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new details this morning in that shooting that left three minnesota first responders dead. shorts identify the man who shot and killed two police officers and a paramedic. we also learned that suspect was legally barred from owning firearms could weeks founder julian assange be headed to the u.s he's facing a final hearing in a seven-year fight against extradition. a disaster declaration in california prompting mudslides, flooding and strong winds. how long will this last? and warmer temperatures putting the freeze on a winter tradition. the impact climate change is having on ice fishing in one american state. after a one-day delay, it was off to the races in florida, a daytona 500 full of drama. it's tuesday, february 20th. "early today" starts right now

good morning we are learning new details about the suspect in that triple shooting that rocked burnsville, minnesota. it was 38-year-old shannon cortez gooden who shot and killed two police officers and a paramedic responding to a domestic violence call early sunday that suspect also died in the incident, though authorities have not yet said how. it turns out that the suspect was barred from owning guns after a conviction in 2018 the suspect tried to have his gun rights restored in 2020, but that petition was denied still, several firearms and large amounts of ammunition were found inside the home. seven children were inside at the time, all safely evacuated. police in colorado springs have shared an update on the deadly shooting there at a college campus 25-year-old nicholas jordan was arrested he is a student at the university of colorado, colorado springs. a young man and a young woman

were found dead in a dorm room there friday police say the suspect was known to the victims and this was not a random attack. now to the latest fallout after the detection of alexei navalny. his widow is vowing to carry on her husband's fight. here in the united states president biden is considering new consequences for russia. here's nbc's alice barr. >> reporter: president biden saying he's weighing new sanctions against russia in response to the death of top opposition leader alexei navalny inside a russian president. >> we already have sanctions, but we're considering additional sanctions, yes. >> reporter: his widow vowing to carry on the fight for freedom against russian president vladimir putin and accusing the kremlin of hiding her husband's body to cover up his murder. russian authorities deny wrongdoing. >> putin is a threat to all free nations. >> reporter: it comes as ukrainian president volodymyr

zelenskyy addressed world leaders at the munich security conference and met with vice president kamala harris. >> we need now your unity. >> reporter: as well as bipartisan members of congress, underscoring his country's dire shortage of weapons and ammunition as russia claimed its first major advance in nearly a year president biden blasting republicans in congress for blocking more military aid >> the way they're walking away from the threat of russia and the threat to nato is shocking >> reporter: vice president harris slamming former president trump for saying he would encourage russia to do what it wants against nato allies who don't spend enough on defense. >> no previous united states president, regardless of party, has bowed down to a russian dictator before. >> reporter: the former president over the weekend

insisted russia would not have invaded ukraine if he were in office acknowledging alexei navalny's death for the first time without saying putin. now the investigation into a fatal u.s. military helicopter crash in november is looking at a possible mishap involving metal chips in the chopper's gearbox. they have not yet definitively established the cause to have crash that killed eight airmen off the coast of japan there have been four osprey helicopter crashes killing 20 service members in the past. a texas teenager is in the hospital after a tense standoff with police. authorities say the 16-year-old showed up to his dallas area charter school with a gun. when police arrived, he was in the office and refused to put

the weapon down. three officers shot at the teenager the student is in stable condition at the hospital. nobody else was injured. counselling services made available at the school. let's turn to the west coast now where weeks of rain has been flooding vulnerable communities with no relief in sight. yet another storm bearing down on california this week, more heavy rain threatening to bring more flooding to areas where the ground is already thoroughly soaked liz kreutz has the details >> reporter: another powerful storm pummelling california. up and down the coast, 35 million people under flood watches. the deluge leading to dangerous driving conditions, spinouts and overturned cars. at least four mudslides reported in los angeles near sacramento, drivers like this man getting stuck, thinking he could get through this rushing water. similar rescues near santa barbara. people seem to underestimate the

power of water. >> they absolutely do. water can kill be very cognizant of rushing water, especially in vehicles. >> reporter: the airport there once again cancelling all flights, leaving travelers scrambling. >> they said the airport is closed for the day it's flooding. >> reporter: in ventura county portions of highway 101 also flooded, traffic backed up as crews work to pump water off the roadway. just north, much of a state park underwater and now closed to the public after these palm trees came crashing down several of these massive trees have been completely uprooted, collapsed into the ocean officials say these trees marked in blue could also go down at any time this all comes after the deadly atmospheric rivers that pounded california two weeks ago the series of back-to-back storms taking a toll on the state's infrastructure heavy rain causing this mudslide in northern california

fallen trees blocking the road below. this relentless rain leaving behind yet another mess in the already-saturated state. >> that rain is sticking around this morning with flood watches up and down the california coast. meteorologist angie lassman tracking the system. day two of not much fun. >> not much fun indeed we have 35 million people under flood watches up and down california this is going to last through the day today. you can see some of the areas where we're expecting a better chance of seeing that flash flood risk, l.a. and temecula included in that we continue to see rounds of heavy rain impacting folks across the region through the day today. by tomorrow, scattered showers will linger across much of the west and we'll see additional heavy mountain snow across parts

of the great basin and the rockies. when it's all said and done, we'll talking an inch to 3 inches we could see a foot or a foot and today. philadelphia hits 43 degrees louisville heads for the upper 50s. that's a look at your forecast weeks founder julian assange has a big day in court today the high court in london will hear his last appeal to block his transfer to the united states on espionage charges. assange has been in custody for nearly five years after his political asylum in the

ecuadoran embassy in london was revoked and he was removed by force by police. what are the stakes for assange right now at this hearing? >> reporter: today julian assange begins his fight in what could be the last court battle against his extradition to the united states, two days of hearings scheduled here in london to see if a full appeal can go ahead or if the court denies the appeal, paving the way for him to be put on a plane to america to face charges prosecutors say the publication of the documents relating to the wars in iraq and afghanistan involve atd hacking a pentagon computer and also put lives at risk

assange and his supporters say he acted as a journalist and he's protected by the first amendment and he won't get a fair trail in the u.s. this legal saga began in 2010 when he went into the ecuadoran embassy on asylum after facing rape allegations in sweden these charges were dropped, but in 2019 he was charged he could potentially be extradited to america within days if this appeal falls through. >> thank you coming up, the daytona 500 takes a real left turn after a day-long weather delay we're back in a minute with a winter tradition that is on thin ice amid climate change. thin ice amid climate change. i get ready with new olay indulgent moisture body wash. it smells amazing

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william byron narrowly escaped a multicar crash number 24 took the lead. that's when ross chastain and austin send rick collided. we had a little bit of a delay. >> a little bit of a delay look how excited he was to win incredible >> and they set a record i think it's the ninth time this team has gone this far. >> from one pileup to another. the book lynn nets fired head coach jacques vaughn his last game was a loss to the

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washington >> that's wild a team of astronomers found what's believed to be the brightest object in our universe it's called a quay sar this record breaker shines 500 trillion times brighter than our own sun and swallows the equivalent of one sun per day, making it the fastest growing black hole ever known. delta planning a special flight from austin to detroit april 8th during the celestial event tickets are scarce and are the econosimply not working for millions of hard working families. they're working harder than ever and they still can't make enough to get by to afford food and medicine to even keep a roof over their heads.

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