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after chinese and russian military patrols skirted u.s. waters the navy responded to the incident, and now lawmakers are calling it an incursion. why military officials say the maneuver is pushing tensions higher team trump up against a ticking clock today. the justice department wants to keep the former president quiet about evidence in his most recent legal battle. as a 5:00 p.m. deadline inches closer, trump's legal team and the man himself are speaking out. after 38 hours stranded at sea, a florida man found dehydrated and sunburned, but alive. his family calling the rescue a miracle, after they say they gave up hope their message to the coast guard later in today's show. and a three-peat officially off the table. team usa is out of the world cup in a matter of millimeters whatever the team told our molly hunter after the match surf's up. a tournament that will leave your tail wagging. check out the world surfing pup

championships. "early today" starts right now >> and good evening. i'm steven romo. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera in alaska four navships were respondeto a dozen chinese and russian military vessels this is the latest close call between the u.s., chinese and russian mill tears abc's aaron gilchrest starts us off. >> reporter: it is called an incursion and happened here near the aleutian islands of alaska 11 military ships from russia and china patrolling the waters according to a statement from both alaska senators adding four american navy destroyers were sent t to shadow thehem until ty left the area. what is the u.s. signaling to russia and china by putting destroyers in the water near their exercises >> well, i think it was, again, an attempt to countersignal that we are aware of their presence and have military power in the region >> reporter: the patrol never entered u.s. waters according to u.s. northern command, confirming to nbc news that air

and sea assets conducted operations to ensure the defense of the united states and canada. it is the latest aggressive maneuver by the chinese military after this close call between chinese and american war ships in june in the taiwan strait and this chinese war plane dangerously close to an american military plane in may. last month lester holt visited norad in alaska where a top general there warned alaska was on the front lines. >> any threats coming from russia, china, that part of the world, into america, they are first going to cross into alaska air space. this is kind of the front lines for america and canada. >> reporter: alaska senators renewing calls for increased investment in military power in alaska. >> our thanks to aaron for that report well, saudi arabia hosted a peace summit for ukraine over the weekend, than was some surprising movement on the diplomatic front china joined the talk, signaling

a possible new approach to moscow the communist party is reported to be in support of a third round of talks an effort to finalize a ten-point peace plan endorsed by kyiv but not the kremlin over the weekend, the summit hosted officials from 40 countries excluding russia china's special envoy for eurasian affairs attended. the clock is ticking for trump's legal team this morning. his lawyers have until 5:00 p.m. to respond to a request from the justice department special counsel that could force him to stay silent about evidence in the case allie raffa has the latest >> this guy is a maniac. they gave me a maniac. >> reporter: former president trump saturday night going after special counsel jack smith, attacking the judge overseeing his 2020 election interference case posting to his social media platform in part, quote, there is no way i can get a fair trial with the judge all as a new deadline from the

same judge looms mr. trump's legal team needs to respond by 5:00 p.m. monday to a request from the special counsel that would block him from commenting publicly on parts of the case prosecutors warning he could use evidence in a way that may have a chilling effect on witnesses, citing this post where he warns, quote, if you go after me, i'm coming after you the former president's defense attorney john lauro firing back across the airwaves. >> we're going to oppose it, as we have. >> and denying the indictment's claims that his client ordered vice president mike pence to overturn the 2020 election results on january 6th >> what president trump did not do is direct vice president pence to do anything he asked him in an aspirational way. asking is covered by the first amendment. >> reporter: pence, a key witness in the grand jury case that led to the indictment of his former boss not ruling out testifying in this case if compelled. >> i have no plans to testify,

but, look, we'll always -- we'll always comply with the law >> legal experts say weighing the case's security and farmer president trump's first amendment rights is a difficult decision for the judge but even tougher will be how to even enforce this. >> okay. allie, thank you and a quick programing note. our nbc news exclusive interview tonight with florida governor ron desantis and his wife casey on "nightly news." to some breaking news now. seven people sent to a hospital in south texas after a shooting outside of a club last night the hidalgo county sheriff's office says no one was killed, but two of the victims are in critical condition an investigation into that is still ongoing. meanwhile, three people were shot and killed inside southeast d.c. this weekend. two others were injured in the saturday night shooting. the cause for that case also under investigation. and anyone with information is asked to come forward. and in orlando, police say the suspect believed to be

involved in a friday night shooting that critically injured two officers has now died. the shooting sparked an hours' long manhunt followed by a standoff at a holiday inn. the suspect was killed saturday after exchanging gunfire with police the officers are expected to make a full recovery a health alert was issued for albuquerque, new mexico after a fire at a plastic facility sent thick black smoke into the air crews are working to contain the blaze, which was reported sunday afternoon. albuquerque officials say the smoke contains hazardous pollutants, and the unpredictable winds could push the smoke to all parts of the area the alert is in effect until 10:00 a.m. this morning. nearly a thousand miles away in texas, crews worked to contain a blaze burning at a recycling plant. several departments worked to contain the fire but what caused it is still unknown. turning to italy, where a boat crash off the coast is now being investigated as a possible manslaughter case after a top

american executive was killed. here is nbc's priscilla thompson. >> reporter: a tragic ending to a family vacation in paradise. partygoers capturing the moment a speed boat slammed into their sailboat off italy's amalfie coke on thursday. >> jesus christ! >> reporter: italian officials say 45-year-old adrien vaughn was thrown from the motor boat she had rented with her husband and two children people nearby scrambled frantically to get her out of the water. a crewmember aboard the sailboat describing the chaotic moments saying the captain immediately ordered everyone in the water to be reskewed. some on board diving in to help save vaughen witnesses were able to get her ashore, but authorities avaughn died before she could be flown to the hospital. vaughn's children were not physically hurt in the collision, but that her husband and the speed boat's captain were injured and taken to nearby

hospitals. now local prosecutors say they're investigating the 30-year-old captain of the speed boat for suspected manslaughter and involuntary shipwreck. officials say the captain was tested for alcohol and other substances the results of which are still being evaluated. as vaughn is being remembered, she was the president of bloomberg usa. her company remembering her fierce determination as they along with vaughen's family grapple with their tremendous loss priscilla thompson, nbc news now to record flooding near alaska's capital that prompted officials to declare an emergency after a part of a glacier broke along a lake video captured the moment the house there collapsed into the rushing water. the mendenhall river rose to a record level of nearly 15 feet several other homes and other

debris fell in too some residents were under evacuation orders due to the rising floodwaters >> wow well, alaska is not only the state facing possible floods millions of americans are waking up to severe weather threats this morning nbc meteorologist michelle grossman has her eye on all that danger for us. >> good morning. great to see you 87 million americans waking up to a stormy start. we have had a first wave come through morning, and then we're going to see a second round later on we're seeing impacts from the northeast to the southeast as we go throughout this monday. we could see torrential rainfall that's going lead to flash flooding, hail, really strong winds. winds gusting over 60 miles per hour could see a few tornadoes as well this is large system that is moving through we'll see that today and see it lingering tomorrow in portions of new england look at everyone affected. talking from portion of new england into the southeast where you see that orange there, that's in likely spot for seeing some really strong storm that includes philadelphia, d.c., charlotte into birmingham. new york city, you could see

strong storms as well. and the biggest threat would be damaging winds but we're also concerned about flash flooding we have lots of moisture in the air. we're going to see that kind of running out this aernoon d.c., new york city, and boston. and the heat continues in the south. triple-digits in phoenix all right, guys. storming for many today. we'll look at the heat continuing in the south. we'll talk more about that >> thank you, michelle coming up, the heartbreak at the women's world cup. team usa misses out on a athlete. a miraculous rescucue f oft flflorida coasast. a a man found afafter nearlyly o daysys adrdrift on a a sinking . we'll be right back. get odor-f-free eieight hour p protectionn

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and more than 90 wound affidavit passenger train derailed in southern pakistan. the train was heading from karachi to rawalpindi with a total of ten train cars going off the tracks the pakistani prime minister led a prayer for the victims during a political meeting in punjab. official says an investigation is under way train crashes are frequent on pakistani railroads. two years ago, a collision in the same district killed 65 people in texas, another train, this time in texas that went off its tracks emergency responders arrived on the scene in eastland. between 8 and 10 cars had derailed on saturday they said there was no injuries and no threats of a hazardous material spill since the derailed cars were either empty or carrying some dry bulk items. residents were asked to stay away from the area as crews extinguished a grass fire and cleared the roadway. officials are calling that

situation stable a missing boater found alive against all odds 12 miles across the florida coast, or off the florida coast. charles gregory had been missing since thursday his family says after 38 hours, they had all but given up. our jackson affiliate has the details. >> reporter: 25-year-old charles gregory found alive but dehydrated after being found saturday morning 12 miles offshore near st. augustine. according to the u.s. coast guard. they say his 12-foot jonboat was mostly submerged gregory gives first coast news the hang loose hand sign behind the paramedic as he is wheeled to an ambulance. >> we cannot thank the coast guard, fire rescue, st. augustine, everybody, the paddle borders, everybody we just want to say thank you so much >> reporter: gregory's parents spent more than 24 hours fearing the worst. the coast guard saying he'd been last seen thursday night

>> there is a god up there if you ever thought it wouldn't let your kid go missing offshore in the ocean for 38 hours. i gave up hope i should never give up hope. don't give up on the big guy. >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard rescue mission coordinator said when they couldn't find gregory in the salt run, rescue boats and aircraft searched for him in the ocean overnight this screen shot of flight radar given to first coast news by a rescuer shows the winding path of the aircraft that found him. >> not the kind of vessel you want to be on in an offshore environment. that's why kind of the odds were starting to be against us in this case, despite all of our search effort. >> thanks to renata di gregorio for that report. still to come this morning, a heartbreaker for down under for team usa highlights and reactions to the round of 16 elimimination. plplus, simonene biles r res to comompetition for the f first time sincece the tokyoyo olympi.

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we're back now with the heartbreaker for team usa at the women's world cup. the americans and sweden went to penalties where alyssa naeher appeared to block a penalty kick, but the replays show it barely crossed the goal line sweden eliminates the americans 5-4 on penalties here is what the players had to say about that loss. >> i can't quite locate all the feelings yet. >> we just lost the world cup by a millimeter that's tough to come up short hurts it's going to hurt for a long time >> team usa was going for an unprecedented three-peat at the women's world cup, and this marks the earliest exit ever in the tournament now with or without the americans, the world cup continues with two more matches today. england and nigeria kick things off in a minute followed by australia and denmark. its first time i ever paid attention to the women's world cup and they get eliminated. >> that's got to sting, emfor her, megan rapinoe especially her you, want a swan

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