breaking overnight, the family of a federal judge shot at their home on a sunday evening. the 20-year-old son murdered the husband in critical condition. the fbi and local law enforcement are on the hunt for the killer >> president trump tells an interviewer that he will be, quote, right eventually on the coronavirus disappearing as florida records 350,000 cases and the world health organization logs over 600,000 deaths >> rapper kanye westst ramp up s presidential campaign at a rally laying out his platform. >> plus baseball is back as the major leagues gear up to kickoff the 2020 season this week, "early today" starts right now.

good morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news overnight. a manhunt is underway for a gunman who shot the family of a federal judge at their doorstep in north brunswick, new jersey the son of judge esther salas has been killed and her husband is in critical condition authorities say the gunman posed as a delivery truck driver and shot him after he answered the door when the 20-year-old son daniel came to the door he was shot as well judge salas was in the basement at the time. her husband is a well regarded criminal defense attorney. judge salas has presided over numerous high-profile cases including a fraud case involving real housewives star teresa. >> she was presiding over a lawsuit by deutsche bank investors that they failed to monitor jeffrey epstein's illegal activities, that's according to bloomberg in a tweet governor phil murphy sent condolences

bob menendez who recommended her for the bench also issued a statement sending prayers and calling for justice. the fbi is working with the u.s. marshals and local authorities to investigate the shooting. >> let's turn now to the latest in the coronavirus outbreak. still surging across the country, the numbers continue to rise in growing hot spots in the south. america's inching closer to confirming 4 million cases and more than 141,000 lives have been lost. >> new york city is preparing to interphase 4 of reopening today. low-risk outdoor spaces like zoos and botanical gardens can open with limited capacity and sports can resume but without fans but indoor dining, that remains on hold indefinitely >> supplemental unemployment payments are set to expire this month for millions of out of work americans two former federal reserve chairs, ben bernanke and janet yellen have urged kojt to approve the benefits and stimulus >> russell wilson expressed his concern about getting back on

the field. the seattle seattle seahawks quarterback said he is concerned about safety his wife is currently pregnant with their second child. >> in a wide ranging interview, president trump threaten today withhold funding from schools that do not reopen here's nbc's kelly owe dom with more >> reporter: as covid rages, president trump does not see the threat as a firestorm. >> we have embers and we do have flames florida became more flame like but it's going to be under control. >> reporter: frustrated by soaring cases -- >> many of those cases are young people that would heal in a day. they have the sniffles and we put it down as a test. >> reporter: he claims testing itself makes the situation appear worse >> we find cases, and many of those cases heal automatically we're finding in a way we're creating trouble >> reporter: while the president boasts about testing capacity -- >> we have the most and finest testing anywhere in the world. >> reporter: -- the n.i.h. director said results must come back faster.

the average is about three days. >> but in some places it's as long as a week and that really under cuts the value of the testing. >> reporter: any in a fox sunda interview, he talked about experts' mistakes and about his own. >> i'll be right eventually. it's going to disappear, and i'll be right. >> reporter: the latest snapshot from voters trusts the president's overall approval rating down to 39% democrat joe biden with a double digit lead nationally in a new abc news poll. wading deeper into culture wars, the president defend those who embrace the confederate flag >> they're not talking about racism they love their flag it represents the south. they like the south. people right now like the south. >> reporter: he rejects the pentagon's call to remove confederate names from military bases. >> i don't care what the military says. i'm supposed to make the

designificance >> reporter: and threaten to veto the dedefense spending package that mandates the changes. >> go to the community, how do you like the idea of renaming fort bragg, and then what are we going to name it are you going to name it after the reverend al sharpton what are you going to name it, chris? tell me what you're going to name t. >> our thanks to kelly o'donnell for that report. >> the united states is not the only country struggling to contain the coronavirus. the world health organization is reporting record shattering numbers and the global death toll is now over 600,000 that is according to johns hopkins university nbc's janice mackie frayer joining us now from beijing. janice, tell us more about the hot spots around the world >> reporter: phillip, good morning. the situation in hong kong is a sign that outbreaks are going to happen despite restrictions and will actually serve as a cautionary tale that restrictions may have to be reimposed at some point. last week that's what authorities did, reimposing a whole array of restrictions at

disneyland closed down, they put a ban on inside dining after 6:00 p.m. crowds are also banned today's officials are calling the situation in hong kong critical because these cases are locally transmitted. these are people who have no recent history of outside travel so it is raising this mystery of how it is the virus has been able to reemerge and now spread. and this is a concern that we're seeing repeated in countries around the world brazil, south africa, japan, india, which topped 1 million cases over the weekend we have authorities in spain who told 4 million people to stay at home and around the president figures that upwards of 25 million people have been infected. there's a lockdown in melbourne, australia. and in china, authorities are using what they like to call wartime measures at the same time, the world health organization every day is issuing these grim tallies,

talking about setting new records. the one sign of hope, however, phillip, is that scientists at oxford university, who are working on the coronavirus vaccine, say that they have encouraging results and they're expected to publish more trial data later today phillip? >> we'll take any good news we can get. those numbers heading in the right direction. janice, thank you. >> kanye west has officially launched his campaign for the 2020 u.s. presidential election. at his first rally was in charleston, south carolina >> there are no bad people there are lost people. we are all god's people. ♪ ♪ >> appearing there with 2020 shaved in the back of his head, also wearing a protective security vest. west went on several rants including one about harriet tubman and one about ee morgs. getting emotional.

he said his parents almost didn't have him. in order to appear on south carolina's ballot, he needs to collect 10,000 signatures by noon on monday >> rapper big sean breaks his silence in the touching tribute to his now deceased fiancee naya rivera he and rivera got sgs engaged in 2013 the romance was short lived. but he still cherishes the moment they shared and the lessons he learned in a heart felt post on instagram, he thanked her for the impact she made while she was alive saying he cherishes everything he happened between them because it maze him a wiser and better person. >> let's turn to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. more on this, so much in the grips of this heat wave over the weekend. how are we looking now, michelle >> hi there, guys. well, we are looking at dangerous heat today it's a combination of high humidity also the heat, we're looking at temperatures in the 90s. you factor in the humidity, it's going to be feeling like 110 in some spots we have the heat alert all along the coast from the mid-atlantic,

the northeast into the south and we have an excessive heat warning in parts of the mid-atlantic and philadelphia. you can see 110 degrees. that's what it's going to feel like temperatures today, 100 degrees in washiton, d.c.,ng we're looking at stormy weather in the northern and central plains temperature of 81 in sioux falls. we'll be talking about that in the next couple days, stormy weather and a look at the week ahead. >> we're going to need to hear that thank you, michelle. >> as nfl stars prepare for training camp, one rookie took to the lane to showcase his skills check this out, indianapolis colts pick isiah rogers. that was the first of six straight strikes, all of which came right between his legs.

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stadiums ahead of the season opener on thursday kathy park with us now on what major leaguers and others are doing to keep pro sports safe. hi, kathy. good morning >> reporter: phillip, good morning. we got a taste of baseball this week, and previewing what the 2020 season will look like and while the ballpark looked very different without the fans, players were eager to get back to work. baseball is back after a long time-out. the first exhibition games were played with no fans in the stands instead, cardboard cut outs filled the seats in citifield. when the mets and yankees faced off, the sound of silence replaced with crowd noise. a major milestone for the league trying to safely restart a shortened 60-game season yankees manager aaron said they're adjusting despied the covid curve ball >> it was a dress rehearsal for a lot of guys. these few days i think are important for not only us as players, but everyone that's,

you know, attached to the organization >> reporter: opening day for the toronto blue jays is set for friday in florida. canada said no to home games due to risk of spreading the virus compared to the u.s., our northern neighbor has managed to keep covid under control the nation's immigration minister said, we have concluded the cross-border travel required for mlb regular season play would not adequately protect canadians' health and safety mlb requires coronavirus testing every other day for players and staff. anyone testing positive will be placed on a covid-19 disabled list and will need to clear a strict protocol before returning, including two negative tests 24 hours apart. the nfl is still debating ground rules with its players union as athletes get ready to report to training camps next week some of them are sharing their concerns on social media using the hashtag #we want to play j.j. watt with the houston

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name with rest in peace, civil rights pioneer funeral plans are still in the works, but events are expected to take place in atlanta and in the nation's capital >> now to our ongoing series in equality in america, this past week the nation's first black female doctor finally got some long overdue recognition and while she is celebrated, the hard truth is that black women still make up a disproportionately small percentage of physicians nbc's kate snow has more >> we decided to take action and do something to acknowledge this medical pioneer who died 125 years ago. >> reporter: on thursday, her grave finally received a proper headstone. dr. rebecca crumpler was the first black female physician in the u.s. >> i was told people come looking for her but she doesn't have a grave stone >> reporter: there aren't any images of her, but she wrote this book, graduated from the female college in 1854 which is

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targeted hit, breaking overnight, the son and husband of a prominent federal judge are shot at the front door of their new jersey home. the son has died and the father is in critical condition the feds aggressively pursuing all leads at this moment >> coronavirus numrs spiking again in the u.s. and around the globe as the pandemic worsens. but some possible hope this morning coming from oxford university, and an update in the pursuit of a vaccine >> president trump calls the portland protesters anarchists and agitators. as another night of uprising takes place. the mayor sake federal officers are making the situation worse >> and plans