. >>> good morning, i'm jessica layton. >> i'm frances rivera. the republican party spent the weekend defending former president trump as he heads to miami this morning ahead of his expected arraignment on tuesday. for more we go to nbc's brie jackson in washington. good morning now that we've observed all those shocking photos from friday, what's everyone saying in d.c.? >> reporter: good morning, frances. former president trump is expected to travel from new jersey to florida this morning on tuesday trump will be arraigned at a federal court in miami after he was indicted last week on 37 felony counts over his handling of classified documents. trump who is expected to plead not guilty to the charges spent the weekend at events where he declared his innocence and claimed that the justice department is using him to get to his supporters. many of trump's fellow republicans rushed to his defense over the weekend two of trump's allies in congress, jim jordan and lindsey graham attempted to down play the indictment with graham saying that trump is no

i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm jessica layton.oughout the world. what we know about the armed mercenaries that marched on moscow, and how the u.s. is reacting >>> harrowing moments on the high seas. passengers open up about a freak storm that tossed and turned their cruise ship. >>> massive consumer alert to tell you about before you start your car why over a million hondas were hit with a recall. >> it's part of our daily lives. and now the cell phone

it's thursday, june 29 "early today" starts right now and good morning i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera between the toxic air and oppressive heat, it is hard for many americans to get a breath of fresh air more than a third of the country is engulfed by the slowly-moving wildfire smoke p cafrom canada. the haze had grow worse after lingering over the midwest >> typically, you can see downtown cleveland right there this is all happening so quickly. i can't evensee everything lik five feet past me. go meanwhile, the heat dome baking texas has made it one of the hottest places on the planet some cities have surpassed 110 degrees, rivaling places like the za sahara desert at least 11 deaths have been confirmed in texas and louisiana. >>> one week after the submersible titan was declared lost, the crews in charge of recovering the vessel have brought part of the wreckage to shore. the debris was retrieved by a remote-operated vehicle diving more than 12,000 feet below the water. five people were on board the titan when it was said to are suffered a catastrophic im

day and newest national holiday, juneteenth "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera we begin with the extreme weather griming the south. residents are without power from texas to tennessee some of the worst outages in oklahoma where there are more than 2,000 in the dark the recent weather is linked to at least five deaths across the south. governor abbott toured the damage in perryton, texas. he said he'd never seen the level of decimation to a town like this. >> the people in this area have gone through over the past couple of days is nothing short of horrific. >> today parts of texas and louisiana remain under excessive heat warnings. cooling centers have opened up in houston and new orleans the heat index in some areas could reach as high as 116 degrees. >>> another holiday weekend disrupted by gunviolence acros the country. west of chicago one person was killed and at least 20 people shot in the suburb of willowbrook. shots were fired into a crowd that had gathered for a juneteenth celebration no suspects have been ident

"early today" starts right now >> and good morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera of as we officially mark the changing of the seasons, severe conditions are continuing to pummel the southern unit. oou united nationsstates the often-strained texas electrical grid is facing new challenges posed by the relentless weather >>> ercot asked the state's 30 million residents to voluntary cut back on electric use due to sweltering heat. >>> now to breaking news on the search for the missing submersible that was touring the "titanic." the u.s. coast guard confirms that underwater noises were detected in that search area this update came after "rolling stone" first reported that researchers were hearing banging sounds every 30 minutes, according to department of homeland security communications, and nbc news has not obtained or verified the clock is ticking to reach the missing sub which has only a little over a day's worth of oxygen left. all five passengers on board have been identified, the youngest be being 19-year-old suleman dawood who is on the sub with his father, and ocean ga

. >> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the dangerous summer weather from toxic skies to sweltering heat more than a third of the country is engulfed by the slowly moving wildfire smoke from canada it will linger over the midwest and head to the east coast >> typically, you can see downtown cleveland right there this is all happening so quickly. i can't even see everything, like, five feet past me. in meanwhile, the heat dome baking texas has made it one of the hottest places on the planet some cities have surpassed 110 degrees, rivaling places like the sahara desert. at least 11 heat-related deaths have been confirmed in texas and louisiana. hchbl >>> one week after the submersible titan was declared lost, the crews responsible for k recovering the wreckage brought debris to shore. medical professionals are expected to study and analyze the presumed human remains that were also recovered. five people were on board the titan when it's said to have suffered a catastrophic implosion on the way to view the wrecka

"early today" starts right now >>> and good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera as we officially mark the changes of the seasons, severe conditions are continuing to pummel the united states a massive heat wave has led to triple digit temperatures and widespread power outages throughout the region. some residents of mississippi were said to be without power and air conditioning for over four days as thermometers reached the 90 degree mark on tuesday. meanwhile, the often-strained texas electrical grid is facing new challenges posed by the relentless weather >>> ercot asked the state's 30 million residents on tuesday to voluntary cut back on electricity use due to sweltering heat. >>> we have breaking news on the search for the missing submersible touring the "titanic." the coast guard confirms that underwater noises were detected in the search area the update came after rolling sto stone first reported that they were hearing banging signs every 30 minutes nbc news has not verified. the clock is ticking to reach the missing sub which only has about a day's

i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances s rivera as wildfirin as wildfires continue to rage in canada, the smoke is continuing in the midwest chicago worst air quality in the world. it's expected to shift east. meanwhile, record-breaking heat continues to scorch the south. emergency room visits in texas are up about 30% compared to last year. sam brock has more on these extreme conditions >> reporter: in new orleans french quarter, long lines pack this steamboat dock. this unrelenting heat is steaming the entire city >> it's really hot out here. >> reporter: new orleans could set record highs the next four days, with the heat index approaching 120 degrees. >> i saw someone about two weeks ago had a heatstroke, a lady out here it's very hot. >> reporter: was that scary to see first hand >> yes, it was >> reporter: the city's top priority caring for the most vulnerable, opening up about nine cooling stations and hydration stations what is the precedent for this kind of heat wave here >> well, this is unprecedented extreme, excessive heats that we've never experienced befo

and good morning >>>i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the toxic air in the forecast smoke from canadian wildfires have once again drifted across the border chicago and detroit had the worst air quality in the world today. it will move over new york city today and tomorrow meanwhile, extreme heat is expanding across the south, with alerts stretching from california to florida. the cdc says er visits in texas are up about 30% from last year. >>> panama city beach has been named the deadliest beach in the nation, earning the title after dangerous rip currents killed seven people in nine days. here's guad venegas with potentially life-saving advice >>> the famous, picturesque shores of panama city, florida now the deadliest beach in the nation after three more tourists died over the weekend. >> with the influx of people and having a roving patrol, these things can happen. >> reporter: a popular destination for tourists from all over the world, these beaches have pref lvalent danges rip currents that can quickly turn summertime

and good friday morning to you i'm jessica layton >> and thanks for starting your morning and ending your month with us. i'm frances rivera the landscape of education in the united states has been forever changed by the supreme court. the court voted on a 6-3 margin to strike down the policy of affirmative action, ending the long-standing consideration of race as a factor in the college admissions process the verdict came following a challenge to the policies of harvard university, and the university of north carolina, brought by a group led by a conservative activist. nbc's laura jarret has more details on the court's major ruling >> reporter: a landmark decision from a bitterly-divided supreme court, rejecting the use of race as we know it in college admissions chief justice john roberts leading the 6-3 majority to conclude programs at harvard and north carolina eye slviolated tw that they involved racial stereotyping >> the polarizing, stigmatizing and unfair jurisprudence that allowed colleges and universities to use a student's race and ethnicity as a factor to either admit them

19, juneteenth "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm frances rivera >> and i'm jessica layton. the south is still hoping for relief from extreme and dangerous weather this morning as of midnight, nearly half a million customers were still without power from texas to tennessee. some of the worth worst outages were in oklahoma with over 200,000 in the dark. the recent severe weather has been linked to five deaths across the south governor abbott toured the damage in perryton, texas where three lives were lost to a tornado. he said he'd never seen a level of decimation to a town like this >> the people in this area have gone through over the past couple of days, it's nothing short of horrific. >> today parts of texas and louisiana remain under excessive heat warnings. cooling centers have opened up in houston and new orleans the heat index in some of those areas could reach as high as 116 degrees. >>> another holiday weekend has been disrupted by gun violence across the country just west of chicago, one person was killed and at least 20 people were shot in the suburb of willowbro

early today starts right now good tuesday morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. as russia reels from aborted rebellion, president zelenskyy is relishing in what he sees as big gains on the battlefield he claims his forces have advanced all along the front lines in the latest counter offensive push zelenskyy said it is a joyous day. i wish for more days like this for our troops nbc news could not immediately verify zelenskyy's claims, but so far the ukrainian counter offensive has only amounted to a few villages in the east >> and the sides of the power struggle in russia are speaking out. vladimir putin giving an angry speech on tv but yevgeny prigozhin defended his actions saying he neffver intended to overthrow the putin regime we understand there were high expectations ahead of vladimir putin's speech yesterday >> reporter: that's right, jessica. and despite his defiance and anger, it was still kind of a murky response to everything that happened. he did say any kind of blackmail, any attempts to create internal turmoil are doomed to failure but ultimately pra

it is tuesday, june 27, and "early today" starts right now and good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera we begin with the severe weather striking the east coast, slamming millions of americans with hail and damaging winds the storms triggering flash flooding and tornado warnings across the eastern half of the country. meanwhile, texas is still suffering through dangerous heat energy provider ercot says they set a new record for peak demand in june. our emilie ikeda has more on the extreme weather. >> reporter: a weekend of wild weather now closing in on the east coast while a suffocating heat cripples tens of millions in the south for yet another week parts of texas approaching the all-time state record of 120 degrees. >> almost like hot as the sun. >> reporter: with the heat pressing on, they're preparing for libertari electric /*use to break records again. winds flipped planes in tennessee. ping-pong-sized hail in alabama. one person died in indiana watch as an ominous funnel forms outside indianapolis >> my husband came running down the stairs sayin

i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera former president trump is expected to travel from new jersey to florida this morning ahead of his arraignment at a federal court in miami on tuesday. trump was indicted last week on 37 felony counts over his handling of classified documents. trump, who is expected to plead not guilty spent the weekend at events where he proclaimed his innocence and claimed the justice department is using to get to his supporters. one republican who is speaking out against trump is his former attorney general bill barr barr on sunday said trump was wrong to claim that he had the right to have those documents. in response, trump took to truth social, calling his former ag weak and totally ineffective as well as a gutless pig. >> the white house on saturday held an event marking pride month. it was delayed due to last week's hazardous air quality the biden administration described it as the largest pride event ever held at the white house. the celebration comes midway through a year in which the lgbtq+ community has faced an onslaught of bills intr

repeat as champion it's thursday, june 22nd "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. the desperate last faw hours the search for that missing submersible grows more dire by the second the u.s. coast guard estimates that five passengers will run out of oxygen at around 7:00 a.m. eastern, based on the amount of emergency air the sub can hold our tom costello has more on the urgent search and rescue efforts still under way. >> reporter: 900 miles east of massachusetts canadian aircrews continue to drop sonar buoys and report hearing unusual noise in the water, planes, ships and drones are now aggressively searching a grid near the sunken "titanic", but so far nothing. the navy now reviewing all sonar contacts can you describe what the noise sounds like that they're hearing? >> the noises have been described as banging noises, but, again, they have to put the whole picture together in context, and they have to eliminate potential man made sources other than the "titan" >>reporter: underwater acousti exerts caution the ocean is noisy, heavy ship traf

on a top team >> it's thursday june 22nd "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> i'm frances rivera. a desperate next few hours as time is running out for the five men lost at sea near the "titanic." the coast guard estimates that the missing submersible will run out of air around 7:00 a.m. eastern, based on the amount of emergency reserve oxygen on board. but, it is possible the men there may have been able to conserve their air to buy more time coming up, we'll have a live report on the urgent search and rescue efforts still under way at this hour >>> the leader of the world's most populous country arrived at the white house wednesday night as president biden looks to reaffirm the united states' relation with india amidst growing geo-political tensions we go to brie jackson in washington what's on the agenda for the two leaders in. >> reporter: as you said, indian prime minister norendra modi is in washington. he is expected to speak at a joint meeting of congress and deliver remarks alongside president biden before attending a state dinner in the evening. it

. >> and heim jessica layton the leader of the infamous wagner mercenary group staged perhaps the most serious challenge ever to vladimir putin's grip on power. yevgeny prigozhin and his men marched on moscow friday in an armed rebellion that putin slammed as a betrayal and a stab in the back. but prigozhin backed down on saturday, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed in russia. prigozhin has accepted exile in neighboring belarus, a close ally of russia >> a pivotal part of the war in ukraine until he turned on his master, claiming the kremlin elite had lied to the public about its reasons for invading here to break it down is richard lui. >> good morning to you, frances. once you learn the detail of this group, it's pretty clear why vladimir putin does not want the lose them. there are three major military forces at putin's disposal the largest group, the regular russian army, about 850,000, many of them being national minorities coming from poor areas and regions that russia has annexed recently the second force is the chechen military force, believed to be in the thousands russian st

it's friday, june 23rd "early today" starts right now >>> and good morning i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera the five-person crew of the missing titan are believed to be dead and remembered this morning. after days of searching, the coast guard confirmed that debris discovered in the search area was consistent with a quote, catastrophic implosion. now what's expected to be a difficult recovery process begins tom costello has the full story. >> reporter: heartbreak in the north atlantic after four days of searching fo was spotted 1600 feet from the wreckage of the "titanic," the very destination it was headed for on sunday. >> the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber >> reporter: a catastrophic implosion in the extreme pressure at nearly 13,000 feet below sea level. >> the side of the debris field is consistent with that implosion in the water column. >> reporter: in a statement, oceangate, the sub's owner said our hearts are with these five souls. we grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew. stock

that is sure to put a smile on your face "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm jessica laytonfrances rivera. we begin with a nbc news exclusive. the office of special counsel says that white house press secretary karine jean-pierre violated the hatch act during a press briefing last november the hatch act is designed to forbid federal employees from engaging in politics on the job. it said jeanpierre made comments that were disparaging to gop candidates, including referring to quote, mega maga republican officials who don't believe in the rule of law. despite this, the office of special counsel said that they will not pursue disciplinary actions against jeanpierre, because it was unclear when she was aware the language she used was prohibited they are reviewing the opinion >>> a legislative blockade came to an end on monday. house speaker kevin mccarthy cut a deal with 11 members of his party who last week blocked a package of gop bills from advancing to a vote. those republican hardliners voted with democrats to hold up the legislation. now the frustration with mccarthy on th

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i'm jessica layton a dramatic weekend in russia where yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the infamous wagner mercenary group staged perhaps the most serious challenge ever to vladimir putin's grip on power. let's bring in nbc news foreign correspondent claudio lavanga this morning can you give us a recap of what's again on this weekend >> good morning, jessica well, yes, yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the wagner group fighting in ukraine on friday turned his men around and launched an armed rebellion against russia after he claimed that the russian army fired at his mercenaries. then his men crossed the border into russia. they easily gained control of the city the major city of rostov inside russia and then marched towards moscow, almost facing little or no resistance from the russian army but when it got to about 120 miles from moscow, prigozhin decided to stop the advance, claiming that he wanted to avoid spilling russian blood it later emerged that he signed with a deal with vladimir putin brokered by alexandr lukashenko, the leader of belarus where prigozhin is believed to be now. >>

dent in your wallet it is tuesday, june 13 "early today" starts right now >>> good morning, i'm jessica layton >> glad you're with us, i'm frances rivera a nearly week-long legislative blockade led by a small group of conservative crusaders came to an end we go to brie jackson. what led to this holdup? and how was it resolved? >> reporter: the house floor had been at a stand still since last tuesday. a group of 11 hard-line house republicans voted alongside democrats against a procedural rule that blocked a package of gop bills from coming to the floor. many of these of these hughes e phouse members are part of the freedom caucus they are frustrated with kevin mccarthy and the deal he made with president biden on the at the time ceiling the standoff finally came to an end on monday. speaker mccarthy cut a deal with the rogue republicans. now the package consists of a number of gop messaging bills, including two for protecting gas stoves but the bills are expected to meet their end in the senate frances? >> all right, and brie, the feud with mccarthy has clearly escalated since the debt deal ha

. >> happy friday, i'm frances rivera >> and i'm jessica layton. the senate gave the final congressional approval to the bipartisan plan to raise the debt ceiling and prevent the u.s. from defaulting this plan negotiated last weekend by president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy was for processing on wednesday.te 11 amendments to the bill were considered, but all of them shot down the amendments were brought up as part of a unanimous agreement for passing the bill that night in order to not delay its implementation before the june 5th deadline for raising the debt ceiling senate majority leader chuck schumer expressed relief after the bill's passage on thursday >> now democrats are feeling very good tonight. we've saved the country from the scourge of default, even though there with some on the other side who wanted default, wanted to lead us to default. maybe a little tired, but we did it >> so the bill nows heads to the desk of president biden. he's expected to address the american people on its passage lotter later today. >>> while greetin

"early today" starts right now >>> and we made it to friday good morning i'm jessica layton >> grad ylad you made it with u. i'm frances rivera smoke from the canadian wildfires continues to blow toward the east coast. a code red was issued for all of pennsylvania, where everyone was urged to limit anytime outdoors. nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann joins us to help explain what's happening in our skies. we've seen smoke from california wildfires before, but not like this >> hi there, guys. part of the problem is there are over 500 wildfires burning in canada many over 240 are out of control or labeled out of control. we have a couple pieces of the puzzle here, why it's coming down to the u.s. an area of low pressure funneling the smoke down and an area of high pressure, we've been talking about it for weeks and weeks. it's keeping the gulf coast states really hot and trapping the smoke. it's sort of a traffic jam in the atmosphere where the smoke is not going anywhere. another piece of the puzzle, we're not getting the strong winds pushing the smoke out. we have the area of low press

made it to friday, june 23rd, "early today" starts right now and a very good morning to you i'm jessica layton >> grad lad you're with us, i'm frances rivera we begin with a tragic end to a story we have been following since last sunday. the coast guard confirmed on thursday that debris discovered in the search area was consistent with a quote, catastrophic implosion the ship's passengers are all believed to be dead and are being remembered this morning. nbc's tom costello has the full story. >> reporter: heartbreak in the north atlantic after four days of searching for that missing mini sub named titan and the five people on board, a canadian deep-sea robot spotted debris from the sub just 1600 feet from the wreckage of the "titanic." the very destination it was headed for on sunday >> the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber >> reporter: a catastrophic implosion in the extreme pressure at nearly 13,000 feet below sea level. >> the size of the debris field is consistent with that implosion in the water column. >> reporter: in a statement, oceangate, the sub'

hi i'm jessica layton with a look at what is happening.bbott has issued a disaster reparation for parts of texas after a deadly string of tornadoes there. at least three people were killed, hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed, thousands more right now left without power. and the weather system also wreaked havoc in mississippi and florida where parts of those states got more than a foot of rain, triggering flash flood emergencies. the national weather service warns a thunderstorms are still likely for parts of alabama. and now back to dateline. and now back to dateline livers was grilled for hours over his possible involvement in the murders of his aunt and uncle sherman and wayne stock. now you are starting to tell investigators what they suspected. >> you've got a gun, right or wrong? >> right. >> and you took that gun back to your uncle wayne and aunt sharmon house, right? right or wrong? come on, that. >> right. >> now that the cat was out of the bag, livers began filling in more of the blanks. how the murder went down, for exam

i'm jessica layton, here's what it's happening.t six people are injured in one critically falling a mass shooting outside a houston club early sunday morning. the city's police chief says they don't know how many people were responsible but no one is in custody. and the ap reports that ted kaczynski, also known as the unabomber, died of suicide. he was confirmed dead after being found unresponsive in his prison cell in north carolina on saturday. nbc has yet to confirm this report. now, back to dateline. can be torturous. murder investigations were the top of the police business, posted because they can be torturous and take years to pry lose a single useful lead. but on the day mark stover disappeared, two women saw something that didn't belong and called it in. >> they were a huge part of starting this whole process. >> just a few hours after the employees that mark's house watches car drive away -- >> i go for it in those two vehicles behind a chain. >> tammy children and her mother sharon larsson called the sheriff's department

. >> i'm jessica layton here's what's happening.ravel from new jersey to florida this morning ahead of his arraignment at a federal court in miami tuesday. special counsel revealed friday that trump is being indicted on 37 felony counts over his handling of classified documents. and police in syracuse, new york are investigating after 13 people were injured overnight in a series of shootings, stabbings and car accidents. everyone is expected to recover. now back to dateline >> full ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to dateline. lisa pattison's husband told police he came home to find his wife dead in the home gym but police are about to discover new evidence that suggests otherwise. once again, here's dennis murphy with the beauty and the beast mystery. >> it's funny in criminal investigations how sometimes things fall into your lap from the most unexpected places. and that's what happened in the middle of july 2009. lisa had been dead for a couple weeks. detective mike davis had been at his death, desk preparing subpoenas for the patterson cas