Killed dozens. So far no group has claimed responsibility, leaving rising tensions and more questions. Well have a live report from our foreign team with the latest plus, were tracking recent deaths tied to a braineating am amoeba it is the second death in a week the signs to look out for, and how you can stay safe. The latest star with fans throwing objects at them on stage is cardi b see her reaction, a thrown mic ledecky becomes a legend, tied for swimming wins with the biggest name in the sport. Its monday, july 31st early today starts right now good morning. Im jessica layton. Thanks for starting your week with us. Im Frances Rivera a massive cleanup effort is under way on the east coast after powerful storms ripped through neighborhoods from North Carolina into new jersey but one of the hardest hit areas was our Nations Capital our Aaron Gilchrist has more from washington, d. C oh my god holy [ bleep ]. Reporter in the Nations Capital, a fastmoving storm packing powerful wind and torrential downpours sending people running for cover a tomb guard at Arlington National cemetery standing strong against the wild weather. In the storms wake, the national zoo closed sunday while crews clean up suddenly just a huge gust of wind came and he started to hear trees falling. Reporter one labor day naibd littered with massive trees torn up at the root three falling on one house cars smashed, power poles snapped. I think the trees all fell within 30 seconds of each other. It was a little scary. Reporter and in virginia, alan lee died after a tree collapsed on his home. In boston, a sudden deluge led to flash flooding, making driving treacherous. In tucson, trees and power lines downed after a monsoon ripped through the area that as e southwest still deals with historic heat back in d. C. , a long break from extreme weather from a cleanup that will likely take several days our thanks to aaron for that report also this weekend, another wave of gun violence across the nation in seattle, police have searching for two suspects after five people were shot at a Community Outreach event Officials Say dozens and dozens of rounds were fired into that crowd. One person has lifethreatening injuries all of the victims are in their 20s. In muncie, indiana, a 30yearold man was killed during a shooting at a party a local hospital says they treated 19 others who were injured. Police have not yet said anything about a possible suspect or suspects, but they do say there is no ongoing threat to the community and in gainesville, Police Say Two people were killed when gunshots rang out in a crowd several blocks from the university of florida campus officials did not give any details about how many people were shot. We do know they are asking the public to come forward with any information. The newest defendant in the documents case centered around former President Trump will be appearing in court in florida later today. This comes as trump continues to stand his ground while he faces mounting legal challenges. Nbcs Marissa Parra has more a great badge of honor because im being indicted for you. Reporter former President Trump on the offense in erie, pennsylvania all theyre doing is hoping for massive election interference reporter it was his first rally since special counsel jack smith added new federal charges against him, including willful retention of National Defense information and obstruction of justice. Hes the most ethical american i know. Reporter an attorney representing the former president denies accusations that h he hahad his employees tr to delete e surveillanance foote fromom maralagago. No tatapes were d deleted he tururned them o over. R reporter a at the centnte that chaharge, carlolos de oliv, a property manager at maralago accused inin the new i indictmef telllling anotheher employeeee the boss, referring to trump, wanted the server deleted. De oliveira scheduled to make his First Court Appearance in Miami Federal Court tomorrow slightly further north this weekend, new barriers put around the georgia courthouse at the center of his newest legal battle on Election Fraud the Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney signalled a decision is near weve been working for two and a half years were ready to go. Reporter meanwhile 2024 gop contenders now beginning to tentatively bring up charges against their lead rival, mr. Trump. I dont think hes the right president at the right time Going Forward. Otherwise we will have a general election thats doing nothing but dealing with lawsuits. Reporter and looming over all of this, new federal charges from special counsel jack smith over Election Fraud could come as soon as this week the grand jury in that case expected to meet on tuesday. All right marissa, thank you meanwhile, a federal judge in florida has thrown out a defamation lawsuit filed by former President Trump against cnn. Trump sought almost 500 million in damages claiming that the network hurt his reputation and his political career by referring to his efforts to overturn the 2020 elect as, quote, the big lie, which he said prompted comparisons to adolf hitler in his friday ruling a trumpappointed judge said the tutsi suit could not move forward as the comments in question were opinions, and it was a stretch to believe that viewers would be inclined to make the comparison between trump and hitler the war in ukraine has again spilled over into russia officials in moscow say they shot down three ukrainian drones targeting the capital. At least one of them crashed into a skyscraper housing government offices one person was injured the Russian Defense ministry accused ukraine of mounting a, quote, terrorist attack. Ukraine has not formally taken responsibility for the drones. It happened just hours before a high profile Navy Day Celebration in st. Petersburg attended by Vladimir Putin at an emergency summit in nigeria, more than a dozen western african nations announced sanctions against niger over the coup in the country and threatened intervention unless democracy is resnord a week it comes as thousands of procoup demonstrators in niger attacked the French Embassy in that capital they did not manage to breach the walls but they did break windows and burned a perimeter door many waved russian flags and chanted the name of Vladimir Putin. Emmanuel macron has warned retaliation if french nationals are hurt a horrific suicide bombing killed at least 55 people in pakistan sunday. More than 100 are wounded. It happened in the northwestern bajaur district at a rally for a protaliban movement ali, good morning. Do we know whos behind this good morning, frances we dont know who is behind this right now, but pakistani officials are saying that it bears all the hallmarks of being orchestrated by isisk, which is the isis affiliate in that region what we do know right now is well over 55 people have been injured, and killed, and over 100 injured. And that death toll is expected to rise because there are still dozens of people in critical condition. Pictures show about 100 odd people standing on a canopy when the blast went off close to the stage. Pictures are showing ambulances ferrying people to the hospital. And the more serious people are being taken by helicopter. Now we mentioned that nobodys claimed responsibility but it bears all the hallmarks of isisk. And we know this because theyve previously targeted the juif party which was holding the rally there because isisk believe they dont interpret a strict enough form of islam in afghanistan. And thats why they targeted this party pakistans Prime Minister says this is a terrorist attack and that they are going to seek out the perpetrators and see what happens. But this is expected to disrupt Upcoming Elections in the fall in pakistan as isisk try and carve out a plot for themselves in pakistan and disrupt the government who they believe are too close to the taliban i appreciate the breakdown. Ali, thank you there is one branch of the military that is not having any trouble filling its ranks. Leaders in the u. S. Marines say they will meet their recruitment goals this year, and they expect to have a 30 jumpstart on next years goal. Meanwhile, the other branches, the army, navy and air force all expect to fall short it is worth noting here that the marine corps is smaller in size than the other armed services. All right. The heat holds on through the last day of july nbc meteorologist Michelle Grossman with a look at potential records and heat alerts this morning. Good morning, michelle good morning to you both. Great to see you on this monday. And yeah, were going to see that heat extending across the south once again, much less than last week in terms of the population, feeling the heat but still looking at recordbreaking temperatures over the next several days across the south were looking at 36 million americans from the Central Plains to the Southern Plains into the part of the gulf coast states under heat alerts. We have excessive heat alerts for dallas, austin and new orleans. And possible records in the next three days we could see nine states impact, especially across the South Central states into the gulf coast and the southeast. So well see temperatures soaring once again into the tripledigits, either tying or breaking records in dallas and san antonio. Houston today 103. And werms in the southeast. Were looking at monsoon moisture in parts of the southwest. 107 in phoenix 96 in albuquerque. All right. So the heat goes on for the last day in july. Well take a look at the rest of the week in just a few minutes all right hoping for relief. Thank you, michelle. Were back in 60 seconds with a warning about a rare braineating amoeba. And an incredible story about how w twstngo o raers came togegether to hehelp keep a a h beating. G. Welll be rightht back. Whwhen your fafamily acactually weaears it. Get odorffree eieight hour p protectionn from mosququitoes and d tics without ththe ick. Zevo o onbody repepellent. People lovove it. Bugsgs hate it. Hi. 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