Thursday, may 3rd. We will go live to seoul shortly. We start with this bombshell. Damage control does not begin to describe what is going on at the white house this morning. Aides already trying to clean up after the new addition of the Trump Legal TeamRudy Giuliani said last night. The president did pay back his personal Attorney Michael Cohen for the 130,000 in hush money cohen delivered to porn star Stormy Daniels 11 days before the election. That directly contradicts something the president himself claimed. On fox news, giuliani claimed the payment as legal and went further. Political correspondent sara murray has more from washington. Reporter good morning. Rudy giuliani may be a new addition to the legal team, but entering with a flash. On fox news, he divulged that e trump reimbursed Michael Cohen for the 130,000 that he paid to silence Stormy Daniels. That was not campaign money. Im giving you a fact you dont know. It is not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. They funneled it through a law firm . Funneled through the law firm. No Campaign Finance law . Zero. I knew how much money donald put in the campaign. 130,000. You could do a couple of checks. When i heard of the retainer of 130,000 when he was doing no work for the president. That is how he is repaying it. Do you know the president didnt know about this . He didnt know about the specifics of it as far as i know. He did know about the jegenera general arrangement that michael would take care of it. I take care of this for my clients. I dont burden them with every single thing that comes along. Reporter that is counter to what Michael Cohen and the president said publicly. Cohen said he was never reimbursed for it and did it as a private transaction, but not with the president s knowledge. As for donald trump, he denied he was involved in the payment or knew where the money came from. Do you know about the 130,000 payment . Why did Michael Cohen make this . You have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. You have to ask michael. Reporter we have the president s attorney on television saying something different. Back to you. The Washington Post reports that giuliani spoke to the president and the president was quote very pleased. Giuliani said he and the president discussed the reimbursement in advance. That is not easing concerns in the white house. One adviser said trump will see this as an error and hiring rudy wasnt the best idea. Giuliani said the remarks were approved by the president and does not expect to be fired. Stormy daniels lawyer had a response nothing less than ferocious. I dont care if you are on the left or on the far right. I dont care where you line up. You should be disgusted by what happened in connection with the lies that you have been told over the last three months about this payment. There is no way to dress it up. You can put lipstick on a pig morning, noon and night and it is still a pig. Stone walled last night saying three times in the ongoing case, it is an ongoing case and referring all questions to outside counsel. That outside counsel is going through another shakeup. Ty cobb is stepping down. The lawyers plan to take another approach. Cobb was uncomfortable with the president s tweets. Donald trump tweeted he was happy with his lawyers two months ago and since then two of the three attorneys have left. And representing donald trump is emmet flood. He was part of the clinton legal team. He was one of several to turn down an invitation to join the legal staff. Flood took the job because he is expected to replace don mcgahn in the coming months. President trump threatened to use the powers of the presidency to get involved. Which powers is not exactly clear at this point. Stay tuned as we say time and time again with the administration. President trump said it again and again. No collusion. To hear a former Campaign Aide tell it, that is the Robert Mueller team is focused on. Michael caputo. He told cnn quote it is clear they are still really focused on russia collusion. They know more about the Trump Campaign than anyone who worked there. Caputo discussed the special counsel. I was in the Senate Intelligence comttee with the investigors on tuesday and they were still fishing around. It reminded me of net fishing. Throwing things out to get something in. If we are working with a fishing met th metaphor, the mueller team is wide range fishing. They know exactly what they are looking for. Caputo lived and worked in russia in the 1980s. Breaking news this morning. Word that the release of three american hostages held by north korea could be i am imminent. The president posted this mess amg. As everybody knows, the past administration has been asking for three hostages to be rele e released from north korea. We have alexandra field in seoul, south korea. Alex, do we expect the release of the three americans . Reporter look, it has been widely speculated these three americans could be released before the summit between donald trump and kim jongun. This would be a good faith gesture. This is som the administration in the united stateshting for. You saw the tweet from President Trump saying stay tuned. The families of the men are hoping to be released. One was taken in 2016 and one in 2015. The son of the detainees says he has been given no indication yet. That said, there is a source telling cnn who has knowledge of the negotiations under way that conversations were had two months ago when the north Korean Foreign minister traveled to sweden. That is when release was discussed. It was made clear that u. S. Officials would not tie or link the release of the men to the broader goal of the main issue which remains denuclearization. You have the secretary of state traveling to pyongyang and said the release of the men is a topic of conversation with kim jongun and denuclearization and the National Security adviser was speaking out over the weekend. He was asked if the three hostages would be released before the summit. He said this is something north korea needs to look at and take very seriously. Certainly the administration has been pushing for this and word coming it could be imminent. The family members need to see their loved ones stepping off a plane before they believe it. Dave, christine. Thank you. Team trump landing in beijing as tension was china and the u. S. Ramping up. Donald trump sent his advisors to china led by steve mnuchin. The Team Includes the commerce secretary and larry kudlow and trade officials. The goal is to ease the escalating battle with china and the u. S. The high stakes meeting starts today. President trump tweeting his Financial Team is trying to level the Playing Field on trade. Just as he is considering restricting Chinese Telecom companies in the u. S. , the u. S. May limit the ability to sell in america due to National Security concerns. That move will likely draw retaliation from china. Trade concerns are weighing on the market. The dow is down three days in a row and 3 for the year. At the Republicanled Legislature in iowa and prevent abortion after as few as six weeks. Some women dont know theyre pregnant at that point. More on the controversial bill next. Welcome back. Police releasing three hours of body cam footage from the Las Vegas Shooting massacre. Two officers enter the hotel room immediately following the shooting. Breach, breach, breach. With you. With you. Okay. We got one suspect down. 419 inside. You can hear the voice say breach three times and loud blast. The Footage Shows Police and security guards rushing through the lobby discussing tactics to find paddock. The Nevada Supreme Court ruled they had to release the foot aage footage. 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Team necessity dpoesh ygotiating wit. The barn behind the house exploded. He barricaded his wife in the house for three days. It is not known where the suspect is located. The six officers suffered cuts and abrasions. Two africanamerican men arrested in philadelphia at starbucks have settled with the city. The settlement with the city is not confidential which is 1 each. The men will work with philadelphia officials in a Nonprofit Group to review applications for a 200,000 grant to evncorurage young entrepreneurs. A manager called police after the two were in the store and waiting for a friend without making a purchase. A mid air scare for passengers on southwest. A cracked window forcing southwest flight 9597 from chicago to newark to make an unplanned landing in cleveland. A crack on the outer pane of the window. It comes after a passenger died after the engine exploded. The plane made an Emergency Landing in philadelphia. Some students walked out of school on wednesday in a coordinated event to stand for the 2nd. 2nd amendment. This is rebuttal in the walkouts of tighter gun measures. Yesterdays event was organized by a High School Student in new mexico with outside groups. Hundreds of schools participated across the country. One gun right supporter did not take part. Tweeting i dont believe it is the correct thing to do. There is a time and place for civil disobedience. I dont believe that is now. Lets all walk up. Thats a campaign to walk up to someone who has different views than you and get to know them. The first death reported from the e. Coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in yuma, arizona. The victim has not been identified. The cdc says there have been 23 additional cases of illness bringing the total to 121 since the outbreak started in march. This is a particularly virulent strain. Kentucky, massachusetts and utah are the latest states to report illnesses bringing the number of States Affected by the romaine problem to 25. A Rebranding Campaign for the boy scouts of america. In february of next year, the program will be known as scouts bsa. The decision coming a year after inviting the girls to join. The organization will remain boy scouts of america. There is a new slogan coming as well. Scout me in. The group says more than 3,000 girls have joined the Early Program and participating in cub scouts out of a launch later this year. The shooter who disarmed the shooter in waffle house in tennessee got the thrill of the lifetime. Watch what happens when james shaw was invited to the Ellen Degeneres show. Do you have a favorite player . Dwyane wade. Lets see how he carries himself out here. Dwyane, come out. That did not stop nba star calling him a hero. I will sit across from you as i am now and obviously how brave you are and when i sit down and talk to my kids, and who i want them to look up to, i will tell them to go look up james shaw jr. Wade had another surprise for shaw. 20,000 check. Ellen presented him with one more check from the go fund me account and shutter fly account for 225,000. Your kids only need to look up to you, my friend. A terrific story. You wonder in a crisis are you going to be that brave . Will you think that quickly . We would like to think so. A deliberate legal move or costly error . A lot of reaction after Rudy Giuliani contradicted the president and said he did repay Michael Cohen the money he used to silence Stormy Daniels. Ill give you a fact now that you dont know. Its not campaign money. Funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. A stunning admission from Rudy Giuliani. The president s lawyer admits mr. Trump repaid his personal attorney 130,000 Michael Cohen used to quiet Stormy Daniels. And this, the release of three americans being held by north korea is imminent. When could it happen and how does it tie into the Nuclear Talks . We are live in seoul. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. Lets start with the bombshell admission. Damage control does not begin to describe what is going on at the white house this morning. The president did pay back his personal Attorney Michael Cohen for the 130,000 in hush money cohen delivered to porn star Stormy Daniels 11 days before the election. That directly contradicts something the president himself claimed. On fox news, giuliani claimed the payment as legal and went further. Political correspondent sara murray has more from washington. Reporter good morning. Rudy giuliani may be a new addition to the legal team, but entering with a flash. On fox news, he divulged that trump reimbursed Michael Cohen for the 130,000 that he paid to silence Stormy Daniels. That was not campaign money. Im giving you a fact you dont know. It is not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. They funneled it through a law firm . Funneled through the law firm. And the president repaid it. No Campaign Finance law . Zero. I knew how much money donald put in the campaign. 130,000. You could do a couple of checks. When i heard of the retainer of 35,000 when he was doing no work for the president. That is how he is repaying it. With a little profit and margin for paying taxes. Do you know the president didnt know about this . He didnt know about the specifics of it as far as i know. He did know about the general arrangement that michael would take care of it. I take care of this for my clients. I dont burden them with every single thing that comes along. Reporter that is counter to what Michael Cohen and the president said publicly. Cohen said he was never reimbursed for it and did it as a private transaction, but not with the president s knowledge. As for donald trump, he denied he was involved in the payment or knew where the money came from. Do you know about the 130,000 payment . Why did Michael Cohen make this . You have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. You have to ask michael. Reporter we have the president s attorney on television saying something different. Back to you. Sara, thank you for that. The Washington Post reports that giuliani spoke to the president and the president was quote very pleased. Giuliani said he and the president discussed the reimbursement in advance. That is not easing concerns in the white house. One adviser said trump will see this as an error and hiring rudy wasnt the best idea. Giuliani said the remarks were approved by the president and does not expect to be fired. Stormy daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti responding this way. I dont care if you are on the left or on the far right. I dont care where you line up. You should be disgusted by what happened in connection with the lies that you have been told over the last three months about this payment. There is no way to dress it up. You can put lipstick on a pig morning, noon and night and it is still a pig. This is disgusting what were hearing. The white House Counsel is referring all questions to outside counsel. That outside counsel is going through another shakeup. Ty cobb is stepping down. The lawyers plan to take another approach. Cobb was uncomfortable with the president s tweets. Donald trump tweeted he was happy with his lawyers two months ago and since then two of the three attorneys have left. And replacing cobb is emmet flood of the clinton campaign. He was one of several to turn down an invitation to join the legal staff. Flood took the job because he is expected to replace don mcgahn in the coming months. President trump threatened to use the powers of the presidency to get involved in the congressional investigation of justice and the fbi. Flood best known for the work in the george bush administration. President trump said it again and again. No collusion. To hear a former Campaign Aide tell it, that is the robert that is what the special counsel Robert Mueller team is focused on. Michael caputo. He told cnn quote it is clear they are still really focused on russia collusion. They know more about the Trump Campaign than anyone who worked there. Caputo discussed the special counsel. I was in the Senate Intelligence committee with the investigators on tuesday and they were still fishing around. It reminded me of net fishing. Throwing things out to get something in. Caputo lived and worked in russia in the 1980s. Breaking news this morning. Word that the release of three american hostages held by north korea could be imminent. The president posted this tweet. As everybody knows, the past administration has been asking for three hostages to be released from north korea. We have alexandra field in seoul, south korea. Do we know anything about the timing or when this could happen . Reporter to clarify the timing of the tweet, the last time the administration was pushing for all three. One detained in 2015 and the other two in 2016. The president has talked about it before. Stay tuned. Certainly, christine, it has been speculated that north korea could release these three men in advance of the summit with President Trump and kim jongun as a show of good faith. This was a topic of discussion when the secretary of state traveled to pyongyang to meet with kim jongun over easter weekend. We are hearing from a source familiar with the negotiations that this was discussed two months ago when the north Korean Foreign minister travelled to sweden and proposed the idea of release. U. S. Officials insisted at that time that any release of the hostages could not be tied or related to the main issue here which is denuclearization. That will be the main topic of the summit with kim jongun and donald trump which could take place as soon as the end of the month. That source also told cnn that this release now appears to be imminent. Still no specific timeline to go on. The son of the detainees, tony kim, has been given no indication of a release yet and we know when you are dealing with north korea, these loved ones will not feel comfort until they see their family members stepping off a plane. Of course. Especially after Otto Warmbier after the family saw him. That is a show of how angry the administration was with those men detained. Thank you, alex. A federal judge in new york ordering iran to pay every spouse, parents and child and victim of the 9 11 terror attacks billions of dollars of damages. The islamic republican of iran and revolutionary guard and central republic of iran for the damages for every death. Iran is unlikely to respect the order. The families can be paid from damages from the seized assets. A big ruling hopefully some money can get to the victims. Police in las vegas releasing dramatic body cam video from the night of the massacre that killed 58 people. Breach, breach, breach. We have more of what police heard and saw as they approached stephen paddocks room at the mandalay bay. Liberal economist say the new tax plan is not the investment miracle the gop promised. The theory of the case behind the tax cut was when it leads to a huge surge of Corporate Investment and plant and equipment which would eventually push ups wages. We are not seeing that. So there is enough data already under the bridge for us to say that this is not playing out according to the story. This doesnt look like the story. This looks like the tax cut is a nothing burger as far as business is concerned. Republicans said a lower Corporate Tax rate would create jobs. So far, companies rewarding wall street instead. How about workers . Lets look at the numbers. Worker bonuses and wages increased 6. 7 billion. Companies lavished investors with 375 billion by buying back their own stock. The latest example for you is apple. The tax bill made it cheaper to bring home 285 billion in foreign cash. It plans to reward investors with a record 100 billion. Apple did give workers some mon money. 300 million in total bonuses. It spent 300 million times more on buy backs than bonusebonuses. For american workers, the economic sands are shifting. They benefitted from low prices and cheap loans. Gas prices are nearing 3 in summer. Interest rates are rising. As former health and Human Services secretary tom price, Health Care Costs are rising. Obamacare premiums will jump 10 each year leaving many more uninsured. The economy is strong. Jobless rate is near a 17year low. Stocks up 30 since the election day. When you look at the tax law, you can see the disparity with how much is going to workers and how much to shareholders. The politics is fascinating. Nevada democrats are bouncing on dean hiller for voting in favor of the tax bill. Thought to be the chief argument in the mid terms. This will be fascinating. Good stuff. Police releasing nearly three hours of body camera footage from the Las Vegas Massac massacre. Two officers enter the killers hotel suite following the shooting. Breach, breach, breach. With you. With you. Okay. We got one suspect down. 419 inside. You can hear the voice say breach three times and loud blast. The Footage Shows Police and security guards rushing through the lobby discussing tactics to find paddock. The Nevada Supreme Court ruled they had to release the footage. Paddock opened fire on 22,000 concert goers from the mandalay bay resort. His motive remains unknown. No word on what caused the deadly crash of the cargo plane on the georgia highway. All nine crew members were killed. Video from the nearby business show the final seconds of the flight. The Puerto Rican AirNational Guard c130 was being flown from savannah to tucson to be decommissioned. The governor and president sending condolences to the families of the victims. The most restrictive abortion bill in the nation is one signature away from law in iowa. It would make it illegal for doctors to perform abortions after a fetal heart beat is detected. That is as early as six weeks in pregnancy. The republican governor is not saying if she will sign the measure. She is pro life and will never stop fighting for the unborn. Iowa has a ban after 20 weeks. This is the most restrictive state. The new bill will be challenged in court. In 2013, north dakota passed a similar law which was blocked by the supreme court. Another safety scare for southwest airlin. 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The arrests went viral after occupying a table without making a purchase and manager called police. They were waiting for a friend who later showed up. A mid air scare for Southwest Airlines passengers. The cracked window caused the plane to make an unplanned landing in cleveland. A crack on the outer pane of the window. It comes a couple weeks after a passenger died on the southwest flight when engine exploded and she was partially sucked out of the plane through a broken window. The plane made an Emergency Landing in philadelphia. Students who support gun rights walked out of schools across the country wednesday in a coordinated event to stand for the 2nd. That was the 2nd amendment. This is rebuttal to the walkouts for tighter gun measures. Thousands of students left class in march calling for tighter measures to curb gun violence. The event was started by the new mexico student an outside groups. Hundreds of schools participated. One gun rights supporter did not take part. There is a time and place for civil disobedience. I dont believe that time is now. Instead, walk up. Walk up to someone who has different views than you. And the hero who disarmed the waffle house shooter in tennessee last month just got the thrill of a lifetime. Those are the burns after grabbing the weapon in the waffle house. James shaw jr. Was invited to appear on the ellen show. Do you have a favorite player . Dwyane wade. Why is that . I like how he carriries him helpf self off the court. Dwyane, come out. That did not stop him from using the term hero. I know you dont want to be called ehero, you are an americn hero. I will say how brave you are and for me, when i sit down with my kids and i sit down and talk about role models, i tell them to look up james shaw jr. Thanks for being there. Wade had another surprise for shaw. 20,000 check. Ellen presented him with one more check from the go fund me account and shutter fly for 225,000. Lets get a check on cnn money. Trades tensions sinking global stocks. U. S. Considering restricting Telecom Companies from selling in the u. S. This as Donald Trumps team arrives in beijing for trade talks. The dow is now down four days in a row and 3 for the year. Tesla ceo elon musk was rude to analysts. That costs tesla 2 billion. Earnings calls on dull and technical. Analysts asked question s about the business. Musk told them their questions were boring. Cutting them off. He also spent a significant amount of time talking to a guy with a youtube channel. Investors did not like that. Shares dropped 5 after hours. Thats despite promises that production of the troubled model 3 is back on track. Tesla expects to make 5,000 per week by the end of june. Tmobile is a provider for low income consumers and makes up 3 of sprints brand. The combine company may raise fees leaving consumers with fewer choices. What is the read are regulators . I think it will be tough. Fighting the time warner . The companies are trying hard to make the case. Publicly they say they are confident. Early start starts with the shocking admission from Rudy Giuliani. Ill give you a fact now that you dont know. Its not campaign money. Funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. A stunning admission from Rudy Giuliani. The president s lawyer admits mr. Trump repaid his personal attorney 130,000 Michael Cohen used to quiet Stormy Daniels. The release of three americans being held by north korea is imminent. When could it happen and how does it tie into the Nuclear Talks . We are live in seoul. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, may 3rd. Bombshell admission from the Trump Legal Team. Rudy giuliani who recently joined the president s legal staff telling fox news last night trump did pay back his personal Attorney Michael Cohen that 130,000 in hush money that cohen paid the adult film actress Stormy Daniels 11 days before the election. That directly contradicts something the president himself claimed. On fox news, giuliani claimed the payment as legal and went fuher. Political correspondent ra murray has more from washington. Reporter good morning. Rudy giuliani may be a new addition to the legal team, but