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july has been historically hot, and it's not over yet. ♪♪ ♪♪ good morning. thanks for joining us. it's 10:00 eastern. >> i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. let's head to our nation's capitol where members of the grand jury hearing evidence about election interference have started to arrive at the district courthouse in washington. we don't know if they're hearing from more witnesses. we also don't know if they're prepared to vote on a potential third indictment for donald trump. we do know that trump's political and legal teams are preparing for that possibility today according to three sources. nbc news justice correspondent ken dilanian is there and former

prosecutor glenn kirschner. members of the grand jury have been spotted there. what do we know about what's happening? >> reporter: there's not a lot that we do know at this point. what we know is members of the grand jury, the grand jury that we're focused on, started coming into the building around 8:30 this morning. we're making an assumption they're in session. no members of the prosecution team, jack smith, none of them have been spotted. again, they're sneaky making their way into this building. there's lots of entrances. i'm in front of the courthouse to give you a sense of where i am. i am looking at the capitol over my left shoulder. behind the courthouse there's various entrances you can get in via van or car. just because we haven't seen them, doesn't mean they're not here. will they, will they not vote on this today? we don't know. let's say that do. let me walk you through what's

going to happen from what we know would normally happen. let's remember, this is the former president of the united states. this has been an ongoing investigation. nothing is normal in this scenario. there's no precedent. if, in fact, it happened, if they vote in favor of an indictment, it needs to be open in open court. they can be sneaky in what courtroom it opens in. the magistrate judge is usually seated in the afternoon. i'm couching everything i say because all of it could say. usually seated in the afternoon. if an indictment is voted on, that's when the indictment would be open. now normally we would know from those initials on the indictment who the subject of that indictment is, if it is, in fact, the former president of the united states it would say

djt. that could also not happen if prosecutors want to keep it under lock and seal. again, everything is a guessing game. we're relying on sources inside and outside the courtroom. i can let ken talk more about that as well. whether or not it's going to be unsealed today or tomorrow, if an indictment is voted on and goes through, if we look back to florida, it took a day, about 24 hours to get unsealed, or it could get unsealed immediately. all that up in the air as we wait and watch. >> we're watching the courthouse doors and our computers updating those websites where any documents could be loaded. ken, we know trump world is also preparing for the possibility of movement today. do they know something we may not know? >> reporter: i think they're reading the same tea leaves we

are and with the same informed speculation and educated guesses. it all starts from the fact that donald trump got a target letter. that means he was almost certain to be indicted. the question is when. the grand jury is in today, we know that. we watch and we wait and i think stepping back, what's enormously significant about this is there was a time when people were questioning whether the justice department was aggressively investigating the plot to overturn the election and the things that led up to january 6th and jack smith and his team has been patiently, diligently gathering evidence and hearing from dozens, hundreds of witnesses and gathering thousands of documents. we may be getting close to a point where they're ready to return an historic indictment, accusing the former president of

breaking the law while trying to cling to power. >> glenn, we're waiting for more specifics on the indictment. we know trump got the target letter. there seems to be more evidence happening. two fake electors are set to give testimony in august. is there a scenario where you see an indictment happening before then? >> great, question, ana. more investigating means the prosecution is not quite done making its presentation to the grand jury. however, it's not unusual in large-scale investigations, particularly conspiracy cases where you may have multiple defendants on the cusp of being indicted, that prosecutors will ask for a particular indictment to be voted out against perhaps one defendant or a discrete batch of defendants and they will continue investigating in

the grand jury with a view toward bringing subsequent or superseding indictments. in large cases it's not unusual for prosecutors to add defendants or to add charges after they have asked the grand jury to return that first indictment. i would suspect you're going to see superseding indictments in this case. what we don't know -- we're all on the edge of our seat about -- what's the timing of the first indictment? it could be today. the question is is this the thursday or just a thursday. >> even if there's an indictment today, we don't know who it could be for. we know trump got the target letter. don't know if others received a target letters. they don't have to send target letters. glenn, then there's mark meadows, trump's former chief of staff. he turned over texts, emails, possibly other evidence. he fought it but ultimately

testified to the grand jury. nbc news caught up with him yesterday. take a listen. >> reporter: have you testified before the grand jury? >> you know, i don't talk about anything january 6th related. >> reporter: do you think it's appropriate, the investigation? >> now i want you to hear what former federal prosecutor and 2024 candidate chris christie said about that. >> i will say watching that video, that looks to me like somebody who is cooperating with the federal government. mark meadows looks like a federal witness under a cooperation agreement. my guess is that's what we'll find out he is. >> glenn, do you agree? >> i don't always agree with chris christie. i agree with his assessment there. mark meadows looks like, sounds like and is behaving like a cooperating witness. when is the last time we saw mark meadows defend donald trump? a long time ago.

any time prosecutors develop a cooperating witness we drill into their head, do not speak. don't speak publicly. don't speak privately with anybody regarding the nature of your cooperation or the information you're providing to the prosecutors, to the investigators. mark meadows is asking like a cooperating witness. >> glenn, ken, yazmine, everybody stay close. we have new questions about this collapse of hunter biden's plea deal. the president's son was expected to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax evasion and agree to a diversion program on a gun possession charge. all that fell apart when the judge questioned the parameters of the deal. hunter biden ultimately entered a not guilty plea. i want to bring in carol lamb, former prosecutor, and tom

winter who was in wilmington. tom, what happens now? >> first off, the two sides have to get together and figure out if there's language changes they can make in the plea agreement that satisfies the judge's concerns. on its face that would seem the easiest approach. as anybody whoever signed a contract knows, there's a lot of work that goes into it. if you start to re-open it, what other types of things do you talk about? do the negotiations change? do the tenor of the negotiations change? is this a one-week process or a four-week process? we don't know. the pretrial diversion, that's tied to the gun charge and may include tax parameters, that case, the not guilty plea has

not been entered because this was never supposed to go before the court. you have two different tracks as it pertains to trial. do the cases get merged into one at some point? that would happen if we went to trial. there's all sorts of questions as to where do we go from here? we're in this weird limbo stage. we have to watch the court docket to figure it out. >> seemed like this was going to be a clinical case. we go in. he pleads guilty and we're done. carol, now there's murkiness here. do you think the judge made the right call putting this plea agreement on hold? >> i don't think that the judge did anything untoward here. i completely sympathize with the judge's position. as best demonstrated by the fact when she raised a hypothetical, could hunter biden be charged by the government in the future for

not registering as a foreign agent, the government said, yes, we could and the defense said, no, they can't. that's obviously not a meeting of the minds. you have to have a complete understanding between the two parties to the agreement as to what the agreement is. that alone, even though i believe they came back and said, okay, we reached agreement on that now, it shows that the parties didn't vet out all the possible scenarios. the other problem was the judge was uncomfortable with the pretrial diversion on the firearms case where they wanted the judge to be a party to decide whether he successfully completed the pretrial diversion. i don't think it's unusual that the judge said, let's take a break, go back and talk about it some more. there's a high percentage change they're going to come back with an agreement. we learned some interesting

things because the papers, most of the papers, have now been made public by a news outlet and we've learned that his actual tax liability was between 1.2 and $1.5 million and a third party came forward and paid that amount back to the government or back to the irs around election time. we didn't know that before. there's also a sealed attachment "a" to the tax papers and so that seems to indicate there's some kind of agreement or some sort of additional facts that are not available to the public. we know a little more than we knew before. obviously a complicated arrangement between the government and hunter biden. we're going to have to see if they can come up with an agreement. >> tom, this investigation started five years ago. there have been all kinds of allegations that have been floated out there, especially from the republican party and people on the hill who are

supporters of donald trump and have political motivations. what do we know at this point and what don't we know regarding this case and investigation? >> you know, you keyed on something, the fact it came out the federal prosecutor said it's an ongoing investigation. i wasn't sure what that meant. we haven't heard of any sort of overt step that investigators have taken, talking about interviews, subpoenas, search warrants, et cetera, over the last year here. if this is going on, what are they doing in the background? what is occurred that we don't know about? it appears from two members of the irs they believed this had come to a conclusion. there's more reporting that needs to be done. to me, i look at all this, attachment "a" is very

interested that carol brought up. the total tax bill paid by the third party who we reported was kevin morris actually was over $2 million when you include penalties and interest. that's the total tax bill that the third party paid. they say they have a loan agreement. the initial criminal investigation said he hadn't paid in excess of $100,000 and now we find out it's between 1.2 and $1.5 million. it's a significant amount of tax. >> we know you'll keep digging. thank you, tom winter and carol lam. scientists just said july will be the hottest month ever recorded on this planet. that intense heat warming up our

oceans to the temperature of hot tubs. i'll talk with jeff corewin about what it could mean for all of us. also, new questions about mitch mcconnell's health. what happened after he just froze after talking, he just stopped talking. also, news from the federal reserve and why we're feeling more confident we may dodge a recession. also, futbol fever. the world cup match everyone is talking about. h everyone is talking about.

stunning news this morning from the world meteorological society. scientists believe july has been the hottest month ever. the intense heat is now settling over the northeast as this heat wave expand yet again. joining us from philadelphia where it could feel like 109 degrees today is nbc's george

solis. george, there's a heat emergency in effect there today. what does that mean for residents trying to cope with these hot, hot temperatures? >> reporter: good morning, ana. as the day progresses and the heat is on, there's a 99% chance i'll jump in those splash pads behind me. right now it's 85 degrees. we're in the shade right now. the city has a heat health emergency. they have the splash pads open, the cooling centers open, basically anything they can do to make sure people have a safe place to go. this is not just uncomfortable heat. it's deadly. some of the same messaging we say, but cannot underscore enough, we can't talk about how deadly heat indices are in the triple digits. mayor adams held a press conference reiterating how

important this heat alert is and what people need to know, especially new yorkers. here's what he had to say. >> it's a climate disaster we're seeing firsthand across the globe. we need to be clear when we talk about hot weather. heat kills more new yorkers every year than any extreme weather event. access to cooling is a matter of life and death. >> reporter: here in philadelphia we have centers for aging here that make phone calls to elderly to make sure they're safe. we have buses set up that will act as cooling centers. i want to leave you with this. here in the shade, 86 degrees right now. we're expected to go into the 100s. that's serious heat. the messaging wear loose clothing, stay hydrating and limit your time outdoors.

>> i would be a sweaty mess if i was in your shoes. those splash pads look like fun for those kids. george, thank you very much. it's not just the surface temperatures causing concern. the intense heat is warming our oceans, particularly off the coast of southern florida. a temperature was recorded of 101 degrees this week. 101 degrees. we're talking ocean temps the same as hot tubs. one wildlife conservationist raised concerns about these rising temperatures on marine life. here's jeff corwin. >> these critical marine habitats are the rain forest of the ocean. they support thousands and thousands of species and millions of individual animals by providing food, shelter and life-sustaining resources. but, they're also dying at an

alarming rate because of climate change, pollution and unsustainable fishing. if action isn't taken to reverse this terrifying trend, this critical underwater ecosystem will soon disappear forever. >> that voice and now the man, conservationist jeff corwin is joining us now. thank you, jeff, for taking time out of your day. i know this is work that's close to your heart and it's such an important thing for us to discuss. i mentioned that crazy 101 water degree temp in manatee bay. that is shocking to me given how much time you spend in the ocean, what's your reaction to that and what do we need to know about what this means? >> good morning, ana. it's absolutely catastrophic in the waters in florida and around the world especially where coral reefs used to thrived.

they've reached this catastrophic boiling point. as i mentioned on this piece from my tv series the coral reefs around the world and along florida are the building blocks of marine life. 80% of all salt water fish species in florida have a direct connection to the coral reefs there and their biological cycle. we're about to lose them. ana, right before this incredible unprecedented heat event unfolded in florida, the coral reefs were on the brink. florida has lost 93% of its coral reefs. this very much could be the steaming camel on the straw of its back that literally collapses this vital ecosystem. >> it feels like we're at a tipping point. are we? >> we are at a tipping point. again, we may witness the loss of this critically important life sustaining ecosystem. think of a coral reef and the

forests that surround florida and the sea grass bed that's the immune system of florida. when that immune system is compromised, it makes florida vulnerable to environmental diseases like hurricanes. equally important, the coral reefs of florida provides not only an ecological paradise for the wildlife that lives here, it's also a vibrant economic power point for florida. billions of dollars are generated from eco tourism and when we lose the coral reefs, that resource will be gone forever. i can tell you this, i've been exploring and telling the story of the coral reefs of florida for my entire career. the reefs that i explored recently in my life that i just revisited a few years ago, they were unrecognizable. >> it's so tragic. we're looking at the images

where you see the coral reefs turned white. that's a sign of those coral reefs dying because of these hot temperatures. there was just a new study, jeff, suggesting that a vital ocean current system, the ocean current system, which is really important to how things work, it could collapse sooner than expected. what do you think that means for the stability of our climate and oceans? >> again, we're seeing this not just off the coast of florida, which is kind of like ground zero for climate change in north america, but in new england where i live, the gulf of maine, it's the fastest growing temperature of a body of water on our planet. the climate change train is on the tracks. it's rolling full steam ahead. this is disastrous. we rely on the upwelling zones

to infuse nutrients into the environment. if you ever snorkeled in an ocean, you notice it's clear. it's clear because tropical oceans are pretty much void of life, but these coral reefs are like an oasis in the desert and they're quickly disappearing. i'm calling on everybody to look at this as an absolute, immediate catastrophe. we need to look at this like we did for the deep water horizon. i covered that for nbc news. i was there. it was full steam ahead with the department of interior. we need to focus on the coral reefs like that. the state of florida needs to look at this as the most urgent emergency ever. we can't lose these coral reefs. they're a big part of our natural heritage. coral reefs only exist off the coast of north america off the coast of florida.

if we lose these coral reefs, the entire ecosystem will collapse. it's almost too late, but we're not there yet. >> quickly, if you will, jeff, once the coral reefs die, can they come back? can you regenerate the coral in those areas that are suffering? >> the coral reef restoration, other folks are focussed on this restoration process. it's like a band-aid for a sucking chest wound. we have the technology to take them into labs and put more resilient species in the environment. it's an onion skin layer of the bigger problem. as an example, the indian tribe that focuses on the restoration to save the everglades of florida, they can't save the everglades of florida unless the reefs are saved because it's all

interconnected. >> jeff corwin, fascinating conversation. thanks for opening our eyes. appreciate you taking the time. >> glad the rain held back for this conversation. up next, some new concerns about senator minority leader mitch mcconnell's health after he froze in the middle of a press conference on capitol hill. plus, interest rates just hit a 22-year rate high. could we be out of the woods when it comes to a recession? the fed things so. is there life out there in space? what a former u.s. intelligence official appeared to con confirm, and the pentagon's reaction. 's . boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv have fun, sis! ( ♪♪ )

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bipartisan cooperation and a string of -- >> mcconnell was silent for 19 seconds before his colleague senator john barrasso a physician escorted him away. mcconnell returned to finish the press conference saying he felt light headed. let's bring in ali vitale now. what do we know about how mcconnell is doing? >> reporter: it was a scary moment and we were parsing through this in real time as we were trying to digest what happened. mcconnell told us he felt light headed. he went to his office and came back and was able to do a round of question and answer with reporters. during that exchange he said he was fine. he reiterated that in the halls

of congress last night. watch. >> well, the president called to check on me. i told him i got sandbagged. >> how are you feeling now, sir? >> huh? >> how are you feeling now? >> fine. >> are you going to see a doctor? >> any idea what happened? >> i'm fine. >> dehydrated? >> got to watch those sandbags. >> reporter: the senator showing his unique and classic sense of humor there in his response. look, the fact that president biden, he says, called to check on him, he's referencing in that exchange the sandbags which the president himself tripped over just a few weeks ago. mcconnell making light of that. it was a scary and serious situation, one that we'll continue asking questions about because mcconnell over the course of the last few weeks and months has had a series of health incidents. in march falling at a hotel fracturing ribs and having a

concussion. he was out of the senate for several weeks. our team has since reported that in just the last few weeks he fell on an airplane recently during travel. all of that part of the story here, even as mcconnell clearly in good spirits last night. >> good to see his sense of humor intact. we wish him a full recovery, whatever is going on. thank you, ali. keep us posted. now to breaking financial news this morning. the u.s. economy picked up steam growing 2.4% in the second quarter. that comes one day after the fed announced that it is raising interest rates by a quarter of a percent to the highest levels in more than 20 years. powell did say he believes the central bank is no longer expecting a recession. let's bring in tom costello. tom, it's what a lot of people want to hear, no recession. why aren't they worried about a recession anymore?

do they think the rate hikes are working? >> reporter: there's evidence the rate hikes are working. we've had 11 since march of 2022. we're at a 22-year year high on interest rates. that is slowing the housing market. the numbers this morning suggest not slowing the economy. 2.4% economic growth is very respectable and above what the consensus was on wall street. they were expected 1.2% economic growth. we still have 54-year lows on unemployment. that's impressive. we have solid economic growth as evidenced this morning. there's a shortage of workers. despite the fact that they've been hiking interest rates to try to slow the economy and that can mean unfortunately an increase in unemployment, w haven't seen it. unemployment remains low and the economy is slowing as it relates to the housing market. consumer spending remains strong

indeed. this continues to be a head scratcher of an economy, ana. they've never seen anything like it, in part because we have the shortage of workers out there. a strong, resilient economy that the biden administration is hoping to run on next year. >> resilience, that's a good word for it. thank you, tom costello. maybe the truth isn't out there at all. maybe it's been on our planet the whole time. at least that's according to former military officials who told congress yesterday they believe the government knows much more about ufos than it's telling the public. one even claimed that the federal government is in possession of some equipment. >> i was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade crash retrieval reverse engineering program, to

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where survivors of the 2021 oxford high school shooting and family members of the victims are expected to speak in court. the hearing is meant to determine if the teenage shooter can be sentenced to life in prison or whether he should have the chance at parole. antonia has been following the shooting for us. the alleged shooter was 15 at the time of the shooting. it's making it somewhat unique. can you explain? >> and he's only 17 now, still a minor. it's not a question of pleading guilty or not guilty. he's pled guilty to murder charges in this case. it's that central question of should a minor who commits heinous crimes, in his case having killed four people that day, injured seven and traumatized many, many others, should he spend the rest of his

life behind bars or do we think there's a chance of rehabilitation, of recovery many years down the line? that's what his team is argues, the defense is arguing, that there should be a window left open. the prosecution right now they're methodically building a case. they're introducing exhibit after exhibit that shows not just what happened, the gruesome details of that day, but in the days leading up to it. his writings, incredibly disturbing writings describing what he was going to do. his own desire to spend life behind bars and his parents social media posts, torture of animals, the purchasing of the gun, the way there was step by step an awareness of what might happen here and the fact that authorities weren't looped in. they're building the story that both he and his parents knew what was going to happen. it's going to get harder to

listen to because we'll hear from families, from victims connected who witnessed all this and it's going to be -- it already is hard to listen to right now, ana, but it's going to be more disturbing. >> it's their voices and feelings we need to lift up. they were impacted so deeply. thank you for staying on top of that antonia hylton. in new york city, investigators are working to determine what sparked a fire on a construction crane yesterday leading to a slow motion disaster in the air. that partial collapse seen here on camera, caught on video, sending plumes of smoke in the air during the morning rush yesterday. you can see the crane falling more than 40 stories injuring a dozen people. wnbc reported that the company that owns that crane has been involved in a number of safety

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u.s. soldier who dashed across the dmz into north korea, is now speaking out in an exclusive interview with nbc. let's go right to matt bradley in seoul who interviewed king's family. u.s. officials say there's been one message about king, butting in since. what did his family tell you? >> reporter: that one message came from the united nations and was acknowledged. more than a week since he dashed into north korea, we haven't heard the north koreans say they have him in detention. we spoke with the family of travis king and they're starting to express frustration with the military, not just the inability to not get him back, but the fact they allowed him out of custody. he was supposed to be on a flight back to texas to face

further military justice. instead he slipped out of the airport and made his way to north korea. here's travis king's uncle speaking to nbc exclusively. >> he shouldn't have been at that border in the first place. whoever's job it was for him to get on a plane to come back home, should have made sure he had his passport and he was able to get on that plane to come back home. he shouldn't have had a trip booked, get on a tour bus or anything. he should be home right now. he was coming home. he wasn't coming back here for discipline. he was coming home. >> reporter: now, ana, i've been speaking with north korean experts, and they've been saying despite how difficult this is for the american public and travis king's family, there's a need to allow north korea to

deal with private king, to interrogate him. private king crossed over into north korea by his own volition and the north koreans enjoy the right to interrogate him and find out why he was there. >> so concerning not to have any communication with the north cr his family. thanks. now to niger where an attempted coup is unfolding against the president. members of the presidents' guard surrounded his palace yesterday, holding him captive and a group of soldiers declared they seized control on state tv. today, he vowed to stay in power saying democracy in his country. nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube is in the capital. what is the situation right now where you are? >> reporter: well, for the most part, the streets in the capital, what we're able to see, are relatively calm. we saw the first of the protests yesterday, after it became clear

that the president's security guards had taken him and his wife hostage in their residence. after that happened, more and more people started gathering on the streets and it became clear they were there, likely to protest his detention. at some point shots were fired, several volleys of what sounded like machine gunfire, officials who we have spoken with believe that was an effort to disperse the crowd as opposed to firing on that crowd. we haven't heard anything like that since. today, we have seen more protests, again, it seems, hard to know, but seems as if they are in protest of the president's detention. and they have been a little bit more heated today, some vehicles set on fire, and it seems that the crowd is a little bit more vocal and little bit more fired up than what we saw yesterday. you mentioned that this group of military leaders, here in niger, across several services, they went on the state-run television late yesterday and claimed that they had ousted the president. at this point, it is not really

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team usa fights on. the americans faced off against the dutch team last night for a rematch of the 2019 world cup finals, but with a very different result. the dutch pulled ahead early in the first half, but midfielder lindsey horan responded, connecting with a header to equalize the score, resulting in a draw. nbc news correspondent molly hunter is there with the details. >> reporter: so that match

number two for the u.s. didn't go exactly as the u.s. team or the u.s. fans wanted it to go. but i found a late night soccer game with very high stakes, some of the u.s.' youngest fans here, and they believe the u.s. is still going all the way. it was not the result the u.s. women were looking for. but it was the tough, physical match that everyone expected. 17 minutes in, the dutch buried one in the back of the net. >> the dutch have scored. >> reporter: the crowd went nuts, the orange team was gaining momentum. but when american rose lavelle came off the bench, there was a spark. co-captain lindsey horan went down with a hard tackle from a dutch midfielder, who happens to be horan's club teammate. the ref breaking the two up, and then lavelle taking the corner and horan getting the last word, heading it straight into the net. >> she did it!

horan! >> reporter: we caught up with the co-captain after the match. >> the first half, we were fighting for the ball, running a lot. and the momentum wasn't going in our favor. so, you know, we made a few switches, changed a little bit, momentum came and opportunities came with that. so really happy for the goal. >> reporter: she happened to be doing interviews right next to vander dunk. the two seen hugging on the pitch and the dutch posting this photo later of the two friends, by the way, they're all good. we also asked alex morgan about the front line she leads with newcomer sophia smith and trinity rodman. do you think the three of you are gelling more the last week? >> you know, i think last week was really different, a very different team playing. i felt like we definitely found each other a lot more. >> reporter: despite the draw, american fans aren't too disappointed. >> we knew this was going to be a challenging game. we have to get it under our belts. we're really excited because we're going to portugal.

>> awesome. >> we know we got a little taste and we're going to come back even stronger the next time. >> usa! usa! >> reporter: and still believe their team can go all the way. now the younger players had to go to bed. here is the game ball. they all believe the u.s. can still go all the way. but here's where group play gets a little tricky. now that the netherlands and the u.s. tied, it comes down to the next game, the netherlands played against vietnam. the u.s. faces off against portugal next week. it comes down with most important, how many goals the u.s. can put up against portugal. i'll send it back to you. >> usa! usa! usa! molly hunter, what a great assignment, thank you for that story. that's going to do it for us this hour. i'll be back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern, filling in again for katy tur and i'll see you back here tomorrow as well. same time, same place. until then, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00

a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. right now, all eyes on washington, d.c. the grand jury investigating former president trump's role in trying to overturn the election is at the courthouse. sources tell nbc news trump is bracing for possible charges as early as today. meantime, legal problems for hunter biden are not over. why a judge rejected his plea deal and what happens next. new concerns this morning about senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. what we know about his frightening healthcare on the hill. plus, more than half the country right now is suffering from a relentless heat wave that is especially dangerous for people working outside. we'll go to a farming community in florida. and later this hour, president biden is expected to announce new protections for workers and communities. and an nbc news exclusive, why the number of migrant families with kids crossing the southern border has almost tripled in thst