And the lady bears are ncaa champions, their third title since 2012. The next champ will be crowned tonight of virginia and texas tech, its always tough, monday night late, we need to change the super bowl, change the ncaa final. Im dave briggs. Solving all the worlds problems. Im Christine Romans, it is monday, april 8th. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east and breaking overnight, Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is out, they were together at the border just friday but he has become increasingly frustrated with the crisis at the border and the growing influx of migrants from central america. Days ago, the president ial abruptly withdrew the nomination of the head of ice and cut aid. An Administration Official told cnn nielsen believed the situation was becoming untenable, the president making unreasonable and impossible requests. One person close to nielsen said she felt in limbo for the last week and it wasnt her choice to leave. For more we welcome in White House Correspondent boris sanchez. Reporter a source close to Kirstjen Nielsen tells cnn she did not resign willingly. She was forced to hand in her resignation letter. She didnt fight to keep the job and didnt grovel or bell the president for her job. She came to the meeting not expecting to have to resign but prepared to do so. In fact, i want to read you a portion of her resignation later. Listen to this quote, despite our progress in reforming Homeland Security for a new age, i have determined that it is the right time for me to step aside. I hope the next secretary will have support of congress and courts for fixing the laws, which have contributed it discord in our nations discourse. Our country and the men and women of dhs deserve to have all the tools and resources they need to execute the mission entrusted to them. I can say with confidence our homeland is safer than when i joined the administration. A white house official told us frustration was mounting saying quote, its about time. Im told that President Trump was rarely happy with nielsens work. She was brought in at the behest of former chief of staff john kelly and when he left the administration in december, the door was open for her to be replaced but im told that President Trump was happy with her performance during negotiating sessions over the government shut down with democrats but ultimately that faded away and the president wanted to restart, wanted to hit the restart button on Homeland Security, forcing kierstrstjen nielsen to resign. She says she will stay on the job until wednesday to ensure an orderly transition. Kevin macalene will be acting. Skipping over deputy secretary claire grady who is legally next in line for the post so she will have to go in order for mac alene. There was a similar situation when the president appointed Matthew Whitaker. If he becomes temporary dhs secretary, there will be five active cabinet level officials serving. Sources tell pamela brown, one of the reasons she stayed on the job was to repair her image. She became the face of the child separation policy. Over the weekend we learned it could take up to two years to identify thousands of immigrant families that u. S. Authorities separated at the border and late last night, more threats by the president to shut down the border, tweeting quote mexico must apprehend all illegals or we will have no other choice. Our country is full. President trump threatening tariffs on mexico if he doesnt help with the number of undocumented migrants coming into the u. S. Before the president made that threat last night, economic adviser larry kudlow says he doesnt think it will happen. He is saying, if need be, he may have to take emergency steps to deal with that. He is not about to do it. Hes pulled back a wee bit. Hes just issuing a warning and if you know this president as i do, you better listen to him. Trump said friday he would override his pending u. S. Mca trade deal to impose a 25 tariff on mexican cars, taxes on auto parts could have a crippling effect. Kudlow also came to the president s defense on his nominations to the Federal Reserve board. President trump has every right to put people on the Federal Reserve board with a different point of view, he wants people on the fed who share his philosophy. This is not a political issue. Several economists and Business Leaders have expressed concerns that steven moore, herman cane are not the most qualified candidates. Some worry the president is picking loyalest to balance out disagreements with his former fed chair, jerome powell. An american tourist and guide were returned alive, last week these pictures captured moments after kimberly sue endicott and her guide were rescued from the democrat congo. Both are in good health. A ransom for their release was paid by the tour company wild frontiers. Governments often avoid ransom payments, fearful it will encourage more kidnappings. At this point its not clear how much was paid, who the kidnappers are or who they worked for, and whether endicott was targeted because shes american. The u. S. Military provided support to ugandan skurecurity forces including intelligence and surveillance. The white house is fighting the release of the president s taxes, requesting six years of mr. Trumps returns. Hes citing a little known tax code. Hes asking for tax returns from eight of the president s business entities. Mick mull vavaney says thats n going to happen. To be clear, you believe democrats will never see the president s tax returns. Oh, no. Never. Nor should they. Keep in mind, thats an issue that was already litigated during the election. Voters knew the president could have given his tax returns. They knew he didnt, and they elected him anyway, which of course is what drives the democrats crazy. He did lose the popular vote. You could argue that both ways. Note the president s story is different, he insists he cant release his returns because hes still being audited, a claim that has never been verified. You can be sure democrats are looking into it. We are looking very carefully right now as to whether or not the irs is properly auditing and enforcing tax law on the president of the united states. Trump attorney jay sekulo insists there is no legal requirement for the president to release them. Devin nunes says hes planning to spend eight referrals to bill barr. Five of the referrals are for lying to congress, Misleading Congress or leaking classified information, including lying to the fisa court. When he was chairman of the intel community, he launched an investigation of the fbi and Justice Department for alleged abuse of that fisa process. More trouble for boeing. American airlines announcing it is cancelling flights to early june due to the grounding of the 737 max. American had cancelled flights through april. By proactively cancelling flights, it can provide better rebooking options. The airline that has 24 737 max jets in his fleets. It is cutting back from 52 a month to 42. The 737 max was grounded indefinitely worldwide after two fatal crashes that killed 346 people in indonesia and ethiopia. His son went missing nearly 8 years ago, now after a false sighting, james pit zen says some good may come after the hoax. Get his face back out there. Hes alive somewhere. I know he is. clients voice remember that degree you got in taxation . danny of course you dont because you didnt your job isnt doing hard work. Its making them do hard work. And getting paid for it. vo snap and sort your expenses to save over 4,600 at tax time. Quickbooks. Backing you. James pitzen telling nbc news, there may be an up side to the hoax by a 23yearold man who claimed to be his son. Exposure, well get his face back out there. Hes alive somewhere. I know he is. You cant give up hope. What can you do, declare him dead . Im not going to do that. Its been eight years since his mother took him out of school, and ultimately killed himself. A dna test proved he was a fraud. James pitzen says the experience was like ripping off a scab but now says youve got to wait for the scab to heal. A horrific accident in phoenix leaves three people dead including a sixmonth old child. A fire truck on route to a structure fire sunday morning collided with a pickup. An adult man and woman were killed along with the baby. The cause of the accident under investigation chl investigation. Three firefighters were taken to the hospital. They are said to be in stable condition. Three members of congress say the Trump Administration is blocking their access to a homestead, florida, facility. Housing unaccompanied migrant children. Debbie wasserman schultz, all represent south florida. They say a new law entitles them to get in and the administration is violating the law. The department of health and Human Service confirms access is being denied. They say a minimum twoweek notification is required before any visit. The government announced last week the senate will expand its capacity from 2,350 beds to 3,200 beds. The congresswomen say the expansion merits immediate scrutiny. Illinois is raising the age to purchase tobacco products. Governor j. B. Pritzker signing legislation that raises the age from 18 to 21. A growing number of states adopting the policy. They are set to take effect in four states including illinois. The younger people are when they start smoke, the more likely they are to become addicted. The popularity of vaping is threatening to reverse all of the progress. That right there is one colossal snake. Scientists just captured a record length python in florida. The burmese python is one of the largest snake species in the world. This one, a female was more than 17 feet long. She weighed 140 pounds, had 73 developing eggs. Its the largest python found and removed from the big cyprus reserve in miami. Rangers credit tracking technology for locating breeding females. Wow, monster. Its jackson on the drive for the lead. Threepoint. The baylor lady bears holding off notre dame, 8281 to win the ncaa championship. Last second by chloe jackson, she finished with 26. Named outstanding player in the final four. Baylor wins its Third National title. A new mens champion will be crowned in minneapolis after texas techs final four on saturday. This was the scene in lubbock. Students flipping cars and setting bonfires, the School Cancelled all classes after five today hoping for better behavior from the tech faithful. Kids will be kids, but that is ri ridiculous. Theres celebration, and then theres vandalism. Its all on tape. You are all on video. Prosecutors have a lot of video to go to. Former Vice President joe biden trying to ease concerns about invading personal space. He joked about it twice friday. I just want you to know i had permission to hug lonnie. By the way, he gave me permission to touch him. So some said the former vp and possible 2020 contender didnt get the message. In fact, snl was all over it. Watch. Look, you guys know im a tackle politician. Im a hugger, im a kisser and im a little bit of a sniffer, okay. Really great to meet you, gwen. I appreciate you coming here. Mr. Vice president. Im just connecting. One second. Sorry for the interruption. I think nosetonose is going to be okay, here, because, look i did the 23 and me, you know, whats her name, lizzy warren. It turns out that im 1 eskimo, so im allowed to do the kissing. A Pro Trump Group released a new ad saying that bidens behavior with women is unacceptable and should instantly disqualify him from running. The groups name is independent republicans of new york or irony. Well said. Does he not get it or does the media not get it. He doesnt have to apologize. The American People might not care. You know, i think youve got two different, you know, two different constituencies here. The democrats seem to care about it more than Trump Supporters care. The candidates do. The congressmen and women do, but do the American People. Time will tell. Ahead, one day away from a critical election in israel. Benjamin netanyahu with a lastminute ploy sure to invigorate backers and critics. Were live in jerusalem. Fighting for his political life, Benjamin Netanyahu is making a plea to his base. Lets go live to jerusalem, bring in cnns michael holmes. Michael . Reporter yeah, this was a huge policy position to announce on the eve of an election. Widely as you said seen as a pretty calculated play to try to draw votes away from smaller right wing parties so that Benjamin Netanyahu could get enough votes head to head with his main opponent to be the one invited by the president to form a coalition government. There are risks involved in this tactic. Those right wing parties are netanyahus potential coalition partners, pulled too many votes from them, and one or more might not meet the israeli threshold. Netanyahu might get some seethes from those seats from those parties but lose if they dont meet the threshold. He wasnt talking about major settlement blocks, all of them big and small and there are about 130 or so dotted around the west bank. Annex them or taking sovereignty over them would make any notion of a viable palestinian state all but impossible. Theres no shortage of analysts saying netanyahus promise, were he to win that annexation idea might move down the to do list. Voting 24 hours from now, people will be at the polls. Might turn out to be a Campaign Promise but very timely here. President trump fortifying his tough stance on the southern border, the Homeland Security secretary has paid the price. Kirstjen nielsen forced to resign. Homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen forced to resign. The latest domino to fall as the border situation worsens. An american tourist is freed after being kidnapped in uganda. Reports are a ransom was paid. Could the payment encourage future kidnappings . The democrats will never see the president s tax returns. Oh, no, never. The white house rejecting demands for the president s tax returns sets up another major battle with house democrats. On a drive for the lead. And the baylor lady bears are ncaa champions. Their third title since 2012. The mens champ will be crowned tonight. Welcome back to early start, im Christine Romans. Youre against the monday night schedule. If its at six. The kids missed the game. And we encourage people to celebrate tonight. Happy monday, breaking news overnight. Homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is out. Nielsen has become the face of President Trumps hard line stance on immigration. They were together at the border friday. He has been increasingly frustrated with the crisis at the border and the influx of migrants. The president abruptly withdrew the nomination to head up i. C. E. And cut aid to honduras, el salvador and guatemala for fail to go stem the tide of migrant. Nielsen believed the situation was untenable with the president. One person close to nielsen said she felt in loimbo for the last week and it wasnt her choice to leave. We turn to boris sanchez. Reporter a source close to Kirstjen Nielsen said she did not resign willingly. She was under pressure to hand in her resignation letter. She didnt fight to keep the job and didnt grovel or beg the president to stay in her post as the secretary of the department of Homeland Security. We understand that nielsen came to the sunday meeting at the white house not expecting to have to resign, but prepared to do so. In fact, i want to read you a portion of her resignation letter. Quote, despite her progress in reforming Homeland Security for a new age, i have determined that it is the right time for me to step aside. I hope the next secretary will have the support of congress and the courts in fixing the laws which have impeded our ability to fully secure americas border and contributed to discord in our nations discourse. Our country and the men and women of dhs deserve to have the tools and resources they need to execute the mission entrusted to them. I can say with confidence, our homeland is safer than when i joined the administration. Frustration was mounting on the white houses side as well. They said quote its about time. Im told President Trump was rarely happens with nielsens work. She was brought in at the behest of former chief of staff john kelly, and when he left the administration in december, the door was open for her to be replaced. But im told that President Trump was happy with her performance during negotiating sessions over the government shut down with democrats but ultimately that faded away, and the president wanted to restart, wanted to hit the restart button on his department of Homeland Security, deciding to force Kirstjen Nielsen to resign. David and christine. Nielsen says she will stay on the job until wednesday to ensure an orderly transition. President trump announcing customs and Border Protection commissioner, Kevin Mcaleenan will become acting dhs secretary. It skips over acting deputy secretary, claire grady who is legally next in line for the post, so she will have to go in order for mcaleenan to assume the role. There was a similar issue a few months ago when the president appointed Matthew Whitaker acting attorney general. If mcaleenan becomes temporary secretary, there would be five acting cabinet level officials. Sources say one of the reasons nielsen stayed on the job this long was to repair her image she felt she had become the face of the child separation policy. We learned it could take two years to identify potentially thousands of additional immigrant families that u. S. Authorities separated at the border. Late last night, more threats by the president to shut down the border. He tweets mexico must apprehend all illegals or we will have no other choice. Our country is full. Some big relief as an american tourist and her guide are returned alive. They were abducted in ugandas Queen ElizabethNational Park last week. These pictures captured moments after kimberly sue endicott and her guide were rescued. The handover was quiet and peaceful. Both are in good health. Reports say a ransom was paid for their release by tour company wild frontiers. Governments often avoid ransom payments fearful it will encourage more kidnappings. Its not clear who the kidnappers are and or who they worked for. They did provide support including surveillance and intelligence. House ways and Means Committee chairman richard neil has requested six years of President Trumps returns, citing a little known part of the tax code in his request to the irs. He is asking for tax returns from eight of the president s business entities, but acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says that is not going to happen. To be clear, you believe democrats will never see the president s tax returns. Oh, no. Never. Nor should they. Keep in mind, thats an issue that was litigated during the election. Voters knew the president could have given thhis tax returns. They knew he didnt, and elected him anyway. Which of course is what the drives the democrats crazy. The president insists he cant release his returns because hes still being audited. A claim that has never been verified. You can be sure the democrats are ookilooking into that. We are looking carefully now as to whether or not the irs is auditing and enforcing tax law on the president of the united states. Trump attorney jay sekulow says democrat haves no legitimate legislative purpose for pursuing the president s tax returns, and insists there is no legal requirement for the president to release them. As washington waits to learn how much of the Mueller Report will be made public, tension is growing with one group in a unique stake in how the push for transparency plays out. Past and present prison Administration Officials are concerned that the descriptions of the president s work habits will infuriate them inf made public. He is going to go bonkers. House democrats voted to authorize a subpoena for the unredacted report and underlying materials. Rudy giuliani says put it all out there. The attorney general has told everybody, the world, i am comfortable with everything being released. Now, the president cant change the law. The attorney general has to apply that. He wants to do maximum transparency. Im sure well get just about all of it. I hope we get all of it. Attorney general bill barr set to testify to Congress Tomorrow and wednesday. Officially, he will talk about the Justice Departments budget request but democrats are sure to ask barr about the Mueller Report and its release. The Justice Department has said it will put out some version by mid april if not sooner. A blunt warning for democrats from barack obama, the former president concerned about progressives in the party becoming too inflexible. He says that could pose problems when they start jockeying for a position on policies and identity politics. One of the things i do worry about sometimes among progressives in the united states, maybe its true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity, where were saying, im sorry, this is how its going to be and we start creating whats called a circular firing squad where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues. And when that happens, typically the overall effort and movement weakens. Senator cory bookers fundraising numbers, meanwhile, released this weekend is 5. 1 million haul falling well short of most candidates reporting so far, including south bend mayor pete buttigieg. A recent surge has vaulted buttigieg in into a conversation, at an event that supports lgbt candidates, the south bend, indiana, mayor, who is guy is using the occasion to call out Vice President mike pence. My marriage has made me a better man. And yes, mr. Vice president , it has moved me closer to god. Speaking only for myself. I can tell you that if me being guy was a choice, it was g ga was a choice, it was a choice made far far above my pay grade and thats the thing that i wish the mike pences of the world. Your problem is not with me, your quarrel is with my creator. Buttigieg says he wants to change the channel from this mesmerizing horror show that is happening in washington. More trouble for boeing this morning, American Airlines announcing its now cancelling flights all the way into early june, due to the grounding of the 737 max. American had already cancelled flights through late april. It says that by proactively cancelling more flights, it can provide better rebooking options. The airline has 24 737 jets in its fleet. They are cutting back production on all 737s from 52 to 42 per month. The 737 max was grounded indefinitely worldwide after those two fatal crashes killing 346 people in indonesia and ethiopia. The First Quarter is over, and that means Big American Companies will reveal just how much money they made. It could be a rare quarter where profit fell. Now, for investors overall, look, the returns have been fantastic in the stock market, the dow up 13 . The s p 500 up 15 . Look at the nasdaq up nearly 20 . Investors will pay close attention to what ceos are saying about the First Quarter and the rest of the year in its earnings call. Delta is expecting better earnings for the First Quarter because of fuel costs rising at a less dramatic pace than they planned for. Delta has held up better than airline because it does not having boeing 737 max jets in its fleet. Jp morgan ceo jamie diamond told investors the banks profits were boosted from the big Corporate Tax cuts. The revenue is expected to be flat at j. P. Morgan chase in the First Quarter and down at wells fargo. There will be questions for wells fargo now that tim sloan has stepped down, and concerns about how low Interest Rates will affect their businesses. Were going to get a peek under the hood, it will be a rare to climb for s p 500 companies. What do they say about the rest of the year. Job numbers are good, but you see growth slowing from high 2s to maybe low 2s or mid2s. Another state requires you be at least 21 to buy tobacco products. The latest state in a growing trend, next. [ ] check your free Credit Scores at creditkarma. Heres to progress. 4 47 eastern time on a monday. We are hearing from the father of Timmothy Pitzen a boy who went missing in illinois nearly eight years ago. James pitzen telling nbc news, there may be an upside by a 23yearold man who claimed to be his son. Get his face back out there. Hes alive somewhere. I know he is. You cant give up hope. As soon as you give up hope, then what, declare him dead . Im not going to do that. Timothy would be 14 years old, eight serious since his mother took him out of school, brought him to a hotel and killed herself. James pitzen says the experience was like ripping off a scab but he says now you have to wait for the scab to heal. A horrific accident in phoenix leaves three people dead including a sixmonth old child. A fire truck grew into a structure truck, collided with a pickup. An adult man and woman in the pickup were killed along with the child. The cause of the accident under investigation. Reports say the fire truck had its lights on and sirens as well. Three firefighters were taken to the hospital, said to be in stable condition. Motel six will pay 12 million to settle a lawsuit after several locations provided guest lists to immigration and Customs Enforcement agents between 2015 and 2017. Seven locations in Washington State shared personal information, violating guests expectation of privacy. The state Attorney Generals Office said the disclosures resulted in i. C. E. Investigations. Many guests with latino sounding names. Motel 6 spokesperson confirms the settlement says the chain would continue to enforce its guest privacy policy. Illinois raising the legal age of purchasing tobacco products. Raising the age from 18 to 21. Illinois joins a growing list of states with tobacco policies. They are set to take effect in four more including illinois. Statistics show the younger people are when they start smoking, the more likely they are to become addicted. Teen smoking rates have declined over the years, but Health Advocates warn the popularity of vaping threatens to reverse the progress. This right here, one enormous snake. Scientists captured a record length python in florida. The burmese python, one of the largest snake species in the world, this one, a female more than 17 feet long, weighing 140 pounds and had 73 developing eggs. Its the largest python ever found and removed from the Big Cyprus National preserve near miami. Rangers credit a new tracking technology, using male pythons with transmitters to locate breeding females. Its jackson on the drive for the lead. The baylor lady bears holding off notre dame 8281 to win the Womens National championship. They needed the last second heroics by star guard chloe jackson. She finished with 26 points and was named outstanding player in final four. Baylor wins its Third National title. A new mens champion will be crowned tonight in minneapolis when virginia plays texas tech. Both schools looking for their First Ever National title after texas techs final four win on saturday. The celebration got out of hand as you can see, students flipping cars and setting bonfires in lubbock, texas. The school that has cancelled all classes after 5 00 p. M. , hoping for better behavior from the tech faithful. And speaking of tech, Christine Romans reminds you, you are all Holding Camera phones, you are all on facebook, you are all on twitter and instagram, should be easy for the university to identify the morons that flipped cars. Yeah. I just, im speechless. All right, really dumb. 51 minutes past the hour, all the Single Ladies are ready for the beyonce documentary. If you like it then you should have put a ring on it cnn business has details next. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. I was printing out labels and saving money. Shipstation saves us so much time. It makes it really easy and seamless. 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For the week, the dough close up a 1 2 , the s p 500, 1 . The markets are close to setting record highs for the First Time Since last year. On wednesday, the fed will release minutes from its march meeting. The fed has held rates steady, lowered its Economic Forecast and signalled that no further rate hikes are coming this year. Investors are hunting for clues about whether some members think the fed could be cutting rates. Pinterest is getting ready to go public. The wall street journal reports pinterest plans to set a price range below the last valuation. The company sold shares in 2017 at a price of 21. 54 each. Value starting at 12 billion. Pinterest begins its road show to investors today, its the latest unicorn to stampede toward wall street. Stack and suber plan to make s uber plan to make their debuts next week. Netflix had a tease said home coming. Beyonce does have a fashion line named homecoming. They launched the homecomi kom scholar, providing historically black colleges and universities, a 25,000 scholarship to a school of their choice. Fantastic, very excited. Early start continues right now with another Trump Administration cabinet official on the way out. Kirstjen nielsen, the Homeland Security secretary on her way out of the administration, another acting cabinet member on the way in. An american tourist is freed after being kidnapped in uganda. Reports are a ransom was paid. Could the payment encourage future kidnappings . The democrats will never see the president s tax returns. Never . White house rejecting demands for the president s tax returns, setting up another major battle with house democrats. Its jackson, on the slide for the lead. Baylor lady bears are ncaa champions. Their third title since 2012. The mens champ will be crowned tonight. And then were done with basketball. You sound relieved. Its all baseball season is the downside. Welcome to early start, im Christine Romans. Im dave briggs. Monday, april 8th. We start with breaking news out of the nations capitol, Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is out. Nielsen has become the face of the president s hard line stance on immigration. They were together at the border on friday, but he has become increasingly frustrated with the k crisis at the border and the growing number of migrants from central america. Apprehension is almost 100,000 last month. Days ago, the president abruptly withdrew the nomination of ron vatello to head up i. C. E. And cut aid to honduras, and ga ma guatemala. The president m