breaking overnight, an iranian missile shoots down a u.s. drone in international air space. we go live to tehran. a fight breaks out between parents at a little league baseball game in colorado. what set them off? this game, by the way, between 7-year-olds. >> really, come on. it's just ridiculous. >> i think it's rather indicative of the entire country. certainly our political environment. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it's 5 a.m. in the east. let's begin with politics. joe biden invoking criticism for invoking the name james eastland. biden saying during a tuesday fund-raiser, quote, he never called me boy, he always called me son. at least there was some civility. we got things done.

we didn't agree much on anything. we got things done. 2020 democrats quickly seedsing on the former vice president's comments, some calling on him to apologize. >> i think to be singing the praises of people who were vicious segregationists is not something that anybody should be doing. >> it's never okay to celebrate segregationists, never. >> to coddle the reputations of segregations, if they had their way, i would not be standing here. it's misinformed and wrong. >> biden pushing back saying he was not praising eastland. >> could not disagree with jim east land more. he was a segregationist. i ran for the united states senate because i disagreed with

the views of the segregationists. the point i made is you don't have to agree. you don't have to like the people in terms of their views but you simply make the case and you beat them. >> biden later lamenting the harsh start to the 2020 race saying at a fund-raiser late last night, it's going to be pretty ugly but here's the deal. i'm not going to participate. >> reporter: christine and dave, despite facing criticism from some of his 2020 democratic rivals, joe biden is defending his recent comments about working with segregationists in an era that he said held mor more civility than current times. one of the 2020 rivals that has gone after biden on this and asked for an apology is cory booker. take a listen to what he had to tell reporters outside of a fund-raiser. >> are you going to apologize? >> apologize for what?

>> cory booker's called for it. >> cory should apologize. he knows better. there's not a racist bone in my body. i've been involved in civil rights my whole career, period, period, period. >> reporter: now this marks a departure for joe biden who has retrained from engaging directly with his democratic opponents in this 2020 race. last night cory booker also weighed in saying that he's not backing down, that he is not going to apologize. take a listen to that. >> somebody running to be the leader of our party should know that using the word boy in the way that he did can cause hurt and pain and we need a presidential nominee and a leader of our party to be sensitive to that. i know that i was raised to speak truth to power and i will never apologize for doing that and vice president biden shouldn't need this lesson. >> reporter: you've heard from other 2020 democrats also criticizing joe biden, like

kamala harris and elizabeth warren. we'll see going forward whether the former vice president chooses to change course or further address this. meantime massachusetts senator eve lid bed warren. she is even with bernie sanders. the co-founder of the centrist think tank third way telling cnn warren's proposals are, quote, within the lines of democratic policies. they're not democratic socialist policies. they're within the lines of a candidate who says she's a capitalist. >> bernie sanders looking to capitalize on that tweeting, the cat is out of the bag. they're anybody but bernie. warren says, we don't pay much attention to the polls. they go up and down and focusing on the daily headline is not a

recipe for long-term success. former white house communications director hope hicks spending some seven hours in closed door testimony but not answering any questions about her time in the west wing. white house lawyers claiming. >> we get more on her testimony and what she didn't say. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. hope hicks came before the committee to answer questions about potential obstruction of justice but democrats came away not satisfied because the white house counsels who were in the room made very clear that she would not be answering any questions about her time in the white house. what they cited was absolute immunity saying that she is not as a former white official -- high level white house official, she is not obligated to provide these kinds of answers to the committee. democrats are now threatening to

take her to court. >> she answered some of our questions. we learned considerable information. the white house pleaded a nonexistent absolute immunity and that will not stand. >> reporter: she did answer questions about her time during the campaign season, including questions about what she knew about those hush money payments that came from -- that the president was involved with that came from michael cohen, his former fixer, who is now in jail. when she was asked about her knowledge of that she denied knowing about the hush money scheme to silence the extramarital affairs. nevertheless, this fight not over yet. democrats not satisfied with the fact that this could go too court in the next coming days. jerry nadler said he will, quote, destroy the white house's case in court. expect that soon. >> thank you for that. emotional debate on capitol

hill over reparations for slavery. hundreds of people jamming the hallways and filling three overflow rooms. it's the first time they're addressing the lingering effects of slavery including popular thoughts. none of us living are responsible is what he said. >> we tried to deal with our original sin by fighting a civil war, bypassing landmark civil rights legislation. we elected an african-american president. >> the acclaimed writer strongly rebuking mcconnell during that hearing. >> for century after the civil war black people were subjected to a relentless campaign of terror, a campaign that extended well into the lifetime of majority leader mcconnell. he was alive for the red lining of chicago and the looting of

black homeowners, victims of that plunder are very much alive today. i'm sure they'd want a word with the house leader. >> steny hoyer says they will schedule a vote but did not name a date. the trump administration unwinding regulations to address climate change. the epa rolling back the obama era clean power plant regulations. the move fulfills part of president trump's promise to boost the struggling coal industry but it already faces court challenges. the attorneys general of new york and connecticut both plan to sue to block the change. the president has picked to serve as the next ambassador to the u.n. and she was breaking from the white house on climate change. >> climate change needs to be addressed as it poses real risk to our planet.

human behavior has contributed to the changing climate, let there be no doubt. >> the epa action flies in the face of the agency's own information. no move. the federal reserve held the rates. they said uncertainty about the economy has increased opening up the door for future rate hikes. >> after several rate increases last year. trump thought about having him. he is undeterred from the president's insults. >> i think the law is clear that i have a four-year term and i fully intend to serve it. >> the fed statement that the labor market is still strong, the fed officially expects continued economic expansion but

noted the president's trade war is taking a toll. look at the jobs market. jobs added this year, the slowest now in about ten years. other recent data has shown that manufacturing is slowing. more economic news is coming. the fed said it will be watching a wide range of information when making decisions. markets expect a rate cut this year. the fed funds futures market is predicting 100% chance of a rate cut at the fed's next meeting in july. the president has called the fed chief loco. has said the fed doesn't know the field for the stock market the way the president does and has said they want to move forward. >> cannot legally fire a fed chair? >> no. no. >> they did not deny that the president has thought about demoting him.

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>> you say -- >> we'll see what happens. i would say if i were you, don't worry about a thing. >> all right. there it is. don't worry about it. for the latest, let's turn to cnn's frederick pleitgen. fred, temperature has been rising here for several weeks now. >> reporter: yeah. yeah. it certainly has, christine. i think a lot of people are worrying about the situation now dharg this is the first time in a very long time that the iranians have directly hit a u.s. asset here in this area. really right now the details are still somewhat in dispute between the u.s. and the iranians. the u.s. obviously says that this drone was shot down over international air space in the strait of hormuz. the iranians have a different account. they have a different one. they say that this happened in the early mornings hours of today and that this drone was shot down over iranian air space and they say that it was somewhat south of the strait of

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i know joe biden. he's better than this. >> cory should apologize. there's not a racist bone in my body. biden backlash. the former vice president defending his work with segregationist senators. hope hicks gives the silent treatment. the questions she refused to answer before a house committee. breaking overnight, an iranian missile shoots down a u.s. drone in international air space. we'll go live to tehran. >> whatever it takes. >> whatever it takes. "avengers end game" shattered box office records but they have their sights set on one more. >> they will do whatever it takes to get one more record. >> welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. we start in the political arena. no apologies from joe biden under fire for invoking the name

of the late senator james eastland, a southern segregationist and staunch critic of the civil rights movement. he never called me, quote, boy, he always called me son. at least there was some civility. we got things done. we never agreed on much of anything, we got things done. some are calling on him to apologize. >> i think to be singing the praises of people who were vicious segregationists is not something that anybody should be doing. >> it is never okay to celebrate segregationists, never. >> to coddle the reputations of segregationists, of people who if they had their way i would literally not be standing here as a member of the united states senate is, i think -- it's just -- it's misinformed and

it's wrong. >> biden pushing back saying he was not praising eastland. >> could not have disagreed with jim eastland more. he was a segregationist. the point i'm making is you don't have to agree. you don't have to like the people in terms of their views but you just simply make the case and beat them. >> biden later lamenting the harsh start to the 2020 race saying in a fund-raiser late last night it's going to be pretty ugly. here's the deal, i'm not going to participate. cnn's arlette sianz has more. >> reporter: joe biden is defending his recent comments about working with segregationists in an era that he says held more siville lit at this than current times. there is not a racist bone in his body.

>> he's engaging with his democratic opponents with the 2020 race. last night cory booker also weighed in saying that he's not backing down, that he is not going to apologize. take a listen to that. >> somebody running to be the leader of our party should know that using the word boy in the way that he did can cause hurt and pain and we need a presidential nominee and the leader of our party to be sensitive to that.

i know that i was raised to speak truth to power and that i will never apologize for doing that and vice president biden shouldn't need this lesson. >> and you've heard from other 2020 democrats also criticizing joe biden like kamala harris and elizabeth warren. we'll see going forward whether the former vice president will change course or potentially address this further. >> arlette, meantime, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren is on the rise. a monmouth poll shows a five point bump putting her even with bernie sanders. you can see kamala harris down a bit. the co-founder of the centrist think tank third way telling cnn's warren's proposals within the lines of democratic policies. they are not democratic socialist policies, they're within the lines of a candidate who says she ease a capitalist. >> bernie sanders tweeting the cat is out of the bag. the corporate wing of the

democratic party is publicly anybody but bernie. despite her recent success elizabeth warren's campaign plays down the polls telling cnn we don't pay much attention to the polls. they will go up and down. this is not a recipe for long term success. former white house communications director hope hicks spending seven hours in closed door testimony before the house judiciary committee but not answering any questions about her time in the west wing. white house lawyers claiming absolute immunity for hope hicks which has house democrats fighting mad. we get more now from cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. hope hicks came and answer erred questions about the committee's potential obstruction of justice. democrats came away not satisfied because the white house counsels who were in the room made very clear that she would not be answering any questions about her time in the white house. what they cited was absolute

immunity saying that she is not as a former white house official -- high level white house official, she is not on gated to provide these answers to the committee. democrats now are threatening to take her to court. >> she answered some of our questions. learned considerable information. the white house pleaded a non-existent absolute immunity and that will not stand. she did answer questions in the campaign season including questions about what she knew about the hush money payments that came from -- the president was involved with that came from michael cohen, his former fixer who is now in jail. she wants to know about the hush money scheme. nevertheless, this fight not over yet. democrats not satisfied warning this could very well go to court

in the coming days and jerry nadler says he will, quote, destroy the white house's case in court. expect that litigation to happen sometime soon. >> manu raju, thank you. >> the democrats' inability to tell the story of the mueller report, will anything overcome that short of bob mueller actually testifying publicly before congress? >> yeah, dave. this is about a tv spectacle the democrats need to put on to put the mueller report which is a 400 plus page document that is hard to read for a lot of people who don't have the time to delve into it. they need to put it on television. there is a lot of damning

information and they have been blocked from testifying. the democrats have not been able to put this into a television free for all where they can make the case to the american people where the president was engaged in obstruction of justice and lying to people. all of the things we're not seeing on tv and in the hearings. democrats are having to slow walk things by going to the courts which can be a long and drawn out process. turn it into a television spectacle that people can digest by watching on tv and hearing directly from the people who are involved or who watch the president do things that are untoward. >> to hear it, to see it, and make it real and concrete. >> let's talk about the 2020 field. joe biden, the leader of that democratic field. his vast experience being sort of used -- well, clumsily he's

using his own experience against himself making it seem like he's a little bit out of touch. his remarks about a southern segregationist and being able to work with him. this is what james cleiburn said. you don't have to agree with people to work with them. coming to the rescue of joe biden. here's what lindsey graham, who's on the other side of the aisle, here's what he said. >> if that becomes the norm. then it's over. joe biden did nothing wrong with a duly elected senator from a state from a past that we now try to move on from. >> did this ding senator biden as being out of touch or did he move out of here?

he's having trouble finding a way in the modern democratic party being ascended. he went after senator booker. this is an unforced error by joe biden. someone with a long track record and he has to defend his long history in the senate. at the same time he has to show that he can compete in the modern democratic party. >> clay burn hosts his fish fry

where biden and most of the 2020 field will attend. expect that to be an issue. speaking of the 2020 field. joe biden continues to lead this field and by a considerable margin. the difference here in this one is the rise of elizabeth warren ahead of bernie sanders though still you can see very, very close her rise. who is it at the expense of? is she taking away from bernie sanders, is it more kamala harris? how do you account for it? >> it does appear she is taking some of the fire from bernie sanders. she's taking a little bit from pete buttigieg. she's been able to put out a number of plans and that's given her the attention she's needed to rise in the polls. it appears she's tonge do that because she's worked so far. >> very focused on policy. >> she's got a plan for that. >> she does. in her stump speech. ahead, tensions rising between the u.s. and iran.

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iranian missile shot down a u.s. drone. the president downplayed it in an interview on fox news. >> don't worry about a thing. everything is under control. don't worry about a thing. not a problem. we'll see what happens. i would say if i were you, don't worry about a thing. >> for the latest, let's turn to cnn's frederick pleitgen live in tehran. fred? >> reporter: hi, christine. the big dispute in all of this is not whether or not the drone was shot down. both sides are acknowledging that it was an iranian surface to air missile that in the early

morning hours shot down a drone that seems to be a derivative of the rq4 global hawk. that's a high altitude surveillance drone. the u.s. is saying this drone was shot down in international air space somewhere in the strait of hormuz. the iranians say it had violated iranian air space and shot down somewhere south of the strait of hormuz. the iranians coming out with a pretty angry statement after the incident took place. the drone was shot down by iran's elite revolutionary guard corps. the head came out and said unequivocally that the shooting down of the drone is a clear message to the united states that the iranians will not violate its air space or its air space getting violated by anyone that they say their air space is, quote, a red line. all of this comes as tensions between the iranians and u.s. are continuing to simmer that

took place with the u.s. blaming iran for that incident. the iranians say unequivocally it wasn't them. right now they're continuing to say, like the u.s. is saying, they don't want this to escalate any further. they don't want this to turn into some shooting war. the head of the revolutionary guard said if it does come to that, the iranians are prepared. authorities in the dominican republic said the recent shooting of david ortiz was a case of mistaken identity. the prosecutor said sixto fernandez who was seated at his table and wearing similar clothes was the intended target. the suspected gunman was only sent a photo. they say he's a cousin of fernandez that was looking to settle a score from 2011. ortiz is recovering in a boston hospital. his condition was upgraded to good on tuesday. let's get a check on cnn

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china's president xi jinping holding talks with north korean

leader kim jong-un. it's the first trip by a chinese president to north korea in more than a decade. it comes as both leaders are locked in stalled disputes with the united states. paula hancocks is live for us in seoul. could this meeting be intended to help each other gain leverage with president trump? >> reporter: well, dave, this meeting has been a long-time in the making. it really does feel overdue to many people. it was 15 months ago that kim jong-un first went to china and said to xi jinping, please come to pyongyang. he said yes at that point. certainly the timing is interesting. the fact that he's left it until a week before he goes to the g20 in japan and is expected to meet with u.s. president donald trump. china has been at pains to say that the trade dispute with the u.s. is very different to the north korean issue and they are dealing with them as separate issues, but clearly it's not going to harm xi jinping to be seen in pyongyang right now, just a week before meeting with

president trump showing that he is pivotal to the north korean issue, that he is critical to some kind of resolution on the peninsula. then from kim jong-un's issue, he is in stalled discussions on denuclearization. it doesn't hurt him to show that he has a very powerful friend in xi jinping. we know there will be plenty of pomp and circumstance. they have already met as well and spoken to each other. there was a very dramatic welcome at the airport. about 10,000 people, according to "people's daily" saying there was a 21-gun salute, military band, flags and flowers and they got into an open top car and drove through the streets of pyongyang. the streets thronged and chanding and cheering. we are looking forward to seeing that. >> paula hancocks, thank you.

miracle on the hudson captain sharing concerns about the 737 max planes. he said he had problems in a simulator re-creation of the doomed flights. >> i'm one of a relatively small group of people who have experienced such a crisis and lived to share what we learned about it. even knowing what was going to happen i could see how crews could have run out of time before they could have solved the problems. >> sullenberger said pilots need physical firsthand experience to be prepared for emergencies and ipad training is not even close to enough. sullenberger landed a u.s. airways flight, remember, on the hudson river in 2009 saving the lives of all 155 people on board. well, when it comes to little league baseball and youth sports in general, parents and coaches can do the darndest things.

>> what is happening? >> this brawl breaking out during a little league game in colorado. the adults upset by an umpire's call stormed the field, began punching each other while the 7-year-old players looked on. police cited several people for disorderly conduct. that umpire, yes, as you can see on the bottom of your screen was 13. >> that is just -- dave, defend your state. >> cannot do it. >> thanks for joining us, everybody. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. "new day" starts right now. this is cnn breaking news. we want to, our viewers. this is "new day." it is thursday, june 20th. 6:00 here in new york. we begin with breaking news. an american drone has been shot out of the sky by iran and it comes with a dire warning from one military official who said, quote, this is the way the iranian nation deals with its enemies. >> this morning we're working to get a response from the white house. this comes hours after president

trump down played the threat from iran. but what will the president say now? this is all developing as we speak. cnn has reporters on the ground inside iran. let's go to fred pleitgen in iran. the iranians are calling this a message. >> reporter: yeah, they certainly are calling this a message. they say that early in the morning hours they shot down an american surveillance drone. the iranians are saying this drone violated their air space and they shot it down south of the strait of hormuz. the u.s. has a different take on thing. they say this surveillance drone was traveling in international air space and it was around the area of the strait of hormuz. nevertheless, the iranians drawing red lines saying and this is the commander of their revolutionary guard force which is the unit that shot down this drone. quote, the downing of the american drone is an open, clear, and categorical message which is the defenders of the