all is as a result of gunfire and is a total of 15 including the suspect or the alleged suspect and 14 others. one of those 14 is deceased, one is critical. >> this morning police are se searching for a motive in toronto. a late night warning from president trump to iran's leaders, never, ever threaten the united states again. spacex takes another step forward in the space race for incredible story about the bombs that go way beyond the diamond. get ready for the lumber jack world championships and

it's not for the feint of heart. "early today" starts now. good to be with you on a monday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. the east is getting slammed with rainfall as the southwest is baked. and creeping up into the northeast with flash flood watches issued for philadelphia and most of new jersey. meanwhile, the southwest sizzled with record high temperatures soaring over 100 degrees. nbc meteorologist bill karins tells us when to expect some relief. welcome back, bill. >> good morning. flash flood watches expanded into areas of the east and central carolina. 15 people area. we've gotten drenched overnight. numerous flash flood warnings and river flood i

up towards richmond. d.c. has a break right now. we've had a lot of heavy rain to the east and west of raleigh. looks like you're going to get another batch here. there's some heavy stuff off the ocean and off the coast of new jersey that will eventually spread through new jersey. this weather pattern is not going anywhere. they call it stagnant. it will be here for much of this week. >> thanks for the heads up, bill. we have breaking news for you overnight out of toronto. chaos after a gunman opened fire in a busy noun town area of toronto. one woman was killed and 13 more were injured. the gunman was dead at the scene following an exchange with the police. the man with the handgun stormed this area at 10:00 p.m. with many people out and about full of restaurants and shops. >> i thought it was fireworks at first because there was rapid fire andaun and some more fire. >> the city's mayor dauld evidencecity's gun

problem. >> guns are too readily available to too many people. we have a gun problem and i hope every step is going to be taken by all of those who have spons zblilt with no clear motive, police are pleading for the public for any tips or information. they have not yet ruled out more. war with iran is the mother of all wars. president trump firing back in a tweet saying, quote, never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which no one in history has suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words. be cautious. mike pompeo taking swings at iran's top brass during a speech in california. >> the level of corruption among iranian leaders shows that iran is run by something that more resembles a mafia versus a

government. >> the war of words comes on the heels of president trump's meeting with vladimir putin. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. new numbers from the nbc news wall street journal poll. 26% approving 51% a slight majority disapproving of how president trump is handling russia. that is breaking down party lines with most republicans proving. it shows that his overall job approval is steady. people like how he's handling the economy but since the summit last monday, a week ago, they do not like how he's handling russia. also over the weekend, the justice department has released a warrant, a secret scout warrant that they use to do surveillance on former trump campaign adviser carter page. the president also responding c says he was not working with

russia. >> i've never been an agent of the foreign power in any -- by any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: the president responding that this was political. take a look at his tweet. the president saying it's looking more and more like the trump campaign for president for being legally spied upon. he makes reference to crooked hillary, the dnc, and says republicans need to get tough now. he calls it an illegal scam. so, frances, he's responding to this warrant that was released by the way under the freedom of information act. in other words, the media pushed to get that warrant and there were large sections redacted, blocked out. >> tracie potts for us. tracie, thank you. turning now to the duck boat tragedy in missouri last week. one of the deadliest u.s. tourist actions in years. the coast guard plans to lift the capsized boat from table

rock this morning. they are scrambling to find out why the boat carry 3g 1 people went down during a powerful storm killing 17 people on board. all patients have now been released from the hospital. the community continues to mourn the victims and one man now says he called out design flaws that may have turned the boat into a death trap. we have the latest from nbc's maya rod league guess. >> reporter: branson missouri is facing its pain instead. >> that's all we talk about. the people are hurting for the people who have lost rorter: at lives lost here on thursday when a duck boat a severe storm. >> my wife and i, we won't allow us or our children to get on the ducks right now. >> reporter: steven lewis is an inspector for the ducks.

he was hired last year to inspect the vessels as they prepared to buy the business. in his report he says he warned them that design flaws made the boat to sinking. >> one issue is the canopy as well as the curtains when it comes down to size. when the curtains are down, there's no way for people to escape. it becomes a people catcher. >> reporter: the owner insists safety is their number one priori priority. now they're hoping surveillance video will shed more light into what happened before w oad the video. ong.lues as loved ones seek to >> the last 15 minutes, it's horrific. >> reporter: the coast guard says salvage operations are set to begin today at 9:00 a.m. to

bring the boat back up from the bottom of the lake. today the minnesota vikings and the nfl are mourning the loss of offensive line coach tony sparano. he was found dead in his house sunday morning. he spent 20 seasons on the sidelines coaching in some capacity. he's most known for the -- being the first coach to take a team to the playoffs following a one-win season. news of his passing is rocking the nfl world causing many to show their love to the coach. so far the cause of death is unknown. he was 56. leading the news. in an effort to reuse rockets, the latest version of spacex's falcon 9 took flight for the second time. for this go around the telecomm satellite from cape canaveral. it came back less than nine minutes later. this was spacex's3 top of the

is it's going to sting for a little bit here, but given where i was to where i'm at now, blessed. >> after leading for most of the tourney, a missed birdie will set him back. he was in the top ten for the first time in five years. jordan spieth finished ninth after a blunder on shot number two. he gave up his lead and finished at four under. frances moliniri. he finished at eight under and won. >> it is good to see him wearing red. he thought he had it. time. let's bring in bill karins, what's going on with the weathe

timing of all of the heavy rain we're going to get. the tropical humidity, not like timing with a hurricane and thunderstorm complex. hit and miss. carry the umbrella, from louisiana to maine. all of the little dots are 5:00 p.m. where the best chance of showers and storms will be. it looks like the area of central pennsylvania and central new york, eastern carolina the hottest areas. this is 7:00 a.m. on tuesday and we continue with the tropical feel. you said it was 108, expandings of the southwest. one of the big stories the rest of the week will be the heat wave going from texas to the south woegs and northwest.

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from childhood heroes to clubhouse colleague. the story of a young cancer survivor who turned his dreams of baseball into reality and got to thank his favorite player. here's nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: as a minor league pitcher devin smeltser has faced tough opponents. his fiercest foe wasedt 9. >> early on i was very, very angry and ornery, why me, it was very tough at first. >> reporter: doctors treated his cancer with chemo and radiation. for his mind, the cure was baseball. as a kid how much did you love baseball? >> i loved it before i was sick but once i had gotten sick it was my only way of being a kid. >> reporter: a fan of the philadelphia phillies devin never forgot this moment when he

got an autograph from his favorite player, chase utley. >> the biggest part is he talked to me like another ballplayer, not a kid who is sick. >> reporter: today that kid pitches for the tulsa drillers, aa team for the l.a. dodgers. the very club that chase utley now plays for. >> what are the odds that you would be in the same organization as chase. >> slim to none. >> he had no idea what impact he had on that boy a decade ago. >> this is devin. >> until devin paid a visit to chase's big league clubhouse. >> i wanted to come and thank you for everything you did. it means a lot. >> reporter: the kid threw his hero a curve. >> later to have one of those kids walk into the clubhouse an tell his story was pretty surreal. >> reporter: what did that moment mean to you? >> oh, it meant the world. >> reporter: for utley who just

announced he's retiring at season's end, it's a career highlight off the field. joe fryer, nbc news, tulsa. >> think about it from chase utley's point of view. thousands and thousands of kids throughout his career. you don't think much of it. meanwhile, much of those kids don't. boston fans braved the weather. all over the globe there were sturdy displays during the three-day event. a lot of people came, vendors and a chance to miss another, going away. >> thanks for watching. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip good morning bay

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