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d.c., as he tries to get his own party in line behind him for the 2024 election. party leaders standing firm behind the president, while rank and file members try to sort out how to move forward. renewedspeculation over who will be donald trump's vp pick, after finalist marco rubio shows up at trump's florida rally. what the president is saying about the senator's chances, and when he might reveal his choice. sam's club facing backlash after increasing the minimum purchase for free shipping. the controversial move coming as more companies get squeezed, leaving some customers wondering if the era of free shipping is over. a nudge ew jersey police of hailed a hero after saving a toddler from drowning. what he's saying about his efforts to revive the child. and jeff finds a way. watch jeff goldblum's surprise message to scarlett johansson, welcoming her to the jurassic franchise.

"early today" starts right now. good morning. thanks for being up early with me. i'm frances rivera. we begin in washington, d.c., where a crucial week continues for the biden campaign. the president is working to show strength on the world stage and here at home. he'll be meeting with nato leaders again today, as his campaign works to convince democrats he is the right candidate for their party. gabe gutierrez kicks off ki coverage. >> reporter: president biden on the world stage with 38 world leaders here in washington. >> it's good that we're stronger than ever. because this moment in history calls for our collective strength. >> reporter: president biden and european allies announcing new air defense systems for ukraine. >> putin wants nothing less, nothing less than ukraine's total subjugation, to end ukraine's democracy, but make no mistake. ukraine can and will stop putin.

>> reporter: but looming large, the president's political standing, with deepening divisions among anxious democrats on capitol hill who met behind closed doors. >> i don't think he should stay in the race. >> reporter: asked whether they were on the same page? >> not even in the same book. >> reporter: ten house democrats have called for the president to step aside. but one is now backtracking. >> it's beside the point. he's going to be our nominee, and we all have to support him. >> reporter: still, while some rank and file democrats are torn, their leadership is holding firm. >> we are ridin' with biden. >> i'm with joe. >> right now, president biden is the nominee, and we support the democratic nominee. >> reporter: republicans hope the infighting helps them in november. >> joe biden is not fit for that office. and it's a terrible thing. the democrats have misled us, and they need to be held accountable for that. >> reporter: the political chaos comes after president biden's personal doctor confirmed in this letter that a neurologist

who specializes in parkinson's did see the president but only during his annual physical. the specialist, dr. kevin cannard, visited the white house eight times in eight months, according to public visitor logs. >> the president's doctor saying c cannard held regular clinics. >> it's incorrectly insinuated that the president was being treated for parkinson's. i said right here he was not being treated for parkinson's. >> our country's not doing too well. we've never had anything like it. our borders, our economy, the worst inflation ever. we have the politics on our side. we have the policies on our side that will make america great again, and they don't. they will only continue to destroy our nation. >> reporter: as for president biden, he has a busy week ahead. on wednesday, he'll be meeting with world leaders again in washington, and on thursday, that rare, solo press conference, his first of the

year. on friday he travels to battleground michigan. back to you. >> gabe, thank you. the u.s. navy says one of its sailors has been disciplined for trying to access president biden's medical records three times. the unnamed junior sailor searched joe biden's name in the navy health record database back in february. a navy commander in a statement said the sailor did it, quote, out of curiosity. only the health records of a different person why eree acces and president biden's information was not compromised. senator marco rubio joined the former president for a campaign rally in florida. he spoke about rubio being a top contender for vice president. >> if he's not chosen, will he play a role in your administration? >> well, he certainly will. he's a fantastic guy, a friend of mine. and he's one of the top people. and let's see how we do over the

next week. but probably over the next week or so. maybe even at the convention. >> there had been speculation that mr. trump would make his announcement during this rally. but, instead, he only teased the possibility of choosing rubio. oklahoma's remembering its longest-serving senator this morning. jim inhofe has died. the former senator's family says he suffered a stroke over the holiday weekend. inhofe was known as a staunch denier of climate change caused by humans. he was 89 years old. jury selection has wrapped up in the alec baldwin "rust" trial. he could face up to 18 months in prison if he is convicted of involuntary man slaughter for shooting and killing the film's cinematographer while rehearsing a scene. here's chloe melas. >> reporter: alec baldwin stoic as he entered this santa fe, new

mexico courthouse. he entered with his wife. he faces one count of count of m involuntary man slaughter. 12 jurors were selected who will decide his fate in what's expected to be an eight-day trial. did he pull the trigger? or did the gun misfire. baldwin has long maintained his innocence. for this, prosecutors will rely on two key witnesses. a crew memex pektedber expected testify he saw baldwin pull the trigger. in a pretrial win for the defense, the judge ruled that baldwin's role as producer of the movie could not be presented to the jury. the defense will make the case that it's not the job of an actor to ensure a prop gun doesn't contain live rounds. >> a lot of families are hunting

families. it's not a big deal. they have a gun. so they're very familiar with gun culture and gun responsibility. >> and cut! >> reporter: the judge ruled videos like this one of baldwin on set are admissible. and one big question still remains. will baldwin take the stand in his own defense? >> our thanks to chloe for that report. we are learning new details about a shooting involving the security detail of a supreme court justice. it happened near the home of sonya sotomayor on the night of july 4th. there is no indication she was the target for the armed suspect who apparently tried to carjack two deputy u.s. marshals. police say the marshal shot the 18-year-old. i i he is now in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect has not yet entered a plea. turning to texas where residents are still reeling for hurricane beryl's death. the storm blamed for ten deaths

in the u.s. and 1.7 million are still without power in the lonestar state. priscilla thompson is there with the latest. >> reporter: the scope of hurricane beryl's destruction seen from above. downtown houston flooded. cars washed away, and homes crushed. >> i was just so scared. the whole tree was going to fall in to the house. >> reporter: this family watched as crews removed a fallen tree from their house. they were gininside whether it e crashing down and the water began pouring in. >> i could just see this huge trunk right there on the window. then that's when the rain really started pouring in. >> a tree can get taken down. a house can get fixed. a life cannot be replaced. >> reporter: the u.s. death toll from the storm now up to ten, including two from carbon monoxide poisoning and one person whose oxygen machine ran out of battery. the remnants of beryl now wreaking havoc in the midwest. 110 tornado warnings were issued, the most ever for a day

in july. in louisiana, mangled metal and debris strewn for miles. back in houston, another threat. what does it feel like in your house right now? >> feels like an oven. >> reporter: people are without power in scorching, triple-digit height, including tracy timmons, who's diabetic. >> it can be life and death. it drains you even more. it physically just makes you sick. >> reporter: now spending her days at a cooling center and praying for power. how many days can you go like this? >> i don't have a choice. i just have to keep coming back and forth to the cooling center. i mean, what do you do? >> our thanks to priscilla for that update. and the remnants of beryl are still causing trouble in parts of the country. angie lassman is tracking that storm, good morning. >> still plenty of moisture for folks that are in the midwest here over the next day or so and moving into the northeast and new england as today goes on. here's what the satellite and

radar looks like now. we've got flood alerts with all this moisture. 23 million people included from detroit to st. louis and parts of the northeast as well. the steady rain will eventually work into northern new england. we'll see the potential for strong storms, too, especially in parts of new york and pennsylvania as the day goes on. by tomorrow, the front sort of stalls. this is where we're watching for strong storms today. 6 million people will see several tornados possible as well as strong winds and potentially hail. the other story, of course, with the weather is how hot it has been out west and for parts of the east. 115 million people included in these alerts right now. temperatures expected to feel like 100-plus across much of this region from washington, d.c. to jacksonville and the gulf coast. this sticks with us late week with temperatures into the 90s. the actual temperatures out west, we're talking 119 for las vegas thursday. n across the gre

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after a couple times, jorden started coughing up water. he let out the best sound ever. the equivalent was like hearing my kid born. tried to comfort him a little bit before passing him off to mom. >> reporter: celebrity chef thanking ferrier and costa at a luncheon last week for margate first responders. the 3-year-old's father is on the board of directors. >> a lot of people tend to forget 911 dispatchers. we carry a lot of calls with us. and to know that he made it, and then to be able to meet him and his parents was just heartwarming. >> reporter: police say the close call is another example of how it can only take a second for a child to drown. a reminder, they say, to stay vigilant at all times. >> we take our son to the pool club all the time. and i definitely watch a lot more now than i did before.

>> reporter: in this case, relief and profound gratitude to all who stepped in. >> our thanks to ted greenburg for that report. fans gathered in san francisco to celebrate a life of a baseball legend. they paid their respects to hall-of-famer willie mays, considered by many to be the greatest player of all time. mays died last month at the age of 93. former players and even a former president paid tribute to mays. >> it's a curious combination of intelligence, dedication, the will to win and a fundamental humility. >> mays received final military honors for his time served in the army. thanksor f w like nobody

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