i'm an angry constituent. you work for us! >> angry voters confront republican lawmakers at town halls from coast to coast. protests erupt at the white house as transgender rights activists fight the trump administration on new rules. while hundreds more march in the streets of anaheim overnight after an off-duty officer discharges his weapon on a group of teens. and one lucky ticket holder is waking up $435 million richer this morning. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm gigi stone woods. the backlash persists at energetic town halls from coast to coast with thousands of

voters angrily voicing their concerns demanding accountability. they are packing city streets and venues from arkansas to utah to new jersey in an effort to speak to their congressmen. in many cases they are lining up for hours just to get a question to their lawmaker. now after more than 2,000 people showed up, here was the scene at arkansas senator tom cotton's town hall. it went well into the night. cotton was met with voters' heartfelt frustrations and so were other congressional members across the country. >> i can tell you three members of my family, including me, that would be dead, dead and homeless if it was not for aca. i'm an angry constituent. you work for us! >> aca!

aca! >> do your job! do your job! do your job! >> the veterans are sick, the veterans are broken down. they are not getting what they need. if you can answer any of that i'll sit down and shut up like elizabeth warren. >> are you making the right decisions for these kids that are reading those textbooks while you are supporting the policies of a man who wants to grab women by the bleep. >> president trump has referred to the frustrated constituents as so-called angry crowds organized by liberal activists. white house press secretary sean spicer had this to say about the movement. >> i think some people are clearly upset, but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there, but obviously there are people that are upset, but i also think when you look at some of these districts and some of these things, it is -- it is not a representation of a member's

district. >> the protests are not just limited to town halls. overnight crowds amassed in front of the white house protesting the administration's latest move to scrap obama-era protections for transgender students, specifically their right to use a bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. it could have far-reaching consequences with the supreme court poised to hear a case on the issue in the next several weeks. nbc justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> reporter: it's a big reversal, slowing the push for transgender rights that zoomed ahead under president obama. the federal government today took back a directive issued just last may that told public schools to let children use bathrooms that matched their gender identity. >> why don't you stand. >> reporter: today's move is a blow to mimi of boston who is has a transgender child. >> as a vulnerable child he deserves to go to school every day and feel safe and be affirmed as who he is. >> reporter: the government now says a federal law called title 9 that bans sex discrimination in public schools does not apply to transgender children because

gender identity isn't the same as sex. it's a victory for a dozen states that sued to block the obama order. >> you don't want to be intermingling the sexes. young boys and young girls on school trips, school locker rooms, school showers. that's clearly a violation of privacy. >> reporter: because of the justice department's legal u-turn the government will probably also drop its challenge to north carolina's bathroom law that cost the state millions in lost business. when that lawsuit was filed obama's attorney general loretta lynch had an emotional message for the transgender community. >> we see you. we stand with you and we will do everything we can to protect you going forward. >> reporter: today's move could also undercut the case of a virginia transgender student gavin grimm coming to the supreme court next month. both cases were based in part on the obama administration's reading of title 9. back in boston mimi lemay says she's worried.

>> we can't give equal access to schools out there what's next? >> next on the agenda, issuing a new and revised executive order restricting travel from seven muslim countries. the white house says that order won't come until next week despite saying it would be signed by tomorrow. the first order blocked by the courts has been suspended for 20 days. mr. trump has dispatched his secretary of state rex tillerson to mexico in an attempt to repair relations with that country's president. tillerson arrived yesterday and is expected to meet with mexican president enrique pena nieto later today. that meeting comes as mexico's foreign minister slammed trump's recent immigration guidelines that would immediately send back undocumented immigrants saying mexico could vigorously fight the u.s. on mass deportation and will refuse to accept any non-mexicans expelled across the border. nieto says his country will go to the u.n. to defend the rights of its migrants. hundreds of demonstrators marched on the streets of

anaheim last night. they are outraged over a video that surfaced yesterday. it shows an altercation between at least two teenage boys and an off-duty lapd officer who fired a gun during the scuffle. we do not know what occurred before this video began recording, though a police official said the officer had been dealing with local teens walking across his lawn when had a 13-year-old threatened to shoot him. in this video you can clearly see the officer and one minor jostling before another youth joins in and then the officer pulls out and fires a weapon. >> hey. there were no injuries reported from the gunshot. both minors were arrested and then released to their parents. the officer is on administrative leave as police officials investigate the incident. a news conference is scheduled for later today. the city's mayor has promised an impartial investigation.

that protest against the dakota access pipeline is nearly empty now after protesters held a ceremonial burning to end their nearly year long stay. some of the 300 remaining holdouts set fire to tents and wooden structures wednesday. that was ahead of a federal deadline to leave the grounds. most of them left peacefully and police did motorcycle ten arrests after the 2:00 p.m. deadline. they cleared the camp because of expected springtime flooding and 25 to 50 people still remain. opponents of the controversial pipeline say it's an environmental threat. now supporters argue it's a job creator. at least one person is waking up this morning with an extra $435 million, not bad. powerball officials saying one winning ticket for last night's grand prize drawing was sold in indiana. check your tickets. the jackpot is the seventh largest in history and the lump sum payow is around $2 who

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winter storm advisories and even a blizzard watch posted for some areas as this storm system will really ramp up later tonight and especially on friday. we'll watch for the storms to work their way further to the east bringing some heavy snow even to minneapolis. that's a look at warm air is pushing into the area and causing widespread fog this morning. dense fog for philadelphia that extends into delaware and south jersey. but it's also mild. right now, 48 degrees. all right, bill, here's a look at what we're working on for "nbc 10 news today" -- >> we're following breaking news in philadelphia's kreelder brook neighborhood. police say people broke into a home. police in lehigh valley say a man was stabbing family members in a car but paramedics

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climbing. 180 gravestones were knocked over on the weekend. one of several recent anti-semitic incidents across the country. vice president mike pence visited the cemetery on monday and he says hatred has no place in america and that the trump administration condemns the act in, quote, the strongest possible terms. a new bombshell in the sexual abuse investigation against the former head doctor for usa gymnastics larry nassar. 22 new counts of first-degree criminal sexual misconduct have been filed against him in michigan on behalf of nine alleged victims. nassar has treated many olympic al let's over the last 20 years. he was ordered to stand trial last week on previously filed charges. authorities now say 80 women, including at least one olympic athlete, that come forward to accuse him, and more charges are actually expected. nassar has previously denied any wrongdoing. a stunning announcement from nasa wednesday. the space agency says seven planets have been discovered for the first time around a single

star. they are similar to earth and listen to this. this is what it means, that they could all contain life beyond our planet. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: the discovery is out of the earth, seven earth-sized planets that could sustain life which answers the question are we alone. >> the most exciting discovery yet. >> reporter: it's the first time outside of our solar system we found so many planets similar in size to earth around the same star known as trapisi. using telescopes in space and around the world scientists discovered the planets all capable of holding water, a key ingredient to life. >> these questions about are we alone are being answered as we speak in this decade and the next decades. >> reporter: less than a tenth size of the sun trapisi is close and warm enough to heat the seven planets. three of them could have conditions similar to our world.

this is what they could look like. >> some of them could potentially be roque, and some of them could have water envelopes but at this point we simply don't know. >> sounds a little bit like earth. >> it would be. >> reporter: 235 trillion miles or 40 light years away from earth it's too far to reach using the space travel of todayed. >> what if we found evidence of life? >> i'm not saying this is any liv but this is how you start looking. >> reporter: we may not reach trapis i any time soon. we're looking at a new planetary system that leaves many imagining what will we find next? miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> so exciting and a little worrisome as well. ahead, a historic appointment at london scotland yard. and then there were two. why budapest is pulling the bid for the 2024 summer games. you'll want to know. you're watching "early today."

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breaking from overnight, police are following the leads in a search for the shooter. right place, right time. an off-duty officer and paramedics just happened to be on the scene when a man started stabbing a family. and jackpot winner, someone hit the top prize in last night's powerball drawing. >> announcer: nbc10 news starts now. about 4:30. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. with a foggy drive all the way in for me and philadelphia. let's get to meteorologist bill henley will the "first alert" neighborhood forecast.

the most accurate forecast in town, bill. >> this is fog and the view in the nbc10 studio. widespread fog. look at coastal. zero visibility. visibility is down to two miles in pottstown. really not an issue for reading and allentown. but for the south, new jersey, mt. holly with half-mile visibility at philadelphia international. and in wilmington, quarter-mile visibility that dense fog extends into millville and atlantic city. it's also warm. the temperatures are in the 40s. manayunk, 48. park side, 47. and close to 50 degrees in center city. society is reporting 35 degrees. fox chase is 51. we will see a nice warmup told. we'll see the fog linger but get sunshine later on. i'll break the forecast down hour by hour so you know when to expect the sunshine when i'm back in ten minutes. but first, jessica boyington looking for the "first alert"

traffic. >> we're seeing the traffic here as well with visibility on cameras at 24th street. you can almost not see the roads from the cameras here. flashing lights here that's because we're closed for construction between the vine and the schuylkill expressway. that will be for another half hour or so. watch for maintenance vehicles on the northeast extension of the p.a. turnpike. with two lanes closed. and quakertown. some ramp restrictions as well, involved in that construction. watch for upper moreland and biberry road. >> thank you. this morning, we're following breaking news in philadelphia's cedarbrook neighborhood. nbc10's matt delucia is live in cedarbrook. matt, what are you hearing from police this morning? >> reporter: well, vai, pat of this investigation is going on