>> a little bit of weather alert, multiple states are waking up this morning dealing with flash flooding with more heavy rain in forecast. and in many areas out west, excessive heat is the problem. >> the h whise is considering stripping security earance from multiple top tier intelligence officials. many ofhom have served multiple presidents. >> he felt after being slammed to the ground that theth next g was he was going to be further attacked. >> and what happened next is deadly. but se shooter i free because the florida stand your ground laws. new dails this morning. >> we are a week away from the general public being able to 3-d prinun their owns including the a ar-15 rightt home.

>> one dust devil didn't stand a chce against a group of little leaguers. today" beginning your tuesday right now. and good morning. i am phillip mena. >> great being with you. i'm frances riera. much of country is waking up from a blast of extreme weather this morning from coast to coast. in the east, over 30 million are under flood watches or warnings after a powerful weekend downpours, and more still coming. the national weather service now warning of potentially dangerous even life-threateningod flog. pennsylvania one of the hardest hit has declared a dister emergency. fast rising waters have triggered numerous rescues. this was a live stream by a driver who fled to the roof of his vehicle after getting stalled by fast-rising water. in colorado aowerful storm unleashed flooding and mudslides turning roads into rivers. a officire urging residents to evacuate theun higher gd and stay at home. in florida, crews race to restor power for o 5,000 customers after powerful storms that also brought these

spectacular images of litning. but t weather is also a fatal ane. in virginia, a was killed with a 60-foot tree stopled right into her home. officials say the relentless rain likely loosened the roots leading to what they call thise inle rare incident. >> meanwhile much of the west and southwest are blistering under brutal heat. phoenix, arizona reached a new record reaching 115 degrees ompting mountain rescues of hikers and warning them to stay hydrated. s spurring efforts to protect the vulnerable there. wild horses are runningry of their water supplies so volunteers are scrambling to deliverid including water and food to the struggling livestock there. all of this severe are told will not be letting up soon on either coast. for a confirmation let's say good morning to bill karins. >> good morning. two more days of this. the concern for the fife-threatening flash flooding in areas pennsylvania. numerous flash flood warnings are inffect leaving us with

new ones popping up in maryland, also delaware. target of the heavy rain is central pennsylvania then another batch in eastern portns of virginia and north carolina. that is all going to head right over the top of our nation'sta ca during the morning rush hour. so 34 million people under flood watches. at least two to 4 inches . possib maybe some areas getting as much as additional 5 on top of all dye rain they alrreceived. in the area of red and the pink shows you that band from eastern nortcarolina through central pennsylvania. those are the areas of greatest concern today and tomorrow. >> going to be a lot of trouble. thanks for looking out. >> president trump is threatening drastic action this morning to silence his ctics in the intelligence community. according to secretary sarah sanders he is deciding to revoke surity clearance for former officials. john brennan, also former fbi director james comey and several others. nbc'sou chief white correspondent hallie jackson is in washington with a growing

backlash over that move. >> reporter: it is an unprecedented threat aimed at some critics of e commander in chief. the white house now considering stripping the secity clearances of six former intelligence officials. >> they politicize and in some cases monetize their public s service andurity clearances. ave ost of the officials worked for both democrats and republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing exactl what you just said t president doesn't want all the people doing? >> no, the president inot making baseless accusations of improper contact with a foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonous activity. >> reporter: that may be a reference to john brennan, former cia director and nbc news national security and intelligence analyst who called last week's meeting w ph vladimin nothing short of treasonous. >> i equate it to the betrayal of one's nation aiding and abetting giving comfort to an enemy. >> reporter: now he's on a list that includes former fbi

officials jam comey and andrew mccabe. neither of whom currently have security clearances because they were fired. michael hayden, fmer cia director says the new threat won't have any affectyn what i sar write. former obama national security advisor susan rice silent for now. >> i think this is just a very, very petty, petty thing to do. >> reporter: former intelligencr lead typically keep their clearances so they can talk about sensitive matters with their successors. >> ft is valuable former officials in the private sector. to lose one can amount to a financial penalty. >> reporter: the president mself is not usually personally involved in decisions to revoke that clearance. to critics, it's not just nixonian, it' political punishment. >> it will break precedent in trying to attack former members of the intelligence community because they simply express their views and theiram first dment rights. >> reporter: john brennan, by the way, is declining to

comment. the press secretary also had no comment on another story making headlines here washington. the trial of former trump campaign chair paul manafort. jury selection had been set to start tomorrow, but that's now been delayed by just about a week to defense attorneys time to review new evidence. frances, back to you. >> hallie, thank you. >> toronto continues to deal with theermath of sunday's deadly shooting spree. a vigil was held in the greek town of the senseless violence where a gunman fired into cafes and restaurants shoot being 15 people, killing two of them, an 18-year-old woman and 10-year-old girl. gunman was captured in chilling video. cere he is dressed in all black andarrying a shoulder back. you see him drawing out a hand gun before he starts firing into the restaurants and fes. police have now identified the accused gunman 29-year-old hossein who died in a shootout with police. his family said he suffered frod psychosi depression his

tntire life. this morning a m remains unknown. police have not ruled out verrorism. >> a deadly cence store confrontation, a 28-year-old florida father was fatally wounded in front of his young children after an argument with another man over aandicap parking space. but the shooter is not currently facing chargesnder florida's controversial stand your ground law. the state's attorneys expected to review the case and make the finn decis whether it falls within the claim of self-defense. nbc's tammy lewiner is there more. >> reporter: in this surveillance video an argument der a handicap parking spot turneddly. >> he was trying to protect us. >> reporter: 28-year-old marqise who is black went into the store to buy snacks for his kids. that's when michael who is white confronted his girlfriend brittany jacobs while she sat in the car. jacobs said mclauchlin came to her defense shoving him to the ground. he pulled a g and shot the

unarmed father of three. he felt after being slammed to the ground the next thing was he was going to be further attacked. >> reporter: he has a permit to carry a concealed weapon was not arrested or charged because of florida's controversial stand your ground la which gives people in florida the right to protect themselves using deadly force. >> if this were to happen in a state that did not have stand your ground laws i believe the shooter would have -- would already be arrested and would be going to trial for murder. >> reporter: stand your ground became part of a national conversation after george zimmerman killed an unarmed black teenager trayvon martin in 2012. zimmerman was acquitted of murder. as protesters demand action against him, friends and family grieve. u i clearly don't think that it's right that n literally gun someone down ten hours later you're walking the street. it's not right. >> reporter: the video now in the hands of the state's

attorneys office to determine if the controversial law in this case will stand. ammy leitner, nbc news, clearwater, florida. >> support for the landmark roe v. wade supreme court ruling has hit an hall-timeh. according to the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll,1% of americans believe the decision should remain in place. with just3% saying it should be reversed. that's the highest level of support in theisoll'sry which dates back to 2005. the latest figures come asen prestrump's supreme court pick brett kavanagh prepares for his confirmation heargs. me abortion rights advocates fear that kavanagh could undermine, could try to undermine or even overturn roe v. wade. >> crazy weather isn't just here at home. check out this mini twister that swept throu a youth baseball game in japan. the dust tomorrowge lind on merging toeld before another one. the kids, no fear, look what they did, ran intit to play in the dust devil. officials say no one was hurt.

what fun was that. >> you're that age, you run into it, in a game, why not? you're supposed to get your unifor o dirty. >> way to get it dirty without diving and slide. we halked about thet out west just as impressive and it's endless in a few cases, too. 40 million people at risk of heat warning today. we will see record highs broken especially areas like yuma. phoenix has a chance of going back to back and break the old record high of 109. san diego has an o outside shot getting yours. hot temperatures continue. the desert south, mford, oregon. portland oregon, 95 is a big deal. it's going stay that hot in many areas right into the upcoming weekend. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer ahok at your dad. warm.exas is still we'll call it warm because 98 degrees sounds a lot better than 109 as it was a couple days ago in dallas. ere is all the muggy humid air and the thunderstorms and heavy rain threat that continues in

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avenue. we are looking for information from thevictim, and the possible suspect. >> we are also, again, in weatherlert mode this morning. storms yesterday, proving deadly and destructive, a more wet weather is on the y. >> we're going to start off the compute and the latest threat. whaet up? >> we're watching rain, pushing the nosouth to the north. rr we have to ge through today and to, as well. the fire hose the up the eastern weebld and into the atlantic.