. plus nbc news exclusive reporting, the pennell gone will send military lawyers to prosecute immigraon cases. >> once one of the highest ranking catholic clerics in the united states, today removed over credible allegations of sexual abuse of a teenager four decades ago. >> caught on camera, a female jogger attacked in broad daylight fights back. now she's speaking out about her harrowing escape. >> the government has a new plan to ensure earth's asteroids and other space objects. >> how much would you pay for the world'sinearly today" starth >> good morning. i'm phillip mena. morning with a country at a boiling point, outrage over the separation of migrant families. this was the scene overnight as hundreds of demonstrators gathered at new york's laguardia airport to protest the expected arrival of planes carrying children taken from their migrant parents. that is a stunning reversal from the president. the commander in chief walked back the administration's policy of separating migrant families after protests burst onto the streets and on tv screens nationwide. ultimately forcing his

been verified by nbc news, but on it children heard desperately crying for their parents. >> the trump administration has blamed democrats and loopholes in immigration law for their separations claiming their hands are tied by the way the laws are written. but last night attorney general jeff sessions seemingly undermined that defense telling fox news's laura ingraham the separations are meant to be a deterrent. >> so, yes, hopefully people will get the message and come through the border at the port of entry and not break across the border unlawfully. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are condemning family separations, calling for its immediate end. nbc's jacob soboroff has more from one of the facilities housing children split from their parents. jacob, good morning. >> reporter: phillip, the this is the epicenter. this is the mcallen bor majority of the separation s are occurring. 1100 separations directly by the trump administration. we went inside there. we were the first group of journalists to get eyes on actually what is happening in there and despite all the rhetoric the

reaches a fever pitch. nbc's jacob saverof is at the largest processing center in the u.s. >> reporter: this is not a new facility, it's been here under multiple administrations. it is at the epicenter of the trump administration's family separation policy. in fact, more children are being taken from their families inside this building than anywhere else that is because directly under the trump administration policy called zero tolerance. for the first time ever we were allowed inside without cameras. this is what we saw. the facility serves as an intake for the busiest sector of the southern border, the biggest of its iodine kind in the country. agents patrolling 316 river miles of the dividingine between the u.s. and mexico bring most people they pick up here for processing. 24 hours a day. there are 77,000 square feet of space under the roof. air conditioned to a cool 72 degrees. inside people are sorted based on their age, gender, and family status. four pods, as they call them. one for girls 17 and under. boys 17 and under. then the families. moms with kids. and fathers with kids.

. overnight stone confirmed the news to nbc. he said nothing ever came of the meeting saying i flatly rejects his proposal in what was a 20 minute meeting. the pest is reporting that the sit down is of special interest to robert mueller. he said i never mentioned the idea to trump or the trump campaign. >> at least three people have tied and dozens were injured after a earthquake struck osaka, japan. it is one of the strongest on japan's scale. government officials reported the deaths of two elderly men and a child from falling debris. >>> two men are on the run in illinois. justin bray was captured, but johnny tipton and zachary shock are both still mising. there is no reason to believe that they are arming, but warn that they are dangerous. >> there has been a mandatory mile evacuation after a severe freight train derailment. early e ports say there was a release of propane from one of the cars. traffic on u.s. 41 was closed for hours. >> what took ten weeks to prepare for crashed down in 12 seconds. that is two cooling towers over 400 feet fall. officials used over 1500 poun

we speak. >>> an nbc news special report, how some of america's most elite charter schools are excluding minorities. >> a huge upsetnd excitementver five of the six top world cup teams remain winless. >>> it was an "incredibles" record-breaking father's day weekend at the box office. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm danny rivera. >>> a political flash point lighting up washington and much of the country, the outcryver the trump administration's immigration policies reach a fever pitch, the separation of undocumented families at the southern border. protests took place coast to coast and supporters gathered to demonstrate what they deem inhuman tactics by the trump administration. >> they get a political titan on their side. former first lady laura bush saying separating children from their parents "breaks my heart" calling the policy cruel and immoral as she called for immediate change. she's not the only one coming out against it. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more on the political backlash hitting the administration. >> reporter: outrage outside a detention cente

. it's considered a the trump justice department that sued to block the deal. nbc has more. >> reporter: a megamerger approved. a ng defeat for the trump administration's department of justice. clearing the way for popular media entities like cnn, hbo and warner bros. to join forces with at&t, atop internet provider. they ruled that at&t can buy time warner for $85 billion with no conditions. >> we are gratified with the court's decision. >> reporter: the land mark decision comes after president trump criticized the deal last year. >> i felt it was a deal that is not good for the country. i think your pricing will go up. >> reporter: at&t and time warnerrg combined company would allow them to better compete with newer players in the field, like amazon, netflix, google. e, let's own the best content, let's have t biggest scale, the biggest number of subscribers so we can compete with the big tech companies. >> reporter: the victory is likely to usher in a wave of new media and big business mergers from nbc's parent coany, comcast, battling disney for 21st century fox, to oth

. >> nbc's janice mackie frayer will bring us coverage of the summit. we begin with peter live in singapore. peter, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning to you. within the last few minutese confirmed some new information. the white house, two white house officials confirming to me that tomorrow to begin the summit, president trump will meet one on one with the north korean dictator kim jong-un. no guidance on how long that private meeting will last, though it is likely they'll be joined by others later in the course of the meeting including most likely the secretary of state mike pompeo who a short time ago released a statement describing some of the pregame meetings taking place today as being substantive and detailed in advance of tomoow's summit. he said of the president that the president is well prepared for tomorrow's engagement with chairman kim. the u.s. position, he says, remains clear and unchanged. we heard from president trump a short time ago here as well saying he's looking forward to what he described as a very interesting meeting tomorrow. he said that he thinks

celebration without them and re-ignited the uproar over the national anthem protest. nbc's peter alexander has the story. ♪ oh say can you see by the dawn ♪ >> reporter: president trump calling an audible rebranding a super bowl ceremony a celebration of america. >> and we always proudly stand for the national anthem. >> reporter: one attendee heckling the president. >> stop hiding behind the armed services and the national anthem. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: another taking a knee. president trump deliberately re-igniting a culture war, abruptly pulling the philadelphia eagles invite, emb the prospect onla haful would show. philly's mayor jim kenny. >> he is a dysfunctional person that happens to be president. >> reporter: the feud follows the president's repeated attacks protest of police brutality. in >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out. out. he's fired. >> reporter: the president first blaming the eagles for the cancellation, raising the anthem issue. but last seas

commander in chief could use it for himself. nbc's jennifer johnson has more from washington. >> reporter: president trump's le team against stressing it will fight any effort to force the president to t robt mueller investigation of russia's election meddling but would consider a short one-on-one interview. >> look, if they can cone that it would be brief, it would be to the point, there are five or six points they have to clarify and with that we can get this long nightmare for the american public over -- >> reporter: warning of a possible legal showdown came in a now leaked confidential memorandum oet president's team sent to mueller in january. >> the bottom line, the president continues to believe he's above the law, and that is what they're arguing in this memo. >> reporter: giuliani who was not involved in crafting the memo, is distancing himself from some details including an assertion the president could end the investigation at any time and potentially pardon himself. >> t presint of the united states pardoning himself would just be unthinkable, and it would lead to