operation that freed four israeli hostages, while officials in gaza say the mission killed hundreds of palestinians.

we're live with details of the major departure from israel's war cabinet. a major step towards sentencing for former president trump in his hush money trial. we're live with what to expect from his first meeting with a probation officer today. a catastrophic failure. what caused a highly traveled wyoming highway to collapse, and how it could impact summer tourism plans for yellowstone. united airlines is taking targeted ads to new heights, why in-flight entertainment is about to get personal for passengers. and the mavs are shipping out to boston two games down. the highlights as the celtics take a commander lead in the nba finals. and thieves think outside the bun. inside the growing black market for stolen taco bell art. it's monday, june 10th. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. we begin with the next steps for donald trump after his hush

money trial conviction. nbc news has learned that the former president is scheduled to have an interview with a new york city probation officer today. nbc's alice barr joins us now. alice, what is the purpose of the meeting? >> frances, this is a required step in the sentencing process. three sources tell nbc news that a probation officer will interview mr. trump virtually while he is at his mar-a-lago estate in florida. the officer will evaluate things like its former president's mental state and financial background. this is a chance for mr. trump to make the case for a lighter punishment. the officer will provide a report to the judge, who is set to deliver the sentence on july 11th. the former president just held his first rally since his conviction, speaking to a crowd in 100 degree heat in las vegas, saying his campaign is stronger than ever after the verdict. >> what they've done is they've weaponized the department of justice. the only thing they didn't

understand is that we just had the largest fundraising effort in a period of one week than anybody has ever had. hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people contributed. that they wouldn't have except for the court case. and our poll numbers are higher now than they were before. >> and in delaware closing arguments are expected to begin as soon as today in the historic trial of president biden's son, hunter biden, he has pleaded not guilty to illegally buying a handgun and lying about his drug use on a government form. we are waiting to see if hunter will take the stand today. his legal team took the weekend to decide. if he does testify it would be the last testimony heard by the jury before the defense rests. a guilty verdict could mean anything from probation all the way up to 25 years in prison for the president's son. frances. >> alice, thank you. a political shake up this

morning in israel after eight months of war opposition leader benny gantz has left the emergency unity government. it was formed right after the october 7th hamas attack on israel. gantz followed through on a promise he made weeks ago to exit the war cabinet if prime minister netanyahu did not present a credible post-war plan for gaza. this all comes amid mounting international outrage after gaza's health ministry says israel killed nearly 300 palestinians in a chaotic operation to he is could you four israeli hostages. at the scene at a refugee camp this man said his five children were injured in the attack which also destroyed their home. >> we have nothing to do with hamas. i was with my son in here. why you send the helicopter to bomb? >> let's go to claudio lavanga. claudio, good morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, that rescue operation was carried out in an area densely

populated with palestinian refugees and at least according to the health ministry in gaza at least 275 people were killed during the operation, including 64 children and 700 others were injured. now, we don't know how many civilians were among them but at least according to hamas among the dead were also three other israeli hostages of which one with u.s. citizenship. we don't have yet independent confirmation of that claim. now the news of the hostages release was welcome with jubilation across israel, but that did not stop, as you mentioned, benny gantz, the main rival of benjamin netanyahu, from leaving the war cabinet now back in may. he did demand the israeli prime minister -- or asking for a concrete post-war plan, and he gave him a deadline, june 8th, which was saturday. when that didn't materialize,

well, he resigned and he said that now benjamin netanyahu is on the way -- is in the way to a credible israeli victory and he called for a -- demanded elections for this. netanyahu responded on his x account saying that this is not the time to abandon the campaign but to join forces, frances. >> claudio lavanga for us. thank you. now to the legal battle over reproductive rights. the supreme court is set to rule on two pivotal abortion cases this month two years after the court overturned roe v. wade. in the most closely watched case the court is deciding whether to impose new restrictions on a commonly used abortion medication, including whether to allow access to the pills by mail. and in the other case the justices are considering a near total abortion ban in idaho and whether it conflicts with a federal law that requires emergency medical care for patients. the rulings are expected by the end of the month. the next ruling day is thursday.

at least ten people were hurt in madison, wisconsin, after a shooting at a rooftop party early sunday morning. police say nine of the victims were hit by gunfire. another person was injured by broken glass. they say none of the injuries appear life-threatening. some of the victims were high school students. madison's police chief says it's a miracle no one is dead and police are still searching for suspects and a potential motive. now to sacramento where the suspect in mass shootings -- in a mass shooting has been found dead. smiley martin was being held on charges from a 2022 shooting that killed six people where police say two groups of men connected to gangs fired more than 100 shots in a downtown area near the state capital. the sheriff's office is now investigating after a 29-year-old inmate was found unresponsive during a cell check around 2:00 a.m. saturday. martin's public defender told nbc news he was informed of his client's death saying martin had been fighting to defend his innocence. a state of emergency in

wyoming near some of the country's most popular tourist spots after a landslide wiped out a key road. that could mean a big set back for workers and headaches for the tourists visiting favorites like yellowstone and the grand tee tans. dana griffin has the details. >> reporter: an emergency declaration after a mountain road near the popular jackson, wyoming, tourist destination catastrophic flee failed. >> starting tuesday it started moving faster. >> reporter: drone video showing the massive chunk of the teton pass that plunged down the mountain. the 8 inch crack started forming thursday, by friday an additional 10 to 12 inches rapidly formed. >> overnight it slid all the way down, complete failure. >> reporter: this road connects jackson to roads in east idaho. 10,000 vehicles pass each day, including families that go to work and school.

>> my two hour commute turned into a six-hour commute. >> reporter: david anderson it will impact workers to touristes. >> if they don't come the economy crashes here. if you are going to be a tourist plan to pay more than you would. >> reporter: 40% of tee ton's workforce comes from idaho to support grand teton national park, yellowstone and luxury resorts. >> could this take weeks, months, before before people could start accessing the road. >> i definitely want to do it weeks not months. we know how important it is to the city of jackson. we will get it done. >> reporter: crews working to revive a vital transportation lifeline destroyed by mother nature. dana griffin, nbc news. the weekend saw a spate of shark attacks in the united states, two happened miles apart with two people seriously hurt. it's unclear whether it was the same shark in both incidents. nbc's marissa parra asked florida officials if the water

is safe. >> what i don't think people should be historical or paralyzed only as far as they need to be aware of their surroundings and look out for each other. >> statistically speaking attacks on sharks by humans are rare, but friday's florida shark attacks came on the same day as an attack reported out of hawaii and after last week's attack in galveston, texas, where a 19-year-old had to fight a 5 footer off with her hands. it is a stormy start to the week across the south. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking the threat for us. >> good morning, frances. it's a pretty quiet monday weather day and the weekend was pretty quiet, too, but this week will be all about the heavy rain in florida and the temperatures in the west. today just some scattered showers and storms, typical for florida late afternoon, but it's not typical what's going to happen tuesday and wednesday. allthe bright reds and yellows, tropical downpours. this isn't a tropical storm or a hurricane or anything like that, it's just tropical moisture that's going to be lingering over this area, kind this have

frontal boundary is going to help to ring it out. we could see pretty epic rainfall totals over the next five days, computers are hinting someone could get close to a foot of rain over the next five days. florida has sandy soil and it association it up, but this is a lot of rain in a short period of time and once the ground gets saturated there will be flooding issues. in the west 1 8 million people under heat watches. for today widespread warmth, a lot of people are 5 to 10, reading is 15 degrees warmer than it should be for this time of year. as we head towards tomorrow we will start cranking it back up in vegas, 108 and also phoenix will be will coast and that will actually help cool things off a little bit late in the afternoon.

frances, one thing i didn't talk by a lot is the northeast and the middle of the country. it's looking beautiful much of this week. >> and it's feeling like it. too. thank you. "early today" is back in a minute with what's driving gold price toss record highs. and the celtics are just two wins away from having the most a nbchampionships. how they topped the mavs in game two. after waiting years for it to grow? meet new pantene pro-v miracles. with our highest concentration of pro-vitamins yet, infused with ingredients like biotin & collagen. strengthens hair bonds and repairs as well as the leading luxury brand without the $60 price tag. for stronger, healthier hair. ♪♪ if you know, you know it's pantene. ♪♪ i thought i was sleeping ok... but i was waking up so tired. then i tried new zzzquil sleep nasal strips. their four—point lift design opens my nose for maximum air flow. so, i breathe better. and we both sleep better. and stay married.

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effectively you can opt out of this, you don't have to sign up for targeted ads and the airline says that the advertisers won't have access to information where you can personally identify an individual. meantime elsewhere all that glitters is not gold. the world gold council says gold deposits are becoming harder to find, saying that even though there was record production at the start of this year in the first quarter in 2014 the council says that has now plateaued and the industry is struggling to sustain production. it means that we are seeing a little bit of price action. don't forget gold has been tracking higher in recent weeks. frances, back to you. >> karen, thank you. the celtics are hiding holiday road all the way to a two-game lead. >> doncic goes right at tatum, throws a wild pass, stolen by brown. halladay all alone and throws it down. >> boston cruised to their second straight finals victory on sunday thanks to 26 points

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popular fast food chain have become a lucrative item online. nbc's maura barrett has the story. >> the louvre, scene of the mysteries disappearance of the mona lisa. >> reporter: they were the height of heists that rocked the art world. way back in 1911 the mona lisa snatched from the halls of the louvre. >> a theft from the isabella stewart gardner knew seem was shockingly simple. >> reporter: fast forward to 1990, two men dressed as police officers brazenly walked out of boston's gardner museum with 13 paintings totalling $500 million. today another scandal unfolding and it's hitting the art world right in the chalupa. that's right, artwork mysteriously gone missing not from a museum or gallery but from, well, taco bell. they're now going for big bucks on the black market. >> i kind of think of it as the gamestop of art heists. >> reporter: reports of paintings disappearing from the

franchises started in 2015. more than a decade after artist mark t. smith had been commissioned to create them. >> it's kind of economical in a way because the way it was framed it was like this great art heist. the thomas crown affair. >> reporter: smith is an accomplished painter, shown in galleries across the country and has done work for campaigns like absolute vodka and the 2008 olympics, work that fans wanted to collect. the taco bell art, though -- >> i wasn't expecting that with taco bell, frankly. it's a nice endorsement. it's not like somebody giving you a compliment at a show of your work, it's just more ought tick inthat way. >> reporter: the pieces selling on ebay are mere copies of smith's original work but yet look at this post for $10,000. >> in the stage of social media it's definitely bragging rights and that's a big part of it. it's easier to fence something that's a print rather than an original, not that i would know personally. >> reporter: we spoke with one ebay seller who said he found the prints for sale on facebook and recognized them instantly.

>> it was like -- like something triggered inside of me. i'm like, oh, my god, i tote eight remember those. iconic. nostalgia wins every time. >> reporter: turns out the old saying is true, but with a twist. art is in the eye of the taco holder. maura barrett, nbc news. the national puerto rican day parade took over the streets of new york city sunday celebrating the culture, arts and achievements and legacy of puerto rico. tens of thousands attended under the banner an inclusive term acknowledging puerto ricans across the americas. thanks so much for starting your week with "early today." i'm frances rivera. have a great monday. see you right back here tuesday rning. your news moco

a shake-up in israel. netanyahu rival benny gantz resigning from the war cabinet