michelle grossmann is tracking the oppressive heat and will have much more details coming up in a few minutes >>> after already facing two indictments this year, former president trump is finding himself in the cross hairs of another major investigation into potential efforts to overturn the 2020 election as officials in michigan are bringing charges against people who tried to ensure trump emerged victorious. drew, good morning does this increase the likelihood of yet another indictment of the former president? >> reporter: well, good morning, frances. it appears that way, at least initially. in a two-page statement posted to truth social on tuesday, former president trump revealed that his lawyers were told by special counsel jack smith on sunday that he is the target in a grand jury investigation into the january 6 attack on the capitol and potential efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election a target in a criminal investigation is someone who prosecutors believe committed a crime and may be requested to come in and testify. if you recall, trump was also sent a target lette

michelle grossmann tracking the storms good morning, michelle >> we're looking at bumpy travel through the middle of the country at least to the central plains and midwest, parts of the rockies. looking at rain this morning, stormy weather in portions of the central plains from kansas to missouri. s the bull's eye for severe storms, tulsa to amarillo. winds gusting over 60 miles per hour could see hail and the chance for a fe100 degree mark p in san angelo. temperatures soaring into the 90s, 91 in syracuse. all right, guys, steamy in spots, soggy in spots, we'll have more coming up. >>> still to come on "early today," what gen z defines as the american dream twtwlkd the latest in tas beeeeen n u.p.s. andnd workersrs before t the deadlinine to agre a new contntract i don't.t. new cascade platinum plus... withth double ththe dawn grere fighting power and double the scrubbing power. for a no rewash clean... and a cabinet ready shine. upgrgrade to newew cascade platinum plus. dare to dish differently. (vo) a wowolf in the e wild and y yog both sharere a hunger r for mea. upgrgrade to newew

michelle grossmann is tracking potentially dangerous weather for us. >> we'reçó looking at severe weather to see this as we go throughout this thursday. tomorrow also. w look at r cluster of storms moving throughout the middle of the country. that's bull's eye this afternoon for strong storms, but we can Ñ into the mid mississippi valley and the southeast as well. storms in the great lakes asqe1 well. as we go throughoutfá time here6 million people at risk for damaging hail two inches orón larger, that's baseball-sized hail. damaging winds, winds gusting up to 75 miles per hour. tornados are likely especially where you see the orange shading into the yellow,çó rapid city■i1 denver. we're lookinge1 at theq chance severe storms. we'regoincentral plains, temperatures in the 90s. all right, guys, we're going to talk about the heat across the country, also air quality concerns in a few minutes. >>> thanks so much. still to come on "early today," the fda approved the first ofçó its kind blood test for pregnant women. ç determine if they should befá in the hospita or be discharged. >>> a new stu

report >>> millions of americans sweating through record-breaking temperatures nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann is tracking the heat wave spreading east. good morning, michelle >> good morning to you both. great to see you 102 million americans under heat alerts stretching across the south into the northern plains, midwest and into the northeast as well. record-breaking temperatures in the northeast by friday so we do have heat advisories in the orange excessive heat warnings including phoenix and philadelphia, we will see the heat expanding, triple digits all across the map, las vegas, phoenix, el paso, lubbock and feeling like over 100 in st. louis. the heat index there today 107 new york city feeling like 103 norfolk feeling like 103 cincinnati w south. temperatures in the upper 90s. triple digits in oklahoma city 102 in dallas. the heat goes on and on. we're going to track that. and we're going to track the storms we're expecting later on this afternoon, also tomorrow in a few minutes. >>> we are back in 60 seconds with a look at how tiktok is getting into the music business. >>> amazon is

nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann is tracking the heat hitting the southwest. michelle, good morning >> good morning to you both. yeah, we're looking at heat stretching from california to the southeast. 74 million people impacted by dangerous heat today we're looking at temperatures soaring once again into the triple digits. in the southeast ifyou're not in the triple digits, you add in the heat index and it's going to feel over 100 degrees in many spots. las vegas and phoenix will see temperatures soaring into the triple digits. look at phoenix, 111 five degrees above what is typical for this time of year. r midland, texas, temperatures into the triple digits again we're looking at temperatures into the triple digits once again, tucson, 108 and the same story as we go throughout the week saturday and soehn in amarillo, temperatures into the 90 all about the dangerous heat in the south central states, 103 in san antonio. really steamy, dangerous heat in the south. we'll talk about storms in the south in the plains and renewed flooding by tomorrow in portions of

nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann is tracking that massive heat dome. michelle, good morning >> good morning to you both. we've seen so many records fall on a daily basis, monthly basis, all-time records falling as well we're looking at the heat expanding, 39 million americans under heat alerts in the southwest, south centralna , ino the plains we're looking at temperatures into the mid-90s near rapid city triple digits also in las vegas, phoenix, albuquerque, into dallas and notice how it moves off to the east baltimore 91 degrees even warmer as we head to late week this is a flooding, hail, tajdamaging winds, so man triple digits. 102 in dallas, 102 in oklahoma city that heat wave goes on and on. we're we're also tracking the possibility of storms. >>> still to come. u.p.s. drive another day of negotiations as their deadline to strike is looooming >>> > and the fed seems poisede raise inteterest r rates we've got t the detailils. rates we've gogot the detatails. y. ♪ ththis is knowowing even superhereroes... can n use a sidedekick. ♪ walgreens. mr. cle

and michelle grossmann is tracking everything. >> different day, same story we'll see the heat continuing once again the west coast, to the southwest, across the south as well 73 million americans under a heat warning temperatures will climb once again into the triple digits we're also watching the chance for storms in many, many spots across the country, one being in the mid atlantic the chance for renewed flooding there and parts of the tennessee valley nat valley into the koournls we're looking at the chance of winds gusting over 60 miles per hour could see hail and the chance of a tornado or two as far as temperatures go, we are sweltering once again in the southeast. records will be broken once again into the upper 90s in parts of orlando again in the south. 89 in d.c. all right, so the weather stories continues. but we're going to take a look at the weekend forecast to see if anything changes. >>> we're back in 60 seconds to look at the inspiration behind "oppenheimer" >>> and comic-con kicking off without t a star in sisight. how it's i impacting f fans and franchchises of acting f

spell trouble for millions of americans traveling home after the holiday nbc meteorologist michelle grossmann is tracking the severe weather that could derail a lot of travelers, exactly not what they want to hear. >> we're looking at travel impacts today, especially in portions of the central plains, the rock ear, the midwest, chicago, a big hub, we'll see delays there, likely into the evening hours. this is what it looks like on radar, we're already seeing storms in the middle of the country. and that's going to blossom throughout the day also the chance for a few tornados most of the east, a fo a good p the east will see popp-up storms we're going to be watching that as we go throughout this wednesday. the bull's eye for severe weather, where you see the yellow, from chicago, st. louis, tulsa and amarillo could and isolated tornado or two. damaging winds look to be the greatest threat along with hail. we're talking about locally up to three inches of rain in some feeling very summer-like in the mid atlantic, northeast. tempe temperatures soaring into the 90s. new york city 90 degrees today

michelle grossmann is tracking that sweltering heat as it expands across the country good morning >> good morning to you both. great to see you yep, we're starting to see the heat expanding to the midwest and yaen eventually to the northeast. it's all due to the heat dome in place. we've been talking about it for weeks and weeks and it is expanding. we're seeing that widespread and large heat dome spreading that heat into portions of the midwest and northeast. that is today. and in through the weekend we're going to see a bit of a pattern change by sunday for today temperatures into the triple digits once again for so many spots phoenix, wichita, lubbock. pierre, 105. going to feel like 104 minneapolis, 97. so many placeshen we're going to be sweltering still in the south 100 in san antonio 101 in oklahoma city all right, so the heat story goes on. we're also tracking strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon. we'll look at that in just a few minutes. >>> still to come, u.p.s. workers agree to a new contract and oia boavd lar stririke >>> how ththe e phone in your rt could sasave

sweating through record heat and more grabbing their umbrellas amid another round of storms michelle grossmann is busier than ever. you're tracking all of this. >> that would be worth millions to have cool air move in, but no relief in sight. we're going to see hot temperatures into the weekend into next week and probably beyond that. we're in the middle of the summer, looking at temperatures once again soaring into the triple digits. records continue to be broken every single day and we're looking at 82 million people impacted by heat alerts, whether it's the inner mount west or the southeast. the southeast may make into the 90s. you factor in the humidities, it had feel warmer than that. we're well into the triple digits 114 in las vegas the record there is 113. 121 in palm springs, boise, 105. the record is 107. as we go throughout the weekend we'll keep the hot air in place. we'll continue the heat marathon las vegas 115 on saturday.so storms this morning and later on today into the mid atlantic and the northeast. all right, the good news is we've made it to the weekend almost, we'll take

flooding also devastated kentucky, with storms dropping over a foot of rain in parts of that state michelle grossmann will have more on the nationwide extreme weather in a few minutes >>> nbc news has learned that the letter informing former president trump that he is a target in the investigation in efforts to overturn the 2020 election cites three federal statutes under which coe be charged, these include conspiracy deprivation of rights and tampering with a witness trump has no plans to appear before the special counsel this week despite the target letter giving him four days to do so. >>> irs whistle-blowers are giving new insight into the investigation in hunter biden's finances they believe officials slow-walked the probe. ryan nobles has the story. >> reporter: under oath, a pair of career irs investigators testifying to congress that they believe their superiors and officials at the department of justice worked to suppress a probe into the finances of the president's son, hunter biden. >> in coming forward, i believe i'm risking my career, my reputation >> reporter: joseph ziegler who came fo

. >> more on that dangerous heat, let's bring in michelle grossmann, who's tracking the temperatures good morning >> good morning to you both. we're looking at dangerous temperatures, stretching from the west to the south central states 75 million americans under some sort of heat alert, whether it's a heat advisory or excessive heat warning the southwest seeing excessive heat warning temperatures into the triple digits in the southeast, if you're not into the triple digits, you factor in that humidity, it will feel over 100 degrees. feeling like 104 in jacksonville, it will feel like the 100s in kansas city. warm in the south central states tomorrow we'll look at the same story. this is going on and on. we're going to see into the weekend these temperatures continuing and by the way, off the waters, off the coast of florida, water temperatures in the 90s. jacksonville will feel likeratue digits phoenix, 111 all right, guys, it's steam knee the south. we're going to talk about stor s. >>> we are back with the next group looming for a picket line. >>> and a flurry of consurmer abuses

. >> let's bring if min michelle grossmann. >> we're seeing storms early this morning in the central plains into the mid mississippi valley they can have heavy rain leading to flash flooding. also to portions of the immigration seeing really heavy rain we're going to see this into the northeast, parts of new england as we go throughout later today. we'll continue to watch these storms developing, especially in the plains, into the northeast, 22 million americans under a severe weather risk. we'll see gusty winds. could see large hail as well, especially where you see the yellow shading off to the ohio valley into the northeast as well could see flooding concerns, especially in parts of new england and also the interioe digits 106 in san angelo, 98 in shreveport back to you guys >> okay, michelle, thank you >>> the fight against inflation, we are back in a minute with what's finally driving down prices >>> not plplaying g araround, ta merger araround, the e mega merger. r fefeel the powower of o osteo bi-flex®. taken everery day, it's clininically showown to improrove joint c comfort

americans this morning, and the heat alerts are really starting to spread this week michelle michelle grossmann is tracking everything >> hi there, guys. the dangerous heat does continue it's expanding the heat dome tacked in place. we're going to seat heat expanding into the northeast as we head throughout the next couple days. take a look at some of these numbers. it's sort of staggering. 285 million people will see high temperatures above 90 degrees over the next seven days it gets higher than that when we look at the temperature. 50 million people will see high temperatures over 100 degrees, and 06 m and 60 milliill se temperatures over 105.at's goiny as we head throughout the northeast. 39 million people impacted by heat alert can you see them through the south, the west, into the northern plains. we're looking at temperatures well into the triple digits once again in the west. 92 in des moines st. louis 96, eight degrees above average. still very we'll see strong storms, at lys a possibility in the mid atlantic, an and sweltering in the south. 118 in phoenix we're also looking at the chan