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police in new york releasing new full-faced images of a person of interest in the killing of the healthcare ceo. the new details this morning about the alleged gunman and that shooting. a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocking northern california, triggering a tsunami warning. the governor declaring a state of emergency in that area. a swift about face from a major healthcare insurer after saying it would limit coverage of anesthesia. the backlash triggered by a change. and thursday night football, the detroit lions take on the green bay packers. could they clench their second-straight playoff berth in front of their hometown crowd? and a group of nana's angels looking to bring holiday cheer to seniors in local nursing homes. it is friday, december 6th. "early today" starts right now. good morning, and thanks for joining us on this friday, i'm jessica layton. and we begin this morning with

the latest on the shocking murder of an insurance executive on the streets of new york. police releasing new pictures, showing the face of a person of interest. unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson was gunned down in what police say was a targeted attack. we begin with nbc's chris pollone. >> reporter: new pictures showing the face of a suspected killer. new york city police releasing these, hoping someone can identify the man who they believe shot and killed a health insurance ceo on a manhattan sidewalk. >> it does appear that the victim was specifically targeted. but, at this point, we do not know why. >> reporter: the pictures showing the suspect's face captured at a hostel on new york's upper west side where it's believed he stayed before the shooting. in what might be a hint to a possible motive, a senior new york city law enforcement official says police recovered shell casings inscribed with the words deny, defend, depose on them. surveillance video shows the gunman calmly walking up onto

the sidewalk and shooting brian thompson in the back and leg before running away. he's seen on surveillance buying a bottle of water and a snack thompson's wife is heartbroken. >> brian was a wonderful person with a big heart who lived life to the fullest. >> this is the safest big city in america. >> reporter: eric adams, a former nypd captain insisted the killer will be caught. >> we feel we're moving at a steady pace, and we're going to have someone apprehended. >> reporter: there's a $10,000 reward for information leading to the killer's capture. chris pollone, nbc news. out west, california residents were rattled by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake erupting off the northern coast, thursday morning. noaa issued a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of klose line, stretching from california's bay area all the

way to southern oregon, forcing evacuation orders to move inland immediately. that warning was lifted a little over an hour after the quake. in humboldt county, the area closest to the epicenter, about 10,000 people lost power. luckily, there were no deaths or injuries reported. california's governor declared a state of emergency and said damage assessments will continue first thing this morning. we are learning more about that shooting at a school inin rural california. two young children were injured. are lucky to be pay live. they the suspectegunman then took his own life, turns out, he had been to the school the day before, meeting with a school official. here's nbc's jesse kirsch. >> reporter: in northern california, authorities are trying to figure out why a man allegedly opened fire at feather river adventist school, shooting two kindergartners before turning the gun on himself. >> when you're talking about little kids like this who can't

defend themselves, it really does tear at the heart. >> reporter: the sheriff saying the boys, 5 and 6 years old, were taken to the hospital in critical condition. the suspect was found dead with a handgun near by. >> shots tired, 27 cox lane december highway 70 and simpson road. >> reporter: according to the sheriff, the suspect had a cordial meeting with the school principal about enrolllling a student. it's unclear if that was just a ruse. >> shortly after concluding that meeting, the principal heard shots being fired and screams. >> reporter: joslin orlando says she raced to hide in the gym. >> i looked back and saw a shadow with a gun, so i told most people to run even faster. >> reporter: so far investigators have not announced any definitive motive. >> we have received some information that he may have targeted this school because of its affiliation with the seventh day adventist church. >> reporter: authorities say the small k-8 school has fewer than

40 students. no school resource officer is stationed there. and no security guard was on site. jesse kirsch, nbc news. the woman accused of sneaking onto a delta flight to paris was in brooklyn federal court yesterday. svetlana dali could face years in prison. she bypassed two security and ticketing check points before boarding the flight to paris. she was denied entry into france and returned to new york wednesday. she is expected back in court later later today. house representatives voted against releasing a report on matt gaetz on whether he engaged in illicit drug use and had sex with an underaged girl. it's unclear if the report will ever be made public.

gaetz enies the allegations, but the controversy quickly derailed his bid for attorney general. meanwhile, pete hegseth toiled away in the halls of congress yet again trying to win support for his nomination. here's garrett haake. >> reporter: new public hints of potential republican opposition to president-elect trump's pick for secretary of defense, pete hegseth. iowa's joni ernst saying she's not ready to support h him. >> i think for a number of our senators, they want to make sure that any allegations have been cleared and that's why we have to have a very thorough vettin process. >> reporter: other republicans noncommittal after their meetings with hegseth. >> i know we're having meetings. >> reporter: but hegseth telling us he's optimistic. mr. hegseth, do you feel like you're making progress in these meetings? >> great meetings. it's how the process works. it's not going to be tried out here. it's going to be discussed inside the offices, how we

rebuild our military, put the war fighters first. that's what president trump has asked me to do. >> reporter: are there any circumstances in which you would withdraw from this process? >> i'm here for donald trump, as long as he supports me, i'll be here. >> reporter: he's facing negative headlines, including a nbc news report that ten current and former fox news employees say he drank in ways that concerned him. and a sexual assault claim from 2017 which he denies. police investigated it, and he was not charged. it sounds like you're not fully determined whether you'll support this nominee. >> most nominees what you'll do, you'll have an open hearing. he went a long way in getting my full support, but i want him to be able to answer in front of everybody else, the questions that are there. i see no reason at this point to not be supportive of him. >> our thanks to garrett for that report. turning now to the deadly

arctic blast that is whipping across much of the u.s. millions are under winter alerts and blizzard warnings. erin mclaughlin is in hard-hit erie, pennsylvania. >> reporter: across the northeast and midwest, a fast-moving clipper system unleashing dangerous snowfall, powerful winds and freezing temperatures on millions. winds in excess of 50 miles per hour wreaking havoc on the roads, with whiteout conditions in many places. this truck flipped on its side. the deadly storm killed at least two people clearing snow in new york. and, in hard-hit erie, pennsylvania, the first blizzard warning in two years. that alert on top of the five feet of snow already on the ground. >> we're just running out of room to push snow. >> reporter: treacherous road conditions costing plans potentially life-saving time. >> i do most of the critical care before i even start moving.

i'm not going to start an iv going down the road. >> reporter: the community pulled together to save the local volunteer firehouse after the roof buckled under the weight of the snow. when you saw the roof caving in, what went through your mind? >> panic, a lot of craziness. we've been running non-stop over the last week with no sleep. >> reporter: volteers from across the country scrambled t help. across the northeast, folks facing the brutal winter weather together. with even more snow on the way. erin mclaughlin, nbc news, erie, pennsylvania. >> and, as you just heard, more snow is on the way today. angie lassman is tracking when and where for all of us. angie, good morning. >> it's going to be no surprise, it's downwind of the lakes that we see those highest amounts accumulating over the next day or so. here's what we've got right now. your satellite and radar showing you some of the snow bands, downwind of the lake. we still have strong, cold winds

coming across the lake. winter alerts up for 10 million people across this region. no blizzard warnings near the lake. but still windy and cold and additional snow across the region. heavy snow bands will set up east of erie. and we have the next clipper system working into parts of new england late into the day bringing additional snow into parts of new england. notice upwards of a foot. no surise, downwind of the lakes, that's where we're going to see the highest accumulation amounts. 20s, teens across georgia and tennessee. as we get into the later parts of your day today, we'll be below average for most of the temperatures

into the mid-50s for jacksonville, mobile heads to 51 with full sunshine today. that's a look at your forecast. jessica, back to you. >> all right, ang, thank you. one week after eating up dubs on turkey day, they faced up on thursday night football. the lions matched the pack with four touchdowns of their own with the game tied up in the final minutes. detroit's 11th straight win hinged on this crucial fourth down conversion. >> they are going. montgomery is able to pick up the first down. >> okay. it wasn't pretty, but the risk paid off, allowing jake bates to kick the walkoff field goal. the lions stay atop the nfc and punch their ticket to the playoffs, 34-31. a little later on "early

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>> repter: connecticut controller shawn scanlin runs the largest healthcare man in the state. >> it's not in the best interest of the patient to cut off their coverage for anesthesia in the middle of a surgery, just because it's reached some arbitrary time limit. >> reporter: new york governor kathy hochul called it outrageous. . gregory lavitten is a vascular birthmark surgeon. is this even workable in surgery? >> i don't see how this could be applied across the board. anesthesiologists don't control the amount of time they spend under anesthesia. a surgeon who is well trained has a protocol or step-by-step process for performing a surgery, it's not something that's time dependent, but it's technically dependent. >> reporter: in announcing the reversal, anthem described widespread misinformation and said it never was and never will be the policy of anthem blue cross blue shield not to pay for necessary anesthesia services,

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>>some kids in kentucky are looking to bring cheer into the lives of seniors. known as nana's angels, they're on a mission to give hundreds of christmas cards to area nursing homes. our lexington affiliate has the story. >> reporter: it's hard to miss. >> probably about 100 more cards to do. >> reporter: they've already done 300. >> getting there. need envelopes. >> reporter: a tall task. >> you got two. >> reporter: but manageable for this adorable assembly line. >> we sign the cards, then we put candy canes, then we do stickers. stickers and we keep going and going. >> reporter: and going and going. ariella, nico, quinn have been hard at work. hundreds of christmas keels, signed, sealed and waiting to be delivered to four different nursing homes. >> we should do it for nursing homes, because some people in

nursing homes don't really get their families come over for the holidays or anything like that. >> reporter: a kindhearted mission started in 2022. one year after the kids lost their nana tammy. >> she was really nice, kind. >> funny. >> she was really, really, really sweet when she wanted to be. >> and we wanted to do something in remember of her. >> we just thought of her. and we were like, you know what? let's just call it her. because that's how we started it. so we called it nana's angels. >> reporter: so over the next few weeks, hundreds of seniors will be gifted some christmas cheer. thanks to this group of guardian angels. >> we feel a little bit of joy in yourself, and oh, my goodness, i'm, like, becoming something that my nana probably wanted me to become. >> our thanks to evan leake for that report. president biden continuing to ring in the holiday season, lighting the national christmas

tree last night. the event bringing an estimated 12,000 people to the ellipse just south of the white house. this massive spruce lluminating the air what is flanked by trees representing every state and territory. it will remain open until january 1st. "today" is bringing back their holiday series, merriest main street. first stop is stockbridge, massachusetts. its main street was immortalized in the rockwell painting "home fothe holidays." and craig melvin is in paris ahead of the opening of the notre dame cathedral. have a great weekend, everyone. i will see you bright and early monday morning.