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a bill that could effectively ban the app nationwide what the company is now saying as the battle moves to the senate with fighting boiling over in haiti, u.s. marines are going in to protect the american embassy in the island nation's capital. our team is live with the details of their mission stunning revelations, leaving one oklahoma town divided after residents learn one elected city official has ties to white supremacy. that official now facing a recall vote. his job? it's just snl host ryan gosling is bringing the kenergy to studio 8-h. and a litter of puppies rescued in the middle east now on u.s. soil with a mission, to reunite with the soldiers who saved them we'll introduce you to the nonprofit making it all happen it's thursday, march 14th. "early today" starts right now

glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera tiktok is one step closer to be potentially banned in the united states the house voting overwhelmingly to pass a bill that would give chinese parent company bytedance just six months to divest. the bill, which now goes to the senate, was quinspired by natiol security concerns. >> our intention is for tiktok to continue to operate, but not under the control of the chinese communist party. >> this legislation, if signed into law, will lead to a ban of tiktok in the united states. >> tiktok denies that its service is used for spying and says the company is not controlled by china. for more on why the app is seen as a risk, here's hallie jackson. >> reporter: it's not the trends that worry top u.s. officials but the threats they say tiktok poses, sounding the alarm about the popular app's chinese-based ownership. >> tiktok presents serious national security risks to the people of the united states.

>> americans need to ask themselves whether they want to give the chinese government the ability to control access to their data >> reporter: like many apps, tiktok collects user information like ip addresses, approximate location, synched contacts and more the concern, not only that china, the ccp, might be able to see that info but how they could use it, especially in an election year. >> you cannot rule out that the ccp could, again, use tiktok as a platform to influence 2024 elections, right >> we cannot rule out that the ccp could use it, correct. >> reporter: now, fears the chinese government could covertly spread mis and disinformation, all of it part of a bigger battle with one of the world's biggest economic powerhouses. >> i think this is one of the runs up the lad irof a cold war type dispute between the united states and china there are so many more opportunities for the chinese to influence the american population >> reporter: tiktok's already

banned on government-owned devices in the u.s. and countries like australia tiktok has long insisted it works to protect personal info, pointing out data is stored on a u.s.-based cloud >> the bottom line is this american data, stored on american soil, by an american company overseen by american personnel. >> reporter: in a letter to congress, tiktok says it's invested more than $1.5 billion to address concerns and argues u.s. data could be less secure if the company is sold back to you. >> hallie, thank you former president trump is expected to appear in florida courtroom today for a hearing over the classified documents found in his mar-a-lago estate trump's attorneys are expected to argue that the case should be thrown out, because of the presidential records act meanwhile, in georgia, a judge has dismissed six charges in the election interference case involving mr. trump, saying they were too vague it is still possible that

prosecutors could refile the counts and trump still faces ten other counts in that case. the former president has denied any wrongdoing new this morning, 160 days into the hamas-israel war, senate majority leader chuck schumer will give what his office is calling a major address on a pathway to peace between israelis and palestinians he will specifically address a two-state solution to the conflict the new york democrat has long been a supporter of israeli policies and later today, a ship carrying aid is expected to arrive in the gaza strip the ngo world central kitchen will deliver around 200 tons of desperately-needed food. the eu foreign minister has accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war. u.s. marines have been sent to haiti to guard the american embassy in the capital of port-au-prince escalating violence has pushed the country to the brink of outright civil war as criminal gangs vie for power.

let's go live to claudio lavanga who's following developments for us what do we know about the marines' mission >> reporter: good morning, frances. the u.s. military said in a statement that an antiterrorism security team, which is a special elite unit in the marine corps has been sent to the capital, port-au-prince to protect the u.s. embassy, which will remain open, while they will allow the non-emergency personnel to leave the country this is a common and routine practice, but, as you know, there's nothing common and routine in haiti right now the prime minister of haiti ariel henry, is currently in puerto rico. he's not allowed to return to his country by armed gangs, and he says he will resign as soon as a temporary leader will be appointed. the u.s. on tuesday, u.s. officials on tuesday said that a transition council should be appointed as soon as today

but apparently, the leader of the armed gangs who are trying to seize control of the country, he's better known by his nickname "barbecue." he's a former police officer, he does not appear to agree with the plan and seems to want to seize power for himself and rule the country. now he told reuters on tuesday that he and his armed gangs, and i quote, are not leave lding a peaceful revolution but a bloody revolution criminal trial has begun in michigan in the trial of the father of etha of ethan cruley. a key issue that the jury will consider is how james crumbley stored the gun that was purchased just a few days before his wife jennifer was found guilty on the same charges in a

sprt separate trial last month. over a dod mezen members of s.w.a.t. team are recovering after an explosion during a training exercise. 16 members of a team were taken to the hospital for dizziness and ringing in the ears. all wiere released, though one i expected to undergo surgery for a leg injury out west, winter alerts still in effect. angie lassman is tracking how much snow is heading for the rockies. this could be a whopper of a storm. good morning >> good morning, frances, their biggest of the season so far across colorado. 5 million people right now still under winter alerts with plenty more snow on the way today here's a look at your satellite and radar. you can see the heavy snow along i-25 as well as i-70 travel difficult across that region and more snow on the way through basically tomorrow night. we're going to see some of those highest totals to the west of i-25 that comes anywhere from four to

five feet. places like denver, 9 to 18 inches possible. colorado springs, 6 to 20 inches so good, heavy wet snow that's causing definitely, some difficulty when it comes to being on those roads and flying in and out of denver here's the deal. the system is going to eventually move to the east, but we also have to watch for strong so severe storms we'll see rain focussed across parts of the southeast this is the bull's eye for the severe weather 29 million people at risk. little rock, mcallister, springfield, all in the bull's eye with large hail as the biggest threat that's the look at the weather h a high of 81 and that's a look at your

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nancy pressnell. they're best friends and democrats. we rare in the deeply-conservative county they got signatures for a recall election of judd blevins >> i saw the picture of judd beliefance with the tiki torch, and i was just like shocked. >> reporter: the more they looked the more they found blevins had been a leader in a white nationalist group. ble blevins hid his identity behind

a moniker. as "conway", he posted racist messages and praised hitler. and yet when the former marine ran as a conservative republican >> he won by 36 votes. >> reporter: now, they are part of the enid social justice committee, vocal opponents of blevins since he took office the group mincing no words on its website, saying enid has a nazi problem >> a lot of people don't want to say the word nazi, but when you see what he did and what he's involved with, it's not name-calling, it's what he is and what he believes >> reporter: we wanted to ask blevins what he believes for ourselves, but he denied our mul multiple requests for interviews we tried once more outside a city council meter you are a leader in an oklahoma chapter of a white nationalist organization and i want to know if you have any explanation for that why -- >> excuse me >> reporter: why did you hold a

tiki torch >> i've been a conservative all my life. >> reporter: cindy allen was editor and publisher of the enid newspaper. her paper had published a front page article >> we followed it up many times, and he never would answer us >> reporter: and yet he won. >> he won. there's an opportunity now to address what kind of tolerance of extremism this community is going to have. >> reporter: enid's mayor, david mason, also a conservative republican says behind closed doors blevins admitted to his involvement in white nationalist activities >> and my followup question was, are you still involved with those groups and he told me i do not have to answer that question and my thought was, you just did. >> reporter: blevins opponent in the recall election set for april 2nd is a republican too. she didn't want to talk about the race with us, a race that most here see as quarsquarely at

beliefens. >> we vote him in a second time, it probably says a lot about who we are >> reporter: that identity is exactly what they working for. >> national white supremacist organizations have called you two outrageous antifa commandos. >> badge of honor. >> reporter: what happens if you don't win? >> we keep putting in the fight. we're not going to put up with it quietly >> reporter: fighting, they say, for the soul of their city nbc news, enid, oklahoma still to come, snl unveils its spring hosting lineup. and olivia munn sharing her story and health battle leer and offering advice to women everywhere offering advice to wo everywhere. for skin renewal is at night? add olay retinol24 to your nighttime skincare routine. it combines hydrating moisturizers with powerful retinoids

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impossible to bring them home. that's when an organization called paws of war stepped in and brought the puppies to the u.s. pa . >> reporter: one by one, volunteers carried out these puppies, all from the same litter they took their first steps in the u.s. on long island, after making a difficult journey from the middle east to new york. >> they were young they were vulnerable they were malnourished and they were in danger. >> reporter: robert of paws of war says he bass cwas contactedy soldiers who had saved the pups. they wanted to send the dogs to safety >> there's a lot that goes into it, a lot of hurdles, a lot of hoops to jump through. a the lot of logistics >> reporter: this is where the iraq war veteran stepped in. for the next two months, socks

and his sib bllings will be tak care of by paws of war the goal is to reunite the pups with the soldiers who first saved their lives. >> these pups had nobody, nobody to depend on except the american soldiers their motto is always, you leave nobody behind. >> reporter: because soldiers can't bring the pups home themselves, they needed paws of war to help. for derrick, it's personal when he was in iraq, he wasn't able to bring his dog home >> being able to help these u.s. soldiers get their dogs to their forever home means the world to me >> reporter: news 4 new york >> great to see those kinds of reunions now to a school lunch monitor in long island, a hero after saving a second grade boy from choking grayson was eating pizza when francesca noticed something wasn't right she immediately followed the choking instructions posted on a cafeteria wall

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