a history-making mug shot. the picture worth a thousand words, as former president trump

surrenders in georgia on election interference charges. what he's saying now about the 91 charges he's facing across four separate cases. chaos at a california bar after a deadly mass shooting by a former officer, who police say he weighs targeting. severe storms across michigan is threads already unraveling new signs that the early momentum is evaporating for instagram's answer to twitter. >> reporter: there is serious monkey business in florida the sightings keep authorities busy in orange city. "early today" starts right now glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera >> good friday morning, i'm jessica layton new this morning now, a former u.s. president was arrested and booked on criminal charges for the fourth time this year. donald j. trump on thursday

surrendering to authorities in georgia. he became the first u.s. president to have his mug shot taken, an image he is already using to fund raise, as well as promote the message that he is innocent he, for the first time since 2021 he posted on the platform formerly known as twitter adorned with the caption never surrender. jay gray has more. >> reporter: the former president's motorcade pulling through the gates of the fulton county jail, rushing past dozens of supporters outside. >> this is crazy it's sad and i never thought i would see it in my life. >> reporter: mr. trump surrendering to police, facing more than a dozen felony charges, including racketeering and conspiracy for his efforts to overturn results in a 2020 presidential election in georgia. inside the facility, less than 30 minutes, the former president

is read his rights and has an inmate i.d assigned. the photo released publicly, something that wasn't done in three separate indictments earlier this year. >> what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. mr. trump pausing before boarding his private jet, denying the allegations and saying the now-91 charges he faces in four separatecases ar politically motivated. >> they're doing is election interference they're trying to interfere with an election. and we have every right, every single right to challenge an election that we think is dishonest. that we think is very dishonest. >> reporter: which is why mr. trump says he'll plead not guilty during his arraignment, the next legal step in this historic, high-profile case. jay gray, nbc news, atlanta. despite the glaring absence of the race's frontrunner, americans still managed to tune in for wednesday night's republican debate. it brought in more than

12.8 million viewers for fox news and fox business. while the numbers trailed those of the first gop debate in 2015 which pulled in 24 million viewers, the total beat the expectations of many analysts who predicted the absence of former president trump would hurt viewership. now to the mystery surrounding the presumed death of russian warlord yevgeny prigozhin. officials tell nbc news that the leader was assassinated possibly by a bomb planted on board the airplane that he was traveling on still, we don't have solid evidence that prigozhin is actually dead yet. our richard engel has the latest >> reporter: new images show the wreckage of the corporate jet that crashed wednesday outside moscow u.s. officials believe this was likely no accident but the assassination of yevgeny prigozhin, pay back for daring to challenge russian president putin's grip on power in a short-lived mutiny two months

ago. what exactly happened to the plane seen in this video falling out of the sky remains a mystery. two u.s. officials tell nbc news, intelligence gathered so far points to sabotage one official saying that a leading there iory is that an explosive was placed on board, although they can't say with certainty. many suspect putin ordered the hit. [ speaking in a non-english language ] today he said russian investigators need time to learn all the facts. he offered his warm condolences, describing prigozhin as a talented businessman who also made serious mistakes in his life witnesses describe hearing an explosion and seeing the aircra break apart. a wing flew off this man says. >> to knock the wing off the airplane is, that's a really large explosion to do that >> reporter: prigozhin led the wagner group, a mercenary army

that fought in ukraine and props up dictators in africa today its leaders paid tribute to their leader. we have to stay together, he said wagner fighters say they will continue to operate. the russian military and intelligence services have already begun to take over the group. >> richard, thank you. we are learning more details about wednesday's mass shooting in orange county, california the suspected shooter was retired cop, targeting his estranged wife in a biker bar, according to authorities john snowling was shot dead at the scene by several officer after allegedly killing three people and injuring six. our miguel almaguer reports. >> reporter: as the chaos unfolded in 911 calls flooding in, law enforcement sources tell nbc news the gunman, a retired police officer, opened fire inside this historic southern california biker bar, apparently

targeting his estranged wife, killing three. >> i saw two bodies drop >> reporter: with shots fired just after 7:00 p.m., it took officers two minutes to arrive at cook's corner, an orange county venue, popular with families authorities say the shooter identify as retired ventura county police sergeant john snowling was armed with multiple guns >> oh, my god, marie >> reporter: nbc los angeles speaking to a witness who was with the gunman's wife, marie snowling, who was shot in the jaw and survived >> he turns around, and then he starts shooting at me and marie, his wife when i saw people running, i'm like, oh, my god, i got shot at and i didn't die and i better run now before i get killed. >> reporter: with six people hospitalized, investigators say the gunman immediately began firing at arriving officers who killed him in a hail of gunfire. >> all of a sudden you started

hearing gunshots more and people started screaming and running. >> reporter: the scene of chaos and carnage with innocent families in the cross hairs. investigators are poring throughout suspect's life, tan appears he drove from ohio to california with a plan to kill >> miguel, thank you hawaiian electric company is facing another lawsuit, this time from maui company, saying the day of the deadly wildfires the national weather service issued a red flag warning and the destruction could have been avoided if the power had been shut off overnight, maui county released a list of people who are still missing from the fire. it includes 388 people who they have first or last names for, and the contact who reported them missing in south florida, authorities are searching for a suspect who was caught on camera, setting a church on fire thefootage from august 14th

shows the suspected arsonist pouring liquid out of a gas can in oakland park before using a paper towel to light the door on fire officials say the fire caused more than a thousand dollars in damage but the church's pastor says the blaze did not spread to the inside of the building now to ohio where a parking garage northeast of cleveland collapsed, sending two people to the hospital police say the two were inside their cars when the two-storey garage just crumbled search dogs did not find any other people in the rubble the police chief confirmed the garage had been under construction now the city is looking into the exact cause of this collapse a suspected tornado touched down in southern michigan overnight. several cars and trucks flipped on the interstate. this video shows the semi truck collapsed on its side. officials say there are less than ten people hurt but no serious injuries michigan's governor had already declared a state of emergency because of flooding.

the state saw more than an inch of rain per hour and year overnight more than 50 power outages were reported in michigan and ohio. flash flooding and powerful storms stretched from nevada to the midwest. multiple people were swept away in nevada's canals two are still missing. keeping with the weather right now. nbc angie lassman is tracking record heat and humidity >> we do have relief that's going to work its way into the northern tier of the country in the short term aum thanks to the same system you mention tad brought strong storms to the midwest. it will work into the northeast today. there's system we're watching. be aware if you live across the mid atlantic to the northeast. you may need your umbrella we'll see the system slide a little farther to the south and east as we get into tomorrow and the cooler air is behind it. it's going to be noticeable. notice we don't have heat alerts for places like chicago which saw record-breaking temperatures

and heat index values yesterday. st. louis to memphis and new orleans, we'll continue to see really uncomfortable and dangerous conditions through the afternoon hours today. and triple digits once again expected kansas city expects to 101 we look ahead to tomorrow, and thaul h all that heat stretching to the gulf coast memphis, memphis you'll head to 98 degrees. we'll head into the south. 101 for oklahoma city. 106 for shreveport and 103 for jackson. and that's a look at your forecast, ladies, back over to you. the d.o.j. has filed a

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to prove it. our orlando affiliate has more for us >> i'm like, this cannot be possible i'm telling everybody, look, there's a mondkey, a monkey. >> reporter: she is shift manager at this orange city popeye's while making preparations at the drive through window this guy caught her eye she took pictures as the cheeky monkey cruised around, finally hopping over a fence >> he's a smart monkey because he stopped right here and looked over at the traffic and knew not to go that way. >> it's not every day that you hear about a monkey on the loose. >> reporter: they started getting calls friday a half-dozen or more sightings in different parts of the city within a three-mile range or so. apparently, the elusive creature is trying to make a monkey out of them. >> we could send somebody out to that area. no luck. we can't find it and it just kept going on. several days, you know, throughout the several days. >> reporter: restaurant manager

via lobo says the monkey's pretty big >> he liked well-groomed, well maintained he looked healthy. he didn't look like a wild monkey >> reporter: police are asking anyone who sees the monkey to immediately contact them they don't want anyone to approach or engage the animal. >> it could be dangerous and we don't know that so not to get near it. not to feed it >> reporter: police say no one has claimed they lost a pet. the nearest zoo, animal soft sanctuaries have not notified them they're missing an animal so far it's mysterious monkey business >> a cute, 0hungry monkey. >> like she said, he's smart he knew where to go get lunch. >> it's biscuits the london zoo held the

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right now at 5:00, booked and released. for the first time ever, a former u.s. president has a booking photo. we break down what happens next following donald trump's