breaking overnight whiplash at the texas border an appeals court blocking the

controversial immigration law hours after the supreme court decided it could go into effect while the legal battle continues. a fast-tracked hearing on the case is now set for later this morning. the presumptive presidential nominees nabbing more delegates in tuesday night's primaries, while in ohio, a trump-backed senate hopeful moves on to face a democratic incumbent how both those senate candidates are reacting this morning. good news from the fbi this morning. a downward trend in crime. we've got what the early 2023 numbers are showing. four years after the covid pandemic shut down schools across the country, new research is giving a clearer picture of the impact and steep consequences of remote learning. and there's no place like home a pair of iconic ruby shippers from the wizard of oz stolen two decades ago now finally returned to their owner it's march 20, early stood

stt today starts right now we begin with the breaking news over the texas border. in a few hours, an appeals court will hear oral arguments over a law that would give police the power to arrest migrants yesterday the supreme court sent the decision back to the lower courts now the law is on hold again, as the lower courts fast track the process. and hold a hearing this morning. here's nbc's gabe gut ierrez >> reporter: a seismic shift at the southern border. the u.s. supreme court ruling that a controversial texas law can take effect, allowing local and state police to arrest migrants suspected of crossing into texas illegally, and state judges to deport them. what will this law mean for federal border patrol agents >> i think this is going to be a huge benefit to border security. any time you apply a consequenc to a violation of law you see the number of violators drop

>> reporter: the six conservative justices did decide the court should not stop the law from taking effect the three liberal justices dissented, justice so thetomayo says it will upend the balance of power and sow chaos it is a major blow to the biden administration, which has argued that immigration is a federal responsibility but texas officials, including governor abbott say they are taking action because the white house has not stopped a record number of migrants from crossing into the u.s texas had already placed razor wire and buoys along the border to deter migrants from crossing illegally, moves challenged in court by the biden administration the governor telling us earlier this month that sb-4 did follow the constitution >> what the constitution does, it gives authority to states to be able to act when the federal government refuses to act. >> reporter: civil rights groups

worry the law will lead to racial profiling the white house said we fundamentally disagree with the supreme court's order. sb-4 will not only make communities in texas less safe, it will also burden law enforcement. >> just another example of what we have seen from the governor of texas, governor abbott, attempting to politicize what's ha happening at the border. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the texas department of public safety says there is no official start date yet for the enforcement of sb-4. >> gabe, thank you let's turn now to the primary results in ohio. bernie moreno has won the republican nomination for senate he wears his endorsement from former president trump as a badge of honor he will now challenge sherrod brown in november. >> i wonder whether sherrod brown is going to wear with honor his 99% voting record with

joe biden. >> senator brown reacted to the primary win last night on msnbc. >> bernie moreno always looks out for himself, i mean, he is, he has said in this campaign that he won't work with democrats. he just is going to go to washington and do his own thing. >> meanwhile, donald and melania trump cast their ballots in florida's primary. mr. trump easily won, but nearly 20% of republican voters chose someone else a former top advisor in the trump white house is beginning day two of a four-month sentence this morning peter navarro surrendered yesterday. he refused to comply with a subpoena from the house committee investigating the january 6 attack he was involved in overturn the 2020 election results. there is a new twist in the case of james crumb brie crumb. he was found guilty of

involuntary man slaughter for failing to stop his son. he's also accused of making threatening statements against the prosecutor in the case >> reporter: a twist from the james crumbley trial finally revealed >> my client is not willing to agree to the order >> reporter: the order limiting crumbley's jailhouse communication, he's the father of the oxford school shooter, ethan, now sources close to the prosecutor's office saying this crumbley used threatening language directed toward karen mcdonald he reportedly told his sister his goal in life was to destroy karen mcdonald, plus mcdonald was going to hell soon she better be scared, and she was done the sources wouldn't say how many calls, but say they date back to 2022 both lawyers spoke to us before we knew the details of the threats. >> he made a lot of threats. i decided that i'm not going to give him any more of my attention. and i don't think anybody

should so talking more about his threats just gives him more attention. >> there's a disagreement about what was said and the nature of that stuff >> reporter: james and his wife jennifer, the first parents convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a mass school shooting carried out by their child could spend up to 15 years in prison. but parents of the four children killed want to hold school officials accountable, and that means changing the michigan law, protecting government employees from liability >> if a school system wants to do their best, they're never going to do it, because if they do something wrong they're going to be able to hide behind governmental immunity. >> reporter: parents have filed civil suits against the school officials who didn't check ethan's backpack the civil cases are caught up in appeals. >> accountability is not just a word that people can throw around loosely it's what we want. it's absolutely necessary. >> reporter: now they're calling for more, including a state investigation into the shooting

where teachers are required to participate, and legislation requiring an investigation, after future school shootings. >> ultimately, what we're driving for is to bring out the whole truth. we can't help our children, but we can help the rest of the country. >> we want to thank adrian for that report. new data released by the fbi shows that national crime rates are declining. the fourth quarter numbers for 2023 show a 13% decline in murders compared to the year before reported violent crimes declined 6%, while property crime went down 4%. only one category of crime saw an increase, as car theft went up by 11%. the final crime statistics for all of 2023 will be released in october. united nations researchers issuing a dire warning on climate change the new report from the world meteorological organization shows that major indicators of climate change shattered records

in 2023. researchers say not only was last year the warmest on record, but greenhouse gas levels, ocean temperatures and sea ice melt were also off the charts now there is snow in the ro rockies and showers in the south. let's check in with angie lassman who's tracking both systems for us >> good morning to you we have a couple thins ggs going on we have a low that's going to bring the potential of snow in the northern rockies and plains. and rain across the south and eventually, the gulf coast here as we get into tomorrow. notice how the snow ramps up as well this is a look at friday we're dealing with steady snow across the same region, including the great lakes. the heavy rain, though, now will be focussed across the gulf coast and southeast, and all of that really turns into kind of some really heavy soaking rain in time for the weekend as we look across portions of the east coast. this is going to be something

that you'll likely have interrupting some plans on saturday here's the deal with rainfall total. an inch to two inches in some of these higher spots you can see closer to the coast. we're closer to two inches as far as the snow is concerned, a couple of pockets of more than six inches in the 30s today 43 for des moines. chicago deals with high just into the upper 30s and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you >> appreciate it, angie, thank you. it tis the one and only dr. dre. he received his star on the hollywood walk of fame right next to the star of his long-time friend and collaborator, snoop dogg >> together we created magic in

the studio and our collaborations have left a mark on the world of music >> growing up in compton, i never imagined that i would one day be represented here among some of my childhood heroes. >> the nine-time grammy award winning artist, producer and entrepreneur received his star in the recording category, along with snoop dogg. he was joined with eminem, 50 cent coming up, the "star wars" show said in a galaxy asfar, far away and the look at remote learning > and the look at remot learning. [dog whimpers] [thinking] why always the couch? does he need to go to puppy school? get his little puppy diploma? how much have i been spending on this little guy? when your questions about life turn into questions about money... there's erica. the virtual financial assistant to help you spend, save, and plan smarter.

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>> reporter: all making the same hard choice, shutting down schools to stop the spread of, at the time, an unknown and deadly virus >> 3,000 deaths already nationwide >> reporter: the science behind the consequences not exactly certain. >> i don't have a good explanation or solution to the problem of what happens whether you close schools and it triggers a cascade of events >> reporter: new research finding what does happen the shutdowns coming at a steep cost to students >> what we're seeing is that the pandemic has really acted as a compounding debt it's keeping kids from being able to progress as they enter new levels within the education system at the typical rates we would expect >> reporter: start with the learning loss. a study led by researchers at harvard and stanford found school districts that spent most of the 2020 to 2021 school ryear remote were behind lower income students were

impacted the most. politics also playing a role republican-led states reopening faster than those run which democrats. sd by democrats. some of those like ron desantis arguing that his way worked. some teachers unions standing by their approach >> we flew knew we had to be in school we just wanted to be safe. >> reporter: data shows people under 20 were less likely to catch covid but not less likely to spread it the impact on stopping the spread depends on the school >> we did have data primarily from europe showing that kids could be safely in school, but again, circumstances some schools were able to do that other schools simply could not do it. >> reporter: but the academic damage is done, and even now be national test scores from spring 2023 show students have not

roo ro rebounded from what they lost in math they need to boost funding for summer school to get the numbnumber back up. >> the treatment does not match the scale of the crisis. without that we will have no hope of getting kids out of this hole >> reporter: while the next major health crisis will have a new set of challenges, some argue there are lessons learned. >> we can't say the lessons from covid san say what we learned there will exactly apply but what we can do is build resiliency in our school system so they are able to withstand this potential needing to stay open >> our thanks to hallie for that report still to come, before the dark times before the empire, there was the jedi we break down the lightsaber filled prequel filled prequel.

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kent urdahl has the incredible story. >> reporter: after more shocking twists than even the wizard of oz could have dreamt up, the rightful owner of these original ruby slippers finally got the reunion he'd spent 19 year waiting for. >> they're in very good shape. >> reporter: michael shaw owned the famed hollywood props, one of just a handful of pairs in the world for 35 year until they were stolen in 2005 from this very podium, while on loan to the judy garland museum in grand rapids >> how do i feel it's like welcoming back an old friend that i haven't seen in years. >> reporter: and it wasn't shaw's only emotional reunion on that cold february day >> just joy and surprise everyone at the museum kept it a secret from me, so i was totally shocked when i arrived that day at the museum. >> reporter: for john, it's a much happier shock >> they were in a plexiglass case right here.

>> reporter: than that fateful morning which he relived for us and many others ten years ago. >> they broke in through that door they smashed the window on that emergency exit door. >> reporter: for years, he says the theft scarred the museum's reputation >> 70% of the visitors ask, did you ever find the slippers >> reporter: and after years of searching an and even diving fr answers, it turned up nothing. rum rumors grew. >> basically, michael shaw and myself became suspects you know, 60% of robberies are what they call an inside job the public knows that, too >> reporter: that finally changed in 2018 when the fbi unveiled that the slippers had been recovered, but it took another five years before they charged 76-year-old terry martin for the theft, and his sentencing in late january of this year finally cleared the way for this reunion >> we want to formally return your shoes to you. we thought it was fitting that

we do it here in the museum where they were stolen >> proud, just proud that they came home. at least for that short time >> reporter: yes, the slippers have already left the building, being prepared for a public world tour with stops in l.a., new york, london, paris and tokyo before heritage auctions puts them on sale to the highest bidder in december but if you think this is the end of the yellow brick road, think again. >> this is really only the beginning. there's going to be motion pictures produced. there's going to be television, streaming documentaries. >> it's all somewhere over the rainbow. really no place like home, especially for those slippers. and our thanks to ken

right now at 5:00, confusion at the battle. a controversial texas law allowing migrants to bete