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The now muddy nevada desert. Plus, an escaped killer on the loose. The search intensifying after a convict was caught on a home surveillance video. And ukraines fired Defense Minister, president zelenskyy sacking him in the middle of crucial counteroffenses. Hi there, welcome to a special Holiday Edition of early start. Im david culver. We start with what is anything but a relaxing Holiday Weekend for Tens Of Thousands of people at the burning Manifest Value in the nevada desert. They are trapped in a sea of mud out there this morning. What a mess out there. Theyre waiting for organizers to give the allclear to exit the site. That is expected to happen sometime today. Amid a downpour friday and saturday transformed the Dry Desert Dirt into thick claylike mud that traps bikes and organizers alike. Organizers asked the attendees to shelter in place and shelter and food. And also plans to set fire to the iconic Burning Man Effigy in tonight. Police out there are investigating one death at the festival. A 40yearold man but organizers say it was unrelated to the weather. Despite the tough conditions, many attendees, theyre keeping positive, they say theyre coping with harsh conditions and thats part of the point of burning man and they came prepared. Cnns Camila Bernal is on the ground at burning man. Reporter it is still night, it is still messy for thousands of people stranded here in black rock city. Where we are right now is the main entrance and exit point to the festival. So thousands are expected to exit here on monday. We saw many, many cars trying to get out. Because this is the entrance to la playa. This is the entrance where people are getting stuck in that mud, i want to show you what that mud, that cakey mud looks like. This is what a lot of people are walking hours in. And youre seeing it in their shoes. They are covered in mud is what youre seeing it on this bike. It makes it impossible for not just bikes but also cars and rvs. Behind me, this rv, they told me they were stuck here for hours trying to get out of the mud. So its difficult to get out, the concern, of course, is for people that did not bring enough supplies, enough food and water and need to get out. Heres one person who told me she just needed to get out today. Its quite expansive out there. And it probably took me three hour of slogging to walk just from my camp to the road. Around i did get a little bit of a hitchhike in, too, in the back of someones truck. But, yeah, its just really thick dense mud. So wherever its wet, its just heavy and sticky and its a real sloppy mess out there. Most everythings turned off but theres still some people partying. Reporter and everybody that ive talked to has remained extremely positive, telling me theyre making the best out of a very difficult situation, saying theyre still having fun, that theyve enjoyed this festival. Unfortunately, though, authorities did report one death, they said one body was found. They did not give any details as to what happened. And organizers here are continuing to tell people to be safe. Theyre preparing to get thousands of people out of here. So, theyre telling them that this is going to be a long process. The exodus as they call it. Camila bernal, cnn, black rock city. Lets stay on the Festival Mess as we bring in Meteorologist Derek Van Dam in the cnn weather center. Give us expectations of what were expecting today for burning man, obviously, thats going to be difficult for those folks as they look to get out. Maybe explain how less than an inch of rain turned this Desert Landscape into a mud trap. I dont know if you heard what camilla said, she talked about a playa. A playa is a desert land in a basin, where burning man is located, in one of these playas. Typically, when we see water in a playa, tell seeevaporates. You can see that strip of white land. Look at the precipitation that moved over the area. It saw roughly two, three months rainfall in that area. Theres a significant difference between, while lets say, the type of soil you have in your home garden, for instance, we call that loam, a mixture of sand, grit, a bit of dirt as well, that easily absorbs water. But when youre talking about a desert basin, when you have kind of a claytype soil, unfortunately, that water can puddle up and easily mix in with the clay and it creates that muddy mess. And it makes it that difficult for vehicles and people to exit that particular region. So that caused the catastrophe there, is really the type of soil and impermeable surface within the playa which you saw here a moment ago on the satellite. The radar is showing a drying trend. There are no watches across Western Nevada at the moment. So the good news here, were not expecting any real additional precipitation. Generally, the precipitation has come to an end. Were going to see High Pressure take control of the weather and keep the forecast dry for northwestern sections of nevada. So the burning Manifest Value, even though they did get a significant amount of rain in a short period of time. Earlier, we do believe that the rain is done, of course, the damage is done as well. David. Yeah, no doubt theyre hoping to dry out there in the desert. Thanks, derick, we appreciate it. Zelenskyy has fired his Defense Minister. This has happened in the middle of a major counteroffensive, Oleksii Reznikov has served as the Defense Minister. Just a short time ago reznikov said he submitted his resignation to parliament. Cnns Salma Abdelaziz is in london for us. Salma, why this move, why now . Its a very significant move, david. This is one of the key faces, one of the most key characters in the conflict. Reznikov has been able to develop strong friendships with his allies, with the united states. Now dismissed at a critical moment. You may remember it was just a few days Agatha Ukraine claimed success on the battlefield, able to pierce through the first line of defense along the southern present, south of zaporizhzhia, but the dismissal is part of something, a trend weve been seeing for months now from president zelenskyy who has been trying to clamp down on corruption. You may remember at the beginning of the year, a slew of senior officials were fired after the procurement of wartime supplies. In the wake of that, they resigned, the local heads of every single Recruitment Office in ukraine were fired. The important thing to remember is ukraine has long struggled with issues of corruption. In fact, president zelenskyy campaigned, his president ial campaign, was about rooting out corruption in ukraine. And, indeed, he believes it is important to root out corruption, in order to join the european community. The European Union and nato. But again this is coming at a Super Critical time on those front lines. A major change in one of the most significant characters, the most significant post in the handling of this conflict. And the replacement for this Defense Minister is going to be very immediately under pressure to rampup that counteroffensive, bring results as soon as possible, david. Yeah, the timing in all of this is just crucial. Salma, thanks. Good to see you. People in las vegas drying out after rare heavy rains trigger deadly flash flooding. Plus, can a destructive hurricane somehow give floridas governor a boost in the race for president . And theres a new report on the job market. It is just out, what is signals for the economy. Is hungngry. And while youre hittin the trail, im hihitting your cooler. Oh, cheddar ive got hot dog buns and your cutrate Car Insurance might not pay for all this. So get allstate, and be better protected from mayhem, like me. Roar. sfx family screams in background my brain. So i choose new neuriva ultra. 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The latest jobs report shows the u. S. Economy added 187,000 jobs in august, slight more than expected, but a slowdown from the past two years of job growth. Unemployment rate also ticked up slightly. From 3. 5 in july to 3. 8 in august. Helping to break all of this down, an economic analyst at the morning consult. Good morning, kala, thanks for being with us. How do you think the fed interprets these numbers. When we look over the past year and a half, weve seen a number of rate hikes. The question is could this halt any more rate hikes this career . Good morning, the jobs report has good news for workers and the fed. Its roughly in line with what they would expect. That it so a, sear expecting some signs of cooling and where were not plunging into a recession. On the positive for workers of course we did see that increase in jobs. We also saw the increase in Labor Participation rate, thats really good for everyone. That keeps more people working but also from the feds perspective could add a bit of slack in the labor market which is what we saw with that slight uptick in unemployment. It also puts less pressure on wages. We had a bit of driving up wages faster. Cooling job growth could pep the feds perspective because that is one of the major costs that feeds inflation. Can we look at Consumer Spending this is obviously a key indicator of economic growth. It went up 0. 8 in july. Do you expect this trend to continue in terms of outpacing inflation . So, we did see pretty strong spending this summer, particularly in july, it was not only on Services Categories which weve sort of seen in this long extended rebound from the pandemic, but also in retail categories. Some of that may have been tied to discounteding, things like amazon prime, but still a positive for retailers to see that big boost in spending. And as you mentioned, the slower inflation i think has really helped Purchasing Power for some consumers but in our data is the morning consult, it has tended to be more younger consumers and well bearer consumers, those less price sensitive who have been driving a lot of the strong spending recently. One concern with that, is that heading into the fall, there are a lot of headwind, one, we have higher interest rates, we also have the student loan pause ending. Things like that are going to tamp down spending. Not to mention the fact that many have splurged a bit more in the summer. We may see thats a pull forward that potentially could come with the cost of things like holiday season. I want to pull up on that, you said debt, you mentioned Student Loan Pavements starting back up next month. That represents a big share of debt for younger folks in particular. How is that likely to factor in here . So, if you take millennials for example, when i say younger, gen z, definitely theyll be impacted and millennials as well. Theres a couple of ways adding strain on those households when it comes to gen z, these are younger consumers, they havent worked as long and have time to build up savings buffers. Having being hit by repaying this debt that may change their Monthly Expenses quite a bit and they dont have as much of a cushion to absorb that blow. When it comes to millennials, these are consumers who do tend to be more often in their prime working years. But they havent been paying their Student Ledebt Repayments for the last few years i believe theyve been living as if they dont have the debts taking on things like auto loans, mortgages, adding more expenses to their life. On top of that other payments it may just be burdens from other directions. Kayla bloom on the morning consult, thank you for being with us. 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Any day now, were expecting to learn if former trump Chief Of Staff mark meadows bid to move his case from state to Federal Court will be successful. Meadows took to the stand last week testifying for more than three hours about his job at the white house and how his alleged actions were all part of his official government duties. Lets bring in Former Manhattan prosecute jeremy saland. Jeremy, thank you for being with us. Lets start with meadows move here and desire to get his case moved from state to Federal Court. Can you walk us through the process that his team is making to push through on this . Absolutely. I think its important for people to understand when something is removed from state to Federal Court, its still the applicable state and Criminal Code that controls the federal procedure. And prosecutors in the state have a team that will be prosecuting the case. The argument that hes making is that i was working the collar of my position, in the federal government Chief Of Staff when i was fully in my goals in that position. And then what he has to argue to the Federal Court that has a claim or defense. Its not actually guaranteed. Its not proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt but a nexus, or connection. I ca i think its going to be very difficult. Law is not math. Two plus two does not always equal four. Here, hes going to have problems, one of the biggest glaring issues is, how can i say as Chief Of Staff getting involved in a state election process. And one ploy, as we know, offering Campaign Money to expediate making the process more efficient and faster. He was up there a long time but i think ultimately for him, sadly for him, he fails. And to be out there for several hours is that pretty unusual for someone like meadows to be put on the stand, especially during a Pretrial Motion . Its definitely rare. And, you know, i think if you brought in ten prosecutors and ten Defense Attorneys and asked them would mark meadows testify, im willing to bet, just as we saw from many pundits that it did not and would not happen. But theres also reality here, if you lack the evidence, support your claim and cause, what are you going to do . You have to be that evidence. And mark meadows was in evidence. And in some cases very often, his only worst evidence. But you have to do it, a desperate attempting effort to make something happening that otherwise there is no chance of happening. Even though its very slim in my opinion. And from Defense Attorneys here, trumps attorneys trying to have his case severed from the other codefendants. Do you think this is going to be successful for them . Yeah. I think its an important thing for him to do, you dont want where the president or anybody in the pyramid, well call it where theres a conspiracytype allegation, more people at the bottom, here President Trump is obviously at the top. He needs to move this because otherwise whats going to happen is, hes going to get fingers at the bottom, sitting next to him in chairs saying that guy and that guys team, president s attorneys, are the ones who told me to do this. Why he also wants to server thi, he just wants to have his own trial. Its much easier for him to be separate. And as we just added as well, he as wants to have this move the from state court to Federal Court like meadows because he wants to avoid the cameras because of the deniability i can make later on in front of the cameras with my own statements. Obviously, as we heard, he wants a great, larger jury pool, not just blue residents. 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What are the other big challenges for desantis, and really the field as a whole as we enter the Campaign Season. Well, in the Wall Street Journal poll you just mentioned desantis numbers have dropped which is not obviously what you want as a candidate. The super pac with desantis we saw in leaked audio this past month they need 50 more Million Dollars by the end of the year. This comes as Desantis Campaign has struggled with reboots. Theyve done multiple rounds of layoffs and its not exactly the position he would ideally like to be in to take on trump, especially when trump has such a strong lead in the polls as we saw in the Wall Street Journal as an example. And Donna Brazile spoke about trump in the context of a political movement. I want you to listen to part of that and get your reaction on the other side. Ive never seen anything like this with donald trump. I mean, what doesnt kill you make you stronger . I mean, being indicted . Thats making you stronger . Raising 10 million using an ugly mug shot to raise money . This is a movement. And anyone who thinks that you can apply the old political rules to try to defeat this candidate based on hes scarey hes ugly, whatever eyou want t call him, this is a movement. A movement. What do you think, are democrats underestimating the challenges that trump poses here . Well, i think it reflect what is i see out on the campaign trail. Donald trump is just far and beyond this party leader stuff and most republicans and voters i talked to even if they like ron desantis, they like nikki haley, they like vivek ramaswamy, at the end of the day, they see trump is still in the race, they figure, why not vote for him, you know. The indictment all of that doesnt weigh on the Republican Base voters who still love trump and like what he did in his presidency and why not support him another term. It also shows that biden and trump are in this dead heat in say hypothetical rematch. Weve seen biden and his team looking at bidenomics but do they have to rethink their strategy here . Well, they can highlight some of the accomplishments that biden has had in office, whether its bidenomics, thats unclear how thats breaking clear of voters i think a lot are not attune with the base yet with the republican field, theres been a lot more attention but the poll does show at this early point they are head to head. However, its just one poll, but definitely something that im sure the Biden Campaign is keeping an eye on as we head into increased fall season. Sand no doubt youre keeping an eye on it, too, as you poll the campaigns, thank you, dylan wells, Washington Post, thank you for being with us. A manhunt for a killer who escaped a pennsylvania prison. It has intensified, police are showing convicted murderer da Danelo Cavalcante, they think hes west of philadelphia. Cnns paolo Sand Dough Value brings the latest on the search. Its a very active manhunt under way in southeast pennsylvania. Additionally, authorities felt that Danelo Cavalcante was making his way towards mexico and eventually to his native brazil. However, 1 30 in the morning on saturday, he was spotted on surveillance video, nearly a mile and half away from Chester County prison where he was serving a Life Sentence for murder. Precisely, in that area, authorities are focusing the search with hundreds of s. W. A. T. Team members, local and state and federal Law Enforcement officers. Theyre now urging people who live in the area, only about 30 miles west of philadelphia, to keep their doors locked. And certainly reach out to them if they spot the 34yearold fugitive. The 34yearold man was initially, at least he was beginning his life long sentence after being convicted nor the Stabbing Murder of his girlfriend. Investigators say that he stabbed her to death in front of her two children which is why what we heard on sunday from the Chester County District Attorney not only urging residents to be extremely vig. Lant but continuing to describe him as an extremely dangerous man. Polo sandoval, cnn, new york. China announcing that premier li qing will be attending the g 20 summit. Kristie lu stout joining us live from hong kong. There have been signs for a while that chinese president Xi Jinping May not attend the g20, are we seeing with li qiang going this is confirmation that she wont be there . Absolutely, david. This is a clear sign that xi jinping is not going to attend the g20 summit, instead, premier li qiang will be gathering in new delhi. Today, we heard from a statement, quote, at the invitation of the government of republican of china, premier li qiang will attend the summit to be held in new delhi, india, september 9 and 10. And she would be missing out on conversations on climate and ukraine, and his expected noshow in china and new delhi comes as china and russia clash. And involves one of its biggest Home Builders teetering on the brink of default. On sunday, we heard from u. S. President joe biden, he told reporters that he was disappointed that xi was not attending the g20 summit and suggested he would be meeting with him in the future. And over trade and territorial disputes to try to stabilize this relationship, a number of senior biden officials have gone to china to visit in recent months including u. S. Commerce secretary last week. President biden previously told cnn that he would be meeting with xi jinping in, quote, the fall. And, david, they may still have an opportunity to speak on the sideline of the apex summit, due to take place in San Francisco in november. Back to you. Thats right. Well have to see if they come together on that. Interesting to see li qiang going from the party chief to what is happening at the g20. Well stay on this for a moment. International editor Nic Robertson is joining us from london. Nic, the tone and tenor at the g20, how is this going to change at all with xi not being there . You know, i think its one of the signals that the Global Structures are changing that the global alliances are changing. Not only will xi not be there, but also president putin isnt going. And i think its significant that we saw president xi attend the brick summit in south africa recently, where he was on a very Big Red Carpet Rival when he was there. And the signal from the brick summit is, look, these nations dont particularly like the order thats being set up by the g7, or the g20, were going to strengthen the bricks, win the big power broker to join the bricks grouping. So i think what were seeing here is in essence, something of a diluting of the influence. And, you know, the ability of the g20 to Work Together as a force for good in the world. These big powerful economic nations are drivers for the way that the world goes. And this weakens it in a way. I think its hard to say more than that at this moment. Nic, you mentioned putin. I want to get your take on this, turkish president erdogan is going there be there speaking with putin. We want to talk about the Grain Export Deal that russia pulled not july. And erdogan had convinced putin to stick with it a while. Do you think this is going to be there . This is tough. This is russias war of choice. In essence, its complaint it that it cant sell its grain and fertilizer around the world that it wants to but those are the measures of this war. And the grain deal that the u. N. Helped broker previously, were two power deals, one with ukraine and one with russia. And rucheia unilaterally pulled out a month or so ago which eventually stymied the whole black sea grain deal. On top of that theres been a concerted effort for russia to target the ukraine ports. And to get Agricultural Products and the market. Whatsen out table what will they wrote to the Russian Foreign minister last week saying heres a set of concrete proposals to get you back in the grain deal, that are going to some way of answering your questions what lavrov said when he met with the Turkish Foreign minister, he said these are promises, we want guarantees, we want substance. What we heard from the russian state news agency, while erdogan may be going in to talk about the u. N. Brokered grain deal, putin wants to talk about an alternate grain deal where he ships russian grain to turkey. But then ships to the world. And of course, the Ukrainian Government saying, look, dont let russia subvert the black sea grain deal. The u. N. Said its hugely important. Russia seems to be making putin once it appears to make an end run around that deal to get other gains. Nic robertson, appreciate that. Quick hit is around the glo, right now, the typhoon sweeping taiwan, and forcing thousands of people from their homes. This is the storm that directly hit the island in four years. Israelis Attorney General urging the court to strike down the rightwing overhaul law that would limit the high courts power. All 15 judges will convene to hear the case next week. Pope francis urging Chinese Catholics to be, quote, good citizens and christians. This is happening after his first ever trip to mongolia. He was celebrating mass there as he made the seemingly offthecuff remark. Natural disasters and fires are causing insurance premiums to soar. And some Insurance Companies are pulling out of states like florida and louisiana leaving homeowners and businesses with more risks and fewer options. Cnns Camila Bernal explains what this could mean. Reporter devastating fires. Powerful hurricanes, and unexpected earthquakes. Disasters are getting to be part of our normal. Reporter and in this new normal, Home Insurance is only getting pricier and harder to obtain. One of the embers from the local fires came in and settled on a rain gutter. Reporter gabriel alvarian sr. , the West Lake Native has lived in first hand. Its a highrick fire zone and in 2018, four homes in this community were lost to the woolsey fire. He said they were all insured through the hoa, in it became impossible. We went to many Insurance Coverage companies, state farm, allstate, farmers was the one who denied us and dropped us. All of the primary Insurance Companies were not providing us coverage. Reporter in states like florida, louisiana and california, some insurance providers are no longer issuing new policies. And in areas where insurance is becoming tougher to find, doubledigit Rate Increases are common. You have increased cost in construction, labor. You have whats called a cost surge, where everything goes up because you have so many claims in one place. It does become difficult. Reporter a spokesperson for the Insurance Information institute says Insurance Companies can and will pay claims after natural disasters. The problem comes when renewing a policy or buying a new home. In many cases, many of the homeowner insurers are actually losing money. Reporter how much was it to rebuild and how long did it take to rebuild . Yeah, curious question, 6. 8 million was allotted for the four properties and took roughly four years. Reporter the communities that since switched from an insurance insurance to an individual Homeowners Insurance but its still not easy. We are seeing premiums going up and renewals in december, and quite honestly, im concerned about it. Reporter about 13 of policies were not renewed in 2021. And recent decisions by major Insurance Companies to drop policies in california, could increase that number dramatically in 2023. The longterm solution probably will take some serious rethinking of the entire insurance industry. In the face of new realities. Reporter but in the meantime, at west lake point, theyre implementing Mitigation Measures to make their homes more fire resistant. Were taking measures into our own hands and saying we are making ourselves more fire safe. And that, to me, is powerful. Reporter they believe they wont just protect their homes but also lower their insurance prices. We are a living example of what happened during that fire. It would be a shame for me to put a blind eye to that. Reporter Camila Bernal, cnn, los angeles. Coming up on cnn this morning, nasa bringing four astronauts back from space. And next lsu, four wins in a row, details on the bleacher report. Thats ahead. Dodo you just bow down . No you dethrown the king. G. Pedialyte. 3x the electrolytes. Nasa welcoming home four astronauts after their successful return from a nearly sixmonth stay on the International Space station. The astronauts are from the u. S. , United Arab Emirates and russia. With americans marking their Labor Day Holiday today, the hollywood Writers Strike still seems far from any resolution. Its now been four months since americas television and film writers walked off the job. A dispute comes as consumers increasingly embrace streaming media. And the industry adjusts making obsolete the traditional ways writers have been paid and pursued their work. So the issues involve pay, residuals, staffing and exclusivivety and even a. I. As fans mourn the death of legend jimmy buffett, were learning more about his years. Buffett died saturday of Merkel Cell Cancer a rare form of skin cancer. Son sunday, thousands gathered to honor his life and career. Shaker of salt the crowd then marched down the citys main street in a parade with roots in another city buffett had deep ties to, new orleans. College football is back in full force and it was capped off with a Sunday Night Showdown In Orlando between two topten teams. Florida state and lsu. Coy wire has this mornings bleacher report. Shea, coy. Whats up, david . This is the most highly anticipated matchup of the Opening Weekend of college football, number 8 Florida State putting in that work against the number 5 lsu tigers this labor day weekend. More like slabor day. Jordan travis had himself a day leading the noles to 31 one answer ed points. Four touchdowns three of them going to michigan States Coleman but ran for a touchdown as well. He surpasses James Winston and tied for the alltime leaders list. Its a blowout, 45 24, Florida State taking down number five tigers. U. S. Open, the first time in 1968, well see two Black American men in the quarterfinals, ben shelton delivering two 149mileperhour serves fastest in the tournament against tommy paul. And heel face frances tiafoe, for the second straight year. Three american men in the quarters as taylor fritz advanced as well. Now, 19yearold coco gauff looking to join her fellow americans in the quarters facing world number one Caroline Wozniacki who took a couple years off and had a couple of children. Wozniacki forcing to three sets but coco got her groove back. Becoming the first teenager since serena to make backtoback u. S. Quarterfinals. She was almost as pumped as her dad. My dad isnt in the box anymore because he gets too nervous so hes somewhere in one of the suites and hes been apparently doing laps around the stadium, i heard, during the matches. I dont know if he can hear me right now, i felt his energy, his good energy, even though i cant really see him. Well, dad can breathe a bit easier right now, cocos path just got smoother. World number one iga swiatek, number 20 ostapenko. Finally, david, dad of the year candidate, check him leaning over to snag a foul ball for his son. Called for crowd interference. This usually gets you kicked out, but this fan won the crowd over. Later on, he made sure to let everyone know he learned his lesson. He said afterwards, there were mixed reactions it was the first ever game with his son. He didnt know the rules and the astros understand ood. As a father, it was my job, i apologize to the astros foundation. It looks like its coming to you, reaction was shock, disgust, happiness, sweat, a little bit of lust, baby. Going to be on tv and if that dont bring a smile to your face, this labor day, mr. David culver, i dont know what will. When you embrace it with humility, the crowd will support you. Thats great. Good to see you, coy. Im david culver, that does it for me. Still ahead, thousands of people trapped in the desert after heavy rainfall brought the desert into a muddy disaster. How folks are desperately tryiyg to get out this morning. In, 30 grams of protein, 1 gram o of sugar. Enter the 10,0000 powered by proteinin max challenge. My husband and i have never been more active. Shingles doesnt care. 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