if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. >> president trump doubling down on his fire and fury statements directed at north korea's threat against u.s. military forces and talk of a preemptive strike. >> that as north korea's threat to fire missiles over jan to reach guam has many on alert. new orleans a state of emergency as the water system malfunctioned. >> the earth hit a new record. it's one we may nobt proud of. >> and taylor swift takes the witness stand, delivering dramatic and graphic testimony in her groping trial. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, happy friday. i'm frances riff air yachlt. >> and i'm philip mena.

the president is turning up the tough talk against north korea's rogue regime. he fired off another round of threats doubling down on the previous fire and fury remarks. >> painting a red line over guam as they claim they're on the verge of launching missile strikes there. kristen welker has more on the president's ultimatums. >> reporter: if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. the president making the ominous comments from his golf club after security briefings with the vice president, national security adviser, cia director and chief of staff responding to critics who argued his earlier remarks crossed a dangerous line. that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries.

>> let's see if he does something in guam. it will be an vent the likes of which nobody's seen before what will happen in north korea. that's not a dare. it's a statement. >> reporter: and on the specter of nuclear conflict -- >> i would like to denuke the world. i know that president obama said global warming is the biggest threat. i totally disagree. and nobody, including north korea, is going to be threatening us. >> reporter: but when pressed on whether he's considering a preemptive strike which officials say sois on the table- >> we don't talk about. that i'm not like the other administration that says we're going into mosul in four months. i can tell what you they've been doing and what they've been get ago way with is a tragedy. and it can't ab loud. >> reporter: the president also lashed out at his predecessors calling them infective and lodging a new round of sanctions may not be enough to solve the problem, even denying any internal discord when it comes to communications in his administration. >> there are no mixed messages.

i'll tell you this, it may be tougher than i said it. not less. >> reporter: his message to americans now, stay calm. >> people of this country should be very comfortable. >> reporter: but to north korea -- >> north korea, better get their act together or they're going to be in trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble in this world. >> frances, the president's fire and fury message may be equally aimed at getting china's attention. the administration sees china as the link to getting north korea to back down. frances? >> all right. thank you. some say president trump's fiery comments could be more of a tactic to get china to help reign in kim jong-un. as pyongyang looks to go after guam, crucial allies like south korea and japan find themselves in the cross hairs. nbc's matt bradley is live from tokyo where it is now friday evening. matt, how is this heated back and forth between trump and north korea playing in the

region? >> well, thanks, philip. of course, this region is no stranger to be stranger to bella koes rhetoric. now they're dealing with it from the american side as well. as you mentioned a moment ago, there has been a lot of talk that donald trump's comments and his threats may have been aimed at china just as much as they were aimed at north korea because at president trump, of course, he has expressed repeated frustration as has past presidents about china's inability or lack of will when it comes to prevailing upon their ally north korea to give up their nuclear weapons program and to calm their posture in the region. now here in japan this is a major issue, of course. any nuclear strike that was to attack the united states could take hours. here in the region, it could take minutes to destroy a city like tokyo. so it's very pressing issue here. you wouldn't really know it from walking around the streets. here it's first day of a holiday weekend.

and people here seem to be taking it easy. so you wouldn't be able to know from walking around here in central tokyo. fill snip. >> philip? >> all right, matt. thank you. the canadian government says one of their diplomats in cuba is being treat ford hearing loss. the news coming just a day after the revelation that's five u.s. diplomats also suffered severe hearing loss in havana. threatening renewed relations between the united states and cube yachlt some officials tell nbc news the diplomats may have been the target of acoustic attacks using poisoning. the u.s. expelled two cuban diplomats from washington over the injuries. however, the state department says it is not blaming any one individual or nation just yet. cuban state tv reports the island's government is also investigating and would never allow cuban territory be used for any action against accredited diplomatic agents. there was a major gun ruling in washington where the state supreme court just upheld seattle's gun violence tax. it adds $25 to the price of each

fire arm sold in the city plus two or five cents per round of ammunition depending on the type. the money raised from this tax funds gun violence research, however, the nra and other gun rights groups challenge the law arguing that only the state government can regulate firearms. the court found the tax to be legal. brittney spears got the scare of her life while performing in herve gas show. when an over zealous fan rushed the stage trying to get her. he kicked a security guard. dancers formed a blockade. guards can be seen subduing that out of control fan. guards can be seeing subduing the out of control fan. spears was rushed back stairs to safety as other fans shout wed love you. we have a shocking dash cam footage from southern california. this vehicle swerves directly into the truck next it to getting caught underneath it.

the woman driving the car walked away from the crash with only minor cuts and bruises. authorities are looking for the driver who fled the scene as well as the green car on the right to investigate whether they were racing. new orleans is in a state of emergency this morning after flash flooding. the water log city is working to replayer its broken water main system. a destructive fire left it with one working turbine. it is the city's last backup power source. it is sole provider of electricity for all the drainage pumps and water treatment plant. with rain in the report, the governor issued a emergency declaration closing schools and telling residents to prepare for even more major flooding. >> extreme weather events like this could become more frequent as the climate changes. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration released a new study confirming 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded the third year in a row to receive that designation. researchers called it a clear sign of human cause climate change.

a large el nino played a role in the record heat. extreme weather was every where with a 13% increase in tropical cyclones and one eighth of the world's land was in severe drought at any time in the year. >> just ahead, "the wall street journal" is reporting that according to the fbi, isis used ebay to send terror cash to the u.s. details ahechltd. let's get a look at our weekend weather with bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. tracking a lot of thunderstorms. yesterday started in colorado. eventually the pictures of laramie county and the hail was coming down so fast and furious, it was stripping the leaves off the trees. look in the background, can you see the water, the splashes. some pretty good sized hail there, at least golf balls. the storms continued overnight through kansas and now they're over the top of oklahoma. even a couple flash flood warnings. we have flash flood watches for 10 million people out there as we go throughout the day. as we go through tomorrow, too, we'll watch more storms in the southeast.

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the groping case involving taylor swift continues this morning. a day after the pop superstar finally took the stand in the civil trial. in her highly anticipated testimony, swift forcefully told her side of what happened when she posed for a photo with a former deejay, david mueller.

the singer never backing down during the contentious showdown. joel fryar has the details. on the stapd an hour, taylor swift firmly repeatedly testified a radio deejay lift herd skirt and intentionally grabbed her behind while posing for a photo. it was a definite grab, a very long grab, the singer said. he stayed launched on to my bare cheek as i lurched away from him. i got as far away from him as i co. >> did he grope swift while posing for this photo in 2013? the picture published last year by tmz was introduced into evidence. swift didn't tell anyone until the meet and greet was over waiting for fans to leave the room when mueller's attorney pointed out she could have taken a break, swift replied, yes, and your client could have taken a normal photo. swift's reps never reported the allegation to police but did tell mueller's station which fired him two two days later. mueller filed a civil suit against swift and members of her

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welcome back. time for the weekend forecast. we stay dry and warm. appreciate that 84 degrees, seattle. if you're one of the people that like the hot weather, it's coming to a close. we head into your weekend outlook. temperatures drop 76 on saturday. we have that dry weather streak going. i think we're up to 56 days in a row in seattle, saturday night is one of first chances of rain in like a month and a half, almost two months. and it looks like showers possible even on sunday morning. so some changes for the northwest. a little weather patterns which is cooler air moving n everywhere from northern california, arizona and nevada looking very much like summer. imagine. that seattle is going to be like it's raining! >> i know. hey, you know, they got to take it. school starting in some places already. >> i know. can you believe that? >> bill, thank you.

>> a major ruling expected to day in the court case over 19-year-old tim pi piaza, the penn state student that died after an alcohol fueled fraternity event. 18 men are facing charges. after a preliminary hearing this morning, a judge will likely rule whether there is sufficient evidence to move to trial for 16 of the defendants. the other two waived the hearing. this comes after reviewing testimony yesterday when a state college detective said that footage from the night of the party was going on in the frat's basement appears to be deleted. it's not clear what was captured on video, the fbi is helping to try to recover that deleted footage. vitt video shows the exact moment three minnesota police officers saved a woman's life from ending her life. a witness captured the footage showing the woman sitting on the edge of the st. paul bridge. three officers slowly and quietly approached her when one of them got close enough he bear hugs the woman pulling her back to safety. the officers say they wanted her to know she was loved and had a lot to live for.

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of the week with us. >> have a yellow weekend and see u back here on monday.yo need i say more?

live look outside from our emeryville camera. it is friday. need i say more? i don't think i do. a live look outside from emeryville he. not as much fog as we have seen in the last couple of days. and it is the end of the week. congratulations. you made it. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we just have to make it through. >> two and a half hours. >> i was early on that one. >> we are enjoying great weather. it's been nice. we've had cooler temperatures across parts of the bay area and also after a start with some clouds we'll get some sunshine again today, too. we're up