real o high alert. the iran backed group entered the battle show he stopped short of fully engaging in the warp blinken pushes for pauses in the war something netanyahu not agreed tochlt for his part blinken will head to jordan to discuss the need to protect civilian in gazasm go now to alex live in tel aviv with the latest on what she is seeing. alex? u.s. seventh state was here in tel aviv we called for a pause to help civil yen in the middle. israeli officials the primes and the defense minster say a cease-fire is off the table especially as the idf move in on gaza taking out infrastructure above and below ground. the airforce is standing by to take out targets. blinken called to stop the widening conflict and protect civilians and bring in aid. white house said 100 aid trucks brought in. the white house also adding that as many as 100 u.s. citizens and family members were able to leave gaza in the last day yoochlt say tsai. thank you another update at the b. hour and fu
incredible privilege, should they feel an obligation to enhance and build the society they come from? no, they just feel like destroying it. governor greg abbott is defending his decision to lift the statewide mandate. the all the numbers are moving in the right direction. there has to come a time when you begin a return to normalcy. don t stop believing brian: of course, the governor of texas saying what other governors are saying, the governor of connecticut is saying, the governor of maryland is saying, obviously, the governor of florida is saying. there is a time almost a year to the day when we shut down, i think 15 or 5 hours to slow the spread, and it ends up being over a year. and now people like to condemn governors in red states for opening up their state, but it s about time. we re doing well with the vaccines, we re turning the corner when it comes to living with this, we know more. i think that s the spirit which we ve got to put through the country right
in the next week ear or week or two. and early start returns now with the latest projections from now-tropical storm harvey. devastating scenes playing out across southeast texas as tens of thousands are stranded, waiting for rescue from harvey s wrath. the rain is not letting up just yet. we re live in texas ahead. president trump heads to texased to to survey the damage texas today to survey the damage. questions follow. did he really pardon a controversial sheriff to get more conk during the storm more coverage during the storm? north korea launches another missile. this one over japan. a serious escalation the prime minister says poses the most grave threat ever to japan. cnn is the only western news organization reporting live from north korea. we ll go there shortly. good morning and welcome to early start, everybody. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is tuesday, august 29th. it is 5:01 a.m. in the east.