a block party in baltimore turns deadly over the weekend. what police know about the mass shooting that killed two people

and injured more than two dozen. france enters its second week of widespread protesting after the fatal police shooting of a boy in paris. thousands of protesters have been detained. but is the unrest slowing down hotel workers in southern california are checking out. thousands of employees at more than 60 hotels are on strike hear what their union is fighting for twitter users have known about character limits for years. but what about a rate limit? elon musk announces new guidelines for the platform. what it means for how many tweets you can read a day. and the best ways to brighten up your holiday without using fireworks. it is monday, july 3rd "early today" starts right now >> good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair. >> great to have you here. i'm jessica layton baltimore is searching for answers after a block party ended in gun violence. shots were fired just after midnight on sunday two people were killed, an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man.

more than two dozen others were injured, and most of them are teenagers. baltimore's mayor is pleading with the public now to come forward with information >> somebody knows who did this i don't care if it's the parents, the brother, the wife, the girlfriend of those who are responsible. we need you to say something we need you to treat this as if someone had taken the life of your son, your daughter, your father, your brother >> baltimore police believe the shots were fired from at least four different guns. no arrests have been made. severe weather is causing some trouble for july 4th celebrations and travel. a nascar race and cubs game were delayed in chicago 3 or more inches of rain fell in just 90 minutes, causing flash flooding throughout the city that severe weather is also impacting the northeast this morning. meanwhile, heat alerts continue from coast-to-coast across the south. parts of arizona are under an excessive heat warning highs could reach over 115

degrees. treasury secretary janet yellen will meet with chinese senior officials on her trip to beijing later this week. a senior administration official told reporters that yellen's visit is meant to deepen and increase communication between the global powers. but they don't expect any major breakthroughs. this comes after secretary of state antony blinken met with chinese president xi jinping just last month. yellen heads to china this thursday the atf and d.c. police are offering a $20,000 reward for information on suspects who targeted three businesses with explosives early sunday. authorities did not describe the devices that were detonated a two of the locations they confirm a molotov cocktail was thrown at a third grocery store. police note they'd did not know how many suspect mace be involved they also did not appear to be targeting members of the public with the devices and no injuries were reported. a new immigration law in florida threatens to upend that

state's economy. it cracks down on illegal immigration in way that advocates call cruel and that business leaders call bad for business our guad venegas breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: a new law is set to abandon an entire way of life for many immigrants in florida one of them is jesus, a farm worker for 18 years. he left mexico searching for work and a better life but now as one of florida's estimated 775,000 undocumented immigrants, he faces an incredibly difficult decision, either leave or wait until the state forces him to. telling me he'll work as long as he can here until it's time to grab his stuff and go back to mexico, adding he has no idea what is going to happen. he is in limbo because florida governor ron desantis signed a law as a way to crack down on employers that are hiring undocumented workers, requiring them to use an online database to verify legal status, banning

local governments from issuing ids to the undocumented, and requiring hospitals that accept medicaid to ask patients about their immigration status the move is creating panic >> what the law has created is an environment of fear where people believe, you know, that they are at risk. >> reporter: studies show immigrants make up 35% of florida's booming construction industry, but we don't know how many of those are undocumented, while an estimated 47% of the people working florida freields are undocumented losing those workers could mean an economic loss of $13 billion per year and a drop of 10% of the state's total workforce. fidencio is one of the many worker here is in the farming community of homestead, and he said the consequences of the law will be felt by everyone like him. he says desantis is going to be breaking up families, and it's up to god what happens next.

it's something even florida's business leaders are worried about. the people in charge of massive infrastructure projects like daniel consine is building a 27-acre $4 billion project, a work site employing as many as 15,000 workers. >> and it's not just in construction we're going see it in all types of service industries. i have a friend who owns a restaurant he says half of his staff is leaving. >> reporter: new immigration reform is needed to fix the problem. >> at the end of the day, you wouldn't have the illegal immigration problem if you didn't have a lot of people that were facilitating this in our country. >> reporter: the governor's office telling nbc news sb-1718 counteracts the effects of illegal immigration in florida, adding any business that exploits this crisis by employing illegal aliens instead of floridians will be held accountable. but advocates looking out for those migrants and florida's

economy say the new law will be a devastating blow to florida's crucial industries. >> a lot of these businesses in the agricultural industry are going to have to grapple with closing shop. >> not too many people are in line for those jobs. so there is going to be a big void. >> reporter: governor desantis, who is running for president, sees the immigration law as a blueprint for the entire country. >> we've established here in florida a blueprint for success that other states can follow >> reporter: leaving the path ahead for jesus and others just like him unclear as they hope to find a new home where they can build a new life >> and we want to thank guad for bringing us that report. the unrest in france has now entered week two there are signs that protests are dying down french authorities a relatively quiet sunday night and monday morning, but so far, over six day, more than 3,000 protesters have been detained, and the fatal police shooting of an arab teenager in a suburb of paris.

let's bring our nbc news foreign:claudio lavanga in why are these protests suddenly garnering more momentum? >> reporter: good morning, vinita the victim was 17-year-old french citizen of moroccan des descent. the fact that a policeman killed him in a regular traffic stop kind of sparked where it was brewing where the descendants of immigrants like the victim and poorer french citizens feel like they're discriminated on by the police and the state it's not the first time that the suburbs in france erupt in violent protest. it seems like they were and still are a power keg where anger is ready to explode. and that time, this episode is what led to it, vinita >> do you get the sense these protests appear to be running out of steam is that what you observed this past weekend >> well, they definitely have calmed down for a couple of

reasons. in the early hours of sunday, it seems like the protests went out of control, and they went a bit too far when the mayor of a paris suburb accused protesters of ramming a car into his house and then sit setting on fire, injuring his wife and children he called it an assassination attempt. but what appeared to have really calmed down this protest was the appeal for calm by the victim's grandmother, who on french national television asked the protesters to stop destroying things, vinita >> wise words from that grandmother, claudio, thank you. thousands of southern california hotel workers are on strike this morning. the walkout began nearly 24 hours ago. a union representing more than 32,000 workers is demanding stronger workplace protections a $5 an hour wage increase and access to affordable health care benefits the strike impacts 65 hotels the hotel association of los angeles says it is actively engaged in good faith collective bargaining andnow to texas where an

8-year-old mystery has been solved rudy farias went missing in 2018 at 18 years old he was last seen walking his two dogs the dogs returned home early family members said he suffered from depression and had lost a brother to a motorcycle accident now the texas center for the missing says rudy has been found safe they did not give any information about where he has been, du but says he is recovering now in the hospital well, the heat is stick around for parts of the west and the south. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking those high temperatures as well as some storms, just in time for fourth of july. good morning, angie. >> good morning, ladies. we've got some good news when it comes to the heat. we've seen a lot of the alerts tapering off and expiring. 24 million people included in these. they do extend into parts of the southeast, but only a few spots. places like raleigh still seeing that but out west, las vegas, san diego, phoenix still going to deal with oppressive heat through the day today. temperatures in the triple-digits from redding through fresno palm springs headed to 115 this afternoon. these temperatures don't get a

whole lot better, though over the next couple days, we remain in the triple digits, extending into las vegas, palm springs and fresno for the long haul we'll see temperatures finally return to normal in those areas as we get into the later parts of the workweek. northeast still in the 90s, but not quite as oppressive as it has been we're dealing with the potential for strong to severe storms. does include 34 million people charlotte, richmond, cape hatteras and washington, d.c. all included in this potential to see some strong wind gustup tos 6 parts of texas. corpus christi heads to 97 degrees. el paso hits 100 and that's a look at your forecast, ladies back over to you >> now that i've seen 115, i won't complain. >> not allowed to. >> we're all right

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>> reporter: angela and her kids are pro-fred, and they aren't alone. >> we have people in the neighborhood that are making t-shirts that say save fred, little car stickers saying save fred if he does have to go, it will be hard. >> and our thanks to lisa crane for that report. >> save fred all right. the first super moon of the year is about to rise over the horizon. other parts of the world have already gotten a look at the buck moon. here in the u.s., we should get our first glance just before 7:40 a.m. eastern. the buck moon is the name for the full moon in july, according to the old farmers almanac there will be three more super moons in 2023. this one brings the moon 14,000 miles closer than your typical full moon. and looking a little past the moon now nasa just dropped some spectacular new shots of saturn. check out the glowing rings. it's an infrared picture of the gas giant leaving the planet itself dark thanks to the methane in its atmosphere. that's why its iconic rings get

to shine you can barely spot a few moons floating in the black as well. scientists hope picture likes this help them discover new moons or even new rings. we're getting so many pictures of space lately. it is truly phenomenal. >> they're so beautiful. a wonderful way to start the morning. >> that's right. if you weren't up before, you're up now thanks, everyone so much for watching "early today. i'm jessica layton. >> and i'm vinita nair we hope you have a wonderful day. the today show is coming up. a lot of news, a lot of headlines and the latest on the baltimore shooting stay with nbc.

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