. thank you for watching top story tonight. i'm tom llamas in new york. more news is on the way. breaking overnight. israel launches airstrikes on iran, targeting its nuclear program. the attack killing a top iranian

general and stoking fears of all-out war between the two countries. an appealsourt pauses an order, allowing president trump to maintain control of several thousand troops in california. this coming after some chaotic moments during a press conference in l.a. when a democratic senator ended up in handcuffs. dreamliner disaster. a flight crashes moments after takeoff. the tragedy killing all but one passenger. the man who managed to walk away from the crash with just some bruises on his arm. we're live with this miraculous story of survival. swept away in san antonio. rushing floodwaters overwhelm more than a dozen vehicles, leaving at least five dead and two others missing. the latest on the search effort and when the region could catch a break.

when "early today" starts right now. good to be with you, i'm frances rivera. we begin with israel launching a major attack on iran. benjamin netanyahu confirming this morning's strike targeted iran's main enrichment facility. it not only increases the chances of war but expands the long-running conflict in the region. nbc's claudio lavanga joins me now. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. in a video that the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, posted right after the attack, he said that israel strikes at the heart of iran's nuclear program, and he said the operations will continue for as many days as it takes to take away that threat. among the targets were the iran's main nuclear enrichment

facility, as well as iranian scientists working on the nuclear program. now, among all those targets, at least according to the iranian state media, where also top officials of the iranian revolutionary guard and the iranian army. they are the hossain salami, the commander in chief of the iranian guard. and the commander of the armed forces, the top commander in iran's military forces. now, the supreme leader of iran, the ayatollah khamenei has vowed for retaliation, which could have already started. the idf says iran has already launched at least a hundred drones toward israel, they're expected to reach israel in the coming hours. and at least according to the times of israel, israel has already started to shoot them down outside of israel's borders. in the meantime, the u.s. administration has distanced

itself from the attack. in a statement, marco rubio said this was a unilateral attack. a diplomatic solution was the preferred solution by president trump. especially as it comes two days before the sixth and new rounds of talks with iran that were supposed to at least scheduled to take place in oman. >> claudio, thank you. there was judicial whiplash in california. first, a judge blocked donald trump from using the state national guard to quell protests over immigration raids. but just a few hours later, the ninth circuit court of appeals paused that order, meaning the trump administration can keep the guard in los angeles and under their control until a hearing next week. before the reversal, governor gavin newsom slammed what he called the president's overreach. >> we pushed back against these

authoritarian tendencies of a president that has pushed the boundaries, pushed the limit but can no longer can push this state around any longer. >> also in california, democratic senator scuffled with both fbi and secret service agents at a homeland security press conference. liz kreutz has that story. >> reporter: chaotic moments during a press conference by homeland security secretary kristi noem in l.a. >> every single person that has been able to do this -- >> reporter: it all began when california's democratic senator, alex padilla started interrupting her from the back of the room. >> the fact of the matter is, half a dozen criminals -- >> reporter: padilla was forced out of the room and handcuffed in the hallway. >> i was almost immediately forced from the room. i was not arrested.

i was not detained. >> reporter: we pressed noem when she walked out. why was he not detained? >> i'll let the law enforcement speak to how this situation was handled. but i will say that people need to identify themselves before they start lunging at people during a press conference. >> reporter: is it appropriate to handcuff a sitting senator that way? >> reporter: padilla's democratic colleagues outraged. >> i just saw something that sickened my stomach. the manhandling of a united states senator. we need immediate answers to what the hell went on. >> reporter: the white house saying padilla stormed a press conference, that he wanted attention and blasting it as an immature theater kids stunt. noem later saying she met with padilla. >> we sat down for ten to 15 minutes and talked about the fact that nobody knew who he was. if he had requested a meeting, i would have loved to have a conversation with him. coming into a press conference

like this is political theater. >> if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers. >> reporter: and hours after i.c.e. agents tracked down a farm worker in the field, president trump acknowledged that it can impact farms and hotels. >> people have been there for 20, 25 years, and they've worked great, and owner of the farm loves them and everything else. and you're supposed to throw them out. and you know what happens? they end up hiring the criminals, the murderers from prisons and everything else. so we're going to have an order on that pretty soon, i think. we can't do that to our farmers, and leisure, too, hotels. >> and our thanks to liz for that report. now to the devastating images out of india. an air india plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff yesterday in the western indian city. all except one were killed.

a british national of indian origin miraculously surviving the crash, walking away with only bruises on his arm. nbc's janis mackey frayer has more for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. this is india's deadliest air disaster in decades. in the 24 hours that have passed since the boeing crashed, there are very few answers. cctv images show the plane bursting into flames, sending clouds of fire and smoke into the air. and this all happened in under a minute. 242 passengers and crew on board. and remarkably, one person survived. he was sitting in seat 11a. it's an emergency exit row. his brother told skynews that he video called his family in the uk after the crash and said he doesn't know how he survived it. indian investigators, along with

teams from the u.s. and the uk will now focus on two pieces of video that may hold clues as to what caused this first-ever cash of a boeing dreamliner. experts say they'll look at why the wing flaps weren't up. why the landing gear was still down, and whether the hundred-degree heat in the city could have lessened the plane's thrust on takeoff. they'll also look at the pilot's actions as well as the jet's maintenance records and the fuel that it was carrying. officials say that with fatalities on the ground and in the medical college that the plane hit, the death toll could climb even higher. family members of the victims are now gathering, waiting to provide dna samples to identify the loved ones lost in this tragedy. frances? >> janice, thank you. san antonio, texas is reeling as authorities desperately search for survivors after a series of slow-moving storms left at least five people dead and two unaccounted for.

floodwaters submerged the highway, leaving over a dozen cars mangled and flipped. the city's fire department says there were at least 65 water rescues. and authorities tell us a dozen people managed to escape from the cars in the creek, saved themselves by clinging to tree branches. millions across the south remain under flood alerts this morning. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all for us. good morning, angie. >> good morning to you. made it to friday. but still going to remain unsettled over the east. you can see where the rain is focussed today. across the midwest we have action across the plains and thunderstorms working north from memphis to st. louis as well as across parts of the southeast. and all of those locations are going to continue to see the widely-scattered showers and thunderstorms through the day today. we'll have the severe risk across parts of montana into the texas panhandle. tomorrow, more of the rain working into the northeast and draped across the east. we'll see the severe risk centered across the western high plains for your saturday. and we keep it unsettled into

sunday. as far as when it's all said and done, i think the highest amounts, two to three inches. we could see isolated spots s gher than that. but we will watch for the flash flooding concernacross the plains today. as far as your weekend is concerned, otherwise we've got plenty of sunshine out west. we'll still be needing the umbrella saturdaand sunday fy or jacksonville. we head to the low 90s in new orleans. mid-90s in san antonio with mostly-sunny skies. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you. >> angie, thank you. still to come, prior authorization purgatory, with timeme and treatment options running out, a cancer patient goes to battle with another adversary, his health insurance. adversary, his health insurance. you could use some metamucil. metamucil's psyllium fiber

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we are back with one cancer patient's battle for treatment after their insurance company denied coverage. erin mclaughlin has the story reported in partnership with kff health ns. >> welcome home. >> reporter: we first met eric tenet at his west virginia home. arriving back from the hospital, exhausted due to serious complications from his stage four cancer. >> feeling okay? >> yeah, a little bit rough right now. >> reporter: eric, his wife rebecca, and his doctor had all hoped to get a break from chemo and buy time by getting a treatment that would use ultrasound to target the tumors in his liver. what does time mean to you right now? >> means everything for me. more for my family. >> reporter: early studies showed the treatment to have a success rate of 85% to 95%. but eric's insurance said no. denying coverage for the treatment, calling it

experimental, and not medically necessary. >> well, it was actually scheduled for the 14th. but they had to can tell it. >> reporter: a father of two, he has insurance through peia, a state plan. >> then you got the second denial. >> yes, and the third and the fourth. >> reporter: what does the word deny mean to you? >> deny means we don't value a doctor's opinion, and we don't really care it you live or die. >> reporter: rebecca appealed and fought for months, turning to state lawmakers and the media, including kff health news reporter lauren saucer, who contacted pfea. >> they wanted me to submit questions in writing. we hear nothing for a really long time. >> reporter: then nbc news joined in to try to get answers. one week after nbc news asked about eric's denial, a stunning

reversal. peia approved coverage for the treatment, saying it requested a second opinion through an external independent review, calling the situation rare and exceptional. rebecca's feeling? >> they only approved it because of nbc stepping in. it's discouraging, because i have the time and the patience to do this. a lot of people don't. i think tients would say the purpose is to drag it out as long as possible. >> reporter: difficult decisions, we're told are made by medical professionals and not in manner that is arbitrary. do you wonder what could have been? >> yes, if we would have got this four or five months ago, where would i be at now? i'm just fighting for another day. >> our thanks to erin for that report. still to come, the search

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