winter's wrath blizzards bury the north, while severe storms batter the south rare december tornados ripping through texas and louisiana overnight. inside the destruction, plus where the dangerous system is heading next a major crisis brewing at the border a surge of migrants threatening to overwhelm el paso why it could get worse in the coming days. a christmas miracle on capitol hill republicans and democrats strike a deal in the race to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the holidays going for the crown in qatar.

lionel messi and argentina punch their ticket to the world cup final as morocco tries to make history against france and just winging it. a little girl's stuffed dog takes to the skies for an incredible journey to reunite with her owner it's wednesday, december 14. "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm phillip mina >> one child has died and a mother is still missing after a tornado struck a town in louisiana. there are multiple injuries across the state due to severe weather. in texas, at least five people were injured after tornados swept throughout dallas-ft. worth area and the threat is not over with millions still in harm's way this morning our jay gray starts us off

>> reporter: a violent december tornado ripping through oklahoma and texas. >> power went out. about two minutes later, just really started hearing the storm going and saw, started seeing all the wind and the rain. >> reporter: roofs peeled open, windows blown out. trees and power lines blown down >> proceed immediately to the nearest severe weather area inside the terminal building >> reporter: passengers moved away from windows to interior walls and shelters at dfw airport. while in boston, it's snow and ice causing major delays and cancellations. >> they put out cots for people, you see a lot of angry people here at the airport. >> reporter: brutal weather from northern california through the northeast. millions dealing with high winds, heavy snow and ice. >> my family's going to hunker down and pray that the electricity stays on so we don't freeze >> reporter: forecasters warning the extreme conditions will continue to cripple travel plans and cause major problems over the next several days.

jay gray, nbc news >> for more on that storm's path, let's bring in angie lassman. good morning >> good morning, guys. another busy day for us. we still have the potential for tornados in the past 24 hours, already 12 reported, and we'll likely see more where that came from. we've seen tornado warnings throughout the morning already and this system continues to move off to the east plenty of lightning and heavy rain associated with this as well but those aren't the only threats. i mentioned the tornados we have gusty winds that are possible with some of these stronger storms that could gust up to 70 miles per hour along with the hail. these are all impacts that we saw across texas, louisiana and mississippi yesterday. and just a slight shift off to the east for the best chance for the impact of tornados for louisiana, parts of alabama, mississippi and extending into the panhandle of florida that's really the bull's eye of where we could see long-track tornados, those stronger

tornados, ef- 2 or higher. we're not in the clear as we get moo tomorrow either. the potential for severe weather shift as little farther to the east we will watch the carolinas and florida. >> check in with you in just a bit. thank you, angie homeland security secretary al ha alejandro mayorkas visited the southern border in el paso, texas. the visit comes ahead of next week's expected migrant surge. >> reporter: even more migrants crossing the rio grande into el paso, texas. thousands have come in huge groups just over the past several days, pburning fires to keep warm, many from nicaragua tension has been ramping up. weeks ago, riot police broke apart a riot camp that had formed along the border. and now shelters are filling up. there are still hundreds of

migrants who have walk aid cross the rio grande and are waiting to get into el paso. the new influx comes days before a federal court is set to lift a pandemic-era restriction known as title 42. we met this family of four from guatemala who arrived here weeks ago. now they're waiting until title 42 is lifted before they decide whether to cross into the united states with u.s. migrant processing centers already crowded, some migrants even sleeping outside, some officials in el paso are urging the mayor to declare a state of emergency >> it is a crisis t it is an emergency there is municipality alone that could handle what we're seeing and what we're about to see with the lifting of title 42. >> reporter: alejandro mayorkas visited el paso and is facing republican calls for impeachment. crititics of the biden admiministrationon sayay its lax

policies will encourage larger influxes when title 42 is lifted crossings could average 10,000 per day. this man from ekd says a cartel kidnapped him and he only survived because the mexican military rescued him and others. >> reporter: we're just seeing how challenging it may be about to get >> our thanks to gabe for that report now breaking news from congress and some hope before the holidays negotiators say they have reach add bipartisan agreement to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown right before christmas. brie jackson joins us from d.c what do we know about this deal? >> reporter: good morning, frances. lawmakers have not shared any specific details, but there are optimistic updates from both

parties. democratic senator patrick leahy is the sharechairman of the appropriations committee he confirmed that agreement has been reached saying in a statement that the pain of inflation is real and this cannot be delayed further. senator shelby says if all goes well they should be able to finish an omnibus package by december 23rd. lawmakers are expected to pass a one-week extension allowing negotiations to continue until the 23rd the package includes bills to keep the government funded through september of next year >> brie jackson for us, thank you. and some haiklawmakers are looking to stop the clock on tiktok a bipartisan bill was introduced to both chambers of congress aiming to ban the app from

tedance. marco rubio and mike gallagher worked across the aisle with a democratic congressman on the act. if passed it would block all social media from influences from china, russia and other nations of concern. elon musk slashing the trust and safety team. the "new york times" is reporting that the social giant has not paid rent on san francisco headquarters or any global offices in weeks in an effort to cut costs. and twitter's leaders have discussed the consequences of denying severance payments to thousands of employees who have been laid off. two people familiar with the talks told the times mux musk has threatened workers with lawsuits if they speak to the media in a manner contrary to the company's interests. now to a messi day for

croatia and a messi celebration for argentina. >> messi buries it >> connecting on a penalty kick to give argentina the early lead that was his fifth goal of the world cup, but it was just the beginning for his time alvarez joined the party five minutes later and would tack on another goal in the second half for good measure that would seal the victory, saudi arabia upset this team to start the tournament, but now they one win away from their first title in 36 years. argentina wins 3-0, heading to their second world cup final in three tournaments. croatia will play in the third place game argentina will play on sunday in the final against the winner of today's match, morocco's historic run takes them to the semi-finals against defending champion france. that game had kwill kick off at 2:00 p.m. eastern.

>> hi, angie >> as expected alerts continue to rise with more people added to this as the storm continues to the east. 32 million impacted with the wintry weather we have been keeping a close eye on parts of the persnorthern pl and midwest. that's where people are impacted with strong winds, blizzard conditions but as we look out towards the east as the system continues to move that way, we'll see ice storm warnings that will go into effect tonight and the winter weather advisories as well we'll likely see more of that where it came from notice the wind and snow co accumulations will make it really rough but as we head into the weekend mo snow forer impact folks

from louisiana, mississippi and texas. and the severe weather threat will shift, that is something we'll watch over the next couple days southwest airlines went the distance to reunite a little girl and her stuffed dog the girl is named luna and her animal is named dog dog. dog dog was left in a rental car. and they were on it. dog dog had quite an adventure in the window seat, getting back home to baltimore. luna was eventually reunited with dog dog and they got a photo of the memorable trip. we are back in one minute with a somber ananniversary of e sandy hohook massacrcre. > plus a teaeacher disararma student. plus a teaeacher disaraa student. 95% of women had visibly-smootherer skin. be feaearless with olay hyaluronicic body lotionon and body y wash.

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deadliest school shooting in america. one decade ago, 26 lives were lost at sandy hook now family members and survivors are reflecting on how the support system has gotten them through these years. >> i have seen so many people that just have gotten outside of themselves to, to help me >> the way i'm going to cope with that is just making, you know, through people, kind of making sure and staying close with my best friend, making sure when i get, when i come home for breaks that i meet up with old teachers >> school also be closed today in new town, connecticut memorial events are planned to hon honor the victims. last week a teacher used quick thinking and empathy when she disarm add studed a student >> reporter: lynn williams said

she never heard the gunshot, just the screams of other teachers telling her to get out of hall and into the classroom >> brought them into our classrooms, and i was shooing the students into the corners to get away from tht away from tho there was one student looking at my, and i said come on, you need to get into the corner he benlts down and picked up a gun. >> reporter: that student whom police have only identified as a 12-year-old never threatened her or pointed the gun at anyone >> i said to him, what is that knowing full well what it was. and he said a gun. and i said, you stay right there. i'm taking it. right now. and i walked over and took it away from him. he didn't fight me >> reporter: as she took the gun away she smelled gunpowder. >> and i said why does it smell, and he pointed directly behind

him and said i just shot the window >> reporter: the gun had been fired moments before she and her students rushed in >> i said why? and he said because i hate this school and everything in it. >> reporter: williams says she stayed with the student until police arrived, and thinks this bullet hole was a cry for hip. > hielp. >> i think if he truly wanted to hurt someone he had plenty of opportunity. >> reporter: friday, school leaders gave students the day off to have time to process what happened but not williams she says she needs more time and therapy before she's willing to step back into this room and more needs to be done to keep days like thursday from happening. >> ags a society, as americans, we need to do better

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