And a School Bus Driver takes off with a students backpack caught in the door. While the teens mom says it was intentional and racist. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans, it is 4 00 a. M. In the east, 4 00 p. M. In beijing, and today is the day, tariff day, the Trump Administration raising tariffs on 200 billion of chinese goods. That is thousands of different items, including dish washers, frozen fish, baseball caps. Tariffs hit roughly half of the products that china sells to the United States. How did we get here. Thats thanks to three rounds of tariffs last year starting with march, starting with the u. S. Hitting all steel and aluminum, including from china. The u. S. Then singled out beijing in july 2018 hitting 50 billion of chinese goods. Thats mostly hightech goods and then it goes on, china retaliated with tariffs on 50 billion u. S. Goods, mainly ag products which have big markets in china, and cemeseptember, 200 billion in chinese goods including consumer goods like luggage, handbags and hats. Now, beijing then hit 60 billionu. S. Exports in response. Tit for tat. That 200 billion in september, that was originally taxed only at 10 . The Administration Today bumped that up to 25 . A big difference. Remember, its u. S. Importers, not china who pay those tariffs, and experts warn this could have an economic hit. It will disrupt especially smaller American Companies costing the u. S. More than 900,000 jobs. It could mean higher prices for consumers, raising expenses for the average family of four by 767 a year because the higher prices for the goods theyre buying and putting in their shopping cart. This trade war is not over. President trump is threatening to tax nearly all chinese imports, all of them. Where do we go from here . The president has until may 18 to decide whether to impose global auto tariffs separate from the china trade war which would likely make cars for expensive. Global markets do not like trade wars. You have the s p 500 down four days in a row, and it looks like this morning you will see u. S. Futures weak at the open, dave. 5,000 items tariffed. Christine romans, thank you my friend. Beijing has threatened to retaliate for the tariff increase. Matt rivers standing by live for us in china this morning. What might retaliation look like from the chinese . Reporter well, theyve got a number of different options. Were at a port. A lot of what china ships to the United States goes out behind me, and more than 100 billion a year of American Goods comes in here to china. Most have had tariffs placed on them already. China could raise the rates of tariffs going from 10 to 25 . They could make life here for u. S. Companies, Market Access issues. Theres also things that would be less formal. If you were an agricultural exporter, you sent a perishable good to a dock, maybe the inspections people here, the customs people in china, they dont get around to looking at your shipment, your food perishes on the dock, and you dont make money. We dont know exactly what theyre going to do yet. You can belt they are going to do something. Matt rivers standing by live. President trump none too pleased about the subpoena his son don jr. Received from the Senate Intelligence committee. I was very surprised to see my son. My son is a very good person, works very hard. The last thing he needs is washington, d. C. He could rather not ever be involved. Hes now testified for 20 hours or something. A massive amount of time. The Mueller Report came out. Thats the bible, the Mueller Report came out, and they said he did nothing wrong. Thats not entirely true. Several people have contradicted don jr. s claim under oath that he only told two people about his impending trump tower meeting. Its unclear if the president s son will comply with the subpoena, not show up, plead the 5th or choose another option. Members of the president s inner circle are upset with richard burr. They believe the decision to serve don jr. Give democrats a valuable talking point, and the chair does not want to discuss it. The white house is taking a big swing at you, nothing senator burr, you made a big move. Nothing. We dont talk about engagements we had in the committee, never have. Were not going to start today. Cnn has learned, burr explained the back story of the subpoena and defended his committees investigation. Mitch mcconnell publicly supporting burr even though just days ago the Senate Majority leader said case closed on the mueller investigation. Add james comeys name to the list of people who think President Trump obstructed justice. He was asked about the Mueller Report in a live cnn town hall event last night. The report had several examples of possible obstruction, but attorney general bill barr decided not to bring charges because he could not determine the president s intent. Do you think he had criminal intelligent based on what you have seen now in the Mueller Report . It sure looks like he did in connection with a couple episodes, the direction to don mcgahn to get special counsel fired is a flaming example of corrupt intent. We recently learned mueller and his team i think he acted in a way thats less than honorable in the way he described it in writing and described it in a press conference and continues to talk as if hes the president s lawyer. That is not the attorney generals job. Comey offered this theory about why President Trump is deferential to Vladimir Putin and the russians. Do you think the russians have leverage over President Trump . I dont know the answer to that. Do you think its possible . Yes. It appears President Trump may have been watching cnn despite constantly denying it, last night he tweeted quote james comey is a disgrace. Comey went on to say he would like to hear Robert Mueller testify to explain why he left the matter of obstruction up to barr. The House Judiciary Committee is trying to secure a date for the special counsels testimony. Flash flood warnings for the houston metro. Some 40 people trapped by flood waters and rainfall rates 2 to 3 inches an hour reported. Emergency crews saved a person trapped in this car that flipped and submerged in a flooded ditch. Hail and frequent lightning also part of the mix. Flag poles even wobbling there with the roof closed at houstons minute maid park. Several creeks, rivers and bayous in the area have reached their banks with water flowing into homes and businesses. Over 100,000 customers were without power at the height of the storm. Many counties were still recovering from flooding and heavy rain earlier in the week. More than 20 Million People in southeast texas, louisiana and mississippi under a flood watch. A startling revelation out of colorado, months before the deadly shooting at s. T. E. M. School Highlands Ranch, an anonymous parent said she was afraid another columbine would happen there. The school board did ask for an investigation after that complaint. Now the woman who says shes the anonymous parent is talking exclusively to cnn. Heres what she told scott mcclain. When you mix a Pressure Cooker environment where students are stressed out and overworked and they dont get enough sleep and they feel suicidal or they feel aggressive towards one another and are not being disciplined for it. When you dont listen to parents, when you dont report teachers concerns, when you dont give teachers the kind of training that they need or the support that they need, those are the elements that we need for the perfect storm. The woman wants to stay anonymous because she fears retaliation, but cnn confirmed she does have a student in the school. She speaks of kids who had a rigorous math and science based academy program, little sleep and started acting out aggressively. I also saw violence against themselves happening, you know, with students, and threats of suicide, cutting, attempted suicide, drug use that was getting pretty serious, you know, numerous reports from my children as they witnessed it, experienced it firsthand, and other students that witnessed it or experienced it firsthand. So the pattern was pervasive. The woman says teachers were well intentioned. The schools executive director told cnn through a pr firm, the school found no evidence to support the allegations made by a parent. In a statement, with a school with 1,800 students, we receive complaints, all of which we take seriously and investigate promptly. The suspects are due in court today. The cofounder of facebook wants the social Media Network broken up. What chris hughes now says about his friend Mark Zuckerberg and the company they created together. 4 15 teeeastern time. A cargo ship seized. Tensions were already high between the u. S. And north korea, this likely to increase them following the failure of the hanoi summit. The Justice Department says the vessel was being used to haul coal to north korea from other countries, accusing china. They have accused the kim regime for using coal to fund the weapons program. This comes after north korea launched two short range missiles. The president says he doesnt believe north korea is ready to negotiate. President trump thinks former secretary of state john kerry should face felony charges. The president was asked what iran did to trigger the deployment of a u. S. Aircraft carrier to the middle east. Mr. Trump replied they were threatening, then he took this odd turn. I would like to see them call me, you know, john kerry, he speaks to them a lot. John kerry tells them not to call. Thats a violation of the logan act. The logan act makes it a felony for anyone without authorization. He claims kerry undercut his policy on iran by speaking with its leaders. A spokesperson for kerry said quote everything President Trump said today is simply wrong, end of story. Our call to break up facebook coming from a cofounder of the social net work chris hughes who helped Mark Zuckerberg launch facebook from a College Dorm Room writes, zuckerberg is quote unchecked power and influence far beyond anyone else in the private sector or in government. Hughes says facebook should be forced to reverse its acquisitions of instagram and whats app. He says in part im worried that mark has surrounded himself with a team that reinforces his beliefs instead of challenging them. 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In response to the suit, the district says any claims of discrimination are being investigated. A San Francisco teacher on medical leave battling Breast Cancer is being forced to pay for her own substitute at the glen park elementary school. All district teachers get ten paid days of medical leave each other. They can get another 100 sick days, but the cost for the substitute teacher deducted from the teachers salary. In San Francisco, thats more than 200 a day. The teacher in question has chosen to remain anonymous but parents are speaking out. Shes wonderful. Shes a beautiful, lovely great teacher. Shes one of the best teachers, so its terrible. A go fund me page for the teacher that has now stopped accepting donations received 13,000. I want to learn more about that story because theres the family medical leave act. There are all kinds of laws that are meant to protect people when you are ill or have a family issue. Further scrutiny, well stay on it. Ahead, things you could buy every day could start costing a lot more. New trade tariffs now in effect on billions worth of chinese goods. Beijing vows to retaliate. Were live in china, ahead. They renegotiated the deal. They took many many parts of that deal and they renegotiated. You cant do that. A trade war that could hit your wallet. The white house raising tariffs on 200 billion worth of chinese goods and china vows to retaliate. Months before the Deadly School shooting in colorado, a parent warned School Officials that Pressure Cooker conditions could lead to another columbine. Extreme flooding in and around houston. Dozens of water rescues, rivers over their banks, 100,000 customers in the dark. And the School Bus Driver takes off with a students backpack caught in the door. The teens mom says it was intentional and it was racist. Welcome back to early start, everybody, im dave briggs. Happy friday, unfortunately this friday comes at a cost. Yeah, happy tariff friday. Im christine romans, it is 31 minutes past the hour. It wasnt a bluff. President trump jacked up tariffs on thousands of goods, dish washers, frozen goods, baseball caps. Have of the products china imports to the u. S. , three rounds of tariffs last year. First, the u. S. Put tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum including from china, then in july, the u. S. Singled out beijing, slapping tariffs on 50 billion worth of hightech chinese export rs. China hit back with 50 billion, tariffs on 50 billion in u. S. Goods. Thats mainly ag products, devastating american soybean farmers. The biggest round yet in september, 200 billion in chinese goods. This included consumer goods like luggage, handbags and hats. Beijing, guess what, retaliated with 60 billion worth of u. S. Exports in response. That 200 billion, that 200 billion back in september, that was originally taxed at 10 . Today it is 25 as of midnight. Remember, its u. S. Importers, not china that pay the tariffs, and experts warn of an economic hit. One Analysis Finds it could cost the u. S. About 900,000 jobs and raise prices for the average family of four by 767 a year, and this trade war isnt over. Theres the potential for more tariffs and problems with europe, right, the president has threatened to tax chinese imports and has until may 18th to decide whether to impose auto tariffs. We have dow futures low this morning, four days lower for the s p 500. A bit of a mixed re