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Survived a fall from an aircraft plus a year in the wilderness. And meet the teacher who went above and beyond the call to include all of his students on a class hiking trip. Early today starts right now good thursday morning. Im phillip mena good to be with you im Frances Rivera an explosive new phasee impeachment inquiry into President Trump gets underway this morning nbc news learned overnight the whistleblower complaint that set all of this in motion is now declassified and is expected to go public this morning with minimal redactions and in just hours, the acting director of National Intelligence, Joseph Mcguire, will appear before congress. He will testify at an open hearing before the House Intel Committee at 9 00 a. M. Eastern and then speak to the senate Intel Committee behind closed doors this afternoon well have more on what to expect from capitol hill in a few minutes. But first, nbcs susan mcinhe is has new details on the call between the president and ukraines leader reporter President Trump in a News Conference again denying the claim at the heart of a congressional impeachment inquiry that he pressured a foreign power for political gain no push, no pree, no nothing. Its all a hoax, folks, all a hoax reporter earlier the man at the other end of the controversial phone call issuing a similar denial nobody push it, pushed me, yes. In other words, no pressure you know what, there was no pressure reporter and after resistance from the white house, a whistleblower complaint about the phone call was released to congress reviewed by members of the Intelligence Committee the white house released its official account of that call. The notes show immediately after president zelenskiy said he wanted to buy american missiles, President Trump said, quote, i would like you to do us a favor, though and went on to make a series of requests, including ukraines help investigating former vicepresident joe biden and his son. This is how a mafia boss talks. What have you done for us . Weve done so much for you, but there is not much reciprocity. Reporter the notes also show the president repeatedly urged president zelenskiy to coordinate the investigations with attorney general william barr and his personal attorney rudy giuliani. If the president gets away with this, im not sure what checks and balances remain reporter republicans reading the same words, but seeing no wrongdoing for my point of view to impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane what turned out to be a nothing call n mcines, nbws morning. Communications director under president george w. Bush and msnbc news anchor nicolle wallace, broke into the president s News Conference to fact check him but also insist on transparency from joe biden and his son hunter on the millions of dollars that have been quickly and easily taken out of ukraine and china. Millions of dollars, millions and millions of dollars taken out very rapidly while he was vicepresident we hate to do this really but the president isnt telling the truth. These allegations against joe biden and hunter biden and hes repeating have been investigated by the ukrainians. None other than the wall street journal included in their report on friday that the ukrainians view this issue as having been investigated and adjudicated. And whats amazing is that what trump appears to be trying to do is to turn his own impeachment into a big deflection. It was an unorthodox move, but it garnered attention from all sides of the political spectrum for her part, wallace thanked her shows team on twitter for having the confidence and judgment to make a decision like that on the fly. And as we mentioned a moment ago, all eyes are on capitol hill today the acting director of National Intelligence Joseph Mcguire is preparing to testify on the whistleblower complaint nbcs Chris Pollone joins us from d. C kristen, lawmakers have already seen that complaint. Reporter thats right, frances. Yesterday members of the senate and house Intelligence Committees were allowed to go into whats called a skiff, a secure area, and take a look at this whistleblowers complaint. Now, of course, late last night we learned that that complaint was actually declassified and is expected to be released publicly this morning but right now the only people in congress who have seen it are members of that committee. They were able to take a look yesterday afternoon. We saw that house chair adam schiff went in and took a look at it, and so now the speculation is what will the questioning be like l intelligence mr. Mcguire here, you know, he is the one who, when getting the report from the Inspector General that essentially said that this is a credible complaint from this unknown whistleblower, by law technically, he was supposed to turn it over to congress within seven days and with r after discussion with the justice department, he decided not to do that now here are a couple of members who did take a look last night reacting to what they saw. I found the allegations deeply disturbing. I also found them very credible. I can understand why the Inspector General found them credible i think it a travesty that this complaint was withheld as long as it was because it was an urgent matter. It is an urgent matter democrats ought not be using the word impeach before they had the whistleblower complaint or read any of the transcript republicans ought not be rushing to circle the wagons and say there is no there there when there is obviously lots that is troubling there. Reporter so Joseph Mcguires testimony will begin at 9 00 in front of the house Intelligence Committee. That will be in public this afternoon session with the senate will be behind closed doors. Send it back to you. Chris pollone for us. Chris, thank you there are new developments in the murder trial of a former Dallas Police officer who fatally shot an unarmed neighbor in his own apartment the defense is calling it a tragic mix up. And now we are getting our first detailed look inside both of their apartments nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is inside the courtroom. Reporter take a good look at these pictures presented by the defense. On the left, the apartment of amber geyger the former Dallas Police officer accused of murder. On the right, the apartment of botham jean who police say had been eating ice cream when geyger came through his unlocked door and shot and killed him on the stand, the cases lead investigator testified under crossexamination that the layouts of the two apartments were similar texas Ranger David Armstrong also says residents often went to the wrong apartments. There were no clear obvious visual signs showing what level you were on. Reporter the medical examiner showed where jean was shot, testifying the bullet pierced his heart. Oh, my god. Reporter the defense argued geyger was confused and feared for her safety mistaking the unarmed jean for a burglar day three of testimony in the high profile trial comes after body camera footage showed officers scrambling to the scene last september emotional testimony from jeans neighbor who testified he met jean the daythe shooting, but had heard him singing from across the hall each morning what kind of things did you hear him sing . Gospel music, drake reporter the lead investigator also said here in court he did not believe amber geyger had committed a crime but jurors were not in the room at the time, and the judge ruled they should not hear that opinion. Thanks to Gabe Gutierrez for that report. Leading the news, a family terrorized in their home their own home by a fake fedex worker the daring Home Invasion captured on camera, a family was tied up as their house was ransacked for cash and details. Reporter the first suspect approached this brooklyn home dressed as a fed exdriver forcing his way in as another man scrambles up the stairs. Inside was one suspect claiming hes a cop an elderly couple and their daughter are tied up the top floor ransacked of more than 100,000 in cash and jewelry. The Security Camera shows one man trying to force the young woman to open a safe the entire family bound and terrified. All of a sudden, baboom what the hell is that . Reporter this neighbor said the men hauled the safe out of the home to a waiting get away car. I came around here and theres this guy coming out of this door, pushing this big black box. Reporter its not the first time thieves have impersonated shipping employees or contractors to carry out a heist. Police also releasing this video in new york and this one in houston of men posing as delivery drivers and breaking into homes fedex saying their employees always wear photo i. D. Badges, adding you should sign up online to track shipments investigators trying to find these men who did deliver a frightening robbery. Miguel almaguer, nbc news. Some terrifying video shows a little girls Close Encounter with a coyote in a chicago suburb you can see the 5yearold girl preparing to get on a tree swing when the coyote runs into the yard as she runs away, it chases her into the home before eventually escaping. The girls family says she was frightened, but thankfully she was uninjured. Lets turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins to see whats ahead weather wise as we round out the week, almost one day away good morning yeah, good morning. A couple trouble spots overall a quiet thursday morning. We have thunderstorms rolling down in areas of oklahoma through Northern Arkansas and in areas of the desert southwest, youve been the rainy spot the last couple days nothing too horrible right now, but a couple areas of thunderstorm have 34067moved up phoenix area to lake mojave havasue. Today except in the desert southwest, the rest of the south looking very hot dallas 95, atlanta 93. It will be close to another 90 degree day in ou, hopefully nashville, too there is that rainfall around the phoenix area possible this afternoon. Weekend forecast coming up theres going to be a snowstorm for someone. Ill tell you who coming up. Thats crazy. Especially with i know, youre like what . Feeling like summer in some parts. Thank you. Check out this story. This guy had gotten his iphone back a year after it fell from a plane. 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This is wreaking havoc on coral reefs and other marine eco systems as well as charging deadly hurricanes anopacrding tg to address Climate Change could have a catastrophic impact one of the Worlds Largest cruise lines announces a Major Initiative to help the environment. Norwegian cruise lines said it is eliminating single use plastic bottles by the end of the year they plan to save 6 million bottles every year the cruise line will use paperbased bottles instead. It is part of a new partnership with the company just goods, a paperbased Water Bottle Company owned by will and jaden smith. They hope to eliminate plastic bottles from their ship by 2020. Theres been a major shake up in the vaping industry the c. E. O. Of juul, the biggest name in ecigarettes stepping down as the Company Announces it is pooling advertising this comes as vaping related deaths are in georgia and florida, bringing the nationwide total to 11. Heres nbcs stephanie gosk. Reporter there may be many more vaping illnesses than originally thought over 500 confirmed cases, but state Health Departments tell nbc news they are actively investigating more than 1,000. With pressure building, a big shake up at ecigarette maker juul the c. E. O. Is out. All marketing will be pulled and lobbying against regulations, the company says, will stop. This is about damage control. This is about litigation strategy reporter attorney Jacob Plattenberger says he represents hundreds of clients. Theyre all young people who never smoked cigarettes before who are now heavily addicted to juul and vaping, and most of them have suffered some form of lung injury because of it. Reporter in multiple lawsuits, his firm accuses juul of directly marketing to children in advertisements like this one from 2015, juul recently denied marketing to kids and says its trying to combat under age use the Company Maintains that illegal vaping products are to blame for recent illnesses while the government continues tonve fda commissioner is calling teen vaping an epidemic in retrospect, the fda should have acted sooner. We should have begun regulating the devices sooner reporter undoing the damage proves much harder than preventing it in the first place. Stephanie gosk, nbc News New York just ahead, a major shake up in the race for 2020 and not quite a match made in y en whthe ftc is suing one of the owners of the biggest dating site youre watching early today. These great perks. I got to select my room from the floor plan. Very nice. I know, im good at picking stuff. Free wifi. Laptop by the pool is a bold choice. And the price match guarantee. 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Massachusetts Health Officials say a fourth person has died in the state from the eastern equine encephalitis virus. Ten deaths have been been linked to eee ten cases have been found in seven states the online group is facing a suit match. Com and tinder is accused of using fake ads to trick people into buying subscriptions. Ftc says many subscribers wound. They plan to vigorously fight in court. Jessica simpson opens up about baby weight loss she had her third baby in march. Six months later, the singer and actress says shes lost 100 pounds and feels more like herself again. She wrote, even when it felt impossibly chose to work harder. Now to the teacher who went the extra mile so that a tenyearold wouldnt miss her class field trip heres nbcs catie beck. Reporter ryan neighbors, like most 10yearolds, hates to miss an adventure. Ryan lives whirlpool spina bifida, relying on her wheelchair to get around so when the fourth grader at the elementary near louisville found out her class would be hiking in a state park, she worried ryan would have to stay behind. I was like oh, my gosh, not again. Reporter that was until Science Teacher jim freeman took the weight off ryans shoulders and quite literally strapped i about 50 pounds worth. I was definitely willing to give it a shot reporter carrying ryan over boulders and fossil beds alongside her classmates thanks to a special back pack and a special person he was willing to do it to give her that independence and freedom. It absolutely melted my heart. Reporter his gesture now going viral. I cant believe this is all over the world reporter and facebook responses. You deserve it, sweet girl moving mountains that is one stellar teacher. My heart is so, so, so full. A reminder, theres no classroom needed to teach a lesson in kindness catie beck, nbc news i love stories like this. Yeah, thats classic, aint no Mountain High enough, especially with those two together i love it. Well said smiles. Celebrating birthdays today tennis superstar Serena Williams turns 38 Melissa Sue Anderson from little house on the prairie 57. Terminator actress Linda Hamilton turns 63. Greece star Olivia Newton john 71 brian ferry turns 74 thanks for waking up early with us this thursday i am Frances Rivera. Im phillip mena. Keep it right here more news is straight ahead. Well see you tomorrow how do i use better than bouillon . I just add a spoonful to my marinades. To stir frys. Sauces. Just whisk it in. Brush it on. Saute it. It adds a cooked all day taste. That doesnt take all day. Better than bouillon. Dont just make it. Make it better. Cracker barrel makes every meal one to remember. With favorites like sunday homestyle chicken, now available every day. 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