developing overnight, several u.s. service members were treated for concussions after iran launched a ballistic missile attack the stage is set for the impeachment trial of president don trump. and will there be witnesses? and the president's ramped up defiance >> i think it's a hoax a phoney hoax, put out by the democrats so they can try and win an election. >> the president remains defiant as more heat emerges this time from a non-partisan

government watch dog that says his administration broke the law. and then to the diamond where a third manager got the boot even before his first game as skipper the sign stealing scandal grows. the rescue of an 11-year-old snatched off the streets our parent company too, be exact, is entering the streaming wars with a vengeance. we've got your first look at peacock. happy friday "early today" starts right now good to be with you. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm philip mennau we begin with more breaking news when they launched more than a dozen missiles. all of our coalition partners survived but we're learning about how the troops were impacted they said in a statement several were treated for concussion symptoms

all were screened for traumatic brain injury 11 were transferred to emergency hospitals for follow-up screening. potential evidence is still emerging lev parnas, who worked closely with rudy giuliani, continues to talk about efforts to steer officials towards joe biden. in part two of an exclusive interview with rachel maddow, parnas described the firing of our ambassador to ukraine. >> to my knowledge, at least four or five times he had a breakdown -- the secretary before he fired her and she said plrks president, i can't do that. >> he was droekting the state department to remove her and the state department was refusing? >> corrects. >> the ukrainian government has

issued something in the possible surveillance tracy, with all of these layers and moving parts, hard to imagine what this trial is going to look like the 100 senators that have now been sworn in during this trial. in terms of what it's going to look like, that we do not know we kboent bow if lev pargnash is going to identify. but in the latest interviews he's talking not only about the president wanting to fire ambassador yovanovitch, but he now believes joe biden did nothing wrong. taking a look at whether his son, hunter and his connection to the ukrainian company at the soenter all of of this was going to be under investigation. also he's revealing a visit by the president

vice president pence was something they were offering for getting the biden investigation. some law makers think parnas needs to testify >> i think he should be brought before us so we can determine his credibility. there's no question the interviews that have occurred in the last 24 hours bring to light facts that should be pursued and reviewed by the united states senate >> reporter: but as the trial gets ntdway, chief roberts presiding on tuesday, it won't be decides said whether the trial begins whether they'll hear any witnesses at all. >> tracy, thank you. as the impeachment trial unfolds, just what will be the role of chief justice john roberts who will be presiding over the trial here's pete williams

>> reporter: it's a duty john williams doesn't want but can't avoid. the constitution says the chief justice shall preside as in 1999 during the clinton impeachment that means roberts will lead the supreme court each day around 1:00 and head to first street on the u.s. capitol and though he'll sit at the owned of the chamber, his role is more like traffic cop than trial judge unlike a judge in a normal trial, he does not have the final say. >> any senator can say i want a vote on the ruling and chief justice can be overruled >> reporter: renquist said in an interview he never had to make pard decisions but roberts may have to make tough call physical the senate decides to let witnesses testify

in person. instead of showing kpurbts from witness recordings as in the clinton trial. he said he'dtrive to be a neutral umpire >>ial rar recall it's my job to call balls and strike. for perhaps trying to emulates the approach of ren kwez quest and saying i did nothing in particular and i did it very well a temporary state of emergeancy is in effect in west virginia where they say members of a violent supremacist group was arrested in july >> reporter: just days before the gun rights activist is expectededs to, they're unveiling a violent white supremacist group. they're saying the men had

discussed attending the rally. and ralph norton learning hite groups planned to leave the forecast >> we received credible intelligence fl are groups for the rally planned. >> the monday rally planned in process for a tougher gun laws he fears the march by charlottesville, virginia. >> if it's anything like charlottesville, ticket scary. >> reporter: but critics say it's an assault on their second-amendment rights. >> reporter: what do you think of the governor declaring a state of emergency >> that's just showing off for what come to the capitol as we always -- no

>> reporter: virginia is on high alert. the governor has imposed a temporary bans on guns and all weapons from the grunds. a third major league baseball manager is out of a job. earlier this week the red sox and astros fired their team manager and then hit the mets. stephanie goff the latest. the crackdown in the wake of the cheating scandal continues to spread another big name, carlos beltran was hired a couple of months ago and now out of a job without playing a game just week businessfore spring training three managers and one

gm are out in 2017, beltran was an outfielder for the astros. the only one names on the report of the illegal sign stealing scheme a dprup group of players discussed they could improve on decoding signs and reporting those to the batter. messages were passed to hitters by panging on a trash can. he discussed letting beltran go. it was not an easy decision for him or carlos. >> ibin this situation i failed. i should have recognized the severity of the issue. and before the news about beltran had broken piazza addressed the scandal >> beltran, says he hopes one

day in the future, he may be able to return to the sport he loves. >> all have jobs now l right thank you. . for at least five injured after a truck smashed into a starbucks. part of the building collapsed this hap chbd in mckenry, illinois they don't know why he ran off the roadway. we all know binge watching is on the rise, and apparently so is binge drinking they consumed a total of 529 drinks in 2017 adults 35 to 44 have the widest drinking #s. and massachusetts have the least. >> well, let's go tebill karns

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time to check in with willie geist to see what's coming up on "sunday today. >> good to see you this week my guess is saturday night live rr star. we got together to talk about the role in a child hood camp and then to snl's famed studio 8h and talked to about her other show, "shrill" it is a deeply personal story for her. our sunday sit down and the latest news and politics this

sunday on "sunday today. for now we'll send it bralk to you, frances and philip and i'll see you sunday morning >> sounds good >> the tv streaming wars are heating up they project netflix will spend $73.3 billion on original content this year. our parent company unveiled its new service on thursday. the lattals your instention is intensifying. attempting to compete with streaming heavyweights >> welcome to -- >> reporter: peacock will stream late-night shows more than three hours before they hit traditional air waves. subscribers will get a vault of tv gold, front-row set to olympics and premier league soccer

it will be available to anyone with no ads autono cost. and for 10 bucks, you get it all atd free i want tee people to be afraid of a how much they love me >> do i think five or six major streaming services are probably going to survive probably not >> reporter: services are trying to find different ways to stand out. >> there's a lot of them now >> that's why experts say it's about tayloring your subskriengds to what t is. pence, nbc news. >> another thing to pay for, right snqts let's celebrate some birthdays. dwayne wade, 38, former first lady, michelle baum.

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breaking news on this friday morning. a wrong-way driver causes a crash on northbound highway 17 this morning. >> led's head over to mike inouye keeping us up to date. >> good morning. well bad morning. in san jose, a deadly crash on northbound highway 17 in campbell. the camera behind me very dark and showing 280 toward us lightly traveled it and crossing it northbound 17 into northbound 880 by san jose city college. you see no traffic. no traffic across the our. we'll show you video from a few minutes ago from the scene. the deadly crash involved what we're told is a