send in the marines, three defense officials confirm to nbc news, that additional u.s. marines will be deployed to afghanistan. >> that is not all, there's a plan to launch air strikes against isis targets in the f l philippin philippines. >> what is causing short tempers and a gender gap fire storm in google, heads rolling. extreme weather continues the early august rampage. important new details for working moms, early today, starts right now. good morning and thanks for being with us. >> we begin with new details

from the penitentiatagon. with three defense officials telling nbc news that the trump administration will will begin sending more marines to the front lines in afghanistan, as they look to rach he et up t-- s they look to rachet up the fight there. what can you tell us about the pentagon's decision in afgh afghanist afghanistan? >> we are talking about dozens of marines here, something under 100 to put that in perspective, there's 300 there now. and note ably, this is a request that came from the ground up. the generals on the ground requesting more assistance in their fight, they are in afghanistan, and it was not something that required the okay from the pontientagon or even t white house, these marines not being deployed from the united states, but moved around in theater in the region. for what was described as internal force protection for our troops there. about 300 already there with something less than 100 on the

way. this comes as president trump and his national security team are working on a long-term plan, the president said to be unhappy with the choices, with the options he has been presented, so they are taking time to analyze and work on a long-term plan about the u.s. involvement there. not only afghanistan, but now, another hot spot, the philippines, where isis seems to have taken control of at least one city, now, the u.s. is looking at providing more military support there as well. philip? >> a wider spread fight advent isis, tracy, thank you. and as tracy reported the u.s. is lacking to increase the fight against isis, this time in the philippines. secretary of state rex tillerson, vows more firepower in the war there. we have an eye opening and incredible on the ground account of the firefight. >> reporter: it could be the middle east. a city under siege.

under isis rule, and under ferocious air strikes. but this is not iraq or syria. it's the philippines, and isis captured it three months ago. in spite of these air tracks and attacks by 3,000 troops with american help, isis still holds this city. american spy planes and special forces helping an army in trouble. the danger is from isis snipers and they are just across that bridge and they have killed more than 100 of these soldiers. so it's street by street and house by house. >> house by house and street by street, we have to push them. >> dozens dug in. >> their snipers are very good. they do head shot all the time. >> they make videos and they are

trained in the middle east. >> translato >> in saudi arabia, 12 men have been trained there to make bombs? >> yes. >> isis is using this as a spring board in to asia. opening up a new battleground as it loses ground in the middle east. >> law enforcement in missouri are a man hunt for the person who killed one of their own. clinton police are searching for ian mccarthy, considered armed and dangerous. they say mccarthy shot and killed officer gary michael in a traffic stop. michael returned fire and mccarthy got away. he leaves behind a grieving wife and family. >> one man's bad decision and our family member was standing in the way of that decision.

>> authorities searched the suspects home, he has a warrant for his arrest in new hampshire and a charge of first degree murder added as the search continued for him. >> now, to a disturbing string of road rage incidents across the country. authorities in texas have spoken to a person of interest who claimed self defense for holding up his gun to another driver. he has been released but investigation continues. a 4-year-old boy is recovering after being shouldity in the head while riding in his mom's suv. we have a look at anger behind the wheel. >> reporter: police in lancaster, texas, have identified a possible suspect who investigators say pointed a gun at a passing car. driving on i-35 in dallas, the woman who recorded the video denies provoking the man but the suspect appeared to believe she was tailgating. this man, fired a gun five times

in the air. >> ems got a call for a 4-year-old shot. >> reporter: in ohio, a 4-year-old boy was shot in the head after his mother honked in another car. north of los angeles, this confrontation, a motorcyclist kicking a car on a busy freeway. leading to a chain reaction crash. according to a aaa study, 80% of drivers have admitted to experiencing significant anger behind the wheel. one of the reasons, as the economy improves, we see that we have more drivers on the road. obviously more traffic can be a little stressful for drivers. >> reporter: to put the brakes on road rage, the police started their own campaign. following the shooting deeth of 19-year-old dylan spade. >> we are seeing more cases involving firearms. displaying them or brandishing

them. >> reporter: why do you think you that is? >> we don't know. >> they are looking for unnecessary tailgating, honking. they are trying to prevent another deadly outburst on the road. for "early today," nbc news, arlington, texas. >> severe weather is continuing to create havoc across the united states. a possible tornado caused damage in maryland, winds so powerful, they tossed cars like toys, thrusting that car on top of the others. the weather service is investigating to determine whether a tornado touched down there. >> a man was caught in a fralas flood and the crews had to reach him by ladder. he was a bit embarrassed butting. we have more flash flooding in the forecast? >> yeah, all eyes on houston. they are flood prone and flash flood warnings, they are

vulnerable to slow moving thunderstorms. if you watch northeast of houston in the red, that has not moved much, already five inches of rain. now, they are going to be watching showers and storms through the stationary front, mississippi, alabama, rain left over, down to richmond and norfolk, that will exit in the day. this afternoon, more showers and storms. again, you know, they will be hit and miss, not too widespread, not from kim jung un.

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kim jong-un is threatening a thousand fold revenge against the u.s. while continuing his missiles and weapons tests. we go to kelly in london. >> there's word that he is doing had military maneuvering, what can you tell us? >> that is right, officials say they have die teetected submari activity. they noticed it a week ago, signs of a test launch from a submarine as north korea tried to develop sea launch capabilities. pyongyang carrying out two missile launches in a month. both missiles reached a high altitude on a normal trajectory and that the missiles could reach parts of the united states. north korea is defiant, calling the sanctions passed on sunday a

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his front door. you can see the water as high as his tires. let's go to bill henley with the most accurate forecast in town. hi, bill. good morning. we are drying out this morning but a few showers are falling near cape may. very light precipitation. the steadier rain is to the south this morning. we still have a few scattered showers, so don't be surprised if you see a sprinkle this morning, but nothing more than that. mostly cloudy skies. we'll see skies clearing throughout the day. we're getting a cool start. right now clouds over the lehigh valley. clouds over the suburbs in philadelphia, 68 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. the temperatures will warm up to 69 degrees. still lingering clouds at 9:00. but going throughout the day, the clouds will break for sunshine and temperatures climb to just around 80 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia and the suburbs. new jersey, 80 degrees and upper 70s for not only the shore but delaware, too. i'll break it down hour by hour

and show you how quickly the temperatures rise when i come back in a few minutes. first we'll get a look at traffic with jessica boyington. we are starting on the expressway. this is between the closure of the broad street and schuylkill expressway. once in a while you'll see cars move through the area, but this is part of the construction project where we are losing the lanes there. traffic is being diverted off the broad street off-ramp for now. and earlier, the schuylkill was seeing all lanes stopping right near roosevelt boulevard as they picked up cones in the area on the eastbound side of gold mills and route 1. right now 15 minutes is the total drive time, so not bad with the construction project in place. 51 miles per hour for the up average speed. in pennsport we are seeing construction with no delays moving by the scene. and 95 is looking good as you can