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oxygen can run out in just a few hours, as crews search more than two miles under the ocean's surface. adam schiff was censured by the house. why the rare step was taken and inside the investigation to follow over in the senate, the plan to regulate artificial intelligence senator chuck schumer says it's now or never to get ahead in the ai revolution. as the wga strike passes the 50-day mark, the television staple that may go dark if the writers don't reach a deal with the studios soon and business and party in the back to back meet the kid with an award-winning mullet and expecting a repeat as champion it's thursday, june 22nd "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. the desperate last faw hours the search for that missing submersible grows more dire by the second the u.s. coast guard estimates that five passengers will run out of oxygen at around

7:00 a.m. eastern, based on the amount of emergency air the sub can hold our tom costello has more on the urgent search and rescue efforts still under way. >> reporter: 900 miles east of massachusetts canadian aircrews continue to drop sonar buoys and report hearing unusual noise in the water, planes, ships and drones are now aggressively searching a grid near the sunken "titanic", but so far nothing. the navy now reviewing all sonar contacts can you describe what the noise sounds like that they're hearing? >> the noises have been described as banging noises, but, again, they have to put the whole picture together in context, and they have to eliminate potential man made sources other than the "titan" >>reporter: underwater acousti exerts caution the ocean is noisy, heavy ship traffic. even fish and whales can sound like tapping but the noise also means hope that the five men on board the sub are still alive trying to

communicate. >> i don't think i'll be able to sleep. unless we get some positive news >> reporter: in pakistan, mohammad hashem is a friend of the businessman who's on board with his son suleman >> i'm watching of it for the last 48 hours and keeping my fingers crossed and still a have hope that he will come back and a miracle will happen and he will make it >> reporter: the titan sub is about the size of a many van with room for five and a toilet with a privacy curtain this oceangate photo shows it's relatively cramped only one person can fully extend his legs at one time crews generally have sandwiches and water for a six to eight-hour trip. aaron newman has gone to the "titanic" in "titan" >> we're going where humans have rarely gone. we're pushing you the limits of things so it's not a disney world ride. >> reporter: but a former

employee, muteoolly settled a lawsuit with ocean gate after being fired for claiming the sub wasn't certified to go so deep and three expressed concern that the design was potentially catastrophic josh gates tweeted, ultimately, i walked away from a huge opportunity to film "titanic", due to my safety concerns with the oceangate platform meanwhile, a french deep-dive robot and operators are arriving on site. >> calm here in the harbor, but reports of extremely challenging conditions at the site winds 30 mile-per-hour. >> we are smack dab in the middle of search and rescue and we'll continue to put every asset that we have to find the "titan" and crew members >> and our thanks to tom for that report. the man who attacked a capitol police officer with a stun gun on january 6 was

defiant as he was sentenced. after pleading guilty in february to multiple charges, rodriguez was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison with the judge calling him a one-man army of hate he shouted "trump won", after he was sentenced. the officer spoke at the hearing saying he lacked compassion or empathy for rodriguez and anyone else involved in the capitol the republican-led house passed a resolution cleensuring adam schiff. following the vote, schiff was ordered to stand on the house floor and was reprimanded by house speaker kevin mccarthy the motion also requires the house ethics committee to launch an investigation into schiff it was blocked last week over

object obje objections to fining schiff $16 million in addition to the rebuke the air national guardsman charged with leaking documents appeared in court on wednesday jack teixeira, who was indicted last week pleaded not guilty to six federal counts the fbi arrested teixeira back in april after he was suspected of sharing classified documents on the social media platform discord. if convicted teixeira could face up to 60 years in prison and a fine up to $1.5 million the president's son will be back in court in a little over a month, following news of his plea agreement earlier their week a federal judge on wednesday set the date for hunter biden's plea hearing on tax-related charges for july 26. biden accept added a plea deal following a multi-year investigation. storms have knocked out power to nearly 400,000 texans

and the timing couldn't be worse. while many in texas wait for their air conditioning to come back, a so-called heat dome is causing temperatures to soar into the triple digits miguel almaguer is in houston >> reporter: the heat wave is scorching 26 million across much of the southern plains the potentially deadly conditions pushing temperatures as much as 15 degrees above normal >> literally, we're having to sit in the cold baths to cool ourselves down >> reporter: the extraordinary heat and intense humidity turning texas into a red hot oven, with skyrocketing conditions between 110 and 120 degrees. in san antonio tuesday the heat index soared to an alarming 116, topping an all-time record the city set five days ago dallas tied its 43-year-ol record at 117. in houston, it's forecast to feel like a scorching 112.

with little relief overnight, emergency crews are bracing for a surge of 911 calls >> make sure that you don't leave your child in a car. in this type of weather, they won't have long. >> reporter: the unrelenting temperatures straining the power grid, as the state set a june record for energy demand the heistoric heat buckling road from the lonestar state to louisiana. some are wishing this first tay of summer was also the last. mig miguel almaguer, houston. police say a 31-year-old pregnant woman was killed when her 2-year-old son got ahold of a gun and shot her in the back she was able to call 911 and tell the dispatchers she was 33 weeks pregnant she was rushed to the hospital but near laneither she nor her unborn child survived. they seized a semi-automatic pistol that was loaded with an additional 12 rounds

an investigation is ongoing. now to paris where dozens of people were hurt after a massive gas explosion that destroyed the building witnesses describe a deafening blast and giant fireball erupting just before 5:00 p.m. local time we want to bring in josh letterman following this story for us what is the latest on this search and rescue? >> reporter: well, the suspicion at this point, jessica is that this was a gas explosion now the police and prosecutor's office in paris say it's too early to say that for certain, but a deputy mayor in paris has said on social media that it was a gas explosion and there have been witnesses to the fire who told french tv that they were able to smell a strong gas smell prior to the explosion and we know that paris was the home just back in 2019 to a major gas explosion that killed four people. but, in the meantime, the search and rescue operation has been continuing with investigators overnight using sniffing dogs to try to find anyone who might be

still in the building. there are reports in the french media this morning that two people who were brielieved to hv potentially still been in that building now have been found and are counted among the injured. the good news, no reports of fatalities yet, but this is an explosion that took place in a very touristy area of paris where there are lot of foreigners the buildings damaged include a design school frequented by foreigners no indications of any americans involved in this, but it was really not very far at all from the notre dame cathedral where back in 2019 we saw that devastating fire as well >> i know you mentioned gas explosion. that's the early part of the investigation. anything more on how that happened or any details about how it happened? >> reporter: we don't.

we flow that we we know they are looking into whether there was insufficient action by someone in the building who was reckless, whether the building may not have been up to standards, everything is on the table >> that's exactly what i was getting at are we looking at suspicious people, is there foul play chuck schumer has unveiled a legislative framework for regulating artificial intelligence he said congress must join the ai revolution or miss the chance to regulate the technology before it's at that late schumer's plan aims to protect intellectual property and would require ai systems to follow democratic norms and protect elec election jerome powell confirms more interest rate hikes are likely until inflation is brought under control. powell prepared remarks before

the house financial services committee one week after the fed decided to not raise interest rates for the first time in more than a year. back in may, inflation rose at a 4% annual rate, the lowest in two years, but still above the fed's target of 2% so there is no relief in sight for the lonestar state, with temperatures set to surge once again let's check in with nbc meteorologist angie lassman. good morning >> it doesn't really look to be any change in this kind of same pattern we've been seeing for days and days for the extended period the heat alerts are in effect for 16 million people, stretched from texas to new mexico a couple spots in oklahoma as we once again head to the triple digits here's where we go for hawston 95, but it will feel like 107. laredo ends up at 109 but feeling like 116 these temperatures hang out at least into the low 90s, for some

spots into the triple digits as weigh get we get to saturday and sunday in del rio. a slow moving system worrichmon and thunderstorms this afternoon with a high of 77 for the city and that's a lack at your forecast, ladies, we'll send it back over to you >> all right, angie, thank you when we come back, the ftc is deliveringng a lawsuitit to aman >> a and t the retail gigiant h sosomething toto say aboutut it, you'll heaear about itit say ab, you'll hear about it

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as you are aware, there's still life support available on the submersible. we will continue to hold on to hope until