breaking this morning, the u.s. military launches precision airstrikes against iran-backed groups in syria. details just coming in to nbc news president biden could announce a move to forgive up to ten grand in student debt for millions of americans who fall within a certain income level. we've got primary election results from florida and new york, including the winner of one race who's under federal investigation. is the security of your data at risk on twitter

claims from a twitter whistle-blower and are companies starting to cut back on paid parental leave? fascinating details ahead. "early today" starts right now i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with a glimmer of hope for the more than 40 million americans who are still paying back their student loans president biden is expected to make an announcement today on federal loan relief. brie jackson is in washington for us >> reporter: president biden had promi promised a decision by the end of the month, but multiple sources have said that president biden is expected to announce a plan today thises to this does come with a caveat they must make an annual salary of $125,000 or less. he is expected to extend the

payment pause for more months. but no final decision has been made yet a white house spokesperson saying that the administration has already canceled around $32 billion in debt for more than 1.6 million american, adding that that is more than any other administration in history. the anticipated announcement comes as mr. biden is facing criticism from student debt relief advocates over his lengthy decision-making process, leaving millions in limbo over whether they would need to resume payments at the end of the month. a record 45 million americans have student loan debt as of the second quarter of this year it totals to more than $1.7 trillion. according to a democrat familiar with the matter, senate majority leader chuck schumer spoke with the president over the phone to make a final push to the president to cancel as much student loan debt as he can. while it does appear that mr. biden will follow through on his

campaign promise to address student loan debt, so far it falls short of the $50,000 that many democrats had pushed for. >> okay, brie, thank you very much breaking news this morning the u.s. military has launched airstrikes in syria, targeting iran-backed groups president biden approved the strikes, retaliation for attacks on two u.s. military facilities in syria last week the u.s. military official tells nbc news that around 9:00 p.m. eastern, east of the city of deir ez-zoir, tstruck the area. let's turn to the latest round of primary results nbc news reports that charlie

crist easily won florida's democratic primary for governor and will take on ron desantis in november >> don't be fooled by the desantis propaganda machine. he doesn't promote freedom, he takes freedom away we can put a stop to this wanna-be dictator >> we will never, ever surrender to the woke agenda florida is the state where woke goes to die. >> also, 25-year-old maxwell frost has won the democratic nomination for florida's tenth district the noerm march for our lives organizer could become the first gen z member of congress and val demings could become florida's first black senator. >> i do believe this daughter of a maid and a janitor, who is not supposed to be standing here tonight, but i really do believe

that together we can do anything we can do everything apart, divided, we can't do much >> demings will face off against marco rubio in november. he has criticized her for voting with nancy pelosi 100% of the time meanwhile, matt gaetz has won his primary. while being under investigation for sex taxing jerry nadler has defeated his long-time colleague, carolyn maloney. and a prosecutor has decided not to press charges against officers involved in the shooting of rayshon brooks he grabbed an officer's taser while resisting arrest miguel almaguer reports. >> reporter: the two officers

who wrestled with rayshard broorks including the one who fired the fatal shots as he ran away will not face criminal charges after the 2020 death that sparked nationwide protests >> officers had no way of knowing or anticipating that within seconds of this encounter, both would be attacked by brooks >> reporter: atlanta's special prosecutor announcing officers garrett rolfe and devin brosnan committed no crimes and that deadly force was reasonable. >> both acted as reasonable officer would under the facts and circumstances of the events that night they were justified in the use of force regarding the situation. >> you're parked in the drive through right now. >> reporter: after discovering brooks asleep behind the wheel in a wendy's parking lot, authorities say the 27-year-old, who was drunk and high, suddenly

began fighting with officer and posed a threat as he ran following days of demonstration and after the wendy's was destroyed, the former d.a. announced several charges against the officers, including a count of murder against brosnan before the special prosecutor took over >> you can't catch a drunk guy on drugs running down metropolitan avenue. you have to shoot him in the back a jury should decide this case that's the bottom line >> reporter: both officers remain on administrative duty, cleared of wrongdoing in the eyes of the law. miguel almaguer, nbc news. a former police detective in louisville, kentucky has pleaded guilty a charge after she falsified the warrant on the raid on breonna taylor's apartment. she was killed in march 2020 when her door was broke down

during a drug search warrant police returned fire, killing taylor they say detective kelly goodlet lied as part of the cover up her sentencing is scheduled for late november. now a whistle-blower complaint involving twitter, accusing the social media giant of misleading the feds and putting the private data of its users at risk. our gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: first a respected hacker known as mudge, he's filed an 84-page whistle-blower complaint, alleging the social media giant misled federal investigators. the complaint accuses twitter of violating a 2011 settlement with

the federal trade commission by falsely claiming it had a solid security plan. it also alleges too many employees had access to sensitive user day ta, violatios of rules zatko speaking with cnn. >> large tech companies need to know what the risks are and need to have an appetite to go fix it >> reporter: twitter hired zatko after a high-profile hack. he was fired from his senior effective role for infeceffecti leadership >> twitter has become kind of the de facto town square >> reporter: the complaint comes amid twitter's legal battle with elon musk to's trywho's trying out of a deal to buy the

company. the whistle-blower complaint alleges twitter's ceo tweeted false and misleading statements about the company's handling of bots >> this speaks to the misinformation and disinformation a lot of these spots and spam are used for commercial purposes but also by propaganda to sway public opinions. >> reporter: bipartisan leaders of several congressional committees say they will investigate the whistle-blower's allegations. back to you. >> gabe, thank you a tragic end to the search for a missing hiker in utah. zion national park officials say she was found dead about six miles from where she was swept away by floodwaters on friday. and in texas, governor abbott signed a declaration for the 23 counties that suffered from the rain. >> michelle, who's looking to

get it the worst >> we're looking at the south still, not only today but through friday we have a very slow cold front moving through it's the same system that brought the storms to thadallas monday 4 million people under a flood watch in the green mississippi, we even have a flash flood warning in mississippi. and that will happen from time to time as we go throughout the wednesday. we're seeing heavy rain falling this morning where you see the brighter colors, those are the torrential downpours. that's where we will see up to five inches of rain in some spots. it's going to move to the ea 97

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face up to five years in prison. and in texas, most abortions are already illegal, due to a law instated before roe was overturned, which makes no exceptions for rape or incest. the trigger law will put doctors who perform the procedure at risk for life in prison and face $100,000 in fines. the largest firefighters union is warn beiing the turnou gear they use to protect themselves may contain dangerous cancer-causing chemicals here's dan costello. >> reporter: with cancer deaths among firefighters skyrocketing, the biggest firefighters union and city fire chiefs are issuing a joint warning. the turnout or bunker gear the firefighters wear to protect themselves from fire, smoke and soot may itself be preloaded with cancer-causing chemicals. >> every day we put on our personal protective equipment, we're exposing ourselves, our

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and spray your dishes clean. more companies are trimming back parental leave as the pandemic ebbs. hallie jackson has the surprising study >> reporter: devin richie dreams about becoming a father. >> i've always wanted to be a dad, but as things are right now, i don't think that's going to happen anytime soon >> reporter:'s a customer service rep with hulu. he tells nbc hulu recently cut its fully-paid parental leave benefits from 20 weeks to eight weeks. >> for a company like disney to

really pull back on something like 20 weeks is just kind of crazy. >> reporter: hulu declined to comment but it comes as many companies are cutting parental leave. acco paternity leave fell to 27% in 2022 >> i really was surprised at the result it almost was a little counter intuitive. we're in the middle of a war for talent, and we know that employees value this benefit so a lot of companies have said we're going to hunker down and take proactive steps to reduce our expense line so we can successfully survive and thrive on the other side of whatever economic recession were to take place. >> reporter: only 11 states and washington, d.c. have laws that require most employers to offer some paid leave to new parents

the other 39 states do not u.s. federal law allows workers to take leave. it has mostly increased with a drop during the 2008 and 2009 economic crisis. the study shows compared to 2007, nearly twice as many companies offered the leave. during the pandemic it tripled >> they have options and their priorities have shifted. and when you have many employers wanting to transition back to pre-pandemic systems and costs and benefits, there's going to be a tug-of-war that shakes out and we'll be watching that happen >> reporter: but for some workers finding their benefits cut back, it's top of mind

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right now at 4:30, rallies for better wages. one of the bay area's largest school districts faces a teacher shortage. now, current staff are offering a simple solution. what they say needs to happen to fix the issue. also student loan relief. a big announcement coming from the white house today that could save you hundreds of dollars each month. plus -- >> i think this may be the year where we really see a lot of flu cases together with covid. >> our wake-up call, the reason experts are now saying we may see an influx of both covid and flu cases this year. ahead, what steps you should take to protect