just released, new video of the flight fight on the same day airline executives are scheduled to testify on capitol hill violence on a college campus as a student armed with a large knife kills one and injures three. details on important putin/trump conversation. is the president helping to legitimize north korean leader kim jong-un with a promised meeting? >> tens of thousands hit the streets for may day protests that turn violent. >> lighting up the runway on fashion's big night, show stoppers and jaw droppers plus what were some thinking? "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera.

the flight schedule to fly from japan to los angeles. watch this here. you see passengers go back and forth. at one point flight attendants tried to move the man in the red shirt toward the front of the plane. he comes back and starts fighting again. japan today reports a 44-year-old american male passenger was charged with assault after choking an airlines employee last night. nbc has not confirmed whether that man is in this video. unbelievable. every parent's nightmare a busy campus when a student allegedly stabbed a classmate and injured three others at the university of texas. police arresting 21-year-old kendrex white. they say he attacked the victims with a large hunting knife in the middle of a campus plaza leaving students stunned. >> i saw him stab the guy and that's when i realized like this was a real attack and i turned around and ran. >> the young man killed was identified by family as harrison

brown, the other three victims are expected to survive. the university canceled classes following the stabbing and encouraged students to call parents. police say white's motive unclear. students said rising tensions on campus may have triggered that incident. some 200 miles away, a dallas paramedic is facing a long recovery but lucky to be alive this morning after he was critically injured when a gunman opened fire on first responders. he was treating a separate gun shot victim when the suspect shot him multiple times. police swarmed the area and massive manhunt ensued. one officer rushed the emt to the hospital in his squad car. that officer is now called a hero. >> subjected himself to extreme risk of danger and he went in alone and he pulled the paramedic out. >> police robots later found the gunman and another person dead. they believe it started as a dispute between neighbors. both the paramedic and original

gunshot victim are recovering in intensive care. overnight the white house announced president trump will hold a call with russian president vladamir putin, the two have spoken a handful of times since mr. trump was sworn into office. it's this dire assessment that is worrying so many. >> and so nobody is safe, we're probably not safe over here. if he gets the long range missiles we're not safe either. >> the warning comes despite the president offering praise for kim jong-un, at one point calling the rogue nation's leader a, quote, smart cookie, now saying he would be honored to meet with him as north korea' murjs as the most urgent foreign policy issue facing his administration. >> if it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely, i would be honored to do it. if it's under the -- again, under the right circumstances. >> for more we're joined by

nbc's kelly cobiella live in seoul this morning. how is north korea reacting to the president's overture? >> reporter: no response yesterday from north koreans on the comments. today they accused the united states of bringing this region to the brink of nuclear war. the north koreans pointing to several, what they see, provocations, among them the anti missile defense system known as thaad. the u.s. military says that is operational, able to intercept a north korea missile. also military drills that the u.s. continues to run with its allies, japan and south korea. yesterday the u.s. sent two bombers over the korean peninsula. the u.s. military said this was a routine exercise and was not directed at any particular country, but the south koreans said it was a deterrent and it was meant as a response to north korea's bombing -- missile and nuclear programs.

again, north koreans today saying the u.s. is causing these provocations and making no reference whatsoever to those comments by president trump that he would be willing to sit down with kim jong-un under the right circumstances. this morning china's foreign ministry is stepping in urging both sides to calm the rhetoric and re-establish contact as soon as possible. yasmin, frances. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. president trump made these stunning comments about president andrew jackson and the civil war. >> he was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war. he said there's no reason for this. people don't ask that question, but why was there the civil war? why could that one not have been worked out? >> the topic came up in an

interview in the oval office where the president has a portrait of jackson hanging as you can see. the problem, president jackson died 16 years before the civil war. he also happened to be a slave owner who signed legislation which ultimately led to the relocation of native american tribes. the president later doubled down on his comments tweeting jackson who died 16 years before the civil war started saw it coming and was angry, would never have let it happen. a may day demonstration in portland, oregon broke out in violence as protesters threw smoke bombs, molotov cocktails and objects at police. authorities canceled their permits and used gas against the demonstrators they described as anarchists. police ended up making 25 arrests. in cities across the country thousands of others protested peacefully, demonstrations also known as international workers day have traditionally focused on increasing worker conditions and increasing pay. overseas in france molotov

cocktails were thrown in the streets at one point settling police men on fire as crowds protested in full force, pelting police with rocks and other hard items and destroying property five days ahead of their national election. the death toll rising from storms and flooding in the south and midwest with at least 18 people killed. one east texas family is giving thanks after brave citizens jumped in to save their two young children from rushing waters. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more of the dramatic rescue. >> reporter: with the flood waters raging, panic set in. inside this pickup truck the family with two young children. half a dozen good samaritans strangers frantically trying to free them. 4-month-old marshall pulled out unconscious. tom mitchell who shot this video puts the phone in his pocket and starts cpr.

>> it was like i've got to do something to save this kid. >> reporter: a woman over his shoulder prays. >> let him breelgt, lord. let him breathe lord. >> >> reporter: the baby breathes. rescuers working to resuscitate the boy and his sister. 18-month-old addie strapped in a car seat. >> there she goes. >> reporter: the strangers also rescuing their parents, phillip and emily. >> helpless for sure. >> that's the only thing i was worried about. getting my kids out of this vehicle with water in it. >> reporter: they were reunited at the hospital with one of those good samaritans. strangers no more. >> pretty dramatic video. >> thank god those kids are okay. >> those touch and go moments, to see that infant with his head bobbing back. >> bill karins is standing by with the weather.

>> good morning. the midwest is the area we're concerned with. new england is clearing out. we can get more flash flooding, more life-threatening flash floods like you just saw. southern illinois in major flood states. additional heavy rainfall is a good possibility. this is the additional rain that's going to come in tonight and tomorrow morning. this is an additional one to three inches of rain. that's going to cause flash flooding and the rivers to rise even further, especially the mississippi as we head towards the weekend, could be the second highest crest in some cloudy to cloudy skies. the heat is building, 103 today in palm springs. >> the temperatures are building in the west, cooling off in the east. a big change as we go throughout

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brady. >> apparently they stagger them. interesting to see the a-listers from the c and d listers. more fallout from the fox news channel following departures of roger ailes and bill o'reilly. after allegations of sexual harassment. another departure. co-president bill shine faces criticism of handling of the scandal. anne thompson has details. >> reporter: roger ailes, bill o'reilly and co-president bill shine, ailes and o'reilly gone. of accusations of sexual harassment. shine resigning amid claims he enabled and covered up some of the alleged abuse, accusations he's denied. new york magazine's gabe sherman broke the story. >> shine really was a continuation of the old fox news culture, so today is a sign that the murdochs are slowly deciding they need to answer critics by turning a page. >> reporter: chairman rupert

characterized shine's resignation as sad, writing in an e-mail to staff, i know bill was respected and liked by everybody at fox news. not everybody. in her lawsuit julie says shine aided and abetted ailes' acts. of retaliation and harassment. andrea tantara alleges that shine told her ailes was a powerful man and she needed to let this one go. shine had a powerful advocate, fox star sean hannity, tweeting last week as rumors of shine's demise swirled. i pray that's not true. if it is, that's the total end of the fnc as we know it, done. hannity declined comment. shine's replacement is a woman suzanne scott who has been with fox from the start. >> for years she enforced roger ailes's iron fis fisted rule and the culture.

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the numbers added up. april had record breaking warmth throughout much of the mid atlantic, portions of the northeast, about average in the middle of the country, below average for many areas of the northwest. what does may look like? the may outlook actually calls for temperatures to go above average in the desert southwest, already seeing a taste of that the last couple days. warmth spreading to the north. as far as precipitation, below average in the west. wednesday, seattle, 73 degrees for the first time in nearly five months. >> wow. bill, thank you. a strike that could have taken some of the most popular shows off the air, that has been averted. negotiations between the writers guild and studios grew tense until a last minute deal was

reached. details of the writers contract were not immediately made clear. however, we now know wage increases and benefits were part of the wage negotiations. the last strike in 2007 lasted 100 days. nd our parent company is a member of amptp, the trade group representing film studios and tv networks during discussions with the wga. wilbur ross is in hot water after report claims ross likened the u.s. missile strike on the syrian air base as quote after dinner entertainment for those at mar-a-lago including xi jinping. he reportedly made the comment at the milken conference where he allegedly said this thing was it didn't cost the president anything to have that entertainment. >> you probably heard about this, the fire festival in the bahamas, it was a huge bust. now it's facing a $100 million lawsuit. the suit accuses the organizers including rapper ja rule of putting together nothing more than a get-rich-quick scam.

intended to fleece attendees for hundreds of millions of dollars. attendees paid up to $12,000 to go to the festival which was canceled at the last minute over poor infrastructure. the organizers have not responded to the suit. >> get ready for hunger pains. mcdonald's unveiling what it's called a uselessly useful utensil, a frork. they say it was developed for scooping up toppings, a limited supply will be available, at participating restaurants with the purchase of one of the new sandwiches. i like the idea of a frork, to some up all the good stuff that falls out. >> they should have done that a long time ago. instead of having it on the entire burger, bite by bite. >> now you have a solution. thanks for being with us on this tuesday. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. follow us on facebook, twitter

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with a live look at the golden gate bridge. some )golden rays ) will be a very good tuesday morning to you. taking a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. golden rays touching the bay area as conditions will once again feel a little more like summer than spring. today in the bay starts right now. we welcome you on this tuesday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. a lot of people last night were going to have the air conditioning systems cranking. it was hot last night. >> it's going to be hot again today. even hotter in some spots. we're looking at temperatures inland reaching into the 90s with a lot of sunshine. as we start out this morning. it's very mild. it's 63 degrees. we start out in the 60s, you know it's going to be a very warm day. we're already at 64 in