gabe gutierrez, thank you. in 60 seconds, our nbc news exclusive the surprising potential cancer risk for firefighters beyond the smoke and burning objects. >>> and the nationwide teacher shortage is a shorter school week the answer >>> now to our nbc news exclusive tonight, the largest firefighter's union warning the turnout gear firefighters wear to protect themselves may contain dangerous cancer causing chemicals. here's tom costello. [ sirens ] >> reporter: with cancer deaths among firefighters skyrocketing, the country's biggest firefighter's union and city fire chiefs are tonight issuing a joint warning. the turnout or bunker gear the firefighters wear to protect themselves from fire, smoke and soot may itself be preloaded with cancer causing chemicals. >> every day we put on our personal protective equipment, we're exposing our bodies to toxins that ultimately can result in our deaths. >> reporter: the union and chiefs cite several studies showing their gear is manufactured with so-called pfas, chemicals

lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> in ukraine, a team of u.n.nspectors arrived in kyiv today ahead of a visit to an embattled nuclear plant. while in the south, ukrainian forces are pressing on with a major counteroffensive megan fitzgerald is in kyiv >> reporter: tonight the battlefield is shifting, and ukraine says it's on the attack fresh artillery strikes on the front line, a counteroffensive trying to take back russian-held territory in the south ukrainian president zelenskyy saying he won't give specific details about the mission. russia says they've repelled the ukrainian attack while in the east, new russian strikes in kharkiv killing five people, injuring seven, and leaving a massive crater in the square it comes as two u.s. officials tell nbc news that russia is getting new help on the battlefield, receiving hundreds of combat drones from iran, planning to use them in ukraine, which has also had its own success using drones meanwhile, inspectors with the international atomic energy agency arrived in kyiv, making their way to the russia

. >>> gabe gutierrez on a police standoff between police and the gunman who stalked an fbi office in ohio. >> "early today" starts right now. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. vanessa bryant says she has gotten justice for her husband kobe and daughter gianna a jury has sided with the widow, awarding her $16 million after she sued l.a. county after alleged graphic photos first responders took and shared she says she suffered panic attacks, fearing they would be posted online. the co-plaintiff chris chester lost his wife and daughter in the crash and was awarded 50 million in damages last year, los angeles county approve add $2.5 million settlement with the mauser and another family over a similar lawsuit. >>> also developing overnight, school district police chief arredondo has been fired over the massacre at robb elementary. the city's school board voting unanimously to terminate his position he says he has gotten death threats and didn't think the meeting was safe there was enormous pressure for him to be fired but the greatest pleas came from families like this father. >

gabe gutierrez now on the major shakeup in the streaming wars >> reporter: from cnn plus to that batgirlly canceled multi-million dollar streaming projects is growing. now the latest sign the industry is changing rapidly new data shows about 19% of subscribers that paid premium services such as netflix, apple tv plus, and hbo max among others canceled three or more subscriptions over the past two years so-called serial churners >> they might have some services they're loyal to but others they cycle through, watch one show and then move on >> reporter: the average monthly defection rate among paid services in the u.s. is now more than 5% college student avi vo just dumped hbo max after he finished watching "succession." >> i definitely can't afford to subscribe to each and every platform >> reporter: comcast, nbc universal's parent company, just announced that subscriptions for its streaming service peacock has stayed flat while peacock's losses have hit $467 million, though the company says revenue is growing still, across the industry consolidation is already under way earlier this mont

joining us now, nbc news national correspondent, gabe gutierrez. e been reporting on them for years. some violence erupted on friday night into saturday in tijuana. as you mentioned, americans were ordered to shelter in place. that order has since been lifted, but travel is still -- they're urging restrictions into that country. you see some of the video there. and there was a major music festival over the weekend, as well. this all went down in tijuana, where local authorities say that members of the cartel started burning vehicles and shut down public transportation. and this comes, jose, after several days of violence elsewhere in the country. 11 people died in and around juarez earlier in the week. and this also comes after a high-ranking cjnj official was arrested. and local reports out of tijuana says that the cartel posted warnings on social media, essentially warning that residents needed to stay indoors. now, thankfully, the violence seems to have quieted later on in the weekend, but there are still thousands of mexican national guard membe

mika. >> nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez. thank you very much. >>> jonathan lemire, your thoughts on this as trump uses this fbi search to his benefit, playing the victim and rallying the troops. >> well he certainly is never been shy before, mika, of playing the victim. his entire presidential persona was based on grievance and claiming that other outside forces were trying to get him. seeing that again now. claiming that institutions are aligned against him. the deep state, when of course we know when he was president, he was using presidential powers against his political opponents. and neal katyal, i want to get you on something buzzing last night and this morning since the news broke. the statute, i believe, that suggests if someone were to be found convicted of improperly handling classified material, that could be grounds as punishment to prevent them from ever holding office again. and i know this is litigated at least somewhat during the 2016 campaign with hillary clinton and her email server. so if you could give us

here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: far from the u.s. southern border, the mayor of washington, dc, a democrat, has asked the national guard to help handle more than 4,000 migrants recently bused to the nation's capital >> i've asked for the deployment of the guard as long as we need the guard to deal with the humanitarian crisis >> reporter: the request comes after texas' republican governor, in what democrats call a political stunt, started sending migrants to dc but republicans blame the biden administration after a record number of illegal border crossings in may also according to internal documents reviewed by nbc news, 73 migrants including 13 children were recently found living in stash houses operated by human smugglers in northwest dc >> every single community in america is now a border city this is a national crisis >> reporter: new york's mayor is also asking the federal government for help. his office says about 4,000 asylum seekers have entered the city's homeless shelter system since late may >> if there was ever an all han

gabe gutierrez feels like a long time coming.ect many surprises, but talk us through what we anticipate the outcome being here and importantly, i think, we always in the story want to listen to parents and families, what are we listening from him? >> this has been a long time coming. the school superintendent has recommended that pete arredondo be fired and there have been several delays in the last several meetings and there's been a lot of frustration among parents in that community, and if we can put up quickly the time line of events here that we have seen in the last several months. you can see right there the massacre of course, happened may 24th, exactly three months ago today on june 22nd. arredondo placed on unpaid leave. on july 2nd he resigns from the city council and still technically keeps his job. all this played out as state investigators were in july. on july 23rd, the national status meeting on pete arredondo's job and in that report, the state investigation, the texas department of public safety essentially blam

nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez reports. >> reporter: first, a respected hacker known now file a whistle-blower complaint alleging the social media giant deceived a federal regulator. >> he decided enough security, he cared enough about the platform that he was going to come forward. >> reporter: the complaint accuses twitter of violating a 2011 settlement by falsely claiming it has a faulty security plan. violations of s.e.c. rules and fraudulent misrepresentation in communications with the board of directors. zatko speaking with snan. >> large tech companies, you need to know what the risks are and they also need to have an appetite to fix it. >> reporter: twitter hired zatko after a high-profile hack in 2020 that compromised company accounts. the company said zatko was fired from his senior executive role for poor performance. what we've seen thus far is a false narrative riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies. >> twitter has become a de facto complaint. >> reporter: the complaint comes with the legal battle with elon musk who is trying to get out of a $44 bi

here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> shots fired! shots fired!reporter: a barrage of gunfire longside an ohio cornfield came during a tense standoff after police say a man tried to breach this fbi field office in cincinnati this month. >> we've got him in sight. >> reporter: a high-speed chase followed the attempted break-in. the suspect stopping next to the corn field. the gunfire starts. troopers take cover. this video provided to nbc affiliate wlwt by the warren county sheriff's office, just one of the agencies involved. >> now has a pistol. >> reporter: more officers arrive, including an aviation unit watching from above. >> the drive's side window is shot out. he is back up and on his knees, just so everyone is aware. back on his knees and he is holding a rifle. >> reporter: it is a rare look at officers assessing the threat in real time. >> since he's got a rifle, let's just make sure we get heavy equipment there and i think we can come up with a better game plan versus trying to engage with him and a rifle and he's ready for a fight. >> th

gabe gutierrez, new york >> we were figuring out which service we haven't used in months >> why do wethat one you neff ver know something might come on. ten bucks here, ten bucks there, doesn't seem like a lot, but it adds up. >> and if you don't know where to find so >>> right now at had:30, a heat wave hitting the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is tracking a microclimate weather alert. ahead she breaks down how hot it's expected to get in your neighborhood and how long it will last. >>> plus -- >> the most important thing, if we can't prevent them, we need to hold people accountable and make arrests. >> addressing attacks, finding out the steps the department is taking to help the asian community and we discuss the town hall plan tonight and how you can take part to make sure your voice is heard. this is "today in the bay," st

here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: these are not images from the desert southwest they're from massachusetts. the new weekly drought monitor out today shows that more of the northeast is now under extreme drought conditions >> i'm kind of worried because my house also, the grass is dead. >> reporter: nearly all of new jersey, connecticut, and new hampshire are also in varying levels of drought. dairy farms in vermont are struggling to feed their livestock. new york's rockland county is declaring a stage-two water emergency, instituting mandatory restrictions starting today you can only water lawns on certain days here. restaurants can't serve water unless customers specifically ask. >> it's going to affect us significantly. >> reporter: anthony tortarella says his landscaping company has already lost nearly half its business >> we haven't had any decent rain. nothing is really growing. it's really affected my business. >> reporter: this river is much drier than usual normally i would be standing in water here local officials say this is the worst drought they've seen in at least six years. i

we get more from gabe gutierrez. >> price stability is the responsibility of the federal reserve. >> reporter: in his most closely watched speech of the year in wyoming, federal reserve chairman jerome powell signaled more interest rate hikes may be on the way next month. >> restoring price stability will take some time and require using our tools forcefully to bring demand and supply into better balance. >> reporter: since june, the fed has already raised interest rates three-quarters of a percentage point twice, a move meant to slow the economy and squelch inflation. >> it will also bring some pain to households and businesses. >> reporter: the uncertainly fueling a sell-off on wall street the dow down more than a thousand points as consumers wonder what's next. >> you really want to try to whittle down your credit card debt as much as possible because those rates are going to continue to go up. >> reporter: in arizona, this potential home buyer had one thought when he heard mortgage rates might keep rising >> oh, [ bleep ]. >> reporter: he's been looking for a home around phoenix

threats against the agency it comes with a new law calling for the hiring of many new agents gabe gutierrez has the latest >> reporter: in a letter to irs employees commissioner reddick a trump appointee said he's order comprehensive review of safety measures at the agency's facilities nationwide. in recent days, he writes, there has been an abundance of misinformation and false social media postings, some with threats directed at the irs and its employees. >> we are a target. >> reporter: the president of the irs workers union in chicago is telling members to hide their badges when they leave the building. >> it's really unfortunate because we are public servants. >> progress does come. >> reporter: the inflation reduction act includes $80 billion in new funding for the irs over the next 10 years. the biden administration says the money is meant to hire new workers after years of underfunding and help prevent high income earners from cheating on their taxes. some conservatives have falsely claimed the agency plans to hire 87,000 mostly armed agents. >> those irs agents are designed to come

we get more from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, investigators in bend, oregon are trying to find out why a gunman opened fire at this supermarket sunday night, killing two people and wounding two others >> i heard what i'm guessing is six, seven shots going off. >> reporter: authorities now say one of the victims, a store employee, heroically tried to disarm the gunman. >> and may very well have prevented further deaths >> reporter: nationwide, the headlines of this weekend's gun violence were grim. in a phoenix shootout, three people dead, two officers wounded in houston, police say a man set an apartment building on fire and shot five residents, killing three of them. in detroit, four people shot by a man police believed to have randomly targeted victims over 2 1/2 hours. >> we don't see any criminal history at this time. and we have some indication there is mental illness >> reporter: in dc, washington commanders running back brian robinson jr. was hospitalized after being shot after a possible attempted carjacking in new york, one man dead, four others wounded, during a shoot

our gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: first a respected hacker known as mudge, he's filed an 84-page whistle-blower complaint, alleging the social media giant misled federal investigators. the complaint accuses twitter of violating a 2011 settlement with the federal trade commission by falsely claiming it had a solid security plan. it also alleges too many employees had access to sensitive user day ta, violatios of rules zatko speaking with cnn. >> large tech companies need to know what the risks are and need to have an appetite to go fix it >> reporter: twitter hired zatko after a high-profile hack. he was fired from his senior effective role for infeceffecti leadership >> twitter has become kind of the de facto town square >> reporter: the complaint comes amid twitter's legal battle with elon musk to's trywho's trying out of a deal to buy the company. the whistle-blower complaint alleges twitter's ceo tweeted false and misleading statements about the company's handling of bots >> this speaks to the misinformation and disinformation a lot of these spots and spam are used for commerc

gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: far from the u.s. southern border, the mayor of washington, d.c., a democrat, has asked the national guard to help handle more than 4,000 migrants recently bussed to the nation's capitol >> i've asked for the deployment of the guard as long as we need the guard to deal with the humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: the request comes after texas' republican governor in what democrats call a political stunt started sending migrants to d.c., but republicans blame the biden administration after a record number of illegal border crossings in may also, according to internal documents reviewed by nbc news, 73 migrants, including 13 children, were found living in stash houses operated by human smugglers in northwest d.c >> every single community in america is now a border city this is a national crisis. >> reporter: new york's mayor is also asking the federal government for help. his office says about 4,000 asylum seekers have entered the homeless shelter system since late may >> if there was ever an all-hands-on-

blaming misinformation nourishing after the inflation reduction act added billions to the budget gabe gutierrez breaks it down. >> reporter: in a letter, the commissioner is order ing a comprehensive review in recent days there has been an abundance of misinformation some with threats directed at the irs and employees. >> we are a target >> reporter: the worker in chicago is told to leave badges at the office. the inflation reduction act inclu has $ $80 billion funding. some conservatives have falsely claimed that the agency plans to hire 87,000 mostly-armed agents >> those irs agents are designed to come after you. >> it's joe biden's new army >> are they going to have a strike force that goes in with ak-15s already loaded, ready to shoot some small business person in iowa? >> reporter: in reality, only a fraction of irs employees work on criminal investigations and care eye firearms. >> words have power and consequences and you're putting federal employees, your fellow americans, in danger by saying this >> reporter: john kofx nen says they received repeated threats this is the first wide-ran

a civil settlement with the city of greensboro, maryland that includes police reforms here's gabe gutierrez reporter: almost four years after the death of anton black was caught on police body cam in greensboro, maryland today his family announced a civil settlement >> i hope this will help somebody else, you know, that this happens to >> reporter: anton's family will be paid $5 million in damages. but the settlement also includes police reform such as the overhaul of local use of force policies, more resources for police confronting mental health emergencies as well as officer de-escalation training >> i got shackles. >> reporter: the announcement comes just days after the case was featured on "dateline" and "nightly news. >> no mother should have to witness what you witnessed. >> no. i never thought this would ever happen. >> reporter: anton's parents speaking to lester about how their 19-year-old son, a star athlete and aspiring model, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during an encounter with police in september of 2018 he was held down by officers and died. >> he was george floyd bef

from the white house covid response coordinator in just a moment, but first, our report from gabe gutierrez >> reporter: tonight the cdc director is calling for drastic changes within the agency to better deal with public health emergencies. dr. rochelle walensky now says "in our big moment our performance did not reliably meet expectations." how significant is that acknowledgement >> it's monumental this speaks to not just the intent to acknowledge it but the action that must follow and the accountability >> reporter: the agency had been slammed as slow to respond during covid, also facing backlash after issuing guidance that seemed confusing. the sweeping reorganization includes a new executive council, a new equity office, and a more streamlined website. walensky also plans to ask congress to grant the cdc new powers, including mandating that local jurisdictions share their data the course correction comes as federal health officials face criticism over the monkeypox vaccine rollout. the administration invested more than a billion dollars developing it but has just over a million shots o

joining me nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez outside of trump tower. and ben collins. ower yesterday, i know we tried to toss a question off to him but didn't get any response. what's going on today? >> reporter: hey there katy, yes, as you mentioned former president trump ignoring shouted questions from reporters yesterday as he left trump power behind me. he spent the night, we understand, at his golf club add bedminster, and has not commented so far today. but he did post, or someone posted on his true social media app endorsement for several congressional races for wisconsin and minnesota. and yesterday, after the news broke, katy, and after they had gotten written statements he did make brief comments at a telerally, for former alaska governor sarah palin who, of course, is running for congress. take a listen to some of what he said calling in. >> another day in paradise. this was a strange day. you probably all read about it. you know what, keep your eyes open, because we'll have to do it again. you know sarah's going to be helping us. >> reporter: so, calling it

nbc national correspondent gabe gutierrez is joining me with more. se changes grew out of an external review the cdc director ordered in april. they are a blunt acknowledgement that the cdc fell short with so many lives at stake. this morning, a sweeping reorganization of the cdc is underway after the agency's director offered a stunning rebuke of its covid response. dr. rochelle walensky now says, in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations. >> we learned some hard lessons over the last three years, and as part of that, it's my responsibility, it's the agency's responsibility to learn from those lessons and do better. >> throughout the pandemic, the cdc has been blasted for shifting guidance over masks. >> kind of just laughed, because it was like two weekses ago, i feel like they just like got rid of it. >> testing. >> it seems like you all don't talk amongsts yourself. >> and other recommendations. >> why is the guidance so confusing? >> thank you for the opportunity to clarify. >> reporter: the agency's external review fo

national correspondent gabe gutierrez is outside trump tower in new york city. good morning.today? do we expect more comments from the former president? >> reporter: hi there. good morning. president trump was here when the news first broke. he ignored questions from reporters leaving trump tower. he is now at the golf course in bedminster. according to a source familiar with the search of mar-a-lago it was related to class if ied information the president allegedly took with him after leaving the white house. the secret service said that it was notified by fbi agents early monday morning and secret service did not participate in the search but facilitated access to the property. in terms of what the former president trump said in a written statement last night calling it prosecutorial misconduct, weaponization of the justice department and attack by the radical left democrats who don't want me to run for president in 2024. so far no comment from the president yet today. we did get off the phone with his attorney who called this search uncalled for. said that the former presi

joining me now, nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez outside trump tower in new york city, l rights attorney and former prosecutor. gabe, get us up to speed on this federal investigation into the former president. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. as you mentioned, former president trump is expected to give a deposition in that probe in the coming days. this comes after two of his adult children, donald jr. and ivanka trump testified in depositions over the last several weeks, and just several days ago we learned that a commercial real estate firm, cushman and wakefield turned over nearly 36,000 documents related to the investigation. this comes after that commercial real estate firm had been held in contempt of court. aaron, as you know, attorney general letitia james' office is considering whether to file a civil suit related to mr. trump's financial statements saying in court filings that her office has uncovered substantial evidence establishing numerous misrepresentations in mr. trump's financial statements. of course, aaron, the former president has long said that thes

nbc correspondent gabe gutierrez is joining me now with more. decision to happen after two delays by arredondo's own attorneys. here we are though and this community is still reeling of course understandably so from this unspeakable tragedy. how are they reacting. >> this has been a long time coming, yasmin. and as you said, the community has been to several of the meetings, has been calling for his ouster for quite sometime. and it happened yesterday. there was a 21 second moment of silence at the beginning of the meeting for the victims here. but arredondo was unanimously fired. asa said, say 17-page statement from arredondo. and these are his lengthiest public comments even in written form that we've seen from him so far. a public lynching he called it and his attorneys added that none of his decisions demonstrate a failure to meet the accepted standard of conduct for law enforcement officers in similarly situated school districts in texas, basically saying, listen, he did what was required of him to do. he has said before that he did not bel

new video has just released -- as gabe gutierrez reports.ise of gunfire alongside in ohio cornfield came during a tense standoff after police say a man tried to bleach breach this fbi field office in cincinnati this month. >> a high-speed chase follow the attempted break in. this video provided to nbc news affiliate by the warren county sheriff's office is just one of the agencies involved. >> [inaudible] car now has a pistol. >> [inaudible] >> the standoff lasts nearly six hours. eventually, law enforcement closes in. i suspect shot and killed. >> authorities have not confirmed the motive. but the suspect posted on social media about his desire to kill fbi agents after former president trump's mar-a-lago residence was searched. >> eugene, the attacks from the -- former president, the attacks from his allies, they have real world consequences. how worried is the white house about this investigation and the continued threats to federal law enforcement? >> this current white house is very concerned about it, so much so that, on september 15th,

gabe gutierrez has the story. >> reporter: first, a respected hacker, known as mudge, became twitter'sier this year. he's filed an explosive 84-page whistleblower complaint, alleging the social media giant deceived federal regulators about egregious deficiencies in its security. >> he decided the risk was forth it. he cared enough about the platform that he was going to come forward. >> reporter: the complaint accuses twitter of violating a 2011 settlement with the federal trade commission by falsely claiming it had a solid security plan and that too many employees had access to sensitive user data, which is fraudulent misrepresentations in communications with the board of directors. >> large tech companies need to know what the risks are and they need to have an appetite to fix it. >> reporter: twitter hired zatko after a hack in 2020 that co-prom mized accounts. the company says he was fired for ineffective leadership and poor performance. >> twitter has become kind of the de facto town square. >> reporter: the complaint comes among twitter's legal battle with elon musk who is trying

that's why i came. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez with the report.menon, the pandemic, but that's why the cdc is there. in theory, it is prepared for something like this. the messaging was confusing over time. remember people were spraying groceries at first, if you go back. leaving them in the garage. we didn't know how to behave. the 6-foot thing felt arbitrary. the message this time from director walensky is we will be better prepared for the next one. let's hope that's true. >> well, we didn't know what to do. >> we learned a lot. >> at the time, we had a president who was saying -- >> who made it worse. >> -- nothing to see. move along. one person coming from china. don't worry about it at all. we had, you know, government agencies that botched it at the very beginning. you certainly can blame them for botching the tests and the communications. obviously, they were working under difficult circumstances with a president who wanted to pretend that it was going to all just go away. but the problems actually continued, even after donald trump, mika,

nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has the latest. good morning. >> good morning.ns are seizing on a record-breaking influx of migrants at the southern border. but this latest battle over immigration is now playing out here in the northeast. >> reporter: the buses keep coming to new york city and washington, d.c. at first, hundreds, now thousands of migrants arriving in the northeast after being sent by the governors of texas and arizona. >> the need has outstripped our capacity to respond to it. >> reporter: calling it a humanitarian crisis, d.c.'s mayor requested the national guard. new york city's mayor is also asking the federal government for help. >> i don't think anything is more anti-american than shipping people on a bus, 45-hour trip, without any of the basic needs they have or direction or coordination. >> reporter: democrats call the busing a political stunt. republicans argue it is a last resort, as scenes like this unfold at the u.s. southern border. large groups of migrants crossing. human smugglers cramming 150 people into this 18-wheeler. border pa

the suspect shot and killed. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez reporting there.s now, democratic congresswoman abigail spanberger of virginia. she is a formere cia officer. good to see you, congresswoman. let's talk about the threats to the fbi, threats to the irs now, other agencies that, frankly, some of your colleagues in the united states congress have put in harm's way. we heard this man who was killed in ohio, who went to a field office in cincinnati because of what he'd heard about the fbi searching mar-a-lago, that they were out to get the president and everything else. have you talked to any of your colleagues about turning down some of the rhetoric, particularly some of it based in conspiracy theories? >> well, i want to just first take a minute to reflect on that video, the number of law enforcement officers whose lives were in danger because one man was spun up in anger and hate, in the conspiracies you mentioned. in my conversations with my colleagues, i've been very clear in the danger that exists when people are so willing to lean into lies. like t

gabe gutierrez is here with more good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ad of the midterm elections republicans are seizing on a record breaking influx of migrants at the southern border. but the latest battle over immigration is now playing out here in the northeast. the buses keep coming to new york city and washington d.c at first, hundreds, now thousands of migrants arriving in the northeast after being sent by the governors of texas and arizona. >> the need has outstripped our capacity to respond to it. >> calling it a humanitarian crisis, d.c.'s mayor requested the national guard new york city's mayor also calling for help. >> i don't think anything is more anti-american than shipping people on the bus, 45 hour trip, without basic needs. >> reporter: democratsal cngli the busing a political stunt republicans argue it's a last resort as scenes like this unfold at the southern border, large groups of migrants crossing human smugglers cramming 150 people into this more than 200 dead migrants have been found in texas since last october. nationwide border

gabe gutierrez is on the story for us good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the news step, external review the cdc director ordered in april. it's a brunt acknowledgement that the cdc fell short with so many lives at stake. this morning a sweeping reorganization of the cdc is under way after the agency's director offered a stunning rebuke of its covid response dr. rochelle walensky now says in our big moment our performance did not reliably meet expectations. >> we learned hard lessons over the last three years and part of that is my responsibility, the agency's responsibility to learn from the lessons and do better. >> reporter: throughout the pandemic, the cdc has been blasted for shifting guidance over masks. >> i'm lost. it was like two weeks ago they >> reporter: testingal amongst yourselves. >> reporter: and other recommendations. >> why is the guidance so confusing? >> thank you for the opportunity to clarify. >> reporter: the agency's external review found public guidance had been confusing and overwhelming, that cdc leaders rotated out every few mont

that optimism creating quite the surge in early shopping for the holidays gabe gutierrez is here with more on that. >> good morning. folks are still worried about a possible recession, a growing number of them seeing light at the end of the tunnel and retailers are taking notice. rolling out the holiday sales in august >> reporter: the calendar might not even read september yet but holiday cheer is spreading early. consumer confidence in the economy rising for the first time in four months. expectations for the future also inching up, thanks in part to falling prices at the pump >> fuel prices go down, everything else kind of goes along with it. >> reporter: this new confidence driving a super early wave of holiday shopping fears of growing inflation causing a third of consumers to buy their holiday gifts with the summer heat still scorching. >> you're already shopping i'm like, yeah >> reporter: this mother of three started shopping for the holidays months ago. concern that rising inflation could mean fewer sales in the fall >> my middle daughter is really into rainbow dolls i was ab