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flights, and it could be the new normal the border battle in the middle of the rio grande the doj told texas to make a plan to pull a floating barrier out of the river by today. but governor greg abbott isn't backing down elon musk aims to x out twitter's bluebird branding. he says a new logo has been a long time coming so what other changes does he see for the social media site? dramatic moments at the end of the world cup plus, a nascar victory a year rn the makeke we'r're breakingng down an e ev sundayay in the sports world >> "barbie" did not disappoi at the box office. one of them turned pink into a whole lot of green "early today" starts right now good morning and happy monday. i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the relentless summer heatwave that is becoming more deadly by the day just days after a man died in the blistering heat of death

valley, officials have confirmed that two women were found dead on a trail near las vegas this weekend. in arizona's m maricopa cocount the exextreme heatat h has clai least 18 lives since april phoenix has now seen over three weeks of sweltering temperatures over 110 degrees researchers are e warning g as e climimate warms, w we shshould to see more storms as well, and rougher skies when we try to fly. our tom costello has more on the extreme weather and what it means for travel >> 431 la guardia has been cut into ground stop. >> reporter: in a summer of extreme heat, torrential rain, and violent storms -- >> we're just looking at these thunderstorms. >> we've got thunderstorms north of houston, around the san antonio area >> how are you >> all right >> have a great day. >> reporter: the nation's airports and airlines have been in the bulls-eye with cancellations running days on end. since memorial day weekend, 343,000 flights delayed. nearly 26% of the total.

>> la guardia has entered into a ground stop. this is for weather and thunderstorms in the area. >> reporter: in late june, hundreds of thousands of passengers were grounded after violent storms parked over mostected, united airl forcedcancel up to a thi of its flights >> it'storicallyunprecedented ae multi-day even >> reporter: now united's ceo is warning this could be the normal. >> the regular operation events are going to be more likely to occur as the climate warms, more heat in the atmosphere, thermodynamics 101, we're going to have more thunderstorms. >> reporter: atmospheric researchers agree, and say high altitude turbulence has also grown stronger over the decades, sending service carts, food and drinks and passengers flying. >> do we have any trained medical personnel? do we have any doctors, nurses >> reporter: it already happens 5,500 time each year, and

projected to grow two to three times worse in the years to come >> what we can confidently say is climate change is increasing the amount of clear-air turbulence in the atmosphere. >> reporter: while airlines can warn pilots of turbulence ahead, violent thunderstorms remain the biggest threat >> the number one cause of delays and cancellations is weather. >> and our thanks to tom for that report. greece is one of the many countries suffering from extreme weather driven by climate change on rhodes, tens of thousands are fleeing for their lives. our josh lederman showed us the scene. advisers this looks like what you see after a hurricane or people fleeing a war, but thesee their hotels ande nowhere else to go w desperate to find information what comes next. canada is heavily hit, four

people are missing, go two children the governor calls the damage to homes, quote, unimaginable the storm started on friday, dumping three months' worth of rain on the province in just 24 hours. chicago saw yet another weekend of deadly gun violence over the span of 48 hours, at least six people were killed and 26 others injured as bullets flew across that city. a 16-year-old boy later died after being found on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds to his chest. the youngest victim was a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the leg while riding his bicycle. he is expected to be okay. according to the begun violence archive, there have been more than 400 mass shootings across the united states so far this year it was also a dangerous weekend on the water ri's lake of the ozarks, crash in the middle of the nige tness says t boat went airborne at the shorelin hit the home and flipped over. officials say there were eight people on board. they were all taken to the hospital and six were seriously

hurt the driver has been charged with boating while intoxicated. and a late night boat crash in cape cod took the life of a 17-year-old girld identified as sadie mora the boat crashed into a jetty, and a teenaged boy was also hurt police are investigating the state of texas's latest attempt to deter immigrants from crossing the border can being met with resistance. it now has until this afternoon to remove thes on cams or face federal consequences nbc's priscilla thompson has more >> reporter: a showdown at the u.s.-mexico border between texas governor greg abbott and the federal government >> i think you're seeing the governor do everything he possibly can to secure the border. >> reporter: after abbott put a one thousand-foot buoy wall in the rio grande earlier this month to stop migrants from crossing the river into eagle pass, texas. now the department of justice says he has until monday to commit to removing the barrier or else they sue

in a letter written thursday, the doj writes tha the buoys violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risk to public safety and the environment >> if a court determines that these floating buoys fall within the rivers and harbors act and they're the kinds of things the state needed permission from the federal government in order to place, then the state of texas would likely be forced to remove these buoys. >> reporter: but abbott is not backing down, responding texas has the sovereign authority to defend our border. the buoy wall is part of abbott's multibillion border security plan. the buoys spin if someone tries to climb over them and extend at least a foot underwater with no netting beneath them for now, official says. some migrants believe these buoys put them at risk this man from venezuela says "we come with children, walking for months to find this barrier that we cannot cross. >> so that in itself makes it very dangerous. >> reporter: lieutenant christopher olivera

shows us the buoys from where they're being installed. from where you sit, is this going to be more positive than negative >> absolutely it's going to be positive when we look at the amount of drownings, the amount of people that continue to cross this river, women and children, we need to prevent that as much as possible >> our thanks to priscilla for that report. spain has a political mess on its hands after inconclusive national elections plunged the country into uncertainty the conservative partido popular won the most but still do not topple pedro sanchez whose socialist party celebrated the results as a victory but spain is likely headed for electoral dead political allians inrliamentld ment but y such negotiations would likely go on for weeks, and sanchez is far from certain to come out on top. and there is political turmoil in israel as well. hundreds of thousands of protesters marched on jerusalem ahead of a key vote in

parliament on a judicial overhaul that would allow prime minister benjamin netanyahu to override supreme court decisions. in a rare show of internal dissent, hundreds of israeli air force reservists say they will not show up for duty netanyahu is insisting on today's vote despite his own health struggles right now he has been admitted to the hospital twice in the last week, and this weekend announced that he had a pacemaker put in. officials in montana say a grizzly bear attack left a woman dead near yellowstone national park the department of fish, wildlife and parks say the woman's body was found on a trail west of yellowstone. rangers closed down the area, and an investigation is ongoing. the attack comes as montana sees a rise in their grizzly bear population and a jump in grizzly sightings. three people are recovering after a small plane slammed into a house in texas authorities say the plane was on the way from kerriville to an austin suburb when it experienced engine failure and crashed into the two-story home.

luckily nobody was inside the house at the time, and all three people on board were able to walk away from this wreckage the faa and ntsb have opened an investigation. meanwhile, three people were also hurt when another small plane crashed in massachusetts the cessna went down in a wooded neighborhood just west of boston, landing next to a backyard play set. the three people on board suffered what is being called serious but nonlife-threatening injuries authorities are still trying to figure out exactly what happened the dangerous heat set to spread across the country, impacting millions of americans. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking exactly where the heat is heading. michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you both. great to see you and yeah, that heatwave, the dangerous heat continues this week we're looking at the heat expanding into portions of the northeast. we're going to be in the mid-90s. we had a little break over the weekend from the humidity. it's going to be back, and we're going see the chance for feeling like near 100 degrees in the northeast this week. so let's take a look at the alerts 17 million people are under a heat alert

it's stretching throughout south into portions of the northern plains, the intermountain west, excessive heat warnings, and this is why. look at these temperatures, into the triple-digits as far north as the intermountain west. billings 101, 12 degrees what is typical. and look what happens as we go throughout the week. the heat dome is going to expand we're going to see a pattern change and the northern plains, the upper great lakes tsay seeing that heat first. we're going to be 10 to 15 degrees above normal andnto th i spotty storms later on this afternoon and the dangerous heat continues in the south, 115 in phoenix all right. so thatdangerous heat does continue we're going to see the chance for some spotty summer storms. we'll take a look at where we

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>> reporter: on a hot summer day, there's nothing better than sipping ice-cold -- >> lemonade! >> reporter: this past weekend, while others were at the beach or partying in the pool, 9-year-old theo durson and his cousin abbey set up shop along jerry brown field in wakefield. >> this the third annual one. >> how many cups >> reporter: they weren't raising money for themselves, but for kids who most likely wouldn't be able to do something like this. >> i'm doing a lemonade stand for hasbro children's hospital >> lemonade! >> reporter: in the beginning of the pandemic, the then 6-year-old had an idea >> here is one. >> people to people with covid, but not the people with cancer. >> reporter: but theo was. his first year, he brought in about $100 >> i'm going to do it again because i want to raise more money than i did last year. >> reporter: then the second year came around. >> the second year we raised one

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>> ah! >> it makes me super proud he is a great kid, and you know, i want to encourage him to give to others. so it's a great thing. >> aw, and our thanks to sam reed for sharing that story. >> a hard sell for lemonade and a hard sell for goodness from that kid summer staple. get ready to turn back time. cher is launching a gelato brand. she showed off a custom colorful ice cream truck on instagram set to hit the streets of los angeles. the pop icon said she spent five years working on her cherlato so you better believe it's good cher teased that more details

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