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awkward, heart break kid, the duke himself charles grodin. why is this rooster costing himself nearly $10,000 on a two acre farm? "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. breaking overnight, a seismic shift in the trump organization. this after the new york state attorney general announced it is pursuing a criminal investigation. they issued this statement we have informed the trump organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature. we are now actively investigating the trump organization in a criminal capacity, along with the manhattan da. >> allegations made by trump's then lower michael cohen during a 2019 congressional hearing sparked the initial investigation. he claimed trump deliberately

provided incorrect valuations of his assets citing a source familiar with the investigation. the attorney general has been working side by side with the manhattan district attorney on the case which means not just fines but possible charges and even jail time if convicted. the long-running probe is looking into whether the company misled lenders and paid the appropriate taxes. vance's office is pouring over millions of pages of documents including trump's tax returns. nbc news has reached out to the trump organization but has not heard back. the sheriff's deputies who shot and killed andrew brown junior in his driveway were justified. the news sent shock waves to the family who called the decision an insult and slap in the face our katie beck has more. >> reporter: phillip, in elizabeth city, an answer to a long awaited question. there will be no charges brought against the deputies in the

andrew brown case. after weeks of silence on the andrew brown jr. investigation -- >> mr. brown's death, while tragic, was justified. >> reporter: district attorney andrew womble defending deputy's decision to shoot brown and declining to press charges saying he was a threat to the safety and the public, his vehicle a deadly weapon. >> the officers who used deadly force on andrew brown jr. did so reasonably and only when a violent felon used a deadly weapon to place their lives in danger. >> reporter: the da showing a portion of the publicly withheld body cam footage it shows them arrived in a marked vehicle to serve search and arrest warrants for drugs. brown seated in a car is quickly surrounded and told to exit the vehicle. one deputy attempts to open brown's door and is nearly pulled off his feet as brown reverses his car

brown then drives forward forcing another deputy to jump out of the way then a first shot is fired through the front windshield officers firing several more shots from the side and rear brown attempts to flee crossing a vacant lot, then crashing into a nearby tree. the district attorney noting drugs were later found in the car. the brown family calls the outcome a slap in the face >> the family's going to explore all possible legal remedies but we still want the department of justice, and we have some hope that they would intervene. >> reporter: the sheriff confirms that the three deputies who fired weapons in the incident will keep their jobs but be disciplined and retrained. meanwhile, community members renewing calls for justice and the full release of the footage. phillip? >> catie, thank you. now to the latest in the mid east crisis. violence betweene israeli force0 rockets from the gaza strip.

nbc's richard engel has more from tel aviv. >> reporter: president biden's call for a cease-fire was ignored. israel kept on targeting hamas in gaza. hamas fired more rockets towards israeli civilians. israel's prime minister saying the operations show there is a price for hamas's aggression towards israel president biden saying israel has a right to defend itself the conflict jumped outside of gaza spreading to palestinians in israel and the west bank where clashes started with stone throwing many don't support hamas but see an opportunity to pressure israel to give palestinians either a homeland or equal rights israeli troops didn't tolerate the stones for long. the israelis are firing tear gas, but i think we are okay to hold here for a second it is a very vy

quickly developing situation and it is nk palestinians inside israela strn solidarity with the people in gaza and here comes the tear gas. soon it escalated. palestinians hiding near the protesters open fire on israeli troops injuring two. then israeli forces shot back. >> just a second ago we heard a single crack it sounded like it could have been a sniper fire this ambulance took the man away who was dead just feet away parents brought their 8-year-old daughter here to play so she could get used to it and carry on the fight. diplomatic efforts involving egypt and the united states could produce a cease-fire in the next two to three days frances? >> powerfully very intense

perspective. richard, thank you devastating weather continues to hit the gulf coast. heavy rain swept through louisiana on monday and again on tuesday. by tuesday morning the national weather service said more than 10 inches of rain had been recorded in baton rouge. the governor has confirmed at least four flood-related deaths some residents had to be rescued from flooded cars. the severe weather rolled through texas and left several residents without power in the houston area it is not over yet as they are bracing for more wet weather tom yamas has more. >> reporter: frances, parts of baton rouge look more like this. the apartment complex is completely flooded the storm took them by surprise and it was like nothing they had ever seen before parts of the gulf coast bracing for more flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes. this after a powerful storm took many by surprise killing up to 4

people and leading to hundreds of rescues, including this baby rescued in the rain. >> it is so fast, i couldn't believe it, you know you know it was pouring. >> in baton rouge rescuers worked around the clock. residents trapped in homes and apartment buildings reachable only by boat. >> this is the worst you've ever seen. >> this is the worst i've ever seen here. it's crazy. >> reporter: a driver drowning under this overpass. lake charles, louisiana, also slammed with rain. a 100 year rain event for a city still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes last year frances, it's far from over with nearly 30 million americans at risk of flooding and relentless amounts of rain. >> they need that break. tom, thank you. the house will decide whether to dive deeper into the deadly insurrection today. lawmakers are expected to vote on investigating the january 6th siege on the u.s. capitol.

they're urging the party to vote against the proposal tracie potts joins us now with the latest tracie, good morning what's the controversy here? >> reporter: phillip, good morning. yeah, the controversy is that republicans, some of them, think that this commission would not be balanced, it wouldn't be fair and that this is being driven by politics democrat and republican negotiators got together to structure what the commission would look like. five democrats and five republicans with leaders on both sides are proving any subpoenas. minority leader kevin mccarthy said this is being driven by house speaker nancy pelosi and politics he's concerned it would interfere with the justice department and other congressional investigations lawmakers also disagree on the scope, whether or not this commission should only be looking at what happens on january 6th. >> remember on good friday an officer was killed at the capitol.

we don't need to investigate that what about all of the riots that have led up throughout the summer that the unrest from blm, antifa, others, no, you can't investigate that this is driven solely by politics and nancy pelosi, but we should not be a part of this. >> disappointing but not surprising, that the cowardess of some of the republican side not wanting to find the truth. >> reporter: former president trump weighing in in the statement calling this a democrat trap urging the republicans in his words to be tougher and much smarter and vote against it. it will come up for a vote in the senate according to majority leader chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate, he's saying his party is undecided they want to look at the fine print. phillip. >> we're talking about investigating the scene of a deadly crime tracie, thank you. nbc meteorologist gentjanes

webb is looking at areas with flood warnings good morning. >> hi, good morning. good morning, everyone we're very busy the last three days over 15 inches of rain for the month of may in lake charles and that's going to continue we do have a small risk of severe weather this morning before it starts to shift to the east right now we're over the severe weather that we were just seeing for houston, lake charles area, but it will continue into the shreveport area. watch that next. damaging wind gusts will be a primary drought this morning and then it shifts more into new orleans. 28 million peopl0s atlantic in the upper 70s. 88 for tucson.

red flag warnings are in place fire danger increasing for the west we'll talk about that. >> important information we'll check in with you then. basketball hall-of-famer charles barkley is giving back to his alma mater. donating over $200,000 to employees in the leave school area it comes in the form of $1,000 handouts to more than 2,000 employees. in a facebook post lees school says he has given over $200,000 of scholarships. we'll remember hollywood legend charles grodin. >> would be astronauts, listen up we'll tell you about a program that could possibly send you to the stars.

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last march it was rocked by the death of breonna taylor who was killed in her own home we have a report from activists from three generations. >> reporter: phillip, kentucky has always been on the forefront of the civil rights movement during a year i had a chance to sit down and talk to three generations of activists the demand for change has sparked through this city over the last year. just like in the 1960s when the black community boy scotted stores, mattie jones has been part of all of it. >> racism is not as blatant as it was in my time. it's gotten more sophisticated. >> reporter: a civil rights icon, jones denied a job she was

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>> reporter: chaunte clear helps with reproduction and protect the chickens owner mike johnson said velcro straps limit their volume. >> it prevents them from stretching their neck out and making too much noise. >> reporter: last fall an upset neighbor called the city to complain about the rooster crows. since johnson's property is zoned for single family medium density, roosters are not allowed so the city began fining the family $100 a day. after 98 days with the fines approaching $10,000, johnson appealed and had a hearing the city made it clear johnson has been reluctant to cooperate. >> burn down city hall -- >> he protects the flock. >> reporter: he doesn't have any intention to get rid of the roosters.

>> then we'll eventually go there if a judge makes a decision we're not going to give up. >> thanks to drew mikkelson. i feel for the family but imagine being a neighbor awakened by a rooster every day. >> as long as they can be waken up at the exact time they need

right now at 4:30, big news surrounding the former president trump. the accusations new york prosecutors say the former commander in chief turned into an inquiry criminal. plus -- >> my first reaction is not again, and we need to do something about this immediately. >> another asian-american woman attacked, police stopping short of calling it a hate crime. this morning, sop b.a.r.t. riders are on edge following another assault. "today in the bay" begins right now. good morning to yo