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Hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to the president s personal attorney. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Exactly 5 00 a. M. In east, 6 00 p. M. On the korean peninsula. 1 30 p. M. In tehran. Well have live reports in a few minutes. Lets start with the breaking news. Mike pompeo in north korea this hour. According to south korean government officials, the secretary of state is expected to return home with three american detainees. I want to bring in cnns paula hancocks. She is live. She is in seoul for us where the hopes are high certainly here that these three men will come home. Any indication that it is official yet . Reporter no indication at this point, no. We have had a pool report from journalists traveling with the secretary of state. They said that he had an hourlong meeting this morning with the north korean former spy chief cho. It was behind closed doors they discussed the agenda for the summit between kim jongun and u. S. President donald trump. Then they discussed the schedule with pompeo for the rest of the day. There were no details released. Its 6 00 p. M. , as you say, here on the korean peninsula. We also know that they had lunch together, and the pool was allowed in to see that. It was an amicable situation. Both sides complimenting the other side. The North Koreans saying they havent decided to open up and denuclearize because of sanctions as the u. S. President has claimed. They have done it because they want to focus on their economy. Also just yesterday, there was another surprise visit by the north Korean Leader kim jongun to china. He flew over there and visited xi jinping, the president. Clearly xi jinping wanting to show once again that he is the main ally of north korea, that he is in the center of all this flurry of diplomatic activity. What we dont know at this point is how kim jongun is likely to react to the fact that the u. S. President has pulled out of that nuclear iran deal. Critics here and around the world have said if he doesnt necessarily know what the next u. S. President will do, will he agree a deal with this u. S. President . Fascinating. Paula hancocks in seoul. Thank you. Major International News elsewhere as President Trump ignores pleas from key european allies announcing the u. S. Is quitting the Iran Nuclear Deal. It is clear to me that we can not prevent an Iranian Nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. The iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. The president plans to impose new sanctions on the Iranian Regime and says any country that helps Iran Obtain Nuclear Weapons would also be strongly sanctioned. Reaction to the move as you would imagine swift both at home and abroad. Lets bring in Cnns Fred Pleitgen live with that reaction from tehran. Good morning. Reporter dave, good morning. Very swift here in iran. In fact, earlier today, iranian lawmakers, hardline lawmakers, burned an American Flag and a copy of the Nuclear Agreement inside parliament while chanting death to america. They believe its the u. S. Thats isolating itself and that had shown that it cannot be trusted either by iran or by anyone else. Now, the moderate president here in this country, rouhani, took a more moderate tone. He came out shortly after President Trump spoke last night. He said that he believes that it might be possible to salvage the iran Nuclear Agreement but without the United States. The iranians are saying theyre going to look at what the European Countries which as you said have been alienated by President Trump because they want to preserve this deal, what those countries are going to do. All of this, though, dave, is easier said than done. Theres a lot of pressure from the u. S. On European Companies especially on germany and france and European Countries to not do any business with iran. Thats going to be quite problematic. The iranians have said that if the deal completely falls apart, they can ramp up their Nuclear Program again very quickly and to a higher level than it was before. They also say they have no intention of building a bomb. Fred pleitgen live for us in tehran. Thanks. President trumps decision to pull out of the iran deal drew Strong Negative reaction from democrats and some republicans. Even some lawmakers who voted against the deal are saying that withdrawing is not the answer. This is a little like replace and repeal. They had these words, they used them in the campaign, and they dont have a real plan here. I dont think its a wise move. Oftentimes when you get into office you realize that may have worked in a campaign or that was a good line or whatnot, but you realize its not good for the country at this point given where we are with negotiations now especially with north korea. Our allies and adversaries need to know that we are reliable. There was support for the president s decision. Florida senator marco rubio arguing that iran has used sanctions relief from the deal to build up its Missile Program and boost its support for hezbollah and syrias assad regime. Former president obama weighing in with a pointed statement calling the move misguided. He said, in a democracy there will always be changes in policies and priorities from one administration to the next. Consistent flouting of agreements that our country is a party to risks eroding americas credibility and puts us at odds with the worlds major powers. President trump has pulled out of the iran deal, the paris climate accord, and the transpacific partnership. Three International Agreements of the obama era. And the key being no idea whats next in any of the situations. Special counsel Robert Muellers investigators have questioned a Russian Oligarch close to Vladimir Putin about hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to Michael Cohen. A source telling cnn the u. S. Affiliate of the oligarchs company made the large payments to President Trumps personal attorney in the months after the election. Now a startling allegation from Stormy Daniels attorney that these payments funded the hush money to daniels. Cnn has more from washington. Reporter muellers investigators have questioned a Russian Oligarch named viktor vikselberg about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments made to President Trumps personal attorney, Michael Cohen, in 2017. The payments went from vikselbergs u. S. Linked Company Called Columbus Nova to cohen. Columbus nova is run by vikselbergs american cousin. And documents that were released by Stormy Daniels attorney, michael avenatti, alleged that half a Million Dollars was paid to cohen beginning in january, 2017. Last month the Trump Administration put vikselberg on a list of sanctioned russians for election interference. Whats not clear is the purpose of the payments that were made to cohen or the nature of the business relationship between cohen and vikselberg, and the fact that investigators are scrutinizing this is significant because it essentially shows that a Company Created by Michael Cohen to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels was also receiving money, that same llc was also receiving money, from a u. S. Company in new york city that is linked to a Russian Oligarch. Shimon, thanks for that reporting. No comment yet from cohen or vikselberg. We have this statement from Columbus Novas general counsel i can confirm that the company is 100 owned and controlled by americans. 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Is this a new problem for this president . Lets talk about that and more with cnn politics digital director zach wolf live in washington. Is it . Well, its not a good thing. I think the bottom line is that its getting very hard to separate. Even if they dont cross, its getting very hard to separate in peoples minds the Stormy Daniels aspect of this with the russia investigation aspect of this. They both center so much on Michael Cohen, the president s lawyer, at this point. Lets switch if we can to the iran deal. The president pulling out yesterday predictably and pleasing his supporters. A campaign promise, another one checked. Probably angering our european allies as well as those in tehran. And the president has shown that he nixes deals. Does he fix them . That remains the question. Tpp, paris climate, the iran deal, let alone the individual mandate in obamacare. How does he fix deals, in particular this one . Whats next . I dont know whats next. They dont know whats next, and thats totally clear right now. There is no plan b iran deal. You see, you know, you mentioned paris climate deal. The u. S. Is now one of the only countries if not the only country not a part of that deal. You mentioned tpp, the countries of tpp have gone around the u. S. Essentially. Iran, rouhani and who knows if this is possible because it would require european allies essentially to cross the u. S. To stay in the iran deal without the u. S. So this argument of isolating the u. S. , that company is isolating the u. S. By pulling out of the deals, theres a lot to back that up. Now you have the eu and china and these other countries talking with one voice about what the u. S. Is doing, and the u. S. Is there alone. The wall street journal in a pretty fascinating editorial said that this is actually obama made this easier for trump to pull out because obama did not get a coalition to make it a treaty. This was this could have been done with more support in the u. S. To make it more binding. The Washington Post says this moves us, the trump decision moves us closer to war. This is what they say the nuclear deal struck with iran three years ago was far from perfect. President trumps decision to abrogate it over the opposition of our european allies and without a Clear Strategy for replacing it is reckless, selfdefeating. The president has frequently said that he has no wish for further mideast wars. His decision has made one more likely. Whats the next move here . You know, its its interesting, and thats one of the things you saw the french president wanted was for the iran deal to be renegotiated while this stayed in place. While the old one stayed in place. Yahoo ur in a world where the youre in a world where the u. S. Is pulling out. Kind of whats going to happen next. The cliffhanger aspect of this. And trump views everything with this element of drama. I dont think anybody knows exactly what happens next. Yeah. Domestically, big night politically speaking. Primaries in a couple of states. We focus in particular on three big ones in West Virginia, don blanken sha eenship finishes a third, patrick morrissey, a. G. , the winner who will take on joe mnuchin in indiana. Mime braun, somewhat trumpian in that hes a businessman, outsider. And in ohio, jim renacci wins there. Lets focus on what happened in West Virginia where this excon, blankenship, a fascinating figure who said he was trumpier than trump was knocked out by trump because a tweet he sent out really was the decisive blow. What does last night mean for the president . Its a huge deal for republicans generally. You know, we talked about the difficulty of obama to get something, to get a treaty passed. The only reason trump is able to do anything in congress right now is because to the extent that he can is because he has that senate majority. So the loss of blankenship last night makes it very possible that they can knock off joe mnuchin in West Virginia. It makes the map so much more appealing to republicans going into these november elections. It was a huge deal. Yeah. And blankenship had called Mitch Mcconnell cocaine mitch. A trumpian nicknaming. Then this from the folks on team mitch thanks for playing, a takeoff of a narcos. The netflix poster. And they responded saying, low blow, mitch. Kind of funny. Trolling. Thank you, zach. Who knew Mitch Mcconnell was so funny . Who knew . Mitch playing hardball. See you in a bit. Ahead, a canadian pitcher making some Major League History in his home country. We have the details. The next big thing in food was once a little paper box. Now we can easily take out food from a restaurant. Lets stay in and bingewatch the snow. Genius. Now, the next big thing is the Capital One Savor card. Earn 3 cash back on dining, 2 on groceries, and 1 on all other purchases. 2 on groceries,. 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And a cnn exclusive. The special Counsel Robert Mueller talking to a Russian Oligarch about hundreds. Thousands of dollars paid to the president s personal attorney. We unpack that. Welcome back to try to unpack that. Do try being the key word. It is such a fascinating development. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. May 9th. One year ago today, james comey was fired. Are you kidding me . Changing political history. Wow. On this day in history . Yes, this day in history. 5 31 eastern time. We start with President Trump ignoring plea was key european allies, announcing the u. S. Is quitting the Iran Nuclear Deal. It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian Nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. The iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. The president plans to oppose new sanction on the Iranian Regime and says any country that helps Iran Obtain Nuclear Weapons would also be, quote, strongly sanctioned. Reaction was swift at home and abroad. Fred pleitgen is live in tehran. Moments ago Irans Parliament said it will vote on a motion calling for proportional and reciprocal action. Were also hearing from the Supreme Leader. Whats the latest . Reporter yeah. Almost a tsunami of reaction coming here from iran. Both from moderates and hardliners, as well. The Supreme Leader did make fiery comments against President Trump literally just a couple of minutes ago, calling his speech silly and saying that u. S. Was unreliable. It was interesting. Rouhani did give ripping into trump and accusing President Trump of lying several times in his remarks about the joint comprehensive reaction around the Nuclear Agreement. The iranian parliament, they just discussed the motion to take action. Earlier today they also burned an American Flag there and a version of the Nuclear Agreement. Irans president hassan rouhani, a moderate, also made more moderate remarks right after President Trump gave his speech last night. He said that he hopes that the deal can somehow be preserved but in a smaller version, including the countries that signed it, except the United States. Key to that is the European Countries. They were alienated by the United States. They say they want to preserve the deal. Iranians say well give it time, well see if the europeans are going to follow through on that. Then well decide whether or not we want to stay in the agreement. Of course, its difficult for European Countries and for European Companies, as well. There is so much pressure from the u. S. Not to deal with iran. Otherwise, there might be big consequences for them. The iranians have said if the deal does completely fall apart, they are capable and willing to reamp up their Nuclear Program. They say they can do that quickly. They also say that they have no intention of building a nuclear bomb. So many questions. Can this deal be sustained without the United States . We shall see. Fred pleitgen live in tehran this morning. Thanks. Mike pompeo in north korea this hour. According to south korean government officials, the secretary of state is expected to return home with three american detainees. I want to get right to seoul and paula hancocks. Certainly these families have been hoping for more than a week now after the president said that this was close. How close are we . Reporter we simply dont know at this point. What we do know is from a pool report from reporters with in pyongyang, they say that he had an hourlong meeting this morning with the former spy chief whos been very much involved in the diplomacy recently. It was behind closed doors. They said they talked about the schedule and the agenda for the summit between kim jongun and donald trump. They also talked about pompeos schedule for the rest of the day. There were no details on that. Its now 6 34 in the evening here in on the korean peninsula. Its not clear whats happened over this afternoon. What we know is they also had lunch. There was a very amicable atmosphere between the u. S. Secretary of state and cho, vice chairman of the workers party. But king youngcho said its not sanctions that convinced north korea to denuclearize and have the summit with the u. S. President. It is because they decided to change their policy toward economics. We saw yesterday that kim jongun had another very surprising visit to china to meet with president xi jinping twice in two months, really unprecedented. It shows that xi jinping is trying to make sure that he is front and center when it comes to this flurry of diplomatic guidance to kim jongun. Its not known at this point how kim jongun will respond to the fact that the u. S. Has pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Theres been no official reaction here. Theres certainly an assumption from many experts that it could be even more difficult to try to strike a deal with north korea if kim jongun doesnt know that any deal he strikes with the u. S. President could be or could not be respected by a following u. S. President. Its thrown things up in the air as to whether or not it now makes it more difficult to convince kim jongun to denuclearize. Certainly 6 36 p. M. There where you are. Let us know if you get developments on those three americans being held. Thank you. Special counsel Robert Muellers investigators have questioned a Russian Oligarch close to Vladimir Putin about hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to Michael Cohen. The source telling cnn the u. S. Affiliate of the oligarchs company made the large payments to President Trumps personal attorney in the months after the election. Now a startling allegation from Stormy Daniels attorney that these payments funded the hush money to daniels. We have all of this from washington. Reporter muellers investigators have questioned a Russian Oligarch named viktor vikselberg about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments made to President Trumps personal attorney Michael Cohen in 20012017. The payments went from vikselbergs u. S. Linked company call would Columbus Nova to cohen. Columbus nova is run by vikselbergs american cousin. And documents that were released by Stormy Daniels attorney, michael avenatti, alleged that half a Million Dollars was paid to cohen beginning in january, 2017. Last month the Trump Administration put vikselberg on a list of sanctioned russians for election interference. Whats not clear is the purpose of the payments that were made to cohen or the nature of the business relationship between cohen and vikselberg, and the fact that investigators are scrutinizing this is significant because it essentially shows that a Company Created by Michael Cohen to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels was also receiving money, that same llc was also receiving money, from a u. S. Company in new york city that is linked to a Russian Oligarch. Shimon, thanks for that reporting. No comment yet from cohen or vikselberg. We have this statement from Columbus Novas general counsel i can confirm that the company is 100 owned and controlled by americans. Any suggestion that at any point in time viktor vikselberg or any of his companies owned or exercised any control over Columbus Nova is patently untrue. A year ago today james comey was fired, and it continues to reverberate every day. With that in mind, are these revelations a coincidence or big problem for the president . 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Our sources say the money came from the u. S. Affiliate of the oligarchs company. Christine romans is taking notes furiously as we try to figure out the flowchart of all of this. This post lets discuss the flowchart with zach wolf, cnn politics digital director. We hope you can follow this Washington Post flowchart. Its difficult especially at 5 44 eastern time. How big a problem could this be for the president . How central is Michael Cohen to both investigations . It doesnt sound good for the president. I think maybe the larger problem is that its hard to follow the flowchart, and people are confused about, you know, where does the Stormy Daniels investigation in new york end and the russia investigation begin. Its hard to keep the threads separate. That could be a larger issue. And one wonders at what point is the Stormy Daniels Michael Cohen, what is the nexus here between do the streams cross . Ghostbusters. There you go. At what point is there a nexus there. This is the president fulfilling a campaign promise, no question. Dave calls him the nixer, not the fixer. Thats right. Whats the next move then . In france, the french president who wanted the United States to stay in the deal and work out some tweaks and fixes for what parties thought wasnt working out. Were out of it completely. Yeah. Cnn reported yesterday there is essentially no plan b here. That kind of leaves us with whatever happens happens, and that kind of seems to be trumps attitude that this was a bad deal, he doesnt like didnt like president obama. He wants to undo the obama legacy at all costs. So if its obamacare, if its the iran deal, hes going to pull out of stuff. Hes going to try and wreck it. And they never seem to know who comes next. Theyre not it doesnt seem like theyre planning for that. So you know, fasten your safety belts, i guess. Well have to see what happens. Speaking of safety belts, a gem of an analogy from the usa today writing about pulling out of the iran deal. Lets put that up on the screen for folks. Imagine if average americans conducted their personal lives as capriciously as the president conducts foreign policy. As if you bought a car, decided after the fact that you didnt like the color or the gas mileage, tore up the sales agreement, and walked away from the remaining payments. Would anyone trust selling you another vehicle . Trump has a lot of cars yet to buy, not the least of which is a new nuclear deal with north korea. Bravo, usa today editorial board. To the point that he is a deal breaker, not a dealmaker, what are the implications of that . I think the other thing to look at is he says hes a man of his word. Im a man of my word is what he said yesterday. But the u. S. Had entered into these agreements, and hes essentially making any sort of, you know, continuity between administrations impossible. So its it would be impossible in the future for countries to say, oh, well, trump entered into an agreement, whats the next president going to do . Without that kind of continuity, it sort of makes the u. S. A less viable world player, i think. Lets talk about those primaries last night and what they tell us about, you know, i would say the mainstream, traditional republicans and the trumpism that people were looking for signs of in West Virginia. We saw blankenship didnt make it. Patrick morrissey. 34 there. In indiana, mike braun coming in there with 41 of the vote. What does this tell you about where we are heading into the midterms . Well, you know, kind of the thing with blankenship, he was he was the undisputed, you know, trump clone of the bunch. He he had this racebaiting campaign, he was a former businessman, he had an axe to grind. It was really trumpism would have been really bad for donald trump in this case because it would have threatened the senate majority. Republicans really need to knock off joe mnuchin if they want to protect that senate majority. They dont have a lot of momentum but have a friendly map. You see him needing to play this washington chess in order to carry his message. But this is a huge deal for republicans. And im sure theyre breathing a big sigh of relief because it really makes this West Virginia state, extremely important, there arent that many in play. Makes this one, you know, gettable for republicans. That is a fascinating number on the screen right now. We cant get into it, but democratic turnout in West Virginia was actually bigger than republican. Democrats, it was a for gone conclusion that joe mnuchin was going to be their candidate, tells you a little about voter enthusiasm. I also think theres some good news for blankenship. His probation is over. It ended at midnight last night. The excon. Teach mitch do you think he gets his gun back, too . Teach mitch fired a shot, speaking of thanks for playing, don, in this tweet referencing a netflix poster of narcos. Of course, a veiled shot at blankenship calling Mitch Mcconnell cocaine mitch. Only in 2018, zach wolf, fascinating political times. Thank you, sir, appreciate it. All right. Thats your politics. Lets talk about your money. Well check cnn money this morning. There are just as many job openings as there are Unemployed People in the u. S. A remarkable statistic. And american businesses cannot hire workers fast enough. A Record Number of job openings in march, 6. 6 million. The jobless rate at a 17year low. Typically there are more unemployed workers than openings. During the recession, look at that there were seven jobseekers for each available job. Today its one to one. The number of new hires fell. That shows businesses struggling to find skilled workers. Half of Small Businesses say they cant find enough qualified employees. That should be boosting wages. Still overall growth is modest and wages. However, measures are starting to show a stronger wage picture. For example, private sector pay rose at the fastest pace in 11 years during the first three months of 2018. And could this lure back workers on the sidelines . Currently there are about six million americans out of the labor force and not looking for work. Theyre not counted as unemployed. Theyre simply on the sidelines out of the market. Wild swings in oil prices after President Trump pulled the u. S. From the iran deal. Oil fell 4 , then climbed back above 70 again. Sanctions could cut off irans oil exports putting another dent in tight global supply. U. S. Stocks closed flat yesterday. Wall street is nearing the end of a strong earnings season. But there are big worries about geopolitical tensions like iran on trade also that has been overshadowing big company profits. Now global stocks mixed. The u. S. Futures are up a little bit. Disneys movies bringing in billions. Thats making up for its tv business. Show me respect that movie there has made more than 1 billion at the box office. That drove disneys revenue up 9 during the first three months of the year to 14 billion. It helped offset losses on its tv side. Channels like espn and abc are losing money as more customers switch to streaming services. Do you have a dream of riding in a flying taxi . Uber and nasa teami ining up toe that a reality. Plans to develop flying cars like the ones seen here. The aim was to alleviate congestion and provide affordable transportation. Nasa wants to help get the concept off the ground. Uber plans to roll out the service by 2023 and says youll be able to book rides using the uber app, and you have to go to a place where theres a pickup. One of the biggest uber headaches is your driver like not where you are, circling around and saying im right here. At least this wouldnt happen with the airplane. I guess so. What about the amazon drones delivering packages . 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Broadly speaking, almost resembling a summerlike regime. Well take you toward portions of indianapolis, gary, ft. Wayne. The Severe Weather risk at the highest for damaging winds, large hail being the predominant threats throughout late this morning into the early afternoon hours. In fact, upwards of almost 1,000 lightning strikes into the Early Morning hours pushing in through parts of eastern iowa, wisconsin. Notice late morning this pushes in through the chicagoland area. Then by the afternoon, evening hours, you see detroit get in on the action with strong storms. Certainly some flights could be impacted across the region by later on tonight. 80 degrees in detroit. 83 in chicago. Couple notches shy of 90 already in st. Louis. These temperatures, frankly, running 10 to 15 degrees above average for this time of year. Notice even across the deep south, temperatures pushing close to 90 and staying there for mobile, atlanta, and memphis all in the bigtime heat here next few days. Guys . All right. Thank you very much. Gina haspels confirmation hearing is this morning before the Senate Intelligence committee. The cia nominee is expected to face difficult questions about her role in the use of Harsh Interrogation Tactics like water boarding in the aftermath of 9 11. Cia releasing an excerpt of her remarks guaranteeing the cia will not restart any such detention and interrogation program. Most democrats oppose her nomination, even though she has backed shes backed by colleagues including senior officials from the Obama Administration support her nomination. That should be fascinating. The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets setting the stage for their eagerly awaited matchup in the western conference finals. The warriors finishing off the new Orleans Pelicans in five games. Steph curry, kevin durant, Clay Thompson combining for 75 points in golden states victory. Fourth straight trip to the conference finals. Rockets closing out the utah jazz in game five, 112102, led by chris paul. 41 points, a career playoff high. Ten assists, no turnovers, too. Unreal. First time cp3 has reached the conference finals in his 13 yyr career. Game one in houston, sadly 9 00 eastern time. Tough for us early risers. Davids productivity just went like this. Long naps in the daytime, my friend. Thats right. Lots of basketball. Thanks for joining us, im christine romans. Im dave briggs. New day starts right now. See you tomorrow. Michael cohen should not have been accepting money from anyone with russian ties. They questioned him about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments that were made to Michael Cohen. We dont know if Michael Cohen did anything illegal. Theyre paying him for access to the president. Its swampy. This is the swampiest of swampy behaviors. The United States will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal. Well