Haiti. An american aid worker and her child taken during an eruption of Gang Violence there the response from the state department as the u. S. Embassy races to evacuate all nonessential personnel from that country. Back here at home, former President Trump defiant in the face of new charges. His message to supporters as the race for the president ial gop nomination heats up. A major recall this morning for americas most popular truck. Why nearly a million ford f150s need to go into the shop starting today gen z spins a new hobby. Why so many are hooked to crocheting, thanks to tiktok its the last day of july. Early today starts right now glad youre with us. Im Frances Rivera and good morning. Im Jessica Layton there was chaos on the streets of niger as thousands demonstrated in support for the military coup. Rioters attacked the french embassy, many waving russian flags and chanting the name of Vladimir Putin military leaders ousted the democratically elected president last week. Othe
A defiant former president , donald, trump off the Campaign Trail in pennsylvania. Just a few hours, last night in iowa, at this, as he tells one interview, or even prison would not stop his campaign. If if Going Forward right you get these indictments there ends up, youve got a jury in d. C. , you get convicted and sentenced. Does that stop your campaign for president . If you are sentenced . Not at all. There is nothing in the constitution to say that it could and not at all. The former president s remarks coming as he faces mounting legal troubles from special counsel, jack smith, new charges in the classified documents case and a looming Potential Indictment for Election Interference. We will have all the latest developments in just a moment. Also this, our controversial new comments from Supreme Court justice, samuel alito, who says theres Nothing Congress can do to regulate ethics on the high court in the wake of highprofile scandals involving most prominently, himself. New infor
soaring to nearly 120 degrees. the dangerous temperatures only expected to get worse over the next few days. and the record heat is fueling several new brush fires here in southern california. they are erupting in size and they are forcing evacuations. nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the numbers for us but we will begin with nbc marissa power instilling, phoenix. marissa, just how are people they re coping with this incredible heat? yes listen it is no secret phoenix is used to soaring temperatures but even people who live there are struggling to find relief amid what could only be described as a heat marathon. millions of americans waking up to yet another day of extreme weather. water logged for ahmaud bracing for more rain after catastrophic flooding. down, south extreme heat breaking more records coast to coast. from miami, until death valley, or the hottest place on earth is about to get even hotter. predicted this weekend to reach a scorching 13
and i am too, that s why it looks like i m extraordinarily sweaty right now amidst the protest. he is issued a statement and video saying that yesterday, edmonton with my wife and the sea of galilee in the sun without a hat and water and it was not a good idea. he wants to thank everyone for their concern and thank god i feel good he said. and then he ended its video statement by advising everybody not to go out too much in the hot weather but as you can see alex, everybody is already out here waving israeli flags. this is the 28th week of protests against netanyahu proposed judicial reform bill. now, this is something that is really energized the public here, particularly here in tel aviv. they don t want netanyahu to continue going through with legislation that would essentially sidelined the courts that netanyahu sees has not only people who are investigating him for fraud charges, but also limiting his right-wing agenda. he has right now, the most right-wing cabinet that
Documents case against donald trump. It comes as the former president is being condemned for praising a dictator. Well dig in to both of those stories. And a look at the republican hopefuls campaigning in iowa, as two more names are likely to join the field this week. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 5th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well begin this morning with a deadly plane crash near the nations capitol. Yesterday afternoon the military scrambled two f16 fighter jets to respond to a private business jet that was flying over restricted airspace in dc. The response caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the region around unsettled many of the residents there. Heres some of the sound Surveillance Cameras captured. The sound was heard across many miles. The cessna was not responding to radio transmissions. It then crashed in the Shenandoah Wall i have in virginia. Officials say there were no survivors. Acco