new zealand rocked by a deadly shooting just hours before the women's world cup kicked off those games are now under way.

we have a live report coming up on how the violence is impacting the global event another sports team speaks up >> we lived in fear. >> there was a code of silence that felt insurmountable to break. >> northwestern's football program facing lawsuits over sexually intense hazing. hear from former players about what they call the culture of fear the netflix password sharing crackdown is working, when users like it or not the platform reports a significant spike in subscribers. comic-con wants to take fans on the high seas we have all the details on the immersive experience setting sail in 2025 and one of the most popular sports gets its first professional league in america get ready for the inaugural season of major league cricket it is july 20th, and "early today" starts right now.

good morning to you. i am lottery loser frances rivera >> and i am also a lottery loser, jessica lay top we begin as the lottery fever is cooling down across the nation, after results poured in last night for the billion dollar powerball prize. a lucky winner did secure the golden ticket in california, earning the third largest jackpot in powerball history, which had an all-cash option worth overalf a billion dollars. if are you still looking to test your luck, the mega millions jackpot is no small feat either. tomorrow's 11:00 p.m. eastern drawing is wagering the fifth largest purse ever with a $720 million jackpot. now president biden approving a disaster declaration overnight opening up access to federal funds after the state was pounded by a series of storms and tornados in june. this comes as the u.s. is seeing no relief from a prolonged bout of severe weather. tornados wreaked havoc across the country, including in north

carolina, damaging a pfizer pharmaceutical plant in the city of rocky mount >> while no serious injuries were reported there, experts do warn that the damage to the facility could result in long-term medication shortages severe flooding also devastated kentucky, with storms dropping over a foot of rain in parts of that state michelle grossmann will have more on the nationwide extreme weather in a few minutes nbc news has learned that the letter informing former president trump that he is a target in the investigation in efforts to overturn the 2020 election cites three federal statutes under which coe be charged, these include conspiracy deprivation of rights and tampering with a witness trump has no plans to appear before the special counsel this week despite the target letter giving him four days to do so.

irs whistle-blowers are giving new insight into the investigation in hunter biden's finances they believe officials slow-walked the probe. ryan nobles has the story. >> reporter: under oath, a pair of career irs investigators testifying to congress that they believe their superiors and officials at the department of justice worked to suppress a probe into the finances of the president's son, hunter biden. >> in coming forward, i believe i'm risking my career, my reputation >> reporter: joseph ziegler who came forward for the first time, and gary shapley point to the evidence they view as damning and the skeptical response they received from prosecutors involved >> the delaware attorney general's office handling the investigat investigation was very different than any other investigation in my 14 years at the irs

>> reporter: but democrats on the panel were quick to push back, pointing out it is the call of prosecutors to make the decision on whether to hand down indictments. >> so the prosecutors are the ones that make the decisions >> reporter: shapley also testified that david weiss, the federal prosecutor in delaware who handled the investigation said he didn't have the authority to decide whether the charges were filed >> the story has been changing from department of justice and u.s. attorney weiss. >> reporter: weiss, a trump appointee has sent multiple letters to congress disputing that the white house reiterated the president was not involved in his son's business dealings and blasting the hearing >> focus is continue to do political stunts, that's what they want to do, but that's not what the president is focussing on >> our thanks to ryan for that report we want to turn to that mystery in north korea new details are emerging about the american soldier who joined a tour group and made a dangerous sprint across the

demilitarized zone into kim jong un's territory brie jackson joins us from d.c it look like this soldier had legal trouble in south korea before this happened >> reporter: that's correct. he a few run-ins with police he was accused of pufrmnching an i in a nightclub, but the victim did not want to press charges. he was fined for damaging a police car and king was just released after serving nearly two months in a south korean prison. his family back home in wisconsin is distraught. one uncle tells nbc news that his nephew has been in a negative state of mind ever since his 6-year-old cousin died of a rare condition. and another uncle says this behavior is not king's personality. >> i want to know what was going on in his mind because that, i can't see him doing that he's type of person.

he's really to his self, to himself. he read a lot. he quiet that's out of his character. then even like drinking and stuff like that, that's out of his character. he never did that around us. >> reporter: so far, north korea has been silent about travis king's detention the u.s. does not have official relations with north korea and the white house says it is working in partnership with south korea in sweden to try to figure out where he's being held, what his condition is and why he chose to make such a dangerous crossing in s >> so many questions who knows how long we'll wait for those answers. three people are dead and five injured after a shooting at a construction site. the city is hosting the fifa women's world cup. apartment attack happened very close to hotels where some international teams are staying. for the latest on this, let's

bring in nbc news foreign correspondent claudio lavanga. what else do we know about the gunman right now >> reporter: good morning, jessica. the police in new zealand say the gunman was a 24-year-old man who worked at that construction site in th in the e capital , ad shortly after police stormed the building, the attacker was found dead it is unclear whether he shot himself or whether the police shot him dead. the construction site is very close to a hotel that is hosting several of the women soccer teams that are playing in the world cup there in new zealand, and in australia, including the team of norway, which is playing new zealand in the opening game, which is still ongoing right now. but the tournament organizers say the world cup will just continue as planned, because the attack had nothing to do, was unrelated to the world cup and

had more to do with his personal reasons. now new zealand has ai bbanned assault weapons after a gunman killed 51 people in the worst mass killing in the nation's history. but the ban does not apply to other weapons for example, pump action guns which is what police say was used in the attack this morning. >> glad it was unrelated but still very unsettling for soccer fans claudio, thank you the fallout continues from the hazing scandal at northwestern university. a prominent coach has already been fired over explosive allegations, and now a major lawsuit is in the works. our chicago station has the story. >> it is a toxic culture that was rampant. >> reporter: at a news conference in downtown chicago, attorneys ben crump and steve levin announced a forthcoming

lawsuit involving the hazing at northwestern university. >> northwestern has investigated it self and found that these acts occurred. that they were widespread. and that they were longstanding. >> reporter: the attorneys who now represent 15 former football, baseball and softball players say the athletes were forced to participate in humiliating sexual acts. they felt they couldn't report because of retaliation >> you have people holding them down, dry humping them you had them being forced to participate in activities involving nudity >> many of the players felt forced participation because if they didn't participate, they were going to be the victims >> reporter: several former athletes shared their stories, they say, to empower others to come forward >> all we wanted to do was play ball, and we subjected to this culture. and we lived in fear

>> there was a code of silence that felt insurmountable to break. >> reporter: lloyd yates says his former coaches turned a blind eye to toxic behavior in the locker room. >> hazing was so entrenched in the culture that some of our coaches took part in it. >> reporter: in a statement, dan webb, attorney for pat f fitzgerald said no arguments were made that would present any substantive details, factual allegation, let alone evidence about his conduct. and a university spokesman who says they do not comment on pending litigation says the university has already announced a series of steps to address hazing, including monitoring the football locker room anti-hazing training and the establishment of an online reporting tool >> now it's up to the school here to determine how they're going to act >> our thanks to kate chapelle for that report. we've got wild storms, deadly floods and floods and rn

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our noah pransky spoke with the players behind major league cricket. >> reporter: out of 8 billion people in the world, about 2.5 million watch cricket. when some of the sport's biggest stars descended on new york city, there were no screaming fans 1.8 million instagram followers. you have more than aaron judge from major league baseball what's the secret? >> it hasn't been here the game of cricket hasn't been exposed here >> reporter: but their is summet will be, it's the inaugural season of major league cricket the cricket that someone might have in their head in america that lasts five days, that is not what you guys are playing here >> no, definitely not. >> reporter: this league is the more modern version of cricket

called t 20 where it lasts about three hours. major league cricket will feature many of the very best players in the world >> it's not just one player or two or three avenue every team has six or seven international players who are stars in cricket recognized names internationally. >> reporter: a chance for americans to see these legit sports celebrities but before americans can embrace the second-most-popular sport in the world we need to learn a few intricacy, like pitching with a straight-arm >> this one comes straight over the top. >> reporter: over the top. catching with bare hands >> the field is an oval. >> reporter: and hitting with a flat bat a golf swing crossed with a baseball swing and that's it. >> reporter: they've got a long way before the american sports

fan is familiar with all these moves. there are already about 8 million immigrants in the u.s. from big-time cricket-playing countries. and the project has high-profile investors, like the microsoft ceo. and starting with the opening night, they are on a mission to win over new fans. >> thanks to noah pransky for that report. chipotle is offering a chance to score free food during the world cup if the u.s. women score a goal the team will share on twitter a code for a free entree only 2500 fans can redeem it the first u.s. game is friday night at 9:00 eastern.ks so mucp

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