migrant flight feud. the governors of california and florida clash after dozens of

migrants were dropped off in the golden state a fatal dispute. a mother shot dead in front of her own son. the grisly murder allegedly carried out by her neighbor. offer overturned college grads land jobs only to have them resinlcinded meet the man hiking 14,000 miles. it's wednesday, june 7th "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with the breaking news in virginia. a high school graduation ceremony in richmond turned into america's latest mass shooting two men were killed. a 36-year-old and a 18-year-old who had just gotten his diploma. at least 11 other people were hurt, either bit gunshots or in the panic that followed. >> people were having panic attacks, falling on the ground, screaming. some people fell, one child was

hit by a car this was a very chaotic scene. >> a 31-year-old victim is being treated at the hospital with life-threatening injures police say a 19-year-old suspect is in custody. they think he may have known at least one of the victims, but a possible motive is still under investigation. a familiar face of the republican party officially announced his bid on tuesday, he'll be basing his campaign on a common but untested strategy, being critical of the frontrunner. brie, lay out for us what this returning presidential candidate is running on. >> reporter: good morning frances, on tuesday, chis chr chris ch christie filed his paperwork christie, the former two-term governor pledged his full support for then-candidate donald trump after dropping out

of the 2016 republican primary and remained a close ally for most of trump's presidency that changed after trump's refusal to concede in the 2020 election and the events of january 6. since then, christie has become a vocal critic of the former president and pledged to never support him again, even if he were to become the party's nominee. at his launch event at the new hampshire institute of politics, christie did not pull any punches when it came to talking about trump. >> let me be very clear. i am going out there to take out donald trump, but here's why i want to win! and i don't want him to win. it is the last throes of a bitter, angry man who wants power back for himself not for you. >> reporter: and christie is the latest to join a growing field of candidates. former vice president mike pence is expected to officially announce his candidacy later

today after filing paperwork with the fec on monday >> brie, what's trump's reaction been to christie and his loine f criticism? >> reporter: trump has brushed off christie's entrance. during an interview fox news last wokeek, he questioned why christie would enter the race citing low poll numbers trump took to social media and made multiple posts that took aim at christie's weight and approval ratings. >> brie, thank you two sources familiar with the matter confirm to nbc news on tuesday that in the past few months, about two koz dozen sect service agents have been subpoenaed or appeared before the grand jury in washington this is in connection to donald trump's handling of classified

documents. a grand jury in florida is expected to reconvene this week to hear evidence from special counsel jack smith nearly a decade after it was decided, the effects of the supreme court's ruling in shelby v holder are still being felt. the court's june 201decision, which strip add key provision from the 1965 voting rights act led to the implementation of a number of laws designed to restrict voting. by the end of the month, the court is expected to rule on another major voting rights case out of alabama florida has confirmed it was responsible for two private flights that brought about three dozen migrants unannounced to sacramento a spokesperson for florida's division of emergency management says that the migrants all went to california voluntary, but in an exclusive interview airing

this morning on "today", california governor gavin newsom says he plans to launch an investigation and that he believe as clear crime has been committed. on twitter, he called florida governor ron desantis a small, pathetic man, saying this isn't martha's vineyard and suggesting possible kidnapping charges. on monday, a texas sheriff did recommend charges over flights arranged by desantis that sent migrants to martha's vineyard last year. desantis said the flights were meant to highlight the crisis at the southern border. police have arrested a woman who allegedly slot anhot and kid her neighbor susan susan lo susan lorincz was arrested, accused of fatally shooting ajike owens through her closed door >> my daughter, my

grandchildren's mother, was shot and killed with her 9-year-old son standing next to her. >> sheriff's office says it all stemmed from a dispute after lorincz got upset over yoeowens' children playing in a nearby field. owens knocked on her door multiple times before lorincz shot her the american government has intelligence suggesting it was indeed russia that blew up a major dam in ukraine th that's according to two u.s. officials and one western official more than 16,000 people have been evacuated, according to the u.n. let's go to foreign correspondent claudio halavanga. what do we know about the damage >> reporter: good morning phillip. right after the dam was blown up, entire villages were flooded immediately, so thousands of people, as you mentioned, had to be evacuated

as experts warned that the water may pour out of that dam at least until wednesday if not for the coming days, tens of thousands more people may be at risk of evacuation but it's not just the water here at threat. the interior minister of ukraine said russian troops have been shelling flooded areas where people have been evacuated and some people in the flooded areas are refusing to leave their homes, because they are afraid that russian troops may shoot at them. it's not just people that are being affected here. now the dam was supplying water to vast areas of farmland in ukraine and as well, and it was also used to cool down the nuclear reactor of zaporizhzhia, which is still under russian control, phillip >> and are russians still denying that they blew up the dam? >> reporter: well, russian, the russia and ukraine are accusing

each other of blowing up the dam. now russia is accusing ukraine of sabotaging the dam, because it wants to at least it says that it wanted to diversitt the attention from the failed counter offensive as they called it, it started a few days ago. and ukraine is saying that it is russia's fault neither side has provided evidence of their claims yet >> devastating consequences nobody nonetheless, thank you one of france's crown jewels is having a birthday the stone of the abbey mont-saint-michel. they are hoping to have it done in time for november when the official millennium celebrations are expected to kick off french president macron toured the site and says it embodies the french spirit. it feels like for half the country, you can't help but notice all the wildfire smoke

covering a good part of the country. angie lassman is tracking the air kwaut quality alerts >> we could see issues with the canadian wildfire smoke and the ozone. it hwill make it dangerous for people who are sensitive we'll see another dense plume here work being itsing its way h afternoon hours. it's hard to not notice that you can smell it when you're out there, and it had be another day of that. it's not just unhealthy for sensitive groups, people with lung issues, asthma. you'll want to take it slow, limit your time outdoors specifically, near philadelphia we could see very unhealthy air quality as we head through the afternoon and even the evening hours today. we'll likely seewe get into

charlotte and raleigh. we'll see some showers possible through parts of orlando and miami with afternoon showers and thunderstorms on tap meanwhile, she havreveport hits2 degrees today. that is a look at your forecast, back over to you when we come back, we will take a look at why many hopeful workers are getting their job offers rescinded and we'll go i inside the e crcrypto crackckdown why y the u.u.s. i is gogoing a major crypypto exchangnge platf. major crypypto exchangnge platf. and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. ♪ this i is not justst deliver. ♪

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grads losing offers right after receiving their diplomas >> reporter: weeks after graduating from the university of virginia her bags are packed to go to san diego >> i was mostly excited to get started with my career >> reporter: days before graduating, the company that was hiring her said it was pulling its job offer. >> hearing that i would have to go back to the drawing board and re-find a job was disheartening, especially so close to my graduation >> reporter: he is she is amonge who have had jobs rescinded. they have increased 50% from last year. companies like meta and amazon have acknowledged rescinding job offers as they are concerned about the economy.

>> this tends to be more white collar-related roles and tends to be interns or new grads >> reporter: linkedin says those requiring a college degree are down 45% and some with firm offers are told to wait to start. 28% of business school grads have had their start dates pushed to next year. experts' advice, don't stop job searching, research the company's financial standing and cast a wide net. >> make sure that the stills yoy skills you're working on are transferrable to other agencies. >> pick up a waitressing job somewhere or take some time to pivot and figure out what i want to do. >> reporter: not the new start she was hoping for, but a new start nonetheless. brian chung, nbc news. the sec is showing that it's serious about its crackdown on crypto currency. the agency has filed a lawsuit

against coinbase, and late last night asking a judge to freeze all of binance's assets one day after suing the exchange karen tso joins us to break it down the sec has made serious allegations against these companies. >> reporter: phillip, yes, good morning. the sec is going after two major crypto exchanges with twin lawsuits against binance and coinbase put being a cloud over whether these companies will be able to continue doing business in the united states. the regulator has asked the courts to freeze the assets of binance's u.s. subsidiary, alleging that they have a disregard for u.s. law an emergency order was filed late last night, forcing the repatriation of funds of customers on the binance crypto trading platform they are accused of squirrelling money to a separate company that

has been able to invest stateside to trade on the company's unregulated site coinbase is accused of breaking u.s. regulations by operating as an unregistered broker, unreg unregistered clearinghouse c coinbase has accused the sec of adopting an enforce-only stance. it's been fairly steady in this space of time. >> all right, fascinating. thank you for bringing us that update, karen tso. still to come, it's the bar where everybody knows your name, and now it has a new home, after selling for a high price and as the wga strike continueues, anotherer majoror hollllywood unioion holds a a cl vote llywood ununion holds s a cl votete ng day, , it's the lastst thing i w want t.

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