breaking overnight, a shooting at a washington, d.c. music festival during a juneteenth celebration has left a 15-year-old dead and at least three others injured details are still coming in. celebrating juneteenth across america what it means for so many, and how recognizing this seminal day is changing the face of america. the governing body that oversees world swimming has banned transgender athletes from competing in women's events as part of a new gender inclusion policy we've got the latest ahead. travel troubles from coast to coast with gas prices easing

just a hair. airlines have canceled thousands of flights since friday. on this 117th day of war in ukraine, actor and director ben stiller makes a surprise appearance in lviv in support of refugees. is apple the next retailer where workers will go union? the first of 272 apple stores in the u.s. votes in favor. it's monday, june 20th "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera. >> i'm philip mena. the summer travel season is off to a rough start millions people who traveled over the father's day/june ninth holiday weekend experienced massive flight delays if not cancelations, leaving them frustrated and scrambling to get to their destinations. the tsa said friday was the busiest air travel day of the year so far with more than 2.4 million people passing through tsa checkpoints. it also saw more than 1,100 flight cancelations. saturday was no better more than 6,300 flights were delayed and 859 flights

canceled that according tonight aware who also reported more than 5,000 delays and more than 900 flight cancelations on sunday the travel chaos is being fueled by the airlines, still recovering from big storms and a shortage of airline workers on top of a travel surge. if you're traveling today, check with your carrier before you head to the airport. breaking overnight, a 15-year-old boy was killed and three people injured after a shooting in washington, d.c., authorities say. among those injured is a police officer who was shot in the leg. the shooting happened at what police describe as an unpermitted music gathering. police shut down the event after a fight and an apparent stampede left people injured. shortly after, gunfire erupted, sending more people fleeing. the name of the deceased teenager has not been released the injured were stabilized at medical facilities, officials said police are looking for one suspect who is still on the run. law enforcement have recovered several firearms at the scene. none of them belong to the suspect.

now to a deadly shooting at a family barbecue in san antonio. police say two people were killed there and five more injured on saturday night when at least one suspect pulled up and opened fire. authorities also said multiple children were inside the house at the time of the shooting but thankfully were month the injured. police are working on identifying the shooter or shooters. the january 6th hearings resume this week the first hearing on tuesday will focus on accusations that former president trump leaned on state officials in an attempt to alter election tallies among the witnesses who will testify is brad raffensperger, the georgia secretary of state raffensperger was on the january 2nd telephone call where the then-president asked him to, quote, find nearly 12,000 trump votes to overturn president-elect biden's win. it is unclear if the committee will ultimately make a criminal referral to the justice department, but there are new tensions between the committee and the doj. officials say the panel has not handed over witness transcripts from their investigations.

committee chair bennie thompson says they intend to share all interviews but stress that the curt hearings take priority. over the weekend, millions of people across the country celebrated juneteenth. this was the first year the federal holiday was observed commemorating the countless that have been oppressed and impacted by racism. nbc's chris pollone joins from us d.c. with more on what these celebrations mean for communities all across this country. chris, good morning. >> yeah, philip, good morning. across the country, juneteenth celebrations kicked into high gear over the weekend, commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved people in galveston, texas, learned they were free, 2 1/2 years after president lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation. it didn't become a federal holiday until last year with a stroke of president biden's pen. in ft. worth, texas, dr. opal lee head a 2 1/2-mile walk to start the juneteenth celebration there. she's knownas the grandmother of juneteenth, a leading

advocate of making it a federal holiday. in chicago, the juneteenth market event put a spotlight on black-owned businesses in buffalo, new york, site of one of the nation's largest juneteenth festivals, the state's governor paused to remember the victims of last month's racist attack at a crowded grocery store. in washington, the national museum of african american history and culture has been holding juneteenth commemorations in person and online >> i hope people understand not only the importance of juneteenth to african american culture but also its relevance to all of american culture and history. >> reporter: also this weekend, the national archives museum is displaying the original emancipation proclamation alongside the juneteenth order in a statement, president biden said great nations don't ignore their most painful moments, they confront them to grow stronger philip >> wise words there. chris, thank you so much some relief at the pump may be coming for americans. treasury secretary janet yellen said in an interview the biden

administration is considering a federal gas tax holiday which could save drivers just over 18 cents a gallon. >> the news comes as the national average for a gallon of gas dipped below $5 over the weekend. that's according to aaa. 17 states are still paying over $5 california with the highest price at the pump, nearly $6.50 a gallon. a new policy banning transgender women from competing in women's international swimming events goes into effect today. for more on this, we bring in nbc's janis mackey frayer who's live in beijing. >> reporter: good morning. this is a big decision from fina, the governing organization of swimming. the vote 71.5% in favor of this new gender inclusion policy which permits only transgender athletes who made the transition before age 12 to compete in women's categories this vote came about after

months of consultations. it goes into effect today. and it effectively bans transgender athletes from competing in women's aquatic events if they've experienced male puberty fina oversees competition for high-level swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, as well as artistic and open water swimming events fina's president said that all swimmers are welcome, but this is about protecting the rights of athletes but also protecting competitive fairness he's talking about creating an open category for swimmers and other athletes who fail to meet the criteria for the women's and men's categories much of this debate came into the spotlight with lia thomas, who made history as the first transgender woman to win an ncaa swimming title but did so with some controversy, especially from their own teammates who said they had an unfair advantage. this new policy could prevent thomas from competing at the

paris olympics other elite sports are following suit by revising their eligibility rules, including cycling. it's getting a lot of backlash critics who say that to enforce these policies will mean having to seriously violate the privacy and human rights of athletes who just want to compete >> janis, thank you for the breakdown, appreciate it. wwe chairman and ceo vince mcmahon appeared in character on friday speaking to a live crowd just hours after announcing that he would step back from his roles as the wwe board of directors investigate alleged misconduct nbc's vaughn hillyard has more. >> reporter: a shakeup in world wrestling entertainment. >> no one there is bigger than a wwe. >> reporter: bigwig vince mcmahon is stepping back from his responsibilities as chairman and ceo of the wwe, according to a press release, as a special committee on the board of directors and an outside firm investigates his alleged

misconduct his daughter, stephanie mcmahon, will take over in the interim. >> do the right thing for business every single time >> reporter: "the wall street journal" broke the story open when it published claims of a $3 million hush money settlement to hide an alleged affair between mcmahon and a former employee. the "journal" citing documents and people familiar with the matter went on to report the woman was a pairlegal for the wwe hired in 2019, and the deal struck in january was intended to prevent her from talking about the relationship or making critical statements about mcmahon. a spokesman for the wwe telling the paper, the relationship was consensual and mcmahon's lawyers say in a letter to the "wall street journal" that the paralegal made no claims of harassment and she was not paid by wwe when she left the company. according to the release, mcmahon will retain his role and responsibilities related to wwe's creative content part of that creative content, a special appearance by mr. mcmahon himself.

on "smackdown" - >> it's kind of risky being on the show for him but, you know, vince mcmahon has never really done anything silently >> do you mind from time to time doing certain personal favors? >> reporter: wwe fans and critics digging up old clips of mcmahon on stage in unrelated skits as the news trickled out >> stacy will do everything that i tell or ask her to do. that's a model employee for you. >> reporter: the independent investigation also includes looking at a potential misconduct by john laurinaitis nbc news reached out to lawyers for both men and did not hear back but mcmahon says in the release, "i have pledged my complete cooperation to the investigation, i have also pledged to accept the findings and outcome of the investigation whatever they are. the wwe, which has broadcasting partnership with nbc news'

parent company, did not respond to our request for comment now his daughter stephanie - >> vince's little baby girl! >> reporter: stepping up as interim ceo and interim chairwoman after taking a leave of absence last month to focus on family. she wrote, "it is extremely important to me that we have a safe and collaborative workplace. >> our thanks to von for that report. turning to holiday weather and likely more 100-year temps ahead. michelle grossman is tracking it all. >> good morning. yeah, we have that excessive heat today and throughout most of the week. that area of high pressure just staying in place, pumping in that heat. we're looking at twrnlgs you combine it with humidity, it's going to feel like 110 in spots. 9 million americans from the northern plains, central plains, upper midwest under some sort of heat alert the heat into the southern plains and also parts of the southeast as we look for today, we're looking at 100 in minneapolis. it will feel like 106 factoring

in humidity. same in houston. the heat index of 105, 101 in new orleans. tuesday, the first official day of summer, temperatures summerlike from chicago, cleveland, down to austin. mobile, alabama, feeling like 102. heat continues through most of the week tallahassee by wednesday 103, been 04. that is the daytime high factor in humidity, it's going to feel a lot warmer than that that's going to spark storms in the northern plains, parts of thity. same story in the south. we're looking at lots of 90s 90 in orlando and jacksonville we'll talk more about the heat across the country also the risk for severe weather and the risks for monsoon at

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by the supreme court four years later. actor and director ben stiller is using his platform to highlight refugees in poland from ukraine the 56-year-old, who is a u.n. good will ambassador, visited lviv according to a tweet he traveled to poland, then visited the ukrainian border and met with people whose lives have been impacted by the war in ukraine. it was a weekend filled with pride and juneteenth celebrations across the nation pride festivities were back in portland, oregon, this weekend as in-person events return to the area for the first time since the pandemic portland's pride parade and waterfront festival also celebrated juneteenth. in nbc, members of the lgbtq community and allies celebrate lincoln's second-ever pride parade in south florida, thousands attended the wilton man for stonewall pride parade. coming up on "early today," a pittsburgh pirates rookie was on fire sunday, hitting three monster home runs. an intense u.s. open finish.

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gather things of value and make money off it later in the life life imitating art here. he knew it was going to be worth something. a historic union push at apple stores across the country. workers at a maryland store voted to unionize, making it the first apple store in the country to do so tommy clark of wbal has more >> reporter: inside townson town center, apple employees made history. this group is the first in the country to unionize. out of 110 workers eligible to vote, 65 said yes to unionize and 33 said no >> i want to give a huge, huge -- sorry, a huge shout-out to atlanta, because they prepared us for a lot of this stuff they were going to do. that helped us alot. >> reporter: the group named their union the coalition of organized retail employees,

c.o.r.e. the international association of machinists and aerospace workers helped made it happen. >> we're literally the face of apple. how is it fair that we are being dictated what to do, what to say, how to act, but we don't get any say in what's happening in our everyday lives? >> reporter: in may the group sent a letter to apple ceo tim cook informing him of support from a solid majority of co-workers, adding their team wants more rights to information and collective bargaining, health, and employees say they deserve more voice when it comes to covid-19 safety. >> a lot of response we've gotten from the company is what i would call fearmongering. >> reporter: it's part of a national wave of pandemic-related labor activism. in april, starbucks employees on north charles street in baltimore city became the first in the state of maryland to unionize this group says they won't be the last >> don't be scared

because it's scary, and that's okay but don't be realize that if we can do it, you can do it. >> thanks to tommy for that report from our wbal affiliate thanks for starting your week with "early today. i'm frances

right now, a standoff, final preparations underway ahead of the warriors championship ring, will break it down before you go out. and the first bay area county getting ready to vaccinate the littlest children, all the little guys under the age of five. today's debate is streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. thank you for joining us. >> i marcus washington,