is today the day repeal and replace is is reality. confident republicans put the future of america's health care to a vote. >> details into how an auto option turned deadly. killing three including this young mother. >> rising rivers and flooding causing havoc in the midwest with more troublesome rain on the way. >> after incidents of short tempers and violent outcomes on airlines american cutting leg room and others may follow. >> jimmy fallon's take on this may the

>> "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm gigi stone. thanks for being with us. >> i'm frances rivera. today house republicans could finally fulfill their 7-year promise to repeal obamacare after late into the night agr agreeing on amendments. in the process enough conservatives won over to perhaps get the bill passed through the lower chamber. kevin mccarthy all but guarantees passage. >> going forward tomorrow? >> tomorrow, yes. >> you have the votes? >> yes. >> pass this? >> i feel great. >> moderate republicans worry those with preexisting conditions could be forced to pay higher premiums as groups blast releases and s

of the quote serious harm it would cause. the concern shared by democrats. here is cory booker's assessment. >> the craven bill i see coming to vote tomorrow is just cruel and just wrong. this will cost american lives if it ever becomes law. >> for more we're joined by edward lawrence. good morning to you. what makes the majority leader so kch dent this will pass and then what? >> it seems that some last minute negotiations with the republican members who are on the fence did work, this bill should eek through the house. the revised bill allows states to opt out of mandating coverage for pre-existing conditions. to get those moderate conditions back on board they added a provision that gives $8 billion over five years to insurance companies to offset premiums for people with pre-existing conditions in the states that opt out. again this should pass today. house members want this done before they gon

break. the bill would then go on to the senate. that should be an even bigger battle over the pre-existing condition clause, so frances, this actually is not a done deal. >> certainly a lot can happen between now and then. thank you. massive flooding is wreaking havoc in the middle of the country. since saturday at least five people have died in missouri where the days of rain have overwhelmed homes, businesses and roadways. including major interstates. officials say most will remain shut down until they inspect for safety. in northeast arkansas thousands were ordered to evacuate after a levee broke causing a flash flood emergency. dozens of national guard soldiers were deployed to the area. and further south a very scary few moments for kids on a louisiana bus. trying to make it through before getting stuck in the flood waters. fortunately, officials say the kids were rescued. nbc meteorologist bill karins sa

forecast. >> a car auction turned to horror when a jeep slammed through a wall killing three people. witnesses captured the aftermath on cell phone video. an employee in his 70s was driving a jeep suv up for auction when it suddenly accelerated. >> just gave it gas, don't know what happened. flew by me. and instead of hitting the cars in front went through the lane of people. >> one man and two women were killed on the scene. among them 36-year-old lazandra on her first day on the job. her brother says she leaves behind three children. >> she loved the family, she was a family would be. >> nine others were injured, one with life threatening injuries. police are investigating what caused the crash. today marks national prayer day across the country. and with it a dramatic move from the white house. with president trump set to sign a religious executive order apal

social conservatives who got him alekted. the order would protect and vigorously promote religious liberty, alleviating the burden of a law that prohibited religious leaders speaking out about politics, making it easier for employers with objections not to include contraception coverage and more. the white house has not released many details on the order but groups like the american civil rights union are gearing up for a fight. >> fbi director james comey will head to capitol hill to brief house intel members on hi investigation in russia's interference in the 2016 election. it is his second consecutive capitol hill testimony after he explained for the first time ever the october surprise that took the presidential campaign by storm days before the election. with the fbi reopening the investigation into the clinton e-mail scandal. it was a move clinton pointed to as reason for her failure and one comey concedes he was sickened by, revealing new

details what was discovered in his clinton probe. nbc's pete williams has details. >> reporter: a public and passionate defense from the fbi director for his decision to disclose less than two weeks before the election that the fbi discovered potentially important clinton e-mails, he said he faced two painful options. >> so i stared at speak and conceal. speak would be really bad. there is an election in 11 days. lordy, that would be really bad. concealing in my view catastrophic. not just to the fbi but well beyond. >> reporter: hillary clinton said it was a factor in her defeat. in response to that president trump tweeted that comey gave her a free pass for many bad deeds. comey said he has no second thoughts. >> this was terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had impact on the election. honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. >> reporter: he said it was 40,000 e-mails sent by whom a abedin to

her husband so they could be printed. 12 turned out classified. >> why did you conclude neither committed a crime? >> with respect to miss abedin we zript any indication she had a sense that what she was doing was in violation of the law. couldn't prove criminal intent. >> reporter: he did not reveal the fbi was looking into the trump campaign because it doesn't make its investigation public. after the intel dense community raised red flags. he strongly hinted that the u.s. is moving ahead with criminal charges against wikileaks founder julian assange saying its dumps of classified documents make it more like a hostile intelligence service than a news organization with first amendment protections. >> it crosses a line when it moves from being about trying to educate a public instead becomes about intelligence porn, frankly, just

information about sources and message. >> he is holed up in london. >> thanks to pete williams for that report. school officials in oklahoma city release dash cam of a horrific crash last wednesday when a pickup truck crossed into traffic, collided with a car and flipped over. three people were hospitalized. the truck stopped short of slamming into the bus which was carrying 19 students. safe to say we had arguments with our partners but not like this. a coulomlombian woman wal swall $7,000 in cash to hide the money. look at this video. surgeons extracted the money from the woman's stomach and intestines. the 30-year-old told media she had saved the money for a vacation with her husband. >> you think there was somewhere else to hide it. the original cast of happy days reunited for a not so

co-star erin moran who died last month of cancer. not attending the fonz, henry winkler who is filming a show. >> as facebook approaches two billion users what mark zuckerberg is doing to prevent future heartbreaking events. >> bill karins is here with the latest on rain and the midwest flooding. bill, tell us. >> good morning. the rain continues to fall but it's at a lower intensity. my hope is not too much flash flooding. still a set for missouri, the st. louis area through indianapolis and into northwest ohio. another 1 to 2 inches of rain is possible, maybe up to 2 1/2 to 3 inches. the red is 2. three in the light pink. so it's a good section here of illinois, indiana and northwest ohio we're going to get that heavy rain. a nice day today areas of the northeast, that's not going to last. the rainfall in the middle of the country is heading our way for friday. that's a look at the weather story o

now a closer look at the day ahead. the cool back side of the storm through detroit including cleveland, not bad in areas from virginia up to the northeast. the southeast you have the front coming through, there will be thunderstorms, a few could be on the strong side. we'll talk more about the area rainy ugly friday in the northeast coming up. >> bill, thank you. google says it shut down a scam. e-mails appearing to come from known senders ask users to give permission to a google docs app, it would access contact lists and send out the same phone e-mail. sensitive information doesn't appear accessed. a frightening warning from the tsa for truck owners and moving vans, days after a few weeks a major carrier is cutting back on leg room. good idea? back in two.

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good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. 4:26. following a developing story out of england. all eyes on buckingham palace after some kind of emergency meeting was called. the latest word coming from royal officials this morning. days after racist messages were found on the campus of american university, certain members of congress get involved. what they're expected to do today and our exclusive interview with the student body president. expect deliveries here. >> we decided hot pizza was the way to go. how we served up some pay back to

our sugar free week. >> "news 4 today" starts now. >> do you think hanley ate that pizza? >> i wouldn't be surprised. >> weather and traffic if you're getting ready to walk out the door early this morning. >> how your drive in to work is shaping up. let's start things off with chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> no doubt in my mind that eun had the seat heaters on? >> i didn't. >> she didn't. >> i definitely wore a jacket. >> fair enough. >> me, too. me, too. at least a light jacket this morning. you definitely can get away. we're going this way. see ya, chuck. anyway, this morning you can use a light jacket at least. 55 degrees right now in the district. light winds. 47 dulles,

clinton, 45 degrees. yes, it's cooler this morning. you will definitely notice it. another cool afternoon. big changes underway. let's take a look at that with chuck. >> waiting on the rain drops as well. the cool air is in place and now we're waiting on rain coming our way late tonight into tomorrow. dig-time storm coming across from memphis, tennessee. it will be the scoop and score for moisture. all of that moisture coming out of the gulf of mexico coming towards us. most of us especially in and around the d.c. metro area won't have to worry about rain until the sun goes down. planning out the day, it is almost cold outside this morning with a lot of spots well down into the 40s. it will stay quite a bit cooler than average. plenty of sunshine this morning. clouds going back in. heavy rain possible overnight tonigh

the rain on friday coming up. melissa, the only one wearing the right color. >> i'm trying to get through maternity. there's no method to my madness at this point. eastbound 66 between 29 and centerville fairfax county parkway, two lanes blocked by the work zone. beltway inner loop after old georgetown road, we have a work zone blocking it. 70 on time. we'll take you southbound and northbound just fine as well. breaking news coming out of buckingham palace this morning. >> erika gonzalez is joining this from the live desk. good morning. >> quite interesting what's going on. all eyes on buckingham palace this morning after word of an emergency household staff meeting.

there was some speculation this might be surrounding the queen and prince philip's health. they were 90 and 95 years old. they were seen yesterday and the day before attending various events. they're doing quite well. we understand an announcement is set for even the next hour. we should learn more about what this is all about. again, a meeting of royal household staff was called. we are expecting an announcement within the next hour. >> wonder what it's all about. thank you. 4:30 now. now to a developing story. in a few hours police will update us on the capture of an inmate who escaped in jess son, maryland, and was finally captured last night. david watson broke free last friday while he was being transferred to a hospital. the search came to an end late last night after police found him hiding inside an 18