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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than winning golf tournaments. i know i have a miracle. even if i would have shot 80 and lost this by ten shots, i m still going home to a miracle child who i have the responsibility of making sure he has a great life. that s what i m excited about. dave, gary and his wife gabby are expecting twin girls in august. let s go to baseball. what has to be one of the wildest series in history comes to an end. the colorado rockies and san diego padres combining for 92 runs over their four-game series at coors field breaking the mlb record for scoring set back in 1929. charlie blackman in this one, he s the first player with 15 hits over a four-game series including that home run last night. cover your ears, dave. your rockies blow another ninth inning lead as the padres rally for four runs to win this 14-13.
make it 14 in a row. last night dominating 56-17 road win against yukon. they re only ranked number 21, too. ucf was the only team to go undefeated last season and whie they were criticized after being excluded last year, it is listed with champion alabama in the ncaa guide after finishing atop one of the many ranking agencies recognized. the fall of another top ranked woman. as number two seeded and reigning open champion won t make it past the second round after falling in straight sets to her 36th ranked competitor from yu cain. julia makes an early exit making it three of the top women out of the competition. let s go to baseball. the yankees adding personnel to fill the gap left by the injured
fate in the next two weeks. coy wire has more in the bleacher report. good morning, christine and phil. meyer is on paid leave while the school is investigating the handling of the domestic violence allegation of his assistant coach. last night, former ohio house speaker who was named chairman of the investigation said in part, quote, ohio state is committed to a thorough and complete investigation. we look forward to sharing the results of the investigation and any action the university may take. after denying any knowledge of the incident to reporters last month, urban meyer released a statement saying he did know about it and properly reported the alleged 2015 incident involving his former assistant coach zach smith and smith s ex-wife courtney. let s go to baseball. you missed the thriller with the red sox and yankees.
considered signing him this summer, but no offers on the table when he had declined to comment on kaepernick s claim. let s go to baseball. game two where the dodgers have a one game series lead over the reigning world champs the chicago cubs. tom of the fifth still scoreless. send one over the left field wall giving chicago the lead. turner had an rbi single in the bottom of the fifth. his incredible night wouldn t end there. bottom of the ninth, two outs, two men on, chicago vern lackey in to pitch. let s take a look. and it s towards center field. ball is hit well. martinez on the run. this is way back and it is gone. it is a walk-off home run for justin turner. that is big. the dodgers win the game, 4-1.