you pack what you need. can i buy you a gps watch, call when you can, 120,000 u.s. troops, that's the number being floated as part of a military middle east plan should iran attack american forces or ramp up their nuclear weapons program. >>hichina back hard against u.s. tariffs, sending the dow down over 600 points, but the president remains optimistic about trade talks. >> this is a very positive step. i love the position we're in so our farmers will be very happy. our manufacturers will be very happy, and our government is very happy because we're taking in tens of billions ofth dollars e infamous central park five wrongly convicted for a heinous crime now part of a

powerful new documentary you got to see. and remembering a hollywood icon, the legendary doris day, silver screen star and singer from hollywood's golden era. "early today" starts right now good tuesdayi' morning m phillip mena. >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera the u.s./china trade dispute is now an-o war between the two economic powerhouses the trump administration is portedly laying out a plan to 00 billion worth of chinese imports after beijing retaliated with stiff tariffs of its own on billions of dolls in american goods. ripples downl streetion sent the dow plunging morthan 600 points in the worst day for markets in four months nbc's janis mackey frayer join usm beijing with the very latest >> reporter: good morning, frances. it is a deepeninconfrontation between the world's two biggest economies. what state media here is calling a people's war beijing retaliated with

$60 billion in tariffs on u.s. goods, and president trump is promising tariffs on all chinese goods if the two sidesco can't to some sort of an agreement. president trump seems to be openly relishing this idea oa renewed trade war and says america's economy is strong enough on itown. >> the bottom line is we are taking in tremendous amounts of money. it already a starteds of last friday, but it really started seven months before that it's in the form of tariffs or taxes, and it had a trendous impact so we're in a very good position, and i think it's only going to get better. >> reporter: well, china is saying that it's strong too, that it's a self-sufficient market, that servis over a billion people, that it's thriving and it's a market that u.s. companies have long wanted to be a part of. and the propaganda drive is fullr way here editorials blaming the united states for this latest trade

stfe oneditorial accusing the trump administration of, quote, shouting aogantly to puff itself up. on the news last night on cctv, there was a strongly worded proclamation by the presenter that would have been approved by the government saying that china is strong, that this trade war is no big deal, and thathey will overcome it and that clip has been viewed today more than 3.2 billion times. >> ultimately it's the consumers who are going to feel it most. thank you. secretary of state mike pompeo is headg to sochi this morning to sit down wi russian president vladimir putin for the first major talks between washington and moscow since the mueller report revled the full extent of kremlin election meddling the meeting comes a day aftempr po's surprise trip to brussels to discuss a threat from iran with our european allies nbc's tracie potts is in d.c. with the very latest tracie, tensions with tehran are

at new highs ts morning. reporter: no question about that pompeo w in brussels to share some of our telligence with e eu, with ourea europn partners the alliesre nervous about some possible military conflict. could this boil over into what they consider an accidental war between the united states and iran with them caught in the middle that's one of their big concerns here the u.s., as you know, has sent a carrier group to that region in case we have to respond there have been concerns about iran planning some sort of attack now there have been mysterious ship attacks in the persian gulf iran calls it regrtable, but some are wondering are they si respe, and where's all this headed. >> are you seeking regime change >> we'llt ee whappens with iran if they do anything, it will be a very bad mistake if they do anything i'm hearing little stories about iran if they do anything, they will suffer greatly we'll see what happens with iran >> reporter: the president being

asked there if we are headed to war with iran. "the new york times" reporting that the white house, the national security team specifically has been briefed on a pentagon plan to send up to 120,000 troops to thf e middle east icessary to respond to iran now, we don't know if the president has been briefed on details of tt manyroops actually going to iran, but the concern heree would b respond to an attack or some sort of nuclear t velopment. buthere's a lot ofns dn within the administration, we're told, about where to go with this >> sounds like some very consequential decisions, policy decisions coming up. tracieyo, thank u so much. robert kraft wins a major victory in court a judge throwing out key evidence in his caseruling that prosecutors can't use the massage parlor surveillance videos so what does this mean for the patriotswner stephanie gosk breaks it down for us >> reporter: this is aig win

for robert kraft, a major win. earlier this year, police charged him and two dozen her men with soliciting prostitution, but a florida judge granted kraft's motion to suppress the surveillance footage recorded at thorchids of asia day spa, ruling it could not be used inrt cou the judge says that's because investigators did not do enough to protect the innocent customers at the s who were also recorded, and it's not just what they recorded inside the spa that'sff limits. it's also any evidence collected ouspide the a, including footage at a traff stop used to identify kraft that day there's still no word tonight how and if the nfl will punish kraft based on the league's personal conduct policy. for now, the patriots owner is still scheduled to go to court next week, but we'll seeprf osecutors change their approach or even if they drop the two misdemeanocharges. >> stephanie, thank you. felicity huffman was back in court, and this time entering l guilty p

the actress admitting to her role in that college admissions cheating scandal now prosecutors say they want er her to s some time in prison nbc's miguel almaguer breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: oscar nominee felicity huffman facing caras in a real-life drama that could land the actress in prison when addressing the judge, huffman's voice began to qver, fighting back tears. she stressed her daughter didn't know about her actions, trying to regain her composure, huffman ered, yes, your honor, when asked are you ilty of the charge >> this was absolutely the move she had to make. responsibility, and cooperate t with prosecutors to get the lowest possisee ntence >> reporter: after agreeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, prosecutors recommended the desperate housewives star pay a $20,000 fine and spe four months in prison it comes as fellow actress lori loughlin moves closer to trial,

like some other parents, rejecting a plea deal. she and her fashion designer husband are taking a big gamble as they face a maximum of 40 years in prison. >> lori loughlin is risking isa substantial sentence by going to trial itead of pleading guilty. she may even end up pointing the finger at her husband, who waslv invoed in more of the commofications and more he emails than she was. court date wilbe june 3rd.xt huffman should be sentenced in mid-september.p? phil >> miguel, thank you people across the northeast are double checking their calendar as winter makes a mid-may comeback and this cold damp weather rolls through the air. laguardia airport in new york recorded a historic low of2 4 degrees for may 13th across north carolina, residents saw a range of destructive weather including golf ball sized hail and the touchdown of a tornado. meanwhile this weather system brought massachusetts to its first mother's day snowfall

since 1996. >> let's bring in nbc mes.orologist bill karin what's going on? we're like two weeks from june what's going on? >> yeah. it's endless spring, right it just keeps going or endless winter in some cases snow this morning in high elevations of northern n england.i haven't found any cit snow right now we're still looking at mostly above 2,000 feet elevations with the snow but it iins fallg in a few spots of the adadirondacks here's how it plays out today. the storm begins to pull away but with the cold air aloft, we're going to get t clouds filling right back in. we're going to see evening and afternoon showers. anywhere from d.c. all the way the ugh thnortheast. today still kind of a raw, damp day. all that warm air in the middle of the country is going to take a day or twoit, but will eventually get to the east that's a look at the big weather story of the day now here's a closer look at your ahead. these temperatures still ranging about 15, in some cases 20 degrees below what you'd expect for this time of year.

some of that cool, beautiful air down in atlanta today, that looks like a great day a lot of sunshine and 73 degrees. we'll talk about that big warm-up coming a little later. >> memorial day is coming our way too. we got to fix it for that. thank you, bill. fast forwarding into tuesday, disgraced former congressern anthony wes expected to be released from a halfway house after serving 21 months in custody for sending lewd texts to a 15-year-old girl. today is the nba draft lottery. we'll find out which team will get the number one pick in this year's draft and likely take zion williamson who has been compared to lebron james the knicks, cavs and suns have the best chance. today is frecone dayt haagen-dazs. customers can get a free scoop in a cup or a cone from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at participating locations across the country

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>> they sayou rape the lady. >> i didn't see a lady or hit anyone >> i didn't see any lady. >> kevin. >> i didn't see any lady. >> reporter: explain the title. >> i really became alleridc to the of calling it central park five. they were given this name by the press, by political forces, and it really takes away their personal power "when they see us" humanizesem th. >> these police will mess us up. they not playing they're not. >> reporter: before a white female jogger was beaten and raped in new ys central park in 1989, they were just five teenagers from harlem. youssef salaam, antoine mccray, kevin richardson, cory wise, and raymond santana. but on after, the horrific crime, they were arrested an quickly branded "the central park five". >> this whole process was surreal just to see like our life story portrayed and to still be relevant 30 years

later. >> is my mom here? >> it's just us -- you and us. >> reporter: convicted on what they always maintained were coerced confessions, each was sentenced to years behind bars what was it like for you to watch those scenes oyour enkae incarceration? was it difficult >> it was. it was it was it still is, but it rwas. >>eporter: their convictions were vacated in 2002 after anesher man confsed to the attack his dna a match. the central park five were awarde1 d $4llion in a settlement with the city of new york. >> we didn't get an apology at all. all the time we did for something we didn't do, and itrt hu >> we have this indelible scarf, oh, that's, you know, kevin richardson, the guy from the central park jogger se, you know, the wilding case. >> so nothing makes that right. >> nothing it's 30 years later and we are e proof that when you damage kids asoung as 14, 15, and 16 years old for a period of

14 1/2eyears, right, and bond, how do you fix that? >> reporter: their story now a passion project for this celebrated director. >> so i really wanted to show how what it comes out dealing with kind of being half a citizen and how this was put upon these boys for a crime they didn't commit. >> reporter: and for the men who lived itti, vali >> a series like this paints the picture of what it is like to be a person of color in america, for what we went through and what it represents for the rest of the world is tremendous. >> the series does not explore the story of the rape victim wft was le with no memory after the attack you can catch more of lester's conversation with the central park five coming uon the third hour of "today." still ahead, the best of the best from the internet the biatg winners the webbys and a snapshot of america.

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melissa mollet has first 4 traffic. > begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look outside. what do you have, chuck? >> well, i guess some good newsa way. the rain has stopped. it actually ended sometime late yesterday afternoon. not completely done with the rain chance dato there's a pocket of showers across central west virginia. we're in a cool northwesterly flow. there's a pocket of cool air aloft. that's going to drift overhead during the day today. that's not your friend if you want to see nshine. we'll get some sun here early in the morning. by late morning and into the afternoon as that pocket of cold air aloft moves in, that causes cloudsbl to bub up and will cause quick rain chances during the afternoon hours. between now and then, wh is it chilly. this morning, 46 in gaithersburg and germantown. 49 in stafford and freder ksburg. 52 in manassas. there's your planner. unshine the first part of the dayment a lot of clouds -- day. a lotof clouds later with the risk of passing owers. y'