kamala harris emerging as the clear frontrunner for the democratic nomination, garnering thousands of delegates and raking in a massive fund raising haul. new voter reaction this morning. president biden heading back to the white house today after a short battle with covid. just as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu heads to d.c.

ahead of a joint address to congress. and a meeting with mr. biden, while the war in gaza rages on. the secret service director grilled in congress after the assassination attempt on donald trump. she's still resisting calls to resign amid bipartisan calls for her to step aside. and a new impeachment push. a unique project to tackle the housing crisis in maine, by building 3d-printed homes. ho summer olympics. how paris is putting the final touches on the opening ceremony. it's tuesday, july 23rd. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. vice president kamala harris just wrapped up her first full day as a presidential candidate. in the 24 hours since president biden passed the torch, the harris campaign said it raised a

historic $81 million in donations. and the majority of democratic delegates have already endorsed harris, making her the clear frontrunner for the nomination. kelly o'donnell kicks off our coverage. >> reporter: a whirlwind day for vice president kamala harris. [cheers and applause] visiting headquarters in will midg miwilmington, the president's hometown. he phoned in to the campaign. >> i hope you give every bit of your heart and soul that you gave to me and kamala. i want you to know, i won't be on the ticket, but i'm still going to be fully, fully engaged. >> reporter: an extraordinary reset after the president ended his own run sunday and endorsed harris to finish the race to november. >> it is my great honor to have joe's endorsement in this race,

and it is my intention to go out and earn this nomination and to win. >> reporter: but harris is not yet the official nomineethough she appears on her way. aides said she spent ten hours sunday making about 100 calls to line up support. south carolina democrat james clyburn touting a reshaped race. >> she is well equipped to prosecute, i'm going to emphasize, to prosecute the case against donald trump. >> reporter: the endorsement of speaker emeritus, nancy pelosi who writes we must unify and charge forward, building on endorsements from the clintons, gavin newsom and the congressional black caucus. hakeem jeffries said he and chuck schumer expect to meet with harris soon. >> she's excited the house democratic caucus. and she's exciting the country. >> reporter: still, some harris supporters describe seeing reluctance around her potential

nomination. >> behind closed doors, while i won't name names, there were people that were absolutely like, it can't be the vice president. >> reporter: all of it after the president's stunning announcement, that for the best interest of my party and the country, he would stand down. a statement that surprised much of his own campaign staff. in harris' first public appearance, a preplanned college champions event at the white house, the vice president honored his public service. >> joe biden's legacy of accomplishments over the past three years is unmatched in modern history. >> reporter: his decision appeared to unlock praise and appreciation after a few agonizing weeks, when about 40 elected democrats pushed him to leave the race, and he resisted. >> i am running! and we're going to win! [cheers and applause] i'm not going to change that. are you all in? because i'm all in. >> reporter: during a weekend of decision, dealing with covid in delaware, forces familiar with

the situation tell nbc news the president felt hurt, angry and betrayed by allies like barack obama and nancy pelosi, who he believes turned on him. one close advisor upset, saying the president was treated disrespectfully. >> our thanks to kelly for that report. let's turn now to how voters are responding to this major shakeup in the election. zinhle essamuah spoke to voters in pennsylvania. >> reporter: swift reaction in pennsylvania after a major shicht ishift in the he was to the white house. >> i was surprised, because he said he was staying in. i was supporting him. >> reporter: the background state is critical, with 19 electoral votes up for grabs and polling close. we spoke to democratic voters, one who was undecided. what went through your mind when you heard the president was not going to run? >> i almost felt relief, because there's been so much back and forth. >> speaking to a lot of other

gen z voters, for a long time we've been feeling a bit disenfranchised. >> reporter: earlier this month, 83% of democrats under the age of 34 wanted a different nominee, like nick erkle, who is undecided now weighing new options. >> even in her four years as vice president, didn't hear much from her, except for the occasional immigration thing. >> reporter: raising key issues like abortion and civil rights. >> as a black woman, mother, wife, i worry about my children. >> reporter: you said you're a mother. your daughter's next to you. do you worry about these things? >> definitely. >> reporter: if you had to vote today, who would you vote for? >> kamala harris without a doubt. >> kamala harris. >> kamala harris. >> rfk jr. it's going to be hard to pull off a campaign in this short of time. in the next month she has to

convince everyone in the party to unite behind her. >> reporter: nbc news, philadelphia, pennsylvania. the director of the secret service admits that the agency failed in its mission the day of the attempted assassination of former president trump. but during her hearing before the house oversight committee kimberly cheatle said she would not resign. >> if you have an assassination attempt on a president, a former president or a candidate, you need to resign. >> would you like to use my five minutes to draft your resignation letter? yes or no. >> no thank you. >> representative mace later said she was filing articles of impeachment against the secret service director for high crimes and misdemeanors and failing to faithfully discharge her duties. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is

in the u.s. nbc news reports. >> reporter: as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu departed for a critical meeting with president biden, he's headed to a washington beset by uncertainty. >> this will be an opportunity to thank him for the things he did for israel in the war and during his long and distinguished career in public service. >> reporter: biden, who has stood beside israel, now a lame duck president. >> we'll seek to anchor the bipartisan support that is so important for israel. >> reporter: nbc news now reporting in addition to meeting with biden, netanyahu has requested a meeting with former president donald trump. but according to two congressional aides, senator ben cardin of maryland will preside over his joint address to congress rather than vice president kamala harris, who is expected to be campaigning. netanyahu departed a nation still locked in a brutal war, with rising concern about the conflict spreading to lebanon.

last week, a deadly drone strike by yemeni rebels killed one man and injured at least ten others. israeli war planes responded the next day with airstrikes on several sites affiliated with the houthi forces in yemen. the health ministry in yemen saying the strikes killed six people and wounded 83 others. >> israel's necessary and proportionate strikes were carried out in order to stop the houthi terror attacks. >> reporter: hours later, the idf says it intercepted another missile from yemen. the secretary general of the houthi supreme council said their response was warranted. and the idf releasing footage of what they say was a successful interception of seven unmanned aerial vehicles that crossed from lebanon into israel. all as israel continues its offensive in gaza. gaza's health ministry said 70 palestinians were killed and 200 wounded this week after israeli forces fired on the city of khan

yunis is southern gaza. >> at a time when israel is fighting on seven fronts, and where there's great political uncertainty in washington, i will tell my friends on both sides of the aisle that regardless who the american people choose as their next president, israel remains america's indispensable and strong ally in the middle east. >> and our thanks to matt for that report. the fbi has identified two suspects linked to six new mexico wildfires. investigators found shoe prints from a van's brand sneaker near two of the fires. authorities have identified a total of 16 human-caused fires within the state all within a 25-mile square area. >> re you might want to keep the umbrellas handy, showers are heading to the east. let's check in with angie lassman. >> morning, frances.

we of course need those umbrellas across the northeast this morning. some of that rain working through. it's going to be around for a little while longer, but we will remain unsettled the next couple days. we have this stationary front that will park over this region. the severe level is low, but flooding is something we'll be watching. we'll be keeping a close eye on that. anywhere from an inch to three inches of rain from texas to louisiana here as we get through the midweek. the heat alerts are still up for 29 million people, mainly focussed out west. but we've got warmer than normal temperatures across a couple spots. here's the temperatures for las vegas. 111. phoenix running six degrees above normal for this time of year. high humidity in place across the southeast. 92 in savannah but feeling like 106. we'll see triple-digit feels-like temperatures across this region. o dallas.

showers and thunderstorms from houston to new orleans. tucson dealing with mostly sunny skies. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you. >> okay, angie, thank you. "early today" is back in a minute with a final countdown to the paris olympics, including a new jewel in king james' cwnro. the history-making honor for lebron ahead of the summer games. (♪♪) [baby crying] (♪♪) (♪♪) [cheerful screams] (♪♪) (♪♪) [giggling] (♪♪) (♪♪) [baby crying] this is not just a pharmacist. you could try this. yeah?

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