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nine more women say bill cosby sexually abused them new details revealed about the set of "rust." what prosecutors say may have led to the deadly mistake. parts of the southeast are still recovering from storms overnight. we'l'll let you u know if f you is at risk >> a a first look at carrie fisher's final film. see the fantasy world that took seven years to bring to life and a father and son work together to save a young life. the exciting rescue going viral. it's thursday, june 15 "early today" starts right now thanks for being with us, i'm frances riviera. >> i'm phillip mena. nine women have filed a new sexual assault lawsuit against bill cosby it accuses cosby of using his enormous power and prestige to

assault each of the women. cosby has denied the allegations and his spokesperson says the women are motivated by greed it was filed after nevada extended the time for cases. we spoke about this in 2021 after an assault conviction against cosby was overturned >> we're just pissed off and it's relit this fire under us we're all angry now. >> nbc's kate snow will speak with six of the women who filed this lawsuit on nbc news daily as former president trump's legal woes continue to linger and grow, his rock solid support among some in republican circles may be starting to crack nbc news spoke to numerous gop figures ranging from aides and donors to an operative in the orbit of ron desantis. they shared their concerns over

the s severity of the conduct of the frontrunner. several are choosing to rush to his defense. now republican presidential field grew by one more this week on wednesday, miami mayor francis suarez filed paperwork with the fec to enter the primary becoming the only hispanic candidate in the race he said he would be making a big speech at the reagan library on thursday cornel west announced he would be seeking the nomination for the green party. he originally declared last monday as a candidate for the people's party we are learning new details about the event that may have led to the fatal "rust" movie shooting prosecutors allege the set's lead armorer was likely hungover the day halyna hutchins was

killed >> reporter: "rust" is back in the spotlight. prosecutors saying it is likely that hanna gutierreses reed was quote hungovover when n she insd a live bullet into a gun that she knew was going to be used at some point halyna hutchins was killed on the set after baldwin fired the gun that had live ammunition on set. prosecutors are now saying there are witnesses who will testify that it's likely that gutierrez reed was quote drinking heavily anand smoking marijuana in the evenings d during the filming of "rust. both baldwin and gutierrez reed, who have both denied wrongdoing were charged with involuntary manslaughter the charge against baldwin was dismissed in april with prosecutors citing new evidence and the need for more time to investigate. hutchens' husband telling hoda last year that he believed there were unsafe practices on the set. >> gun safety was not the only

problem on that set. there were a number of industry standards that were not practiced and multiple responsible parties. in the end, you know, justice won't bring halena back, but maybe the memory of her can help keep people safe >> reporter: hutchins has since dropped his lawsuit against the "rust" film makers prosecutors launched these new allegations against gutierrez reed in response it a motion by her attorneys that seeked to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge. her attorneys said the prosecution has so mishandled this case they are now resorting to character assassination tactics, filming on the set of rust resumed in april. 18 months after the deadly

accident miguel almaguer, nbc news. two churches have been expelled from the southern baptist convention members voted overwhelmingly to kick congregations in kentucky and california out because they ordained women as pastors. one of the expelled churches is a mega church founded by rick warren he condemned the decision saying the only way you can have unity is to love diversity the fed has raised rates ten times since march of last year as they try to cool down inflation, which is down 4% compared to 9% a year ago. but fed chairman jerome powell is signaling the fed will raise rates at least two more times this year, that's because core inflation remains high since their counter offensive got under way more than a week ago, ukraine has only made incremental gains against russia. >> the deputy defense minister

reports quote, partial success it comes as russia appears to step up direct assault on civilians and missile strikes killing around 20 people in recent days. for the latest we go to claudio lavanga in rome. what's the latest on the counter offensive? >> reporter: good morning, phillip. the ukrainian army says that in the last 24 hours it did make advances even though only by a few hundred yards at a time towards the city of zaporizhzhia where there is still the nuclear power plant still in the hands of russians and toward bakhmut, the city that ukraine lost to russia in may after the longest and bloodiest battle since the beginning of the war the ukrainian army said its troops are engaging in fierce battles in the face of aviation and artillery superiority by russia in the meantime, the death toll

from the strike on the hometown of president zelenskyy has risen to 12. >> speaking of president zelenskyy, he's urging for nato to make ukraine a member how are they looking at ukraine getting in >> reporter: that's right, the issue of ukraine joining nato is very divisive. some eastern european countries are pushing everybody else to make a commitment, a strong political commitment for that membership ahead of that summit next month but some other western and southern european countries are a hotlot more cautiousen a and s the biden administration there is one thing that everybody seems to be agreeing upon, which is ukraine cannot join nato while the war is still raging, because that will mean an escalation to an all-out war between russia and the west.

phillip? >> sure, that's the number one thing vladimir putin does not want thank you. japan has suspended all army live fire exercises aftetwo soldiers were killed and another injured in a shooting at a military base. a 18-year-old trainee is arrested on suspicion of murder. it happened in gifu. the chief of staff promised to take actions so that this kind of incident will not happen again. alabama, georgia, and texas are on the road to recovery today. several possible tornados ripped through parts of the south and the gulf coast this week so far no deaths have been reported in connection to the seven reported twisters. at least one woman was hospitalized in alabama. the high winds also meant power outages. as of midnight, nea nearly 170,

people remained without power. >> millions are still at risk for severe weather as we're waking up this morning michelle grossmann is tracking those developing storms. >> good morning, guys, great to see you. we had several days of severe weather. we're going to see that risk also today and tomorrow. we're and the southeast and southern plains looking at radar, mainly in portions of the southeast, mainly in portions of alabama. where you see the brighter colors, that's where we're seeing the strong storms this morning. 19 million people at risk this morning for strong storms, we're talking giant hail once again. we had five-inch hail fall yesterday. that's really large. we're going to see that once againtoday damaging winds, over 60 miles per hour and watching the chance for a few tornados as well, especially in portions of kansas, oklahoma and texas we're concerned about flooding

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arrested in a philadelphia store. steven romo reports. >> reporter: the starbucks regional manager fired after this moment, which ignited a national uproar and forced the coffee giant into a racial reckoning. now that former employee winning more than $25 million in damages after suing the coffee giant for violating her civil rights in her termination. it all started in april 2018 when these two men rashon nelson and donte robinson walkedna a starbucks in philadelphia where they had a meeting one of them was refused access to the bathroom without making a purchase, and they were asked to leave. when they refused? >> they didn't do anything i saw the entire thing >> reporter: a staff member called the police who arrested both robinson and nelson >> because you see us! >> we are here >> reporter: the incident a stain on the massive coffee retailer, sparking protests and

national outrage it ultimately prompted starbucks ceo kevin johnson to release a video statement, taking accountability for the incident and promising to do better the company eventually settling with nelson and robinson for an undisclosed amount of money. and providing them with a free college education. the two also settled with the city of philadelphia, for a symbolic $1 each, with philly's promise to invest in a youth entrepreneurship program but the drip drip of the fallout continued. the next year, starbucks was in hot water again, hit with a lawsuit from the regional manager who oversaw that store and approximately 100 other locations. shannon phillips who was white claims she was fired after the incident because of her race in the lawsuit, she says she was not involved in the arrests in any way and that starbucks did not take any action against the black district manager who oversaw that store and had promoted the person who was responsible for making the call

to police. on monday, a federal jury in new jersey sided with phillips, awarding her $25.6 million in damages. starbucks fought the lawsuit in court, saying phillips was not fired because of her race, but for failing to leave, according to court filings but the company has not commented publicly since the verdict and has not responded to our request for comment. in a statement, phillips' lawyer said starbucks was looking for a scapegoat and that phillips will now be pushing for more back pay from starbucks to be decided by the judge. >> thank you still to come, meg ryan and tom hanks might be o one of rom-com's favorite duos. which classic could have been the movie thatat starreded it a and a tour cauausing problb for swedenen lways wowondering. you weren'n't made f for uc r crohn's,

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scent gets on the baby, the mother might not want to take care of it so that was my concern like after getting out of the pool first number one was drowning and number two was touching the baby >> reporter: anthony, just 12 is enjoying his time in the limelight after rescuing the baby deer probably just several hours old. >> it feels great, because it was like my first time holding a deer and like touching a deer, so it was just an experience >> i bet it was our thanks to paisley chang for bringing us that story the kid has a story to tell over the summer about ha hapwhat happened in the pool >> a bonding moment for dad and son, especially ahead of father's day weekend >> it was good that he was mindful of all the things, what would the mother think if you touch it and the scent, being really careful very responsible well done. >> a lot of lessons learned. petco announced a chab rags with snoop dogg on wednesday

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