joining us from doha, qatar, is matt bradley matt, what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, marlie, the very latest this morning the british government is huddling in london in their so-called cobra meeting of senior security officials. we're going to hear more coming up in the next several hours what the british government is planning on doing. it's ait very see moment for them they're kind of caught between the u.s. and iran. all of these tensions between the u.k. and iran, of course, are unfolding as the trump administration really turns the screws on the iranian regime as well remember, the trump administration backed down off the iranian nuclear deal t obama administration entered a fw weekyears ago. what happens next is a big issue o looke this is starting t like tit-for-tat reciprocation as you just mention the. both sides have their own thshi. e british in angie brawl tgibra. the grace 1 waheaded for syria. noe thimperial is headed by the iranians it is looking more like a dangerous face off that could imperil a lot of different countries in the re

athletes there for the water polo world championship nbc's matt bradley is in hong kong tonight with the very latest matt >> reporter: jose, a night out became a nightmare for hundreds of patrons at a popular south korean nightclub earlier this morning when a balcony them a balcony inside this nightclub collapses. killing two south koreans and injuring 16 more. among the injured, four american water polo players including 27-year-old kailey gillcrest who required surgery for a laceration to her leg. the team out celebrating the u.s. women's water polo team victory in the world championship celebration turned tragic as patrons are heard trying to lift the balcony. giving many a chance to escape. like team australia's captain who witnessed the slow motion collapse >> i was lucky i was holding my teammates' hands at the time. we were dancing and ho other i never felt alone you saw everyone trying to pull each other up you never felt that scared >> reporter: officials said the balcony simply couldn't carry the crowded dance floor. it was found out the steel structure was unable to withsta

>> a lot of complicateissues going son there in the strait of hormuz matt bradley, thank you. >> we are just over a day away fromerhaps the most anticipated testimony on capitol hill in a decade former special counsel robert mueller will speak in backo t back hearings first before the house judiciary, and then the house intelligence committee and in a new letter, thert depament of justice is advising mueller on the boundaries of his testimony. let's get to nbc's tracie potts in d.c bipartisan ship on the hill this earn montgomerie >> reporter: right as we await mueller's teimony, frances, we have learned the president cut a dealre with cong to extend the debt limit for two years past the election and come up with a budget deal that will prevent in fact, it gives more, uts. democrats say, to some of the domestic priorities that they wanted so on thathey agreed for now but ton this mueller testimony, it's a split right down the middle democrats are planning to ask him about details in his report, evidence of obstruction of stice that he detailed in the report, but then said he could not i

>> all right matt bradley for us. matt, thank you. >>> the aclu is challenging the trump administration's reasons for separating migrant children at the border saying the government has done this to more than 900 children since june of 2018 more than half of those separate w ed were under 10 years old and 185 were 5 or younger. what's even more alarming are the justification ppz these separations often triggered for something as minor as a parent not changing a baby's diaper or a traffic citation for driving without a license. earlier this month acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan said the separations were made only in the interests of the child but the aclu wants to ensure that this happens only if there is evidence that the child is in genuine danger >>> family and friends gathered for an emotional vigil in gilroy, california to remember 13-year-old keyla salazar, who was killed during the mass shooting ougat the garlic festil >> we think it's important that the community knows who keyla is and how im

the iranians laying out thei die claims joining us nowm doha, qatar, matt bradley the process now is looking bleak. >> reporter: it is, phillip. you know, these sorts of accusations don't help at all. mike pompeo, the secretary of state, he very quickly dismissed them yesterday and he was followed right after by the president who had these words about those accusations. >> they put out propaganda they put out lies. let's see what happens with iran we are ready for the absolute worst, and we're ready for sense, too but we are very geared up. >> reporter: you know, phillip, we like to think about this in terms of the u.s. and iran the u.k. is very much involved, and just yeste- fore create a new european effort, maritime effort to defend shipping in the strait of hormuz that's where 20% of the world's crude oil passes now, you said that it's going to be very complicated to have a diplomatic solution to this. this is a very, very bad moment for this to be happening with the u.k. they've had one of their vessels just seized by it iranians on friday, but now they are having a leadership c

nbc's matt bradley has more on that. this just wrapped up only a couple of hours ago in somalia. 26 people have died, but that number has increased all morning and officials there say it could still go higher as more information flows in. so this attack was claimed by al shabaab which is a militant group with links to al qaeda. among the dead were, you know, politicians who are from the area, ngo workers and several foreigners. now local politicians tell us that there were two somali americans who were among the dead and we're trying to confirm that with the sd right ntate de right now. we'll get you the identities and the names. how this rolled out last night this was a meeting of politicians and elders who were trying to plan elections for this september. now a militant rolled up in a vehicle and detonated himself in a suicide vehicle bombing and was followed up by several others who came in and started a 14 hour all night siege that only ended at around 6 or 7 this morning when local commandos from the southern somali

nbc's matt bradley is on the ground for us. extradition bill that started all of this has been suspended, but matt, are these protests taking yet another turn? >> reporter: yeah, joling, that's exactly what i was telling you just a few hours ago. you know, these protests have taken on a life of their own. and the object of the anger is no longer really that extradition bill, which has been all but entirely shelved. now the protest rs here want that extradition bill to be completely withdrawn because they believe the language that's been used by hong kong authorities so far still leaves a little bit of a gap that could allow them to reintroduce the bill and possibly shove it through which is why so many of these young people are so determined to stay on the streets no matter what. but you're right, jo, these have taken in the past several weeks a really negative, dark and violent turn. as you mentioned, there has been some tear gas. that's a couple miles behind me. as you can see, they're building these ramparts here. this is wha

jo ling. >>> matt bradley with insight. thank you very much.in washington, president trump firing off more than half a dozen tweets targeting the mueller investigation. he's blasting it as a witch hunt and hoax ignoring the key warning from the former special counsel on russian election interference. >> over the course of my crier, i have seen a number of challenge to our democracy. the russian government's efforts to interfere in our election is among the most serious. it was not a hoax. the indictments we returned against the russians, two different ones, were substantial in their scope. wasn't a single attempt. they're doing it as we sit here. they expect to do it during the next campaign. >> joining me now is radio talk show host rashad richie and ned ryan, ceo of american majority and former speech writer for george w. bush. >> good morning, jo. >> good to be with you, jo. >> thanks for being here. ned, why is it hard for him to -- why is it hard to take a stand on something that's nonpartisan? >> i mean, he has. people are hoping for a wa

matt bradley is watching developments for us. matt?> reporter: this attack is just the latest in a more than decade-long reign of terror by the al shabab militant group which only a found years ago declared their loyalty to al qaeda. the u.s. state department confirmedin the last several hours that person, a dual u.s. somalian, was among the 27 killed in this terrible attack. it all start last night when tribal elders and local politicians were meetingiscuss elections in the .southern somali port city one militt drove up an explosives laden truck and detonated it in front of the hotel. rae was followed by seve other militants who laid siege to the hotel for several hours all night long, until they were able to raid the hotel earhis morning. now, al shabab used to control most if not all of somalia. they've been beatenba by an international african force, backed by u.s. air strikes. but attacks like this one to go show that al shabab is still a frightening force for terror. kate? >> thank you. >>> now to the mystery unfolding at the vat

matt bradley has late details. >> reporter: tonight, fresh audio from a standoff on the high seas >> if you obey, you will be safe alter your course. 236 zero degrees immediately. over >> this is british war ship >> reporter: it records british sailors trying to stop iran's revolutionary guard from seizing a u.k. flag tanker in the straight of hormuz >> you must not impair, impede, or instruct, or hamper the passage of the mv stellar imperial >> reporter: iranian sailors took the ship anyway iran released this footage yesterday showing mass commandos repelling from helicopters. today iran releasing video of the ship held in port, now topped with an iranian flag from teheran's perspective, the publicity is part of the plan nbc's ali a arusii is in teheran >> reporter: it is dramatic, provocative and aggressive, and that is exactly the message the guards want to get across that if their trsz are threatened, they can cause major disruption iran says it was just enforcing international law, but new questions tonight on whether it was pay back for britain's seizing an iranian oil tanker o

. >> matt bradley, thank you. >>> a fighter jet in venezuela makes an unsafe approach to a u.s. navy aircraft it happened over the caribbean sea. a flanker from the venezuelan air force flew aggressively close to a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane >> goodern morning, the militai calling this reckless. not only acteds of the american crew. the u.s. military says mow mistaking the mission of this fighter. the video captured high above the caribbean shows what officials call an aggressive shadowing of a u.s. surveillance plane. it may endanger the crew with an unsafe maneuver. russia backing nicholas maduro as they support the man trying to replace him >> lashing out against their principle antagonist which is the u.s. >> reporter: underscores the behavior venz wiezuela only has three fie jets that can fly. if they harmed any u.s. aircraft, they would soon have zero this high-flying incident aer canned oe sa day they venezuela counter intelligence agency. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the largest civil trial in history for fueling the epidemic disturbing rors reveal that wholesalers

matt bradley, what can you tell us about this tense situation? >> reporter: well, marlie, this tense situation as you described it is all unfolding against the backdrop of rising tensions in the u.s. and iran. now britain is very much in the mix. now, we got that video yesterday that you just showed two days ago what we got yesterday was audio that has all the drama of the 911 call, but with the weight of an international incident. take a listen to that audio. >> please confirm that you are not intending to violate international law by unlawfully attempting to boar alter your course to 360 degrees immediately. >> reporter: so the international guard core, despite all those warnings, went ahead and repelled down from hurricanes masked men and took it if you can imagine being the captain of that ship, you're not only getting warnings from the iranian side saying if you obey, you will be safe a very ominous warning indeed. but you're hearing from your own side, the british royal navy telling you, you must stay the course you cannot deviate and follo

seizure over the weekend as uk leaders weigh a response team coverage this morning with nbc's matt bradleyin dohar qatar and in london. matt, we'll start with you what can you tell us about what the latest developments are on the ground in the middle east? >> reporter: well, we just got some audio yesterday showing that confrontation between the royal navy and the iranian revolutionary guard core, not so far from where i am in the strait of hormuz then we also saw a shot that was carried live by iran's press tv showing the actual boat that was impounded by the iranian navy at the port now reflagged with an iranian flag, which is rather atypical, but here is that audio showing that confrontation take a listen. >> if you obey, you will be safe after your course to 360 degrees immediately. over. >> navy patrol boat this is british warship. >> you must not impair, impede, obstruct or hamper the passage of the mv steno-imperio. >> reporter: that would be a dramatic confrontation because you didn't hear the captain speaking there he was only hearing the iranians saying if you obey, you will be s

nbc's matt bradley is live in hong kong.p terminal there at the airport. >> a train station outside of hong kong, 45 minutes northwest of hong kong, that was the same scene where these thugs had attacked some of the protesters the week before, you mentioned the airport, that was just yesterday, there was a massive demonstration inside hong kong international airport. today's protests were different than any of the protests i've seen in the last eight weeks here in hong kong, they were qualitatively just angrier, instead of carrying signs, a lot of the protesters were carrying weapons or homemade shields, instead of slowing out slogans or chanting, they were shouting obscenities and insults at the police. it was so much more violent. that's because a lot of these protesters believe that the thugs who attacked protesters at the station last week were hired by the police, that's really injected a new quality into this, where there were so many young people who felt like the police were now on the menu, they're part of the sourc

. >> foreign correspondent matt bradley is in qatar. >> reporter: in london it's caused a major crisisrnment and a crisis of confidence with the public. there are a lot of people pointing fingers that government of teresa may saying this was an avoidable error. the british government and royal navy knew this was going to happen because they gave them ample warning days in advance. this comes days after, weeks after the british government detained an iranian oil shipment called the grace one off the coast of gibraltar. of course gibraltar belongs to britain. and that would be in violation of international sanctions barring the sale of oil to syria and this was seen as a retaliation they haven't been able to come up with a solid reason for why they detained the ship. and it was found today that boat was not actually anywhere near iran. it was more in omony territorial waters. so right now this really isn't looking like any kind off legal issue, mare time issue. it's looking like tit for tat between two major powers. iran and the united kingdom and in the background is the rising tensions

nbc's matt bradley is following the latest for us from doha. what do you know? >> reporter: this ended just a couple of hours ago. as you mentioned, the number stands at 26 dead. that number has been climbing all morning, and officials tell us it could still climb as the day goes on. expect more bad news out of somalia. now, among the dead were prominent local politicians, tribal elders and many foreigners. there are at least two americans thought to be killed. msnbc news is trying to confirm that with the state department. we're going to get you confirmation of whether americans died and their identities. since this attack has happened, el shah backbonal shabab claime responsibility for the attack. they are based in somalia, and they have been terrorizing somalia and neighboring countries like kenya for the past several years. they used to run the place. they occupied the capital of mogadishu and they were ousted by a regional force of african troops and u.s. air strikes. since then they don't hold much territory outside of rural areas but they are able to exac

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nbc's matt bradley joins us now with more. elopment here is both seizure of that tairnker on friday, but the iranians have come out with 17 names or 17 people they have identified as central intelligence agency assets in iran they're all iranian citizens, some of them they say are probably going to be sentenced to death or at least all of them given long prison sentences. now, iran has done this before they have come out and accused various iranian nationals of being spies for the united states it's unclear whether they're actually earnest about this, whether they're going to go ahead with the punishments or whether they're going to use this as part of this escalating it far at the that's going on here in the gulf now, as you mentioned that ship was seized on friday just yesterday we got fresh audio showing exactly the interchange between the royal navy and the iranian revolutionary guards it was a very tense moment with the royal navy trying to push off the iranian guards from seizing a british-flagged tanker in the strait of

bradley. state capital austin, allows homeless to set up camp in the city. joining us matt yak, tax paying group. residents can't be happy about that, are they? >> there has been a firestorm since the sit council took the action. we have compassion for homeless people in our city. panhandling gone up. homeless population is swelling. downtown is over run with the problem. the city council for some reason passes an ordinance, they can cam anywhere on public property. doesn't include parks but sidewalks in front much businesses. even in front of private hopes. you could literally wake up one morning find homeless people camping on the sidewalk in front of your home. literally nothing you can do about it. the austin police association is very worried about this. opposes it. taxpayers are very frustrated. this threatens our tourism industry. entirely unwise. thankfully our governor abbott will overturn this. we're not in legislative session for two years, year-and-a-half. early 2021. we'll have to suffer through this for some time unless the city wakes up. david: not only threa