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
Trump were seen at the department of justice. Also, the mysterious sonic boom heard around washington, what we know about the investigation into the scrambling of f16 fighter jets after a private plane was flying off course and into protected air space above the capitol. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. I want to start in washington with the latest on that plane crash and nbcs tom costello. Tom, whats happening right now . Reporter investigators are now on the scene. Ntsb investigators are on the scene of this remote plane crash in virginia. In a very thick, wooded forest. There is nothing left of this private plane, a Citation Cessna that went down midday yesterday. You can see the charred remains. Investigators say it literally is decimated there on the ground. Its so remote it takes hours to hike in. This will not be a quick or a fast or an easy investigation. This all started, of course, with a flight that seemed to be really confusing. The fligh
secretary of state, some of it heard on the infamous phone call. so, look, all i want to do is this i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. now, trump is desperate to derail the investigation, because he knows what might be coming. a final decision on criminal charges from the georgia grand jury is expected before the end of the summer. all of this as special counsel jack smith s probe into january 6th is heating up, now faithful trading trump s inner circle, interviewing dozens of witnesses, people like trump s former attorney general, rudy giuliani, mark maddows and former vice president mike pence, who was one of the targets of the violent mob at the capitol that day. growing list of witnesses including hope hicks, and his son-in-law jared kushner, who were reportedly asked pointed questions about trump s criminal intent. they also spoke to the january 6th committee. jared, are you aware of instances where pat cipollone threatened to resig
president zelenskyy in lithuania as the alliance declares ukraine s future is in nato. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with ukraine s big ask at the nato summit. nbc s kelly cobiella is following that story from kyiv. so what is president zelenskyy walking away with after this summit? reporter: yeah, well, chris, we all know that he wanted those promises from nato that they would have a firm time line for joining the alliance. he said there were a lot of positive outcomes, even though he didn t get what he went there to achieve. just take a look at some of the things that he did get, and chief among them is this security guarantee from g7 countries. unwavering support pledged from the g7 and security guarantees which essentially mean they have committed to supporting ukraine s right to self-defense, focusing on air defense artillery, armored vehicles, air combat, intelligence sharing and reconstruction and recovery, so long-t
investigations related to mrs. clinton, as you noted, that happened under my predecessor and i recognize that. second, as to your descriptions of the investigations related to hunter biden, as you know, there s an ongoing investigation being led by the delaware u.s. attorney appointed by president trump and we re working on that investigation with him. we look forward to seeing the results quickly and swiftly. third and finally, to your point about the american people and their views, i worry less about nbc polls or polls by any other news outlet. i will tell you that the number of people in texas applying to work for us since i ve been in this job has gone up 93%. in fact i heard this response earlier. in fact that s great. we have more applicants from the state of texas in the last several years than any other state that makes sense. texas is the great estate in the country. director, any agents that served on the cross fire investigation or the