president trump had a number of policy reversals including nato and china currency manipulation. is he distancing himself from top strategist steve bannon? >> signs that north korea is preparing for a major show of strength on april 13th. >> a police investigation after a jay walking claim goes wrong. legal action for the doctor as all passengers ordered a full refund. >> chicago's world series celebration continues. >> a clown story to warm your heart. "early today" starts now. glad to you with us. i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. a lot of news to bring you this morning. president trump gave revealing

interviews with new york papers. he downplayed steve bannon's role in the campaign and called him a guy who works for me leading to rumors of a possible departure. at the same time a spokesman for paul manafort says the former campaign manager may register as a foreign agent because of his past political work in ukraine. and now despite promising better relations with russia on the campaign, president trump is saying they, quote, may be at an all-time low. that wasn't the president's only surprising reversal. nbc's kristen welker brings us more. >> reporter: president trump making a number of stunning reversals as he faces foreign policy crises after calling nato obsolete on the campaign trail. >> nato in my opinion is obsolete. maybe nato will dissolve and that's okay. >> reporter: mr. trump changing his tone while standing next to nato's secretary general in the east room. >> i said it was obsolete. it's no longer obsolete. >> reporter: the move aimed at getting nato allies to ramp up

support in foreign fights and also pressing their countries to pay their fair share to support nato's mission. another striking reversal after vowing the label china a currency manipulator as a candidate >> they are grand masters of currency. >> reporter: telling the "wall street journal" they are not explaining taking that step could jeopardize talks with beijing on confronting the threat of north korea, the president wants china's help to press north korea to back off its recent nuclear provocations, and analysts saying the shift in policies reflect a one-time candidate who isdjusting to serving in the nation's highest office. >> while i think it's part of a learning process that the president is going through, there are things one says on the campaign trail and then you face the realities of the office. >> thank you to kristen welker for that. also tensions between the u.s. and russia on the rise. secretary of state rex tillerson says he just told russian president vladamir putin that the relationship is at a low

point, that follows an interview putin gave in which he said the level of trust between the two countries has deteriorated since president trump took office. nks's bill neely is in moscow this morning. what more are you hearing about this tension relationship and what exactly happened in that meeting? >> good morning yasmin. from moscow where the dizzying diplomacy continues, secretary of state rex tillerson has flown out. syria's foreign minister has flown in for his talks with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. there is no u.s. readout of the meeting between rex tillerson and putin. mr. tillerson hasn't spoken to the media, not that we know of anyway, but the russian media have been speaking to vladimir putin's official spokesman, dmitry peskov. he says putin used the meeting to give tillerson his analysis on why u.s.-russian relations were at such a low point and also his analysis on syria.

peskov said the tone of the meeting had been fairly constructive. now, that seems to me to be almost damning with faint praise. he said putin hoped his message would be relayed to president trump, but peskov said they did not discuss any future meeting between trump and putin. the earliest that could come is the g-20 summit in germany in july. so no visible warmth between mr. tillerson and mr. lavrov and no sign of any real agreement between them except agreeing to disagree. frances, yasmin. >> bill neely, thank you. a lot of eyes on whether or not president trump will actually meet with the u.s. and when that will happen. >> on the front burner as well, north korea, new satellite images show it could be preparing to launch a nuclear test. analysts say heavy activity near

north korea's test site point to an upcoming underground detonation. some say it could come as soon as saturday when north koreans will celebrate the birth of the country's founder. photos of kim jong un could be seen watching military drills in preparation for the celebration. this days after the united states began sending warships to the korean peninsula. in a call with president trump yesterday, chinese president xi jinping says beijing is willing to work with the u.s. on stopping north korea's nuclear weapons program. police in sacramento, california, launched an investigation into one of their own officers after cell phone and dash camera shows an officer beating a pedestrian for jaywalking. nbc's miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: the confrontation turns violent in seconds. a sacramento police officer slamming and then beating a pedestrian stopped for

jaywalking. >> hey, why are you beating him like that? >> reporter: with the man pummeled by a flurry of punches, sacramento pd calls this punishing beatdown disturbing and unacceptable. >> that was wrong. >> reporter: launching a criminal investigation against one of their own. >> i thought i was going to be the next trayvon martin. >> reporter: the man was walking home from work when it happened. >> i felt like they were going to draw a gun out and shoot me in my back or try to break my arms off or something. >> reporter: releasing three dash cam videos, sacramento police trom miss transparency. >> stop right now. stop right now before i take you to the ground. >> reporter: ignoring the officer's commands, the standoff escalated when cain took off his jacket. and then said this -- >> it's a disturbing incident, based on the video. we don't condone this behavior

with any of our officers. we're much better than that, and hold ourselves to a higher standard. >> naomi posted it to social media. >> the video tells itself. he did not resist nothing. >> in a climate where police are often recorded, their conduct scrutinized -- >> hey, hey -- >> reporter: -- this officer is off the street and the man accused of jaywalking faces no criminal charges. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. a fast growing company has drawbacks. tesla has a parking shortage at its california facility despite being the most valuable u.s. carmaker. there is an instagram page where employees can share parking headaches. tesla ceo elon musk calls it one of his biggest nightmares. >> a massive water main break in quincy. about 20 homes were without water. >> what do you get for the

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travel will be difficult because we are expecting snow, especially over 6,000 feet where you could see three to six inches of snow. for friday, a little rain in the northwest. notice it's drying out in northern california and for the oregon coast. that's good news. th washington. seattle, your high temperature is only 54 degrees. >> we're also looking at stormy conditions across parts of texas, from san angelo south ward towards wichita falls. frances, this is where we could see lightning and potentially accumulating rain. >> bonnie, thank you. a century in the making, the cubs receiving their world series championship ring. 33 red rubys make up the c surrounded by 72 white diamonds within a perimeter of 46 blue

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and rick james. he wrote two films, "vampire in brooklyn" and "norbit." he wrote two films that starred his younger brother and starred in the adult series "black jesus." he was 57 years old. leading the news a little girl is lucky to be alive after she was nearly shot playing in an arizona barber shop. watch this surveillance video that shows the 4-year-old skipping and playing around the barber shot. watch. she sits down. look at this. right will, as she's sitting there, the bullets come flying into the shots, narrowly missed the girl. she runs away. she was hit with some glass but suffered non-life-threatening injuries. police arrested two men in connection with that incident. they said the shooting happened after a fight at a tattoo parlor. so alarming. >> good for her having instincts to run versus duck. as the manhunt continues for joseph jakubowski, the secret service is analyzing the

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storms working their way across the midwest, but not too severe. we'll watch that into the southern plains. we may see heavy downpours. unfortunately that could run the risk for flash flooding. eventually as we work our way towards the weekend, some pushes into the upper midwest where we could see rain in wisconsin and minnesota. here is what we're looking at accumulating. some heavy amounts isolated in texas. overall for the weekend it's looking good. temperatures are nice and warm. yasmin? >> thank you, bonnie. i want to acknowledge the passing of dorothy who you might know as dave's mom or david letterman that is, dorothy an unlikely celebrity in her 70s baking pies even covering the olympics as a correspondent on her son's late night show. the audience loved her and so did we and our thoughts are with dave and the whole letterman

family. she was 95 years old. >> what a full life. want a higher paying job? glass door came without the list of the highest paying companies in the united states. the consulting firm a. the kearney took the spot with a total compensation of $175,000. more familiar names on the top ten including google and facebook. all of these company are either in tech or consulting industries, so if you are wanting a career change or soon to be out of school there you go. >> hold on. let me write these down. i'll get back to you from the young pope to the young door jude law as a wizard, and where to find them. warner brothers announced the actor will join stars eddie redmayne and johnny depp in the second of five movies planned in the franchise. the film scheduled to hit

theaters november 2018. i'm sure the lines are starting now. >> this story made me smile. hopefully it will start you off with a smile, too. one restaurant clown who got a huge show of appreciation when a customer tipped her almost $2,000. renee marsh aka sapphire the clown has been working at this idaho diner for months. she usually pulls in about 20 bucks in tips. she was shocked when one anonymous patron left her $1,950. >> i'm so humbled and grateful they did and i'd like to say thank you to somebody. >> she plans to use the money to visit her mother in kansas. i'm sure paying it forward to her mother with that visit. >> isn't that great? >> i love that. i love when people do that. i think that's so incredible. you make someone's day. >> paying it forward. even the simple way or even in $1,900. thanks for being with us. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian.

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