♪ the highland park, illinois, shooting suspect is facing seven counts of murder with more charges promised by the prosecutors. plus, we're learning more about the victims. a new plea for justice more than 60years after emmett till was brutally murdered, family members are demanding an arrest warrant be served heart attack, disturbing new reports that finds a hacker can disrupt a pacemaker.

but that's not all grand jury subpoenas have been handed out to senator lynndie gral and members of president trump's legal team and carlos santana collapses on stage what caused it "early today" starts right now good wednesday morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. we are learning much more this morning about the seven lives lost in the horrific july 4th attack on highland park. jacki sundheim is remembered for her kindness and warmth as a preschool teacher. nicolas toledo >> and leaving behind a 2-year-old boy left unharmed in the attack a gofundme for the family has raised more than $2 million. >> and katie goldstein was at a parade with her daughter cassidy and saying she spotted the

gunman and told her mom to run she's how cassidy described her mom to nbc's lester holt >> she was just a good mom and i got 22 years with her. and i got to have 22 years with the best mom in the world. >> the 21-year-old shooting suspect has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder the state's attorney made it clear that there will be more charges coming >> these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that there will be more charges we anticipate dozens of more charges, centering around each of the victims psychological victims, physical victims. >> and highland park is one of many communities reeling from gun violence after the holiday weekend. nbc's steven mcginnis has more >> reporter: a weekend of celebration replaced by gunfire, turning highland park, illinois,

into another mass shooting site. a rooftop gunman firing into a parade leaving seven dead, dozens injured and countless more asking why. >> how did somebody become this angry, this hateful, to then take it out on innocent people who literally were just having a family day out >> reporter: highland park, the highest profile shooting amid a weekend filled with gun violence two police officers shot in philadelphia in indiana, two children and a man shot at a holiday cookout. in arizona two dead among five shot at a family gathering whether the death toll is small or large, the shootings keep mounting more than 300 mass shootings identified this year approaching a record vice president harris visiting highland park calling for more action the latest shootings coming less than two weeks after president biden signed new gun legislation. >> i voted for it. it's going to save lives but it

still doesn't get to the root of the issue. >> reporter: they do expect congress to do more. seven states have raised thing a to 21 but in illinois, one of the strictest states in the u.s. including an assault weapons ban still not enough to stop the massacre in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news new jersey's new tight gun laws just got even stricter. governor murphy signed new laws. training will be required to get a gun permit and new residents coming from out of state much register their firearms. there's also a ban on 50 weapons as well as a crackdown on ghost guns at the signing, governor murphy said new jersey has one of the lowest rates in gun violence and gun deaths he said there's a reason for that because they're the leaders in gun safety. top allies of president trump are facing new legal

challenges the justice department issuing a flurry of subpoenas as part of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election for more reaction, let's get to brie jackson brie, just to be clear, this is separate from the january 6 investigation. >> reporter: good morning, frances, that's right, the fulton county district attorney's office has its own probe. the special grand jury now wants to hear from some of the top names involved it issued seven subpoenas yesterday which includes rudy giuliani, south carolina senator lindsey graham and former trump attorney john eastman. also subpoenaed attorney claude michelle who was on the infamous call asking secretary of state brad raffensperger to find extra votes for him. >> why wouldn't you want to find the right answer, brad, instead of keep saying the numbers are right? so, look, you can get together -- and, brad, we just

want the truth, it's simple. the truth, the real truth is i won by 400,000 votes at least. so what are we going to did here i only need 11,000 votes fellows, i need 11,000 votes, give me a break. >> reporter: and senator graham was subpoenaed for a call of his own where he asked raffensperger to re-examine absentee ballots and announcing a multistate coordinated campaign to influence the results of the election in georgia and elsewhere. graham has been ordered to testify july 12th, the same day as the next january 6 committee hearing. mr. trump, giuliani and graham have all denied any wrongdoing >> we'll see what will be revealed in this investigation brie, thank you. one of the republicans on the january 6 committee is releasing chilling audio of threats left on his voul mail at his capitol hill office. in a tweet, adam kinzinger said

the darkness has reached new low. >> may the lord god almighty come upon you, your health, your family, your home, your livelihood and i pray that it be god's will that you suffer. >> to both go to hell. >> we're going to get you, coming to your house, son, going to get you and liz cheney. going to get you two little [ bleep ]. >> last month, kinzinger tweeted a letter sent to his home threatening the lives of his family a federal judge has thrown out a trump administration's rollbacks to the endangered species act. under president trump, the protection for the gray rose northern spotted owl and other species were weakened. it comes after a year after president biden vowed to increase environmental conservation efforts

the 1973 nixon era act now protects over 600 species from the effects of human development and climate change according to the associated press the family of emmett till is speaking out and urging authorities to serve a recently found arrest warrant for the white woman that accused till of making improper advances at her in 1955. the warrant was filed last week. nearly 70 years after till was kidnapped and brutally murdered. patrice clark from our affiliate wldg in jackson, mississippi has the story. >> you see all the things that were done to his body. and you don't think that affects not only our family, but people. >> reporter: emmett till's cousin priscilla sterling filled with emotion and tears as she talked about how the 14-year-old was beaten and killed in mississippi back in 1955 after

caroline bryant dunham accused him of whistling at him. they were later acquitted in the case 67 years later an unserved arrest warrant for donham was found in the basement of the courthouse >> i was actually called to meet them that morning and i had to work, teacher and summer program. but people show up, my cousin deborah watts and her daughter and son-in-law get here that morning. and it took them an hour and a half to find the warrant >> reporter: till's cousin believes the discovery of this parent serves as new evidence of this case. in fact, sterling says her family wants the district attorney for the 4th circuit court of mississippi dwayne richardsonto serve the warrant because they want donham who is now in her 80s arrested. she now lives in north carolina. the families are calling on the justice department to reopen this case. last year, they officially closed the investigation into

till's murder. >> we cannot ignore this that's the reason why the warrant needs to be served it will help create change and this is what -- if this is what needed to do for us to change our mind-set, our behaviors and attitudes in this society, then this will do it. this will do it. execute the warrant. at least bring her to trial. at least bring her to trial. >> our thanks to patrice for that report. crews are working to contain a rapidly spreading electrofire in northern california officials expanded evacuations tuesday after dry grass fueled the growth of fire the blaze has burned nearly 4,000 acres so far and 5% contained tuesday night. fire officials are investigating the cause of that blaze. drought, warm weather not helping. let's get more on the hot spots with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman good morning, michelle. >> good morning, yeah, we're looking at really dangerous heat

out there also looking at stormy weather, steamy and stormy summer is full effect, even early this morning we're looking at threat of severe weather as we go through the afternoon and evening hours. so lots of white on the map here all the way to the carolinas where you see the yellow that's the likeliest place for severe weather. we could see winds gusting 60 miles per hour large hail also a chance of a tornado or two. 30 million americans affected. look what happens tomorrow the same amount of people at risk winds gusting, extinct miles per hour with some of those storms, damaging hail and also a chance of a tornado looking at heavy rainfall, torrential downpours could bring up to 3 inches of rain where yo

we're looking stormy in the northern plains into central plains as well 85 in sioux falls. all right, guys we'll talk more about the triple difficult heat. we're looking at dangerous heat once again today >> it's important to hear. thank you, michelle. "early today" is back in a minute with a heart hack, the cyber security warning for pacemakers for and ecif rord gas prices weren't enough, car payments are now cruising to a new high metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic metamucil. support your daily digestive health. and try metamucil fiber thins. a great tasting and easy way to start your day. most bladder leak pads were similar.

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cyberterrorism and shame on us if we wait until something happens to solve the problem. we have to act on it and right now. >> reporter: in 2020, mo supposed cyber security risks that the federal government issued a warning. >> we were actually able to set up a fake base station in the lab that connects to the device that is connecting to the pacemaker. we as an attack insert yourself into that communication and potentially change the messages going back and forth >> reporter: after years of debate the fda issued recently draft guidance for cyber and medical devices but it's only voluntary. >> it's nothing to say this is voluntary. i think it has to be mandatory it was required and you have to do it and everyone does it and it doesn't feel like it's a problem to use the seat belt >> reporter: mow and others

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today's show in burg et ceteratown, pennsylvania is postponed. and just like you uvalde and parkland others they're now searching for a way to move forward. >> it just brings the news so much closer, of course, when it's your main street. it's just incredibly disrupting to be living in it i just want to do something if i can. if there's a way to try to make a point about guns in our society. i mean, it's just very strange to look at everything that's happening here this is my home. >> you see all of these things on tv, people how they should respond, until you've been in that hail of bullet fire and you don't know where it's coming from >> yeah. >> and it's just unreal. what people expect you to do in that situation and what you really have to do in that situation. >> right just the randomness, we don't

know if there was any particular purpose except to make some sort of statement and it's just too many times that something like this does happen and for me, again, it's just become so personal because it was all so in my immediate area. >> it's unbelievable and believable that we're doing this here it was expected by me at some point, unfortunately and it's just disgusting that we have -- i can understand why there's a debate over reducing carnage against preserving a hobby or a dilutidelusion that i needed it's insane. >> actually shocked, shooken it's scared people and enraged communities will move forward, we'll take our rage and we will vote, we will march, do what we have to protect these.

this will be running through our heads forever. it's a nightmare that is stuck in our heads forever >> yeah. a reoccurring nightmare. >> yes, that is a horrible, horrible reality is that we will sit here once again in another