all eyes on president biden's state of the union tonight. from the southern border to tensions overseas, and of course, the upcoming fight for

the white house. our team in d.c. joins live with what to expect from the president's fourth annual address. kcrackdown in the big apple new york's governor deploying hundreds of national guardsmen in the transit system. a jury hands down a guilty verdict for the armorer who loaded alec baldwin's gun on the set of "rust". we explain ahead max hits pause on password sharing, the latest platform to stop subscribers from sharing accounts karen tso joins us live. hi, barbie the icons they are honoring later on the show. it's thursday, march 7th "early today" starts right now good morning glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera we begin in santa fe where the

jury found the armorer for the western film "rust" guilty of involuntary manslaughter hann hannah gutierrez reed faces up to 18 months in prison for the death of halyna hutchins >> we find the defendant hannah gutierrez reed guilty. >> reporter: stoic her mom emotional as she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and not guilty of tampering with evidence. she now faces up to 18 months in prison during the nearly two-week criminal trial, witnesses described a reckless environment on the new mexico set, with weapons and ammunition left unattended >> this was a game of russian roulette every time an actor had a gun with dummies >> reporter: and emotional testimony from dave halls, the assistant director who handed the gun to baldwin baldwin fired the gun, killing halyna hutchins. >> did you speak to ms. hutchins

when you approached her? >> i did >> what did you say? >> are you all right >> did she respond >> yes she said i can't feel my legs. >> reporter: halls took a plea deal last year but the defense arguing gutierrez reed had two jobs during filming, as the armorer and props assistant. the workplace safety investigator testifying that she was not given enough time to ensure safety protocols were met. >> they adopted a firearms safety policies, but they totally failed to enforce them >> reporter: in closing arguments, defense attorney jason bowles doubling down on blaming alec baldwin who has pled not guilty to involuntary manslaughter >> mr. baldwin going off script and pointing the weapon. ms. gutierrez wasn't in the church >> reporter: but the prosecutor

not buying the argument, delivering brutal and convincing final words to the jury. >> she was negligent she was careless she was thoughtless. >> reporter: chloe melas nbc news, new york president biden is getting ready to deliver what may be one of the most important speeches of his political career. >> mr. president, how's the state of the union >> state of the union is strong. >> tens of millions of people will tune in to the state of the union address tonight. it is one of the biggest audiences the president will have a chance to address as he runs for reelection. brie jackson joins us from d.c. with the preview what can we expect to see tonight? >> reporter: this is a big opportunity for the president to try and make his case to voters. we can expect to hear a hot ab lot about accomplishments on infrastructure and lowering health care costs. he says there is more work to be done including getting student debt relief and restoring a

woman's right to choose. first lady jill biden has invited kate cox to be her guest. cox fought the abortion bill in texas when her health was in danger and she needed emergency care the audience will include 17 family members of americans captured or killed by hamas. they will be guests of a group of bipartisan leaders including speaker speaker johnson and hakeem jeffries the parents of evan gershkovich have also been invited tim kaine invited the first american to ever be born using in-vitro fertilization as his guest after alabama's supreme court decision put in-vitro procedures in jeopardy the republican response will be by katie britt, the first woman to represent alabama in the

senate now senator britt will be in the national spotlight >> another busy night in washington for us. and the country. brie, thank you. it is now all but certain that president biden will face former president trump in the general election trump's last primary rival, nikki haley suspended her campaign mr. trump invited haley supporters to join his movement. but haley has not yet given her endorsement. >> it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. and i hope he does that. >> president biden urged haley supporters to back him instead, saying that he believes it is possible to find common ground in new york city, governor kathy hochul is deploying hundreds of national guard members to the subway to help combat a recent spike in crime here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: in new york city subway riders are on edge. >> i don't feel safe >> reporter: crime is rising on the trains, according to nypd

data in recent weeks, multiple violent assaults, including this terrifying moment when a woman bashed cellist ian forrest in the head, performing on a subway platform the second time he's been attacked >> they say lightning doesn't strike twice, but this was a terrible moment of deja vu >> reporter: kathy hochul says she is assembling a team of 1,000, including the national guard and state police to help secure the massive transit system >> these brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system hadwill nob tolerated. >> reporter: teams will be stationed at the busiest and most problematic stations, searching bags civil liberties activists calling it overreaction and overreach. do you think you will have an impact on weapons getting on the subway with these bag searches >> absolutely. it's a deterrent and if anyone's thinking of coming into the subway system with a weapon, there's probably

a good chance they're going to get caught >> reporter: mike kemper is the transit chief. the big problem, he says is repeat offenders >> we arrest people all the time who have 50-plus arrests, 100-plus arrests >> reporter: 77% of americans are concerned about a rise in crime, even though fbi data shows violent crime has been dropping nationwide since a spike in 2020. but multiple cities are taking steps to crack down. in philadelphia, the chief of police vowing to aggressively combat crime after three deadly shootings in a week involving the city's buses >> we're going to target every criminal code on the books >> reporter: in san francisco, voters passed two measures on tuesday aimed at law and order, including expanding police surveillance tools with more cameras and drones in new york city, they will also be adding cameras. in this control center, they can see every station. soon, they will have cameras on every subway car millions of people take the new

york city subway system every single day not everyone is going to get their bag checked. the transit chief says they will focus on the busiest stations and those places that have the most security issues the teams will rotate around they could pop up anywhere, and that's part of the strategy. back to you. >> thank you, stephanie. since november, the houthi rebels in yemen have been attacking merchant ship traffic in the red sea in what they say is solidarity with hamas in gaza nowg palestinian in gaza. let's go to claudio lavanga. tell us what happened. >> reporter: morning, frances. the u.s. central command confirmed that commercial ship called "true confidence" was navigating through the gulf of aden whether n it was suddenly k

by an anti-ship ballistic missile that is fired from yemen. this is the latest in attacks by the houthis. this is the first time that someone gets killed. now three sailors, as you mentioned, including two of them, were from the philippines, died they lost their lives while four others, again, some of them were from the philippines, were injured, and three of them are in critical conditions now the houthi rebels immediately claimed responsibility for the attack and in a statement they said this was in response to the american-british aggression on, against yemen and said that they targeted the ship after it ignored warnings by the yemeni navy now a u.s. official responded to the attack by saying that not only the houthi now disrupt global trade, but they also are killing international sailors who are just doing their jobs. now the u.s. central command said that later in the day they carried out strikes against two

unmanned aerial vehicles, against, again, in an area controlled by the houthi in yemen. they said they, or claimed they posed an immediate threat to vessels and u.s. navy ships in the region >> thank you late last night, alabama governor kay ivey signed a bill to protect in-vitro fertilization. under the new law, clinics and patients using ivf will not be held criminally responsible if an embryo is destroyed clinics had been putting treatments on hold ever since the alabama supreme court ruled that embryos are children. they could still face lawsuits if their products are found to damage embryos the governor says there is more work to come an unexpected development in the "hotel california" lyrics case prosecutors in new york abruptly droppi dropping the case.

prosecutors say late disclosures from eagles member don henley's legal team raised questions about the trial's fairness and continuing would be inappropriate. henley's team says he will continue to pursue the case. severe weather is brewing in the plains, while the east hopes to dry out nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all for us. good morning, angie. >> good morning, frances major improvements are going to happen across this region today. the northeast and parts of new england. we do still have a couple of areas under flood watches. maine, new hampshire included in that those will last through this evening. and we still have moisture as you get out the day early this morning. we're starting to see that wrap up in washington, d.c., philly and new york that system's going to get out of the picture, and then we'll turn our attention to the next system that's going to cross portions of the middle of the country. we're talking hail as the main threat today from texas to

oklahoma there's the system that i'm mentioning as we get into tomorrow we really start to see impacts ramping up snow across parts of the rockies over the next 24 hours, but the heavy rain will be something we'll have to deal with. and once again strong storms have a potential to develop from texas to the florida panhandle as we get into your saturday, we'll start to see somof thae t houston to mobile. orlando heads to 81 degrees and showers and thunderstorms on tap for miami today. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you >> thanks so much, angie in 60 seconds, "early today" returns with a warning for max users. the streaming platform is making changes that could kick you off your account if you share it how soon it could hit pause. e i.

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another streaming platform is cracking down on password sharing. warner bros. discovery max had hit pause on shared accounts karen tso is here to break it all down for us. good morning, karen. >> frances, good morning to you. netflix was the first to crackdown on free riders on the service. another streamer, max, will join the party. max, the platform formerly known as hbo max hadwill slam the dooo password sharing outside of households it has yet to be formally communicated to users of the service. they had adopt a similar practice to the one adopted by netflix and disney the inspiration here being netflix, max is hoping that this will drive meaningful growth opportunity. it does come ahead of another wave of international expansion.

this password crackdown approach has worked for netflix so far. it's actually grown its subscribers more than expected disney ceo bob iger in recent months said the move will drive monetization the ceo of max has declined to comment on how much extra revenue the crackdown will have for the business >> okay, karen, thank you. still to come. two stars of the screen team up for shakespeare on stage and his hook shot is inevitable josh brolin gears up for snl with a friendly pickup game coming up. a friendly pickup ga coming up.

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to come in this industry >> reporter: being part of the change in a male-dominated industry >> going into it, it was definitely difficult, but there are a lot more women coming into this industry, and i find a lot of women mentors who could help me and bring me up >> reporter: according to the bureau of labor statistics, 10.8 of the industry are women. >> you get a diversity of perspective and approach and if you've got the same guys doing the same thing, generation after generation, you don't innovate the more women that we see coming into the industry, the more women we can attract. >> reporter: working to bridge the gender gap in construction to pave the way for the next generation >> we're seeing growth, some natural, gradual growth in that space. but there's still more to be gained here. there have been years and years

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