deadly flash floods and hurricane-level damage left

behind as storms slam the northeast. our weather team is tracking the next round of severe weather we'll let you know when to expect a break in the rain a massive manhunt in pennsylvania happening right now after three days, police are still looking for an escaped inmate accused of murder why the missing man's specific skills make finding him a unique challenge. president biden takes a trip across the pond. he'll spend the week in europe after defending his decision to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. what the move to mean for our overseas allies. it was a night of glitter, glam and goodbye in sweden elton john sang "goodbye yellow brick road" for good now and we check in on the chimp that stole the internet's hearts see how vanilla is adjusting to the sweet life in the sunshine it's monday, july 10th "early today" starts right now >> good monday morning to you.

i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera we begin with the deadly flash flooding slamming the northeast. a state of emergency has been declared for orange county, new york, where at least one person has been killed while trying to evacuate entire communities have been cut off as the rushing water leaves damaged roadways in its wake >> wow chunks of black top. street signs wow. >> the flash flooding also washed out streets across pennsylvania the red cross says dozens of people -- >> the northeast is expected to see as much as a month's worth of rain in just a matter of hours. the national weather service warning that the damage could be similar to the remnants of a hurricane. let's get an update on the severe weather now with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman joining us live now with the very latest. michelle, good morning what a mess. >> yeah, what a mess

we have the rain come fast and furious. and we're going see more of that today in spots let's take a look at what it looks like now this is radar showing us where the cold front is. it's a slow-moving front a lot of tropical moisture these two interacting are dropping a lot of rain down to the south, the bright colors is indicating where the heavy rain is falling. but also to the north where we have a the heavy, heavy rainfall yesterday into the overnight hours. still seeing very heavy rainfall this will be the bulls-eye in parts of new england, especially vermont, that will see the chance for flash flooding. the bright colors showing us the heavy, heavy downpours, the summer-like downpours. we do have a lot of rainfall we're expecting. locally up to 5 inches on top of what we already saw. the ground is very, very saturated. that's going to lead to the chance of flash flooding we could see intense rainfall rates of up to 2 inches an hour. as we see the cold front making its way towards the east also severe weather expected in portions of the plains we'll talk about that too coming up >> okay. we'll see you in a bit

thank you, michelle. >> sure. president biden is in london this morning where he is scheduled to meet with both prime minister rishi sunak and king charles after his visit to the uk, the president will travel to lithuania to attend a high-stakes nato summit before heading to finland this could be the most important foreign policy trip of his time in office so far for the latest, we go to claudio lavanga, who is covering it all for us good morning why is the president starting this trip in the uk? >> good morning, frances the uk is one of the most important if not the most important ally of the u.s. in the alliance to support ukraine against the russian invasion but while the two countries agree completely that the alliance show support militarily and financially, they don't seem to be on the same page when it comes to ukraine's bid to join nato the uk has been pushing for a fast-track membership, but the u.s. has been a lot more cautious of the meeting between

biden and rishi sunak later in this morning is very important because of that reason well, later in the day, a little less political and more ceremonial maybe perhaps president biden and king charles iii, the first time the president and the king meets because biden was not at the coronation of king charles back in may his wife was and then later in the day, later tonight, he will travel to lithuania to attend the very much anticipated and very important nato meeting which starts tomorrow, frances >> and we understand the president has another significant destination on the agenda for day three >> yeah, absolutely. later in the week, after the nato summit and the travels to helsinki, the capitol of finland, mainly to commemorate the country's entrance into nato back in april. but once there, there is no doubt that the president will push for sweden's also entrance into the alliance now. finland and sweden applied

together to join nato after the russian invasion of ukraine. but sweden's bid has been so far stopped by turkey and hungary. frances? >> diplomacy at work for the president there. claudio, thank you the stage is officially set for the first contest in the republican primary the iowa gop announced saturday that t state's first in the nation caucuses will be held on january 15th of next year. this comes after a week that saw many of the republican candidates hitting the campaign trail on the july 4th holiday. florida governor ron desantis marched in parades in new hampshire while former vice president mike pence made the rounds in iowa hoping to gain some ground on the 2024 front-runner, former president donald trump trump did not campaign on the holiday, but instead held events in iowa over the weekend the former president attacked ron desantis, his closest rival for his past stance on the ethanol industry today could mark the end of the white house cocaine investigation. that's according to sources familiar with the investigation

who also say a culprit is not likely to be found while some republicans are pushing for more answers house oversight chair james comer has asked for a secret service briefing on the matter his committee is conducting its own investigation into potential security failures that allowed drugs into the white house in the first place. the u.s. military says it t has killed an isis leader in eastern syria. that deadly drone strike happened on friday, targeting senior isis commander osama. it says there were no civilian deaths according to u.s. central command, the drone that ultimately killed the extremist leader had been harassed by russian jets just hours before the mission. president biden is defending his decision to donate cluster munitions to ukraine, despite some congressional pushback. the controversial weapon is banned by more than 100 countries because it can leaf small unexploded bombs behind

for years that could potentially kill civilians long after the war is ended here is courtney kube. >> reporter: the biden administration announcing it will provide a controversial new weapon to ukraine, cluster munitions. ukraine has been asking the u.s. for the cluster bombs since last year president biden explaining why now. >> the ukrainians are running out of ammunition. >> reporter: specifically, artillery rounds allies struggling to keep them supplied as they fight through a tough counteroffensive >> so we want to make sure that ukrainians have sufficient artillery to keep them in the fight in the context of the current counteroffensive and because things are going a little slower than some had hoped. >> reporter: when cluster munitions explode, they scatter dozens of small bombs over a wide area, unleashing more widespread destruction than single rounds. controversial because some of the small bombs may not explode, embedding in the ground, becoming a threat to civilians, these duds can prove deadly

week, months, or even years later. >> it's a difficult decision it's a decision we deferred. it's a decision that required a real hard look at the potential harm to civilians. >> reporter: officials saying the u.s. will only provide the explosives with a dead rate below 2.35%. more than 100 nations signed the convention on cluster munitions, but the u.s. did not. >> i discussed this with our allies i discussed this with our friends up on the hill we're in a situation where ukraine continues to be brutally attacked across the board. >> reporter: ukraine assures the u.s. they would minimize chances of civilian harm by not using the rounds in civilian and urban environments, recording where they use the rounds, and committing to demining areas after the war. the u.s. has roughly 10,000 cluster bombs in europe, ready to send to ukraine in the coming days. >> we will not leave ukraine defenseless at any point in this

conflict, period >> and our thanks to courtney kube for that report one person was killed and 15 more injured following a wrong-way crash between a car and a bus in chicago early yesterday morning. the car caught fire, and the male driver and two female passengers were taken to local hospitals there, one where one passenger was later pronounced dead police say they have no information for why this car was driving the wrong way. turning to florida, where there are now two new malaria cases, bringing the total to seven. nbc's guad venegas has more on how health authorities are handling the mosquito-borne illness. >> reporter: florida residents facing a new health scare brought by mosquitos health authorities in sarasota county confirming two new cases of locally contracted malaria, this after a statewide health advisory was issued in late june >> this is likely going to be a cluster of cases in sarasota county a mosquito has to bite a human that is infected and go off and

bite another human less than a mile away. mosquitos don't travel long distances. >> reporter: the disease is caused by a parasite which spreads to humans through the bites of the infected mosquitos. it's estimated the u.s. sees about 2,000 cases annually, nearly all from people who acquired the disease abroad before entering the country. unlike these new cases, contracted locally from infected mosquitos. >> this is an unusual headline not something we typically see inherent in the united states. this is really going require here is vigilance on the part of health officials. >> reporter: for those who get sick, the flu-like symptoms can include a notoriously high fever, body. >> a chills, headaches and nausea dr. gupta says the cases shouldn't create panic, with medical centers in the u.s. prepared to test and treat the disease. while public health authorities carry aggressive vector control efforts near the areas where the cases emerge >> we're trying to knock down any of those adult mosquitos that might be carrying that

agent. >> reporter: a challenge for the sunshine state after two of the top public health officials responsible for tracking and preventing the spread of communicable diseases left their jobs in the ron desantis' administration in recent months. >> our thanks to guad for that report so many weather headlines today. we told you earlier about the flooding in the northeast. and now severe weather systems are brewing over the middle of the country. meteorologist michelle grossman is here tracking those threats and the plains good morning >> good morning to you both. we're looking at a stormy afternoon and evening hours in portions of the midwest, through the central plains, the southern plains we have could see some thunderstorms, tornadoes with any of the storms. we're looking to the midwest, the southern plains as well. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour that could cause damage, bring down trees, damaging power lines. a nine million people at risk. a slow-moving front. it's sort of stationary, parked over the area. we're going to see that threat for very large hail and intense rainfall rates we could see 2 inches per hour

that's going lead to the chance for flash fl continues in the south. 105 in tucson. 110 in phoenix 86 in flagstaff. all right, guys. it's a stormy day for many that heatwave continues in the south. we'll talk more than coming up >> okay. we'll see you in a bit thank you, michelle. "early today" is back in 60 seconds with a georgia mayor booked on burglary charges and the very late midwest spe race to fifind a murder susuect with serioious surviviv skills afterer he e scaped a j n pennsylvlvania hen we metamorphosize into our new evolveved form, we c carry that t spirit witi. because e you can tatake alfafa romeo outut of ital.

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for the first time in 28 years the video showing her amazement quickly went viral care technician matty nicholas captured the special moment. the story has been shared all over the world, helping to raise awareness about the endangered species. >> i think it sends a great message that we're giving these chimps an opportunity to live their best life here >> reporter: save the chimps is one of the world's large chimpanzee sanctuaries we went on a tour of the massive refuge >> these chimpanzees were robbed the opportunity to live freely as chimpanzees so this is -- this is a wonderful opportunity. >> reporter: vanilla is one of 227 chimpanzees who call this sanctuary home they'd been rescued from research labs, the entertainment industry, and the pet trade. caring for them is a major undertaking. it costs $10 million a year to run the sanctuary. but thanks to donor, volunteers,

and the 80 employees who work here, the chimps, including vanilla, get to enjoy their remaining years. >> we have the moral responsibility to care for this vulnerable wonderful beings and to provide them with a safe and protected retirement >> and our thanks for that report and what a life vanilla is living that's living her best life, living the sweetest life with that new home. >> imagine getting 226 new friends overnight. that's basically what happened loving it. loving the sun loving the fields. i don't blame her. >> and the upgrade. >> well-deserved thank you for watching "early today. i'm francerivera. >> as nd

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