is this gave them license to wear it. walmart said it's okay. >> i'm tom llamas in new york. stay right there. stay right there. another large wildfire breaks out in the los angeles area. the hughes fire exploding to more than 9,000 acres, forcing evacuation orders for more than 30,000 people. that fire fueled by dry conditions and powerful winds.

meteorologist michelle grossman is here with how long those winds could last. in the first tv interview of his new term, president trump defending his january 6th pardons as backlash grows against both those pardons and his new actions on immigration. a national community reeling after a tragic school shooting. a student shot dead in a high school cafeteria by a classmate. what investigators say happened. the supreme court taking up a landmark case on police shootings. the national implications the case could have. and in his final year of eligibility, billy wagner becomes a hall-of-famer. what he's saying this morning about the honor. it's thursday, january 23rd. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you this morning. i'm frances rivera. another massive inferno has ignited in southern california, forcing around 31,000 to flee

north of los angeles. another 23,000 are under evacuation warnings. the hughes fire exploding to more than 10,000 acres since it began late wednesday morning near castaic lake. it is now 14% contained. the fast-moving flames threatening homes, buildings, even schools, sending students running. some area schools are closed today, while others have moved activities inside, as air quality worsens. this, as many residents in the evacuation zone hose down their homes, concerned with the bone dry conditions and high winds that have plagued the region for more than two weeks. >> reporter: how worried are you about all this? >> very, obviously. >> my wife, my animals were ready to go. >> the faa has issued flight restrictions over the area, including unauthorized drones so aircrews can attack the blaze from the sky. according to the california national guard, every modular aerial firefighting system in

the u.s. has been launched to fight the fire. millions remain under fire alerts this morning. let's turn to michelle grossman who's got the latest for us. >> unfortunately, we're stuck in this pattern. we're going to be stuck in this pattern for quite a bit, too. we are looking at 10 million people under red flag warnings. we could see winds gusting 40 mile-per-hour, 50 miles per hour. still gusty as we go throughout thursday. we're looking at very low humidity levels and places like santa clarita, santa ana, temecula, escondido, palm springs included in this where we're looking at red flag warnings on this thursday. we're looking at a critical risk with dangerous rapid wildfire possible once begin today. same places, santa clara, temecula. now as we go throughout this weekend, we do have a bit of good news. we will see some rain. it's not going to be a lot.

we will see some wet weather. that will help. but then we're going to return right to that pattern. we'll talk more about this and the cold air across the united states in just a few minutes. >> hope they get that under control. president trump sat for his first tv interview of his second term in office. >> they were treated like the worst criminals in history. and you know what they were there for? they were protesting the vote. because they knew the election was rigged and they were protesting the vote. and that, you know, should be allowed to protest the vote. you should be allowed to. you know, when the day comes -- >> you shouldn't be able to invade the capitol. >> some of those people with the

police, they were very minor incidents, okay. they get built up by a couple of fake guys. this was a political hoax. >> nbc's peter alexander is following the growing fallout from these pardons. >> reporter: they're the haunting images of the armed assault on the capitol four than 1100 convictions.d in more one of the most prominent, enrique tarrio, one of the proud boys found guilty of seditious conspiracy seen at the miami airport, with this ominous warning. >> i'm happy that the president's focussing not on retribution and focussing on success, but i will tell you that i, i, i'm not going to play by those rules. the people who did this, they need to feel the heat. >> reporter: republican murkowski.

>> you blanket pardon them without consequence? that sends a horrible message t years of a 18-year sentence for directing his members during the riot. the federal judge at his sentencing warning, the moment you are released whenever that may be, you'll be ready to take up arms against your government. >> reporter: this retired officer was one of the officers injured, telling nbc news it's a betrayal. they were lf. that's the only reason he pardoned them. president trump telling us he strongly backs police. >> i am the friend of police. more than any president t at's ever been in this office. >> reporter: we pressed him. >> vice president jd vance said if this, this is a week ago. he said if you committed violence on january 6th, obviously,not be pardoned. why is your vice president wrong? >> well, only for one reason. they've served years in jail. >> reporte president trump also taking new action to secure the southern border. the white house announcing the deployment of 1500 active duty military and national guard troops. and the suspension of all

migrant border crossings. including blocking asylum seekers from entering the u.s. >> our thanks to peter for that report. this morning, a federal appeals court is set to hear arguments around louisiana's law requiring public schools to display the ten commandments in classrooms. the law was meant to go into effect on january 1st, but it's currently blocked in five school districts as the challenge works its way through the courts. in november, a district court blocked the law saying it was overtly religious founding of u.s. law. a nashville high school is closed for the week as the

community mourns the latest school shooting. a 17-year-old shooter opened fire in the school cafeteria yesterday, killing one student and wounding another before taking his own life. jesse kirsch has the story. >> reporter: these were the chaotic moments deadly gunfire erupted inside antioch high school. followed by the realization of what had happened. police say just after 11:00 a.m., 17-year-old solomon henderson, armed with a pistol, opened fire inside his nashville area school's cafeteria, killing a 16-year-old. >> we believe there are materials out there, maybe if someone said something more could have been done. >> reporter: investigators don't know if this was a targeted attack but say there was no ongoing threat to the community. hours after the attack, students

evacuated by the bus load. this teen says the shooter was her classmate. >> he was not a kid that you would think would do something like that. he stayed on task. he did his work. he was quiet. >> reporter: one more describing a call from her panicking son. >> he said, mom, they're shooting. i said where are you? he said i'm outside now. i said run and hide. i'm on my way. >> we hid behind the garbage cans. we saw people getting shot on the ground, bleeding and stuff. it's heartbreaki face. meanwhile, no motive has been announced. back to you. >> jesse, thank you. at least four people have died after a rare winter storm battered much of the south this week. the severe weather wreaking havoc on roadways across parts of georgia, causing crashes and leaving cars at a stand still on one highway for more than 12 hours. in dekalb county more than 100 vehicles were abandoned on the

road. officials urging residents to shelter in place. in louisiana, cities were blanketed in snow with a historic ten inches sweeping across new orleans. a boil water advisory has been issued for parts of the city due to a drop in water pressure. meanwhile in florida, early reports find as much as ten inches falling in some spots, shattering the state's all-time snowfall record of four inches set in 1954. let's check back in with michelle grossman, tracking the potential for record temperatures in the region. >> that's right, hi there, frances. record low temperatures across the gulf coast into the southeast. another cold day before we start to see temperatures ease just a bit. 32 million americans under some sort of bitterly cold alert. extreme cold advisory, extreme cold warning from new orleans to jacksonville. we're looking at temperatures below freezing in many spots right now. of course in duluth still really cold, minus 4. but notice to the south. 36 degrees in houston.

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leading the news this morning. a potential landmark case. justices are hearing arguments over a deadly police shooting in texas in 2016. laura jarrett tells us the possible nationwide impact. >> reporter: it happened in just second. ashton barnes pulled over on the side of this texas highway. the rental car he was driving briefed to have outstanding toll violations. officer roberto felix jr. appearing on the driver's side door soon drawing his gun, prompting the man to take ff, he killed barnes at the scene. now nearly a decade later, barnes' mother janice hughes hoping the u.s. supreme court will change how courts treat these deadly police encounters nationwide. >> i really, honestly, know that in my heart, ashton did not deserve to die that day.

took a piece of me. an entire piece of me. that i can never get back. i have to learn how to live with that missing piece. >> reporter: a grand jury declined to indict officer felix on criminal charges, but hughes brought a civil lawsuit that has faced an uphill battle. lower courts finding felix did not use excessive force. their inquiry into his actions confined. focussed only on the question of whether he reasonably believed he was in danger in the seconds before he shot barnes. felix saying this at the time. >> i got asked, why did you fire your weapon? >> well, when he started to drive off, i felt that i was going to get run over. >> reporter: in arguments, the justices wrestling with whether to say courts must broaden their inquiry and consider all the events leading up to a shooting, which could include officers putting themselves at risk. some of the justices appearing wary that could make it more difficult for police to do their jobs. >> what's an officer supposed to

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