Hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to the president s personal attorney. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Exactly 5 00 a. M. In east, 6 00 p. M. On the korean peninsula. 1 30 p. M. In tehran. Well have live reports in a few minutes. Lets start with the breaking news. Mike pompeo in north korea this hour. According to south korean government officials, the secretary of state is expected to return home with three american detainees. I want to bring in cnns paula hancocks. She is live. She is in seoul for us where the hopes are high certainly here that these three men will come home. Any indication that it is official yet . Reporter no indication at this point, no. We have had a pool report from journalists traveling with the secretary of state. They said that he had an hourlong meeting this morning with the north korean former spy chief cho. It was behind closed doors they discussed the agenda for the summit between kim jongun and u.
Maryland following reports of an active shooter. Authorities say five people are dead at least two others injured. Tonight, new details on the target targeted attack. We have a look at the reported suspect first to the scene in annapolis to correspondent kristin fisher. Reporter what happened was one of the worst attacks on journalist in the history of the United States. It all started around 2 30 this afternoon. A gunman entered the headquarters of the Capital Gazette newspaper with a shotgun and smoke grenades and then shot and killed five employees and Police Identified them at a press conference and all five employees of the newspaper, rob hiaasen, wendi winters, winters,on John Mcnamara and the suspect with us identified as 38yearold jarrod ramos. It started with a longstanding feud after he filed a defamation lawsuit and three years later he lost the lawsuit which brings us to today. Heres the deputy chief. This was a targeted attack. On the Capital Gazette. This person was prepa
Security aid is only the latest indication of a white house in flux. Sarah westwood is there at the white house. What is the status of the Homeland Security secretary whose firing is believed by some to be a done deal . Reporter there is potentially some significant west wing upheaval on the horizon starting with the deputy adviser. Senior Officials Say she was in her office into the night. After the stunning statement from the first ladys office calling for her removal her exit from the National Security council is seen as likely. As with everything in this white house, nothing is ever certain until it is in writing with the president. Looming over that change is the potential departure of chief of staff john kelly. The president has considered several contenders to replace kelly should he go, one of them being the chief of staff to Vice President mike pence and a number of others inside and outside the administration. Kellys fate is seen as closely tied to that of another Senior Admi
Because he was speaking to them. I thought thats what made it so powerful. It was. How they could respond to that because he caused them out on every single point succinctly five minutes pretty much wrapped it all up. You have Better Things to do. You have a great show to do. Well be watching that. Thank you so much. A good day to all of su from here in new york. Just a bit past noon in the east is, 9 00 a. M. In the east. Deadline looming. Congress demands the Mueller Report by tuesday. The attorney general says not so fast and delivered another new letter decoding that next. Closing the border. Theyll close it. Well keep it closed for a long time. Im not playing games. Shutdown threat, the potential fallout if the president closes everything between the u. S. And mexico. Is that even possibleable . Beto mania. The rising democrat holding his Campaign Kick off rally in texas. Well take you there as it unfolds. Hey, hey. Thats 7snunacceptable. Thats the difference between me and trump.
Everything the president has said and done encourages White Supremacy. Martha one of the questions now for Democratic Candidates is will this work for them . Good evening, everybody, i am Martha Maccallum and that is where the story begins tonight. If you look at it, the odds are stacked in favor of the current president. In recent history, a one termer happened only twice. In both times, it took a political superstar to unseat the incumbent in the white house. Ronald reagan came on the scene with an optimistic message and trounced jimmy carter. Reagan and clinton are now among the most popular of all president s in public polling. The last time democrats tried to unseat a republican president was back in 04 after howard dean, who was the Strong Player of the moment, his presidency y flatlined in this moment. We are on california, texas, new york, south dakota, oregon, washington, and michigan and then we are going to washington, d. C. , and take back the white house ewashington, d. C.