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Team up doesnt ensure theyll be successful. For most customers amazon is the primary stop. The way amazon has really changed the retail landscape. That will be one of those big business stories of our generation. Its changed buyer behavior. You check amazon to vouch for the price. Early start continues with the latest from the phoenix rally. I hit him with neo nazi. I hit them with everything. I got the white supremacist and the neo nazi, we have kkk, i got them all. President trump ticking off all the groups he has condemned or says he has condemned. President trump goes off prompter and defends his charlottesville response but apparently forgets or at least downplayed what angered critics in the first place. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. T. 1 00 a. M. In phoenix and for those who think its the liberal media criticizing the president s speech, the standard saying quote, the president was whining about unfair treatment in washington, underkuting his employees and telling obvious lies. One night after preaching to the nation about healing President Trump does a 180 at a Campaign Rally in phoenix. The president again defending his response to the violence in charlottesville. He spent nearly 15 minutes recounting his words but with one glaring omission. He initially blamed those clashes on many sitdes. Heres what he said last night and what he really said ten days earlier. Heres what i said on saturday. Were closely following the terrible eevents unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence. Thats me on saturday. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides. Its been going on for a long time in our country. And that was just one moment in a speech that has some including the former director of National Intelligence James Clapper questioning the president s fitness to hold the office. More on that, that Stunning Exchange next. But first protests turning ugly outside the Convention Center after President Trumps speech. Three people were arrested. Police using tear gas and pepper spray to try to break up the crowd of protesters in the triple digit heat. People threw rocks and bottles at officers. They dispersed gas in the area. They kept Trump Supporters behind barricades and on separate sides of the street. Well bring in cnn politics digital director. 77 minutes of donald trump really i think recharging his battery in a room with an adoring crowd who loved the insults he threw, who loved the blame that he played on the placed on the media and also this is fascinating to me. The president slammed republican senators. We have a list, a laundry list of who he named and even didnt name, but very clearly slammed. You had senator jeff mcconal, senator rand paul of kentucky. What did President Trump last night in those 77 mnlinutes asi the attacks what did he do to move his legislative agenda forward . I think we have to wonder if he wants to move any agenda forward. He went in and talking about love and how to heal the country and he picks all these scabs and attacks senators on basically every side of the aisle. Rand paul and john mccain arent exactly you know, buddies in the senate. They have a lot of differences so youve got to wonder who hes trying to attach himself too. In his inaugural address he talked about this sort of ruling class of politicians and last night he was still it felt like he was trying to up end everything in washington. Interesting, given everything thats happening that the president returns to the charlottesville message every time it seems hes going to pivot and move forward. Given 24 hours earlier a solid speech on afghanistan telling americans why we needed more troops in americas longest war. Steve bannon is gone from the administration. Hes not gone from the conversation. Maybe thats why, but why return to the charlottesville message . Well, im not sure, you know, a lot of people were wanting steve bannon to be fired. They were frustrated that his Point Of View was in there. I think its becoming clear that Steve Bannons Point Of View is the president s Point Of View. It has less to do with steve bannon than it does with Tarrant County at this point for him to turn around and go and pick these wounds in arizona last night the way he did. Yeah, its you know, going back, he just cant let that go even though as though it seems his team is trying to wrap it up, button it up yesterday in the beginning of the afghanistan speech, the day before yesterday, move forward and the president just has to go back and be right. He has to be right on this. Last night he attacked the media along the same lines about the media taking away americas culture, the media changing americas culture. Listen to that remark. Its time to expose the Crooked Media deceptions and to challenge the media for their role in divisions and yes, by the way and yes, by the way, they are trying to take away our history and our heritage. You see that. That one short sentence, he replaces Crooked Hillary with Crooked Media, and trying to take away our history and our heritage. That played well with that crowd. Again, the president still stirring up all of the stuff around charlottesville here. Yeah, he clearly doesnt want to let it go. Democrats in congress who oppose a border wall and stand in the way of border security. You are putting all of americas safety at risk. Youre doing that. Youre doing that. Lets keep democrats off the table for a moment. What do you make of that remark if youre house and Senate Republican leaders . Paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell . Well, republicans have tried to shut down the government before. It didnt work that well for them. It backfired in public opinion, so from a Strategy Perspective im not sure i see what the strategy is. At the same time i think this is, you know, were almost seeing the president damn the torpedos format. Were going to go down and im going to take it all with me is what it feels like. If the president is willfully shutting the government down he has that power. Its not trying to get votes for something. So he can do that if he wants. Its interesting because hes been very successful on the border. The numbers show what theyre doing is working. Its almost as if they dont need the wall but that Doesnt Matter here. No, this is all about keeping Campaign Promises so he can tick through on a white board the things that he promised in those campaign rallies. Lets talk about the questions. There were whispers and now theres questions about the president s fitness for office specifically last night from James Clapper. He was with don lemon last night. Lets listen. I really question his ability to his fitness to be in this office and i also am beginning to wonder about his motivation for it. Maybe he slooking f is lookin for a way out having some understanding that a president can exercise, i worry about frankly, you know, the access to Nuclear Codes. I mean, thats sobering and this isnt, you know, a tv pun dent. This is the former director of National Intelligence. Yeah. And its echoing things i think that weve heard some democrats say earlier in the week after his earlier responses to charlottesville sort of having more high profile, you know, Middle Of The Road type figures say that type of thing is cause for concern and certainly enough to give anybody pause. Clapper did work in the Obama Administration almost exclusively as in that role, so you know, hes somebody who potentially has a political outlook. But at the same time he knows more about the Nuclear Codes than most people out there, so we have to Pay Attention to what he says. Thank you so much. Talk to you again very soon. Bright and early for us this morning in washington. President trump not optimistic about Renegotiating Nafta with canada and mexico. Because we have been so badly taken advantage of, they have made such great deals, both of the countries but in particular mexico, that i dont think we can make a deal. So i think well end up probably terminating nafta at some point. That was Receivedly Cheers by that arizona audience. Negotiations off to a tense start. The u. S. Blasting nafta as a job killing factory closing deal. This administration taking a tough stance on many complex issues. For example, they want to require a substantial portion of auto parts be made in the u. S. Millions of jobs, thousands of companies rely on Nafta Renegotiating it was a Core Campaign promise for this president. He blames it squarely for the loss of u. S. Manufacturing jobs. So as talks resume next week, negotiators expect quote, a great deal of effort will be required its going to be a very tough road especially since they aim to rewrite nafta by the end of the year. That is a Blinding Pace for trade negotiations. The original deal took years to complete. And multiple administrations. Boy, another major fight looming there. The rift though widening between the president and his own Senate Majority leader. They havent spoken in weeks and Mitch Mcconnell has doubt the white house can get its legislative campaign on track. Thats next on early start. Y i know a bunch of people who would love that. The internet loves what youre doing. So build a better website in under an hour with. Gocentral from godaddy. The internet is waiting. Start for free today at godaddy. They have passions to pursue how do they avoid trips to the post office . Stamps. Com mail letters ship packages all the services of the post office right on your computer get a 4 week trial plus 100 in extras including postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com try and never go to the post office again f profanity laced shouting match. The conversation unravelled when the president began to express frustration with the russia investigation and the russia sanctions bill passed by congress. The New York Times now reports mcconnell is questioning whether trump can salvage his presidency. President trump speculated that mitch should do away with the 60 vote threshold in the senate. A white house official is dismissing the seriousness of this rift but is not denying reports the two men are not speaking. The president and mcconnell will have to Work Together if republicans want to tackle tax reform, a Spending Package and raising the debt ceiling. Steve munuchins wife about an instagram. Tags with fashion lines she wore on this trip. A mother commented glad we could pay for your little getaway. Lynnton fired back in a sarcastic tone Telling Miller Her Quote Life Looks Cute while touting her own familys wealth and personal sacrifice, you know, i mean, the response was widely disseminated online, you know, this woman right here talking about how she and her husband pay more in taxes any day than probably jenny miller. Once the backlash hit her post was deleted and her account set to private. The mnuchins are reimbursing the government for that travel. Chelsea clinton has been there and the former first daughter is coming to the defense of the president s youngest son after an article attacked his casual attire. Let him have the private childhood he deserves. Her comment coming after the Conservative Daily Caller website criticized the 11yearolds Fashion Choice saying the least he could do is dress the part when he steps out in public. The story getting strong pushback from both sides of the political aisle. First lady tweeting this response to Chelsea Clinton. Thank you, so important to support all of our kids. Hes a cool kid. Hes 11 years old. Move from new york to go to the white house. Thats what hes supposed to wear. Interesting the timing of melanias tweet during a speech which some say was bullying in and of itself. All right. How about this story . A lot of people talking about online. Espn decided to pull announcer robert lee from the university of virginias College Football Season Opener because his name. Robert e. Lee of course was commander of the confederate army. The network confirming the decision was made as the tragic events were unfolding. Lee has been assigned to another game. You speak of backlash with the linton story. This has been harsh all across social media. Almost earn says its just a complete overreaction. The navy is set to make another big change after another accident in asian waters. Were live in singapore next. 7th fleet after the guided Missile Disstroier u. S. S. John mccain collided with another vessel. Ten missing sailors have now been recovered. Were live in singapore with the latest details. Good morning, matt. What are we learning . We know that Search Efforts continue here throughout the day here in singapore where the u. S. S. John m. Mccain is moored not far from where we are right here, but the news over the last 24 to 36 hours has not been good. Some of the remains of those ten missing u. S. Sailors have been recovered both inside the hull of that damaged ship and also one body found in the waters near where the incident happened and we do expect to be updated at some point by the u. S. Navy later on today about their efforts throughout the day today as the day begins to wind down, but of course thoughts have turned to why is this thing happening . Why did this particular incident happen and why have there been three other incidents involving u. S. Navy warships deployed to this part of the world in just 2017 alone and it does appear that people are being held accountable on this. Vice admiral Joe Aucoin Which that has some of the ships in these incidents, hes expected to be relieved of duty. Admiral scott shift is in japan today meeting with commanders of the 7th fleet probably having Difficult Conversations with them. We also know that there is whats going to be called an operational pause scheduled to be completed by next monday for the entire u. S. Navy where each different command will stand down for one day at a time at their discretion to take a deep dive into those ongoing safety issues. Are there systemic problems here . If there are the navy needs to figure out Whats Going On and theyve acknowledged that. All right. Thank you. All right. President trump really energized in arizona in true Trump Campaign mode. He opened the door to a government shutdown. He tried to rewrite history about his charlottesville response. No, please, please, oh shrieks in terror Heavy Breathing and snorting no, no. The running of the bulldogs . Surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money aleia saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. People that marched with torches there on that friday night. Welcome back to early start. Im dave grebrigs. That was trump off prompter of course because hes in that Room Campaign style half of it blaming the media. Im christine romans. It is 13 minut32 minutes past t. The president again defending his response to the violence in charlottesville. He spent nearly 15 minutes going back and recounting his words, but with an omission. Mr. Trump neglected to mention he initially blamed the clashes on many sides. For context, heres what the president said last night and what he said ten days earlier. Heres what i said on saturday. Were closely following the terrible events unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. This is me speaking. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence. Thats me speaking on saturday. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hay tret, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides. Its been going on for a long time in our country. Now, of course just one moment in the speech that has some including the former director of National Intelligence, a career military man, James Clapper questioning his fitness to hold the office. The protests turning ugly outside the phoenix Convention Center after President Trumps speech. Three people were arrested. Lets get more from Miguel Marquez on the ground in phoenix. Reporter what started off as a loud, angry yet peaceful protest against the president here ended up with the police using pepper spray, tear gas and Flash Bang Grenades to disperse the crowd. Police have backed off now and are opening back up traffic. I want to show you what the worst of the worst was like when it all went down. Phoenix police were treating this as a big event like the super bowl saying that they had all