extreme weather, dozens of dangerous tornadoes touching down ovethe past few days with millions more in the path of a newly upgraded mordangerous weather system >> weapons of war. president u.s. navy war ships conducting military exercises in the arabian sea as tensions rise with iran. >> protests overew anti-abortion laws are on the rise as a republican house member says the prident committed high crimes and misdemeanors >> almost 400 graduates of moore house college will have their student debts erased by a generous billionaire >> an 8-ar-old is miraculously found alive and well after being kidnapped while out walking with her mom. >> plus changing thetatus quo in hollywood how queen latifah is giving a

boost to female film maimers >> "game of thrones" le up to the sky high expectations for the season finale?ts "early today" star right now >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. many communities are facing an upgraded forecast high risk of severe weatafr today ter dangerous storms had alrghdy ripped throu the country tornadvio alley li up to its reputation with massive storm cells spawning dozens of tornadoes through america's ndart land a more could be on the way. at least two homes were destroyed in giranimo, oklahoma after a tornado ripped through the area a path of destruction left behind, thankfully no one was seriously hurt >> heavy rain and powerful winds hammered central texas national weather service reporting four tornadoes struck that state meanwhile overnight severe weather battered the northeast th possibltornado was caught on ram ra ove denver, pennsylvania >> let's turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins tracking it all for us

a busy dangerous day for some. >> life-threatening long tractor nad owes, the most dangerous, typically the most deadly that we have. a high risk of severe weather. we haven't had a high risk in the last two years it's been two years ago since the last time we had one of these. that's that area of pink that's where the confidence is very high we're not only going to have rnadoes, but strong tornadoes that are going to be on the ground a long period of time it's a matter do they hit a town or miss the town. it's very dangerous. if they do hit towns, they could be strong enough to change the lives of the people in the towns forever. 19 million people at risk, it's this area of northern texas into areas of western oklahoma that is at the greatest risk. anywhere ithe red still could deal with possibility of tornadoes. but from snyder to guthrie to childress, elk stit city, eventually oklahoma city it's all this afternoon and early this evening >> one of the most dangerous weather days >> of the year >> my goodness, bill, thank you. president trump is stoking tensions with teheran this

morning. warning iran on twitter to never threat u theted states again or else face dire consequence. it comes amid a military buildup in the reegion to counter an alleged threat from iran and prompted the u.s. to pull nonessential staff from diplomatic pts in iraq nbc's ali a ruse i has the latest >> reporter: in this game of brinks man ship tensions between teheran and washington have been ratcheting up and down moment to nome the last week president trump turning the heat up again, tweeting, if iran wants a fight, that will be the official end of iran never threaten the united states again. always, there are two emies, competing narratives the erite house says tehan is up to no good,nd ithey target u.s. assets whether directly or by proxy, they will be met with thmie significant tary response. the counter naative from teheran is that this crisis is

entirely manufactud by the united states. a view that is shared with varyin udegrees by. allies in europe and wholeheartedly by russia and china now, evethough iran is saying it does not want a war, it is saying it's ready to deal with one if it happens. this current climate puts us at a higher risk of some sort of we mayot be on the precipice of a war by design, but in the absence of dialogue and he diplomacy, t is a danger of stumbling into some sort of conflict by miscalculation a ali arusi, teheran >> president trump is firing back in the wake of the russia investigation.he accused the pr impeachable conduct after reading the mueller report democrats cheered the move though no other republicans backed the congressman

jennifer johnson has the fiery response >> reporter: michigan republican congressman is the first to say president trump engaged in impeachable conduct trying to obstruct mueller's investigation. and william barr misrepresented the report and the actions meet the reshold for impeachment. democrats backing him up >> i think it's a watershed movement there is now bipartisan support for really understanding the seriousness of what is in the mueller report >> he showed more courage than anr othepublican in the house or senate. but whatpu may bing us in the direction of impeachment in any event has less to do with justin and the administration is engaging in a maximum obstructionism campaign. >> reporter: the president fired back on twitter calling him a total lightweight and loser. republicans say he has been a frequent critic of the president and often votes with house

democrats. others doubt there is enough evidence to goit forwardh impeachment proceedings. >> i respect him i think it's a kehri joneocourag statement. but to make a case for obstruction of justice you don't have elements. >> reporter: romney released a statement saying he was sickened by the president's actions amash came to the conclusion after reading the entire jenniferohnson, nbc newst. >> women rights are in the political spotlight. hundreds of demonstrators marched to the steps of abama's capital sunday in protest of the new law directly challenging roe v. wade. even president trump is distancing himself from the legislation, tweeting, he strongly pro-life with threx ptions rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother nbc's craig boz we will joinin us from d.c. with the growing backlash craig, good morning. the president's comments seem diremaly referencing the alaba law >> reporter: indeed.

phillip, good morning. good morning, everyone that many ba bam law is a near total ban on the procedure the president saying he's taking the same position on as ronald reagan, the three exceptions this is certainly front and center nowmp on the gn trail. we have heard from almost all of the presidential candidates. here's bernie sanders in alabama on sunday. say that banning legal medically assisted abortion and forcing women back into the arms of quacks will quite literallkill women. >> reporter: there are also some republicans saying that the alabama law goes too far and l gaalysts are saying it may get struck down even before it gets to the supreme court a long time, we'll certainly wait to see what happens there a number of states, phillip, as

you mention, have also passed strict anti-abortion laws in recent weeks phillip, back to you >> allcr right, g. thank you so much. >> in fort worth, texas, police say a girl was snatched righontn frt of her mother has been found d is now safe. police say a suspect is also in custody. and two local good samaritans helped find the girl and the suspect. >> we have been checking parks all night, so this was the second hotel we had checked. we had just -- me and jay had st decided that the back end of that car looked like a ford 500. >> those two men are being called heroes for helping crack the case nb ts kathy park has story >> reporter: a parent's worst nightmare playing ouelon a neighbor's doocamera her daughter kidnapped right in front of her >> help me >> reporter: james running outside when he heard the scream w >> thinks something like this happening in the middle of broad daylight this is shocking it would shock anyone anywhere,

right? >> reporter: 8md yoe salem was walking with her mother in their fort worth neighboliood when poce say 51-year-old michael webb pulled the girl into his car, then fled her mother tried jumping into the moving car, but was pushed out. an amber alert with the girl's photo and the suspect's gray sedan quickly circulated two good samaritans spotted the car parked outside this hotel. >> assisted us 100%. they're our heroes tonight, i'll temperature you that >> reporter: 8 hours after the kidnapping, authorities broke through the hotel door, finding sub tax subatka with webb. >> this girl is going to be okay >> reporter: the girl with her family after the kidnapper faces a first degree felony charge police say the suspect did not know the girl or her mother. they added that the girl was taken to a hospital in that area to be checked out, but officers did find hern iod condition

frances? >> all right, karl-anthonithy, u >> bill is back with us with life-threatening storms. >> the fuel for the storm, we're going to have the twisting of the motion in the atmosphere we call the sheer, winds indi erent directions, that's going to help spin these storms after they form. that's how we get this severe weather out break.the possibility of life-threatening storms. again, it's two rounds this afternoonthe ba that's a look at the big weather story of the day now here's a closer look at your day ahead.o well, we ave a slight risk of severe storms in areas of central and northern new england today.to we had ss out there yesterday dangerous. pennsylvania and overnight in and around the new york city area southern kansas gets hit we'll take a look at the week ahead forecast coming up. today is the mostly dangerous day, but we have a lot of heat to talk about, a too >> we'reeady starting to feel it. bill, thank you. a bitter sweet moimt in pennsylvania as the building

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it is sad to see it go, though >> after two years of dating actress arlotte johansson is engaged. publicists confirmed the news to the associated press sunday. this will be johansson's third marriage and joe's firstea 34-yold actress was previously married to "deadpool" actor. so far no date has been set for their wedding. >> that is amazing good for them. congratulations to both of y th. >>h. >> all right adds we mentioned earlier, alluded to the watch has ended for millions of "ge of thrones" fans, hbo did air its finale last night. the nearly decade long series holds a special place tv history and in the hearts ofma ny and the starts they signed off in very emotional tributes the mother of dragons actors amelia clark said the show played a huge role in making her e person she is today, thanking her magical fans. sophie turner thanked chr acter sansa stark writing, a grew up with you i fell in love with you at 13,

and now ten years on at 23, i leave you behind meanwhile, fans in russia celebrated the fale with cost players. they took pictures next to the iron throne in front of the hall ofes fac very cool and under rated area there. the last episode aired in moscow everybody, this very communal event, you know tens of millions of people g getting together and saying >> you're going to be okay with it you're happy with how it ended >> doesn't matteth i appreciated how did it. incredible the show is able to get us talking about something like that. >> well put. the clasofs itan at moore house college found out at their graduationth ceremony ey had even more reason to celebrate. >> wre going to put a little fuel in your bus in my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> so, did he say what i thought he said? so yeah, tech investor robert f. smith pledging to wipe out the debt of nearly 400 students.

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good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. let's begin this monday morning with a check on your forecast and commute. melissa mollet is standing by with your first 4 traffic.

>> we'll begin, though, with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a good, stiff breeze out there this morning. ao.ittle humidity, >> yes. a little of all of those things. >> your hair looks good. >> you think so >> summer came in like, you itow, a punch to the face. >> yeah did. we will a little reprieve not so much today but tomorrow and wednesday. a little break from the re-summer levels of heat and humidity courtesy of that cold front moving through ohio now. out ahead of it, as aaron mentioned, the breeze is up this morning. southerly breezes, 10to 20 miles per hour. that is going to continue to bring the warm and humid air touough the morning h. not a big chance for rain early. i couldn't rule out a sprinkle or two. the real thing you'll nice is how incredibly mild it is. annapolis hasn't even gotten below 80 ynut. that is ual for the third week of may. most of the suburbs are in the low to mid 70s no