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shrouding the east coast, bringing with it alarming air quality levels >> executing his executive power. inside president biden's fight to save his student loan forgiveness plan how the city of light is adding a dose of french flair to the 2024 summer olympics and like a virgin. we are diving into a scientific mystery in how a crocodile gave birth all on her own it's june 8. >> we begin with that wildfire smoke choking about 90 million americans. the dense haze spreading from new england to washington, d.c the air in parts of new york and pennsylvania ranked among the worst in the world the air quality index reached at least 413 in new york city according to research from berkeley, if you stood outside in that air for 2ho4 hours, it

would be like smoking 23 cigarettes it pose as risk to everybody, but especially with people with respiratory problems >> they could become extremely short of breath and have difficulty breathing in a very short period of time by being exposed to this. >> this smoke is from more than 400 wierldfires in canada. the u.s. has sent equipment and over 600 firefighters to help our neighbors to the north two sources familiar with the matter confirm to nbc news that late last month a federal grand jury connected with special counsel jack smith's investigation into the events of january 6 issued a subpoena for steve bannon he had his sentence of contempt

suspended while he appealed a ruling t doj separately charged jay johnston he is known for his work on tv shows including "arrested development", and "bob's burgers. the fbi had been asking for help identifying him since march of 2021 wednesday also saw new developments in the special counsel jack smith's investigation in president trump's handling of classified documents. trump's lawyers were told that the former president is a target in the classified documents probe, according to two sources briefed on the meeting a target is someone whom prosecutors believe committed a crime and may be requested to come and testify this follows reporting that a federal grand jury if florida was expected to reconvene this week to hear evidence in the investigation. a justice department spokesperson declined to comment

on the report. president biden on wednesday kept his word and vetoed the resolution passed by congress last week overturning his debt forgiveness program for students two democrats joined all republicans to pass the measure which would block relief of up to $20,000 for students to qualify. the plan has yet to face the biggest challenge, as the supreme court is expected to rule on two cases that will decide the legality later this month. missouri will become the next state to limit access to gender-affirming care. the republican governor has signed bills that will ban gender treatments for minors it also bans trans girls from playing on girls sports teams. federal judges have blocked similar laws in alabama and arkansas

now to annsnbc news exclusie two officials say the feds are expanding their investigation into migrant child migrant chils >> reporter: these are so. migrant children federal officials found illegally working in a slaughterhouse, raising questions about child labor in america nbc news learning the department of homeland security, justice department, as well as white house officials are examining officials who hired guatemalan children in at least 11 states, now adding virginia an vird flo to the list. we first brought story earlier this year of more than 100 undocumented children who were

hired to clean slaughterhouses in the dead of night, many desperate for a paycheck to send back home. >> if you mess up, you get treated like an adult. which none kids have the maturity to handle that emotional stress. >> reporter: border officials have released more than 260,000 unaccompanied migrant children penalties against companies who are hiring minors are not tough enough to keep it from happening. >> ramping up the fines, looking at potential for criminal prosecution is going to be key to getting the situation under control. >> reporter: they would not say what companies are currently under investigation but some could face civil penalties or criminal charges investigators say they want to build trust with the migrant children who they say are the victims in these cases >> our thanks to julia ainsley for that report. officials in south korea are expanding the investigation into foreign adoptions. a commission started looking

into 34 cases in december. now they have added over 200 more adoptions to interest probe. the addone tees say agencies lied on documents, registering them as orphans when they had living relatives most were placed in the u.s. or europe in the '70s or '80s, and some say they experienced abuse in the process the findings may help them take legal action pope francis is recovering after a successful three- hour surgery. he is expected to remain in the hospital for several days. let's turn to claudio lavanga in rome good morning how do we know, how is the pope doing this morning >> reporter: good morning, frances. in the last few minutes, the vatican said that the pope had a good night, literally, just a few words, but i'm sure just a few words that the faithful around the world were waiting for. now the vatican says they're going to give a more detailed

statement aboutis had condition later today, in about three hours from now i'll update you on that. but we were already reassured about the condition of pope francis last night, following that surgery, by the doctor who performed the surgery, who told us, journalists at the hospital where he is now and had the surgery that he tolerated well the surgery, that he tolerated well the general anesthesia and that he was wide awake and vigil. and that he even retained his sense of humor the doctor told us that the first thing he told him, because this doctor has already operated on him twice, two surgeries in 2021 and yesterday the first thing apparently the pope told this doctor was, when are we going to have the third one, frances? >> hopefully there won't be, and his recovery will continue to be smooth i want to ask you about other headlines. we understand the italian coast guard performperformed amperforf

rescue operations. >> reporter: more than 1400 migrants were rescued in four different rescue operations. they were traveling on four overcrowded vessels the two of them were fishing boats, carrying more than 500 migrants each and then there was a sailboat, carrying 47 350e7people, all of in need of medical attention, including two children migrants crossing to italy especially interest turkey and northern africa are almost a daily occurrence the number is particularly high, more than 1400 migrants in a day, and perhaps that's because of the good weather conditions and the good conditions of the sea, frances >> a lot to cover there. thank you for bringing it to us, claudio lavanga in rome. thank you. nearly 2% of ukraine's farm land, over a million acres, could be destroyed after the

massive dam was breached officials say the flooding knocked out the water supply for dozens of irrigation systems also take a look at these stunning satellite photos provided by planet labs pbc. it shows shows the dadnipro rivn after it was flooded a plane is back en route to san francisco again. the jet had to make an emergency landing in remote siberia after pilots reported an engine problem. crew members and passengers had to stay overnight in makeshift accommodations american, european and japanese airlines have stopped flying over russia because of the tension over the war in ukraine. millions of americans are waking up to yet another smokey day. angie lassman is here tracking air quality across the country

angie, we're all learning, or at least a lot of us are now learning what the air quality index is >> yeah, historically people think this is a west coast problem, where california deals with the problems, the air quality issues yesterday we saw a much different story. and if you look at our picture right here, can you kind of see exactly right where the hazy smoke has settled into, from new york to philly to washington, d.c. the winds around this low pressure are really to blame for ushering in a whole lot of that thick smoke from the canadian wildfires of they'll continue through the day today before we see a pattern change here. in the meantime, 97 million people are impacted by this air quality issue through the day today. some of the worst of it, harrisburg, philadelphia, we will once again belains.

94 degrees for dallas. san angelo will hit 94 with mostly-sunny skies as well as new orleans. 92 with partly cloudy conditions and that's a look at your forecast, guys, back over to you. >> okay, thanks so much, angie "early today" is back in a minute with a look at how the city of light prepares for the olympic games. and more on how jamimie foxs rerecovery h has become e the cr of a an internetet conspiracy. er of an internet conspiriracy. upp. to m more wellneness solutios evevery day. get more e with naturure's bou. from prom m dresses to w workouts and d new adventnt res you hopepe the more e you ge the lessss they'llll miss. but t even if yoyour teen ws vavaccinated againsnst meningititis in thet ththey may be e missing vavaccin for meniningitis b.. although u uncommon, up to o 1 in 5 sururvivors f meniningitis wilill have

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beach volleyball under the eiffel tower and for the first time, an open-air, opening ceremony along the river. benjamin and his sister sarah own a boat that will take part this opening ceremony on the river with your boat and other boats. >> yes >> reporter: never happened before >> never, never, never >> reporter: how special is that >> just amazing. >> reporter: more than 10,000 athletes will compete in the games. >> we're going to rock the boat. we're going to have the left side jump and the right side jump >> reporter: and the eiffel tower will be at the center of it all you'll get a spectacular view of the opening ceremony from here starting from behind notre dame cathedral, 160 boats carrying thousands of athletes along the seine. paris has spent more than a billion dollars cleaning up the riff and says it's now safe for swimming events. this will be the first post covid game, while tensions are

escalated in france. >> we know there are challenges in our society, in the world, but let's celebrate sport and the best athletes of the world >> reporter: and for team usa, the excitement is s really building now >> i'm just excited to come next year and represent our country >> reporter: hoping for sparklingperformances in the city of light. keir simmons, nbc news, paris. shannon ten doherty has reve at that her cancer has spread to her brain. a video shows her being fitted for a radiation treatment mask her caption reads in part, quote, my fear is obvious. i'm extremely claustrophobic, and there's a lot going on in my life but that fear, the turmoil, the timing of it all, this is what cancer can look like an unsubstantiated claim is swirling on social media after jamie foxx was hospitalized for an undisclosed illness on the podcast "ask dr. drew",

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