news that additional u.s. marines will be deployed to afghanistan. >> that's not all. the pentagon is also considering a plan to launch air strikes against isis targets in the philippines. a rise in road rage across the country, andhat may be causing such short temperatures. a gender gap firestorm at google, heads rolling and the ceo rushing back from a family vacation. and extreme weather continues its early august rampage. important new details for working moms. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning i'm gigi stone with, thanks for being here. >> and i'm philip menna.

we begin with new details from the pentagon that could have wide-ranging implications for our men and women in uniform. the trump administration will begin sending dozens more marines to the front lines in afghanistan as they look to rachet up the fight there. for more we're joined by nbc's tracie potts live in washington. what you can telis about the pentagon's decision in afghanistan? >> reporter: they tell us that this is for internal force, protection. in other words, to keep our troops already there safe. and it's not a decision that required an okay from the pentagon or even the white house because they're moving people around in theater as they say. in other words, troops that are already in that region moving into afghanistan to assist with this ramp up with this effort. of course the president is still trying to figure out with his national security team how do you deal with the situation in afghanistan. do you send more in? do you bring more out? change in leadership. he's been dissatisfied with the options so far.

again, these troops are not deploying from the continental u.s. they're already in that renal right now. we've the good about three hundred, we're told there are dozens something less than a hundred more that will be going in. and while we're watching that, we're also watching the philippines with isis taking over one city there and the u.s. already providing military support. >> thank you. and as she just reported the u.s. is look toing crease its fight against isis this time in the philippines. secretary of state rex tillerson vows more firepower in the war there with the variety growing by the day. bill neale has an eye-opening and incredible account from the ground of the firefight. >> reporter: it could be the middle east, the city under siege, under isis rule, and under ferocious air strikes. but this isn't iraq or syria,

it's the philippines and isis captured it through months ago. in spite of these air strikes and attacks by 3,000 troops with american help, isis still holds this city. american spy planes and special forces helping an army in trouble. the main danger here is from isis snipers. and they're just across that bridge. and they've killed more than a huchb thehundred of these soldi. >> it's literally street by street and house by house. >> yes. >> they took the city, dozens still dug in. >> their snipers are very good. they do said shots all the time. >> reporter: they make grizzly videos, destroy churches, behead hostages. they're trained in the middle east said this former militant. >> in saudi arabia 12 men have

been trained there to make bombs? >> yeah. >> reporter: the danger here is isis using this as a spring board into asia opening up a totally new battleground as it loses ground in the middle east. >> thank you to bill neale for that report. law enforcement are on a personal man hunt for a man that killed one of their own. they're searching for ian mccarthy considered armed and dangerous. they say he shot and killed officer gary michael during a traffic stop. michael returned fire but mccarthy got away. michael had been on the force less than a year and leaves behind a grieving wife and family. >> one man's bad decision and our family member that with love so much was standing in the way of that decision. >> authorities searched the suspect's home on monday. they say he has a langthy record include a warrant for his home in new hampshire.

now to a disturbing string of road rage incidents across the country. authorities in texas have spoken to a person of interest who claims self-defense for holding up his gun at another driver. he's been released but charges are pending as an investigation continues. and in cleveland, a 4-year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the head while riding in his mom's suv. nbc's gabe gutierrez has a look at anger behind the wheel. >> reporter: police in lancaster, texas, identified a possible suspect who investigators say pointed a gun at a passing car. driving on i-35 near dallas the woman who recorded the video denies provoking the man but says he was tailgating. in arlington witnesses came forward and identified a man who fired this gun five times in the air angry after a woman blard her horn at him. in ohio, police say a 4-year-old boy was shot in the head after his mother honked at another

car. north of los angeles, this confrontation, a motorcyclist kick a car on a busy freeway leading to a chain-reaction crash. according to a triple-a study nearly 80% of drivers in the u.s. admitted to experiencing significant anger behind the wheel and 8 million drivers engage in an extreme version of road rage, including ramming another car or getting out to confront another driver. one of the reasons. >> as the economy improves we see that we have more drivers out on the road, more traffic can be a little stressful for drivers. >> reporter: to put the brakes on road rage arlington police started their their own campaign following the shooting death of dylan spade. >> we're seeing mr. people displaying firearms. >> reporter: marked and unmarked cruisers watch for unnecessary honking, tail getting a and aggressive hand gestures. the department has issued over 700 citations in just six

weekends as it tries to prevent another deadly outburst on the road. severe weather continues to wreak havoc across the united states. a possible tornado caused extensive damage in saulz barry maryland. the winds there so powerful they tossed cars around like toys thrusting that one into the air and on top of others. the national wurt service is investigating this morning to confirm whether or not a tornado touched done. and a couple in tulsa said a tornado picked up their car and sent them flying ten feet into the air. >> i think it picked the car up in the air and spun it around because it had three flat tires. >> i looked up and was like, who he. >> glass in my mouth and everything, it was in my teeth. it was pretty terrifying. in texas a man became caught in a flash flood along a san antonio highway. fire crews had to reach him by a ladder. they say he was embarrassed but

other wise okay. bill karins joins us now. it's pretty dry, right. >> when we get these weather patterns set up like this it's like one spot is dealing with flash flood be and another area dealing with heat waves and record dry spells. we've been very hot and talking about it all summer long in the sba mountain west and southwest. this picture for seattle, 52 days in a row of dry weather, that's their longest stretch ever reported in the city's history breaks the record of from 1951. it's 88 in seattle and no chance of rain for the next couple of days either. many in the west more what you'a typical summertime heat. nice day through santa barbara

through los angeles. we also have a tropical storm that could become a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. details on that coming up. thanks a lot. >> residents in arlington have been working to solve this mystery. what many believetor a vehicle cruising around without a driver. our nbc station in washington got wind of this seemingly driverless van driving through the streets. but upon a closer look reporter adam tuss actually found a man dressed in a costume made to look exactly like his van's car seat. he approached the driver to ask what kind of costume is that. >> reporter: brother, who are you? what are you doing? i'm with the news, dude. >> with the news, dude, and he got no answer. the reporter later found out it was part of a virginia tech experiment that the arlington authorities were apparently made aware of but the costume driver never did speak, remains a mystery, very fishy story there. a lot more to it i'm sure.

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drugged, abduct and detained in italy for six days. the mother gave a prepared statement to the media from her home. >> i've been through a terrifying experience, i feared for my life, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. i'm incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my release. >> police arrested a 30-year-old man in the abduction believed to be part of a criminal gang. they say gang rules prevent them from kidnapping mothers which is why she was released. the italian lawyer representing her admits the details of the story are bizarre but says they are you will true. police are hunting for other suspects. and this morning with the international community standing against him, north korea's kim jong-un is lashing out after unanimous u.n. punished his country hitting it with $1 billion in sanctions. the young leader now threatening a quote thousands fold revenge against the u.s. while vowing to continue his ballistic and nuclear missiles test.

kelly, there's word that kim jong-un is doing some military maneuvering this morning. what you can tell snus. >> reporter: that's right. u.s. military officials say they've detect when'd they call highly unusual and unprecedented levels of submarine activity from the north koreans. they first noticed this about a week ago, signs of a test lawn of from a submarine as north korea tries to develop sea launch capabilities. pyongyang carrying out two missile launches in a month last month, both missiles reached a very high altitude and that means april lists say the weapons could reach parts of the united states on a normal trajectory. north korea still defiant calling the skankss pack able passed sunday through the u.n. a rampant violation of our sovereignty and a frontal challenge to our republic. the country also refusing to join talks over its nuclear program. the u.n. security council unanimously approved those

sanctions. u.s. ambassador nikki haley calling the sanctions package the single largest ever leveled against north korea. the question is, can it be enforced and it will economic pain make a difference here. >> will it finally do the trick. thanks. new polls on president -- stocks have been on a tear lately but account winning streak continue and some kerngz details about americans racking up record credit card debt. >> landon dowdy joins us now with what's moving your money. good morning. are stocks going to continue their winning streak? >> well, wall street could start the day off slightly in the red actually the markets rose on monday with the dow climbing for a toneth day in a row and closing at a new record high for a ninth straight session. tech and consumer stocks leading those gains. investors made get disney earning reports this afternoon. americans have now accumulated the most credit card debt in u.s. history. a report from the fed shows

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possibly as a hurricane. . the rest of the forecast still looks very quiet and hot. the u.s. marines lortedly considering grounding its fleet of off spree aircraft just days after three marines were killed whl one of the haka planes crashed off the east coast of the australia. a u.s. defense official told an international news wire that the marine corps is conducting an across the board safety review. a japanese minister request that the u.s. military stop flying aus flee its country. last year one crashed over the okinawa though there were no fatalities. >> the president's polling at home is taking a beating. 38% of the public approves of his job as president so far, 56% disapprove. also it nund 24% trust almost all or most of what they hear from the white house. 73% say they trust some or

nothing at all from what they hear from the white house. meanwhile, 36% of the public is giving the public top marks on his first six marks in office while 59% say his tenure so far has been a failure. when it comes to his honesty, over half of those polled, 60% say mr. trump is not honest and trustworthy with 60% saying he is. so listen to this. if you add up the time the average working mom spends from doing frefrg chores to show of ferg and shap raining there's a new story that says it comes out to about 98 hours per week. that's equivalent to more than two full time jobs. the study shows a majority of moms still take on the bulk of household chores especially when it comes to child care. and that is everybody working mom's favorite topic, one word four about this study, vindication, this is proof, 98 hours. >> there needs to be several mother's day, not just one every single year. thank you. >> thank you for joining us. we hope you who are these people?

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rn breaking right now a liquor store turned crime scene in the south bay. an armed robbery takes a violent turn. we are live in san jose as homicide investigators still combing that scene. good morning and thank you very much for joining us on this tuesday. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we'll get to that breaking news in moments. first, i want to talk about the weather this morning with meteorologist kari hall. good morning. good morning. it's going to be another nice day and comfortable temperatures as we head into the afternoon looking first at the south bay where san jose will be up to 83 and 89 in morgan hill. some lower 90s in antioch and concord. hayward will be at 77. for the peninsula up to 75 in san mateo and for