unfathomable devastation the death toll in libya rises t five figures after being slammed by flash floods. the recent spate of flash flooding around the globe. the house is beginning an impeachment investigation against president biden. why republican leadership is calling for the probe amid

criticism from the white house feeling lucky? the government is challenging google over its business practices in court what it could mean for the tech behemoth and the internet itself shakira returns to the mva stage after more than a decade away we'll break down her performance. and blue light special the specs really work as advertised it's september 13th. "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad to be with you, i'm frances rivera north korean leader kim jong un has met with vladimir putin in russia the two greeted each other in a city in russia's far east. they are widely expected to discuss a possible win weapons and technology deal. it comes after japan and south

korea reported that the north fired two possible ballistic missiles into the sea of japan no damage or injuries have been re reported after sunday's flooding in libya, the full scope of the catastrophe is coming clear. as many as 10,000 are feared dead entire neighborhoods were swept away after two dams failed aid groups are now calling for urgent assistance to libya for the very latest, we want to bring in our chapman bell who's following this story for us. we wonder why the response to this disaster has been so chaotic. >> reporter: well, jessica, that's really down to this sheer volume of catastrophic flooding in the area, following these --

>> all right, we are having a couple of problems there, but we will try to get chapman back that story on that just devastating flooding that you see in libya >> to that catastrophic flooding in libya that marks the eighth major flooding event in 11 days. four continents have seen devastating flooding events. here to break down what's behind the intense rainfall is angie lassman. good morning, angie. >> we've seen intense rainfall across the world since the start of september and along with libya, there have been eight major flood events from europe to asia and right here in the united states. and researchers at the noaa laboratory told nbc this many extreme weather events in such a short time is unusual. both scientists point to, you guessed it, climate change but admit it's a more complicate the

relationship warmer temperatures mean more slap situation, and it means the air can hold a lot more moisture when all of that moisture gets released, we see this kind of devastating deluge while all these floods came after majorstorms there are other factors to consider, like how saturated the ground isand the topography of the region this many events are not normal and warming temperatures are likely making them more frequent and more intense, and it's nthos issues combined with other factors that ultimately bring this type of catastrophe to us >> sometimes you need the science 101. as part of a prisoner exchange between the u.s. and iran the middle eastern nation will have renewed access to billions of dollars in oil revenues the country might have other plans for the wind fall than originally intended. we go to brie jackson in washington

lay out the deal for us and what the leaders of the two countries are saying about it. >> reporter: good morning jessica. as you mentioned, the biden administration is moving forward with a plan to bring five american pris murs home from iran this group has been imprisoned an um in of years on espionage charges. the u.s. says they were unjustly detained the exchange involves swapping those five american citizens for five iranian nationals who have been detained in the u.s it also involves granting iran access to roughly $6 billion in oil revenues that were blocked by u.s. sanctions, but only for humanitarian purposes. in an exclusive interview, nbc's lester holt got to speak with the iranian president through a government-provided translator about the deal he appeared to imply that the funds would be used for purposes other than what the agreement lays out >> translator: we believe that

these american action was very unjust just from the beginning it has imposed further pressure on the iranian people. this money belongs to the islamic republic of iran and naturally, we will decide, islamic republic of iran will decide to spend it wherever we need it. >> and the president also told lester that the five imprisoned americans are in full health as they await their release since this plan was set into motion, republicans have accused the biden administration of paying ransom to iran and emboldening regimes that fund terrorism. state department and national security officials rebuffed these ideas. they noted that the u.s. is not paying iran for the prisoners, nor will iran have access to the unlocked funds directly, as they will be moved to accounts in qatar, and transactions will be

monitored by moni monitored by the treasury. after months of threats and speculation, house speaker kevin mccarthy on tuesday announced the opening of an impeachment inquiry into president biden mccarthy said he is directing three house committees to lead the probe of alleged abuses of power, obstruction and corruption by biden. this follows investigations into president biden's knowledge of his family's alleged foreign business dealings of the president's son hunter has been a major focus of the probes. a white house spokesman said in a statement that house republicans have turned up no evidence of wrongdoing during their nine months of investigations mccarthy's announcements came after he told breitbart he would not open an inquiry without a full house house vote more than eight months after the nation was shocked by brutal

video, the former police officers accused of beating tyre nichols to death are facing federal charges, including use of excessive force and witness tampering. they already face second degree murder charges in state court. all have entered not guilty pleas. tyre nichols was stopped for what the memphis cops called reckless driving he was kicked and beaten and pepper sprayed and died trin the hospital three days later. if convicted all five could face life in prison lawyers for the family hope the charges give the family hope as they grieve the cdc has signed off on a new vaccine recommending that anyone six months and older should receive the shots they are targeting new variants and it comes after a surge in late summer covid cases. the shots are expected to be

available within the next 48 hours. to the forecast and a new round of storms on the way to the northeast. angie lassman is tracking how soon all that rain is expected to start here. angie, good morning. . >> umbrellas handy if you live in this area you could deal with flooding concerns we've got flood alerts up for 42 million people it does include major cities, new york, philadelphia, boston, hartford all included in this, and more rain on the way as you mentioned through the day today. a cold front is working to the east helping spark all of this rain we'll have the heavy rain possible through the day today and that means the potential is there for more flooding many the flash flooding risk does include major cities from boston to atlantic city for the slight risk of flash flooding remember, we've already had multiple rounds of rain over the past few days, saturated grounds. any additional rainfall could be problematic especially as we're

considering high rainfall rates like we're having today. category 3 hurricane lee is still something we're keeping an eyen o eye on it's going to weaken and expand. >> we could see direct impacts for maine and nova scotia on the table for that still foot cinto the cone saturd sunday parts of the east coast will continue to see the high risk of rip currents and elevated surf denver headed to the upper 70s plenty of sunshine from omaha. and that is a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. >> thank you, angie.

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later this week delays could get even worse >> it's absolutely horrible, you know, telling somebody, i can't fix your car >> reporter: herford says they'll work through the delays. but while others are stocking up, he doesn't see it as the right move for his small business >> i can't just really go buy all the parts that i think i'll need i don't know what i need the show will go on, you know, we'll figure out a way we have had very few situations that we haven't solved the problem in one way or another. you know fortunately, my crew and myself, we can get creative when it comes to trying to figure things out. >> reporter: because he knows the strain a lack of access has put on everyone the last three years. >> you get slapped so many times, your face gets numb, you know in everybody's used to paying more and getting less >> reporter: from the assembly line to the grocery store. >> our thanks to abby dodge for

that report. opening statements kicked off yesterday in the country's largest anti-trust trial in a quarter century. the doj is taking google to court and will argue they exploited their power to block competitors. let's bring in cnbc's arabile. what's the significance of this trial, especially in a digital age? >> yeah, absolutely critical, right? we're talking about an age where ai influence being the primary discussion point around technology you have companies that are either going up or down, deendant on how their technology looks. let's look at apple unveiling their iphone event yesterday that technological probe would have been very interesting to unpack next month would mark 25 years since the last anti-trust probe. it was microsoft at the time and this time around google and

its representatives ultimately have to tell the court that they didn't feel they broke any laws, and the reason that their search engine in particular does make up a key and big part of the market is because of its quality and how good that search engine actually is. its popularity is based on its quality. on the other side of this, the department of justice has actually accused google of paying companies such as apple and at&t around $10 billion annually to ensure that they use and really put forward their search engine as the primary search engine, though. of course google denying this and actually saying that they're just compensating their partners for what they call software updates. so this one is going to be a long haul. that's for sure. >> arabile, thank you. >> still to come on "early today," we've got your mtv recap. >> and the most nominated

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while more study is needed to determine what these blue light filtering lenses do and don't do, there are ways to avoid eyestrain if you spend a lot of time on a screen the big one, be sure to take breaks by implementing the 20-20-20-rule. adjust your lighting, position the monitor correctly. >> the computer screen should be about an arm's length away >> reporter: use artificial tears if need. >> not everybody on the computer needs artificial tears, but if you're developing dryness that can help >> reporter: blue light does factor into your circadian rhythm or sleep cycle, and it's unknown if wearing the lenses all the time can throw your body clock off. >> we really don't know at this point if it has a negative affe effect on that >> new information i didn't know >> for sure, good stuff that

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i'm tom llamas stay right there, more news on the way. ews on the way. as vladimir putin and kim jong un meet, missiles leave north korea's borders. what they discussed as the signal rang out across the globe. five prisoners are o