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April 13th. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. 11 00 a. M. In northern syria. We will have a report in a few minutes. In the book, fired fbi director james comey blasts donald trump in brutal terms calling him unethical and untethered to truth and insurantitutional val. Ego driven and personal loyalty. It exploded into public view last night. Cnn obtained a copy. Comey calls the Trump Presidency a forest fire and says aspects of the loyalty oath and boss in complete control reminded him of the days prosecuting the mob. And comey recounts the first meeting with President Trump. Comey said the only question of the russian meddling, you found no impact on the result, right . And the d on oossier and the unverified claims that russia had video of trump watching prostitutes urinate. He was obsessed with the Golden Shower information. If his wife melania thought it was true, he rolled on and explained why it could not possibly be true. Ending it by saying asking me to investigate the allegation to prove it was a lie. Comey has tough words for his fellow republicans. Criticizing them. He laid out his mission statement. It is wrong to stand idly by or stay silent to undermine Public Confidence. The white house said Republican Party is not planning to respond to each of the allegations in comeys book. People familiar with the matter say the president s defenders will stick to a broad attack. An attack on comeys credibility and character. They have a web site set up called lyingcomey. Com. They have a fake book titling it a higher loyalty to me, myself and i. All right. Another day. Another hush money bombshell. A former trump tower doorman stands by the claim he was made 30,000 by National Enquirer that trump fathered a child with a house skekeeperhousekeeper. National enquirer buried that story. The Parent Company is denying the allegation. We get more from m. J. Lee. Reporter we hahave one more story of an effort to kill another story of damaging information of donald trump. In 2015, American Media inc. A company that owns the National Enquirer. Bought the rights to the story of a man who worked as a doorman. Ami killed that story. What was the doormans story . He claims that donald trump had a secret child with a former employee at the trump organization. The doorman even gave the name of the mother and child to ami. Yesterday, we got a statement from dino sajudin. Today i learn the information i had regarding the story was leaked to the press. I was instructed not to criticize the former housekeeper due to a prior relationship she has about President Trump which produced a child. To be clear about this, cnn has not independently confirmed if there is any truth to what the doorman is saying and ronan farrow said the claim was salacious and unconfirmed. According to the agreement with ami, sajudin can speak about the issue, but not any money from the company. Ami is denying that trump or Michael Cohen had anything to do with pursuing the story. They said david pecker, the publisher of the story, never used any funds to shutdown the story. Conversations recorded by trumps lawyer before and during the 2016 campaign were likely scooped up in the raid on Michael Cohens home, office and hotel room. The sources say cohen recorded discussions about the campaign and interactions with the media. Two officials tell the Washington Post that Trump Associates are worried that the recordings are now in the hands of the fbi. Evidence from the raids have to be reviewed by an independent team to make sure it doesnt breach Attorney Client privilege. Sources say President Trumps legal team have pulled back on the interview with special counsel Robert Mueller. They are reviewing if the president should talk to mueller at all. They were meeting to discuss the testimony. Trump lawyers were blind sided by the raid and consider it a major breach of trust. The white house is preparing talking points to undermine the credibility of rod rosenstein. The plan is still in the preliminary form. The president is considering firing rosenstein who oversees the special counsel. The Deputy Attorney jogeneral m with the president on thursday and arranged to discuss routine business. Among the talk of the comey book and white house investigation, President Trump will grant a full pardon to scooter libby. Libby was chief of staff to then Vice President dick cheney. He was convicted of lying to the fbi over the identity of valerie plame. President trump released a pardon against joe arapaio. And now to syria. President trump and Prime Minister theresa may have vowed in a phone call to deter further use of chemical weapons in the region. Cnns Nick Paton Walsh has more. Reporter strange times here in military action. It appears the western powers of the u. S. And british and french allies are in a bit of a jam. U. N. Chemical weapons inspectors arrived and start work on saturday. It is tough to show president f to show respect for the issues if you are bombing the country at the same time. If you go ahead beforehand, you argue you needed to show an u e urgent response to the chemical weapons, possibly chlorine or something worse by the assad regime. And keep in mind we are dealing with a multinational response. The u. S. At a high state of readiness with the assets in the region. 700 billion budget. Uk and france less with the readiness. It takes a while to get things in place. All of this adds to the tension here inside syria. The lead time, many argue, the Syrian Regime and many had to move assets out of harms way for any potential u. S. Strikes and some to tamper with the alleged crime scene where the chemical weapons were used taking over 40 lives and affecting over 500 people. It is a tense moment. Once we see the opcw chemical weapons workers on the ground, they will have pressure to continue and finish their work. It will take a full 12 days after the attacks last year which prompted a u. S. Military response for the investigators to come out and identify sarin used in the attacks. They dont have a full two weeks wait in them. Thank you, nick. Trade tensions with china remain. President trump may rejoin a trade deal he quit in the first week in office. Trump told lawmakers to take a fresh look at the tpp. This is a trade pact with 11 other countries. Mexico, canada and japan moved forward. They signed tpp 11. Now donald trump is reconsidering the agreement. Multiple times reaffirmed the point that, it tpp may be easi join the party. Trump made the comments during a meeting with states that rely on agriculture. China is threatening tariffs on exports. Experts say tpp does not include china which is designed to combat chinas economic clout. A blunt to the China Economic influence. All of the countries together making sure they are working to blunt china. Last night, trump tweeted we would join tpp if the deal was better than the deal given to obama. It is currently working another with japan. Is that just late recognition of what the tpp was intended . It was a political thing. Even Hillary Clinton was against it. It was the symbol of everything that had gone wrong with prior trade deals. It was always to have voices together working to balance chinas influence in the region. Now the United States needs to beca balance chinas economic influence. Maybe tpp is not so bad. Secretary of state nominee mike pompeo asked the confirmation hearing what to do if President Trump asked to fire Robert Mueller. Would you resign your post as secretary of state to demonstrate we are a nation of laws and not of men . You will hear his response next. And thousands victimized by ponzi schemer bernie madoff. A messy, sloppy, splattery way. But now shes found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. Brand vo snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, 4,340 in tax savings. Smarter Business Tools for the worlds hardest workers. Quickbooks. Backing you. Welcome back. Cia director mike pompeo facing an uphill battle to become next secretary of state. Two democrats have signalled they are prepared to vote against his nomination. That combined with rand paul already in opposition. Pompeo may not have support to win recommendation from the committee. Listen to the questions posed him. Did he ask you to do anything as it relates to the investigation . Senator, i dont recall what he asked me that day. Precisely. I have to tell you i am with the president a lot. He has never asked me to do anything that i consider remotely improper. Assuming he is confirmed, pompeo was asked if he would resign as secretary of state if President Trump tries to fire Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. Senator, i have not given that question any thought. My instincts tell me no. My service is more important than domestic turmoil. Pompeo was asked how he would handle the Nuclear Threat posed by iran. He says he would pursue diplomacy first. No doubt the Administration Policy and my view is the solution from getting a Nuclear Weapons and finding us in the same place in north korea in iran is through diplomacy. If pompeo fails to get a favorable recommendation from the committee, Mitch Mcconnell could bring up the nomination on the senate floor. That would be rare. Pompeo would need the support of one democratic senator and given rand pauls opposition, that would be difficult. The Massachusetts Police officer shot and killed serving a warrant. He has been identified as 32yearold sean gannon. His k9 partner nero was shot and will go through surgery this morning. The 29yearold of somerville will be arraigned on murder charges. More than 20,000 victims of Bernie Madoffs victin the ponz scheme will be paid out an additional 504 million. It will be returned to those defraud defrauded. Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies in 2009. He was sentenced to 150 years in prison and forfeit 170 billion. Nine years ago. People are waiting for their money. That seems like a long time. A mystery. Three decades in the making. Solved. More on this work of art next. Internet providers promise Business Owners a lot. Lets see who delivers more. Comcast business offers fast gigspeeds across our network. At t doesnt. We offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g Wireless Network backup. At t, no way. We offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. At t, not so much. We give you 75 mbps for 59. 95. Thats more speed than at ts comparable bundle, for less. Call today. Powerful winds fueling wildfires in oklahoma. Woodward county is one of the hardest hit in the state. The fires have scorched 135,000 acre there is. Hundreds of people acres the there. Hundreds of people have been evacuated. One person has been reported missing. Officials say things could get worse today. In southeast colorado, one Person Injured in another wildfire. The fire threatens homes in the town of boone. The crews are being hampered by 60mileanhour wind gusts. The fires have forced road closures. New power problems in puerto rico. Electricity is gradually returning this morning after a massive blackout thursday. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority says a tree fell on the major power line knocking out service to 870,000 customers. That is half of the island. One per liower line worker wasu. He is in stable condition. Look at this. A stolen chagall painting missing for 30 years has been recovered by the fbi. The 1911 masterpiece was stolen from the new york city apartment of art collectors earnest and rose heller in 1988. It was an inside job. The couple is now deceased. The painting will be sold at auction on behalf of their estate. 1 million for a chagall . That is cheap. Fired fbi director james comey all but declares war on President Trump in the new revenge tell all. Cnn has a copy of the book and we are sharing the best parts next. I have antivirus, but my computers still slow. Thats not right. Maybe if i reboot. Whats with all the popups . Why does it keep on crashing . This is taking forever. I think its time for the fixmestick. Fixmestick is a plugin virus removal device. Its the smart, simple, safe way to clean your computer yourself. With fixmestick you dont have to replace your computer. It helps you keep your files, and your privacy. Fixmestick reboots your computer from a system on the stick, so that it can remove the malware that got past your Antivirus Software. Its the smart, simple way to clean an infected computer, with a whole lot going on inside the stick. [computers sound] alright, this computers powered down. Lets reboot from the stick, and start scanning. Fixmestick contains 3 independent scanners, and connects to more in the cloud, for fast and effective detection of the latest threats. I thought so this one got around the Antivirus Software not a problem. Were on it. Todays viruses sabotage the computers they infect, like a burglar who gets into your house, and deactivates your security system. Once your computer is infected, its far easier to clean it with an external device. Thats what makes fixmestick so effective. Ok, i see spyware, trojans, keyloggers, and here it is, the rootkit the fixmestick is like having your own it department in the palm of your hand. And because it connects to the internet, its always up to date. Coffee were going to need some more coffee down here. Anyone, coffee . Advanced technology in an external device has enabled people all over the world to get the upper hand against viruses and malware. Try it for 30 days, and see for yourself why more than a Million People trust fixmestick to keep their computer fast, clean, and safe. Call us today or visit us online. Fired fbi director james comey not holding back in his new book. Gripping what he calls the forest fire that is the Trump Presidency. Sources tell cnn that fbi agents may have seized tapes of phone calls during the raid of trumps lawyer. President trump talking with the british Prime Minister theresa may working on the response to the chemical attack in syria. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im alex marquardt. Im christine romans. In the book, fired fbi director james comey blasts donald trump in brutal terms calling him unethical and untethered to truth and institutional values. His leadership is transactional and the president is unethical and untethered to the truth. Ego driven and personal loyalty. It exploded into public view last night. Cnn obtained a copy. Comey calls the Trump Presidency a forest fire and says aspects of the loyalty oath and boss in complete control reminded him of the days prosecuting the mob. And other key passages, comey recounts the first meeting with the president. Comey said the only question of the russian meddling, you found no impact on the result, right . And the dossier and the Opposition Research by opponents over the unverified claims that russia had video of trump watching prostitutes urinate. He was obsessed with the Golden Shower allegations that it bothered him if there was a 1 chance his wife melania thought it was true. He rolled on unprompted. Explaining why it could not possibly be true. Ending by saying he was thinking of asking me, comey, to investigate the allegation to prove it was a lie. I said it was up to him. Comey has tough words for his fellow republicans. Criticizing them. He seems to layout his own mission statement. It is wrong to stand idly by or stay silent when you know better while a president brazenly seeks to undermine the Public Confidence in Law Enforcement institutions that were established to keep the leaders in check. The white house said Republican Party is not planning to respond to each of the allegations in comeys book. People familiar with the matter say the president s defenders will stick to a broad attack. An attack on comeys credibility and character. They have a web site set up called lyingcomey. Com. And the rnc put out a fake cover to the book. They have a fake book titling it a higher loyalty to me, myself and i. We will find out more on the president s twitter feed in a couple of hours. All right. Another day. Another hush money bombshell. A former trump tower doorman stands by the claim he was paid 30,000 by the National Enquirer that trump fathered a child with a former housekeeper. National enquirer buried that story. The Parent Company is denying the allegation. We get more from m. J. Lee. Reporter good morning. What we have is one more story that appears to show an effort to pay to kill a damaging story about President Trump. The Associated Press and new yorker reported in 2015 Trump Presidency<\/a> a forest fire and says aspects of the loyalty oath and boss in complete control reminded him of the days prosecuting the mob. And comey recounts the first meeting with President Trump<\/a>. Comey said the only question of the russian meddling, you found no impact on the result, right . And the d on oossier and the unverified claims that russia had video of trump watching prostitutes urinate. He was obsessed with the Golden Shower<\/a> information. If his wife melania thought it was true, he rolled on and explained why it could not possibly be true. Ending it by saying asking me to investigate the allegation to prove it was a lie. Comey has tough words for his fellow republicans. Criticizing them. He laid out his mission statement. It is wrong to stand idly by or stay silent to undermine Public Confidence<\/a>. The white house said Republican Party<\/a> is not planning to respond to each of the allegations in comeys book. People familiar with the matter say the president s defenders will stick to a broad attack. An attack on comeys credibility and character. They have a web site set up called lyingcomey. Com. They have a fake book titling it a higher loyalty to me, myself and i. All right. Another day. Another hush money bombshell. A former trump tower doorman stands by the claim he was made 30,000 by National Enquirer<\/a> that trump fathered a child with a house skekeeperhousekeeper. National enquirer buried that story. The Parent Company<\/a> is denying the allegation. We get more from m. J. Lee. Reporter we hahave one more story of an effort to kill another story of damaging information of donald trump. In 2015, American Media<\/a> inc. A company that owns the National Enquirer<\/a>. Bought the rights to the story of a man who worked as a doorman. Ami killed that story. What was the doormans story . He claims that donald trump had a secret child with a former employee at the trump organization. The doorman even gave the name of the mother and child to ami. Yesterday, we got a statement from dino sajudin. Today i learn the information i had regarding the story was leaked to the press. I was instructed not to criticize the former housekeeper due to a prior relationship she has about President Trump<\/a> which produced a child. To be clear about this, cnn has not independently confirmed if there is any truth to what the doorman is saying and ronan farrow said the claim was salacious and unconfirmed. According to the agreement with ami, sajudin can speak about the issue, but not any money from the company. Ami is denying that trump or Michael Cohen<\/a> had anything to do with pursuing the story. They said david pecker, the publisher of the story, never used any funds to shutdown the story. Conversations recorded by trumps lawyer before and during the 2016 campaign were likely scooped up in the raid on Michael Cohen<\/a>s home, office and hotel room. The sources say cohen recorded discussions about the campaign and interactions with the media. Two officials tell the Washington Post<\/a> that Trump Associates<\/a> are worried that the recordings are now in the hands of the fbi. Evidence from the raids have to be reviewed by an independent team to make sure it doesnt breach Attorney Client<\/a> privilege. Sources say President Trump<\/a>s legal team have pulled back on the interview with special counsel Robert Mueller<\/a>. They are reviewing if the president should talk to mueller at all. They were meeting to discuss the testimony. Trump lawyers were blind sided by the raid and consider it a major breach of trust. The white house is preparing talking points to undermine the credibility of rod rosenstein. The plan is still in the preliminary form. The president is considering firing rosenstein who oversees the special counsel. The Deputy Attorney<\/a> jogeneral m with the president on thursday and arranged to discuss routine business. Among the talk of the comey book and white house investigation, President Trump<\/a> will grant a full pardon to scooter libby. Libby was chief of staff to then Vice President<\/a> dick cheney. He was convicted of lying to the fbi over the identity of valerie plame. President trump released a pardon against joe arapaio. And now to syria. President trump and Prime Minister<\/a> theresa may have vowed in a phone call to deter further use of chemical weapons in the region. Cnns Nick Paton Walsh<\/a> has more. Reporter strange times here in military action. It appears the western powers of the u. S. And british and french allies are in a bit of a jam. U. N. Chemical weapons inspectors arrived and start work on saturday. It is tough to show president f to show respect for the issues if you are bombing the country at the same time. If you go ahead beforehand, you argue you needed to show an u e urgent response to the chemical weapons, possibly chlorine or something worse by the assad regime. And keep in mind we are dealing with a multinational response. The u. S. At a high state of readiness with the assets in the region. 700 billion budget. Uk and france less with the readiness. It takes a while to get things in place. All of this adds to the tension here inside syria. The lead time, many argue, the Syrian Regime<\/a> and many had to move assets out of harms way for any potential u. S. Strikes and some to tamper with the alleged crime scene where the chemical weapons were used taking over 40 lives and affecting over 500 people. It is a tense moment. Once we see the opcw chemical weapons workers on the ground, they will have pressure to continue and finish their work. It will take a full 12 days after the attacks last year which prompted a u. S. Military response for the investigators to come out and identify sarin used in the attacks. They dont have a full two weeks wait in them. Thank you, nick. Trade tensions with china remain. President trump may rejoin a trade deal he quit in the first week in office. Trump told lawmakers to take a fresh look at the tpp. This is a trade pact with 11 other countries. Mexico, canada and japan moved forward. They signed tpp 11. Now donald trump is reconsidering the agreement. Multiple times reaffirmed the point that, it tpp may be easi join the party. Trump made the comments during a meeting with states that rely on agriculture. China is threatening tariffs on exports. Experts say tpp does not include china which is designed to combat chinas economic clout. A blunt to the China Economic<\/a> influence. All of the countries together making sure they are working to blunt china. Last night, trump tweeted we would join tpp if the deal was better than the deal given to obama. It is currently working another with japan. Is that just late recognition of what the tpp was intended . It was a political thing. Even Hillary Clinton<\/a> was against it. It was the symbol of everything that had gone wrong with prior trade deals. It was always to have voices together working to balance chinas influence in the region. Now the United States<\/a> needs to beca balance chinas economic influence. Maybe tpp is not so bad. Secretary of state nominee mike pompeo asked the confirmation hearing what to do if President Trump<\/a> asked to fire Robert Mueller<\/a>. Would you resign your post as secretary of state to demonstrate we are a nation of laws and not of men . You will hear his response next. And thousands victimized by ponzi schemer bernie madoff. A messy, sloppy, splattery way. But now shes found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. Brand vo snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, 4,340 in tax savings. Smarter Business Tools<\/a> for the worlds hardest workers. Quickbooks. Backing you. Welcome back. Cia director mike pompeo facing an uphill battle to become next secretary of state. Two democrats have signalled they are prepared to vote against his nomination. That combined with rand paul already in opposition. Pompeo may not have support to win recommendation from the committee. Listen to the questions posed him. Did he ask you to do anything as it relates to the investigation . Senator, i dont recall what he asked me that day. Precisely. I have to tell you i am with the president a lot. He has never asked me to do anything that i consider remotely improper. Assuming he is confirmed, pompeo was asked if he would resign as secretary of state if President Trump<\/a> tries to fire Robert Mueller<\/a> or Deputy Attorney<\/a> general rod rosenstein. Senator, i have not given that question any thought. My instincts tell me no. My service is more important than domestic turmoil. Pompeo was asked how he would handle the Nuclear Threat<\/a> posed by iran. He says he would pursue diplomacy first. No doubt the Administration Policy<\/a> and my view is the solution from getting a Nuclear Weapons<\/a> and finding us in the same place in north korea in iran is through diplomacy. If pompeo fails to get a favorable recommendation from the committee, Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> could bring up the nomination on the senate floor. That would be rare. Pompeo would need the support of one democratic senator and given rand pauls opposition, that would be difficult. The Massachusetts Police<\/a> officer shot and killed serving a warrant. He has been identified as 32yearold sean gannon. His k9 partner nero was shot and will go through surgery this morning. The 29yearold of somerville will be arraigned on murder charges. More than 20,000 victims of Bernie Madoffs<\/a> victin the ponz scheme will be paid out an additional 504 million. It will be returned to those defraud defrauded. Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies in 2009. He was sentenced to 150 years in prison and forfeit 170 billion. Nine years ago. People are waiting for their money. That seems like a long time. A mystery. Three decades in the making. Solved. More on this work of art next. Internet providers promise Business Owners<\/a> a lot. Lets see who delivers more. Comcast business offers fast gigspeeds across our network. At t doesnt. We offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g Wireless Network<\/a> backup. At t, no way. We offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. At t, not so much. We give you 75 mbps for 59. 95. Thats more speed than at ts comparable bundle, for less. Call today. Powerful winds fueling wildfires in oklahoma. Woodward county is one of the hardest hit in the state. The fires have scorched 135,000 acre there is. Hundreds of people acres the there. Hundreds of people have been evacuated. One person has been reported missing. Officials say things could get worse today. In southeast colorado, one Person Injured<\/a> in another wildfire. The fire threatens homes in the town of boone. The crews are being hampered by 60mileanhour wind gusts. The fires have forced road closures. New power problems in puerto rico. Electricity is gradually returning this morning after a massive blackout thursday. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority<\/a> says a tree fell on the major power line knocking out service to 870,000 customers. That is half of the island. One per liower line worker wasu. He is in stable condition. Look at this. A stolen chagall painting missing for 30 years has been recovered by the fbi. The 1911 masterpiece was stolen from the new york city apartment of art collectors earnest and rose heller in 1988. It was an inside job. The couple is now deceased. The painting will be sold at auction on behalf of their estate. 1 million for a chagall . That is cheap. Fired fbi director james comey all but declares war on President Trump<\/a> in the new revenge tell all. Cnn has a copy of the book and we are sharing the best parts next. I have antivirus, but my computers still slow. Thats not right. Maybe if i reboot. Whats with all the popups . Why does it keep on crashing . This is taking forever. I think its time for the fixmestick. Fixmestick is a plugin virus removal device. Its the smart, simple, safe way to clean your computer yourself. With fixmestick you dont have to replace your computer. It helps you keep your files, and your privacy. Fixmestick reboots your computer from a system on the stick, so that it can remove the malware that got past your Antivirus Software<\/a>. Its the smart, simple way to clean an infected computer, with a whole lot going on inside the stick. [computers sound] alright, this computers powered down. Lets reboot from the stick, and start scanning. Fixmestick contains 3 independent scanners, and connects to more in the cloud, for fast and effective detection of the latest threats. I thought so this one got around the Antivirus Software<\/a> not a problem. Were on it. Todays viruses sabotage the computers they infect, like a burglar who gets into your house, and deactivates your security system. Once your computer is infected, its far easier to clean it with an external device. Thats what makes fixmestick so effective. Ok, i see spyware, trojans, keyloggers, and here it is, the rootkit the fixmestick is like having your own it department in the palm of your hand. And because it connects to the internet, its always up to date. Coffee were going to need some more coffee down here. Anyone, coffee . Advanced technology in an external device has enabled people all over the world to get the upper hand against viruses and malware. Try it for 30 days, and see for yourself why more than a Million People<\/a> trust fixmestick to keep their computer fast, clean, and safe. Call us today or visit us online. Fired fbi director james comey not holding back in his new book. Gripping what he calls the forest fire that is the Trump Presidency<\/a>. Sources tell cnn that fbi agents may have seized tapes of phone calls during the raid of trumps lawyer. President trump talking with the british Prime Minister<\/a> theresa may working on the response to the chemical attack in syria. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im alex marquardt. Im christine romans. In the book, fired fbi director james comey blasts donald trump in brutal terms calling him unethical and untethered to truth and institutional values. His leadership is transactional and the president is unethical and untethered to the truth. Ego driven and personal loyalty. It exploded into public view last night. Cnn obtained a copy. Comey calls the Trump Presidency<\/a> a forest fire and says aspects of the loyalty oath and boss in complete control reminded him of the days prosecuting the mob. And other key passages, comey recounts the first meeting with the president. Comey said the only question of the russian meddling, you found no impact on the result, right . And the dossier and the Opposition Research<\/a> by opponents over the unverified claims that russia had video of trump watching prostitutes urinate. He was obsessed with the Golden Shower<\/a> allegations that it bothered him if there was a 1 chance his wife melania thought it was true. He rolled on unprompted. Explaining why it could not possibly be true. Ending by saying he was thinking of asking me, comey, to investigate the allegation to prove it was a lie. I said it was up to him. Comey has tough words for his fellow republicans. Criticizing them. He seems to layout his own mission statement. It is wrong to stand idly by or stay silent when you know better while a president brazenly seeks to undermine the Public Confidence<\/a> in Law Enforcement<\/a> institutions that were established to keep the leaders in check. The white house said Republican Party<\/a> is not planning to respond to each of the allegations in comeys book. People familiar with the matter say the president s defenders will stick to a broad attack. An attack on comeys credibility and character. They have a web site set up called lyingcomey. Com. And the rnc put out a fake cover to the book. They have a fake book titling it a higher loyalty to me, myself and i. We will find out more on the president s twitter feed in a couple of hours. All right. Another day. Another hush money bombshell. A former trump tower doorman stands by the claim he was paid 30,000 by the National Enquirer<\/a> that trump fathered a child with a former housekeeper. National enquirer buried that story. The Parent Company<\/a> is denying the allegation. We get more from m. J. Lee. Reporter good morning. What we have is one more story that appears to show an effort to pay to kill a damaging story about President Trump<\/a>. The Associated Press<\/a> and new yorker reported in 2015 American Media<\/a> inc. A company that owns National Enquirer<\/a> bought the rights of a story of a man who worked as the doorman at one of the trump properties. Ami killed that story. What was the doormans story . He claims that donald trump had a secret child with a former employee at the trump organization. The doorman even gave the name of the mother and child to ami. Yesterday, we got a statement from dino sajudin. He said today i awoke to learn that i had an agreement with ami with regard to President Trump<\/a> which was leaked to the press. I can confirm i was instructed not to criticize the former housekeeper due to the relationship she has with President Trump<\/a> which produced a child. To be clear about this, cnn has not independently confirmed if there is any truth to what the trump doorman was saying. Ronan farrow said this piece was unconfirm and salacious. According to the agreement with ami, sajudin can speak about the issue, but not any money from the company. He cannot speak about the matter further. Ami is denying that trump or Michael Cohen<\/a> had anything to do with pursuing the story. They said david pecker, the publisher of the ami, never used any funds to shutdown the story. Conversations recorded by trumps lawyer before and during the 2016 campaign were likely scooped up in the raid on Michael Cohen<\/a>s home, office and hotel room. The sources say cohen recorded discussions about the campaign and interactions with the media. Two officials tell the Washington Post<\/a> that Trump Associates<\/a> are worried that the recordings are now in the hands po hear the recordings because evidence of the raid has to be reviewed by an independent team to make sure it doesnt breach Attorney Client<\/a> privilege. Sources say President Trump<\/a>s legal team have pulled back on the interview with special counsel Robert Mueller<\/a>. They are reviewing if the president should talk to mueller at all. The roenz raid the cohen raid was happening at the same time. They were meeting to discuss the testimony. Trump lawyers were blind sided by the raid and consider it a major breach of trust. The white house is preparing talking points to undermine the credibility of rod rosenstein. The strategy is to cast him as too conflicted to oversee the investigation. The plan is still in the preliminary form. The president is considering firing rosenstein who oversees the special counsel. The Deputy Attorney<\/a> general met with the president on thursday and arranged to discuss routine business. President trump will grant a full pardon to scooter libby. He was chief of staff to Vice President<\/a> dick cheney. He was convicted of obstruction of justice and lying to the fbi about leaking the identity of valerie plame. George w. Bush granted the pardon. President trump released a pardon against joe arapaio. And now to syria. The white house says there is no final decision on how to respond to the apparent gas attack on civilians in eastern ghouta. President trump and Prime Minister<\/a> theresa may have vowed in a phone call to deter further use of chemical weapons in the region. Cnns Nick Paton Walsh<\/a> has more. Nick, it has been six days, almost a week, since the attack. We know the u. S. Is talking with allies about how to respond. We know chemical weapons investigators will be allowed into ghouta to inspect. What are we expecting now . Reporter it does appear the u. S. And uk and france, the major outraged western powers, have got into a bit of a bind with the timing. We heard the steady drum beat of them discussing the evidence. President macron discussing proof. We are not sure what it was. And theresa may directing a finger at assad regime. The use of chemical weapons cannot go unchallenged and Donald Trumps<\/a> tweets. Make of them what you will. The opcw, the chemical weapons inspectors will start work saturday in syria around damascus. The site of the attack in dhouma. You can argue that the military strikes shows a disregard for the results of what they are doing or the safety of the inspectors on the ground. Beforehand, suggesting a level of military or political urgency. We have the rest of today around the United Nations<\/a> Security Council<\/a> meeting scheduled at 11 00 your time for the u. S. And allies to act. Or you may argue they choose to wait until the opcw has the results. That took a full 14 days the last time sarin gas or chemical weapon was used according to the results back in april of last year. You have to ask yourself if the u. S. Commander in chief or allies facing domestic pressure of the action or the Attention Span<\/a> to hold off on military action. The strike could come very soon or not soon at all. Nick, thank you very much. President trump is ordering a review of u. S. Postal Service Operations<\/a> and finances. The executive order signed last night comes weeks after the president railed against amazon claiming the retailer does not pay its fair share of postage. The Postal Service<\/a> finances are financially unsustainable and must be quote restructured to prevent a taxpayer funded bailout. This will be led by Steve Mnuchin<\/a> and will include the attorney general and labor secretary. The house gop bill will put work requirements on food stamps. 42 million americans use the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program<\/a> called s. N. A. P. A farm bill expands s. N. A. P. Work requirements. Most adults work parttime or enroll in job training. If not, they could lose assistance for up to three years. House Agriculture Committee<\/a> chair mike conaway wrote benefits are responsible, but equally important is helping the same people climb back out of poverty. Consumer advocates say many low income americans could work and this could lead to losing crucial assistance. This is the latest on tightening government assistance. President trump reviewed welfare work rules reviews this week. Secretary of state nominee mike pompeo has been asked what he would do if President Trump<\/a> fired Robert Mueller<\/a>. Would you resign your post as secretary of state in order to demonstration we are a nation of laws, not of men . You will hear pompeos response next. And helping thousands victimized by ponzi schemer bernie madoff. Cia director mike pompeo fati facing an uphill battle in the confirmation hearing. Two democrats have signalled they are prepared to vote against his nomination. That combined with rand paul already in opposition. Pompeo may not have support to win recommendation from the committee. Listen to the questions posed him about the russia probe. Did he ask you to do anything as it relates to the investigation . Senator, i dont recall what he asked me that day. Precisely. I have to tell you i am with the president a lot. He has never asked me to do anything that i consider remotely improper. Assuming he is confirmed, pompeo was asked if he would resign as secretary of state if President Trump<\/a> tries to fire Robert Mueller<\/a> or Deputy Attorney<\/a> general rod rosenstein. Senator, i have not given that question any thought. My instincts tell me no. My instincts tell me my obligation is more important than domestic turmoil. Pompeo was asked how he would handle the Nuclear Threat<\/a> posed by iran. He says he would pursue diplomacy first. There is no doubt that this Administration Policy<\/a> and my view is the solution from getting a nuclear well and finding us in the same place in north korea in iran is through diplomacy. If pompeo fails to get a favorable recommendation from the committee, Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> could bring up the nomination on the senate floor. That would be rare. Pompeo would need the support of one democratic senator and given rand pauls opposition, that would be difficult. The Massachusetts Police<\/a> officer shot and killed serving a warrant. He has been identified as 32yearold sean gannon. He is from the Yarmouth Police<\/a> force. His k9 partner nero was shot and will go through surgery this morning. The 29yearold of somerville was taken into custody within an hour of the murder. He will be arraigned on murder charges this morning. The latest on the bill cosby trial. The women were told how they were drugged and assaulted by cosby. We get more from cnns jean casarez. Reporter christine, judge oneil said to expect andrea constand, the accuser in the ski case, to take the stand today. This was a woman saying a year before that as director of basketball operations at temple that bill cosby, who she had known and trusted and was her mentor, drugged her and sexually assaulted her one night at his home. The defense will an degrees grd aggressively cross examine her. All of the five prior bad act witnesses, the women who said they were drugged and assaulted by bill cosby have taken the stand, including Janice Dickinson<\/a> saying he called her to South Lake Tahoe<\/a> in 1982 and drugged her and she believed assaulted her. And on crossexamination, the attorney was aggressive for the jury to not believe what dickinson was saying. The trial continues today. We are in the case of the commonwealth of pennsylvania versus bill cosby. Christine. Thank you. More than 21,000 victims of Bernie Madoffs<\/a> ponzi scheme will receive 504 million in payouts. The Justice Department<\/a> says this is the second payment in the madoff victim fund. 4 billion has been recovered from authorities through asset forfe forfeits. Madoff pleaded guilty and sentenced to 150 years in 2009 and ordered to forfeit over 170 billion. The upset winner in last months special election in pennsylvanias 18th district was sworn in Congress Last<\/a> night by paul ryan. Conor lamb will serve out tim murphys term. He defeated rick saccone. The victory was an upset in the district that President Trump<\/a> won in 2016. And colonel mullick has been nominated to be the first black female Brigadier General<\/a> in the marine corps. Previously she served in japan as a Commanding Officer<\/a> in charge of 1,300 troops. Women make up 8 of the marine corps. Officials launched the Diversity Campaign<\/a> in 2012 and expect to see an increase among women in the ranks. Tesla is in an open feud with the National Transportation<\/a> safety board. It is getting intense. We will tell you why on cnn money next. My name is jeff sheldon, and im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize ive got a hundred orders i have to ship out. Shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everythings pretty much done. Its so much easier so now, were ready, bring on t. Shipstation. The number one ch of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get two months free. If youd have told me three years ago. That wed be downloading in seconds, what used to take. Minutes. That guests would compliment our wifi. That we could video conference. And do it like that. snaps if youd have told me that i could afford. A gigspeed. A gigspeed network. Its like 20 times faster than what most people have. Id of said. Id of said youre dreaming. Dreaming definitely dreaming. Then again, dreaming is how i got this far. Now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. Comcast, building americas largest gigspeed network. Powerful winds fueling wildfires in oklahoma. Woodward county one of the hardest hit areas in the state. A cluster of fires scorched 115,000 acres and continuing to grow. Two dozen homes have been lost and hundreds of people forced to evacuate. The fire in dewey county, oklahoma, burned 20,000 acres. One person is reported missing. Officials describe the fires as historic. They say the conditions could get worse. In southeast colorado, one Person Injured<\/a> in the spreading wildfire. The fire threatens homes in the town of boone. The crews battling the blaze are hampered by a 60mileanhour wind gust. The fire forced road closures. And a stolen chagall painting missing for 30 years has been recovered by the fbi. The 1911 masterpiece was stolen from the new york city apartment of collectors earnest and rose heller in 1988. It was an inside job orchestrated by the employee in the building. The couple is now deceased. Speaking of money, check of cnn money. Wall street rose on reports that President Trump<\/a> may rejoin the tpp trade agreement. He walked back threats of the immediate strike on syria. The hope is investors focus on fundamentals and not headlines. Earnings season kicks off with citibank and Jpmorgan Chase<\/a> and wells fargo. Bank stocks soared yesterday. In the at t antitrust trial. The doj is suing at t to block the purchase of time warner. The government claims this means higher prices for the consumer. The Economist Says<\/a> it will lower prices because the merger creates a more efficient company. The trial started in march and expected to wrap up this month. Tesla in an open feud with the National Transportation<\/a> safety board. It is getting intense. At issue is the ntsb investigation of the fatal tesla crash while it was in auto pilot mode. The agency took the step of removing tesla from the official investigation. It says tesla violated the rules by releasing information about the crash before it was vetted. Tesla removed itself from the investigation and now accuse the ntsb of being more concerned with press headlines than actually promoting safety. Rare do you see an open feud with the ntsb in a investigation. All right. Early start continues right now. Fired fbi director james comey not holding back in his new book. Gripping what he calls the forest fire that is the Trump Presidency<\/a>. Sources tell cnn that fbi agents may have seized tapes of phone calls during the raid of trumps lawyer. President trump talking with the british Prime Minister<\/a> and working on the final decision on the response to the suspected chemical attack in syria. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Its friday the 13th. Its friday. Im christine romans. It is friday the 13th. Im alex marquardt. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Noon in syria. 6 00 p. M. In tokyo. We have reports coming up. In the book, fired fbi director james comey blasts donald trump in brutal terms calling him unethical and untethered to truth and institutional values. Comey written quote his leadership is transactional and ego driven and personal loyalty. It exploded into public view last night. Cnn obtained a copy. Comey calls the Trump Presidency<\/a> a forest fire and says aspects of the loyalty oath and boss in complete control reminded him of the days prosecuting the mob. And comey recounts the first meeting with President Trump<\/a>. When russian meddling came up, trumps only comment was you found no impact on the result, right . 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