multiple wildfires burning out west, destroying buildings, threatening homes, and prompting evacuations from arizona through california. this as much of the country

braces for unusually high heat. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking it all. at least two people are dead and dozens more hurt in a rash of weekend gunfire spanning multiple states, including on a kids' splash pad in michigan. what police on the scene are saying. the world rallies around ukraine. nearly 80 countries support ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty at a summit in switzerland. we've got a life report on the summit and the major world powers not in attendance. an nbc news investigation. how one major public hospital system is allegedly protecting doctors by silencing patients with malpractice claims. and an exclusive look at the hidden secret buried beneath the ruins of pompeii, newly discovered after nearly 2,000 years. it's monday, june 17th. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm frances rivera. the western wildfire season is

off to an explosive start as multiple fires burn across the region. the post fire is 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. farther north in butte county, crews are taming the june fire which is now 82% contained. evacuation orders there have been lifted. and fast-moving brushfire in sacramento county threatened homes and livestock, so far scorching nearly 900 acres. meanwhile, families near phoenix, arizona are facing the charred aftermath of the rose fire that erupted last wednesday. the flames destroying 15 structures, including seven homes. and this is just the beginning of the hot, dry weather fueling these wildfires. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman joins us now with the sweltering temperatures blanketing much of the country

this week. good morning, michelle. >> good morning. a tough week, a dangerous week for many. we're going see temperatures in the 80s, 90s, triple digits, but a lot of spots feeling like the triple-digits. and we're waking up to 62 million americans under heat alerts. we have heat advisories. that is in the orange. heat watches, heat warnings from the midwest all the way through the ohio valley into the northeast as well. it's philadelphia you are under a heat watch. temperatures soaring into the 90s for so many spots. chicago 95 today. 93 in indianapolis. pittsburgh 92. even syracuse looking at 93 degrees. the record there is 93. we're going to see a record-breaking week as well with temperatures 10, 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. the heat for most of the week. tomorrow lots of 90s from kalamazoo to williamsport, boston 91 degrees tomorrow. the record there is 94. and then by late week, those temperatures stick around. new york city into the 90s through friday. back to you. >> okay. we'll be ready for it. thanks, michelle. see you in a bit. >> sure. in texas, two people were killed in mass shootings at a

juneteenth celebration in a park near austin. another 14 were wounded by gunfire, police say. most have been released from the hospital. the victims' ages range from 10 to 60. the local police chief offered a description of the suspect who they say began shooting after an altercation. >> we are looking for a black male, 5'7", thin build, approximately 19, 20 years of age with short dreads and he was last seen wearing a white hoodie. >> the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. a $5,000 reward is being offered for anyone with information leading to his arrest. police have identified the suspected gunman in the michigan shooting. officials say 42-year-old michael william nash drove to a city park in rochester hills and started firing a semiautomatic handgun at people in the park's splash pad area. 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 bre breached the home and deployed drones to begin an examination of the home to make a determination if it was still a hostile actor. and we located the individual deceased in the home. >> police said the shooting seemed random and they may have had mental health challenges as far as the man goes. one of the victims, an 8-year-old boy was struck in the head and hospitalized in critical condition. nearly 80 countries sign on to 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 in switzerland, but moscow was not invited and 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? >> good morning, frances. well, that final document as you mentioned says that the u.n. charter as well as respect integrity and sovereignty of ukraine should serve as a basis for a just and lasting peace. let's 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 territorial integrity clashes completely with what vladimir putin said just ahead of that summit. he said that the war will not end until ukraine withdraws from all four provinces russia claims

to have annexed since the start of the invasion and the war. kyiv and other western allies said that is not a peace offering, but it's a request to surrender. russia and china did not participate in that summit, but also those who signed didn't manage to persuade many other states who are not aligned, especially from the global south to sign that document. and no country offered to host an eventual second peace summit. so in a way, perhaps the best way to describe the outcome of this summit comes from the president of switzerland, who in the closing remark said the road is long and challenging. frances? >> claudio lavanga for us. claudio, thank you. in a surprise announcement that seemed to catch even the government offguard, the israeli army has introduced daily lulls in fighting in a 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 mr. -- 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 there. let's turn now to greece, where a missing american has been found dead. local media say the body of a tourist was found on a fairly remote beach. the victim has not been identified, but this is the latest in a string of recent indicates on which tourists on the greek islands have died or gone missing. the search continues for retired california deputy albert calibet. he was reported missing tuesday after he went on a solo hike that was supposed to take about four hours. greece is in the grips of a heatwave that has forced some tourist sites and public schools to close. princess kate is back on the job this morning amid 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 hundreds of soldiers mark the official birthday of the king. the princess also gave an update on her health battle, saying she is making good progress. it's going to be a hot week ahead for much of the country. let's check back in with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman, who is tracking those temperatures. hi gain, michelle. >> hi there, frances. that's the big weather headline this week. we're looking at record temperatures. temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal into the 90s, feeling like the triple-digits. on top tropical moisture moving into the gulf. we could see up to 8 inches in some spots. generally 2 to 5. we're looking in the northern rockies. we're looking at accumulating snow there. that's late spring where we're looking at snow falling. spread throughout portions of the plains and upper midwest. we could see some hail, heavy rain and damaging winds as well. as we near wednesday, sunny and seasonal along the west coast. we're look at rain throughout portions of the central plains

into the midwest. a flood risk once again along the gulf coast, where we could see some very heavy rain, 105 in phoenix. and 96 in san antonio. all right. back to you. >> okay, michelle, thank you. "early today" is back in a minute with an nbc news investigation. how a major public hospital system is allegedly protecting its doctors by senngilci patients who accuse them of malpractice. 80% of women are struggling with hair damage? just like i was. dryness and frizz could be damaged hair that can't retain moisture. new pantene miracle rescue deep conditioner, with first-of-its-kind melting pro-v pearls... locks in moisture to repair 6 months of damage in one wash, without weigh down. guaranteed or your money back!

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>> imagine going in for a dental procedure and ending up with life-long pain. >> the pain is really bad. i feel now my mouth is on fire all the time. >> reporter: or being told you have stage 4 terminal cancer only to find out later your life could have been saved years earlier. >> he had to go on oxygen. we had to take him to the emergency room and he all but died at that point. >> reporter: this nightmare became their reality, both at the same public hospital system, the university of washington. and an nbc news investigation found they're just two of settlements at uw that included nondisclosure agreements, a tactic usually employed by prominent figures or by businesses to silence disgruntled employees. not as commonly discussed at taxpayer-funded institutions like uw. ruby lost her husband douglas to cancer in 2020.

just three years after his diagnosis. according to a lawsuit before he died, douglas discovered that a uw radiologist had allegedly spotted a lesion on his lungs in a scan back in 2012 and marked it, quote, critical. but the lawsuit said no one from the hospital told douglas or his doctor, allowing the disease to spread until it was too late. >> modern medicine is extremely complicated and mistakes are made all the time. it's a question of the gravity of the mistake in question. >> reporter: douglas, an attorney, pursued a lawsuit against the university of washington and two years before he died, they settled the case for $5 million. the university admitted no wrongdoing. >> i'm glad we got some money, but there's no sense in which that makes up for having lost my life partner. >> reporter: susannah went to uw hospital for a broken tooth repair in 2016. but when she woke up from a three-hour surgery, she said she was in intense pain that never

got better. years of agony, even led her to consider suicide. finally, susanna saw another dentist who discovered a nerve in her jaw had been partially obliterated. the dentist later telling state investigators it was due to, quote, meller roar. after filing a notice of claim, the university of washington paid susannah and her husband mark $600,000. neither the dentist or the hospital admitted any wrongdoing, and they had to agree to an nda. >> i was feeling that they were looking to only care for themselves and not us, and that they shouldn't be allowed to serve the public with that kind of attitude. >> that lack of transparency, as you well know, means that things carry on behind the scenes the way they always have. >> reporter: for most of paul luvera's 55-year legal career, he advised all of his clients not to sign ndas as a condition

of a settlement. >> the benefit is all to the party paying the money because it's kept confidential. but it turns out very significant amounts offered. >> reporter: nbc news found the university of washington included ndas from 70 of the, requiring patients and their families to keep quiet as a condition of settlement. but the irony is since uw is a public institution, the detail of those settlements are publicly available, meaning the only people who cannot talk about them are the patients. in a statement, uw said, quote, like many health care organization, including publicly owned organizations, uw asks for confidentiality in order to achieve finality and certainty when a claim concludes. but susanna and mark believe they must speak out, even though by breaking the nda, it could put them at risk. >> i want to see an actual adjustment that we're going to serve the people that we're here

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