breaking overnight, protests arupt in the streets of anaheim, california after an off-duty officer discharges his weapon on a group of teens. i'm an angry constituent. you work for us! >> angry voters confront republican lawmars at town halls from coast to coast. protests erupt at the white house as transgender rights activists fight the trump administration on new rules. one lucky ticketholder is waking up $435 million richer this morning. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm gigi stone woods.

hundreds of demonstrators marched on the streets of anaheim last night. 24 were arrested on various misdemeanor charges. they were outraged over video that shows altercation between two teenage boys and an lapd police officer that fired a gun during a scuffle. we do not know what occurred before this video began recording. a cop was dealing with teens walking across his lawn when a teen threatened to shoot him. you can see them jostling. the officer pulls out and fires a weapon. [ bleep ]. >> there were no injuries reported from the gunshot. both minors were arrested, then released to their parents. the officer is on administrative leave. the city's mayor promised an

impartial investigation. now the backlash at town halls from coast-to-coast with thousands of voters angrily voicing their concerns demanding accountability. they are packing city streets and venues from arkansas to utah to new jersey in an effort to speak to their congressmen. in many cases they are lining up for hours just to get a question to their lawmaker. now after more than 2,000 people showed up, here was the scene at arkansas senator tom cotton's town hall. it went well into the night. cotton was met with voters' heartfelt frustrations and so were other congressional members across the country. >> i can tell you three members of my family, including me, that would be dead, dead and homeless if it was not for aca. [ applause ] >> i'm an angry con stitstituen.

you work for us! >> aca! aca! >> do your job! do your job! do your job! >> the veterans are sick, the veterans are broken down. they are not getting what they need. if you can answer any of that i'll sit down and shut up like elizabeth warren. >> are you making the right decisions for these kids that are reading those textbooks while you are supporting the policies of a man who wants to grab women by the [ bleep ]. >> president trump has referred to the frustrated constituents as so-called angry crowds organized by liberal activists. white house press secretary sean spicer had this to say about the movement. >> i think some people are clearly upset, but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there, but obviously there are people that are upset, but i also think when you look at some of these

districts and some of these things, it is -- it is not a representation of a member's district. >> the protests are not just limited to town halls. overnight crowds amassed in front of the white house protesting the administration's latest move to scrap obama-era protections for transgender students, specifically their right to use a bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. it could have far-reaching consequences with the supreme court poised to hear a case on the issue in the next several weeks. nbc justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> reporter: it's a big reversal, slowing the push for transgender rights that zoomed ahead under president obama. the federal government today took back a directive issued just last may that told public schools to let children use bathrooms that matched their gender identity. >> why don't you stand. >> reporter: today's move is a blow to mimi of boston who is has a transgender child. >> as a vulnerable child he deserves to go to school every day and feel safe and be affirmed as who he is. >> reporter: the government now

says a federal law called title 9 that bans sex discrimination in public schools does not apply to transgender children because gender identity isn't the same as sex. it's a victory for a dozen states that sued to block the obama order. >> you don't want to be intermingling the sexes. young boys and young girls on school trips, school locker rooms, school showers. that's clearly a violation of privacy. >> reporter: because of the justice department's legal u-turn the government will probably also drop its challenge to north carolina's bathroom law that cost the state millions in lost business. when that lawsuit was filed obama's attorney general loretta lynch had an emotional message for the transgender community. >> we see you. we stand with you and we will do everything we can to protect you going forward. >> reporter: today's move could also undercut the case of a virginia transgender student gavin grimm coming to the supreme court next month. both cases were based in part on the obama administration's reading of title 9.

back in boston mimi lemay says she's worried. >> we can't give equal access to students in schools, what's going happen to the public access laws out there. >> next on the agenda, issuing a new and revised executive order restricting travel from seven muslim countries. the white house says that order won't come until next week despite saying it would be signed by tomorrow. the first order blocked by the courts has been suspended for 20 days. mr. trump has dispatched his secretary of state rex tillerson to mexico in an attempt to repair relations with that country's president. tillerson arrived yesterday and is expected to meet with mexican president enrique pena nieto later today. that meeting comes as mexico's foreign minister slammed trump's recent immigration guidelines that would immediately send back undocumented immigrants saying mexico could vigorously fight the u.s. on mass deportation and will refuse to accept any non-mexicans expelled across the border. nieto says his country will go to the u.n. to defend the rights of its migrants.

the protest camp near the dakota pipeline is near empty now after a burning to end their nearly yearlong stay. some of the 300 remaining holdouts set fires to tents and wooden structures on wednesday ahead of a federal guideline to leave the grounds. most left peacefully. authorities say they cleared the camp because of expected springtime flooding. opponents of the pipeline say it's an environmental threat. supporters argue it is a job creator. at least one person is waking up $435 million richer. one winning ticket was sold in lafayette, indiana. this is the seventh largest in power ball history. the lump sum payout is $244 million. if you have your tickets handy,

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minnesota. as the snow pushes to the east, we are going watch for the threat of severe weather with strong storms in des moines, iowa later tonight as well as evere weather in chicago. highs at 67 in palm springs. the storm system is likely to bring more rain and heavy downpours as it continues to push eastward. we are watching for the snow out west. >> thanks for the update. the national zoo's beloved panda, baobao is back in china. it arrived in a panda themed fedex jet. bao bao will stay in quarantine for a month. something to uplift your

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>> reporter: the discovery is out of this world, seven earth-sized planets that could harbor life which answers the age old question, are we alone? >> the most exciting discovery yet. >> reporter: it's the first time outside of our solar system we found so many planets similar in size to earth around the same star known as trapisst-i. using telescopes in space and around the world scientists discovered the planets all capable of holding water, a key ingredient to life. >> these questions about are we alone are being answered as we speak in this decade and the next decades. >> reporter: less than a tenth size of the sun trapisst-i is close and warm enough to heat the seven planets. three of them could have conditions similar to our world. this is what they could look like. >> some of them could

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