And twitter says enough is enough for alex jones. Booted from the social platform. Also the nfl season got under way late last night. Super bowl champs opening defense. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is friday, september 7th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. It is friday. It wasnt me. Repeated denials after the scathing anonymous senior official oped. Calling the oped sophomore and they were printed out and rolling in to the president. The white house closer to finding out who the author is. The administration has a dozen names on its list. Melania trump weighing in and calling it cowardly saying he or she is sabotaging the country. She cites the response of the free press. Senator rand paul offered this stunning idea. I think if you have a security clearance in the white house, i think it would be acceptable to use a Lie Detector Test and ask people if they are talking to the media against the policy of the white house. Smoke them out. Lib s libertarian rand paul. The president in billings, montana. Jim acosta was there. Reporter during the rally in front of thousands of supporters, the president said he didnt know who it was, but reporters at the New York Times should investigate who the writer is. Here is what he had to say. Unelected deep state operatives who defy the voters to push their secret agendas are truly a threat to democracy itself. And i was so heartened when i look. People who dont exactly dig us or like me, they are fighting for us. It is a beautiful thing. Reporter talks of impeachment are on the president s mind. Christine and dave. Jim, thank you. Breaking overnight. James mattis touching down in afghanistan. He will meet with general austin miller, the new commander of Resolute Support. Mattis also plans to hold talks with afghan officials and host a town hall with the troops. Senator tom harper of delaware fending off a spirited primary challenge from progressive harris. It wasnt close. Carpers voters gave him a 29pointwin. Harris may have been doomed by cash strapped campaign. Barack obama is ready to get back in the political game according to his advisers. Mr. Obama planning a rebuke of President Trump in the speech today at the university of illinois urbanachampaign. Former president s generally avoid critiquing successors. The government releases the monthly jobs report with the labor market red hot. Economists expect 187,000 jobs created in august. Jobless rate to stay below 4 . Wages. That reading has been hovering at 2. 7 for years. That is not really very strong wage growth. Historically when the labor market gets tight, wages rise significantly as businesses are forced to pay workers more. That has not happened in the recovery. Employers added 157,000 jobs in july. If that slowdown continues, it could signal companies are having a tough time finding workers. The economy is so hot, they cannot find people to do the work. That can push the Unemployment Rate lower. A major shift for the u. S. Commitment to syria. The state Department Envoy to syria says troops should remain until an enduring defeat of isis. That could take a long time although the president suggested a more imminent pullout. Lets bring in Cnns Fred Pleitgen live in damascus this morning. Fred, good morning. Reporter dave, you are right, the developments from washington, d. C. With the u. S. Apparently saying they could stay in syria indefinitely until Iranian Forces get out of syria and isis is defeated in syria. That could be a Major Development here. One. Things, dave, we one of the things, dave, we have seen in the syrian conflict is the russians and iranians claim u. S. Is a lame duck in the conflict. They know the u. S. At any point in time has the fire power to decisively change the conflict very quickly. At the same time, you have a summit going on in iran and tehran with the leaders of russia, turkey and the iranians trying to hammer out some situation around that last rebel held stronghold of idlib. The u. S. Warned there cant be a bloodbath or chemical weapons not used or the u. S. Would respond. So far, Bashar Al Assad is unfazed. Now all eyes are on the leaders in tehran to see whether or not they can stop massive bloodshed. You have 3 million people, civilians, on the ground. You have hard line militias as well. Interesting things happening. A big day in the syria conflict. Dave. It sure is. We are fortunate to have you there. Thanks so much, fred pleitgen. Meanwhile, back in the nations capitol, Brett Kavanaugh can exhale after two days of tough questioning of the Senate Judiciary committee. He merged with few missteps. We learned one thing during the final day of testimony. Cory booker appears to be running for president. The democratic senator releasing emails despite designation as Committee Confidential in what he called an i am spartacus moment. Kavanaugh has written he favors race neutral security practices. Senator booker calls the decision to release the emails an act of civil disobedience. The wall street journal writes this doesnt change our opinions about judge kavanaugh and how the senate is willing to defeat a nominee. Booker should be tossed off the judiciary committee. More from Jessica Schneider on capitol hill. Reporter dave and christine, the drama began to unfold when senator booker said he was willing to risk expulsion by disclosing confidential emails. Republicans called it a show saying those emails had already been released at 4 00 in the morning. Five hours before the hearing started. Republicans further accused cory booker saying he was disclosing this to advance his possible president ial bid. Saim going to release the email of racial profiling. I understand the penalty comes with ousting of the senate. Running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the senate or confidentiality. Reporter judge kavanaugh faced hours and hours of grill where he stressed he has nod t d conversations with anyone at the white house about the russia probe. Judge kavanaugh tried to clarify a 2003 email. When he wrote in the email not all legal scholars believe roe v. Wade is binding precedent. Judge kavanaugh worked to clarify those comments. He wanted to make sure all legal scholars was a bit too broad and that comment had nothing to do with his personal opinions. Dave and christine. Thank you. A suspect is in custody following a hostage drama in washington state. Outside of tacoma, an armed suspect wearing body armor, walked into a business and took someone hostage as part of the Armed Robbery attempt. He fired multiple rounds and the suspect was eventually taken into custody. He was hit once in the vest, but did not suffer serious injury. No officers were hurt. Are you ready for football . The Philadelphia Eagles were raisi raising championship banner. 1812 in a sloppy Season Opener. Neither team was impressive. Neither quarterback throwing a touchdown. Players from both teams on the field during the national anthem. Everyone seemed to agree on one thing. Nbc needs to rethink the green zone you see on the tv. It was created to show viewers how much yardage is needed for a first down. It did not go over well. Fans agree the yellow line already accomplishes that. Does it help you, romans . Im accustomed to the yellow line. I know what the yellow line means. I know what is happening. I dont need the green. Hollywood mourning the loss of Burt Reynolds. His career spanning more than half a century. Well take a look back. Gone nos he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this. Luckily for all your hardtowash fabrics. Theres febreze fabric refresher. Febreze doesnt just mask, it eliminates odors youve. Gone noseblind to. And try Febreze Unstopables for fabric. With up to twice the fresh scent power, youll want to try it. Again and again and maybe just one more time. Indulge in irresistible freshness. Febreze unstopables. Breathe happy. They have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the Amazing Services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again when your blankets freshness fades before the bingewatching begins. Thats when you know, its halfwashed. Next time, add downy fabric conditioner. Downy conditions fibers with a longlasting fresh scent. So your blanket will stay fresh through next weeks finale. Downy and its done. Hollywood mourning the loss of the beloved movie icon. Burt reynolds. His career spanned 50 years. He broke through with deliveran deliverance. He start in his most successful film smokey and the bandit alongside sally field. Youre not fat . No bigger than mine. Do we really want to talk about legs . One of us does. Reynolds had a career comeback in the 1990s capped by his role in the film boogie nights. Sally field said this about reynolds. There are times in your life there are so indelible they never fade away. They stay alive even 40 years later. My years with burt never leave my mind. Burt reynolds was 82. The new York Attorney general issuing subpoenas to all Catholic Diocese over the investigation of how they reviewed or covered up sexual abuse of minors. This comes weeks after the grand jury report of predator priests in pennsylvania. On thursday, new jerseys attorney general announced a task force of sexual abuse of clergy and cover ups. Alex jones and his web site info wars banned by twitter. The move coming one month after Silicon Valley announced a similar ban. He violated the abusive behavior policy. This ban comes the day after he harassed marco rubio on capitol hill. He warned this is the deep state trying to strike back. The Motion Picture academy rethinking the addition of the popular film category of the oscars. It was supposed to debut in february, but the academy announced it is shelving the award for now. They say implementing it nine months into the year created challenges for films already released in 2018. The academy will seek additional input with the oscar category. Important news if you own a ford. 2 million f150 pickup trucks recalled. Well tell you why. Om washes the dishes. Before she puts them in the dishwasher. So what does the dishwasher do . New cascade platinum does the work for you, prewashing and removing stuckon foods, the first time. Wow, thats clean new cascade platinum. There you are, mom e me right there. Thats you . Thats you . That does kinda look like our family. What are you wearing . Ancestry now has over 300,000 yearbooks from all across the country. Start searching for your family, free, at ancestry. Com. One person is under arrest for the stabbing of a president ial candidate in brazil. This attack caught on video. We want to warn you it is disturbing to watch. You can see brazils front running far right president ial candidate attacked as he is carried through a crowd on shoulders of supporters. He was rushed to the hospital. His son said he could have died in the hospital was further away. He is in stable condition. Known as the brazilian trump. He is notorious for racist, sexist and homophobic remarks. Ceo les moonves appears to be on the way out. He told confidants about the departure talks. He may be owed 180 million severance package. If he is removed for cause, that is not the case. Cbs board is offering a package of 100 million of cbs stock. He admitted he made women uncomfortable in the past, but did not hinder anyones career. Ford is recalling f150 pickup trucks over faulty seatbelt equipment. It could cause carpets in the cabin to catch fire. More than two dozen cases have been reported. About 1. 6 million of the trucks affected are in the u. S. The Ford F Series is the best selling car in the u. S. Ford will make the repairs at no cost to customers. Serena williams back in the familiar place. In the finals. She won 63, 60 to reach the ninth final at flushing meadows. She will tie margaret kourt for the most finals in tennis history with 24. She is fierce in the tutu. She will face naomi osaka tomorrow. Osaka is the first japanese woman to reach a grand slam final. That will be highly anticipated match. The president going off. Blaming quote unelected deep state operatives for the critical oped from his administration. One senator suggesting Lie Detector Tests to root out the author. I love you, basement guest bathroom. Your privacy makes you my number 1 place to go number 2. I love you, but sometimes you stink. Febreze air effects doesnt just mask, it cleans away odors. Because the things you love the most can stink. And try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up to 30 days. Breathe happy with febreze. Stop fearing your alarm clock. With new zzzquil pure zzzs. A drugfree blend of botanicals with melatonin. That supports your Natural Sleep cycle. So you can seize the morning. New zzzquil pure zzzs. Even liberals that hate me say thats terrible what they did. President trump venting after the oped that targeted his presidency. After a day of denials, how close is the white house to finding the mystery author . U. S. Troops could be in syria much longer than expected. Russia, meanwhile, warning the u. S. American troops could come under attack. Cnn is live in damascus. The jobs report comes out this morning. Just a few hours away. And twitter says enough is enough for alex jones. The conspiracy and hate peddler is out. Booted from the social platform. Repeated denials from the scathing oped from the senior official in the New York Times. Top members of the administration denying auth authorship calling it deceitful and moronic. The president reading the denials and having them printed out and delivered to him. The white house closer to finding out who the author is. The administration has a dozen names on its list. Melania trump weighing in and calling it cowardly saying he or she is sabotaging the country. She cited the importance of the free press. Senator rand paul offered this stunning idea. I think if you have a security clearance in the white house, i think it would be acceptable to use a Lie Detector Test and ask people if they are talking to the media against the policy of the white house. An idea from a civil libertarian. The president in billings, montana. We have Cnns Jim Acosta there. Reporter President Trump weighed in on the oped in the New York Times reportedly from the senior official. Saying that is part of the resistance. During the rally in front of supporters, the president said he did not know who it was, but reporters at the New York Times shut should investigate who the writer of the oped is. Unelected deep state operatives who defy the voters to push their secret agendas are truly a threat to democracy itself. And i was so heartened when i look. Seriously, people that dont exactly dig us and dont exactly like me, theyre fighting for us. It is a beautiful thing. Reporter talks of impeachment are on the president s mind. The democrats are talking to congress and looking to impeach him in january. Dave and christine. Jim acosta, thank you. A shift for the u. S. Commitment in syria. Troops should remain until there is an enduring defeat of isis. That could take a long time. Although the president has suggested a more imminent pullout. Lets bring in Cnns Fred Pleitgen joining us live from damascus on a pivotal time there. Fred, good morning. Reporter absolutely. Could be pivotal, dave. We saw the policy shift by the u. S. They want to get out of syria by the end of the year, but could be there indefinitely until isis is defeated and they want iranians leave all together. It could pit the u. S. Against russia with the offensive and last rebel stronghold. U. S. With a passive role and warning the russians and Syrian Government that chemical weapons cannot be used. So far, the warnings have not been heeded by the russians or syrians. They are gearing up for the offensive. You have the summit in the iranian capital with the turks and iranians as well. Those sides will try to prevent major bloodshed from happening. Very difficult to see how that will be done. Russians saying this last place called Idlib Province is a terrorism province. There are Jihadist Group there is and affiliations with al qaeda. A situation heating up. A possible conflict with u. S. And russia is something that could be in the cards in the future. Especially with the u. S. Seemingly getting tougher on syria all together. Dave. Great reporting, fred. Thank you. Breaking overnight. Defense secretary james mattis touching down in afghanistan. He will meet with general austin miller. The new commander of Resolute Support of u. S. Forces. During the unannounced visit, he will meet with officials and host a town hall with the troops. Score one for the democratic establishme establishment. Senator tom carper of delaware fending off a spirited primary challenge from progressive harris. It wasnt close. Carpers voters gave him a 29pointwin. Harris may have been doomed by cash strapped campaign. Barack obama is ready to get off the sidelines and back in the game according to advisers. Mr. Obama planning a rebuke of President Trump in the speech today at the university of illinois urbanachampaign. The president will be more poignant of what is at stake. Former president s generally avoid critiquing successors. Just how hot is the jobs market . The government releases the jobs report this morning. Economists expect 187,000 jobs created in august. The jobless rate expected to stay below 4 . We want to see wage growth. Hovering around 2. 7 for years. That is