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strings standing the test of time the violins that survived the holocaust and the tribute to its survivors. miguel save. the goalie rescued by his teammates after suffering a heart attack it's thursday, april 27th. "early today" starts right now i'm philip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the justice department sued the state of tennessee over a new law that targets the transgender community. the law signed earlier this year by republican governor bill lee and set to take effect july 1st would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the state. the doj argues the law violates the equal protection clause of the constitution and added no person should be denied access to necessary medical care just because of their transgender status tennessee has been a hot spot for anti-lgbtq legislation so far this year. most recently enacting a law that would criminalize drag performances in public

the republican-backed plan to cut spending and raise the debt ceiling has passed through the house by the slim els of margins. it's the first major move in the fight to prevent an impending financial crisis for more on this, brie jackson in washington. brie, good morning so speaker mccarthy was able to find some success with this package, but its future in the senate doesn't look as bright? >> reporter: that's right. after a week of speculation and tension, the house passed the limit save grow act with just two votes to spare on wednesday. the bill was introduced by house speaker kevin mccarthy last week as the gop's solution to the impending debt ceiling crisis. economists say that the u.s. could default on its debt obligations as early as june, giving lawmakers just a couple of months to come up with a plan mccarthy's proposal woulraise the country's debt limit by $1.5 trillion, while also impl

implementing a number of spending cults, including rescinding recently passed fundg for the irs, recap purchase unspent covid relief funds, and repeal president biden's executive order on student dent forgiveness it was not always a given the plan would make it out of the house. several republicans from all wings of the party voiced reservations about the bill. at the end of the day, four members voted against it, but it wasn't enough to halt the package. here's what mac coccarthy had ty after this legislative victory. >> so right now, this is the only place that has lifted the debt limit so the democrats are putting the country in jeopardy. the president wants to make sure the debt ceiling's going to be lifted sign this bill >> reporter: despite mccarthy's success pushing this plan through the house, it's likely to meet a grim fate in the senate and the white house senate democrats have proclaimed the bill is dead on arrival after every house democrat voted against it on wednesday. the white house, meanwhile, has

promised to veto the bill if it gets to the president's desk biden has stated that congress could raise the debt ceiling without conditions, but mccarthy and other leaders of the gop have made clear that however this bill ends up, it's meant to kick-start negotiations between the parties for action on the debt ceiling this is just the first step in the process that will need to be taken care of quickly in order to prevent a potential economic calamity, so the clock is ticking. >> the negotiations will continue all right, brie, thank you. let's turn now to montana state capitol where a transgender lawmaker has been barred from the house floor. republican leaders are accusing her of inciting a protest after a heated back and forth over gender-affirming health care for children our anne thompson has the latest >> reporter: montana state representative zooey zephyr, the state's first transgender legislator, is banned from the house floor for the rest of this year's session.

>> this decision is a doubling-down of the silencing of 11,000 montanians. >> reporter: following a fiery speech zephyr made last we're as her colleagues considered a ban on gender-affirming medical care for children >> i hope the next time there's an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands. >> reporter: house republican leaders said the democrat broke decorum and prevented her from speaking in floor debate then she was accused of inciting this protest on monday >> let her speak, let her speak! >> reporter: republican leaders making the case against her. >> no person may participate in conduct that disrupts or disturbs the orderly proceedings of the body. >> reporter: zephyr refusing to apologize. >> and when the speaker asks me to apologize, well -- on behalf of decorum, what he is really asking me to do is be silent when my community is facing bills that get us killed >> reporter: the majority republican body censured the

freshman representative. zephyr will only be allowed to vote remotely. zephyr says though she may not be permitted to speak on the floor, she will continue to work behind the scenes. anne thompson, nbc news. it was an explosive day of testimony in the civil trial against former president donald trump. e. jean carroll took the stand, telling the jury about an encounter with trump she says turned violent carroll alleged it started with playful banter at bergdorf goodman. she testified that trump wanted her to help buying a gift, the two joked about trying on lingerie. then she says he shoved her against the wall and raped her this is in the '90s and carroll never went to police instead she filed a civil suit for battery last year, using a new law that gives survivors of sexual assault a one-year window to file claims even when the statute of limitations has passed she's also suing him for defamation trump has repeatedly said these allegations are not true the judge says he must soon reveal whether he'll show up for trial.

two associates of former trump white house consultant steve bannon have been sent to prison for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors for the "we build the wall" campaign both pleaded guilty to working with bannon on a crowdfunding effort for a border wall they raised over $25 million, bull all the money went in their pockets. colfage got four years in prison, balato got three steve bannon was pardoned by president trump but he still faces state charges. he's pleaded not guilty. elon musk visited capitol hill yesterday deep fakes, voice phishing attacks, and what he calls a framework for restricting

potentially harmful a.i. tools both men were tight-lipped about the meeting after but described it as good the president of south korea is in washington for a state visit. yoon suk-yeol will address a joint session of congress at 11:00 a.m. eastern before that he'll meet with republican house speaker kevin mccarthy let's go live to ali arouzi. we understand yoon has already scored a major security commitment from the u.s. >> reporter: good morning, frances. that's right, he's on a state visit to the united states, but beyond all of that pomp and pageantry, president yoon was looking to get a concrete, tangible commitment from the united states to allay fears and anxiety in south korea over north korean aggression. and that's exactly what he got he secured a landmark deal to

counter north korean threats will see nuclear-powered submarines going to south korea periodically a nuclear consultative group will involve seoul in nuclear planning operations that are being considered by washington it will allow other assets, strategic assets, to be deployed into the area, including nuclear-capable bombers. so this is a big win for south korea in terms of getting security from the united states, but it's important to point out that the u.s. already had a treaty obligation to protect south korea, but there were growing fears in south korea that the united states may abandon seoul. that led to calls for them to develop their own nuclear weapons. that suddenly set off alarm bells in washington, and they realized that they need to give them more than a reassuring word and gestures and more of a long-term, concentrated plan to

help south korea battle any aggression from the north, and that's exactly what they got but it's sure to ruffle sfeathes in north korea and we'll probably see some reaction from kim jong-un. >> ali rusi, thank you. weather, a heap of heavy rain is threatening to wash out parts of the country nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking all of that for us. >> folks are going to need windshield wipers, umbrella, rain jacket. heavy rain from texas all the way up into tennessee. some of that is a couple of thunderstorms with a lot of lightning associated with it falling in places like new orleans, houston we've got to deal with that for that early morning commute not going to be great. all this rain shifts east as we get into tomorrow. we will track the potential for strong storms through the day today along the gulf coast even tomorrow the severe threat is not zero. we'll be keep an eye on that here by the time we get into the weekend, here comes the heavy rain for parts of the

mid-atlantic and the northeast we will they'd to be tracking that into the weekend. if you have tdoor plans for outh chicago today with a partly cloudy sky overhead salt lake city, 73 degrees some cooler than normal temperatures have settled into the east, but the west coast is a different story. we're going to deal with warmth there. we'll talk about it coming up. >> wow, wish we could trade that a little bit angie, thank you. we're back in 60 seconds with the alarming outbreak at a seattle hospital. and songs of survival. a tribute to victims of the hoholocaust. get backck in theree anand freshen n instantlyy with n new febrezeze air mistst. ththat's rightht! febrezeze now has s a new, finer mistst that floaoats in thehe air longeger

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including bielski, this man's grand pear >> translator: we lost more than 100 family members in the camp but two sisters and a mom survived, all because of bi left. ski. >> reporter: outside chicago, they met for the very first time thanks to violins of hope, weinstein's family collection of over 100 string instruments which he says includes many once owned by those who perished in the holocaust and those who survived he and his father, israeli violin makers, restore the instruments and tour them around the world. the collection spending six months around chicago at a crucial time. >> we recognize with tremendous urgency the need to really address record levels of anti-semitism. this music and these instruments saved many lives for the lives that were not saved, their stories can live on. >> these instruments bring the stories to life. they make them real?

>> they make them real and they make them with the music. >> is they were 6 million people they were people. >> these were real people. they had hopes and dreams. they were killed just because they were jewish >> reporter: a story of loss, but also survival, to be seen, felt -- ♪ and heard. jesse kirsch, nbc news, glenco, illinois. still to come, kerry bradshaw returns just like that, more familiar faces are joining her in hbo's "sex and the city" reboot. something wicked comes this way. a broadway hit is coming to the big screen, and we've got a first look ♪

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>> reporter: three times a week, 62-year-old drew lazarus plays goalie for the apollos at the westchester skating academy. recently on the way home from a game, drew had a massive heart attack and crashed his teammate spotted his car and knew drew was in trouble. >> i saw drew's car in the bushes he had crossed the double yellow lines. felt for a pulse, there was no pulse. so in my mind, he was dead >> it was pretty scary, you know he was basically dead on the gurney. >> reporter: drew was rushed to westchester medical center under the care of dr. avi levine. >> every second your brain is not getting blood is critical. >> reporter: he smashed a car window, performed cpr, called 911. >> i've been healthy i've played hockey since i was young, three times a week. i go to the gym, eat right, never smoked, barely drink it was shocking this occurred to

me. >> reporter: when drew left the hospital five days later, his teammates used humor to skate past the gravity of the situation. >> we were going to have to find a new goalie not easy, a lot of work to find a new goalie >> reporter: drew is now back on the ice. he and his teammates have a new goal in mind >> about ten guys have gone to the cardiologist we are really promoting a lot of things that i think guys in the over 50 league should be doing to be healthy and be careful i would never have thought it would have been him. >> cpr is a skill that anybody should and can have, and that was the difference between drew being here today. >> i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for them i'm very, very thankful. >> we're hoping to have a winning season with our guy in the net. that's all that matters to us. and i think, honestly, we won already. >> i'd say they did. our thanks to linda for sharing that story. >> wow and we're going to all win, too. eye-opening, right get checked, and he did

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