Case of mistaken identity. How a man ended up dead and why police say it was justified. Good morning. Im Kaylee Hartung in for christine romans. Good morning. Im dave briggs. It is thursday, august 30th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. We start with politics. The wall street journal reporting that the president and legal team are dreaded on the i word. Impeachment. They believe he doesnt have the strategy or staff. It could lead to impeachment charges. The president s team has discussed recruiting experienced legal fire power to the office of white House Counsel which is losing its lead lawyer don mcgahn. President trump announcing on twitter wednesday mcgahn will leave the job in the fall after the expected confirmation of Supreme Court nominee brett kavanaugh. Mcgahns departure was not unexpected, but he was blind sided by the tweet. Having not announced his timetable to leave. We get more from abby phillip at the white house. Reporter dave and kaylee, we get the word that he would leave the white house in the near future came as a surprise. Even republican senators were surprised donald trump made the decision. Mcgahn was expected to leave the white house after the confirmation of brett kavanaugh, the nominee for the Supreme Court. Mcgahn had been at the white house since the very beginning of the trump administration. Our sources tell us he has had an estranged relationship with President Trump for over a year now. In that period of time, mcgahn has also become a witness in special counsel Robert Muellers russia probe. President trump responding to the news that he broke himself over twitter had nothing but praise for mcgahn when we spoke to him at the white house on wednesday. Listen. Excellent guy. Don mcgahn is a really good guy. Been with me for a long time. Privately before this. He represented me. Almost two years. A lot of affection for don. Hell be moving on probably to the private sector. Maybe the private sector. He will do very well. He has done an excellent job. Reporter President Trump also said he is not concerned what don mcgahn told the special counsel in the interviews. We will see who the president names as mcgahns replacement. Our sources say emmet flood. He was brought in to deal with the russia inquiry. Ed into flood was flood was a former lawyer during bill clintons impeachment hearings. Dave. Thank you, abby. President trump is lobbying republican lawmakers to flip on attorney general jeff sessions. The president for the past ten days has been venting anger over sessions to any senator who will listen. He was upset with sessions for recusing himself for the russia probe. It is wearing on some, including Chuck Grassley and lindsey graham. Both say the move to replace could be made after the midte s midterms. Betsy devos is considering to bolster the rights of College Students accused of harassment or rape. New rules could have significant reper kurcussions to handle the lawsuits. It could change it from unwelcome conduct of sexual nature to unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex which is offensive. The regulations would reduce the schools liability, but encourage schools to provide more support. An education spokesperson calls the report premature and says the department was still deliberating. Later today, the late senator john mccain will make the flight to washington one last time. A certiservice well be held in phoenix. Joe biden will pay tribute. One person who will not be there is pasarah palin. Yesterday, hoards of people lined up to pay respects on what would have been john mccains 82nd birthday. More from cnns nick watt in phoenix. Reporter dave and kaylee, arizonans have waited in the heat to pay respects to the man who represented them in washington for 35 years. First satisfias a congress memb then senator. There was earlier in the day an intimate ceremony inside the capitol for friends, colleagues and family. Then governor ducey called mccain the favorite adopted son. The only things people know about arizona overseas are the grand canyon and john mccain. Imagining arizona without john mccain is like picturing arizona without the grand canyon. Reporter ice wife was dabbing away a tear. On her way out, touching the casket. A Funeral Service will be held in phoenix before the senators body is flown to washington, d. C. Where he will lie in state. On saturday, a ceremony at the national cathedral. John mccain will be buried on sunday at the u. S. Naval academy in annapolis. The governor will announce who will fill senator mccains seat next week. Back to you. Thank you, nick. It did not take long for the florida governors race to get ugly. Hours after Andrew Gilliam became the first candidate, he said this on fox. Lets build off the success we had on governor scott. The last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. The Desantis Campaign said he was referring to florida not making the wrong decision and to characterize it as anything else is absurd. He went back on fox to clean up the mess. It has zero to do with the race. I believe people should be judged on character regardless of race. It is because of that that i know socialism wont work in florida. It is not good for any race, color or creed. Gilliam responded with this. Donald trump. It is a page from his playbook. He understood the dog whistle he was blowing. I understand he intends to peek to a particular part to speak to a particular part of the base to i to incite them. Two weeks ahead of the primary, Governor Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon facing off in a contentious debate. My opponent lives in the world of fiction. I live in relaality. Can you stop interrupting . Can you stop lying . As soon as you do. The two sparring over how to fix the failing subways to health care. When asked about greater aspirations, the possible run for the white house, cuomo said this. You promise to serve four more years as governor if reelected . The only caveat is the is if god strikes me dead. Otherwise i will serve four years as governor of new york. Nixon immediately fired back. Reminding viewers of cuomos gaffe when he said america was never that great. Donald trump did tweet at you whether or not america was great. You backed down quickly. You stood up to him as well as he stands up to putin. When it comes to opposing donald trump in new york state, we already have a corrupt corporate republican in the white house. We dont need a corrupt democrat in albany as his opposition. President trump stands by his administrations response to Hurricane Maria a day after the official death toll in puerto rico was raised by the thousands. On tuesday, the islands governor, raised the death toll from 64 to nearly 3,000. The storm left much of puerto rico without power for weeks. Despite that, here is what the president had to say. I think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. We are still helping puerto rico. The people of puerto rico are great people. They work hard. Puerto rico was the most difficult of the group. You know, peopfema and all of t people there have done a big job. Puerto rico hard a lot of difficulties before it got hit. The mayor of san juan said the administration killed Puerto Ricans with negligent. A new mexico judge says thats why he had to let an alleged child abuser from a filthy new mexico compound go free. My name is jeff sheldon, and im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. 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Canada rejoined nafta talks after months on the sidelines which allowed the u. S. And mexico time to work out issues mainly over auto manufacturing. U. S. And mexico reached agreement on monday. Now all three countries have until friday to rewrite nafta. There are sticking points with the u. S. And canada. Canada wants to preserve the dispute section and u. S. Wants to eliminate it. Former Texas Police Officer roy oliver sentenced to 15 years in prison for the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager jordan edwards as he left a house part last year. The family said they would like to see a greater sentence, but respect the guilty verdict. In a stunning move, child abuse charges were dismissed against three of five adults who lived at the new mexico compound with 11 kids and a child found dead. The reason . The suspects did not have a preliminary hearing in the ten days required by the district. The judge called out prosecutors for beinguncompetent. Being incomincompetent. 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Florida police say an uber driver was justified to shoot and kill a man who stormed toward his car. You can see a pickup truck cut off the uber driver. The man identified as jason boak thought his girlfriend was in the uber on the way home. Then this happened. I Say Something. S oh, my god. Boek did say he had a pistol, but was holding a cell phone. Uber driver, Robert Westlake is a licensed Security Guard who holds a conceal carry permit. At the end of the day, the message is clear. Dont mess with the uber driver. You have the right to protect yourself. This is a classic stand your ground case. The Sheriffs Office says westlake is cooperating. Boeks girlfriend was not in the uber. A mother charged with homicide in the death of her 11weekold baby. Prosecutors allege the drugs in the breast milk that Samantha Jones feeding her son killed him. Jones told investigators she had been prescribed methadone to help with opioid painkillers. Jones loved the child and never intended to harm him. A remarkable rescue in wisconsin after an 11yearold boy sucked into a flooded storm sewer. It happened tuesday night when police say the boy was playing with friends in a flooded drainage ditch. He disappeared. Somehow, a firefighter saw the boys fingers pop through the manhole cover. People in wet suits and water rescue suits walking the ponds and ditches. We believe there was air trapped in the manhole cover area. Im not sure by what miracle he found that. The boy was lifted to safety and now back home with his family. Aretha franklins long goodbye continues tonight with the tribute concert in detroit. Nearly 40 artists will perform jazz, gospel and r b. Before that, a final viewing at the new Bethel Baptist church. Over the last two days, thousands have paid respects to aretha franklin. Her funeral will be held tomorrow in detroit. U. S. Open officials are feeling the heat and not because of the temperatures at flushing meadows. 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A case of road rage. An uber driver with a gun and case of mistaken identity. How a man ended up dead and why police say it was justified. Good morning. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im Kaylee Hartung. It is 31 minutes past the hour. The wall street journal reports that the president and his legal team are said to be focused on the dreaded i word. Impeachment. They believe he doesnt have the strategy or staff. To protect himself for future legal battles. It could lead to impeachment charges. The president s team has discussed recruiting experienced legal fire power to the office of white House Counsel which is losing its lead lawyer don mcgahn. President trump announcing on twitter wednesday mcgahn will leave the job in the fall after the expected confirmation of Supreme Court nominee brett kavanaugh. Mcgahns departure was not unexpected, but he was blind sided by the tweet. Having not announced his timetable to leave. We get more from abby phillip at the white house. Reporter dave and kaylee, President Trumps announcement that don mcgahn would be leaving in the near future came as a surprise. Even republican senators were surprised donald trump made the decision. Mcgahn was expected to leave the white house after the confirmation of brett kavanaugh, the nominee for the Supreme Court. Mcgahn had been at the white house since the very beginning of the trump administration. Our sources tell us he has had an estranged relationship with President Trump for over a year now. In that period of time, mcgahn has also become a witness in special counsel Robert Muellers russia probe. President trump responding to the news that he broke himself over twitter had nothing but praise for mcgahn when we spoke to him at the white house on wednesday. Listen. Excellent guy. Don mcgahn is a really good guy. Been with me for a long time. Privately before this. He represented me. Almost two years. A lot of affection for don. Hell be moving on probably to the private sector. Maybe the private sector. He will do very well. He has done an excellent job. Reporter President Trump also said he is not concerned what don mcgahn told the special counsel in the interviews. Meanwhile, we are looking to see who the president names as mcgahns replacement. Our sources say emmet flood. The white house lawyer brought in to deal with the rush related inquiries coming into the white house. Flood was a former lawyer during bill clintons impeachment hearings. Dave and kaylee. Thank you, abby. President trump is lobbying republican lawmakers to flip on attorney general jeff sessions. The president for the past ten days has been venting anger over sessions to any senator who will listen. He was upset with sessions for recusing himself for the russia probe. Mr. Donald trumps frustration is wearing thin on senators. Including Chuck Grassley and lindsey graham. Both say the move to replace could be made after the midterms. It feels when, not if. And Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts last week saying he paid hush money at the direction of donald trump in the effort to sway the election. Before the plea, cohen was defiant, but realized he had no choice and became focused on his wife and familys well being. Cohen is expected to get threetofive years at the sentencing in december. Cnn learned a second employee discussed an immunity deal with prosecutors. Cnn could not determine the employees identity. Betsy devos is considering to bolster the rights of College Students accused of harassment or rape. According to the New York Times and Washington Post. New rules could have significant repercussions to handle the lawsuits. The changes could change the statement from unwelcome conduct of sexual nature to unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex which is pervasive and objectively offensive. The regulations would reduce the schools liability, but encourage schools to provide more support. An education spokesperson calls the report premature and says the department was still deliberating. The Washington Post is denying the report of the passport approvals. The administration accusing hundreds, possibly thousands of hispanics along the border of using false birth certificates for decades. In some cases, passport applicants are being jailed and entered into deportation proceedings or stuck in mexico. The change throw s citizenship for many. The state Department Tells the post it quote has not changed policy or practice. Later today, the late senator john mccain will make the flight from arizona to washington one last time. First, a Memorial Service will be held at the church in phoenix. Former Vice President joe biden will be among those paying tribute. One person who wont be there is 2008 running mate sarah palin. She was not invited to the memorials. Yesterday, hoards of people lined up to pay respects on what would have been mccains 82nd birthday. We get more from cnns nick watt in phoenix. Reporter dave and kaylee, arizonans have waited in the heat to pay respects to the man who represented them in washington for 35 years. First as a Congress Member and then senator. There was earlier in the day an intimate ceremony inside the capitol for friends, colleagues and family. Then governor ducey called mccain arizonas favorite adopted son. He says when people go over jae overseas, the only thing they know about arizona is john mccain and grand canyon. Imagining arizona without john mccain is like picturing arizona without the grand canyon. Its just not natural. Reporter his wife cindy was dabbing away a tear. On her way out, touching the casket. A Funeral Service will be held in phoenix before the senators body is flown to washington, d. C. Where he will lie in state. On saturday, a ceremony at the national cathedral. John mccain will be buried on sunday at the u. S. Naval academy in annapolis. Next week, governor ducey may announce who will fill senator mccains seat. Back to you. Thank you, nick. It did not take long for the florida governors race to get ugly. Hours after Andrew Gillum was the first black candidate for governor, his opponent, ron desantis, said this on fox. Lets build off the success we had off governor scott. The last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. The Desantis Campaign explained he was referring to florida not making the wrong decision and to characterize it as anything else as absurd. He went back on fox trying to clean up his mess. It has zero to do with race. I believe people should be judged based on ability and character regardless of race. It is because of that that i know socialism wont work in florida. It is not good for any race, color or creed. Gillum responded to his rivals remarks with this. Donald trump. This is a page from his playbook. He understood what he meant. He knew the dog whistle he was blowing. He is speaking to a particular part of the base to incite them. Earlier, gillum told fox news he will not get down in the gutter with desantis and trump. Two weeks ahead of the primary, Governor Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon facing off in a contentious debate. My opponent lives in the world of fiction. I live in reality. Can you stop interrupting . Can you stop lying . As soon as you do. The two sparring over how to fix the failing subways to health care. When asked about greater aspirations, the possible run for the white house, cuomo said this. You promise to serve four more years as governor if reelected . The only caveat is the is if god strikes me dead. Otherwise i will serve four years as governor of new york. Nixon immediately fired back. Reminding viewers of cuomos gaffe when he said america was never that great. Donald trump did tweet at you whether or not america was great. You backed down quickly. You stood up to him as well as he stands up to putin. When it comes to opposing donald trump in new york state, we already have a corrupt corporate republican in the white house. We dont need a corrupt democrat in albany as his opposition. The winner of the primary faces the executive mark mulinaro. It always reminds of you miranda hobbs. Cuomo leads by more than 30 points in the recent polls. The first question she was asked is why is she qualified for this job despite the familiarity many have with her. A former Texas Police Officer gets a sentence for shooting and killing a black teenager in a car, but the family is not fully satisfied. 4 45. President trump wrapping up criticism of google. Suggesting the Search Engine promoted the state of the Union Addresses from obama, but not his own. Now google says the video is inaccurate. It has never addressed the issue by congress or by obama. It did promote the state of the union this year. Yesterday, trump accused google of suppressing conservative voices. Larry kudlow says they are investigating, but that doesnt mean regulation. You know what we want . Not regulation. We want fairness. We have fairness, we are all happy. Executives from google and facebook have been asked to testify on chiapitol hill next week. Ceos will attend. Lawmakers are not happy and threatening to put an empty chair in googles place. Former Texas Police Officer roy oliver sentenced to 15 years in prison for the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager. The day after he was convicted of murder for fatally shooting jordan edwards. The family of edwards would like to see a greater sentence, but they respect the guilty verdict. The oliver defense plans to appeal the verdict and sentence. A stunning move. Child abuse charges dismissed against three of five adult whose lived at the adults who lived at the new mexico compound where a child was found dead and 11 kids were living. The reason . The suspects did not have a preliminary hearing in the ten days required by the district. The judge called out prosecutors for being incompetent. Two others were arraigned on charges in connection with the death of a 3yearold boy. The Drinking Water at all Detroit Public School buildings has been turned off. Water tests revealed Water Quality tests were at issue. Elevated copper and lead found in school water dating back to 2016. Bottled water and coolers will be used in the meantime when students return next week. U. S. Coast guard believes negligence led to the death of 17 people last month in the duck boat accident in missouri. The captain told passengers during the safety briefing they would not need life jackets. The boat sank in rough water. The owner of the duck boat is cooperating with authorities. You know, men at the u. S. Open change their shirts all the time. Especially in the heat. A female player does it and she gets a penalty. What officials at the tournament say next. 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You can see a pickup truck cut off the uber. The man identified as jason boek thought his girlfriend was in the uber going home. They got into a fight over text and this happened. I Say Something . Pistol . You want me to shoot you . Oh, my god. Boek said he had a pistol, but holding a cell phone. The uber driver Robert Westlake is a licensed Security Guard who holds a conceal carry permit. At the end of the day, the message is clear. Dont mess with the uber driver. You have the right to protect yourself. This is a classic stand your ground case. The Sheriffs Office says westlake is cooperating. Boeks girlfriend was not in the uber. She called the car for a friend. Franklaretha franklins lon goodbye will continue tonight in detroit. The tribute concert in detroit. Nearly 40 artists will perform jazz, gospel and r b. Before that, a final viewing at the new Bethel Baptist church. Over the last two days, thousands have paid respects to aretha franklin. Her funeral will be held tomorrow in detroit. U. S. Open officials are feeling the heat and not because of the temperatures at flushing meadows. French tennis player alize cornet took her top off after realized she put it on during the wrong way during heat break. She was issued a code violation. That triggered a storm of comments on social media. The Officials Say she did nothing wrong. They clarified the policy. Temporary relief from the heat. You know the players will be happy about that. It is coming to the northeast this weekend. Lets get to meteorologist pedram javaheri. Good morning, kaylee and dave. We are watching heat across the northeast. About 14 million of you impacted across the region. That is down from what was 50 million this time yesterday. Certainly seeing a gradual improvement here. You look at yesterdays temperatures in burlington, vermont. 97. Shattering the record from 77. In boston, 97 degrees this afternoon. A record which has been standing for years in boston. Another day of hot temperatures in boston. Dropping into the 80s in the northeast. We have a lot of humidity and that is factoring in 95 in the northeast. Here comes the front. It pushes into the afternoon hours. Isolated shot of thunderstorms associated with this as well, but the milder air friday morning and friday afternoon. The weather pattern gets nicer for the weekend. Unfortunately that is short lived. Heat expected to build in for sunday, monday and tuesday. Temperatures climb in the 80s. Guys. Thanks, p. J. A check of cnn money. The rally continues on wall street. S p and nasdaq with record highs for the fourth session in a row. Apple closed at alltime high. Apple stock up 31 this year. The first u. S. Company to cross 1 trillion in market value. Another company set to join that club. Amazon edging closer to 1 trillion. Less than 3 away from the milestone. Trade in focus today. All three nafta countries racing to rewrite the trade deal by friday. Earnings season is almost over. Corporate america raked in profits. Profits rose 16. 1 last quarter. Largest gain in six years. Profits got a boost from strong Economic Growth and tax cuts. The tax law slashed corporate. U. S. Companies paid 33 less in taxes this year or more than 100 billion. Overall, a great Second Quarter and strong profit. Growth should continue in 2018. Future growth could be hurt by the trump trade policies and likely slow as the effects of the tax cut wane. Papa john saga continues today. Papa john slamming the founder John Schnatter by going off script at the Conference Call last fall. That sparked backlash on social media and schnatter stepped down. He was asked not to leave the company until earlier this year after using a racial slur on the Conference Call. Since then, he publicly criticized his former company. Early start continues right now. The president s legal Team Reportedly looking for help to handle possible impeachment proceedings. The chief white House Counsel out the door next month. Controlled by the state since 1965. Can you stop interrupting . Insults flying as democrats square off for the first time in the new york governors race. A case of road rage. An uber driver with a gun and case of mistaken identity. How a man ended up dead and why police say it was justified. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im Kaylee Hartung in for christine romans. Thanks for having me. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. The wall street journal reporting that the president and legal team are dreaded on the i word. Impeachment. His allies believe he doesnt have the strategy or legal team to protect himself. It could lead to impeachment charges. The president s team has discussed recruiting experienced legal fire power to the office of white House Counsel which is losing its lead lawyer don mcgahn. President trump announcing on twitter wednesday mcgahn will leave the job in the fall after the expected confirmation of Supreme Court nominee brett kavanaugh. Hearings begin next week. Mcgahns departure was not unexpected, but he was blind sided by the tweet. Having not announced his timetable to leave. We get more from abby phillip at the white house. Reporter dave and kaylee, President Trumps announcement that don mcgahn would be leaving in the near future came as a surprise to many here. Even republican senators were surprised donald trump made the decision. Mcgahn was expected to leave the white house after the confirmation of brett kavanaugh, the nominee for the Supreme Court. Mcgahn had been at the white house since the very beginning of the trump administration. Our sources tell us he has had an estranged relationship with President Trump for over a year now. In that period of time, mcgahn has also become a witness in special counsel Robert Muellers russia probe. 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