foundation to help others. >> donate. >> w a weekend nor'easter is on se way, bringing wind driven rains and wetw to the northeast. federal authorities are focusing on florida as they follow the cluesho mailed out those bos. new questions about who may be listening to the president'sr phone calls a reports that his iphone was tapped. >> this would be gold mine in orr to know how to influence him, what it is that pleases him, how d would yyou would deam in a negotiation. and a sidewalk caves in. and the guy who likes m e somuch, he had michael jordan's

jersey tattooed on. his ba buckle up. "early today" starts right now. good friday morning. >> so great being with you. >> east coast is bracing for its first nor'easter of the season. strong winds h expected to with heavy rain. this disruptive storm would bring 50 to 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts. >> according to the national weather service, the greatest impact will be friday and saturday night. phil, good morning. >> we're going to watch a big travel nightmare for the airports, and so many weekend plans getting canceled because of the rain. not too much snow, it's all rain from iowa back down now to atlanta and charlotte. through the heday, rain moves through the mid-atlantic. the storm is in two pieces.ra through the ohio valley, too. the coastal storm will corm -- ugho rm throughout the day. then this mess will come up the east coast saturday. the leading edge could be a

brief period of sleet or maybe snow, even in areas of connecticut and southern new england but quickly washed away as the rain w moves inh warmer air. by the time we go through the afternoon on saturday, the steadier rains from westernhr n yorkgh boston into northern new england, more showery throuout the afternoon and evening. washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york, we are going to see winds thatill gust 40 to 50 miles per hour. still leaves onhetrees. we're going to lose the leaves. roads get slippery and minor power outages. >> all right, bill, thanks. new this morning. president trump could take drastic action to stop the m caravaing through mexico this morning by effectively blocking their entry at the border. the administration is reportedly considering a new executiveul action that make it tougher for immigrants seeng asylum in the u.s. according to three nbc sources familiar with a proposal, it would be similar tol the tra ban, blocking migrants who are not yet in the united states.

but if they make it across the border, they have the ability to apply for asylum. sources say the details are expected to be finalized early next week. meanwhile, officials say the border patro s mayn get some backup. defense secretary james mattis is expected to sign an order next week to send 800 or more troops to the southern border. and overnight, nbc new oained the latest numbers on the border separation policy from the sepa custody. theers for the families say government has still not yet provided a timeline for the 258 reunited families that are still detained. the investigation heats uph into mailed pipe bombs to democrats with a total number now in the doubledigits. authorities found three fo

foredevices, two addressed to joe biden, and the other addressed to robert de niro in new york. seven others were addressed to bagh level democrats, including former president and hillary clinton. the time warner center in new york was ain evacuated last night, as well as senator feinstein's los angeles office after suspious packages were found there. however, both locations were quickly cleared with officials saying there was no connection to the previous explosive devices. as investigators searched for a motive, there are narrowing down where th came from. here are the details. >> reporter: investigators believe packages containing crude pipeombs sent this week to prominentnd democrats cnn, were sent through the mail, possly from florida. this is a nationwide investigation, coast to coast. >> reporter: new packages fou addressed to actor robert da

nearo, along-time trump critic. >> this [ bsep ] idiot the president. > reporter: and two sent to former vice president joe biden. >> plastic pipe with end caps like this w insideh some kind of explosive , powdd apparently little glass shards. >> reporter: all similar to those sentormer president obama, hillary clinton and others. wednesday, the president was subdued as he calor unity. >> we want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. >> reporter: but at this rally, a and on twitter, he blamed the media fornger insociety. >> 90% of the media attention around this president is negative. >> reporter: as thest ination continues, those on both polical sides continue to weigh in. >> the president of the united states and his conduct creates a reaction. >> there are too many politics that are encouraging this. >> reporter: pointing fingers at one another, while the pep

traitor and the motive remain unknown. susan mcguiness, nbc news, washington. >> none t of mail devices have detonated or reached their intended target thanks to security screenings. but investigators are asking the public to keep their eyesopen. nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: a staggering 150 billionai pieces of move through the u.s. postal system each year. including nearly 6 billion packages. e stal inspectors say therare certain telltale signs of suspect packages. often lopsided with irregular shape, sometimes with wires, foil or stains. suspects often use excessive postage to avoid goi inside. their hand writing off distorted and the return address is often fake. >> this looks very suspicious. >> reporter: this company screens packages from all over the world. x-ray images are transmitted for analysis by veteran bomb squad

officers, now high alert. >> the fact that none of these devices have gone off should not ovide comfort. we're not completely sure of what the fusing was. e threat remains and the threat should be considered active and viable. >> reporter: while the postal service has systems to defect os exes or chemical agents, it can be like a needle in a haystack. s the secrvice screens the mail for anyone receiving protection, including former presidents. en and since 9/11, many companies, includingedia companies, have been scanning their own mail. but most american families and smalbusinesses are on their own to watch nor suspect packages. >> this is going to come down to people being aware of their surroundings. what they're expecting and not expecting. >> reporter: if it doesn't lk right, isolate the package, evacuate, and call police. tom costello, nbc news, washington. new questions about who mayn be listeningn president trump's phone calls after a

report climbed that chinese and russian spi regularly eavesdrop on conversations he has on his iphone. nbc's andrea mitchl has that story. >> reporter: a president never far from his phones, tweeting a constant calling friends from a personal phone not secured by the government. could foreign spies be listening in? u.s. officials say they've been concerned for months that president trump has been discussing sensitive iss on his iphone with people like sean hannity ofox news and now "the new york times" reports the chinese and russians are routinely eavesdropping. nbc news has not confirmed aspects of "the new york times" report. according to "thetimes," the president calls flow billionaires, big campaign contributors, with major holdings inhi and contacts with china's government. as a candidate, presi nt trump regularly attacked hillary clinton for e-mailing on a private server. >> her server was easilyd hac

by foreign governments, perhaps even by hal finan backers in communist china. >> reporter: president obama reluctantly gave up his beloved blackberry when he took office. eight years later, joking about the government replacement. >>he phoneoesn't work. you know, you can't play your music on it. so basically, it's like does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? >> reporter: president tweeting -- butr for white house aide omarosa tweeted --- he always used his personal iphone in the white house after calls even after being told over and over about the security risk. >> this would be a gold mine to know how t innuance him, how to deal with him in a negotiation. strap in for another roller coaster day on wall street. futures are pointing towards

another sharp selloff in the wake of thursday'sto market surge. the dow snapped a three-day losing streak, oaring over400 points. the nasdaq cmbed nearly 3%.>> eporter: as the markets roared back, a sigh of relief from everyone with a401-k. corporate earnings driving the earnings. the threat of theorsening trade war between the u.s. and china. >> we've had so much trouble th china. our asks are on the table. i would love to see them respond. us far they haven' >> reporter: and the fed signaling its plans to raise interest rates again, which will affect theou rates pay for credit cards and mortages. >> the biggest threat is the fed, because the fed is raising ratetoo fast. >> reporter: the market roller coaster is likely to continue. for those of us getting

heartburn watching the swings in our 401(k)s, experts say it's us best to stay f on the long-term. >> take a peek outside. bill karins is back with us. >> tomorrow morning when you wake up in areas of th northeast, inland areas,he winds not that bad. throughout the afternoon, the trongest winds are out there on the coast. hentucket, gust there up to 55. that's a look at big weather story of the day. more's a closer look at your dah ead. so after the rainy weather yesterday, we cleared it out in texas, louisiana, arkansas. also, looking at some cool, cloudy type weather in the northern soiohio valley and lig rain moving through the region, complete details on the weekend forecast coming up, including a better sunday thanaturday.

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lot of it moves in. and it's going to be cold rain. it's friday. good morning to you. the rain already lead to the cancellation of this weekend's walk to end hiv which has already been rescheduled for november 1st. >> a look atou the weather. >> i was happy to let them know a lot of people aren't going t want to stand outside saturday morning in austy northeast wind and areas of heavyains well. it will be a dry start to your friday but wet finish as pockets of rai comen here late this evening and early tomorrow morning.mp atures in the 30s. closer to 40, the closer y