Her dying wish was to watch the battle of winter fell on game of thrones. She got that and so much more. Welcome to early start, im dai dave briggs. Im christine romans. One day on the hot seat was enough for the attorney general. William barr informing a house panel he will not testify today as scheduled. Barrs move raises the prospect democrats will hold him in contempt of congress. He had been scheduled to testify to the House Judiciary Committee about his handling of the mueller report. He rejected the plan to have one of his staff lawyers to question him alongside lawmakers. That angered jerry nadler. Hes trying to blackmail the committee in not following the most effective means of eliciting the information we need. Nadler says the panel will meet today as plans and says hell give barr a day or two to comply with the subpoena for the full unredacted mueller report. Chairman nadler says the committee is looking at may 15th for the possible date for Robert Mueller to testify. As for the testify barr did give before the Senate Judiciary committee, the attorney general made no apology for his handling of the mueller report, a day after it was revealed mueller told barr he did not think the fourpage summary did not properly characterize the full report. The letter is a bit snity, and i think it was probably written by one of his staff. His work concluded when he sent his report to the attorney general. At that point, it was my baby and it was my decision how and when to make it public, not bob muellers. Speaking of snitty, that line got merriamwebsters attempt, to be disagreeably ill tempered. Got it . I had to google it myself. As for barr, he tried to recap some of muellers findings, including President Trump told don mcgahn to get rid of mueller. The president never directed him to fire, and there is a distinction between saying to someone go fire him, go fire mueller and saying have him removed based on conflict. The difference between them is if you remove someone for a conflict of interest, there would be another presumably person appointed. Important to note may 17th, before the mcgahn, mueller had no ethical conflicts. Republican kept a sharp focus where the president would want it, on the origin of the Mueller Probe and its connection to the clinton probe. We have heard a lot about the steel dossier, mr. Steel is a former British Intelligence officer hired by to do Opposition Research by the Hillary Clinton campaign. Investigation of Hillary Clinton. Secretary clinton. Involving Hillary Clinton, against Hillary Clinton. Struck, struck, struck the clinton email situation. The steel dossier was central to the now debunked collusion narrative. Do you share my concerns about the Counter Intelligence investigation, how its opened and why it was opened . Yes. That last part focussing on the steel dossier actually puts barr at odds with the fbi and the mueller report. Both say that the probe began after a series of events that began with the release of hacked dnc emails. Focus on Hillary Clinton led to this surprising exchange. Did you have a problem with the way comey handled the clinton email investigation . Yes. I said so at the time. The problem with that claim is that actually barr said the opposite at the time. In a Washington Post oped, he wrote, comey had no choice but to issue the statement he did. Indeed, it would have violated policy had he not done so. Democrats meantime raised concerns about barrs role overseeing more than a dozen spinoff investigations from the special counsels probe. The attorney general says he has no plans to recuse himself. Reaction to the barr hearing coming from someone who knows all too well about russian interference, Hillary Clinton. This was her hypothetical suggestion last night on msnbc. Imagine, rachel, that you had one of the democratic nominees for 2020 on your show and that person said, you know, the only other adversary of ours whos anywhere near as good as the russians is china. China, if youre listening, why dont you get trumps tax returns. Im sure our media would richly reward you. How about that. Clinton clearly making reference to then candidate Trump Inviting russia to find her 30,000 missing emails. Clinton says she is living rent free inside Donald Trumps brain, and its not a very nice place to be. Joe biden does not believe the United States should be worried about china as a geopolitical rival. Biden was discussing his experience as Vice President during his time as chairman of the Foreign Relations committee. Heres what he said about other world leaders. A single solitary one who would not change places with the problems the president of the United States has versus the problems they have. China is going to eat our lunch . Come on, man. They cant figure out how theyre going to deal with the corruption that exists within the systemment i me. I mean, theyre not bad folks, folks. But theyre not competition for us. For the record, china is accused of stealing billions of dollars worth of the intellectual property from cyber, they felt, aft and methoe trade war is hurting farmers in places like iowa. Biden has down played the china threat before. This time hes getting push back. Mitt romney tweeting this will not age well. Bernie sanders added, since the china trade deal i voted against, america has lost manufacturing jobs. So why did a chinese family pay 6 1 2 Million Dollars to the master mind behind the College Admissions scandal. A source confirms the payments from the family of a stanford student, no definitive word why the payment was made. We know the parents were referred to rick singer by a Morgan Stanley adviser named michael woo. He has been fired by Morgan Stanley for not cooperating with an investigation into the scandal. No charges have been filed against the student, her parents or woo. Meantime, federal prosecutors in boston have subpoenaed other parents who were not originally charged. An official tells us prosecutors are looking for financial records and call logs related to those parents. The president wants the Federal Reserve to cut Interest Rates. Fed officials voted to leave rates alone, sticking with this rate, and see approach outlined earlier this year. We think our policy stands as appropriate at the moment and we dont see a strong case for moving in either direction. Thats the fed chair Jerome Powell. The labor market remains strong. The economy is good folks, the central bank has remained unmoved despite repeated attacks by the president , including the president s call to slash the rates by 1 percentage point. We dont think about other factors. We dont let them into our decision making. 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Meantime Officials Say exams have been cancelled through sunday. New concerns about exposure to measles in two very crowded places. First, at the port of st. Lucia, in the caribbean where a crew member on a cruise ship has a case of the viral infection. That ship is now quarantined so 300 passengers and crew members cannot get off. The risk of potential infection, not just from the confirmed measles case but from other persons who may be on the boat at the time, we thought it prudent to make a decision not to allow anyone to disembark. In california, moviegoers who went to see avengers end game at an Orange County theater may have been exposed to measles. Public health Officials Say a woman with measles attended a midnight screen of the avenge eshs ers at the fullerton 20. Once eradicated in the u. S. , measles cases have reached the highest level on record since the virus was considered eliminated in 2000. Health officials place some of the blame on antivacc parents. Court documents claim Robert Leo Watson took his laptop to best buy after spilling gravy. Employees saw what they thought was child porn. They say he admitted to saving these images. He remains jailed on 50,000 cash bond. Snap recipients in texas may face a ban on using their food stamps to buy junk food. State lawmakers filed a bill he says is aimed at curbing diabetes and other Health Complications from a diet. It would bar the use of food stamps to Purchase Energy drinks, candy and junk food. Critics inject for the government infringing on the freedom of low income americans. Its not the first time they have tried to cut food stamp subsidies for junk food. Parts of the heartland devastated once again by flooding and this threat is not going away. Audible members know listening has the power to change us make us better parents, better leaders, better people. And theres no better place to listen than audible. 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I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. I was printing out labels and saving money. Shipstation saves us so much time. It makes it really easy and seamless. Pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and its ready to go. Our costs for shipping were cut in half. Just like that. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get 2 months free. The threat of more Severe Weather across the central part of the country today, more than 30 Million People from texas to illinois are under a flash flood watch. This is davenport, iowa. Look at that. Unbelievable. This is one day after the swollen Mississippi River broke through a temporary barrier and inundated downtown. This is my hometown. This is unbelievable to see how it breach the levee and has swamped downtown. Parts of the ohio river valley and an early tropical disturbance could bring heavy rain to florida. Meteorologist derek van dam has the forecast. Good day dave and christine, we are indeed monitoring several areas of active weather today, some potential Tropical Development across the southeast, and Severe Weather across the central u. S. Lets talk about that first. All the ingredients necessary for stronger storms. Well keep an eye to the sky near austin and the del rio region. Louisville to memphis, maybe an isolated tornado. Now, you can see the precipitation expected to move across the area. Were focussing in on central texas. This area has seen Copious Amounts of rain, including parts of oklahoma. More additional precipitation until the forecast. Thats why we have over 30 million americans under some kind of flash flood advisory, stretching from chicago all the way to dallas. Heres the potential Tropical Development. Nothing more than really heavy rain across Central Florida so keep that in mind. Otherwise, today is going to be a scorcher along the mid atlantic. Look at the nations capital. 87. Chicago will top 48. Back to you. The betting favorite in saturdays Kentucky Derby. Omaha beach has been scratched from the big race. He was diagnosed with entrapped ep gl epgl epglotis. The horse had already been recovering from a crack in his front left hoolf. A field of 20 set for the first leg of horse racings triple crown. Lets see if you came up with the correct response. Of course you did, and your wager substantial, of course it was. 40,784. 181, lets take a look at that total. A 20 day total of 1,525 thousand dollars. Oohes tied for the second longest winning streak in jeopardy history. Alex trebek thinks he has a chance of beating ken jennings run. When you look at his performance, he has no weaknesses, he knows how to play the game as ken did. He has a strategy. Hes a gambler. He knows when to go all in, when to lay back a little bit. Alex trebek in that abc interview also opening up about his battle with pancreatic cancer. Im used to dealing with pain, but what im not used to dealing with is the surges that come on suddenly of deep, deep sadness, and it brings tears to my eyes. Ive discovered in this whole episode, ladies and gentlemen, that im a bit of a wuss. The 78yearold trebek says hes fighting through it and his cancer lab tests are improving, he also says the thoughts and prayers from fans have made a positive difference in his journey. Our best to you, alex. The honesty about the depression part is important for people. The Rhode Islands hospice patients final request was to watch the big battle of winter fell on game of thrones, her favorite throw. The thrones cast did 88yearold Claire Walton one step better. She watched the episode, accompanied by video greetings from ten cast members. I know you cant be here today but i just want to say hello, and that you are with us in spirit. Its liam here, sir davos, i hope youre fit enough to watch the battle tonight. I wish you the very best. How wonderful of them. The episode aired sunday on hbo, and Claire Walton, she passed away the next day. I dont know the show, but i know that warms your heart. What a terrific gesture by that cast, a show that everybody but me apparently is watching. Ahead, bill barr, the attorney general refusing to testify before congress today, a day after some very contentious testimony with the u. S. Senate. Will democrats hold the ag in contempt . [ ] check your free Credit Scores at creditkarma. Heres to progress. Hes trying to blackmail the committee. Democrats could hold the attorney general in contempt. Bill barr refusing to testify today a day after testy testimony on capitol hill. All right. And there is bill barr after that testimony yesterday. Hes not going to be testifying today, which is a fascinating development. We have an interesting story for you also ahead about why 6 1 2 Million Dollars was paid as part of that College Admissions scandal by a chinese family, a fascinating story. All that and much more straight ahead. Good morning, welcome to early start, im christine romans. Im dave briggs. One day on the hot seat was enough for the attorney general. William bar informing the house panel he will not testify today as scheduled. Barrs move raises the prospect democrat wills hold the top Law Enforcement official in contempt of congress. He had been scheduled to testify to the House Judiciary Committee about his handling of the mueller report, but barr rejected the committees plan to have one of the staff attorneys question him alongside lawmakers. That angered Committee Chairman jerry nadler. He is trying to blackmail the committee into not following what we think is the most effective means of eliciting the information we need, and the congress cannot permit the executive branch. We cannot permit the administration to dictate to congress how we operate. Nadler says the panel will meet today as planned and nadler says hell give barr a day or two to comply with the subpoena for the full unredacted mueller report. Information that was actually due wednesday morning. Chairman nadler says the committee is looking at may 15th as a possible date for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify. Ill take it, how about i take it. Its thursday morning, folks. Now, as for the testimony barr did give before the Senate Judiciary committee, the attorney general made no apology for his handling of the mueller report. This just a day after it was revealed mueller told barr he did not think barrs fourpage summary properly characterized the full report. The letter is a bit snity, and i think it was probably written by one of his staff. His work concluded when he sent his report to the attorney general. At that point, it was my baby. And it was my decision how and when to make it public, not bob muellers. Speaking of snitty, that line got merriamwebsters attention. Barr tried to recast some of the muellers findings, including President Trump told then White House Counsel Don Mcgahn to get rid of mueller. The president never directed him to fire, and there is a distinction between saying to someone go fire him, go fire mueller and saying have him removed based on conflict. The difference between them is if you remove someone for a conflict of interest, then there would be another presumably another person appointed. Important to note that in may 2017 before the mcgahn incident, the Justice Department made clear mueller had no ethical conflicts. Republicans on the panel kept a short focus where the president would want it on the origin of the Mueller Probe and its connection to the clinton campaign. We have heard a lot about the steele dossier. Mr. Steele, of course is a former British Intelligence officer hired by to do Opposition Research by the Hillary Clinton campaign. The investigation of Hillary Clinton. Secretary clinton. Involving Hillary Clinton. Against Hillary Clinton. Struthe clinton email situa. The steele dossier was central to the now debunk conclusion narrative. That last part actually puts barr at odds with the fbi and the mueller report. Both say the probe began after a series of events that began with the release of hacked dnc emails. The focus on Hillary Clinton led to this surprising exchange. Did you have a problem with the way comey handled the clinton email investigation. Yes, i said so at the time. The problem with that claim is that actually barr said the opposite at the time. In a Washington Post oped, he wrote, comey had no choice but to issue the statement he did, indeed, it would have violated policy had he not done so. Democrats in the meantime raised concerns about barrs role in overseeing a dozen spinoff investigations over the special counsels probe. The attorney general says he has no plans to recuse himself. Nobody interested about russian interference in the 2016 election. Anyway, lets move to 2020 where joe biden does not believe the United States should be worried about china during a geopolitical, biden was discussing his experiences as Vice President and his time as chairman of the senate Foreign Relations committee. Heres what he said about other world leaders. I dont know a single solitary one who would not change places with the problems the president of the United States has versus the problems they have. China is going to eat our lunch. Come on, man. They cant figure out how theyre going to deal with the corruption that exists within the system. I mean, you know, theyre not bad folks, folks. But guess what, theyre not competition for us. Wow, for the record, china is accused of stealing billions of dollars worth of intellectual property through cyber and other methods and the Trumps Administration ongoing trade war is hurting farmers in places ike lei. Biden has down played the china threat before, getting push back from both parties. Republican senator mitt romney is tweeting this will not age well. Bernie sanders adding since the china deal i voted against america has lost over 3 Million Manufacturing jobs. Its wrong to pretend that china isnt one of our Major Economic competitors. Why did a chinese family pay 6 1 2 Million Dollars to the master mind behind the College Admissions scandal. A source confirmed these payments from the family of a stanford student, 6 1 2 Million Dollars. No definitive word why the payment was made. We know the parents were referred to rick singer by a Morgan Stanley adviser named michael woo. He has been fired by Morgan Stanley for not cooperating with an internal investigation into the scandal. No charges have been filed against the student, her parents or woo. Meantime, federal prosecutors in boston have subpoenaed other pare parents now who were not originally charged. Prosecutors are looking for financial records and call logs related to those parents. The Trump Administration formally declaring its opposition to the entire Affordable Care act calling it unconstitutional in a federal appeals court. If obama care is shut down, 21 million americans will Lose Health Insurance and millions more could lose protections for preexisting conditions, as well as required coverage for pregnancies, prescription drugs and mental health. The administration argued parts of the law could remain in effect, but now he says the administration believes it can no longer defend that position. He claims rewriting the statute by picking and choosing provisions would interfere with the role of congress. The belief was filed with the 5th u. S. Court of appeals. Arguments will be heard in july. More republican senators are making their concerns heard about fed pick steven moore. Several predicting his nomination could be dead by the end of the week. Senator john thune said there are ongoing discussions and conversations with the white house adding well know more before long. Richard shelby said the nomination was in trouble, asked you should not have controversy following you in or out of the job. A white house source told cnn that moore is being encouraged to keep a low profile after the west wing cancelled his visit to capitol hill. Moore has been under scrutiny over writings that seem to disparage women and his views about the fed. Moore suggested the decline in mens earnings is the biggest problem facing the economy. Fed chair Jerome Powell was asked about wages wednesday. I think men and women should make the same for the same work by and large. He declined to comment directly on moores remarks. Not my role to engage with potential nominees to the fed so im really not going to go there. Yeah, you know, that was our own donna borak who was there at the press conference trying to see what he thought about wages and whether steven moore is right, whether the biggest problem is not income inequality, but mens earnings are not rising as quickly as women. More looking wobbly at this point. Would you pay a little extra to eat out if it helped fight Climate Change. This fall, restaurants across california have the option to join a program that adds 1 to your bill. Funds from the initiative will go to farmers to help them make changes in the fields that help them capture carbon dioxide. Co 2 is one of the primary contributors. In the past year. Its not clear how many customers will be willing to willingly get on board with extra money on the bill. Both Nicolas Maduro, and juan guaido trying to rally support. Plans to force maduro from power are sputtering. Cnn is in caracas. Well go there next. Audible members know listening has the power to change us make us better parents, better leaders, better people. And theres no better place to listen than audible. With audible you get a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. And now, youll also get two Audible Originals titles exclusively produced for audible. Automatically roll your credits over to the next month if you dont use them, and if you dont like a book just swap it for free. Enjoy 100 ad free listening in the car, on your phone or any connected device. And when you switch a device pick up right where you left off. With our commitment free guarantee, theres never been a better time to start listening to audible. The most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories, the best place to listen. To start your free 30day trial, text listen5 to 500500 today. Neither side backing down on the power struggle in venezuela. Embattled president Nicolas Maduro claiming the u. S. Blaming the u. S. Directly for the turmoil. Human rights watch says of the tens of thousands of demonstrators, 168 have been detained. The head of venezuelas secret police has now broken from maduro. Maduro is vowing to stay in control as the u. S. Weighs its options. Nick peyton walsh is in caracas. Dave, christine, on wednesday, clashes kind of continued in Central Caracas for the second day but not really with the scenes of intensity that have got much of the world shocked on tuesday. And neither did we see really the number of protesters, the opposition had hoped to call to the streets on this big first of may day of national insurrection, and we heard signs of perhaps acceptance and weakness from both of the key leaders here. Juan guy doaido, whos presence dozens of countries outside of venezuela. He stepped forward and said that maybe on tuesday he simply didnt get enough of the military to appear alongside to defect, to affect a real change here inside of venezuela but insisted what he called the final phase of the end of president Nicolas Maduro would continue. Maduro gave a characteristic lengthy speech in front of a lackluster crowd but in that speech he suggested maybe he needed to rethink his Government Strategy in the days ahead. Clearly the sign we saw on early Tuesday Morning of juan guaido standing there with a number of military defected and saying they wanted more to change the government here has shaken people up here considerably as has the unexpected departure of venezuelas intelligence chief, but theres a gulf between whats happening here which seems to be feeling like its slipping back into a bit of a stalemate and the enormous pressure the United States is putting on. Saying he was casting a trip to the europe to focus on venezuela and mike pompeo, the secretary of state, suggesting the military action was possible if the u. S. Decided it needed to do. Has any of that radically changed whats happening inside venezuela, unclear at this point. Many are asking whats next or is it more of the same stalemate. Dave, christine. Thanks, nick. New concerns about exposure to measles in two very crowded places, first at the port of st. Lucia in the caribbean where a crew member on the cruise ship has a confirmed case of the viral infection. Now that ship is quarantined. 300 passengers and crew members cannot get off. Because of the risk of potential infection, not just from the confirmed measles case but from other persons who may be on the boat at the time. We thought it prudent to make a decision not to allow anyone to disembark. In california, moviegoers who went to see avengers end game and other temperaturs, a woman s attended the midnight screening of the avengers at the amc diner fullerton 20. Measles cases have reached the highest level on record since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000. Health officials placed some of the blame on antivacc parents. Drinking the tap water in california is increasing the risk of cancer. They concluded the water is responsible for 221 additional cancer cases a year. Thats more than 15,000 cases over the course of a lifetime. The findings are published in the peer review journal environmental health. Small to mid sized communities were found to face some of the greatest cancer risks. Google wants to give people an easier way to delete their personal data. Cnn business has details on their newest features. Thats next. When we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. 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This is davenport, iowa, one day after the swollen Mississippi River broke through a temporary barrier and uninundated downtow. The threat of severe storms in texas, and parts of the valley, an early tropical disturbance could bring heavy rain to florida. The betting favorite in saturdays Kentucky Derby omaha beach has been scratched. He was diagnosed with a respiratory issue that compromises a horses ability to breathe during exercise. The horse had already been recovering from a crack in his front left hoof. With omaha beach out, a field of 20 set for the derby, the first leg of horse racings triple crown. Lets see if you came up with the correct response. Of course you did, and your wager, substantial, of course it was. 40,784, 101682 today, and now lets take a look at that total shall we folks a 20 day total of 1,528,012. Just another day at the office for james holzhauer. Hes tied for the second longest winning streak in jeopardy history. Host alex trebek thinks he has a shot at winning. Also opening up about his battle with pancreatic cancer. Im used to dealing with pain. What im not used to dealing with is the surges that come on suddenly of deep, deep sadness. And it brings tears to my eyes. Ive discovered in this whole episode, ladies and gentlemen, that im a bit of a wuss. No, youre not. Youre toucher than all of us. The 78yearold trebek says hes fighting through it, and his cancer lab tests improving. He also says the thoughts and prayers from all of his fans have made a positive difference in his journey. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to sesame street how do you really get to sesame street . Probably the number one broadway local train. The intersection of west 63rd street and broadway in manhattan has been permanently renamed sesame street. New york city mayor bill de blasio made the announcement with a little help from his big friends, big bird, elmo and cookie monster, the real thing, not the fake ones. The renaming is in honor of the 50th anniversary of the iconic childrens program. A rhode island hospice patients final request was to watch the big battle of winter fell on game of thrones, her favorite show. Well, the thrones cast did 88yearold Claire Walton one better. She watched the episode accompanied by video greetings from ten cast members. I know you cant be here today but i just want to say hello and that you are with us in spirit. Its liam here, you may know me as sir davos, i hope youre feeling well enough to watch the battle tonight. I wish you the very best. The episode aired sunday on hbo. Claire walton sadly died the next day. 57 minutes past the hour. Lets get a check on cnn business. Wall street futures barely moving as investors digest the Federal Reserves Interest Rate decision. The fed left Interest Rates unchanged and reiterated the patient approach to monetary policy. The dow closed 164 points lower. A little over 1 2 a percent. The april jobs report, remember in march hiring rebounded, the u. S. Economy added 166,000 jobs. Unemployment held steady, investors wanted to see if that pace continues or hiring is beginning to slow. Hulu said wednesday it has 26. 8 million paid subscribers on its service. Still lags far behind netflix which has 150 million subscribers globally, 60 million from the United States. Hulu available in the u. S. The growth of the lineup of content reflect our deep investment in product, programming brand, Customer Experience and business strategy. People are increasingly concerned about their privacy online. Google wants to make it easier for users to delete personal data. Its adding auto delete for location browsing, and lets users select how long they want their activity data to be stored, three months or 18 months. They offered tools to delete all or part of user history, but it had to be done manually. The feature will be available in the coming weeks f. How do you feel about privacy, is there such a thing as privacy anymore . Its gone, and to protect it, you have to go to extraordinary lengths. Something our kids need to know something about. Early start continues right now. He is trying to blackmail the committee. Democrats could hold the attorney general in contempt. Bill barr refusing to testify today, a day after some testy testimony on capitol hill. Joe biden says china is not co competition for the United States. Hes hearing from a lot of people who disagree. And why was 6 1 2 Million Dollars paid by a chinese family to the man behind the College Admissions scandal . And her dying wish was to watch the battle of winter fell on game of thrones. She got that. And so much more. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start, im christine romans. Im dave briggs, thursday, may 2nd, 2019. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Well tell you why searches for snitty were surged yesterday in just a bit because of this massive hearing on capitol hill. The hot seat, one day there was
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