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 forRobert Mueller has, this was a meeting to get information from the Crown Prosecutor of russia on Hillary Clintons campaign. How is that legal . The question is how would it be illegal . The real question is would a meeting of that nature constitute a violation of the law. Reporter critics have pounced on this making the argument that the administration and president is moving the goal posts. We should point out despite a repeated number of calls from the president and his allies for this investigation to wrap up and in the words of Rudy Giuliani for Robert Mueller to put up or shut up, this investigation is moving forward. Last week, cnn reported that the Special Counsel is making efforts to interview one key person in that Trump Tower Meeting. Emin agalarov. The one that helped facilitate the meeting. The russian pop singer whose father has deep ties to Vladimir Putin. We do know that Robert Muellerin intimidation. On friday, china vowed 60 billion of tariffs on u. S. Goods. Many related to agriculture. China plans to impose those tariffs if the u. S. Follows through with the tariffs threats on 200 billion in chinese goods. It worry iies investors. President trump depended the tariffs. He says they are Working Farber than anyone anticipated. By hurting the economy and bringing beijing to the negotiating table. Trump is not providing details on how they are working better, but he will continue to work with other countries or have them pay us vast sums of money. Foreign countries do not pay tariffs. U. S. Companies pay tariffs exporting. The National Debt which is 21 trillion and counting. He says tariffs would help cut the National Debt. You have been a Business Reporter like i have been. Tell me how that works . Ill pass on the explanation. Im not sure. How his tax cuts and Spending Bill the republicans agreed to, those are making the National Debt bigger as we speak. There is some type of strategy the president is using right now. There is no wrong in telling the truth about what happens economically. It may work eventually. We have to wait and see. 11 children rescued from a compound that left Law Enforcement horrified. Investigators are still searching for a missing toddler who wasnt with them. Welcome to tide pods talk with gronk. Im gronk im big and awesome, but this guy is little, can it really clean . Heck yeah it can its concentrated detergent plus Stain Fighters plus Odor Flighers that fight for clean. Boom even this entire bottle cant beat tide pods. And now a word from future gronk ugh. Tide pods. If its clean, its got to be tide. This is a story about mail and packages. And its also a story about people. People who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams theyre handing us more than mail theyre handing us their business and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you
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30 and murders are down 25 . Investigators are ramping up the hunt for a missing 3yearold boy after a gruesome discovery in new mexico. 11 malnourished children were rescued from the compound with no food, water, shoes or even clothes to speak of. Five adults with them were arrested on the spot. Armed to the teeth. We have Kaylee Hartung with more on the scene which authorities are likening to a third world country. Reporter christine, phil, so many more questions as we learn more about the story and see the shocking photos. One of the men arrested is the father of the missing 3yearold. The other, a man by the name of lucas morton. These men were heavily armed when arrested by authorities. When i say heavily armed, i say ar15 rifles, rifles. They had loaded 30 round magazines and loaded pistols and ammunition. These two had amassed the arsenal in the Makeshift Travel Trailer and Buried Underground and covered in plastic. No water or electricity inside. Those are the conditions of two men and three women and 11 children. The two men in custody are being held without bond because of the abduction of his 3yearold son. The three women were brought in for questioning and have been released. It doesnt sound like they answered many questions. None of the five adults gave authorities information regarding the status of the missing 3yearold. The children meanwhile, the 11 children, are in the care of child protective services. It is one thing to see the photos. It is another to hear the firsthand account of authorities who responded to the scene. The Taos County Sheriff says it was the worst Living Conditions he has ever seen. Christine and phil. Police in berkeley, california arrested 25 people. Protesters clashed during and after an altright rally. Most of the arrests were for banned weapons. Police say Quote Extremists did smash 21 City Vehicles and slashed tires and set one city vehicle on fire. The yankees snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and getting swept away. Coy wire has the details in the Bleacher Report next. Alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a Fabric Softener too. [throat clears] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. Oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too at t provides edgetoedge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your business. So this wont happen. Because youve made sure this sensor and this machine are integrated. Atta, boy. Yes, some people assign genders to machines. With edgetoedge intelligence, youll know your customers love this color, dont love this one. Never getting grape again. You can adjust in near real time. If someone tries to breach your firewall in london you start to panic. Dont. Youve got allies on the outside, Security Algorithms on the inside. If its jammed up here, its hot in here. You know both those things, you can do this. Your flowers wont wilt. At t provides edge to edge intelligence. It can do so much for your business, the list goes on and on. Thats the power of. When her patients Blood Pressure drops, she can share the information with. Introducing elvive protein recharge leavein conditioner. In just one use, elvives breakthrough heatprotecting formula leaves your hair with 97 less breakage and 15 times stronger. Elvive revives damaged hair. Because youre worth it. 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 CoachZach Smith And smiths exwife courtney. Lets go to baseball. You missed the thriller with the red sox and yankees. New york up by three runs in the ninth inning. With two outs, Jackie Bradley jr. With the score. Then a hero emerges in Extra Innings. Andrew benintendi slapping the gamewinning single with two outs in the tenth. Breakout the brooms. Red sox complete the series sweep of the bitter rivals winning 54 at fenway park. Benintendi got a Gatorade Bath and a 9. 5 Game Division lead. If phil thinks that is bad, teams are hard for the mets this season. They now have the fifth worst record in baseball after losing in Extra Innings to the braves yesterday. Fans now have a place to vent. Listen, uma health in new york city is offering free
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and in the words of Rudy Giuliani for Robert Mueller to put up or shut up, this investigation is moving forward. Last week, cnn reported that the Special Counsel is making efforts to interview one key person in that Trump Tower Meeting. Emin agalarov. The one that helped facilitate the meeting. The russian pop singer whose father has deep ties to Vladimir Putin. His father is a russian oligarch. We do know that Robert Mueller and his team have been working alongside agalarovs legal team to secure an interview for more than a year. Christine and phil. Following the u. S. Withdrawal in play the Iranian Nuclear deal. Businesses have until midnight to end contracts with the country. The expected items are gold and an aluminum and steel and
graphite. Joining us this morning live from washington is josh rogin. Good morning, josh. Nice to see you. We will get to iran in a poemmo. I want to talk about the story here in the United States. The players in the june 2016 Trump Tower Meeting. An odd group of music publicists. Paul manafort on trial for unrelated issues. The group at the meeting. Now we know the president himself, admitting, the Trump Tower Meeting to get clinton dirt from the group, those russians. This turns all of the statements from the white house upside down. What is this significance in your mind . It is the end of a twoyear saga where the president , his staff, sean spicer, hope hik hi
and jay sekulow and the rest of them, we are learning falses accounts of the false accounts of the june 2016 meeting in trump tower. After the back and forth and the attacks on the media analyzd li we now have this on the record. This was an attempt to get information from the lawyer connected to the russian government on Hillary Clinton. Now does that change the amount of legal jeopardy that don un n jun