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miles away, despite mounting pressure from his own party. president zelenskyy heads east, while his country face as barrage of attacks interest russia, the leader of ukraine heads to japan to make his bid to the group of seven. major stores losing hundreds of millions of dollars what they're doing to combat this growing problem and a woman who spent 30 years looking for her family reunited with a sibling she never knew she had we've made it to friday. "early today" starts right now morning, i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera the united states is less than two weeks away from possibly defaulting on its debt the looming deadline is casting a large shadow on the president's meetings overseas. some senate democrats are pushing the white house to consider invoking th invoking th

amendment. >> reporter: in japan, president biden ignore shouted questions about the biggest crisis facing him back home, the fight over raising the nation's debt limit. but the lead republican negotiator, house speaker mccarthy is striking his most optimistic tone yet that the deal will get done before the looming deadline two weeks away. >> i see the path that we could come to an agreement >> reporter: with the president overseas, the white house has kamala harris making the pitch to the american people >> congress must act to prevent default. >> reporter: economists warn without a deal, a default could cause interest rates to skyrocket on bonds and mortgages and credit cards and lead to millions of lost jobs. the republicans are pushing for work requirements on some

pro program. >> you not balance the budget on the backs of children and elderly. >> reporter: even with negotiations ongoing, the republicans are bashing the president for attend the g-7 >> what does the president do after saying the sky is falling? he leaves town >> reporter: some are telling him to invoke the 14th amendment to raise the debt limit, an untested move which would face legal challenges >> we are saying to the president, examine this closely, we have your back. >> reporter: but at this point, the white house appears reluctant to use that option chris pollone, nbc news. >> the g-7 summit has kicked off in japan and the assembled leaders are getting ready to further sanction russia over the vaccination of ukraine a u.s. official speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting says the plan is to black list dozens of entities involved in russian defense production and sanction hundreds of people, vessels and aircraft and citing several anonymous officials, it's reported that zelenskyy

will anttend in person. the credibility of two whistle-blowers is being called into question. the letter from the fbi detailed the revocation of the security clearances of three agents whose conduct in cases related to the january 6 assault on the capitol brought into question their allegiance to the united states. two of those agents, marcus allen and steven friend appeared at a hearing at a republican-led house sub committee on the weaponization of the federal government jim jordan who leads the panel focussed on allegations that the government has unfairly targeted conservatives told reporters before the hearing that he expected this kind of letter from the bureau. ron desantis is about to make his political battle with donald trump official. after months of rumors and speculation, two sources tell nbc news the florida governor will formally start his

presidential campaign next week. our dasha burns was the first to break the news for us. >> reporter: nbc news first to report florida governor ron desantis plans to formally announce he is running for president next week. according to two sources close to his political operation >> take care take care. >> reporter: his team is also summoning his top donors to meetings in miami in cn miami it witconjunctio with the announcement. >> we're proud of what we've done if done if florida, but i have only begun to fight >> reporter: making several campaign stops in iowa, refining his attack on his soon-to-be top rival, former president trump. >> we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years. the time for excuses is other. >> reporter: but the former president attacking desantis head on, trying to take out his biggest rival early with a

familiar battle plan >> the problem with ron desanctimonious is that he needs a personality transplant, and those are not yet available. they say oh, i think desanctimonious can do well with farmers. he's not doing well with anything >> reporter: the desantis campaign focussing itself as the anti-woke candidate. >> we are going to remain a refuge of sanity >> reporter: and leaning in to boost his bona fides expanding the controversial parental rights in education law that critics called the don't say gay bill that bill leading to a high-profile battle with disney, the entertainment giant announcing it's scrapping plans for a new $1 billion florida campus, amid its bitter dispute with desantis. >> part of the reason i think we've been able to do well in

florida is i don't look at polls to tell me what to do. >> reporter: while he may say he doesn't look at the polls, trump's lead over desantis has widened considerably in february, he was within reach, but now that gap has expanded over 35 points, something he has been on the defensive about in the past. >> i'm not, i'm not a candidate, so we'll see if and when that changes. >> reporter: a shadow campaign soon stepping in to the 2024 spotlight. >> our thanks to dasha for that report house republicans have file add first articles of impeachment against president biden since assuming power last fall the measure was introduced thursday by congresswoman marjorie taylor green of georgia and accused biden of abusing his power by endanger theeing the security of the u.s. and thwarting the will of congress >> one claim is that he's endangering the lives of every

day americans with open board policies it is expected to go nowhere as you they do not have the votes to impeach biden her actions were called a shameless sideshow stunt jack teixeira has been warned he was mishandling classified material. his superiors demanded he stop viewing intelligence documents, not related to his primary duties teixeira has a detention hearing today. the fbi arrested the 21-year-old in massachusetts more than a month ago. he could face up to 25 years in prison if found guilty at least 13 people have died in severe flooding in northern italy. the agricultural sector has been hit especially hard with torrential rain this week. more than 5,000 farms were left underwater the region's president compared the devastation to an earthquake that struck in 2012. the economic damage will likely

be in the billions of dollars. let's go live claudio lavango lg who is following the story from rome >> reporter: after a break from the rain yesterday, the water started receding, leaving behind a trail of death and devastation that honestly we are more used to seeing in countries with tropical climates, certainly not italy, with entire towns under water, with roads and bridges collapsed, cars washed away and people having to be saved from the roofs of their homes by rescuers, and a helicopter, finally, thousands of people who were evacuated from their homes are returning back to their homes, to their businesses they're trying to clear the rubble, clear the mud with the help of hundreds of young volunteers, but in the meantime, they are looking up at the sky, worried, because they know that the forecast is more rain throughout the weekend, phillip. >> that's tough to hear. claudio, i want to talk about something that happened a little

closer further south where you are in rome where we have heard of an intruder at the vatican. what can you tell busus about t? >> reporter: that's right. at 8:00 in the evening a 40-year-old man who did not have authority to enter rushed through past swiss guards. one of the main gates and started driving high speed at the vatican. they fired shots at the front tires, but other security guards closed the main gate inside the vatican leading to sensitive areas, like st. peter's basilica and the residence where the pope lives and sleeps then finally, the driver stopped, because he couldn't go any further. he was stopped and arrested and described by the vatican as a man with psychiatric problems, meaning that this was probably more likely an act by a disturbed man, rather than a premeditated attack.

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and e-mail but no phone calls. >> we communicated, shared stories but never really picked up the phone and i wanted to wait for this moment to actually hear her voice >> reporter: now the wait -- >> she's right here come down. right there. >> reporter: is finally over >> you look so much like dad >> good to see you >> reporter: as for what's next. >> go have a glass of wine >> yes, yes. >> reporter: a shared family meal, decades in the making and the chance to make up for lost time >> we're a cherishing this >> yes >> we're very lucky. we've lost quite a few siblings, a lot of people, but we have each other >> our thanks to steven romo for sharing that story a brand-new start for a brand-new family. >> those dna kits are life changing >> we know that as my family and my husband can attest to the

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