Rick gates says he broke the law for Paul Manafort and also stole money from him. We are going to put all of the sanctions back in as they were before and more. Economic sanctions on iran now back in effect as of midnight. Will the pressure on tehran force a further split . Two fast moving fires merging into one inferno becoming the largest ever wildfire in california history. Plus, why is facebook reportedly asking banks for your Financial Information . Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im phil mattingly. Coffee straight to the veins. Paul manaforts right hand man rick gates. Back on the Witness Stand in the onetime Trump Campaign chairman trial on tax and fraud charges. The stakes are high for the white house. Manafort and his deputy know a great deal of what went on Behind Closed Doors during key months of the 2016 campaign. Yesterday, gates admitted under a grant of immunity he committed crimes alongside his former boss and against him as well. Cnn has more from the federal court in alexandra, virginia. Reporter rick gates took the stand in the showdown we have been waiting for as gates testified for 45 minutes. During that time, manafort stared him down sitting seats away from him. He averted manaforts gaze. He was asked by prosecutors if he committed crimes. Gates said he had. He explained he helped manafort file false tax returns and fed set up 15 overseas accounts used as part of the alleged crime. Gates offered a twist. Saying he defrauded manafort, his mentor and longtime boss. He had stolen several hundred thousands dollars from him by inflating his expense accounts. Gates testimony is expected
today. Prosecutors intend to question him for another three hours. Christine and phil. Kara scannell, thank you. Don junior is dismissing the Trump Tower Meeting and accusing the russian of bait and switch. Don junior claiming that russians wanted to give dirt on hillary clinton, but when they got there, it was about adoptions. It was a 20minute meeting. It was nothing relevant to any of these things. That is all it is. Thats all they got. Thats not the premise that got them in the room. It was a bait and switch to talk about that. Everyone has said that in testimony already. So this is nothing new. The president s son said all of the Media Scrutiny of the meeting with the russians is an attempt to divert attention away from his fathers
accomplishments. The white house is calling the vacation the president is on a Working Vacation. He tweeted over the weekend about the Trump Tower Meeting and Robert Muellers investigation. Advisers are urging the president to cool it with the trump tower tweets. Since they only give oxygen to the topic. We have jeff zeleny with more. Reporter christine and phil, President Trump is continuing the Working Vacation in new jersey, one thing is clear he is staying out of public view, but we know one of the things on his mind. That russia investigation. We saw the tweets over the weekend when he was talking trying to explain what happened in the Trump Tower Meeting in june of 2016. The president , of course, saying nothing was wrong. It was trying to get Opposition Research on hillary clinton. Of course, that is not the
original explanation from a year ago. We know a couple of things since that tweet over the weekend. We know as we head into the week, the president s aides and lawyers are asking him not to tweet specifically about that Trump Tower Meeting. This is why. It is adding more complication every time he weighs in. It complicates the previous explanations for it. We are hearing from the president s aides that in the next coming days, the president s legal team will have an answer or response to Robert Muellers team. Will he sit for the interview and what conditions will he sit for an interview . They hope to have that accomplished by the end of the Working Vacation. He will meet with the ceos on tuesday night tonight for dinner at his Bedminster Golf Club doing fundraisers. So far, nothing else on the schedule. It is clear the Working Vacation still has russia hanging over it. Christine and phil. Jeff, thank you. A few hours ago, shortly
after midnight, u. S. Sanctions against iran went back into effect by order of President Trump. Renewed sanctions targeting gold, steel, aluminum and currency had been suspended as part of the iran nuclear deal. Other nations that signed that nuclear deal remain in the agreement and some have pledged to keep up trade and cooperation with iran. So, is america actually going alone . We have Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh live from london. Nick, we know there is a wedge with the United States and eu. Largest trading partner. This is just another. Reporter certainly. Obviously the size of the u. S. Economy means many european allies who disagree with the Trump Administration taking itself out of the agreement are troubled if they do business with iran. Eu states will do what they can to protect companies that quote want to do legitimate business with iran. Make most mistake, suddenly we
have not seen a stark change in iran. The economy having serious troubles. Pockets of protesters as a result of the currency sliding. The new sanctions will prohibit Precious Metals access to trade. And in november, when donald trump faces the midterms, that they will sanction the oil and banking sector. We have seen a flurry of diplomacy in the last 24 hours. Donald trump said he would be open to talks without preconditions with iran, but president hassan rouhani, a man known to make his choice of words careful has said he could have talked to trump right now. He would suggest an easing of sanctions happening before that occurred and they would not want to talk to Somebody Quote who had a knife in their arm or back. A paraphrased there. The certain window of the whirlwind of trump and diplomacy with the art of the deal coming in here. And we have seen what happened in helsinki with Vladimir Putin and in singapore with kim jongun and they are looking at maybe a window because trump sees the agenda to his opponent. Some dont want to see talks happen until the harsher sanctions. This is the Foreign Policy area that the white house likes to sound toughest on. Back to you. Nick paton walsh in london. Thank you. Firefighters struggling to contain the 16 major wildfires devastating the state. One exploded and nearly doubling in size. Mendocino complex fire is the largest in state history. Flaming scorched 248,000 acres. The fire is actually two wildfires burning around clear lake across several Northern California counties. As of last night, the fire was 30 contained. More than 100 residences have been destroyed. Eight minutes past the hour. Facebook wants your Financial Information. Facebook asked several large u. S. Banks for detailed Financial Information about their customers. Think account balances and credit card activity. Facebook wants to offer services on the app. It is not actively seeking data, but declined to comment if it has been talking to banks. It wants to keep users on the platform longer. The issue is privacy. Facebook is facing criticism over handling data after exposing User Information without content. Consent. None of the banks would confirm they were if talks with facebook. Stressed the importance of privacy for customers. And because of all those miles. Obviously. Whats in your wallet . Obviously. [stomach gurgles] when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Girl, pepto Ultra Coating will treat your stomach right. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Try new pepto with Ultra Coating. Is not a marathon. Its a series of smart choices. And when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. Glucerna. Everyday progress. Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Polls this morning, the race is too close to call. Christine, phil. Jason in ohio. Thank you. Info wars and alex jones removed from youtube, apple and facebook. The site violated the content policies against hate speech. The move shutdown channels that gave jones access to millions of internet users. Youtube removed his main channel which had 2. 4 million subscribers. Info wars did not respond to a request for comment. The site is notorious for false conspiracy theories. It claimed the Sandy Hook Massacre was a hoax and called 9 11 an inside job. Oklahoma city an inside job. The list goes on and on. The Pentagon Banning deployed Military Personnel from using Electronic Devices with
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he committed crimes. Gates s