time of celebration ends in tragedy. teenagers in texas shot at an

after prom party, police searching for a motive. escaping deadly violence in sudan after a week of heavy fighting special forces evacuating american diplomats. and going postal, the alarming rise in attacks against mail workers and a fiery finale, the unplanned combustion that sent disneyland fans running for cover. it's monday, april 24th. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin in texas where police are searching for answers after a prom night ended in gunfire. officials say about 250 people were at an after prom party in jasper county when just after midnight early sunday shots rang out. nine people were hit the victims range in age from 15 to 19 and they are all expected to survive police say they have people of interest who are being questioned but have not announced the arrest of suspects. now to american forces that evacuated all u.s. embassy personnel from sudan in a

stunning airlift happening amid fierce clashes in the capital of khartoum secretary of state antony blinken said the ongoing strife posed an unacceptable risk to our embassy personnel. let's go live to london and ali ar arouzi. >> reporter: with the situation on the ground becoming ever more unstable and violent between government forces and military forces the ars the white house conducted an operation on sunday to remove embassy staff. they say about 100 special forces evacuated less than 100 personnel on three chinook helicopters in an operation that they said was fast and clean now, since then the u.s. embassy in khartoum has closed, they have suspended operations there and they have posted a statement saying that at the current

moment the u.s. government is unable to evacuate private u.s. citizens from sudan because it is so dangerous and unstable on the ground but mark warner, the democratic chair of the house intelligence committee said that the united states is working with partners and allies in and around sudan to safely evacuate u.s. personnel that are still stuck in the country, but he's advising them to shelter in place for the time being until the situation changes. now, the u.s. also announced that on sunday it had sent a disaster response team to the area to coordinate humanitarian response, both for people who are inside sudan and peopletha have managed to get out. head of u.s. aid, samantha power, confirmed that the u.s. had set up operations in a neighboring kenya to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance for people that have been able to get out and

whatever they can get into the country. it's not just the u.s. that are evacuating personnel, a long string of other countries including the uk, germany, france, sweden, china, saudi arabia to name a few, are evaluating all of their personnel in khartoum as the situation continues to deteriorate as over 400 people have been killed and thousands more injured in clashes between government forces and the paramilitary rsf. >> it is clear how dire the situation is with that kind of evacuation and those numbers, too. ali, thank you the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of posting classified pentagon documents online may have started his alleged leaking a lot earlier than authorities originally thought "the new york times" reporting that jack teixeira first uploaded military secrets in late february, not december like he's charged for here is ken dilanian >> reporter: new reporting that the accused leaker of classified

information began posting secrets more than a year ago, shortly after russia's invasion of ukraine "the new york times" says it discovered that airman jack teixeira allegedly began sharing military secrets as far back as february 2022 to a chat group containing 600 members, that's ten months before the december 2022 leaks that teixeira is charged with two sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news investigators gave no indication when briefing congress that they were aware of this new set of disclosures. the fbi and the pnt gone have been scrambling to assess the damage from a leak they first discovered april 5th. >> the longer something is out there floating in the ether, in the cyber world without the government knowing, without them being able to shut it down, the more potential damage can be done. >> reporter: teixeira's lawyer, the fbi and the pentagon declined to comment. the "times" matched the new post to teixeira through a series of digital clues, including a handle he had previously used,

teixeira posting of his potential access to secrets. i have a little more than open source secrets seemingly referring to his job as an i.t. specialist in an air force intelligence wing and hinting that he used his i.t. access to get information. the job i have lets me get privilege above most intel guys, he wrote teixeira claimed he was hunting through classified computer networks for intelligence on the ukraine war, including material from the national security agency and gchq the uk's digital spying department. >> this goes way beyond a kid trying to impress his buddies. >> our thanks to ken for that update. sources familiar with a decision tell nbc news that president biden will name senior advisor julie chavez rodriguez as his 2024 campaign manager she serves as director of the

white house office of internal government affairs and is the granddaughter of labor leader see say chavez biden is expected to announce his bid for reelection on tuesday. >> his performance tells me he is up to the job and does it well. >> president biden has such a strong record to run on. >> a new poll from nbc news shows that there is little desire among the american public for a rematch between biden and former president trump more than half of those polled said that neither trump nor biden should run again in 2024. former vice president mike pence is weighing in on the battle over abortion rights. mr. pence a staunch anti-abortion advocate shared his thoughts on the abortion pill mifepristone on cbs's "face the nation" sunday. >> i'd like to see this medication off the market to protect then born but also i

have deep concerns about the way the fda went about approving mifepristone 20 years ago. >> the drug continues to be at the center of a court battle after a federal judge in texas ruled in favor of a coalition of doctors who oppose abortion. he ruled to strip the fda's approval of the pill, but on friday the supreme court ordered that the medication remained broadly available as litigation plays out in a lower court. over the weekend the first state admitted to the union became the 22nd state to legalize marijuana on friday the delaware governor allowed the passage of two bills that would legalize recreational cannabis use with that pot became legal in the blue hen state at midnight on sunday. he has concerns about legalization but dropped his opposition to the bills in order to focus on other pressing issues facing the state. the biden administration is set to announce limits on greenhouse gas emission power

plants, that's according to a report from "the new york times" that cites three people familiar with the matter. if implemented the regulation would be the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emission existing plants, which generate around 25% of global warming pollutions produced by the st it would also apply to plants built in the future. concerns are being raised over the safety of postal workers as a recent increase in robberies and attacks against them have prompted calls for protection across the country. nbc news' aaron gilchrist has details on the attack. >> reporter: fear enveloping postal workers across the country. >> i just got held up. >> reporter: neighborhood mail carriers targeted by robbers, many like this one near boston held up at gunpoint. in houston a mailman forced to put his hands in the air when a thief charged at him with a weapon n milwaukee this postal employee shot to death on his route investigators believe over a package a. and the crime wave perhaps worst

in chicago, police issuing an a all right after a string of postal worker robberies, more than two dozen since the beginning of the year. >> mail carriers are frightened, more so than ever, because of the ongoing armed robberies. we have never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: patrick gibbons is a mail handler in chicago and says the growing number of assaults is all he and his colleagues can talk about. >> postal workers i work with they love what they do, they enjoy what they do, they love to serve the community. they're very scared, they're very nervous. >> reporter: the postal service wouldn't immediately provide data but acknowledging to nbc news over the past several years its employees and the mail have increasingly been marks for criminals. their targets an arrow key, a master key that will open any one of these collection boxes and almost any locked mailbox on a carrier's route. that means quick easy access to your mail. >> reporter: the blue box being dumped several months ago near philly and the suspect using a

stolen key in an oakland building. >> it makes it easy to collect checks to wash it's the perfect opportunity for crime. it gives you access to you will at mailboxes within a certain zip code not only the blue collection boxes, but the cluster boxes that mail is delivered to as well. >> reporter: marlin barber is on the postal inspection service police force and a union rep in chicago. he believes crooks have simply realized mail carriers can be easy targets. >> in 2020 our agency grounded us so we were not able to do carrier protection controls anymore and since then postal crime waves against carriers have skyrocketed. >> reporter: the postal service telling nbc news it's been w wo to go harden collectioion boxes and enhance key technology nationwide it plans to implement more safety measures later this spring aaron gilchrist, nbc news, chicago. we are heading into the last week of april now and millions of us are facing cold temperatures today nbc meteorologist michelle

grossman is here track that go cold front for us. michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you both. yeah, you need the coat this morning, it is cold in a lot of places we will be cold today throughout most of this workweek so this morning 57 million americans waking up to freeze alerts, whether it's a frost advisory, that's in the light pink, a freeze watch is in the purple, freeze warning that is in the dark pink. we are looking at temperatures below freezing in some spots, davenport just 39 degrees in st. louis, 37 in springfield, 37 louisville, 40 degrees this morning in cleveland it's due to this area of high pressure bringing down this cold canadian air that will stay in place anchor there throughout most of the workweek we will see temperatures 10, 20 degrees below what is typical for this time ofa frnt bringing

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a scary moment up in the skies over ohio where a bird strike caused a plane engine to catch fire the american airlines flight was headed from columbus to phoenix. the faa says the bird strike happened shortly after takeoff a passenger on the plane recorded the moment flames began coming from the number two engine n a statement american airlines said the flight returned to the airport in columbus and landed safely, no injuries were reported. now to a very scary night for the happiest place on earth. an unplanned finale for a disneyland show had guests rushing to get safety. our erin mclaughlin has more >> reporter: the house of the mouse a shocking end to one of disneyland's most popular shows. as mickey battled the dragon, the fire breathing prop engulfed in flames. >> poor drdragon didn't't m make it >> it's pretty bad. >> reporter: nearby attractions evacuated. during the final showing of

fantasmic saturday evening, the fire even visible from splash mountain this park goer was there. >> show was going fantastic, 5 to 11:00 the dragon had caught on fire and my sister and i we thought it was part of the show. >> reporter: according to anaheim fire and rescue the fire was quickly extinguished no guests or firefighters were injured, but rescuers say several disney cast members were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. disney are temporarily suspending fire effects at select shows globally out of an abundance of caution while an investigation is under way. >> so did mickey win in the end? >> i did see mickey later in the night so he did make it through the fire as well. >> reporter: erin mclaughlin, nbc news, los angeles. >> crazy images to see. still to come, a mother and her newborn force officials to seal off a popular beach in

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♪ >> reporter: powerful bonds of family in washington, d.c., too. watch as air force tech sergeant anthony sneaks into a photo with his daughter savannah. he had been overseas for months. lieutenant maxi had been gone for a year his wife rushing to him at the airport. the hug went on and on, but that was just a warm up >> daddy. >> reporter: to when he would see his kids >> are you ready >> reporter: but this was the moment that give us new faith in the future look, there's 7-year-old lenny born with cerebral palsy he was

determined to take some of his first steps in front of his kindergarten class at high point elementary near columbus, ohio his triumph celebrated by every single student. >> our thanks to josé diaz-balart for those stories. i mean, where do you want to start with where we just start the cartwheel, crooner, reunions. >> it's hard to pick a favorite. i love that one especially because they did it in front of the other kids in the class so they can experience it and to have that experience for all of them, you know, to share. >> yeah. hope that inspires you as you start your week with us, thanks for joining us, i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. for that, you have to have a great

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