is wrapping up their investigation and expected to urge the justice department to pursue criminal charges against former president trump. covid-era 42 is set to expire this week a surge of people is expected to pour over the border. and six days to christmas. can you fake a fake product review on amazon we'll tell you the secret. vote out of a job? with a few hours left to weigh

in, elon musk may be tossed from his own ceo at his own doing. the world cup left sports fans wishing for more. let's get started. "early today" starts right now. good morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with historic moves coming from the committee of the january 6th attack on the capitol. they're set to vote to approve the report of its findings to be released wednesday, and nbc news has learned the committee has finalized it plans to refer criminal charges for former president donald trump nbc's brie jax joins us now from dc good morning what do we know about these potential charges? >> reporter: good morning. i nbc news knows they have three suggestions. they're expected to view these

charges -- committee member adam schiff says there's sufficient evidence. >> i think the evidence is there that donald trump committed criminal offenses in connection with his efforts to overturn the election, and viewing it as a stormer prosecutor, i think there's sufficient evidence to charge the president. >> former president trump attacked the panel over the weekend on social media, calling them the, quote, thugs and scoundrels of the unselect committee. a spokesperson for the trump campaign says they'll have more to say after the referrals are made public. the january 6th committee will also vote today to approve its final report to be released wednesday which will include an all and hundreds of pages of information. and while krl charges against a

former president without be historic, it will be up to the justice department to decide. nbc news will have live coverage of the committee's public meetings starting today at 1:00 p.m. eastern. breaking overnight in canada, six people are dead after a mass shooting in vaughn city, part of ontario prove ens. among the dead, the suspected gunman shot dead officials tell canadian broadcaster cbc that a seventh victim is in the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to survive police say there's no further threat to the community, and those who have evacuated from the building have been allowed to return. this investigation is ongoing. gun deaths are rare in canada compared to the u.s. the firearms rate is seven times higher in this country per

capita. passengers were seriously hurt after a hawaiian air flight encountered severe turbulence. 11 of the injured were hospitalized in serious condition, one is table. one a personal was 14. another was made unconscious by the turbulence they suffered head injuries, cuts, bruises, and nausea. the faa is investigating the incident and said the a 330 was roughly 30 minutes from its designation when it struck the unexpected patch the plane was at capacity with nearly 300 people onboard. officials say the e fasten seseatbelt lights werere on bute were not properly restraineded > the e city of texas is unr mergrge as the n number ofof mi arririving is expecteded to sur startingng wednesdayay

ththat's whehen tight ttle 42 we liftfted nbc's guad venegas is on the ground in el paso. >> reporter: a state of emergency at the texas border. the mayor of el paso making declaration late saturday. >> o our a asylum m seekers ara safe as wewe havave hundreds and hundreds on the streets and that's not the way we want to treatment people. >> reporter: he says more than 1,500 have arrived in the last week and the number is supposed to explode when tight 482 is set to be lifted on wednesday. it made it easier to return hundreds of thousands of migrants to mexico. >> if the courts do not intervene and put a halt to the removal of title 42, it could be total chaos.

>> reporter: officials say the number of migrants attempting to cross the border could more than double daily, but border towns are already strained >> he's waiting for transport so he can get to new york. >> reporter: men, women, and children flee violence and poverty seeking asylum at this camp in downtown el paso. >> it's freezing temperatures overnight. we have women and children sleeping in streets. >> she said this entire sidewalk was full of people who slept there last night. >> reporter: volunteers bringing clothing, food, and water. >> this is one of the areas where people are sleeping on the ground this person is using a cardboard box to stay warm they're getting food and water in this area it's next to the bus station where some of these buses are being used for them to get to their destination. others seeking shelter at el paso international airport now one final attempt to prevent

a possible surge of migrants they're calling on the supreme court to intervene while border officials say they expect another surge of asylum seekers arrived at the border, a few days ago officials were confirming they were working with authorities to bring them to the u.s./mexico border, allowing them to cross into the u stalts and turn themselves in, which makes it unclear what the mexican government is doing to help with this new surge back to you. >> important reporting guad, thank you. a dramatic overtime. france won the ournament our meagan fitzgerald has the highlights >> reporter: it was a match for the ages the world cup fairy tale ending argentina set out for. superstar lionel messi with a first goal on a penalty kick

the team scoring one more after dominating the first half. the stadium erupting with excitement. >> this game has been all argentina all the time. >> reporter: but in the second half, mbappe putting france back in the game with two goals later mbappe with a hat trick, scoring three goals, a first for a player in nearly six decades and enough to send the tied game to penalty kicks fans from both sides on edge. >> it's very intense. >> reporter: in the end, a sensational win for argentina. celebrations from the streets in buenos arir ar a ares to a plann

doha. >> we can't believe it, we can't believe it. >> reporter: messi says it's his final word cup the 35-yefirst 35-year-old to e play the game. celebrations began all over the country in honor of the first night of hanukkah. the biggest menorah was lit in the bibbal p standing 36 tauls ceremonies will be hosted during all eight nights of the jewish festival of lights festivities also began down in miami, the home of the tallest electronic menorah permeating the world center skyscraper, and we're wishing a very happy hanukkah to all those who celebrate. let's turn to your holiday

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