side. >> overnight a van plows into pedestrians outside a mosque in london. at least one person has died as police investigatehether it was an intentional act. this morning we know about the sailors that died in a freak accident in the uss fitzgerald. >> and is president trump the target of an investigation or not and americans at risk of extreme weather. "early today" starts right now. >> and we begin with breaking news out of

an overnight attack has left at least one person dead, ten others injured after a van plowed into pedestrians after a van plowed into a mosque. many left at the scene terrified. here's a firsthand account that stopped the driver of the man intending to do more harm. >> were you afraid? >> yeah, i was afraid. yeah. i reacted automatically to save the other people. >> do you think this was a deliberate attack? >> the person was taken into kus bibby authorities. but with britain on high alert the questions many are asking this morning, was this an act of terror? for more we're joined by lucy on the ground there in london. give us a sense

there this morning. >> reporter: well, this morning police are still holding that police line behind me just a few feet down that way to my right is where that white van driven by the 48-year-old gentleman who is now in custody plowed into a crowd of civilians just after midnight as people were exiting the two mosques in this area leaves their evening prayers before breaking their fast in the holy month of ramadan. waiting for the authorities to get here, ten people injured, one man died. it's not clear whether that man died because of the van plowing into him. the police say he was receiving first aid as that truck ran by. they are investigating this as a terrorist incident and i can tell you from speaking to people here, this is very much the impression on people's minds that this was a terrorist incident. they feel this was

on the aftermath on the terrorist attacks we've seen across the uk and they want more protection and that is something that they are getting. police announcing that they will be deploying more resources, more patrols toward the mosques surrounding the mosques across london. prime minister teresa may say thg is investigated as a terrorist incident. she will be holding a cobra meeting. this is the equivalent of a white house situation room. the police force to try to piece together what happened to try to determine whether there's any more risk to the public. but at this stage there are no other suspects except for the man who is now in custody. they will be questioning him looking into whether he had any mental issues. for now the situation under control but obviously an investigation still undergoing. combing through the evidence trueing to piece together exactly what happened in a city and a

so much, so soon. >> more reason for them to be on edge. thank you. now to officials investigating the deadly collision between a u.s. navy destroyer and a container ship off the coast of japan. it happened saturday night. officials have now released the names of the victims. they are carlos victor ganzon, gary rehm jr. and hernandez from texas. doug los from san diego. nbc is in japan this morning. what's the latest on this deadly collision? >> well, the uss fitzgerald took quite a hit.

were sleeping alt the time of te collision. it was a scramble to save the ship from sinking. the crew had to work hard. many of them were trying to rescue sailors who were stuck in these various compartments that had been damaged. divers recovered their bodies after the ship had been towed back to port that took 16 hours. we were allowed to visit the port to have a closer look at the ship and the damage and it is considerable. it's crushed on the starboard side. there's a huge gash near the keel of the ship and the damage below water is considered to be far worse. how is it that a u.s. destroyer, an advanced warship with communications equipment on board was able to collide with a container ship at least three times its size? there were no

investigations that are happening right now and they hope to get closer to some answers. >> all right. thank you. portugal is reeling. firefighters are still looking for more victims. the prime minister declared three days of mourning saying that its country quote knows no end. >> reporter: a deadly inferno like no other. the wildfires that began spreading across this region spared nothing in their path. panic and fear as residents spread to fast moving flames. anguish the moment this woman realized she's lost everything but her life. 60 people killed, nearly half died as they tried to escape trapped in their cars on a road north of lisbon that was suddenly engulfed by fire. this woman says she was inside her h w

burn. the fire was all around us, she says. the firefighters came to get us because we could horardly breat. entire villages were evacuated to safety. the survivors left with nothing. news reporter was on the scene of a relief effort underway. >> reporter: people are showing their solidarity to the victims after fire. the ones escaped are donating to the ones that lost everything. >> authorities think lightning is to blame caused by a dry thunderstorm when rain evaporates before reaching the ground because of high temperatures. spain and france pitching in with water dumping helicopters as the fire continues to spread. three days of mourning have been declared for the victims. the pope this sunday

soccer team offering a moment of silence for a tragedy words cannot describe. the president facing new questions on what is fast becoming an all encompassing investigation after a member of his own legal team openly disagreed with assertions that mr. trump is not under investigation. kelly has that and more. >> reporter: on this father's day the trumps returning from their first visit to camp david. and back to the heat, the political fever of the russia investigation. >> he's not afraid of the investigation. there is no investigation. i want to be clear here. >> reporter: spanning sunday morning tv screen, one of the president's personal lawyers going on offense. >> there's not an investigation of the president of the united

>> but contradicting the president's own social media admission friday. i'm being investigated for firing the fbi director. notably he did not repeat that in a trio of tweets when he denounced the distraction of the witch hunt. but the discrepancy set off sparks. >> you don't know that he isn't under investigation now, do you? >> no one's notified us that he is so i can't read people's minds. >> jay is expected to be the public face of the trump defense, a team led by the long time real estate lawyer and his partner. and bringing the heft of washington criminal defense experience, veteran attorney john doud. while this is the washington headquarters for the government's team led by special counsel robert mueller with about a dozen senior level lawyers hired so far with

and prosecuting white collar public corruption and financial crimes cases. meanwhile the separate inquiries on capitol hill are progressing slowly. >> i can say that the collusion or cooperation aspect of the invest gauigation is not over a i'd say we're 20% into it. >> thank you. and this week may have even more news on the russia investigation with new developments coming from capitol hill. tracie potts joins us. >> reporter: both intelligence committees investigating the russia collusion question. the house is playing a bit of catchup after its chair stepped down from this particular investigation. they will hear from former obama homeland security secretary to talk about whether they thought there was evidence of collusion and evidence of russia trying to

the committee also meeting this week, one member says they're only about 20% done with their work. meantime the president's special assistant and son-in-law heads to jerusalem this week to start peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians. this is the beginning of what the white house says will be a long process. coming off the weekend there are now 60 million americans at risk of severe weather ahead today. bi bill has the latest. >> storms over ohio and pennsylvania. here's the map showing the 60 million at risk. all the way down to richmond, the timing will be typical for this time of year, late afternoon the storms will form and into this evening. as we take the storm across the appalachians they explode over the top of washington, d.c. by 8:00

philadelphia and new york city. wind damage is the biggest threat with those storms. everyone dodge inside as those storms roll in this evening. here's a closer look at your day ahead. as you can see it's very haot. the extreme heat continues in the desert southwest. phoenix at 118 degrees. and that heat is not helping with our fire season either. more than 100 firefighters are battling a wildfire that's destroyed one home, damaged three others. some 750 residents and visitors have been evacuated. those hot conditions aren't helping. >> thank you. >> just ahead the u.s. military takes out a syrian air force jet but that's not all. plus, meet the florida homeowner

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now on "news4 today," a beloved teenage girl, her body in a pond. even though police haven't identified her remains, a man is under arrest for murder. terror takes hold of london. the new information just coming in after a van plows into a crowd of people. the program that derailed a lot of folks. what you need to know on the first workday commute on the final safetrack surge. good morning. i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm angie goff. aaron and anh off this morning. >> happyel

robert as well. >> happy father's day. as you get ready for the workweek, an eerie breeze coming in. >> we'll get a look at the forecast with melissa. but we got to start with chuck with weather alert day. >> the south to southwest wind is bringing up warm, humid and unstable air we have to deal with in the form of possibly strong to severe thunderstorms. your monday is indeed a storm team 4 weather alert day. main threats are damaging winds and possibly large hail as well. download our nbc washington app and have it ready to go on your phone. we'll send out push alerts as more and more weather is likely. the rest of the week, everything is kwie it. everything is focused on today. we have an en lanhanced chance

afternoon storm threat in a bit and talk temperatures as well. for nourks it's a monday morning and we don't want monday morning misery on the roads. >> we don't. so far, so good. here's a look at the beltway. inner loop, outer loop. nice and green. no roadwork on this monday morning. just before virginia avenue in northwest, left lane getting by that bridge work there. that's that long-standing situation. 56 this time, southbound 95 and 17 falmouth, the right lane the only thing getting by. 395 at king street here northbound and southbound no slowdowns. 4:28 on this monday morning. developing right now, a virginia family is devastated by the moirtd of their daughter. they were inconsolable as they left the mosque. >> she was on the way back to the

deadly confrontation. police haven't confirmed her identity but a family friend tells us this is her picture. a friend -- about 3:00 a.m. after she got into an argument in a man in a passing car. the man got out of the car and assaulted nabra. 12 hours later, her body was found in a pond along with a babe bat. this morning, darwin flores has been charged with her murder. a lot of people are wondering if the teenage girl was targeted because she's muslim. >> at this point there doesn't seem to be an indication -- this is a dispute over something. >> i don't wear a scarf and we're the same religion. i mean, it could happen to anyone. but the fact that he has to go after her. >> nabra attended south lake high school in weston and the principal says counselors will be at the school all day today to help students who need it. meanwhile,

work to learn more about the two men for the murder. three men were charged with the murder. the graduating seniors were killed two week ago in montgomery village. the shooting may have been retaliation for an earlier drug-related robbery committed by that jar. >> his father doesn't believe he robbed anyone. they still need people to come forward with information about the case. breaking news at the live desk. >> what's the latest on the london attack. >> the british police are investigating this latest attack as a terrorist incident. we first brought you this story as breaking news at 11:00 last night. these are live images out of london right now. as you can see, cops on high alert there. here's what happened. moments after a group of worshippers left evening prayers around midnight, a van plowed