Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Chinese goods could be raised from 10 to 25 . They would cover things like fruits and vegetables, handbags, refrigerators, rain jackets, even baseball gloves. Chinas Foreign Ministry moments ago saying blackmailing and pressure by the u. S. Will never work and promising to take countermeasures, if needed. The u. S. Has already imposed 25 tariffs on chinese goods worth 34 billion. China quickly retaliated with tariffs on 34 billion in american goods. The president addressed the trade war at a rally in tampa last night. China and others, remember this, have targeted our farmers. Not good. Not nice. And you know what our farmers are saying . Its okay. We can take it. These are incredible people. We can take it. Now were going to open up markets. Were going to do it the way it should be. And all of this stuff, youre going to make it back and its going to be made back faster than anybody would know, but we
havent been treated right. President trump says the tariff tit for tat will eventually open up markets. That may be the end game, but so far, it is destabilizing wellestablished markets. As a stop gap, the administration announced a week ago its preparing a 12 billion Emergency Aid Package for farmers caught up in the trade war. The move has been panned by many republicans for being a shortterm fix. Markets in asia were down slightly overnight. Today will be Paul Manaforts first full day in front of a jury. One thing certainly became clear in Opening Statements yesterday, President Trumps former Campaign Chairman is ready to pin the blame for his alleged financial crimes on his top former aide. Cnn is told the president followed developments in the trial from air force one. Cnns Jessica Schneider has more from washington. Reporter dave and laura, it was a fiery first day in the Paul Manafort trial. Lawyers for both sides gave the jury their Opening Statements. Prosecutors called manafort a shrewd liar and said hes made millions of dollars in secret income from what they called a, quote, cash spigot, that came from working with his golden goose in ukraine, viktor yanukovych. Of course, that is all the basis of these charges in virginia, that manafort hid the money he made from foreign lobbying in 37 foreign bank accounts. Prosecutors say he never paid taxes on any of that money, and then they say he lived an extravagant lifestyle, complete with multiple homes, and even, get this, a 15,000 jacket made of ostrich. On the flip side, manaforts attorneys will be mounting a dual defense. First, they say it was the russian Oligarchs Manafort worked for who actually demanded he pay into those secret accounts. And secondly, manaforts lawyers are trying to shift the blame to rick gates, saying it was gates who, of course, is manaforts former deputy, whos already
pleaded guilty to other charges. They say gates was really the one stealing and embezzling the money. So, of course, it was a lot packed into this first day of the trial with the white house continuing to distance itself from Paul Manafort and pointing out that these charges have nothing to do with manaforts time as Campaign Chairman for President Trump. Dave and laura . Jessica, thanks. Cnn has learned special Counsel Robert Mueller has referred several cases to federal prosecutors in manhattan. Sources say they relate to whether highprofile americans failed to properly register as foreign agents. Among the subjects, longtime democratic lobbyist tony podesta along with a former republican congressman and a white house lawyer under president obama. All three men did work on behalf of ukraine. Mueller has already turned over a case involving trump personal attorney michael cohen. No comment yet from the special counsel, the u. S. Attorney, or any potential subjects. President trump putting a little physical distance between himself and the mueller
investigation by campaigning for republican candidates in florida last night. Things got tense when his supporters fiercely heckled cnns jim acosta. [ Crowd Chanting ] President Trump did nothing to calm the crowd or stop it. The president s son, eric, retweeted the video, which was then retweeted by the president. Jim acosta has more for us in tampa. Reporter dave and laura, at a rally here in florida, the president steered clear of the subject of the russia investigation, instead returning to one of his favorite topics on the campaign trail, immigration, telling his supporters here that there should be voter i. D. Laws across the country. At one point remarking that you need an i. D. To buy groceries. Heres what he had to say. Only american citizens should vote in american elections, which is why the time has come for voter i. D. , like everything else. You know, if you go out and you
want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card. You need i. D. You go out and you want to buy anything, you need i. D. And you need your picture. Reporter the president also lashed out at the news media, referring to reporters in the back of the room as fake news, even talking about what he considers to be fake polls. But at the same time, the president talked up a poll that shows hes one of the most popular republican president s in recent history. Dave and laura . Thank you, jim. And anyone wondering, you do not need an i. D. To buy groceries. Elsewhere, Immigration Officials have agreed to hold off briefly on deporting a group of families that have just been reunited after being separated at the border. An attorney for the family said last night the government will stay removals through friday, a small win as advocates try to buy more time for immigrants they say have not had a full opportunity to make their case for asylum in the United States. Earlier at a hearing on capitol hill, an hhs official heading up the reunifications
told lawmakers he had warned over the past year about the dangers of family separation. But the head of i. C. E. s Enforcement Division had these glowing words about Detention Centers where the government is housing these children. I think the best way to describe them is to be more like a summer camp. These individuals have access to 24 7 food and water. They have educational opportunities. They have recreational opportunities, both structured as well as unstructured. Now, officials at the hearing had few details to offer about the plans Going Forward for reunifying the hundreds of children still separated from their parents at the border. Facebook removing a network of suspected russianlinked accounts it says were organizing political events in the u. S. Its the most extensive effort to interfere in American Politics The Social Network has publicly disclosed ahead of the midterms. The Social Media Giant trying to
prevent a repeat of 2016 when accounts connected to a kremlinlinked troll group posed as americans on its platform. At a Cybersecurity Summit in new york, Vice President mike pence blamed the Obama Administration for the attack. In a very real sense, we inherited a cyber crisis. The last administration all but neglected cybersecurity, even though the digital threats were growing more numerous and more dangerous by the day. Asked by cnn to respond to the facebook reports, a russian official said she hoped materials will be presented to the russian side. All right, coming up, identification could take years, but this morning remains believed to be americans from the korean war are being flown back home. Were live at the ceremony in south korea. Still nervous about finding a new apartment . Or discover magic when you hit the open road. With the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. And for just 14. 95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. If you dont like it exchange it any time. No questions asked. You can also roll your credits to the next month if you dont use them. So take audible with you this summer. On the road. On the trail. Or to the beach. Start a 30day trial and your first audiobook is free. Cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. No matter where you go this summer make it better with audible. Text summer5 to 500500 to start listening today. Korean war is taking place this morning at an air base in south korea. The remains handed over last week by the north will be flown to hawaii for forensic examination. Officials say that process could take a very long time. Cnns Paula Hancocks joining us live from Osan Air Base in south korea. Paula, good morning. Reporter hello, dave. Well, that Repatriation Ceremony is currently under way. The commander in chief saying words at the beginning, saying how important it is that all Service Members are brought home from combat zones around the world, and that is what today is about. Now, there are 55 caskets in that hangar at Osan Air Base as well during that Repatriation Ceremony. They will be brought here to be loaded onto the c17 planes, taken to hawaii then for formal identification where Vice President mike pence will be receiving them as they touch down for the first time on u. S. Soil. Since the korean war, some 65
years ago. Now, we have been hearing some details from officials. They say that after the initial investigation, a couple of days, they believe these men, these Service Members were from the korean war. They believe many of them were american. One dog tag was found amongst those remains. That family has been identified. So, for at least one family, there is some sense of closure since these remains have been returned from north korea. Also, some other military hardware, some helmets, some boots. All of this equipment is going to be crucial for Forensics Experts in hawaii to try and figure out who exactly is represented within those 55 caskets, but a very solemn day here at Osan Air Base, a very important day for the United States military for the United Nations command as well to say they will continue to try to find all of their Service Members who are missing around the world. Dave . Hopefully, a step towards closure for all those families. Paula hancocks live for us in south korea. Thank you. A passenger and the pilot of
an aeromexico jet are in critical but stable condition this morning following a crash in durango, mexico, on tuesday. Aeromexico flight 2431 was headed to mexico city but went down after takeoff in a field just beyond the runway. There were 97 passengers and 4 crew members on board. 49 people were hospitalized, but no one died. The brazilian maker of the aircraft says its ready to assist mexican authorities in their investigations. Coming up, a superhuman feat accomplished by a man fittingly named clark kent. A young swimmer beats a record held by an american icon. That story ahead on early start. Of heartburn. So you dont have to stash antacids here. Here. Or, here. Kick your Antacid Habit with prilosec otc. One pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. I knew at that exact moment. Im beating this. Beginning to trickle out. We spoke today with a nurse who lost her home. Shed lived there 20 years, raised her kids there. She actually left even before the evacuation order, says she saw a wall of fire in her rearview mirror. She is a nurse. She is back at work. She saved her scrubs before she left her home. She says its good to be back at work, its good to feel you have a purpose to not feel like you are a victim. Now, the weather is not helping this fire. It is still very, very hot here. Humidity is not high. High humidity would have helped the firefighters. The skies are very overcast, which makes getting planes and helicopters up there to help this fire, makes that very difficult. Dave and laura, back to you. Nick, thank you for that report. No prison time for a former Penn State Fraternity brother who pleaded guilty in the hazing death of a sophomore pledge last year. Ryan burke was sentenced to 30 months probation, including 3 months of house arrest and 100 hours of community service. The charges stem from the death
of Timothy Piazza in february of 2017. The 19yearold died after drinking large quantities of alcohol on his first night pledging at the beta feta phi fraterni fraternity. Piazza suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury from several falls. This was the first guilty plea in a case that involves 26 defendants. An attorney for the Piazza Family calls the sentence an important step towards justice. Hes not cryptonian, just human, but clark kent is superman in the pool, anyway. Over the weekend, he shattered Michael Phelps longStanding Record from 1995, beating his time in the 100meter butterfly by more than a second. Not only is he fast, hes pretty smart. Always have fun and never give up on your dreams, no matter what anybody says. And yes, that was one of my dreams, to beat Michael Phelpsrecord, since i was 7. Phelps went on to win 28 olympic medals. Clark kent has been swimming competitively for just four years. Incredible. All right, a federal judge stops blueprints for 3d printed guns from going online. How long can it keep dangerous people from carrying untraceable guns . And prosecutors call Paul Manafort a shrewd liar, but manaforts side is blaming a former deputy for his troubles. Hey there people eligible for medicare. Gimme one minute. And ill tell you some important things to know about medicare. First, it doesnt pay for everything. Say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. This much about 80 medicare will pay for. Whats left is on you. Thats where an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company comes in. This type of plan helps pay some of what medicare doesnt. These are the only plans to carry the aarp endorsement for meeting their high standards of quality and service. So call Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company today and ask for your free decision guide. With this type of plan, youll have the freedom to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. And when you travel, your plan will go with you anywhere in the country. Whew Call Unitedhealthcare today and ask for your free decision guide. Stay out of dangerous hands . China and others, remember this, have targeted our farmers. Not good. Not nice. President trump defending his Trade Policies with china. Now word overnight the next round of tariffs could escalate dramatically. Shifting blame. Heated statements and a 15,000 coat. A fast start to Paul Manaforts trial on financial crimes. Welcome back to early start. Im laura jarrett. Im dave briggs. 4 31 eastern time. Chilling words on this website, laura, Defense Distributed. The age of the downloadable gun begins. This is a serious story, probably not getting enough attention. Absolutely. A federal judge blocking a Government Settlement that would allow plans for 3d guns to be downloaded online. The ruling coming just hours before those plans were set to publish with growing concerns about people being able to make their own untraceable plastic weapons, even ar15style
assault rifles. The judges block is temporary, though. It puts a hold on the settlement a Gun Rights Group and the government reached in june that would make it legal to post the plans on the internet. The founder of the Gun Rights GroupDefense Distributed says his companys site is going dark until he can further review the judges order. Before the ruling came down, he spoke to cnns Laurie Segall about concerns publishing plans could endanger the public. Reporter the democratization of guns online, giving people the ability to 3d print their own guns would make it feasible for felons, minors, mentally ill to have access to firearms. Are you worried about those repercussions . No, i dont believe that access to information is ever tremendously negative or a bad thing. I know that people can use information for bad things, but this isnt a justification to, what, stop a publisher from speaking . Nearly a dozen states sued to stop the firm from publishing the printable plans. President trump even weighing in, tweeting 3d plastic guns being sold to the public doesnt
seem to make much sense the white house later confirmed it supports the existing law. The president is committed to the safety and security of all americans. He considers this his highest responsibility. The administration supports nearly a twodecadeold law and well continue to look at all options available to us. Now, its worth noting, the