engine failures like this should not occur, obviously. so, yes, we're very concerned about this. >> southwest is taking immediate steps to make sure its other planes are safe. the faa also getting on board with a sense of urgency. president trump speak on a number of global topics while behind the scene expect some explosive details from stormy daniels and karen mcdugle. >> it's hard to see that much water can come from the sky. >> surfer larry hamilton came to the rescue of one family as hawaii is inundated with rain

and flooding. and technology making it tougher to determine what's real and what's fake. canines going to extraordinary length to get their men. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you on a thursday morning i'm francis rivera. >> i'm philip mena. could president trump's former attorney cooperate with -- he gave this warning to the president. on a scale of 100-1, where 100 is fully protecting the president, mr. cohen is quote, isn't even a one. another attorney tells politico, prosecutors will threaten cohen with life imprisonment. cohen under investigation for his current business dealings which could include possible fraud and campaign allegations. his home was raided last week although he has not been

publicly charged with a crime. cohen nor the white house has commented on the reports. the faa says it will order inspections on hundreds of cfm 6200 engines. a fan blade broke off on a flight in the air. blowing out a window and sucking out a passenger. the victim, jennifer roar diord the mother of two from new mexico did not survivor. more aircraft could be at risk. some 8,000 of its engines are power boeing, 737 worldwide. meanwhile, we're learning more about the pilot who safe by landed the plane in philadelphia. former pilot, tammi jo shults held a hero for keeping calm through the chaos.

stephany gauze has her story. >> reporter: with an inn down, hole in the plane and terror gripping her passengers, tammie jo shults had to think quickly and carefully. listen to her voice to a call to air traffic control. >> could you have the mel meet us there on the run way as well. we've got injured passengers. >> okay, is your airplane physically on fire? >> no it's not on fire but part of it's missing. >> unshaken, measured and calm. the 56 yearly pilot is being held a hero most loudly by the passengers. >> pilot. i give it out to her, i mean, wow. >> that lady has the nerve of steel. >> she always knew she wanted to fly dreaming of the u.s. air force. in the '80s women weren't allowed. she became a pilot. >> she's always been an

excellent pilot. it didn't surprise me she was the person in the cockpit piloting the airplane. >> on monday her experience was on display. flying with one engine is something all commercial pilots are trained to do. coming in for an emergency landing after that is anything but routine. >> the crews will have to deal with an airplane that noh longer aerodynamic. >> then there's this, with the plane safely on the ground she walked book into the cabin to speak personally with every passenger whose live she just saved. president trump wrapped up his visit with prime minister shinzo abe. the president confirmed mike pompeo has met with kim jong-un and looks forward to discussing

de-nuclearization with kim himself. >> hopefully that meeting will be a great success, it will be a tremendous thing for new york and a tremendous thing for the world. so, we will be doing everything possible to make it a worldwide success. >> now, questions as to when and where that summit between trump and kim will happen. here's nbc's tracey pots with more. >> good morning. let's talk about where the white house mulling over what they consider some neutral location. switzerland, singapore are on that list. as to when they're shooting for late may, the president said no later than early june. he's saying he reserving the right to cancel or walk out. >> if i think it's a meeting that's not going to be fruitful,

we're not going to go. if the meeting when i'm there is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting and we'll continue what we're doing or whatever it is that we'll continue. >> the president getting kuddos here on capitol hill even from some of his critics for doing his home work in sending pompeo early to lay the ground work. that don't help pompeo's confirmation with secretary of state with some lawmakers wondering why the cia has jumped into this. he's also the nominee to head the state department. i'm sure the president now saying that he is in the likely to fire either the department attorney general whose overseeing that investigation or robert mueller, the man in charge of it. the president put it, there's been speculation for months and haven't been fired yet. phill. >> all right tracey, thank you. the former playmate who says

she had an affair with donald trump years ago has earned back her right to tell her story. the national enquirer paid $150,000 onaka rent mcdougal but never run an order. the publisher will retain the rights to up to $75,000 for any future profits from the story. mcdougal says she's relieved to get back to her private life and no plans to sell her story. the white house and the president has denied the alleged affair. the president's legal battle with stormy daniels could be growing. michael avenatti says he may sue -- a total con job. avenatti responded calling trump a completely unhinged, undisciplined opponent which could leave to bigly problems.

meanwhile, daniels took to social media of her own posting to instagram, i am on the cover of penthouse and was named pet of the century. daniels will reveal new details about her affair for trump not suitable for television. something the white house has denied. in cuba for the fir time in 60 years the island nation will not be ruled by a castro family. raul castro expectsed to hanover his power to the first vice president. andrew with the latest from havana. >> this may be the end of an era. many people here on the island is viewing it with indifference. nobody expected it to be an immediate political change. castro steps down but will remain ahead of the -- this is an island at a cross road.

will the committee follow what it did during the obama administration with the private sector with the hope of foreign investment or will it remain closed off? last year the chief in government froze with new licenses and businesses on the island. also following president trump's tough talk rolling back some of the obama era reforms we've spoken with several entrepreneurs on the island that says american travellers have dropped off dramatically. over and over again we heard from people that say they don't though what the future holds. >> our future is depending on the connection between -- and until today, i don't have connection. my generation doesn't have connection to the people who will continue leading the country. >> there are nearly 600,000 people in cuba now working in the private sector. the man to replace raul castro as president is the current vice

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minor problems at the airport, not a lot of snow. the fact that you'll see flakes is annoying. if we get any syracuse, rochest buffalo, areas in south texas in the 80s. nice day from dallas to little rock. >> the upcoming weekend will feature a rainstorm, finally, not snow. >> all right bill, thank. not so fast, the police pursuit gets messy and ends with a florida fuj tifr under arrest. a canine dog chased this suspect into a swamp. police trapped him into the woods and that's whether i think things got interesting. the officers digging the suspect out of the mud and tried to

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we're back with what's become a threat to our national security, electronically altering news and images online to spread disinformation. it's begun on here and all over the world. nbc's jo ling kent goes inside a kent gone program to make sure what you're seeing has not been fabricated to undermined our democracy. >> our enemies can make us look like we're saying anything at any time. >> reporter: take a look at this video. >> sigh, i will never see these thing at least not in a public address but someone else would. someone like jordan peel. >> reporter: the video was made to alert internet users to deep

fakes. manipulation of photo and audio. this photo went viral after last month's march for our lives. a parkland shooter survivor seams to be tearing up the constitution, when in reality she's destroying a shooting range target. >> we're focussed on anyone who may be putting disinformation into the eyes of the public of the united states. >> russia, north korea, eastern europe? >> absolutely. even people within the use. >> here at darpa, people who helped to create siri and driverless cars, he's run agnew program to fight against fabricated news saying it's being produced all around the world. that are building new software and artificial intelligence that'll allow governments and tech agencies to scan any information -- like this photo where a plane was added. it's scanned and detected with a

heat map. >> this airplane has been placed into this photo? >> it's call splice where you take something and place it into a different photo. >> facebook and google and other tech companies will be ready in a matter of two years. >> how quickly can you figure this out with your machine learn that there's something wrong here? >> some indicators work in fractions of second, some take ten, 15 seconds. >> moving forward we need to be more vigilant than what we trust from the internet. >> making sure thank you see it john loan you can believe it. jo ling kent, arlington, virginia. the san francisco north carolinas, after being deployed for six months, tomas has made it back home. his family was on a tour of the stade judgment, then the

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