Verification is central to that. Complete verify indicatis encom that deal. Verification is required to the north korean denuclearization. And the president is now focusing on the russia investigation. He is sit to talk with the special counsel. And the possible tornado tears through northeast pennsylvania. Cars overturned and power is out for thousands. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Happy 72nd birth day to presidet trump. Secretary of state mike pompeo flying from seoul to beijing. He will discuss north korea with president xi and other officials from china. He is stating that north korea must denuclearization before sanctions relief. As we hahave kmen straighdme. As we have demonstrated. We must shape the relationship with the United States and north korea. Verification is central to that. Complete denuclearization. That encompasses that idea clearly. Pompeo rejecting and lashing out against criticism that the joint declaration signed by the president and kim jongun doesnt have the words verifiable and irreversible. Pompeo says the word complete which is in the document means verifiable and irreversible. In everyones minds. He called into question about the omission insulting and ridiculous and frankly ludicrous. For the latest, we turn to matt rivers live in beijing. Matt. Reporter good morning, christine. You know, this is the swing through asia after the singapore summit for the secretary of state. Checking in with all of the interested parties here. Going from seoul and now landed here in beijing. It was in seoul that president moon echo what had we heard from President Trump. Saying both sides moved back from what had been a tense situation. This is a step forward. Of course, questions remain about denuclearization and what that means. The time frame around it and so on and so for tth. Here in beijing, pompeo will not be here long. He will talk to the foreign minister. They will have a quick pressville buipress vil press availability. This means they will understand the influence that china has on north korea and over President Trump himself. The source close to the matter that it was xi jinping in phone calls with donald trump pushing the idea of stopping the military exercises. Something the u. S. Could announce as early as today in the United States. Xi clearly has influence over President Trump pushing that line and not surprising there because that has been chinas stated viewpoint for a long time. One thing the chinese and u. S. May not agree on is sanctions. Secretary of state mike pompeo saying they will be in place until denuclearization happens. We know the chinese will look for any excuse to back off the sanctions. They only signed on to them begrudgingly in the first place. Fascinating to see who is in the drivers seat here with north korea. Matt rivers, thank you. President trump flew back home from the summit, his attention returned to the russia investigation. Sources telling us he called his lawyers to talk about the potential showdown with robert mueller. The president s team is waiting to sit down with mr. Trump to game out the next moves. Trump lawyers meet with muellers team this week or next. And in the meantime, Michael Cohen is moving to split with his own legal team. Some suggesting cohen may flip and testify against the president. Another of the president s lawyers, rudy giuliani, dismissed that claim last night. It is not so. I checked into it last night. He is not cooperating. The president did nothing wrong. We are comfortable if he cooperates. There is nothing he can cooperate about. More from dana bash in washington. Reporter christine and dave, Michael Cohen realizes the legal jeopardy he is in requires a law firm or more than one law firm that has experience in the and expertise in the Southern District of new york. To that end, im told that cohen spent much of the day meeting with lawyers and three law firms that fit the bill. My colleague said someone close to cohen says he is aware of the possibility he could be indicted. Going to new york and having somebody with expertise there is one thing. The other reason he seems to be intent on switching law firms is money. He does not want to spend all of his savings on legal fees. Im told he owes a lot to his current lawyer and his firm. They deployed several lawyers to comb through documents. Those legal fees have added up. Finance pressure may be the reason for people around cohen or people around the president says that cohen to flip and cooperate with investigators. Im told they are not there yet. There hasnt been a specific conversation between prosecutors in new york and cohen or anybody in his orbit about the potential for a deal. Dave and christine. Dana, thank you. After tuesdays primary, there is no denying the gop is the party of trump. Corey stewart, the crime exprim example. Winning despite refusing to criticize altright marchers after charlottesville. Last night on cuomo primetime he talked about the antisemitic commentator paul naelin. You know, when you are losing the argument, you know what you do . You know what the left does . They play the race card. We have a president you dont think that applies to a person who has guided the country . You never want to there is some on my side of the aisle. Senator cory gardner tells cnn his committee does not plan to endorse stewart. Lets bring in tal kopan live in washington. Good morning, tal. Good morning. An interesting divide in the Republican Party over tariffs and moves the president has made and whether or not to just silence the entire party over criticizing the president. We have seen those who spoken out and get voted out like mark sanford in South Carolina the other night. Then bob corker, who is not running for reelection, and says this about his partys refusal to speak out. Listen. We are in a strange place. It is almost, you know, it is becoming a cultish thing, isnt it . Its becoming a cultish thing. Rana mcdaniel tweets. Complacency is our enemy. Anyone that does not embrace the donald trump agenda of making America Great again will be making a mistake. Have we ever been here before where a party outright refuses to say anything about the president when he goes too far and what are the implications . To a certain extent, the president is the leader of the party. I was on the hill yesterday asking republicans for their reflexes ction on the loss. Some were critical of mark sanford. Saying he took a tone and aggressiveness toward the president which they said was not acceptable. They will disagree on policy where appropriate and direct the concerns to the white house and keep it out of public view. They dont feel you cannot criticize policy. It seems to be that some of the folks think the president himself may be off limits. I spoke with mark sanford on capitol hill last night. He was saying he really hopes that his follow republicans are not deterred. He said he appreciated corkers comments. He believes dissent is foundational to democracy above all else. It is an interesting soul searching we are seeing in the Republican Party and political reality of the situation. Lawmakers are trying to figure out what is the balance and where can you criticize policy and not a person . To your point, the president is the leader of the party, but the president always represents the partys platform and ideals. Is that the case here . Bob corker says about President Trump it is a cultlike situation as it relates to a president that happens to be purportedly of the same party. Are the principles, conservative principles part of the progr of the platform . This has been the issue since the beginning. He has transformed the principles of the Republican Party in a lot of ways. There are some things he picked up on and carried through. His position on trade is completely different from what we had associated with the Republican Party in the past. You know, to an extent, there is a transformation of the Republican Party in his image. That to a certain extent is fair. This is who the Republican Voters elected to lead the party. Those were not secrets during the campaign. This is part of the reckoning i speak of with the republicans on the hill. They are trying to figure out what their voters want to a certain extent. Some were surprised by the results of the republican primary. You could argue he represents more of what republicans think than what the republican establishment thinks. He tapped into that. Maybe they are not remaking the party in his image, but maybe he knows the real image of rankandfile republicans. You look at the approval for him among elected republicans. I have been calling it a hostile takeover of the Republican Party. Lets talk about immigration here. There is a couple of angles and house bills competing here today. One that fixes daca. One fixes one temporarily. We will see those and talk about those for the next couple days. The images that ed lavandera brings from the southwest. 62 people in one home and 40 something other in another home. That is the image of illegal immigration. I argue here, tal, and you have covered immigration and i have covered immigration in the past. As the economy is so strong right now, this is a challenge for the administration. That is the number one magnet of illegal immigration. Strong economy and ability to work. Everything i see here in washington and immigration policy is talking about supply, not demand. You know, this is one thing that the administration has really done over time is characterize the problem as one of pull of certain laws. You talk to experts and that is really not a multidimensional enough view of migration. Economic factors have been a pull to the country especially when majority of migration was from mexico. That has changed over the last ten or so years. Now we really see a lot less migration from mexico and more from central america. Those immigrants coming here may be searching for a better life, but many are fleeing dangerous situations of Gang Violence and poverty. Many women, children and families. They are concerned about well being and safety and trying to claim asylum. It is partly that which is so difficult for the administration to grapple with as you have the different kind of immigrant and different issue that they are presenting at the border. It is not straight forward like the economy. When you talk to experts, they say it is never enough to change a few laws on the u. S. Side. You have to take a holistic view of the push and pull factors that are sending these people here and drawing these people here. Lets talk about the two paths forward for paul ryan on his way out the door. A tremendous task in bringing his Party Together on this issue. Tal, see you in a bit. 14 minutes past hour. Possible tornado in northeast pennsylvania overnight. Up to a mile wide in parts. Collapsed buildings and flipped cars and several injured. S gentleme have just received word the louisiana purchase, is complete instant purchase notifications from capital one. Technology this helpful. Could make history. Whats in your wallet . 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