story" tonight. i'm tom llamas. stay right there, more news on the way. s on the way. breaking overnight, president trump's tariffs on goods from canada, mexico and additional tariffs on china now in effect. china and canada already promising retaliation. what it means for your bottom line. plus, president trump also ordering a pause on military aid

to ukraine after last week's oval office clash. the kremlin declaring the white house is in line with its vision three years into the war. all this coming ahead of the president's joint address to congress and the nation later tonight. the suspected gunman who killed seven at a fourth of july parade in illinois suddenly pleading guilty, just moments before his trial was set to begin. the sentence he's now facing. a new setback for pope francis after a pair of breathing crises put him back on ventilation. what the vatican is saying about the pontiff's health. and a rescue at sea after a man attempting to row across the pacific ocean is caught in a cyclone, days away from the end of his journey. it's tuesday, march 4th. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm frances rivera. we start with breaking news. after a one-month pause, president trump's tariffs on mexico and canada went into

effect at the stroke of midnight. canadian prime minister justin trudeau says there will be retaliatory tariffs on $100 billion on american goods. and ontario is expected to cut off electricity exports to the u.s., saying they rely on our energy. they need to feel the pain. the u.s. is also implementing an additional 10% tariff on chinese goods. china says it will retaliate with 10% to 15% tariffs on american goods starting next week, targeting u.s. agriculture. president trump will address a joint session of congress this evening. it is only his 44th day in office but there are numerous pressing issues for him to address, including the price of eggs and threat of bird flu, and massive federal job cuts led by doge. and u.s. foreign policy in ukraine and russia. for more on the fallout from today's tariffs, christine

romans kicks off our coverage. >> reporter: 25% tariffs on canada and mexico seem all but certain. >> the tariffs, you know, they're all set. they go into effect tomorrow. >> reporter: american auto companies bracing for big new costs. this factory in michigan turns out 205,000 auto parts per year. >> this is one of our nut assemblies. >> reporter: chuck is president and coo and buys 30% of his materials from canada. tariffs on canadian goods mean what for you in your business? >> it means dramatically-increased costs that we might not be able to recover. >> reporter: it relies on cross-border tariff-free trade, rules written in president trump's first term. the new tariffs inject big, new costs and uncertainty into a supply chain still grappling with higher than normal inflation. >> it's very alarming to us and

many, many others. >> reporter: ariffs paid at the border. tariffs could raise prices for the average new car by at least $4,000 and up to $12,000. trump has cited fentanyl flow as a reason for the tariffs. >> i would just say this to people in canada or mexico, if they're going to build car plants, the people that are doing them are much better off building them here. >> reporter: and more tariffs are coming. on march 12 come new duties on steel and aluminum. the president has threaten the nearly every american trading partner. for now, high anxiety in the auto industry where parts and components in a completed car or truck have likely crossed borders multiple times. this isn't a wrinkle in your business. >> oh, this is not a wrinkle. it's a wicked problem. >> reporter: christine romans, michigan. new thisw this. .

morning, president trump has paused military aid to ukraine. it's a stunning reversal after nearly three straight years of bipartisan support for ukraine. when asked about mr. trump's move, republican house speaker mike johnson said that as his decision. gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: two u.s. officials tell nbc news the trump administration is pausing u.s. military aid to ukraine, a seismic policy shift toward the u.s. ally and a win for russia. a white house official telling nbc news that the president is clear he is focussed on peace. and he needs our partners to be committed to that goal as well. more than three years into russia's war into ukraine, president trump says potential peace talks are not dead, but the next move is up to ukraine's president zelenskyy. >> i just think he should be more appreciative, because this country has stuck with him through thick and thin. >> reporter: president trump

firing back after zelenskyy said a peace deal was still very, very far away. >> he said he thinks the war's going to go on for a long time. and he better not be right about that. >> reporter: negotiations with ukraine on a deal to share the country's mineral wealth as pay back for u.s. aid seen as the first step in the broader peace process, collapsed. >> you're gambling with world war iii. >> reporter: top administration officials saying zelenskyy needs to express more regret for friday's explosive confrontation. >> time is not on his side. time is not on the side of just forever continuing this conflict. the american people's patience is not unlimited. their wallets are not unlimited. >> reporter: zelenskyyyy this weekend getting support at an emergency meeting of european leaders, as tension withth the white house now prompting concern about the future of nato and trump's relationship with russian president putin, a u.s. official tells nbc news that in late february, before friday's oval office showdown, defense

secretary pete hegseth ordered u.s. cyber command to stand down on offensive cyber operations against russia. the kremlin now saying the white house's foreign policy largely coincides with our vision, troubling for trump's former national security advisor hr mcmaster. >> vladimir putin couldn't be happier. what he sees is all the pressure on zelenskyy. all the pressure on ukraine. and no pressure on him. >> reporter: president trump then posting we should spend less time worrying about putin and more on immigration and crime. his focus now is getting putin to negotiate. >> it takes two to tango. and you're going to have to make a deal with russia. and you're going to have to make a deal with ukraine. i gave russia nothing. i gave them nothing. i gave them sanctions and they say how close i am to russia. let me tell you, we have to make a deal, because there are a lot

of people being killed that shouldn't be killed. >> and our thanks to gabe for that report. the head of new york's fbi field office says he was forced out of his job after he urged his employees to resist the trump administration's attempts to get names of all agents who worked on january 6 cases. james dennehy confirming that he put in his retirement papers. two sources say he was given the ultimatum, resign or be fired. on january 6, 2021, trump urged an armed mob to march on the capitol. on his first day back in office, he pardoned all 1500 people convicted for the attack, including violent offenders. the government could shut down at the end of next week. congress has until the end of next friday to agree on a spending plan, but hopes of reaching a deal are fading. democrats are pushing to include new constraints on the white house as they try to shut down federal agencies. so even passing a stopgap

funding bill could be difficult. nbc's ryan nobles has more on the backlash to doge. >> reporter: democrats are pushing back on elon musk's effort to slash the size of the federal bureaucracy. and now zeroing in on his comments about social security finances. >> social security is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> the richest man in the world is telling americans that earned benefits that they depend on and they paid into are a scam. they are not a scam. and americans know it. >> reporter: social security currently pays out more money to recipients than it takes in in taxes. the social security administration announcing it will cut costs by cutting 7,000 jobs, saying they're focussing on employees who dot directly provide mission critical services. president trump has pledged there will be no cuts to social security benefits.

meanwhile doge's next cuts, the pentagon budget which president trump says he asked him to go through. >> check out the military. and sadly, you'll find some things that are pretty bad. >> reporter: musk touting the cuts so far. >> it's a target rich for saving money. if it was a very well-run ship -- >> reporter: and doge saying musk is following the lead of the gao which estimates the federal governme loses between $233 billion to $521 billion annually to fraud. but new push back. >> i'm going to leave. >> reporter: kansas republican senator roger mahal forced to leave a meeting early to avoid a hostile crowd. president trump calling them without evidence paid troublemakers. >> we don't need paid protesters, bro. the american people are with us. >> and our thanks to ryan for that report. backlash mounting after the senate confirmed former wwe

executive linda mcmahon as the next education secretary. mcmahon has said she wholeheartedly agrees with president trump's mission to eliminate the education department. the national education association said there is no evidence mcmahon will suppor public schools, while the naacp called monday another dark day in america. wildfires roared across the carolinas. first responders finally gaining ground, dowsing the fast-moving flames as heavy smoke chokes out neighborhoods. >> the fire can go from just creeping along the ground to way up over your head in just a matter of a few minutes. >> this blaze burning near myrtle beach is the biggest south carolina has seen in at least five years. it has scorched over 2,000 acres and is 30% contained. a state of emergency remains in effect with the governor noting monday that no lives or buildings have been lost. and north carolina fire crews battling wildfires of

their own. a fire in pope county raging several months after the county was rocked by hurricane helene. the debris becoming fuel for the flames which have devoured nearly 600 acres. it is now 63% contained. a system is bearing down in the plains. >> we are going to continue to see kind of a mess with this system here through the day today. a tornado watch is in effect from texas into oklahoma, including oklahoma city and wichita falls. you can see thunderstorm warnings already this morning. this is the kind of ingredients that we're going to see throughout the day. and we'll see that tornado threat essentially from east texas all the way to alabama. plus we've got all the heavy rain and potential for snow and strong winds across the plains and midwest. by tomorrow this shifts farther to the east. we've got more of that hugging the east coast here. we'll still see the severe risk from delaware to georgia. but here's where we're watching

today. dallas, new orleans all included in this. strong tornados will be possible. we have elevated wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour or higher. the weather alerts are topping 10 million right now. and we are going to see snowfall, up to a for denver. snow in the forecast for minneapolis to green bay. a high of 36 degrees in duluth this afternoon. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you. >> appreciate that, angie, thanks. coming up, dolly parton's touching tribute to her husband of nearly 60 years. and a health setback for pope francis as he continues to battle double pneumonia. nues to battle double pneumonia. cause the active ingredient in head & shoulders fights off the microbes that cause dandruff.

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australia, cutting short an attempt at a cross-ocean rowing voyage. sailors of the australian navy braving dangerous swells to rescue the stranded adventurer. the man who made it nearly all the way across the pacific ocean on a row boat all alone. his 7500-mile journey spoiled by a tropical cyclone on friday which left him stranded in the coral sea for three days. his small, custom row boat rocked by huge waves and 50 mile-per-hour winds, forcing him to activate a rescue beacon days before he was set to reach his destination of brisbane. in an instagram post, he wrote, the next day is crucial for me. about to get maximum power from a passing typhoon. a followup video showing how treacherous the conditions were. he set off from san diego four

and a half months ago on a journey to row from california to australia, without stopping. his reason? to honor ukrainians who've died in the russian invasion of their country, according to lithuanian media. [speaking in a global language] documenting his adventure along the way, documenting eastern from late-night visitors to sharks. it is a feat only a few people have ever accomplished. a british rower, peter byrd is considered to be the first, making his voyage in 1983, even though he was towed the last 30 miles to the australian mainland. in 2015, another britt made the first fully-completed journey from san francisco to the australian city of kent. and, in 2023, australian

michelle lee became the first woman to do it. this man thwarted by mother nature, days away from joining the elite club. coming up on "today", savannah is live from washington, d.c. with her team coverage ahead of president trump's joint address to congress tonight. thanks so much for being with me and starting your morning with "early today." i'm frances rivera. have a great tuesday. see you back here early wednesday morning. for now, your news continues on nbc and our nbc stations. d our .

took a little pain and people understand that. but long term, the united states has been ripped off by virtually every untry in the world right now. at five new tariffs take effect. the trump administration is slapping canada, mexico and china with sweeping tariffs, drawing swift retaliation from america's biggest trading