breaking news. bringing bluster to brussels. president trump kicks off what's said contentious nato summit this morning. we are live as the president hits ally countries on both trade and defense spending. >> and in the cave and on the road to recovery. rescue divers say the last of the youth soccer team trapped in a thailand cave for two weeks. >> a miracle in montana. search teams find a 5 month old alive after being buried in debris for hours. now the attention turns to the man accused of leaving that baby behind. >> plus he's not upset any more. drake breaks the historic billboard record with nonstop hits from his new album. "early today" starts right now.

>> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm melissa rehberger in for frances. we begin with breaking news out of brussels where president trump is meeting with nato leaders at this year's summit. the president meeting with the e.u. secretary-general this morning ahead of a working breakfast arriving in bres ulz last night as he's set to huddle with his european downtowner parts today before heading off to london and then helsinki for his one on one sit down with vladimir putin. >> despite the handshakes and photo ops we'll see today, it's the bubbling conflict between the alliance and president trump that will take center stage as he continues to bash his counterparts forcing the head of the european council to issue this rare rebuke. >> dear america, appreciate your allies. after all, you don't have that esident. taking a diplomatic swipe at mr. trump, overwhelmingly a miof the senate also lan a nato just hours before this morning's summer kickoff. let's go to nbc's kristen welker

with more of what we can expect out of brussels. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump kicks off his first official day here at the nato summit with a breakfast with the nato secretary-general. they will be chewing over not only breakfast but some diplomacy as well, and then he has a series of meet and greets, some meet wgz hings with his counterparts. but the heighten tensions after president trump yesterdaycritiz members for failing to pay their fair share on defense. now, the reality is five out of 29 nato members have met their commitments for 2024, but that still gives the rest of the countries a number of years to live up to their goals. but there are deep concerns here that president trump is becomin increasingly alienated from his allies and that he may take steps even to, for example, pull out u.s. troops from key bases in germany, for example. and, of course, all eyes are on that high stakes meeting with russian president vladimir

putin. that will take place next week. a number of nato members concerned that president trump isn't being tough enough against russia. senior administration officials insist the president will press putin on key issues from meddling in the u.s. election to invading crimea, but will that be enough to calm legitimateers? remember, president trump is coming off of that g-7 summit in which he clashed with allies there. so, a lot of tensions here at the backdrop. democrats and republicans warning president trump that having negative meetings here at nato, but positive meetings with president putin would be disastrous. phillip? >> kristen welker, thank you. >> 12 soccer players who beat the odds aren't quiteheir coach quarantined while they are testing for infectioned and will likely remain in the hospital several days. family members have been able to see the b a window and able to talk to them by phone. psychologists say the boys'

mental health must be monitored as closely as their physical health after surviving this ordeal. experts warn the boys are prone to emotional damage such asages it and depression. matt bradley has more on their recovery. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what we're talking about is the quarantine the boys are going through in the hospital, it is important as far as the doctors are concerned. it comes against the fact they have really not had any really serious problems with health. and that's remarkable considering the ordeal that they went through in these past, more than two weeks. the latest batch who came out, they were in that cave for more than 17 days it's both to protect the boys because doctors believe their own immune systems have probably been diminished by the o to pro rest of us out here because doctors are suspicious that they might havetracted diseases while they were in that cave. especially if they came into

contact with any bats or rats. now, the boys in interviews with doctors said they didn't come into contact with any animals. that's what we're understanding. but they are still talking all the precautions they possibly can. as you mention, the families are having to go through this wrenching jurassic park a on top of what they've already been through of being in sight and almost touching distance of their sons, but unable to touch them. phillip, frances? >> thank you. >> senate democrats can block the president's supreme court pick. brett kavanagh, at least that's according to senate minority leader chuck schumer. it will take some convincing of the american people confirming kavanagh would be disastrous to abortion rights and obamacare. ask republicans and they'll tell you it's smooth sailing h more from the >> reporter: the wit r an easy one. republican leader mitch mcconnell. >> i think the president made a record in government would bog down the confirmation. now considered most in play

republican senators collins and murkowski and donley high camp and mansion. kavanagh seemed like an unlikely choice, an aid to george bush nominated by someone who criticized the bushes. >> judge kavanagh has gotten rave reviews, rave reviews, actually from both sides >> reporter: some lobbied against him citing a court battle involving a teenager arrest of the for illegally entering the u.s. who wanted to be anea abortion. kavanagh said she had no right to an abortion on demand and could wait until she was released to a sponsor. his critics say he should have ruled she had no right to an abortion because she's not a u.s. citizen and is here illegally. in 2011 when the court upheld obamacare, kavanagh dissented saying a federal lawve the case. his critics say he should have gone further and declared toe bama care was unconstitutional. but more strategic conservatives hope by floating his name as

thought he'd be succeeded by a comfortable retiring if he former clerk. some in congress say the president believes he'll get yet another supreme court nomination anyway and decided to choose a judge this time who seemed to be more moderate. kavanagh's past suggests he wouldn't be on the extreme right. >> based on judge kavanagh's long record, i think we can safely say he's going to end up somewhere in the middle of the conservatives, not the farthest to the right. >> reporter: here's a picture 25 years ago taken near where i'm standing outside the supreme court. that's justice kennedy and his law clerks in 1993, with brechl kavanagh next to him and kneel correspond gichwothormer clerks of the same jus together. >> pete williams, thank you for that report. >> this morning dozens of migrant children separated from their parents at the border have yet to be returned to their families as the federal government missed a court order deadline for reunification. the order applied to more than 100 children under age 5, but a court filing by the federal

government revealed only four migrant children were back with their parents ahead of the deed line. department of human services said it is working to verify once united. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the agonizing wait. >> reporter: a guatemala father is in agony in los angeles waiting to be reunited with his son in new york. the last time i tried to speak to him, he says, he was crying. he asked, don't you love me in 38 of 102 migrant children under 5 years old will be reunited with their families by the end of the day despite a court order. the remaining 64 children not reunited for reasons including parents with criminal records or incomplete verification. >> well, i have a solution. tell people not to come to our country illegally. that's the solution. >> reporter: this mother from el salvador asks in frustration, why was it so easy for them to

take our children but so hard to give them back? she breaks down when she describes the gut wrenching moment she said good-bye to her son and daughter more than a month ago. i hugged them and gave them a kiss and i said, don't worry, i'll be back for you. >> if the laws are broken, there's a process for that. >> reporter: we rode along with a border patrol including mothers with children turned themselves in seeking asylum. il border were down 18% last month. zero-tolerance been a deterrence? >> of course it has. of course it has. >> reporter: mario from honduras was able to see his 10-year-old daughter at an el paso shelter for the first time in more than a month. what's been the hardest part? not knowing how she is, he says. while a few have had emotional public reunions, thousands more children remain in limbo. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >> let's take a turn for our

weather. bill karins, good morning. >> yeah, the heat is the story across the lower 48. we have to show the impressive hurricane chris. remember the tropical storm we were waiting for to turn into a hurricane? it jumped to a 2 in 18 hours. it's 250 miles off the coast. we have the waves, the rip currents. we have the problems at the beaches, that will be about it. it will continue to accelerate overhet twoay puerto rico the a point it was a hurricane. it has a 50% chance of redeveloping. it's safely here. tucked in off the southeast coast kind of the same areas chris was in. we're not worried about any direct impacts from that. that's good news. the heat is the story of the day. we have heat advisories in many areas from oklahoma to arkansas, missouri, eastern kansas, iowa and eastern nebraska. 94 in far.

high 95 in dallas. may get cooled off by a thunderstorm in louisiana and mississippi. >> check out the instagram sensat who was photographed while getting attacked by a shark in the bahamas? the 19-year-old model was vacationing with family and says she was only trying to take the perfect picture when she got bitten. she ripped her arm away from the shark before it was too late. luckily for her, according to the resort owner, the teen's outstretched poses were likely the blame for tempting the sharks. >> keep our hands to ourselves. >> about right. >> stay out of the water. >> that's what happens when you do it for the gram. >> sand at the beach is nice. >> going to make for one throw back. coming up officials say it is a miracle a 5 month old is alive after being buried alive. it's your skin, and it can protect you from millions of things.

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search teams scoured for two hours. then a faint cry beneath a pile of debris. posting this photo of the baby gripping the finger of a first responder, authorities say the 5 month old was cold and wearing a wet onesy. >> when i heard that baby murmur, i was so happy. it was -- i was more than hearing my own daughter's cry for the first time. >> reporter: crowley was in court facing multiple charges. the baby boy is in protective custody. the rescue, a miracle on the al. >> absolutely a miracle there. >> for sure. >> just ahead, the world cup finals will be set today. we know france is in. you can tell just by that celebration in paris. but who will they face for the title? still a chance here. it's willingham, edge of the box, willingham shoots... goooooooaaaaaaaallllllll! that...was...magic. willingham tucks it in and puts the championship to bed.

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if you're waiting for another indiana jones adventure, you'll be waiting a little longer. the 5th installment has been pushed back to 2021. it will reunite harrison ford and steven spielberg. the title of the movie hasn't been released yet. >> that's worth waiting for. the when the sun goes down, the party gets started. tens of thousands of people are vying for a chance to see an exclusive performance starring nature's best and brightest. the fire flies stealing the show this summer. >> reporter: it's ticket. >> this is the best ticket in town. >> reporter: with a limited engagement. >> seems like a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: move over hamilton. mother nature is about to put on a better show.ight there. >> reporter: this year 21,000

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>> our thanks to lester holt. major fireworks. >> can't make it to the northern lights -- >> i was camping this weekend with my kids. we couldn't believe how many fire flies. must have caught 200 each. it was pretty crazy. amazing nature. all right. so, let's talk about this heat wave that continues throughout the middle of the country. still hot unfortunately, humid. humid is the part that gets to you. that is continuing to be the case all the way up as far north as tulsa today. inap 102. charleston 95, temperature will feel like southeast to the northern mississippi valley is where it's hot today. on thursday, memphis all the way down to new orleans, and once r. >> i'm phillip mena. be sure toad lib live picture--

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i )m laura garcia. and i )m marcus washington. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> first we have to get to the weather. >> yeah. >> another warm one? >> yeah. it feels pretty warm as you head out the door this morning. we are starting out with all clear skies in san jose. it is in the upper 50s and low 60s. as we go through the day it is going to heat up. once again in the 80s by 2:00 in campbell.