a second set of classified documents have been discovered in a different location by president biden's aides. are there more breaking overnight, crews working for over eight hours to rescue a worker trapped in a trench and able to get him out alive. this morning the battle over assault weapons grows as another governor signs new laws banning the sale or possession of semi-automatic weapons shocking video of a man spraying a homeless woman with a hose and more severe weather

hitting hitting california and states to the north and west as the death toll approaches nearly 20. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. president biden's handling of classified materials is facing more scrutiny this morning aides found a second batch of classified documents from when mr. biden was president. this time at a second location, separate from the private office where the first ones were found. kristin welker kicks off our coverage >> reporter: the controversy over president biden's handling of classified information is growing, revelations a second batch of classified documents has been discovered by aides to the president. this time in a different lo location from where the initial documents were found a source familiar to the matter tells nbc news >> i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records that were taken there to

that office. we're cooperating fully. >> reporter: still unclear when these new documents were discover and if biden attorneys are still searching for more now top republicans are calling for attorney general merrick garland to appoint a special counsel, the same action he took in response to president trump's handling of classified documents at his mar-a-lago home >> if you're listening mr. garland, you need to do the exact same thing to president biden. >> reporter: they were found in an office used by mr. biden after the vice presidency. they were not handed over until just this week while the trump and biden case contain similarities, there are key differences, including that

the biden documents were not the subject of an archives request and once discovered were quickly handed over. but republicans are demanding answers in the biden case. >> anytime we find out something that comes out before the election dealing with the biden family, it's pushed under the rug. >> reporter: we pressed the white house. does it undercut the president's promise of transparency that these documents were not revealed for several months after the white house discovered them >> you know, so, when his lawyers realized that these documents were there, they turned them over to the archives >> reporter: the oversight committee is looking into the classified documents and announced another investigation into the finances of president biden and his family something aides here at the white house say they have been preparing for. back to you. >> all right, kristin, thank you. illinois is firing up the national debate over gun control this morning the state's governor has signed a bill banning the sale or

possession of semi-automatic weapons. and gun rights advocates are already vowing to fight back for the latest, let's get to brie jackson illinois is not the first state to pass this kind of legislation. >> reporter: that's right. eight other states have similar laws, including california, hawaii and much of the northeast as well as washington, d.c illinois lawmakers launched a major push to ban semi-automatic weapons in the wake of last year's mass shooting at a fourth of july parade it killed seven people and left 30 more injured in a chicago suburb >> illinois now officially prohibits the sale and distribution of these mass killing machines and rapid fire devices. i'm signing this legislation tonight so that it can take immediate effect, and we can end the sale of these weapons of war as soon as possible. >> reporter: critics of the law

have vowed swift legal action saying court challenges will overturn the law as a violation of the second amendment. and while the new legislation does not call for current owners to give up their assault weapons, it does require them to register them with the state already, sheriffs in several counties have said they will not comply with the requirement, a move the governor called political grand standing at its worst. on the national level, president biden has pushed for a new federal assault weapons ban like the one he helped pass as a senator back in 1994 that legislation was sunset in 2004 in the ten years that followed, mass shooting deaths spiked, according to the study from the journal of trauma and acute care bipartisan gun control legislation was passed last year and we're seeing its impact. federal prosecutors in new york used the law for the first time, arresting four men for firearms

trafficking. dozens of guns were taken offer the street, including several difficult-to-track ghost guns. now to a rescue mission in pennsylvania that lasted over eight hours. crews worked into the night to pull a 27-year-old man out of a trench that firefighters say was 12-15 feet deep. two men were working on a sewer line in the back yard when the ground caved in. one worker was freed when crews arrived, but the other was buried up to his neck in the trench he was pulled out just after 10:00 p.m. eastern and was taken to the hospital. the city of allentown sharing a happy ending, revealing the man's wife told him she was pregnant just minutes before he was pulled out of the trench thousands of flights were delayed and canceled on wednesday across the u.s officials are blaming a corrupted fire in the notice to air missions system which sends pilots vital information that they need to fly safely. here's alice barr.

>> reporter: epic air travel gridlock, slowly unsnarling with flights gradually resuming after a computer outage at the federal aviation administration forced it to halt all departures nationwide its preliminary work shows a damaged database file is to blame, adding at this time there is no evidence of a cyber attack >> i've directed faa to figure out exactly how this happened. >> reporter: the faa's notice to air missions system that alerts pilot critical things like runway closures failed forcing a ground stop for about an hour and a half >> i had to change my flight to tomorrow morning >> put as damper on things for sure >> reporter: the massive disruption raising questions about the state of technology at the faa and comes as congress is preparing to reauthorize faa legislation that sets the agency's course for the next few years. >> if we need to, make some improvements, make some funding increases so that they can

improve the system. >> money's been thrown at the problem, and the problem seems to get worse >> reporter: republicans slamming the biden administration for this latest in a series of air travel woes transportation secretary pete buttigieg vowing >> we're going to own it we're going to understan it, and we're going to make very clear what's needed to fix it. >> reporter: while stressing that when the airlines are at fault the administration has stepped up pressure to take care of customers weary of delays, disruptions and disappointment in washington, alice barr, nbc news northern california continues to be hammered by extreme weather. yesterday it was pummeled by what the national weather service calls an enormous cyclone. here's miguel almaguer >> reporter: back in the bull's eye. it's waterlogged northern california, swamped by another deluge, as a flood of problems washes over the region after a rare and violent round of hail, thunder and lightning in the bay area, flash flooding, debris floes and mudslides have

buried highways, bridges and train tracks the costly damage to statewide infrastructure which experts say could top a billion dollars is skyrocketing >> this is about a 150-foot pine tree that came down. >> reporter: as is the widespread destruction to homes, with some 17,000 still under evacuation orders and facing the threat of more landslides. >> it scared us. i've never been through anything like this before >> reporter: as a blanket of snow buries tmountains with another foot expected. an unrelenting conveyor belt of storms and now an enormous cyclone dropping torrential rain on compromised ground with at least 18 killed. >> kyle had told me, mommy, it's okay everything will be okay. >> reporter: 5-year-old kyle doane is still missing, ripped away from his mother's arms as they tried to escape their

flooding car >> i tried to hold his hands and then the current pulled him away from me. kyle was drifting doubt river, and i could see his head bobbing on the top of the river. >> reporter: after the discovery of another adult body, the grim search for the missing continues. and now, as some of california begins its cleanup, another storm will barrel into the state this weekend a forecast calling for more misery and destruction >> thoanks t to mig gillo mi fo report >> we've been tracking this since diecember 27 where you sighee the brielghter colors, the yellows is where you're seeing heavier rain we are measuring snow in feet.

another powerful storm moving onshore. windy conditions, too. winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour bringing down the trees because the ground is so saturated. as we look toward friday, heavy rain returning from see the ale to san francisco california you're going to get the ra inco northeast much cooler in the southern plain, 80s yesterday today temperatures in the 50s and 60s. all right, guys. it's thursday, we're going to take a look at that weekend forecast in just a bit since you are up, you might want to try and spot the celestial rarity 60,000 years in the making named the green comet. between now and dawn is the best

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business owner using a garden hose to dowse the unhoused woman sitting on the sidewalk. a local businessman from across the street capture the stunning scene and posting the video on social media >> lady doesn't go inside the business she's asleep on the street she's very calm. >> reporter: another witness working construction nearby. >> i saw a guy hosing the woman and thought it was not right i was going to say hey, what's up, because i because going to take the hose and spray him. >> reporter: the man spoke to us through the intercom outside his business >> the whole neighborhood is a part of the situation. the police force is a part of the situation. the city and the social services is a part of the situation there have been repeated attempts to try to help this woman who is psychotic >> reporter: police telling nbc bay area the investigation remains open and would not comment on potential charges, but that video striking a nerve. while some commenters sympathize

with his frustration >> they will take her to a shelter and turn her out in two days >> reporter: most expressed horror at a business owner soaking someone without shelter in the middle of historic rains here >> treating her like garbage on the street >> you should be ashamed of yourself >> reporter: the number of unhoused time in the city has drop slightly since 2019, but still, more than 7,000 people to not have a home on any given night, up 43% since 2005, according to the city. the mayor trying to address the problem by almost doubling funding to the issue since 2019 and by opening more supportive housing. >> i know we've built navigation centers and a number of other places to provide support for people who are living on the streets, but i want us as a city to move away from that model i want us to move towards places like the garland and focus on places that will allow people to live in their own space and live their lives as i said, with

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right now at 4:30, a live look outside and a small break from the rain. for many, it's a chance to clean up, but we know it won't last long. meteorologist kari hall has a look at when the next storm is set to roll in. >> you did your good deed for today, that's for sure. >> in the right place at the right time, an assist from our very own terry mcsweeney for bay area flood victims. you're watching "today in the bay," streaming on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. good thursday morning. a little break from the rain. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. mike has a look at the