Protesters rattle the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings with a critical day of questioning ahead. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. We will get to hear from Brett Kavanaugh today. Yes, we will. Which will be refreshing. Wednesday, september 5th, 5 00 a. M. In the east. Well get to that forecast straight ahead, but we start with the breaking news overnight. Politically, a new democratic primary upset from the left. In massachusetts, boston city councilwoman Ayanna Pressley soundly defeating tenterm incumbent congressman mike capuano. The 44yearold pressley joins a growing list of younger, more progressive democrats, many of them women and people of color, winning competitive primaries. Miguel marquez from the victory celebration. Reporter christine, dave, just an absolute upset here in the seventh district of massachusetts. This district had been tested two times by pollster, in february and this august. In february, capuano was up by 12 points. This august, just a few weeks ago, he was up by 13 points. She got people out that dont typically vote. Shes a city councilperson in boston. And even though she was part of the political establishment, even though he was a far left by american standards, a progressive, liberal democrat, she was able to best him by getting people out with the Campaign Slogan that change cant wait. She wanted a bolder campaign. Tonight she talked about doing this not only for women but for africanamerican men behind the wall in prison, for immigrants. Heres a little of how she addressed the crowd tonight when she thanked Michael Capuano for making her a better candidate. Mike capuano is unapologetically himself. On many occasions throughout the years when there was a strike or a rally, i would find myself sharing a stage, a microphone, or a bullhorn with him. And, well, he forced me to bring my best, just like in this race, and i thank him for his 20 years of service. Reporter certainly, this is an indication that that insurgent energy amongst democrats across the country, whether its florida or georgia or new york state, and now here in massachusetts, is alive and well. Within an hour and a half of the polls closing, Michael Capuano had conceded this race. He clearly knew that the votes were just there for her in a very big way. It seems he may be the victim of a very blue wave already. Christine, dave . All right, miguel. Thank you for that. Michael capuano could not have been more gracious in his concession speech. The tenterm incumbent had never faced a serious challenge since first winning the seat in 1998. He took that stunning defeat in stride, calling it a sign of the times. Clearly, the district wanted a lot of change. And apparently, the district just is very upset with lots of things that are going on. I dont blame them. Im just as upset as they are. But so be it. This is the way life goes. Capuano praised ayanna presley, told supporters she will be a good congresswoman who will serve massachusetts well. Tropical storm gordon making landfall late last night west of alabama mississippi, on the border. It has already turned deadly. A child killed in pensacola, florida, when a tree fell on top of a mobile home. Strong winds from the storm also knocking out power in the Florida Panhandle and southern alabama, leaving thousands in the dark this morning. Cnn meteorologist Jennifer Gray joining us live now from gulfport, mississippi, with the latest. Jennifer, good morning. What are you seeing . Reporter good morning, guys. Yeah, the storm made landfall late last night between just west of the alabama border and the center of the storm now is well north of us. Its close to hattisburg. And the rain from the storm is pretty much east of mobile, through the Florida Panhandle. We do have flood warnings in effect around gulf shores as well as pensacola, seeing 2 inches an hour. Were seeing the storms hitting the same spots, so a little bit of flooding going on there. Also, about 2,000 people without power in mississippi. However, i think things will be quickly getting back to normal, especially around gulfport, where we are. We barely had any rain from the storm at all. Most of the storm was to the east of us, so things getting back to normal here in gulfport, guys. All right, Jennifer Gray, sounds like it could have been worse. Thank you. All right, President Trump on a twitter tirade last night, seeking to discredit a bombshell, new book by Washington Post reporter bob woodward. The president suggesting baselessly in one tweet that the awardwinning veteran journalist is a democratic operative because the book released two months before the midterms portrays chaos inside the white house. Cnns jamie gangel has more on woodwards meticulously reported book. Reporter dave and christine, this explosive, new book from legendary Journalist Bob Woodward goes inside the Trump White House with woodward detailing extraordinary measures that senior aides have taken to circumvent the president , to, in effect, step in and stop what they saw as President Trumps most and this is a quote dangerous impulses, including stealing and hiding documents right off his oval office desk. There are also some stunning revelations about the russia investigation. Woodward recounts a dramatic session at the white house in which trumps then personal attorney, john dowd, puts the president through a mock interview to see if he is capable of testifying to special Counsel Robert Mueller without perjuring himself. Woodward reports that trump fails the test. And whats even more remarkable is that dowd and trumps current attorney, jay sekulow, then go and reenact the scene to Robert Mueller himself in an attempt to convince mueller that trump is incapable of getting through an interview. According to woodward, mueller isnt convinced and responds, quote, i need the president s testimony. And then mueller says, i want to know what was his intent on comey. I want to see if there was corrupt intent. Dave, christine . All right, jamie, thank you. Some of the most startling quotes in woodwards book come from two of the president s top aides. Chief of staff john kelly in the book is reported to have called President Trump an idiot, erratic, and unhinged. Woodward reports an irate kelly ranted at a staff meeting, were in crazy town. This is the worst job ive ever had. The book portrays defense secretary james mattis as exasperated and alarmed by the president. Mattis is quoted as saying trump has the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. Both men among the chorus of Administration Officials pushing back on the book. Chief of staff kelly says he and the president have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. He calls the story total bs. Mattis also denied that he uttered the contemptuous words attributed to him, describing woodwards book as fiction. One important player not appearing in the book is President Trump himself, and thats why woodward decided to release audio recordings to prove he did make an effort to interview the president , get his side of the story. Listen now to the conversation between woodward and mr. Trump when they connected by phone three weeks ago. And as you know and are living, we are at a pivot point in history. Right. And i would have liked to have done that, and i maximized my effort. Right. And somehow, it didnt get to you or its really too bad, because nobody told me about it and i would have loved to have spoken to you. You know im very open to you. I think youve always been fair, but well see what happens. The president did later acknowledge Lindsey Graham told him that bob woodward wanted to interview him. Also note that the president concedes on tape that woodward has always been fair. Overnight, mr. Trump suggested the legendary journalist included lies and phony sources in his book. It appears less likely special Counsel Robert Mueller will subpoena testimony from the president. Muellers investigators making a concession to the trump legal team. They say they will accept written responses from the president on whether the Trump Campaign conspired with russia to sway the 2016 election in his favor. Sources say a letter from muellers team left open the possibility of an inperson interview as part of the wideranging russia probe. Today, day two for Brett Kavanaughs confirmation hearings after what happened yesterday. Boy, an ugly scene. Warring senators, jeering protesters, dramatic demonstrations rocking kavanaughs hearing on tuesday. Democrats came ready to attack. Senator richard blumenthal, one of the leading voices opposing President Trumps Supreme Court nominee, called for the hearing to be adjourned almost as soon as it began. He said his colleagues had not had time to review the tens of thousands of documents from kavanaughs time at the bush white house. Mr. Chairman, we have been denied real access to the documents we need to advise mr. Chairman, regular order is called for. Which turns this hearing into a charade and a mockery of our norms. Well and mr. Chairman, i therefore move to adjourn this hearing. Kavanaughs views on reproductive rights and Environmental Protection have been under a microscope since the moment he was nominated, but one senator on the judiciary committee, senator ben sasse says opponents hysteria has nothing to do with kavanaugh and everything to do with congress. 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Starting at 40 per line on the network you deserve. Well, it seems like change is on the way. Another democratic challenger pulls off a major primary upset. Tropical storm gordon turning deadly as it makes landfall near the alabama mississippi border. The Trump White House blasting the explosive allegations in a new book from watergate legend bob woodward. Protesters rattle the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings with a crucial day of questioning ahead. We will hear from kavanaugh today. Welcome back to early start, everybody. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans. Its about 30 minutes after the hour. Good to see you all. Breaking news overnight, a new democratic primary upset from the left. In massachusetts, boston city councilwoman Ayanna Pressley soundly defeating tenterm incumbent congressman Michael Capuano. The 44yearold pressley joining a growing list of younger, more progressive democrats, many of them women and people of color, winning primaries. Miguel marquez filed this report from pressleys victory celebration. Reporter christine, dave, just an absolute upset here in the seventh district of massachusetts. This district had been tested two times by pollster, in february and this august. In february, capuano was up by 12 points. This august, just a few weeks ago, he was up by 13 points. She got people out that dont typically vote. Shes a city councilperson in boston. And even though she was part of the political establishment, even though he was a far left by american standards, a progressive, liberal democrat, she was able to best him by getting people out with the Campaign Slogan that change cant wait. She wanted a bolder campaign. Tonight she talked about doing this not only for women but for africanamerican men behind the wall in prison, for immigrants. Heres a little of how she addressed the crowd tonight when she thanked Michael Capuano for making her a better candidate. Mike capuano is unapologetically himself. On many occasions throughout the years when there was a strike or a rally, i would find myself sharing a stage, a microphone, or a bullhorn with him. And, well, he forced me to bring my best, just like in this race, and i thank him for his 20 years of service. Reporter certainly, this is an indication that that insurgent energy amongst democrats across the country, whether its florida or georgia or new york state, and now here in massachusetts, is alive and well. Within an hour and a half of the polls closing, Michael Capuano had conceded this race. He clearly knew that the votes were just there for her in a very big way. It seems he may be the victim of a very blue wave already. Christine, dave . Miguel marquez, thank you. President trump on a twitter tirade last night, seeking to discredit a bombshell new book by bob woodward, claiming the awardwinning veteran journalist is a democratic operative because the book, released two months before the midterms, portrays chaos inside the white house. Cnns jamie gangel has more on woodwards meticulously reported book. Reporter dave and christine, this explosive, new book from legendary Journalist Bob Woodward goes inside the Trump White House with woodward detailing extraordinary measures that senior aides had taken to circumvent the president , to, in effect, step in and stop what they saw as President Trumps most and this is a quote dangerous impulses, including stealing and hiding documents right off his oval office desk. There are also some stunning revelations about the russia investigation. Woodward recounts a dramatic session at the white house in which trumps then personal attorney, john dowd, puts the president through a mock interview to see if he is capable of testifying to special Counsel Robert Mueller without perjuring himself. Woodward reports that trump fails the test. And whats even more remarkable is that dowd and trumps current attorney, jay sekulow, then go and reenact the scene to Robert Mueller himself in an attempt to convince mueller that trump is incapable of getting through an interview. According to woodward, mueller isnt convinced and responds, quote, i need the president s testimony. And then mueller says, i want to know what was his intent on comey. I want to see if there was corrupt intent. Dave, christine . All right, jamie, thank you. Some of the most startling quotes in woodwards book come from two of his top aides. Chief of staff john kelly reported in the book to have called the president an idiot and unhinged. An irate kelly said in a staff meeting were in crazy town, this is the worst job ive ever had. James mattis is described as exasperated and saying trump has the understanding of a fifth or sixth grader. Both men among the chorus of Administration Officials pushing back. Chief of staff kelly saying he and the president have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. Calls the story total bs. Mattis denying he uttered the contemptuous words attributed to him, describing woodwards book as fiction. One important player not appearing in the book is President Trump himself, and thats why bob woodward decided to release audio recordings to prove he made an effort to interview the president and get his side of the story. This is the conversation when they spoke by phone weeks ago. And as you know and are living, we are at a pivot point in history. Right. And i would have liked to have done that, and i maximized my effort, and somehow, it didnt get to you or its really too bad, because nobody told me about it, and i would have loved to have spoken to you. You know im very open to you. I think youve always been fair, but well see what happens. Trump did later acknowledge Lindsey Graham told him in a private meeting that woodward wanted an interview. Also note, the president concedes on tape that woodward has always been fair. Overnight, mr. Trump suggested the legendary journalist included lies and phony sources. In his book, woodward says he stands by his reporting. His first interview sunday morning. Lets bring in digital editor zach wolf in washington. Bob woodward is meticulous, is wellsourced, he is trusted by insiders in washington, and he paints a sort of picture of people around the president trying to protect the democracy from the president himself. Is this a gamechanger for the administration and this president . I think, you know, you hear trump come out and say its totally fabricated. Its not like this book is an outlier. Its not like it sounds so much different than fire and fury did, than any of the magazine accounts or the other, you know, accounts of former staffers who have come out. The quotes in this book are incredible. The access that bob woodward had is incredible, but it doesnt sound so much different, so its kind of very hard to not believe that this is sort of the state of things in the white house. Im not sure that makes it a gamechanger, because the president s supporters are so engrained with him, but it is certainly just another tick that this is, in fact, whats going on there. Right. You can go back to the campaign and the access hollywood tape, you could talk about charlottesville, you could talk about Stormy Daniels and how many times people said, is this a gamechanger and it wasnt. Comey skeptical. The truest thing he ever said was if he shot someone on fifth avenue, he would not lose supporters. Im not sure this changes the narrative or the game at all, but what is a gamechanger politically speaking is whats happening in the democratic party. Last night a huge upset in massachusetts. Ayanna pressley coming from, i guess the far left, to knock off the incumbent, very popular congressman capuano. Look, tip oneill famously said all politics is local, and demographics played a huge role there in that district. What is happening nationally, though . I think its clear that the party wants to be a Younger Party that looks a little bit more like the people it represents. This is a majorityminority district, meaning most of the people in this district arent white. Theyve had an older, white man representing them, and his policies seemed very close in line with his challenger, Ayanna Pressley here. Yeah. And she even kind of copped to that, but change, they were saying, needs to come, and that the District Needs to be represented by the people who are there. And you saw the same thing with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in new york, where they said the District Needs to look a little bit more like me, and a lot of thats happening, particularly for democrats. Then you look at florida, the governor race. You have a progressive mayor of tallahassee there whos closing in, really, on the republican for this, the republican who has tied his, you know, his to trump. He is all trump in this race. Absolutely. And look at that. Andrew gillum, 50 47 , obviously still very close, within three points, but whats happening in that race . Yeah, its very close. Its very early. You know, i think it will be interesting to see if that can sustain. There is some ethics questions about gillum that desantis, the republican is really trying to flog out there. I dont know if anything will come from that. And theres also, i think, a very overt racial element to that race that writ large in the state of florida. Im not sure how that will play out, but thats certainly coloring that race in a way that the others have not been. Right. And if the polls are accurate and the firstplace gillum wouldnt even be the democratic nominee. They didnt give him much of a chance to begin with. Right. Lets move to day two for Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court confirmation hearings. And day one was an absolute, yes, as they call it here on the new york post, a fullcourt mess. Heres what nebraska senator ben sasse said about the proceedings. Judge kavanaugh doesnt lust after dirty water and stinky air. No. Looking at his record, it seems to me that what he actually dislikes are legislators that are too lazy and too risk averse to do our actual jobs. We saw the resistance on full display from the protesters breaking in to the request to adjourn before this thing even began over document requests. Did the resistance lay a glove on Brett Kavanaugh . Was it effective . Well, lets point out, and i think youve said this already today, that only in the u. S. Senate can you set aside an entire day and only get through opening statements. I know. I mean, now, part of that is because of the delay from democrats. Im not sure that people will in the annals of all of this remember day one of this hearing. There is some interesting video there, and there was him refusing to shake hands with the parkland victims father. But ultimately, this hearing is going to come down to the coming days when we actually hear what he has to say about some things. Zach wolf, nice to see you this morning. Thank you so much. 40 minutes past the hour. Tropical storm gordon making landfall late last night, west of the alabama mississippi border. It has already turned deadly. A child killed in pensacola, florida, when a tree fell on top of a mobile home. Strong winds from that storm also knocking out power in the Florida Panhandle and southern alabama, leaving thousands in the dark. Lets bring in our meteorologist, Jennifer Gray. She joins us now from gulfport, mississippi. Shes got the latest. Hi, jennifer. Reporter hi, christine. Yeah, the worst of the storm definitely happened in places in southern alabama as well as the Florida Panhandle. The storm is now north of hattiesburg, still carrying 40mileperhour winds, hanging on as a tropical storm. It will continue its route to the north and continue to weaken as it does so. Theres still a lot of rain, though, left with this across portions of alabama as well as the Florida Panhandle, where we have had some flood advisories there. 2 to 4 inches an hour possible, so still a little bit of a concern for flooding as the storm travels to the north. Also a concern will be brief tornadoes as this storm continues to push to the north. Across gulfport, things will be quickly getting back to normal today. Most of the activity happened to our east. As far as the Power Outages go, there are about 30,000 people without power across portions of mississippi, alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. Most of those being around the mobile area, so crews will be working to try to get their power restored. Christine . All right, another busy day ahead for you. Thank you for that. Jennifer gray in gulfport. Ahead, two titans of Silicon Valley head back to capitol hill for another grilling. A live breakdown just ahead on early start. Announcer your early start weather brought to you by zantac. No pill relieves heartburn faster. Whenshe was pregnant,ter failed, inlaws were coming, a little bit of water, it really it rocked our world. I had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. We called usaa. And they greeted me as they always do. Sergeant baker, how are you . They were on it. It was unbelievable. 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Yesterday we heard from alex stapleos, the former facebook chief security officer, and he said congress has kind of been asleep the at the switch here on these concerns about meddling in the election. I mean, really mired in their own political problems. Listen. Considering how much things blew up later in the year, there was a lot less interest from congress than i would have expected in the spring. Really . Yeah. So, most of the republicans were not interested in revisiting what happened in 2016. And because we were not directly talking about activity by the Trump Campaign, it was of less interest to the democratic side. Other than that, everythings great alex stamos has also said that its too late to safeguard our elections this year. The midterm elections this year. He said too late. Maybe 2020. But in terms of social media, while its much too late to effectively rehabilitate the elections, you see what he is saying right there. Election security for the 2018 midterms. There are four straightforward steps the u. S. Can take to prepare for potential attacks in 2020. He says we need laws. The big problem here is that congress has not laid out what all social Media Companies need to do, not just facebook and twitter, the big ones. There are also so many small ones. I think there are two big things were going to see today. One, foreign interference. There are going to be discussions about that. And number two is are these political platforms bias, these algorithms bias in some way . Heres what were expecting the executives to say. Youll hear Sheryl Sandberg saying things along the lines of we took too long to spot the problems, we took too long to react to the problems. Jack dorseys going to say weve done studies, we dont see any biases. And what for me is very interesting, dont expect the stock prices to move. The investors have seen these executives be grilled before, and they know that congress doesnt understand technology that well, and therefore, is unlikely to create many regulations that could affect these companies. Its funny, these companies have lobbied for a long time not to be regulated also by a washington that doesnt understand how it works. So now to say, oh, we need laws, you know, we need laws to give us the rules of the road after for 20 years saying we dont want laws that will restrain us. This will turn into partisan bickering just like every Senate Hearing weve seen over the last couple years. Jack dorsey will also talk about the need for transparency, but Mark Zuckerberg preempted sandbergs visit in the Washington Post saying weve made a lot of progress, but Companies LikeFacebook Face wellfunded, sophisticated adversary who are getting smarter over time, but he says it will take the forces of the private and public sectors to protect americas democracy. Are we seeing a combined effort . Will we in the future . I think we are seeing a combined effort in the sense that we know that on the private side, these companies are created more artificial intelligence, theyve invested in more human moderators. Imagine that, human beings looking at content and then flagging it. But they are also working closely with private investigators, these cybersecurity firms, and law enforcement. But what we hear from folks like alex stamos, former facebook security executives, that theres not enough investment on the government side. Theyve been looking at things like the grid. Weve gone on for years about the grid. Meanwhile, weve had this foreign interference in our elections on social media, so our eyes were on the wrong ball. Ive just got to say, dont underestimate jack dorsey. Hes been on this media tour, so hes had a lot of practice. On cnn. Sheryl sandberg used to be chief of staff for lauren summers during the clinton years so she has a lot of experience. They will be very steady in all estimations. She does have a lot of washington experience and will know how to talk to those lawmakers. I think whats really important to underscore here is that the adversaries are diverse, they are well funded, as Mark Zuckerberg said, but also, theyre working real hard right now to undermine the midterms and the general, presumably, in 2020. And to your point, christine, for two years weve been basically talking about russia. And now just a few weeks ago iran. It looks like the influence campaign is coming from iran. The threat is changing so fast, and so many countries have seen what russia has been able to do, so effectively, and now theyre wanting to do it not just against americans, but even for their own people. Were getting more and more documents coming out about how governments are using these tools to manipulate and track their own citizens. Its so depressing how well they have been able to push, you know, just drive these wedges on race, on religion, on culture in america and just exploit that so well. Side bet on which senator interviews the empty chair for googles presence thats not there. That will happen. Its about theatrics on capitol hill. Thank you, samuel burke. Appreciate it. Thank you, samuel. Okay, good morning. North carolinas unconstitutionally gerrymandered map will be used in the upcoming midterm elections. A federal court ruling there is insufficient time to redraw it before november and imposing a new schedule for the elections would likely confuse voters and depress turnout. Republicans hold 10 of North Carolinas 13 seats in the house. A redrawn map could affect the overall balance of power in the house. 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