first daughter ivanka trump representing the u.s. at the closing ceremony. it wasn't all sports. >> we are 50 miles away from north korea. so affirming the u.s. position and ouroint position of maximum pressure. with our south korea partners is very important. >> back home, protecting or kids is taking center stage in washington today. in parkland, florida families repair to send families back to school this week. >> it's scary coming back. we're all together. >> it's a forever pit hole in your gut.

this is can't be the new normal. fall out over accusations of illegal pay outs to college athletes from the top schools. >> a black panther continues to clean up at the box office. early today starts right now. great being back with you again this morning. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm philip mena. we begin this morning with an interview with the president's representative at the winter olympics. first daughter ivanka trump. his daughter also an official white house senior adviser was dispatched for the closing ceremony. to restore relations with north korea and other delegations. after mike pence was unable to meet with the rogue reneem jegi officials. north korea indicated it is open to talks with the u.s. everyone after the country reacted with a heat the response following the latest round of sanctions.

ivanka trump speaks on that sdp the gun debate. in this interview with nbc. >> reporter: america's ba ambassador at the games. >> it's been amazing experience to be able to interact with so many athletes and to get to see so many of the games and see the men's curling take home gold for the first time. curling before? >> i had not. i got an education. it was awesome. >> reporter: her visit here in south korea not exclusively ceremonial. delivering a message of unity to a crucial ally. >> we are 50 miles away from north korea. affirming the u.s. position and our joint position of maximum pressure with our south korea i >> reporter: after kim jong un sister attended the opening ceremony. local media called her north

korea's ivanka. >> miss trump addressing her father's controversial suggestion some teachers should carry guns. >> you're a mom of three young children. do you believe arming teachers would make children safer? >> to be honest i don't know. obviously there would have to be a high standard for who would be able to bear arms in the school. there's no one solution to creating safety. >> you advise your dad on this? and other topics. >> having a teacher who is armed and cares deeply about her students, or his students. and who is capable and qualified to bear arms. is not a bad idea. but it's an idea that needs to be skused. >> reporter: keeping students safe. what the first daughter insists should be our top priority.

>> congress is set to return this week as many demonstrate against the circumstances that allow the shooting massacre in florida to have taken place. the movement against assault weapons persisted over the weekend. marchs and rallies taking place coast to coast. florida governor succumbed to pressure going against the nra. the age required to obtain an assault weapon should be increased to 21. scott was among the governors at the white house last night dining with the president. as ghets set to sit down with them. but will public pressure be enough to bring about change? for more. we're joined by edward lawrence in washington. >> that's the great question. the big question. congress failed to act after other big shootings like sandy hook and columbine. this time president trump is pushing the national debate. some of suggestions have turned

those students avked ffected by latest shooting in activist. hosting governors at the white house for a dinner. and school shootings were on the their minds. >> we have a lot of meetings tomorrow. very important meeltings. we'll talk about parkland and the horrible event that took place last week. i want to thank governor rick scott. please stand up. you're doing a great job. that will be one of the subjects and i think we'll make that first in the list. we have to end our country of what's happening with respect to that subject. >> president trump breaking with the nra calling for mental health screening. greater background checks. banning bump stocks and raising the age of buying assault rifles from 18 to 21.

a poll shows americans maybe ready for a change. 61% in the poll show that americans would allow or want gun safety laws to be tightened. another poll shows 63% of people say semi-automatic weapons should be banned. congress members say they plan on introducing laws this week. >> all right. thank you. six people injured and hospitalized following an explosion that left a building in flames in the english city of lester. north of london. the blast happened on a crowded street ta leads to the city center. police declared the situation a major incident and stated there was no indication that the emergency was terrorist related. u.s. intelligence officials say russian military spies hacked 300 computers at the winter olympics in pyeongchang. while trying to make it look like north korea was the culprit. two unnamed u.s. officials say the attack was likely in

retaliation against the committee for banning the russian team from the games due to doping violations at the 2014 games. the spies hacked routers and deployed mall ware at the opening ceremony. the games wrapped up sunday. nearly 3,000 athletes took to the stage one last time for a night filled with light shows and musical performances. team usa came in fourth in the medal count with 23. nine gold. >> communities are reeling this morning after severe storms roored across the central u.s. over the weekend. killing five people. a powerful weather system stretching from texas to eastern canada unleashed thunderstorms, widespread flooding and five tornados. tearing off roofs from homes and leveling others and uprooting trees and demolishing cars in the path. some communities threatened from treacherous floods due to rising water levels and rivers like the ohio and louisville kentucky. which hit the highest in 20

years. a rescue operation turned into a recover are mission. after a 6 year-old boy fell ento a creek. crews are urging people to be cautious. >> bill karins with a look at what we're watching with some spots getting a good drenching. >> the south ooets is getting a drenching today. it won't cause the flooding. we need to get rid of the spring like weather pattern with the endless rain. we're drying where we need this. arkansas and missouri. indiana, illinois. southern portions of michigan. throughout the week we'll watch a new storm developing towards the middle of the week with heavy rain through tennessee and kentucky. and ohio valley. that heads to the east coast by the time we get to the friday peer. that could be a nor'easter storm with mountain snow. an competing in an

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and says extra troops and planes have been deployed. to the security clearance controversy. why one of the president's most trusted advisers son-in-law jared kushner still doesn't have his full security clearance. more than a year after president trump took office. and with the new clearance policy set to take place any day, the question is to what extent will the changes impact kushner and his significant policy portfolio. we have more from the white house. >> reporter: rarely heard in public. >> i'm seen your adviser to president donald j trump. >> reporter: his ability to see the nations most guarded secrets is in jeopardy. >> jared has done an out standing job. >> reporter: the most inside of insiders. the 37 year-old kushner, husband of ivanka. doesn't have permanent high level security cloerns. >> there's nothing normal about a senior adviser having an

interim clearance for more than a year. >> reporter: the "washington post" reports a top justice department official rod rosenstein who over sees the russia investigate called the white house counsel don mcgahn to deliver a warning. his background check hit a serious but unspecified snag. >> this conversation is status update. others said it was a houston we have a problem moment. >> reporter: friday. john kellily put in place new policy. tightening access to secrets for staffers without permanent clearance. president trump was asked if he would waive the rules for his son-in-law. >> i will let general kelly make the decision. and he's going to do what's right for the country. and i have no doubt he'll make the right decision. >> reporter: kushner has been interviewed by the special counsel. and says he had no improper contact with russia. a campaign official he attended

the june 2016 trump tower meelting with the russian lawyer and others. democrats have raised concern that kushner's vast foreign business interests pose a conflict. >> if general kelly wants to his job he'll make president happy. and allow the clearance. >> aids wouldn't comment on his security clearance. the chief of staff said in a statement that he has full confidence in kushner and his ability to do his work. which includes middle east peace and the u.s. relationship with mexico. the white house has not explained if or how he could carry out the responsibilities without the highest level permanent security clearance. >> thank you. a new scandal rocking college basketball. what the ncaa will do is anyone's guess. you're watching early today. so he took aleve this morning.

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nations top basketball programs. allegations come as we're a couple weeks from the start of march madness. >> reporter: the university of arizona lost three times. once to the oregon ducks. again as they lost top recruit shacks son. who tweeted he's hooking at other options and losing head coach sean miller. who sat out. this after reported the fbi caught miller on a wiretap discussing a $100,000 payment to a freshman star. miller denied offering payment saying he's confident he will be vindicated. the athletes family told espn he hasn't discussed any payment to plan. on the heels of a bomb shell report from yahoo sports naming at least 20 division one colleges and a federal corruption investigation that yahoo said included hundreds of thousands in cash advances. and inflated travel expenses

shown in court documents. the report has the ncaa playing defrs again. just months after the university of louisville bribery scandal. and only two weeks before the march madness tournament. >> this year it will be more difficult to explain away the elephant in the room. and the fact college basketball coaches maybe paying $100,000 for recruits. >> if the allegations are true, they point to systemic failures that must be fixed and fixed now. some say the ncaa is over due for a reckoning. >> we have to drop the idea that these are amateurs. they're not. they're pros in waiting. >> a big money league that pays players only in prestige. still ahead. tigers run in with an unsuspecting duck. this you have to see. you're watching early today.

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foggy start. it may be hard on the see on the roads for your morning commute. what you need to know before heading out the door. demolition delayed. why a condo building hit by fire will continue standing for now and what it mean for the community. their message for lawmakers. >> we are back on it this morning, monday morning. welcome to a new week. i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikehema. and fog could cause problems coming into work today. let's look at ocean city where you can just see how dense the fog is there right now. and let's get right to

meteorologist bill henley. the most accurate forecast in town. >> yeah, it's pretty widespread this morning. check out cape may. and the suburbs and lehigh valley you'll find some light fog. and now allentown reporting dense fog with quarter mile visibility. go through philadelphia and the thicker fog right now in dover and at the shore for wildwood. and atlantic city, dense fog. a little slow to clear today, but we will see it clear. 43 in the suburbs, 45 in philadelphia. those clouds that were with us all weekend are going to with us this morning. the winds are going to be shifting and that's going to give us drying conditions and send us into the 50s today, closer to 60 in new jersey. i'll break it down hour by hour when i'm back in ten minutes. but first jessica boyington watching first alert traffic. thanks, bill. and starting on the schuylkill

expressway. we're watching our cameras around montgomery drive. other than that east and westbound visibility looks good right here, too. and roads are for the most part pretty dry. and also watching 95. 95 moving through delaware not seeing any problems. speeds into the 60s, and end with mass transit. everything on schedule so far. new this morning a change of plans for an old city building gutted by fire. we have learned the building at third and chestnut will stay standing for now. katey, officials originally planned to demolish the building this week but things have changed. walk us through this. >> reporter: we learned yesterday things have changed. but you can still smell that smoky odor. it is definitely still strong in the air. this is 239 chestnut street. it was destroyed by fire about a week ago and that smell is still prettytr