wildfires race across the west. fast-moving flames near los angeles sparking evacuations overnight. the conditions fueling the fiery start to summer as much of the

country braces for a sweltering heatwave. a violent weekend across the country. nine people injured in a shooting at a children's splash pad in michigan, while a juneteenth celebration took a deadly turn in texas. what investigators believe spurred the shooting. a record-smashing fundraiser in the race for white house. president biden hauling in $30 million in a star-studded event as former president trump courts black voters in detroit. we're live with a duelling campaign event. fighting to save california's crumbling coastline. what's causing real estate to crash down in the state. and the u.s. open closes out with a bang. the thrilling victory that kept golf fans on the edge of their seats all weekend. we're teeing off the week on this monday, june 17th. "early today" starts right now. good morning. glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera. the western wildfire season is off to an explosive start as

multiple fires burn across california. the post fire in los angeles county's first major blaze of the year and has devoured more than 14,000 acres. it's only 2% contained. some 1200 people were forced to evacuate from the hungry valley recreation area over the weekend. in sacramento county, a fast-moving brushfire threatened homes and livestock, so far scorching nearly 900 acres. and in butte county, evacuation orders are now lifted as crews are taking the junes fire which is now 82% contained. danica hill from our sacramento affiliate kicks off our coverage. >> reporter: the butte county sheriff's office issuing evacuation orders around 4:00 p.m. as the junes fire quickly spread. >> primarily, when we have a fire that we may not be able to catch just because of the speed that it's moving, we start looking really far out in front of it to find out what it is that we need to do. so it becomes less about the firefight than it does about the

public safety. >> reporter: at least two structures damaged in the blaze as fire crews use a number of resources to battle the flames. >> it a lot. we had law enforcement, chp, working officers from cal fire, 24 fire engines, four water tenders, two air tanker, two helicopters and three bulldozers. and four cal fire hand crews. we know that the origin was on poor junes road right off to my left. >> reporter: a dozer line created to block the fire from further spreading and evacuation orders lifted. >> just because the fire is not actively moving anymore, it doesn't mean that we're done because cal fire's policy is to put out every single last pit of smoke out there. and to check the entire fire every square foot. so that's what we do. we're doing the mop-up phase and putting out hot spots really

just standing by just in case something else is to happen so this thing doesn't get awith i from us. >> our thanks to danica hill for that report. police have identified the suspected gunman in a michigan shooting. officials say 42-year-old michael william nash fired a semiautomatic handgun in the flash pad area of a park in rochester hills in what appeared to be a random attack. nine people, including two children were hurt. police tracked the suspect to a nearby home. >> to no avail, had no contact back. after a period of time, we breached the home, and deployed drones to begin an examination at home to make a determination if it was still a hostile actor. and we located the individual deceased in the home. >> one victim, an 8-year-old boy was struck in the head and is hopized in critical condition. in texas, two people were killed in a mass shooting at a

juneteenth celebration in a park near austin. another 14 were wounded be i gunfire, police say. most have been released from the hospital, though. the victims range in age from 10 to 60. police are looking for the suspect they consider armed and dangerous. a $5,000 reward is being offered for anyone with information leading to his arrest. let's turn now to the race for the white house. the biden campaign said it's raised more than $30,000 at a star-studded fundraiser breaking the record for any democratic party event. nbc has reached out to the dnc to confirm that record. alice, good morning. this included some important discussions. what did the president have to say? >> good morning, frances. that's right. president biden sat down for a wide ranging conversation at the event that featured former president obama and was moderated be late night host jimmy kimmel. the three men took aim at donald trump, bringing up his recent convictions and other legal issues.

president biden warned that if his opponent is elected, one of the serious aspects would be the impact on the supreme court. >> the next president is likely to have two new supreme court nominees, two more. two more. the idea that if he's reelected he is going to point two more flags upside down is really -- i really mean it. look, the supreme court has never been as out of kilters a it is today. i mean, never. . >> meanwhile, over the weekend, the trump campaign launched a new effort to grow support among black voters. the former president held a round table event at a church in detroit. speaking to the community there, mr. trump framed president obama as a threat to black americans referencing a 1994 crime bill authored by then senator biden. in a statement, a spokesperson for the biden campaign says the trump campaign's 11th hour

attempt at black voter outreach isn't fooling anyone. frances? >> alice barr for us, alice, thank you. in a surprise announcement that seemed to catch even the government offguard, the israeli army has introduced daily lulls in fighting in the southeastern gaza strip in and around rafah. it's an attempt to get more aid in. the pause also happen between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time, essentially during daylight hours until further notice. israeli media reports that prime minister netanyahu was surprised and angered by the move, but will not stop it. fighting continued in gaza sunday. nine people, including five children were killed when their home was bombed in central gaza, according to ap journalists on the ground. nearly 80 countries signed a statement expressing support for ukraine, saying that the country's territorial integrity must form the basis of any peace deal with russia. the summit was billed at a first step towards peace, but russia was not invited to the

conference, and moscow's key ally china did not attend. for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga who is following the story for us. good morning. what more did the countries agree on? >> the u.n. charter as well as respect for integrity and sovereignty in ukraine should serve as the basis for a just and lasting peace. now let's take a listen to what jake sullivan, the national security adviser had to say about that. >> the vision of peace that was put forward here today from so many different countries, rooted in principles all of us signed up to. rooted in principles all of us would like to live in a world that are ruled by those principles because they make us all safe. this is the right vision as we go forward. >> now the demand for integrity in ukraine clashes completely with what russian president vladimir putin said ahead of that peace summit.

he said that the war will not end until ukraine withdraws from the four provinces russia claims to have annexed since the start of the war. but kyiv and its western allies say that is not a peace offering but a request to surrender. now as you mention, china and russia were not there at the summit, but also perhaps the final declaration was weakened. but the 78 countries that signed it did not persuade many other countries, especially in the global south to sign it. and also no country offered to become a most for the follow-up peace summit. now perhaps the best way the describe the outcome of this peace summit came from the president of switzerland, who in their closing remarks said the road to peace is long and challenging. frances? >> laudclaudio lavanga, thank y. right now back to our weather. and good luck trying to beat the heat this week. michelle grossman is tracking the big summer warm-up. good morning. >> good morning. it's going to be a tough one

we're looking at dangerous heat coast-to-coast, temperatures 10, 20 degrees above normal. in the triple-digits in some spots. it's not just the daytime temperatures. we're not going to recover overnight. it's going to be prolonged for most of this week. as we look at the coast-to-coast, nine, triple-digits, also 80s. once you factor in the humidity in a lot of spots, it will feel like over 100 degrees. look at this for today. over 90 degrees, over 150 million people will be dealing with that portions of the southwest into the plains, also into the northeast. the same throughout the southwest as well. looking at 100s through the south central states. 9 million people impacted by temperatures. over 100 degrees today. we do have 66 million under heat alerts, including heat advisories in the orange heat watches. heat warnings in the lighter pink, that's detroit. and temperatures again soaring well above normal into record-breaking territory. these are the temperatures 96 in toledo 95 i.n 3 in tucson.

99 in san angelo. all right. that's your monday forecast. >> okay, thank you, michelle. >> sure. princess kate is become on the job this morning ahead her cancer battle. this weekend, she made her first public appearance since announcing her diagnosis in march. the princess of wales attended the trooping the color, which is one of the biggest events of the year in the royal calendar. it's when soldiers mark the official birthday of the king. the princess also gave an update on her health battle, saying she is making good progress. coming up here on "early today," the race to save california's coastline as stronger storms erode the beaches and threaten homes. did you know...

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we're back this morning with the story from the edge of the climate crisis. coastal erosion in california from record rainfall is contributing to a new challenge, shrinking beaches across the state. liz kreutz reports on the effort to save them. >> reporter: it's one of the most iconic parts of california, the sprawling beaches. but after two years of record rainfall, now a growing conundrum. how to save the state's crumbling coastlines. >> the volleyball court was where the rocks were. >> reporter: marianne and duke stroud live smack on the beach in the city of oceanside, which has lost 45 feet of sand since 2000. >> we've had the volleyball in our front yard. >> reporter: when marianne's family moved here in the 40s, it looked nothing like it does today. there. >> really is no beach. the beach is gone. >> reporter: shrinking beaches in the area are in part due to man made projects, but locals

say made worse by the intensifying storms that have hammered the state and left homes teetering on lives and parts of highway 1 in big sur collapsed. some beaches across the state now look like, this mostly cobble and rocks, little to no sand, which beyond just making a beach enjoyable is critical to protecting these bluffs and slowing coastal erosion. scientists say sand acts as a natural buffer against pounding waves that eat away at the cliff. >> we have critical infrastructure like highways and rail reys that if we don't have the beach there toe buffer the waves as they come in. >> reporter: already some cities are making plans to move train tracks and part of the highway further inland away from the eroding coast. this as usgs says by 2100, up to 75% of the state's beaches may disappear without limited human intervention due to rising sea levels. so under way right now, a multimillion-dollar race to build back the beaches. in encinitas, this diminished beach has recently been tripled

in size by a u.s. army corps of engineers sand replenishment project. and back north in oceanside, a different approach. >> this used to be sand copping right down here. >> reporter: a grassroots group is advocating to build so-called speed bumps like this to slow the erosion. it's a tragedy they say has already successfully saved australia's gold coast. >> you can't have devastation on our shoreline and now we have an emergency response. why don't we be proactive. >> reporter: there is no one hoping for that more than marianne and duke who are dealing with a new kind of toll as insurance companies pull out of the state due to growing damage from climate disasters, the cost of their coverage has tripled. what have they told you? >> that california has insurance problems and you're lucky to be insured. >> reporter: what's next is now in limbo. if more isn't done to change this, what's the future of the beach? >> there is no future. this house is gone. >> reporter: a changing coast

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next generation of pilots. chanel finch from our denver affiliate has the story. >> reporter: behind aeronautical charts and dozens of buttons is the next generation of pilots ready for takeoff. >> and three, two, one, you're flying. >> reporter: these future flyers want to make a difference with their time in the sky. >> i think with any pilot, every single time you get on the flight deck, you always want to peek in and be who is here? what's going on? >> i want to say thank you to united. >> reporter: students from six hbcus are changing statistics with united airlines. of the airlines pilots and other front line workers in 2023, 18.2% are hispanic/latino, 15.1% are black, and 41.8% are white. it's progress from 40 years ago when michael bonner started flying. >> i knew at an early age is flying airplanes what i wanted to do for a living. >> reporter: he was used to be one of the only in his profession. he knows there is still a way to go. >> ask for more. try to be more now as you're

learning to be that aviation manager or that pilot, that professional pilot. and take advantage of every opportunity that you have to engage with. those that do look like you that are doing what you want to do, don't pass up on any of the opportunities. >> reporter: as a retiring pilot, he is prepared to pass off his wings. eliana rothwell is studying to take over. >> absolutely motivating, yeah. >> reporter: she son the pilot track at delaware state university. >> i love the landings. it's always a little bit of a challenge, but if you get the perfect landing, it just feels so magical. >> down. >> reporter: she says overcoming industry standards are both her challenge and motivation. >> but it's that feeling of maybe i don't belong here, and that's again why events like this are so beneficial. to see people that look like me that are me, that are in the flight deck, that are achieving the careers that i say peyer to be in. being surrounded in a room full of colored pilots is inspiring and motivating to keep chasing my dreams.

>> reporter: even though she is looking up to the professionals around her, she is already inspiring aviators, looking up to her. >> lots of times i feel like oh, i'm not there yet. but then i'll have a little girl, oh, my gosh, you're working on your flight instructor rating. oh, right, i am helping the statistics out. so it is really great to be a part of it. >> reporter: the skies are ready for the next, next generation 2. >> sky's the limit for those students. our thanks to janelle finch for that report. and thanks to you for starting your morning and your week with "early today." i'm frances rivera. have a great monday. see you back here early tomorrow morning.

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