So i can personally attest that haiti is not prepared to take back nearly 60,000 tps recipients under these harsh and difficult conditions. Democratic Party Chairman tom perez also blasting the move, saying Donald Trumps cruelty knows no bounds and adding, im disgusted at the president s heartlessness. With this decision, trump is tearing families apart and turning his back on the values that have made our country great. Also new overnight, President Trump overruled in his bid to target sanctuary cities. A federal judge permanently blocking the president s executive power that would have slashed funding to cities that limit their cooperation with u. S. Immigration authorities. Judge william orec rejecting the administrations argument that the order affects only a small pot of money. The judge used comments by attorney general Jeff Sessions and the president himself as evidence the order was intended to target a wide array of federal funding. The judges ruling affects lawsuits brought by two california counties, San Francisco and santa clara. San franciscos City Attorney calling the decision a victory for the American People and the rule of law. The department of justice blasting the ruling, accusing the court of exceeding its authority and promising to take action. Lets discuss this with cnn political analyst julian zelizer, historian and professor at princeton university. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to you, sir. The haiti situations a difficult one. Nearly 60,000 will be sent back by 2019, but they had temporary status. At some point, they had to go back home. Thats true, but what becomes difficult under the Trump Presidency is to understand whether this program should end, which many critics of the president say this is not the time to end it, or whether this is part of an ongoing war against immigration. But will it ever be time to end their temporary status . Well, there is time to end the temporary status. Its not clear that its now. And this fits in a broader pattern of the administration to go after programs that have benefited different kinds of immigrants, temporary or other. Historically, this has been a program that shows the heart of the American People and the american role in the world, right . When something terrible happens, mudslides in nicaragua, earthquake in haiti, the United States opens its doors and lets people in. And people then can work and they can be here. Sending all these people home, usually the program if the conditions arent good on the ground, you dont send people home. Thats why people say theyre permanent temporary status. Is this part of the president s crackdown on immigration in general, do you think . It is. I think it is. Look, we had a war on poverty under lyndon johnson, a war against terror under george bush and we have a war on immigration with this president. Its been a consistent part of his policy. He doesnt hide it. This is how he started his campaign, and he is making many efforts to curb the number of immigrants in this country, legal and illegal. And so, i think this becomes part of that pattern and that agenda. All right, of course, the huge story that unfolds one day at a time is the Sexual Harassment scandal in seemingly all walks of life. Yesterday, glenn thrush of the New York Times suspended, charlie rose of cbs suspended. And the story with roy moore continues to we continue to learn more, because his accuser, leigh corfman, spoke out to the today show about what happened. Heres what she said. He basically laid out some blankets on the floor of his living room and proceeded to seduce me, i guess you would say. And during the course of that, he removed my clothing. He left the room and came back in wearing his white underwear. Roy moore denies these allegations and further says he does not even know you. I wonder how many mes he doesnt know. Despite all that, the white house appearing to flop now and wanting roy moore in the senate because of tax cuts. Heres Kellyanne Conway switching positions on this. The incontrovertible principle is that there is no senate seat that is worth more than a child. Doug jones in alabama, dont be fooled, hes a vote against tax cuts. So vote roy moore . Im telling you that we want the votes in the senate to get this tax bill through. Look, credit fox friends for actually trying to get her on the record on this. Clearly, they are okay with roy moores many despicable sins if it gets them tax reform. Look, this is a moment of moral reckoning, both for the administration and for the republican party. And we understand the impulse of partisanship, and Kellyanne Conway was brutally honest. Wed rather have the vote than get rid of the candidate who is guilty, perhaps, of horrendous accusations. But this is a moment when president s can leap. This is the time, where he is in the senate, to eliminate the problem, to make sure hes not part of this body. But if the president doesnt take a stand, many republicans will listen to Kellyanne Conway and theyll vote their partisan heart, rather than their moral conscience. Meantime, you have the department of justice suing at t and time warner from their deal, something the president promised he would do on the campaign trail. Another example, i think, of how this administration, were learning more about how this administration is going to behave. Its so interesting to me because there is this sound bite from the Justice Departments top antitrust cop, when he wasnt in that job, before he had that job, right after this merger was announced, where he didnt think this big vertical merger would be a problem. Listen. This is more of what we would call a vertical merger, a content with distribution, rather than two competitors merging. So i anticipate that the fcc will have little, if any role, and it would be a pure antitrust. It shouldnt be, i think you know, just the sheer size of it and the fact that its media i think will get a lot of attention. However, i dont see this as a major antitrust problem. Make of the Trump Administrations role in the Business World now. Typically, this would be something that would be hands off. Absolutely. If we look at the precedent on this issue, this is not someplace where the government has intervened. There is a debate about this, and there are proponents and opponents of mergers. The problem is, there are doubts this is really whats motivating the administration, that this really gets to the president s adversarial relationship with the media with this network, and that colors the whole debate. And so, this is about the First Amendment rather than a debate about antitrust, and its hard to walk away from that. All you have to look at is the twitter feeds, the campaign statements, and its hard to have a rational, legitimate discussion about antitrust in that context. Well, because a month after mr. Delrahim said that, President Trump on the campaign trail said we will not allow this deal to go forward, so it seems like some pretty easy arguments that at t will present in court, because they are fighting this. Well discuss more with you in about 30 minutes. Thanks. The fcc plans to roll back rules protecting an open internet, a move that could alter the way we use the web. The fcc is expected to unveil a full repeal of Net Neutrality, according to politico. Its an obamaera rule designed to keep the internet fair. It requires Internet Service providers to treat all web traffic equally. In other words, companies cant speed up or slow down traffic to specific sites or charge higher fees. The fcc chair, ajit pai, appointed by President Trump, is against Net Neutrality, saying it pudz burdensome regulations on internet providers, stifling investment. Critics say it could lead to a power grab by a handful of companies, which could mean higher costs and slower speeds for you. The tech giants like google, amazon, twitter, facebook, all oppose rolling back Net Neutrality. The fcc began the process of reversing Net Neutrality in may and is set to vote on the changes in december. Nine minutes past the hour. How hard is it to say thank you . Are you going to say thank you to me . Im going to say thank you at the end of this interview. I will thank you, i guarantee it. No, are you going to say thank you now . Are you going to thank me now . You know why . Are you going to thank me now . Not yet. You havent earned it yet. The lavar interview on cnn that went off the rails and never came back, next. Announcer early start is brought to you by comfort cup by chinet. Ready, sip, go. 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So you can binge watch all year long. Now youre thinking christmas and now when you buy any of this seasons hot new Samsung Galaxy phones, you get a second one free to gift. Thats one samsung for you. And one to give. Tmobile. Holiday twogether. Lavar ball in a verbal tugofwar with Cnns Chris Cuomo in a headspinning 23minute interview. Ball refused to thank President Trump for getting his son and two ucla teammates out of jail after their arrest for shoplifting in china. Ball had minimized the president s role over the weekend, to which mr. Trump responded by tweeting that ball was very ungrateful. Should have left them in jail. Ball telling cnn hes still not convinced the president helped bring these guys home. If he said he helped, thats good for his mind. What do you mean good for his mind . But why do you even have to say that . If you helped, you shouldnt have to say anything. If you helped if i help somebody, i dont walk around saying, you know, i help you now. Come on, now, you give me some love i helped you man, come on. For real . I would say thank you if he would have put him on his plane and took him home. Then i would have said, thank you, mr. Trump, for taking my boys out of china and bringing them back to the u. S. Theres a lot of room on that plane. Did he help the boys get out . I dont know. Why do you doubt it . I dont know. If i was going to thank somebody, i would probably thank president xi. Interview did end on a festive note with lavar ball telling chris to wish mr. Trump a happy thanksgiving. Whitefish energy halting work on puerto ricos electric grid because it owed more than 83 million by preppas the islands power authority. In an interview, the ceo tells cnn his company has reached the point where it can no longer sustain operations. We came here to try to do something positive for the people of puerto rico and help preppa get back on its feet. Our subcontractors do an equal risk. But at some point, were never getting paid on a weekly basis of what we were spending, so at some point, we had to stop. Cnn has reached out to prepa with no response. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority came under fire for signing a 300 Million Contract with whitefish, a tiny Montana Company that had only two fulltime employees at that time. It turns out the death toll in puerto rico from Hurricane Maria has been dramatically underreported. The official total is 55 fatalities, but cnn investigators surveyed 112 Funeral Homes on the island. Only half of the total number of homes on the island, Funeral Homes. Those facilities identified 499 deaths in the month after maria hit. That is nine times the official count. Texas Governor Greg Abbott authorizing a reward of up to 20,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction following the murder of u. S. Border patrol agent rogelio martinez. A spokesman for the Border PatrolCouncil Labor union says martinez and his partner were injured on patrol near van horn, texas. Martinez was struck multiple times, possibly with a rock, and died from his injuries. His partner, whose name has not been released, is in serious condition. Officials say he is having trouble remembering the incident. The area of the attack is a wellknown drug smuggling route. Still need a lot more information on what happened to those agents, but a tragic story. All right, they say timing is everything, but when it came time for the georgia dome to implode, people streaming it live, well, they got a very different view. Coy wire shows us what happened, next in bleacher report. More people shop online for the holidays than ever before. And the United StatesPostal Service delivers more of those purchases to homes than anyone else in the country. Because we know, even the smallest things are sometimes the biggest. Even the smallest things. 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The celtics started out 02 and lost gordon hayward, but here they are winning their third straight, proving they have the grit, the want to to be quite a team. They were down double digits to the worst team in basketball, but kyrie irving wasnt going to let the mavericks beat their streak here. Celtics forcing it into overtime. They capture a 110102 victory and their 16th straight win irvin had a lot of points he wanted to make in this game, 47 of them, in fact, but he also made it a point about his state of mind when facing Pressure Cooker situations. I dont really see it as a pressure situation. Its just basketball, man. Just like being in the park. I dont want to say the nbas like playing at the park, but for me, you know, i kind of just see it as that fun basketball, you know, just being out there. Fans are into it, especially when youre on the road or youre at home, and you know, its just a fun environment. All right, if you went to bed early, you missed a thriller monday night football. The falcons up by 11 late in the fourth to the seahawks, but Russell Wilson wasnt done. He hits doug baldwin for the touchdown, and then they would go on to get the twopoint conversion to cut the lead to three. Seven seconds remaining in regulation, seattle kicker blair walsh with a chance to tie the game, 52 yards. So close, but not close enough the falcons go on to get the victory. Seahawks torn up. Falcons elated. They have three home games coming up, those falcons. Look out. In case you missed the implosion of the georgia dome, the old home of the falcons in atlanta yesterday, it may have been because you were watching the feed of the weather channel. The marta bus, the Rapid Transit bus here in atlanta literally stole the show from viewers right at the moment that the only facility in the world to have hosted an olympics, super bowl, and a final four was blown to smithereens oh, they missed it. They missed it all. You can check our twitter feeds here at early start if you want to see the whole thing. All right, 17yearold High School Student mike shelly, who overcame cancer, might be having chicken for thanksgiving instead of turkey. Listen to this. After nailing a layup, a free throw, a threepointer, and that halfcourt shot that youre going it see right here with just 45 seconds to do it all, this is in philly on saturday. He won 76 chickfila gift cards. Everyone gets a biscuit. Thats over 20,000 of them there in the arena. And thanks to the sixers and chickfila, hes going to be flying on the team plane to catch the 76ers playing in atlanta against the hawks later this season. Thats Markelle Fultz and crew wishing that young man a congrats, but hes been through a lot. Overcame stage four lymphoma, guys. Wow. His brother recently passed away. And there he is enjoying this moment. You had us at chickfila, but that is an extraordinary story. What are the chances of making all those shots . Uh, none. None. Zero. Wow, amazing. Thanks, coy, nice to see you. President trump set to wield his pardon power without controversy at a rose garden ceremony today. The president will grant clemency to two handpicked turkeys named drumstick and wishbone. This white house video shows the free birds arriving in the Nations Capital monday. They spent the night at a suite at a luxury washington, d. C. , hotel, relaxing before their big day. A little big bird background here. Both share a june birthday. Drumstick has a slight height and weight advantage. After the ceremony, they will join last years turkeys, tater and tot at virginia techs gobblers rest exhibit. All right, 26 minutes after the hour. Haitians who came to the u. S. After the 2010 earthquake that devastated haiti, they now have to leave. Why the white house is ending their protected status. Buildinn hour is easy with gocentral. From godaddy in fact, 68 of people who have built their. Website using gocentral, did it in under an hour, and you can too. Build a better website in under an hour. With gocentral from godaddy. Haitians to came to the u. S. After the deadly earthquake in 2010, they now have 18 months to leave the country. The administration is ending protected status, despite concerns haiti cant handle an influx of tens of thousands of people. The white house may not want roy moore, but it wants tax reform. Now it seems the president s advisers are willing to deal with the former to get the latter. The president gets set for one of the greatest responsibilities of the commander in chief. He will pardon two turkeys. Big day at the white house. Speaking of turkeys, lavar ball gave a terrific interview last night with chris cuomo. Oh, yeah, 23 minutes of that. Well play that. Welcome back to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. 30 minutes after the hour. We start with immigration. Haitians who took refuge in the United States after a devastating earthquake back in 2010 now have to be out of the United States by july of 2019. The Trump Administration announcing it is ending haitis coverage under tps, the temporary protected status that has allowed nearly 60,000 haitians to live in the u. S. Since the 2010 quake. Now, the change part of a wider administration effort to tighten immigration to the u. S. The tps program is meant to shield immigrants fleeing disaster or conflict zones, to shield them from deportation. The decision comes after the Homeland Security department determined the extraordinary conditions created by that earthquake no longer exist. Critics of the decision are not buying that, including republican congresswoman Ileana Roslehtinen of florida. She tweeted this i traveled to haiti after the earthquake in 2010 and after Hurricane Matthew in 2016. I can personally attest that haiti is not prepared to take back nearly 60,000 tps recipients under these difficult and harsh conditions. Democratic Party Chairman tom perez also blasting the move, saying Donald Trumps cruelty knows no bounds, and adding, im disgusted at the president s heartlessness. With this decision, trump is tearing families apart and turning his back on values that have made our country great. All right, also in immigration news overnight, President Trump overruled in his bid to target sanctuary cities. A federal judge permanently blocking the president s executive order that would have slashed funding to cities that limit their cooperation with u. S. Immigration authorities. Judge William Orrick rejecting the administrations argument that the order affects only a small pot of money. The judge used comments by attorney general Jeff Sessions and the president himself as evidence the order was intended to target a wide array of federal funding. The judges ruling affects lawsuits brought by two california counties, San Francisco and santa clara. San franciscos City Attorney calling the decision a victory for the American People and the rule of law. The doj blasted the ruling, accusing the court of exceeding its authority and promising to take action. All right, lets bring in cnn political analyst julian zelizer, historian and professor at princeton university. Good morning. Good morning. Well skip the turkey pardoning as an important political news story of the day and focus really in on this issue with haiti. Temporary protected status is meant to show, i guess, the heart of the United States, that we take in people who are fleeing terrible conditions. But one of the criticisms is that its not really ever temporary. You know, some of these places they flee from really never can get back up on their feet. What does this say about the Trump Administration and his immigration agenda that theyre doing this now . It says what we already know. From the start of his campaign hes been very strong and very tough in trying to go after programs that have been hostile to immigrants, and this is part of a bigger plan that is less about haiti than is about the administration attempting to curtail all the programs that we have that welcome people to our country in times of need. So, heartless, but you could add pretty consistent given the Trump Administrations policy toward immigration in all aspects. But when it comes to business, their approach has largely been anti hands off, really, deregulation. Right, pro business. Pro business. Right. And now here they are attempting to block the at t time warner merger of course, the Parent Company of cnn. Interesting, because the top cop on antitrust legislation, he said in september of last year this about this very deal. And Makan Delrahim is an expert on this very subject and now in charge of the case. This is more of what we would call a vertical merger, a content with distribution, rather than two competitors merging. So, i anticipate that the fcc will have little, if any role, and it would be a pure antitrust. It shouldnt be you know, just the sheer size of it and the fact that its media i think will get a lot of attention. However, i dont see this as a major antitrust problem. Dont see this as a major antitrust problem. Its now his case. President trump that same month, october of 2016, says this is a deal we will not approve in my administration because its too much concentration of power in the hands of too few. How do you reconcile those two positions with where we are now . Well, look, its very difficult to reconcile it, unless you look at politics. And so, that becomes the issue. That this is not actually about antitrust, its about the president s adversarial relationship with the media. And if thats the issue, then it undermines the antitrust claims. If we had president sanders or president warren, this would make sense from a policy perspective. Right. But this is a deregulatory administration that suddenly is taking this on. And look at his tweet feeds, and i think that will undercut some of the case. It will be fascinating. Well be talk being First Amendment issues. No doubt. And all kinds of things in the days ahead here. Certainly, even in that interview, delrahim said that the burden is on the Justice Department in court, you know, the burden will be on the Justice Department. Lets talk a little bit about roy moore, because Kellyanne Conway and the position of the white house on whether he should be a senator has shifted over the past few days. Theyre not embracing him. Dramatic. Theyre not embracing him, but they really want a gop, a republican vote on health care. Listen to Kellyanne Conway in just five days how shes changed her language. The principle, the incontrovertible principle is that there is no senate seat that is world worth more than a child. Doug jones in alabama, folks, dont be fooled, hell be a vote against tax cuts. So vote roy moore . Im telling you that we want the votes in the senate to get this tax bill through. They want the votes in senate to get this tax bill through. Thats a remarkable shift. I mean, the white house is not saying vote for roy moore, and theyre also pointing out that hes not campaigning for roy moore, but they want that seat. Well, you have to give her credit for being very honest. Shes explaining exactly what the political position and the politics is, but its short term, meaning if this republican is part of the senate and part of the republican body, the chances hell be expelled are very slim. The senate rarely does that. And then in 2018, democrats will be running against the party that has roy moore as the face of the party, and that could be costly. But this is a matter right now about partisanship versus principle, and the administration is coming down on the side of partisanship. Yeah, so they get tax reform, perhaps, but they also get the headline yep. Banned at the mall, allowed at the United States senate. Thats where we are. And that can be extraordinarily damaging. This becomes the name brand of the republican party, combined with all the chaos from the administration. And many republicans know privately ask Jeff Flake Jeff flake. That this is going to come at a cost. Its not free. All right. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you for being here. Thank you for getting up early two days in a row. We are grateful to you. Eternally grateful to you. Julian zelizer, thank you. President trump promised to kill a billionaire tax break, but the gop tax bill keeps it intact. Heres candidate trump in 2015 railing against wealthy investors. They make a fortune, they pay no tax. Its ridiculous, okay . And some of them are friends of mine. Some of them i couldnt care less about. Its the wrong thing. The Hedge Fund Guys are getting away with murder. Hes talking about the carried interest provision. At the time, wall street worried that trump would eliminate it, but both the senate and house tax bill keep that loophole. Carried interest deals with how the u. S. Taxes investment income. Typically, Hedge Fund Managers take a fee from investors. They claim a share of their profits, usually 20 , and that 20 in profits, or carried interest, is taxed at 23. 8 . Thats below the 39. 6 it would be if it were ordinary income. Now, the industry says that extra money helps fund risky investments like startups. But critics say, look, its just a loophole that gives the wealthy an unfair advantage, and removing it would raise 16 billion in revenue. So, who uses this deduction . Its used mostly by private equity managers, venture capitalists and real estate developers, and it is in both versions of that tax bill. And the optics, thats even lower than the passthrough. Its terrible because the president promised the president said it was getting away with murder, it wasnt fair for rich Hedge Fund Managers to use it, it wasnt fair to the working guy and he used this on the campaign trail to show how out of touch the washington establishment and congress is with the feelings of working men and women. Its still in there. Ahead, north korea back on the state sponsors of terrorism list. New sanctions expected today as well. How is pyongyang responding . Were live in seoul. [ keyboard clacking ] [ click ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ clacking continues ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. Yours. Talk tupeace of mind. Ssee why were bullish on the future. 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All right, two new major media figures facing Sexual Harassment allegations this morning as eight women tell the Washington Post longtime Television Host charlie rose made unwanted sexual advances, including groping, making lewd phone calls, and Walking Around naked in their presence. Rose apologizing, saying, i am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and i accept responsibility for that, though i do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that i was pursuing shared feelings, even though i now realize i was mistaken. Rose now suspended by cbs with pbs and bloomberg immediately pulling distribution of the charlie rose show. Also suspended, glenn thrush, one of the top reporters at the New York Times. The story published by vox. Com details alleged Sexual Misconduct involving younger female journalists. Three women, including the articles author, laura mcgann, accusing thrush of unwanted groping and kissing and what mcgann calls hazy sexual encounters under the influence of alcohol. In an email to cnn, thrush apologizes and says he is starting outpatient treatment for alcoholism and pushes back on some of the allegations, saying my recollection of my interactions with laura, the author of that article, differs greatly from hers. The encounter was consensual, brief and ended by me. She was an editor above me at the time and i did not disparage her to colleagues at politico, as she claims. Also, the first claim against senator al franken of Sexual Misconduct since he took office. Lindsay menz says the senator touched her inappropriately in 2010, telling cnn he grabbed her back side while taking a photo at the Minnesota State fair. Franken tells cnn he does not remember taking the photo with menz and feels badly that she felt disrespected. All right, 45 minutes past the hour. After 23 headspinning minutes with Cnns Chris Cuomo, lavar ball still refused to thank President Trump for getting his son and two ucla basketball teammates out of jail after their arrest for shoplifting in china. Ball had minimized the president s role over the weekend, to which mr. Trump responded by tweeting he should have left the players in jail. Ball telling cnn hes still not convinced the president helped bring the players home. If he said he helped, thats good for his mind. What do you mean good for his mind . But why do you even have to say that . If you helped, you shouldnt have to say anything. If i helped somebody, i dont walk around saying, you know, i helped you now. Come on, now, you give me some love, i helped you i mean, come on, for real . I would have said thank you if he would have put him on his plane and took him home. Then i would have said, thank you, mr. Trump, for taking my boys out of china and bringing them back to the u. S. Theres a lot of room on that plane. Did he help the boys get out . I dont know why do you doubt it . I dont know. If i was going to thank somebody, id probably thank president xi now, the interview did end on a festive note with lavar ball telling chris to wish mr. Trump a happy thanksgiving. Theres certainly a tweetstorm brewing in the white house as we speak. 5 47 eastern time. Shouldnt be too long. The president gets up right around a half hour ago . Right around now. Lavar ball is a professional troll. You gave him everything you wanted by elevating him here. All right, would you get into an uber that didnt have a driver . No. No, i would not. It soon could be a reality. Details on cnn moneystream, next. What started as a passion. Has grown into an enterprise. Thats why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. Now, im earning unlimited 2 cash back on every purchase i make. Everything. Whats in your wallet . So, verizon and google have teamed up on the pixel 2. 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The Trump Administration expected to announce new sanctions today against north korea after the president put the kim jongun regime back on the short list of nations labeled as state sponsors of terrorism. It should have happened a long time ago, should have happened years ago. In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, north korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil. North korea was removed from the list by president george w. Bush back in 2008, but pyongyang has dramatically escalated its Nuclear Program since then. So, how is this move being received in the region . Lets ask cnns anna coren, whos live for us in seoul, south korea. Good morning, anna. Reporter yeah, hi, dave. Certainly, the news has been met very warmly here in south korea as well as japan. They see this as a step towards denuclearization of the korean peninsula. In china, theyre not so enthusiastic. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson described this as a highly complex and sensitive situation, calling on all parties to ease tensions and return to the negotiating table. We have to remember that china has only just sent a special envoy to pyongyang at President Trumps request to reengage north korea in talks over its Nuclear Weapons program, and analysts believe that perhaps whatever progress was made over the weekend may have been now eroded because of President Trumps announcement. It has been two months since north korea last launched a Ballistic Missile test, and we heard from south koreas Top Spy Agency yesterday saying that north korea is, in fact, ready to launch another Ballistic Missile and a new nuclear test. And the fear, dave, is that because of this announcement by donald trump and with these new sanctions that will be imposed, north korea is going to retaliate. We did hear from a state newspaper calling trump a lunatic president who deserves to be finished for his hideous crimes. We dont think this is specifically related to the sanctions, because when pyongyang officially does respond, we know there will be more rhetoric and certainly more threats, further destabilizing the korean peninsula, dave. It has been relatively quiet, other than that rhetoric, anna, thank you very much. Whitefish halting work on puerto ricos electric grid because it is owed by prepa, the power authority. The ceo says its reached the point it can no longer sustain operations. Cnn has reached out to puerto rico power officials with no response. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority came under power for signing a 300 Million Contract with whitefish, a tiny Montana Company that had only two fulltime employees at the time. It appears the death toll in puerto rico from Hurricane Maria has been dramatically underreported. The official death toll is 55, but cnn investigators surveyed 112 Funeral Homes on the island. Thats about half the total. Those facilities identified 499 deaths in the month after maria hit. That is nine times the official count. Texas Governor Greg Abbott authorizing a reward of up to 20,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction following the murder of u. S. Border patrol agent rogelio e h martinez. They say martinez and his partner were injured on patrol near van horn, texas. Rogelio martinez was struck multiple times, possibly by a rock, and died from his injuries. His partner, whose name has not been released, is in serious condition, and Officials Say he is having difficulty remembering the incident. The area of the attack is a wellknown drug smuggling route. All right, for the first time ever, astronomers confirm making visual contact with a visitor from beyond our solar system. Take a look at amuamua. Loosely translated, thats hawaiian for messenger who reaches out from a distant past. Astronomers who first spotted it through a telescope from maui first thought it was an asteroid from our solar system, but they quickly found it came from interstellar space. Its roughly the size of a football field, and for you space geeks, its hue is similar to those objects found in the kuiper belt in and outer part of our solar system, but its orbit and shape quickly placed in the category of interstellar origin. I wish we had creepy space music underneath that. President trump expected to wield his pardon power without controversy today. At a rose garden ceremony, he will pardon two turkeys, drumstick and wishbone. This video shows the turkeys arriving at the Nations Capital monday and they spent the night at a suite at a washington, d. C. , hotel relaxing before their big day. The point of this every year, i wonder what it is, but we do it anyway. It is american tradition. A little bit of background. Both share a june birthday. Drumstick has a slight height and weight advantage. After the ceremony, they will join last years turkeys, tater and tot at virginia techs gobblers rest exhibit. With bated breath, we await the live coverage of that later today. Yes, with all the trimmings. Lets get a check on cnn moneystream this morning. Global stocks are higher today following wall streets lead. U. S. Stocks rose, thanks to a bounce in telecom and tech stocks. The biggest question still for investors, tax reform. Wall street is waiting for more details. Its a short trading week. Markets are closed for than thanksgivi thanksgiving, so Trading Volume may be low. Sometimes that opens the door for wild swings. Its official, Federal Reserve chair janet yellen will leave the central bank for good. Yellen submitted her resignation from the feds board of governors. She could have stayed on as governor until 2024. Instead, she will leave next year after her successor, jerome powell, is sworn in. Yellen is the first fed chair in three decades not to receive a second term. All right, forget venmo, cash is still king its true, Digital Payments have multiplied in recent years, but u. S. Cash in circulation has risen nearly 90 over the last decade, according to a Federal Reserve study. In total, 1. 46 trillion in physical u. S. Dollars exist. The majority is actually held outside the country. Uber plans to buy up to 2,000 selfdriving cars from volvo beginning in 2019. The autonomous revolution. If the nonbinding deal goes through, it will be volvos biggest sale of Autonomous Cars yet. Ubers selfdriving system is still being developed, but in the future, uber could make Driverless Cars available to passengers. That deal comes as the Company Struggles with its human drivers. Uber was fined 8. 9 million monday for improperly conducting background checks in colorado. So, maybe we should feel safer with the i dont know. Okay, perhaps. What about the driverless anchor desk . I dont want that. Hey we need humans on the anchor desk. Artificial intelligence. We have a driverless anchor desk, our producer tells us. Thanks for joining us. Im christine romans. Wow im dave briggs. That hurts new day starts right now. Cuomo back from his interview with lavar ball and camerota. Well see you tomorrow. The Trump Administration ending protected status for thousands of haitians living in the u. S. After a catastrophic ten earthquake. Conditions in haiti have improved enough. There are no jobs in haiti. I dont know how theyre even going to survive. The conduct as described should disqualify anyone. We want the votes in the senate to get this tax bill through. They want the vote, but theyre going to pretend like theyre not responsible for enacting any standards within their party