Derby results to court. What a mess. And im not talking about the track. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, im christine romans. Welcome to our new home. Im dave briggs, this is a different look for us. This is our new studio in new york citys hudson yards, a bit of a fancy set. What do you think of our new digs. So far so good. Well bring you all the news from the new studio. Not a quiet day to welcome you to our new studio. We start with breaking news. The u. S. Deploying a Carrier Strike group and a Bomber Task Force in response to what the white house is calling troubling actions by iran. Officials not detailing the nature of the threats but telling cnn they were against u. S. , sea and land forces in the middle east, and the deployments are aimed specifically at deterring any Iranian Military action. Fred pleitgen joining us. Reporter a clear source of force, as the tensions continue to ratchet up between teheran and the Trump Administration. National security adviser
Countdown to contempt. Then the big question, will Robert Mueller himself testify . The attorney general or the president , they could try to block an appearance before congress. The house has set aside may 15th, one week from tomorrow, for the special counsel to testify. Meantime, hundreds of former prosecutors so s signed a lette saying President Trump would have been charged with obstruction if he were anyone other than the president. We have a lot to cover this morning. Lets get right to capitol hill. Cnns lauren fox is live there with the very latest. Decision time over the next several hours for democrats. Reporter thats right. Democrats are plotting ahead, trying to find a way around the white houses untrprecedented obstruction. The latest blow coming, like you said, from treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin. The Trump Administration raising a new roadblock in House Democrats efforts to investigate the president. Treasury secretary mnuchin refusing to hand over President Trumps pers
If they cannot reach an agreement democrats are planning to vote tomorrow to hold attorney general william barr in contempt. Former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn could also face a contempt citation if he doesnt turn over documents related to the Mueller Investigation by 10 00 this morning. So contempt on mcgahn, contempt on barr, it could all happen this week. Joining us now is maggie haberman, cnn political analyst. Maggie, thanks for being with us. Do you get the sense that the administration cares about being held in contempt if thats a stick being held up by congress, is it one that the administration is afraid of . Not particularly. I mean, i think you have to remember that unless you use the most exotic form of trying to hold someone in criminal contempt through congress, that this would then end up as a referral back to the department of justice and where do you think bill barr is going to end up on this . I dont think that they care particularly, i think we have seen the presi
His moratorium but trump calling him little rocket man not that long ago is being so restrained. Why do you think thats the case . Well, i think part has to do with trump trying to maintain a personal relationship with kim jongun throughout their entire relationship. The president believed he can charm kim jongun with a promise of economic prosperity. As you saw in that tweet from President Trump and try to dissuade kim jongun from pursuing this generationslong quest to arm north korea with nuclear weapons. President trump has also long touted the lack of missile tests as progress in their ongoing denuclearization negotiations, so this would kind of be an admission things are not headed in the direction the president would like. The reality is quite a lot more grim. The portion where the president said kim jongun knows that i am with him, if you are japan or south korea or allies in that region, its really hard to imagine how they feel about those tweets, also, why should consider the
Weeks gl wee weeks. It wrapped everything up. I love the finish. The spoiler is over you can talk about it today. Early start from hudson yards in new york city continues right now. Tensions flare in three global hot spots, the u. S. Deploying a strike group to counter iran, a tenuous cease fire between israel and gaza, and Global Markets plummet after the president threatens new tariffs in his trade war with china. The president reverses course and says bob mueller should not testify. Why try and keep the special counsel quiet . 41 people including an american perished when a russian jet crashes during an emergency landing. And after a historic disqualification, the owner of maximum security could take the Kentucky Derby results to court. What a mess it was over the weekend, and well beyond the track, good morning, everyone, welcome to early start in our new studios in hudson wards. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans, monday, may 6th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. So far everything is work