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in fines. >> and mother nature hitting hard with tornadoes and widespread flooding. "early today" starts right now. good tuesday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. president trump is set to meet with the republican senators and house members today with gun control likely to be front and center. this ar after the president raised eyebrows with a meeting at the nation's governors saying if he were on the scene at the parkland school shooting he would have charged in, even unarmed. >> you know, i really believe you don't know until you test it, but i think i really believe i'd run in there even if i didn't have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that, too. >> the president also pledged to take action on background checks and bump stock devices. even taking on the nra if he needs to. so, this newest round of meetings prompt congress to act? nbc's tracee pots has more from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's a good question. the president is promising to take action on some of those

issues. congress is at odds, and republicans are at odds even with the governors on background checks. the senate is stuck right now on a bill where republicans say it infringes on individual rights. democrats say it's simply not enough. but the president is pledging to take action on his own on bump stocks and told those governors, don't worry about the national rifle association. >> bump stocks we're writing that out. i'm writing that out myself. i don't care if congress does it or not. i'm writing it out myself. don't worry about the nra, they're on our side. half of you are so afraid of the nra. there's nothing to be afraid of. you know what, if they're not with you, we have to fight them every once in a while. that's okay. >> reporter: now, issues facing congress include whether or not there will be an assault weapons ban. democrats are pushing for that, not really any support on the republican side. whether they will close the gun show loop hole and as i mentioned whether or not they will deal with background checks

with even republicans now at odds over whether the president's suggestion of arming teachers is something they want to do. frances? >> already, tracie, thank you. >> the armed security guard blasted for not entering the parkland florida high school during this last month's shooting is now speaking out. an attorney for scot peterson saying the officer is not a coward as many have called him. rather peterson remained outside because that's where he thought the shots were coming from. the attorney also accusing the broward county sheriff of rushing to judgment without considering all the facts. nbc's terry sanders has more. >> reporter: 12 days after the massacre, the attorney for armed campus deputy scot peterson is speaking out. peterson, under withering criticism for never entering the building as the killing went on inside. >> what was he doing on video? >> nothing. >> reporter: peterson's attorney now saying his heart goes out to the families of victims in their time of need. however, the allegations that peterson was a coward are patentsly untrue.

and that peterson who resigned last week took up a tactical position because he thought the shots were coming from outside the building. >> based on his training, his protocols, equipment and tactics, he should have went in and done everything he could possibly have done to neutral eyes the killer. >> reporter: internal affairs investigative sources tell nbc news they believe in the crucial four minutes while peterson was outside, six people were gunned down on the third floor of the building. and now the broward county sheriff's office is investigating whether two or three more deputies arrived and did not go in. an emotional appearance by student mattie willeford hit by three bullets, in her stomach, chest and hand. doctors calling her recovery a miracle. >> and i would just like to say that i'm so grateful to be here and it wouldn't be possible without those officers and first

responders and these amazing doctors. >> reporter: while students are grateful, some are also anxious about returning to class on wednesday. teachers arriving back at their classrooms greeted by a rainbow. >> rainbow was there, rainbow was there for hope. >> reporter: almost every republican member of the state of house of representatives in florida has called on the governor to remove sheriff scott israel from office. not one democrat has requested the same thing. sheriff israel says politics has no place in a criminal investigation. philip? >> kerry, thank you. >> education secretary betsy devos is ordering an investigation into michigan state's handling of allegations against disgraced gymnastics doctor larry nassar. nassar was convicted of molesting patients for years at msu with some accusations going back decades. msu is already under investigation by the state attorney general and a congressional committee. the new federal probe comes as michigan legislators unveil the package of bills aimed at

preventing sexual abuse. with some of nassar's victims by their sides, lawmakers said the bills would increase the statute of limitations for sexual crimes against children, expand mandatory reporters to include people like youth coaches and increase penalties for child pornography. >> now to the hunt for a killer in a shocking murder that played out on facebook live. the victim streaming himself walking down the street in north carolina when suddenly fatal shots rang out. this morning police have identified a suspect, 65-year-old douglas cleveland colson. nbc's morgan radford has the story and a warning these images are disturbing. >> reporter: 55-year-old francis robinson was on facebook live streaming his walk home from the local police station after having his phone stolen. when suddenly -- >> you'll laugh. you'll laugh. >> reporter: robinson was approached by a man who killed him in cold blood. >> only being a block or so away from the police department is --

i mean, that's not brazen, i don't know what is. >> reporter: a local university was on lockdown for an hour. >> we all hid under table ands we like put tables in front the door. >> reporter: residents say robinson often used his facebook to publicize neighborhood disputes. >> putting stuff on facebook about other people of what they're doing, people don't like that. people get angry. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a shooting has been captured on social media. in 2016 philando castile's girl frernd live streamed his shooting on facebook. >> please don't tell me my boyfriend just went like that. >> reporter: and last spring the random killing of a cleveland grandfather was also streamed live. in north carolina police are still scouring for clues, searching for a killer on the run. morgan radford, nbc news, win gate, north carolina. >> facebook says it will remove instances of videos that are shared supporting or encouraging

such acts of violence. >> thousz of residents are picking up the pieces after a series of weekend storms splamd of slammed the heart of the country killing six people. tornadoes ripped through arkansas, tennessee and kentucky damaging dozen dz of homes and leaving trails of do you understand -- downed power lines and up rooted trees. numerous high water rescue, the high water rose hitting the highest level in 20 years. the grand river submerging the white cap ballpark. in shelby, ohio, they recovered the body of a 6-year-old who fell into a creek. more weather misery is feared as a new round of storms are expected later this week. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins joining us now. bill, good morning. what can we expect now? >> a little break this morning then the rain moves in this afternoon. flash flood watches have been in areas of tennessee. this goes through thursday. this was the rivers already high

and the soil saturated. here's how much rain is expected. this will go throughout the next 48 to about 60 hours. the areas of red is 2 inches, the pink in the middle is up to 3 inches. so now i'm going to add on where we have the current river flood warnings. those are the red polygons down the mississippi river, the ohio river, illinois river and areas in some rural sections of arkansas and also louisiana. northeast texas. that's why we have the threat. we already have river flood warnings and now we're going to add 2 to 3 inches of rainfall on top of some of those same locations. that's why we're going to see the additional problem. so, today's forecast a nice day on the eastern seaboard. no problems whatsoever. beautiful actually about 10, 15 degrees warmer than it should be in many cases. st. louis you look good. there's that rain developing in the middle of the country as we go throughout the afternoon especially in the south.

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treat children with critical illnesses. >> cool. new bombing and blood shed in syria despite a resolution for a 30-day cease fire across the region. the syrian regime has used chlorine gas in eastern gout a raising the death toll to 500 according to the associated press. lucy cavanagh joining us watt latest. lucy, good morning. >> reporter: russia has ordered what it's called a humanitarian pause in rebel held eastern ghouta which has been under a intense bombardment by pro government forces for a week now. president putin has ordered the shelling to stop for five hours every day 9:00 a.m. to about 2:00 p.m., in order to give civilians time to leave the enclave. it is not clear in aid agencies will be able to bring food and medicine into the area, but russian defense ministry said the syrian government will suspend its attacks during this break in the fighting and that so-called pause started nearly two hours ago. its ha been quiet in eastern ghouta. this morning it is progress in the sense it is the first

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in celebration of the movie's success, disney is donating $1 million to the boys and girls club of america. the gift will expand the organization's science, technology, engineering and math programs. the star of "black panther" tweeted, he can never go wrong when you invest in kids' futures #wakanda forever. >> i can't wait to see this movie. i spent the last couple weeks -- >> listening to music. >> and seeing the other oscar nominees for best picture which we're going to put on our social media platform later in the week. now that we're done reviewing all those this is next. >> dessert when it comes to all your movies, "black panther." i've heard nothing but great things about it. >> the sound track is so dope. mullets and the greatest -- mullets, the greatest mullet of all can be found this weekend in australia. this mullet festival took place on saturday. yep, mullet heads from all over got together to rock the infamous hairdo in mass. more than 50 were pit against

each other in the competition. the event was wildly popular with all those who showed up there. yes, and this right there, that guy with his tongue out, that is the winning mullet right there. he said he'd been growing that out since 1986. that does look like what 1986 looks like, in hd. in case you're wondering, let's throw that hairdo on us. the unveiling. yeah, look at that. i get to dance, i get to be i guess that's blonde. could be a powdered wig as well. >> mine looks like a side ponytail. i've had a lot of hair disas terse. i probably had a mullet back in the day without trying. >> yep, sure did, too. i grew up in the '80s. >> it's all there in the front, big part here. >> we left in in the '80s. that's the difference. >> you may have heard three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. these three popped up in cleveland. we'll explain. any object. any surface.

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- this is what america's about. - sometimes it's nice to see all the good that's out there. bringing folks out, we have seen it in community after community. in today's top stories, two cases in the supreme court include a battle between the federal government and microsoft. to determine whether a company should turnover e-mails stored in servers overseas. the dispute began in 2013 when federal agents served a search warrant on microsoft's headquarters seeking e-mails associated with the drug trafficking investigation. the internet giant didn't comply because the e-mails were stored in servers in ireland, but the feds argue they are entitled to the data since the company is based in the u.s. a ruling there is due by the end of june. >> meanwhile, the supreme court dealt a major blow to the trump administration refusing to hear an appeal enforcing the government to keep the daca program going. that decisively puts an end to president trump's march 5th deadline for congress to act on daca, which protects nearly

700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. the court battle, though, is far from over. >> republican and democratic voters may finally have some common ground when it comes to the reviews on congress. according to a new ap and orc poll, 85% of americans disapprove of the job congress is doing with nearly identical numbers when you break it down by party. 89% of democrats and 82% of republicans disapproving. americans of all stripes also believe legislators are listening to the wrong people about 6 in 10 say lawmakers pay attention to wealthy donors and lobbyists in the same amount legislators should be paying attention to conspencer christian wentz instead. >> we're in the last couple days in february. the weather feeling a whole lot like spring. here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with more on that. >> at least march, maybe april in some cases. we're watching the rain returning to areas of oklahoma and also arkansas, especially northeast texas today. beautiful weather chicago to the east coast. the end of the week storm is going to cause some flooding

concerns, especially in areas that have all the high rivers right now in the ohio valley and through the tennessee valley. by the time we get to thursday the rain arrives on the eastern seaboard. it doesn't look any more to to be the huge coastal storm. it's not going to be like a huge nor'easter. there will be rain. some mountain areas will get snow. it won'ting the coastal threat we thought it would be a couple days ago. a couple days to figure out. >> sounds good, bill. thank you. the movie three billboards in ebbing, missouri. how about three billboards in cleveland suggesting it's time for the king to take a new tloep. the signs were posted by a power home remodeling company based in pennsylvania. it is an effort to sway lebron james for playing for the philadelphia 76ers. it has a number 23 with a crown on top surrounded by four numbers that match the sixers starting five. the next says complete the process. that is widely known to 76ers fans. the final says philly wants lebron. james will become a free agent

this summer and everybody is going to want him. >> loud and clear right through there. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. thank you for watching "early today." ♪ [thinking] mexican spices? ♪ [thinking] nacho cheese sauce? they don't want these coming out. who's they? the burger people. they! they! nacho fries, now serving at a taco bell near you. [bong!]

to this. this is fresh, new video of snow falling -- in livermore! this scene is playing out in up to this, fresh new video of snow falling. guess what, this is not in tahoe, read the bottom there, snow falling in livermore. the scene playing out in some higher elevations right now. it is a cold, snowy tuesday. what is going on? >> it's winter. >> this is "today in the bay." >> it is winter. >> i know, but winter in california, oh, goodness. good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. because it's winter we want to go back to that snow. we want to show you that snow in the hills of livermore. that dog has the right idea. >> that's a california dog. >> i don't know what that is, that's what he's saying. >> the head line is there is a driving dog. >> not really.