california under water another round of storms batter the golden state nearly two dozen killed in the historic flooding while mudslides wash away roads. a losing candidate in new mexico is accused of opening fire on local democratic officials. how investigators say he was allegedly linked to the string of shootings left high and dry. why the water supply was cut off to an entire community in arizona. new controversy over a wildly-popular weight loss drug.

what happens after you stop taking the medication. getting the green light to go green the teen mechanic leaving gasoline in the rear view mirror before she can even get her driver's license it's tuesday, january 17 buckle up. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera a large swath of california is getting a reprieve from weeks of rain and snow from atmospheric rivers residents are just beginning to assess the damage that has killed 22 people since december. in many areas roadways have crumbled away and others were completely submerged a massive wall of mud and debris pushed its way into one home president biden will travel to the state on thursday to ay to

wit visit with state and local officials >> during a 24-hour period, the region got 21 inches of snow a total of 90 inches fell over the course of a week another storm is forecasted for the golden state wednesday, but it's expected to be the last major one for a while. nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann is tracking all of this and more for us, good morning, michelle. >> good morning, guys, great to see you, we are finally getting a break, a pattern change after this historical time, and heartbreaking too. we're dried into california and then another quick-moving storm. it doesn't have a whole lot of moisture, but it's not going to take much to see flooding because we have such soggy ground already we're looking at the next west coast storm that arrives later on tonight the moisture moves in tomorrow it's going to bring light amounts in northern california and then it's going to move into the great basin tomorrow

very little rain, but still some rain for portions of southern california could see a couple downpour, otherwise we'll see it move inland rainfall forecast, anywhere from a quarter inch to half inch. you notice the yellows and orange, seeing where we could see heavier rain southern oregon into northwestern california. and expecting snow as well where you see pink and purples, especially in the sierra nevada mountains. we could see heavier snow. also our cross country storm that will bring it all we'll talk about that in a few minutes. the classified document probe heats up as the republican chair of the house oversight committee doubles down on president biden after the white house revealed additional pages of classified documents were discovered comer isn't taking no for an

answer sdprc answer >> what are you going to do to get that information >> we wonder fif the secret service had logs you would assume the secret service had met people that would be on the premise of the dwelling for the president of the united states. there are other areas we're going to look. >> the white house and secret service tell nbc news the logs do not exist a white house spokesperson pushing back against house republicans in a statement saying they have no credibility and that their demands should be met with skepticism, and they should face questions about why they're politicizing the issue so far the total number of classified records recovered is unclear. breaking overnight, a defeated state house candidate in new mexico has been arrested over a string of shootings they say that the republican

paid four men to shoot at the homes of four democratic officials. in november, pena lost his state house race last year by nearly 50% of the vote. he falsely blamed fraud and met with state and local officials to press the issue in his last twitter post he expressed support for former president trump and said he was researching his options to contest the election the company associated with pena has not responded to a request for comment. also breaking overnight, eight people were shot at a martin luther king day celebration in florida police say nearly a thousand people had gathered for a car show in fort pierce. deputies describe the scene ast as mass chaos. >> it was hard to tell who was a victim and who was just hiding at that point. our deputies did start to render aid on multiple people there were people in the crowd that were rendering aid.

>> there have been no reports of fatalities, but one of the eight victims is in critical condition. authorities believe the shooting began because of a disagreement between two groups but didn't give any information about any potential suspects in a stark reminder of the sensel senseless brutality of russia's assault on ukraine, a missile strike on an apartment building, the death toll has risen to 40 matt brad ley is in crane. >> reporter: ukrainian workers still sifting through the rubble desperate to find dozens of people still missing more than two days after this devastating attack on an apartment building "is there anybody alive", this man shouts, but hope is dwindling. more victims recovered at least 40 people died, including three children, and 75 wounded, making saturday's

missile strike among the deadliest attacks on civilians since the war began. this is what was left. this woman spoke to ukraine's channel 11 with a message to russian forces "may you be cursed by all mothers' tears," she yells incredibly, some survivors were still pulled out as recently as sunday but the time for hope may be over i think the chances of saving people now are minimal, he said, may god help us. meanwhile, russia declared its first military victory in months in soledar britain became the first western country to announce it will give battle tanks to ukraine. there's going to be growing pressure from the ukraine for the u.s. to match that british offer of tanks meanwhile, the u.s. has announce a announceed an expanded program to train ukrainian soldiers in

germany. now arizona where one community outside of phoenix is furious after being cut off from its municipal water supply residents in the rio verde foothills are doing everything they can to bring back water to their homes. nbc's vaughn hilliard has the story. >> reporter: a water crisis in arizona, as thousands of residents are about to be left without water. the water war hitting those in the rio verde foothills, a small but fast-growing area south of scottsdale the city of scottsdale stopped the transportation of water, making good on years' worth of warnings about 500 homes, including some mid construction counting down the days until their water runs out. >> it's our livelihood >> we need water now we can't wait. >> reporter: last week, rio verde residents taking their fight from the steps of city hall to the first meeting of the year for the scottsdale city council. >> it's not too late to do the right thing.

within a matter of days our water tanks and our homes will be dry but theis is avoidable. we just need scottsdale to process that water >> reporter: scottsdale had been warning residents that the tankers could be cut off on the books they would have been required to guarantee a supply of water for 100 years. a decades-long drought and reservoirs are at record lows, leaving an unincorporated town without its own supply of water high and dry rio verde residents filed the lawsuit last week saying the city violates state law and must resume providing water services to the town. now only days left >> i cannot believe a group of people would look at their neighbors and say, we're going to slowly kill off your

community. >> our thanks to vaughan for bringing us that story >> let's turn to michelle grossmann who brings us the latest on that storm system. for some, a long-awaited break >> that break comes to california today, and then a little storm today and a bigger break. it's the middle of the country where we are going to see a big storm, a cold side and a warm side on the cold side some snow, also ice and really gusty winds on the warm side, really warm temperatures and the potential for flash flooding and severe storms tomorrow. 15 million impacted by alerts. and temperatures in the 20s and 30s. temperatures in the 40s and 50s.

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