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following this hour. extreme heat and storms threatening holiday celebrations from california to the east coast as more than 1,000 flight delays frustrate travelers trying to reach friends and family by the fourth of july. also this hour, vladimir putin looking to strengthen ties with china after the public embarrassment of last week's armed rebellion as president zelenskyy argues the pace of ukraine's counteroffensive is not meeting its hopes. more troops occupying the west bank as president netanyahu faces criticism from the united nations. we begin this hour with what's become a record setting run-up to independence day. from busy skies to hectic highways, nearly 51 million americans are expected to travel for july 4th.

friday broke records as the single busiest day in tsa history. extreme weather could slow everything down with millions under severe weather alerts an concerns over strong thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic states and portions of the northern great plains today. all that combined with a blistering heat wave scorching much of the west. joining us, nbc meteorologist michelle grossman and nbc's blayne alexander in marietta, georgia and the founder of the points guy, brian kelly. michelle, first, take it away. tell us what you see about the storm system that's already moving in this afternoon. >> great to see you. it's going to look like more of the same. we're stuck in a pattern where we're seeing repeat days. tracking severe storms for weeks, unusual for this time of year. we have storms already brewing in portions of new england and to the northeast, ohio valley,

also parts of the mid-atlantic. where you see the brighter colors, the reds, the oranges, the yellows, that's where we're seeing heavier downpours. we could see over 3 inches in some spots. this is what it looks like today, 34 million people at risk. we could see winds gusting over 60 miles per hour. that could bring down some trees, also damaging hail. a low tornado threat. it's not zero. notice that. we're still concerned about the chance of a tornado. the severe prediction center just added that to the outlook here. d.c. to richmond, the likeliest chance for really strong storms, especially once we get the daytime heating going and we see the storms blossom. charlotte, you're in it, too. new york city could see strong storms as well. that will create problems later this afternoon into the evening hours. tomorrow 14 million people at risk. the same scenario with winds gusting over 60 miles per hour. you could see hail, a few tornadoes possible as well where

you see the yellow. minneapolis to sioux falls, also salina, that's the likeliest spot for strong storms. we have the storms and also the blistering heat. 36 million people impacted. notice it's across the country, too. sort of coast to coast. the southwest with temperatures soaring today. the pacific northwest, you're under a heat advisory. in the southeast we'll factor in the humidity where it will feel warmer than it actually is. >> michelle, let's talk about climate. even climate deniers have to acknowledge it's getting hotter and hotter, the oceans are getting hotter. we have more storms, earlier storms and they're much more severe. >> i think what we've seen over the past few weeks, a perfect example. storms get stronger and last longer. we're not seeing storms move along. i think of the jet stream almost like a conveyor belt at the grocery store.

what happens with the climate connection, things start to get stuck. there's a traffic -- in the atmosphere there's a traffic block. that's what we're seeing with the area of high pressure, talking about the heat dome in place. temperatures well above normal for this time of year. 10-20 degrees above normal. some spots in the south central states breaking records for weeks. we're seeing that in the southwest. all these stormy conditions, typically we talk about severe weather in may, in april. we're seeing it later and later and in places where we typically don't see the stopping severe weather. in parts of the northeast yesterday we had tornadoes. we'll see this as we go throughout tuesday as well. this is the outlook for july. severe risk throughout the inner mountain west. really heavy rainfall. warmer air holds a lot of 'way too early". when you squeeze the sponge, that's where we get the deluge of water and we're concerned about flash flooding.

>> blayne alexander is in atlanta where temperatures feel like triple digits. what's it like there? >> there's no question that summer is in full swing. if you doubt it, step outside. millions of americans are dealing are record-breaking temperatures. it's not just inconvenient, it's dangerous. between the dangerous heat and severe storms, mother nature is bringing a one-two punch. overnight we saw severe weather hit places in alabama. we've also seen the weather turn deadly, turning trees over including crushing one woman in her car in missouri. we saw the nascar race delayed in chicago over the weekend due to hef zip rain there. all of that combined with the hot sun. keep in mind a number of people are still traveling for the holiday weekend. people are dealing with a growing number of flight delays. in fact, we started the day today with more than 400 delays. think about this, we're seeing more people travel than ever before.

last friday the tsa processed more than 2.9 million travelers. that's the highest number ever in a single day. >> blayne alexander, thanks for the setup. brian kelly, united saying it's giving travelers affected by the disruption 30,000 frequent flier miles. the ceo calling last week one of the most operationally challenging weeks i've experienced in my career. >> there's blame to go all around for sure. certainly the weather is the catalyst for this. the airlines are blaming a lot on the weather, just like southwest did in december during their holiday meltdown. yes, it was weather that precipitated it but their crew scheduling systems went haywire. the airlines need better infrastructure and technology, allowing passengers to get refunds, rebook themselves. if you talk to anyone traveling this past week, it can be almost

impossible to get through to the airlines. they need to invest in technology. certainly the faa -- there's a shortage in faa employees, specifically air traffic controllers. they still manually clear planes for takeoff and landing. the faa has admitted there's a huge shortage. they're trying to hire thousands over the next couple years, but the government audit said recently there really is no plan to fix it. it's really a perfect storm of weather exposing all the weaknesses into the overcrowded system. >> last weekend and the weekend before i was stuck in this perfect storm literally and figuratively. there was a ground stop at all of the d.c. area airports sunday night because of a computer failure. a computer needed to be rebooted. for more than an hour they could not reboot the computer.

>> it's really frustrating. i think my only tips to people these days, with the weather being so extreme, so early on, try to book the first flight out of the day. statistically those go out more in time than in the afternoon. if you're flying to miami or florida in the summer in the afternoon, try not to land in the afternoon where there's almost always thunderstorms that cause ground stops. they'll always err on the side of safety. one other tip, use your frequent flier miles as a backup plan. if you need to get somewhere, you can buy a ticket on one airline, use your miles on a different one for later in the day. if your original flight gets canceled, you can have a backup. if you don't need the backup flight, you can usually cancel and get all your frequent flier miles back for free. it's tough out there for travelers. there are ways to hopefully make it a little bit easier. >> that's a great tip. by the way, i would add houston and dallas and denver to your

weather alerts for the afternoon hours. brian kelly, thank you so much. pressing ahead, as ukraine inches forward with its counteroffensive against russia, nato allies including president biden preparing to meet to discuss how long they will lend their support. that's next when "andrea mitchell reports" is back in just 60 seconds. stay with us. you're watching msnbc. us you're watching msnbc. mmm, popcorn. (alternate voice) denture disaster, darling! we need poligrip before crispy popcorn. (regular voice) let's fix this. (alternate voice) poligrip power hold + seal gives our strongest hold and 5x food seal. if your mouth could talk, it would ask for... poligrip. every day, more dog people, and more vets are deciding it's time for a fresh approach to pet food. they're quitting the kibble. and kicking the cans. and feeding their dogs dog food that's actually well, food. developed with vets. made from real meat and veggies. portioned for your dog. and delivered right to your door.

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hungary. but ukraine's promise that it can join nato after the war is over. joining us is michael mcfaul and retired former deputy commander of the u.s. european can, lieutenant general twitty. how do you judge the counteroffensive at this stage? they acknowledge some victories and say it's slow going. >> good to be with you again. it has been slow going. we must understand this is war. as you look at the south portion of ukraine, the russians are dug in. they have 600 miles of defense, trenches, bunkers, obstacles. that's backed up by a pretty significant defense by the russians. it's going to take a while for the ukrainians to break through. what they're really getting at this point in time is the

reconnaissance efforts from the russians, and they're breaking into the first line defensive belt, pretty much the minefield there. it's going to take a while. it's going to be slow. but i would measure this success in days. i think you're talking about months, perhaps years before they're able to make significant gains here and accomplish the objectives that president zelenskyy has said he wants to accomplish. >> ambassador mcfaul, a nato military officer is saying today we should never underestimate russia's ability to bounce back. from your judgment -- you're such an expert on vladimir putin having faced off against him so many times when you were ambassador there, how do you assess his ability to bounce back after the aborted coup or uprising last weekend and the loss of the wagner group as a

superb fighting force, brutal fighting force we should add? >> putin is much weaker today than he was a week ago. division among your armies when they're threatening to fight each other, that's never a good sign. but we shouldn't overestimate how divided and damaged putin is. he's in charge. i don't see any new threat to him. there won't be a popular uprising against him because he's put all the leaders of that, the democratic forces in jail. he will be able to endure this immediate crisis. remember, andrea, we've talked about it many, many times. i want to underscore again, he is playing for time. he thinks if he can just hold on, fight to a stalemate in ukraine for the next couple years we in the west will lose interest, we will have divides within our countries and say why are we spending all this money there, and that's when he will be able to win in the long run.

that's the game he's playing for now. >> lieutenant general twitty, what do you want to see coming out of this nato summit? the swedish prime minister is coming this week to see the president, obviously blocked by hungary and turkey. finland got in. sweden did not. >> i think top of the agenda will be sweden getting into nato. of course, you just mentioned turkey as well as hungary. they are opposed. i doubt you'll see sweden automatically going in after this summit here. the second piece will be obviously the long-term support for ukraine. i think most in the west thought ukrainians would have made more

headway here with this counteroffensive. i think they need to be prepared as the ambassador just talked about for the long term here. if you think about it, we have three more months and it will start to get winter in ukraine. some progress will have to be made by the ukrainians. i won't look for a long-term victory for a major siege, maybe a cut in the land bridge if that. >> ambassador mcfaul. the "wall street journal" who has access to evan gershkovich's family. his appeal was lost. but they're reporting that ambassador tracy, one of your successors was granted access to him today, the second such visit since he was detained in march on those false charges of spying. how promising is that? consular visits are supposed to be agreed to and they have

blocked them until now. >> that's right. we've had troubles just in the basic ways that we engage with our wrongfully detained americans. so this is a good sign. it's a good sign that the ambassador herself is doing this. i think that sends a signal for how serious the united states government takes this wrongfully detained person, mr. gershkovich. that said, i haven't seen any signs that there's a deal in the making. we've done it in the past and we've done deals before. they've been the right deals in my mind. i hope the administration is finding a way to get him out, but there's nothing in the public domain on this story that has changed that i know of. >> indeed there is not, as far as i can tell. all my reporting is there are private efforts that have so far not met with any success. >> right. >> we can hope for him. he's another innocent, wrongfully detained people as are paul whelan as well as mark

fogel who you knew very well. >> yes. >> ambassador michael mcfaul, lieutenant general steph twitty, thanks to both of you. a pressure point. israeli's prime minister launching raids in palestinian areas in the west bank in jenin, what it all means. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. u're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc.

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the occupied west bank where israeli troops launched their biggest assault against jenin. israel used about 2,000 soldiers, armored vehicles and drone strikes to attack what it said were ill tant enclaves. a spokesperson telling nbc news jenin has been a stronghold of terrorist activity. the palestinian authorities pushing back on that calling the assault war crimes. the u.n. says the scale of israeli attacks is alarming. nbc's josh lederman is following all these developments from london. josh, prime minister netanyahu is under serious pressure from the extreme right -- of an extreme right government supporting expanding israeli settlements beyond any expansion we've seen in decades that i can recall. is the military operation partly a response to that pressure or a response to palestinian resistance? >> that certainly may be a big

factor, andrea. as you point out, not only have the far right members of of netanyahu's coalition been supporting ex-expanding settlements, but putting extreme pressure to put a stop on what they see as violence and terror from palestinians who live in the occupied west bank. we have seen far right ministers in netanyahu's own government saying these pinprick raids are not sufficient. they want to see a full-scale military operation to put an end once and for all to the types of attacks that they have been seeing such as that shooting last week of four israelis in the west bank. now, netanyahu is under pressure including the political situation over his judicial overhaul. clearly he wants to be seen as someone protecting israeli's national security including protecting those jewish settlers who live in the west bank. the israeli military, they say this is about a legitimate

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ron desantis' new line of attack against former president trump is touting the florida governor's anti-transgender policies in an ad released online over the weekend. >> i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens. >> if katelyn jenner were to walk into trump tower and want to use the bathroom, you would be fine for her using any bathroom she chooses. >> that is true. >> in the future can transgender

women compete in miss universe? >> yes. >> make america great again. >> psych! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> joining me now, "usa today" washington bureau chief susan page, co-anchor only far nawaz and former florida congressman carlos curbelo. this has gotten pushback from secretary buttigieg and chris christie. desantis seems focused on making the culture wars a priority. boy, is he all in on that? >> he is indeed all in. it's important to point out that this ad came out at the end of pride month which mr. desantis says shouldn't be a federally

recognized month of celebration. now this is a central part of his republican push for the presidency. remember we're now at a point where it's several months away from any of the earliest votes being cast. but mr. desantis has consistently trailed president trump, even as donald trump faces federal indictment charges. he's doing everything he can to break through, to try to close the gap, in a largely come together primary field. he's doing that by running the the right of former president trump, leaning in to some of the culture war issues and specifically anti lgbtq issues. don't forget this is the governor who signed the so-called don't say gay law into action. in florida he signed a bill targeting drag shows in florida. he had to have a federal judge step in to block portions of his ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

this is an issue we're seeing him lean more heavily into, a number of remember republican candidates as well. it's something resonating with republican voters. we've seen support for things like same-sex marriages and trans rights back sliding, the first time we've seen that backslide in years. >> this is the first time i've seen a political ad featuring the late barbara walters who passed away. there's a tasteless factor here as well. we haven't seen the response from donald trump. >> one thing we should note, it starts with an ad from donald trump where he's vowing to protect lesbian and gay americans. he was speaking in the wake of the pulse nightclub mass shooting which left 49 people dead in florida, in governor desantis' home state. it seems to me that also raises

some questions. i suspect that what governor desantis wanted to get with this ad was attention and maybe some outrage and maybe a response from donald trump. he has certainly gotten the first two. >> so maybe to that point we shouldn't have played it, but it is -- in this early stages of the primary season, it's important to let people know exactly what they're dealing with when they vote for what they think is an alternative to donald trump. congressman curbelo, these two floridians are dominating the primary. ron desantis can't seem to gain enough ground with republican voters. in fact, he's lost ground since he went out to iowa and started campaigning. >> andrea, ron desantis doesn't seem to be running the the right of donald trump, he seems to be running beneath donald trump. he's attacking donald trump for saying that gay people should be treated fairly and equally. i can tell you i've had a lot of

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2024 -- 2022 midterms i should say. >> on some of these big issues, it's at odds with the court of public opinion. the court doesn't have to follow the polls. in any case, on abortion, on the student loan issue, on some of these other big questions, the court is rejecting protections and policies that have been popular with americans. one issue in which the court is in line with the public opinion is affirmative action, eliminating the use of racial preferences at elite colleges. that's something we've seen polling about since that decision came out. we found out that americans like that decision, agree with that policy. on some of the other issues, the court isn't where the biden administration and most americans are. >> congressman, what does

speaker mccarthy do and leader mcconnell to try to avoid the pitfalls of 2022 and getting kaurt in a squeeze play between some really unelectable trump nominees? >> well, particularly speaker mccarthy is in an impossible position. we saw him last week backtrack after admitting that donald trump may not be the best choice for republicans in next year's elections. you saw him quickly backtrack because he has such a slim margin. it's going to be up to the field of republican candidates in the primary, andrea, to take this case to gop primary voters and explain to them that donald trump and his movement, sure, might be popular among republicans, but for three elections in a row now we've seen that movement be rejected in swing states and swing districts all across the country. if republicans want to succeed, if they want to win back the

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right now the air quality conditions are improving from the midwest to the northeast. on friday four out of five cities with the worst air quality in the world were in north america. new york ranking second. this dangerous air is caused by smoke from the continuing historic wildfires raging in canada. "the new york times" is reporting that this smoke is not only a problem for us, it's even been making its way across the atlantic now, reaching southern europe and the british isles before curling the the north and the east. joining me is presidential distinguished professor, director of the center for science, sustainability and media at the utilities of pennsylvania, dr. michael mann. he has a new book coming out in september entitled "our fragile moment." michael mann, how is climate change impacting these wildfires, the smoke and the way we're all reacting to them?

>> thanks, andrea. good to be with you. it's unfortunate, though, to be talking about these experiences we're having here which really are a direct manifestation of the human-caused warming of the planet, human-caused climate change. extreme weather events happen, the carbon pollution we're putting into the atmosphere, it's warming up the atmosphere, putting more energy into the atmosphere. we're baking the soil in the summer. the atmosphere is more moisture. when it does rain, you get more flooding events. when you get the summer drought which has been worsened, combined with the worsened heat, you put those two ingredients together and you get the wildfires we're seeing not only in the western u.s. where we're used to seeing them, but all the way back east in eastern canada and central canada. for me it's reminiscent of 2020 when i was in australia now known as the black summer where

they experienced unprecedented wildfires that literally broke out across the continent because of the unprecedented heat and drought they were experiences. i remember the smell, the smell of the wildfire smoke outside the apartment i was staying in in sydney. i experienced that same smell here in pennsylvania just a couple weeks ago because of the wildfire smoke that was reaching us here back east. in fact, philadelphia at one point had just about the worst air quality in the world. >> i was there that day, as a matter of fact, so i can attest to that. how much does the change in claim mat not only affect increased wildfires, but also the way that smoke is captured under the ozone layer and makes it worse. >> earlier, your meteorologist, michelle grossman i think was

her name, did a really nice job in sort of weighing out the way that climate change is impacting all of this. one of the more subtle impacts, but an important one and one that we've studied is the way it's sort of slowing down the jet stream. the jet stream is always weaker in the summer because it's driven by the temperature contrast between the lower latitudes in the arctic. it's smaller in summer because the arctic warms up a bit. the lower latitudes don't warm up as much. global warming, human-caused warming is making that difference smaller, it's weakening the jet stream even further. under certain circumstances, it gets stuck in certain places. the high and low pressure centers get stuck in place and become amplified. that's when we see those record wildfires, the heat, the drought, the wildfires or exceptional rainfall and flooding. so this is one extra ingredient. it's an ingredient that the

models aren't doing a great job capturing. in some ways the climate models we use to predict all this may be underestimating some of these very significant impacts, including these extreme weather events, the changed atmospheric wind pat turns that bring all that smoke from canada down here into the eastern u.s., all of that is being impacted by climate change, sometimes in fairly subtle ways. >> you just explained for me why flight times from west to east are not as rapid as they used to be in the past. does canada have a different way of treating wildfires or fighting them than the u.s. model? >> well, you know, i think they use the same sorts of fire prevention, fire suppression methods. but one of the things in canada, you have some of these regions that are just so remote. we have remote regions here in the united states, but even more so once you get into canada,

huge, open expanses of land. it's hard to get all the infrastructure out there to deal with the wild fierce. that's part of what's going on. some of these wildfires are very hard to reach. to the extent we might be able to try to manage them, it's more of a challenge and they continue on and we feel that down here in the lower 48 with that wildfire smoke that we smell and we see. >> michael mann, you're an incredible resource, thank you so much for coming. we do appreciate it. happy fourth to you. it's been ten years since the yarnell fire killed firefighters in prescott, arizona. firefighters are using lessons learned to fight fires more safely in the u.s. nbc's lindsey reiser has more. >> reporter: ten years ago, prescott, arizona, a small city

90 minutes north of phoenix became known for what it lost. 19 granite mountain hotshots died while fighting the yarnell fire south of prescott. >> you remember every detail of what you wore that day, to what you were doing the second you found out. >> reporter: alicia moffett was engaged to 22-year-old wade parker. they were called to fight an explosive fire threatening homes in nearby yarnell, spinning out flames as high as 20 feet. the crew lost communication and left their safe zone. trapping the hotshots, they were forced to deploy emergency shelters. all but the lone lookout perished. >> i went from planning our wedding that was going to be two months from them to literally planning his funeral and trying to attend 18 other funerals on top of that. >> reporter: it is still the deadliest u.s. wildfire in 80 years and the largest loss of

firefighters' lives since september 11th. >> we recognize when you lose a quarter of your department, what that means on a human level is completely different. >> reporter: the prescott fire chief says due in part to this disaster, their approach to how they fight fire is changed. >> we don't deploy a bunch of firefighters to the tip of the hane when the hane comes. we wait for the hane to come through and we rescue people after that. >> reporter: with fires burning hotter, faster and becoming more and learning to live with the dangers of wildfires. >> we can't succeed, we're going to step back and find a better approach. a better strategy, and our highest priority is life safety, firefighter and public safety. >> reporter: technology has advanced. communication and fire tracking have also improved fires personnel tell us and now departments like prescott are

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and now to a terrifying moment at a north carolina amusement park when a big crack appeared on a roller coaster on the support beam and it was caught on camera. thankfully no one was hurt. there are new questions about safety conditions at the park. here's nbc's emilie ikeda. >> hey there, luckily no one was hurt, and the right called fury 325 is shut down indefinitely with the state department of labor on the ground with north carolina to begin the investigation. the closure of the ride that sends guests soaring 325 feet in the eye turns as tens of millions of americans turn to

amusement parks for summer fun. new questions swirling about safety after this alarming video of a giant crack in a roller coaster support beam, causing it to shift outwards. jeremy who took the video was shocked by what he saw. >> i'm like, i can see light through it. i'm not an energy, but that's not good. >> wagner whose family had just ridden the coaster told park security and the fire marshal and the ride was shut down indefinitely. >> carowinds writing in a statement, safety is our top priority. >> it makes me second guess getting on roller coaster now. >> fury 325 is one of the premiere attracts, the tallest, fastest, giga coaster in america

that crosses the north and south carolina border. this video a week earlier appears sho show the crack starting to form. the coaster has been operating since 2015, and carowinds says fury 325 and all of its rides undergo daily inspections. >> how did it get to this point, and people are on that ride. >> reporter: it's putting the spotlight on ride safety. last year, missouri 14-year-old, tyrese sampson fell out of a drop tower seat and died at orlando's icon park. despite the harrowing incident, president of premiere rides says safety measures are rigorous. >> the same types of tools that are used in aerospace engineering are used in the theme park industry. >> for jeremy wagner, he says his family won't be worried to get bang on fury 325 when it's fixed. >> i would like to think that there are safety protocols and fixing the issue would be secure enough. >> reporter: carowinds did not say what might have cause the

crack in the beam or how inspection may have missed it, but they did say their rides, including fury 325 undergo daily inspections. nbc news also reached out to carowinds about the photo taken in late june. they did not directly address it. charlotte police say they are confident in carowinds commitment to safety. back to you. >> our thanks to emilie ikeda for that. that's pretty shocking. remember to follow us online, on facebook, and on twitter @mitchellreports, before we go ahead of the july 4th holiday, a word of appreciation from the family of john mccain. the senator's younger son, marine veteran of iraq and afghanistan reminding americans of his father's poignant words back in 2017 when john mccain said i encourage all citizens to take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by the millions of men and women that have given their lives to guarantee the liberty we celebrate this

holiday, and to america's active duty, reservists and guardsmen, as well as our veterans, thank you for the answering the nation's call to serve. your bravery, sacrifice and service makes us free. thanks to you for watching us today. i'm going to take tomorrow off to be with family and friends at our traditional neighborhood parade. i'll see you on wednesday. and lindsey reiser picks up our coverage right now. good to be with you. i'm lindsey reiser, 34 million people are under storm watches across the country today. how does that impact your july 4th plans. plus, police in baltimore are still searching for at least two suspects after a deadly shooting at a block party. we'll bring you the latest in that investigation. in israel, a major military operation in the west bank left at least eight people dead and 50 others wounded. what israeli officials are saying about their use of drone strikes coming up.