buckle up, because here comes election season. by this time tomorrow, president biden and donald trump are all but certain to clench their parties' nominations and the candidates aren't wasting any time ramping up the attacks.

is the clock ticking for tiktok wher we're live on capitol hill the controversy at kensington the growing pr fiasco over an altered picture of princess case that shkate that she herself edited. and is your empty nest turning into an empty nest egg how much help parents are giving to adult children. "early today" starts right now hi there, i'm frances rivera we begin this morning with the race for the white house, which could be propelled into a new phase today. president biden and former president trump could earn enough dells to oegates to offiy win their nominations. president biden was quick to defend entitlements on the campaign trail after mr. trump said this to cnbc.

>> there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements. in terms of cutting, and in terms of also the theft and the bad management od management e. >> i won't cut social security or medicare. i will protect and strengthen social security and medicare and make the wealthy begin to pay their fair share >> the trump campaign says the former president was not talking about cutting benefits, only cut waste. new this morning, the ceo of tiktok is expected to visit capitol hill, meeting with senators today once again, defending the platform, as congress debates passing a bill that could effectively ban tiktok in the united states. nbc's brie jackson joins us from washington, d.c. why are lawmakers starting targg

tiktok again >> reporter: the bill would give the president the power to identify the app as a national security threat if it is controlled by clinton. n ton. n n china. s tiktok has said the chinese government has no access to information from the u.s president biden's campaign just officially joined tiktok before super bowl sunday, but whether as when asked, he said he would sign the bil bill if congress sends it to him. here's what donald trump said to cnbc >> there's, you know, a lot of good, and there's a lot of bad with tiktok. but the thing i don't like is that without tiktok, you can make facebook bigger, and i consider facebook to be anenem of the people, along with a lot of the media >> but do you believe tiktok is a national security threat or

not? because if it is, and i believe the emergency powers order that you had put in place at the time suggested that it was. was that not true? >> i do believe that i do believe it. and we have to very much go into privacy and make sure that we are protecting the american people's privacy and data rights >> reporter: the louhouse is expected to hold a vote on this bill as soon as tomorrow >> i'm sure tiktokers will be weighing in on tiktok. brie, thank you. five people, including several young children are dead after a school bus crash in western illinois police say the bus strayed into the opposite lane, colliding with a semi truck in schuyler county near rushville. the local school put out condolences, saying classes are canceled at least today and tomorrow the national transportation safety board will conduct an investigation. a decades-old murder case returns to the spotlight today scott peterson is set to appear

virtually at a status hearing. he was convicted of killing his wife laci peterson who disappeared on christmas eve while eight months pregnant. peterson filed a petition to be seen before a judge, saying new evidence would support his innocence. he is currently sentenced to life in prison without parole. when kate, princess of wales, released a picture of herself and her kids, she probably hoped it would allay public concerns about her health, but a bad photo shop job done by the princess herself instead has kensington palace in full damage control mode let's go live to london and clapman c happ chapman bell >> reporter: it's the first official picture of the princess of wales that we've seen since her abdominal surgery, and it was released to celebrate

mother's day in the uk while there was probably hope it would put to rest questions about catherine's help due to her long public absence, it's actually sparked more controversy and conspiracy theories, and this is down to what appear to be several manipulations in the photograph, including the areas around princess charlotte's hair, wrist and skirt. and also around catherine's zipper on her coat and inconsistencies with patterns and edges like the floor tiles and this prompted several photo agencies to issue kill notices to recall the photograph, saying it didn't meet their editorial guidelines and it was altered at the source and it also prompted a rare royal apology. the princess of wales saying, like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing, and i wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused i hope everyone celebrating had

a very happy mother's day. the princess of wales was pictured yesterday with tprince of wales in a vehicle. but many people do experiment with this editing. whether you're the princess of wales and absent for so long, you're under a little bit more magnification under that microscope >> so many people anxious to see what the next appearance or response will be chapman, thank you a former boeing employee who blew the whistle on safety concerns at the company has been found dead south carolina authorities say 62-year-old john barnett died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. there's no indication of foul play he had given evidence in a whistle-blower lawsuit against boeing in recent days. in a statement, the company said it was saddened by mr. barnett's passing. and this morning another scary incident on a boeing plane at least 50 people were hurt on a flight from australia to new

zealand, after what the airline calls a strong shake during the flight the cause of the shake is now under investigation, with a nbc aviation analyst saying he expects that probe to be thorough >> you can be sure that investigators are going to be downloading and analyzing that flight data recorder, as well as the memory on the flight control computers that control the flight controls for this airplane >> authorities say about half of those injured were taken to the hospital, and nearly all have now been kisdischarged in florida, a settlement was reached between state educator officials and civil rights lawyers. the lead attorney cleared the agreement, but the governor's office described the deal as a win, as the law is left in place and the topics remain off limits as part of instruction turning now to the

ferocious, dangerous winds that swept across the northeast it caused more than 4700 flight delays widespread power outages, and at least one death. erin mclaughlin has the details. >> reporter: spring break travel is off to a bumpy start. >> wind af weverywhere it was shaking almost threw up. >> reporter: strong winds snarling travel up and down the coast. >> i just hope we make it home on time. i don't want to stay here another night. >> reporter: after a messy weekend of wet weather and harrowing escapes, that system blown out by combusts up to 63 miles per hour with tens of millions under wind alerts the combination of rain-saturated soil and strong winds turned deadly. in pennsylvania, scott quickle was killed after a massive tree fell on his home meanwhile across the tri state area, the wind knocked out power for thousands. and in the nation's capital the weather shut down monuments for

a second day >> it used to be that the weather of yesterday was predictive of the weather of today, and that's no longer true we're seeing much warmer winters, much wet ter winters. >> reporter: the unfortunate new reality of a winter of extremes. erin mk claughlin, nbc news, no. >> nbc's angie lassman is tracking the latest storm system >> boy, it was a busy day when we talk about wind across the northeast yesterday. that is long gone. now we turn our attention to this next system that we're going to track through the day today and even tomorrow. wind alerts across the west. the northwest is going to pick up rain and additional snow today. the rockies will also add snow to that region and more on top of that as we get into tomorrow. could be talking about a foot to a foot and a half in some of those highest areas. and we'll watch for heavy rain and the potential for strong storms across parts of the central plains

this is the bull's eye kansas city right in the middle of it. we could see large hail in that rh region up to two inches in size and we'll not rule out those wind gusts and a few tornados possible in the afternoon areas. this is the areas we're looking at for low humidity and wind gusts. fire weather possible for folks in that region meanwhile across the southeast, osfrt r folks in chicago we head to 64 in philadelphia. new york has full sunshine with 64 and that's a look at your forecast, frances. back to you. >> appreciate it, angie. the music world is remembering a pop icon this morning. ♪ all by myself ♪

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infant sleep, despite the product being marketed that way. affected models were sold at walmart from november of 2022 to november of 2023 we'll get an update in the fed's fight against inflation in a few hours. economists expecting the february consumer price index to show just over a 3% rise in prices year-over-year. charlotte reed joins us with an enclos closer look at that. >> it is far from the high that we saw in june 2022 when it was 9% but far from the fed's target of 2%. that's despite the feds raising rates to the highest level since the 1980s. it's been working. inflation has been going down dramatically, but this final tr stretch to reach, the 2% target, that seems to be the toughest. higher prices for houses are remaining high supply chain issues are staying in place as well

the fed had been hoping for a soft landing, which means inflation going down we are looking at a situation where the inflation may remain high and the inflation picture is particularly impacting some young adults they have to resort to the bank of mom and dad 47% of parents with child older than 18 years old is still supporting them financially, according to study by sa savings.com. that's on average representing $1,400 a month young adults are facing higher food prices as well, lower wages and big loans from being a student. so the parents are stepping in, but that's also putting some of them at risk, some of their security for their own retirement >> mm-hm certainly a concern for so many. thank you. still to come, the oscars went off without a hitch on sunday despite the best effort

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>> yeah, it does i hope we get a followup we talk to him after the trip. thanks for that report nasa's spacex crew-7 is on the way home they left the international space station on monday and will splashdown on the florida coast any moment now they were replaced by spacex crew-8 which docked last week. crew-7 even made history one crew member was part of the first-ever all female spacewalk last november. the police department in roswell, new mexico has a new out of this world uniform patch. for the first time in more than 30 years, it features a pair of small alien faces and a flying saucer representing the community's long association with ufo folklore the city is famous for being the spot where the spacecraft allegedly craft in 1947. all right, coming up later this morning, "today" meets the

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shakeup at the rnc senior staffers out as the new leadership, hand selected by donald trump takes the reins, as trump and joe biden look