Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Nice to be with you again. It is monday, august 3rd. The political world buzzing over a possible shakeup in the 2016 race. The New York Times reporting Vice President joe biden has begun actively exploreing a White House Run. The democrats close to biden said he has not made up his mind. A biden spokeswoman says the family is still grieving and the rumor is premature and inappropriate. He would face a daunting prospect taking on Hillary Clinton who has ramped up in a number of states. The Clinton Campaign is not worried. We will let him make a decision. However hard it is to secure a democratic nomination it is hard. There are views in the democratic party. We will be prepared to handle whatever comes our way. The Clinton Campaign rolled out the first set of Television Ads in iowa and new hampshire. There is just as much drama on the republican side where frontrunner donald trump ensnared in a scandal over faceb
africa illegally hunted. wildlife officials say it happened in april and his guide was hunting without a permit. this is on the heels of the death of a lion at the hands of another american. we have david mosko live in johannesburg. reporter: good morning, christine. they say another american was involved in the illegal hunt back in april. they arrested the safari owner who organized that hunt. it puts in question in general the dodgy practices seem to go on in zimbabwe of during the lions out of national parks and killing them. of course this issue of cecil the lion has drawn worldwide response. they have banned the hunting of big game on the margins of the park in zimbabwe and bow hunting