right now on "ana cabrera reports," grinding to a halt, something we haven't seen since 1960 when marilyn monroe was still in films, and spartacus was in theaters across america, both hollywood actors and writers are on strike. the leader of the actor's union fran drescher bet known as the nanny channelling the anger of her members. >> so the jig is up amptb. we stand tall.

you have to wake up and smell the coffee. >> what they're demanding, the response from the studios, and what it means for the entertainment you were looking forward to this year. plus, it's been so hot on the pavement out west, you could literally sere food. millions under threat from extreme heat today. we're in phoenix where it could be the hottest week ever. and has a serial killer been caught after a string of murders more than a decade ago on a long island beach. what our investigators team is learning about the suspect now in custody. it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, i'm lindsey reiser in for ana cabrera. hollywood movie sets and television studios are going dark. failed contract negotiations with the major studios. let's bring in nbc news correspondent dana griffin from

outside headquarters where picket lines have already formed this morning, and nbc news entertainment contributor chris witherspoon. comcast is a member of the alliance of motion picture and television producers, they've been in negotiations with the union for actors, and the organization released a statement on the strike saying, quote, we are deeply disappointed that sag-aftra has decided to walk away from negotiations. had is the union's choice, not ours. rather than continuing to negotiate, sag-aftra has put us on a course that will deepen the financial hardship for thousands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods. that's obviously what the studios and producers are saying. what are the actors saying? >> reporter: so they say that they want fair pay and they want a bigger piece of the pie. you know, there has been an upheaval in the entertainment industry, one, they're still reeling from the pandemic, and you've got the addition of streaming, which has really changed the way they get paid. when you think about the nework pay they're used to getting higher residuals because their

shows -- there's more episodes and their shows are in syndication or they keep running. but for streaming, they don't have a way to calculate how many views they're getting per show, so they're just getting a flat rate fee. they want to make sure they're getting what they're owed. they feel like the studios and ceos are making millions of dollars, and they're left with nothing. and yesterday, fran drescher gave a passionate and fiery speech during their press conference once they announced the strike. listen. >> i am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. i cannot believe it quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things, how they plead poverty, that they're losing money left and right when giving hundreds of millions of dollars

to their ceos. >> reporter: now, the actors have asked for several things including an increase in those minimum rates for streaming. they want protections against ai and the studios put out a list. they responded to that conference, put out a list of things that they said they offered during the negotiations including a ground breaking protection plan against ai, but the actors said it's just not good enough. lindsey. >> and we're talking about ai, these actors worried about productions using their likeness without their permission. we're a long way removed from the last time actors joined screen writers to strike, that was 1960. ronald reagan was head of the actor's union. what is the significance here of both integral players in tv and film striking at the same time? >> well, i mean, in the past 70 days with the writers striking about 80% of hollywood was shut down. now we're at 100% blackout. you think about the 11,000 writers that were striking, you

know, the sag-aftra striking, that's 160,000 actors. just to be clear, these are the biggest names in hollywood. these are faces we all grew up knowing and recognizing. i think them putting a face to the cause and i think that fran drescher did an incredible job. we know her as the nanny, but she was nothing but the nanny and she was a superhero yesterday when she was on that stage and speaking from the heart about how had is so much bigger than just entertainment. what's going to happen in holly wood, the use of ai and this technology this could trickle down to our everyday lives, how we get our coffee and bagels in the morning. seeing those big faces striking this weekend. the cast of oppenheimer on the red carpet yesterday, two days ago actually said matt damon, emily blunt, they all plan to strike. they're going to be out there picketing. >> and chris, we actually have some of the interviews from that event, that walkout that you were talking about. let's go ahead and play that.

>> everything was all set up. so we said let's just do it, and then if they call a strike, we'll go home. >> it's a huge deal for me to be here. it's also a huge deal for me to be in lock step with all of my peers and guild and every other guild that matters, both can matter at the same time. >> we're very much the face of the acting world in this moment right here, so we have to be -- if it's going to work at all, we have to be part of it. >> these a-listers are using their platform here, but chris, you and i have been talking about these major movie premiers what feels like all spring and summer. how will this strike impact that? >> oppenheimer comes out next week, $100 billion production bucket, the marketing budget, $100 billion. they spend big getting these stars on the red carpet, going on the morning shows. no more morning show interviews on the "today" show or "good morning americas" of the world. the barbie film also comes out next week. oppenheimer and barbie, but all

those promos are going to stop, and also the other films that are scheduled to come out this summer and fall, we will see no promos, and those marketing budgets, who knows what's going to happen to them. >> dana griffin and chris wither soon, thank you so much for starting us off. the heat dome from coast to coast keeping temperatures at dangerous highs. heat alerts are in effect for more than 80 million people in 15 states, from oregon to south florida. this prolonged heat wave is threatening all time records in arizona, nevada, california, where death valley could reach more than 130 degrees on sunday. that would be the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth. joining us now from phoenix, which has already logged 13 straight days above 110 degrees is nbc news correspondent marissa parra. also with us is meteorologist angie lassman. i grew up in phoenix. in the summer i'm used to putting a tray of cookie dough out on the dash and seeing how

quickly it bakes or the metal on that seat belt singing your skin. what we're talking about is different. >> it's no secret, phoenix is hot. everyone who lives here told me they expect it to get hot in the summer. there's a reason why there are schools called the sun devils. this is a place that knows its heat. but when i speak to people who work at places like a salvation army, what they're saying is they're seeing this starting earlier where they're having to extend their hours for their cooling shelters. having to open it up on the weekends. they're doing that sooner than they're used to, and they're putting in that overtime for such a long stretch of time that they haven't seen in a while. i mean, we're talking about 13 days of these record high temps and more records just keep getting broken. so the thing to remember, we all know how dangerous this can get. we've seen those mountain rescues from several weeks ago, as a result of people that were trying to push themselves, taking to the trails during this intense heat, and also those

deaths related to people who were inside of their cars. that was in other places around the country, but specifically here in phoenix, since july 6th the phoenix fire department where we're standing inside of right now said they've seen 260 heat-related calls. and the thing is they believe that number may be higher because sometimes those symptoms of heat-related exposure can be a little deceiving. they've been putting in so much overtime, all of these people who are taking to the streets. we have the salvation army volunteer groups taking to the streets to make sure those vulnerable communities are getting the water they need. lindsey, two more things before i let you go here. it wasn't until 2:00 a.m. that the temperatures dipped below 100 degrees. they hit another daily record yesterday with 114, and there's no relief in immediate sight because it's only expected to get hotter this weekend. >> right, i mean, those acs just working constantly, and those bills, hundreds of dollars for people. you and your crew, thank you. you guys get into the ac.

angie, break down what we could see today and the weekend. >> i wish i had some news of relief in sight for folks in southwest. we're dealing with really warm temperatures that have prompted these heat alerts, new orleans, dallas, phoenix, las vegas, and stretching into parts of the pacific northwest. portland, medford included in these alerts that we will see last through the extended periods. let's talk about the temperatures, we of course when we talk southeast are dealing with humidity. those feels-like temperatures are what's really important. what it feels like when you're outdoors. new orleans this afternoon, 111 for what it feels like. 105 in tampa, 105 in jacksonville, your feels like in myrtle beach. no alerts there, it doesn't feel great if it feels like 100 degrees outside, right? we look ahead to tomorrow, not much change, more of the same. houston heads to 101 for the actual temperature. your feels-like temperature will hit 110 degrees, corpus christi will feel like 116, and it stays

like this, very summer-like in those same areas through the extended period, through saturday, sunday and into early next week. now we move to the southwest where these temperatures are just ridiculous, phoenix heads friday 116 this afternoon, saturday even warmer, 117 and it stays that way for sunday afternoon as well. tucson, 110 about for saturday and sunday plans. palm springs will get to 121 on saturday and sunday, and las vegas will head to 117. these temperatures unfortunately, lindsey, they don't get any better. we could see death valley hit top five for a global record if it does make it to 130 degrees by sunday. so in phoenix, they are shutting down some of the hiking trails during the hottest part of the day. in greece, they're shutting down the acropolis, southern europe is also sweltering under a fierce heat wave, and officials there are trying to keep people cool. the european heat wave is named after the mythical three headed monster that guards the underworld. weather alerts are in place in

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long island, new york, where police have arrested a suspect in a more than decade old serial killer investigation, according to a law enforcement official and two government officials, a suspect is in custody in the so-called go go beach murders. 11 sets of human remains have been found along a stretch of highway in the area after police began searching for a missing 24-year-old in 2010. nbc news correspondent emilie ikeda is with me now. what more do we know about the suspect in this case? >> this moment years in the making. just in the last matter of minutes, we're learning from four senior law enforcement officials the identity of the suspect in the gilgo beach murders. he's being identified as rex herman. law enforcement on the grounds of his home in massapequa park area swarming that area throughout the day. the d.a.'s office describing it as a significant development in the case. it's coming just over a year after we saw this multiagency task force form to, quote, reinvigorate the investigation into a case that has confounded long island police and really

the country, a national spotlight on this just absolutely tragic case with so many unanswered questions. as you mentioned, a string of bodies found along suffolk county, human remains belonging to 11 different people. for those in the area, they'll remember the sweeping search efforts as you're seeing through that beachy brush for a long period of time. those stunning discoveries really coming after police began searching for 24-year-old sex worker shannon gilbert back in 2010. this morning, again, police on the ground in massapequa park, the home to rex herman according to sources. neighbors say they didn't notice anything out of the ordinary about the suspect. take a listen here. >> we've been here for about 30 years, and the guy's been quiet, never really bothers anybody. we were kind of shocked to tell you the truth. >> the guy, he keeps to himself. he pretty much keeps to himself.

we'd say hello to each other once in a while, that was it. morning pleasantries. >> and we should learn more information at 4:00 p.m. today. the news conference is scheduled on long island, and a host of officials will be on the ground there including the district attorney, police commissioner, sheriff, state police and fbi after this major break in a case that has, again, confounded police and authorities for more than a decade and attracted national spotlight. >> wow, we will stay tuned for more information at that press conference, emilie ikeda, thank you. next, ron desantis is on the trail this morning, and we just got our hands on a confidential desantis campaign memo. how the florida governor's team is trying to reassure his donors as his 2024 campaign sputters. the new fallout from donald trump's feud with iowa's governor. iowa's governor

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they've largely been closely coordinating operations with the democratic national committee. that allows them to spend very little and so that's a significant war chest for the president and an important show of strength for the president at a time when a lot of democrats are nervous about how he'll fare in the re-election based on his low approval ratings and his age. looking at some of these other numbers, 30% of the donor to his campaign so far are new. in other words, these are people who did not give to his 2020 campaign. it's important to keep expanding that universe of donors so that you can continue to go back to them and raise more small dollar amounts. the campaign also saying the average contribution is $39 and that 97% of the donations came from contributions under $200. we know how important the small checks are, just as important, though, big checks because of the joint fund-raising operation the president has with the dnc, individual donors can give up to $928,000. that's also helped pad that number. >> okay, mike memoli, thank you for that update.

this afternoon in iowa, a district judge will hear arguments about whether to temporarily block the state's new restrictive six-week abortion ban. the bill passed the state legislature earlier this week after a marathon special session called by iowa's governor kim reynolds. it's supposed to go into effect after governor reynolds signs the bill this afternoon at the family leaders summit in des moines. that event is billed as the largest gathering of christians in the midwest. and iowa's governor isn't the only big name at that summit. six presidential hopefuls are scheduled to speak there too. the one big no-show, gop front runner former president trump who's been feuding with governor reynolds. nbc's correspondent dasha burns joins us from des moines, iowa. also with us republican strategist rick tyler, and alencia johnson. dasha, what are you expecting to hear from the candidates today? >> reporter: the organizers are calling this the official, unofficial kickoff of iowa

caucus season. this event comes just about exactly six months to the day of the iowa caucus's january 15th. we now have that date, and it is going to come up on us very, very quickly, and that notable absence of donald trump presents an opportunity for these other candidates, ron desantis, nikki haley, tim scott and the others to boost their message to this very critical demographic. iowa's evangelical voters can have a massive impact on what happens here, and iowa is going to be especially important this time around. it always is, lindsey, but especially now because of the trump factor. take a listen to what bob van der plat who's running this event here and who's a really critical political and evangelical leader here told me about why iowa is especially important this year. listen. >> iowa is basically make or break for a lot of candidates and i think ron desantis as well. if you can beat president trump here, i think it changes the narrative, and it will be game

on to the nomination. if president trump wins here, i just don't know how you're going to stop him. >> reporter: tucker carlson on the stage behind me. he's going to be interviewing the contenders, it will be interesting to see how they differentiate themselves. ron desantis still the name that comes up most often, but a lot of these other folks are going to try to really get their message across to the voters. >> former president trump is starting to see some fallout from his feud with governor reynolds. state senator jeff likeman said he's endorsing desantis. do you think this is the start of something bigger in iowa? >> remains to be seen. bob vander plaats put together the most iowa caucus goer in one sitting this time of the year.

it's foolish not to attend this event. it's a great opportunity to talk to the most iowa caucus goers at one sitting possible. and donald trump has had sort of an on again, off again relationship with evangelicals, especially the pro-life community because he blames the 2022 failure, which was his failure, for the republicans losing elections on the dobbs decision, and that has alienated a lot of pro-life republicans who make up a large majority of the people who would be in the audience and the majority of people who will go and vote in the iowa caucuses. >> alencia, nbc news has obtained a confidential desantis campaign memo showing his team is trying to reassure donors amid struggles to make headway in the polls here. the memo saying in part, early state voters are only softly committed to the candidates they select on a ballot question this far out, including many trump supporters. adding later trump and desantis

remain the only viable options for two-thirds of the likely republican primary electorate. i mean, is it normal to send out this kind of memo, or does it show his team's really worried? >> i think it is showing that the team is very worried, but this is what you do to ensure that you are reassuring your supporters and your donors. he has had a significant moderate success when it comes to fund-raising, but he wants to make sure that people are still supporting him and bolstering the work that he is trying to do in iowa and new hampshire. i mean, there was a report that said he has about 39 iowa lawmakers that have endorsed him. the interesting thing in that memo is that he leans into being the leader of this culture war in the country. that was above the economy, above any policy. these culture wars, attacking people -- attacking women's decisions for their pregnancies,

attacking the lgbtq community, what he's actually doing here is setting himself in the republican primary but maing a very hard case for people to support him in the general election, which i'm sure a lot of republican voters are looking at someone who can actually beat joe biden. and to be honest, the further right that you go, the harder it is. >> rick, as we look at live pictures here of ron desantis talking at a campaign event here in fort dodge, iowa, one desantis aligned operative said, quote, from my understanding, if we don't see a bump in the polls, we are basically going to shut down the idea of a national operation. i mean, how crucial are these early stages for desantis? >> yeah, critical, and here's the context. what normally happens is you have an establishment candidate. there is an establishment candidate this time, this will be news to donald trump. it's him. he's the establishment candidate. he will have enough money to raise in the outlier states up

and through the super tuesday march 5th primary, and what the rest of the field tries to do usually is try to be the conservative alternative to the establishment candidate. that sometimes works with ronald reagan and sometimes doesn't work with say mitt romney. the failure of the nonestablishment candidate comes when they have to piecemeal together the first state so iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, and nevada. even if they are successful there, if they're not able to convert and raise enough money this that short period of time until super tuesday, they will lose massive momentum and it will be very difficult for them to catch up. so that's the big challenge. by admitting that they're not going to have a national campaign, that is very bad news for ron desantis. >> all right, rick tyler, and alencia johnson, we'll have to leave it there. new developments in special

counsel jack smith's january 6th investigation. "the new york times" reports that jared kushner, donald trump's son-in-law and a former senior adviser, is among those who met with federal prosecutors in recent weeks. the times reports that kushner was specifically asked if trump had privately acknowledged that he lost the 2020 election. we're also learning smith's team is pushing back on trump's efforts to delay his trial in the classified documents case until after the 2024 election. let's bring in former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official chuck rosenberg. i want to get to the classified documents case in a moment, but first on kushner's meeting with prosecutors, chuck, what do they want to know from kushner, and why is zeroing in on whether trump privately acknowledged losing, why is that so crucial in a legal case? >> well, sure. great questions, lindsey. so if you want to know what someone knows, you can listen to what they say but with mr. trump, of course, that's proved unreliable because much of what

he says publicly is unreliable. or you can try and discern what he said privately. if i want to know what you know, lindsey, i could talk with the people on set before the segment air. what did lindsey say right before we went on air. what did you tell her? what they told you is also evidence of what you know, what you said to them privately is evidence of what you know, and if you're bringing a criminal case against mr. trump, for instance, you have to prove intent. if he knew he lost and he said that privately over and over to many different people ask those people come into the grand jury and repeat that, that is wonderful evidence, compelling evidence of his knowledge and his intent, if prosecutors are going to go forward, they need to be able to prove intent, so talking to people around him is the best way to do that. >> i appreciate the example, let's move to the classified documents case, trump's lawyers have tried to argue that the time line for the trial would be what they call unreasonable,

telling, and result in a miscarriage of justice. but in rejecting the delay, prosecutors cited the speedy trial act of 1974 that trial should be set at the earliest practical time. how important is it to stick to the time line here? >> well, first let me just give you some context. the speedy trial act is a statute as you acknowledge. it's also found in the u.s. constitution, and both sides, not just the defendant, not just the government, have the right to a speedy trial. the government knows that its case doesn't get better with age. it's not like a fine wine that ages well. government cases, events, witnesses don't get better with age. and so they want to adhere to the speedy trial act and try the case as soon as practicable. that's really important to the government. and by the way, i've read their pleadings. i think they're exactly right. there's no reason to push this particular trial past the election.

it's not an inordinately complex case. there are not all that many documents involved. the classified document portion of the case is a bit cumbersome, but a good judge, and i hope we have one here, can work through that expeditiously. there's no reason to delay this trial past the election. why would mr. trump want to do that, lindsey? maybe he wins the presidency again and maybe he shuts down the investigation or some other republican wins and mr. trump is hoping for a pardon. i understand why he wants to delay it, but both the speedy trial act and prudence dictate that it be held as soon as possible sfwr practicable, that's a tongue twister. chuck rosenberg, thank you. up next, the list of republican amendments on issues like abortion and transgender health that have put a critical defense bill in jeopardy. and a republican congressman immediately rebuked by the former head of the congress congressional black caucus after using a slur on the house floor. . i'm a veteran of 23 years.

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we are watching the house floor where we're close to a final vote on a critical national defense bill that could have a hard time getting through the senate after house republicans pushed through a series of controversial amendments. the amendments touch on so-called culture war issues like diverity and inclusion training, transgender health care and the pentagon's abortion policy. that policy has become under intense scrutiny because of republican senator tommy tuberville who has single handedly blocked more than 270 military promotions over his objection to that policy. president biden commented on the senator's blockade yesterday calling tuberville's actions totally irresponsible. >> the idea that we're injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what, in fact, is a domestic social debate on social issues is bizarre, and it's just totally irresponsible in my

view. >> joining us right now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. walk us through where this defense bill stands today. >> reporter: yeah, it's a busy friday here to cap off the week on capitol hill. you've got of course the house moving through the process, trying to vote on this national defense authorization act. we'll see if they actually have the votes to pass that, maybe towards the end of the hour. and then at the same time, you see in this ndaa a version of the house supporting what senator tuberville is doing right now, which is blocking these military promotions until the pentagon changes its policy of providing funds and support for people trying to act as abortion care, especially if they're stationed in a state where they would have to leave that state to access the abortion care that they're seeking. of course, tuberville has been vehement that he's going to continue this blockade until the policy is changed. yesterday, though, of course he met with the head of the pentagon, secretary lloyd austin. that's a conversation that aside

from it happening, lindsey, we don't know that it's changed tuberville's mind. there's a few different ways this could go forward. they could try, for example, to do batches of votes. that would be a very slow and cumbersome process. people on both sides of the aisle not too keen to set that precedent. and then of course there's the national security and readiness concerns, things that the head and the pentagon and others have echoed is that this is now something in congress that is impacting military readiness. nevertheless, it seems like tuberville is holding strong on this, at least for now still. >> and the white house is amping up pressure on him and the republican party. what does that look like? >> yeah, that's exactly right. we're seeing, of course, president biden speaking forcefully, as you just played, about what senator tuberville is doing. mind you, lindsey, this has been going on for months. that's why you now are in the hundreds of in terms of promotions blocked. but it becomes even more important when one of the most visible military promotion

positions, the head of the joint chiefs of staff is someone who's going to be in this pile of folks that have yet to be confirmed. that's going to be a top priority, but really down the ranks, these are important promotions that need to happen. it's summertime, for a lot of these military families, this is when they figure out what moving between assignments looks like. they're not able to do that if promotions aren't confirmed. we're starting to see president joe biden talking about this, but also being echoed by the white house and down the ranks of the democratic party. this is an issue that's going to be key not just in the white house race in 2024 but in key senate and house races across the country too. >> ali, i want to get your reporting on this next story. one republican congressman is drawing rebuke for a derogatory term he used while addressing the defense bill on the floor. eli crane used the slur while discussing his amendment. it would block the defense

department from considering race, gender and religion as the sole basis for recruitment, training, ex, promotion, or reattention. we're going to play part of what he said and the immediate rebuke from congresswoman joyce beatty. we're going to play his comments once, and we want to let you know you may find them offensive. >> my amendment has nothing to do when with whether or not colored people or black people or anybody can serve. okay? it has nothing to do with color of your skin -- >> mr. speaker. >> any of that stuff. what we want to preserve and maintain is the fact that our military does not become a social experiment. we want the best of the best, we want to have standards that guide who's in what unit, what they do, and i'm going to tell you guys right now, the russians, the chinese, the iranians, the north koreans, they are not -- they are not doing this because they want the strongest military possible. i hope my colleagues on the other side can understand what we're doing, thank you so much.

>> mr. -- asking to be recognized to have the words colored people -- >> for what purposes does the gentle lady seek recognition? >> i'd like to be recognized to have the words colored people stricken from the record. i find it offensive and very inappropriate. >> is the gentle lady asking for unanimous consent to take down the words? >> i am asking for unanimous consent to take down the words of referring to me or any of my colleagues as colored people. >> for what purposes does the gentleman. >> can i amend my comments to people of color. >> the gentleman wishes to amend his comments. >> is the gentleman asking consent -- >> i'd ask for unanimous consent. >> to have the words stricken. i didn't ask for an amendment.

>> is there unanimous consent to have the words stricken. >> without objection so ordered. >> without objection so ordered. >> we should note the congressman said he misspoke, but what kind of response is this getting? >> well, look, you watched the reaction in realtime as this happened yesterday, beatty saying she didn't want to hear an amendment to this statement, she wanted those words stricken from the congressional records. crane of course obliged to that saying he misspoke and saying at a later point he offered to repeat his statement without that slur in it. nevertheless, we saw the results, which is that those words are no longer in the congressional record. and when asked about this earlier today just in the last few minutes, the top democrat, hakeem jeffries said this, watch. >> it was an unfortunate statement, his words were taken down and that was the appropriate thing to happen. >> reporter: jeffries there, the leader not teeing off on the freshman republican. instead just saying that this was the right move and the right way that it should have been

handled. nevertheless, you watch the immediate and, frankly, emotional response from congresswoman beatty as she said this can't stand in this congress. >> okay, ali vitali, thank you. i want to get to some news just in from the biden administration this morning, another effort at student loan forgiveness. the education department announcing it would automatically forgive $39 billion of student loan debt for 800,000 borrowers. the administration says it's addressing administrative issues and repayment plans, and it means borrowers remaining debt could be eliminated if they've been making payments for 20 or 25 years. the announcement comes just weeks after the supreme court struck down biden's student loan forgiveness plan. the education department says it will begin notifying people if they qualify in the coming days. coming up next, this story might take all the fizz out of you. it involves your diet soda, and an ingredient that could be cancerous, and how much you can still drink. plus, 55% more americans are

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and ceo of advancing health equity. so good to have you on this. but i'm republican confused here. this aspartame, it's in so much, so much of what we consume, right? i mean, it can be found in soda, candy, we're talking toothpaste, what should we take away from this? >> right, and it's been around for decades, just so you know. it's been around for decades, but we don't have a lot of long-term research on it. the w.h.o. made their decision based on some limited animal studies, maybe one human study. okay, the animal study showed a possible link to liver cancer. it shows an association and it's not causation. so basically, we don't have any data that's saying aspartame causes or is linked definitively to cancer. the w.h.o. is being very, very cautious. the fda is pushing back and saying the levels that we say are acceptable actually represents drinking dozens of cans of diet soda a day, and

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right now, europe is experiencing one of its busiest vacation seasons in years. scenic destinations are swarming with more tourists than they have seen before the pandemic. many of them american. nbc's molly hunter has more. >> reporter: across the european

continent, at some of the most glamorous summer destinations, tourists often outnumber the locals in these hot summer months. and this year, numbers are sky high. 55% more american tourists in europe than last year. officials in rome say they could reach a record flow of 30 million visitors this year. there are a lot of tourists this local resident says, some extra buses wouldn't hurt. many americans descend on italy's famed amalfi coast to the town of portofino. but beware, don't linger long or you could be fined more than $300 here for snapping a selfie. in athens, tourists swarm the acropolis, where visits in june and early july are already up by 80% compared to the prepandemic summer of 2019. and here in the uk, just outside of london, americans are flocking to richmond upon

thames. you may recognize it from the megaapple tv hit "ted lasso." >> how are you? >> a little nervous. no such thing as last day jitters. whoa. >> here's what we all came for the one, the only, ted's front door. that's so cool. >> reporter: now the so-called ted heads are taking tours of the show's stomping grounds. >> super fans, yes? like a truly mega know everything -- >> absolutely. we watched the season three times, as a family and we all live in different places. she's in new york. he's in l.a. and we're in the san francisco bay area. and we love it. >> reporter: people are booking their tickets to come do this. >> exactly. they're coming to london, but specifically to richmond, and when they tell, you know, just a random british person they meet off the street, i'm going to richmond, they're, like, why? they're, like, ted lasso, of course. >> reporter: so far residents here seem to be enjoying the

spectacle. >> one, two, three! richmond! >> reporter: or at least not complaining in that very british way. in scenic switzerland, the small town of 400 is also overrun with tourists. fans of the korean netflix series "crash landing on you" and for a cool $5, you too can take a snap on the pontoon, in the fairy tale town of halstead, austria, the inspiration behind "frozen's" town, locals put up a temporary fence to stovall the stop the selfie taking tourists. they're begging tourists to let it go. our thanks to molly hunter for that rorgt. reporting. that makes me want to travel. thank you so much. that does it for us. ana is back monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. "jose diaz-balart reports" picks

up our coverage right now. "joses up our coverage right now. and good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm jose diaz-balart, breaking this morning, president biden's team says he raised a lot of money since announcing his re-election bid back in april. the education department says it has found a way to forgive student loans for hundreds of thousands of borrowers. meanwhile, prosecutors are talking with former white house employees, including a member of donald trump's family, about whether the former president knew his efforts to stay in power were built on a lie. the unrelenting heat wave gripping much of the country could get even more dangerous, especially for farm workers. but the warmup is not only happening on land. we'll look at what hot oceans could mean for your plans to cool off at the beach. and actors have now joined movie and tv writers on the picket lines. we'll look at the role artificial intelligence is playing in all of