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to the wire. now pressure is mounting for speaker mccarthy after a days-long manhunt, the suspected murderer of a tech ceo is behind bars police revealing they were already tracking him, which is raising more questions about whether this could have been prevented. it's been a full year since hurricane ian ripped through florida. we check in on recovery efforts one year later there is a change in an iconic skyline, an iconic venue promising to be the future of show business. we'll take you inside the sphere that is lighting up las vegas. and if you're looking for a reason to celebrate, it's national coffee day. we'll let you know which stores are pouring up perks it's friday, september 29. "early today" starts right now good morning, and happy friday i'm jessica layton >>

glad you could be with us. >> the congress has hours to prevent a shutdown but republicans fired the opening salvos of an impeachment inquiry, one that democrats are claiming hold no weight. >> reporter: the potential government shutdown once measured in days now down to hours. and despite the time crunch, lawmakers are moving slow. >> congress has only one option, one option to avoid a shutdown bipartisanship >> reporter: the senate advancing their version after short-term spending bill, one the house speaker has said won't pass on his side of the capitol. >> at the end of the day, do we get this done? the answer is yes. >> reporter: staff sergeant hayes has a daughter and is scheduled to deploy this week. not sure if he'll be paid. >> it's something that i've never thought about it, because i've been in the military this long for stability >> reporter: and while many are planning for the worst, house republicans kicked off their first impeachment inquiry hearing, democrats posting a

shutdown clock and arguing republicans have yet to provide evidence president biden directly benefitted from his son's lucrative foreign business dealings >> if the republicans had a smoking gun or even a dripping water pistol, they would be presenting it today. but they've got nothing on joe biden. >> reporter: republicans countering they've collected evidence that is worth further supporting >> whether it was lunches, phone calls, white house meetings or official foreign trips, hunter biden cashed in by arranging access to joe biden. >> reporter: a gop witness supporting an inquiry, but democrats asking if he would vote to impeach now. >> would you vote no, correct? >> reporter: we press add top republican about a whatsapp message they say hunter sent while his father was not in office, describing the biden brand as his family's only asset. how does that demonstrate at that there's some sort of political influence being put over him if at that time he is not a political, he's not an

elected official >> i'm definitely not going to pinpoint one item. >> reporter: you presented it. it was the first thing you brought up >> apparently you don't agree with it. >> reporter: it's not that i don't agree, i'm asking you to explain it >> i'll take the next question meanwhile, president biden traveled to arizona thursday, dliring an urgent warning about his likely 2024 challenger, former president donald trump. this as trump's gop rivals use their own momentum from wednesday night's debate to try to break his strong hold on the gop race nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: the general election campaign appears to be under way. >> trump says the constitution gave him, quote, the right to do whatever he wants as president >> reporter: sharpening his rhetoric against gop frontrunner donald trump and his support hers outside phoenix president biden framed the 2024 race in stark terms. something dangerous happening in america now. there's an extremist movement that does not share the basic

beliefs in our democracy the maga movement. >> reporter: this was his fourth speech hammering former president trump as a danger to democracy since the capitol attack on january 6. but the latest nbc news poll shows voters are evenly split on whether republicans or democrats would bet would better protect democracy and also a dead heat between the president and donald trump >> crooked joe is siding with the left-wing crazies who will destroy automobile manufacturing and will destroy our country itself >> reporter: while in california, seven republican challengers tried to break through. >> honestly,ary time i hear you, i feel a little dumber for what you say. and some took even more direct shots at the frontrunner. >> he owes it to the voters to defend his record. >> well, you can't win if you're absent, and i think, you know, he's got a lot of questions to answer >> reporter: the trump campaign affirming he will not attend the

next debate in november. >> our thanks to gabe gutierrez for that report. while he still leads the republican field, former president trump's legal issues are only ramping up and could now include an appearance on the witness stand. monday will be the start of letitia james' trial against trump and his companies. on thursday, the new york a.g.'s office revealed that the former president and his children are cloud included on the 28-person witness list donald trump jr. and eric trump have run his businesses he. trump's legal team plans to appeal the judge's ruling, calling it outrageous. the urgent manhunt for a dangerous murder suspect in maryland has come to an end.

m meanwhile police are sharing more about the young life. >> reporter: prosecutors are vowing to send jason billingsley to prison for the rest of his life >> the last few days have been unnerving for our citizens, and i hope we are able to find a little bit of peace today. >> reporter: her family saying they are relieved to know he can no longer hurt other innocent victims. the arrest hours after a vigil attended by hundreds >> she was the definite anything of daddy's little girl she had me wrapped, and still does >> reporter: charging documents say lapere let the suspect into her building and the security footage shows them getting into an elevator together her half-clothed body was found on the roof. the cause of death, strangulation and blunt force trauma police revealed think were

already tracking billingsley in a case involving rape, murder and arson. leading to questions about whether authorities should have raised alarms about billingsley before he allegedly killed lapere >> as soon as we realized that there was a public safety we press conference >> reporter: questions swirling about a man authorities say is a repeat violent criminal and how he could be released on parole and probation last october after serving about half of a 14-year sentence >> rapists shouldn't be let out early, period. >> reporter: the suspect is now charged with killing her now back to you. >> ron allen, thank you. one person was hurt in new mexico thursday at a protest outside a county clerk's office. demonstrators were protesting the rededication of a statue

police describe the shooter as a young man in his 20s, wearing a maga hat the although they were not able to confirm whether he was wearing it at the time of the shooting the victim is in stable condition and the shatooter arrested united airlines is making their flights more ark sccessib for passenger whos who use wheelchairs. travelers will also be eligible for partial fare reimbursement if they have to book a more expensive flight for accommodations the changes come after a woman was injured and died after her device was damaged during a united airlines night. looks like another rainy start. angie lassman joins us with the

forecast it's like sweats all day, do nothing. right? >> if can you stay indoors for the better part of tad and you ltoday o you will be doing much better than the most of us we've already got flood alerts for 23 million people. can you see the flash flood warning for parts of long island we have super saturated grounds from, as you know, all the rain we received earlier in the week. with the prolonged period of time that we were dealing with those soggy conditions, and more is on the way. you can see those kind of cool and windy and damp setup we're going to deal with across parts of the mid atlantic with really impressive rainfall rates at times. we could be picking up one to two to three inches of rain in some spots where that sets up is a little harder to pinpoint either way, it looks like some

places could pick up six to eight inches really impressive rainfall, but the concern is there for sure for the flash flooding and can you see the areas that have the greatest chancem charlotte to atlanta and out to jackson. shreveport hits a warm 96 degrees this afternoon with sunny skies. back over to you >> all right, angie, we'll deal with it, thank you we're back in 60 seconds with an update from florida, where some victims of hurricane ian are still desperate for help a full year after that deadly storm surged onto shore. that's why herbal essences is packed with naturally derived plant ingredients you love, and none of the stuff you don't.

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saw turn on? >> i was enchanted, too. we visualized it, and it's so big. >> reporter: and finally, inside the sphere within a sphere, 168,000 feet of l.e.d.s. 17,000 seats, ten thousand powered by haptics >> it's impossible to describe right. it's like trying to explain what a peanut butter and jelly sandwich tastes like to someone who's never tasted one >> reporter: this month u2, and postcards from earth gadi schwartz, nbc throunews, l vegas. >> vegas in itself is sensory overload this is sensory explosion. >> a microcosm of the bigger vegas. after 25 years, netflix will be mailing out the last dvds today, marking the last time the

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right now at 5:00, we are looking live at the u.s. capitol, where congress appears to be hurtling toward a government shutdown. we'll take you to washington th m