paris climate agreement. president trump called climate change a hoax and today he may come through on one of his biggest campaign promises. cleared for takeoff. james comey given the green light to testify before congress setting up a he said he said with mr. trump over the russia investigation. >> have you anything to drink tonight? >> are you sure? taken medications? >> new released dash cam video of tiger woods' arrest. another instance of a passenger dragged from a plane, this time the reason is very different. "early today" starts

i'm frances rivera. the world waits with bated breath as the president of the united states finally makes his decision on the obama era paris accord perhaps fulfilling a long held campaign pledge. >> we're going to cancel the paris climate agreement. and scrap the $5 trillion obama clinton climate action plan and the clean power plan. >> overnight the president who referred to climate change as a hoax tweeted saying a decision had been reached and announcement will be made on the non-binding pact that includes every nation in the world. every nation except two, nicaragua and syria. tracie potts is following it all. good morning. should we be looking out for surprises from the president today? >> reporter: maybe not. he said he wants to get rid of it according to sources he seems to be leaning that way. there is pressure from all sides, take a look.

president lobbying for him to remain in this deal including his daughter ivanka, son-in-law jared and members of his add min triggs, his cabinet. on the other side others close to the president including steve bannon want him to dump this deal. elon musk part of his advisory council says he will walk out if the president walks out on the climate deal. what do the american people think? according to our nbc "wall street journal" poll the latest one, 67%, over two thirds of the country, say immediate or some action is needed to deal with climate change. now, here on capitol hill there are nearly two dozen senators who are urging the president to get out of this deal, on the other hand, there are more than two dozen major companies and we'll see some of them advertising today, who are telling the president to stick with the deal. so as i

from all sides. we'll get the president's decision mid afternoon here in washington. >> major influencers on both sides of that decision coming out at 3:00 this afternoon eastern time. thank you. . former fbi director james comey cleared permitted to testify before congress on the trump russia probe that as hillary clinton addresses the role russian spies played on her doomed presidential com pain. andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: james comey has the green light to testify to congress as early as next week. permission from special counsel robert mueller and is expected to be asked about what the president said to him about the russia probe. nbc news previously reported that comey told friends he felt pressured to back off from the investigation. this as the house intelligence committee approved seven subpoenas, four for former national security adviser michael flynn, trump lawyer michael cohen and their businesses on the russia probe and three for classified reports related he

officials susan rice, salmmanth power and john brennan improperly accessed the identity of trump associates in intelligence reports. rice strongly denied it to us. >> did you leak the name of mike flynn. >> i leaked nothing to nobody and never would. >> reporter: hillary clinton blasted russian spies for hacking her campaign manager's e-mails, then working with american political operatives she said to target her campaign with false messages on the internet. >> the russians in my opinion and based on the intel and counterintel people i talked to, could not have known how best to weaponize that information unless they had been guided. and here's -- >> by americans. >> guided by americans. >> who did she say creted those, top fund-raisers and the president's son-in-law. >> they came to jared kushner and basically said we will marry our operation, we will

on two conditions. you pick steve bannon and you pickly ann conway. bannon who had been running the breitbart operation, supplying a lot of the untrue, false stories. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. clinton said that donald trump and bernie sanders could get angry but voters didn't accept that from a woman. trump tweeting crooked hillary clinton blames everybody but herself refuses to say she was a terrible candidate, hits facebook even dems and dnc. clinton posted quote people in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe. hitting trump for that strange tweet that had many scratching their heads. florida police released new video showing tiger woods before he was arrested monday. after the star golfer was found asleep at the wheel an officer asked him a series of questions.

>> do you know where you're going? >> no. >> have you had anything to drink tonight? >> are you sure? 100%. >> have you taken illegal drugs? >> no. >> okay. have you taken medication? >> yes. >> the officer then conducted a field sobriety test on woods. >> w, x, y, and z. >> sir, what i want you to do is place your hands behind your back. okay. >> the officer released pictures of woods mercedes with a gash down to the rim. police conducted two breathalyzer tests which registered a 0.0 reading indicating woods was not under the influence of alcohol. woods claimed that he was affected by an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. new this morning, drama on a malaysia flight from melbourne, australia, a passenger had to be forcibly removed fro

after he allegedly tried to entur the cockpit with a black object. it happened shortly after takeoffment the passengers and crew tackled the man and tied him up until the plane returned. >> he ran toward the front of the plane and tried getting in the cockpit. >> i think he is raging lunatic and the thing he had was a boom box. >> the 25-year-old man was taken into custody. the incident was not terror related. a pennsylvania emergency room doctor was found with an assault weapon and am no in his car outside the trump hotel in washington, d.c. early wednesday police and secret service agents arrested him shortly after getting a tip that the man with weapons had checked into the hotel. >> i believe that the officers and our federal partners and in particular the tipster coming forward averted a potential disaster. >> it remains unclear what he was up

information why he came. the secret service said he posed no threat immediate threat to anybody under their protection. he was arrested for possessing unregistered firearms and is expected to be charged today. to the growing back lash over the shocking viral photo of comedian kathy griffin holding up a mocked up bloodied image of president trump. she has apologized, it's cost her a high profile job. a warning here for you. these images are graphic. her is stephanie gosk. >> i went too far i made a mistake and i was wrong. >> apology hours after the images went viral. kathy griffin holding a bloodied likeness of president donald trump's head. >> the image is too disturbing. i understand how it offends. >> it was not enough for the president tweeting kathy griffin should be ashamed of herself. my children especially my 11-year-old son are having a hard time with this. sick. the first lady followed. as a mot

being that photo is very disturbing. it makes you wonder about the mental health of the person who did it. >> this is fake blood. >> reporter: the 56-year-old joked during the photo shoot with the possible reaction. not a joke for the secret service which looks into any possible threat to the president. people weren't laughing on line either calling it disgusting, repugna repugnant, shocking. chelsea clinton tweeted this is vile and wrong. it is never funny to joke about killing a president. >> you don't know what you're talking about. >> reporter: cnn announced griffin would not thoes new year's eve live show. franken not ready to cancel an appearance in july. >> she did make a very heart felt apology, i think she was thinking she was making some artistic statement, but that image has no place in

>> reporter: at a time of deep political divisions a rare agreement over what defines bad taste. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. road crews in denver working through the night to repair damage caused by this tanker fire on interstate 25. officials say the fuel truck blew a tire. the video shows a driver here, watch, jumping out of the tanker after the accident. he was taken to the hospital with injuries but he is expected to recover. scary close to the other vehicles. the fire shut down both sides of the highway for hours. the northbound side is still closed this morning. incredible images. now to nbc meteorologist bill karins on this first day of hurricane season. hoping its quiet. >> it is. usually we start quiet. june and july maybe average one storm and there is nothing brewing so that's fantastic. we're watching the gulf of mexi

will be with us for two days, a stall boundary focusing for afternoon showers and storms. shreveport to dallas and new orleans area, then tomorrow will track some of that heavier stuff in north florida and central florida. it's the rainy season now that we head into june along the gulf coast. that's a look at the weather story of the day. now a closer look at your day ahead. there is going to be nice beautiful weather today up to the carolinas, and areas of tennessee and kentucky, looks pretty good. beautiful weather in northern new mexico. even oklahoma is dry and sun we temperatures in the 80s. that's not the only good weather. there is beautiful stuff enjoy the beginning of june great lakes up to the northeast. how about this. you can own a piece of disco history. the iconic light up dance floor from saturday night fever is going up for auction this month. how would that look in your apartment. the floor was custom built for the film, it was installed 18 brooklyn club for the movie. it's been there ever since.

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with a report alleging the trump white house is looking to give russia back its compounds in maryland and new york. russian officials were ousted from those compounds by the obama administration in late december in a direct response to moscow's interference in the 2016 election. it isn't clear what the u.s. would get in return for the move. and while the state department says the u.s. and russia have reached no agreements, the post report comes a week after the official twitter account of the russian embassy demanded two compounds be returned, quote, asas, other wise they threatened we'll have to take counter measures. 80 people are dead and 465 injured, the toll in the deadly suicide bombing in kabul, one of the worst in the city. the blast happened during the morning rush hour on wednesday in a highly secure area of the city near several embassies. a spokesperson confirmed the casualties and said most killed were civilians. among the wounded 11 american

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everywhere, jerry garcia, auctioned at the brooklyn bowl for $1.9 million. the guitar named wolf was custom made for garcia. the instrument features a cartoon-like wolf image and played around the world from madison square garden to egypt so a great story. what would you rather have, talking about the disco floor? >> guitar. >> i'd rather have the floor though it's like -- it went for so much less. residents in washington, d.c. are getting new neighbors. how about the obamas for neighbors. after a few months testing out a home the obamas decided to purchase the property. the house previously owned by former white house press secretary joe lockhart sold for $8.1 million. the obamas plan to stay in d.c. at least until the youngest daughter sasha graduates from high school. >> it's all for the

how would you like to be a neighbor to knock on the door and give them a pie. or a welcome basket. >> may have a couple of security people to go through before that point. >> that small detail. 50 years ago the beatles releasing sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band. it's marching back to the top of the charts with hits like lucy in the sky. come on join me. with a little help from my friends, four grammys and named the best of all time by rolling stone. that starts a whole different conversation who you think the best album of all time. >> this is one of the biggest regret is giving up the vinyls because right about now you know, especially for our kids, young kids, they -- we need to saturate them with this. >> they love these. they come wack. >> you're watching "early today." we can't stay here!

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now on "news 4 today," a disturbing discovery at a museum dedicated to african-americans. shocking find many thought was a part of history, not the present. it is a report that may have you thinking twice before letting your kids get behind the wheel. what the new research out overnight says as well as how to keep your son or daughter safe on the road. and a heads up for drivers in northern virginia. where the latest speed cameras are now up and running. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we're working for you to get you out the door on time. >> melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the roads. let's start with chuck and

sheena. for the first time in days we don't need the umbrella. >> you don't need it later today. that's for sure. there is a small chance for a quick shower. i think people are going to like the change in the weather. >> me, too. you need the sunglasses, short sleeves. a beautiful thursday and even beautiful friday setting up. we have some nice changes as we go into the weekend. we'll talk more about that in just a bit. it's nice outside, 63 degrees in the district. comfortably cool. mid 50s gaithersburg. 58, 62 in quantico. we have some of the clouds around. maybe a few light showers near 81 south of winchester, but as we go through the day today, it's going to shape up to be nice. by lunchtime, 78 degrees. sunny skies. by 4:00 p.m., low 80s. plenty of sunshine. closer look as we go into the week end. let's check the

we have a work zone blocking the right lane. outer loop after van dorn, two left lanes getting by the milling and paving project there. otherwise, i would say we're actually looking okay here this morning. no major problems. northbound 395 at washington boulevard, having to work some there blocking the right lane there. live look eastbound river before little falls, that's where it starts to be just one lane headed into town there. big project happening very slow headed in bound. eun? >> melissa, thank you. breaking news overnight. stabbing on a college campus. molette green is at the live desk. >> this happened on howard university's campus on the 500 block of w street. that's near the lewis stokes library. the stabbing victim is a man who was conscious and breathing when they found him late last night. no information on suspects. when we get more information we're goi

our nbc washington app. back to you, aaron. >> molette, thank you. now to this new video we got in overnight showing a car that slammed into a building. the crash happened around 9:00 last night on massachusetts avenue near tenth street in northwest d.c. nobody was hurt and no word on what caused that accident. this morning the smithsonian secretary is calling it a cowardly act. the statement comes after a noose was found hanging inside the national museum of african-american history and culture. tourists found the noose yesterday inside the museum's exhibit on segregation. police removed it and shut down the gallery for about an hour. visitors are upset that someone would do something like this. >> sad. very sad. in this day and age this is happening. >> we don't let acts of cowardess like this deter us. we are, if anything, even more vigilant. >> the museum would not say whether security

left. this is not the first time this has popped up. on april 27th a noose was found happening inside the kitchen of the university of maryland. four days later bananas tied to posts were on the campus. it's the same day as the first black student took over as president. then on may 11th, 2017, a teacher found a noose hanging from a light fixture at a middle school in an arundle county. two men were arrested and charged with hate crimes. then last friday a noose was found near the smithsonian. no one has been arrested.