Isnt bluffing. He says hes not, keeping him honest, what if he is . What if republicans dont support him . And what will this do to american consumers, workers and farmers. John berman here for anderson, lets stipulate from the getgo, there is a real humanitarian crisis on the border. We learned more than 144,000 migrants were arrested or detained at the Mexican Border in may. Thats the highest arrest record in 13 years. No doubt, this is a real problem. Thats not really in dispute. Its how the president deals with it that it is. The president has tried to address it in any number of ways. He threatened to close the border entirely. He separated families, locking up children. Today we learned the administration is doing even more. The Washington Post reports, im quoting here from the lead. The Trump Administration is canceling english classes, recreational programs and legal aide for unaccompanied minors in migrant shelters nationwide, saying the influx of the southern border has creat
A new york democrat criticized amazon and its ceo jeff be zozos. She said they pay starvation wages and that contributes to bezos status as the richest person. Amazon said shes wrong. It pays a 15 minimum wage plus full benefits on the first day they work there. It has lobbied to raise the federal minimum wage. Early start continues right now. The pentagon orders troops to the middle east as iran warns under estimate us and youll be sorry. President trump kicking off his Reelection Campaign today and tweeting about deporting millions of undocumented immigrants starting next week. Fbi agents investigating why would an army veteran open fire on a Federal Building in Downtown Dallas . No, mitch mccome, i am not bent out of shape. Jon stewart slams the Senate Majority leader in a late night cameo. Speaking of late night, the president tweeting at 1 10 a. M. Not too worried about his campaign kickoff. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Welcome to early start. Amid escalating tension in ir
President kicked off his campaign a long time ago. He has, after all, held more than 50 political rallies during his twoplus years in office and actually filed 2020 election paperwork on his Inauguration Day in 2017. But this is the one that he says really gets the ball rolling. With more than 20 democratic contenders vying to take his job and poll numbers showing him behind a number of them, expect the president to come out swinging. Cnns Kaitlin Collins is in orlando. Part of the runup to todays announcement was a tweet that the president put out that said next week immigration and Customs Enforcement is going to start removing millions of undocumented immigrants. Tell us about what hes talking about there. Reporter yeah, it was a vague tweet we got from the president overnight and it seemed to be a nod to the base that hes going to be speaking to here in orlando tonight. But the president was saying starting next week that immigration and Customs Enforcement is going to start deport
Big day. Why . A congressional day calls this request for an urgent briefing, quoting highly unusual and cryptically worded. Thats all for sure, just by being looking at it, it was prompted by the Inspector General at the state department, in relation to documents about its legal councdow counsel subp. We are told the documents are related to ukraine. Cant verify it, i dont have the information. Thats what were being told. We will know tomorrow. Its going to happen in the afternoon in a secure room on the hill. The details will be light but they will be able to talk about it. Now, another twist. This mysterious briefing comes as secretary of state pompeo defies democrats on their demands. Three house chairmen are warning him to stop intimidating witnesses. They say it is illegal and will constitute evidence of obstruction of the impeachment inquiry. Is the secretary of state trying to obstruct the investigation . He says hes being bullied. Also happening, two key figures in the whistle