president trump had a number of policy reversals including nato and china currency manipulation. >> signs that north korea is preparing for a major show of strength on april 15. >> a police investigation after a jay walking cim goes wrong. legal action for the doctor as all passengers ordered a full refund. >> chicago's world series celebration continues. >> a clown story to warm your heart. "early today" starts now. a lot to talk about. i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. one day before friday. we've got to deal with news and drama around the white house after president trump gave revealing interviews with new

york news papers, he down played steve bannon's role in the campaign and called him a guy who works for me leading to rumors of a possible departure. the president's former campaign manager may register as a foreign agent because of his past political work in ukraine. and now despite promising better relations with russia on the campaign, president trump is saying they, quote, may be at an all-time low. that wasn't the president's only surprising reversal. nbc's kristen welker brings us more. >> reporter: president trump making a number of stunning reversals as he faces foreign policy kree sis after calling nato obsolete on the campaign trail. >> that's okay. >> reporter: mr. trump changing his tone while standing next to nato's secretary general in the east room. >> i said it was obsolete. it's no longer obsolete. >> reporter: aimed at getting

allies and also pressing those countries to pay their fair share to support nato's mission. another striking reversal after vowing to label china a currency manipulator. >> they are grand masters of currency. >> reporter: telling the "wall street journal" they are not explaining taking that step could jeopardize talks with beijing on confronting the threat of north korea, the president wants china's help to press north korea to back off its recent nuclear provocations, and analysts saying the shift in policies reflect a one-time candidate who is adjusting to serving in the highest office. >> while i think it's part of a learning process that the president is going through, there are things one says on the campaign trail and then you face the realities of the office. >> thank you to kristin for that report. also tensions between the u.s. and russia on the rise. secretary of state rex tillerson says he just told russian president vladamir putin that the relationship is at a low

point that follows an interview putin gave in which he said the level of trust between the two countries has deteriorated since president trump took office. bill neely in moscow this morning. what more are you hearing about the tensions and what's behind it? >> reporter: good morning. it's been a head spinning 24 hours. any one watching the state. s of president trump, president putin and their diplomats, a case of diplomatic whiplash played out at the u.n., russia has used its veto yet again to veto a u.n. resolution condemning syria for using chemical weapons because russia says syria didn't use chemical weapons. the syrian regime didn't use those chemical weapons against that air base last week. and we've seen with rex tillerson meeting sergey lavrov here, public disagreement over the future of syria's president assad.

we've seen presidents trump and putin say that relations are at an all-time low to quote president trump, president putin saying they have deteriorated under president trump. and mr. trump saying it's possible for example that russia knew in advance about the chemical weapons attack. we're not getting along with russia, he said. all these statements in public mask the fact that possibly in private the two sides are trying to patch up relations, that's what we don't know. but clearly, the rhetoric in the last 24 hours has not been good. >> we'll have to see what transpires. bill neely in moscow, thank you. moving to north korea where new satellite images of the country suggests it could be preparing to launch a new nuclear test. experts say heavy activity near north korea's test site point to an upcoming underground detonation. some say it could be as soon as

saturday. this comes days after the u.s. began sending war ships to the korean peninsula. in a call with president trump wednesday chinese president xi jinping said beijing is willing to work with the u.s. on stopping north korea's nuclear weapons program. police in sacramento california launched investigation into one of their own after cell phone and dash cam video shows an officer beating a pedestrian stopped for jay walking. officials call the images disturbing. miguel almaguer has the story. >> right here. >> reporter: the confrontation turns violent in seconds. sacramento police officer slamming, then beating a pedestrian stopped for jay walking. with the man pummeled sacramento p.d. calls this punishing beatdown disturbing and unacceptable. launching a criminal investigation against one of

their own. >> i thought i was going to be the next trayvon martin. >> reporter: he says he was walking home from work when it happened. >> i feel like they were going to draw a gun out and shoot me in my back or try to break my arms off or something. >> reporter: releasing three dash cam videos, sacramento police promise transparency. >> stop right now before i take you to the ground. >> reporter: ignoring the officer's commands, the stand-off escalated when cane took off his jacket. and then said this. >> you could take your gun away and fight me. >> disturbing incident, based on the video you know, we don't condone this with any of our officers. much better, we hold ourselves to a high standard. >> naomi shot the video and posted it to social media. >> the video tells itself. he didn't resist nothing. >> reporter: in a climate police are often recorded, their

conduct scrutinized this officer is off the street and the man accused of jaywalking faces no criminal charges. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. a fast growing company has draw backs. tesla has a parking shortage at its california facility despite being the most valuable u.s. carmaker. there is a page employees can share headaches. the ceo called it one of his biggest nightmares. a busy road in massachusetts is expected to reopen after a massive water main break. a rusted bolt gave way causing the gusher. >> what do you get for the billionaire who has everything? it's a watch made with 260 carats of diamonds, dubbed the billionaire and sells for $18 million. that's enough to buy 9 over rarys. take your pick. >> wow. i'm not sure i'd want either.

you can do a heck of a lot with 18 million. idaho check out this hillside and trees along 95. you can see the highway 95, the mud, the rocks, the trees sliding toward the road. along with a popping sound of tree roots and actual earth as it covers the roadway. take a listen to that. you can hear it happening. >> sounds and looks like slow motion as that's coming down. right now i want to turn to bonnie schneider with warmer temperatures into the holiday weekend. how long is it going to last? >> we are looking at a nice warm-up especially for easter sunday. it might get cooler first. look at these temperatures going through the afternoon. cooler in boston at 60, above normal for this time of year. in the 80s across much of the south. looking toward easter sunday, very nice weather across much of the country. the nation's midsection may have to deal with rain we're seeing that this morning just now coming into milwaukee, watch out for heavy rain there. that's a look at the big weather

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skies are clear. temperatu temperatures have now dopd to 40s. clear skies temperatures are still falling. see philadelphia get cooler. 54 degrees. northerly wind at 14 miles an hour. cooler drier air coming in. 52 in new jersey. 55 in delaware. sunshine today and a lot of it. we'll be in the 60s this afternoon. coolest day of the last three. nice spring day. temperatures in the 60s this afternoon. little bit of a breeze keeping things comfortable all day. break it down hour by hour in ten minutes, but first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. watching a crash closing town a portion of kelly drive. video from the scene right now. one of the vehicles overturned. closed down between hunting park avenue and roosevelt boulevard. between those two points right in here is where the closure is. with that scene under way there, going to need an alternate. kelly drive here. take mlk drive. schuylkill expressway is always

an alternate. as soon as we start to see the morning commute get a little bit underway, we're going have the schuylkill not really the alternate there. right now, heading westbound or eastbound in those directions you'll be fine. here is the schuylkill just around golf mills. looks like we're finally cleared out of the way. had road flairs here. tractor trailer crash on the westbound side of skoog. no problems with the drive times. also watching 202. green here on the roads. happening today in new castle county. judge is going to rule on whether three teenage girls are going to be held responsible for the death of a classmate. >> reporter: tracey, next year will be -- or next week will be one year since amy joiner francis died in school bat room.