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done yet. >> how would you like to work fewer days a week, one country may have a four-day work week and six-hour work day. we'll tell you where "early today" starts now >> good to be with you this morning. good to be back together again >> good to be back we begin with developing tensions between the united states and iran after the american air strike that killed iran's most powerful general three days of mourning for the military leader coming to a close now as calls increase for u.s. military to leave the region nbcs reporte nbc joreporter joining us with e latest we're seeing tens of thousands to pay tribute to this general. >> that's right. iran is in mourning. today this hometown had a bureaual ceremonyand as you mentioned with tens of thousands, this after formal

funeral where hundreds of thousands possibly a million people turned out into the streets where we saw supreme leader khamenei crying, sobbing, gnashing of teeth, displays of sorrow we have not often seen in iran it shows a level of reverence for general soleimani. the killing bringing together groups of people to get together throughout the region making it difficult for the united states military to maintain a footprint in the region as the iraqi parliament has voted provisionally to remove u.s. troops from the area

shocking considering how u.s. has supported iraq military and how much iran always wanted the u.s. military to leave >> all right thanks for the very latest from that very tense area in beirut thank you. meantime president trump continues to defend his decision to kill iran's top general and he's not backed down to target 52 irancultural sites, getting push back as democrats in congress limiting president's war powers what is the pentagon saying about these threats against cultural sites. >> not the same thing as president trump, that is certainly drawing a lot of attention. defense secretary is now confirming that cultural sites are not targets of the united states in this conflict with iran, saying that they have ruled that out, confirming it would be a war crime for the united states to hit these

cultural sites and they have no plans to do so, despite president trump mentioning when he tweeted about our possible response to iran meantime, democrats are urging the president, in fact demanding that he declassify the intelligence that led him to push for that strike that killed iran's top military leader >> the american people need clarity that the trump administration has a plan , not just a tweet, a plan >> unfortunately in this toxic, political environment some of our colleagues rush to blame our own government before even knowing the facts. >> congress needs clarity too. lawmakers expected to get a briefing on some of that intelligence tomorrow. some of it the administration says will not be revealed, at least not publicly because it will put american assets at

risk. >> tracy, thank you. tensions with tehran intensify and thousands of troops deploying to the region as they realize the consequence of this situation. at fort brag with the latest. >> more soldiers with the 82nd airborne on route to the middle east by mid week 3500 will join those stationed in the region. the army hasn't deployed this many, this quickly in 30 years brie awn why was a shoulder in the 82nd air bourne now a mom overseas. >> i'm ready to come home. i'm ready for it we don't even know whether it will be. >> adding to the stress even social media with #worldwarthree. >> how does social media leave you. >> it leaves us going, do they care. >> nbc is given permission to

show private messages, april writes, there's a chance he won't come home. i can't get that out of my head. i'm just in panic mode natasha martinez whose husband deemployed five time now offering baby sitting to that group. >> your advice >> definitely reach out. we're here for each other and we have to use that. >> adding to the family's angst the soldiers are not allowed to tell their loved one in the states where they are. not even the country and they've been told their deployments could last up to nine months. phillip. >> great reminder, those families sacrificing so much for us thank you. the trump administration has announced a expansion to a bilateral agreement to discourage migrants to seek protections to the united states, and u.s. could begin

deporting certain u.s. asylum seekers to guatemala, the deal signed in july to initial accept those from el salvador and honduras the plan to be implemented later this month. president trump former national security advisor john bolton is willing to testify but there's a catch, nbc's reportert with that catch. >> john bolton changing course, writing, i am prepared to testify if subpoenaed by the senate, a major shift for the president's former national security advisor who refused to give testimony to house democrats and seen as a key witness to democrats case that president trump was pressuring ukraine to joe biden saying validates house speaker nancy

pelosi's decision to delay sending to the senate. >> but republicans who control the senate say the senate's role is not to launch another investigation and that democrats delay shows they have a weak case they cannot defend. >> my goal is to start this trial in the next coming days, not let nancy pelosi take over the senate. >> the trial's delay angering president trump. >> so sad for our country, our country is doing so good but our team spending time on this stuff found nothing. >> four of the republican senators would need to vote with democrats to call bolton as a witness. >> bolton's testimony could influence the moderate republicans if the information he has is compelling enough. >> late yesterday republican senators mitt romney says he will love to hear from bolton but of course still no word from

house speak ernancy pelosi when those impeachment articles will come over to the senate. >> thank you. now months unprecedented fires in australia triggered rare weather phenomena spotting things like ember attacks and fire-driven thunderstorms. with more than 130 fires burning across the country we spoke to those on the front lines. >> cool weather and rain bringing some relief but not nearly enough to stop this the sky so thick with smoke this is what pilot saw this weekend when trying to evacuate people from areas cut off by flames with dozens of fires on control more help is on the way, including dozens of american firefighters the first group volunteering at the front line and control centers. these among the experienced

americans who came last month. the scale of the devastation staggering at least 25 people dead. estimated half billion animals effected. >> the magnitude and scale of so many large simultaneous fires destroying prompt at one time -- destroying property at one time is extremely unique. never seen anything like this in 30 years fighting fires. >> flames so powerful they can form their own weather on the weekend one massive fire jumped a river igniting new fires and expanded the danger zone. >> it's a changing fire environment. i think that's something that we really share with the australians. we've skpeernlsed -- we've experienced that in the western united states. >> years of drought have left much of the landscape looking like this, with fires now closing in from all directions. >> all right let's get a check of your day

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in today's top stories spacex is blasting into history books with its latest launch, sent another 60 star light satellites into orbit making spacex the largest private satellite operator also with a dark coating to appease star gazers. after the launch spacex successfully landed the booster on a platform in the ocean. pier 1 imported caught in a wave of store closures u up to 450 stores planning to close, nearly half its locations and

sales have declined for nine consecutive quarters on monday bloomberg reported pier 1 will file for bankruptcy seeing stocks plummet 163-year-old dallas-based dairy company filed for chapter 11 due to rising milk prices, it seeks to reorganize finances to say in business. two children allegedly shot while playing outside. police say a group of children were throwing snow balls at cars and one of the drivers who was allegedly hit fired shots and a authorities found 12-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy with gunshot wounds both transported

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right now at 5:30, an overnight fire rips through a south bay apartment building sending families out into the cold street. plus this morning there is growing tourism concerns in san francisco. the new steps city leaders are taking to try to keep high-profile conventions heading there. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. starting with a live look across the bay area into san jose and san francisco and walnut creek. it is a chilly start as you head out the door this morning. kari hall is timing out our tuesday forecast. >> you could see at the bottom of the screen, upper 30s there. and we're