♪ breaking overnight, a deadly shooting at a los angeles car show leaves at least two dead and five injured police are searching for multiple suspects. 0% contained thousands forced to evacuate a a new california wildfire triples in size, fueled by a record-high temperature. >> the world health organization raises the danger level of monkeypox to a global health emergency. goos news on the gasoline front. prices dropped 65% per gallon of

regular from the june peak but we're way up from a year ago. president biden's doctor says his covid symptoms are improving "significantly" as his schedule remains busy. when one wrong move proves painful for one 7-year-old chess player, who had a finger broken by a robot opponent. it's monday, july 25th "early today" starts right now good monday morning, i'm erin o'hern. >> i'm frances rivera. breaking this morning, los angeles police on a manhunt after two were killed and five others injured in a shooting the gunfire erupted yesterday afternoon during a car show in pan cedro's pet park authorities say about 500 people were there, including children it began as a fight between two parties. it's not known if this was gang related. police did find some guns from the scene. they believe multiple shooters were involved. since they began friday, california's oak fire has been

spreading rapidly. the inferno burning 15,000 acres, claim is at least 10 structures nbc's miguel almaguer has the details. >> reporter: another wave of destruction, the oak fire more than doubling in size, now the state's largest wildfire of the year ravages everything in its path >> the fire has gained exceptional acreage overnight. >> reporter: peak fire season hitting hard in the rural community of mariposa. over 6,000 forced to evacuate, as governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency. with containment nowhere in sight, the billowing plumes of smoke are visible from outer space. these are the new sounds of summer the crackling of bone-dry brush, the result of california's mega drought, promising more hellscapes ahead as temperatures keep rising. more than 2,000 firefighters working around the clock to beat back flames. but thousands of structures

remain under threat. crews spread too thin to stop all the homes from burning >> oh, this is horrible. >> reporter: rodney mcguire captured this video as he lost it all his family's home for generations gone along with his collection ofcars all he has left isneighbors. >> still haven't absorbed this i've got another 50 messages i've been just trying to get my strength back to even read them. i just don't know. >> reporter: another small community overmatched by towering infernos, just hoping for a break from forces out of their control. miguel almaguer, nbc news. president biden is keeping a full schedule as he battles covid. he is expected to give a virtual speech to the national organization of black law enforcement executives this afternoon. the president's doctor has said his symptoms have improved significantly.

meanwhile, the fda has recommended pfizer and moderna push forward with omicron-specific booster shots for the fall the biden administration has already agreed with pfizer to purchase 105 million doses once it's approved. it could be ready by october. from one outbreak to another, the world health organization has declared monkeypox a global health emergency. now, there are growing calls for the u.s. to do the same with so many questions in the aithy par for some answers >> reporter: monkeypox is on the move with at least 16,000 cases and spreading across roughly 75 countries. the outbreak triggering a global health emergency by the world health organization. the u.s. could soon declare its own public health emergency. >> we have ramped up vaccinations, ramped up treatments, ramped up testing. we're going to continue to look at all sort of policy options. >> reporter: as the virus

tightens its grip, we asked nbc news medical contributor dr. ka vitae patel who is most at risk. >> gay, bisexual, transgender people having sex with men and frequent encounters. most importantly, anyone in contact with anyone under suspicion of monkeypox. >> reporter: here's other questions you may have first, how do you get it mostly through prolonged contact with fluid coming off the monkeypox rash, whether skin to skin or by touching a household item that's been contaminated by the infectious fluid, like bedsheets, towels, and shared clothing you can get it by kissing someone who's infected or from exposure to their sneezes or coughs how do you test for it health care workers take a viral swab of the rash with results ready in three to five days. what should you do if you've been exposed see if you qualify for a vaccine, monitor for symptoms like fever, body aches, and

rash if you test positive for monkeypox, you should self-isolate and avoid contact with others until the rash filly heals. most cases are mild and people recover without treatment if roughly two to four weeks. in new york city, the health department scrambling to distribute vaccines. >> it's been really difficult to get a vaccine appointment. >> do you think a lot of people know about it or know enough about it >> no, i think we live in new york and people know about it here, but i talk to friends in texas and other parts of the country, and no, it's not top of people's minds. >> reporter: the demand for national doses on the rise as the outbreak worsens kathy park, nbc news, new york at least 17 people are dead after the speed boat they were traveling on capsized off the coast of the bahamas an infant is among the dead. 25 people were rescued from the water. the victims are all haitians authorities say the suspected migrant vessel originated in the bahamas and was bound for miami. two bahamians are in custody,

suspected of running a human smuggling ring officials say some of the survivors claim to have paid up to $8,000 for the journey. two u.s. citizens have been killed in eastern ukraine. the state department confirms that a total of five americans are known to have died in the country since russia invaded five months ago. the u.s. government has repeatedly warned against any travel to ike. joining us live from kyiv is our josh leader man. josh, can you tell us anything about these two americans and exactly why they were there? >> reporter: they were fighting in eastern ukraine, and one of them has now been identified as 31-year-old luke lucyszyn from north carolina, who according to his parents who spoke with our colleague ellison barber was injured by an artillery shell and then three of his troopmates, another american, a swede, and a canadian, came to his aid when they were apparently hit by a russian

tank and all four of them were killed his parents telling nbc that 31-year-old luke lucyszyn came to ukraine not to be a hero, but simply to help the people here his father was 100% ukrainian. that sad news coming as we are looking to see whether this deal to export grain from ukraine is going to be able to hold after russia launched a missile attack at the key odesa port less than 24 hours after that u.n. and turkish-organized deal was struck and amid all of that, we're hearing from president zelenskyy in his evening address saying that they now believe that the russians know that they are going to lose this conflict, and even are overhearing conversations of russian troops telling their relatives back at home that they know they're going to lose the war. president zelenskyy also saying that he expects more high-level visits from foreign officials here in ukraine this week, erin.

>> all right, so many people feeling compelled to help after seeing those images. thank you so much, josh. a washington state man was arrested for allegedly calling a tops supermarket in buffalo and threatening to kill black people there. according to a federal criminal complaint, 37-year-old joey david george said if he didn't see anyone at the star, he would go to the jefferson avenue location that tops store, which has recently reopened, is the scene of may's shooting that left ten dead in a racist attack. george was charged with two counts of interstate threats. spacex sent a back of starling satellites into orbit sunday the falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted offe center in florida cg 53 starling satellites it is the fifth spacex launch coming two days after a successful launch from california's vandenberg space force base spacex has launched nearly 3,000

star link satellites to date. on the heels of another record-breaking weekend, high temperatures, will we see any relief nbc meteorologist michelle grossman joins us. day after day, week after week, this has been the topic. we're ready for it to end. >> yeah, we are ready, exactly i talked about it all weekend long we are going to continue did talk about it. we are looking at coast-to-coast meet some of us will see some relief. that will be in the northeast that will come tomorrow after storms today taking a look at alerts. 41 million people impacted from the northwest through the middle of the country, into the northeast. that includes boston and also philadelphia we're looking at so many triple digits once again. fresno 103 104 tulsa. factor in humidity, it will feel like 107 feeling like 110 in houston. it will feel like 105 in d.c. before those storms roll through. then tomorrow we're looking at warm, hot. dallas 103, feeling 10 it's4. gy in the northeast befo

storms roll through. we're tracking storms early this morning. 92 in philadelphia it's steamy, also stormy we're tracking some strong to severe storms today. we'll talk about that coming up. >> a lot to still cover. thank you, michelle. korean war veterans from across the country will come together this week to remember all those lost in the conflict often forgotten or referred to, excuse me, as "the forgotten war. wednesday the new exhibit is opening at the national mall in d.c. the remembrance will honor the americans who died in the korean war. it's just steps away from the 19 stainless steel soldiers that have stood in tribute to the war for nearly 30 years. president biden and the president of south korea are expected to attend. "early today" is back in a minute with good news for ivs deils drerand taon the

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pope head to quebec city and the north. the investigation into the january 6th attack on our capitol, members of the house select committee are already giving clues as to the evidence and witnesses they are looking into as they prepare for another rupd of public hearings planned for september. nbc's chris pallone joins us live from d.c. one person lawmakers want to hear from is the wife of supreme court justice clarences ght, gii thomas has come under scrutiny for text messages she allegedly sent questioning the results of the 2020 election. the committee signaling they want to question her about communications with both former president trump and chief of staff mark meadows "the washington post" reported thomas sent emails to 29 arizona state lawmakers urging them to help overturn mr. trump's loss speaking with cnn, committee vice chair liz cheney said if thomas does not agree to a voluntary interview, the pan

until will consider issuing a subpoena cheney left the door open on to making criminal referrals to the justice department, while other members urged the agency to move forward with an investigation. >> we've not decided yet as a committee whether we're going to make criminal referrals, but that's absolutely something we're looking at. >> i sure as hell hope they have a criminal investigation at this point into donald trump. merrick garland has told us he's listening. he doesn't need to wait on us, because i think he has plenty to keep moving forward. >> i certainly hope they're moving forward i certainly think there's evidence of crimes i think it goes all the way up to donald trump. >> reporter: he is also focusing on missing secret service text messages that were sent before and during the insurrection. the lawmakers are hoping to receive more information and testimony from that agency, and two sources told nbc news the homeland security inspector general has launched a criminal investigation into the destruction of those messages. frances? >> september's going to be here before we know it.

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benz we know what car you're driving in we also know that you switched your clothes in the car. because i ran after them when they went - >> and with all that he knows, he's urging the thieves to come forward. houston texans rookie john meche chee iii will likely miss the upcoming season after revealing he has cancer, a form of leukemia. the wide receiver who was taken in the second round of the nfl draft in april expressed optimism in his recovery in a statement he said that he's receiving great medical care and cannot, quote, wait to come back stronger than ever. baseball fans took their eyes off the diamond and focused on cooperstown as david ortiz took his place in the baseball hall of fame >> i want to thank the baseball writers for making me the first designated hitter in the history of cooperstown to be selected in the first ballot

you guys got it going on thanks, guys >> ortiz won three world series titles with the boston red sox in his 20 seasons in the big leagues. he finished his career with 541 home runs and 10 all-star selections six more players were also inducted including twins teammates jim kaat and tony oliva and legend buck owe nally. in chess, one wrong move could cost you the game. in the case of a 7-year-old, it cost him his finger. last week a robot grabbed the boy's finger, causing it to break during a match at the moscow open. the president of the moscow chess federation says the boy didn't even realize he had to wait before making his move, causing the robot to pounce. he says this was the first time the robot had done that. the boy finished the tournament the next day with his finger in a cast good for him. >> who knew chess could be a

contact sport. scary moments there. now to the amazing sight that lit up the skies over the northern u.s. this weekend the northern lights put on this incredible glow above a mountain range. it's rare to see the northern lights in the continental u.s., but they were spotted from washington state to michigan this

gas prices continue to drop. and pope francis has traveled to canada, where he's expected to apologize to indigenous