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details on the special counsel's appeal. plus the war of words over the first debate between donald trump and kamala harris in the race for the white house. breaking overnight, russia launching another deadly barrage of missiles on ukraine's power grid. we're live with the latest attack that triggered rolling blackouts in the capital of kiev and beyond. alaska on edge after a deadly landslide. the state of emergency after the disaster left a tourist town partially buried and bracing for another slide. ozempic for less. why more medical professionals are turning to the cheaper copycat version of popular weight loss drugs. and babe ruth knocks another record out of the park. the baseball legend's most famous jersey scores a historic sum at auction. it's tuesday, august 27th. "early today" starts right now. good morning. glad you're with me.

i'm frances rivera. the justice department is trying to revive a litegal battle agait donald trump. special counsel jack smith is asking an appeals court to re reinstate the classified documents case. the former president was accused of illegally taking classified documents to mar-a-lago, including store ing them in a bathroom. the judge dismissed the case last month. the doj is calling her reasoning nonsensical. the trump campaign may also be looking for a dismissal of the presidential debate. the former president is raising doubts about whether he will show up while the harris campaign asks for a change to a rule about muting microphones. here's garrett haake with more.

>> reporter: the trump and harris campaigns duelling over next month 's critical debate. >> the deal was kwe keep the sae rules. >> reporter: in the last face-off at the biden campaign request, the mic was muted while the other candidate was speaking. now the harris campaign is asking for the mics to be left on at all times. >> doesn't matter to me. i'd rather probably have it on. the truth is, they're trying to get out of it, because she doesn't want a debate. she's not a good debater. she's no vice president a smart harris has been offer thperso. >> reporter: vice president harris has been offer the trail since her acceptance speech last thursday. all of it as former president trump was in battleground michigan, looking to step on any

harris post-convention bounce. he's planning more aggressive fall travel. and while polls show harris has the advantage on health care and abortion rights. trump hammering harris on issues in which she's vulnerable. the economy and the border. >> american veterans are treated worse by far than illegal aliens. illegal aliens, do you verever them? they stay in hotels. >> reporter: trump slamming the vice president over the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. >> the humiliation in afghanistan set off the collapse of american credibility and respect around the world. >> reporter: harris writing, my prayers are with the families and loved ones. >> our thanks to garrett for that report. new this morning, a federal judge has blocked a biden administration parole program that allowed undocumented immigrants married to american

citizens to apply for green cards without leaving the u.s. 16 republican-led states sued it stop the program, leading the eastern district of texas to temporarily halt it while considering the lawsuit. they can still apply, but the applications will not be processed until the stay is lifted. u.s. army private who ran into north korea last year will plead guilty to desertion as part of the plea agreement. travis king was stationed in south korea when he crossed the dmz into the north. he was imprisoned in north korea for 48 days before he was released. king will plead guilty to five of the 14 offenses he was originally charged with. the rest will be dismissed. he'll be sentenced before a military court at fort bliss on september 20th. russia launched several missiles and drones targeting several ukrainian cities, including the capital kiev, officials say.

it comes just one day after one of the biggest barrages of the war so far targeting ukrainian infrastructure and killing at least seven. and at least four more people were killed in the most recent assault. for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga who's following developments for us. what more do we know? >> reporter: good morning, frances. we don't know yet, today by russia in c for instance, how many weapons were used today by russia in craine. bukraine, but the area force recorded at least several groups of drones in the area, and intercepters that took off from russian airfields. now the air sirens rang out for several hours overnight in several regions in ukraine, including kiev, where officials there say the attack wiped out, literally, and i quote, a hotel, qui killing at least two people there, injuring at least four

and leaving five other people trapped under the rubble. then another two people, according to officials, also died in a nearby city of zaporizhzhia. this comes a day after russia pounded ukraine with at least 200 mifrlssiles and drones that killed at least seven people and damaged seriously the infrastructure there, leaving a lot of people without electricity and water. this seems to be a tactic that russia applies to the war almost every year in the fall to leave as many people without heating when they need it the most. the air force commander called the attack the most massive since the start of the war while president biden called it simply outrageous. >> claudio, thank you. a community in alaska is on edge after part of their town was buried. ketchikan is a popular spot for

tourists. but they're now turned away after a weekend storm pushed a mountain of debris onto a neighborhood. one person was killed. county officials identify the victim as shawn griffin, seen in the center of the photo. he was a public works employee working to clear storm drains when he cass was caught in the landslide. the damage could spread even further. >> there's about a quarter of the town currently at risk for yet another slide. >> yes. >> how frightening is that? >> it's very frightening. to be honest, i don't think any people in ketchikan walk about their daily lives thinking that mountain's going to come down. now we have to. >> a heat wave is complicating back-to-school plans. dozens of schools in philadelphia will close "early today." and there are similar plans in chicago for michigan and iowa. angie lassman joins us with the forecast to see what's ahead as summer's winding down, but not

when it comes to the temperatures. >> boy are you right. we still have these summer-like conditions across the great lakes, midwest and more than 50 million people included in these alerts, including philadelphia. parts of the northeast are going to see heat alerts in effect today fwith temperatures near te 100 mark for st. louis. chicago, highs in the upper 90s but feeling like 110. even into tomorrow, more of this region of the country dealing with the heat. we start to see it spread a little farther to the east coast. 98 for washington, d.c. 102 for what it will feel like. we do have relief on the way. but still we have to deal with scattered storms across the great lakes and midwest as the cold front works through. as we get through the afternoon hours we will look at elevated wind gusts and hail. tornados could be possible.

specifically in michigan. wetart s we head to the high 90s in chicago. mid-80s for salt lake city, and denver, full sunshine with a high of 85 today. and that's a look at your forecast, frances. back to you. >> more reason to hit those beaches, lakes and pools this time. thank you, angie. if you are missing the km excitement of the olympic games, paris is shifting its focus to the paralympics. more than 4,000 athletes from around the world have overcome adversity to master their sport. can you catch it on the usa network and peacock.

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the jersey the yankees legend wore secured a new place in history at the auction block. here's morgan chesky. >> reporter: but was the great bambino pointing to center field, to the cubs' bench? or to the stands? there's no debate, it happened just like you've heard it. >> he stands up there and tell the world that he's going to sack that next one. and not only that, but he tells the world right where he's going to sock it. into the center field stands. a few seconds later, the ball was just where he pointed, in the center field stands. he calls the shot and then made it. >> reporter: now the jersey worn in that historic moment just sold at auction. >> 1932 was ruth's last world series. the called shot was his last-career world series home run. so, when you can tie in an item like that to an important figure in this most-important moment,

that's what collectors are really looking for. >> reporter: the price for this priceless artifact? $24 million. >> the most valuable sports item ever come to auction. and everyone in our industry is very excited to see where it could go. >> reporter: and before it sold, the historic uniform even went on tour. >> went to wrigley field for the first time since 1932. >> reporter: giving fans a rare glimpse at the very cloth draped over the colossus of clout, now part of a baseball mitte. >> someone who likes baseball as much as i do, this is a marvelous treat. >> reporter: heritage auction says the buyer wishes to remain anonymous. so the legend and the mystery of that moment lives on. >> and our thanks to morgan for that report. and finally, the heart ge gently weeps for martin shkreli.

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