president biden set to address the nation in his final state of the union speech before the presidential election. what you can expect to hear from

him, and who will be in attendance the 2024 race now down to one candidate in each party. after nikki haley drops her republican primary bid but stopped short of endorsing the former president a verdict in the "rust" verr mo armorer trial. max, now the latest streamer to crackdown on password sharing. what it means for subscribers. and body camera footage capturing a race against time in michigan to find a toddler who wandered away from his home. the k-9 who found him, and the handler opening up about the incredible moment he tracked the boy down good morning i'm frances rivera the stage is set for president biden to outline his vision for the country, as he also hopes to prove that he is ready for another full term. >> mr. president, how's the

state of the union >> state of the union is strong. >> during tonight's state of the union address, the president says he will outline his plans for student debt relief, banning assault weapons and restoring a woman's right to choose. first lady jill biden has invited kate cox to be one of her guests, cox fought the abortion ban in texas. the white house says the president hwill lift up persona stories like kate's. the parents of evan gershkovich have been invited. he has been detained in russia since last march and parents of those who have been kidnapped or murdered by hamas. the general election is off to an unofficial start with nikki haley ending her campaign, president biden and former president trump are battling to win over her supporters.

nbc's garrett haake has the latest >> reporter: the rematch, though polls show most americans don't want it, after their massive wins in nearly every super tuesday contest, president biden and former president trump appear set for another face-off, with nikki haley now dropping out of the republican race >> in all likelihood, donald trump will be the republican nominee when our party convention meets in july i congratulate him and wish him well >> reporter: haley then challenging her former boss whom she pointedly did not endorse. >> it 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. >> reporter: the battle now on for her backers. president biden urging haley's supporters to join him in opposing mr. trump, writing, i know there's a lot we won't agree on i hope and believe we can find common ground. mr. trump inviting haley's supporters to join, quote, the greatest movement in the history

of our nation, while boyeasting haley got trounced the former president carrying 14 of 15 states, from minnesota to california allowing trump to focus fully on president biden. >> he's the worst president in the history of our country there's never been anything like what's happening to our country. >> reporter: mr. trump also securing the endorsement of mitch mcconnell, who had sharply criticized the former president's conduct around january 6th and was the last remaining member of republican congressional leadership not to support his return to the white house. but mcconnell praising trump, writing, during his presidency, we worked together to accomplish great things for the american people despite her big defeats, haley did attract more than a quarter of the vote in many primaries. trump's challenge, haley voters unwilling to shift their support. >> there's no way i want trump in office.

>> reporter: meanwhile, nbc news projecting president biden won nearly every democratic contest, except for a surprising loss in the american samoa caucus. recent polls show mr. trump leading mr. biden in head-to-head matchup within the margin of error. people shouldn't expect a big shif shift in the tone? >> why it's working the woman in charge of gun safety on the set of the western "rust" has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter armorer, hannah gutierrez reed faces up to 18 months in prison for the deadly shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was killed when a prop gun went off she will remain in custody until her sentencing which will likely be in april. new york is deploying the

national guard to its largest city to help address a recent spike in sub sway crime. governor hochul announced a force of about 1,000 state police and national guard. the move comes after a string of high-profile violent attacks hochul says the idea is for riders to feel safer >> no one heading to their job or to visit family or go to a dr. appo doctor appointment should worry that the person sitting next to them possesses a deadly weapon sense novince s since novem rebels have been attacking ships in the red sea and now they just caused their first deaths when three crew members aboard a vessel were killed by a ballistic missile. for the latest, let's go to

claudio lavan ga good morning tell us what happened. >> reporter: good morning, frances. the u.s. central command confirmed that on wednesday, that ship called "true confidence" was struck at about 11:30 in the morning by an anti-ship ballistic missile fired from area in yemen controlled by the houthi rebels. this is the latest in long series of attacks against merchant ships in the red sea by the houthis, but this is the first time someone gets killed in it. three sailors, two from the philippines, lost their lives and four other sailors, including some of them from the philippines, were injured. some of them, three of them are in critical conditions now the houthi immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks saying this was in response to the american-british aggression in yemen and said they targeted that particular ship because it ignored warnings from the yemeni navy

now a u.s. official in response to that attack said that not only now the houthi are disrupting global trade, but they are also killing soldiers who are just doing their jobs. the u.s. central command later in the day yesterday said they carried out attacks against two unmanned aerial vehicles again in an area in yemen controlled by the houthi. they say they with posing an immediate threat not only to merchant ships in the red sea but to u.s. navy ship stations there. back to you, frances >> claudio, thank you. late last night, alabama governor kay ivey signed a bill to protect in-vitro fertilization. patients and clinics 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 products are deemed to damage embryos. they called it a short-term measure and said there is more work to come long covid may cause harsher hangovers. researchers found it could be the reason for worsening hangover systems like headaches, nausea and fatigue. despite varying demographics and health backgrounds, the patients showed new onset sensitivity to alcohol. they had new symptoms when drinking similar or less than they had prior to covid. further research needs to be done with larger studies another drenched day for the east coast and severe weather is shaping up in the southern plains angie lassman is here to track it all more rain again for us, angie. >> re >> it's not all bad news we are going to see some of this rain moving out. and we'll get drier conditions in the picture for the northeast. still dealing with rain from

philadelphia to maine. we're starting to see that wrap up for places like washington, d.c. already seeing a sign of thesed into watches expiring this morning. many of those coming down, still a few left as this system exits, going to take most of the rain with it. going to see still some of these lingering showers, most of those, that shower that we'll see in the afternoon hours will be hugging the coast by the time we get into this afternoon and the evening hours our attention turns to the southern plains. we have the potential for strong storms, 6 million people at risk parts of oklahoma, texas, will see the potential for hail and wind gusts and we can't rule out a tornado. the same region is dealing with the potential tomorrow 20 million folks are at risk of seeing severe storms, same kind of impacts hwill remain. it does include dallas, little rock, extending into new orleans. this will be a day and evening that we will have to watch foret

80 degrees on tap as we get into orlando, mid-80s for miami with rain and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you >> thanks so much, angie coming up, live, it's saturday night the star picking up hosting duties this week but first, elon musk sues a company he helped found. why he says open a.i. isn't open anymore. s open a.i. isn't open anymore. with just one capsule a day of advanced hair complex. conquer hair thinning... ...and fall in love with your hair all over again. only from nature's bounty. ever notice how stiff clothes can feel rough on your skin? for softer clothes that are gentle on your skin, try downy free & gentle downy will soften your clothes without dyes or perfumes.

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microsoft. elwyn lopez reports. >> reporter: tech giants at war. billionaire elon musk taking on open a.i., complaining the non-profit he helped fund is now a for-profit entity with ties to microsoft. >> suddenly, it's like a $90 million for-profit corporation with closed source i don't know how you go from here to there. is this legal? >> reporter: musk is now suing the company and its founders, alleging in part that its entire development is veiled in secrecy. >> it should be renamed for maximum profit a.i so, because this is what it actually is. >> i think musk does things, because he's got a pretty strong passion for what he feels has to be done on a.i >> reporter: walter isaacson penned musk's official biography. he says the billionaire has long been concerned about big tech dominance in the a.i. space.

>> he was worried that two big companies, google and microsoft might someday control a.i. so he and sam altmann started open a.i what musk wanted was for it to be open, open source and non-profit and that was what they decided >> just let me know what you need help with >> reporter: we took to chatgpt, an open a.i. product to see what it had to say. in one word, is open a.i. open >> in one word, i would say partially. >> reporter: partially how >> it operates with a mix of open and proprietary services. it retains certain technologies and capabilities for commercial purposes >> reporter: now open a.i. is moving to dismiss elon's claims, releasing e-mails that allegedly show the tech founder agreed that parts of the company's science could be closed. at one point in 2018, yelon reportedly suggested a merger with tesla to stay competitive we may wish it otherwise, but

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finding a precious footprint, letting everyone know they were closing in on their mission. >> i know. >> reporter: a mission accomplished kuno doing what he does best >> what a feeling to bring that child back home. >> yeah, oh, yeah. probably best feeling within the job. >> reporter:'s ju it's just the latest chapter for the belgian malinois kuno's located six missing kids, several suspects and endured multiple stab wounds two years ago when he was sent in to catch a suspect. >> there's a good chance the k-9's going to be shipped immediately to michigan state university for the injuries. >> reporter: after a full recovery, kuno was back at it, saving lives a career this veteran officer may soon be celebrating with retirement >> it's time to get ready to retire, relax and be a dog that can relax at home. >> reporter: till then, kuno enjoyed perks of a job well done a chicken dinner for a hard-working k-9 that stays on

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