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record-breaking heat warn beings of severe rain and thunderstorms brewing. our michelle grossmann brings us the latest ahead a closer look at life-threatening pregnancies and childbirth risks increasingly impacting women of color ozempic is showing signs that it could be a game changer for treating other addictive behaviors. joe biden head the to california in hopes of snagging climate and tech funds salute to the leagues day. a few ways several of the major league baseball teams mark the juneteent juneteenth holiday our country's second independence day and newest national holiday, juneteenth "early today" starts right now

>> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera we begin with the extreme weather griming the south. residents are without power from texas to tennessee some of the worst outages in oklahoma where there are more than 2,000 in the dark the recent weather is linked to at least five deaths across the south. governor abbott toured the damage in perryton, texas. he said he'd never seen the level of decimation to a town like this. >> the people in this area have gone through over the past couple of days is nothing short of horrific. >> today parts of texas and louisiana remain under excessive heat warnings. cooling centers have opened up in houston and new orleans the heat index in some areas could reach as high as 116 degrees.

another holiday weekend disrupted by gunviolence acros the country. west of chicago one person was killed and at least 20 people shot in the suburb of willowbrook. shots were fired into a crowd that had gathered for a juneteenth celebration no suspects have been identified one person of interest is in custody in th custody st. louis after a 17-year-old boy was killed >> ten of our babies shot downtown and a young life lost it's ave it's every parent's worst nightmare. two were killed at a music festival a suspect shot randomly into a crowd at a camp ground before being taken into custody president biden will travel to california where he will attend multiple campaign stops

the president is expected to announce a new $600 million investment to help coastal communities fight climate change the trip comes after president biden's first major campaign event. 2024 cycle over the weekend where he reaffirmed his administration's support for organized labor in front of the union crowd in philadelphia. the u.s. celebrates juneteenth today, two years after it was recognized as a federal holiday. over the weekend, the country held coast-to-coast events in honor of the day that commemorates the freedom of enslaved african-americans despite the celebrations, retiring civil rights leader william j barber the second cautioned against judgmemping ad and drinking now to a look at the first free black community in america.

valerie castro takes us back in time some 250 years ago. >> reporter: it takes trudging through a marsh to get there but this tiny wooded patch in the swamps of northeast florida was the setting for an unbelievable and still mostly unknown part of american history. around 250 years ago, fort mose was home to the first free black settlement now the recently discovered site is excavated by archaeology students doctors lori lee and james davidson are two of the project leaders. >> at the point when they established the first fort in 1738, over 100 people had come they established a second for the in 1752. >> reporter: with the cooperation of the spanish army, it flourished, and formerly enslaved people even had a

militia. some even opened shops in nearby st. augustine. >> underground railroad went north. at this time it went south so they were coming to establish communities. >> reporter: while it may not seem like much, small artifacts like nails, pieces of pots and musket balls tell a much bigger story. >> that's what a lot of the archaeological work is doing we're learning about the people that were there. >> reporter: however, as dr. lee's team tries to find out more about the site, other teachers in florida are feeling pressured not to talk about black history. >> issue is we have guidelines and standards in florida we want education, not indoctrination >> reporter: last year ron desantis signed what he called the stop woke act which essentially prohibits

discu discussions. it was blocked by a federal judge and some teachers are already changing lessons about race and certain aspects of our nation's history >> i will say within the politically-challenging times in florida in that we are a private institution. we will continue to do what we are doing, because we think it's really critically important. and i will say at the same time that is happening politically within the state, the public seems to really want to know much more about these things >> reporter: they say one sign of public interest are the recent grant the and donations to the fort, which are transforming the building into a fully-immersive experience, the next chapter in fort mose's long history. ukraine has scored a victory, recapture ago village in the south, according to a telegram post. nbc news has not been able to independently verify the claim, and there's been no comment from

ukraine yet. let's go now to josh letterman who is following the latest on this what can you tell us about that village? >> reporter: this is an up to in the zaporizhzhia region, close to that nuclear power plant that we've been speaking about for months and one of the four areas of ukraine that russia has claimed that it has illegally annexed in this war so far. that russian-installed local official saying the ukrainians had entrenched there and despite suffering what he described as colossal losses, acknowledging that the ukraines now control that village this is one village but one sign of progress for ukrainians as they embark on this counter offensive for the past couple weeks. president zelenskyy in his overnight address really describing this effort as something that is incremental, saying step by step, inch by inch ukrainians are taking

territory. last week ukraine's mailitary estimating at 38 the number of miles they've been able to take in the offensive >> we've also learned more details about the kakhovka dam >> reporter: this comes from colleagues at the associated press who obtained drone video that shows a car laden with explosives that was on top of the dam before it exploded and eventually was destroyed now that car bomb in and of itself wouldn't have been enough to bring down this entire dam, but it does suggest that the russians were fully in control, may have had explosives there. one more potential indication of how this dam may have been destroyed, jessica >> josh, thank you north korea has commented publicly on their failed military spy satellite launch about three weeks ago. state media reports that officials at a workers party summit there harshly criticized

those involved with the launch preparations the regime promised to try again, but it's not clear when that will happen the rocket was launched on may 31st and quickly fell into the sea and south korea even salvaged parts debris north korea could be one many topics that secretary of state blinken addresses with chinese officials as a second day of meetings gets under way in beijing this morning. yesterday he met with the chinese foreign minister for nearly eight hours the state department called the talks candid and substantive but did not announce any breakthroughs. the secretary has no scheduled meeting with xi jinping. blinken is set to leave for london later this morning. after a weekend that featured some of the best-ever played rounds the u.s. open crow crowned a new champion sunday.

[cheers and applause that's american wyndham clark, who took home the trophy in his first major title on sunday, after four days of play at the los angeles country club clark shot even par for the day and finished ten under for the tournament, fending offer rory mcilroy by just one stroke the south is expecting record heat this week. nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann is tracking those temperatures for us. michelle, good monday morning. >> the dangerous heat continues today. we'll see it continuing tomorrow as well. once again finto the triple digits where you see the hot pink color is your heat warning we'll see triple digits. it's going to feel like 110 to 120 in some spots. del rio, 111 104 in san antonio 106 in abilene

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saka it came along with a trailer there is major star power attached to the project. who we haven't seen, including daniel day kim as zuko's father. and i feel like i'm seeing daniel day kim in everything lately >> having a moment something we'll have to look forward to for 2024 and glad they're able to get that ball going with the writers strike. the l.a. fire and rescue that we heard from yesterday, unscripted seems like there's going to be so much appetite for that, given the fact that the strike is going on >> people are really ready thanks so much for watching "early today." i'm frances rivera >> i'm

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