the historic federal arraignment of donald trump in just a few hours the former president will step into a miami courthouse as a criminal defendant it was the incident that shocked the nation

a first grader shooting his teacher. connor mcgregor inside the stunt gone wrong and why the sweet tooth could be making a dent in your wallet it is tuesday, june 13 "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera a nearly week-long legislative blockade led by a small group of conservative crusaders came to an end we go to brie jackson. what led to this holdup? and how was it resolved? >> reporter: the house floor had been at a stand still since last tuesday. a group of 11 hard-line house republicans voted alongside democrats against a procedural rule that blocked a package of gop bills from coming to the floor. many of these of these hughes e

phouse members are part of the freedom caucus they are frustrated with kevin mccarthy and the deal he made with president biden on the at the time ceiling the standoff finally came to an end on monday. speaker mccarthy cut a deal with the rogue republicans. now the package consists of a number of gop messaging bills, including two for protecting gas stoves but the bills are expected to meet their end in the senate frances? >> all right, and brie, the feud with mccarthy has clearly escalated since the debt deal has passed what comes next in their relationship >> reporter: one of the congressmen who led the obstruction effort is ralph norman from south carolina and he emerged from monday's meeting with mccarthy saying that while he wants these bills to move forward, he does have some concerns about the economic security of the country. another prominent mccarthy

critic, that's matt gaetz out of florida, added that the power sharing agreement that mccarthy negotiated with republicans in order to win the speakership must be renegotiated g gaetz teased further spats down the road if the deal is not changed. part of the original agreement includes the motion to vacate, which would force a vote that could potentially remove mccarthy from the speakership. that idea was floated during the passage of the debt agreement but never did come to fruition >> brie, thank you now to a nbc news exclusive for you this morning the office of special counsel of government watchdog agency says that the white house press secretary karine jean-pierre violated the hatch act during a press briefing last november the hatch act is designed to prevent federal employees from engaging in electoral politics while on the job

the complaint filed by a watchdog group says she made comments disparaging to gop candidates, including referring to mega maga officials who don't believe in the rule of law despite this, the office of special counsel said they would not pursue disciplinary action against jean-pierre, as it was unclear whether she was aware that the language she used was actually prohibited. the white house says they take the law seriously and are reviewing the opinion. the mother of a 6-year-old who shot a teacher has entered a guilty plea. day deja taylor is accused of lying about drug use when she bought a gun that her son used to shoot first grade teacher abby zwerner. she faces prison when she is sentenced in october >> the case goes to trial in august those include child neglect and

reckless storage after firearm we are learning more about the fiery crash that brought down a section of i-95 in philadelphia police say a tanker truck carrying nearly 9,000 gallons of gas apparently lost control on the curve of an exit ramp and slammed into a wall under the interstate rescue workers pulled a body from the wreckage monday family members tell a philadelphia station it was the truck's driver, nathaniel moody, who was found dead in the rubble his cousin described him as a hard-working family man. now to heartbreak in western new york after one person died on a tour boat ride along the erie canal investigators are investigating what caused the boat to capsize during a routine cruise in an underground cave which sent several other passengers on board into the water jesse kirsch has more. >> reporter: after an underground tour boat that appears to be like this one capsized in western new york, police are trying to figure out hugh how a tourist attract turned deadly the boat with 29 adults on board

somehow flipped over in a cave, leaving one person dead with 11 more sent to the hospital. >> a number of victims were on top of that boat initially when rescuers got to them >> reporter: it appears at one point a man believed to be around 60 years old was trapped underneath and died. >> it did take some time to get him recovered and back to a safe location unfortunately, he had succumbed to his injuries. >> reporter: officials say some taller people were able to walk to safety on this own with first responders rescuing 16 others. >> 11 people total taken to area hospitals for minor injuries, the worst of which we believe is a jok a broken arm and possibly a head injury >> reporter: the operator has not responded to nbc's request for couldn't, asmment, as authol us no one on board was wearing a life vest. >> could this have been avoided

if people had opinion wearing a life vest? >> even if the life jacket on, someone still could have been trapped under there. >> reporter: questions unanswered after a day of supporta exploration gone wrong 22 service members have been injured in what's described as a helicopter mishap in the northeast of syria on twitter, u.s. central command said ten had to be evacuated for medical treatment. no enemy fire was reported but they did not further explain the circumstances around the incident the head of the atomic energy agency is in ukraine this morning in direct response to the dam explosion crisis in kherson. rafael grossi of the iaea says he will assess the situation at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. and we now want to bring in chapman bell, who is following this story for us. good morning how has the blast at the

kakhovka dam impacted that plant there? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. while that dam blast has caused catastrophic flooding in the area, there are new worries now for the zaporizhzhia power plant. it has been a cause for concern since the early days of the war when russian forces occupied it, and there had been shelling in the area causing the plant to go offline and lose electricity the new worries involve the water that supplies cooling to the six nuclear reactors on site as well as spent fuel on site. and there have been discrepancies in the levels of the reservoir that feeds the power plant with the essential water to keep it cool. and so that's why grossi's there. he and his team want to monitor and check these levels, see what these discrepancies are. he wants his team to have wider access to the area and present a plan of assistance to president zelenskyy when he meets with him today we'll have an update from them after their meeting to see

how they proceed and what they've discovered but they're really trying to prevent an prevent any catastrophe. >> on that note, what is the latest that we know on the flooding >> reporter: well, we know that while floodwaters have decreased slightly ten people are confirmed dead, dozens still missing and thousands displaced. as the floodwaters recede there's still going to be ongoing problems in the cleanup and containment as well as drinking water and other things. it's difficult in any flood, but in the middle of a war it's all the more difficult, jessica. >> all right, chapman, thank you. former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has died at the age of 86. the conservative populist was one of the most divisive and

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potential for heavy rain as well as we get into tomorrow, too, into the same area more strong storms really focussed from louisiana again into the parts of the carolinas, florida and georgia as we head into your wednesday. it will be something you deal with tomorrow too. we've got rain working through the northeast in parts of the great lakes, but the heaviest of the rain in the eastern half of the country the next couple days 90 degrees for jackson with thunderstorms this afternoon possible guys, that is a look at your forecast we'll send it back over to you >> angie, thank you. a trucking company is looking to turn gamers into drivers. and if you love chocololate and we do, you mayay want to stt savingng up, as cocosts contini rise of s cocosts contininue to rise of

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