disturbing new details coming to light this morning about the israeli airstrike that killed international aid workers, including one american. what israel's prime minister is saying about that bombing. the 2024 campaigns are picking up. as millions of voters cast fra primary ballots today, former president trump is making

headlines with his comments in br battleground states. taylor swift now has a billion ways to make the place shimmer. she's entering her billionaire e era. we'll show you who else is joining forbes' list of the ul ultra wealthy. some of the biggest names in music penning a letter against a.i. azoos are preparing in a vey different way for the eclipse. how the animals are expected to react. it is wednesday, april 3rd. "early today" starts right now. good morning, good to have you with us, i'm jessica layton. this morning we are learning disturbing new details about the israeli bombing of that high-profile aid group in gaza that killed seven people, including an american. three cars that were clearly marked as belonging to the world central kitchen were hit, along

a one and a half-mile stretch of coastal road that left only one survivor. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is calling the strikes unintentional, promising an investigation. but he also said, quote, this happens in wartime. let's go live now to chapman bell with the very latest. chapman, good morning. we are learning more about those victims as well today. >> reporter: good morning, jessica, yeah. in a "new york times" op ed, jose andres welcoming the promise of that investigation, saying it needs to start at the top, not just at the bottom. as the world central kitchen pays tribute to the seven members of that team killed, the multi-national team that included a dual american-canadian citizen, the ceo saying their smiles, laughter and voices are forever embedded in our memories, calling them heroes and saying the wck family is mourning their

loss. president biden saying in a statement he's outraged and heartbroken by the deaths, calling it a tragedy and pointing out this is not a stand-alone incident involving the death of aid workers in gaza and that israel has not done enough to protect aid workers there, adding he spoke with his friend jose andres yesterday and conveyed his deepest condolences for the courageous aid workers killed. the national security council spokesman, john kirby, also saying yesterday, that more than 200 aid workers have been killed in this conflict, making it one of the worst conflicts for aid workers in recent history. the chief of staff of israel's defense forces releasing a video message, saying the strike was not carried out with the intention of harming wck aid workers. it was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in very complex conditions. it shouldn't have happened. a sentiment echoed by many this morning, jessica. >> really hitting home as

there's so much love for that organization. chapman, thank you. new this morning, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck offer the coast of taiwan last night, causing dozens of building there to collapse. it is the most powerful quake to hit the islandnation in about a quarter century. it happened around 8:00 a.m. local time. some eight hours ago. earlier reports say hundreds are injured and at malleast four we qui qu killed. tsunami warnings were issued for the philippines and okinawa, japan. this morning, president biden is facing more fallout from the israel incident. he held a ramadan event. several muslim community leaders declined their invitations, saying they did not feel comfortable celebrating while

many palestinians are starving. voters sent a strong message in the democratic primary last night. a group protesting the response to gaza, urging people to choose uninstructed on the ballot. more than 45,000 voters chose that option. that is about 8% of the vote. meanwhile, former president trump visited battleground wisconsin yesterday. he held an event in michigan, trying to rally support in those important midwest swing states that he just narrowly lost to president biden last time around. for more on this, we have nbc's brie jackson joining us live. brie, trump may be in the midwest, but his message is really all about the southern border right now. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, jessica. so the trump campaign did not call their event in michigan a rally. instead, they promoted this as mr. trump delivering remarks about, quote, biden's border bloodbath. the speech criticized the rolling back of some trump-era border policies.

mr. trump highlighted violent crimes that have been blamed on border policies and referred to migrants as animals. >> the democrats say please don't call them animals. they're humans. i said no, they're not humans. they're not humans. they're animals. nancy pelosi told me that. please don't use the word animals when you're talking about these people, i said i'll use the word animal, because that's what they are. >> reporter: the dnc paying for these billboards there in michigan. later, donald trump held a rally in wisconsin where he repeated misleading claims about winning the state. mr. trump did win in wisconsin back in 2016. but in 2020, he lost to president biden by more than 20,000 votes. overnight, wisconsin voters did approve two republican-backed ballot measures, which will change how elections are run in the state. one measure bans the use of private donations for the administrative side of elections.

and the other rule narrows the definition of an election worker. supporters say they want to limit outside influence on their elections, while critics say these rules are based off of false claims and they will only create new hurdles for the elections this fall. >> as if we couldn't have more new hurdles, brie, thank you. a city official in oklahoma with ties to white nationalists has been oust netherlands a re ousted in a recall vote. blevins lost to patterson. patterson is a republican, but even prominent democratic activists also celebrated her victory over blevins. newly-released police video is shedding new light this morning on what police are calling a shootout that killed an unarmed teen back in 2022. that shooting now being investigated by the california

justice department. we do want to warn you here that some of these images are reveal really tough to watch. according to the san bernardino sheriff's offense, at the time, savannah graziano had been dead kidnapped by her father after he allegedly killed her mother. video shows the chase with deputies and his truck. an officer is heard telling savannah to get out of the car and come toward him. she takes several steps, pauses and then moves toward police again. other officers are then seen shooting the teenager just as she appears to be surrendering. her father was also killed. so the video appears to directly refute initial claims by police that the teen was wearing tactical gear and a helmet. the sheriff'soffice did not comment on the video on tuesday, citing the doj investigation. now to baltimore where

complex work is under way to respond to the bridge disaster. the navy is now sharing images of what the wreck hajj is loo wreckage is looking like underwater. >> reporter: the images provide the first view yet of the francis scott key bridge resting on the bottom of the water. >> the wreckage has been completely collapsed. some people use the term pancaked. >> reporter: 3d shows the razor-sharp metal. the water itself so cloudy and dark divers can only see a foot or two in front of them. shining an underwater light only reflects back like a snowstorm. making f making photos or video nearly impossible. >> that's making it very difficult to even determine where to cut how to cut. it's very dangerous for our divers to be able to go into this area.

>> reporter: above water, salvage teams have been using torches to cut and remove massive chunks of the bridge, some weighing 200 tons. as the coast guard has opened two small channels, mostly for tugs and barges involved in salvage operations. the massive scale of the cleanup coming into focus. two disaster offices open for local businesses threatened by the disaster, as the governor presses corporate america not to give up on this region's critical economic artery. >> and so making sure these businesses know that we need them. we want them, and they have to stay here in the port of baltimore. >> reporter: four workers remain missing in the water. inclem inclement weather and conditions have made it difficult to return. a storm system battered much of the south and the midwest. a family in kentucky was trapped

inside a home. thankfully, they were able to escape. and high winds knocked a student off their feet and blew a semi truck right off the road. tornados ripped across parts of the state as well as oklahoma and illinois, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. and an indiana woman somehow walked away without a scratch after the storm shattered every window in her car. this morning, millions along the already-soaked eastern seaboard are bracing nor for impact as t brunt of the storm marches east. >> it was quite an active day yesterday with a dozen tornados reported. today we're waking up to still a tornado watch in effect with some of those thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings as well. the line of thunderstorms working across the southeast, really causing some problems. we're going to likely see that same area be impacted by strong storms as the day goes on. we've also got levee rain across the northeast. great lakes are dealing with snowshowers. and some of that is going to be here for a couple days.

let's start with the severe area today. 27 million people at risk from washington, d.c. down to orlando. the tornado threat is lower today, but the hail and the wind threat also going to be there, remaining into the evening hours tonight. here's the mess that we're looking at notice this low that develops near the coast. this is going to intensify, bring us a whole lot of snow across portions of northern new england. we're talking up to a foot in some of these locations. still dealing with the heavy rainwashington, d.c. tracking rain in new york and boston, as our temperatures top out in the 40s. and that's a look at you are why forecast, jessica, back to you. amazon making a big change to checkout at its brick and mortar stores. and we will meet forbes' newest

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it's got to be tide. we're back with news that forbes has dropped its latest list of billionaires, and there's a record number of ultra wealthy. including a pop star you may have heard of, taylor swift. cnbc's steve sedgwick is here to break it all down for us. good morning to you. >> good morning, jessica. i'm still looking for your name on there. i'll keep doing that. the three khamacomma club, i'ver even heard of that. taylor swift, of course she's there. her music earnings. she's popped up on this list at $1.1 billion. also christian labu taun, he's popped in at $1.2 billion, and magic johnson's up there at $1.2 billion. near the top of the list,

bernard, oh, no, he's the man behind sephora, a mere $233 billion. and elon musk only $195 billion. and jeff bezos bezos, $194, $19. amazon is ending the just walk out technology. they're going to use instead dash cards which allow customers to use their cards to scan items while shopping. we'll keep looking for the three comma club. >> you're going to be looking for a long time. don't waste your time. it's not happening. great to see you as always. thanks for joining us today. still to come on "early today." artists against a.i. hundreds of musicians voicing their concerns over what they see as a technological threat to

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around. animals at the zoo will be just as important to watch the day of the eclipse as the sky above. >> the eclipse is a really interesting time for us. because we know a lot of animals, most animals react to daylight and nighttime. the flamingos tend to get a little more active right before dark. the mallards come from the rlak or river, they usually leave at dusk. it will be really exciting to walk around and see and see if you notice any differences in the animals. >> reporter: differences like a little song or two. so we have two special animals here that may have an interesting reaction during the day of the eclipse. can you tell me about them? >> sure. this is fatima, she's taking a little bit of a nap right now. her mate, abe, is sitting in the corner. on the day of the e-chris, hopefully they'll do what they do in the wilding which is a duet call, an amazing long song

they do together. and i think that's probably going to happen the day of the eclipse. one other species i would focus on are the elephants. because of their social structure, it's so important and very similar to ours, you know. with the familiar grouping, it's really, really important to each other in the group. and they react like a lot of the animals do at night. here at the zoo when it's getting darker, they want to go inside and get their dinner. that's their eating time. it will be interesting to see how that goes. >> reporter: exciting to see and be a part of. and remember, if you're looking up, also look around. is it us watching the animals? the animals watching us? or is it all of us just looking up to see the show in the sky? >> we love to talk about natural phenomenon. and things that people and animals react to. it's part of why we could our missions, part of what we do in our education, and this is a really cool event. an eclipse doesn't happen very

often. and this is certainly one that's going to be exciting. >> our thanks for that report. and now here's al roker with a look at what's coming up. >> this morning on the third hour of "today", the legendary jane goodall, live in studio 1 1a, plus, cody rhodes, and we're taking a dip with three game-time snacks in "today" food. >> hav

more fallout this morning from that strike that killed seven aid workers in gaza. israel's prime minister promising an investigation as we learn more about the victims. developing this morning overseas, at least four people are dead in taiwan after the strongest earthquake in 25 years triggers tsunami warnings. president biden and donald trump picking up