oh! pleh! [soft playful music] [coughs] you gotta be kidding me. ♪ flawless execution. [laughs] [spits] - just wanted to say thanks for keeping it real with me. where i'm from, that means someone got your back. i appreciate that. [pensive music] - see you on the other side, brother.

- hope so. ♪ - as you can see, we hired a cleaning service to scrub every square inch. - yeah, your business seems pretty clean at first glance. - what's going on? you should have made them wait outside until i arrived. - that's dr. landis. he's the one that diagnosed me. - and part owner of this place. - that's right. what are you doing here? - well, after what could have been a serious disaster harming dozens of people, we felt it necessary to do a full inspection with the fire marshal to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. - it won't. you can be sure. - you painted over your sprinkler heads. that's a violation. - mm-hmm. doors aren't self-closing. that's another violation. - but worst of all, and the reason we came here in the first place-- - is improper storage of hazardous materials. - you need a dedicated containment area with a fire-suppression system,

not some cluttered storage closet. - well, i assure you we'll pay the fines and get it all up to code. - oh, fire codes aren't fines. we're shutting you down. - what? - also, dr. marcel from chicago med and myself have opened up a city investigation into your practice about how you give and receive patient referrals. so if i were you, i'd hold off on any plans for a grand reopening party. ♪ - you must be pretty proud of yourself. - mornin'. - you got the charges dropped, lennox is in the floater pool, and my name taken off the short list for interim dc all in one fell swoop. it must feel like you won. - it's not a game, chief robinson. - no, it's not, but you certainly played dc hill.

- how's that? - for some reason, she fast-tracked those charges i filed so she could take a look. when she called me into her office, she said the incidents lennox cited show what she's always liked about you. you protect your firefighters. i told her you overprotect them and create a lax, dangerous environment. - sounds like she disagrees with you. [soft tense music] ♪ - that dc position is just interim right now. in a few months, they'll start looking to appoint a permanent deputy commissioner. and when that time comes, there will be no dc hill here to protect you or firehouse 51. the old guard is on their way out, chief boden. and there are more of us than you know

who believe it's time for some fresh blood. ♪

disturbing piece of evidence, extracted from his laptop. >> on july 6th, he did a google search for, quote, how far away was oswald from kennedy. >> meanwhile, new video was released of the incident, showing one law enforcement agent here on the roof in the moments after the shooting. it was made public by iowa senator chuck grassley. israeliprime minister benjamin netanyahu delivered an hour-long speech before a joint session of congress. more than three dozen democratic lawmakers boycotted the speech. others sat in silent protest. several families of israeli and american hostages held in gaza urged netanyahu to announce a cease-fire plan. but netanyahu instead asked for more weapons to defeat hamas. >> as israel fights on the frontline of civilization, i, too, appeal to america.

give us the tools faster, and we'll finish the job faster. >> for the latest, let's go to josh letterman. good morning, josh, netanyahu meets with president biden today. >> reporter: that's right, frances. and this may be their final meeting while president biden is president, despite the fact that netanyahu and biden have known each other for literally decades, and it comes one day after that divisive speech before congress where prime minister netanyahu insisted that anti-israel protesters are iran's useful idiots, and that israel and the u.s. are fighting the same enemies. take a look. >> the war in gaza could end tomorrow if hamas surrenders, disarms and returns all the hostages. [ applause ] but, if they don't, israel will fight until we destroy hamas' military capabilities and its

rule in gaza and bring all our hostages home! >> reporter: now, a big focus of that white house meet today will be trying to push a hostage and cease-fire deal across the finish line, with senior u.s. officials saying they're in the closing stages of getting that to fruition, that they still need to narrow some gaps. and to that very point, after president biden and prime minister netanyahu meet one on one, they will then have a meeting that will involve some of the families of the american hostages still held in the gaza strip. and so this will be part of a really packed schedule for prime minister netanyahu, who will also hold a separate meeting with vice president kamala harris at the white house today. she, of course, now expected to be the likely democratic nominee for president. and then before returning to israel, prime minister netanyahu is expected to fly down to florida to meet with former president trump at mar-a-lago, frances? >> josh letterman for us, thank you. investigators in nepal are trying to find out why a plane crashed, just after taking off

from the airport, killing all but one of the 19 people on board. janis mackey frayer has the latest. >> reporter: chilling video shows how the plane veered, then crashed in nepal, bursting into flames at the side of the runway. the crash just after takeoff from kathmandu, killing 18 people on board, including a child, according to the civil aviation authority. the pilot, the lone survivor pulled from the charred wreckage. airport officials say the soya airlines plane was heading to a resort town for maintenance. most of the passengers were nepali mechanics or airline staff. there was no way that anyone could go near the plane and help out when there was so much fire, says this eyewitness. it isn't yet clear what caused the crash. that highlights nepal's poor airline safety record w a string

of plane and helicopter crashes in recent years. experts say unpredictable weather and strong winds make nepal a risk, with conditions around many of the world's highest mountains a challenge for most pilots. grieving relatives waited at this hospital to collect the dead, as investigators combed the debris for answers. janis mackey frayer, nbc news. a escalator fire at jfk airport forced nearly 1,000 passengers to evacuate the building. video shows passengers waiting on the tarmac as smoke spills out of terminal eight. operations at the terminal have since resumed. wildfires are raging across washington, california, oregon and western canada, forcing thousands to evacuate. the durky fire has devoured more than 268,000 acres and is still 0% contained as of last night. it shut down interstate 84 in

the eastern part of the state. the u.s. forest service says it's at its highest level of wildfire response as high temperatures fuel the flames. let's turn to angie lassman, who is tracking the heat and also storms across the east. angie, good morning. >> the umbrella is going to be needed if you live across the southeast today. it's really more of the same of what we've been dealing with for days and days. flood watches up across the gulf coast and carolinas. those are the spots, really, that through the day today we're going to be most concerned about the flooding that we're watching. we're going to have this still same system working through as we get through the day today, g us with plenty of moisture to tap into and scattered showers. they'll be slow movers once again thanks to that stalled front. though that moisture will be in the picture, and we'll likely see anywhere from a couple

inches to higher amounts across these raegions that have saturated grounds, specifically lake charles and along the texas and louisiana state line for the glad risk. now the heat, still something we're talking about today, parts of the northern plains and southwest are included in those with 2million peop1 le 90s for denver with full sunshine on tap for colorado springs. 91 degrees and sunny conditions in kansas city today. and that's a look at your forecast, back to you, frances. "early today" is back in a minute with what fueled the worst market selloff since 2022. and the black swan murder and the black swan murder trial gets cool the pain with biofreeze.

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>> and is that all she said? >> at that point. i said who? she said doug. he attacked me, and i shot him. >> reporter: but after a five-week investigation, a sheriff's office report found bullet entry wounds on doug indicating he was shot while facing away from his wife and found no evidence of self-defense. the benfield met at a political event in 2016. she was 24. he was 54 at the time. they married just 13 days after meeting, according to attorneys for the state and later formed a short-lived ballet company. at the time of the shooting, the couple was in the middle of a custody battle over their 2-year-old daughter. >> this was a custody battle that this mother was going to win at all costs. and the cost was the life of doug benfield. and that is murder. >> reporter: in the weeks and months leading up to the shooting, ashley claimed doug was abusing her, though not

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