it's the summer of sweat and smoke. haze blankets the northern part of the country, while the south remains trapped under a heat dome wh we'll let you know when things might clear up a woman falls ten stories into the ocean and survives. hear from the cruiseship passengers who witnessed the incredible rescue. the best treatment for back pain may be pretending

painkillers might not be any better than placebo. and millions of americans will get behind the wheel this weekend. and if you haven't picked your destination, we have you covered. and if you can't go yourself, why not send your name to space we'll tell you tho you how to gr name on a trip to jupiter. >> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the dangerous summer weather from toxic skies to sweltering heat more than a third of the country is engulfed by the slowly moving wildfire smoke from canada it will linger over the midwest and head to the east coast >> typically, you can see downtown cleveland right there this is all happening so quickly. i can't even see everything, like, five feet past me. in meanwhile, the heat dome baking texas has made it one of the hottest places on the

planet some cities have surpassed 110 degrees, rivaling places like the sahara desert. at least 11 heat-related deaths have been confirmed in texas and louisiana. hchbl one week after the submersible titan was declared lost, the crews responsible for k recovering the wreckage brought debris to shore. medical professionals are expected to study and analyze the presumed human remains that were also recovered. five people were on board the titan when it's said to have suffered a catastrophic implosion on the way to view the wreckage "titanic." ron desantis is floating a major down sizing of the federal government, as he attempts to boost his appeal to voters in the early days of the presidential primary for more, we go to brie jackson in washington. what cuts could we be seeing in

a desantis administration in. >> reporter: ron desantis continues to trail former president trump by double digits in most republican primary polls, but that hasn't stopped him from taking actions to increase his popularity among gop voters in recent days. in a move that disappointed lawmakers in both parties, desantis on tuesday issued a veto of a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill in florida the bill would have allowed adults to expunge this criminal record, even if it had been previously erased as a minor and on wednesday, desantis noted a major proposal on fox news about what he would do to the size of the federal government if he were to take the white house. >> are you in favor of eliminating any agencies? >> so we would do education, we would do commerce. we'd do energy and we would do irs. and so if congress had wwill wo with me on doing that -- >> eliminate the irs >> reporter: and the agencies

desantis named are also identical to the ones listed by former texas governor rick perry in the 2012 primary, where he famously said at a debate that he would eliminate the education and commerce departments before blinking on the energy department >> shifting to the man desantis wants to replace on the other side of the aisle >> reporter: later on today, president biden will be traveling to new york and participating in a number of campaign receptions. but the main event had been heading to 30 rock for a live interview on our sister network, msnbc with nicole wallace, after a major speech m chiin chicago wednesday where he criticized the approach of republicans and former president trump while embracing his own economic policy which he is touting as

bidenomics donald trump has file d a counter suit against e. jean carroll. a day after a court decision, carroll was asked how she felt that the jury did not find trump liable for alleged rape. >> well, i just immediately say in my own head, yes, you did, oh, yes, you did >> trump is filing a counter suit saying that she defamed him by continuing to say he raped her. just before new laws were set to go into effect, federal judges in kentucky and tennessee have blocked bans on transgender health care. in both states, the rulings will suspend laws that would have banned minors from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. similar laws have been struck

down in indiana and arkansas a death toll in ukraine has risen to 12. more than 60 35people are injurd three of the dead are teenagers, including twin sifsters just 14 years old. what more do we know about the attack >> reporter: good morning, jessica. it's another devastating attack by the russians. and ukrainian officials claim this was a deliberate attack by the kremlin on civilian infrastructure now what we know is that the eastern city which has been the brunt of so manyo many attacky russians was hit, hitting a pizza parlor which bothere the brunt of the damage, but other

pl places were hit including a kindergarten two 14-year-old twins among the dead, and a 17-year-old girl president zelenskyy has branded the attack a terrorist attack by the kremlin. as is the case so often after these attacks, the russians denied that they were targeting civilian infrastructure and they said they hit a mobile command unit but, if you hook look at the ca on the ground, most of it was civilian buildings, and it appears to be mostly civilians that have been killed. that paints a very different picture to what the russians are claiming happened. >> we understand ukraine not only blaming russia for the attack but also a ukrainian collaborator on the ground >> reporter: that's right, they are saying that a ukrainian collaborator had allegedly helped the russians by taking photographs of that pizza parlor

and shopping center. and sending it to the russians just hours before the attack had taken place. president zelenskyy said that the man has been charged with treason and will face the maximum penalty the country's judicial system has to off ukrainian security forces replease add picture of the man they had arrested and said he was a resident >> thank you we turn now to the caribbean sea and a dramatic rescue caught on camera, after a royal caribbean cruise ship passenger fell overboard from the tenth deck ship she was miraculously saved and brought back on board. ellison barber spoke to a passenger who saw the rescue unfold >> reporter: a woman saved in a dramatic rescue after an alarming incident at sea >> we have reports of a person overboard. >> reporter: a royal caribbean passenger fell overboard sunday from the tenth deck of the

"mariner of the seas" cruiseship, off the coast of the dominican republic the 42-year-old american passenger floating in the middle of the caribbean sea, life preservers and smoke flares dropped in the water >> she was on ten, which kind of like up there. >> reporter: this man on vacation with his wife and children and witnessed the year deal >> the people around me were talking about like there's no way you can survive that fall. we're looking for a body at this point. >> reporter: the ship quickly deploying a rescue boat to find the woman and pull her aboard. >> when they actually pulled her aboard i was kind of speechless. you could actually feel the reaction from the other people on the boat, like cheering like there's, everyone was clapping and so happy. >> reporter: the entire rescue lasting just under an hour it remains unclear what caused the woman to go overboard, but she's said to be in good health,

according to the coast guard, which said it is investigating the circumstances surrounding her fall royal caribbean telling nbc news this part, quote, the ship and crew immediately reported the incident to local authorities and began searching for the guest. thankfully the guest was successfully recovered and brought on board a miracle rescue in the maritime, and now other cruise passengers looking forward to smooth sailing >> i think everyone's pretty happy, everyone's kind of getting along, mo no issues sie then solar power may soon become more accessible across the u.s the white house has announced $7 billion of funding for low energy in low-income communities. the epa says households that benefit will see energy savings of at least 20%. local governments have until september to apply for these grants new research suggests nature can get under our skin and help us live longer the study says long-term

exposure to green spaces where you live can add two and a half years to your life the study does not take into account the type of greenery around you it can be a park, a forest, even a golf course. researchers say exposure to these areas can slow down our biological aging >> summer is starting off with sweat and smoke. some states facing heat warnings, others facing air quality alerts that we've been talking about. michelle grossmann is tracking all of it for us this morning. good morning >> good morning to you both. yeah, we continue to track that dangerous heat, record-breaking heat, and it's going to expand over the next couple days, also tracking air quality concerns. starting with the heat, 71 million americans under heat alerts, including portions of the pacific north c north werks so west into the ohio valley. where you see the hot pink color is the excessive heat warning. temperatures soaring into the triple digits. you factor in the humidity, it's

going to feel like 110 to 120 p s in spots then we have 110 million americans at risk for poor air quality today. it's a combination of canadian wildlife smoke and ozone so where you see the purple and also the red, that's where we're looking at the worst air quality. citie citiesike pittsburgh latlantic d.c., 88 degrees today, dangerously hot in the south 102 in dallas, 101 in sl shreveport we're tracking the chance of severe weather when i see you next time. >> thank you, michelle still to come, the state

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their mom,grandsgrands parents at home. >> reporter: they stayed in poland for nearly five months, waiting, without school, friends or family. >> i thought maybe i can stay in poland, maybe, then find a job or whatever, and then there is news about a program which allows you to work and live in the u.s. for two years, and we applied like maybe two months after war started. somebody sponsored us. >> reporter: the boys and their mom have thonow been here for au nine months. but no matter what country you're in, it's not easy being the new kid. >> nobody, no friends. >> reporter: but over time, thins seemed to get a bit better. >> we even made the basketball team there >> reporter: they didn't have the right gear for basketball.

they say their coach gave them brand-new shoes right out uft box. >> it's hard to understand, the coach, like you do not know this person before, you know, and he give you brand flu shoes >> reporter: the boys even went to prom, but for them t didn't really live up to the hype >> you've never been to ukrainian proms. really, you dream about t you know >> reporter: graduation on the other hand >> it was really impressive, cap and gown many people, they filming you. a great experience >> reporter: now with help from this school they are a headed to college. >> university, we have full scholarship for us, and for four years. >> reporter: but even with all these new experiences, the war is always on their mind. >> our experience is not great, but other people have even worse experience as us they could stay under missile attack right now while we're talking. they need more support than us

so thank you to our military, military of ukraine for risking their lives and we will never forget how many lives were lost. and people who just died >> our thank for that report as horrible as war is, it's good to see the good that comes out of it. >> loohow imprk es

much of the country under a hazy maze of smokey air and excessive heat warnings. where the dangerous wave of weather heads to next and how people have been been dealing wt the wreckage of the titan returns to shore as officials look to find out what went wrong. the queen of pop