In atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im George Howell. The cnn newsroom starts right now. At 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast we begin with a changing of the guard in mexico. Voters picked the new path forward, picking a new president. Viva mexico viva mexico zbls with the chant viva mexico congratulations are pouring into mexico city. This upon the election of Andres Manuel lopez obradoobrador. That nations Election Commission say preliminary numbers show the leftist candidate got about 53 of the vote there. He ran on an anticorruption platform. He promised to work with mexicos neighbor to the north, the United States. Listen. Translator with the government of the United States we shall try to find a relationship, a friendship and cooperation for development. Always rooted in mutual respect. And the defense of our migrant countrymen who work and live honestly in that country. The u. S. President donald trump congratulated Lop
For rescuers in thailand, getting everyone out. We have reports this morning from thailand. As well as germany, china and washington. What a tremendous story that was. One the world needed. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans, its tuesday, july 3rd. 4 00 a. M. In the east. President trump dealing another damaging blow to postwar alliances in letters to the leaders of longstanding nato allies, the president suggests they increase military spending. The liters to belgium and germany. They were sent last month. According to the the New York Times, the letter was especially critical to germanys anja Angela Merkel. The letter fits a pattern of trump critiques of nato particularly over defense spending. Nato did increase overall spending for the second year in 2017, but the u. S. Paid about 70 . The president travels to belgium for the nato summit. Merkel also facing a domestic problem with global consequences. She just avoided a breakup of
Tonight, failure. The Trump Administration falling short of a crucial deadline to reunite babies and toddlers with their parents by today. Now, when i say babies and toddlers im talking about just that, all children under the age of 5. They were separated from their parents at the southern border, as a result of President Trumps zero tolerance immigration policy. Today was the deadline, they every single one of them was supposed to be reunited. Thats what a judge said, its a deadline in place for two weeks, but the presidency did not get there. The Trump Administration acknowledging in a court filing that, the 1 on of the 102 youngest children, only 38 will be reunited by today the deadline. Our cameras did spot children loaded in to vans, expected to be reunited with their parents they though are among the lucky few. They account for less than half of the very Young Children that are right now in the u. S. Governments custody. Meantime, the judge that caused the deadline, reminding th
Last year. The war was lost on trade many years ago. When they say not a free trader, i say, no, no, the war was lost but now were going to win it because we have all of the car cards. Dana and here now to break down the numbers, colin from the Fox Business Network, what is going on . We may all end up paying more for different items. Rhetoric is one thing, weve had for all time. But this is a real trade war right now to the extent that the u. S. Fired that first shot and the chinese coming back applying tariffs on they say 545 different items and a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of commerce saying that the United States has ignited the largest trademark in economic history. Whether that is the case or not, we can tell you that American Farmers with all of this back and forth are definitely already feeling some pain. I was in iowa last month and i met a soybean farmer there, ron heck, and he told me that things might have gotten worked out before the tariffs actually took effect
Conservatives. Race against time. Rescuers desperately working to free the teenage soccer team trapped under ground in a cave in thailand. Now a new threat looms making the mission all the more urgent. We begin with the Trump Administration ending obama era guidelines aimed at promoting diversity in schools. In a move some speculated is the first move to scrapping academic affirmative action Jeff Sessions revoked the policy which called on colleges to consider race in diversifying their campuses. This is one of 24 policies the department of justice has revoked saying they are either unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law or otherwise improper. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the white house. So, kelly, take us through what the policy was and what it now is and whats being said about why. Well, this is a case where, again, we are seeing the period of the obama years and some of the movement that the Obama Administration and president obama tried to put on american life. This ad