. the uvalde school board under fire parents and students lash out after that scathing report on the response to one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. the extreme heat pushing millions to the brink. michelle is acking dangerous temperatures extending across much of the country. more cities take action as covid cases top 100,000 a day yet again. a legal thriller in 280 characters or less twitter duked it out with elon

musk over the $44 billion acquisition gone awry. and a university with a course on harry styles it's tuesday, july 19th. "early today" starts right now i'm phillip mena >> i'm frap ses rivera >> the heat wave rages on from coast-to-coast nearly 20% of the population will see scorching highs into the triple digits in the plains. putting those of the elderly and with chronic health problems at major risk >> without a doubt, it is a life and death situation. i don't have central air and it would have me at over 100 degrees inside the house. >> more people who are afraid to run their air conditioning because of the cost. >> in north texas, the oppressive heat is causing a

number of water main breaks. there have been nearly 200 in a month. if are you thinking about taking a dive in your own pool to cool off, water is evaporating faster than ever before, leading to possibly dangerous levels of of chemicals if left unchecked. let's go to michelle who is tracking the weather for us. >> there are little things you don't think about. in england, they had to close down a runway because it melted yesterday. today we're looking at record highs. we broke records yesterday 103 in dodge city. 108 in phoenix and 104 in lubbock. we are waking up to temperatures really warm. so we're not getting the relief at night 98 in phoenix, near 100 degrees at this hour as we go throughout the day we are going to see the temperatures soar into the triple digits. we're looking at a record-breaking summer this

year we're looking at the warmest summer ever. nearly two months after the uvalde school massacre that claimed 21 inch nocent lives, family members lambasted the school board >> what are you going to do that i don't have to wait 77 minutes bleeding out on the classroom floorjust like my little siste did. i know there's nothing you can do to bring pmy sister back but maybe, maybe if you do something to change this can you prevent the next family from losing their child >> sam brock now with more details from the day of the tragedy. >> reporter: it's the clearest picture yet of catastrophe minutes of an entering the school, officers retreating under fire then a plea from one responder

grazed by a bullet to confront the shooter again. the video pointing to lack of organization >> we're having trouble getting t [ bleep ]. >> reporter: you can hear him pleading with the shooter who had already unleashed many rounds >> this could be peaceful! >> reporter: a new report finding 376 officer arrived, more than half, state and federal agents trained in responding to mass shootings the authors conclugd egregiously poor decision making, saying they failed to prioritize saving innocent victims over their own lives. >> i've dealt with mass shootings. why did their happen we're here today to provide some of those answers in uvalde >> reporter: but no break down of the failed response will be

enough for these families. >> we'll think about these kids every day. their names, not people, they're babies >> reporter: 11 children died in room 111 miraculously, 11 survived in room 112, including gilbert mata how is your son doing right now? >> not okay. he looks okay, but you can tell he's changed >> a grown man who's gone through war can't deal with ptsd now a little mind has to deal with it. >> reporter: wi-fi that didn't work properly and information about 911 calls some officers were learning about on scene >> the victim, child called 911. >> reporter: so the knowledge did not prompt a change in approach >> i knew that something was wrong. >> reporter: reyes was shot in his arm and back >> i remember a lot of things. just the shooting, him shooting

mow me first and then shooting the kids >> reporter: it took 77 minutes for the help to aright every one of his students was killed >> i did not hear any opening the door or anything. >> reporter: did you not hear any efforts to open the door while you were bleeding to death inside of that classroom >> no. we're learning more details about sunday night's mass shooting at a mall in indiana that left three people dead and two others injured authorities are calling a 22-year-old civilian a hero and crediting him with saving lives after he shot and killed the alleged shooter. he has been identified as elijah dickens. he was at the greenwood park mall with his girlfriend when the gunman entered the food court and began firing authorities say dicken was legally carrying a handgun when he confronted and immediately killed the shooter the criminal contempt trial

of steve bannon is under way in washington, d.c. he faces charges for defying a subpoena from the january 6 committee. the juror pool will be narrowed down let's turn to brie jackson in d.c. bannon's team tried to delay this, saying that the publicity would make it unfair >> reporter: that's right, but the trump-appointed judge in this case said he's hopeful that jurors can be found that had not been following the january 6 hearings closely the people who made the cut yesterday were mostly outside of politics and aren't consumed by political news the january 6 committee is interested in asking bannon about possible fore knowledge of the attack after he said on his podcast on january 5th that all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. bannon did make a last-minute

offer to testify but not hand over the requested documents and says he wants to be part of the live public hearings but committee members have made it clear that that's not likely. >> steve bannon is an agent of chaos. steve bannon in his own words believes you have to basically burn the system down to rebuild it and fix it. >> it's more productive if we're on capitol hill with open mic. all this nonsense, a show trial they've been putting up on capitol hill it's time they start having other witnesses. >> reporter: two trump white house officials are expected to testify at thursday's hearings a source familiar with the plans tells nbc news we will hear from former deputy national security advisor and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews it hwill focus on president trump's actions or inactions during the riot.

the eighth hearing will take place in prime time on thursday. frances? >> brie, thank you a whole lot of history was knocked out of the park in this year's home run derby. seattle mariners' julio rodriguez lit it up early and went on to eliminate his opponent pujols would fall to nationals' star juan soto in the semis, setting up the youngest finals matchup in home run derby history. >> this is 20, as a matter of fact >> it keeps going. he's down on a knee. he's got it. sky high >> off balance, but on target. juan soto wins the derby he gets the trophy, and he gets a million dollars in prize

money. let's check back in on that heat with meteorologist michellf to talk about. >> we're looking at relentless heat, record-break heat. and 46 million people impacted from the west to the midwest we've add theed the major city' long the east coast. we will see a stretch of 90s we're looking at triple digits in so many spots 107 inring in the south. triple dims in so many spots 106 in san angelo. all right, this summertime heat and humidity's going to fuel some storms. we'll talk about that in just a

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right to contraception act later this week. when the court ruled to overturn roe versus wade, justice thomas said the court should reconsider same-sex marriage and contraceptive rights coronavirus is soaring once again. infections have risen in at least 40 states since may, mostly due to the ba.5 sub variant. the city of chicago raised its covid level to high last week as california has seen a 16% surge in cases over the last week. meanwhile, officials are urging people to wear masks indoors especially in crowded settings but some concert-goers at the new kids on the block show chose to go maskless michael rosenfield has more. >> reporter: a packed house at the garden as the city welcomes back new kids on the block as concert-goers entered the

garden most said they were not wearing masks inside >> i'm from louisiana, sir no mask. >> reporter: this, as the city says covid cases are on the rise and suggests people wear masks in crowded indoor spaces are you going to wear a mask or not? >> oh, hell no no life's too short i'm done with the, i'm done with the mask thing especially at a concert. >> i didn't even bring one so i am thinking about it, but i'm also here to have fun, and i teach with kids, so i'm exposed to like covid all the time >> i just chose to wear one given added protection >> reporter: covid metrics are ticking up, including virus levels in wastewater and admission to hospital. >> i think it will be all right. >> reporter: are you going to wear a mask? >> i'm not going to wear a mask. i'm vaccinated >> reporter: they would like to s see under 68 positive cases per

day. >> boostered up. i'm expecting that's going to help me a lot. and i'm just praying that we're an all going to be safe. that's the only thing we can do. i'm not going to stay home anymore. >> reporter: they are also watching the state positivity rate boston is at 10% concert-goers were ready to let loose after two-plus years of covid. >> you can't really like stay and enjoy it with all your friends if you have a mask on. i just feel like i want to sing and experience with everybody else >> and our thanks to michael from our boston affiliate for that report. in today's ground breakers, a woman soars past the glass ceiling in the u.s. navy amanda lee is the first female to serve as a demonstration pilot with the blue angels the minnesota native has been an aviator since 2016 in 2019, she was part of the

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agreement he had to agree to never seek employment in law enforcement again. a man featured in "90-day fiance" is now on the u.s. marshals' most-wanted list he's accused of killing someone in a barbershop. authorities are offering a $37,000 reward pfor any information leading to his arrest uber will pay $2 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit. it was claimed that they violated the americans with disabilities act in addition to the payout, uber has agreed to waive the fees for anyone can certify that they are disabled following a day of heavy rain and no amount of four-wheel drive could have saved this van in the bronx check it out

this massive sinkhole here you see the pieces of the road slipping away. that vehicle stood no chance from getting swallowed up. luckily the new york city fire department says no injuries were reported after revealing deep space like never before, the webb telescope has captured photos a little closer to our world nasa revealing a look at jupiter. they weren't processed like the other detailed images, but the different filters were able to show off some of jupiter's moons and rings. >> that is amazing, the things that are going to come out from here on out. when in rome, take a trip down memory lane that's russell crowe there visiting the italian capital with his family, tweeting out that photo taken outside the iconic coliseum, he wrote, taking the kids to see my old office his fans loved it.

took us all back 22 years ago, when crowe won the oscar for "gladiator." still one of the best movies of all time >> souper, super smart caption. >> thank you for starting your day with

right now, searching for a suspected shooter, the new information police are releasing in a deadly bowling alley shooting. capping rent to help tenants make it in the bay, the city that could change rental laws. this is "today in the bay" streaming live. good tuesday morning to you. >> we are starting out with a look at the forecast for this tuesday morning.