter: he didn't get a chance to say it to the awesome officer then >> i tell him now, thank you >> our thanks to natalie martinez for that report before we go, let's take to

you the scottish behind of shetland where hundreds of torch bearers set a replica viking ship ablaze. for the first time in its 143-year history, women and girls joined the group and led the procession thanks for watchin

right now at 5:00, as you wake up this morning you might see some flooding outside your window or along your morning route after a long night of rain. there's still more rain in the forecast. we will help you track the atmospheric river as it slowly moves out of here. the white house issuing a new proposal for drugmakers. we are moving you forward with a change that could soon lower prices. and california lawmakers unveil the first