hundreds stopped at the u.s./mexico border as the so-called migrant caravan approaches a tipping point. >> they're our brothers and sisters. there shouldn't be a wall between us. >> are you watching that mess that's going on right now with the caravan coming up? >> one step closer to a denuclearized north korea. new specific details and president trump's latest tweets overnight. are you game for space tourism? hundreds have already reserved their seats aboard a pricey spacecraft. could you be next? avengeers infinity war crushes all competition at the weekend box office and dee throwned "star wars" records. "early today" starts right now.

good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. hundreds of migrants who made their way to the united states over the past month in a cara van faced disappoint when they finally reached the border in tijuana, mexico. u.s. immigration officials informed them the port of entry was already at capacity and their asylum claims would have to wait. the migrants had already drawn the wrath of president trump who described the group as a threat. attorney general jeff sessions has called the caravan a, quote, deliberate attempt to undermine our laws and overwhelm our system. the migrants gathered at the wall, some climbing the border to get a glimpse of their supporters in the united states. only about 100 feet way in san diego's friendship park. nbc's gadi schwartz tells us more from tijuana, mexico. >> reporter: 9-year-old angel wearing a red, white and blue beanie sees this as he watches the crowd. signs that say, he, his family and hundreds of others are welcome in the united states. >> they're our brothers and sisters. there shouldn't be a wall

between us. >> reporter: but those people are free on the other side of the fence say from the dangers of everyday life in much of central america. kathryn and her 1-year-old daughter ashley now sick with a fever are waiting to turn themselves in at the port of entry. she said gangs in honduras threaten today kidnap her baby and she can't go back. she said today is still the plan they are going to try to come in today. president trump talked again at the rally in michigan. >> are you watching the mess that's going on right now with the caravan coming up? are you watching this? and our laws are so weak, they're so pathetic. >> reporter: i.c.e. and border patrol officials tell us they will respect all legitimate pleas for asylum under the law but may prosecute american lawyers and volunteers if found to have coached immigrants what to say. >> there is nothing wrong with preparing for a legal proceeding. we prepare our clients for court. that is what we're doing here. >> reporter: what started with more than a thousand is down to

just about 100. all of them hoping to find refuge on the other side of the bridge. and even though for now in caravan has been turned away, organizers say they are going to try again and again. they say they're right to request asylum has to be respected. frances, back to you. >> gadi, thanks for the report. now to the fight for congress, the midterm election may be six months from now. you would think it's around the koerner especially with the way president trump was campaigning this weekend. he barn stormed michigan in a bid to fire up his base and galvanize support for republicans ahead of this year's election. democrats are hoping for a wave of victories while republicans hope to hold the line in a race that could be critical in deciding if trump even makes it to a second term. and democrats are already calling for impeachment proceedings should they take congress. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more on the battle being waged. >> reporter: president trump road testing campaign themes for the republican party. >> nancy pelosi and her gang,

they've got to be voted out of office. >> reporter: honing his partisan fire. >> a vote for a democrat in november is a vote for open borders and crime. >> reporter: but also voicing the political jeopardy he faces if democrats take control of congress. >> we will impeach him. people said, but he hasn't done anything wrong. oh, that doesn't matter. we will impeach the president. >> reporter: he's using that personal risk and history of a president's party losing seats at the first midterm to animate his voters. >> we cannot be complacent, and we've got to fight like hell and we've got to win the house and we've got to win the senate. >> reporter: though he is not on the ballot himself. >> we love you, bro! >> i love you, too. >> reporter: gop candidates in competitive districts are expected to keep their distance. but president trump argues he has a case to make. >> the economy is raging. our military is strong and

getting stronger. every single day -- >> reporter: big unknowns from the world stage could cast a shadow over november. the president is already taking credit for progress on nuclear talks with north korea. >> what do you think president trump had to do with it? i'll tell you what. like how about everything? >> reporter: beyond his rally bravado, foreign policy democrats offered a more restrained assessment. >> a summit isn't a strategy. but having an upcoming summit with an opening where the supreme leader of north korea has already made a number of not encourages offers, i think is a terrific opportunity. >> reporter: the president faces a separate and important deadline in two weeks. to determine if the u.s. will remain part of a nuclear agreement with iran. that's the one he's been criticizing since the campaign. the one democrats and european allies want to see remain intact. the white house says parts of it should be renegotiated. there doesn't seem much appetite

for that. and so far the white house is saying the president is likely to withdraw, but no final decision has been made. frances? >> all right, kelly, thank you. south korea says kim jong-un has agreed to complete denuclearization of its country under one condition. if the united states pledges not to invade. president trump is taking full credit. ahead of his upcoming summit meeting with the north korean leader, he touted that north korea will shutdown its nuclear test site in may. during a rally in michigan saturday the president said potential talks with kim could happen in the next three or four weeks. but skepticism still remains over whether kim would actually follow through on his promises. in toronto, thousands of mourners turned out for a vigil held sunday evening for the victims of the deadly vana tack. justin trudeau attended along with other politicians. a driver of a rental van mounted the sidewalk of canada's longest road plowing down pedestrians in the worst mass killing in three

decades. speakers used sunday's event to thank emergency workers for responding to the incident and for their selflessness. and at the vigil organizers lit candles for the ten lives taken. >> we will pour our love and our prayers nfor healing for these families upon these candles tonight. >> police arrested the suspected driver alec minassian after a short standoff. he faces ten counts of first degree murder. the reviews are in for the 2008 white house correspondents' dinner. lawmakers and administration officials rubbed elbows. the comedian on tap to roast d.c., the daily show's michelle wolf is now getting blasted herself. members on both the right and the left are calling her routine distasteful and offensive. white house correspondents association which hosts the event even put out a statement distancing itself from the

comedian saying overnight, that saturday's program was, quote, meant to offer a unifying message and that michelle wolf's routine was not in the spirit of that mission. wolf went after the president and his cabinet. she went after democrats. and she also went after the media. but she played particular attention to the women within the trump administration. and here's some of what she said when it came to white house press secretary sarah sanders. >> we are graced with sarah's presence tonight. i have to say, i'm a little star struck. i love you as aunt lydia in the hand maid's tale. i like sarah, i think she's resourceful. she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. like maybe she's born with it, maybe it's lies. >> oh, boy, really awkward, right? and here she was taking on ivanka trump's role in the administration. >> there's also, of course, ivanka. she was supposed to be an advocate for women, but it turns

out she's about as helpful to women as an empty box of tampons. >> awkward. and for good measure went after the president's health -- wealth, i should say. >> i'm going to try to major fun of the president in a new way, in a way i think will really get him. mr. president, i don't think you're very rich. like i think you might be rich in idaho, but in new york you're doing fine. >> well, the president responded overnight via twitter posting the dinner was a failure last year but this year was an embarrassment to everyone associated with it. the filthy comedian totally bombed, put dinner to rest or start over. over the weekend, avengeers infinity war flexed its muscle with the largest opening of all time. the film soared at the theaters grossing over $250 million domestically and $630 million worldwide passing "star wars" the force awakens. infinity war brings together over 2 dozen superheroes in the ten you're culmination of marvel

staud yo's cinematic universe. spider man, ironman, "black panther" whose movies ten to rake in the top five since february. other movies that cracked the top five are a quiet place, i feel pretty, rampage, and "black panther." all right. lets the turn now to nbc meteorologist bill karins. a r for a lot of us a warm up is on the way? >> turning the page, getting rid of it. it is fitting in some areas of the cat skills and add ron daks it's snowing. we'll get to the big warm up towards the middle of the week. we do dodge a few storms. we have a storm system coming out of the rockies that will bring us a little severe weather this week in the central u.s. today we're watching nebraska, sioux falls, gusty wind and large hail. speaking of the warm up it genz today in areas of texas to minneapolis.

in the others. and -- 50s. we are ending overall in the northern plains. frances, did you see this? a rocket owned by amazon ceo jeff basis. blue origin launched a new capsule to the edge of space sunday. and the company's 8th test flight. the capsule carrying instrument to dummy astronaut, listen, it was named mannequin sky walker. ultimately designed to carry six passengers over 62 miles up above the earth on a short suborbital flight. space vacations can be just around the corner. it looks like a pod that could take us to mars. >> jeff bezos, elon musk, we're going to be up there skoon. bill, thank you. a merger that could lower your smartphone bills. the mystery of the macron tree. where did it go? captivating exteriors

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now to a baseball legend many of you have never heard of who just reached an incredible milestone. threw more than 6000 games with the pittsburgh pirates. fill coyne never even hit the ball. but that didn't matter to the hometown crowd. nbc's kevin tibbles was there for the magnificent steel city celebration. >> hi. happy birthday. >> reporter: he's not a pitcher or a slugger. >> happy birthday. >> reporter: but in the steel city, the guy they call uncle phil is in a league of his own. >> phil, do you feel like a rock star? >> yeah. >> reporter: phil coyne is celebrating 100 years. and until he retired last year, spent 82 of them as an usher at pittsburgh pirates games. you must have eaten a lot of

cracker jack in your day. >> new york city i never had money for that. >> reporter: he first worked at the old forbes field next to his boyhood home. then three river stadium and pnc park. >> i guess i was born into it. >> reporter: of course, he did spend some time away, fighting for his country in world war ii. then it was back to the ballpark. to the fans he is family. and to his family he's a gem. >> we love to get phil's love and we love to give it out to him. the best. >> what do you call him? >> uncle philly. ♪ happy birthday dear philly ♪ >> reporter: he is celebrated with song and a plaque in his old section. his uniform is headed to coopers town in the hall of fame. so, by now i'm sure you're wondering what's his secret to longevity. >> everybody asks that. and over the years i always said, two oreos and a glass of

milk. go to bed. >> reporter: that's the secret? >> that was the secret. >> reporter: that and an attitude that never gets him behind in the count. do you feel at home here? >> oh, yeah, this is my home. >> reporter: he won't steal a base, but he's stolen a whole city's heart. kevin tibbles, nbc news, pittsburgh. >> phil, we are rooting for you. all right. it has been two weeks since the chilly boston marathon and a dozen runners got a chance to the marathon. thousands of runners were forced to drop out of this year's race. one of those runners that was a mother to bea ali wagner. she didn't want to risk her health but she wanted to finish what she started. she organized mayor ton 2.0 and that gave everybody a second chance and everybody as well. she did it later, but -- >> one out of 12 people had to drop out because it was so cold. it wasn't like it was a few

people. it was thousands of people. >> they got the victory a little later. i'm frances rivera. illip is off ph

the caravan of migrants at the u.s. and mexico border, officials say they are at capacity. in north korea, a step being taken toward denuclearization. >> what do you think president trump had to do with it. i'll tell you what, like come on, everything. >> and how er's are dealing with hundreding of psychiatric cases. staring down 80 foot waves and living to tell about it. good to be with you on a