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and pro-cop. >> a live report is just ahead breaking overseas, a fifth hearing is taking place this morning for wnba star brittaney griner in moscow developing overnight, almost two dozen homes are destroyed or damaged in a fast-spreading grass fire in a dallas, texas suburb, this as thousands are forced to evacuate from california's oak fire. a major development overnight that will impact millions of americans who are on the took over huge student loans. and tonight's mega millions jackpot has ballooned to $810 million. a busy tuesday ahead "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm m m cori coffin the president holding virtual meetings and events. with a raspy voice, he says he's

on the way to a full recovery. the doctor saying his symptoms have almost completely resolved. mr. biden hopes to return to work in person as early as this week at one of the president's events, he made rare and forceful comments about the january 6 investigation. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, frances president biden has largely avoided commenting on the house committee's findings, you but hd not hold back, slamming trump's inaction as rioters stormed the capitol and attacked police. >> for three hours, the defeated former president of the united states watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the oval office. while he was doing that, brave law enforcement officers are subject to the medieval hell,

dripping dripping in blood. the police were heros that day donald trump lacked the courage to act >> reporter: former president trump who has criticized the january 6 hearings as a partisan witch-hunt had be back in d.c. today for the first time since leaving office he will deliver a keynote speech at the america first policy institute. meanwhile, nbc news has learned that mark short, who served as chief of staff to vice president pence has appeared before a federal grand jury investigating the attack this was for the probe led by the justice department, not the house committee. and mark short is now the highest-ranking trump official so far to have been known to cooperate with the doj's investigation. >> brie, thank you now to russia where the drug possession trial for brittney griner continues this morning. the wnba star has been detained

since february after customs officials say they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her hluggage. we know that griner is testifying this week, but can we expect a verdict as well >> reporter: cori, good morning. it is possible we are expecting t verdict, but you annever know brittney griner is expected to take the witness stand tomorrow where she will take questions from her attorney, from the prosecution, along with the judge. and then of course closing arguments are expected brittney griner will have one final moment to say final thoughts before a verdict is brought down, and then she's sentenced. and of course she faces up to ten years in prison. what we saw last week is that her attorney, basically trying to make the case that this was an accident. brittney griner saying look, i was rushing to get to russia and accidentally lef left these car

twc cartridges in my luggage she is legally allowed to consume cannabis because she has chronic pain bri brittney griner's likely going to be found guilty on these charges. as soon as she is sentenced, that's when work can begin on trying to secure her release russia has even said the same. they won't even talk about any sort of a deal until she's sentenced. so the hope is that this all does wrap up this week and that negotiations can continue to try and secure her release but this is certainly a wait and see, cori. >> it certainly is an agonizing five months. turning to a grass fire that scorched a neighborhood in a dallas suburb. nine homes were completely destroyed by the blaze

authorities believe nearby workers mowing grass may have sparked the fire thankfully no injuries have been reported so far. and in the golden state, nearly 3,000 firefighters are scrambling to curb the massive oak fire it is california's largest fire so far this year and has consumed over 17,000 acres >> crews reported some progress on monday. they were able to contain it by i 16%. they have reached the 2018 ferguson fire burn scar. at least 55 structures have been lost and 3,000 others are at risk one of those homes destroyed belonged to a newlywed couple. >>she's looking over my sh shoulder, and, you know, this home that we had just gotten married at two weeks ago, it explodes >> smoke is now drifting to the bay area, prompting officials to extend an air quality advisory through wednesday. the principal of robb

elementary school has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to the attorney for mandy gutierrez, who did not give any other details gutierrez had been accused of knowing there were problems with locks on classroom doors but failed to repair them before a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers here's how the father of one of the victims reacted. >> she didn't call over the intercom to warn people. she mu that her wi-fi system wasn't good. she knew what was going on inside of her school, and if she didn't, obviously, she was inept and hunshouldn't be doing that n job. opening arguments begin today in austin in the civil trial against alex jones the info wars host and conspiracy theorist has been sued for defamation by families of sandy hook victims after repeatedly claiming that the massacres with fake.

attorneys for the families have indicated they're seeking $100 million in damages jones has already put his info wars company into bankruptcy protection he has since admitted the shooting happened but has denied being responsible for any of the parents' emotional distress. this week we will learn if the economy is truly on the brink of recession and touching just about every area of life, the fed is trying to tamp down on prices >> reporter: in washington and across the country, high stakes over four-decade high nation up 9% year-over-year a teacher and mother in illinois says it's taking a financial and emotional toll clothing up, gas and food up, forcing them to cut back >> and now, it's back to kind of paycheck to paycheck and watching to make sure we're not

going into overdraft >> reporter: at a food bank in loudoun county, virginia, so many families are asking for help they ran out of food after 90 minutes >> we are seeing 20 to 25 new families each week that are coming in, that are new to us, that have never gotten our services before. >> reporter: a new aaa poll shows 88% are cutting back on drive due to rising gas prices they're still averaging $4.36 a gallon nationwide. all of it adding pressure to the f fed, expecting to raise rates again. just as gdp numbers could signal that the economy shrunk. but employers are still hiring president biden says a recession is not a done deal >> god willing, i don't think we're going to see a recession >> reporter: they suggest paying

down debt now. with a rate cut not likely until next year at the earliest. boaters off the coast of alabama got a 400 pound surprise when a five foot long spotted eagle stingray jumped aboard near dauphin island. april jones posted these photos saying she believed it clambered into the boat because it had a sucker fish on its belly >> she's like thank goodness it's way too hot up here let's turn to michelleo michells plan grossman to see when we're going to get the relief >> in the pacific northwest we're just getting started we're going to see a stretch of warm air 30 million people impacted in the pacific northwest. also the south central states into the lower mississippi valley really hot there once again. temperatures, relief in the north. look at some of these

temperatures 82 degrees in d.c. that's actually below normal for this time of year. ahead of the front we're looking at really warm air it feels like 110 in tulsa with the humidity and really warm in the mipacific northwest. 107 in monument, 102 in bend, and 're going towew england. 85 in new york 84 in boston all right, guys, we'll look at the rainfall forecast coming up. >> michelle, thank you let's keep it with the theme of sea creatures. our shot of the day, an incredible sight off the coast ofa large whale breaching the water, landing on top of a small fishing boat

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