the record-breaking heat wave refusing to break in the west the extreme triple digit highs fueling fears of rolling blackouts for millions of americans. breaking news overnight. horror in memphis. police arrest a suspect in a shooting rampage across the city that left at least four dead and more breaking news in vegas where a county official is in custody accused of killing a journalist the suspect was apparently the subject of his latest investigation. painting to remember the artist helping to heal

uvalde and raising money for a good cause and inside apple's biggest event of the year. the new feature coming to the next generation of iphones, watches and ipods. it's thursday, september 8 "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we again out west where the sweltering heat continues to blanket california, adding fuel to multiple fast-spreading fires. new evacuation orders were issued for the fairview fire that killed two this week. the inferno has more than doubled in size in under a day, scorching over 19,000 acres and is only 5% contained >> and the fourche fire in madeira county prompting evacuations, burning 400 akers

anacres. michelle grossmann is here with us with how much longer the heat is going to stick around >> we're going to see it stick around today, also tomorrow. finally relief comes by saturday we'll look at the numbers. but we're looking at heat alerts for 41 million americans, as you said and most of california under an excessive heat warning. sacramento, los angeles, san diego. that's because we're going to see temperatures soaring once again into the triple digits that's going to prompt some fire danger dry, it's hot. we're looking at giusty winds a well the danger starts tomorrow as we go throughout today, we look at the critical risk in red. idaho falls, we could see the chance of fire danger. in terms of the temperatures, we're going to soar into the 100s once again. redding 110, probably breaking the record of 109. fresno 107 and denver at 100

we'll take a hooklook at the hed fire once dagain in a few minutes. breaking in memphis, tennessee, four people are dead and three injured after police say ezekiel kelly drove around the city five hours shooting at people, at least one of the shootings broadcast on facebook live this video posted to facebook shows the moment he was arrested a shelter in place order had been in effect for hours the memphis sheriff offered condolences to the victims at a press conference >> many families were shattered tonight. many families will never, never, ever get over the horrific violence that we saw that one individual inflicted on this city tonight >> police say there are at least eight crime scenes the mayor of memphis said that last year the suspect was sentenced to three years in prison for aggravated assault

but only served 11 months and was released in march. this morning he faces multiple felony charges let's turn now to more breaking news out las vegas. an arrest has been made in the stabbing death of reporter jeff german the person taken into custody is an elected official who had been the suspect of german's recent articles >> reporter: new clues emerging in the fatal stabbing investigation of las vegas reporter jeff german our affiliate obtaining these images of officers seen outside a home belonging to mark telles. police confirming the department is currently serving search warrants authorities wouldn't confirm who the warrants were for. a new video of a suspect along with the picture of the car. they believe it's a red gmc d

de dee nah lee. >> we want to do this case in a way where we can have a solid prosecution and hold that person accountable. >> reporter: he was known for his stories on political corruption and scandals and recently reported on turmoil and bullying allegations within tell h

and he tweeted the next day he wrote, looking forward to lying smear piece number four by german. and i think he's mad that i haven't crawled into a hole and died nbc news has reached out to eles a to tellis and have not heard back >> we believe that altercation happened the morning of september 2nd, friday. we were not notified and didn't respond until saturday morning >> reporter: police atheysay thy don't think the public is in danger of similar attacks. >> we do ask the public to always remain alert but as of now we believe this is an isolated incident. in canada, myles sanderson dies after being captured by police it was the end of a violent rampage where he and his brother killed ten and injured 18 others police received 20 calls with tips one witness reported seeing myles outside their home with a knife. he was seen fleeing the property and that's when police caught up

with him >> he was arrested by police and take taken into custody shortly after his arrest he went into medical distress. nearby ems were called by police to attend the scene, and he was transported to a hospital in saskatoon. he was pronounced deceased at the hospital >> the community breathe ago sbreath3ing a sigh of relief the war in ukraine has raged for nearly 200 days with no end in sight vladimir putin is striking a defiant tone, dismissing reports of russian losses. our megan fit chzgerald is in ukraine. >> reporter: russian bombsn soun ukraine, trapping people in rubble as russia holds on to much of the east but ukraine is also on the

attack a soviet-era flag was lowered in a town near kharkiv. several villages have been recapture meanwhile, the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant's surrounding city is under fire >> something very catastrophic could take place >> reporter: now ukraine says they may consider shutting the entire plant down out of safety kearns concerns rather than relying on backup generators. vladimir putin saying russia has not lost anything from the conflict and what he blasted as a sanction frenzy. the wall street journal recently reporting russia is making more money off oil sales now than before the war as it looks to countries like china and indiana forindia for new buyers

meanwhile, a devastating milestone here in ukraine. more than n lled or injured as the war enters into the seventh month, back to you >> all right, megan, thank you and later this morning, steve bannon is expected to surrender and face charges in new york bannon's lawyer telling cnbc that he will turn himself over to authorities at 9:00 a.m. eastern. the lawyer did not give any details on the criminal charges bannon is facial,ng but the d.a. opened a case against a group that was supposed to build a border wall. he called the charges phony. the seattle teachers strike is stretching into another day teachers have been negotiating with the district for months, seeking pay increases and more support for special education and multi-lingual students they say they will stay on the picket lines until they come to

a ratified agreement let's dcheck in with michele grossmann. >> we're going to see records break today. we're going to be in the 100s once again look at sacramento, 111, the record 105 burbank, 105 85 degrees in flagstaff. another warm day today, another warm day tomorrow and relief arrives over the weekend we are also looking at rain over the weekend. this will be what is left over from kay that would be for los angeles, for san diego. but the mountains in southern california could see three to five in

casper, also really nice in the upper midwest. temperatures in the 80s with sunshine another wet day in the south we'll talk about that coming up. >> important to track it thank you. six decades after walking into the elementary, roub story offering a new picturey bridges. it details her experience as th readers, saying it's important for children to know all of our history, good or bad "early today" is whback in minute with the new ruling that could make michigan the battlegrounds over abortion this fall and an artist helping uvalde heal then i tried the always discreet pads. they fit perfectly in the places they're supposed to.

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thinking about the details and how unique this flower is, and this one has six petals, this one's large, and this one's pink >> reporter: 21 in total, one for each life lost >> i grew up there, went to robb elementary i still have a ton of family there. >> reporter: now living in austin, the project came to hagelin as a way to honor her hometown and the lives lost. >> i thought, you know, if i can assign a wildflower to each victim and then when i see them, wildflowers throughout my life, i would think about each of those souls. >> reporter: after more than 40 hours of work, the final product came to fruition and from there an idea to help >> i may have a little something to offer, maybe a few people would want a print of this, so they also could remember and think about the victims. >> reporter: with robb elementary now permanently closed, the survivors are sent to new schools, some without adequate playground equipment. >> i feel like play is so important for kids, and technically for kids who've been

through trauma and i started thinking maybe if i sold a few of these prints i could purchase, we could purchase a couple of things to update those playgrounds >> reporter: others got on board, including austin playground equipment supplier offering to donate the equipment so long as the installation and resurfacing are covered. >> i remember printing this first one and thinking oh, my gosh, i can't believe i sold this many. here we are. pretty awesome >> reporter: she sold 750, with $20,000 going to the uvalde parent-teacher organization so far. >> there's so much sadness wrapped up in the situation. and so i wanted to create something that was beautiful to look at and that you would hang in your home but that if you knew what it stood for that it would be more meaningful to you. >> reporter: remembering those lost while blooming something

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