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soon as today. meanwhile, the federal gun charges trial for the president's son hunter now seated. opening arguments are set for later this morning. more fallout in th his wife and children have been doxed in the wake of his testimony. shares of gamestop surging after the man who sparked the 2021 surge reappears. many athletes are training for the love of their sport, some of them are sharing the behind the scenes love that keeps them going. it's tuesday, june 4th. "early today" starts right now. hi there, good morning. i'm frances rivera. president biden is expected to launch a new effort to control our southern border. nbc news has learned the president is set to take executive action as soon as today, giving him the power to shut down the border if migrant

crossings surge. this all on the heels of mexico's historic election. telemundo's julio vaccaro has more from mexico city. >> reporter: prafacing pressure over his handling of the border, nbc news has learned that president biden is expected to sign an executive action to temporarily shut down the border if the number of illegal crossings reaches 2500 per day. there are currently more than 4,000 illegal border crossings every day according to homeland security, suggesting a shutdown could go into effect immediately. this policy is a reversal from the president's stance in january. >> i've done all i can do. >> reporter: with the presidential election approaching,donald trumpslams border over his handling of the border. >> every state is a border state. >> reporter: now president biden is trying to institute

restrictions similar to those mr. trump tried to enact in 2018, which courts struck down. >> this really, what sounds like a draconian and potentially unlawful shutdown of the border. >> reporter: this announcement on the heels of history in mexico. claudia sheinbaum becoming the first woman and first jewish president in the country's 200-year history. the former mayor of mexico city will now be tasked with working with the u.s. to contain the flow of migrants at the border. >> i'm sure we're not going to ha have any major announcement until we find out who is the next president of the united states. four israeli hostages abduct the on october 7 are dead, israel says. the bodies are still in hamas

custody in gaza. the idf assessment is based on intelligence gathering. the four men were killed in khan yunis months ago during a period of bombardment. authorities are investigating whether they died in israeli airstrikes like hamas claims. 43 are confirmed dead, but hamas has indicated that number is even higher. the addresses and phone numbers of michael cohen's wife and children is been published online. it's the most recent incident of so-called doxing of opponents of former president trump. cohen is mr. trump's former fixer and lawyer, and his testimony was central in the hush money case. cohen condemned the doxing, calling it sad and stupidity. mr. trump was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. he will be sentenced july 11th. the jury has been selected for a historic trial in delaware. behi hunter biden is the first child of a sitting president to face criminal charges.

pro president biden not commenting directly on the case but affirming support of his son. here's ryan nobles. >> reporter: for the first time in american history, the child of a sitting president is facing a criminal trial. and now the 12-member jury is set. six men and six women, including six jurors who own guns themselves or who have family members that purchased them recently. hunter biden, accused of lying on a federal form in 2018 to purchase a gun, checking a box saying he was not an active drug user, despite acknowledging in his book he was addicted to crack cocaine at the time. first lady jill biden making a surprise appearance, sitting just a few feet behind her son in court. and the president offering his support, saying, as the president, i don't and won't comment on pending federal cases, but, as a dad, i have boundles bo boundless love for my son. president biden spending memorial day weekend with his

son and inviting him to state dinners. >> first of all, my son has done nothing wrong. i trust in him. >> reporter: hunter's original plea bargain was blasted by republicans as a sweetheart deal and fell apart under a judge's scrutiny. special prosecutor david weiss, then charging him for tax and gun crimes to which hunter biden has pleaded not guilty. weiss saying he'll rely on hunter's laptop, writing the laptop is real. it will be introduced as a trial exhibit and contains significant evidence of the defendant's guilt. prosecutors also expected to call hallie dating when the han discovered. shy' she was the widow of his brother beau. anthony fauci was grilled on the hill. he was asked whether the

six-foot distancing rule was arbitrary after the testimony that the measure just sort of appeared. >> do you think that a rule that sort of just appeared is substantial justification for the regulations that we saw based on that six-foot rule? >> when saying it just appeared, it came from the cdc. >> and you didn't feel an obligation as the lead scientist at the nih to challenge that? >> i've challenged the cdc multiple times. >> fauci also denied withholding data supportive of the theory that the coronavirus leaked from a research lab in wuhan, china. atlanta's water woes are dragging into a fifth day. two massive water main breaks over the weekend left residents cut off and without clean drinking water. officials are partly blaming old and worn-down infrastructure. priya sridhar is in atlanta. >> reporter: a state of emergency in atlanta after two major infrastructure breaks over the weekend left thousands

without water. >> people need their water. people got to eat. people got to cook. we got kids. we need the help. >> reporter: it all started friday morning when a water main break was reported near the downtown area. just hours later, another, unrelated break, this time in the midtown area. several fulton county board of health facilities and summer school programs shut down. a boil water advisory is also in effect for most of the city. >> in my area where i live, people aren't able to take showers, unless they use water bottles. >> reporter: the atlanta fire department setting up a water pickup location for residents. that same fire department struggling to fight a fire at an abandoned apartment on sunday afternoon. >> each fire has its own challenges. in this case because of the environment we're in, there were water supply challenges. >> reporter: the fire crew relying on the help of water tankers from three other counties. the city's mayor assured the public that crews were working

non-stop to solve the widespread water issues. >> our main priority is to restore water service to all residents and businesses. >> reporter: however, he did not offer a timeline for when the repairs would be done in the impacted area. something that's frustrating residents and visitors. >> you would have thought that being in america they would have been a lot more prepared. four days on, i think it's quite scary. is it ill-preparedment or just stupidity. >> reporter: at least one of mate major breaks was the result of old and corroded pipes. >> this is a result of crumbling infrastructure. old pipes. there's pipes down there that's been since 1910, since 19 330. the long-term plan is to invest in our infrastructure. turning to the west coast where crews continue to battle the corral fire in california's

san joaquin county. it is the state's largest wil wildfire so far this year, dough vouring more than 14,000 acres. two firefighters were injured. the blaze began saturday near the lawrence livermore national laboratory and has been fueled by 40 mile-per-hour winds. > >> it's still not known what sparked the flames. angie lassman is tracking the temperatures for us and if there is any break in the near future. >> good morning, frances. temperatures running well above normal. heat alerts for the southwest. you can see why with temperatures surging into the 90s in albuquerque. reno into the 90s. triple digits for palm springs. but even across parts of the midwest and northeast, above normal. 88 degrees expected in cleveland. we've got triple digits expected for las vegas, palm springs,

fresno, salt lake city will hit 87 degrees. running way warm for this time of year. but specifically as we get into thursday and beyond we'll likely s see record-breaking temperatures. we've got 112 on tap for thursday in las vegas and 111 on friday. meanwhile, the middle of the country, a chance for strong storms, 19 million at risk, from dallas to alexandria and into jackson. the tornado risk is on the low end, but w coast, philadelphia and washington, d.c. richmond hit 86 degrees. mostly sunny skies in new york with a high of 80 today. that's a look at you are why

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banding together to purchase the stock which soared as much as 1,000% propelled by his online analysis, gil loved by those across the internet, defending his methods to congress in 2021. >> the idea that i used social media to promote gamestop stock to unwitting investors and influence the market is preposterous. >> reporter: that saga even getting the hollywood treatment in "dumb money", leading the revolt against wall street. >> how much did we make today? >> 5 million. >> how much did we lose today? >> a billion. >> reporter: what will the roaring kitty's return mean for the immaculateses? at the very least, a renewed interest in trading by retail investors. >> this actually brings people into the market. and it brings some excitement and interest and research into the market. so, as long as you're doing it sensibly, i think it's a good thing for markets and investors overall. >> our thanks to brian cheung for that report. still to come, is marvel

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