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to business and the looming deal between the nfl and google's youtube for one of the most lucrative football deals. and check out the most-liked instagram photo in the history of the world it's "early today. hi there, good morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. tens of msillions of americans are gearing up for the worst wr winter storm in decades. the national weather service is warning against life-threatening cold blizzard warnings and hazard alerts are in effect >> and it's coming during the busiest travel time of the year as 100 million americans gear up to hit the roads and skies for christmas. several travel waivers have already been issued ahead of the winter wallop.

angie lassman has been tracking this massive storm for us all week good morning >> we could have a multitude of impacts from really strong winds that could bring us 20-foot waves on lake michigan, something you don't often see. i have a feeling, i grew up in michigan i have a feeling there will be surfers out there, but bitter cold as well and not to mention snow the system eventually starts to bring the mid west snow later today. the really impactful part of this system happens thursday into friday. snow for parts of the great lakes, midwest and stretching as far as to tennessee and northern parts of mississippi as well heavy rain for the northeast that could cause coastal flooding and inland flooding as well here's one of those impacts. damaging winds this is really problematic, because we not only could see winds up to 50 miles per hour but oftentimes that will lead to power outages, downed trees, and that causes problems especially when we're talking bitter cold temperatures across the area with power outages, something

we'll have to monitor. >> there will be a lot of headaches and problems for us, thank you very much angie. now to the u.s. supreme court who's dealt a major blow to thousands of asylum seekers at the border. they have issue d a temporary stay to keep title 42 in effect for now. t the administration's position is that title 42 is not needed anymore. governor abbott says it would help prevent illegal immigration. at least two people are dead in northern california after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked humboldt county, about 200 miles north of san francisco the sheriff there says dozens of devastating aftershocks followed mig miguel almaguer has more

>> reporter: jolted out of bed and into chaosos residedents in humboboldt count california waking up to their lives tuturn ed u upside down a 6.4 earthquake damaging home, destroying businesses and severing roads >> we have a broken window and several cracks in the building >> reporter: striking at 2:34 a.m., much of northern california was rattled, centered 200 miles north of san francisco and just outside the msmall town of ferndale, it shook for nearly 20 seconds first responders say two people suffered medical emergencies and died 11 others were injured even before sun rise the apparent damage was widespread, homes slid o off foundndation, d inside, virtually everything was strewn across floors

for some there was warning state officials say california's my shahake a app alelerted 3 min pepeople the shahake was coming. ten seconds before the ground started shaking. with tdamage assesessment under way, it comes onone yeyear to o day a a 6.2 2 quake rocked the region for communities living on shaky ground, just under a hundred aftershocks are rattling not just the region but also nerve, miguel almaguer, nbc news. now to breaking news after years of legal battles, six years of former president trump's tax returns are to be made public. the house committee voted along party lines to release the records from 2015 through 2020 it could take time to see the full records, but two reporting released overnight are provide ago

provideing a preview >> reporter: the joint committee on taxation released a report summarizing the findings it reveals mr. trump reported negative income during four of the six years and in 2020 paid no federal income tax and claim add refund of nearly $5.5 million the report pointing a lot of fingers at the irs, saying that it did not verify large cash donations to charity and is being criticized by the committee for starting only one audit of trump's returns while he was president it was clear during the trump administration that that mandatory audit program was not a priority now republicans criticize the disclosure as setting a dangerous precedent that could hurt average americans richard neal said he needed to he review the returns and it rises above politics >> the tax forms were really

never audited. and only my sending a letter at one point prompted sort of a rear view mirror response. >> democrats on the ways and means committee have unleashed a dangerous new political weapon that overturns decades of privacy protections for average taxpayers. >> reporter: now former president trump has not responded to the committee's decision but when the supreme court ruled that the records should be handed over congress he did athen itn it create create d d precedent. they could become public as soon as this week in his first known foreign trip since russia invaded ukraine, president zelenskyy will visit washington today. the white house confirms president biden will welcome him at the white house at 2:00 p.m.

eastern for a bilateral meeting, and then later in the evening, zelenskyy will address a joint session of congress. the white house says the visit intends to demonstrate strong bipartisan support for ukraine a senior official says during the visit the u.s. will officially announce the shipment of a patriot air defense system to ukraine a former texas cop has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for shooting a shooting woman black woman through a window in her home he responded to a call, and when he was walking around the property he saw the woman holding a gun. he shot her dead >> she had the gun because she heard noise. she was babysitting her nephew at the time. he avoided a murder conviction which could have sent him to prison for life.

two brothers were abducted in columbus, ohio. they were strapped in their car seats when their mom ran into a pizza shop to pick up an order a woman jumped in the vehicle and took off one of the twins were found at the airport. >> we're begging you to please return casaun. we can even pick him up. just call us and tell us where casaun is. >> authorities are asking anyone with information to call the tip line >> hello, angie. >> a bus ooy day ahead of us. you can see the winter alerts are up for many locations. blizzard warnings in some spots. winter storm watches will be continued. they're mainly centered around the great lakes region where we'll see heavy snow as well as

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desperate plea for justice a michigan mom is taking her son's unsolved murder case to the public, putting up a billboard to try and finally catch her son's killer cathy park has more. >> reporter: a mother and beloved community activist in michigan is calling out the police department when twith thi billboard. her son was shot and killed outside their home and now she's pleading for the public's help. >> i saw who killed him. i walked outside on the porch after i heard the gunshots, and i looked over there and saw them running. >> reporter: she says her son was on neighborhood watch january 26, 2021, trying to keep crime away when he was killed. >> i want the killers to know that i saw you i saw you. i saw you run away after you shot my son five times >> reporter: now, nearly two years later and no arrests, mama shu, as harris is affection

fa atl called, is taking the matter into her hands the scene almost reminiscent of the film "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri". >> i don't know what the police are doing. i ha >> reporter: now the real-life scene playing out near detroit >> first highland park police had the report, then wayne county >> reporter: they returned the case to highland park for further investigation in june, ad adding michigan state police were the investigating authority. they were asked to take a look last week after the billboard went up but don't have it as of yet. the issue of unsolved murders is felt beyond mama shu's

neighborhood only 50% of homicides were solved in the u.s. according to the murder accountability project which tracks the so-called clearance rate >> we don't have enough trained police we don't have enough support personnel and laboratory capacity we don't have enough of everything >> reporter: but in highland park, only two of the nine homicides reported in 2021 were cleared, less than a quarter >> their clearance data for homicide is proof that they are insufficiently resourced to meet the challenge. >> reporter: the highland park police department telling nbc news, quote, we brief telieve ti a lot of misinformation going around about this case even before the 2021 homicide, mama shu spent more than a decade trying to save the neighborhood, after her 2-year-old son died in a hit-and-run in 2007. >> we deserve to have a quality li

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right now at 4:30, the aftermath. thousands are without power after the deadly earthquake in humboldt county. the cleanup efforts and the way families are working to keep warm right before the holidays. and as residents assess the damage created by the earthquake, many are stepping up to help those affected. the resources world central kitchen is offering this morning. plus, breaking news, did the giants celebrate too soon? oh, no, the major shake-up to the team as a new superstar backs out of a million dollar deal this is "today in the bay" streaming live on rockingham.