thank you. >> thank you. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? >> yeah, 13. >> brilliant. >> missing for ten days, military special forces and rescuers located the 12 soccer players and their coach alive. but getting them out of those caves is a huge ordea that could take months. the wicked summer heat is showing few signs of letting up as we head into the fourth of july holiday with weather warnings across the nation. wildfires in multiple states are spreading, causing hundreds of evacuations today. got your cup thrillers and also a diversion for those who may take loe global match a little too ng, hot tubbing, backyard bear? "early today" starts right now.

good tuesday morning to you. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm richard lui. hope you're having a great day. after ten days trapped in darkness, all 12 missing boys and their soccer coach have been found alive. but rescuers cannot declare mission accomplished, not as of yet. following a marathon search operation stretching over a week and involving over 1,000 people, more challenges still ahead. >> rising waters and mud are still blocking access to exits, and now the issue is getting all 13 out safely. the thai army says the group may have to wait in the cave up to four months for floods to recede. another option is to have the boys learn how to dive, but it's taken even highly trained divers several hours to get to the trapped group. more from london with this latest hurdle. >> good morning, frances. really incredible news that they located them. it was a race against time to find them. now it could be a long time before rescuers are even able to get them out of that cave

safely. the governor of the province saying if it's not 100%, they will not bring the kids out, and they can't at this point confirm how many days it may take. but as you said, estimates range from days to even months. u.s. air force captain jessica tate, a spokeswoman for the 353rd special operations group on the ground there, says all options are being explored, and they are there to support the thai-led rescue effort in a multinational partnership operation. these include alternate extraction points. the long game is said to be waiting it out for the floodwaters to recede, which some reports say could last until the rainy season ends, which is normally around october. there's also ideas to teach those trapped how to breathe with scuba but experts say that comes with risk. it's taken professional divers days to navigate the extremely murky water through narrow passages. to teach the kids that could prove dangerous to them and the

rescuers. one priority is to provide medical assistance and food and water for these trapped. the provincial governor saying using a three tiered system, they all seem to be in the green zone. no one in the danger zone. it seems at this point they're safe and ready to find a way to beractedrom that cave. >> at least they can get food and water to them. as americans make their holiday plans, the fbi says it has foiled a chilling terror plot. this to attack the july 4th celebration in cleveland. the suspect has been charged with attempting to provide support to a terrorist group. he faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. nbc justice correspondent pete williams tells us how the feds caught him. >> reporter: richard, this man came to the attention of the fbi and cleveland police because of his social media postings. they say he repeatedly expressed a desire to see terror attacks in the u.s. that would kill large numbers of people. his target federal investigators say was cleveland's july 4th parade and fireworks show.

prosecutors say a tip about pro-jihadist social media bst demetrius pitts got their attention. two weeks ago he began meeting with someone he thought was an al qaeda operative, who turned out to be an fbi agentocuments the agent a week ago, what would hit them in their core? have a bomb to blow up the fourth of july parade. agents say he used his phone to photograph possible sites to attack with a car bomb, including the fireworks park. >> just yesterday, he discussed giving remote control cars packed with explosives and shrapnel to the children of our military uniform members. >> reporter: but it was all talk. the fbi says pitts never had any explosives and said he just wanted to scout locations, not carry out the unprepared, the undercover agent gave him a bus pass to conduct his scouting trip. but law enforcement officials say he was determined to be a terrorist.

>> law enforcement officer cannot sit back nick and wait for mr. pitts to commit a violent act. >> reporter: the fbi says agents arrested him over the weekend after he talked about trying to plan another attack for later this year in philadelphia, his hometown. they also say he used his cell phone to record two videos, pledging support for al qaeda. richard? >> pete, thank you for that. the dangerous heat wave gripping the northeast continues this morning. tens of millions remain under heat advisories or warnings. the national weather service says today's heat index values could be as high as 104 degrees. that's enough to cause heat related illnesses. nbc's stephanie gosk has more on the threat. >> reporter: when it's hot, there's really only one fun thing to do outside. >> basically just got to stay in water. kids are just too hot otherwise. >> reporter: the dangerous heat spans from maine to north carolina with 60 million people under warnings or advisories. burlington, vermont, broke a record, hitting 97 degrees just 50 miles from canada. in d.c., the city set up a first

aid tent on the national mall. 50 people had to be evacuated from a new jersey nursing home after an air conditioner malfunctioned. and in massachusetts, camps gets the days go on until you get acclimated which usually takes a couple weeks. >> reporter: with temperatures hitting 90 degrees three days in a row, it's officially a heat wave in new york, philadelphia, and hartford. in burlington, it could be in the 90s until thursday. the advice is stay indoors but obviously some people aren't going to listen to that, especially tourists in new york city where right here in times square, it feels like it's about a mile from the sun. have you ever been to new york before? >> never. first time. >> and you came on the hottest day of the year. >> with a sweater on. >> reporter: using whatever they can find to stay cool. >> we're loving every moment. >> oh, good. so you'll come back. >> yes. >> reporter: these kids in hudson river park definitely have the right idea. the trouble with big cities lik

relief at night either. temperatures in the 70s just aren't enough, and it's going to be another hot one. frances, back to you. >> we know that all too well. stephanie, thanks. we're just a week from the president's announcement, his pick to replace justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. this morning a new snapshot on where americans stand on that issue. 87% say the nomination of a new justice is very or somewhat important according to a new nbc news/survey monkey poll. 44% of respondents say they want the next justice to be moderate. another 32% want a conservative. but it's one stat in particular that could help the president sell lawmakers on a speedy confi confirmation vote. let's go to nshs's chris pollone for more. orte someen the president's nominee but it turns out that might not be a winning strategy. nearly two-thirds of those surveyed, 62%, say the senate should vote to confirm or reject trump's nominee before the

midterm election, while a third, 33%, say just the opposite. the new snapshot coming as we learn the commander in chief is already interviewing those on his short list with two or three more interviews set to take place in the coming days. still when asked, the president wouldn't divulge just who he has met with. >> in the morning, during the morning, i interviewed and met with four potential justices of our great supreme court. they are outstanding people. they are really incredible people in so many different ways, academically and every other way. and i had a very, very interesting morning. >> reporter: of course a lot of this battle will be waged over roe v. wade, the alls on that issue today. >> would the president like to see roe v. wade overturned? >> i'm not going to get into any specifics that we would be lookin doe he himself, as just matter of how he feels, hi own policy, does he want to see roe

overturned? >> i'm not going to weigh into anything specific that front at this point. >> reporter: the president plans to announce his pick next monday. >> thanks so much for that. this morning, the mayor of annapolis is sharing his disappointment with the white house. the trump administration denied his request to lower national flags at half staff in honor of the five employees killed during thursday's targeted attack on the "capital gazette" newspaper. the mayor tells the "baltimore sun," quote, this was an attack on the press, an attack on freedom of speech. it's just as important as any other tragedy. the state's flag was lowered from fridaymourning. last night, hundreds of people gathered to remember one of those five lives lost during thursday's shoo.ted his 33rd wedding anniversary shortly before the attack. hollywood mogul harvey weinstein's criminal case in new york now expanding. manhattan district attorney cyrus vance jr. announced three new sex crime charges.

they include an additional count of criminal sexual act in the first degree for a forcible sexual act against a third woman back in 2006. also including two counts of predatory sexual assault, which carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. these three new charges are in addition to earlier charges against him of rape and criminal sexual acts. the 61-year-old's attorney says weinstein will plead not guilty and maintains all these allegations are false. high heat and dry conditions are fueling wildfires west. the wildfire raging in california's yolo and containme. causing an orange haze over san the smoke is so heavy it's francisco and leading to air quality ad the spring creek fire has destroyed at least 104 homes. state patrol releasedhi time-lapse video yesterday afternoon. and in utah, the ridge fire has grown to 30,000 acres in just a day. officials say up to 300 homes

have been evacuated. and as of last night, that fire was still zero percent contained. but then there's the northeast. let's talk to bill karins. millions at risk, huh? >> the number keeps growing. we just added a huge chunk of kentucky and indiana to the heat advisory. the bottom line is the heat is just as bad today as it was yesterday in many areas. the hot and humid conditions are actually spreading and getting worse as we go throughout areas of the ohio valley and through the central plains. today it will be 101 around t it's much more humid in the east same for washington, d.c., heat than it is in the central index at 103. plains. kansas city could be the exception. you could feel like 106. as we go fourth of july, not like we're cooling off any. philadelphia will drop you down a couple degrees with clouds and chance of storms. that's a muchno such luck from

richmond. talk about hot, near 100 today in wichita. fourth of july forecast coming up, including the macy's fourth of july forecast. >> bill, thank you. one officer in washington, d.c. is taking fun seriously. after a neighborhood kid showed off some impressive gymnastics skills, police officer arthur brown jr. unleashed his own inner child. there he is running into a full cartwheel just before twisting into a back flip. holy hannah. officer brown says it's all about bridging the gap between law enforcement and kids in the community. with a uniform on. >> yeah, right? coming up, not so proud to be an american. a surprising new poll on patriotism ahead the bivt. and samsung's oversharing problem. the give litch in some smartpho. for my joint pain.

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the official gofundme page set uperfeuary's massacre. the families of the 17 people killed will each receive $400,000 from the fund. the 18 people injured will each receive just over $1.6 million. and about 1,500 other students on campus that day of the shooting also receive compensation. nearly 37,000 individuals, businesses, and organizations around the world donated to the crowdfunding campaign. payments begin july 16th. there's a sad update in the stabbing spree at a child's birthday party in idaho. the 3-year-old birthday girl has died from her injuries. about 1,500 people attended a vigil at boise city hall for the girl and eight other victims, including five other children. doctors say some of them suffered life altering injuries. as the community came together, they spoke of hope, love, and being welcoming. the suspect in the stabbing, 31-year-old timmy kinner, appeared in court monday. he has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery and injury to a child.

in hawaii, lava from the kilauea volcano appears as relentless as mesmerizing video captured by work crews shows a swirling whir active fissure. t lava flows continue to spew in leilani estates where the kilauea eruption began on may 3rd. it has destroyed home and displaced approximately 28 residents. o . ♪ who let the dogs out >> how much fun is that? the video was shares by k-9s for cops. a nonprofit that purchases police dogs nationwide. the video has been viewed over 2 million times. >> how, frances? >> amazing.

>> good stuff. thanks for watching. i'm richard lui. >> i'm frances rivera. keep it right here. more news is straight ahead. ad e

good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m scott mcgrew. good morning everyone. >> that's the freeway. we call it empty. >> good morning everyone. i'm scott. >> nice sleeping weather last night. it. >> it was nice and cool. it took forever for that smoke to clear out yesterday it seemed. we are feeling cooling air and breathing a little bit better as we take a live look