and it s a team from toronto, canada. the raptors capture the nba title in a nail biter. happy friday, congrats to our friends north of the border watching this morning. welcome back to early start i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it s 33 minutes past the hour this friday morning. let s begin with this. the u.s. military releasing video last night that it says shows an iranian navy crew removing a mine attached to one of two tanker ships. u.s. officials believe the iranians were trying to recover evidence of their involvement in the attack. senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live with the latest. ben? reporter: what s interesting in this video was that we seen released by the pentagon is that it does appear to show an iranian boat in which men are
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out there, slow commute. chance of severe weather later today south of indianapolis. from louisville to lexington to st. louis back to north of nashville, we could see stronger storms late today. hail and wind primarily, but maybe even a few isolated tornadoes. there s a look at your friday forecast. around new york city new york is kind of the northern cutoff. if you re north of new york, you ll be dry today. south of new york, you have a chance of rain late this afternoon. d.c., it looks like the rain will start earlier, especially for the friends north of you in the baltimore area. paige, as we mentioned, warmer air is on the way. the weekend forecast is coming up a little later on in the show. i think a lot of people are going to like it. can t wait for that. thank you, bill. retail sales rise, netflix stumbles and ladies fashion shoes. a look at your business headlines is straight ahead. coming up, tiger woods, phil mickleson? uh-uh. a child leads them all at the