any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response called effective and overwhelming. >> the defense secretary warning north korea's kim jong-un following repos the rogue nation carried out its 6th nuclear test, shaking china and russia. a block bus per report generating intense backlash that president trump will end daca, impacting over 780,000 people protected under an obama-era program. neighborhood after neighborhood in houston still recovering from harvey's devastating impact as nfl super start j.j. watt begins to spread some of th

million in donations he's helped raise. plus the bizarre death and investigation at this year's 70,000 strong burning manifest val. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everyone. happy labor day. i'm philip mena. frances is off today. the military standoff on the korean peninsula is heating up with the possible nuclear game changer. after north korea claimed it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that can be fired off by an inter-continental ballistic missile, sending shock waves both literally and figuratively. president trump responding on twitter, calling north korea a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, which is trying to help but with little success. the president also warned the u.s. may stop all trade with any country doing business with north korea. as he was leaving church, a reporter asked president trump whether he would attack north korea. the president responded, we'll see. nbc's ron allen now with more on the nuclear threat.

act of defiance, north korea releasing pictures of kim jong-un inspecting what it claims is a hydrogen bomb that could be mounted and launched by an inter-continental ballistic missile. then hours later a massive underground blast detectinged at a nuclear testing site measured at 6.3 magnitude by the u.s. geological survey followed by a smaller blast minutes later. a collapse. north korea state media announcing the country's 6 th nuclear test, a perfect success. the regime's most powerful test yet, estimated at some 4 to 5 times greater than the nuclear bomb the u.s. dropped on hiroshima during world war ii. tremors felt in south korea, buildings reportedly shaking in china and russia. a senior u.s. official says the analysis so far is consistent with north korea's claim it tested an advanced nuclear device. seen in the region as a direct threat to the united states. >> i don't think the north koreans are afraid of

i think they see a president with a low approval rating, a lot of domestic discord. i think to some extent they may be taking advantage of that and kind of pushing the envelope. >> reporter: the north korean regime rapidly expanding its nuclear and missile capability under the so-called supreme leader. threatening to attack guam, firing a long-range missile over japan, today south korea called for the strongest possible measures against the north, while warning war would be catastrophic. and japan asked for and received reassurances of u.s. military protection. defense secretary james mattis called the u.s. commitment to allies ironclad. >> we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea. but as i said, we have many options to do so. >> thank you, ron, for that. now let's turn to nbc's janice mackie frier who is in

how is the world responding to north korea? >> reporter: the consequence of the test are still reverberating here. given what appears to be an alarming achievement by the north korean regime. at the same time president trump's north korea strategy remains unclear. and he seems to be taking swipes at traditional allies like south korea. he was saying that appeasement hasn't worked. this has been the approach of south korea's president moon jae-in. and there hasn't even been a phone call yet between the two leaders suggesting that there is a rift, and it's coming with some pretty terrible timing. south korea's response to this point has been to send the military up for bombing drills at dawn this morning, practicing ballistic missile strikes on north korea's nuclear testing site. south korea is also warning that north korea may be readying another ballistic missile launch. it again puts the pressure and the focus on china's si

xi jinping. this test was a huge embarrassment for him coming as he was about to open the brick summit here. and kim jong-un has consistently defied him over the past number of months with these tests. so, there is the sense that the next move will be china's, but it is unclear whether they will cut off oil supplies to the north because that, of course, could trigger regime collapse, which is not what beijing is looking for. philip? >> we'll see how china spontsds. janice live for us in beijing. janice, thank you. back here at home, breaking news overnight that's rattling millions in the u.s. including hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, politico is reporting that president trump will soon halt daca, the program granting work permits to those undocumented immigrants who arrive at children. the president is expected to make an announcement on tuesday and the report of his decision comes as up to ten states threaten to sue the administration if the program is not canceled by tomorrow. with nearly 800,000 daca recipients already shielded from e

started in 2012, the ramifications could be massive. impacting those so-called dreamers, like paramedic hey seuss, a houston native who has been spending every waking moment helping those hit by harvey. >> we are literally on the groupt helping people get back up and we're getting our, you know, our butts handed to us by people, you know, upstairs in the white house. having your future toyed with and argued around like it's just some sort of political move, it's disheartening. >> for more let's go to nbc's edward lawrence on capitol hill. edward, how is washington responding to this news? >> reporter: philip, it's a mixed reaction here in the nation's capital. i can tell you politico's reporting that the president will end the daca program with a six-month delay on that. that will give congress enough time to pass a law if they want to keep the program. now, should that happen, the website is also saying that president obama will break his silence and talk speaking out over social media about the

now f that announcement is made. now, critics of daca like the federation for american immigration reform say that this is something or the power that the president does not have in order to make immigration law. that's the power that rests with congress, they say, and they applaud eliminating daca. now, the president in his own words in 2015 on meet the press, just take a listen. >> the executive order gets rescinded, one good -- >> you'll rescind that one, too? the dream -- >> we have to make a whole new set of standards. when people come in -- >> you're going to split up families, you're going to deport children? >> no, we're going to keep the families together. we have to keep the families together. >> but you're going to keep them together out. >> what this they have 2340 place to go? >> we will work with them. they have to go. >> now, the anne frank center released a statement saying that this is inhumane. they are saying that this is child abuse under the guise of public policy. now, these are comments that were actually echoed by a

in the maryland area. he worked, paid fines in order to get into daca, worked through high school and college and got a degree in chemical engineering. back to you, philip. >> solve that would likely be impacted. edward lawrence live for us on capitol hill. edward, thank you. texans continue picking up the pieces after hurricane harvey. at least 43 deaths are blamed on the storm. a majority of them in the houston area. city officials say only about 1,000 evacuees remain at the houston convention center. that is down from a peak of 10,000. many are returning to homes devastated by the flooding. at least 156,000 were damaged in harris county alone. nbc's jacob rascone has more from houston. >> reporter: philip, more than a week after harvey slammed into the texas coast, thousands of homes in west texas remain under water. most of the region shifted its focus to the clean up effort and what is likely to be the most expensive natural disaster in u.s. history. in west

neighborhood after neighborhood still under water. mandatory evacuations for 4600 homes. after their owners thought they had escaped the worst. >> it's sad. i feel sad for us. i feel sad for everyone. >> reporter: families like the romos told they can't return to their homes for nine more days while the city releases water from overflowing reservoirs. >> the few stuff we have left that's not been flooded out, that's all we want. >> reporter: throughout the region the damage is overwhelming. street after street looks like this. the clean up and rebuilding may cost up to $190 billion, more than hurricanes katrina and sandy combined. a day of prayer in texas and nationwide, some congregations setting up outside while water was pumped from their chapel. volunteers flood the streets and makeshift distribution centers. donations still pouring in, feeding and clothing tens of thousands stuck in

them over the holiday weekend. in crosby, northeast of houston, the arkema plant on fire again as containers filled with unstable chemicals explode and burn. the company now saying they will speed up the process so hundreds of evacuated families can return home sooner. more than 75 public schools also damaged in the flood, some destroyed. king wood high school took in water up to the second floor forcing it to close for the entire academic year. many others could close for months leaving thousands of students across the region up rooted, forced to attend a different school this fall. >> these are our kids. and they don't know what tragedy looks like. this is the first time that they probably experienced a tragedy. they don't know what this looks like. and to know that they lost everything, they lost their school. they lost their homes. >> reporter: jacob rascone, nbc news, houston, texas. >> los angeles county is in a state of emergency this morning as more than 1,000 fire fighters

battle a massive wildfire that has burned all weekend. la tuna wildfire is being called the largest ever within the los angeles city limits. more than 7,000 acres have burned since friday afternoon thanks to high heat and winds. at least three homes have been destroyed and another damaged. but fire fighters are making progress. the blaze is now 30% contained and mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted. l.a.'s fire chief says the upcoming weather forecast is hopeful. >> the temperatures are being reduced each day. humidity is going up. and it is favorable. >> four fire fighters were treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. no other injuries have been reported. some good news on the wildfire. nbc's meteorologist bill karins joins us. hurricane irma coming. >> i still can't give anyone the all clear. that's bad as we get closer to the event. right now still a category 3115 mile per hour wind and it only has about two more days until it starts affecting some of the isd

ever. it will be near barbados, possibly puerto rico. category 4 storm, and that path is not what you wanted to see as you wake up this morning. we have possible land directions of puerto rico. areas of haiti, even possibly the north coast of cuba. thank you, and kay coast, the bahamas. here in south florida next day or two, get to the shelves and get as much stuff as you can. you need for your hurricane supplies if you don't already have them because they're going to be going fast. all of our spaghetti lines, computer models are pinpointing that southerly track, that means land interaction whether it's cuba or florida we don't know yet. but it could be a big, big blow to either one. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, after all the rain and cool weather, it looks like we're going to clear it out for in areas of the northeast and mid atlantic, in the southeast, not too many problems. temperatures are warm and comfortable. straight storms in florida.

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next up, "news4 today," we're following two major breaking news stories. first from north korea where it's believed the country is readying the launch of a ballistic missile. and is so-called daca on the brink of -- sheena, what do you have? >> i'd labor day and there's no rain on the radar.

that breaking news at 4:00 this morning. another possible show of force from north korea. the latest missile some believe the country is getting ready to fire. also, breaking overnigh

that president trump will put an end to daca. but young immigrants may not be deported right away. good monday morning to you. i'm adam tuss on this labor day. another story we're working for you this morning, the controversial cloesh ush sure o popular area trail. you only have until the end of the day to walk and bike on the georgetown branch trail. before we get to all that, we want to get to the storm team 4 forecast. sheena, a lot of people want to know can i get my last barbecue in before the summer is over? >> this is the unofficial end to summer, of course. but we have really good weather for your labor day monday. no matter what your plans are, the temperature outside, many areas in the 50s. it is a cool, comfortable start. 55. lorton 55 degrees. gaithersburg. 54 in clinton. if you have golf in the forecast or the plans today, here's your forecast for that. it will be cool,