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Derby results to court. What a mess. And im not talking about the track. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, im christine romans. Welcome to our new home. Im dave briggs, this is a different look for us. This is our new studio in new york citys hudson yards, a bit of a fancy set. What do you think of our new digs. So far so good. Well bring you all the news from the new studio. Not a quiet day to welcome you to our new studio. We start with breaking news. The u. S. Deploying a Carrier Strike group and a Bomber Task Force in response to what the white house is calling troubling actions by iran. Officials not detailing the nature of the threats but telling cnn they were against u. S. , sea and land forces in the middle east, and the deployments are aimed specifically at deterring any Iranian Military action. Fred pleitgen joining us. Reporter a clear source of force, as the tensions continue to ratchet up between teheran and the Trump Administration. National security adviser saying the following, the u. S. Wants to send a clear and unmistakable message that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. Its quite interesting. Over the past couple of months i have been able to speak to Senior Iranian leaders, including the elite wing of their military, and there were some talking about attacking u. S. Assets specifically in the area around the strait, the vital shipping lane that was there. Something they said they could do if there was an escalation with the United States. On the other hand iranian politicians talking about divisions in the Trump Administration. Hes saying he believes that President Trump does not want an escalation or war with iran but believes that National Security adviser, john bolton and the secretary of state are more inclined to have an escalation take place. Mike pompeo will be here laerlt today in later today. And between those two sparks flying, not just iran policy but in terms of whats going on in venezuela as well. The two trading a phone call a couple of days ago, the russians accusing the u. S. Of meddling in the affairs of venezuela, and the u. S. Saying russia is playing a maligned role in that region. Not total clarity on what was the incident that led to this. Are you getting a better sense of that . The Carrier Strike . Yeah. Reporter it is really interesting, a question thats being asked. You have the National Security adviser saying this is a threat, on the other hand, there are some that have been talking about the fact that perhaps the deployment of the Carrier Strike was something that was preplanned, that was set to go there anywhere. Its interesting, a week ago i was on that Carrier Strike group when it was conducting operations in the mediterranean. With the movement of the Carrier Strike groups, very highly inclined not to tell you where the Carrier Strike group is going to go. One of the things is that the iranians with calling the americans bluff, but the National Security adviser saying a reaction to what the iranians have been doing there. Fred pleitgen live in finland. Trade trouble, a new threat from the president , tariffs on chinese goods days ahead of talks to end a damaging trade war. Thats a sharp departure from upbeat messaging about these trade talks. This is the president just friday. The deal itself is going along pretty well, i would say very well. Well see what happens over the next couple of weeks but were getting close to a historic, monumental deal. If it doesnt happen well be fine too. Support from Chuck Schumer who said this, strength is the only way to win with china. The president s threat comes as chinese negotiators are scheduled to arrive in d. C. On wednesday. The wall street journal is reporting china is now considering pulling out of those talks. Global markets reacting as you might expect to that renewed threat around the world. Declines 5 in shanghai, 3 in hong kong. Markets in london are closed for a public holiday. Wall street futures taking a hit, almost 2 in dow futures. Trump says that china pays these tariffs. That is not the case. This is something he said in his tweet, American Consumers pay the price. American Companies Pay the price after the higher cost of goods gets passed on to importers. And the tariffs have hit farmers harder than consumers. Farm bankrupt is on the rise. A strong jobs report last week is almost an after thought now. The chinese have not responded to the new threat yet. At this hour, a cease fire appears to be taking hold between militaries in gaza. Benjamin netanyahu had been threatening massive attacks after an estimated 600 rockets were fired toward israel. Oren liebermann has the latest. Good morning to you, sir. Well get to the serious fire in a moment. First, the iron dome, did it fail or was it just overwhelmed over the weekend. Reporter it looks like it was just overwhelmed. Palestinian militants realized if you fire rockets you can essentially overwhelm what is a very high quality system in terms of its ability to intercept a rocket, a bullet shooting another bullet out of the sky, but its also limited in the numbers it can fire. The Israeli Military says 35 rockets have landed in urban areas and essentially gotten through the iron dome Aerial Defense system there now as to that relative calm were seeing right now, how far do you project that lasting . Reporter well, thats an excellent question. These cease fires are always tenuous. Over the course of the past month, there had been relative calm leading into this round of fighting. One of the militant groups inside gaza announced the cease fire. Having been here along the border for the past 48 hours, it has been quiet. We hear a drone overhead at the moment. Thats about it. Israel never acknowledges or confirms there is a cease fire but as of 7 00, civilian restrictions around gaza have been lifted and thats the strongest indication that there is in fact a cease fire here. As for the fighting itself, israel says 700 rockets were fired from gaza. Shorter range and also more pouc powerful rockets, as well as an antitank missile. Israel carried out a wave of air strikes against more than 350 targets from smaller military posts to larger multistory buildings and the first targeted killing that israel has carried out in years. Four were killed on the israeli pseu pseu side, 23 on the palestinian side. The un condemned gaza. The cease fire holding, well see how this lasts over the next few days and weeks. The third of three hot spots around the globe. Oren liebermann live, thank you. 43 people including one american killed in a fire. Some of the video is disturbing. This jet made an emergency crash landing and caught fire sunday at a moscow airport. There are two children among the dead here. First reports say the air flight was flying from moscow when a fire broke out on board. 37 people survived. To politics now, President Trump reversing course and now says Robert Mueller should not testify before congress. A pair of tweets, trump suggests democrats are looking for a redo because mueller couldnt prove collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. The president was asked about the possibility of mueller testifying. Mr. President , should mueller testify . I dont know. Thats up to our attorney general who i think has done a fantastic job. So the president says its up to his ag but bill barr didnt seem to mind when he testified last week. What about bob mueller, should he be allowed to testify. I have said publicly, i have no objection. Why doesnt the president want to hear from mueller. House judiciary member said the committee has reached a tentative date of may 15th for mueller to testify. Mueller has yet to confirm that date. And will the attorney general be held in contempt of congress . We may find out in a few hours. House Judiciary Committee jerry nadler set a time for bill barr to respond to an offer he made friday. Nadler said his committee could work with the Justice Department to prioritize which material it will turn over to congress. Nadler did not buzz that Congress Must be able to view grand jury material redacted from the report, material barr says hes not allowed to. Referee . Nadl allowed to provide. Next stop for michael cohen, the federal prison. Otisville, new york, President Trumps former lawyer and fixer set to begin his threeyear sentence today for crimes that included arranging a hush money scheme at the president s direction. A nearly yearlong saga since cohen broke with the president and later implicated him in federal crimes. Cohen sought to reduce his prison sentence providing federal prosecutors with more documents about the president and his associates. That outreach has been rebuffed since cohen testified before congress back in february. The result of the Kentucky Derby could now be headed to court. They disqualified him. They did. So for the first time in the history of the Kentucky Derby, the horse that crossed the line first has been disqualified. Truly stunning jououtcome, g west tells the Daily Racing Form, he wants to appeal the decision but according to kentucky regulations, the decision is final and not subject to appeal. 651 long shot Country House was declared the derby winner and the jockey aboard Country House says maximum security drifted out and turned pratts horse sideways. The riders of the 18 and 20 horses in the Kentucky Derby lodged objections against the seven horse, the winner, due to interference. We determined that the seven horse drifted out and impacted the progress of number one in turn interfering with the 18 and 21. Betters could betters could not believe the turn of events. Maximum securitys dq resulted in 9 million being lost by betters. Some who had Country House to win could not believe their luck. Oh, and President Trump weighed in on the results, blaming the decision on political correctness. The second leg of horse racings crown the preakness will be may 18th in baltimore. Imagine that, the president doesnt believe interference can impact the outcome of a race, this just in. Ahead, kim jong un, fires off a missile just days after meeting with vladimir putin. But the president doesnt seem too concerned. Were live in seoul with the latestment with the latest. We see two travelers so at a comfort innal with a glow around them, so people watching will be like, wow, maybe ill glow too if i book direct at choicehotels. Com. Who glows . Just say, badda book. Badda boom. Book now at choicehotels. Com new satellite images show the smoke trail of a rocket launched by north korea on friday. It is believed to be a short range missile. It has the Trump Administration scrambling to salvage Nuclear Talks with the kim regime. Lets go live to seoul and bring in paula hancock. This is being taken as a message to the Trump Campaign. The state media showed pictures of kim, you know, watching with binoculars as this test was happening. Reporter thats right. They also brought out their most Important News anchor to show how much they wanted it to be noticed and its widely been seen as a sign of frustration, a clear message to the u. S. President that he wants things to change. He has publicly said the u. S. Needs to change its attitude and change the way its dealing with pyongyang, ie pyongyang wants sanctions to be ease d. They believed it was a new model. So it is a message to the u. S. President and theyre also trying to Test New Technology but the u. S. President didnt seem to mind too much. In a tweet he pointed out that kim jong un knows the importance of the economic aspects saying he is with kim jong un and a deal will happen. We also saw a similarly positive tune from the u. S. Secretary of state, mike pompeo. So we know a couple of things, one, at no point was there ever any boundary crossed, that is they landed in the water east of north korea, and didnt present a threat to the United States or to south korea or to japan. We know that they were relatively short range. We believe theres an opportunity to get a negotiated outcome where we get fully verified denuclearization. Reporter south korea has been more critical of the launch on saturday than the u. S. Has and thats unusual. Christine. Paula for us in seoul, thank you so much for that and well continue to watch that story. So many tweets to catalog, but im with him as we approach 2020 depending on where that goes could come back to haunt this president. Military honors for a student that died a hero. Riley howell saved classmates during a recent school shooting. When we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. I was printing out labels and saving money. Shipstation saves us so much time. It makes it really easy and seamless. Pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and its ready to go. Our costs for shipping were cut in half. Just like that. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get 2 months free. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. 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I dont want any trade minimums. Yeah, i totally agree, they dont have any of those. I want to know what im paying upfront. Yes, absolutely. Do you just say yes to everything . Hm. Well i say no to kale. Mm. Yeah, they say if you blanch it its better, but that seems like a lot of work. No hidden fees. No platform fees. No trade minimums. And yes, its all at one low price. Td ameritrade. Military honors for riley howell. He died as he tackled the gunman in last weeks campus shooting. Close friends and family recalling a humble young man who loved the outdoors and was kind to everyone. He had this sense of trust in people and love for others, something that i may never learn but i can say that im on the right track thanks to riley. Thank you for being the big brother i never had. Thank you for being my hero before you were everyones. Howell was 21 years old and an rotc cadet at the university. He charged the shootinger er as shooter charged others. He was killed along with 19yearold. Need to have all the fuel drained before it can be removed from the water. The aircraft slid into the river at the end of the runway Naval Air Station jacksonville. Since the wing is sitting on top of the water, holes had to be drilled to defuel the plane. There are 1200 gallons of fuel remaining. The plane was supposed to land from the west but the pilots requested to land from the east. The charter jet was carrying members of the military and their families. All 143 passengers and crew survived but several pets in the cargo hold are presumed dead. Tensions ratcheting up in three global hot spots, a strike heads to the middle east to deter iran. Global markets plummet as the president threatens more tariffs on chinese goods, and a cease fire between israel and gaza for how long. Tensions escalating in three global hot spots, the u. S. Deploys a strike group to counter iran, a tenuous cease fire between israel and gaza, and Global Markets plummet after the president threatens to expand his trade war with china. The president reversed his course and now says Robert Mueller should not testify so why try and keep the special counsel quiet . 41 people including an american perished when a russian jet crashes during an emergency landing. And after a historic disqualification at the derby, the owner of maximum security could take the derby result to court. What a sloppy mess it was, not talking about the track. Welcome back to early start, and our beautiful new hudson yard studio here. First day, im dave briggs. Welcome home. Welcome home, our new home here, im christine romans, 32 minutes past the hour. Breaking overnight, the u. S. Deploying a Carrier Strike group and a Bomber Task Force in response to what the white house calls troubling actions by iran. Officials not detailing the nature of threats but telling cnn they were against both u. S. Sea and land based forces in the middle east. The deployments are aimed specifically at deterring any Carrier Strike<\/a> group and a Bomber Task Force<\/a> in response to what the white house is calling troubling actions by iran. Officials not detailing the nature of the threats but telling cnn they were against u. S. , sea and land forces in the middle east, and the deployments are aimed specifically at deterring any Iranian Military<\/a> action. Fred pleitgen joining us. Reporter a clear source of force, as the tensions continue to ratchet up between teheran and the Trump Administration<\/a>. National security adviser saying the following, the u. S. Wants to send a clear and unmistakable message that any attack on United States<\/a> interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. Its quite interesting. Over the past couple of months i have been able to speak to Senior Iranian<\/a> leaders, including the elite wing of their military, and there were some talking about attacking u. S. Assets specifically in the area around the strait, the vital shipping lane that was there. Something they said they could do if there was an escalation with the United States<\/a>. On the other hand iranian politicians talking about divisions in the Trump Administration<\/a>. Hes saying he believes that President Trump<\/a> does not want an escalation or war with iran but believes that National Security<\/a> adviser, john bolton and the secretary of state are more inclined to have an escalation take place. Mike pompeo will be here laerlt today in later today. And between those two sparks flying, not just iran policy but in terms of whats going on in venezuela as well. The two trading a phone call a couple of days ago, the russians accusing the u. S. Of meddling in the affairs of venezuela, and the u. S. Saying russia is playing a maligned role in that region. Not total clarity on what was the incident that led to this. Are you getting a better sense of that . The Carrier Strike<\/a> . Yeah. Reporter it is really interesting, a question thats being asked. You have the National Security<\/a> adviser saying this is a threat, on the other hand, there are some that have been talking about the fact that perhaps the deployment of the Carrier Strike<\/a> was something that was preplanned, that was set to go there anywhere. Its interesting, a week ago i was on that Carrier Strike<\/a> group when it was conducting operations in the mediterranean. With the movement of the Carrier Strike<\/a> groups, very highly inclined not to tell you where the Carrier Strike<\/a> group is going to go. One of the things is that the iranians with calling the americans bluff, but the National Security<\/a> adviser saying a reaction to what the iranians have been doing there. Fred pleitgen live in finland. Trade trouble, a new threat from the president , tariffs on chinese goods days ahead of talks to end a damaging trade war. Thats a sharp departure from upbeat messaging about these trade talks. This is the president just friday. The deal itself is going along pretty well, i would say very well. Well see what happens over the next couple of weeks but were getting close to a historic, monumental deal. If it doesnt happen well be fine too. Support from Chuck Schumer<\/a> who said this, strength is the only way to win with china. The president s threat comes as chinese negotiators are scheduled to arrive in d. C. On wednesday. The wall street journal is reporting china is now considering pulling out of those talks. Global markets reacting as you might expect to that renewed threat around the world. Declines 5 in shanghai, 3 in hong kong. Markets in london are closed for a public holiday. Wall street futures taking a hit, almost 2 in dow futures. Trump says that china pays these tariffs. That is not the case. This is something he said in his tweet, American Consumers<\/a> pay the price. American Companies Pay<\/a> the price after the higher cost of goods gets passed on to importers. And the tariffs have hit farmers harder than consumers. Farm bankrupt is on the rise. A strong jobs report last week is almost an after thought now. The chinese have not responded to the new threat yet. At this hour, a cease fire appears to be taking hold between militaries in gaza. Benjamin netanyahu had been threatening massive attacks after an estimated 600 rockets were fired toward israel. Oren liebermann has the latest. Good morning to you, sir. Well get to the serious fire in a moment. First, the iron dome, did it fail or was it just overwhelmed over the weekend. Reporter it looks like it was just overwhelmed. Palestinian militants realized if you fire rockets you can essentially overwhelm what is a very high quality system in terms of its ability to intercept a rocket, a bullet shooting another bullet out of the sky, but its also limited in the numbers it can fire. The Israeli Military<\/a> says 35 rockets have landed in urban areas and essentially gotten through the iron dome Aerial Defense<\/a> system there now as to that relative calm were seeing right now, how far do you project that lasting . Reporter well, thats an excellent question. These cease fires are always tenuous. Over the course of the past month, there had been relative calm leading into this round of fighting. One of the militant groups inside gaza announced the cease fire. Having been here along the border for the past 48 hours, it has been quiet. We hear a drone overhead at the moment. Thats about it. Israel never acknowledges or confirms there is a cease fire but as of 7 00, civilian restrictions around gaza have been lifted and thats the strongest indication that there is in fact a cease fire here. As for the fighting itself, israel says 700 rockets were fired from gaza. Shorter range and also more pouc powerful rockets, as well as an antitank missile. Israel carried out a wave of air strikes against more than 350 targets from smaller military posts to larger multistory buildings and the first targeted killing that israel has carried out in years. Four were killed on the israeli pseu pseu side, 23 on the palestinian side. The un condemned gaza. The cease fire holding, well see how this lasts over the next few days and weeks. The third of three hot spots around the globe. Oren liebermann live, thank you. 43 people including one american killed in a fire. Some of the video is disturbing. This jet made an emergency crash landing and caught fire sunday at a moscow airport. There are two children among the dead here. First reports say the air flight was flying from moscow when a fire broke out on board. 37 people survived. To politics now, President Trump<\/a> reversing course and now says Robert Mueller<\/a> should not testify before congress. A pair of tweets, trump suggests democrats are looking for a redo because mueller couldnt prove collusion between the Trump Campaign<\/a> and russia. The president was asked about the possibility of mueller testifying. Mr. President , should mueller testify . I dont know. Thats up to our attorney general who i think has done a fantastic job. So the president says its up to his ag but bill barr didnt seem to mind when he testified last week. What about bob mueller, should he be allowed to testify. I have said publicly, i have no objection. Why doesnt the president want to hear from mueller. House judiciary member said the committee has reached a tentative date of may 15th for mueller to testify. Mueller has yet to confirm that date. And will the attorney general be held in contempt of congress . We may find out in a few hours. House Judiciary Committee<\/a> jerry nadler set a time for bill barr to respond to an offer he made friday. Nadler said his committee could work with the Justice Department<\/a> to prioritize which material it will turn over to congress. Nadler did not buzz that Congress Must<\/a> be able to view grand jury material redacted from the report, material barr says hes not allowed to. Referee . Nadl allowed to provide. Next stop for michael cohen, the federal prison. Otisville, new york, President Trump<\/a>s former lawyer and fixer set to begin his threeyear sentence today for crimes that included arranging a hush money scheme at the president s direction. A nearly yearlong saga since cohen broke with the president and later implicated him in federal crimes. Cohen sought to reduce his prison sentence providing federal prosecutors with more documents about the president and his associates. That outreach has been rebuffed since cohen testified before congress back in february. The result of the Kentucky Derby<\/a> could now be headed to court. They disqualified him. They did. So for the first time in the history of the Kentucky Derby<\/a>, the horse that crossed the line first has been disqualified. Truly stunning jououtcome, g west tells the Daily Racing Form<\/a>, he wants to appeal the decision but according to kentucky regulations, the decision is final and not subject to appeal. 651 long shot Country House<\/a> was declared the derby winner and the jockey aboard Country House<\/a> says maximum security drifted out and turned pratts horse sideways. The riders of the 18 and 20 horses in the Kentucky Derby<\/a> lodged objections against the seven horse, the winner, due to interference. We determined that the seven horse drifted out and impacted the progress of number one in turn interfering with the 18 and 21. Betters could betters could not believe the turn of events. Maximum securitys dq resulted in 9 million being lost by betters. Some who had Country House<\/a> to win could not believe their luck. Oh, and President Trump<\/a> weighed in on the results, blaming the decision on political correctness. The second leg of horse racings crown the preakness will be may 18th in baltimore. Imagine that, the president doesnt believe interference can impact the outcome of a race, this just in. Ahead, kim jong un, fires off a missile just days after meeting with vladimir putin. But the president doesnt seem too concerned. Were live in seoul with the latestment with the latest. We see two travelers so at a comfort innal with a glow around them, so people watching will be like, wow, maybe ill glow too if i book direct at choicehotels. Com. Who glows . Just say, badda book. Badda boom. Book now at choicehotels. Com new satellite images show the smoke trail of a rocket launched by north korea on friday. It is believed to be a short range missile. It has the Trump Administration<\/a> scrambling to salvage Nuclear Talks<\/a> with the kim regime. Lets go live to seoul and bring in paula hancock. This is being taken as a message to the Trump Campaign<\/a>. The state media showed pictures of kim, you know, watching with binoculars as this test was happening. Reporter thats right. They also brought out their most Important News<\/a> anchor to show how much they wanted it to be noticed and its widely been seen as a sign of frustration, a clear message to the u. S. President that he wants things to change. He has publicly said the u. S. Needs to change its attitude and change the way its dealing with pyongyang, ie pyongyang wants sanctions to be ease d. They believed it was a new model. So it is a message to the u. S. President and theyre also trying to Test New Technology<\/a> but the u. S. President didnt seem to mind too much. In a tweet he pointed out that kim jong un knows the importance of the economic aspects saying he is with kim jong un and a deal will happen. We also saw a similarly positive tune from the u. S. Secretary of state, mike pompeo. So we know a couple of things, one, at no point was there ever any boundary crossed, that is they landed in the water east of north korea, and didnt present a threat to the United States<\/a> or to south korea or to japan. We know that they were relatively short range. We believe theres an opportunity to get a negotiated outcome where we get fully verified denuclearization. Reporter south korea has been more critical of the launch on saturday than the u. S. Has and thats unusual. Christine. Paula for us in seoul, thank you so much for that and well continue to watch that story. So many tweets to catalog, but im with him as we approach 2020 depending on where that goes could come back to haunt this president. Military honors for a student that died a hero. Riley howell saved classmates during a recent school shooting. When we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. I was printing out labels and saving money. Shipstation saves us so much time. It makes it really easy and seamless. Pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and its ready to go. Our costs for shipping were cut in half. Just like that. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Go to shipstation. Com tv and get 2 months free. Shipstation. The 1 choice of online sellers. Audible members know listening has the power to change us make us better parents, better leaders, better people. And theres no better place to listen than audible. With audible you get a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. And now, youll also get two Audible Originals<\/a> titles exclusively produced for audible. Automatically roll your credits over to the next month if you dont use them, and if you dont like a book just swap it for free. Enjoy 100 ad free listening in the car, on your phone or any connected device. And when you switch a device pick up right where you left off. With our commitment free guarantee, theres never been a better time to start listening to audible. The most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories, the best place to listen. To start your free 30day trial, text listen9 to 500500 today. What do you look for i want free access to research. Yep, td ameritrades got that. Free access to every platform. Yeah, that too. I dont want any trade minimums. Yeah, i totally agree, they dont have any of those. I want to know what im paying upfront. Yes, absolutely. Do you just say yes to everything . Hm. Well i say no to kale. Mm. Yeah, they say if you blanch it its better, but that seems like a lot of work. No hidden fees. No platform fees. No trade minimums. And yes, its all at one low price. Td ameritrade. Military honors for riley howell. He died as he tackled the gunman in last weeks campus shooting. Close friends and family recalling a humble young man who loved the outdoors and was kind to everyone. He had this sense of trust in people and love for others, something that i may never learn but i can say that im on the right track thanks to riley. Thank you for being the big brother i never had. Thank you for being my hero before you were everyones. Howell was 21 years old and an rotc cadet at the university. He charged the shootinger er as shooter charged others. He was killed along with 19yearold. Need to have all the fuel drained before it can be removed from the water. The aircraft slid into the river at the end of the runway Naval Air Station<\/a> jacksonville. Since the wing is sitting on top of the water, holes had to be drilled to defuel the plane. There are 1200 gallons of fuel remaining. The plane was supposed to land from the west but the pilots requested to land from the east. The charter jet was carrying members of the military and their families. All 143 passengers and crew survived but several pets in the cargo hold are presumed dead. Tensions ratcheting up in three global hot spots, a strike heads to the middle east to deter iran. Global markets plummet as the president threatens more tariffs on chinese goods, and a cease fire between israel and gaza for how long. Tensions escalating in three global hot spots, the u. S. Deploys a strike group to counter iran, a tenuous cease fire between israel and gaza, and Global Markets<\/a> plummet after the president threatens to expand his trade war with china. The president reversed his course and now says Robert Mueller<\/a> should not testify so why try and keep the special counsel quiet . 41 people including an american perished when a russian jet crashes during an emergency landing. And after a historic disqualification at the derby, the owner of maximum security could take the derby result to court. What a sloppy mess it was, not talking about the track. Welcome back to early start, and our beautiful new hudson yard studio here. First day, im dave briggs. Welcome home. Welcome home, our new home here, im christine romans, 32 minutes past the hour. Breaking overnight, the u. S. Deploying a Carrier Strike<\/a> group and a Bomber Task Force<\/a> in response to what the white house calls troubling actions by iran. Officials not detailing the nature of threats but telling cnn they were against both u. S. Sea and land based forces in the middle east. The deployments are aimed specifically at deterring any Iranian Military<\/a> action. Lets bring in cnns frederik pleitgen. He joins us from finland. Hes there because the secretary of state mike pompeo is headed there right now. Bring us up to speed on what the threats are, what we know about the threats from iran and the response from the United States<\/a>. Reporter hi there christine. Secretary of state mike pompeo and john bolton have been saying there have been threats by the iranians against u. S. Military assets in the greater eastern area and specifically in the strait, of course that vital waterway that board rders iran. A lot of military activity taking place there. National security adviser john bolton came out and said the following, he said that the deployment of the Carrier Strike<\/a> group is quote to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian Regime<\/a> as he calls it that any attack on the United States<\/a> interest of those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force. Its quite interesting. Over the past couple of weeks, i have been able to speak to senior military commanders in iran, and they did say that if there was an escalation with the United States<\/a>, one of the things that they possibly could do was to hit American Military<\/a> targets in the region, and one of the places they were specifically talking about was the strait of f farmouth was the waterway. The foreign minister has a different tune, trying to sow divisions in the Trump Administration<\/a>. He came out and said he does not believe President Trump<\/a> wants an escalation or war with iran but does believe that others in the Administration Like<\/a> for instance secretary of state mike pompeo are inclined which brings us to where we are right now, the secretary of state meeting with russias foreign minister. Those two countries not seeing eye to eye almost anywhere in the world. One of the main topics could be the crisis in venezuela. Fred pleitgen, thank you, keeping us up to speed on developments there. A cease fire appears to be taking hold between israel and gaza. The Prime Minister<\/a> had been threatening attacks after an estimated 600 rockets were fired toward israel. Orr Oren Liebermann<\/a> has the latest live from the Israel Border<\/a> where it appears quiet this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning, dave. It was Palestinian Islamic<\/a> announced that a cease fire had taken effect at 4 30 in the morning. We havent heard any of what we have heard over the course of the past 48 hours. Rocket fire or air strikes or interception of israels iron dome Aerial Defense<\/a> system. Israel has not acknowledged or confirmed the cease fire in any way. The Israeli Military<\/a> says restrictions on the communities around gaza had been lifted and that is as clear an indication as any that in fact a cease fire is holding, and believes it will hold in the immediate future. Lets review this round of fighting, the worst since the end of the 2014 war. Medium rockets reached some of the largest cities in southern israel as well as even an antitank missile that targeted a civilian vehicle from inside of gaza to israel. Four people were killed during this fighting. Israel carried out a wave of strikes from the air and artillery and tankings. That killed 23 people in gaza. Smaller targets at first, military posts and escalating into multiple targets, the first targeted killing Israeli Military<\/a> has carried out in several years, and that gives you an idea of where this escalation was heading. The un and e jigypt trying to restore a cease fire, bringing both sides back from a level of escalation. It appears at least so far they have succeeded. Dave, its interesting to note the u. S. Clearly came out on israels side but the un and eu said it is gaza that needs to stop firing rockets. Oren liebermann from the suddenly quiet israel gaza border, thank you, sir. Not quiet, the trade war with the u. S. And china. Trade trouble this morning, the president threatening to jack up tariffs on chinese good and add new tariffs, threatening 200 billion from 25 to 10 , and he warned he could tax nearly all of the roughly 5 billion of chinese exports to the u. S. , a departure from upbeat messages on the trade talks. This is the president just friday. The deal itself is going along pretty well. I would even say very well. Well see what happens over the next couple of weeks but were getting close to a very historic monumental deal. If it doesnt happen, well be fine too into support from Senate Minority<\/a> leader Chuck Schumer<\/a> who said this, strength is the only way to win with china. Now, the threat caught trade watchers by surprise. Chinese negotiators are scheduled to arrive in d. C. On wednesdayme wednesday. The wall street journal reporting china may be pulling out of those talks. Japanese markets are closed for a holiday. So is london. Everything else showing big declines and wall street futures are down as well, foreshadowing a 400 point decline for the dow, almost 2 . Trumps threat came via tweet in when he said china is paying the tariff bill and thats been good for the u. S. Economy. Fact check the bill is paid by u. S. Importers and consumers. The chinese do not write a check to the american treasury as the president often sauce. This threat once again though getting in the way of a great economic message for the president , all but burying the good news from a strong jobs report. Chinas Foreign Ministry<\/a> says the u. S. Should work with china for an agreement based on quote Mutual Respect<\/a> adding the u. S. Has threatened new tariffs numerous times in the past. 41 people including one american killed in a fire aboard a russian passenger plane. We want to warn you some of the video youre about to see is disturbing. The jet made an emergency crash landing and caught fire sunday at a moscow airport. Two children are among the dead. The super jet 100 was flying from moscow according to the interfacts news agency. It was hit by lightning, lost communication, circled back to the airport where it made a hard landing and caught fire. 37 people did survive. President trump reverses course, now says Robert Mueller<\/a> should not testify wbefore congress, democrats are looking for a redo because mueller couldnt prove collusion between the u. S. And russia. He was asked friday about the possibility of mueller testifying. Mr. President should mueller testify . I dont know. Thats up to our attorney general who i think has done a fantastic job. So the president says its up to the ag. But bill barr didnt seem to mind when he testified just last week. What about bob mueller, should he be allowed to testify . I have already said publicly, i have no objection. What changed and why doesnt the president want to hear from mueller . Who knows. Trumps reversal came after house judiciary member said the committee had reached a tentative date of may 15th for mueller to testify. Mueller has yet to confirm that date. Democratic candidates looking to energize their president ial campaigns now that joe biden has entered the race and stolen thunder. Kamala harris making a stop in michigan, a critical state that Hillary Clinton<\/a> lost. Harris spoke to the detroit chapter of the naacp about electability. She says the preconceived notion that the voters choose a nominee ba based on age, race and gender is wrong. And wants to stem the tide of hate in america and is putting social Media Companies<\/a> on notice. We will hold social media platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms because they have a responsibility. If you profit off of hate, if you act as a megaphone for misinformation or cyber warfare, if you dont police your platforms, we are going to hold you accountable as a community. Bernie sanders in iowa to announce his plan to support rural america, the vermont senator vowing to strengthen regulations to protect small family farms. In rural america, we are seeing giants agri business conglomerates extract as much wealth, as much wealth out of small communities as they possibly can while family farmers are going bankrupt and in many ways, are being treated like modern day indentured servants. Colorado senator Michael Bennet<\/a> entering the race, 21 democrats are now running for president. Breaking overnight, boeing confirming it was aware of problems with its 737 max fleet well before last octobers deadly lion air crash and decided to do nothing about it. Boeing previously acknowledged an alert system tahat was supposed to be a standard feature, and the company now says engineers discovered Flight Control<\/a> software was not meeting requirements in 2017. Safety review committees from boeing and the faa determined it was a low risk problem. That was before the first of two crashes possibly voinvolvin the software killed 346 people. Boeing and the faa are facing scrutiny for designing and certifying commercial jets. The company says neither its Senior Leadership<\/a> or the faa knew about the Software Issue<\/a> until after the crash. The results of the Kentucky Derby<\/a> could be headed to court. They disqualified him. They did so for the first time in the history of the Kentucky Derby<\/a>, the horse that crossed the line first has been disqualified. Gary west tells the Daily Racing Form<\/a> he wants to appeal the decision but according to kentucky regulations, the decision is final and not subject to appeal. 651 holong short, country hous was declared the winner. The jockey board Country House<\/a> says maximum security drifted and turned pratts horse sideways. The riders of the 18 and 20 horses in the Kentucky Derby<\/a> lodged objections. The seven horse, the winner due to interference. We determined that the seven horse drifted out and impacted the progress of number one, in turn, interfering with the 18 and 21. President trump weighed in on the results. He blamed the decision on political correctness. The second leg of horse racings triple crown, the preakness will be may 18th in baltimore. Had nothing to do with the political correctness. A lot of people hated this decision. It was the right decision based on interference, its just a sport that most people dont understand. Its a sport that most of us watch once or twice a year. Ahead, kim jong un fires off a missile just days after meeting with vladimir putin. But the president doesnt seem too concerned. Were live in seoul. New satellite images obtained exclusively by cnn slow the smoke trail of a rocket launched by north korea on friday. Its believed to be a short range missile, and has the Trump Administration<\/a> scrambling to salvage talks with the regime. Lets bring in paula hancock. Good morning. Reporter we have new information, the Intelligence Agency<\/a> has briefed lawmakers today. In the past few minutes they have been briefing the reporters saying they believe what happened on saturday morning local time was not as provocative as before. They specify to lawmakers that north korea had insisted that they were regular drills and they were defensive in nature. And when asked by lawmakers why exactly south korea hadnt responded in some kind of way, the lawmakers were effectively quoting the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo pointing out that no countries were under threat. So this is certainly a different kind of response than we are used to when north korea carries out these kinds of launches. This is exactly what u. S. Secretary of state had said. So we know a couple of things. At no point was there ever any International Boundary<\/a> crossed. They didnt present a threat to the United States<\/a> or south korea or japan. We know that they were relatively short range. We still believe theres an opportunity to get a negotiated outcome where we get fully verified denuclearization. One thing that secretary pompeo also mentioned that is getting a lot of attention here in the region was specifying that north korea hadnt actually broken a moratorium on long range missile testing or Intercontinental Missile<\/a> testing, those that could hit mainland United States<\/a>. They could still hit south korea. The Trump Administration<\/a> giving an awfully long leash. Paula hancocks live in seoul, thank you. The nation of brunei is backtracking on a law that would allow homosexuals and adulters to be stoned to death. The change comes after the law prompted a global backlash. Major celebrities like George Clooney<\/a> and others called for a boycott of hotels around the world owned by the sultan of brunei. Top hotels in london and hollywood that many people said they would boycott. All right. This, the best movie in the history of the world. I have seen it, i agree, avengers end game. We can finally talk about it. It is still dominating the box office, the second highest grossing film of all time. In less than two weeks. Cnn business has the latest next. Even the song makes me 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<\/a> 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 the latest inisnt just a store. Ty its a save more with a new kind of Wireless Network<\/a> store. Its a look what your wifi can do now store. A get your questions answered by awesome experts store. Its a now theres one store that connects your life like never before store. The xfinity store is here. And its simple, easy, awesome. Another wet week ahead for the soaked middle part of the country. Flash flooding possible for hard hit davrn port, iowa, you have heard of a davenport, hey, you have heard of a baseball diamond, the river crested at 22. 7 feet thursday. This is my hometown, by the way. More rain starting today. Going to extend the time the areas rivers remain above flood stage. Its been about 30 days of water logged conditions. At least 7 deaths have been reported in flooding last week in missouri, oklahoma, texas and indiana. Welcome home old friend to snl. Ladies and gentlemen, adam sandler. Thats right, water boy adam sandler returning to saturday night live for the First Time Since<\/a> 1995 when he was fired. The sandman brought back one of his class you cic characters to in on 2020. They have slim chanceo, they no wear pantso, beto will have to wait, oh here we go again, 70yearold men well done opera man. Sandler ended the night on an emotional note with a musical tribute to his late friend and snl legend chris farley. The last big hang we had was at timmy meadows Wedding Party<\/a> we laughed all night because of farley, but a few more, the party came to an end, we flew out to madison to bury our friend nothing was harder than saying goodbye except watching chriss father have his turn to cry funny and sad too. He was hysterical, but that was not the tone you expected it to end on. Lets get a check on cnn business. Global markets react to go President Trump<\/a>s renewed tariff threat to china. Everything is down. Wrap n japanese markets are closed for public holiday. Wall street futures down sharply here. You know, pretending a 400 point decline at the open, almost 2 . Stocks ended the week slightly higher. The nasdaq hit a record high friday, closing above 8,100 points for the year. The nasdaq up 17 . 22 for the nasdaq, the president s tariff threat caught many be surprise, and they say for anybody looking to take profits after such a big run, renewed problems with china on tariffs could be the reason. Uber and lyft drivers are joining forces to strike just days ahead of ubers wall street debut. Drivers in new york city, los angeles and San Francisco<\/a> expected to protest by logging off their respective apps for two Hours Wednesday<\/a> morning. According to the new york taxi workers alliance, drivers are protesting for livable incomes, job security, and they want regulated fares. Right now, new york city is the only market with a minimum wage law for ride hail drivers. Drivers are supposed to earn 17. 22 an hour, the equivalent of a 15 minimum wage in new york. Uber is expected to trade publicly on friday. Avengers end game, i love you 3,000, it is still dominating the box office. 3, 2, 1. The super hero film crossed the 2 billion mark at the Global Box Office<\/a> and only took 11 short days to do it. End game is now the second highest grossing film of all time. Movie buffs, what movie did it beat . The king of the world, James Cameron<\/a> hit titanic that earned 2. 1 billion. It sits behind the highest grossing film in history. Guess what it is. I have read a lot about this. Avatar took 5,000 days to reach that level. 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