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first full week in office with a flurry of executive action. we're live in d.c., breaking down the new orders, targeting everything from the military to federal grants and loans. an indiana man pardoned last week for his role in the capitol riot is shot and killed during a traffic stop by a sheriff's deputy. what led to the altercation. a new chinese chatbot leaving wall street speechless. clearing up traffic in a new york minute. the big apple's congestion pricing appears to be working, but will other major cities give it the green light? and no more poker face. lady gaga shows her cards, gives fans a taste of mayhem. a preview of the new album on the way. it's tuesday, january 28th. "early today" starts right now. . good morning.

i'm frances rivera. president trump has been back in office for one full week, and now he is huddled in florida with republican lawmakers. a policy retreat kicked off last night at trump's golf club near miami. lawmakers laughed as the president pondered running for a third term. >> i've raised a lot of money for the next race that i assume i can't use for myself, but i'm not 100% sure, because -- [ laughter ] >> i don't know. i think i'm not allowed to run again. i'm not sure. am i allowed to run again, mike? >> alice barr joins me now. good morning, alice, the president may have been joking there, but he has been taking very real steps to reshape the government. >> reporter: a lot of action just overnight. president trump says in a single week he's taken more than 350 executive actions. last night the justice department revealed that it s fired several career lawyers who worked on special counsel jack

smith's investigations into president trump. a doj official tells nbc news the acting attorney general did not trust the officials to implement the president's agenda. that news came after president trump removed more than a dozen inspectors general who served as independent watchdogs at agencies. last night, president trump signed more executive orders aimed at the military, reinstating members who were terminated because of vaccine mandates, ending dei programs and ordering the creation of a missile defense shield the whitehouse is calling an american iron dome. another order could push openly-transgender troops out of the military. meanwhile, the administration's crackdown on illegal immigration is well under way. i.c.e. says it made nearly 1200 arrests yesterday. last night, president trump floated the idea of sending u.s. citizens who be imprisoned in foreign countrs if they are

repeat offenders of serious crimes. the president suggested it as a cost-saving measure. >> we also have many violent criminals in our country, however, that did not necessarily come here illegally. but have been arrested 30 times, 35 times, we're going to get approval, hopefully, to get them the hell out of our country, along with others. let them be brought to a foreign land and maintained by others for a very small fee as opposed to being maintained in our jails for massive amounts of money, including the private prison companies that charge us a fortune. >> reporter: and president trump said he believes crime would dry up if the united states enacted that policy. frances? >> we'll see how the week ends with so much going on. okay, alice, thank you. new this morning, the trump administration is putting a halt to federal aid. nbc news obtained an internal memo that directs federal agencies to pause financial assistance starting at 5:00 p.m. this evening. it does not list specific

payments that could be stopped. it applies to any grants or loans that could affect president trump's executive orders including foreign aid. chuck schumer responded saying congress approved these investments, and they are not optional. they are the law. also adding this will mean missed payrolls and rent payments and everything in between. president trump has another cabinet member in place. the senate voted 68-29 to confirm scott bessant as treasury secretary. with 16 democrats joining the republicans. the hedge fund executive will now play a key role in enacting president trump's economic agenda. confirmation hearings will continue this week. wednesday senators will hear from health secretary nominee robert f. kennedy jr. and they will also hear from tulsi gabbard and kash patel. an indiana man recently pardoned for the u.s. capitol riot has been shot to death by a sheriff's deputy.

42-year-old matthew huddle was involved in a traffic stop when he resisted arrest with a gun on him. the officer who shot him has been placed on administrative leave. huddle had been charged with entering and remaining on restricted grounds on january 6, 2021. israel reopening roadblocks in gaza, allowing more than 650,000 displaced palestinians to journey home after 15 months of israeli bombardment. meanwhile, a source says hamas told israel that 8 of the 26 hostages set to be released in the first part of the cease-fire are dead. let's bring in claudio lavanga for more. good morning, claudio. >> reporter: good morning, frances. if you look at those very impressive images shot by a nbc news crew in gaza, it really looks like an exodus of biblical

proportions, this river, long river of, made of hundreds of thousands of people all heading back to the north of gazfor the first time since the start of the war. this, men, women and children of all ages, dragging along the very few belongings they had left, all committed to return home, even if they don't know if they have a home. much of gaza has been razed to the ground by 15 months of relentless bombardment by israel. now the, in the meantime, the hostage, the exchange of israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners will resume at the end of this week. but a middle eastern official who is familiar with the terms of the cease-fire agreement spoke to nbc news and said hamas has sent, has told israel that at least 8 of the remaining 26 hostages who are set to be released as part of the first

phase of the cease-fire agreement are dead. it is believed to be the first time hamas has been specific about the amount of hostages who are still alive or dead who are still in gaza. a number that has been somewhat, been unofficially confirmed by a spokesperson for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who said that's pretty much the same numbers that are in the hands of the raeli intelligence officials, frances. >> so difficult for those families who are holding out such hope for them. claudio, thank you. three people are dead and two officers injured after a shooting at a northern indiana supermarket just east of south bend. elkhart police say they found two people shot dead inside martin's supermarket on monday. before exchanging gunfire with the suspect outside and killing him. two officers sustained gunshot wounds and are recovering. it is not immediately clear what the death toll from this

year's wildfires has risen to 29. a patient died in the hospital from injuries sustained in the palisades fire. meanwhile, the u.s. army corps of engineers is telling residents it could take 18 months just to clear the debris, frustrating many who want to rebuild. >> how are people going to live in that timeline? how do people's loss of use cor them when they're still paying their mortgages, when they're now paying rents on top of it. >> governor newsom says he is cutting red tape, announcing an executive order waiving permits for the california coastal commission. mayor karen bass has also promised to speed up the process. and another blast of winter weather is hitting the northeast today. angie lassman is tracking the snow for us. good morning. >> good morning, frances. we've got snow squalls to track this morning. that likely leaving us with difficult travel across this region through the tay today. notice that fast-moving system impacts folks across the great lakes as well. by tomorrow that is focussed

across the interior areas. and downwind of the great lakes is where we can expect highest totals, anywhere from 6 to 8 inches on the high side. maybe an inch or so for places like boston as we get through wednesday. the middle of the country, meanwhile, we're dealing with winter warmth. feels pretty good in kansas city. 50 degrees for your high. 40s in green bay. chicago hits 50 degrees asell. more warmth spreading to the east. mid-60s for atlanta, mid-40s for new york. a lot of folks running above normal. then we see a cooling trend as we get into the late week and into the weekend. temperatures dropping back to the mid to upper 30s for new york city by we head to the mid-30s in pittsburgh and in cleveland. 51 for des moines.

mostly sunny conditions in chicago today. 55 degrees and full sunshine for st. louis. upper 40s and full sunshine for denver, too. and that's a look at your forecast, frances. back to you. whole foods workers at philadelphia's spring garden store have voted to unionize, joining the united food and commercial workers. employees say they hope to negotiate higher wages and better benefits. "early today" is back in a minute with the early results from new york's congestion pricing. and china takes on chatgpt. the new a.i. sending shockwaves through big tech. ding shockwave through big tech. for resilient, healthy-looking hair. if you know, you know it's pantene. can neuriva support your brain health? mary, janet, hey! eddie, no. frasier, frank. frank? —fred, how are you? —fred! support up to 7 brain health indicators, including memory. when you need to remember, remember neuriva.

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history. the tech-heavy nasdaq dropped more than 3% while the s&p 500 slid about 1.5%. for a closer look at what spurred the selloff, let's get to cnbc's karen gilchrist. good morning. >> yes, u.s. and european tech stocks sold off. this amid the startup from china known as deepsee it became the most downloaded in the u.s., overtaking rivals such as open a.i.'s chatgpt. and this sparked a selloff in stocks, including nvidia, the dominant a.i. chip maker in the u.s. which lost 17% of its market cap or $600 billion. the nasdaq down 3% and energy stocks selling off too. now a few more numbers for you. this topped $108 billion in the

richest people in the world, including one who lost 20% of his net worth. and this all over concerns that it may be a little bit easier and cheaper than originally thought to create and develop these a.i. models. now president donald trump saying that this should be a wakeup call for u.s. tech companies but also saying it was a positive sign for a.i. innovation and coming less than a week after he announced stargate, combining open a.i., oracle and softbank. now what we'll be looking for today is how markets move, whether it was a knee jerkrk reaction or something more persistent. nvidia shares are up 5% in frankfurt. >> lots to watch, thank you. here in new york, the initial results are in on congestion pricing, charging drivers for entering the most crowded part of the city appears to have reduced traffic. but, will other cities follow?

here's sam brock. >> reporter: new york's notorious for its traffic. but on this monday, a pleasant surprise. >> traffic is way down, way down. >> reporter: after a congestion pricing plan revved up, charging most drivers $9 to enter this section of manhattan. >> people are saving 10, 20, 30, 40 minutes on commutes. >> reporter: the transportation chair points to a before and after of this normally-jammed road to get to brooklyn around 6:00 p.m., and to improved morning commute time since the change. drivers saw a 15% drop between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. and the two major tunnels saw 17% and 48% drops. >> i kind of like how the traffic has reduced. but i think the prices are kind of insane. >> reporter: aaron golden and bloomberg news posted cameras at one corner before and after congestion pricing.

they found no change in commercial or for-hire cars. it doesn't seem to disproportionately impact one group or another. >> there wasn't much of a change at all. either in the share of expensive cars or in the share of median cars or the share of cheaper cars. >> reporter: the city says this plan has cut traffic accidents in half so the streets are safer. the question is, how adaptable is this plan to other u.s. metros? >> we're hearing from cities all over the country about how we did it. we have much greater density than any other place in the united states. but we have a great transit system. >> reporter: a possible springboard for an issue that affects millions every day. sam brock, nbc news, new york. still to come, find out when lady gaga is dropping her seventh album. and the it ends with us saga. and the it ends with us saga. one a day is formulated with key nutrients to support whole body health. one a day. science that matters. no matter what kind of teeth you gotta brush,

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