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and tina fey "early today" starts right now good friday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera we begin with breaking news, the u.s. launching air strikes in the middle east. this military action was retaliation for a rocket attack that took place in iraq earlier this month nbc's molly hunter has more. what do we know more about why the u.s. launched a strike. >> frances, goodstrike, as month. we know at least one civilian u.s. contractor and six others were wounded the pentagon says they have targeted two specific iranian-backed militant groups and they targeted them on an

unofficial border crossing between syria and iraq, the strike squarely on the syrian side of the border, but the pentagon said they did quite a bit of damage located at that unofficial border. take a look at the secretary of defense lloyd austin who spoke overnight. >> we're confident that that target was being used by the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. we were very deliberate about our approach as you would expect us to be we allowed and encouraged the iraqi to investigate and develop intelligence and that was very helpful in finding the target. >> reporter: now in a statement, this was conducted with diplomatic measureh coalition partners he also adds the operation sends an unambiguous message,

president biden will act to protect. an observatory said overnight it killed at least seven iranian pro-fighters these strikes come just about a week after the white house voiced optimism and willingness to restart the iran nuclear talks. guys >> focus on the middle east. molly, thank you. more than 46 million americans have gotten at least one dose of a covid vaccine, and by the end of the day, they could give approval to a third vaccine option tom costello has more on the big push to get shots in arms. >> reporter: with the countdown now to a matter of hours, an all out push to serve underserved communities. >> and you're going out to the community and administering vaccines as well. >> reporter: in massachusetts -- >> initially i was apprehensive.

being african-american, i was apprehensive. >> reporter: national guard troops are on the covid front lines. >> it makes so much sense for all of us to make sure we're vaccinating people in places where it's most active. >> reporter: as the covid vaccine becomes available, you may be asking yourself, should i get it the vaccines are safe and effective. they're going to save lives. >> reporter: the fd's outside advisory panel will review johnson & johnson's vaccine. emergency authorization could come by the weekend with 4 million doses shipping almost immediately. while the pfizer and moderna vaccines are somewhat more effective at preventing the e at keeping people alive and out of the hospital. >> when you have a company like johnson & johnson, it's good to have them come in and be in the mix with the other two

it's nothing but good news. >> reporter: j & j requires one shot and can be kept in the fridge vaccine executives say americans should not be choosey. >> take what you can get when you can get it any vaccine is better than no vaccine particularly if it's been approved by the fda and recommended by the cdc. >> you as the president of moderna are making that very clear. >> absolutely, without hesitation. >> reporter: also this morning health officials say there's been an overreaction about laboratory discussions about the new variant discovered in new york in fact, they say, it's premature to say whether that new variant poses any greater risk to people phillip? >> tom costello for us thanks. president biden is heading to texas he will meet with some of those hardest hit by last week's winter storm the snow has since melted, but the catastrophic aftermath still lingers.

our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us. tracie, what's on the president's itinerary for today? >> so, frances, we learned e he's going to be packing food and water at a food bank along with the first lady for some families who are still dealing with no water, lack of water, high electric bills amid the damage from this winter storm. he's also planning to visit a stadium where they're giving covid vaccine. back here in washington, the house plans to vote on covid relief today while democrats and republicans still disagree on just how big that package should be >> this suspisn't is coronavirus bill it's a left of linen ne-yo neo

socialist bill. >> now it's to the left of l lenin. house speaker nancy pelosi said they will include a $15 minimum wage increase in the bill up for a vote today, but the senate parliamentarian has ruled that out, meaning they could end up with different version of this after the senate votes, something they'll have to reconcile to approve those billions of dollars to help families and businesses and schools. >> that's a tough part with the word "reconcile. a former oh u.s. olympics coach died thursday after he was acharged with sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes. >> reporter: john getter was supposed to be arraigned in a michigan courtroom

the 63-year-old never showed to face 24 criminal counts including to lying police about his friend and former trainer, convicted sex offender larry nassar getter's body was found after taking his own life said michigan's attorney general, calling the discovery a tragic end to a tragic story for everyone involved. just hours earlier the attorney general announced she was charging him with charges all connected to his years as an elite gymnastics coach in the lansing area. >> we hope these charges will bring some measure of justice to some of the harm that was inflicted. >> reporter: i interviewed sarah klein before news of getter's death. she said she was abused by nasr starting at age 8 while practicing at getter's gym she said he had to know what was going on. >> he saw a small child alone naked with a grown man time

after time after time. >> did he ever ask you about that, what was going on in that back room? >> never never. not one time he did not want to know. >> reporter: getter in the past insisted he had zero knowledge of nasser's crimes damage of so many young women he coached. now in prison sentenced to serve more than 100 years. >> lady gaga is offering a $500,000 reward was shot after her dog walker was shot and her dogs koji and gustav were stolen a third dog was recovered. the dog walker was taken to the hospital and is said to be reporting well. let's check in with janessa webb she lets us know what's going on hey, janessa, good morning >> good morning. good morning, everyone

happy friday even though the storms are sparking up across the mid-mississippi valley, they'll be continuing all weekend long unfortunately we're seeing severe weather making its way through the area the forecast calling throughout your saturday is an enhanced risk where we can see up to five inches, and this will linger into your monday also we're going to watch a severe weather threaes even the sunshine will be out and about across the northeast new york city today, 46. that's the weekend and we'll take a look at that forecast coming up. >> all right looking forward to that. i'll see you in a bit. "early today" is back in a few minutes with another

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leading this morning, a potential plot to blow up the capitol. the capitol police said they'll protect because an extremist could be planning an attack. >> we know members of the militia groups that were present on january 6th have stated their desires that they want to blow up the capitol and kill as many members as possible with a direct nexus to the state of the union. >> the chief said the rioters weren't only interested in attacking members of congress but wanted to send a symbolic message to the nation. a dramatic video shows two cars engaged a wild act of road rage in massachusetts. we want to show you this footage

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in "today's quick hits," a mystery in the sky an american airlines pilot headed to phoenix reported seeing an unidentified long cylindrical object flying over the plane above new mexico the fbi is aware of this report and they are investigating. >> i wonder what they will find. nasa's perseverance rover is showing off a personal tour of mars, a first 360-degree panoramic from its landing site. nasa released the photo for download so people can explore it on their own. twitter has added a feature that will be rolled out later this year. >> it should be followed by

super trolling, i'm sure. hollywood award season does kick off this weekend with the 78th annual golden globes. amy poehler and tina fey will be returning as hosts from los angeles. it's the best of television. >> welcome, you bunch of despicable spoiled minimally talented brats. >> reporter: even though tina fey and amy poehler have hosted the golden globes three times, they haven't hosted one like sunday's. >> even if it's remote, i get a chance to hang with my friend. >> this is like the world's most expensive zoom drink. >> reporter: because of the pandemic, tina fey will be hosting part of the show atop the rainbow room atop the rockefeller center and amy poehler will be hosting from the golden globe center. >> they're be tuning in like, what the heck is this going to

be usually we're working the crowd, and the crowd are at home. >> reporter: some big names will be or know what's going to happen with the speeches the fact that all of the nominees are going to be received their awards from home is going to definitely change things. >> reporter: "menk" comes in as best running drama followed closely with five nods by "the trial of seven." emmy darling schitt's creek leads the comedy with five they set the stage award show with a tradition to maybe go next level. >> it's hopefully going to be fun live tv because you're going to be watching out how we do it and if we should be doing it.

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we're back with a push for oregon's beloved streams there's a sweeping new proposal called the river democracy act the bill would protect almost 4,700 miles of oregon waterways. >> reporter: here in oregon, people are proud of their rivers sfroo from the old growth to the high desert, oregon is a state that's really defined by our rivers. >> clean water, outdoor recreation

rivers are everything in oregon. >> reporter: there are more than 110,000 miles of rivers and streams here, and many face growing threats. >> oregon has grown so much in population that we're putting additional stress on our important critical waterways construction near the watershed, adding additional pollutants into our clean rivers. >> reporter: in response oregon's senator ron wyden invited people of oregon to nominate their favorite rivers for special protections, receiving a flood of nominations. widen is now sponsoring a bill with fellow senator jeff merkley to add thousands of miles of rivers and streams to the national scenic designatio giver their special values. >> senator widen's proposal is to protect more rivers in the state of oregon than any other state in the u.s. >> the more wild and scenic

rivers we have, the more wild fish will thrive in our state, and the more economic and social benefit that all oregonians will receive. >> reporter: benefits from waterways both big and small. >> this is henry creek, which is our source of water. >> reporter: drinking water for a few hundred residents in these mountains. >> i nominated henry creek for a wild and scenic designation because we want to protect our source water for many generations to come. >> reporter: a farsighted goal supported by oregonians across the state. from this american land, gary striker for nbc news. that's a beautiful part of the country. it should be preserved >> so many people are relying on nature during these times. >> golfers on the pga tour teed off for the wgc championship they weren't the only ones on

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