who is spilling secrets at the pentagon the white house races to find out how top classified military information, including key intel in the war in ukraine ended up

going public a controversial week for abortion access in america the government now with less than a week to intervene after a trump-appointed judge suspended one of the most widely used medications in the country musk is moving on. tesla taking shop overseas to shanghai, revving up renewable energy labor market letdown job openings fall to the lowest in nearly two years. the numbers fueling recession concerns it's monday, april 10th. "early today" starts right now >> good morning to you i'm cori coffin. >> and i'm phillip mena. the pentagon is searching for whoever leaked classified documents that were posted online nbc news got ahold of more than 50 of the documents, many of them labeled top secret, the highest level of classification. several pertain to ukraine's military capabilities, one describing how certain u.s. supply bomb guidance systems have been malfunctioning on the battlefield. we have, however, not been able to independently confirm the

intelligence our allie raffa breaks down what's likely the biggest leak of government secrets since the snowden leak ten years ago >> reporter: new concerns over how secure the country's defense secrets really are >> obviously leaks, if that's what this, or a hack that succeeds is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: after a suspected leak of classified u.s. documents about ukraine's war effort and military strength were possibly leaked photos of the allegedly top secret documents posted recently on social media. the leak first reported by "the new york times" excludes maps and equipment lists that lay out details about ukraine's military strength, casualty counts, and western weapons capabilities "the times" reporting that the documents also reveal u.s. national security secrets about the middle east and china. there are some indications that there are somes a speckles of the document that have some

authenticity to them but there are indications this may be a russian disinformation campaign, which they're very good at. >> reporter: while russian state media largely avoids coverage of the documents, one ukrainian official is call it a bluffly russia meanwhile, analysts say they're confident these documents were also doctored. >> the determination has been tentatively this is a russian-led effort. >> it's attempting to target strategic intelligence sharing between the united states and ukraine and try to create a bad faith relationship there >> reporter: both the justice and defense departments now trying to get answers. >> it puts ourselves at risk it puts our allies at risk it puts our sources and methods at risk. >> our thanks to allie for that report this year marked a rare crossover as jews, christians and muslims all celebrated religious holidays this weekend. this only happens about every 30 years. muslims have been observing ramadan all month long the jewish community began their

passover celebration wednesday, and this week culminating on easter sunday, holding mass in saint peter's square pope francis prayed for peace in ukraine andrew a spotlight in conflicts in jerusalem, lebanon and nicaragua. two tennessee state lawmakers who were expelled by their republican colleagues say they want their seats back democratic tennessee congressman justin jones and jason pearson led a protest with state representative gloria johnson on the house floor last week, calling for stricter gun safety measures after the mass shooting at an elementary school that left six dead. jones and pearson who are black voted out while an effort to expel johnson failed by only one vote today they'll meet to discuss an interim replacement for jones' seat 29 of the members have confirmed to nbc news or on social media they plan to vote to reinstate jones. and the shelby county board of commissioners say it will

consider action to reappoint pearson during a meeting set for wednesday. the democrats were asked on "meet the press" if they would accept a reappointment >> we will continue to fight for our constituents and one thing i want to say, chuck, is that this is an attack against us is hurting all people in our state even though this is disproportionately impacting black and brown communities, but their attack on democracy hurts all of us. i don't want it to just be about race. >> yes, i would be honored to accept the appointment of the shelby county commission and run a special election i've already heard people in the state legislature and nashville are threatening shelby county commissioners to not reappoint me or they're going to take away funding for projects that the mayor or others may have asked for. >> vice president harris praised the lawmakers during a surprise trip to nashville last week. fallout is growing following a federal judge's decision to suspend approval for a widely used abortion medication

on friday afternoon, trump-appointed u.s. district judge matthew kaczmarek suspended the fda's two decade old approval of the abortion medication mifepristone. this marked the first major development for the issue of reproductive rights since the supreme court's decision in the dobbs case last june, which eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. in his decision on friday, kaczmarek gave the federal government a week to appeal the ruling, which the biden administration has already done. it's also expected that this case might find its way to the highest court in the nation. a federal judge in washington state issued an injunction shortly after the decision on friday appearing on cnn on sunday morning, health and human services secretary xavier becerra said that the biden administration will do everything it can to ensure the availability of the drug, adding that, quote, every option is on the table. republican senate primary in west virginia shaping up to be

one of the most expensive contests in the state's history. but two candidates, west virginia governor jim justice and congressman alex mooney are both courting influential backers. an antitax group has pledged to spend $10 million on mooney. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, however, is using his sizable clout to push for governor justice whoever wins will likely face off against joe manchin who faces a tough 2024 reelection campaign as a democratic in a conservative state the west virginia race could determine which party controls the narrowly divide senate turning to controversy in texas, governor greg abbott is calling for the pardon of u.s. amarillo sergeant daniel perry who shot and killed an air force veteran garrett foster during a july 2020 black lives matter protest in austin. he faces life in prison. foster was openly carrying an ak-47 during the protest, which is legal in the state.

perry's defense said that the shooting was justified under the state's stand your ground law. on saturday, abbott suggested he should have been exempt from prosecution under that law his actions may end up suspending for -- his actions may upend sentencing for perry, i should say, which is expected to come in the next few days heartbreak in wisconsin after who officers were killed in a traffic stop shooting in a statement yesterday, in part, our hearts are heavy for the officers who died in the line of duty on saturday the state's justice department is investigating after gunfire was exchanged between officers and a motorist during a routine traffic stop the officers were pronounced dead on the scene. according to the officials, the suspect was taken to the hospital and later died. the names of the officers and the suspect have not been made public authorities are searching for one or more suspects after three people were shot saturday night at a delaware mall

state police said in a statement that the incident at the christiana mall in northern delaware was determined to be the result of an altercation between several suspects and at least one of the victims the three people shot are said to be in stable condition, and authorities say that there is no ongoing threat to public safety. in addition to the gunshot victims, police say five other people sustained various injuries unrelated to the gunfire. at least four people are dead in an avalanche in the french alps, authorities say the french interior minister added that the death down was provisional and could still rise the avalanche rolled down a glacier in the country's east about 20 miles from chamonix a local radio station said it was more than 3,000 feet long and 300 feet wide. frantic recovery efforts are under way, with two helicopters aiding in the search president emmanuel macron posted a statement on twitter saying that france's thoughts are with the victims and their families the french alps are a popular

domestic travel destination during the long easter weekend all right. now let's get your monday forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, good morning to you. >> good morning to you both. so good to see you and we are starting out this week much quieter than we have the past couple of weeks that's good news we do have wet weather forecast in the west. we have an onshore flow in addition to a front bringing more moisture in we're going to see windy conditions too along the coast could see winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour as we go throughout tomorrow, we're looking at the snow stretching east into the northern rockies, scattered rain lingering into the middle of the week it's going to be a little wet for a few days also looking at quite a bit of rain, especially in washington and oregon you can see along the coast up to 4 inches is possible. where you see the brighter colors of reds, oranges, yellow, that's where we're seeing the heaviest rain falling. we're going warm it up that's going melt some of the snow out there this is going to be a big story over the next several months e excessive runoff elko, up into portions of

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