be prepared and keep your family safe, visit pge.com/safety. this was an illegal takedown that failed. >> no collusion. no clear answer on obstruction. robert mueller says the trump campaign did not conspire with the russians us be leaves one major question unanswered. victory for the president and his team. welcome to the the viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it's 3:00 a.m. in the east. president trump and robert

mueller would end up on the same page. the main take aways from the investigation have now been made public in a letter from attorney general bill barr to congress. the top headline, no collusion. >> the attorney general quoted mueller saying the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities. that means no one will face charges for conspireing with the russians. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. it's a shame that our country had to go through this. to be honest, it's a shame that your president has had to go through this. this was an illegal takedown that failed. and hopefully somebody will be looking at the other side. >> on the obstruction of justice question, the special counsel decided not to render a

judgment. here's bar quoting mooueller whe this report does not conclude the president committed a crime. it does not exonerate him. remember, a year ago, the attorney general barr wrote a memo saying he considered the obstruction justice, quote, fatally misconceived. >> barr cleared the president. he writes the absence of such evidence bears upon the president's intent with respect to obstruction. in other words, since this was no collusion with russia, there could not be obstruction for firing james comey, even though the president did say this. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself,

you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an excuse for having lost an lx that they should have won. >> comey himself tweeted this picture and the words so many questions. >> a highly charged reaction in congress to barr's summation. sarah westwood is live from washington with what comes next. >> good morning, house democrats are prepared to call attorney general barr to testify in the weeks ahead to explain why he concluded after reading mueller's report that the president did not commit obstruction even though special counsel robert mueller and his report did not draw any conclusions one way or another when it comes to obstruction. the house judiciary chairman said it is unacceptable aft22

months uncovering the evidence barr made a decision not to charge the president in under 48 hours. now even as democrats were skeptical of that part of barr's letter, republicans were ready to take a victory lap after barr revealed that mueller concluded that one of the main parts of the investigation russian collusion that did not occur between the president or the campaign. senator lindsey graham was with president trump over the weekend. he wrote in a tweet, good day for the rule of law. great day for president trump and his team. no collusion ask no obstruction. the cloud hanging over president trump has been removed by this report. doug collins, the ranking republican on the house committee, said democrats should trop their investigations into president trump, but the judiciary chairman and other democratic-led committees in the

house have issued 81 requests for information or testimony from people associated with president trump for lines of inquiry that go far beyond russ russia. they intend to continue looking into this. he did not seem ready to boon those investigations. take a listen. >> the attorney general'sen comments make it clear that congress must step in to get the truth and provide full transparency to the american people. >> obviously, we know there was some collusion. there's been obstruction of justice. whether it's criminal is another question. what congress has to do is look at a broader picture. we have the responsibility of protecting the rule of law, of looking at obstructions of justice and abuses of power and

corruption. >> president trump has already begun effectively his victory lap on the mueller report claiming it vindicates him with no collusion or obstruction, even though mueller didn't draw a conclusion on that front. there are fears that the president could say something that could cause more trouble for himself and overreach. as he promotes the results of the investigation. he has a rally in michigan this week. so we'll stay tuned to what the president has to say at that time. >> all right. thank you. >> it's not clear whether the american people will see the mueller report. that decision is up to the attorney general. the process to determine what can be released is underway at the doj. the review includes material subject to federal rule six. essentially says the justice department won't release damaging information about people it they are not charged d

with a crime. but we have already seen at least one notable exception. >> although we did not find clear evidence that clinton or her colleagues sbenintended to violate laws of classified information, there's evidence they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive and classified information. >> president trump was never interviewed in person by mueller's team. lawyers submitted written answers. barr insists he firsts transparency with caution. >> my goal would be to provide transparency consistent with the law. >> the house recently voted 420-0 to release the reporting.

last week president trump said he had no objections. >> lelt it come out. let people see it. >> democrats are prepared to fight to get the entire report released. >> you should not then hide the evidence because that convert it is to a cover up. congress needs that evidence and information to mauk judgments. >> as james comey noted, there's so many lingering questions. chief among them, why so much smoke if there was no fire. court filings were eating tore accept help from the russians. . prosecutors zeroed in on trump's one-time campaign chairman paul manafort and can extensive connections to russians. >> polling data to that associate while he was

overseeing the campaign. prosecutors said that move was at the heart of their investigation. it's revelation forced the president's lawyer to narrow the scope of that no collusion claim. >> i never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign. >> yes, you have. >> i have not. i said the president of the united states. >> nor has the smoke clear canned around roger stone. stone was kooshd nating sat the same time he talked to wikileaks about e-mails stolen from the democrats. there's no word which officials were coordinating with stone. although trump's former attorney michael cohen tried to clear that up last month. >> mr. stone told trump he had just gotten off the phone with julian assange and he told mr. stone that within a couple days there would be a massive dump of e-mails that would damage hillary clinton's campaign. >> even b though the president

may be ab solved by mueller, investigations correspondespawn probe brought down several members of trump's inner circle among 37 criminal defendants charged there have been zefb who pleaded guilty including michael flynn and cohen, ath long time fixer. >> cohen implicated the president in a hush money case spawned by the probe. >> number one is president trump. >> many of these trump confidants only pleaded dplt to lying to protect trump. the lies go unpunished. >> and legal trouble lurks for the president and his inner circle. other investigations picking up momentum. the inaugural committee, the

trump organization and the president is also being investigated for insurance fraud. >> did the president ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company? >> yes. >> special counsel investigation started with russia but widened significantly. even if there was no collusion, offshoots of the probe are just gaining steam. >> it's important to keep in mind what mueller did uncover, he charged 12 military officers in a sophisticated kremlin hacking operation against democrats and 13 members of a troll farm accused of trying to manipulate american voters on social media. russia attacked america's democracy and remains a threat. >> the president's nonstop witch hunt ret ahetoric may have made the prime focus. but it was ambitious, brazen and ongoing. even if president trump won't

stand up to vladimir putin, his entire intelligence apparatus agrees moscow is not slowing down its interference campaign. you can argue the russians got the bargain of a lifetime. they got the chaos and division they sewed and they are not done. what are we doing to protect our current system. >> in this summary from the attorney general, front ask center, russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is a big reminder that it's still a problem. for the second time in a week the parkland community is in morning. two students commit suicide a year after the shooting massacre that left classmates struggling to cope.

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kufr suffered. so unfortunately some students are not availing themselves of those opportunities. and some parent rgs not understanding that the risks of anxiety and depression. >> if you or someone you know might be at risk for suicide call the suicide prevention lifeli lifeline. meanwhile, pilots from the three american carriers that fly boeing 737 planes tested software. they are to decrease triggering the system. the faa has said there are similarities between that accident and the crash earlier this month. the updated software using input from two sensors on the nose of the plane rather than one. boeing says it's part of our ongoing effort to shair more details about our plan for supporting the safe return of the 737 max 2 international

service. >> beauing is a serious problem on wall street. the manufacturer shed $40 billion in value since the crash on march 10th. boei boeing's ceo says safety is a top concern and ensuring safe travel on our planes is is an enduring value and our commitment to everyone. the world's largest airline has plans to cancel flights because of the 737 max grounding. american airlines said sunday it's canceling 90 flights a day through april 24th. before sunday's announcement it had only cancelled through march 28th. other carriers are not cancelling that far out. southwest is only canceling five days out at this point. >> the vikings cruise ship is

docked in western norway after a heroing day at sea that included engine failure. they lifted people from the vessel as it drifted in stormy seas on saturday with 1300 passengers and crew on board. you can see water rushing into areas of the ship where passengers were waiting to be evacuated. >> furniture would slide across the room, slide back and with it came people and glass. it was a very dangerous situation. >> the guy came down from the helicopter, one of the coast guards, snapped my belt and shot me up about 100 feet in the air and on to the helicopter. >> 20 people suffered injuries. viking has cancelled the next voyage to b scandinavia.

a rapper throwing shade at families caught up in the college al missions scandal. he posted a picture on instagram with his daughter celebrating her acceptance to the university of southern california. he wrote the caption, my daughter got accepted into usc all on her own. no jail time. critics are quick to point out a few years ago he made a $70 million donation to the university. dre has sense deleted his post. dozens of parents are facing several charges for cheating to get their children accepted to prestigious schools, including usc. jones is on him. driving, bank it up, and duke survives. >> this was that close. duke the top overall seed in the ncaa tournament advancing to the sweet 16 but barely. the blue devils escaped with a 77-76 thrilling win over the

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village north of tel aviv. you can easily see the damage behind me. it tore apart the home. you can see the damage and it sent shrapnel all throughout the area. we're standing in front of a car that was torn apart. we know that israel's emergency responders that seven people were injured inside this home. as well as two young toddlers who were inside this home. as for israel's response, first, israel closed the two border crossings after the assess isment. this was a very powerful rocket, the most powerful rocket fired from gaza since the end of the war. benjamin netanyahu is in washington where he was set to meet president trump and then to address the a peck conference. he's announce d he's cutting hi virs short. that leads to the bigger question of who fired this rocket and why. first, the power of the rocket

itself is exceptional. this is the farthest a rocket has been fired into israel in five years. sibs the end of the 2014 war. second the rocket was fired roughly 5:00 in the morning. which is is very unusual. normally rockets have fired overnight. on top of that, there doesn't appear to be any obvious reason that a rocket was fired at this point. there was one fire two weeks ago. the assessment was that was fired by low level hamas a operatives. it will be an interesting day to watch. >> keep us posted, thank you. ahead from cries of a witch hunt to this. the president placlaiming total victory on sunday and for good reason. his campaign was cleared of collusion. but robert mueller did not rule out obstruction of justice. the latest for you ahead on "early start."

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i'm christine romans. post mueller report. >> 3:31 eastern time. welcome to all of you here in the u.s. and around the world. we start with these four historic pages. the take aways from the special counsel's investigation have been made public. in this letter from attorney general bill barr to congress and the top headline has the president has been saying from the start, no colt conclusion. >> the attorney general said the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities. that means no one will face charges for conspireing with the russians even in that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting organized to obtain dirt on hillary clinton. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. it's a shame that our country had to go through this.

it's a shame your president has had to fwo through this. this was an illegal takedown that failed. and hopefully somebody is going to be looking at the other side. >> on the obstruction of justice question, the special counsel decided not to render a judgment. here's barr quoting mueller. while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. mueller left the ultimate decision on obstruction up to the attorney general who was appointed by the president. now remember a year ago barr wrote a memo saying he considered the investigation fatally misconceived. >> in the letter to congress barr cleared the president of obstruction and leaned heavily on the findings about collusion to do so. he writes the absence of such evidence bares upon the intent with respect to obstruction.

and remember the president at the time said this. >> knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, you know, this russia thing with trump ask russia is a made up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> so james comey tweeted this pensive picture ask the words so many questions. >> a highly charged reaction in congress to barr summation of the report. democrats denouncing the process and gearing up for a wiegt fooigt with republicans doing their own victory dance. >> house democrats gearing up for a fight to see the mueller report and potentially to hear from attorney general fwrbarr i

person. the chairman of the judiciary committee saying that democrats want barr to testify about why he did not conclude that the president obstructed justice based object mueller's report. in a joint statement from the chairman of the house judiciary and oversight committees, democrats wrote it is unacceptable that after special counsel mueller spent 22 months meticulously uncovering the evidence, barr made a decision not to charge the the in under 48 hours. just as democrats are skeptical of that decision, republicans are embolden bed by mueller's conclusion that the president did not collude with russians nor did anyone on his campaign. lindsey graham was with trump in florida over the weekend and he tweeted, good day for the rule of law. great day for president trump and his team. no collusion and no obstruction. the cloud hanging over president

trump has been removed by this report. now doug collins, the ranking republican on the house judiciary committee said because of mueller's findings, democrats should drop their other inquiries into the president's behavior. democrats have requested documents or testimony from 81 people and entities connected to president trump. nadler says they still intend to use the power of the subpoena to compel any witnesses who don't want to give up documents to hand over the information that's been requested. and even after barr released his letter to congress, nadler did not seem ready to let the issue of collusion go. take a listen. >> president trump is wrong. this report does not amount to a so-called total exoneration. the attorney general's comments make it clear that congress must step in to get the truth and provide full transparency to the american people.

>> there's been obstructions of justice whether they are criminal obstructions is another question. it's to look at a broader picture. we have the responsibility of protect iing the rule of law. of looking at obstructions of justice, look at abuses of power and corruption. >> white house adviser tells cnn there are concerns that the president could overreach in the victory lap he's already begun taking on the mueller report that he will say something that could cause more trouble for him with the public. the president has a rally thursday in michigan, so stay tuned to what else the president might have to say about the end of the russia investigation. >> this fight is far from over on both sides of the aisle. >> it's not clear whether the american people will even get to

see this report. the mueller report. that decision is up to the attorney general. it includes federal rule six that says the justice department won't release damaging information about people if they are not charged with a crime. >> although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton intended to violate laws governing the hailing of classified information, there's evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> president trump was never interviewed in person by mueller's team. his lawyers only submitted written answers covering the time up until the election which would not be covered by privilege. >> barr during his con

confirmation hearing says he favors transparency. >> democrats are prepared to fight to get the entire report released. >> you should not hide the evidence because that convert it is to a coverup. the american people need that evidence and information to make judgments. >> even though the president may be ab solved by mueller, investigations brought down several members of his inner circle. 37 criminal defendants charged by mueller, there's been 7 who pleaded guilty including manafort, rick gates, michael flynn and cohen, his long-time fixer and personal lawyer. >> cohen implicate d the president in that hush money case spawned by the mueller probe. dwlt plea that made the president all but an unindicted

coconspirator. >> for the record, individual number one is president donald j. trump. >> as many trump supporters point out, many of the confidants only pleaded guilty to lying to protect trump. in the meantime, the president's own lies to protect his image go unpunished. >> legal troubles lurk for the president and his inner circumstance is the. other investigations are picking up momentum. >> did the president provide inflated assets to an insurance company? >> yes. >> the the special counsel investigation started with russia but widened significantly even if there was no collusion offshoots of the probe are just gaining steam. >> it's important to keep in mind what mueller did uncover. a special counsel charging 12 russian military officers in a sophisticated kremlin hacking

operation against democrats. 13 members of a russian troll farm accused of trying to manipulate american voters on social media. russia attacked our democracy and remains a threat. >> the president's witch hunt rhetoric may have made him the prime focus, but russian interference is the core issue here. it was ambitious and brazen and it is ongoing. at least the intelligence a ra tus agrees. they are not slowing down the interference campaign. >> that hopefully will be the focus of the federal government. how do we prevent this from happening again. ahead, imagine this on your cruise ship. passengers finally back safely at shore after nearly a day with engine failure at sea.

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aiello. she was diagnose d with post-traumatic stress disorder. >> we spoke with one of the parents of the shooting. >> there's been a number of resources including options for counselling, but unfortunately, sometimes there's cig stigmas associated with getting help for mental illness, for depression and anxiety. for the trauma they have all suffered. so some students are not availing themselves of those opportunities. and some parents are not understanding that the risks of anxiety and depression. >> if it you or someone you know might be at risk of suicide, you can call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 1-8 1-800-273-8255. cnn learned pilots from the three american carriers that fly boeing 737 max planes tested

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the so-called caliphate is history. a coalition of forces declaring a 100% territorial defeat. ben wedeman has been in syria for weeks now covering this bloody struggle. trying to make sure we have his connection there. now that the caliphate has been crushed, there's still concern about a the ideology and whether there will still need to be a u.s. presence in the region. what kind of presence wp we'll get back to ben wedeman in a moment when we secure his connection. let's get a check on cnn business. global stocks are low er amid-recession fears. the u.s. futures are slightly lower. >> the dow dropped 460 points friday on fears of an economic slowdown. the s&p closed down 1.9%.

the nasdaq dropping 2.5% the worst performance for all three major averages since january 3rd. >> stocks finished the week lower. the nasdaq and s&p all down as well. but some perspective here. this has been a strong quarter, a strong start to the year. stocks are still up this year. the dow is up 9.2%. that's for the week there. what could the mueller report mean for wall street? futures are pointing lower here. there was some optimism that the probe was taking a big uncertainty from the president away, but that lasted for about 15 seconds because there's still concern here about the global economy, a slowdown and last week the bond market there was a big recession indicator that flashed and spooked investors. so we'll see how things shape

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large damaging hail, but we have had reports of wind damage and a report of a tornado. thunderstorms expected to flourish this afternoon and evening as we go towards 5:00 in the afternoon hours. but areas around atlanta and columbia, south carolina, the coastal region of the carolinas right around sun seat could see some straight line winds with this storm. beginning to feem lil like spri. 70 in atlanta. up to 80 degrees in new orleans while places like chicago the north winds not helping out. highs only 39 degrees. but we do expect a dramatic warming trend the next couple days. but don't count out winter yet. cooler temperatures possible going into early next week. more than 130 people have been killed and 55 injured in an attack on a rural individu individualvilleage in mollie. casualties include women and children. david mckenz say following the latest. >> reporter: good morning, this is what one diplomat calls an

unspeakable act. look at this video from central mali in the aftermath. they came in early saturday morning killing at least 134 people according to a u.n. including mothers, women and children just a horrific attack. here's what the u.n. secretary general said to a spokesman that they condemned this act and call on authorities to swiftly investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. in the wake of this attack, the president of mali disbanding a so-called defense group to try to stop al qaeda and isis linked militia in the region. this is a complicated story, but human humes rights watch says these attacks have been increasing rapidly in the last few months. and they are being exploited by isis linked terrorists in that region.

as isis loses its territory in the middle east, the future battleground might be there in west africa where the u.s. has significant boots on the ground. "early start" continues right now. >> this was an illegal takedown that failed. >> no collusion. maybe obstruction. robert mueller says the trump campaign did not conspire with the russians but leaves one major question unanswered. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it is monday, march 25th. the investigation has boiled down to four pages and two words to the president mattered. no collusion. the takeaways have been made public in that fag