there ya' go. it's time to act. >> president trump deploying the national guard to our southern border following the lead set by presidents obama and busch iv 3 with their arrival imminent. >> this morning a possible motive and new details of the hours leading up to the woman who attacked youtube's headquarters. >> the new england patriots julian edelman may have help stop a potential school shooting. >> it's the shot that brought jack nicklaus to tears. a sight to behold. "early today" starts right now. >> and good morning to you. i'm richard lui in for frances. >> i'm phillip mena. more details about the woman who opened fire at youtube headquarters in san bruno, california, the police saying the suspect was angry with the

company. nasim aghdam repeatedly aired her frustration online and this may have been the motive for the shooting rampage that injured four people. new policy changes have made it harder for content creators to earn money sparking heated criticism from some creators. nbc's stephanie gosk gives more details. >> reporter: nasim aghdam used youtube itself to rail against the company. >> i'm being discriminated on youtube. >> reporter: law enforcement confirmed that anger drove the 38-year-old to unleash a hail of bullets at youtube's headquarters. so far investigators say there's no evidence aghdam knew her victims. >> it is believed the suspect was upset with policies and practices of youtube. >> reporter: she attacked youtube employees outside eating lunch. repeatedly firing a smith and west on hand gun registered in her name. >> we hear a couple pops. i thought it was like a nail gun or something. >> reporter: three people were

shot before the shooter took her own life. police say aghdam was at a gun range practicing hours before. >> evidence was she was not super proficient. >> reporter: aghdam was a animal rights activist. this was pay 2009 photo protesting the use of pigs during military exercise iz. she lived with her family in san diego earning money in part from four separate often off-beat youtube channels. her father confirmed to nbc news that recent changes in youtube's policy stopped everything. now she has no income. >> my video gets -- >> reporter: according to police, her family filed a missing person's report on monday. >> the parents warned be careful. maybe she's angry at youtube because she has this anger for one year. >> reporter: aghdam drove north to mountain view, 30 miles south of youtube's offices where had he license plate was spotted.

the police department says they found aghdam here asleep in her car nearly 2:00 in the morning. officers described her as being calm and cooperative. she said she was in the area looking for a job, not once did she mention youtube. the mountain view police called the family. her father said she may be heading to youtube. the police did not notify the company. >> there was nothing in those conversations that the officer felt rose to a level in which there was any specific concern or threat to youtube. >> reporter: but aghdam's brother who does not want to be recognized, says the family was worried. >> wanted her to call. they're going to watch her and that happened -- >> reporter: here at youtube headquarters, employees are back at work although not in the building where the shooting took place. as for the victims, two out of the three have been released from the hospital. the third has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. philip, back to you. >> good news there. thank you, stephanie. >> a group of migrants headed to the united states have been

stopped outside mexico city. mexican officials forced hundreds of central american migrants off a freight train as they may their way north. they were a break away group from a caravan president trump warned about earlier this week. this coming just ahead of mr. trump signing a proclamation deploying the national guard to the southern border to combat illegal immigration. but questions remain, including how many troops will be deployed and what exactly they'll do once they get there. nbc's chris pollone is on capitol hill for us. good morning to you, chris. >> reporter: good morning, richard. you know, this really still is a plan that is a work in progress. even though yesterday the homeland security secretary said she hoped to have some national guard troops in place by today. as you well know, the president this week has been tweeting and talking tough about immigration, calling u.s. border security and immigration laws weak. he's been unable to get congress to fund that border wall, also the mexican government has refused to pay for it. so, the president on tuesday

surprised some aides even when he said that he would be sending the military to the border. now, in recent months in the early part of this year, arrests at the border for people trying to cross illegally have surged a little bit in the homeland security secretary said that's part of what's driving this. >> i think what is true is the president is frustrated. he has been very clear that he wants to secure our border. he's been very clear that he wants to do that in a bipartisan way with congress. i think what you're seeing is the president taking his job very seriously in terms of securing our border and doing everything we can without congress to do just that. >> reporter: now, what we do know is that the national guard by law is not allowed to arrest or process immigrants. what they will mostly be doing is supporting the border patrol as a sign of force and also helping with surveillance. but at this point, even with some troops supposedly possibly on the move this morning, we don't know what states are

involved, how much this will cost or how long it will be. richard? >> alrighty, live on the hill for us, chris pollone, appreciate it. >> delta airline says online hackers could have accessed customer payment information and even made fraudulent charges last fall. according to delta, the company that provides their online customer support 24/7 a.i. reported a major cyber breach that left clients exposed from september 26th to october 12th. federal law enforcement did forensically confirm this time line and delta says it will make sure customers aren't held responsible if they recognize suspicious charges. this unauthorized access affects delta and many other major companies including sears and k-mart. customers can go to delta.com/response any time after noon today for additional information. >> we've got a new big number for you. facebook now revealing data for as many as 87 million people may have been, quote, improperly shared with data analysis firm cambridge analytica. it's the first time facebook has

identified how many people had their data accessed. the figure much higher than the initially reported 50 million users that were compromised. this announcement comes as company ceo mark zuckerberg prepares to testify before congress next week. nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: facebook says the personal data of up to 87 million people mostly in the u.s. was improperly shared with cambridge analytica. tens of millions more than previously thought. the privacy scandal connected to the 2016 election a breach of trust. the fallout forcing facebook ceo mark zuckerberg to now testify before congress next week for the first time. he spoke to reporters by phone. >> it's not enough just to give people a voice. we have to make sure people are not using that voice to hurt people or spread disinformation. >> reporter: zuckerberg taking full responsibility, saying he's the best person to run his company, trying to reassure users and the company's shareholders.

>> we didn't take a broad enough view of what our responsibility is. and that was a huge mistake. it was my mistake. >> reporter: fashion book also announcing new security features to protect its 2 billion users, saying nearly all have had basic information taken. >> the fact that someone could come along, look at your public facebook page and take that data down and use it in other ways is not at all surprising to me. >> reporter: with some leaving facebook, the company is losing value. down $87 billion. facebook accused of sharing too much. all eyes now on the quiet ceo as zuckerberg goes to washington. >> nbc's miguel almaguer, thank you. >> strong winds whipping across the northeast are being blamed for at least one death. police say a man was killed in theresa, new york, in a building collapse. gusty winds are also causing extensive damage across the northeast toppling power lines and trees onto homes and vehicles and blocking roads.

nearly 200,000 customers are without power. and in johnstown, pennsylvania, emergency ruse rescued a man from this vehicle after a tree came crashing down. thankfully, though, he was not injured. >> now to our expert weather messenger, nbc meteorologist bill karins. lots to talk about. >> even if you don't like what i'm going to say. it's going to happen. let's talk about it. the next snowstorm, we're fast forwarding past today going into friday morning. snow breaking up from wyoming, rapid city towards omaha. as we go throughout the day friday, areas north of st. louis, how much accumulates during the daylight hours usually not as much. when we get to the overnight hours that's when we have a better chance of accumulating snows. ohio valley, kentucky, west virginia. this is with the snow over d.c., baltimore, maybes far as new a

ratures in the deep south. and there is another shot of reinforcing cold air coming down through montana and north dakota. it doesn't get much better after this into the weekend. cold. >> sweet. messenger. >> all right, thanks, bill. all right. this might tear us up awhile. happened at the masters. par 3 contest in augusta wednesday. this is gary nicklaus, jr. he tees off, the ball extinction, spins back. come on, come on. drop! yes! he got it, a hole in one. how about that. you see grand dad right there to celebrate with a huge hug. the golf icon tweeting with all due respect to the masters allow me to put my six green jackets in the closet for a moment i don't know if i've had a more special day on the golf course. we'll be right back. people everywhere

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a jaw-dropping crash on video as a car barrelled into a maryland pharmacy sending customers running for their lives and still no word on what the driver of that lexus might have been doing before, creating this huge massive damage. even reversing through the store, startling the already traumatized customers once more -- why not just back up. i'm going to get out of here. >> yeah, wrong turn. beep. >> woops. >> beep, beep. leading the news this morning new england patriots receiver julian edelman may have thwarted a school shooting after a frightening message on his instagram account. he received this direct message warning him, a commenter threaten today shoot up a school. he asked his assistant for help. after combing tlul hundreds of comments she found the threat. it read, i'm going to shoot my school up. watch the news. adelman's a sssistant immediate called boston police. there were two guns in the teen's home belonging to the

mother. the boy admitted to the post and is now being held in a juvenile detention center. adelman thanked the person who alerted him. he plans to send them a gift for being the real hero. >> good to see something, say something. the u.s. will keep troops in syria in the fight against isis at least for now according to u.s. officials. president trump who expressed his desire to withdraw from syria this week is at odds with his military vazers over how long to stay. nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: mission accomplished as the war drags on, the president telling the pentagon to finish the battle. even though the military argues isis is still a threat. according to two u.s. officials, a contentious national security meeting after the president declared tuesday. >> i want to get out. bring our troops back home. >> reporter: even after his top commander was saying it was too soon. >> the hardest part is in front of us, that is stabilize these are

areas, consolidating our gains. >> reporter: scrambling to prevent the president from seeding the battle field to russia and iran. >> nothing could be more attractive certainly to the iranian revolutionary guards than to have the president of the united states saying we're on the verge of pulling out. you own the country. >> reporter: two u.s. officials tell nbc news the president reluctantly agreeing to keep troops in syria. asking how much more time do you need, six months, a year? the white house later saying, the military mission to eradicate isis in syria is coming to a rapid end, with isis being almost completely destroyed. not true say current and former officials. isis is not defeated and another terror threat looms. >> al qaeda's lobo footbaglobal shifted to syria taking advantage of the conflict, taking advantage of the chaos. >> reporter: the president telling advisors, saudi arabia will take over and is pledging $4 billion to u.s. troops can come home. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington.

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running away. i don't think you really understand how hard it is to take a good family pic. she says this was their only successful shot before all three kids started crying. the reality star said she may have cried, too. >> kanye didn't look too thrilled to be there either. >> was there a smile? >> only one. >> family photo. thousands gathered in memphis tennessee to commemorate the 50th anniversary of dr. martin luther king, jr.'s assassination. many of them standing outside the lorraine motel the place war king was shot and killed. now part of the national civil rights museum and nbc's jay gray was there. >> reporter: bells toll in memphis. at the exact time 50 years earlier a shot rang out. >> he raised up, the bullet hit him, pow, knocked him against this door. >> reporter: sharing details from that day, joining thousands to celebrate the life of

dr. martin luther king. >> and what i've seen today is remarkable determination to make sure that his death was not in vain, that his legacy endures. >> reporter: a march, music. ♪ >> we've got some difficult days ahead. but it really doesn't matter with me now because i've been to the mountain top. >> reporter: and his message framed the events at the national civil rights museum built around the lorraine motel where dr. king was assassinated. >> you can't know where you're going unless you know where you came from. and you have to know your history. you have to know what your people came from and what your people went through. >> reporter: so many here stressing his mission is just as important now as it was a half century earlier. >> the fight for love and justice, we must turn up protests. we must turn up nonviolent

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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. and in today's top stories, the u.s. is reportedly expected to impose new sanctions on russian oligarchs by the end of the week. the what washington post reporting six wealthy russians having ties to vladimir putin will be targeted but that number could change. the new sanctions come amid rising tensions with russia after an ex-spy was poisoned in the u.k.. the blame being placed squaredly on russia though president trump insists he's been plenty tough on the country, several of his advisors have pushed for more sanctions in the wake of the poisoning incident including outgoing national security advisor h.r. mcmaster. >> russia brazenly and implausibly denies its actions and we have failed to impose sufficient costs. >> the new sanctions would be on top of those implemented last month for russian meddling in

the 2016 election. >> the embattled head of the environmental protection agency scott pruitt is pushing back against the report that he gave huge raises to two aides he brought with him from oklahoma using an obscure provision in the safe drinking water act to get them the money out of the epa budget when the white house would not approve it. here he is being asked about it on fox news. >> if you're committed to the trump agenda why did you go around the president and the white house to give pay raises to two staffers -- >> i did not. my staff did and i found out about it yesterday and i changed t. >> is somebody being fired for that? >> that should not have been done. >> who did it? >> there will be accountable. >> a career person? >> i don't know. >> you don't know who did if >> i found out about this yesterday. >> pruitt is also under fire for renting a room in a d.c. apartment at a steeply discounted rate linked to the wife of an energy lobbyist, something the white house says the president is not okay with. >> we have a jury, 12 jurors have been selected to hear sexual assault charges.

five men seven women, two black. he is accused of drugging and molesting constand in 2004. he repeatedly denied all other sexual misconduct allegations by dozens of women. it was delayed after cosby's lawyers that prosecutors tried to exclude some people off the jury due to their race or gender. the judge ultimately ruled there was not any discriminatory attempt. the gender and racial break down, by the way, of the retrial jury mirrors the first which failed to reach a verdict last year. six alternate jurors still need to be picked before the retrial begins on april 9. >> one massachusetts firefighter had the round of a lifetime down in augusta. matt got a chance to tee off a few shots at augusta national with his long-time idol, tiger woods. he said woods was a great guy to talk to whether that be about life or just how to play on the course. the 30-year-old won the u.s. mid amateur championship earning him that spot to play in the masters. woods said we had a lot of fun and i'm really impressed by his

game. >> how about that for a bucket list moment. >> well done. >> he tru for watching. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm richard lui. one news ctinues on nbc and

morning. and right now nbc bay area is trac good thursday morning to you. it's 4:30 right now and nbc bay area is tracking a big, wet, incoming storm. we have been telling you about this for days now and that storm almost here. looks very clear. we are still tracking what's ahead. thank you for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. vianey, is it getting bigger or staying the same? >> it's still on track in terms of being a pretty good downpour as we head into friday. in terms of rain totals, some areas have been diminished because of the time line when