good morning. coming up on "early today" it was a nasty heated drag-out congressional hearing with the irs commissioner over potential crimes committed and lost emails. a mississippi runoff that mixes race, voter intimidation, and tea party tactics that has people around the nation very aprayed. secretary kerry working overtime to calm the situation in iraq. greater pressure on president obama. plus, no matter your view on global warming, the undeniable fact is billions of dollars in damage. "early today" starts right now. it's june 24th. good morning.

i'm dara brown. today could be another showdown for irs commissioner swron. the house committee will continue grilling him about missing emails that may have contained evidence about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. several angry republicans are accusing the agency of covering up a scandal. at least one lawmaker compared the lost emails to watergate. i'm joined by nbc's tracie potts in washington d.c. what can we expect today? >> well, dara, you can expect to hear from a white house attorney who used to be at the irs. this is a back and fort forth about whether or not she would testify. she is scheduled to be here on capitol hill in about two and a half hours. meantime, the committee that started out investigating whether the irs unfairly targeted conservative groups, now some of the committee members want a special prosecutor to look into why evidence disappeared. >> reporter: two years worth of emails that congress wants to see have been destroyed, and some republicans think that was no accident. >> you possibly have people at

the irs who are committing crimes, and they're not being held accountable. >> they were to and from lois lerner, the now retired employee, who headed the office that determines whether groups seeking tax exempt status are too political. lawmakers believed the emails could explain why. the irs, she tells congress, he first learned in april that lerner's hard drive was destroyed after her computer crashed and backups were recycled. >> we were going to wait to produce all of lois lerner's emails. >> you can't give us all her emails. you lost them. don't give me that statement. >> reporter: the irs blames budget cuts. >> it's not unusual for computers anywhere to fail. especially at the irs. >> reporter: democrats defended the irs noting ten of thousands of emails were submitted. >> it shows it was not intentional. this wasn't nefarius or a

conspiracy. >> i answered it. if you have a magical way for me to do that. >> my time has expired, and i've lost my patience with you. >> i think the display of this kind of disrespect. >> up today jennifer o'connor, the former irs attorney at the white house. initially she was asked to testify. the white house yesterday said no. the subpoena went out. then they got another response saying from the white house that she would be here this morning. sn . >> tracie, thanks so much. expecting more fireworks today. it is a runoff day for the mississippi senate primary. the race between tea party backed chris mcdaniel and encome bent senator thad mccochran. you may remember that four mcdaniel supporters were arrested for breaking into a

nursing home. now a staff of the cochran campaign has been arrested. this time for allegedly destroying mcdaniel campaign signs. the latest poll conducted by a democratic firm has mcdaniel up eight points over cochran, well outside the margin of error. the mcdaniel camp is preparing to send in poll watchers at today's runoff, a tactic republicans use to intimidate black voters in the south for decades. the justice department will be monitoring the situation. united states has reached a key legal agreement with iraq. the pentagon announced monday that the military advisors would not be prosecuted under iraqi law. as part of the deal, the advisors would be protected by diplomatic immunity. >> there seems to be growing op sfwligs to america's involvement in the conflict. according to the latest cbs-"new york times" poll, more than half of those surveyed don't support

president obama's handling of the crisis. le-quarters believe the iraq war does not justify the high number of casualties. president obama's foreign policy has often been under fire with nearly 60% saying they don't support his new strategy. roughly 170 children across the country are now in safe hands after a nationwide sting against sex trafficking. the fbi announced monday that more than 280 people were arrested during the operation. the crackdown covered more than 100 u.s. cities and targeted places such as casinos, escort services and strip clubs. the fbi said the operation sends a clear message to perpetrators. >> the lesson of operation cross-country is that our children are not for sale. that we will respond and crush these pimps who would crush these children. >> this is the fbi's eighth operation, and they've rescued

more than 35 children so far. a 3-year-old girl allegedly aasked to leave a kfc restaurant because of her facial scars. it seems the story may be a hoax. kfc hired investigators to dig a little deeper into the story. they combed through security video at the kfc restaurant in mississippi where the incident allegedly took place, but they found no evidence of the little girl ever being there. no record of the meal she had apparently eaten that day. kfc donated thousands of dollars after an apology to help pay for the girl's medical bills. sfwlifshlgts hillary clinton is getting support from katy perry. perry posted a picture of the two of them on instagram saying she would write clinton a theme song if she needs it to run for president in 2016. the singer also posted the message on twitter where hillary later responded. clinton referenced one of

perry's hit songs saying that's not a hard choice. you already did. keep letting us here you roar. in new jersey off the coast of cape may it was an encounter that these fishermen won't soon forget. >> he is going to take our chum bag. he is going to take our chum bag. he is taking our chum bag. he is taking our chum bag. >> it happened over the weekend. a 16 foot great white shark circled the boat for about 20 minutes before taking the bait bag. he is also trying to take a bite out of the boat's engine. thankfully there were no injuries or damage. amazing to see that. >> that's not too far from where you live in the jersey shore. have you seen any sharks? >> we see the fins every blue moon. >> does it bother you? >> i'm not going in that water. i stay far away. >> good morning. you hear about great whites in california with the surfers. not too often in the engineers have i shore. in the northwest getting ready

for a cooldown. you had a great start to your early summer. 81 in portland yesterday. 77, seattle. the front went through with showers as we went throughout the afternoon and evening yesterday. now a little bit of light rain with the storm has moved its way to eastern portions of washington state. it's a little cool behind it. we're still going to stay very hot in the desert southwt, and right in the middle nice and warm temperatures there. central california and the northern portions of the rock wriz. there's a look at the radar. not too impressive. light showers are on their way through wrarz of eastern washington. with the instability today and cooler temperatures, we will see low 70s. compare that to 80. that's your national fo like we could get even warmer as we go towards the weekend.

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welcome back. a woman in texas is alive this morning thanks to a fast-acting police officer. he responded to a call of a woman sitting on railroad tracks and arrived just in time. he dragged her away as the train bulleted by. the woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation. we're getting a revealing look inside the early wreerz of the first family. michelle obama sat down with robin roberts on working families. she talked about interviewing for a job as a young mother.

>> i didn't have a baby-sitter, so i promptly took sacha to the interview with me, and i thought, look, this is who i am. i got a husband who is away. i've got two little babies. they are my priority. a new report is giving an outlook on potential effects of climate change in the u.s. the estimated cost of high temps $12 billion per year. extreme storms, $35 billion annually. rising seas up to $106 billion worth of coastal property under water. there's a small hands that by the year 2100 losses could reach $700 billion. a 20-year-old american student in germany, well, stuck in a statue of a certain female body part. it took 22 rescue workers and a half hour to fully deliver him. getting rid of the evidence. almost 13 grams of pot. a woman slipped out of her handcuffs, reaches over the seat and then eats the marijuana.

when the trooper returned and asked her about it, she said i have no idea what you are talking about. well, let's get down to business with cnbc's courtney reagan. good morning to you, courtney. >> good morning, dara. u.s. airlines racked up more than $1 billion in baggage and ticket change fees in the first quarter of this year and grew to a combined profit of $500 profit. it ened up $791 million in profit alone. it was followed by united. a bigger iphone could be on the way. apple is ramping up production of iphone with a five and a half inch screen to better compete with samsung's galaxy phone. the new iphone could be in stores by early september. mercer myer kept several advertising execs waiting for hours at a private dinner in france last week. the reason? the "wall street journal" says she fell aslooi sleep. by the time she arrived some

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you'll encounter hidden germs as you fly to your vacation destination. now, let's get the latest in sports from my friend francis rivera. good morning, francis. >> dara, good morning. the world cup has its first four contenders to the knockout round. namar nets his second goal to take a 2-1 lead. brazil steals the win adding two more. one step lowers to their sixth championship title. >> goal! >> they know how to celebrate. check out their coach. mexico getting the 2-0 lead in the high stakes game against croatia. both teams could advance for the win, but mexico dominated the match winning 3-1. chile and netherlands also advance to the knock-out round. felling the first four slots. brazil facing chile and netherlands facing mexico where are more tough play continues today at noon eastern.

it is virginia versus baylor. virginia takes the early lead here, but that's all about to change. in the third inning. virginia pitcher walks a bat are. five in the inning. yep, it does. the ball down the third baseline, and brings in three more runs. nine runs for vandy in the third. unbelievable. virginia fights back to make it up in the inning, but in the end vanderbilt takes it 9-8. the next game is tonight. wimbledon also underway. emowings were high. he lost his temper. look at him face-to-face with officials about it. a young john mcenroe. venus williams also advances after going three sets and top ranked men's player novak djokovic breezes past the first match at center court. his proud coach and tennis great boris becker is enjoying the

moment there as he is snapping photos. 18th ranked floyd stevens is out of the first round and check out who is in the crowd to watch last year's champion andy murray. you know him. yep, that's shaq. murray ends with an ace in three sets. he advances. the stanley cup is making its rounds to the open seas with derek stahl and erin andrews. she posted this pic with the caption "drink it in. it always goes down smooth." >> early today is brought to you by touch of gray mustache and beard. get the look you want. >> a lot of action to bring you this morning. back to you. >> thank you, francis. former dog fighting athlete michael vick tries his hand at comedy. and you won't believe where khanny west will start his community service. and why is this photo of president obama stirring up so much trouble?

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welcome back on this tuesday morning. with quiet weather in much of the west today, let's take a look at the hawaiian islands and alaska forecast. just typical trade wind showers coming through the islands today. should be a pretty nice afternoon, actually. upper 80s. that's actually kind of warm there in honolulu today. the big island of hawaii looking like you're in the low to mid 80s. alaska starting off with a mild morning. you know, we show you how dramatic the cold is in alaska. i actually have a pretty nice summer day too. fairbanks, with a 71 and sunny.

a gorgeous forecast. we show alaska how cold and snowy. summer is great in alaska. mroo summer is the perfect time to visit alaska. >> sun doesn't set until really late. >> thank you, bill. moving on to entertainment news. kanye west can't escape the long arm of the law. facing charges for a brawl with the paparazzi. the rapper accepted a plea deal for 250 hours of community service. he is teaching fashion to college kids. he shared his experiences as a designer with students at l.a.'s trade technical college. you wonder what they had to say about that infamous choke. before mays making his new york jets debut michael vick will be producing a stand-up comedy show. michael vick's comedy explosion debuts july 12th in shreveport, louisiana. for the record vick says month topic will be off limits. even his own run-in with the law. a little ick factor. white house photographer pete

souza tweeted this pick out of the commander in chief's visit to a chipotle. he got too enthusiastic ordering his burrito bowl. the twitter-versk accused him of overreach. and wanted his impeachment. please, it's lunch. game of thrones had special royal guests this morning. we're want talking about the lanisters. it's queen elizabeth and prince phillip. they see where the show is filmed and even got to see the iron throne. >> can you see queen elizabeth watching this? she's a fan, i guess. i always think of her as being so proper and she wouldn't be watching something with such violence. >> it is, but there's history in there somewhere. i'm dara brown. this is "early today." we hope it's your first stop of the day on nbc. feel great on your skin?een actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer. nothing outperforms it. nothing feels cleaner. its helioplex formula provides unbeatable uva uvb protection

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leading the news in the washington post. founder of more monday women's movement excommunicated by all male church panel. a human rights attorney has been pushing for the ordination of women in the mormon church. she hopes the decision will help shed light on gender inequality. from nbc news.com jogger who found missing 8-month-old says she's lucky. she stumbled across the baby girl who had been kidnapped hours earlier in a houston field. some other stories we're following today. undocumented, unaccompanied children monday. state senator wendy davis, senator ted cruz, and governor rick perry among them. inspecting facilities. more than 52,000 minors have crossed the border since october. a family and their dog reunited after two years.

murphy ran off on a camping trip. a camper recently thought she saw the pup, so they laid down an old blanket where she had been spotted, and a week later she was right where they had left it. another joyful reunion. a u.s. airman surprises his grandmother after two years abroad. >> give her a heart attack. >> it was a well planned stunt. he walked up to her at a restaurant and asked to take her order. at long last we now know what a baby hedgehog looks like. >> how about a baby hedgehog. they can get to be a foot long. this one has some growing to do. >> now for a real life polar plunge. arctic bear productions released this video of a few subzero swimmers in search of arctic sea ice. polar bears need the ice to survive, and will travel up to 100 miles to find it. this one took a break from the water. with climate change making sea

ice more rare, we'll see if they find what they're looking for. >> the video -- if you and i weren't swimming, it's amazing. >> it is go pro. it works in freezing temperatures too. >> underwater shot. >> changes the whole idea of a polar bear plunge, huh? now we're going to take a look ahead and a look back. congressional lawmakers are marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. the ceremony will include the presentation of a congressional gold medal in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. and collar eta scott king who were instrumental in the passage. the space shuttle challenger returned to earth with america's first woman in space. >> the thing that i'll remember most about that flight is that it was fun and, in fact, i'm sure it's the most fun i'll ever have in my life. happy birthday to super model petra nokova, who is 35. fleetwood mac turns 57. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today." have a great tuesday.

from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." good morning everyone, it's 4:30 i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to, first let's say hello to christina loren. >> hey good morning, scott, laura, everybody at home. you made it to tuesday, we have a good looking day shaping up. it will be a good looking week. we are still counting on those showers for tomorrow. we're going to extend the chance into thursday as well. we'll show you what you it likes like in just a few moments on your foouch cast. for this morning, comfortable conditions, uniform numbers out there. westerly flow continues. another nice day in the bay. showers coming up. right now let's welcome in