>> hunter biden in hot water after a plea deal falls through.

a contentious hearing unfolded in the courtroom we break down what comes next for the president's son. large fires overseas claiming more lives while all of europe is dealing with record temperatures, greece faces more destruction with new fires sparking across the country. we'll have a live report with the latest on the attempt to halt those flames. the truth is out there, and it might be closer than we thought. the government has ufos in its possession, they say we've got your box office break down, including a family-friendly summer scare a nail-biter team usa trailed at the half but fought back. we'll hear from the fans about the showdown it's thursday, july 27 "early today" starts right now glad to have you with us, i'm frances rivera >> i'm jess ica layton on wednesday, hunter biden's

legal battle looked like it would come to an end, but an unexpected twist the president's son pleaded not guilty two federal tax charges after his original plea agreement was not accepted by the judge. we go to brie jackson in washington what do we know about what led to the collapse of the deal? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. it was a contentious hearing in a delaware courthouse on wednesday morning. hunter biden, the son of president biden reached an agreement last month and was expected to pleadguilty to two tax misdemeanor charges. the deal would have likely spared the younger biden from any jail time and resulted in the dropping of a separate felony firearm charge if certain provisions were met. however, the deal quickly and unexpectedly unravelled as the hearing began. u.s. district judge maryellen noreaga, a trump appointee raised concerns over provisions in the plea agreement and refused to sign off on it. following deliberations with his

legal team, hunter biden pleaded not guilty to the tax charges. despite the twist, the plea agreement is not off the table judge noreaga deferred the deal until she and the legal team can address the questions she has. hunter biden will be able to reverse his not guilty plea if judge noreaga is satisfied with the new terms of the deal. >> we know it was pretty controversial from the moment it was announced what do we know about other opposition it faced before yesterday in. >> reporter: republicans have been vocal critics of the agreement since it was announced last month, claiming that hunter biden received a quote sweetheart deal by not facing any jail time. house republicans even made a last-ditch effort to block the deal on tuesday, filing a brief, asking judge noreaga to consider recent congressional testimony from two irs investigators these officials claim that biden received preferential treatment from the doj, a claim that has been disputed by trump-appointed

u.s. attorney david weiss who oversaw the case questions were even raised at wednesday's white house press briefing press secretary karine jean-pierre said the case was handled independently and referred all other questions to the justice department meanwhile, president biden has repeatedly denied he ever spoke to his son about his business affairs, jessica >> it is all to be continued brie, thank you. let's turn to new reporting on former president donald trump. according to sources familiar with the thinking of trump's inner circle, his legal and political teams are preparing for the possibility that a federal grand jury will vote on charges against the former president as early as today. that grand jury has been investigating trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 election. none of the sources know of any direct notification from the justice department that charges are coming today trump has called the investigation a political weaponization of law enforcement. in a new court filing, rudy

giuliani has admitted that he made some false statements about two women in georgia who were election workers during the 2020 presidential race. giuliani is now being sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shea moss. during the january 6th hearings, they both testified that their lives were turned upside down by conspiracy theorists who believed false claims about them their lawyer says they look forward to presenting the rest of their case. and a lawyer for giuliani says the former new york mayor decided to concede in order to move on to the part of the case when they could possibly get a motion to dismiss. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell caused a lot of concern when he suddenly stopped speaking during a news conference wednesday >> this week has been good bipartisan cooperation and a string of -- >> mcconnell appeared to freeze for 20 seconds before he was led

away from the cameras. an aide said mcconnell felt light-headed and stepped away for a moment he did come back later and told reporters he was fine. two sources tell nbc news mcconnell fell at a d.c. airport earlier this month but was not seriously hurt it is unclear if that had anything to do with this the senator's office declined to comment on the fall. three former military officials gave testimony before congress, and you might call it out of this world. they believe the government knows much more about ufos than it's told the public a former u.s. intelligence official says he is certain the government is in possession of some of the unexplained objects that have crashed. >> if you believe we have crashed craft do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft >> as i've stated already in my news nation interview, biologics came with some of these recoveries >> were they human or non-human? >> nonhuman, and that was

assessment of the people who are currently still on the program >> a pentagon spokesperson tells nbc news that those claims are false. a former navy commander also described seeing flying objects move in ways that defied logical explanation. a bipartisan of lawmakers are pushing the federal government to better communicate information about those sightings. a scorching heat wave continues to bake europe and perhaps no country is hit harder than greece a new outbreak of wildfires is forcing evacuations. at least two people have been killed meanwhile on the island of rhodes, firefighters are still battling the inferno that has raged since last week. let's go live to claudio lavanga. good morning is there any relief anywhere in sight for greece >> reporter: good morning, frances. on the contrary, it seems that this emergency in greece is worsening by the day according to officials there in the last 24 hours alone, at

least 61 wildfires have been raging all across the country, forcing the evacuation once again of several towns now the civil prediction minister of greece has said that the strong winds and abnormal high temperatures have been fueling, super charging this wildfire, and because of the extreme weather conditions, the battle against the wildfires are expected to go on throughout the summer, which is a big problem, of course, increased because this is the peak tourist season and the fear here is that tourists may be discouraged to travel on holiday to greece, because of the wildfires and a proof of that of course is the fact that on the island of rhodes, as you mentioned, fires have been raging for a week now, and thousands of tourists there were forced to cut their holidays short and return home early, frances >> we still have the entirely month of august to go. claudio, thank you now to that horrifying sight high above new york city at least 12 people were injured when a crane in manhattan collapsed onto the streets

below, hitting a nearby apartment building as it came down the crane caught fire wednesday morning. the operator tried to put out the flames but fled when he couldn't first responders climbed nearby rotops to fight the fire fdny says three firefighters were among the injured at investigation into the fi is under way, our new york station found that the company that owns the crane is linked to a crane collapse that killed two workers back in 2008 the general contractor, though, on the project said in a statement that safety is the company's top priority in tennessee, two men were injured when their single-engine plane crashed at the chattanooga airport. the two were the only people on board. at a press conference, authorities said both were quote alert when they were taken to the hospital no further information about their condition has been made available. the airport was closed for half an hour over the accident. the cause is under investigation. a teenaged girl who went missing more than three years ago in arizona has reappeared in

montana. alicia navarro turned up in a small town near the canadian border she disappeared on september 15, 2019, when she was just 14 she likely ran away from home, police say, but it's unclear how she got to montana and what happened to her in the meantime. she has already been reunited with her mother. authorities say she was quote, very apologetic to what she's put her mother through police stress that the 18-year-old does not face any charges. tourists in california got a little too up and close and personal with some sea lions this past weekend. video posed to social media showed a group of the marine animals harassing beach goers just outside of san diego on sunday, including one that charged at people on the shore no one was hurt in that confrontation. the encounter comes as the city plans to close two nearby beaches in order to protect sea lion pups. >> it's hot. they wanted that water all to themselves, i guess. over 100 million americans are

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>> a little complacent >> it's all about the group results many. >> reporter: how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling good. the atmosphere was amacezing the comradery of the fans. >> reporter: there's a competition here at rosie's red hot cantina. what was the momentum change in the stands after that? >> once we saw the speed and tenacity i wish we could have seen some more but seei roscomen and bring that energy was amazing. >> reporter: last question and we got to wrap it up what are you most looking forward to are you going to watch the portugal game? >> we're going to the portugal game what do you guys expect? you still believe, obviously >> yes >> reporter: what are you looking forward to >> i mean, the crowd today, like the u.s. fans were amazing they were so loud.

like this was our trialrun we got the face paint down, obviously. >> reporter: nailed it >> we're just going to up our game >> reporter: this is trial run we're going to see more. we're going to see more of that, okay there are literal u.s. fans evg zealand, i cannot avoid them looking forward to that portugal game and we will be monitoring those other games in group b play very closely. i'll send it back to you >> so fun. a bear zen moment in a pond was cut short when two rowdy cubs were competing for biggest splash the family ended up cooling off in the spot as theanks so much p

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