Im dave briggs. Good to have you back. How are you . Im well. As good as can be at 4 00 a. M. Good morning. President trump returns to the white house tonight. The white house called it a working vacation. Special counsels russia investigation top of mind. Sunday, Rudy Giuliani told cnn if the president sits down questioned by mueller, he will deny he talked to james comey. The president said he never told comey he should go easy on flynn. Comey says he did. If he goes in and testifies under oath, instead of this being a dispute, they can say it is perjury. If they elect to believe comey with what trump. Contrast that to what he told abc in july. How is he a good witness for the president if the president was asking him or directing him to let the Michael Flynn go. He didnt say that. He said can you give him a break. Which is it . The president never asked him that or did he . The president told him during that meeting, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. To letting glieflynn go. He is a good guy. President trump is slamming his attorney general Jeff Sessions again. The president tweeting our ag is scared stiff and missing in action. The president also criticizes sessions for failing on acting on meetings with bruce steele and ohr. Ohrs wife worked for fusion gps. Serious concerns about security in the white house now we know former aide Omarosa Manigault newman was able to sneak a recording device in the situation room. Omarosa appeared on meet the press and claimed the recording you are about to hear is chief of staff john kelly firing her last sees. I think it is important to understand if we make this a friendly departure, we can look at your time here in the white house as a year of service to the nation and you can go on without any type of difficulty in the future relative to your reputation. It is very obvious threat. He goes on to say that things can get ugly for you. The chief of staff of the United States under the direction of the president of the United States threatening me on damage to my reputation and things getting ugly for me. That is downright criminal. If i did not have these recordings, no one in america would believe me. Chief of staff kelly told omarosa the concerns involved money and integrity issues. Sarah sanders saying the idea of a staff member would sneak a recording device into the white house situation room shows a disregard for the National Security and to brag about it on National Television proves the lack of character and integrity of the former white house employee. Breaking overnight. North and south korea agreed to a summit. The Ministry Says the summit is scheduled for september in pyongyang. This would be the first time a south Korean Leader has gone to north korea in a decade. Protesters against racism out numbering the group of white nationalists. Two dozen made their way from the metro station to a small stage for what was billed as the unite the right 2. They were shadowed the entire time by counter protesters and d. C. Police. The nationalists speeches were drowned out by the antiracist group. The white nationalists ended the Program Early and went back to the metro station. Jason kessler, the speaker and organizer from last year, blames the low turnout on low gu logistical issues. And demonstrators expressing disgust with the police who were out in force throughout the city. Heather heyers mother spoke to cnn about the tribute to her daughter. I burst into tears when i first got there. There were people there traumatized because they were there last year. It was very challenging for them. One young man hugged me and could not stop the tears rolling down his chiefs. Another one came up and said he had been his cheeks. Another one came up and said he had been there last year. One finished her final surgery about a month ago and she walked up to hug me. Police arrested four people at the charlotte protest. President trump posting a tweet ahead of the protest saying the riots in charlotte a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. I condemn all types of racism. Peace to all americans. A bit of the departure from the comments from last years united right rally when he said there were fine people on both sides of the conflict. He has spoken forcefully about nfl players taking a knee. The gop weighing options after Chris Collins suspended his Reelection Campaign on saturday. He was indicted on charges relatiing to insider trading. Officials are considering nominating him for a clerkship. Two strong Trump Supporters will try for the seat. One is Carl Paladino and one who came under fire for making racist comments about michelle obama. This may effect the ability of democrats to flip the house in november. President trump once again attacking harleydavidson. The president encouraging a boycott if harley moves production overseas. Many plan to boycott the company. Great. Most other companies are coming in our direction, including harley competitors. A bad move. Trump first criticized harley in june after it planned to shift production overseas. Harley needs to avoid steep tariffs from the eu. The tariffs could cost harley 100 million a year. They are in response to the trump tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. Raising costs for harley. Two ways the trade policies are hurting this company. Trump has threatened harley with higher taxes and warpned of a public backlash. His tweet came after hosting a bikers for trump rally over the weekend. You know, some of the production for harley was moving to asia even before the policies. That is the fast growing market. Because the u. S. Got out of tpp, the other trade deal, that makes it more expensive for harley. 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New concerns this morning about big gaps in Airport Security after a 29yearold Ground Service agent stole a plane at seattle Tacoma Airport and took off without authorization and crashed in a Wooded Island with military jets on his tail. Richard russell speaking to air Traffic Controllers before dying in the wreckage and flames. I have a lot of people that care about me and it will disappoint them to hear i did this. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. Just a broken guy. Got a few screws loose, i guess. I never really knew it until now. Cnns kyung lah is in seattle with the latest on the investigation. Reporter good morning, christine and dave. Ntsb has resuffercovered the fl data recorder. It will be analyzed approximately mid week. Investigators hoping to learn a little bit more about what was going on with the plane. This plane in the crash went through several hundred feet of trees. Nothing is left of it, say investigators, other than one small wing section. The investigation shifting to 29yearold richard russell. What was happening with the three and a half year horizon air employee. He had security clearance to be there as a grounds worker. He appeared happy at work. He posted video blogs of how many he enjoyed his how much he enjoyed his job. He was happily married according to his family. For them and the friends he had to hear the conversations he had with air traffic control. It is simply heartbreaking. It may seem difficult for those watching as home to believe, but beebo was a warm and compassionate man. As the recording shows, beebos passion was not to harm anyone. Reporter before giving the stap statement, the family said a prayer. They said it is the farth thith is helping them. Christine and dave. Kyung lah. Thank you. Baltimore police say an officer caught on video beating a man video from saturday is disturbing. You see him pummeling him before pinning him to the ground with an arm across his neck. 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We continue with the front and same weather until late tuesday and wednesday where we begin to breakout of the mess here which is a result in heavy rainfall. We have the flood watches impacting millions. It will not take a lot of rain to provide us with the potential for flooding here as this area of low pressure is developing along the front. That means we will enhance the rainfall to the point where we get 2 to 4 inches in the next couple days. The front finally gets a push to the east. By wednesday, we begin to clear things out and get sunshine back and look what happens to the temperatures. Back to 90 before the next front comes in. Not the only system we are tracking. By the end of the week with another one here. The temperatures recover nicely if you are missing the august heat, it is back. Guys. Ivan, thanks. Exciting final round for tiger woods in the pga championship, but not enough to catch brooks koepka. It has been a decade since tiger last won a major. His lowest final round scoring in a imagine ever 64. What else would you expect . Oh, the crowds love it. I saw him smile. I have not seen him smile in ten years. He finished second. Two strokes behind the 28yearold koepka who posted a 4 under 66 to win his second major of the year. The defending u. S. Open champ captured three of the last four majors. He is beefy and a chess player inside. He has been brilliant. Excellent golf yesterday. Idris elba stirring and shaking james bond rumors th this with this tweet. He posted my name is idris. The producer of the bond flicks says it is time to bring diversity to the main role. Elba says he is open to playing the role. He said it would be an honor. President trump returning to washington tonight. The chaos on two flight attendants. O on two fronts. One involving Rudy Giuliani and one with a former aide omarosa. We break it all down for you next. Automatically adjusts. So you wake up ready to train for that marathon. And now, save up to 500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. Ends wednesday. President trump returning to washington to a new flip flop on his legal team. How Rudy Giuliani contradicted himself on a key question from the special counsel. A lowlife. Shes a low life. Omarosa on the outs with President Trump. She will play the bombshell tape she recorded in the situation room. And the leaders of north and south korea announcing a summit in pyongyang. We go live to seoul. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Omarosa once tweeted donald trump almost always produces high drama. We start with the president returning to the white house. Following a week at the new Jersey Golf Club that the white house called a working vacation. Robert muellers investigation perhaps top of mind in the west wing. Sunday, Rudy Giuliani telling cnn if the president sits down for questioning by mueller, he will deny he directed james comey to end the investigation of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The president said he never told comey he should go easy on flynn. Comey says he did. If he goes in and testifies under oath, instead of this being a dispute, they can say it is perjury. If they elect to believe comey instead of trump. Contrast that to what he told abc in july. How is he a good witness for the president if the president was asking him or directing him to let the Michael Flynn go. He didnt say that. He said can you give him a break. Can you give him a break . Which is it . The president never asked comey to give him a break or he did . The president told him during that meeting, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. To letting flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go. Serious concerns in the white house now we know former aide Omarosa Manigault newman was able to sneak a recording device into the situation room. Omarosa appeared on meet the press. She claims the repocording you e about to hear is chief of staff john kelly firing her last december. I think it is important to understand if we make this a friendly departure, we can look at your time here in the white house as a year of service to the nation and you can go on without any type of difficulty in the future relative to your reputation. It is very obvious threat. He goes on to say that things can get ugly for you. The chief of staff of the United States under the direction of the president of the United States threatening me on damage to my reputation and things getting ugly for me. That is downright criminal. If i did not have these recordings, no one in america would believe me. Chief of staff kelly told omarosa the concerns involved money and integrity issues. Sarah sanders saying the idea of a staff member would sneak a recording device into the white house situation room shows a disregard for the National Security and to brag about it on National Television proves the lack of character and integrity of the former white house employee. Breaking overnight. North and south korea agreed to hold a third inter korea summit. We have Paula Hancocks standing by live for us in seoul. Reporter christine, we know the summit with moon jaein and kim jongun will be held in september. We heard from the north korean side. A meeting today to discuss this. They have set a date, but have not publicized the date. The south korean side, blue house saying, we cannot imagine it would be too early on in september. That could be difficult. Certainly this is an interesting development. It is something the south korean president said after he first met kim jongun in april. He would be the third south korean president to visit the north korean capital. It would be the third meeting between the two men. This is the time when the relations appear between to be strengthening just as the u. S. And north korea relations are worsening. Slamming washington for what it sees as unfair behavior saying that north korea has been making concessions and they would like some of the sanctions to be lifted. Washington has consistently said they want denuclearization first and talk about sanctions. Many officials, including secretary of state mike pompeo have questioned whether or not there has