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the summer sizzler continues, as experts warn the extreme heat coupled with air pollution can put your body at risk. the battle at the border going from the buoys to the bench. the biden administration sues texas over floating barriers in the middle of the rio grande, while the holonestar state isn't backing down the carlee russell kidnapping never happened. she now admits through her lawyer that the whole thing never happened bunch hollywood's biggest stars lays down a massive donation and a brother and sister who grew up a few miles apartfrom each other finally meet after decades. it's tuesday, july 25th. "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> and i'm frances rivera.

we begin with the unbearable summer heat that continues to turn deadly. heat alerts stretch across a dozen states, as more areas swelter in triple-digit temps. a new study warns that the risk of a fatal heart attack may double on days when there are both extreme heat and high levels of air pollution. in san diego, kaye torres bronson lost his life after helping give water to other people on the trail while he was mountain biking. >> it brings the family some comfort knowing that our kai died the way that he lived, going out of his way to help others >> and las vegas tied a 60-year-old record with ten days in a row of temperatures at 110 degrees or more. they fell just one degree short of breaking the record on monday on now the extreme heat is expected to expand to two-thirds of the country this week the justice department and the state of texas are heading for a legal showdown over floating barriers in the rio

grand. the doj and migrant advocates say the buoys are dangerous and illegal. republican governor greg abbott, however, is striking a defiant tone our priscilla thompson has more on the story >> reporter: a battle over border security now poised to play out in court, with the biden administration suing texas over these floating barriers in the rio grande between mexico and eagle pass, texas. a thousand-foot-line of buoys that this honduran couple told us they saw and avoided as they crossed into the u.s she's eight months pregnant. why did you decide to come to the u.s. because my brother was killed in honduras, he told us the justice department demanding texas remove the barriers. the white house calling them dangerous and unlawful, saying they put migrants and border agents in danger governor greg abbott put the barriers up at this hot spot for illegal border crossings, saying the biden administration wasn't doing enough to stop migrants,

abbott writing, texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused texas will see you in president, mr. president. the buoys spin if you try to climb over then m and extend unr water. this man owns a pecan orchard and says migrants cross here all the time he agrees with abbott that more should be done to secure the border, but says the buoys are not the answer >> it's not keeping anybody from not crossing >> reporter: migrant advocates say they worry about migrants drowning while trying to cross the floating barriers. we asked tony gonzales who represents eagle pass. do you support the buoys >> buoys are a deterrent, and i think it's a positive deter. but it's a quarter of a mile of a thousand miles of border it's the shiny object in this. >> reporter: do you believe they will cause more deaths >> i don't know if it's going to increase the numbers, but it's

certainly not going to help. >> reporter: no court date has been set yet the department of justice has not filed for emergency injunction, meaning for now the buoys will stay in the water the man responsible for one of the most infamous images frfm january 6 was sentenced monday 44-year-old peter san ditagger arkansas pleaded guilty in february to a charge of assaulting police with a dangerous weapon january 6 he is shown attacking with a flagpole according to aideo, he said that death is remedy for alpitol police officers. dramatic scenes playing out on the streets of israel, as police and protesters clash in a majorly violent way. protesters reached a fever pitch yesterday after a controversial bill passed parliament, strip being the country's supreme court of some of its powers. our raf sanchez is there

>> reporter: the streets of israel erupting into chaos protesters blocking major roads, chaining themselves together in front of the country's parliament a last-ditch effort by opponents of the government's controversial plan to weaken the supreme court. but it wasn't enough israeli police are using water cannon to try to clear the roads. they're cracking down hard, but the protesters say they'll stay on the streets a car appearing to ram protesters police say three injured the first part of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's initial overhaul passing 64-0. his conservative religious government voting for it, while opposition lawmakers walked out in protest the plan takes away the supreme court's power to nullify some government decisions netanyahu allies say liberal judges had been incorrectly overturning actions of the conservative majority. [ speaking in a non-english language ] netanyahu saying, fulfilling the will of the voters is not the end of democracy, it's the

essence of democracy but opponents of the plan say they're afraid for their country. >> i'm worried about my future, my children's future >> reporter: these military reservists say they'll no longer serve in protest of the new law. some of them veterans of netanyahu's old commando unit. >> i think he's the first dictator of israel >> and our thanks to raf sanchez for that report. authorities in pennsylvania say they have solved a nearly 50-year-old murder case. 8-year-old gretchen harrington was walking to a bible camp in a township outside philadelphia when she was kidnapped and murdered in august of 1975 police have now arrested david zanstra, a former pastor at one of the camp's host churches. he has been charged with criminal homicide and kidnapping his lawyers declined to comment. police are digging deeper into the gilgo beach suspect

they are using ground-penetrating radar to dig in the back yard of his home on long island. the home has a walk-in concret vault with a big iron door, where the suspect was keeping more than 200 guns heuermann is charged with the murders of three women and has pleaded not guilty oc the obama family is mourning the loss of ha close friend. tafari campbell, a sue ous chefs found dead after a paddleboarding accident. the former president and first lady say tafari was a beloved part of our family our hearts are broken that he's gone now to some new developments in the carlee russell kidnapping investigation. ten days after russell claimed she was dnapped, lawye now says ne of it actually ed and russeever even left the hoover, alabama area. the lawyer added that russell is

apologizing for her actions and this statement was read from her lawyer >> my client did not see a baby on the side of the road. my client did not leave the hoover area when she was identified as a missing person my client did not have any help in this incident this was a single act done by herself. >> police say they are discussing potential criminal charges in the case. a powerful storm left a trail of sdrugs destruction in wisconsin. the city of hudson east of minneapolis is cleaning up after high winds uprooted trees and damaged many homes there had not been any reports of injuries, but multiple families were forced to relocate after the roof of an apartment building was ripped off during the storms >> some storms and the heat dome is still hanging over millions of americans this morning, and the heat alerts are really starting to spread this week michelle michelle grossmann is tracking everything >> hi there, guys. the dangerous heat does

continue it's expanding the heat dome tacked in place. we're going to seat heat expanding into the northeast as we head throughout the next couple days. take a look at some of these numbers. it's sort of staggering. 285 million people will see high temperatures above 90 degrees over the next seven days it gets higher than that when we look at the temperature. 50 million people will see high temperatures over 100 degrees, and 06 m and 60 milliill se temperatures over 105.at's goiny as we head throughout the northeast. 39 million people impacted by heat alert can you see them through the south, the west, into the northern plains. we're looking at temperatures well into the triple digits once again in the west. 92 in des moines st. louis 96, eight degrees above average. still very

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our maya eaglin has a look back. >> reporter: it started with a tweet. >> a lot of amazing things started. >> reporter: twitter co-founder and then-ceo jack dorsey launching the new social network in 2006, simply writing, just setting out up my twitter. the new website limited posts to 140 characters the popularity soaring thanks to celebrities like oprah and ashton kutcher >> one person's voice can be as powerful as an entire news network. >> reporter: but the ability to share might immediate breaking propelled twitter into the mainstream >> it is the easiest way to see what's happening in the world right now live and it breaks news for so many people

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