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emergency. the hollywood hills slide into los angeles after another day of record rainfall. angie lassman is tracking what's now one of the wettest periods of california's history. king charles diagnosed with cancer prince harry making plans to fly back over the pond we're live in buckingham palace with the latest. a bipartisan border deal looks like it could end the immigration fight on capitol hill, but republicans are calling it dead on arrival now the president is stepping in as impeachment articles against his homeland security secretary move forward what you need to know if you're planning to fly and we're getting a look at the full track list for taylor swift's newly-announced album. the surprised collaborators joining the tortured poets edition. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances

rivera the west coast is still feeling the impact of the powerful atmospheric river. president biden spoke with california's governor and the mayor of los angeles, promising that federal resources will be made available as soon as they are requested. in northern california, at least three people have been killed by fallen trees the los angeles area was drenched by more than a month's worth of rain in one day there's still a threat of more flash flooding and mudslides more than 200,000 power outages are reported across california near las vegas, several people were feared missing in an avalanche, but thankfully everyone was located nbc meteorologist angie lassman joins us with the latest on this storm. >> we're not done with this system just yet. we've still got the alerts up. we've got 29 million people still in the flood alerts, including portions of southern california, extending into arizona anw and wind alertsnd al

notice all the snow that we're going to see work to the west. we'll see places like the rockies picking up additional snowfall that will leave us with difficult travel for that region meanwhile, as we get into wednesday, the system works a little farther to the east but the showers and a few snowshowers as well continue to impact folks across the west we will see some of that difficult travel lasting for tomorrow as well, across portions of the rockies, and then the plains will start to see some of that impact as we wrap up the day tomorrow by the time thursday rolls around, it's the upper midwest, the northern plains that start to see the impact there. when it's all said and done, we'll have additional rainfall, frances that will pick up another inch or two across portions that already received a month's worth of rain in just a couple days. back over to you. >> hope they get that break soon, thank you, angie the shocking announcement from buckingham palace, less

than 18 months after his coronation britain's king charles has been diagnosed with cancer. the palace is not saying what kind, though the king was treated for prostate enlargement just less than a week and a half ago president biden said he and the first lady are praying for the king's recovery. let's go to chapman bell >> reporter: real front page news here, one, the king has cancer we also have king, i have cancer and followed by charles is so grateful they caught it early. and that goes without saying he was, just last month, being treated for a benign prostate enlargement. that's where he's said to, the doctors were said to have found this cancer. they are not saying what kind of cancer, but they're saying it is not prostate cancer.

through this treatment for the enlarged prostate they were able to find this kind of cancer and they caught it early and he's begun treatment. he traveled from sandringham to london to receive treatment as an outpatient. he's here in london this morning still. the diagnosis was made public, and that's due to his relationship with cancer-related charities over the years he wanted to come out and let people know that he was diagnosed, as he is of course the head of state. he's said to have told his sons personally, and we understand prince harry will be traveling from los angeles to london to be with his father, who he's not seen since his father's coronation prince william is set to resume public duties tomorrow he, of course, has been at his wife, the princess of wales' side since she received an operation last month we understand treatment is going and he is hopeful they caught it

early. >> news weighing heavily on the people of britain. thank you. on the first leg of his fifth whirlwind diplomatic tour of the middle east, secretary of state antony blinken met with mohammed bin salman. both endorsed more aid to gaza and a general reduction of tensions in the region without offering specific plans. during the 2020 campaign, president biden said saudi arabia a pariah. they say the prince had no direct role in the killing of jamal khashoggi, but regional crises have forced the two governments to work together in a race for the white house, there are concerns about candidate safety nikki haley's campaign has requested secret service protection as she continues her primary fight against donald trump. she has faced increased threats.

her home in south carolina was also the target of two recent swatting attacks the secret service has not responded to a request for comment. new this morning, the house rules committee has advanced articles of impeachment against secretary al hahejandro mayorkas it goes to the house floor for a vote house republicans have pushed for him to be ousted over his handling of the border crisis. overnight, president biden responded with his strongest condemna condemnation so far, calling it unprecedented and unconstitutional, saying it would do nothing to solve the problems at the border here's ryan nobles >> reporter: growing backlash to the newly-revealed bill designed to wife up border security house republicans calling it dead on arrival. >> i just don't believe that the senate bill meets the criteria necessary to solve the problem >> reporter: the new legislation

negotiated bay small group of bipartisan senators provides $60 billion to help support ukraine and $14.1 billion for israel but the battle is over $20 billion worth of reforms to the nation's migration system. the bill expands a number of detention facilities, allows for an emergency declaration when more than 5,000 migrants cross on a given day and raises the standards for migrants to qualify for asylum gop negotiator james lankford urging republicans to pass it. >> we weren't able to pass border security. >> reporter: president biden's supportive, too. >> we don't have enough agents we need help why won't they give me the help? >> reporter: but republican critics arguing the bill makes the crisis worse, including by still allowing migrants to reasonre brease released pending hearings. >> they've been releasing people without detaining them

this bill would say that's okay. >> reporter: but democrats insist republicans are taking their marching orders from former president trump our new nbc news poll show 57% of voters believe mr. trump would handle border security best just 22% picked mr. biden. >> they want to keep the border unsolved as a problem so that it benefits them in the upcoming election >> reporter: is president trump the one drive the house republicans? >> no. they had the border solved under the trump administration and the biden administration has completely undone all that work. >> reporter: some progressive democrats are concerned that the immigration reforms go too far, and they're also worried about unconditioned aid to israel. republicans met on monday night, trying to determine if there are enough votes to move forward or if they should just kill the bill >> ryan, thank you after the assault on two nypd officers more than a week ago, district attorney alvin

bragg says he will present charges to a grand jury today. police say 13 people were involved and that they were all migrants the officers suffered minor injuries travel conditions near reno, nevada are still treacherous after a snowstorm hit the area on sunday. snowplows have been working around the clock but now there's a new type of clean uh needed on interstate 80 after a semi truck filled with dr. pepper flipped on the highway. dozens of cases of soda spilled into the snow-covered median we are watching the middle of the country and a mid-winter warmup how toasty is it going to get for them go we've got record highs on tap today across the mid section of the country. 60 expect md denver. kansas city. little rock at 60 degrees. even chicago running ten degrees above normal you can see high 40s to low 60s

from milwaukee to tulsa. we've got kind of a stuck pattern, here. two systems on the tail end of the counted. but in the middle a ridge of high pressure. that means we are dealing with these warmer than normal temperatures from 15 to 25 degrees above normal over the next couple days and look at this more than two dozen potential record highs expected by the60s dallas. >> and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you it is no secret that storms are getting stronger due to climate change, and a new stud see proposing adding a category 6 to the hurricane wind scale. the current scale taps out at

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a construction worker stashed a chiefs flag underneath the stadium. our kansas city affiliate unearths the mystery >> reporter: not all heroes wear capes. some wear hard hats. then there's the super hero who plants the flag. acosta is somewhere in between the construction worker and life-long chiefs fan helped build ally jegiant stadim >> i got a text from my dispatch, they were going to send me out. once i seen that text, oh, my god, i got to take advantage of this i have to sign an agreement with my boss that said i wasn't going to pull off any stunts >> reporter: that was after this picture. legend has it that flag is buried in raider territory and then there's this one. >> after the super bowl last

year, i post one picture of one flag, said welcome to las vegas with the chiefs emblem saying that we're going to be playing in that stadium next year. >> everyone's wondering where is this flag at, bro? by the 50 yard line? where's this flag? >> um, right now, i'm pleading the fifth. >> reporter: we first told you about this story in 2017 when construction was under way, and once the chiefs beat the ravens? >> as soon as they won that last game, my phone was going off >> reporter: and the legend resurfaced >> do you like the raiders at all? >> who does? no >> reporter: most of his family members are actually raiders fans and support this guy who claims he dug up the flag. a las vegas station interviewed the labor union president who said it's not buried he has the flag. >> i'm not saying i gave him the correct one. >> reporter: so there's only one way to find out if the flag is

in enemy territory >>ly >> i had this idea, they will never let it happen, but come out at halftime with pick and shovel >> reporter: let's say everything goes right and they win the super bowl, how much of a role do you think you played in this? >> the chiefs, 1%. >> winning viebs frbes from thag now your favorite hockey stars will hit the ice in the olympics the national hockey league will send py toers compete in thel

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