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i'm frances rivera wednesday morning i should say >> i'm phillip mena. we're just hours away from the highly anticipated public testimony from robert mueller. the former special counsel will face questions about the russia investigation for the first time during today's congressional hearings nbc's tracie potts joining us now from d.c tracie, good morning we're now learning mueller's team has made a last-minute request. >> right, phillip and frances. in fact, they said it wasn't last minute, they talked about it with the committee over a week ago but it was certainly granted at the last minute aaron zebley, a long-time aide, another lawyer, deputy in the russia investigation, is going to accompany robert mueller today for his testimony. he is not expected to be sworn in or speak but he will be sitting there to advise robert mueller when lawmakers on both sides start firing questions president trump tweeting about this, saying it was very unfair. trump supporters saying that this was a last-minute attempt to try to change things because democrats simply d

ready for the $30 million fortnite world cup >> good friday morning i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances riverathere are a lot of lingering questions this morning after a mass arrest at a u.s. military base 16 marines were taken into custody after a sweep at camp pendleton in southern california they face charges related to drugs and human trafficking. nbc's miguel almaguer has the details. >> reporter: the 16 marines at camp pendleton were taken into custody during battalion formation. the dramatic take down by ncis part of a morning sweep. the marines arrested for their alleged involvement in various illegal activities, ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses the u.s. marine corps saying in a statement, an additional eight marines were taken aside to be questioned on their involvement in alleged drug offenses unrelated to today's arrests >> i don't remember this number of people being arrested all at once and so it's extremely unusual for a sweep to be made with this number of arrests. >> reporter: withholding specifics as the marine corps investigates, officials confirm the arr

alongside frances rivera. yasmin is on vacation and frances is kindly helping us. >> glad to do. >> financier jeffrey epstein is being charged with one count of sex trafficking after a newly unsealed indictment accused the 66-year-old of seek out minors as young as 14 from at least 2002 to 2005 and paying them hundreds of thousands for sex at either his new york city townhouse or his estate in palm beach, florida. prosecutors revealed what they called an extraordinary volume of photos that was confiscated from epstein's home. he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. he faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted. and the decision on epstein's bail was delayed and he must remain behind bars until at least monday. at an earlier news conference, u.s. attorney for the distract of new york appealed for other potential victims to come forward while appearing to take a swipe at prosecutors in south florida where epstein has been preensly accused of molesting young girls and where he worked out a favorable dea

possible second suspect at this hour "early today" starts right now >>> good monday morning, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm philip mena chaos erupted at one of the country's largest food festivals in gilroy, california. three victims confirmed dead and a suspected gunman was killed by police a 6-year-old boy, steven ramiro, has been identified as one of the victims. >> i lost my son nothing i could do besides try to be with him until i could put him in his -- his resting spot, wherever that is >> nbc's molly hunter joins us live from gilroy what more do we know about this investigation thus far >> >> good morning. we're in front of the police station. what we heard from the police last night is that they were trying to find a motive. they were not identifying the shooter yet and what we heard from that police chief is that they're looking possibly for a second suspect not necessarily a second shooter, but possibly a supporter, accomplice. take a listen to what the police chief said last night. >> we have one suspect we know that is down we have some witnesses reporting that there may have been a se

i've richard lui in for frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. a stark new look at the human cost of the border crisis. democratic lawmake painting a grim portrait of the dire conditions at two detention centers in texas a congressional delegation who d ured the facilities he firsthand from migrants stories about overcrowding and gradation. nbc's tracie potts joining us now from d.c. with the very latest tracie, good morning we're hearing there is somefe reli on the way. >> reporter: yes, there is help on the way, fep. $4.6 billion the congress has approved and the president has signed off on. this is humanitarian aid at the border it's what is a's happening insi that'sght the attention of lawmakers including those from the hispanic caucus tour two of those facilities in texas. >> when we went into the citl, was clear that the water was not running. there was a toilet, but there was no running water for people torink in fact, one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of the toilet. >> reporter: take a look at this twe

"early today" starts right now >>> very good morning to you, i'm richard lui in for frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. federal investigators are in texas searching for answers this morning after a small plane went up in flames at an airport north of dallas. the fiery crash killed ten people two crew members along with eight passengers just hours ago, ntsb officials shared an initial assessment of the crash. nbc's dan sheneman has this update >> reporter: sunday morning, shortly after takeoff. investigators say the beachcraft twin engine plane slammed into an unoccupied hangar at the addison airport north of dallas. in just moments the aircraft was consumed by flames, and the faa says destroyed a spokesman for the town of addison says ten people were on board the plane, no one survived >> we know that there were two flight crew members, and that there were eight passengers. we don't have a lot of detail beyond that at this point. >> reporter: the hangar was left with a massive hole in its roof and outer wall the plane was based in addison and traveling to st. petersburg, florida, sche

> one vehicle leftertical on a busy highway "early today" starts right now good morning we're frances rivera and phillip mena. >> breaking news this morning, a massive capital one data breach has put over 100 million customers at risk this morning, the banknsists credit card numbers are safe but the breach exposed card applicant namess,, addresse birthdays and credit history. we're live in d.c. with the latest, and i understand the fba already de an arrest in this case. >> reporter: they have 33-yeaold paige thompson former software engineer from seattle already arrested authorities went through her home and found what they say are devices containing some of this information and they believe they also traced a message that was posted back in july claiming to have taken the information. but it was an anonymous caller who reached out it capital one back in july saying just a few weeks ago saying hey, we think some of your information is on this datsha ing website, and in fact, turns out it was more than 100 million in the united states another 6 million the company says in canada whose informa

. >> i'm frances rivera. president trump igniting a firestorm with a tweet and he suggested they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came. while he didn't mention anyone by name he appeared to be referencing four freshmen democrats, none of whom are white, and all but one from the united states. craig boswell has more from d.c. democrats denounced the comments as racist. >> reporter: good morning, everyone racist is the key word and the four progressive congresswomen have fired back at the president as reaction from the president's tweets continue to add up this morning. targeting a group of democratic congresswomen. the president saying they should back to the crime-infe places y came from. all four are u.s. citizens all but one born in the u.s. >> a sad state of affairs when the president of the united states is going to use race in a way that the divides the country and then be ignorant about who all these people are >> reporter: the president did not mention t

. >> and i'm frances rivera. chaos in the commonwealth is our breaking news. the capital of puerto rico turned into a war zone smoke filled the streets as dozens of police in riot gear fired tear gas and rubber bullets. explosions rocking old san juan. protesters also firemolotov cocktails at police who tried to push crowds away from the governor's mansion the rage palpable as standoff intensified as the night went on just hours ago they were joined by some of thegg island's biest stars, including ricky martin, calling an end to rick car doe roello's reign they say it's years of corruption and suffering, and they want him out g office. gabeutierrez is on the ground with more. >> reporter: more protesters are on the streets of san juan, demanding puerto rico's governor resign why should the governor bresign ause he isn't worthy of being the governor of puerto rico. >> reporter: there have been other demonstrationsn miami, d.c. and new york where "hamilton" creatorl lin-manue second-degree sounded off. >> i support t people. >> reporter: a second royal caribbean

sleeker than ever, but does it measure up "early today" starts right noway >> good frid morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. a dangerous heat wave is hovering over much of the country. triple digit temperatures could turn deadly this weekend new york city has declared a heat emergency andth canceled e triathlon. some of the athletes and event staff will distribute water and gatorade around the city instead. and lyft is offering free an rd discountedes to cooling centers in impacted cities including chicago. that's where nbc's blayne alexander is followingsthe y. >> reporter: the relentless heat wave is showing no mercy from new mexico to new hampshire, 200 million people are under a heat alert through the weekend. chicago, a.c. repaicrews are stretched to the max and downtown, steam rising from sky scrapers after a morning rainstorm. here in chicago, it's the tale of two extremes. just six months ago this exact spot was frozen over now it's on pace to hit ar record highs in south dakota you can actually see the heat rising. one of the hottest spots, kansai , where it feels like 110.

rapinoe said "early today" starts right now >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. great being back with you again. it's been a couple of weeks. >> sure has. everybody -- it's hard to leave vacation, right? but wh you love yourob as much as i do, makes it a little bit better >> well, glad to have you back >>> we begit with communs under water, coastal ones, as tropical depressioern barry chus ov the south floods putting people in louisiana and six other states as barry continues tol battle with torrentiain the coast guard rescued 12 people left stranded in flooded homes. kerry sanders is in louisiana with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, frances. the flood wate are lower than they were, but the troubs here in louisiana are far from over in lisiana, barry still making a mess ominous skies and multiple tornado warngs and baton rouge took a beating as the storm lingered over the city for several hours while no lger a hurricane, the weather system is still dangerous. what's left of barry is now slowly crawling sonorth. al impacting mississippi, alabama and arkans

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm marlie hall we are starting with breaking news out of chicago. r & b singer r. kelly has been arrestedon federal sex crimes charges in both new york and chicago. the 52-year-old was taken into custody by homeland security investigation agents and n.y.p.d. i detectives. thats according to two law enforcement officials. a spokesperson for kelly spoke abt the singer's arrest. >> mr. kelly was arrested at he was walking his dogs by the fdi, and he was taken in and that's all we have right now we don't know what the charges are. we'll know more in the next couple days. >> further details on the case are expected to be announced later today. >> more breaking news along the gulf coaststhere tropical m barry is beginning to bear down on louisiana a hurricane warning has been posted after flash flooding ready hit areas of new orleans. president trump has approved an emergency declaration. now the big question, will the levees told upthe storm surge on the way especially when the mississippi river is already at flood stage. here is nbc's kerry sanders. >>

. >> instead of spit balls in school >> thanks for watching i'm frances rivera >> before we go, check fireworks above th >>> the president's weekend i.c.e. raids have started off slowly as advocates for undocumented immigrants have worked hard on their behalf. this while the president goes on the offensive against a number of progressive female members of congress >>> the search continues for a missing 60-year-old woman in california who disappeared at a campground on friday >>> a rare look inside the factory of the biggest name in e-cigarettes right now, juul, and why the ceo is apologizing to parents >>> stocks soar into new record territory, but gas prices are also on the rise what's driving up the prices at the pump cnbc's steve sedgwick is here. >>> and sightseers got a heck of a whale tale to tell

"early today" starts right now >>> good wednesday morning i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. democrats drawing battle lines debateir second presidential in night o of round two progressives clashed with moderates over the direction and the future of our cotry. candidates offering competing visions on everythingfrom >> medicare for all is comprehensi comprehensive. it covers all health care needs for senior citizens. it will finally include dental care, hearing aids, and eyeglasses >> but you don't know -- >> second of all -- >> you don't know that >> i do know it. i wrote the damn bill. >> nbc's tracie potts is in d.c. to bre it down for us. thnarrative tonight seemed to be the democratic party's left versus the center. here was aate where you could figure out if i'm a democrat where do i fall with these more progressive ideas of people like bernie sanders. you just heard him talking about his signature health plan medicare for all and elizabethth warren bo of them center stage. or are you a little more conservative as a democrat, a little morto the moderate side we heard it

joe how is that for a wake up call "early today" starts right now >>> good tuesday morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillipe ena. that wave may have moved on, but more severe weather has followed a series of thunderstorms swept to 2 inches of rain coming down per hour at some points. drivers faced dangerous flash flooding many roads across new rk and new jersey were transformed intt rivers, brinffic to a stand still. there was a similar scene in the midwest. downtown eureka, missouri, was under water after getting 5 1/2 inches of rain over just a few hours. and in chicago, powerful winds of up to 25 miles an hour sent dangerous waves crashing into bikers and joggers along the shorine. >> after 15 hours of largely peaceful protests in puerto rico, chaos breaks out poli fired tear gas into crowds outside the governor's mansion. one of our affilte reporters shel muniz of wtvj was caught in the cross fire live on the air. hundreds of thousands of protesters blocked the major highway and the mayor of san juan was right by their side >> you know, people willot forget that he would help aide af

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. that breaking news, again, four people are dead including rang >> it way standing there, one of the vendors, and he said, ma'am, you have a 4-year-old baby, the girl right there please turn around and don't let her see this >> had his whole life to live, he was only 6. we just need to catch this guy >> police say one suspect was killed, but they are now searching the area for a second possible suspect nbc's molly hunter joining us now from gilroy. molly, what do we know about the investigation so far >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. that's right police say there might be a second support role or supporter who is still out there this is still very much an active scene driving into town, police vehicles absolutely everywhere i'm going to toss to the sound bite, play a little bit of sound from the police chief earlier speaking specifically about that possible second suspect. take a listen. >> we have one suspect we know that is downorng that there may have been a second suspect, but

"early today" starts right now >> well, good morning to you i'm richard lui in for frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. will one small step for man mean a giant leap in diplomacy? this week president trump became the first commander in chief to cross the demilitarized zone sharing a historic handshake with kim jong-un supporters say it could jump start talks with korea while critics called it a glorified photo op tracie potts has theatest from capitol hill tracie, good morning >> reporter: it certainly was historic, may just be symbolic the president said notably that the world is watching hover ont everdo so. these ph th korean leader kim jong-un,but the reestion remains what does this >> it's just a step. might be an important step and it might not, but what we're doing today is a step, and probably it's a step in the right direction. it is a good feeling, so it could be very good >> reporter: as you noted, there have been two failed summits so far. the u.s. special envoy will lead a third effort the president says with teams from bothsides trying to get north korea to give up i

. >> and i'm frances rivera. we start with that breaking ne ws an urgent search is underway in gilroy, california, for a possible second suspect. after three victims and one gunman were oflled at one the largest food festivals in the country. >> the vendor that was getting ready to serve me, she actuay said, get down that's gunfire there's a shooter! >> brought his gun up and started spraying rounds all waround he walking like a police officer, like he wanted to get stuff done and it was horrifying. >> and this happened at the end of the festival as it was rang ng up when the shots out. let's hear more from the police chief there on what they know so far. >> we have one suspect we know that is down we have some witnesses reporting that the may have been a second suspect, but we don't know if that suspect was engaged in anyhooting or whether they support role for the pn thatf we have accounted for. >> and the dficult part about this is we see this video here, the chaos th followed after, is that there wares ally s

. >> and i'm frances rivera. glad to join you once again. new york is transforming into soccer city as we speak. preparations are under way for a ticker tape parade to honor the u.s. women's national team all 1900 tickets to the city hall ceremony that follows were snapped up within minutes. meanwhile, on the heels of the world cup victory senator joe manchin has proposed a bill that would block federal funding for the men's team until the women receive equal pay. co-captain megan rapinoe emphasized last night while talking to rachel maddow that it's time to move forward. >> i think everyone realizes now it's like okay, it's time for the next step. it's time to work together to get this to a better place, be collaborative. the conversation is not about equal pay anymore. >> the women's national team has proven themselves time and again. they'vfour s, including in 2015 when the last ticker tape parade was held in their honor. >>> hollywood is payinsday at h home in cocut. thn black" and "dodgeball. he also won an emmy for his work on "the lar

"early today" starts right now good morning i'm richard lui in for frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. the family of edward gallagher is feeling relieved this morning. the navy s.e.a.l. has been aquit of multiple war crimes >> they look like -- yeah, freedom. >> gallagher was charged with the 2017 murder of a prisoner in iraq a military jury found him not guilty on all but one count. nbc's steve patterson has this report >> reporter: vindication for a navy s.e.a.l >> tears of joy. >> absolute joy. >> emotion absolute euphoria. >> reporter: the jury acquitting chief edward gallagher of six of the seven charges against him including premeditated murder. >> huge victory. huge weight off the gallaghers >> reporter: but finding him guilty for code of military justice ba humy the decorated s.e.a.l. was charged with an array of war crimes stemming from a 2017 tour of duty in iraq. the most serious, shooting an unarmed citizens and the murder of an unarmed isis detainee. over the two-week trial prosecutors called members of gallagher's own field team who described a man unhinged, testify

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. coming >>> and a very good morning to you.take a look at the beautiful bay bridge, with already some traffic on it. good morning, everyone. everybody got up early today. thanks for joining scott mcgrew. marcus washington did not get up early today. >> we hope he did not. he's off. i'm laura garcia. kari, it's a little cool this morning. >> it is, a live look at walnut creek, it's all clear. temperatures will dip in the lower 60s in the next several hours and things clearing out as we warm up today and all of our

nbc's frances rivera is in new york for us. hi, frances. >> reporter: good morning.nbc news exclusive. disturbing treatment of migrant children by border agents. first published on nbcnews.com, our reporters detail the findings of some government investigators who have been interviewing children held in yuma, arizona. that includes allegations of sexual assault against a 15-year-old. in addition to unsanitary conditions and over crowding nbc was told the allegation of sexual assault is under investigation but did not comment on the other claims. >>> now to the gulf coast bracing for a possible tropical storm that could make landfall this week. louisiana is at risk and the state is stocking up on sand bags and implementing emergency pumps and the storm could become dangerous. >>> lady gaga made her debut b also released her new spirit which is part of the album, the lion king, the gift. courtney, those are your headlines. >> that is so exciting i cannot wait to see this movie. i went on safari we watched the original "lion king" in africa. >> this is perfect for you.

alongside frances rivera. vice president mike pence is weighing in on the send her back chants that broke out at president trump's rallies. he said the president was not pleased about the chanting but suggested far short that the president would speak out if it happens again. >> were those chants appropriate? if you're unhappy with them, do you want to see them repeated, is this part and parcel of the 2020 echo of the trump campaign? it's a simple question. >> well, no, major, the president wasn't pleased about it, and neither was i, the president has been very clear about that. what we're also not pleased about is the fact that there are four members of congress who are engaging in this outrageous -- >> as close as anyone has had in american politics. this could all go away with one simple word or a phrase or something. you have a chance to say it right now. don't do it again. is that your message. >> the president was very clear that he wasn't happy about it, and if it happened again, he'll make an effort to

frances rivera has the latest. good morning >>> there are growing tensions with north korea after the country fired a pair of short range mess amissiles into the s. this comes ahead of a joint military exercise next month between the united states and south korea. right now national security adviser john bolton is in south korea trying to revive stalled nuclear talks with the kim jong-un regime. >>> after 12 night s of protest in puerto rico, the puerto rican governor finally stepped down. his last day in office will be august 2nd >>> jeffy epstein is on suicide watch, two sources told nbc news he was mysteriously injured in his new york jail cell wnbc reported he was found on the floor in the fetal position semicon shus with marks on his neck reports indicate he may have tried to hang himself while other claims the injuries are not serious and he may have staged a suicide attempt as a ploy to get a transfer a fourth source says an inmate may have carried out the attack the investigation is under way to determine w

i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. that breaking

dominic chu in for brian sullivan let's check the other top headlines outside the world of business frances riverave in new york with the latest good morning happy friday >> happy friday to you a lot of lingering questions this morning after a massive arrest at a u.s. military base 16 marines were taken into custody after a sweep at camp pendleton, they face charges related to drugs and human trafficking. the marine corps said an additional 8 marines were taken aside to be questioned in the alleged drug offenses. >>> a dangerous heat wave is burning up much of europe. unprecedented highs were recorded in france, the netherlands, germany and belgium. in paris, where it reached 108 degrees, the fountains next to the eiffel tower became a hot spot to cool off >>> if you have not jumped on the fortnite bandwagon maybe a $30 million prize pool could change your mind that's the amount gamers from around the globe are competing for at fortnite world cup. more than 40 million people competed in qualifying rounds, only the top 200 have a chance of becoming a millionaire. this will all be live streamed on t

frances rivera is live in the new york newsroom with the latest good morning >> good morning.d wi with severe storm sweeping the nation. parts of eureka, missouri were under water leaving many cars stranded and in the east coast, we had torrential rain in new york city even making its way into the subway check out the long island expressway, traffic brought to a standstill for about an hour the flash flooding turned roads into rivers across new york and new jersey. >>> after 15 hours of largely peaceful protests in puerto rico, chaos broke out. police fired tear gas. the governor is still refusing to step down >>> an alarming new study, researchers say millions of people who take low-dose aspirin without a doctor's recommendation or supervision should stop. some 29 million people ages 40 or older were taking the drug daily in 2017 despite having no known history of heart disease or stroke. experts say taking aspirin daily could have dangerous side effects such as bleeding in the brain. those are your headlines >> all right thank you very much for those. we appreciate it we are

frances rivera. >>> jeffrey epstein, do you think -- do you have any plans on getting involved? >> i am recused from that a matter because one of the law -- one of the law firms that represented epstein long ago was a firm that i subsequently joined for a period of time. >> that's william barr declining to discuss the fellow cabinet member's role in the epstein case saying he'll have no involvement whatsoever. nancy pelosi is calling on acosta to resign. quote, he engaged in the uncontionenable agreement with epstein, kept secret from courageous young victims preventing them from seeking justice. this was known by the president when he appointed acosta to the cabinet. as "the miami herald" reported, facing a 53-page federal indictment epstein could have ended up in prison for the rest of his life in 2008 but a deal was struck with acosta's office and not only would epstein serve just 13 months in a county jail, but most of it on work release. also, a nonprosecution agreement essentially shut down the ongoing fbi probe into whether there were other people who took part in the sex