donald trump's assets on the line this morning, after the former president's legal team said he can't post the $464

million bold in his civil fraud case we're live with the fallout and the latest legal blow in his upcoming hush money trial. breaking overnight, the end to the shutdown showdown is in sight. lawmakers striking a deal to keep the government up and running ahead of this week's deadline how congress cleared the last hurdle on kbraigs. > a royal return to the spotlight. princess kate seen out in this video by tmz the fight to save a friend meet the cyclists who teamed up during a cougar attack and there are three things certain in this world. death, taxes and a combo at costco but how long can it withstand the pressure of rising prices? we'll hear from a top executive on this first day of spring. "early today" starts right now glad you're with me this

morning. i'm frances rivera we begin with the latest developments in the trials of donald trump setbacks for the former president, involving his legal battles in new york, including his criminal trial over hush money and that massive civil fraud judgment brie jackson joins us from d.c hi, brie let's start with that mush money trial. what's happening in the case >> reporter: so the judge in that case has denied a request from mr. trump's attorneys they have been trying to prevent stormy daniels from testifying the judge is allowing daniels to take the stand, only giving her one restriction. that the adult film star cannot testify about a lie detector test that she took back in 2018 that indicated that she was being truthful about trump the judge also denied a request to keep trump's former attorney michael cohen from testifying. trump is accused of falsifying business records to hide a payment he made to cohen to reimburse him for paying daniels

to keep quiet about trump in the lead up to the 2016 election mr. trump has denied having any sexual relationship with daniels but has acknowledged that he repaid cohen the filing also says prosecutors can reef tfer to the infamous "access hollywood" tape where trump can be heard saying that he can grope women, but they cannot play it for the jury. meanwhile, attorneys for trump asks for an emergency stay in the $464 million civil fraud judgment in new york saying they have approached 30 different companies but have not been able to secure a bond if mr. trump cannot post bond for the full amount by next week, new york attorney general letitia james could start seizing his assets in this new filing, trump's attorneys say the penalty is grossly disproportional. they argue that there were no victims or damages in this case. frances? >> brie jackson for us, thank

you. now to breaking news from capitol hill congress may avoid a government shutdown with days to spare. two sources familiar with the talks tell nbc news the congressional leaders have struck deal to keep the department of home handland sec funded details of the deal have not been released. the dhs is among multiple agencies in danger of being shut down a law in texas that would allow authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border is on hold indefinitely it's a strong suggestion the justices could take additional action the controversial law known as sb-4 was set to go into effect this month the justice department sued, arguing that immigration solely falls under the federal government's authority but texas argues the law is complementary to federal statute and the state should be allowed to enforce it.

now to a nbc news exclusive. the father of laken riley speaking out the 22-year-old nursing student was murdered last month, and the suspect is a migrant who entered the country illegally. her father told pricilla thompson that he does not want his daughter's name exploited in the political fight over the border >> she's being used somewhat politically. to get votes because now she's incited, you know, the people, not just the politicians she's incited the people it makes me angry. i feel like, you know, they're just using my daughter's name for that and she's, she was much better than that. >> jason riley says he supports former president trump, and discussions about securing the border but he is welloverwhelmed by thy his daughter's death is being

used nashville police released body camera footage showing a brief talk between an officer and riley strain the night he disappeared. the two greeted each other and strateg strain walked away police say the student did not appear distressed. he vanished on march 8 after he was kicked out of a bar. over the weekend his bank card was found near a river the israeli government will send a team to d.c. to discuss plans to invade rafah. more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering in the south-most city in the gaza strip. president biden has called the invasion of rafah a red line, and the administration says they're hoping to present the israelis with alternatives to another major ground operation for the latest, let's go to chapman bell why is president biden so concerned about rafah? >> reporter: good morning, frances, well, yeah, the white house has expressed concern about a large-scale ground operation in rafah for some

time a lot of this down to that more than 1 million people seeking refuge there, displaced people from other parts of gaza, but president biden making that point clear in his conversation with prime minister netanyahu yesterday. this first phone conversation in just over a month. and while the administration continues to say hamas should not be allowed to sa safe haven a major ground operation, they say, would be a mistake. they cite the already-dire humanitarian crisis. and on the call, president biden asked netanyahu if he would send a delegation to d.c. he agreed to do this, and the group would include humanitarian officials in addition to members of the military and the intelligence community and this is because the administration continues to stress the need for more aid to get into gaza where the health

system has all but collapsed and the u.n. has warned that famine is imminent, particularly in northern gaza so a lot of concerns there about this humanitarian crisis now national security advisor jake sullivan saying that as these talks continue, they, they seem to be more elusive than anyone would want for a possible temporary cease-fire in exchange for hostages, frances? >> chapman bell for us, thank you. >> reporter: more than a dozen americans escaped haiti over the weekend. we have learned with the help of a republican congressman cory mills of florida wrote on x it's with great pride i announce that our team successfully conducted forerescue the group which included french and canadian citizens took off from port-au-prince. congressman mills also helped with similar evacuations of americans earlier this month after weeks of fervent speculation, the princess of wales made her first public

appearance since her abdominal surgery. the video obtained by tmz comments after the controversy ro surrounding a highly-ed iited photo. >> reporter: for the first time since december, the princess of wales in public. the video purportedly shows the princess and prince william walking out of a store the 42-year-old princess in workout clothes and running shoes, smiling >> new pictures claiming to show the princess of wales out and about -- >> reporter: and as the breaking headlines in the uk declare, great to see you, kate she looks happy and relaxed, says the sun the video follows anonymous reports of a sighting, but without photographic proof it comes exactly a week after that photograph on mother's day, then kate's apology the next morning. kensington palace officials

stayed mum all week. the altered family photograph, meant as a sweet gesture did little to quell conspiracy theories swirling on social media and raised more questions instead of providing the intended reassurance we reached out to kensington palace they would not comment on the video and we still don't expect to see kate in any official capacity until after easter. here in the states, much of the country is kicking offe the first official day of spring like winter. >> the calendar says spring and the weather outside says late winter 23 million people still under these freeze warnings this morning. you can see where the bright pink is from little rock to the courages charlotte, montgomery included in that as we gear up for temperatures into the 30s for the next couple hours. huntsville at 31, tuscaloosa at

33 degrees 40s across the southern tier hattiesburg, monroe, i h but we will be quite concerned about crops this morning by later today, 60s are on tap we've got nashville into the upper 50s, and if you don't like the cooler than normal temperatures across that region, just wait until tomorrow we'll see temperatures back to the 70s for much of this area. w warmth out west. and there's those snowshowers across the great lakes we could pick up a couple inches of degrees for our friends in

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a cougar >> i know for a fact i would be dead if they didn't come back in i would just be gone >> reporter: it's an incredible story of survival and friendship >> they're amazing >> reporter: these three women now sharing their near-death encounter with an aggressive baby cougar while bike riding outside seattle. >> the attack just happened so fast >> reporter: the competitive cyclists who have been riding together for five years say the terrifying ordeal happened in the blink of an eye, 19 miles into their ride, two cougars ran out from the brush. >> one went back into the woods, but the other lunged at this woman, carrie, dragging her off her bike its jaw clenched to her face >> from the time we saw the cougars to the time it took carrie off her bike was about three seconds. >> one second, i'll say. >> we didn't have a chance to face off with them and scare them away or anything. >> i just remember getting tackled from the side and end gd

ending up at the other end of the road. >> reporter: for 15 minutes, engaging in hand-to hand combat. >> i immediately tried to choke the cougar, which was like choking a rock >> i knew every second what was going on. i was doing my own poking and get up his nose and fry his mouth with my hand >> reporter: eventually, the cougar releasing, giving carrie a moment to get away, as the other two women managed to get a bike on the cougar to hold it down until help arrived. >> carrie's lying there by herself, and we kept saying are you doing okay and she would give us a little bloody thumbs up that she was okay >> reporter: fish and wildlife officials saying that what happened here is very rare in the last 100 years, there have been two deadly attacks and 20 that left someone hurt. >> these bicyclists happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time they don't look for people to stay away from people 99% of the

time >> reporter: carrie spent five days in the hospital, treated for severe trauma to her face, including permanent nerve damage while her recovery is far from over, she knows how lucky she is to be alive and to have friends willing to fight through their fears to save her. >> we just did what we had to do and part of it was primal instinct, get in there and fight. >> mama bear >> the cougar wasn't going to take us cougars down >> what an incredible story. we want to thank liz kreutz for that report. and thanks for watching "early today. i'm frances rivera have a great tuesday see you back here earlm ellinewk

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