ir today, attorney general barr will be front and center at a public hearing with a full disclosure of the mueller report to be top of the agenda. homeland security undergoes a massive overhaul. going inside the go fund me phenomenon that handles millions a year. the university of virginia goes from last year's this year's champion. a terrifying double wipe out in the rescue you have to see. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm marlie

hall. >> happy to be this tuesday morning, i'm frances rivera. the fight for the full mueller report is front and center. william will testify since releasing his four-page summary. the hearing is focused on the justice department's budget, you can expect plenty of questions on the handling of the mueller report. tracie potts has more. >> reporter: question number one is when will they get the report, he said mid-april. there are still legal arguments flying back and forth on both sides on whether or not democrats have the right to see the full report. expect this to be a big part of today's hearing. maybe they'll get to talk significantly about the budget. what democrats want to know is why he came a different conclusion to counsel robert

mueller on obstruction of justice. that's why they wanto see the full report, all of the evidence. barr says it has to be kept secret. that is why he's redacting the report. all of this likely to be a big part of the hearing. speaking of hearings, mueller, the special counsel, the guy behind this entire nearly two-year investigation. will he ever show up on capitol hill to testify, maybe. now we have the democrat and republican at the head of the judiciary committee calling for mueller to testify. it had been said early on that was a possibility. he's now working with barr on redacting this report. they are calling for him to testify, no date has been set does. tracie potts for us you. security is starting to look like a total resigned

un director of secret service is also out. it appears senior aid stepphen miller has taken the reigns. the power struggle comes amid a growing crisis with scores of asylum seekers trying to enter the country. we have more. >> reporter: the president with a sudden purge. two administration officials tell us secret service director the secret service director is out. dhsecirsten neilson who had gone to the border resigned under pressure after clashing with the president privately for months. nielsen saying this. >> i share the president's goal

of securing the border. the highest monthly for march in over a decade. mr. trump wants tougher criteria for a growing number of asylum seekers. >> the asylum program is a scam. some of the roughest people you've ever seen. >> reporter: last june, the president ended family separations but according to three officials he's urging his administration to reinstate those as a deterrent. nielsen had become the face thaf controversial policy. >> i want you to admit that the cages exist. >> they are not cages. >> i'm concerned of a growing void of leadership within homeland security. >> reporter: there are now ten key leadership positions without permanent replacements from the

pentagon to the aid thexit is not due to the mar-a-lago breach. university of virginia went on to the toast of the basketball world in one year. >> i said i want a chance. that's all we want. these guys came fight. i'm so thankful. this is a great story. >> they needed a late three to push this game into overtime. they defended texas tech in an extra period to secure the title. >> this virginia team was the first ever one seed to lose to a 16 seed when they fell last year. the emotions were high as the team celebrated the school's first national championship. >> forget last year. this is everything you

>> this game for the ages is one the students at the university of virginia will always remember. they took to the streets in droves to celebrate and revel in the madness. a stunning development that shocked the nation. huffman and other parents admitted their role. they struck a deal with the government but will this deal spare them from jail time. we have the latest. >> do the kids know? >> reporter: days after felicitiy huffman was in court. in a college cheating scam where parents paid. i am in full accept answer of my guilt she writes, i am ashamed

of the pain i caused. i want to apologize to the students that work hard to get into college. she says her daughter never knew of the she paid $15,000 to have her answers changed. tv personalities paid $600,000 to cheat the system will also plead guilty. for actress lori laughlin and 19 other parents charged, no deal yet. >> the remaining parents if they are going to plead guilty, now is the time to do it. >> reporter: prosecutors say the plan unravelled when there was an agreement to cooperate with investigators. >>orhuffman's plea deal calls for four to ten months behind bars but they will for no jail time. it will be up to the judge to

decide. a car bomb killed three u.s. service emcontractor in afghanistan. they were traveling in a convoy near the air base when a suicide bomber drove into the convoy. we have details. >> reporter: the deadly attack happened outside an american air base. a suicide bomber drove a massive car bomb into a convoy of american troops. triling three u.s. service members and american contractor. the taliban is claiming the attack knows how to time their violence for maximum impact. the deadly blast was a grim welcome on the general on his first visit to kabul. it comes as the u.s. and the taliban is negotiating a peace settlement. thre 14,000 u.s. troops and president trump has made clear america's

gone on long enough. >> 19 years. it isunfortunate. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: the set back for these peace talks pushing back the end of a war that has already claimed more than 2,400 u.s. lives. a major scare in the hollywood hills. police got a call about a powdery substance found in an envelop. they treated the scene for a possible anthrax scare. fire officials say there was no chemical found in the envelop. two people were taken to the hospital as a that? who won? 2020. >> swim back. ready?

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to an nbc news exclusive. go fund me is trying to win back trust after the scam duping people to donating $400,000. >> speaking to the ceo about what you should look for. >> reporter: the search for fraud is an around the clock operation for what the crowd funding company calls its trust and safety team. >> some come from military and law enforcement. >> one of the biggest is copy some rip off other campaigns copying them word for word. >> this one popped up after the mosque shooting. the one on the left is legit. >> gofundme launched in 2010 and

has raised billions. >> there are only a few foundations and charities larger than us. we had to have the most trusted brand in the space. >> faith was shaken last year when a new jersey couple launched a campaign to help a homeless veteran saying he gave her his last $20 when she ran out of gas on the highway. the story touched a nerve. one problem, it wasn't true. prosecutors say, they pocketed most of the $400,000. all three are accused of being part of the scam. >> reporter: do you think if the campaign for johnny bobbit jr. took place today, you would catch it? >> yes. we do.

donations as promised in their policy. >> is it possible to find all the fraud. people life and sometimes really well. >> misuse is really rare. less than 1/10th of 1% of campaigns result in any use. >> to be fair, you don't know the fraud you don't catch. >> we've had more than 50 million people donate. any type of misuse you'll see will be reported by this community. >> in the terms and conditions, you can't end, donate at your own risk. why upon reading that would people feel confident? >> i think at its core, people are good, p emwant to help each other it is biblical in nature. nature. >> coming up

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ad lib live picture - downtown san jose welcome to tuesday morning, april 9th. taking a live look at downtown were san jose this morning. winds expected to pick up today. showers greeting us on the way. a nice way to say good morning. welcome to the day. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we want to talk about the rain coming in. >> is very light rain across the bay area. we're not going to see anything very heavy. low clouds over san jose. that will be clearing out within next couple of hours. it will be windy today. as the skies clear, mid-50s, heading into the upper 50s by 11:00. it will be a cooler day. still about normal.