i'm vinita nair. >> great to have you here. i'm jessica layton baltimore is searching for answers after a block party ended in gun violence. shots were fired just after midnight on sunday two people were killed, an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man. more than two dozen others were injured, and most of them are teenagers. baltimore's mayor is pleading with the public now to come forward with information >> somebody knows who did this i don't care if it's the parents, the brother, the wife, the girlfriend of those who are responsible. we need you to say something we need you to treat this as if someone had taken the life of your son, your daughter, your father, your brother >> baltimore police believe the shots were fired from at least four different guns. no arrests have been made. >>> severe weather is causing some trouble for july 4th celebrations and travel. a nascar race and cubs game were delayed in chicago 3 or more inches of rain fell in just 90 minutes, causing flash flooding throughout the city that severe weather

claudio, bring our viewers up to speed on why these protests even erupted. >> good morning, vinita. well, the victim was a 17-year-old french citizen of moroccan descent and the fact that a policeman appeared to have killed him during a regular traffic stop kind of sparked the revolt that was brewing already in the suburbs of paris and in other cities in france where the descendants of immigrants and poor french citizens feel that they are discriminated on by the police and the state this is not the first time the suburbs in france erupt in violent riots. and that time it seems like it used to be the suburbs a power keg, always ready to explode, the anger is ready to explode. this time this episode is what lit it >> do you get the sense these protests are running out of steam this weekend we're more than six days in. >> well, they definitely have calmed down. maybe for a couple of reasons. in the early hours of sunday, the protests appear to have gone too far when the mayor of a suburb in paris accused protesters of ramming a car into his home and then setting it on fire, injuring h

>> reporter: good morning, vinita as you alluded to the extended fourth of july weekend has already been a milestone for travel this is the first year that u.s. air traffic for the holiday is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels with aaa projecting that roughly 51 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home in the coming days. during this period all eyes are on the airlines in the hopes that potential travel disasters of years past can be avoided scott kirby ceo of united airlines which has dealt with a number of disruptions ov the last month said in a note to the company on saturday that the carrier has already made a number of changes in order to ensure travel is smooth over the busy holiday one thing that could throw a wrench into people's plans is the weather. the storms that belted the country with rain and wind are set to continue through the rest of this week now, despite these potential threats, no meteorologist brian jackson tells nbc that any storms that are likely to form are likely to be not as potent >> thank you. >>> baltimore is searching for answers and suspec

early today starts right now >> good morning, and thanks for being with us, i'm vinita nair >> i'm jessica layton. great to have you here this fourth of july this holiday is s going to be scororching hot t for mimillion amerericans, espececially in the southwest where the heat is intensifying a 57-year-old woman died while trying to take an eight-mile hike in triple-digit temperatures let's get an update from angie lassman. proving here that last part of the story that this heat is truly dangerous for some >> it is a lot of people underestimate it it's one of the number one killers weather wise across the country. something to take serious. you mentioned the grand canyon we still have an excessive heat warning in that location along with phoenix, parts of arksz california still included in this the rest of the map, portland, medford, jacksonville, still under a heat advisory. it's something i mentioned to take seriously when temperatures are headed for 112 for phoenix, 94 for santa fe detroit headt heads to the up e. >> thanks so much. >>> we have breaking news on a mass shooting this morn

it is wednesday, july 5th, and "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm vinita nair >> i'm jessica layton. we are learning more this morning about the deadly attack on a philadelphia neighborhood police say a40-year-old suspect who was wearing a bulletproof vest fired more than 50 rounds shooting aimlessly at people on the street five people were killed, including 15-year-old dwan brown. he was trying to help an injured friend after the gunfire rang out. >> there's no way could you meet dwan and have a conversation with him and not fall in love with him he lost his life trying to, you know, doing a selfless act >> hours after that rampage on monday, three people were killed in a shooting in ft. worth, texas. eight more were injured. police believe several men fired into a gathering, but no suspects have been identified. >>> police departments are now turning to new tech to stop crime. drone patrols over southern california are helping catch criminals, but, as ken delainian reports, some critics worry all that access could compromise privacy. >> reporter: an eye in the sky h

. >> i'm vinita nair. as the month of july winds down, former president trump's legal woes continue to ramp up. jack smith brought further charges against trump and his allies in the classified documents case. this comes as the country waits with bated breath on the status of the other investigations faced by the republican frontrunner. alice barr has the full story. >> reporter: new charges filed against former president trump in the case surrounding his handling of classified documents. accusing him of asking an employee to delete security camera footage at his florida estate, allegedly to obstruct the federal investigation into sensitive national security documents brought to mar-a-lago. the updated federal indictment also adding an additional defendant, carlos de-olivera, described as a maintenance worker at mar-a-lago. three sources tell nbc news the special counsel's office told trump's attorneys to expect an indictment in the case centering on the deadly january 6 capitol attack and efforts to overt

i'm vinita nair. >> happy friday, everyone, i'm jessica layton. as the month of july is winding down, former president trump's legal woes continue to ramp up. late thursday, special counsel jack smith brought further charges against trump and his allies in the classified documents case. and this comes as the country waits with bated breath on the status of the other investigations forced by the former president and the current republican frontrunn. we go to brie jackson in washington. walk us through this latest indictment. >> reporter: good morning. so this past week, all eyes were focussed on special counsel jack smith. he did make news on thursday, but not for the case that many people were expecting. smith filed a superseding indictment that brought new charges against former president trump in his investigation of trump's handling of classified documents after leaving the white house. last month, trump pled not guilty to 37 federal criminal counts after being indicted by a grand jury connected to the case, alleging that he kept documents at h

effect, but it does not mention the danger it poses to the migrants, and in a statement, general vinitalic safety and humanitarian concern. it is underlined in this statement that the buoys while they are obstructing the navigation through the water, it also presents risks to the migrants who are crossing the reno grand, and marley a potential drowning risk of which we have heard accounts. now, the white house to your note has called this dangerous and unlawful. take a listen. >> we actually saw the president's plan working, and what you are seeing the governor doing is dangerous and unlawful and hurting process. and it is hurting process of what we are trying to do, and instead of coming to the table to figure out a way to work together, and he is continuing to do this cruel, unjust and inhumane ways of moving forward with a system that has been broken for decades. >> and now to provide some context here, the governor had launched his own border system here as an affront to the federal government policies. and there were processes of sending migrants to cities without permission. and a

there's not mention of migrants and the concern it poses to their safety, but in a statement from vinitasay this floating barrier poses threats to navigation and public safety and presents humanitarian concerns. this is the outcome of texas governor greg abbott defying a request by the justice department to remove these barriers on his own. he said instead today that he would see president biden in court. now, the white house is also weighing in on this, calling the texas governor's actions on the border dangerous and unlawful. to give you context, abbott launched an operation on the u.s./mexico border in 2021. over the last two years, officials within the biden administration were watching what he was doing including, for example, sending migrants to democratic-led cities without coordination, as well as having more texas national guard and texas troopers along the texas-mexico border. this came to a head over the last week when there were concerns about the mistreatment of migrants. the justice department went on to say there would be an ongoing assessment about that mistreatment. that

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