Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Sources tell cnn he is concerned that his son don junior may be caught up in the mueller investigation. The white house ready to put sanctions back on iran. That countrys leader is set to speak out as the deadline approaches. Breaking overnight. A second meeting between north korea us kim jongun and President Trump could take place some time later this year. We have reports from tehran and hong kong. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Christine Romans. Nice to see you. Im phil mattingly. She is putting up with me all week. It is monday, august 6th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. President trump admitting during the 2016 president ial race his son don junior met to get information on an opponent. On sunday, the president called the Trump Tower Meeting totally legal and done in politics all the time. Adding i did not know about it. That tweet directly contradicting the earlier statements. The president acknowledging for
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adjustable mattress sets. the governors on the border of ukraine say the areas have been tacked by drones. one governor says a military facility was attacked and an an my drone explosion damaged several buildings and a car and a gas pipe was damaged. russia claimed last week that ukraine launched a drone attack on the kremlin in what they claim to be an assassination attempt on vladimir putin. obviously a claim that ukraine vehemently denies. all that happening as the leader is signalling that russia is struggling in this battle criticizing russian military leadership for the lack of support for his fighters ahead of an expected ukrainian counter offensive.
places. this is the drone explosion, when it happens. you can see the viewing stands here for what is going to be the may 9th victory parade. you can see it right there. this is where the russian military will be marching in just a few days as a display of their military prowess. it makes it all the more interesting, general, that it s russia that is the one talking more about these drone attacks than almost anyone else in the world right now. why? what do they get out of publicizing this? out of publicizing it, they get sympathy from their population. they get the ability to put more pressure on for their next wave of mobilization. they may get an excuse for not having the mayday parade. this could be a good way of stopping the parade, saying it
a verdict in the proud boys trial. four out of the five members of the far right group facing seditious conspiracy charges were found guilty while all five were found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct congress. all of this related to their roles in the january 6th insurrection. a high-tech manhunt ends with an arrest. police track down the suspect in a deadly atlanta shooting with a network of cameras and an old-fashioned tip from the public. the suspect s mother speaking out this morning about the shooting, as well. and the worst wave of attacks on ukraine so far this year. kyiv rappelled a barrage of strikes and russia faces attacks after the drone explosion over the kremlin. still unclear who was behind that attack, but the u.s. calls russia s accusation ukraine did it on orders from the u.s., quote, ridiculous. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central.
administration is blasting moscow s claim that the u.s. is somehow tied to yesterday s drone explosion near the kremlin. now russia is seeking revenge, even using drones itself to attack ukraine with the words for moscow written on them. we re live from the battlefield. and a mysterious illness, a detroit public school forced to shut down after reports of a spike in illnesses among young students stricken with flu-like symptoms. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. from insurrection to conviction, a major day for justice, coming two years and three months after the attack on the nation s capitol. some of the most serious offenders charged with the most serious violations were just found guilty. these four members of the far right group the proud boys are