♪ if anything, maybe that statement was not tough enough. >>president trump, doubling down on his fire and fury statements directed at north korea's threats against u.s. military forces and talk of a preemptive strike. >> and new orleans in a state of emergency as the city's essential water pumping systems malfunction. >> the earth hit a new record, it's one that we may not be proud of. >> and taylor swift takes the witness stand. "early today," starts right now. happy friday to you. >> the president of the united states is turning up

talk against north korea's rogue regime, he is firing up yet another round of threats directed leader kim jong-un, doubling down. >> painting another red line, this time over guam as pyongyang claims they are on the verge of launching missile strikes there. we have more on the president's demands. >> a defiant president trump escalating his war of words with north korea, digging in on his threat of fire and fury. >> if anything, maybe that statement was not tough enough. >> the president making the comments from his golf club. after security briefings with his vice president. national security adviser, cia director and chief of staff. responding to critics who argued his earlier statements crossed a dangerous line. >> it's about time that people stuck up for the people of this country. >> north korea has racheted up it's rhetoric this week. now threatening to launch missiles by mid august. aimed at the u.s. territory of guam. >> l s

guam, he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which, nobody has seen before. what will happen, in north korea. it's not a dare. it's a statement. >> and on the specter of nuclear conflict. >> i would like to de-nuke the world, i know president obama said global warming is the biggest threat and i don't believe that. nobody will threaten us. >> we don't talk about that. i never do. i'm not like the other administration that would say, we are going in to mosul in four months, i can tell you what they have been doing, and what they have been getting away with, is a tragedy. and it can't be allowed. >> the president lashed out at his predecessors calling them ineffective and acknowledging a new round of sanctions may not be enough to solve the problem. denying any internal discord when it

in his administration. >> there's no mixed messages, and i will tell you this, it may be tougher than i said it not less. >> his messages to americans now. >> stay calm. >> people of the country should be comfortable. >> but to north korea. >> north korea better get their act together, they will number trouble like few nations have been in trouble in this world. >> francis, the president's fire and fury message may be equally aimed at getting china's attention. the administration sees china as the link to getting north korea to back down. francis? >> all right, thank you. >> some say mr. trump's firry comments may be more of attack particular to get china to help reign in kim yojong-un. we is live in tokyo, where it's approaching dinner time and matt, how is this heated back and forth with trump and north korea affecting the re

morning. i mean, if this is an exceptionally dangerous moment for the united states, it's more dangerous for countries like japan, where i am now. you would not really notice that from walking around here in central tokyo. it's the beginning of a holiday weekend. it's called mountain day, and people have the day off and they are enjoying themselves. but, it has, people have taken notice of the fact that kim jong-un in his latest threat said he would be launching missiles toward the waters of guam by going over japan. this is seen as threatening. but remember, japanese people and others are used this rhetoric from kim jong-un and his father and grandfather and all of the missile tests that have been fired from north korea, they have landed either in the waters off of south korea or very close to japan. or have flown over it before. they are kind of used to this. if there's going to be an

that the political class here is starting to discuss moving away, very slightly, but there's some discussion of moving away from the historically, the historically reliance on the united states for defensive capabilities. many people here, some of the more right wing competitions are talking about arming themselves and that could mean a major shift for japan and the region. >> japan following as closely as anyone. matt, thank you. >> new orleans, is in a statute of emergency this morning after a round of flash flooding t water logged city is racing to repair the broken water management system. a destructive fire has left it with just one working turbine. it is a city's last back-up power source and now, the sole provider for electricity for the drainage pumps. and with more rain in the forecast, an emergency declaration has been made, closing schools and telling residents to prepare for more jo

>> extreme weather events can be more frequent as the climate changes. a new study was released confirming that 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded. that's the third year in a row to receive that distinction. and researchers called it a clear sign of human caused climate change and said that a large el nino played a role in the record heat. extreme weather was everywhere, with a 13% increase in tropical cal cyclones and 1/8th of the land was in a severe drought. >> one of the diplomats in cuba is being treated for hearing loss. five other diplomats suffered hearing loss in havana, threatening renewed relations between the united states and cuba, the diplomats may have been the targets of acoustic

from washington over the injuries but they are not blaming one injudividual or natn just yet. the island's government is investigating and would not allow cuban territory to be used for action against diplomatic agents. >> the groping case for taylor swift continues and she took the stand. her testimony, swift forcefully told her side of what happened when she posed for a photo with the former d.j. the singer never backing down during the showdown. we have the details. >> on the stand for an hour, pop super star taylor swift firmly repeatedly testified a radio d.j. lifted her skirt and intentionally grabbed her behind while posing for a photo. it was a definite grab, a very long grab, the singer said, he stayed latched on to my bare cheek as i lurched away from him, i got as far away from him

as i could. did he groep swift while pose forgive a photo in 2013? the picture, published last year by tmz was introduced in to evidence. >> swift did not tell anyone until the meet and greet was over, waiting for fans to leave the room. when the attorney pointed out she could have taken a break. and she said, yes and your client could have taken a normal foe foe. she never reported the event to police but told the station which fired him later. a civil suit was filed saying that she cost him his job. he said he never groped swift, but felt what appeared to be her rib cage. she said she is certain. you can ask me a million questions i'm never going to say anything different. fans of the artist filled the courtroom. >> she was confident on the stand, you heard of a lawyer badgering a witness, this was the first time i saw a witness badger a lawyer. >> swift said it appeared that he h

the photo and he testified he had nothing to drink before the meet and greet, the trial is expected to go in to next week. >> just ahead, the "wall street journal" is reporting that according to the fbi, isis used ebay to send terror cash to the u.s. >> let's get a look at the weekend. so, it look likes we have pop ups. yeah, a lot of storms tracking through the weekend. they are all over the top of oklahoma. oklahoma city is about to get it. nothing like being woke enup in the middle of the night by thunderstorms. late this evening will try to reach d.c., and philadelphia and new york. that will be more towards midnight and on saturday, more storms will pop up and right through the northeast, hit and miss showers and storms in to your saturday afternoon. that's a big look at the weather story. here's a closer look at the day ahead. temperatures are cool behind the front, only the 70s for minnesota through wisconsin and

lakes. we are warm and humid and that's why we will pop up the afternoon storms anywhere from the southeast through florida and the sunshine state was soggy yesterday. and the complete weekend forecast coming up a little later. >> all right, you have to stick around for the next story. >> you have probably seen the snapchat animated hot dog filter before. now it has been seen more than 1-1/2 billion times. that is an average of 30 second force every snapchat user. and francis and bill certainly contributed to that count. >> nice. >> you can find this vary. >> we were ahead of the curve. >> we were. >> there you go. >> you want to see it, that is on our instagram. >> career highlight. >> straight ahead, we will show you a bmw falling from a 7th story parking garage and get ready for the biggest dualing jackpots ever.

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