could see. special time together. blackmail, extortion, of scandalous photos and highly personal text messagesx e posin ramarital affair. now jeff bezos is fighting back as only the world's richest man could. the longest serving member of congress. michigan's own john dingell has died at 92. gucci apologiziea for this swr. many are asking what were they thinking? >> lindsey vonn's swan song gearing up for the moster successful sn history. a look back at the great

frank robinson. "early today" starts right now. good friday morning. i'm philip mena. >> i'm frances rivera.ig t we remember a true giant of the house. michigan ncongressman j dingell has died. he was 92. making him the longest serving member of congress. throughout his 30 years he played a key role invething from the silver rights act to the passage of obama care. obamacare. house speak nancy pelosi said 've lost a beloved pillar of the congress. and georgeush revealed he spoke with him the afternoon before he passed, calling him a fine gentleman, he showed great respect for our country and her people. kelly o'donnell has a look back at his stori career. >> rorter: not just a witness

to history, he lived history. e michigan democrat served longer than any other law mocker vr, spanning1 presidents. >> presidents can come and presidents go and john dingell goes on frvr. >> reporter: instrumenl in the passage of the civil rights act and med kaur. >> entirety of the american people want this change and we are going to give it to them. r >>orter: he called the affordable care act the highlight of his career. known as a champion for social m clean air to workers' rights. he was altso e powerful as the congressman from motor city, standing at 6'3", big john was sometimes considered a bully. >> it may not embear this is author, but it embarrasseme. >> reporter: last of an era, world war ii veterans in congress.

>> i learned in service the value of comrades, i learned about p about duty.learned >> reporter: in 1955 he was elected to the house, following his late father who served since 1933. after aecord 29 terms, dingell announced his retirement, wife, dby dingell won the seat. awarded the nationalef medal of dom. he never shrank in stater and fully embodied that title of honor he long enjoyed, dean of the houses. amazon's founder primed for a fight os own privacy. jeff bezos is accusing the parent company of the national enquirer of trying to blackmail him. he took a stand in a stunningly

personal blog post on the "medium." he said if in my position i can't stand up to this kind of en extortion, who can. a pretty bold move. >> reporter: and because he's the worlsichest man he says he can afford to do what most people cannot. he broke this in a blog himself, exposing what he says the parent mpany, ami, the parent company of the national enquirer was doing. no thank you, he says in that blog. keep in mind it not only talks about what happening but provided a link to what bezos says is evidence. there are emails between ami and bezos demanding that the "washington post," which bezos also owns, stop investigating possible political connections

behind their reporting on his extramarital affairs. now gavin debecker, who is the security chief for bezos is investigating how those text messages between bezos and his girlfriend were expose said. >> gavin debecker told us he does not believe jeff bezos' phone was hacked. he thinks it's possible a government entity might he gotten hold of his textmousages. >> reporter: no comment from ami. meanwhile, take a look at more from that blog, bezos saying that he is going to expose this. he also added he prefers to stand up, rl this log over and see what crawls out. he added rere thatd rather than capitulate extortion and blackmail, he's decided to publish despite the

emharrassment. >>ver you think about his actions, that was certainly a brave move on hipart. 14-year-old denied a port of entree is now reopen after a customs officer oshot a driver who refused to stop. the driver was headed south and tried to run over the officer after being told to stop. the vehicle's momentum carried it to the border.side of the no word on his condition. the supreme court blocked louisiana from enforcing a controversial abortion law. the law would have left the state with just a singl doctor in single clinic legally authorized to perform abortions. similar to the a measure in texas. justices voted 5-4. as justice roberts servinge wit liberals, kavanaugh cast his

vote with conservatives and wrote why the law should be able to go forward. it's a temporary win for abortion rights advocates. the block wouldtay in place until an appeal is brought forth. acting attorney general matt whitaker wilmotestify this ing. he confirmed wlit whitaker will show up. said if he gets subpoenaed he won't testify. this sets the stage for another dramatic showdown bed een trump e russia prob. nbc's jay grey with more. >> reporte joining hands at the national prayer breakfast. >> let's come together for the safety of our citizens. >> reporter: his petition for unity just hours after calling them nuts and accusing them of

presidenalarassment as the house intelligence committeeopeans sweepingio investig into the ties to russia and his finances. >> we will not surrender our kaun consti for oversight.ibility that would make us delinquent in our duties. >> reporter: as investigators work to determin if his decisions in the white house have been influenced by potential business conflicts. also on thele t the president's immigration policy. >> it isgo shockin that we do not know how many. >> reporter: and family sep rau seperations at the border and acting attorney general matt whitaker has been given assurances that he will not be subpoenaed and is expected to attend this morning's scheduled hearing. nbc news, washington. this morning we remember an iconic baseball hall ofd famer

rail blazer. frank robinso one of the most feared sluggers andg becom major league baseball's first black manager. hank aaron tweeted he was a hard nosed baseball field who did thing oz on the field people said could never be done. a look through his legendary career. >> reporter: frankn robinso was among the most talented baseball players to ever pick up a bat. 500 home runs. a triple crown and hs the only man to ever win most valuable playerh honors in national and american leagues. but the 14-time all star wanted more. >> what ito wanteo is manage one day but i also want to further the cause for other afrotmericans that w to manage at the big league level. >> reporter: after experiencing

racism, robinson came vocal in the civil roigtsz movement and named player manager of e cleveland iian, becoming the first african-american manager in the majors. known for his intensity at hard slides o field, he retired as a player in 1976. but using his drive and n determinat went on to manage in san francisco, bottle mor, montreal and washington. then served a a consultant and advisor in his elder years and his mission coinued >> i'm trying to make it better for the kids comg after me. do they want to be a baseballay ? a front office person? >> reporter: robinson was inducted in the baseball hall of fame in 1992 and present would the presidential medal off freedom in 1995. he'll be remembered as a ground

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good morning, everyone. i'mun yang. >> i'm molette green. in foraron gilchrist who is in richmond this morning. we're taking you to theen of a deadly late-night crash. chuck, how about our >> today is the day we go back to winter, everybody. get

news 4 today starts now. >> we begin with a live look outside. a warmer day turned into a night. the weekend is now just hours away. can we expect those warmer temperatures to stick around?

we had a drizzly mist, too. i was worried i was going to ruin my hair again. >> it wasn't good for hair. >> i'm eun yang. >> and i'm molette green. aaron is in richmond again this morning. >> he will join us live a bit later in the morning. we begin with a look at the traffic and wesher. le turn things over to chuck bell. today the bottom drops ouri t? >> a bad hair day. a little mistyness and a chance for rain this morning. boy, it will be windy around here this rternoon. whetit's the wind or the moisture, your hair is going to not appreciate today at all.s there'n area of rain associated with a cold front that's about five or six hours away. no heavy herain, but's bursts of showers. it's not a that heavy here,