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former president trump is just hours away from his arraignment in a d.c. courtroom. the impending trial clashing with his 2024 presidential run hear what some of his gop rivals have to say about the indictment the stakes are high in israel this morning. the supreme court is set to hear an appeal against a
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controversial law that critics say was a far-right power grab with benjamin netanyahu leading the charge we are live in tel aviv thv the morning. this morning. tens of millions of americans still under heat alert this is morning. call it the backlash to the backlash jason aldean soars to the top of the charts with a song and video that cmt yanked over allegations of racism and gun violence steven romo takes us inside a program serving queer kids and the kids of queer parents. "early today" starts right now i'm vinita nair. >> i'm j justca leighton jessica layton in just hours, former president trump will be heading to the capitol facing charges for the third time this year
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for more on this, we go to drew petramoix in washington. we know trump's already been arraigned in new york and miami. what does it look like in d.c. today? >> reporter: good morning, jessica and vanita the former president begins in new jersey, making his way from bedminster to washington ahead of his scheduled 4:00 p.m. hearing, following an indictment the hearing will be overseen by a u.s. magistrate judge, trump's ventua eventual trial has been assigned to judge tanya chutkan who has been presiding over a number of trials related to january 6. he is pushing for the trial to be held somewhere other than the nation's capital he said it would be would be ir
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himpossible to get a fair trial in d.c. and suggested moving it to virginia. he has attributed it to election interference >> as we talk about the election what has been recthe reaction f trump's gop rivals >> reporter: trump remains the frontrunner in the presidential race on the republican side. his ever-expanding schedule of trials is set to collide with major dates in the republican is case couldn't latest to t list as jack smith said on tuesday he's looking for a speed' sp speedy trial for trump meanwhile, his rivals, governor desantis said he has yet to read the indictment and called for reforms to the justice system. vivek ramaswamy reiterated his
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call to pardon trump now one of trump's most vocal critics was once one of his closest allies, former vice president mike pence, whom trump repeatedly pressured to overturn the results of the election, repeated his belief that anyone who puts themselves over the constitution should not be president. trump responded to pence on truth social, saying he felt bad for his one-time running mate and insisted that pence did have the power to reject electors, a claim that tuesday's indamt no indictment notes is not true. the state department has issued an evacuation of the embassy in niger the embassy will stay open for emergency services for u.s. citizens other west african countries have threatened military intervention if democracy is not restored soon. the u.s. has 1100 troops in the
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country. secretary of state antony blinken said our leaders are diplomatically engaged at the highest levels today israel's supreme court hears the first of several challenges to recent lo recent d by laws passed by the far-right government of benjamin netanyahu. the law in march stripped the attorney general of the power to declare any sitting prime minister from being unfit for office why is the law so controversial? >> reporter: good morning, in the united states we have the 25th amendment which describes how our president can be described as unfit for office. in israel, their equivalence is the incapacitation law and one part of lthe law allows the attorney general to declare the prime minister unfit if
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they're in a legal situation the hard-right government stripped the clause out of the law. and the suspicion among opponents is that he did so because is he in pretty extraordinary legal waters himself. he is on trial right now for criminal corruption. that is a charge he denies the hearing is under way right now in the supreme court about whether or not it was legal for the government to change the law the way that they did. i had a chance to sit down with prime minister netanyahu in his office in jerusalem earlier this week he denies that there is any connection between his own personal legal troubles and the sweeping changes to israel's law that his government is making. he says these are necessary reforms that take power out of the manhands of unelected offics like judges and attorney generals and puts them back into the hands of the people. that is not an argument that the people who have been on the streets for six months are
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buying they say they will continue to protest. the mexican government has repo reported a tragic discovery, a body found in the rio grande mexico denounced texas for the placement of the butoys which were designed to make crossings more difficult governor greg abbott defended the buoys, saying texas has a right to defend its borders. let's turn now to an alarming update about critical resources for the western u.s. a new study has found that the colorado river basin, a lifeline for millions, has lost trillions of gallons as temperatures rise. here's here's miguel almaguerer >> reporteter: as one. nag nation's most precious resources continues to dwindle, a new study confirms what
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researchers feared the vital colorado river basin has lost 10 trill gaion gallonsf water. it is enough to fill lake imme mead, which today is dangerously depleted >> i would say this is a wakeup call, in terms of climate change's impact on water availability from the colorado basin. >> reporter: with human-caused climate change, greenhouse gases pushing temperatures up, the colorado river has seen an 10% decrease in flow, compounding an existing emergency, a lack of water for the west do you think this crisis is only going to worsen? >> i think in the long term, yes. >> reporter: sflanaking through seven states, it provides water to 40 million people the evaporating water supply
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coululd mean inflated coarsts f farmers, passed along to people across the country >> we don't have the ability to extract more water out of system we're going to have to reduce our use. >> reporter: even after a winter of record rain, researchers say the deluge isn't enough to reverse two decades of climbing temperatures as the snowpack evaporates, and water levels drop, concern is rising along the colorado. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> the extreme heat has relaxed a little bit across the country, but the south continues to bake. over 47 million people are still under heat alerts. and parts of texas and louisiana are feeling temperatures as much as 15 degrees higher than normal they could see record-breaking highs as we close out the week turns out the heat is only one side of the severe weather
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and angie is tracking storms and possible flooding. >> we've been dealing with heavy rain working through parts of the midwest for the last 24 hours. there's still heavy rain working through south of st. louis, illinois and kentucky and indiana. some of these spots were under intense drought. we see extreme conditions like kirksville, missouri, columbia take a look at where the worse of the drought has been and where we've seen the rainfall totals over 8 inches in harris, missouri columbia picked up 3 this is good new when is it comes to battling the drought but bad news when it comes to happening all at once. because it floods the river ways and waterways, and we're already seeing flood concerns. the flood watch remains. we see flash flood warnings, and
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we'll see the risk shift a little farther to the south and east and include basically nashville to atlanta more rain on the way, upwards of one to three inches of rain with localized amnts up toun philadea pittsburgh, you'll hit 84, too 80 degrees for indianapolis and 87 with partly-cloudy skies in detroit. and that is a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. we'll be back in a minute with the law some say blurs separation of church and state in louisiana schools and how a womaman's bravave escape l led invnvestigatorsrs chilling d details on n her capr chillingng details o on her capr r kills 99.9.9% of virusused bactereria in the e air.
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a woman managed to escape a cinder block cell. the suspect is in custody and charged with one count of interstate kidnapping but has yet to enter a plea. erin mclaughlin has the story. >> reporter: in oregon, the fbi releasing these chilling photos of the makeshift cell used to shackle a woman they allege was kidnapped and sexually assault fwhid man, 29-year-old negasi zuberi the marriee married father id fn custody. >> it show s an escalating targt of women >> reporter: she punched her way through this metal screen door with bloodied hands. >> she ran out into public,
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flagged down the first vehicle she could find >> reporter: zuberi hired the victim as a prostitute in seattle, then claimed to be an undercover officer, even showing her a badge before placing her in handcuffs and leg irons and drive her to klamath falls, oregon one note read operation takeover make sure they don't have a bunch of people in their life. the day after the alleged kidnapping, zuberi was arrested, following a 45-minute standoff in a walmart parking lot in reno, nevada the investigation is expanded to at least 12 states where the suspect has lived using several different aliases. >> it is believed he used several methods to get the victims, including drugging their drink. >> reporter: the fbi urges others to come forward there's a new requirement
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aldean to the top of the charts? his song "try that in a small town" sits atop the hot 100. you might remember hearing this cmt pulled it from air as they accused him of promoting racism and gun violence aldean has been denying such allegations, saying it just celebrates small town america. it goes to further prove the point that all publicity is good publicity, because that song is way up there now >> wow, yes. meanwhile, robert downie jr. is handing fans the keys to his personal car collection. he is giving away six vintage cars refurbished to be eco friendly you don't have to drop a dime to en enter fans can donate to his non-profit he has six extras, how many are
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summers. at new country pride camp that is a little brighter they are in the middle of pride camp, now in the third year, the program is specifically aimed at serving lgbtq plus kids and children of people in those communities. these pride campers from across the new york city area have come for a taste of typical summer fun. >> everybody here is part of the lgbtq community. so you have a lot of people that are just like you. >> from my experience, when a bunch of people gather together, it's so much easier to talk to them and make friends. >> reporter: camp staples like swimming, rock climbing and arts and crafts, but the campers also get more pride-centric activities, all with a focus on inclusivity and self-expression. >> i'm a battle-worn zombiefied vampire. >> reporter: and counselors are also on hand to help show the
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kids the joy and connection of being in the queer community >> i have trans kids coming to me and sayin saying arekids goi use my pronounces? >> reporter: one of the realities still today about being a lgbtq plus kid is a sense of isolation when kids are here at pride camp, they are accepted and part of the group and the hope is they'll be table to take that sense of bioelongig outside these grounds. >> just over half, around 54% found their school to be affirming. that tells me that we have a lot of room for growth >> reporter: while some of these kids at pride camp do see it as pretty much like any other day
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camp do you think you'll want to come back next year >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: for others, it's a much-needed place where they're able to have fun and fully be themselves >> it makes me feel like there are people who, like, know about this and it's not just, like, a thing i made up. >> our thanks to steven romo for that report. >> makes such a big difference for these kids' self-esteem. >> i'm jessica layton. >> i'm vinita nair have a great thursday. ve a grea. y
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donald trump returns to the nation's capitol, heading to the crouse courthouse instead of the white house. all tied to his efforts at trying to stay in power after losing the

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