>> greatob, dad. jrever. re all right, ing news in brussels, where day two of the nato summit is just getting underway. what to expect today amidht heened tensions over president trump's barrage on nato allies yesterday. >> a shake-up athe top of papa john's. the fallout as the chain's founder and chairman resigns over racist comments. an upset for the ages. croatia rises to beat engdnd dvance to the final round of the world cup. overly generous? why some are takinliissue with jenner's spot on "forbes'" list of richest self-made women. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm milissa rehberger in for frances. >> we begin this morning withts developmenut of brussels where president trump is hosting

several more meetings and bilateral discussions today before heading to the uk. all partom of what critics are calling mr. trump's disruption tour. >> with the preside taking more swings at nato and u.s. allies while making demands not even the u.s. is able to meet. all ahead of that highly charged sit-down with vladimir putin. nbc white hou correspondent ff bennett has more on what we can expect from e commander in chief today. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, milissa. president trump kicks off his final day at the nato summit in bruce wells couple of meetings. one focused on the nato military mission in afghanistan. the other focused on security in eastern europe. it's a crucial issue for some of the european allies given ofssia's growing presence in the region. ourse yesterday the summit got off tois a bg start. the president attacking allies for alleged trade abuses and for not spending enough on their own military budgets. the president even floating a proposal for nato member nations to dincrease theense spending from the currently agreed upon 2% gdp up to 4%.

4% of their total economic output. henow, from here t president heads to the uk. he's got a sit-down with british prime nister theresa ma he's also going to have tea with the british queen. he spends the weekend atis private golf course in scotland, and then he heads into that h h high-stakes summit, that sit down with russian president vladimir putin. milissa? >> jeff, thank you. the president isn't just rielg up concern amo counterparts across europe but among his own base on capitol hill as lawmakers fret about theite slow butady isolation on the world stage. nbc's hallie jackson has more on the drama that played out in brussels. >> reporter: at a summit that's supposed to symbolize solidarity present trump'sough talk went over like aoo lead ba before this cocktail chat with germany' leader a blistering breakfast. >> ger tny isally controlled by russia. >> reporter:haracteristically combative, the president deride aid controversial pipeline deal betweess germany and . >> germany as far as i'm concerned is captive to russia because it's getting so much of

its energy from russia. >> reporter: merkel, dismissive, responded "germany is in kroefl its own decisions." the president also demanded allies double what they pay into their own defense budgets from 2% to 4%. not even the u.s. hits that goal. >>crledge sing defense spending to 2%. and let's start with that. >> reporter: joining the h presiden team of top advisers like chief of staff john kelly, who appeared annoyed at points. the white house clarifying it's because he'd hoped for full breakfast a only cheesend pastries were offered. defense secretary james mattis the the pentagon says the secretary looked forward to eloductive talks but multiple sources nbc news mattis has actually been worried the president might make tensions worse with military orrtners. that extends to capitol hill, where lawmakers are looking ahead to monday's meeting between the president and vladimir wputin, who'sked to undermine the alliance. >> i'm very concerned we have a

rough meeting with nato and the some kind of conciliatory meeting with putin and it worke against our country's national interest. >> reporter: while a joint declaration by all no nations including the u.s. takes aim at russia's aggressive actions, it's not clear how the president will handle putin o one one. the risk, irritating friends while lookiit friendly their enemy. hallie jackson, nbc news, brussels. now to a significant gavelopment in the casest indicted former trump campaign chief paul manafort. audge shot dow manafort's request to stay at his current prison in virginin, cho to send him to a different facility in alexandria instead. he decision comes after this jaw-dropping filing from special counsel robert mueller shed light o w just why manafortld want to remain where he is. the filing countersma fort's request to delay his trial, claiming "among t unique privileges manafort enjoys in jail are a private self-contained living unit, his own bathroom and swer

facility, his own personal telephone and his own workspace to prepare for trial." precutors sayanafort has even boasted about the vip treatment he's receivingis in current jail, including his ability to get e-mails sent and not having to wear a prison uniform. manafort, whose bail was rroked alleged witness tampering, is awaiting two trials, one in virginia, one in washington, on a slew of charges tied to his business dealing and lobbying work with ukraine. the fbi agent removed from the russia investigation over textsnt criticizing presi trump is headed to capitol hill today. peter strzok will defend himself against allegations of bias in a public hearing in front of two house committees. for more let's go to nbc's tracey potts in washington. hi, tracie, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. this is the fbi agent who was taken off the mueller investigation after it was revealed that he exchanged text messages with a former fbi attorney who he also had a h

relationship w and they talked about president trump, then candidatetrump, in a negative way. as trump team has used this evidence saying that the mueller investigation is biased. now, lawmakers have alreadyd herom peter strzok in an 11-hour closed b sessionore a joint committee of congress and now his attorney is wondering if he'll get a fair hearing today saying some of that information was leaked. take a look to the president's response to all of thi coming from brussels. the president tweeting that as he heads out to th nato meeting he sees that lisa page, the other person he was messaging with, is dodging a subpoena and refusing to u show and testify. trzok's attorney says he will gladly testifyay before those committees. phillip? >> tracie potts for us in washington. tracie, thank you. 12 young boyerand their so coach are on the road to recovery and we're getting our firstook at them since they

were rescued from that partiallv flooded in thailand. a senior health official says the boys lost weight during thei 17-day ordeal but are generally in good condition and show no signs of stress. however, they are still facing more time in the hospital. nbc's janis mackeys frayer tell us more. >> reporter: a first glimpse at the boys aft that daring ree-day rescue mission, appearing relaxed, wearing face masks a gowns, waving from their hospital beds. their families kept six feet away behindlass to prevent infection. health officials say the 12 boys are in good condition, mainly because of their coach, 25-year-ol ake chatawong. was the last person out and was the weakest. in a letter heepologized to boys' parents. >> happy happy. >> reporter: his aunt telling us she's relieved. his uncle still worried. "he must feel remorse that he went there with the kids," he said, "but what's done is done." the incredible mission, a half

mile underground, each boy sedated to ease anxiety, tethered to divers to get them hrough the dark narro passages. new video showing parts of the rescue. the boys carried on stretchers. >> we knew that if we didn't act when we acted then there was not going to be a successful rescue. >> reporter: and just after the last person was out the main water pumpfailed, flooding the cave, sending rescue workers scrambling tope es by then the boys and their coach were free, reun at the hospital, where they'll spend up to a week. six of theol where boys go -- >> did you jump up and down? >> yeah. around the house. >> reporter: their friends anxious for them to come home. >> janis, thank you. in phoenix a gro caught fire during the middle of a strong storm. fire officials initially responded to a calf a roof collapse, but the fire quickly engulfed this safeway. the logo no longer visible here, toppled over by the flames.

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advisories are in effect once again today. so growing heat is going to be the rulert in the est. it's still hot and humid from the midwest to the southern plains right through thet. southe and some of the hottest places today, kansas city's expected to be up there. omaha's going to be ll4. will feel like 101, memphis 103. charleston 102. this is just kind e a broken record repeating itself. this upcoming weekend not a lot changes. indianapolis, you're going to be in the low to mid 90s right arough the weekend. that's a look the big weather story of the day. here's a close d look at youray ahead. there's your 90m degree map fro texas all the way through i know one of the hottest spots in the country today possibly will be kansas city. you have a chance of being up there right nd 100 degrees. your friends in wichita will be right behind. we'll take a look at what the rest of the week has in tore coming. >> sounds great. thank you, bill. tennisans still can't believe what they saw yesterday. >> neither can i. >> after nine-time wimbledon champion roger federer cracked under pressure at the all england club, dropping two match

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sanders, felt the need to explain, so she released a statement. this is real. we did not make this up. she.ade this she said, "john kelly, the reason he looked like that is h wadispleased because he was expecting a fulkf brt. there were only pastries and cheese." [ laoehter ] >> who't love a good breakfast? >> wow. well, millis over the world witnessed history unfold over in russia.la croatia and e fighting for a date with france in the world cup final. just five minutes into the match, eland struck first to take an early lead over the croats. they would hold on to that lead for more than an hour before croatia finally found an equalizer of their own. the match would go to extra time, and that is when mario mandzukic -- mandzukic? >> mandzukic. >> mandzukic. thank you. would put the nailn england's coffin. croatia advances to their first final, winning 2-1. nbc' anne thompson gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how the world was gripped byhis match. >> reporter: at least for a few

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to come to work today, unfortunately. like youguys. >> sorry. >> melissa is going to join us in a moment. chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with our forecast. >> it's not fday t. but it's my friday. >> you're off tomorrow. i'm off on >>monday. okay. >> we're scattering our days ofr nd. >> like musical chairs. >> it is. yout have differasons to watch each morning, depending on who you like l or don'te the most. if you're a fan of sheena, come back on monday. >> this morningd we can't f out who they like. but it's nice out regardless. >> good-looking morning outside. little cooler than we've been. comfortable this morning. most of the suburbs bac into the 60s. today, unlike the last couple ys, we'll stay below 90 degrees.