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18-wheeler and train collide in texas setting off a chemical blast. meet the two indian-american teens who have struck a chord with podcast and managed to get hollywood's attention as well. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with that breaking news from tiger woods' twitter account and the california hospital where he's recovering the world has been waiting for an update from tiger after a shocking early morning accident sent his car tumbling off of a road let's go to nbc's megan fitzgerald who's outside of the hospital where tiger woods is being treated. megan, good morning. what more do we know at this hour >> reporter: phillip, as you said, some good news this morning. we understand he's alert and responsive according to his doctors, they say he experienced significant

orthopedic injuries. he underwent surgery for his lower right leg and his foot had to have pins put in. los angeles sheriff's deputies got a call a car had rolled over. when they arrived, the was trapped inside it. took tools to get him out. the sheriff had a play-by-play >> no skid marks, no braking apparently the first contact was with the center median, went into opposing traffic, hit the curb, a tree and a rollover was subsequent there was no signs of imparty so no effort to draw blood at the hospital. >> deputies do say speed could

be a factor. they're looking into that. we also heard from the deputy who was the first person on scene and made that initial contact with tiger woods he said he was able to identify himself and he was calm. keep in mind, tiger was recovering from his fifth back surgery that he had in december, so certainly this is a blow to tiger woods, but also deputies say, look, he is lucky to be alive. guys >> and perhaps it is career-threatening but thankfully not life-threatening. thank you. there has been an outpouring for tiger's recovery including an announcement from former president donald trump. >> he's very respected by the other players. they idolize him he's going to be back, i have no doubt about him. >> barack obama also has faith he said if we learned anything over the years, it's never to

count tiger out. phil mickelson said we're all playing for you. jack nicklaus, former girlfriend lindsey vonn, and baseball great alex rodriguez are among those showing their support. another, fight like the champion you are for your kids and the world. the house judiciary committee will investigate the warning signs leading up to the siege and how it could have been prevented. yesterday senators heard from the officials in charge of security that day. nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: the former chief of the u.s. capitol police says he never received any intelligence warning that armed rioters would storm the building trying to stop the presidential vote count. >> we properly planned for mass demonstration with possible violence what we got was a coordinated assault on my officers and a violent takeover of the capitol

building. >> reporter: he said he thought it would be something like earlier trump groups. the fbi did send a raw intelligence report the night before the riot warning of an attack on the capitol, but sunday insists it never got to him and another said it was simply an email. >> i would say it would warrant a phone call or something. >> reporter: the hearing also exposed breakdowns in getting national guard help. sunday says that day at 1:09 he tried to get guard help and a call to the sergeant at arms who said that call didn't happen. >> i have no recollection of a conversation with chief sunday at that time. >> reporter: all agree when the request finally did get to the army, there was a media pushback the d.c. police chief said he

was shocked. >> i was just shunned that, you do know, i had officers out there. >> reporter: he was pressed by ron portman. if the secret service have it for transport, why not the capitol. >> it seems obvious you would have training on responding to an infiltration. >> reporter: the fbi, the pentagon, and the department of homeland security get their turn to testify next week still no action in congress on forming a 9/11-stylecommission to do a thorough investigation of what happened at the capitol. phillip. >> all right, pete thank you. protests erupted in rochester, new york, after a grand jury decided not to authorize an indictment. there was a resounding cry for justice. >> prude died last year after police placed a mesh hood over

his head and he told them he had covid-19 and they pinned him to the ground they listed pcp as a contributing jury's decision. >>a different outcome than the one handed to us today. the criminal justice system has frustrated efforts to hold law enforcement officers accountable, the unjustified killing of african-americans. >> james calling for major police reform there. the federaljustice department is reviewing prude's civil case. one year after the death of ahmaud arbery, his memory lives on he was shot and killed while jogging. his mother took league action against the men charged in his death. blayne alexander brings us more. >> reporter: frances, good morning to you while there's been no trial date set in the criminal death of

ahmaud arbery. one year after his death she's filed a civil lawsuit, not only against the three men charged in the murder but she's names 11 glenn county police officers, the former chief, glenn county, and loi wng two d.a.s who have recused themselves from the trial. the crux of it is she is alleging there was a coverup that the officers and d.a.s all covered up arbery's murder she's also filing libel against one of the district attorneys and she said one of the officers lied to her when she asked about his death, saying he was caught breaking into a house. when i spoke with ahmaud's mother leading up to the anniversary, she told me how difficult it was to move on. she says it's something that replays inner h mind every single day but, frances, she said everything she's been through

and watched her family go through, she's still hopeful the country can heal its racial divide frances. >> blayne, thank you. we could get a him at how the biden administration will handle china in the coming years when the president issues his latest executive order today according to an early draft acquired by cnbc, president biden will overlook supply chains for critical materials like semiconductors and rare earth metals tracie potts joins us with more. tracie, this could have major economic implications. >> reporter: exactly, phillip. the president is trying to prevent that, prevent problems that may have developed actually from the fact that many of us are working from home or how we're trying to stay connected duri ts pandemic, a demand for cellphones and computers has led to manufacturing gaps, things like semiconductors and batteries that you mentioned today in addition to meeting with lawmakers on that, he's planning to issue executive

orders to review the u.s. supply chain and specifically determine if there are concerns in areas that might be dominated by unstable or unfriendly nations also happening on capitol hill, the covid relief plan, the $1.9 trillion that he and democrats are pushing now set to come up for an initial house vote on friday with republicans still arguing it's way too expensive >> this is dramatically more money than is required athicncte it also includes abeof things that has absolutely nothing to do with covid relief. >> we're on track to get this bill done and get it on the president's death before the expiration of the enhanced unemployment benefits, which is march 14th we're going to meet that deadline, and it's going to be a

robust, strong bill. >> reporter: also the white house has confirmed president biden and the first lady will be traveling to texas on friday to review the devastation, the damage, and the relief efforts there as a result of the weather and the problems that it created. phillip? >> so many still struggling. all right, tracie. thank you. we can use the break from the snow and the storms and the cold here's nbc meteorologist janessa webb to tell us more about it. good morning, janessa. >> good morning. good morning, everyone we're looking for a break and seeing a quiet weather pattern across most of the nation. we do have this small storm system with a cold front making its way across the great lakes this morning it will impact areas of the northeast with rain and snow the rain will be on the light side as it filters through d.c. to new york city later on this evening. but the totals for theim hessivn

we could see 4 to 5 inches with meso above average 50 degrees sunshine is reappearing across the upper midwest. upper 30s to lower 40s and the 70s are making a comeback we'll talk about that coming up. >> wow, what a foreign number for so many people zbluft like that. klondike is asking again what would you do for an ice cream cone-shaped chair. inspired by the brand's new sweet treat. it hangs from the ground and comes with a zipper to zip yourself inside. 50 winners will be scooped up on march 11th kind of cool. >> it is she looked very extend there

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story. >> reporter: for these north carolina teens, life during the pandemic has led to lots of deep conversations. the longtime friends have whiled away the pandemic. then they had an idea. why not let more people into their conversations. >> and i was like we should start a podcast. >> reporter: so they did and the daisy damsels were born. as young indian american women the friends grew up with media which often doesn't feature people that look like them they hope their podcasts will resonate with not just fellow indian-americans but all teens so far they've tackled common teen issues from body image. >> when i was 10, i was certainly not dressing up, finding my own, telling people what my style is. >> politics. >> i feel so proud seeing someone that looks like me being the vice president of the united states, you know >> reporter: in just a couple of

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