by the end of it, she's very ready to say good-bye to monday the 18th forever. breaking overnight, the final details of the border security bill. while 1,100 pages of it are out, but arehere land mines as the president warned? and is it enough for his wall? >> it's going to be have to be in extremely good shape to get they would be able to climb mt. everest a lot easier, i think. > to an incredible story of a former u.s. intelligence officer now charged with spying for iran. investigators believe she revealed details of secret u.s. intelligence programs andhe names of overseas intelligenc sources. today marks one year since the tragedy at marjory stoneman douglas h school in parkland, florida. nbc's kate snow sits down with some of the student as they

prepare to face the day they lost 17 friends and colleagues. dramatic images coming in of severe turbulence on a delta flight. passengers injured in a frightening scene in the cabin. and where's the best place to live in you're looking for love on this valentine's day? stick around we'll tellyou. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm milissa rehberger. >> and i'm frances rivera. with just one day left to avoid another government shutdown, lawmakers are stepping on the gas to get their deal passed. overnight we learned the ispleted compromise bil over 1,000 pages long. sources tell nbc news the senate isd expec to vote first today followed by a house vote later in the evening. the bill contains less than a quarter of the funds president trump wanted to build his border wall, which begs the quetion, will sign it? p nbc'ser alexander has the latest drama in d.c. >> we're doing o lotf work. >> reporter: president trump leaving himself wiggle room on that bipartisan borde deal. >> we haven't gotten it yet. we'll be getting it.

we'll be looking for land mines. >> reporter: the agreement fundn 55 miles of border fencing, a but less than $1.4 billion falls far short of the presidendes mands. still mr. trump is looking to avoid a repeat of the lastme govern shutdown. >> president trump, you're no good! >> reporter: that americans widely blamed him for. >> i don't want to see shutdown. a shutdown would be a terrible thing. >> reporter: the president, whow promised mexicld pay for the wall, now relying on merican taxpayers, hinting at plans to take executive action, pledging to redirect other unspecified federal money to pay for his border wall. >> you're going to have to be in extremely good sha get over this one. they would be able to climb mt. everest a lot easier i think. >> reporter: this morning, news of another high profile departure from the president's team. femairector brock long is resigning. he faced scrutiny for his use of government vehicles for personal

travel. frances. >> pete thank you. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is facinh very real possibility of spending the rest of his life behind ba. a federal judge sided with ,bert muell ruling that manafort lied to the special counsel's team, violating the plea agreement he struck last fall. nbc's tracie potts joins us wh the latest. good morning, tracie. ge reporter: because the j says he lied, the special counsel is no longer bound by that plea agreement to give a light sentence. so that's why the big question is this morning h just much time will the 69-year-old spend behind bars. now, the judge fouhat he lied about some things but not about other things. this wasea the plea in the federal case. the judge found that he lied to the special counsel, to the fbd o a grand jury about payments and about hisct con with a russian. but that he did not lie about his contactsi with pnt trump or his team. so it was a bit of a split

verdict there, t but bottom line -- or decision, but the lied line is because he to different entities according to the judge, they are n longer bound to give him a light sentence. you'll remember he pleaded guilty in the d.c. case involving fraud and witness tampering after a trial int virginia t was split. he was found guilty on 18 counts and cleared on 10. milissa. >> tracie, thank you. vice president mike pence is expected to deliver tough remarks about iran this morning. five dozenauations are in saw, poland, to focus on middle east security, and the vice ee president has urging allies to increase pressure on iran. he is expected to speak at 6:00 a.m. eastern. thiss comes a former u.s. air force intelligence officer has been accused ofevealing secrets to iran and putting american sources at risk. for the latest on this, we go to nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say monica witt served nearly 11 years in the air force as an intelligence officer, two more

years as a contractor, then secretly defected to iran in 2013 and turned spy. in return, the fbi says, the iranians gave her housing a computers. investigators say she revealed details of secret u.s. intelligence programs and the names of overseas intelligence e so information that could damage u.s. security. the fbi says she als toldhese four iranian cyber spies the names of her a formerrican intelligence colleagues, whose computers were then .hack >> it's a sad dany time one of our members of our armed forces or any in america betrays her country as we allege monica witt has done. >> reporter: prosecutors say sht defected attending two of these anti-western conferences, then texted her handler, if all else fails, i just may go public with a program and do like snayden. the fbi agents warned her that iran might try to recruit her as a spy but tha she said she'd never do that. a year later, she was in iran makinganti-u.s. videos.

and the fbi says she's still believed to be ere. pete williams, nbc news at the justice department. about're learning more the nypd detective who was killed by friendly fire while responding to a robbery. brian simonson was known as smiles by his friends and neighbcts. when a susith an imitation gun emerged, seven officers fired 4nerounds, and of them struck the 19-yearan vetf the force. services are being held next week at the saint rosalie roman catholic church in hampton bays, new york. the suspect, christopher ransom, is in custody and faces a crge of second-degree murder. utlice are asking the public for any information a him that might help the investigation. dozens of deltare flyers back on solid ground this morning after terrifying moments on a flight from southern california to seattle. the h plane severe turbulence, sending that food cart you see there flying throughsl the look how it ended up. five passengers were injured. the pilots dlared an emergency

and diverted toreno, where they landed safely. it might be more affordable to go to space after all. that's if everything goes accord to spacex ceo elon musk's plan. so how much? the billionaire tech visionary responded to a recent tweet t asking abo estimated cost for tickets to outer space, and his reply might just surpris you. musk answered, depending on volume, a ticket to mars could cost less than $500,000, maybe even below w$100,000. t on to say he wants to make the trip low-cost so, economies can sell their home on earth and move to mars. >> because that's pretty much the price of a home. it is the end of an era at na after its longest serving martian rover ended its mission. the opportunity died after serving for 15 years. it was built to last just three months but kept going, surprising us all. the six-wheeled vehicle moved across the surface of mars, gathering critical data a giving scientists a closer view of the planet.

>> had a good, longru here's meteorologist bill karins. >> good morning. a pretty quiet day. the river of high moisture going into southern california. vey unusua high amounts of moisture all because of this subtropical jet stream. thissi is c heavy rain this morning from areas just south of l.a. down to areas heading for san diego. the mountains down there could rainhree to five inches of today. that's why we have flood watches and warnings up right now forli le over 30 million people in california. that's where all the troublesome weather is. it's cold in the northern plains. that's what youind ofexpect. very warm and nice day in dallas to san antonio. not many iues in areas of the east either. temperatures pretty seasonable. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. there's some of that cold arctic air spilling in. fargo to bismarck, windchills in numberative actual high temperatures only in the single digits. compare that to central texas today. upper 70so low 80s. it's almost like early summer

weather. pretty mild weather heading for many areas of the east in the next couple days. >> thank you, bill. if today's quick hits, the senate is expected to vote on pr fident trump's pick the next attorney general, william barr. if confirmed, barr will replace acting attorney general, matt whitaker. cardi b is back on instagram this morning after deactivating her account for two days. she returned with a post announcing a new song with bruno mars. and the upcong breaking bad seek well will come to netflix. the feature lengthilm will focus on jesse pinkman. theie mov will air on amc. we'll be right back. this parade of dishes will soon be yours to scrub. and they're not even... yours. new and improved dawn ultra can finish off this buffet. each drop now has even more grease-cleaning power. so you can scrub 50% less,

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party lines 23-15. the measure now heads to the house floor for a vote in coming weeks. today marks one year since the mass shooting that killed 17 people in parkland, florea. in the that has passed, survivors have found ways to pay libute to those they'vet and to take action to prevent gun violence. nbc's kate snowow sat with some students-turned-activists to leahe more about whaty've accomplished and what they're still fighting for. >> i have the gunshot victim. >> reporter: in six minutes their lives changed forever. my life sort of ended and began at the same time. sort ofon i used to be faded away, and i became a gun violence survivor. >> reporter:yan was a freshman. jacqueline was handing out carnations on that valeine's day. sarah chadwick was in study hall. >> it feels like it's beenears sincethen. >> reporter: you guys were activists within days. >> the day after even. >> you know, i would say for a lot of us, this activism was a coping mechanism. >> reporter: in those hours, they seized the spotlight

and wouldn't let go. >> we saw eachet other tg and doing interviews, and i think students around the ht have thought that they couldn't make a difference saw us doing that ans d themselves, well, why can't i? >> reporter: do you think you've changed the way advocacy looks? >> definitely. >> reporter: they organized the march for our lives. >> one life is m worthe than all the guns in america. >> reporter: b that was just the most visible action. for a year now, they've balanced homework with advocacy. in 2018, nearly 70 new state laws were passed.re but t been no federal gun legislation since parkland, something fredguttenberg is still trying to change. >> this time they messed with the wrong community and the wrong >>dad. eporter: his 14-year-old jamie died running from the gunman. >> i think february 14th is going to feel a lot like february 14th last year when we learned. and spending our d thinking of her that way instead of talking to her about her sweet 16 tears

me to shreds. >> reporter: there's a chain-link fence around the building where the shooting m happenede security. but also a new garden where anyone can plant a flower. sarah andqueline are seniors now, off to college next fall, passing the torch to young students like ryan. you said never again. you didn't want this to ever happen to kids again. ere have been school shootings since yours. does that hurt? >> of course i hurts. i mean i think that should hurt every single person that hears that statistic. but that's why we're sitting with you a year later still advocating and just a warning to the american public. you have not seen the last of us. >> reporter: one year later, still fighting to make sure other students never feel their pain. kate snow, nbc news, parkland, florida. coming up, if you're looking for love on this valeine's day, we'll tell you which states ranked the highest for singles in search of that special someone, next. you're watching "early today."

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virginia, arkansas, north dakota, wyoming, and kentucky. maybe virginia isn't for lovers after all. in a new nationwide study of positive relations, the state was ranked in the middle of the pack. so where does true love blossom? nbc's erica edwards has that story. >> reporter: not everyone can be as lucky in love as ray and samantha tejeda. >> first when i seen him, i was like, oh, my gosh, he's gorgeous. >> she was the biggest dork. it was the most endearing thing about her. >> reporter: they met in a california nightclub. after seven years d ofing and a well planned road trip, ray popped the big question. >> she said yes, so she's stucke >> rep california is inherently romantic with its beautiful sunsets, ocean ews, and warm weather. >> you can go to the beach. you can goo the mountains in the same day. >> reporter: the state came in among the top ten in a 2017ey of the best states for

finding lasting love. but three other potentially dsurprising states for the top spot. mississippi, utah, and wisconsin. a pfessor at michigan state universitytudies human interaction. he says the quality and ways in which people approach relationships vary. >> there are some places that are a little bit more insecure with respect to the relationships and the d ree to which they actually approach relationships. s people er: he sugge living in states like north dakota, south carolina, and new york may be less i secure relationships. they also tended to be a little more distant and less intimate. no matte your zip code, your state of mind may be the key. >> being able to communicate with your significant other is the k to any successful relationship. >> reporter: after all, good relationshnds can be f anywhere. erica nwards, news. >> you think people are packing their bags right now? >> and heading to california.

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francisco. remember from 2011 to 2017 question we were in a drought in california? our reservoir levels have shot up especially with all the heavi rain thiser. this is the percentage compares to normal. most of them are over 10. this is fantastic news. obviously we don't want to deal with the floeming pro out there but it's a lot better than dealing with a lot of droughts and fires. even areas of the southern portions of southern california, all those reservoir levels are just filled right up to where they should be or evene exceedig whhey should be for this time of year. so the forecast for today, not many travel issues at all. areas of the east today. only exceptis would be off the great lakes. a little cder than we'd like in the northern plains. a good end of the week. >> i love it. thank you. still to come,eb celrating over 1,000 shows during fivee-ni years of latght laughs. she's doing it again.

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good morning. i'm aaron isgilchr >> and i'm eun yang. lawmakers are closer to a deal to avoid a possible government shutdown. what's on the table? how is the weather shaping up? >> it will be ne for valentine's day. friday looks good, too. watching for a chance for snow on saturday. that part of the forecast, coming u

z34hbz z16fz y34hby y16fy news 4 today starts now. >> all eyes are on capitol hill see whether lawmakers will pass a deal to avoid another gornment shutdown. it is 4:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.

today is valentine's day, thursday, february 14th,2019. >> melissa mollet is keeping on eye on the roads but wll start with chuck bell and the forecast. >> melissa and aaron wearing red. and eun and i are wearing pink. like a plan. today and tngorrow are g to be pleasant. the weekend and thereafter is looking very complicated from a forecasting standpoint. off to a coldta and dry this morning. temperatures from 20s t 0. manassas, down to 22. leesburg,t 34. your valentine's day planner. afternoon highs will trend up into the low and perhaps into the mid-50s. we'll be in the 60s tomorrow. more on that chaps of snow on saturday