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senate on the situation. one to keep an eye on. the recall for drops linked to dangerous eye infections we'll hear from one woman who says her vision still hasn't fully recovered. and the dog who knows just where to go when the going gets rough. his surprise appearance at a texas dog shelte has everyone buzzing "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin in louisiana where another dangerous storm has ripped through the state on a winter's night new images show extensive damage in a parish north of new orleans where a suspected tornado touched down the powerful storm nearly destroy destroying a gas station and overturn mobile homes. at least three people were hurt but are expected to be okay. the same system caused severe flash flooding in arkansas and forced multiple highways to shut down let's get the latest on the system from angie lassman. good morning >> we're not done with this

system just yet. it's still going to still goint p impact parts of the south we'll be looking at an isolated potential but it's not zero, especially if you live in the eastern gulf coast, florida panhandle into alabama is where we're looking for the potential threat we have the potential for gusty winds with do you wned power lis and trees. we also have the heavy rain threat that could lead to flooding that will be something that will be stretched across parts of, again, the florida panhandle into georgia, alabama and stretching into the carolinas. anywhere from an inch to two inches is possible we will watching for floodin concerns for folks in the southeast today. >> angie, thank you. turning to the tragedy in the middle east where skerescues

are braving bitter cold temperatures the state department says three americans were among the thousands killed in turkey teams from more than two dozen countries are joining tens of,0of thousands of emergency personnel. the window to find people alive is rapidly closing. >> but amid the somber scene of collapsed buildings and lost loved ones, remarkable rescues a newborn hoisted from the rubble another young girl was pulled out to applause and her grandfather's relief and this 1 1/2-year-old was rescued and reunited with her father and if you'd thiek like to helpe victims, can you donate through the red cross, turkish embassy,

save the children and project hope many are asking for warm blankets, clothing or furpnding for operation on the ground. volodymyr zelenskyy made a surprise visit to the uk, meeting with king charles at burki buckingham palace. he pled for fighter jets he gave the speaker of parliament a ukrainian pilot's helmet >> the writing on the helmet reads "we have freedom, give us wings to protect it" >> zelenskyy then travelled to paris where french president macron greeted him with this promise to help ukraine towards victory, peace in europe one week after it was first detected over montana, the senate will receive a classified briefing on the chinese spy balloon. this comes amid criticism from china and new evidence of similar operations by the super

power. drew petramoix joins us. what can you tell us about what might be discussed in these briefings? >> good morning. at about 11:30 this morning, the entire senate will receive a classified briefing from the office of national intelligence and the state and defense departments. a topic that might be brought up is the extent of china's surveillance operations. secretary of state blinken acknowledged this on wednesday during a briefing. take a listen. >> senior administration officials are on the hill this week and we already shared information with dozens of countries around the world, both from washington and through our embassies. but we're doing so because the united states was not the only target of this broader program which has violated the sovereignty of countries across five continents. >> reporter: one thing bointsed out by many over the last sweek that this was not the first incident of a chinese spy balloon crossing the u.s it happened three times during the trump administration and once already during the biden

administration pat ryder dismissed criticism, saying it was not a security lapse. >> no, it was not an intelligence failure we've learned a lot about these balloons and we've learned a lot how to track them by evidence that we were tracking it as it approached u.s. airspace so we're confident that what we've learned about this program allows us to monitor and be on the lookout for these kinds of capabilities >> the president did not address the spy balloon situation during his state of the union address china issued a statement saying that he smeared the country during at that speech. we'll see what action is taken by congress following the briefing >> also waiting the response from the administration. controversial congressman george santos' congressional career could be in jeopardy. robert garcia and others are expected to introduce a resolution to expel santos from congress the calls for santos'

resignation have been resounding last week he recused himself from committee assignments while facing several financial probes including an investigation by the house ethics committee a woman is facing charges for harassing a family with racist threats and it was all caught on doorbell cam >> it was january 7 of 2022. >> reporter: that's when fatema soares says a complete stranger started terrorizing her family >> i'm coming back >> reporter: soares parents and sister live in south st. louis >> my little sister who was 4 years old at the time, she yelled at him, like there's a lady in the back yard. >> reporter: soares says the lady broke the glass door on her parents' basement door and then got inside their home. >> he started hearing like the windows breaking and drier breaking >> reporter: the woman then

banged on her family's drier with a hammer. >> he opened the door, and she was starting to walk upstairs with the hammer, so he quickly locked the door, and then that's when she proceeded to the front door >> reporter: the family's ring doorbell caught the woman on video, but the lurking intruder quickly pulled the hammer out of her purse, repeatedly banged on her mom and dad's front door and shout the racially-charged and offensive remarks at them. >> you don't belong in america get out! >> reporter: the family identifies as mexican descent. >> we don't know her from anywhere she just randomly started going to the house >> reporter: why >> i feel like it's like a hate crime. >> reporter: she says the same stranger has harassed her family at their home five times most recently last wednesday >> one time we approached her, and she said that she was going to kill my family. the police just keeps her for like 72 hours at most and let her go

>> reporter: police confirm they are aware of the incidents and that the investigations are ongoing and they are unable to comment any further. meantime. >> alison houck, a spokesperson for the st. louis circuit attorney's office says last january police did not classify the first incident as a serious persistent offender. houck says officers should have, because the suspect was armed with a hammer. more than a year later, police have applied for warrants and prosecutors have elevated the case what's your biggest fear >> her coming back >> and our thanks to robert from our st. louis affiliate for that report the republican-controlled state house in mississippi has approved a bill that would create a separate court system for parts of the capital, jackson. and unlike the rest of the state, judge and prosecutors would not be elected, rather appointed by state officials and those officials are currently all white in a city that is 80% black. the jurisdiction will be

jackson's so-called improvement district downtown where most of its white residents live they say the bill is intended to fight crime, but jackson's blk democratic mayor compared it to apartheid. it moves on to the stat senate whic which also has a republican majority parts of palestine, ohio were evacuated after a train caught fire. the railroad performed a controlled release of chemicals. since then, authorities have monitored air and water qualitinaquality in the area. and it is chlear enough for residents to return home it's a good day out west some snowshowers for the rockies, but really the same storm system impacting parts of the south yesterday is going to impact folks in the midwest and the eastern gulf coast as we go

through the day today. here's how it tracks you can see the snow, the rain, the mess of weather it brings to the midwest and event northeast will get in on snowshowers in places like maine, and along the east coast a couple more of those rain showers we will watch for stronger storms in parts of the south today. the tornado threat is lower, b stutil northeast, 46 in boston, 64 in cleveland. guys, it's feeling like march out there. i know if you've been out and about at all yesterday across parts of the east you may have noticed it, and it's going to stick around a while later >> still confusing on what kind of layering to have out there in this thank you, angie a lost dog finds its way home this is bailey she went missing from her

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