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investigation this time in the trans of transfer of power after the 2020 election an american soldier bolting across the demilitarized zone into north korea what we know now at white house keep as close eye. hollywood actors hitting the picket line. but not every set is going dark. we'll tell whaut what the actors u.n. is giving the green light to tickets for lionel messi's first game are out of this world. we dive into barbie's massive marketing campaign right ahead of its premiere. it is wednesday, july 19 and "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm jessica layton >> grad lad you're with us

i'm frances rivera former president trump is once again finding himself in the cross hairs of a major investigation. in a two-page statement tuesday morning, trump revealed that his lawyers were told by special counsel jack smith that he is a target in a grand jury investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election garrett haake has the story. >> reporter: donald trump is the target of near another federal investigation. the former president revealing the target letter on social media calling the special counsel leading the probe quote deranged jack smith, adding his attorneys received a letter sunday night, giving him four days to come to washington and tell grand jurors his side of the story, communication which mr. trump writes, quote, hmm always means an arrest and indictment the former president on the campaign trail in iowa >> if you say something about an election, they want to put you in jail for the rest of your

life it's a disgrace. >> reporter: the special counsel's investigation covers any unlawful interference into the transfer of power in 2020, including the attack on the capitol for which mr. trump has been paeimpeached but not convicted. >> this plan to reject the will of the voters and undermine democracy was fraudulent and legally baseless >> reporter: allies of the gop presidential frontrunner springing to his defense as news of the target letter broke >> so what do they do now? weaponize government to go after their number one opponent. it's time and time again >> reporter: while his campaign rivals offered careful critiques, wary of angering the trump supporters they hope to win over >> the rest of this primary election is going to be in reference to trump it's going to be about lawsuits,

it's going to be about legal feets. it's going to be about judges. >> he should have come out more forcefully >> reporter: what specific charges mr. trump may face next are unknown and would come on top of criminal charges he already faces in manhattan related to alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels and federal charges in florida over handling of classified documents, while a grand jury in georgia prepares to hear evidence about election interference there which could lead to additional charges the house has overwhelmingly voted to pass a resolution expressing support for the state of israel. the only no-votes came from nine democrats. the vote was called after democrat pramila jayapal said israel was yoequote a racist ste mainstream human rights

organizations have characterized israeli policies as racist isaac herzog will address a joint meeting of congress later today. the u.s. military has con confirmed an american soldier is in north korean hands this morning. travis king had faced disciplinary action in south korea. military police escorted king to the airport to be sent home, but the soldier tagged along with a tour group and eventuall demili. the u.s. government is stressing that he acted alone. traffic has resumed on the kirch bridge connecting russia to occupied crimea after an attack that shut down the critical route and killed two people and injured their daughter a furious vladimir putin is promising revenge after the deadly strike. our keir simmons has an update on the war in ukraine. >> reporter: the crucial bridge

connecting russia to the crimean peninsula, daylight revealing extensive damage the structure attacked, killing two people and injuring one more, according to russian officials. multiple law enforcement forces telling ukraine media that the attack was a special operation by the ukrainian navy. the strike embarrassing and infuriating for president putin who took on construction of the bridge as a personal project after he annexed crimea in 2014. this video showing him ceremoniously driving a trick over the bridge. [ speaking in a non-english language ] putin addressing the attack saying there will be a response from the russian side. the defense ministry is proning adequate proposals the kirch bridge, a key supply line for russian military forces was also targeted in october 2022, after a truck bomb exploded, requiring months of repair russia announcing its suspension of a key grain deal that allowed

the export of ukrainian grain to travel through the black sea russia says there's no connection between the attack and the deal it had been threatened for some time but world leaders fear the latest move could be detrimental to the global food supply. >> the result of russia's action today, weaponizing food, using it as a tool, as a weapon in its war against ukraine will be to make food harder to come by in places that desperately need it and have prices rise u. >> reporter: the events coming amid the continuing fallout for russia since the attempted mutiny b by jeffvgeni prigozhin. while prigozhin hasn't been seen since his failed insurrection his wagner group army reported to be in belarus >> and our thanks to keir simmons for that report. after a series of lethal injection mishaps last year, an alabama prisoner is set to be put to death thursday unless an

appeals court interconveniences. james barr ber, says he is skeptical of the state's review of the process he says he isn't afraid of death but is concerned about their ability to carry out the procedure. details of the three-month review were not released after the state's commissioner says changes were made in the process. sag-aftra has offered waivers to nearly 40 indy projects the 39 projects have agreed tole no the terms of the most recent sag-aftra deal proposal and members are urged to support any projects granted the waivers, saying their success undermines studios' insistence that the

unions' afghanistan is unrealistic. in phoenix, a dust storm engulfed the city bringing with the 19th consecutive day of 100-plus-degree temperatures, shattering a nearly 50-year-old record even the cactus, a symbol of desert survival is struggling. >> no doubt humans are going to have a hard time adjusting for these kinds of conditions. i would say this should be a wakeup call. >> the extreme temperatures show no signs of letting up across the south with more records set to be challenged from clapalifoi to florida >> we're going to see it sticking around for quite some time no end in sight. and we're looking at temperatures soaring so high once again dangerous heat continuing. and we're waking up to 71 million americans in some type of heat alert.

las vegas, phoenix, you're going to see excessive heat warning with temperatures into the triple digits. same story in dallas, little rock and into the southeast. we're talking about the heat index. a combination. temperatures into the 90s plus the humidity, it will feel over 100. tomorrow we're going to see the same story temperatures into the triple digits in houston, thursday, friday, saturday, dallas, same story. in the southwest these temperatures are soaring so n ie south. dallas 104. 94 in orlando. all right, guys, so that heat wave does continue

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spotted two bison, one of them charged as she walked away the park says the incident is under investigation and that this is the first time this year this has happened. with the temperatures heating up and international travel soaring this summer the state department is expanding the call center hours from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. this comes after a surge in demand for u.s. passports with 400,000 applications coming in every week the state department is expected to get nearly 2 million more application this is year applicants are advised to apply at least six months in advance of their travel date anticipation for lionel messi's debut with inter miami is growing every day the world cup champion had his first practice with his new club on tuesday david beckham said with messi on the team the foundations are there to succeed messi is expected to make his debut friday our west palm beach affiliate

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generations. >> reporter: you may know lin davis from her cooking videos. or recognize one of her signature catchphrases initially, the woman behind the wildly-entertaining tiktok account at kwcooking with linda didn't understand the social media hype >> i thought it was so crazy i was going, why are people so drawn to, you know, people dancing and doing silly things >> reporter: but when covid hit, she and her son tim, a videographer found themselves with spare time on this hands. they're not just cooking videos. >> i think a lot of our appeal is tim's videography and editing. how entertaining he makes it and the special effects.

i think people are really drawn to that. >> the grilling grandma! >> reporter: the signature style has attracted more than 16 million followers in the last three years. what's it like to be tiktok famous >> once in a while i'll get recognized at the grocery store. or in the airport. >> reporter: what's it like to get to do this with your son >> oh, it has made us so close i think of him as a confidante it's just wonderful and marvelous thing. >> reporter: lin is not the only creator working with their children jim tan started her page @california is too casual with her daughter's encouragement. she has nearly 250,000 followers and 4.1 million likes on tiktok. >> okay. golf queen >> reporter: and at age 62, jim is getting calls for partnerships with brands marketed toward younger audiences. >> i wore a dress that maybe people might not think is

something a 62-year-old would gravitate towards, but there's no clothing types that say this is only for 25 to 35 >> reporter: and she's not alone. according to a "new york times" report, the past 18 months have seen an increase in the popularity of older tiktok creators >> she's a woman who's more mature, but her attitude is very youthful and the reality of the situation is that the older demographic has a lot of money to spend. and there's very few brands that are talking to us. >> and our thanks to savannah for that report. good for them. as we both said, we love her on tiktok >> she has been ther

good wednesday morning. 5:00 right now. welcome to "today in the bay." i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we begin t