breaking overnight severe weather over texas. as a tornado rips through the greater dallas area, heavy damage, tens of thousands without power. we've got the latest not so fast. the one thousand troops that president trump pulled from syria toe actually being homes a new interview and film depict the royal risk between brothers we'll hear directly from prince harry. plus, week seven in the nfl proved a game changer as the mighty rise. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news from texas where a powerful storm has been wreaking havoc. the national weather service confirming that a tornado touched down in northern dallas,

and we're getting multiple reports of major damage. fire officials say seven people narrowly escaped a building that fell, and there were many downed power lines. more than 140,000 homes and businesses lost electricity across the state police officers are going door to door to check on e officialsy they have gotten multiple calls about people who have been hurt by broken glass. we're joined bc y meteorologist janessa webb. >> the worst we have seen in a while, and they continue to make their way throughout dallas and central texas. this is the back edge that we're seeing, still a tornado watch put in place for central and eastern texas for the next few hours. also tornado warnings that are making theirays straight-line w, gusts up to at least 60 miles an hour we're going continue to have that slight next4 hours, and th amounts could cause flooding

from shreveport to little rock up to about 2 to 3 inches. so kind of the worst situation when it's dark we're not able to see where the tornadoes are. hopefully this movesry nessa, thank you an army base in georgia mourning the loss of their own after a deadly accident claiming the lives of three u.s. soldiers it happened at fort stewart. six soldiers were inside a military tank when it overturned into water three died on-site the three others were taken to the hospital our courtney kube has the latest >> reporter: the troops were training at fort stewart when their bradley training vehiclerh nonlife-threatening injuries they're members of the first armored bringing gate combat team, owheknr the 3rd infantry division. we're all devastating after ierp and deploy the vehicle involved in the incident looks like a tank, but the bradley is actually a battlefield personnel carrier.

it's surrounded with light armor, designed to keep soldiers safe while carrying them into combat bradleys can weight over 25 tons the accident another reminder of the dangers of military training last month a fort hood soldier was killed while conducting routine maintenance on a bradley fighting vehicle and earlier this year, a 22-year-old army combat engineer was killed in training when the bradley he was riding in rolled over at fortw under investigation by teams from both fort stewart and from the army icia say we could learn the identity of the soldiers killed as early as cru amid the political storm of the impeachment inquiry, president trump is abandoning plans to hold the upcoming g7 summit at his florida resort the reversal comes after bipartisan backlash because it could immediately benefit him financially. two sources tell nbc news the

house was set to vote this week on a resolution condemning the decision to hold the g7 at doral in miami nbc's tom nichols has more >> reporter: presintug i was dog very good for our country. we will begin the search for another site." at this year's g7 in the south of france, trump seemed to show off his resort in doral. >> we have magnificent buildings, we call them bungalows. they each hold from 50 to 70 very luxurious rooms. >> reporter: and dispatched acting chief of staff mick mulvaney to announce andef last >> president trump has made it clear he doesn't profit from being here. >> reporter: outcry from both sides of the aisle forcing a rare course correction from the oval office. >> he was honestly surprised at the level of pushback. at the end of the day, he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business. >> reporter: mulvaney also trying to clarify his thursday

comments that the president tied military aid for ukraine ws n hunter. >> have i news for everybody get over it. there is going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> reporter: insisting the aid was only held up to force ukraine to tackle corruption and force european countries to also contribute, and there was also no quid pro quo. >> you were asked by jonathan karl, you described a quid pro quo and you said that happens all the time >> and, again, reporters will use their language all the time. so my languain >> reporter: and frances, congress wants to hear from seven officials starting with bill taylor. and late last night the president was calling for house intelligence chairman adam schiff to be deposed for what he is calling the ukraine hoax. frances? >> another busy week ahead thank you. the five-day ceasefire in syria is one day closer to an end, and already there has been a major shift. president trump changing course again.

after tweeting that he wouldhom those troops are now being deployed to iraq to battle isis. meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelosi was right next door in jordan, leading a group of bipartisan lawmakers discussing the crisis in syria. nbc's richard engel has more >> reporter: kurdish forces say they've pulled back from a flash point city along turkey's border, a key condition of the u.s.-brokered ceasefire. president trump has been praising his ceasefire with turkey for allowing u.s. troops to come home out of danger, out of endless wars. >> it's time to bring them home. >> reporter: but briefing reporters on a flight to afghanistan, defense secretary mark esper said that nearly all u.s. troops in syria are not coming home, but going to iraq >> the current game plan is for those forces to siti and then to missions one is to help defend iraq and two is to perform a counter-isis

mission as we sort through the next steps. >> reporter: that's not what the secretary of state was saying. >> now the president believes we have accomplished a significant part of our mission and he wants our folks to come home, and we're beginning to woronkey wan. under the deal it cut with the white house, turkey is to take control of a roughly 20 by 250 mile area in syria, which it plans to fill with mostly arab refugees although the exact size of the so-called safe zone is disputed. it's also where the kurds of syria live, and they fear they'll be expelled for good hundreds of thousands are already on the move. the ceasefire is supposed to end on tuesday when the white house hopes it will become a permanent peace deal but turkey has already sent reinforcements to its border, and kurdish commanders here tell elosives to try te crane ir

construction abruptly collapsed. here is morgan chesky. >> reporter: in new ormoment ofd caseg as two cranes tumbled into what's left of the hard rock hotel. one crane falling as planned, the other causing a brand-new problem, now hanging over the top of the building. >> the way you get it down is you take another crane, you hook to it and cut it in pieces one at a time until you get it down. >> reporter: the demolition meticulously planned for day. >> didn't come back, right >> reporter: authorities shutting down a busy downtown for blocks as the city evacuated hundreds just in case. the explosion came barely a week after this unexpected collapse the half-finished hard rock hotel falling on to the streets below, killing three people and

injuring nearly 30 others. the building's fall now the suing alleging delays and design changes anunstable construction site. a spokesman for the site reached by nbc news had no comment on the suit with one damaged crane still looming over the city, the bodies two of victims hesky, nb. nearly a dozen pennsylvania families have been displaced after a huge fire that was first thought to be an explosion officials said the blaze caused one house to collapse and start the fire that quickly jumped to the roofs surrounding home firefighters evacuated nearly 30 people and evacuated nearby homes. the home appeared to be vacant there are no reports of injuries and the cause is still under investigation. a future hall of famer made history sunday highlight down in big d. the cowboys snapping a three-game losing streak with a statement win against the eagles dallas got on the board in

hurry with tavon are halftime they go on to win it, 37-10. now to the battle of the birds in seattle the seahawks' russell wilson finding tieler lockett early foe baltimore's offense was fired up after the half star quarterback lamar jackson ran one in himself on fourth and 2. and the ravens win for the first time ever up in seattle, 30-16 a milestone from the vikings/lions game with 147 games under his belt, detroit quarterback matt stafford became the fastest player to eclipse 40,000 passing yards, meeting out matt ryan by four games. four touchdowns from stafford was not enough the vikings win it, 42-30. no untouchable and the packers steamrolled the raiders. the future hall of fame quarterback became the fastest player in nfl history to hit 350 career touchdown passes, and the packers win it, 42-24.

rodgers' six touchdowns put him at the top of the pile for fantasy players this week with nearly 44 points margin jones came in second. rounding out the top five is chase edmonds, latavius murray and the raiders' darrin wallace. let's check with janessa and more on thesevere storms. >> good morning. these storms continue to move.y dallas currentlye clear. a squall line. but this whole system has set up so waco, you are up next also, a tornado warning south of springfield. and that'so ntinue to flow throughout the afternoon into the evening hours now it goes down to a slight risk of severe storms throughout your monday afternoon. but this squall line is going to produce torrential rain and possibility from nashv intille

lots more sunshine so going to be a long 24 hours system continues to make its way east >> all> miael jordan is giving back to his community in a big way. he just cut the ribbon to open a new medical clinic in north carolina jordan funded the state-of-the-art health facility which he hopes will provide care to underprivileged and members of the charlotte community it's not all the basketball legend has plans for a second clinic already in the works. still to come, an incredible story of survival by a man y prince harry and meghan markle are taking a break from the spotlight, next. hilton.com, and i get all these grt very nice... i know, i'm good at picking stuff. lais bold choice... and the price match guarantee.

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