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weekend, this time in alabama. will dominion get its day in court? not today, at least. why the defamation suit against fox is being pushed back being an explorer with no moneney. a new study revealals s gen z a the most frequent travelers, despite being the lowest earners.s. > and a million ways to payt forward. meet the couple who hit big on a game show and are donating it all to relief. it's monday, april 17th. "early today" starts right now >> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera schools in dadeville, alabama say counselors will be available this morning after another mass shooting has left children traumatized in this country. this time the violence was at a sweet 16 birthday party. four people were killed. nearly 30 more injured in a statement, president biden called on congress to pass new gun laws he also said guns are the leading killer of children in america, and the numbers are

rising our priscilla thompson has more from alabama >> oh, my gosh >> reporter: what began as a sweet 16 party celebrating life ended in a massacre. >> this is very horrific for the children a lot of traumatizing at a 16th birthday party. >> reporter: the tragedy taking place inside a small dance studio in dadeville, alabama, the tiny town just 60 miles northeast of alabama >> i was hoping it wasn't true i was hoping somebody was shooting fireworks outside and scaring the kids because we don't have any gun violence here. >> reporter: investigators say a gunman opened fire saturday night, killing 4, and that 28 others were injured michael taylor is an assistant football coach at dadeville high >> we're going to really have to be a family now, get some counseling for the kids. because this is? they're going to take a while to recover from this. >> reporter: investigators providing few details about how the shooting unfolded, and declining to say whether they've

identified or arrested an suspect, confirming only that the investigation remains ongoing. >> we've got to have information from the community, so if you are at home right now or you know somebody that has any information, we absolutely need you to share it. >> reporter: authorities say there is no active threat. dadeville is the latest community to be shattered by gun violence the shooting there happening within hours of a deadly mass shooting in louisville, kentucky police say two people died and four more were rushed to the hospital after shots were fired into a crowd at a park >> so tired of this. and i can't make any sense of it >> reporter: that shooting just days after a mass shooting at a bank in the same city left five dead tonight more prayers but little solutions. officials here say no tip is too small, urging the public to come forward with any information as they continue to investigate how

all this unfolded and who is responsible. back to you. >> priscilla, thank you. the highly anticipated defamation lawsuit against fox news has been postponed by one day. opening statements will now begin tomorrow in delaware superior court dominion voting systems is suing fox for $1.6 billion, alleging that the conservative network knowingly and repeatedly lied on air that the company's voting machines were behind widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election it's not immediately clear why the trial was postponed, and neither fox nor dominion responded to requests for comment. but it came after a week of pretrial hearings that saw the judge in the case admonish fox corporation for withholding evidence and misstating chairman rupert murdoch's role in the company. fox has apologized to the judge over what they call a misunderstanding the suit is one of the biggest legal challenges ever faced by fox. citing people familiar with the situation, the "wall street journal" is reporting that fox

has made a last-minute attempt to settle out of court violent clashes have resumed this morning in the african nation of sudan following a u.n.-backed cease-fire sunday in order to evacuate wounded against. the fighting between the country's armed forces and a paramilitary group has already led to the deaths of nearly 100 people in just three days. for more on this, we go to nbc's megain meagan fitzgerald. what led to this crisis? >> reporter: good morning. we're talking about two different groups locked in this bloody power struggle. the sudanese armed forces on one day. on the other side, you the p paramilitary that the sudanese army is trying to take under their control. both of these organizations are loyal to different leaders now look, we have seen tensions brewing in the capital city in one of the largest countries on the continent for some time now. and of course all this violence erupted saturday morning with

gunfire, explosions, fighter jets seen in the capital city with united states citizens trapped in the middle. we know that on saturday morning, we heard from the u.s. ambassador to sudan saying that he and his team are sheltering in place we know that three world food organization members from different countries have been killed in this bloody battle the international airport, for example, has been closed so the u.s. state department is saying that they don't at this point have any plans to evacuate u.s. citizens as this battle continues to rage. now the latest numbers coming in from sudanese doctors union says that about 97 people have been killed more than 900 have been wounded just since saturday. and you've got the entire world, basically, calling for a ceasefire, including in a rare moment of unit, you've got russia and china standing with the united states, calling for the violence to end. this is certainly an ongoing situation we will continue to monitor. frances?

>> critical. the numbers rising so quickly. thank you. on sunday, russian president vladimir putin and russian defense minister sergei shoigu met with china's defense minister general li shangfu. it is providing russia with political cover and offering economic assistance during its ongoing invasion last week china's foreign minister said the country wouldn't be helping with weapons which has been a concern for the u.s. and its western allies. during the meeting, putin praised the development of russia-chinese relations he said in part they're cooperating in the field of military technical cooperation and conducting joint exercises authorities in mexico say a child and six adults are dead after a gunman opened fire at a resort in the state of guanajuato on saturday one other person was injured

the own over the report said shooters destroyed a shop on the premises and took took security cameras before leaving the scene. local police were given helicopter support by the state to search for the gunmen the statement given by police did not speculate on a possible motive for the shooting. in ukraine, as a growing number of lgbtq+ soldiers fight on the front line, there is progress on a different front in the socially conservative country. as ukraine seeks to distance itself from russia, one way is taking a stance against putin's anti-gay messages. last year ukrainian lawmakers passed a bill outlawing hate speech against lgbtq minorities in the media and just last month, another lawmaker introduced legislation that would recognize same-sex civil partnerships, granting partners the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts. ukraine was the first post soviet country to decriminalize homosexuality in 1991 when it gained independence from russia. okay it looks like we can expect a drop in temps.

hope you enjoyed what you got. michelle grossman is tracking a new storm system good morning >> good morning to you both. so good to see you we're tracking a powerful storm system it's bringing april snow showers and quite a bit of snow. we saw that all weekend long it's continuing over the upper midwest, the upper great lakes as well. we could see an additional 8 inches of snow we do winter alerts. we even had blizzard warning we do a winter weather advisories where you see the white there. on radar, you can see the snow is falling that's where you see the blue. you see the spin of the area of low pressure kind of sitting over that area and then we're also looking at rain on the warmer side of this system through portions of the northeast into parts of midatlantic. we should clear it out in the midatlantic throughout the day the northeast, we could see some lingering rain and spots of heavier rain where you see the brighter colors. april snow showers, that area of low pressure spinning over the great lakes, bringing that heavy, wet snow. and really strong winds. we could see winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. it's going to move off to the

northeast. it's going bring that rain mixing with snow in the higher elevations, portions of new england. but look at these temperatures well below normal for this time of year. chilly. temperatures winter like in the upper midwest. the upper great lakes just 36 in green bay. all right. it's a new workweek. that means we're going to take a look at the week forecast in just a bit. >> we'll check with you in a bit. thank you, michelle. after the break, the bird app sees its character limit soar to new heights.s. > >>but fifirst, some gogood ne. the most heaeartwarming g storif the e last week.k. has sensititi. same. try using all™ free e clear as part ofof your famimily's laundry roroutine. it t tackles impmpurities withouout leavingg irritatating resididue for r a clean that's s gentle on n skin. alall™ free e clear. the e number onene doctor recommenended brandd

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i'll take care of her the rest of my days here. >> i need you to read something. >> reporter: across the country, students were celebrating good news, like steven russell. >> that you are to be admitted. >> the multisports star with special olympics georgia. >> there you go. overwhelmed when he found out he got into kennesaw state university >> way to go, steven >> reporter: but this was the moment that moved everyone to tears. that's southgate high school senior joshua alvarado in los angeles, surprised with a $50,000 scholarship. he plans to study engineering at stanford joshua embraced by his mom and his two sisters. the moment bittersweet that's because his dad mario died five years ago. joshua prayed to him after the celebration. what did you tell him? >> i told him i hope he is

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