pounding rain storms parts of missouri got five plus inches in just three hours flash floods and contaminated drinking water we'll have the latest. >> today president trump will unleash new sanctions on iran following the downing of a u.s. drone plus major mid east meetings underway. >> i'm not looking for war and if there is, it will be obliteration like you've never seen before. >> another scare this past week for a town where many worry about the air quality. >> the mystery of what happened to an american medical student who vanished for five days after his friend was murdered. now speaking out for the first time >> and fan favorite golf pro john daly's own real life happy

gilmore shot that has spectators ducking for cover. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm frances rivera. we are following yet another round of severe weather this morning. multiple sightings like this one of a massive tornado hitting south bend, indiana, overnight thousands of residents in the state lost electricity the powerful storm left behind major damage this day care center was almost completely destroyed fortunately there have not been any reports of injury. >> meanwhile, areas of kansas were hit by hail measuring over 2 inches across. this video shows the intense moments when the hail storm was battering the town of ellsworth. storms also brought torrential rain to states that have already faced severe flooding this year. for more on this we go to nbc's morgan chesky.ergency in southw missouri, following dasz of pounding rain the water is rising pounding roads and threatening homes.

in hard hit anderson, missouri, a flash flood washed out this bridge >> we are seeing some of the worst flooding i've ever seen in anderson >> reporter: trees are down. there are also reports of drinking water being contaminated, with officials urging residents to boil water before drinking. >> oh, no. >> reporter: overall in southwestern missouri, five plus inches of rain fell in just three hours. 2019 has been especially wet for the midwest region, with arkansas and missouri receiving an average year's worth of rain in less than six months. and the severe weather isn't over yet more severe rain is expected >> oh, my gosh >> reporter: residents on alert. enough rain may fall to send parts of the arkansas and missouri rivers back out their banks. morgan chesky, nbc news. >> let's see about the threat that's still out there here's nbc meteorologist bill karins good morning, bill >> good morning. we're attacking a huge qvc.com plex of showers that goes from central texas to areas of mississippi. we have severe thunderstorm warning with possibility of wind damage in northern louisiana and the issue overnight has been

too much water and too much rain we still have flash flood warnings in effect around the greenville area. we have flash flood watches that extend into oklahoma we go through the morning hours. additional rainfall amounts, it shifts to the early morning. to greenville. once again, we will see additional severe storms later this afternoon, too. we'll talk that coming up. >> all right, bill, thank you. the trump administration is ramping up pressure on iran this morning with fresh sanctions on teheran. the move comes just days after the country shot down a u.s. spy drone over the strait of hormuz. and there are reports the u.s. has already launched a cyberattack on iran targeting its command and control systems that the u.s. says were used to hit commercial tankers in the persian gulf about two weeks ago. nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest >> reporter: president trump's tightening the grip on iran tweeting we are putting additional sanctions o monday trying to cripple the economy to stop the nuclear

buildup. >> i'm not looking for war and if there is, it will be obliteration like you've never seen before. but i'm not looking to do that, but you can't have a nuclear weapon >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with chuck todd on "meet the press," the president says he's willing to hold talks with iran with no preexisting conditions >> if you want to talk about it, good otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come >> reporter: on thursday night, the president called off strikes against iran after the downing of a naval drone which the u.s. military says was in international air space. >> my biggest concern is the president is running out of room, running out of options, that this thing could spin out of control >> reporter: pointing to hawks like national security advisor john bolton who said sunday the u.s. reserves the right to attack iran at a later time. >> neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u.s. prudence and discretion for weakness no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east

>> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo left for a trip to the middle east sunday >> i hope that the iranians will understand that the world won't tolerate this. >> reporter: for meetings to build international support against iran jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington >> the battle over border security is heating up this morning. the isn't demanding democrats make agreements. it grows in the controversial deportation of families. he is trying to blame his predecessor. >> i ended separation. i inherited separation from president obama. president obama built -- they calle them jail cells. they were built by obama >> let's talk about your administration you're not schooling the kids any more >> we're doing a fantastic job under the circumstances. the democrats aren't even approving giving us money. where is the money >> the president says they can't

do anything unless democrats signed off on more funding >> tragedy in hawaii, 11 people are dead after a skydiving plane crashed killing everyone on board. authorities recently discovered the plane that went down was involved in a mid-air incident in california three years ago. >> a makeshift memorial was placed at the crash site gadi schwartz is in hawaii with the latest >> reporter: good morning, frances, good morning, marlie. a lot of questions this morning as to how this plane could have crashed carrying 11 people even before it left the air field witnesses say it was taking off in this direction and then about 30 seconds into take off it started rolling, crashing upside down right here where ntsb investigators are now on scene combing through the debris on the north shore of oahu, the deadliest plane crash in nearly 30 years and now a staggeringthey were t rush to the crash site when a skydiving plane plummeted to the ground just after take off

friday >> i'd never forget the sound of the crashing we rannothg we could do. >> reporter: the impact and fire so powerful, the aircraft was incinerated. they watched helplessly nearby among the victims, a videographer larry la master. he leaves behind a young son and 36-year-old daniel herndon also an instructor with 4,000 jumps. family members say they died doing what they loved. now as the ntsb begins its investigation, there are new questions about whether this plane was fit to fly the ntsb planning to review this disturbing video coming to light appearing to show the same plane nearly crashing during another skydiving jump in 2016 the video posted to youtube revealing panic inside the aircraft as it start today spin uncontrollably over california then a scramble to jump out. out of the sky, thing safely, b heavily damaged. the fa

speed. >> we'll look at the aircraft and inspections whether it was air worthy before it was able to begin operations again >> reporter: and in addition to that aircraft's history and maintenance record, ntsb alsloi weather conditions, pilot actions as well as how much that plane weighed before it took off. guys, back to you. >> gadi schwartz for us. gadi, thanks >> a candle light vigil was held to honor the lives of seven motorcycle riders who were killed in a fiery crash on u.s. 2 in new hampshire those who attended carried candles and american flags as they sang songs to honor the bikers who died when they were struck and killed friday night by a pickup truck. authorities said the bikers were all members or supporters of a marine motorcycle club the jarheads three others were also injured police say the bikers were on their way to a fund-raiser when the crash happened the cause of the tragedy is under investigation and the driver of the truck has not been arged. later this morning one of the survivors of that deadly crash

will be on the today show. >> a police officer is dead and one person is in custody after a shooting in missouri officials say 40-year-old michael langs dorf we responded to a food mart about a fraudulent check a weapon was recovered and suspect is in custody. the officer leaves behind two children and fiance. a press conference will be held later this morning >> democratic presidential candidate pete buttiegieg under fire in his town leaving the campaign trail to deal with a deadly shooting last weekend, he was grilled by members of the community in a town hall. the 37-year-old mayor admitted that the body cameras were not working, but said he would send a letter to the d.o.j. civil rights division to review the case >> all right let's check back in with bill karins on what's head today especially with the threat of

severe weather in some parts >> a possibility of severe orto be hit total now we're up to 15 states, including west texas and the huge area to areas of the deep south including the atlanta arab i can't chicago is included, annapolis, columbus, lexington, louisville, cincinnati into the atlanta area hit and miss strong storms, possibly wind damage and large hail later on today. that's a look at the big weather story of the day now here's a closer look at your day ahead. you can see where the showers and thunderstorms are lined up from the midwest right through the great lakes through the ohio valley. we'll get a break today. dallas, you had your storms overnight so you're fine now we have to wait for the line of storms to reach the area of san antonio and houston later on today. here's a shot only the legendary golfer john daly could pull off >> in 11 holes at 18, john daly playing his second watch out. this is going right. oh, into the grand stands.

>> wow, look at this for j.d >> right back down the side. >> he perfectly did it it looks like a happy gilmore. the ball kind of magically rolls out of the grandstand and perfectly onto the green too bad it didn't go into the hole unfortunately, though, daly not able to convert that 10 foot birdie ending the american family championship tied for 5th. all these decades later he's still playing. great. very entertaining. the crowd still loves him. >> look at his face. he amused himself with that shot bill, thank you. still ahead, the mysterious return of a medical student who went missing in mexico with just three days until the ficebate. we'll hear frocoreman m ngss tulsi gab erred and her big idea to end overseas conflicts. so when his joint pain from psoriatic arthritis got really bad it scared me. and what could that pain mean? joint pain could mean joint damage. enbrel helps relieve joint pain

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idea before taking the stage nbc's harry smith sat down with congresswoman tulsi gabbard to talk about what she would do differently as president >> what's your big idea? >> my big idea is to bring peace and prosperity to this country by ending these wasteful regime change wars. >> in a crowded democratic field, tulsi gabbard stands out. the hawaiian is a poll indonesian we met her in the mall on washington, d.c. people may not years, that you did two tours of duty in the middle east how did that shape your views vis-a-vis what you're talking about now? >> immenselyy single day i was confronted with the high human cost of war. >> gabbard wants to end u.s. overseas efforts at regime change for instance, she opposes the u.s. arming of syrian rebels she wants to put more money

toward health care, a green economy, and social programs by clawing back trillions of dollars from defense spending. so i'm just imagining the push back from all the lobbyists and all the industries that are out there that benefit from the amount of money that we spend on defense. how are you going to tame that push back? >> the power of our democracy and the american people standing up and just saying, we are sick and tired of the military industrial complex and self-serving politicians in washington who have been beating these war drums for so long when they're not the ones payin alohy that's tulsi gabbard's big idea. harry smith, nbc news, washington >> and don't misthe first democratic debate in miami on june 26 and 27th on nbc, msnbc and telemundo. still ahead here on "early today," syria's cloud.

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$14 million in its premiere. alladin took third with more than $12 million >> growing health concerns this morning just outside of pittsburgh after another alarming episode at a massive u.s. steel plant a fire knocked out a pollution control system in an area where the air quality is already among the worst in the nation. nbc's ann thompson has more. >> reporter: with already some of the worst air quality in the country, growing concerns in claire ton, pennsylvania, about what is coming out of this u.s. steel plant. >> there was a burning rubber taste in the back of my mouth. >> reporter: last week for the second time in six months, fire knocked out pollution controls at the century's old coat plant where it makes steel some neighbors say it's making them sick. >> i'm nauseous. >> sometimes i feel like i'm going to faint >> reporter: in december when it destroyed the controls, a respiratory irritants were

spewed into the air as the plant kept churning out coke nearly four months. the county issued an air quality warning. the breathe project also tracked the sulfur dioxide level >> it's essentially burning it openly in the air and it was massive amounts and quantities >> reporter: pollution controls finally went back on in april and u.s. steel showed us the repairs in may sarah, is this plant a good neighbor >> it is we are committed to our customers, to our employees, and to the communities in which we live and work. >> reporter: but david sees trouble on his house >> that's one day from yesterday to today >> reporter: krista sees it in her son's health >> my youngest gets a lot of sore throats, and my oldest has been complaining of his eyes burning. >> reporter: are those legitimate complaints in the wake of the fire >> we have heard those complaints and we have also heard from other community members who have engaged with us as to how that they can be more

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