i studied those polls, i've heard the explanations >> ultimately it doesn't matter. >> why does it bother you so much >> because it's untrue i like the truth yoally very honest guy >> the president versus the polls. why mr. trump is challenging his own reelection campaign staffers morning >> in the fight for their rights, nearly 2 million march through the streets of hong kong despite a rare apology from the city's leader. >> are you really alone when you get behind the wheel the surprising investigation reveals your car might be sending your personal data down the information super highway. >> a new record brewing in colombia start your morning off right with the world's biggest cup of coffee "early today" starts right now

good morning i'm dara brown >> and i'm frances rivera. one day before officially launching his reelection campaign, president trump is reportedly purging his polsters. the move coming after nbc news obtained be an internal poll that shows trump trailing former vice-president joe biden in 11 key states the president denied the polling data ever existed during an interview with abc news. >> well, i don't believe those polls. there's no way he beats me in texas. >> but even your own polls say you're behind right now, don't they >> no, my pollsaerywhere we've all seen these reports 15 out of 17 states, you spent 2 million on the polls and you're behind in 15 out of 17 states. >> nobody showed you those polls because those polls don't k3i69 exist, george. >> despite his denial, sources tell nbc news the president's reelection campaign is cutting ties with some of its own pollsters in the wake of the leak the president also stirred up some controversy while slamming "the new york times" and "washington post" on twitter over their report being on the

story. he suggested that his supporters may demand that he stay in office for a third term. nbc's ron allen has more from the white house. >> reporter: four years ago that iconic escalator ride at his own trump tower. on tuesday, it will be battle ground florida where president trump plans to officially announce he'll seek four more years. on abc news saying this about presidential power and the constitution when asked about special counsel ro investigation. >> article 2 allows me to do whatever i want. article 2 allowed me to fire him. i wasn't going to fire him, you know why i watched richard nixon going around firing everybody and that didn't work out too well >> reporter: dee speet the president's insistence, the mueller report said he did try to fire the special counsel. reelection appears to be an uphill fight fox poll has him against five contenders 27% of the public says congress

should begin impeachment hearings, a figure that's rising >> i think every day that passes, the pressure to impeach grows. and i think that it's justifiable. >> reporter: the president confident he'll prevail in the end because the republican-controlled senate would be the jury. >> the republicans in the senate, every single one of them that i see, know this is a witch-hunt they get it 100% >> reporter: that nbc "wall street journal" poll also shows some 48% of the public against impeachment hearings saying the president who finish out his first term, but that does not mean they want him to have a second one frances? >> all right, ron allen for us thank you, ron >> now we turn half a world away in hong kong a massive protest started a week ago intion that wouldo main land china. the demonstrations grew to historic levels as hundreds of thousands of people flooded into the streets. for a closer look at the controversy, we go to nbc's

janice mackie frayer >> reporter: a sea of people, most dressed in black, according to organizers, as many as 2 million. in a massive show of anger the turnout here reflects a deep distrust of a leadership steered by beijing what are people a first lady of? >> china >> reporter: allowing extraditions to main land china, at stake freedom of expression and k hong kongil >> reporter: the growing political crisis is putting china. pressure on hong kong's leader carrie lam >> i feel sorrow and regret. >> reporter: it fell shorts of demands to scrap it altogether the government's decision to suspend the bill did little to cut turnout here, and at every metro station and pedestrian overpass, the crowds keep getting bigger and another concession a rare apology for what lam called deficiencies in the government's work that caused

disappointment and grief among the people still they are calling on her to resign it is an historic week of protest that spiralled to violence an all ages crowd shows how wide the opposition is here many protesters staying well into the night, vowing this fight is far from over janice mackie frayer, nbc news, hong kong. >> in the middle east, tensions are mounting in iran secretary of state mike pompeo doubling down on his claims that iran was behind the attacks. yesterday he appeared on "face the nation" saying that the u.s. is c nbc courtney cuby has more details. >> reporter: the crew of the crippled norwegian tanker arrived at dubai airport this weekend after two days in iran america's top diplomat blamed iran for targeting the tankers how certain are you that iran was responsible >> it's unmistakable what

happened here. these were attacks by the islamic republic of iran >> reporter: though not ruling out a military response to the incident, pompeo said the u.s. is still focused on diplomacy. >> we don't want war >> reporter: now the british government says they are almost certain that the iranian revolutionary guard core attacked the tankers >> you think it would be pretty obvious who was responsible for this and we actually have video evidence that shows what the iranians have been doing >> reporter: and the u.s. military now saying an iranian surface to air missile targeted a u.s. drone, attempting to shoot it down to prevent the drones from seeing the tanker attack and who was behind it u.s. officials say iranian forces boarded the damaged tanker altair after the attack giving them access to forensic evidence before international investigators arrived on the scene. >> all right that was courtney kube reporting. >> 44 million people have been left in the dark after a massive

power outage hit parts of south am lt argentina, paraguay and uruguay without power. parts of brazil experienced outages as well. authorities are trying to determine what caused the interconnected grid to collapse. energy officials say they may not know the cause for another ten to 15 days power is slowly being restored to some areas. >> after annihilating thailand 13-0 in their first world cup game, the u.s. women's national team was back on the field taking on a much tougher opponent nbc's correspondent kelley cobiella is in france with all the sights and sounds from the americas game against chile. >> reporter: another win for team usa dominating chile scoring 3-0 in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 45,000 fans. chile put up a fight, though its goalkeeper blocking shot after shot >> it's a classic save >> reporter: no match for veteran carley lloyd, scoring twice.

>> great job by the usa. >> reporter: team usa sharply criticized for their 13-win goal over thailand last week, accused of celebrating too much, say they won't tone it down. and neither will their fans. >> well, you know what, we have a bunch of proud fans that are walking here on our way to see our national team play i think that is the language that everyone speaks >> reporter: the u.s. is still the team to beat, but stiffer competition is closing in fast they face sweden in the northwest coast of france thursday night >> thanks to kelley cobiella for that report. >> heading into the final day of the u.s. open at pebble beach, all eyes were on the 54-hole leader, gary woodland to see if he could stop u.s. open three-peat from brooks koepka. >> got it!

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philadelphia to baltimore towards washington, d.c. and through areas of maryland and delaware forecast coming up. a lot of umbrellas >> oh, boy all right. thank you, bill. a columbian town is hoping to brew up two world records one for the world's largest cup of coffee and the second for the largest coffee tasting over the weekend, the town of chin china built a massive coffee cup that can hold up to 20 sons of coffee. the town will have to wait a little longer to receive its crown. a representative from guinness world records said that further evidence is needed before making it official. i don't know what that evidence is everybody is awake an entire week straight from all that caffeine >> it could do that. i can use a cup of coffee for

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it >> we met governor ensley at ada money area community college you know this provides a lot of power here. >> about 30% plus in iowa. it's incredible. >> as president, ensley would use executive power to restore environmental regulations from the obama administration that president trump eliminated ensley wants to end the use of coal in ten years, and for all new cars and light trucks to be electric by 2030 >> there are only a million electric cars on the road right now in the united states we sell 17 to 20 million cars a year in the 1940s, there were only 70 jeeps made in the united states. and within four years we made achieved in, say, >> well, if we do not in the the next decade? next administration make this jo to b able to look my grand kids in the eye and say, i did everything i could to prevent the climate crisis from degradin

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her father was playing his guitar she lost bill alpert to cancer she always wondered about her biological father. she hired a private investigator and found him homeless you knew exactly that moment this was your daughter >> yeah, i didn't need no dna testing to prove that. >> reporter: she stayed with him on the streets for weeks were you scared that would scare her away >> i had no choice i had to chance that, otherwise she would never know her dad >> reporter: i saw him as a human being first and then an extension of myself. >> reporter: she helped him with detox, and then they struck a chord. they found a language only they speak. a reunion, the topic of an award-winning documentary. jenny only wishing the father who raised her could see her performing with the man who gave her life >> he's still with us. >> reporter: on this father's day, one dad thankful for the

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i wasn't going to fire you know why because i watched richard nixon go around firing everybody and that didn't work out too well. >> presidential powers called into question. the controversy stirred up by president trump's new interview. >> extremely unsettling, the phoenix police chief speaks out

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