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florida in just a moment. plus a new subpoena from the department of justice, this one to the national archives for white house documents it turned over to the january 6 committee. meanwhile, in georgia, rudy giuliani testified for over six hours over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. now georgias governor is seeking to delay his own testimony which was scheduled for today. willie. >> lets begin this hour in the state of florida. where at 1:00 p.m. a federal judge will hear ar...

nationwide by nbcs count, cases are up 58% over the last two weeks and its adding urgency to a covid summit happening virtually right now. president bidens message this morning, dont grow numb to this unimaginable loss. >> our heart goes out to all of those who are struggling, asking themselves, how do i go on without him? how do i go on without her? today we are at a new stage in fighting this pandemic, facing an evolving set of challenges. we have to double down on our efforts to get...

trial. a trial that threatens to upend his personal fortune and real estate business. the former president could take the stand in his own defense on monday, but today the court is hearing from an accounting expert who described new york attorney generals letitia james claims of fraud as meritless, saying, quote, my main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud. this is trumps first appearance since an appellate court reinstated a gag order barring him f...

The pharmacies have denied any wrongdoing. this is the first time theyve had to pay money in a opioid lawsuit. and a drought overnight west has left states battling over who has access to the limited water resources. now 40 million people are at risk of having to ration their water supply. nbcs steve patternson has more. >> reporter: on the surface, the boundly beauty of the colorado river feels eternal. but underneath an increasingly urgent threat is rising faster than ever before. >> the color...

Mandatory evacuations are under way in california. this is new video in this morning showing dozens of homes up in flames, due to a combination of record drought conditions and very strong winds. nbcs steve patternson is live from california. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: let me show you. take a look. this is the result of this coastal fire ripping and tearing through the neighborhood, destroying at least 20 homes in the area. much of what it looks like is this, and i would say maybe e...

Behavior, you will be wrong. last week they were defending the takeover from elon musk and now they seem more open to it, and the reason of what changed over the last couple days is anybodys guess. twitter does report earnings later this week and theres a theory saying maybe the earnings will look bad and the stock will fall and lets get the offer done with elon musk before that happens, katy. >> really interesting. trying to figure out what happens if he does buy it, if it goes behind a pay wal...

Turning to the record heat baking much of the country. more than 21 million people from the plains of texas to new england are under a heat advisory. multiple cities are seeing sustained temperatures in the 90s weeks before the start of summer. the heat wave is expected to linger through the week and along with it the threat of thunderstorms and flash flooding for the south and midwest. the rain will miss california where 100% of the state is experiencing drought conditions. joining me from lake...

Plane. woods 140 miles west of the capital. government officials say the crew included an experienced pilot. costa rica aviation director says the nature air charter was headed for san jose when it went down. cause is under investigation. law enforcement have identified a gunman that left a sheriff deputy dead and injured several others. suspect opened fire seconds after officers entered his ohm responding to a disturbance call. calling it an ambush. community is in mourning. get more from nbc...

Capital. government officials say the crew included an experienced pilot. costa rica aviation director says the nature air charter was headed for san jose when it went down. cause is under investigation. law enforcement have identified a gunman that left a sheriff deputy dead and injured several others. suspect opened fire seconds after officers entered his ohm responding to a disturbance call. calling it an ambush. community is in mourning. get more from nbc steve patternson. >> a deadly shoo...