a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster in london. just ahead -- >> the added suspense in the classified documents probe after the search of mar-a-lago. >> one of the things found in the course of that search was a document that described a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities. and record-setting heatwave is bringing scorching misery to the u.s. west coast.

>> and it is also very windy which is pushing some of the flames. people are heating the nuclear power plant, and we are playing with fire. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is wednesday, acceseptemb, 9:00 a.m. here this london and 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. and we're learning new details about what the fbi found at mar-a-lago. agents recovered a document on a foreign government defenses nuclear capabilities. the pain cites people familiar with the matter and the justice department has recovered horn 300 classified documents from mar-a-lago this year. >> you are talking about documents that should be stored in a scif, takes it is a gover

acronym for a very secure room, and should have someone who is designated government official to keep very close tabs on those kinds of documents. that is another cause for concern because obviously when they conducted this search, they looked in a storage room, in the former president's office, and those aren't nearly the kinds of places with the kinds of security for documents like that. >> there has been no response from donald trump or his legal team to the "washington post" report. but cnn's legal analysts say this new revelation makes criminal charges against the former president more likely and calls in to question a federal judge's decision to have a special master review the material seized from mar-a-lago. >> these are very, very serious documents. you know, not the sort of thing that should be anywhere outside of the proper places inside the scif. and so it seems to me that this

is the sort of thing that makes it more likely that ultimately we'll see a criminal charge here whether it is an actual classified documents charge or the statute that they listed in the search warrant about national defense information. >> mar-a-lago, manhattan, trump t towers, bed minister, they are all targets. every nation out there is after information. and so this is extraordinarily concerning. and it points to the absurdity of the whole idea of the special master. setting aside all the legal problematic issues there, but you cannot separate -- people say well, she let the damage assessment go forward. that is true, but do you know what the damage assessment can't do? it can't take this document, send it down to the lab at the fbi and dust for fingerprints to figure out who has touched it. that is important for the damage assessment. it is also really important for the counterintelligence investigations to figure out who might have had access and of course it is also potentially relevance for the criminal investigation as well. so for a judge to sit there and

say, well, we're worried about reputational harm, we're taking all the stuff off the table, you can't look at it, you can't use this until months and months pass and it harms the efforts to protect national security across the board that the fbi and intelligence community are trying to engage in right now. >> donald trump's former attorney general is speaking out against the federal judge's ruling on the mar-a-lago search. william barr says he thinks the decision to appoint a special master to review materials seized from trump's home is deeply flawed. >> the opinion i think was wrong and i think the government should appeal it. i don't think that the appointment of a special master is going to hold up. >> barr says that even if the decision holds up, it won't fundamentally change the justice department's investigation, only delay it for a short time. georgia authorities are investigating newly obtained surveillance video which showed

a county official escorting two pro trump operatives into local election offices. they gained access on the same day the voting system there was breached. cnn's senior investigative correspondent drew griffin has the story. >> reporter: the surveillance video you're about to see is from an elections office in the state of georgia, a swing state in the united states, just one of the states where these breaches of voting machines are under investigation. kathy latham is the woman in blue. she used to be the chair woman of the county republican party and she is already under investigation for posing as a fake elector, signing a document that declared donald trump won the 2020 election, not joe biden. she can be seen escorting a team of these pro trump operatives into the elections office where those operatives then breached the voting machines, including a man named paul maggio, an i.t. specialist whose company was

hired by trump attorney sydney powell. how do we know that they breached the machines once inside? this guy, scott hall, actually admits it in this audio obtained by cnn. >> i'm the guy that chartered the jet to go down to coffey county to have them inspect all of those computers. and i've heard zero, okay? i went down there, we scanned every freaking ballot and they scanned all the equipment, imaged all the hard drives, and scanned every single ballot. >> scott hall turns out to be an atlanta bail bonds man and described as a republican operative. cnn got no response from him when we asked for his response. kathy latham who opened the door in the video, she has been connected to this plan to access the elections office through emails and texts documented in a civil case. her attorney told us that ms.

latham has not acted improperly or illegally and ms. latham did not authorize or participate in any ballot scanning efforts, computer imaging or any similar activity. the i.t. specialist firm says it has no reason to believe that the lawyers that hired them would direct them to do anything wrong. but there seems to be no doubt this county's machines were compromised and ballots were scanned on behest of these operatives working for donald trump. drew xwrgriffin, cnn, atlanta. a judge has removed coy griffin from his elected position as a county commissioner for his role in the u.s. capitol attack. griffin the founder of cowboys for trump had been convicted of trespassing earlier this year. tuesday's ruling states he violated a clawclause in the 14 amendment by participating in an insurrection. griffin is barred from putting

in any future state or federal elected position. and steve bannon is expected to surrender to new york state prosecutors on thursday over a new indictment, the charges are related to his fundraising efforts to build a wall along the southern u.s. border, the same conduct bannon was charged with by federal prosecutors back in 2020 but former president trump pardoned him. in a statement ban noonon calle a partisan weaponization of the criminal justice system. a brutal heatwave is scorching the u.s. west coast causing closures, delays and major concerns for residents. in denver more than 30 schools closed early on tuesday due to extreme heat. and in california, the city of sacramento reached 115 degrees, breaking its all-time heat record. the excessive heat is taxing california's power grid with utilities warning of rolling

blackouts. officials say those temperatures making it more difficult to fight rapidly growing fires across the state. the fairview fire has grown to nearly 5,000 acres since monday and it is only 5% contained. that is creating a nightmare for residents. >> we believe our house was saved. we're one of the lucky ones. we feel bad for all these other people that lost their homes. thankfully we're all right and a few of our other neighbors are all right. >> according to cal fire, there are more than 25,000 acres burning across the state, but there are fires in other states as well fueled by the scorching heat. pedram javaheri is going to take us through it. >> it is so hot officials are urging folks to keep their air conditioning set to 78 farenheit just to alleviate some of the concern on the grid there

because of the extensive nature of the heat, the long duration of the particular heatwave. heat indices will feel closer to 115 degrees. and you will notice the records have been falling on the order of dozens now, 45 plus records set just on tuesday across the western united states. and what is impressive, you check your calendar, you know it is early september, typically temperatures should be on the downward trend. but the middle portion of july into early august when the delay m climatological heat is, but these among the warmest we've seen in september. death valley 125, one degree shy of the all-time warmest weather ever observed in the world in the month of september. 126 in the mojave desert in california. but san jose, all-time september warmth taking place. san diego, warmest record and

even okay cross utah. salt lake city, the first six days of the month, all exceeding 100 degrees. so again, the long duration setup really not only taking its toll on people, but also zapping any of the little fuel, any moisture i should say left of the soil across this region in the western u.s. so plenty of fuel to be had. in fact there are 65 large active fires across the u.s., 63 of them across the western u.s., two of them across the southern united states. speaking to just how dry and how hot this region has been in the last couple of days. my in sacramento, temps warm up to 112, dropped to 107. heatwaves that even in july would be considered historic taking place here in september. and my finally coming back down to season al averages by saturday and sunday. but an incredible heatwave impacting a lot of people. >> pedram, thank you very much. u.n. secretary-general guterres is set to travel to pakistan to survey the effects

of recent flooding. the deluge has killed more than 1300 people. anna coren has more from hong kong. >> reporter: stretching to the horizon and beyond, an expanse of endless brown murky water dotted with tops of trees and roofs of houses. never before has pakistan seen this scale of floodings as water now covers one-third of the country. these climate change induced disaster has been months in the making. with more than double the amount of rain falling since may in what the u.n. has referred to as a monsoon on steroids. last month deluge unleashing even more misery as violence torrents of water decimated townships, homes and crops. the speer volume unable to drain away. >> hundreds of thousands of families now have absolutely nothing. the land where they had their houses is totally flooded.

they don't have anything more than what they are wearing. >> reporter: 33 million people have been affected. that is around 15% of pakistan's population. more than 600,000 people have moved into displaced persons camp. but some of the most vulnerable have been left stranded. on this tiny strip of land are a number of families their surviving livestock, a few belongings and this 24 day old. her mother is sick, exhausted and struggling to care for her sixth child. she's marked the baby's forehead to ward off evil spirits. i want my baby to survive, but it is god's will if she dies she says. we cannot afford to move from this area. we are at the mercy of nature because we are poor people. she labored with the baby through the rains, the world health organization says 1.2

million pregnant women are among those displaced across pakistan. a few bags of aid have been dropped off, but it is not enough to sustain the families being a according to this 72-year-old grandmother who has witnessed three floods in her lifetime but nothing quite like this. we keep our eyes on our children after sunset, they could fall down into the water and drown. we have one meal a day. we have to save food for our kids. god please help us. but it is not just a lack of food they are worried about. mosquitos, svenomous flakes and water born diseases are a constant threat. cases of typhoid, malaria are rising. foreign aid is 14r0ely trickling in. former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and now head of u.s. aid samantha power and also sent

general antonio guterres are due to arrive in pakistan this week in a desperate bid too ramp up international assistance and support. >> pakistan looking forward is dire. we have to be there long term in order to save lives. >> reporter: but for these people near survival is a daily struggle. and these clear blue skies aren't expected to last long. more devastating monsoonal rains are days away to further terrorizing a traumatized country. anna coren, cnn, hong kong. still to come, new report says new safety measures are needed a ukrainian nuclear plant under russian control. without them experts fear a possible nuclear emergency. and later, students in uvalde, texas go back to school less than four months after a deadly shooting. how families are facing the new year with the tragedy still fresh in their minds. plus liz truss says britain

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we will transform britain into an inspiration with high paying job, safe streets and where everyone everywhere has the opportunities they deserve. >> an optimistic outlook from britain's new prime minister as liz truss prepares to tackle the many challenges. her priorities are addressing the energy crisis and boosting growth and she is set to face her first prime minister's questions in just about a few hours. nada bashir is live from 10 downing street for us. this is always the big high profile event of the week in westminster. and many people don't really know much about her, so it will be a getting to know you session as much as everything else. >> reporter: absolutely. and another thing that many people have questions about is actually the details around this bold new plan that she has promised to tackle the crisis

that the country now faces on various fronts. there are many challenges ahead for the prime minister, not a lot of details just yet. we did hear from her yesterday giving her first address outside number 10 as prime minister. she acknowledged that it won't be easy but said that she is confident that britain can ride out the storm. and as you laid out, she highlighted three key areas that she plans to focus on the coming weeks answer monand months. and she said she plans to grow the economy by cutting taxes and pursuing economic reforms. the country of course is facing rising inflation rates and severe cost of living crisis, something that will certainly be at the forefront of many people's minds up and down the country, something that members of the opposition will be pressing her on in the questions later today. and a second question issue is the energy crisis. the prime minister has repeatedly now pledged to ensure that people aren't facing

unaffordable energy bills and to security britain's energy supply for the future. we've already heard from the newly appointed chancellor saying that the government is finalizing its plans for an urgent support package to help people with their energy bills with an announcement expected sometime this week. so there are still questions around the details of how liz truss and her government plan to tackle that energy crisis. she will face the opposition in parliament later today and there will be questions around those details but also of course questions around how she can unite the party behind her. and the u.s. midterms are about two months away and political campaigning is ramping up. tuesday joe biden set the tone for democrats and his next two years in office at a cabinet meeting. officials around the table were the same individuals at the outset of mr. biden's term, a stark difference from the revolving door during trump's

term. kaitlan collins has more from washington. >> reporter: this is his fifth cabinet meeting since taking office. he was putting out this message following a string of legislative victories for democrats and for his st administration, talking about what they would like to get done in the future and also a message that you see him using on the campaign trail. the white house says that you can expect to see a lot more of him in the near future in the next nine weeks as they are in the run-up to the midterm elections. of course following labor day in the united states, that is when the political season gets into its busiest aspect and president biden is expected to be on the road two to three times a week according to white house officials campaigning for candidates in battleground states. and you've already gotten a bit of a taste of that with president biden going to pennsylvania three times within seven days alone, also visiting wisconsin. he has a trip coming up to ohio. and also another one to michigan. all of these are states where

president biden is not just taking his message about his legislative accomplishments, he is also talking about what he believes is the threat if republicans are elected and they do get a majority on capitol hill, at least in the house, maybe potentially even in the senate. and the president is making this argument distinguishing between what he calls the maga republicans and mainstream republicans. he says he has worked with mainstream republicans, but it is the ones who are shaping themselves in the ideology and mo mold of former president trump that he believes are the threat. and hugh elections can be administered going forward not just now, but also in 2024. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. experts say americans may need to get a single coronavirus booster every year. the head of the white house covid response team says the virus will eventually be treated more like the flu and the

routine part of our lives. this marks a shift in the government's approach as it keeps scaling back its pandemic response. authorities urge americans 12 and older to take advantage of the updated boosters which match the currently circulating variants. juul will pay nearly $440 million to dozens of u.s. states and territories in a new settlement eefr over its marketo minors, an investigation found that it deliberately promoted its products to young people even though the sales are illegal. the presentation told schoolchildren that the nicotine product was, quote, totally safe. still ahead on cnn, playing with fire, that is the warning from a nuclear expert who says if changes aren't made, disaster is imminent at zaporizhzhia. and plus vladimir putin talks global economics. the russian president speaks out on western sanctions and moscow's own challenges. we'll break down his comments

when we return.

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only from us... xfinity. welcome back. i'm max foster. let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. new details about the fbi search at mar-a-lago. the "washington post" reports investigators seized a document on a foreign nation's military and nuclear capabilities. cnn has already been reporting that hundreds of those documents were classified. and in the coming hours any truss will take part in her first questions in parliament, the truss transition comes as the economy faces crippling record inflation.

we'll have much more on both these stories on cnn's "early start." just hours ago, vladimir putin spoke at the country's eastern economic forum. in his address the russian president called out the west for what he believes is short sighted security and economic policies and played down moscow's own economic problems and the country's role in obstructing ukraine grain exports. clare sebastian is joining me now. is this is blame game. >> yes, we've heard it multiple times. he is stepping up the rhetoric saying that the west is in a crisis of its own making, that the inflation rates as a result of ukraine and he is obviously pivoting to asia. he has to because the european embargo on energy comes into force in december and russia needs new customers. but the one thing we haven't heard before that we heard from him this time is that he was

very critical of the way the u.n. brokered grain deal is being executed. he said that most of the grain that is being shipped out of the ukrainian ports is not going to the countries that need it most, not going to developing countries. have a listen to what he is accusing europe of. >> translator: just like many european countries over the past decades have acted like colognil powers, they are continuing to ankt act like that once again. once again they are continuing to deceive. it is clear with this approach the scale of the world's food problems will only grow. unfortunately, which is capable of leading to an unpr ppreceden humanitarian catastrophe. i will definitely discuss this with turkish leader erdogan. >> so pretty ominous given that this is perhaps the only

diplomatic achievement to come out of this war. they are set to meet september 15 and 16 at a summit. he is accusations on a data site that says that 3% is going to developing countries. and that is wildly lower than the estimates that we're coming up with. >> okay, clare, thank you. meanwhile the u.n. nuclear watchdog group has release adam o damning a report at zaporizhzhia and say that immediate changes are needed to prevent a nuclear emergency. here is what the agency's drebts tore general had to say about current threats to the facility. >> the mere fact that there is a continuing attacks, people are heating a nuclear power plant,

largest in europe, so the danger continues. nuclear skirt is indispensable, we are playing with fire. >> melissa bell is in in kyiv. and they are blaming each other for these attacks if they are attacking on the plant. >> reporter: that's right. and the shelling has continued. yesterday the entire city was left without electricity iand water. so shelling continuing and each side blaming the other and iaea calling essentially for nuclear safety and protection zone, essentially calling for it to be turned into a safe zone. really along the lines of what the ukrainians have been calling for. this is what president zelenskyy had to say last night after "the eye" puiaea published that repo.

>> translator: in any case there is a feeling that more than national organizations need a much broader mandate for their actions. the world not only deserves but needs the representatives of the iaea to force russia to demilitarize the territory and return full control to ukraine. >> reporter: that looking unlikely of course, this power plant remember is on the left bank of the dnipro river, part of those lands concurred by russia since the month of march. and just ahead of the u.n. security council meeting, the russian ambassador very clear about the fact that they would not be allowing that sort of demilitarize d zone to be creatd because he said ukrainians would come straight back in. and we're hearing from sergey lavrov saying that russia is looking at clarifications from the iaea about exactly what it

is asking for. but that requirement, that request, that demand that it be turned into a safe zone, a security protection zone, looking extremely unlikely for that to happen. but still inspectors remain there in very difficult circumstances. that was another part of the report published yesterday by the iaea suggesting what was needed is greater protection for the workers who needed to think able to go about their job in peace and safety. for the time being though little concrete progress made. >> melissa bell, thank you. seattle public schools are canceling their first day of classes which were supposed to start today, that is because more than 6,000 members of the teachers union are going on strike. one official says free sack lunches will be available for all students and after school athletics are still expected to happen. the union president says they voted to go on strike.

and it has been four months since the shooting in uvalde, texas. the investigation is still ongoing and the department of public safety announced tuesday that two officers were suspended with pay. the department's director says his officers' response was an abject failure, one shared by all officers on campus that day. some parents say it is worsening their anxiety of the new school year. the uvalde school district brought in comfort dogs to welcome students back to classes. shimon prokupecz spoke with families about their first day back. >> reporter: hugs, high fives and therapy dogs greeting the kids in uvalde, the kids with anxious smiles. are you doing all right? how are you holding up? >> i'm good. >> reporter: you're smiling. are you happy? happy to go back to school? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: nervous?

>> yeah, i'm nervous because i'm not used to this school. >> reporter: this is a new school. a.j. was in room 112 at robb watching a movie to celebrate the end of the school year when a gunman entered his classroom. killing 19 of his classmates and two of his teachers. he dove under backpacks trying to hide but was shot tlur his upper leg. his limp has all but disappeared. trying to get back to normal a life? >> yeah. >> reporter: and deciding what to wear for the first day at his new school, a.j. chose a shirt with a photo of the friends and teachers that he lost. his wounds may slowly heal, but the emotional toll will be harder to overcome. >> scared more for my kids. all the teachers and students that are coming back. that is all i'm worried about. >> reporter: it is a difficult day for a.j.'s mom. this summer she shared her

advice to her son. >> he tells me, mom, i hate the shooter. i hate that he killed my friends and my two teachers, mom. and he's like i will never see them again. and i said i know, babe. but you know, you have to be strong because that is what they would want you to do. >> reporter: as they filed in to their classrooms, uvalde students were met by a heavy law enforcement presence. led by the texas department of public safety. some schools in the district have new measures like 8-foot fencing and cameras. at a.j.'s school, the fencing hasn't been completed in time for the first day. back in the dropoff line at flores elementary, zeke is in the back of his dad's pickup truck ready to braefly face his fears. how do you feel about coming back to school? >> i'm really nervous. i'm so scared and shocked after

what happened at my old school. and i'm still scared and nervous. >> reporter: what grade are you in now? >> fifth. >> reporter: were you in the fourth grade class where the shooting happened or a different room? >> i was down the hall. >> reporter: but you could hear? >> i could still hear the gunshots. it was very terrifying and traumatizing for me. >> reporter: and still is. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: and coming back to school -- >> it is scary. >> reporter: signs that the investigation is still very much ongoing, the texas department of public safety revealing that five of their officers are now under formal investigation and that two of those officers have been suspended with pay. we don't know why the department of public safety took this step. they have not revealed any of that information. but certainly there are indications that these investigations are still very

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investigations are still very the man sbuspected of killig a kindergarten teacher will be arraigned today. police found the body of 34-year-old eliza fletcher on monday three days after she went missing. gary tuchman has our report. >> today is a very sad day in the city of memphis. >> reporter: memphis police chief confirming the worst, that eliza fletcher was dead, her body found behind an abandoned duplex. this man has been charged with murdering her, arraigned on the initial kidnapping charges.

he had been arrested over the weekend and charged with the kidnapping as surveillance images showed fletcher being attacked by a man while jogging. he forced her into his suv and then drove away. that man say police is this guy and he wasn't talking to them about what happened to the 34-year-old wife and mother. >> you are charged with especially aggravated kidnapping. >> reporter: but with identification of her body, the prosecutor informed the judge -- >> additional charges were filed this morning for murder, pre-meditated murder and murder in person pa trags of the kidnapping. >> reporter: he was wearing a mask but 35erappeared to show n emotion. less than a day earlier, a south memphis neighborhood is virtually shut down with police tape as they skon ductsed the search. the location of her body was found about one-half mile away from where a witness told authorities she saw the accused

murderer cleaning his car after eliza fletcher was kidnapped and acting oddly. >> we worked together to identify various locations and that was our search concentration. and we're just blessed had we were able to identify this location and our officers were successful in finding her. >> reporter: the surveillance camera on a building of the university provided key evidence because it clearly showed a vehicle that had damage to it and a partial license plate and u.s. marshals found what they say is the same vehicle at the suspect's residence. and he left a pair of his sandals at the crime scene. authorities were able to obtain dna from those sandals that matched him. at least one reason he was in the dna database? he had been found guilty in 2000 of another kidnapping in memphis with a victim who escaped. he served about 20 years behind bars. he was released a little less than two years ago. >> any kind of violence of

course is unacceptable, but repeat violence offenders particularly deserve a strong response and that is what they will get from this district attorney's office. ♪ i'm going to let it shine ♪ >> reporter: she was a mother of two small boys, a junior kindergarten teacher at a private school in memphis, a member of a prominent memphis family. the d.a. who says there is no reason to believe this is anything but a random attack says he's been in touch with the family throughout the ordeal. >> to lose someone so young and so vital is a tragedy in and of itself, but to have it happen in this way, it is unimaginable. >> reporter: we learned quite a bit how about how eliza's body was found based on an affidavit we received. obviously we knew authorities wanted to look in that particular neighborhood because that is where the car was being

washed, but they were able to narrow down the neighborhood by a great deal because of a help of a cellular analysis team and what that team did was analyze cellular data on friday and based on that, four officers went to one particular abandoned home and started walking towards the rear, they saw tire tracks through the tall grass, one of the officers went in the back, saw a couple of steps and when he got to those couple of steps, next to the steps, he saw eliza's body just lying on the ground. gary tuchman, cnn, memphis. new details have emerged about the remaining suspect in a deadly mass stabbing in canada's saskatchewan province, this as the manhunt for the alleged killer enters its fourth day. myles sanderson has been assessed as a moderate risk of violence and has a prior criminal history. but earlier this year, corrections officials granted him a presumptive release saying they did not believe that he would be a risk to the public.

he is now on the run for his alleged role in the mass stabbing which killed ten and wounded 18. still ahead, latest photographs from deep space giving scientists a better understanding of the universe.

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the webb telescope has captured a new type of spider. pictures were released of the tarantula nebula more than 160,000 light years away. it lays home to some of the largest and hottest stars known to astronomers. these pictures have known researchers tens of thousands of stars they have never seen before. two day of military exercises are under way right now in taiwan, this comes amid simmering tension with china. weeks after beijing held its own military drills near the self ruled island. our will ripley is there. >> reporter: the army is holding live fire drills amid rising tenses with china. it is one thing to read about the $1.1 billion in weapons that

the united states biden administration just announced will be sold to taiwan, the sixth such arms sale under the biden administration, five of them just this year, it is another thing though to actually be out here and to feel the ground shudder from the mass explosions when you are looking at the tanks and armored vehicles and combat helicopters and you are seeing the mortar fire basically decimating the hill behind me. it really gives you an indication of how horrifying it would be if war were to actually break out on this self governing democracy, an island of almost 24 million people that has had its own military, its open government for hormore than 70 years but continues to be claimed as chinese military. taiwanese military say that they will defend their homeland and they don't accept the unilateral takeover of china and that is why they are conducting these live fire drills on a regular basis. they happen throughout the year.

>> in this environment, we must prepare the work so our soldiers get used to it. >> reporter: and especially right now after nancy pelosi made a controversial visit to taipei followed by several other high profile u.s. lawmakers. you had china conducting the largest scale military drills encircling the island that we had seen, truly unprecedented, china almost simulating a blockade to taiwan which would be a precursor to an actual war. and also incidents on the outlying islands where chinese drones have been aeen spotted i air photographing sensitive restricted military outposts. officials who are on command here say this is part of the island's ongoing effort to get ready for a possible war with mainland china. will ripley, cnn, taiwan.

coco gauff's run at the u.s. open is over after a quarter finals loss to caroline garcia. 12th seeded gauff was seeking to be the youngest american to reach the u.s. open finals since serena williams. but this was her best u.s. opens singles performance and she will make her debut in the top ten singles rankings after the u.s. open. tennis' reigning bad boy is back at it gik. nick kyrgios is making headlines after an outburst. he smashed two rackets moments after they lost to khachanov. this is not the first time he's lost his temper of course after a loss. in march he threw a racquet after a defeat at indian wells. he later apologized after it nearly hit a ball boy. later today, apple is set to release the newest batch of iphones hoping the buzz will give its stock a much needed

boost. shares of apple are down more than 10% since the start of the year and while the stock closed down on tuesday, it has seen recent momentum. investors appear optimistic that the new iphone 14 lineup could lead to a solid jump in profits. justin bieber announced tuesday that he is taking a break from touring again. this is the second time he's taken a break since suffering partial paralysis of his face caused by ramsey hunt syndrome. he said that the exhaustion overtook me and i realized that i need to make my health the priority. right now he added that i'm going to be okay but i need time to rest and get better. we wish him well. thanks to joining me. i'm max foster in london. "early start" with christine romans is next.

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here we go. it is wednesday, september 7, exactly 5:00 a.m. in new york. thanks for getting an early start with me. i'm christine romans. let's begin here, fbi agents who searched mar-a-lago last month found a document describing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities. that reporting from the "washington post." according to their report it details top secret u.s. operations that are so closely protected that they are kept from man