All the big moments and the networks new mission. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, august 21st. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with the latest. Conservative think tanks in the u. S. Senate. United States Senate the latest targets of hackers linked to military intelligence. Microsoft stopped the attack last week. The company took control of six web sites operated by the same group behind the 2016 dnc hack. Lets bring in fred pleitgen. Reporter the organization that were talking about, the Hacking Group, called fancy bear. That is the group that hacked into the dnc and Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. U. S. Intelligence highly likely believes this group is linked and possibly directed by Russian Military intelligence known as the gru. As far as the organizations and groups targeted by the attack, apparently, parts of the senate and then two think tanks. Hudson institute and International Republican institute. Both critical of President
Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. I appreciate you pointing that out. Jeremy diamond for us. Good to have all of you with us. Mark, lets start off here first with the relationship between the president and Michael Cohen. The president trying to downplay this relationship. It sounds lu s like he is goinga George Papadopoulos coffee boy relationship when it comes to Michael Cohen. Its absurd were having to have this discussion. What we have seen from President Trump is that he is very effective, as is his allies, in trying to divert attention, create chaos, create doubt about everything. He could be holding up a piece of paper and say its black and its white. People will believe him. When are we going to say, you
know what . What he is saying is absurd. Its unrealistic. He has to come to some realization that he has to tell the truth. We have to know the truth in order for us to move forward. Right now, we are ve
A morning show that highlights the latest headlines in news, weather, sports and entertainment, and is known for the cohosts casual and spontaneous. Assaults. They have no courage. They have no guts. They just have big loud mouths and we dont want to put up with that. And i just want you to know that you are loved. You are loved and you are respected. Steve loved and respected and you are heroes, he said. Its been very clear that the president has he will vatted the issue of immigration once again to the forefront as we march toward the mid terms and there is one of the Border Patrol agents he honored asked him to come up and say a few words and he did. In june a Senior Trump Administration official said the democrats were on a political figure out where you align. Ainsley agents feel so loved and supported some people said abolish ice. When i see Police Officers on the street and im with my daughter i go up to them because i want her to see me thanking them. Thank you for your service
Advice of Career Lawyers in the Justice Department. It wasnt just a whim of Jeff Sessions, this was a serious consideration went into this. Im sure Jeff Sessions didnt want to recuse himself but that was the advice he got. The president has been loudly lamenting sessions decision to do just that. Sessions pushing ban on his part saying essentially that the actions to have department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, thats the thing that he shot back, your thoughts on that . Yeah, i think the other thing was that was the beginning of the statement, at the end of the statement he mentioned that the people in his department and him are committed to advancing the rule of law and i think that was a very important thing too because hes basically suggesting there that donald trump is trying to get the Justice Department to do his bidding is trying to avoid the rule of law, rule of man rather than rule of law, i think Jeff Sessions had strong words there
Tonight, a special edition of world news tonight as we fly over ground zero from Hurricane Michael, the unimaginable destruction, buildings destroyed, homes simply swept away. The category 4 hurricane wiping out much of the town, mexico beach, not far from panama city. As we fly over, homes sitting in streets, hotels and buildings destroyed. Winds Strong Enough to flip a Freight Train right over. And just 24 hours after ginger zee witnessed a storm surge, lifting a home off the foundation, floating past her. What she witnessed today when the sun came up. Also tonight, the scare inside the hospital. The hurricane blew up to the doors to the e. R. Using gurneys to barricade themselves from the storm. Tonight, the upper floor still
with water in the hall ways. The patients awaiting heart surgery. A pregnant woman in premature labor with twins and doctors working furiously to get the patients to safety. In other news, as it plays out. The scene at the white house. The photo op at the white