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hunter biden was expected to walk out of court with much of his legal troubles behind him. he enters a not guilty plea. the moment on capitol hill that had lawmakers and reporters concerned for mitch mcconnell's health the senator freezing up during a press conference what his office is saying about what happened. you'll have to go back to the start of the century to find the last time interest rates were this high the fed hiking interest rates again in the fight against inflation. what it means for credit cardholders and when to expect another rate raise could artificial intelligence help save san francisco? inside the tech industry boom trying to bring people back into one. biggest cities and team usa battling from behind we kick off your thursday. "early today" starts right now good thursday morning to you, i'm frances rivera

>> i'm jessica layton. hunter biden's legal battle looked like it was going to come to an end but unexpectedly a twist. the president's son pleading not guilty two charges after his original plea agreement was not accepted by the judge. r ryan nobles has the full story >> reporter: hunter biden entered the federal courthouse hoping to bring to an end his legal problems it did not turn out that way in a stunning move, a federal judge refusing to sign off on his controversial plea deal. judge maryellen noreaga, a trump appointee saying it contained atypical provisions and she needed more information, saying i am not in a position to accept or reject the plea agreement so i'm going to defer it. as the deal was unraveling, biden's attorney declaring "we'll rip it up." while prosecutors revealing their investigation is still ongoing, and the deal would and

solve biden on drugs, taxes and firearms charges the delay in the case a further political headache for the white house. >> this case was handled independently, as all of you know, by the justice department under the leadership of a prosecutor appointed by the former president, president trump. >> reporter: the original plea agreement sparking outrage from republicans, blasting it as a sweetheart deal for the president's son which allowed him to avoid prison time u.s. attorney david weiss has full authority to bring whatever charges he wanted. but two whistle-blowers recently told congress that was not true. >> it appeared to me based on what i experienced that the u.s. attorney in delaware in our investigation was constantly hamstrung, limited and marginalized by doj officials as well as other u.s. attorneys >> reporter: meanwhile, hunter biden's foreign business dealings at the center of house republicans' growing investigations into the

president that could lead to an impeachment inquiry. >> impeachment inquiry is allowing congress to get the information. >> reporter: the president has repeatedly denied he spoke to his son about his businesses so far the gop providing no evidence of wrongdoing and hunter biden also at the center of anothef anotherpresid biden facing criticism for not acknowledge being hunter's daughter >> i have six grandchildren, and i'm crazy about them >> reporter: hunter biden and the child's mother recently conclude add legal dispute the white house has declined to discuss the issue. >> our thanks to ryan for that report in a new court filing, rudy giuliani has conceded that he made false statements about two women in georgia who were election workers during the 2020 presidential race. giuliani is sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shea moss during the january 6 hearing, they both testified that their lives were turned upside down by

conspiracy theorists who believed false claimsabout them their lawyer says they look forward to presenting the rest of their case. a lawyer for giuliani said the new york mayor decided to concede to move on and possibly get a motion to dismiss. 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 -- >> you see it there. mcconnell appeared to freeze for about 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's unclear if that had anything to do with this

police in texas have released new video overnight of a gunfight between officers and a suspected shooter outside a clink in dallas. brian mcgee is believed to have shot at a physician at cedar hill medical clinic on tuesday five police officers engage mcgee after he crashed into another car. he remains hospitalized in critical condition the officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative administrative leave while the kpa case is investigated new developments in the case of the officer who unleashed a k-9 on an unarmed man. the officer could not be reached for comment but his union says he's been terminated without just cause and a grievance has been filed the video shows speakman releasing the dog and a state trooper yelling, quote, do not

release the dog. a uk court has found kevin spacey not guilty of sexually assaulting four men. he wiped away tears after the verdict was delivered. >> i'm enormously grateful to the jury for having taken the time to examine all of the evidence and all of the facts carefully before they reached their decision >> the charges, including seven counts of sexual assault date from 2004 to 2013. none of the four complainants can be named and have lifelong anonymousity under uk law. >> reporter: at least 12 people were injured when a crane collapsed onto the street below hitting a nearby apartment building the crane caught fire before the crash. officials say the operator tried to put out the flames but fled when he couldn't first responders climbed nearby

rooftops to fight the flames the fdny says three firefighters are among the injured. as an investigation into the fair under way our new york station found the crane is linked to a crane collapse that killed two workers in 2008. the general contractor on the project said in a statement that safety is the company's top priority the federal reserve is ramping up its fight against inflation, hiking interest rates to the highest level in 22 years. this is the 11th rate hike since march of '22 and those moves have wrangled inflation from 9% to 3% today. but since the fed is aiming for 2%, we got a quarter point hike yesterday with another one possible in september. higher interest rates are pushed mortgage rates past 7% it really impacts credit cards with rate the s at 20%

sad news where police have ended a search for a missing baby swept away bied into waters conrad shields and his family were caught in raginged into waters his mother and sister were killed and the summer of extreme weather is showing no signs of letting up the heat is creeping into the northeast and upper midwest. >> reporter: record-smashing summer of extremes coast-to-coast as the triple dim heat wave strangling the south for nearly a month spreads into the upper midwest and east coast. >> i am walking into a sauna >> reporter: 125 million americans under heat alerts, where the heat index is said to top out around is106 degrees. a micro burst with winds up to

70 miles per hour. >> i've never experienced a drought like this. >> reporter: seth's family has owned this minnesota farm for five generations by now corn should be up to his chest. but amid widespread drought his 5-year-old towers over shrivelled crops he hopes to break even what are your chances, do you think? >> all depends if we get more rain that's a million dollar question right there. >> reporter: meanwhile, feed prices for his cattle also skyrocketing and in a growing number of cases, the product itself is going up in flames local firefighters say it's so hot hay is spontaneously combusting, burning close to half a dozen burns in this rural minnesota area in the last month, including mike's. >> i was devastated. i was dumbfounded. >> reporter: do the summers feel hotter do things feel more extreme? >> i would say warmer and more extreme. >> reporter: that's how it

feels. >> that's how it feels >> our thanks to maggie for that report the other wild weather impacting americans, severe storms in the northeast. angie lassman is tracking where the rain is heading. >> you're exactly right. we have unsettled weather that's going to work its way to the northeast. heavy rain potentially that will stretch into parts of new england. we have 126 million people included th included in this parts of the plains and up and down the east coast are dealing with the heat alerts temperatures continue to be stifling you see triple digit actual temperatures for places like st. louis. meanwhile, heat indiction values in the triple digits for a whole lot of places, richmond, savannah and if you're looking for relief you're not going to get it in this area. we continue with the 90s in detroit and feels-hike temperatures into the triple digits the midwest will start to see

temperatures rebounding to more normal levels by the time we get into the early part of our weekend. when it comes to places like new york we'll hold onto the washin, philadelphia, triple digits for parts of the northeast as well and showers and thunderstorms possible across the area and that's a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. >> okay, angie, see you soon thank you. still to come, the code that could save a s struggling g city y whwhen your fafamily acactually weaears it. ♪♪ get odor-f-free eieight hour p protectionn from mosququitoes and d tics without ththe ick. zevo o on-body repepellent. people lovove it. bugsgs hate it.. yoyou know thahat feelingg of havaving to rewewash

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since 2019 nearly half of all stores downtown have moved out and no one's rushing to fill the space. but just across town a fresh energy and hope that a new tech boom driven by artificial intelligence is helping bring san francisco back >> we have hundreds of people who actually work in this office >> reporter: scale a.i. with 600 employees is a decidedly san francisco-based company. the ceo, alexander wang, says he needs to be here and wants to see his staff in person. why build the company in san francisco? >> this is where the innovation is by being in san francisco, by being in the bay area, we really get to support the innovation ecosystem as it's all happening. >> reporter: it's also where the money is nearly half of all funding worldwide went to san francisco-based firms. the city's mayor recently declaring san francisco the ai capital of the world what makes it the ai capital of the world? >> the 20 largest companies in the world, in the world.

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