horrific crash of a marine plane. the investigation begins. this morning we're learning more a about donald trump jr.'s meeting with a russian contact. the white house dlamed no collusion occurred. they want to speak with the jr. donald. epublicans are feeling the heat over health care. at least 80 demonstrators arrest ed a as legislators work behind closed doors. excitement is brewing over two new studies that say coffee may help you live longer. dra pattic shots of water spouts captured near a popular vacation destination. and the rookie rules the home run derby. "early today" starts right

good evening good to be with you. developing overnight, 16 people are dead after a military plane crashed in western mississippi. responders rushed to the scene to put all the flames carefully keeping their distance. a lot of live ammunition was on the plane. jessica holly has more from the crash site. >> reporter: local, state and federal investigators are now working together to determine what caused this c130 plane, a military lane, to come down just outside moorehead, mississippi. investigators confirmed 16 people were on board. all 16 bodies have been recovered, but at this time, their families have yet to be notified of their death. investigators believe this u.s. marine corps plane took off from tennessee, but they were una able to tell us the plane's final destination. the plane exploded in the air before coming to the ground, investigators were unsure that t

i'm jessica holly in mississippi, back to you. military officials are on their way there to investigate the scene. so far a tweet from the marines only o confirm the crash and say further information will be released as available. also breaking this morning, an air force recruiting a office in tulsa, oklahoma, was the scene of an explosion of a pipe bomb, according to initial reports. a bomb squaden unit arrived on the scene and eyewitnesss describe seeing a backpack being tlahrown from a motorcycle prio to the explosion. an fbi spokesperson says they have no knowledge on that front. both the fbi and atf responded to the explosion and are at the scene alongside tulsa police. lucki luckily, no one was hurt. the white house looks to be consumed by russia-related head lines including this bomb shell from "the new york times." it alleges donald trump jr. could help the campaign with negative information on hillary clinton. writin

a e meeting with a krem lin-connected russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about hillary clinton, trump jr. was informed in an e-mail that the material was part of a russian government effort to the kapd si. questions on russia only grow. his lawyer dismissing reports calling it much to do about nothing. we're joined by tracie potts. good morning, how has the president been responding and what more do we know about the lawyer? >> the fact that he's respond through a lawyer is new. he's hired a criminal attorney to represent him on issues related to russia. . let's take a look at statement from donald trump jr. through his lawyer dealing with the situation of him meeting with the russian attorney. he says that he was told by someone he knew that there could be information about hillary clinton, ab alleged wrong doing by

front runner. his take away from that was that it could be potentially helpful to the campaign. he goes on to say he had no knowledge of specific information. there was no understanding that e he would use the information, whatever it turned out to be, reliable or credible, completely backing away from that. now the senate intelligence committee want s s to talk with donald trump jr. he says he would be happy to tell them what he knows and more sarcastically saying i'm the first person on the campaign to ever take a meeting to hear information about an oen point went nowhere but had to listen. the attorney, the trump jr. lawyer, has donated to democrats in the past. he was also a pretty big mob lawyer, handled several cases for the mob and has also han

accused in a cyber security case. >> certainly interesting, thank you. in hawaii an active duty soldier was arrested and charged with planning to provide support to isis. the 34-year-old allegedly swore allegiance to isis and attempted to provide both military documents and training to the gjihadist group. according to the fbi, it was not plotting attacks on the u.s. and was acting a all on his own. his attorney said it may appear he may have, quote, service related mental health issues after two deployments to the middle east. this washington the battle over health care has turned in a major test ofs will and time. president trump tried to turn up the heat gafrs senate leaves on the august recess. attempting to sway on the fence republicans to vote for a a plan some say is already dead. it comes just as senate leadership tried again to tweak their health care bill in a series of emotional protests. casey hunt

>> reporter: republicans feeling the heat over health care. staging loud protests in more than a dozen house and senate offices. 80 demonstrators aesed. republicans still huddling behind closed doors trying to thread the needle between conservative who is say the first draften wouldn't repeal obamacare and moderate who is thought it went too far to slash medicaid. congressional sources tell nbc news they are hoping to release a second draft by thursday with tweaks to sweeten the deal for both sides. but moderate republican senator susan collins telling nbc news that's not good enough. >> i don't think we can fix this bill by doing a tweak here and a trim there. it needs a complete overhaul. >> reporter: collins is under pressure from both sides. liberal group spending millions on the air waves. >> when you vote on u new health care bill, think

right for maine. >> the president tweeting i can't imagine the congress would leave washington without a beautiful new health care bill, fully approved and ready to go. in oklahoma where the only doctor is 87 years old and the sole hospital closed last year, she relies on medicaid and feels abandoned by the president she voted for. >> when he said on the campaign that everybody deserves the right to get health insurance, i think he should have stuck with that. and this right now a lot of people are looking at him as a turncoat. >> reporter: an issue so personal it could shake the president's strongest supporters. >> thanks to casey hunt for that report. vice president mike pence became the latest republican to come out for an all-out repeal of obamacare regardless of whether senate republicans can come to an agreement on its replas ceme. now 18 former penn state fraternity brothers will be back in court. c

vealed sent after a sophomore fell down a floigt of stairs after a night of drinking. they include, i don't want to go to jail. hazing is a huge thing. make sure the pledges keep quiet about last night and the situation. and e he looked expletive dead. the new evidence unfolding before his parents. >> the text messages were d devastating. the family find it extraordinarily difficult to hear that and see it if front of their very eyes. >> the defense attorneys got into a shouting match accusing her of cherry picking evidence. they have been charged with a variety of crimes ranging from evidence tampering to involuntary manslaughter. now to north carolina, where this water spout was one of several spotted in the area monday. officials say one came ashore as a tornado and ripped shingles right off a

>> i really want to see the lightning it strike. oh my! >> her wish just came true when lightning struck a building near her home just outside of houston. today millions are at risk of severe weather and dangerous heat is spreading. we have the details on what we need to look out for. >> ib credible lightning if in that picture. we're seeing lightning right now in ohio between columbus and cincinnati. and some rain sweeping across the northeast. i'd say the latter part of the day. a weak front come iing through t will trigger not only the hefd rain but gusty winds. the heat e is on. it's going to be dangerous today in st. louis where your highs will get near 100 degrees. the heat index, 104. that's a lock at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at the day ahead.

temperatu temperatures are really heating up in louisville. 93 degrees. keep in mind, it's going to feel hotter than that. but this is where the heat is the strongest. kansas and missouri, 101 today in witchita. so the heat is on. we'll be looking for temperatures to stay above normal for today and tomorrow. >> with that koind of heat, makes you think of the boys of summer. aaron judge won the home run derby in impressive fashion. e he crushed 47 total long balls en route to the title. his longest was 513 feet. judge with a final round with two minutes left. one of his blasts even hit the roof. what she sent rob kardashian. and victory declared over isis. "early toda

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the largest of its kind finds coffee could potentially help you live a a longer life. dr. john torez explains. >> reporter: at this coffee shop in atlanta, excitement is brewing over new research showing a morning cup of joe may help you live longer. >> i look to be here for a long time. so that's perfect. >> reporter: researchers follow nearly 200,000 people over 16 years and found drinking coffee was linked to reduced risk of dying from heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, respiratory and kidney disease. how much? just one cup a day lowered the chance by 12%. bump that to three cups a day and the risk drops by 18%. and it didn't matter if coffee was regular or decalf. >> did they contain a lot of antioxidants. those are probably the contents that benefit. >> drink up. >> reporter: researchers said the benefits offe

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right now at 4:26, people on edge in maryland after a late-night shooting sent two of their neighbors to the hospital. the video and details coming in. clear for takeoff. the latest from reagan, dulles and bwi after a haz-mat situation grounded flights across the area. a major blow to the city. the announcement expected to happen later today. first, though, take a look at the current temperatures. a lot of people seeing temps well into the 70s. if you've been outside yet, you probably noticed the return of the humidity,

>> you feel it? >> a little bit. not so great. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. combine the heat and the humidity, we're in for a couple of tough days. let's check in with chuck bell and sheena parveen. and also melissa mollet. >> welcome to tuesday and welcome back to real summertime heat and humidity across the area. >> it's back. >> wait until later this afternoon and until really later this week. we're talking about things heating up around here. it's going to be hotter today than it has been. 73 degrees in the district. elsewhere, we're sitting in the 70s. some areas in the 60s. manassas in the 60s. your wake-up weather expected to get into the 80s once the sunrises. by 8:00 this morning, 81. by 9:00 a.m., 84 degrees. theum

the humidity will come back, too and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. more details on the timing of that rain and also hotter temperatures this week. but let's check your commute this morning on this early tuesday. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. brand new accident towards dulles on 28. northbound there at mcclaire en road. the left lane is getting by the accident there. in arlington, take a look. north scott street at north 21st street. this is because of a water main break. that should be out of the way by about 9:00 a.m. this morning. inner loop after river road, we have construction there. they're repairing the bottom of a bridge right there. inner loop and outer loop, no major problems there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. breaking news on a shooting in silver spring. >> angie goff is following details from the live desk. good morning. >> good morning, eun and aaron. just in on the victim's condition. taking a look a

the live desk. one woman is in serious condition after she along with another man were shot along stuart lane in silver spring. you can see the investigation still under way. crews on the scene. also dogs helping and assisting in this investigation. now, at this point police have not released any information about a suspect. but we stin to stay in touch. aaron? >> angie, thank you. developing this morning, a 1-year-old baby is being treated for a gunshot wound after a shooting in northeast. this happened at 13th and i streets northeast. just a block north of the h street corridor. d.c. police say the baby was outside when the shooting started and was accidentally hit. officers were in the area and arrived immediately to treat the child. d.c. police are looking for two suspects. two prince george's county firefighters were taken to the hospital late last night after a basement fire. it happened inside a home on burton street in district heights before

that's off of tip ling parkway. four people who live there have to find somewhere else to stay. no word on what started the fire. right now, travelers who were forced to stay at three area airports are hoping they'll be able to board a plane. this is a live look at the airports. flight aware.com is not reporting any delays at any of our airports, but we're keeping an eye on the situation. frustrated passengers were left with no way to get home after an incident at a place most people have never heard of. that meant for three hours air travel over this area stopped. we spoke with passengers who were desperate to make it to their final destinations. >> to detroit. my daughter's orientation, college orientation is in the morning. this is not good. everything is booked solid. they can't gets