The terror group to strike in the west. I dont think theyre capable of a largescale attack but certainly an tae tack which could kill maim or wound hundreds of people. Police departments in los angeles, philadelphia boston and atlanta tightening up security measures. Were constantly seeking to be creative to be proactive. Name of the game is to be prepared. At the Washington Mall theyre preparing for all possibilities. New york city taking the greatest security measures in years. The city swept for explosives even out at sea where hundreds of boaters will be watching the fireworks. Snipers will be strategically placed, spotters will be inside the crowds and a hundred mobile cameras will capture the activities on land and in the air. Theres no credible threat to this event but our operating premise is that we are the target in new york city all the time. On thursday within minutes of the first report of shots fired inside washingtons naval yard the entire complex was locked down as hund
Im rene marsh. Nice to have you in for christine romans. Im dave briggs. It is monday, april 2nd. I hope you had a wonderful easter. We start with trade. China making good on the trade threats opening fears of a trade war. China will slap tariffs on 3 billion of u. S. Goods. The chinese tariffs from agriculture exports and pork and fruit and nuts and steel, pipe, nuts and aluminum. This is escalating tensions with the United States and china. The president has more trade actions in the works like tariffs on 50 billion of chinese goods. Experts warn they could cause further retaliation and a trade war would be devastating for consumers and companies. The president has accused b beijing of unfair trade moves. The exodus of a number of people from the white house like gary cohn and Rex Tillerson may pave the way for the president to move on the tariffs. President trump on an antiimmigrant rant on easter sunday. Much on twitter. Here are the tweets. Border patrol agents not allowed to do t
He sure did. The big ragu they call him. Good game. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im rene marsh. Im dave briggs. Congrats to villanova fans. It is 4 00 a. M. Breaking news. A classified memo revealing special Counsel Robert Mueller is authorized to pursue collusion charges against the president s former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. The documents highlights payments to manafort from the Ukrainian Government which have links to Russian Politicians and operatives. The memo says the link compels them to examine russian efforts of interference in 2016. The payments from ukraine to manafort is the basis for financial crimes charges he faces. Manafort wants the charges dismissed claiming beyond muellers scope because ukraine is unrelated to the campaign. The declassified memo was written in august by Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. It shows rosensteins strong backing for the special counsel despite attacks from the president. The wall street journal reporting that Robert M
how s the tsa handling this? we know they re on alert as well. they are seeing a high volume of travelers here during this holiday season. i spoke with a government official today and he tells me at the airports alone they re seeing two million passengers per day. that s more than usual. usually they ll see about 1.8 million. so the traffic volume is high. as far as what they ll be doing, you can expect random spot checks. they may randomly pull passengers out of line to check them. so that s what they re going to be doing so of course they don t reveal everything but that s one of the measures flyers may notice. rene boris, thank you, guys. the state department ordered a security review at embassies and consulates ahead of this july 4 weekend. global affairs correspondent elise lab bit joining me to talk