an early morning tweet storm from president trump claiming something really big, in addition to threats to round up million dollars living in the u.s. illegally as he prepares to kickoff his reelection bid >> oh, my -- shots fired >> the violent dallas shootout with the assailant armed to the teeth. this morning new details on the attack >> farewell to the world's most famous poor little rich girl fashion icon gloria vanderbilt dead at 95 >> senator cory booker wants your vote. he'll tell you about his big idea in our series, my big idea. "early today" starts right now

good tuesday morning i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. president trump will officially kickoff his reelection campaig s supporters are already lining up it is first come first serve, so some arrived at the amway center a full 40 hours early to ensure a spot the president will take the stage at 8:00 eastern, and his speech is expected to touch on everything from the economy to trade to immigration let's get to nbc's tracie potts in d.c the president has a new immigration crackdown ahead of tonight. >> reporter: like we saw on his twitter feed overnight, the president says there will be a new round of i.c.e. raids. immigration and customs enforcement to round up people who, as he puts it here, have illicitly found their way into the united states, quoting, they will be removed as fheasy come and the president is here throwing out a key issue that is likely to energize that base ohg

gather in orlando for this announcement tonight the president will be there with the vice-president with his family, a rare appearance of all of them as he kicks off the 2020 campaign and refutes leaked internal document polls that show him behind joe biden, the top democrat in 11 key states. a source close to the campaign now telling nbc that those pollsters are being let go meantime, we also have word that paul manafort, the president's former campaign chair, from the last election, is being held in federal custody and will remain in federal custody instead of going to a state prison in new york to face charges there he and his attorneys and the justice department and the new york authorities agreeing that he can be held in federal custody because of concerns that his attorneys raised about his health issues.ces?

>> all right, tracy pogie pottsr us tracie, thank you. >> as the president threatens further immigration crackdown, new york state are taking steps to protect its residents governor cuomo signed a bill to pass licenses. they say it will help immigrants safely get to work while republican lawmakers say they shouldn't be rewarded for violating immigration laws >> we are following growing tensions between the united states and iran as the united states continues to build a case that iran is responsible for the recent attacks on oil tankers in the persian gulf the acting defense secretary has authorized the deployment of about 1,000 more troops to the middle east. nbc's sarah harman is following reports from london that we are now seeing escalations from both sides. >> reporter: frances, good morni morning, that is exactly right iran announced it will soon breach agreed limits on yum enr.

it agreed to limit its nuclear capabilities the trump administration had already pulled out of that deal, but the europeans had essentially been keeping it on life support trying to protect iran from u.s. sanctions of course, we also got a look at some new photos that the u.s. navy shared. the u.s. says these photos link iran to those oil tanker attacks on june 13, specifically, and this is according to the u.s., these photos show members of iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded mine from that japanese oil tanker one of the two that was attacked iran, of course, denies that it was involved in this where does that leave us well, iran's president rouhani said today in a televised n will not wage war against any nation, but u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is reaching out to leaders in asia and in europe to convince them that iran is responsible. so far the british government and the saudis both support the

u.s. conclusion. european allies have been somewhat slower to get on board. frances, it is a huge cliche that tensions are rising between the u.s. and iran, but that is where we find ourselves this morning. >> upping the ante with the consequence. sarah, thank you >> heart stopping moments in downtown dallas captured by a news photographer as a gunman in full body armour with an assault rifle opened fire into the federal court house with 300 people inside. moments later he exchanged gunfire with police before running into a nearby parking lot where he collapsed our pete williams is following the story for us ep captures nearly every frightening moment a man with an assault-style rifle opens fire shooting at a door to the federal office building and at people on the street >> a tactical vest with an automatic weapon shooting at the building >> reporter: a photographer for the dallas morning news takes this dramatic picture shing

the gunman wearing a mask, a tactical vest and a belt carrying extra ammunition clips. >> we're just praying he couldn't see me. like i said, if he would have saw me, he would have shot me. >> reporter: as first responders swarmed, federal agents shoot back and the gunman runs across the street to a parking lot continuing to fire before he falls. he's later pronounced dead at the hospital >> i also want to thank in particular the federal protective service officers saved who knows how many people this morning by responding so quickly. >> reporter: the fbi identifies him as 22-year-old brian isaac clyde of dallas. his social media contains references to a tangle of radical right conspiracy theories, but no clue about why he'd want to attack a federal office building. and amazingly despite all the shots fired, the gunman was the only person wounded. the fbi says the gunman brian clyde was discharged from the army in 2017 agents have been looking at his service record and talking to friends and family, trying to figure out why he did this

phillip? >> all right, pete, thank you. >> scary moments as a house suddenly exploded and sparked a fire in ridgefield, new jersey, near new york city an off duty police officer was nearby at the time and helped rescue one es are department who was trapped inside and suffered minor injuries authorities are investigating the gas leak at the scene. >> she was an american heiress who built her own fashion empire we mourn the loss of gloria vanderbilt the daughter of railroad tycoon, she may have been an influencer known for her vanderbilt jeans kate snow takes a look at her legacy >> reporter: gloria vanderbilt had many titles. social light, writer, designer, wife and mother. she also had a famous name born in france in 1924, and heir to the vanderbilt railroad fortunate. at 10 her aunt battled to take custody of gloria. they covered every moment of the

tabloid trial and dubbed her poor little rich girl. she went on to marry three more times. she had two sons with conductor lee polled, two more sons with writer wyatt cooper and anderson cooper who remembered his momon cnn. >> she was derld to matermined e something of her life. >> reporter: her larger than life personality to the rear pocket of designer jeans, fashioning a $100 million a year business >> gloria vanderbilt -- >> reporter: while her public life was glamorous, gracing the pages of fashion magazines, there was private pain she witnessed her son carter, anderson's brother, take his own life >> i often think that i was the first face that he s advanced cr >> what an extraordinary life. what an extraordinary mom. and what an incredible woman >> reporter: she died at home surrounded by family and friends. kate snow, nbc news. >> gloria vanderbilt was 95

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wednesday we get heavy rain from indianapolis, cincinnati by the time we get to thursday afternoon we get another big dose of rain throughout much of this region. so you kind of get the picture each afternoon we're going to be dodging the storms and risk of strong storms. major hitting the storms from d.c. to richmond this afternoon. severe weather can be a problem, too could see some dangerous storms in oklahoma city talk about that coming up. >> all right thank you, bill. in today's quick hits, shania twain is returning to sin city seven years after launching her first las vegas residency. an all-new show kicking off december 6 >> cardi b didn't let her wardrobe malfunction stop her show ten minutes into the setshe mada

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