120,000 u.s. troops, that's the number being floated as part of a military middle east plan should iran attack american forces or ramp up their nuclear weapons program. china hits back hard against u.s. tariffs, sending the dow down over 600 points, but the president remains optimistic about trade talks. >> this is a very positive step. i love the position we're in so our farmers will be very happy. our manufacturers will be very happy, and our government is very happy because we're taking in tens of billions of dollars the infamous central park five wrongly convicted for a

heinous crime now part of a powerful new documentary you got to see. and remembering a hollywood icon, the legendary doris day, silver screen star and singer from hollywood's golden era. "early today" starts right now good tuesday morning i'm phillip mena. >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera the u.s./china trade dispute is now an all-out war between the two economic powerhouses the trump administration is reportedly laying out a plan to impose tariffs on another $300 billion worth of chinese imports after beijing retaliated with stiff tariffs of its own on billions of dollars in american goods. the dramatic escalation sent ripples down wall street the dow plunging more than 600 points in the worst day for markets in four months nbc's janis mackey frayer joins us from beijing with the very latest >> reporter: good morning, frances. it is a deepening confrontation between the world's two biggest economies. what state media here is calling

a people's war beijing retaliated with $60 billion in tariffs on u.s. goods, and president trump is promising tariffs on all chinese goods if the two sides can't come to some sort of an agreement. president trump seems to be openly relishing this idea of a renewed trade war and says america's economy is strong enough on its own. >> the bottom line is we are taking in tremendous amounts of money. it already started as of last friday, but it really started seven months before that it's in the form of tariffs or taxes, and it had a tremendous impact so we're in a very good position, and i think it's only going to get better. >> reporter: well, china is saying that it's strong too, that it's a self-sufficient market, that services over a billion people, that it's thriving and it's a market that u.s. companies have long wanted to be a part of. and the propaganda drive is fully under way here editorials blaming the united

states for this latest trade strife one editorial accusing the trump administration of, quote, shouting arrogantly to puff itself up. on the news last night on cctv, there was a strongly worded proclamation by the presenter that would have been approved by the government saying that china is strong, that this trade war is no big deal, and that they will overcome it and that clip has been viewed today more than 3.2 billion times. >> ultimately it's the consumers who are going to feel it most. thank you. secretary of state mike pompeo is heading to sochi this morning to sit down with russian president vladimir putin for the first major talks between washington and moscow since the mueller report revealed the full extent of kremlin election meddling the meeting comes a day after pompeo's surprise trip to brussels to discuss a threat from iran with our european allies nbc's tracie potts is in d.c. with the very latest

tracie, tensions with tehran are at new highs this morning. >> reporter: no question about that pompeo was in brussels to share some of our intelligence with the eu, with our european partners the allies are nervous about some possible military conflict. could this boil over into what they consider an accidental war between the united states and iran with them caught in the middle that's one of their big concerns here the u.s., as you know, has sent a carrier group to that region in case we have to respond there have been concerns about iran planning some sort of attack now there have been mysterious ship attacks in the persian gulf iran calls it regrettable, but some are wondering are they responsible, and where's all this headed. >> are you seeking regime change >> we'll see what happens with iran if they do anything, it will be a very bad mistake if they do anything i'm hearing little stories about iran if they do anything, they will suffer greatly we'll see what happens with

iran >> reporter: the president being asked there if we are headed to war with iran. meantime, take a look at this. "the new york times" reporting that the white house, the national security team specifically has been briefed on a pentagon plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the middle east if necessary to respond to iran now, we don't know if the president has been briefed on details of that many troops actually going to iran, but the concern here would be to respond to an attack or some sort of nuclear development. but there's a lot of dissension within the administration, we're told, about where to go with this >> sounds like some very consequential decisions, policy decisions coming up. tracie, thank you so much. robert kraft wins a major victory in court a judge throwing out key evidence in his case, ruling that prosecutors can't use the massage parlor surveillance videos so what does this mean for the patriots owner stephanie gosk breaks it down for us

>> reporter: this is a big win for robert kraft, a major win. earlier this year, police charged him and two dozen other men with soliciting prostitution, but a florida judge granted kraft's motion to suppress the surveillance footage recorded at the orchids of asia day spa, ruling it could not be used in court the judge says that's because investigators did not do enough to protect the innocent customers at the spa who were also recorded, and it's not just what they recorded inside the spa that's off limits. it's also any evidence collected outside the spa, including footage at a traffic stop used to identify kraft that day there's still no word tonight how and if the nfl will punish kraft based on the league's personal conduct policy. for now, the patriots owner is still scheduled to go to court next week, but we'll see if prosecutors change their approach or even if they drop the two misdemeanor charges. >> stephanie, thank you. felicity huffman was back in court, and this time entering a

guilty plea. the actress admitting to her role in that college admissions cheating scandal now prosecutors say they want her to serve some time in prison nbc's miguel almaguer breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: oscar nominee felicity huffman facing cameras in a real-life drama that could land the actress in prison when addressing the judge, huffman's voice began to quiver, fighting back tears. she stressed her daughter didn't know about her actions, trying to regain her composure, huffman answered, yes, your honor, when asked are you guilty of the charge >> this was absolutely the move she had to make. she had to plead guilty, accept responsibility, and cooperate with prosecutors to get the lowest possible sentence >> reporter: after agreeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, prosecutors recommended the desperate housewives star pay a $20,000 fine and spend four months in prison it comes as fellow actress lori

loughlin moves closer to trial, like some other parents, rejecting a plea deal. she and her fashion designer husband are taking a big gamble as they face a maximum of 40 years in prison. >> lori loughlin is risking a substantial prison sentence by going to trial instead of pleading guilty. she may even end up pointing the finger at her husband, who was involved in more of the communications and more of the emails than she was. >> reporter: loughlin's next court date will be june 3rd. huffman should be sentenced in mid-september. phillip? >> miguel, thank you people across the northeast are double checking their calendar as winter makes a mid-may comeback and this cold damp weather rolls through the air. laguardia airport in new york recorded a historic low of 42 degrees for may 13th across north carolina, residents saw a range of destructive weather including golf ball sized hail and the touchdown of a tornado. meanwhile this weather system brought massachusetts to its

first mother's day snowfall since 1996. >> let's bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. what's going on? we're like two weeks from june what's going on? >> yeah. it's endless spring, right it just keeps going or endless winter in some cases snow this morning in high elevations of northern new england. i haven't found any cities with snow right now we're still looking at mostly above 2,000 feet elevations with the snow but it is falling in a few spots of the adadirondacks here's how it plays out today. the storm begins to pull away but with the cold air aloft, we're going to get the clouds filling right back in. we're going to see evening and afternoon showers. anywhere from d.c. all the way through the northeast. today still kind of a raw, damp day. all that warm air in the middle of the country is going to take a day or two, but it will like a great dayo th

a lot of sunshine and 73 degrees. we'll talk about that big warm-up coming a little later. >> memorial day is coming our way too. we got to fix it for that. thank you, bill. fast forwarding into tuesday, disgraced former congressman anthony weiner is expected to be released from a halfway house after serving 21 months in custody for sending lewd texts to a 15-year-old girl. today is the nba draft lottery. we'll find out which team will get the number one pick in this year's draft and likely take zion williamson who has been compared to lebron james the knicks, cavs and suns have the best chance. today is free cone day at haagen-dazs. customers can get a free scoop in a cup or a cone from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at participating locations across the country

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see us". >> they saw you rape the lady. >> i didn't see a lady or hit anyone >> i didn't see any lady. >> kevin. >> i didn't see any lady. >> reporter: explain the title. >> i really became allergic to the idea of calling it central park five. they were given this name by the press, by political forces, and it really takes away their personal power "when they see us" humanizes them. >> these police will mess us up. they not playing they're not. >> reporter: before a white female jogger was beaten and raped in new york's central park in 1989, they were just five teenagers from harlem. youssef salaam, antoine mccray, kevin richardson, cory wise, and raymond santana. but soon after, the horrific crime, they were arrested and quickly branded "the central park five". >> this whole process was surreal just to see like our life story portrayed and to still be relevant 30 years

later. >> is my mom here? >> it's just us -- you and us. >> reporter: convicted on what they always maintained were coerced confessions, each was sentenced to years behind bars what was it like for you to watch those scenes of your enkae incarceration? was it difficult >> it was. it was it was it still is, but it was. >> reporter: their convictions were vacated in 2002 after another man confessed to the attack his dna a match. the central park five were awarded $41 million in a settlement with the city of new york. >> we didn't get an apology at all. all the time we did for something we didn't do, and it hurts. >> we have this indelible scarf, oh, that's, you know, kevin richardson, the guy from the central park jogger case, you know, the wilding case. >> so nothing makes that right. >> nothing >> it's 30 years later and we are the proof that when you damage kids as young as 14, 15,

and 16 years old for a period of 14 1/2 years, right, and beyond, how do you fix that? >> reporter: their story now a passion project for this celebrated director. >> so i really wanted to show how what it comes out dealing with kind of being half a citizen and how this was put upon these boys for a crime they didn't commit. >> reporter: and for the men who lived it, validation >> a series like this paints the picture of what it is like to be a person of color in america, for what we went through and what it represents for the rest of the world is tremendous. >> the series does not explore the story of the rape victim who was left with no memory after the attack you can catch more of lester's conversation with the central park five coming up on the third hour of "today." still ahead, the best of the best from the internet the big winners at the webbys

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things were not always so rosy she was married four times her third husband squandered her fortune. before he died in 1968 without telling her, he signed her to a television series. her only son, music producer terry melcher, helped her make that show a hit. she retired from show business nearly 50 years ago, making a rare appearance in 1989 to accept a lifetime achievement award. >> and it's been a wonderful life, and i'm not finished yet. >> reporter: she was far from finished, dedicating herself to the humane treatment of animals and creating the doris day animal foundation. born 97 years ago in cincinnati, ohio, doris mary ann kappelhoff leaves a legacy of love. as goldie hawn wrote, the great doris day left us and took a piece of the sun with her. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york >> that smile, you see that

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