A miracle. An incredible play by the Miami Dolphins. Im sure dave will get into that. That was the end of it. Theres a lot that preceded it. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im alison kosik. Im dave briggs. Monday, december 10th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. The white house operating under a new circumstance this week. The Justice Department has clearly implicated President Trump in the crime. Prosecutors in new york say the president directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to break Campaign Finance laws making illegal hush payments to two women who claimed they had affairs with mr. Trump. The special counsels Team Revealed new contact with russia and one offering a government level political synergy. And they dropped the campaign against Paul Manafort because he liv lied about contact was a russian official. Lawyers are not as cautious as using the i word impeachment. They would be impeachable offenses. Certainly. The president has now stepped into the same territory that ultimately led to president nixon resigning the office. President nixon was an unindicted coconspirator. Anxiety is spiking among republicans. They worry the white house has no plan to deal with the Mueller Probe. We have Sara Westwood with more from the white house. Reporter dave and alison, the president spent the weekend going after the Paris Climate Accord and calling for an end to the russia investigation. Talking about anything other than prosecutors claiming in Court Filings that the president directed Michael Cohen that make a pair of illegal payments during the race. President trump touted the documents as vindication because they did not contain evidence of russian collusion, but it did direct the president with payments he denied knowledge of. The who women who tried to come forward with allegations of affairs during the election. All of this comes during the staff shake up. The president announced john kelly, the white house chief of staff, would leave the administration by the end of the year. The first choice for the job, nick ayers. Our colleague Kaitlan Collins reports that ayers and trump discussed the chief of staff replacing kelly. The president wanted a twoyear commitment from ayers. Cnn has been told the president is considering four names to replace kelly. One may be mark meadows. A close ally of the president on capitol hill. Cnn is told that the president is saaimed to make the decisiony the end of the year. Thank you. According to special counsel Robert Mueller, Paul Manafort lied about five major issues after agrees to cooperate. Including the interactions with the man named Konstantin Kilimnik. Mueller says kilimnik has ties to the Russian Internet which hacked during the 2016 campaign. We have Fred Pleitgen with more this morning. Fred, what do we know about Konstantin Kilimnik . Reporter not much. He is someone who doesnt like to be in the spotlight. The documents show this man, but he was very important to Paul Manafort. He worked for manafort for a long time in Eastern Europe. Specifically in ukraine where they did business with the pro russian government of ukraine and also with the Russian Oligarch. As you mentioned, the Mueller Investigation says kilimnik has ties to russian intelligence and manafort was caught lying about whether or not he had met kilimnik afterwards. Namely when he was chairman of the Trump Campaign in 2016. I want to read you a bit of the Mueller Investigation says. Quote, the evidence of the above includes Electronic Communications and the rest is redacted. Draft and travel records after told of such evidence. Manafort conceded he and kilimnik discussed or may have discussed another redacted part at each meeting. They confronted him with the evidence and only afterwards manafort said he had contact with kilimnik. That is important for manafort because the robert Mueller Investigation said manafort tried to tamper with witnesses after manafort got arrested. Thank you. James comey calling for the President Trump defeat in 2020. The former fbi director was interviewed at new yorks 92nd street y and in the talk, he practically begged democrats to set aside differences and nominate a candidate best equipped to beat trump. All of us should use every breath we have to make sure the lying stops. The comments coming after the president tweeted without evidence that comey lied to the House Judiciary Committee 245 teams last year. Times last week. According to the transcripts of the session, james comey was asked by jerry nadler if he was friends. He said i am not. I have never been to his house. I dont know his childrens names. Na drr nadler asked i will not ask if you hugged or kissed him. Breaking overnight. The Conspiracy Theory of jerome corsi testified before the grand jury and is refusing to sign a plea deal. In the lawsuit, he claims mueller threatened to indict him and put him in prison unless he provided the false testimony he says mueller is demanding. He also alleges federal authorities unconstitutionally searched his phone and other records. The New York Times reports that Jared Kushner offered Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman advice on how to quote weather the storm after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. White house requires that National SecurityCouncil Staff be on phone calls with out foreign leaders. There are reports that kushner and Mohammed Bin Salman continued to speak. Jared has followed protocols and guidelines with mbs and all of the foreign officials with whom he interacts. I cant breathe. Those are the final words of Jamal Khashoggi. The audio recording of the death seen by a scecnn source also includes the dismembered body. We have nick r robertson with m. Nic, these details get more disturbi disturbing. Reporter he talk into the consulate and istanbul and recognizes somebody and asked what they are doing there. The officials have called him a close aide to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. He replies to him, youre going home. Your coming home. Khashoggi says you couldnant d that. I have people waiting outside. Immediately without further discussion, there are sounds of a number of people jumping on khashoggi restraining him. He can be clearly heard multiple times saying i cant breathe. I cant breathe. Then you hear screams and you hear him gasping. Then details noises as it identifies as a saw and cutting. Somebody identified on the transcript as the forensic doctor from Saudi Ministry of interior identified as telling people in the room if you dont like what you are hearing, do what im doing. Put your earplugs in or listen to music. The former diplomat in the room is understood from the transcript to make several calls. Officials have leaked that to the royal court. On the phone calls here saying it is done. Saudi officials reached out to say they have listened to the the tape. Looked at the transcripts and dont see evidence of phone calls. They didnt dispute the wording, but no evidence of phone calls. A saudi source says both men identified say they did not make any calls. This is all significant and horrific details of a terrible tragic killing. Horrific to say the least. Nic, thank you. The u. S. Claiming the chief Financial Officer of huawei covered up violations of sanctions on iran. At a bail hearing that happened on friday, prosecutors say meng wa next wanzhou that she covered up. Her lawyer says she did all she could about the banking partners and the company worked withlaws. In addition to her role, she is the deputy chairman of the board. Huawei is a big maker of smartpho smartphones, but there is a concern they pose security risks. Agency have said american citizens should not use huawei phons. The arrest has put a phones. The arrest has put a big tension between the u. S. And china the bail hearing is set to resume today at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time. I have been covering the markets the past week since the arrest. They have been just whip sawing back and forth. Worrying this is one more hurdle. Robert lighthizer says he does not believe this will i believe impact believe this will impact the talks. Emmanuel macron right now speaking with leaders after the protests in paris. We will go live to paris next. 9 17 a. M. In london this morning. Breaking news. The European Court of justice claiming the uk can cancel brexit. This comes one day before the members of parliament are due to vote on the theresa may brexit deal. This is widely expected to be reject rejected. This makes staying in the eu a real option and might sway some to vote that way. French president Emmanuel Macron meeting with political and Business Leaders and local officials and unions to address the nation later today to call for national unity. Macrons speech following a fourth weekend of violent protests which drew 136,000 demonstrators on saturday alone. For the latest on the crisis, lets turn to Senior CorrespondentJim Bitterman live in paris. How can macron win over them to work with his government . Reporter alison and dave, good morning. They say the president ial palace here that macron will find the words to win his way back into the hearts of the french. It is an optimistic view because for four weekends now, many of the french have been out on the streets protesting and it has been turning violent. This weekend was the worst in terms of violence and destruction. The vandalism was destructive. Macron says the protesters need something concrete. Already they made concessions here. They said they will abolish the fuel tax hike that started this whole thing. That will cost an estimated 4. 5 billion in tax revenue that the government will not get this year. The finance minister saying the growth in the Fourth Quarter for france is. 10 just because of the protests. It is make or break day for Emmanuel Macron. See if he can find the words to get people off the streets. Alison. We will listen to his speech. Jim, thank you. Coming up, we talked about this earlier. Miami fans have a lot to be happy about this morning. Touchdown a miracle. The incredible ending to the new England Patriots and Miami Dolphins game you have never seen before. D im undegmonk. 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. 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It is 30 minutes past the hour. The white house operating under new circumstances this week. Now that the Justice Department has clearly implicated President Trump in a crime. Prosecutors in new york say the president directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to break Campaign Finance laws making illegal hush payments to two women who claimed they had affairs with mr. Trump. The special counsels Team Revealed new contact with russia and one offering a government level political synergy. Muellers team also stating they dropped the deal with Paul Manafort because he lied about contacts with a russian intelligence official. Lawyers are not as cautious as using the i word impeachment. They would be impeachable offenses. When they are important enough to justify impeachment. Certainly. The president has now stepped into the same territory that ultimately led to president nixon resigning the office. President nixon was an unindicted coconspirator. The Washington Post reporting that anxiety is spiking among republicans. They worry the white house has no plan to deal with the Mueller Probe. We have Sara Westwood with more from the white house. Reporter dave and alison, the president spent the weekend going after the Paris Climate Accord and railing against his former fbi director and calling for an end to the russia investigation. Talking about anything other than prosecutors claiming in Court Filings that the president directed Michael Cohen that make a pair of illegal payments during the race. President trump touted the documents as vindication because they did not contain evidence of russian collusion, but it did link the president directly to payments which he denied knowledge of. The two women who tried to come forward with allegations of affairs during the election. All of this comes during the staff shake up. The president announced john kelly, the white house chief of staff, would leave the administration by the end of the year. The first choice for the job, nick ayers. Our colleague Kaitlan Collins reports that ayers and trump discussed the chief of staff replacing kelly. Ayers discussed a temporary time, but the president wanted a twoyear commitment from ayers. Cnn has been told the president is considering four names to replace kelly. One may be mark meadows. A close ally of the president on capitol hill. Cnn is told that the president is aimed to make the decision by the end of the year. Thank you. According to special counsel Robert Mueller, Paul Manafort lied about five major issues after agrees to cooperate. Agreeing to cooperate. Including the interactions w