i find congress more difficult, frankly, than many of the foreign aders. >> from presidential powers to the polls, presideve trump makes was with a wide ranging interview. the lesson he says he learned from richard nixon >> the shockg showdown caught on camer the fallout after phoenix police officers held a family at gunpoint >> a target for trouble. inside the tech woes at one of over the weekendgest >> a szling summer job how you can get paid to trav the country and eat barbecue "early tod" starts right now good morning i'm dara brown >> and i'm frances rivera. one day before officially launching his reelection

campaignpresident trump is reportedly purging his polsters. the move coming after nbc news obtained an internall polthat shows trump trailing forvir -president joe biden in 11 key states the president denied the poling data ever existed during an interview with a news. >> well, i don't believe those polls. there's no way he beats me is.n te >> even your own polls say you're behind right now, don't they >> no, my polls say i'm winnine ywhere >> we've all seen these reports 15 out of 17 states you spend 2 million on the poll, you're behind i15 out of 17 states. >> nobody showed you those polls because those lls don't exist, george >> but despite his denial, sources tell nbc news that the president's reelection campaign is cutting ties withts some of i own pollsters in the wake of the leak the president also stirred up some conoversy while slamming "the new york times" and the washington post on twitter over their reporting on the story he suggested this hipps suters may demand that he stay in office for a third term.

nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. hi, trac, good morning >> reporter: good morning. the bipresident's d for that m next terbegins tomorrow when he kicks off his reelection campaign officially in florida but take a look at this poll about impeachment. the president expecting to make his reelection bidgation part but our nbc "wall street journag poll showinat there is a split among people who think impeachment hearings should begin it has gonn e up ie last month, but our poll also shows that nearly half, 48%, do not think that impeachment hearings shouldappen. president trump in this abc mueller's russia invgation, ert and whether he really tried to fire the special counsel as that mueller report claims. >> article 2, i would be allowed to fire robert mueller

there was not -- assuming, assuming i did all of the things i said i want to fire him, number one, i didn't he wasn't fired. okay numberne, very important lip article 2 allows me to do whatever i want. i wasn't going to fire, you know why? because i watched richard nixon go around firing everybody and that didn't work out too well. >> reporter: so the esident making not only russia and the russia iestigation, his point about no collusion part of this campaign kickoff, we expect. but also talking about, as he said in this interview, the safety and security of america and the economy. watch for that tomorrow. frances? >> a lot ahead tracie potts for us. thank you. >> meanwhile half a world away, hong kong remains on edge this morning. demonstrations continue after the proposed bill would allow suspects to be extradited to main land china sparked a week of unrest. with people also protesting estimated 2 million people

flooded the street sunday. police say the count was 338,000. the extradition bill is suspended and the government issued a rare apology overnight. protesters, however, say they want the legislation completely withdrawn and they are calling on hong kong's leader rrie lam step down >> in the middle east, tensions are mounting with iran secretary of state mike pompeo doubling down on his claim that iran was behind the attacks. yesterday he appeared on "face the nation" saying that the u.s. is considering, quote, a full rae of options urtney kube has more details. >> reporter: the crew of the crippled norgian tanker arrived at dubai airport this weekend after two days in iran america's top diplomat blamed iran for targeting the tankers >> howertain are you that an was responsible? >> it'has unmistakab happened here. these were attacks by the islamic republic of iran >> reporter: though not ruling out a military response to the incident, pompeo said the u.s.

is still focused oacn diplom >> we don't want war >> reporter: and now the british government says they are almost certain that the iranian revolutionary guard corps attacked the tankers >> you think it would be pretty obvious whs responsible for this and we actually have video evidence that shows what their anians have been doing >> reporter: and the u.s. military now saying an iranian surface to air missile targeted a u.s. drone, attemptingo t shoot it down to preve the drones from seeing the tanker attack and who was behind it u.s. officials say iranianrc fo boarded the damaged tanker altair after e attack, giving them access to forensic evidence before international investigators arrived on the scene. >> thanks to courtney be for that report. >> breaking news this morning, out of philadelphia, police confirming that one adult was killed and at least eat other people were injured when gfire erupted at a graduation party.

between the ages of 15 and 17. no arrests have been made. there is no word yetssn a pole motive. >> now to phoenix where a tense video showing police officers holding a family and their young ds agunpoint ikis sparng outrage. and a warning, the video is disturbing the images here. the confrontation happenedn may. officials say the couple daughter took a doll from the doar store but when the family was stopped by police, the situation escalated. now the city's mayor and police here's nbc's mollie hunter >> get out the [ bleep ] car >> reporter: the family held at gunpoint aisha harper five months o young with her daught>> put your hands up hands up >> i can't put my hands up i have [ bleep ] in my han i can't, i'm pregnant. >> reporr: harper's fiance handcuffed by another officer. >> when i tell you to do something, you [ bleep ] do it >> i am. >> the rage and banging on

windows and yelled slurs, i'm ing to shoot you in your face. >> reporter: theon confrontati in may because police say the parents had stolen from a nearby dollar store the police chief is speaking out. >> i am with everyone in the community who is angry, who is t outraged >> officers in the video have both been moved to desk duty >> i know this department is better than that i know our community is better than that. s toeporter: the family plan sue the phoenix police department for $10 million >> it was the scareyest time of my life. i have never been through something like this. >> reporter: jay z reached out to help the family witexh nses and the mayor of phoenix, i refuse to let this type of behavior go unchallenged, announcing in a meeting with the police chief >> at the end of the day i have to take responsibility and be accountable. >> reporter: mollie hunter, nbc news >> now the measles out break with more than a thousand cases so far this year here in new york, state lawmakers voted la of the week to eliminate religious

exemptns as we head into commer, camps are a ncern as well. we get more from nbc's kathy park >> reporr: kristen odell is sending not one, but two kids to day camp this summer and for the first time their camp iorange county, new york, will require proof thaall children have been immunized against measles. camp director scott says no exceptions >> i knew it was happening in the area and i decided that i wanted to rile, you know, put parents at ease. so i took a tough stance that i wasn't going to accept any medical us religio exemptions. n' reporter: he ist alone. summer camps nationwide are drawing the line against unvaccinated campers why? the measles outbreak acrosth country has been historically bad, with cases reported in 28 states healthfficials sayhe disease is so contagious, roughly 90% of people who an't immune can become infected.

with oliver's vaccinations checked off, these happy campers are ready for a safe summer. >> anything we can do to ptect the children we should do. >> reporter: and while state health officials strongly recommend measlefos vaccinations all campers and staff, there are loopholes. >> there are thousands of camps across this country and thousands in new york alone that are regulated. parents have to make sure this summer that they are sending their child to a camp that is licensed by the department of health >> reporter: a warning for families, add another item to your young camper's checklist m before sending thef for summer fun kath, y parkc news, monroe, new york >> riding a wave of momentum from a record setting 13-0 victory over thailand, the u.s. women's national team started their next world cup game against chile on a roll. just 11 minutes into the match up, carley lloyd gets a stellar strike of the ball and it is good for a second goal of this world cup.

the americans go on tohiin two more to beat chile 3-0 the victorsecured the team's place in a round of 16 >> ready for that am nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking severe weather for us bill >> once again, it's going to be more of the same this week good morning i hope you had a wonderful father's day and wonderful weekend. we are watching storms from the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic this afternoon we have a slight risk of severe weather in washington, d.c. to salisburofy area north county richmond we're not going to see a lot of severe weather but there could be new and damage. the time of the mess i7:s a.m. so hit and miss storms out there. 4 to 5:00 p.m., st. louis south of i-70, d.c. area around philadelphia, hit and miss showers and storms we're going to do two days of this, too. the area of low pressure will bring ripples of waves and showers and storms from north carosona to uthern new england. that's a look at the big weather story of che day now here's aser look at your day ahead. we're also going to see a

lot of downpours this teafoon. the rainy season is definitely begun in areas of florida. temps will be lower with clouds around there's all your shower and thunderstorm chances through the ohio valley right through the mid-atlantic region. yeah, the weekahead recast is kind of more of the same with maybe a silver lining at the end, maybe a little improvement. >> hopefully in time for the weekend, too it really matters. thank you. fast forwarding into monday, a parade will be held in toronto fothe raptors who won their first ever nba championship last week after beating the golden state warriors they expect to draw 2 million fans >> the mtv movie awards will be held over the weekend in santa monica, california >> 25 years ago the car chase that captured the attention of an estimated 95 million people took place o. simpson led the l.a.d.p. on a three-hour slow speed chase around the area. we are all going for something more.

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