today president biden will meet with his nato counterparts as warm-up to his all important one-on-one with russia's vladimir putin later in the week wicked weather is baking the western states an alarming report on a worsening water shorge over the weekend, families across the country were exercising together. we'll tell you why from deliverance to networks, superman and so many others, this morning we're going to look back the incredible career of actor ned beatty a pekinese named wasabi has won best in show at westminster

kennel club. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm kendis gibson we're going again overseas with the latest on the president's foreign trip as he continues to reestablish the nation's credibility on the world stage he is starting this morning in brussels, belgium, there for two days of talks with nato and european union leaders cyber security, terrorism, climate change among the topics being discussed at the summit. for more on what we can expect from the meeting of world leaders, we turn to nbc's mike memoli who is live in the belgian capital. what's on menu today >> the circle gets a bit wider from the intimate g7 meeting to a meeting with 30 nato allies here in brussels you'll remember what it was like four years ago when president trump arrived for his first nato meeting. he really stunned our partners by scolding them for not spending enough money in defense spending, for really putting into question the u.s. commitment to article 5, the core of the nato charter, which

requires any country to defend an attack on any other in the nato alliance. well, president biden, white house officials say coming with a very different message he is not only going to reaffirm the commitment, but call for revising it, for expanding its mission to meet the challenges of this new century. he wants to continue to focus on russia, an important discussion ahead of that meeting in geneva, but also include china and a focus on their adversarial aspects of the relationship as well, focusing on cyber, one of the real new frontiers of the fight in the 21st century as well now this comes as days in which the president really was warmly received by our allies in europe in the united kingdom. the french president emmanuel macron saying to the president that he was welcomed back into the club of course, the president also ended that trip with a warm greeting by her majesty the queen. the president saying afterwards she reminded him of his own mother kendis >> i can just imagine what that meeting was like mike, thank you.

president biden's busy overseas schedule all leading up to a face-to-face confrontation with russia's vladimir putin the two leaders set to meet wednesday in geneva. and the recent russian-based cyber attacks will likely be a big part of the conversation matt bodner is live in moscow. matt, what can we expect from these high stakes talks? >> frances, good morning it could end up being quite the finale to the trip we're looking at a broad ranging discussion from kind of the usual nuclear arms style discussions between the u.s. and russia but things such as cyber security and the ongoing issue with hacking and it's actually very interesting. president putin yesterday in an interview that was published in the russian state media suggested that russia would actually be open to trading cyber criminals as part of a broad ranging extradition agreement. obviously there is a lot of question there's, including whethe but president biden reacting to this last night said he was actually open to the proposal.

he kind of doubted that there were americans hacking russian systems the way they allege russians have. but at the end of the day, there is this open question about how much can they actually agree on. as we all know, u.s.-russia relations are not in a good place. in an exclusive interview with keir simmons on friday, president putin said they're the worst they've ever been. let's take a listen. >> we have bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. >> i think he's right it's a low point. and it depends on how he responds to acting consistent with international norms which in many cases he has not >> why do you think he hasn't changed his behavior in spite of everything the u.s. has done to this point >> he's vladimir putin >> so keir simmons is still with us here in moscow today. he is actually going to be rolling out the entire interview. and it's a very interesting one. you guys won't want to miss it

that will start on the "today" show in just a few hours. >> thank you, matt now to some breaking news from minneapolis where police say a woman has died after a car drove into protesters. a suspect was pulled from the vehicle and is now in police custody. two other people were treated but are expected to be physically kay protests have continued for more than a week in minneapolis after deputies shot and killed 32-year-old winston smith jr according to police, smith fired a weapon cities across the country were struck by more gun violence over the weekend in chicago, at least three people were killed and 36 injured in shootings across the city police are still searching for two men who opened fire at a group of people standing in a parking lot overnight on saturday a 29-year-old woman was killed and nine others were wounded >> there is a tragic update to the shooting that took place in downtown austin early saturday morning. a 25-year-old man has now died from his injuries. police say one suspect is in

custody, but a search continues for a second one many the meantime, there is a manhunt that is on right now in savannah, georgia for one or more suspects after a friday night shooting left one person dead and eight others injured. now the youngest victims are only 2 and 13 years old. they're expected to survive. now to dangerous triple-digit temperatures that are baking the west and fueling wildfires. the so-called flats fire in the international forest exploded to 400 acres sunday, forcing a mandatory evacuation nbc's vaughn hilliard joins us now with more from los angeles vaughn >> reporter: frances, from here in southern california up to montana, triple-digits are expected over the course of this week an early arrival of summer record-breaking heat and a lack of rainfall are threatening to paralyze the country's western half there is phoenix, set to blister its records. but the high heat will reach beyond the desert this week.

billings, montana forecasting 104 degrees. casper, wyoming, 102 salt lake city, 103. grand junction, 106. as parts of california hit triple-digits, the heat could be felt in the kitchen as farmers suffer to produce. >> if we don't have enough water and we don't have enough feed for these cows, the tough decisions are coming for all of us. >> reporter: but there is no rain on the calendar, punning the all dry, parched land. >> this year is the worst drought, the worst year since 1977 >> reporter: 88% of it now in a drought, raising fears of widespread wildfires the flames already burning in utah, promising the governor to ask his state to pray for water from the skies. >> we need it now. we need some divine intervention >> reporter: the first for water evident at lake mead, at its lowest point since 1977. in the nevada mountains, even bighorn sheep are desperate. >> we did see mortalities on the mountains. and those mortalities is where

they would normally find water, and there wasn't any >> reporter: tucson is moving its outdoor vaccination sites indoors as cities brace for earlier, hotter summers. >> definitely in the future in decades to come, we'll see probably more intense heat events like this >> and there is heightened concern about the american west power supply last summer, 800,000 california homes lost electricity now the state's power grid operator warns it may be overstressed again, adding blackouts to the list of potential dangers this summer. heat advisories are remaining in effect through this upcoming saturday here. usually june they're cloudier and cooler, but this year summer has come early frances? >> vaughn, thank you it's a new week and a new era for israel for the fist time in more than a decade, israel what has a new prime minister the right wing leader naftali bennett took the reins from benjamin netanyahu yesterday, ending his 12-year run as the country's leader however, tensions in the region do remain. a spokesperson for hamas said

that the shake-up will not change the way that they deal with the israeli government. president biden was quick to congratulate the prime minister, telling him the two countries' governments will work closely together a denmark soccer star is recovering after suffering a cardiac arrest in the middle of a match against finland. the team's doctor said midfielder christian eriksen was gone, dead before they were able to resuscitate him the health emergency stunned players and fans alike the 29-year-old is stable condition, now recovering the game resumed after two hours after his collapse denmark lost, but eriksen was named player of that match just astounding to see doctors declare him dead before they bring him back >> absolutely incredible back to the weather. ed a vaughn hilliard is reporting, it is bad out west. it is baking and the drought is only getting worse janessa, good morning.

>> hi, good morning. you know what's concerning is that these heat alerts, they're staying in place through saturday so this is going to be a prolonged event. we do have a change in the jet so it's stalling out this pattern. and heat alerts, they expand from the rockies all the way down to the four corner, potentially making their way into the upper midwest this is triple-digit heat as high pressure settles in we are talking about the feel-like temperature matches the air temperatures so we're seeing 112 for today. records going to be broken, and they'lbel g tonight all the way down to the tampa area daytime highs in the upper 80s, lower 90s.

also, a tropical disturbance now forming. a possibility of 50% we'll talk about that coming up. >> all right important stuff. thank you, janessa for a second year in a row, a scaled back puerto rican day parade was held in new york city sunday despite most of the festivities being held virtually mayor de blasio and lin-manuel miranda were on hand for a small parade that included dancers and singers. the parade is traditionally the largest celebration of puerto rican culture in the u.s. straight ahead, can companies force employees to get covid vaccines and who took best in show of cb g ear's kennelludo show details in two we'll be right back. battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide hygienic clean free. it's gentle on her skin, and out cleans our old free detergent. tide hygienic clean free. hypoallergenic and safe for sensitive skin. plaque psoriasis, the tightness, stinging... ...the pain. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks.

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house started when a mom who had a child with downs syndrome realized there weren't a lot of positive places for families like theirs to go and get support. this month they have launched an acceptance challenge, asking all of us to get moving to show support pour female with disabilities >> two, three, go! >> reporter: on a sticky summer saturday, little kids were racing families walking together. tossing footballs. >> right here. there you go >> reporter: dancing, from chicago to fargo. >> we're moving and grooving. >> reporter: to san diego. even as far away as mexico gigi's play house, which runs downs syndrome achievement centers nationwide kicked off what they called an acceptance challenge for june. >> will you accept me? >> it is time! >> reporter: nancy gianni is the energetic founder. part of why you started gigi's play house is because of the girl next to you.

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>> to be generous, to be kind and be accepting, and to be nice, not mean >> can you say hi? >> hi. >> reporter: after months of virtual classes during the pandemic, there was joy in just being together >> it is so heartwarming just to have everybody back together again. >> know that it's okay he's perfect. >> reporter: sending a message engraved on every medal the kids took home that day >> be generous, be kind, be accepting. >> that's right, baby. >> their free virtual platform called gigi's at home created during covid is still operating. and one of the silver linings, they now reach families in more than 50 countries. kendis >> that's amazing that something so beautiful came out of the pandemic kate, thank you. >> so simple generous, kind and accepting so much more ahead, including how novak djokovic made a young fan's day after

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president bill clinton nominated ruth bader ginsburg to the u.s. supreme court after being confirmed by a 96-3 vote in the senate, justice ginsburg would serve 27 years on the high court until her death from pancreatic cancer last september. >> what day in history hollywood is mourning the death this morning of the legendary actor ned beatty perhaps best known for the 1972 survival film "deliveance" in which he plays a pudgy vacationer who is brutally sexually assaulted by a back woodsman in a ten-minute scene that many found difficult to watch. four years later, he received an oscar nomination for his role as a corporate executive in the 1976 film "network." >> you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, mr. beal, and i won't have it. is that clear? do you think you merely stopped a business deal? that is not the case the arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back.

>> he was so good. beatty also had memorable roles in such classic films as "all the president's men," "nashville," "the big easy" and later on tv roles in roseanne and "homicide: life on the street." a statement from beatty's manager says he died of natural causes surrounded by friends and family in l.a. he was 83 years old. hard fought final at roland-garros brought djokovic one step closer to history djokovic was down two sets to stefanos tsitsipas that sent the serbian into a tear down the stretch, putting on an improbable comeback. djokovic claimed his second french open title and 19th grand slam, one away from tying roger federer and rafael nadal for the most in men's history. before leaving thecourt he gifted his racket to a young fan who seemed to really appreciate the gesture. also in france over the weekend, the return of the cliff

diving world series. yes, 12 men, 12 women leapt from platforms high above the french riviera. it was the first competition in cliff diving world series in nearly two years red bull suspended it last year due to the pandemic. not bad at all thank you for waking up with us on "early today.

♪ we begin this week with a deep dive into the dusty and sun-baked west coast that's enjoying triple digit temperatures a drought threatening food supplies and energy grids to push beyond the breaking point ever a whirlwind weekend o g7 meetings and tea with the queen, this morning, president biden turns his attention to nato and the cyberterrorists ahead of his one-on-one with vladimir putin israeli's years an