the first presidential showdown of the 2024 election sparking all kind of debate for voters. president biden and former president trump faced off over the economy, abortion rights and immigration. but why the question of age what's on everyone's mind this morning. another landmark ruling on reproductive rights. the fight isn't over yet. more turbulence for boeing. the new trouble with the ntsb as the company tries to correct course with fliers. and the nfl facing a legal blitz. why a federal jury is ordering the league to pay nearly $5 billion for inflating the price of its popular sunday game package. and with less than a month before the paris olympics, we're hiec live in minneapolis where the top gymnasts are hitting the mats. "early today" starts right now.

good morning, thanks for ending your week with us, i'm frances rivera. we begin in atlanta where reaction is still rolling in after the first presidential debate of 2024. even some of president biden's closest allies are acknowledging that he struggled and got off to a slow start last night. while former president trump repeatedly made false claims. some democrats are concerned about the president's performance, his voice often sounding hoarse. and a biden aide tells nbc news the president has a cold. he did get a sharp attack in about his euopponent's legal ba. >> how many millions do you owe for molesting a woman in public, for doing a whole range of things things, for having sex with a porn star on the night, when your wife was pregnant? what are you talking about? you have the morals of an alley cat. >> i didn't have sex with a porn

star. >> alice barr joins us with more on the biggest night. what did the voters have to say? >> reporter: the debate kicked off with a question about the issue that the majority of american voters says is top on this list. and that's the economy. president biden and former president trump sparred over which administration was to blame for rising inflation. president biden saying the economy was in free fall when he took office. >> if you have to take a look at all the work that was done in his administration, he didn't do much at all. by the time he left things were in chaos, literally chaos. so we put things back together. we created, i said, those jobs. >> the only jobs he created was for illegal immigrants and bounce-back jobs that bounced back from the covid. inflation's killing our country. it is absolutely killing us.

>> reporter: the overturning of roe versus wade was another focus of the debate. both candidates tried to paint the other as more extreme on the issue of abortion, which resulted in this heated exchange over the idea of late-term abortions. >> if i'm elected, i'm going to restore roe versus wade. >> so that means he can take the life of the baby in the ninth month and even after birth, because some states, democrat-run take it after the birth. the governor of virginia, put the baby down until we decide what to do with it. he's willing, as we say, to rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month. nobody wants it to happen. >> you're lying. that is simply not true. roe versus wade does not provide for that. that's not the circumstance. only the woman's life is in danger, she's going to die. that's the only circumstance in which that can happen. but we are not for late-term abortion, period.

period, period. >> former president trump was ask the if he would accept the results of this upcoming election. he said he would if it was a fair and legal and good election. mr. trump then repeated false allegations of voter fraud from when he lost in 2020. the biden and trump campaigns only agreed to two debates. the second one is set for september. frances? >> alice barr for us, thank you. the supreme court largely avoided the big questions in its latest ruling on abortion, sending a major case back to a lower court. as laura jartret reports, the temporary reprieve has health care workers worried about the future. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court temporarily clearing the way for women in idaho to receive abortions e abortions w he when their health is at risk. but side-stepping what care

doctors must supply going forward. some doctors are uneasy about the road ahead. >> now we will need to be in this waiting patternagain. i would say our health system in idaho is collapsing under the weight of this. >> reporter: the biden doj argued that federal law requires hospitals provide abortions to women in health emergencies, including grave situations that threaten future fertility. but identify oud only allows abortions to save a woman's life. punting the issue to tlower courts. >> we will continue to litigate it vigorously. >> reporter: the court issuing a short opinion, drawing a sharp rebuke from justice jackson, accusing her colleagues of dawdling on the heart of the question. when are abortions mandated? one still percolating not only in idaho but six other states with strict abortion bans.

justice alito also critical of the decision, suggesting his colleagues had allowed the emotional and highly-publicized issue to cloud their thinking. it tests where the justices stand now, two years after the conservative majority overturned rowe. the trump campaign saying the former president continues supporting the rights of states to make decisions on abortions. the biden campaign pouncing on the court's ruling. out with a new ad emphasizing the health consequences of abortion bans like idaho's. >> when you're the only person in the emergency room at 2:00 in the morning and someone comes in hemorrhaging and they're pregnant, you're responsible. >> the penalties are so severe. felony imprisonment. loss of life. those are terrifying things. >> our thanks to laura for that report. just days after the oklay

supreme court ruled publicly funded religious schools illegal, a new edict was issued. >> every classroom will have a bible in the classroom and will be teaching from the bible. >> superintendent ryan walters now requiring all public schools to include the bible as part of the curriculum, effective immediately. schools will also be required to refer to the bible and ten commandments. civil rights groups decried the requirement, saying it trampled on students' rights of freedom of religion. pichief arredondo saw the botched response to the may 2022 massacre where officers waited in the hallway while school children were being shot dead. he was released on bond last night and did not respond to request for comment. new turbulence for boeing.

it comes as the company is getting an inside look at the safety changes it's making in its factories. here's tom costello. >> reporter: already under faa and ens ntsb investigation. >> we believe that plug was opened without the correct paperwork. >> reporter: the ntsb says those comments blatantly violated ntsb investigative regulations that prohibit anyone from releasing information until an investigation is complete. boeing said we deeply regret that some of our comments intended to make clear our responsibility in the accident and explain the actions we are taking over steps the ntsb's role. now boeing's role in investigating what went wrong on

the 737 max assembly line will be curtailed. this is the line where they had the blowout. it is under intense faa and ntsb skrut scrutiny right now. because on this assembly line, boeing's reputation is on the line. it's moving fast to change its manufacturing procedures to regain the trust of the faa, airlines and flying public. >> i feel like people are a lot more comfortable to speak up. >> reporter: why has it taken you so long to develop a top-to-bottom approach to quality and safety management that one would think this company should have already had in place decades ago. >> we have a strong foundation of caring deeply p aabout safet. meanwhile, a new whistle-blower tells the faa he was fired by spirit aerosystems after reporting sub standard work on the 787. boeing says the issues were addressed and fixed. spirit says we encourage all

employees with concerns to come forward. boeing's turn around plan under the microscope and overshadowed. tom costello. nbc news, seattle. now to the devastating situations in the midwest. let's get an update on today's forecast from nbc meteorologist angie lassman. good morning. whether when can they get a break. >> >> not just yet. we're still going to be thunderstorms in the forecast. here's the deal as far as severe weather is concerned. we do have a potential to see some of the stronger wind gusts, places like omaha to kansas city. there's the river flooding that we're currently dealing with. notice where you see brighter pinks is where we're seeing the major flooding. >> but when we add on rainfall we're expected to get tonight, most of the heaviest of it is going to remain south of those areas dealing with the worst of the river flooding. >> this area is quite sat rated.

so we'll be watching for flooding concerns across that region. here's what's happening in the tropics. tropical sdusdisturbance 95l. it had likely become a tropical depression, maybe a tropical storm as we go through the next day or two, but definitely into the weekend and will continue to work its way to the west. we'll watch for impacts to the lesser antilles and parts of the . we haed ead to the upper 80s in chicago. and that's a look at you are why forecast, frances. >> thank you, angie. early today is back in a minute

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with the summer games less than a month away, the olympic trials are in full swing. and later tonight, simone biles will officially start her journey to paris. she's in minneapolis for day one of the women's jim ngymnastic t. jay gray joins us from there with all the excitement ms hi, jay, good morning. >> reporter: hey, frances. what an exciting weekend this is going to be. one of the most high-profile sports in the summer games and one of the most select squads on team usa. only five men, five women will make the cut. and to earn the ticket to paris, they've got to go through intense competition right here inside target center. >> let's hea hear itfoit ffomin. >> reporter: flipping into the version of a street fair

celebrating team usa. >> this is crazy. we've never been down to see anything like this before. this was fun to be part of. >> reporter: outside, it's a party. while, inside target center, pressure is building. >> >> the field at this olympic trials is arguably one of the most competitive in history. >> reporter: 15 women, 20 men competing for just five spots each on the u.s. jim ngymnastic squad. >> i feel like i'm in a good position here. just super excited. >> >> reporter: counting on a boost from a sold-out arena. >> i hope they get loud for us. give us some energy and some gymnastic love. >> reporter: a lot of that love focussed on sem own biles, trying to make her third olympic

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