breaking overnight, the 2024 rematch is officially set. president biden and donald trump

going head to head again, after locking up their parties' nominations. we're live in d.c. with how testimony from a special counsel is already underscoring the bitter divisions between the two parties. a massive explosion kills two people inside and stuns a pennsylvania neighborhood. what investigators believe may have sparked the blast problems piling up for boeing the dozens of issues uncovered on the 737 max production line and new details about the dreamliner that suddenly plunged in midair. on a collision course for trouble? and with texas hold'em at the top of the charts, beyonce is ready to lay leher cards down it's wednesday, march 13th "early today" starts right now good morning, glad you're up early with me. i'm frances rivera

we begin with breaking news. a sequel to the 2020 election is officially in the works. as more primary results are counted, nbc news projects that president joe biden and former president trump have each one the magic number of delegates they need to secure their nominations. at the end of february, a "new york times" poll showed that president biden was trailing among registered voters. but this was before the state of the union address. a cnn poll found that most viewers had a positive reaction to the president's message a debate over president biden's handling of classified documents has been reignited on capitol hill the man in charge of that investigation, robert hur, was grilled by members of both parties over his decision not to charge the president over the mishandling of classified materials. hi, brie, the special council report raised major concerns about the president's memory >> reporter: good morning, frances, that's right. this is the bombshell report that included damaging

accusations about the president's mental fitness on capitol hill, hur defended, including his report that he would present to the jury as an elderly man with a poor memory, calling those words accurate and fair a full transcript of president biden's questioning under oath has been released, and he was asked about one section where he said that president biden seemed to have photographic recall. >> you said to president biden, you have, appear to have, a photographic understanding and recall of the house. did you say that to president biden? >> those words do appear on page 47 of the transcript >> never appeared in your report, though, is that correct? the word photographic? >> it does not appear in my report >> reporter: hur was also grilled by republicans over his decision not to pursue charges

against president biden. former president trump is facing 40 criminal charges over his handling of classified materials. mr. trump and many republicans are calling this unequal treatment. but the hur report notes that, when given multiple chances to return the documents, mr. trump allegedly did the opposite and also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence now, in contrast, the report says president biden cooperated with the investigation the white house says it's time to move on from this report. frances? >> brie, thank you this morning the house is set to vote on a bill that could effectively ban the popular app tiktok in the united states. house leaders expect the bill to pass with strong bipartisan support, even with some democrats raising free speech concerns. >> but questions remain on whether the bill will get through the senate, where there is seemingly a larger party line gap. >> i haven't come to a final decision as to whether or not it

should be banned i'd rather see tiktok step forward and divest themselves of any chinese involvement. >> -- unconstitutional >> of course i do. >> absolutely i would support it i don't think it's a perfect bill, but it's better than nothing. >> tiktok ceo is expected to meet with senators on the hill today and tomorrow new this morning, the slim republican majority in the house is getting even smaller. colorado's ken buck announcing he will be stepping down at the end of next week buck already said he would not be running for reelection this year, but his early resignation caught some of his colleagues off guard, including house speaker mike johnson who can only afford two defections on legislation. a special election will take place on june 25th to align with the already-scheduled presidential primary the white house announced a surprise new $300 million weapons package for ukraine. pentagon officials say they were able to come up with the money through savings on long had been

term contracts with weapons makers, bypassing the gridlock that's kept congress from passing new ukraine aid for months and russian president putin has fired his top naval commander, according to the "new york times," citing a ukrainian and western official russia has lost 15 ships in six months putin also warned in a new interview overnight that russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there's a threat to its sovereignty. this morning, a ship is on its way to gaza from cyprus, carrying nearly 200 tons of desperately-needed food. the boat o"open arms" was dispatched by world central kitchen to deliver food aid to disaster areas let's go to clahapman bell. do we know when this aid will arrive >> reporter: good morning, frances. as you say, that ship is on its way, but moving slowly with that heavy load and should arrive

tomorrow but world central kitchen, working with their international partners, including the uae and cyprus, say this maritime dispatch is just the beginning and the organization's founder, chef jose andres speaking with kristen welker, had this to say about this mammoth task. take a listen. >> we are trying to build a 60 to 70-meter jetty into the sea that will give us the option to safely download the first cargo, and from that jetty build a bigger one that will allow us to hopefully bring more and more boats, bigger and bigger quantities but, again, i still, failure is a possibility. but what we cannot do is use failed the people of gaza. >> reporter: here you can see the construction of that jetty still under way, as the people of gaza continue to get fed any way possible, such as at this

soup kitchen, seen here. and u.s. military vessels are under way to set up that docking system as part of president biden's plan it could take up to two months to be fully operational. but once in place, up to 2 million meals or 2 million bottles of water could be pushed ashore every day as people try to get all the aid they can into gaza, frances? >> hope it all goes smoothly for that much-needed relief. chapman, thank you a massive explosion outside of pittsburgh leveled a house and killed the two people living there. officials in crescent township naming the couple as married couple the cause has not yet been determined, but there was a private gas well and propane tanks on the property. it comes seven months after a similar disaster killed six people in the same county. there's growing scrutiny for boeing this morning. a federal audit uncovering dozens of problems with the 737

max jet at facilities owned by the company and one of its key suppliers, as we learn new details about a terrifying mid-airdrop involving a boeing plane. here's tom costello. >> reporter: the focus for investigators, that terrifying nosedive off new zealand that injured dozens passengers say the latam pilot claimed he suddenly lost control of the boeing 787 g 787 whether flwhen the flight data computers went dark. a warning was issued that if they are not reset every 22 days they could shut themselves down, which could result in flight controls that don't respond and a temporarily loss of controllability. >> investigators will look at whether the airplane was completely depowered at one point in the last three weeks. >> reporter: meanwhile, two months since that mid-air max nine emergency, sources say boeing has failed 33 of 89 faa

audits the faa saying it identified noncompliance issues in boeing's manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage and product control. >> if we see something that requires us to, to cease production or pull something down, we'll do that. >> reporter: in an e-mail, boeing's clehief of commercial planes called on every employee to precisely every step of their processes. while in south carolina, john barnett took his own life before his upcoming trial against the company. in 2019, barnett told nbc news, boeing was putting proflts ahead of safety. >> from day one, it's just all been about schedule and hurry up and just get it done push the planes out. >> reporter: in a statement, boeing says we are saddened by mr. barnett's passing and our thoughts are with his family and friends. under intense strutcrutiny, the company is calling on every employee to be on the lookout for safety or quality issues and

don't be afraid to speak up. back to you. a former jacksonville jaguars financial manager has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for fraud plus three years of supervised release. the 31-year-old, amit patel ple guilty to stealing through their virtual credit card program. they say he used insider information to go unnoticed for 40 months while making hundreds of fraudulent transactions more snow on the week out west and the milder temperatures for us in the east >> good morning, frances we just got to get those roads cleared after all the snow that folks are going to keeldeal wit over the next couple days, and yes, skiing will be great over the rockies. winter alerts in that region, thanks to this system that's going to work its way a little farther to the east.

i mentioned travel, roads will be difficult whiteout conditions are likely we'll see more snow for that region as we get through tomorrow but we'll watch for the potential for storms today here's today's look. kansas city right in the bull's eye of that. hail looks to be the biggest threat we'll see that move a hlittle farther east we've also got red flag warning up for parts of texas, new mexico we've got really strong winds, low humidity we know this causes problems when it comes to fire weather. we'll be watching this through the day todae showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. and 73 degrees with full sunshine in tucson

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