we'll see you in court that's the message from the governor of texas as the justice department levels legal action

at the lonestar state. we've got the latest on the buoy battle unfolding at the southern border overseas violence unfolds on the streets of israel. these protests were sparked by a controversial bill but speak to a larger unrest over the nation's leaders meanwhile on wall street, traders treading carefully today, despite science of easing inflation, but the federal reserve's rate hike decision has investors on edge. a super spinoff is right around the corner. check out gen v and the watch list break down. real-life super heroes are competing for team usa s sophia smith may be one of the youngest on the team, but she is majorly making her mark. "early today" starts right now glad to be with you. i'm frances rivera

>> i'm jessica layton. we begin with the southern border the justice department and the state of texas are heading for a legal showdown over the floating barriers in the rio grande migrant advocates say the buoys are dangerous and illegal. but governor abbott is strike a ing a defiant tone >> reporter: a political standoff is now a legal fight. the department of justice filing suit against the state of texas, seek b seeking the removal of a buoy wall saying it violates the rivers and harbors act governor abbott saying it has a right to protect its borders, writing mr. president, texas will see you in court. >> i think you're seeing the governor do everything he possibly can to secure the border >> barbaric behavior and texans are shocked

they're outraged >> rter: the biden administration sayxas didn't t proper authorizationore alling the buoysich th do doys violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns and present serious risks to public safety and the environment the four-foot diameter buoys spin if someone tries to climb them >> we want to prevent people from going into a dangerous part of the river >> reporter: this migrant saying he would try to cross anyway, because there was no safe future in venezuela the showdown comes shortly after a leaked e-mail from a trooper raised concerns about alleged inhumane conditions at the border, including orders to push people back into the river activists calling it all -- >> persistent efforts to dehumanize migrants, to paint them, children, infants, mothers, families, who are looking to seek asylum as

invaders >> reporter: governor abbott has invested $4 billion into a comprehensive approach to counter migration known as operation lonestar alice barr, nbc news the man responsible for one of the most infamous images from january 6 was sentenced monday the latest in an endless series of charges and trials stemming from the attack on the capitol we go to brie jackson in washington tell us more about the recent sentencing >> reporter: good morning frances. on monday, spepeter stager from arkansas was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison he had pled guilty i in february on the charge of assaulting police with a dangerous weapon january 6. footage shows him repeatedly attacking an officicer with h a flagpole according to video shown by prosecutors, stager had said death is the areremedy for all

capitol police officers. he said in court on monday that he believed the officer to be a member of antifa stager was just one of nine men charged in connection with this particular attack on capitol police officers. one of his co-defendants was sentenced to three years in federal prison in april. >> every week we hear about a new charge or sentencing related to january 6 is the federal government's investigation wrapping up? >> reporter: so frances, two and a half years after the attack on the u.s. capitol the trials do not seem to be slowing down. more than thousand people have been charged so far in connection with the events of january 6, hailing from almost all 50 states. overall, over 300 people have been sentenced to time in prison these defendants face offenses ranging from disorderly incumbent and assaulting police officers to seditious

conspiracy stewart rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison on that very charge back in may part of the reason for this massive back log is a continuou stream of new arges. last month police arrest one january 6 partipt after he was found outside the house of former president barack obama. this came almost two years after he was first identified. and last week, prosecutors unsealed new cases connected to the events of january 6 against 19 different defendants. last year, attorne attorney gene dwar garlan merrick garland called it the most wide ranging investigation in history >> one of the biggest names is a former president himself after receiving the target letter brie, thank you so much. now to the dramatic scenes playing out on the streets of

israel as police and protesters clash in a violent way demonstrations reached a fever pitch yesterday after a controversial bill passed parliament, stripping the country's supreme court of a key power. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's push for radical judicial overhaul means the court can no longer override government decisions a prominent israeli newspaper calls this move a judicial coup by netanyahu the ongoing unrest is seen as israel's biggest domestic crisis in decades ukraine's foreign minister is accusing russia of food terror terr terrorism. six people were injured. the attacks come a week after moscow halted a deal that gave safe passage to ukrainian ships exporting grain. authorities in pennsylvania say they have solved a nearly 50-year-old murder case. 8-year-old gretchen harrington

was walking to bible camp in a township outside philadelphia when she was kidnapped and murdered pack in august 1975 all these years later police have arrested david zamstra, a former pastor at one of the camp's host churches the 83-year-old confessed when presented with new evidence. he has been charged with criminal homicide and kidnapping his lawyers declined to comment. the obama family is mourning the loss of a close friend tafari campbell, a former white house sous chef was found dead after apparent paddleboarding accident at the estate on martha's vineyard. when the obamas left the white house they hired campbell to be their personal chef. the former president and first lady say tafari was a part of our family our hears are brts are broken t gone the dangerous sttemperatures

are expected to expand miguel almaguer has this report from phoenix >> reporter: more than just record breaking. these blistering, unbearable summer conditions continue to turn deadly. >> every time i step in the sun i think about how i'm getting cooked alive >> reporter: at sun rose and records fell, 49 million people across 12 states are under heat alerts, from the beaches of miami. >> i mean, there's nothing compared to something like this. >> reporter: to the desert at phoenix. both cities have been smashing historic heat records for weeks. across the globe, extreme temperatures fueling epic wildfires in greece, where our josh letterman reports thousands have been evacuated. we're watching the flames slowly creep up over this hill behind me the heavy winds kicking up those flames this area being evacuated. it now eerily quiet here >> reporter: with dangerous tripledigit temps expanding across much of the u.s. a new study says the risk of a fatal

heart attack may double on days with extreme heat and high levels of air pollution. a dramatic rescue was captured on the citizen app in los angeles as firefighters airlifted two hikers overcome by heat 24-year-old kai torres bronson lost his life while helping others on a trail while mountain biking in san diego. >> it brings our family some comfort knowing that our kai died the way he lived, going out of his way to help others. >> reporter: even the young must take precautions >> when our core body temperature raises to above 106, which is our tesdefinition for heatstroke that causes problems for the body >> reporter: a record breaking summer and a deadly heat wave threatening lives. >> our thanks to miguel for that report >> those temperatures pushing

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