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angie lassman will let us know where the next storm is set to strike ohio becomes the latest background over abortion rights. voters bring the buckeye state one step closer to codifying the measure, thanks to a special election why the real test is still on the horizon. health care workers facing violence on the job. more than 70% of non-fatal workplace injuries happen at medical centers. what states are doing to protect fr frontline workers. the peach state joins a growing list of parents giving control of the kids' life online brisket like beckham he stopped by a dallas restaurant for pregame barbecue. see a super fan's reaction to meeting his hero it's wednesday, august 9 "early today" starts right now >> good morning, and thanks for

joining us, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. more severe wh weweather threatg across the country powerful winds over 70 345milese hour continue to hammer the east coast. kathy park kicks off our coverage >> reporter: a confirmed tornado touching down in massachusetts leveling trees and damaging homes. other parts of new england under water, with flash floods stranding drivers and swallowing parked cars. the same storm system slamming stateses up and down the east coast monday night >> i see the wind coming through, the darkness. >> reporter: andrew king t took cover in his basement, as tornado warnings were issued >> i hear the tree bomb impact, like simultaneous, crashing around the house

>> reporter: in the d.c. suburbs, an outbreak of heavy downpours, hail and hurricane-force winds. >> furniture went whoosh, and the power went womp! >> reporter: power lines knocked down as explosive storms plowed through at the height of rush hour 33 people trapped inside their cars for hours, including more than a dozen children. emergency management officials say in these situations, drivers should stay in their car and wait from instructions from first responders >> poles start to fall down. >> reporter: joseph dorsey and his grandkids were driving when they witnessed disaster unfolding right in front of them they managed to get out of harm's way just in time. >> sheriff's office came through telling drivers not to get out of the car >> reporter: what's the biggest take away from all this? >> it's a miracle. i couldn't brief telieve the pos were snapping the way think were the poles were snapping like they were twigs.

are a >> reporter: lightning struck and killed a man in alabama. in south carolina, a falling tree killed a 15-year-old. >> going to be a tree on the garage >> reporter: an active week of damaging storms, as parts of the midwest and south brace for the next round >> our thanks to kathy park for that update. the abortion debate is heating up in ohio on tuesday, voters in ohio went to the polls and rejected issue one. it was a ballot measure that would have made it harder to change the state constitution. this comes as the buckeye state is set to vote in november on a proposed amendment that would enshrine reproductive rights critics accused issue one of be making /* /* of making it more difficult. in a brief order, the court

voted 5-4 to put a hold anon a ruling from a texas judge that blocked the regulations on the firearms kits. the bureau issued the regulations on what it calls increase in the availability of ghost guns the justice department applauded the ruling this does not preclude the issue from being brought before the court in the future. the ongoing shakeup ofon desantis' presidential campaign has reached the top ranks. bringing on his long-time chief of sta as s cagn manager. the struggling dess campaign has already laid off about 40% of initial staff desantis was widely expected to be a major republican contender. but so far polls suggest he has yet to close the wide gap between m d former prenttrump

in may >>are more charges on the horizon for former president trump? according to the "new york times," the district attorney in atlanta is expected to take her 2020 election meddling case before a grand jury next week which could potentially lead to an indictment. the case centers on what happened in georgia, including calls trump made to pressure local officials. law enforcement has stepped up security around the fulton county courthouse. the massachusetts governor is raising the alarm she says there are more than 20,000 people living in state shelters, an 80% increase from last year. she is calling on the federal government to urgently provide more assistance, including work authorizations so the migrants can quickly find jobs and earn a living in haiti, a full break down of sity and ices has peopaking to stsf

port-au-princee assassination oe country's prime minister two devaing earthquake that killed more than 2,000 the security situation has deter deteriorated steadily since then and people with little to lose are rising up, clashing with the same police force they've been begging for protection our guad venegas has the story >> reporter: the humanitarian crisis in haiti reaching a boiling point. thousands of protesters taking to the streets of the nation's capital, demanding protection from vicious gangs that have overpowered police and pushed americans out. government vehicles set on fire, as the protesters, many of them masked, clash with police who tried to clear the chaos with tear gas [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> reporter: but protesters like this man, saying they will stay on the streets if they don't get justice.

the u.s. embassy in haiti closing on tuesday, after gunfire was heard outside. >> we remain very concerned about the situation on the ground in haiti. >> reporter: kristy runs a non-profit that operate as orphanage in the port-au-prince area >> kids were up crying, kneeling by this beds, praying, god please help us, please save us >> reporter: the orphanage which houses 16 kids was targeted by a suspected gang if jun july who d to break in but were fended off by security. >> they were trying to break in. we're very thankful they did not get into the house there's no telling what would have happened if they did. >> reporter: according to a u.n. report, gangs control almost 80% of the capital and now there's an alarming spike in kidnapping of children and women in haiti, with nearly 300 cases confirmed in the first six months of the year kristy says her organization has hired an additional security

member in the aftermath and local police were unable to offer much help. >> he said pray that we get some kind of outside support, because right now they're overpowering us, and there's really nothing that we can do to stop them. they're just kind of getting swallowed up by gangs, and it's only gotten worse. >> our thanks to guad for that report authorities have arrested almost 100 people across the u.s. and australia in connection with a suspected international pedophile ring australian police announced yesterday that 19 more have been arrested on charges of sharing child abuse material online, while at least 13 children were rescued from further harm. this is all part of a joint operation with the fbi, which was launched after two agents were shot and killed in 2021 while serving a warrant in florida. their deaths helped expose the alleged ring which has netted at least 79 arrests here in the u.s. a teenager has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot students at a san antonio

school and the suspect taken into custody is a cousin of the shooter who killed 21 people at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. his family told police he was planning to boy a uy a gun and a what hayes is cousin did. this news is especially difficult for those who are planning for their children to go back to school in days. >> this is why we fight. it's hard enough as it is to send our remaining children to school because of, you know, reliving may 24 over and over >> the suspect in san antonio is facing multiple charges, including making a terroristic threat in court documents, the teen denied making any threats. several school districts in florida are scrapping ap psych classes over the lgbtq content the course can now be taught on

the condition that it's age and developmentally appropriate. but it's causing uncertainty six districts tell nbc news they still don't plan to offer the course, afraidhey maviolate e don't so severe summer storms still ging rain and flooding to part of the country. angie lassman is tracking where the risk of dangerous weather is the highest. >> good morning, another unsettled day for us in some spots across the country we've got an exiting storm in parts of new england but the next system has worked across parts of the mid section. country yesterday and continues to make its way east today this will bring strong storms to areas basically stretching from the midwest to the southeast as we get into tomorrow this will impact folks from the mid atlantic to the northeast. heavy rain along with the potential for stronger storms. 20 million people today at risk, including places from springfield to memphis, out towards nashville, centering

over st. louis to little rock as well and that means wind gusts, hail, they're all on the table along with a couple tornados possible too. the threat doesn't diminish by tomorrow it will shift farther to the east and impact parts of the carolinas, extending into places like huntsville. we could see repeated rounds of heavy rain o in jackson. shreveport, 100, and dallas partly cloudy and a high of 106. that's a look at the weather, ladies i'll send it back over to you. still to come, tampa's mayor makes a surprising discovery in the atlanticic ocean plus, torylanez leararns how long he'e'll be in j jail. z lea long he'll be in jail. air

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