breaking news, a deadly mass shooting in st. louis leaves at least three dead and four others injured. police are investigating this morning. a major vote is set for today that could determine the future of voting in america. we're live in washington with the latest history is made in the national football league an announcement by the first active player to come ou gay. >> we go in depth to look at the state of policing after a year of unrest that has left many plummeting at police departments. a major victory for college

athletes from the supreme court that could ultimately lead them to getting paid. it is june 22nd, "early today. >> good to be with you, i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with the growing fight over access to the ballot box. new restrictive state voting laws are inspiring prosecute tests. activists with the black voters matters campaign are headed to washington, following the path of the freedom writers of the 1960s. 80% backed voter i.d. laws that includes 62% of democrats and 91% of republicans we're joined by capitol hill correspondent tracie potts tracie, good morning voting rights will be front and center today in the senate >> right, phillip. not only the content of that legislation but how lawmakers will or won't get it done. the filibuster, the 60-vote requirement to move things forward. that is front and center today

the for the people act would expand voter registration, expand early voting, and address key issues like election security, interference, finance, and ethics but it will take ten republicans to go along with every democrat just to move it forward, and the senate republican leader says it's a no-go >> they made it abundantly clear that the real driving force behind s1 is a desire to rig the rules of election permanently in democrats' favor >> no 24-hour voting, no drive-through voting what does that have to do with election fraud it certainly has to do with reducing people's right to vote and ability to vote, but nothing to do with election fraud. >> joe manchin, who offered to compromise and talk with the president about that at the white house yesterday, that compromise is going nowhere. he is not in favor of the for

the people bill. he's the only democrat who has said so publicly, and said last night that he has not decided how to vote on this motion to end debate or whether to move things forward but he is not the only democrat who has questioned the filibuster back to you. >> there could be a major blow for the advocates there. tracie, thank you. let's turn now to the violent storms that struck millions of americans. at least 14 people were killed at tropical storm claudette re wreaked havoc across the south >> the system spawning tornados. >> we can feel the trailer lift up and slide and started flipping >> destiny ward was inside and somehow survived in other areas, it was the water building way too fast, flooding communities from louisiana through alabama. first responders say a car

likely hydroplaned on i-65 just south of montgomery, setting on of a chain-reaction crash. >> i've never seen anything like it it was horrific. >> at least ten people died in the pileup, including eight children ages 4 to 17 traveling in a small bus operated by the alabama sheriff's youth ranch. the group was just two hours from home after spending a week at the beach a string of tornado and driving rains also lift parts of the midwest in ruins the chicago suburbs of woodridge and naperville dealing with the worst of it. >> i could feel the whole house shake. >> teams now working through the damage >> our community has been tremendously impacted. >> survivors, well aware >> it could've been much worse jay gray, nbc news this month, a brutal heat wave in the west is fueling

extreme fire dangers multiple fires burning in california, colorado, arizona, and oregon the backbone fire northeast of phoenix grew to over 32,000 acres on monday. more than 300 firefighters are battling it, which currently is 0% contained wecontinue to celebrate lgbtq+ community all pride month long and on monday nfl player carl nassib came out to the world on social media >> what's up, people i'm carl nassib. i just want to take a quick moment to say that i'm gay i've been meaning to do this for a while now. but i finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest. i really have the best life. i got the best family, friends, and job a guy could ask for. i'm a pretty private person, so i hope you guys know that i'm really not doing this for attention. i just think that representation and visibility are so important. i actually hope that, like, one day videos like this and the

whole coming out process are just not necessary but until then i'm going to do my best and do my part to cultivate a culture that's accepting and passionate and i'm going to start by donating $100,000 to the trevor project. they're the number one suicide prevention service for lgbtq youth in america and i'm very excited to be a part of it, to help in any way that i can and i'm really pumped to see what the future holds. that's all i have for you guys hope you have a great day, work hard >> nassib's announcement makes him the first active nfl player to come out as gay the raiders tweeted, proud of you, carl. the league also tweeted, the nfl family is proud of you and commissioner roger goodell said, in part, representation matters. in a statement to espn, raiders' head coach said i learned a long time ago what makes a man different is what makes him great. seven people were shot in st. louis, missouri.

three men were pronounced dead at the scene, and four others took themselves to the hospital for treatment. police are investigating the motives. they are encouraging anyone with information to reach out to the st. louis metropolitan police department's homicide division or crime stoppers. now to the ruling that could reshape college sports the u.s. supreme court ruled the nc can -- ncaa can't restrict college athletes getting paid. >> a unanimous ruling against the ncaa's claim that limits classroom perks for athletes help preserve the amateur status of college sports. the ncaa cannot limit education-related benefits, including computers, musical instruments, and scholarships or internships after student athletes are no longer playing the ruling did not directly address the bigger issue, whether student athletes can be paid, but it's suggested the

ncaa might lose on that too. the victory for former clemson player jenkins just as brett kavanaugh said the ncaa's business model would be flatly illegal in almost any other industry in america. he said restaurants, for example, can't ban together to cut wages for their employees on the theory that customers prefer food prepared by low-paid cooks. >> this could open the door for college athletes to receive payment to play, payment to attend a school or transfer school >> the ncaa must soon decide what to do about a growing number of state laws that explicitly allow athletes to be paid for the use of their names or likenesses. the supreme court's ruling is a blow to a system that generates billions of dollars for everyone but the athletes now the ncaa says it hopes congress will act on a bill to set a nationwide standard,

limiting how they can be paid. frances? >> pete, thanks. a man in california is under arrest in connection with a nutty heist. we're talking about a theft of about 21 tons of pistachios valued at over $100,000. the investigation started after an audit by touchstone pistachio company revealed that 42,000 pounds of those nuts were missing. authorities say the stolen pistachios were put into smaller sacks so they could be moved for resale >> they're pretty expensive. we're finally getting a bit of a break from all the wicked weather. let's check in with nbc meteorologist janessa webb to see if we're going to get that break. good morning, janessa. >> good morning, everyone. i can't give you sunshine today if you're across the east coast. we're still seeing some widespread rain from new york city, boston area all the way down to areas of louisiana this morning i am watching just a few storms that are starting to get a little feisty for the

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for the actions of an officer across the country, and i don't think that's fair. >> since last july at least 115 portland officers have left the force either by resigning or retiring there are now barely 800 left. just last week, members of the city's rapid response team resigned from that unit after one officer was charged with excessive force during a protest last year. >> we're stereotyped - >> darrel turner is the police union's executive director who retired in january >> we're dealing with rioting at a level and sustained violence that we've never seen before, gun violence in a city like we've never seen before. we're looking at the most catastrophic staffing levels we've ever seen before >> it's a policemen that nation. several cities have faced calls to de-fund the police. others have slashed budgets due to covid more and more officers say they feel villainized like never before a survey finds that retirements were up 40% and resignations 18%

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in today's news by the numbers, lumber prices are falling substantially after soaring during the pandemic as more people are again cutting back on home projects. lumber futures hit just under $905 over the weekend. that's down more than 50% for the year from good news in construction to some dicey details on air travel involving slashed flights and a rise in ticket prices. what's causing all the turbulence steve, good morning. >> yeah. good morning to you, frances, good morning to you, phillip what we want to see is slashed prices and a hiking in the number of flights. what we are seeing is a slashed number of flights and hiking prices this doesn't seem to make sense at the moment, but the problem is, of course, during the pandemic peak, the airlines cut back so aggressively on capacity, they had some accelerated retirement programs as well now things have gone a lot quicker than expected, got a

shortage of pilots and, quite frankly, can't cope with demand. plus you've got aviation fuel going through the roof because the oil price is up. and that means basically that the prices are up, and we have less flights so a real, perhaps a nice conundrum to have, better than not having enough demand out there. also you've got doordash and albertson's, which our viewers know is one of the largest grocers in the state they're partnering up to have same-day delivery. they're going to have a one-hour delivery time for a whole host of these items and to celebrate the doordash partnership, they're going to have a new digital gaming app called "in the bag" where you get a chance to get some really big discounts on business orders bad news on the flight side, but good news on the grocery delivery >> we'll take it thank you, steve still ahead, the coffee news that'll have you pouring another cup this morning and the white house gets a

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the white house continues to celebrate pride debuting an exhibit dedicated to pride month on the ground floor corridor the area featured items dedicated to the history of the lgbtq community, borrowing from the smithsonian. and secretary of state antony blinken announced the state department will be flying the progress flag in recognition of pride month the flag combines the rainbow pride flag with colors representing the trans community and people of color. the countdown is on for the tomo olympics. we're just about a week away

from the opening ceremony. overseas ioc officials are trying to revive the spirit of the games with spectators, and they're putting some new rules in place joining us now from london is chapman bell chapman, good morning. so what is this we're hearing about no cheering? >> good morning. yeah, phillip and frances, no cheering, shouting, even speaking loudly, all not allowed. and masks will need to be worn, but there will be fans venues are going to be capped at 50% capacity, but up to 10,000 domestic spectators will be able to attend events of course, international fans were banned earlier this year. the decision was made by the five groups involved in organizing the olympics. and it goes against the recommendation last week given by japan's top medical adviser saying that the venues should be empty. but japanese officials do say that spectators still could be banned if the pandemic worsened.

but at this point it looks like there will be people in the stands and in an olympic-first kiwi weightlifter laurel hubbard has been named to team new zealand and will be the first openly transgender athlete to compete in these olympic games so a big first there, and i'm sure there will be fans in the stands trying to figure out a way to make some noise they have one month, guys, to come up with a way to safely make some noise for these athletes who've waited an extra year to compete. so we'll see what they can come up with, so a safe olympics but hopefully not a silent olympics. >> well, it'll be only domestic, right? so only people who live there will be able to go here we were used to watching the games without any spectators kind of weird but at least the games are happening. people there are going to have to perfect the golf clap >> it kind of goes against human

nature at least it's happening. >> that's right. we can cheer from our own homes. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. coming up on the "today" show, al

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