it's monday, january 9th president biden got more than an earful when visiting the texas border, as countless migrants have led to a humanitarian crisis as the deadly drug fentanyl is also being smuggled across the border. chaos in brazil as hundreds storm the building, delivering shades of our own january 6th insurrection a would-be thief threatens people inside a restaurant by brandishing a handgun as he robbed them. as a patron opens fire, unloading what sounds like eight shots into the perpetrator now police want to talk to that

man. new images of buffalo bills damar hamlin as the league shows their love and support in the final week of the nfl regular season and a promising new therapy for americans diagnosed with parkinson's that has some saying it's kept the disease from progressing. put up your dukes. "early today" starts right now >> thanks for starting your morning early with us. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. immigration takes center stage as president biden gears up for a trilateral meeting in mexico city the trip comes after an eye-opening sunday at the border joining us now from d.c. is brie jackson. brie, good morning it's been a busy few days for the president. >> absolutely. good morning, phillip. this was president biden's first trip to the southern border since taking office two years ago, and mr. biden got a firsthand look at the humidity crisis in el paso has been dealing with and met with one of his biggest critics, texas governor greg abbott

abbott hand-delivered a letter asking the president to, quote, do his job here's what he had to say about the visit. >> this visit is about two years too late and about $20 billion short of what needs to be done all he is going to do down there is rearrange the chairs on the deck of the "titanic" he is not going to achieve any solutions that will make the border safer, more secure and stop illegal immigration. >> reporter: and these trips come just days after the biden administration unveiled a new plan that includes tougher border restrictions while also offering a legal pathway for 30,000 migrants a month. the plan will also start turning away cubans, haitians, and nicknick nicking a nicaraguans who cross illegally using title 42 just a few hours ago, mr. biden landed in mexico for a two-day summit with the mexican presidents and canadian prime minister justin trudeau. the meeting comes at a critical

time as violence plagues mexico's northern state of sinaloa. the unrest response to the capture of el chapo's son. the intense operation led to the deaths of 29 people. a mexican judge has halted the extradition of the alleged cartel leader. and also on the agenda, how to tackle the flow of fentanyl into the u.s. last year, according to the cdc, there were over 71,000 fentanyl-related deaths in the u.s. alone phillip? >> so many vital issues for president biden to address there at the border. brie, thank you. a reminder of january 6th, more than 400 people have been arrested in brazil's capital after rioters supported the former defeated president bolsonaro. they stormed and vandalized congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace. current president lula da silva seen here surveying the damage, has slammed the rioters as, quote, fascist and blamed his

predecessor. but bolsonaro shot back saying he only supports peaceful protests president biden tweeted a condemnation of what he called on assault on democracy in brazil out of virginia, where an elementary school is reeling after a 6-year-old allegedly shot a teacher on friday she was seriously injured in the incident, and the school district has had three instances of gun violence in the last 17 months michelle wolf from our nbc affiliate wavy has the details. >> reporter: police officers stormed a newport news elementary school friday after calls of an active shooter the suspect, a 6-year-old boy. >> this was not an accidental shooting >> reporter: newport news police chief steve drew said during a joint news conference that the child pulled a handgun during an altercation with his teacher, ultimately wounding her. other children were this the classroom at the time, but were not injured. >> our students got a lesson in gun violence >> i want to know where that firearm came from. what was the situation. >> reporter: groups of children escorted by plainclothes

officers in bulletproof vests to their families after an hour-long lockdown tracy debrew rushed to richneck elementary to pick up her grandson when she heard the news. >> where did this child get a gun from we have to do something about this gun violence. it is taking over. now it's taking over our babies. >> reporter: and this military mom, who recently moved to the united states while her husband is stationed in hampton roads. >> let's do something. we've got a new governor now let's do something let's change it. you got a beautiful country. you've got beautiful people. but what's the problem guns >> it's a dark day for newport news we're going learn from this and come back stronger >> our thanks to michelle for thatat report. a deadly intervention was caught on camera in texas. an armed robber was holding up patrons at a taco shop, when one decided to take matters intinto his own hands. priscilla thompson has the story, but we should warn you, the video might be upsetting to

some. >> reporter: frightening moments inside a southwest houston taco shop thursday night. a masked man who police believe was in his 20s dressed in all black pointing a gun and demanding money from the more than half dozen patrons inside the ranchito taqueria number 4 then a heroic attempt to stop him. a customer steps in, pulling out a gun of his own and opening fire, shooting the suspect multiple times [ gunshots ] the alleged robber stumbles to the door and collapsing. police say he died at the scene. the shooter then retrieves the stolen cash and returns it to patrons. >> your money, your money. >> reporter: before appearing to make a startling discovery [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. the gun the suspect used was a fake surveillance camera footage shows the man outside. the search for the man sitting here at table 4 is now over.

police say his attorney has reached out. meanwhile, authorities are still asking customers with any information about the shooting to come forward. >> in order to conduct a complete investigation, police are going to want to talk to the shooter, even if they have no plans to charge him. >> the question now, will the customer's good deeds result in criminal charges police say after speaking with the shooter, the district attorney will decide >> should we expect to see charges in this case >> it's highly unlikely you're going to see charges against this shooter he was arguably the victim of a robbery. >> reporter: a bystander's intervention leading to deadly consequences priscilla thompson, nbc news, houston. buffalo bills player damar hamlin is on the road to recovery as tributes poured in from around the nfl in the last week of the regular season before the games, hamlin shared this photo from his hospital bed with the caption "game time. across the nfl, players warmed

up in shirts with hamlin's number 3 the 3 on the 30 yard lines were pained in bills blue or red. the bills themselves showing love to hamlin right at the start of their game. >> to defer after winning the toss here is hines on the runback breaking a tackle and taking it past midfield, then down the sideline he goes this is storybook! >> three years and three months since their last kick return for a touchdown, thines runs one in on the opening kickoff that set the tone for the day the bills sprint by the patriots, 35-23. it was win or go home on monday night football, but jamaal williams touched down and a gutsy fourth down conversion were enough to send the packers packing. the lions play spoiler and win 20-16. green bay's loss is seattle's gain the seahawks get the final wild card spot in the nfc and the bucks host the cowboys

as tom brady finishes the first losing season of his career. in the battle for the afc north title, the bengals pounce to an early 17-0 lead over the ravens cinci's defense picked off backup quarterback anthony brown twice, and joe burrow was cold as ice to damar chase. the bengals win. those two teams will meet up again in cincinnati next week for the wild card round. and after their win on saturday, the afc south champion jaguars will host the chargers this morning, 32 million americans are facing flood watches and warnings nbc meteorologist michelle grossman has been up all night tracking these relentless west coast storms good to see you again here, michelle >> great to see you guys we're going to track these storms all week long well have first storm today. another one tomorrow, and then another one wednesday and thursday so the relentless parade of storms continue. we're looking at really heavy rains, mountain snow and winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour. so first starting with the rain. we're expecting up to a foot of

rain in some spots that's going to load to mud slides it's going lead to some flooding as well. you can see the rivers rise as we head throughout the day and also on tuesday. and then snow, we're going to be measuring snow in feet up to five feet of snow, even up to six feet in some of the hiest ghe look at some weather moving through this morning, but drying out inned any atlantic later on this afternoon. all right. it's a new workweek. it's monday. we're going take a look at the weather for this week coming up. >> glad to have you with us all week long. thank you, michelle. >> so good to see you. american skier mikaela shiffrin has done it again she has won another world cup. she has now tied lindsey vonn's u.s. women's world cup record with her 82nd win. it was an emotional victory,ed a

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