lucie cavanaugh, nbc news. >>> there are new concerns being raised tonight about so called alt-right holding one of several competing rallies in the nation's capital this sunday as watch dog groups warn their racial rhetoric is spreading. including recruitment on college campuses, we get more from nbc's morgan ratford. >> reporter: today in washington, conservative rallies, fighting over the future of the country. >> build a wall! >> reporter: and who it should belong to. many gathered here are part of a new movement called the alt-right. which believes in protecting white european identity. ideas traditionally associated with white supremacy. it was coined by richard spencer just a few years ago. he credits the election of president trump with thrusting the movement into the national spotlight. >> donald trump was an indispensable vehicle for the rise of the alt-right. >> reporter: do you think this election brought you closer to the mainstream? >> no question. we unquestionably we brought to the main stream through donald trump talking about our issues. >> reporter: issues like imm

nbc's lucie cavanaugh has more. >> reporter: anguish and disbelief in pakistan today as an ordinary road accident turned into a deadly inferno. a speeding oil tanker carrying thousands of gallons of fuel on a rural stretch of highway this morning blew a tire and flipped. bursting into flames 45 minutes later. this video showing the calm before the blast. with locals, many of whom live less than $3 a day rushing to the scene. using buckets and shopping bags to collect the valuable fuel leaking from the damaged tanker. witnesses say the crowd numbered in the hundreds before the explosion. this man says, someone lit a match to smoke a cigarette when suddenly the explosion happened. engulfing the villagers. my uncle escaped he says, but his son died. this is all that's left of the including at least 20 children, were burned beyond recognition. officials say they'll have to be identified using dna, something that could take weeks. distraught relatives gathered at local hospitals, desperate for word of loved ones. many of the survivors suffered serious burns, alive, but charred by the blaze. t

we begin with lucy cavanaugh. >> reporter: a deadly inferno like no other.he wildfires that began spreading across this mountainous region late last night spared nothing in their path. panic and fear as residents fled the fast-moving flames. anguish the moment this wok realized she lost everything but her life. more than 60 people killed, nearly half died as they tried to escape, trapped in their cars on a road north of lisbon that was suddenly engulfed by fire. this woman says she was inside her home when it started to burn. the fire was all around us, she says. the firefighters came in to get us because we could hardly breathe. as for the house, it must have burned for sure. as helicopters ferried the injured to hospitals, entire villages were evacuated to safety. the survivors left with nothing. euro news reporter was on the scene of a relief effort under way. >> reporter: portuguese people are showing their solidarity to the victims of the fires. the ones who escaped are donating food, drinks and clothing to the ones who have lost everything. >> reporter

amman. >> lucy cavanaugh for us. thanks so much. >>> all right. in paris one man is dead after police say he rammed his car into a police convoy in a shopping district in what they're calling a terror incident. >> this video captured by a bystander moments after the car ran into the police as officers stormed the vehicle. authorities say the man behind the attack was a 31-year-old from a paris suburb who had been flagged for extremism. they have not released his identity. in fact, they add that he -- that the man had a number of weapons and explosives in the car. no one else was injured in the attack. this latest attack on follows a similar incident back in april when a man opened fire on police parked on the street killing one and wounding two. >> senator john mccain is continuing his crusade against the trump administration strategy or lack thereof for the war in afghanistan. in a statement, mccain says, in part, "after nearly 16 years of war, we are at a stalemate in afghanistan. worse, we have no strategy to end that stalemate, and achieve vic

let's go to lucy cavanaugh. she's in london. lucy?richard, it's still a very rapidly developing moving story. not a lot confirmed at this stage. we do understand that shots were fired at this luxury resort near mali's capital city and at least two people killed in the attack. this is according to the security ministry spokesman. he said that the first victim was a french gab anese citizen and they're working to confirm the other one. this resort came under attack by gunmen we're not sure how many. there was smoke seen rising from the location. we also understand that both french and malian troops are on location. this attack is still under way. now, this violence does come about a week after the u.s. state department actually issued a warning about possible future attacks on western diplomatic missions and other places that westerns frequent. this is one such location. this was located on the outskirts of the capital. about 30 minutes from downtown bamako and this resort is popular with western tourists, other ex pats who like to enjo

joining us now live across the street from parliament, nbc's luis say c lucy cavanaugh. >> reporter:ttle too early for us to get numbers. the brits are cautious about revealing any information that could influence the out come of the election. we're not getting the earliest exit polls until about 10:00 p.m. local time. polls opened about three hours ago. turnout will be key to determining what kind of a majority theresa may and her conservative party may or may not get. the younger people her tend to vote for labor. will they show up and cast baots is a big question that remains to be seen. also, the terrorism event is on voter's miensds, the second most important issue on health care. based on some observations by experts here, this could be tricky for theresa may who had over seen cuts to police forces while she was working as home secretary, her previous role. what we saw in the last day of her election, switching the message to a brexit pitch, she said the conservative party would build a stronger, fairer and more prosperous britain. jeremy corbyn of labor is pitching this as a c

lucy cavanaugh joins us with more on that, good morning. >> gorng, there's been dispute over who destroyedsque. isis claiming it was the americans in an aircraft. but both say that isis used explosives to blow it up. this is an immensely significant location, symbolic location where the isis leader declared his caliphate in 2014 after his fighters took over mosul. that was the first and land time baghdad day made an appearance. forces have been making steady forces in retaking mosul. fierce fighting, street by street, the u.s. and coalition officials have been observing the area for some time. they have seen explosives at the site. that mosque tower oefrg the city for more than 800 years. so many other ancient landmarks destroyed by the militants. isis tried to take it down but residents form ed a human chain. now the site reduced to rubble and militants on their back tha. >>> "early today" will be right back. for mom" per roll more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer... ...than the leading ord

nbc's lucy cavanaugh is in london. what's the latest we know on the suspects. >> reporter: breaking news this hour. the mets counterterrorism command has released the name and photograph of the third suspect. he's believed to be 22-year-old yousef zagba from east london, believed to be an italian national of moroccan descent, not known to british authorities. italian media giving us details saying he was actually stopped by police at ba loan yeah airport about a year ago on his way to turkey, possibly syria, charged with international terrorism according to italian media reports, but those charges were later dropped. the other one, kur ram shazad butt was known not only to police and domestic intelligence services but also featured in a television documentary about islamist jihadist extremists that aired about a year ago. not much known about the third attacker, rachid redouane, 30 years old, claimed to be of both libyan and moroccan descent. a lot of tough questions to be asked to the authorities of why yet again anot

lucy cavanaugh reporting from russia. >>> back here at home, year since the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, the massacre at pulse nightclub in orlando. and while the survivors are still coping with the trauma and healing from their wounds, there's a new high tech memorial built so the victims won't be forgotten. here's nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: outside the pulse nightclub in orlando, the makeshift memorial weathered by time. whether the nation first learned the scope of this tragedy 49 innocents murdered by a terrorist, the stunned community gathered to light candles and place flowers as they did in orlando they've done in manchester, in paris, and elsewhere. but the memorials eventually fade. >> murals aren't like sculptures. >> reporter: which is why they teamed up with coders who developed a new app. >> what we wanted to do with our technology is to give people a way of for the things we lose. it is our common thread as human beings. >> reporter: now here in orlando, when you hold your phone up with the geo gram app and you're in a spot like the parking lot of the p

the country has declared three days of as nbc's lucy cavanaugh shows us, the prime minister is callinguation the biggest tragedy his country has suffered in years. >> reporter: well, this is being called the greatest wildfire tragedy in recent years. certainly one of the deadliest. there are several fires still blazing, but the deadliest one was in the pedrogao grande area. police believe that the fire began on saturday night when lightning struck a tree during a dry thunderstorms about 120 miles north of lisbon. the fire spread quickly engufrling the area surrounding the nearby town. it appears many of the victims, at least 30 of them, burned to death in their cars trying to flee. their vehicles were engulfed by flames that were between two smaller towns in this mountain nuss, dry, forested region. firefighting crews have been struggling to cope, the fire described as violent in at least two of its four fronts. the portuguese prime saying the crews were having difficulty accessing the area because the fire was so intense and they deployed soldiers to help the firefighters battling the

a short while ago nbc's lucy cavanaugh spoke with an eyewitness who described the scene. we had the last couple of months. there were terrorist attacks in different places. and i think this basically is a terrorism, a recognition of terrorism i see him waving his hand, shaking his hand like he's a very proud he came exactly the time that most people were attending the mosque. but luckily some people were finished because it was a little bit behind. but people pray outside, and he expected to get the most casualty. people left very quickly, and that's why he get some of the people standing. most is high, but you have to get stairs to come down. >> that was nbc's lucy kafanov discussing what had happened with an eyewitness to this account. again, it happened a little after 12:00 midnight when the first call went in. there were reports that a white van had plowed into pedestrians in in finsbury park area. we're seeing aerials of the area. the sun has come up in london. the police had cordoned off the scene, and now we're getting visuals of the scene where you can see sort of

i want to take you live to love don and nbc's lucy cavanaugh. break down what happened.s confusing. >> reporter: it is but you can lose or win big when you gamble. theresa may called for a snap election thinking she would get a landslide win to strengthen the hand in theup coming brexit negotiations. he conservative party losing 12 seats, falling short of the 326 needed to have a majority in the house of commons behind me. the opposition labor party gaining ground to win 262 seats. a surprise win for jeremy corbyn who galvanized the youth vote, calling for may to step down, resign. fat chance of that. we saw may this morning saying she will stay on as prime minister and brexit will not be derailed and she will be forming a minority government and basically she will be in power with the help of the small party of northern ireland. this is a shaky alliance, a conservative party. they're for brexit but not the kind brexit thee rhee sa may wants and the fate of brexit, the timeline, a you will of that now up in the air. stephanie? >> confusing day in london. thank you, lucy.

as we get more information from charlene or lucy cavanaugh in london we'll have it for you. >>> now the search for the seven missing sailors it has come to the end. the crews were called off the search when several bodies were found inside the "uss fitzgerald." the sailors' deaths come after a container ship collided early saturday off the coast of japan. >>> now to portugal where 61 people were killed, dozens wounded after a series of forest fires. this is happening in the central part of the country. portugal's prime minister is calling it the biggest human tragedy the country has seen in years. that death toll is expected to rise still. officials say many victims were trapped in their cars. as flames were sweeping over a road northeast of lisbon. the capital there. the country has declared now three days of national mourning. >>> now to president trump. he's expected to return to the white house at any moment from his weekend at camp david. his first visit there. but the swirling questions about the russia probe are only growing as he arrives this afternoon. the president doubling do

let's go to lucy cavanaugh. what can you tell us? >> reporter: chris, moments ago, the counterterrorism -- have named two of the three attackers behind saturday's horrific tack. the former identification is still taking place. but they believe two of the m mmen are from east london. one is 27 years old. he was a british citizen, born in pakistan. rashid is believed to be 30 years old and also claimed to be moroccan and lybian. he had also in the past used a different name, with a different date of birth, born in 1991. they are reaching out to the public for help in identifying that third attacker. but as i speak with you right now, the mayor of london is speaking behind me. he said this is our city, our values, our way of life. he said, we will defeat you, speaking to the terrorists. you will not win. if you can hear him. we will stand up to the fight against extremism and we will defeat the terrorists. strong words from the mayor as we get this breaking news, the identity of the two attackers. >> lucy, thank you very much. michael a