matthew loved it he would have loved it that's all for now i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. . after a whirlwind weekend of g7 meetings and tea with the queen, this morning the president turns his attention to nato and the battle over cyber terrorists and other military matters. israel's prime minister 12 years is out benjamin netanyahu has been replaced we'll tell you what that means and who is now in charge hollywood is mourning the loss of ned beatty, who left an indelible mark in "deliverance" and "network" and many, many other films. the house made from 11

shipping containers. the visionary behind it. and there can only be one best in show we have the highlights and the winner of the 145th westminster kennel club dog show as we kick off your workweek. "early today" starts right now and we do say good morning to everybody. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm frances rivera. we begin with the latest on president biden's first foreign trip on sunday he touched down in brussels, belgium to begin two days of talks with nato and european leaders which starts today. cyber security, terrorism, and climate change are among some of the topics being discussed at the summit the meetings come as a new abc ipsos poll finds 57% of americans trust mr. biden to negotiate on the country's part with foreign diplomats we turn to mike memoli in brussels mike, good morning >> reporter: good morning, frances. president biden has traded the

g7 in britain for meetings with our 29 nato allies here in belgium. the president temperatures down in brussels last night for the first of two days, his second stop on his first foreign tour you'll remember what happened four years ago when president trump arrived here for a meeting with nato leaders, and he stunned our partners by scolding them for not spending enough on their mutual defense for refusing to even commit to article 5. that's the core of the nato alliance, the agreement to defend one country if any nato partner is attacked now. white house officials are saying president biden coming with a very different message he is going to reaffirm u.s. support for the nato alliance, but also call for updating its mission statement. yes, it will continue to focus on russian activities, particularly in eastern europe but he wants to add china to the mix to focus on the rise of china. also focus on cyber warfare, the increasing front of battle in the 21st century century, and really to also target climate as

well this comes after several days in which the president was warmly received by our allies in the united kingdom french president emmanuel macron among those welcoming, as he put it, the president back to the club, ending last night with that warm greeting with her majesty the queen, the president saying afterwards that she reminded him of his own mother fra frances? >> busy working weekend going full speed ahead. >> a busy week indeed. president biden's busy overseas schedule is all leading up to a face-to-face confrontation with russia's vladimir putin the two leaders set to meet wednesday in switzerland but the recent russian-backed cyber attacks will ikely be part of a big conversation. matt bodner joins us moscow. what can we expect from the high stakes talks >> a lot on the table this week. kind of starting with the nuts and bolts if you will of the u.s.-russia relationship, things like nuclear arms control. i think the big thing we're going hear a lot about is the

situation in cyberspace with hacking, election interference and so on. what is very interesting is that president putin seems to be open to having this kind of discussion there was this interview clip posted in the russian state media just yesterday in which he seemed to suggest that he was at least willing to talk about extraditing russian cyber criminals to the united states now i have to say those were not his words, but just in the context of the discussion, that seemed to be what he was getting at this was certainly heard by president biden. he said that he was open to this idea that we needed to hear a little bit more about it but, you know, it seems that this is going to be a bit of the discussion let's actually take a listen to exclusive interview that nbc keir simmons did with president putin on friday in which he said this is the absolute low point of the relationship. >> we have a bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point

in recent years. >> i think he's right it's a low point. and it depends on how he responds to acting consistent with international norms, which in many cases he has not >> why do you think he hasn't changed his behavior in spite of everything the u.s. has done to this point >> he's vladimir putin >> keir simmons is still with us here in moscow today, and he is actually going to be unveiling the rest of his very interesting interview he did with president putin beginning on the "today" show in just a few hours >> all right we'll look out for the rest of that memo in moscow. thank you. it is a new week and a new era for israel for the first time in over a decade, israel has a new prime minister, right wing leader naftali bennett took the reins from benjamin netanyahu yesterday, ending his 12-year run as the country's leader. however, tensions in the region remain a spokesperson for hamas said the shake-up will not change the way they deal with the israeli government meanwhile, president bidenk clo

together meanwhile, back here in the u.s., more than 173 million americans have now had at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine which equates roughly to about 64% of the population. the country is just 20 days away from president biden's goal of 70% vaccinated adults by july 4th. these new numbers as a federal judge in houston dismissed a lawsuit by more than 100 hospital workers over the hospital's covid vaccine requirement for workers. the judge ruled the hospital system does not violate state or federal law or public policy in the meantime, the u.s. is seeing a rise in covid cases in teenagers. nbc's cory kaufman from new york >> reporter: good morn among younger people, particularly those 12 to 17 are on the rise,

as are hospitalizations. according to cdc data, in the first three months of the year among those hospitalizations, a third of the cases resulted in treatment in intensive care. cdc's director says this is particularly concerning since this is the least vaccinated group among all those eligible to receive the vaccine and it's with groups like children's aid who run the pop-up site behind me are aiming to correct, with more vaccinations among this group. listen here. >> this is a neighborhood where there are several high schools in the vicinity. it's been wonderful to be able to bridge the gap for those youth and their families to come to be able to come and not only get tested, but also be vaccinated whatever you can do to bring that resource closer to the family, the better >> people 12 to 17 make up just 6.5% of those vaccinated in this country so far and while health officials continue to emphasize the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, the

cdc is looking at holding an emergency meeting regarding a growing but rare number of heart inflammation cases of those who have received the second dose affecting people younger than 30, and men in particular. that emergency meeting is set for june 18th. kendis >> all right thanks to cori it was another weekend of deadly mass shootings across the united states. a 25-year-old victim has died from his injuries after a shooting in downtown austin, texas early saturday morning police say one suspect is in custody, but a search continues for a second in chicago, police are searching for two men who opened fire at a group of people standing in a parking lot overnight saturday a 29-year-old woman was killed, and nine others were wounded over the weekend, at least three people were killed and 36 injured in gun violence across chicago. and a manhunt is on in savannah, georgia for one or more suspects after a friday night shooting left one person dead and eight others wounded. the youngest victims are only 2 and 13 years old

they are expected to survive >> all in one weekend in this country. wow. well, hollywood this morning is mourning the death of legendary actor ned beatty, perhaps best known for the 1972 survival film "deliverance" in which he plays a pudgy vacationer who gets brutally raped. he receives a nomination for his role as a corporate executive in the 1976 film "network." >> you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, mr. beal, and i won't have it! is that clear? do you think you merely stopped a business deal? that is not the case the arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back. >> beatty also had some memorable roles in films like "all the president's men," "nashville," "the building easy" as well as "back to school." he later had recurring roles on homicide and life on the streets. he died yesterday of natural causes surrounded by friends and

loved ones at his home in los angeles. beatty was 83 years old. this morning, there is a new top dog in town. >> and tonight's best in show to the pekinese >> whoa! david fitzpatrick. >> wasabi is the best in show winner >> that is 3-year-old wasabi, the pekinese, who was crowned best this show at westminster last night beating out some 2500 competitors over the weekend so how will wasabi celebrate no, not with sushi his owner says he will be treated to fillet mignon instead. >> i see what you did. severe thunderstorms are moving through west virginia, leading to widespread flash flooding in masontown near the pennsylvania border. rising water trapped people in a mobile home park volunteer firefighters had to use boats to evacuate about a dozen residents and their pets no one was injured from that particular park. >> high heat and fire danger

that is blanketing the west. janessa webb joins us now with more on that hi, janessa, good morning. >> hi, good morning. happy monday, everyone yes, the heat continues to be in place. and we're under this pattern for the rockies all the way down to the four corners that will stay in place throughout the rest of the week we have alerts until saturday morning for the four corners where we're going to see temperatures in the triple-digits and the feel-like temperature just above that. so high pressure is in place for today. look at these temps. we're talking about tucson, 112, beating records this afternoon also, for portions of colorado in the mid-90s but man, this is a dangerous setup that's going to be sticking arouneven for the upped r

northeast. also some severe weather for florida. lower 90s. we'll take a look at your week ahead coming up. guys >> all right, janessa, thank you. >> thank you a hard fought final at roland-garros brought djokovic someone step closer to history he sent the serbian into a terror down the stretch, putting on an improbable comeback to get the french nope five sets. djokovic claimed that his second french open title and 19th grand slam one way from tying rafael nadal for most wins in men's history. it just takes one gesture to make somebody's day or year or life he gave the championship racket to that kid. the video went on for a while. he just kept celebrating it. >> he was on that high probably still is right now. >> that is awesome

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from our portland affiliate kgw, we get a tour. >> reporter: tublged away just off sr-14 in east vancouver, edward merced's home is unlike pretty much anything on the market >> there is 11 containers in this house, eight 40s and three 20s. >> reporter: he broke ground in 2015, and since then it's been a labor of love. >> originally, it was only going to be a small 2,000-square-foot home but it's become 4100-square-foot with 11 shipping containers. >> reporter: walking through his home, you'd hardly realize you're walking through shipping containers >> we're in two container right now. so right here is the center. and i put this facade up here to hide it. >> reporter: and some of these finer touches you won't find in a store. these interior windows are all from the old montgomery building, his dining room light an old door. he says nearly 70% of the

materials and decorations use ready recycled >> basically, we used anything recyclable as possible like for example, this sea channel came, that came from the trailer that was here, like a mobile home that was here originally >> reporter: the house gets quite the interest people every day stop by to take a picture. and if this house looks somewhat familiar to you, you might have seen it on hgtv's container homes. >> i was fishing in costa rica, and a lady just came up to me and she goes you're that guy what guy you're that guy on container homes. >> reporter: but after four years of living here, it's time to sell, which for someone that put hours into building it, he says it's hard to walk away. it's kind of a dilemma here for me, you know deep down, i spent so much time and effort, i know every nook and cranny i know every thing in this house. it's just that i feel like it's

holding me back from doing something new. >> reporter: it's yours for only a cool $2 million. >> wow >> what is he going to do? where do i don't go to next? >> build another one building 15 containers wat's

today president biden will meet with his nato counterparts as warm-up to his all important one-on-one with russia's vladimir putin later in the week wicked weather is baking the western states an alarming report on a worsening water shorge over the weekend, families across the country were exercising together. we'll tell you why from deliverance to networks, superman and so many others, this morning we're going to look back the incredible career of actor ned beatty a pekinese named wasabi has won best in show at we