breaking arrested at st. patrick's cathedral in new york city with multiple gas cans and lighter fluid. late details ahead. did president trump get a heads-up on what else is in the mueller report? we're just hours from the long awaited release as his legal team prepares a counterreport. new details involving billionaire patriots owner robert kraft as prosecutors seek to release the hidden camera video from inside that day spa as kraft tries to keep that video from going public. investigators now know more this morning about the chain of events leading to the notre dame inferno as more than a billion dollars has poured in for repairs. bacon lovers, listen up. a new study revealing theon you

t against the illness known as bubble boy disease. "early today" starts right now. >>morning. i'm frances ra phillip mena. breaking news at this hour, here in new york city, another iconic church, this time the famed st. patrick's cathedral faces the threat of fire. just hours ago a security guard stopped a man from entering. police say he was carrying over four gallons of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid, and lighters when officers confronted him down the street. >> his basic story was that he was cutting through the cathedral to get to madison avenue, that his car had run out of gas. we took a look at the vehicle. it was not out of gas, and at that point he was taken into custody. >> law enforcement officials tell nbc that the suspect is 37-year-old mark lamperello of new jersey. police and other agencies are looking into his background. for nearly two years the mueller investigation was the source of intense speculation

and debates on cable news and at dinner tables across the country. today we will finally get a look at what the special cou justice president trump. in just hours, we'll have the nearly 4-hundred page report in our hands or at least the redacted version of it. attorney general william barr will hold a press conference at 9:30 eastern this morning. that's about an hour or two ahead of the report's release. it's a move that top democrats say aims to shape public perception. >> the attorney general appears to be waging a media campaign on behalf of president trump, the very subject of the investigation at the heart of the mueller report. rather than letting the facts of the report speak for themselves, the attorney general has taken unprecedented steps to spin mueller's nearly two-year investigation. >> for more on what we can expect today, let's get to nbc's tracie potts in d.c. what's the tone at the white house? >> reporter: the white house has their rebuttal ready although we are told it's gone through

several revisions. apparently, frances, they got some help from the justice department. "the new york times" reporting that they were briefed by the justice department on mueller's conclusion in recent days. meantime, "the washington post" is reporting that contemporary to popular opinion, this report may only be lightly redacted, revealing a lot of mueller's work, specifically why he was inconclusive on obstruction of justice, and that we will see his analysis of tweets and private threats and other conduct by the president. the president's team, though, says it won't make a difference to the bottom line. >> i knew that there was no collusion. i knew that there was no obstruction. and this was affirmed in the mueller report, and attorney general barr's subsequent summary. so i have no cause to be concerned. >> reporter: keep in mind that this will be a redacted report, so some parts of it will be

ken out. the head of the house judiciary committee says if they think they're not getting enough, he's got subpoenas meantime, six in ten americans have told the associated press that whatever this report says, they believe that the president obstructed justice, or they think that congress should continue investigating whether or not he obstructed justice. we now know that the president tweeted 172 times that this was a witch hunt. we're expecting that report early -- at some point this morning. first the press conference with the attorney general and then about an hour and a half later, congress will get that report along with the rest of us when it's posted online. >> that's going to be certainly a lot to take in today. trace say pot for us, thank you. chaos in chicago after 500 teenagers srm area, wreaking havoc in the streets. the teens made their way from

magnificent mile to millennium park. more than 200 officers confronted the high schoolers, breaking up some fights between the groups. >> when they run like that, someone starts a fight. that's what the other arrests were. people were fighting. we had numerous fights down here. >> police arrested at least 30 teens for things like disorderly conduct, theft, and obstruction of traffic. chicago police say these mobs of teens is something they've been dealing with for about a decade now when the weather begins to warm up. now to new developments out of north korea. their state media announcing the test firing of what they are calling a new type of tactical guided weapon. this would be the first public weapons test since the failed talks between president trump and kim jong-un in hanoi. for more we're joined by nbc's janis mackey frayer. these new developments are raising questions about the possibility of denuclearization. >> reporter: fran sices, this w mostly a sign of displeasure on the part of north korea. they aren't saying exactly what was tested but north korean state media are calling it an

event of very weighty significance. it's coming after the collapse of the hanoi summit and the lack of any working-level meetings since. so what this test does two things. it first of all sends a message that north korea is not sitting back, but pushing ahead with its weapons development. and, secondly, it's a form of reassurance for their own domestic military officials in pyongyang that north korea, by waiting for some sort of dialogue with the united states, does not look weak. now, kim jong-un in the past several weeks has not outright threatened a return to missile testing, but given his track record, that is the concern among people in washington and analysts. also within the last hour, the regime has been saying that they want secretary of state mike pompeo replaced as the chief negotiator for the united states. frances? >> janis mackey frayer for us. thanks. new developments in the prostitution case involving the billionaire owner of the new england patriots, robert kraft. prosecutors are pushing to

release hidden camera video from inside the day spa, but a florida judge has temporarily blocked it. nbc's kerry sanders is covering the story. >> reporter: it's the video robert kraft wants nobody to see. police surveillance fuj recorded with hidden cameras at the orchids of asia day spa, where police allege 25 customers including the owner of the new england patriots, robert kraft, paid for sexual favors. a florida judge issued a temporary protective order stopping the release of the video from those private rooms until the end of the month. >> every single person -- >> reporter: for weeks, kraft's lawyers have argued that the footage was gathered illegally, is a violation of privacy, and would be prejudicial to the potential jury pool. but prosecutors filed the state's notice of intent to comply with the florida sunshine law, which says evidence of an alleged crime is a public record. court documents reveal how police obtained a sneak and peek warrant. jupiter police called a false

suspicious package warning to be issued for the spa. once the mall was evacuated, police entered and insta video monitoring equipment. the police investigation at the spa began as a human trafficking case, but prosecutors never filed charges, saying there was not enough evidence that the masseuses who are now charged with prostitution were there against their will. robert kraft and the other suspects now caught up in what otherwise would be an unremarkable misdemeanor case. >> kerry sanders for us, thank you. investigators in paris are examining whether sensor problems may have contributed to that devastating fire ravaging notre dame. officials say a fire alarm was triggered at about 6:20 p.m., but no fire was discovered. then a second alarm went off at 6:43, but by that time the fire had already spread. our richard engel is in paris and has the latest. >> reporter: when firefighters rushed in to battle the flames at notre dame, the blaze was

already out of control. investigators are trying to determine if the first fire alarm sensor, which sent staffers to an area where there was no fire, was up to date and working properly. it was 23 minutes before the fire department was called when a second alarm went off. but by then, the fire was an inferno. this was the roof before the blaze. this is what's left, the ancient timbers gone. we heard from first responders, including father jean marc fournier, who charged into the burning cathedral to save precious art and christian relics. it was the fire of the century, he said. i did it for culture, emotions, and faith. across france, the bells in all cathedrals tolled at 6:50 p.m., the time the firefighters finally started to save notre dame while its famous bells were silent. a member of the notre dame society is still in shock. >> i'm very sad. you know, this place is really a

friend for me. >> reporter: but amid the devastation, some unexpected joy. a metal rooster long considered a protector of the church was discovered dented but repairable. astonishing because it was on top of the spire that came crashing down. france launched an international contest to design a new spire. and now, frances, an ideological debate. to replicate the old spire or create a new look for a cathedral that has endured and evolved over the centuries, and in record time, a billion dollars has been raised for the reconstruction of notre dame. >> it is astounding. richard engel for us, thank you. nearly a billion dollars in donations as they mentioned, has been poured in to rebuild that iconic cathedral. that devastating blaze is also helping bring in donations for three historically black churches in louisiana. they were recently burned in suspected hate crimes. as of sunday, a gofundme for those churches had only raised

about $50,000. then just one day after the notre dame fire, donations have soared to more than $1.3 million. they have nowgoal of $1.8 milli money will be split among the three churches. let's turn to our weather now with a lot of ingredients out there that are brewing. here's janessa webb. good morning. >> the great news this morning, no tornado watches have been issued or warnings here at this time. we're really dealing with that severe thunderstorm watch and warning throughout your morning. the atmosphere is really, really juicy here with dew points currently in the 80s and air temperatures in the 60s. this will continue throughout the day. we still have 19 million in the deep south under severe weather. that's a l the east. of a ho

janessa, thank you. in today's quick hits, newly retired new england patriots tight end rob gronkowski didn't leave the team without making his mark. he dented the team's latest lombardi trophy when he used it for a baseball bat at fenway. a cleanup is expected to take several days after a dozen train cars hauling garbage went off the tracks. no reports of injuries but traffic is backed up. a scary moment for a police officer in new jersey. we'll be right back.

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we are back with a medical breakthrough in the fight against an illness commonly known as bubble boy disease. it forces patients to live indoors away from all human contact. nbc's morgan chesky reports on one mother's struggle to give her son a chance and the cutting edge treatment that saved him and other children. >> reporter: for mother kristen simpson and son omarian, not a single sunny second is taken for

granted. >> we couldn't go outside, and he couldn't have contact with anyone. >> reporter: that's because almost a year ago, doctors diagnosed him with a condition robbing him of an immune system, often called bubble boy disease that if left untreated, kills most within a year. >> they do not have functional immune system. >> at all? >> at all. so they are not able to infections. and even common cold can be life-threatening. >> reporter: until now, most treatments carried complications. but at st. jude children's hospital in memphis, an experimental treatment doctors are calling an outright cure. >> this is the biggest breakthrough for this disease. we restore full immune system in these babies. >> reporter: doctors use a specially engineered virus to replace the mutated dna causing the disease with a healthy version. a new form of gene therapy tested on ten children includin immune system in just weeks. >> he's just like a healthy baby

now. he can go outside, be around people. >> to see him smiling like that today, how does that feel? >> probably the best feeling in the world. >> reporter: next week, he celebrates his first birthday, a milestone for his family and medicine. morgan chesky, nbc news, memphis. >> great to see. >> that's a bubble you want to burst. thanks to st. jude and the work they're doing. every day during james holzhauer's jeopardy run, something incredible happens. on wednesday, the trivia king upped his ten-day total to $697,000. >> you have just set a one-day record again. $131,127. >> with the historic win, he now takes up the top four spots on the all time one-day leader board. only roger craig's $77,000 performance can even compare to this. it's his gambler strategy. he starts from the bottom of the

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. today on california live, the five before youyou. all happening on california live this morning on 11 this 30 on nbc bay area. and a good thursday morning to you right here. picture it, today, it will be the hottest day of the year so far. wow! i do like the sound of that 4:30 right now. thanks, for starting your day with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura diaz. >> the hottest day of the year sounds good in april. >> it doesn't sound good at all. here's a live look in dublin.

a lot of people out on the roads with a mostly clear start to the day. as you make your way out, a cool start, 40s, low 50s, look at those temperatures jump at least