stay right there moshs news on the way. the way. millions of americans kicked off the week with wicked weather. we'll tell you when relief is coming in the forecast from coast-to-coast a fiery fallout in russia, days after armed mercenaries marched toward the capital

vladimir putin addresses his country and condemns the wag fleur nur wagner group's actions. we have the skinny on a weight loss drug plenty of little girls imagine living in barbie's dream house. now it could be a reality. less than a month away from the movie's release, hear how you could live like the iconic doll for a weekend. and you've heard about batboys in baseball. how about a bat dog? how one team is letting a passionate pup help on the field. it is tuesday, june 27, and "early today" starts right now and good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera we begin with the severe weather striking the east coast, slamming millions of americans with hail and damaging winds the storms triggering flash flooding and tornado warnings across the eastern half of the

country. meanwhile, texas is still suffering through dangerous heat energy provider ercot says they set a new record for peak demand in june. our emilie ikeda has more on the extreme weather. >> reporter: a weekend of wild weather now closing in on the east coast while a suffocating heat cripples tens of millions in the south for yet another week parts of texas approaching the all-time state record of 120 degrees. >> almost like hot as the sun. >> reporter: with the heat pressing on, they're preparing for libertari electric /*use to break records again. winds flipped planes in tennessee. ping-pong-sized hail in alabama. one person died in indiana watch as an ominous funnel forms

outside indianapolis >> my husband came running down the stairs saying "everyone in the basement." >> reporter: a tangled mess of trees and power lines blankets nearby neighborhoods and in the northeast, flight disruptions soaring. severe weather sweeping from charleston to new york, as the threat could worsen. emilie ikeda, nbc news, new york the armed rebellion that failed in russia this past weekend is still sending shockwaves international limit vladimir putin gave an angry speech on national tv demounsing the wagner group's betrayal but did not announce any punishment. instead, he repeated his promise of immunity to those who surrendered. yevgeny prigozhin is said to be in belarus as part of an agreement with lukashenko. he issued a statement defending

his actions saying he never intended to overthrow the putin regime the bombshell audio recording of trump discussing classified documents have been obtained and released by cnn >> as president i could declassify now i can't. >> now you have a problem. >> isn't that interesting? >> the former president pleaded not guilty earlier this month to 37 felony counts over his handling of classified documents. this conversation is one that is mentioned as evidence in special counsel jack smith's indictment. in a monday evening post on truth social, trump called the recording an exoneration, and said that smith illegally leaked and spun the tape. he continues to find himself in a distant second in the polls behind former president trump, but florida governor and presidential candidate ron desantis traveled to texas monday, tackling his main rival's actions on a hot-button

issue. gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: in texas, florida governor ron desantis feeling the heat, taking on the gop frontrunner, blasting donald trump for not being tough enough at the border while he was president. >> he's promising a lot of the same thing this is time that he did last time, and he didn't deliver on t. >> reporter: desantis speaking with nbc news and rolling out an aggressive crackdown to deter illegal border crossings, that includes reimplementing the remain in mexico policy, ending birthright citizenship and allowing the use of deadly force against people who cut through u.s. border fences >> once you head through the wall you have hostile intent because you're running drugs, you absolutely can use deadly force. >> reporter: but his critics say his immigration proposals largely mirror those of mr. trump, who has the support of 51% of republican primary voters desantis' support has dropped to 22%. >> he's fall like a rock

people are getting to know him they know he's got no personality. >> reporter: how do you explain to your donors and supporters that you've dropped nain ine pos >> the swing states, biden beats trump in the swing states, and i beat biden handily it's a two-man race. he's one of the most famous people in the world. everyone knows home. >> reporter: the polls show desantis tied with biden in a hypothetical matchup, while bide beats trump by four points now a nbc news exclusive nearly half a dozen secret service agents have testified before the grand jury connected with the investigation into former president trump's alleged role mt. in the events of janua6 this according to two sources familiar with the testimony. this news comes nearly a year after the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, in which she alleged

trump lashed out at secret service eigh service agents after they refused to drive limb him to the capitol. the spokeswoman for the secret service declined to comment the man accused of killing and injuring people at the club q got the maximum punishment of multiple life sentences and will not be able to appeal. the cdc has issued a new alert about malaria. over the past two months, one case has been documented in texas and four in florida. people had not traveled outside the country. malaria is a serious, sometimes deadadly diseasese usually sprey mosquitos. symptoms can include fever, chills and muscle aches.

officials are encouraging the public to protect against insect bites. there is a new drug from eli lilly that could do more for weight loss than any medication currently on the market. a report in the new england journal of medicine says it helped people lose fleerl a qua nearly a quarter of their body weight on average in a mid stage clinical trial those results would need to be confirmed in the larger phase three trial. but the drug's potential is causing buzz in the medical community with one obesity speciali specialist telling nbc news the findings are mind-boggling anthony fauci is joining the faculty at georgetown university starting next week, dr. fauci will be a professor at the school of medicine in the division of infectious diseases. in a statement, he expressed delight at the appointment, calling it, quote, a natural extension of my scientific

clinical and public health career as inflation starts to cool, the misery index in america is falling, an informal way measuring how much misery people are facing in the economy. it's just below 8% this index is a combination of inflation and the unemployment rate a survey by the university of michigan found consumer outlook rose by 8% in june but most people still expect difficult times over the next year we mentioned the blisteringa in the south, and it doesn't look like temps will be coming down any time soon how are we looking out there >> we're going to see sizzling temperatures continue today, tomorrow and through the weekend. so that unrelenting heat not giving up. we're looking at temperatures soaring into the triple digits temperatures into the 100s, you factor in the humidity, it's

going to feel warmer than that 36 million people impacted this morning and tuesday. where you see the pink is an excessive heat warning much of texas and also into port parts of the northern gulf we're looking at 100 degrees in haw houston. feeling like 112 112 shreveport. little rock, you're going to be at 104 on thursday we have the heat we're also watch willing storms o g watching storms and sizzlinge

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since musk's takeover, the company has laid off employees involved in moderating misinformation and the removal of harmful information fast fashion company shein is causing controversy again however, users are not buying what shein is selling. after posting on social media, several influencers were quickly met with backlash, even accused of selling out for a free trip shein was alleged to have labor abuses, human rights violations and hazardous materials in its clothing the retailer has denied all labor allegations and says it has removed all potentially toxic chemicals from their clothing ford is planning a round of layoffs. the cuts are expected across ford's operations, including its combustion engine unit and electric vehicle team. a company spokesperson declined to say how many jobs would be

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right now at 5:00, all eyes on the nation's capitol this morning as we await some hotly anticipated rulings that may be coming down from the u.s. supreme court as soon as today. we're live from washington with more. >> oh, my god, it was like somebody put a knife in my