ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
stamp. in terms of ending the war, nbc news is reporting on secret talks between former u.s. officials and prominent russians to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations. while the post reports ukrainian officials say they are confident in their aim to retake substantial territory by the fall, and forced russia to negotiate. meanwhile, the white house the uk is a signatory to a convention, which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine. all right, there was rishi sunak there, the prime minister of great britain, jumping into the conversation. but to that point, while the white house is defending us and then cluster shells to ukraine, with president biden saying ukrainian forces are running out of ammunition. it is still turning out to be an unpopular decision at home and abroad, as biden plans to travel to europe to tomorrow, and millions of americans remain under potentially
raspberry day, and we re also getting an ice bath later in the show. will s hunting for clothes. you may not need any because today s also international skinny dipping day. so stick around at the end of the 9:00 hour, and we ll see if will s feeling festive. will: they re giving me a hard time because i didn t wear much more, training exercise for our hudson river swim carley: that s why you re doing the cold plunged today, right? will: is that why? pete: i think the theme is carley: the training. will: you basically skinny dipped in the hudson carley: what were you wearing? will: a speedo. carley: really? you own a speedo? will: well, you only need one carley: what color is it? will: it s black but it s got some red in it. [laughter] carley: why were you wearing a speedo? will: i grew up a swimmer and i played water polo in college, and i don t feel like many do and and i m not saying you shouldn t feel weird in a speedo, but not for me when you re exercising. so i s
news the suspect posted disturbing messages online before the shooting, which is just one of many over the holiday. authorities in shreveport are searching for the suspect wanted for killing four people at a birthday block party. 18 people killed, more than 100 wounded in mass shootings over the last four days. trevor ault is in philadelphia. record-breaking heat and travel. more than 50 million americans are now making the return trip home after the long holiday weekend. the tsa screening an all-time high of 2.8 million in one day. and tonight, a new round of severe storms from denver to chicago. heat alerts from oregon to florida into the northeast. and the new record for the hottest day on earth. tensions rise in the gulf of oman. the u.s. navy releases video showing an iranian naval ship, accusing iran of trying to seize two foreign oil tankers in international waters, firing at one of them. a u.s. navy destroyer racing to protect the ships. marcus moore standing by.
hey. good morning, ainsley, good morning, steve and brian. the president was just joking with u.k. prime minister. they have only been meeting once a month or so because they have had so many frequent meetings in the last several months. had the president really made a point of stopping here to meet with the king after missing his coronation. the two leaders are going to talk climate finance in just a little while from now. but the president will also need to justify his decision to give controversial cluster bombs to ukraine after u.k. prime minister ri rishi sunak voiced opposition to that move. while more than 120 countries banned these weapons the white house is not one of them. called russia s use of them a potential war crime they say ukraine has a right to use them on their own land and incentive to mitigate risk to its own people that committed to a post war clean-up. this is about keeping ukraine in the fight. so, we re going to send these additional artillery sh