Down. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Good morning. Did you have a nice fathers day . Cant complain. Got the u. S. Open and a bloody mary. And three cute kids. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 in the east, 12 30 p. M. In tehran. Two tanker ships in the gulf of oman. In the next few days the president S National Security team expected to discuss whether to send additional u. S. Forces to the middle east. Secretary of state mike pompeo said the president clearly said he doesnt want to go to war. The discussions will focus on deterring iranian aggression. The last 40 days weve seen a number of activities, not just these two, but four other commercial ships which challenge the International Norms of freedom of navigation. The United States is considering a full range of options. Weve briefed the president a couple of times. Well continue to keep him updated. We are confident that we can take a set of actions that can restore deterrence which is our mission se
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everything in its power to ensure that this covid situation doesn t spiral out of control the way that it has in shanghai to avoid a city wide lockdown, rosemary. all right. anna corinne joining us live from hong kong. many thanks. south korea will mostly lift its outdoor mask mandate starting today. but it will stay in place for rallies, concerts and sporting events with more than 50 people. prime minister made the announcement friday saying the government could no longer ignore the inconveniences to its citizens, but the country s newly elected president opposes it. the daily case count is well below its peak from mid-march. all right. we want to take you now to wausau, and this was the scene just moments ago, polish president is meeting with u.s.
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declined slightly for a third consecutive day. according to the latest government numbers, shanghai reported 32 deaths and more than 7300 new local cases sunday. meanwhile, the chinese capital city of beijing reported 41 new cases sunday. natio nationwide, there were more than 7700 new cases reported according to the national health commission. and cnn s anna corinne joins me now live from hong kong with more on this. always great to see you, anna. so shanghai is reporting a dip. this will ease restrictions. how many people will be affected by this and what will they be able to do after a very tough lockdown? reporter: it s been an excruciating lockdown, rosemary. more than a month the people of shanghai, 25 million of them, the economic engine of china, have been in lockdown. but the local government has announced that six districts, that s about 7 million of the 25