breaking news right now, a terror strike with multiple casualties is taking place at this moment at a military hospital in kabul. located just feet from the u.s. embassy. here at home, more than a million acres are burning in four states. loss to property growing and at least a half dozen died from fast moving wild fires. this morning the ntsb want answers to what caused a freight train to slam into a tour bus killing four. from a wikileaks bomb shell to republican infighting over their own new health care bill, the administration has its hands full and take a look, is this the future of commuter travel? "early today" starts right now.

good wednesday morning. i'm frances rivera and we begin with that breaking news in kabul where a standoff is underway after gun men stormed a military hospital near the u.s. embassy. nbc's matt bradley is live in london following developments. matt, what more do we know? >> reporter: good morning, frances. as you mention, breaking news this morning, an attack on kabul's main military hospitals. it's left at least three dead and more than 66 people injured. now, those numbers unfortunately are likely to rise. the hospital is one of the afghan capital's top medical facilities and it's only about 200 meters away really across the street from the u.s. embassy. and that's so far -- embassy learned from afghan authorities this complex attack is actually ongoing. there are reportedly at least four gun men, probably five still fighting in the hospital. one of the assailants already blew himself up at the rear entrance to make room for the others to enter the hospitals

are usually covered by high level of security this is a 400 bed hospital, is one of the most secure. reports say the gun men entered the hospital as i mentioned through a back gate, using a suicide bomber in order to clear the way. the attackers and there were about five of them were disguised actually as medical personnel and they used automatic weapons and hand grenades to attack staff. this is just augering for what donald trump is inheriting in afghanistan. back to you, frances. >> and the hope is the u.s. embassy stays secure. matt, thank you. here at home at least six people are dead after fast moving grass fires race through the center of the country. more than a million acres have been scorched across texas, oklahoma, colorado and kansas. the fire started in oklahoma where 22 counties were under a state of emergency there. the largest evacuations, though, were in reno county, kansas, where at least 10,000 people evacuated their homes. at leeflt one person was killed in both of those states and there were at least four more victims in texas. dry conditions and fierce winds of up to 60 miles an hour had

increased the risk for wild fires. the situation is still dangerous, but officials say fire activity is slowing across the region. oklahoma storm prediction center expects the winds to die down tomorrow making it easier to fight the fires. mississippi is reeling after four people were killed and 40 others injured in a scary collision. authorities say a freight train slammed into this charter bus and dragged it some 300 feet down the tracks. 48 people were on the bus. first responders had to pull some passengers through windows and use the jaws of life to remove two victims from the bus. of the survivors, eight suffered critical injuries. most of them were members of a senior center in texas. the bus was traveling from austin to a casino in blocks i. witnesses say the bus became stuck on the tracks and police said the crash happened at a, quote, steep crossing and that they recommended buses not cross the tracks there. the ntsb is sending a team this morning to investigate. this morning a bomb shell from wikileaks has the

intelligence community on edge and is threatening the cyber security of millions of americans. the organization released what it says contains the cia's entire hacking capacity to get into your smartphones, your cars, tvs and other electronics. apple this morning releasing a statement saying, many of the issues leaked were already patched in the latest phone software. microsoft and google say they are investigating. but for some americans, this breach could hit closer to home. nbc's peter alexander reports. >> reporter: wikileaks posting a giant trove of cia documents that it claims reveal secret techniques that exploit security vun ralts in electronic devices all of it to spy on their owners. nearly 9,000 documents that expose software tools designed to break into any iphone or android and bypass secure messaging apps like what's app and signal. one revealing how to eaves drop on signals to interconnected tvs

when they appear to be turned off. even a hack from microsoft windows named after a character in a popular will ferrell movie. nbc news hasn't authenticated the documents and they are not releasing the source. cia isn't commenting. computer experts and former officials are treating the documents as real as well as the alleged security breach. >> we have always been worried about spies inside our algt siz. what is different now is that technology has allowed the fruits of that spying, if you will, to be more powerful in the hands of our adversaries. >> reporter: the spying tools intelligence experts say would have been used exclusively for foreign surveillance, but the alleged breach is raising questions about whether in the hands of cyber criminals, americans could now be targeted. when you see something that is billed as internet connected, be it a car, a home, a light switch, whatever, just remember that that also potentially means hacker connected. >> that was nbc's peter alexander reporting. just one day after introducing

the obamacare fix, republicans are facing a backlash from the health care industry. democrats, moderates and more importantly for them, conservatives. they are all bashing the house plan as nothing more than obamacare lite and rhino care. >> we are divided on replacement. we are united on repeal, but we are divided on replacement. >> this is instead a step in the wrong direction. and as much as anything it's a missed opportunity. >> do we need to lower the bar in what we believe is conservative simply because a republican is now in the white house? >> there are things that have to be done, that have to be included, but we've got a starting point and i think amidst the harsh we can find a pony around here somewhere. >> but "japanology plus" leaders do have the backing of president trump who said he would like to see the plan passed after a meeting with his party's whip operation. however, according to cnn trump did warn of a 2018 election blood bath if republicans couldn't get a bill passed after

seven years of promises. the president singled out senator rand paul in this late night tweet after paul voiced his opposition to the plan. later today the house ways and means committee will take its first pass at the health care reform bill. it's now been four days since donald trump accused former president obama of wiretapping his headquarters and the white house has yet to present evidence of the alleged surveillance. it has forced many congressional republic kansas to distance themselves from the accusations altogether. >> have you seen any evidence of that? >> no, i haven't. >> i have not seen that evidence. >> i think that the president of the united states has stated categorically that trump tower was wiretapped, that he should come forward with the information that led him to that conclusion. >> and with little to no public remarks from the president himself, it's been left his airds to defend his wiretapping allegations and the lack of evidence. >> the white house come up with any evidence whatsoever to prove that allegation?

>> i addressed this multiple times yesterday. >> do you believe that president obama -- >> you know, i get that's a key question asked. my job is to represent the president. it's not a question of new proof or less proof or whatever. >> has the evidence been shared with you or other members, senior members of the president's staff as to why he made this particular accusation? >> as far as me, no. >> if the president has the -- if he's sitting on this information that he found out, he's now directing or asking or recommending that the intelligence committee -- you talk about they have resources and staff which they do. but why spend those resources and staff if the president found out this information, and has it? >> i think there is a difference between directing the department of justice which may be involved in an ongoing investigation asking congress as a separate body to look into something. >> meanwhile, on capitol hill questions on the president's unproved claim were aimed at rod

robyn stein up for the number two job at the department of justice and would ultimately lead any investigation in the ties between russia and the 2016 campaign. >> no president can just unilaterally say go wiretap that american citizen. >> right. my answer to that, senator, is i would hope and i agree with you that would not happen. >> he would not commit to a special prosecutor on the issue. despite democrats' demands. some key dems have already said they would block his confirmation. and today we have word the first public intel hearing on russia's alleged interference in the election will be held in less than two weeks. the first witnesses asked to testify, former deputy a.g. sally yates and fbi director james comey. now to a shocking and grisley story, a poacher killed inside the zwloo. they broke into it monday night and shot and killed the white rhino named vince. zoo keepers found him with one

of his ivory horns sawed off calling it a heinous act. investigators estimate the horn is worth up to $42,000 on the black marked. rhinos are under constant threat from poachers in the wild. let's turn now to nbc meteorologist bill karins. he joins us for a look at your mid week weather. what are we looking at today? >> one of the biggest storms you'll see in central canada. that is going to cause windy conditions throughout the middle of the country, warm conditions and showery on the east coast that will clear up as we go tloit the day. it is the winds that will get all the attention today. wind advisories from the da keat as to new york state and high wind warnings from detroit before we weigh into areas around cleveland. again, not a lot of damage will happen, but we will be watching a very windy afternoon. that's i look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist crystal. showers will move through this morning but they will be out as we go through your daytime hours. we're going to track it hour by hour and talk about those temperatures still in the 60s coming up in just a half hour. >> all right.

we'll see you then, crystal. here's a look at what we're working on for nbc 10 today. >> we are following breaking news overnight in philadelphia wrr a violent home inbe vegas sent a baby to a hospital. a team of masked men did to an eight day old boy. >> fire aftermath, thousands of people in our area are still without power because of yesterday's fire at a substation. this morning the problems are leading to school closures and could impact your ride to work. >> plus we'll tell you about philadelphia's vision for safer streets in the city and the goal to wipe out traffic debt. that's all coming up at 4:30 this morning, weather traffic and everything you need to know before you head out the door. >> nbc 10 starts at 4:30. we'll see you then. ay" is back in two. per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll

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is all expected. the it will move through before you get out the door for work or school. but at least for the next couple hours we will see these light showers pass by. you can see where they are right now, chester county, lehigh valley, just starting to pass in the up certificate suburbs. let's look in the that area, pull it out rather, so you can see once this line moves through, there is clearing behind it so we are not looking at a day long event. this is morning rain. it's going to move from west to east and then afterwards we'll see sunshine in our forecast today. temperatures are very mild this morning to kick it off. 61 philadelphia and 60 in wilmington. we're in the 50s for allen town and atlantic city with 53 degrees. these temperatures likely dip just a tad as the rain passes by and then they're going to pick right back up. winds also a concern for today. look at coastal up to 46 miles per hour. we'll talk more about your wind speed the rest of today and look at those showers more closely.

right now we'll go to traffic with jessica. >> crystal, setting up this morning in hamilton township, new jersey turnpike dealing with a very serious accident scene on the northbound side. just around 195, the outer lanes are closed there. inner lanes still open to traffic. you won't really or at least most likely see a full closure of the new jersey turnpike's northbound side because of this crash. so, traffic still will get by, but watch for some delays there through hamilton township. also in north philly, fire under control still closures because of it. fox street is closed from roberts avenue right around all gain ee avenue. south philadelphia, the ramp to the walt whit man bridge is closed from an earlier accident. accident investigation there. back to you guys. >> thank you. breaking overnight in philadelphia, a baby is in the hospital this morning after a home invasion. police say a group of masked men broke into the row home in nights town and stole thousands of dollars. during the crime, one of the thieves allegedly slapped the