good monday morning, everyone. it is 8:00 a.m. here on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. out west. so happy to have victor blackwell with me this week. glad to be here. good weekend? very good. we have a lot to get to. breaking overnight, helicopters collide while fighting wildfires in california. three people killed including a fire chief. an investigation now underway. plus, thousands of beyonce concertgoers forced to take shelter as severe storms swept through d.c. how much her tour spent to keep metro trains running. and simone biles is back. blowing away the competition after a two-year hiatus. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. this is where we begin this morning. donald trump just hours away from a crucial deadline in the 2020 election interference case. a federal judge has ordered him to respond to special counsel jack smith s request for a protective order by 5:00 today. smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making public co
special agent is telling congress behind closed doors that the bidens were tipped off about a surprise interview with hunter biden that was set to be conducted in december of 2020 but was ultimately thwarted, this as the house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan is threatening to hold fbi director wray in contempt over noncompliance with house investigations. here with all of the breaking news, investigative reporter, editor in chief, just the news.com, john solomon. that s a lot to digest, john. it is. it s been a busy day. more of the portrait becoming more clear. hunter biden got preferential treatment. there was political interference into his taxes and possibly into his father s interference in some of these matters. what we heard today is behind closed doors, told james comer s committee, the plan to interview hunter biden december 8, 2020, along with the irs agent, gary shappley, and the night before the fbi tipped off the secret service and then the fbi tipped o
agent, is now telling congress behind closed door tellings that the bidens were tipped off about a surprise o interview with hunter biden that was set to be conducted in december ofne 2020 but was ultimately thwarted. now, this as house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan, he is threatening to hold fbi director wray in contempt over the agency s noncompliance with house investigations. inve house investigations. breaking news, investigative reporter, reporter, editorreporn chief justin newscom, john solomon. that s a lot to digest. news.comjohn it is. it s been a busy day. more of the portrait just becoming more and more clear more american hunter.e clear biden got preferential treatment. there was political interference ore clear. ot ins poli the investigation into his taxes and possibly inttiints his interference in some of these matterin soms. hind what we heard today, this fbi agent behind closed doors told james commerce committee that,co in fact, the fbi planneds
killer cases that has captured the world s attention. what led to an arrest after more than a decade. can the subject face more charges in more murders. how a couple and their dog helped nab a prison escapee after days on the run. good morning. thanks so much for being here. e hope you had a wonderful weekend. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. the extreme weather we re all feeling across the country, flash floods leaving five people dead and two people missing in pennsylvania, while in the southwest more scorching temperatures, and millions in the midwest facing air quality alerts from more canadian wildfire smoke. nbc s kathy park is covering the storms in pennsylvania. here with us in new york is nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. let s start with kathy and those floods. what can you tell us about the ongoing rescue operations in bucks county, kathy? reporter: ana, good morning to you. we heard from authorities not too long ago. they say they continue activel
aed, because they save lives. the response to damar s injury was able to bring our nation together for a moment. let s remember that feeling of unity and use it to make sure we can save the next life, as well. some genuine heroes taking us off the air tonight. i m wishing you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. we ll see you at the end of tomorrow tomorrow we start tonight with breaking news on your times, interview not don s top donors will plan in law andrea kushner. times reports that in an interview last month the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election, in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today, jack smith senior, assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom windham, was spotted leaving the d.c. federal