FROM DROWNING. >>> THANK YOU FOR STARTING EARLY TODAY. IT IS FRIDAY. SEE YOU THEN. >>> DEVELOPING ON MORNING NEWS NOW, A SPLIT SCREEN OF EXTREME WEATHER USHERING IN THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF SUMMER. >>> IN TEXAS, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALREADY FEELING THE IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO. THIS MORNING, ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS FUNDED WITH EVEN MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >>> ANOTHER DAY OF SEARING HEA , NATIONWIDE, MAKING THINGS WORSE FOR FIREFIGHTERS OUT WEST. WE HAVE 18 TRACKING IT ALL. >>> QUESTIONS OF CONDUCT ON CAPITOL HILL. MATT GAETZ FIRING BACK AGAINST AN ETHICS COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION AND ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. WE WILL HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT ELSE THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING INTO. >>> MOVE OVER MICROSOFT, NVIDIA NOW THE WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE PUBLIC COMPANY. MORE ON THE TECH GIANTS RISE TO THE TOP AND NEW CONCERNS. >>> A BOOK BANNED BATTLE. CENSORSHIP IN AMERICA WITH LGBTQ ISSUES AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL. >>> THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF OUR PROUD OUT LOUD SERIES. HOW SOME STATES ARE KEEPING THE BOOKS. >>> SAVANNAH IS ON ASSIGNMENT . WE BEGIN WITH THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT IS MARCHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LATER THIS MORNING, TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN MEXICO BUT THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY BATTERING THE TEXAS GULF COAST. IT IS THE FIRST NAMED STORM OF THE HURRICANE SEASON. THIS IS WHERE ALBERTO BROUGHT UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN BUT THE MAJOR CONCERN FOR TEXAS THIS MORNING IS STORM SURGE. TREASURE ISLAND, MUCH OF THE TOWN ALREADY UNDER WATER AHEAD OF ALBERTO'S LANDFALL. EMERGENCY SERVICE CREWS SAYING NOT MUCH CAN BE DONE UNTIL THE WATER STARTS RECEDING. >> Reporter: TRYING TO GET AROUND TO LISTEN TO A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT? >> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE VERY FEW HOUSES WE CAN GET TO ON OUR OWN. >>> NEW MEXICO IS ASSESSING THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING FIRES IN STATE HISTORY. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND IT HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES ARE DESTROYED. THAT STATE HAS CALLED ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ISSUE A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION. >>> ON THE EAST COAST, IT IS HOT, HOT, HOT. TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90s AND EVEN THE TRIPLE DIGITS. RELIEF COULD BE ON THE WAY BRINGING AN END TO THIS RECORD BREAKING STRETCH. WE HAVE 18 STANDING BY INCLUDING MICHELLE GROSSMAN WITH THE EXTREME HEAT. >>> FIRST, THE CORPUS CHRISTI FIRE DEPARTMENT JOINS ME NOW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, CHIEF. WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AND HEARING ON THE GROUND, RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS DOING VERY WELL. WE WERE ASSESSING CONDITIONS ALL DAY YESTERDAY. I THINK THE CITY, AGAIN, WE SAW SOME STORM SURGE THAT HIT A LOW LYING AREA BUT THE CITY VERY WELL. >> WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN? >> RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, THE SUN IS GOING TO RISE, SEEING IF THERE IS ANY DAMAGE FROM WHERE THE TIDAL SURGE CAME IN FROM THE CORPUS CHRISTI BAY. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAD LIMITED INCIDENTS, A FEW TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FROM THE WATER POOLING ON THE ROAD BUT I THINK ALL IN ALL, THROUGH THE MESSAGING THAT THE CITY PUT OUT, WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE WIND AND PREPARING FOR THE WATER, I THINK THE CITIZENS TOOK THAT ADVICE AND WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE EXTREMELY HIGH TIDES OR A STORM SURGE COMING IN. >> THE TIMING OF THOSE TIDES, SO IMPORTANT. TREASURE ISLAND GETTING -- HAVING TROUBLE GETTING HELP. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AS THE STORM IS ROLLING THROUGH? >> TALKING WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, CORPUS CHRISTI LOOKS TO BE KIND OF ON THE DOWNHILL SIDE OF THE EVENT. YESTERDAY IS WHERE WE HAD OUR HIGHEST CONCERNS. IF WE HAD SOME STORM SURGE BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THAT SO WE HAD TWO OR THREE WALKOUTS WHERE THE CARS WERE IN HIGHER WATER BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT. NOW, AS DAYBREAK COMES UP, WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO OUT AND START ASSESSING THOSE ROAD CONDITIONS. WE CLOSED THE ROADS OFF EARLY AND WARNED THE RESIDENCE. THE RESIDENCE TOOK HEED OF THAT ADVICE AND AS ALWAYS, IF SOMEONE HAS AN EMERGENCY, WE PUSH THEM TO CALLED 911 EARLY SO WE CAN GET THE RESPONSE OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND FOR NONEMERGENT EVENTS, THINGS SUCH AS WATER RISING ON CERTAIN ROADS, THEY CAN CALL 311 AND PUT THAT TO THE OFFICIALS AND WE CAN GO OUT AND ASSESS THE A SITUATION. >> HURRICANE SEASON STARTED NEARLY 3 WEEKS AGO IN THE GOES UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING A TROPICAL STORM HIT THE COAST. IS CORPUS CHRISTI READY IF 2024 IS THE ACTIVE SEASON PREDICTED? >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS CITY HAS STRONG PLANS IN PLACE WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENT WHICH WE PREPARE FOR HURRICANES THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME HERE. WE HAVE MANY PLANNING MEETINGS AND ALSO THERE IS A GREATER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BUILT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND AS WE WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, AS WE WORK WITH OUR STATE AGENCIES, THE LIST GOES ON PLANNING YEAR-ROUND AND THAT IS FROM ASSESSING PLANS TO ASSESSING THE RESOURCES WE HAVE AND COORDINATING WITH OUR PARTNERS, LOCALLY. THAT IS WHAT WILL BUILD A SAFE PLAN AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE STRONG MESSAGING TO THE CITIZENS OF WHAT THEY SHOULD D . >> WE ARE THINKING OF YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE COMING HOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >>> LET'S TURN TO THAT RECORD- BREAKING HEAT WAVE THAT IS SCORCHING THE EAST COAST AND THE MIDWEST FROM MICHIGAN TO MAINE. IN THE WEST COAST, IT IS OFFICIALLY WILDFIRE SEASON AS WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO RAGE ON. NEW YORK WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: WE ARE SEEING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS NATIONWIDE. AT WEST, THOSE WILDFIRES HAVE TURNED DEADLY KILLING AT LEAST TWO IN NEW MEXICO, DESTROYING 1400 STRUCTURES AND PROMPTING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THE EVACUATION OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBUQUERQUE. HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, THAT HEAT DOME CONTINUES ITS DANGEROUS GROUP WITH MORE THAN 60 MILLION AMERICANS LIVING UNDER HEAT ALERTS. IT NEVER HAS FELT HOTTER IN BANGOR, MAINE. OFFICIALS ALL OVER THE NORTHEAST ARE TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION, OPENING UP COOLING CENTERS AND MALLS AND CHURCHES. OFFICIALS REALLY URGING FOLKS TO STAY INSIDE, STAY SAFE AND STAY HYDRATED HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. I WAS SPEAKING TO A FIRE OFFICIAL AND THEY SAID THEY ARE ALREADY SEEING A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CALLS GO UP AND HE EXPECTS FOR THAT UPTICK TO CONTINUE BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS A HEAT WAVE, THEY REALLY START TO SEE THE CALLS ON DAY THREE, DAY FOUR OF THE HEAT WAVE AND THEY ARE BRACING FOR EVEN MORE. >>> FROM THE HEAT TO THE TROPICAL STORM, A LOT TO TALK ABOUT SO LET'S GET A CHECK ON THE FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST, MICHELLE GROSSMAN. >>> ANOTHER REALLY BUSY DAY AND WE WILL KEEP IT BUSY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. WE HAVE THAT HEAT DOME IN PLACE AND WE HAVE 65 MILLION AMERICANS IN THE NORTHEASTERN GREAT LAKES, OHIO VALLEY AND NEW ENGLAND UNDER HEAT ADVISORIES. THAT IS IN THE ORANGE. THE HEAT WATCH IN THE DARKER RED. ERIN HAD MENTIONED A HEAT INDEX YESTERDAY SO HIGH. WE WILL SEE IT INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS, TODAY. HERE ARE THE AIR TEMPERATURES AND THAT IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DAY OF INTENSE HEAT. WE ARE OT GETTING A LOT OF RELIEF AT NIGHT AND THAT BEING SAID, IT IS HARDER ON THE BODY AS WE GO THROUGH DAYS AND DAYS OF THIS. IT WILL FEEL LIKE CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES. 94 IN BOSTON. THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE WILL FEEL LIKE 94 IN NEW YORK CITY. ELKINS, INTO THE 90s AND ON FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES IN ST. LOUIS. NASHVILLE, 96. 95 IN ROANOKE. 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. NEW YORK CITY FEELING LIKE 95 SO YOU NEED TO STAY HYDRATED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND FIND THOSE COOLING CENTERS IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY. EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE ARE NOT REALLY GETTING ANY RELIEF. LOOK AT ST. LOUIS, 96 ON MONDAY. PHILADELPHIA, NEAR 100 DEGREES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND LITTLE RELIEF AT 91 DEGREES MONDAY. AIR QUALITY WILL BE A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN. 47 MILLION PEOPLE WITH TOUGH AIR QUALITY, AS WELL. LET'S MOVE IT TO THE TROPICS BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE LANDFALL OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO, 40 MILES EAST OF TAMPICO, MEXICO. IT IS MOVING WEST. ONCE IT MAKES LANDFALL, IT WILL INTERACT AND DISSIPATE VERY QUICKLY. WE ARE LOOKING AT 3 MILLION PEOPLE IMPACTED BY FLIGHT AWARE'S -- FLOOD ALERTS. FLASH FLOODING, AS WELL. NOT EXPECTING A WHOLE LOT MORE RAIN ESPECIALLY WHEN IT MAKES LANDFALL. WE WILL SEE IT WINDING DOWN. WESTERN TEXAS, YOU WILL GET A LITTLE BIT HARDER HIT. THAT SHADING IS WHERE WE CAN SEE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND WE ARE STILL SEEING DOWNPOURS. THE CONCERN WITH THAT COASTAL FLOODING AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER WITH SOME OF THOSE HIGH TIDES THROUGH FRIDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS GETTING SMALLER AND WE HAVE A MARGINAL RISK FOR CORPUS CHRISTI AND BROWNSVILLE, SOMETHING TO WATCH THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS AND WE HAVE A FRONT THAT IS GOING TO BRING A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THREE INCHES PER HOUR INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS, SIOUX FALLS. WHERE YOU SEE THAT DARKER BLUE, HEAVY RAIN, AS WELL. NEGOTIATING TOWARD A CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT THAT USO OFFICIALS ALSO SAY THAT THE HAMAS LEADER IS THE BIG HOLDOUT, PREVENTING A DEAL. >>> ON CAPITOL HILL, THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE IS CONTINUING ITS INVESTIGATION INTO MATT GAETZ. THE BIPARTISAN PANEL SAYS IT IS REVIEWING SEVERAL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE FLORIDA REPUBLICAN INCLUDING THAT HE ENGAGED IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, ILLEGAL DRUG USE AND OBSTRUCTED INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIS OWN CONDUCT. MATT GAETZ, A STRONG ALLY OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DENIES ALL ALLEGATIONS. ALI VITALI JOINS US NOW SO WALK US THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE IS LOOKING INTO RIGHT NOW AND WHICH ALLEGATIONS IT IS NO LONGER INVESTIGATING. >> Reporter: IT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BECAUSE THESE INVESTIGATIONS INTO CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ HAVE BEEN GOING ON OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. THE ONES THEY HAVE SINCE CLOSED ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE SIDE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: I WILL PUT THEM UP ON SCREEN. AT THIS POINT, THEY CLEAR THE ALLEGATION THAT HE SHARED MOOD IMAGES OR VIDEOS ON THE HOUSE FOR AND ALSO SAID THAT HE DID NOT MISS USE CAMPAIGN FUNDS AND THEY ARE NO LONGER LOOKING INTO BRIBERY CHARGES BUT THERE ARE THOSE ALLEGATIONS ON THE TABLE THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND STILL INVESTIGATING INCLUDING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS AND CHARGES OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE, THINGS THAT THE CONGRESSMAN DENIES BUT NEVERTHELESS, THIS ETHICS COMMITTEE IS STILL LOOKING INTO THEM. IN TYPICAL FASHION, HE IS NOT JUST DENYING THEM BUT DOING SO WITH A FLOURISH. HE IS SAYING THAT THIS IS ALL BECAUSE THE FORMER SPEAKER, KEVIN McCARTHY, IS ANGRY FOR THE ROLE THAT MATT GAETZ PLAYED IN TAKING McCARTHY OUT OF THE SPEAKERSHIP AND OUT OF HIS JOB LAST YEAR. THIS IS SOMETHING McCARTHY HAS NOT BEEN SECRET ABOUT. THE BAD BLOOD BETWEEN THEM IS WELL KNOWN ON CAPITOL HILL. THEY BOTH SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY DISLIKE EACH OTHER BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MATT GAETZ IS SAYING THAT HE THINKS McCARTHY PUT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE UP TO IT. THAT IS ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION BUT IT IS PART OF HIS DENIAL OF THE ALLEGATIONS AND THINGS THAT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE IS LOOKING INTO, NOW. >> HOW LONG DOES THIS WHOLE PROCESS TAKE? WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO GATES? >> Reporter: THE ETHICS COMMITTEE DOESN'T TYPICALLY GIVE ANY UPDATES AS TO WHAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING UNTIL THEY HAVE DECIDED TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION OR CLOSED AN INVESTIGATION AND IT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS SENSE OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR INQUIRIES INTO MATT GAETZ BUT WE DON'T EXPECT ANY UPDATES IN THE INTERIM PERIOD. THEY WILL FINISH THIS WHEN THEY FINISH THIS AND THEY WILL GIVE THEIR REPORT BUT UNTIL THEN, IT IS A WAITING GAME. >>> WALL STREET IS A NEW TOP DOG IN VIDEO -- IN VIDEO OVER TO MICROSOFT. THAT IS THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF STOCK. THE CHIPMAKER PASSED THE LAW IN $1 TRILLION IN JUNE. INCLUDING MICROSOFT AND APPLE, ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE THINGS ABOUT THE COMPANY, IT HAS TRIPLED IN VALUE OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE ARE JOINED BY THE EDITOR AND CHIEF. SO WE ALL KNOW APPLE, WE ALL KNOW MICROSOFT. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, TELL US ABOUT THE COMPANY, WHAT DO THEY MAKE AND WHO DO THEY MAKE IT FOR? >> UNLESS YOU ARE MOUNTING YOUR OWN CRYPTOCURRENCY WERE RUNNING A DATA CENTER, YOU NEVER PROBABLY TOUCHED THE PRODUCT BUT THEY DO MAKE CHIPS FOR GAMING AND NOW THEY ARE MAKING IT FOR A.I.. GUESS WHO THE BIGGEST CUSTOMERS IN THE WORLD ARE, APPLE, MICROSOFT. THEY HAVE BEEN BUYING THESE SMART CHIPS FROM NVIDIA. IT IS UP 627%. UP 3444% SINCE 2019. >> A REMARKABLE 170 PRESENT SURGE IN PRICE THIS YEAR AND A MORE THAN NINE FOLD INCREASE SINCE THE END OF 2022 SO WHAT IS BEHIND THIS MASSIVE SPIKE? >> Reporter: NVIDIA IS NOT JUST A COMPANY THAT HAS JUST GOTTEN HERE. THE COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. LONG CREATED THE FIRST FOR GAMING BACK IN 1993, 1999 AND THEY STARTED DOING PARALLEL PROCESSING IN THE EARLY 2000'S. THEY HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY BIG TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT MAKING THE CHIPS ON THE PROCESSORS, MAKING OUR MACHINES WORK BETTER AND NOW THEY ARE MAKING CHIPS FOR A.I. SERVERS, FOR A.I. SERVER FARMS AND THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR CRYPTO AND THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR GAMING AND THEY HAVE BEEN AT THE FRONT OF EVERY REVOLUTION AND THAT IS WHY THE SHARE PRICE IS SO HIGH AND WHY SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO OWN IT. AND IF YOU MISSED BUYING THE STOCK, IT IS ONE OF THE TOP HOLDINGS IN THE BIGGEST MUTUAL FUNDS OF THE WORLD. >> IN THE SPAN OF ONE YEAR, IT HAS GONE FROM $1 TRILLION TO MORE THAN $3 TRILLION. BY COMPARISON, IT TOOK APPLE AND MICROSOFT NEARLY 5 YEARS TO MAKE THAT LEAP SO WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS METEORIC RISE AND HOW MUCH HIGHER COULD IT GO? >> Reporter: INFINITELY HIGHER. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE STOCKS THAT COME ALONG EVERY NOW AND THEN, TESLA WAS ONE OF THEM AND AMAZON WAS ONE OF THEM AND NVIA IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM. THEY CHANGE THE WAY WE WORK AND THE WAY WE OPERATE AND IT IS THE DARLING STOCK OF THE MOMENT AND FOR GOOD REASON, IT DID $60 BILLION IN REVENUE LAST YEAR BUT $30 BILLION IN PROFITS AND WHAT DO SHAREHOLDERS WANT? THEY WANT COMPANIES GROWING THEIR PROFITS BIG TIME OVER THE LONG TERM AND NVIDIA HAS DONE THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. ITS CUSTOMERS ARE THE BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE THIS COMPANY. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS COULD BE A BUBBLE? >> Reporter: IT CAN ALWAYS BE A BUBBLE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE PILING INTO THE STOCK BECAUSE IT KEEPS RISING UP SO THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES AND IT LETS OFF SOME STEAM BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS STOCK SPLIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THE SHARE PRICE WAS 10 TIMES HIGHER. A LOT MORE SHARES OUT THERE, IT IS CHEAPER AND A LOT OF INVESTORS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BUY IT RIGHT NOW. IT IS A LOT MORE AVAILABLE AND I CAN IMAGINE IT WOULD PROBABLY GO HIGHER. >> THANK YOU. >>> MUCH MORE TO COME ON MORNING NEWS NOW. >>> A NEW CHAPTER IN THE BATTLE OVER BOOK BANS AS A COUNTER MOVEMENT GAINS TRACTION. OR HOW GROUPS ARE WORKING TO KEEP BOOKS IN LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS. >>> UP FIRST AFTER THE BREAK >>> WELCOME BACK. THE BOEING STARLINER CAPSULE IS FACING ANOTHER MAJOR SET, THIS MORNING. NASA SAYS IT WILL BE DELAYING THE RETURN TO EARTH, ONCE AGAIN. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE WORLD WATCHED AS THIS BECAME THE FIRST CREW TO SUCCESSFULLY DOCK TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THE ASTRONAUTS WERE SET TO COME BACK THIS WEEK. THE LANDING IS NOW EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY WHICH IS SIX DAYS FROM NOW. LEROY, GOOD MORNING. THE STARLINER WAS INITIALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DOCKED AT THE ISS FOR JUST ABOUT A WEEK AND THE DEPARTURE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY PUSHED BACK. NASA AND BOEING SAYING THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE THRUSTER ISSUES AND THE HELIUM LEAK. HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THESE PROBLEMS? >> AS YOU KNOW, THE STARLINER HAS HAD ITS PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPMENT AND BOEING HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS ON THE SPACE SIDE AND THE COMMERCIAL AIRLINES SIDE SO A LOT WAS RIDING ON THIS MISSION. THEY FINALLY LAUNCHED ON JUNE 6th AND HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE A FLAWLESS LAUNCH AND LAUNCHED WITH AN EXISTING HELIUM LEAK THAT NASA DECIDED IT WAS SOMETHING THEY COULD LIVE WITH. THEY QUICKLY DEVELOPED FOUR MORE LEAKS AND HAD FIVE THRUSTERS FAIL ON THE WAY TO THE ISS BUT SUCCESSFULLY DOCK. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE FAIRLY MINOR. THEY HAVE NOW CLEARED FOUR OF THE FIVE THRUSTERS TO BE TURNED ON FOR THE FLIGHT BACK. THE LEAKS REMAIN SMALL. BASICALLY, NASA SAID, WE CAN TOLERATE LEAKS 100 TIMES WORSE THAN THESE SO WE SHOULD BE OKAY. THEY ARE BEING EXTRA CONSERVATIVE AND EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE COMPLACENT. ALSO BECAUSE THE LEAKS ARE IN THE PART OF THE VEHICLE THAT DETACHED AND BURNS UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. BOEING AND NASA WANT GET THE PIECE BACK THAT HAS PROBLEMS SO THEY ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STILL DOCK, LOOKING AT TELEMETRY AND CYCLING SOME VALVES OPEN AND CLOSED AND LEARNING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BEFORE THIS TRIP WHERE THE TWO ASTRONAUTS COME BACK DOWN. >> THEY HAVE NOW BEEN AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SINCE JUNE 6th. THEY KNOW IT FAIRLY WELL BUT HOW COMMON IS IT FOR ASTRONAUTS TO EXTEND THEIR STAY, THERE? >> IT IS NOT SUPER COMMON. THE SCHEDULE IS FAIRLY FIXED. THE EXCEPTION WOULD BE THE LONGER DURATION STAY. SOMETIMES THEY WOULD GET DELAYED A DAY OR TWO BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE LANDING SITE. USUALLY, BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH THE SPACECRAFT SO IT IS NOT UNCOMMON BUT NOT SUPER COMMON, EITHER. >> IF ALL THINGS GO TO PLAN, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT ONCE THIS MISSION IS COMPLETE? >> IF ALL GOES TO PLAN, BUTCH AND SONNY WILL COME BACK AND THEY WILL LIKELY HAVE A ENTRY, THE CAPSULE WILL DETACH AND COME BACK TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND THEY WILL SAFELY LAND BACK ON EARTH. AFTER THAT, BOEING AND NASA WILL BE GOING OVER ALL OF THE DATA, PROPOSING FIXES AND PUTTING FIXES IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT AND GOING THROUGH EXTENSIVE TESTING. YOU CAN BET A LOT OF HELP FROM NASA, AS WELL. BUT I AM CONFIDENT THEY WILL FIGURE IT ALL OUT AND THE NEXT ONE SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY FLAWLESS. >> IN THE END FOR BOEING, HAS THIS BEEN A STEP FORWARD DESPITE ALL OF THE SET BACKS? >> IT HAS BEEN A STEP FORWARD AND THEY SUCCESSFULLY GOT HE VEHICLE INTO ORBIT BUT THESE CONTRACTS WERE 10 YEARS AGO AND THE IDEA IS THAT NASA WANTED MORE THAN ONE PROVIDER AND SPACEX WAS THE BIG UNKNOWN. THEY HAD NEVER DONE SPACECRAFT BEFORE. BOEING WAS KIND OF THE BACKUP. SPACEX ENDED UP BEING FIRST AND GOT THERE ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO. THEY HAVE BEEN FLYING ASTRONAUTS FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS SO IT IS A STEP FORWARD BUT THEY KIND OF LOST A LOT OF STEPS ALONG THE WAY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, THIS MORNING. >>> NOW TO WHAT IS MAKING HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ARRIVED IN VIETNAM FOR A STATE VISIT, THERE. CLAUDIO LAVANGA IS ON THE AIR WITH THAT AND MORE. >> Reporter: HE RECEIVED A VERY WARM WELCOME UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN VIETNAM BUT THE TIMING OF HIS VISIT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT COMES LITERALLY LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN TRAVELED TO VIETNAM TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON TOLD NBC NEWS THAT NO COUNTRY SHOULD BE PUT ON THE PLATFORM OF AGGRESSION AND OTHERWISE ALLOWING TO NORMALIZE THESE ATROCITIES. AFTER HIS VISIT TO NORTH KOREA WHERE EACH PLEDGED TO COME TO EACH OTHER'S AID IN AN ATTACK. >>> OVER TO ENGLAND WHERE THE STONEHENGE MONUMENT WAS EVANGELIZED WITH ORANGE SPRAY PAINT BY CLIMATE PROTESTERS PRESENTING THE GROUP JUST STOPPED OIL. THEY WERE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF DEFACING A WORLD-FAMOUS HISTORIC MONUMENT. THE SUMMER SOLSTICE WHERE THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR. >>> NAPLES BEACH ONCE AGAIN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK WAS DESTROYED YEARS AGO AFTER THE IRRUPTION. THE SITE REOPENED WEDNESDAY AFTER YEARS OF EXCAVATIONS AND RESTORATIONS AND IS FOUND TO BE HIGHLY USEFUL FOR RESEARCH. A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS JUST DISCOVERED. >>> UNJUSTLY TREATED? FAMILIES IN MICHIGAN TAKING TWO COUNTIES TO COURT OVER A BAN ON IN-PERSON JAIL VISITS. THE FIGHT RAISING QUESTIONS >>> MORE AMERICANS TURN TO NBC NEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWS ORGANIZATION. >>> WE ARE BACKED WITH A LEGAL FIGHT IN MICHIGAN. TWO COUNTIES ARE BEING SUED ACCUSED OF VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN JAIL BY BANNING IN-PERSON VISITS TO INCARCERATED RESIDENTS. ALSO FORCING FAMILIES TO PAY FOR WHAT CAN BE EXPENSIVE VIDEO CALLS. LESTER HOLT SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO THE SHERIFF IN ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES ABOUT HIS PLANS TO CHANGE THE POLICY. >> THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN COUNTY JAILS AWAITING TRIAL, MANY UNABLE TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN IN PERSON AND INSTEAD, FORCED TO PAY FOR VIDEO VISITS. ONE LAWSUIT FILED IN FLINT, MICHIGAN, WHERE I SAT DOWN WITH A DEFENDANT WHO TELLS ME HE HAS SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT A POLICY HE ONCE EMBRACED. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING, TODAY? >> WHAT ENDS IN EXCITEMENT ENDS IN TEARS. SEPARATED BY LESS THAN TWO MILES AND BY A JAIL POLICY THAT DOESN'T ALLOW IN PERSON VISITATION. HER PARENTS, PHILIP AND BRENDA, HAVE BEEN CARING FOR HER CHILDREN. >> WHERE IS MAMA? WHEN IS SHE COMING HOME? >> IT MAKES FOR SOME ROUGH MOMENTS WITH THE KIDS? >> OH, YES. OH, YES. >> RIGHT NOW. >> REPLACING IN-PERSON VISITS WITH COSTLY VIDEO CALLS HAS BECOME THE NORM AT HUNDREDS OF JAILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HERE, A 25 MINUTE CALL TYPICALLY COSTS $10. >> IT COSTS TOO MUCH AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL WORK. >> ONE OF THEM IN GENESEE COUNTY IS FIGHTING IT SAYING THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR IN-PERSON VISITATION BUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY DISAGREES AND SAYS VIDEO ONLY VISITS ARE PAINFULLY INADEQUATE. >> WE THINK THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR CHILDREN TO HUG THEIR PARENTS. >> THE VIDEO CALLS ARE OPERATED BY TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES. IT IS CALLED A KICKBACK SCHEME. >> THE THEORY SEEMS TO BE, IF YOU STOP KIDS FROM VISITING THEIR PARENTS IN PERSON, THESE DESPERATE FAMILIES WILL BE FORCED TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON VIDEO CALLS. >> Reporter: THIS IS HER FIRST TIME IN JAIL AND SAYS HER SON'S FATHER PHYSICALLY ABUSED HER FOR YEARS LEAVING A SCAR. SHE IS ACCUSED OF VIOLENTLY RETALIATING AGAINST HIM AFTER SHE SAYS HE ATTACKED HER IN FEBRUARY. >> IT WAS A FIGHT OR FLIGHT MOMENT. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: SHE COULD NOT AFFORD BAIL SO THIS SCREEN IS THE CLOSEST SHE CAN GET TO SEEING HER CHILDREN. >> HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT SOMEONE IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF THIS? >> IT FEELS CRIMINAL. >> I FEEL IT IS GREED. GREED. >> Reporter: THE SHERIFF WHO RUNS THE JAIL WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE POLICY WHEN IT BEGAN 10 YEARS AGO. HE IS PERSONALLY NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT. >> HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU MAKING FROM VIDEO VISITS, RIGHT NOW? >> OVER $400,000. >> WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND IT? >> MONEY. I BECAME A SHARE IN 2010. WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THAT. >> THE SHERIFF MEANT NOW. IN OUR INTERVIEW, HE BELIEVES HE MADE A MISTAKE AND REGARDLESS OF HOW THE COURT RULES, HE SAYS HE IS REVERSING, REINSTATING IN- PERSON VISITS STARTING NEXT MONTH. >> WE ARE GOING TO RETURN TO IN- PERSON VISITS AND REINVEST OUR REVENUES BACK TO LOWERING COSTS FOR JAIL CALLS AND VISITATIONS. >> YOU ARE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE. >> IT IS MONEY I DON'T NEED AND IT COMES FROM THE FAMILY'S SO YOU ARE PENALIZING PEOPLE AND I SEE THAT NOW. >> YOU WERE ONE OF THE GUYS WHO WAS A PROPONENT OF ENDING THE IN-PERSON VISITS AND NOW YOU HAVE MADE THIS GIANT TURN, HER . >> BECAUSE THE PERSON I AM TODAY IS NOT THE SAME PERSON I WAS IN 2012 AND 2014. >> NOT LONG AGO, YOU WERE CELEBRATING THE DOLLARS COMING IN. >> I ACCEPT THAT. >> WHY DID IT TAKE A LAWSUIT? >> SHE FINALLY MADE BAIL LAST WEEK ABLE ONCE MORE TO HUG HER CHILDREN LIKE -- I LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SHE IS BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK AND THE SHERIFF IS COMMITTED TO RESTORING IN-PERSON VISITS AND INVITES OTHER SHERIFFS TO JOIN HIM. >>> NOW FOR A SPECIAL CONVERSATION FOREVER PRIDE MONTH SERIES, PROUD OUT LOUD. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POLITICAL BATTLE OVER WHAT YOU CAN READ AT THE LIBRARY. THAT COMPANY SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 4000 INSTANCES OF BOOK BANNING IN AMERICA THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ALONE. MANY ARE DEALING WITH LGBTQ+ THEMES AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THOSE BANS. MELANIE AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH YOU. TO COUNTER SOME OF THESE BOOK BANS, YOUR ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED THE RAINBOW LIBRARY. >> THAT'S RIGHT, IN 2019, ONE OF OUR CHAPTERS IN CONNECTICUT -- SORRY, IT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING. -- A CHAPTER IN CONNECTICUT LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM FROM ONE SCHOOL AND ONE LIBRARY AND WE ARE NOW IN 35 STATES REACHING OVER 5 MILLION STUDENTS. >> THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE CERTAIN BOOKS BUT YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE? >> YEAH! THESE ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND EACH SET HAS 10 BOOKS SHOWING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR WORLD, THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES. YOU WILL HAVE LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS. WE LOVE IT. WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM EDUCATORS AND PARENTS IS THAT THEY LOVE IT. IT REALLY IS A WAY TO MAKE SURE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SEEING THEMSELVES IN THE CURRICULUM AND THAT IS HOW WE MAKE SURE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE ALSO GIVING PUSHBACK. WHAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BOOK BANS AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WORKS. OUR OPPOSITION WHAT WORKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE OFTEN CHALLENGING THE LIBRARY SETS AND WE ARE MEETING THEM WITH EVEN MORE SENSE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT BOOK BANS. YOUR STATE OF MINNESOTA PASSED A BILL BANNING BOOK BANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES. WE HAVE SEEN A FEW STATES DO THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE MOMENTUM SHIFTING IN THIS WAY. WHY WAS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU? DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER STATES TO FOLLOW? >> I DO BELIEVE SO. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME AS A TRANS PERSON, A PERSON WHO IS AN AUTHOR OF A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO FIND REPRESENTATION OF WHO THEY ARE NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WE FIND OURSELVES FIRST IN THE LIBRARY. NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO FIND A SIMPLE BOOK THAT CAN HELP US ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE ARE FEELING IS INCREDIBLY DAMAGING. IN MINNESOTA, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REPRESENTATIVE FRAZIER, THE POSSE ANDCAUCUS HAS PUSHED THIS BILL TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT ALLOWING PREFERENCES OF INDIVIDUALS, TO ALLOW CERTAIN SUBJECT MATTERS TO BE PULLED JUST BECAUSE THAT IS THE DESIRE OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL SO WE PUT IN THIS LAW THAT BANNED THE ABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO PULL BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY. >> WE OFTEN HEAR THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THESE BANS. THEY ARE GETTING RID OF MATERIAL THAT THEY SAY ARE OBSCENE OR PORNOGRAPHIC. IS THAT THE CASE? WHAT IS THE REALITY OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING? >> HERE IS THE REALITY: EDUCATORS ARE TRAINED AROUND DEVELOPMENTAL CURRICULUM SO ALL OF OUR BOOKS ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, VETTED BY EDUCATORS, CHOSEN BY EDUCATORS AND WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIBRARY SET WHICH ARE FOR K- 12. THERE IS A SET FOR KINDERGARTEN AND SO, UP. WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS WHAT THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID WHICH IS THE YOUNG PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES LEARNING AND WE FIND IT IMPORTANT. WE KNOW THAT THAT IS WHAT KEEPS THEM IN SCHOOL AND THAT IS WHAT HELPS THEM COMPLETE AND THAT IS WHAT HELPS THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE AND THAT IS WHAT HELPS THEM BE READY TO BE PARTICIPATORY AND POWERFUL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> FOR THOSE MAKING THE ARGUMENT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF THINGS THAT THEY SAY ARE OBSCENE, WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE FOR THEM? WHAT IS A BETTER SOLUTION IN DEALING WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS? >> THE ANSWER IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP KIDS FROM BEING WHO THEY ARE, YOU ARE TRYING TO KEEP KIDS FROM BEING, SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, ADULT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD , ALL KINDS OF DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORLD AND WE GO TO THE LIBRARY AND REMOVE THE BOOKS THAT REPRESENT WHO WE ARE, WE ARE TELLING KIDS THAT BEING WHO YOU ARE IS WRONG AND FUNDAMENTALLY INCORRECT AND NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU NOT BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE BUT YOU SHOULD NOT EVEN LEARN ABOUT WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE. WE NEED TO MOVE THE CONVERSATION TO ONE OF INCLUSIVENESS, PLURALISM AND UNDERSTANDING THE DIVERSITY AND THE WIDE RANGE OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS WHAT EDUCATION IS ALL ABOUT AND THAT IS THE CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE. WE NEED TO STOP CENSORING IDENTITIES, STOP CENSORING HISTORIES AND START CELEBRATING ALL OF US. >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME, THIS MORNING, IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. >>> COMING UP, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TEAMING UP TO TAKE ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT REPRESENTS DEEP FAKE PORNOGRAPHY >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. >>> WE ARE BACKED WITH A HUGE MONEY LAUNDERING BUZZED. 20 OR MORE PEOPLE. MORGAN CHESKY REPORTS ON THE INVESTIGATION KNOWN AS OPERATION FORTUNE. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES CONNECTING MEXICO'S INFAMOUS DRUG CARTEL TO AN UNDERGROUND BANKING GROUP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> WE HAVE OVER $50 MILLION IN PROCEEDS. >> Reporter: FOLLOWING A MULTIYEAR EFFORT, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCING CHARGES AGAINST 24 PEOPLE ACCUSED OF BEING CONNECTED TO THE CARTEL. >> THE INDICTMENT WE ANNOUNCED TODAY CHARGES MEXICAN CARTELS AND MONEY-LAUNDERING GROUPS. >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATION DUBBED OPERATION FORTUNE RUNNER UNCOVERED HOW 45-YEAR-OLD MARTINEZ ALLEGEDLY RAN THE SOPHISTICATED NETWORK. SUSPECTS, SOME OF THEM CHINESE, COLLECTED BAGS OF CASH IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. THAT CASH WAS DEPOSITED INTO A CHINESE BANK. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BROKER USED THAT MONEY IN CHINA FOR PRECURSOR CHEMICALS USED TO MAKE METHAMPHETAMINES AND FENTANYL. CHINESE ASSOCIATES WOULD SEND THOSE GOODS TO MEXICO WHERE THEY WERE SOLD FOR CHEMICALS FURTHER PROCESSED INTO DRUGS. THE CASH FROM BOTH EVENTUALLY ENDED UP IN THE HANDS OF THE CARTEL TO PAY FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS TO THE UNITED STATES. MARTINEZ REYES ATTORNEYS DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES CREDIT CHINA WITH COOPERATION TO MAKE AN ARREST BUT CHINESE OFFICIALS STILL QUESTION THE EXTENT OF THEIR COUNTRY'S INVOLVEMENT. THE FENTANYL PROBLEM IS ROOTED IN THE UNITED STATES, ITSELF, OFFICIALS SAY. IT STARTED FROM A LOCAL PRESCRIPTION AND DEVELOPED DUE TO MANY COMPLICATED FACTORS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE ARE SEEING TIES BETWEEN THE CHINA AND CARTELS. >> THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SUCH A DESIRE FOR U.S. DOLLARS IN CASH THAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO A VARIETY OF CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES TO CREATE THAT CASH. >> Reporter: THE CHINESE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION THAT LAUNDERED MONEY FROM METHAMPHETAMINES AND FENTANYL AND OTHER DRUGS IN CASH LOANS. >> THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUT OF CHINA INTO THE UNITED STATES AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE A SYNTHETIC DRUG TO DO IT. >> THE CRIME IS FAR FROM BEING SOLVED. >>> THE 24 PEOPLE INDICTED, 22 ARE CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY. >>> ON CAPITOL HILL, LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE JOINING FORCES TO COMBAT THE RISE OF DEEP FAKE PORNOGRAPHY. THIS ALARMING TREND TARGETING EVERYONE FROM CELEBRITIES TO INNOCENT SCHOOLKIDS. LAWMAKERS HOPE A NEW ACT WILL CHANGE THAT. >> Reporter: TED CRUZ AND AMY KLOBUCHAR JOINING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE DISTURBING TREND OF NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE IMAGES BEING SHARED ONLINE INCLUDING ONES CREATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >> THIS IS INCREASINGLY OF ACTIVE IN TARGETING MINORS. >> Reporter: SIMPLE A.I. TECHNOLOGY CAN MAKE REALISTIC LOOKING IMAGES OF ANYONE. AFTER A TARGET THIS WEEK AND A FAKE VIDEO SCENE MILLIONS OF TIMES. OTHERS INCLUDE EMMA WATSON, SCARLET JOHANSSON AND TAYLOR SWIFT BUT IT IS FAR FROM JUST CELEBRITIES. >> I WAS THINKING THIS WAS MY PHOTO FROM MY INSTAGRAM, WHY WOULD THERE BE A BODY THAT IS NOT MINE ON IT? >> Reporter: SHE WAS 14 WHEN FAKE IMAGES OF HER CREATED AT HER HIGH SCHOOL SPREAD VIA SNAPCHAT. >> I FELT TOTALLY HELPLESS AS THESE IMAGES WERE GOING AROUND. >> Reporter: SNAPCHAT ENCOURAGES THE USE OF ITS REPORTING TOOLS BUT HER MOTHER SAYS IT WAS EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TOOK ACTION. THE NEW BIPARTISAN BILL KNOWN AS THE TAKE IT DOWN AT PUTS THE ON TECH COMPANIES REQUIRING THEM TO REMOVE IMAGERY WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING INCREDIBLE COMPLAINT AND THE BILL TARGETS INDIVIDUALS MAKING IT A FEDERAL CRIME TO PUBLISH THE IMAGES, A CRUCIAL STEP SAYS MARIANNE FRANKS. >> DISTRIBUTION IS IMPORTANT. YES, THE PLATFORMS ARE IMPORTANT BUT MAKING SURE ANYONE THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS TO ANOTHER PERSON THINKS E USE THE SHELL THAT IS LEFT OVER. IT WORKS EVERY SINGLE TIME. >>> THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIP OF THE DAY. >>> YOU DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING. >>> YOU JUST SAVED ME 40 BUCKS. >>> THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. >>> FINALLY THIS HOUR, A FLIGHT LIKE NO OTHER TO COMMEMORATE JUNETEENTH, AN ORGANIZATION THAT CELEBRATES AMERICA'S VETERANS PAYING TRIBUTE TO BLACK MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT HAS THEIR STORY. >> Reporter: FOR THE WALKERS, CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH AT THE NATION'S CAPITOL IS HISTORIC. >> I FEEL HONORED AND I FEEL APPRECIATED. >> Reporter: WILL SERVING DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. THE TWO MARRIED IN 1971. THE COUPLE STARTED THEIR DAY JOINING SOME OF AMERICA'S FINEST HEROES ON A TRIP FROM ATLANTA TO WASHINGTON DC. THEIR TRIP IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO HONOR THESE 26 BLACK VETERANS, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THOSE SERVED AND MARKING THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. VETERANS GREETED WITH A WATER CANNON. >> Reporter: WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE HERE AS PART OF THIS ? >> I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED BEING HERE AT ALL LET ALONE JUNETEENTH. I WILL HAVE THIS MEMORY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: THE GROUP VISITED A NUMBER OF MEMORIALS MAKING A STOP AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, LAYING A WREATH WITH 101-YEAR-OLD WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II WAS A REFLECTION >> I SEE OTHER MEN LIKE ME WHO SERVED THE COUNTRY BRAVELY AND COURAGEOUSLY AND NOW THEY AR HERE AND THEY ARE CELEBRATING. >> Reporter: YAMICHE ALCINDOR, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON >> VERY COOL THAT WILL DO IT FOR THIS HOUR OF MORNING NEWS NOW BUT STAY WITH US, THE NEWS CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD MORNING, I'M JOE FRYER. SAVANNAH IS ON ASSIGNMENT. RIGHT NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW, A BARRAGE OF WILD WEATHE BATTERING AMERICANS FROM COAST TO COAST ALONG THE GULF COAST, TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS HAMMERING PARTS OF TEXAS AND MEXICO, BRINGIN UNRELENTING RAIN TO MILLIONS IT'S NOT OVER YET. MICHELLE GROSSMAN HAS THE LATEST TRACK IN A MOMENT. >>> SKY HIGH TEMPERATURE CONTINUE TO SCORCH PARTS OF TH MIDWEST AND EAST COAST AND DANGEROUS WILDFIRES FLARE IN THE WEST WE ARE COVERING IT ALL >>> A LEGAL BATTLE BREWING I LOUISIANA CLASSROOMS THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNO SIGNING A CONTROVERSIAL NOW LA REQUIRING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BE DISPLAYED IN EVERY SCHOOL CLASSROOM. WE WILL BREAK DOWN ALL OF TH CHALLENGES TO THE LEGISLATIO THAT ARE SOON TO COME. >>> PLUS, WE ARE LEARNING NE DETAILS ON THE HIGH PROFILE DW ARREST OF JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, HOW HIS LAWYER IS RESPONDING AND THE LEGAL FIGHT THAT COULD B SHAKING UP FOR THE POP STAR WH IS STILL ON TOUR >>> LATER IN THE HOUR, PRIDE MONTH CONVERSATION WITH TH INCOMPARABLE AND HILARIOUS JUD GOLD, PART OF A NEW NETFLI DOCUMENTARY CALLED OUTSTANDING CHRONICLING THE LGBTQ COMICS >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE FIRS NAMED SYSTEM OF THE SEASON TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IT IS SET TO MAKE LANDFALL I MEXICO THIS MORNING. THE EFFECTS ARE ARE ALREAD BEING FELT ON THE TEXAS GULF COAST. OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING FOR WHAT IS AHEAD SAM BROCK IS IN TEXAS WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE IMPACT, GOO MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THINGS ARE A BIT CALMER THIS MORNING BUT GOVERNOR ABBOTT DI ISSUE A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR 51 COUNTIES IN TEXAS INCLUDING BRAZORRIA WHERE I AM NOW AND THERE ARE THREE DEATHS SADLY INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE GROUND IS A HOME DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN FLOODED OUT THERE ARE TRASH BINS STILL FLOATING IN THE WATER. THE HIGH TIDE BROUGHT THE WATERS UP AND WE ARE WATCHING IT. PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO WADE IN AND OUT OF THEIR OWN HOMES ALBERTO KICKING OFF WHAT I PREDICTED TO BE A RECORD HURRICANE SYSTEM THE TROPICAL STORM MOVING OVER THE COAST OF MEXICO AND MANAGING TO DRENCH SOUTHERN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA IN THE PROCESS THE TEXAS GOVERNOR DECLARING A SEVERE WEATHER DISASTER. RESIDENTS LIKE ROY SCOTT URGIN NEIGHBORS TO TAKE THE STOR SERIOUSLY. >> IF YOU GO OUT THERE IN TH BAY, YOU WILL DIE. >> Reporter: VACATIONERS IN FREE PORT WERE GREETED BY A WALL OF WATER. >> HOW HIGH? >> IT WAS THIGH HIGH IT WAS HARD. >> Reporter: SOME EVACUATED AN OTHERS OPTED TO RIDE OUT THE STORM THE RISING WATER PREVENTED AMBULANCES FROM REACHING STRANDED HOMES >> HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO GE THE AMBULANCE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS? >> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE SOME HOUSES THAT COMPLETELY UNDER WATER >> Reporter: HIGHWAY 1 I LAFUTURE WAS COVERED IN WATER. THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS COULD BE A RECORD BREAKING HURRICANE SEASON PARTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH STRONG OCEAN HEAT RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE FORECASTING 17 TO 2 NAMED STORMS, 18 OF WHICH AR EXPECTED TO BE HURRICANES. >>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN TH NORTHEAST SEARCHING FOR RELOAF AS THE HEAT INDEX SOARS INTO THE 100s AND IN CALIFORNIA, THEY AR RACING TO PUT OUT SOME OF TH WORST WILDFIRES THEY HAVE SEEN THE FIRES CONTINUE AS THE FIRS DAY OF SUMMER BEGINS ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS IN CENTRA PARK WITH MORE ON THE DANGEROU HEAT ERIN, HOW IS IT FEELING OU THERE? >> Reporter: HEY, JOE. IT IS FEELING PRETTY HOT WE ARE SEEING DANGEROU CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AT LEAST TWO WERE KILLED I FIRES IN NEW MEXICO. HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, THE HEA DOME IS CONTINUING A DANGEROUS GRIP WITH OFFICIALS WARNIN FOLKS TO STAY INSIDE AND STA SAFE THIS MORNING DANGEROUS WEATHER FROM EXTREME HEAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH OVER 80 MILLION UNDER HEAT ALERTS. >> PLEASE STAY IN THE HOUSE, STAY COOL IF YOU CAN >> Reporter: IN THE NORTHEAST, HALF A DOZEN CITIES ARE MEETIN OR EXCEEDING HIGHS IN BANGOR MAINE, IT HAS NEVE FELT HOTTER. FOLKS ARE STAYING SAFE ANY WAY THEY CAN THE SHOPPING MALLS HAVE TURNED INTO COOLING CENTERS >> THE ONLY SPOTS OPEN ARE I THE OCEAN. >> Reporter: AT THE PHILLIES GAME, MISTERS, AND SUN BLOCKER TO DEAL WITH THE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES >> LOTS OF WATER >> Reporter: THE MAJOR LEAGU TEAM TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION >> WE HAVE INCREASED MEDICAL STAFF FOR GAMES THIS WEE ESPECIALLY THE GAMES DURING TH DAY. >> Reporter: WILD WEATHE BRINGING DANGEROUS CONDITION OUT WEST IN NEW MEXICO, STRONG WINDS AN THUNDERSTORMS TRIGGERING A MASSIVE DUST STORM CALLED HABOB, CAUSING MULTIVEHICL CRASHES. SCORCHING MORE THAN 23,000 ACRES, A FIRE HAS PROMPTED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN RUIDOSO, SOUTHEAST OF ALBUQUERQUE OFFICIALS SAY THE SEVERE WEATHER COULD AFFECT FIREFIGHTIN EFFORTS. >> WE HAVE TWO DEVASTATING ENORMOUS FIRES AND WHEN I SAY ENORMOUS, THE ARE GETTING MORE AND MOR COMPLICATED TO ADDRESS >> Reporter: BACK HERE IN NE YORK CITY, IT IS EXPECTED TO B ANOTHER SCORCHER I WAS TALKING TO A SPOKESPERSO FOR THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HE SAID THEY HAVE SEEN A UPTICK IN THE NUMBER O EMERGENCY CALLS. THEY DON'T USUALLY SEE THE UPTICK UNTIL DAY THREE OR FOUR OF THE HEAT WAVE THEY ARE PREPARING FOR EVEN MORE CALLS AND PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HELP IN THE HEAT >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> LET'S GET A CHECK OF YOU MORNING NEWS NOW WEATHER METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE GROSSMA IS KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL OF IT GOOD MORNING >> GOOD MORNING. THE HEAT IS A BIG WEATHE HEADLINE AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE ARE STILL LOOKING A TEMPERATURES IN THE 90s. FACTOR IN THE HUMIDITY IN SOME SPOTS AND IT FEELS LIKE WELL OVER 100 DEGREES THE SUMMER SIZZLER CONTINUES WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS LATER ON TODAY MAINLY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY ALONG TH BOUNDARY IT IS ON THE UPPER TIER OF THE BUBBLE OF HIGH PRESSURE TONIGH INTO FRIDAY IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPE MIDWEST. AS WE HEAD TO THE SOUTH, TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO MADE IT WAY TO LAND AND IT WIL DISSIPATE FURTHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE ARE LOOKING AT SCATTERE SHOWERS AND BETTER CONDITIONS IN TEXAS TODAY. WE HAVE SPOTS OF HEAVY RAIN BU MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS IN MEXICO WE COULD SEE IS THE TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST. WE COULD SEE THE MOISTURE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. IT FELT LIKE SUMMER FOR DAYS BUT IT DOES NOT ARRIVE UNTIL 4:2 THIS AFTERNOON IT WILL BE THE LONGEST DAY, TH MOST DAY WITH DAYLIGHT TODAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE SUN IS DIRECTLY OVER THE TROPIC O CANCER THE EARTH WILL FEEL LIKE A VER HOT DAY. WE WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR HEAT THIS MONTH. 55 MILLION PEOPLE IMPACTED B HEAT ALERTS FOR THE REST OF THIS THURSDAY MAJOR CITIES LIKE DETROIT, PITTSBURGH, PHILADELPHIA, SEEING HIGH TEMPERATURES AGAIN. AS ERIN MENTIONED, IT IS PROLONGED. IT IS SO TOUGH ON OUR BODIES A IT GOES ON AND ON. BANGOR, YOU ARE FEELING LIKE 106 YESTERDAY. IT WILL FEEL LIKE TRIPLE DIGIT AGAIN TODAY. THAT IS THE HEAT INDEX, 103 IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TODAY AND A LITTLE COOLER THAN IT WILL FEEL LIKE ON YOUR BODY EVERYWHERE ELSE, IT FEELS LIKE 96 SAME STORY IN PITTSBURGH IT FEELS LIKE 95 WE WILL SEE THE HEAT DOME IN PLACE TOMORROW TEMPERATURES SOARING AGAIN NEA TRIPLE DIGITS IN ST. LOUIS A YOUR AIR TEMPERATURE IS 97 95 IN D.C.93 IN NEW YORK CITY. IT WILL FEEL LIKE 95 TOMORROW. THAT WILL STAY THROUGHOUT TH WEEKEND AS WELL. NO RELIEF FOR ALL OF THE GAMES IT WILL BE A HOT ONE N. YOU NEED TO HYDRATE TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90s 100 ON SATURDAY, SUNNY IN ST LOUIS. PHILADELPHIA, 97 ON SATURDAY A LITTLE COOL DOWN, 91 O MONDAY WE HAVE FLOOD ALERTS FOR 2 MILLION PEOPLE . WE ARE LOOKING AT SCATTERE SHOWERS THROUGHOUT SOUTHER TEXAS BUT BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY OR OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING RAIN IS FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AND SEEING TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST. FLASH FLOOD RISK IS MINIMIZING THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING. CORPUS CHRISTI INTO BROWNSVILLE, THE REAL THREAT INTO LATER PAR OF TODAY WILL BE THE NORTHER PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. WE ARE LOCKING AT HEAVY RAIN I MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW >> RAIN EVERYWHERE AND HEA EVERYWHERE, BUSY DAY >> I KNOW. >> THANK YOU >>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUSHING BACK ON ACCUSATIONS BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WH SAYS THAT THE BIDE ADMINISTRATION IS WITH HOLDING WEAPONS INTENDED FOR ISRAEL. NESU MADE THE CLAIM IN A VIDEO ON TUESDAY WHICH THE WHITE HOUSE DISPUTES MATT BRADLEY IS JOINING US FRO JERUSALEM, GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: ANOTHER SIGN OF THE ACRIMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND THE WHITE HOUSE. THE WHITE HOUSE WAS ENRAGE AFTER NETANYAHU RELEASED A VIDEO SCOLDING THE U.S. FOR NOT COMING THROUGH ON WEAPONS DELIVERY. A FEW WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND JERUSALEM AFTER NETANYAHU ACCUSED THE U.S. O NOT SENDING PROMISED WEAPONS T ISRAEL >> IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, YOU HAV BEEN WITH HOLDING WEAPONS AN AMMUNITION TO ISRAEL ALLIES FIGHTING FOR ITS LIFE CHURCHILL TOLD THE UNITE STATES, GIVE US THE TOOLS AND WE WILL DO THE JOB. I SAY GIVE US THE TOOLS AND WE WILL FINISH THE JOB A LO FASTER >> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE'S RESPONSE COMING QUICK AND SHARP. >> LET ME JUST START OFF B SAYING WE GENERALLY DO NOT KNO WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT WE JUST DON'T. >> Reporter: THERE WAS ALREADY TENSION OVER A PREVIOUSL DELAYED SHIPMENT OF BOMBS OVER CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY BE USED TO KILL CIVILIANS IN RAFAH >> AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO REVIEW ONE SHIPMENT EVERYTHING ELSE IS MOVING AS I NORMALLY WOULD MOVE. >> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE DENIED REPORTS THAT IT CANCELE A MEETING WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS OVER THE VIDEO U.S. OFFICIALS SAID THEY WER RELUCTANT TO REWARD NETANYAH WITH A MEETING AND THAT IT HAD BEEN POSTPONED MORE PRESSURE FOR NETANYAHU THIS MORNING AFTER THE MAIN IDF SPOKE SAID OVERNIGHT, ANYONE WHO THINKS WE CAN ELIMINATE HAMAS IS WRONG, ADDING THAT THE IDEA THAT IT CAN BE DESTROYED WITHOUT NE LEADERSHIP INSTALLED IN GAZA I THROWING SAND IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING THE IDF SAYS IT I COMMITTED TO DESTROYING HAMAS. WE ARE SEEING MORE ATTACKS I THE RED SEA. A GREEK SHIP THAT THE HOUTHI REBELS ATTACKED DAYS AGO HAS SUNK THIS IS DESPITE AN EFFORT BY THE U.S. TOTRY TO MAKE THE REGIO SAFER FOR INTERNATIONA SHIPPING >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> LOUISIANA IS NOW THE FIRST STATE TO REQUIRE THAT EVER PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM DISPLA THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN TH CLASSROOM. THE BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW B THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ON WEDNESDAY AND MANDATES THAT POSTER SIZED DISPLAY OF TH COMMANDMENTS IN A LARGE, EASIL READABLE FONT WILL BE SHOW SHOWN IN CLASSROOMS FROM KINDERGARTE TO STATE FUNDED UNIVERSITIES OPPONENTS SAY IT VIOLATES TH SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND IS BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL JOINING US NOW IS KRISTE GIBBONS FEDEN, A CIVIL RIGHT ATTORNEY AND FORMER PROSECUTOR GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US ADVOCATES FOR THE LAW SAY TH PURPOSE IS NOT ONLY RELIGIOU BUT FOR HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANC ACCORDING TO THE LAW MFS LANGUAGE, THE COMMANDMENTS ARE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS LIKE TH DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY CONTEXT STATEMENT SAYING THE WERE APART OF AMERICAN EDUCATION FOR THREE CENTURIES. IS THAT LANGUAGE ENOUGH TO HEA OFF LEGAL ACTION AND DEFEN THEMSELVES FROM THE LEGA ACTION >> IT HAY NOT BUT IT'S A GOO TRY. WHAT THE PROPONENTS ARE SAYING IS THAT THE FRAMING IS FOR SECULAR PURPOSE. THIS IS FOR SECULAR PURPOSE TO TEACH HISTORY, AND IT IS IS NO SOLE LETO PROMOTE RELIGION THAT WILL DEFEND IT AGAINST TH OPPONENTS WHO WILL RAISE CHALLENGES, CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES SAYING IT VIOLATE THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF TH CONSTITUTION THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF TH CONSTITUTION PROIBTS THE GOVERNMENT, THE STAT LEGISLATORS, FROM UNDUALLY FAVORING ONE RELIGION OVER OTHERS AND IT IT PROEBTS THE GOVERNMENT FROM PROMOTIN RELIGION IN GENERAL. I THINK THE OTHER THINGS THA THE PROPONENTS WILL SAY IS THA THEY ARE NOT USING STATE FUNDING IN ORDER TO CREATE THE POSTERS OR DISPLAYS. THEY ARE GOING TO SEPARATE THE FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOCUS. THE OPPONENTS ARGUMENTS WILL B STRONG AGAINST IT BECAUSE THEY SEE IT DOES FAVOR ONE RELIGION OVER THE OTHER OR PROMOTIN RELIGION >> NO SURPRISE THAT THE CIVI LIBERTIES GROUP PLANS TO SUE THEY SAY A RULING FROM THE SUPREME COURT THAT OVERTURNED SIMILAR STATUTE APPROVED I KENTUCKY WALK US THROUGH MORE OF TH ARGUMENTS YOU EXPECT THEM TO MAKE >> EXACTLY THE 1980'S DECISION STRUCK DOW A SIMILAR KENTUCKY LAW THAT REQUIRED THE POSTING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC CLASSROOMS JUST LIKE WHAT WE SEE HERE AGAIN, IT ARGUES THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE BUT WHAT THE PROPONENTS IN THI CASE ARE SAYING IS WE ADDE HISTORICAL CONTEXT, WE HAV SEPARATED OURSELVES FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE O PROMOTION OF THE RELIGIO BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ASKING FO STATE FUNDING. WE ARE GOING TO GET DONATIONS. THAT'S HOW THEY ARE TRYING T DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE GRANT OR THE KENTUCKY OPPONENTS O PROPONENTS OF IT THAT AS NOTED IT WAS STRUCK DOWN A UNCONSTUGZAL SO LOUISIANA IS SAYING WE HAVE ADDED CONTEXT AND WE ARE SHOWING THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ENTHIS CASE ACTUALLY HAVE A SECULAR HISTORICAL PURPOSE AND THERE ARE NONRELIGIOUS REASONS FOR PROMOTING THIS POSTER. >> SO OVER THEALIST 50, 60 YEARS, WE KNOW THE MAIN ISSUES AT THE SUPREME COURT HAVE BEEN CIVIL RIGHTS, GUN CASES, ABORTION, AND NOW WE ARE APPROACHING THE DOBBS DECISION LOOKING AT THE LAW, DO YOU THINK THE SUPREME COURT WILL GET INVOLVED IF IT GETS THAT HIGH? AND DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE REASON WHY LOUISIANA AND THE LAWMAKERS PASSED THIS LAW, HOPING THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME ANY LEGAL CHALLENGES? >> I ABSOLUTELY THINK YOU HI THE NAIL ON THE HEAD GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICA CLIMATE IN LOUISIANA WITH STRONG CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP AND TH REPUBLICAN MAJORITY, IT IS EASIER TO PASS THESE TYPES O LAWS THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MANY PEOPLE SUPPORT INTEGRATING PRINCIPLES IN THEIR PUBLIC LIFE. AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD SCOTUS THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT ROLLY HAS RECENTLY FAVORED RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION AND HAS ENCOURAGED LAWMAKERS TO PASS THIS I AGREE WITH YOU IT MAY UPHOLD A CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE. >> KRISTEN, APPRECIATE YOU ANALYSIS THIS MORNING. >>> COMING UP, MORE ON WHA JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S LAWYER I SAYING ABOUT THE HIGH PROFIL ARREST ON LONG ISLAND EARLIE THIS WEEK. >>> AND AN AMERICAN BALLERINA ON TRIAL IN RUSSIA AFTER BEIN ACCUSED OF TREASON, HOW LONG SHN >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION O NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK, A DETAINED BALLERINA WENT ON TRIAL EARLIE THIS YEAR. SHE WAS DETAINED IN JANUAR CHARGED WITH TREES AFTER SHE GAVE MONEY TO A UKRAINIA CHARITY. KEIR SIMMONS HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IT IS AGONY FOR KAROLINA AND THE PEOPLE CLES T HER IN CALIFORNIA. BEFORE THE TRIAL STARTED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE THE COURT SAID BECAUSE OF PROCEDURAL ISSUES LAST YEAR, THE CHARGE THAT SHE FACES, THE SENTENCE FOR THAT WAS INCREASED TO LIFE IN PRISON. THIS MORNING, OUR FIRST GLIMPS OF CESENNIA SITTING IN THE DARK, MAN NLING SOMEWHAT OF A SMILE. SHE WILL WAIT LONGER WITH TH CASE POSTPONED A LONG WAY FROM HER LIFE I CALIFORNIA AN AMATEUR BALLERINA WHO BECAM A U.S. CITIZEN AND WAS ONLY IN RUSSIA TO VISIT HER MOTHER THE 33-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH TREASON BECAUSE SHE DONATE $51.80 TO A UKRAINIAN CHARITY. IN A STATEMENT OVERNIGHT, SH TOLD NBC NEWS SHE IS AN INNOCENT YOUNG WOMAN WITH HER WHOLE LIF AHEAD OF HER SHE IS FULL OF COMPASSION AN DONATED A SMALL AMOUNT TO A U.S. NONPROFIT. SHE IS NOT AN ACTIVIST FOR ANY CAUSE, EXPRESSING THE HOPE THA THE COURT WILL SEE THA PROSECUTING HER IS A MISTAKE AND SEND HER HOME TO LOS ANGELES SHE JOINS A GROWING LIST O AMERICAN CITIZENS IMPRISONED I RUSSIA INCLUDING JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH WHOSE TRIAL BEGINS NEXT WEEK, FACING THE SAME JUDGE. THE U.S. SAYS HE IS WRONGFULLY DETAINED PUTIN THIS MORNING IN VIETNA AFTER A VISIT TO KIM JONG UN I NORTH KOREA, CITING MORE TEENAGE IC TEENAGIC PARTNERSHIPS. NEWS THAT EVAN GERSHKOVICH WIL FACE THE SAME JUDGE AS KAROLIN WAS NOTED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY BUT THE CASE TODA STARTED AND STOPPED SO QUICKLY PERHAPS THEY NEED MORE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES EMOTIONALLY >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES NOW IN ECUADOR, A MAJOR BLACKOUT LEFT 18 MILLION PEOPLE IN TH DARK CLAUDIO LAVANGA JOINS US WIT THAT AND MORE. >> Reporter: 18 MILLION PEOPLE WERE IN THE DARK ON WEDNESDAY IN ECUADOR AFTER THE COUNTR EXPERIENCED NATIONWIDE ELECTRICITY OUTAGE THE PROBLEM AFFECTED THE CAPITAL INCLUDING ITS SUBWAY SYSTE WHICH HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED THE ELECTRICITY CRISIS WAS CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF A DROUGHT THAT AFFECTED HYDR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS AN HEAVY RAINS THAT FORCED TH PLANTS OFF LINE. >>> LET'S GO BACK TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD WHERE ONE OF TH DEFENDANTS IN A BIG FINANCIA TRIAL THERE CLAIMS HIS HUMAN WERE VIOLATED AFTER THE POPE OFFERED WIDESPREAD SURVEILLANCE. HE FILED THE COMPLAINT TO TH UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN RIGHTS CITING FOUR DECREES SIGNED BY POPE FRANCIS THA ALLOWED PROSECUTORS THE USE OF UNCHECKED WIRE TAPPING THE FOLLOWS THE INVESTMENT IN LONDON PROPERTY WORTH $375 MILLION THAT RESULTED IN MASSIVE LOSSES FOR THE VAT CAN >>> LET'S END THIS IN AUSTRALI WHERE THERE IS AN ODD JOB FO TOURISM IN THE MONTHS. YOU CAN FIND PARANORMA INVESTIGATOR WHICH INVOLVE PICKING UP ON PARANORMAL ACTIVITY OR YOU CAN APPLY FO WONDER WALKER. OR YOU CAN APPLY FOR OYSTE ORGANIZER WHICH CATEGORIZE FRESHLY HARVESTED OYSTERS. AND MY FAVORITE IS STAR GAZER. THE TRAVEL EXPENSES WILL B COVERED BY THE TOURISM BOARD BACK TO YOU. >> WOM BAT WALKERS DO THEY USE LEASHES? THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> COMING UP, MORE ON THE ARREST OF JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE,U DO WHAT SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING >> YOU JUST SAVED ME $40 >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. >>> IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE FLORIDA PASSED THE CONTROVERSIAL DON'T SAY GAY LAW, MANY STATES HAVE PASSED COPY CAT LAWS. MAYBE YOU HAVE NOT HEARD OF THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF THE BACKLASH IS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, PARENTS AN GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZERS MAURA BARRETT WENT TO NORT CAROLINA WHERE HUNDREDS JOINED A FEDERAL COMPLAINT AGAINST STATE LAW THAT THEY SAID FAILE TO PROTECT TRANSGENDERS. >> Reporter: IT WAS THE FLORID FIGHT OVER SCHOOLS THA CAPTIVATED THE NATION. REPUBLICANS PUSHING THROUGH TH PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATIO LAW, DUBBED DON'T SAY GAY BY OPPONENTS. TWO YEARS LATER, SEVERAL STATE QUICKLY AND WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE HAVE THEIR OWN LAWS REPLICATIN FLORIDA AS PART OF A FLURRY OF ANTILGBTQ BILLS INTRODUCED I RED STATE HOUSES THE LAWS IN 11 STATES LIMI INSTRUCTIONS AROUND SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS >> IT CREATES A SYSTEM OF REMEDY FOR PARENTS WISHING TO ADDRESS CONCERNS >> Reporter: IN NORTH CAROLINA IT GOES A STEP FURTHER INCLUDING A PROVISION THAT REQUIRE TEACHERS TO NOTIFY PARENTS O PRONOUN CHANGES WHICH ADVOCATE SAY EFFECTIVELY OUST TRANSSTUDENTS, SOMETHING THA WORRIES 17-YEAR-OLD MILO WHO I TRANS. >> I HAVE MULTIPLE FRIENDS THA IF THEIR PARENTS FOUND OUT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY GET KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. >> Reporter: THERE WAS BACKLAS TO THE BATHROOM BILL IN 2016 WHICH WAS LATER REPEALED >> THAT'S WHY WE ARE SEEING THIS LAWS HAPPEN IN A DOZEN STATES AT ONCE >> DO YOU WORRY THAT I INDICATES A SENSE OF ACCEPTANC OF THESE TYPES OF LAWS >> WE ARE SEEING PARENTS GET A LOT MORE POLITICALLY ENGAGED >> Reporter: THIS IS ONE O THOSE PARENTS. >> THIS LAW WAS DESIGNED T ALLOW HATE AND ANGER AND T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE FO THINGS THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN OVER COMPLIANCE ON THE LAW, CANCELING SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ENTIRE LIBRARY OF BOOKS THE LEGISLATION ADVISE LEGISLATORS AGAINST ALERTING PARENTS AGAINST A PRONOUN CHANGE IF IT COULD RESULT IN ABUSE OR NEGLECT. >> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU OF TH SCOPE OF YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION? >> IT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT WE HAVE SEEN MORE INSTANCES OF KIDS CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES, PHYSICAL FIGHTS, INTIMIDATION, BULLYING >> Reporter: SOME OF THE INSTANCES HIGHLIGHTED IN A FEDERAL COMPLAINT, DOZENS OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS GAVE TESTIMONY FOR. AS THEY AWAIT THE LAW, TRANS STUDENTS LIKE MILO WANT TO SHO LAWMAKERS THAT STUDENTS LIKE THEM ARE NOT A THREAT BUT TH LAWS IN PLACE ARE. >> THIS IS A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU FIGURE OUT WHO YOU ARE. SO WITHOUT HAVING THE SAFETY O FEELING KIND OF THREATENED B THE NEW LAWS IS NOT GOOD >> THINGS ARE KIND OF AWFU RIGHT NOW BUT THE BEST THING W CAN DO IS JUST KEEP LIVING >> THE CONSERVATIVE GROUPS HAV A NATIONAL EFFORT VIA MOMS FOR LIBERTY, OPPOSED FOR FIGHT BAC AS WELL. THE CENTER FOR EQUALITY HA TEMPLATES ON THE WEBSITE FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOOKING TO FILE COMPLAINTS THEY HAVE SPEAKER COMBIEDZ FOR ANY PARENTS WHO WANT TO SPEA OUT AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS IF IS KIND OF A FRAMING TO FIGHT BACK IN THE CULTURE WARS I DID REACH OUT TO NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER THAT INTRODUCED THE ORIGINAL BILL BUT DID NOT HEAR BACK BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> IN OTHER LEGAL NEWS, WE AR LEARNING DETAILS FROM THE NIGH THAT POP STAR JUSTIN TIMBERLAK WAS ARRESTED IN THE HAMPTONS FOR SUSPICION OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE SINGER'S ATTORNEY IS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIM AS NEW VIDEO SURFACES FROM THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT. KAYLEE HARTUNG IS HERE WITH TH LATEST >> GOOD MORNING. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE TOLD POLIC THAT HE HAD ONE MARTINI BEFORE HE WAS PULLED OVER, FAILED A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST AND WA ARRESTED NOW HIS LAWYERS ARE LOOKIN FORWARD TO VIGOROUSLY DEFENDIN THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HI WHICH MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE TEN TIME GRAMMY WINNER IS READY FO A LEGAL BATTLE IN THE MIDDLE O HIS TOUR >> Reporter: IN THE DAYS SINCE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, THE SPOTLIGHT I INTENSIFYING NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A VEHICLE THAT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE HE WA DRIVING HEADED IN THE DIRECTIO WHERE HE WAS PULLED OVER B POLICE SAG HARBOR POLICE HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST T CONFIRM THE VEHICLE IN THE VIDEO WAS TIMBERLAKE'S THE POP SUPERSTAR IS STAYING SILENT ON THE MATTER LETTING HIS LAWYER WEIGH IN. I WILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY AT TH APPROPRIATE TIME BUT CURRENT LEAWAITING FULL DISCOVERY FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HE SPENT THE NIGHT AT TH AMERICAN HOTEL, AN ESTABLISHMENT FREQUENTED BY CELEBRITIES. POLICE PULLED HIM OVER AFTER H FAILED TO STOP AT THIS STOP SIGN AND SWERVES IN TWO PLACES. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, AN OFFICER DETERMINED TIMBER LICK WAS INTOXICATED, STRUGGLING TO WALK AND USING BOTH ARMS T BALANCE. HE REFUSED TO TAKE A BREATHALYZER TEST THREE TIME ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS HE WAS ARRESTED AND RELEASED ABOUT NINE HOURS LATER WITHOUT HAVING TO POST BAIL. THIS COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF TH WORLD TOUR HE WAS LAST ON STAGE SATURDAY IN MIAMI AND IS EXPECTED TOMORROW IN CHICAGO, GIVING NO INDICATION THAT HIS LEGAL TROUBLES WILL AFFECT HIS TOUR. HE FACES HIS NEXT COURT HEARIN ON JULY 26th AND WILL LIKELY ATTEND VIRTUALLY FROM POLAND WHERE HE WILL PERFORM. HIS WIFE WAS SPOTTED IN NEARBY NEW YORK CITY THIS WEEK WITH HER LATEST PROJECT LAST MONTH, SHE ADDRESSED TH CHALLENGES OF THE BUSY SCHEDUL WHEN HE HAS A WRAK, WE WILL HANG OUT AND TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS RELAXING AND FUN. HE HAS TO RELAX. HE REALLY HAS TO RELAX >> JUSTS WE SAY IT LOOKS LIK THE TOUR WILL NOT BE AFFECTED, THERE ARE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES TO DISCUSS IF CONVICTED, HE COULD FACE UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL. LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THAT IS UNLIKE LE WHAT IS MORE LIKELY FOR A FIRS TIME OFFENDER IS A FINE AN COMMUNITY SERVICE. >> ALONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THAT THANK YOU. >>> A MAJOR SCARE FOR ONE FAMILY PLAYING OUT THIS SUMMER AS I HEATS UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE DRAMATI POOL SIDE RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND HOW YOU CAN KEE YOURSELF FOR THE JULY 4th HOLIDAY THI YEAR WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFOR HEADING OUT AND LOCKING IN TRAVEL PLANS HERE TO GIVE US ANSWERS IS BRIAN CHEUNG THIS SEEMS TO BE A THEME THI SUMMER THAT TRAVEL IS UP WHY ARE PEOPLE TRAVELLING MORE AND HOW ARE PEOPLE GETTING T WHERE THEY ARE GOING >> HAPPY SUMMER. WHEN IT COMES TO THE REASON WH AAA IS PROJECTING A RECORD AMOUNT OF TRAVELERS OVER JUL 4th WEEK, THEY ARE SAYING TH COMBINATION OF REMOTE WORK AND EXCITEMENT OVER THIS POS PANDEMIC PERIOD OF BEING ABLE TO CATCH UP ON EXPERIENCE THE PRICES ARE GENERALLY LOWER WHICH IS WELCOMED NEWS IF YO ARE TRYING TO RENT A CAR O BUYING A PLANE TICKET BECAUS PRICES ARE DOWN ON THAT FRONT. SOME OF THE POPULAR DESTINATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR JULY 4th SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ORLANDO FLORIDA. VANCOUVER AS WELL AS LONDON. AND VANCOUVER, I WANT TO POINT OUT MAJOR HUB FOR CRUISES TO ALASKA IF YOU ARE GOING UP NORTH. >> I USED TO LIVE IN SEATTLE AND SEATTLE IN JULY IS AWESOME AND WHEN THE FOURTH OF JULY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, JUS TAKE THE WHOLE WEEK OFF. >> MIGHT AS WELL >> AND GAS PRICES? >> OVER 60 MILLION WILL BE TRAVELLING BY CAR. GAS PRICES ARE NOW $3.44, DOWN 14 CENTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO NUMBERS WE GOT THIS MORNING. WHEN IT COMES TO PRICES AT THE PUMP, THAT WILL BE WELCOMED NEWS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ARE RENTING CAR. PRICES ARE DOWN ALMOST 9 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT. >>> MORE FINANCIAL HEADLINES NOW, THE LATEST READ O EMPLOYMENT DROPPING THIS MORNING. SILVANA HENAO HAS THOSE NUMBER AND OTHER HEADLINES. >> GOOD MORNING. WE ARE JUST GETTING A FRESH LOOK AT THE ECONOMY JOBLESS CLAIMS, THE NUMBER O AMERICANS APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SLIPPE LAST MONTH AS THE LABOR MARKET IS IS RESILIENT. JOBLESS CLAIMS FELL TO 238,000 FROM A TEN MONTH HIGH OF 243,000 THE WEEK BEFORE. AT&T IS RAISING PRICES FOR CUSTOMERS ON OLD UNLIMITED DAT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN RETIRED STARTING IN AUGUST, THE BILL WILL RISE UP TO $20 FOR PLAN WITH MULTIPLE LINES. CUSTOMERS WITH A SINGLE LINE WILL SEE CHARGES GO UP BY $10 MONTH. NOW AT&T SAYS THAT IT IS OFFERING MORE HIGH SPEED DAT AND HOT SPOTS IN EXCHANGE FO THE PRICE HIKE THAT WOULD LE CUSTOMERS KEEP OLD PLANS THA HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN >>> CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SOLSTICE WITH SOME COOL DEALS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER. BUFFALO WILD WINGS IS GIVING REWARDS MEMBERS A FREE ORDER O BUFFALO WINGS WHEN THEY BU TODAY. SONIC IS OFFERING NEW GROOVY FRIES WITH GROOVY SAUCE FOR $1 KROGER IS GIVING AWAY PINTS OF KROGER BRAND ICE CREAM THAT IS 50 PINTS PER MINUTE FO 900 MINUTES. THAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT O SUNLIGHT WE WILL GET IN TH NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TODAY. YOU CAN GET DIGITAL COUPONS ON FREEKROGERKIESCREAM.COM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> WHEN IT COMES TO PLASTIC AIR PILLOWS IN AMAZON PACKAGES, TH GIANT IS BURSTING THE BUBBLE THEY ARE REMOVING ALL OF THE FROM THE PACKAGES BY THE END O THE YEAR THAT IS A HUGE CHANGE. JOINING US NOW FROM AN AMAZO WAREHOUSE IS DIANA OLICK GIVEN THE SHEER SIZE OF AMAZON HOW BIG OF A TRANSITION WILL THIS BE? >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTING, AMAZO HAS PUT IN MOTION ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS PROGRAMS YET. THEY ARE SAYING GOODBYE TO THI AND HELLO TO THIS. IT IS THE LARGEST PACKAGIN REDUCTION IN NORTH AMERICA S FAR. RECYCLED PAPER IS REPLACING TH 15 BILLION PLASTIC PILLOWS THA ARE USED >> THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO RECYCLE. >> Reporter: THEY CAN'T GO IN CURB SIDE RECYCLING BEEN PAPER MAY WORKBUTTER THA PLASTIC. >> THE PAPER IS A LITTLE SOFTER, IT IS 100% RECYCLED CONTENT. THAT ALLOWS THE ITEMS TO CUSHION IN THERE RATHER THAN BOUNCE. >> Reporter: IN ADDITION T LOSING PLASTIC, THEY ARE USING A.I. TO RIGHT SIZE THE PACKAGES TO ELIMINATE SPACE IN THE BOXES. >> IT IS TEAM LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >> IT PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT WHAT DOES IT DO BEHIND THE SCENES HOW BIG OF A CHANGE IS THIS FO THE SYSTEM TO PREPARE TH PACKAGE? >> IT IS A HUGE CHANGE WE ASKED HOW MUCH THE TRANSITION WILL COST AMAZON AND THE WOULDN'T SAY EXACTLY BUT SOME PLASTIC BAGS ARE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PAPER BUT THE NEW PROCESS ALLOWS THE TO BRING THE COST DIFFERENCE DOWN BUT IT WILL BE A BIG TRANSITION. IT WILL TAKE A YEAR. >> YOU MENTIONED THEY WILL B IMPLEMENTING A.I MORE IN TH SYSTEMS. HOW DOES THAT HELP >> Reporter: YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET THE BIG BOX FROM AMAZON AN THERE IS ONE THING IN IT WIT ALL OF THIS SPACE? THEY WANT TO RIGHT SIZE IT GET RID OF EXTRA SPACE BY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO LOOK INTO THE BOXES, HOW THEY ARE PACK AGED, HOW THEY AR SENT, THEY WANT TO GET IT SO YOU HAVE AS LITTLE PACKAGING ON EACH PACKAGE AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, THEY WANT TO CLICK TH ONE WHERE IT SAYS PUT AS MAN ITEMS IN THE SAME BOX. WE ALL WANT TO SAVE ON THE PACKAGING. BUT IT IS RIGHT SIZING SO YO DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH PAPER AROUND IT TO BE WASTED >> IMPORTANT STORY, THANK YOU SO MUCH >>> COMING UP, A COMEDIAN WHO IS THE DEFINITION OF BEING PROU OUT LOUD WE WILL CONTINUE PRIDE CELEBRATIONS WITH JOUDY GOLD RECOLLECT PART OF A NETFLI DOCUMENTARY THAT IS CALLED OUTSTANDING, A COMEDY REVOLUTION ALL ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS COMIC THROUGH THE YOURS. WE WILL CHAT ABOUT THAT AND SO MUCH MOR >>> OUR CELEBRATION OF PRIDE MONTH CONTINUES WITH OUR SERIE PROUD OUT LOUD FOCUSING ON TRAIL BLAZERS IN THE LGBTQ PLU COMMUNITY. WE ARE JOINED BY A COMED LEGEND, JUDY GOLD. SHE HAS APPEARED ON HBO, COMED CENTRAL AND LOGO SHE IS ALSO THE PODCAST OF THE JUDY SHOW. NOW SHY IS FEATURED IN A NEW NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY WHIC CHRONICLES THE HISTORY OF STAN UP COMEDY IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, THE MANY OBSTACLE AND ALSO THE SUCCESSES HERE'S A LOOK. >> HELLO, MY QUEERS. >> WE TAUGHT PEOPLE TO STATU BEING AFRAID OF US BY MAKING JOKES. >> IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US. >> SKWOOER COMICS, QUEER HISTORY, THAT DESERVES TO BE TALKED ABOUT NOW IS THE TIME WHERE PEOPLE CAN. >> AND JUDY GOLD IS WITH US NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOININ US >> MY PLEASURE I LOVE THIS DOCUMENTARY JUST CAME OUT TUESDAY WE WATCHED IT TUESDAY NIGHT. I LEARNED SO MUCH. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIRS OUT LESBIAN ON NATIONAL TV BAC IN 1979. WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT TH TRAIL BLAZERS WHO ARE OUT AN PROUD BEFORE MOST PEOPLE WERE? >> YOU KNOW, I LOVE ROBIN TYLER, LET'S START WITH THAT, SO BRAVE. I THINK THE THING YOU GET FROM THIS DOCUMENTARY, BESIDES THIS REALLY INTIMATE HISTORY AN UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF COMEDY, THE POWER OF STAND U COMEDY, THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT SOOTHES US BUT IT IS ALSO A WEAPON FOR CHANGE, THAT IF YOU WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY, YOU CAN SEE IT GOES FROM SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, THAT WE ARE STANDING ON THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFOR US'S SHOULDERS AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS BECAUSE IT WASN'T EASY IT WAS DANGEROUS SO IT IS JUST THEJOURNY IS S INTERESTING BECAUSE MOST PEOPL DON'T LOOK AT STAND UP COMEDY AS AN ART FORM THAT CHANGES THE WORLD BUT IT IS AN ART FORM THAT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND. AND MAKE YOU THINK OUTSIDE O THE BOX. >> AND YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN EVOLUTION. YOU WANTED TO BE A COMEDIAN THAT HAPPENED TO BE A LESBIAN AND THEN IT KIND OF HAD TO CHANGE. >> IT HAD TO CHANGE FOR ME FIRST OF ALL, I STARTED OUT IN THE STRAIGHT CLUB. I WAS WORKING PURELY IN TH STRAIGHT CLUBS AND THEN VENTURED INTO THE GAY CLUB BECAUSE THEY ARE THE GREATES AUDIENCES. ONCE I HAD A CHILD, MY ELDES SON HENRY WAS BORN IN 1996 AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, EVERY COMIC TALKS ABOUT THEIR FAMILY O STAGE AND WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS IT TO MY KIDS IF I SAY I TO ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT ON STAGE BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT OR WHATEVER THEY WERE -- WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD AND YOU SEE THE WORL THROUGH THEIR EYES, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU SEE A COMEDIAN GET ON STAGE AND TALK ABOUT THEI LIFE AND HOW THEY NAVIGATE THE WORLD, THAT'S ALSO SEEING TH WORLD THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE'S EYES BUT WHEN YOU SEE A KID WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND, WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT? YOU CAN'T GET MARRIED BECAUS WHY? IT CHANGES WHO YOU ARE AND IT MADE ME AN ACTIVIST >> LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF M FAVORITE QUOTES FROM THE DOCUMENTARY. COMEDY ENABLES YOU TO SEE TH WORLD THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE'S EYES AND A GREAT COMEDIAN WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH AND MAYBE EVE CHANGE YOUR MIND WHAT DO YO HOPE PEOPLE LEARN? >> I HOPE PEOPLE LEARN THAT WE WENT THROUGH A LOT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN LEARN, I THINK OF THE YOUN LGBTQ COMMUNITY, AND HOW THE NEED TO KNOW THE HISTORY, THAT WE DIDN'T GET HERE SO THAT YOU CAN SPEAK FREELY WALKING INTO A COMEDY CLUB AND SEEING A GAY OR NONBINARY COMI ON STAGE AND THERE IS NO NEGATIVE REACTION, THAT'S NO INWAY IT WAS SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY OU COMMUNITY HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS HOW LUCKY WE ARE AT THIS POINT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GO BACK AND WE CAN'T LET THEM GO BACK. THEY ARE BANNING BOOKS, TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE. WE CAN'T GO THERE. >> COMEDY CAN BE A WEAPON FO GOOD BUT THIS DOCUMENTARY SHOW THAT IT CAN BE A WEAPON AGAINS THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, ESPECIALL RECENTLY WITH HIGH PROFILE COMEDIANS TELLING TRANSPHOBI JOKES. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THAT? BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUGE OPPONEN OF CANCEL CULTURE. SO YOU DON'T WANT THAT BUT HOW DO WE TACKLE THAT? >> WELL, I HAVE ALWAYS FOUGH BACK USING COMEDY. THE THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT REALLY BOGGLES MY MIN ABOUT THE ANTI-TRANS COMEDY IS WHY? THERE IS SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DECIDE T WRITE YOUR COMEDY ABOUT. WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK WITH TRUTH AND WITH HUMOR THAT'S HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE NOW WHEN SOMEONE MAKES YOU LAUGH YOU LIKE THEM IMMEDIATELY. AND SOMETHING SWITCHES IN THEI BRAIN AND THEY ARE LIKE, I LIK THAT PERSON AND THEY ARE BLANK THEY ARE DISABLED, GAY, PERSON OF COLOR >> AND THEN CHANGE HAPPENS >> THAT'S EXACTLY HOW CHANGE HAPPENS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WATCHIN THIS DOCUMENTARY IS HOW MANY LGBTQ COMEDIANS THERE ARE RIGH NOW. THERE ARE SO MANY THAT REPRESENT EVERY ASPECT OF THE COMEDY THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. THE DOCUMENTAR
