korea early this morning. it was launched off the country's east coast. it flew about 300 miles into the sea of japan. we're live in london. what more can you tell us about this missile launch? >> reporter: well, yes, good morning, betty. this is the latest in a series of missile launches by north korea. it's what successful ballistic missile launch so far by the north. a spokes person tells nbc news that the presumed kn 11 submarine launched ballistic missile occurred off the coast of north korea. it was tracked for 300 miles over and into the sea of japan adding that it did not pose a threat to north america. although japan's prime minister

and will deal with it resolutely . it was likely timed as a show of force as a south korean military exercise. we do have breaking news to tell you about. an operation is underway right now by the turkish military aided by u.s. coalition to clear isis along the turkey/syria border. it's just south of where last weekend's deadly wedding attack occurred. turkish and u.s. coalition war planes have carried out four air strikes on the town so far, 63 isis targets have been fired at more than 200 times with artillery and shelling. turkey special forces have entered syria as part of this mission. now to china. an investigation is underway

surveillance video shows the pedestrian plaza gives way swallowing up two people and two motorcycles. police and good samaritans help the victims out of the massive sink hole. they're being treated for serious injuries and still no word on what caused that sink hole. that is frightening. so just ahead, why is the federal government trying to keep you from swimming with dolphins? but first, bill has the latest on a tropical wave threatening wake up to but what's the news on that? >> could be some of our gulf coast states too. the hurricane hunters will investigate to see if we are going to track this as a tropical system. in the next five days they're saying there's a 70% chance of development and you can see the formation takes it anywhere here near puerto rico and possibly the bahamas in the next five

at what intensity is the big question. here's a closer look at the day ahead. well, we're going to continue to watch a lot of heat and humidity throughout the southern half of the country and thunderstorms will be popping up too from areas of south texas all the way down through the gulf coast states and your typical afternoon storms in the southeast. now, that's what's ahead for today. "early today" is back in two. od. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ? tomorrow, tomorrow... ? ? i love ya, tomorrow ? in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren.

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welcome back, everybody. we are continuing to follow breaking news out of italy where a 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rocked the central part of that country. we want to go live now near the epicenter of where this occurred. what are you seeing right now? can you hear me? all right. we're having a little bit of

tremors have been felt. the first recorded outside the town of norcia which is about 100 miles away from rome so that gives you the stretch of where these tremors could be felt. multiple aftershocks and as you see right there in these live pictures, people still trying to rescue those trapped underneath the rubble. so far we understand by local media that at least 13 people are dead due to this earthquake. i want to take you back now to cy on the phone. i know it's been a little bit difficult with the situation there, but lucy, are you with us? >> caller: yes. i can hear you just fine. incredibly powerful quake that struck around 6:30 a.m. local time. it was powerful enough to wake me up in rome nearly 100 miles away. right now we are very close to

we have seen rescue crews rushing to the scene, bringing bulldozers trying to bring rescue workers to pull people out of the rubble. officials say there are still people trapped in some of the buildings. entire homes have been razed. that means this is full of tourists who have been visiting staying in these towns and so they're a lot more than they would normally be. there have been casualties reported. we're probably not going to get the full scale of the devastation until all of the bodies have been recovered from being trapped under the rubble. >> all right. we're having a little difficulty hearing you. obviously service is being affected by the devastation that we're seeing on our screen right

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concern from old video of me doing similar stuff. >> let's hope you don't run for president in that case. former miss universe has gained her u.s. citizenship and she says it's time to vote against the former owner of the pageant. she was 19 years old at the time. trump allegedly called her ms. piggy and ms. housekeeping and he personally escorted the gym telling the howard stern show she was an eating machine. she said the public humiliation led to eating disorders. she took to instagram saying she will be supporting hillary clinton. >> the campaigns love to use joe the plumber, they love to use these people to try to get back at the other person. >> and hillary clinton really, she took advantage of this saying hey, i'll take the vote

citizenship so there you go. >> so this is my chance to talk about scarlet johansen a little bit. this is the list of the highest paid actresses for the second year in a row. of course, hunger games, she takes a chunk of the purse from the hunger games too, so her agent did a good job of getting her that. she's $46 million and the hot melissa m avengers star took the list and jennifer aniston there and julia roberts still on the list too. there's a massive earnings that's proof of the gender pay back. still that big pay back is there in hollywood. >> this is "early today." day." ? the sun'll come out tomorrow... ?

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