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the storm's destructive path and where it's heading next new charges handed down to the international guardsman accused of leaking documents in a chat room. president biden says you and surprise fees are never, ever, ever getting back together inside ticket master's disclosures. words get in the way of gloriy of gloria estefn the drink that had have dad feeling like king for a day early today starts right now. >> good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news overnight in perryton, texas. a trailer mark in the

area took a direct hit. dozens have been hurt, and according to a hospital spokesperson, the injuries range from cuts and bruises to several people in critical condition two people are also missing. texas governor greg abbott says he directed the texas division of emergency management to send help and two texas urban search and rescue teams were dispatched. homes and businesses have been destroyed, and one resident drove through some of the destruction. >> total devastation >> perryton's mayor says there is still no electricity and gas is shut off but temporary generators are providing water. according to the national weather service in amarillo, damage surveys will be conducted. secretary of state

antony blinken travels to china today, against the backdrop of geo-political tensions, he will meet with senior chinese officials in an effort to improve relations between the two powers let's bring in brie jackson. good morning what's the likelihood we will actually see progress at this meeting? >> reporter: good morning, phillip the u.s. is trying to manage expectations ahead of blinken's arrival in china on sunday with jake sullivan saying that the biden administration does not expect a breakthrough in chinese-american relations during the two days of meetings sullivan told reporters at a briefing in tokyo that he would explain american policies to officials and otherwise pursue vigorous diplomacy to mansion tensions he pointed to an upcoming visit to d.c. by indian prime minister modi as a far more significant diplomatic event, but this is still a significant visit.

in fact, it's blinken's first to china as secretary of state. and, as you may recall, he was supposed to visit earlier this year, but that trip was postponed after the chinese spy balloon affair phillip? >> so what are the chinese saying about the secretary of state's visit? >> reporter: so phillip, the chinese have in fact already admonished blinken in a phone call on wednesday. according to a read out of the call provided by the chinese, the foreign minister had told his americ counterpart that the u.s. should, quote, respect and stopntfering in china's internal affairs and stop harming china's sovereignty, security and development interests in the name of competition now an obvious area of concern for both countries is taiwan. china claims the island as its own territory, but president joe biden has said that the u.s. would protect taiwan militarily were china to winvade, raising th specter of a

full-blown war other issues reveal a chinese spy base in cuba and the continuing relationship between xi jinping and russian president vladimir putin. >> a lot to work out between the two most powerful countries in the world. brie jackson, for us, thank you. a federal grand jury has indicted the international guardsman accused of leaking classified documents. jack teixeira is facing six counts related to sharing classified information. he was arrested two months ago after authorities say he posted the sensitive documents in a social media chat room. the leak could have caused grave damage to national security. a lawyer for teixeira declined to comment. the manhattan district attorney has confirmed the indictment of marine veteran daniel penny pen penny will be arraigned on june 28 in the death of jordan neely who he put in a chokehold on a subway train. the death has been

rule add ruled a homicide by a medical examiner penny was indicted on second degree manslaughter penny has said neely was threatening passengers on that train so he acted to present himself and others donald trump has one less legal fight to worry about the district attorney in west chester county new york has closed an investigation into the trump golf club. the d. pafra. was looking into whether trump or his company misled authorities to shrink their tax bill no charges were filed. he responded by saying this was quote, the honorable thing to do and i did nothing wrong, but where and when do i get my reputation back? now ana nbc news exclusive. richard engel met with the ukrainian president in kyiv for a wide-ranging interviewwhich touched on the counter offensive and zelenskyy's concern that the russians might sabotage the

nuclear power plant. here's richard's report >> reporter: ukraine is in a full-scale fight to take back russian-occupied land. >> hi, richard >> reporter: a pivotal moment for our interview with volodymyr zelenskyy at the presidential compound in kyiv this must be a critical critical time for you. >> i've been very busy >> reporter: for over a year, ukraine has been fighting successfully to defend itself now breaking through russian lines is proving to be challenging. we are now in the early days of this long-anticipated counter offensive. how's it going >> translator: i cannot give you all the details. the rebels are defensive, and defensive actions, th things look not bad. i would say it's generally positive, but it's difficult our heroic people, our

troops who are now at the front of the frontline are facing very tough resistance. and we understand why. because for russia, to lose this campaign to ukraine, i would say actually means losing the war. >> reporter: president zelenskyy also had a dire warning he blamed russia for blowing up a dam which russia denies, flooding dozens of villages and tells us the next russian target is the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. >> translator: russia does want to blow up the station. >> reporter: why would they want to do that >> translator: because, like with the dam, they are not interested in ukraine's security they always need instability here and want the world to pressure ukraine to stop the conflict. >> reporter: he says russia is getting desperate, as more

western military aid is coming. the u.s. and other allies agreed to train ukrainian pilots to operate f-16s, but it's still unclear when they'll arrive and how many you've been talking about planes since day one. i remember seeing you in the very early days of the war in the basement now they're somewhere in the pipeline. what has been the effect of having weapons rolled out like this, given slice by slice over time? >> translator: it's prolonged the war. if we are supplied with the machinery that is currently held by our partners, we will win faster. >> reporter: we also asked about comments from former president trump and governor sdabts desantis, questioning american support for ukraine. president zelenskyy invited both to come here and said unless vladimir putin is stopped in this country, there will be a wider war with nato.

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with, like this is a little salt? it's not salt? >> it's like a nice salty-bitter-tasting spice. a mexican spice that they use >> lots of margaritas. >> with the fruit and everything >> you can have that with your mccargo-rita but we're doing it with the mccargo mule. >> make sure that dad has his right now. i like to drop a little mint. >> oh, yeah. >> get ah nice little lime to squeeze on that a straw now for the kids >> perfectly garnished. >> i drop me that nectar in here add me a little bit of ice, yeah? >> yeah. here we go >> makes you want to and daddy, huh >> okay, this is mine. and then we'll get one after that cheers to dad. happy father's day >> and i got a virgin one, cheers to you >> thank you so much,

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pop mutsic music but, as she climbed the charts in the u.s., gloria never strayed far from her own roots. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: her 1993 spanish language album "my homeland", pays tribute to cuba where she was born before her family fled to miami in 1959 during the cuban revolution >> and the grammy goes -- >> gloria estefan. >> reporter: winning her first three gram ease co-writing the official theme stonge of misogynsong of the 1996 olympics across four decades, she sold ove100 million records worldwide. ♪ turn the beat

around ♪ >> reporter: in 2015 her beats brought her to the white house when she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom even the obamas couldn't help feeling the rhythm with a star on the hollywood walk of fame, a kennedy center honor, her very own barbie doll. ♪ come on, baby ♪ >> reporter: her incredible impact immortalized in a broadway show named none other than "get on your feet." and estefan still at it, releasing a christmas album with her granddaughter, appearing in a reboot of "father of the bride" the queen of latin pop clearly not done yet nb

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