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most historic strike begins. as actors join the picket line what it means for hollywood. and more than 84 million americans facing another weekend of record-break temperatures the historic heat, dangerous, deadly, and now threatening states' infrastructure we'll show you how high the thermometer could rise a new bill makes it easier for airlines to hit travelers with hitdden fees. could a popular sweetener make you sick? we'll let you know where the chemical may be hiding in your meal and despite the heat wave, a piece of winter is holding on in minneapolis. see how the snow -- yeah, snow -- is surviving the summer. it's july 14 "early today" starts right now >> it is friday, thanks for being here, i'm steven romo. >> i'm frances rivera.
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we are ending the week with extreme weather here, with more threats of it. heavy rain started to pour dow again if v again in vermont eri e erin mclaughlin kicks off our coverage >> reporter: from coast-to-coast, mother nature's onslaught is unrelenting multiple tornados touching down around chicago, wreaking havoc at the o'hare international airport and leaving a trail of destruction with dozens of homes damaged. >> all of a sudden it was going all around it was blowing all over. so there was like nowhere to go to protect yourself from it. >> reporter: maggie vespa is there. >> we're here where if you come into room 5 you can see the roof of the hotel is completely gone. here's the same shot from above. the owner says thankfully no one was inside when the storm came through. >> reporter: and flash flooding
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in mississippi triggered by torrential rains multiple roads and buildings submerged [. >> my store is currently under water. >> reporter: triggered in part by a deadly heat dome that only tightens its grip on the southwest. in texas, the demand for electricity reaching the highest point ever, after 2021's rolling blackouts, there's fresh concern for that state's powerr thatgrid miami with days over hundred degrees. on the strip the pavement is dangerous. >> it super hot out here and so like the bottom of my shoes, i'm worried that it's going to get stuck to the concrete and melt. >> reporter: the trauma center is reporting a troubling rise in severe burns >> the pavement can heat up to
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160, 170 degrees and all it takes is a couple seconds of your skin to be exposed to it be burned. >> reporter: christopher malcolm was waiting for the bus when he suddenly felt faint. >> i was feeling overheated, so i sat down on the sidewalk >> reporter: unable to get up, the hot pavement seared through his pants causing third degree burns which required surgery in i fee . >> i feel lucky to be alive. >> our thanks to erin for that report angie will have your full forecast coming up hollywood is at a stand still. we are now roughly four minutes into the actors strike after negotiations between the actors union and studios broke down the sticking points were residual pay if streaming and protections against ai technology at a press conference announcing the strike, union president fran sdresher condemned the studios
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>> how they plead poverty, that they're losing money, left and right, when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their ceos it is disgusting >> very passionate speech there. we should know nbc universal is one of the studios involved in the dispute. the other is disney, bob iger responded to the union's demands in an exclusive interview with cnbc >> there's a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic. that is quite frankly very disruptive >> 160,000 actors will now take to the picket lines, the first time since 1960 that both hollywood's actors and writing unions are striking at the same time the writers guild also pointing to pay and rules for ai as points of contention movies currently in p in producn will stop.
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opill received over the counter approval for availability the pill has had fda approval for 50 years it's safe for all women of reproductive age including teenagers. this is aimed at ending the risk of unintended pregnancies. the manufacturer says to expect it at drugstores early next year the world health organization's cancer research group announced it's categorizing aspartame as a possible carcinogen. it's sold under the names of equal. in a statement, the agendcy say they don't have safety concerns when used under the approved conditions president biden is celebrating finland's recent
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nato m nato membership. he cited it as proof that putin has already failed in his aims in ukraine >> reporter: as the fighting rages on in ukraine with the counter offensive against russian forces stalled, president biden declaring the outcome is already clear >> putin's already lost the war. >> reporter: here in helsinki, he announced the newest member, finland. demonstrating how president biden says vladimir putin's invasion has backfired insisting russia cannot keep up this fight for years >> eventually, president putin's going to decide it's not in the interest of russia economically, politically or otherwise to continue this war. >> reporter: the president singling out putin in the same room where five years a former president trump seemed to accept putin's denials of election interference over the assessment of u.s. intelligence agencies.
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mr. biden also weighing in on the failed military rebellion led by yevgeny prigozhin >> we're not even sure where he is if i were he, i'd be careful what i ate >> reporter: a growing controversy in washington, slammingng tommymy tubererville block milita blocking military promotions >> he's jeopardizing u.s. security is what he's doing. it's totally irresponsible in my view >> reporter: tuberville's objecting to government paid time off and travel costs for servi service members seeking abortion >> you can't turn around and change the law with a memo all i've asked is get a vote on the floor. >> reporter: tuber rville is facing criticism from fellow republicans for holding up those
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nominations. lloyd austin spoke to him about the impact on military readiness. to london now, where kevin spacey had his day in court. the actor denying more than a dozen charges of sexual assault brought by four men. nbc news foreign correspondent megan fitzgerald joins us from london these accusations brewing for a while. what did spacey have to say for himself? >> reporter: good morning. good to be with you. the two-time oscar award winner taking the witness stand yet in a london courtroom for about three hours and broke down at times, getting very emotional, fighting back tears, as he told the court that these allegations against him tanked his career. he said before any questions were even asked he lost his job and his reputation but look, these are serious allegations against him. they started back in 2017 when a fellow actor alleged that he engaged in sexual inappropriate behavior with him. that then triggered four men in london to come forward these men who will remain
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anonymous, according to english law. but the allegations are from 2001 to 2013, where these men allege that spacey engaged in unwanted sexual touching all the way to what they call aggressive fondling these are allegations that spacey has denied. he says these are romantic relationships, that they were consensual he says he was hurt by these allegations against him and they're flat-out not true. they're serious. he faces prison time if convicted. this trial, though, is expected to last for another two more weeks, guys. >> all right, megan fitzgerald, thanks so much back now to that unrelenting heat in some parts of the country. let's check back in with nbc meteorologist angie hasman t lassman >> we're going to see even warmer temperatures than we her have here's the lay of the land as far as your heat alerts. 80 million into parts of the south into southern florida as
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well as up and down parts of the west the southwest is where we continuing to be dealing with the oppressive conditions. heat warnings in effect, these are going to last until tuesday, they include noophoenix. 115 today. 118 tomorrow, 116 on sunday. las vegas heads to 117 by sunday these temperatures don't get any better as we get into early next week 117 for las vegas would and all-time high. phoenix will go on its mid atlao the northeast, new york hits 86 today. 84 for pittsburgh and 87 with partly cloudy skies in
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cleveland. and that's your forecast, guys >> angie, we'll see you in a bit. we are back in a minute with why hidden fees could come flying back on airline tickets a popopular sasalad kit is r recallll warningngs from w whole foods. this is s "early tododay." foods. this i is "early t today." e me ♪ ♪i i feel betteter again♪♪ ♪♪oh i feel l better nowow♪ want a s smarter wayay to mo? intrododucing the e new swswiffer powewermop. anan all-in-onone cleaningng l wiwith hundrededs of s scrubbing s strips- ththat absorb b and lock dirt awaway, for a mop p and bucketet clean inin half the e time. momop smarter r with the n w swififfer powermrmop. goodod checkup? no, , great chececkup! [laughs] nanailed it agagain! keepep up the gogood work! for greaeat checkupsps, crest hahas you covevered becae crest pro-o-health prorotects % of your mouth for 24 hours. lolook, ma! nono cavities!! crcrest. fefebreze! your batathroom... neededs febreze e small spacac.
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the purpose, to stop airlines from showing you the all-out price of a ticket, instead they could show the base fare and hide the other fees behind a link they have been saying "thanks, obama", ever since they were forced to disclose all fees up front in their advertised price. but now they're getting closer to congress overturning it here's how buying a ticket could change for you instead of the way we see now, the price you see is the price you pay, airlines would be able to strip out taxes from the advertised price, artificially lowering the price you see up front. we're talking about a september 11 fee, a capacity charge. there's a lot. it could change the way we buy tickets and might start resembling the way we buy tickets for a concert or event, w where a $216 advertised turns
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into $283 at the end studies show it leads consumers to spend more. >> you're hitting these psychological tripwires. we think there's cost to stopping this and going and starting over again. >> reporter: a half-dozen were instrumental they know it won't be popular. an online poll found 88% of democrats and 90% of republicans favor a law that would actually require airlines to show you that all-in price right up front. i mean, you can't even get 90% of the country to agree on free cookies or puppies so how is this all still moving forward? the provision is tucked inside a massive faa bill that also deals with airport and airplane modernization, drone regulations. the tomorrow democrat said the giant bill represents a
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compromise and nothing final until democrats in the senate get their say. but thus far, the efforts to change pricing transparency have flown under the radar. an advocacy group told us they want travelers to see how much of their ticket price is going to the government. $20 billion worth of fees and taxes last year, adding the government should not be able to hide its mandated fees as the base cost of airfare however, the companies that sell the airline tickets, like expedia, trip adviser and booking.com sidem side wit with consumer >> we'll be watching out our thanks to noah for that report still to come this morning, real talk about artificial sweeter sweeteners after that health warning. and watchyour lunch.h. detatails on t the popularar sat beining recalleded populular sat bebeing recalllled
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winter is hanging on in minneapolis. here's john cronin from our minneapolis station. >> reporter: from a distance, it may look like a pile of stand, but mark rudolph's shovel reveals winter time is still hanging on beneath the layer of insulating sand. >> we are proving that this is actually snow, and not just sand on top of it there are some over and under possible bets within the department of when this snow will actually be totally melted. i'm going with august 4th. because that's one of my child's birthday >> reporter: rudolph is the planning manager of the airport's field maintenance department >> i really think this year without the rain, the drought conditions locally, it's really probably extended the stay of the snow >> reporter: mt. mac was one of two piles that reached 80 feet this spring. and now? >> looks to be about two feet of
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snow remaining >> reporter: for some employees it's a side sign of what's to come >> when they go by they actually turn their heads the opposite direction. >> reporter: but for rudolph, it's a reminder of the mammoth effort it takes to keep traffic moving. >> this took 160 full, seasonal and part-time employees to make this pile happen over the past season, dedicated employees who spent day and night here, making sure the traveling public is safe now if this thing could talk, it might say something like, i'm just a file, pile and i'll be ho a while. it pmay be hot outside but i'm i denial it used to be a high, now i'm low, i'll go aheadand melt whe i think it's time to go. in only the way he can say it. i think under the sweltering temperatures, the heat we've been feeling, that would melt like that. >> instantly, right? and they are not enjoying it
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there. we have an update, a good update to a story we brought you earlier this week. big mama is back at her house. the missing 15-foot pet python was found and reunited with her family our los angeles station got to go up close and personal with the snake. big mama escaped her cage on july 4 she was found in an area that had already been searched numerous times >> mama wanting to get away for the fourth of july i'm good, ready to come home thanks for watching "early today" on a friday have a great friday, even bette
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