claudette clobbered the southeast. the tropical depression is gaining steam as it nears the east coast after leaving a trail of destruction in alabama. the biden administration celebrates another vaccine milestone, but his fourth of july covid goal still looks like a long shot as the new delta variant spreads across the country. the president returns from his first trip abroad facing challenges both foreign and domestic, from russian hackers to infrastructure roadblocks we'll look at the biggest issues that lie ahead. teeing up trouble at the u.s. open. the wild shod that had everyone

talking. it's monday, june 21st early today starts now and good morning, everybody. i'm lindsey reiser. >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with tropical depression claudette which is expected to gain strength this morning. the storm brought destructive winds and flooding to the gulf coast. a woman in georgia was trapped in this car when a tree and power lines came crashing down heavy rain led to a tragedy on an alabama interstate. ten people including nine children were killed in a pileup the victims include a father and 9-month-old daughter and eight girls in a small bus ages 4 to 17 they were from a ranch that provides a home for needy, neglected, school-aged children. the high school that some of the girls attended held a day of see on sunday. let's find out where that severe weather is headed this morning nbc meteorologist janessa webb joining us now tracking

claudette's path good morning, janessa. >> hi, good morning. good morning, everyone currently claudette over north carolina close to the raleigh durham area. the problem with the storm is it's sparking up weather it's spawning tornadoes and flash time flooding a big problem. 55 miles south southwest of raleigh, north carolina. what's going to happen as it inches closer to the coast, it will transition back into a tropical storm the reason for that, it has some warm water it will get some energy. as it flows off shore, it will continue to cause a storm surge situation across the northeast we'll watch boston all the way into new york city, which you can see by later on tonight it we'll have a tropical storm system and then it will continue its trek all the way into nova scotia this is going to be a big-time flood issue with flash floods into the carolinas

south carolina, north carolina, we'll watch dc this morning where we can potentially see two inches of potential rain with isolated areas up to three inches another element with strong, strong winds we'll talk about that coming up. the white house is ramping up efforts to meet president biden's fourth of july vaccination goal which is two weeks away on friday the administration celebrated a milestone of 300 million covid-19 doses in the president's first 150 days in office, but the u.s. appears unlikely to reach the president's vaccination goal of 70% of adults with one shot as that more contagious delta variant continues to spread. as of today, at least 65% of adults have gotten at least one shot and more than 143 million are fully vaccinated cases of the delta variant are rising though in parts of the country. rural areas like missouri and kansas, they are seeing an outbreak of the variant which

originally emerged in india. it's accounted for 10% of new covid cases in the united states meanwhile, the department of homeland security has announced that u.s. borders of mexico and canada will remain closed, at least until july 21st, to reduce the spread of the virus. brazil surpassed half a million covid-19 deaths over the weekend. a truck accidentally drove through a crowd at a florida pride parade one man was killed and another injured. this happened in will ton manners near ft. lauderdale. the victims and members are members of the gay man's chorus. the driver accelerated hitting two people and crashed into the fence of a business. the 77-year-old suffers from a walking ailment and was chosen to drive the lead vehicle in the parade this year officials say it was unintentional. no charges have been zbrield president biden is back in d.c. after his first trip over seas, and facing a new set of challenges, from russian cyber

attacks to infrastructure negotiations nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest >> reporter: spending his weekend in delaware after a long overseas trip, president biden faces renewed urge against si to stop russian-based ransomware attacks in the u.s >> that's where we're going to have to see whether we're able to actually sit down and have some serious cyber talks, not just at the working level but something that takes it up to try to reach some kind of agreement. >> reporter: the president also faces a new challenge in iran after they elected a new hard lined president. some say it could lead to a new nuclear deal with iran >> our paramount priority right now is to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon we believe diplomacy is the best way to do that rather than military conflict. >> reporter: the president faces challenges at home, too, including getting his massive

infrastructure bill passed. >> that's the problem. it's not about infrastructure, it's kind of a $6 trillion grab bag of progressive priorities. >> republicans say they won't agree to any deal that raises taxes. the democrats are still fighting. >> what the president has said he doesn't want to raise taxes on people making $400,000 or less, i agree with that. >> reporter: there's hope a bipartisan agreement can be reached. there may be greater problems ahead. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. diplomatic drama in the middle east. iran elects a new leader the clock is ticking for the biden administration with six weeks to go until that new iranian government takes office. joining us from tel aviv is raf sanchez. good morning who is this new president? how did that election impact the negotiations we're talking about?

>> reporter: he's a 60-year-old cleric and hard liner. he's under u.s. sanctions fo vi. his more moderate rivals were barred the u.s. believes it's possible to revive the u.n. nuclear deal. jake sullivan, president biden's national security adviser, said over the weekend that whoever is in leader snp iran, diplomacy remains the best way to stop that country getting a nuclear weapon take a listen. >> i think what we need to do in the united states is keep our eye on the ball and that is our paramount priority right now is to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon we believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve that rather than military conflict >> reporter: now those nuclear talks were paused yesterday while everyone takes stock of

raisi's election the best window may be the next six weeks before raisi is inaugurated as iran's next president. >> raf sanchez, thank you so much after technical delays last week, two astronauts just completed a successful space walk they installed 6 new solar panels on the international space station. nasa's shane kimbrough and thomas pesquich completed a 6.5 hour space walk. it's the 240th space walk just to maintain the station. the new panels will help boost power and they're expected to last 15 years. >> awesome i think cleaning the gutters sometimes is dangerous you see that >> exactly. let's check back in with nbc meteorologist janessa webb hello, janessa >> hi, good morning. this is a big morning.

as the storm pushes off shore, there will be a severe weather threat for today into tomorrow afternoon. for today it's all of the northeast all the way down to sections of the mid-atlantic 26 million people under some kind of severe weather risk. it's the damaging winds that are going to be picking up as the system races off shore there is some minor flooding that we'll continue to watch across north carolina to south carolina this morning. it's just a few counties, but this flash flooding really going to be hazardous across the that humidity, very high, in the mid 70s. we'll take a look at the rest of the nation weather wise coming up guys >> talk to you in a bit,

janessa. the final day at the u.s. open was tougher for some golfers than others. let's start with the rough mckenzie hughes, the tee shot on the 11th hole took a bit of detour, way off the course, off the rough. it got lodged in some tree branches took a one-shot penalty. now to the good. the success story of the day at torrey pines was jon rahm. he birdied to regain the number one ranking. he becomes the first spanish born golfer to win the u.s. open. big congrats there new turbulence for american airlines what's keeping hundreds of flights grounded this summer. strong winds bring a hot air lln crashing down. we'll have that close call caught on camera in colorado jos in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued.

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country this weekend in chicago, 5 people killed and 44 injured in more than 20 shootings throughout the weekend. in philadelphia, two people are dead and four others wounded after two separate shootings one of the victims was a 3-year-old who was shot in the leg but is expected to survive. the summer travel fever is hitting american airlines especially hard. the airlines is canceling hundreds of flights over staffing shortage and maintenance issues the carrier is struggling to keep up with the surge in travel demand just this weekend over 300 flights were canceled. it will be trimming 1% of the schedule through mid july. several people hurt in two separate hot air balloon incidents in colorado. according to officials there, three people taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a balloon crash landed in chatfield state park outside denver three others were examined at the scene and a second balloon had a rough landing an one rider with minor injuries. the second pilot said both had

to make emergency landings due to the strong winds. transgender veterans may be able to receive surgery through the department of affairs. dennis mcdonagh made that announcement throughout the weekend. the move was, quote, the right thing to do. it was part of an effort to overcome a dark history of discrimination between lgbtq service members. the decision was based on the recommendation of our clinicians adding, quote, we are making these changes not only because they're the right thing to do but because they can save lives. sad news out of the white house. president biden and first lady jill biden just announced that their german shepard champ died on saturday. they got champ as a puppy in 2008 shortly before they moved into the vice president's official residence at the naval observatory. in a statement they said champ died peacefully at home adding he was our constant cherished companion during the last 13 years and was adored by the entire biden family.

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his little brother he welcomed us into his home showing us where he and his mom spent their last minutes together >> my favorite artist is keshi he's the reason i picked up a guitar. >> randy park is the son of randy. 1450e8 worked at gold spa. >> she would be gone for days, weeks, months at a time. my understanding is she just slept at the workplace she was already not open to talking about her work life or the extent we worked once we realized what her situation was and seeing how hard she worked, we just appreciated her more. >> who's here for the two of you. >> me. >> what's something that stands out in your mind about what always made you laugh that she would do parents always do something

funny. >> dance. >> dance >> dance i made fun of her for a lot of things every time before she went out she would bother me or this look? and any answer that wasn't you look great was not the answer basically. >> how much has it changed your life, would you say, this tragedy and what happened? >> it just sucks it's a reality that has already hit me i don't know if it did i don't know when it will. my top priority is just to get things back to normal as closely as it could, i guess >> symbolic of that struggle, the new suit and dress shoes randy bought for the funeral they still sit by the door the day he took them off after the funeral. randy gave the traditional big bow on the ground. the dirt still stuck in his new shoes. ths new pants. a last goo

>> what would you want to say to your mom now if you had one opportunity to say something to her? >> chill out, relax. don't have to work anymore. >> randy's younger brother turns 21 and shares the same birthday with his mother. they can laugh when they play video games together but not when it comes to what happened they don't talk about that, they just know. phillip, lindsey >> richard, thank you. the documentary short is called "remember the flowers, atlanta 100 days later" streaming now at nbcnews.com/asian-america. >> so sad. so young and head of the household. >> tough reality. we've got a lot more to get to including janessa's week ahead. haowg merrinmonts caught on camera as a homeowner comes face to face with a naked intruder.

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>> inclusivity don't hear about that. a traumatic counter with a naked man that broke into the home the homeowners are speaking about the moment they came face to face with this intruder here. christine camp from our nbc station in los angeles has the story. >> who's in our house. >> while talking to his wife on the phone, matt sass comes face to face with a stranger in his home. >> hey what are you doing here? >> this is my house. what are you doing here? >> i'm going to call the police here >> i don't have anything to fight this guy so i went up in the balcony. i climbed off. fortunately my car was in the driveway >> he called 911 cameras captured the burglar identified as 34-year-old paul kian walking around the pool naked just before 2:00 thursday afternoon and roaming inside their home as monica watched

from her phone. >> get the [ bleep ] out now! >> what? >> get out >> i was so frightened and scared that this guy has been -- is going to be doing something to my husband. >> hon anything ka said after her husband escaped they waited for private security and police to arrive. they say he was in the home for about 45 minutes before he was taken into custody and it was later that their two young children discovered their two pet pair a keets dead. >> she opened the cage, like a serial killer, opening the cage, squeezing them, dropping them, stomping on both of them as they're screaming for their lives on birds. >> he took a garage door opener from an unlocked car hoping this can be a lesson for everyone to lock your doors. >> they could get in

they could get in and they got in >> our thanks to christine kim for that report. the homeowner, what are you doing here >> yeah. >> at least he's not armed and he can't hurt anybody and then they started talking about he killed the birds >> violent. thanks for

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