Free market. Growing skepticism of the tech industry. A possible breakthrough for kids with peanut allergies. The trick . Peanuts. Im dave briggs. That is a serious story. I know a lot of people are working hard to figure out how to protect their kids. Im christine romans. It is monday, november 19th. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Holiday week. President trump says acting attorney general Matt Whitaker will make the call whether to restrict the russia investigation. Fox news Chris Wallace asked the president if he would allow whitaker to limit the mueller investigation. If whitaker decides to limit or curtail the mueller investigation, are you okay with that . It is going to be up to him. I think he is very well aware politically. He is a very smart person. A very respected person. Hes going to do whats right. In the weeks since the president forced Jeff Sessions to resign as attorney general, democrats called for whitaker to recuse himself from oversight of the russia investigation given his past criticism of the investigation. The president said he was unaware of the criticism. There is no collusion. He says you can stop the investigation. What do you do when a persons right . He said it. If he said there is collusion, im supposed to be taking somebody there is . I wouldnt be taking them for two reasons. The number one fact is he would be wrong. The president backing off earlier claims he wants to sit down with mueller for an interview. Now he plans to submit written answers this week. In the same fox interview, the president attacked the retired navy admiral known as the architect who has been credit kw critical of the president. He also called mr. Trumps leadership embarrassing and humiliating after the president revoked John Brennans security clearance this summer. Look, retired admiral, navy s. E. A. L. 38 years. Hillary clinton fan. Special operation. Excuse me. Hillary clinton fan. Who led the operations and took down Saddam Hussein and killed Osama Bin Laden. Says your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. Hes a Hillary Clinton backer and an obama backer. Hes a navy s. E. A. L. It would be nice if we had gotten Osama Bin Laden sooner than that. He says he did not back Hillary Clinton or anyone else in 2016. He says i admire all president s who uphold the dignity of the office. When you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution. The president did acknowledge one misstep in the fox interview. He says he should have gone to Arlington National cemetery for veterans day. A president ial tradition. I should have done that. I was extremely busy on calls for the country. We did a lot of calling, as you know. But this is veterans day. I probably, you know, in retrospect, i should have. I will virtually every year. We had come in very late at night. I had just left literally the American Cemetery in paris. I really probably assumed that was fine. Separately, the president again defended his decision to not travel to an American Cemetery in france a week ago. He said he didnt cancel the trip. He said the secret service did because of bad weather. The president is vowing to visit troops in war zones. Something he has not yet done. By tomorrow, President Trump expects a full report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul. He says the u. S. Has a copy of the capture of the capture of the brutal killing. He says he personally wont listen to the recording. I dont want to hear the tape. No reason for me to hear the tape. Why . Because it is a suffering tape. It is a terrible tape. I have been fully briefed. Theres no reason to hear it. I asked the people if i should. They said i shouldnt. What happened . It was very violent. Very vicious and terrible. The president says he does not know if Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed Bin Salman was lying when he denied involvement. That conflict was the cia assessment that the crown prince ordered the killing. That conclusion based on the audio. The president wont listen to that audio. U. S. Lawmakers have made up their minds as well. If you know anything about saudi arabia or anything about mbs, the fact that he didnt know about it is impossible for me to believe. They are an important ally, but when it comes to the crown prince, he is irrational and unhinged. I think the evidence is overwhelming that the crown prince is involved. On saturday, Vice President mike pence described the murder as an atrocity and the u. S. Is determined to hold all those responsible accountable. Brenda snipes resigned. She came under strong criticism with vote counting in Broward County which missed the deadline by two minutes. It is unclear if her resignation is effective immediately. Florida has a new senatorelect this morning. Rick scott. Bill nelson conceded following a statewide recount. The results show scott with the lead of 10,000 votes of 8. 2 million votes cast. This ends the nearly twodecade tenure in the senate. Marco rubio writes, i knew bill not as a democratic senator, but man of genuine faith, integrity and character. Served our country with a character which is rare. I will miss working with him. Thats a turn after suggesting they were trying to steal that election. Interesting turn from rubio. In the house, democrats picking up three more seats ending decades of republican dominance in california. Democrats have achieved a takeover the congressional seats in the onetime gop orange county. Once call reagan country. The president said that is where good republicans go to die. With the three new house wins, democrats now have a net pick up of 37 seats. Three races remain uncalled. A remarkable shift. That is a blue, blue district. Former new york city mayor michael bloom bettberloomberg, a 2020 run, made a huge donation. 1. 8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins university. What is it for . It will Fund Financial aid for low and middle income students allowing Johns Hopkins to admit on a need basis and grant loans in more aid packages. Not a building, but helping students. Bloomberg writing in the oped. America is at its best when we reward people based on the quality of the work, not the size of their pocketbook. Bloomberg has long talked about fi this and he plans on decides on a 2020 bid no later than february. Nine minutes past the hour. Imagine driving through this to get more than 20 students away from a raging wildfire. We will have the latest efforts to contain the camp wildfires. Nearly 1,000 people still unaccounted for. Today day e g to get mot. Get stronger. Get closer. Start listening today to the Worlds Largest selection of audiobooks on audible. And now, get more. For just 14. 95 a month, youll get a credit a month good for any audiobook, plus two Audible Originals exclusive titles you cant find anywhere else. If you dont like a book, you can exchange it any time, no questions asked. Automatically roll your credits over to the next month if you dont use them. With the free audible app, you can listen anytime, and anywhere. Plus for the first time ever, youll get access to exclusive fitness programs a 95 value free with membership. Start a 30day trial today and your first audiobook is free. Cancel anytime and your books are yours to keep forever. Audible. The most inspiring minds. The most compelling stories. Text listen9 to 500500 to start your free trial today. Apples ceo tim cook says new regulations are coming for tech companies. Faci faci in an i honterview on hbo, he s it is inevitable. Generally speaking i am not a big fan of regulation. Im a big believer in the free market. We have to admit when the free markets not working. It hasnt worked here. I think it is inevitable there will be a level of regulation. Cook has pushed for a comprehensive privacy legislation. He told cnn that privacy is the issue that will define the century and data Industrial Complex needs regulation. Big backlash against facebook after the investigation suggested it spectacularly failed to recognize and stop russian interference. Just didnt get it early or often enough what was happening on its platform. The former chief Security Officer writes in the Washington Post the lawmakers and media were all to blame in 2016. Called on congress to update nixon era laws. Authorities in butte county found the remains of another victim in the camp fire. The deadliest wildfire death toll is now 77. Nearly 1,000 people still unaccounted for. The death toll is expected to climb. The fire wiped out 10,000 homes and scorched an area the size of chicago. The fire is 65 contained. Officials dont think it will be fully contained until november 30th. President trump blamed Forest Management for the fires. He mentioned raking under growth for the devastation. Now it appears he made up a story of a world leader backing his claim. I was with the president of finland. He said we have a much he called it a forest nation. They spend a lot of time on raking and cloeaning and doing things. They dont have any problem. Just one problem, finlands president says he and trump never spoke with raking although they did talk about the wildfires and how finland manages its forests. Incredible stories of heroism is emergin emerging. We have Paul Vercammen with more. Reporter dave and christine, absolutely horrific stories of stomach churning despair. But a story of heroism. A bus driver goes to Ponderosa School in paradise. The flames were burning near the school which would be damaged. He gets 22 children and teachers on the bus and they begin a harrowing drive to safety. My first thought was getting them on the bus and get them out of there. The sky was menacing. It was crazy. There were fires left and right. Whe everywhere you look. Reporter the odyssey continued through the inferno. Some of the little lungs of the School Children started filling up and on the brink of passing out. They made makeshift respirators dampening the drivers tshirt and putting them over their mouths. I think we had some honest discussions of is this the time to get out of the bus. Reporter they made it to safety eventually. Parents just so relieved. That bus driver kevin mckay made a joke. He said im glad i paid attention in class when i was taking the safety lessons. Pointing out safety is the first issue for a bus driver. Dave and christine. Just remarkable. Terrifying for the kids. I think there will be a lot of discussion about the evacuation plans there and how people were alerted and why so many people in the midst of the fires and flames were on the move. Governor brown talked about having a plan next time whether it is a shelter. 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She sometimes which her husband would with speak out more forcefully. Could peanuts be the cure for peanut al lettlergieallergi. Exposing children in a peanut powder capsule. 2 3 of patients were able to eat a dose equal to two peanuts without an allergic reaction. It could provide a safety net for kids with life threatening reactio reactions. Big deal. Talk to your doctor. An 11th child has died in the adenovirus in new jersey. The total infected is 35. The investigation at the center in new jersey finds a major cause of the outbreak is the facility was not able to separate the sick from those without symptoms. The facility now has enough space to separate them. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice knocking down on an espn report that the Cleveland Browns were considering her for the head coaching position. She did use the report as a chance to encourage the nfl to bring more women on board as coaches writing, i do hope that the nfl will start to bring women into the coaching profession as position coaches and coordinators and head coaches. One doesnt have to play the game to understand and motivate players. By the way, im not ready to coach, but im ready next season if the browns need ideas. At a no time will i call for a prevent defense. The acting attorney general criticized the russia investigation before and it sounds the president wont get in the way if Matt Whitaker decides to limit the probe. Sprints nationwide lte advanced network is now up to 2x faster than when i switched. And their total lte coverage is 30 larger. Thats big news dont forget unlimited. Sprints unlimited can save you nearly 1000 in the first year over verizon and at t. Just think what you can do with all that extra money. vo up to two times faster than before. See how you can save nearly 1000. 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President trump says the acting attorney general will decide how to deal with the mueller probe. Mike bloomberg donates 1. 8 billion to the alma mater for financial aid. 2020 democratic hopefuls no doubt taking notice. Im a big believer in the free market. We have to admit when the free market is not working. Tim cook talks about regulation in the tech industry. A possible breakthrough for kids with peanut allergies. The trick . Peanuts. Welcome back to early start. You have an allergy at home. I do. 1 in 50 americans with a peanut allergy. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. We start with the white house. President trump says acting attorney general Matt Whitaker will make the call whether to restrict the russia investigation. Fox news Chris Wallace asked the president if he would allow whitaker to limit the mueller investigation. If whitaker decides to limit or curtail the mueller investigation, are you okay with that . It is going to be up to him. I think he is very well aware politically. I think hes astute politically. He is a very smart person. A very respected person. Hes going to do whats right. In the weeks since the president forced Jeff Sessions to resign as attorney general, democrats called for whitaker to recuse himself from oversight of the russia investigation given his past criticism of the investigation. The president said he was unaware of the criticism. Although he agrees with whitaker. There is no collusion. He says you can stop the investigation. What do you do when a persons right . There is no collusion. He said it. If he said there is collusion, im supposed to be taking somebody there is . I wouldnt be taking them for two reasons. The number one fact is he would be wrong. The president backing off earlier claims he wants to sit down with mueller for an interview. Now he plans to submit written answers this week. In the same fox interview, the president attacked the retired navy admiral known as architect of the Osama Bin Laden raid. He has been critical of the president. He also called mr. Trumps leadership embarrassing and humiliating after the president revoked John Brennans security clearance this summer. It does not sound like the president has forgotten those rebukes. Look, retired admiral, navy s. E. A. L. 38 years. Hillary clinton fan. Excuse me. Hillary clinton fan. Special operation. Excuse me. Hillary clinton fan. Who led the operations and took down Saddam Hussein and killed Osama Bin Laden. Says your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. Hes a Hillary Clinton backer and an obama backer. Hes a navy s. E. A. L. It would be nice if we had gotten Osama Bin Laden sooner than that. Mcraven says he did not back Hillary Clinton or anyone else in 2016. He says i admire all president s who uphold the dignity of the office. When you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. The president did acknowledge one misstep in the fox interview. He says he should have gone to Arlington National cemetery for veterans day. A president ial tradition. I should have done that. I was extremely busy on calls for the country. We did a lot of calling, as you know. But this is veterans day. I probably, you know, in retrospect, i should have. I did last year and i will virtually every year. We had come in very late at night. I had just left literally the American Cemetery in paris. I really probably assumed that was fine. Separately, the president again defended his decision to not travel to an American Cemetery in france a week ago. He said he didnt cancel the trip. He said the secret service did because of bad weather. The president is vowing to visit troops in war zones. Something he has not yet done. By tomorrow, President Trump expects a full report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul. He says the u. S. Has a copy of the audio of the capture of the brutal killing. He says he personally wont listen to the recording. I dont want to hear the tape. No reason for me to hear the tape. Why dont you want to hear it, sir . Because it is a suffering tape. It is a terrible tape. I have been fully briefed. Theres no reason to hear it. I asked the people if i should. They said i shouldnt. I know everything that went on with the tape without hearing it. What happened . It was very violent. Very vicious and terrible. The president says he does not know if Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed Bin Salman was lying when he denied involvement. That conflict was the cia assessment that the crown prince ordered the killing. That conclusion based on the audio. The president wont listen to that audio. U. S. Lawmakers have made up their minds as well. If you know anything about saudi arabia or anything about mbs, the fact that he didnt know about it is impossible for me to believe. They are an important ally, but when it comes to the crown prince, he is irrational and unhinged. I think the evidence is overwhelming that the crown prince is involved. No, i dont think we can sweep this under the rug. On saturday, Vice President mike pence described the murder as an atrocity and the u. S. Is determined to hold all those responsible accountable. Multiple reports from florida say the supervisor of elections has resigned. Brenda snipes resigned. She came under strong criticism with vote counting in Broward County which missed the deadline by two minutes. It is unclear if her resignation is effective immediately. Florida has a new senatorelect this morning. Republican governor rick scott. Bill nelson conceded following a statewide recount. The results show scott with the lead of 10,000 votes of 8. 2 million votes cast. This ends the nearly twodecade tenure in the senate. Marco rubio writes, i knew bill not as a democratic senator, but man of genuine faith, integrity and character. A man who served our country with the dignity which is increasingly rare in our modern politics. I will miss working with him. In the house, democrats picking up three more seats ending decades of republican dominance in california. Democrats have achieved a takeover the congressional seats in the onetime gop orange county. Once called reagan country. The president said that is where good republicans go to die. With the three new house wins, democrats now have a net pick up of 37 seats. Three races remain uncalled. Former new york city mayor michael bloomberg, considering a 2020 run, made a huge donation. 1. 8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins university. The gift called the biggest contribution in American University history. It will Fund Financial aid for low and middle income students allowing Johns Hopkins to admit on a need basis and grant loans in more aid packages. Bloomberg writing in the oped. America is at its best when we reward people based on the quality of the work, not the size of their pocketbook. Bloomberg has long talked about this and he plans on deciding on a 2020 bid no later than february. Your bet is he runs or does not . My bet is he runs. Has the party moved too far left . We shall see. Imagine driving through this to get more than 20 students away from a raging wildfire. We will have the latest efforts to contain the camp wildfires. Nearly 1,000 still unaccounted for. So this christmas, take care of the hands that take care of you. Thats me in back in 1987, when i gave isotoner gloves to all my teammates. Now i have a different set of teammates. My family. And they all want isotoner gloves for christmas because they keep getting better. Theres smartouch. 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Text listen5 to 500500 to start your free trial today. Good morning. Apples ceo tim cook says new regulations are coming for tech companies. Silicon valley facing criticism. In an interview on hbo, cook says regulations are inevitable. You think it is inevitable . Generally speaking i am not a big fan of regulation. Im a big believer in the free market. We have to admit when the free markets not working. It hasnt worked here. I think it is inevitable there will be some level of regulation. Cook has pushed for a privacy legislation. Cook said privacy is the issue that will define the legacy of this generation. Facebook still facing anger, outrage and backlash after the investigation suggested it spectacularly failed to recognize russia investigation interference. Facebooks former chief of security alex stamos wrote that the lawmakers and media were all to blame in 2016 and called on congress to update the nixonera laws. Authorities in butte county, california found the remains of another victim in the camp fire. The death toll in the deadliest wildfire is now at 77. Nearly 1,000 people still unaccounted for. Officials do expect the death toll to climb. The fires wiped out nearly 10,000 homes and scorched an area the size of chicago. The fire now 65 contained. Fire officials dont think it will be fully contained until november 30th. Heavy rains this week are expected. President trump criticized and blamed Forest Management for the fires. He mentioned raking under growth as he surveyed on saturday. Now it appears he made up a story of a world leader backing the raking claim. I was with the president of finland. He said we have a much he called it a forest nation. They spend a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things. They dont have any problem. I dont know what it is. Just one problem, finlands president says he and trump never spoke with raking although they did talk about the wildfires and how finland manages its forests. As for the fires, incredible stories of heroism are emerging. We have Paul Vercammen with more. Reporter dave and christine, absolutely horrific stories of stomach churning despair. But a story of heroism. A bus driver two or three months into his job. He goes to Ponderosa Elementary School in paradise. The flames were burning near the school which would be damaged. He gets 22 children and teachers on the bus and they begin a harrowing drive to safety. My first thought was getting them on the bus and get them out of there. The sky was menacing. It was crazy. There were fires left and right. Everywhere you look. There was smoke everywhere. Reporter the odyssey continued through the inferno. Some of the little lungs of the School Children started filling up and on the brink of passing out. They made makeshift respirators dampening the drivers tshirt and putting them over their mouths. We started getting fire on both sides of the bus. Kids were getting antsy. I think we had some honest discussions of is this the time to get out of the bus. Reporter they made it to safety eventually. Parents just so relieved. That bus driver kevin mckay made a joke. He said im glad i paid attention in class when i was taking the safety lessons. Pointing out safety is the first issue for a bus driver. Dave and christine. Paul vercammen, thank you for that. Thank you for taking close classes. The president of finland pointed out they have an Early Warning system in their forests. Finland is a forested country. Big difference between finland and california. It gets cold in finland. It is wetter in finland. Hard to make a direct comparison. Forest management is part of the problem. 47 minutes past the hour. Ahead, dont expect to see Condoleezza Rice coaching the Cleveland Browns, but she is using a shocking espn report to push for more women in the football coaching ranks. So, lets talk about Conference Calls. Theres always a certain amount of fumbling. A lot of times it doesnt work. We have problems. Comcast business goes beyond fast. By letting you make and receive calls from any device using your business line. And Conference Calls you can join without any dialins or pins. phone there are currently 3 members in this conference. I like that. I like that too. I would use that in a heartbeat. Get started with innovative Voice Solutions for a low price when you get fast, reliable internet. Comcast business. Beyond fast. Somebody managed to get on the stage during Michelle Obamas book tour this weekend, but this was a happy surprise. That, of course, was former president barack obama with flowers for his wife. He compared himself to jayz. Beyonces husband. His wife is more popular. Before he showed up, the former first lady showed frustration. She sometimes which her husband would with speak out more forcefully. Mrs. Obamas book is a number one best seller on amazon. It looks like Valerie Jarrett was the moderator there. Interesting. Could peanuts be the cure for peanut allergies . Exposing children in a peanut powder capsule. The dose would increase slowly. By the end of the study 2 3 of patients were able to eat a dose equal to two peanuts without suffering an allergic reaction. It could provide a safety net for kids with life threatening reactions. An 11th child has died in the adenovirus outbreak in new jersey. The total infected is 35. The children have weakened immune systems and other issues which require assistance to breathe. The investigation at the center in new jersey finds a major cause of the outbreak is that the facility was not able to separate the sick from those without symptoms. After deaths and hospitalizations, the facility has enough space to separate them. An apology from a man who yelled heil hitler, heil trump at the baltimore theater last week, he tells the baltimore affiliate and the Baltimore Sun he is ashamed. He says the classic jewish musical reminded him of the classical immigration policies. He said the shouting came out wrong and was beyond a mistake. Kanye west denoting 150,000 to a family after their father was shot and killed by a police officer. The 26yearold was killed last sunday morning by the officer from midlothian, illinois, while detaining a suspected gunman. Robersons mother filed a federal lawsuit. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice knocking down an espn report the Cleveland Browns are considering her to be head coach. She did use the report as a chance to encourage the envelnf bring more women on board. I do hope the nfl will bring more women in the nfl as coaching positions. One doesnt have to play the game to understand it and motivate players. By the way, im not ready to coach. Good call. Dont hold your breath for a head coach, female head coach, in the nfl. Remember the caravan of migrants the president hyped during the midterms . It turns out they may have been working for amazon according to snl. I am here to announce a new delivery option that doesnt involve the post office at all. Amazon caravan. Any package going to any Trump Building will get delivered by hundreds of honduran and mexican immigrants. Ill pick up the bill unless you order art of the deal. That costs more to ship because it is heavier. It is the only book with four chapter 11s. The reason i can be speaker is i can help mobilize the black vote. The phrase mobilize the black vote setoff the fox news the country is changing alarms. What do you think of that . I think you are lucky we are in a remote interview. If i was there in person, i would knock the fudge out of you. A play on marsha fudge. Lets get a check of cnn business. Nikkei is up and shanghai up 1 . The hang seng is higher. European stocks are moving higher here this morning. On wall street, futures are also higher. On friday, the dow gained 124 points. S p 500 closed up a little bit. Nasdaq closed down. Facebook fell 4 on the backlash from the New York Times report that facebook failed at recognizing and stopping russian interference. Sears is looking to pay executives as much as 19 million in quarterly bonuses while the Company Struggles to restructure in bankruptcy. Top executives could get 1 million each if they go out of business. If they remain in business, you get 500,000. You get paid either way. Sears is laying off employees who staff the stores. Hourly workers will not be paid severance. A judges approval is needed before the bonuses could be paid. A hearing on the plan is set for december 20th. A spokesperson declined to comment. The u. S. Box office on track to break records this year crossing the 10 billion mark faster than ever before. A couple of things here. This one. Black panther contributed to the Massive Box Office haul. 10. 5 ahead of last year. Ahead of 2016s record year. The final stretch of 2018 begins with fantastic beasts which is expected to bring in 65 million in the Domestic Box Office for warner brothers. A year round schedule has been a growing trend in hollywood. Other factors such as diversity and popularity of moviepass has put 2018 over the top. How many times have you watched black panther in your family . Five or six. They made money in the theaters and made money again when we watch it at home. We will hear about stan lee for the rest of our lives. Early start continues right now. If whitaker decides to limit or curtail the mueller investigation, are you okay with that . Its going to be up to him. Hes called the investigation fishy and the russia investigation false. President trump says the acting attorney general will decide how to deal with the mueller probe. Mike bloomberg donates 1. 8 billion to the alma mater for financial aid. 2020 democratic hopefuls no doubt taking notice. Im a big believer in the free market. We have to admit when the free market is not working. Apple ceo tim cook talks about regulation in the tech industry. A possible breakthrough for kids with peanut allergies. The trick . Peanuts. Doesnt work for everyone. This is important to look at this is study. Look at this study. Welcome back to early start. 1 in 50 americans with a peanut allergy. Im dave briggs. We start with the white house. President trump says acting