. almost every one of my colleagues knows in your hearts that what happened on january 6th was profoundly wrong >> now we have a key witness who is flat out refusing to comply with the congressional subpoena and cooperate with our investigation. >> former trump ally steve bannon now the target of a potential justice department charges for refusing to cooperate on the january 6th investigation. today we may find out the fda's mans on mix i mixing and

matching covid beers shots plus how effective each one may be >> the makers in haiti have $17 million in ransom. >> parents and teachers fired up at a school board meeting over controversial comments about the holocaust. >> plus all 21 passengers survived the fibroy inferno after their plane went down to catch the red sox. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with that breaking news, a long-time ally of former president trump could face charges over the january 6th insurrection the investigation on the capitol voted unanimously overnight to recommend that steve bannon be charged with contempt. nbc news' chris pollone joins us now from washington, d.c chris, good morning, how did bannon find himself here >> reporter: philip, good

morning to you yeah, the committee is trying to move quickly to investigate the or begins of violence that happened january 6th they believe steve bannon has key knowledge about the organization of that attack. his lawyers says he is legally unable to comply and cited foreman president trump's claims of executive privilege claiming trump has instructed him not to provide testimony or documents the committee has rejected those arguments. >> mr. bannon stands alone in his complete defiance of our subpoena that's not acceptable. no one in this country, no matter how wealthy or how powerful is above the law. >> so far mr. bannon's execution is former president trump wishes to invoke some form of executive privilege. this information should not be subject to any privilege at all. >> reporter: because bannon was not a white house employee in

january, the committee says he certainly isn't covered by any executive privilege even if it were to apply. they say he is the only figure so far not to cooperate with the investigation. the full house will vote on the contempt recommendation tomorrow if it passes, a criminal referral will be sent to the justice department, a criminal contempt conviction carries up to a year in prison and a fine up to $100,000 it's important to note the department of justice has not prosecuted a contempt of congress charge in nearly 40 years. >> all right chris, thank you the state of minnesota is now rewarding children for getting vaccinated this week tim wolf introduced a new program kids deserve a shot. they are receive a $200 reworried and a chance to win five dramatics for doctor 100,000 in minnesota college scholarship. in a statement, he says we are

launching this program to award fi teens for part to keep our state safe. >> reporter: the fda could authorize fully vaccinated americans to receive a booster shot that's different from the brand they initially received. the approach of mixing and matching covid vaccines would affect tens of millions of americans first reported by the new york times and nbc news, the government will not recommend one shot over the other, saying the public should stick to the vaccine originally received. but for 15ple jabs with johnson&johnson, new research shows anti-bodies rose sevenfold compared to a minimal increase with another shot of j&j. >> what we are finding out is there are some cases where if you got one vaccine and a booster with a different vaccine, you actually get a

better immune response, a tired immune response against variants. >> reporter: expected to sign off on mod moderna andrs this wk the fda's decision we reviewed and likely approved by the cdc. amid a pushback on vaccine mandates, authorities are doubling down on their importance, especially for those at higher risk general colin powell who was fully vaccinated still lost his life to covid because he was immunocompromised. >> their bodies are unable to respond to the vaccines. the rest of us need to do all we can to fought only protect ourselves but protect the most vulnerable among us. >> reporter: with so many line i lives on the line, tens of millions are waiting for an extra shot of protection miguel almaguer, nbc news. a private plane's takeoff ended in a fiery crash in houston, texas

all people escaped and only two had minor injuries they were sent houston for a playoff game u.s. commercial airlines no longer fly the md-80 series. investigators are looking into the cause of thissh kra. now to the race to rescue americans kidnapped in haiti the gang reportedly ordering $17 million. sam brock has more good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we are learning more about a west michigan family of seven, six of whom were abducted in haiti. five of them kid this going on as an international crisis stretches well into the week with a $17 million ransom request looming even if it's unlikely to get paid an abduction and details of a manic ransom first reported by the complete journal citing the haitian justice minister $17

million. 1 million per person for the 17 missionaries kidnapped by a gang in haiti among those being held captive, a mother and her five children all but one under 18 according to a friend who did not want to show her face on camera >> they're very genuine. they are loving people they had a heart for mission. >> reporter: she says her father was on the trip but not with them at the time of the abduction. former fbi agent tim gallagher says the agency dicourages any payment. >> ransom payments are the fuel that drives this criminal investigation. the fbi is looking to rescue these victims at the same time desprpriving the criminal investigation. >> reporter: the justice minister telling the "new york times", often, the gangs know they cannot be paid. >> we know these groups target u.s. citizens who they assume have the resources and the finances to pay ransom, even if

that is not the case. >> reporter: on the ground if port-au-prince, conditions are dire a doctor at a hospital there says the violenc inescapable. >> the kids are people on the streets. they are being kid nachltd. >> reporter: ten years ago indiana native rex buyer was targeted and shot in the leg when he tried to escape. >> we resisted they started shooting, they busted out the windows, all -- broke loose. >> if you don't pay what will happen in. >> it's a mission of life or death. >> reporter: those with fbi experience say there is a number of factors right now working against this notorious gang, not the least which is keeping 17 people captive, the food, water, medicine, supplies

also, there are five children among this group who are americans. they say it's very likely this could be resolved in a that's of days, not weeks or months. back to you. >> that's the hope thank you. south carolina attorney alex murdaugh is behind bars for plotting his own suicide in another scheme they said he is considered a person of interest in the still unsolved fatal shootings of his wife and son in june, he insists he had nothing to do with the killings. a person attempting to sell nuclear secrets, the five engineer and his wife were charged with one count of communicating restricted data and two counts of restrictive data they thought they were the speaking with a representative of another country

the pair is due in federal court today, they were speaking to an fbi act. warm weather in the northeast. in the rockies, let's get a glimpse of our wednesday with janessa webb >> hi, good morning, the weather is all over the place. we have a strong storm for some. it's starting to exit. winter weather advisories are put in place for south dakota. what's happening is it's colliding with some warmer air and sea. the transition that's happening right now, it's going into rain. that's what we will deal with from minneapolis to south dakota, all the way into the akron area in ohio this afternoon, it could be a quarter of an inch of rain, very minimal throughout the day, losingthat sunshine an

into the northeast as well, minneapolis below average. 57 degrees temperatures are starting to warm up once again we'll talk about where coming up >> good to know, janessa, thank you. queen els both turned down the older of the year award. the queen who hat 95 just hosted a summit on climate innovation she responded that you are as old as you feel and as such she doesn't believe she meets the criteria her late husband prince philly was older of the year on his 90th birthday. >> what do they say, off with the head the latest proposal missed from president biden's audit package. >> why former president trump is losing his grip over the lone star state

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in the news, democrats are huddling on ill to hammer out a deal on their social spending package. the safety net bill which started at $3.5 trillion will likely shrink below the $2 trillion park. democrats are trimg plans for free community college and an extension for child credit the moderate and aggressive wings are confident a deal is on to be horizon. >> we're not there and we understand the margins are slim, so we need to get there. so i think it's fine for the president to have smaller meetings with different groupings of people, so i think we're in a good place. >> let's do what we can do together let's get that piece of legislation agreed on to put the framework together, that will take a little while. >> meanwhile, president biden will head to scranton, pennsylvania to rally support for his build back better

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the school board in south lake, texas, is facing renewed scrutiny of a report on controversial comments about the holocaust. the firestorm comes after the district gained national attention over its diversity plan >> you say that i'm divisive you're divisiv . >> reporter: in south lake, tensions high yet again at a school board meeting. >> i was subject to rash bullying, almost anti-semitic in nature i received jokes about my nose to the goose chamber. >> reporter: a former south lake

student opened about bullying so severe he contemplated suicide >> the blame is right here in this room. >> reporter: the meeting the first time residents could publicly raise concerns after the ticket sent teachers guidance to vet all books, instructing them no not allow sipping lar narratives that could be considered offensive. >> please help restore my faith in this district and the school board. >> reporter: all of it in response to a new tex law, pr prohibiting teachers to feel opening wish and guilt last week, nbc news obtained secretly recorded audio. in it, they told educators to balance books about the holocaust with an opposing view. >> make sure if you have a book on the holocaust that you have one -- >> reporter: the holocaust >> gina petty did not request comment. in response to her remark, carroll superintendent issued an

apology stating there are not two side in the hol cocaust, to clarify the policy parents expressed concern about the controversy. >> the teacher recommended a book those teach worries recorded the training session tapped administrator are all victims of this toxic environment. >> reporter: berman urging more needs to be done to protect students and teachers. >> this is a crossroads to this state and district one path is to lead and the other will cost you and your student. >> reporter: a message he hopes lied to a brighter future for all. antonia hilton, nbc news, new york. >> you can hear more of our reporting on south lake in our nbc news podcast all episodes are now streaming. an arizona mom gave birth to a 14-pound bundle of joy a. huge joy here that's baby finley born two weeks early. karen says after she delivered him, the nurses couldn't wait to get him on the scale to see that number a. formal baby weighs, he

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right now at 4:30, wet weather. we're trark tracking it all. plus, placed on leave. the way the police union is responding to the city and its vaccine mandate. and her first day in court has arrived. a mother is back in the bay area. response from a victim's mother you have to see. this is "today in the bay."