the president has been clear that he has deep concern about the direction that the special council and other investigations have taken. >> hthis morning new details about the connections of the after math of the access hollywood tape and the fbi raid of trump attorney, michael cohen. >> preparing to strike, with britain and france on board, the u.s. plans to attack syria and putting russia on notice that an attack is i mminent i paul ryan vows to never run for office again. >> and big developments on the immigration front. >> and mariah carey bears all.

final sharing her personal story. early today starts right now. >> good morning. >> still, no response from the united states in regards to the suspected chemical attack in syria. officials say they are weighing their options as u.s. war ships are headed for the middle east and europe, amid the rising tensions. >> the alleged gas attack, furthering souring relations between u.s. and russia. with the ally holding the syrian ally responsible. >> they guaranteed that the use of chemical wps by syria would not happen again. so they are certainly holding responsibility in had this, and certainly, have proven themselves to be bad actors in this process. >> russia said that it's moving troops in to secure douma, the site of the alleged attack after trump warns them to prepare for military action. we have more. all signs point to what seems to be all but inevitable.

a strike on syria soon. ? thank you very much. >> on twitter the president previewing an attack and putting rusher a on notice. after a russian official promised moscow would shoot down any missiles aimed at russia. trump writing, get ready, russia, they, the missiles will be coming, nice and new and smart. you should not be partners with a gas killing animal who kills his people and enjoys it. defense savings accouecreta mattis is not sure that they were behind the chemical wps attack. >> we are assessing the intelligence, ourselves and oural lour al -- and our allies. but to others it's clear, they targeted people in their homes and included children. recipes cue workers were working frantically to help them. the u.s. and france agreeing on

the need to attack. the president's tweets, a break from the military strategy of surprise, he often talks about. >> my administration will not telegraph exactly military plans and what they are. >> militarily, i don't like to say where i'm going, and what i'm doing. >> in a tweet on syria from 2013, he asked why can't we just be quiet and if we attack at all, catch them by surprise. >> why this time is the president not taking hiss own advice and being quiet as he put it. >> the president has not laid out a timetable, and he has a number of other options as well. we are considering all options. >> there's no advantage to revealing a strike is coming and no advantage in taunting russia becauses the worst outcome in this up coming scenario, would be direct military conflict between the united states and russia. and philip, remember that we are now outside of that self

imposed 48 hour deadline for a decision that the president talked about on monday afternoon. i asked the white house about that, their pointing to moves the president has made publically that seem to hint at that decision, like, cancelling the planned trip to south america to stay here in washington, and oversee the response. philip. back to you. all right, thank you. and u.s. allies are waiting on on the american strike on syria, with indications that some could potentially join in. let go to ali in tehran with the details. good morning. >> good morning, philip, well, initially british prime minister a ree teresa may seemed to be hesitate. but now she is changing. let's listen to what she had to say. >> all the indications are that this was the responsibility of the syrian regime and we will now work with our allies, other closest allies to see how we ensure those responsible are held to account.

>> now, this syrian regime of assad deny mounting a chemical attac attack. but the british prime minister spoke both to u.s. president trump and prime minister macron, and all agreed that assad showed disregard to international law for the use of chemical weapons. they are working together and believed to be preparing for a military strike and response to the attack over the weekend. and we have to see what the fall-out of all of it will be. back you guys. >> a lot of dominos to fall. >> and this morning, momentum is building in the effort to protect special council robert mueller ft. a bipartisan bill is working through the u.s. senate as they try to stave off a president that is calling it never ending

and corrupt. they have sent the commander and chief fuming. agents are looking at records relating to the infamously whoey wood access -- hollywood access tape that nearly derailed trump's campaign. >> i have to use tic tacs, in case i start kissing them. i'm automatically attracted to beautiful women. can you do anything, grab them be the [ bleep ]. >> you can do anything. >> access hollywood is an nbc universal program. so, you how does it link back to the special council's investigation? tracy pots joins us with more on that. >> good morning, we can confirm this morning that the new york times report is accurate. that the warrant was seeking more information about communications around that 2005 access hollywood tape that you

just saw and that tape, if you recall, came out before the election and on the same day as the wikileaks dump of information of e-mails from democrats surrounding hillary clinton's campaign. now the washington post has more details about it . that the warrant on the president's attorney's office was looking for communications between michael cohen, the president's attorney and president trump or anyone associated with his campaign about negative publicity and weather cohen was trying to suppress that publicity. here on capitol hill, the lawmakers are speeding up the effort to protect the job of the special council, in case president trump tries to get rid of robert mueller. at this point, it looks like they are planning for a vote in coming weeks. all right, tracy. thank you. >> facebook ceo mark zuckerberg can breathe a sigh of relief this morning after sitting through ten hours of testimony, receiving questions from more

than 90 members of congress, as he looks to rebuild the public's trust, following the misuse of data for millions of facebook uers and we learned that zuckerberg was hit in the breech. but was his testimony enough to calm critics and what does it mean for your facebook feed? >> mark zuckerberg, facing skeptical lawmakers, pushing him on the failure to protect user's private information. >> it seems that you turned a blind eye to this. correct? >> congressman, i disagree with this assessment. >> and pressing him to change the he default settings to minimize what is shared. >>s that complex issue that i think is, deserves more than a one-word answer. >> again narcotics is disappointing disappoin -- agai, this is disappointing to me, i think you should answer that question. >> he said also had information harvested by the firm.

>> was your data that included? >> yes. >> zuckerberg agrees what he said is overdue, more regulation of the network that accesses the personal information of two billion users. >> the internet is growing in importance around the world in people's lives and i think that it's inevitable that there will need to be regulation. >> when pressed on the exact type of regulation, he would not agree to specifics. >> why should americans trust facebook again. >> after two marathon days in the hot seat, he left capitol hill with many questions still unanswered. >> they did not talk enough about what happened and how the decisionser were made. mark tended to skitter around about it, not saying i didn't know about this or that. he is the ceo of the company. although he is done testifying on capitol hill. it's round one of a longer battle. the cloud of regulation is hanging over facebook as

lawmakers will propose limits on what facebook can do with your data. philip? >> all right, thank you. >> let's check in with our weather. and have a look at the days ahead before the weekend. >> that is right, look for a good weekend. some uses will see snow. look waking up to temperatures above freezing in so many spots. that is welcome after monday and tuesday. these look more like the highs we were seeing monday and tuesday. so, as we go through the day today, we will see temperatures rise very, very quick. we have the ridge in place. we have several light temperatures in oklahomans are . 86 in parts of dallas and 78 in oklahoma and as we look toward the north. we are looking at the temperatures in the 30s and

snow. so, we have a clash between cold and warm air that will spark storms tomorrow. >> confusion on the ices for an unlikely reason. the penguins and flyers squared off in game one of the playoff series, when it looked like there were two different pucks trefs stopped the game to look, and the puck had split in two. here is a closer look. the penguinss, would go on to destroy the penguins 7-0 with a new puck of course. >> still ahead, missouri's governor refusing to resign after a scandal and the million dollar question, are you ready to retire, how far will your savings stretch? i'm jimmy dean and uh,

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by him, in graphic new testimony. we have the developments. consumed by scandal. missouri governor, eric greiten is defiant, refusing to resign. >> let's call it what it is. a political witch hunt. >> that arranged press conference came before the missouri house released the report outlining an affair the year before he was elected governor, describing an encounter and the woman said that he kind of smacked me and grabbed me and shoved me on the ground and i instantly just started balling and was just like, what is wrong with you and he has denied violence and threatening to black mail the woman with a naked photograph. he is said to stand trial in st. louis for felony invasion of privacy and equated his troubles to those being faced by the president. >> smearing, lying and attacking people who want to change how things are done in washington and it's wrong in missouri. >> he said that in 33 days at

that trial, the public will learn the truth. blake mccoy, nbc news. >> in a new statement, greitens defended his relationship with the woman saying it was consentual and any allegation of violence or sexual assault is false. overnight the republican speaker of the house hit back. and demanding his impeachment. >> let me be clear about this. this is not a witch hunt. the testimony outlined in the report is beyond disturbing. >> it is clear to me that this governor must resign, if he fails to do so, i believe we should be begin impeachment proceedings. >> california's governor has agreed to deploy 400 national guard troops to the u.s./mexico border at president trump's request, but not for immigration enforcement. governor jerry brown stressed that the troops will not be used

to detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. those troops are headed to new mexico where jeff sessions is speaking on securing the border. and sessioned blasted sanctuary cities saying they allow criminals in their communities. >> they are saying, we're sanctuary city. if they were hauling dope to san francisco when they got arrested they cannot be deported. how illogical and insane, really, is that? >> -- and in iowa, they are fighting the ban. this bill is spelling more safety for supporters and people against the bill worry about an increase in racial profile. >> just ahead, betting on the royal baby, and house speaker paul ryan announcing he is not running for re-election, how

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years on the job. the news is causing havoc among the gop with some saying ryan's retirement could signal a disasterous mid term election for republicans. >> the count down for the new baby is on. they have not confirmed if it's a boyer or girl, but book makers are betting on a little princess and they have already come up with names. alice and mary are the top choices and albert and arthur are the most popular if it's a boy. according to online betting site. as with prince george and charlotte, it's a good chance that the baby will have a traditional royal name. >> all right, there's a surprising study out that is showing that fewer americans could be set for retirement as they think. according to a new release, $1 million in savings can be gone in under two decades inially many u.s. cities and most retirees think when they hit a million, it will last. that could be true for some

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bipolar disorder. it's characterized by mood swings, extended periods of feeling ofly energized or sad, ho hopeless and sluggish. she was inspired to come forward by other stars. >> like millions americans i'm living with mental illness. >> you are not alone, you are not the first to go through it and won't be the last. >> close to 50% of americans at some point in their life will have a diagnosisable mental illness. when a celebrity says, i'm highly successful and i also have mental illness. i think it helps people to understand -- >> carey tells people, i'm hopeful where we can get to a place where the stigma is lifted. the star is taking medication. exercising and spending time with her kids. and getting back to making music. >> hopeful that the truth about

her struggle could help others feel better about their own. >> nbc news, new york. >> revealing. >> yeah, us takes a lot of courage to come out and more so if you have the spotlight on you like a big celebrity. more power to her. >> well, there's a lot of bad blood that spilled on the diamond yesterday, starting with the rockies, nolan arenado, had a ball thrown behind him. he wente enafter him, play resu after they cleared it off. a lot of players were ejected and the rockies took it down. another fieght in boston, joe kelly drilled the first baseman, tyler austin. and so, angry, there was a couple of come at me bros and then he does. they start swinging and there's a huge dog pile, and after they finally had a few hold be backs. there was some ejections and the yankees end up winning the game. it's like a big playground, a

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