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pill sets the stage for a supreme court showdown it's been one year since president biden signed the inflation reduction act. we look at the economic impact of his signature legislation so far, and we hear what the average american thinks about it >> m not so lucky britney spears and her husband call it quits after a year of emerge hatching a plan to save hundreds of baby sea turtles "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm jessica layton >> >> glad you could be with us early. we want to begin in hawaii where the scale of the loss is hard to understand the painstaking search through the ruins is still in the early

stages miguel almaguer was given rare access to the burn area. >> reporter: in the midst of so much ruin, this is where the search for closure begins. fema slowly scouring the burn zone, a debris field that's also hallowed ground. >> respectful, you know, because these, these are somebody's family >> reporter: having searched only a fraction of the fire's footprint. there's just endless amount of debris to go through >> it's incredible >> reporter: nbc news was given rare access to where cadaver dogs and recovery teams are working to collect the remains of the victims from every direction and angle, you can see the true scope of the damage this is what authorities are sifting through every day. the fire came through here at 80 miles per hour they need to search every building and home before they can say their job here is complete so far more than 100 bodies have been recovered some fear hundreds more could

still be here. >> this is apocalyptic it's terrible. and it moved so fast that people couldn't get out of the way. >> reporter: the fire was so intense it incinerated vehicles and homes in a matter of minutes. this area has been deemed safe but these are some of the health hazards authorities have to deal with, as they search for the missing. among the countless stories of the missing, the search for 98-year-old louise, her grandson clifford waiting for word. >> sorry, grandma. hope i see you again >> reporter: that heartbreak is why the search here is so important. so many families are waiting for answers from the ashes miguel almaguer, nbc news, lahaina, maui. >> evacuation orders are still in place in nevada county, california, where a small fire

erupted in a rural area just across the border from reno. officials believe it may be one of many small blazes that began because of lightning strikes as of last night the fire was only about 5% contained, and a nearby town was still threatened a federal court in new orleans on wednesday upheld parts of an earlier ruling out of texas on the availability of a widely-used abortion medication while the drug will be able to remain on store shelves, the fight over its legality is likely headed to the supreme court. we go to chris pollone in washington explain the decision by these judges on this vital issue >> reporter: yeah, frances, good morning. the bottom line on this is exactly what you just said the widely-used abortion drug mifepristone will remain on store shelves in the states where it is legal for now. and ultimately, the supreme court will have to get involved to decide whether it can remain on shelves all together. in april, a texas judge overruled the approval of the

mifepristone, agreeing with anti-abortion groups who contend the fda did not properly assess the drug's safety. the supreme court quickly issued a stay on that order, allowing the drug to remain on the market now a panel of judges upheld parts of the texas judge's ruling the department of justice said it would appeal the latest ruling and added the department strongly disagrees with the fifth circuit's decisions decisn the court's next term begins in october. >> a highly-charged topic to come to take on. thank you so much. the georgia district attorney prosecuting former president donald trump for alleged election interference is proposing that his trial begin on march 4th that would put it in the heat of

the presidential primary season, just one day before super tuesday. but many legal experts say a trial in this case is unlikely to happen before the 2020 election the u.s. has condemned a russian attack on ukrainian grain infrastructure the state department spokesman called it unacceptable and said putin doesn't care about global food security. he called on russia to rejoin the black sea grain initiative to permit the export of kr ukrainian grain. good morning, josh what do we know about the most recent strikes >> reporter: these strikes, according to ukraine, targeted ukrainian port infrastructure and grain silos alons along the

youtubdanube river. more more for more than a year now, ports have been blockade by russia the only ships getting out were those that fell under the black sea agreement. now russia has pulled out of that deal, and so the only option is for ukraine to export through a few ports along the dan y danube river they have sent the first ship out through what they are calling a humanitarian corridor. they are essentially saying, we are going to create theis narro shipping lane to send ships out that have been blockaded out and they're only for humanitarian purposes, not carrying military cargo, but russians have not agreed to allow those ships safe passage. there's a lot of concern whether those ships are going to be safe the first ship, flagged to hong kong carrying some 30 metric tons of grain. >> we've learned of sanctions

targeting arms deals between russia and north korea what can you tell busus about t? >> reporter: that's right. they are tied to the same slovakian national who was previously sanctioned bit u.s. government these were essentially acting as middle men between the russians and the north koreans, where the russians would be able to buy more than a dozen types of arms, deadly weaponry and munitions in exchange for goods that they would provide the north koreans, and it shows how the u.s. is really trying to choke off russia's ability to turn to the few friends it has left around the world. namely countries like north korea and iran to buy the weaponry that it needs to continue to fight the war in ukraine. because weigh know russia's sto of weapons and munitions have been badly depleted. they're trying to buy as such of it from anyone they k thcan.

the u.s. hoping to cut that off. >> solidifying relationships between allies of the countries there. josh, thank you u the founder of hillsong church has been found not guilty brian houston faced a potential five-year prison sentence, accused of covering up child sex crimes committed by his late father frank they said he a reasonable excuse for not reporting the abuse, believing the victims did not want the crime reported. houston told reporters he felt genuine sadness for his father's victims. some storms are brewing and one in particular is heading toward the california coast. angie lassman is tracking tropical storm hilary for us >> it's quite active in parts of the eastern pacific. we're track thunderstorms in the great lakes and midwest. we'll see mainly heavy rain and

gusty winds be the potential for us but it could impact folks with slow-moving storms for areas across the northeast and new england. now, talking about the pacific you mentioned it we've got tropical storm hilary with winds at 50 miles per hour. this is expected to become a major hurricane in the short term we're looking at potentially a category 3 by the time we get into friday. as we get into saturday, sunday and next week we could see moisture being pushed into parts of baja, california region that means southern california could see additional rainfall for folks there. that will be something we have to watch through at least the weekend and getting into early next week. a couple of things we'll have to watch h partly

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