unforgettable. another reminder to never take a day for so lifis the question. when does a life become a life >> the choice should be if it's a woman, a woman and man married, should it be their choice, not the legislaturmoto forclity on people >>reaking overnight, the state of alabama just passed what uld be the nation's mostre strictive abortion law with severefo consequences r doctors performing procedure also breaking, new details surrounding the mid-air collision of twori tou planes in alaska as the death toll rises to six a diplomatic tit for tat betweethe u.s. and iran as president trump dials back talk ofn imminent military

engagement then, to the two million kids of kids whose parents ar serving in the military. jfk gets aveetro makeo with a hotel to watch. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. breaking news. abama lawmakers have approved the nation'sost restrictive abortion bill. now the state's governor has six days to decide whether or not to sign the near total ban thatres a challenge to roe v. wade >> my goal with this bill, and i think all of our goal is to have rov. wade turned over and that decision ability be able to sent back to the states >> we're aeeeady sg plenty of backlash to the vote. alabama's democratic senator doug jones calls the action unconstitutional and shameful. many 2020 presidential candidates have also weighed in.

kamalaarris calls the news outrageous and bernie sanders is urging the governor to veto the bill here with the details is nbc's dan sheneman >> 25 's, 6 nays, the bill passes >> reporter: the alabama state senate approving a bill to outlaw nearly all abortions in the state. >> once that person known to be pregnant, then this bill will take effect. >> reporter: according to the bill, performing an abortion is doctors could face 99 years behind bars. thonly exception serious health risk to the mother. critics say it goes too far. the choice should be if it's a woman, if it's a woman and man married, it should be their choice, not the legislature to force morality on peopleup >> reporter: srters hope the bill will wind up in the nation's high court. >> this bill's purpose is to hopefully get to the supreme

court and have them revisit the actual decision which was is the baby in a womb a person. >> reporter: a divisive debate that's far from over dan sheneman, nbc news ramidising tensions with tehran, president trump is playing down reports that the white house is considering a plan to send thousands of oops to the middle east if iran attacks american forces or steps up on nuclear weapons. but despite the president's commen, there is still growing concern that the administration is inching toward another war in the region nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. good morning. >> hey there, frances. good morning actually, critics here in the u.s. say it's the u.s. that prompted this possible conflict by pulling out of the iran nuclear deal, but at this point, it looks like the u.s. is gearing up for some sort of possible attack in theegion by iran we've sent a carrier group there try to deal with them but president trump says he's

standing strong on this, and also denying a "new york times" report that as a backup plan, he's considering sending 120,000 troops to the region >> are you planning to send 120,000 troops to the middle east >> i think it's fake news. now, would i do that absolutely but we have not planned for that hopefully we're not going to have to plan for that. and if we did that, we'd send a hellf a lot more troops thanth . >> reporter: no indication that the white house, the trump administration is actually carrying out p thelan if in fact that's what they're coidering. meantime, on the other side, iran's supreme leader says that they are not trying to get int a military conflict with the united states, but the alls are certainly concerned, frances, that things seem to be escalating there. >> absolutely. especially with developments tracie, thank you. investors are bracing for another roller coaster day on wall street as the u.s. trade

war with china shows no signs of letting up while markets did bounce back on tuesday, the tariff tit for tat is still a very serious threat in the nterm for american consumers and farmers caugth in middle latest from d.c.kson has the >> reporter: yet another escalation may be just days away as president trump leans int his threat to slap even more tariffs on china and $325 billion worth of its products. we about the 325 billion, e looking at it very strongly. we're having a little squabble with china because we've been treated very unfairly for many, many decades, or actually a long time [ closing bell ]r: >> repoday markets rebounded a bit with the dow closing up more than 200 pointst that's aer the tariff tit for tat triggered a topsy turvy ride >> do you think you're winning the trade war, mr. president >> i thi we're winning it. do you want to know something? we always win. >> rokorter: but it doesn't lo like winning to tim bardol, who is losing money on his soy bean

crop as the chinese buy less of it still, he voted for trump in 2016 and supports him now. >> what president trump is doing should have been done 15 or 20 years ago. then it would have been an easy fix. >> reporter: the president plans to talk with china's leader at a global summit next month, though that may not be soon enough for farmers lia bardol. >> as rmer, i've been beat up for a year. make sure there is a good solid agreement that will help me in the future >> and phillip, in other news today, nbc news has learned donald trump jr. has agreed to answer questions from the senate intelligence committee in mid-june about thepo prod trump tower moscow project according to sources to the president's son. remember, it was revealed just last week that the republican-led committee subpoenaed trump to get him to appear. >> hallie, thanks. new questions are swirling this morning about boeing's insistent efforts to keep the

737 max in the sky following the first fatal lyon air crash killed 189 people. a "new york times" report reveals the american airlines pilots you know pressed bowing to take aggressive steps on the boeing 737 max in a no meeting that was four months y ethiopian eadl plane crash. boeing acknowledged potential software flaws in new features but argued a second disaster was unlikely according to frustrated pilots, the issue was not under control. nbc news has not reviewed the recordings and boeing has declined to comment on the report later today congress will question faa regulators about how they apparently missed key design flaws with the max during certification. the bodies of two more people have been found in that deadly plane crash in alaska, bringing the death toll up to six. a volunteer rescue squad made the tragic discovery near the crash site just off ketchikan. when rescue teams arrived,he one

of tloat planes was submerged upside down just feet from the rocky shore ten survivors were plucked from the icy waters the two small planes were carrying royal princess cruise ship passages o were on a tour taquan air, which operates one of the plane announced it is suspendi all flights investigators announced they're working to recover the two planes to piece together what happened. >> the two suspects in the colorado s.t.e.m. school shooting are expected in court today. meanwhile, one of the students who helped to disarm the shooter spoke to reporters >> you're never taught to run towardsthis kind of thing. you're taught to make the decision to go away. but, you know, we made asi deci that was right for us, and i'm glad i made it but i just hope that nobody else ever has to ma that decision again. >> also planned for today a celebration of life service for kendrick castillo. he died while helping to stop >>authorities in las vegas havesu released rveillance video that we warn you is disturbing to see

in it you see a 74-year-old man getting out of his seat and moving toward the exit of a city bus. meanwhile, he has an exchange with a woman who is standing there. when he gets to the door, you see her push him down on to the pavement this happened back on march 21st the man's family sayd s he die from those injuries on april 23rd police have now charged that woman with murder, and they're asking witnesses to come forward. tributes are pouring in for comedy icon tim conway who died tuesday. the emmy winning actor was best known for his tv work on "the carol burnett show." his former co-stars carol burnett and vicki lawrence are remembering him. carol barnett said in a statement i'anm heartbroken d lawrence posted this collage on instagram. nbc's harry smith looks back at the legendary comic'res ca >> got you last. >> reporter: tim conway had a funny face >> what's the matter now >> oh, this girdle is killing me. >> reporter: a face that as it

shape shifted its way through a bit always drew laughs >> say something to me >> can you hear me >> charles parker reporting aboard, sir. >> reporter: conway first cameur to ottention as ernest borgnine's helpless number two ensign parker on "mchale's navy." but conway really made his mark and won emmys as part of the remarkable ensemble on "the carol burnett show." in sketches where either burnett or vicki lawrence or harvey ta korman would inevibly crack up because of conway's antics. >> he had nodea i was going to immobilize myself with novocaine so wi punched my hand, my my head, leg, the whole thing and went completely, he actually wet his pants. >> reporter: of conway, carol burnett said today "i'm heartbroken. he was one in a million. he'll be in my heart forever." hey >> reporter: ours too. harry smith, nbc news, new york.

>> tim conway dead at the age of 85 all right. it is mid-may. let's see when the weather is going to start acting like it. bill karins, good morning. >> if you haven't seen the dentist skit, goatch it's one of the funniest aver. were watching a storm system exiting finally the sun will return to areas of the northeast. and it's going to take a little while fromoston toaine we're going to see the spring still cool today in areas of the northeast. temperatures will be warmer than the last couple of days, but still stuck in the 60s and 70s as wgo throughout the end of this weekend, though, watch the warmth begin to spread st. louis 87 omaha 92 and this weekend we see 90s into areas like north carolina and all through areas of south carolina too that's a look at the big weather story of the day now here is a closer look at your day ahead so chilly air is going to be with us throughout the day it's going to be hard to get a lot of sunshine from areas from about boston north wards, philadelphia, d.c., new york city will be much improved and there is that warm air in the middle of the country today with some 90s in areas of

kansas this upcoming weekend unfortunately going to have some severe weather we'll talk about that coming up. > there was somethat heart-stopping moments caught on camera in south florida. here is the video here a highway patr trooper was walking back to his patrol car when another car, you see that hydroplaning out of control nearly crushed him right against that wall. the trooper managed to leap on to the wall at the very last second and escaped with what auorities say appear to be just a broken ankle. the driver was cited for driving too fast for those conditions. >> wow quick instincts right there. still ahead, an airport hotel you'll actually want to stay at. and the heartache at home epymt. a dloen a look at the true toll on military kids. lind. he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this... luckily for all your hard-to-wash fabrics... ...there's febreze fabr refresher. febreze doesn't just mask, it eliminates odors you've...

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long deployment. nbc'r peter alexandent back to visit them to learn more about the emotional toll all that time apart takes. r >>orter: for ten months, luca cesternino counted down the days until he'd see his dad again. military kidbout being a >> being with my dad, because me and him are best buds, connected. >> reporter: we first met 9-year-old luca on the mats. blindfolded, he thought he was sparring with his instructor until he heard a familiar voice. and a nickname that only one person would know. >> daddy >> reporter: staff sergeant rob cesternino home from syr that hug revealing the relief and the hardship of all that time apart what were you thinking >> like this has to be a joke. and i just saw it. and i ran to him >> reporter: when our loved ones serve, they're not the only ones who sacrifice. >> when i go on a deployment, i know the expectation i know my mission, and we know that the military is going to take care of us, but we have no

idea what's going to happen with our family when we're gone >> reporter: whawere the signs of luca sort of experiencing his dad being away >> rebelling against me a lot. just wanting to talk to him when he couldn't. there waa lot of emotional stuff that started coming out of . m that we had never seen >> rorter: luka is one of 2 million kids with a military parent. and when mom or dad is deployed, studies show those kids often experience sleeping problems, irritability, evenggression. >> there is sorrow at first. they're sad. then it -- in some cases it turns more to anger. >> reporter: rob clapper runs our military kids, a nonprofit that giv grants to the children of national guard and reserve members. 65,000 in the last 15 yearfor dance classes, horseback riding, and taekwando too. >> it's like home away from home. >> reporter: taekwando is home away from home >> yes, sir. >> give me a kick. >> reporter: mom lea says it was luca's outlet. >> it was his savior, a place to get energy out, to develop.

>> reporter: lea found an outlet too,aking and selling yellow ribbons to celebrate rob's return othat idea quickly caughtn, the profits all going to our military kids, enough money ts raised to cover gror seven more children. what advise would you give to other military kids whose dads or moms are away >> if your dad and mom's away,ee justpushing through, and pray i pray for all of you. >> reporter: peter alexander, , nbc newsbanon, tennessee >> wow we don't often get to see the heartache that leads up to the hugs and those moments. >> and remember when you're a kid, time really slowsye down. is forever. imagine what that feels like for these kids >> i can't imagine that's a very important report right there. justa ahead, amatic wildfire escape. and does becoming a millionaire e rm bher s ringo it for you proposal for you, next

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