she gives me tonight in queens, on duty detective brian simonson was shot and killed while doing his job. at this hour, i will tell you this appears to be a tragic case of friendly fire. >> the tragic case of a new york city police detective killed during a robbery call.in case of what's being called friendly fire. late details ahead. el chapo, the world's mos notorious drug kingpin found guilty by a jury. will he face the rest of his days in prison. the details to prevent a second government closing may be just enough, but that hasn't stopped the psident from a late night tweet stornl. three members of the golden knights injured during a nighttim parachute jump. two remaincritical. one of the biggest reversals

in college basketball history. duke/louisville, the comeback and the choke. buckle up. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm milissa rehberger. you.ood to be with i'm frances rivera. there's breaking news overnight out of new york city. the nypd has confirmed that detective brian simonson, who served 19 years on the force, was shot and killed while responding to reports of a robbery in queens. the police commissioner says officers fired at a man who emerged from the back of a t-mobile store pointing what appearedo be agun. and the detective was shot as the officers retreated. he addedea that the appears to be a tragic case of friendly fire. >> our hearts are broken in new york city and the nypd. make no mistake about it. friendly fire aside, it's because of thens act of the suspect that detective simonson is dead. >> the suspect described as a 27-year-old career criminal was shot multiple times and is in stable con. a sergeant who has served more

than eight years with the nypd is recering after being shot once in the leg. growing suspense over the shutdown deal this morning. while lawma rs on capitol hil are backing the bipartisan border plan to avert another partia government closure, president trump says he is extremely unhappy with it. nbc's tracie potts is in d.c. with the latest. the question now is wther the president will sign off on the bill. >> reporter: he is definitely the wild card this morning, france as we try to figure out is this government going to shut down again on friday? lawmakers came up w a compromise that includes4 llion -- nearly $1.4 billion for some sort of barrier at the border, not a concrete wall, but some sort of barrier along a smallortion of the border. is it enough to satisfy a president who has promised a wall for years? and conservatives who are now pushing back saying he should hold out for more. he wanted much more money than that. president trump hasn't said if he'll sign it. he has said he's disappointed

with this compromise. >> sir, will you sign congress' border deal? >> i have to study it. i'm not hap about it. it's not doing the trick. am i happy at first glance? i just got to seeit. the answer is no, i'm not. i'm not happy. but am i happy with where we're going? i'm thrilled. >> reporter: well, happy with the direction but maybe not this specific bill. but there's not a lot of time. two days left until lawmakers have to make a decision or the government shuts down. democrats and republicans on capitol hill are urging him as one put it to bank the win and go ahead and sign . >> going to be a crucial next couple of days. tracie, thank u. a jamaican scam artist picked the wrong 90-year-old target. his con backfired big-time when the professional scammer tried to extort thousands from former fbi and cia director william

webster. nbc's pete williams has the exclusive report. >> reporter: the calls from jamaica promised a $15 million lottery prize in return for wiring $50,000 to cover taxes. but when the 90-year-old washington, d.c. man who didn't send phone any money and neither did his wife, the caller threatened violence. >> going to [ bleep ] kill you. i'm going to [ bleep ] kill your husband. i'm going to [ bleep ] set your house on fire. i'm not giving you any more warning. >> reporter: what the scammer w didn't reali that the man he targeted was william webster, former director of the cia and the fbi. >> it seemed to me that something wasn't quite right. this was pretty obvious to me that there was something about it. >> reporter: he and his wife linda notified the fbi. >> when heea tned violence, did it seem like a legitimate threat? >> he terrified me. he told me that what the sn sniper's bullet would do to my head. >> reporter: the fbi says thomau

evly realized who william webster was. >> at some point he learned that he was involved with the fbi and cia. >> but that didn't stop him? >> no. he said that f the and cia would never find him. >> reporter: thomas waswh arresd en he flew to the u.s. unaware he was a wanted man. his sentence, six ears in prison. the fbi says phone scammers from jamaica aggressivel target older americans, claiming they'rehing, sending pictures of their target houses, which many victims don't realize come from google earth. olde people often alone, tend to be trusting and embarrassed to admit they've been cheated. th t fbi saysmas collected at least $300,000 from his victims but not a nickel from the websters, who now warn others to be. wa pete williams, nbc news, . washington joaquin "el chapo" guzman was convicted on ten counts including drug trafficking and conspiracy to murder. the jury's decision came after nearly a week of deliberations. now the drug kingpin could spens

the r of his life in pris. dan scheneman has the latest. >> reporter: it is the verecct prors were looking for. joaquin guzman, the notorious dr lord known as el chapo, convicted on all ten counts of drug trafficking and conspiracy. >> ts conviction, we expect, will bring a sentence of life wiout theossibility of parole. it is a sentence from which there is no escape and no return. > reporter: inside the courtroom, the 61-year-old defendant patted his heart and looked at his wife after the verdict was read. outside, tight security surrounded the courthouse while the jury deliberated more than 30 hours over six days in a trial that lasted more than 2 1/2 months. prosecutors say guzman's sinaloa cartel smuggled hundredson ofs er narcotics into the united states over ad of decades. cash, corruption, and violence fueled his business. the prosecutid he was responsible for a wave of killings linked to turf. wa

>> el chapo is responsible for unthkable amounts of death and destruction both in t states and in his own country of mexico. >> reporter: guzman was also slippery. he broke out of prison in 2015 and was on the run until he was finally caught and extradited to the united states. the defense, who argued guzman's role in the cartel had been exaggerated, is planning to appeal. as the evidence overwhelming. this was a very difficult case. >> reporter: guzman is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars. a sentencing date is set for june 25th.ma dan sche nbc news. nato commanders are orpreparing a new era without a cold war agreement in place. in a wide ranging interview with nbc news, the secretary-general previewed an aggressive approach to moscow and discussed the possibility of a troop draw dows in afghn. let's go to hans nichols in

brussels. what can you tell us about what the nato members are expecting here?ll >> reporter: the nato members are expecting an update from there acting sry of defense patrick shanahan. he is fresh from afghanistan and iraq and he will provide them with the latest on the ground that. includes the fight against isis in iraq and syr but also against the taliban in afghanistan. nato is clearly sigthling that 're prepared to withdraw troops. remember, there are 14,000 nato troops from a total of 39 partner countries throughout including nato and non-nato countries. it's an iication to the taliban that if there is a peace deal, if this peace proce does take shape, that there could be withdrawal of u.s. troops. we heard something similar from president trump. now nato is saying the tme. same time, there's this separate issue, and that's with russia. now, nato says and the u.s. says that russia is in violation of this nuclear arms treaty, the inf. wh nato will be doing in the coming days is going to be crucial. they are going to bet talking

ab options, military options, onte, in the military domain how to counter what they say is russia's aggression so we really have two separate topics overlaying all this is what you do about isis. if those fighter return. >> hans, thank you. on tuesday, the senate passed the largest public lands package in decade. with an overwhelming vote of 92-8, the bill establishes more than 1.3 million acres of new wilderness and protects hundreds of miles of rivers and trails. it creates four new national monuments and expands five national parks including death valley and joshua tree. the houseru and president are expected to approve it. winter storm kwarnings and treacherouvel conditions spread to the northeast yesterday. overturnedotted this truck as traffic slowly crawled oong the new jersey turnpike. for more how wild weather has been wreaking havoc across the couny, let's go to c's kathy

park. >> reporter: winter still packing a brutal punch in much of the country. hundreds of crashes and spinouts, including this jackknifed semi ininnesota that sent one woman to the hospital and brought traffic to a standstill the midwest getting pounded by snow, sleet, and rain. wiout a foot of snow in minnesota and onsin. >> it's terrible. >> how so? >> slippery, slushy, and nasty. >> reporter: tens of thousands without power. even icicles turning dangerous. >> i try to avoitd those areas. >> reporter: that bad weather making its way east where parts of new england could get up to a foot of snow. that snow turning to sleet, causing dangerous road conditions and misery at airports. >> i'm sending a bunch of e-mailsin t to salvage the best i can from the situation. >> reporter: from ohio to tennessee, flooding caused by heavy rain. and out west, a similar scene in

oregon as people struggle to get around during the latest round of storms. >> i don't care been here, you do not get used to it. >> i'm done. i'm done with february already. >> reporter: winter not ready to let go even if some of us are. kathy bcpark, news, minneapolis. let's see i we can get a little bit of a break. let's turn to janessa webb for >> jusittle bit of a break. athat. different aspects this storm from sleet, snow, to freezing rain here. you can still see it's brewing across the midwest into the northeast. things are going to start to get better. you can see that c aring starting to make its way in and hopefully going to see some sunshine.un unfoely still winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings out towardsng northern newnd across the great lakes. that's a look at the big weather story for today. here's ak closer l at your day ahead. still tracking in a little bit of snow out towards northern new england throughout your afternoon, but that clearing is going to to happen. reill very cool temperatures out

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good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. in the news for today, president trump weighsn on a bipartisan deal to avoid another government shutout. and chuck is tracking a major change in the weather, mr. bell. >> yes. ♪ here comes the s >> and the wind. it will be very windy today and

>> announcer: news 4 today starts now. >> good morning,everyone, just about 4:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang, today is wednesday, february 13th, 2019. be careful as youead out the door this morning, the swaux and doors could still be atl l

slick this morning. >> we'll begin with storm tea 4 meteorologist chuck bell and it's not a weather alert day. >> yeah, why is that? that's the only way i know i should come towork. i shouldn't have to work on non-weather alert days. for today, it's all about the defrost. temperatures have been above afreezing all nightoss the area so the ice that it accumulated and created on top a lot of trees andt branchs l night is melting away. that's good news. we have a power house of a west wind c our way later on today. especially in the higher elevations out here, winds could gust over 40 miles an hour. any iciness left on the trees or compromised from the wght of yesterday's iciness, could have scattered power outages later today. temperatures at least all above freezing this morning. your planner for today, back into the 40s with some sunshine for a nice change of pace, but again veryindy slash blustery. wind chills this