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to keep the government from shutting down this weekend and the battle over immigration continues in the court. the supreme court dealing a blow to texas, blocking a new state border law indefinitely. a new crime fighting task force is coming to southern california how the lapd is tackling so-called burglary tourists. the cdc sounding the alarm as measles cases rise across the country, already matching the total number of cases seen in all of 2023. how you can protect yourself and march madness has its first cinderella story a long-time coach helping punch his team's ticket to the big dance days after learning he lost his job it's tuesday, march 19th "early today" starts right now good tuesday morning to you, i'm frances rivera we begin with breaking news from capitol hill congressional leaders have struck a deal to avoid a potential government shutdown. two sources familiar with the

talks say lawmakers have gotten over the last big sticking point over money for the department of homeland security, which oversees immigration policies. details of the deal have not been released. the dhs is among multiple agencies in danger of being shut down if a funding bill is not passed by friday now to a setback for donald trump and his new york hush money criminal trial a new york judge has denied the former president's request to block adult film star stormy daniels from testifying. the judge also ruled that trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, can also testify. attorneys for trump argue that neither daniels norco cohen shol be allowed to testify, calling them both lawyers. in a different court filing, trump's lawyers say they have been unable to secure a bond in the massive civil trial judgment he faces in new york >> reporter: the fate of former president trump's most famous properties could be up in the air, with trump attorneys

telling a judge, he's unable so secure bond in the $464 million civil fraud judgment against him. asking the judge for an emergency stay guar guaranteers won't accept real estate but want nearly a half billion in cash which trump's company doesn't have, his lawyers say. if he cannot post bond for the full amount next week. demo attorney general letitia james could start seizing his properties his attorneys say there were no victims and no actual financial losses in the case it comes as the trump campaign faces blow back against mr. trump's rhetoric on what he calls criminal migrants. >> the radical left says that's a terrible thing to say. these are animals, okay? >> reporter: mr. trump has vowed to bring back his remain in mexico policy that keeps

migrants waiting outside the u.s. until courts decide their asylum cases the biden administration is releasing 85% of migrants into the u.s., while they wait for asylum decisions and the presumptive gop nominee also pushing back, saying democrats, quote, pretended to be shocked at my use of the word bloodbath during this riff about chinese car makers >> we're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those cars. if i get elected now if i don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole -- that's going to be the least of it. that's going to be a bloodbath for the country. that's going to be the least of it >> reporter: mr. trump says he was referring to president biden killing the auto industry, calling the democratic attacks misinformation >> i use it about trade, essentially auto trade, because we're getting ripped off with woo biden's really dumb auto policy. >> reporter: the biden campaign

rejecting that it was about only cars >> every single day donald trump is promoting and endorsing and encouraging political violence on the stump >> president biden has felt cocooned by staff. >> garrett, thank you. a new texas law that would allow local police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border is on hold indefinitely the supreme court extended its own freeze on the law, quote, pending further order. it's a strong suggestion that justices could take additional action the controversial law known as sb-4 was set to go into effect this month they argued that immigration 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. more than a dozen americans escaped haiti over the weekend we have learned with the help of

a republican congressman corey cory mills of florida writes that they completed another rescue it included french and canadian citizens, and they took off fro the capital of port-au-prince. he helped with a similar evacuation of americans earlier this month the white house says the israeli government will send a team to d.c. to discuss plans to invade rafah more than a million displaced plun p palestinians are sheltering in the south most city in the gaza strip. t the president has called it a red line and they are hoping to present alternatives to another major ground operation chapman, good morning. why biden so concerned about rafah? >> reporter: the white house has expressed concern for some time about a major ground operation

by israel into rafah, and the president making that point clear in his first phone conversation with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu in just over a month. and while the u.s. administration continues to say hamas should not be allowed a safe haven in rafah or anywhere else for that matter, a major ground operation in rafah would be a mistake their concern is the civilian deaths that have continued to grow in the already-dire humanitarian crisis and also worrying about israel's further isolation in the international community. and on that call, president biden asked netanyahu to send a delegation to d.c. in the coming days to hear the u.s.' concerns in more detail and this group would include humanitarian officials in addition to members of the military and intelligence community, and this is, as 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. warning that famine is imminent, particularly in northern gaza, as people are struggling to find anything to eat. and all this happening as talks continue for a possible temporary cease-fire in exchange for hostages with that, the administration admits it's moving slowly. >> we've seen how those talks have ended in the past we'll see what happens here. thank you. nashville police releasing a new incclue in the search for a missing student. body camera footage was released showing a brief talk between as of other and riley strain from the night he disappeared the two greeted each other when strain walked away police say the college student did not seem in distress the 22-year-old vanished on march 8 after he was kicked out of a bar over the weekend, his bank card

was found near a river now to a elt hea health alem the cdc. since last thursday, there have been at least 58 confirmed cases of measles in the u.s. so far this year. that's already the same number of infections compared to all of 2023 according to the advisory, 93% of this year's cases are linked to international travel with most of the cases involving kids a year or older who have not gotten the mmr vaccine health care providers are advised to make sure children are up to date on routine immunizations. on the first day of spring, much of the country is bracing for a wintry blast good morning, angie. >> they've got to bundle up as they get out the door across the southeast. 23 million people under freeze warnings, including little rock to montgomery and up through charlotte. temperatures this morning not great for crops. this is problematic, of course, when we've got temperatures dropping down to the 30s in places like asheville, memphis

at 34. tuscaloosa we're going to see temperatures warm up by the time we get into the afternoon hours. we'll be below normal, but we will get back into the 60s through the next couple days we're going to slowly but surely bounce back. it's going to be in a hurry. temperatures back into the 70s by wednesday and thursday. we've got upper 60s to low 70s on tap for pensacola meanwhile, across the country, watching a couple snowshowers impacting folks across the great lakes reasongion the heaviest of that snoa

little bit of sunshine, dealing with snowshowers for buffalo and syracuse and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you one of the first nasa astronauts has passed away at 93 years old. thomas stafford went to space four times and even orbited the moon stafford commanded the apollo 10 mission in 1969, a trdress rehearsal for the moon landing months later after he hung up his spacesuit he helped fix the hubble telescope and convinced russia to join the iss and led the inda infamous area 51 california cracks down on thieves traveling internationally to target wealthy american neighborhoods t wealthy american neighborhoods. a big soft shoulder to cry on. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher, and better. downy. breathe life into your laundry.

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so-called burglary tourists are coming to the united states on short-term visas from south american countries and then as you can see here, robbing their homes, the lapd is launching a task force now to combat the crime ring >> reporter: the lapd launching a new special task force after a rise in so-called burglary tourists has residents in southern california on high alert. >> we have a significant increase in burglaries from organized groups from outside this country coming into the country and targeting high-end residents. >> reporter: police say the burglary tourists are part of international crime rings, traveling from countries in south america, the majority from chile, with the mission to break in and rob homes in the u.s. home surveillance videos like this capturing the moment a group of individuals break a window and enter a home in redlands, california an all-too familiar story for residents in the area. >> very disturbing, ei mean, yo

know, it rattles us as a neighborhood >> reporter: the lapd says there have been more than 900 residential burglaries in the area since january and in orange county, irvine police say in the past 35 days there have been 34 home burglaries similar in nature to pl burglaries tied to the south american crime rings police say they use wi-fi jammers, drones and camouflage suits to stake out homes and disable security cameras >> some sort of device by burglars that deadens, kills or stops wi-fi from operating >> reporter: ransacking residents for cash, jewelry, electronics and high-end handbags but how are these highly-coordinated criminals able to get into the u.s.? police say they arrive lhere legally on 90-day tourist visas before hitting some. wealthiest neighborhoods in the country. this group was caught on camera

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headed for the big dance steve patterson has the coach's story. >> and long beach state does the improbable >> reporter: if you made a top ten list of the most unlikely scenarios heading into march madness, this has to be number one. >> dan and the beach have punched their ticket to the ncaa tournament. >> reporter: it has been a wild workweek after 17 long years, the school parted ways with moneunnson. >> i didn't want it to be about me >> reporter: the school and munn s munnson made an agreement. what do you think that lit that fire >> monday was an emotion day it was probably the worst day of the week and by far the best day maybe of my life >> reporter: in the run of a

lifetime with the coach's legacy on the line, the beach started balling out of its mind. long beach scoring three wins in three days >> i knew how much they loved me when i left on monday, and they showed it all week >> reporter: by the end of that week, six days after munnson was sacked, he and his boys are putting in an extension on this own march madness. >> we're going to live the dream this week. >> reporter: steve patterson, nbc news, long beach state university >> hope they take that dream to the end. last week as fire crews battled a 150-acre wildfire in virginia they heard a cried for he cry for help it was a tiny bear cub it's a miracle they heard the cub over the sound of the fire >> he didn't try to run away or get away from me

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