it's friday, june 17th. ahead, the inside details from ivanka trump between her father and haven'vice president pence january 6. and the shooting at an alabama church's potluck dinner. we head into the weekend with millions facing heat alerts, and more severe storms in thew details surrounding $3

million of alleged hush money involving world wrestling's vince mcmahon. the golden state warriors capture their fourth title in the last eight years and can you guess who grabbed the mvp? "early today" starts right now good to be with you, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. breaking overnight, a fatal shooting in a church in alabama has left a community in shock. it happened just after 6:00 p.m. at st. stephen's church in the vestavia hills community >> a suspect entered a small group church meeting and began shooting three people were shot, two people are deceased. one person is being treated for an unknown injury at a local hospital >> the police said the suspect is in custody, and there is no threat to the public in a video message posted to facebook, the church's rector, who was in greece at the time of

the shooting held back tears whilereading a prayer for comfort. breaking overnight, a miraculous survival. a man is in the hospital after the plane he was in crashed. it experienced mechanical problems and went into the water. nearby paddleboaters rescued the pilot out of the plane and one told our affiliate that he feared the worst >> i was expecting to see something much worse than a man still alive floating so i was very relieved to see that he was still conscious and everything so it wasn't much thinking except getting him to the shore for medical services >> the pilot was a texas parks and wildlife game warden there was no one else on board the golden state warriors one win away from the seventh nba title, taking on the celtic whose were at home

and the celts started off on a high note, but things quickly went south golden state on a 21-0 run and that momentum was just what the splash brothers needed to keep those shots going down after the break. >> draymond green pushing. six assist force green curry, a long three. that's good! steph curry from wayn! the curry chaos here in the third! >> steph curry put a ring on it, he says. boston a few days ago, they led the series two games to one. but goenld statelden state woul out. >> they beat the celtics 103-90. the fourth title for them in the last eight season, the first since 2018 seven titles in all for golden state, for the first time in his hall of fame career, steph curry

was named finals mvp former vice president mike pence was the focus of the third round of january 6 hearings. our susan mcguinness has more. >> reporter: the january 6 committee focussed on former vice president mike pence, laying out its case that donald trump and his team pressured pence to overturn the 2020 election >> mike pence, i hope you're going to stand up for the good of our constitution and for the good of our country. and if you're not, i'm going to be very disappointed you >> reporter: an effort that contributed to the capitol insurrection and put pence's life in danger >> i'm hearing reports that pence caved. i'm telling you, if pence caved we're going to drag [ bleep ] through the streets. >> reporter: refusing to call off the riot, the committee says trump responded to the chants. maybe our supporters have the right idea pence deserves it.

the committee shows pence being rushed from the senate floor the committee revealing in a phone conversation, trump berated pence for refusing to do what he asked. >> the conversation was, was pretty heated. >> i remember hearing the word wimp either he called him a wimp. >> reporter: the capitol attack, a kwons consequence of the theo pushed by john eastman and trump. > >> i had no right to overturn the election >> reporter: witnesses debunking the idea that trump continued to push pence >> donald trump turned the mob on him >> reporter: the committee portraying that pence, loyal to trump for years, broke with him

that day to uphold the constitution and defend democracy. susan mcguinness nbc news, washington wall street is staring dowdown its worst week since the pandemic the dow spiralled 740. the s&p was down but investors do appear to be buying the dip the crypto crash continues investors were shedding risk assets bitcoin trading at around $20,000, the lowest level since 2020 and the fed's biggest interest rate hike is hitting mortgage rates. the highest level since 2008 the white house is making an effort to reduce the hate and fear amplified by the internet vice president harris launch add new task force aimed at combating and preventing online harassment and abuse brie jackson joins us. tell us about the goal of this

new expert pan mel >> reporter: it is charge with the making recommendations the white house is warning that the hate, misogyny and abuse found online has dangerous spillover effects into the real world. the vice president used the recent mass shootings in buffalo and yewuvalde to underscore the point. >> white supremacist who murdered ten black people in buffalo, new york was first radicalized, by all accounts, online and after the massacre of 19 children, 19 babies and two teachers in uvalde, it was revealed that the shooter had threatened to kidnap, rape, and kill teenaged girls on instagram. >> reporter: some of the guidance will include recomm recommendation for prevention

efforts and training for federal, fed fafx tas task k force.force. president b >> president biden declared a national disaster in yellowstone. >> reporter: floodwaters are starting to recede, but it's revealing a fairly wide swath of destruction. it has been damaged by mudslides, landslides and that catastrophic flooding. in a month hlike june, there are 70 to 80,000 visitors who make their way to the park. while the northern entrance to the park could remain closed

through the summer, the southern entrance could open in a few weeks. if that happens, there would likely be a limited number of visitors who could go into yellowstone. it's something they're watching. meantime in billings, about three hours from here, there are floodwaters threatening a water treatment plant. if that does happen, the city could lose water, clean water. right now it's something they're watching not a major concern, but another aftermath effect of this devastating flood. back to you. >> miguel, thank you as we look to the weekend, there is a risk of strong to severe thunderstorms across the eastern u.s. here's nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann, who's been busy all week. >> we're busy this morning, too. that heat unrelenting, sparking storms and we're going to watch this as we go throughout the day in the eastern part of the u.s. this morning we're watching strong storms. parts of the carolinas, this is

where we're expecting the chance for severe weather, from new england all the way to the southeast. the likeliest chance was in virginia to georgia. 28 million americans at risk we could see gusty winds and the chance of large hail that dangerous heat continues. 81 million people impacted today, and we are looking at triple but it's hot in the southern plains 95 in san antonio, 100 in dallas we continue to be very hot, but we're looking at bright spots on the map. we'll talk about that in your father's day forecast coming up. >> thank you liam hasn'tendricks has rev he asked the team whether they

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