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apple unveils its latest headset, but will it be the next big thing or a major bust? bringing faith back no the classrooms the first religious charter school gets the green light, sparking a debate over education. how ai is shifting the music stage, setting up major legal battles with artists it's tuesday, june 6 "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. days ahead of his expected official announcement, former vice president mike pence filed paperwork on monday with the fec for his bid for the 2024 nomination for president pence will join a growing field of contenders that aim to differentiate themselves from his one-time boss ans and curre

run run from rk frontrunner donald trump. cornell west previously supported bernie sanders in the 2 2020 election. james comer announced on monday that his panel had begin proceedings this week to hold fbi director chris wray in contempt of congress this follows a briefing with the bureau after which comer claimed they refused to hand over an unclassified record to the committee. the document in question purportedly outlines a bribe that biden send during his time as vice president. the investigation into former president trump's handling of classified documents could be reaching a pivotal moment a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news that

lawyers for mr. trump met with special counsel jack smith and other senior justice officials on monday. this could be a sign that the probe into the classified materials found at the former president's florida home may be wrapping up. the grand jury is expected to meet again this week mr. trump responded on social media saying, quote, how can the doj possibly charge me, who did nothing wrong, when no other presidents were charged. we are learning more about sunday's tragic cessna plane crash that killed all four people on board. fighter pilot whose rushed to intercept the jet as it flew over washington, d.c. saw its pilot slumped over the controls before crashing into virginia. tom costello has the latest on the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: in a remote, thick, virginia forest, investigators are piecing through the decimated remains of that private citation jet that reportedly ran out of fuel and crashed. >> just prior to the incident,

the pilot was slumped over >> reporter: family members tell nbc new york that a prominent real estate broker was on board with her 2-year-old daughter aria and her nanny headed for the hamptons it started at 1:13 p.m. as the plane left tennessee headed for long island, new york. but at 1:28, 15 minutes later, the veteran pilot stopped responding to air traffic control commands the plane continued north all the way to long island before doing a u-turn and heading back towards tennessee, still failing to respond to controllers. >> november 611, do acknowledge. >> reporter: six air force fighter jets were scrambled along the east coast as the plane approached restricted d.c. airspace, two jets were authorized to go super sonic

♪ ♪ >> reporter: their twin booms startling residents and pets on the ground as they fired flares and flew straight at the citation, calling the pilot. >> this is an armed air defense fighter. you have been intercepted. >> reporter: they quickly saw the pilot was slumped over and unresponsive as his plane continued flying into virginia where it crashed, having traveled 300 miles without radio communication of the ntsb is considering whether a sudden loss of cabin air pressure could have incapacitated everyone on board. just as golf legend payne stewart and five wroersothers w killed in 1999 >> you have a matter of seconds to get your objeoxygen masks onu will not be able to breathe. it could be a matter of seconds to a minute to get that mask on, and if you don't, you will indeed pass out.

a school board in oklahoma has split backlash and debate over a new decision. the board has approved the first religious charter school in the nation opponents argue this violates the separation of church and state because the school would receive taxpayer dollars while run by a religious organization. oklahoma's governor kevin stitt supports the decision saying it's a win for religious liberty and education freedom. it has been ten years since edward snowden leaked information to the press the reports led to a massive domestic and international uproar, as well as increased scrutiny into government surveillance operations. they were initially published by "the guardian" and the "washington post" on" on jun, 2013

he sought asylum in russia there is breaking news out of ukraine where the military is accusing russia of blowing up a dam at a hydroelectrical power plant in the kherson region this is satellite images appearing to show the destruction. let's turn to nbc new's foreign correspondent. what more do we know about this in. >> reporter: good morning, frances. we know the explosion took place in the early hours of the morning, around 2:00 a.m. local time and the dam is a vast soviet-era construction just to give ah syou a side of scale. three yards tall, two miles long and the volume of water it holds is comparable to the great salt lake in utah now that aerial footage, the satellite footage that you mentioned shows that, you know, an entire wall of the dam has been washed away, so it's

considerable, the damage that has been done to it. the russians are blaming the ukrainians they're saying this was a terrorist attack shorthand for ukraine doing this and ukraine is blaming the russians for it. nbc news can't verify either side's claims, but it does make sense that this could and russian operation, because they've been expecting a counter offensive from the ukrainians for quite some time now. and this would stop the ukrainians moving troops across dnipro it's a vital area of fighting for both sides and of course, frances, there are other major consequences to this bridge being blown up it's a vital water supply to crimea it could deprive crimea of a lot of water and it also supplies water to

zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which could get deprived of water and obviously, depending on the size of the breach, and it does look incredibly substantial from this imagery, it could cause a lot of flooding downstream, which could be substantial if not catastrophic affecting homes, environment and livestock. the ukrainians are saying we'll get a better idea of how much damage and flooding has been caused by the breach >> i want to ask you on a separate issue we understand russia is claiming they've killed hundreds of ukrainian soldiers, but ukraine is denying that. what do we know about this >> reporter: that's right, again, a lot of claims from both sides. there's been some fierce fighting on the eastern front. russians have said that they have captured bakhmut, the ukrainians are denying this. the russian the said they killed

as many as 300 ukrainian troops and took out 16 tanks. but the ukrainians are saying that's not true. that's part of the russian narrative for domestic consumption. >> ali, thank you. in haiti, the death toll after a weekend of heavy flooding has gone up to 42 haitian shor haitian authorities say another 11 people are missing. the weather devastated crops amid ongoing problems with starvation in haiti. the prime minister has requested international assistance prince harry today takes the stand in the high court of london, testifying against the tabloid publisher "mirror group newspapers". harry and others have sued the company accusing it of hacking their phones and using other illegal methods to report stories. the mirror group says that outside of one incident they apologized for they've only used

documents, public statements and anonymous sources to legally report on prince harry it will be the first time in 130 yearsthat a top royal has testified in court we've got more wet weather on the way nbc meteorologist angie lassman is here tracking some storms developing across the country. good morning angie >> wef''ve got a couple spots where we'll see thunderstorms developing, new mexico and texas. and an area of low pressure we're tracking in parts of new england. i'll show what you that does to the forecast for the next day or so but here's the area where we'll watch for flooding concerns. the heavy rain is a possibility with some of the thunderstorms that pop up through new mexico and texas but does include parts of oklahoma as well. now on to new england. here's that area of low pressure with the extending cold front. this is going to bring cooler air tomorrow

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