keep focusing on school. it meant a lot because he missed my eighth grade graduation. gso for him to see meduate ignoring subpoenas andum thbing their nose at congress. the white houscontinues to defy congressional demands as the pressure for speaker pel pi grows toush for impeachment. intense police body cam follows the dangerous pursuit by an officer of a suspected gunman that reaches a dramatic showdown to nature's furyde first responrs tending to the injured and trapd asore tornadoes rip through parts of the south.th en to the women making history at one of america's mosr tigious military academies and a pianrecital to sta out, why not do it upside doin hangg from a crane this guy did it's wednesday and "early today" starts right now hanging in there on a

wednesday morning. good morning i'm phillip mena >> and i'm frances rivera. a growing chorus in congress is pushing for peachment. the white house is doing its best to thwart any efforts by democrats to investigate president trump and his administration and it could soon reach a boiling point as more democrats push house speaker nancy pelosi to launch impeachment proceedings. nbc's craig bodswell joins us from d.c. with the latest. at oneoint spoker pelosi was saying it's just not worth it. >> right frances, good morning. good morning, everyone house speaker nancy pelosi's holding a closed-door meeting with house democratic members this morning it's intended to be an update on the investigations and the oversight, but the growing cal for impeachment could dominate this meeting democrats are angry that president trump blockee d th congressional testimony ofou to ignore a subpoenaring mcgahn and democrats are owing more frustrated by the president's stonewalling of obstruction

investigations in the wake o the mueller report so we're likely to hear more calls as we have over the last couple of days for house speaker nancy pelosi to begin an impeachment inquiry. >> the president of the united states of amica needs to be impeached. >> i believe that we have come to the time of impeachment i think that at a certain point this is no longer about politics but this is about upholding the rule of law. >> i see a lot morpee ople that believe that impeachable offenses occurred and would like to seepen imachment inquiry. >> reporter: nowafter that closed-door meeting this morning the hoe speakealong with senator chuck tschumer,he top house for a meeting withen white presidtrump. it should be interesting but they'rmeeting to talk about infrastructure this is actually tir second meeting on a $2 trillion infrastructure deal. but it's unlikely that's going to getbe any traction cause number one, they don't know or agree on how to pay ar itnd

the tension between the white house and democrats is at such t fever pitc they may not be able to reach an agreement on much of anything at this point frances, back to you >> certainly watching closely how fired up that meeting's going to be. craig, thank you behind those calls for impeachment is the growing constitutional clash between congress and the executive branchse former white houounsel don mcgahn skipping out on his hearing before the house judiciary commite. and democrats are now upping the ante, issuing subpoenas for another pair of former white house employees. nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: the president's former white house counsel don mcgahn a no-show for house hearing. but there were still plenty of fireworks. >> the president took it upon himself to intimidate a witness who has a legal obligation to be here today >> and we're here again with the circus >> reporter: mcgahn gave 30 hours of testimony tbeo rort mueller, prompting democrats to subpoena him, saying mcgahn is a key witness in theirbstruction probe. but the trump administration argues justice department

opinions going back four decades give seniopresidential aides like mcgahn absolute immunity from testifying to congress. digging in, democrats subpoenaed hope hicks, the president's former communications director, and nidonaldson, mcgahn's former chief of staff. the president tweeting "the dems were unhappy with the outcome of the $40 million mueller report, so now they want a do-over." all of it a contentious backdrop as president trump hit battleground pennsylvania, turning his fire on former vice president joe biden, a scranton native who moved to delaware as a child. >> he left you for another state, and he didn't take care of you because he didn't take care of your jobs. >> reporter: as for whether robert mueller will testify, ceree sourfamiliar with the matter tell nbc news mueller and house democrats have been unable to reach an agreement so far phillip? you.hankight, kris hollywood has kicked their boycott of georgia into high gear with two major projects pulling production out of the state. actress kristen wiig is pulling

her comedy "barb and star go t vista del mar" after the passing of the controversial abortion ban. and the amazon series "the power" also pulled their scouts, meanwhil abortion rights activists marched in cities across the country fueled by fury over the strict abortion laws in several states nbc's stephanie goskas the latest >> reporter: on the steps of the supreme court ortion rights activists grabbed back the megaphone. >> my body, my choice! >> women should have the right to do with their bodies what they want to do with their bodies >> reporter: hundreds of democrats looking for votes in>> 2020 e will not go back >> reporter: democrats organized in cities nationwide triggered after a wave of restrictive abortion laws passed in multiple states >> should child, a life inside a mother's womb, be killed due to the actions of its parents? >> abortion care is safe and still legal in all 50 states >> reporter: but that message may not be getting through >> i've seen patients that are

already scheduled for their procedures calling in asking whether or not they're going to be able to access careat >> reporter: k caldwell is the coordinator at an abortion clinic in new orleans, one of three in louisia you don't do lot of interviews >> no, i don't >> reporter: why >> personal security reasons but ini k that now is kind of a tipping point and so because i'm able to i will visibly and cacally advo for this. >> reporter: there's a large group of people in thievcountry who belie life starts at conception and the taking of that life is murder. why isn't that thease? >> that's a difficult question to answer. everyone's entitled to their belief they are not entitled to infringe upon other people's bodily autonomy. >> reporter: at the louisiana'll -- >> we believe the babies in the womb deserve having the same opportunity to live as all of you. >> reporter: a state law banning abortions as ears asix weeks into pregnancy is likely just days away from being passed.

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new orleans. tulsa police have released dramatic body camera footage involving a shooting from earlier this month >> where is he where is he? >> officers were searching for a man accused of shooting two people at a strip mall video shows the suspect trying to e cer ac's pizza, but the manager locked the door. later a man with a gunshot wound is bro inside. police say the shooter ran to an interstate and began firing at vehicles when an officer caught up to him. this video here may be disturbing for some to see>> hold traffic. he's got a gun [ gunshots ] okay suspect is down. >> that suspect was pronounced de at the scene. the officer is on administrative being investige shooting is

now to the severe weather hitting the central united states after being hammered by multiple tornadoes, communities are now dealing with deadly flash areas of oklahoma are being ordered to evacuate as swift water rescues continuerr nbc's y sanders is in the thick of it all. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, frances. there are now two concerns here. not only tornadoes but the threat of more rai the sort of rain that can cause flash floods like this washing out roads. mercy for thmidwest. missouri hit with a tornado near springfield. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: that's after storms pummeled the great plains, bringing ferocious winds and rain oklahoma hit especially hard >> look att, tha boys. >> it was so scary i just thank god we're all okay. it's all that matters. >> reporter: now dangerouslash floods >> this is by far the worst i've ever seen. >> right now gotti dramac

rescue going on. >> reporter: thiwoman near oklahoma city holding on for h life >> they just pulled her out of the water. >> reporter: one of her rescuers also needed saving evenalt'll tried desperately to get on dry land stretches of int interstate 40 shut down. further north neighborhoods >> i'm morgan chessky ulsa where the combo of high winds and heavy rain split this tree and sent it toppling into this home, pinning the man inside for nearly an hour before he was rescued. >> you're almost out >> reporte auge twister passed over mangham, oklahoma too. >> we had a big huge trailer that we don't know where it's at >> it's gone >> we ern't know for sure whe it's at. >> reporter: chaos as the storm blew through, lifting her 112-year-old home nearly a foot off the foundation >> we may have lost our house that, you know, we've got our lives, and we're okay.

>> reporter: emergency managers fear that some people may be getting complacent because they haven't seen a tornado where they live. the authorities sabe vigilant, it can come anytime and conditions are ripe today. frances? >> kerry sanders, thank you. >> you see how devastating those storms can be. let's see wh today brings. bill karins, good morning. >> we're getting rid of this storm that produced almost 50 tornadoes over the last two days still producing a lot of heavy rain, by the way, through areas of illinois. later on tonight a new storm system's going to bring a new thunderstorm threat to areju that were hit, areas like tulsa, joplin, all the way through central missouri, even possibly oklahoma city no lt too many tornadoese tonight but we will see the chance of some large hail and damaging winds and then thursday looks like a very active day. 47 million people at risk on thursday we go from the central plains once again even the tornado risk to nor texas, areas of kansas, and then even the northeast has a chance of getting some tornadoes, especially areas of ke pennsylvania that in mind for your travel on thursday that's a look at the big weather story of the day now here's a closer look at your

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