. let's finish the job and close the loopholes that allow the very wealthy to avoid paying their taxes. let's finish the job let's come together and finish the job. let's finish the job and ban these assault weapons. >> president biden called on congress to biridge its divide and get to work. a race against time. a bitter winter chill adds new urgency to the search for survivors after the devastating

deadly earthquake in tur akey a syria. the u.s. gives the world the best look yet at the china spy balloon. king james crowned the nba's all-time scoring champ inside the moment that lebron broke a record long thought unbeatable >> and teachers in a class of their own. the childhood friends changing the lives of their student it's wednesday, february 8, "early today" starts right now for a lot of you fans, lakers fans, it is a good morning >> we begin with that breaking news a nba record that stood for nearly 40 years finally dethroned by the king. >> he's got it to the end of the third quarter. lebron james, a shot at history, and theres it!

lebron stands alone! >> laker legend kareem abdul gent jabbar there to see it he currently stands at 38,390 and counting for his career. now to president biden delivering his second state of the union address tuesday night, his first before a divided congress he repeatedly called on lawmakers to quote, finish the job. brie jackson joins us from d.c and good morning what is the job that president biden is pushing congress to finish in. >> good morning, frances in his speech, president biden called on congress to fin shall

t job on several items >> let's finish the job and ban these assault weapons. let's finish the job there's more to do we have to reward work, not just wealth pass my proposal for the billionaire minimum tax. >> reporter: and as you said, this was the president's first speech in front of a divided congress he said he looks forward to working with house speaker kevin mccarthy, but that did not stop booing and heckling from republican members of congress on a number topics, most notably on medicare and social security. >> instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i'm not saying it's a majority [ crowd reacts ] let me give you, anybody who doubts it, contact my office i'll give you a copy of protest

posal. that means congress doesn't vote as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now, right they're not to be expire all right. >> reporter: and the president did not address last night's chinese spy balloon in his speech instead he tried to voice a balanced position when it comes to china >> i'm committed to work with china whereq we can advance american interests but make no mistake about it if china threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country, and we did. look, let's be clear winning the competition should u unite all of us. >> reporter: and he mentioned the anniversary of the war in

ukraine. >> putin's vaegs has been a test for the ages, test for america, test for the world would we stand for the most basic of principles? one year later, we know the answer yes, we would, and we did! we did >> reporter: after the speech, arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders delivered the republican rebuttal she called biden unfit for office and attacked him on several culture war issues >> president biden is unwilling to defend our border, defend our skies and defend our people. he is simply unfit to serve as commander in chief most americans simply want to live their lives in freedom and peace. but we are under attack in a left-wing culture war we didn't start and never wanted to fight. >> reporter: sanders, a former press secretary in the trump

administration also proclaimed that the time had come for a new generation of leadership this comes as her former boss is ramping up his campaign to take back the white house frances? in >> okay now that the state of the union is behind us let's see what comes to fruition from both sides. >> police reform was another topic of the state of the union. members of the congressional black caucus were seen wearing buttons that say 1870, known for the first police killing of a black man. the president recognized the parents of tyre nichols. he wanted to make the words of tyre's mother true, that something good must come from this tragedy >> let's do what we know in our hearts that we need to do. let's come together and finish the job on police reform do something

do something >> there are new developments in memphis. an officer has admitted to texting photos of tyre nichols the night he was beaten. according to documents newly released by the state. demetrius haley admitted to sending a photo of nichols to at least five people. the video appears to show haley taking photos after neck icholss beaten and handcuffs his lawyer did not respond to a request for comment to the "new york times." the latest revelation comes as seven more police overs are under administrative investigation after the fatal beating. the seven officers have not been identified so far six have been fired for their alleged role five have been charged with second degree murder turkey and syria as death toll now rising above a staggering 9,000 after monday's 7.2 earthquake matt bradley is in turkey with

the latest >> reporter: a state of emergency in turkey. rescuers still digging for signs of life, and amazingly, they're still finding it r rescuers using a jack hamhammer reach this man and this survivor loaded into an ambulance to applause. this boiy, a syrian refugee foun alive in turkey, first spord responders giving him water. and this toddler, covered in debris, mo sno signs of life, b incredibly, brought back from near death here in turkey, we found emergency workers overwhelmed. can you see scenes like this all over turkey and syria. hundreds of mostly volunteers working side by side with professionals, trying to find anyone who could still be alive under these nightmarish scenes fatau and his family live across

the street from this building. the earthquake startled them awake. his building didn't collapse, but so many of his friend the and neighbors weren't so lucky >> always we would see them. people was drinking coffee from their balcony. we saw them. we know them >> reporter: and now all gone. >> no one. >> reporter: many of the volunteers worked by hand, some were injured what made you decide to volunteer to do this it's for humanity, we're all humans, he told me i'm doing my best to save a life, even one if i can. elsewhere, the familiar call for silence. rescuers listening tfor anyone mmo who's trapped. this baby girl was born in the rubble pulled out three hours later her mother died. she's in a hospital, the only member of her family to survive.

>> thanks to matt for that report fbi officials are already analyzing the remnants of the chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the weekend three administration officials tell nbc news the biden administration could share as early as today some declassified information on china flying these balloons all over the world. jurors in the alex murdaugh murder trial began hearing new evidence about the alleged financial crimes that prosecutors say motivated murdaugh to kill his wife and son. our catie beck has the details >> reporter: after a battle between lawyers over admissible evidence, the jury back inside the courtroom. >> when you see this check, what if anything is your realization? >> that he stole the money that'd been lying. >> reporter: during prosecution testimony detailing how alex

murdaugh allegedly stole millions from his clients and firm for years >> all of that was on the cusp of being recovered >> yes >> reporter: giving murdaugh motive for murder for d distraction and sympathy >> we weren't going to go mr. thin there and harass him about money when we were worried about his mental state >> reporter: and this witness who talked about paul, who called him "uncle ronny" with certainty, identifying alex murdaugh's voice on the video from the night of the murder highlighting his demeanor in the days following the crime >> he kept telling me, especially to me, kept telling me how much how much paul loved me. >> reporter: jurors also hearing

about gunshot residue found inside a blue jacket discovered at murdaugh's mother's house one expert witness saying it's possible a gun had been wrapped inside it. back to you. catie, thank you dramatic new video after a jeep plunged through the ice in iowa a 17-year-old jumped into action to pull the driver and dog out of the video the driver was transported to the hospital and he and the dog are said to be doing well. there's severe weather that could throw a wrench in your mid-week plans >> especially if you live in the mississippi valley that's where we'll see the greatest potential for some of these stronger storms to develop later this afternoon notice the heavy rain working into places like springfield, tull tulsa, hot springs, arkansas it's centered really over northern portions of arkansas where we could see upwards of 2,

3, isolated amounts of 4 inches leading to potential flooding later today. it's not just flooding and severe towards the south, upper 70s and low 80s. warm temperatures remain but i know we're talking about snow in some parts of the country, but not most of the east the temperature also remain well above normal for the next couple days >> that is same old, same old, and it's kind of crazy, angie, thank you. we'rarye back in a moment w a father whose daughter was put in a chokehold being together. celebrating together.

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we have a trio of ground breakers to share with you this morning. the new york philharmonic is welcoming gustavo dudamel, the first latino to lead the new york philharmonic u. and a new coin the grammy winner is the first afro latina featured on a u.s. quarter.

and the first black president for the massachusetts institution after her tenure as a dean and professor at howard a group of black men teaching in a school in philadelphia rehema ellis has the lesson inspiring their students >> reporter: together these four men are a rare sight in the nation's public schools where only a small fraction of educators are black men. >> i teach ninth grade english >> african-american history. >> reporter: they teach the core subjects how did it happen? working with administrator, they create created a team that doesn't exist at any other philadelphia public school. eric shares that with these teachers their common goal, to provide an

image that's more than academic in a school that's freedom than thely black male students. >> a lot of our students don't have a male, physical present figure in their life and i know that in our ninth grade academy, they have close proximity to not just one, not two, not three, but four >> reporter: students call it a privilege. >> kind of like having a dad, a group of dads. >> reporter: do you see a change in your students? >> oh, absolutely. i have kids who were not showing up to school coming to school regularly now. >> didn't happen overnight it's like an ave every day procs >> reporter: studies show having one black teacher could reduce the chance of black students dropping out >> it shows that i can actually do something in life >> reporter: a lesson that resonates deeply here at mlk >> many of our students forgot to dream coming together, we're reminding

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the last few years our democracy has been threatened and attacked, put at risk, put to the test. >> right now at 4:30, president biden getting to the heart of the conflict within our borders during his state of the union address. a full wrap-up ahead, including the one comment that sparked more boos from the opposition than any other. >> and racing to remove the rubble in turkey and syria. stories of survival start to emerge, along with the soaring numbers of those dead. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, and