trade war ahead. u.s. raised tariffs on china to 25%. trade talks may be reaching a boiling point. >> north korea firing new missiles and u.s. military hardware steaming towards them. saying the social media giant needs to be split up. >> tens of thousands power i infiltrated our very own

military. "early today" starts right now. good friday morning, i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm phillip mena. after days of negotiation, no agreement was reached so at the stroke of midnight, u.s. tariffs on $200 billion of chinese-made goods jumped from 10% to 25%. tracie potts is following this from washington, d.c. good morning, so the ball seems to be now in china's court. >> reporter: they are saying they'll take counter measures and retaliate likely with u.s. goods going into their country. we saw that in the last round and farmers say it hurt them. small businesses say it hurt them. the question, will this continuing trade war backfire or will president trump's bid to impose these right in the middle of negotiations actually work. those negotiations are said to

resume today in washington. state-run chinese media tweeting overnight these talks wil tarifs kicked in right at midnight. what does this mean for american consumers? we saw in the last round, this affects everything from clothes, groceries to furniture and a lot of other things, sporting goods. prices could go up. american companies saying they cannot absorb the total price of making it more expensive to get these chinese goods in this country. so american consumers could end up baring that cost. farmers and manufacturers aredh access to the chinese markets, which is part of what these trade talks were about, their businesses could take a hit, another hit as well. this is sort of the opening salvo for the united states. we are raising prices on what it

takes to get chinese goods into this country. the chinese this morning saying they'll retaliate. >> nearly everyone has something that says made in china. dead locked. short-range missile launches from north korea. the second time in less than a week that kim jung-un has personally overseen a missile s north korean ship. just weeks after the failed hanoi summit. we'll go now to south korea, seoul. this?s the president sayin >> reporter: tension is escalating because there has been no communication with pyeongchang since the collapse of the summit. kim jung-un with this testing is pushing the limits of the resolutions against north korea and doing so with what appears to be new and more advanced weapons capabilities.

so far, the trump administration appears to be down-playing the test suggesting that they don't breach the ban on long-range missile testing, the sort of missiles that would impact the united states. here is what president trump had to say about it yesterday. >> well, we are looking at it seriously right now. they were smaller missiles. short-range missiles. nobody is happy about it. we'll see. the relationship continues. we'll see what happens.r:obody about it is a far cry from the fire and fury he was promising about a year ago. south korea, saying that if north korea continues on this pattern of behavior, that they are going to efforts toward dialogue and negotiation. analysts are saying it is very

mi misguided to focus on the size. missiles are still missiles. the tests are proving north korea is making advances and putting south korea, japan and many others directly within striking range. conflict is brewing in the middle east from asia to now the middle east, the american aircraft carrier "uss abraham lincoln" is towards the persian gulf. b-52 bombers have also landed at a major air base. more on the conflict facing the u.s. >> north korea is just one of the global flash points. iran, the u.s. has aircraft carrier and b-52s to the region. they had intelligence iran gave

proxies the green light to attack. >> we have information that you don't want to know about. they are very threatening. >> a charge the un ambassador deny. >> we do not accept that. all these are fake intelligence. >> all of these said to come after the u.s. pulled out of the negotiations. iran threatening to resume building a reactor and increased stockpiles of uranium. >> i'd like to see iran call me. >> then in venezuela, the striking back has failed. strategy bushed by national security advisor john bolten. >> he has strong views on things. i have john bolten and other people that dovish. ultimaty, i make the decision.

the president says he was very surprised to learn his son had been subpoenaed. >> my son is a good person. my son testified for hours and hours. my son is totally exonerated by mural, who frankly does not like donald trump, me, this donald trump. >> donald trump jr. was subpoenaed by the intelligence committee. president trump reminded reporters that his eldest son previously testified for close to 20 hours as part of the russia investigation. lawmakers want to know if he cause candid about his 2016 trump tower meeting and moscow project. in kentucky, a home invasion and suspect were wounded. new video released shows those terrifying moments when four intruders entered the home sparking a quick gun battle.

the other intruders escaped. if caught, they face charges of attempted murder and burglary. a follow up to a story we brought you yesterday. chobani is working to combat lunch shaming. the school district in rhode island released a policy that students with unpaid balances would not but instead receive sun flower jelly butter sandwiches. the school district has rejected the money and plans to vote on the issue next week. a cow was spotted making a run for it in ohio. some interesting 911 calls followed from the neighbors. >> trying to catch a court on 71 north. >> you stop, cow. >> you stop. >> is the cow on the lose?

cow. >> that cow is part of a church petting zoo. officers did manage to wrangle her in. she milked a few moments of freedom. >> good one. southeast texas has been hit with wave after wave of heavy rain and severe storms. houston's i 10 interstate turned into a parking lot. at least 30 reports of people stranded in their vehicles. the rain was coming down so hard that astros fans faced a down popup shower insimi inminute ma. >> it is rain we are seeing continue in southeast texas. the system will continue to make its way across louisiana. severe thunderstorm warning in

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installment of the john wick's series. it has been 30 years since bill and ted's excellent adventure made him a house hold name. our sit down plus the latest news and politics this weekend on sunday today. watch us or set the dvr to watch any time. i'll send it back to you and i'll see you on sunday. >> i hope he asks him about the new bill and ted movie. >> sunday is mother's day. if you are still searching for the perfect gift, there is still time. we'll see what is on many mom's wish lists this year. >> mother's day gifts are getting anpditness pull double duty for mom's health and style. >> if mom wants to take it from day tonight, it comes with a variety of accessories.

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and a good friday morning to you. it is friday. and look at this beautiful shot of san francisco. getting us started on this day, heading into mother's day. thinking about my mom right now. >> aw, that's nice. >> yeah. thinking about the two mothers beside me. >> you are surrounded. >> love it. well, i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. vianey is in for mike.

we will get to the morning traffic report. first, a look at the forecast. >> yeah. it will be another nice day. we have had a stretch of the sunshine dluringee the same thin today. here's a look at palo alto. heading out