the president and the porn star, new intimate details from stormy daniels about her alleged sexual relationship with donald trump and the threat that left her rattled and scared. >> if we can encourage these people to take action, to be participating in our society i our politics, then that's going to encourage our voters to actually turnout. >> the next steps in combatting gun violence already taking shape on the heels of saturday's massive march for our lives demonstrations. >> stocks in correction territory as gas prices are on the rise. concern for your pocketbook? >> get ready for the world's largest cruise ship boasting 9,000 passengers and out of this world fun. >> and then facebook is spending

big to say they're sorry. but is their apology enough to keep you clicking? "early today" starts right now. >> good monday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with a story keeping the country at the edge of its seat. the porn star versus the president. adult film actress and director stormy daniels speaking out on national television, sitting down with 60 minutes and discussing her ongoing battle against the president of the united states. alleging she had an intimate relationship with donald trump back in 2006. >> so, i excused myself and i went to the rest room. you know, i was in there for a little bit and came out, he was sitting, you know, on the edge of the bed when i walked out, perched. >> and when you saw that, what went through your mind? >> i realized exactly what i had gotten myself into and i was like, oh. here we go. >> and you had sex with him? >> yes. >> in the interview daniels continues to demand she be

released out of her $130,000 nondisclosure agreement facilitated by trump's lawyer michael cohen just a week 1/2 before the 2016 election. daniels now saying she was not only intimidated to remain silent on her alleged affair with trump. she was outright threatened. >> i was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter, taking, you know, the seat is facing backwards in the back seat, diaper bag, getting all the stuff out. and a guy walked up on me and said to me, leave trump alone, forget the story, and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter and said, a beautiful little girl. it would be a shame if something happened to her mom and he was began. >> you took it as a direct threat? >> absolutely. i rawas rattled. my hands were shaking so much i thought i was going to drop her. >> did you ever see the person again? >> no. but if i did, i would know it right away. i'll never forget -- >> you would be able to recognize that person? >> 100%, even now all these years later.

if he walked in this door right now, i would instantly know. >> overnight, a lawyer for michael cohen fought back against the accusation his client had anything to do with such a threat, demanding a retraction, an apology, and that daniels cease and desist from making, quote, false defamatory statements. the white house and mr. trump's lawyer repeatedly deny daniels' claims of an affair. white house press secretary sarah sanders said, quote, we agent offrice. geoff rice. wakes up in the white house this morning while the first lady remains at their palm beach resort for a planned stay. and while stormy daniels says geoff rice. adea slab anhabani.

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i'm not -- >> it was entirely consensual? >> oh, yes, yes. >> you work in an industry where condom use is an issue. did he use a condom? >> no. >> did you ask him to? >> no. i honestly didn't say anything. >> and while many have pointed out that daniels hasn't presented evidence substantiating her alleged affair with trump, her attorney made sure to tease there is more evidence to come, saying this is just the beginning. >> but before stormy was another earthquake that hit washington when a reported 800,000 men, women and children took to the streets of the nation's capital demanding gun control. with more than a million people participating in the march for our lives across the country, marking one of the largest protests since the vietnam era. as students led by those from parkland, florida, spoke out and called for change. >> i have a dream that enough is enough. >> arming teachers will not work. more security in our schools does not work. >> we cannot keep america great if we cannot keep america safe.

>> we need to arm them with pencils, pens, paper and the money they need. [ cheers and applause ] >> some republicans said they respected the demonstrators' right to speak out while remaining against any gun ban, but here was one reaction that made waves from former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. >> it's all about politics. is this really all about politics, or is it all about keeping our schools safe? because it is about keeping our schools safe. then we have to have much broader discussion than the discussion that is going on right now. how about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem, do something about maybe taking cpr classes. >> with the president away in florida, the white house issued a statement highlighting the d.o.j.'s rule banning bump stocks and recently signed pieces of legislation intended to keep children safe. still, democratic senator chuck schumer said true gun reform legislation needs to be brought forward and he called out republicans in congress. >> the n.r.a. represents a small

minority, but it has a strangle hold on leader mcconnell, on speaker ryan. and if they were simply to let the bills come to the floor, they would pass. >> and as the nation continues to debate the prospect of arming teachers, one pennsylvania school district decided to arm its community with the most basic of weapons. rocks. every classroom in the blue mountain school district is now equipped with a 5 gallon bucket of river stones for students to stone an armed intruter. -- intruder. >> we are empowering our teachers and our students to do something. >> it gives me just a little bit of confidence to know that our students aren't just sitting targets. >> district officials say the rocks could serve as a deterrent for a shooter, but it is a last-ditch option in a series of protocols they have in place. >> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is apologizing for the scandal involving data firm cambridge analytica with the use of newspaper ads.

facebook bought ads in multd luis palomino u.s. and british newspapers saying the social media platform doesn't deserve to hold personal information if it can't protect it. and despite this apology effort, facebook is facing a new scrutiny amid a new report from website art technica claiming they collected phone numbers and text messages from androids. this is an opt-in feature to give users a better experience. opting out is spacex ceo elon musk. musk has deleted the facebook pages for both his companies saying it wasn't a political statement, but he just doesn't like facebook. >> back in washington it looks as though the president may not be done with shaking up his administration. news outlets are eyeing va secretary david shulkin, i should say, as the next person out of the administration. the associated press writes, quote, donald trump is planning to oust embattled veterans affair secretary david shulkin amid an extraordinary rebellion at the agency and demanding government investigations into

his alleged spending abuse. shulkin teeters on the edge of removal after a tumultuous few weeks for the trump administration, following the resignations of his secretary of state, national security advisor, chief economic advisor and own lawyer. for more we go to nbc's tracee pots. good morning and what other changes can we expect? >> reporter: well, the president's own lawyers may be moving again. it looks like the two that he picked to join his team will not be joining his team. take a look. that means that only these two are not joining the team, meaning that only jay sekulow would be left as "the new york times" said at a critical juncture as a largely one-man operation defending the president in this russia investigation. meanwhile, david shulkin, the va secretary, may be on shaky ground as well according to a close confidant of president trump. >> he did say that he's expecting to make one or two

major changes to his government very soon. and that's going to be it. >> reporter: now, according to a quote from shulkin's press secretary, there is nothing imminent here. the press secretary saying there are no personnel changes to announce at the department of veterans affairs at this time. the president has made it clear he expects the sole focus to be on providing quality care for veterans, but keep in mind that's the same thing that we heard about rex tillerson before he was let go. >> all right. a lot to watch for the week. tracie, thank you. >> mother nature dumped more than 10 inches of snow on parts of indianapolis over the weekend, but some barely got any. check this out. a traveler snapped this mesmerizing shot while flying over the city. it shows the stark contrast. it looks like spring has only arrived for some. the snow only blanketed half the city. what an amazing shot there. >> look at that defining line right through it. let's check in with bill karins to see what is in store. april showers for a lot of us?

>> some cases maybe too many shour showers, yeah. we're getting into flood season. a little severe weather, but the slow moving sform in the middle of the country is going to spawn two, maybe three days of severe weather in the same areas. plenty of moisture coming off the gulf. these areas we're going to see the potential at leefr for very heavy rain with days of flooding possible from st. louis south wards back down through areas of louisiana maybe even through mississippi and alabama, too. here's our rainfall predictions. this is out through thursday. when you get to the pink and the red, those areas in southern arkansas, northern louisiana and mississippi as much as 3 to n.inches of rai rapid city we could get a little bit of snow. plenty warm, you can see where we have the severe threat in texas. how about this. the world ams largest cruise ship is all set to give

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- this is what america's about. - sometimes it's nice to see all the good that's out there. bringing folks out, we have seen it in community after community. in today's top stories, the battle heats up between the president and the porn star after adult film actress and director stormy daniels sat down for a tell-all interview with 60 minutes describing in detail her alleged affair with donald trump back in 2006. the tidbits from daniels elicited a denial from mr. trump and the white house, but it's a claim that ms. daniels that's threatening about a threat in a parking lot. it is being denied by michael cohen with his own attorney sending a cease and desist letter from daniels. the white house has yet to comment on that particular allegation after last night's viewing. however, the president returned to the white house last night just prior to the program's airing. >> veteran who served two tours

in afghanistan but was later convicted of drug crimes has been deported. 39-year-old miguel perez, jr., had been living in the u.s. since he was 11, but was never granted citizenship. he had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug crimes. his lawyer tells nbc news he was dumped in one of the most dangerous areas of the mexican border and no money and only his prison uniform. he vows to fight his dais and continue his citizenship denial. >> 36 people were killed in a siberian town when a fire slept through a shopping mall according to russian news agencies. the fire blazed for 12 hours at the winter cherry mall. it started on the fourth floor, consuming over 17,000 square feet of the mall. government funded news service r.t. reported that 11 children were among the dead and 40 more were among the missing. russian law officials confirmed a criminal investigation has been opened. >> this morning democrats' chances to take back the house got one seat easier after

republican ryan costello of pennsylvania told nbc's kasie hunt he was not running for lee election, opting to drop out citing the political environment. the congressman calling the move a, quote, deeply personal decision. said the very angry environment within politics and alleged hate from the left forced his hand. however, it was just days ago the supreme court paved the way for a new congressional map in pennsylvania that made the congressman's own district more democratic than before. >> apple has proposed 13 new emojis to represent people with disabilities. in collaboration with organizations like cerebral palsy foundation and the national association of the deaf, apple said it plans to offer greater representation in the emoji universe. the emojis could include characters like a guide dog, people using canes and wheelchairs or hearing aids and prosthetic limbs. they are calling it an initial starting point so here we are, every time we see the launch of new emojis, good to see this group represented.

>> we all use emojis and have fun using it. thanks for watching "early today." i'mhillip mena. pad lib live pi

francisco guess what, it is monday, but look out our window over transamerica building in san francisco, it is going to be a very nice day. we've been talking about rain nonstop for so long, today might be a different story. thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. monday always gets a bad wrap, but today weather wise i think it's going to change a lot of people's minds. >> i think so. even though it starts out cool, you step out and you are like, okay, it's really cool out here, it's going to be nice as we go through the day, even a little warmer than it was yesterday. here is a live look outside across the golden gate bridge and also a look out of our window in san jose. it's a clear start, but once again it's chilly and in campbell we will be