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bianca is off today. just ahead -- >> there were a lot of chaotic meetings in the trump white house and this one was described as probably the most chaotic, the most unhinged. >> cnn has learned that the far right house freedom caucus did vote to remove marjorie taylor greene from the hard line group. >> beijing sees yellen as this voice of reason within the biden administration. she has pushed to maintain economic ties with china. twitter's newest rival is off to a strong start and in response twitter is threatening to sue. >> live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is friday, july 7, 4:00 a.m. in washington and we begin with exclusive cnn reporting

about special counsel jack smith's investigation into donald trump and the 2020 election. our sources are telling us that smith and his team havsignaled a continued interest? what was one of the most chaotic meetings to ever happen in the oval office, it happened december 18 of 2020, six weeks after trump lost the election. attorney sydney powell, former national security adviser michael flynn and others floated some desperate ideas to keep trump in power. they tald about having the military seize voting machines, declaring martial law and appointing powell as a special prosecutor for investigating alleged election fraud. a number of witnesses testified to the january 6 congressional committee about the meeting. >> i was not happy to see the people in the oval office. i don't think that any of these people were providing the president with good advice. >> i mean, at times there were people shouting at each other, throwing insults at each other. >> cipollone and ki and whoever

other guy was showed nothing but disdain of the president. >> i think it got to the point where the screaming was completely, completely out there. >> i'm going to categorically describe it as you guys are not tough enough. or maybe put it another way, you're a bunch of [ bleep ]. >> prosecutors have asked witnesses about the outsiders who attended the meeting. powell, flynn and former overstock ceo patrick byrne. after the meeting trump tweeted about the january 6 rally saying it will be wild. more now from kaitlan collins speaking with anderson cooper about the exclusive reporting. >> there were a lot of chaotic meetings in the trump white house but this one was described

as probably the most chaotic, the most unhinged. it happened about six weeks after trump lost the election, it was this oval office meeting where his advisers from outside the white house were essentially going off against the actual attorneys inside the white house about this plan for him to seize voting machines with the military, basically to go back and recount the votes in the states, redo the votes in the states that he had lost. and jack smith's team is asking witnesses about it months ago and also recently including rudy giuliani who we learned went before his team for a voluntary sitdown last month. i'm told it was back to back two days about eight hours or so, he was asked about several topics but also asked about this meeting. so it does signal jack smith's team, we don't know to what september is still interested in this meeting. >> and the special counsel is showing great interests in trump's interactions with arizona election officials, especially two conversations with rusty bowers who was

arizona house speaker at the time. bowers is now revealing that he was interviewed by the fbi several months ago about the phone calls. trump's legal entanglements have only compounded sense he left office. most seriously the boxes of classified materials he hoarded at his florida home and even tried to keep hidden from his own lawyers. thursday his co-defendant walt nauta was finally able to enter his plea. cnn's carlos suarez was in the miami courtroom and has our report. >> reporter: walt nauta's arraignment was quick. the 40-year-old did not say a word as he left the federal courthouse here in miami. nauta was finally able to enter a plea after finally hiring a south florida based attorney. his arraignment was postponed twice because he couldn't find a local attorney. attorney now in court with nauta and his washington, d.c. based

attorney. the florida attorney has experience trying cases in south florida. she has an office in ft. pierce where nauta and donald trump's trial will take place. nauta pleaded not guilty to obstruction charges and to lying to investigators. he also asked for a jury trial. prosecutors say that nauta moved boxes with classified documents from a storage room at mar-a-lago to another part of the property in an effort to keep a trump lawyer from finding classified documents that were subpoenaed by a grand jury according to a search warrant affidavit that was released on wednesday, and prosecutors said that they have surveillance video from mar-a-lago showing someone moving boxes before the fbi search of the property. we believe that person to be walt nauta. carlos suarez, cnn, miami, florida. $20 million, that is how much money republican ron

desantis raised in the second quarter of his presidential bid for 2024. nearly half of that was in the first 24 hours of launching his campaign in may. a big number, but it pales in comparison to donald trump's war chest. the former president announced a haul of more than $35 million in the second quarter. this comes as desantis' wife casey just launched her mamas for desantis campus with this ad. >> we will not allow you to exploit their innocence to advance your agenda. we are no longer silent. we are united. and we have finally found our fighter. >> we're not going to let you impose an agenda on our kids. we're going to stand up for our kids. >> we need every mama and every grandma made in every corner of the country to stand up and fight back.everygrandma made in corner of the country to stand up and fight back.

on the democratic side robert f. kennedy jr. pulled in 6 million for his long shot campaign for the white house. u.s. president biden trying to win over voter he is who disapprove of his handling of the economy was in south carolina thursday, a key battleground state touting his legislative achievements but he admitted his bidenomics wasn't a victory lap. >> i'm not here to declare victory on the economy. i'm here to say we have a plan that is turning things around quickly. but we have a lot more work do. when i came to office, we had a fundamental decision to make. would we continue down the trickle down economic path of policy that has failed us time and time again and saw jobs shift to oversea, towns hollowed out. when i ran, i promised that we would not continue down the trickle down path. but here is the simple truth about trickle down economics.

it represented a moment when we walked away from how the country was built. bidenomics is just another way of saying restoring the american dream. >> the u.s. treasury secretary meeting with senior chinese leaders in beijing currently and trying to repair relations between the economies. later janet yellen is expected to begin talks with the chinese premier considered a close ally with the chinese president. and she met with business leaders telling them the u.s. does not want a wholesale separation of the american and chinese economies. anna coren is covering this live. and yellen was critical of the way china is treating businesses. >> absolutely. and she met with representatives of the business community and in her opening remarks, it really highlights the enormous challenges that she's facing on this visit as she tries to improve communication and relations between the world's

two largest economies. janet yellen expressed concern about china's fugitive actions taken against u.s. firms in recent months. you may remember they have been raised on u.s. companies in beijing. and she's concerned about the decision to control exports of critical minerals used in technologies like semiconductors. this of course is a huge issue between the u.s. and china and will no doubt dominate her talks with chinese officials. the biden administration is preparing additional restrictions on u.s. technology trade with china including potential limits on advanced chips and u.s. investment in china citing national security. and this no doubt will further anger beijing, but yellen is seen as this voice of reason, an economic pragmatist. and she's pushed to maintain economic ties with china. she's argued against tariffs and warned that decoupling would be

disastrous. let's take a listen. >> the united states does not seem a wholesale separation of our economies. we seek to diversify and not to decouple. decoupling would be destabilizing to the global economy and virtually impossible to undertake. >> so diversifying, derisking but not decoupling. this morning she met with her former counterpart a also the ouoi governor of the bank of china. they met for an informal and substantive conversation. very shortly she will meet with the premier at the great hall of the people. last month she said that the world expects china and the u.s. to work together. roughly $700 billion in trade

occurs between china and the u.s. each year. both economies are deeply entwined. and with the global economic uncertainty, it only adds to the importance of this relationship. >> beingokay, anna, thank you s much. there is a hiring blitz in june according to the latest job figures. the a sdccadp report says there more than half a million positions added, more than double what economists expected. the official report will be released later today. but according to the bureau of labor statistics, the more than 1.5 million jobs generated between january and may marks the 10th highest surge in u.s. history. new trading day getting under way in the u.s. in just over five hours. here are the futures. marginally down. european markets also up and running. and they are also down taking their key perhaps from those

futures. you see asia is pretty grim particularly in japan and in south korea. but hopefully some good news comes through on a friday. wall street didn't fair particularly well on thursday. largely due to the red hot jobs data which is fueling fears that the federal reserve will keep hiking interest rates. the dow dropped more than 360 points. and biggest one day decline since may. biggest food delivery companies are challenging in court. new york city's new minimum wage law for food app delivery workers. uber eats, doordash and grubhub claim the law is flawed for a number of reasons including that it would compel companies to pay workers for hours that they are

available to take orders even if they don't actually make any deliveries. the new minimum wage, the law, would increase pay for delivery workers to nearly $18 an hour before tips. doordash says, quote, we will not stand by and let the harmful impacts of this earngs standard on new york city customers, merchants and the delivery workers it was intended to support go unchecked. the law is set to go into effect on wednesday. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has apparently been voted out of an ultra conservative group. some of the details are unclear. we'll explain. and also ahead, latest on the investigation into how a small baggy of cocaine ended up in the white house. officials now admit they may never know for sure. plus the hunt for yevgeny prigozhin, a raid by russian police turns up cash, gold, weapons and wigs but no warlord. reaction from the kremlin just

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twists in the mystery surrounding yevgeny prigozhin. the whereabouts of the wagner leader remain unknown. president of belarus revealing that prigozhin is not in his country but likely in russia. and shortly after that, russian state media showed video of a raid on prigozhin's office and the residents in st. petersburg where they say they recovered wigs gold, cash and guns. kremlin says they have nor the desire or ability to track him. matthew chance was at the briefing and he filed this report from there. >> reporter: a rare meeting with the belarusian leader. and an extraordinary revelation on the whereabouts of wagner, the russian mercenary, he is meant to be sheltering. despite earlier statements,

neither its fighters nor eiits leader he tells me have taken up his offer of exile. >> translator: as far as i'm informed wagner fighters are now at their regular chasms where they go to rest and recover from the frontlines. yevgeny prigozhin is in st. petersburg or maybe this morning he would travel to moscow or elsewhere, but he is not on the territory of belarus now. >> reporter: it wasn't meant to be this way. lukashenko's deal was how the kremlin explained how wagner's armed uprising last month had been brought to an early end. it was even talk of prigozhin arriving in belarus and all charges against him being dropped. that appears now to be he invalid. >> so the offer that you intended to wagner and to yevgeny prigozhin has not been taken up, they are not in your

country? >> translator: not yet, this will depend on the decision made by the russian government and wagner pmc. if they deal it necessary to locate a certain number of wagner fighters in belarus for arrest and preparation, then i will keep my promise. >> reporter: but the kremlin may have other plans. russian state tv has for days been painting prigozhin as a straighter or a criminal, casting these new images of a raid on his st. petersburg property seizing weapons, cash and gold, even wigs for disguise and multiple passports under aliases. the kremlin told cnn they won't comment on where prigozhin is or whether new charges may be filed against him. but lukashenko raised the disturbing possibility that prigozhin being assassinated before insisting the kremlin would never do that. >> translator: what will happen to prigozhin next?

well, in life anything can happen. but if you think that putin is soma luscious and vindictive that he will do him in tomorrow, no, this won't happen. >> reporter: clearly the fate of wagner and its leader is now in question. just last week the satellite images appeared to show a military base in belarus being prepared for a possible influx of fighters. lukashenko may now himself have got cold feet. >> is part of this you rethinking the wisdom of inviting a battle hardened rebellious mercenary group into your country? are you concerned that that would have destabilized belarus? the russians thought that it was safe to have them, but they were wrong. >> translator: this is not a situation where i was lending wagner a helping hand. this was reached in a process of negotiation. you know what was at stake. i made this decision at that

time and i would stick to it. but i don't think that wagner would rise up and turn its guns against the belarusian state. >> reporter: but for belarus, wagner's absence may yet be a blessing in disguise. matthew chance, cnn, minsk. ukraine says it shot down two-thirds of the drones russia used in its latest wave of strikes. ukraair defenses reportedly destroying 12 iranian made drones overnight. six others went through but not clear if it hit their targets. and a russian strike on lviv death toll was raised to ten with 42 others injured. and report that ten of the city's shelters were closed during thursday's strike. lviv's mayor responded in an interview with cnn -- >> we have in my city 6,000

shelters. it is private shelters, local government shelters, and diff different -- and after missiles attack, we make new decision, all shelters must be open all time. >> president zelenskyy heads to turkey today with ten days left until a grain deal brokered by the country and the u.n. expires. according to a turkish news agency, mr. zelenskyy will discuss the agreement and other issues with president erdogan. the u.s. could supply ukraine with a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries. formal announcement about that is reported as early as today. nada is looking at that. we're talking about cluster munitions. >> and a deeply controversial you've but something that has been under conversation by the biden administration for some time now. i think the focus has really

shifted now bolstering the capabilities on the battlefield. over the course of the counteroffensive, ukrainian armed forces have struggled to but of course this is a deeply controversial move. there are pros a cons to the munitions.e cluster for example it would potentially he the ukrainian armed forces to counterattack against the dug >> the trenches. >> exactly. and that is the focus. but this has been banned by over 100 countries including some of the u.s.'s own allies. and there are some significant risks. essentially what the cluster munitions do is scatter some of which can fail. and correspond to the red cross between 10% and 40% of these fail to gdetonate. so that is a huge concern. and so so deeply controversial. this is not the first time the

cluster munitions have been used on the battlefield. they have been used by ukrainian armed forces and russian troops on the front lines. and in fact ukraine has been using them supplied by turkey in recent weeks. but of course there is not a full announcement just yet by the u.s. government. it is still under consideration, but if in fact the transfer of cluster munitions is approved, we could see the transfer taking place as early as this month. >> nada, thank you. president zelenskyy says ukraine has lost track of some 200,000 children during the war. he made the statement during a visit to bulgaria thursday. he says some of the children have been deported to russia while others might be in occupied territories, but ultimately ukraine is not sure how many of them are even still alive. early this year the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for vladimir putin over an alleged scheme to deport ukrainian children to russia. but the kremlin dismissed it as null and void. we're getting word that two

palestinians were killed during an operation by israeli forces in the occupied west bank, israeli military officials say the two were suspected of carrying out a shooting attack on an israeli police car earlier this week. palestinians died during an exchange of fire during israeli forces. three others injured. marjorie taylor greene has not commented but at least one member of the house freedom caucus says that greene was expelled from the group. details after the break. . plus meta is hoping to fill the vacuum left by twitter's resin stability. the social media giant has launched a new platform. how twitter is responding.

if you're just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date. justice department is focusing on a meeting where donald trump and advisers discuss how to overturn the election. sources say prosecutors have interviewed a number of people who attended that meeting. meanwhile the former president's aid walt nauta has been arraigned in miami. he was record order surveillance video repeatedly moving boxes around mar-a-lago after they were subpoenaed. and a member has been expelled from the conservative freedom caucus in the u.s. house of representatives. con marjorie taylor greene was apparently voted out for calling a fellow republican a derogatory name. the vote happened right before congress left on break.

melanie zanona has the details. >> reporter: cnn has learned that the far right house freedom caucus did vote to remove marjorie taylor greene, a donald trump ally, from the hard line group. this vote according to sources occurred just before the july 4th recess. in talking to my sources the reason that they voted to remove her boils down to really two reasons. one, that greene has become a staunch ally of gop leadership and specifically speaker kevin mccarthy, and, two, she has been publicly critical of a number of her house freedom caucus colleagues. she publicly criticized freedom caucus members when they didn't support kevin mccarthy for the speakership, she publicly criticized members when they didn't fall in line with the bipartisan debt ceiling deal. and the real straw that broke the camera's back according to a mefbt freedom caucus was a heated confrontation that mrgree had with lauren boebert. greene had confirmed to cnn at

the time that she called boebert a little b word, swore at her, they had this private confrontation on the house floor. and we did reach out to green oig for comment about being removed from the house freedom caucus. she did not specifically address her membership status, but she was pretty defiant in this statement. let me read you part of it. she said in congress i serve northwest georgia first and serve no group in washington. my america first credentials guided by my christian faith are forged in steel, seared into my drak characters and will never change. the gop has less than two years to show what a strong congress will do. when president trump wins the white house in 2024. this is my focus, nothing else. and i should note we also reached out to the house freedom caucus, they have an official spokesman for comment, and they said they don't talk about internal meetings, internal process or membership status. but we should note this is a big

deal. house freedom caucus has never voted to remove a member before. and it comes amid a broader identity crisis that the house freedom caucus has really been wrestling with especially now that they are back in the majority. they are grappling with whether they just want to be in a thorn in the side of mccarthy or play the game to get what they want. melanidical an melanie zanona, capitol hill. >> so does it make sense that the so-called last straw was to call boebert a name? here is what our political commentator had to say. >> i believe that this started when she stood with the president in making sure that kevin mccarthy became speaker of the house. she was showing her phone to other members trying to get them

to vote kevin mccarthy in as speaker of the house. so i'm not surprised that they would kick her out. the former president, yes. yes. >> there you go. the u.s. secret service now says there is a chance it might never figure out exactly who brought cocaine into the west wing of the white house last weekend. but the investigation is expected to wrap up soon. jeremy diamond has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: a federal law enforcement official tells me that the secret service expects to conclude its investigation early next week into who exactly brought the small dime bag of cocaine into the white house that was found last sunday. they are going through the visitor logs and security camera footage that may exist of the west wing entrance on the ground floor of the west wing. but what they haven't gotten back yet is the dna and fingerprints analysis that is being conducted on that small baggy of cocaine. now, that same official cautions

me that it is very possible that the secret service simply doesn't get to the bottom of this and that is in part because of the number of people who go through that entrance every day, whether it be visitors coming to go on the west wing tours or white house officials, military officials who all pass through that entrance. part of this is also that baggy was found in a cubby and it is not clear whether the security cameras are pointing to those cubbies. but nonetheless the white house say that they are allowing the secret service to carry out the investigation and prepared to assist in any way that may be necessary. but any are also leaning in the direction of this is likely a visitor. not saying it outright, but repeatedly pointing out that this is the west wing entrance where the tours start. cubbies are where visitors are asked to leave their phones. so this investigation still ongoing. expected to wrap up early next week. whether or not they actually have a suspect in hand is

another question. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. meta's so-called twitter killer is here and it is gaining traction. meta said threads had 30 million signups within one day of launching. twitter clearly sees it as competition. elon musk has threatened to sue for trade secret threat through hiring of former twitter employees. >> reporter: twitter's newest rival is off to a strong start and in response twitter is threatening to sue. according to meta ceo mark zuckerberg, threads gained 30 million signups on its first day and twitter sent a letter to meta accusing it of trade secret theft saying they hired former twitter employees who used their knowledge to design the new app. meta dismissed the allegations as false. the huge launch shows there is demand for a twirts alternative

especially after months of changes that make it harder or more costly to use its platform. meta has tried to copy other apps before but never when the other apps have done so much to drive users away. in twitter's case, that has meant everything from laying off kept moderators to being log popular features behind its paid subscription service. after downloading threads , you sign up with your instagram account. you can post texts and images, you can reply to people and quote other posts which are called unsurprisingly threads. but there is no real search function and no hashtags. the only feed available is an algorithmic one that sprinkles in other accounts among those you already follow. but those limitations haven't stopped a huge number of people from trying the new app. whether that is because they are fleeing twitter or being pulled if

in from instagram. so fair to say twitter seems to have a serious competitor on its hands. brian funk, cnn, washington. and deadly implosion of the "titan" killed all five on afford.funk, cnn, washington. and deadly implosion of the "titan" killed all five on afford. it was on a voyage to the "titanic." and after a search effort, authorities confirm that it suffered a catastrophic implosion. in the wake of the disaster, new details have emerged about warnings and safety concerns including an ominous email from a former employee that the "titan" could fail. two firefighters are dead after fighting a blaze aboard a cargo ship at the port of newark, new jersey. fire crews rushed off after it caught fire while loading cars. the two firefighters were trapped while fighting the flames. others tried to save them but they were pushed back by intense

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. head of the u.n. nuclear agency has given his support to japan's plan to release treated waste water from the fukushima nuclear site into the pacific ocean. he says that he is convinced that it is safe for people and the environment, but he is confident that it does little to reassure rattled residents. local fisherman and some

international scientists too. more now from mark stewart in tokyo. >> reporter: soon the treated waste water inside these massive tanks at fukushima will be released off japan's pacific coast. it was clenktded after the meltdown at the plant following the massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. the release is controversial. the chief of the iaea came to tokyo to reassure the public. what do you say to members of the public who are leery about this decision to release the wate water? >> first of all i understand them. all sorts of fears kick in and one has to take them seriously. to address and to explain. >> reporter: in april cnn was granted rare access to the plant. we saw the tanks with enough water to fill more than 500

olympic pools. the water has been treated and diluted to remove radioactive elements. one exception, trid yum, an isotope which the government says is impossible to remove. it is all part of the process to slowly decommission the plant. as you can see on this. the release of tridium is common for nuclear plants around the world. the u.s. nuclclear regulatory commission says it is far less than what one might assume. it says across country round trip flight exposes a person to 12 times more raise yadiation cd to the water from a nuclear plant. how will you know that this is the right decision? >> i think that we have the benefit of science. either you have certain radio new close i'd or you don't have it. and for that, you have -- it is

measurable thing.i'd or you don it. and for that, you have -- it is measurable thing. so we have the science, the laboratory, we have a network of international laboratories working with us to ensure the credibility and transparency of the process. >> reporter: the release is drawing criticism from asia including south korea and china. despite reservations including those of local fishermen, it is moving forward, a process likely to take decades to complete. mark stewart, cnn, tokyo. more than 25 million people across the milgz of ddle of the are at threat of a severe storms. and level two out of five is in effect for eastern colorado, northeastern new mexico, texas panhandle, most of oklahoma as well. main threats are very large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes. and extreme heat is also a threat in the southwest as people in phoenix and tucson are

under heat warnings where temperatures could top 110 degrees fahrenheit through the weekend. people in europe are cleaning up from severe storms. there were hail reports mostly in spain with some measuring about 6 centimeterses. heavy rainfall was in italy with some areas getting as much as 143 mill meertsimeters of rain. but the storms are wrapping up and no threats for severe weather in the coming hours across europe. but it is not so good news in canada where the wildfires won't let up anytime soon. >> this forecast outlines a high likelihood of heightened fire activity through the next two months. drought conditions when coupled with above normal temperatures across most of the country means that the risk of fire activity is going to remain very high throughout the majority of the

summer. >> there are 648 wildfires and more than 300 are considered to be out of control. new method of determining the sex of old bones is shedding light on an archeological assumption that turned out to be totally inaccurate. and some would argue rather sexist as well. a 5,000-year-old skeleton was dubbed a man. it was found with valuable items indicating that this was someone important. they assumed that it was a man but a new method of studying bones says that it was female. it involves analyzing tooth enamel with a gene found only in women. and they say she was revered by the society in which she lived. britney spears is calling foul on a security guard for an

upcoming nba star. we'll have the play by play just ahead.

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>> women's u.s. open golf tournament is under way at pebble beach. first women's major at the famed course. and amy olson is competing while seven months pregnant. the major has a record $11 million purse with the winner getting $2 million. and round three of wimbledon get under way today with djokovic looking to secure a record tying eighth title at wimbledon and with one more grand slam under his belt, djokovic would match the record of 24. in the basketball world, today is the day for westmwembanyama rookie to make his debut. and number two draft pick brandon miller will also be

there. the arena is sold out. only second time that has happened in a summer league play. an off court incident may be casting a shadow. britney spears claims that a security guard for wembanyama struck her in the face wednesday when she tried to get the player's attention in las vegas. she didn't name the athlete in her post. she said she tapped him on the shoulder and without looking back a security guard slapped her in the face knocking -- nearly knocking her down. wembanyama addressed the issue on wednesday. >> it was no big deal. security was with wbritney spearss. so i was like no, you are joking. turns out it was britney spears. i don't know because i never saw her face. >> spears says she has not received an apology adding that she's speaking out because she wants to urge people in the public eye to set a positive

example. stories in the spotlight this hour -- tribute to tina turner has set a new world record in australia's outback. popular line dance set to be one of turner's biggest hits. and ode to her hometown back in tennessee, close to 6,000 people turned out in wigs and costumes. it has become a staple of australian culture performed at birthdays, weddings and parties across the cou. a family sound going away -- [ welcome to the hotel california, such a lovely place ♪ >> eagles announced that they will embark on their final tour tlart year. the band announced the first 13 u.s. cities on the tour but says that many more will be added and the tour may not end until 2025.

eagles say that this is our swan song but the music goes on and on. tickets go on sale at the beginning of next wednesday. taylor swift is throwing it back to 2010. the singers has released her new version of the speak now album with hits like this one -- ♪ crowded room will not see again and dying to know it is killing you like it is killing me ♪ >> speak now taylor's version includes six never before heard tracks bringing something new to her devoted fans. swift has been in the process of rerecording her old albums to gain back ownership of her music, all this as she continues her eras tour. thanks for joining me. i'm max foster in london. "early start" with rahel solomon is up next.

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we moved out of the city so our little sophie could appreciate nature. but then he got us t-mobile home internet. i was just trying to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might've taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch.

right now on "early start," janet yellen's mission in beijing, can she fix the fractured ties between the two largest economies. and plus more power for ukraine, u.s. about to arm ukraine with cluster bombs. and the secret service trying to sniff out who left a bag gee baggy of cocaine at the white house. why we may never know the answer. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm rahel solomon in for christine romans. and we begin wit