we are live this morning in geneva just hours from a hugely important one on one between joe biden and vladimir putin the stakes could not be higher. extreme heat warning for more than 200 million americans. temperatures up towards 90 degrees and 40 million of over 100 degrees during the next seven days. aextradition granted. harvey wine sten going to california. the ex-wife of amazon

founder jeff bezos donated nearly $3 billion. we'll tell you where the fortune is headed. standing up for pride one flag at a time "early today" starts right now we've made it to wednesday good morning, everyone i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm phillip mena. all eyes today will be on geneva the first face-to-face meeting as world leaders will begin in hours. the summit is being seen as the u.s. attempts to fix its fractured relationship with ru russia for more we turn to monica alba live in geneva good morning >> reporter: good morning, guys. president biden and president putin could meet for as long as four to five hours later today just a couple of hours now in terms of the choreography and what we can see, president putin

will be at the location overlooking lake geneva. they'll head in for a smaller meeting with the u.s. secretary of state and the foreign minister after that they will expand to a much larger delegation of 15 to 16 people plus translation and all of that, as we know, could stretch late into the evening before it wraps up with the press conference from each individual leader. this is by design. the u.s. said they didn't want to repeat the images of what we saw in helsinki with former president trump and the joint news conference where he lent a lot of credibility to putin whampt president biden wants to talk to president putin on he's not seeking conflict with russia instead, he will deliver a pretty strong warning on behalf of the united states take a listen to how he framed it >> i'm going to make clear to president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate if

he chooses and if he chooses not to cooperate and acts in a way that he has in the past relative to cybersecurity and some other activities, then we will respond. we'll respond in kind. >> reporter: the two did meet about a decade ago when joe biden was vice president and vladimir putin was president they will kick off the meeting a couple hours from now in geneva. >> much different roles and the stakes have changed. monica, thank you. the fight to rebuild the nation's infrastructure will hit a fork in the road today as bipartisan talks continue. senate majority leader chuck schumer will convene the democratic members of the budget committee to pave the way for the reconciliation process to begin. susan mcginnis joins us from

washington, d.c. susan, we mentioned there is a fork in the road there is a possibility there could be two separate billings. >> good morning. the bipartisan solution would focus on traditional infrastructure, roads, bridges, airports that one would cost about $1 trillion paid for with some new funding and some funding that was meant for covid relief, then something called reconciliation would allow senate democrats to pass a second bill with their narrow majority. that will focus on initiatives and president biden's american jobs plan like revamping the nation' broadband network, carbon emissions and human infrastructure and universal pre-k and free community college. lawmakers did seem optimistic about infrastructure. >> we're working on bipartisan infrastructure proposal to meet the demands of the 21st century. both are moving forward. the bipartisan track and the

track on reconciliation. >> i would love it see us get an outcome on infrastructure. it's important the country needs it we have a history of doing infrastructure on a bipartisan basis. >> reporter: now a rare showing of total bipartisan agreement yesterday. a bill passed making juneteenth a national holiday it's expected to be signed by the president. >> the temperature has dropped a little bit in washington susan mcginnis, thank you. as more cities open back up, the cdc is sounding the alarm about the delta covid variant. only 44% of americans are fully vaccinated and the vaccines are effective against it here'sa bounding back to life, there is new warning. the cdc has officially labeled

the covid-19 delta variant one of concern more easily spread and causes more severe cases than any other covid variant. studies show that the pfizer vaccine is effective against the delta variant. the other vaccines likely are too. good news for the nearly 44% of americans who are fully vaccinated but the cdc guidance is sparking new worries for those who are not including teens and young children. >> without vaccination it will spread quickly in your community. it will take less exposure to get covid-19. >> reporter: the variant, which was first discovered in india, now accounts for nearly 10% of all new covid cases in the u.s. >> does this mean a bigger risk for those unvaccinated including children >> it does and once you're vaccinated it's farley effective against this if you are sin knitted the

mask and social distancing are very important california has dropped most of its restrictions. the governor celebrating the milestone by giving away $1.5 million and invited minions. we're joined by nbc's kerry mclaughlin in los angeles. >> reporter: here in los angeles, this is the global epicenter of the covid-19 pandemic people are here enjoying themselves no social distancing anyone who's vaccinated is no longer required to wear a mask people are in a celebratory mood there was a real celebration here last night. people turned oumoment

while the celebration has some confusion, individuals can make their own calls. it's still possible that some businesses here in california are requiring patrons to wear a mask there are also, as you can see, some of the staff here still wearing masks. that's because under california law employees are required to wear masks whether they're vaccinated or unvaccinated that will change by the end of the week kendis. >> have to hit up the abbeys next time imthat he l.a. he's already been convicted of sex crimes. harvey weinstein can be extradited to los angeles to face charges there here's nbc's kate snow >> reporter: 11 months into his 23-year prison sentence in new york. >> i can hear you, yes, your honor. >> a judge ordering harvey weinstein's extradition to california to face more sexual assault charges. for months weinstein's attorneys have been fighting against the transfer. >> he's being treated in a

hospital. >> reporter: previously saying he's scheduled to have surgery, that he's nearlyblind. >> it's los angeles, not some remote outpost that doesn't have any sort of medical care. >> reporter: the judge agreed. prosecutors in los angeles have filed charges involving five women including lauren young who said weinstein sexually assaulted her at a hotel in 2013 she testified in the new york trial and said he pulled down my dress and i'm saying, no, no, no this is what all actresses do to make it. now they will have their day in court. one saying he has used every excuse for delay weinstein representatives have called the california allegations unsubstantiated. his attorneys are trying to block the extradition. los angeles authorities indicated to the new york counterparts they would extradite him between late june and mid july now to the extreme heat across the u.s. which led to several parts of the country

shattering highs triple digits in helena, montana and denver temperatures as high as 127 degrees today. relief might take some time. with 200 million americans projected to see they wermomete over 99 degrees. >> more records broken today janessa webb is tracking all of that hi, anessa good morning >> hi, guys. good morning good morning, everyone the jet stream has really changed. if you were across the east coast last week, we were dealing with the record heat and now we're dealing with a flip-flop situation. the problem is that this will not be broken down until about saturday and then potentially revs up again. records will be broken for today. yesterday it's 115 degrees and

today we're looking at 116 so all these alerts that continue to be in place across california and to the four corners now starting to enter the upper midwest as well. that will continue throughout the week end record highs for today 115 beating the record of 115. with departures from normal we're talking 10 to 30 degrees above average. that will continue through thursday all the sitting in nice, comfortable air. sunny skies. changes are headed for the gulf. minor flooding with our next storm system entering that area. we'll talk about that coming up. >> all right

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of qanon pete williams has the details. >> reporter: the fbi says january's riot at the capitol was a turning point for the conspiracy movement qanon. some people dropped out saying the person known as q hasn't come to pass others may become so frustrated they turn more to violence such as, quote, harming perceived members of the cabal such as democrats and other parts of the opposition qanon is losing audience with social media platforms blocking it the biden administration's countering domestic terrorism calls for more cooperation from social media companies the government will not investigate any group over its beliefs protected as free expression. >> we are not targeting speech we are not attacking speech. what we are focused on is violence. >> reporter: the strategy calls for more investigators to betted

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president putin as he went in, can you reach an agreement? what do you hope to accomplish? do you trust president biden? president putin did not answer any of those questions. and as we anticipated, after the welcome remarks, there were to be no comments from either leader. they'll now go inside and be with their chief diplomats respectively. there will be what we in the news business call a pool spray. cameras will be allowed in to capture just the -- what's happening in the room at that moment. that will last probably main or two before the cameras are ushered out and they get down to the hard work of these discussions. we've talked about four to five hours, perhaps. if it goes longer than that, that would certainly raise a sense of optimism. that they were making some

progress on issues. but, of course, we'll have to wait and see. savannah? >> all right. lester, hang in tight there as we turn to our chief white house correspondent peter alexander. let's talk turkey. what can actually be accomplished here? you have issues of russian aggression in the region with ukraine, the annexation of crimea. you have the issue of what happened in syria. you have the cyber attacks with the u.s. believing russia is harboring the cyber criminals and, of course, election meddling. how do you think this will will all play out as this agenda unfolds today? >> you noted this, white house officials acknowledge that expectations are low today. senior officials telling us they didn't expect any concrete policy announcementes to come out of the day. they said if there were any agreements or any potential for agreement, it is likely the presidents would task the aides, advisors to try to pursue it going forward. but just as we get started on

this day, you see again they expect to be roughly four to five hours in there. the two leaders will not be sharing any meals together. it starts with just that two on two as it were. the secretary of state with the president on the u.s. side and the foreign minister with president vladimir putin on the russian side. before they invite in some other officials with them as well. one thing that struck me as we get this day started is that obviously experts say that vladimir putin is someone that you with have to wam for the gamesmanship, the what aboutism. in 2012, the g20, putin made president obama then president obama wait for 40 minutes for their meeting to take place. vladimir putin arrived here first. and after the u.s. saw he was on the ground, it was six munz minutes before the president left his hotel. everything is effectively on time. savannah? >> thank you, peter. we've got our eyes on villa la grange in in geneva, switzerland. it is the site of the meeting between vladimir putin and u.s.

president joe biden. and we want to turn to our reporter. if there is anyone that knows the state of mind of putin recently, you just sat down and did an interview with him. i was noting earlier that to speak to putin is an exercise in frustration. you learned that firsthand. what do you think his mindset is as he faces our president? >> well, i think peter alexander is right to point out that this all seems to be going to time. that is a small victory for the biden administration right there. presidthere. president putin is notorious for being late. he is so notorious, for example that, the german chancellor, he was more than four hours late some years ago. so it is quite striking to see this all going to time and then at the same time just before the two leaders met, the news agency here in russia released a