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submersible. we've got the latest from the coast guard. after years of allegations and scandal, hunter biden agrees to pay his debt to society, but some say it's just a slap on the wrist. corruption allegations do not have a good ring to them 2024 paris olympics offices raided by french police. more on what this means for the summer games > >> pharrell williams made his appearance shfrnlt >> and the most promising young player since lebron james. it's wednesday, june 21st. "early today" starts right now >> and good morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera of as we officially mark the changing of the seasons, severe conditions are continuing to pummel the

southern unit. oou united nationsstates the often-strained texas electrical grid is facing new challenges posed by the relentless weather ercot asked the state's 30 million residents to voluntary cut back on electric use due to sweltering heat. now to breaking news on the search for the missing submersible that was touring the "titanic." the u.s. coast guard confirms that underwater noises were detected in that search area this update came after "rolling stone" first reported that researchers were hearing banging sounds every 30 minutes, according to department of homeland security communications, and nbc news has not obtained or verified the clock is ticking to reach

the missing sub which has only a little over a day's worth of oxygen left. all five passengers on board have been identified, the youngest be being 19-year-old suleman dawood who is on the sub with his father, and ocean gaed, the company that operates the tour confirmed their ceo is on board. the president's son has accepted a plea deal on multiple misdemeanor charges. but as peter alexander explains, even the younger biden's harshest critics are not happy about the outcome. >> reporter: after a five-year investigation, hunter biden has reach add reached a plea deal to likely avoid prison time. prosecutors say biden did not pay more than $100,000 in taxes on $1.5 million in income in 2017 and 2018. and two sources tell nbc news

the prosecutor will recommend probation. while also agreeing not to prosecute hunter biden for illegally possessing a firearm, even though biden knew he was barred inte barred from doing so because he was using drugs. he faced a maximum of 12 months behind bars for each tax charge and ten years for the handgun. >> i think what's fair is my client gets on with his life >> reporter: still republicans are slamming the deal that comes just days after a special counsel's 37-count indictment against former president trump for his handling of classified documents. mr. trump has pleaded not guilty the former president accusing the biden justice department of giving hunter biden quote, a mere traffic ticket. our system is broken top republicans argue it's evidence after double standard >> it continues to show the two-tier system in america if you are the president's leading leading political opponent, the dhaoj literally

tries to put you in jail and give you prison time if you are the president's son you get a sweetheart deal. >> reporter: the lead attorney leading the investigation was appointed by former president trump and was kept in office to avoid conflict of interest merrick garland has said he is not interfering in the case. still, an irs whistle-blower is asking for whistle-blower proex. protection >> reporter: they first huntertn dealings including his job on the board of a ukrainian energy company. he was pressed on whether that company would have asked him to be on its board if his last name was not biden. >> i don't know, probably not. i think there's probably a lot of things that wouldn't have happened in my life if my name

wasn't biden >> reporter: and the republicans say this will not impact their investigation into the biden family finances. >> this is an investigation into whether or not joe biden is compromised because of the millions of dollars his family has received from foreign nationals. >> reporter: president biden's repeat lid repeatly defended his son. >> first of all, my son's done nothing wrong. i'm very proud of my son and our thanks to peter for that report. a fededge has made the decision to reveal the identities of those who provided bail for indicted congressman george santos. the judge ordered that the names behind the $500,000 bond be revealed thursday at noon. and this comes after santos and his legal team argued against unsealing the names, warning it could lead to what they called unnecessary retaliation. santos pleaded not guilty back in may to 13 counts, including wire fraud and theft of public funds. a lawyer for the congressman did

not respond to our ra request fm comment from cnbc. a judge in arkansas has ruled that minors in arkansas should have access to gender-affirming care. the judge declared a bill blocking the care for minorsr unconstitutional ukraine is secure the return of three prisoners of war. victor orban's government is accused of denying them contact. let's go live to lopdndon and js letterman. what do we know so far about these p.o.w.s? >> reporter: this has been a bizarre incident with more questions than answers

we know that the three released p.o.w.s were part of a group of about 11 ukrainian p.o.w.s moved into hungary two weeks or more, according to hungary's government there have been indications from the russian orthodox church that they may be of hungarian origin or come from a region in the west where there is a large hungarian minority hungary has maintained that they were essentially released by russia into hungary on their own free will, that that ey are notr lock and key and have been able to move as they please ukraine says that is not true, that this communications are monitored and kept from communicating with family members. ukraine is now desperately trying to get the remaining eight ukrainian p.o.w. os released >> do we know why russia is

sending ukrainian p.o.w.s to hungary? >> reporter: we really don't but the best guess is that it has something to do with the close relationship of viktor orban and vladimir putin which has flourished despite the war and despite that hungary is part of eu and nato that may be playing into why the ukrainian p.o.w.s are released from hungary prosecutors announced two ongoing investigations into embezzlement of public funds and favoritism in awarding contracts in the summer games. they say they are cooperating with investigators it is the third consecutive summer olympics embroiled in anti-corruption probes both the rio games and tokyo games were tarnished by allegations of vote buying,

leading to the removal of several olympic committee members. angie hlassman is tracking developing storms. >> we're waking up to showers and thunderstorms in parts of the southeast, and we'll have periods of heavy rain as the system slowly but surely moves through. that's going to bring repeated rounds of rain and potentially flooding concerns. as weigh get get through today,l see how slow-moving the system is, basically stretching from maine to florida this is something we watch again for the next few days. we could see localized amounts up to five inches. that's why we have the flooding concern up through friday. meanwhile, strong storms could develop this afternoon into the evening. main threat does include hail, but we can't rule out gusts up to 75 miles per hour if you're wondering about

tropical storm brett, no longer expected to be a hurricane but it will maintain tropical storm status we'll see it wean as ike the triple digits. texas hits 102 for lubbock, 103 for san antonio. that's a look at your forecast, ladies we're back in 60 seconds, with bernie sanders scathing letter to amazon's ceo > andrew tate e facing seris chcharges in r romania sererious charges inin romania p better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil.

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reputation authorities also say they asked to confiscate multiple homes, luxury cars and watches, and about half a million dollars in bitcoin from the defendants. >> every single thing is going to change. everyone who is friends now will not be friends ten minutes after aarrive. >> reporter: tate, a former contestant on "big brother" and self-described success coach has a massive social media audience, known for misogynistic views for example this interview posted in december >> most stupid people on the planet are men this has all been proven >> by who? >> read the study.e study. >> what w >> what stud snee. >> google it >> shut the [ bleep ] up >> if a woman sleeps it with one

man -- >> reporter: his remarks often clearly provoking indignation and have gotten him banned from most social media platforms, except he's back on twitter after elon musk reinstated his account last november. >> yes ron iselon is a hero of e speech >> reporter: tate and his brother have denied all allegations against them, but screen shots of his now-t deletd website show how he would get women to work for his business, at one point saying my job was to meet a girl, go on a few dates, sleep with her, test if she's quality, get her to fall in love with her to where she'd to anything i say, then get her on webcam so we can become rich together

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seen before. 50,000 tickets sold in 15 minutes. >> reporter: but the young phenom taking it all in stride you have a lot of fans in the u.s. who are excited to see you play in the nba next season. do you have a message for them >> i'm living my dream right now, and i'm hoping i can share this with the maximum peoplee m y i can. >> reporter: a humble player >> so good for him we talking about how do you pronounce his name we're going to know soon enough. >> he's going to be a household name imagine be beiing the greatest drew barrymore says she'll be cooling down social media activity she says it's healthy for the soul and she'll be focussing and other adventures, include working on her new project

"drew" magazine and prepping for her talk show. she posted a video to instagram calling out tabloids for spreading false claims about comments she made about her mother we're seeing more about this >> digital detox i gave it up for lent, and i'm not finding myself to go back. and the pressure's off from having to share your experiences. >> a lot of people want to see the reality instead of the instagram versus the reality >> nice little cleanse for us. thanks for watching "early today. i'm francehere, more news on

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