so man different times. when one of you cried, the other this is a case in which law enforcement was able to identify a man consumed with hate and bent on mass murdre. >>aking overnight, authorities stop a u.s. army veteran accused of plotting attacks on los angeles freeways, beaches, and police. pete williams reports. showdown at the white ehous. resident prepares to go head to head with speaker pelosi and leader schumer inside the oval office. that has deputy attorney general rod rosenstein resigns and plans his own exit strategy on the heels of the mueller report. >> remembering a trail blazing director and movie producer takenway too soon. we'll look back at the life and career of john singleton. plus we're on baby watch as we await the soon to be debut of

the boy or girl for harry and meghan. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm marlie hall. >>ood to be withyou. i'm frances rivera. a major terror plot thwarted in california after police arrested any veteran for planning to commit a mass murder. the fbi says 26-year-old mark steven domingoed plotto carry out an attack on several targets ranging from freeways and tourist attraions in los angeles, and even staking out a white supremacist rally in long beach. luckily authorities got him just time. our pete williams has the disturbing details. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say 26-year-old mark steven domingo, an army vet who served four months ingh afanistan, praised isis and told fbi undercover operatives he wanted to shoot police officers in their patrol cars or set off a bomb on an l.a. freeway or at the crowdeda santa monier or at a white nationalist rally cuanned for long beach. federal prosetors say domingo came to the fbi's attention in early march when he wrote on an

internet message group that he wanted to retaliate for last month'st shooting spree a mosques in new zealand. >> this is a case in which law enforcement was able to identify a man consumed with hate and bent on mass murder and stop him before he could carry out his attack. >> reporter: investigators say domingo settled on attacking long beach but admitted he had no idea how to build a bomb. prosecutors say he was arrested iday night after he received what he thought were real bombs from the undercover operatives. but the fbi says there was never a danger to the public because he was under constant surveillance. no comment yet from his lawyer. frances? >> pete williams for us, thank you. later today, we'll learn whether infrastructure can pave the way to bipartisanship i d.c. president trump is scheduled to meet with democratic leadership to try and find common ground on a plan to rebuild the nation' roads and bridges. house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer visited the w te house, but things didn't go quite as

poanned. nbc's tracie s joins us from d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. those pictus you were jus looking at, that meeting back in december that ended up leading to thenation's longest ever hevernment shutdown was a breakdown over t budget and immigration policy. this time both sides are hoping things will be diffent than the public feud that we saw play out in december. listen. >> 60 people of the republican party are losing their offices now because othe transition. people are not. >> we've gained in the senate, nancy. excuse me. did w win the senate? we won the senate. >> when the president brags that he won north dakota and indiana, he's in real trouble. >> reporter: so today f theus is infrastructure, fixing thena tion's ailing roads and bridges and things like technology as well. both sides have said they want to come up with a big infrastructure bill that will put people to work.in fact, democrats have already

sede the presint a letter in advance of the meeting today that nancy pelosi asked for by the way about a month ago. in that letter, they say that their priorities are coming up with a way to pay for all of is, incorporating clean energy projects and creating jobs for women, veterans and minorities. the white house says the president's wide open to ideas, not coming in with any agenda but hoping to get something done. bipartisanship, we'll see if ite actually hap this time. president trump is adding another brick to his subpoena stonewall. the president and several members of his family are now suing deuts ae bank capital one to try and stop the companies from responding to ngressional subpoenas sfoking ination into the trump family finances.st the reques are part of the house democrats' investigation into alleged foreign influence on u.s. elections. >> in a statement to "the new york times," the president's personal lawyer said in part, we filed thi case to protect the privacy rights of the president, calling the subpoenas unlawful

and illegitimate. in resnse to the lawsuit, deutsche bank told nbc news in part, we remain comtted to providing appropriate information to all authorized investigations. capital one couldn't immediately be reached for comment. the leader of isis has re-emerged publicly after five years without being seen. nbc news chief foreign correspondent has details. >> reporter: the new video appears to show the elusive isis leader abu bakr al baghdagi ng a pep talk to supporters. it's only the second video of him. the first five years ago when he founded the islamic state. baghdadi acknowledges his state is in ruins, ground underfoot by a u.s.-led coalition. so he has a new tone. the terror group will live on, says, by fighting a long war of attrition. captured isis members in syria told us last month baghdadi lived like a ghost. >> did you ever see him with

your own eyes? >> absolutely. only on tv. >> reporter: baghdadi now wants to be seen, apparently copying osama bin laden, who released messages while in hiding for years. frances, u.s. officials are still working to confirm the video's authenticity, but so far they are not expressing doubts. >> richds engel f us. the man accused in the deadly california synagogue shooting is due in court for arraignment today. john t. earnest faces murder and attempted murder charges after authorities say he opened fire during a passover service at the chabad of poway. lori kaye was killed in the attack and three others were injured. she was laid to rest monday. the synagogue where she was shot held a celebration of her life with hgdreds payin their respects. >> that shooting is one of several recent assaults against people of faith. now poli are working to deter would-be attackers and reassure congregations. our lester holt has more. >> reporter: for many worshippers, it's becoming a

familiar sight, armed officers and guards stationed outside as they pray inside. within hours of saturday's attack, the nypd had ramped up security at synagogues. >> not only do we want to make people feel safe, but weant to in fact make them safe. >> when i san these vs and the officers out here, that's a deterrent. >> it is. it's an omni presence. we want to let people know. we want to let the good people know that we're out here and we're capable of protething . we want to let the bad people ow it's a warning. >> reporter: james waters is the chief of counterterrorism for the nypd. he says their approach is proactive. >> we talk to the houses of worship all the time. we give them classes, tell them what to look for. >> reporter: it was just six months ago 11 people were killed at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue. but all faiths have been targeted in the recent wave of violence. christians in sri lanka, muslims in new zealand. ju two weeks ago, a man was arrested attempting to enter

saint path rick's catsdral with ga cans and lighters. e often common link among attackers, online forums where violent threats appear to font. is it a difficult think to weigh in terms of what is a threat and what is just talk? >> well, it's a fine line that people claim it's freedom of speech, but we sometimes look at it, and ifif it's concerning it's threatening in any way, we take a very close look at that. >> reporter: joshua davidson is theenior rabbi at new york's temple emanuel. >> when houses of worship have uato begin to g their doors the way they are now, then that really undermines the very effort that we aspire to. >> reporter: yet these stone barriers sit just outside the temple,ubtle and decorative, but grim reminders of too many headlines. >> are people genuinely scared? are they talking to you? >> i think it's more of an awareness, and we tell them, don't be scared. take thaee nervous fling that you have and channel that into

some positive energy and know that the police can protect them. former vice president joe biden is betting the t road 2020 lies through the rust belt. he held his first rally in a key battleground state. >> quite frankly, folks, if i'm going to be able toon beat dd trump in 2020, it's going to happen here. it's going to happen here in western pennsylvia. >> biden secured an endorsement from the firefighters union, which sent president trump on a tweetstorm, saying, quote, the dues-sucking firefighters leadership will always support democrats even though the membership wants me. nbc's kristen welker has more. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: hi, marlie. good morning to you. on monday, former vice president biden was speaking to a firefighte endorsed him.ad just it's a part of biden's argument that if he's the nominee, he can win back working class voters in rust belt states, all prompting president trump to fire back that many union members are trumpupporters and tweeting,

welcome to pennsylvania, sleepy joe. enjoy the trump economy. biden is just five days into his primary rollout and has faced criticism for not directly pologizing for his handling of anita hill's sexual harassment allegations during clarence thomas' confirmation, again n trying to turhe page, biden telling abc news, quote, i take responsibility that she did not get treated well. marlie? kristen, thank you. president donald trump welcomed the baylor university women's basketball team to the white house to celebrate the players and coach for winning the 2019 ncaa national championship. the lady bears received a now trump traditional fast food meal and tour of the white house. they also presented mr. trump wi a baylor jersey and hat. a man wanted for stealing a pickup truck led police on a high speed chase through several florida counties. travis dwayne lovett fired three rounds at deputie hitting one in the windshield. the chase started after he tried to r over two officers.

police eventually caught up to him and did a p.i.t. maneuver on the stolen truck. that caused him to flip multiple times on the shoder of the road. lovett was ejected from the car. he was airlifted to the hospital. we've got extreme weather ahead with 21 million people at here's nbc meteorologist bill karins again. >> good morning. beginning of a dangerous day. also have a lot of travel impacts because of trmse sto too. 21 million people at risk. damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes. area of con goes from central texas right through the heart of oklahoma, eastern oklahoma, and into areas of missouritoday. we'll keep an eye on it as it develops. the airports will have impacts including storms dallas fort worth, kansas, st. louis, chicago. if you're going to be driving on interstates, especially d on 70 fromver to st. louis and areas of missouri and even 44 down from missouri to oklahoma. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. you can see all the areas of rain out there. to the north, ough, it's actually cold enough that it's

snowing currently in denver at 31 degrees. so what any ueather map. areas of wyoming into the northern plains still feels like march instead of the end of april. people in the rockies and central plains would like to warm it up ali le. >> they're still skiing over there. >> good skiing as you know, yes. >> all through memorial day is what they're hoping thank you, bill. the robert kraft solicitation saga will continu to play in court later today. the defense team for the atriots owner will try to convince a judge not to release the controversial surveillance videos from inside a florida day spa. his attorneys say the installation of the surveillanca came was illegal. on monday, a judge temporarily blocked tse tapes from being released. still to come on "early today," remembering a hollywood visionary gone too soon. a look bac athe trailblazing career of director and producer john singleton. you see clear skin you see me. but if you saw me before cosentyx...

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aw "poetic justice" followed two years later. >> girl, you got this. make films that have a lot of heart and that plordinary, common peo can identify with. >> reporter: more recently he directed an episode of "the people versus o.j. simpson" and co-created the fx crime drama snowfall. ingleton spent his life advocating for black artists and films in hollywood. actress regina king tweeting, rest in power, my friend. one of the greatest to ever do it. john singleton was 51 years old. >> perfectly put from regina king. way too soon. >> indeed. i know he'll be missed. just ahead, an emotional moment on the set for the rock. and the unlikely place where "game of thrones" star peter discovered his loo alike. next.

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stany with a look at the roads. >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist uck bell and a look at what you said was going to be a difficult forecast, chuck. >> yeah. two areas of high pressure are battling it out for control of the weather. the one to the north won yesterday. only 62 degrees for a high temperature yester the one to the south is going to try its best to take over today which will bring temperatures to near 80de ees. it could be a very slow battle. some places, fredericksburg, southern -- parts of southern and central rginia, could be well above 80 today. whereas up closer to the pennhtlvania border it mig not get above 70. a big battle zone taking place. here's -- we're going to hoot it down the middle. mostly cloudy, a hit and miss chance for a shower south ofnd washington a for the most part later in the day. afternoon temperatures for most will be in the upper 70s to perhaps near 80 degrees from washington south. we'll call it 80 today. keep the umb handy, especially