/s it's a bad deal. it was a terrible deal. horrible, horrible, horrible iran deal. >> the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. >> mr. trump has sent the signal, do not count on the united states. you cannot believe what we say. >> tough talk on the u.s. pullout of the iran nuclear deal. foreign policy roulette, or smart strategy? >> forced evacuations from a delta flight with reports the cabin filled with smoke while taxiing. >> new details on a surprise trip to north korea for secretary of state mike pompeo. >> disturbing video of a high school hazing incident. a teen beaten so badly by his own teammates that he needed surgery. >> and more eruptions as

hawaii's volcano grows more toxic as fumes proliferate. "early today" starts right now. >> good to be with you this morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. president trump is now hinting about the potential release of three americans, have been accused of hostile acts against north korea. >> secretary of state mike pompeo is in north korea today for a second visit in just six weeks. he is expected to return with the detain easees. along with details of the summit with president trump. janice mackie frayer is live in beijing. good morning, janice. >> reporter: good morning, frances. there is a lot of speculation over whether the three detainees will be leaving pyongyang with the secretary of state. there have been enthusiastic reports in south korean media that were later walked back by the presidential advisor's office of the south korean president. what we know at this point is that mike pompeo is in pyongyang

to finalize the details of this summit between kim jong-un and president trump that is expected to happen at the end of this month, more likely sometime in june. there has also been the suggestion in north korean media recently that north korea's regime is not pleased with president trump and the way that he's framing this summit as north korea bowing to his campaign of sanctions. they say that it's kim jong-un that has decided for himself to come to the table. we have to understand as well that the secretary of state is arriving in pyongyang amid full fallout of the iran deal which is the exact sort of deal that the u.s. is expecting of north korea. frances? >> all right, janice, a lot to come out of that meeting. thank you. >> it is with reaction this morning to president trump's announcement that the united states is withdrawing from the landmark iran nuclear deal, fulfilling a campaign promise.

democrats wried democrats widely condemned the decision, nancy pelosi calling it senseless, disturbing and dangerous ahead of talks with north korea. but many republicans say the withdrawal will instead pave the way to a better lasting agreement. still, questions remain whether iran will restart its nuclear activity now that the u.s. has bowed out. here is nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: one of the most significant but not surprising foreign policy moves from president trump. >> the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. >> reporter: punishing new sanctions now back in place as the president gives some companies up to six months to wind down involvement with iran. >> we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. >> reporter: the 2015 deal forced iran to get rid of 95% of its nuclear fuel and allow outside inspections in exchange for relief from tough

international sanctions. but the president never liked that the deal let iran start up some activity again in 2025 and that it didn't address other bad behavior, like iran's ballistic missile program. >> it's a bad deal. >> it was a terrible deal. >> horrible, horrible, horrible iran deal. >> reporter: still his own administration has acknowledged iran is not violating its end of the agreement. >> i have seen no evidence they are not in compliance. >> reporter: now president obama who negotiated the deal says president trump's decision risks eroding america's credibility. john brennan was his cia director. >> mr. trump has sent the signal, do not count on the united states, you cannot believe what we say. >> reporter: here at home new sanctions might make it harder for iran to sell its oil. that could trigger higher prices which may mean you end up paying more for gas. and overseas? >> the message he's trying to send is that he may not live up to past agreements, but he will live up to the promises he makes. >> reporter: for the president, a significant step into uncharted territory. hallie jackson, nbc news, the

white house. >> later this morning cia director nominee gina haspel will find herself finally seated before congress. she faces senate intelligence committee members both in public and behind closed doors in her long awaited confirmation hearing. after days of courting hesitant senators, and with one key senator already voicing his no vote against haspel, the question is can she sway enough members to get a full senate vote? let's bring in nbc's tracee pots on capitol hill. hi, tracie. >> reporter: hi, frances. we are already hearing from the woman herself and by the way if confirmed she would be the first woman ever to lead this agency. we are also hearing from some of those members of the senate intelligence committee who have reservations about gina haspel. overnight her prepared remarks were released, what she will tell congress before the kw question and answer period begins today talking about how she'll lead the cia and about the interrogations that happened after 9/11. she said i have views and i want

to be clear. she goes on to say that having served in that tumultuous time, she can offer her personal commitment clearly and without reservation that under her leadership they will not restart the detention interrogation programs that have some members like one democrat already saying no, they will not vote for her. another like ron wyden saying the public doesn't really know who she is. but then there are republicans like john cornyn who insist there's already been a character assassination before she even starts answering those questions today. frances? >> all right. tracie, thank you. >> the ntsb will open an investigation into a tesla accident that left two people dead in florida. two 18-year-old men were killed when a tesla model s burst into flames following a crash in fort lauderdale. a source tells nbc news that a probe will focus on whether the car was an auto pilot mode when it crashed. tesla did not return calls for comment from nbc news. investigators will also look into whether the vehicle's lithium ion batteries were the

cause of the fire. founder elon musk has long defended batteries used in teslas as safe. >> new york governor andrew cuomo named a federal prosecutor into eric schneiderman. the one-time champion of the me too era announced his resignation after abuse against four women. nbc's ann thompson has the latest developments. >> reporter: new york's tabloids blaired the shocking accusations. the state's top law enforcement officer, attorney general eric schneiderman, accused of spitting at, choking, hitting or demeaning four women he dated. claims new york's governor promised would be investigated by an independent district attorney. >> no one is above the law. no one should be afraid to come forward. >> reporter: the women, two on the record who were in relationships with him for more than a year, two unidentified, telling their stories to the new yorker. michelle manning barish says one

night schneiderman called her a whore and all of a sudden he slapped me open handed with great force across the face, landing the blow directly onto my ear. author tanya said, we could rarely have sex without him beating me. the sri lankan nate avenue said he started calling me his brown slave. three hours after their claims were published he rye signed saying in a statement he strongly contests the allegations and they are unrelated to his professional conduct. stating earlier, i have not assaulted anyone. his downfall all the more mind boggling because schneiderman, a democrat, publicly was a champion of women. suing harvey weinstein for sexually harassing employees. >> we have never seen anything as despicable as what we have seen here. >> reporter: and investigating the manhattan district attorney's decision not to prosecute weinstein for allegedly groping a model. now the same d.a. will investigate schneiderman. >> i want to say to anyone who was victimized by the attorney

general and has not yet come forward, please do come forward to the n.y.p.d. >> reporter: a public advocate accused of being a private abuser, alleged actions that are secret no more. ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >> we turn now to yet another flight scare. a delta flight from detroit was taxiing to the gate shortly after landing in denver when passengers reported smoke in the cabin. >> let us out. >> let us out. >> ladies and gentlemen, please lower yourselves, bend over, get as low as you can. >> some passengers telling nbc news they satin si inside as fu came through the vents. slamming the airline for offering no direction. peak passengers took matters into their own hands, opening the doors and sliding to the concourse. some suffered minor injuries during the evacuation. one was transported to the hospital.

their conditions unknown at this time. in a statement delta apologized for the incident writing the safety of delta's customers and crew is our top priority. it is unclear what caused the smoke. >> now to a developing story, the personal attorney for president trump, michael cohen, received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company linked to a russian oligarch. that is according to michael avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress stormy daniels. avenatti alleges the company cohen used to pay that $130,000 in hush monday toy daniels also received massive sums from an investment firm with ties to a russian oligarch who was close to vladimir putin. avenatti published the document online and laid out the allegations like this quote. mr. victor and his cousin routed eight payments to mr. cohen through a company named columbus nova llc beginning in january of 2017 and continuing at least august 2017. according to the documents, those payments added up to approximately $500,000. and it appears these funds may

have replenished the account following the payment to stormy daniels. the documents also reveal payments from private corporations like at&t, knnovars and korea aerospace as well. documents support his account of transactions and former fbi official who worked under robert mueller put the bombshell news into context and how this may impact the investigation into michael cohen. here's what he had to say. >> we're supposed to believe that the president knew nothing about this. tonight it's quite possible that mueller is looking at cohen as an unregistered foreign agent, that he's looking at crimes like money laundering and bank fraud. >> all right. now let's head over to nbc meteorologist bill karins with a look at our forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning. checking some storms this morning. overnight they moved to northern missouri, now from minnesota to wisconsin. storms will redevelop later this afternoon over areas of illinois and they'll spread into indiana and southern michigan. about 9 million people at risk.

here's the timing of this. at 10:00 a.m. no problems whatsoever. the storms begin to form somewhere in central illinois right around 3:00 to 4:00, maybe 5:00 p.m. towards fort wayne they push southwest. where we have possibility of record highs today. 104 in phoenix. now to a viral story that is sure to have springtime allergy sufferers scared straight. this is after a new jersey man knocked into this tree. watch what happens with the backhoe. boom. >> what? >> it unleashed a giant cloud of pollen into the air. the pollen bomb on social media, it's become a viral sensation. my son's elementary school for two weeks they have had indoor recess because the pollen has

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