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millions of americans. our weather team will let you know when no expect a break in the brutal temperatures. the exclusive report on the cdc's plan to combat malaria we take you inside the center's mosquito lab drivers prepare to strike. the company's pilots promise picket line solidarity hear how it could impact your next delivery date one buyer has his hands on a first-generation iphone with a 38,000% mark up. >> reporter: neighbors find a simple way to support each other. see the unique way a town came together when powerful storms left them in the dark. it'swednesday, july 19 "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm jessica layton. we are beginning this morning with 72 million under heat alerts across the u.s. as a

blistering heat wave swelters on in phoenix, a dust storm engulfed the city, bringing with it the 19th consecutive day of 110-plus temperatures, shattering a nearl ne50-year-old >> if cactus has a hard time surviving here, no doubt humans are going to have a hard time adjusting to these conditions. i would say this should and wakeup call. >> in parts of texas, hitting 33 days of triple digits, the extreme temperatures show no signs of letting up across the south with more records to expected to be challenged or shattered. michelle grossmann is tracking the oppressive heat and will have much more details coming up in a few minutes after already facing two indictments this year, former president trump is finding himself in the cross hairs of

another major investigation into potential efforts to overturn the 2020 election as officials in michigan are bringing charges against people who tried to ensure trump emerged victorious. drew, good morning does this increase the likelihood of yet another indictment of the former president? >> reporter: well, good morning, frances. it appears that way, at least initially. in a two-page statement posted to truth social on tuesday, former president trump revealed that his lawyers were told by special counsel jack smith on sunday that he is the target in a grand jury investigation into the january 6 attack on the capitol and potential efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election a target in a criminal investigation is someone who prosecutors believe committed a crime and may be requested to come in and testify. if you recall, trump was also sent a target letter back in may as part of another investigation by smith into trump's handling of classified documents which

resulted in 37 federal charges last month trump did not hold back in that social media statement he referred to smith as deranged and used familiar language to describe the investigation, calling it a witch-hunt and the weaponization of law enforcement. here's what trump had to say about these developments during a live town hall on fox news tuesday evening. >> and they're in a rush, because they want to interfere, interference with the election election interference, never been done like this in the history of our country and it's a disgrace >> reporter: trump said if that statement that smith gt that sme h gave him four days to testify before that grand jury >> another issue were the fake elector schemes. tell us about the latest developments on that. >> reporter: yeah, this appears to be the first legal action taken as a result of these schemes. michigan attorney general dana

nestle announced tuesday she has filed charges against 16 people who claimed to falsely be the state electors and planned to certify trump. >> they carried out these actions with the hope and belief that the electoral votes of michigan's 2020 election would be awarded to the candidate of interest choosing, instead of the candidate michigan voters actually chose >> reporter: now according to nestle, these false electors were charged with eight counts each, including forgery. one. people charged is the chairman of the michigan republican party. his name is meshawn maddock. >> the list gets longer. drew, thank you. louisiana is set to become the next state to ban gender-affirming care for minors republican lawmakers had enough support to overturn a recent veto of the ban by democratic

governor john bel edwards. the new law goes into effect january 1st. louisiana will join 20 other states that have already enacted laws restricting or banning things like hormone treatments and gender-reassignment surgery. in some cases, the bans have been blocked by federal judges a lgbtq group in minnesota is calling for a local mayor to resign after he made derogatory comments about a pride event being held in a town he posted a prayer on social media asking for wisdom ahead of pride month which he called a celebration of sin and brokenness he had also asked pastors at a church hosting a pride event if there would be stripper poles in the sanctuary. he did apologize and will meet with the lgbtq community this week after a series of lethal intection mishaps last year, an alabama prisoner is set to be put to death on thursday unless an appeals court intervenes

james barber, on death row for the death of a homeowner named dorothy epps says is he skeptical about the ability to carry out the procedure. details of the three-month review were not released after the commissioner said changes were maid tde to the process. travis king is believed to be detained in north korea after choosing to bolt across the border from south korea. nbc's chapman bell joins us. good morning u.s. officials are making it clear this soldier made this decision on his own. >> reporter: that's right, frances. u.s. officials telling the associated press that 23-year-old private second class travis king, who we can now show a picture of, had served nearly two months

three, two, one. a federal judge in florida -- saying he did this willfully and without authorization from the u.s., stressing this point now they did give chase, tu.n. security command but were unable to catch him the question is why did he do it, what happens next as relations between north korea and the u.s. appear to be at an all-time low, frances. >> chapman, apologies for the audio problems there, chapman, than thank you. now a nbc news exclusive on

the fight begins malaria there have been kateeight casesn the u.s. >> reporter: inside the centers for disease creel. >> control, dr. monica leads the team, starting in response to recently-discovered cases in the u.s. one in texas, seven in sarasota county, florida. including a new one. >> we notified all the public that live in that yeimmediate area >> reporter: the cases are locally borne, meaning those infected have not recently traveled overseas and contracted malaria here at home, something the u.s. has not seen in two decades. why are we seeing these cases now? >> it's a good question.

and we don't have a good answer for why didn't we see it in 20 years and it came up now >> reporter: that's part of the work being done here >> this one was found in texas >> reporter: only one kind of mosquito can transmit malaria. here they are looking at things like mosquito behavior and how they respond to insecticide. it's one of the labs that helped fight the zika and west nile outbreaks. it was founded specifically to fight malaria, and they're working with local health departments where the latest cases have been found. >> they process the mosquitos, examine them and process them and send them here for us to do the test for parasites in the mosquito >> reporter: she and most experts agree, during the summer outdoor months, insect repellant is a must. but she says the chance of a national outbreak thankfully, is very low >> because of the history that we have, the outbreaks that we have had have been relatively

small and contained, as are these. >> reporter: blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. eli lilly has approved for full fda approval of a new alzheimer's drug clinical trial results show it significantly slowed the progression of alzheimer's by 40% to 60% the drug is a monoclonal anti-body treatment that targets aim am loid /* /* aim lloyd plaque in the brain no break in sight for the millions of americans waking up to dangerous heat. michelle grossmann is here tracking the forecast and how long the heat is going to stick around >> i wish i had better news, but we have no relief in sight we're going to see the heat sticking around for the near future 70 million people impacted from the south, southwest, into the

southeast. we're looking at temperatures 100 degrees above, so even 117 in some spots. in the southeast, temperatures into the 90s you factor in the humidity, it will feel like feel like ov100. i is 108 in laredo. midland, texas southwest, 104 in antonio, 101 in houston. the heat wave does continue. we'll look at the chance of storms as we go throughout today, too, in just a bit. michelle, thanks still to come, a cruise that

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cords in the roadshow kindness extended from one side of the road to the next >> instantly we're just like, let's run the line >> reporter: storms ran throughout neighborhood causing limbs and lines to come crashing down >> half of our tree came into a neighbor's roof and half of their tree into our back yard. >> reporter: jennifer on one side of the street >> it was cool, it was nice. the weather cooled down. so that was perfect. but then it started to heat up the next day >> reporter: that's when people like carol swinney started to lend more than a helping hand. >> immediately, i got a text from the man as kro tcross the t asking if he could plug in it wasn't a question for me. every house had an extension cord running from across the street >> reporter: something jennifer feels blessed for. >> i work from home, i was

panicking trying to figure out what i was going to do it wasn't so much about keeping coolan cool and the power but having the ability to work. >> reporter: the extension of kindness stretched from door to door showed the light in this community. >> they don't ask. they just do >> they're just great. they're great people i'm lucky to live here >> our thanks to our kansas city affiliate for sharing that story. too busy to work out monday throughfriday? longer weekend workouts may have better results for the heart adults should get 150 minutes minimum per week people who jammed 2.5 luhours of activity into the weekend lowered their risk for stroke. try as you might, you can't escape it.

it's called barben-heimer. barbie and oppenheimer both hit theaters this weekend. while you might think the two movies are from completely different audiences, think again, over 40,000 fans have already bought tickets for the double feature a month ago i got my ticket to barbie you are saying you can't do both >> i would love to sit there for six hours, but apparently, i have to exercise for two and a half hours on saturday >> priorities. barben-heimer or your life >> tm tom llamas in new york

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